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-
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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.
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