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New-York tribune., 1908-10-31

The author of Little Women" is held in sf-
fectionate remembrance by thousands of read
ers. and every year is taken into the hearts of
new boys and girls. 1t is good to see edi-
tions of her books Little. Brown & Co have
Just reprinted four Of them-"Silyer Pitchers"
"Proverb Stories" Spinning Wheel Stories"
and "A Garland for Girls" All these volumes
in The Spinning Wheel Series" contain good
Illustrations from various hands. they are we'll
printed. and they have just the decorative bind
ings which should appeal TO the youngsters We
cordially welcome this latest testimony to the
popularity of Of the most wholesome and
lovable of American authors.
New-York tribune., 1908-10-31

as emerging into admirable womanliness from
her too talkatire and self-assertve girlhOod.
New-York tribune., 1908-10-31

Thomas Y. Crowell & Co. have brought out d
capital new edition of ThOreaus cape Cou'
The Typography is uncommonly ATTRACTIVE an"
Mr.. Clifton Johnson has provided III Noiul,i
,nous series Of photographs precisely the right
Illustrations. Following in this authors loot
stems he has made with his camera notes OF
,-ana cod scenes and types some attractive for
their simplicity and others delightfully."- pictur-
esoue. The handsomely made book has cover
richly decorated in REQ and gold.
New-York tribune., 1908-10-31

,-,o concluding sheaf Of St Gaudens's letters
,,.hich Miss Rose Nichols publishes in NC
o,,,,~e.s MAGAZINE" contains some illuminating
,ossaeae on his sojourn in Paris In the S'
I4a had a profound admiration for PAU NDuool9
ard was glad to hear what that master had 10
ca, about his work He alludes to it as follows:
W, ask of Dubois's visit ! believe nave aTeaas @
rfften Won of il I'll repeat what little there "dS
~ cav He had previously told MS IaCCotuil,5 Ce5
,Ttorr mot that he had been greatly lhlplesseu
bv nv work and, although IL was Ilot a1Iid oonoa
he wrote from the country tnaL ne VIZ G1, 20
and SEQ me on a certain day II l shoulu Hne
nave him; to which I wrote. OF course III ne dIo
frmative He is calm. undemonstraIlNe idi Lal ID
,raTe me unite long visit most cordia! anu
tres camarade" with me, spoke nleiHy u -
sherman etc. etc. and said we must see IIoIe ] u
one another this winter: Wleh coItie y. 1boIa
trust Won will and see me. on lhe
tis vtsft was most agreeable and fattering' but
v9s amused by the little tto him certalnN W ts
scoI,sC note Of the patronizing in one or TWO o s
REMARKS 10 I unconscious, because tiI9
General tone the reverse and II no uou,t CVI"e
from 2 long life Of criticism OF the nuhnieus Vl
artists and students who solicit ms ad[iCe mr.. "a
baS three eoucstrian projeCts-ChevaHer BaEaIu
,,,,,,Ic Cords General Marceau. ono OF the
v,,.ne romantic heroes Of the French Revolution
and no doubt. he lives. three more master pieces
" IN he added the sculpture or our TIME 80
can 7 look u TO Dubois, you ask / dOh qulle
understand YOU Yes do. as l do TO any man or
woman who makes great achievement Wheh II Is
the result Of great sincerity and mgh purpose.
Homer St. Gaudens's memoir of his father.
enbodving the latters autobiography. Is to be
nubIisbed next year Meanwhile extracts from
the great scilIptors "reminiscences are to appear
in = series Of articles in The Century Maga-
zine The illustrations Will include sketches
and caricatures hy st. Gaudens.
New-York tribune., 1908-10-31

When Mr. W r. Yeats is not printing SOME
now poems he is revising and repuoisn'ns some
cid ones. The latest of his ventures Is an eol-
tfon Of his COLLECTED Works in Verse ana
Prose" in eight luxurously made volumes VI
co,rse. he is aware of the bewilderment OF some
IF his readers over his passion for revision ana
to the second volume of this latest edltioh n7
pref1xes this defence;
The friends that have it do wrong
when ever I remake a song .-,--
should know what issue is al stahe'
II is myself that renake
New-York tribune., 1908-10-31

An engaging bit Of juvenllia is Miss L. NJ.
Montgomery's Anne of Green Gables" Boston.
l.. {. Page & Coz. the story OF q little
orphan whose tongue is hung in the middle
Never was there prodiglous a taIker as Miss
Anne Shirley. When old Matthew Cuthbert and
his sister Marilla decide to adopt boy out Of an
asylum II is bad enough for them TO have a
girl unexpectedly placed upon their hands in
stead OF the desired urchIn. The situation nron,-
ises to become quite impossible when Anne turns
out To he possessed OF burning Imagination
and an ineXhaustbe power Of speech There
is something innocent we'll as amusing about
her. however and she very soon makes her
self indispensable TO the lonely pair Her sallias
arc cleverly hit Of and the author shrewdIv de.
Ncops her difficult little heroine's character The
story closes only after Anne has been exhibited
New-York tribune., 1908-10-31

The John Mcbride Company has some arrest
ing things to say about its forthgeming edition
of More's Utopia" It states xat the work
has been translated afresh by Valerian Paget
into thorough paced modern English" and We
are further informed that lin motive il is the
work of an H. O. Wells or an Upton Sinclair. ."
Splendid,
New-York tribune., 1908-10-31
GOOD COMRADES.
Some Happy Passages IN an 4meri-
can artists Life.

A CHRONICLE OF FRIENDSHIPS. 1S73-f90O. By
VIII H. Low. With Illustrations by the author
and from his collections. Sro, PIP xvi, 507.
Charles Scribner's Sons.
New-York tribune., 1908-10-31
LIFE IN ITALY.
A Charming Book By an English
tCOmUH.

FoME LIFE IN ITALY. Letters from the Apen-
,1incs I2v Lima Duff Gordon Mrs Aubrey
Waterfeld). Illustrated. 12mo, PIP S5o. Inc
NIacn illan COmpanN.
New-York tribune., 1908-10-31

When our memorial notices are written this viii
te a shreWd a. the States. under trhosf b1Bper
W. perish. Well. ! a7n done with the passions
~ mortalty-FaTeWelI But if a tin Of Marearita
and \ mass Of cigarette papers came by post, with
cut prejudice to another tin in the general packet
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-10-10
A TRIUMPH OF SCIENCE.
Pueblo chieftain.

As result OF the tuberculosis con-
gress held this week In Washington,
and OF the numerous articles published
IN the newspapers and magazines, the
general public has become familiar with
one of the most important triumphs of
science ever recorded. Within the
memory OF men still young "consump-
ton" was regarded as an int IrabIa dis
ease, Its cause was unknown. Its symp-
toms and its promises were imper-
fectly understood. and there seemed to
be little prospect OF any effective reme-
dy for this giant evil. At the present
time tuberculosis is proven to be both
durable and preventable. its cause is
known, It's conditions are understood,
and while 1t still stands as one of the
most destructive OF all diseases. there
Is every reason to believe that in the
near future the number OF persons con-
tracing the disease will be greatly les
sened. while the percentage of cures
among those suffering from tubercular
Infection will be largely increased. IN
this connection 1t Is worth noticing that
we are as far from medicine that will
cure consumption as We have ever been
for all the innumerables cures" that
have been discovered and advertised
not one seems to fulfill the expectations
of its advocates But it has been dem
onstrated beyond doubt that large
number of cases of actual tuberc,tiar
infection are cured naturally without
the knowledge of the patient: and II
mas been demonstrated also that sun
shine, fresh air and nourishing food are
most powerful aids in strengthening
the human body TO resist the disease,
or to drive 1t out after 1t becomes once
established. = =
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-10-10
INTELLIGENCE is STRENGTH.

General Kuropatkin, in his second
orticle In McClure's on the Russo
japanese war emphasizes the fact that
the moral character OF the defenders
OF nation Is a very important factor
In war. A successful war, he claims,
must be popular war.
III the case of Japan the people were
informed and clearly understood the
Importance Of the issues involved, and
the result was that the japanese SOL
diers fought with II self-sacrifcing de-
votion and a stubbornness that the
RUSSIANS had never seen in any war in
which they had previously been en-
gagged. Sometimes, in villages taken
by assault. handful Of Japanese SOL
diers would barricade themselves in ma
tive houses and die there rather than
retreat or surrender Captured officers
generally committed suicide. In some
cases Japanese mothers killed them
selves, when their sons. on account of
weakness or ill-health. were denied adj
mission to the army. Hundreds OF
men volunteered to undertake the most
desperate enterprises, in tho face OF
certain death: and many officers and
soldiers, before going to the front. had
funeral ceremonies performed over their
bodies, in order to show that they in
tended to die for their native land.
Military history, general Kuropatkin
says shows that, In all wars the an
tagtnist who Is strongest morally
win: the victory.
There may be exceptions to this rule.
but II is quite certain that intelligence
amcng the men that fight the battles
is OF as great Importance as numerical
strength For that reason an army
made up OF free citizens volunteering
their service Is always stronger than
an army OF slaves forced Into the uni
form by transcription laws.
The Russian General also reveals one
source of fatality to the Russian army
when he states that the members OF
the general staff refused to believe the
reports they received OF Japanese pre-
parations. In 1908" he says. Colonel
Adubash, who had just visited Japan.
gave to General Zhiinski, very i'm
portant Information with regard to new
reserves which the Japanese were or
ganizing for service in case OF war.
Inasmuch, however, as this information
did not agree at all with that pre-
yicusly furnished by Colonel Vannof-
ski, General Zhilirski did not give it
credence. A few months later Captain
Rusine, a very talented officer who
was acting as naval observer in japan.
maGo a similar report upon japanese
reserves to his superiors. and extracts
from it We're furnished to General SAX
iaroff, Chief OF STAFF of the army. AL
though the Information contained in.
this report ultimately proved to be
perfectly accurate, the report was.
rigcenholed, simply because Generals
Zhilinski and Sakharoff did not be-
lieye It." As a consequence sh4 Rus
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-10-10
THE FAIR.

The general verdict, as Tar as We have
heard 1t expressed, liz that the State
Fair, just closing, Is the most success
full exhibition OF the kind yet. held In
the state,
This estimate accords with our own
judgment OF 1t, although the exhibits
were 80 extensive that we found It
impossible 10 inspect many OF them.
Both from the artistic and educa-
tional as we'll as the industrial stand
points, we think that the display was
a notable one, calculated ut once to In
spire, to educate, and to make fnan-
cially profitable visit to the grounds.
That the fair presented display of
home resources and opportunities SO
varied, comprehensive and character
istic must have been matter OF
qualification to every visitor.
The management deserves the thanks
as we'll as the congratulations of the
general public for kind and degree of
entertainment that was filled with
much that Is excellent and contained
little that was without merit,
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-10-10
UTAH BRICK.

Prof. Beckstrand of the State
or Mines at the University has just
Issued bulletin on Utah brick, He
remarks that Utah contains q great
deal OF good building brick clay, and
paving brick clay and the manufac-
turers can and do furnish an excel
lent product but adds that careful
examination of these results and q
comparison with other results ought
to inspire a still closer scrutiny of
methods OF manufacture and burning,
so that a still better product will be
offered.
u In detail the Professor finds that
Utah wire-cut brick sustains pres
sure UP to 1910 pounds per square
inch and that the resistant power of
the pressed brick varies from 4,310
pounds for the notified red to 3.17o.
pounds for the straw color
This strength is regarded as salts
factory for most purposes, and justi-.
fies the popular belief in the excel
ennce OF this form OF local building
material.
I'VE tllllht io iloiC roditet
BILE for ordinary buildings than
these products, When of uniform de-
finite color. the appearance Is always
pleasing; and when trimmed, with a
stone that tarmonizes nth the color
OF. the brick chosen, cottages built Of
this material have rich and sub
Estantial appearance.
The abundance of suitable building
material Is always Of great advantage
to a growing city. When 1t is not
only plentiful but Of artistic aspect
and moderate price the people are
especially fortunate. We cannot say
that recent prices Of the local article
are az reasonable as might be expect
ed. and we have no doubt that a re-
sduction In the price, II that Is posi-
BILE. would still futher increase the
building activity.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-10-10
A BALKAN FEDERATION.

Hungarian diplomats arc said to sus-
pect that Russia is lending secret aid
to Bulgaria and encouraging the revo-
alutionary movement against Turkey,
and that the purpose Is the formation
OF a new Balkan federation, including
Bulgaria. servia, Roumanla and Monte
negro. Russia, 1t Is said. would gain
immense military and commercial adj
vantage and eventually an outlet to the
Dardanelies by a. REIMBURSEMENT of the
Balkan affairs. The time Is considered
ripe because Turkey, with her unsettled
internal troubles is supposed to be in
no condition for vigorous war.
federation OF the four&states mem
toned would be one OF considerable
strength. Bulgaria has population OF
3,750,o0o: Roumania. 100000; seryia. o.
100000 and Montenegro 225,00o. or q
total of 12,375OOO souls. And as the
barbarous occupation of fighting is
quite popular in those regions. the four
states should be able to put
quite q fighting force in the
field. Tho armies and reserves
OF the three largest principals
ties amount to 1901 600 men, and on the
supposition that a large part of the en-
tire male population Is available for
military service. they should be able
to place a million and half fighters in
the field. Turkey would be confronted
with difficult problem In concerted
attack by those Balkan states.
Kits 1T may be of some interest to note
at this time that the Roumanian king
represents an older branch Of the
Hohenzollern family OF which the Ger
man emperor represents younger,
branch. In the obscure past this ceLs-
Ebrated fnmiy branched off into two
lines, the Southern or elder being repre-
sented In our time by the Hohenzollerns
of sigmaringen, while the Northern is
that OF Brandenburg. The former adj
hered to the elder faith, while the
Brandenburgs espoused Professionalism.
The Catholicism of the Sigmaringen
Hohenzollerns may have worked in
their favor when Prince Charles was
chosen to be Prince of Roumania in
1866.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-10-10
DEsERET EVENING NEWS SATURDAY OCTOBER 10 1908

d ~ X
magazine, commenting upon the pro-
cess Of converting the semi-arid and
once sterile lands of the west into food
producing areas, simply by the intel
slisent application of water to the soil,
says II is unfortunate that these enter
prfses have been, in SO many cases.
hampered by unwise and conflicting
laws, and that the real benefit to the
farmer intended to be brought about
by them has partially, II not largely,
failed In the realization.
The writer declares that private ir-
rigation companies have, In many
cascs. been formed to carry out ambi-
tious projects In connection with colon
ization plans, only to collapse before
the completion of the necessary bitches,
leaving the unfortunate colonists who
+ have been induced to invest upon the
brilliant promises OF the promoters
stranded and helpless and that
have been carried through to conclu-
sior and irrigation commenced, only to
T find after year or two of successful
irrigation that the water supply has
keen overdrawn or diverted into other
channels--nnd no one can be found
+ financially responsible for the disap-
pcintments caused by poor engineer
ms or rascaIy promotion"
Nor are the government undertake
ings much more satisfactory. They
have not gone quite far enough to bring
about the largest degree of benefit to
the sections ready for irrigation.
The Canadian plan might well be lmi-
tated here.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-10-10

be established upon the basis OF the;
Constitution, which knows Of no re-
ligious test for political offices. The
clainor for such test is un-Americai',
and the Latter-day Saints are, first OF
all. Americans. with a special mission
to defend the God-inspired instrument
of liberty upon which American insti-
tutions are founded. Let us have peace,
then. under the Constitution. Let anti
"Mormonism' be driven back to the
darkness in which It originated. When
that is done, and American conditions
prevail in Utah as elsewhere, there will
be no friction here. Anti Mormon
ism. not Eenator sn1oot, is the cause
of the strife here. Anti-"Mormonism"
is the problem with which Utah citizens
VIII have to deal sooner or later. Re-
ligious bigotry has always been and
will always be. a curse.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-10-10

4 y T
The following is from the Walthil
Times. OF September 10, last. The
Editor OF that paper is, we are IN
formed an Indian, and his kindly
comment on the missionary work OF
the Elders has special Interest to the
readers of the News"
Two missionaries of the Mormon
Church, Of Salt Lake City, have been
working In and around Walthill for
the past week or ten days We have
no means of ascertaining the measure
of their success, but they have dis
tributed a vast amount of literature
in the community and have, no doubt,
made some friends and unearthed
possible converts. The missionaries
appear to be quiet, intelligent, young
fellows and very enthusiastic In their
work.
st would seem quite proper that
the Mormon Church should be inter-
ested In missionary work among In
dians. The American Indian occupies
a very important place III the tradl-
lions of the Church,
According to the history of the re-
ligion, according to the BOOK OF NOR
mon, the American Indians arc
remnant of portion of band of Is
raelites that was led away from Jeru-
salem about 600 3. c., by Lehi, a
Jewish prophet, and across the ocean
to this hemisphere. After occupying
the new continent. according to the
Mormon bible, and after the death
of Lehl, a division occurred among
the people. Two peoples We're organ
ICED and named after their leaders or
prophets--the Nephtes and tho La
NANTES. The Nephites made much
advance In civilization, after the sep
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-10-10
MISSIONARIES AMONG THE INDIANS

aration, but the Lamanites became
degraded because of their wickedness
and became dark in skin and be-
nighted in spirit, forgot the God of
their fathers, lived u wild nomadic
life, and degenerated into the fallen
state in which the American Indians
- their llncal descendants - were
found by those who re-discovered the
western continent In later tln,es-
The Lamanltes and Nephltes Waged
war against each other and the Me-
phites were finally destroyed As the
story runs: The final struggles be-
tween the Nephites ind Lamnltes We're
wagetl in the vicinity OF the hill Gu
moran. In what Is now the state or
New York, resulting in the entire de-;
slrnction Of the Nephites. about 400
A. D. The last Nephite representative
was Moroni, who, wandering for satety.
frpN, place to place, daily expecting
death from the victorious Lama nttes
WHO had decreed the absolute extlnc-
tion OF their white kindred, &. Wi I, M tme
concluding parts Of the BOOK OF MOT
mon, hid the record In Culnorah, ana
scon thereafter died. It was the same
Moronl, who, as a resurected pelns;
gave the records into the hnnds oi
Joseph Smith In the present dispense
tor
1T will be seen from this outline
that the Indians are an important and
interesting factor in the Mormon
Church. 1t is indeed surprising that
more missionary work has not been
donc among them by the successors OF
tho Nephites. So far as we have been
abba to learn, however, no work mas
ever been done among the Omahas
and the present visitation Of mission
aries is the most important one that
has been made among them from the
Salt Lake church since the omahas
received and so kindly cared for the
pilgrims that followed Brigham Young
across this country in 1S47.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-10-10

Professor William Mllligan Sloane Of
Columbia university, president OF the
national institute OF arts and letters,
has suggested that the institute should
bend Its energies to the production Of
a rousing national song that Will COM
btne Yankee Doodle THE Star
spangled Banner" "Marseillaise" and
''Dia Wacht am Rhein," into one pa
triotic hymn. Why not get score OF
them all take composite photograph
OF the scores and you VIII have a
'roLsing national" hymn?
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-10-10
IRRIGATION IN CANADA.

The largest irrigation project ever.
attempted il probably that now in
course OF development by the Canadian
Pacific railway In Southern Alberta.
The scene OF operations Is covering
three million acres OF naturally fertile
land--a vast empire. one-half OF 1t
capable OF irrigation, much OF the 9th
err half probably suitable for dry farm
ing. This area forms Il territory con-
tributing possibilities OF future COM
merce and development to the railway
line itself.
The project OF this company goes far
beyond any contemporary practice In
this country. Not only arc the large
main canals to be constructed, but the
secondary trenches, and even the dis
tibuting bitches over each 100 acres are
to be made ready for use by the farm
ers who will occupy these lands,
The Canadian law. under which this
enterprise is proceeding. has several
interesting and vital features, The
American Irrigation Congress declares
the Canadian laws on the subject OF
liar statutes In the United States
Embodied in the Canadian theory
and plan OF the ultimate ownership and
immediate use OF water are the follow
ing comprehensive features:
!. All the water is recognized as the
property OF the sovereign. ApplIca-
ton TO the government Is requisite for
Al ri, -,
flowing stream. Heavy penalties are
enforced for the taking OF water with
out legal authority to do so.
2, Those who make application TO
use the natural waters are required TO
complete their irrigation works within
Il specified time, They must use the
water only for the purposes of irri-
cation. and must sell 1t to colonists
or others at rates approved by the gov
eminent
g. No stream can be burdened with
more records (permits) than the stream
Will supply to the land to be irrigated
4. In computing the duty of water,
one cubic foot per second for $50 acres
from May to November, is estimated
for each stream by the government on
gineers; and no company can sell water
rights in excess of this computation.
5. Agreements for the sale or use
of water must be registered on the Of
fetal records of state.
s. Disputes concerning the division
or distribution of the water are settled
by a governn official. without costs
or court process, Patents TO the water
rights are similarly protected from hos
tile or wasteful litigation.
The example of Canada should be 2
, useful lesson to State legislatures and
to Congress- a writer In the Success
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-10-10

Tie newsboys have the very bad
practice OF going into the residence dis
tricts very early Sunday morning, lone
before any one is up or wishes to be
up, and shouting the morning papers.
They are so early, often long before 6
o'clock, that no one buys paper at
that time. The boys should cease the
practice out of regard for their patrons.
They would lose nothing by coming
later.