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The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-05-05

The Government is to undertake at
the Brooklyn navy-yard the construc-
tion on its own account of first-class
armed cruiser Mt II cost, including ar
mament not to exceed $2,50O,OOO
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-05-05
AT Old Point Comfort-You

AT Old Point Comfort-Young
Lady in hotel Office. uneasily waiting
for uniform and buttons to come over
from the Fort)-." Why doesn't that
man Gomez don't want to sit around
here all morning holding my hands,"
Clerk-blushing. but hold" Um- -er
II beg your pardon. Miss. but II it
would be any accommodation could
hold your hands for you" Critic.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-05-05
The South Wakino up.

Hot SPRINGS, N. c., April .5.-A prelim-
mary meeting was held here last night to
formulate plan of organization for the
immigration Convention. A resolution
was passed to the effect that each city in
the South with over 5000 inhabitants shall
contribute $1,000 toward establishing q
bureau of immigration in Now York City.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-05-05
Three MaIsiactors on Ono eIbbet.

LITTLE Rock, ARK, April 28.-Owen
Hill, jackson Crow and George Moss were
hanged at Fort Smith to-day for murders
committed in the Indian Territory. The
executions were private, In accordance
with the recently enacted law.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-05-05
Oiled a Ono Hundred and Tw,ntv. .FIye.

lived In this city, died several days since
at Boonvllle, Ind, in the one hundred and
twenty-ffth year of her age. She was
born In Kentucky when 1t was county of
Virginia. She was slave one hundred
and two years. She has Q number Of de-
sceadants living here still.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-05-05
Erederick Continues Improving.

BERLIN, April GA bulletin issued this
morning says the Emperor had good
sleep last night and feels much stronger
this morning. He was feverish last even.
ing, but early this morning the fever had
disappeared. His general condition is
slowly improving. Prince Bismarck had
an hours interview to-day with the En-.
peror. The Grand Duke and Grand
Dutchess of Baden and Prince Alexander
of Prussia afterwards paid visit to the
Emperor.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-05-05
Death Of a Man From elandsrs.

KANSAS Cry, Mo-, April 2S-Thomas M.
Turner died yesterday from glanders con-
tracted through treating a sick horse three
weeks ago. The virus touched scratch
on his finger Turner was tried and &C.
quilted for the murder Of Mrs. Conway
and daughter in 1885.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-05-05

NEW YoRK, April 26-Among the pas.
sengers on the Chateau Lafitte from Bor.
deaux to-day were one hundred swarthy
Greek sailors on their way to San Fran
cisco to embark on war vessel recently
purchased in this country by the Greek
Government,
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-05-05

-"Oh, / feel SO bad," said Hart
ford six-year-old. ~ guess it must be
my conscience" "Why, my dear"
auerried her mother, you haven't been
telling any wrong stories, have youp"
"Oh, dear. no, but I did cat too much
dinner, and my conscience aches
right here" pressing hard upon the
most painful spot childhood carries
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-05-05
Invalid Pension BIll.

WASHINGTON, April 27.--The House Com.
mittee on Invalid Pensions will report
bill providing that all persons who are OF
who may become totally helpless from In.
juries received or diseases contracted
while In tho military or naval service oi
the United States shall receive pension
Of S72 per month.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-05-05

JUDGE HARE, of Philadelphia, adj
vised wife-beater to fill his mouth
with water when he found himself get
ting mad. If men only filled their
mouths with water very few of them
would get mad.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-05-05
Heavy immigration.

New York, April 29.-Four steamships
to-day landed $3.50 immigrants at Castle
Garden. The number landed during ths
week ending tonight is q, III, of whom
one-third were from Italy. There will be
$50 more landed to morrow
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-05-05
In an unorihodox Manner.

MILWAUKEE, Wis, April 26-Five men,
bers of the Hebrew congregation are on
trial here, charged with boycotting "a He
brew bu tchcr named Weisstield. The dc.
Tense was that he slaughtered his meat iu
an unorthodox manner.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-05-05

Miss HELEN BLANCHARD, now n
resident of Philadelphia, is Maine
girl. who has made fortune through
the invention of the simple "over-and-
over" attachment for sewing-ma-
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-05-05

AT gum-chewing contest in Har-
lem, N. Y. the other day for gold
watch Miss Lottie Grimes. who got
away with eighteen boxes, won. She
used n lateral jaw motion that was
very effective.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-05-05

ONLY eighty-nine of the five hun
dred and sixty prisoners received at
the Eastern Pennsylvania penitentialy
last year had trades. "Spare the
trade and spoil the child'' would not
be bad paraphrase of the old proverb.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-05-05

WE would suggest to those gentle
men who are telling us how to live a
few hundred years beyond the allotted
three score and ten that they give us
n practical demonstration of their
theories by living a few years longer
themselves.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-05-05

-"Are you going to take the speech
verbatimp" said guest at q recent
banquet to reporter. ss gentleman
rose to respond to . toast. "No."
was the reply; II am friend Of that
gentleman.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-05-05
Frost In vjroinju,

LYScHBURG, Va, April2a-The weather
Is very cold for the season, and there has
been heavy frost for the past two nights.
Great anxiety 10 felt for tho fruit It ia
thought to be ruined. Ice has formed In
exposed places.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-05-05
Again RsspItsd.

HARRISBURG, Pa, April @.-Samuel
johnson, OF Delaware County, the colored
murderer Of John Sharpless, who was to
have been hanged May 2. has been again
respited until July ia In order that new
evidence may be heard.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-05-05
While the Cashier Went to Dinner.

AMIGO, Wis, April 26.-The bank Of
Amigo wcs robbed of 5000 between l2
and ! O'Clock this noon by some unknown
person, who went into the back door while
the cashier was to dinner.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-05-05
The Price Of n Foot.

MOBILE, ALA, April 26.-G. Hall, a brake
man, gets q verdict of $4,000 damages
against the Louisville and Nashville rail-
road here, for the loss of foot
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-05-05
Kills His Sisters Be,raver-

NORFOLK, Va, April 29.-To-night Rob-
ert Taylor shot and killed Thomas r. Ten
ner, married man, who had betrayed
Taylor's sister. The girl was driven in
sane by shame, and is in mad-house.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-05-05
Aged Couple Hang Themselves.

PHILADELPHIA, April 28.-Ernest Eich-
field, tailor, aged sixty years, and his wife,
aged fifty five, childless couple, hanged
themselves to-day by pieces Of u clothes
line in their residence.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-05-05

On opening the grave recently of S.
o. Gillette. whe was buried in the
cemetery at Augusta, Ga. about four
years ago, it was found that the body
was completely petrified.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-05-05
On a Jersey Gihhat.

WOODBURY., N. j., April 26.-George Nc
Clellan Dunham was hanged in the yard
of the Woodbury. Jail Mt 10 80 this morn
ing for the murder of his aged mother
in-law in November last.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-05-05
Bonds BOuuht.

WASHINGTON, April 26.-The offers Of
bonds to the Government to-day aggre-
gated s922 $50, and the acceptances Sl56,-
$50. All the accepted bonds were Fours
and the price ranged from 125 to 1876.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-05-05
Fouaht For a COWBOY Lover.

SAN MARcIAL, N. NJ, April 29-Mary Le-
more and Sarah Ballou, two Mormon girls,
fought duel with pistols about cowboy
named Whitman, with whom both were
in love. The Ballou girl was seriously
wounded
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-05-05
Hottest Day In Years.

BALTIMORE, April 2a-The people of
Baltimore sweltered under scorohing
sun to-day. 1t was the hottest April day
In this city for eighteen years, the ther-
mometer registering ninety degrees.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-05-05
-.An Unkind Cut-Ministor,s Wifa

AN Unkind Cut--Minister's Wife
Sunday morning)-"Is 1t possible.
my dear. that aftcr all you have said
about Sunday newspapers You are
reading onep" Minister (very much
hurD-"You ought to know me bet
ter than that Maria; this is last even
ing's paper. THE Epoch.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-05-05
Rains Improve Crop Prospects.

MINNEAPoLIs, MIMI, April 29-Heavy
rains have prevailed throughout Minneso.
ia and Dakota for the last two days, much
to the satisfaction of the farmers Crop
prospects are now considered most excel
lent,
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-05-05
AccIdental ShoolIno.

CHATTANOOGA, TENN, April s7.-Harry
Johnson, eight years old, while playing
with Flobert target rifle, shot Harry
burrow, aged four, In the mouth, making
wound which will prove fatal.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-05-05

LoSDoN, April 28-The Chronicle an.
sounces the approaching marriage OF Mr..
Joseph Chamberlain to Mss Endicott,
whom he met In America.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-05-05
Insane Mans Acts.

LICKING, Mo-, April 28.-Jas. Smalley,
hotel keeper OF this place, became insane,
murdered his two children with an axe, at
tackled his wife and cut his throat.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-05-05
Senate Passes Hlah License.

ALBANY, N. Y, April 26-The Crosby
high license bill, unamended, passed the
Senate by vote Of II to 10.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-05-05
Anniversary Of Odd Fellowship.

CINCINNATI, April 6--To.day was colo.
brated throughout the United States tho
sixty ninth anniversary Of American ODD
Fellowship
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-05-05

The sea-serpent is on hand early
this year, having made his appearance,
according to reports, on the Atlantic
cOaSt
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-05-05

THE medical attendant of the Queen
of Corea is an American lady ply
sician. who receives salary of $l5. 600
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-05-05

SAMUEL MORRISON, who recently
died in indianapolis on his ninctieth
birthday, was the surveyor who made
the first map of Indiana.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-05-05
Burned 10 naaih.

BATH, N. Y, April 29-Mrs. Louise Hopt
was burned to death yesterday by her
clothes catching fire from o brush-cley ring
fire
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-05-05

Two SONS of Charles Dickens and
one son of Anthony Trollope are in
the stock-raislng business in Australia
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-05-05

Mrs. HARRIET BEEcHER STOWE has
twin daughters. who live with her and
relieve her wholly of household cares.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-05-05

UPWARD of one hundredyoung wom-
en- Mt the National Capital are habitua,
riders of the tricycle..
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1888-12-28
No. g.

where all the bread goes to. They lay
up concealed by the heart :,
In reply to a question, s.Why do We Il
cook our food:' one child replied ~
There are five ways Of cooking pota-.,
toes. We should die if We eat our food !,
roar. y second pupil wrote: Food, .
digested is when we put it into onr y
mouths, ouc teeth chews it, and our al
mouth drops it into our body. We !.
should not eat so much bone making ~
food as flesh making and warmth-giv.
ing foods, for. If We did we should
have too many bones, and that would
make HIS look funny s.t
Dealing with ventilation, one stu
dent informs us that ''the thermometer
/ is an instrument used to let ont the -.
heat when it is going to be eold.' An-li
other writes that room should be i. :.
kept nj nine in the winter By the fire,,,i
and in summer by a thermometer a =
girl remarke: "When roasting a piece !.
OF meat put it in front of a brisk fire so /,
SO as to congratulate it" Here is a.
very learned reply: Sugar is amyloid; !,
if you was to eat much sugar and moth /,
ing else, you would not live, because,
sugar has not got no carbon, hydrogen !
nitrogen and oxygen. Potatoes is an-aa
other amyloids." .ei.i ..
In answer to the question. "Mention
any occupations that are injurious to
health - one reply was: "Occupat;ons >
which are injurious to health are car =
bonic acid gas, which is impure blood.'' =
1 Another says: "A -masonss work
is injurious, because when he is chip !
ping ho breathes in all the little chips, m
ahd they are taken into the lungs" A
third says: "A bootmaker's trade Is =
very injurious, because they press the !
boots against the thorax, and therefore :
it presses the thorax in. and it touches ;
the heart, and if they do not die, they
are crippled for life. W-i'I -
| In reply to question on Digestion
one child wrote: 'sThe food is swalae.
lowed by the windpipe and the chyle =
passes mp the middle of the backbone
and reaches the heart, when it meets.l
with oxygen and is purified" Anoth-ii
CT wrote: 1--WE should never eat fat, ~
because the food does not digess." A =
third says: '.The work Of the heart is..i
to repair the different organs in about 8
half minute" A fourth child saws:
1--WE have an upper and a lower skln,
the lower skin moves at its will and +
the other skin moves when We do A
fifth standard child says: ''The heart
is a comical shaped bag Another
in that class writes: .The upper skim
is called eppedcrby and the lower il !
called derby" While third, giving
the organs of digestion, writes, ''s.om-
ach utensils (intes;ines,) liver and .
spleen.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1888-12-28
GOOD RESOLUTIONS.

Good resolutions are worth making. ,
1t is cowardly to refuse to make them
simply because we are afraid We will
not be able to keep them. But they
sneuld be made humbly, diffidently, /
with purpose to carry them out, and i
a determination to seek strength for :
doing so from the Lord. Tsere are
men, and many of them, who, as the q
poet tells us, s.resolve and re-resolve,"
aud die the same;'' but there are 9TH
ers who keep themselves in perpetual $
drill and progress by the pledge which
they reverently make as part of their &
Christian conservation. There is dan-ai
ger in resolving in too large a way
setting the stakes, as it were, too far >
out-and thus providing for discour-r
asements and failures which are sure
to follow. Many 4 good craft that
sails off from the new year harbor is u
shipwrccked because of this indiscre-
tion. \ less ambitious method is u.
safer, and therefore better one Ent-''
ted Prcsbyterjan .trG3a
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1888-12-28
INN0CENTS ABROAD.

An examiner in elementary schools,
SAYS an English writer, often has many
curious compositions TO read and hears
many amusing answers in reply 10 his
questions.
Here is 4 description Of plum-pud
ding by 4 boy whose knowledge is cyi-
IDENTIFY, like his pudding, somewhat
mixed; When they have put ail these
in they make it into batter and then
mix it up, and when they have finished
battering t they put it on the fire for
about an hour and half to get it to
he enough, SO that it will BE- better to
cat and softer to chew"
The following on ''fcathcrs' was very
difficult 10 interpret, but at last it
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1888-12-28
Select 3t(istclIann.
ne" YEARS CUSTOMS.
EoW THE DAY rs CELEBRATED
TUEauGUOUT THE WORLD.

] Hc custom Of celebrating the first
day Of the year by religious observan-
c.s. as we'll Il festal reioicings, long
IpreyIieI among m ;, Of ancient na-
lions. The jews, the Egyptians, the
Chimes. the Romans and The Moham-
m-Lws, although differing rs to the
lime from which they rockoncd the be-
ginning OF the year, all regard it as Il
day Of special interest.
The earl fathers" hrysostom. Am
brosc. Augustine and othcrs-in rep
rotation OF the Immoral and supersti-
tious observance of the pagan festival,
prohibited for Christian use all festive
celebrations, and directed that the
Christian year should, on the first day,
be opened with prayer, fasting and hui
initiation. The mandate. however. was
but partially observed. The frstal
character Of the day, generally sreIk-
ING, was p-rtinaciously pr served. but
the DAY Gas also observed rs day of
PRAYER. And this character was more
readily attached to it when the wear
began January |. Is it was the eighth
after the nativity OF orr Lord and
held as commemorative of His circum-
cision.
The Feast Of the Circumcision was
called the octave Of Christmas as early
Is -. y. d.. and WAS instituted By
Christians 10 commemorate the cere-
monv of the Jewish law to which
Christ submitted. alp the sixth Gen.
tury We find it became 4 solemn festi.
val, the Couuci, Of Tours. IN 563. or
derin- that the chan Of Litanies on
tie first Of January should be in lieu of
the Immoral snperstitions of the Pa
gans. From this date religious servi-
ccs have, more Of less, formed a part Of
,ha days Observance.
About midnight in England and
e's waea, tie bells were solemnly toll
e, us tie Old year WAS departing. then
rang ont still more Joyous pcals as the
New Year wos ushcrcd in. Christians.
especially the followers Of Wesley. have
iou- held midnight watch meetings, .
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1888-12-28

OLD AND NEW

= tie -ji scsr sink, down in Times ocean.
Stand really 10 launch with the new
tr'! waste no rg-r't~-sIo en- ,tion-
4 il mt>'> aui its ~glr> pas from view
N,cg not /. some treasures 20 under
Aua ,.us in The rotten slips hold
That h-itl, horny bank sailing yoni,r
Ha. bring yng mprc wealth than The old.
Tor tie wogie j. Isr ever imurpv NJ.
-tl tn pl>t : not WORT. one rr-,,,v
Ana whatever deserves our true loving
Issjron-er talu death or decay
Oh love wa, 1t ~ i>tcl devotion
uid lriends were they weak or uu;rue"
Well. these drown there in mld-occan.
And pos,iIg s,i. on with the new.
Thra" nyr.huyT! toll INSTRUCTED.
Throw oycrbolrt Hl-adyi,ei hope.
With AIMS which your soul In. detected
Iiaye >cl. iuT their centTe AMI scope
'ras"~ overheard useless Tc-rcttins
For deeds which You cannot undo,
Ans. learn the great art of forgetting
u.t sh.u-> which cInhi:;cr the new.
The pJ years VII grant NJ concession
Like ms,cr., they keep what they hold
Tic new wears match on 10 prcsres-iau-
March With them. ana mourn not the old
Sing who Will OF dead year. departed
stroud them aul bid them ad.cu:
AMI the song that ,ag. coaragc-hcarte,i.
i ! sous t5r the glorious new
W., -,
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1888-12-28
THE STORY OF ROBIN REDBREAST.

At the Anthropological society, a
few nights ago, Dr. Robert Fletcher
read Il paper on the ''Myths of Robin
Redbreast in Early English Poetry"
From early dates, he said, this bird !
has been regarded as dishnctively the :
friend of man, and in the story Of the
Babes in the Woods the legend is told
Of the robin covering the bodies of per- :
sons with moss and leaves. Hence In
England the voice of the redbreast in
winter is regarded rs an omen Of good
fortune. from which idea came HIS
name of robin, which was early applI-
ed to household fairies. Springing
from this is superstition that to kill'.
Il robin. or to rob its nest, is unlucky.'
Many legends and poetic stories have
been related to account for the origin
of the relbreast Of the robin. Among
the Welch poets there is a legend that
the red stain came from the blood of
Chsist when the bird was endeavoring
to draw a thorn from the forehead 'bf'
the crucilicd Saviour ' 'a5'''''
/. Il wonder how it is that Lawrence Bar
rett always keeps his voice SO clear and
resoLant?' Why l suppose, like every
Other sensible man, he keeps supply Of :,
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1888-12-28

w f are head centers for La
w dies and Misses Cluaks in
Washington.
We devote our entire floor to
their exclusive sales, and what
we haven't is something that is
not worn. ~
GRAND DISPLAY OF
JERSEYS.
The newest effects, the latest.
creation. We carry only all
wool Jerseys, and fully warrant
the wear Of every Jersey bought
from lis.
OUR NEW WRAPPERS.
Beautiful goods, in entirely
new ideas, in Flannels and Cash
mere.
TEA GOWNS IN RICH PATTERNS.
Ladies Fall Costumes in the
new materials and colorings at
our usually low prices.
LADIES AND CHILDREN WARM
SKIRTS.
Everything needed in skirts
kept by us.
BLANKETS. BED COMFORTS AND
SPREADS
for the millions. Nowhere such
a stock. Ali prices. all grades
from the cheapest to the Call
ifornia Blanket.
BEANkETS AND SPREADS FOR
THE BABY.
\ splendid stock of goods for
the infants.
Infants Bootees, Infants Slips.
Infants Long and Short Coats.
Infants Wrappers, Infants
Shawls, Infants Caps, in
Surah, Plush,
Cloth, &c.
And everything else needed 10
complete IN outfit for an infant.
, 1888-03-28

These foresters were a lot of rough
men, not large, but muscular and well
knit. The most of them were of the
poorer class-either young unmarried
men or men who, having no land to
cultivate, must keep their families by
their wages; in the summer season they
worked for the fishing merchants in the
Gulf of st. Lawrence, the winter they
passed at these lumber shanties, and dur
ing the spring freshets they helped %
drive the logs they had cut and
hauled.
The voyageur here also generally holds
his place in the front rank. explores and
reports the quality and quantity of tim
Der in certain Limits" or lots, frequently
fills the position of ''boss, ~ or at the low
est wields nothing inferior to the ak; in
short, his skill and judgment in wood
craft naturally makes him one of the
most valuable hands. And such Is his
love of the woods that in old age he will
sometimes spend the winter at a camp
doing odd jobs. Many of the voyageurs,
again, hold their freedom above any
wages; in the fall they load their canoes
with provisions and go off in pairs for the
winter to compete with the Indians as
hunters and trappers in the remotest will
derness.-C. Ii. Farnham in Harper's
Magazine.
, 1888-03-28

Mr.. E. V. Seebohm seems to have a
curious notion of literary morality. He
knows that a story by Mrs. Burnett,
called Little Lord Fontleroy," has at
tracted general attention he seizes upon
it, ~dramatizes it, advertises it, uses for
his play the title of Mrs. Burnett's story,
trades on the reputation of it, and then,
when the authoress informs him that it
is her story, that she has invented it, and
that she herself has dramatized it, and is
anxious to produce it on the stage, Mr..
Seebohm tells her that she has no griev-
ance. Why1 Because, says Mr.. See
bohm, the play is mine, not yours; be-
cause l have widely departed from the
original, and because, if it does succeed,
l don't mind giving you a bit! Mr.. See
bohn impudently declares that no man
could nave behaved more honorably.
That opinion will scarcely be shared by
the public, who consider that, be the law
what it may, the authoress of a charm
ing story has been very unfairly and
shabbily treated.-London Truth.