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TAX »tNNir LAW VALID
(VIOJaMINO (TtMFAMT.
MAUL M4MA A**
mnuu. oauL
_4. «L uiimmi. naiur_
Dimiii, A Cornell (iprfiwof,
children will quit Ih-Ih* born All th"
children we know have dune *o ni
ready•
The .lulu- of Abrusil la to try AI |>ln*
rtiniMn* lie t* ftitnuliml lo i»i i»
the lop of *0(110 i’l hi* tuouiiialiia of
dlBrull).
KiikIuii.I *hoa* H* P"MI manner*
And xood Bi'iino In not geillii* l*«'*t
over (hoar alleged Inlrrvlew* wlUi Ihi'
On man ••miM.ror
llolh ► iikIuaiI nml Getman) would
ileep better on ilnik night* H Giey
would Ri'ii.'i'Aio n Hill* nior* of th«'
•plrli of brotherly love.
” Mr. IUiim ii'riii'ln »«'* ’a tliealrlcol
man can't lo. a pinochle husband
Which would doubtl<*»a be Intcrmtlntt
Information If wo could it modulo II
CAtH COLLECTION* AMOUNT TO
MOMS THAN A MILLION
shows Simone or ihi dipiiiuiiis
lljnl. Cemmiiienir'i Offie* H**d* the
Li*t With a Record of IPS.II/ll
Tum*d In to Troaaury of th*
Slat* of OMahcwna
Guthrie. tlkla According to the re-
liori of Hiaic Treasurer Jam** A Mon
rh'c the bank coiuml»»lon*r’* office I*
ibe Ih-sI inoney maker for lb*' *iate I coleetlon of buck
uulNlde of tax*-* and suhoul bind r« nl* | bill*, * ill' ll In ill*
Opinion Hand'd Down Upholding
Constitutionality
Guthrie, Okla Th>- ’ • *» fer
law u not unl> t •ttafliuiluual. but
Ju*i. decid'd lb* supreme court In
an opinion in the **»• ■ of Hwip
Andemon i* Frol Kilter l»,i«b itea*
urrr of l/>gan county, and Hannah
f< Hambl*. adiulnUlralilt. t* J M
I'airlck, tivapufr of Klngfl*b*'i rotin
l> In an exhaustive opinion Ju>ilc*'
Kane d'-tile* the writ o( prohibition
aakc.l by Ander«un lo prevent Kilter-
biiBh from collecting $.1 40* 1*3 In baek
bin'll due from 1894 it. 11*07, wlih «
penalty of Mi per rent
The colk'cilon of me h.ick bin1* I*
rotislltullonal. ik'cldea Hie aupieme
eourl, but Ho penally of Ml per rent
la knocked mil In ihe Kingfisher
| < on ni)" ca*e the only difference la
laird Holiertn bn* grown *o ncrvoii*
over Ihe uKyreBMlve curl of Emperor
William'* miiNtncbe* lbut be demandM
for England an army of 1,000,000 men
A Hi. Louis Justice became very In
dlgnunl when a brlddgroout offered
him a drink after the ceremony. The
cuatomary fee will buy several drink*
Hlr Theodore Marlin, the doyen of
English literature, recently celebrated
Ihe nlnety-Mccond aiinlver*ary of Id*
birthday nt hi* Wcl*h home, Hryntt»l*
Ho, Llangollen.
A powder firm in I'.dugne refu*e.| to
fill nn order from Koumaidn on ac-
count of prcvlou* large order* from
other Halknn male*. Naturally, a
Cologne firm would be able at flr*t
night to ncent war trouble.
Mr. Rockefeller has jusl drawn Ida
check In favor of Klcbmond college.
Richmond. Va. for $150,000. Another
Item udded to the cumulative evidence
that he really ha* Home other bundles*
bexides that of Kinking money.
A society In Norway bn* concluded
an agreement to work Dr. de Havnl's
patent* for making metallic zinc out
of low-grade ores. At first about 50
tons of metallic zinc and ubout one Ion
o metallic lead, as well as a little cop-
per and silver, will be treated each
day.
Mrs. Charles Hrodle Patterson, a
student of longevity, announces that
it is possible for a man to live forever.
Precisely. Not only "a man,” but all
men live forever, although they cannot
remember this earth, which is rather
limited In Its standing capacity. Man
has to move up to give other fellows a
chance here below.
An attempt is making in New York
, to limit the height qf buildings in that
city to 350 feet. It Is urged that the
higher buildings, those of five or six
hundred feet, are a menace to the
health of the people as well as dan-
gerous in case of fire. In Boston and
In Washington a much lower limit has
been established by law-.
The divorce statistics just published
emphasise again the need of a uniform
national divorce law as the only means
by which the evil can be kept In check.
As a chain Is no stronger than its
weakest link, neither is divorce in the
union more difficult than in the slate
with the most lax laws. There is no
use in passing a restrictive law in one
state which can be nullified at indi-
vidual pleasure in another.
Mr. Powderly, after investigation,
declares there are few men in the New
York "bread line” who want to work.
He suggests slate farms. Good, as far
aB it goes. But many of these inen
would be of no use on any kind of a
farm. Some are better adapted to
building roads. The plan of Orlando
F. Lewis for employment stations is
more comprehensive and more prac-
tical, thinks the Pittsburg Dispatch.
From Nou-mbi r HI. 1907, lo November
$0, rim*, that office turned Inio lie*
griieial revenue fund $75,917 83 The
treasurer* office come* next with $.*!•
951.38, Interest on dally balance)* of
slap* dc|Ki*ll*.
The secretary of slate prove* him
self a good revenue earner by turning
over tie- nice sum of $29, 173.50 derived
from charter* and fee*. The stall'
mine and oil |n*peclor bus contributed
$16,491 47 to Ihe general revenue fund
and State Auditor Trapp turn* In $15.
796 46 collected from oil companies un-
der the gross production tux law The
stub* board of pharmacy contribute*
$5,680.45 a* Its earning* for Ihe slate
The board of agriculture earned $2,-
557.68. Escheated estate* mude the
revenue fund $336.80 larger
The bank commissioner bus turned
in $980, and the pure food commission
assisted to the amount of $99 Labor
Commissioner Daugherty colloced $65
in fpe*. and Attorney General West
swells Ihe total with $19.31 in money
collected by hi* office.
Th*- entire funds In the hands of the
.stale treasurer amount lo $1,134,495.32
which he has deposited in 118 tiauk.-
of the stute. The lni-gest d'.'poslt Is
$66,114.11. The umount of eollaterial
in the hands of the treasurer for se-
curing deposits Is $1,351,559.30.
LAWTON AFTER GROUND
Wants Old Water Plant to Use for
Factory Purposes
Washington, I). C.—Efforts are un-
der way wherpby Ihe city of Lawton
is to he given title to the old wat*.*r
plant east of Lawton and lying be-
tween the Frisco and Hock Island
tracks at that point.
Approximately seven acres of land
are Involved, which Ihe city, it is
said, propose-* to offer as factory
sites. Representative Scott Ferris,
who has been asked to secure the
necessary legislation will Introduce
a bill at once for that •purpose.
The lndlam* who now hold title lo
the property, it is said, will release
It if reimbursed by the city. As Law-
ton proposes to do this, nothing
seems to prevent the early consum-
mation of the deal. The legislation
proDably will be made a part of the
Indian appropriation bill which is
now under consideration by the
house committee on Indian affairs.
Iiixvm limn an iw
i deelnritd e instliu-
ilonal. In muklng hi* order of de
ii In I Justice Kan** Npiuik* emphnllca!
ly concerning ihose who would evade
i(iv*i and the right of ihe mate to
foiled the Hume;
"A great many .«lat«M have found H
nec-Hnry io pa** law* miicIi u* the
one under conxiderutlnn In ord*T to
ei|imllze the burden* of Hupportlng
ihe Ninle he tween thoHf lioru m and
patriotic properly owner* who return
tthlr property for taxation and puy
luxe* upon the huiii", and ihe prop-
erly owner who *hlrk* or for any
reason e*rape* this duly,
RETURN OKLAHOMA CONVICTS
Prison Board cf Control Issues
ders to That Effect
Guthrie, Okla.— Instructions to ft.
W. Dick, superintendent of tIs-• Okla-
homa i**nHenllary, lo Immediately
prepare quarters for all the Okla-
homa prisoners at Lansing were given
in a rrxoluttlnu ndopned by the prison
board of control nt a meeting held
Wednesday. Nothing wjis formally
said at the meeting of the Lansing
penitentiary roiKirt of Ml.'* Barnard,
which I* creating such a furore, but
Hon. J. P. Connors, secretary of the
board, is openly In favor of getting
the prisoner* out of the Kansas pris-
on at once.
The prisoners will be cared for in
various Jaila over the state. Mr. Dick
will make such arrangements with
the jails. Offers haw already been
received from tiewral counties to
caiv for some of the convicts.
TO HELP INVESTIGATE PRISON
CONFESSES HE TOOK CASH
A British peer advocates temporary
confiscation of a car for automobile
speeding. The remedy is, in the opin-
ion of the Baltimore American, rather
drastic, but it is evident from the in-
creasing number of accidents and the
disregard for life and limb manifested !
Assistant Cashier Elliott in Jail at
Eufaula for Robbery
Eufaula, Okla.—Another starling
development in the mystery which
surrounds the robbery of the First
National Hank at Eufaula occurred
when th*? bank officials announced
that the money had been returned by
H. Barr Elliott, assistant cashier. El-
liott has confessed to the robbery and
is now in the county jail. He came
to Eufaula from Gainesville, Texas,
nnu has been with the bank about a
year. He has heretofore borne a good
reputaion.
Would Limit Standard Buying
Guthrie, Okla.—"The whole course
of the Standard Oil Company from
1S72 until this time has been a con-
tinued violation of law. Its history
In Oklahoma has not been different
from its history in Pennsylvania.
At Request of Gov. Hoch, Gov. Haskell
Names Committee
Guthrie, Okla.—A committee ol
which William H. Murray is a mem-
ber. has been appointed by Governoi
Haskell to represent Oklahoma in tho
Kansas-Okiaholna commission to in-
vestigate conditions in the Lansing
penitentiary.
The five Oklahoma members of the
commission will he J. P. Connors, pres-
ident of the stakj board of agriculture,
and secretary of the state hoard of
convict control; P. J. Gouiding, of
Enid, buslnes man and member of the
state senate; J. F. King, of Newkirk,
attorney; George E. Cullen, of Savan-
nah, mine superintendent; W. H. Mur-
ray, of Tishomingo, ex-president of
the constitutional convention and ex-
speaker of the lower house of the Ok-
lahoma legislature.
Donation for University
Enid. Okla.—A deal lias been clos-
ed by the University Development
of this city which gave a bonus of
$87,500 to Oklahoma Christian uni-
versity, for the sale of all the lots
owned by the company at an average
value of $200 each to a Kansas City
real estate firm.
mmo NEWS [HIM
HAPPENING* OP INTCRCIT
AROUND THE GLOBE
mi no round mils coionsto
Domestic and Foreign Event* Briefly
Chronicled—What it Occunng at
tho National Capitol—-Com-
ploto History of Weak
WASHINGTON
Judge Johnson III
Altirs, Okla.—Judge J. T. Johnson is
ill at his home in Lawton and un-
able to hold court.
by the speed maniacs that something
! 'lhirty odd years of punishment has
must be done in the way of punitive
i not taught it anything. Has not the
legislation. The present system of come when reasonable men must
fines is wholly inadequate; in fact, they 1*re this? There are times when
constitute but the smallest part of the ! l“e Infection in a part or tire body-
running expenses of motoring,
plainly are so regarded.
and
The navy department wants a wire-
less telephone plani established in
Washington for its use. If the system
is sufficiently practical to be in such
demand it will soon be in general use
and vocal messages will be floating
through the air in every direction. But
where is the sound while the message
is on its travel? The query suggests
the old problem; If a tree falls in the
middle of a forest where no man can
hear It, Is there any noise from the
crash?
Wilbur Wright is going after a
$15,000 pri:;e in a French aeroplane
race next month, although he knows
perfectly well how the French aero-
planists hate to lose the money.
is so great that the limb must be
amputated in order that the rest may
live. In my opinion the only way out
of the difficulty now before me Is to
completely oust the Standard and all
its substantial rights from any kind
of business in this state, which I rec-
ommend to you as the policy we
should follow "
Thus in hi* annual report to the
governor does Attorney General West
set forth succinctly his attitude to-
ward the king of trusts. In order to
the end of control he recommends
an amendment to the state anti-trust
law limiting th** Standard's purchas-
ing power.
What satirist of society has done
such a sketch of degenerate aristoc-
racy as is draw-n of themselves by the
French princelings in the court pro-
ceedings for the i*>i session of an
American girl’s fortune? Is the ban
ble for which American heiresses bar- i
ter themselves to . ted rak s worth I
the Incamhranc- ? f.-fes tve New York
World
Fairview County Seat
Falrview, Okla.—With a total vote
of approximately 7C0 more than cast
| for its three competitors. Farview-
I has been declared the permanent
I county aeat of Major county, and
must so remain for at least ten .wars
according to the law. The vote was
as follow j: Fairview. 1.728; Vera.
462: Orr*ota. «I9; Rijgwood. 287.
Twenty-five inspectors from Blaine
county were aent into Major county
by the governor. The election waa
peaceable.
Ouster Proceedings Filed
Clinton. Okla.—Ouster proceedings
have been filed by State Enforcement
Attorney Caldwell of Oklahoma City
against City Marshal L. E. Skeels,
who is charged with appointing dep-
uties who are drunkards.
Representative Ashby III
Altus, Okla.—Representative S. G.
Ashby of Jackson county is seriously
ill at his home at Eldorado with
bowel troub>3. He will be taken to
Fort Worth for a surgical operation.
Denies Shephard Liberty
Topeka. Kan.—Judge John C. Pol-
lock. in the United States district
court denied a w rit of habeas corpus
under which R. B. Shepard, of Salt
Lake City, was seeking freedom from
the federal penitentiary at Leaven-
worth. Shepard was sentenced to
five years for sending obscene liter-
ature through the mails. An appeal
was intimated.
The notion that it is only possible
to sin or act foolish in a saloon. Is a
s« rious mistake.
Authorize Valuation
Topeka. Kan.—The state hoard of
railroad commissioners has made
public a report on its investigation of
the physical valuation of railroads for
rate-making purposes, in which it
urges the governor and legislature to
memorialize congress to authorise
such valuation by the Intercalate
commerce commisior.
V ein illni: tu Ihu latent advice*
to tth'* iHtlunUii ranul c< i m ml salon,
there Iiiih been 21 ik-ntli* »o rut a* the
icMilt of ihe premature explosion ui
dynamite at Him OlilNpn, |iee< nibei 12.
Fort) nine wu* the number orlKliinlly
wotiiid"d. The removal of debrl* mu*
disclose other ilcttu*.
lleeilUMe tho uutlonn! debt i* fuel
luereaMlng, federal building* will lie
■l"ln,ved. The tren*urer I* not In u
humor lo jih> out inotcy with u $tiu,-
oou.nuo shortage siuring him In ihe
fuce.
Flint Lieutenant William J. O'LuiikIi-
IIii, Thirteenth United State* infun
try at Fort l^avcnworth, Knn*., was
recently convicted by co urt martial
on n charge of mnklug falsi* report?
it* lo certain military dull*'* and wux
sentenced to lie dismissed. The pres-
ident has commuted the sentence
to six month*' confluent-'tit to |H>xt
limit* and a fine or $>() a month for
the same period.
Twelve months In juil for Samuel
Compels, president; nine month* for
lohn Mitchell, one of the vlce-pre?l-
dents, and six month* for Frank Mor-
rison, secretary of the American F*d-
ration of Labor, were thv sentence;!
imposed by Justice Wright of the su-
preme court of the District of Col-
umbia. for cont'-'tnpt of court in the
Hack stove car?1.
Porto Rico, through hor resident
commissioner in the United States,
Mr. Larrinaga, and the special com-
mission which ar-* in Washington for
that purpose, is making a d-Herminod
fight for the imposition of a duty of
five cents a pound on foreign coffee.
I’ J illuffalui Job** • ho for year*
• «* a familiar figure in Yeliowatune
Fail* a* a came warden, i* In Chicago
ilwm«<e*trallug lb* quality ul buffalo
nn-ul It* brought lo tlie city 4,uvu
pound* of ih* meal
A laki< ititoi" paa*ettger train on
Ihr branch between Jatkaon. Mich,
and F«>ri Wayne. Ind , wna wrecked
n«ar I'h aaant L»k«-. in Hist-eu per
•on* Wire ili)ui*-d. five aerloualy The
' wreck la attributed *“ * broken Mango
| tiu*■ i tor Ha*kel|, ul (he request of
Governor lloch. of Kanaaa, ha* ap-
pointed a committee of five to ivprti-
»eut Oklahoma in the lutcatlgailon of
the Kun*a* penitentiary. Thu com-
titlth-e conaUta of I' I Connors, I*.
I <trWrt. Enid J F King. Newkirk.
1 Geo. K ('iilh-ti. Havanuh, ami W It.
Murray, TIsImiiiI igo.
William .1 Bryan wna cbi?f among
rieiiil> two score ot men who sent
nn MitKi'* e\prt»»lve of llielr cordial
sympathy to President Gotniior*, Vlo-
lyestib'iii Mitch- II and Secretary Mur-
i Ison, of the American Federation of
Labor, recently at-Mencod lo Jail for
contempt of court
There lt> n total of 713 officer* and
cttllslvd men In iIt*- Oklahoma national
guard, all uniformed and equipped In
accordance with the regulation* of the
United Stale* army, according to tho
rejiori of the secretary of war ree-niiy
iHHiied The report 1* based upon reg-
The club women of Chicago arc |>ttm
• ted over the queettou of a lawful cow-
luine for working women The point
out tbnt only a little while ago a worn
nn in Chicago ■<* arrested and fined
fur wearing trou*cra while earning an
hot,cat living a* a hod carrier Now
they are informed that there ha* been
a ruling In the po*t off ire department
holding ihai women employed a* mall
rarrlera must wear Itouw-ri. There la
a movement on loot to wend a delega-
tion to Washington h>r the purpuee
of conaulting President l(oo»eve|| ou
the aubjeet
Cheap Power Production
What la probably the be»t record of
steam power efficiency of which there
la any record la re|iorte<! in the teat of
a new type of engine which urlglnatra
In Darmstadt. The particular engine
under teat hud u capuclty of loo * (Tec.
live hor*e power. The steam con-
sumption per effective horse power
was d< termlm d a* 8 6 pound*, nml
the cml consumption a* 1.1*4 |Miutid*.
Figuring on coal u* coating five dot-
bit* a ton in th)a particular locality,
the fm I co*t p>n- horse power come*
out a* low ns 0.22 of u cent an hour.
The figure* wi re coni'illed by Prof.
<$u11••t inutIi of Darmstadt.
The Society of German EnRlm-cra
at It* annual convention held In Dres-
, , , . den empowered Its officers to negoti-
ular army Inspection l ir the year J9UK. ... ,7
.. | ate with representative* of the I'ru*-
Kfforts ar*- under way ut Washing* ,
. slan government of the German fed-
H,u w hereby the city o Law ton 1* to ,.fl|UoB to ,nuk(. mrnatPWttta for ,hf.
I*' given title to the old wfitoiJttonl | brln|{illK of (ht„ Technolexlkon.
which the society was forced to give
up about n year ago on account of
the great scope of tin- work Involving
DOMESTIC
Education All Right. If—
Er ejeremtion's nil rit ef a nigger
ain't got sense ernuff ter tuck er livin’
no other way.
Two hundred and fifty-five Indiana
of tho five tribes will be notified that
they are entitled lo select allotments
as a result of the recent decision of
the supreme court holding that Ex-
Secretary Hitchcock had no right to
strike from the rolls the Allisons,
Cherokees, and John Goldsby, Chick-
asaw.
Ouster proceedings have been filed
by State Enforcement Attorney Cald-
well of Oklahoma City, against City
Marshal L. E. Skeels, of Clinton,
who is charged with appointing depu-
ties who are drunkards.
At S.ui Francisco Wang Chang, th-?
Corean. who shot Durham White
Stevens, the American diplomat and
advisor to the Corean emperor
on March 3, of this year, re-
sulting in Steven's death two days
later, was found guilty of murder in
the second degree by a jury in Judge
Carroll Cook's department of the su-
preme court.
Physicians at St. Luke’s hospital in
Spokane, Wash., have just succeeded
checking an attack of hiccoughs
which has raked Daniel Mclnnis of
Wallace, Idaho, continuously since the
morning of December 5.
The “tax ferret” law is not only
constitutional, but just, decided the
supreme court of Oklahoma in an
opinion in the cases of George An-
derson vs. Fred Ritt??rT)ush, treasurer
of Logan county, and Hannali G.
Gamble, administratrix, vs. .T. S. Pat-
rick. treasurer of Kingfisher county.
With a total vote of approximately
700 more than cast for its three com-
petitors, Fairview has been declared
the permanent county seat of Major
county, Okla., and must so remain for
at least ten years according to the
law. The vote was as fo^’ows: Fair-
view, 1.728; Vera, 462 Orienta. 419;
Ringwood. 287.
A million and a half men. women
and children throughout the country,
including 125.000 in Greater New
York City alone, wore supplied with
dinners, and upwards of 4,000 desti-
tute children were given toys suited
to their ages on Christmas day. from
the proceeds of this year’s Salvation
Army "kettle" contributions.
Tom Iionghoat. the Indian runner,
winner of the Marathon race, was mar-
ried in Toronto, Canada, to a Mohawk
Indian girl.
Instructions to R. W. Dick, su-
perintendent of the Oklahoma ■pen-
itentiary, to immediately prepare
quarters for all the Okiahonia pris-
oners at Lansing were given in a
resolution adopted by the prison board
of control at a meeting held recently
in Guthrine Oklahoma.
State prohibition won a victory in
the United States circuit court at At-
lanta. Ga., when Juiig" W T. New-
man dismissed a petition attacking the ■
constitutionality of the prohibition
law. holding it was a matter for the
state courts.
Immediately after she had looked
upon h-'r d-ad husband who was be-
ing buried. Mrs Katherine Moore,
aged 62 years, dropped dead from
heart failure.
The seventeenth national irrigation
congress will convene in Spokan*. j
Wash, next August. 9 to 14. j
••a*t of Lawton and lying lr.»t» the |
Frisco and Rock Island truck* at that
point to uv for factory site*.
II. H Elliott, assistant cashier of
tin- Flrjt ..nttonal bank at Kufnula,
Okla., confessed to tuldiig the money
rec-.-nlly missed, thereby clearing up
th'* mystery of the robbery announc-
ed t,"veral (Ihvs ago.
Governor Hoch, cf Kansas, has ap-
pointed a committee to investigate
the state penitentiary at Iamslng.
This follows the chargee recently
made by Kate Harnard. commissioner
of charities for Oklahoma.
John Collins, tin? Kansas university
stud'-nt who was sentenced to life
imprisonment for the murder of hi*
father in May, I89S. in Topeka, Kas.,
lias been pardoned by Governor Hoch
and released Christmas day.
Thomas F. Ryan of New York, haa
announced that yielding to the ad-
vice of his physicians he had resign-
ed from the directorate of 331 cor-
porations. The only enterprise in
the n;anag’>nienl of which the noted
financier retains a hand are the Mor-
ton Trust company, the National
Hank of Commerce, and the Ameri-
can Tobacco company.
Declaring that the Standard Oil
company of Indiana, the Republic Oil
company of Ohio and the Waters-
Pierce Oil company of Missouri had
conspired and combined to monopolize
tho oil business in Missouri, the su-
preme court of Missouri issued a de-
cree ousting all three from the com-
monwealth, and fining them $50,000
each.
J. K. Thomas, Bellingham. Wash.,
was sontoncod to life imprisonment
for the murder of his divorced wife
on July 19, last.
Judge John C. Pollock, in the Unit-
ed States district court at Topeka,
denied a writ of habeas corpus under
which It. M. Shepard, of Salt Lakw City
was seeking frc*?dom from the feder-
al penitentiary at Leavenworth.
Stricken with typhoid fever, P. P.
Duffy, editor of the Anadarko Demo-
crat, is critically ill at an El Reno
hospital. Duffy is president of the
State Association of Newspaper Edi-
tors and private secretary to Lieuten-
ant Governor Bellamy.
Secretary Garfield has asked con-
gres? to make an appropriation of
$14,000 to rebuild the dormitory at
the Osage Indian school at Pawhuska,
Okla., which burned a short time ago.
Orville Wright, who has fully re-
covered from his injuries suffered in
the fall of his aeroplane at Fort Mey-
er, Ohio, will sail for Paris in about
ten days.
The trial of Beach Hargis, aged 23,
charged with the murder last Feb-
ruary, at Jackson, Ky., of his father.
Judge James Hargis, is now on at
Irvine, Ky.
expenditures gre*iti-r than the society
thought it conM '(insistently make.
IN THE LITERARY WORLD
What Is Doing Among the New Books
and Authors
FOREIGN
President Castro is seeking peace
between France and Venezuela, and
to bring about a renewal of rela-
tions.
It is stated that Castro, president
of Venezuela, is now practically an
exile, and that he dare not return to
Venezuela. The Bank of Venezuela
has cancelled the unlimited letter of
credit issued to him. He is openly
charged with conspiracy to compass
tire death by assassination of Gomez,
left In charge by him when he de-
parted for Germany.
One of the notable recent offerings
by L. C. Page & Co.. Boston, is "Peg-
gy at Spinster Fajrn," which will inter-
est all who ever lived, who wanted to
live, or expect to live in the country
where the expanses are great, the ait-
pure and invigorating, and where life
is well worth the living. The spinster,
her niece "Peggy," the Professor,
young Robert Graves, and Hiram, the
hired man, are the characters intro-
duced in "Spinster Farm” by Helen M.
Winslow, the author. All of them are
real, as well as the farm and farm-
house, and so are most ol the inci-
dents.
Light-hearted character sketches
and equally refreshing and unexpected
happenings are woven together with
a thread of happy romance of which
Peggy, of course, is the vivacious hero-
ine. Alluring descriptions of nature
and country life are given with fasci-
nating bits of biography of the farm
animals and household pets.
Another of the late Page publica-
tions is, “The Call of the South,"
writtten by Robert Lee Durham, a
southern lawyer, who is familiar with
the dramatic situations which tho
book relates. The story is an absorb-
ing one, and once started it is a safe
prediction that the reader will follow
through to its conclusion without stop.
The novel has for its theme the pres-
ent race problem, particularizing the
danger to society in the increasing
miscegenation of the black and white
races.
A novel of romance, love and adven-
ture, written in the best modern style,
is Colonel Greatheart, one of the lat-
est of the Bobbs-Merrill publications.
H. C. Bailey, the author dates the story
back to the time of Cromwell and
Charles I, but in method and quality
of thought ii belongs to the day of
Stevenson and Hewlett.
In this story there ;is variety, move-
ment, action, color. Alike in splendid
battle pictures, in the subtle fencing
of courtiers, in the flashing duel of the
sexes, a remarkable creative imagina-
tion is at work, speaking fluently in
deeds and charmingly in dialogue. At
the touch of this imagination a host of
characters spring into being. The
dry bones of history take on life. Each
person introduced—and many of the
famous men and women of the time
are introduced—is etched in with an
unforgettable sharpness and precision.
This amazing gift of portraiture is not
less evident in the brief glimpse of
Charles I, that melancholy poseur,
than in the more extended and tre-
mendously dramatic characterization
of Cromwell.
THOUGHTS FOR WOMEN.
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