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AURORA REFUSES TO DIE.
Town Made Famous ny Mark
Twain IL Revived,

Aurora. probably the oldest mining
camp In the State OF Nevada. the former
home OF Mark Twain and other historic
persons OF the early days of the West,
which was thought a dead camp. has not
only revived as a mining community,
hut is beginning to show an unusual
metropolitan aspect.
The Fourth OF July celebration OF
Mineral county, writes a correspondent
Of the san Francisco Chronicle, is
to he held at Aurora and close to
1000 people will he entertained.
The entrance Of the Goldfeld Con.
solidated Mining Company, the big
Wingield concern, into the camp has
stimulated an unusual interest in .Au-
rora, The old mining property has been
taken over by the Wingheld interests,
. new mill erected and a month pro-
duction Of close to $4,000 is now being
realized.
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crown Of thorns even to the most
awful death. and I will wear this much
lighter. one humbly for the sake Of His
name and the truth" And uttering
such brave words even In the awful
moment Of martyrdom John Huss gave
up the ghost.
OF Sigismund's part in the AFFAIR.
pledging to Huss a safe return to
Prague. the author thinks the King
could only have meant to promise per-
sonal protection on the journey home
In the event Of a favorable verdict by
the council:
It Is probable the council would have
broken with the king n he had kept the
letter OF his pledge. Atrocfous
as the principle IL that faith IL not TO be
kept with a hereto. II was the principle
upon which sigismund and the council
acted and the council denned. The Span
ish king. Ferdinand. knew well the meth
DDS Of the Papal inauisitor when he said
that II IL not breaking faith to break
faith with a man who breaks his faith
with God.
What Is Huss's place in the history
Of Protestant reformation? Huss died
a century before the hour for the
Protestant movement struck" Luther
and his followers gave permanence
to a body OF opinions which Huss
held" They outhussed Huss. but by
expanding his ideas. not by recon-
structing them: by giving them not
new form but clearer definition Of out
line. Huss kept close to wyclif.
Luther said that he and his associates
had all been Hussites without know
ing II.
In a HusEtte hymn book OF 1872.
now In the Prague universities collec-
ton. Is a page illuminated with three
medal.ions. n representing Wyclif
striking fire with two f,ints, one show
ing Huss starting a flame. and the
other. Luther holding aloft the burn
ing torch.
The Bohemian's greatest service vas
his impressive stand for the rights Of
conscience, and the best book that
could he written about him would
show more Of the man. even at cost
Of sacrificing something OF the
theology.
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Paradox and epigram are not COM
ponent elements Of the critical style
OF Mr.. KEN Cox as exhibited In his
bouquet Of essays Artist and Public
(Scribners); they are thoughtful and
authoritative rather than brilliant and
subjective, they drive at the sober in
telligence instead Of the restless fancy,
they have weight and warmth. And
II Is good to have some one saying
with such calm insistence these well
reasoned things about art in general
and American art in particular at a
time when, In the high and holy names
OF progress and originality. there IL so
much mummery at the affairs of false
gods. The correctness Of the state
ments is a consideration subordinate
to the mere fact Of having them made
in such a manner.
What is the fundamental distinction
between modern art and the older art.
taking the French revolutionary
period as the dividing line? The art
of the past, so Mr.. Cox answers his
own question. was produced for a
public that wanted II and understood
It, by artists who understood their
public: the art OF to-day Is offered to
n public far less sympathetic by ar
lists who too often scorn the public
for which they have to work. The
relation IL less simple and natural than
II was formerly.
Earlier art was an aristocratic af-
fair. Democracy spreads, and wipes
out aristocratic privilege. Though the
word IL not used in these pages, pluto
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TOBACCO AS LEGAL TENDER
Missouri Editors Once Rec.,,.a ,.
in Payment Of subscrip,io,.

When i was a lad living In Hunt.
Vile, Mo-. tobacco raising was ina ~.
Industry OF the country and re -
was largely used as leca, tenfer"-
marked NJ C.. Tracy. who is now
resident of Marion. to a reporter o, m.
Kansas City star. "
II well remember. along In tho IA.
Of seeing great stocks Of hundles n,
tobacco piled up on one side ~ ~.
Huntsville American Office. That, u,,
along In 1856. The tobacco iepresa,,.i
receipts on subscriptions Earn hn,
die contained ten pounds Of tobacco an,
was good to make the subscriber soIi.
with the paper for one year. The "a
bacco was weighed in the once ava
the subscriber was credited with IA
cents a pound, the market price tn,
tobacco offered the editor was OF N.
finest quality and used only for clsa,.
There was a large factory In Hnr,s
Vile, where a great nan slaves w.,
employed in getting the tobacco read,
for the market. The EDITOR son, ~.
tobacco of along with that Of the ssl,
pers and received his money when ,bay
did.
Back OF the newspaper once wa,
pen. where the editor would keen ,,,,
and small stock taken on subscrir,i,r,
lleTe was Du' very lI'l' money IN 'hA
country and such things as the farns,,
raised passed as legal tender. A news.
paper office was practically a warshoys.
for country products.
THE most remarkable payment o,
newspaper subscriptions. perhaps. va.
that rendered by a subscriber 10 ,hs
old Bloomington Gu:otte somewher. :,
the '40s. The subscriber had a ls,r.
fat tombstone which mad been eree,ei
at the head Of some NJ his a-ees,o-s
graves. He had long forgotten who n,
ancestors were, and as the editor needed
a smooth stone TO mix his ink on. \.
found the reverse % the monument, ,
be just the thing and promptly cret,,ei
the subscriber with his subscription "a.
the stone and both felt the richer b,
the trade"
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PREHISTORIC WORKS IN OHIO
In h State There Are 5000 Re
mains NJ Ancient civilization,

on the banks Of the Srlo',. N'--
-Four miles of Columbus. ON t'- ,..'N
boundary. stanh two oousp'ruul. sNI~'.
pies of the work Of the prch!s'or. nso-
pies of that vicinity. on" Is Cr rrs =
~Flenniken farm, on the east hank - 81"
river. and on the west side Of f.s or
road. about n mile north Of the 80 ~
pumping station and filtration itr'
The other is on the west side ~ 'Ne
river. three miles further NORTH. .rf &
on the west side Of the road ths' .. 20
the west shore OF the river. II o7
the Shrum farm.
They are mounds Of the same 'yr.
and of considerable size, They start ~
level planes. from which th,s $50
abruptly and symmetrically to a no .
Of twenty or twenty-five feet. II w4v
appear to any observer. writes y =
Galbra,th IN the Columbus Dtspr'-f
that they are artificial and not nl'.r'
mounds, The owners OF the pror.r' E
have long placed high values OF chow
n have not been disposed to r. ~ ,
them 10 be opened. As a matter o' - ,
scientific archRologists are not ar,0.'
to explore these mounds. for wht'r 'r,.
admire them as examples OF ~ W.,
of the ancient Inhabitants her" '"'
know from experience IN explur.rt -I'
earthworks that Il Is extremely % So
that they would yield anythiuc v.'
the time and labor Il would tahe DO ,
the explorations,
There are several less consr !7'
mounds IN the county that nr. " -
curator OF the museum AZ ohn $500"
University, would prefer TO open w.| rs
that the general public wou'' ''
regard. II indeed they wouli p"
them as the work % prchie'or %
at an, There Is a mound OF '' m
the olentangy near Worth.r@' ..'. e
hardly known At all 10 the r..'
lie hat pr. Mills has been Va 80
some time, II know that WuI D
yield II rich store OF t%rcasur,s,
There isn't any sort Of dpuh' .""' y
but ! feel sure that any y $751; '.
explore the two Scjoto moI'..s H..'
get little for his pains"
Counting them all, big md ''.. =
are probably $50 earthwork. 81,
ancient people within tn" uu.'-
Franklin county. and Nvo cor -' -
sand IN tho state Of phfu y. ~
state IN the Union is r.ch'" 'r '.
dences Of n prehistoric riyl'.7'' 'E
the Buckeye state IS.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-06-20
4 Kindly, Honest French Critic os
America.

Americans are supposed to yearn for
the globe trotter's answer to the query
What do you think of us?" propounded
before the visitor has had opportunity
To see us at all. The early question
may catch the fattering response: and
1t dlsarms adverse criticism. Not
many OF our visitors take the trouble
after a tour Of inspection TO put their
impressions into literary form. A
genial. rather sly invader from Ireland
did 1t a few months ago: but the re-
port by the canon OF st. Patrick's
Cathedral in Dublin was neither so
comprehensive nor so profound as that
by an estimable French friend Of long
and high standing, PAUL II. r.
D'EsTouRNELLEs DE CONSTANT in
America and Her Problems (Macmil-
lans). This statesman Of France and
apostle OF peace has entertained us
before and is welcome again.
OF the French language the French
visitor finds us more often shy than
cious to suspect him OF double en-
tendre: shy Of" lacking in, made
qustely supplied with. short OF
French" Our long distances, In town
and between towns, are characteristic:
our cities, mountains, trees, rivers and
other things are so big II Is surprising
our men are not bigger. We are a
great people because we are a nation
of early risers and because we have
such courage as was shown by Gal
weston and San Francisco after their
historic dignatprQ Tha Ar,arica ~
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nnd an unappreciated genius in the
whole history Of art until the begin
ming Of the nineteenth century" The
experience Of men like Millet. Corot.
Rousseau launched the legend OF in
evitable misunderstanding which lis
the cause Of nearly all the shortcom-
ings Of modern art. the weakness Of
what is known as official or academic
art no less than Of the extravaganza
OF the art Of opposition" Exhibitions,
medals and prizes, the salon picture:
necessary evils under existing condi-
tons. The painter Of mural decora-
tons Is in %sounder. more natural re-
lation to the public: in touch with its
honest taste and not ridden by hum
bug. Illustration IL "one Of the health
lest and most vigorous forms Of mod
ern art"
In the sos Of the nineteenth CEN
fury, adventurous spirits" hogan to
choose each for himself one Of three
possible courses: whistler's estheti-
cism. Monet's scientific naturalism.''
Cezanne's pure self-expression." I'm
p~ressionisn, post-impressionism. cub
ism and futurism: the path OF heresy.
| NIltS'iVI y II "ut Ot-ts HihItS
sionism offers the part as the whole.
| Cubism and futurism. utterly unlike in
that one is static and deals with bulk,
the other kinetic and concerned with
motion. rebellious against conf ~ ment
to the sirgle moment OF vision.
are alike in their insincerity. deca-
dence and corruptness. Symbolic ?
But symbols are the means Of com
munication. which Ia necessarily dual
istic: IL an artist Is to choose his
symbols to suit himself. and to make
them mean anything he chooses. who
is to say what he means or whether
he mean anything" Art cannot live
on hypocrisy and ignorance. and 1--WE
have a right to reject with pity or
with scorn the stammerings of incom-
petence. the babble OF lunacy or the
vaporing OF imposture."
So far Mr.. Cox is in uneasy mood
When he comes to the American
School, he finds compensation: Our
painters "are no longer followers OF
foreign masters or students learning
technique and Indifferent to anything
Else" They are producing work with
a character Of It's own. and not in
ferior. in respect of any quality that
justifies art to the world, to any other
existing school" II Is "singularly old
fashioned" free from the madness for
novelty. Its conservatism Is not the
stolid conservatism that marks Sc
much Of English painting, but an ar.
dent. determined. living" conservatism
Our 'modernists" are far behind their
European models In audacity. and
they are not the ones who give Amer
lean art Its tone Resonant color
ing Is coming back to Its own: power
and fulness come with II. The move
ment Is not duly rea%ctionary: It is
a wise and courageous return to the
point OF divergence from the right
road.
Mr.. Cox fortihes these assertions
with a wealth Of illustrative reference
All the chapters. on Millet. Raphaei.
Saint Gaudens. THE Illusion of Prog.
ress" and Two Ways Of Painting
swing in line with the title essay,
Artist and Public and. whether OF
not the premises and conclusions are
Endorsed. make a clear. cogent pres
entation OF a very definite view OF the
place and needs Of art in the modern
world.
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LET TOTS PICK OWN BOOKS.
They VIII Find Inspiration IN IN.
Work.

Librarians in charge of children = Ae-
partmentS wer' advised 70 G. -'.N %
their enthusiasm 10 render sep, =,
Mrs. Edna Lyman Scott OF S.l''., - =
meeting Of the section IN 'h'tr. "a
with children of the Amsrirlu I.r,t.,
Association AZ Berksle"
She said the librarian vas '-H =,
overdo her work In selecting 'H0 N
children, saws the Oakland Trj.u 20.
the children select their own '....
they may develop their hr t.' "H'
inspiration In the discovery Of nunss 49,
like. Mrs. Scott advisei
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II being declared by the second section
Of the Second Article Of the Constitution
that the President shall have power, by
and with the advice and consent Of the
Senate. to make treaties. provided two
thirds OF the Senators present concur, the
House Of Representatives do not claim
any agency In making treaties. hut that
when a treaty stipulates regulations on
any Of the subjects submitted ny the
Constitution to the power Of Congress, It
must depend for It's execution as to such
stipuia,Vpe on a law or avs to he passed
by Congress, and II n the constitutional
right aht duty OF the House OF Repre-
sentative, In all such cases to deliberate
on the eTpediencv or neNpediency Of
carrying spch treaty into effect. and to
determine. and act thereon as In their
judgment may be most conducive to the
public good.
There spoke America.
In Turner VS.. American Baptist Mis-
sionary Union. s Mclean, 347, Federal
Cases 1881. it was declared: "A
treaty is the supreme law OF the land
In respect NJ such matters only as the
treaty making power, without the aid
OF Congress. can carry into effect
Prof. Tucker cites for each President
from John Adams to Mckinley one
case In which he recognized "the right
OF the House 10 deliberate upon and
consider all treaties which carry ap-
preparations or propose q change in
the revenne avs" or course that Is
not the right" Of Congress: II Is onl,
the privilege Of preconsideratior
granted u. the House In recognition o.
Its right " practical veto.
In chapters on Treaty Obligation,
70 Foreigners" and Police Power Of
she States" Prof. Tucker Is simpl,
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Then Huss went on to speak OF the
chief priests. scribes and Pharisees who
delivered Christ to PLATE. saying. 1T IL
not lawful for us 20 put any ono TO
death" These were more Migrant MUIR
derers, he continued, than plate. for Christ
said, He who hath delivered Me up hath
the greater sin" Then the buzz turned
to a tumult, and the council cried out;
who II like unto those scribes and
Pharisees7 DO you pretend to mean those
who deliver a hereto over to the secular
arm ?" Huss replied: Those, l mean.
who deliver the innocent over to the sec
ular arm for death. as did the chief priests
and Phsrisees, who delivered Christ up
to Plate Then they shouted: NO. no,
here you are speaking Of the doctors"
Finding him guilty OF teaching
many things evil. scandalous. sedi-
tious and dangerously heretical." n
misleader Of the people, the council de-
graded him from the priesthood and
gave him over to be dealt with by the
Of the AFFAIR could have invented an
incident more "in character" than that
which occurred when they came to cut
his hair so as to difgure the tonsure.
Discussion arose whether z or
scissors should be used.
See" cried the prisoner. how these
bishops are MOI able to agree in their
blasphemy!"
A high paper cap was placed on his
head, with representation OF three
devils plucking at a soul, and the word
"Heresiarch." The formula was then
pronounced. "Committimus amman
tuam diabolo," Huss retorted. "And !
commit It to my gracious Lord. Jesus
Christ" And, referring to the cap Of
ignominy, h- said THE crown my
Saviour we're or His most sacred head
was heavy and irkSome. The one I
wear is Easy and light. He wore .
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-10-19

Cornish was called to the bench in
1907 Since that time Mr.. Bassett
has conducted the business alone.
Mr.. Basset was united in marriage
June "a, 1908, to Miss Lula j. Holden
OF Bennington, VT.
In addition to his law business Mr..
Bacsett is identified with various in
terests Of public nature He is sec
rotary and trustee of the Coburn
Classical Institute, director of the
Augusta General hospital. and is also
trustee of the Augusta Savings
banks and the State Trust Co. He is
general counsel for the. New England
Tel. & Tel Co, in Maine, counsel for
the John f. Eill estate. and one of
the trustees of the Augusta Y. NJ. c.
a. He is also identified with city al
fairs and has served in both branch
es Of the city council He is mem
Der of the several Masonic bodies in
his home city and in politics is a Re-
publican.
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GIRL spEEDER LOSES LICENSE
Commission Acts on Case
of Miss Dahlgren

The Massachusetts highway COM
mission has suspended the automo-
bile operators license of Miss kath-
crime Dahlgren. daughter OF Mrs.
Dahlgren of New York, who is pass
ing the season in LenoX with her fam
lily. the commission having reason to
believe that Miss Dahlgren had been
operating her automobile in an i'm
proper manner. Miss Dahlgren had
been three times before the Lee dis
trict court charged with operating
her automobile with the muller cut
out for speeding and operating her
automobile in a dangerous manner
and for speeding. She was fined
twice for speeding and the other
charges were filed.
The commission will not return
Miss Dahlgrens license for some
time, and if it decides TO do so Will
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-10-19
BOSTON AND MAINE DIRECTOR
Norman L. Bassett, Weli-KnoWn in
Bennington Chosen at Last Election

Bennington Chosen at Last Election.
AT meeting Of the board of direc-
tors of the Boston and Maine Rail
road company held in Boston, Nor
man H. Bassett of Augusta, Me-, who
is well known in Bennington was
elected to fill vacancy on the board.
In announcing the election the Ken
nebec Journal of October IA says
that the choice OF Mr.. Bassett for a
membership on the board of directors
of the Boston & Maine Railroad,
came as a surprise to that gentle
mans friends in Augusta and else
where, but at the same time brought
with it feeling of pleasure that he
should be chosen for the position as
it is the belief of all who know him
that he is in every way eminently
fitted for the duties thereof
Norman Leslie Bassett, who is one
of Augustus leading attorneys and
best known citizens, is native of
Winslcw and was born in that town
June %, 1869, a son of Josiah Will
liams and Ella Susan Cornish Bas-
sett. He received his education at
Coburn Classical Institute. from
which he was graduated in 1887, also
Colby College, from which he was
graduated in 1891 and at which for
the next three years he was instruct
or in Greek and latin. He then took
up the study Of law at Harvard Law
school, graduating in 1898. Mr. Bas-
sett began the practice of law in
1898, in the Office of Leslie G.. Corn
ish (now associate justice) and in
1901 formed partnership with Mr..
Cornish under the name OF Cornish
q Bassett, which continued until Mr.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-10-19
Minister Gives Testimony.

The Rev. c. NJ. Knighton, HAVANA,
Fla, writes: For three months
suffered intense pain in kidneys and
back, which at times laid me up en-
tirely. | read of Foley Kidney pills
and after trying various remedies
without result decided to try the
Foley treatment. was relieved al
most with the first dose and it is a
fact that | used only IL bottles
when all of the pains disappeared.
am 50 years of age and now feel like
young man again" Sold every
where.
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Mothers of This Country

have through all ages past and will
through all years to come take care
of the ordinary simple ailments Incl
dent to every family with their own
favorite remedy.
In almost every home in the land
Lydia e. Pinkham's vegetable Com
pound is the recognized standard
house hold remedy for female ills;
thousands OF American women owe
their good health to it, Made from
the roots and herbs of the field, it is
a simple remedy in which suffering
women may place perfect confidence
1t contains no narcotics or harmful
drugs.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-10-19

probably issue it only after receiving
a signed statement from Miss Dahl
gren agreeing not to drive her auto
mobile at rate of speed greater
than 25 miles an hour. The commits
sion based it's finding in Miss Dahl
green's case upon report submitted
to the commission by one OF its inyes
tigators who went into the complaints
very carefully and who obtained a
statement from Miss Dahlgren eX-
planning in detail her conception OF
road and automobile regulations and
her idea of speed as we'll 1t is the
purpose of the highway commission
to suspend the license OF every speed
enthusiast in Massachusetts when it
can fairly be shown that excessive
speed is constantly INDUCED in by
such drivers.
Miss Dahlgren never had an acci'
dent but according to general opin-
ion, that of a large number OF auto
mobilists in Lenox, Pittsiield and
other communities of Berkshire coun'
ty, she has been driving her big, yei
low, 110-horse-power Mercer racing
car upon many occasions at a speed
of from 40 to 80 miles an hour upon
the state highways. Miss Dahlgren'S
racing car is at present in Leno>
garage undergoing repairs. Hel
mother is closing Bel Air villa Oh
November /. AS soon as the repairs
on the racer are completed 1t will be
shipped to New York city where
Miss Dahlgren will pass the winter