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LITERARY LONDON
Gossip About the Bright Makers of Books
and Newspapers ,
STANLEY'S VIEWS ON 1 HE AMERICAN PRESS
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Nursing Political Ambitions and Watching
the Division of Africa ,
LITERARY AND ARTISTIC LIONS OF THE DAY
American Publishers the Loading Patrons
of the Market ,
CHANGES IN 1HE COST OF LIVING
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LONDON , Feb 23-Speclal ( Correspond- )
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ence.-Chatllng ) yesterday for a'coIple of
hours with a quiet , seU-contalned military
man , whose determined eye and wep - knit
frame suggested the severity of past service ,
I was struck with the changes which time
brings about. Though early In the morning ,
the gas was burning and a good large , open
fire blazed on the hearth withIn , and seemed
to defy the , chilly yellow fog which literally
hung around wllhout. The room was comfortable -
fortablo , and even cosy Good , solid leather
clllllra , IlloiHy , of books and papers , typewritten .
written copy of manuBcrlllts and proofs scat-
terell around on the several desks and tahles
Handing me a cigar and lighting a briarroot .
root Illpe himself , Henry M. Stanley , the
African ' traveler . settled himself down In a
chair that scented to fit him admirably ,
British climate or British association has
smoothed ! down the sharp edges of tills remarkable -
markable man , and changed the restless explorer -
plorer of the Dark Continent Into a modest
English gentleman full of enthusIasm as to :
the future of Africa , but equally enthused
with the everyday questions relating to the
government IIf London and the various
schemes for. bettering the condition of the
Iloor.
"I am always glad to welcome to lilY home
en American Journalist " Mr Stanley began ,
"and I have many pleasant recollections or
newspaper Inca In America and trump 10 be
grateful for to the press of the country , Still ,
I do not think journallEoII\ ) has greatly 1m-
Iroved In the last quarter at a century ,
'fho really great paper haD not appeared and
If It should , I alii not eo sure that 1t would
lnd liuplJOrters The phase of American jour-
Jlallsm whIch Is lIIore Interested In the number -
bar of hairs a man has en each side of his
mustache than In an Intelligent study of the
labor of a. lifetime la not , In my opinion the
journalism that should appeal to eensible
people. The era of sensational Journalism
Lis In a. measure obscure the period or
Information Journalism News And serious
topics are too often pushed all ana side for
personal mutters scandals , gQtlslp , fiction
and light reading In trying to cover everything . I
thing at human interest there I. danger of
losing the grill on the main thing. Your
papers are too bulky , too much padding , too
much sensation , too unwieldy "
"It Is like giving an ox too much hay ; he
111m ply tramples It under foot and wastes It. "
"Yes that II the idea exactly. I may be
wrong , but to lilY IIIlnd no one has had the
courage to produce the really great paper In
America ) 'et. "
In the course or the conversation , which
covered air sorts of topics I found that Mr.
Stanley bas just completed a new work ,
"blch , , will be issued ! simultaneously In the
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Uniled States and England at Easter These
little solutnes , for there will be two , will
romprlu ; an account of his earlier travels.
It will ' include his account of the expedl-
tlun against the Oheyennes , and also his
trip for the Herald In the Mediterranean ,
the opening of the Suez canal , and his ac-
comt of the Abyssinian campaign As roving
correspondent for the Herald Mr. Stanley
made considerable reputation before he was
sent In search of Dr. Livingstone , and It Is
of these experiences be will treat lu the
forthcoming worle.
THE FUTURE OF AFRICA.
Naturally It Is of public Interest on both
sides the Atlantic to know to what extent
Mr. Stanley Is In sympathy with the numerous -
ous schemes afloat to civilize and develop
Africa , and whether or not he has to any
extent , been carried away by the stupendous
enterprises engineered by the Rt. Hon
Cecil Rhodes , Dr. Jameson , and the South
African company. As to the future of Af-
rica , Mr. Stanley seems to have no doubt.
He contends that the climate and geograph
Ical advantages at this immense continent
are capable of sustaining a vast
white population , and ho looks for-
ward to a tremendous federation
o't states and a progressive and prosperous
IJOpulation. From tills point of view , the resources -
sources of tile nineteenth century world have :
hardly teen scratched , and possibilities are
simply boundless. The real work of presenting
the opportunities to the civilized countries of
the world has not yet been touched So far .
those who have unlert1ken : It have - e t'ler been ;
dazzled by Mr. Rhodes or disappointed by _ ex-
periences'ln other dlrecllons. In time , along
tile valleys of the great rivers of Africa , will
spring up thrifty communities and large cities ,
as In the United States , and the twentieth
century may see the story of our own country
repeated In tile wilds through which Llvhig-
stone , Stanley and , latter-lIay eXllloren pene-
trated
"Mr. Rhodes , " said bir Stanley "Is A man
of great power and force He has the reserve
of a university man , the rough vigor of 111'
Australian , and the energy and enthusiasm of
the pioneers who settled tile country beyond
the Rockies Ho Is A composite ( of all these
types While , as I say , a college man , he left
college young and his vast practical experience
has eradicated the university stamp. I believe
he Is doing a good work , but lime journalist who
does the Africa of today justice must not be
carried away with tile Hhodes' personality He
must travel all over the place , hear all sides
, ol time story thoroughly digest his material ,
and then wrl e an acount ct tile hu 1'an'tIa tf
the whole situation and outlook there-not
merely the Rhodesian side of the question ,
Nevertheless , 1IIr. Hhodes Is an earnest , use
ful force In the work now In progress In
Africa " "
QUESTIONS ; NEARER HOME
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For the moment the African explorer Is
more Interested In matters nearer home. The
proofs of the now , book out of the way , he
w111 give his undivided attention to Lambeth
politics , He will again contest the Lambeth
division for Parliament as the unionist-con-
sEr\'atlvo candidate Only beaten In the last I
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OleCtiOn uy 160 voles , he proposes to win limo
next time , At any moment Mr. Stanley may
be Injected Into an active parliamentary con-
teat. The present member for Lambeth Is on
trial for fraud In connection with Jabez Ilal-
four compqny swindles and should he be
found guilty , a re-election will take place
The division Is being thoroughly canvassed ,
and In ! Interesting contest Is sure to be the
re.sult Aside from mere party consideration ,
III' ! . Stanley will be an exceedingly useful ,
man In Parliament Africa la just now ab I
iorlling : ; a good deal or British attention , and
hili ! knowledge of the subject will bo of inestimable -
estimable value to the discussion of this question .
tlou , India , Australia , New Zealand , Canada
and ( the other colonies have their experts
In I'arllament-men who know all about
the resources and needs of these countries ,
Afllca , I believe : , has no such exp rt-o rlalnly
no man comparablY to Mr Stanley , And 110
the great traveler whoso exploits In / un-
) mown regions at one Hmo ( filled the newspapers .
papers of- the civilized world : whose return
to Europe wall greeted by half a dozen great
nations as the return of a great conqueror ;
a man whom kings went out of the way to
honor , has settled down In a comfortable
English home In V'Idlehall and Is busily
engaged In the humdrum or an nsllllh ParlIamentary -
lIamontary canvas , Those who have the
pleasure or visiting olr. Stanley In this delightful -
lightful retreat will I am sure , agree with
mo that there Is both wisdom and comfort
In his course , With Africa In the foreground ,
the man who found Dr. Livingstone will
surely find useful work In helping to shape
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the legislation which may have to do with
the development of the continent the dis-
covery of which , for civilizing purposes , Is so
closely Identified with his na"e.
SALA qN THE COST OF LIVING.
A few weeks ago , It will be remembered ,
I took up the question of the cost of living
In England , and gave some Interesting fig. .
urea , showing how utterly fictitious Is the
talk about cheap livIng In consequence of
free trade Today I notice that George
Augustus Sala has taken up this subject : ,
and contributes some Interesting facts In
relation to the changes In the cost of living ,
say , In fifty years. I am aware that statisticians -
tlclans have constantly on tap tabular statements - '
meats showing the wonderful , decrease 1n
the wholesale price of this , that and the
other , and argue hence the happy condition
at the working classes For my own part
I should be sorry to accept these figures as
Indicating anything unless supported by observation -
servation and by facts In relation to the
actual cost of living. For Instance , how
much docs the fact that a pair at blankets ,
which once cost $10 , are now sold at $5 , cut
In the economics of a workingman who pays
out 65 per cent of his earnings for food
and another 20 per cent In rent ? He buys
a pair of blankets once or twice during his
married life Mr. Sala'a observations , In
substance , agree with thoss already expressed .
pressed In these letters. According to this
close observer , the COt of living has really
very much ! enhanced In England , when
gauged by present demands In food , though
some raw materials , such as wheat and
sugar , are cheaper , tile profits of tradesmen
have become so great that the consumer Is ,
In meats and other
only slightly benefited I
Important staples the increase In cost has
been actual , and In tome instances large.
This Is worth Quoting , because like a re-
cent article by the late Ward MeAl11ster , It
shows how absurd It Is to suppose that aU
the so.called cheapness Is of any real or last-
Ing benefit It Incomes persist In a downward
tendency. Says .Mr. Sala : "On the whole , I
am disposed to think , that the great majority
at the articles which wo consume , and the ac-
cessorl of civilization , arc. considerably
cheaper than they were , say , In 1834 ; but-
and there Is a Pleat deal In this particular
but-the cost of living Is greater In the pres-
ent year of the good Queen Victoria than It
was In the last rear : of William VI. All
classes consume or enjoy n gnat deal more
than they formerly consumed : still everybody :
-rich , moderately circumstanced , or poor-
wants more than' ho formerly / ' did. It travel-
Ing by rail or steamer bo cheap , all classes
travel much more frequently and longer dis-
tances than they were formerly accus-
tomed to do They havee more
clothes , mora food , more finery ,
marc books and papers than their fathers
had : but wages and salaries have not , to any
proportionate extent , Increased , In view of
the largely enhanced cost of living. I mean
In fine , that fifty years since a professional
man In a small way of business could main.
taln himself , his wife , and his family very
comfortably on ! 200 a year ( $1.000) ) : and J
scarcely think that such an Income would
now suffice to keep him As to the great
army of clerks-la\vyers' , bankers' , and coin-
mcrclal-It Is to me a puzzle bow they can
manage to live at all , much . less to marry
and have otr.prlng. "
For my part , I would rather live In a mod.
orate sized city In the United States on $1,000
a year than In England on the same amount ,
A NELSON UEVIV AL.
It the bazaar held on Monday at the Ad.
m/rally / , under the auspices of the prince and
princess of Wales , the duke and duchess of
York , and other jlromlnont people , Inaugurates -
rates a Nelson revival , It will only be fair to
the memory of one of the two great Englishmen .
men who had so much to do with closing the
career of Napoleon Darn myself within a
short distance of Durnham Thorp ! ; , the birth-
place of England's greatest naval commander ,
and early taught to believe that the Norfolk
hero of the Nile and Trafalgar was the
greatest instance of real courage In English
history , I 'am perhaps a prejudiced person
In Norfolk the name of Nelson Is revered
and beloved beyond all other historic names
It has , naturally always been a cause for
deep regret that the house In which he was
born bas been pUlled down. In the quaint
old village of Burnham Thorpe there stands
a picturesque church several centuries old.
Nelson' father was the rector of this parish ,
and It Is now proposed that this church shall
be repaired , and a. part of it devoted to a
Nelson memorial chapel. The Countess
Spencer and lither Norfolk people
have taken the matter up , and
the Nelson bazaar and loan collection Is
the result. ! 1 spent nearly . ! three hours going
over all these Interesting relics of the old
hero , which range from dlamond.handled
swords to his venerable pIgtail , cut art the
day after his deiltb. Many are the autograph
letters , some of great historic vnlue. Nearly
everything at value relating to Nelson lmdc
found Its way temporarily to the , Admiralty ,
and the contributors represent all parts of
the kingdom. The bazaar on the other hand ,
was of- great living interest At the stalls
were duchesses and countesses , and ladles
of hlg'Ji degree. The duke of York , looKing
much more gracious than when I saw him
a week ago at Charlng Cross station , entered .
tered Into the spirit of time Qccaslon , bought
expensive nothings at the stalls , and fished
at the fishpond , much to the amusement , not
to faY wonderment , of some bright children
present. Said one at them :
"Why , future kings , like presidents' chil-
dren , seam to have fun ! Dou't you remem-
ber when wo went snake killing with President -
dent Harrison and Dermy McKee In the
mountains ? "
"Why not ? "
A WIDE-AWAKE AMERICAN.
As I turned the corner at Parliament
street , after leaving the Nelson bazaar ; I
suddenly encountered that very' wlde-awako
American , S. S. McClure , at syndicate and
magazine fame Mr. McClure was In his
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! usual rush He bad \J en breakfasting with
Robert Barr , lunching with S. R. Crockett ,
the literary lion of the 'day , and had just
returned from Scotland after a week's vlElt
with Prof. Drummond In Edinburgh , Dur-
Ing his brief stay this enterprising literary
promoter - had paid his respects to Mrs. Tin-
dall , and had a long hat wltb Prof Hux-
ley. Ho has ho tells me , bought the
American rights of every good thing In this .
country , In the shape of novels and short
stories by Anthony Hope , S. R. Crockett ,
Stanley Weyman , Conan Doyle , Rider Hag-
gard : Bret Harte , Robert Darr , Ian Maclaren ,
Clark Russell , and "Q. " ( Qulller-Couch. ) He
has secured Robert Louis Stevenson'a last
great work , "St. Ives , " which In , some Quar-
ters Is belleyed to be unfinished , although
a contrary opinion Is l held here : In Mr. Mc-
Clure's opinion ; Anthony Hope 11'1 ' the coming
man "In two Important books which I have
secured , " be said , "Anthony Hope strikes a
new and great note In literature , One of
the most brilliant women In England , and
the wife of a distinguished Eng-
IIsbml\n , went so , far liS to say the
other day that In her opinion Anthony Hop .
would go on and so excel as In time to com-
pensato us for the lOBS of Stevenson Why .
sir ! " and hero Mr. McClllro got Quite ex-
cited , "I read one or.lhls stories In manuscript .
script time other day aq , ' my interest In It. .
got so Intense that 111 al1ffi' , , to finish It before i
I put It down , Crockett I also a man with a
great future Ho ha1"tbo true literary In.
stlnct and knows hpy.ltp got and use his
material , lie has had a lIard time of It until
quito recenlly. , You n1nyllnot be aware , per'
haps , that ho literally , , earned his way
through the university a IEdlnbUrgll , , I have
also bought two book by American wrlters-
I refer 10 Harold Frederll.and Robert llarr-
which I . , will , _ I think , I\NYR. \ as . . notable . . . as . any m
published ror seine yarsr Harold e'roderc ;
has few equals all a' l\t\Jrary \ worker any-
wlmere Apart from novoilltbnd ! short stories , I
have secured a most .YJluablo : collection of
Napoleon plctnres anal documents , many of
which have never blAin IIeen borore. " Mr.
McClure will reach tilllNJ York on the 6tb.
FEMININE t q01jnALLlmS
Not content with l1\o,1llg \ : cricket and golf ,
riding the bicycle and ) vesrlng as much of
man's dress as abe pehsibty ! l dare , the "New
'Vcman" has taken to ( the rough and unwomanly -
womanly game of boot ball , The sporting
sensation of the hour Is''The ' Drlllsb Ladles'
Foot Ball club , " with Lady Florence Dixie
as the president and hiss \ \ Nettle J , Ilon ! y-
ball as secretary and paptaln. The players
number close on thirty , and three or four
are marrIed , time ages : varying from 1fi to 26.
The players wear what by courtesy Is termed
a divided skirt , but which to time masculine
eye appears to be a blue serge knlckerbocker
and pale blue blouse The comic papers have
burlesqued the Idea right and left , and It remains -
mains to be seen how the players will stand
the "chart" when they make their first pub-
lie appearance. As ret they have only practiced -
tlced In private ,
COMPETING WITH YOURSELF .
When a certain English mustard man
whose name Is known throughout the world ,
was threatened with competition , h& immediately -
dlatt-Iy duplicated his own advertising every-
where with the nime of another now well
known brand Wherever you saw cue ad-
yertlsement you would be sure to see the
other. Doth were the "best mustard : " both
became world-renowned Doth , In tact , were
Identically the same nrllcle. The public
looked on with amusement and said : "At
last we have some one as enterprising as the
senior firm. " And so . they had , for It was
precisely the same firm. In one form or
other this Is quite common In England. In
Journalism It has taken a curious turn Many
If the high-priced sixpenny weeklies have
penny Imitators , who copy In a cheap WilY
their makeup and matter. To prevent this
come ot the Important periodicals publish
their own periodical Imitations. The well-to-
do people thus buy their slxpennyworth and
the working classes get pretty much the
same matter , pearly printed , more slovenly
put together , for one penny The 1llustrated
London News ; " the first In the field as an
Illustrated paper until the "Graphic"
was started , practicallY crushed out or
bought out all Its rivals. The "Graphic"
proved too much for it . and became a serious
competitor. Then followed ' Imitations In a
more popular field. To crush them out the
"Illustrated London . News" started "The
Sketch , " which Is a demoralizing sort of
sheet , nine-tenths at the space given to 111us-
tratlons being devoted to the legs of ballet
dancers , actresses and music ball sIngers. 1
believe actual measurement would hear out
this statement , If not as a whole , certainly !
In some Issues. This company now issues
six different publications , nearly all to cover
some Imagined want , and for the purpose of
discouraging outside competition A nee'on.1 .
weekly Illustrated paper , "mnck and White , "
started four or five years ago , bas made SIIIIO ,
reputation , and Is really a hlgber clans Iub-
IIcation that "Sleetch. " Mr C. W 'III1un- :
son , the capable Journalist who fotarted ;
"mack and White , " but who has withdrawn
will 'soon start a now weekly lllulltrattd
paper entitled "The Hour , " which bids lair
to be the most artistic and successful or the
whole lot of recont-day illustrated weeklies ,
which seem t.1I abound here
JOHN STRANGE 1VINTE11.
There are few people , even In London , who
have the girt of drawing about them a-circle
made up of men and women who have "done
something , " and who , without conspicuous
talent In themselves , contrive to harm nlze
the heterogeneous elements that gG to make up
, a salon where the lions must roar , If they do
roar , In amicable chorus , and neither the
fur of masculine vanity nor the fine teachers
cf feminine conceit are rubbed or rumed the
wrong way There are such houses , ) mow-
ever , and at one of them I found myself
among a lot of people whose names we all
know , whose pictures we love , whose poems
ring In our ears , and whose books wo read ,
and sometimes read over again , Women were
well represented , both In art and literature ,
but there was one woman who received so
much attention , and who accepted It with
elicit a happy mixture of limo ease : born of
good nature and unconsciousness that she attracted -
tracted my attention ,
"Tbat , " said a friend , In response to my In-
Quiring glance , "Is one of the most ppular
novelists In England , Mrs Arthur Stannsfll ,
better known to you as John Strange Winter ,
and the black-haired , handsome rtllow who
juri brought her a glass of sherry Is her
husband whooe name was familiar , when he
nerved wIth the late General Gordon , In his
profession as civil engineer "
Later I had an opportunity of talking to
the author of "nootles' Baby , " 1lgnon'lI
, Husband , " "That Imp , " " ! \irs. \ 1I0b , " "Hoop
la ! " and a score of other charming stories ,
which have gone through I don't know bow
many editions , and given us such true
glimpses of military life. Ruskin said : "We
owe to her the most finished and faithful
rendering over yet given of the character
ot the Drltlsh soldler"-a. tribute worth
having , Indeed ,
Mrs. Stannard has a good head , large and
well developed , pleasing features , though time
chin would be too heavy and determined for
a woman were It not for time smiling mouth
and eyes above She lies the fine white
tooth the clear voice , and delightful enunciation
ciation that seem to be the birthright of
well.bred Englishwomen , but her chief attraction . .
traction lies In the expression , al frank and
cordIal as her manner Is simple and Bin.
cere.
cere.The Stannards live In an historic old
mansion at Merton , built In the days of the
Stuart , and fairly clothed In s magnificent
mantle of Ivy broken only by the many
windows and tall chimneys from which It
hangs In a profusion or wavy sprays , Mrs ,
Staunard baa three chlldrel1-t very jolly
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twins-and makes life delightful to Wem.
She Is the founder of time Wrllers club ,
and takes an active part In the literary lICe
'at ' London , Her latest work , "A Blameless
Woman , " Is just out and Is a new depart-
'ure ' , dealing with the very well-worn but
always Interesting problem of marriage This
time It Is a woman with "a past" of which
her husband Is Ignorant at the time of
their wedding. Mrs. Stannnrd says she has
spent more time upon It than upon any
other of her works , and It Is fair to add that
discussion Is bound to follow Its appearance.
ROBERT P. IJORTER.
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ImLLUIUl1S ,
The project of keeping the Protestant
churches of Berlin open at hours not devoted .
voted to public services Is being , urged by
nobody more than the emperor and the
empress.
The loan bureau started last year by St.
Bartholomew church , New York , has since
May loaned $40,000 , and In no Instance has
had to foreclose a mortgage.
Three-fourths of the population of India
are Hindus , one-fifth Mohammedans , about
2/ per cent are Buddhists , while Christians
have only abort elght.tenths of 1 per cent
of the population ,
The Sunday afternoon services at the Acad-
emy of Music , Now York , conducted by Rev ,
Dr. Talmage are popular. Vast crowds are
In attendance long before the opening , hour ,
and It Is ImposllIlo to accommodate , more
than-half of thQ thousands that seek Ldmls-
sian .
skm.An . . . . . . .
An organ has been placed m the Leaven-
worth ( Ian ) Roman Catholic cathedral In
memory of Bishop John Baptlste 1\l1ege , who
was titular bishop of the territory now em-
braced In the states of Kansas ; Nebraska
and Colorado and Indian territory ,
The pastors' college .In connection with
Spurgeon's church has sent out 921 persons
Into the ministry , twenty-three In the past
year. or this number 100 have died , leavlllg
731 IItlll actively working , 650 of whom are
Baptist 'ministers ' , missionaries or evangelists -
lists ,
The present number or Episcopal parishes
and missions In this country Is 4,810 : clergymen -
men , 4,323 : communicants , fi80.fi01 , an increase -
crease of 17,429 over the previous year , In
the Sunday schools there are H,38fi teachers
and 400,5G6 scholarlt. while In parochial
schools there are 619 teachers and 7,995
scholars , During. the. yearr there were 60.311
bajltlsmsand 42,385confirmatlons.
I The Amerlcau Bible society sold In Brazil :
during 1893 about lfiOOO bibles , testaments
and portions , Including 4,848 complete bibles ,
The price of these volumes varied iron 5
cents to $1,2fi. and the entire proceeds from
sales were over $4,000 , less than 30 cents a
volume on time average
Hev Dr. Roberts , staled clerk
of the Presbyterian general assern
buy , estimates that there are
13.914,635 Protestant and 6,251,871 Homan
Catholic church communIcants In this country -
try , and that of the Protestant communi-
cants 9,316,424 are females and only 4,658,211
males He thumbs there arc 3,500.000 Protest.
_ _ < . . , _ _ _ , _ _ . . . _ _ _ . . . _ _ . . "n , , n "M _ _ _ '
and voters . and lees than " , vvvvvv Ronan
Catholic voters ,
The parlllhioners' committee of the Roman
Catholic Church of the fplphallY , whose
memIJer have been laboring with Arch-
bishop Sat011l to bring about the return of
their former pastor Hev. nlcllllr.1 ) . I , . Hurt-
soil , to his old charge In New York , bas forwarded -
warded to the doctor at Handout all the
papers showing what they had attempted In
the case \ , wills a letter Informing him that
they coulll do nothing moro , and , although It
wn still possible that time case \ might bo reopened -
opened at Home , It could only be done on
the doctor's own application
Hev , Dr Heuen Thomna of Brooldlne , Mass ,
devoted cOllslderable time last summer to
listening to other preachers , and as time result
of his experience snakes a report IItrongly In
favor of written sermons Ho says : "I
have tried to recall the sermons which hold
mo at the time and which have stayed by
mo IIlnce. To lilY great astonishment , not
one of them was extomporaneoua. With one
exception , 1 did not hear a. single extellU\o-
raneoua sermon that Wall scholarlY , with
much of intellectual flavor about It , logically
suggestive or strikingly devout , I did not
hear one sermon In which the preacher used
a manuscript which had not about II a de-
IIghtful Intellectual flavor / , with logical continuity .
tlnulty or thought devotional feeling and
much of suggetivonesar" Ur . Thomas' oh-
6Crvatlonll were made among Episcopalians ,
Presbyterians . Congregationalists , Lutherans
and Homan Catholics ,
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Dr. Fnrness of Philadelphia tells a char- '
acterlstlc story about Wendell Phillips.
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"Several clergymen , " ho says , "boarded a
street car In Boston one day , and one of
them hearing It intimated that Wendell Phil '
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lips was In the car , got UII and asked the
conductor to point him out. The conductor
did so , and the mlllister , going up to the , ; r
orator , said : 'You are . - Mr. \ Pbllllps , I am
told ? ' 'Yes , sir. ' 'I should like to speak to
you about something , and I trust sir , you ,
will not bo atTended. ' 'There Is no fear of
Il , ' was the sturdy answer , and then the
minister began to ask Mr Phillips earnestly t
why he persisted In stirring up such an un. ,16
friendly agitation In one part of the country + ,
about an evil that existed III another part.
'Wh , ' said the clergyman , 'do you not go
south and kick 1 up this fuss and leave time
north In peace ? ' Mr Phllllp4 was not the m
least rimmed , and answered , smilingly : 'You ,
sir , I presume , are a minister of the gospel ! ? '
'I nm , sir , ' saId the clergyman 'And your
calling Is to save souls from hell ? ' 'Exactly
sir. ' 'Well , then , why don't you go there ? ' " V t,1 ,
A story Is going' the rounds about a Stur-
geon Day , 'Vis. ; rustic who saw hIs first train
last summer He stepped up to the ticket
agent at the dellot and salll that he wanted
to take n ride on "that tern train ; ' The
agent asked him how far and finally elicited „ +
the , Information that the man had only 110 ? '
cents and wanted to go 118 far as ho could
and return , mid accordingly gave him a t'I
tlclwt. The rustle boarded the train and d
le6k a seat next 10 the window The train
started and gradually Increased In npeed
The passenger jumped up and . down with +
ejaculations of pleasure so great that he ,
finally commenced to swear A minister of q
the gospel who sat In front of him turned
around allli said !
"Say young man , do you know yon are ,
going to hades ? " '
The young man turned his attention / to the S
divine and said : "I don't give a d-n , I'vo "
got a return ticket "
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'A well known English bishop tolls a story ref
of a cleric at a village church who dollber-
ately took half a crown out of time plate as
he brought It up to the comunlon table , auk < \ fl
slipped It Into his pocket. r-t
"I saw him take Il , " saId the hlwholl , "and
Intended to charge him with It at time end of
the service , but , carried away by the sub.
unity of the service , I forgot all about It. : ,
Next day I remembered and spoke about It
" 'Oh , sir ; said the old cleric , 'never you \ .
worry about that : that half crown has done
good service for many ) ears , I leeep It to
put down first , and limn the gentry , seeing a
poor mun like me put 2s ' 6d In the plate , can't
for shamc give less. ' '
"We will walt 1\ few moments longer , " said
the pastor of a Chlcaso church , "In order to
give an opportunity for those who may wish aj
to unite with the church to COIIIO forward and
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dQ so
A solemn hush fell upon the congregation ,
hut nobody moved.
At last a tall , slender , lantern.jawetl , long-
whiskered man silting near the door rose UI'
and said :
"While the young people In time aUlllenco
are making UII their minds on this all . hnper-
tart lIuestion I IIhoulll like to otter a few
thoughts on the subject of free coinage "
Hev Dr , yrthly was coming down the
postotllce steps ' , when ho slipped and fell
right In the midst of a group of stock
brokers
' 'Ah , good morning , Doctor , " laughed alto
stock brokers , recognizing the minister : " 70\1 \
remind UII of limo wicked man , whosu foot
sllPIleth , "
"Nay , " retorted the geed minister , I'but
rather ( Io 'I seem like the man who went
down to Jericho. "
"How Is that ? " chorused the others
"lIecause he also fell among tldeves : , mnur-
mured the doctor , as ho got up and moved
decorously away ,
Walter Dunlop , the well known humorous
clergyman of umfrles , was one day talkinG
to a brother of the cloth , who , In a faceteoulJ
manner , said : "Well , Walter I believe ,
after all has been said , that my head could
hold two of yours " Man , ' ! replied Walter
wIth a pawky smile , "I never thucltt before !
that your held wall sail eempty "
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