OPINIONS OF GREAT PAPERS ON IMPORTANT SUBJECTS
6emn) oad Treason.
BBMA.VY has solved the tramp problem. It
If lis announced thst she is reasonably free from
AVT I vagrants, and that such as
2vltte byway are a relatively
I "STI seldom commit robberies and amaulta of roag
l sjuituae. And the way she baa aettled the dim
cuii is uuui: sue irmu
.has at work. She makes the work so
the work of decent men that, after a trial
feafonn and quit the road. In our own country we hare
ka army of the useless and vicious, from which is annu
ally recruited a considerable addition to the rank of the
Active criminals.
There is not ao much in vagrancy Itself which con
I wee to crime. Indeed some nier. would be in better
a ifl ajid morals if they occasionally allowed their legs
to run away with them and carry them into the country,
rhere they would renew the physical fife that grows
anemic at the bench and the desk. It is not the free and
pen air life that demeans; it is the effort to live without
work; to get all and give nothing; to shift and sneak and
teal In order to obtain food, instead of toiling honestly,
ven for an hour or two a day. Many of the tramps that
are now idling along our highway and "booking" rides
M freight train could pay for their meals by sawing a
little wood, or weeding a garden patch, but they are ex
tremely unwilling to do it, although not Infrequently they
work a hard at robbery as other people do at honorable
employment
Tramps carry moral corruption as they do physical
tontagtan. Although mentally sodden and reprpentative
it a class that gradually eliminate Itself, since it la an
any prey to the diseases that are invited by meager, un
governed life, with spells of dissipation and periods of ex
posure and hardship, they exert some Influence over young
people whose minds and habits are still unformed, and
when a boy Is found in their company prison authorities
kKsnre us that It would be better for blm If he were dead.
I'he boys who drift Into the reformatories and gaols of the
bind, after a season on the road, are among the most de-
t raved that the authorities have to deal with. Our tramp
rmy, then, is a missionary company that is going about
she land preaching and practicing the most detestable of
vices and often Involved in crime. Brooklyn Eagle.
Time to Close the Gates.
OX DON newspapers are gloating over the fact
that the slums of that city are being depleted
by reason of the $9.00 steerage rate, which
enables the riffraff of Europe to come to the
United States. As a result this country Is
threatened with a deluge of the offscourings
of the world. We are menaced with an over-
low of the scum and dregs of pauperized humanity. The
Managers of the transatlantic steamship line engaged in
mis despicable traffic apparently have no other thought In
pe matter than of the Income it brings. Having landed a
Bib? load of the refuse of Europe's population on our shores
fcieee steamship agents practically say: "Now, you beg
tars, shift-foe yourselves r"
The actuation demand Immediate and energetic action
to the part of the immigration authorities at our Eastern
Wtii There ought to be a thorough sifting and win now -kg
of this horde of newcomers, a majority of whom are
ehronie beggars and professional criminals. -
The steerage rat war, which has brought the emigrant
fare from Liverpool to New York down to $10, la the kind
f a rate war which no thoughtful American citizen can
Cant with satisfaction. On the contrary It suggests a
uge of pauper Immigrants of the most undesirable type.
It is easy to see how, under a possible continuation of
Vese rates, several of the old world government can well
sfferd to pay the passage of countless hordes of their pov-rty-stricken,
ignorant and turbulent suhjects to America,
etsklhg this country a dump for the refuse of continental
frurope. Here la a subject which should arouse Congress
speedy action. When a person can travel from the Rou
manian, provinces t New York for $15, It is time to set
bout putting up the bars la earnest
This country welcomes thrift Intelligence and loyalty to
iw and order from whatever land they halt But our
Bpshllcss, institutions are Already taxed to the danger
ACCURATE RAILROAD WATCHES.
Cosapaniea Beqaire Ksaptojrea to Ad
Mt Their Timepiece tn Standard.
Absolute accuracy In timepieces is
nowhere else so vital a mutter as In
the operation of railroad trains. If
watches vary no schedule or time table
Is of any value. Where so many thou
sands of watches are in use It has been
found necessary to adopt some system
.Thereby perfect uniformity may be
Insured. All watches are examined at
Close interval and kept in order by a
etaff of experts especially engaged for
the purpose There is no reason why
a railroad man's watch should keep
Inaccurate time. It costs blm nothing
s have it regulated and It Is part of
his duty to see that it is In order.
The time by which the watches of sn
ntlre railroad force are set is tele
graphed from Washington. At a cer
tain time the operator at the railroad
headquarter receives the time, records
It at bis own station and at the same
Instant sends the Information to every
"train-order" station along the line. It
la the duty of the operator st the train
order station to set the clock right by
Washington Urn and from this clock
vary employe attached to that station
most set his watch.
At every station there Is a clock thst
record standard time. At the larger
tattoos there la a clock that records
tfce" correct time to a second. If it
varies from the standard time a notice
la aflUed to the clock stating the ex
act yarlaUoo. Upon returning from a
3t or before beginning the return trip
after a run, the trainmen mast colv
rara 'tMf watches with this carefully
sxtaeck. If It la found that the
ftt2t mm lost at gaJaei during the
3 C tSaaalw moat he handed In
O tsmmkg Sopartaiant
1'tto isOanl mm raeeWaa
r trira'Cf m9n while
watt aa4 ts
')D mnm. Tract
.MldDIlAILS
are linking about
harmless lot, who
an i ramps ana puis
much harder than
of it, the tramp
"Pasting
forsaken. The doorstep flecked with tall wH, the win
dows broken. Then it becomes a granary or a corn crib
for some thrifty farmer, or is torn down and carried away.
This process may take years, even decades, but it is in
evitable." Mr. Boyle does not think that the decline of the rural
church is accompanied by an Increase of vice and crime
in the rural districts. The country school bouse Is better
and more Influential than ever. The rural free delivery
mail box la fast appearing at every front gute. Intelli
gence is more widely disseminated than formerly. There Is
less Ignorance. The people are no longer iiiten-ated by the
kind of preaching that used to appeal to tbem.
The higher order of rural Intelligence demands a better
church than the old country church ever was or could be.
In the future Mr. Boyle thinks the church people of the
country will belong to strong and ably conducted churches
In the towns and villages. Thus the building of good rood,
the Introduction of rural free delivery, the building of
suburban trolley lines and the popularization of the auto
mobile will have a good effect religiously as well as mate
rially, for they will strongly tend to give the rural com
munities a better religious connection thnn they ever had In
the old days of ma!l country churches. Minneapolis
Journal.
m
saber or bayonet wounds. In the Crimean War the English
and French had 26 per cent of such wounds; In the Rchles.
wlg-Holsteln War about 8 per cent, while in the Franco
Prussian War the record show that the Germans received
less than one-third of 1 per cent
"A striking commentary this upon the advance of mod
ern military science, showing that with the general adop
tion of long range firearms the saber and bayonet are
rapidly falling Into disuse, and the time Is coming, if It
has not already arrived, when those old and honored
weapons will become obsolete."
But It is not the bullet or the artillery Are which strikes
down the largest number of men. It Is disease. In the
Civil War one man out of every 8.7 was wounded in action;
one of every M died of bis wounds; one of every 42.7 wa
killed In action. Of the total mortality among colored
soldiers 'JO per cent was from disease. Of the total mor
tality among the white volunteers, 70 per cent wa owing
to disease; among the white regulars, 60 per cent Chl
csgo Tribune.
and it Is again a good rail toad time
piece. Besides the watches of the train
crews, there are still the timepiece of
all the station employes, the signal
tower men, the thousands of banda
working along the tracks and in the
shops, to be looked after.
For thee a special force of eiperta
Is employed to travel up and down the
line, stopping at all stations. To the
expert come the railroad men, watches
in hand. From constantly visiting the
various points the watch repairer
knows the timepiece as well as be
knows the men, and a short examina
tion determines whether or not the
watch is ticking to proper railroad
time.
Part of the duty of the repairer is to
see that the station clocks and the
clocks in tbe signal towers along the
line are ticking according to railroad
time. If they are not doing their duty
he halts In hi progress long enough to
maks them register time according to
tbe Washington standard.
Tbe railroad company will not per
mit the employe to carry sny watch
bis fancy suggests. He must purchase
a watch thst meets with the fsvor of
tbe management If a certain watch
comes again and again to the repair
department and proves to be slways
behind or ahsad of the time It Is con
demned Anally and the railroad man
moat provide himself with one to the
liking of the company, or cany a
watch that the company will provide
at his expense.
DANCES A DAY AND A HAL.
loJscted with Beligtoas
Vrsstsr ks Eiarlash Town.
A Somali woman haa astonished
Bradford hoUdsy-maksrs by dancing
without a step for thirty -six hoars.
It was no part of her business thus
to exert herself; she etmpiy entsroel
wtth oxeesolvs aad n sex ported beartl-
the sgStt of the groat Whrt-
A asather of weasel of the
U
feOo nr aanojcg a great
at
Crrl art tt
point in the effort to assimilate the leglona of illiterate
Immigrants that are coming to our shores from southern
and far eastern Europe. There Is a general feeling that
die time haa come to Impose greater restrictions upon the
importation of this class of persons.
Tboae who saaert that thi would be violation of the
tradition that thi country la the asylum for the oppressed
of all races should remember thst with nations aa with
individuals, self preservation is the Brt law of nature
Chicago Journal.
of the Country Church."
HE Passing of the County Church" Is the tiUa
TT )f an interesting article In the Outlook by James
I IE. Boyle. From this article we learn. If we d
: I nnt airouriv knn If tliul lk itunntrv nrtMit
which we have been accustomed to look as tie
stronghold of organized religion, hat lost it
character as such In recent years. According
to Mr. Boyle, the decay of the rural church Is due chiefly
to the tendency to schisms and divisions. The congrega
tions divide and subdivide over some new religious fad
or some difference In dogma, and with each division ths
amount of true religion decreases.
"The rural church." says Mr. Boyle, "seems doomed.
Each time It changes name now Baptist, now New Light
now Halnt it loses in membership and vitality. Its fire
may be relumed temporarily, but its ultimate extinction la
inevitable. Soon the little church stands by the 'wayside
What Kills Men ia War.
N the last issue of the Army and Navy Journal
some data are given aa to the number of
wounds actually inflicted by the bayonet and
saber as compared with firearms and artillery.
Of all wounds trwited by medical officers of
the Union armies In the Civil War about four
tentbs of 1 per cent, or 82! out of 240,712, were
plslned to tbem that WbltsutiUde Is a
great religious celebration, correspond
ing In Importance with their Muhar
ram, also an occasion of rejoicing.
The festival proved Infectious, for
one of the women broke Into what is1
termed "the mad dance." Her com
panions 'unconcernedly became passive
spectators of the woman's frenzied ex
ertions. A quick, eccentric and yet at times
rhythmical step was maintained for
the long period stated. Not for one
moment did tbe dancer pause for re
freshment or rest
She collapsed at the close of the
thirty-sixth hour. After an interval
she was housed by tbe other Somali
women, who, by beating their tam
bourines and by cries of exhortation,
succeeded In encouraging her to an
other effort '
The second dance, however, did not
last long and the woman again fellj
exhausted. i
Following this bad attack another of
ths natives a man lost bis head snd
frantically threatened tbe holiday
makers, who were startled by hi wild
conduct. He wss taken In hand by tbe
police, however, and eventually calmed
down. London Express.
Andrew Gleeeoa's Kloooeaoe.
For twenty years Andrew Oleeson,
contractor and builder, was mem
ber of the Republican National Com
mittee for the District of Columbia.
He controlled the Irish vote, snd Per
ry Carson controlled the negro rote;
and they were very successful, politi
cally. Carson, tbe negro, waa a natural
orator, but Gleeeon, rich and powerful,
could not make a speech. One even
ing at a political meeting, where one
hundred Irish men mingled with about
two thousand negroes. Perry Carson
did not appear, sad the crown called
on OIna for a speech. Ho hesitated.
Ma head, bat anally arose aad
"God bleoa has Irish, both white aad
It
Ms) irst, ket aad only
txttt
til 42.
OLD"
f FAVORITES
!) M I I I HHtttit
Little Brawn Hand.
Tliey drivs home the i-osa from ths pas
ture Up thro' me long shady laae.
Where ths quail whistle loud in Die
wheat tietd
That Is yellow with ripeuiag grain.
They find In ths thick, waving gran
Whee ths warlet-lipsed atrawbsrry
grows;
They gather the earliest snowdrops
And rhe first crimson buds of th rose.
They toss the hay in the meadow,
They gather the elder bloew white;
They find where the dusky grape purple
In the soft-tinted October light
They knew where the apples hang ripest
And are sweater than Italy's wines;
They know where the fruit hangs ths
thickest
On the long, thoray blsckberry vines.
They gather the delicate seaweeds,
Aim! build tiny CHutleti of sand;
They pick up the beautiful seashelli,
Fairy barks, that have drifted to
land.
They wave from the tall, rocking tree-
tops.
Where the oriole's hammock nest
swing;
And at night time are folded in slumber
Kr a houic that a food mother niuga.
Those who toil bravely are strongent
The huinlile urn I jor become great;
And from llne brow n-hsncled children
Shall grow mighty rulers of state.
The pen of the author and Klntcitnan,
The nnhle and ie of our bind
The sword and the chisel slid pnlette,
Shall lie held in the little brown hand.
Anonymous.
The "Old, Old Honn."
When all the world is young, lad,
And all the treen are green;
Anl every Kooe a swan, lad.
And every l a queen;
S'heu hey for boot and horse, lad,
Aud round the world away;
Vonng blood must have it course, Ih1,
And every dog his day.
When all the world Is old, lad.
And all the trees are brown;
And all the HHirt is stale, lad,
And all the wheels run down;
Creep home, and take your place there,
The spent and niaim'd among;
God gr.int yu rind one face there
You loved when all was young.
Charles Kingnley.
WASHINGTON'S FIRST MI8SIOM
Che
a by Out. Dinwiddle Envoy
to the French Oatpoats.
Like all Virginians. I was disturbed
during this time by the news of the in
solence of tbe French on the frontier,
sud began to feel that rny brother's
money, put Into the Ohio Company,
was in peril, for we were likely to be
soon cooped up by s line of forts, and
our trade in peltries wss already al
most at sn end, and about to pass Into
the hands of the French. We learned
with pleasure thst the royal governors
were ordered to Insist on the retire
ment of these overbosy French, who
claimed all tbe land up to the Alle
ghsnles. but I did not dream that I
wss soon to tske psrt in the matter.
About that time, or before, there had
been much effort to secure the Six Na
tions of Indians as allies. One of their
chief. Tanacharisson, known a the
Hslf-KIng, because of holding s subsi
diary rule among tbe Indians, advised
a fort to in built by us scsr to the
Forks of tbe Ohio, on the east bank,
and Gist, the trader, set out on this
errand. A Capt Trent wss charged
to carry our king's message to the
French outposts: but having arrived
at Ixtgstown, 150 miles from nls des
tination, and heating of the defeat of
our allies, tbe Mlanila, by the French,
he lost heart and came back to report.
The Ohio Company at thi time com
plained to the Governor of the attack
on their traders, nd this gentleman,
being concerned both for bis own pock
et and for bis Majesty' property, re
solved to send some one of more spirit
to bear the king's messnge ordering
the French to retire and to cease to
molest our fur traders about the Oblo.
It was unfortunate that Gov. Robert
Dinwiddle, who was now eager to de
fend his interests In the Ohio tym
pany, bad lost the prudent counsel of
Its late lyd. my brother Lawrence.
He would nave made a bette envoy
than I, for st tbe sge of 21, a mac is
too young to influence the Indians, on
account of a certain reverence tbey
have for age In council. I wss Ignor
ant of what was Intended when I re
ceived orders to repair to Williamsburg-
To my surprise, and I may say
to my plessure. I learned thst I was
to go to Logstown. I wss there to
meet our sllles, tbe Indians, snd se
cure from them an escort snd guides,
nd so push on and find tbe French
commander. I wss to deliver to blm
my summons, snd waft an answer dur
ing one week, and then to return. I
was also to keep my eyes open as to all
natters of military concern.
Whatever distrust I had In regard to
ny powers ss an envoy, I said noth
ng, for In case of an order a soldier
las no alternative but to obey. Had
been. In the Governor's place I should
tare sent an older man. 8. Weir
sUtchell's "Tbe Youth of Washington"
b the Century.
MELANCHOLY OF RUSSIA.
a Weak Nation When. Viewed
The general
aaw It while
life, aa I thus
laUrsotlBg la
wMoartaiaJy not
ful. Despite ths frivolity dominant
among tbe upper class snd ttte fetish
lam controlling the lower classes, there
was, especially in that period of cal
amity, a deep undertone of melan
cboly. Melancholy, indeed, la a mark
ed characteristic of Itussla, and, above
all, of the peasantry. Tbey seem sad
even in their sports; their songs al
most without exception are In the mi
nor key; ths whole atmosphere la ap
parently charged with vague dread of
some calamity. Despite the suppres
sion of oiokt of the foreign journals,
and the blotting out of page after page
of the newspapers allowed to enter the
empire, despite all that the secret po
lice could do in repressing unfavorable
comment It became generally known
that all wa going wrong In the Cri
mea. New came of reverse sfter re
verse; of the defeats of the Alma snd
Iiikeruuiu. and, a a climax, the loss of
Kevastopol and the destruction of the
Busslau fleet. In the midst of It all,
as Is ever ths case In Russian wars,
came utter collapse In the commis
sariat department; everywhere one
beard bints aud Unally detailed stories
of scoundrelism in high places; of
money which ought to have been ap
propriated to army supplies, but which
had been expended at the gambling ta
bles of Hoiuburg or In the I! reds quar
ter at 1'arls.
Then It was that there wa borne In
upon me tbe conviction that ItUH!a,
powerful as she seems when viewed
from the outside, Is anything but
htrong when viewed from the Inside.
To say nothing of the thousand evi
dent weaknesses resulting from autoc
racy the theory that one man, and he,
Kiierlly, not one of the m" highly
endowed, cmi do the thinking for a
hundred millions of people there whs
nowhere the slightest sign of any up
rising of a great nation, lis. for Instance,-
of the French Hgalnst I'uropo
in 1"!2. of the (lerniaiiH against France
in 1S1.1 and In 170. of Italy niialnst
Austria In 1C.! anil afterward, and
of the Americans in the civil wr of
ISt; 1. There were cert;iin!y many no
ble characters in Kussia. and these
must bnve felt deeply the condition
of things; but there being no great mid
dle cliis. and the lower class having
been long kept In besotted Ignorance,
there seemed no force on which pa
triotism could take bold. From An
drew I. White's "Itussia In War
Time" in the Century.
SOME m66Frn"aNNOYANCES.
Kcberar Employed to ('.el the Money of
the J'utilic.
A possibly well-meaning hnbit anions
people wlm want your money Is be
coming u public nuisance, snys the
Hartford Couraiit. It has become cus
tomary nowadays when an entertain
ment Is to be given, especially If it It
a niortj or less charitable affair, to
send a bunch of iiumhered tickets td
John Smith or John Jones with a nolo
Informing him that these are to be;
sold and be Is to account for the pro
ceeds. Frlmarlly the notion Is to ge
some money, which charities, ..ke the
rest of us, can always find a place for,
aud tbe Ides no doubt prevails that
Smith or Jones will sny to himself that
it Isn't worth while to bunt up buyers
and will Just draw his check for the
bunch aud let it go at that
That served awhile and when the
game was new, but now it has taken
on chronic qualities and tbe public are
wearying. One sufferer recently re
marked In this office that his Invaria
ble rule as to all such laclosures was
to chuck them Into his waste basket or
arrival, He hadn't asked for then
and be wasn't going to use them, and
they were In the way. When you com
to analyze It, there is a lot of calm
tmpudeiu-e iu iu proceeding.
Not long ago s widely and most fa
vorably known publishing house sent
by express to various addresses In tula
city unsolicited specimen volumes of a
work they were bringing out, with cir
culars as to terms. These also Invited
the person receiving the volume to ship
It back at the expense of the publish
ers in case It whs not wanted. This
Involved opening It first for examina
tion, then wrapping it up again and
finally carrying or sending it to the
express office. No doubt different peo
ple treated the episode differently, but
In one case the book Just lay where it
was pur on arrival. Successive In
quiries about It from the publishing
house were put with the book snd at
last along came the expressman under
orders from tbe publishers to get the
book and carry It back to tbem. Then
it went, but It need never have started.
Throwing things at people s heads is
not the best way to make them attrac
tive. .
A Boom Tows la Manchourta.
Kirlu province contains the largest
and most prosperous of sll Itusslan
towns In Manchuria, Unrbln. It Is
only three years old, snd yet it had. In
December last a population exceeding
60,000 people, of whom half were Rus
sian. It la splendidly located on the
Sungall River, and is In about tbe
geographical center of Manchuria. It
Is on tbe main line of tbe Russian rail
way, snd the Vladivostok line
branches off at this point We are
accustomed to boom towns In the
United Ststes, but I doubt If we can
equal the Russian record in tbe con
struction of a town with great govern
ment buildings, brick and stone busi
ness bouses, great flour mills and fac
tories In 190 weeks. Century.
Ao UksMUsl of Alaska.
. The Rev. W. Bo no pes, Church of En
gland Bishop of Alaska, wont to Win
nipeg recently to attend a meeting of
tbe synod. This waa the first time bo
had boon oat of Alaska In thirty years.
Too kaew bow aatSah you aret Wall,
you eaa judge treat yearaeif how seif-
Antnony Mope' new novel, "Double
Jarness." deal with marriage la
nodern way.
Some of Booth Tarklngton's new
itorles, soon to appear from the press
.f McClurs. rhilllp 4 Co.. will be ao
mpanled by his own illustrations.
Miss Henrietta CorkraO. whose gos
Jpy book called "Celebrities snd I"
ras widely read, has written auothet
f the same sort called "Oddities, Oth
ra and I." which bas been publish)
a Ixtndnn.
In view of tbe approaching centen-
iry of George Sand. It la thought prob-
ible that some of her hitherto unpub
I shed writings will be printed soosV
I'hey Include two complete plays
levers! fragments of stories.
It Is announced that Margery Wljf
ams' novel. "The I'rtce of Youth
siiicb bears the imprint of tbe MaC-
ulllan Company, and Is reported as
laving had a steady sale since Its pub-
Icatlon, has been dramatized.
According to a Iimlon dispatch.
rhoinas Hardy ha given up writing
ictlon. He Is devoting himself to tbe
tecond part of his drama, "The Dyn
istn." the first part of which was re-
;t!y published by h Mscmlllan
oiiipanj'.
A life of Toiu Hood whose "Song
if the Shirt" appeared In Punch la
iM:i, Is being written by Waiter Jer-
old. a grandson of another famous
'iinch contributor. Douglas Jerrold.
VI r. .lerrold bus In his possession sums
titerestiiig new mutter relating to
(Iisid's career.
The tit of Huilyard Kipling's new
oliiine of stories, which Ikiubleday,
Cage A Co. will publish this fail, will
e "TrslHos and Discoveries." This
s the iirst ImhiU of Action by the au
hor since his "The Dhj-'s Work." ll
onmiris some of Mr. Kipling's most
hiiracterlstic sturles. several of which
lave appeared In Collier's Weekly.
About :J.k Chicago school children
a-ere recently required to write an
swers to these questions: What IsTokS
lave you read since school Ix-gan last
Septeinlier? Which one of these did
rou like best? Louisa M. Alcott's Ju
venile classic. "Little Women," head-
Hi the tabulated list of replies, and
I'm-le Tom's Cabin" was second.
A little book with an attractive
rover Is "Hero Tales." by Jnmes Bald
win, an interesting collection and
tdnptation of several stories of Creek
mythology. Norse legends and old
tales of France In the dark ages. The
dories theiuMclves are more or leas
familiar, but In the form presented
vhey are far more Interesting than In
:he usual run of books on mythology
nteniied fur school use. The Ulustra
fions are good.
Coiihu Ikiyle began his experience
with the syndicating of bis literary
utput at an early age. He used to
:ell stories to bis schoolmates, for
which tbey paid blm In Jam tarts.
Young Doyle bad his own way of ex
tracting the price be wished. He
would get bis story worked up to some
ucb climax as this: "While holding
to the rocky edge of the cliff with a
frip of desperation, the hero could
jcar below blm the continued growls
if the enraged bear." Having pro
eeaed thus tar, be wuuiu r-5S6 ts
proceed further unles the price psid
'n current tartleS of tbe schoolboy
-ea'm was doubled. ,
Ford Maddox Hueffer, who has col
.aboraled with Joseph Conrad In wrlt
.ng that stirring and adventurous tale
tt the West Indian buccaneers, "Ro
iiiance," which McClure rhilllp bare
wrought out coliuliorated also with
Mr. Conrad In "The Inheritors," which
ippeared some years ago. Mr. Huef
fer Is a litterateur by birth, gift and
inclination. He is nephew of Itos
iettl, aud has spent bis entire life
itiKing literary men, artists and tuu
Ucians. Ills life bas been void of
such hair-raising adventures ss have
fallen to hi collaborator's share, but
ae bas traveled widely, and even now
g constantly roaming about the contl'
'lent. He resides cUlefJy at Wlnchel
ea, a quaint, old, walled town on a
iluff overlooking tbe English Channel.
Mr. Hueffer' first book, "The Brown
Owl," was written when he wa only
17 years old. It sold to fifteen edl
L'Uis and Is still selling, though Mr.
Uueffer received only flO for It
Melt aufneient.
A distinguished comedlsn who telle
itorles very well wa Invited to a
dinner and for tbe greater part of the
evening entertained the company.
When be returned to bis hotel, thor
oughly tired, bis wife ssld:
"Well, did you bsve a good timer
"No. I can't say that I did. In
deed, If I bad not been there I should
have been bored."
Tbe Poiioenisn at Fsalt.
Judge- Now, didn't I tell you laef
flme that I never wanted to see yon
here again T
Prisoner Tla, me lord, but I ceoM
ot get the police man tor believe It
fester. If the pictures la the fatally album
were token aa long aa thirty years ago,
looking through It almost aa later
mtlng aa seeing a7 different tribe of th
tumaa race.
When a man earrtaa kje gtorea, It hi
i greater eeaaae Cam woartag