The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-01-18

riding. Pretty F'annie's feats, as can
iwell be imagined, created distinct
lfuror.
One day there was an accident in the
ring. The horse stumbled or SHE'D,
and his graceful rider, caught una
wares, was thrown heavily in the saw
dust of the ring. In her spangles and
skirts she was carried to the dressing
room by her beiizened and painted
companions of the arena. She never
more emerged as "the daring lady
rider" for that unfortunate stumble
meant for her endless sufferings and
incurable deformity. Her spine had
been injured, and the surgeons OF
that day could give no relief. Rela-
tives she had none and friends had
departed from the suffering cripple's
side
Abandoned and helpless, she appeal
ed for charity. One day in autumn
she took the dreaded ride over the hills
| to the poorhouse and was registered
as an inmate of the city infirmary
That was twenty-eight long years ago.
When she came into the fateful door
she was less than 80 years old, and, as
a dagueSreotype shows, beautiful
woman. Today, in one OF the httie
white cots in the hospital at the lnf1r-
mary. she breathed her last, a deform-
| ed, wrinkled and haggard old crone,
who seemed to have dwelt in misery
for century.-Cincinnati Paper
Operation of the Copyright law.
| The copyright records in the Con-
gressional library show that this has
been the most prolific year in the his
| tory of the country in the production
of copyrightable matter. Each year
shows a slight increase in the number
of books and other publications over
the year before This year the increase
since the 1st of January last has been
over $1,000 Each year there are issued
| by Librarian Spofford between fifty and
sixty thousand copyrights. This de-
partment of the government service is
one of the most interesting OF those IN
Washington, as indicating the trend OF
public thought, and in the addition or
from $4,000 to $4,000 publications of var
ious classes to the literature, art, and
music of this country, there is dis
closed a record of a marvellous amount
| of work
| Librarian Spofford says that the in
| ternational copyright law has operated
very well and that large number OF
! the very best class of foreign works
have been published and copyrighted
| in this country under its provisions. 1t
has not, however, been nearly as widely
awaited of as was anticipated. Authors
| of wide reputation producing works of
merit were quick to avail themselves OF
! the American copyright, but the great
average writers who produce most OF
the foreign literature of the day have
apparently not found it profitable to
| have their books reset and republished
| in this country for the sake OF the
copyright. In this country the privi-
| lege of the copyright is more and more
widely awaited of each year, and it
has come about that there is scarcely
anything produced which is not pat
entable for which copyright is not
sought.
| The practice of copyrighting news
paper articles has become almost uni
versal, and a few newspapers in the
country have their daily editions copy
righted throughout. Since the camera
craze has been having run, there is
an immense amount of copyrights Sc
cured on photographs, and the increase
| of copyrighted musical compositions
| is very large. In literature, fiction far
surpasses all other work in the number
of copyrights, and the number of short
stories produced is constantly on the
| increase. The tendency of the short
stories produced is largely towards
Psychology and character study; mere
adventure appearing less prominently
| in the productions. During the past
year or two there has been a, marked
| increase in the number of historical and
scientific publications. The increase in
historical publications is specially
marked. They range from short his
| torical sketches and pamphlets to the
| longer national histories. A great num-
Der of copyrights are issued for his
tories of states. counties and towns
| In the northern and eastern states
every county or town. or. in fact, every
thing that has history, seems to have
invited the talents Of authors. In the
south the attention to these historical
writings has been less, but the literary
fad seems to be spreading now in that
direction.
Thousands of volumes of poems,
published by the author" stand upon
the shelves and it is a revelation how
many men and women who would not
attempt to write in prose think that their
wild fancies in regular rhyme and
stilted metre are worth preserving in
print for postefity7i In this class is
| found the very poorest example of lit
erary effort. The number of produc-
| tons of truly good poetry in this coun-
| try is, however, increasing with con-
siderable rapidity.- Washington Star.