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The Washington times., 1911-05-21
DoctOrate Disputation.

Announcement has been made that a
doctorate disputation will be held by
morrow evening at s o'clock. Many
prominent men are on the program.
The Washington times., 1911-05-21
after a Hard Days Shopping

stimulant is necessary to drive away that tired
feeling. Dufy's Pure Malt Whiskey will make
you feel yourself again. 1t has rich, appeal
ing flavor, clean, delightful wholesomeness
that make you forget you're taking tonic.
Duffys Pure Malt Whiskey enriches the
blood and strengthens the nerves. 1t warns, it
nourishes, it satisfes-more than any other
whiskey made. That's why it has been the
quality standard for over fifty years.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-04-01
M. r. n.
TWO IMPOSTORS AND TINKER. By
Dorothea Conyers. l2mo PIP. Sll. E' /
Dutton 6 Co.

TWO IMPOSTORS AND TINKER. Ey
Dorothea Conyers. 12mo. PIP. 3il. h' T.
Dutton & Co.
Have you ever hunted to hounds? II
YOU have. so much the better; If you
have not. YOU will be in the same posi-
ton as the two impostors of this story
brother and sister-who take an irish
pack. he as NJ. F. H.. while she dis
Cuises herself as his huntsman. Part OF
the Jokes Of their mistakes will be rather
difficult to the average American reader,
but the author knows her business, and
makes most of this part Of the tale I'M
derstandable and laughable to the veriest
layman. Moreover, there are other
things in the story, things Irish all OF
them, encounters with the local families
and with local domestic arrangements.
There is also q local heiress with a dis
reputable father-the fortune was her
mothers. and is now hers The most
attractive figure in the book is the sis
ter, full of fun and bravoly facing the
complications that grow around them as
their masquerade draws nearer to its
inevitable exposure. Tinker, il should
be added, is q dog. The book is cheer
full reading. which is merely another way
Of saying that the author has achieved
her purpose
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-04-01
ANOTHER HlGHWAYMAN.

THE BROWN MASK. BY Percy Brebner.
Colored frOntiSpiece by Christopher
Clark. II. I. 12mo. PIP. SH. .Cassell &
Co, Ltd.
The posthumous vitality, if the eX-
preston be permissible. of the English
highwayman is one of the marvels OF
current fiction. He bobs up time and
again as one Of The few survivors Of a
no longer recent outburst of more or
less historic romanticsn. Here he is
once more. in a brown mask. mounted
or stecd whose speed is as marvellous
as its jumping power, and of course he
moves among the roysterers, gamblers
and pronisates and the reckless women
Of fashion who were part Of James IFS
inheritance from his merry father. The
period OF the tale being thus indicated,
II becomes important TO add that the
highwayman, who squres a noble dam
sci in distress is suspected also of high
treason in connection with Monmouth's
short lived Instruction. The author has
planned his story ingeniously; he has
made cleve: combinations that keep the
interest in tn dot alive far more than
~ the charact g: his complications are
numerous. but the effect of it all is
only momentary. which. when one comes
70 thinl: Of it, is not so small an achieve
ment with such well Worn material.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-04-01

so is tie panic that overlook her when
ever she must appear in public. shy
ness. indeed. is the tor;.rc CT many
royalties. according TO her:
NV mother knew what ii meant to suffer
from shynoss; sne hardly ever entered the
drawing room In her youth without haNih,
shed tears beforehand, so terrible an ordeai
VAC II In her Nor did my grand
mothers deafness ever prevent her from
entering into conversation with cach per
son presented 10 her. finding the IlSht tnii9
To say to each one, whilst only hcr helSht-
cred colcr betrayed TO those who knew her
well the torture IL was to her 10 go on
talking thus. without hearing more thah a
chance word here and there or the othol
replies.
These "reminiscences have. however
their brighter side: there is much IN
them of the happy resiliency OF child
hood that. fortunately, nothing can
break. The author goes backward ana
forward in her pages. bringing her mar
rative down in a fragmentary way 10
her betrothal and marriage. Her phiio-
sophical reflections upon life. III her
quality as Carmen sylvia, are not pro-
found and often obvious. but that
scarcely matters, since they do not al
feet the genuine. simple picture OF the
child. 1t is that picture which MAKES
tho hook what it is. n sympathetic anu
apoealing bit of autobiographic chilu
study
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-04-01
Literary Nese's onG Crsffcfsf's

fortune, returns to Europe at last to re-
new his lost youth. Paris proves a fail
ure, because his memory and his high
expectations have made no allowance for
the passing of time and the changes in
himself He crosses To England
Homeland here the comedy really be-
gins. Conrad starts with search for
the love Of his childhood. He finds her.
married, blowsy. affected. with vast
social pretensions, in a small suburban
villa. Then follows the episode of the
unforgettable woman who had kissed
him when he was a lad of seventeen.
Her. too, he finds. Mr.. Merrick treats
the episode daintily. humorously Maui
usual sneer. Now. it so happens that
Lady Darlington. who has married from
the chorus into the pceraEe. feels long
ing to go back to the stage She doesn't
desire to act again. o. no. what she
wants is to be con the road with NO. =
crowd-a No. 8 crowd by preference. l
want to arrive in hole-and-corner town
on O. Sunday night, and call the landlady
ma oh, how soul stirring it would be
to call a landlady ma again." SO she,
like Conrad, goes in search OF her youth.
The two meet in that hole-in-the-corner
town. Conrad believes that his quest is
ended at last, and the author leaves him
in that belief The latter part OF the
story is not so good as its beginning, but
Mr.. Merrlck certainly is entertaining N
an IRRESPONSIBLE and somewhat indecor-
Gus way that yet has enough OF human
nature in 1t to justify the subtitle.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-04-01
A Group Of Short Stories by the
Late Marion Crawford.
THRILLS.

WANDERING GHOSTS. BY r. Mario n
Crawford With frontispiece LIMO pp'
500 The Macmillan Company
The posthumous volumes of a noVehst
have too often a melancholy way OF
making the reader wish that they hau
never been published, but once IN a
while souvenirs of this sort are ai'o-
eether welcome This is one OF the rare
occasions Crawford put some OF his
best work into the short stories mere
gathered together. The book mas sooo
title wandering Ghosts has just the
right shivery suggestiveness, ana IL per-
fect,v fits the six or seven different mar
ro.,vos These are tales of horror with
n vengeance Of lovers sundered through
6jabolical wickedness. Of murder leaving
behind dreadful trails Of mystery OF
hard-headed men compelled to yield TO
srnernatural powers Even lightly to
sketch the substance of any OF 'he
stories would be to spoil them LOT the
reader. We hold it a crime against the
comradeship Of letters even to mint al
cIew in the case Of q work whose whole
m,rpose is to hold one in bewildered sus-
pense. 1t is enough if we say that IN
this book Crawford endows the smile or
q dead face with tragical significance
that on the loss OF man overheard 1T
hangs an almost incredible and yet quite
plausible drama 1.-THE Screaming Skull
is an amazing little piece. made the moro
Impressive through the simple language
a the suDposititious narrator. But 1--we
had TO choose among them all We NouiC
na,,o .orhe ITpper Berth as the best OF
the stories 1t was thrilling wnen W.
read it some years ago, and it has $1,000
the test Of rc-reading; it has thrilled III
again. Decidedly this book is worthy o.
CroUford's high repute.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-04-01
WITT, a PURPOSE.
JOHN MERRIDEW 4 Romance. /
Frederick Arthur. limo, PIP. 3Gi Lon,
mans, Green & Co

JOHN MERRIDEW. 4 Romance. BY
Frederick Arthur. l2mo PIP 3Gi Long
mans, Green & Co.
The plot of this story is unfolded in
Italy though some Of its scenes are laid
in England There are great many
turns to this plot. which involves Italian
secret societies, all sorts Of vllany, as
sassinations committed and frustrated,
and, on the other hand an idealistic
young Italian Of the new era. and the
Italian clergy, more particularly the
members OF the Society of Jesus. There
IS also the heircss 10 one OF the little
principalities so numerous in the geog-
raphy of fiction. She is abducted, of
course, by one Of the three parties strug-
Cling for control, and it is the English
man, John Merridow. who sets out TO
find her. His sojourn in Italy has
stripped him Of many insular prejudices.
wherefore he seeks the powerful aid Of
the Jesuts, with their world wide or
ganizaton. in tracing her The authors
purpose is double one-that OF warn
ing England against the dangers Of ease
and it's dcterioratng effect upon char
actor. and Of preaching religious toler-
ance Of leading his countrymen. in his
own words. Ito acknowledge that all is
not necessarily wrong at Rome nor all
necessarily right ar Canterbury" Per-
haps on account of it's avowed purposes
the book Is somewhat rambling as a
story
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-04-01
SHAKESPEARE IN PARlS
A New and Interesting WORK Oh
French Criticism.
Paris. March %.

Evor since Voltaire made his wild par
tisan attacks on ''The Tragedy Oh nam
let" intelligent people in France ha,e
been endeavoring to appreciate and CRUZ
disc Shakespeare. NJ. Georges Duval, the
latest. and perhaps the best ana most
conscientious. OF the transia'ors VI '',e
meet into French, has written an eXcei-
lent little book of some three huhdreo
pages, Just published by Ernest flam-
,oorion. I,Oeuvre Shakespearienne, son
tIistoire. 1616-191O." This history OF
cbokesnoare's works and Of their crit
icsm during three hundred years Is I"
valuable and concise summary OF 'ie
vast store of literature that has alreauy
appeared OF the same subject.
AS q rule. enthusiasm in France lor
Shakespeare was very milo uhtii
wears. when Nine. Sarah Bernhardl' M'
Jean Richepin, NJ. Porel, as manager oi
the Odeon: NJ. Antoine. the present man.
ager Of that theatre NJ. Edmond Harau-
court, NJ. Maeterlinck and NJ. CANINE
de Saint-Croix, founder OF the Ihea're
Shakespeare, have all accomplished SO
much toward popularizing him In Paris'
Voltaire and Tolstoy-who described
Hamlet" as "the drama of an lgnora-
mus"-have exercised an influence most
unfavorable and unfair toward Shake
speare. DAlembert, and afterward La
MARITIME, followed the example or VOL
taire. When Victor Hugo's SOB Fran
co.'s translated the sonnets and plays
the author of Les Chatiments, VINO
was unable to read the great poet IN
English. wrote a letter TO the French
Shakespeare Committee in 1864 eulogiz-
ing him and congratulatng it's members
'for making Shakespeare a citizen OF
the French republic Of letters at the
moment when England was making
Garibaldi a citizen of the city Of Lon
DON" This committee, whose plans TO
celebrate the three hundredth anniver-
sary Of Shakespeare's birth were for
hidden by Napoleon III, included Alex
andre Dumas, Hector Berlioz, jules Favre.
George Sand, Th6ophile Gautier, Littre.
I.egouvG. AIichelet and Leconte de
Lisle. Hippolyte Tame declined 70 as
sociate himself with the French admir-
ers of Shakespeare on this occasion, but
it is only fair to point out that the en-
inent author of "Histoire de la Littera-
ture Angaise" was the first to judge
Shakespeare by Elizabethan surround
ings, and with due regard to how and
where his plays were acted.
It Is interesting to note that David
Garrick during his visits to Paris eX-
planned Shakespeare's plays to the ar
lists of the Coincide Francaise. He
talked about Shakespeare at the recep-
tons OF the fascinating Mile. Clarion,
the actress. He even recited passages
from Macbeth" Hamlet" and "Rich-
ard III' before Marmontel, Dderot.
Grimm, Hobach and other "encyclope-
Gstes" He paid Voltaire a visit at Fer
ney and argued with him about Ham
let" Garrick's father was a French
Protestant, whose parents had been
exled from their native town of
Bordeaux by the revocation Of the
Edict of Nantes, and David took pride
in making Shakespeare's plays known
among his Partisan colleagues. In this
respect great credit is due, in our own
time. to Sarah Bernhard c. I. B.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-04-01
.,o,s indexer had an astounding cati'"

tious indexer had an astoundins '"'"o
l,citv Of IMAGINATION. However we are
ia That tho "clcanness" Of which the
work may boast is due to great ca
tent to the thorough preliminary rah''S
Of the articles performed by the 'h"eA''''
Many interesting personalities ""'
hoon aesociated with the building OF this
great structure. King Edward VII cav
his,personal supervision to the prepar',is
Of the ooIored plates which illustrate ''I'
various orders of knighthood' ana
n,ittod member of the editorla' s'''''
20 snend many days at Buckingham fai-
ace viewing and arranging the col'ec''o''
Of the insignia of the orders which every
country had conferred upon nm.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-04-01
DARTMCOR ONCE MORE.

DEMETER's , DAUGH HI I;s X Tge G JoSn
Lane Company.
The question was asked last year py
one Of Mr.. Phillpottss American REVIEW
ers if people still could be found WHO
read his descriptions of the Dar'ihooi
country. 1t may well be that those WHO
have followed his work from the hrst
volume by volume, have learned TO SKIN
his rugged. rude landscape, relying Oh
memory Of his earlier canVases' Oii 'he
other hand, whoever comes 10 any oi'0
of his later stories first, without previous
knowledge of it's many predecessors
is certain to fall under the spell ana u
recognize its grim, dominating pedu'!'
If Mr.. Phillpotts has not deterlorateu' il
his feeling for his chosen scene has not
Icon weakened by much reiteration. his
art has developed steadily in ITS con-
struction of plots and its insight INTO
human nature. "Demeters Daughter
is not so much a study of Dartmoor
folk as of human nature and human HE
i'm their wider significance. The story
has a universal meaning in the figure
of its mother woman. daughter OF earth,
and in the narrative of her indefatigable,
yalorous. sacrificing labor TO keep
standing her family in the face of grind
ing poverty, Of the perversity of youth
and the shiftlessness of an idle, weak,
garrulous husband. another type Of more
than local significance Mr.. Phillpotts
deals in tragedy always: it is in keeping
with his sombre, exacting scene One
reader Of all his earlier books. at least,
will place this latest one from his pen
by their side. 1t is worthy of the best
OF them-strong, sincere, excellent work
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-04-01
CANOE 1000 YEARS OLD.
From The London Globe.

i rom L nc LOiiuon blObe.
An ancient canoe, the third found
within few weeks at Lochmabe has
been discovered at the Kirk Loeb. 1t is
of black oak. one of the sides and part
of the other are gone, but the bottom
and the ends make 1t recognizable as one
Of the ancient followed out canoes used
by the prehistoric Britons. When I'M
earthed it was partly filed with stones,
as if it had been sunk with them. Pro-
vost Halliday was notified of the dis
covery He Immediately inspected it,
and communicated with the Dumfries
Antiquarian Society, and the latter sent
down two representatives. These had
no hesitation in certifying that it was an
ancient canoe. which probably dated
back two thousand years. The canoe is
thirteen feet in length. and at the broad
est part is feet = inches 1t is about
fifteen inches in height.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-04-01
AMUSING READING.

CONRAD IN QUEST OF HIS YOUTH.
An ExtravGgance of Temperament. ~
Leonard Merrick. limo, PIP. 20j. Mitchell
kennerlcy.
air. Merrick, who las long list Of
titles to his credit in England, is intro
duced with his story to American read
ers, his sponsors being, besides his els
Atlantic publisher, Mr.. j. NJ. Barrie and
DR. Robertson Nicoll The book is un-
deniably clever and entertaining. Con
rad, having spent twenty years of his
Ife in the British colonies amassing a
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-04-01
CARMEN SYLVIA
Recollections of Her Childhood
and Youth.

FROM MEMORY'S SHRINE. The Remi-
niscences of Carmen sylvia. Translated
from the German By her majesty's de-
sire by her former secretary. Edith
Hopkirk. With illustrations. Svo. PIP
81. Philadelphia: J. Il. Lippincott
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-04-01

WANDERING GHOSTS. By F; Marion
Crawford. With frontispiece. l-nio' pP
500 The Macmillan Company
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-04-01

THE BROWN MASK. BY Percy Brebner.
Colored frontispiece by Christopher
Clark. II. /. l2mo, PIP. SH. .Cassell &
Co, Ltd.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1911-03-02
JACK WAITE IS SHIPPER
Teams Have Arrived and Have Started
Hauling Ore To Railroad

The purchased by the Jack company have arrived
wagons are taking powder and trip will haul first
load OF ore from the the Shipments will contn
ued from
The rise of the Jack Waite has been and has attracted
attention to the wonderful possibilities dAene
district
When Patrick Burke took the propty October 1909
and agreed S25OOO0 surface showing
at his daring but he raised sufficient money make the initial pay
men and provide substantial working fund Since then has
nshed series of surprises gratifying they extraordinary
and each development has served prove the justification
Mr. Burke's faith in his judgment.
The climax about the first of the year, when fine body
clear gena exposed This three wide
five feet with further development
Since the happy elimination does
management did good deal of thinking relative the final pay
men of 100000 Lee Mantle for the property They they
could raise the but would probably sacrifice of
large block OF the treasury stock This did not suit President Burke
or Treasurer Peter Smitz They wanted the treasury
and when the strike announced orders for the stock began
pour and the entire allotment quickly subscribed many orders
had to be refused and among those desiring their holdings
Lee Mantle, the former owner.
The stock sold under this allotment provided for the 100000
payment which made February when clear title given
the and also gave development fund of $25OOO
The Jack Waite bonanza 1t promises add another crop
long honor roll
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1911-03-02
WALLACE, IDAHO, THURSDAY, MARCH 2, 1911

The Caledonia lying close to the properties of the Bunker
Hill Sullivan and the Federal Mining company but entirely
distinct system has made the phenomna record of
property the Coeu Aenes the Hercules This
property which located 1885, the year that the Bunker
Hill Sullivan discovered laid idle three years aside
from the annual representation and the meager geological
knowledge of the district attracted little attention. but its develop
ment has demonstrated the likelihood of number of similar
systems being developed in the district.
The which of unusual high grade lead and silver
also very important contents of "copper" has been developed
depth 500 feet by inclined shaft equipped with electric
hoist All thus far produced have been hand sorted and shipped
direct the company having bo milling facilities, but with the
peon Of long tunnel from Deadwood creek which
vein several hundred feet deeper than the bottom the shaft
be handled directly to the railroad greatly reduced of
operation This will also afford the advantage of permitting the
milling to be treated extracted from the mine that the profits
of the company should be materially increased in the future
The Stewart which lies northwest of Caledonia
has produced during the major portion the year. being handled
by rail to Wallace where it mld the formerly
by the Mammoth mine Active development carried
and large OF milling put in sight This property
also vein system separate and apart any the
developed the district but the character of the nearly
conforms main Wardner SYSTEM than that the Gale
donia.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1911-03-02
MARSH SHIPS FIRST CAR
Burke Property Enters List of CONNER
cially Productive Mines of District

The first shipped from the Marsh last week. The
coming unexpectedly several times when the
for shipment delayed this but from shipments of ore
will be made regularly small scale The mill will be operation
by April and concentrates will be shipped daily then.
Crude expected to between 65 and 20 per
around 60 of silver and 81 gold ton values in silver
and gold much above the average of the district
The Marsh nmie is in splendid physical condition maintain
shipments of this character The drift the 2OOoot level
main shaft which sunk from the No tunnel long
$50 feet being to the east and 20 feet to the the shaft
Throughout this entire distance body averages 30 inches in
width which about six inches than averaged the No.
tunnel level About oneha of all the sight shipping grade
To handle the Marsh economically found necessary
construct elevator to hoist the from the the
the bins the o the m and switch get the cars to
the best position for unloading 1t is this and the installation
75horsepowe electric delaying the immediate
operation of the mill
The 7horsepower motor is being moved from the mne where
has been replaced with 100 horsepower Meanwhile
everything has been done the was requisite to put It
condition for large and steady production surface tramway has
been installed from the shaft to the chute connecting with
Hercules ramway which the ore bins on the
railroad track splendid equipment machinery the neces
sary buildings have been provided
Beside the work which has been done below the No. tunnel
level uprase has been driven the No. tunnel con-
Meeting with the No. tunnel 1t shows throughout average width
three feet of fine milling which fully as much as the
expected develop that direction The dumps con-
tain between 900 and 5000 of of shipping grade
taken out in the of development.
The directors OF the fully expect have the Marsh
dvdendpayng basis by the time of its meeting July
1t believed that the crude shipments will all operating
expenses of the property including all Developments will
be the companys policy the mine greater depth rapidly
possible.
There Indebtedness whatever on the NINE deeds to which
were turned over recently All of the company holdings
ened The treasury shares only
of the company authorized capital having been
issued
The officers of the company are President c. L. Cowe Of Mis-
soua vcepesdent and general A. Booth Of Wallace
treasurer John A. White Of Spokane secretary Ed Poman Spo
kan director in addition to the above Eugene Carroll Of Butte