Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-12-23

self and others. 1t is the girl robbed
of her romance who becomes the ac-
tual heroine of the tale.
Judge Luke Beresford has younger
brother, David who is a scoundrel
and whose abused and deserted wife
comes unexpectedly into a fortune
In the story 1.-THE Ruby Cross" h.
Mary Wallace, we read of David Beres-
fords attempt to defraud his wife and
of how he is thwarted by brave Annie
Holloway. An American story, with
copper mine as the center of the ma
terial struggle.
Destiny" by Julia Seaton, is a New
Thought novel written in the ecstatio
style of the cult. 1t follows the ro-
nance tragedy of a beautiful young
woman who, unable to respond to an
honest love at home. comes to New
York and, while pursuing course OF
occult study, finds herself passionately
involved with the husband of her best
friend.
"The Way of the Wine Press" by
w. Riley, is an old fashioned story OF
the West Riding in Yorkshire. dealing
with the fortunes and misfortunes OF
mill owner stanch in the faith and
too stiffnecked for his own good in
business. Ostensibly the book Is writ
ten by Louis Turner. protege of the
mill owner, who gives us his own love
story while telling the many things
including vindictive rivalry and
disastrous fire, which befall David
Middleton.
1.-THE Girl Who Loved the Land
by Mail Rightor Mason, is a story
ranging over a good deal of land and
water, including Southern and Western
parts of the United States, fair bit
of Europe, the Mississippi river and
the Atlantic ocean. 1t is the story of
Dixie Rochester's growing up. of the
men who loved her of her evolution
from a fresh and flitatious maidenhood
into the estate of a hustling and
successful business woman. The book
is written in curiously irregular Eng
| fish, with words very effectively en-
ployed to mean things they should not
mean Its best chapters are those
telling of life in the anti bellum
south, with special reference to the
development of Helena, Ark.
| California has but two species OF ma
tive trees that are normally of weep
ing habit. One is Quercus lobata, the
valley oak, having its most southerly
range near Burbank. The other Is
Picea Breweriania, the weeping spruce.
which is found in n few isolated noun
famous sections in the northwestern
corner of the state.
The collie's name appears to be
shrouded in mystery; but there seems
to be a fairly reasonable foundation
for supposing that it is from coil"
| or collar" on account of the broad
! white mark round the neck which is
seen in the majority of these dogs.
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| Miss Elizabeth Clark is the pioneer
woman boarding officer of the United
States immigration service. She is
attached to the San Francisco district
and is compelled to board all incom-
ing foreign vessels that arrive at that
port.
A loan fund of $4,000 for helping
poor students Is one of the features of
Henry Kendall college, in Oklahoma.
No more than 5000 year is lent to
any student. The borrower must be
a high school graduate.
~
Mrs. j. A. Sullivan of Moundsyille,
w. Va, has twenty three relatives In
the war. Twenty-one are brothers
and nephews on the British fronts, and
her two sons are in the American
army.
1 The worlds finest bronze statuary Is
cast in sand found In France that con