Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-01-11

vocabulary is limited 70 such phrases as
ssMy regards, +" "rhs issa beautiful wine
smooth az velvet" "No headache even
In a bogshead Of IT," etc. One OF them
was asked by an acquaintance OF mine
how much champagne he could drink. He
reflected a moment, as II the subject had
never occurred TO him before, aud then
replied: "Well, don't know. l can
get away with as much as is necessary"
"But how much 10 an EVENING" was
the next inquiry.
The agent answered thoughtfully. al
can take eight or ten quarts without feel
Ing 1t. | don't remember that ever
went beyond that. But you see this is
such beautiful wine that no amount Of
1t can hnrt a man. Waiter, bring another
bottlel"
This reminds me Of story have Just
heard about old ex-senator Simon Cam
erOD, who Is now about eighty years OF
age Not so long ago he was at dinner
with some younger men, In Philadelphia,
and lifting mp a glass Of champagne he
said TO them 'lIoys, the first time !
tasted any Of this stuff was IN 1924. !
liked II so well that ] have drank two
/ quarts Of II "a day ever since.' This Is
hardly a good anecdotc for youth, but
neither would II be safe for anyone 10
act upon IL without having Cameron's
constitution and his other advantages OF
mind and will.
| Lieut.. Greely's book, containing the
narrative of his Arctic exploration, is 10
/ be issued early next month In two large
volumes, which In some respects VIII be
the most complete ever published upon
an expedition TO The far North. Those
I who expect TO ind In the work any new
! revelations as 10 the alleged cannibalism
among the survivors will be disappointed,
/ that matter being dismissed rather briefly,
| hear. But the story will contain details
OF suffering, endurance and heroism
/ which cannot fail TO make It intensely in
teresting. The illustrations, also, attain
| the highest possible degree of accuracy,
some of them being elaborated
from the original sketches by Lieut..
i Lockwood. The drawings made
from these sketches have been
| submitted TO the survivors, and corrected
again and again according to their sug-
gestions and by the aid of typographical
diagrams made at the time Of the eXpedl-
ton. Tho result IL that all concerned are
/ satisfied with their correctness. One of
the pictures, sour First Funeral" Is said
( 10 have affected some Of the men very
strongly, so that one of them said; at
/ Is too real. 1 feel as II | was there
/ againip Publication has been delayed
on account of the absence of Greedy In
| England and Scotland, where, by the
way, he has been received by learned 5ocle-
! ties with degree OF attention and honor
that forms a striking contrast to the in
difference which similar bodies 10 this
country have shown towards him. What
Is the reason for this manner OF behaving,
so common in our country, with regard tc
men who have performed useful or gal
liant service? Ia 1t that we have Spartan
tendency and fear to weaken the fiber Of
brave men II we encourage them to do
their duty well or praise them too much
after II has been done? fear IL Is rather
owing to u certain Gallo ilckelness. But,
tickle though the French may be, they
take q great deal more pains than we do
to recognize manly and meritorious con-
duct.
A man well known in literary and dra-
matte circles, however, with wnom was
talking yesterday about the rewards Of
writer's In this country aud in England,
told me some astonishing facts. -. H..
/ Farjeop, who has certainly enjoyed n
good deal of popularity, has IN some
/ NAoNp obaN :" hbNNi III hbt uiOi' hhhh ~ tV :
and even this was not payable until after
q year. In another instance I'M English
/ publishing firm asked for novel,
1 for which 1t agreed 20 pay half
profits, but ON the following
/ terms; The author to wait one year for
I an account; then six months To be allowed
for him "tO Inspect the account" after
which bill would be given him, payable
! sis months later. IN ali, the author was
( to wait two years after publication Of the
novel before reaching penny TO say
! nothing of the time required to write the
novel! Even American writer's are not
/ quite 30 badly of as this, and perhaps
Lieut.. Greedy will reap greater rewards
AZ an author than he has received at the
| hands of scientific men at home.
GEORGE PARSONS LATuROP.