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IN the Land Of Mosques and Mi1arets'

By Francis Miltoun. Illustrated by Blanche
slcManus Published BY L c. Page & Co..
Boston.
Francis Miltoun and his wife, Blanche
McManus. those clever and artistic
travellers, have been on one Of their
most interesting trips. 1t was through
the northern part OF Africa. where
French influence Is paramount. and no
trip which they have taken has been
spent more. prohtabIy. Their well
trained powers of observation are
now used in land that 10
the people at large is always mysteri
Gus. 1t seems 10 be the home OF ro-
nance, sometimes tragic. often weird.
filled with bandits and kidnapers and
bloodthirsty criminals. but always ro-
mantle.
The record of the journey was made
on the spot, just as the pictures were.
for the author himself says that moth
ing desirable OF local color should be
lost by allowing too great an expanse
of sea and land to intervene"
After reading this simple narrative
one can but wonder why the country
has been so misrepresented. why
travellers have had the courage to
write of things as they were instead
of romancing.
Travelling Is not the luxurious de-
light in northern Africa that 1t Is in
this country, apropos OF which the
opening para graphs OF the book may
be quoted:
The taste for travel Is an acquired
accomplishment Not every one likes
to rough it. Some demand home CON-
forts. others luxurious appointments.
but you don't get either OF these in north
Africa. save in the palace hotels OF
Algiers, Biskra and Tunfs, and even
there these things are less complete
than many would wish
We knew all this when we started
out We had become habituated as IL
were. for we had been there before
The railways OF north Africa are poor.
uncomfortable things. and excruciat-
ingly slow; the steamships between
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,mCNTISPECE 10.
"LOOlIS CELIFE -
BY HE1rIAH
SSHEFTAUER..
- y

poorly paid clerkship to support his
family.
There is some half suggested mys-
terry about his former business asso-
citation with Angus MacPhail. mil
lionaire congressman: but MacPhail
visits his house. so one is not very sus-
picious. Like many self-made mil
lionaires McPhail worships his maker.
He is vulgar and rather ostentatious
and has one fad--the collecting Of art
treasures. In pursuing this mania he
hears of the famous heirloom. the
-,Steiyio biberon." a rare drinking cup,
the most treasured possession OF Count
di Stelvio. the last representative of
proud but impoverished family Mac
Phail makes one offer after another.
bu. .iteIyio refuses 10 sell
MaePnaIl buys in the Methuen es-
tates and wishes to marry MarEot.
MaTgot eaDnqt bear him. but hesttates
about declining. for her mother begs
her 10 save the family. who all appear
to be on their last legs. To complI-
cate matters Margot falls IN love with
Steivio while she is taking q Euro
pean tour with her aunt
Sne Is just about to decide to marry
for love and admit her love to Stel-
vio wnen d letter from ner mother
forces her to accept MacPhail to save
her fathers life.
However, she is saved at the last
moment Her father tells her a busi-
ness secret in dying and when the af-
fair is sifted MacPhail is proved a
scoundrel apd enough money is recov-
cred 10 enable the Methuens 10 live
comfortably. Then OF course Margot
can marry Stelvio. He. poor chap, had
sold the famous .biberon" to MacPnafl
in order to get money enough TO ask
her 10 marry him.
One knows at the end of the first
chapter just what is going to happen
that all sorts of obstacles will be
placed In the path of the lovers. but
that they will successfully surmount
them all. 1t is all very charming and
innocent and went hurt the youngest
readers. but in these days of novels
with purpose 1t seems fat. stale and
Improbable
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about her for 500 years. Miss Wall
weaves beautiful little romance
around her. She was taken away by
the conquering tribe of Indians. the
Catawbas. and brought up among them
Being white of skin she was called
THE Water Lily OF the Catawbas.s and
in time fell in love with a young chief.
He. however. was slain in battle. and
the sad Lily" was forced to accept
the love of Powhatan. savage old
chief. and died when her own little
daughter was born. This daughter was
christened Pocahontas and the most ro-
mantle OF the many versions OF her
career is given in this book
Miss Wall knows the early history
of Virginia thoroughly. Much which
she has woven into this little book is
new-perhaps CLEANED from the folk
lore of the state. for surely the coun-
try is old enough now TO have a folk
lore. The character drawing is excel
lent. the author knowing the Indian
as well as his white brother. It is a
delightful little historical romance.
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"Ihe Diary of a Lost Oae"
EdIsed b. aIargaret. Bo

Edited bg Margarete Bohme Published By
the Hudson press, New York.
The foreword OF this book is not too
long 10 quote entire. 1t is signed f. F.,
presumably the initials OF the Ger
man publisher.
There can be no doubt that this
diary is truthful record OF the ac-
tual life OF a woman who bad .lived
in the half world The pages pulsate
with fever Of protest; with a longing
for unbelievable reconciliation with
the world OF morality. II is pftiful
appeal to the Inexorable tribunal Of
public opinion
The publication of the diary in Ger
many called forth a redundance Of
criticism. II was condemned, by some
superficial minds. for its frsnkness;
but it has been equally praised by the
large majority of thoughtful readers
who recognize in this wonderful hu-
man document a work which must
exert aa vast influence through the
great moral lesson it conveys.
This terrible picture of life has
stirred to the depths THE hearts of a
legion OF readers, and it will arouse
the deepest and most serious thought
among the American people. 1t will
compel the grave attention OF every
humanist who inquiries into social con-
ditions
Every normal, thinking, grown up
man and woman should read it"
The foreword tells cleverly the
character OF the book and IT can be
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and il is OF great interest TO study
whether he has reached the high stand
ard which he set for himself in his
previous efforts.
The present collection contains many
individual poems which will bear COM
parison with those already published
and all OF them are very far beyond
the ordinary rGn of contemporary verse.
but the book, as a whole. is hardly
eGaal to "Ot Both Worlds"
The poems all show the high and
earnest view OF lie which Is character
istie OF the author. though they do not
always succeed in correctly conveying
in their language his exalted poetical
idea
The verses dedicated to san Fran
cisco after the earthquake win be ap-
preciated by san Franciscans. for they
show a feeling for the city in its desoia
ton which no outsider. no matter how
sentimental. could have There are sew
erai OF these poems 10 san Francisco.
the best Of which is entitled The
---' ~ D~tlaVNs al OElSon sung III lie
season OF the earthquake; it is a poem
upon subject which best suits the
authors preference for large-a cos
mic theme.
The particularly beautiful little poem
was inspired by the sight OF the ruins
Of Grace church. the first two verses
OF which show a bit OF the authors
style
A temple IN sunse, land / saw
Eeat hy the tarues ii elrth. tie storms Of frs.
And Ger e hF'rslr-i wide vita si,r. % swe
The COON that fell on sidua and ca Tsre.
Aad many al srch and ruinDa. portal there
Stood staresi with of a l,eris.et lime;
The STARK stones yielded echoes CT a prayer
The towers guiSered vita a ghOssiy ealine
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'1he Count and the Congressman
BY Mrs. burton Harrison. anl

By Mrs. BuTton HArfIsu!I, ahthor Of "A Bach
elor Maid etc. Published by Cupnles &
Leon company, New York
Mrs. Burton Harrison stands very
much in the position today In which
She does write better English. but her
little love stories are just about as In
nocuous and just about as obvious.
In this little tale the heroine is Mar
got Methuen. She Is the youngest
daughter of Augustin Methuen, a farm
er millionaire. whose loss of fortune
has wrecked his health. He has been
obliged to sell or rather to throw
away his ancestral home on the Poto-
mac ana go to washington ana te[- |.
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.Ihe Daughter Of Virginia Dare"

By Mary Virginia Wall. Published By the
Neale company, New York. Price Sl.5o-
1t is fairly well established in his
tory that Virginia Dare was the first
white child born on American soil
Her mother, Eleanor, was the daughter
OF Governor White of the Roanoke
colony, Virginia, but was killed by the
Indians shortly after her husband s
death from fever and neglect Miss
Wall gives remarkably graphic story
of those times OF suffering and hard
ship. bringing 1t all much closer than
the ordinary dry history of the times.
History itself says little OF the baby
Virginia, ana historians have disagreed
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.aaans ofGfe"

By Herman schensue-. Published by the
Neaie c0npany. New YORK. Price $1.25-
A new book Of poems by Herman
gchenauer has just been published. Mr..
echenauer is well known San Fran
ctscan and has already made a very
marked impression on the literary
world BY his poems. at a time. too.
when II Is no easy thing to make
any impression by writing poetry
The high poetic quality Of his pre-
vtous work marks the advent OF this
nav collection an event Of importance
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Tennyson records how DR.. Shepherd
wrote his father. requesting that 'he
explain the allusions in the first
s.anza of In Memoriam.' beginning 1
hold IL truth with him who sings as
the question had Jed to long and un-
son students" And he records the
poets answer: Il believe l alluded TO
Goethe. Among his last words were
these, Won Aenderungen zu hoeheren
AeBderungen. from changes to higher
changes.
The incident. one among many like
1t that could be quoted. shows with
what minute and scholarly care DIR.
Shepherd has done his work For
many years DR.. Shepherd has iectured
on Tennyson, the man and his poetry.
and his lectures have everywhere
aroused interest and stimulated a
deeper study of the poet In the light
of these facts IL Is reasonable TO sup
pose that his study of In Memoria,ll"
add something of permanent value to
the literature of the famous eiegiac
poem
A careful and critical reading of ~
Commentary upon Tennyson's In Me-
moriam' proves the work to be all
this and very much more than the
words imply. In every way and from
value to readers of general literature,
TO teachers and to students of the well
beloved English poet.
The book opens with Biographical
sketch of Arthur Hailam, Tennyson' S
fellow student who died in Vienna and
in whose memory. as the English
speaking world knows, In Memoriam'
was written, this noble word monument
was built. AS comparatively little Is
known about young Hailam this com
plete story OF his life is valuable in it.
self and its place in this volume is
logical and necessary. DIR. Shepherd
then contrasts I'm Mcmoriam'' at length
with Millions -Lycidas" and other great
elegiac poems. ancient and modern. fol-
lowing which he records the history OF
the poem, it's form and treatment. its
inception. evolution and philosophy.
Having prepared his way to the poem
itself DR.. Shepherd anaiyzes comments
upon and interprets 1t, section by see-
ton. in most thorough. scholarly and
sympathetic way. 1t is the ripe and
beautiful fruitage of a life's study. this
splendid work, and as such Ii will take
its sure place among the nobler things
tnat make for higher living and purer
thought.
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The Soul of Cruesus" IS"
By Gerald villlers-Stuart.
pIes & Leon. Kew York

By Gerald Vllllers-Stuarf. Published by Cup
pies & Leon, Kew York
Gerald Villiers-Stuart has written q
rather extraordinary story in The Soul
of Croesus." Perhaps it is intended
as dreadful warning to the very rich
who think money will buy everything
even to the buying OFF, the conse-
quences of their foolishness and in
dulgences-
The hero. Standish Vandraken, is a
fine young person, good to look at. OF
good morals, and of good education +.
but-he has inherited $500, coo. 900 and
OF course he wants to have some fun
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-30
.'Ilsw to Get a Position and How to Keep It.

By S. Roland Hall Published By Funk &
Wagnalls eompsny. New York Price 80
cents.
For many years Mr. Hall has been
the principal OF the department OF ad-
vertising in a large correspondence
school. so he has had much experience
in this line and is competent to give
advice
II is a sound. sensible book The
author. in his business connection. has
had much experience in getting posi-
tions for young men, This advice TO
young men is to drop all foolish no.
tions about the getting and holding
OF position Hard work alone makes
good. He gives much practical advice
on letters of application, personal ap-
plication; what is good and what is
bad form; keeping a position and win
ming advancement. etc
Just now, during the panic and con-
sequent hard times. this book will ap-
peal to large number. The style is
simple and straightforward. and the
little book win be found valuable
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-30
Gosdg Of Books and PgopIe Who EsL, Tbeu

Probably there has never been a
wider interest in psychology and phil
osophy than there is at present, when
pragmatism has become a term almost
Messrs- Henry Holt & Co. are sending
to press for the fourth time Prof ].
Mark Baldwins Feeling and VIII
An English writer notes that eating
literally conceived. has lost its place
in the novel; that. 10 Judge By the con-
mon novels OF the day. the frank pleas
ures OF the table are not recognized
as they used 70 be- No one has cele-
Charles Dickens-moved thereto. II Is
suggested. by the fact that he had
been half starved in his bOyhood In
his books there are unforgettable cpl
sodes of eating. To take only ssTh@
Old Curiosity Shop" there Is the food
administered BY the immortal SwiveIler
to the poor little marchioness. there
IS the wonderful Gailand hamper
which makes every reader hungry. and
there are Kits oysters after the play
As for the -Pickwick Papers" thsy
are more or less redolent OF good
things gustatory.
-Short Studies OF the Heroes OF the
Early Church is a little book by Emma
A Robinson. which viii be OF much
help and interest TO students OF Bible
history. II is the third book IN the
series OF Bible study books for the
intermediate section OF the Junior
league Jennings & Graham. CIncin-
nati)
A little book called Home Made Jfn-
giles is offered BY Miss Grace Sorenson.
II has no particular merit as to style
and the same sort Of stuf has been
done so much better By Carolyn Wells
and numberless others that n will not
shine by comparison douglas Print
ing company. Omaha-)
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Books Receiysd

The Social Duty OF Our Dauxhterx- - Nrx
Adolple Hoffman. The Vir publishing coun-
pany. PHILADELPHIA
Henry Alter,rs company philadelphia
..lfouse Painting Glazing. PAPER Hanging sna
whitewashing.. by A. H. Saoin. John Wiley q
sons New York
The cirenlar Staircase" by Mary r. Rine-
hart- The Bohbs-aferrilI corlpsny. Indianapolis.
The True Life Story OF Swiftwater Blu
Gates BY his mother IN Law. Ms lola Bssbe.
The Car and the Lady" BY Percy j. Ne
gargeI and Grace $. Morgan The Baker 4 Ts7-
lor company. New York-
s.BaIthasar. a Biblical Drama by Gerfruds
g. Avellalada- Edited b. Carlos Bransley
American book company. New York
The Girl of Sixr.'' ny Madam q Mwm
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50 He SAT TFIERE AND
1CID HER ALL ABOUT
HIS COrTnuSSION !"
FRoTT " HIE FRrNe LINE
6YRo6T.W. 0HArTnFRs
e y

a newspaper it would be TO adequately
review it. The great thing about II
which impresses the reader at every
line is its absolute genuineness. There
is nothing IN the book that can be de-
scribed as prurienf-there is prac-
tically no foul language-there is
nothing to inspire any feeling OF dis
gust; only ones deepest chords or
pity and compassion are touched.
II may be shock to some of the
rather narrow and conventional folk
to read the last lines OF the foreword:
Every normal. thinking. grown up man
AID woman should read it" but after
reading the book they will all unhes-
itat.ngiy agree With that advice.
a book like this placed in the hands
of young people after IL years of age
viii do more good than hundreds OF
moral lectures and would do more
toward saving the girl who is dazzled
BY the glitter CT the red light than ell
the warnings Of rabid reformers. 1t
is a horrible book but a wonderful
lesson.
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'slpoa Ieaaysoa's In Memoriam' .

By Henry f. Shepherd. Published BIZ the
Seaie company, New York Price sl2y
DR.. Shepherd has been a lifelong stu
great poet personally and corresponded
with him for years. In his life of AL
fred. Lord Tennyson.v Lord HalIam
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-30
BOOKS REVIEWED

The Firing Line BY Robert W. Chambers.
Looms Of Life" By Herman Schef0uer.
'Poaed Fiction. BY John Kendrick Bangs.
The Diary of Lost Cs7e" edited BY Mar
soreiy 50hH1e.
"The Widov." bp Helen Rovland
H Commentary Upon TennysOns IN Memo
rion. By Henry E. Shepherd.
The Count and the Congressman, By Mrs.
Burton Harrison.
The Daughter of Virginia Dare" BY Mary
Vagiria Wol
The Soul Ct Croesus.'' By Cerold ViIlicrs-
Stuart
In The Lo7d c. Mosques and Mirare.s." By
Frorcis fz.ou1
Beyond the Blue Grass. By George Crespell-
Gill
Lincoln, the Men Of SOuOD. BY Eugene w.
Chain.
"i{oy 10 Gel G Position aid Hon 10 Keep III"
By S. RolGnd Hall.
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- ithss - rlsaallers PUBLISHED b. D. 3
A.,lrsou CY Price Si-5a
The Sauk Centre herald., 1908-09-17

Best boar, any age breed. Dip. and $500
Best sow any age or breed Dip and 200
Best sow and pigs, 1906 farrow,
not less than ............. Dip. and 800
Best boar and sows, any age or
breed bred and owned by ex-
The Sauk Centre herald., 1908-09-17
P R T N | I'M LIST
of the
SIKH ANNUAL
F Al R
of the
StearnS County Agricultural Assn.
Sauk Centre, MINI.
SEPT. 30, OCT. 1 & 2
DIVISION A-HoRsEs.

a horses horse, age will be reckoned from the the
he was foaled. Foals will be considered
one year old on the first day of January
succeeding BIRTH
Horses entered single will be shown single
and in harness when three years old and
over, except stations.
Identity or color is not indispensable in
matched teams, but both animals must be
owned by the same person or firm.
Class standard.
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DIVISION H.
Art and Needle Work.

1st. I'd.
Apron. fancy white ..............s rs s 40
Dq materisss qlis - .......:.... rs 40
Bead work, best collection, six ors -
more pieces 10 ~
Baskets, hand made, all raffia. rs 40
Basket, best hand made, all rat a.
Baskets best hand made, all raf- -
fla and rattan. ............... 10 4u
basaetI, nssd Fen pes. coneeuo,. mo- - rs 40
Burnt wood, best box or chest. 75 ~
Burnt wood. best panel or plaque 20 ,.40
Burnt wood, best frame. 10 40
Burnt wood, best tabourette... 10 4O
Burnt wood best article not
a enumerated above ............. 10 .4o
The Sauk Centre herald., 1908-09-17

Best collection OF fOIlage plants. .5U 20
DIVISION J.
FANCY WORK..
Work in silk linen, cotton or WOOL The
different varieties of embroideries, laces
drawn work, tatting crocheting, knitting,
The Sauk Centre herald., 1908-09-17
DIVISION G.
KITCHEN AND DAIRY /

M TOI!EN I%ND 0NInt ,rtO1CT!S
taste. All loaves, pies and cakes will be
cut. All must be home made and the prod
uct of the exhibitor.
Keep away from the judges while they
are examining articles or they may pass
yours without examination.
Mark all plates and dishes with gummed
labels and private marks.
Glass Butter and Cheese.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1908-09-17
Cow. any age or breed, with !

Cow any age or breed with
calves ~, ......-. 800 l5O
= 81 Sweepstakes.
Best beef bull of any age or
DfecQ 4. LIP anu $o.Vv
Best beef COW of any agc or
'brecQ LIP anu ouU
Best dairy bull, Of any age or
breed ........... .......... Dip and 300
Best dairy cow Of any age or
breed .:...................... Dip. and 800
DIVISION c..
SHEEP.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1908-09-17

for premiums must be exhibited by the
producer, and must have been grown during
the year. 1908.
5i3s "a, Class 1.-Grains
The Sauk Centre herald., 1908-09-17
Women's Department.
superintendent NJ Hogan.
RULES GOVERNING EXHIBiT

OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. M. hogan
RULES GOVERNING EXHIBITS.
l. All articles in this class must be the
handiwork of and owned by the exhibitor,
and must have been completed within two
years, unless otherwise noted. The WORD
''display" refers in the first place to quality
and in the second to quantity.
2. Articles that received premiums at any
pete this year The articles of a collection
or display cannot be entered separately
for individual premiums.
g. No person enter more than TWO
articles under same list number in any
class except in collections.
4. Under the general head Embroidery
each kind must compete with it's kind SILK
embroidery cannot compete with worsted
embroidery.
s. The committee are instructed not to
award premiums unless the articles are
deemed worthy of merit, nor to articles bor-
rowed or purchased for competition, or
those incorrectly named.
g. Work of girls under Is must be done
without assistance from parent teacher or
T. Soiled or unfinished articles will not
be accepted or entered for premium by the
superintendent in charge.
s. Articles on exhibition .cannot be re.
moved until the close of the fair, except
upon written permission from the presidents
g. Articles entered for exhibition, 1pclud-
ing. fruit, jellies, jams and all canned goods.
must he in place of the several departments
not later than 6 o'clock p. M, Friday, Aug.
80. Bread, cake, cookies, etc, to be brought
hibitors are requested to make entries with
secretary in the Woman's Building at leasu
one week before the opening of the fair.
No entries can be received after Aug. Both,
DIVISION H
+ Il ATorlr
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RoddSterS.
(ThorOll0hhr hradS ExcIIl6

Horses in this division should be of good
size. well formed and possessed of good
style and action Teams should be matched
in size, style, speed and action. The ami.
mails may be Of different sex. Intelligence,
docility and readiness of control by rein
or word will be considered.
Horses trained for speed or kept for speed
purposes are excluded. All over years old
to be shown to harness and owned by ex
hibitor.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1908-09-17

Class 4-Draft Horses-Grades and Crosses.
. (Thorobreds Excluded)
Premium.
1st I'd.
Mares and geldings years old
and over .................... .$3.O0 LOU
Mates and geldings 8 years DID, 800 150
Fillfes and geldings 2 years old: 2.5O 1.25
Colts | wear old either SEX. 200 LOO
Snring colts either sex.. 200 , LOO
New-York tribune., 1908-01-08
LAUNCH THOUGHT LOST.
Disappears zcith Tzco Men IN Gale
off Old Point Comfort.
fBy Telegraph to The Tribune.I

Norfolk Va, Jan. "A launch and two men
missing. and thought to have been lost
in terrific storm which, moving rapidly north
ward from the Gulf was central off the Virginia
coast o-day
The launch belonged to the quarantine ship
Jamestown lying off Old Point Comfort. and the
missing men are the captain and engineer. both
white. A quarantine surgeon from the James
town had used the launch to board the British
steamship Helvengrove, which had just arrived
With his negro assistant he went on board.
When they were ready to return to the launch
the storm was so severe that they could not do
so, and they remained the ship and pro-
ceeded to Lambert's Point.
The launch. which laboring heavily when
last seen. is believed to have gone down
The wind reached a maximum velocity at
Cape Henry of seventy-two miles an hour to-
sday. The gale blowing from the northeast
caused mountainous seas, and with its hurricane
velocity registered at the capes made IL hazard
Gus for all shipping caught the outside