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WASHINGTON NOTES. OLIVER OPTIC, THE BOYS FRIEND.
Th Death f th FaTorlt Author IWeolli
HI Work.
William Taylor Adnina trns bom It
Medwny, XI ass, July 30, 1822. Hid an
wsfofs were English, and the first rep
resent at! re of the family to come tc
in lu- ,.--, , !,!,. ...
vtm that of Owl. W. W. Dud- i ... . . ,
Alam attended, the public schools; !
Boston In his childhood, and In 1839
the family settled In Roxbury, then n
suburb of this city. It was there that
be made his first public efforts at writ
ing. Ills first piece was eight imires
long, his second twenty-fire and hli
His first printed
article was published In the Social
Monitor.
In 1843 Mr. Adams was cboaeu prin
cipal .of what Is now the Harvard
I Out of tho crowd that surged through
the corridor of the Ehhltt Houe re
cently there came a figure that railed
to mind vividly the days of 1888 and
the tremendous struggle then made, to
wrest the government from the democ
racy,
ley, of Indiana. He is not In active
politics nowadays, and though a man
tle of gray covers the raven Wack hair
of other years, yet he never looked la
better, more vigorous health than now.
It will take some' time for the Republi
can party to repay Col. Dudley for the
latit .l,llV In tho wnr, tin enrlf 1 eighty pages.
lammed to bear his share of burden for
opinion sake, and to make the battle
hard and strong. He and John C.
New made the fight tor Harrison at
Chicago nine years ago, but wlwm the , , , . . ... . . .
, ,..,,,"??, Vwit, 1 public schools of Boston as a teacher
larger contest through the 'tuition for
election was on tho inau who fought
by Chairman Quay's side was Dudley.
New went to Iondou as Coiunu-Oicu-eral,
and Dudley began the practice of
law. To-day he is on the road to
wealth, wants no favors from any one,
and takes Just enough interest lu 'poll
tics to Keep informed.
It is amazing how fast wo forget the
men of other days. Eight years ago,
when Harrlxon was about to take of
fice, Col. Dudley wus oue of tho central
figures lu the play of political forces.
A crowd wus at his heels, turn which
way he would. New faces now com
mand the exits and the entrances, und
the coming and gotug of this veteran
Republican concerned them not at all.
iVet there Iihh Ijwu no national cam
paign Blncc Lincoln's day the success
of which was so clearly due to the
campaign workers as that of 1SS8,
When a few thouind votes determined
the result In Indiana nud New York.
Matt Quay was the man at the helm,
and Garret Hobart, now Vleo-l'resl-dent,
was with him. Roth still figure
In the currents of national politics, but
Dudley has dropMd out, Clarkson
finds Philadelphia more cougeuial, l-'ns-sett
remains In Elmir.a, John C. New
says the younger boys must run things,
and William CiikkIus (ioodloe, of Ken
tucky, Is dead. These men planned the
Harrison tight, nud a better one never
was mapped out.
I'roliably never before the present
period has the United States had
among Its members nt the same time
seven men who had played the role of
Warwick to as many Presidents or
, Presidential candidates. Almost every
incident or condition In that chamber
is now accepted properly or otherwise,
as an evidence of deterioration from
ye olden times, but whether the pres
ence of so ninny campaign managers is
a menace to the sacredness of the Sen
ate's past dignity and greatness or not
is a matter for others to discuss. The
fact I want to bring forward Is that
there are five Republican and two
Democratic Warwicks now seated In
that semi-circle of- desks. They are
Mark Hauua, M. S. Quay, William E.
Chandler, S. B. Elklns and Thomas II.
Carter, on the Republican side, nud
Arthur Pue (ionium and James Jones
on the Democratic side. Hannn was
pitted against Jones in last year's con
test, and Elkius against Gorman in
18S4. Of the two Democratic campaign
mnnngers Gorman won his fight - for
Cleveland, and wishes he hadn't, while
Jones lost his battle for Bryan and has
not yet got his head alove ground suf
ficiently to view the situation dispas
sionately. Of the five Republican man
agers, Chandler won the fight for
Hayes lu 1870, Quay for Harrison In
1888, and Hanna for McKlnley In
1806, while Elklns lost the Blaine fight
u 1SS4, and Carter led a defeated army
In 1892. Chandler, Elklns and Thomas
C. Flatt were all on the National Ex
ecutive Committee in the Garfield con
test in 1S80, but Marshall Jewell, now
dead, was chairman, and Stephen W.
Dorsey really ran are campaign.
'Returning to Mark Hanna for com
parison with the other Wnrwldks of
recent Presidential campaigns, it may
be said that he Impresses one as not
So much of a politician as either Quay
pr Elklns. There, is more of the quick,
open, responsive man of business about
Hanna than the other .two, although
Elklns Is also the possessor of large
wealth and the active manager of his
Own business Interests. Elklns, how
pvor, Just as Quay, is a manipulator of
men, and, like Quay, delights lu watch
ing the drift of the political currents
end speeding or stemming them by
reaiieuvre according to his desire. Both
he and Quay play politics as politicians
and they handle men and forces in po
litics exactly as they would pawns on
a ohessboard.' That, of course, Is true
of Mr. Hanna, as It must be to some
degree of any one who pretends to lie
ail influence ln'Dolltical affairs: but
It Is net always that men have lxth tho
ability and the Inclination for hundliu
politics in this way. Men who are
sained - to business affairs and only
rnter politics In a large way wheu
thLr years are many, seldom mako
whnt are called good politicians: They
Kt tangled up In tho political wires
before they realize it. They speak
their minds too openly, make their di
clslons too early and their promises
too freely to handle the multitude of
conflicting interests that surround any
man who Is as conspicuous as a na
tional chairman must be.
. Eenatou.
for upward of a score of years. He
had saved much of his salary, and do-
WILLIAM T. ADAMS.
termined to take a trip to Europe. Re
signing from his position as pedagogue,
he visited Europe, spending some time
in almost all the principle countries of
the continent.
"Oliver Optic's" first book for boys
appeared in 1853. His pen nnme was
suggested by a play produced alxmt
that time in Boston, In which was "a
Doctor Optic. A friend of his had cm
barked In the publishing business, and
asked Mr. Adams to write a boys'
story for publication. The teacher nud
editor for he wus also nu editor de
murred, but his friend insisted, and h
tried his hand nt It. When the story
was half finished the manuscript was
submitted to good Judges, who pro
nounced it excellent, and Mr. Adams'
nirine was made.
The title of this book was "Ilatchlo,
the Guardian Slave; or. the Heiress of
Bellevue." He got ?37.."0 for this
work, und then ground out several sto
ries aud sketches published as "In
doors and Out"
Then followed 'The Boat Club,"
which had an immense sale. That re
markable series which Included the
'Great Western" stories, the "Yacht
Club," the "Onward and Upward,"
Army and Navy," "Starry King,"
Blue and Gray," aud other stories fol-
owed.
After a visit to Europe Mr. Adams
wrote the "Young America Abroad "se
ries.
Mr. Adams married Miss Sarah Jen
kins in 1S40. She died in 1885, leaving
two daughters. One of these married
Sol Smith Russ'oll. Mr. Adams' books
made him rich as well as famous.
Inteii(lal to Furni Him.
"Now, when you nsk papa for me, bo
euro to face him like u ninn."
"You bet I will. He doesn't get any
AhnnpA nt mr hnck If I enii heln It."-
Cleveland Plain-Dealer.
At th Sohool of Journal lam.
Teacher "What Is foreign news?"
Apt Pupil "It Is news printed very
conspicuously the firut day and de
nted In an obscure paragraph the
next!"
Auibrr.
Amber, In the process of hardening,
Imprisoned the files and other crea
tures In Its gummy embrace, and there
they are to-day, perfectly preserved,
nud looking very much alive, although
Imprisoned. One leautlful specimen
which contained a lizard with five legs,
looking ns much alive as a living Hz
ard could look In a teaspoonful of sy
rup; but it hns been dead for thous
ands of yenrs. That specimen is In a
private collection, and no amount of
money will buy It.
Amber was at ono time more vnlu
able than gold, because it was scarcer.
In the fourteenth century ami previous
to that time amber was made Into
knives nud forks with one prong for
the use of princes and dignitaries of
the church. In those days nobody
knew the real amber fields, and a great
deal of It was found by tho seashores,
where it was washed by the waves
It has been discovered, however, hut
tho extinct eouobearing trees flourished
In Immense forests on the plains of
North Germany, and amber Is there
discovered In large quantities by min
ers. Large quantities of It are also
found lu the yellow saudstone along
the Baltic shores. There are regularly
operated amber mines in East Prussia,
nt Palmlcken, and It Is nlso picked
from the cliffs, mfcch ns placer mineri
find gold In California pockets. Couse
queutly amber Is no longer moro vnlu
able thnn gold, but on the contrary, it is
on tin? market at from $2 to 550 pe
pound, according to Its quantity. It Is
no longer one of the mysteries of the
world, but one of tho commodities. But
the specimens found lu various places
In pecullnr conditions still find tholr
way Into the cabinets of the collectors
of curios. Smith D. Fry iu the Cliiclu
THEATRICAL GOSSIP.
OEWOLF HOPPER KEEPS HI3 AUDI
ENCE IN CONSTANT GOOD HUMOR.
th Wonder " lUvlvud. Aft.r Twrnt?
Years A (hart Ak-toh of "lie Author
The P1y Noroliy to the Vounurr tinn
er t Ion of Theatre Goer.
Miss Alice Nielsen, who has made a
hit with "The Bostoalans" In "The
Serenade," Is comparatively unknown
here. Sho Is a native of Tenncsses.
born in Nashville, and received her mu
sical education at home and In Kansas
City, where she occupied a church po
sition. Her stage experience was
trained In the Tlvnll, San Francisco,
the home of the populat priced light
opera on the Paelflo const, and where
a now opera Is pro- 'uced each week. In
this school Miss Nielsen acquired an
extensive repertory of nearly fifty op
eras. Her work making a farorablu
Impression on Messrs. Bnruabee and
MacDonald, she was Immediately en
gaged for Unimportant roles on their
tour. Miss Nielsen possesses a slight
and girlish figure, ah unaffected man
ner nod a voice of sympathetic qnallty
u.ll.a u a . . . . .
Ulllau Blauvelt has received several
enticing offers to r on the operatic
stage, but has the good sense to bear
the Ills she has rather than fly to oth
ers that she knows not of. Yet It was
in grand opera that she made heY first
appearance iu public. It was at an en
tertainment In the Lyceum Theatre,
given by pupils of Mrs. Thurber's Na
tional Conservatory of Music. Miss
Blauvelt apjH-ared as Dlnorah In a
scene from Meyerbeer's opera, Carlo
de Broschi conducting, or-rather mis
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laded by Stomach TrouBie.
Blood Disorder and Nervousness of
Years Standing.
From the Oammtretal, iiatioon, JIU
Mrs. Christiana Fwrter ii a matron of Mat-
toou, who hu recently been restored to the
ranks of health alter many years of auffer
lug. She gars her statement to a reporter
In auoh couciae iliape thnt we print it :
" My name it Christiana Foster, I am fifty
years of age and a housekeeper. I have
lived In Illinois ever aineo I was twelve
yeari old. During the latter years of my
lif I have been much afflicted with stomach
trouble, blood disorders and nervousness,
and theRC were greatly aggravated about two
years ago, when I became subject to most
disagreeable hot flashes, (or perhaps I should
nay ' flushes).'
"I aeenird to 1 losing ground all the time.
I could not sleep but for a short trnc, not
being able to obtain any appropriate rest,
:md I may ay I was truly wretched.
"About one year aco, after reading an ad
vertisement of Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for
ale People, I determined to get some of
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- The ltlnw Almost Klllvd Jimmy,
".Tim Is the derndest unlucky feller
V'utt ever see. Twice he's blowed out
tli' gas an' Just been pulled through
aud, by gum, t'other night ho blew
out a cnndlo an' hain't left his bed
yitr
"Blsnv out a candle?"
"Yep a Itoman candle," Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
It Is a whole day's work for two men
to fell eveu tho smallest inahogauy
tree. On account of the spurs which
project from tho base of the trunk a
scaffold has to be erected, and tho tree
cut off above the spurs, leaving thus
a stump of the very best wood from 10
to 15 feet high.
LILLIAN BLAUVELT.
conducting, the orchestra. It was a
sad occasion. Miss Blauvelt's voice
at that time was about the size of a
canary bird's, and not nearly as well
trained.. Her admirers hope that she
may yet lie heard in grand opera, and
it would be n source of great pleasure
and congratulation among music lov
ing people If all the stars for one sea
son might bo "chosen from America.
An eujoynblu performance Is that of
"El Cnp!tan.'" This comic opera was
excellent when It was first ssen In New
York. It has even been Improved,
however. De Wolf Hopper Is In per
sistent "rapport" with his audience,
and his knowledge of what pleases
New Y'orkers Is second only to that
owned by May Irwin. Of course, the
constant appearance of this elongated
gentleman by tho side of his dnluty,
piquant little wife, Is Itself a fruitful
source of laughter.
One night espjeclally "El Oaplton"
was a very enthusiastic occasion.
"The Typical Scenes of Zanzibar" was
encored about fifteen times. For one
of tho encores Hopper appeared with
a realistic struggle for the center of
the stage. "They want me," cried
Edna. "Can't you see that they want
me?"
Hopper turned to the audience with
a very dlscoiuolate expression on his
face Just the sort of dlsconsolateness
that New Yorkers love to see. "For
goodness sake," he cried pathetically,
"don't encouruge her. I have troublo
enough ns II Is."
Tho audience responded with a guf
faw that si look the chandelier.
It Is twenty years since "The Won
derA Woman Keeps a Secret" lias
been played on a New York stage, so
that in reviving it Mr. Daly has pre
sented what will be a novelty to the
younger generation of theatre goers.
Mrs. Centllvre, the author of the com
cdy, flourished In tho early part of the
eighteenth century, and the piece Is
one of a score from her pen that, were
much In vogue in those days. "The
Wonder," however, outlived It com
pnnlons lu popularity. It was tho play
chosen by Games for bis farewell ap
pearance, while, many, will remember
that it was a favorite of Lester Wal
lack, who found in Don Felfk ono of
his most successful rules.
The comedy is luilve acts, with the
scene Iu Lisbon. Donna Isabella (Miss
St. John) moots with an accident, In
eonsGQueuee of which she Is secretly
conveyed into the house of Doima VI
oluute (Miss Behtui). Tho latter Is In
love with Donna Isabella's brother,
Don Felix (Mr. Uichmau), nud he
concealment or isatiuuu ana ner re
fusal to tell Don Felix the facts con
nected with It load to complications
Into which both tragic and comic elo
nieuts enter. Tho love story of Don
Felix and Donna Vlolunte Is full of
surprise and charm, nud tho piny is
almost modern In Its effectiveness,
wlrty dialogue and striking situations.
Mrs. Centllvre, having had a stage ex
perience herself, acquired a techulquo
that few contemporary dramatists
possessed. Her character discrimina
tion has always boon a subject of
pralso among students of tho drama
of her period.
Mario Dressier has scored an un
doubted triumph lu "Tess.of tho Vau
devilles," at the Pleasure Palace. Miss
Dressier has never before given such
convincing proof of her comic akllL &ha
Is buoyant, breezy and a prodigious
worker. Boas Fakchom. i
but that did not socoont for ths had enndl.
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mnM; MRS. Ed. Hkakn.
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Professor Briggj on Jonih,
I Jonah, there would have been more
lL , ' of them than Zwingli and Ccelius
.... .." "'""b"i aecundus (Juno, who thoucht that
that the predictions against the nat ons . ' ' .! ,n"yl IMI
mSf fulfill nr nA u u. "!er ere some redeemed heathens.
V, , V w r .. the West.m m t d V nes had
a God of veracity and just.ee. So understood Tnnah. ,a. .' " m
j j -J a w v. nuum
think some dogmaticians now. But
God is a God of grace. God changes
his decree of destruction even though
men cannot reconcile such change
with divine justice and veracity. God
is sovereign in his justice as well as in
his mercy. The doctrine that God
must be just, but may or may not be
merciful, is an e.rror that has no basis
in Holy Scripture or in a sound
ethical philosophy. God is as truly,
by necessity of divine being, merciful
as he is just. He is as freee In his
exercise of the one attribute as the
other. He reserves the right to re
call his messengers of wrath by the
swifter angels of love.
Jonah represents only too well the
Jews of Nehemiah's time, the Jews of
the New Testament times, and also
the Christian church in its prevailing
attitude to the heathen world. If the
Roman Catholic church had learned
the lessqn of Jonah, its theologians
would not so generally have consigned
the unbaptized heathen world to hell
fire. If the reformers had understood
ran Out ftj
l&o. aU IrwfcTU.
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Navor to K it ore- army
Curw i clp dlawutji hair taUiiiZ
AlLr rs Al mi r !-.
have coined those remarkable state
ments of the tenth chapter of their
Confession, in which the entire hea
then world and its babes are left out
ot the election of grace. The present
century, Drought lace to face with the
heathen world, is beginning to learn
me lesson ol Jonah. Jonah is the
Dook for our times. Though written
many centuries ago as a beautiful
ideal of the imagination to teach the
wonuertul grace of God in the salva-
tion of repenting heathen and their
babes, it has been reserved for the
present age to apprehend and apply
its wonderful lessons. The renentence
of Nineveh is a prophetic ideal. Pro-
lessor tj. A. Briggs, D. U., in North
American Jieview.
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