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THE SCBANTON TRIBUNE- WEDNESDAY MORNING, APRIL 22, 1896.
CEK1N SMNT Q'WELSH
Professor Kiao Meyer oa tbe Kelsb
laaguagc aa& Literature.
OLDEST MAS;' IX OLD GWALIA
Dr. Selaoa Eaten Ui llandred . aad
. Seventh Year aad Reeelva Coa
f ratalatloaa from tha Great -at
Stateeman of the Ag .
' Professor Kuno Meyer. Ph. D., M. A.,
a great German linguist, declared re
cently that of all Celtic nationalities
tbe Welsh alone would finally succeed
in keeping- up their native language
and literature; they would be practi
cally the last representatives of the
mighty Celtic world. There was a feel
ing prevalent In England that the
Welsh language should be left to die,
but this was based on practical and
utilitarian views. It was a well-known
fact that, of all civilised nations, the
English were the slowest In acquiring
foreign languages whether from In
capacity, lack of Interest, or want of
will he could not determine; perhaps
It was due to a mixture of the three.
Nowhere else In the civilised world did
we meet such extraordinary phenemon
as men living for years and years
amidst people speaking a different lan
guage to their own without making the
lightest effort to acquire a knowledge
of it. In Poland those belonging to
other nationalities, if appointed pro
fessor at the universities, were obliged
to learn the native language within two
years, and now that there was a Welsh
university established, he felt that
somewhat a similar rule might with ad
vantage be Introduced into Wales. It
seemed to him inhuman that a man of
education, nay, of learning, should
care to live for years among a popula
tion speaking a language of which he
could not speak or understand a single
. word it was like being Intellectually
deaf and dumb; nor could the sympa
thy of such a man be very deep with
the people with whom he lived. It was
a plty that members of parliament
should be seen either addressing their
constituents through an interpreter or
always blundering from ignorance of
the native lnnguage. Once upon a
time a Welshman wrote a letter to a
friend, but misdirected it, with the re
sult that It could not be delivered. The
postal 'authorities opened the letter
with the view of ascertaining the ad'
dress of the sender, but, as it hap
pened. the address also find hon nmlt. I
ifu, ana mere only appcarea uii
the ton the words. "Nos Fafrth"
(Tuesday night). This the officials
mistook for the name of a place, and,
for all he knew, they were still search
ing for a place called "Nos Pawrth."
The professor traversed the assertion
" so commonly made that a knowledge,
of Welsh was a hindrance to a proper
study of English. The advantages
possessed by a bl-llngulst was Indis
putable, A bi-linguial people the
Welsh ought to -remain. Welsh could
not compare' with English' as a. lan
guage of International Importance, but
whatever In the Welsh life was of pure'
ly native growth should find its ex
presslon In Welsh. A fact which was
not generally known was that there
also lived in Wales a trl-ltngual people.
These first came into Wales some 200
years ago, and one Abraham Hood was
. said to have been their leader.
Most of them had given up their rov
ing habits and had settled down to
trades and Industries. They had re
tained their Indian language, the Ro
manys. He had often met members
of this family, viz., the Hobertses, of
Newtown, the famous harpists, and it
had struck him as remarkable that
not only did they speak Welsh and En
glish perfectly, but their Romany was
. the purest to be found anywhere. Pro-
feasor Meyer hoped that .one result oft
the revival of learning In Wales would
be that some gifted Welshmen would
undertake to give to the world transla
tions into English of their own stan
. dard literature, for of all Celtic lltera
' ture Welsh was the least known in
English, and he laid considerable stress
upon the Importance, of preserving In
a permanent form the dialects of the
Welsh language.
THE CAPITAL OP WALES.
So far from narrowing down to a fight
between Cardiff and Machynlleth, the
question of where Is the capital of
Wales Is widening out. A Welsh na
tionalist thus advocates the cause of
Llantrisant: "1. Machynlleth cannot
claim a large population. Neither can
Llantrisant. Mr. John Ulbson. of the
Cambrian News, Informs us that the
population claim Is nothing; therefore,
1 take It that the smallness of the num
ber of Its inhabitants Is a strong point
In favor of Llantrisant. ". Machyn
lleth can claim historical characters as
having resided within its borders. So
can Llantrisant; not to refer to the
men of great renown of ancient times
who lived in it. I need only mention
the nume of the late Dr. Price, and re
mind you that he was once a Chartist
taking a prominent part In that his
torical movement, and that from a
Chartist he developed Into the arch
druld of Wales and wore a catskin
over hla shoulders during his perambu
lation and peregrinations in Llantri
sant and the neighborhood. 3. Machyn
lleth can claim that it has done noth
ing worth considering for the develop
ment of education In Wales. Bo can
Llantrisant 4. Machynlleth claims
It Is a Nonconformist town. So can
Llantrisant, and the latter place con
tlans within It specimens of Noncon
formist denominations of which Ma
cEynlleth known nothing, as, for ln
stance, the Primitive Methodists and
the Bible Christians. 6. Machynlleth
lays claim to a clock tower, which for
years was without a clock, much to
the disgust of Mr. John Gibson, of
Cambrian News fame, who tilled col
umns of his newspaper with attacks
upon the local governing body of that
town for not finding a clock for the
clock tower. ;' Llantrisant' can claim,
the ruins of an old castle and many
tumble-down houses, and that Its
streets are altogether paved with
tone. 6. Machynlleth can only claim
one railway station. Llantrisant can
clalrrt two, the Taff and the Great
Western, ?. My strongest argument
In favor of Llantrisant 1 that is has
always been national and anti-English.
In the time of Elizabeth It was one of
the places that supplied cannon to the
"Invincible Armada," which Is a far
better distinction than to possess
Owen Glyndwr's parliament, which at
the best consists only of a chair, a few
benches and a barn.
' THE OLDEST MAN IN WALES.
Dr. William Salmon, of Cowbrldge,
fiouth Wales, recently entered upon his
hundred and seventh year. The happy
centenarian Is In better health than he
was five year ago. 1 He Bleeps and eats
well, and his hearing Is fairly keen.
He rises about midday, dine at six.
ma goes to bed about nine. Prohibl
tlonlsta will learn with Intereest that
the doctor take a glass of wine, some
time' two, with his dinner, but he
ha not smoked since he was ninety,
neither ha he been out 1 for a drive
tnce his hundredth birthday. He wac
born In Suffolk, England, In 1790, and
eight year later came to St. Hilary.
near Cowbrldge, with his father, also
a doctor. Dr. salmon 1 the oldest
Free Mason-In thfj world, and has been
a magistrate for the county of Glamor-
' Iran tor ntty year, ana is also a deputy'
lieutenant. He had eight children, but
only one survive a daughter, who
live in southsea. This time last year
lie received congratulation from Mr.
; Gladstone, who expressed his "sincere
wish for him here and hereafter."
. . . . . . ,
'A CURIOUS 8 TORT FROM CARDIFF
There I a line of merchant boat
inline Md from Cardiff with a
hand painted on the funnel. A curious
story la told about this hand. The
founder of the firm, when he died, left
two brothers, who were on anything
but' friendly terms with each other.
After the funeral the will waa read
out.' It required the brothers to start
from a given point in the English chan
nel, the pair to be In the same boat and
row to 'the shore, and the first to touch
land with his hand was to be pro
claimed sole Owner of their father's
property. Quite a concourse of specta
tors witnessed the departure and ar
rival of the boat. When quite near
the shore the younger of the brothers,
who was a strong swimmer. Jumped
Into the water and struck out for the
shore. The other looked on In silence
for a moment. Then of a sudden he
drew from his pocket a small knife,
and, placing his left hand on the side
of the boat, near him, he severed It at
the wrist, then dropping the oar,
he picked up his lifeless limb, and
with one might throw landed it
on the shore in front of his brother, who
was still in deep water. If it had not
been for this act of self-mutilation his
descendants would not now be among
the richest persons In Cardiff.
TUE MODERN MlNCUAl'SE.V.
flow II Paid for the I.nnch with Most
Preposterous Tale.
From the Washington Post.
A queer character drifted "Into an all
night resort down town recently. He
seemed to be not overburdened with
cash, and after a few minutes of spar
ring for an opening he landed a rib
roast and a hot coft'ee in a mug, for
which the proprietor got no return.
Judging from the clothes he wore, the
stranger was an old soldier, and as a
further evidence of his winning ways,
he told between mouthfuls how he had
managed to get a free ride over from
Baltimore by playing hard on the con
ductor's sympathies.
There was something almost child
like in the old fellow's frank and open
countenance, and a glance from his
honest blue eyes over a pair of old
spectacles, which sat low on his ruddy
nose, lent color to some of his extraor
dinary statements. One after an
other of the assembled group attempt
ed to guy the old chap In a good-natured
sort of a way, but he proved to
be a past grand master of repartee,
and had them all silenced at trie end of
ten minutes. Thus Inspired with con
fidence, he proceeded to relate some of
the more stirring incidents connected
with his life on the frontier.
"I was captured by. the Indians once,"
he began, "away back In the early fif
ties, and never expected to see home
and little ones again. They forced me
ntcran empty vinegar casK, anu
'Where did they get the cask?' put
In one of the listeners.
"Gentlemen, do you wish me to go
Into petty details, or shall I give you
the main features of the story in
brief?"
The majority held that the cask was
of minor importance, so the narrative
went on.
"As I said, they put me In the vinegar
cask and nailed on the cover. The
nails were some they had, If you want
to know weher they came from. Well,
they left me out in the open air all
night, trying to make up my mind
whether they Intended to pickle me for
next season, or what. Fortunatel the
cask had a bung hole, whloh let in the
air. Along towards morning a lot of
coyotes got scent of me, and came
snarling and sniffing around that cask
till they finally knocked it over on Its
side. Pretty soon one of them got his
tall through the bung hole In some way,
and quick as a flash I grabbed It with
both hands, Just to have some fun with
tne beast.
"He set up a terrible howl and start
ed oft at a terrific pace, hauling the
barrel after him. We boundei along
over the stones and branches of trees
ui-tll I was tired out and let go of the
tail. it was on the side of a hill
though, and the barrel kept rleht on
faster than ever. Just like a bl rock
loosened at the top of a mountain. All
of a sudden It landed smash up against
a big rock and broke Into a- hundred
pieces. Fortunately I escaped with
only a few bruises, and there I was
right on the bank of the river. I
plunged In at once, got safely across.
and rejoined my comrades on the other
side in time for breakfast In the camp "
j ne oia reuow looked around at hi
audience over the top of his glasses at
tne ena or his story, but the charm
was gone. The corroborative light In
the blue eyes was not strong enough
ana he was forthwith dubbed the
Modern Munchausen.
A STRANGE OVF.KSIGIIT.
Nobody Had Told Hint How His Acts
Indicated Ills Character.
From the fhU'ago Tribune.
A tall, dark-complexioned man with
a four-days' growth of beard on his
chin, who was hurrying along Dear
born street .the 'Other day, suddenly
halted and addressed a sleek, well-fed
personage Whom ne encountered at a
crossing.
"Buggsby," he said, "would It be con
venient for you to puv that $6 that vou
borrowed of me about a year and a half
ago?"
"I'm deuced hard up this morning,
Jennings," responded the other. "But
I'll pay you Just as soon as I can. I
haven t a cent."
"I need the money."
"And you ought to have It. Jennlnes.
I'll see that you don't go without it
moon longer, uood morning."
Fifteen minutes later the tall, dark
complexioned man happened to pass a
saloon. Looking in at the open door
he saw Buggsby in the act of treating
a friend. He saw BuggBby take a
greenback from his pocket and toss it
carelessly on the 'counter. Then he
stepped inside,
"Buggsby," he said, tapping him on
the shoulder, "did anybody ever tell
you that you were a mean, sneaking,
lying, miserable, dirty, contemptible,
crawling, pusillanimous, low-down,
inievmg, gooa-ror-nothing, two-for-a
cent dead-beat?"
"Why, no. Jennings," replied the
sieeK, wcu-tea personage, somewhat
embarrassed. "I don't think anybody
ever am.
"Well, I'm surprised!" retorted the
tau man, turning on his heel and strid
ing out into the open air,
SHE WAS FOR SILVER.
A Strong Argument in Favor of White
- Metal Dollars.
From the Detroit Free Press.
The affection of the young mother
shone In her eyes as she leaned her
head against his coat collar, and said:
"wiuiam, aear " ..
"What Is it?" '
"I have never tried to interfere In
your pontics or religion, have I?"
"Not In the least."
"So you wouldn't take It amiss If I
were to suggest, Just this once, the way
I tnir.K you ought to vote, would you?'
"Of course, not. What problem In
political economy have you been wor
rying your neaa over this time?"
. "Finance."
' "You don't mean It!"
"Yes. I was thinking of the coinage
question this morning, and I want you
to vote for silver."
"What on earth do you want me to
do that for?"
"Because sliver dollar wouldn't be
o easy for the baby to swallow."
...'-, , ' ' ' '
' Chronlo Rheumatism Cored. .
Dr. B. H. Hettinger. Indianapolis. Ind.J
say: "For several months after sprain
ing my ankle I was severely afflicted
with Rheumatism. I finally tried Det
chon's 'Mystic- Cure' for Rheumatism,
and in 4 days could walk without my
cane; two bottle cured me sound and
well. I take great pleasure In recom
mending the 'Mystic Cure' to all who
are afflicted with Rheumatism." Sold
by Carl Lorens, Druggist, 4lt Lacka
wanna avanue, Bcramon
11INERAL PRODUCTION OF THE UNITED STATES IN 1894-5.
Compiled fur the Mineral Industry. Vol. IT. '
By RICHARD P. ROTH WELL, Ed iter ! the Eagtaeeriag aad Mlalag Jenmal.
PRODUCTS.
NON-METALLIC.
Abrasives
Corundum and emery....
Garnet
3 Grindstone
4 Millstones
f. Tripoli and infos, earth..
61 Whetstones
7Alum
S Antimony ore ,
Asbestos and talc
Asbestos
Fibrous talc
Talc and soapstone ,
12! Asphalt ,
1:1 Illtumlnoua
rock.
1-ijUarytes
15Rauxlte
16i Borax
17 Bromine '.
lSCement. natural hydraulic.
lSICement. Portland
20,'Clny, refractory
2!ICIay. kaolin
22Coal, anthracite
SSICoal. bituminous
IMCoke
25Cobalt oxide
26Copperas
27Copper sulphate
28'Chrome ore
29Feldspar
30iFluorspar
SllGraphite
S2Graphlte, amorphous
33Gypsum
24 Iron ore
35 Lime
36,Magnesite
"TiManganese ore
58! Mica, ground
3:t.lka, sheet
40Mlneral wool
41IMonazite
42 Natural gas
43 Paints, mineral
44jPalnts, vermilion
4.Patnts, white lead
46 Paints, zinc oxide
"Petroleum, crude
4S, Phosphate rock
49 Marls
60; Precious stones
GVPyrltes
52'Salt, evaporated
D38alt, rock
54 Slltca, sand and quartz
65 Sla tef roofing
"uUfSlale, oTFer manufactures..
67Stone, limestone (flux)
68 Htone, marble
69iStone, onyx
60-Sulphur
61jOther building stones
Total non-metals
METALS.
Aluminum
Antimony
64iCopper '
6a Gold
CS'lron, pig
67Lead, value at New York.
C8Qulcksilver
t9, Sliver, commercial value.
TOiZIno spelter
Total metals
Est. products unspecified.
Grand total
(a) Bituminous coal Includes brown coal and lignite. The anthracite production
and Colorado, (b) Estimated, (c) Kilograms. ...
ENDINGS 0FJ01 BOOKS
The Kind of Girls Selected by Auth
ors for Their Heroines.
MEN CHOSEN FOR HUME ROLES
Comparison of These and Other Slmll ar
Potnta In Reeent Novels - Uow ibe
Ilero llaa Improved Had Conala
Ions Almost Invariable. -
From the Chicago News.
It Is related of a certain famous edi
tor that whenever he was handed copy
to read the first thing he did was to
turn to the last sheet and blue-pencil
out the last sentence without ever read
ing It. He did this because he said any
one could write an article but it took a
genius to know when to stop. Rarely
was he wrong the article always read
better after his doctoring. Writers of
books ore aflllcied In the same way.
Their closing sentences are nine times
out of ten as suportluotis and awkward
as the extra goodbyes ladies Indulge in
when trying to break uway from each
other.
SAMPLE CONCLUSIONS. "
Taken at random from books which
have been published this past season
one finds a remarkable array. In Gil
bert Parker's "When Vulmond Came
to Pontlac" the last sentence runs:
"Their figures against the setting sun
took on a strange burnish radiance,
so that they seemed as mystical pil
grims journeying Into a golden haze,
which shut them out from the view
beyond the hills as the Angelus sound
ed from the tower of the ancient
church."
George Patson's "A Study In Prej
udices," which was favorably noticed,
ends for the husband and wife In this
Khastly wise:
"Cecily was soon sleeping like a tired
child and his own eyelids gradually
closed. How long he slept he never
knew, but he was awakened by a
strange sense of chill and desolation
which seemed to strike hlin to the very
heart. Rhoda was standing by his
side and when she saw that his eyes
were open she gently unclasped Ce
cily's hands from his and folded them
upon her breast."
"Chiffon's Marriage," by Gyp, is not
marked by brilliancy of epigram for Its
ending:
"And with a warm embrace he mur
mured tenderly, caressingly: 'For I
should be very much surprised If I
should deceive you, dearest!"
Mrs. Burnett's "A Lady of Quality"
ends with a quotation of the Inscription
on the heroine's ' tomb when she dies
In old age:
"Here sleeps by her husband the pur
est and noblest lady God ever loved, yet
the high and gentle deeds of her chaste
life sleep not but live and grow and
will do so so long as earth ts earth."
Robert Barr's ending of "A Woman
Intervenes" Is pat because it Is a cli
max not to be appreciated except on
reading the story:
"Because your treacherous, friend
Wentworth sent me your letter apply
ing for a situation. You got the situa
tion, didn't you, John 7"
Gertrude Atherton In her dashing
novel, "A Whirl Asunder," know how
to make a point valuable. Those who
have read the story know how dra
matic and effective is her last sen
tence: "Helena turned and went back Into
the forest."
Anthony Hope' book of short stories,
"Comedle of Courtship," ends multl
tudinously, of course. The end of the
principal story, "The Wheel of Love,"
cannot be given, because It has no bear
ing on the story true, if illogical. Here
are some of the other endings: .
"But, then, that is not the question."
"And so the girl did."
Mr. Hope, one sees, Is hopelessly epi
grammatic. , . . ' ,i
UP TO DATE HEROINES,
The heroine of to-day, It la .claimed,
differ essentially from the heroine of
the past. A glimpse at her In 'detail is
not out of place. '')
Gyp' heroine ha "pale, tender, gray
eye ahlnlng through dark lashes, a
law.
Quantity.
Value at
Flare ot
Prodno-
Customary
Meaaurae.
Customary
Metric
Tons,
aeaaurea.
Short
Short
Short
Short
Short
tons.,
tons.,
tons.,
tons.,
ton,
tons.,
tons.,
tons.,
1.120
1.106
i
1.000
2,SMt
90
27,200
29'
26
1.50!
l.btU
1.735
Short
Short
Short
1.574
84.450
:,160.00U
9,075
. 4.350
72,000
65.304
150
165
Short tons...,
Short tons....
Short tons....
Short tons...,
Short tons...,
Short tons...,
Long tons....
Pounds
Pounds
Bbls., 300 lbs
Bbls.. 400 lbs
Short tons...
Short tons...,
Short tons...,
Short tons...,
Short tons...
Pounds
Short tons...
Pounds ,
Long tons...,
265
501)
' 540
60,
45.804
21.
,044
19,08
4,
34,
23,
10,
IS
4.O80J
31.018
21.548
.
,199
.7581
732i
10.9081
13.140.
379,
7.813,
611,
S,37.j,
24,
a.r2.010,
,584 )
5.96:
444
172
766
,229
,738
1,004,297
4,455.928
1.209.446
4.050.885
110,877
1,061.794
22.246
,55'J
,433
34S
,29:.i
M83.S45I
80,879.404
103.758,967
al 17.86..,
..903.871
8,495,
6,
14,
b60,000,
2,
18.
6
r,706,S46
3
12,654.658
8.843
104.100
,550
,897
13,511
,000
27.2151
2,016.000
653
704!
2.697
Long tons....
Short tons...
I Pounds
I Short tons...
I Short tons...
Long tons...,
Bbls., 200 lbs.
Short tons...
I .nnrr tnna
19,00:
.400!
6,805!
349
150
273,493
770,
,846
165
301
11.880,
,5361
000
I.070.0SO
20,
2S,
b56,750,
1,
11.
829,
,000
370
i.148,320
1.243
73.1
11,924
377
74,890
35,957
11.103
58,936
45.000
13.000.000
Pounds
Pounds
Pounds
Pounds
.500
'.900
4
6,239
340
5,
750,
,776
0001
Short tons...,
Stort tons....
Short tons...
Short tons...
Bbls., 42 gals
Long tons...,
4?,593
ll
87.2421
22.S14
48.D27.3.16
43,167
83
111,209
8,445.174
1,711.275
40,762.962
2, 856.465
78,lnh
20,697
3.158.119
M, !!!
225.000
967.485
228,622
' 109.12
Long tons....
Long tons....
Bbls., 280 lbs
Bbls., 280 lbs,
Long tons....
107,462
11,798,659
2.341,922!
1.498,193
297.376
485.313
180.474
477,670
Squares
611,776
Square feet..
4,395,125
12,966
399.758
2,126.636
3, 576,853
29,000
Long tons.,..
Cublo feet....
3.544,39.1
1,601,459
618,532
110
488
6,331,279
Cublo feet....
1.450
Long tons....
441
Ib30,
378,877,939
Pounds
Short tons....
Pounds
Troy ounces..
Long tons....
Short tons....
817,600,
220
353.504,314
1.923,619
371
205
160,392
490,660
39.200
13,540,489
39,761,205
71,966,364
10,585,048
1,095,840
C59.824
6,657,388
6,764,572
160,867
145,906
1.056
Flasks, 76ft lbs
30.440
Troy ounces.
Short tons...
49,846.875
74,004
Cl.630,38'
31.403,531
67,135
194.092,119
6,500,000
f 1 678,470,058
delicate. Irregular face and movements
gauche."
The girl Mr, Paston writes about has
"a tall figure with the short waist and
long limbs of a young Diana, a small
head set buoyantly upon the full white
throat, dark eyes, placed well apart, a
mouth of gracious curves and a chin
that was not a meaningless end to the
face but a llnely modeled feature In it
self." Gilbert Parker's heroine ts dismissed
from the descriptive paragraph with
this hazy remark: "She had a warm,
impulsive nature. In keeping with her
black eyes and tossing, dusky hair."
The young person In Mrs. Burnett's
book had "limbs long and most divinely
molded, flashing, imperious black eyes,
crimson cheeks and lips and a dashing
mien. She learned full early how to
coquqt and roll her fine eyes, but It Is
also true she was not much of a lan
guishes as all her ogling was of a. des
tructive or proudly ogling kind."
In "A Whirl Asunder" the heroine
was a beauty. "Her tall, slim figure
was very round; the delicate neck car
ried no superfluous tlesh but was ap
parently boneless. The small, proud
head was poised well back; rich mahogany-brown
hair, crisp and electric
but curling unmanageably, dark-blue
eyes, warm whiteness of Bkln, the pink
of cheek und llpti were thoplendld fin
ish of a husty sketch. She looked as
proud und calm and well-conducted as
u young empress."
MODISH HEROES.
As to the hero well, there has been
but one Ideal hero since the days novels
were first written. Still, there are varie
ties of him. Gilbert Parker's hero In
"Vulmond" looked and acted almost
like Napoleon. In George Paston's
story the hero was "a tall, distinguished-looking
man of 35, with broad,
slightly drooping shoulders and a well
shaped head. His face was rather pale
and long, with sharply cut features and
eyes so deep-set that their color was
scarcely distinguishable."
Mrs. Burnett makes a fine figure of
the clllkf nf 1nnitnl In tiai- now atnry
"He was a man of unusual height and
majestic mien; he wore a fair periwig,
which added to his tallness; his laces
and embrolderings were a marvel of
art and his breast blazed with orders."
Furthermore, he had a dtep, tawny
brown eye, and, though the description
1b not more minute, one knows his fea
tures were noble and commanding.
It Is an Englishman one has to take
for the hero In Gertrude Atherton's, "A
Whirl Asunder." He Is shy and con
ceited, has the straight figure of an
athlete, closely cut black hair, straw-
solor mustache, a delicately cut, mobile
mouth and a :roflle delicate, sensitive
but strong; gray eyes, full of Are and
humor, and slightly heavy chin and
neck. Altogether he will take first prize
among this beauty show of heroes.
HEROES IMPROVING.
There Is more attention being paid
the hero nowadays. He Is dressed bet
ter and more conscientiously, though
no author has reached the point of pen
ning. "Adolphus entered the room
blushing sweetly above a dainty tie of
blue and white, knotted in such an ar
tistic way that It had the effect at first
sight of being careless." Will any one
ever forget the hero In "Thaddeus of
Warsaw"? Compare him with the
modern "hero" and keep from smiling
If you can, yet the writer recalls the
day when the woes and melodramatic
posturlngs. heart thumplngs and
blushing anguishes of Jane Porter's
principal young man quite "filled the
bill," aided by a box of chocolates and
a convenient window seat. At a slap
on the shoulder and a "Hello, old fel
low," this Thaddeus would have been
paralyzed, nonplused and thrown it
entirely, for he was too much engaifl
In heartbreaking deeds of valor and
theatric devotions to quite come down
to an earthy foundation. The hero has
Improved of late years as much as the
discussed heroine if she of former
days waa limp, lily and languid, he was
ranting, unreal and a guy. So things
are even.
Some women prefer heroes of the
Henry Esmond and Sidney Cartwrlffht
type others hold up Col. Newcomb as
a model the school girl swears by dear
Van Bibber with hi Irreproachable
wardrobe, gentle modesty and sharp
brain; the queer thing Is that through
a long search just made not a girl or
woman, old or young, can be found who
ha the remotest ghost of a good wor
r
IMS,
Quantity.
Value at
Plant of
ProJoo
Customary
Measure
Metric
Tuna.
109.500
385 349 $56,400
2.065 1,873 93.360
36.389 33,004 290.378
105 W. 8.625
1.788 1.622 26.049
1.609 1.459 78.303
75.000 68.025 2.225.000
1,083 982 37,90a
1,010 16 11.400
66.500 60.316 665.000
18.885 17.129 . 361.353
14.000 12.970 300.000
43.778 39.707 143.456
20.255 18,371 99.020
14.145 14.371 66.580
13.506.356 6.126 742.850
394.854 179 102,662
7,694.053 1,047.006 4.597.28S
749.059 135.879 1.430.089
b.?,750.000 3,401,250 4.500,000
30.910 28.035 253.431
a58.362.985 52.965,538 89.948,699
a138.079.466 125.247.053 125.489.488
9,927.348 9,006,090 15,258.935
6.400 3 8,640
14.118 12.805 69,846
45,000,000 20,412 1,350,000
22.195 "" 22.560 " "104.082
4.000 3,628 36.440
392,008 .' 178 17,640
1.100 998 4,700
298,572 270,804 974,219
16,950.000 17,221.200 29.662,500
b60,000,000 5,443.164 30,000,000
2.200 1.995 14.700
14.883 15.121 92.044
750.000 340 31.956
6,200 3 6,400
6.742 ' 6.115 69.481
1,900,000 862 114,000
12,000,000
47,084 42,705 1,086,767
118 107 118,190
92.000 83.462 8,740.000
22.690 20.498 1,588.300
60.652.025 6,420,742 42,647,701
831.498 844,802 2,577,643
217,700 221,183 587,790
150,000
81,000 82.296 353,660
12,521,498 1,639,178 6,844.348
1,367.638 173,662 618.740
523.640 632.018 653.128
645.361 190,277 2,062,239
3,786,599 11,170 369,062
3,390.000 3,444,240 2,542,500
6,942,533 668,593 4.0S6.261
800 66 10,750
12,000 12,192 192,000
33,000,000
428,266,385
900,000 408 495,000
433 393 68.847
386.453,850 175,294 36,944,988
2,265,612 C70.470 46,830,200
9,446,308 9,597,449 108.632,642
156,854 142,298 10,132,768
33,978 1,179 1,313,589
' 46,331.235 cl.441,087 30,254.296
81,858 74,245 " 6,942,890
240,615,120
6,000,000
673,881.605
35,000
S57.596!
4.44:
22.82;
505.000
401,89
75.654
148.120
95.032
42.928
919.841
98.
185.169!
35.125
83,466
58.304
34.689
1.25!
910.831
790,000
375.000
7,864
1,011,182
607,500
150,000
466.466
6,586,326
784.063
418.612
2.007.321
7.056
000,000
6,209,882
is the total for Pennsylvania, Arkansas,
to say for a French hero. In books
English heroes are handsomer than the
American ones, but they are never so
adorable. The American hero is usual
ly willing to admit the possibility of
there being another man on earth be
sides himself. There is no question over
the heroines woman, the various, Is
always lovelier than the last one.
A SILENCE THAT BODED ILL.
The Merchant Will Probably Be More
Careful When Talking to Strangers.
From the Marshfteld News.
A rare story has just come to light,
and although the Incidents are al
leged to have happened some time ago,
the narrative ls well worth publishing.
Once upon a time Mr. I. P. Tlffault en
joyed an exceptionally good dinner at
his home, and came down to the store
at peace with all the world. As he en
tered the building he noticed a shrewd
eyed, pleasant-faced youngman stand
ing near the door, and at once spotted
him for a traveling man. He greeted
the stranger, shook hands, etc., and,
In answer to an Inquiry as to how he
was feeling, replied:
"Excellent! Just had a fine dinner.an
elegant dinner! I tell you my Wife Is
a splendid cook. She does get up a
meal Just to suit me."
"Is that so?" said the stranger.
"What did you have for dinner, might
I Inquire?
"Oh, everything good roast turkey
oyster sauce, mashed potatoes, hot
biscuits my wife does make elegant
biscuits and then we finished up on a
good dessert and black coffee. It was
line. sir. fine!"
There was a quizzical smile on the
stranger's face as Mr. Tlffault was
called away for a moment, and then
he quietly took his departure. On
reaching the street he at once inquired
his way to the Tlffault residence. When
he reached the house he paused for a
moment, but as the odor uf roant tur
key and cafe au lalt greeted his nos
trlls he walked boldly up to the front
door and rang the bell. Mrs. Tlffault
answered the bell in person. The
stranger walked In, greeted the lady
effusively and then remarked about as
follows:
"I am somewhat at a disadvantage
In being an entire stranger to you
Mrs. Tlffault, but your husband is a
very dear friend and business ac
quaintance of mine. I Just left him at
the store, where he has been extolling
the merits of your lovely cookery.
When he found that I had not dined,
nothing would do but for me to come
right down and get dinner here, he was
so anxious for me to partake of the re-
past you had prepared. He said that
he was very busy, and that I must
waive all apologies and come right to
the house just as If he were here.".
Well, anyone that knows how the av
erage housewife likes to hear her cook
Ing praised can imagine the spread
that the gentleman sat down to after
all that Boft talk. There was nothing
In the house too good for him. When
at last, he drew a mingled sigh of sat
isfaction and weariness, the table
looked as If a cyclone had visited It,
On the pretext of having to take a long
ride, the well-fed "friend" of Mr. Tir
fault filled his pockets with apple and
oranges and reached for his hat. As
he passed into the hall Mrs. Tlffault In
quired:
"Did I understand you to say you
were a commercial traveler?
-un, no, madam, I am not a com
mercial traveler."
By this time the front step were
reached.
"What Is your business, then?"
"Madam," replied the friend of her
husband, "Tama professional tramp
a weary wiuie, and I bid you a very
reluctant farewell."
Then there was a slow-falling cur
tain, weird music and a silence that
boded 111 to the unsuspecting merchant.
It roil tie' Btorj of Htevena ..
- "A great many stories have been told
about my distinguished predecessor, Thad
deus Stevens, whose district I have the
honor to represent," said 'Mr, Broslus of
Pennsylvania yesterday, "but here I one
thnt Is new to me:
"Stevens was championing some bill In
Congress which aroused the opposlton of
the combined Southern members. He made
a brilliant apeech In favor of It and equal
ly oruuani apeecnea -were inaae on the
other aide, and tbe upshot of It waa that
Stevena was outvoted after a very bitter
and passionate partisan debate.
-sievena was atlil colling witn disap
pointment and biterneas when Toomba af
Ueorgla, in a taunting way, asked him:
' ell, now do you reel over your de
feat r
'Feel? anapped bark Stevens, 'feel? 1
feel like the poor man at the rich tnan'a
gate, who was licked by the dogs.' "
Washington Post.
HE WAS BLUFFING.
Dot Uadto Cavo in Whoa the Cowboy
Began Sample Shooting.
From the Detroit Free Press.
There were five of us who got to the
crossing of Kaw river at the same time.
and we found the old scow which did
duty as a ferryboat on the far side.
with the ferryman dangling his bare
feet In the water and evidently taking
things easy.
"Say, you!" called a cowboy from our
side.
"Wall, what is It?"
"We want to cross over."
"Yes, guess ye do."
"Come on with the scow."
"I don't have to till I git ready,"
"When will you get ready?"
"Can't tell."
It was evident that we had bumped
up against an eccentric character, and
as no one was in a hurry we waited
patiently for hlin to take his time. Af
ter fifteen or twenty minutes he called:
"Mebbe ye hain't heard the news!"
"What Is it?" asked the cowboy, who
had been delegated to do the talking on
our side.
"The price fur glttln' over used to be
a quarter, but It has rlz."
"What Is It now?" 1
"Half a dollar."
"And I've some new for you!"
"Wall!"
"The price of cartridges used to be
fifty cents a box, but they've come down
to a quarter, and I kin afford to waste
a dozen or so!"
"Shootin' at what?"
"At you! I'll give you five minutes
to make a start!"
"Kin you plunk that?" asked the fer
ryman as he held up his hat on a stick.
"You bet!" replied the cowboy, a he
sent two bullets through It
"That' 'nuff, and I'll come over!
This Is my bluffln' day and I hate to
crawfish, but If I must. I must That's
the trubble out In this kentry. You
bluff an Injun and lick a Chlnyman
and git all swelled up over It, and then
along comes a critter who shoot two
handed and makes you eat grass.
Mighty pecriollar how the price of
cartridges fell down Jest as my price
rlz up, hain't it!"
DiaaixQ wo 3 ms for bait.
Ail Expert Glvoe Anglers Pointer on
Economizing Labor.
From the New York Sun.
Some fishermen don't like to dig
worms for bait. In the first place, it
takes time. There Is also difficulty in
finding where the worms are
especially In dry seasons, when the
worms bore deep for moist earth, which
they must have to live. On the other
hand, If the earth Is so wet that one
can squeeze water out of It, the worms
drown. They prefer rich soil, aboat the
mouths of drains, places where the
chips of wood have rotted, in barn
yards about the outhouses, and they
may be found under planks and logs.
There are a variety of ways of getting
them. A small boy will get a canful for
a quarter usually, but sometimes one
has to fall back on his own resources.
Some men who know a wrinkle or so,
go around with a lantern on favorable
evenings warm and slightly ralnly
weather Is best and find the worms
crawling in the worn or barren places,
or among the grass blades.
A man once told about another man
who went to a favorable place at night
and by lightly tapping the ground
drove the worms from their holes. He
was led to do this by the curious actions
of a woodcock he saw one warm spring
evening. The bird, he said, would hop
up and down for a minute or so, then
stop, and turn his head to one side, ap
parently listening. Then he would
strike his bill In the ground. The jar
of the bird's dancing, the man believed,
sot the worms in motion and drove
them to the surface, or near to It, and
bo became the prey of the bird. It
looks very much to a naturalist as if
the man had seen a woodcock's love
making dance, but the jarring really
does drive worms up and so perhaps
the woodcock was getting his supper.
After a rain storm worms are plenti
ful, being drowned out, or Jarred out by
the patter of drops. A new way of bait
getting Is something like drowning
woodchucks out of their holes. A writ
er for "La Nature" says that 10 gram
mes of blue vitriol (cuprtc sulphate)
put Into a quart of water and poured
onto a favorable place for worms will
rive them to the surface quickly. It
Is also said that soapsuds will have the
same effect. The vitriol or soapsuds
make the worms think a volcano has
broken loose, and so seeks the surface
as quickly as possible.
DOES EATING MI L LOVE?
From the Times-Herald.
There are those who Inula! that they eat
only In order to be nourished; that the
time expended In opening their Jaws, mas
ticating and swallowing is necesaary they
know, but grudKed; that It would be well
If man could eat In secret and never be
seen In the degrading process of repairing
his tissues. A more than usually disgust
ed eater ten to one he Is a glutton, who
naturally does not like to be seen tearing
his food apart with eager lingers and con
veying it to nis tremulous lips is trying
to Introuun' a hypoilrrnm uim'esM
nypoin'inui pim'esM ror
fkod Injecting. A syringe Inserted under
the skin cnargeu witn concentrated ex
tract of ood renews, Invigorates and re
freshes him like a dinner of ten courses
oysters, soup, fish, two entrees, Joint,
game and sulad, pudding, fruit, cheese and
coffee, and he has not the revolting re
flection that he has been seen "gnawing,
gobbling and chewing."
The reason asslinelj for doing away with
a process which kills more time than any
other (except drinking) does more than
any six things to promote friendship, ami
gives some people their only respite from
care and worry Is the would-be romantic
excuse that "eating kills love." There Is,
It Is needless to say, no more fallacious
doctrine afloat. Granted that nothing
could be worse than a man guzzling his
soup with a loud noise or a sound as of
breaking boughs when celery is bitten as
under, there Is hardly a prettier sight than
a dainty maiden setting her little white
teeth into a pear, or even devouring the
wing of a chicken. There is something in
spiring, and even dignified, In seeing a
healthy feminine appetite gratified, and,
to tell the truth, dinners have been the
fruitful source of many an engagement.
It Is round the table that talk grows In
teresting without becoming too excited.
To have one's legs under another man's
mahogany Is equal to a flag of truce. Thu
food Itself Is in tempting array, the scene
Is one of beauty. Who dares say it Is vul
gar and gross to eat? Romance hovers
about food, even If one does not call it
"food" while ono romances about It.
Sauces may be poems, when concocted by
a chef and served to a nicety, Mrs. Har
riet Beecher Stowe and Mrs. Ann S. Ste
phens could set out a New England dinner-table
that, even If It were only In a
novel, made one Instantly fall a-Uream-ing.
What more poetic than "fragrant
loaves," "golden butter-pats," "foaming
milk," and "crisp doughnuts?" In higher
life what could be less earthly than riz-de-veau
and champignons, creme da vol
atile, ortolans, pomegranate and clotted
cream?
There Is nothing In eating provided al
waya one eats the right things, with a
clean tablecloth, among the right people
that can be considered In the least de
gree deleterious to that fragile passion
which anger, jealousy and fickleness may
dissipate like the contents of a feather
bed when opened to the air. Katlng under
elegant auspices strengthens love, and the
man who wishes to Introduce a food-projecting
syringe did not lost his Inamorata
through eating before her It he ate prop
erly, forswore those viands' which are dla
tnatoful to the dainty sex, and did not let
hla great appetite be known. Eating too
much does, kill love. ;
AK THE PLAYER-FOLK
What Has Beea and KM Be li 0i
Local Theaters.
GOSSIP OP STAGE FAVORITES
Paragraphs of New and Comsaeat Ca
earning the Inhabitants of the Miami
World-Annoanoemeats of Coaalmg
attractlone-Taeatrleal Tiding
A contributor to one of the Cincinnati
papers thus described Irving at a per-
formance of "King Arthur." from be
hind the scenes: "Irving kept himself
In his dressing room most of the time
and seemed to think It strange that
any one could find the slightest Interest
In watching a performance from that
gloomy first entrance usually occupied
by the prompter alone. The dressing
rooms, which both numerous and well
equipped were uncomfortably crowded ,
Dy tne immense Lyceum company, so
that It was necessary for Sir Henry
to resign the star room to Miss Terry,
while he spread himself out, with hi
traps, cosmetics and grease paints. In
the green room. Here, with a most
ordinary mirror, a few ruga on the
floor, a cheap Japanese screen before
the door, a shelf for his articles of toilet
and a huge sideboard prepared for the
entertainment of his friends, he made
himself comfortable. That Is, a com'
fortable as possible, considering that
he wore a heavy armor the entire eve
ning that might have weighed), down
the good King of the Round Table him
self, great as was his fabled strength,
'This Is a very stout harness,' said he,
as he buckled the Excallbur sword to
his girdle, preparatory to the entrance
upon the stage, 'and It Is wearisome
work carrying it about In faot, this
Is a tiresome play throughout, and the
part of Aruthur Is the most ungrateful
or thankless of any I have ever played.
Upon his return from the scene, how
ever, he clanked Into the little boudoir
with a cheery smile, his first utterance
being, as he moved toward the side
board, 'Now, what will you have?' " .
Speaking of the disillusions experi
enced by those who first visit behind
the scenes, the same writer say: "I .
have seen the Tlmarch of Athens cut
off a bit of plug tobacco, thrust It Into
a well-blackened doudeen, and quietly
enjoy a smoke while "lngomar" and
his band of barbarians threatened the
peace of the city, I have seen one of
the leading actresses of the day, cos
tumed in the gorgeous robes of a queen,
calmly blowing cigarette smoke at her
mirror. James O'Neill once said the
most horrifying thing to him, during
the famous performance of the "Pas
sion Play" at San Francisco, was to
see the Disciples lounging about the
dressing rooms with pipes in their
mouths. Mr. O'Neill Is an unusually
devout Catholic, and when he engaged
to play the part of the Savior In this
production. It was only after the most
strenuous persuasion and after he had
prepared himself by fasting and prayer.
His conferees of the company were not
so conscientious, however, and this
smoking habit could not be overcome,
even by the wearing of the saintly
robes, and night after night during the
brief run of the play, the afterward
famous "Monte Crlsto" was compelled
to mix with the sacreligeotts throng
who quietly puffed away on their pipes,
while women out In the audience
crossed themselves and prayed aloud.
It Is shocking enough to see "Hamlet"
with a cigar in his mouth, or Walker
Whiteside as Richelieu, puffing at a
brier pipe, but smokikng back of the
scenes was perhaps never carried to
such extremes as at the performance
described, one of the most memorable
in the history of the American stage."
II II II
One of the characteristic anecdotes
told of Robert O. Ingersoll Is worth re-
telling. When he was a lawyer In
Peoria a friend came Into his office one
day. Looking over the colonel's li
brary, the visitor came across a copy of
Paine's "Age of Reason."
"How much did that cost you?" he In
quired. The answer came like a flash: "The
governorship of Illinois."
II II II
FOOTLIOHT FLASHES:
Calve Is worth $100,000.
Delia Fox has JIW.WO in Jewel.
Cheveller's salary ts $1,5W a week.
Paderewskl's earnings this season are
placed at $:75,O00.
Lottie Collins will come to this country
again next year.
"The Late Mr. Oostello" Is Sydney Grun
dy's latest comedy.
Effle Kllsler's company Includes hef
father, John K. Ellsler.
Sarah Bernhardt has purchased a play
of a Canadian playwright.
"The Dazzler" has been revived and
the cast Includes flobby Ralston, Mut
Miller and Will West.
Sol Smith Russell begins an engagement
In Chicago April 20. In May he goes to
Europe for a summer vacation.
Dick Golden is happy over the fact that
eight members of his company have played
in "Jed Prouty" over 2.00U times.
Owen Fawcett has been engaged for IS90
97 by Daniel Frohman. He is one of the
very best comedians in the country.
Stuart Robson has purchased from Opie
P. Read the drumatic rights of that au
thor's famous tale, "The Juckllns."
Alexander Salvini Is doing such a large
business thu 'Manager Wilklson has de
cided to continue his tour until June 1.
Sol Smith Russell's profits this season
will be upward of $ii0,0UO. No wonder he
goes to Europe for his summer vacation.
Charles T. Ellis, who has been starring
for eleven years In "Caspar, the Yodler."
will shortly return to the vaudeville stag.
John Hare's American tour is under the
direction of Clarence Fleming, who for so
many years managed the late Miss Rosin
Yokes.
Clay M. Oreene has completed and de-
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livncu iu mufpie v.iiiict ,1.110 iiiuiiubui 1JI
of her new play, "On Broadway," in which
she will star next season,
Charles Frohman Is organizing a com
edy company for next season, and its two
leading members will be Fritz Williams
and Miss Katherlne Florence (Mrs. Will
iams). Richard Oolden will go out for a spring
tour with "Old Jed Prouty." His com
pany will Include Henry B. Watson, Qua
R. Thomas, Lon Stevens, C. H. Klttredge
and 'Mrs. Frank Tannehill.
W. H. Thompson, the eminent character
actor, refused a tip to a New York waiter,
and the latter broke a plate over the play
er's head. The blow was so severe that
a small piece of the frontal bone had 19
be removed.
In the "Lady Slavey" Walter Jones rides
ni-ound the stage on a blcvcle and sud
denly starts for the footlights, and, to the
trepidation of the audience, rides directly
out over their heads Into the auditorium.
Both wheel and rider are supported by
line wires.
In the cast of "A Tammany Tiger" H.
Grnttan Donnelly's new melodrama, will
be Laura Burt, Agnes HernilOn. Frank
I.osoe, Mason Mitchell, Samuel Edwards,
Marlon Elmore and others. There Is a
torchlight procession and other pictur
esque features.
Charles Frohman Is about to produce m
new play, "Secret Service," by William
Gillette. It Is a war piny. The scene is
laid In Richmond at about the period when
the city was besieged. The play will
show how the struggle between the north
and south affected men's minds and char
acters. It Is rumored that Augustln Daly' com
pany will be transplanted to London next
season. Mr. Daly has a theater in Lon
don and they say that Miss Rehan and
her associates will confine their efforts
to the English metropolis In the future.
Under the contemplated scheme Mr. Daly
will not abandon his New York house, but
will organize a stork company to play
there, and mayhap the American "prov
inces" will be privileged to see the new
company In lieu of the organliatlon head
ed by Ada Rehan.
The continuous performance seems to be
a haven of rest for married couples, say
the New York Standard. For years we
have heard doleful tales to the effect that
hushnnil n rnrrpd to seDantta from wife .
because managers wouldn't have two of a
kind In his company for the .reason, that J
If one kicked the other would kick, and
two kickers make more noise than one.
Among the most prominent couples now
.playing In-vaudeville are Marlon Manola
and John Mason, Mr. and Mrs. Sydney
Drew, Mr. and Mrs. M. B. nulls and Mr.
and Mrs, Charles Dlckso j