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THE NEW BOOKS AND MAGAZINES Evidency RICHARD HARDING DAVIS' NOVELETTE Romance of Oldenburg=Rook of Dogs—Staniey J. man's Latest Novel=The W ter Key o Boy for Lovers Wey- While fction unquestionabiy leads all other forms of writing in popularity with the great mass of readers, there are n r theless maoy who have « fondness for poetry. While it i« often remarked that there are at the present time no great writers of verse, there are a great number of minor peets, whose verse s appreciated by the reading public. Each year witnesses the publication of an increasing number of books of verse, and the very fact that many are put forth by the publishers would seem to be indisputable evidence of an appreciative public. Attention has been called to several new books of verse this #eason, but within the last two weeks others have come to hand and will compete for the favors of holiday buyers “Lyries of Love of Hearth and and Field and Garden” fs the rather long title of a beautitully printed volume by Margaret E. Sangster. Some of (he verses appear in this velume for the first time, but many of them appeared originally in Harper's Magazine, the Youth's Companion, Outlook. Scribner's Magazine, Independent #nd other periodicals. Everyone capable of appreciating the poetry of the home, as well as a)l who admire neat and tasty hook- making, wiil like this volume. It i the kind of book that one can pick up and heartily enjoy during odd moments of time. always sure of finding a message of comfort and 50 Home cheer, As the author savs, they are home verses for home folk. Fleming H. Revell ‘0., Chicago. Mre. Alice Meynell is perhaps better known to the reading public ax an essayist than a poet, her “Spirit of Place” and the ‘Color of Lite" having been especially well recelved by the critics. She has now pub- lished “Later Poems,' which may be re- garded as supplementary to her earlier vol- ume of poems, IHer new work is a dainty booklet of less than forty pages, but one that may be said to make up in quality what it lacks in quantity. John Lane, New York. William Reed Dunroy is a well kniwn Nebraska newspaper man and the author of several volumes of verse. His new book, ‘Tumblewoeds,”” contains a number of naw poems fn his well known and pleas- ing style. Acrogs the plain the tumbleweed Rolls lazily fts way A_target briefly in its flight For Idle, curlous gaze. And o the verses {n this book Ephemeral are they: lance from half {ndifforent eyes. hey g0 thelr almless way. The book has been brought out in neat and attractive style by the University Pub- lishing Co. of Lincoln, Neb. Another volume of verse contains the poems written by George Theodore Welch and bears the title, “An Age Hence,” which is the name of the initlal poem. Dr. Welch is a pleasant versifier and much of his verse has a musical rythm agrecable to most ear: It is an unpretentious appear- ing volume, but one having a very attrac- tive and tasty cover design in green and gold. Peter Eckler, New York. A little volume designed especially for the holiday trade ls* “Her First Appear- ance,” by Richard Hardlng Davis. It could be termed hardly more than a sketch and yet within the few pages comprising the volume {s told & most Interesting story of a little girl, whose father, a wealthy so- ciety man, had been divorced from her mother, an actress. So embittered was the Zather toward the wife that he had entirely wbandoned the child and left her to be cared for by theatrical people. Her first uppearance on the stage in a children’s bal- let created a great sensation and attracted the attention of & prominent society man who, under the sudden impulse to rescue the cbild from a stage lite, carried her in bis arms to her father's apartments. The description of the restoration of the child and the reconciliation of the father is dra- matic in the extreme and one of the best things that Richard Harding Davis ever wrote. The book is most artistically illue- trated with several full-page plates and marginal sketches. Harper and Brothers, New York. The province of Oldenburg, in the heart of Prussin, is the scene of “St. Nazarius." The descendants of Count Rudolt are its characlers. These were twa sons, Bertrand bewng the eldest and the ome upon whom the father centered all his affection. In return for this the son became a dissatisfed wancerer, a poet and a lover of the forest and of nature. In addition to this he mar- ried a peasant girl of the woodland, and for this act his father cast him out and trans- ferred his inheritance to Sebastian, the youoger brother. But when the old count came to dle he repented and asked Sebhs- tan to seek out the child of his elder brother and adopt it and bring it up prop- erly. He was himeelf the father of a bright boy, Humphrey, who, but for this other cbild, would inherit the Oldenburg estates. But true to his father's desire, the son sought out the orphan child (the elder brother having died) and 0ok the boy, Mir- van, to the castle to live. The two boys became (nseparable companions. Humphrey decided to become & priest, and enters the study under the Yutelage of Father Anselm At the #. Nazarius monastery, and it is the devotion of Mirvan through the years | of this preparation that appeals to the veader. The Macmillan company Stanley J. Weyman. the author of “A Gentleman of France,” has abated mot a jou of his streugth in the writing of “Count Hannibal, & Romance the of hat has boen done in the way of provid- ‘- homes. hospitals and cemeteries for dogs and finally, during the last chapter of the volume. talks most feelingly of the ruel laws and of how auimals should be cared for and of our Auty to th The volume is profusely illustrated. dogs of every kind, size and degree being shown in every posture imaginable. many of the pletures being of children with their pets The makeup of the book is most decidedly on the holiday order. L. . Page & Co Boston A book which might have been common place, but which is happily and unex pectedly charming i Armand Dayot's { “Beautiful Women in Art' translated by H. Twitchell. It gives the reader a sketch of the development of art. not in any out | line, but vividly, suggestively, roman | tieally. 1t moves rapidly from the strange kyptian carvings, the Ideas of Greece | the vivid realism of Rome, on past the re- strained asceticlsm of the Byzantine period |t the natve dawn of loviiness in prim tive painting yields to the full glory of t renaigsance. It dwells high-bred ladies, to the piquancy of French pastels in the age of powder and patches to the genius of English eighteenth cen tury masters. Anecdotes, costume, history and criticism, all fused in a style of color and warmth, which has found for once a capable translator., make this an excep tional work of this kind. A very large number of reproductions of famous paint inge are an indispensable Page & Co.. Boston art of it. L. C of Christina McNab." by forms No. 306 of Apple nd Country Library It is a of Scotch folk, without a The Fortune & Macnaughtan, ton's Town pleasant story Scottish dialect in it, which in itself wil be a dietinct recommendation now that the “kail yard" i« €0 much in distavor. It it & natural, bright love story, in which a young woman plans to be a duchess and afterward, is overjoved that she didn't suc ceed. The characters are healthy. people and are well conceived and placed, while the plot i« ingenious and well han- dled. D. Appleton & Co, New York A book that can be depended upon to prove most fascinating to any boy or girl from 10 vears up 15 “The Master Koy by L. Frank Baum. The sub-title trical Fairy Tale" gives a very fair {dea of the character of the tale. It is a ro- mance of & boy who was very fond of mak ing electrical contrivances and who had fitted up a workshop in the garret of his home. While making varfous attachments he accidentally touched “the master key, and {mmedlately there was a blinding flash and the demon of electricity appeared ready to do his bldding. The demon gave him a little device to he attached to his wrist by means of which he could float through the alr at a rapid pace and which carrled him to dlstant lands and into many wild ad- ventures. Many other gifts were added which contributed to hie strange experl- ences, but in the end he returned (hem alt to the demon and resolved fo settle down at home, a steady boy. The book is printed on fine paper, handsomely [Hustrated in col- ors and is a volume that will be highly prized by ever young reader into whoss hands it may fall. Bowen-Merrill Co., In- dlanapolis. An Elec- Willis Barnes has published “Dr. Joses phine,” which is a remarkably clover book that solves the question of labor troubles and strikes by advocating the system of a profit-sharing basls for all forms of work The author has gone deeply into the subject and understands it from A to Z. Abbey Press, New York. There in a whole yoar of happiness fn “The Little Lady—Her Book,” by Albert Bigelow Paine. It is all about the Little Lady who lives in the House of Many Win- dows, and it has.in it all the good storfes and good times that have made her happy, and that will help to make many other lit- tle people happy. It takes the Little Lady from city to country and back again, and tells all that she did and sald and how at last she started to school “with another little boy named Willie,” and what hap- pened then. Henry Altemus Co., Philadel. phia The Rt. Rev. Bishop of Albany. in a brief Introduction to Mr. Cuyler Reynold's “The Rosamond Tales.” treats of a subject hay- ing to do with children, which is almost invariably overlooked. The topic he dwells on is the length of time a child of six years of age “can concentrate its mind. " According to experiment this limit fs but Seven minutes. Muscular, like mental power in the youn, can only do so much and nothing more, Bearing this in mind the author of “The Rosamond Tales” has written a pretty volume for children, hay- Ing beon most careful as to the character and quality of bis text. It is Rosamond, his sister Rosalind, thelr adventures at home, of their friends the animals, Mr. Reynolds tells about, and in a most simple and en- gaging manner. The illustrations taken trom life are of similar merit. L. C. Py & Co., Hoston The incidents of actual adventure upon our remote frontiers have often been of a startling nature, surpassing even the io- ventions of the picture writer. Out of the experience of a bovhood spent in the upper Missour! country and ten years of after life as plainsman and mountaineer Franklin | Welles Calkins has written a volume of sto- ries for boys entitled “My Host, the Enemy, and Other Tales.”" Tn it the writer preserves the true spirit of adventure of the later American frontier. @he stories are of thrilling adventures with wild heaste and | The ubove books are for sale by the Me- geth Statlogery company, 1308 Farnam. Feature Explained. Washington Star: “Josiar,” sald Mre, Corntossel, “@id you ever see them ‘hinis on agrieulture’ that gits into the paper?” Ces. 1've read ‘e apprectatively on Botticelli's morbid grace, on the mystical | smile of Monna Lisa; it does justice to Rubens’ flashly beauties, to Van Dyck's hearty | [CUBA'S COMING ELECTION | |1 Polisioal Wit n Reviewed by the Civil Geverner of Ha imsv NATIONAL ELECTION EVER HElLD | How the Peaple Divide on (he Ques. u of Relations with the United States—Leading Candl for the Presiden HAVANA, Cuba, Nov With | election of a chiet magistrate I nation only a few months away and with | the practieal assurance of independence | there has come 3 wemkening of old party lines. Questions tlat were vital two years |#g0 and less have died and have been f the first of thie new gotten. The issue now s not one of polr eles, 50 much as o of men Arraye for ove or other of the leaders will bo voters representing & population of confilcting | tdeas, but unanimous interest. There are | about 500,000 white Cubans on the island, | 400,000 Cuban negroes, 100,000 Spaniards and 50,000 foreigners of all other races. The negroes are of a higher grade of intelli- gence and are cousidered ae belng more (nearly on a footing with the whites than are most of the negroes of the souihern United States. They have fought, hoped {and struggled for independence with as much sturdiness as any. The Spaniards nt in Cuba at the time of the eur render of the island (o the United Stutes | | who have declared their Cuban citizenship. | will enjoy equal rights with the natives. as | stipulated in the treaty of Paris. Foreign | born residents who have complied with th regulations are likewise enfranchiscd The crystallization of the leading policies | has 1ed to the formation of three parties- the national, the republican and the demo cratie The two latter names are fresh from the United States and mean nothing in 80 far as the platforms of its two grea parties are concerned. The republican party comprises a fraction of the patriots | who were active in the war against Spain: the democrate are the survivors of the au- tonomist party which supported Spain in the war for independence, declaring fo allegiance to the mother country. with the privilege of home rule. fards and the old Spanish sympathizers largely compise the democritic organization The Independe The national pariy--by far the strongest numerically—is made up of the Cubans who demanded absolute independence. ‘Their platform fs practically the same as that of the republicans; Indeed, the two parties are almost one. The difference ls this: the leaders and not the policies, have been op posed. The assembly, which followed the up of patriots who, while they had the sanie end in view, favored different men. The national party organized and claimed Gen eral Gomez as ite head. The republicans comprised those who broke away on the question of leadership. General Gomez has proved his sinoerity and and bas won the hearts of all his country- men. Today he is by far the most popular man in Cuba. Several times he has re fused the candidacy for the office of presi- dent. Should he remain firm in his de- termination the choice of the national party will be Senor Tomas Estrada Palma. He enjoys the confidence of General Gomez and is high in the esteem of the people of the island. Not long ago | was informed that there was a fusion movement in his favor on foot in Havana. It was to com prise the nationul and republican forces and a fraction of the democratic party But in some parts of the island there has been an understanding between the demo- cratic and republican parties that they shall unite in the support of Gemeral Bar- tolome Masso. General Masso is the head and front of what I might call the anti- Platt Cubans. He typifies the spirit of re- ference in the island’s affairs are still visionlsts and antiyPlatts The Platt Amendment, The people of the United States, generally speaking, have but a small idea of how di- rectly and.deeply the movements of Ameri- | can politics affect Cuba and its fledgling parties. Indeed, If we examine deeply into the feeling in Cuba we will find that all the platforms, and parties, and views, and dissenslons are sharply divided by that one 1ine, which is not seen, and logically, is not supposed to exist in Cuba’s internal poli- tics-—the Platt amendment, Tn the march of events the controversy over this piece of legislation has been lefi to old memories. But, none the less, its Influence is still keenly felt and supplies the only real iasue which has taken definite shape. The third clause in the amendment giving the right to the United States to in- The prairie is no longer a terra incog Dita to the people of the east, but it is seldom thought of as possessing any beauty or natural charm, writes Willlam Belmont Parker in the Boston Transcript It is now currently understood, to be sure, even as far as the provinces, that trains between Omaba and Denver are seldom, if ever, blocked by herds of buffalo and that Council Bluffs is but infrequently the gath ering place of Indian warrfors. But the reglon beyond the Mississippi is still liable savages and are just fhe Kind of stories | . 3 " . i ‘aag | that “boys. ke beat Fleming 1. Tever (10 b0 described as “bliszard-cursed” and G, Ohiegn, it cyclone-barried” and cowboys, , Indian: cyclones and blizzards play still a dispro- portionate part in most people’s mental vision of the prairie. As’a matter of fact, however, the prairie Is singularly lacking in the violent aspects of nature and of life Many @ writer seeking local color of « lurid sort has given it up in despair. For such it wears an exasperatingly pastoral pir and its peacefulness is a provocation. of Court Well, did you ever try to run a farm by | The orairie is, in fact, delightfully tame France.” The story is of necessity punctu- | rop From Chicago to the faothills of the Rocky ated with “broils. fights and battles." They | “Gracious! No! You see, the city folks | mountains it stretches like a vast farm, were ipseparable from’ (he time of & KiBg | tnat takes the paper has a good deal of | level, fertile. kindly, of a soil that turns who coeuld sit in his window and fire upon ‘ curiosity about how a farm is run. It don't | Under the plow like cheese and ylelds a bis subjects simply because they were | make much difference what you tell ‘em as | Darves: on the mere promise of cultivation Huguenots, but Mr. Weyman has much | long as you keep ‘em interestad.’ 5-m| dwelt In by a plain, homekeeping folk in his tale that is apart frem the com- | . {1t 18 a comfortable land, mouotounous for bative. The love story is delicious, and | The Wine Caddy. | the most part with the sameness of a there are some descriptions of places and | Chicago Post: “Good evesight Is neces- | tangible proeperity and at times irritating scencs that are as strong in their beauty | sayy for a eaddy, isn't 11> asked the hoy | for the frank contentment of its people with and place as are the vivid portrayals on | of no exnerience. thelr obvious bread and butter success other page of the savagery of war ‘ ‘Oh, T don't know," answered the ex !’Hm it is a land by no means devoid of Few strouger characters have heen drawn | perienced lad. “There's some couples in beauty. Thouh it lacks the majestic ef Pew sireader sharectrs Meve boes urivn | ereneed I There”some cousen i | Mt Tanch 1 acks 1he el o mibal. The story should not be told. That | the other way an' not seein’ anything than | the broken skyline and the Impressive grav would be to steal something of the churm | they will for findin' the balls. You've got| Ity given by mountaiue, the pralrie has iis of its movelty from the reader, Sufice It (to learn when to have the eyesight an' | own broad. calm picturesqueness. Al sun to that the misunderstood gallant but ' when not to have it." | rise 1t gives in its endless shimmering testy Fronch nobleman who knew how to | —————— | reach & wotion of infinity comparable ouly rifice himself for others, though he took No Time to Be Miserabie 10 & quiet sea and I have seen it on a siar care others should not know it, finally comes | Some one has said that “no one whose it summer night stretching away like a into “his kingdom, the sovereiguty of a |time is fully occupled has time to be miser- | Dlain of black velver, endless and wonde: woman's beart " Longmans, Green & Co., |able.” That may be so, and vet vou will | fully restful. The areat level, with is New Tork naturally ask How 1s one to avoid feel- | breadths of subdued color, its absence of ng miserable when stuffed up with o | rocks and trees and its naucity of build Lovers of the dog will find in Sarah | cold Very easily, we assure you. You | ings, seems to many crude aud raw, but io Knowles Ralten's “Our Devoted Friend, tha | Bave only (o take Chamberisin's Cough | the eye of an artist or a bay it is full Tog,” A book that 18 quiteto thelr taste. [ Remedy. It will make breathing easier, aid | beauty wnd takes at times a wistful She tells us of the devotion of dogs Itll"-\hl“ toration. relieve the lungs and dispel [ cuiet charm what affects him as the ocean human beings, how they have saved from | all symptoms of the cold and the miserable | affects the sailor. And, except for a few drowning and talks eloquently of their | feeling which accompanies it. This remedy | things like Mr. Hamiin Garland's “Prairie taithtulness. their love of home, their in- | #lways cures. mod cures quickly. For Folks, ' some fugitive verses and a vagrant telligence and atfection. Then she tells us | by aul druggists stary or (wo, the beauty of the prairie la OMAHA DAILY BEE Spanish evacuation of ‘the island was made | disinterestedness | vislon which stirred so many when the|EOVeTnment would be assured. He would Platt amendment was put through. Those | *00€A%0r 10 preserve cordinl relatione with of the patriots who could brook no inter- | th? Uniied States and he would seek to MONDAY, ervens in case of any trouble in Cub, o n the event of invasion by the another country, offended two widely difter ent classes of people. On the one hand (he revisionists were inclined ht (t e a hing in the nature of unlawfil privilege on the other, the friends of the United States felt aggrieved that that should be temanded which they would willingly give nerul Masso, in his manifesto aunoun ing his candidacy for the presidency, ha defined those features of the Platt amend ment as they impress the people of th parties whom he seeks to conciliate in hiv ! support The Cuban people.”” he says. in offec must make it clear that. when the definite establistment of their soveroign independ ence becomes possible, they do ot pro pose to give up any portion either of their independence or their sovereignty. Their local institutions, however grateful they should be to the United States, cannot made to comply with demands (hat are un warrapted, or put under a servitude that is uncalled for He emphasizes his belief that Cuba should e have a more definite understanding as (o the extent and the significance of the pro visions of the amendment. and he urges that, in the tries, Cuba concessions. treaty shovid between the (wo coun obtain material trade Piana of the M erates | The majority of those who support Senor | Palma are willing to drop the controversy until the final treaty, at least, and then to sustain both the letter and the spirit of the amendment as they understand it But the supporters of General Masso are | still urgent for revision, and herein, | be- lieve, is contained the germ of many future political contests on the island of Cuba As they stand today, Senor Palma and General Masso, representing such policies a8 the conditions described have created are greater than the ¢ they ~hampion General Masso is well liked by all native Cubans, He was the last president of the revolutionary party, which existed when the Spanish war began. He was the first fo enter the final and successful fight for fr dom. He made his way into the country, animating with hope and conrage all whom he encountered and by sheer force of per sonality saved the day He the soldie more than the statesman, and on that he hiefly relies for his success Senor Tomas Esirada Palma. who s now lving In thig country. is the states- man, rather than the Clear in [ his views, weasoned by many sorrows, a | wise leader, the people of Cuba have jevery reaton for their confidence in Ihim. In ny opinfon he is likely to | elacted. General Gomez's support | have a tremendous Influence. Should | country { in the political adjustment of the island h will go to Cuba before the election | comply with the law's requirements will his to rebuilding of his ruined estates there will | proceed in line with the rehabitation of | his country, should he be chosen presi | dent. make him one of the chief figures | The | DECEMBER | | | o | & Drawn Out. | The election, as the plan now stands will begin Igte in December and reach a | conclugion about February. The gov ernors of proviuces will first be ballotel | tor, then representatives 1o the provinefal | assemblies and then deputies to the n | tional hoyse. The senatorial election fol- | lows and finally the presidential contest The national party is strongest in four of the six provinces—Santiago, Havana, Camaguey and Pinar del Rio | licans are in the ascendancy in Santa Clara land Matanzas. The same party lines and political conditions as apply to the pres dential contest govern the minor ones. In the province of Havana the republican and {an idea of controlling the minor offces. | Once the contests are over the real bus | ness of independence will begin. The presi- dent’s proclamation is looked for in the lat- ter part of May, accompanying the formal | transter of sovereignty from the United States. Premising that Senor Palmo shall have been elected president, a conservative vold all friction and he would strive to place on a sound basis the financial and commercial affairs of the island. The ad- ministration would be an economical one |and it would aim to gain the confidence | not only of the Cuban-born, but of all | who call Cuba their home, whether they were Spaniards or natives of other climes General Masso's views as to the future government of the country are practically | the same. EMILIO NUNEZ, vernor of Havana Civil € Information Wanted. The repub- | democratic ranks wilt probably fuse, with | The manufacturers of Banner Sulve hay- { ing always helieved that no doctor or medi- “ine cam cure in every case, but never having heard where Banner Salve failed to cure ulcers, sores, tetter, eezema, or piles, as a matter of curiosity would like to know it there are such cases. If so they will gladly refund the mone et uncelebrated in prose or verse. It lies like virgin soil to the hand of poet and painter. If it be true that the first requisite in all great beauty is in a sense of the infinite, the prairie answers well the primary demand. Only the ocean has room like it and it is like the ocean in its wealth of color. | kmow that many find its vast level reaches dull, and describe them as an effect in drah and gray, but | have never seen them so. | vecall a winter walk taken about a year ago on the high prairie along the Elkhorn river in Nebraska. The road was fArm and dry and wound Ilke a darker band among the yellow browns of the sere grass and weeds that stretched from fence io fence, beside ‘the fields of lighter yellow stubble and gray brown grass of the hay fields To the south miles of low rich bottom land sloped 1o the river, flat breadths of brown yellow and gray mingling in many shade and dotted with 4 thousand stacks of hay wade lighter by weathering. Along (he roud the cottonwoods were silvered by wind and sun into the delicate bewuty of old board fences and adorned with many a banging sbred of bark as dainty as feath ors. The sun set as we walked and made the whole valley a glowing pearl, as | have seen the sea when it lay like a lake of oil and the sun set upon it in & kind of mis These areas change color, too, like the sea, though less rapidly. In spring they are i vividest of greens, in midsummer they turn to brown of grass or yellow gold of wheat and winter they spread whole country- sldes of white for th sun in in The prairie landscape hag &lso its appeal 1o the fmagination. Though its hictory is brief tLere are few counties that have not fome minor Weepiug Water or Fort Kear ey, some bend in a river or some low hill rising from the level has witnessed bleody fights of Indiun 1ribe agalnst tribe or against the common foe, the white, Across southern Nebraska, winding like a snakc goes the old Calitornia srail. visible miles br the deep cut inte which the weather has worn the original wagon racks, and marked s1ill by the white bones of horses and oxen that failed and fell by he way Moie lmpressive aiill in a land The Prairie Picturesque 9, 1901, core o MILLIONS I8 MENTAL SCIENCE % atment ~from 33 (o 5 4 week and 5 ¢ several sei forma which (he R month. Following the frst paymen: (ime, varving A bey received u long privied circular witl g 1t wo \ minute directions in ¢ p A Row tee Miga Fr of Mo Culy Towenun | ST TELIRER, 1€ SWVEE, AW ! ties and staten brain, and she is of vigorous life which ot \ the Peckots of the Crednlon and health that the “overflow' from her 1 Frie : sufficient to cure all that simpiy belle " \ Patfents’” were directed. i order gt g oA R BUILT HERSELF A TOWN IN FLORIDA | make & “unioR of LHOWgN o his - " themselves (o some quiet spot N endet g nated time, divest thelr mind of all care th ‘my thoils 5 Golde remm Checked by the FOSIRL 0o s e er thelr hought s . P Authorities<toming Trinl for Mrs. Wilmans at her home here (0 Sew HYLEN W MANE Frand=samples of Tonche | breeze Derat O Ma ks for s It was uot even necessary tha hey | wit et d " Lot ) should know ber Al they had to do was \vitalie om of on W try to think thar she was sending out [0l 2 o \ powerful waves of helpfulness—a sort of 1 Tte Y Mre. Helen Wilmans. who is the wife of | wireless telography af health, so to speak | Ml Colonel C. C. Post and lives al Seabree which would Wil their veins and’ make it e . Fla.. it the contention of the toffice de- | them new persons o alon W partment prove true, (s the head of one| There were thousands of “patients an HELEN WILMANS of the mos. gigautic frauds ever operated ' among some of them, vaturally, the (magi Rhnngs T g se t in America: A& scheme which has the en | patjon must have run rior. for Mre W MEANs u great de T tire wofld for its fleld, and has brought | mans avers that she holds w great many [YOUT (houghis . p more than $1,000,000 to her—an ever-in- | testimorials of some of the most remark- | wad Gl S 0f " creasing golden stream from those aflicted | able cures that the world has T AR TN, van WY e AREU in mind and body. This money. relates a | Money came pouring in. One entry dcour 4 4 , correspondent of the New' York Herald, has | Wiimans' books showed that in UL R el made a spot in the Florida wilderness hloom | amounts jumped from an average of S50 Bear e bt ey like a well-kept garden and created o 10wo /4 month to wore than $5.000. which she ey sken worda ' o1 that is one of the prettiest . the whole | quaintly noted at the time “This is pret work. The vonditions are heing « . state | good business . When Hght breaks "o Mrs. Wilmans is the high priesiess of the o Randn selownens ‘e {0 Saperiurits ' oy Mental Sclentists in this country. whose & g PARIL L1 jome elear wnd hright, i proj members include many earnest minded per She built a magnificent b " 2 ver venianty T8 I sons who are unselfishly seeking the light | Dreese for herself and family, ani e WELEN WILMANS of truth and who probably regard her s |MADY other improvements. costing thon B K iend g o a woman of rare and unusual power. Then | “ANds of dollars. In her business i had (s o) Kight, Yout syster ¢ there are those, it is said, who have boen | A large number of clerks. and all were ke i : healed throngh her gifts and are willing to | DUSY replying to “patients’ " letters low " for 41 takes tim 4 give testimony in her favor, but the cold | The postoice authorities in the “‘h“‘ S o 0 ' I fact is that the government officinls have [PArt of this vear took cognlzance of ho ) ) | sustg stopped her mail on a fraud order, and | ¥Ork. and W. E. Cochran, chief inspecto? |m HELEN WILAANE, § 1 she. her husband avd her brother-in-law ' At Washington, secursd an “"”'\"." x, P ——— re to he (v in December data regarding her clatms, faul £ Wil She in a remarkable woman in many ways | !1ams. inepector in charge. of ¢ ||»vy4v-l1n;: | and no great Is the political power that | %8 diracted to take up the matter. Colpnes A 1 H the governor of the state appearcd at Wah. | Charge, and in a shor! time by i igorous Ington when the case against her had a “Ork he secured a wonderful lot of eyldence . preliminary hearing showing the alleged fraudulent characte (,0"] 'P'ed But the postofice officials have worked ' Of her work i A unceasingly and intelligently and have | A Teport was made and on Augus . among other 1hings evidence to show that, | Mrs. Wilmans wan airested. a8 were also Judging from her «laime, she has not only (her husband, Colonel €. ¢, Post o ";‘ "."" b f s g R BB g 'vl,.k’:y:‘q.»l ’I‘:.lll\'-?.,‘[- mlw:j;‘:\v:mm:a befare he Tevies Review ‘I‘V:{laxl.":” brings new Iife to the sick and | " nited States comigiesioner, who held ‘;r\mlsu TOWNS oF Not only can the blind be made to see, | thom In §5.000 l-.!l. b for trial at the De uiq the deaf Hear and the oripple walk, sccord. | Sember term.. The pvernment lesued & (o M ing to Mra. Wilmans, but she hafles even | fraud order on September 30 stopping Wil ¢ onal vl death. In her book, “The Conguest mall to: Helen Wilians, = , Death.” she declates that her powers are Mps, WIltiEne ‘Hvaifted that (e B0V superior to the grim old “reaper” and tha: | €¥AMENL was peryecuting "“‘ ! e with her and have the right faith can live Free o) i G ERILI S ” forover. L pos nm nfly e to ...':;v fo v:-hv e HISTORIC TOWNS OF THE the hearing at Washing er the (rau MANGSITH L SARNrOeAR: | order Cangressman Davis and Senator Mal WESTERN STATES Seabreeze 1s a beautiful little town on a | lory, as well as Gov v Jeunings of Plor- Now reud { penfnsula between the At'antic ocean and ida were present, bt the proofs were all (o) i the Halifax river, 110 miles south of Jacks | convincing to the pust:Mee authorities ana' | HISTORIC TOWNS OF NEW sonville. The strip of land is & hali mile tbe fraud order was made permanent ENGLAND in width and thirty miles in length. from The government is in poseession of almos north to south About it is a glamor of all of Mrs Wilman private corre H'STOR'C TOWNS OF THE the olden times—the histerie deeds of the [ spondence, hooks, ete. and it s sald that A fanatic, cruel Spaniards: the colonising of | there will be revealed one of the biggest MIDDLE STATES homesick Huguenots and their Indian allies, | and most proltfic frande in (he United and the battle which, resulting in the defeat | States. The governmeni will not wttacs HISTORIC TOWNS OF THE of the Spaniards, bronght to light a story | the “‘mental science” as a sclence. but will of romance and heroism between a French nobleman and an Indian princess which has survived all the stirring events of (he SOUTHERN STATES endeavor to prove that Helen Weimans' one aim was to securc money and that the fm agination of her “patlents’” was the only last four centuries thing that might give them relief from the Edited by LYMAN I POWELL Mrs. Williams~ "1 am the Power.”" as she | thowsand and one {lls that they asked her VI - Over Nl ITIAT WA calls herself—was first heard of in Chicago | to cure Coniributions from most eminent an about fifteen years ago. She is ahout years of age, rather large and fleshy, full of nervous energy with o shrewd face. some- what talkative, but always able to guard her lips from giving away secrots. | ight Thousand Dollnrs a Mouth. | The letters and information derived out side show that the business has been mos profitable. especially for the last four years | the roceipts having been from $3.000 to hortties Au araileled any patriotic Americar £3.00 cach. net (by In 1856 she married Dr. J. (. Baker In | §5000 a month and sometimes more. cach, net California, but later on was divorced. Years | Letrers were received from all narts of after she married Colonel C. €. Post, theu | (e United States, Canada, British Colum engaged in journallem in Chicago. About |y, England. South Afries, Australia, Ire 1889 or 1890 they left Chicago and traveled [1an1. Germany and France. Almost every ! south, settling in different parts of Georgla, whare Mrs. Post began her “‘mental sci ence.’ In 1883 they were in Atlunta, doing a large busiress, but, strange to say, nu soliciting any local business, all patients being attended to by the “absent ireat- ment." Atlanta becoming unfavorable, they moved to Florida, purchasiug a large tract of land As the years rolled by they built them- selves a magnificent, costly home, heautified the place, building roads, streets. puttin up dwellings, a college and a convention hall, etc.. until now (hey have an invest ment of nearly $1.000.000. All of this money has been gaived in the last six or seven years from ‘“patients” who recelved “ab- sent treatment ” Mrs. Williams made the “thought conmection” and her patients paid in for i Very Simple Method, Her mode of business was very simple She first advertised in newspapers and magazines in localities far from Florida as to her aoflity to cure all diseases, such as consumption, heart disease and all the other 1lls. including blindness, deafness, ete. Not only this, but even poverty could be eradicated. A person writing for in- formation would he told her terms for Nebraska Scenes new is the occasional deserted farm that marks the line of the sand hill agains: which the advance guard of seitlers flung itself in vain, and marks like « monument the cesperate fallure of the one whose valor outweighed all prudence. The little house stands open to the winds of heaven, with sunflowers flaunting yellow «tandards of deteat about its eaves——windows and door gone, voof letting in light and weather, and the rank prairie graes slowly recovering the ground taken by the breaking plow. Some- times there is at hand a grimmer and more pathetlc monument—a twelve-fool space In- closed by posts and many strands of barbed the price--$2.50- shoe that for service wire carried round—within a plece of clap- | 4,0 fitting quality can't be beat—mude board, torn from the side of the house, marked. us 1 saw one once fn the sand hiits | With the popular toe and heavy welt of northwestern Nebraska, “Annje B, | 8010 This ix the first time we have of August 7, 'y Sodhousesr, 100 have al- | fered o genuine box calf welt sole man = ways at least a biut of history. They are [ shoe for Simply because untl becoming rare. A new one is seldom made | now we could not get a shoe to sell nt and the old ones soon disappear when they | pig price that we could recommend cease to be Inhabited, but somewbat north and west Nebreska of w dozen miles. They looked ljke sur vivals, yet they seemed anything but squalid, bul in the clear syoshine of an August dav they had a look of foreignuess and almost of beauty More siriking because more impiessive lng o singte dvelinga are e dead 1owne | 100 AT OF Framing of the prairie For the failure of iu-| Pletures have reached the highest dividuals ome s prepared anywhere, but | point of perfection with us Constant this new soll seems over-young to bear | %0 large a harvest tallures communities. Yet you shall find the fresh soil beyond the Missouri them on Within Pen Sketches of | I once saw in a little valley Iving in the Middle Loop Divide of the middle of eleven sodhouses within a radius defunct part of the world paid tribute to her great ' f bune “ideal” brain. One man of 60 wanted a new | set of teeth. An old waid wanted a new head of halr. A man in northern New York i that one leg was shorter than th» | other and he paid $12 for Helen Wimans' | | help to make the short leg grow equal in length to the other The government mail, $3.25) onc-Nalf calf $7.50 The plan of the enterpri has been judiciously formed and is being well carried out New York Tri G. P. Putnam Sons, New York. i wrote secured important ve ‘ | h | > ool | ence against Mrs. Wilmans through ward | G ‘Overbeck, s Cinclonati Iawyer, who "STATIONERY @ | wrote to be cured of consumption. She | agreed to give him though onnection ee us for above book prompt attention Telephone 231 Mail orders re | at certain hours of the duy and government 1308 | oMicers and others stationed Seabrec at the mame time found fhat when sh should have been giving this particular case | treatment she was away fishing or enter- | taining friends. Many other aimilar cases | where the evidence was sccured in this | manner are in the government's possession Farnamn ) Always Something New to ~how You. [l % 11t Is sal B ; g | " Scores of women wixhing to cure hus Each One a Work of Art. bands, brothers and relatives of the drink | We have the most artistic displ | habit unknown to the “patients” sent [of calendars aver shown in Om: | money. as did relatives of oplum and mor | phine fiends. Tn such cases Mrs. Wilmans | announced that &he could act through an | other person so as (o effect a cure Some of the enler's Lette -STATIONERY @ 138 Farnam St | The government has also in | & possession | a large number of letters written from the “healer” to patients, which are quite ri warkable in many cases for 'heir compo- sitfon and siyle. The government will en deavor (o prove that Mrs. Wilmans seldom it ever, answered any of the letters or even g¢ read (hem, that she opened the letters, ex published. tracted the money, marked fhe amount on f the envelopes and then turned them over Barkalow Bros, to her ¢ ks for replies. The clerks hxd. 1012 Faraam St \l Men's $2.50 Box Calf— Genuine box ealf uppers leather with gennine welt soles of best quality onk tan sole leather—a shoe that will be o surprise to you when we name Society Stationers BOOKS wed on this We can nlso fn o slide (< We recommend this oue, Drexel Shoe Co., | logue Now N ay. o . 1419 FARNAM ST REET attention to the little details In frames | and mouldings, the careful selection of novelties, together with an unswerviug Afiy miles of Omaha there are two—one s | Ambition to always frame the plcture stranded. Vlke & broken ship. vipon a bluff. | whatever it may be, in the most artistic below which, three miles away. goes the | manner possible, is the secret of our allway, the main avtery of life (hat send | ¢y oagg wenty-seven yvears heforc to ‘r::-\v‘um,x anoleot |”|wv town 1s >‘)|u‘\ | the public s leaders in all that per scani supplies by dally wiage. When || tAlDS to ART, gives you the assurance visited the little dylng town 1 was re. | that we will satisfactorily frame i minded of a village on Cape Cod that has | picture—~and the price? — ALWAYS passed ifs 200th year and seems to be | RIGHT. sinking 1o & hoar and antique end. The | sAme process carries hoth to their quietus it There the prairie hamlet waits, its ¢ " lite ebbing ta \te end «nd is wiready be. ! x ome picturesque il decky | Music and Ait. 1513-1515 Douglas.