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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-10-02
DEMAND is UNSUITABLE,

u r.
One very interesting fact was brought.
to light at this same conference of Ii
brarians--namelS, that the demand FOR
fiction seems to be almost Unsuitable
The great question which the directors
OF public libraries in all countries will
have to decide in the very near, future
is: Whether fiction should be bought
and dealt out to meet the public de-
mand: or, whether Instead. the librar-
les should exercise a sort Of censor
ship. and only" stock such books as
have an educational and uplifting char
Rcter Many librarians held the view
that. as the public paid for the support
OF the libraries, they should he the ones
ultimately to decide as to the class of
books TO be kept on hand People who
wished to read Marie Cornclli, for in
stance would not easily be persuaded
to take as a substitute a work on
differential calculus. The right Of the
mere librarian to exercise censorship.
and to attempt to reform the taste of
the public, is regarded by some as an
act Of assumption. And yet, even to-
day, librarians throughout the world
have adopted the policy of limiting
their stock of fiction, and the general
tendency Is towards informative and
standard literature. The spread Of
this policy will doubtless benefit the re-
tail booksellers: for the very fact that
n public library does not keep a GER
tain work on hand. will give It an
added value in the readers Dyes.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-10-02
DEsERET EVENING NEWS FRIDAY ocroBER ) 1908

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mon appearance, as ostensibly owing to
mourning aud the illiess of Lord 5lYor
Churchill she did not entertatn at all
at Sunderland House this Nea.'.
Many hearts here beat quickly at the
name of the beautiful Gladys who, IN
( spite of all the American deputailtes
who have come and gone since last we
met her. still holds a place that viii
never he filed In the souls of some OF
her would-be suitors. a smart man
about town said to me the orher day
when he heard OF her advent. There Is
something about that girl tnat Is nlys-5
teal She has witchery and mag
netism which are irresistible. One can
imagine her charms only In a Cleopatra
or that wondertul Christina, the spin
ster queen of Sweden. Personally, he
added. II don't believe she Will marry
unless She gets a crown prince OF. some
one OF that Tx.
Lord Herbert Nane Tempest, who has
a great eye for beauty and whom ru-
NOR has il Is bent on marrying Mar
garetta DreXel, was at one time greatly
enamored OF Gladys Deacon. He re-
manned quite true to her memory until
he met lovely Marsarctta. Another of
her devoted admirers was Lord DAT
meny. Lord Rosebery's elder son, who!
is still bachelor.
POPULAR IN SOCIETY.
Lady tMlchaeU Herbert is far more.
popular in London than her sister. Mrs.
Ogden Goelet, ms she has none of the
reserve of that lady. No one is more
unapproachable than Mrs. Goelet, while
Lady Herbert is as simple and friendly
as possible In speaking Of her her
friends say she is before all things az,
American" having the free and easy
unconventional manners which the
old coutry people always expect from
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custodians Of 100000 Vol
unes Discuss Exclusion Of
Undesirable Novels.
RlsoUE STORIES ARE BARRED
Immense ana Increasing Demand FOR
Fiction iii Europe Give Rise to
Comment on Quality
special CORRESPONDENCE.

e. ! =
= E ONDoN, Sept. q, Among the
most successful books recently
published in England are those.
@77 which deal With problems" Of
various kinds. Society problems, mar
riage, problems, food, health. race, coll
or, war, peace, every conceivable sort
of problem, has found Its way into.
print. So much has the problem book
become. in vogue that at the recent
conference of the Library association,
which sat at Brighton, the ..problenl
book" came up for special discussion,
and there was even some talk of ex
Guiding it from public libraries. Last
year in England, libraries supplied up
wards of $1,000, 900 books to the pubic.l
and the exclusion of this class OF work
would be a heavy blow to authors
engaged OH various problem novels.
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Hcadstonc lettering carefully done.
See us. Elias Norris & Sons Co.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-10-02

shoSteSSsS, "a She made huge sensation
one night in a golden satin frock on,
which was embroidered in cut jet a
design which suggested snakes. Like
another compatriot OF hers, Gladys
Deacon, she never wears any jewels,
not even a brooch nor a ring, having
Ia strange superstition about gems to
which She attributes powers OF good
or evil
MRS. MARSHALL FIELD WEEDS.
III saw a letter. the other day. in
which Mrs. Madwin Drummond, still
better known as Mrs. Marshall Field,
said that five days before her mar
rlage she had no more intention of
marrying AIaidWin nrummona than OF
becoming queen of England. There
was not a month in the life OF Mrs.
Marshall Field since she became a
widow that she did not receive a pro-
&posal. She beat Mrs. Potter Palmer'S
record In that respect many times over.
+ 1t was about the ninety-ninth time that
Maldwin Drummond had proposed 10
her when he found himself accepted.
and through sheer fear that she might
change her mind he dashed off TO Lon
don and procured II special license and
made all the arrangements. before she
could think Of drawing back Until he
put the ring on her finger he was not
sure that something might not trans
pire to spoil his luck.
over and over again during her wi
dowhood Mrs. Marshall Field, as she
then was, had declared that she never
meant to re-n,arry. When at first her
prospective husband suggested the Sc
cret marriage she said she had not a
frock suitable for the ceremony. But
he soon overruled this objection, ex-
planning. that she could treat herself to
the most exquisite trousseau ever pun
chased bymortal woman after the cere-
mony and that he would pay for IT.
This struck the bride-elect as being a
one
DAUGHTER IS JEALOUS.
Mr.. and Mrs. Maldwin Drummord are
now looking out for London house.
two or three London agents having.
been asked to supply them with lists
OF mansions in desirable quarters. They
were anxious to acquire the house
which the Drexels are vacating IN Carl.
ton House Terrace, but it appears Mrs.
Potter Palmer has now secured it.
The story goes that Mrs. Drummonds
little daughter is extremely Jealous of
her mothers husband, and Is very per-
turbed a 1 her renar'iage. She is only a
tiny girl of or s. but, nevertheless,
she resents a stepfather The two boyN,
however, take the matter quite phlo-
sophically and accept the situation with
grace.
BADLY SPOILED GIRL.
Ii was announced early In the season
that Gladys DEACON was coming to
London as the guest OF the Duchess OF
Marlborough. For some reason the
visit fell through. The fair Gladys. who
is frightfully spoilt. can never be re-
lied upon in regard to her promises,
though in the present case it was the
duchess who was responsible for her
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LAME BACK.

THIS ailment is usually caused by
rheumatism OF the muscles of the small
OF the back, sS1c Is QUICKLY cured by ;tp-
3plHing Chamberlain's Eminent two or
three times day ana massaglng the
parts at each application. For sale by all
druggists
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-03-05
TIE
General Demand

OF the Well-Informed of the World has
always been for simple, pleasant and
efficient liquid laxative remedy of known
value; laxative which physicians could
sanction for family use because its com
ponent parts are known to them to be
wholesome and truly beneficial in effect,
acceptable to the system and gentle, yet
prompt, in action.
In supplying that demand with its ex-
celIent combination Of Syrup of Figs and
Eiixir of SIENNA, the California Fig Syrup
20. proceeds along ethical lines and relies
On the merits of the laxative for its remark
able success.
That is one of many reasons why
SyvUp Of Figs and Elixir of SIENNA is given
Cae preference by the Well Informed
10 get its beneficial effects always buy
the genuine-manufactured by the Cali
aoesaia Fig Syrup Co., only, and for sale
by sn leading druggists. Price fifty cents
ger bottle.
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carried on the shoulders of two men
who know their business.
The temperature of Funchal is very
even, ranging from 63 to rs degrees,
and the hotel accommodations are i'm
proving yearly.
The island was discovered in 141S
by Portuguese named Zarco, and has a
small garrison of Portuguese soldiers
The military band plays in the public
garden nightly and affords a most
pleasant diversion from the quiet of
the day.
Bananas flourish in Madeira as in a
few other climates in the world, and
every kind of tropical fruit, vegetable
and flower is grown there The prin.
cipal product, however, is a grape
from which fine wines are made.
There is a stone pier at Funchal. but
the harbor is bad, vessels having to
anchor several hundred feet from the
shore.
AS you look at the town from a YES.
sci in the bay you see a succession of
terraced slopes, covered with sugar
cane, bananas, oranges and flowers. ex-
tending for about 1000 feet up the
mountain from the sea.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-03-05
Keep BurqIars Out.

Buy at any hardware store small,
plain hinge, one and one-half inches
long by one inch wide when closed,
or smaller. Screw one side of hinge
upright on to the lower right-hand
corner of upper window sash, direct
ly above the slight flange on all up
per sashes. See that the hinge is
toward and almost touching the win
dow casing. This will leave one
side of me hinge free to turn. When
wishing to fasten window turn the
free side of the hinge as far back as
possible. This brings it over the low
er sash. Il will be invisible from the
outside, but will prevent the lower
sash being raised or the upper one
lowered When hinge is closed it
Will not interfere with raising win
dow, and does not dstigure or weak
en- the window sash.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-03-05
(copyrlgbt by A. c. Mcclurg & Co., 1919
SYNOPSIS.

George Wiliston, a poor ranchman.
Aigh-minded and cultured. searches for
cattle missing from his ranch-the Lazy
s." On a wooded spot in the rivers bed
that would have been an island had the
Missouri been at high water. he discovers
band of horse thieves engaged in work
near enough to note the changing of the
Three Bars" brand on one steer to the
-. r." brand. Paul Langford. the rich
owner of the Three Bars" ranch is sent
for by Williston and is informed of the
operations of the gang of cattle thieves
a band of outlaws headed by Jesse Black.
who long have defled the law and author
tiles of kemah county South Dakota.
with impunity, but who. heretofore. had
not dared to molest any Of the property
of the great Three Bars ranch. Willis
ton shows his reluctancy in opposing
band so powerful in politics and so
dreaded by all the community. Langford
will assist in bringing Jesse Black and
his gang TO justice. Langford is struck
with the beauty of Mary, commonly
known as "Williston's little girl" Louise
Dale, an expert court stenographer, who
had followed Eer uncle, Judge Hammond
Dale, from the east to the "Dakotahs,"
and who is living with him at Wind City,
is requested by the county attorney.
Richard Gordon, to come to Kemah and
take testimony in the preliminary hear
ing of Jesse Black. She accepts the invi
tation and makes her first trip into the
wild Indian country. Arriving at Velpen
across the river from Kemah. she is met
by jim MunSon, not headed COWBOY OF
the ''Three Bars ranch. In waiting for
the train Munson looks at some cattle in
the stock pen. In the herd being shipped
to Sioux City by Bill Brown he detects
old Mag a well known "onery" steer
belonging to his employer of the Three
Bars" ranch. Munson and Louise start
for Kemah They take lunch at the Bon
Ami restaurant. conducted by Mrs. Hig-
gins, a great admirer of Richard Gordon,
the county attorney. Louise is told of a
meat poisoning plot which resulted in the
illness Of WilliGfnn I,anRfOTd and other
witnesses for the state in the cattle thief
case against Jesse Black. A blackboard
tries to block the way of Munson'S team
ut the entrance to pontoon bridge across
the river Munson crowds past the buck
board team wrecking the blackboard.
They arrive at Wlliston's
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-03-05
HOW DO THEY GET INT
Physiological Problem That Nora
Could Not Solve.

A Philadelphia physician tells Of an
amusing conversation between two
Irish girls in domestic service who,
while on the board walk at Atlantic
City one day not long ago. were ex-
changing views as to their various
physical ailments.
IT'S a sthrange thing, amt it.
Norah," asked one of the girls, 'how
NANNY new koinds of diseases people
get these days. Only this mor-rnin'
were readin' an advertisement of a
new midicine. 1t said it were wonder
rfuiTfor a sluggish liver"
'Gwan!" exclaimed the other girl,
scornfulIy. Liver trouble ant NO
new disase. Me own grandfather was
hayfn' liver trouble whin l were not
more'n tin years old"
Maybe" was the laconic response.
But" added Norah, what l want to
know is: how do thin slugs get inside
the liver, Observation-Disclosures Sun
day Magazine.
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ing death by poison, and is on hand
with his testimony"
AS they approached the office the
crowd of men around the doorway
drew aside to let them pass.
Our chances of worming ourselves
through that jam seem pretty slim
to me-" whispered Mary, glancing into
the already overcrowded room.
Let me make a way for you," said
Paul Langford, as he separated him
self from the group of men standing
in front. and came up to them.
Il have watered my horse" he said
flashing a merry smile at Mary as he
began showing his big shoulders
through the press. closely followed
by the two young women.
1t was a strange assembly through
which they pressed; ranchmen and
cowboys, most of them, just in from
ranch and range, hot and dusty from
long riding, perspiring freely, redolent
smell that betokens recent and inti-
mate conpanionship with that part
and parcel of the plains, the horse.
The room was indeed hot and close
and reeking with bad odors. There
were also present large delegation
of cattle dealers and saloon men from
Velpen, and some few Indians from
Rosebud agency whose curiosity was
Unsuitable where the courts were con-
cerned, far from picturesque in their
ill-ftting, nondescript cowboy gar
ments.
Yet they were kindly most of the
men gathered there. Though at first
they refused. with stolid resentment,
to be thus thrust aside by the breezy
and aggressive owner of the Three
Bars, planting their feet the more
firmly on the rough. uneven floor, and
serenely oblivious to any right of way
so arrogantly demanded by The big
shoulders, yet. when they perceived
for whom they way was being made,
most of them stepped hastily aside
with muttered and abashed apologies.
Here and there, however, though all
made way. there would be no red
faced or stammering apology. Some
times the little party was followed
by insolent eyes, sometimes by malig-
nant ones. Had Mary Williston spok-
en- truly when she said the will for
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Gordon met them in the hot stuffy
little parlor of the hotel.
''It was good of you to come" he
said to Louise, with grave sincerity.
Il didn't want to-" confessed Louise,
honestly. I'm afraid it is too big and
lonesome for me. | am sure | should
have gone back to Velpen last night
to catch the early train had it not
been for Mary. She is so-good."
THE worst is over now that you
have conquered your first impulse to
fly" he said
Il cried. though. hated myself
for it. but I couldn't help it. You see
| never was so fgr from home before"
He was an absorbed, hard working
lawyer. Years of contact with the
plain, hard realities of rough living
in new country had dried up, some
what, his stream of sentiment. Maybe
the source was only blocked with
debris. but certainly the stream was
running dry. He could not help
thinking that girl who cries be.
cause she is far from home had much
better stay at home and leave the
grave things which are mems work to
men. But he was a gentleman and a
kindly one. so he answered quietly,
Il trust you will like us better when
you know us better" and. after a few
more commonplaces. went his way.
There's man." said Louise,
thoughtfully. on the way to McAllis.
ter's office. II like him, Mary"
And yet there are men in this coun.
try who would kill him if they dared"
Mary! what do you mean? Are
there then so many cut-throats in this
awful country?"
Il think there are many desperate
men among the rustlers who would
not hesitate to kill either Paul Lang.
ford or Richard Gordon since these
prosecutions have begun. There are
also many good people who think Mr..
Gordon is Just stirring up trouble and
putting the county to expense when
he can have no hope of conviction.
They say that his failures encourage
the rustlers more than an inactive
policy would"
People who argue like that are
either tainted with dishonesty them
selves or they are foolish, one of the
two" said Louise. with conviction.
Mr.. Gordon has one stanch sup
porter, anyway" said Mary, smiling.
Maybe had better tell him. Precious
little encouragement or sympathy he
gets, poor fellow"
please do not replied Louise,
quickly. Il wonder if my friend, Jim
Munson, has managed to escape bat.
tie, murder and sudden DEATH includ.
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ECZEMA FOR SIS YEARS.
Suffered Torments from Birth-In
Friehtful Condtion-Got No Help
Until Cuticura Cured Him.

''I had an itching. tormenting ecze-
ina ever since / came into the world,
and am now a man 55 years old
tried all kinds of medicines l heard
OF. but found no relief. l was truly
fa a frightful condition. At last
broke out all over with red and white
boils, which kept growing until they
were as big as walnuts. causing great
pain and misery, but l kept from
scratching as well as I could. I was
30 run down that l could hardly do
my work. l used Cuticura Soap, Oint-
ment, Resolyent, and Pills for about
eight months, and 1 can truthfully say
am cured. Hale Bordwell, Upton,
Ia, Aug. II, 1907"
"I cheerfully endorse the above tes-
emonial. 1t is the truth. know Mr..
Bordwell and know the condition he
was in. Nelson R. Burnett. Upton. La +"
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-03-05
EYES ON MADEIRA
SYNDICATE WOULD MAKE IT A
RIVAL OF MONTE CARLO.
Negotiations with Portuguese Govern.
ment Under Way for Conces-
sion in the Island Off the
West Coast of Africa.

Monte Carlo is an immensely profit
able resort for her owners, and why
should not another similar pleasure
and gaming resort be equally profit
able? Such is the question which has
often arisen in the minds of men who
have noted with envious eye the pros
perity of the Monte Carlo establish
ment and who have had a desire to
found similar resort in some other
favorable location. Various places
have from time to time been sug-
gested, and now it is said that hotel
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-03-05
CHAPTER VII.
The Preliminary.

Very early in the morning of the
day set for the preliminary hearing of
Jesse Black the young owner of the
Three Bars rode over to Velpen. He
identified and claimed the animal
held over from shipment by Jims per-
suasion. Brown gave possession with
a rueful countenance.
First time Billy Brown ever was
taken in" he said. with great disgust
Langford met with no interruption
to his journey, either going or coming,
although that good cow-puncher of his,
Jim Munson, had warned him to look
sharp to his pistols and mind the
bridge. Jim being of a somewhat
belligerent turn of mind his boss had
not taken the words with seriousness.
AS for the fracas at the pontoon, cow
men are touchy when it comes to a
question of precedence, and it might
well be that the inflammable Jim had
brought the sudden storm down on his
head. Paul Langford rode through
the sweet early summer air without
let or hindrance and looking for none.
He was jubilant. Now was Willis
tons story verified. The county at
torney, Richard Gordon. had consid-
cred Willstons story, coupled with
his reputation for strict honesty,
strong and sufficient enough to bind
Jesse Black over to appear at the
next regular term of the circuit court.
Under ordinary circumstances the
state really had an excellent chance
of binding over; but it had to deal
with Jesse Black. and Jesse Black
had fiourished for many years west of
the river with an unsavory character,
but with an almost awesome reputa-
tion for the phenomenal facility with
which he slipped out of the net in
which the lawn the person of it's
unpopular exponent, Richard Gordon
was so indefatigably endeavoring to
enmesh him. The state was prepared
for hard fight. But nowhere was
the very steer Williston saw on the
island with its Three Bars brand un-
der Blacks surveillance. Williston
would identify it as tho same. He,
Langford, would swear to his own ami.
NAL. The defense would not know he
had regained possession and would
not have time to readjust its evidence
1t would fall down and hurt itself for
the higher court, and Dick Gordon
would know how to use any inadver-
tencies against it-when the time
came. No wonder Langford was light
hearted. In all his arrogant and un.
hampered career he had never before
received such an affront to his pride
and his sense of what was due to one
of the biggest outfits that ranged cat
tie west of the river. Woe to him who
had dared tamper with the concerns
of Paul Langford of the Three Bars
Williston drove in from the Lazy
S in ample time for the midday din
ner at the hotel-the hearing was set
for 2 o'clock-but his little party CON
tented itself with a luncheon pre-
pared at home and packed neatly and
appetizingly in a tin bucket 1t was
not likely there would be a repetition
OF bad meat. 1t would be poor policy
Still. one could not be sure, and it
was most important that Williston ate
no bad meat that day.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-03-05
Sees America a Heaven.

Prof. w. B. Elkin of the University
OF Missouri believes that America viii
be Veritable heaven on earth within
Ia0 years. and he goes on to tell why
in an article which he has written for
the American Journal of Sociology.
Among other things which will be a
feature Of the millennium he pictures
fs reformed press Newspapers, he
says. will be printed and edited by
the colleges.