The preceding originally composed the book entitled Fidelity, and the Pocket-book.

A space of time lapses while THIS pocket-book is laid aside to permit working for another pocket-book.

PHILOSOPHY.

"Philosophy is no use!" is a familiar assertion. The following is a selection from a U. S. statute:

SECTION* (no one informed me how to find this statute) If any person, after the recording of the title of any map, chart, dramatic or musical composition print, cut, engraving, or photograph, or chromo, or of the description of any painting, drawing, statue, stationary, or model or design intended to be perfected and executed as a work of the fine arts, as provided by this act, shall within the term limited contrary to the provisions of this act, and without the consent of the proprietor of the copyright first obtained in writing, signed in the presence of two or more witnesses, engrave, etch, work, copy, print, publish, dramatize, translate, or import either in whole or in part, or by varying the main design, with intent to evade the law, or knowing the same to be so printed, published, dramatized, translated, or imported,

SHALL SELL OR EXPOSE TO SALE ANY COPY OF SUCH MAP OR

OTHER ARTICLE, as aforesaid, he shall forfeit to the proprietor all the plates on which the same, shall be copied, and every sheet thereof, either copied or printed, and shall further forfeit one dollar for every sheet of the same found in his possession, either printing, printed, copied, published, imported, or exposed for sale; and in case of a painting, statue, or statuary, he shall forfeit ten dollars for every copy of the

same in his possession, or by him sold or exposed for sale: Provided, however, That in case of any such infringement of the copyright of a photograph made from any object not a work of fine arts, the sum to be recovered in any action brought under the provisions of this section shall be not less than one hundred dollars nor more than 5,000 dollars, and: Provided, further, That in case of any such infringement of the copyright of a painting, drawing, statue, engraving, etching, print, or model or design for a work of the fine arts, or of a photograph of a work of the fine arts, the sum to be recovered in any action brought through the provisions of this section shall be no less than two hundred and fifty dollars, and not more than 10,000 dollars.

This copyright law does not relate to copyright on books; there is another law for copyrighted books. In the interest of authors who wish a receipt to prove the originality of their writing as having been done at a certain time, a fee for A GOVERRMENT RECORD that would be an absolute proof of date might be established by new legislation. This above law selection is so excessively financially severe to those who pay, that it appears absurd in the case of infringements that do not sell, (and there are more slight selling intellectual outputs than there are immense sellers) and there is to be considered how is the work copyrighted to endure; after the time of its first demand; is there such a condition as spirit influence causing reproduction of what has already been done. This copyright law is not absurd when it comes down on the uninformed infringers like the darkness of universal ignorance; an opportunity is given to cry to the infringed for mercy where perhaps there may be no mercy. The infringers might

humbly ask the infringed if an advertisement was no use to them. If the infringed was no longer valuable in itself note how valuable this law would be in securing damages if it was operated by the unmerciful, of course they had sought no advertising, from the infringer.

Only the ignorant of the fact of copyright claims, and the masses more or less uninformed in the law, and the innocent are, as a rule, caught by such severe financial penalties; are these conditions of oppression a matter that lawmakers framing such a statute as here quoted consider, or do the uninformed public know how to protect themselves from such severe judgment possibilities? rarely, more likely never does justice have a right to have such demands set up.

These penalties in this quoted statue are in the interest of whom? If only ignorance can be caught, these severe penalties are in the interest of those who object to multifarious business enterprises by the masses. In the interest of business by the masses the financial penalty for infringement ought not to be over one hundred dollars for the first offence. Severe financial penalties frighten people out of business, however, successfully it may already be carried on by their competitors.

Looking over the copyright law printed here we find the word "print" if the court should not hold that print was absolutely exactly print this law would be terrifically severe. What does the word print mean in this law? does it mean newspapers? Section 4,952 * * In the construction of this act the words engraving, "cut" and "print" shall be applied

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Robinson Crusoe, in whose land there were no millionaire publishing houses, print, meant a track in the sand exactly the size of the foot that printed it. Print meaning exactly a reproduction. A known infringement would never be an exact reproduction; changes would always be made. "He who runs here (as the old saw has it be it for office or speed) can (see or) read" how this law works. When given its full swing by the courts.

If the laws have to be modified as well as defined by the courts; why not have the people elect a permanent legislature made up of experienced judges to enact all laws and make repeals of useless or improper legislation. These judges if they served part of the time as judges would not be required to make a new law record by the local newspaper editor, as having introduced so "many bills of which so many passed, and have been signed or vetoed by the governor." The legislatures are now largely made up of people inexperienced in legislation, either in drafting laws, or inexperienced in indorsing laws when drafted, this idea is to be applied only should present multifarious legislation become burdensome.

It may be true that all laws imposing possible excessive financial penalties are injurious to business. If it should be that the state newspaper libel laws are excessively financially sever, so much so that stealing from the public is quite safe, for the reason newspapers do not care to take the risk of attempting an exposure.

There are reasons why financial penalties should in many cases be modified. There should be no forced legal collection of fees where the amount charged was more than the usual professional charge unless previously agreed to by both interested parties.

THE PSYCHIC FORCES.

God, and the spirit existence in the time of Christ gave Christ its aid to a certain extent.

The reformations attempted by Christ have been of vast benefit to humanity, the ethics in this book being a brief summary of the intended ethical teachings of Jesus Christ.

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METAPHYSICS.

HE following essay refers to authentic accounts of sounds heard by some people but not by all: and of visions that are seen by some

people but not by all people the real conditions around us is impossible for humanity to understand except as related in the account of the creation in the first chapter of Genesis.

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There is a time to keep silence saith Solomon, but when I proceed * (Ecclesiastes 4th and

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Ist) and consider all the oppressions that are done under the sun, and behold the tears of such as were