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be right-which some called stubborn
ness-did not help in the least to remove
from him the stigma Of a queer fell
low But he seemed Indifferent to the
opinion Of others. The free life Of his
boyhood had given him high measure
of self-esteem"
English Copyright.
The Dickens stamp enterprise and the
plain criticism of the English copyright
law in the London press. THE Globe, -
for example, says:
In these days OF attacks on property
authors may sometimes shrug their
shoulders ruefully over the thought that
the fruits of their mental labor-which is
their sole form OF property. unless. as
very rarely happens. they enjoy an inde-
pendent incomc-are the only form OF
property which is absolutely conhscated
root and branch. Seven years after his
publication OF his work the authors rights
cease automatically. The books he has
written may sell by the thousand as do
those of Dickens and Thackeray: but
neither the author nor his family will re-
ceive enc single penny from the proceeds
They may be pleased to see the chear
editions In every booksellers SHOP and "a
know that their name Is household word,
they may also reflect that II the author
had devoted himself to groceries. or tho
importing of pork. or even TO the selling of
books instead of their production they
would have had an assured position in the
world.
The present copyright law, "The
Globe points out, is the creation a,
Lord Macaulay, whose speech on the
subject. it adds. changed many votes IN
the House Of Commons and al the same
time II was regarded as brilliantly c,ev.r
Those who read it in cold print to-aa,
ar more struck by the shallownc.s ~,
the reasoning. But this shalownass
was not very remarkable in ono wh,
thought Addison greater ma, Than
Noltaire"
A Story by Balzac.
An unpublished story by Raiz.c r.,ic,
Is SAID To have been discove,ea 4, IN.
library of the Due de Dino has me, h,,,
brought out in Paris. The s,or,, ,,,.s
correspondent Of the I.onao, .,ro,e.
graph lis short one ,n,i,,ed
Amour Masque,' and the manuscrirt
we are told by the publishers has he,
III the possession Of the Ta,,o,r,nd.
/ ifer'soro family for the last Atty wear,
New-York tribune., 1911-04-09

two delightful children. and In the en-
tertaining contrast between the easy
going master and the furiously ener1
getic mistress Of the house. Then there
is their son in the army, but ne pe-
longs to the plot and must be lett un-
explained A deeper note is struck IN
the person Of his rivals mother, such
a pleasant, breezy, CHEEKY woman 10
meet socially, but wearing on the nerves
of those who have to associate daily
with her happy, optimistic temperament
which is partly a mechanical pose. ~
nice. honest woman withal, until she
hegins TO plot for her sons property
marriage" and tells that one needtul ne
which ends in the tragedy. the story
makes no pretence. 1t has been written
to interest and to amuse. and II does
both in a capable, satisfactory way.
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point Of view that Mr.. Sladen sees Its
streets. visits its mosques and shrines'
of which alone. he says, there are nearly
800 that have survived since the Middle
Ages. and studies the crowded leisure
of its daily existence He shows us the
water. lemonade and sherbet sellers. the
weavers and armorers, coppersmlths
brass workers. all the primitive crafts
still being carried on as they were in the
Middle Ages. but he also takes us into
the bazaars to tell once more the secrets
OF their traffic and the mysteries or
bargain hunting and bargaining or
course his Arabian dragoman, Ali, was
Jewel They all are in narratives or
Eastern travel: the numerous rascals In
the profession. it seems, invariably fall
TO the lot Of travellers who do not write
New-York tribune., 1911-04-09

means of promoting the purposes % :, :.
sus Christ. an association OF persons s
by the mutual participation OF w.
Christian service try 70 minister r"
ers in the spirit of Christ
A Missionary's Travels. ~ss.
The adventures of missionary '..
spending a year away from cNlIan l..',.-
are given spirited recital in Mt WIZ 4
Azel Cooks Through the Wiide'n.
Brazil by Horse, Canoe ana .s,y
Amerlcan Tract Society. the a's 4.
expeditions included journey a."
Araguaya River. among the ~ a.,
and Karaya Indians. whose hao''s :,
temporal not to say eternal n.
make a problem for the eyanse"sI
vast territory through which the -" AL
va flows. remarkable FOR vary" "sors|
profusion of life. is AZ present u, .sa|
of wild men. and Mr.. Cooks iihas", ,.
kindles AT the likelihood that p'. nj
Gus and mighty civilization no.
reared in so pleasant a region.
Some Remarkable MSS. ,,uy
The sale by auction of the mahu'. sr
of the Marquis Townshend mas ~
cided upon. 1t is said that the s'
ton forms the most extensive .,nksI
historical and othcr documents W.
has come up for sale since 'ie efr
of the I.ansdowne manus'r'p''' :, ~
turv or more ago. 1t is to be hcpea -, -
these papers will go. like the h"'
collection into the British MuS'S ..,ns
The rownshend MSS. have ae's ,,,n
lated during two or three huhu,'s IA ~
and cover every phase of soo''' 'usc,ga
litical life. There is notao'' rava
of Jacobite papers and another Of !. l's ss-
relating TO the American p'ah'''s '.s,s,tt
ing the first forty years of tue '', st,b
century. There are number Of .sss NJ
renned bv Georee Townshend ~n' ss,sl
made the campaign as brisaeIe' dsc,
in Canada under Wolfe. al va. N ~
he succeeded 10 the command IA, - y
of these letters. addressed 10
says. 80,
General VOLTS isicl heai.'' nocr cpaI
bad. his generalship, IN M, hai 'betvss ~
is not a BIT better TINS a., NJ ,he lattf. y
He never consulted US III ovs ss noth!ps :
or August. so that We ,hs suce~
answer for, / hope, as to '"'
! this camn~
New-York tribune., 1911-04-09
JOACHIM MURAT
The Vanity of Napoleon's Dash
ing Brother in Law.

PdrlS, Aprll L.
The fifth volume Of the "Lettres ct
Documents pour Servir Il rHistoire de
Joachim Murat," compiled and edited
by Prince Murat and NJ. Paul lie Bre-
thon, archivist Of the National Library,
published by Plon- Nourrit, covers the
period from December 3, 1SO6, to April
q. 1908: that is to say, the campaign
In Poland, Murat's methods of govern
ing the Grand Duchy OF Berg, of which
Napoleon had made him titular SOW
ereign, and his administration OF Spain.
Of which country he vainly imagined
that he was King. until supplanted by
Joseph Bonaparte, when, as a consola-
tion. Napoleon created him King OF
Naples.
The letters in this volume are of un-
usual interest. They furnish vivid side
lights on the characters of Napoleon and
his picturesque, heroic, yet vain and
pretentious brotherin-law. a long au-
tograph letter written by Napoleon TO
Murat, dated August u. 1907, shows the
gross vanity ana lNSdttdDit dHupitiou VI
Caroline Bonapartc's husband. Mural
was continually complaining about be-
ing snubbed by the imperial court func-
tionaries. who never accorded him the
proper position and precedence due his
rank" At last Napoleon brought him
up with a round turn. You ought" he
wrote. TO try to learn exactly what
your rank Isl you must never put your
self in front of persons who are entitled
to place themselves before you. You
ought 10 consider yourself the luckiest
man on earth, from every point OF view
but by your own egregious vanity you
spoil your own happiness. You must
learn. once for all, that To maintain
proper respect for yourself you should
never demand more than is strictly due
you!' Murat got angry and exclaimed:
why in the world did the Emperor pro-
mote me To sovereign rank? Was II SIM
ply 10 make me obey his commands and
give me orders? | only wish he had lei
me remain "A simple colonel or brlga'
dier general. II he had done so, should
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not be continually Inundated oy o'e'
ing him." ard nre.
sunun,,or that ruined Murats career
.f,er h,s undignified reconciliation win
Napoleon's enemies he was sensan on,,ai
TO death by drum-head court ',"' ''-'
and shot by a file Of soldiers IKE
simple deserter. Murats wife, Ca'o',". e
Bonaparte. was largely Responsible 10, -.
bic ovorweening self-conceit. He must
have been a magnificent sight wneh
leading cavalry charges arrayed IN MS
,no., brilliant uniform and wearing III
h,s hooddress his famous aigrette OF
s,ao,ds ue was a splendid cavalry
general, but was neither az
like Davoust, nor an able tac''c'""' INV
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business II has touches OF comic re-
lief" but no real humor Morally its
hero, the Senator. is above suspicion. but
socially he is no.; neither Is he above re-
proach, for his infatuation for a Wash
ington debutante. however innocent. is
not platonic. She. with the admiration
Of youth for achievement returns his
interest. The man IL married. of course.
his marriage having been an affair OF the
head rather than the heart on both sides.
the wife having been his companion and
helpful collaboration in the building of
his career II, on her part. the arrange
ment has led To a stronger feeling. he.
on his side. has failed To notice it, He
has come 10 rely upon her implicitly,
mechanically. There is no cause for
scandal, but scandal is cooked up, none
New-York tribune., 1911-04-09

or more. Balzac Rad been received ana
treated very kindly by the Duchess =.
Dino, and one day, by way OF thank,.
her, he sat down to write a short n,.',
for her. 1t was rapidly finished az
was at first entitled Imprudence Of Pc.
heur' The ducht SO had the manuscr,-.
beautifully bound. and it remained =
the Libraries until the present Due 4.
Dino gave IL to the publishers. s.
story is about an officer who mee,sL
pretty young widow. entirely masked :.
a ball at the opera. He falls IN love with
her and sees her often afterward. bu, a,
WAYS with the mysterious mask"
Conan DoyIe's Poetry.
Sir A. Conan Doyle's collection -
verses has just been given 10 the world.
which would prefer, perhaps. to h
amused by Sherlock Holmes stor,s.
Here is one OF the short poems OF ~.
volume, a poem entitled "A Woman,
Love:
I am not blind-I understand
I see him loyal, good and wise,
I feel decision in his hand,
/ read his honor In his eyes a..
Manifest among men Is he,
With every gift and grace 10 clothe hin.
He never loved girl but me
And IL loathe himl-loathe him.
The other. All, / value him
Precisely at his proper rate,
A creature Of caprice and whim.
Irnsta BILE weak. importunate.
/ t1s thoughts are set on paltry gain
You only tell me what | see
IL know him selfish, cold and vain;
But oh. he's all the world to me.
"A Self Satisfied Youth.
= DR.. Gardner, the historian. latelv
quoted an amusing story OF youn,
man who asked to see a fourteenth cen.
turv manuscript at the Bodleian. Al,
he was trying hard TO decipher it old Mr.
Cox. the librarian, offered TO assist him.
ooh. no. thank you" said the stranger
| Mr.. Cox rejoined: Il have no wish to
interfere with your liberty in any way.
hut perhaps you will just allow me 70
point out that you are looking at tho
manuscript upside down"
The Christian.
In what Is Essential?' Thomas Y
Crowell & Coz Mr.. George Arthur An.
drews essays to put into simplest terms
the first values Of the Christian fath.
Disregarding the more external and con.
yentional specifications. the author see,
q Christian In any one who strives to b
actuated by the spirit OF Christ. suf.
cient creed may be found In the beliefs
that Jesus held, beliefs that made Hin
what he was, so that there Is no necess.
w for appealing to the doctrinal stand.
ards of the Council Of Nicaa or OF Ii.
Westminster Catechism. BY the sans
token. whatever manifests God to tn
soul constitutes the essential Christi1
revelation. whether a Bible or human
nature that has inspirational worth t9
others. If we conceive that st. Johni
vision on the Isle OF Patmos was H.
snired are we at liberty to say thai
Lowelrs "Vision Of Sir Launfap was ul'
inspired? With regard to public wa'
shin. Mr.. Andrews sees the social In;
portance of the worshipping assembly
but he would have us observe that ns
church is not an end in itself, but q
New-York tribune., 1911-04-09
A Pioneer of the New Woman
Movement.

MARY wOLLsToNECRAFT. \ study u IN
. Economics and Romance. by u. II.
Stirling Taylor. Illustrated with three
portraits in photogravure. Svo, PIP IN
30 The John Lane Company.
The appropriateness and timeliness or
the publication of new study OF Mary
Wollstonecraft at the present stage OF
advance of the Woman Movement
pointed out by the author OF this poox
in his preface. cannot be denied. yet.
after perusing these pages. one cannot
escape the conclusion that 1t would have
been better and wiser and kinder II she
had been left in the semi-obscurity-
neglect" Mr.. Taylor calls it-where his
tory has kept her these last hundred
years. remembering only her "Vindica-
ton of the Rights Of Woman" as bea-
con on the path Of progress.
The economics" and the romance
of Mary wollstonecraft's Journey
through life. to adopt Mr.. Taylors own
New-York tribune., 1911-04-09
HISTORY FROM STREET NAMES.
From The London Glob'

Teaching history from street names is
the aim of the Paris municipal council
The idea Is the instruction OF children
primarily, but it will have the effect or
imparting knowledge To "grown-up chill
dren" Some Of the street corners Dear
the names of those famous In history,
on iron plates on blue ground WIN
white letters. and IL is proposed 10 deal
with ali thorouehfares I'm this way AL
ready beginning has been made with
places bearing the names of saint. An
idea Of the project can be obtained from
some Of the names which have been fixed.
for instance. Rue Rivoli-Frfnch vic
tory. 1884," Avenue victor iluPo-
French poet and novelist, lSO--S 80"
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the less by the Senator's opponents iot
he is q mighty hunter OF maieiac'orS -
great wealth. The discerning reader
ma. infer fror. ths statement that j.
all happened during the PRESIDENCY oi
Mr.. Roosevelt The somewhat occult
ending is well cortrived and capably
worked out. This is Anne War"icKs D
first move, 1t deserves attention as
work Of decided promise.
New-York tribune., 1911-04-09
a SENATOR.

COMPENSATION: BY, Anne Warwick
12mo, PIP. 333 The John Lane Company
A public mans private life must be
above suspicion in Anglo Saxondom.
This maxim forms the basis OF TINS
story, which has many merits but suf-
fers somewhat from preternatural seri-
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FICTION
Spring Fiction, Serious and IN
Lighter Mood.
PROPERTY MARRIAGE.

ACCOUTT RENDERED. BY f.. +. Ben
son l2mo. PIP. 367. Doubleday rage
& Co.
Mr.. Benson story OF an English gov
erness who suddenly inherits a fortune
is part comedy, part serious life, and II
IT ends in tragedy it is only that the
reader may perceive the dawn or true
happiness. The constant pleasure or the
first part of the book lies in its shrewd-
" humorous touches of character IN the
charm of the governess's relations with
New-York tribune., 1911-04-09
POWDER AND PATCHES.

TUE IMPRIyDENCE OF PRUE. BY
Sonhie Fisher Illustrated by Herman
Pfeifer. 12mo, PIP. 357. The Bobbs- Merrill
Company.
Lady Prudence Brookes. comely ana
penniless young widow, 10 held up on the
road to London by highwayman. who
New-York tribune., 1911-04-09

the truth. But II these facts were TO be
dragged once more from increasing OBJ
livion along with the record Of Mary
Wollstonecraft's great service. Mr.. Tay-
lor has ably and frankly done his work.
New-York tribune., 1911-04-09
(From an illustration In "Oriental Cairo.D

French will soon come to their own again
so far az a reproduction OF the work can
secure this.
New-York tribune., 1911-04-09

cyNTHIA-OF-THE-M MINUTE A Romance.
BY Louis Joseph Vance. illustrations
hy Arthur I. Keller. l2mo, PIP. 349
Dodd, Mead & Co.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-02-16
.RUMORS OF CORRUPTION
FUND At STATE CAPITAL

Salem, ore, Feb. 16.-Stories of
corruption funds for the purpose of
defeating legislation which have had
no more foundation than rumor until
yesterday took their first definite
shape in g tale of q conversation
overheard in the lobby Iwo days ago
by Grove Fraser, grand president OF
the Brotherhood Of Railroad En-
ployes.
Fraser says he overheard two men
talking. He did not know them. one
of them said in substance. according
to this story:
"Confound it, I had to pile out Of
bed at o'clock {his morning to get
$4,000 and come up here TO defeat
this hospital fee bIl."
Fraser lost the rest of the conver-
sation and Jid not succeed in idenu-
flying the men. The hospital bill re-
ferred TO is supposed to be Sinnotr's
bill prohibiting employers of labor
fIom subtracting from the wages ol
employees to form hospital funds for
sick or injured employees. 1t was de-
feated in the senate the Gay this con-
versation is said to have taken place.
Fraser was Interested in the success
OF the bill.
other rumors have been in cir
Culation of a sack TO defeat 1he Dim
irk eight hour law, but these reports
have obtained no verifiCation-
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-02-16
MALARKEY's BILL APPROVED.
House Committee Reports in Favor
of Public Service Measure.

Salem, ore, Feb. 16.-The house
committee on railroads reported IA
vorably on Malarkeys public service
commission bill, which was immedi-
ately referred to the ways and means
committee.
The Fouts bill proposing a similar
commission but. exempting from its
jurisdiction municipalities regulating
their own public service corporations
remains in the hands of the commit
tee.
When the Malarkey bill comes back
from the ways and means committee,
all unfavorable report on the Fouts
bill is expected from the railroad
committee.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-02-16
o. A. 6. GETS NEW PROFESSOR.
w. II. Gardner of University of
Maine, Appointed TO Succeed C. A.
Cole, Resigned.

tohtf ihNsiE'No.
Oregon Agricultural College. Cor
wallis, Ore, Feb. 16.-Today the ap-
pointment of Prof. Victor X. Gard
ner, head of the department of hor-
ticulture of the University of Maine,
as associate professor of pomology at
Oregon agricultural college, has just
been announced.
Prof. Gardner succeeds Prof G. A.
Cole, who resigned to go into practi-
cal orchard work as superintendent
for the Lewiston Land and Water
company. He will arrive at the col
lege March II, and enter at once up
on his instructional duties.
Prof Gardner was born in Mch-
gan brought up on farm and edu-
Gated in the Michigan public schools,
receiving his bachelors degree at the
Michigan agricultural college in
1905. His record while a student at
that institution was the highest made
by any student in the past fifteen
years, and when he went to Ames to
study for the degree of master of
arts he was considered one of the
most brilliant men who had ever been
associated with his department in the
Iowa agricultural college. While
studying for his degree, which was
granted in 1907, he was engaged as
instructor in the horticultural de-
partment, a position which he left
to accept 4 similar one at the Mac
donald college of Quebec, Canada. In
1908 he was called to the agricultur
al college of the University of Maine
as assistant professor OF horticulture
and the year following was advanced
to a full pr ofessorship.
Prof. Gardner is not only an eX-
cellent Instructor, but also an able
administrator, having had the work
of acting head of the agricultural
college for the past year and a half
He is a lecturer of proven ability as
WELL having had occasion in the col
lege extension work to address many
farmers Institutes. grange meetings,
meetings of fruit growers associations
and similar gatherings. His duties
have also called frequently for the
demonstration of various horticulture
al practices.
Prof. c. /. Lewis, head of the O.
A. c. department Of horticulture, in
discussing the appointment of Prof
Gardner, expressed an opinion that
the northwest Was peculiarly fortu-
nate in being able to interest men of
such calibre and to draw them to
Oregon, to give lheir ability to the
building up of the horticultural in
terests of the state
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-02-16
ploving Near Nyalla twaIIa.

Walla Walhl VAST despite the
. fact that Il is colder tian 1t has been
for several days, and tDe fact that the
wind is blowing and f-here is some
snow. spring has come. Farmers or
the Hudson hay countT have estab-
lished this by beginning their spring
blowing The HUDSON bay country is
q part of Walla Walla country near
the Columbia river. which is warmer
than the rest, whore the soil is light
and sandy, and whore everything
vegetable gets the first start each
year
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-02-16
Art Attracts Big Bucks.

Kalispell, Mont.--Three Indians
were interested visitors at an art ex-
hibit where pictures Of many of the
worlds famous paintings and famous
architectural remains were being
shown for the benefit of the public
schools. The bucks, grasping their
blankets about them, shambled about
the room looking at the pictures.
guided by the small children OF the
grades, who were acting as their
ushers. The Indians said little, but
looked with silent satisfaction at the
pictures. giving equal attention TO all
classes and subjects and manifesting
no preferences. After half an hour
thcY returned.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-02-16
Bootlcggcrs Arrested.
Fred

OroviIle, Wash.-Sheriff FREQ
Thorp of Conconully Is making whole
sale arrests for the illegal selling of
liquor. The county went dry last
summer and complaints have been
sent into the county seat in regard to
bootleggers and the sale of drinks on
Sunday in incorporated towns that
still retain the saloon. DR.. Polk, drug
glst of Conconully, last week was ar
rested on warrant sworn to by
Prosecuting Attorney Fred T. Neal
charging the illegal sale of whisky.
Since this first arrest about 80 more
have been nabbed In the county,
Deputy Sheriff Mclean yesterday ar
rested James Holmes, shorty" Pot
ter and Ed. Buzzard for illegal selling
on Sunday. These men all gave bonds
to appear before the superior court
at Conconully "Wednesday.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-02-16
Summer School Plan Hit.

Salem, ore, Feb. 16.-Representa-
tive Mahoney has introduced a bin
making it unlawful for any county
school superintendent in the state to
conduct summer school whose pur-
pose is to prepare teachers to pass
examinations for teachers certifi-
Gates, or to conduct a school where
tuition is charged or to act as an in
structor in such a school. 1t is pro-
vided, however, that the act shall not
be so construed as to prevent any
county school superintendent from
holding the annual and local insti-
tutes as now provided by law.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-02-16
Rail Employees Lose.

Salem, Ore, Feb. 16.-Clyde's bin
giving discharged railroad employees
hearing before the railroad COM
mission before their discharge could
be enforced, was postponed ind Unite
ly in the house following an u7slvor-
able report from the committee on
railroads. Members Of the railroad
commission appeared before IL .om-
mittee and informed its members that
the commission would be unable 70
undertake the additional duti -s pro-
posed under the Clyde bill There
were only 20 votes against indefinite
postponement of the bill
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-02-16

Ia Grunde, Ore--Pietures of prize
winning dogs in a Chicago bench show
recently led to the return to DR.. NJ.
X Hall, of this city. of a valuable
Boston terrier which had been stolen
from him 4 year ago. Before eisap-
pcaring from La Grande the canine
had won many blue ribbons in Port
land and other coast dog shows. Long
since confident the dog had been
stolen and that he would never hear
from the animal again, Mr.. Han re-
signed himself to fate, but casually
reading a Chicago paper the other
day he saw picture of his lost dog