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Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1888-11-19

"Still achieving, still pursuing,
with a heart for anyI fate" Francis
D. Johnson, the wild man from
Whiteweight, Texas, writes another
letter to learn if "thar is eny moar
of them Oregon Yimmens with 600
dollars an some stocks which is mar
ragabul an will hav an take purity
good lookin Texas pensuner." We
published Francis first letter in full,
and it seems the adored one has
not yet swooped down upon him as
would a Kansas cyclone and borne
off his silly little fiuttering palpi-
tater. He is still undaunted and is
now willing to be accepted by a
Gladys, widow or made of to or 8
small childs." This would indicate
that he is gradually growing more
fond of CHI lren. Our suggestion
is that he drop over into old Arkan-
sas and enter negotiations with that
young mother who last week
thougbtlessly made her husband the
distracted father OF six live and |
healthy children all at once. The
strain upon his nerves WIS about
five too many. The shock crippled
bis brain, and in the event of bis
Pn.icipated consignment to the il
nocuous, there might be a chance
foc Francis 80 be taken under the
protecting wing of the six-fold
mother.
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city. 1t was In 1917 that he went to Boston.
and began playing ut tho Boston athe.
noun, and then at tho Museum, where he
continued actively until 1882, when he re-
tired. At that time no played at two
performances which were attended by tho
most cultured citizens of Boston. War
rem played Dr. Pangloss In THE Heir
at Law" and Sir Peter Teazle In
School for Scandal" II was noted
ut the timo that hc had in thirty
four years at tho Museum played Is, ,845
times, and in 677 parts. After tho even-
ing performance his friends cnme TO his
lodgings, bringing presents. Booth, JEFF
ferson, Barrett. Mccullough and Mary An.
derson joined In sending q loving cup,
md the Boston theater presented him
with a silver pitcher.
From his retirement to the present, Mr.
Warren has lived in his bachelor lodg-
ings quietly, dcvoting himself to study,
and venerated by large circle Of friends,
both In and out Of the profession. He is
related to Joseph jefferson, another IA
nous actor, the Jeffcrsons and the War
rcns having sprung from tho same stock
on tho maternal side. Mr.. Warren's i'll.
ness will call out a great deal of interest
and sympathy among the members Of the
profession all over tho United States.
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iThe Effects Of Novel Reading :

The mischief Of voracious novel read.
ing is really much more like the mischief
Of dram drinking than appears at first
sight. 1t tends to make all other literary
nourishment intolerable, Just as dram
drinking tends to make all true food in
tolerable, and to supersede food by drink.
Tho voraeious novel reader Of today. as
We have said, rejects Scott, because Scott $
novels contain so much good food that it
Is not mere story telling. The genuine
novel reader detests what he calls tame
stories, stories in which the interest is
not exaggerated and piled up ten times as
high as the interests Of ordinary life. He
wants always to be feeling thrill Of ex-
eitement running through his nerves, al
wsys TO be living In Imagination through
the concentrated essence of the perils of a
hundred adventurous lives, instead of
telling calmly through the ordinary hopes
and fears of one.
No state Of mind can lie more unwhole.
eomc. because none Is more calculated to
divert the energies from the sort Of quiet
ta1ks TO which they should be habitually
applied, and to keep them stretched on
4ks tenter hooks of expectation, waiting
IDor sort OF strain which is never likely
70 occur, and II Il did occur, would GER
tsaniy NOT lind 9 mans energies any the
eettse prsparsd for II for having been
1Bora out prsviously With q long sarias of
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STORIES OF PROCTOR.
some PecuLlARlTIEs or THE RE-
GENTLY DECEASED ASTRONOMER.

IIis Book ON Poker--Bis Knowledge Of
the Game Was Limited--Iiow People
Used 20 Talk 20 Him Of Astrononiy--Thc
Dream He Did Not Realize.
Not only have tho scientists occasion
TO regret the untimely death OF Richard
A. Proctor, the great mathematician, but
his great circle OF friends all over tho
world are mourning, sincerely. the un-
timely death OF one OF tho most genial,
good hearted, witty, and companionnble
men that ever combined great knowledge
with good fellowship The marvel about
him was not ''that one small head should
carry all he knew" for that Is tri0e out
worn, but that he should have had time
In his bare half century Of life TO have
studied, and apparently mastered the sci
cnce of mathematics In 30 many Of its
multifarious applications.
II was an astonishment to scientists,
but mono ut oil TO his personal friends,
when he published treatise on draw
poker. but it Is due TO his memory TO say
that well as he understood the game sci
entifcally, he was far from being q first
class player. This fact he acknowledged
to me more than once, laughingly com
pairing himself to the man who plays rou-
1ette or Wall street on system" and
saying that although hc felt certain that
he knew the game numerically, ho was
none tho better for that knowledge when
the play scared into tho sublime heights
Of bluh. or where the result hung, as 1t
often does, on an accurate Judgment OF
the cnemy's habits Of play.
He told with great glee how he once
played n small game---a quarter linton
railroad train in tho west with party
Of strangers, none of whom he knew, and
to whom he supposed himself unknown.
They had played for half an hour before
anybody had shown particularly good
hand, when he managed TO fill an ace flush
on the draw. Two Of tho other players
dropped out after the first raise, but tho
other, who looked like well to do farmer
and was decidedly green" in manner and
ungrammatical Of speech, hung on, raising
Mr.. Proctor back on each turn, till thu
latter decided that ho had bet the full
mathematical value of his hand. The
farmer raised back ut him again, and the
professor laid down his flush with sigh.
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therefore, to be thoroughly versed In the
affairs of the Gillian government, and 1t
Is proof of the Importance of tho rela.
tions with the United States that after q
years service as minister to Brazil he has
been transferred to Washington.
Minister Varas has taken an elegantly
furnished residence at Washington 1230
Connecticut avenue n. wy, where his ac-
complishod lady will preside He has son
who will enter Georgetown college and
two daughters who win prosecute their
studies in the Georgetown convent until
old enough TO enter society. The minis
ter is of medium height and dignifed ap-
pearance, quite ready In address and at
home is what Americans call q magnetic
SPEAKER"
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Fishing for Husbands.

Recently there was a gathering Of
young married couples in Louisville, and
the conversation turned on the manner in
which the wives had secured their hns-
bands. One had paved the way to the
altar by making face at the fated one
because she thought he had stared at her
impudently. Ho admired her mettle, and
sought an introduction. Another made
the acquaintance Of the man who is now
her husband by accidentally sousing him
with pan of dishwater, which she tossed
out OF the kitchen window into an alley
just in time to catch him as he was pass.
Ing. The ono that was, however, voted
to be the most novel was tho experience
Of a young man connected with tho mu-
nicipal government. The latter was in
the habit Of passing, on his way home,
the residence Of the young lady who Is
now his better half, and one evening, out
Of spirit of mischief, she accidentally
on purpose" turned the hose on him. He
faced about, blushed violently, and stam-
mered o "thank you" in response to her
roguish smile, and from that moment he
knew he was fated.-Chicago Herald.
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He Was u Financier.

Il believe there is money in those acct.
dent and life insurance companies" said
old Barkins. They allow you 81 500 for
an eye, $1,000 for two eyes, 81, 500 for an
arm or leg, and $4,000 for two arms or
two legs, but they only give your widow
$4,000 If you die. Well, it's easy enough
to sec that you can make more than IS. 900
II you dic kinder slow. First lose yer
legs, then yer arms, then yer eyes, and
then die. That's three $4,000 and the
$4,000 for your widow besides-$14 900
altogether. l tell you. Jim, there's money
In that, and I'm goin' to git insured right
now. "-Harper's Bazar.
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imaginary cxcitements. The habit Of
dram drinking, II Is said, leads to fatty
degeneration Of the heart, 1. O., excessive
fattening round the heart, and weak
action Of the heart In consequence.
So, too, the habit Of exciting novel
reading leads TO fatty degencra.
tion 81 the literary mind, 1. e.. 70 an
unhealthy and spasmodic action Of the
imagination, end . general weakening Of
the power OF entering thoroughly into the
solid interests Of real life. 30 far as we
know, the only effective cure for this
habit Of literary dram drinking--a cure
not always forthcoming-.is moral shock
Of some kind which exposes tho hollow.
ness Of all these unreal interests, and
makes them appear as artificial and mclo-
dramatic as they actually are. That,
however, is cure which is an extremely
painful one almost cruel in its disillusion.
izing powcr.-London Spectator.
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0UNTAN MANEUvERS.
The FRENCH TRAIN THEIR
JpleRs TO ALPINE FIGHTING.

~ Disv nsisAss with Artiilery--u.e
q - Telsphoss In ths rieid--Experi-
- which WIN Bs Road Of with Great
oosuss.
re seems no end to tbe ingenuity Of
Xfench - the Yankees OF Europe.
= novel canal locks, their lofty Eiffel
~, their new Inventions h delicate
- end their completed railroad con-
lons have put . new face on the bust.
y G1tuation, and now they have added
r2 surprising features to mountain
n1nxe.
lehsrto they have paid little attention
That part Of their eastern frontier
~ the mountains separate France and
but recent complications have made
nportant, and they have organized
I've battalions for expert service In the
ntoins, with . reserve behind which
u enable them to concentrate 10000
- On commanding points from which no
onckine force could dislodge them. OF
oE1e, the men In permanent service
~ are largely mountainecrs, but the
|Cve1fy consists In the new methods
ptsd Of reaching heights hitherto con.
liged inaccessible. and even planting
JnnnQ ON commanding peaks.
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OF GREECE.
To understand the Importance Of this
marriage II is necessary TO note two
things; Many Of the royal and princely
rulers Of Europe are really Of different
stock from the people they rule; and
through tho union OF British. Hrman,
Danish and Russian blood. the UlHpring
Of this marriage will concentrate tho
blood of the rulers Of tho great powers,
their people, In tho future sovereign Of
Greece. 1t will be remembered that the
first monarchy set up In Greece, after tho
Turks were driven out, was q failure; and
that tho great Christian powers combined
TO mako George Of Denmark king az
George of Greece. He Is Of tho old and
noble house of Schleswig Holstein Sender.
burg -Glucksburg, was born Dec. "a. 1876,
and married Olga, daughter Of tho Grand
Duke Constantine Of Russia, who was
born Sept. 8, 1867.
Constantine, thcir first child, was born
iA,y,. 2, 1868. and Is, of course, to be king
Of Greece II no survives his father. His
bride, Sophie, is the daughter Of tho late
Emperor Frederick Of Germany and was
born juno IA, 1870 So she was but a
few days past 10, as her husband was
barely 81, when they were married. Prince
Constantine's other title Is Duke of
Sparta, Just as that OF the crown prince
Of England Is Prince Of Wales. Should
Constantine and Sophie be 80 fortunate as
to have a son, the boy will be great grand.
son of Queen Victoria and Emperq.' Xiu.
lam and the former czar Of RJhssia. and
closely related to tho royal families ~
Denmark and other monaycbies as we'll
as firss or second cousin q half The minor
German rulers. Butyxe will not still bc n
Greek,-that issho will have no Hellenic
blood In hisr'seins.
Ihe little kingdom over which he will
rulehow has barely $500. 900 inhabitants,
IN whom nearly one half arc Albanians
and quite half pure Greeks or Hellenes;
but In all the adjoining countries are
Greeks TO the number OF 100000 and
just now there Is o spontaneous and en-
thusiastic movement among them for n
Pan Hellenic union. An unusually largo
proportion Of them arc very wealthy mer.
chants in Constantinople. Trieste. Smyrna,
Alexandria, and within few years these
have contributed nearly $1,O00,000 TO
found schools, colleges, gymnasia and
lectureships In Greece, so there are now
in that Kingdom thirty-fve important
institutions of learning; and 1t Is osti-
mated that In twenty years the Greeks
will DO among the best educated people in
Europe. The next generation may see
restored the condition of 400 B. O., when
sporadic Hellas looked to continental
Hcllas as home, and the Greeks Of all the
world united at the Olympic games.
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ANOTHER ROYAL, MARRIAGE.

The Princess Sophie Of Germany 10 Wed
tho Crown Prince Of Greece.
All the noble gossips and diplomats Of
Europe have turned for awhile from po.
litical complications to admire and spccu-
late on the Greek marriage. which raises
that little kingdom several notches In the
royal scale. Boulanrer Is ignored, the
Franco. German and German. Russian com.
plications are temporarily forgotten, and
Queen Natalie, Of Scrvia, gets rest; for
the crown prince Of Greece Is to marry the
sister OF the German emperor, and there
is boom for the royal Hellenes.
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MIDNIGHT.

IT'S nights midglory-Earth so calm, so still,
On couch of space is wrapped in slumber's spell;
How soft and pure her boSom's rounded swell
Meath i'cecy robes, and placid radiance shed
From silver orb, like watchers lamp, o'erhead!
While starry regions dimy throng and III
Her airy chamber, whence all sound is fed
Save breath OF rising prayer or whir Of wings
As angels vicwless pass, or heavenward springs
The guardian who hath wrought the Fathers
will
Midnight and moonlight, silence, stars and God
Submest height Diurual Time hath trod.
edward Mccarthy in Woman.
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A Funeral In british Honduras,

1t was in British Honduras that first
attended a vclorio, or the ceremony Of
watching with corpse. The family
homo consisted of single long and mar
row apartment, rounded at each end, with
carthen floor and roof matched with guava
leaves. From tho cross poles hung few
hammocks, and in the middle Of the room,
upon q rudo bier made of two boards up
held by casks, lay the dead woman, with
wee infant clasped in her arms. The
face of the mother who could not have
been more than IA years old, was calm
and peaceful, but that of the baby was
strangely distorted, as if terrified with its
brief look ON life Fresh flowers were
scattered upon tho scarlet blanket that
partially covered the still figures; lighted
candles stood at the head and foot, and
near by sat the sisters and parents of the
dead woman, silent and sad. lnquiring
why the husband and father was not
among the mourners, | was carelessly in.
formed as though 1t was nothing TO cause
remark, that In brobraerta (the poor dear
girD had never been welded; and as for
the father-quien saber A great crowd
occupied the house of mourning, laughing
and jesting as though the occasion was
one of rejoicing rather than sorrow.
Many were playing cards Outside, under
pomegranate tree, refreshments were
spread, and music and uproar> resounded
in startling incongruity with the dread
mystery of death, - Cor. Philadelphia
Record
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when but 22years
old. since which
event he has been
successively pro-
fessor in college,
representative in
the national con
gress, justice of
the court Of ap
peals, member of
Z h o cabinet q 8
minister Of jus.
tico an d public
instruction, direc.
tor Of tho mint
and finally mem
Der of tho su-
promo council OF
of state. He must
hN cnnai lnrnl
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time afterward he was made captain Of
company ID Of the same regiment. Presi-
dent Lincoln appointed him assistant ad-
1ntant general TO the commander of his
division. Still later he was promoted TO the
majorship of the Forty fourth Wisconsin
infantry, which position he held until mus
tered out OF the service in 1865. At the
close Of the war he took up the practice Of
the law In Kansas City, but his talents were
soon recognized by the people, and he was
chosen city attorney and later was raised
TO the Office Of the mayor. He was then
elected to congress. and Is now serving
his second term in that body.
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AN OLD SCHOOL ACTOR.


Was Lately Announced.
Mr.. William Warren, whose serious ILL
ness Is announced at Boston, is q Hnc
specimen Of an actor Of the old school.
who were prominent In America half q
century ago. He Is q man who, from his
personal appearance. would be noticeable
anywhere, his franc and his features
being alike massive and striking.
Mr.. Warren was born In tho City Of
Brotherly Love, and made his first ap.
pearance at the Arch Street theatre In
Philadelphia IN 1882. His career was des-
tined to span half q century. His father,
an eminent English actor, had died d
week before young Warren made his
debut, and the occasion was q benefit for
the family. He played a part young
NorvaD which his father had taken whom
he made his first appearance In England
forty years before.
For nine years he continued on tho
boards at Philadelphia. and then played
In New York, though but once. not desir-
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1888-09-22
Tho Gar Chopping Wood.

The yachting party Of the czar and his
family has been quito an idyl. The impe.
rial party picnicked on an island; boat
was filled with provisions and all require
ments for n good lunch, but no attend
ants were allowed TO land, tho ear and
his family having resolved to enjoy them.
selves al fresco and all alone. And they
actually laid the cloth. lighted the fire and
cooked tho fish and made the tea them.
selves.
1t must have been grand sight to see
the autocrat Of all the Russias with his
coat off, making up the fire. He owned
afterward to having grown very tired
over chopping the wood and being on his
knees trying to make 1t burn up; the
princesses came aud had a blow at 1t, now
and again. to encourage him, and the
czarina busted herself meanwhile cutting
tho bread. Ali how good II must have
tasted, that luncheon on little island all
to themselves, and far from tho din of a
court, the strife of politics. the fear OF
conspiracies; and how 10th the parents
and children alike must have been to
leave 1t and realize that their summer
holiday was nearly over!-London Mod.
ern Society.
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ing TO continue In
competition with
tho many fine
actors who graccd
the stage there at
that time. In 1845
he visited Eng
land and played a
suc ces sful en-.
gagement at the
Strand theatre.
On his return
from abroad he
went TO Boston
and entered upon
his long and brill.
liant IN raarip that
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Army or the he
public at Colum .
bus, o., was born
inLafayette coun-
ty, Wis, , in 1910,
and was educated
at Lawrence and
Ann Arbor univer-
sity. Upon the
breaking out of
the civil war he
raised company c,
of the T hirty :
third Wisconsin,
and was made ad-
jutant 81 ( h Q
Il
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In MIR. Gladstonc's Study.

Mr.. Gladstone's study at Hawarden
castle holds 10000 volumes, which arc
ranged on shelves jutting out into tho
room. There is not book that Mr.. Glad.
stone cannot lay his hand upon the mo.
ment he wants 1t. There are three writing
desks in this room, one of which is for the
exclusive use Of Mrs, Gladstone. The ex.
premier breakfasts at 2 and dimes at 8.
breaking his fast BY light luncheon at 3
O'clock. -Hrpers Bszar,
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EMILIO C.. VARAS.
He EelIyscnts tho Chilian Government at
tho American Capital.

tho American Capital.
The relations Of the United States and
Chill bave increased in importance of late
years, and so the Americans Of the north
tako more personal intereH in the con
sular and diplomatic Representatives Of
tho Americans OF the south Chill shows
her appreciation Of this by sending one Of
ipr most distinguished citizens, Judge
Emilio C.. Varas, TO represent her at
Washington, where no was recently well
coined, with his family, as valuable ad.
dition to tho diplomatic corps.
Judge Varas Is but Al years old, yet he
holds a commanding position at home as
an astute lawyer, jurist and statesman.
He graduated in literature and law from
tho National university, at Santiago,
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{" AiAAe Nono "AhNa
printed 1t J. New
ton instead of
Newton. G ott-
h old accept o d
tho name, how
ever, and never
altered It.
Though born in
the south, Mr..
Gotthold served
during tho civil
war In a Now
" ork regiment.
J II o IN ade his
debut In Wash.
ington In 1864 as
Hamlet, though
as an amateur.
After that h o
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\ went TO london
and announced himself Us tho young
American Tragedian," making his profess
sional debut in The Gunmaker Of Mos.
cow" His American professional debut
was made in the Winter Garden theatre,
in New York. as Othello.
Mr., Gotthold supported Rhea, Gus Will
Jams and other stars. He also figured as
o playwright, having written 1.-The Good
Fight" He adapted "Micaliz" from the
French of Theodore do Barriere.
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j. Newton GotthoId.

In the death Of J. Newton Gotthold the
stage loses one Of Its eminent men, and
one who has played in nearly overy
American town Us well as In England. He
was born in Richmond. Va, In 1887. His
namo was Isaac Newton Gotthold, but
when he first appeared on the stage pro.
gramme printer made a mistake and
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A Philadelphia barber makes the state.
ment that there are fewer bald heads
among the people of wealth and fashion
In Philadelphia than among the same
class Of any other American city.-New
York Evening World. *
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Thereupon I h Q
farmer chucklod,
drew In the pot,
and exposed his
hand, saying: at
does me good to
take ono o. these
high strung scien-
tiiic chaps into
camp with nothin'
but ten high"
Mr.. Proctor was
pre- -cminently u
socicty man In his
hours Of relaxa-
ttaa naI a., 4, ,
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cum Cnewing and Eyesight.

A Pittsburg opticlan makes the state.
ment that gum chewing has harmful
effect on the eyes, Aud when carried to
excess Is apt to causo blindness. The
constant moving Of she jaws affects tho
nerves that lead from the spine to the
optic nerves, and strains the latter until
they Give ou'. Chicago Herald.