THE SCKAKTOX TRIBUNE SATURDAY MORNING,' JANUARY 4, 189G.
It
lira the Wonderland
Of North America.
Twenty-first Paper of Northwestern Travel.
The Wonderful City of Tacoma.
Written for The Tribune.
At last, after a period of twenty
lKht days of pleasureand leisurely tra
vel, we have reached Puget Sound, and
the restful and beautiful city of Ta
coma. the central one of the three large
and Important cities of this preat In
land sea Olympla, Tacoma and Seattle.
No one should cross the continent and
not see all three of these rival cities:
their vigorous growth surprises even
their most sanguine friends. Although
Tacoma. .in the youngest city on the
Sound. It yields to none of them in
lieautv of location and plan. It Is a
favorite city with tourists, and will be
still more so when the magnificent
J2.00rt.0W hotel. I Olympian), now being
erected. Is finished. When selected in
1S72 as the Pacific coast terminus of the
Northern Pacific railroad, the site was
i-ovdfd with a dense forest. Inhabited
mainly by Indians. Taking its name
from the mttgnlilcent mountain under
whose shadow It rests, this obscure In
dinn village started on the highway 10
prosperity In 1S73 with 200 souls. In
creasing In 1SS0 to 720: in 18W to 40.000:
is:-.' to iO.OOQ people and. at the time of
our visit In ISII'i. a special census accords
It over H0.0OO of as enterprising, plucky
and hopeful population as the world
ever knew.
ve spent n number of days here In
1S!2. which were full of Interest, and we
were then astounded with Its marvel
ous prosperity. It was then on a sub
stantial monetary basis, nearly free
from debt, and In consequence has since
been able solidly to withstand the ad
verse effects of a period of commercial
and financial stringency, stagnation
and Inactivity brought about by Dem
ocratic misrule.
The Hub of tho Coast.
Tacoma Is a point from which the
tourist may radiate In many directions.
Southward. lfiii miles distant, la Port
laud, the oldest and largest of the Pa
cific coast cities, save fan Francisco,
which is nearly a thousand miles down
the coast of California, while at the
very head of Puget Sound, some thirty
two miles southwestward, is Olympla.
the enpltol city of the great Washing
tun slate, and twenty-five miles north
ward by water and forty by rail. Is me
rival si.-Uer city. Seattle, in which nil
American tourists have equal pride;
while Snohomish, Everett. Port Town
stml, Anacostia, Whatcom and other
Ir.itMirtant norts. lie northward on this
famous inland sea coast, which reaches
rven to Victoria and Vancouver in mo
Krltlsh possessions. A description of
ench place may aopear later on.
Tacoma Is one of the most attractive
cities on this continent n city of homes,
u city of taste and refinement, a rlty
of marvelous resources nnd natural
commanding advantages.' As a ship
ping point it ranks next to San Fran
cisco among coast cities. In its ship
ments of wheat, lumber nnd coal on the
I'liclfle const. It Is a city of business
push and enterprise second to none In
our country, and the wonder Is with all
Knxtern tourists that within so nhort a
time such a magnificent city could have
Krown here.
A Perfect Nnturnl l.ncnttnn.
Tacoma Is admirably situated at the
head of Commencement Hay In the har
bor of Puget Sound. 8 miles by water
way to the Pacific Ocean, at the outlet
of the Straits of Fuca and forty miles
in a direct line ns the crow files. The
peninsular promontory upon which tho
Ity Is built ruiiM out to a point In the
Tuiy, forming a trlanple say live to six
jniles on each side. The highest point
of the promontory Is in the center a
moderately low rid go extending Its
whole length.untll at the extreme north
ern point it ends in an abrupt, bold
precipice, which presents that appear
ance ns we approach the city from the
Hound. Like Halifax, Quebec and Vicks
Imrg, as they appeared to us on our
different visits, the name of Defiance is
lggested. tin each side of Port Defiance
lluff the land rises gradually In natural
Traces hack from the bay along the
nali-r front for many miles. No more
dmlrable natural location for a great
Illy could be conceived. Its position on
llie bluffs Is a commanding one A city
let on a bill that cannot he hid and
overlooking the bay three hundred feet
nbove the dark-blue shimmering water.
like Irving 8 Cliff, above the I.ncka
waxen river at Honcsdale, with timber
clnd hills on all sides to protect It from
the heavy storms, while sixty miles
away. "Clad In Holies of Virgin White,"
climbing, as It were, to the very bnttle
ments of heaven Itself, Is the "Old Mon
arch." Mount Tacoma. the monument of
centuries and the shrine of both the
citizens of Tacoma and Seattle, which
is worth a Journey across the continent
to see. This superb old mountain, near
ly three miles In vertical height from
the sound, which has no rival in the
world for beauty nnd grandeur. Is In
plain view from all the terraces of the
pity a dally luxury to all Its citizens of
which they never weary.
Unlit on Nnturnl To Traces.
The business structures of Tacomn
are abreast of the times and the private
residences unusually tasteful and at
tractive. The residence portion Is main
ly upon higher grounds nnd above the
Htlr and noise of the buslnevs portion,
or Old Town. Such Is the gradual slope
of the hillsides, that, like raised chairs
In a theatre, the windows of nearly
every house upon It command the In
comparable view of sound and moun-;
tain spread before it. Tacoma is at the
head of deep water navigation." where
the shores admit of almost unllmtted
facilities for handling sea and inland
merchandise, and today. Is not only the
largest grain receiving and coal distri
buting center In the West, but Is also
the principal lumber-port of the Pacific
Northwest, nnd one of the great live
stock and fish markets, with coal and
iron available In exhaustless quantities.
The saw mills, coal bunkers, wheat
ware houses, magnificent docks, and
other improvements, extend along the
nil ore for six to eight miles.
Tacoma is one of the Pacific termini
of the greatest American trans-continental
railway systems. The I'nlon Pa
cific,. Northern Pacific, Canadian Paci
fic. Tacoma, Seattle and Eastern, and
the Great Northern railroads all center
here. To the Northern Pacific, more
Directory
Wholesale.
BANKS.
Tackawar.na Trust and Safe Deposit Co.
Merchants' and Mechanics', 429 Lacka.
Traders' National, 2M Lackawanna.
West Bide Bank. 10 N. Main,
ecranton Savings, 122 Wyom'.ng..
BEDDING, CARPET CLEANING, ETC
The Scranton Bedding Co., Lacka.
BREWERS.
Robinson, E. Sons, 435 N. Seventh.
Robinson, ll'.na, Cedar, cor. Alder.
CHINA AND GLASSWARES,
Rupprecht, Louis, 231 Penn. .
TOTS AND CONFECTIONERY ""
Williams, J. D. A Bro., 314 Lacka.
FLOUR, FEED AND GRAIN.
Matthew, C. P. Sons A Co.. St Laeka. .
The Weatoa Mill Co., 47-4 Lacka. -
' V PAINTS AND SUPPLIES.
Jloacke A McKee, Sf Spruce.
than all other Influences combined, docs
she owe her development and prosperi
ty. Tacoma is also the terminus of the
Trans-Pacific line of freight and pas
senger . steamers between Tacoma,
Hong ' Kong and Yokahoma. A
line of cllpper-shlps between Ant
werp and other Belgian ports,
two lines of steamers to Itrltlsh
Columbia and Alaska and Hawaiian Is
landsalso three or more lines to San
Francisco, besides twenty-two sound
steamers arrive and depart dally for
sound ports. Tacoma is the great dis
tributing point of America for trade
with Chlnu, Japan. Australia and all
Pacific Ocean countries, and together
with Seattle, the nearest point In Amer
ica by steamship to four hundred and
fifty million people.
Ships of All Nations.
During each day of our stay here the
hurbor Is dotted with ships of all na
tions loading lumber, coal and manu
factured products of the United States
for Europe. . Asia. Australia and the
Inlands of the Sea. The Northern Pa
cific operates a line to Yokahoma,
China and Hong Kong, which brings the
largest cargoes of silks and teas ever
brought to this country. The imports
of tea alone last year were between 15,-
000. 000 and 16,000.000 pounds. Forty
thousand tons, or So per cent, of all tea
brought to this country, goes over Ta
coma's wharves. In view of the fact
that this routa Is 800 mile nearer than
by way of San Francisco, the latter city
will have to look well to her laurels.
The Victoria, a steamer we boarded
of this line, carrying the English flag,
make' the trip of 4.440 miles to Yoka
homa in fourteen days. Tho distance
from Tacoma to New York by rail is
3,278 miles; by water, around Cape Horn,
1. ',!Wi6 miles; the Nicaragua canal when
built will shorten it to 5,!37 miles. All
Pacific coast people are anxious, as are'
all Slmon-ure Americans, that tne
Nicuraguu canal shall be built at once
by American capital and controlled by
the American government. .
The Tacoma dry dock Is one of the
features of Interest to the tourist. It is
325 feet long, 100 feet wide and cost
$350,000. It Is capable of taking In any
merchant ship and ordinary war vessel
for repairs.
Four miles north Is the line of the In
dian (Puyallup) reservation, and with
in this area of three or four square
miles lie a series of flats, so low that
the high tides cover a large portion of
'them; they are known as "tide fiats,"
which are being dyked and will afford
the very best possible location for mills
and factories that have business equal
ly with ships and cars, on them im
mense lumber mills are now in opera
tion. . Here are sixteen, with a dally
capacity of 1,500,000 feet. The. output of
these mills annually is over &00.000.000
feet, valued at $12,000,000. The amount
shipped to foreign markets yearly
amounts to 63.000,000 feet. The shingle
mills of Puget Sound shipped over
2,000,000,000 shingles last year. (A fur
ther description of tho Immense timber
found here will appear In my letter on
"Puget Sound and Hla Trees" next
week.)
Tncnma A n Coal Canter.
Tacoma has within a few. miles of the
city, say thirty to forty miles, In the
foot hills of the Cascnae mountains, a
large area of coal deposits, -estimnted
at hundreds of thousands of acres. The
character of the coal ranges from lignite
to anthracite. A good quality -of seml
bttuminous Is being mined and brought
to tide water for from $3 to $2.60 per ton.
The output Is from 1.000,000 to 2.000,000
tons annually. It Is said to be ex
haustless In quantity. Concerning this
resource we shall speak again.
Excollent Schools and Churches.
Tacoma has an excellent' school sys
tem and commodious school buildings,
which compare favorably with those of
the New Englnnd and Middle States.
The fifteen public schools, two business
colleges, seminary for young Indies
(Annie Wright), founded by her father,
C. B. Wright, of Philadelphia, the col
lege for young men. the Emerson High
school and also tho Young Men's Chris
tian association have a reputation,
which is the envy of many larger cities.
Tacoma has fifty-two churches, repre
senting all denominations. The Epis
copal, a beautiful stone structure, was
erected by Mr. Wright, as a monument
to the memory of his wife. There are
three well equipped hospitals, twenty
banks with a capital of nearly $10.000,
000 and three dally newspapers. There
ore a hundred miles of graded streets
that cost the city over $1,500,000; four
large foundries, two car wheel manu
factories, and the Northern Pacific rail
road car shops, which occupy sixty
acres of ground, and cost $1,500,000.
IIer are four grain elevators with a
capacity of 3.500,000 bushels, and the
Northern Pacific Is about to erect an
other. The three flouring mills have a
dally capacity of 3.000,000 bushels. The
Smelter, said to be the only one on the
coast, has a yearly output of $1,000,000.
There are also mine metal-working
establishments, with a capital of $1.
500,000, besides various woolen, furni
ture, mattress and other manufactories.
The combined capital Invested In man
ufacturing in Tacoma exceeds $10,000.
000. Tacoma's jobbing business reached
In 1SU2, $40,000,000.
An Electric Citv.
' There Is one feature, tsjitecinlly. no
ticeable here, as In all the new flourish
ing1 cities of the Great West. They. are
in love with electricity. Almost every
town along the line .has a, system of
arc and Incandescent lights, and many
have a line of electric street cars. In
tercommunication between the different
portions. of this widely extended city.
Is easily obtained by both cable nnd
electric cars. Tacoma has over fifty
miles of electric cable oars and forty
two miles' of steam motor and cable
cars, the latter being used largely in as
cending the billy streets, which have
very steep grades. It also has several
horse railroads, confined mainly to the 1
"Old Town." Tacoma has many fine
public- bolldihgs and business blocks
equal '-to those of eastern cities. The
City hall 'cost $285,000; the court house,
$400 nOO; ' the Chamber of Commerce
building, $150,000; the Hotel Tacoma,
of Wholesale
MONUMENTAL WORKS.
Cwens Bros., 218 Aaams avenue.
MILK. CREAM, BUTTER. ETC
Scranton Dairy Co., Penn and L'.nden. -
ENGINES AND BOILERS.
Dickson Manufacturing Co.
DRY GOODS, MILLINERY. ETC.
The Fashion, 308 Lackawanna avenue.
PLUMBING AND HEATING.
Howley, P. f. A M.T 23 Wyoming- ay a
-' -' ' ' GROCERS.'
Kelly; T. J. ft Co.. 44.ackawanna.
Mcgargel A Connell, Fraaklln'avenue.;
Porter, John T., gTajid 28 Lackawanna,
Jllce, Levy A Co., tfrLAcjterwailna. -.,,-v
., ' - ' ""'-' ' r f -f
HARDWARE.
Connell. W. p. ft Sons, 111 Pen." "
Footo A Shear Co.,1l N. Washington,
Hunt Connell Co., 434 Lackawanna.
jroo.OOO: (while thTNVw Qlynudan" r,Uf
cost J2,o0o.00i. It' has' forty-seven
hotwls. all told. It also has a tire de
portment, mointdltied at an expense uf
xomo.060 yearly. a acoma j nas ..'-wen
equipped water works, and gas works
and a perfect system for sewerage,
which accounts, in part, for the ex
tremely low death rate with which the
city is noted. In a word, Tacoma has
a. series of well designed public parks.
public buildings, music halls, opera
houses, libraries, etc., worthy of a
greater city. If Its wealthy citizens
live In luxurious residences. Its poor
and humble cltlxens are housed in neat
and tasty cottages. It Is truly a charm
ing city of homes and domestic comfort.
The streets) of Tacoma are eighty to
one hundred feet In width, while the
avenues are from one hundred to one
hundred and forty feet wide. The new
streets on -the terraces are heavily
shaded and paved with asphalt. In the
"iu Town and business portion, the
entire street surface Is laid with fir or
cedar plank from three to five inches
thick and very long, making the roads,
valleys and incline, alike, as smooth
as a house floor and pleasant to travel
upon--a novel sight and experience to
us easterners. ,
Her Public Parks.
Tacoma's Natural Park and Boule
vard system Is inaugurated on a liberal
scale. It covers 2,600 acres of land 610
acres being native forest, ceded to the
city for park purposes from the late
I'nlted State Military and Indian res
ervation, which contained over 18.000
acres. On this ceded tract besides other
attractions, are thousands of giant firs
and cedars many measuring six to ten
feet In diameter, nnd two hundred nnd
fifty to three hundred feet In height.
Whnt city can boast within Ita very
limits of such Imperial possessions? A
section of thoBO giants In the western
part of the city of 640 acres and one In
the Southern part near "School Section,"
of another 640 acres are connected by an
excellent boulevard system, covering at
least 600 acres. This when completed
will excel any public park west of the
Mississippi.
Numerous small tracts, public and
private, are located at various points
In the city. The . most .prominent Is
Central or Wright Park, coverlnR thirty
acres, (a three minutes' walk from
Hotel Tacoma,) handsomely located on
a high plateau overlooking the harbor.
This park is adorned with statuary late
from Italy, and in the hands of expert
landscape artists, without regard to
cost. Is being' made by Mr. Wright the
"grem" of city parks. We were cour
teously escorted over the entire city and
suburbs by our genial landlord who
pointed out tho various places of Inter
est anil with mwnbers of the board of
trade, furnished us with this and other
data which a, reading public may rely
upon as correct.
An Almost Ideal climnto. '
Tacoma boasts of a healthful and sa
lubrious climate. The cool breezes from
l'uset Sound render the summers cool
and delightful, there being no excessive
heat; the winters are short, only two
months being- called winter. Scarcely
does snow fall when It suddenly melts.
The climate Is such thnt dowers bloom
In the open air the year round. Straw
berries linen In open air gardens at
Chlstmastide. The climate is espe
cially adapted for roses, which for. beau
ty and size, exceed any portion of the
North Pacific coast. Elegant lawns are
maintained all winter. The thermo
meter rarely falls below twenty-five de
grees In winter, or rises above eighty
in summer, and then' only for a few
days. The climate here an! along Pu
get Sound compares favorably with
that of Virginia. The summer Is a
long Jtincand the winter a mild Decem
ber. There are no thunder storms, no
cyclones, blizzards or high winds, no
excessive heat and no excessive cold.
Taken as a whole, the Pacific north
west, Is a country of cool summers and
warm winters; aiid briefly stated, tne
causes of the cool summers are the high
latitude and that the prevailing wind
during the summer months is from the
north, which is, in the nature of a trade
wind. The cause of the warm winters
is tho warm Japan current whicn
breaks all along this coast and produces
the same effect as the Oulf striiam does
in England, Ireland and Scotland, and
the prevailing- wind In winter Is from
the South. Like the north, wind of
summer, this south wind of winter Is
In the nature of a trade wind and Is
constant, rarely failing. Most of what
at the east Is snow in winter is rain on
the Pacific .coast and the winter here
is calfcil the rainy S'-ason. With such
a climate, a safe and commodious har
bor .and a combination of. natural
sources of wealth, such as scarcely can
be found nowhere else In America, the
future prosperity of Tacoma Is assured.
J. E. Iilchmond.
DON'TS FOR .THE NEW WOMAN
Don't crease your bloomers.
lon't discuss private affairs. ,
Don't drink before breakfast.
Don't grumble about your meals.
Don't Fit while men are !anillii.
Don't scold when dinner is Iste.
Don't wear ready-marje neckties.
Don't swear at the polite salesman.
Don't pull your husband's whiskers.
Don't use a elgar;lte for a door key.
Don't think it is manly to be dissipated.
Don't wear a hiirh hat with a sack coat.
Don't f peml all your evenings at tho club.
Don't smoke on the front seats on open
cars.
Don't forget that the new woman must
grow old.
Don't carry the morning paper down
town with you.
Don't smoke in a room where there are
lace curtuins. .
Don't object to your husband attending
the mntlnets.
Don't swear when you find a button off
your bloomers.
Don't make things disagreeable for your
husband's mother.
Don't leave stule cigar and cigarette
butts about your rooms.
Don't neglect to tip the waiter. It is
womanly not to do so.
Don't tell your husband about "the
biscuits your father used to bnlte.'-'-
Don't get up at daylight and kindle the
fire. That Is m:in's work.
Don't work off a lot of stale jokes when
he makes his first cake. ChlcaKo Record.
A MINISTER'S DESIRE.
"I Wish All to Know What a Blessing Dr.
Agnevi's Catarrhal Powder is in Case of
Catarrh." It Relieves In Ten Minnies.
Rev. A. D. Buckley, of Buffalo, writes:
"I wish all to know what a blessing Dr.
Agnew's Catarrhal Powder is in case of
Catarrh. I have been troubled with
this disease for years, but the first time
I used this remedy I received most de
lightful relief, and now regard myself
entirely cured after the use of the rem
edy for twq months. It Is delightful to
use and very refreshing. 60 cts. Sold
by Matthews Bros.
and Retail City and Suburban Representative Business Houses.
FRUITS AND PRODUCE.
Dale A Slovens, 27 Lackawanna,
Cleveland, A. 8., 17 Lackawanna.
DRY GOODS
Kelly & Hcaley, 20 Lackawanna.
Finley, P. B., (10 LacknWRiina.
MME, CEMENT, SEWER PIPE.
Keller, Luther, 813 Lackawanna.
HARNESS & SADDLERY HARDWARE.
Frltr G. W., 410 Lackawanna.
Keller A Harris, 117 Penn.
' WINES AND LIQUORS.
Walsh, Edward J., 32 Lackawanna,
LEATHER AND FINDINGS,
Williams, Samuel, 221 Spruce. ; . , .
, BOOTS AND SHOES. . '
Goldsmith Bros., 204 Lackawanna '
WAL.L. PAPER, ETC
Ford, W. M., 1W Penn.
CANDY MANUFACTURERS - V
Scranton Candy Co., 22 Lackawanna.
NOT ' ALTOGETHER LAWLESS.
He enjoyed teasing the olilee stenogra
pher und typewriter, and was always gel
ling up name new scheme to annoy her,.
"Have you read abou; the movement on
foot In New. York to license stenogra
phers?"' ha asked, us he passed her ma
chine. "Lleenso them:' she exclaimed. Indig
nantly. '
yes." ,
"Do you mean to make them go to tho
city hall and take out a rcgulur license?"
"Yes."
"Just the sarao as for a pqodle dog?"
"Same way."
Then nho got on her dignity and her eyes
flashed.
"I'd like to sco them make me do that!'
she exclaimed. t
"Would you refuse?" he asked.
"I should think so."
"Hut suppose It was the law?"
"That for the law!" she cried, with a
snap of her fingers. "No law that ever
existed can license me."
"Sure?"
"Sure."
He was thoughtful for a moment and
then he suggested:
"But if one wants to get married "
"What's that?" sho interrupted sharply.
"You know you have to get a license to
marry." he explained, "but of course you
wouldn't "
"Who said so?"
"Why, you suld you wouldn't be licenced-
"
"Well," she replied rather hotly, "l'vo
changed my mind." Chicago Post.
MIS1CAL MISCKLIAXY.
Lovers of light opera will no doubt
be leased at an opportunity'' to listen
to the "Fencing Master" at the Acad
emy this evening. The "Fencing Mas
ter" hus been one of the most successful
works of DeKoven and Smith, though
Its popularity was not as wide as that
of "Kobln Hood." Like many other
works of this kind the "Fencing Mas
ter" had to be re-written once or twice
In order to satisfy the cravings of the
fastidious manager. The scenes were
first placed In Turkey, but managers
objected uron account of the costumes
which could not be Turkish and attrac
tive nt the same time. .After consulta
tion tne Turkish features were elimi
nated and the book of the opera was
arranged In a way that would admu of
costumes that were In accord with the
taste of the up-to-date Impressarlo.
Speaking of operas nnd books, the
Ideas of the writers when analyzed In a
practical way often seem amusing.
Edward A. NIven, of Wilkes-llarre. was
once forcibly reminded of this while on
a visit to New York. Mr. Niven is the
author of an opera book In which tne
scenes are located near Wllkea-Barre
nnd in which Indians nre introduced.
When in New York city some time after
his opera, "The Smith Family," had
been presented, NIven was introduced
to a well-known theatrical manager.
"I nm delighted to meet you!" said the
manager, effusively, "they tell me that
you are tho man who wrote a comic.
opera on the Wyoming Massacre!"
II II it
Mrs. Charles Metzger. contralto solo
ist at the Green Hldge Presbyterian
church fur three years, has moved to
Pottsvllle, where her husband holds a
lucrative position. In this change
Scranton lias lost one of its richest con
tralto voices and a lady of moBt charm
ing qualities.
ir !i ii
The splendid performances of the
choir of fifty voices in the Providence
Presbyterian church during the pnst
fortnight is a credit to our musical city.
Since Prof. T. J. Davles had charge of
the choir of that church, three years
ago, the music has been nothing less
than a classical standard.
INI II '-
Mr. David Evans, Itesolven. Wales, Is
the youngest candidate who has passed
the degree of nnfxical bachelor at Ox
ford university, England. He Is a cousin
to Mr. Henry W.: Evans, of this city.
' 1111 li '
I'rof. Da'vld''Ja;nTfes, superintendent of
music In the . Wllkea-Barre public
schools and chorister of St. Stephen's
church of that city, was a visitor in
town on New Your's day. .. .
II "II It '
The John Church Music Publhihlnrr
company of Cincinnati. Chicago and
New York has bought several songs
of T. J. Davles, mus. bac, which are in
course of publication.
II II It -
Philip R. Xhomas, who captured the
baritone solo-at the J fllevue Eistedd
fod, last Wednesday, ifipoken of as one
possessing a voice oi'flne quality and
much promise. 1
WHY DO XV K IT?
Perhaps some sage van tell me, for, indeed,
I'd like to know.
The secret of tho tltjes. that I hear wher
e'er I go. ,
There's Krown, who studied medicine, at
taining some renown.
Whose wife I hear referred to now as
"Mrs. Dr. Brown,",
What reason for the custom can the wise
ones give to me? .
Why not as well refer to her as "Airs.
Brown, M. D.?
Because O'Shea is on . the bench why
should we always say.
In speaking of his charming wife:
There's Mrs. Judge O'Shea?"
Is she a judge by marriage? Was she
wedded to the court?
There should be some good reason why the
title she should sport.
If one should wed a justice, pray advise
me. would she be
Entitled to be known by all as "Mrs.
Jones, J. P.?"
If not, what reason can we give for speak
ing as we do
Of "Airs. Major CannonbnU" or "Mrs.
Hlshop Pew?"
Do titles go to families for the use of
ev'ry one?
And If they do, why aren't they used by
daughter and by son?
Why not a "Miss Llnutenunt Sharpe?"
Why nol a junior, too?
At least let's be consistent in the tilings
we try to do. Chicago Post.
Appetizing.
Minnie Mr. Ynbstey snya that you set
the most appetizing luncheons he ever
tasted.
'.Mamie Indeed?
Minnie Ves, indeed. He said that he
could eat more after one of your lunch
eons than he could after anyone's else.
Indianapolis Journal
Perennial Novelty.
"What do you think of the new woman?"
we asked.
"Woman," said the Cornfed Philosopher,
"Is always new. That Is her chief clement
of attraction." Indianapolis Journal,
A Modern Herod.
"So it's your birthday today, Jack. What
would you like?
"I'd like to see baby spanked." Pick-Me-Up.
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Notices of Recent
, Chats Concerning
NEW MAGAZINES.
There are two rather notable papers
of travel In the January Century. One
1a hv f 11 ft i ir, ffrm'm.! anil a ontltld
I "A Kaleidoscope of Rome." It Is a kind
of musing over the glories of old and
the pitlableness of new Rome, with sun
dry side remarks thrown In as for In
stance, apropos of nothing:. "It Is
common to speak of the crimes done In
the name of religion since the world's
beginning. One forgets the sins done
for the sake of fashion, which are far
more numerous and far more base. One
forgets the hard-earned wages squan
dered on worthles-.i finery, and, a step
higher In the scale, the men of small
means ruined by their wives' extrava
gance; the men who. to satisfy woman's
fancies, have gambled, have cheated,
have stolen, and have been .ruined at
Inst; the children that have been robbed
of a decent bringing up by vuin and
reckless mothers: woist of All, the mil
lions of innocent girls who, since history
began, have sold their souls for an orna
ment,' for a. frock, for a tinsel glm
cruder There Was a great deal of sound
good sense In sumptuary laws." The
other Is by Thomas A. Janvier, "and de
scribes very entertainingly, "A Feastdav
on the Rhone." Mrs. Ward's new serial
progresses finely, and there Is an acces
sion of Interest-to Professor Slonne's life
of Napoleon, which here treats of Bona
parte as the dictator of continental
Europe..
II. II II
There nre two conceits In the January
Philistine either of which would alone
be worth double the price of admission
(or rather acquisition). The first pur
ports to be a letter from Ruskln protest
ing in true Itusktnlun lustiness against
manners and things In general; and the
second Is Elbert Hubbard's sprightly
narrative describing the reasons which
led to the more or less signal failure of
a certain initially promising and roseate
experiment in communism. Concern
ing the latter we refer the Inquiring
reader to the thing- Itself; but ns to the
former, it -doesn't take great penetra
tion to discover Mr. Hubbard's handi
work In that, also, which probably ac
counts for its enjoyableness. Witness
Its ijeroratlon, nnd then dare to tell me
that It Isn't "true to life:" "Whenever,
therefore, any new industry Is started,
such as this of picture-making, the
mtiklng of beautiful hand-made books
(with a text to match), cr hand-made
lace or delicate precious things born of
a marriage of hand and brain. I pray
you patronize It and thus do yourselves
and the maker good. And to makers of
these precious things. I say, If you have
done no good by painting pictures nnd
inakiiifT beautiful books, ut least you
hnve done no serious mischief. A bad
picture Is Indeed a fjeeale thing to have
In the house, and in a certain sense a
Jabberwocky thing, but a dull book is
harmless and often looks well on the
center table, and neither will blow the
roof off. Whereas, of most things
which the English. French and Ger
mans are paid for making nowadays
cartridges, rannon and tho like you
know the bct thing; we can possibly
hope Is that they may be useless, and
the net result of them zero. There
fore 1 do pray that you will give your
attention to good things buy books and
read them and annoy your neighbors no
more than conscience dictates and
emergencies demand."
II II II
Four excellent portraits of operatic
celebrities, namely Mile. Francis Sn
vllle, Mme. Nordlca, Pol. Plancon and
Ifelnrich Meyn, appear In the January
Looker-On, together with one capital
short story, one play and live special
articles, not to speak of Henry T. Fink's
musical comment and gossip and Will
lam II. Fleming's dramatic notes and
lniok reviews. The special articles
are by Frederic Dean, who writes of
"Ea Navarralse;" W. J. Henderson, who
discourses upon "The New Tristan and
Isolde;" Philip ITule, who writes con
cerning1 "Tho Fnntnstical Jules La
forgne;" Francis Walker, who describes
"A Singer's Outing;" nnd W. J. llolfe,
whose paper, the leading and by all
odds the most interesting one of the
number, treats of "Shakespeare's Allu
sions to Music." The lover of music
who does not read the Looker-Un with
regularity misses much.
LITERARY GOSSIP.
Title coining, observes the Philadelphia
Record, hus always been a hiKhly-renarded
art ever since that ancient dramatist
shouted In (treat Joy and vowed to dedi
cate hecatomb ti his triumph. But the
tendency has become alarming; In these
latter days. That InRenlous playwright,
Henry Arthur Jones, has gone from prolix
names to such a title as "Michael and His
I,ost Angel," reminding us of Hardy's
"Jude. tho Obscure." We have already
noted Ilarrle's "Sentimental Tommy" ami
Jerome's "Hlase Hilly." "CJ" sends out a
novel called "la." one firm Issues "The
Sin Kater" and "The Gods Give .My
Donkey Wings." And the end Is not yet!
The Chicago Tribune plveg an lnteri?tliig
accout of Klbert Hubbard, the author
of "Little Journeys," "Force of Har
vard," "The Man," and other books of
note. Mr. Hubbard Is pretty well known
in Scranton. He is a cousin of Miss Leah
Heath. The Tribune says: "He was born
on a furm at Hudson, McLean county, a
trim little village on the Illinois Central,
Just a hundred miles eoutii of Chicago.
Mr. Hubbard's -parent still live there.
His father is Silas Hubbard, M. P.. a re
r.pectable old physician, who drives about
the country seeing hi patients in an an
tiquated gig. ilrawn by a bub-tailed white
horse, whiih, If the neighbors tell the
truth. Is JJ years old. The old doctor is
somewhut boastful of his son's ability
in fact. Is Inclined to talk of little else.
" 'Yes, Elbert was always smart, said
the old Kentleman to the Tribune reporter,
'but a bit headstrong: I had to hold him
back considerable, or no tellln' what he
would a" come to.'
" 'Hut you gave him a good education T
" 'Of course. I sent him to school win
ters and taught him myself In the sum
merthat Is evenings, after the work ws
done.'
" "And you were going to make a doc
tor of him?'
" 'Yes; but he ran away
" 'Uideed?'
" 'Tea, he was plowing In a field, and
he just tied the horses to a rail fence,
climbed on board a passing freight train
that was going slow on the up-grude, and
went to Chicago.'
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Literary Men and Women
" 'And did you go after himT
"'Not I: his mother wanted to didn't
you mother? She was nearly crazy, but 1
said: 'He's a Hubbard leave bis alone;
he'll take care of himself!'
" 'Hut didn't he write to you?'
" 'Yes; said he'd gone off to get rich.
" 'Of course that is what they all say,
and then como sneaking home the next
week.'
" "But you're wrong dead wrong. He
didn't come bnck for leti years, and when
he did he was well enough off to buy the
whole village three times over, and then
what do you think he did?'
" 'Try to get richer. 1 suppose.'
" 'No; you're wrong uguin. He's a Hub
bard: you can't m vtr tell whut they'll
do. lie told out, quit busineiti, put hi
money in bonds anrt real estate, and went
off to Harvard university. Why, he mttiht
have been a millionaire."
" 'But you uro not sorry he went to col
lege?' " '11, no. Hesldes college he's been to
1 re b ml. Knvland, Europe and Aluxkn, and
Mexico and everywhere. Hut I'm not
afrnld to trust lilm anywhere. I brought
him up right; he never uses tobaci-o nor
drinks nor swears.'
" 'Hut about his books.'
" 'Ves, he's wrlifcn si-veral books. Some
he's proud of und some he's ashamed of.
Uut those '1.1; tic Journeys' why, good
ness me! how many is It they print every
month? Mother, how many is It liu.Oou or
aiMwi.ww?
" 'And where is his home now?'
" 'lie did live In liufTalo. but he calls
East Aurora, N. Y., his homo now. He
hus a furm there.' "
-:i:-
Dr. Conan Uoyle Is certainly playfully
satirical upon his adopted calling. "In
novi'ls." he says, "the fmnll complaints
do not exlxt. No one gets quinsy or
shingles or mumps In a novel. Think of
Angelina having the mumps and Kdwln
catching them from her! Hoth with .pre
posterously swollen cheeks, but as loving
as ever. Heart disease," he says, "Is
common, but then heart disease as we
know it Is usually the sequel of some fore
going disease of which we never heHr any
thing In the romance. Then there is the
mysterious muludy called brain fever,
which always attacks the heroine after
a crlnls but which Is unknown tinder that
name to the text book.. People when they
are overexcited In novels fall down in a fit.
In a fairly large experience I have never
known any one to do no In real ife. All
the diseases, loo, belong to tho uppermost
part cf the body. The novelist never
strikes below the belt."
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ACTHOR3 AND PCm.iaiiRRa-
William -Morris' new edition of Chnucer.
printed at the Kelmsecit press, Is one of
the dearest books published. The copies
on vellum cost gulneax, H10 each. An
edition of MorrlV "Kai !hlvt Paradise," to
be Ixsued In eight volumes, will cost tl'Su.
Some of the letters relating to Uiirns,
discovered recently, along with holograph
reproductions of Hcott. Byron, Moore, Dick
ens, Haydn, Iteethoven and Weber, In nil
old casitle in Caithness, will akaalncoivior
ntfd In Mr. Henley's edition of Hums'
E!fe nnd Letters, t be Issued next year.
Marie Antolnclte copy of La Fontaine s
Fa'bles was sold at 'v recent London auc
tion for SUM; the , Vlebrated Fermiers
Oeneraux edition of , - Fontaine's Conies
nroiiKHt ini: uiveri voyages Touching
me Discovers or Ame. a and the lsl.inds
Adjacent to the Snmrt 'OS:!, black letter,
ll.ir,; "A ler!."rmlon A .ho State of tho
Colony ami Aft'ulres in li'Klnia," 1112'), tfjoo;
Lord Myron's cry of "Kline de Antlcht
Autorl Tosoani," with an autoKraph note.
In the "1,'fe of Professor Huxley,"
which Is In course of prepaiatlun by Leon
ard Huxlev, son of th late distinguished
sclenllft, there will be embodied a con
siderable nunilHT of letters on subjects
social and political, as well ns si'lentiflo,
Addressed by the professor to an extensive
circle of correspondents. In his epistolary
work-and. as far as cl cumstances per
nVttr 1, Profowir Itiixlcy replied pr
sonelly to all communications addre-ssed
to himself u genial courtesv nnd tnl.
prance evinced that were not alway, ,
i-miPiui-iMiup in me pioiesaor s conirovr
sial writings.
STORIES OF BRET 1IARTE.
From the New York Herald. .
Several frie.nds of Bret Harte were
discussing a story of his which cam
out lntely In a leading periodical, and'
Kc-veral anecdotes were told about him
which have, I believe, never been in
print. The men were all prominent In
Home department of life, and tho con
veisatlon was held In the reading room
of the I'nlon League i Tab.
"I wonder If you know how Harte
became famous?" said one flne-luokinK
old man. "I was In the west at th
time. Iear me, It must have been 2!
years ago! He had been doing regular
woik for the California Overland
Monthly, and the editor looked on him
an a person to be relied on to do not
only regular work, but to till in gaps
when they airieured. One day he
rushed up to Harte and said:
" 'I must have half a column Imme
diately. Have you anything on hand?'
"Harte went to his ffesk and, over
turning a pile of manuscript, picked
out some verses, nnd threw them to the
editor with the remark:
" 'I don't know whether they will
suit, but I have nothing else the ritrht
lonRth."
The verses were 'The Heathen Chi
nee.' "The next day Harte was famous. He
has since done what he himself consid
ers better work, but the public, for once
constant, gives the higiicst i'raise to
the work which he thought hardly
worth printing."
"The first time Uert Harte came
Kast," said a friend the other day, 'ho
was to take In all the chief cities in
New Kngland. We who were familiar
with the Kant exclaimed almost In a
breath. 'How he will enjoy the beauti
ful New L'nslund fall! Perhaps the
gorgeounness of the foliage seen by him
for the first time will inspire another
famous Miem!'
"After he had been Kast for a short
time he wrote me a letter, which 1 can
tell you almost word for word. It ran
like this:
You ask me what hnn Impressed me
most since 1 left home. I can answer
emphatically the waitresses! I never
sew a woman wait nt table before. Af
ter my lecture In Concord I was waited
on by one at breakfnst. She said to
me:
"Coffee, tea. hnm, eggs anu bacon. I
enjoyed your lecture, Mr. Harte. You
had a most select audience!"
He never even mentioned the autumn
leaves!"
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