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About The Sioux County journal. (Harrison, Nebraska) 1888-1899 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 26, 1895)
Ki sox couarr JOURXIL DAK B I -OX, . NEBRASKA. General Canipos is Mid to be Nad of hi bullet-pierced clk very He , ftnalao proud of the fact that be wa Dot la it at the time tbe double-leaded touk place. It haa always been known tbat the Xiacolii monument at Fpringneld was cheaply constructed, and unworthy of a treat State like Illinois; and It Is to a hoped tbat a new structure of a aabatantial and creditable kind will be ktollt to commemorate the foremost character In modern history. If. J ans.se n, tbe French astronomer Who still is remembered by many as having eac&ied from Tarts by lialloon during tbe seige of that city a quarter of a century ago, announces tbat be has obtained spectroiscople evideuee of tbe existence of water vapor in the atmos phere of tbe planet Mars. He makes a statement to that effect to the French Academy of Sciences. This does not usee arlly contradict tbe results ar rived at by Prof. Camplell of tbe Lick Observatory, though it probably will he understood as doing so. Camp bell's observations simply indicate that If there be any water on Mars It must be In very minute quantity. Tbe prob- j lent now will be as to the relative quan tity, which Is a pretty knotty one to solve. A Sharp game is reported to have been played upon "Barnato" by an English clergyman. The latter wrote to Mr. B. taring that be wag ruined by having purchased 44JO shares in his bank at four pounds each, and a subsequent fall In the selling value of the shares to two pounds each. Barnato took pity on the "poor fellow" and wrote he would buy back the shares at the price the preach er had paid for them. Thereupon the latter sent an order to a broker to buy 400 shares at two and deliver them to Mr. Barnato, who would pay for them at the rate of four pounds. It would teem to be in order for some one to Invent a Dew reading for the scripture Statement that "the children of this World are wiser In their generation than the children of light" Justice in Chicago courts seems to have been very effectually blocked by two of tbe street railway companies, so far as plaintttTs In damage suits are concerned. Hie two companies are re ported to have but one attorney for all such cases, of which there are 515 now pending. Allowing ten days to a case It would take over thirty-four years of the attorney's life in which to try them all. By taking advantage of the rules of the court the able attorney keeps postponing scores of cases on the plea that be cannot be present In all the courts at once. These facts, if correct ly presented, show about as great a travesty on justice as the wit of a law yer could devise. The plaintiffs. In many instances poor men who have offered at the hands of the companies, are being kept out of their rights or forced to make sacrificing settlements out of court ine continueu reports irmu ijiuiauu tell of what cannot be regarded other wise than as unhealtbful speculation. It la true there have been actual de velopments in gold mining in the Crip ple Creek region. Just as there were In South Africa. There have been no auch developments, however, as to war tant sudden and extended speculative excitement. This activity seems in stead to be a sporadic outbreak of tbe Kaffir craze that has been raging in Europe. That, too, bad its basis in really rich mines, but the business done OB the mining exchanges was out of ail proportion to the actual value of the properties on which the shares were Is sued. Aa an inevitable result many who were carried away by the excite ment lost heavily, and business was for a time unsettled. Tbe outcome will fee the same in America if all classes go to speculating In mining shares. At the beat, gold mining Is generally a hasardoua business, but the chances can be calculated by those with experience la such deals. But when Inexperienced persons with small savings put their money Into mining shares with tbe de roslve hope of amassing sudden wealth the result can only be disastrous. Le gltima.be development of gold mines jrjjl he beneficial to the country, of course, but speculation must breed pan ic ajtd disaster, limited only by the ex tant to which the Inflation Is carried. ' MH . . . . "I.. I - 1 vi Vt H reported that Austria Is about 16 treat 'the drink habit as a disease. A nflf to that effect has been prepared for Introduction Into the Relchsratb, racxaftatetided by high medical author It, and considered almost certain of , pasaaa- The bill proposes to treat tbe asralatent drunkard as a person who Is J awatally Incapable, and likely to In Oct Injury upon tbe community, not ! only by actual violence but by example. ' The theory Is that the victim to alcohol Is tbe subject of a disease, Just as much , aj la tbe lunatic and ought to be dealt Wtta accordingly. The restraint It Is groaosed to put npon tbe drunkard day be voluntary or compulsory de tention In specially appointed retreats, tl Oa latter case there Is to be a regti trftcSaltn which both lay and medical - J Tli t';a far detention will consist In such t aa repeated previous convictions r tvaVattna, proof of danger to life, i -sOor evidence tending io show Yf-a alaanona saaloB has become r "J as that the victim Is a j rt Hnmlf or others. 1 it txms la to fea two , ct3t tofaettaa ar re- Ct-wal. a the occaaloti may ivUlre. tbr tutent f tit- measure bring rather to protect tbe community aud reform tbe j Individual than to inrlU-t puuibniei.t. j and It 1 projiosed that no w-r"!ia' privilege shall te lost by tbe detention No duubt If this measure I adopted the result will be watched with tuu-'b Interest by philanthropist In other countries, and this mar lead to reaurt to similar treatment by the civilized ua tions of tbe world. The regret created by the annoim meut of the death of Alexandre Duma Is regret for the ks of a briiuant man of letters. During bis remarkauiy ac tive working career Duma was extra ordinarily prolific in evolving plot and storiee for the stae aud In writing dia logue of the m.jt it;y and pointed kind. There are comparatlveiy few works in this mass of literary produc tion which are not characterized by great talent. Tbe personages In the plays, if not probable, .reanimated and entertaining. Often they have bc-n llfeiike. The conversation in these works has been with but few excep tions rhe must polished and wittily contrived of any in modern drama. Vet has there la-en something lacking, and those who a.scrile Dumas' weakness to his lack of moral p-rceprion are not very far at fault. It Is well enough to rai.se the shlblx.lrth of "art for arfs sake," and to say that art and morals do not have anything to do with one another. Technically they do not. It is an arrUt's bus!n-ss to tell a story or draw a charuiier and abide by the re sult But the suis-ess or failure of his work, even as art, will always depend upon the point of view from which he regards the material he handle. It Is not on lehalf of morals, but solely on behalf of art, that an artist should feel obliged to put his subject In true relation and persiective with the world in general, and where he deliberately declines to give the moral law a place In this persjw-ctive be fails as an artist. That law is one of the essential ele ments In the human economy. The writer who overlooks Ha abiding pres ence In all things human Is looking at things with a distorted vision. Herein was Dumas' failing, and herein may be found rhe reaon why a man with brilliant gifts could give the world such a distortion of human life as the Im moral "Camilla." He did tbe beat by his lights, and much of his work is too distinguished and clever to die easily. But bis point of view prevented the making of such robust and enduring work as some of that of the elder and greater Dumas. MUSICAL INSTRUMENT STRINGS Their Mannfacture Is Almoet aa Old as the Art of Mimic. The manufacture of strings for mus ical Instruments has !een carried on from time Immemorial In some of the small villages in the Abm.zi. The Neapolitan provinces maintain their su periority In the production of this ar ticle. Tbey require the greatest care and dexterity on the party of the work men. Tbe treble strings are particu larly difficult to make, and are made at Naples, probably because the Neap olitan sheep from their small size and leanness afford the best raw material. Tbey are made from the small intes tines, which must be very carefully scraped. Tbe intestines are then steep ed In alkaline leys, clarified with a lit tle alum, for four or five days, until well bleached and swollen. They are next drawn through an open brass thimble, and pressed against it with the nail In order to smooth and equal the surface, after which tbey are washed, spun or twisted and sulphur ated during two hours. They are final ly j ol shed by friction and drt.-d. Home times they are sulphured twice or thrice before being dried, and are polished between horse hair cords. The strings manufatured In Italy are noted for their strength, transparency, brilliancy and clearness of tone. Their manufac ture was introduced into France by a Neapolitan nobleman In 1760, who established a manufactory at Lyons. This Industry is carried on In various other towns In Italy namely, Goblio. Foligno. Bologna, Venice, Verona, and Bassano. Leisure Hour. . : .1 iff' v . , W1 Britain Honors Old Glory. Representative Mercer, of Nebraska, who spent a portion of the summer in Japan has returned to Washington. He said that he witnessed In Yokohama on the Fourth of July the remarkable sight of a BrltLsh fleet firing a salute in honor of the declara.aon of lndeend ence. Such a thing never occurred be fore In Yokohama; It had beet) the custom for the British fleet to have busi ness up tbe coast on tbe Fourth of July when American war ships were anchor ed at Yokohama. Tbey felt a disin clination to assist at services commem orative of their own funeral. Early last summer, however, Admiral Buller, of the British fleet, told Admiral Car penter, of tbe American fleet, tbat he would celebrate the Fourth with bitn at Yokohama. "If your fleet makes more noise than mine It will be because you have got better powder, for my guns are Just as big," said tbe British admiral. And sure enough on rhe morning of the Fourth the British fleet was In tbe bar bor burning Its powder. The Nat Was Rotten. A Tory speaker In Berwickshire held a nut In bis hand and said: "This repre sents tbe whole church question. This shell Is tbe free church, good In its way, but not tbe best of things. Now crack this nut and you get tbe estab lished church." He cracked It, and It was rotten, and he bsd to retire amid derisive cheers. Think It over at the close of tbe day; haven't tbe things yoa have said dur ing the day tbat cost you most regret basa satlreJy orlalaa'f a pHIL.DKLFHIA. I-. 3U TtMrO dors Lambert, colore J, was hanged In tha C'sndm. N. J., county jail yester dav. lis arose earlv and after rare- taily arranging tin lotlet ato a heitrty breikf.igt and had M haircut. llerars fui; tied several curis In paper and akel to have th-m sent to trieud i en Lambert reached tbe itepi leal n g to the scaffold be faltered and bad to HSMsiei by the sheriff, lis de clared Ids innocence to tbe last. Lambert's crime was tbe ruurdr of Wulum t. Kai er, a ea!thv Cacjden banker, on December 4, IH'J'i. Ksirer resided with a married son. Liny on tbe Doming of the murder young Kairer was awakeaed by home. .tie try ing to pen bis bedroom dxr. He re aud upon opening tbe door came fa e to facti with s colored mu in tbe ht i way. The latter retreated and st. rted downstairs, young Kairer fol lowing The elder Kairer was awaken ed vj the poise and came out into the bad way as tbe two men were rushing dowc tbe stairs. He followed hi son down, but tbe burglar escaped. Ttie father and son did not pursue him, but locked the door and looked around to see if anything had been s oleo Find iDg everything intact, they were about to return to their beds, when the Venetian blinds in tbe parlor were pushed to one side and three shots were fired. Mr. Kairer and his ion were landing in the diiiiuir room, which is Immediately in the, rear ot the parlor and seperated from that room. 'y heavy curtains. Am the last of the three shots w;j fired Mr. Kairer itll back into his son's arms and died with out uttering a wor.l. One of the bullets had parsed r:roug1 bis heart. Lambert's lawyers male a game fight for their client, and three timt-s securer" a stay of execution. Amrlcna Loyalty l)lptrrl. Washington, Dec. 20. The discus lion In the senate yesterday on the bouse bills appropriating $luo,000 for the expenses of tbe proposed Venezue lan commission was marked by a unanimity of sentiment in favor of the position taken by the president In bis message and was singularly free from passion and excitement. Tbe debate, proceeded by unanimous consent, as there was really no question before the senate, objection having been made to the second reading of tbe bill yester day, aud tbat objection carrying the bill over till today. Tbe debate wag opened by Morgan of Alabama, who favored tbe passage of the bill just as it catnti from tbe bouse, nd would vote for its reference to the committee on foreign relations only on condition that it would be reported back and acted on tomorrow. The only other senator who favored Immediate action on tbe bill wltbcut its being con lidered by tbe committee was Voorhees of Indiana, and bis was the only speech which breathed war and defiance. He declared emphatically that Great Hrtt ain could not go to war with the United Mates as long as Canada wai a host age on our northern border. Speeches were made, moderate iu tone, and against hasty action, by Senators Sher man, Lodge, llawley and Teller. Ild tha liooda M Ith Tlirm. Kansas Citt, Mo., Dec. 20. -Will Graiham and George Dice, two of the notorious band of counterfeiters whom the United States secret service men have been chasing all over tbe country have been arrested. George Dice, who is one of the ringleaders, was arrested at the Victoria hotel in this city. He was brought before Uni'ed States Com missioner Perry and will be arraigned Will Graham was arrested at I'aoia, Kas. He wai arraigned before the United States commissioner in this city and In default ol 92 500 bond was committed to tbe county jail. His hearing was set for December 24. Both arrests were made by United States Secret (service Officers Murphy and Burns, witb headquarters at Washing ton aud St. Louis, respectively. After ward 16, OOu in counterfeit money was found In their possession. SalD( for Poaaaaalaa. San Francisco, Dec. 20. The suit of tbe administrators of the estate of J. Mervtn Donahue, late president of the San Francisco A North Pacific rail road, against tbe Seligmans of New York is on trial In this city. Five thousand shares of stock in the railroad valued at $126,000, was delivered to tbe Seligmans as collateral security for an agreement which the administrators ay has been carried out, and tbey want the stock delivered up so tbat tbey can sell it to A. W, Foster and Sidney Smith, tbe owners of a majority of the stock, who have agrned to lake ft. To Ralaa Batas. San Francisco, Dec. 20 A local paper says transcontinental freight rates will be advanced by tbe Panama Railroad company and all of the over land roadi at a meeting to be called In Chicago or New York early In January The advance, it is said, will be the re sult of the new contract recently made by tbe Panama railroad and the Pacific Mail Steamship company, by which tbe former is given the right to fli rates on westbound shipments. Staak on m f.al-a. London, Dec. 20. Lloyd's agent at Tolland bay, Isle of Wight, telegraphed tbat tbe German steamship Spree, Cap tain Wllllgerode, from Few York, De cember 10, for Bremen, was stranded on Warden ledgs. The steamer was In charge of a pilot when aha struck. Tugs ara now landing bar passenger aad mailt, and It st Uksly that a por Uon of bar ear fo will bar to be moved The waatbar to cnlst and tbe au THE SiRlhERS MOKE 0E1ET in TJfly Spirit Visible ia tbe Crowds od tht Streets- AN ADJUSTMENT ASSENTED TO righting Bluod Atwu.4 IOU Slriaar Paiala tha iu But ara Mt bf a Sqaad of Olfieara. ruiLADFtPHIA, lVc., l'J The sec ond day of the great railway jtrike as comparatively quiet in contrast to tbe violent outbursts ot the day before but never tbe less there were m my v.o lent scenes ec acted, and the Union Traction company only succeeded in running a few car ori tbe various lines at long intervals under a heavy guard of policemen. Before dusk the com pany withdrew what few ctrj it bad out and again last night they were not turning a wheel, and thousands of peo ple were again put to tie inconveni ence of walking miles to their homes. The police authorities claim to be fully able to cope with the s'trike, but never theless every preparation ha been made to call out the militU In the event of the mob getting beyond the coirol of tbe city authorities. While the rioting was not so exten sive as yesterday, there was an ugly spirit visible in the crowds on the streets, and it was noticeable there were more men collected than boy. There are rumors tbat the traction company will consent to some adjustment of tbe strike, but these cannot be verified, and probably are incorrfct. President Walsh of the company could not be found, but a director of the cocjpany stated in unequivocal terms that no compromise with Die strikers would be made. The saloons closed at the request of the mayor, and as no cars were run ning, the streets were generally quiet, the only point where there seemed to be a likelihood of disturbance being at the car sheds at Kensington avenue and Cumberland street, where a threat ening crowd gathered for a while. Despite the display of force, cars were not run oftenter than an hour apart on any of the lines, and in some cases only a single car went over the route. In Kensington the crow Is gave evi dence of an ugly temper. The track were blocked with all kind of obstruc tion, and frequently wnen the police would leave tbe car to remove these obstructions the mob would make an assault upon the car aud break tbe windows and beat the conluclor and motorman.. The police had orders to show no mercy to the mob. and they clubbed them witb a 'free hand when ever they came in conflict with tlr-ro. The same scenes were repeated In the northwestern section of the city and the outhern section. At Fifth and Monroe streets ths m-ib was especially active. From a build ing near by J.elglan blocks were se cured and tbe tracks for one solid block were piled two feet higb with these stones. An ice wagon happening along, the crowd set npon It and added its load as a further obstruction to the stones. One of the most exciting ircldents of tbe day occurred on Market street. About 3:80 in the afternoon a car was crawlirg slowly westward. Eight policemen were on the car and a detail of mounted o dicers rode ahead and be hind. The drivers of the nnmerot dray and heavy wagons on Market street are heartily in sympathy with the strikers, and they did everything In their power by getting on the track to impede the progress of the car. This gave time for the crowd to col. lect. At Ninth street tbe mob surged out into the street and surrounded the car. The officers opened up a passage with their horses as well as they could. It was slow work, however, and finally one of the crowd, bolder that the rest, cast a stone. It wect through the win dow of the car and was toll) wed by a shower of stones and club. The offi cers charged into the mob and drove them back, riding upon the pavement and forcing hundred of women and spectators to take refuge In stores. riOHTINO BLOOD AHOU6ED. The fighting blood of the crowd was aroued, however and it clung te na ciously behind the car. At Twelfth Street it closed in again and pressed so heavily upon the policemen (hat two of them drew their revolvers and fired Into the air. This frightened the crowd and it fell back. But It soon recov ered Its courage and from Twelfth to Sixteenth street up around the public building was a running fight between tbe police and tbe mob. At Sixteenth street the crowd grew weary of tbr chase and fell away. The Strieker attempted to intlug. ate a parade, and about 200 of them marched down from Eighth and Callow hill streets, where ttieir headquarters are located, to Market street and out that street. Just opposite the public buildings they met a squad of mounted officers, who charred Into their midst and dispersed them. As soon as tbe mayor beard of this parading he issued an order prohibiting such demonstra tions, and tbe strike leaders promised bat no more parade should take place. The Last M-atlng New YoftK, Dec. 19. The execu tive council of the American federa tion of labor met In tbe Ashland house. The meeting Issted two hours, and at IU conclusion Mr. Mo Bride announced that the various little details that had remained over tinea she eouvention ad journed bad been attended to. A good many of tbe Wes em delegates left tbe city yesterday morning for their nomas and tbe remainder left yesterday evanlag. a irtk. PlIILAI.rLf'HIA. Pa Dec. 18 Tbe trtke of the einplojes of the Union Tract on company, w.iicli was ordered Ut night by ;h- executive committee of tbe Philadelphia branch of tbe amalgamated assoc. a' ion of street rail way employes and which action ws subsequently ratifl -d at a muss nin-t-tng t the men, went ino ffect at 4 o'clock yesterday mri lig. While tbe s rike serions'y affects every line con trolled by the Union Traetion company, cars are brii g run on some tf the di visions at interval of ba.f an hour or more. The various d-poi of the Union Trac ion company are guarded by i-quad of policemen, while the ktnker congregate in the vicinity and watch the effort of tbe company's oliielals to moe the car. The on y line in Philadelphia that Is not controlled by the L'nion Traction company is the HeMonviile, Mantua and Fairissuint Railway company, which operate electric cars on Arch, Kace ard Vine street. Tbe car of tbi company were crowded this morn ing, the tratlic being so great that cum mer ear were prefsed into service. At a Isle hour yes erday morning It wa estimated that 70 per cent of the Union Trsction company were tied up, and an estimate number of men on strike ii about 4.500 the total number of employes aggregating 6,100. At 11 o'clock trouble wxs reported at Manayunk, a suburb of '.his city. It was reported that the trolley wires were being cut by the strikers Thousands of persons walked to their places of employment yesterday morn ing, some because of the lack of street c-ir facilities and many througn sym pathy with- the linker and for the purpose of emphasizing their feeling sgainst the corporation. The popular grievauce i increased fares, a protest against which was made at a town ma; meeting at the Academy of iiusio a week ago. The attempt of the Union Traction company to run car ha led to exten sive rioting of a mild character. Along the principal streets in th heart of the retail business sections there are many Stalled cars tbat have been attacked by mobs of boys. Every window in ttie cars Is broken and the conductor and mot or men have deserted their posts. The police seem powerless. troop at Eirrjr I'iim. Solomon v ill k, Ariz., Dec. 1H. Colonel Sunner, commander at Fort Grant, has arrived here. He has troop now at every pass where ihe bands of renegades are likely lopa-s. The troop from Fort Grant are ctalioued at Dun can. One arrived at Fort Thomas yes terday and a troop left Fort Apache for Hanipgon' ranch on Bagle creek. Captain McCorroick, wiih troop and scouts, have trailed two renegade from Whit lock mountains to Gila river, near (Jut brio, between Clifton and Duncan. Their trail was lost there in the roiiK'h country, but will tie taken up again and followed on foot if ne cessary. Colonel .umner says his order are to keep troops out and that he will spare no pains to capture the renegades. There is semblance of trouble or an outbreak of Indian on the White mountain reservation. Vbe renegade Indiana have been off the reservation ix year. On tha WltneM Stand. Howling Ghbkn, Mo., Dec. 18. Court opened in the Hearne trail with Mr. R. 1L Stillweli on the wltnets stand. She testified that although Mrs. A mos Stillweli claimed to be sick a great deal for some time before the murder, that she was always apparently well when Dr. Hearne was absent. When the doctor came in she would immediately go Into a spell and every body would leave the room except she aud Dr. Hearne. Witness again recited tbe gown In cident, saying that the gown Mr. Still well wore on the morning of the mur der bad the appearance of never having been worn in bed, uud tbat it wts not the character of the gown Mrs. Amos Stillweli usually wore, She also stated that although Mrs. Stillweli claimed to be In a itupor on the morning ot the murder, she told witness afterward tbat she wa conscious of everything that went on. Reviewed tha Oarrlaon, Hambuko, Dec. 18.-Emperor Wil liam reviewed the garrison at Altona, Harburg and Wands eck. Afterward an Inspection was made of the wharves. Later the emperor took luncheon with General Count von Waldersee. Ilia majesty left Altona at 4 o'clock. Prior to hi departure be telegraphed to Prince Bismarck. At Friedricbsruhe, station Prince Jlisroarck was waiting to receive the emperor. After greet ing bad been exchanged the old ex chancellor thanked the empoeror for unexpected honor he had conferred up on him. They went to the prince's re sidence, where the emperor remained until 7 o'clock, when, after warmly bidding farwell, his majesty started on bis return to Potsdam, Death of Majar Payne. Washington, D. C, Dec. 18 Msj. John Scott Payne, member of the board of pension appeals, died at bis residence aged fifty-one years. A BteBBarbehla Oocament. London, Dec. 18. The Dally News, will say; 'Xhe president's communication Is a remarkable document, through Its con sequences are not likely to be serious. Veitber Mr. Olney nor the president seems to reailts that tha Monroe doc trine cannot be quoted as aotboritita Uva In negotiations witb a foreign power. Both of taem ara certainly as far as possible from suspecting that ,tba real aatbor of too doctrine was Canning, sot Mouco. fe PflflB Mrs. Gertrude Atherton boldly christ ens her new novel "The Iooma Woman." Zbt is said to be planning a search for material for his new novel. "God and Mammon," In American cities. that It cannot be a fiction. How much truth there Is behind this narra tive Mr. Flinn ha declined M'wy, pre ferring to let the public JuilKe for Itself. A distrusted critic exhaunta himself in adjectival pynm-hulcs over Percy Whites "Corruption." He call it 'a paean pultescent" the story of a "pec cant pair" of a "brilliant, t.pe-iou and utterly conscienceless" man, and a "beautiful" girl with a "prurient" soul au "immuud study of ster-orace-ous souls!" Hall Calne's bump of ima;lnntloD la so large as to give him a top-heavy effect. He is appropriately act luhl generation, according to himself. "De pend uimju It," he said, ill an address the other day, "the nineteenth century Is the most romantic period iu the bis tory of the world. It is the romance "f our age, aud not its prosaic utilitarian Ism, that is the most nimizlng fact or it." "The Element of the Higher rriti clsm" Is a treatise by Professor An drew C. Zenos, of the MK'oniiirk Sem inary, Chicago. A d-tliiltlin of the term higher criticism fixes all opinio" which Is bused un Internal phenom ena under that head, in distinction to criticism n lying on external evidence, that being known a the lower. Th" Century Dictionary distinction is given space. In a njHrit of fairness; but tin author prefers prevnlent usage, aa low er criticism. Since the last operation was perform eil on his eyes Mr. Gladstone bus writ ten for the Youth's oiiipniiloii wun" very Interesting rwollectloiis of bis lif'1 long friend and physician, Sir Andrew Clark. The manuscript, which reached the Companion a few weeks ago. in written from beginning to end in his own band, and, despite the infirmity of his eyesight. It la remarkably legible. This Is the third article which the dU tingiilshi'd statesman 1ms contributed to the Youth's Companion within '!! pant few years. John J. Flinn Is a new star In the lit erary firmanent. ini of his most nota ble productions Is "The Mysterious I.s appearance of Helen St. Vincent," and he daringly chose the World's Fair at Chicago as the field of the story. It w as published In serial form In the Chi cago Times Herald, ami the atteutloii accordi-d It gave amurance that In b'k form It would have a large sale. Ac cordingly, It will shortly lie ln-tul from the pres of George K. Hazlitt Co.. Chicago. Mr. FUnn's romance has been pronounced by comMtent critics "A Dream of the Fair." The story U so told as to leave the Itnpritialoii in tln mind of the reader that It mum be trun Lawyers Were Hard Fighter. Clients love a hard fighter, aud the onlookers are Impressed with bis teal. Iu my own experience I have had cas-s where I advised my clients not to su Ixh'busc I was sure they hud no chance, and, although they followed my adrhre, Instead of employing other counsel, they refused to pay a reasonable fee, and In one ease left me to pay tbe court costs. And I have seldom advised a client to compromise or submit to ar bitration that I did not displease him. It requires moral courage to advise one against his inclinations, but It Is sometimes a lawyer's sacred duty. Whatever may be said as to its moral ity or true wisdom, yet I must say I re gard this aggressive and partisan spirit more conducive to modern success than profound Judgment, for I have seen lawyers succeed chiefly by rea son of it In whom the logical faculty was not at all conspicuous. In speaking of success, It will be olwerved that I do pot mean the eminence of such men as Ersklne, Wirt, Welwter, William Plnckney, Rufus Choate and Charles O'Conor, but such success as Is attain ed by the leading members of the bar In every town or city of the United Ptates, who have a good practice, sometimes very lucrative, though they are unknown to fame and forgotten outside their neighborhood when tbey are gone. Southern Magazine. - ; Equal to the Emergency. A tobacco salesman recently at tempted to get up a flirtation with a dining-room girl at the Morton House. She paid no attention to him until be called her tn his side and sold: "You remind me of my sister." "YesT said she. "Now, Isn't It fun ny? You wein to remind me so much of my brother." "Indeed?" said the young man and winked at the other salesmen arouutl the table. "In what way?" "Why, be never could mind hi own business." Michigan Tradesman. All Were Frightened. A hunter riding through the woods near Gray's River, Wash., the other day came to a big fallen tree In his path The ground seemed clear on the other side and he lesped his horse over the trunk. The borae landed squarely on the back of a bear, which evidently bad been asleep there. The bear, was as much startled as the horse, and quickly, made off, while tbe hunter waa thrown to the ground, the horse pitching him out of (be saddle side ways In Its frightened leap away from the bear. , Whenever you bear a fellow begin tha conversation by saying, There la no ua talking," prepare yourself for a flood.