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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-05-07

into cheers when victory crowns some desperate
assault, the Western observer welcomes the I'M
usual outbreak as evidence that deep down
beneath that impressive exterior bubble the hid
den springs of emotion which reveal him a man
and a brother. To his pertinacity and unselffsh
devotion Mr. Barry, despite the credit he is
ready to award to the skill and strategy of the
officers, attributes the success of the japanese
arms He thus summarizes his impressions of
the siege:
We can but pick the grand, salient features that
scared themselves into the memory of the few
VINO lived through it OF these the chief is the
proof that human tenacity and ValOr are aS great
to-day as at any time in the worlds history. The
great guns at Port Arthur were marvellous. They
impressed one with that power seen in jungle of
ELEPHANTS yet they sensitive and delicate as
a little girl The battling under SearchlightS
as grand spectacle the imagination devise
The ingenuity and precision of the movements out
lined by generals bred in all the duplcity and
culture Of the schools and reared through every
viciSSitude of camp and march astounding
zled the BRAIN But all would have been useless
without the private soldier. The boy in khald-he
did the trick
OF course, what really did the trick was the
combination of the skilled officer and the boy in
khaki. In paragraphs like the foregoing, the
author clearly exhibits his inexperience
military critic and a rather loose habit of using
the English language, as when, too, he describes
a command as entirely decimated." But these
faults fail to obscure the power and picturesque
ness of his story.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-05-07

which he wildly sets down are all his own.
Clever is his account of the attack on the height
known the Cocks Comb" action begun
at night during a furious storm, in which the
crash of thunder drowned the roar of the artil-
lery and the tightening paled the Intellectual
fireworks and searchlights Of the Russians
Taking advantage OF the darkness and move
ment of troops Mr.. Barry sought alone an adj
vanced position toward the firing line from
which to observe the battle:
struggle through battered abatis and entang1e
ments for the elevation The fOsse is filled with
water-the only moat before Port Arthur that has
if reach the front trench the whole action will
lie before like chessbOard. Across the parapet
lies a line sergeant, his head gone There has been
time for the dead. The trail is thick with khaki
at each yard to be sure that am not in range of
the musketry whose wild rattle is now filling the
air 1 at length find myself a bombproof par
TALLY splintered by shells. The plain now lu-
minous, L pause for rest and safety, the din not
lessening But sooner do I look around than
scramble quickly on--into danger Two figures
rigid there in the half light Of the bombproof,
one in Khaki uniform, one in blue blouse and
the throat of the other whose eyes popped ike
peas from the pod peer over, rakishly curious, at
holding pistol The khaki hip is drenched with
blood, partially dried. The sun has come and gone,
faces are ghasty With bioat leave the half light
OF the shelter and go out where bullets are.
Civilized warfare as waged at Port Arthur re-
enacted many of the scenes associated with the
olden days of hand to hand encounters. In the
words of a japanese lieutenant whom the
author stumbled upon shortly after, hastily i'm
provising defensive earthworks, and whose Eng
lish though limited proved adequate for the
expression of his feelings: 1.-THE Russians-they
COME fix them. They very wild. Our
men are very wild. All, it is a wild war;" But
as a rule the characteristic of the japanese SOL
der is not wildness. He acts for the most part
as a machine, but highly intelligent and
rational one He is almost weirdly unmoved
and smilingly calm in the face Of danger, but he
is human, and, though the general commanding
may find cause for apology in his breaking out
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-05-07
THE BOY COLLECTION.
Treasures of Antiquity and of Other ages
To BE Sold IN Paris.

Fast on the heels of the catalogues of Pa
risian art sales noticed in this place week ago,
there comes from NJ. Paul Chevallier one Of the
collection Of the late N. Boy. Nearly thou
sand objects are enumerated, so the auc-
ton will be spread over nine days at the
Georges Petit Galleries, beginning Monday,
May Is. NJ Boy had some interest in paint
ings and drawings. twenty-five numbers IN
the catalogue, representing works mostly Of the
Italian school, testify to this fact But he gave
most Of his attention to antique objects of art
and to the pottery sculpture and miscellaneous
productions Of the Middle Ages and the Re
Nuisance
The plates Of the catalogue, which fill vol
urne by themselves, indicate high average of
merit The worries, for example, give fine
account Of themselves, notably the sixteenth
century French piece which we reproduce
Some Of the worries in relief are particularly
Interesting We note also several handsome
tapestries and some beautiful little bronzes-
There are important Hispano- Moresque and
Italian platters in the collection; in fact the
faiences seem to make an impressive body, both
IN numbers and in quality. 1t is in treasures
Of this sort that American collections are weak
est We have some splendid objects of art in
this country but we have been more assiduOus
in gathering paintings than anything else. 1t
is always pleasure therefore, to call attention
10 the dispersal Of a collection like that Of NJ
Boy.
Connoisseurs of :mpressionist painting Will
doubtless attend with enthusiasm the sale at
the Petit Galleries, tomorrow and Tuesday, of
the Paul Berard collection, of which NJ. Che
WALLER also sends US a catalogue. OF the thirty
six pictures in this collection, six are by
Monet two by Berthe Morisot, eighteen by
Renoir and three by Sisley- Monet is superbly
represented, and one at least Of the paintings
by Berthe Morisot has the air Of being almost
as good as a Manet The Renoirs include at
tractiye figure pieces and a study Of a dead
pheasant which would appear from the plate
10 be little masterpiece. The late NJ Berard
was obviously q fortunate man.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-05-07

srchy. The Grand InQuisitor Torque-
mazda always carried about with him the horn
Of unicorn to protect him against poison and
assassins-" No wonder that the Venetians were
willing. in 1885. to pay 10000 ducats for true
horn. and that a noblenan mentioned by Bran
tome accepted piece Of unicorn horn as the
equivalent Of 5000 crowns in a payment maIe
70 him for rich estate. Mr.. Murray remarks
that bankers and money lenders often advanced
large sums upon nc other security than a bit of
this horn Mummies were similarly appreciated
Francis always carried about with him
little packet containing some mummy mixed
with pulverized rhubarb ready to take upon
receiving any injury from fail or other acct
dent that might happen to him. According to
C2rdaE, mummy was a most valuable medicine
for stanching blood and for healing fractures
and bruises, an opinion which has the support
Of Robert Boyle and Lord Bacon" IT is amusing
TO read that, since mumnies were expensive the
genuine article was soon initiated for the mar
ket- What our druggists are supply'd with"
says one old historian, ''is the flesh Of executed
criminals or Of any other bodies the Jews can
get, who Ill them with common bitumen, so
plentiful in that part of the world Egypt and
adding little aloes and two or three other cheap
ingredients send them to be baked in an oven
tin the Juices are exhaled, and the embalming
matter has penetrated thoroughly, that the
flesh viii keep and bear transporting into Eu-
rope" Meanwhile the vertable mummy when
upon rare occasions, it was brought across the
sea, was received with open arms into some
lucky museum, where peasants and scholars re-
garded it with due respect
Mr.. Murray has something to say about other
amazing notions of early museum directors, as.
for example, that a belt of human skin a
good remedy for hysteria. and that a bandage
Of the same material placed round the wrist
would check commissions One can fancy the
awe and the envy with which such grewsone
relics of poor mortality were studied. But we
need say no more of the superstition which
worked TO turn the ancient museums into the
resting places Of all kinds of horrors and rub
bish- Il is sufficient to observe that the col
leCtions Of modern scientists are but the out
come of what their forefathers did when science
was scarcely in its infancy. The British MI
scum had its origin IN the collection of Sir Ash
ton Lever who, in the eighteenth century, de-
voted himself TO the assembling of natural his
tory specimens in his house near Manchester.
and Sir Ashton. born in 1929, was not far re-
moved from those naive gentlemen across the
Channel whose possessions now provoke smile.
We wish as we said at the outset, that Mr..
Murray had carried his Investigations further,
telling Us something about art museums and
going more into detail where all the museums
Of our. own epoch are concerned. But we greatly
appreciate what he has done to show the nat
ure of that broad movement of curiosity, at
first positively childlike, but steadily gaining
in wisdom and discretion, which the whole
fabric of museum organization is based.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-05-07

Apropos of a "Reminiscences of Sir Walter Be-
SAINT. this story is told by THE London Specta-
When 'erhe Chaplain of the Fleet was about to
the c6Ga With 6e Small 9g
bems, and showed it, not without pride to Mr.
Downey He was aghast when it was pointed out
was concerned. When he was told that Mr. Chatto
Would y RI 6 the ne rSP4 b ba3 10
deal but with the author; and I'm pretty certain
M Elsee Reclus, geographer and harmless
anarchist, is writing new book. In this work.
'L'Homme ct la TerFe," the Frenchman is
deavoring to explain the evolution OF the nations
from "a scientific philosophical and historical
point of view"
A forthcoming work, to the publication of
which we look forward with much interest, is
Mr. J. A. Harvie-Brown's Travels of a Nat
uralist in Northern Europe" The author has
made his observations in the lesser known parts
of Norway, in the ArchangeI region near the
mouth of the Dvina, and in Northern Russia.
Miss Marie CorelIi pays her peculiar comPli-
ments to the American woman in her new vol
ume. This is the fashion in which she does it:
man in about ten Minutes ana le cassiFy hm as
though he were botanical specimen. She realizes
good 1 sense not to- expecf much Of I him sSe Womb
not take any on the lily-maid of Astolat the
fair Elaine. who spent her time in polishing the
that most immortal but fascinating Knight of the
Round Table: No She wouldn't polish a shield you
all he worth and polish her dear little
boots and shoes for her into the bargain That
one of her Observation-Disclosures let say.
queenliness, which sounds better. The Lord Of
creation do nothing in the way of ordering her
about,-because, as the Lady of creation she ex-
poets to order him about,-and she does!
Here is odd statement, which Mr.. Shorter
quotes as coming him from a Stratford-on-
Avon correspondent:
I am credibly informed by one or two Shakespeare
nd in
which many of these possibly valuable documents
is truly deplorable. Mr. Savage the librarian
appointed by the local authorities is understood
have stated openly that he is in possession much
valuable information relating to the Bard of Avon
which he has collected in his own private" time,
but that owing to the generally and irritated
humOr in which he is kept by the local trustees,
the information shall die with him"
Mr.. Savage may deserve sympathy, but-7yhat
queer state of mind for a Shakes pearian stu
denti
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-05-07
VAR PICTURES.
Richard Ba'ry's Impressions of the
Siege of Port arthur.

PORT ARTHUR: A MONSTER HEROTSM. BY
Hlchard Barry. With frontispiece from a paint
ing by Massanovich, and seventeen illustrations
from photographs by the author. 12mo, PIP. 34+
Moffat Yard & Co.
Mr. Barry's book consists largely If not en-
trely, of articles on various phases of the siege
Of Port Arthur contributed to a number of
periodicals. There are many passages in 1t
which recall the lurid and realistic descriptions
OF stephen Crane in 1.-THE Red Badge of Cour-
age" but with this advantage, that they are
objective instead of subjective. Nh Barry
makes no attempt to get behind the impenetra-
BILE mask of the Japanese soldier. The Mikados
man is pictured simply he appeared to the
author, and the impressions of the fighting
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-05-07
VICTOR HUGO.
4 Book of Photographs.

Victor Hugo Photographic" Is the title Of a
book which has just appeared in Paris. It con-
tains quantity Of photographs taken In his
beloved channel island by the poet himself and
by his friends who were visiting him. Hugo
is represented In many picturesque and senti-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-05-07
LITERARY NOTES,

Mr.. Maurice Hewlett has perhaps tired of writ
ing hction-it is reported, at least that he is
contemplating the preparation of study of the
character of Cardinal Beaton This powerful
and unpleasant statesman furnishes no doubt
one of the most interesting subjects in Scottish
history.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-05-07

work on Nathaniel Hawthorne, just brought
out in Paris by M 2. Dhaleine, written as
the thesis for the authors degree Doctor Of
Letters in the University of Paris 1t is said to
be an excellent bit of work. and ii is added that
the manner in which the old PuritanicaI gray
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-05-07

mental attitudes-witness the photograph show
ing him with folded arms upon a rocky coast
Victor Hugo" once said Tennyson. "is an I'M
equal genius, sometimes sublime: he reminds
one that there is only one step between the
sublime and the ridiculous"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-05-07
BACONIAN ITEMS.

The latest book Of humorous verse, 'Misrep-
resentative Men," contains Baconian skit be-
ginning thus:
In far EnZabethan days
CHo! BY my HalidOme! GadZooksD
Lord Bacon wrote his own essays.
And lots of other peoples books;
AnneXing a q pSeudonym
Each authors name that suited him.
Apropos of the Bacon-Sh Shakespeare craze, Lord
Wolseley is quoted as saying that he once re-
marked to Queen Victoria that some people now
doubted whether Shakespeare had written his
own plays. "Oh don't talk to me about that &"
she replied, that was Lord Palmerston's nom
sense" There is said to be a member Of the
House of Commons who believes that Don
Quixote" had been originally written in English
by Bacon
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-05-07

ness and calmness and the refinement of life at
Salem reproduced is admirable
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-04-11

paid for the work or for the work and
the materials, is fixed ana lquida e.
and taken from the price, rebate is be-
You'd my comprehension
THE government, above an others.
should not be party 90 a violation OF
either the letter or spirit OF the inter-
commerce act as regards tho question
OF rebates. II should not engage IN ques-
tlonable transactions IN order that a
saving or a few dollars may be had,
especially when this saving results In
the tearing down Of law which eS-
perience proves Is very difficult, II not
impossible, TO enforce
The interior department replied TO
this letter insisting ON the legality OF
their proposed action. and stating that
the rebates IN question probably wo
amount TO $l000,000 in the next seven
years, IN the course OF his response TO
the letter the comptroller says that the
amount Of these rebates being large is
a cogent reason why the government
should make no mistake by being a
party or a beneficiary OF the violation
Of the law prohibiting the giving Of dis
eliminating rebates lie says;
Il advise that before you take re-
bates from railroads on the carriage OF
property belonging 10 the government
contractors, shipped by them and paid
by them at the regular rates, you lay
AL the facts before the attorney gem
eral and procure his opinion as to the
legality Of such transaction. Let me
repeat, | attach no significance TO the
Willingness OF the railroads to grant the
rebates I'm question"
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-04-11
When Given Citizenship Are Placed
0rlside Policc Regulations on
The Part of Congress.
so SAYS U. S. SUPREME COURT
Man Who Sold Such an Indian Beer
Is Discharged from I'm.
prlsOnmcnt

Washington, April lO.-Thc supreme
court OF the United States, IN an opin-
ion by Justice Brewer, granted the pc
titlon OF Albert Hen Of Kansas for Il
writ Of habeas corpus Hen was prose-
cuted and convicted IN the district
court Of Kansas Tor selling beer at the
town Of Horton to Kickapoo Indian
named John Butler to whom land had
been granted IN severdlty.
The prosecution was based upon the
theory that Butler was still a ward Of
the nation. The case was brought to
the supreme court in an original action,
on the ground that In becoming an al
lottee the indian became a citizen OF
the United states This view was sus-
tanned by todny's opinion, which con-
cluded as follows,
1--WE are OF the opinion that when the
United states grants the privileges of
citizenship To an indian, giving 10 him
the benefit of and requiring him TO be
subject to the laws, both civil and crlm-
inal Of the state it places him outside
the reach of police regulations on the
part OF Congress, that the emancipation
from federal control thus created can
not be set aside at the instance Of the
government without the consent Of the
individual Indian, and the state, and
that the emancipation from federal con-
troll Is not affected by the fact that
the lands it has granted to the Indian
are granted subject to condition
against alienation and iucumbrance, OF
the further fact that II guarantees to
him an interest In tribal or other pro-
| perty
The district court OF Kansas did not
have jurisdiction OF the offense charged
and therefore the petitioner is entitled
to his discharge from Imprisonment"
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-04-11
ROCKtFELLER'S GIFT.
Stand of Professionals Against It
Generally Approved,

Boston, April l0.--The committee rep
resenting the Congregational clergy
men who have protested against tie
acceptance by the American board Of
commissioners for foreign mission Of
a gift Of 100000 from John d. Rookie
teller, made public tonight a mass Of
correspondence received from all Sec
tons of the country and IN which the
stand OF the protestants Is approved,
In comparatively Sew instances are the
names of the writers maze publtc, but
those announced include Prof II. y.
Scott, Chicago theological seminary
Rev. X. Tnayer home missionary su-
perintehdent for Kansas, and Rev j,
c. Armstrong, superintendent of the
Chicago Missionary society
IN tone the letters mnge from mildly
argumentative opinions 10 bitter eX-
pressons Of disapproyll OF the recon-
mendation Of the prudential committee.
Prof Scott says he believes the Lord
does not yet want robbery for burnt
offerings" or the price Of dog "a
enter his treasury.
Supt Armstrong says the money Is
unclean and the churcn knows 1t, and
adds.
I'VE do know that for shameless
disregard of the rights Of our fellow
men, the Standard Oil company stands
out as the most constituencies, bra2en
and dangerous corporation this coun-
try has ever produced"
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-04-11
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