Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-10-17


Strand readers are waiting eagerly
has been heard in the discussion OF
matters in the Balkans, In moving
resolution OF imagination over the sit
uatlon In Macedonia at public meet
ing held at Grayshott the other day
Sir Arthur spoke in exactly the tone
that might have been expected from
him. He remarked that the powers
sent notes" to the sultan, and made
diplomatic representations, but II was
not until they pointed ~ gun At MS
palace that the Turk began 10 UNDER
stand that they meant business. And
the tenor of the remainder OF the
speech was that such gun should be
pointed in the direction indicated forth
with.
GLADNEss IN RoTTINGDEAN.
There II gladness In Rockingham over
the announcement made by the local
newspaper that Mr.. Kipling is about to
forgive the town 'alp' and come
back there to live. Gladness not
only because the little village near
Brighton was downcast over losing its
Zion" but because the exceedingly re-
munerative tourist-or "tripper' as
they call him here--almost has ceased
to visit the place since Kipling left. II
IL said now that the writer didn't 80
much mind the people on the omni-
buses who tried to look over his gar
den wall, but got mad at Nottingham on
account of some rather unpleasant at
tentions that the populace paid to
relative OF his who didn't sympathlze
with the local enthusiasm over the re-
lief OF Mafeking. However, Mr.. Kip
ling was In Nottingham the other day,
when his friends gave him rousing
welcome. and everyone believes that he
will come back permanently, as he real
ly likes the town. His interests there
are many-not the least of them the
rife range which he equipped out OF
his own pocket.
The Hines from which Madame Sarah
Grand has been suffering for the last
month or so has led her to give up all
thought Of lecturing at Edinburgh uni
versity this session, as she had ar
ranged to do.
QUAINT BOOK COVER.
Probably there will be some "scrab-
bling" on the part OF book lovers. for
a remarkable new edition OF "Barnaby
Rudge' which Chapman e. Hall, Dick
ems old publishers, are about to issue.
This will be bound in wood from New
gate prison, about which, OF course, an
important part Of the novel
centers. When the old goal was pulled
down recently. the great oak door,
which the Gordon rioters attacked, was
bought by Chapman q Hall and the
wood utilized in making the binding for |
the new "Barnaby Rudge," Those |
quaint covers are carved by hand,
VICToRIAs LETTERS.
The new portion Of Queen Victoria's
letters which King Edward has Just |
ordered made public are likely TO prove |
especially interesting because of the
period they oover-from lS3l-the year OF /
the queens accession, TO 1861, In which |
the Price Consort died. During this |
time, the Crimean war was fought, and |
other great events were the Indian |
Mutiny, the adoption Of free trade by |
Great Britain, chartism and the revo-
lutionary movements OF '46 the influ-
ence OF all Of which should be shown |
in the royal correspondence. The let
tiers will be edited by Lord Esher and |
Arthur c, Benson of Elton college.
BALFoUR's ITCHING PALM
When a great statesman, as the head
of the nation, publishes a tract adj
dressed directly to the electorate, is he
justified In adopting the commercial at
titude OF the ordinary writer toward his
production? The question has been
raised by Mr.. Bal'our's act, not only In
limiting the quotations which the press
was permitted 10 make from his recent
on preferential tariffs-the vi
tai subject Of the moment In this coun-
try-but in making the price OF II %
cents AZ this rate. some one has call
cuated. II the pamphlet sold only to the
extent of 100000 copies, Mr.. Balfour's
profits thereupon would be something
like $4,000. Which strikes some people
as rather cool In the prime minister,
especially as his pamphlet IL planned
to win the celebrates approval for a
policy calculated TO keep his own party
In power III. l..