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TIME TO HALT NOW.
SENSATIONAL JOURNALISM BE
COMING A PUBLIC NUISANCE.
The Dallies In the 1Mb Cities of Thlt
Country Feeding Diseased Minds with
Loathsome Hot Julian Ralph Kultr
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T Is a difficult
task, beyond the
average reader's
comprehension, to
produce a Sunday
Issue of a high
class, serious and
valuable journal;
but when it comes
to binding one's
self to get out a
hlgh-p rcssurc,
over-seasoned, morbid, crazy, arc
Ught, triple-expansion thing Wee
one of the seasonable dallies of
this era, the feat becomes superhuman,
writes Julian Ralph in Providence
Journal. Even If a man were to sell
his self-respect and vitiate his mind
and morals and pillory himself before
the public as a manager of such an un
wholesome product, he would have to
be a very Ingenious, fertile and buoyant
person to accomplish the task for any
length of time. So well do the traders
in this sort of goods understand the
difficulties of the place that one of them
will not make a contract with his men,
and another does not hesitate to fling
his men away like sucked oranges as
poon as their freshness pales and their
vigor tires. They take on new men as
if they were brooms that wear smooth
after a little use, and then must be
thrown into the nsh barrel. "While the
poor devils are new they must produce
enormous papers, filled with novelties.
They must originate such articles as
"Why Do Millionaires Dream?" or
"The Grandmothers of Famous Men,"
or "A List of the Actresses Who Have
Had More Than Three Husbands."
They must break down all privacy,
ridicule science, scoff at religion, ven
tilate all the vices, aggrandlzo the
notoriety seekers, make fun of reforms,
invent bogus news, and get genuine
news by the methods of eavesdrop
pers and burglars.
These newspaper magnates of to-day
are singular beings far more singu
lar than their newspapers. I read of
one the other day who is said to have
declared that he "would have no man
In his employ that he could not swear
at." I do not know whether he ever
said that or not, but I believe he has
no man in his employ at whom he does
not swear. And he is not alone In that
exqui9lte quality, for he has a power
ful rival who, If all accounts are true,
descends to vile and violent abuse of
those who arc nearest to him whenever
ho Is crossed or his breakfast disagrees
with him.
I can tell the gentle reader this fnct
that he can rely upon: When the day
oomes that a new Frederick Hudson
writes a later history of daily journal
ism he will pen an absorbing chapter
upon the lives and characteristics and
habits of the Imperial speculators who
invented and elaborated sensational
journalism. When that day comes
and It Is not far off, for the disease must
soon run itself out he will tell a tale
that will make the story of Monte
Crlsto seem trifling and poor. He will
tell of men whose palaces are scattered
all over Europe and America, who have
as many secretaries and valets as
there are choir-boys In a cathedral, who
use brains and men as If they were
fagots or cheap leadpenclls, who dare
to threaten presidents and governors,
who hold no law or custom too sacred
and no privacy worthy of regard. These
men. are among the most notable de
velopments of our land and age. They
are not creatures of luck nor are they
the beneficiaries of the able men they
employ. Every now and then some
man under them fancies himself the
maker of their fortunes. He dreams
that he can do for himself what he
thinks he has done for his millionaire
publisher. He tries it, and in every
instance every such man has failed
lamentably and quickly.
No, this new breed of publishers
who have gone into newspaper work,
who print unedited, edltorless papers,
are no butterflies or drones or Idlers.
The public hears of their yacht and
coaches and palaces, and thinks them
pampered swells. Their own employes
(those who are not close enough to
know better) fnncy .that It Is "the
boys" who are doing all the money
making for "the bosses." But the new
history of journalism will tell a differ
ent story. It will tell qf the overthrow
of the editor of old, of the casting out
of the old Ideas called "principle" and
"policy" and "leadership" and "educa
tional work." It will tell of the raising
up in their places of the publlsher
Fpeculator who caters to the masses, to
the frivolous, to tho lower tastes and
passions of mankind, and who runs his
paper for money, just as tho Big Four
of California ran their great railroad.
How able these magnates must be,
how fertile and ingenious and irrepres
sible and forceful you shall all read
some day, and the wholo story will be
glided with accounts of barrels of gold,
flashing with references to jewels,
rubricated with the red initials of the
men who have broken down under tho
strain put upon them by these men,
and glorified with tales of hobnohblngs
with princes and senators, of coach
ing and yachting, and of roaming about
from one place to another, muchas
Theodore Tllton used to roam about
from bed to bed all over his house when
his mighty brain kept hlra from Bleep
ing like an ordinary Christian.
"Yes," remarked the egg, "my the
atrical venture was a success. I was
cast for the villain, and made a great
hit."
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THE CZAR'S RAILWAY.
From Atnvrlta to Kurone with Only
Twenty-four Hour of Water.
Dr. J. M. Crawford, late United States
consul-general at St. Petersburg, la en
thusiastic on the subject of the Siberian
railroad and regards It as one of the
greatest enterprises of the age, says the
Cincinnati Tribune, and ho regards
the position that Russia has taken
on tho Chinese - Jnpaneso treaty
as a very fair one, and that the Russian
bear has not commenced to growl mere
ly for the purpose of gaining territory
and aggrandizing Itself. The Siberian
railroad has already had some $150,000,
000 Invested in it by the Russian gov
ernment, and to reach tho eastern port
of Vladivostok tho railroad must do one
of two things. It must keep in Russian
territory or it must cut ncross what
was a part of the Chinese empire, but
Is now subject to the treaty. Vladivos
tok is on tho Sea of Japan, nt tho ex
treme southeastern end of tho Russian
empire. At this place tho Chinese em
pire extends into tho Russian empire,
and on tho map looks as though a bite
had been taken out of Russia's domains.
It Is to cross this "bite" that the Rus
sian government Is going to try, for at
the time that the war was declared be
tween China and Japan there wero ne
gotiations pending between Russia and
China, and it was given tho Russians
to understand that they would bo per
mitted to do so, and Russia does not
propose to bo balked In her plans. For
the railroad to reach Vladivostok with
out going out of Russian territory it
would have to run around the three
sides of the "blto" and would go over
country across which the difficulties of
construction would be great, while
across the "bite" they would be com
paratively easy. What the result of
this railroad will be the wildest flight
of fancy cannot picture, for the natural
resources of Siberia are so wonderful
that no one can estimnte the benefit of
a railroad which would cross from
coast to coast and develop the country.
What Its effect on the Pacific slopes
would be no one can do more than
speculate.
It would be possible to go to Europe
without traveling longer than twenty
four hours by water.
COOLLY LIGHTED HIS CICAR.
A Sea Captaln'ft Act Which I'robably
Saved the Lives of 1IU Passengers.
A good story is told of a sea captain
who died not long ago and who was
formerly in command of a ship in
which passengers were carried from
London to Lisbon. On one occasion the
ship caught fire and the passengers and
crew were compelled to take hurriedly
to the boats. The captain remained
perfectly cool throughout all the con
fusion and fright of the debarkment,
and at last every one except himself
was got safely Into the boats. By tho
time he was ready to follow, tho pas
sengers were almost wild with fear and
excitement. Instead of hurrying down
the ladder the captain cajled out to the
sailors to hold on a minute, nnd, tak
ing a cigar from his pocket, coolly
lighted it with a bit qf burning rope
which had fallen from the rigging at
his feet. Then he descended with de
liberation and gave the order to push
off.
"How could you stop to light a cigar
at such a moment?" lie was asked af
terward, when some of the passengers
were talking over their ecsape.
"Because," he answered, "I saw that
If I did not do something to divert the
minds of those in the boat there was
likely to be a panic, and, overcrowded
as It was, there was danger of the boat
being upset. The act took but a mo
ment, but It attracted the attention of
everybody. I was not nearly so un
concerned as I seemed to be, but was
In reality In a fever of excitement. My
little plan succeeded. You all forgot
yourselves because you wero thinking
about my curious behavior, and we got
off safely."
PERSONALS.
Pierre Lotl la-about to start on a Jour
ney through India.
Lady Lytton, widow of the late Lord
Lytton, has been appointed lady In
waiting to Queen Victoria.
Princess Maud, the youngest daugh
ter of the Prince of Wales, wears a
monocle In her eye whenever she ap
pears In jiubllc.
St. Patrick was an Englishman, If
Nicholson of the Bodleian Library is
right. He thinks he has found out from
the tripartite life of the unlnt that he
was born at Daventry, near Northamp
ton. Says Labouchere: "A little Ttosebery
goes a long way. In assuming the
premiership he went altogether too far.
Of the dead, however, let there be noth
ing said but good. He would have made
an admirable Master of the Horse."
Colonel Thomas Moonlight, United
States minister to Bolivia, writes home
that he would be willing to go through
a cyclone to get back to his homo In
Kansas. But he was Mill there, draw
ing his 17,500 salary, at last accounts.
Pope Leo has permitted the Montene
grin Catholics to use the old Slavonic
Liturgy. A missal In tho old Slavonic
tongue lias been printed In Rome at
the press of the Propaganda, and mans
Is now celebrated In that language
at Antlvarl.
Mine. Ponlst hns finally retired from
the stage, and has gone to live In Wash
ington, with her stepdaughter. She is
more than 70 years of age now, but re
members vividly how she trudged twenty-live
miles on foot to secure her first
engagement.
Platon Pawlow, the famous Russian
historian and art critic, who died In
St. Petersburg a few days ago, was
72 years old. Owing to his liberal views
and Influence over the young, he was
deprived of his professorship In the six
ties and banished to Wetluga.
Prof. Huxley was burled, aa probably
he wculd have liked to be, In a bed
of bowlder clay, a fitting sepulture for
a paleontologist. In the earth about his
colfln are relics of the prehistoric era
when all Scotland and England as far
as the Thames was covered with a vast
sheet of Ice.
A JOKE IN BAD TASTE.
Some Dinky Toller c In Sight of f
Wealth Unlimited.
Owing to the arrival of tho time for
tho collection of taxes, the Treasury
officials are nt present very busy,
though not so much so but what they
had ample time yesterday morning to
indulge in several broad smiles over
nn incident which occurred nt the office
says Cincinnati Gazette. It wns about
10 o'clock In the morning that, on look
ing out of one of the windows of the
office, some of the county employees
discovered a gang of a dozen or more,
burly Africans wearing their togs nnd
cnrrylng on their shoulders thoso
badges of their crnft, pick-axes. The
men were just shifting the scenes of
their lnbors and were no doubt dis
cussing that tightness of the money
market which had limited their salaries
as trench-mnkers to 75 cents a day,
when, on coming abreast of one of tho
grnted windows of tho Treasury, they
wero suddenly brought to a stand by a
shrill whlstlo from within, and, on
looking up, wero almost hypnotized by
seeing nn individual (nobody of less
distinction thnn Hon. Arthur Sutton,
Deputy Tax Collector) stnndlng grin
ning at them and shaking tho side of
his coat, on tho lnpel of which wns
pinned n brand-new $50 hill. Their eyes
opened to tho very widest extremity,
but before they had hardly got a good
look at the money, Sutton Jumped sud
denly backwurd, nnd picking up a huge
bundle of bills, threw them at tho dusky
tollers with nil his might. Of course
the money didn't reach them, as It camo
In contact with the screen in tho win
dow, but while It wns In transit, there
never was a more expectant and as
tonished crowd. Thoy appreciated the
joke ns much as anybody, and after
spending several minutes In coveting
their neighbors' goods, they hastened
en to resume their digging.
GAS AND ELECTRICITV.
A llrlllliuit LI k lit the Itestilt of the Sin
Etitiir Combination.
Quite a sensation was crented a week
or two ago by Professor Vivian Lewes
informing the members of tho Gas In
stitute at Edinburgh that a French
scientist, M. Denayrouse, had discov
ered a means of Increasing the illum
inating power of gas something like fif
teen times. Professor Lewes had
been made aware of tho discovery dur
ing a visit to M. Denayrouse In Paris,
and he had obtained permission to ex
periment with tho new method of gas
lighting and to make a communication
upon the subject to the Edinburgh
meeting. In the Invention M. Denay
rouse had first been struck with the
idea of applying the principle of tho
blowpipe to the burner. He employs a
lamp with a spherical-shaped metallic
body and nn Incandescent mantle. In
the body of tho lamp Is placed a very
smnll dynamo working a ventilator
and receiving the current from a couple
of small accumulators. The electrical
energy required Is exceedingly snmll
and Is said to be only about one-third
volt and one-tenth ampere. This Is,
however, quite sufficient to force a
current of air through the mantle and
cause the gas to burn with remarkable
brilliancy. According to M. Mellet tho
lamp has a density of thlrty-flvc to
forty carcels and consumes seven liters
of gas per carcel. Professor Lewes
had, however, been shewn a lamp of
eighty carcels (about 800 candle pow
er), and he was convinced that the light
was quite as brilliant as an arc lamp.
Apnendlfltls Oul.tltted.
Gardeners are trying so hard to get
rid of 6eeds In fruit that In a few years
a person could not have appendicitis If
he tried. Already we have seedless, or
navel, oranges. '
Some varieties of apples have been
produced that have almost no seeds.
They are abnormalities. Sometimes
they are called "bloomlesa" because tho
blossoms have no petals, and In somo
enses lack stamens. Raisin producers
in California aro trying to obtain seed
less grapes for raisins. The famous
seedless grapes of Corinth arc called
currants. The banana is Eeedles3 and
has been so for centuries, though no
body knows why. It Is a modified
berry; cutting the middle you will
sometimes see some little brown spots
which are rudimentary seeds. The
pineapple Is nearly seedhss and is prop
agated from slips. Tho eggplant Is
occasionally seedless. Horticulturists
are also endeavoring to rid fruit of
thorns. Some oranges and lemons aro
very thorny. Efforts are being made
to get rid of the thorns on raspberry
and blackberry plants simply for con
venience In picking. The thorns are
Intended by nature to protect tho plants
from animals.
SlamljniitorT'M KxrreUe.
Stambouloff took exercise In only
one form, swhuraing, and in this he ex
celled. He was a mnn of great per
sonal bravery, and yet for precaution's
sake he kept a loaded rifle in his study.
The chief ornament of this room was a
stuffed owl. Physically he was a short,
thick-set man, with a deep chest, broad
shoulders and brilliant black eyes.
Three years In a theological seminary,
from which he ran away, gave him hla
only schooling.
An rUnpIug family.
Miss Alice Howard, a member of a
wealthy Lexington (Ky.) family, eloped
and was wedded at Jofforsonvllle, Ind
to Robert Clem by Justice Hause. Miss
Howard's mother and father eloped nnd
were married and live married sis
ters all eloped with their respective
husbands, four of thom to Jefferson
vllle. A Machine fur Drhliiff Null,
A very Ingenious machine lins been
perfected for driving In tacks and nails
automatically.
GAIETY GIRL'S LIFE.
MAUD HOBUON HAS HOBNOBBED
WITH ROYALTY.
Iter llimluind the Cliuni of a King
Knlaknun Vnn Iimil of I hi Couple
Hate Cant, ".lark" lluley it (lonil
l'otltlnn.
HEN MAUD HOB
son, the Gaiety
girl, begnn her suit
for divorce In this
city against Cnpt.
Andrew Burrell
Haley, of the Brlt
IrIi Tenth Hussars.
Nrv 3M?' tho ro,unnc0 u"r,C(l
pers, says tho ban
Francisco Post. That littlo Gaiety girl
hns had more Intimate acquaintance
with royalty than any woman on tho
stage. She wnB tho rago In London In
the enrly eighties and a prime fnvorlto
with tho Marlborough Houso sot. Lntcr
In Honolulu, when Knlaknun was King
nnd pokor reigned In the plnco of bac
carat na a princely amusement, sho
wns a shining stnr In equatorial society
and tho most prominent Ilguro In Hono
rtilu life, barring her husband.
Before her mnrrlngo, Maud Hobson
was a beauty In London. She 1b a niece
of John Holllngshead, who ran the
Gaiety for bo many years, nnd when
still In her teens made her debut nnd
an instantaneous hit. She wns town
talk In a day, and all tho Johnnies and
fops and dandles and bwcIIs In town
wero smitten hard. Capt, Andrew
Burrell Haley, about 38. with a figure
like ono of Ouldn's heroes, blond, with
a gentle droop which tho beaux
sabreurs of his day affected In their
mustaches, man of tho world nnd adi
mlttedly reckless, wns struck tho hard
est. He was tho owner of a fine eatnte,
camo of an honored family and had nil
sorts of expectations. Ono of the fn
mlllars of the Prince of Wnles In those
days when they wero so fast they had
no time to breathe, ho was tho life of
every party.
Suddenly came Maud Hobson and a
change to Hnley. He absolutely be
came melancholy and haunted the
Gaiety like a nightmare. Tho upshot
was he married the girl of his choice,
despite tho protests of his family, nnd
proceeded to throw his money to tho
winds In all sorts of extravagances.
He dldn' Inst iong at that, and when
he came a cropper for 14,000 In the
Derby of 1881. ho had to face tho music.
As far as himself and wife were con
cerned all was lovely and loving, hut
they lacked tho rupees. He represented
to his family his crying necessities.
His relatives proved obdurate at first,
but finally agreed that, thoy would sup
ply him with 1,000 a year if ho would
clear out with his Gaiety girl and give
them a chance to straighten up hiu nf
falrs. It was hard to leave London, but
money makes tho maro go and It routed
the trooper. So one fine morning the
soldier and his young bride embarked
for Hawaii. The pride of the Johnnies,
the woman who opened the way for the
attacks of Bella Bilton, Violet Came
ron, and others too numerous o men
tion on the British nobility, became
Mrs. Haley. The dashing Andrew Bur
rell Haley became Capt. "Jack."
Capt. "Jack's" bad luck did not
dampen his feelings for long, and in no
time he was tho glass of fashion and the
mould of form racing form on the
Hawaiian Islands. His wife wns young
and of a sunny disposition, and they
were both In the swim In no time.
They arrived in Honolulu shortly after
the accession of Kalakaua to the throne
of his fathers, and that monarch
opened his arms wide to the ex-chum of
the Prince of Wales. The charming,
dashing ways of the captain did the
rest. He won Kalakaua In the same
easj manner In which he won all men,
and the world went well with liim. His
wife was an acknowledged belle, and
together they were a pair that could
not be matched.
Almost immediately Kalakaua dis
covered that It would be a pity to al
low bo much military talent to go to
seed and he at once cast around for a
niche for Capt. Haley. There was none
In sight.
"I'll make one," said Kalakaua, and
he did. He created a mounted police,
Installed Capt. "Jack" at the head and
put his name on the royal pay roll.
There were plenty of perquisites on the
side and Capt. "Jack" Haley never
turned a hair as he gathered them In.
The friendship of Kalakaua nnd
Haley prospered, and Mrs. Haley main
tained her reputation as one of the
most delightful women and best dinner
glverB in the kingdom. The captain
was mado a brigadier-general oi; some
thing or other, and drew more salary,
played more poker and consumed larger
quantities of whisky than before. A
beautiful boy had been born to tho
couple, and their household was a
model for content and peace. There
was never a cross word,
They remained In Honolulu five
years, when Capt, Haley began j earn
ing for home and old associates. He had
received letters stating that his finan
cial affairs were in good shape, and ho
resolved to go home. Mrs. Haley mado
no outward prjtest, and after many
sorrowful leave-takings Capt. "Jack"
took his dashing self, his wifo nnd son
from the tropics.
Some months Inter the Islanders were
astonished to hoar that Mrs. Haley had
Instituted a suit for divorce In New
York against her husband, alleging
cruelty. She won It nnd went to Eng
land. There she settled with her son
In a cozy villa. She remained but a
short time In undisturbed quiet. She
received but few callers, among them
' ielng mostly Hawaiian citizens resi
if
dent In London. Among these war, k
Mr. Armstrong, brother of tho Hawaii
an consul. He fell desperately In lovo
with her, proposed, wnH accepted nnd
thoy wero mnrrled. They enme to
America on a wedding tour.
Then Capt. Hnley of the Tenth Hus
sars, chum of tho Prince of Wales nnd
Knlnkaun'R mnstcr of the revels, did
tho ono thing for which Hawallnns
enn hnrdly forglvo him. He Instituted
a suit for divorce from his wife. He
contended Hint u Now York dlvorco
would not operate In England, and. In
granting the decree Justice Hnnnan
upheld that position. Haley was de
creed the custody of tho child, who died
last yenr nt Monaco.
When Mrs. Hnley-Armstrong re
turned to England It wns tnken from
her. Then Mr. Armstrong, for somo
reason, finding Hint his mnrrlngo was
not binding, resolved not to try It over
again. Maud Hobson, twlco a widow
without weeds, wan as freo as n bird
In tho air. She turned to tho stage,
naturally, nnd the Gaiety. Her re
turn wns hailed with dollght, nnd sho
has continued a favorite over since.
She Is the author of a clever one-net
comedy, produced recently at a mntlneo
In London, nnd Is tho happy possessor
of a collection of Jowels second In
mngnlficonco only to those" of Mrs.
Langtry. Sho hna health, beauty, ad
mirers, fnmo nnd jowels.
CHENEY AN ANOEL.
Illnluu's old I'ii per TelU nn Alumina
Story for I'rye.
That banquet given In honor, of ox
Prcsldent Cheney of Bates, Wednes
day, was all the moro felicitous for hav
ing Senator Fryu aa Its toastmnslor. A
report of tho proceodlngB Includes tho
following anecdotes related by Mr.
Frye: "Ho (President Cheney) wns al
ways a beggar, and yet never seemed
to beg. If ho left you with your check
for a thousand dollars In his pocket,
you felt as If you had been entertained
by an angel unawares.
"Ono tlmo he camo to Washington
and asked me to Introduce him to Sen
ator Stanford. I took him, to that gen
tlemnn's house nnd Introduced him to
tho Senntor and his wife and left him.
"Tho next morning Dr. Chenoy cnlled
on mo and I asked him how ho got
along with Senator Stanford. Ho said
tho Senator was a flno man to meet.
" 'Did you do any begging?' I nBked.
" 'Not much,' said ho, 'I did not say
much about the college'
" 'Did you got anything?'
" 'Yes, I got $1,000
"At the senate I saw Stanford, and
on asking about Dr. Cheney's call he
said: 'No, ho did not say much about
the college, and he Is a fine man.'
"Some tlmo after this Senator Stan
ford said to me one dny: 'I have just
sold a colt for $8,500. I have sent $1,000
to n school In Iowa, and I shall keep
$500 for pocket money, and, by tho way,
Senator, that Dr. Cheney Is a delightful
man, will you plenso take my- check
for $7,000 and forward It to him.'"
Kennebec Journal.
EQUAL TO LITTLE JOHNNY.
.hipaiit'xo Hoy's Imiy on tho Wluilo mill
It I'eenlliirltles.
An English teacher In a Japanese
school has given for publication this eu
say on the whale, written by a Jap
boy: "The whale live In the sea nnd
ocean of nil the country. He !b n largo
and strong In among of kinds of all
the fish, and Its length roach to ninety
foot from seventy foots, and Its color
almost Is a dark, and ho has a large
head. When swim In the up water he
Is so large as Island. When struck the
water on angry he Is go voice as ring
great deal thunder. If he danced make
the storm without winds, and also blow
the water nlmost lay down the fog on
the weather. Ills the form Is proper to
live, for his front loga make hire and
afterlegs is no, and the tails Is a hire
that open on tho top. waters, and the
mouth have no leaves, but have leaves
that Is a hard, narrow beard, as with
horns. His bodys though Is a fish, but
he Is not a fish, hut is a creatures. His
leaves Is nampd whales-leaves. Tho
men make everything with It. Every
years to seven or eight ra-nth from four
to five month, the whalermen catch
on the sea or oacan. He may live on
the sea of North-cea-way or Five
Island, of I'irado on Higen country in
Japan. Written by T. Hirakawa. P.
S. The tell of the whale is more but
I do not know fully to toll."
TRIFLES.
In South Amerlea a parrot costs n
dime.
A weman has Just been appointed av
Jntunt city treasurer of Bangor. Me.
An Aroostook (Me.) man. during n
recimt vIMt to Big Fish Lake, counted
two carltou, (ivu moowe. and 100 door.
Tradition asserts that n certain oak
treo of PnloFtlne grew from a rprout
whloh Cain plnntd on the dny before
he killed Abol.
Nantucket Iiuh Just celebrated a cen
tennlul and bicentennial, nnd In seve.j
years more can commemorate a tercen
tennial, that of tho discovery of the
Isdnnd by Bartholomey Gosnold, In
1C0S.
Ferdinand De Long, of Mantztowp.
Pa., nte a dozen and a half oysters, and
then bet that he could eat the re
mainder of the oysterman's stock, 140,
In three minutes. He finished the task
In two and one-half minutes and died.
Mrs. Humphrey Ward received $6,000
for the English rights of "The Story
of Bwl Coatrell." The Critic figures
It out that altogether she wilt receive
$15,000 for the story, or about CO cents
a word. And It Is not a great story
either.
At a recent sale of Burns manuscripts
In London, two poems, embracing only
three folio pages, sold for 40. The poet
lived for four years at Dumfries un
frorq IW to 70 a year and supported
a family of neen members on that
sum.
WOMANISH AND WOMANLY.
there I Serious Trouble In the Vanity
Family nnd rlniatt Canoe for Jt.
Thcro Is a house, nnd home, In a city
suburb which hns become divided
ngalnst Itself.
And all becniipo the mistress of It re
fused on one occasion to coddle her hus
bnnd's self lovo. .
The facts aro these;
Mr. Vanity, to heighten hla enjoy
ment of nn unselfish evening with hla
family, asked his wife mischievously
nt dinner whether she wanted him to
stay nt home with her Instead of going
to tho club. The wlfo ropllcd sweetly
thnt she wished It If he wanted to,
otherwise not.
Mr. Vanity hnd calculated that she,
would glvo him a love look, blush and
say: "Oh, Johnl" or something of the
kind. Her rcnsonnblencsa disappointed
him. Indeed, ii rnlscd his Iro and h?
went about ranking her tnko it back.
"I Bhould think you would want me to
stay, nnywny, whether I wish to or
not," ho protested. Moro sweetly Chnn
beforo sho nesured him that while it
would glvo lyr plenBUro to spend a
qulot evening nt home with him tho
hours would ho robbed of all their joys
if ho did not remain because It wns his1"
pleasure to do so. Ills wishes wero
first.
"Won't you ask mo to Btay, then?"
"No, dear."
"By thunder, I'll leave tho house and
I'll go now."
She smiled.
Ho put on his hat and coat. He tooX
considerable tlmo about It, too. When ,
they were nicely adjusted ho roturncd
to tho dining room nnd Btated In a
.subdued voice that sho had only to Bay
one word and ho would take thom off.
To which Bhe replied In a volco that
was almost angelic that she oxpected
him to act his own pleasure In that, aa
In all matters. To which ho answered
briskly that ho "did not suppose ho had
married that kind of a woman." Short
ly afterward tho front door closed with
a hang.
Mr. Vanity's wlfo spent tho evening
with her sewing and hor little ones.
Her husband returned about 11
o'clock, but ho mado no reference to
IiIb visit In town or tho cause of It. Be
fore tho gnB-was turned out ho asked
qultu meekly whether she would not
like to sec "Trilby" tho next evening.
Sho Bald smilingly, but unenthusiastic
ally, that she would. Ho then sighed
deeply, ns ono who hns become relloved
of a great burden.
But that did not patch up tho trouble
and the. man Is out of confidence with
himself.' Of course, the point is that
she never answered him In such a way
before. And he wants to know whether
this bllnketty blank newspaper now
woman nonsense is getting into hia
wife's head.
THE SCIENTIFIC CRANK, j-
"V "-
Mo Utilizes 111 Holienilnn Friend In a
Not Over-riraidng Manner.
A well-known Bohemian visited his
friend, Professor Price, nt tho latter'a
laboratory recently. The professor waa
examining n dark-brown substance
spread on paper.
"Say, Petle, would you kindly let me
place a little of this on your tongue?
My taBto hns become so vitiated by
tasting all sorts of things."
"Certainly," responded tho evor-no-commodatlng
Petle, thrusting out his
tongue.
The professor took up a little of the
substance under analysis and placed It
on Petle's tongue. He worked It around
for fully a minute, tasting It much as
he would a fine confection.
"Note any effect?" Inquired tho pro
fessor. "No, none."
"It doesn't paralyze or prick yout
tongue?" '
"Not that I enn detect."
"I thought not. There are no alka
loids In it, then. How does It tnsto?"
"Bitter as the dickens."
"Um-m; all right"
"What 1b it, anyway?" inquired Petle,
as he spat out the hold-over taste.
"I don't know. That'o what I'm try
ing to find out. Some one has been
poisoning horses with it over at tho
mission,
Petle rushed to the telephone and,
called up a veterinary surgeon.
William as a Tennis Flayer.
The Emperor William, as 1b well
known, 1b a keen sportsman, and loses
no opportunity of encouraging and pro
moting, especially among the younger
generation of his subjects, the lovo of
athletics and manly exercises. His
Majesty's enthusiastic pursuit of yacht
ing, which brings him Into close and
friendly relations with society In Eng
land, Is not, It appears, the only char
acteristic which he has in common with
Englishmen. He Is an eager lawn tennis
player, and assiduously practices the
game, even during the winter. For the
more convenient pursuit of hl3 favor
ite pastime he recently had fitted up as
n lawn tennis court a portion of the Ex
hibition Building in the Moabit dis
trict of Berlin. Hither, whenever free
dom from State business permits, the
Emperor betakes himself for a game
In friendly rivalry with somo of the
officers of his household. St. Jamea
Budget.
Marlon or Mary Ann?
To the Editor of the Sun Sir: I con
sider both Marlon and Marian to be
feminine names, though Marian 1b the
better spelling. Marian Is simply a
contraction of Mary and Ann, or rather
an abbreviation of the original French
Marianne, or Marlanna, which was
quite a common name in Norman
times.
Tho "o" In Marion comes from',, the
Norman pronunciation of the letter
"a." S. Q.
Upper Macopin, N. J.. July 27. New
York Sun,
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