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The morning journal-courier., 1908-03-28

returns his love, with all her soul. She is adorably beautiful yet by all indlca- tions except her milk white shoulders and the cut of her shapely features half breed. A grand character is Poleon, the powerfully built handsome French Canadian, who worships Necia, as well he might. Strange meetings occur between desperadoes, gamblers, murderers, fugitives from the law in the states, mostly eX-min- CTS, etc, and wild and savage en- counters occur which are told with dramatic force and power. After long years, vengeance and retribution come for the outlaws. The story is full of grip and adventure and is handsomely Illustrated by Denman Fink.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-03-28

THE HOUSE OF THE LOST COURT,
 By Dona Teresa de Savallo, Marquesa
 d'Alpens. The Mcclure Co.,, New
 York $l50; at JGdd's.
 The House of the Lost Court" is a story which at its start engages the readers interest and this is it's char acter throughout. It's style is also el- evated. the language well chosen and the characters are all clear cut and well defined The young American girl Dolores, whose young widowed mother has leased the House of the Lost Court, has both English and Suanish strains of blood and is sweet, engaging, charming. unspoiled bit of feminalty. whose beauty which bewitches lords and dukes and chal- lengcs the admiration of the pompous titled ladies which is bcgrudingly ad- mitted, is the peer of all the high born aristocrats in breeding and man. ners and her charming innocence and retiring modesty are backed by ster- ling common sense, penetrating judg- ment and an innate courage that en- ables her to dare and to do.
 She penetrates and solves the mys- tery of Lost Court and then follows adventures in which an idyllic love story is brought out and to a happy fruition despite the dangers that hang over the heroic ehivalric lover whom Dolores discovers and rescues from a most unhappy wearing bond age, There is a fine artistic quality 10 the authors work which is captivat- ing
 Dona Teresa Saballo, Marqucsa d'Alpens, authoress of "The House of the Lost Court, is described as an attractive young woman. Spanish marchioness, with both American and English blood in her veins.. who is said to have remarked that if she ever marries her husband will be an American, She lives in London. where she attracts attention by going about in the native Spanish mantilla.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-03-28

THE REAPING." By Mary Inlay
 Taylor. With color frontispiece by
 George Alfred Williams. Little,
 Brown X Co, Boston. sl.50
 Mary Inlay Taylor has achieved her finest success in this attractive, yet pathetic story in which there is a pair of lovers who narrowly escape making tragedy of their lives and in which one woman's life cmbittered by a sad marriage is finally wrecked after she has been freed by divorce from her unworthy husband, only to find that the man she worshipped loved another The characters are well drawn and the sympathies of the reader will go out to the young artist who loves with all his soul but finds his hopes turned to ashes. The scenes of the story. as in the authors "Impersonator" are laid fin and about the City of Washington. and the sue cessful hero who wins the lady of his choice, but who narrowly escapes from wedding a lovely woman from chivalrous motions only, is a gifted
The morning journal-courier., 1908-03-28

Eliza Calvert Hall, author of Aunt Jane of Kentucky" (Little. Brown &5 Co), the most popular book of flc- ton by a new author. published in 1907. has told the story of How happened to write Sally Ann's Exper- fences, for the Cosmopolitan Mag azine.
 Sally Ann's Experience" forms the first chapter of Aunt Jane of Ken lucky" It was this story that Presi- dent Roosevelt publicly recommend ed for use as a tract in all families where the men folk tend to selfish or thoughtless or overbearing disregard of the rights of women"
The morning journal-courier., 1908-03-28

Anna Chapin Rays new novel "Qucksand,' which is just brought out by Little. Brown x Co.,, Boston, presents an Illuminating example of the wonderful hold on the human heart which ingrained Catholicism ob- tains. Her account of a pilgrimage to St. Anne de Beaupre. Our Lady of the Miracles" of the sublime faith of the cure-seeking throng, and of the impressive procession of devotees. is one of the most dramate features of the book. Miss Ray has never creat- ed a more human set of characters nor worked out a more appealing story.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-03-28

Little. Brown X Co.,. Boston, have just published a new edition with new illustrations by Calvert Smith of Bruno" by Byrd Spilman Dewey. the story of pet dog. simply and natur- ally written by writer who has keen sympathy with animal life. The same publishers have just issued new and attractive edition of Lights of Two Centuries containing the biographies of fifty artists, sculptors, prose writ CTS. composers, poets and inventors. edited by Edward Everett Hale, and illustrated with forty portraits.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-03-28

careful and discriminating sitting of all the facts pertaining to the subject and all in a setting that is both dig nitied and elevated in style.
 Whether the aged ex-partes story that she walked the plank at the be- hest of pirates on the ill-fated ship, Patriot, to meet death in oceans depths is the true version of the end of this noted and lovely woman, or whether as Colonel Burr and the Aston family firmly believed that the ship went down in storm with all on board, the sad fate of Theodosia will ever invest her memory with note of sadness and an undying interest in the annals of noted American women.
 There are fifty illustrations among which of local and state interest are the house at Windsor Farms, where Jonathan Edwards was born, the Ed wards coat of arms, leaf of the Jonathan Edwards note book. two portraits of Jonathan Edwards wife. one photograph from an original painting expressly for this work, the old original law school at Litchfield, Judge Tappan Reeves house at Litch- field. where Aaron Burr lived when a young man, besides many portraits of members of the Burr family
The morning journal-courier., 1908-03-28

The latest books from Messrs Out ton X Co. New York. are The Un- lucky Family" by Mrs. Henry de Ia Pasture; The Call of the Deep" by Frank T. Bullen: The Playmate" by Charles Turley: "A Walking Gentle man" by James Prior; Ludwig the
The morning journal-courier., 1908-03-28

One of the volumes that George W. Jacobs & Co. Philadelphia an- nounce for early spring publication h
The morning journal-courier., 1908-03-28

Marjorie Bowen, who is a young girl. astonished the literary world with her orecocfous historical TO- nance The Viper of Milan has written another of the same sort, The sword Decides which will be published in this country by the Me Clure company. This time her scene is Naples in the fourteenth century. of the king of Hungary, was slain by the triekery of the corrupt Queen Gio- wanna, and how the king himself came in pursuit of vengeance, only to yield to the sinister fascination of the queen.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-03-28

It may astonish some who are not themselves in the publishing business to learn that Miss Carolyn Wells and Henry Holt & Co. are already busy preparing The Carolyn Wells Year Book" for 1909 It was bit of shock to Miss Wells when her publishers wrote her that they wanted her now, nearly eighteen months before it was to be read, to write some appro- priate sentiments for Thanksgiving, 1909.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-03-28

E. Phillips Dependents latest novel 'The Great Secret" not only appears in the list of the "six best sellers" but the publishers. Little, Brown & Co, report that its popularity promises to be greater than any of the fourteen Oppenheir novels previously published in this country.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-03-28

The Frederick A. Stokes company. New York, is bringing out The Man of Yesterday; Romance of a Vanish ing Race a story of the Indian ter ritory, b. Mary Holland Kincaid; !; The Garden Diary and the Country Home Guide" by Loring Underwood, and The Garden Book for Young People" by Alice Lounsberry.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-03-28

That a prophet is sometimes honor ed in his own country Is evidenced by the recent election of Meredith Nicholson. the author of Rosalind at Red Gate (The Bo5bs- Merrills Co.,, In- dianapolis), to the presidency of the University club. of Indianapolis, his native city. The club is one of the most famous social organizations in the west, and has an individuality as marked and hospitality as hearty as that of the Hoosier capital itself. To be elected to the highest honor in the power of club whose member- ship includes, or has included, such names as those of Benjamin Harrison - the clubs first president Vice President Fairbanks, General Lew Wallace. James Whitcomb Riley, Hugh H. Hanna, George Ade and Booth Tarklngton, is certainly certi- ficate of high regard.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-03-28

Henry Holt & Go. expect to move this month to 34 West 33d street ,hav- ing outgrown the quarters at 29 West 23d street, which have served them for over twenty-five years. During the first seventeen years of MT. Holts connection with the business, it was in four places-644 Broadway, 451 Broome street, 25 Bond street and 12 East 23d street. Before MT. Holt joined the business. MT. Leypoldt had brought it Gncluding a boy, now MT. Vogelius. the treasurer of the corpo- ration) from Philadelphia.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-03-28

This year Henry Holt & Co. will is- sue most of their books in the fall, after they have gotten settled in their new quarters. However, besides De- Morgan's Somehow Good. J. Breck- enridge Ellis Arkansaw Cousins, and Edward Barron's The Lost Goddess, which they recently issued, and de- spite the herculean task of moving Holt & Co will bring out few new books They have on hand Over Against Green Peak" humorous and poetic record of New England country life by Zephine Humphrey; The Quest of the Unseen" by Prof. Oscar Kuhns: Poems of Travellers" edited by Mary R. J. Dubois; The Poetic old World" compiled by Lucy H. Humphrey; Fish Stories, Alleged and Experienced. by President Jordan of Leland Stanford university. and Charles F. Holden and Biology and Its Makers" by Prof. William A. Locy.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-03-28

The c. M Clark Publishing com- pany, Boston, announce for early pub lication "A Cowboy Cavalier" by Harriet c. Morse. As it's name im- plies, the story is a romance of ranch life in the west. The author does not rely upon imagination for her de- scriptions. She has lived in the coun- try of which she writes, and the tale is drawn almost entirely from life. Every character in the story is living in Texas to-day, every incident re- lated actually transpired, and even the conversations look place much as recorded. Miss Morse has drawn her characters with rare sympathy and understanding, the plot and incidents are highly dramatic. and delightful play of humor flashes through the pages.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-03-28

ters from Chinese Official "A Mod ern Symposium" etc, has d book in the press of the Mcclure company called Justice and Liberty" It deals in dialogue form with underlying principles of government and touches upon many problems of the day.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-03-28

The Mcclure company has just pub lished a book by T. D. Murray, en- titled Jeanne d'Arc" This is a re- print at a popular price, of an ex- pensive work, published by the Me Clure company a few years ago. It is the story of the life. the achieve ments and the death of the Maid of orleans, and is the only known in stance in which a complete biographi- cal record of historical importance has been elicited by evidence taken on cath. This book contains, as did the earlier one, the official Latin text of the trial and rehabilitation Of Jeanne d'Arc, rescued from oblivion among the archives of France, and here for the first time rendered into English. It is fully Illustrated with numerous modern photographs and old prints and has as frontispiece a gravure re- production of d sculptured head now in the Musee Historic at Orleans, which is reputed to be an actual DOT trait of the savior of France.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-03-28

The Baker X Taylor company, New York. announces Modern Artists, by Christian Brinton; Vol. II. of Rus sell Sturgis' History of Architcture; Materials and Methods in Fiction" by Clayton Hamilton: Building a Home" by H W. Desmond and H. w. Frohne
The morning journal-courier., 1908-03-28

Second, King of Bavaria" by Clara Tschudi; quaker and Courier; the Life and Work of William Penn," by Mrs Colquhoun Grant.
 Jude MacMillar, whose first novel. "A Random Shaft" is to be issued soon by the C. NJ. Clark Publishing company of Boston, is lawyer in Hammond, Ind. His law partner had seen service in the Philippines and bored MacMillar with his stories till the long-suffering listener said: If you don't give me rest I'll write a book about your confounded exper- iences.' This is the book.
The Irish standard., 1908-02-29
Hits Irish Fishermen,

Northern Jreland's entire fishing in
dustry has been destroyed by a word
by the judicial committee of the privy
council, sitting in Dublin, and has been
handed over, lock, stock and barrel to
the owners of the English and Norwe-
gian steam trawlcrs.
The hardy fishermen Of the Antrim,
Derry and Donegal coasts used to make
q decent living by fishing comparative
ly near the shore. but some years ago
the trawlers made their appearance.
These are great steam vessels with an
immense sweep OF nets and they gath
cred in not only all the fish in the wat
ers which they invaded, but the lines
and nets of the shore fishermen as we'll.
Repeated complaints caused the fish
cries board to make an investigation.
The inspectors framed a set of rules
excluding the trawlers, nearly all of
which come from Liverpool and other
British ports, from fishing within the
three imle limit. The owners Of the
trawlers appealed and a few days ago
the judiciary committee Of the privy
council overrulcd the regulations of
the fisheries board and threw open the
northern waters to all comers.
The Irish standard., 1908-02-29

Why are parliamentary reports called
Blue Books?" Because they are never
re(a)d.
Why are books your best friends? :?
Because when they bore you, you can
shut them up without giving offense:
What is the difference between an
Oxonian and All Arab! One gets up
the dates to win the palm, the other
gets up the palm to win the dates.
Why does lightning turn milk sour !?
Because it doesn't know how to con-
duct itself.
Who was the first whistler, and
what tune did he whistle? The wind
"Over the hills and far away"
Why if a man has a gallery Of paint
ings may you pick his pockets? Be
cause he has picked yours (pictures).
Why is our meerschaum like q va
ter-color artist? Because it draws and
colors beautifully
What was the color Of the wind and
waves in a storm? The wind blue
the waves rose.
Talking about toothache, you know
who comes after the sweets at dinner?
Cheese. Yes, very good; quite right;
then what comes after cheese? A
mouse.
The Irish standard., 1908-02-29
Justified in Striking.

A curious strike recently took place
IN Ansonia, Ct, and the strikers had
the sympathy of the few that were cog
infant of tho affair. A man from II
neighboring city was at work there.
having two foreigners in his employ,
and the two men worked willingly and
with a vim all the morning. Shortly
after noon they made some request of
the man in charge and after some
hesitation this was complied with. The
yielding of the boss to the request was
however, combined with a torrent Of
profanity and abuse that continued un-
til one of the men spoke quietly to the
other in their own language, and then
tho two silently picked up their be-
longings and left without saying a
word to the astonished employer.
He then called to them frantically.
but the only response Was no more
from one of the men, as the two walk
ed away. The boss followed after the
men and finally managed to pcrsuad,,
one Of them to return and help him
complete the work, but the other stern
ly refused and walked away.
This little scene was witnessed by
but a few, but these all agreed that
the men were fully justified in leaving
the profane employer in the lurch.
The Irish standard., 1908-02-29
The Names Of Flowers.

1t is interesting to know how GER
tain flowers received their names. Many
were named after people. For instance
tho fuchsais were so called because
they were discovered by Leonard
Fuchs.
Dahlias were named for Andre Dahl,
who first brought them from Peru. The
camellia received its name from a mis-
sionary named Kalnel, who carried
specimens Of these flowers from Japan
to France.
The magnolia was named in honor
Of Magnoi dc Montpelier. Other flow
ers' names arc descriptive, Lady's
slipper resembles a tiny slipper. The
blossoms of lady's tresscs arc twisted
like a braid of hair The flowers OF
the foxglove are like the fingers of a
glove.
The name foxglovc is said to he a
corruption Of folks glove or fairly's
glove. Aster means star and received
its name from the starIike rays of this
flower Daisy is really days eye. Dan
delion means lions tooth. DO you
think the name is appropriate for this
nOtched rather jagged flower?
Anemone means wind flower. The
ancmone is SO delicately poised that
it trembles in the slightest breeze
Dutcllmans breechcs resembles moth
ing so much rs a. baggy pair of trous-
ers. Morning glories bloom only in
tho morning and four o'clocks not un-
til that hour in the afternoon.
The Irish standard., 1908-02-29
Their Average Age rs.

Seldom, if ever, has Cardinal Glib
bons been called upon to confirm such
an aged class as confronted him the
other day in Washington. Twenty
four adults were brought before him
at the building Of the Little Sisters OF
the Poor in Washington and many tot
tered from the burdens Of life that
had piled upon their shoulders for
fourscore years and more.
In the class there were men and
women whose ages were right on the
border of the century mark. Others
we're somewhat younger. but, taken
as a WHOLE it was an exceedingly old
class. Tho average age was reckoned
al rs years. Although advancing in
years himself, the Cardinal found r"nc
80 active as himself.
The Irish standard., 1908-02-29
Conundrums,

What flowers are there between q
lady's nose and chin? Two-lips.
Why is a kiss like sermon? Be-
cause it requires two heads and an
application.
Why should a. man named Benjamin
marry girl named Annie? Because
he would then be Bennie-fitted, she
Annle-mated!
Why arc stout gentlemen promo to
melancholy? Because they are men OF
Size (sighs).
Why is a melancholy young lady the
pleasantest Of all companions? Be-
cause she is always amusing.
Why is a professional thief very
comfortable? Because he takes things
easy.
The Irish standard., 1908-02-29

and was then described as "a clock
of silver gilt, richly chased, engraved
and ornamented with 'fleur de-lys,' lit
tic heads, etc. On the top sits a lion
holding the arms of England which are
also on the sides.'' The weights
are of lead, cased in copper, gilt and
engraved; on one are the initial let
ters of Henry and Anne and true low
ers' knots; on the other H. A." alone;
at the top of each is "Dieu ct mon
droit;" at the bottom. "the most hap
py!" The movement, at present in
the case has brass wheels, a crown
wheel escapement and a short pendu
lum. Though not modern, it is GER
tainly later than the middle Of the six
teenth century. A sight Of the clock
evoked from Harrison Ainsworth a re-
Election to which but few will take ex-
ception: "This love token of endur-
| ing affection remains the same after
| three centuries, but four years after
IL was given the opJecl ot FeIlry >
eternal love was sacrificed on the scaf
fold. The clock still goes. 1t should
have stopped forever when Anne Bo-
leyn died" But whether by accident
or design, though the weights are sus-
pended below the supporting bracket,
the mechanism is now silent: the
hand moves not There is no record
as to the maker of this interesting rel
ic. but at this time most Of the "orol-
ogies" were the production of foreign
artists, judging from the names quoted
in state papers of the period.
The Irish standard., 1908-02-29
The Sin Of Frettina.

There is one sin which. it seems to
me, is everywhere and by everybody
underestimated. and quite too much
overlooked in valuation of character.
It is the sin of fretting IT is a. common
as air, as speech-so common that
unless it rises above it's usual mono
tone, we do not even observe it, Watch
any ordinary coming together of peo-
pie, and see how many minutes it will
bo before somebody frets--that is,
makes more or less complaining state
,nent Of something or other, which
probably everyone in the room or in
the car or on the strcnt corner, il may
be. knew before, and probably no one
can help. Why say anything about It.?
1t is cold. it is hot, it is wet: it is
dry; somebody has broken an appoint
ment: ill-cooked u meal, stupidity or
bad faith somewhere has resulted i'll
discomfort There are plenty OF things
to fret about. 1t is simply astonishing
how much annoyance may be found in
the course OF every days living even
Of the simplest, il one keeps a sharp
eye OH that side Of things. Even Holy
Writ says we are prone to trouble as
sparks flying upward" But even to
the sparks flying upward, in the black
est of smoke, there is a blue sky above;
and the less time they waste on the
road the sooner they will reach it. Fret
ting is all time wasted on the road.
The Irish standard., 1908-02-29
Anne BoIeyn's Clock.

In the corridor at Windsor Castle is
Q clock which is said to have been
presented to Anne Boleyn on her we'd
ding morning by Henry VII. 1t is
rather over four inches square and ten
inches high. surmounted by figure
Of a lion. 1t was purchased on behalf
of Queen Victoria for 110 pounds 5
shillings, when Horace Walpole's COL
lection at Strawberry Hill was sold,
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1908-12-11
SMALLEST KING N THE WORLD.
Monarch Of Burmese state--ils Pal
ace and Curious Body Guard

When travelling through the Shaa
states, says writer IN the London
Standard, had the honor Of being pre-.
sented TO the smallest king in the
world the Sawbwa, or Moysa of
Cheun.tng He stood as nearly as
could Judge about four feet nine
inches IA his curly burmese slippers
and was the Quintessence OF regal
courtesy
His palace was a thatChCd hut on
stilts. close to the Salween river; he
had several wives, who manifested
great curiosity when they saw their
lord IN conversation with a white
man, and his retinue consisted of
some fouyaud-twenty men armed With
the quaintest collection of old guns
that ever came out OF n curiosity shop
The little brown king held out a
small plump hand for me to shake.
II was as soft as a woman's. He hade
me welcome with n smile the most
genial | ever saw and begged me to
accept eocoanut ! knew that Il was
court etiquette TO offer a gift in re.
/ turn aud | was embarrassed TO think
that travelling light as ] was. | had
nothing worthy Of his acceptance I
suddenly bethought me Of corkscrew
knife bearing the name OF we'll.
known brand of bottled beer which
had been given me as an advertise.
lment ia Calcutta 4 few months earlier
This | presented % him with due
ceremony and he accepted it With un-
fegned delight Am his army pressed
round aa | opened The blades, the
corkscrew and the hoot pick, and the
headman beat o gong vigorously at 4
iena from the king apparently m
token Of the ROYAL approval