THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : StTNDAT , 4 , 18U2-TWENTT-FOUR PAGES ,
Various Problems Disstusod in tbo
bcr Magazines.
DOES , POLITICS OFFER A CAREER ?
Wnvr * of Temperance nnil Intemperance
'flio Yo einltn In Wllitrr rnpulnr
r.diicntlon IlinlcwoU IScoollco-
tloni of Jriiny Mint.
"Does Politics Offer a Circor ? " Is the
question discussed by ex-Senator Ed-
muntls of Vermont In the December
Forum. "Tho Ilrst duty of man , " no
enyfi , "is to provide by honest mnans for
the mnlntonanco of himself und hla fam
ily , that Is , If ho hnvo a family. Hon
est politics nsji pursuit docs not furnish
such moans except In the small class of
administrative employment * , and then
only in a very meaner decree. Every
person , certainly In a republic , ought
to bo a politician in some way , but to
pursue a political career as such Im
plies much more. Assuming , as maybe
bo safely done , th'tt the great majority
of young citizens are * honest , the
chimcoa for them of a good political ca
reer have many attractions , but If that
career is to bo exclusive of the private
pursuit of some business or profession
it will bo found dlllloult and disappoint-
In p. Indeed , only those of assured com
petence could enter it.
"In the century of our political exist
ence there have boon very few , if indeed
nny , Instances of the pursuit ol politics
ns a curoor otherwise than In the lowest
nnd worst forms to which wo have al
luded. The politicians who have boon
most largely useful to the country and
most often in public service have been
men still engaged in ono way or another
in occupations common to their follow
citizens , and they have boon called Into
public affairs by considerations far other
than personal self-seeking. They came
to possess and oxoroiso power , not its
professional experts looking for em
ployment , but wore called as the
licst representative exponents of the
social and political views of the com
munltios of which they wore homo
geneous parts. This is the essential
idea of representative government. Ho
Is the best politician and will have the
best political career whoso overy-day
life and occupations are in contact and
sympathy with those of his follow men.
lie accepts public employment and exor
cises public power as a duty , ana it maybe
bo as a pleasure , when called to do it ,
nnd thus ho Is able in the changes and
chances of political movements to lonvo
them without regret and feel hinr.self
again happily at homo In his former
place among the people.
It would Rcetn to follow that politics
as a career cannot bo looked to by young
Americans as the boat choice of occupa
tion in life , and leaving aside considera
tions of individual happiness and the
faculties , tastes and ambitions that alTect
it. the very principle and structure of a
republic would seem to bo opuosnd to
the idea of the profession of politics to
bo taken up and pursued as In.wor medi
cine or engineering are. A political
| class in a republic must always be in
danger of becoming , or tryinsr to be
come , the master and dictator of politi
cal movements a trust of bossism and
corruption , of which there is already an
overabundance. "
The Dlirnoo of Inebriety.
I "Is Alcoholism Increasing Among
1 American WomonV" is the title of a
paper in the North American Review
by Dr. T. D. Crothors , in which ho says :
"Statistics of persons arrested 'for in
ebriety , extending ever long periods ,
will point to certain years in which a
mnximum in numbers was reached , fol
lowed by a retrograde movement bad :
to a minimum. This tidoliko move
ment is sometimes clear , then obscure.
Often It is marked by both epidemic
and endemic waves and is traced in the
I prevalence of inebriety in towns and
Icities , and in the reaction noted
[ by tompornnco revivals. This psycho-
i logical ebb and How was pointed out by
> Dr. Wcstphal iti Sweden many years
| ngo , and an interval of seventeen years
< was indicated lib the time between the
1 maximum and minimum periods of ink -
k ebrity in that country. Shorter periods
have been noted by other observers in
different countries. Many very start'
ling facts point to tins wonderful cycle
and drink orbit , and help to explain
the strange temperance revivals which
i spring up and sweep over the country
I dying away with the same mystery ant ]
I suddenness. Such movements are un
L doubtedly the backward swing of higl
f tides of "inebriety. The histories , o
! largo cities and towns bupph
I many startling confirmatory facti
f of periods of inebriety aw
[ intense temperance revivals follow
ing each other with a strange , fasoinat
f ing mystery. I.iko the ebb and How ii
politics , religion and the great socia
| movements , those drink cycles of wave
I point to ranges of causes and condition
i awaiting future discovery. While man ;
> of the causes of inebriety as seen in tin
[ Individual are both preventable am
[ ' curable , there are other unknowi
[ psychological and physical forces tha
I control the form and direction of th
[ Inebriety of both soxes. Whatever ine
I brioty is in Europe , or _ may have boo
I in the past , it is in this country a brai
r and nerve disease , marked by montu
I and physical failure , exhaustion am
I central degeneration. "
i Tin ) Yoioiulto InVlntcr. .
I "Snowstorm folluwa ' snowstorm ,
I writes James Carson in tlio Dccombc
I California ! ! . "Winter has arrived wit
I his llogo lora the frost-king and h
I llorco ally Boreas. . lie has spread h
I lev mantle ever the Yosomlto. TJi
I mighty cliffs and domes look down upo
a the valley MB in the summer months , In
I it is with forbidding statolincss , an >
I with throateninir tiapeot. How change
I the scene and dilToront the attr.ictioii !
I The smiling vale is no longer gay wit
l gorgeous bowers and bright with gruo
I meadow liuulf ; no longer is it rosunai
I with tho.hum of busy insects , tiio inu
I muring lullabies of slumbering htronm
I anil the joyoiib sangs of summer bird
I zophvr no longer whispers to the pli
L fronds us ho tlouts softly through tli
[ forest , and cuho no longer repeats tl
I oxelamatloiifl of glad visitors. Tl
I Merced rolls its swollen current impel1
* ously through the valley , Hooding man
I an ncro of the meadow land for rain i
I well ns bnow hna fallen ; the woods ai
I hoarse with protesting against tl
I fierceness of the ttorm-blastB ; the sno\
I slide holds the beholder in awe as it rac
I with the waterfall In its doivnwai
I pluncro , nnd blabs of talus and 'unshapo
I chunks of rook loosen thuir hold of the
I parent ell IT , us wntor and weather ' i
I their work , and are wathed with d
I nnd headlong spend down into the vi
i loy. It is true that such terrifyii
I storms do not occur with frcquonu
I but ono such was witnessed by M
I Hutchlngd and his family during tl
I winter of IfcOT when they were the on
residents in the valley. On that e
coplioiuil oocasion the rain poured do\
incessantly for tun successvu days ; i
the meadow Innd was covered with
surging Hood ; largo trues were awe
over the ridge of the upper Yosoml
uud shivered into Irugu cnU ou t
Diapcrics , Brass and onyx tables ,
Curtains , Parlor chairs ,
Hall chairs ,
Portieres ,
Reading chairs ,
Silk scarfs , The Policy of Price Doubled Oair November Trade. Turkish rockers ,
Silk pillows , Fancy rockers ,
Rattan chairs , Large comfortable rockers ,
Rattan rockers , Gilt chairs ,
Child's chairs , Corner chairs ,
Divans ,
1 ' ' "
'Kids'
rockers
, s
Sofas ,
"Kids' " half chairs
high ,
Leather lounges ,
Costume'rs , Corduroy lounges ,
Mahogany parlor chairs , Cretonne lounges ,
Maple parlor chairs , Nothing better can be found for a home present than an article of furniture. Rug lounges ,
Inlaid parlor chairs , Our stock , this season , is by far the largest we evqr carried and our building at present Tapestry lounges ,
Hall chests ,
ilt parlor chairs , is filled to its utmost capacity.
Hanging hall racks
Parlor x Having been obliged to buy a new stock during the months of October and November , (
lamps , , Standing hall racksi
we found many factories whose fall trade had been light and we bought new stylish goods in
Imported shades , Umbrella racks ,
many instances from 20 to 40 per cent discount. We therefore have many decided bargains Chiffoniers ,
Curio tables ,
throughout our store. Brass beds ,
Curio cabinets ,
* * Having adopted a policy of marking all our goods at a low margin of profit m plain White iron beds ,
Fire screens , figures , customers cannot possibly make a mistake in price in buying here. v Maple bureaus ,
Easels , Goods bought now will be held for Christmas delivery if desired. Maple chiffoniers ,
Hanging medicine cabinets , All goods marked in plain figures. Shaving stands ,
Blacking cases , Large wide chiffoniers ,
Small chiffoniers
,
Carpets Rugs , , Charles Shiverick & Co. , * Wardrobes ,
Folding beds ,
Parlor cabinets , Sideboards ,
China cabinets , Side tables ,
Dressing tables , ' Furniture , Carpets , Draperies. Buffets ,
Cheval glasses , - Bookcases ,
Dining tables , bookcases
Secretary ,
1206 1208 1210 Farnam St.
Parlor tables , , , . Ladies' desks ,
Card tables , Men's home desks ,
Hall tables , Music cabinets
granite rouks , and pines and cedars
were blown down and piled in confusion
upon each other by the wind storm that
followed the rain. "
llns I'opulnr Uiluciitlon rnlleil ?
"It cannot bo denied , " writes Presi
dent Eliot of Harvard college in the
December Forum , "that there is serious
and general disappointment at the re
sults of popular education up to this
date. In spite of all olTorts to make edu
cation universal , all classes complain
moro than ever before of the general
conditions iof society. Yet after two
whole generations it seerns as if some
increase of tronuino reasonableness of
thought and action in all classes of the
population ought to bo discernible.
.Many persons , however , fail to BOO In
' the actual conduct of the various classes
of society the evidence of increasing
rationality. . ,
"Tho educated critics of the practical
results of public education complain
that lawless violence continues to break
out just as it did before common schools
were thought of , that lynch law is fa
miliar in the United Statos.riot common
from Berlin to Soattlo.and assassination
an avowed means of social and industrial
regeneration. Even religious Dorsecu-
tion , these cities say , is rife , The .Tows
are ostracised in educated Germany and
metropolitan Now York , and in Russia
aroiobbed and driven into-oxilo by
thousands. Are votes less purchasable
now than they were before the urban
graded school and , the state university
were known ?
"On the other hand , the least edu
cated and most laborious classes com
plain that in splto of universal elementary -
montary education bocioty does not
tend toward a greater equality of con
dition. They allege that the rich man
in modern society does not boar , either
In peace or in war , the grave responsi
bilities which the rioh man of former
conluries , who was a great landowner ,
a soldier and a magistrate , was compelled -
polled to bear. They point out that
wars are more destructive than ever ,
this century being the bloodiest of all
the centuries. If universal education
is cannot abolish or oven abate in seventy
is years the horrible wnsto and cruelty of
10 war , can anything great bo hoped from
in it for the laboring classes ? "
Lit
Litd Why .Jenny 1,1ml l.ult tliu Stiic > .
id "Ono matter which must bo of inter
est to every lover of dramatic art and
which lias been an enigma to many
in people , " says a writer in the December
it Century , "IB now for the Ilrst time dealt
r- wllli by ono with authority to discuss
rs , the question. Why did Jenny Lind
quit the st'.igo at the moment of her
; o greatest glory and many years before
10 her unrivaled powers had begun to
10 sull'or any decay ? Some have perhaps
10 reluctantly accepted the widely prev
10u alent idea that she had coma to
uiy regard the dramatic profession
as as an unholy thlntr which no pure-
ro Boulodvonmn could remain in
10 without contamination. Happily this
notion can bo entertained no longer.
es Her intimate friend , Frokon von Stud-
rd Ingle , with rofuronco to it says : 'Many
iy suppose thin resolution to bo the roaull
ilr of plotlsm. Jenny Lind is as Godfenr
.io ing as she is pure , but had nlotism boor
in the cause she would not hcraolf have
to the which she declared she
il- gene % . . play . , . . . . _ . _ . . . _ ,
1 t A - A * i ' f t. - f
like to do , to see others nut. The fac
Is thut to iipproclatu her motive foi
leaving the stauo la to uutlorBtund tlu
ho whole charnutor of the womnu. Hui
dUtiibto for it EOQtiii > to iuivu bogur
with her ilrdt great Europcun buuuess
uiul Btuudlly grow ua her furoo sprout !
ixllu In 1840 Bho'hud lived for ton yours u llfi
u of iiiccsstuit hurd work on the ata c
ipt vut in the following year she wrote fron
lie Paris : 'Life on the bt.i.ro ( has in it some
ho EO fuBolnatlutf that I tbiuk , bav
ing once listed it , ono cannot 'ovor fco'- '
truly happy iiwuy from it. ' But in
1815 , just nftor her traiiFcondont
success in Berlin , the idea of leaving
the sUijjo had not merely ocuurrort to
her mind , but had alroudv bscomo a
fixed dotormination. Among the dom
inant notes of her character were love
of homo and craving for domestic peace.
This craving was to a great extent sat
isfied while she romivinod in Stockholm
helm , and especially during the time
she lived with the Lanblaci family. But
when her destiny druw her in relentless
triumph to Berlin , Vienna , Copenhagen ,
Londo'n , her domestic instincts were
wrenched and tortured , and she found
no compensation in all the glitter of her
success. 'I um convinced , ' s'lid Herr
Broclchaus , in April , 181G , 'that she
would glndly exchange all her triumphs
for simple homely happiness. ' That
was the secret of tlio whole matter.
And bo she formed the resolution to
quit the stage for over , a resolution in
which she never wavered from ISIS ,
when it first tool : definite shape , till she
carried it out in London in the summer
of 1810. "
Ilcforo tlio liny * of r ttiii ; < > Stumps.
December St. Nicholas : Before the
uso'of postage stamps various sums were
paid for the dolivary of letters. The
amounts were regulated by tbo distance
and were collected on the delivery of
the letter.
In the early part of this century tlio
postage on a single sheet of paper was
8 cents and ever forty miles the rate
was increased ; so that over GOO miles u
single sheet was 2o coats. But after a
time those rates wore gradually re
duced until in 18I5 a letter weighing
not ever half an ounce was 5 cents under
I500 miles and ever that dlstanco 10
cents.
Sir Rowland Illll.wbo win at the bond
oftho | Po'jtofllco department of England
at this tlmo. introduced the use f poU-
ago stamps in 1810 , and also lessoned
the charges for postage. In 1817 the
United States adopted the use of the
postage stamp , the lowest-priced ono
boinglivoconts.
But railways and steamboats had now
taken the place ol the oldfashioned
mail coaches and postboys ; and with the
moro rapid aonding'of the mails , tbo
cheaper rales of postapo , and the
growing population of the country
gradual changes and improvements took
place in the postolllco H.vstom , And
hero wo arc , In 1SU2 , receiving our letters -
tors from the Pacific coast in six days
also from England in the same time ;
and a few days or hours will place us in
direct communication with our friends
und correspondents in almost every part
of the country. \
Tlio I.nit .Mornliicr on tlio .trie ,
Brooklyn Life : "You look blue this
morning , " said Mrs. Noah to the old
gentleman. "Aro you worried about
anything ? "
"i am , my dear , " returned ! Noah ,
"When I think of our big family to
support.'I don't see bow wo can make a
living when wo got out of this ark."C3
"I wouldn't worry nl'out-that , " said
Shorn , "There will bo plontv to do. "
"Certainly"said Ham. " 111 take tbo
animals nnd start n circus. "
"And I"said "can become
, Japbot , an
undertaker. Thoro'll bo money in that
when the Hood goes down , "
"True , " put in Shorn. "And I shall
become coroner. WJiJ't dad , the core
ner's foes alone would bo Bulllolent to
enable the whole family to llvo in the
city and wear diamonds. "
"By jove , boya , " said Noah , "you arc
dead right. Head her for land and lot's
get to work. ' '
lutltt on getting Cook's Kxtra Dry Chair.
pagne tf you want a pure article } there are
i no boadacho * in It. _ _ ,
GOSSIP LITERARY PEOPLE
An Era of Eejuvanation of the Big Monthly
Magazines.
A CHAT WITH OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES
\Vliit : 1-ltnrary I'ooplo Are IJcilnir lUclirxril
Harding Oinii us : v I'liiywrlglit A
Glimco Over tliu I'crludlcul
Field.
N > .vv Yomc , Doc. 1. ICorroapondonco ot
Tin ; Buu.J The close of another yonr will
put emphasis , so far as the periodical Hold m
Now Yorlc is concerned , that this is a day In
which only blp ventures can live bip ns ro-
garJs resources and management. The
room for the smaller , or snow-bouna maga
zines or periodicals , as ivo call them is
KettinK moro and raon contract.'U each yoar.
It Is tbo old story of the big Ilsh oatlng up
the little ones. A magazine , or periodical of
anv sort tins always boon on expensive lux-
urv for any man or sot of mon to possess ,
and it is raoro true today than it ever was.
The maga/ines moat successful in NIJW
fork today are the Century , Harper's ar.d
Scrlonor's , with a revenue in the order
nair.ed. The Century is a pavlnij institu
tion In every reipoct. Of the magazine there
is printed ut an avoraro 230,000 copies each
month and there is a cooUly margin of profit
on such an edition , buy It averages2.5 cants
par copy , you have an incotno Irotn this
source alone of $ )00,030. Then its udvortu-
inp ; patronage moans , in cash , not far from
$ 100,000 a year , it it does nor oxcsod that
figure. Harper's prints 150,000 copies per
month or in that vicinity and is , In lltorary
and uriUtlo merit , perhaps the most uniform
and satisfactory magazine printed In
America. And this position its prospectus
guarantees for the next year. Bcribner's ,
Using the youugor of the trio , has naturally
not so large a circulation as the
others , nor does it make as much
money for Its owner * . It prints 115,000 ,
copies , and in its business department h par-
haps us strong la judgment ana resources as
any of Its competitor * . Tbo heavy character
of its material has 'udquostlonubly acted
against a larger success'and ; ' the announce
ment , therefore , thnt'llurinc ' the uoxt vcar It
will make proininoiit'tho ' oaiortalnln ? , rather
than the thoughful quality In us contents Is
well and wise. "ThoUosmopolllau" oomos
fourth , and Is , too , nialiiinr money not pur-
haps as much at tbo. lggor trio , but nets Its
proprietor uol far fropi 150,000 per year. 1
DOSO this upon its printed editions of 103,000
copies and u hoalthy.'U' ' ' not largo , ndvortls-
inc patronage. U Is moro popular in its con-
toots than the others.nml ; this , by no means
is n disadvantage. I , have repeatedly hoard
people who road a gjroai deal say , in this re-
soeut , that tttay nctuuUy road more articles
in "Tho Cosmopolitan'1 during a year than
in nuy of the olbor mniraziucr.
With the letser periodicals that come from
Now Yorlc it is moro or less of a stru Klo ,
Tula is , however , perhaps loss true ol tin
North American Hevlaw and the Hovleiv ol
Hovlows than the otners. Tbo first com
mands a largo transient silo , and at its
price of SO cents a single isnuo it is a pro
ductive ploco of property. Tuo Hovleiv of
KovlowB is unquestionably on the gala ; ana
while it may never reach the circulation o
the original English print , It Is forglntr
abend with big stridiH. The Forum seams
to have dropped behind ami is printing
fewer atrlklng articles than ever , und , with
au Illuitralod magazine , the strlldnK article
is Its main bopo. Of the humorous
other periodicals ono bears little , am
X fnnoy the strugelo is a Ulttor one.
know It u in the case ot tbo tiomo Matter
for example , while in tha cases of Delford'a
Munsoy's , ono scarcely knows whether the ;
aio published. Tbo New York Ledger bat
I learu , given up the tight , and will o baou
to Iti old utaudards upon which It made tb
ortunoj of its old proprietor , and can for its
ow ones if tuov are wise enough to accept
heinuvitablo. Goingoutsldoof ftew 1'orU ,
linasino sucuoss is not very largo with such
loriodicals as Lippinoott's , the Atlantic , the
vow England , and ethers , although , In a
noasure , no doubt they ore makincan in-
omo. In Boston the best Dieco of periodical
> roperty is Tbo Youth's Companion , which
ms returned n fortune to Its owner und
nlods steadily on with a circulation of 503.000 ,
0 which GU.OOO have boon added during the
last year , 1 bollo'vo.
The Dcuil Come to I.I To.
Perhaps the most amusing thing In the
lenodieal field during the year has been the
ojuvotictlup of old magazines , nnd singularly
enough , all the tnreo attornpts which have
icon made hall from Philadelphia. Tbo lirat
: o take unto itself u now lease of life wns
jodoy's ' Lady's ilook , and , although u great
splutter has boon made by the now manage
ment , and a largo amount of money spent ,
.ho experiment has not taken on the health
'ul color of success , und monov has boon
going out with but little coming in. Close
apon tbo heels ot Godoy's comes the old Pe
terson's Magazine , spruced up , and looking
a hundred times moro attractlvo than It over
did. Anil , thirdly , comes Arthur's Maga
zine , whmh promises likewise to confuse its
old readers by taking on u new dress , now
material now everything , in faot. Vent
ures of this sort are , I thin ! : , to bo oucour-
iged , bluco anything fresh which cornos
into the lllorary field moans moro reading ,
moro work for authors and artist , nnd , In
every respect , has a good tendency. The
result of nil this literary rejuvenation will
bo interesting to watch , It is not an easy
manor to change one's color , but it can be
done with money , wltb good management ,
and with tuno. Thus far tha first has not
been lacking , out Ilia second is wofully ib-
t > cnt. Good editorial judgment seoins lack
ing. In the case of "Uoaov's , " for example.
1 know of not , less than a half dozen stories
and manuscripts purchased by thorn which
nearly every magazine in the land ha * had
and rejected. With "Peterson's , " the same
Is also true , where tbrco "features" for ono
Issue are announced , all of which have boon
several times declined by other editors. It
is poislolo , of course , ( bat the other editors
may bo at fault in judgment , and that the
purveyors at tlio head of these now ventures
may bo right. All thU remains to bo seen ,
and In the meanwhile there U not ono of us ,
I am sure , who will not wUb success
for tboso or any other now departures in the
periodical Held ,
l > r. Unimex Itoforo Ills 1'lru.
A tow days slnco I was sitting In the com
fortable library of Dr. Oliver Wendell
Holmes. Tno day was raw outside , und it
added to the cheerful welcome to ba asked to
sit down before the open Ilro In tbo grate.
Wo had boon talking of various things , and
then ' , as will happen , a sllnnco full not the
si'encbof depression , but the sllcnco of roat-
fulness nnd ease. It cuma Just after I asked
of the famous poet :
"Now that Whittlurhas gono. are you not
beginning to feel a llttlo lonely doctor ! "
Ho looked into the tliu , thought a moment ,
and then said , in a low tone , inmost inaudl
bio , as if he bad forgotten my presence :
"Lonely ! Is a man ever lonolv with his
books mm his work around him ! I have my
woru. And yet " and then came tbo
alienee.
Wo were both way down into the depths
of two of tha easiest chairs in tbo room. The
log In the flro sputtered a llttlo , then broke
into two places und , as the released llumo
shot upward and muilo a wlerd but strong
llcnt , 1 turned Just a little and looked at my
companion la slloaco. Tbo face was still
strong , only tbo shadows of the bright
tongue of llamo acomed to deepen the linos-
Itttlo. Or , was It alone the dancing ahudowa
of the llumo I Even with eyes lost In medi
tation , they wore still bright and full ol
luster. The mind WAS just as uctivo , out il
seemed to enjoy its little moment of reposa.
Ttio lingers tnat have written no much unt
so beautifully loyod with the gold eye-glass
chain as 11 wound itself round and round , at
If It were ai fond of them as is tbo work
of reading men and women. There was lltllu
to indicate the man of 60 , except tbo snowy
wblto hair , and as I looked at Oliver Wendell
doll Holmes sitting tbero , so picturoique In
his oaio , 10 tranquil in bis thoughts , I could
not help thinking Just a moment of the clos
ing lines of "Tbo Last Loaf. "
Longfellow gonel Thoreau , Emerson
Parker , JJeeoher , Lowell , Alcolt. all cone
And , lastly , quiet and Quakur-eouled Whit
Hot | nut Oliver Wendell Holmes ktill tar
rlcd , ana ever youthful and bright , as I real
zed when , taking * the oard a servant had
broueht in , ho scanned It nnd said to mo :
"Escape for your life ! Hero's ft woman
vlth a long tonguo. I bavo to endure H
ush , but you needn't. Escape now , butcomo
gain soon. "
Then there was a hasty grasp of the band ,
ind from its heartiness and strength I felt as
sif I had not soon the "Autocrat of the
Breakfast Table" for tbo last tirno.
"Dick" Unvls as a Playwright.
Richard Harding Davis , or "Dick" Davis ,
as ho is known to his friends , bas leaped Into
an enviable position in the dramutio ranks
vith ono Jump through his dramatization of
The Disreputable Mr. Uoagan. " Sottiorn
> reduced it ; the host clement in Now York
ocial , literary and artistic Hlo came to see it ;
( Ira. Cleveland was brought to tears -by it ,
and in less than a week the voung author
inds hlmsalf sought nftor by "ncarlv all the
irominont managers in Now York for plays
rjm bis pen. Tnerj is rather n funny story
attached to Hie rehearsals of his plays. Soth-
orn could not for the life of him got the Now
Yorlc "oro uo1' necessary for the character ,
nnd although Davis tried hard to show Soth-
crn the "trick , " both failed In tbo attempt ,
i'hus , one day , bothorn nnd Davis started to
gether for the Bowery , nnd the saloon of
itovo Brody , the notorloui bridge-Jumper.
Brody can plvo you tbo tip , " said Davis to
Sntborn , and Brody was undoubtedly a
innpy selection. And thus with the help of
n few days instruction from Brodv , Sothorn
vaa able to typify the character for Davis.
Urody was liberally rewarded ; SoUiurn was
) ! eascd ; Davis was as happy as u child , and
'Mr. Heagan" will bo used by Solburn as a
'curtuinraisor" to "L-itterblnlr" on the
actor's tour through the country.
< ii > HHl | > of 1.Horary IVopIr ,
A. B. Frost , the artist , who is a full-
Itdgoa farmer , with 120 acres of Jersey land
.0 till and plow , "cut 'cross lots" u few days
airo to the house of his ; nelghuor , Frank It.
jtooktou , and astonished thai man ot letters
by saving :
"Wall , Stockton , I have hit upon tbo secret
of bow to make a farm pay 1"
Tbo author of "Tho Lady or the Tiger ? "
blmsolf with lands , was at once Interested ,
and dropped his pen immediately to ask :
"Why , what is ill"
"Pave It solid , " said Frost , as ho reached
for tliu door ,
John Ivoudrlck Bangs tries all bis chil
dren's stories upon his youthful heir , und if
tbo original of "Jlimnlobogr.spt the
father's effort , it Is given to tno world , This
mnv partly account for tbo flattering success
accorded tbo humorist's latest children's '
book , "In Uump With a Tin Soldier , " of
which the entire Ilrst edition was sold bofnro
tbo sheets left the presses. "Jiinmioboy , "
whoso adventures in the boolc in "Tiddlody-
wlnk Land" caused so much umut > eniont lust
year , also lleurcs in the now boolc for the
children's holiday stocking.
The authoiued biugruphy of Wbltticr wijl
not bo ready for several months , as tlio abuii ;
dant mnterial at band require * tlmo to tie
carotully edited , The poet's entire cor-
rcspondenco with Charles Sutnnor , "William
Lloyd Garrison , Lydm Maria Child and
Jumos T , Fields bus been found intact , uud
tbo executors ilnd so much of importance ) in
this newly acquired material as co justify
the belief that the public will bo a rich
gamer in Its Knowledge of Wnittiur as a
statesman and reformer when the work is
Issued.
Spoaklne of vVhlttlor , reminds me bow llt
tlo reliance can bo placed upon tbo numerous
"lives" nnd "biographies" of which great
mon bavo indicted upou tbom.
It is not so long ago that a certain "Life of
John Grconluaf Wbittlor" appeared , und a
copy Jailing into the bands of the pool bo carefully -
fully roud It. Then ho sent it to u friend ,
with tbo modest comment : "Thco will no
tice I have torn out homo pages , " Upon ox-
amiuallou it was found that dozens ot pages
had boon torn out of the book , and of those
remaining the poet had drawn bis penol !
through nearly two-thirds of the uontcncos
and paragraphs )
J remember bow a well known New York
Journalist on en compiled a so-culled "lllo unc
biography" of Mr. Ileccher , II was jus' '
before tlio great preacher's death , uud ai
ordercame to him from a publishing house to
"got up a life of iJceclicr and let us b vo
manuscript iv.ithlu three daysl" Taking a
muss of nowaptpor clippings , and depending
upon his imagination for tbo facts not aup
piled by tbo clipping * , this journalistic
geiilui repaired to the Aitor house , workei
steadily for two days , day and night , at tb
H60K GLOVES
Ana
FOSTER'S ' PATENTS ,
OR
LICENSED UNDER FOSTER'S PATENTS.
J1SH'J.JIB QX1
IMITATIONS I
YOUR EYES
ARE TROUBLING YOU !
\Vfillromo and h'iv thorn oiiunlno I by our optician
freuof Lharico , nnd.lf iiiieDnsurr.llltoil with ujmlrof
oiir-l'KltKKtriloK'1 HI'KOi'AOl.lCS or BVK I/LA8S-
HI ? - the hoit In I ho world. K ) ouilo not neocl glasses
wo will Icll you NMIM.I . 11 lvl TOU lint to do. ( iOI.I )
SI'IICI'ACI.IM or KVI1 ( lI.AbSK.S KIIOM WJrj Ul' .
I'lnln , Kiimko , blue ) or whlto nlmaua , fur protecting ( hit
t'/eu , from Wcu imlr up.
Bleyer & Bro. Go.
Jewelers and Opticians.
Kuril urn anil Klftuctnth BtrootB
end of which tirno tbo manuscript of 253
pages was evolved.
Curious ns to Its nccurncv I took a copy to
Mrs , Heccher , and after a day or two I said
to lion
"Did you find It nocuntol"
"Accurate , my child I" said Mrs. Boechor.
"Accurate } Oh , very I Why , it is so accu
rate in its absolute falsity that neither I nor
the boya onn find ono fact or data given cor <
rnctly , although wo have studied over it for
two days. Kvou the year of Mr , lieochor't
birth is wrong , and that is tbo smallc& >
error I" HnwAiti ) W , Uoit ,
An unknown person , uid to he a Now
Yoru millionaire nlt-h up In KpUcopallan
circles , has donated J.WO.OOQ toward the fund
for the bullulnic of the now I'rotestanl
Episcopal cathedra ! of St. Jobu , theUlvlno.
The church will oost to.O
