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The morning journal-courier., 1908-02-01

The regular January Magazine num- Der of the Outlook is an especially in teresting issue. Among the special features are Charles B. Cheney's timely article on Johnson of Minne- sota"; q. H. Blakesee's account of "The First Philippine Assembly,: H. Addington Bruce's first paper on The and glimpses of The Pleasant Land of France" by Harold and Madeline Rowland.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-02-01
"G. S. LEONARD.

G. S. LEONARD,
 Examiner in Charge" It had been expected that the bank nigh remain open, but when the di- rectors learned that to-day's debit balance at the clearing house reached the great sum of S9S0,000, thea quickly agreed that closing was their only alternative.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-02-01

The Comedy of Life the hand
 somely printed volume of full page drawings from Life published as a companion volume to the Social Comedy" is now sold in combination with the Library of the Worlds Humor," issued in eighteen volumes by the Review of Reviews company.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-02-01

Josephine Daskam Bacon's new book just announced by the Harpers deals with the growing girl at board ing-school and takes the form of a diary. once described as that miracle of youth which induces the fer.. mine soul to pour itself out in thoughts on things that never were on sea or land.' According to the acquaintances of Mrs. Bacon, her own early career was full of incidents quite as diverting as those related in Ten to Seventeen" Her preparatory days, however, were not boarding school days, but were spent in the high school of Stam- ford. Conn. her native town. Mrs Bacon as Josephine Dodge Daskam was Smith college girl of the class of '9S
The morning journal-courier., 1908-02-01

For February, the Strand Magazine continues w. w Jacobs new serial story, also the Stories Strange and True, this one telling of an escape from Akatui prison in Siberia, and four complete short stories. Dr Der nard Hollander discusses in an inter
 esting way the cure of criminals and gives first of all a few particulars of fhe varieties of criminal organization, and adds in his article by producing a number of striking illustrations Ten handsome color pictures are taken from the paintings of celebrated art ists. In an account of an interview with the German emperor, MT. J. L. Rashford says that it is printed with the emperor's sanction, and expresses to a great extent in his majesty's own words his views on men and things $
 ''The Red Book tChicago) for Feb ruary is opened with a reproduced se- lection of photogra phic studies of Miss Margaret Anglin, Miss Mary Manner
The morning journal-courier., 1908-02-01

Mir Henry Holt. the well-known New York publisher, has written for ''Putnams Monthly a series of pa pers describing a visit to the West This visit was made last summer; 1t occupied six weeks. and involved a journey of eight thousand miles, the starting point being the writer's coun- try home. at Burlington, Vermont. and the remotest places reached being LOS Angeles and Vancouver
The morning journal-courier., 1908-02-01

Another book. Adventures With Indians" appears this week in the Harper's Young People Series which has become so popular with boys While the book is fiction for the most part certain of the stories are largely fact and others are founded on actual incidents. They are stirring tales of ambush, battle, and adventure. with vivid glimpses of the Indian life and the Indian nature. and the strenuous relations between red men and white men as the latter have pushed their conquering way over the continent. As IS customary in the series. various writers contribute the several tales. among them W. O. Stoddard, Philip Verrill Mighels. Major c R. Davis, Frances McElrath. and others.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-02-01

new story by John A. M chel, author of Amos Ju Id" and "Thc Pines of Lory" as well as a new vol ume of humorous sketches by James Montgomery Flagg are on the stocks in Life Publishing Company's book yards,
The morning journal-courier., 1908-02-01

ing. Miss Eleanor Robson and Miss Marie Doro. A timely illustrated de- partment of the drama and a valuable article on Motoring complete the num- Der. and there are a number of com pleted stories.
 Mrs Louise Cox's painting, Feed ing the Doves which was awarded a $1.O00 prize last year by Sir Caspar Purdon Clarke, director of the Met ropolitan Museum of Art, forms, the cover design of the February num- Der of Woman's Home Companion. Mrs. Cox's little daughter acted as model for the painting. The number is unusually rich, both in special ar- ticles and fiction.
 The principal article in the Febru- ary Everybody is contributed by Ralph D. Paine, and under the file of .'Over the Florida Keys by Rail. tells the story of the conception and execution of Flagler's great plan to join Key West to the mainland by a "seagoing railway" The number is | filled with timely articles, forceful nar- rative and a goodly share of romance and humor. The illustrations demand a word of mention. Besides a series of pencil drawings of modern Chicago. by l Vernon Howe Bailey, and the fifth of 1 William Balfour Ker's descriptive frontispieces, The Story of an Aneri- can Home, there are splendid exam pies of the work of Mary Greene Blumenschein, Will Crawford and Gustavus c. Widney, as we'll as a pro- fusion of photographs.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-02-01

Life's interesting anniversary num- Der celebrating the twenty fifth birth day of that sprightly weekly remains on sale all through this month.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-02-01

The John Lane Company. New York and London, publish small volume of "New Poems" by Stephen Phillips, author of "Paolo and Fran cesca,' ''Herod," and other poetic dramas. The book opens with classi- cal study "Endymion, and closes with a one-act tragedy "Iole." the scene of which is laid in ancient Corinth, when the city was besieged by the Spartans The subjects of the shorter pieces are well varied, and include few spirit ed and melodious lyrics One of the strongest poems in the book is "The Quest of Edith, in blank verse. which describes the terrible night search of the heroine for the body of Harold af- ter the battle of Hastings, and her death. Several of the pieces were first published in the Nineteenth Century, the Spectator, the London Chronicle Cornhill Magazine. the Century, and the Saturday Review.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-02-01

White Lies and Freedom" is the unique title of most interesting arti- cle by Grace MacGowan Cooke, in February Nautilus (Holyoke, Mass. }
 Henry Wood writes of Psychological
The morning journal-courier., 1908-02-01

Giving up architecture for the pur- suit of literature, MT. William J. Locke, author of The Beloved Vaga- bond" and The Morals of Marcus, Ordeync," has resigned the secretary ship of the Royal Institute of British Architects and has gone to Algiers for change of scene and more freedom for his literary work. He is now en- gagged on a new novel which will be issued in London by John Murray and in this country by the John Lane Company. The latter will issue the coming spring special uniform edi- tion of MT Locks works In 10 vol umes.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-02-01

Benjamin R. Tucker, New York. has published in pamplet form The Right to Ignore the State,' by Her. bert Spencer-a reprint of a chapter from Social Statics" suppressed by the author. In foreword the pub fisher states that although Mir Spencer suppressed this declaration he never answered his own argument, and as Anarchists believe the arguments are unanswerable they are published to test that belief.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-02-01

Success Magazine for February con tains Robert Mackay's account of the struggle between the two great opera houses of New York city. The work ings of Galveston's new form of gov- CT Frank Fayant continues to lay bare the stock operations of Thomas w. Lawson. and Samuel Merwin, the opium curse in China. From the Press Gallery by O. O. Stealey, con tains anecdotes of well-known men at Washington
The morning journal-courier., 1908-02-01

The discussion was about the disas- ter that grew out of the Parker build ing fire If were a city official" !" said New York lawyer. T would make it my business to sgitate mak-
The morning journal-courier., 1908-02-01

Tn "The Visit the Craftsman for February brings out the first part of a realistic romance by Frederick Bur ton which has the distinction of deal ing with Indian life from an Indian point of view. Who Evangeline really was, a description of her home, town and how Longfellow heard the story are quaintly told by Campbell Mac leod
The morning journal-courier., 1908-02-01

MT Dooley is writing exclusively for the American Magazine. His article in the February issue is on hard times, then comes Mir Bakers paper on the negro in the north and an extraordi- nary account of Abraham Lincon's boyhood. told by cousin and play mate of Lincoln's Ida NJ. Tarbell goes on with Roosevelt vs. Rockefeller" Lincoln Steffens tells the story of Ru- dolph Spreckles, the eleventh or twelfth son of the sugar king who has become the first There are half dozen completed stories.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-02-01

Ainslee's for February has 2 strik- ing story in "The Open Window" by Cosmo Hamilton It is unique in that it describes what some readers will doubtless consider the fantastic atti- tude of husband toward his wife's would-be lover. Whatever any one may think of this, however, there can he no possible question hut that the story is told in most convincing and entertaining style,
The morning journal-courier., 1908-02-01

For the February Appleton's the President of the New York Clearing House Association, the most eminent hnancier Of Hoston and two recognized figures in New York banking circles
The morning journal-courier., 1908-02-01

THE GREAT SECRET, by E. Phil. \ lips Oppenheim, Boston; Little, Brown ae Co; s1.50.
 A prolific writer certainly is MT. Op- ,enheim and there is always mar xet for his goods. As usual with his literary productions as we find on ln- FIury at the book stores and depot #iews stands, his new book The Great F;ecret" is unouestionably one of the E,est sellers. It is herald q in the 2 london Standard as The finest and A most absorbing story of adventure VI hat MT Oppenheim has ever writ M en-" and both English liberals and M conservatives praise it. Tn this new A ovel the author of The Malefactor," :" # A Lost Leader" etc. deals with a E reat international conspiracy in ~ which Germany is moving machinery sE crush England, and an American 8 irl possessing both beauty and brains Furnishes captivating heroine. From 98he start the reader feels that he has 9n exciting and absorbing story N efore him and the book abounls in M 1cident and quickly moving pan lf.rama of sensational adventure told Al Mir. Oppenheim's customary. ready, Eknooth and entertaining way, but H caring evidence of looseness in con tatruction of the plot that less rapid Execution in preparing copy" would Wave eliminated As says the New fzAiar1- C,,,. l., ssrrba Co,ra+ N3ppenheim is at his preposterous Nest as spinner of fantastically mys- 3,rious yarns and concoctor Of utterly Anpossible plots of great and almost ,skextricable complexity. He takes a
 f,ung Englishman of family and for 4Food cricket and otherwise perfect tsimself in sport and thrusts him into sM hotel in London which is simply the
 ffething headquarters of a tremend-
 dals and far-reaching conspiracy
 Eyainst the British nation By the aid 4 beautiful young American wom-
 &bl who is part of the great conspir-
 1fy the young Englishman is filled AHith desire to play a mans part ir
 Ihe great world outside the world O
 Mort He enlists in the quest of "Th, .>Meat Secret, although he knows tha .I means almost certain death to .ob
 Hin a knowledge of it. He become , #bssessed of the secret, and then tn
 Hot unfolds itself with all the cal
 ilating rapidity of which MT Oppen
 sseim is capable lest pause or let
 AAwn in its interest should give hi
 f8wildered readers chance to re ssver their wits and wonder why the ssAre being carried along by the tale Hone finds it very difficulty which t mire most in the case of MT. Op nheim. his ingenuity and indefati .Able industry or his obvious indif frence to what his readers think q e stories just so they read them. A iglorif1ed dime novelist he is unques
 snably supreme.
 Kidding to the tsokls attractivenes
 e ten capital fut page illustration
 C. n. Williams.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-02-01
ATLANTIC CITY.
HOTEL STRAND.

FireproOf.
 On the ocean front with unobstructed view. Open all year. New throughout, with every appointment. Fresh and sea water baths. with shower attach ments, private and public, Reduced winter rates. Booklet.
 H. l.. FAIRBAIRN, Mgr.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-02-01

Under the general editorship of William Draper Lewis of the Univer- sity of Pennsylvania, the John c. Winston Company have begun the publication by subscription of series of eight volumes. entitled. Great American Lawyers The object of the work, which has been in prepara- ton for several years, is to treat in an interesting way ri the lives and infiu- ence of judges and lawyers who have acquired permanent national reputa- ton and have contributed to the de velopment of Jurisprudence in this country Ninety-six lawyers are in cluded in the scheme, and in numer- ous instances the biographies. which will be presented in chronological or der. will present the only adequate ae- count of the subjects of the articles. The contributors embrace nearly all the prominent law writers of the country.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-02-01

The bank is closed by order of the superintendent of banks of the state of New York.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-02-01

Dainty little volumes, by inches in size, each inclosed in slip case, are The Golden Books by the Out ing Publishing Company, intended to represent the best in literature, short stories, essays and poems Nearly dozen are already issued and the lat est to come to hand is My Winter Garden by Charles Kingsley, said to be it's first reprinting in this country.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-02-01

George W. Jacobs & Go. announce for early publication historical work by former mayor of Philadelphia, MT Charles F. Warwick. This book, "Danton and the French Revolution, ' is the second of q series of three on the Reign of Terror" the first of which. "Mirabeau and the French Revolution" was cordially received. In this. his second work, MT. War wick has embodied many new facts. This volume, it is promised. will be followed by "Robespierre and the French Revolution" The series. the firm claims. will present one of the most complete and interesting &C., counts of the revolution issued
The morning journal-courier., 1908-02-01

For variety of interest the Febru- ary McClure's can hold it's own. Prof William James of Harvard sounds a battle-cry to the colleges in his arti- cle The Social Value of the College bred" In "The Men Who Learned to Fly" some interesting facts are set forth by George Kibbe Turner. Will liam T. Hornaday has an article on "The Psychology of Wild Animals ' There is a very good list of fiction, including further chapters of Mary Stewart Cuttings series, The Way farers."
The morning journal-courier., 1908-02-01

discuss the late financial crisis. George
 w. Perkins. under the title 'Ilurnan- ig'ng a Corporation, tells ;he plan by which the Steel Trust has taken 5G 0uD nf it's emplcyes into pl: tnership, with
 profit to all concerned "A Short Cut to Boston is the story of the Cape Cod Canal. Taking the Railway to the People" is the story of the newest de-
 velopment Of transportation as ex- emplified in New England where troll
 ley lines and railways in alliance are
 promising many changes.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-02-01

ing the salary of every fireman s5.- 900 a year" Some one protested that this might be questionably policy, introducing a mercenary element cal culated to lower the character of the enlisting men. Alfred M. Downes, formerly of New Haven. late secretary of the New York fire department. writing of the q -D'. wage in Fire Fighters and Tr~ esH." the book which the Harpers announced for publication only week or two before the authors death. discusses this question of firemen's pay, As regards recompense in dollars and cents, the arduous work of the fireman receives a fair reward" says MT. Downes. "A fireman who has just entered is known as a fourth grade fireman, and his annual salary is $500. In a year he is a third grade fireman at $1,OOO; in another year a second-grade fireman at s1,200; and then, after three years he becomes a first grade man and re- ceives s1,400 So, while the dangers and hardships are often great, and the duties at times are difficult beyond description, the compensation on the whole is much better than it is in many other occupations. But when we remember" continues MT Downes that the gallant fremen are watch ing over our safety every hour of the twenty-f four, ready to risk their own lives for ours, we realize that the money payment could represent only part of the real debt"
The morning journal-courier., 1908-02-01

THE RIGHT TO IGNORE THE STATE published by Benjamin R. Tucker; New York; 10 cents
The morning journal-courier., 1908-02-01

A dog who, it is claimed, spells not only his own name but such puzzHng words as Constantinople, phthisic and pneumonia, who has the appearance of doing problems in fractions and making change, is discussed by his owner in February Century.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-02-01

Arthur Ruhl will contribute to Scribner's Magazine. beginning with the February number, series of im- pressions combined with a great deal of valuable information in regard to present-day conditions in South Amer ica /
The morning journal-courier., 1908-02-01

THE GREAT SECRET, by E. Phil lips Oppenheim, Boston; Little, Brown 'S Co. S1.50.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-02-01

In the same list is 'Travers," by Sara Dean-a story of the San Fran cisco earthouake. The author, who passed through the awful experience, has introduced two chief characters a young and wealthy California girl and an Englishman, formerly of the Indian Medical Service, later an out cast and fugitive suffering the penal ty of another's wrongdoing. On the night of the earthquake he becomes a thief, and ensuing events serve to show how a thief may yet become a hero. The authors purpose is to show that not only the work of mems hands but their conventional characters were overturned by the catastrophe.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-02-01

Among the new books fresh from the press we note from the Frederick A, Stokes Company:
 For Jacinta," Harold Bindloss, au- thor of Winston of the Prairie He has chosen the Canary Islands and West Africa for the scenes of this tale of adventure. Two men, one a plucky, forceful American. the other an artis- tic, ease-loying Englishman, each for the love of woman attempts to raise a steamer sunk in West African riv- CT containing a valuable but elusive cargo A Spanish bull-fight is also worked into the story.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-09
COURT FINDS FOR
 TOBACCO COMPANY
CHANCELLOR LYELL HOLDS THAT ACTS OF CORR-WILLlAMS TO- BAcco co. DO NOT PROVE THE CONCERN A TRUST.

Jackson, Miss, February s-(spe- cial)-After spending the entire day hearing arguments in the case of tn @ state vs. the American Snuff company ct al, Chancellor Lyell announced that so far as the Corr Williams Tobacco company of Jackson and other state de- tails are concerned he would hold that the Corr Williams Tobacco company was in no way owned or controlled by the American Snuff company, and had not been engaged in anything unlaw- ful; that the relations of the Corr Williams Tobacco company were in mo- wise illegal, or contrary to the statute in Mississippi; that it was an individual Mississippi. corporation owned and op- erated by Mississippians and transact ing a legitimate business in tobacco and it's products.
 The court therefore refused to grant any injunction against the Will Hams Tobacco company, and an- nounced that so far as the American Snuff company is concerned he would take the matter of an injunction against the company under advisement until after the supreme court decides the test case of the state vs. the Jack son Cotton Oil company. now pending, and which involves tn e constitutiona1ity of the Mississippi antitrust Statute.
 Exhaustive arguments were made by Attorney General Fletcher and ex- Attorney General Flowers for the state, while Judge Ed Waves and Judge James Longstreet looked after the in- terests of the snuff and tobacco deal CTS. Attorney General Fletcher seeks to show that the American Snuff com pany is interested in the Corr Williams company and that they have all en- tered into trust and combine to con trol business and restrict trade. Under the statute if found guilty they will be busted and are liable to fine of $5000 per day since organization and would be held for about $2,000,000.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-09
RESIDENCES
 ADD 70 BUILDING BOOM

Construction work is fast regainng it's grip on Birmingham and conditions bid fair to be brighter than ever during the next few weks. Within the past few days a large number of small jobs have been gotten under way as we'll as sev- eral of some magnitude.
 Work has also been started on some magnificent private residences, probably one of the nest expensive being the house which Maj. George M. Mclaughlin is constructing at the corner of Sycamore street and Maiden Lane. The house will be of beautiful design and entirely of brown stone, the total cost being in the nelghborhood of $20,000
 The interior of the house will be fin- ished on a scale of equal magnificence and wifi have every modern convenience. The front veranda will be very attrac- tive, being 65 feet long and II feet wide, while the front steps will be graced by a magnificent arch.
 Major Mclaughlin has resided at his present address for S7 years, the cottage at the corner of Sixth avenue and North Twenty-first street, being one of the first houses erected in Birmingham. The Major is in his eighty fourth year. but is. of the opinion that he can still stand agchange of abode. The new home will be in the nature of a present to his wife
 Major Mclaughlin Is probably the only retired United States army officer in Bir- mingham having served through the civil war with the federal army. He was stationed at Atlanta and Huntsville for
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-09
DRUNKENNESS CAN BE CURED
0rrine Effects Cure or Money
 Will Be Refunded

Orrine is a scientific treatment for the drink habit. It is not a theoretical rem edy, waiting for somebody to test it. Or rine. has been used for years; it has lifted tens of thousands to worthy manhood, and has the indorsement of grateful men and women in every state of the union. Read this letter from Jacobs Pharmacy who has handled Orrine in this city for a number of years:
 Tt gives us pleasure to report our ex- perience in selling Orrine. Before taking the agency for it, we investigated your claims for it as cure for inebriacy, and became convinced of its value. Now, after five years time, and having sold many thousand boxes. we have still more con- fidence in 1t because we are constantly hearing good reports and of men re- deemed to sober life by its use"
 Orrine is in two forms. When desir ing to give secretly, Orrine No 1 should be purchased. If the patient will vol untary take the treatment. Orrne No. ? should be secured. The guarantee is tbe same in either case-cure effected money refunded. Orrine costs but $1 per box Mailed in sealed package on receipt of price. Write to the Orrine company, Washington D. C., for a free booklet, mailed in sealed envelope. Orrine is sold fin this city by Jacobs Pharmacy, 2Os-11 North 18th street.