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THE OMAHA DAILY IJEE: WEDNESDAY, Al'ItlL 10, 11)02. COMMISSIONERS ON JUNKET Couctj Board Takei Carriage Bide Through the Precinct. CONNOLLY AND O'KCEFFE KEEP APART At Leaf AfmiiIi Drnwntlc Rivals Wr at Poor Farm Drrkotlm Repakllrans I.Ike t'oaapet la Cab Driver. rrmr and resident of the srosll towns pt Douglas county will have opportunity this week to enter Into direct negotlstions with tbt county commissioners for what ever right or favors they mar want, as the board started ytsterday morning on Its annual cross-country Junket. After visit Ins; the poor farm. Inspecting the plumbing and sampling the cook's cre ations, they will spend the rest of the day In McArdl and Millard precinct. Tomor row Chicago and Waterloo will be gone ever; Wednesdsy. Valley and Elkhnrn, and Tbursdsy, Jefferson, Union and Florence. Nearer precincts will be rlslted at Inter vals later. The commissioners were to mee at the poor farm and when the stragglers left the court bouse this morning for the oundup they were wondering what would be the arrangement of the members when tbe board Is complete and atarts on Its trip. Tbe Ave commissioners are to ride 'In two carriages, but which three are to be together Is the problem. It won't do to bare O'Keeffe and Connolly within arms length of esch other, they ssy, and yet either one will atand to aee the other enjoying a monopoly of tbe republican members' time Just at this stage of the gaim. when combinations are said to be the things thst will govern. The last re port from the poor farm this afternoon wss that O'Keeffe bad taken a stand at one carriage and Connolly at another, and that tbey were beckoning the other members like rival crbmen. ' Collection of Bark Taxes. As the board has no meeting until April BO, the members got together In committee of the whole Monday night and considered some minor business. They practically agreed that to accomplish the collection of back realty tax they will not use collectors, but will put one man Into the Held to aerve notices in the delinquents, and then, it the response la not prompt, the board Is to com mence suit. It will call in the county at torney next Saturday to talk over the mat ter more fully. The Houston herd o( 200 goats was an other subject given attention at tbo com mittee meeting. Houston wishes to turn them onto a strip of wooded pasture at the poor farm and, although willing to pay a email rent, he argues that their presence there would be desirable, as they would crop off the underbrush that Is getting quite a start. One commissioner mentioned the danger of the goata killing the trees; another suggested that tin cans be split and nailed about tbe young trunka, but Con nolly said that the goats would simply eat those for desert. It was finally decided that the goats may be -turned In, but that the board members will keep tab on the trees and send Clerk McComb out to sit up with them nights. COUNTY COURT TO DECIDE Aldersaaalc Tie at Soath Omaha to Be Rereaaltd by Jad.e Vlaaonbaler. John Mclnttre and P. J. O'Connor - have found a way to expedite their final contest for place on tbe city council of South Omaha as member from the Fourth ward. They signed and filed this morning a stipu lation by which they are bound to aubmlt the ballots caat at the election of April 1, to County Judge Vlnaonbaler, who will re canvasa them, beginning at 10 o'clock to morrow morning, and declare tbe result. Both parties consent to the Jurisdiction of the court and each waives summons and process and further proceedings. The "stipulation" Is somewhat unique among those filed In the court archives. It 4s drawn up on the letterheads of Frank E. Jones, "sanitary and milk Inspector," bears no namea other than those of the contestanta and beglna with thla: Whereas, As a controversy has arisen aa to who Is elected aa councilman to the fourth ward of the city of South Omaha at the election held therein on the flrat day of April. 1902; 1. It la agreed that the matter shall be submitted to the county court, aa in a conteat, Then follow fire other paragraphs requir ing that the etlpulation be the pleadings In tbe case, that there be an immediate hear ing, that the court order tbe ballots pro duced In open court and count them there, that lbs Judge "shall determine the result and pronounce Judgmeut as to who Is elected," and that the city clerk "shall iasue certificate of election aa aoon aa the Judge pronounce Judgment and tbe party to whom tbe certificate is Issued shall take bla aeat, but tbe other party ahall have the tight to appeal." Judge Vlnsonbaler, remembering bis weeks of weary woek with the recount In tbe Unltt-Mlller conteat, smiled rather feebly when the attorneys for the two as pirant brought the matter before him this morning, but agreed to begin the hearing at 10 o'clock Wednesday morning. This proceeding Is pursuant to the advice of Judge Keysor, given Monday, when the Judge refused to grant a temporary Injunc "Lot tho COLD DUST This would be a cleaner, brighter world if every housekeeper used It FJuWplIos your pleasures; DlvIJas your efforts; Subtracts from your cares; Adds to your lifev Mad only by THE N. K. FAIRBAKK COMPANY, Chicago, Mew York. Boston. &l Lou. Maker si OVAL FAIRY SOAP. tion preventing Cfty Clerk Samuel C. Sbrlg ley from citing Mclntlr to appear and draw lots with O'Connorf who had, tbe can vassing bosrd reported, tied him In tbe race for councilman. The Judge told Mrlntlre that the matter might aa well be decided one way or tbe ptber, aa there could be no final rontest proreedlngs until one became tbe Incumbent and tbe otber the contestor. After arranging to snake the recount Judge Vlnsonhaler lasued an order direct ing City Clerk Ehrlgley to appear today at 10 o'clock and to bring Into court with him "all ballota whlrb were cast in each and every election precinct." Have Yea Traveled on the Black Diamond Exprese? Have you enjoyed It comfort and the beauties of the scenery along It route? If not. then you have missed an entrancing experience and ahould supply the omission when you next go eest. It runs between Buffalo, New York and Philadelphia. Mortality statistics. The following birth, and death have been reported at the office ef the Board of Health during the twenty-four hours end ing Tuesday noon: Death Mary A. Chllds, MIS Ames avenue, sgd 76 years. Births Emll Bchlprlght. 6 North Nine teenth street, boy; O. C. Oleen. 8ixte?n'h and Manderson streets, girl. LOCAL BREVITIES. John P. Helner of Germantown, a car penter, haa filed application In the United States dltfict court to be declared bank rupt, lie lists debts of H.Jay.DO and aasets of $30. Judge Read has granted Rosalie D. Hutchinson divorce from Charles M. on the ground of non-aupport. They were married at Portage. Wis., June 22, 1878, and have three children. The new mall pouch racks are being In stalled In the postofflce, and when they ,re ready for use the Omaha office will have been equipped with the most modern ap pliances for handling the malls. The Injunction suit of Dr. Whlnnery against the trustees of the Omaha Dental college has been dismissed In the district court and the trustees are now free to employ such Inatructora as they may de sire at that Institution. The paving contractors started work ves terday at Twenty-fourth and Spauldlng streets. Twenty-fourth street, south to Lake, will be paved rapidly, It being the Intention of the contrsctors to complete the paving aa soon aa possible, so that other work may be done this year. The case In which the gasoline permit In an Instirsnce policy figured resulted In the plaintiff securing a verdict for ii0 and Interest. The plaintiff was Mrs. M. A. Beebe of 26o6 Bt. Mary's avenue, who lost her household goods In a fire, and the de fendant waa an Inaurance company of Lin coln. . The mother of Veta M. B. Scott asks the custody of the child, fearing that John W., the father. Intends to take the girl to California. The father secured a divorce on the ground of cruelty November 13, 1K. and Mrs. Scott married S. W. Forney. May 20. her present home being 261! Franklin street. John Gilbert, convicted of selling liquor to the Indians at the January terra of the federal court, was released by Judge Mun ger In Februsry because he was subject to epileptic siaems. One day last week. In such a spasm, he fell between the cara near i-enaer ana was Killed. His term In tall would not have expired at the time of his death. Mr. Bettle Hale, widow of William E. Hale, haa commenced suit In eountv court against the Bankers fnlon of the World to collect i.u on ner husband Insurance policy. He died September 22 last anrt aha alleges that she haa notified the company onu mp Hen sememem, dui mat me company has so far neglected to give her any satis faction. Building permits have been granted as follows: To E E. Huntley, to build at 1?30 South Thirty-first street a frame dwell ing to cost W.Suu; to Eva, Elliott, to build at Forty-first and Hamilton streets a frame store building to coat fOOD; to the Union Fuel company, to build at Twentieth and Hickory streets a frame structure to be urea as a coaj omee, to cost 1500. John J M (irH.nn rt 61 Ter -.HA. Albany, N. Y., ha written to Chief ci I'ollce Donahue for information concerning the whereabouta of Jams Morrison. The last time his relatives saw him James was headsd for California, In 1MB, and at thut time he had dark curly hair and a fair complexion. He la thought to be In umiiu, ana wouia D it years 01 age. The county clerk' force Is thinking of contracting for a large sign to be sus pended from the court house front, warn ing sportsmen thst the clerk's office, like all lha ..iktar. I a n d.t. ...... . m , i m a V . V L lift, a DIIUI day. Every Saturday, they say, Just they have locked up or are about to, there will arrive a bunch of gunner who wish to take out hunting licenses In prepara tion tor m ounaay num. Mr. J. R. Hughe, who employed three mens In an attempt to deatroy herself at her home, 1564 Sherman avenue, la to be taken In charge by the sheriff on an In sanity warrant, and probably will be sent to Lincoln. At present she is at the police station. Mrs. Mary Hanson, who la also mentally afflicted, and who has been in the county Jail for two weeks, will be taaen to in aayium Wednesday. M. D. Karr, president of the city council, and R. B. Carter, building Inspector, are telling conflicting stories of their recent hunt up the I'latte river. Mr. Karr aald: "1 was the first man of the party to shoot a goose, but it fell In Carters blind, and he claimed It. Then we had a disinterested party hold a postmortem on the bird, and he found It had been killed by No. shot, the kind I was using;. Carter was shootlna No. 1 shot. I got the party' affidavit to this before w left Gretna.'' A. Driver, a "medallion artist" of Peoria III., haa written to Mayor Moo res. Inclosing his photograph and business card, and say ing that he would like to avail himself of the mayor's matrimonial bureau. "I am Jolly, kind-hearted and successful," he writes. "I m making fcMO a month, and couid easily double the sum if I had a wire who would take an interest in my business. The photograph I that of a handsome young man of the blond type, and shows the subject aa wearing a mono cle and spotted vest. Judge Vtnsonhaler will wait two weeks before aenoinar Hoy Hwanson to the In dustiial achool and will not do so then If the lad becomes more obedient and better behaved. He I the boy whom hi father iirenounced Incorrigible and asked to have confined. The Judge had the fam ily in court yesterday and after hearing ne taie oi eacn memoer conciuaea mat the Juvenile might yet be redeemed and so has continued the case two weeks. In the meantime arranging with the father and with the boy a teacher In school for dally reports oi wnereaoouis ana qeponment. twins do your work." OHIO KIDNAPING MYSTERY Que of Little Margaret Taylor Excite Much Local Interest, STOLEN BY HER FATHER'S RELATIVES Averaloa ta tbe Mother Seesns the Mo tive for a Crime that Haa At tracted a Great Deal of Atteatloa. The people of Ohio are concerned Just at present with tbe aftermath of a kidnaping ease which tor sensational features la tbe parallel of the Cudaby abduction. Tbe child was stolen four year ago, but freah Inter- eat I Injected Into the affair by the con viction, sentencing and reprieve of two of tbe guilty parties, which events have fol lowed each other In quick succession witbin tbe last few dy. The whereabout of the child and of the principal abductor la still a mystery. All three of tbe conspirators are women, relatives of their Infant victim. Various woman' club of the state have taken tbe matter up and made martyrs of he convict, and the question Dow upper most in tbe public mind Is: "Will tbe Board ef Pardon, In consequeace, act them free?" Margaret, tbe 2-year-old daughter of Al bert Vinton Taylor and his young wife Mary of Fernbank, O., was kidnaped August 8, 1891, by her aunt, Clara Taylor, of tbe same village. It I supposed' that the woman took the child first to Peoria, HI., and afterward to New York City, but this is only con jecture, as no one, unless it be tbe two convicts, hss seen or heard of tbem since that day. Wirs the Crime Was Committed. At the time of the abduction the parents of tbe child were In Bellevue. Ky.. where the mother was ill. as a second child had been born to her. Little Margaret was per mitted to go to Fernbank to visit her grandmother, Mrs. Francis L. Taylor, and her two aunts, Frances and Clara. One day France took her to tbe woods adjoining the village for an outing, and returning late In the afternoon was met by Clara, who received the child from Frances and took her away. On tbe witness stsnd Frances admitted this, but denied all knowledge as to the whereabouts of either ber sister of her niece. She knew only, she said, that Clara had a pass to Peoria, 111. Since then she has received one letter from New York City which "wss in Clara' hndwrltlng" and was lgned "X. Y. Z." The motive for the crime seems to be a little obscure. The convict ssy they took tbe child away because the mother abused it. Another, and tbe more popular theory. Is that the purpose was to extort money from tbe parents. It Is said that the three women objected to Albert Taylor's marriage, and that thla la at tbe bottom of the trouble. The case presents many interesting and unusual phases. It I taken for granted that, considering all tbe newspaper public ity the affair ha received, Clara must know of ber mother' and sister' con vie tlon. yet she still persists In secreting the child, thpugh by producing it she could save tbem from prison. The father. In order to recover hi loved one, and spare the life of hi wife, who I slowly dying of grief, is willing to see his mother and sister consigned to the penitentiary. Tbe women's club. Instead of feeling compas sion for the mother In ber anguish, lavish all their sympathy upon the two convict. Both Weeaea t la Years, The grandmother ot the kidnaped, child 1 80 year old, and the aunt la 60. Both have been sentenoed to one year, and their reprieve Is good for sixty day. Jt I said that the two women have male relative In Cleveland who have a strong political Influence with Governor Nash. The Cincinnati Commercial Tribune ha started a fund to assist In prosecuting the search for the child, and 1 making an un usual effort to cryatallie public sympathy into action. SAVES PENNIES FOR HIS DOG Colored Bar Fixes It Bo Ho Dos Catcher Caa Take Hie "Elephaat." Rastus Peterkln I an absurdly small colored boy of the Third ward, and "Ele phant"' 1 his esteemed black-and-tan dog, o called In ironical reference to it size, which I Inconslderabes. Rasta sells pa pers for a living. Yesterday morning, accom panled by Elephant, he entered the city clerk' office and dumped on tbe counter tbe copper content of a worn leather wal let. "Today I the day the dog ketcher begin to ketch dogs, ain't It?" He was told that he had been correctly Informed. 1 "Wall, mlstsh, I want to git a tag fer ma dog El'fant," he said,, lifting the beast to a position beside the pile of coin. "A vary laudable ambition," said Clerk Sam Slmonaon. The task of counting tbe pennies waa slow and laborious, but It had to be done the second time, because there seemed to be a deficiency of 1 cent. "Is thla all the money you've got?" waa asked. "Dat'a every oo markee I got, and I've been savin' 'em fer a month." The clerk made good the deficiency and Rsstus wsnt away happy, assuring Elephsnt that "dey hslnt no dog ketcher Uvln' dar lay hand on yo now." SUES KAUFMANN'S BONDSMEN Traders' Isasrsscs Compear Beslae Aetloa ta Recover Alleged Attorney for the Trsders' Insurance eompany of Chicago filed a petition this morning praying ths district court for Judg ment against Charles Ksufmsnn for $1,492.92 and against Charles Met and August G Stephen for $1,000. Kaufmann was arrested a week ago and Is ta be prosecuted on a charge of embei lament, the specific complaint being that he ha failed to turn In money collected for the company while acting aa It agent In this suit to recover the Insursnce people allege that Mets and Stephen went on the bond executed by Kaufmann April 13, 1901 and that each bound himself, his heir and dmtnUtrator In ths sum of $1,000, but that they have neglected to make good the shortage, although notified of its exlstencs when Kaufmann's agency was discontinued January 13. HIGH SCHOOL IMPROVEMENTS Committee Mill Favar Lay I as; of Cai arete Walks aa th fareaad. The building and property commutes ef ths Board of Education alll next Monday recommend to th board the adoption of a resolution requiring the laying of concrete walks on the High school grounds and upon Dodge street, south of those grounds Ths commute hss finished tbe grading of th ground, earth having been removed from the southeast corner, where II stood higher than tbe water table of the aaw building, and also from the space between th new and old buildings. If lb boar approve the expenditure of the money work will be started on tbe walk next aeek. There Is still trouble over the draft of the furnaces odder tba boiler at the buildings. An Inspection was made one day last week ana it was iouna tnst while the drwiri of lha furnace were rerihnt It waa Impossible to secure sufficient heat In some of tbe new rooms for the comfort of the inmates. BEGIN ON BRICK PAVEMENT First Brlek Laid la Osaaha la Two Year Goes oa Tweaty Foarth. Tbe first paving brick laid In Omaha In two years wss laid yesterday on North Twenty-fourth street at the Intersection of Spauldlng. From this point there will be a stretch of one mile of such psvement, ex tending southward on Twenty-fourth street. Two gsngs, one employed by the city and one by the street railway company, aggre gating 180 men, are at work on the Improve ment. Beside this pavement another half mile of brick on Emmet street Is under contract. Things were "doing" In brick circles yes terday. During the forenoon fourteen sam ples of different makes of paving brick were brought Into the city engineer's office from the foundry, where they hsd been put through a "rattler" to test their stsylng qualities. The "rattler"' Is a crucial test for a paving brick. It I a big Iron cylin der, something like a churn, and Is made to revolve by means of a crank. Tbe bricks, after being labeled, are alt thrown In together and the churn Is given 1.800 revolutions at the rate of thirty per minute: the bricks are lostled and thumped about at a furious rate. The operator then re moves the cover and looks Id, and finds some of the bricks are shsrp-cornered, a firm a when they entered:' some are worn away as by a gradusl erosion; some are chipped and nicked and some are literally pulverised. It is a case of the survlvsl of the fittest. In this examination tbe Purington block. made at Galesburg, III., came out at the bead of tbe claas, ahowing 'only 9.64 per cent loss. The greatest loss by abrasion was 22 per cent, sustained by a brick made in St. Joseph, Mo. The sample bricks are kept locked In a cabinet to prevent their being carried away by agenla of the unfortunate manufactur er. WORK ON THE AUDITORIUM Contract for the Coastractlon of the Foaadatloa Aboat to Be Rlgaed. At the meeting of the building and grounds committee of the Auditorium com pany Monday night It was reported that preliminary arrangements having been sat isfactorily made, the contract for tbe con struction of ths foundation would be signed today or tomorrow and that the committee would Immediately advertise for bids for the construction of tbe steel work. It Is expected that the bids will average about $38,000, but figures hsve been made $1,000 less by an Omaha contractor. 'Every member of the committee was present except C. H. Pickens," said Preal dent Saaborn. "It was the unanimous wish of the members that the steel would be on the ground In time for the contract for the wall to be let upon the completion of the foundation, so that there Would be no de lay In the work. Mr. Hamann, the eon- tractor, will have 105 day In which to complete hi contract, and'- aa th bids for steel will be opened May 11, there will be little trouble' In this direction. If tbe work is done a we expeot; we will 'spend on the building complete from" $180,000 to $200,000. We expect to raise $25,000 of this by subscription In addition' to what we now have on hand, and the balance will come from the stock contest. The sal of thle common stock will greatly Increase the value of the preferred stock, so that there Is now no excuse for failure to subscribe There are twenty-five or thirty persons to aee who are expected to subscribe compare tlvely large amount." DROPS DEAD AT HIS WORK James R. Craadall Expires Baddealy at His Beach la laloa Paclac Shore. Jame R. Crandall, foreman of tbe drill press of the Union Pacific, sbops, died sud denly yesterday while at work at his bench In tbe shop. Mr. ' Crandall went to work at 7 o'clock, ae was his custom, and an hour later suddenly dropped over un conscious. He was carried to a Pullman car In the shed and a physician summoned Before hie arrival Crandall was dead. Tbe body waa removed ' to tbe rooms of the coroner. Mr. Crandall was 74 year of age and had been In the employ of the Union Pacific Railroad company for thirty yeara. He re elded at 1141 North Seventeenth street with a son, Jame Crandall, and a daughter, Mr. Hawk, bla wife having died about a year ago. Railway Note aad Persoaala. Tbe Elkhorn reports a light 'rain over tne entire ayatem eaat ot iong rine. rneo, C. A. Schroyer, superintendent of the ear aepartment or tne inicago nortnwest ern railway at Chicago, Is In Omahs. H. J. Sllfer. superintendent of the Iowa aivision or tne i nicago at mortnwestern railway, with headquarters at Boone, la., la in umana. rianaral Manniraa TMaratl nf tka Warning Elkhorn at Missouri Valley railroad went to Chlcaico last tilaht. He waa accomua nied by Peter Whitney, town alte aaent. and J. A. Kjbn, general freight agent of the ssme road. Business connected with the perrasnent location of the new Verdi gris extension taaes tnern to c nicago & rtortnwesiern neauquarters. On May 4 tbe Burlington will put on two new m a , ncuruu 111111 - ,i 1 1 11 hi r con- tinuationa of tralna between Omaha and Lincoln now In service. One will leave Hastings Neb., at 7 a m. and arrive in Omaha at 11.65 a. m. The other will leave Lincoln at :10, connecting with No. 3 out of here, which arrives In Lincoln at i.H p. m., and will arrive In Hastings at 9 p. m xioin win muse ail local aiops. President Burt of the L'nlon Pacific rail way left Omaha Monday night on a apecial train on an InaDectlon tour of the system. He waa accompanied by General Manager Dickinson. Superintendent of Motive Power Hlgglns. Superintendent of Traniiportation Buckingham, Chief Engineer Berry, Di vision superintendent Baxter ana Superin tendent Deuel of the Colorado division. iney win be gone several daya. A host of changes In th operating de partment of the Chicago aV Northwestern railway are announced In circulars from Chicago headquarters which reached Omaha yesterday. 8. M Kraden la made superintendent of the Galena division, vice W. K. Morse, resigned. E. O. Schevenell Is made superintendent of the I. M division, vice 8. M. Braden. promoted. W. ti. Beck la made assistant superintendent of the Iowa division at Hoone. vice K C! Schevenell. promoted. W. M. Wells' Is made esststint superintendent st Chicago, vice W. D. Beck, transferred E. A. Kellogg, formerly assistant auperintendent of the Iowa division at Boone and recently chief clerk in the office of General Man ager Gardner, is made superintendent of parlor and dining car service. Mr. Kellogg wss alao formerly tralamaater at Council Bluff. PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS. Edwsrd Ray of Carthage. Mj, Is In the city. O. W. Wattles Is In th east on a trip which will occupy two weeks. Blthop Scannell Is In Columbia, whera he is holding a conference of that deanery of th Catholic church. From t'olumtu lie will go to Grand Island fur ths same pur pose. Will H. AlU-a of Fort Madison. Is., was at th courthouse yesterday vlsitina Countv Clerk Miller and Mrs. McAahan of his office force, both of whom he koew ta Iowa years ago. NEW BOOKS AND MAGAZINES The Century Company Publishes a New Book by Josiah Hint NOVEL STORY OF ALEXANDER HAMILTON "The Master of tsttos," a Unathera I.ove Story, the Latest rabllratlnn of .cr lbnera several Rellaloas Books Jaat Oat. Mr. J. F. Wlllsrd. more fsmllisr to the public under his "tramping name" of Joslsh Flint, Is th author of a new book entitled The Little Brother." In this book Joslsh Flint utilizes his keen knowledge of tramp life to write his first story. Its hero, the "little brother," runs away from home and Is adopted by a hobo, who makes blm his "Prushun," I. e., the one to do his begging for him. Tbey ride In "side-door Pull mans," they frequent tb haunts of fellow tramps on the outskirts of towns, tbey spend ten days In a jail where hardened criminals snd 7-year-old lads are herded together. The author has evidently tried to make his book as true to the life as he csn without making the life uncomfortably offensive. His purpose in writing it Is to let the public see where a number of strsy boys land, for he has found out that many of the so-called "kldnsped" youngsters are In reality simple runaways with romantic temperaments, snd Hobolsnd claims msny of tbem. Published by the Century com pany. "The Conquerer," by Gertrude Atherton, Is the title of a new novel the true and romantic story of Alexander Hamilton. Mrs. Atherton hss been able to solve the vexed question of Hamilton's birth and ber story gives out not only a full account of bis mother, but also of his own childhood and boyhood. Many Incidents of Hamil ton's life, which In themselves sound more ss If belonging to fiction, than fact, have heretofore been merely stated by his biog raphers as the dryest matter of fact, whereas Mrs. Atherton has thrown Into their proper place these startling and ro mantic episodes of his life. While ad hering In the closest possible manner to the actual facts of Hamilton's life. Mrs, Atherton hss written his life's story In the manner of fiction, adding Immeasurably to Its Interest. Hamilton Is alive to the reader. One gains a picture of tbe man from his boyhood up. the man himself moving and acting throughout his many sided career brlllisnt, generous, a favorite with women and the astute political genius. Published by the Macmlllan company. The Scrlbners have published a novel en titled "The Master of Caxton," by Hllde gard Brooks. The new book Is mainly a love story of a peculiarly, sympathetlo quality. In the background, the beautiful old southern places, Caxton and The Ter races, are full of the atmosphere of the south and a delicately suggested flavor of romance, an Ideal setting for the group of attractive human beings In whose piquant fortune MUs Brooke so thoroughly arouse our Interest. Cassandra Dole, the heroine, abandons a fortune In the north to live with her "poor white" brothers In Oeorgla. Her advent Into the rough bachelors" home transforms Its appearance and In spires the brother to thrift and desires for education. Mr. Peyton Call, the reck less and distinguished master of Caxton. who finally marries Csssandra; Vlrgle Fanton, a aouthern girl with artful man ners; "Bud" rfele, Caasandra's handsome brother, who finally marries Vlrgle. are all characters that are well drawn and Inter esting from the time we commence the book until Its finish. , L. C. Page ft Co. have published the Initiatory volume of a series of books con taining the best writings of great authors. The first book is entitled "The Best of Balzac." It is edited by Alexander Jessun. If this little volume Is a safe criterion bv which to Judge the following volumes. ' It will Indeed be a valued collection. An Idea of the extent of the writings collected may be gained from the following portion of the preface: "The ' 'best' of any autbor'a writing I surely that portion of them which may most fairly be recommended to the beginner, as certainly, too. Is It that part of all of them which finally remains to us and to which we return." "Windows for 8erroons," by Louis Al bert Banks, Is a timely addition to the works, more than twenty in number, he haa already given to the public. The bulk of the volume Is given to a choice col lection of modern Illustrations well calcu lated to furnish features for pulpit arrows. Crescent made Boys' Clothes of Harden Bros. AQBflaWPaA Builds Strong Bodies. Sound Teeth, nod Makes PossibU the Natural Condition of Health, because no part haa been removed from Nature' Perfect Whole the wheat. Sold by sll Grocers. Seod for ths Vital Qu-sUoa ttrse) sad learn ths wools truth. THE NATURAL FOOD CQ.. Niagara FalU. N. Y. This 'the Tbey shnuM be worth many time the price of the book to the hard worked pastrr who wishes to Incresse his pulpit influence. They sre drsan from msny source, evi dently culled from the author' current reading of books and papers, and from bis observation of current movements and events. "The man who cannot tell a store well, should go to school to somebody who ran teach him. If he wants to be a suc cessful prescher." closing section of the book rontslns a shorter collection of Illus trations, especially for the use of temper ance and reform speakers, most of thm graphic and applicable. The book I con veniently Indexed. It I published bv Funk Wsgnalls Co. "How to Get Acquainted with Ood." 1 a new book by Theodore H. Seward, author of "Spiritual Harmony, or Bible Sunshine." In the prerace the author ststes thst the book contains his Individual view of the Christian Science movement. His answer to the qurstlon. "How can we become ac quainted with Ood?" Is: "By becoming sc- qualnted with love." Only through the manifestation cf love toward our fellow men can we understand the way of God' leve toward ti. Mr. Seward claims that the greatest evil of the present day Is that the theological seminaries do not teach neology In the true sense of thst word. which means "talk about Ood." The sera- Insrles dlvsuss a system of theism, but In what Is called the "New Thought." people think and talk directly about God. Hence they are now the true theologians, while the seminaries teach what might well be called "theologlcaloglanlsm" to express Iti complexity. Published by Funk ft Wacnslls. Doubleday. Page ft Co. have published a new book by Brsm Stoker, entitled. "The Mystery of the Sea." No reader of "Drawla" by the ssme author needs to bs told the novel Is unusual and full of weird Imagination. It lack the gruesomeness and goriness of thst remarkable tale, but presents a story of modern life on the English seacoast, in which the marvsls, second sight and the spirit world, become real, actual, convincing everyday matters. The charming American heiress who figures aa the heroine Is a woman who must make every reader In the United State feel a glow of satlr fact ion In her nationality; and the Ingenious elaboration and applies, tlon of tbe Baconian cipher Is both novel and absorbing. "Lord Allnghsm. Bankrupt," by Marie Manning, is a atory that deal with real people and phases of life In England and on a western ranch. Tbe hero is an un fortunate anl reckless young nobleman persuaded for a time, against his will, to attempt to escape from hi financial trouble by a marriage with an American heiress. There are complications and ob stacles which prevent the sacrifice of bis better nature, but leave his bsnkruptcy hopelessly confirmed. After year have proved hie constancy. Lord Allngham finds tbe happlneRs which pride and tbe conven tions had so nearly sacrificed. Published by Dodd, Mead ft Co. "Der Bibllotbekar," by Moser, and edited by William A. Cooper, assistant professor of German in the Leland Stanford Junior university. Is a new book published by tbe American Book company, suitable for a second-year course In a preparatory school. The English version of this play, under Us title of "Tbe Private Secretary," has won a host of friend In this country. There Is no local coloring, and hence It la easy ot comprehension by American pupil. Its genuine humor stimulate the student' In terest In the text, aad It haa proved a favorite wherever used In achool. Th language, while i offering no great diffi culties, give an acquaintance with . col loquial German which 1 most helpful. Th note furnish all needed help and the vo cabulary la complete, affording explanations of constructions and Idiom. The Scrlbners have arranged with Presi dent Hsdley and the board ot overseers at Yale university for tbe yearly publica tion In book form of tbe Yale lecture on the "Responsibilities of Citizenship." Th first volume, received this week, consist of the lectures by Justice Brewer ot the United State supreme court, oa "Ameri can Citizenship." In a book of much pith and interest, he define the general right and dutle of a cltlxea, leaving later lec turers, aa he explains, to develop particu lar obligations as they may aee fit. Among the topics he touches upon In a wise and witty way are tbe obligations of taxpayers, of juror, of father and mother of fam ine, of politicians and officeholder. Th above book are for ssle by th Me geath Stationery Co., 130$ Farnam street. are to be had in Omaha onlj slgasiur Is .a every boa of th gee a tne Laxative bromo-Uir'nine Tbt rssaedy Oat easra. a etM la saw jaf . TOVNJALK That 50c on the Dollar Closing Out Snle of the Hardmnn Piano Stock. Srhsneller Maeller's "llohbj" lta Always tleea to Give the People Something Kstraordlaary la the Way of Plana Baraalns. This Time We Have Outstripped AJ Previous Efforts. Competition Completely Paralyzed The wonderful bsrgalns at this 60c on the dollar closlng-out ssle of the Ilardman piano stock, purchased by us tor spot ch at our own price, has become a comhion topic of conversstlon among the people of Omsha and neighboring towns. From Iowa, all over Nehraska. even from Kansas. Missouri and the fiakotas, each mall brings dosens of letters Inquiring on what terms they csn take advantage of these unprecedented piano bargains. We expected a good many sales the first dsy. but to ssy our expectations were fully resllied Is putting It mildly. Our salesman and delivery rcparlty was tsied severely, but we have now added to our facilities In these respects and feel confident thst every caller will receive the courteous attention that has always tbar acterlied this house. ..' ', Seldom, Indeed, does circumstances . so alter the regular marketing of. such de pendable and strictly high-grade pianos aa the celebrated Hardman. Harrington. Standard. Talmer, Story Clark snd the many other well known makea In this stock, making It possible to sell for less money thsn the average piano dealer , would hare to pay for them at wholesale. But sometimes fsctories are not a suc cess In running a retail store. And you know rssh will cover a multi tude of shortsges. We bought 'em right. So csn you! 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