Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-06-06
Captain BOyt0n.

He is thus described by Washington
correspondent He is above medium
height, broad shouldered, squarely
built A well-set head, fair complex
iQR black hair, black eyes and we'll.
. trimmed mustache and an air of con-
scious power, to which nobody willdeny
him the right-this is Captain Paul
Boyton, who has been ore of the novel
ties during the few days of his stay here.
The dress he wears was patented i'll
1862, 10y Mr.. Mirriman, an American.
and has been in use ever since. 1t
weighs fourteen pounds. but in the
water the weight is not apparent, and
at the navy yard, Captain Boyton spent
two hours in the water, during which
time lie swan. walked, laughed, talked,
collected drifts Of driftwood with which
he made raft, on this spread dinner,
ate it, smoked cigars, read newspapers,
and i'll fact went through about the
same pantomime that he would have
done on dry land. He came out at the
end of the exhibition as dry as though
he had been in o parlor, and much
warmer, probably, than the people who
stood in the cold wind on the bank to
watch him. What an interest attaches
to the most commonplace action, il it
takes place amid unusual surroundings.
When Blondin tOsses an omelet in mid.
air above Niagara, or Boyton smokes a
cigar in the water, the eating of the
omelet and the smoking of cigar be-
come heroic deeds. Captain Boyton
proves once more that o prophet hath
honor save in his own country. The
fact that on the coast he saved seventy.
two lives without the aid of dress or
boats, never met with any recognition.
lie had to go abroad to win fame and
the decorations of forty.two orders.
which have been bestowed upon him.
Fictitious CRRATIoNs.-In the first
editions of Thackeray's Vanity Fair"
which contain the authors own illus.
trations, there is . picture of Becky
ohXp hiding behind curtain, q wen
pofln her hand. watching the helpless
Joe Seuley. There is NO explanation
OF this scene in the text. ..
Some curious interviewer once at
lacked the great satirist about it. Did
Becky murder Joe, or not? he asked.
Ihackeray pondered gravely for Il
moment. Z" ! don't know" he said,
earnestly al don't know. But l al
wa suspected her.
BECKY wasan actual woman to him.
10 every author or artist OF vivid i'm.
agitation, their own creations are more
real, probably, than are the live people
ABOUT them and in proportion to that
reality to themselves, they are able TO
Impress others.
Mrs. Hawthorne was wont to speak
with d shudder of the period of mental
Prostratlon i'll her husband which fol
1owed the production OF the "Scarlet
Letter. The tragedy was al actual
occurrence in his life. For week af
Ter Re laid down the pen. Hester and
Ieari followed him as in the flesh. lie
could not Danish them.
have no time 10 devote to nv
enildIen, says the business man with
Sigh; for he really feels the priva.
sioh Of their society keenly. But the
eAcase Is un insufficient one he should
' ma@e tlme-let other things go for no
II;a'y IL more important thar lie owes
h's offspring.
n Science" says DR.. Holmes, sis q
Sh~M piece Of furniture for man to
have lave IN an upper chamber, provided he
N"H common sense ON the ground floor "