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The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-10

''The Distributors,'' by Anthony Part
 ridge. (McClure Co.,, now Doubleday,
 Page & Co.)
 There was a club or society in London composed of the sassiety lights who were known as the Ghosts" to their friends and enemies; to themselves as the great est distributors of ill-gotten wealth oper- ating anywhere.
 This membership, now only seven, con sisted of this kind of people:
 We are none of us particularly honest people; We were none of us at any time particularly moral people. We were nons of us at any time remarkably conscien- tious. What there may have been of good impulses in us time and in the case of some of us. trouble, has withered up. We have not embraced our new profess sion for the good of suffering human ity. We have not done it with any dis interested motive whatever. The use we make of the money (stolen) is merely in- cidental, and so on and so forth. These seven people were tired of life. They must have new sensations Organ ized at first to promote the studious life, whatever that may be, "The Ghosts" drifted into stealing other peoples money, which when secured was given anony- mously to charity
 Pamela, a charming girl, is also tired of London life. She wanted to join The Ghosts" and after much hesitation on the part of the club was admitted. An Amer ican girl wished to do as Pamela did and was spurned. thereby hangs the tale. For an American girl with oodles of the mazuma can not safely be spurned She became busy to unravel the doings of the Ghosts. The book tells all about it.
 There is love galore in the book of course. But if one will read without nasuea affecting him or her, that love part between Pamela and Lord Evylyn. and without wanting to throw the book in the fire, this reviewer will be much surprised, that's all. A beautiful woman
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-10

without the fox. He either brought out his prey dead or never came out again himself.
 The bull dog used to drive cattle and was trained to stop the rushes of his enormous charges by gripping them in their most vulnerable spot-the nose. Thus in time he became known as the bull dog The dachshund is a German dog, and, as his name indicates when translated, was used for hunting badgers. Hence his name-badger dog. Among hunters in the fatherland this breed is still popular. although as a rule they are now too delicate to face such a ferocious fighter as the badger.
 Spitz dogs are so named owing to tneir sharp noses. This is also German name, spitz meaning sharp pointed. An other name for this breed is Dalmatian dog, because his native home was in Dal- matia.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-10

great deal more Christmas in this real ly very pleasing book than one Is likely to ind in such books. That is to say the Christmas spirit in this book is not artificial or fictitious. For instance, there is lots more Christmas in this book than there is London in Grace Richmond's Juliet in London" or words to that effect; it's mostly Juliet in the latter book, not much or enough London.
 But in this new short story there is related how an old couple who ex- pected to spend Christmas alone were surprised to find that during the night. all their children had left their own homes and families and had come through a snow storm to hang their stockings (and socks) once more by the old freside.
 Very pleasing story, handsomely sent forth is "On Christmas Day in the Morning"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-10

''F'elice,' by John Luther Long (Moffat.
 Yard & Co.)
 Little Italy was governed to a greater or less extent by the impress of the barbers personality. A theft had been committed in the neighborhood at bak- cry The thief must be punished if only to uphold the good name of Philadel- phias Little Italy" The barber was most strenuous in his insistence that the thief, whoever he might be, should be sent to jail ''ins chains'
 From this situation MT. Long, who ever delights us in dainty and beautiful crea- tions, has told the story of "Felice'' and her sisters, the daughters of the thief who stole the bread to feed his starving children. When the facts came out the barber attempted to undo his work. How he did it is best told by the book it. self. It is very pleasing just as are all the books of this kind written by MT Long. Some of the characters, being Ital- ian, lend themselves to the peculiar for eign charm which pervades the story. particularly the pathetic little family of children whose faith in their father is unbounded and the quick-tempered and kind-hearted Italian barber Boss" of his district. It is very dainty, delightful little story.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-10

Robert E. Lee, The Southerner," by
 Thomas Nelson Page, (Charles Scrib-
 ner's Sons).
 Mir. Page in his new book on General Lee, has not written with the expeeta- tion, "or even with the hope that the writer can add anything to the fame of Lee; but rather in obedience to a feel ing that as the son of a Confederate soldier, as a southerner, as an Ameri- can, he owes something to himself and , to his countrymen, which he should en- deayor to pay, though it may be but a !, mite cast into the treasury of abun- dance"
 MT. Page fears that unless the mat ter Is properly attended to that history will rank General Lee among those captains who failed. He failed at Antietam, he was defeated at Gettys- burg. he could not drive Grant out of Virginia, therefore he must be chased among captains of the second rank only.
 If. however, Lees reputation be- comes established as among the second class of captains rather than as among the first, the responsibility for it will rest not upon northern writers but upon the southerners themselves. For the facts are plain.
 We of the south have wont to leave the WT1llnS or history mainly 10 others and it is far from a complete excuse that whilst others were writing history We were making it. It is as much the duty of people to disprove any charge blackening their fame as it Is of an individual. The reputation of the south has suffered because we have allowed rhetoric to usurp the place of history We have furnished many ora tors but few historians. Truth simply stated, like the chastity in a womans face, is its own best advocate , it's simplest presentation is its strong est proof
 It Is then not to Lee, the victorious, that the writer asks his readers at tention, but to that greater Lee; the defeated"
 General Lee in the hands of a gifted artist, such as MT. Thomas Nelson Page, has another beautiful tribute paid to him.
 Robert E. Lee, The Southerner" will be enjoyed by northerner and southern CT alike.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-10

The Better treasure by Mary R. Shipman Andrews. CThe Bobbs-Merrill Co.)
 This is a charming little story. The book is handsomely sent forth by the publishers and would do splendidly for a gift volume.
 It tells the simple story of man who had been an utter failure in life who returning to his home town, just before making his final getaway to parts un- known to start new life, undertakes a robbery during, the Christmas season
 The man had heard that a certain Christian minister had in his possession a big amount of money to be held in trust for a day or so, for a rich man. to be devoted to some good work Thought the man in trouble, if he could get hold of this money it would give him a new start in foreign lands and wouldn't t seriously bother the rich giver to char ity. It would be charity in a sense for him to steal the money. thought the wrecked specimen of humanity.
 The night comes when he had planned to steal the dinero. He hides himself in the stable, near the minister's home wait ing for the hour to come to commit the robbery. young child, son of the min ister, finding he couldn't sleep. goes to the stable to test the old legend that on that night the cattle would answer certain questions if put properly to them. The hidden thief or would-be thief. an- swers for the cattle. From this meeting of the child and man all is well of course
 It is a pretty story. Most everything that Mary R. S. Andrews sends forth is. "On Christmas Day in the Morning" by
 Grace Richmond. Doubleday, Page
 & Col.
 Chorstmas times and Christmas spirit usually develops a number of writers who feel called upon to distribute dis sertatfons on how it happened in vea gone by, or ought to now. The result is we have thrown at our, heads hands and sometimes pocketboooks bunch of such books. against which the law should be applied.
 But Grace Richmond, in this book of hers, is really different. There is
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-10
Literary Lights and ShAdOns
BY $. MAYS BALL

Mover might hold for a while Messrs. Hopper and Bechdolt But you never can tell.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-10

"F'roissart's Chronicles. Illustrated : The Chronicles of England, France, Spain" etc. by Sir John Froissart. tE.s P. Dutton & Co.).
 This is not particularly new book. as readers may properly say. It was really published quite while ago. if the truth must be told.
 But the firm of E. P. Dutton 6s Co. New York. has sent these chronicles
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-06-10
The Blind Senator.

Seldom, if ever before, has a legis-
lative body witnessed so remarkable
a feat as that performed by the bind
senator from Oklahoma during the
tariff debate last week. In a rash
moment Senator Lodge had cast doubt
on some of Senator Cores statements
in regard to the large earnings of GER
tain cotton and wooden mills of New
England.
Knowing from personal experience
how unscrupulously figures and facts
discussion, the Massachusetts scholar
may have felt entirely safe in chal-
longing the statistics given offhand
by man deprived of the use of his
own eyes. He misjudged his opponent.
In reviewing this remarkable per
Torrance the New York World says:
Depending solely upon his memory
Senator Gore covered his protection
list critic with confusion~by repeating
in detail from the report of the
bureau of corporations of Senator
Lodges own state the official figures
covering the capitalization, surplus
net earnings and dividend rates of j
large number of Massachusetts mills
He did the same with so cotton and
wooden corporations. Probably ne
public man since Henry Fawcett, who
became postmaster general in Glad
stones cabinet in 1880, after having
been sightless for % years, has poss
essed so infallable memory.
''The senate has frequently had {
taste of Senator Cores wit during the
tariff debate. No one has punctureC
more relentlessly the shams and fal
lacies of Senator Aldrich and thu
standpatters. In the sharp give ant
take of a standing fight no senator
today is his equal. Modest, studious
keenly alert and faithful to his prin
ciples, he has never wavered or beer
seduced, as so many democrats hav,
been. from the true course of homes
tariff revision.
IF there were more conscientious
clear-headed democrats like him il
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-06-10
Adlai f. stevenson's "reminiscences

Adlai E. Stevenson, former vice
president. has written some reminln-
cences of interest. The volume. Some
thing of Men Have Known Will be
published by A. c. McClurg & Co. in
the autumn.
Some idea of the scope OF the book
is indicated in Mr.. Stevenson's pre-
face IAN extract from which reads as
follows: THE period extending from
nv first election to congress in 1SI
to my retirement from the vice presi'
dency in 1897 were years of marvellous
material development to the country
The population of the country had al
most doubled; the ratio of representa-
ton in the lower house of congress
largely augmented; the entire electoral
vote increased from 500 10 444. Eight
new states had been admitted into the
union = thus increasing the number
of senators from "A to go
The book is principally made up Of
anecdotes of the bench, the bar, and
the legislature in Illinois and at Wash
ington. 1t has historical. political ant
personal interest; while Mr.. Steven
sons intimate sketches of the many in
teresting personalities he knew hal
century ago bring those times Yer!
close to hand.
Among almost forgotten conditions
and things of the past which forme
Vice President Stevenson mentions il
his forthcoming book of "reminiscences
is an early description OF Chicago. H
Quotes from Beck's Directory" of 1872
an extract from a brief account of tn
place. Chicago, one reads, was "a vi
lage of Pike county situated on LAX
Michigan at the mouth of ChicaS
creek. 1t contains 10 or ~ houses an
about 60 or 20 inhabitants There
mention of the case of Mrs. Gaine
versus the city of New Orleans, tn
suit being for thirty millions" an
reference is made to Peggy O'Nea
who caused the disruption of Jackson
cabinet.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-06-10
The Argus Daily Short Story
A Rivals Downfall-By Esther Ainslee.
copyrighted. 1909, by Associated Literary Press.

really bad. ITS absurd
She was great chums with the hand
some eighteen-year-old brother, and
because she did have faith in him the
boy turned to her always in his rare
spells of repentance. At present he
had gone to work in a bank in the next
town, six miles distant.
The Rosemont Banner had two col
umns of description. speculation and
denunciation when Thompson's store
was robbed. Malefactors were rare in
Rosemont, and the night watchman's
work was perfunctory, but neverthe-
less Lewis Thompson discovered
back window pried open and nearly
| 5000 worth of silks and laces missing.
Three weeks later he was reduced to
| explosive rage by the discovery that
| again his store had been entered. This
| time Il hundred dollars worth of goods
vanished. In his wrath the owner Of
the store telegraphed for a city, de-
tective and established night patrol
for the block. The city detective look
cd important, smoked good cigars Of
the leading citizens, who wanted to
tell him their theories as to the rob-
berry. had very pleasant time and de-
parted with dark hints as to future
developments.
"At any rate" Lewis Thompson said
vigorously, with Maloney on hand as
| Waterman the thief won't get an
other chance"
| hor d 1r,nl fc N
Malcolm Dalzell with his business RI
val. Thompson regarded him coldly
OF late Milly had been in Dalzells
company more than he liked.
"Thanks." he said. Its funny the
thief doesn't attack your premises
Malcolm l don't understand such ia
foritiSm unless it's because he knows
where the best goods arew He smiled
somewhat maliciously as he made the
fling.
Superiority has it's drawbacks
them" Dalzell said quietly, holding his
temper. He understood Thompson's
| grudge against him and could afford tC
be magnanimous, for he had begun tC
cherish certainty that he had dis
| tdhICu hOihHSOh with - "a ne
he would endure much.
Lewis Thompson did not relax hi:
vigilance as the weeks went by. One
Thursday night, as he made one of hi
, personal trips of inspection, about
, o'clock he started for his store on {
run after finding the Waterman. Ma
loney. knocked senseless at the corner
, And he was rewarded. The revolve
I in his hand covered the dark form o
: the man standing at the rear window
! with the faint CLEAN Of dark lanterl
I Dn the floor beside him.
r Yet even Lewis Thompson wa
speechless when after his trembling
= fngers had turned on the rear light h
: saw the man before him was non
S other than Malcolm Dalzell, who stoo
J white and quiet facing his captor
el 81 can't comprehend" Thompso
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-06-10

One Who Thinks in Poetry and Writes in Prose
has by
splendid
OF whom the London Spectator" which
for things =
He born City in
tche Ont and from there entered the of He
prove congena and the further he the dstase
ne joined the staff of the New York Evening
his first of life in the Syrian of New sely
and dramatic and had that subtle quality of
appeared book form The Soul the Street. with
Then he turned his attention to the fishermen Newfoundland
Bns oldest colony In this quaint locality where the
the ecluen
The Way of published
lighted thousands of magaz ereaders
Then DR. Luke of the Labrador
feels sharp in
Mr. Duncan
their lives In all his
the work always like thinks
work life
his oofh
mgon Penn
Copyright 1905 by VIM c. Mack
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-06-10
The Primary Law.

The decision of the supreme court
with reference to the constitutionality
of the prevailing primary law is ex-
pected shortly and the general impress
sion appears to be that the primary
act. like all its predecessors, will be
knocked out by the supreme judicial
body
Legal experts declare that it IS
virtually impossible to frame primary
act that will conform to the constitu-
ton of Illinois and if the supreme
court rejects the present act there will
be reason to believe that the experts
are right, as so many attempts have
been made that the task appears &c
be almost hopeless one.
The primary idea, undoubtedly, is ::
correct one and is favored by large
majority of the people, yet it is moi
| in evidence that, in their practical
workings the various primary law:
have proven any more satisfactory
| than the older systems.
Albert j. Hopkins was the primar y
nominee for the United States senate
| yet it is absurd to believe that any
very great number of the people o
| Illinois desired his return TO the sen
ate and the legislature did the RICH
thing in refusing to send him there
| Over in Indiana, where the demo
cratseare in control of all branches o
the state government, they have EN-
phatically refused to adopt a primar.
act, contending that the old conven
ton system brings about a bette
| class of candidates.
| While in Illinois there has been IL.
reason for enthusiasm at the result
of the primary laws passed ut varioG
times. it may be contended that tn
primary system never has been givel
. fair trial and that 1t would worl
better after passing the experimental
stage.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-06-10

If DalZell's store advertised a sale of
silk dress goods in the Monday issue
of the Rosemont Banner it was q GER
tainty that the papers Tuesday night
Number would contain an ad. from
rhompson's store across the street tell
ing of bargains in satins. with side
line of embroideries. at which Rose
mont smiled approximately and reaped
the ben 1t.
The town was proud of the proprie-
tors of the two leading dry goods
stores, for most of the young men left
FOR the adjacent big city when it came
but Malcolm DalZell and Lewis Thomp-
son within year of each other set
tied down to make a living in their
home town.
Perhaps it were better to say Rose
mont was proud of their enterprise, for
Lewis Thompson was not the type to
| inspire affection in the hearts of his
| townsmen. A man cannot be blamed
for lack of magnetism and an attrac-
| tive nature, but nevertheless he suf-
fers for 1t, and Thompson possessed
besides these drawbacks hot headed,
| luarrelsome disposition and a theory
i that every man had right to look out
i for himself to the exclusion of any pos.
sible rights of others.
II His aggressiveneSs made him enc
mics where Malcolm DalZell won
hU al
diplomacy. But each flourished on his
own side of the street.
II Not only were they rivals in bust
ness, but from the days Of carryin:
schoolbooks there had seemingly beer
but one girl in the world in the eye:
Of each. Milly Wainwright. with tn,
waves of soft brown hair and eye:
that matched, with the sweet voic,
and appealing little ways.
Shrewd people even said the reason
both boys stayed in Rosemont was tina
each was afraid TO leave the other
clear field with Milly. who had neve
shown any preference between tn
two.
. Lewis Thompson was a differen
man with her. Her mere presenc
smoothed and softened the aggressiv
young business man, and she smile,
increduously when stories of his col
shrewdness and overreaching deal
came to her ears
| Yet unknown to herself Malcolr
| DalZell occupied a place in her lif
from which no one could dislodge hin
Milly was in the delicious and dream
state of INDIGESTION which a girl Away
prolongs unwittingly. Life was swee
to her, and even the growing wildnes
Of her younger brother. Dick, whic
was aging her father and mother, ha
not power to do more than depress he
momentarily.
Its only because Dick is young
she told her mother half indignantly
HE will see the mistake of his way
before he ever does anything real
j wrong. Why, Dick wouldn't |
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-06-10
AT T. H. THOMAS PHARMACY
Continual Stream of Evidence Flow
ing i'm from Every Direction
Saturday the Last Day of
Root Juice Demon
Stpaf;nn

If one can judge by the continual
stream of evidence that is flowing in
from every direction the Root Juice
demonstration ut the Il. III. Thomas
pharmacy has proved n great bless
ing to scores of people of Rock Is.
land and surrounding country. Many
that have suffered long time with
some trouble of the stomach, bowels
liver, kidneys or nerves, are now
claiming entire freedom from all
aches and pains. Among the many
recent callers at the T. III. Thomas
pharmacy, to tell of wonderful good
received from a short use of Root
Juice was a gentleman who said that
Root Juice had almost performed p
miracle in his case: Il, before using
the remedy, was weak and nervous.
My appetite was poor and digestion
was so bad that the lightest foods
would sour on my stomach, causing
formation of gas that would press
against my heart and almost cause
it to stop beating at times, but after
taking the juice a short while, my
appetite is good, my nerves are set
tiled. and l digest everything l eat
without a single disagreeable symp.
TOM So many local people are
praising the great remedy that its
rapid sales at the T. H. Thomas
pharmacy is no longer a surprise.
| We are told that the demonstra
ton at this point. closes Sat,trda,
night. Until then the Root Juice :,
sold for 81 bottle OF three TO
$3.50.