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SOME NEW BOOK&
sssrue aana Is WOnan and writer

aearue aana as WouAn and Writer.
However much the fashion In novels
nag alaar. George sand viii continue 10 BE-
a sabjeot of keen and perennial interest
beOauaa uf her personality. Shs has al
ready prompted innumerabls dissertations
upon one aspect or another Of her activity.
but thers waa need Of q Work which should
combine thsse aspects. and Wills consider
ing her ~ q woman and a writer should
shou ths origin u her inspirations aud
the eRActs of heF productions upon her
ouu tims and succeeding periods ~
RHSs DoUMIc of the French Academy has
peroeived this need and has given ~ In his
0eargs Sand Some AsPsets Of Her Life and
Work "a p, PutnAm's Sonsl a compact,
-nhRhtsning survey 0f the whole sit'ia-
ton which should he of the greatest
value % the student % French literature
and thought Aasuredly no Ons could
have executed HE task better than has VI
Doumic.
Ha has made ,Ise ofall the works devoted
- Oeorge Sand which were Of any value
fug bic study. among them two vol
umes published by q Russian woman
under the name oi Vladimir Kartnins,
which h the most complete work extant
Tor the period preceding istO. NJ Samuel
RochebAve. a clever university pro-
fessor who knows more than any one
elas about the work and life of the dis
tinRuiHhed woman. has been ". DOumic's
E'Iids. helping him greatly with wise
advice. Private collections of documents
have also been placed at his service, 80
thai he Il able 10 supply some hitherto
unpublished writings. George Sand pub
llHhad IN all about one hundred volumes
of novels and stories. four volumes of
autobiography and aiX q correspond
snce. but IN spite Of all this there 10 still
a demand for more.
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there acquired by observation Il people
Was that Aurore learned 70 understand
and appreciate her Rrandmother-too
late.
The last eighteen months of her grand
mothers lie. which Aurore passed with
her az Nohant. we're very important a.
regards her psychological life. She en-
t0yed nature. a. before. bat In a conscious.
somewhat morbid way She read every
thing vorAciously. mixing all the philoso-
pheFs up together. and ON finishing Cha p
teaubriand. distreuaing Rene, she bsoams
disgustsd uith life and attempted To con-
NIT suicide Rousseau In particular ap-
pealsd 20 her She Understood him be-
cause she recognized hsrssh In him.
she was an exceptional being undouht-
edly. says N DOumic. but in order % he
a genial exception ons must have within
oneself aEti then peraonify With great in-
tsnaity all the inspirations which AZ a GER
tain moment arr dispersed In the atmoa-
phere Ever since the great agitation
which had shaken the moral World by kOus-
ssau's teaching there had been various
vague rimors current aud a whole crowd
Of confused aspirations hoating about
Il vas this enormous wave that entered
a feminine soul Unconsciously AurOre
Dupin welcomed the neW ideal. and u was
this ideal that was TO operate within her
The question vas. What would she do With
IL in the prsasnce ~ life with all lie every
dav and social realities' This question
is tho object Of our study. IN the solution
Of t lies the interest. the drama and the
Iesson 0f George Sands destiny
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v Q

One Of the most surprising pages in
the history of this extraordinary character
was the part she played in the second
Republic. She enjoyed the provisions
and inoesaant turmoil In the streets to the
last degree. She wrote for more than one
short lived journal. In one of theas she
left her collaboration. a man. the task OF
explaining that the increase q taxes was
an eminently republican measure and an
agreeable surprise for the person who had
% pay them. Moreover. she Was an off,
cial publicist. she offered her services tn
L.etr,l-R -Rollin. and he accepted then. and
she wrote Government circulars. She
could not live without an idol, though she
changed frequently. a. We have seen. and
she now offered Hp her incense and WOr-
ship 10 Bartas. a born conapirutOr. who
has spent years of his life In prison After
the June insurrection and tho civil war
she lost her faith In the new order Of things
and turned 20 her novels again, producing
Francois 10 Champi.' and Ia Petite
Fadette.- which with Jeanne written
in 1894. and -Maltres Sonneurs. written
W AHa8s NWuAFheAH AuH lAt4AuNlaNMui1 jas
tOral series which was her masterpiece
and one q tho finest gems Of French liter
ture. This In fact was her true style and
the note in literature which was paoul-
iarly her own. In these stories style Il
perhaps the sovereign quality.
She has been accused Of drawing fancy
portraits Of her peasants. but thia u not the
case. She aattered somewhat IN order %
bring out the pOetry of the country. but
the portraits are truthful Revorthalauu.
Very few people know Tn country In
France and the humble people who dwell
there. N Doumio AYERS. Very few writer's
have loved the country vel enough 10 he
able TO depict i,s hidden charms Ia
Fontaine has done Il IN his .Fabloa- and
PerTaut in he -Tales- George Sand has
her place. IN this race of writer's. amona
TIE Homegu. FRANCOIS h ChampI.-
'Claudis' and 10 Marriage a. Viotorins-
constitute the series reprosenting George
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tuFs: and In her -Histoirs Dc ma We she
makes a statement which prompts n.
Doumic 70 rezArk that TO Accept lover
for the saks oi giving up lovers altogethsr
seems a somewhat heroic means 70 an
end. but Also s0meWhAt deceptive. 30
apparently We are az liberty TO oonstrue
explanations quite literally. Through
her acquaintance with Lis4t. Chopin.
Iablache. Pauline Viardot and others.
George sand went into artistic circles
and several artistic novels are the result.
among them -Consuelo.' Whers Nine.
viardOt Garcia Il the heroine In turn
she inhuenoed public opinion a. TO music.
For a very long time music was looked
upon suspiciOusly by society and by claasi-
cal writers of sane and sure taste. Now
Il has completely invaded society. and wS
are getting more and more imbusd with
Il. 90 that George Sands predilection
for modern art is another quality which
makes her one Of IN. showing that her
tendencies were very marked fur things
Of the present day.
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self a. agreeable and light like the hum
mingbird Of fragrant savannah Thia
Latin Quarter haison oG ths BAronns
Dudevant h generally passed over 0alokly
by her biOgraphsrA. a. information about
u has not bsen fOrthcomnS
". DOumic assures ~ that important
documents exist. in the form o. 6fty let
isra written by George Sand 10 DR. Emile
Regnanli. then a medical student and the
intimate friend and conhdant of Jules
Sandsau, Who kept nothing back from him
IL must b. noted also that George sand
had the extraordinary pecuiiarity % set
ting up aome third pereon a. the conf
dant Of her innermost E-ntiments every
time she changed her lover She seems to
have fallen in love with Sandsau because
h. was ~ Young. timid and awkward
Rsaaons equally cogent. and in the read
ing quite absurd. seem always TO have
actllaied her choice In such matters. "
Doumio is impellsd 10 remark in this case
-lt u didlcult to say Nhy, but everything
connected uith this young jules seems alb
suFd'; and the reader invonntarily recalls
this dictum and applies Il 10 ali the sue
ceeding manikins Constituted AZ she
was, Of course. she tired % him. and the
fact that dear Jules had been faithless to
her may OF may not really have had any
thing TO do with hsr inexOrable refusal 10
So him again and her sending him on 20
Italy. Thus ended this great passion,
which had lasted about eighteen months
She had tried coniugAl life and had tried
free love. She had been unsuccessful in
both instances But Il IL 20 these adven-
lures. 70 these trials errors and diaap-
pOintInents that Ws sWs the writer George
Sand was nov horn TO literature.
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and this Was q much more general thing
she had brought feminiam within reach
q an women. This . The characteristics
og thess noveS the elOQnenne of which
cannot b. denied. They Are novels for the
vIlgaiSatiOn Of ths feminist theory
She Was famOua after her first novel.
and now Francois Bilou. who had founded
the Revue dee DcuR Mondes. engaged her
a. a regular contributor. BulOz not only
knew how % discover talented writers.
he knew how tO make them work. IRE
mendOUsly headstrong. he was even
known 10 keep q contributori under lock
and key until bic article was finished.
For iorty-ttree ycarS. ending January l.
1873. George sand vas an uninterrupted
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From PopuIur EIssirisiiv.

The current that leaves the mo'O
Of the street car and soohB 10 make i@
way back 10 the power house alonG ths
track often comes 70 . place In the raiis
where Il b much eaaier travelling
jump oh the rail 10 adtoining MOST -
and then 20 q nearhy water o. gae fils
Al n vel until thia cuTrent leaVeA
pipe Tor aouaa butisg path. When t tA..s
uiih h hiis al ~ rirs. anally pFoducing
q leah. Thia Aaatfuotion q the pips :
called elsctrolYail.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1910-05-20
BILL IS IN SENATE
FORT sERTHolD OPENING NOW
BEING CONSIDERED ~
UPPER HOUSE.
SABBATH PROVISION OUT
Old Law Regarding Registration 10
Favorsd-Indians to Get $3.50 an
Acre for School Sections
is and SO.

Washington, May Ex-senator Pur-
cell today secured a favo1.ble report
from the senate committee on Indian
affairs on the bill providing for the
opening Of 100000 acres In the Fort
Berthold Indian reservation in North
Dakota
The SABBATH provision enabling pros.
pective settlers to register anywhere
In the country was eliminated from the
bill and the old law substituted. The
prohibition clause was retained, also
the feature providing for the payment
Of $3.50 per acre to Indians for school
sections 16 and SO.
Senator Purcell today offered q so.
luton of the long and short haul con
troversy In the senate by forcing the
railroads to charge rs per cent less at
terminal points along the line.
An amendment embracing this idea
will be offered by the North Dako,a1
In the senate late this afternoon. This
provision probably will command con.
siderable strength.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1910-05-20
OPPOSE OlEO BILL,
N. D. State Dairy commissioner Pro.
tests Against ito PASSAGE.

Washington. ID. c., May 13.-R. r.
Flint, state dairy commissioner If
North Dakota, is In Washington op.
posing the Penrose oleomargarine bill.
The measure is regarded as a bl,u,
against the legitimate dairy interests
Of the state.
The dadrymen OF the country a..
daily being given hearings befor. The
house committee on agriculture In 90 /.
position to the oleomargarine bin.
To-Day representative OF Minnesota
dairy interests appeared, the follow
Ing being present: J. r. Morley. Of
the Minnesota Dairy association and
Mr.. French. Minnesota State Dairy
and Food commissioner: E. X. Slater,
secretary Of the National Dairy union,
and J. J. Farrell, president Of the Ma
donal Buttermakers association.
The Minnesota dairymen announce
that they will insist on the 10 cent tax
on oleomargarine and the strengthen
Ing OF the existing law by classifica-
ton as colored oleomargarine, all cleo
treated with palm oil.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1910-05-20
Hyde Jury Undecided

Kansas City. May 14.-Having failed
to reach a verdict at HIS o'clock to-
night, the Hyde murder jury was sent
to Its hotel by Judge Ralph s. Lat
shaw. The jury will be returned to
Its room in the Criminal Court build
ing tomorrow morning at o'clock.
II. however. the jurymen can arrive
at verdict at the hotel. they have
he courts permission to do SO.
By law. verdict may be rendered
on Sunday. Judge Latshaw said to-
night that In case of an agreement be-
Ing reached tomorrow he would imme-
diately read the verdict in open court.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1910-05-20
Studies Charity Work.

Berlin. May 13.-Roosevelt, in COM
pany with Burgomaster Kirshner mo-
tored this morning to Bech. a suburb,
where colony of 1900 men and women
who are out Of work. are maintained
In relative comfort at the expense of
she city of Berlin.
The subject Of public dependents IL
being pursued by the former president.
who, while In Denmark. Investigated
n similar institution. The public
charges at Bech are made up Of aged,
infirm and those temporarily incapa-
BILE Of working. They are not only sup
ported reasonably. but In cases of sick
ness received thorough medical treat
ment.
Returning to this city Roosevelt was
the guest at luncheon OF Ambassador
Hill at the American embassy. The
luncheon party was a large one.
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BISMARCK BARBER ALMOST SEW.
Frs WoMAN's HEAD WITH
RAZOR.
SLAYER KILLS HIMSELF
Victim Was . Dsnijsn Of the Under.
world and was Slain BY Paramour
House was shambis When
Police Arrived.

Bismarck, N. D., May 16.-In the
"jungies" south Of the track. Grace
Fox. a 30-year-oid woman was killed
early this morning. Her paramour. Ole
Quamme. formerly q barber, later q
hangeron at q "blindpig" in the out
| skirts Of the city, and who has several
times previously threatened the life Of
the woman, with whom he has been
living for several months, committed
the deed and then took his own life.
The woman's throat was cut from
ear to ear with a razor. and SO violent
was the sweep of the weapon in the
hands Of Quamme, that the woman's
head was nearly severed from her
body, and the edge of the razor was
broken of by contact with the verte-
brae of the neck.
Quamme then stood before the mir.
ror In the bureau in the bedroom,
picked up another razor that lay on
the bureau. and cut his own throat
severing both jugulars and half .urn-
ing and falling on the same bed with
the woman. Both bodies were found
by another resident Of the underworld
who had been summoned by a third
occupant of the house, who foresaw
trouble when Quamme come to the
house shortly before midnight and be-
gan to threaten and abuse the Fox
woman
The bedroom was a shambles whei.
the officers Of the law arrived at the
place in response to a summons. Both
bodies were taken in charge by Coro-
ner Field and an inquest is being held.
Quamme. up to seven or eight
months ago was a barber and lived at
Mandan. He was once before ar
rested for threatening the life Of the
Fox woman. His home was formerly
at kerkoven. MINI. He was about
IS years Of age,
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COMBINATIONS OF GREATER on
LESSER IMPORTANCE.
4 BOILING DOWN Of EVENTS
National, Political, Personal and Other
Matters In Brief Form for All
Classes Of Readers.
Washington.

Attorney General Wickersham will
have q rival in his investigation OF
the so-called cotton pool. The sen
ate committee which is inquiring into
the cost of living decided to turn its
attention to cotton as well as food
products.
Protest against the bill conveying to
the cities Of Colorado Springs, Mani.
tou and Cascade, Colo, $1,000 acres
of land on the north slope Of Pixies
peak to be used for lettering the wa.
ter supply of the cities was filed by
the forest service through Associate
Forester Potter with the house com.
mittee on house lands.
Attorney General Wickersham de-
clined to send to the senate. in re-
Spouse to the resolution introduced
by Mr.. Smith Of Carolina. Information
in connection with his investigation
into the alleged pooling in cotton.
The state department returned to
Governor Shallenberger the extradi-
ton papers which he forwarded with
the request that the state department
take steps to return to Nebraska
Thomas F. Shireman who is a fugi.
tive from justice in Calgary, Canada.
and Is wanted in Keith county on a
charge of obtaining money under
false pretenses. Governor Shallen-
berger's request for extradition was
forwarded through Senator Brown.
The house judiciary committee re-
ported favorably a resolution offered
by Representative Craig tdem.) Ala
bama, calling on the attorney gen.
eral for information concerning the
prosecution by the department OF JUS
tice Of the ALLEGED pool" in cotton.
The exchange Of notifications Of the
treaty Of January IL. 1909. between
the United States and Great Britain,
known as the international waterways
treaty, was announced by the state
department. This treaty was approved
by the United States senate on March
8, 1909.
A rate readjustment Is being made
by all interstate carriers In the ter
ritory between the Mississippi river
and the Atlantic seaboard. The
routes included are the water-and-
rail, as we'll as the standard and DIFF
ferential lines. 1t is understood the
increased rates will become effective
about July /.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1910-05-20
Roosevelt in London.

London. May 1s.-Theodore Roose-
welt. special American ambassador to
the funeral OF King Edward VII. ar
rived in London this morning and was
received by King George at Marlbor-
ongh House. and later visited the
throne room In buckingham palace,
where the body of the late monarch
Is privately lying in state. The en-
trance to the city Of the distinguished
American was a quiet one, and In
marked contrast with his appearance
at the other capitals and with what
would have been made OF the occas-
ion here but for the death Of the
British ruler.
There was no cheering. but as
Roosevelt alighted from the train and
was escorted by Ambassador Ried to
the royal carriage which had been sent
for him. those who looked On silently
lifted their hats.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1910-05-20
BABY WASTED TO SKELETON

my little son, when about q year
and q half old. began to have sores
come out on his face. I had a physi.
clan treat him. but the sores grew
worse. Then they began to come out
on his arms. then on other parts OF
his body. and then one came on his
chest, worse than the others. Then I
called another physician. Stin he
grew worse. At the end of about q
year and half Of suffering he grew
SO bad that had to tie his hands In
cloths at night to keep him from
scratching the sores and tearing the
flesh. He got to be q mere skeleton.
and was hardly able to walk.
MY aunt advised me to try Cuti
cura Soap and Cuticura Ointment.
sent to q drug store and got cake OF
Cuticura Soap and box Of the Oint-
ment and followed directions. At the
end Of two months the sores were all
well. He has never had any sores
OF any kind since. I can sincerely say
that only for Cuticura my child would
have died. used only one cake OF
Cuticura Soap and about three boxes
Of Ointment.
Il am nurse and my profession
brings me into many different fam
lilies and It is always q pleasure for
me to tell my story and recommend
Cuticura Remedies. Mrs. Egbert Shell.
don. Litchfeld. Conn. Oct 20. 1909"
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1910-05-20
Japan to Annex corsa.

Victoria. B. c.. May 14.-George N.
Scidmore Of Wisconsin. consul general
at Seoul. Korea. arrived yesterday on
the Kamura Maru from Yokohama
He says the reports OF the annexation
OF Korea by Japan were premature. al
though events certainly tend In that
direction. The insurrection Is not Sc
rious. bAng nothing more than scat
tered brigandage.
Viscount Scone. the resident general,
is expected to resign. owing to IN
health. and japanese newspapers state
the choice of his successor win likely
fall between Gen. Viscount Terauchi
and Admiral Count Yamamoto.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1910-05-20
Pittsburq Orators Sentenced.

Pittsburg, Pa, May 14.-Ten prom
inent men Of affairs Of Pittsburg. in
Guiding bankers. physicians and for
mer prominent politicians. faced Judge
Robert s. Frazer in criminal court to-
day to receive their sentences on va
rious charges of bribery and conspir-
acy In connection with the council-
manic corruption recently exposed.
or the ten men appearing In court
today. all expect one have already
pleaded no defense to the indictments
alleging giving and receiving Of hrihe
money.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1910-05-20
Kaiser Gives Gift to Roosevelt.

Berlin. May 14.-Amid the quiet
surroundings Of the Roosevelt library
at the University Of Berlin. Roosevelt
this morning again tackled the cor
respondence which has outrun him
from the moment that he emerged from
the African jungles. He failed to
catch up. but made great progress
Later the former president received
and had a chat with Prof C. G. Schil-
ling and Paul Niedieck. two Of Ger
many's well known hunters OF Afri-
can big game. Roosevelt had lunch
as the guest of Jos. c. Grew, the Sec
ond secretary Of the American en-
bassy. Roosevelt concluded the after
noon with a visit to the geological
gardens.
Today Emperor William sent to
Roosevelt vase from the Royal por-
celain works. The vase Is three feet
in height and bears upon one side
the likeness Of his majesty. On the
opposite side are two views OF the i'm
perial palace In Berlin. one from the
Bridge of Elector showing the euues-
TRAN statue OF the Great Elector, and
the other the palace terrace with a
statue Of William of Orange.
One of the newspapers suggests that
medal should be struck commemor-
ating Roosevelt's visit to Berlin.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1910-05-20
Had Marrow Escape.

Logansport. Ind. May ia count
today OF the Iaborers employed by the
Casparis Stone Co. at the quarry coll
ony called Trimmer. which was torn
by the explosion OF 800 pounds of dy-
Mantle last night. revealed the fact
that two were seriously injured and
eight others were painfully cut by
flying glass.
Most of the houses were shattered
by the blast and had II not been for
one heavy building. which acted as a
buner between the thawing house.
where the dynamite that exploded was
kept. and the main magazine, where
i've tons of explosives were stored,
all OF the several hundred men asleep
IN the community would have been
blown to bits.
The cause of the explosion has not
been discovered.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1910-05-20
ssttlsrp win Get Land.

Washington. May l6.-Many settlers
In North Dakota who have taken land
In sections In which coal abounds and
who have made application for patent
for tho surface rights only arc evinc-
Ing some anxiety because Of the delay
in receiving their patents from the
interior department.
When the matter was brought t.
Secretary Ballinger's attention by SEN
ator McCumber's ONCE today. he ex-
planned the delay. stating that the
department. was investigating each
case. and II no coal Is found on the
land In paying quantities, the patents
viii be issued without reservation.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1910-05-20

HILLS Open NEW LINE.
GREAT Northern Buying RIeht-os.Na,
for New Mail cut-oM.

Lewistown.-The Great Northeru
hled condemnation suit against prop
erty owners in and near the city "a
secure right-of-way for . new mail line
to leave the Billings 4 Northern at q
near Hauck's siding. some miles west
Of Moore.
Following the filing Of the papers.
II became known the Hill road intend.
ed to begin construction at the earliest
possible date.
The road 10 to extend through Fer
gus and Dawson counties for q dis.
lance OF about $50 miles. and will CON.
meet again with the main line near the
mouth of the Yellowstone, in Dawson
county.
This will serve as a cutoff and win
enable the company to reach Lewis
town and tap very rich agricultural
country. Through Fergus, after leay.
ing Lewistown, 1t will reach much Of
the country through which the st
Paul roads new line from the Mussel-
shell to Great Falls will run. The
road will follow survey completed
three years ago.
The Great Northern in all probabil.
ity will build southeasterly from
Mondak, Mont, near the Montana.
North Dakota line.
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Young Wife Ends Life,

Butte.-Mrs. Minnie Williams, aged
nineteen. married. committed suicide
by swallowing acid in the room of a
strange man with whom she is be,
heved to have been infatuated. A
uote was found reading:
,"Good-by love. love you and baby:
sealed with KISSES"
The man in the case had rented the
apartment several hours before the
girl was found dying and Is now be.
ing sought by the police.
Her husband. Anthony Williams.
stoutly maintains that his wife was
murdered by acid being forced down
her throat.