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TWELVE PAGES.
SCRANOOK, MARCH 2f. 1002.
Wo stiesH that tlio jury which tlu
Times calls "Inexperienced" for comlnfr
in when it had reached a verdict was
less Inexperienced than honest. Its
precedent Is one to perpetuate.
Choosing the Wrong NVfay.
"XDRU the new charter the re
corder lias many duties and
lesponslbllities, hut we are
aware of no clause in that
instrument which makes him the cus
todian of the morals of councllmen. The
resolution of commou council, request
ins the recorder to investigate current
rumors of bribery in councils and to
"take such action as the result of his
investigation shall warrant" is admir
able in purpose but, as we view it, un
wise in method. The relations between
the executive and legislative branches
are such that it would be out of the
question to expect the recorder to con
ert himself into a detective bureau
with a view to scrutlnizlnjr the char
acters of councllmen. Eacli branch of
councils must carry the responsibility
of its own membership until the people
make changes at the polls or until evi
dence in legal form and through the
ordinary channels forces a vacancy.
The fact that charges, or rather, in
timations of the coirupt use of money
in connection with the passage of the
lecent gas oidinanee tlnough councils
have been printed and gossiped about
is ample warrant for u thorough inves
tigation; on that point there cm be no
disagi cement, ir boodling has re-es-Ubllshed
itself as an Industry in eoun
. 'iK the fact cannot too soon be made
known, with names, dates and amounts.
t5ut it is not wise or possible to invest
the recorder with the duty of sitting in
judgment on the membership of a co
ordinate branch. As well expect the
president of the United States to in
vestigate the charges, which every now
and men are current, of improper influ
ence among senators and representa
tives. If any citizen has knowledge of the
unlawful use of money in connection
with the promotion or the late gas
ordinance the place for him to take It
is before a committing magistrate with
iow to its eventual submission to a
While it is true that the new
i'ter does not tnke away fiom the
recorder the authority which the mayor
had under the old system to hold police
court, the fact that it provides a separ
ate machinery for the tiial of police
.ases Is ground for assuming that It
contemplates that the recorder should
-be essentially an executive and not a
-Judicial ofllcer. Hut even though the
tiower to act were clear under the law,
'Its use by the recorder would be inex
pedient. Thcie are tilbunals fully
'equipped to perform such service with
out bringing into peril of confusion the-
relations between co-ordinate blanches
of the city government. This Is so ob
vious that wo wonder it did not at once
gain the notice of common council.
the Island. I have uninlslaknhlo evl
(lpneu of the good feelings of the Cu
lians toward us In my dally contnet
with them In tlavnliu, and when t go
to other pntis of the Island. Wherever
I go I meet with' kindness, courtdsy
,und evidences of generous appreciation
for the work we hnve done Und nre
doing. 1 think I can truthfully say
Ihln Is the almost unvarying exparl
cueo of all our oHlcers In Cuba, The
Cubans, I believe, keenly realize that
In very many ways the reforms In
stituted under Amerlcnn control have
been of Me greatest benefit to them In
almost every relation of life, und have
given them nn Impetus toward walk
ing out a higher destiny for them
selves, poUtlcaMy, socially and Indus
trially, they could not have obtained
otherwise, except after many yeais of
struggle and effort."
If wp consider the wide tempera
mental difference between the Cubans
and the Americans, and make duo al
lowance for the radically dissimilar
antecedents of both peoples, may It not
be possible to account for the seeming
Ingratitude of the former without Im
pugning their character'. Is It not
likely that the proportion of good to
bad In Cuba Is pretty much like the
ptoportlon existing In the United
States, judging each nice by Its own
standards? This seems to us a judi
cious and also an expedient view.
Cleneral Wood, upon whom the burden
of denllng with the Cubans has fallen,
has every light to be considered ti
trustworthy witness on these points.
We should take his reiterated opinion
In preference to hastily formed suspi
cions and prejudices.
CECIL RHODES VIEWED
WITHOUT PREJUDICE
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According to Mr. Richardson the
promoters of the Danish West Indies
'deal did not handle the funds with the
skill of the average American franchise
agent.
I.CII, IIIIOOIM I., ilwul, nml IIickg vvhrt
Uicw lilin el nip nvcrwliclmcil with
Ritct, The Iom Id NoiiIIi Africa h itip.
parable, for i n loubtcilly In' vv.m Ihe tmitcit
public mm that lui cur.v lived In that mitiny
Intnl.
The wrlltr nf llil. vva Intlntalcl.v netiuiliilol
ttllli the deccavd srcntleman. I hail the pleav
tire of liln company u,rn nlone, when he thiew
oil the e.ire of tilllclnl life ami una hidden ouny
from the Milgar Rare of the IliUe ulul the cnr'.
loin, und the Indelible luiprrvlon made cm my
mind, liolh In thoe prhute liilmlittii in uril
ni In ifrttln piildlu fuiiellniM ulildi It wai my
plfttre to attend with him, w.ih Unit hi- wus
not only a mighty nun, bit! tint he wan u mmi
ansloiM to be if benefit In the world.
that he lia been of great ten Ice, no Impar
tial person can ilenj. The thmi'iiiidi ctiipli.,il
In the diamond Industry, of which he Hat the
inaiujrliiir dliettor, newi tire in tpcaUnir hli
pralsm. Purine if many jears thai I lhcil on
the diamond flelilii, I neirr heaid one of .Mi.
Rhodes' cmplo.ies finale of hlni other than In
terms of recpect and Ljrallliule.
He IimMciI on the men bclnjr well paid for
theli Hoil.. When we Unci an cniplojcr of lalmr
bIwjjm icmiI.i to Kpral, lu hi workman, und Is
unlU'iF.ill.i wdl .pnkrii nf by them. It iiilirlit be
taken by thoe who know lilm nut, ai uj
Mionir prejurupllip evidence that he N not a
nan man.
"n one who know him niUtiiHled hlni. Ml
tuomUo win n sife n the bank of KukIjihI
lie wai ri'Ikioih, both" to friend and foe. No
one could upend u ilij hi Suith Afilct without
heiiinir of Mi. ItlmdcV KOicioaily. No joclety.
elthei Dutch or llngKsh, appealed to hlni fer
UvsNlance In vain, Nelthei deed nor colcr
cheeked the How of his betiellei nee.
.Many ban- .inlawed niirantlc fortune lu South
Afiica, but Ihe ,n oilier land and spend Ihe'r
mone. in other mirkels, but ltlioilei laxMieil bis
wealth In the country whole he nude It, and
there aie Ihoii'aniN of widow and oiplian and
men who had eprleiieeil lll-luek who deeoutl
thank him for timely and irenerous help. I
could give Jour leaders a ureal nnmbei of In-
V
Mjneis ef IhU kind horn my own personal
knowledire.
lie el the public a noble rumple of Imlui
(rj, lie was one of Ui hanlest-workluir men
llure. Prom i-aily inornlnir until late on In the
c cuing he bent Id mlichty ninrules for Ihe de
lelopnienl ot the resources of the country anil
the betteiment of the loiidillon of Ihe popula'
tloii.
N'o man who knew Idm ever seriously accused
lilln nf iolltltal rnrruptlon, nr epic'lloncd Ills
rninuiriihil liile'Rrlt. hike oilier ureal men, lie
hud Ids tie tt.it tone, but ninth of their nullum
was born of nay and Jealousy and political nhl
mildly. Ilia life wasj an Inspiration It) Ihe
jotnu men of South Africa, lie ro.se lo emi
nence by tllnt of Renins and Itulusliy, lie wen
humane and hemic, Thouitti nil Kurope anil
Otliei parts of the ihlllnil Wntld knew tli.it the
Mitabell made .Miistioniliiid their liuullns;
srounil fur moie tlim thirty jcaro, sleallnir
floek. slaughlerlner tho people and itilijcrlliiir
Ihe lhlns to barbarous torluun, Mr. Hhodes
alone put an end to thht state nf things nml
. tiihll shcil law und older In a country wiicr
surf ite area tmhraces T.V),0Ot) smiare miles. He
met those warrior chiefs In confeiente, amonir
thoM- bills wheie his liotlv will be burled, T,lth.
out any weapon in his hind, and there, with
only a hmilfitl of while people with hlni, about
two thoiiMiid Ihe hundred miles up eotinliy
fiom Cape Town, he nmiiKtd lei ins of pence
with tlime saatte tribes, which art already
bearlii'r ecooil fiult, both lor black and white.
II would be nlwiiirl to expect in him ahsoliile
perfection, more than in other men. He eon-fe-scd
many u mltike and deilnieil nol n few
criois, but, lakltii; him nn Ihe whole, he wan
the ablest nut mn-t useful man lint eier llwd
III South Afrlta, ami this fatt will be hcm,
home with IiKreiiflmr euiphajla now he has
lueathed hit last.
When the dtu of bittle hait tcaxd, jnd the
tliist of Ihe areni his settled clown, and whin
ptejiidlte has died away from the palpllat'nir
liearts of toutentllnR parties, I fullv believe that
the late lit. linn. Cecil .1. Ilhoihs wilt be ton
(Idercd b,e all tla-e of the loiinnunlty as cue
of the cnc-ilest, If nol Ihe trrcateat, benefatttr
lint ever lived and labored In South Afilta.
.lames Hughta.
ALWAYS busy.
Ihe Mcllm Hoots and Otfords,
In nljle rich nml rnrc(
l'or the l.aillta fair'.
Happy Tcct'trce from cire.
Melba Boots, $3.00
Mclba Oxfords, 2.50
Please Call
At Our Stores
For Your
Easter Shoes
and Slippers
I
Editor Wntterson perhaps thinks It
would be better If the president should
exchange the broncho for an up-to-date
auto and become an auto-buster.
Are the Cubans Grateful?
RIGHTLY or wrongly, the be
lief obtains among many
that the Cubans as a people-,
of course with honor
nhle exceptions, arc at heart ungrateful
Jfor, ivhat the! United States has done for
jthem. Not much Is said of this belief
public, but Its existence in private
accounts largely for the obstinacy
,with .which many congressmen have
.jjieeh" opposing' icclpioclty with Cuba
.jnnd'Mhe'luliewarmness nf nmuy other
.jconfire'ssineji who, jvhlle supporting
Hhnt pioposltlon out of deference to
hue administration, are by no means
jVlldly enthuBlastic about It,
When he was lu Washington the
jOtbev day Qener.il Wood was jujjted by
.;i nowapaper reporter to give an opln
,;Jort on thls'subjeot, He did not have lo
.reply; jr Jifi had any secret Ideas not
'J politic p. express openly he could easily
ttiavo parried the Inquiry, 15ut this was
whot he suld, and vu repeat It because
wti" tMhk It "a matter of fairness to
:lo,tsb:,tl,
"The condition pf Cuba today Is as
..peaceful as that of the ITnltetl States,
niiU"la8 peon sn for three yeais. In
vthut pei'lod r huve mjt lomui It neces
Rary to make use of a stildler In tho
Vnlttlntenftnce' of order, Such discontent
as' you'hiai' s due to tho talk of men
or factions who have been disappointed
n their personal schemes or ambitions,
hist aa an American who has been try
.Ing' tb Induce congress tu adopt a
.measure in which he Is deeply Interest
.j.td will declare that the cpuutry Is go
j. 'ng to the dogs when his efforts fail.
v "Theru Is no doubt In iny mind that
Vthe f'tjl t, , people fuOy ufiiifecliiteour
vgood r.' .;:lim.s atid the benefits that
J have fv j wtd our Intervention In their
i5tvft(f,'t "&tff,helrjlurary Control of
Instructive.
X TODAY'S Outlook President
Vreeland of the Metropolitan
Traction company of Now York,
one street railway executive who
has shown his ability to handle em
ployes so that he commands their confi
dence and respect, has a naner ex
plaining tho origin, motive and history
of the old-age pension plan lecently in
stituted by that corporation. We have
already explained this plan, but in his
artlclo President Vreeland makes men
tion of sometliins else which also has
instiuctlve interest. That is the Metro
politan. Street Hallway association, an
association formed by the employes
themselves, which, as Mr. Vreeland
notes, is "unpatronized by the corpor
ation whose property it operates, pays
its own bills, muses its own sick, buries
its own dead on a system devised by n
board of trusters of its on election,
and gives in fact the cheapest and
promptest known insurance."
Mr. Vreeland continues: "During the
brief term of its existence it lias col
lected, distributetl, and invested (in the
securities of the properties Its members
operate) over $100,000. Its main objects
are to secure to its members free medi
cal attendance, one-half of the wages
in case of Illness, and $300 In rase ot
death. These purely material benefits,
to say nothing of the monthly enter
tainments, theatrical, athletic, musical,
and instructive, aie secured to mem
beis at an expense of fifty cents a
month. It has a library of over fifteen
hundred books, and there aie pool
tables and other means of recreation,
representing an outlay of about $S,000."
It is only fair to President Vreeland
to say that while he modestly keeps In
the background his part in biinglng
this asoclatlon Into existence, It was to
his initiative and not to that of any
labor agitator that the association is
indented for its existence. He framed
the Idea, set It In motion and is in full
touch with the membership not as a
"boss" trying to spy on his men, but as
an equal meeting with equals and in
honest and hearty sympathy with their
efforts toward self-improvement.
To be sure, the beneficial results pos
sible In such an organization of ir,000
men are larger than could be expected
unions the much smaller number of
street railway employes In a commun
ity of the size of Scranton, It behur n
well' known piinclple of insurance that
benefits inciense with membership, nut
as we read of what has been done by
this New York Institution toward
steadying and developing a great group
of worklngmen we could not refrain
from wondering what would huve been
the condition here if, Instead of light
ing each other and setting the whole
community on edge, the management
of the Sciauton Hallway company and
the men who cantaln the foices of
unionized labor in our valley had co
operatetl to bring out of the local ultu
atlon results us nearly like those In
New Yoik as possible.
When the leaders of labor mid of
cupltul come tocether on such a basis
there will bo Iota more sunshine in this
troublous world.
PAY OF THE PIONEER
AMERICAN AUTHORS
LEWIS & REILLY, Wyon,4r'
16
ng Ave
EDUCATIONAL.
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CRANE'S.
'WHERE THE LADIES GO.
SUI1S
CLOTH JACKETS
SILK JACKETS
npu
The senate debate upon oleomargar
ine tho other day, which euibiuced a
criticism on Gneral Funston, gave
additional evidence of the versatility of
thut honotnble body.
TOLD BY THE STARS.
Dally Horoscope Drawn by Ajocchus,
The Tribune Astrologer.
Atllobbo Ca.t, 2.31 a. in., fur hjtuula, ilureh
', l'KK.
A chllti bom on thh tlj.v will note tlut ihe
imeJi'ltjUer ha a busliu'wIIKe dir when he con.
tfiniilutM an camiMtlcaii nun on the tliects.
M.iy the nulron or itulilen,
Who, vvtli liner IjiIoii,
.vppejrs mi uinltt on the moiion,
In .1 new l.'jster bonnet
With not a binl on It,
Have a life tli.it U fies fiom all kuiroiv,
An chcmioiuI balmy brorui cuius ihe iliougliU
of Ihe .voiiiij; nun to turn Hum (lie nihilitl
ton of the ni)lcrlou bowler tu (he baw ball
fcthcsIuU',
The nun who elelrM tj nioiiiute a spliH of
CluUtlanlly fn (hu nelshboihoml clues not Intnl.
ly U'irlii l) arming his QtUjirlni; with Hubert
rifles.
Too iniicli thlnkliit; without action u ul.
worse linn lou niucli acllun without tlilnkliijr.
It ea.y tu listen, but it i wnietliiiej el'ffl.
vult lo Know Juit what id believe.
The final touches to the ruof of Ihe Kaitcr
bonnet will be put un today,
A (peat man i liable to become tiicsouic at
mote rang:?.
There It et (line for Manli tu make a roaring
exit
I'rctlerick Mjnfonl, in the New U 'limes ."it-
urtljy Itcvlew nf Hooks.
I) LOOK baekwtml to the veiy lipftiniiins of
pecimltry levvanl for the American author
worth cmislilrrintr, the btitcist In tint it
Sect g.tinetl by WnsbliiRtun Irvlntr will
nillir.tll.v be suKKtltd lu-t. The Initiil ptrt of
the ".sketch Hook" was publlsheil In the 1 nllctl
Mates In KVI, an rilillon of J.COO toples .11 "
tents a eopv. livinjr, or oni' of bis brothels, .is
sumtil I lit; publl-hr-r's lisk: ami It is pieimittl
lint he rttcivetl cveiituilly itlioul i(X) on the ten
ture. Willi the exception of 150 he hail Inert
piitl for the wolk ot translating .t volume fiom
the l'lcnth, .mil votni. sltglit piulltR from the hu
nioious "Knltktiboeker" in lyw, the leltirns on
the sale of the "ketch Hook." were Inins'r. .list
c.irniui! in lii, own cotmtiy. He was at that
time thlrtj-sK tears old.
Twoscore jtais latei the t.ilml ttiun o the
money his works yictltled him presents the total
of ;siH,18,;.34. Of that amount JIS-'.KSI) U was
cltiivetl fiom .Us and the lcximr tif copviishts
in the United btalcs, an averase of Y.1,03'1.00 .veal
l.v iluiliit; llfl jcars. The laigtst letimis were
netted from the "I.Ke of Columbus," of which
llure was an abiidtttd edition for uc in seliinh.
'Ihe two foinn of the book binutrlit together
f'1,000. Xet in peeunlary pioht i tabid lied '"Ihe
Conquest of Cr.mada," X.T.Vi; tlitn "Astuui,"
which Asloi paiil Itvlntr I.KX to wilte; .mil .li
lt r that ltuu.iuticd wtnk, Hie " Ulunibu." !,-
llni), 'llonneville'.s Advenluies." M.uOO; " Tom
on the 1'i.iliie," x.'.lOU; Tuivon Jliscellanv,"
W,IW, and "'.eeicncU of the Conquest of Mialn,"
sl,."ilXI. The lea-e of tho copvilRhN of the "hkelch
Hook," "Kmckeibocker," "llracebiitlire II ill,"
.mil "Tales of a Ttavellti." fiom lbJS tu 1S-I"i,
litouglit ,t,2ill). I'miii lblJ to 131S living's winks
wcie out ot pi Int in this cotmtr.v, 'tnd a. notice
able fact is that, of the entile amount thev
earned for htm in the I'tiltul Stale's, .j,li:itW
came to him during? the last eleven yeais of his
life after there was :t revival of his refutation
and his woiks wcie olTcnil in a unifmui etlitlon.
Coopei alvvajs took pains tu tonceal his cam
ings. I'lofesor l.ounsbmy plates, in his Ihor
laphy of Coopti, thattthere apjieais In be no way
o( illscnvnlni; what umoimts he leteiveil. Ills
earnlnirs b.v his pin lies in with the publication
of 'The Spy," in lb21, and continued for tinny
jearc Illvnle, hovvevci, the total amount le-
reived b.v either, and espeoiillv livina's cutiln.-.
vvhitli aie known, bv the niimltii of .veais, or the
numliei 01 woiks, tlio amotuit itpicsciits and the
iimiU ma assume a less d ir7llncr appeirancc.
Until the peiiod auived of luipiecetteuted i-ale.
fot poptilai books and the quick aeipiiilm; of
wealth li (licit aullioi-, livlnn was ihe one
author ulnne who coultl be oiUiitl as an exam
ple uf vvlnt .t piolllit wiltcr inlrrlit hope to (jam
if lie taptmtd cleat populaiit.v on both i-ldes of
the Atlantic and retained it foity jeais.
It xvas Willis who took the bad lu liecunin.v
Buccesi anions tho-e autlinis that wile next in
succession aflei fivinir and (Yiopct. Hawthoiue,
I.mujfelliiw, Lowell, l'oe, and Willis were all
about the tame age, and they bejwn .iuthoihip
contcnipoiaiieoiislv. Holh llawlhoino and Willis
weie leading contiibulnrs to the Token, an au
mini published by S. (I. (ibodiitb. Tn the foi
nuv (inodilelt vviole in 1S.10 leeraidliiir foul
!.kolche, "'Ihe (icnlle llo.v," "Itoer llalvin'ii
Huiial, Ihe Wives of the Head." and "My
t'nele Mollneaus," tliat, as a pi. u Ileal evidence
ot the mifoutniuu meiit of the lnli. he would
olfei hlni VII fot the privihtfe of usinir Ihe Hut.
Mint of "The Twhe-Tiild Tales" were published
in the annual nieutlnunl at that pibe. I, Her
llawthoiue wasolleud b.v the Mine pulill.siiei s.tkl
lo vvtile a haul, uf UH pages on the mauiieiii, tus-
tun, nml clvilllirt, of all lountlics. It lemalis
tu be l cl.lt e'it. though, that (ioodrh h's ot lu t ills-
uvii, Willis, was dolus much betlei t li ill tht
icilu-e at Sail in lie broke away fiom New laig
land e.nl.v, and hastened m tvv Voik. There lit
he (.imp a jiaituet witu (lenrge 1', .Mori Is nel
Thioduie I'av in pnhlUhilig the Mliror, One da)
In 1SU, while the tluee laid lhelr heads liuclhei
lu Sandy Welh' o,vter mIhoii, to runs the tal'
it was agieid lu n'nd Willis abioad to v ilie
we-s'My letter For this uiideilakiui; Mouln and
1'ay Miaped logdliu Wixi, and i( wasagieeil Hut
Willis houhi lenive kIU a Utter. That was the
amount width lloitul Willis while he wan making
the atqtialiitauee of KmkIisIi Mitiet and piodiic
Ing the tlrt of his ',iwllllii' by the Wuv."
'Ihe book biougbt lilm lepute und i.Hdt), "all
ll-i d for expenses and uieumulaltd debts." And
tidily e.its latir, when lie eiied, something him-
ilar might have been it ported.
During this poind in Ameilean llleiai his.
tor.v tinder notice-, tin' i, while Willin was the
must popular and Ihe hcrt paid, lMgai Allan l'oe
appears- lu have betu the un; uiitiT of ti.it up.
utatlon who gut the leant leinuiieiallou, Ills first
cainlng was the prize money, $10.1, be letelved
In Hiltlnicre for "The MS, I'niincl lu n llottle."
After that kutce: he got eniplomeut as atUt
am editor of the Suiitheiu I.iteiai .Mtcu.-ir at
iflii a week. l.uei, when he wan a fne lance lu
I'ldladelphla, he cnuliiluiteil umeli to llurloii'a
Magazine at Ihe lato of $.1 a printed iagc, bev
nal of Ids hctl tales wile- piild'slitd In tint pe.
rlodhal at lint price, lie sent lev lews and -lit-lt.ll
ai Hells in Lowell's I'ioiirir In llo.lon fui $3
ami 1, and llmll ll.at puMleatlon falltl, leav
ing hlni one nf the unpaid iiediloi., In 1SII,
when b -vis Ibid two .vcaru old, be wrote to a
friend in u gcveimu-ut tifllto lint he would be
glad to Mciue auv icgulaivwoik whicli would pa
him fjnii u cai, "Tu (oln erne's biaiu Into silver
at (lie nod of a iin-stir," he tleilared, "Is, tu in
thinking, the hardest IJk in Ihe world." In
1S1I be won fif in (he llulUi VeurMKr a prle uf
UJ lui the -tci riilitlti) "Ihe Cold Hug,"
whicli liad Jiecli lejectnl by lluiton, and that,
with the single exception of Hie tithe r prize a),
read iiKiitioiieil, was I'oe's lust pay fm any sin
gle! piuduetlou. HU greatest sueeess, "Ihe
Haven," wa sold lu 1813 (q (he Ainnieaii llevltw,
a tecund rait- inonthly, f.r irl.5. 'Jhe Minor te
printed Hie pot in Immediately, railing at'eu.
tlon tu its rxteptioual qtialit, and it wa uuu
allutU n all the pjpct.s ot the muiiii.
The next bet aehleveuicnt vu '"Ihe Hills,"
published In Sattulu'ii Maganlne for November,
181!, the montli (ollowlna I'ues's tleatli. The id-
Itor pf that inagaiiue, who uetepUd the poem,
I'rofeesor John S. Hart, once lelale-d tu Ihe- piesent
while on bin way lo Hiltinioic In the spring of
ISI'l. liofiw.or Hart pittl 'li for the pot in.
Seveial weeks later l'oe rent the poem levvrltlen
and lengthened, asking for 10 addition il. That
also was paid. M hen Ihe poem was published it
was discoveied that (liahani bad also bought it
fiom the author at the i-.inie nite.
The Iltei n.v pay which Lowell and l.onsfcllo'V
letelved while theli iriutatioiiS wne m iklnj; was
not suflleient lo one outage either lu di-pensc with
the salnv of .t iuofo.-Mi, $,;tKj . .veil, pild
i-.icli at llarv.iul colltge. It Is infeiied Horn .1
pascage in Scudder's biogiaphv that when Low "II
had v'-no In hind be felt at cue in monev at
flits. Longfellow enjo.vcd ihe label of nun-.io
iition, pa.v oi no pi. Althoiuh the publisher
of "ll.vpcrion" failed and one-lnlf of tho idition
was seized b.v Hut creditois, the author wrote:
".No mattet. I bad His glorious Mti-faclion of
writing it." He also infoimcd his Mend (Ireone,
in 1SIO, that all Hie publishevs, vvhetlitr of books
or periotlleals, weio despeiatel- poor just then
anil that the editor of the linlckelboLker Maga
zine had not piid him for bis work the List
tluee eais. A letter, though, iiont I'alk Henja
mill at the beginning of tint .veil makes it ap
paient that Hie cuilor of the New- 'V-nik World
was not without motie.v. "Vour ballad, 'The
W icik of the llespciits, " he tut woul lu Long
fellow, "Is gtand. Inclosed are V-, the bum Ou
mcnlioiipil foi it. Hie hkeleton In nnor"
was printed in ihe KnltkcrbotLei foi January,
1811. nml the pa tor it was s-j. A few months
later Sun Want, who was then ia Wall slreot,
began to act as Longfellow', literal' broker in
New- Yolk. He wiote lu Wan! Hill nenjnnln
wanttd a collide of poenis and udcied siO foi
tath. "If jou have not disposed of 'CI, tries
liivei,' " lie diiccted, "send It to hlni. I shall
t-end him a new poem, tailed slinpl 'Kennel."
It is .is good peihaps as 'Lxcelsioi.' 1 law thoi n,
who is pa-slng the night with me, likes it bet
ter," Mention fhould be made that it was Wa.-el
who negotiated (he tale of "The Hanging of
Hie Ciane" uilli llobcit llonnei fot the Ledger
in li"l. Longfellow knew nothing of tiie alTilr
until Waid curled him a tlietk foi 'j.J.OWl and
asked lot Hie m.musitipt. 'Hie money proved
too tempting to le-isi, ltonuei mule Waul a
pic-cnt of s.l,nio for the sctvlte he ipudeieil lihn.
In JS77 H.iiptr -fc Hiotheis paid Longfellow $1,000
foi the right lu pul'll-h Hu- long poem "Iter
amos" in then magazine. 'Ihc-e two amounts
were the culminating prices fot lmgtellow'c- sin
gle pioduiticns. Ills executors estlmitetl in their
atcutintlng that the plates ami copnghts of (.11
his woiks in 1SSJ weie worth about aO.UOO. He
was an iiiilustilous liteiary woiker more than
lift eam.
Other items which ma.v be added, giving evl
deme of the lemumration that the mo.st famous
have recelvtd should Iueliide the first liiRlallni"iit3
of pai" tt Ilniiet Hecdicr Stowe, whicli excited
nllentioii. foi "1'iicle Toin'ii Cabin," as a se
lla! In Ihe National Lra, timing pait of the ear
1M1, the piy Was s"0t). .luhn I', .lewclt, a .voting
Hostou publUhii, uffered lu biiug out the .story
ill book foun if I'rofessot Stowe would bhaie half
the expense, 'lliat oltet was declined. Then tho
elailug publishei many tithtis hid leftisuil lo ion
sidcr the book thought twice, and bold! signed
an agieeuient on Maith LI, 1SVJ, to publli mi
edition of live thniisaud copies and give the au
thor 10 per cint, on all mIk, 'Ihe J It-let to her
the llrst fnui months was Mu.OUO. As a nione;--vvinner
with a novel Mis. stovte of touise left all
her toulfinpoftiWis far in the rear. I law thorn?
bad publish! il ''The scarlet Lcttei" the picvloti'
ear, and about tlie time Mrs, htowc was louiit
Ing bei thous-tnels lie had lu the b ink SI.WU, the
luoflts of Ids MitiiM, which he meditated invest
ing In a house and laud somewhere in the legion
nf Lenox, Vext tu the vvrltii ol fiction. 1'resiott,
(he most stitcttalul writer uf liUtorv, is belbvttl
to bate had Ihe l.llge-t llnaueiil exhibit among
Hip thief niilhois timing Ibu .ve.irs Immedlilily
follovvlntr (In- ipoth peiiod of "t'ntlu Tom's
Cabin" and "The Scatlet Leltei." six nionll.i
after the publication of the hut two volumes of
"I'hillp Hie Stcotul," in 1M0, he staled Hut a
lettltmtnt made with Ins publlshtis citaliled him
to cstlmite the suuv.-n of tlip work, lu Lug
laud It hid beta piililUl.ul in (our (.parale edi
tions, and In the Lulled States 8,110 Mt bad been
sold. 'Hie Inipiibe it had firmliUil to the alej
of all his othei woil.s had n suited hi un jli-oip-Hon
by Hie public o( about .ID.oiXI voluiuea. Thut
sale had luuuvlil him Srir.OtKi. Hut It was only
Ihe tiedlt side nf 1'icstntt'it attount in writing
liistnr, 'I In' dtblt would reveal, dating about
tweul-Hve .veais, a luge txpriiilltnic tor books
luiporled from Spain, and loenrelici, essential tn
his wink, and the- cost nf all Hie bUitotjpcil
plate. It was the plates whltli he letsetl tn ihe
publishers atltr Ids lepuutlou hail nuguilicil slit
lUleiitly tn gain him any solicitation fiom them.
The mininary of Hid value nf the uiithoishli ill
monty, In Hie long twilight, or gloaming, befoiu
Ihe d.iun of a golden age, nu, bo left tu a mm.
nient b llaard T'Talor, with whom the retro.
pect of ictonipeiue was alvvavM murii or less a fa.
vnrile pastime. Wealth," bo wrutc- to a western
flleud In 1&7T, "is never attained in lids (Otinti,
oi perli-ip-i in iiry oIIkc, by Hie highest puisuit
ami most peinunent form nf literal' labor. Din
erson is now seventy-four eai old, ami his lest
volume is the only one which lias approached a
lemunrraHvc sale, Hi.wnt is In his eight third
vc.ir, mid he itiuld not bit a motlest liou-c with
all lie ever reii-mii in ins mo rroni tils p.icim.
Waiblngton Irving wus neail sevcut .veil. old
befoio the sale of his works at home nut Hie ex
pense., of hh simple lift- at Bunnvtlile. I line
no reason tu complain of the i enumeration for
luciiy ileilied from Hu.- vvuiks width I know
Iiocst slight htciar value. Hut the t rjiwlutl jii
of 'Faust,' tu which 1 gave all my bet and
holiest leisure during six or seven cais, has
liaiill.v lc hied nio about as intuit .u a loitulght's
lrcuilnif,"
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