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Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1908-01-31

b. 81. Bonniwell OF Hutchinson Is a
candidate for delegate to the national
democratic convention in his district,
and will undoubtedly be selected.
Few men stand as high among those
who know him as judge Bonni we'll.
BE would make great governor.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1908-01-31

FOR SALE-Good house 28x80ft. !,
and lot 66x160 IT. Fine shade trees
on lot. Barn, wo:dshed, house
furniture. and wood for . year ahead
included. Price, $500. $500 down
and one years time to pay balance.
Time limited as am moving away.
Jos. Gervais, 500. 18th st. n. O. 49 Ct
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1908-01-31

If the democrats will nominate q
''safe and sane man. who will con.
sciously or unconsciously serve the
INTEREST,", and the republicans also
nominate someone like Cannon OF
Fairbsnks-then the big thieves ia
the East, and their satellites through.
out the country, will bs happy.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1908-01-31

Mayor johnson of Cleveland says in
the Cleveland Plaindealer of Jan. 18th
regarding the report that he would
combine with Harmon to take Ohio
from Bryan:
1T was q mean, scurrilous article,
without the slightest basis Of truth.
I am for Bryan first, last, and oil the
time, and my friends know it,
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1908-01-31

Congressman Hammopds statement
that many of the Congressman would
be openly against Bryan if it were not
that their constituents are for him, is
not complimentary to the moral
bravery of the congressman, but IS
evidence, unwittingly given, of the
strength OF the Nebraskan.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1908-01-31

The Herald was for Hearst in 1904
because he was more OF a real demo-
crat tnsn Parker. and many others
took the same view. But if it's q
question Of epithets, We would rather
be called q Hearst democrat-aveu
though not agreeing with many of his
ideas and methods to wear .
Pierpont Morgan-Jim Hill Wall street
label.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1908-01-31

The New York World carried New
York and New Jersey for Parker in
10O4-before election. The World's
opinions are of as much value now as
then.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1908-01-31
SAUK RAPIDS SAW MILL TIC
RUN -

The St. Cloud journal. Press states
that the Sank Rapids sawmi1l will
run again this season. It has been
reported some time ago that such
would not be the case. This is good
news for the down-rlver town.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1908-01-31

The democrats of Morrison county
get results. The democrats of Anoka
county get wind. This for the benefit
of the Auoks Free Press.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1908-01-31
A RUNAWAY.

While the team of Jacob Duscher of
Pierz was standing by the Little Falls
Milling compsny's -four mill on the
West side Tuesday the noon passenger
train went by, from which the team
instantly took fright and started off
at hot gallop, first going past the
freight depot, then wheeling about
and after crossing the tracks and the
bridge, going at breakneck speed up
Broadway. At the Little Falls
House the team was stopped and an
examination showed that little dam.
age had been done by the teams wild
fight.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1908-01-31
REU MEN 70 HOLD POW WOW.

RED MEN 10 HOLD POW WOW.
The Red Mon will hold : grand pow
WOW, on February 18th, the occasion
being the eighth anniversary Of the
institution of the order in this city.
A COMMITTEES has been appointed to
look after the arrangements for the
affair. Red Men ard their wives and
members of the Pocahontas and their
escorts are invited.
The Rsdmen has psen one Of the
leading orders of the city. ever since
its Institution, and in point of
numbers, is the largest of its kind
in tbs city. ani its tribe Is also one
of the largest in the state. At the
last meeting applications were
received to the number of thirtesn.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1908-01-31

The Red Wing News wants Bryan
to quit. Too bad. Newsy dear, but
we think W. J. B. is leetle deaf on
that side.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1908-01-31

9 fats OF 8 rooms each for rent. over
City bakery and Restaurant. Broad.
way. Stephen c. Vassly. 40 It
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1908-01-31

acres land for sale: $50 per acre
ten minutes walk from court house
easy terms. Stephen =. Vasaly.
48 1t
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1908-01-31
WANTS
One cent a word. No ad taken
for less than ten cents.

FOR SALE-Ten acres land near city.
Stephen G. Vasaly.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1908-01-31

WANTED-Everybody to have som
Of those 6ne photos made at Nelsoa
photo studio.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1908-01-31

12O acres land for sale; one mile
from store; 8 miles from new 500
road. 81 down per acre balance very
easy terms Stephen G. Vasaly. 48 1t
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1908-01-31
Dunn and jacobson would be a
combine that would make Young old
in short time.

Pity the Anoka Free Press didn't
know better in 1904. The job might
have come sooner.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1908-01-31

"OUR. HAIR FOOD abs Quietly
restores gray hair to its natural
(originsl) color, whether brown.
blonde, red or black from the same
bottle and without dyeing it. We
want to hear from the skeptical.
Dwight T.. Sprague Co.,
48 IT Chicago, ILL.,
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1908-01-31

LaFollette has good many friends
among Minnesota republicans who
believe in practical application OF
Roosevelt talks.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1908-01-31

FOR SALE Shop land small
barns; east of Muske's implement
warehouse on list avenue s. e. All
rented. Stephen G. Vasaly. 48 1t
The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-04

don, father of the dead young man, of the trial of the girl for murder and her love for the Engllshman, The court scene is wonderfully impressive as also the tragic scenes in which the life of the well meaning but imper- rilled Engllshman As has been well said; "Gil Perez, who becomes late In the story the servant of the English men, Is n character who suggests tho that, but a woman wronged but mag nillcent The old don. who pursues the foes of his murdered son mp to the last exacted penalty and then shows his greatness by renunciatlon, Is the last of trio which will not soon be forgotten"
 "Manuela IS such heroine as only Mir. Hewlett can draw. Any attempt to sketch her here would be vain and mlsleadnG--a vivid beauty fiercely colored, supburned, with tawny gold hair and jade-grcen far-seeng eyes slim and little more than a child, If a spanish woman Is ever a child"
 
 Spanish Jade" "Riehard Yea-and- Nay" The Forest Lovers Mir Hewlett was born in 1861 He at. tributes much of his literary bent and skill to his father but speaks indiffer. cntly of the influence of school anC college life. Most os his days were given to reading and scrihbing ant he left oxford without obtaining 2 scholarship "l wasted my time" h' says of his academic period. q dreamed. | tried to do things too bis for me, and threw them up at the frs l failure diligently pursued cycg l false god | don't think [ was yerl happy and am sure was very dis agreeable | doubt now if ! was eyo a hoy except for a short period, whol by rights I should have heen man, While still under twenty he came t' London aud applied himself to steady grind at backletter law study hereditary in his ramilt cyc since his great grandfather left m somerset home and settled in London but one that was compulsory in My Hewlett's case In 1888 hc married and in 1890 was called to the hal Subsequently his health failed and a enforced tour abroad aroused in hin strong desire to enter the field o literature Upon his return he hega lecturing at South Kensington an University college on mediaevg themes. wrote reviews and in lS9 published his first book Earthwor out of Tuscany
 Mir Hewlett is now tho author . thirteen separate volumes
The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-04

THE SPANISH JADE By Maurice
 Hewlett Illustrated and decorat I
 by W. Hyde, Published by Double,
 day, Page X Co.
 Miss Hewlett presents another of his charming stories in 'Thc Spanish Jade, story in which this gifted author again shows himself the uur artist whose work has q genuine lit- erary flavor and besides his happy de- plction of Spanish character ono en- joys, or rather delights in his vivid picturing of Spanish scenery and life which in swift Illuminating touches are presented. Now we have before us a gay traveller on the road or q penitcntial throng at church with nuns and other devotees. now a fat unctious priest or a proud, naughty peer proud as Lucifer. in his dire pov- erty of his honored family name i Now we see the grand mountains and ] abrupt dehles, the beautiful skies and now the peasantry happy even with 1 their poverty and crusts of bread. We l have, in short historic romance hf Spanish days when gentlemen rode l horseback from town to town and the ] pictures and events gre of the Spain 1 of half a century ago. The hero, a i wealthy young Englishman, who is l idly traveing about to SC the country comes upon a motley throng torment l ing brutally a beautiful young girl l Manuela, whom he rescues. He places the girl, weak and trembling. upon his mount and puzzled to know what to do with her, proceeds on his journey. JOurneYing in search of this self-same girl. Is lIsteban, a young Spaniard, d care free, iaunty, sCapegrace youth, horse thief and assassin He is bent on pleasant errand." He has had a quarrel with Manuela, his sweetheart, and his errand is to kill her for throwing him over He sings as he journeys along and spurs his iaded heart as he catches sight of the Eng
 ishman and the young girl, The ter TOT of the girl at sight of her former lover escapes the notice of the Eng lishman who when the hot ride over the arid plain under the scorching sun
 is over and a welcome grove Is reach ed, leaves the pair together and takes a bath in cooling stream near by returning from which he finds the young Spanard stabbed to the heart dead, and the girl gone. In searching about he finds the girls crucidx care fully laid upon his possessions in such q way as to Indicate that she had placed it where he could surely find it She has left it---her only trinket--as mark of her gratitude to her res. cuer from the brutal mob, Meanwhile the girl has reported her killing of Els. teban---done In self-defence and tc save also her rescuer--to the priest ir the village near by, acknowledgine the deed as her own moreover in or. der to preserve the Engljshman from the law. Thenceforward the story deals with the Englishman's quest o
 the fair young girl and his narrow es
 eapes from death at the hands of em
 issaries of the proud and titled ole
The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-04

also the working of American self binders on tGe estate of President Falieres in France is shown; also the gathering of a Finland harvest and machines al work in ancient fields in Algiers. harvester at work In Argen- tina, while the frontispcce shows a Chicago mower in siberian fields But the hook Is more than all else a history of the development of agricul- ture during the last eighty years, and vividlv portrays tho results which have been accomplished by lahor-sav- ing agricultural machinery. It also shows how great industry has grown up in the United States, and how, by concentrating plants and re- sources and manufacturing on large scale. Americans are able to make the best machines at a low cost and sell them in every country of the globe. It thus is a direct reply to Blsmarck's duestion--"Wh don't we make these machines in Germany" Mir. Casson, author of thlS book, and of ''The Romance of Steeli and The l Great Races of America" was born in a farming community in Ontario, 1 Canada, of Engish-Irish percentage, | and reared in frontier villages of the 1 fur north and the far west. He went | to his first school in a small Indian ! hamlet on the Red river, and had lit l tic knowledge of any life except that 1 of the farm and the forest until he was twenty years of age, when he had his first view of large city. He had typical American training was at work in an Indian store at 12 years of age, running a grain elevator at fourteen. became a boy orator at seventeen. an editor at twenty-three, n lecturer on economic subjects at twenty five, and for the past twelve years has been a journalist and mag azine writer. mainly on subjects that
 interest business men and farmers. He has written "Thc Great Races of America and "'fhe Romance of Steel" and "The Romance of a Reap
 err" He is the official lecturer of the
 New York City Humane society, and
 is an active member of the Civic
 Federation and the Peace society
 Although he is now generally known
 as a New Yorker he is still at heart farmer. and spends every moment
 on his thirty-acre farm in the Cats
 kill mountains, near the village of
 Pine Hill,
The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-04

When the Little Coloners Knight Comes Riding" was published last fall, the publishers. l.. C. Page & Co.,, Bos- ton. intimated that this book which closed the story of the Little Coloners Girlhood' would probably be the last in the series During the past win ter there scarcely has been a day on which the publishers have not receiv- cd a number of letters from juvenile readers beseeching that the author be prevailed upon to tell more about their favorite heroine. and the other char atcers in the books. each wanting to know the fate of some particular char acter. The demand at last became 90 ineistent that, rather than be haunt ed by the faces of the disappointed children. Mrs. Johnson decided to yield, and is now at work on another Little | Colonel book. which will be published during the coming fall. The Little | Colonel, now, a charming young ma tron. will be secondary figure, the center of the stage being occupied by the original and vivacious Mary Ware, who shared the honors with the Little Colonel in "The Little Colonel, Maid of Honor" Betty, Joyce, Phil Fremont and the other leading characters will also appear.
 Mrs. Johnetons' exquisite little aI- logory In the Desert of Waiting" re- published from "The Little Colonel in Ariona,' has had n tremendous sale appealing to grown-ups as well as to children.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-04

Senator Albert ! Beveridge, whose book, "The Meaning of the Times" has come from the BobbsMerrill company. stands q picturesque figure in the current life of the nation. Absolutely a self-made man, he started at the bot tom of the ladder. without money. in- fuence or acquaintance He was plow- boy at 12 logger at 14, plainsman at 20. Later he took up college course; paid his way through by selling books. When he was graduated his health was broken, and he sought restoration as a cowboy on the plains.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-04

The Appletons have ready "The Life and Letters of Herbert Spencer" edit ed by his literary executor and inti- mate friend, Prof. David Duncan. It is understood that the book in no way conflicts with Spencer's "Autobiogra- phy." extracts from the letters already used in the latter not being repeated in Prof. Duncan's work The autobio- graphy carries the story only as far as 1882 It was during the remainder of his life that. according to Spencer's own expression. he mounted guard over mems rights" and spoke out on social problems
The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-04

A successful authors book always demands more recognition from the public than book from the pen of an unknown writer Perhaps this Is one reason why the C. M. Clark Publishing O.. Boston, are especially glad to say they have second book from the pen of Frederick A. Ray, author of Maid of the Mohawk" called "The Devil Worshipper," which to their minds. is far more brilliant story than his first book. instantaneous as its success was. The Devil Worshipper" is diametrical- ly opposite to Maid of the Mohawk" :" Its scenes are laid first in New York's cultured classes and then move to the Island of Martinique. where the strong est part of this human drama is play cd while Mt, Pelce is in eruption.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-04

Under the name The Jayhawkers, |" John A. Martin of Pueblo, Colorado, has painted a phase of western life, which to the average reader contains more real interest than perhaps any other class of literature. The bumor, the sympathy, the primitive ideas of justice, the intense, picturesque life, of thep lains appeal to the heart of the reople with directness which nothing can alter. The c. M. Clark Publish ing Co.,, Boston, has secured in "The Jayhawkers' a story of interest.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-04

Houghton, Miffiin & Co. publish Tragedy" by Prof. Ashley H. Thorn dike, q new volume in the Types of English Literature Series; "The Influ- ence of Montaigne." and "The Spirit of Montaigne," by Grace Norton; The Bibliography of R. W. Emerson." by George Willis Cooke: and Trees and Shrubs" Vol. II. Part it., edited by Prof. Charles S. Sargent The same house announces an arrangement with Mrs. Humphrey Ward to issue the first complete and uniform edition of her works.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-04

Thomas K. Lounsbury which have ap- peared In Harper's Magazine are now published in book form under the til, Tho Standard of Usage in English with the omissions due to the lImita- tons of magazine space restored, The papers constitute the most radical con tribution to English linguistic criticism within a generation. Prof. Lounsbury substitutes the authority of the great writers for the hnical objections of the more or less lmperfectly trained 'pur- ists,' He laughs out of court the af fectations and pet aversions of the critics and shows the absurdity of n hostility to particular words based on inferences and assumptions drawn from the inner consciousness and hav-
 ing no warrant in fact. The book will serve . useful purpose as an antidote for and corrective of the schoolmaster- ing habit of criticism, as Prof. w. n. Whitney termed It. of the Richard Grant White and Lindlcy Murray school of purists'; also from the same paper; "The book Is well-rcasoned | bi S lVl lllf Nbllllllpu lhN VI speech and against the special legsla- tion and statutes of limitations of the self-consttuted censors. It Is a plea for the purity of idiom, with it's freedom and elasticity. and against the artificial standards and mlscallcd refinemcnts by which language is stereotyped and fos- sllzed."
 New York Tribune. The collection of essays in which the acute and de- lightfully unpcdantic emeritus profess sor of English at Yale sets forth his answer to this eyer fresh question might we'll be prescribed for reading 10 every student who aspires to solve the problem of English usage His nlne brief studies give utterance to a vigorous but not wholly unequIyocal opinion on this subject; and they do sc with a wealth of anecdote, intensely human 'argufying, and a lighthearted- ness that cannot fail to charm and sway the reader even if the papers fall an inch short of convincing him
 Professor Lounsbury Is more of man than many critics who have hoomed more thunderously than he within the pent-up valley of grammarians Unlike these sonorous censors of our common speech. he does not pretend to be eithel the spokesman of higher power ol
 the vicar of pure reason He impute'
 no infauibility to any mans privatr opinions on usage. nor does he fancy
 that the English language will petrify , or rot as result of puristic reactions or the victorious anarchy of the laissei faire doctrinaries This iherality Is jus the sauce with which all first lessons 1 in grammar and rhetoric ought to h. served It is q prophylactic agains that still prevalent variety of scholas | tic humps known as pedantry, dis , ease which pains only the sufferer anc [ makes him appear ridiculous
The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-04

R. F. Lee company, the new Boston publishing house, makes announcement of two notable books for early publi- cation, One is reissue of Peter Rugg the Missing Man" by William Austin, which originally appeared in the New England Galaxy in 1880, and was widely copied. Austin has been called the precursor of Hawthorne. The other new Lee publication will be 1.-The Debate of the Body and the Soul" the late Prof Childs modern ized version of an early l4th century manuscript,
The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-04

Noted names appearing In the last weeks publication French Novelists of Today by Winifred Stephens arc those of Anatole France. Marcel Pre- vost, Pierre dc Coulevain. Paul Bour- get, Maurice Barres. Rene Bazin Edou- ard Rod and Pierfre Loti. The book constitutes a guide to English readers desirous to keep in touch with the best present-day French fiction. Special attention Is given to the social. eccle- siastical and intellectual problems of contemporary France. showing their influence upon the, French novelists of today. A bibliography is given in the case of each writer.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-04

JOHN AND SEBASTIAN CABOT By
 Frederick A. Oher, author of "Colum-
 bus the DiscoVerer," "Ferdlnand De
 Soto" etc Illustrated. Published by
 Harper & Brothers, New York; $l0O;
 at Judas.
 This Is another In the very interest ing Harpers series "The Heroes of American History which has met with striking and deserved success. The deeds and adventures of those in trepid explorers, the Cabots, are vivid ly told in this volume. and the oues- ton as to whether their claim to being the first discoVerers of the mainland of America is substantiated, is well and thoroughly discussed, q claim long obscured by controversy and con- nicting documents. What the Cabots achieved the difficulties they had to contend with in the preliminares be- fore starting out over these unknown seas to find q new world and new
The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-04

loathe that love, the love that Is only a harlot wearing bridal we'll And she bowed down her head, and trembled exceedingly, and became, as 1t were, a living center of prayer for light-for light"
 How tho spell was broken, the mid summer dream of the lovers, Is thus explained in giddy words.
 She had asked him to fly with wings that she had fastened upon him while she beat upward into those unhuman, dizzy heights which lrew her, on tho sure plnlons that were of tho very es- scnce of her being. The star had cried out to the firefly, and the flrefly sank and perished in those cold waters Of reality that held her image. Yet his dream had been no less than hers. Caught by that great wind of her ideal l he had been borne as high as che If l only for heart beat. but apart from 1 her. way from that magic of her per l sonality which had once given him the sensation as of divine vertigo-a fall ing upward the mystery of her nature had lost It's alurement as of the land l beyond the lightning. and only chill void enclosed him, empty of the warm, human commonpaces that i'll the lives of other men,"