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The Prescott daily news., 1913-02-12

Representative Smith of Bradley has introduced bill to regulate the du. ties and the pay of road overseers in this state" It provides that the over seers shall keep complete record of work performed and persons subject to road duty in his district, and that after October 31. 1914, his pay shall be S2.50 per day, provided his records
The Prescott daily news., 1913-02-12

show that not less than seven men s three teams have been emp'v.a. otherwise he shall receive pu. ", It also prodies that After Oe'oV'' 1914, no road overseer in this s' shall be allowed to employ any VI wagons. or implements belohgins :, himself or belonging to any ieM within the fourth degree or coas guinity or affinity, if such ''s =, wagons. or implements are to ps f' for out of any public road fund :.
 The Wilson Department ol L and Industry bill was reporleu v vorably by the committee, with a"
 ment that 1t be for only 2l yeai''
The Prescott daily news., 1913-02-12

ures for final consideration. Many of the appropriation bills have already been introduced, and at least one, that appropriating $l,300,00O for the pay ment of Confederate pensions. has passed the house.
The Prescott daily news., 1913-02-12
REDUCED RATES ON IRON MOUNTAIN

Washington. D. C., and return $32.62, account of Presidential Inauguration Ceremonies. Tick cts on sale Feb. ? and 2S and March 1 and 9, good for return ing March 10. Extension of final limit up to and including April 10 may be obtained by deposit of $1.0O extra.
 A. B. Oliphint, Agent.
 Good seasoned oak wood. DboDo 2OQ A0Vt
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-26
Hot Weather Clothing

Warm air is like a sponge. 1t will suck
up a lot of moisture and carry il without
spilling any. But If warm air, well load
ed with moisture. is suddenly cooled, the
sponge is squeezed and the moisture falls
out in rain, says the Kansas City Star.
Twenty years ago some hopeful gentle-
man went to the arid regions OF fexas ana
exploded a lot of dynamite, on the theory
that the concussion would mix the strata
of warm air near the earth with the cooler
strata above, and so cause the necessary
precipitation of moisture. There nap
nened to be light showers about the time
of the experiments, which encouraged the
experimenters, but didn't convince any
body else.
The fact is, that natures rain-maklny
machine is too gigantic to be affected ~
the puny efforts of humans-at least ny
any method so far discovered.
, Nature pumps the moisture-laden ar
up into the cold regions of the upper at
mosphere with a wheel thousand miles
In diameter When this tremendous
wheel of air is revolving, normally 1t
hoists millions of tons of water Vapor TO
an elevation where 1t can no longer be
ca arried in solution and so falls in ram
When the wheel is off adjustment II is
as futile to lombard the sky with dyna-
mite as it would be to fire popgun corhs
at the side of the latest dreadnaught.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-26

ments, although part of the scene is
laid in Algiers, as 1t seems that a
'Hichens' " story wouldn't be his IL the
author didn't inject some little of this
exotic atmosphere into it, and yet when
he has made such a sudden departure
as in his present story. in the choice of
theme, everybody interested in con-
temporary literature waits with keen in
terest the verdict on the new departure
Hichens has In "The Way of Ambition"
chosen most idealistic theme which in
wolves in its working out no morbid or
unpleasant developments. It is therefore
interesting to read the criticism by James
L. Ford in the New York Herald be-
ginning: I'm the Way of Ambition" Mr.
Eiiehens has achieved literary triumph.
He has written one Of the very best
novels of recent years-in my opinion
superior to The Garden of Allah " The
other authorities which have spoken so
far agree that the new novel is one of
the best that Kitchens has written.
Mr.. Kitchens has put into his latest
novel, "The Way of Ambition" his inn
pressions of New York received on his
visit of two years ago. The hero is
composer whose first opera is about to
be produced here. His wife looks over
the audience at the opera house and an
alyses them thus: Beneath the sympa-
thy, the charm, the frankness, the reaoi-
ness in welcome of these Americans,
there was a silent and strong demand
the demand of a powerful, vital coun-
try
I'VE are here to make you known over
immense distances to thousands of peo-
pler' the eyes of the pressmen had
seemed to say. "But-produce the goodsl"
In other words, BE a successi'
BE a success" Be a suecessi' It
seemed to Chairman as If all America
were saying that In her ears increasingly.
1--WE will be kind to you. We Will
shower good will upon you. We have
hospitable hands, keen brains warm
hearts at your service. We only ask to
give of our best to you. But-be a sue
cessi Be-success!'
There are many other passages about
us in the book, but none so significant.
Can it be that this reflects Mr.. Hichens
own state of mind at the dramatic pro-
duction of THE Garden of Alah?'
But perhaps the most interesting fea-
ture of the book is that 1t deals largely
with an opera warfare between the
Metropolitan and rival impresario,
Jacob Crayford," who closely resembles
our picturesque Oscar. 1t would be quite
possible to- find much material in the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-26
THE WAY OF AMBITION

THE WAY OF AMBITION"
By Robert Hiehens. With q frontispiece
in color and four illustrations in black
and white by ]. II. Gardner soper.
Frederick A. Stokes & Co, publishers,
New York.
II there is a more popular writer alive
today than Mr. Robert Hichens, it would
take search warrant to find him.
His followers are legion and a new
book from his pen Is the signal for the
literary world to sit un and take no.
tice."
Since the Green Carnation" Mr.. EIich-
ems has written nothing SO bright, so
sparkling and so full of humor as his
latest novel, "The Way of Ambition" q"
Epigram after epigram that distin-
cuisines the former book, as well as his
''The Lady with the Fam" flashes
through THE Way of Ambition" like
telegraph poles along a road, and re-
turn to his former clever repartee is
noted from the instant the book opens
until its finale
In Bella Donna,'' 1.-THE Fruitful Vine"
1.-THE Call of the Blood" and a number
of other of his books in the interim, Mr..
IIiohens becomes more serious and his
humor was not so apparent as in his
earlier stories, but in The Way of AM
bition'' he has found his own again,
in this particular sense.
The hero of his new novel Is Claude
Heath, a musician with all of the pe-
culiarities that musical geniuses are usu-
ally accredited with, and a loveless mar
riage which he contracts early in his ca
reer. for the sake of ambition. with the
dashing, yivacious Charmian-gives a
nucleus for Mr. Hiehens to work out his
story upon what is really very striking
and interesting.
The denouement is quite in keeping
with the rest of the story which to be
told by the reviewers would probably
lessen the interest of the reader In the
story, but the book from first to last, is
a sob and a delight, one that should not
be overlooked.
In "The Way Of Ambition Mr.. HIGH
ems has made a decided departure from
his usual stories-getting away some
what from the desert and its environ
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-26

pletely to the imagination of the reader.
The bare, bald truth with no attempt
at any sort of interest to the reader, Is
the motto, and the modern historian
cares not who likes or dislizes his style
OF course, Mr.. Roosevelt, doesn't slae
with either.
He insists that history is literature and
that as such it should be written.
He insists upon UNFINISHED fidelity to
the truth but at the same time he re-
CARDS it as absolutely necessary to give
the reading public a dramatic sweep and
glowing account of things, made readable
bv the writer's wit and imagination.
Mr.. Roosevelt as writer is as re-
markable as he was as the chief execu-
tive of the land
His mind is absolutely omnivorous con-
cerning knowledge, containing everything
(and accurately, too) from the earliest
pagan times until the present, for no
subject seems alien to his fertile brain.
Those who admire Mr.. Roosevelt-and
in fact thase who do not-will feel a
keen zest in reading his book, History
as Literature and Other Essays"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-26
OTHER BOOKS RECEIVED
fREVIEWS LATER)

"a MODERN EvE"-By May Eding-
ton; Frederick A. Stokes & Co., New
York.
Two old favorites. "The Heart of
Rome" by Francis Marion Crawford,
and ".rhe Loves of Palleas and Etarre, >
by Zona Gale. have been recently re-
published and have attracted favorable
Afternoon.
THE MARRIAGE OF MADEMOI-
SELLE GIMEL'-By Rene Bazn, trans
lated by Edna K. Hoyt; Charles Scrib-
neRs Sons, Publishers. New York.
1.-THE HEART OF ROME" AND THE
LOVES OF PELLEAS AND ETARRE. :
The Macmillan Co.. Publishers, New
York
Some books never grow old, and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-26
."HISTORY AS LITERATURE AND
OTHER ESSAYS"


BY Theodore Roosevelt. Charles Scrib-
ners Sons, Publishers, New York.
Mr. Theodore Roosevelt Is today one
of the most prominent figures in the
world and any new departure which he
makes either in the literary or po-
litical field. shows conciusively by the
large following that he has, that he
isn't by any means an unpopular sub
ject.
In his latest book, History as Litera-
tube and Other Essays" we find his ad-
dress History as Literature which he
delivered in his capacity as president of
the American Historial association some
time ago
In this, as in everything he has writ
ten, from a literary standpoint, 1t is well
done and we find him bringing before his
auditors two ways of writing history and
pointing out the old fashioned way, in
which primitive literature was couched,
and in which the historian was more in
terested in his style than his facts.
While the old historians were very
readable, ofttimes they could not be
entirely relied upon, p.eferring to paint
highly colored pictures rather than pro-
sale conditions.
The newer generation of historians,
Mr.. Roosevelt comments, is going to the
other extreme. They have gone into
facts decidedly and left word painting
and the scenic effect as it were, COM
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-26

Marion Crawford has never written a
more appealing story than "The Tearc
of Rome" and 1T comes as welcoHN
guest after many years to the host OF
readers who have enjoyed 1t hereto
fore.
The same may be said of 1.-THE Loves
of Pelleas and Etarre," for Zona Gale
has woven a clever romance In this lit
tie volume and it's temperance Is a
delight to those who care for such
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-26
DIAMOND cur DIAMOND

BY Jane Bunker; illustrated by M. Leona
Braeked; the Dobbs Merrill company
publishers, Indianapolis.
Hear vel Hear vel Hear vel An
other strange and mysterious author has
stepped into the lmelight. She calls her
self Jane Bunker. But, of course, this
is not her real name. She is a we'll known
literary woman, we are told who desires
not to be known as writer of mystery
stories. But. whoever she may be, she
knows how to write a story that strikes
the universal note, If Diamond Cut Dia-
mond may be taken as an example.
"Diamond Cut Diamond" is what one
is justified in calling a "rattling good
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-26

volume as a basis for speculation as to
whether the latter is a portrait. Can Mr..
Hichens have had a premonition of the
New York situation this fall?
THE RAINY DAY RAILROAD WAR"
BY Holman Day; Harper Brothers, pub
fishers, New York.
Holman Day has written very read
able story in THE Rainy Day Railroad
War; which is among the newest pub
lications of the season.
The scene of this story for younger
readers is laid In the Maine woods, which
the author had described In 1.-The Eagles
Badge" There is an exciting contest be-
tween the lumber barons and the builders
of a little six-mle railroad Rodney
Parker, young engineer not long out of
college, who has shown evidences of
being able to handle men as well as ma
chinery, is given charge of the job, as
there is need of pluck and grit He Is
told to do his best and not to bother his
employers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-26
SPIRITUAL HEALTH

BY H. r Wright, d. B., d. O., NJ. D.
The Shakespeare Press, New York
For five years, Mr.. II. +. Wright, the
author of Spiritual Health in the Light
of the Principles of Physical HEALTH -
has been carried along by a wave of
enthusiasm In preparing this book. His
experience in the ministry and in the
medical profession has led him TO pur-
sue lines of thought which have been
most beneficial to him and which he
thinks will be of great benefit to others.
The principles of physical healing have
been deeply impressed upon him when
ministering to the physical needs of pa
tients, and, when entering the pulpit,
these same principles, together with laws
pertaining to them. have stood out most
corsp'cuouslv in the spiritual realm.
Being inspired by the vision thus be-
held, he looked long and earnestly. and
principles, but vaguely seen before APP
peared as golden chains holding orderly
and forcibly together healing powers for
the bodies and souls of men.
At the same time he was gratefully re-
minded of the surpas assing benefits he and
millions of others have received from
Professor Drummonds great book, Ma
tural law in the Spiritual World" He
saw that the world would be vastly
benehtel by investigating a similar line
of thought on the subject, Spiritual
Health in the Light of the Principles
of Physical Health" or therapeutic prin-
ciples in spiritual healing
Certainly in considering this subject as
well as that investigated by Professor
Drummond there is manifested at every
step the law of continuity, "As the ma
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-26
THE BOOK OF FORT WORTH (1912)'
Published by the Forth Worth Record


THE BOOK OF FORT WORTH 1912)"
Pub1ished by the Forth Worth Record,
Fort Worth. Tex.
A handsome volume. bound in blue
and 1ettered in gold, is "The Book of
Fort Worth Record, presenting tha
beauties and growth of the remark able
city in the most attractive manner.
Regarding the illustrations and the
style of presenting the book the Fort
Worth Record says in "foreword:"
Modern publications of every descrip-
ton attach great Importance to Illus
trations and photographs. Some editors
and publishers. indeed, regard Illus
trations as of equal Importance with
news.
Newspapers require from day to day
pictures of persons and places for re
production with current happenings.
and, although they exhaust every re-
source to secure up-to-date pictures,
they are often compelled to reprint old
style line cuts, wash drawings and 9TH
er unsuitable illustrations.
1t has seemed desirable to the Rec
ord 10 print a book containing pictures
and sketches of the men now promi-
nent in the social, business and pro-
fessional life of Fort Worth. to be used
as biographical newspaper reference
work by the leading American news
papers.
An effort has been made to secure
recent photographs and great care eX-
ercised to assemble the important data
in permanent form. The aim of the
book is to serve the daily newspapers
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-26

tural laws are continuous throughout the
universe of matter and of space, SO they
will be through the universe of spirit.
Physicians. being led onward In har-
mony with these laws when ministering
to the body, will enter the spiritual realm
with a bound of enthusiasm, and will
inspiringly point out the ways of progress
to the body will enter the spiritual realm
arms together. The doctors will en-
Enthusiastically bound upward into the
spiritual realm with the ministers and
the ministers will joyfully go down into
the physical realm with the doctors
go arm in arm along the avenues of
scientific inspiring pinistratons to the
physically ailing, and lead the physicians
in accord with the law of continuity
happily along the same avenues to spirit
ual heights most inspiring, enlightening
and ennohling.
Ministers and other Christian workers
will find in this book a surprisingly large
fund of original, unique, and impressive
illustrations
Moreover
The readers own. mind will often be
stimulated to original and truly helpful
thinking. along lines appropriate for re-
ligious addresses as well as edlfying him
self.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-26

him the opportunity to do some unusual
ly clever word painting and brings out
some very unique phases of that side
of life
Mr.. vances new story, which is likely
to be regarded as by far the best he has
written, deals with an extremely inter-
esting phase of present day life in New
York city. Joan Thursday is the soul
story of an attractive, clever young shop
girl, who. leaving homo because of Its
unattractiveness, goes upon the stage,
having her first experience in vaudeville
and finally achieving great success in
the legitimate drama. Written from a
thorough knowledge of conditions of the
theatre, this strong novel pictures stage
life as 1t is, in all its glitter and tawdri-
ness, with it's many hardships and yet
its thrills. In Joan's life four men OF
widely dissimilar types-a dramatist OF
fine character, hard drinking vaudeville
actor, dissipated clubman, and a thea
trical manager-have each their impor-
tant place And the clear-cut character
iZation OF this young woman, the bril-
liant portrayal of her character chang
ing as the result of the change In her
environment make Joan Thursday an
important contribution to American fic-
tion-a story unlike anything Mr.. Vance
has hitherto written, more ambitiously
conceived, more ably executed.
CARE YOU GOING TO COLLEGE?'
William c. Sehmeisser The John Lane
company, publishers, New York.
Young man, are you going to college?"
If So
William C. Sehmeisser's story by that
name, will give every boy who contem-
plates or intends taking a college course,
definite points on how to begin and &c
through his college career with the great
est success and the fewest scratches.
1t will answer sanely and satisfactorily
the questions that annoy brother, and
that father can't answer because his in
formation is out of date.
The book is quickly read, but will be
many times re-read. 1t is not written
from a ministerial standpoint. It is writ
ten by a college graduate. an athlete and
a successful man, whose experiences are
recent enough to be still fresh in his
mind; while having gone through them
gives him the true size of relative facts
Practically every college man just out
has in his mind a list of five things he
would not do. If he had the opportunity
of going to college gain, and five omitted
things that he would make sure of doing
This book, read by an entering fresh
man, will shorten for him that future
list of regrets, and increase the salts
factory memories.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1913-02-07
PUBLIC SALE!

We. highest bidder
TUESDAY. FEBRUARY II, 1918
The following described sharp
10-HORsEse10
Keota James the grand champion Perchern stallion of this
State. sAi&s1N
Span of Gehdings, w.t. 29OO age 6 and years.
Bay mare, w.t. 11OO age years.
Percheron stallion coming years DID,
year old FLY out of Brado mare sired by Red Squirrel
will make fancy single double driver
Black mare colt coming year in March.
l Black mare colt months old
Bay horse colt months old.
These and
2-COWS-2
l Fresh COW with calf by side.
4year old Jersey COW, milking now, bred registered
sey bull
4s-DURoC JERSEY Hoas4s (o)
Blue Ribbon Herd.
Z Bred sows 8 Bred gifts
2 Feeders 90 Open gifts
Sow with pigs by side
3 Young bears, large enough for service.
Great herd boar coming this spring. w.t. 500 lbs
Above herd all registered elgib This
carried blue ribbons the
VEHICLES ETC
2-seated spring wagon.
Ia in. Peter Shutter wagon 14ft. rack.
Nearly new delivery wagon, single harness.
3section spring tooth harrow
l Double set of work harness.
Barrels of vinegar.
700 New standard apple boxes and paper.
DICKENS MILLER Auctioneers J. E. ROBERTS, Clerk.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1913-02-07

They wakened about ten next morn
ing with throhbing headaches and clad
In greasy canvas rags, each stretch
ed out In the forecastle bunk with a
bag of other greasy rags for a pillow.
Rogers was the first to roll out, and
after blear-eyed inspection of the
forecastle. which included the other
two. he CALCULATED. "Well. I'll be
blanked" Then he shook each into
sitting posture. listened to their
groaninR protests. and sat down on q
chest. shaking with silent laughter.
while the other two resumed the hor-
ixontal.
But he did not laugh long. Certain
sounds from on deck indicated that he
would soon be wanted. and certain in
dications of wintery weather in the
shape of snow Aurrying into the fore
castle reminded him OF his raiment. (
He hauled out the clothes bag from
his bunk and opened il. To his sur
prise he found neatly folded. his suit
Of store clothes; but as this would not
do for shipboard wear he sought far
ther, and found a warm monkey jacket
and guernsey. the property. no doubt.
Of some sailor who died In the board.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1913-10-03
SOCIETY.
Howard -eostjck.

Howard eostjck.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. A. Bostick, of Mt.
Pleasant, announce the engagement
and coming marriage of their daugh-
ter, Jennie, to William James How
ard. The wedding will be solemniz-
ed on the evening of November IL.
Kings Daughters Solicitors.
All csmmittees soliciting contribu-
lions for the Kings Daughters dinner
the first Monday in October, are ask
ed to report not later than Monday,
September 20, at 10 o'clock, at the
home of Mrs. r. P. Dodsoa on Sew
enth street.
Staniey-Bell.
Miss Dolly Bell and Charles Stan.
ley were quietly married at the home
Of the Bride in South Columbia Tues
day night at o'clock in the presence
of only few friends. Rev. w. T.
Haggard performed the ceremony.
Mr.. and Mrs Stanley went to Nash
Vile for few days visit to friends
and relatives after which they will
return to Columbia and be at the
home of the brides parents for the
present. Mr.. Stanley is the foreman
of the Maury Laundry Co., and has
been with this institution practically
since its establishment and is most
valued man in his place. The bride
is a most charming young lady and
has many warm friends who rejoice
at her happiness.
-
Webster-ArnoId.
| A marriage of much interest to Co
lumbians was that of Miss Della Nc
Gee Arnold to Hugh Webster at
Vicksburg, Miss, which took place at
the handsome home at $3.50 p. m. on
Tuesday. The ceremony Of the Epis-
copal church was pronounced in an
impressive manner by Rev. DR..
Johns, rector of Trinity church In
that city. The bride was attended
by her sister, Miss Natalie Arnold,
as maid Of honor, while the groom's
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1913-10-03
BRYAN
AND DOCTOR COOK
ARE TO DELIVER LECTURES UN.
DER THE SAME TENT, IT
IS SAID.

CHICAGO, Sept. 27.-Great ghost
of the sideshow bankers, rise in your
grave. Resurrect from the days nj
Forepaugh and Barnum and return
to earth, for the day of opportunity
draweth nigh. ~
All under one tent will appear VIII
liam Jennings Bryan, the only secre-
tary Of state of the United States OF
America who has thus far found the
salary Of the ONCE insufficient for
his living expenses, and Frederick A.
Cook. Doctor, who says he has
found the North Pole and who has
taken to the Chautauqua PLATFORM
at 500 lecture to prove 1t. May
be the yoddlers and the jugglers will
be thrown in, but the two main at
fractions are assured-and G. w. Ba-
ker, local manager for the North
Pole explorer, is responsible for the
statement