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About The Sioux County journal. (Harrison, Nebraska) 1888-1899 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 16, 1897)
ftarrfson 3ournaI. BO. D. CAVUW, MtaftMrnf, BAB R I SON, . . 1KB. With rudeness suffered to reign at borne, Impoliteness diuik necessarily be the rale abroad. Blxty ballet girl In a New York pro duction hve struck for higher wage. They are the greatest kickers in the world, anyway. A New York paper's headline, "Soci ety at Large," again calls public atten tion to the lnacieney and worthless neas of Gotham's police force. The Dallas News Inquires why "blondes, whom the poets love, are rain, fickle and deceitful." Terhaps the peroxide of hydrogen does it. John L. Sullivan's fitness for a posi tion as umpire of a league contest on the diamond seems to consist of a long course of training with lnshoots and high balls. r The New York papers are exploiting a cornet-player who can hold a note 125 seconds. That's nothing startling; Chicago banks often hold them much longer. A New York paper says that a promi nent lawyer of that city has been fined 130 and costs for "kicking a client In his flat" That punishment clearly was Inadequate. "During this weather," says the Memphis Commercial-Appeal, "it is not considered etiquette for ladles and gen tlemen to go out In their bare feet." Memphis Is becoming too particular. The decision of Harvard to lay more stress in the future on the writing of good English la wise and timely. Sim ilar action ought to be taken by every Institution of learning, great and small, in the country. The Atchison Globe sadly says: "There is absolutely nothing In love in the summer time." Pshaw! You never can convince the managing editor of a soda fountain of the truth of that state ment Over In Pennsylvania an old maid has had an entire fishing party of sev enteen boys arrested because two of their number kissed her. Now see what trouble those fifteen fellows have rot the others Into! The millionaire business has Its de pressions like any other, as the recent r inlcldes of Barney Barnato and Mr. Creede, of Colorado, indicate. Together they owned some $200,000,000, and the whole colossal sum wasn't worth living for. : Apropos of the big cut In bicycles, an Eastern paper says that "typewriters should take a tumble next; they are too expensive. That may be spoken from the depths of a bHter experience. A Nebraska man recently paid 110,000 for a typewriter whom he had known only six weeks. A Cincinnati Jury some, tima ngo found a prisoner charged with stealing $35,000 from an express company "not guilty." He died the other day and while on bis deathbed made a full con fession of bis guilt But of course the Jury'wlll now insist that be was mis taken. A New York paper has established a regular department called "News that Was Not News," in which the fakes of Its contemporaries for the preceding day are exposed. If the yellow Journals can be Induced to turn State's evidence rights along the Gotham reader may eventually get his due. A special dispatch from St Louis lays that a young woman of that place hypnotises herself several times dally and when In a trance condition turns lomersaiflts and performs other acro batic feats of contortion which no other living performer ever has been able to accomplish. It is evident that this prodigy la destined to take high rank In the dime museum business. Le wist on Journal: Poor old Santa Claus! He needn't squeeze himself down tall chimney or dash over thir ty -seven-story Chicago buildings In his reindeer sleigh hereafter, for they have decided at the recent Sunday school convention In that city that the chil dren's Mint is a reHc of the dark ages and an absurd myth. None the less many little children will Hsten for thei patter of the refnatsrs, hoofs next Christmas even In aoaaed Chicago. The selfish man may have many val uable traits, but he can never have real heroism, because be never can for get himself; he never can throw blm sstf into any cause or any work with an Individual heart. Life to him to only valuable for what H brings to him. He la happy on unhappy accord ing to what be gets or does not ,get; white the heroic man prises Hfe for wtat Smm bring to k, and ts twppy or the reverst aecordlng to what he docs Wa ha losjflnasfly sacrificing wCa, as opportunity serves, to w3 tm; bearing without IlstUanJtassthat aCCVtt tt&i that task, whan T rauer cotng asmscning rwntrsflt is It, often i nCorMr tl at it; tiTrr' :zJC J& toward accidents of life; bodily pain and weakness long continued, and perplexing- na often when It does nut amount to illness; losing what we val ue. uiSslng what we desire; disap pointment In other persona, wilfulness, unkindness, Ingratitude, folly, In cases where we least expect it. The British consul at Pamrna says that of h.te years leprosy ha Income a scourge in the isthmus and that it has been allowed to spread until it Is Impossible to estimate the nuuilier of leiiers in the department. The arransje ments for caring for these miserable creatures are of the most primitive character and cannot, from the?r very nature, prevent completely the spr.a-l of this terrible disease. The govern ment seems to be unable to cope with this state of affairs and there Is immi nent danger of contamination to the great traffic across the isthmus. Some decisive action should be taken to prevent the indiscriminate freezing of Chicago bar-keepers by cold-blooded thugs. It seems to have become a fad among these rapacious robbers to lay away the dispenser of liquids in the ice box before relieving the establishment of Its visible assets. At this time of year particularly It mus be extremely disagreeable to be subjected to this protracted chill and to be forced to listen to the ribald glee of the gang as it empties the tllL Moreover, It is left too much for chance to determine whether the Iced "barkeep" will be dis covered In time to take any subsequent Joy in life. If this practice spreads to any greater extent It will be necessary to heat the Ice box by steam or some other agency in order to make these holdup and cold-storage experiences even tolerable. The recent death of Alexander That er, for many years United States Con sul at Trieste, lias been scarcely no ticed In dispatches from abroad or In papers of this country, and yet Mr. Thayer was the one American who has given to the world one of the most masterly and complete biographical works ever printed. The dex-eased was born at Natick, Mss., In 1817, and was graduated from Harvard In 1843. Hav ing special literary attainments he spent some time in the college library after his graduation. In 1849 he went to Europe, and for two years was In Bonn, Berlin, Prague, and Vienna per fecting himself in the German langtiage and gathering material for a biography of Beethoven, which he made the work of his life. In 1852 he was connected with the New York Tribune, but his health did not allow of newspaper work. Two years later he returned to Germany, still Intent upon hi great task, and worked for a year In the Ber lin library. 111 health and lack of means forced him borne again, but with the assistance of friends he was able to return to Europe in 1859. From that year until 1890 Ms life was de voted to the biography. He visited dur ing these thirty years Berlin, London, Paris, Vienna, Gratz, Lin, Salsburg, Frankfurt, Bonn, and Weimar, worked in all the museums and libraries, and had intiniate intercourse with Wege-j ler, Schlndler, Huttenbrenner, Chorley, Neate, Potter, Hogarth, and other friends of Beethoven. In 1802 he was connected with the United States Le gation at Vienna, which post he ex changed for a Consulship at Trieste, a position he held for many years. Dur ing these thirty years he labored con tinuously upon the biography, and the result was a masterpiece worthy to stand by the side of Spltta's "Bach" for accuracy, completeness, and schol arly research. It presents a vast mass of new material, corrects Innumerable mistakes which had been made by pre vious biographers. It is a veritable mine of Information and has become the standard reference the world over for students of Beethoven's life and music. It te an Instance of his scholar-, ship that he wrote the biography in1 German. It is to be regretted than a cheap and easily accessible English; edition of this great work is not in the' market No musical book is more need ed. It reflects the highest credit upon American scholarship. New England Fort's Stolen Cannon. A long time ago Fort Fairfield felt the need of a cannon In Its business. So a determined band went up to Fort Kent and the wicked notion of stealing a cannon from the warlike dwellers in that frontier town. The Fort Kent folks were waiting for 'em with guns cocked and primed, but in some re markably slick way the Fort Fairfield crowd slipped in and got away with the cannon. On the way down to St John the boat containing the cannon was overturned and the ordnance was dumped Into the river. Bnt, not a whit dismayed, the loyal little band groped around, hooked Into the piece and finally lugged It In triumph Into Fort Fairfield. Then a Fort Kent company went to Fort Fairfield to retake the cannon, but they couldn't find the piece and marched back again. Since then the cannon has been kept carefully se creted. On festive occasions it is brought out to bark, and then Is again hurried away Into retirement. Compressed Air as a Cocktail. For three years hundreds of workmen have been living In rom pressed air darns; the con mictlon of the BlackweJl tun net, each eatrTin- a hundredweight of air to every square Inch of the body, wfeSs the people on the surface bear bat tfteen pounds to the square Inch. A feetlng of exhilaration, aoraoatng aJssost to Intoxication, la produced at times. A cigar to this atmosphere boms oat with the rapidity of a cigar- Cty Journal. . ft a person who has a Kttts trouble ) not vary otrefai, be is to laager of TOriCS OF THEJJMES. A CHOICE SELECTION OF INTER ESTING ITEMS. Comment! and Criticisms Based Upon the Happenings ot the Day His torical and Neva Notes, Now all will be well If only Venezu ela can be kept from trying to annex the United States. A war with Japan would have one advantage the Chinese would prob ably run away at the first shot. That Chicago man who in his will let $1,70) to a favorite dog could not have befriended a more constant and unselfish friend. That Paris physician who claims that he "can prove love is a disease" may base his conclusion on the fact that courtplaster is used so often In hos pitals. At length the Langtry has been granted a divorce. Let us hope that this is not preliminary to a new ap pearance In public life on the part of this woman. Kansas City has decided that female prisoners henceforth "shall break stonp the same as men." Probably they could break men much more' easily, however. A character which combines the love of enjoyment with the love of duty and the ability to perform it is the one whose unfolding give the greatest promise of jierfmion. . A California cook In a lioarding house mixed a little arsenic with his dough and the boarders kicked. If be had used more probably they never would have done so again. A former resident of Philadelphia has revisited that town after a continu ous absence of forty-four years. Some of the boys he used to know may be a trifle older, but he will notice few oth er clianges. Enjoy the blessings of this day, if God sends them, and the evils of it bear patiently and sweetly; for this day Is only ours. We are dead to yes terday, and we are uot yet lorn to the morrow. After all it Isn't so very remarkable that a Chicago man who recently fail ed for 11,000,000 should have "kept all his accounts In his head." Ills credit ors are now seeing dividends "in their minds." A society has been formed in New York which wants "every person of un sound mind" electrocuted by the State. There Is some satisfaction In the thought that under such a dispensation that society would have to go first. The Dallas News says: "Chicago will not permit women to wear masculine attire within the city limits.' An anx ious public would like to know Just where Chicago draws the line." The line is drawn at the city limits, of course. The Buffalo Courier says that only one-sixth of the people of Chicago ride bicycles, and adds: "The legs of the other five-sixths are so crooked that they couldn't ride a Jinriklsha. That Isn't Chicago's understanding of the situation at all. A correspondent writes to the Lon don Mall to suggest that Kuglnnd should rectify her frontier line so as to include Maine, Vermont, New Hamp. shire and part of New York in Canada. If England ever attempts that Ui'cle Sam will "rectify" that northern boun dary by removing it north of Hudson's Bay. " It la to the Interest of every man to better himself or his condition when be can do so honestly. This Is what to a certain extent we are all aiming to accomplish; but we shall not tie able to reach this if. Instead of earnest faithful work, we devote our energies to seeking out and obtaining easy posi tions. No one can be too loving, or sympaj thetlc, or tender, or' generous. All these gractotto Impulses are to lie re-j Jotcea m ana cnerisneu, jney coiisii tute the grace and beauty of charac ter, and are the very well-springs of human happiness. It is only win they lack the guiding hand of reaso to direct tbem Into safe channels thn their natural and good results an changed into harmful ones. Not content with trying to put a stort to the use of tiase-balf English In thf daily press, the New York times no wishes to prohibit by taw the puMlsbj tog of "east side dialect stories." Bui why the distinction? Why not prohlb It wast side dialect stones, west side has a dialect east? in " B"rw"t''" u'"l lect, and a Harlem dialect, and the pal jJs a HfAinnimiM rVktmt v a nf that ww. . commuter or "w'7 ,sp,a" ""I bill, till one bird stronger, or perhaps berish unlmeUigiWe to the rest of thJfly thaD hJg wow- mleceed- civilized . wurm. n iiy uim:iiu(iuuiv against the east side alone? It la estimated that 5,400,000 mem! bers of secret societies In the Unlte States spend for regalia, plumes, ban ners and unnecessary traveling ex penses not less ttian 9;mu,uw,w anally. Reversing the order r lower creation, in wucn en, naie cock .the male lion, the msto barnyarcl rowi ana loa mw sruw. m sprgeonsty aotoVBsa, wa see men waia tng n dull btoeft or gray, walls womaf strsu sjonfsads la all ths eoiora th OS ', arrayad as sot avaa of old arrayed. irily I" f room cn man gratify his natural love of finery. Only there can he "oanl'es: the atavUm which Is in him. la"'11' memory of prehistoric days when the males of the race still wore the nne feathers, while the females were but , beasts of burden. i wuo vtttnt.iirv Dlsnatch: A man drives a horse at full gallop Into a street crowded with bicycles or other vehicles Is a fool and a hoodlum in pos session of one means of exhibiting h.:u eir. A man who scorches a bicycle through a street equally crowded, or over crossings thronged with pedestri ans, is exactly the same kind -of fool and hoodlum, mounted on another kind of vehicle. Roth should he sternly sup pressed by exemplary punishment. It happens to be the misfortune of the new vehicle that the bicycling Idiot Is most numerous at present, and owing. perhaps, to liia greater laonuc . ,u or)g)u u ,H an(, bflg l)Wn KroR8y getting away has uot I .ecu suppressed. am, flt me8 lje,. ,he 'sion of animated discussions In the General Phfltpie Regis de Tmhrt- , iIo,JKe j,,, to tue rlgl)t 0f a niemlier to awl. retired general of the Unit d , js,trt reU)arks he never made in the States army, whose death occurred at j0UI!ie Iiayi"rt, L. L, was a native of Franc-, j n.Ir.si.ntatlve Wheeler of Alabama where he was isirn c'jrhty-one y holds the record for expansion, under ago. ming to America lu his youth. j..j,.nve t0 print." Getting the floor for He iKK-auie prominent early in our civil a iIljre xuiuute on one occasion, niem war, entering the service ns colonel of (Pr() wer), gtonlshed to see in the Rec the Fifty-fifth New York Infantry In oni tl)e uext n,ninjf that In that min Pecember, 1S4J2. later bein' transferro 1 ute he had delivered himself of about to the Thirty-eighth. Jan. 5. lsi'rl. lie (our pages of the Record, a space was made Brigadier General of Volim-1 which ordinarily covers an hour to an teers, and on April 9, 1815. Brevet .M.i- hour and a half of the proceedings. Jor tJeneral for meritorious services j)r Hunter, a member from Illinois, during the campaign ending with whose speech on the tariff bill appear siirrewler of General. R. K. Leo. Inl recently, seems likely to give the July of 1SV! he was apixiintert colonel ! gonial A la bam lan a close brash for first in the regular army and wns assigned place. Ills post-mortem effort covers to the Thirty-first Infantry.- On Mnrcn j twenty-live pages of the Record, and 2. IS-.", he received the rank of Brevet , believed to Ik- an unequaled perform- Brigadier General for ga'.lant services during the war. ami the next year was transferred to the Thirteenth Infantry, lie retired from the service in lfcD. As we ought ro be iik i-c frupil of our time than our money, t one being In finitely more valuable than the other, so ought we to be particularly watch ful of opportunities. There are times and stisons proper for every purpose of life; and a very material part of pru dence It is to Judge rightly of them. If you have, for example, a f.lvor to ask of a phlegmatic, gloomy man, take him If you can over his liottie. If you want to deal with a covetous man by no means promise your business after he has been ty1wg away money, but rath er after he has been receiving. If you know a person for whose interest you have occasion, who Is unhappy lu his family, put yourself In his way abroad, rather than wait on him at his own house. A statesman will not be likely to give you a favorable audience mime.,'" 'e vspuoi is one in diately after meeting with a u(Knp. j which the late Gen. Nathaniel P. Banks, point ment In any of his schemes. There ! at onp ttw lter. was the chief ac are even many people who are alwavs ! or T,,e ,nat at one B,ne sour and Ill-humored from their rising 1 of his career Mr. Banks was a pupil of till they have dined. As in persons, so i tf"cutr elocution In ashiugton, in things, opportunity Is of the utmost he ught every opportunity on the consequence. r of llm t0, r,raCt!,(? "f IlKlitches from lxmdon bring the sad Inielllgtm-e of the death of Jean Ingelow, the poet. She was born In Ipswich in 1830. Though her poems now have become old-fashioned she made an Instant and widespread rep- ...,..(.,.. ...1,..., .1.,... ft..f-t ........ -wl for a long time she was . hissed with Tennyson and Longfellow and evui compared with Mrs. Browning, who, however, occupies a much higher plane of tbouglu and feeling. Nearlj' all her work took the romance pr ballad form, and as her poems t re exquisitely mu sical she achieved great Kpu!arity both In England and In this country, although the world now has mostly for gotten her. Still, in such poems ns "Songs of Seven," with its fam-inntlng rhythm, the "High Tide on the Coast of Lincolnshire," "O Falr Dove, O Fond Dove," there are an elevation, high sentimentality, and din mi of me tre with many. Her f t-ceess In poetry was all the more remarkable consider ing that her first look of poems did not apix-ar until after she was 33 year of age. At a later jieriod she attempted novel writing and produced among others "Off the Skelllgs," "Fated to Be Free," "Don John," and "Sarnb de Beranger," which had but a shortlived popularity, however. They are now al most entirely forgotten. Miss Ingelo-.v Diner married, but lived an ideal life with a bachelor brother among trees birds, and flowers at Kensington, of wnU.u she wa. )(IMdonat4.lr toDd H'-ron. Herons lay three or four blulah-green eggs, on which they sit for about twenty-eight days. The male bird takes part In Incubation. He may sometimes be seen winging his way homeward, and taking up his position on a bough near the nest. Then the aittln hint ,in i ... w, . ,., gn,mi, wle ber Inat. . rf and k th ... turns. Both parents take part In feed- "i.rr.3'W the young Wrds. This is no light :"l task, for the nestling tm an appe " " ,1 tlte that Is not easily satisfied. There are often amusing struggles among fof Um M,,on of rt " " -lush frequently passing from bill to In swallowing It before snatched away. It can ba Wasted Powder. "I wonder," said the man of a stat istical turn, "I wonder how much pow der Is destroyed dally In useless sal- utes?" "Toere must be a lot" said the frlv oioun girl Bot f suppose women will on UMiag aD0tnr just the same, Ait this of ths rear, wa always maJat a resolution to be braver la fac ing the ootd waather oast wratsr. LEAVE TO PRINT. bpeecheela the Con-iesslonsl Record Which Wars Never lel vet el. The greater past of the contents of the Congressional Record these days, ays the New York Sun, Is composed Of belated revisions of remarks made ' In the House while the Dingley tariff bill was under discussion, or ist- niortem observation on tue general sub ject of the bill, which are printed by authority of the House contained lu the special order adopted for regulating Ihe consideration of the measure In the House. It provided that for twenty days subsequent to the final vote on the passage of the bill memtiers might print in the Itec'ord extensions of re marks made In the debate, or, if they so desired, speeches, no part of which had been delivered. This practice of granting "leave to print" has come down to the present from the mists of antiquity, as it were, and no one knows ance In Its line. The withholding of speeches for re vision, a practice also sanctioned by hoary-headed precedent is subject to criticism. There is apparently jw rule regulating the matter, and the conse quence Is that the Record occasionally falls to fully record the proceedings. A member on one occasion made a speech, the newspaper report of which formed the basis of an attack by his opiKinent In the next campaign. The Congressman denied having uttered the remarks attributed to him, and ap pealed to the Record to sustain him. The challenge was eagerly acei j.ted by his rival, who, not being up to all the tricks of Congressmen, was covered with confusion at his failure to find the alleged sceeh. The niemtier had sim ply "withheld his remarks for revi sion," and then calmly poeke'd them. In the old days of the Congressional Globe the reporters of debates were the victims of this practice. Among .Muuj ui mm: e- ii.-n, rvujfiruj, IJC did not care to embalm for posterity In the enduring record of tic House 1 proceedings. After having concluded he would ask the rejiorter to withhold i the manuscript from the printer and give It to him fop revision. These sjieeches. It Is related, he never retura- , , ,n . . ,kr , . . ' the Globe rcMrters were paid $4 a col- umn for their work as It appeared In prlr.:. and It e si 'l.i :n u". v.,: f cf thlr to i :-au:.ci ll.; ib!:;- ;iote. :o may easily lie Imagined that that part of the tradition Is true which avers that vU.a ever Mr. Bank rose to speak a groan traversed the reporters' bench. Dual Southern City. -"My residence lu Texarkana is on the j Arkansas side of the town," said B. j M, Foreman, recently appointed iwst j master of that city. In conversation the other day. 'The line that separates Texas from Arkansas runs through the middle of the town, and the total population, approximately 15,000, la about evenly divided by the boundary mark. T-here are two mayors, of course, and two distinct city govern ments, but the dual situation works without the least hitch or friction. If a man on the Texas side breaks a State law and crosses over on Arkansas soli, he is arrested by the officers there and held until a requisition can be had from the State' authorities, and rice versa. In the great majority at cases the man arrested will go back without troubling the officers to get a requisi tion. Our city Is In a thriving condi tion and does an immense lumber bus iness. In Texarkana and lu neighbor hood are some of the largest sew mills In the country. The construction of the Port Arthur road the Hue from Kansas Olty to the gulf has been of Immense benefit to us."-PhHadelphla Inquirer. The UOa Got boose. In the early part of this century Kald kfalroon, a governor of Tangier, was taking a Journey thither, carrying a large Hon in a cage borne by four mules ta prMwnl front the eiatlnn to th King of Portugal. One evening, after the tents bad been pitched and Kald Maimon was resting on a divan In his pavilion, be beard a neighing of hors es, and then a trampling and stampede of the animals tethered outside. He clapped his hsnds to summon the at tendants, nut .for a few moments no one csme. Then appeared his prison er, the lion, glaring fiercely ss be ap proached. Kald Maimon was a very courageous man, aad while the Hon was advanc ing there was time to think of many things. It was of no us to draw his sword; and moreover, If be should suc ceed la killing the Hon. the Sultaa woald probably cat off hi own bead In return, to bs sat perfectly still, and adorwisd the creators by the name which baj baaa drra bin. -You are a lrsve fellow, Maimon, said be, "to leave your cage and Uka a walk this fine evening. O Judicious and well behaved Hon, you do well ta enjoy yourself !" For the creature, pleased with the Kald's voice, had be gun to roll upon the carpet "O brav est and most trust wort by T And now the lion had risen, rublw-d himself catlike against his host, and lain down with his head upon the Kald's knee. Brave though he was, the Kald shud dered, and the inspiration of fear broke out uin him. Not a sound was to lie heard In the camp, save the terri fied nelgh of a horse which had not lieen able to escape with the others, and which still scented the Hon. Maimon woke, stretched himself, and put out his loug, .terrible claws. He stalked toward the door, lashing bis tail. At its first movement the Kald s turban was knocked off, and in replac ing It he muttered to himself: "I hoiie this visit is coming to an end! May it be the last of the klud I shall ever receive!" The horse, meantime, had succeeded In galloping away, and the lion broke at once into pursuit. He overtook his victim In two bounds, and laid him low with lacerated sides and bleeding throat. While he was thus engaged, the Kald escajieu from the back of his tent and managed to summon his men, who. half a mile away, were huddled together with the horses and mules. "The first man who runs away again," said be, "I will bastinado till the breath Is out of his body!" And no one attempted to run. For though remaining might mean death, the bastinado was a horrible certainty. So they waited until the lion had gorg ed himself Into sleepiness, and then cautiously recaptured him. Mrs. Bergliot Ibsen, daughter of BJomson, and daughter-in-law of Hen rik Ilisen, made her public debut as a vocnlist at Christlanla. Harjier & Bros, will henceforth have a Loudon branch. It has been estab lished by absorbing the business of the bunion firm of Osgood, Mcllvalne & Co. The Llpplncott Company has secured the American rights of Dr. Conan Doyle's new story now running In the Strand magazine entitled "The Trag edy of the Korosko." James Lane Allen's "The Choir In visible" has been published In England. It Is everywhere received with favor. The Loudon Bookman supplements its review of tlie book with a sketch and portrait of the author. IL G. Wells Is engaged on a scientific romance which he hopes to finish by the end of the year. The theme of ths tiook Is, of urse, at present a secret, but we are promised something that will eclipse his previous achievements in the world of wonders. Dr. Moticure D. Conway has left En gland to reside permanently In New York with his family. Probably no men Is Itetier knowu In literary circles on lsith sides of the Atlantic thnn Dr. Conway, who has uumtiered among his fri.Tids such men as Cnrlyle. Rossettl, El. e.s t', I. Hi! :'!). ;); 1 it : '. 1 rank A. Muiim y, the piopr.ttor au.,1 crV'or of Munsey's Magazine, lias been arninglug for some new serials In En gland, and luis se-urcd a novel from Max PemliertoH for next year. The Iiondou Bookman devotes a lnge to Mr. Munsey and his enterprises, slat ing that he Is a tmch!or of 42, and that his business Is more profttabl than that of many of the great limited liability companion of England. Mun Bey's Magazine cln'nis a circulation of 700,000 coises, which Is much the largest In the United States or any. where else. Mr. Munsey also publish, es the Puritan, a paper for feminine renders, and the Argosy, both of which have a wide vogue. One of the object! of his English visit is to establish a London edition of Munsey 's. The first authentic and complete edL tlon of Sheridan's plays is preparing for publication by FTaser Rae, wb has the advantage, which he enjoyed while writing Sheridan's "Biography," of examining and making unrestricted use of the manuscrtpts preserved at Frampton Oourt. Not a single play In the current editions of them Is in Sheri dan's own words; some of the beat sayings of Mrs. Malaprop and Sir Lu cius O'Trigger have been mutilated oi suppressed: the songs In "The Duen na" of which Ooleridge and Hasllti admired the sweetness have been al tered for he worse; while that Engllsl classic "Tlie Scliool for Scandal," at Sheridan wrote It, will he accesstbk for the first time In this edition. J Ho Escaped. A bishop of the Metlmdlst Cburcl was preachins; a sermon on the vault) of dresv sl IneidnntaUy allude t people 'lto wor velvet and gold or (laments. After the sermon a distinguish member of his confermee approaches hlni and said: "Now, bishop. I know you were strikliMf at me, f. r 1 WTe , velvet vent ami a heavy a ton chata The Ushop smiled, psssei his UmU over tlie veat. touched the chain, aM then sntd, with a merry twinkle In hk eye: "No, really, Brother B., for the van you wear Is only a cation velvet, and I am half persuaded that your watel enln Is braas."-Atlanu Connutntloaj essonelble ror It. Cook cracks our ehlaa, chips ear Uaa. And I will bet a dims She Is ths personage who ssaas issraLwaaakhsf Puck. i 1 i V- a