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MOITDAT, APRIL. 5
zzzLITERARY NO T E S^z
By ELLA BUTLER ARGO
“The Conquest of the Air.”
One of the most suggestive an
nouncements of the present book sea
son is that of Professor A. Lawrence
Rotch’s “The Conquest of the Air.”,
which Moffat, Yard and Company will
publish as s«Ln as possible. The au
thor is the professor of meteorology !
at Harvard and director of the Blue
Hfir meteorological observatory, and
is one, of the highest authorities in
the world on the subject. The book
considers the sensational achieve
ments of the last year in relation to
the long history of past failures, and
discusses some of the future's .possi
bilities. Its particular purpose Is to
square the reader with progress in a
department in which much will be do
ing during the next decade.
The Macmillan List for the Week.
On the list of the Macmillaan com
pany for this week are: "Greek Ar
chtiecture,” by Professor Allan Mar
quand; 1 ‘'The Story of the Great
Lakes.” by Professor Edward Chan
ning and Miss Marion Lansing; "Mod
ern Thought and the Crisis in Be
lief," by Professor Robert M. Wen
ley; "Walt Whitman,” by Prosessor
George Rice Carpenter in the English
Men of Letters Uand * .e fourth
volume of Bailey’s “Cyclopedia of Ag
riculture,” which completes this ex
haustive work on the farm and its
problems.
Anne Warner’s New Character Cre
ation.
Anne Warner, whose greatest fic
tional success is “The Rejuvenation
of Aunt Mary”-—now in its twelfth
printing—has just sent her Boston
publishers, from her home in Ger
many, the last of the proofs of her
new story, “In a Mysterious Way.”
This new book has a serious side,
dealing with love and sacrifice, but
it also teems with its author’s orig
inal humor, and in Mrs. Ray, the
village postmistress, Anne Warner is
said to have produced her most deli
cious character creation. "In a Mys
terious Way” will be published by
Little, Brown and company, April 17.
Mrs, Hale and Dickens’ Grand
daughter.
Louise Glosser Hale dictated "The
Actress," her now Harper novel, to a
delightful English girl who worked in
the typewriting office of Charles Dick
ens’ granddaughter. "Imagine,” says
Mrs. Hale, "the granddaughter of
Charles Dickens taking in any effort
of Mine! I found her a restraining
influence when I came to speak of
English conditions, for'we Americans
are apt to exaggerate British faults;
and wheneygf I saw anything among
my notes that I thought would make
her ‘hopping mad,’ I adroitly changed
it, or, at least, remoulded my thought
more gently. We used to stop at 4.30
and have tea, Miss bringing
it in herself and stopping to chat a
moment. She is a bright little bird
of a woman, and might well have
stepped out of the covers of the great
novelist’s books.”
"Art in Great Britain and Ireland.”
"Art in Great Britain and' Ireland,”
by Sir Walter Armstrong, will be pub
lished this month. This important
and attractive book, which is mod
elled on Paul Reinach’s "Apollo,” tells
the story of art of every kind in
Great Britain and Ireland in a clear,
astonishingly compact and at the
s;fme time readable wav. Sir Walter
Armstrong is the dir ;• of the Dub
lin Museum at Dublin ■ nd the leading
art critic of Great Britain today. The
book is profusely illustrated and very
convenient in size and form.
Draamtized Novels.
It is frequently said that the drama
tized novel is out of fashion. Noth
ing could be more false. There never
has been a time when so many play
wrights turnef. to fiction for sugges
tions and foundations.? Stage produc
tions of no less than three recent nov
els of the Bobbs-Merrill company are
now under way, and playmakers are
at work on four others. It well estab
lished that Shakespeare took the plots
of "As You Like It," "Measure for
Measure,” “A Winter's Tale,” and
other plays, from novels. Why should
the dramatist of the present hesitate
to do so?
With the April Magazines
What's in McClure’s.
A striking feature of the April num
her of McClure's Magazine *is the
third of George F. Parker's papers on
Grover Cleveland, which contains the
ex-president’s opinions of some of his
great contemporaries—J. pierpont
Morgan, Theodore Roosevelt, James
,T, Hill, Senator Foraker and others.
Burton J. Hendricks contributes an
interesting article on the discovery
of a serum at the Rockefeller Insti
tute, which has reduced the mortality
of spinal meningitis from seventy-five
per cent to twenty-five per cent;
Mrs. Harris R. Childs writes
of the picturesque ivory trade
Rudolph Cronau tells about the wan-
Heart Failure
Of the many deaths from heart
failure very few realize in advance
the seriousness of their condition.
When the heart shows a weakness,
such as palpitation, short breath,
pain in chest and in side, it needs
attention just as much as other
organs do when they fail to do their
work well. For any condition of
heart trouble you can rely on
Dr. Miles’ Heart Remedy.
It will .strengthen and regulate the
heart adVion, and enable it to over
come the strain upon its weakened
conditian.
“I had heart trouble My ton In
duced me to trv Dr. Miles' Hesrt Rem
edy. 1 took In all four bottles for a
complete cure'
M \f. E. MARVIN. Marlon. Ind.
Tbs first bottle will benefit! If not,
»eur drusulst will return your money.
ton waste of our natural resources,
and Guglieimo Ferrero, the great Ital
ian historiau. who came to this conn
try at the invitation of President
Roosevelt, contributes a remarkable
“paper on Nero and the Christian per
secution. The number also contains
another instalment of Mrs. Ward’s
great novel. “Marriage a la Mode.”
and four short stories; "Ourself and
Woman,” by Inez Thompson; "The
Dwellers” by E. Nesbit; “The Waters
of Thunder,” by Edmund Candler,
and “The Brake-Beamer.” by Francis
Lynde.
The Bohemian.
The Bohemian Magazine for April
is a number which will appeal to all
classes of readers. The special arti
cles include “The New Chinatown in
San Francisco” in which is told what
has been done by San Francisco's
Chinese population toward rebuilding
the quarters demolished in the earth
quake. That the author is Jerome A.
Hart is a sufficient guarantee of its
interest. The numerous illustrations
are from photographs, George Jean
Nathan contributes an article on the
pertinent question, “Are We a Theat
rical Suburb?” and Lula Merrick teils
“What the Models Think of Artists.”
There is also a railroad article on
"The Iron Horse Abroad.”
Together with 10 entertaining short
stories of unusual merit, and the
usual snappy department of humor,
this number is one of universal inter
' est.
The Red Book,
Mrs. Raymond Patterson, wife of
the best known of all famous Wash
ington correspondents , has a most
charming childhood story entitled:
“The Daughter of the Regiment” in
The Red Book Magazine for April.
The Outing Magazine for April
The leading feature in the Outing
Magazine for April is an article enti
tled. "Building a Railroad and Re- j
building” by Edward Hungerford. An j
interesting travel story is that by Mr. |
Dillon Wallace, who begins in the
April number the first of a series
which tells of his travels in Westeue
Mexico. It is entieled “Beyond The j
Mexican Sierras,” Mr. Dan Beard
contributes some reminiscences enti
tled “True Yarns and Tales of the
Trail.” Mr. E. P. Powell, the horticul
turist, gives some timely hints in
“Everybody’s Vegetable Garden.” Mr.
Herbert K. Job is represented by an
article entitled “The Trick of Bird
Photography” wheren he tells how
the shyest of the birds may be pho
tographed. The feature is illustrat
ed by many photographs. “English
and Scottish Shooting,” by Isaac N.
Ford, is an entertaining resume of
the methods of aristocratic English
men in the field. There are two short
stories of importance, One is entitled
“Munford,” a story of railroad life, by
Frank L. Packard ; the other is by
Clarence E. Mulford and is entitled
“Harlan’s Finish.” This is another
“Hopalong Cassidy” story of rapid
fire action.
The April Stand.
The Strand Magazine—always in
teresting and original—is brimful of
good things for April and contains
many famous names among its fiction
contributors. Excellent short stories
are provided by E. Philips Oppen
heim, Horley Roberts, A. C. Herbert
son, the ever amusing W. W. Jacobs,
and other writers. A further long
instalment of Hall Caine’s “While
Christ" brings 'the reader to a point
where “To be Continued” Is particu
larly unwelcomed. The story is the
.strongest Hall Caine has yet written
and it is not difficult to understand
why the author regards its as the
woiTc of his life. The leading article
is a very live account of big-game
hunting in Africa written by F. C.
Selous, the veteran hunter who se
lected the equipment for Colonel
Roosevelt’s present expedition and
who is acompanying the ex-Presidenl
aA far as Mombasa. The hair-breadtli
escapes, which Selous "had in the lion
infested country to which Roosevelt
is journeying will not, we hope, me
read by Mrs. Roosevelt, who, it is
said, already has some misgivings re
garding her husband's approaching
trip. It makes good reading never
theless. Another article which will
probably attract the attention of a
great many people is one on “Spirit
Drawings.” illustrated with -some
startling pictures made, presumedly
by the "unseen,” Harry Bander con
cluded his amusing “Remi\lscences”
Dalton writes on "Curious Hands at
Bridge.” while Harry Furniss com
mences an interesting series of illus
trated articles dealing with "The
Light Side of Finance.”
The Ladies’ World.
The Ladies' World for April again
strikes a high note, and presents a
table of contents that is remarkable
for its quality. The number opens
with a delightfully humorous love
story by Elliott Flower, and the ef
fect is increased by charming Illus
trations. follows fiction by Bes
sie R. Hoover, Annie Hamilton Don
nell, Leona Anßtlne Sutter, Grace
MacGowan Cooke and Albert Bigelow
Paine. An article with the president
in the South, is short, but from It the
rradqr gets a really intimate view of
our popular executive. The depart
ments seem to cover everything of |
interest to women in a most practical
way, in fact, what particularly strikes
the reviewer about this publication i®
the total absence of what we may call
space filling. The contributions are
bright, sensible and to the point. A
charming Easter Song adds to the at
tractiveness of the number.
The Anril Atlantic.
"Imagination in Business," by Lorin
F. Deland, which leads the table of
contents of the April Atlantic, is a
brilliant discussion of the possibilities
of trade through the exercise of that
single quality which makes a man
capable of succeeding in any business.
The April installment, of Gideon
Welles’ Diary gives novel and inti
mate details concerning the emanci
pation proclamation and the cabal
I against Seward, which almost disrupt-
ed Lincoln s cabinet. In J. O. Fagan's
railroad series the switchman-author
takes up the fundamental problems of
unionism and efficiency. John Bur
roughs contributes an Imaginative pa
per on what he calls “The ixmg Road”
of evolution, and Charles M. Har
vey a picturesque account of “Fur
Traders as Empire Builders.” In
this number appears the last of Mr.
R. L. Hartt’s witty descriptions of
various phases of social life in the
back street, and an entertaining pa
per on “The Forty Immortals” of the
French academy, which comes from
Mrs. Mary Bigot. Education is ad
mirably represented by Professor
Reinsch's "The New Education in
China,” while Kelly Miller contributes
a thoughtful paper on the negro prob
lem. which is particularly interesting
in the light of President Taft’s policy
as announced in his inaugural. Among
the stories in this nurnbej, it is en
tertaining to notice that “The Skeleton
in My Closet.” which has all- the
thrill of a nightmare, must be credit
ed to the genial and conservative ex
secretary of the navy, John D. Long.
Included also in the fiction of the
number are a highly original story,
entitled “Co-operative Ghosts," by
Florence Converse, and “At the Case
d’Orsay,” by John M. Howells, son
of the distinguished novelist, who
begins his own literary career with
this story. No description -of the
number is complete without mention
of the series of capital parodies of
famous poets, who are all represent
ed as being filled with the inspiration
of spring.
Books Reviewed.
The Wild Geese, by Stanley J. Wey
nian. New York. Doubleday, Page
& Co. Price, $1.50.
The author of “Under the Red
Robe” and "The Long Night” under
stands, as do few writers, how to toll
stirring tales in a manner to make
the pulses beat to a faster measure,
and his latest—and he says the last—
story is no exception to the rule his
sure adherence to which has long-ago
become a foregone conclusion.
The scene of “The Wild Geese” is.,
as will be understood by those who
are aiquainted with historic political
nomenclature—laid along the wild
Irish coast in the year 1780, when
might was right, and when the peo
ple of the land were so embittered
by the depredations of the English
(hat they were all-too eager to wreak
their revenge on innocent persons
from whom it was felt safe to blun
der and steal at will. The central
characters in the story are a beauti
ful Irish girl who has inherited a
rich but encumbered estate, and her
cousin and guardian who proceeds to
look after her best interests ’ even
thought it means antagonizing her to
fean extent that threatens his very
life. The story moves with a brisk
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THE AUGUSTA HERALD.
WAYLAID NEGRO
NAS SHOT HIMSELF
Clarence Uland Who Way
laid Tom Latimer Was in
Turn Shot By Latimer’s
Companion.
Roman Pope was brought to the
barracks by Officer Tlnley late Sat
urday night, to be held for the county
officers, and Clarence Uland was car
ried to the Lamar hospital with his
right arm practically shot off. Pope
and Uland waylaid Tom Latimer and
another negro at Adam’s station, five
miles out on the Savannah road
Uland shot Latimer in the side and
arm, but before he could get away
Latimer’s companion turned and shot
Uland’s arm off.
Uland and 1-atimer had been engag
ed in a quarrel a few days ago and
Saturday night Uland laid for him.
When he came by with his compan
ion Uland shot him. Before he could
get away Latimer's companion shot
him. Pope, who was with Uland did
not try to get away.
Latimer was carried to his home
near the scene of the shooting. A
wagon was secured and Uland was
brought to the hospital. Pope ac
companied him, and the hospital au
thorities turned him over to the po
lice. Latimer’s condition is not seri
ous. It will be necessary to ampu
tate Uland’s arm.
action that keeps the attention ever
riveted upon its colorful pages, while
the development of character along
the most unusual lines gives a zest
to the narrative that not even the
most exciting episodes could engen
der unaided. The climax is splendid
ly worked out, and the conclusion is
satisfactory.
The Man in Lower Ten, by Mary
Roberts Rinehart. Indianapolis.
The Bobbs-Merrill Company. Price,
$1.50.
Those who thought “The Circular
Staircase” one of the most delightful
detective stories they had ever read
will be more than charmed with this
latest book of its richly imaginative
authpr. -
Miss Rinehart’s methods are noth
ing if not unique. She has a way of
relatling the most remarkable, and
sometimes the most awe-inspiring,
facts in a casual, every-day sort of
matter that makes the most wildly
improbable of them seem something
that might happen any day and any
where. Again, her strong sense of
humor is always so very much in evi
dence that it lends a quaintness and
unexpectedness to her style as pleas
ing as it is exceptional.
The new story tells of a man whose
engaged birth on a Pullman is taken
possession of by another man, who,
in a drunken stupor, cannot be made
APPOINTMENTS TO
VETERANS STUFF
NEW ORLEANS. La—-By com
mand of Gen. Clement A. Evans, of
Atlanta, commander-tin ?chief. Adjt.-
General Mickel of the United Con
federate veterans, Saturday night is
sued from the headquarters in New
Orleans the following list of staff ap
pointments ;
Brlg.-Gen. Thomas G. Jones, Mont
gomery, Ala.; Inspector General Brig,
Gen. J. F. Shipp, Chattanooga, Tenn.!
Quartermaster General Brig.-Gen.
Thomas E. Davis, New Orleans, com
missary general; Brlg.-Gen. E. M.
Hudson, New Orleans. Judge Advo
cate. Brig.-Gen. C. H. Tebault, M.
D. of New Orleans, surgeon general;
Brig.-Gen. Bennett H. Young, of
Louisville, Ky., chief of ordinance;
Brig.-Gen. Page M. Baker, New Or
leans. paymaster general; ;Brig.-Gen.
H. A. Newman, of Huntsville, Mo.:
assistant adjutant general; Brib.-Gen.
D. R. Gurley, Waco, Texas, asststam
adjutant general; Brig.-Gen. H. W.
Graber, Dallas, Texas, assistant adju
tant general; Brig.-Gen. W. C. Stubbs.
New Orleans, assistant adjutant gen
eral; Brlg.-Gen. E. G. Williams, Way
nesville. Mo.; assistant adjutant gen
eral;; Brig.-Gen. Charles C. Hooker,
Jackson, Miss., assistant adjutant
general; Brig.-Gen. E. D. Willett,
Long Beach, Miss., assistant quarter
master general; Col. R. E. Park. At
lantia, Ga., assistant Inspector gen
eral; Col. J. Thompson Brown, Rich
mond. Va., assistant quarter mastev
general. Col. R. P. Lake, Memphis,
Tenn., assistant Inspector general;
Col. Henry Meyers, Memphis. Tenn.,
astsbant quartermaster general; Col
onel B. F. Jonas, New Orleans, as
sistant judge advocate general; Col.
J. B. Cowan, M. D. Tullahoma, Tenn.,
assistant surgeon general.
The Aides de Camp include U. S.
Senator John W. Daniel of Virginia,
and John Sharp Williams of Missis
sippi; Col. W. J. Crawford, of Mem
phis. Tenn., Col. George L. Christian,
Richmond. Va., Col. W. B. Halde
mau, Louisville, Ky., Col. R. E. Lee
Fairfax, Va., Col. R. E. Lee, West
Point, Va. and others.
acquainted with his mistake. The in
truder’s birth is takon by the man
who has been deposed, and who, be
ing unable to sleep, goes to the plat
form for a breath of air. When he
returns to his substiture birth, he
finds his clothes and bag gone, and
a strange suitof clothes neatly folded
there. Almost simultaneously, it is
discovered that ihe man in lower ten
has been murdered. Naturally, the
complications increase from this on,
until everybody introduced in the
story is involved in a series of en
grossing mysteries no single clue to
which is furnished until the immedi
ate approach of the highly dramatic
conclusion.
T. P. ft. PRESIDENT
WILL COME HERE
Post E. Travelers’ Protective Asso
ciation, held a meeting in the Albion
hotel Saturday night. The Post had
the pleasure to hear an address from
the Hon. Jos. S. Reynolds, who spoke
for them at the recent state conven
tion in Athens in an effort to secure
the state headquarters for Augusta.
A resolution was pusaed on the death
of National Organizer W. A. Kersh
choff, of St. Louis, and a copy will
be sent to his widow, lie was well
known in Augusta, having been here
several times.
The Post has Invited President J.
P. Eckstein, of Savannnh, of the
state division, to pay an official visit
to Augusta. It Is assured that lie
will accept the Invitation. He will
be in the city for aeverul days and
during that time the members of the
Post wll do their best to give him a
good time. During his stay an ao
tive canvass for new members wiil
he .made.
The delegates to the next conven
tion at Savannah will go in a private
car. The AugUßtaiiS have been as
sured by the state ledges that they
could have almost anything they ask
ed for next year and efforts will be
made to serure the state headquar
ters.
The delegates to the national con
vention to be held In Asheville in
May are: Messrs. J. B. Calhoun and
L. S. Osborne. They will make re
ports on the Augusta Post.
SUPREME COURT RECONVENES.
WASHINGTON, D. C.—The United
States supreme court reconvened Mon
day after recess extending from
March 22 till April 5. A decision in
the Hepburn commodities clause is
expected.
SI C C NATURE’S
• d.De TONIC
The very groat majority of persons need a tonio in the Bpring or early
Bummer. - The system undergoes a change at this season and the entire
physical machinery ts disturbed. The general bodily weakness, a tired,
worn-out feeling, fickle appetite, poor dlgestiou, a half sick feeling and a
general ran-dowu condition of the system, show that the blood is weak or
anaemic, and a blood purifying tonio is neodnd to build up the deranged
system and enrich the blood. The use of S. 8. 8. at this time may save
you from a long spell of sickness, and it wiil certainly preparo you for tho
long, hot Summer. Many people buys put off using a tonic until the system
became so weakened and dopletod it could not successfully throw off disease
germs, and have paid for the neglect witli a spoil of fever, malaria or some
other debilitating sickness. 8.8.8. is Nature’s ideal tonic. It la a
composition of the extracts and juioes of roots, herbs and barks which
science and experience have proven are best fitted for a tonic to the human
system. It contains no minerals of any kind and is therefore perfeotly safe
for persons of any age. 8. 8. 8. tones up the stomach and dlgestiou, rids
the system of that tired, worn-out feeling, and imparts vigor and strength
to every part of the body. It purities and enriches the blood, stimulates
the secreting and excreting members to bettor action, quiets tho over
strained nerves, and mukes one feel better in ovnry way.
THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., ATLANTA, GA,
PAGE SEVEN
DROWNED II! TUB
OF WATER SUNDAY
Emma Christopher, a 2-year-oM ne
gro girl, while playing about a wash
tub at her home, No. 510 Fenwick
street, Sunday, fell In it and was
drowned. There was a foot of water
in the tub. The child had been play
ing in the yard about an hour when
the mother went to find her.
On coming into the yard she found
the child in me tub. The child must
have been looking into the tub, and
becoming overbalanced fell in. She
was lying faoe downward with her
feet over the edge.
BUILDING PERMITS
The building permits issued from
Wednesday morning until Saturday
night by Building Inspector Camp,
bell were as follows:
Patrick Armstrong, patch roof, at
Sherman and Twiggs street*, $5;
Patrick Armstrong, patch roof, at
1289 Ellis street, $5; W. G. Harri
son, add room to house at 103 Kol
lock street, $75; A. T. Davis, repair
work, al 834 Ellis treet, $8; A. T.
Davis, build steps, at 1168 Gordon
street, $5; H. R. Land, place galva
nized iron coping on stable, at 1322
Broad street, $100; J. G. Wingfield,
raise and repair shop, at 1221 Rey
nolds street, $10; W. M. Dunbar, re
pair work, on Bay street house, $8;
J. C. Fargo, repair work, at 1221 Rail
road avenue, $26.
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COTTON SEED MEN MEET.
HOT SPRINGS. Ark.- The Inter
state Cotton Seed Crushers’ associa
tion Is holding a committee meeting
here Monday for considering any
amendments or changes that may be
presented.