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isaf or tat TUNTOM. *T WAI.TKU MITCH*t.U f IPBr anchors drag and our cablet surge "i^gjJA^Tpry shock of the luirliaq sen. t;s 'i i tiie mi«t of the breakers veils th« , €t tb« reef of coral under our lee. WPatn the ®88t by north to the nortta-uorthwest : *Tlj(s wild typhoon veers iwwp on BWMJI, ? 'awdfrota moment to mom cut the cross wave's €V«>St ' • , Buries our waist in its Mdelong leap. Vtader the blows of onr plunging screw c . llw whitening breakers foam and chggi^ ,: . Tnl for all that steam and Bkill can dot • W« are drifting slowly astern, astern. vn oar starboard quarter close abroad i\ JWe «* the stanch Calliope loom, falls the black flood from the smokie-illiik poured. Covers the sea Ilk* a pall of doom. . "Mfcr topmasts struck and her yards braced sharp, She is headed out for the open main, While her shrouds, like the strings of a giant's harp. vv , : , Scream to the touch of the hngrieaaa^v,.^^ ^e from our flagship Trenton's decks 1 ->K ,:..^,Are watching ner battle in hope and AnWl n, <#» she threads the throng of tossing wrecks. Now beaten backward, now forging ahead. with the red cross ensign aloft, ^ And we, our starry banner below, beam to beam, as the frigate oft '^.(Banged In saa fights long ago. watch tho weight o^ the tempest fall t, g,: On her flooded decks and her reeling bow, -And our hearts are beat ing one and all, l,. . for we both go down should she foul us now. jL- through the darkest night there's a gleam io ,7, break. ' *• r Fathom by fathom she forges paBt. "*IU we know by the swirl of her eddying waka Tfat-t her seaward struggle is won at last. .* . TR* admiral tosses his sea cap high, * f , " .As from station to st&iion is passed the word, J: -4tod over the uproar of the wave and nky k Tho thunder roll of our cheer i s heard. «tiO! bach from the Briton's taffrail came The gallant, grateful and proud reply, V> TDhat, stirred our hearts like a pulse of llama. The seaman's and brother's last goo J.-bye. MP blood is thicker than water, and lonj Will England's memory hold ft dear, -Atid tho tale be told in the fo'castle sonif Of the flagship Trenton's parting cheer. 5 York Sun. "I* IN OLD FEUD. « SUrjr »f V f" .; Sew England a Hundred Tears Ago, WOT 4. H. 8PKXCKB. One of the most dreary forests in New ^England is that known as the Dnglas 'Woods, which occupies the northeast- «ern corner ol Connecticut, the north­ western corner of Rhode Island, and %es partly in the State of Massachusetts. It is a rocky and hilly tract of land, covered with a somber piue forest in- "tarspersed with the native oak, chest- %vt and maple. In the latter part of 4be 18tli and the early part of the 19th «oenturies it was inhabited by some thirty •air forty families of charcoal burjers, a «j£hnple, uneducated people, who, in the «RUi»»er. eked out their scanty living by ^cultivating the small clearings which -wirroun<led their rude cottages. Jf a the year 1790 a family by the name Vil Trevor lived upon the outskirts of <he Douglas Woods. The father, Caleb "SCrevor, who was looked upon as the •wealthiest man in the neighborhood, * **wpned a flock of sheep, two pairs of "^MBBD, two cows and a pair of horses; *aad'during the winter months he and lu« twy sons, Egbert and Edgar, burned •m large number of coal-pits. -Near the Trevors lived a family "Wttaed Harvey. Between the Harveys and the Trevors there was a long-exist­ ing feud, dating from away back before the Revolution, when the heads of the two families had disagreed as to the location of the boundury-line which ted their respective sections of <L 'Alice Trevor was the youngest child "aud only daughter of Caleb Trevor. She was a very pretty girl about seven­ teen years of age, with sunny golden Ittir, large, tender blue eyes, and a ij&ak-and-white complexion like the in- •fcdfi ©f a delicate sea-shell. William Harvey was the son of Elijah -Harvey, who hud died several years previous to the date of this story. His brothers and sisters had married and s gone to homes ;«f their own, and he *8a&1ts mother were the only mem- liera of tiie once large family who re- -maicied at the old homestead. •fit would have been hard to find a liandsomer man in all New England 4ban William Harvey. He was over »aix feet in height, broad-shouldered, ^well-proportioned and muscular, with ^ktasy black hair, and dark-brown *syes which at times appeared black. -Sis » . about twenty-five years of age. In spite of the animosity between the %wo families, William Harvey and Alice «®wr met and fell iu love with each *Bther. Meeting clandestinely and carry­ ing OQ their little love affairs in a quiet the youpg couple escaped detec­ tion for some time; but one day voung ISdgar Trevor discovered them together in the forest, and, hastening home, in- Armed his parents of what he had seen. Without a word, Caleb Trevor flung kis rifle over his shoulder and strode •nprily from the house. His wife went the door and called after him: ~ Father, father! don't do anything ' He turned and looked back. * ^If I find that young Harvey with my •laughter, I'll shoot him down like a be cried, and the next moment? *e had disappeared in the forest. "My God!" moaned Mrs. Trevor, -Sinking helplesslv into a chair and rwrtnging her hands. "He'll kill young Jllarvey, and then he'll be hung." , It was a clear, cool day in early No- iw&ttKjer; and as Caleb Trevor entered *#se wood, the golden-brown and crim- •(Ba leaves which covered the ground Mailed beneath his feet, while a light %«BH2e whispered softly among the pine Roughs overhead. But he took no of theue, as with his mind in a of rage, he hurried through the •jrest. He met his daughter coming «taog the path which led to the coal- .'|pit8. * Alice," he said, sternly, "I hear that ^fou met young Harvey in the forest, <3tnd have been conversing with him Is o?" vr' "Yes, father," the girl replied. ^ ""Did you meet him by appointment ?" ""Yes. > ^How loug has this been going on?" ;; There was a rebellious glitter in the Karl's eyes as she replied: •"For more than a year." "Very well," said CalebTrevor, white *?ith rage, "if I ever hear of you meet- or speaking to young Harvey again, **11 turn you out of doors." ^ Ali.oe gave her father a glance.of de- aBanoe as she walked past him, and hur- fried toward the house. *If he had a just cause for hating ^William Harvey, I would not disobey wm," she thought. "It is not'Will's •asilt that his father and mine quar- ^ over miserable boundary- At half-past one o'clock that »su.tue night, Caleb Trevor, who had ^just returned from his uutual midnight Wwr of inspection among his coal-pits, ^liscovered his daughter stealthily en- &A-' texfng tile house, she having slipped! <mt »fler tlie rest of the family had retired. "Where have you been ?" he demaned. ' Her lace flushed crimson, but she ealmly answered. * " « '"1 • -To the village of Webster."' i "Did vou go alone?" ' -f. *" ! -No." • '*'Who vent with ymP William Harvey." Caleb Trevor trembled with rage. "Leave the house," he said, in a hoarse, choked voice, "and never dare to show your face here again." Without a word, Alice turned and walked away from the house; and. after locking the door, Caleb Trevor retired to his bed. t But he did not close his eyes in sleep again that night. Half an hour after turning Alice away, he had repented of his harshness, believing his daughter to be innocent of anything save disobedi­ ence; and when the first gray streak of dawn appeared in the east, he arose from his bed and dressed himself. Then he awoke his wife and told her what he had done. "You have turned my poor child out of doors--out of the home that I hare helped you make--and she alone in the forest!" cried Mrs. Trevor, indignantly. "Call the boys and go in. search of her at once; and if you do not bring her back alive, I will not live with you an­ other day. Go to the pits first, for she may have sought shelter in the hut there." Caleb Trevor called his two sons and together they hurried to the coal-pits. The night--or rather, early morning-- was bitter cold. The stars glittered brightly overhead, and the moon, which hung low in the west, shed a pale, weird light over the landscape. White, ghostly columns of smoke rose lazily from the pits, while the keen, frosty air was heavy with the scent of burning pine. Finding the hut empty, they began to search among the pits. A horrible thought crossed Caleb Trevor's mind as he found that one of the pits had caved in. He called his sons, and together they "scattered" the pit Sure enough their worst fears were realized; they discovered the remains of a human be­ ing in the pit, and they were evidently those of a woman. "My God! it is Alice!" exclaimed Caleb Trevor, nearly wild with horror and remorse; "and I am her murderer! I drove her from home; and, trying to keep warm on top of this pit, she fell in and died a most horrible death." It is impossible to described the grief and horror of the Trevor family. With the assistance of some of the neighbors the charred bones were laid at rest in the family burying-ground {* and it was feared that Mrs. Trevor would go rav­ ing mad. - --- It was not until noon that the news of the tragedy reached William Harvey. Nearly mad with grief, he seized his rifle and rushed from the house. Half an hour later he had reached the Trevor homestead, where he found Caleb Tre­ vor seated upon the door-step, with his face buried in his hands. "Wretch!" said the young man, with clinched teeth and eyes that shone like coals of fire. "You have killed my wife, and now I am going to kill you," Caleb Trevor looked up at the young man in a dazed, pitiful way. "Your wife?" he said. "Were you and my daughter married ?" "Yes; we were married last night; and when she returned home, you turned her out of doors. Had you taken her life with your own hands, you would not have been metre guilty of her mur­ der," said William Harvey, ai he gazed pitilessly down upon the old man, who was now quivering with agony. "Well, why don't you sl\oot me?" asked Caleb Trevor, in a trembling voice. "I desere it." William Harvey raised the rifle to his shoulder, but before his finger could press the trigger, a slender, girlish figure rushed to his side and grasped bin arm. "Will!" she cried, "what has - hap­ pened? What are ytfu about t6 do?" William Harvey threw aside his rifle and clasped her in his arms. "Alice!" he cried, in astonishment and joy. "My darling, they told me you were dead--that you had fallen into a coal-pit and was burned to death. "I have not been near the coal-pits," she said. " When I came home last night, father ordered me out of the house. It was very cold, and so I went to the barn and crept into the hay. I soon fell asleep, and did not awake un­ til about two hours ago. Knowing that you would come here to-day to claim me, I remained in my hiding-place until, a few moments ago, I heard your voice, and--" But before she could finish the sen­ tence, Caleb Trevor rose trembling to his feet. "Forgive me, Alice--forgive me, William," he pleaded. "William, your father may have been right about that boundary line after a}l; but even if he tried to wrong me, you are not to blame for it, and I was wrong in holding pre­ judice against you on that account." There was a steelly glitter in William Harvey's eyes as he turned to his fath-. er-in-law. "As to the quarrel between my father and you, over that boundary line," he Baid, "I always thought my father as much to blame as you were, and I never had any ill feeling toward you on that account; but I can neve/ forget how you treated my wife." Forgive him, Will," pleaded Alice. "If lie has done wrong, he has been ter­ ribly punished." And to please his wife, William Har­ vey entered her father's cottage and made peace with her kindred. But when, a few hours later, he went home, he took his wife with him; and Alice was joyfully welcomed to her husband's home by kind, motherly Mrs. Harvey, who had never shared her husband's hatred toward the Trevors. The bones which were found in the coal-pit were evidently those of an un known woman who had been lurking in the Douglas Woods for several days, and who was supposed to be deranged; but she was never seen again after the bones were found. She had probably been lying on the pit to keep warm, when it caved in and cremated her. FRIENDS OF T11UST1SM. Senators Dan Voorhees, Vast, Eustis, and other Democratic leaders in Congress, who when on the stump bawl so loudly aboat the oppression of the poor by monopolies, are now doing everything they can to break down the hhermsn anti­ trust bill and prevent its passage. This bill, while it does not go as far as might be desired, is a practicable measure and might be Boon enacted into a law if the alleged Democratic enemies of trustism were not determined to play into the hands of the open defenders of trust monopoly. Having wholly failed to adopt any anti-trust legislation during all the years the House was under Democratic control the'Bourbons are now determined a Republican Congress shall not be per­ mitted to improve on their record. They persist in piling crippling and destructive amendments on the Sherman bill. They olaim trusts can be destroyed only by radical reductions of the tariff when in fact some of the worst monopolies get no benefit from protective duties, and cannot be reached by tariff legislation. Tho Democratic Senators who have wailed loudest and longest on the stump and to interviewers over trust monopolies are now co-operating with the "corporation Senators on both sides, and if anti-trust legislation is defeated it will be owing to their efforts to secure ibat result. Voor­ hees, Vest, et. al. could not be serving the trusts better if in their pay. Demagogues like Vest and Voorhees don't want the trusts abolished or their extortions stopped, but would save them for "campaign material" in the Con­ gressional contests this fall and in the next Presidential election, aad, in fact, as long as they would last and serve as the pretext for an ontcry against the Ke- {mblican party. These hardened po-itical tricksters and demagogues need some pretext for the tears they exude and the lamentations they utter every cam­ paign over the "poor man." They have wept over the national banks, the tariff, and the gold standard, but owing to re­ cent results in Ohio and Iowa they seem to think uncontrolled trust monopoly is the abuse that can be "worked" to bring them most votes. On ne account would they have the trusts abolished or com­ pelled to moderate their demands. The greater the number of trusts and the worse the exactions and extortions made by them, the more "political capital" these Democratic demagogues expect to make. They would like to see the trusts--es­ pecially Havemeyer's Democratic sugar trust and the Standard Oil trust--grow richer and the people poorer, since they expect their clamor to be effective in proportion to the poverty and dis­ tress which monopolistic combines may infliot on the voters. They desire heavier mortgages, more men out t>f employment, and higher prices and harder living, at least until after the next Presidential election. Crop failures and insect plagues they think would help them also, but one of their greatest dis­ appointments and defeats would be in the adoption of wholesome nnti-trust legis­ lation by a Kepublican Congress. But they need not think their treachery and base partisanship will remain masked.i The people want the trust monopolies repressed and practicable legislation en­ acted for this purpose at once irrespective of party. They are not willing that abuses and extortions should be pro­ longed merely that Voorhees, Vest, et al. may trade in them and use them as avail­ able political capital. These demagogues may learn that a great many voters pre­ fer the public good to mere partisan ad­ vantage. Some Senators will defend the trusts because they are pecuniarily inter­ ested in and derive profit from these com­ bines, but such men are no more enemies of the public interest than demagogues who would preserve the trusts as party capital and ute them as a means to de­ ceive as well as injure voters and acquire office and emolument for themselves by false pretenses. --Chicago Tribune. ILLINOIS FARM MORTGAGES. "Vacuous Huiuur." Having been informed that Darwin kept;, a copy of "Innocents Absoad" constantly by his bedside, Mark Twain, when Darwin's Biography was pub­ lished, procured a copy to Bee what might be said about himself. He searched it through in vain. The only possible allusion to himself was the statement that, in his later years, Dar­ win suffered from a species of atrophy of the brain, which incapacitated him for the onjoyment of any decent liter­ ature at all, and compelled him to seek r?ental rest in the perusal of trashy novels and "vacuous humor." The joke, for once, was decidedly against Mark. Calamity Editors Will Please Read, Pon­ der, and Inwardly Digest. [From the Chicago Tribune.] An advertisement published by the Northwestern Bond and Trust Compa­ ny of Chicago, with oftioes at Nos. 175-179 Dearborn street, appears to have entirely escaped the attention of the professional calamity editors who are continually be­ wailing the manner in which the farmers of Illinois are being eaten up by mort­ gages. This company is conducting the business of loaning money on mortgages on Illinois farms, and its operations are under the supervision of the Auditor of Public Accounts. In the advertisement referred to the company asks the ques­ tion, "Do Illinois farmers pay interest promptly?" And then it answers this in­ teresting inquiry with the following state­ ment, taken from its books: During the year ending Jan. 31,1889, In- t terest matured on oar loans to the amount of W.70,570 All of -which is paid except 806 This is not calculated to afford- any comfort to the calamity editors nor to corroborate their wild statements on this subject, but the advertisement proceeds to propound atfother question, and the figures given in answer are calculated to drive every calamity editor to drink and despair. In answer to the question, "Do Illinois farmers ever pay off their mort­ gages?" the company makes the following statement: During the year loans matured to the amount of. 1 $310,950 We offered to renew all this, but there was paid off and the mortgages re­ leased 168,450 In other words, nearly one-half of the mortgage loans held by this company which came due during the year were paid off because the farmers had the money to meet them with, although they could have been renewed. It will be an exceedingly difficult undertaking for the calamity editors to make this showing of faots fit into their assertions and theories, but the final statement made by this company gives them a shock which, it may confi­ dently be predicted, will render them speechless. In fact, it will "paralyze" them. In connection with the statement that the compaay controls an investment of $2,566,000 in farm loans in Illinois, the advertisement declares, with cruel disregard of the feelings of the calamity editors, that "none of our mortga' es have beenforeclosed during the last ten yean." " Traitors to Their State." The ex-Confederates of the South have protested against the use of the words traitor and rebel as applied to those who fought against the Union armies from 1861 to 1865. Southern writers have claimed that the use of these words was a standing insult to those who espoused the cause of secession, and within the last few years the word Confederate or ex- Confederate has very largely taken the place of rebel in general reference to the war. Up to 1870 nearly all the North who diBcuBBed the war or war measures spoke of the rebel armies, the rebel government, the rebel prisons, and BO on. At a later dav, as we have said, the word Confeder­ ate was used in discussion and in descrip­ tive articles. This came from the sense of courtesy in the North. Still the people who believed in Stnte rights, and who ac­ cepted the results of the war grumblingly, continued to complain of the plainness of speech of some of the fierce talkers in the North. We venture to say that the word traitor is as often on the lips of the Southern people as in the montns of the Northern people. In their case it is applied to tho&a in the bouth who stood by the Union, and they are described as traitors to their State or traitors to the South Among the stanchest supporters of the Union in North Carolina was William Holden. He was honestly opposed to secession. He honestly believed that the prosperity of the South was depen­ dent on the States remaining in the Union. Be remained true to the Union and was appointed Governor of the State. Ma ha QOttsiderad allairimna ^ e loiompaSmount 'to thatofSe StaS" he is described In a Southern daily, com- menting OB his approaching death, as traitor. Gov. Holden was not a traitor in Mi} sense of the* word. He was true to th« Government, and was true to his State He stood by his honest convictions against a tremendous pressure, and his people now admit that it is better to be m the Union than out of it. It would seem that some of the fierce talkers of the South should remember their own pro­ tests to the use of the words traitor and rebel, and act with decency and conrtes} toward the courageous men in their own section who stood by the Union which all of them now profess„to love.--Chicago Inter Ocean, ' Some Protective Epigrams. The Boston Home Market Club recent­ ly gave a dinner, and among other guests invited Mahlen Chance, Secretary of the American Protective Tariff League, tc give them an after-dinner speech. Mr. Chance accepted, und gave an address, in which he presented his audience with some rare and exquisite specimens of epigrammatio and forcible reasoning in favor of protection to home industries and a home market. Some excerpts from this highly interesting and argumenta­ tive address we are sure will not be un­ acceptable to our readers. His manner of course added interest, and both manner and matter evoked great applause from his intelligent and interested audience. Some of his concise and telling points were as follows: The absorbing question ^, whether the American home shall be maintained by preserving the American market. Mighty facts are proof of our philoso­ phy, and splendid deeds our greatest eu­ logy. Cur country has not seen the worst ef­ fects of free trade, nor yet the best results of protection. Ir we could have all free-traders prem­ ise and all protection has performed, We might find the golden nge of the world, but we cannot have both, yet we are told that there are men near Boston who be­ lieve we' can, and want all they produce protected, but all they purchase free. ' With sordid self, the trembling balance sinks." Protection was not made for the manu­ facturer alone. He wants purchasers as well as profits, customers as well as com­ missions, and the purchasing power, the consuming power of high wages if of more value tnau the cost of raw ma terial. Does free raw material help the manu - facturer to the world's market? Ask thl cotton - spinners. They can competo abroad by selling a better article for the same price or the same article for a lower price. I do not believe that the people of this country would be willing to protect men with ingenuity, skill and machinery, while the great army of workmen who toiled with their hands should be made to compete with the half-paid, the poorly paid and the pauper-paid labor of the old world. We have protected our iron, steel and other manufactures, and Mr. Gladstone said that we had passed England in a canter. England protected her shipping and she had one-half the commerce of the world. We protected all the land and have built one-half the railroads that girdle this planet. It is not our superior natural conditions which have given us supremacy--othei lands in the temperate zoneB of the earth were as fertile and rich in natural re­ sources as the United States. It is our superior political and economic condi­ tions which have given our people a greater liberty and the power of exacting from product a higher share of wages that has placed us in the front rank. The only way we can help the poor of England and the old world was to main­ tain our own high conditions, and in time they would be lifted up to us. 4 ' Harrow Escape. Two1 old-time negroes ziet In Ihe road. " Good-mawnin', Mr. Green, good-mawnin', sah." "Good-mawnin ter yo'Ae'f, Mr. Jack­ son. How's you gittin' erlong?" "Fust rate, 'ceptin' er little trouble in de congregation once in er wh^le. Doan hab no trouble in yo' church, < does you ?" "Better blebe I does, sah; better blebe dat fack. De bruders an' de sis­ ters gits ter rarin' an' er chargin: ever once in er while, an' ef I didn't stay right dar plum by 'em ever'thing woula be dun gone ter rack an' ruin. Wall, now, comin' down frum de famly o' de Lawd ter de fam'ly o' de flesh, how's yo' own folks gittin' erlong ?" " Putty well, 'siderin'." "How's dem twins?" "We ain't got no twins." "Look yere, you doan mean ter tell me dat you ain't got no twins down ter yo' house." "Yes, I does." "But you did hab twins down dar, didn't you ?" ' "No, not twins, but lemme tall you we'se come in one o' it ten times--jest come in one." "Wall, I knowed you eider had twins down dar ur a mighty norrer skape. Good-mawnin', sah. I mus' go on down yander an look atter de fam'ly o' de Lawd."--Arkanaaw Traveler. Bullions Stolen by Democratic Treas­ urers. Maryland furnishes the latest addition to the list of defaulting Democratic State Treasurers. There are nine of them all told, and the amount of their tnefts, to­ gether with the victimized States,' is Bhown by the following table: Louisiana .9 793,600 Georgia 90,000 Kentucky..... 200,000 Virginia....... 150,000 Tonnoasee 400,000 Missouri 1,532,000 Mississippi .*.... 315,012 Arkansas 50,000 Maryland (estimated). 100,000 THE'LAW OF COPYRIGHT ECUKK PBOPBIJETOBSHU' UtEBAKI PBODCCTIOX. 99,631,212 Carl Pretzel's Philosophy. Dots besser you feel der unhabinesses und sorrows of die life, yostt like a man, und put em on your shoulter mit forti- toot. Der oxoellenoe of firtue und der humpback of vice should leave imbres- sions on efery peoples mind. Old age dond nefer dooks you mit surprise. It vas besser you look pooty veil out und been dhere vhen he comes. --Sunday National. Forty Cents a Dish. Beataurant Cook (to new assistant) --5ilx three tablespoonfuls of con­ densed milk with half a pint of flour, some water, and a couple o' spoonfuls of starch. Quick, now. • New Assistant--Yessir, "What 's it for? Cook (slapping some bread on a gridiron)--Got an order fer cream toast. WHEAT was undoubtedly raised in prehistoric times, the Chinese being known to have cultivated it 4,500 years ago, and they regarded it as a special gift from heaven. The ancient Egyp­ tians attributed its origin - to Isis, and ihe ancient Greeks considered the precious grain under the protection of Ceres, the goddess of cereals. No man lives without jostling and being Jostled; in all ways he has to el­ bow liimself through the world, giving and receiving offense.--Carlyle. Certain T^egal Forms tbat Must Be Strict­ ly Observed to IDISK Protection--XIt- erary •« Syndicates," and How Tliey Badger J^ubllahara--A Sntyaet la Which All Authors and l'riaters Arm Inter­ ested. [iVof copyrighted. No rights reserved.] The word "copyiight,"- like its first eousin, "patented," has always been a good deal of a bugaboo.- This is no doubt chargeable to a species of reverence for the magical word which indicates that the strong arm of the law has been in­ voked to retain a property interest in that which has been published broadcast to the world, and also to the circumstance that there is a deep and widespread ignor­ ance, even among those who write, or aspire to write, for publication, as to the practical workings and legal effects of the copyiight law. To destroy respect for printed matter is tha very last undertaking in which a publisher would think of engaging; but to enlighten bis readers on all dark and intricate, if important, subjects is his special province. Like all laws, that relating to copy­ rights has been quite generally misnn- dtrstood, even among those who suppose themselves well posted. Not a few pub­ lishers are deterred from copying articles which they have a perfect right to repro­ duce, through a misapprehension of what must be done fo secure the exclusive right of publishing anything. A comprehensive and practical idea of how to secure a copyright, and the ex­ tent to which it operates as a protection to its legal owner, can be conveyed with­ out printing in full the law, which is quite verbose, and which can be ob­ tained by any author or publisher, free of charge, by addressing the Librarian Of Congress at Washington. 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The law which gives an option of these two forms is strictly construed, and the slightest variation or omission invali­ dates the copyright. The words "copy­ right, "or "copyrighted," alone have no force or efficacy whatever, the claimant's name and the date being both absolutely essentia'. Within ten days after the actual publication of the work, the pro­ prietor, to render the copyright complete, must send to the Librarian of Congress two copies of the best edition, if more than one is issued, upon which he must prepay the charges. If the two copies aro not sent, the copyright is not only void, but a penalty of $25 is incurred. The Librarian does not acknowledge the receipt of the two copies; indeed, no com­ munication will be received from him at all unless some iiregularity occurs, or the author has remitted the 50 cents for a certificate of the deposit of the title page. The right to translate the work into an­ other language, or dramatize it for the stage, may be secured by printing in each copy, below the notice of copyright entry, the words: "All rights reserved." This not ice, as a matter of course, applies only to original works. As a great many errors are made in applications, the copyright office has a number of private circular letters, which are supposed to cover most cases, and are sent out as occasion requires. It seems to be generally understood that the copyrighting of a newspaper or other periodical is a different process from the one above described. This is a mis­ take. All literary composition, with the exception of something to be enacted on the stage, like a play Or an opera, must be copyrighted as a book; and this applies to a newspaper article, no matter how brief. The mere entering: of the general title of a periodical, apart from its con­ tents, furnishes no protection under the copyright law. This has been judicially decided. Each issue must be separately entered to secure protection, but the ap­ plications need not to be sent separately. The printed titles, with accompanying fifty cents fee, may be sent at once to the extent of a whole year,-if desired, and this method is generally adopted by pub­ lishers. A copyright may be assigned. This must be done in writing, though no par­ ticular form is prescribed. A fee of one dollar must accompany the transfer, which, to be of any force in law. must be recorded in the copyright office within sixty days of its date. Such a transfer, however, does not permit the assignee to substitute his name for that of the as­ signor in the required printed notice in each copy of the book. The announce­ ment must continue in the original name until the term, twenty-eight years, has expired. This, however, can be correct­ ed by making a new copyright entiy. The Librarian of Congress possesses no judicial powers whatever. In his cir­ cular letters he gives applicants such in­ formation as he is able, but does not attempt to pass upon the validity of tho copyright, which question is left for the courts to decide. He does not even de- oide whether a title h s been copyrighted before. He acts as recording and certi­ fying officer only, and places on record any title of a proper character, where the forms of law have been observed and the fee paid. On receipt of f>0 cents he will advise the applicant whether a given title has been entered in his office in Wash­ ington. Such information, however, amounts to very little, as it is only since 1870 that the entire business has been transacted at Washington. Before that time entries were made in the various offices of the United States District Courts, more than fifty in number. To an inquirer for information on this point, the following circular letter is sent: I have to advise you that, by the general tenor of judicial decisions, conyright protects the subs Lance of the publica-im entered, in con- nection with the title, and not the mere words of tho title itself. Most titles have been used many tunes, and cannot be made exclusive property by copyright or otherwise. This office 3*u give no positive answer to Inquiries, whether a given title has ever been entered for copyright, there being countess varieties in the wording of titles. Moreover, there were uiore than fifty distinct registers of copyrights prior to the removal of the entire business to Wash­ ington in 1870, and most of their records are without index. A "happy" or "taking" title has often more to do with the sale of a book than the oharacter of its contents. From the above circular it becomes evident that it must be an exceptional case where an author can obtain any recompense in the way of damages from one who h is appro­ priated his title, that is, if the piracy does not extend to the contents of his book. Labels and trade-marks are not sub­ jects of copyright, but must be regis­ tered at the Patent Office. As to dramatic writings, a good deal of uncertainty seems to exist. It is doubtful if the mere entry of the title furnishes any protection, ana the safe way is to forward two printed or type-written copies. The statute provides for copyrighting works of fine art. This is limited to painting and sculpture, of which two photographs pot less than cabinet size must be deposited. The original life of a copyright ia tWBIlij/sdBiJZllt Within mftntKa iney seoure a renewal for a farther « fourteen years. Ownership or relationship, as the case may be, *nu8t be explicitly stated, and also tlte date and place of the original entry. Advertisement of renewal must be made within two months of date of renewal certificate, in some newspaper, for a period of four weeks. But it is in the matter of infringements that the greatest interest in this whole subject centers. What constitutes an in- *ri*>g®ment, and when can a proprietor be said* to have abandoned or lost his ex elusive ownership in a copyrighted book or article? > To settle this matter a prominent Chi- cago publisher recently submitted cer­ tain questions to a well-known attorney, who had for years made a specialty of copyright law, and received the following reply, now for the first lime published tt 1>y the courts, both in the united States and England, that all right to pro- tect the monopoly of publication in literary matter which has once bean published with thv consent of the author or proprietor must be oh- tainea by ft compliance with the copyright laws, ana tirnt, without such compliance, publication is an abandc nment of all right in such iiterar* matter, which thereby becomes public. After sucn a publication, any person who chooses to ao so may freely print and publish the whole or JV'y l'?;rt1of sych litorary matter, and may use inetitla bestowed upon the publication by its author or proprietor. Clemens v. Belford, 11 Bliss. 519 ; 14 Fed. Rep., 728. The drift of the decisions of our courts ia plainly in faror of upholding these rights, whan secured, to their full extent, and as different cases arise and aro considered, upon the differ­ ent facts submitted, the drift or tendency of the decisions upon the questions involved exerts an important influence upon any particular case presented to the conrt. On the other hand, there is no tendency to relax the rule requiring a strict, subotantial compliance with all the re- quirementB of the statute to secure copyright, and this, too, is important in its results upon any given litigation. Question11. Can an article or illustration be published for the ilrst time simultaneously in a number of different newspapers or periodicals without previously depositing each title, and also depositing copies of each of the different publications in which it is to appt ar ? Answer. No. Each original publication must comply with all the statutory requirements to secure copyright, and of course wherever the cut or article subsequently appears, it must be under ifs original title, arid must bear the pre­ scribed notice of copyright. Question 2. If the proprietor of a copyrighted article authorizes the republication of such ar­ ticle and such publisher omits the copyright notice, can another publisher, who has no notice of the copyright, reprint such article without liability V Answer. Anything less than the legal notice will be fatal to the copyright, but if such notice should be wrongfully or fraudulently omitted by a publisher without the knowledge of the proprietor and without notice to him, actual or implied, there might) be some doubt about its effect upon the copyright. If the proprietor Ifnew in fact, or from his previous course of dealing was bound to take notice, that the copy- sight notice would '>e 90 omitted, then the copy­ right would be lose without question. I think Buch would probably be the result, whether th( proprietor had notice of the omission or not, whero the rightB of an innocent third party were involved. Question 3. In the ce.se of an illustrated ar­ ticle being copyrighted, does that copyright cover the illustrations without that fact being indicated upon the face of the cuts when the same are pubUshtd in a newspaper of general circulation not wholly copyrighted? Answer. Yes ; so far as the printing and pub­ lishing impression of such cuts is concerned. < Question 4. Does the mere word "copyrighted" at the top or bottom of an article appearing in a newspaper fill the requirements of the copy­ right law? Answer. No; it has no effect whatever. The copyright notice must be strictly complied with. The Btatute prescribes the words : "Entered ac­ cording to Act of Congress in the year , by A. B., in the office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington," or, at the option of the person procuring the copyright; "Copyright, 1«--, by A. E." It was held Nov. 8, 18St>, by Judge Blodgett, United States Circuit Court Northern District of Illinois, that: "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1878, by H. A. jack- son," was not a sufficient notice under the law, and that no copyright existed in the book. Jack­ son v. Walkie, 2J Fed. Hep., 15. Every publisher, and every deserving reader, for that matter, has seen, particu­ larly in recent years, no end of articles in newspapers with "copyright," or other words less than one of the two forms pre­ sented by law, appended or prefixed. As has been conclusively shown, this is ab­ solutely no protection at all, farther than its effect in frightening those who are not properly informed in the premises. There have sprung up of late in differ­ ent cities so-called "literary syndicates," These purchase and copyright various articles which are published simultane­ ously by the different papers, or other periodicals in the "pool. In addition to this, the right to produce certain articles iB often sold to publishers outside the combination. These sjndicates naturally do all they can to prevent their articles from being copied by those who have not paid for the privilege, expecting thereby to extend their patronage. It is not an unusual thing for a news- - paper publisher, after having reproduced an article, and given due credit both to (he publication from which he copied it and the author who wrote it, to receive from the "manager" of one of these so- called "literary syndicates" a letter de­ manding compensation for the alleged "piracy," and threatening an appeal to ihe majesty of the law if it occurred again. And this where there was no legal notice of copyright appended to the article, and where it had been published through an arrangement with the syndicate, ihe writers of such letters well know that, by permitting them to be published with-, out full notice of copyright as required by law, they have lost all manner of right to control them. They assume, what is unfortunately true, that many publishers and editors are not well in- informed on the subjeot, and expect, by a procesB of bulldozing, to keep in practi­ cal force the right which they have lost through the failure of the party to whom the article was sold for publication to observe either of the prescribed legal forms. The fact is that the newspapers in the pool refuse to publish the le^al copy­ right notice. In case they did so the napie of the real proprietor would have to appear, and'every reader would at once understand that the article had been published elsewhere, and was not the re­ sult of any particular enterprise on the part of the local publication. By using the single word "copyright" they not only deceive their own readers, but get credit from those publishers who copy such articles where it is due to the syndi­ cate which produced them. This is very like sailing under false colors, and re­ flects, when properly understood, no very great credit upon some so-called "leading and influential journals." In this connection one of the circular letters of the Librarian will be of interest: In reply to your communication of , I have to advise you that the only legal foruiB for announcement of copyright protection will be found inclosed. It is probable that an anony­ mous notice of copyright would operate to pre­ vent infringement; "but if infringed, you could not recover damages without a literal compli­ ance with the law. A correct understanding of this matter would seem to be of considerable import­ ance to all publishers, to the end that they may know their rights and protect them, and be able to make the proper re­ plies to badgering letters, and not to al­ low themselves to be disturbed by threats which cannot be carried into effect In Executive Session. "My daughter," remarked a grave and reverend United States Senator to his child, "didn't that young man who oalled on you last night remain very late?" "Quite late papa," was the dutiful reply. "WtTtfvmv child, I should like to know what was going oh that required somuchume?" "It wa&n't that kind of an executive session, papa," she said, with wise pre­ caution. "We never tell." PLEASASNTRA*. A Poor Editor. "Burglarize anything last * Jem?" "Yes; an editor's house."1' "What?" . * '• 'A- A SHOOTING Star--Buffalo Bill. A CiiKHTKty steed--The white horsed THE greatenb theater bill the world has ever known waa Bill Shakspeare. "YOUB scheme won't go on Wall street" "Why hot?" "It won't hold water," THE kangaroo can't be a, very indus­ trious animal, aa he is generally on his last legs. WHEN the gate's a-jar it is natural that it should be considered a proper place for sweet-meets. WHY is a chimney like a load of mixed wood ? Because there ia generally smoke (some oak) in it "THE plot thickens," remarked Filkioa at the play. "Well, don't stop it," said Jenkins, "it's thin enough, goodneae knows." "Do you believe in signs?" "Cer­ tainly ! When I see 'free lunch' in a window I believe that I can get some­ thing to eat within." BOTH Sorry--Minister (to convict) --My good man, I'm very sorry to find yon here in prison. Prisoner 1111--Yes, sir; but you ain't half so sorry as I am. YOUNG Lady (tailor made) --Take my seat, please. -Old Lady (nearsighted but grateful)--Thank you, sir. You are the only gentleman in the car. "WHAT is Jinkinson doing now?* "He writes funny paragraphs for the daily." "Funny paragraphs?" "Yes." "Then why doesn't he put them |n the paper?" DOCTOR--Step across the street and get a drink of whiskv. That will fix you up all right. Patient--Is that all 1 must take ? No. You must take me along with you when you go.* MAN (to acquaintance)--I see you had a wedding at your house the other night Acquaintance--Yes, a wooden wedding. "Why, I understood your daughter was married." "She was. Married a stick." OLD Mrs. Darnly is a pattern of household economy. She says she has made a pair of socks last fifteen years by only knittitting new feet to them every winter and new legs to them every other autumn. STEERSMAN (during excited yacht race)--Man overboard! Shall we stop, or let him drown? Captain (promptly) --We must stop and pick him up. It's against the rules to drop any ballast during a race. THERE Are Times When--"TALK ia clieap." "Oh, is it? If you'd heard the plumber, and the carpenter, and my cook talking for two hours at my ex­ pense yesterday, you'd have thought it blamed expensive." LITTLE Bov--This paper speaks of a young lady who has an attractive face. Does that mean pretty ? Papa--What young lady is the paper talking about? "It's about an heiress." "It means she isn't quite homely enough to stop a clock." WHY It Was Postponed.---Charley Jones--Well, did you propose to Miss Binks at the Tompkins' reception last night as you intended ? Bobby Smith- No; the conservatory was occupied at the time I wanted it. "That so? Who was in there?" "Miss Binks and Tom Robinson." "WHY is it that the good are not al­ ways happy ?" was the question which a Sunday-school teacher in an uptown church put to lier class of hoys last Sunday. There was a dead silence for a moment, and then a little fellow piped out. "Because they're thinkin' of the fun they 'aint havin'. "CAUGHT WITH •:m- \ ' j. x'i i " , • J • * * . * i f • •; stS V V 5 1 1 NOT TO BE My love, you are beautiful," said he. 'Beauty is but Bkin deep," said she. 'My love is boundless for you," said he. 'Love will not boil the pot," said she. 'Ah I if you would share my lot," sighed h«u "Pray, what is the size of your lot?" asked she "hove makes the world to go round," said he. "But money can do it much better," said she. .v { Permitted to Expectorate. Two little bootblacks stood lodlfl^' wistfully into the show window of a cigar store. They were typical street arabs,.with all the tough ways and bad habits of their class. They wanted to smoke, and their eyes were riveted upon a box of "cabbage leaf" cheroots which were labelled "two cents each." "Soy, Chimmie," said the taller arab, "I tink I cud injoy a bloody,good smoke just now." "I'm wid yer," replied Chimmie, smacking his lips in anticipation of a cigar. "But yer see, de on'y trouble wi4 mp is dat I'm plumb broke." "Is dat so?" Well, I've got twe cents. v . r .4 "Giv it ter me, ' "What fur?" ' * "Why, ter buy w«h' of cheroots, in course." "Well, but I wanter smoke, too.'*' "'N so do I." "How kin the both of us do it?" „ "I'll tell yer wot tu do. Yer most give me de two cents an we'll orgernize a stock company. Yer see you is de capit'list, I'm de inventer; so yer giv der coin ter me, den I buvs de cigar an yer becomes a stockholder. See?" "Yas," responded Chimmie, doubt­ fully. "But how does dat bea fit me any ? You has de cigar, doesn't yer?" "Yas." "An' yer smokes it, don't yer?" "Yas, but don't yer see, I'm de or- gernizer, so in course I smokes de cigar." "What'll I do?" "Why, you're de stockholder, yer kin spit. See ?" Chimmie evidently couldn't see,* for he drove both hands deep down in his pockets and started up the street whist­ ling "Little Annie Rooney," while the schemer looked sadly and sorrowfully at the cheroots in the store window, then turned away.--Boston Globe.. j . ? • \y \ ,-J V v , * v vf . ut 14..•• s ©oorge Eliot's Wife. The blunders that are made in regard to literary people by those who should know better are absurd enough, but those who have had no opportunity to inform themselves in such matters can go even beyond these mistakes in droll errors. At an authors' reading recently given in Boston for the benefit of a working girls' olub, there were present a num­ ber of working girls who have for the most part small chance to keep them­ selves informed of the history or per­ sonality of authors. Among the readers was Mrs. Maud' Howe Eliot, daughter of Mrs. Julia Ward Howe, and author of several! novels. When the reading of her selection came, one girl was overheard to say to another: "Aint she lovely? I'm awfully glad' to see her. I always did want to see' George Eliot's wife." The confusion of ideas in the speaker's mind between the living authors of America and the departed novelist of England must have' been pretty com­ plete. . I ^4