Grass Basket
Dr. Hugo Kinncr of 1103 Kutgei
street, St. Louis, has brought from
the Moki, Navujo and Havisupal In
dian reservations in New Mexico a
collection of wonlerful Indian bas
kets, the malting of which is said by
Geoige Wharton James and Plot's.
Holme. Mawm and McGee to the
FmithMMilan to be fa.-it becoming a lost
art.
Dr. Kinner has baskets so artistical
ly woven as to be water tight. Some"
of them, in fait, were made to hold
soup arid other liquids. This Heav
ing, which is done by patient squaw
with no accounting: of time or profit,
is pronounced by. ethnologists the tin
tit and most skillful in the world, even
excelling' that of the buskttmakers of
Japan and the coil weavers of the
Congo river.
Desiring that the wonderful work of
the-se Indian women of the Southwest
sh;;ll not pass without record. Prof.
Mason, curator of the department of
ethnology at the Smitlieonian, has pre
pared, with the assistance of Profs.
Holmes and McGeee, a government
publication descriptive of Indian bas
ketry, j
Dr. Klnner goes every year among
some of the Indians of the southwest.
He has several times visited the In
dians of Mexico, and it quite familiar
with the basketry of these people. The
Moki have been wonderful basket ma
kers as long as white men have known
them. They weave their baskets of
grasses or the roots of grasses and
And many things in the desert flora
that serve to decorate the baskets. Dr.
Kinner has secured some especially
fine specimens within the last year,
being more successful In bargaining
with the squav.-s than he had been
upon any previous visit. The Moki are
the most ceremonious of all primitive
peoples, and they scarcely make any
thing that Is without some religious
attachment and is not regarded as a
fetish necessary to the peace and
happiness of the Moki people. For
this reason It Is difficult to purchase
some of the finer creations of the bas-
ket weavers. Dr. Klnner has one water-tight
bowl which Uc only secured
after a residence of four weeks among
the Indians and an acquanltance with
the Indian agent through a letter frohi
the secretary of the Interior.
The coveted grass bowl secured by
Dr. Kinner is an almost indestructible
vessel. It is made of coils of grass so
closely woven as to render the threads
almost Indistinguishable. The coIIb are
almost an Inch In diameter, and they
have a consistency very much like
that of wire rope. Dr. Kinner says
the old squaws of the tribes do this
work, bending over their weaving in
their smoky hobans ten and twelve
hours a day without uttering a word
or tasting food. Their skill at the
weaving seems an Inheritance from an
cestors who were doing the same thing
Prince Huiwha
Prince Huiwha, third son of King
LI Hsi of Corea, is at the Corean le
gation at Washnigton awaiting the ar
rival of J30.000 from his father, that
he may pay various debts contracted
from money lenders.
Much of this money was spent In
Coney Island and New York In clothes,
theaters, banquets and various 'other
allurements calculated to attract a
prince only 20 years old.
Prince Huiwha was sent to this
country with J4.000 a year at his com
mand to attend the Roanoke univer
siay. This was In 1900. After a year
at the university, during which time
he learned a great deal of the customs
and manners of the country. Prince
Huiwha visited this city and incident
ally Coney Island. An ultimate ex
penditure of $30,000 was the result.
For this amount he gave a great
many notes to money lenders, who did
not sea fit to refuse the son of a king ;
anythii.s lie might ask. !
There are no dissipation In Corea .
upon which a young and active prin"e
can spend 14,000 a year. There are no
merry-go-rounds, or chutes, or knock
out drops, or "heads-I-wln-tails-you-ione"
games at which a. crown prince
may enjoy himself.
It is probable, therefore, that the
prince never had a thrill until
reached the Roanoke university.
he
For years he had been hidden away
and preserved from assaaslnalion.much
as a careful housewife preserves a su
gar plum from little Johnny.
In Corea It Is said that all youth
are callow until they marry and set
tle down.
Huiwha had visions of settling at
Roanoke for a four-year course of
study. He did nothing of the kind.
In a moment of benevolence some of
the Roanoke youths took him out to
see life.
Huiwha succumbed. No more pot
bat and morning glory pajamas for
him.
He began to acquire American hab
its and American clothes. Eighty-seven
suits and eighty-seven fancy waist
coats Vc his present number, which
la undoubtedly the Corean record.
Ia a short time he had outgrown his
M.M a 7r by several thousand. Then
mil th summer vacation. What
would Primes Huiwha dor Go to New
Tsrk, asoong other things.
EXJhsr t went with hla tittle browa
TsJst Far a fsw days he was stun
aofl, Tfcsa with graft preasnca -of
salad 1st ftiwsa to tba occasion sad cast
DM aawvotkal ftotaa which, by th way,
at pavteotly m oft tha Xew
Tars waters.
Zj Cars tfcar to Nek tfctftf M
Weaving Becoming a Lost Art :
when the first Spanlnh explorers In
vaded the southwest. James George
Wharton James, a student of the In
dians of New Mexico, says the art of
basketry is being lost because the old
squaws are dying and the young wo
men are not weaving baskets, being
satisfied to buy cheap utensils from
the white man.
Prof. Mason credits the Puma In
dians of California with being the
TtioSt" exjiei t of air basket wea vers.
Pome of the Poma baskets run from
forty to sixty stitches to the inch, and
ill the finer vessels Jhu threads can
not always be counted with the aid of
a glass.
The few baskets that are now being
made are merely for commercial pur
poses, and are hurried and coarse af
fairs. So longer does the squaw sit
patiently and fiimly weave her treas
ure basket, destined to be buried with
her chief or to be handed down to the
next generation as an heirloom. No
more does she search for roots and
berries which make the soft browns,
and dull burnt reds that colored so
effectively her works'-of art, but the
baskets are hurriedly woven, the faster
the better, and the crude aniline dyes
of the paleface are good enough for blankets throwing the dice into the
decorative purposes. In the fancy bas- tray for wampum, their raoiu y. The
kets no longer do the feathers lie as spots on the dice counted for noth
stnooth as on a bird's back, but are ing, but the man who threw them in
thinly scattered and point In all di-!sucha way that the fiat sides faced
reetions
The ceremonial or sacrificial baskets
of the Poma Indians are considered
the highest art in lasketry. The sun
basket, which was treasured more than
any of this variety, was made basin -
shape and was eo.'ertd with red
feathers worked In such a fashion that
they were as smooth as on a bird's
breast.
These baskets have become exceed
ingly rare, and many collectors would
willingly pay !lf0 to obtnln a first
class one. Other much sought after
baskets of the Pomas are the "tsal,"
"bam-tui.n," "bum-tfu-wu, "cusel"
and "ti" weaves.
The "tsa!" wav is commonly known
among basket collectors as the coil
weave. These baskets are mostly used
as trinket and treasure receptac les,
and were rarely seen about the wig-
warns, the Indians kerning them well
concealed frorn the light, and baskets
made many years ago, but with the
app?aranoe of recent manufiicturc.have
been discovered. Some of the larger
and coarser flbered baskets were. how
ever, used for mush and soup bowls.
Those of the bam-tuo weave were
probably the most useful baskets to
the Indians. They were principally
used a? burden carriers.
The "bam-tsu-wu" weave
Is eonsid-
ered the finest of the Fomas, and made
a basket so closely woven as to he
water tight. These were ued tor
treasure and trinket caskets, and were
rarely in evidence about the wigwams.
Sees the Sights
forbidden fruit, especially for a prince I
of the blood. But here he must buy. I
And with a prtsenoe of mind equal to
that of Huiwha himself everybody
raised the price. The Hay-market, the
Tivoll, the Rans Sonel, whet ever he
went he was gently but firmly sep
arated from a portion of his money.
He had been 'instructed to maintain
the most cordial relations with the
people of the United States." Coney
Island seemed a likely field for cordial
relations, so thither he hied with his
valet on a trolley car.
This was at the height of the fash
ionable season last summer. '
Here at last was the real thing
the paradise approximating that prom
ised by Buddha. He sent back to the
city for his trunks.
He was 20 years old and money was
j toorommon to k,'-p.
ion the Bowery as a
He went down
likely point of
vantage from whic h to enter society,
-''t-''J It with a plunge. Thf
tnbl's at v. hirh he 3;et In the various
ronrt looked like football scrimmages
ir.d l!t!v.h looked like the man with
the m-n. In tV-e epeni-pters he lost
no button or hair or cuticle. He lost
nothing but money, ,
But to him a thousand dollars was a
trivia bubble, thirty thousand a mere
bagatelle. Many of the odallsqu-s
along the Bowery tried to stake out a
claim and establish an ownership on
the ground that they had seen him
first.
But Huiwha was nothing If not Im
partial. As for the valet, he had ne ver
had such a time In his life.
Whenever a note ran to matur(r
Huiwha, not being contented with sorm.
of the programs In the concert halls,
arranged private entertainments a la
Otto of Bavaria, at which the lan
guishing hourls of the stage danced
with extreme candor.
When the $30,000 was gone the hou
ris, to use a Coney Island expression,
"miged."
The prince from New Tork went to
Washington, whither, it is said, vari
ous clamors had preceded him, In the
way of suits at law.
Prince Huiwha has no Intention of
disowning his acts. As be himself
aays: 'This la a Just debt Tha mon
ey was borrowed and I owe It. How It
was spent la a matter of my private
concern."
With Oriental complacency ha thus
admits the spending of tba monay, but
declares that tba detail thereof are
tow ffttbjulBt to remember.
H to vary tatotmat toward the busl-
BMft who bftTS swad bba. Ha
hot roitafe tha pmbtteity, bat to
WM3I &ftt UV ahouM gat tbslr
The baskets are made from the root
of an exceedingly fin? slsush gr"j
and were generally elaborately spEn
gled with wampum and abalone shells.
The Indians, always careful to show
appreciation for a guest, walked a fine
bowl-shaped basket out of this weave
and used it only as a gue-st plate.
The gambling tray and dice of the
Tulare Indians and neighboring tribes
is probably one of the r.iot Interest-
irrg-speetnieTTS Tn tfte wwM, ii-Untidlmmg Kong -and Cawion -is-infenUd
other reason than for Us rarity, th -re
being no more than six in existence
throughout the country. The tray is
plakue shape, and is of ordinary
weave, but the dice are the very odd
est seen. They are made of a haif
shi 11 of the native walnut, an ex
ceedingly hard shell nut now believed
to be extinct. The kernels and Inside
walls were dug out and the hollow
filled with a combination of asphaltuin
and pitch, and the filling Inlaid with
bits of abalone shell or with glass
beads for -ornamentation. The rough
ness of the nut shell was then ground
away with rocks till the surface was
perfectly smooth, and they were flien
highly polished. No longer are lh
Indians seen silting in groups on their
upward counted a point, and the first
one who ot twelve won Hie game.
Kight dice constituted a set, and the
Indians had a certain knack In throw
ing them that, as a rule, left at least
(half facing upward, but let a whilt
man try and all would invailably f.ic,
'down. The squaws made ail the ba-
kets and dice. fj
! The bottle neck baskets of the Tu
lare and Kern Indians were used most
ly for the storing of treasures ui
trinkets, and were never brought out
by the old squaws, who always nan
them burled with them
The culinary baskl of the Tulare
are some what similar in shape to those
of the Pomos. although a trifle e-oarsei
In weave. The cooking of soup in
j these baskets was done by putting th
liquid in and then dropping in ho!
1 stones, the liquid preventing the siones
from burning the fiber. The Tulare
had a course rd basket for eveiyday
use In which they stored their edibles.
Iyoulsville Courier-Journal: Is Dr.
Parkhurst. in now breaking out with
the announcement that only some
fumlc it re Immitrlnl r1urriiiu f.F
quiring further notoriety at the hancK
say of that Chicago minister who
j wishes to skin allv the man who
j question the Infallibility of the bible
j and of those Nashville ministers who
propose to use shotguns to keep the-
atrlcal performances out of the build
ing erected for the performances of
Rev. 8am Jones.
of New York,
Judgment again him and th-n pass
the bill and costs along to his roa!
papa In Seoul.
f- He hardly cares to consider whether
or not the plaintiffs In the suits could
recover anything froix- him or hit
father. He is accustomed to turn all
these little mailers over to chamber
lains and royal stewards. His royal
highness does not seem to understand
the reason why ny money lender
should doubt him.
The attendants and attaches of the
legation look leniently on the prince.
They have assured hlrn that he has
not transgressed any law. It Is a
matter of course that he should need
money.
When spoken?to about It by arwriter
for the press, Prince Huiwha looked
rather bored.
"It is not extraordinary." he said.
"Often when I took a trip my valet
forgot to carry my things along, and
there was nothing to do but to buy
new ones.
"Sometimes we left for little Jour
neys with hardly any preparations and
then of course we had to buy clothes
and all that sort of thing."
With every one of his eighty-seven
suits of clothes the prince has a beau
tifully embroidered waistcoat.
The money he owes will be paid as
soon as communication can be had
with Seoul, the Corean capital. Of
course the payment w 111 be made In the
usual leisurely munner peculiar to the
Orient. In the meantime Coney Isl
and will continue to hope for the re
crudesce nee of the piince.
Prof. Charles Wilson has announced
to the Koyal Society a new determi
nation of the tmperature of the sun,
which with due allowance for the
slight and unavoidable errors is placed
at M00 iW. Centigrade and 11,132 dec.
Fahrenheit. If, the probable absorp
tion of the sun's radiated heat by Its
own atmosphere is allowed for, the
mean temperature Of the sifni body
is placed at 6.CO0 deg. Centigrade.
I'rof. Wilson started bis calculations
almost ten year ago.
It has often been claimed that tha
presence of nickel In dust I a suffi
cient criterion to distinguish It as of
cosmic arther than of terrestrial or
igin. It has lately been shown that
nickel la found In soot and hence that
nlckaUferou duat may be terrestrial.
Q allium, also Is found In all aluminous
minerals, In many flue dusts, in many
Iron oram, to soot and In atmospbarto
dost
Tha hasUlva of tha a-rtnoa la iha
mrcn yet diacovtraeL
" ',
j I The Pirates of
Piracy on the high seas is a thing
of the past exept'ris In China. "High
seas" covers rivers In Its meaning. On
river piracy still exists In China, par
ticularly on the rivers that meander
through Interior China outside the pale
of European Interference.
On the Yang-tse Kiang on which Is
situated Canton, the operations of
these river wolves are flagrantly fre
quent. The stretch of river between
with them, but not so much as the
upper river, as It Is patroled by Brit
ish, French and German gunboats and
all foreign steamers are armed.
The fact that piratts exist In largj
numbers on this stretch of water Is
not known to travelers until after they
board their steamer at Hong Kong foi
Canton. After the boat has left her
berth one Is surprised to see the crew
cast the lashings from fix or seven
rapid-fire cannon placed In advantage
ous positions about the vessel. He Is
further surprised to ree the crew don
cutlasses, revolvers and rifles."
As he enters the rrfsln saloon he Is
dumbfounded and begins to think he
has taken passage on a man-of-war
when he is confronted by a rack filled
with Iee-Metford rifles' over which a
sign hangs. On it is printed: "Don't
Handle In Case of Trouble Take
One."
TALES OF CKtELTY.
The traveler turn-i to the ship's onV
cers and inquires the reason for so
much warlike preparation for a Voyage
to Hong Kong and is informed that the
river Is Infested with pirates. Inquiry
further develops dark and daring deeds
performed by these celestial water
wolves, which almost make one's hair
raise.
The danger of open attack by these
vermin Is not feared. It Is the stealthy
night attacks from those who have
secreted themselves aboard the steam
er before she leaves port and who
aiise at an opportune time, overpower
ciew and passengers and run the
steamer up some creek in the interim
of the country and loot her at their
pleasure.
To avoid taking aboard this clans,
every Chinese pa-esenger stepping
aboard the steamer at her stalling
point is rigorously searched for arm
of all kinds, if a Chinaman Is caught
with even a knife in his possession,
he is arrested and sei.u-nced to carry
the "coque" about the streets of Can
ton for a period of three months.
A toque is a bamboo frame weigh
ing about 100 pounds. In the bottom of
the frame Is a hole, Into which is in
serted the head of the offender. The
frame is then fastened so that he can
not remove It. The ofTendc-r's name Is
ped on the frame. Anyone may, If
he or she chooses, spit at the unfor
tunate or subjec t him to any other in
dignity. CHINKSK SCHEMES.
The Chinese resort to all sorts of
schemes to smuggle arms aloard and
the officers of the vessel have to be
vigilant at all times. The Chinese cus
toms department, which is handled by'
a 'corps of Englishmen, aids vessels In
examining Chitn.se passengers as do
Execution of
Jai k. the huge elephant, hese mar
velous tricks have dellghte'd half the
urchins of the west and set the older
to wondering. Is dead at Haraboo, the
victim of an execution at which a
brother elephant acted as the c hief as
sistant. The head executioner was
Jack's keeper and trainer. Pearl
Hchadde, who had a lender afiwtion
for the big beast, and who adminis
tered the fatal dose of chloroform in
mercy to the poor beast's esuffering
Hhumatlsm had pursued the big ele
phant relentlc-sly, and his owners, the
Itingling Brothers, deemed it more
humane to end his sufferings than to
let him roar and shriek with pain a
he had done for the greater part of
the past two seasons.
The spot selected for Jack's execu
tion wees In the building adjoining the
elephant house. With wonderful Intui
tion the big fellow- seemed to 'know
waht was coming and became hard to
handle. Huge pulley block were at
tached to stakes and anchors driven
In the ground, and during the prelim
inary operations Jack pricked up his
ears and listened to the hammer and
sledge blows in the next house with
every Indication of alarm.
Finally, the scaffejld complete, Jack
was started for the death chamber,
followed closely by a brother elephant, i
took great Coaxing to get Jack Into
the house, and this finally had tor he
supplemented with a little prodding reeded In ge tting Its uilors together, ' )hTpi ,n(' ,on Perpendicular sprays,
with the familiar elephant hook. (and by working almost night and day rmin' which all the rest of the mater
Once at the death blocks strong completed the 1,600 pieces required at Cut away, allowing them to bang
ropes were put around the beast's it o'clock a. rn. the following morning. In detatched rootlrei.
legs and feet. Another was tied
around his neck. Thence the ropes
ran through the pulleys and were at
tached to the assistant elephant's har
ness. At a signal Jack's brother mammoth
tightened on the ropes, but Jack,
seeming to know he was fighting for
bis life, resisted to the uttermost.
With a roar that shook the earth he
struggled to free himself. His strong
trunk awung with dangerous force
and lightning rapidity In' all directions,
and In hla excitement and Impotent
rage be drove hla great Ivory tusks
Into the floor. Weakened by his long
sickness, he wss, however, no match
for Ms strong brother at the other and
w "pew, anej bhist b iaw momantr
stngg Im fa" P and sank to ths
China s Rivers,
the English river policemen. As these
steamers carry from 2,5u0 to 5,000 Chi
nese on each trip, It can be readily
seen that an uprising by them would
be very serious in Its result to th
crew and other passengers whose total
number at any time does not exceed
200.
The English, French, German and
Chinese keep small gunboats patroling
the river and its tributaries for pl
ralau but Cjpcasionally he Chinese
avoid these watchful dogs and capture
an unarmed steamer or sailing craft.
During the time I was there a small
steamer chartered by a naval officer
and a party of English and French
residents of Hong Kong for a hunting
trip on the river, was attaeked by
pirates in the night and narrowly
escaped capture. One of the steamer's
occupants was killed and two wound
ed. A story Is told of the capture thre
years ago of a big steamer in the pas
senger trade between Hong Kong and
Canton by pirates. Thirty of them
smuggled revolvers aboard the steam
er in Jars of ginger. When the vessel
was well on the way ip Hong Kong,
they secured the weapons and captured
the officers and crew.
STEAMER WAS LOOTED.
With a revolver at his head the en
gineer was forced tp run the steamer
up an obscure tributary of the river
where the whites were turned adrift
and the vessel was looted. Her skele
ton, stripped of plates, bolts and ev
erything else, was found by a gunboat
some inonths later.
If the mandarins who govern the
territory adjacent to the river were
not hand and glove with the robbers
the pirates would be very short lived
Occasionally a pirate is captured and
he Is beheaded with great ceremony.
But the execution is only a sop thrown
co me Europeans to cause them to
cease their clamor against piracy for
a time.
The flotilla of silk Junks which con
vey (he silk to Canton and Hong Kong
are spec ial prey of the priales.'x Thev
eome down the river from the far in
terior away from the protection of the
gunboats. Home use sails for propul
sion while others use a big wooden
sti-in whe-el which Is revolved by fifty
of sixty Chinamen who use a tread
mill. All these Junks are armed with
long Iron i,nd brass cannon of very
obsolete pattern. They are- all the
same patternabout ten feet long and
about six Inchers In diameter at their
blgge-st end 'and taper down to the
muzzle to about the size of a small
caliber rifle. They are swung on a
swhel which resembles a row lock and
not much bigger.
The crew of the Junk are- armed
w ith spears and old flint loe k guns.
Barely does an account of the many
tierce encounters between the pirates
and crews of these silk Junks ever
reach the, English settlements.
Although prices have fallen greatly
at Dawson, there Is still no use for f
or 10 cent pieces. The price of a fe-w
articles only Is as low as a quarter of
a dollar.
an Elephant,
.round, pinioned r,,,,i ;,i the 'mercy ol
his Hl.iy.-is. The other, elephant waf
then tnken from the building that he
might uot witness the sights that Wert
to follow. ,
Two quart bottles, nearly filled with
chloroform were brought out, and twe
huge sponges, saturated with the
liquid, were applied to Jack's nejstrlls.
The spongt-s were covered with heavy
cloths, so that none of thJ deadly fluid
might evaporate in the air. Jar-k
gazed into the eye-s of his keeper with
a mute' appeal for help that taxed
Hchndde's fortitude to the uttermost.
Finally the great monster closed hif
eyes, restoration became harder, hii
heart beats more Indistinct, his breath
ing more difhVult and at longer Inter
vals, and after several minutes, during
which the sponges were again wet,
the mammoth of the African Junglet
was dead. At the last he uttered on
frantic cry, which was taken up by
the animals In the adjoining quarters
The other members of the elephant
h ,-. I Vi fi 1- A , i . , , - , 1 I . '
... , ,,. ii juuril Hi'H, Held
out of habit, still leave an opening be
tween them, where he was accustomed
to stand.
The British army clothing factory ,
in Calcutta recently received an order
for 800 khaki sufts for a regiment al-
p. in. on a Saturday. Although the
day was a holiday the factory suc-
forwarding them to overtake the de-
parting regiment before It left India. '
This savors more of American plan
than English methods.
She's as pretty as a picture,
A stylish aa can be;
She's a pleasant conversationalist
- And quick at repartee.
In fact, she's quite a paragon,
Though not without a taint;
With all her winning qualities,
he will aay "ain't."
For tha biggest fish ever offered for
aala at OstenS. tA has Inat Kn nalil
It was a sturgeon, weighing nearly
400 pounds, and measuring nine feet
In length, with a firth of twenty-four
lnchss. -. I
MatRICB HMTWM,
Friends of Barry mors recent! oa-
, Joyed a little witticism at bis eipenso
. by Augustus Thomas. The celebrated
playwright bad been mercilessly pick
ing flaws In the actor's drama until tha
S9!4-n!ihired Harry winced.
"Oh, come, Gus!M be Interruptad,
"don't be cnlte so hard If It's not an
'Alabama.' Just remember that I wrota
It in a week." j
"Did you. Barry?" retorted Thomas.
"Then you must have loafed."
Steel Mackaye diagnosed Barrymora
as an actor who In order to become
fsmouT'heetTed ohTy a great sorrow."
To Mackaye he Invariably replied that
he and sorrow were still strangers.
Once, however, he went to Mackaya
with a long fare, arid melancholy brow,
low and tremulous tones, and, choking
back a sob. said: "D?ar old Steele,
when you ftjade that jesting prediction
a'ootit me and sorrow you had no Idea
how soon It would come true, and you
can not be surprised that I now coma
to you for heartfeU sympathy. Steele!
Steele! my friend, I have broken my
pet fingernail! "
Admlrr'i -f Barrymore will remem
ber his hb!t of lighting scores of cigar
ettes during a performance and have,
of course, supposed that part of tha
"business" of the play. But it was a
"business" that Barry injected for the
author. The actor was seldom letter
perfect in h!s parts, and h!s memory of
late years was not to be depended upon.
"Whn I'm at a loss for ft word."
Barrymore explained to a friend, who
asked hin about this habit. "I alwaya
light a clttarette. It gives me a chance
to think."
Barrymore undoubtedly bad to think
very often.
BARTI.KT CAMPBKIX,
II l Karroaane nn iha Night His First
Piny Was I'naantad,
Campbell was originally a reporter
on a Pittsburg paper, and it wag while
he was go employed that he had the
manuscript of "The White Slave" ac
cepted for production at a local theater.
He had to defray some of the expenses
of the production, and having no means
of hig own, had succeeded In borrowing
a couple of hundred dollars from
friends for the purpose.
The night of the first performance
his naturally nervous and exriteable
nature was so wrought up by anxiety
that he was afraid to go to thet heater
and watch the performance. Meeting a
friend on the street he took him into
an adjacent hotel, and telling him of
his fears, besought the friend's com
pany. Afier taking three or four
drinks of brandy with his friend Camp
bell mustered up enough courage to go
to thei theater. The first act was al
most ended as the two men entered.
and at its conclusion the applause was
so tremendous that all doubt as to the
play's success was dissipated.
"Let's get, out and get a drink." said
Casobrll to his friend.
The two men were soon back at the
hottl with a botrlo of champagne be
fore them this time. As Campbell
emptied hig glass he aid:
"Do yott know what I intended to
d tonight, Dick ?" ,
"No," was the friend's reply.
Campbell reachf d into hi pot ket, and
bringing out a wicked-looking revolver,
laid It on the table.
"If 'The White Slave had failed," be
said, "I was going to blow out my
brains there In the theater."
Campbell didn't blow out bis braina,
but In a few succeeding years of pros
perity managed to drink them out II
turned night Into day, and in a few
years the Inevitable result of his reck
less dlglpatltn developed Itself. Pare
sis came, and the madhouse became bis
home. A brjef period of detention, and
the brilliant Hartley Campbell was
taken out a corpse. Chicago Inter
Ocean.
Tha Matorn to Iha Tnnle.
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vantage. There is a new and pretty
manner of disposing them which meets
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