M 2 THE OMAHA 'DAlLXT BEE : VMONDAY , DECEMBER 1) ) . 188D ,1 ,
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HEBRASKANS , STAY AT HOME
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_ m now Our Own atato Oomparos With
H Washington
H IN RICHNESS AND FERTILITY ,
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_ | Tim Now Northwestern Commonin
B wealth Is Knr Surpassed Ity Hint
H In Wliloli "Wo Iilvo-Not An
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Eldorado
l" A Visit to Wnntilnirtnn
_ M Brattle , Wnsh , Dec 3. [ Spoclnl to Tnn
H U E.l Sitico my last communication to Tim
1 Ueu 1 have received Bovcrul letters fromyour
B Humorous renders In ruforenco to the new
j state of Washington , winch 1 will try to
H answer 1ft this letter
_ _ t \ Th3 slate Is divided Into two parts nnrurnit
M 1 nliy by the rahgo of Cascndo mountains
H ; which extend from south to north ntiir Its
_ _ t | cuatcr The dlfTeronco In the seasons , ternf
H pcrnturc , crops , etc , between cast and wast
H Washington Is as murkod ns if they wcro
H thousands of miles apart Tills accounts for
H some of the sccminc discrepancies in uaws-
fl I jiaper rcpoits of the state For example in
H J east Washington thcro Is not much rainfall ,
H ) und crops are unrchablo , much ns In Idaho
H nud Wyoming . la cast Washlneton also the
H | winters are savoro , with much snow and
H wind , ft Is qulto different in west Wnsliiiigbr
H ton Thcio is plenty of rainfall and in gensh
H oral , Instead of one crop there uro nt least
H two during the year Tie | grasses do ex9"
H ccodlngty well lioro , yielding Immensely the
H Urst crop of the season , followed with n fair
H second crop On the west of the Cascades Is
H nlsoairroat fruit country , apples , pcurs ,
H prunes mid all kinds of small hcrrios doing
H j Wall , and all very Juicy and finely flavored
H j' A far us winter is concornd in west WashSi
H | laqton tlicro appears to bo much moro rain
H , than In summer , und the uverugo toinporam
_ _ \ ; turo is a little lower , with seldom a frost
H j or a snow , and when it docs snow it very
H 3 soon molts off and passes awav There Is
H Very seldom any wind nndcortainly no heavy
H Rtorms There Ib sometimes ngalo for u few
H hours on the btrnlts of L'uca , West Wushbl
_ _ T ington , commonly culled the l'uget sound
H , country , Is devoloplng very fust Villages
H ere springing up , towns and cities nro boine :
H built Into magic , and rcul ostnta Is increasing
H In vnluo very fast la all west Washlnutou
H AVI 111 all these excellent features , not'vlthw
H standing at this time of the year the grass is
H broon und outdoor flowers may bo plucked la
j December , this country is not a pane
9 } disc Thcro mo drawbacks which
if offset the pleasant features to some
HfL extent Ono correspondent desires to
Hlf know whether it is r.s healthy a stnto as Noa
1 braslm I have not the experience , having
fj been hero for four mouths , to ennblo mo to
tj tlctcrmhiu tlint point , but lam now of the
K opinion that It is not ns healthy hero as in
H Nebraska The cliuuto is damp , and in cool
Hj weather is rjuito dlsngrceublo and pcoplo uro
Mt npt to coulruet sevcro colds , sere throats , in-
1 tluonzu , malaria aud typhoid fever The latto
ff tcr discaso hns prevailed iu all the larger
i towns during the past season
HFi Onp farmer desires to know about the oxw
tl tent of funning out hero There is little
S lurming compared with the pr.ilrio states ,
1 ] for genurnllv thcro is so much timber , from
j the largest tree to the smallest Uirulj , growOJ
j ing on the land hero that it
H is worth about Sioo
per ucro ,
H. to clear It , Hence the newness of the
B country , together with this obstuclo in the
1 i ivny , would indicate that farming is not
m carried on to ii great extent , it follows
j thcroforo that these who have farms are
M reaping the benefit by trotting largo prices
B for their products , and cleared land is higher
I ) price toduv perhaps than it will bo in
Hl twenty years hence
Hl Wo nave two United States senators , mas-
1 Rlvo in both body and intellect , now at the
1' pallonal capital taking euro of our diversified
H ' interests , assisted by mi old Iloosior friend
H of mine , Hon John L. Wileon , in the house ,
H If my predictions fall not , ho
H ; Will bo a second Colfax in
H ; , , _ that body , having , as I bcliovo ,
H many manly traits of that distinguished
H statesman and orator We , of course are
H looking forward to the developments of our
H tnuny resources , such us our extensive coal
H mlno , our nbundanco of Iron ere , our line
B , ipjaries of stone , mines of sllvor , lead und
H gold , mines of the best lime stone in the
H West , our vast forests of the finest of fir ,
H cedar and spruce trees , aud the cultivation
H , of the soil Speaking of soil , however , I
H tblnlrthcro Is but little soil here whiuh com
H - pares with , tbnt of oustora Nebraska in richi
H , • ticss aud capacity to bring forth excellent
H orop3 , and ho wbodoosnot want to spoculuto
H In rcul cstato , and has a good farat in NoI
H brash a , with good health for himself and I
H family , will do well to remain l
B where bo is , and spend his
B . days in lighting railroad corporations ,
B If the reader would visit Seattle expecting
to see a nlco looking town now , ho would bo
H ivoofully disappointed The faot Is , build
1 lngs are boinp croctcd on every hand the i
1 ground Is all torn up and the streets filled i
H with brick and mortar , * umber and ether
1 tiullding material v/hllo the city Is being
1 lionovcotnbod with excavations for water
B pipes and sewers A. Ii Ball
B ' BUOTllEUHOOl ) OK ST AN OKU W.
H ' 'Xlio IJolcgatoi Ijlston to Words or
H Wisdom In Different Uhiirohes
H At 8 a. in yesterday the delegates In at-
H tendanco at the fourth annual convention of
H , the Brotherhood of St Andrew nsscmblod la
H ' Trluity cathedral to listen to the address of
| ' Scan Gardner Tno reverend gentleman
H ti took for his text Luke 11:25 : , Blessed are
B tboy that boar the word of God " The
B holy bible , " said the speaker , "is a subject
B f of perennial iutorost Men never oxhuust
Hu its treasures Today , the second Sunday of ,
H" Advent , wo contemplate the blulo as the
k' ' word of God a volco from the Infinite -
H toacning humanity how to live , how to suffer
H und how to dlo The world would bo upon
| K durable were It not for the various words
jw and voices that coino to us out of the great
realm of Unite existence Wo listen spell
> bounu mid gaze with rapture upon iho ulter-
' uiiocs of these who make no claim to intplra-
II tion who simply work and speak with the
K. use of natural gifts The skilled orator lifts
E won to the topmost crest of the wuvo of hu-
K. . man fooling , the sweet singer culls out the
strong omollons of pusslon orsympathy , the
' [ . ; cunning artist peoples our world
' • with Images and vlslora of ideal
' . life and beauty Hut how shall woostlmato
. the cburactor of the word of Qodl Hero wo
Jl , . . etand on the shores of time and before us is
It the great ocean of otornlty There Is it gen
I oral impression or instinct of immortality
This is ull , until out of the vast illlmitublo
Is ' depths of pace there comes the word of God
I' , and wo are mudo to unow the sccrots of that
I far-off country This word of God spoken [
I * of by the prophets was explained by the com *
J iug of the word of God lucurunto
J Two thoughts follow as a reason for the
j cxcollcnco of Gods word First , Its super
J natural oharactor Second , its intriuslo {
j tnorlu We afllrm the bible Is inspired bo-
j cpusnjt has u supernatural origin and it tolls
j , , of sui > ornatural events Tno bible as a whole
j > has bean created by the pnwor of God It
I . speaks with certainty because It is the ex-
prcsslon of perfect kuowledgo U deals with
: spirit as well us with matter because God is
a spirit and the hlddon thlugs of the world ,
I , are revealed to him
I • The ( UfUculty with human opinion regard
ing temporal affairs ib that the basis of human
I thought and uuuiuu belief is ever shlftine VJ
. ouly with Hid data of post experience bo-
' ,4oro lilft that the
eyes keenest pliilosopaor J
I the wisest scientist can put forth u slngln
, proposition in the realm of sclonco or phllos- ;
. ' Pby , aid / ( ben tbeso men of learning usually ' r
eo ( heir favorite tbeorlos overturned at
, Icastonco Inthoirlifo time They caunot
M I bco the future , hence the Idlouoss of mere \
.
. human peculation , God gave the power of \
speaking from the standpoint of perfect
knovrledgo to the various writers of the bible
f- > Hence thpy have made no mistakes
' . , ' Then , ugain , the bible deals with suoer-
r natural ' events and affairs It Is the ono
source of kuowledgo regarding the eternal
I , past ' or the eternal future Wo are made to
w ir fcuow that boyoud the oonflnes of the present ?
- lOxistence there Is a lana that Is fairer thua ,
j , this No human being would over have l .
, thought gut the ton comwauduteuts or the
I . ormou on the mount
"l'he bible Is read by moro pcoplo than
IK , i ny other book It has held spellbouud the
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hearts of nations Sutcs have been founded I
on Us principles ; kings rule by n comimct
based on It , Thcro Is no now religious idea
given to the world but thot is merely the do-
volopmont of something given In the bible
its very translation has scttlod the idioms of
speech
"IJcloved , lot tis take up this volume -
umo with the Idea thnt it is the volco of God
pleading to bo heard Learn to look upon
your bible ns your most valued companion
it is i n precious treasure It Is dally bread
for the hungry soul Jt Is that ono book
in which wo find ctornal llfo nnd the tosti-
inony of Jesus Christ Its surfuco treasures
nrobeyond compare Ksjilddcn tronsuros
nn glorious as the gems o " rarest hue Tnko
the book into your bands und read a few
versos every dnv- " *
t AT ALL SAINTS
At 11 a. m. the delegates nssomblod nt All
Saints church , Twenty-sixth and Howard
streets , wboro they llstouod to nn addicts
iy Ulsliop Worthlngton The bishop said
tin early lifo of Christ ns revealed in the
apocrypha showed that from childhood up
J" the uga of thirty when the Messiah comD
meneed his ministry , was not ono of idle
ness , but was ono of activity ; ho was always
nltondlng to his duties whether inlnlstoring
to others , working in the carpenter shop , or
asking quostlons and teaching the loomed
doctors in the temple j Wo should follow
his example There should bo close conai
ccntration of effort This is better thun
individual effort Wo should not expect to
ba dragged on to heaven by the ministration
° J. ono ordained of God Wo should unite
with him to save othcri This is what the
Brotherhood , or St , Andrew is doing
It should not bo our solo object in Ufa to
build packinghouses , to erect palatial ro3lL
donees , to develop a great Business or ole
vato ourselves socially , but to do nil in our
power to clovnto our follow men Dear
brothers mid slstors , this Is your work Wo
should share with the clergy und the brothof-
hood their work This obligation Is not poS
cullar It rests upon nil who are baptized to
do the missionary work that the brotherhood
is ] HtteStpttng to do The Into pnmo minister
of Kngland , Mr Ghulstono , devoted the Sun
day following his election to his high ofllco
to worship Sccrotary Wnnamakor goes to
Philadelphia regulurly every Sabbath to at
tend to his religious work Mr Cornelius
Vanderbllt attends church regularly every
Suiaay ilo linds time to attend the sea
men's meetings nnd visit the hospital
monthly All in the hospital ho knows by
nulno How cheering It must bo to the
BUirorera to have such n man ns Cornelius
Vanderbilt to address them by name ? Who
ol you will prctond that ho is moro burdened
with business cares than Cornelius tVnndor'x
blltl Who will compare themselves with
Secretary < Wanamaltor or that grand man
Gladstone ? How lyour excuses fade away
and lcavo you speechless I What wo need is
a baptism of the Holy Ghost that wo may
have moro of the enthusiasm of youth The
work of the brotherhood begins at homo by
the llrosido Precept Is far mora tolling
than cxnmpIo.-Your work is at the ofllco , the
bank , tbo counting room , the shop or whereo
ovoryolinro
After the slnginc nnd ether exorcises Mr
Guy W. Hogg of Chicago was Invited to say
a few words Mr Hogg said that some peoJ
plo Imagined that to bo a missionary one
must go to India or soma island with an mi-
pronouncablo name That they imagined
that the work of cvangollzition belonged to
the clergy That is u great mistake The
Brotherhood of St Andrew is to meet this
very purpose Its object Is to win young men
to Christ To show thorn that thcro is some
greater object In lifo thun that or merely
wonting from duy to day for their wages
without nny other thought The work of
the brotherhood Is universal and is not only
an aid to the rector and the church to which
the young mou belong but a blessing to hui
niunlty
iK the Arinnxooir
n conforcjico of members of the brotherhood
was held at.1 o'clock In Young Men's Chris
tian , association hall , ut which time reports
wcro lecelvod of tbo condition und progress
of the various ehaptors in the state
At 4 o'clocic ' the doors were thrown open
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and the publio admitted
The subject of the address was The (
Young Man aud His Llfo , " Mr John I. Ken
nedy of Omaha speaking upon the topic ,
His Pnvuto Llfo , " and Mr Guy W. Hogg
of Chicago upon His Business Lifo "
IN TnU EVEN-ISO
the brotherhood occupied scats in Trinity
cathedral After the usual evonmg service i
Doan'Gnrdner ' Introduced Mr A. P. Hopkins , ,
the newly elected president of Trinity chapter -
tor ot the brotherhood
Mr Hopkins gave a short sketch , of the
purposes I of tbo organization und then intro
duced Kov W. O , Pearson of St Johns
church , this city , who addressed the
congrogntlon upon the suoject , The \
Brotherhood Its Nccossity " The speaker
referred bnofly to the necessity of the
organization ns nn assistunco to the clergy iu
bringing an organized body against any evil
Ilo admonished > the brotherhood against be ;
ing i over confident because of tholr rapid
growth nnd advised thorn to bo careful and
conscientious in thelroirortsseoki , > igstrongth
in I prayer und counseling with the clergy in
nil matters
Mr Kaymand Stryko ' r of Lincoln was next
Introduced I and spoke upon the subject of
brotherhood I Briefly stated , the object is to
spread Christ's kingdom among young
men ; , " or to retain the young men of the
church ' and prevent thorn from losing till in-
terest in church work by giving them a par
ticular field ia which to labor
Mr Guy vV Hogg , the next speaker addressed [ -
dressed the congregation upon The noces-
sary qualifications of , n true brotherhood
man " The spoakcr said ha realized the im- '
portnnco of being tbo last speaker of a con !
vontlon of this kind whorotho members
would soparalo for their homes in various
parts of tbo state and would bo likely to re ;
member strongly the last remarks they
heard One of the qualifications necessary
to a true brotherhood man is that ho bo a
Btudent ot the bible Another is that ho
Bhould bo a man of prayer After these two
things others will follow Mr Hogg took
occasion to call the nuonlion
of the brotherhood to the fact that there is
somothiug wrong In Nouraska , because the
poor attendance at the meetings of the con
vontlon Jt is claimed that there are 139
members In Omaha alone , yet there were
only thirty-live nt the altar rail in the morn
ing to piay for the prosperity of the brother
lmod Ho thought It would bo bettor not to
have so many members , but have a few
earnest workers
In conclusion tbo spoakcr said ho would
leuve , as a last word , the lomarkof one of
the clergy : The clergy need you ; the
clergy bless you ; the clergy bless God for
you
After the botvIcos were closed the mom
bcrsof the brotherhood adjourned to the
lower room , where prayers were Bald for the
future prosperity and guidance of the orga-
nization , and numerous remarks mudo by
these presout Karowolla were said and the
fourth annual convention of the Brotherhood
of St Andrew , dioccso of Nebraska , was ut
au end *
ii.\i to mBT
Funeral of the Ijate GoorKO Cramer
Yosteriltiy
The remains of George Cramer , the sales ,
man for Q , tl Mack & Co , who died Friday ,
were tcadorly laid away yesterday afternoon
in Laurel Hill cemetery Though without a
rotative nearer than tbo fatherland where
his aged parents will rooclvo with sadness
the announcement of his death the deceased
was not wanting la frlenas His Interment
was witnessed by more than a hundred of
the leading Germans of the city , with
all of whom ho had been long ao-
Qunluted and by whom he wus greatly ud-
mlrod
The remains lay In state In a beautiful
casket In Uroxol & Mauls ' when tboy were
viewed for tbo last tloio by mourning
friends On the lid lay two beautiful
wreaths of llowors , ouq the offering of Mr
Jr
aud Mrs G. H , Mack , and ulso a beautiful :
floral lyre which had boon given by bis asso- '
clato tvorkmon In Mr Mucks store :
Mossri T , II Bruoslng , W. J. Tricic P. J ,
VauSlyvlc , A. McLeodM. . Saxo and Claus
Gooseh
Shortly before the casket was closed Mr ]
J , It Houck dellvorod a few Improsslvo to-
marks on the certainty of death and tbo
emotions which that certainty aroused
The pall beurcrs were W , J. Frlok A. Mo- '
Loud , T. Buesslug , C. Mioj B. Lamb and P.
iMoy
Tbo funeral was under the auspices of G.
II Mack and Mr , Wetter and nothing was
loft undone as ovtduoce of rospeot the de-
coasedl
Clirls ImurliHoii'a Iturlnl
Chris Lsurltseu , who died In St Joseph's
hosplul Friday lust , was burled yesterday
In Forest Lawn cemetery , the funeral
mgsmgmmgmgsSSSSSSStt
services bolng held in DrexM ft Mauls ,
Kov , , IC C Had hold t , pastor of the Danish
\uthoran , church , onicfntcd Tbo pall boarit
ors wcro Louli Casper , Louis Peterson ,
Gustavo | Hall , T. H. Koohlor nnd V. Hanson ,
Tort Onntlin News
. The Fort Omaha Socmt club gave another
of tli6lr dances last week nt the post hall ,
Untieing ; nnd musio served to pass the do-
llghtful ; hours and a most onjo > able time was
had | by nil , Among these present were :
Mrs , nnd Mrs James H. Williams , Mr nnd
Mrs j \ 1) . O. Alnsworth , Mr nnd Mrs J.
Luchslngcr , Mr nnd Mrs Fog , Mr and
Mrs v ! , Hale , Mr nnd Mrs Murray , Mr and
Mrs Hyon , Mr and Mrs Forbes , Mr and
Mrs Williams , Mr , and Mrs Mcohnn , Mr
and Mrs , Dunham , Mr nnd Mrs Richardn
son , Mr nnd Mrs Olscn , Mr and Mr .
Wood , Mr and Mrs Cook , Mr , nnd
Mrs ilnycs , nnd Mr nnd Mrs ,
Shaw Mlssos How , Campbell , Kortcmnn ,
Hasinusson Kinnm nnd Mary Dolpor , Mary ,
Aniiio and lJcrtlm Sullivan , Mary nnn Annie
Dully , Ftj-nu.Cody , Hlwood , Powers , Engor ,
Cowley , Kortmnn , Hlln Latch , Fox , Gould
and Gouch Messrs John Cody , Plntoll ,
Carl Williams , Goilach , Davis Stahl , ICurt7 ,
Parsons , Hkc , Younrf , Hubbard , Thompson ,
Hell , Payne , Fitzgerald , Cnsoy , Boyle ,
Mornn , Anderson , Lee , Seen , Qutnu , Brown
and Weeks
Lieutenant Edwin V. Bookmlllor , Second
Infantry , with Sergonnt James Bunnan ,
company T , Corporal John Collopy and
Muslclun II B. Andersen , company B , Private -
vato Tnomas N. Koyes , compauv F , and
Julius 0. Finger , company K , Second in-
fantry , ns guards , will proceed today to tho1'
Loavcnworth military prison with the fol
lowing military convicts to bo confined nt
Ihatplnco : Frederick J. Kuiie , 11. Hawley ,
Otto Uuhl , James H , ICcurtoy , Ocorgo W.
Heed { nnd Kobort Wilson '
Lloutonant John Kiurio , adjutant of the
Second Infantry , loft Fort Omaha yestordny
for Chicago to visit his family During his
nbsonco Lloutounnt John Iv Warmg , Second
Infantry , will nctni adjutaut
The finally of Dr Hallldav has rejoined
him at Fort Omaha Dr , Brndloy's family
hns also Joined him at the fort
Mrs II B. Sarson , wlfo of O , M. Sarson ,
guvo ! a very pleasant social last week at Fort
Omaha , . •
The gonernl court-martial , of which Major
Butler Is president , resumed jts sittings on
Thursday last , and tried two cases of do1
sertlon from ether posts nud organizations ,
namely : Pnvato Joseph Wolncr , Buttallou
j , Fifth artillery , a deserter from Fort Ham
ilton , and Charles II Caddy , Company D ,
Twonty-second iutuntry , u deserter from
Fort Keogh , They both pleaded not guilty
of desertion , but guilty of ausenco without
leave ] ( , though ono of them , Pnvato Caddy ,
had been absent nearly throe years
An lltuortalnlnir iraroler
John McCarthy and his wlfo arrived in
m aha Saturday evening , tlrea and worn
out They stopped here to rest up , having
tnado a tour of Eunpo and other foreign sections -
. tions of the earth They nro at the Paxton
McCarthy U a Jovial man who can give In-
formation to a coninanion about the Sandt
wieh , islands , Samoa , Australia or nny other
foielgn , country that may como up in a con
;
vcrsntional way He wus mot by n reporter
ut the Paxtou last evening und
in a brief couvorsnllon stated
some very interesting experiences The I
gentleman and his wife have Just returned
from : Honolulu They will visit the principal
,
places , of interest lu O in ill in today and Btart
for their homo In Svrucu e , N. Y. , tonight
Mr McCarthy is a splendid entertainer
and . can talk the nvcrago man to n finish Ho |
i is nn undertaker At the time of tbo Johns
town flood Mr McCarthy was one of the i
first undertakers to ship In n car load of :
cofllns for which ho made no charges
George ( Uomfnco , Jr , lending manforPatti '
Uos.i ] , und Mr McCarthy mot for the first '
time to-dny sluco the separated in Honolulu '
weeks ugo
X AVIfb Bnittcr ,
E. R. Briggs who lives near the corner of
,
Twenty-ninth nnd Leavenworth strcots , wns
arrested i last night for being drunk and dls-
orderly ( and boating his wife Ho went homo
In | a festive mood and amused himself by
slapping I his hotter half nnd otherwise nbus-
Ing I her until alio was compelled to summon
n i policeman who gathered him in and soot
him I to the station
A31USKMRNTS.
Tbo Grand opera house furnished another
indisputable evidence of the popularity of
Sunday amusements last night The at >
traction was the Social Session ' ' Every
seat in the house was occupied and people
were evou turned away
BRISVITIKS
The tall , elderly lady who bought two
ounces cream of tartar and two ounces sulphur -
phur mixed at the drug sturo on Sixteenth
und Chicago strcots about 5:30 : p. in Satur-
day took the wrong package Koturn same
at ouco
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Coiiiiiiciiiornf ivo luxorcfsos
Wasiunoton , Doc S. Wednesday at the
capitol will bo dovotc-d to programme exer ; :
cises commemorative of tbo contonnl.il celo- !
bratlon of the Inauguration of Gcorgo Wash
lngton Thosenato and houBO will assombla
together In the ballot the house , and there
will bo music ' , a prayer by the Chaplain of )
the senate , an address by Chlof Justice :
Fuller and the benediction by tbo chaplain
of the house Thcso oxerclscs are to bo at-
tended by the president and cabinet , tbo su-
promo court , the delegates to tbo Pun-Amor-
icun and International maritime conferences
aud ether ofUciuls
It is not expected that any business of lm-
portanco will be completed in tho.senato this
wcok Bills will bo introduced and referred
nnd some ot the committees will begin tholr
regular work Tomorrow the republican
icaucus commit too on committees will moot ,
and It expects to conclude the work of rear
raiigoment at that session so as to report to
itho caucus Tuesday , Action will probably [ !
rbo taken on the nominations sent in by the
' president last wcok These number lai all
recess appointments except that of Judge
Brewer
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'flio Flro Kocurll
New Youk , Doc 8. The flve-story build
lug at SO East Fourteenth strcot , ocouplod
by dealers In silverware , printers npd sta-
tlonary , a chocolate manufacturer and an
Importer ot French satin burned this mora
> ng ; loss $205,000 , covered by Insurance
Two of the firemen were ovcrcomo by the
smoke , but were rescued nnd will recover
Humiiolut , Kan , Dec 8. The flour mills
ot Lindsoy & liobson burned last night ; loss
$100,00.
LocKroiiT , N. Y. , Dee 8. The flouring
mill of Saxtou & Thompson burned today ;
loss $250,000 , ; insurance $100,000. ,
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ft a I n fitorniH in California
San Fn scisco , Cal , Doc 8. Ono of the
heaviest rain storms for yours prevailed
throughout California for the past two weeks
und some damages resulted thorofrom ,
especially lu the lowlands of the Sacramento
vulloy In general tbo rain has boon most
welcome nnd a lurgly increased orca of fait
Bown gralu will result Telegraphic ad-
vices Indicate that thousands of acres 9'
oranges and fruit trees will bo planted in
northern nnd southern California aud hun
dreds of now vineyards In the Fresno rasln ,
district
Itcokicss Willi Ills Gun
iNDiANArous , lnd , Dee 8. This evening
John Arnold shot and fatally wounded his
wife Carrlo , seriously ivoundod Jobu Poe ,
nnd then turned the revolver on himself und
flrod The wound indicted , however , was
only slight The shooting was caused by
the announcement of his wlfo that she was
going to leave bira and apply for a divorce
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A Bail Caioh
Kansas City , Mo , Doc & August Jaooby >
discovered a burglar in his house last night
and attempted to capture him The burglar
shot Jaooby fatally and cscapod
To Hear Paul
CniOAOO , Dec 8. Vice President Morton
deand wlfo arrived In the city today to attend
the opentng ot the auditorium
*
To ilootor the Czar
Bkblin , Dee 8.-Prof. Loydeu hastily left '
Borllntoday for St Petersburg , havingbeen
summoned to attend the czar
tmmammaMMSSBi
A COMEDIANS ' ( ASSION FOR GRAY
ttotnna Kocl'fl(1cnsnii ( < i lorttio I'nltli
Within Htm
Rolftml Rooil,9 fdnflnoEs for fjrny hns
froqliontly I , bcoil a Stilijoot , saj-s the Now
York J World , for Jokltip remarks ntnonjr
liial ncqunlntnnPc ? . That there might
bo , n. studied moarltnr ; In the prcdomiti-
nnco of prny iji tlio actors costiuno
never suggested lisolf until the other
dlcht J
There pees Ru dntid Ills ugly nrny
cent . , " wns tha idle rotnurk tlint iiisplrod
tlio-thought. 'lho ! actor , when ques
tioned nn the subloct , remarked :
Yes , you nro right I do nlToct grny
ns a color for cause It lias a deeper
slgiiKlcniico to mo than to most people
j \ am so thoroughly under Its lnlluonco
that I would nut think of undertaking
nii.vthlng J * Important unless orrn.vcd iu
Its ' sober tints I have boon thus attired -
tired In the most important events in
my lifo My debut ns a child actor was
in i a gray dress When I struck out for
Hiysulf Into strict comedy , it was the
mature tone of most of mj- clothes This
fooling is as strong today In mo as it
was in the ettrly days of my professional
struggle I would no moro think of
trying a now ohurnctor unless gray was
to , bo u pronounced color in my stage
wardrobotliati . , many good people would
think of beginning a journey on
lVldny '
"It is nil well enough for you'to luugh
at the idea , but there tire a great many
things wo nccopt witblii our minds and
ho.irtH J | ns-a basis nt right und conduct
that . look bad in a tnuthomiitical glare ,
just the Biime I like grav-hoadod
characters iu my plays My best friends
are , and huvo always boon , these wear
ing i us glorious crown of dignity nnd
years I discharged two loading ludlos
from The Woman Hater because they
refused , to wear gray , on the ground
that it was unbecoming to their peculiar
typo J of beauty My fatbor and grand
father had the saino wonknobs , if you
choobu to call it such , so , I suppose , I Inherited -
horitod 1 tlio projudlco They , possibly ,
had ] it instilled into thorn by thoQuakor
atmosphere in which they llvod "
SHE BOUGHT HIM SHOES
.
And Dirt the Little Boy nny StockJ
lii , ? Well Unrlly
Busy Fourteenth strcot wns the scone
yesterday J nftornoon ot a prottybitot
unostentatious charity and warm-heart-
cditfss that mndo its luclcy witnesses
feelas if the world was not such a elfish -
fish j old planet after all , says the Now
York Times
As might bo expected on a school
holiday 1 at this season the south side of
the t street held hundreds of youngsters
intent ; on getting a good view of the
wonderful , hlghts in the sho\y windows
nnd the majority of thorn wcro by no ,
moans the woil-dressed and tenderly
carcd-for ehildron1 , who could bsito ' ly
hope 1 for a sbaro ' f the displayed truns-
uros at Christmqs time On the coa-
trury | , moro thun half of the little folks
, wcro from the poorer quarters of the
town ' Few ot thep were so warmly
dressed ' that the dainpehill , atmosphora
was ' robbed of its jiotvor to make their
teeth I chatter and ttj hunch their little
shoulders ! up , nndj ' many of them looked
us , if their ordinary faro was anything
but i , nutritious au 'd utllcient Hut they
fought ] ns eagerly , lor good positions be " -
fore the show wiiidowsund criticised the
wonderful toys as interestedly as if
they know that they had only to chose
and what thov " wished for would be
theirs , .
Ono group ofexcitod youngsters con
tained a lltuo c 'bifp not moro than seven ,
years old , who were ' itcpat several sizes ,
too lurgo for him , wrapped tightly i
across-his breast , and the smallest pair 1
of tattered brooches tha c hey ever put
on His thin littlologs wotb destitute I
of shoes or stockings and blue with the ,
cold , but ho scurried along in a pair of
old rubbers at the heels of his compan- ;
ions as merrily as it ho were rigged out
in a Lord Fauntleroy costume
lie wns juit saying to the boy nearest
him , Hey , Bill , look at dut big taggor
in do winder , " when a very pretty girl ,
handsoraoly dressed , came swinging I
along and caught siuht ot him Her
blue eyes filled in an instant ,
and , without stopping in her
walk , she seized the little chap '
by the shoulder and turned him
around into Sixth-nvonuo so quickly '
that bis head must have swam She
took him into a shoo store there ,
boutrht him a-sturdy pair of shoes , gave
htm a twenty-llvo cent piece with an injunction -
junction to buy therewith a pair of
stockings , and was on her way to Four
teonth street again before ono could T
sing the ballad of the little green
poach The youngster did not thank !
her Ho probably was bo surprised that
ho never thought of.a little thing llko
thnt
Did the little boy buy stockings ?
iWoll , hardly When ho got out in the
rstreet he simply said , Como on tailors , ;
peanuts , " and they wont
Blmvlne the Heard
The earlioat reference to shaving is
found in.GonesIs xii , 14 , where wo road
that Joseph , on being summoned botoro
the king , Bhaved himself There are
rsovoral directions as to shaving in Lo-
vitieus , and the practice is alluded to in
many other parts of the holy scriptures ,
Egypt Is tlio only country mentioned in
the bible whore shaving wits made a
practice Tn nil ether countries sueli
an act would have been dobnslng in the
extreme Ilorodotus mentions that the
Egyptians allowed the board to grow
when in mourning So particular were
they as to shaving at all ether times
that to nogleot it was to sot ones self
up as a target for reproach and ridicule
When the Kgyption nrtists intended to
convoy the idea of ttaioan , low , slov-
only follow , they always ropreseated
him in full board
Unlike the Romans ot a inter ago ,
the Egyptians did not con line the shav-
ing prlvllogo to free citizens , but
obliged tholr slaveWo shuvo both board
and head I" *
The priests worolabout the only class
of citizens who habitually shaved the
head except the iluvos
About three hundred years before
Christ it becumo the
custom ot tbo Ilo-
mans to shave rogilarly | According tJ
Pliny Soiplo Afrtft nus was the iirut
Roman to shavj daily In Franco the
dshaving custom was brought about by
Louis XIII comma to the throne young ,
and beardless Jf t'lio Anglo-Saxonb
were their bearpr until at the con |
quest they were compelled to follow the
example of the Normans , who shaved
From the time of Klward III to that
of Charles I. , bonrtffc were universally
worn , In the time of Churlos II mus-
tacho and whlskors only were worn ,
nnd soon nftor the reign of that raon-
arch the shaving practlco boenmc gen
oral ,
Answered Correctly ,
Detroit Free Press : A toaohor in ono
of the publio schools of Detroit was glv-
ing a lesson on patriotism The clnl-
dren seemed to know very little about
Washington except the hatchet Btory ,
and that ho was a great and good rami ,
which they had read in the second
reader , At last the toaohor said ;
You slay homo from school on Wash
lngton'a birthday , but you never do bo
on my birthday Why not ? "
And with surprising omphaslB oarao
the answor'Causo : ho never told alio "
Beechnuts Pills act like magic oa a weak
stomach
OPENED ( HIS ENGLISH EYES
A British Tourla' Tolla Wlittt Ho
Saw in Amorion
IS OUR AMISTOCRACY VULGAR ?
ahlsMnn Thinks Thcro Is nn OfTcns-
Ivo Air of MnncySeokliig About
It Tlio Self-Sntiwllcd
Gollminlto
Ah a Drltlsh Cousin Siuv Us
, . I passed for nn educated man In
Europe , but when I landed in Now York
1 found myself shamefully ignorant ot
ono of the most rcmnrkablo countries
on the fuco ot . the earth I prided myJ'J
self on being n man of tbo world I was
at homo In Rome , Paris , Constatitlj
noplo , as well ns in London I spoke nil
moilot'ii latigungos ; and had bcon accustomed -
customod to the most fashionable so-
cloty . of Europe I was growing blaso
the shallow gayety of Paris palled ujion
mo I was tired of the art nnd nntiquln
ties of Rome I hnd exhausted Constim-
tl noplo and the Orient , aud , to cscapo
ennuiI determined to pack up my traps
nnd . pay a visit to our American cousins
I , was not so hopelessly Ignorant of
America ns the Italian counlobs , who ,
when contemplating a visit to the
United States , asked nn American
friend whether it was not dangerous to
venture oulsido of Now York on
account of the Indians But , I am
bound to confess that my knowledge -
edge of American geography was
very limited I thought , if I over
thought J about , the matter at all , that
Now York was the ciipitol of the United
States , Of Savannah , Atlanta , Baltio
moro , Lynchburg nnd ether towns , moro
or less important , I hud not so much as
cvon heard their names
New York is a city of strange and
startling contrasts , snvs n writer in tbo
No.Nnmo Mngn/.ino. In ono Bection ,
you : 11 nd houses which , in magnificence
and ' all the conveniences of life , surpass
the ' palaces of European kings ; in the
very next street , perhaps , you I1dI a
populace 1 composed of the roftise of the
world 1 , forming a seething mass of vice
and villain ) * . This hideous contrnst ot
gigantic t wealth and abject poverty
must bo oxtretnely dishartoning to
the 1 humanitarian , and absolutely disli
pairing 1 to the philunthropliist , but , ns I
did ' not visit America on missionary
work ' , I.will not uncover this cesspool
of 1 Now York life To nay thnt Now
York is a big town is the truth ,
but ' , it is not the whole truth ,
New York is n wonder , a mars
vol ] , a miracle , but it is not
a ' representative American city , for it
has ' moro Irish than Dublin , moro Gert
mntiB ' than Bremen , moro Jnws than
Jerusalem Its feverish activity , tlio
rush ! of its pcoplo , the roar of its streets ,
] its steam cars Hying through the air
and ' ever rivers , its busy docks , its
nuigniiicont ' hotels , swarming with hur
man ' lifo , all go to make the most ox-
trao"dinury'city ' on the face of the
earth '
During the six weeks that I stayed in
Now York , I wna n close student of its
rnon , women , manners ana morals It
was a novel and interesting experience
for mo , and I enjoyed it I did not visit
America to make money , ns most forI
oignors do I am a man of independent
means , with literary and artistic tnstes ,
to whom humanity is a favorite study ,
and money of no u so except as a menus
of gratifying my personal tastes The
wealth of the Asters would bo of no.uso
to mo ; iu fact I would not bo troubled
with , the enro and anxiety of
possessing it Having these idoiis
about money , it is quito natural
thut the money atmosphcro of Now
York stilled mo , as it must nil truolov-
ors of 8wcctncss and light It is not
only down town , " in Wall stroct and
its vicinity that this dense and vulgar -
atmosphere prevails It oppresses
liltowiso , in the luxurious drawing
rooms of Fifth avenue ; it drives the
visitor from the crowded hotel parlors
to the privacy of ones ' own apartments ,
Itoffondsyou on Broadway , it assails
you in the splendid drives of Central
pnrk ; it moots you face to face in the 1
fashionable clubs ; it is here , there and
everywhere The beautiful girl whoso 1
lovely manners enchant you , is also 1
tainted with this vulgarizing love of
money The man of wealth marries a l
girl who has great expectations , " nnd
thus has grown up a sort of money nris-
tocracy , whoso only claim to distinction
is the possession of money and wbouso 1
tholr money only in self-gratification ,
The wealthy class of Now York is only
a little less dangerous nud a little less
offensive than the pauper and vicious 1
class Rome foil , not from poverty , but
from too much wealth
Now Yorkers En-
sneer nt -
glishmon insular " "
ns , prejudiced -
diced , " etc But , if there 1b
a moro insular , moro prejudiced , moro
solf-satislied being on thiB earth than 1
your genuine Gothnmllo ( I believe that
is the right word ) , I should not care to
moot him Ho may travel all ever the
world ; ho may llvo in the oust und in 1
the west , , but ho still maintains that
New York boats all creation Ho shows 1
his appreciation ot his favorite city by
kooplng away from it as much us pousl-
bio Hu spends the summer nt Newport -
port , the winter in Florida , the spring
in Washington , nnd two months of au-
tunin in Now York In fact , Now York
is not a desirable placotolivoiii There
is loss homo-life in it than nny city I
have ever soon , always oxceptlng Paris
Now York is a city of Btrangore of I
travolera , of people who llvo in hotels .
and boardinghouses , of mon without
homes and ot wnmon who do not want
thorn All AmoricniiB and many foreigners -
oignors go to Now York Boonor or later
Tlmso who Btay do bo for the same
reason that certain persona stay
in a place which is never mentioned -
tionod and seldom thought ot in
polite socloty , because they cannot got
awav
While England honors her poet
lauronto of four Bcoro , and Qladstono
Iteops tbo loadorahip of a great political
party at nearly the same ago , America
worships youth and strength The sot
ting buu has no attraction for the young
giunt of' the west Few old mon uro
seen In Wall street There are plenty
of men there with bnld heads and gray
hair , but they nro bald from work , not
from time ; they are gray from worry ,
not from years Jay Gould , the Moph-
Utopholos ot the Btreot , is a broken
down old mnn nt the ago of fifty-three ;
Vanderbilt died u physical wreck before
ho had rotichod what tlio French call
the youth of old ago " The business
mon of Now York live fust nnd die fast ,
Literary men lly from Now York moro
jlwillingly than Lot lied from Sodom ,
The commercial atmosphere ot the
pKco hoB the fatal olToct upon the in-
tolloctual , as the deadly nlerht shade
ba3 upon the animal , lifo They have
it is true , a small resort of little
ihmon , which they call the "Authora *
Club , "IsupDOso because there la scarcely
a handful of authors among Its mom
bora , who ara chiefly journalists ,
SramutlBts and newspaper hangors-on.
Edmund 0. Stedtnnn , the no-called
bankor-poot , who is nothing of a banker
and very little of a poet , is compelled
zsssssssssssammassaBSm
tollto in Now York ton months In a
Js ; the snmo may bo said of poor
Stoddard , whoso greatest distinction is
that Pee once th renton oil to kick him
out of his olllco Upon this honor Stod
dard ] has mndo something Hko $1,000 by
describing the affair , ever nud over
again ; , for various magnainos nnd nowe-
pnpers This is wlmt I have boon told ,
but the Amorirnns tire very fond of
poking fun nt ignorant forolguors , "
and this may bo ono of their jokes
But j the fact remains thnt Stoddard was
kicked ] Into tiolico , or rather the moro
faot of being threatened with n kick by
Pee has given him a certain distinc
tion , Und Pee actually kicked Stod-
durd the latter would have boon mmlo
immortnl ' The world owes Pee many
thanks for his moderation on this occa
sion |
sion.Tho
The lifo of a Wall street magnate is
not till coulour do rose ; outwardly ho
anpcnra rich , brilliant , important ;
really ho ii oflon a more drudge whoso
life's ' blood supplies the money for nn
extravagant wlfo to shine in splendor
Ho is the worm thnt mtikcs line dre sos
to < ndnm a dashing wlfo nnd fashionable
dnuglitora , while ho grubs in bis olllco
from ' morning to night Mrs Dnsh-
nwny's husband is a Bam plo ot many a
rich Now Yorker
Mrs Dashaway is ono of Now York's
most fashionnblo ladies She dresses
nmgnillcotitly , drlvosa stylish btiroucho
nnd gives silporb partics.OHor lifo is
ono coiibOless whirl of plonsuro Her
mornings nro spent in shopping "
visiting , gossiping , nttonding milliners
receptions , " etc Mrs Dnshnway's
husband Isu Wall strcot banker Ho 13
at his ofllco at 10 every morning , where
ho works hard until 5 lu the evening
Ho returns homo worn out with his
days toll , and Ih it not natural thnt ho
should ' o.xpocthis wllo to umuso him ?
Ilo is Tend of music nnd she slugs very
well , but the Idon ot n lady of fashion
playing or singing for the
nimisoment of her husband is
simply absurd Ho hns boon pouring
over his cash book all day , and it would
bo Biich a relief it Mrs Dashaway would
read him the evening paper } but the
bare hint of such a thing would nstoti-
ish her immensely Mv Dashtiwny
after his days work , needs repose nnd
rest ; ho should bo nl ed to enjoy his
cigar in pence But no Mrs Uashn-
way is fond of society and the opera so
ho must enenso his tired body in an tin
comfortable suit of clothes , and escort
her to the oporn , where ho has the
plcasuro of seeing some fa" ! iioniiblo
dandy making love to his wlfo under
his very nose , or ho thoii goes with her
to some party or other , where he will
hate to wait , hall dead with sleep , until
3 in the morning , while Mrs , Dashaway
is lauding the German with the Inst
French count
At the clubs , in society , down town ,
up-towuovory where , 1 hnd hoard of the
old Knickerbocker families , of their re
serve , their high pretensions , their ,
long 1 decent I wns told that
they looked down upon the Asters ,
the Vnndcrbilts , and other social
leaders 1 of the present day aa rich par
\euucB. So , I thought I would investi
gate the Knickerbocker chum to blue
blood I found that boiuo of tbo ances
tors of these haughty aribtQcruts could
not write their names , but were obliged
to make their mark when they trans
ferred land or houses Others wore en
gaged in occupations , which , although
eminently useful , are not regarded us
aristocratic
Brazonuos-o's grandfather drove a
milk cart , ho drives a four-in-hand.
This ones maternal Jgrandfather made
breeches I , the other-sold snuft ; another
made shoos they all mndo money and
their descendants are people of fashion ,
live in Fifth avenue palaces and look
down with aristocratic contempt upon
the honest mon who are trying to make
a living by the same means that their
ancestors made fortunes They talk of
conts-of-artnB , though their grandfath
ers once had not coats to their backs
They talk of their family crests , not
knowing I that a orcst is a device com
memorative of some incident in the
history 1 of the family thnt boars it The
family f crests of the aristocratio
families i of Europe originated in
tlio 1 glorious deeds of their found
ers BOino gallant feat of arms ;
some heroic action ; some personal
prowess i ; a lady rescued , a castle saved , 1
a battle won
If the deeds of tholr ancestors were ,
commemorated < upon their crests , what ;
would some of Now York's proudest
nd most aristocratic families proclaim [
to 1 the world ? A cabbage bond would [
announce i thnt a Now York family of [
the 1 highest social position owed its po-
sltlon i to successful imirkot-gardouiug.
Think of the grandmother of ono of j
ono i of the KnioUorboclcors soiling car .
rots i nnd cubbngo in the old Bowery
market i ! To many a cold winter and [
summer i boat aid she expose her von
ornblo < bend that her family might bo 1
rich , respectable aud aristocratic But t
these tilings have boon long forgotten ,
and i , by the aid of a courtly and-woll-
pald herald , the family has bcon able
j.o truce its descent from some old burgomaster -
omastor ( who never oxiBtod An ingon-
ious coaca painter has designed a crest
for the family carriage which would 1
astonish the horald-king-nt-arms , but
it gains the admiring glances of the
ignorant multltudo , and that is all
Bulllcient i for its solf-satibflod owner
So much for Now York aristocracy I
On to Uhlontto
IsniAXAFOMs , lnd , Doc 8. President
Harrison spent Sunday very qulotly nt the
resldcnco ot Ins son-ln-Inw , Mr MelCce , at-
tending church raorninp ; nnd evening Tonight ' -
night the party boarded tholr prlvatocar and
at midnight the train pulled out for Chicago
Silll Sinokliiir
Buttb , Mont , Doc 8. Smoke arose from
the shaft of tbo Anaconda
mme today snow
Ing that the flro Is not yet out and tbo shaft
was closed up again
VeHuviiis Active
Home , Dee 8. nurthnuako , shocks wcro
felt today In tbo central portion of Italy ,
Mount Vesuvius is tn a stale of eruption ,
Is a constitutional and not a lop.il discaso ,
and therefore It cannot be cured by local ap
plications It requires a constitutional rem
edy like Hoods Sarsaparllla , which , working
thiougli tlio blood , eradicates the Impurity
which causes and promotes the disease , mid
effects a iicnnanent cure Thousands of
pcoplo testify to the Buccessot Hoods Sarsa-
yarllla as a remedy for catarrh when other
preparations bad failed Hoods Barsaparllla
also builds up the -nbole system , and makes
you feel renewed In health and strength
M r mm ! tHMMl A
ISP j
POWDER
Absolutely Pure
Tillspottilrriiutur varies A marvcluCmirUr
strength anil whnlnsomoncts Moro pcnatmil *
cal ' tlmn the ordinary Kind * , nud cnntiot uosnlil
In competition with Iho multitude , ot low toil
short welnlit nlinn orplHHphat powdnrH SoUX
• i mil 01 mm itov.vi , iimuno l'owiuai Co , 101
Wall St , N. V.
CURIOSITIES OF PLAGIARISM
The llnblL of Imvlnir CI n I in to Other
l'ooiilc'rt Iilterary Work
The soltlng un of a claim to the
authorship ot Little Lord Fauntlo-
roy by nludy whoso literary work has
never attracted public attention to her
bolf , must , biiya the Now York World ,
awaken intcrcel in tlio phenomenon ot
n malady not yet classified by tbu doc
torn , but familiar to all editors , critics ,
and publishers
The diseuso is akin to the opium
habit in its persistencyin the onso with
which it is acquired , in the obstinacy
witli which it resists treatment , and in
its effects upou the moral character ot
its victims Tlio characteristic
symptom ; ot the ailmuiit is tm irreslsll-
blo disposition to claim to have written
other peoples literary works
It has never been dolinitoly determ
ined whether the disease is infoctlnus
or ] not , but there is a strong suggestion
that it is so in the fact that the most
robust moral health bcoiiis to alTord no
secure immunity from its attneks
, Lot us consider a few typicnl cases
The Into Dr Holland was the instigator
of the Sao Helm Btorlcs , They
were written by a person or persons
perfectly well known to him Ilea
consulted ! from time to time concerning
thorn : ho rcculvcd them In manuscript ,
suggested occasional clinngos , many 'of
which were made , nnd , as the editor of
the magazine in which they wore pub
lished , hu drew checks in payment for
thorn Ho confidently bohovod , there
fore , thnt ho know who wrote tbo .
stories as ccrtninly as ho know who
wrolo Ins own Dooms And yet there
were three on ti rely ronutiibo porsous ,
all nccountcd truthful , ench of whom
solemnly assured Dr Holland that ho or
she ' , in fact , wrolo tbo stories , each hav
ing a ditleront tnlo to loll of the way in
which the manuscript was stolen
William Cullcn Bryant once told the
prcsont writer that a person who wai
not born until yearn after the Urst pub
lication ot "Thniuilopsis , " vehemently
claimed the authorship of that pee in j
and went away indignnnt when Mr
Bryant declined to surrender hiB _ own
pretensions in that particular : : ! 1
The number of porsous who wrolo
' ' S.iow" estimated
Beautiful was by thoi
late Richard Urunt White at twenty : '
four and everybody rotnembors how
many tlilTorcnt persons produced ' All
( juiot Along the Potomac and Bock
Mo to Sloop "
The curiosities of plngiurism are otid-i
loss and sometimes very startling coin
cidences nriso in connection with them
The prcsont writer , then editing a
wcoklv periodical many years ago , had
offered to him an artiolo which ho had
himself written and publishing anony
mously in a daily newspaper two years
earlio r. The artiolo was written for n
temporary use , and there was nothing
in it to cause any reader to remember
it after the immediate occasion had '
passed away It the plagiarist had
olTcrcd his literary swag to any ether
editor his theft would not have boon
suspected Hia ill luck led him to sub
mit his manuscript to the only person
in the country who could hnvo known
its origin and real authorship
A rural clergyman in Now York had
tlio courage upon ono occasion to ofTor
a literal transcript of Dickena' "Chrlst-
mas Carol to a Now York editor for
sale , and when the editor objected
that the work was already widely
known as Dickens , the clergyman
solemnly protcstod that ho could not
imagine how the author of "Pickwick' ' '
could have got at IiIb maiiu8criptwhloh
had boon locked up for years
(
' "
Didn't Oiro Kor Gormnns
A friend who has just returned from
Pnrla tells mo an amusing and charac-
toristio anecdote bays a wrltor in the
Critic During the recent exposition
there was a little railroad , llvo miles ip
length , running around the grounds
The track ran in and out among the
grounds , and bo near them that a pas
songer's heal or arm thrust out ot the
window wns in danger of bolng kuockod
off Toprovont accidents of this sort ,
warnings were printed on largo posters
and tneked up at intervals of n few
yards along the ontlro track
They are printed in almost every
known language , including Asiatic and
African tongues , shorthand and Vela
puk My friend counted over thirty
languages and dialects You would
have Bupposod that none wus ommittod
in such a list But there was one omls-
slon and a very important one Not a
siuglo word of warning was printed n
Gorman ! Some ono said to tlio manager
ot the road : "It looks as though you
didn't earn whether the Gorrnnn'sgoL ,
their bonds and arma knocked elf or
not " Ho Binllod a quiet srailo and replied -
plied : "It does loott that way , sure
enough "
"I used Hoods Barsapnrllla for catarrh , -
nnd received crent relief and benefit from It
The catarrh was \ cry dlsain cable , especially
In the wlntcrfcansing constant discharge from
my nose , ringing noises In n.y cars , and pains
in the back of my head The effect to clear
my head in the inurnlug by banking and spit
ting was painful Hoods Barsanarllla gave
me relief Immediately , while In thus I was
entirely cured I think Hoods Sarsaparllla
Is w orth Its w eight lu gold " Mks 0.1) . 0 litb ,
1&23 Eighth Street , NV , ( yashInEton , D. 0.
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