l appointed duties we have not been unfor-
.On the Southeast of the range the connection
E" E, tent of the former lake is now known for the
, Out west mad with envy.
I
dredged uswhile we journeyed. I say it with
preparing for the morrow’s march, to follow
our track, they decide to wait at Yumbuya,
(,
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NORWALK GAZETTE, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 11. 28st.
STANLEY A MDDEST HERO
He Reviews. His Wonderful
March Through Africa.
DEVOUT THANKS TO HIS CREATOR.
In All His Safe Wanderings Through
He Sees the Guid-
ing Hand of a Higher Power Than
Death and Disaster
Man—His Graphic, Stirring Story.
LONDON, Dec. 6.—The following are ex-
tracts from a letter to the London edition of
The New York Herald written by Henry M.
Stanley:
First of all I am in perfect health and feel
like a. laborer of a Saturday evening return-
ing home with his week’s work done, his
week’s wages in his pocket and glad that to-
morrow is the Sabbath. Looking back over
what has been accomplished, I see no reason
for any heart’s discontent. We can say w
shirked no task, and that good will, aided by
steady effort, enabled us to complete every
little job as well as circumstances permitted.
Geographical Discoveries.
“Over and abovo the happy ending of our
tunate in geographical discoveries. The
Aruwimi is now known from its source to its-
bourne. The great Congo forest, covering
as large an area as France and the Iberian
Peninsula, we can now certify to be an abso-
lute fact.
“The Mountains of the Moon this time, be-
yond the. least doubt, have been located, and
Ruwenzori, ‘The Cloud King,’ robed in eter-
nal snow, has been seen and its flanks ex
plored and some of its shoulders ascended,
'Mounts Gordon Bennett and Mackinnon cones
being but giant sentries warding off the ap-
proach to the inner area of ‘Tho Cloud King.’
between Albert Edward Nyanza and the Al-
bert Nyanza has been discovered, and the ex-
first time. Range after range of mountains
has been traversed, separated by such tracts
of pasture land as would make your cowboys
llg'dged by_ Divinity.
_, “This has certainly been the most extraor-
dinary cxpcdition I have ever led into
Africa. A veritable divinity seems to have
réverencefi It has impelled us whither it
would, effected its own will, but neverthe-
less guided and protected us. What can you
make of this, for instance? On Aug. 17,
1887,: all the.g_fficers of the rear column are
united-at .Yambuya. They have my letter
of instructions before them, but instead of
Which decision initiates the most awful sea-
son any community of men ever endured in ‘
Africa or elsewhere.
The Bear Colnxnn’s Awful Fate.
“The results are that three-quarters of
their force die of slow poison. Their com-
mander is murdered and the second cfliccr
dies soon after of sickness and grief. An-
other officer is West. -. m a skeleton and
obliged to return home. A fourth is sent to
wander aimlessly up and down the Congo,
and the survivor is found in such a fearful
pest hole that we dare not describe its her-
rors.
Cannibals and l’oisoncd Arrows.
stowed to their work. or the hopeful voice:
which rang in the ears of adeafening multi-
tude of blacks and urged the poor souls onto
their goaLj The vulgar will call it luck. Un-
believers will call it chance, but deep down
in each heart remains the feeling, that of
Verity. There are more thingsin heaven and ,
earth than are dreamed of in common phil- :
osophy.”
A Wonderful Picture. ‘
“Could one but sum them into a picture it i
would have a. grand interest. The uncom-
plaining heroism of our dark followers, the
brave manhood latent in such uncouth dis-
guise, the tenderness we have seen issuing 5
from nameless entities, the great love ani- :
mating the ignoble, the sacrifice made by the
unfortunate for one more unfortunate, the
reverence we have noted in barbarians, who,
even as ourselves, were inspired with noble-
ness and incentives to duty—of all these we
could speak if we would, but-I leave that to
The Herald correspondent, who may present
a very taking outline of what has been doné‘,
and is now near ending, thanks be to God,
forever and ever! ..
“Yours faithfully,
“HENRY M. STANLEY.”
MR. HARRISON’S MESSAGE.
A Synopsis of the President's Recommen-
dations to Congress.
W.\'S{{[N'Gl‘)‘l’. D3: -l.—l‘a:
received very careful ex cutive considera 5
tion. After kindly words for the important
and timely Pan—American and International
Maritime congresses, the president announces
that the Brazilian republic will be formally
recognizcd'as soon as the majority of the
Brazilian people have signified their ad-
hesioi to it.
Strong ground is taken for the immediate
extension and improvement of our coast de-
fenses, and the needs of the navy are clearly
and forcib': y stated.
The president is a pronounced bi-metallist,
but he does not favor the free coinage of
silver. He favors the use of the surplus
revenues in the extinction of the national
debt, and the gradual withdrawal of the
large government deposits in the national
banks.
I recommend a revision of our tariff law,
both in its administrative features and in the
schedules, and an agreement upon the evils
and inconveniences to be remedied and the
best methods for their correction will prob-
ably not be difficult. Uniformity of valua-
tion at all our ports is essential, and effective
measures should be taken to secure it. It is
equally desirable that questions affecting
rates and classifications should be promptly
decided.
The preparation of a new schedule Of cus-
toms duties is a matter of great delicacy be-
cause of its direct effect upon the business of
the country, and of great difficulty by reason
of the wide divergence of opinion as to the
objects that may’ properly be promoted by
such legislation. Some disturbance of busi-
ness may perhaps result from the considera-
tion of this subject by congress, but this tem-
porary ill effect will be reduced to the mini-
mum by prompt action and by the assurance
which the country already enjoys that any
necessary changes will be so made as not to
impair the just and reasonable protection of
our home industries.
The inequalities of the law should be ad-
justed. but the protective principle should
be maintained and fairly applied to the pro-
ducts of our farms as well as of our shops.
"On the same date, 150 miles away, the
officer of the day leads 333 men of the ad— i
vanced column into the bush, loses the path 5
and all consciousness of his whereabouts, l
and every step he takes only leads him fur- l
ther astray. His people become frantic; his :
white companions, vexed and irritated by
the sense of the evil around them, cannot
de'vise any expedient to relieve him. They
are surrounded by cannibals and poison
tipped arrows thin their numbers.
“Meantime l, in command of the river
column, am anxiously searching up and
dowu the river in four different directions;
through forests y scouts are seeking for
them, but not oil the sixth day was I suc-
cessful in finding them.
Nothing but Death and Disaster.
“Takingr the same month and the same
date, in lend, a year later, on Aug. 17, I listen,
horror struck, to the tale of the last sur-
viving officer of the rear column at Banalya,
and am told of nothing but death and dis-
aster, disaster and death, death and disaster.
I see nothing but horrible forms of men
smitten with disease, bloated, disfigured and
scarred, whilr the scene in the camp, in-
famous for the murder of poor Bartt-elot
barely four weeks before, is simply sickening.
“On the same day, 000 miles west of this
camp, Jameson, worn out With fatigue, sick—
ness and sorrow, breathes his last. 011 the
next day, Aug. 18, (300 miles east, Emin
Pacha and my officer, Jephson, are suddenly
surrounded by infuriated rebels, who men-
ace them witl'. loaded rifles and instant
death, but fortunately they relent and only
make them prisoners, to be delivered to the
Mahdists.
Ruled by Omnipotent Power.
“Having saved Bonny out of the jaws of
death we arrive a second time at Albert
Nyanza, to find Emin Pacha and Jephson
prisoners in daily expectation of their doom.
Jephson’s own letters will describe his anxi-
ety. Not until both were in my camp and
the Egyptian .‘ugitiws under our protection
did I begin to see that I-was only carrying
out a higher plan than mine. My own de.
signs were constantly frustrated by u-n-
happy circum'stances. I endeavored to steer
my course as direct as possible, but there
was an unaccountable influence at the helm.
“I gave as much goodwill to my duties as
the strictest honor would compel. My faith
that the purity of my motive deserved suc-
cess was firm, but I have been conscious
that the issues of every effort were in other
hands.
“Not one officer who was with me will
forget the miseries he has endured, yet every
one that starte}. from his home destined to
mall-ch with the advance column and share
its wonderful adventures is here today safe,
sound and well.
A Diodest Hero.
"This is not due to me. Lieut. Stairs was
pierced with a poisoned arrow like others,
but others died, and he lives. The poisoned
tip came out from under his heart eighteen
months after he was pierced. Jephson was
four months a. prisoner, with guards with
loaded rifles around him. That they did not
murder him is not due to me. These officers
have had to wade through as many as seven-
teen streams and broad expanses of mud and
swamp in a day. They have endured a sun
that scorched whatever it touched.
“They have been maddened with the agon-
ies of fierce fevers. They have lived for
months in an atmosphere that medical au-
thority declared to be deadly. They have
faced dangers every day, dud their diet has
been all through what legal serfs would have
declared to be infamous and abominable, and
yet they live.
lHe Can Quote Shakespeare Yet.
“This is not due to me any more than the
courage with which they have home all that
with imposed upon them by their surround-
ings or the cheery energy which they be5
These duties necessarily have relation to
other things besides the public revenues.
“’0 cannot limit their effects by fixing our
eyes on the public treasury alone. They
have a direct relation to home production,
to work, to wages and to the commercial in-
dependence of_our country, and the wise and
patriotic legislator should enlarge the field
of his vision to include all of these.
Extend the Free List.
The necessary reduction in our public rev-
enues can, I am sure, be made without mak-
ing the smaller burden more onerous than
the larger by reason of the disabilities and
limitations which the process of reduction
puts upon both capital and labor. The free
list can very safely be extended by placing
thereon articles that do not offer injurious
competition to such domestic products as our
home labor can supply. The removal of the
internal tax upon tobacco would relieve an
important agricultural product from a bur-
den which was imposed only because our
revenue from customs duties was insufficient
for the public needs. If safe provision
against fraud can be devised the removal of
the tax upon spirits used in the arts and in
manufactures would also offer an unobjec-
Lionablc method of reducing the surplus.
The president favors and promises enforce-
ment of the civil service law, as construed
by him. He favors the Blair scheme for
educational aid to the southern states, with
some modifications, and recommends sub-
sidies for mail steamships plying to ports in
South America, China, Japan and the Pacific
islands.
The \Vorld’s Fair.
Mr. Harrison says no word indicating his
choice for the site of the World’s fair, but
believes that such a commemoration of the
discovery of America is fitting and appr
priato. ' -"
The negro question is treated at length,
the assertion being made that the colored
people are in some sections of the country
denied their full political and social rights.
As a remedial measure he recommends that
complete Federal con trol be established over
all elections for members of congress.
A new building and more stringent legis-
lation regarding the transmission of lottery
funds and matter through the mails are rec-
ommended for the postoffice department, and
the hope. is expressed for a speedy settlement
of the fisheries troubles with Canada.
Other Important Recommendations.
Acquirement of the Cherokee’s lands, more
rigid enforcement of the land laws, 3. terri-
torial government for Oklahoma, legislation
for the internal government of Alaska, an
interstate law compelling railroads to use
automatic couplers for freight cars, the es«
tablishment of an intermediate court to re-
lihve the burdens of the supreme bench, and
high license law for the District of Columbia
are among the other important recommenda-
tions.
Dom Pedro’s Doubts.
LISBON, Dec. 10.—Dom Pedro visited the
pyrotechnic school last evening and listened
to various lectures with close attention. In
conversation he expressed doubts that the
new government of Brazil will add to the
prosperity of the country, but declined to
make any reference to the possibility of his
formal abdication of his imperial rights.
The Comte d’lllu and his wife, Princess Isabel,
will pay a visit to the Due de Montpensier
at Madrid, after which they will return to
Hsbon.
An Expensive New York lire.
an Yonx, Dec. 9.-—Fire at No. 36 East
Fourteenth street, Sunday, caused losses as
fellows: Dempsey & Carroll, stationers,,
$100,000; Simpson Hall, Miller & 00., deal-’L noticed by the department over which be:
are in silverware, 850,000; Morris Kuhn,
chocolate manufacturer, $40,000; '1‘. W.
message of j
Prcsident Harrison, which was sent to con- ;
grcss, contains about 20,000 words. It bears I
evidence that the affairs of the country have I
THE SOUTH m' mou me.-
Jefferson Davis, Father of the
, Confederacy, Dead.
LAST MOMENTS OF THE CHIEFTAIN
He Passed Away Fondly Clasping the
Hand of His Beloved Wife—The South-
ern States’ Grief at the Death of Their
Ex-Presldent—Funerul Arrangements.
; r NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 7.—Jefi:'erson Davis,
: father and ex-president of the southern
‘- Confederacy, died here Friday, Dec. 6, after '
About '
g a month’s illness, aged 81 years.
‘ four weeks ago he caught a severe cold
5 while traveling on a. steamboat, and his con- 3 conclusion that the secretary of war, so far
I
i dition was so serious that his physicians for- , from intending wrong, has adopted what he
E bade the removal of their patient to his
. Mississippi home. For a month Mr. Davis
_ has hovered at death’s door, now seeming
much better and again losing ground. For
§ the past three days, however, his progress .
/
JEFFERSON DAVIS.
toward recovery had seemed steady, but the
hand of death was upon him. Friday a con-
gestive chill seized him, and he soon breathed
his last, with the hand of his loving wife
fondly clasped in his own.
The Dying Man’s Last Words.
Mr. Davis made no dying declaration.
His last words were, “Pray excuse me,” and
were addressed to his wife when she re
quested him to take the Whole of a dose of
medicine she had prepared for him. Among
the mourning relatives and friends at the .
bedside were Mrs. Davis, Drs. Chaille
and Bickham, Associate Justice and Mrs.
Fenner, Miss Nannie Smith, grand niece of
the dying (ex—president. and Mr. and Mrs. E.
H. Farrar. Mrs. Davis, who had borne up
throughout her husband’s dangerous illness
with rare strength and bravery, was com-
pletcly prostrated when his death came, and
is now under the care of physicians.
The Cause of Death.
The cause of the cx-president’s last illness
was malaria, complicated with acute 'bron‘
chitis. Careful nursing and skilled medical
attendance had mastered the latter, but it
is supposed that the congestive chill, which
was the immediate cause of death, was at—
tributable to a return of the malaria. In
the repose of death the face of the deceased,
though looking slightly emaciated. showed
no trace of" suffering, more nearly resem-
bling that of a peaceful sleeper than of the
dead.
The news of ex-President Davis’ decease
caused a great sensation in the city and was
telegraphed broadcast throughout the south-
ern states. Messages of condolence poured
in by hundreds, expressing profound regret
at the taking off of the Confederacy’s father,
and tendering warm sympathy to his widow
and daughter. A large meeting was held at
the city hall at noon, and it was decided to
embalm the body and have it lie in state
until next Wednesday, when the funeral will
take place.
The Funeral Preparations.
Preparations are being made on the most
elaborate scale, and the funeral will be the
grandest demonstration of love and rever-
ence to any American citizen ever held in this
part of the country. The governor has al-
ready received numerous telegrams from
troops from all sections of the south, who
will be here to participate in the demonstra-
tion. Quarters are now being provided for
the troops. The public buildings are draped
in mourning, as well as many private resi-
dences. All business will be suspended on
the day of the funeral.
A Sketch of [is Life.
Jefferson Davis was born in Christian coun-
ty, Ky, June 3, 1808, but passed his child-
hood in Mississippi. He graduated at West
Point in 1828, and served with distinction
against the Indians for seven years. Shortly
thereafter he married Gen. (afterwards Presi-
dent) Taylor’s daughter. In 1845 he was
elected to congress. In the Mexican war he
distinguished himself, and in the storming of
Monterey and in the battle of Buena Vista
was conspicuous for his bravery.
In 1847 he was appointed United States
senator to fill a vacancy, and was twice re
elected. He was chairman of the committee
on military affairs, and was distinguished
by the energy with which he defended slav-
ery and state rights.
President Pierce in 1898 appointed Mr. Da-
vis secretary of war, which position he held
until Buchanan became president. His ad-
ministration of the war department was
marked by ability and energy. He was next
chosen to the United States senate, continu-
ing there until the secession movement com-
pelled him to withdraw.
Mr. Davis became the first provissional
president of the Confederate states Feb. 4,
1861, inaugurated Feb. 22, and in the follow-
ing year was elected president for six years.
After the fall of Richmond and the sur-
render of Gen. Lee, he was captured while
endeavoring to make his escape at Irwins-
ville, Ga, on May 10, 1865, and confined a
prisoner for two years at Fortress Mame
awaitinga trial. He was mleased on bail in
the summer of 1867, all proceedings against
him being discontinued.
UNNOTICED OFFICIALLY.
The War Department Psy- No Attention
to Mr. Davis' Death.
Wasnmarox, Dec. {—11% omcm notice
will be taken by the war department con-
cerning the death Id Jam Davis, who
was secretary of var under President Pierce
from 1853 to 1857. Secretary Proctor said
that he could see no good run: to omcially
take notice of the event. The flag, which
has always been lowered to half must when an
,ex-secretery dies, floated, as usual, from the
“top of the negated! ot the war department.
No announcement will be made to the army.
; Solitary‘and‘ilono among the material.
of war who have'boen, or my be, gathered
to their fathers, Jefferson Device dies uni
once presided. The pomdt of Mr. Davis
looks down from the galaxy of pictures of
ex-secrotarioa which adorn the wells of the
Stemmler, importer of satins, $50,000. The
flreis believed to have been caused by an
explosion of leaking gas.
chief clerk's room in the va- department.
l ‘ . T"
5 ‘when an ex-secretary disc, will any be placed
. about it. ; .. _.
The senators and representatives from
E Mississippi held a meeting and took appro-
ipriate action on the death of Mr. Davis.
3 They will attend the funeral in a body.
| ——————~_——-
' THE DEAD EX-CONFEDERATE.
; Thousands View the Remains—~Sccretary
; Redfleld Proctor Praised. ' ~ -‘
,3 NEW ORLEANS, Dcc. 10.—The number of
J people pressing into the city hall to view the
{ body of Jefferson Davis was not diminished
? by the rainy weather. At least 100,000 peo-
ple have thus far looked upon the remains.
. The city officials say that under the peculiar
3 circumstances of the case Secretary Proc-
3 tor’s reply to Mayor Shakespeare’s announce-
ment of Mr. Davis’ death was very graceful,
and gave evidence of a kindly spirit. The
Picayune says: “IVs;- are strongly led to the
believed, and what we believe, was a wise:
and conservative course in the premises.”
‘All the Confederate veterans are very
much pleased with the fraternal spirit which
characterized the remarks of Capt. JaCob
Gray, of the Grand Army of the Republic.
made before the executive committee. Capt.
Gray stated that he would be proud as a
soldier of tthnhed States to honor the
memory of the illustrious ya‘triot, so‘dicr
and statesman of the south. Ile could not
forget that Jeffrrs ".1 Davis had been. also a.
st.nl.lie1'01'the United Stat-es who had ren-
dered distinguished service, or fail to recog—
niza- that he was a great and pure man.
Jefferson Davis should as a gallant soldier
be accorded'n soldier’s burial, with every
show of the profoundest respect and love of
the people.
“If it is agreed,” continued Capt. Gray,
“that the body of the dead Chieftain. shall
be borne into the cemetery upon the shoulders
of the old veterans, I, as a representative of
the Grand Army of the Republic, shall cer-
tainly demand to have the right to assist in
the performance of that sad, honorable
duty.”
It is learned that all the army officers,
while they cannot take any Official action in
regard to the death of Mr. Davis, have.
great respect for him as a soldier and a
statesman, and will attend the funeral.
This rifle an-l many others like it were
given to members of the Mississippi rifles
who served in the Mexican war by not of
congress. As Col. Hollingsworth depos-
ited the old weapon near the coffin of his old
commander he began to weep. The scene
was a most affecting one and moved many
of the spectators to tears.
The Funeral Arrangements.
'1 he mayor and all of the city officials
were present all morning, but nothing was
done, as the arrangements for the funeral
are now comp etc. The {.Ii‘.);:2‘flllln.le agreed
on embraces a {Lucral procession which will
include all the civic and unitary organiza-
tions in the city. The corpse will be con-
veyed to Metuirie cemetery, two miles and :1
half from the lxczzl'l of the city, and the
procession will msrrZ; the entire distance.
There will be cigh. thinsions in the line. J.
1’. Gordon is lllcllilhllf‘d for honorary grand
marshal. All the committees in charge of"
the arrangements for the obscquics met last
evening. -
The Remains Photographed.
The body has been pl)()’£»'),;‘l'uplic.l by Charles
II. Adams, who also took a view of the death
chamber and the interior and exterior of
the city hall. The pictures will be used in
a history of the obseduies shortly to b4,
published.
The W’idow’s Card of Thanks.
Mrs. Davis has written a card for publi-
cation stating that it is a physical impossi-
bility for her to answer the thousands oi
telegrams of condolence that have been
poured in from all parts of the Unitcd
States. She therefore takes this means of
expressing her appreciation of the profound
sympathy exhibited by so many of Mr.
Davis’ friends to his bereaved and grateful
family.
Firs. Davis is Unu'ell.
Mrs. J. M. Hayes, daughter of Jefferson
Davis, with her baby, has just arrived from
Colorado. Mrs. Davis is not at all well, but
no danger is apprehended.
SECRETARY WlNDOM’S REPORT.
He Proposes a. Safe Solution of the Si!—
ver Problem.
TVASHINGTON, Dec. 5,—Secretary W indom,
in his annual report, proposes the following
as the “safest, surest and most satisfactory
solution of the silver problem as it is now
presented for the action of the country :”
“Issue treasury notes against deposits of
silvar bullion at the market price of silver
when deposited, payab:e on demand in such
quantities of silver bullion as will equal in
value, at the date of presentation, the num-
ber of dollars expressed on the face of the
notes at the market price of silver, or in
gold, at the option of the government, or in
silver dollars, at the Option of the holder.
Repeal the compulsory feature of the present
coinage act.”
A'Banker Fails. .
WHITNEY’S Pom'r, N. Y., Dec. 10,—E. B.
Hemingway, banker, has made an assign-
ment to W. D. Eclminster. Hemingway
also conducts a grocery and drug store and
Operates a steam sawmill. He was supposed
to be worth about $50000 clear. The
amount of his liabilities is not known, but
will range from $30,000 to $50,000. His
New York correspondents are the Chemical
and United States National banks. No
preferences are made. a,
Mrs. Dilliard’s Severe S'-ntcnce.
EASTON, Pa., Doc. 10,—Mrs. Margaret
Dilliard, recently convicted with her para-
mour, William H. Bartholomew, of the
murder of her husband on the night of Sept.
6 at Biersvillc, has been sentenced to be
hanged. An effort will be made to have her
sentence commuted to imprisonment for life
on account of the promises made at the time
of Bartholomew’s trial for her testimony
against him.
A. Liquor Crazed Policeman’s Crime.
MARSHALL, M0,, Dec. 10. ——A colored dep-
uty policeman named Vinegar, while under
the influence of liquor, in Higgiusville, fired
his revolver into a crowd of white people.
One young man was shot through the head
and mortally wounded. and others were
more or less injured. Vinegar escaped and
has not yet been captured,. although a posse
him.
A Drug Firm Burned Out.
New Your. Dee. 10.—Fire last night in
of men is scouring the country in search of .
‘ PMW: and TrucArt.
' “1° 1'13me Pbbtosrnph bid! fair to
become a very p0 nt aid to artists who seek-
to teach their pupils that reproduction is not
art; for it is clearly demonstrated by this
means that the real is in nowise like the ap
parent. For example, an instantaneous pho- V
tograph of a man in the act of running never
looks as much like a man in the act of run-
ning as the pen drawing of a true artist does.
The reasonis that the photograph reproduces
the one exact position of the runner at the .
instant the picture is made, while the artist
pictures several positions in one and makes
his man seem to be moving. Art always has
dealt and always must deal with things, not
as they are, but as they seem to be. We sit
and look at a runner. He seems simultane-
ously to bend forward his body, throw one
leg away forward and the other to the rear,
with both knees at almost an acute angle.
At the same instant he seems to swing one
arm forward, while the other is drawn back,
both being “shut” tightly at the elbows. So
it seems, for the eye of the observer is not
keen enough to see the position of each in-
stant separately. It sees the positions of a
group of instants, and the observer thinks
that these positions are simultaneous.
The instantaneous photograph shows they
are not simultaneous, and in doing this pre-
sents a picture that does not look like I. man
in the act of running. This photograph is
' going to be—indeed already is-a great aid to
science, but the only thing it can do for art
will be to prove that reality does not seem as
true as the ideal. What is true of the paint-
er’s and the sculptor’s art is true also of the
writer’s. He who describes things as they
really are may be a scientist, but only he who
describes things as they seem to be is an
artist. We frequently hear readers say of
characters created by an artistic writer that
they have seen just such persons. They think
they have, but they haven’t. It is the wri-
ter’s art that makes them think they have. If
he had actually described the persons they
have in mind they would say there never
were such beings on earth. Thus it comes
about that “truth (reality) is stranger (be-
cause less commonly observed) than fiction.”
and that “fiction (the ideal) bath a nobler
and than fact.”—Washington Post.
Romance and Novel.
There is a clear distinction between those
works of the imagination known respectively
as the romance and the novel. The romance
owes its name to the fact that it was com-
posed by the trouveres or troubadours in Re-
maic dialects. It was originally poetic in
form and is still poetic in substance. ,
The modern novel is a development of the
novella or nouvelle of the Italian, Spanish
and French literatures of the Fifteenth and
Sixteenth centuries, and run be traced back
to the fabliaux of the old Izl'ovencal poets.
The romance deals with great characters and
extraordinary events. The novel proper is
confined to a lower plane, and is strained in
its action by considerations of probability.
These definitions are more general than pre-
cise, but they will serve perhaps to indicate
plainly enough, though roughly, the differ-
ences we have in View. In point of fact,
many works of fiction partake in part of the
nature of the romance and in part of that of
the novel.
There is no reason why a romance should
not be, to a certain sense, realistic. ”We sup-
pose that most readers would class “Robin-
son Crusoe” as a romance, but we know of
no work in which the imagination is at once
more free and more sober. It is not a story
of common life, but its whole movement is
suggested and defended by probability.
Crusoe is never placed beyond our compre—
hension or our sympa by. He is always
natural and always human. In the “Arabian
Nights” we find genuinely human men and
wOmen, and we recognize the universal mo-
tives of humanity in their conduct; but the
machinery employed is largely magical and
supernatural—New Orleans Picayune.
A Public Scribe.
A reporter of The New York Times re-
cently ran across an interesting scribe. He
was an aged Hebrew. He made a living
writing letters for other people, and his "of-
fice” was in front of a corner grocery, near
the Hebrew district in New York. His stock
in trade consists of a cheap glass in kstand and
a few sheets of paper and envelopes, and
when the reporter appeared he seemed to be
doing a thriving business. “He had just fin-
ished writing in Hebrew script the letter he
was reading over, while the young man by i
whom it was dictated stood by awaiting the
addressing of the envelope, and another, with
a sealed envelope, waited his turn to have his
envelope addressed. He could write a. letter
to his correspondent in writing which would
be understood by her or him, but the envel-
ope, he knew, must be written so as to be n.1-
derstood by many strangers in the postal
service of various lands through which it i
would have to pass. .
“The public scribe could write in Latin
script, and he knew how the letter must be
addressed to insure its reaching its destina- ,
tion—and his fee was but two cents.
W'hile :
the men were being disposed of a young f
woman came with a small sum of money '
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which she wiahed to remit to her parents in -
Bulgaria, together with a letter which she ‘
would dictate. So the work of the old man
of letters went on. His face wore a benigna-nt
aspect, and his thin nostrils, arched brows
and large, clear, lustrous eyes bespoke him a
man of learning and of exceptional culture.
Hehad probably seen better days.”
The Painters’ Idiosyncrasies.
My father, being a scenic artist himself,
was naturally supposed to be critical. and
when the painte‘ asked his opinion of the
dome he replied:
“W'ell, since you ask me, don’t you think
that your angels are a little stiff in their at-
titudes?”
“No, sir; not for angels. When I deal with
mythological subjects I never put my figures
in natural attitudes; it would be inharmo—
nious. A natural angel would be out of keep—
ing with the rest of the work.”
To which my father replied that it was
quite likely that such would be the case.
“But why have you made Handel and Beu-
thoven frown at each other? They are not
mythological subfiec-ts."
“No, no,” said the painter. “But they are
musicians, you know; and great musicians
always quarrel, eh? Ha, ha!”
“Yes,” said my father; “but as Handel
died before Beethoven was born, I don’t see
how any coolness could have existed between
them. ”—J 09 J eflerson’s Reminiscences.
A Criticism as Is a Criticism.
The “Farmer’s Daughter” was produced at
the Grand last Wednesday night. Itwas one ;
the upper stories of the large wholesale drug ,
house of McKesson 8:: Robbins, 91 and 93
Fulton strut, caused damage variously I
estimated at from $60,000 to $70,000. Owing
to the peculiar character of the stock, cond
aisting largely of chemicals in various stages
of manufacture, the exact loss cannot be
immodiotoly determined. '
" The Deck Administration Condemned.
an Yonx, Dec. lit—Mayor Grant has
: received from the commissioners of aceouhh
the testimony taken at the recent dock in-
vestigation. The commissioners strongly
condemn the administration of the depart-
ment of docks, and urge an early considera-
of the most wonderful plays we ever wit-
nessed. It was like the peace of God, in that
it passed all understanding. ' The farmer’s
daughter evidently made a. mistake when she
adopted the stage as a profesion. She should
have remained among her milk pans and pur-
sued the even tenor of her way upon the
farm. Adelaide Cherrie is a‘ magnificent
looking woman, with a voice strong enough
to ditch a train. » She played the adventures
"cadmiutdet'ed peo lo who always insisted on
“coming back to e in the next act. We are
not aware what idea the author of the play
had when he wrote it, but it reminds us
more strongly of e mince pie nightmare than
I” thing olsa—Portunoutkto.) Times.
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