Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-09-06
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mart or new play has Edwin Booth ever
enriched tho literature OF the stage ana
the American drama
+, now NE GOT TEE SAMr.
Artemus Ward was not only one OF tne
,,nst nyiginal n mot the very cleverest OF
American humorists, at least OF his day,
lint hs was also distinguished genera III
tho Revolutionary war. VI course; tnsLo
were two Artemus Wards. and the way .h c
humorist happened to takothc namo u, sn'
gsnoral "a his nom dc q,xrre has, believe,
neyer been told. rode day or two ago
on branch of the Long Island railroad;
near the quaint little cottage. empowered
In old anple-tress and surrounded Dy
basntifuI stretch of that soft green grass,
wb;ch we remember from our boynoou
and 90 seldom see IN later life, IN whicn Ar
temus Ward lived near this city. ~ - ~
different a, possible from the not n ..s
pretentious cottage IN whlcn 'nn. a.
Fnrdbam' re was under one OF those
tress that Ward, whose real name was
charles Z. Browne, told my informant that
whsn ne frat began to set type on news,
nsn.r in Wheeling, w. Va, and concluueu
thst he would make something OF writer
If himself. he looked about MN ior Tue
choice of a pen name. lie had Deen reau1
inc tho history of the United states, anu
coming to A mention of General Artemus
Ward he thought to himself: II will see
what human fame is worth. Will take
the name of this gallant! Revolutionarylhero
and see who will say me nay ana point OUT
"a me the fact that am sailing under Dor
owed colors.n Accordingly Charles +.
Browne. poor typesetter and humorist, be-
came Artemus Ward, the popular, famous.
and successful lecturer. as well known IN
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London as in New York.
MRS. J. O. BLAINE, Js.
Her friends in this city are considerably
perturbed for fear Mrs. James 6. Blame,
Jr.. will not after all be successful IN secu-
ring herself Dakota divorce. This IS not
an impression created by the recentiy-an
nounced attitude of the Judge OF the
Divorce Court at Sioux Falls, but seems
to be the effect of letters received directly
from Mrs Blaine herself. Whatever may
he the outcome of that most unfortunate
marriage, which has involved two famili,
lies and their friends IN so much palnful
notoriety. it is certain that time 10 by no
means detracting from the desira,
bility Of DR.. William Tillinghast Bull
rs part. He it was who was credited
with having effected the marvellous cure
of Mrs. Blaine's rheumatism, and he 1t was
that Nine. Rumor, with whatever justin
cation, selected as the man to be made
happy when once the cruel bonds OF the
RIaine alliance had been dissolved. The
announcement that young MIR. Blame mas
decided to contest the divorce suit ana
that he is prepared to make ugly charges
against his wife mas greatly annoyed tine
friends of that most deserving and unfor-
tunate young woman.
The cable announces that the Austrian
Minister of Education has granted per-
mission to Professor Adam Kiewiz to e1-
pertinent on cancer patients IN the Al
brecht Hospital. The Professors right to
this extraordinary privilege IS said to have
been the fact that his friends believe That
be has discovered en- lnfallible cure for can
Ger. The failure of the Koch cure-failure
al least to come up to the expectations
| which have been formed of it-may tend
to lessen the belief IN the future OF Or.
kiewizs discovery of cancer cure. But
ID is believed by some medical men
in this city, although no announce
ment has yet been made OF the fact,
that DIR. William I. Bull has already
made a startling discovery in the direction
of an innovation in cancer treatment,
and that the cancer cure OF tho future
will probably be the discovery of DIR. Bull
and not DR.. Kiewiz. There can be no
doubt that TO the thousands of sufferers
| from this terrible maady in this country,
u
general and TO the cause OF humanity, such
| a discovery would be an almost inestlma-
| bic boom. DR.. Bulls brilliant discoveries
| in surgical treatment and daring ventures
into the border land which lies between
| life aud death in surgical cases have
fitted him to degree to be the dlscoverer
of this cancer cure. He was tho first sur
geon in THIS country to perform what is now
the very common operation. laparotomy:
al 10 g .ttn
IN this city ne has almost unlimited oppor-
tunities of studying the course OF TINS
strange disease.
IN THEE DAYS.
Anotable little piece OF news comes TO
me direct from tho other side GprOpos of
the remarkable record breaking perform
ance of the steamer Ieutonic. II is the
intention. az quietly gwen out by the Gu
nard Steamship Company, to make dcspe-
rate effort TO regain their supremacy IN the
ocean-carrying trade by building steel
vessels which will cross the pond in not
much more than three days. Everybody
remembers when the Alaska was called
the ocean greyhound" Yet her very best
time. made in September. 1854, from New
York to Queenstown, which IL 2,795 miles,
yeas DAYS IL hours and 81 minutes. Ia the
short seven years which have since then
eapsed the record has gradually been
diminishing, until the Teutonlc holds 1t
with days 10 hours and 81 minutes.
| To the Alaska's ocean supremacy four Gu
narders succeeded III this order: Servia,
Etrurla, Umbria. Germanlc. The Cunard
| Line has not held the record since that
time n fact which has caused its owners
| no small chagrin. 1t is now proposed to
recover the pennant, and the announcement
made to my informant was that steel
steamship, TO be nearly a thousand feet
| long, Is TO be built as soon as possible Tor
| the purpose of so far diminishing the sur
| face of resistance, increasing the fuel sto-
rage room, and ahording extraordinary ac-
coinmodations tor engines, thet, with some
| hopes for the discovery OF method OF utlll-
| ZinC more than % per cent. OF the potential
energy OF steamers fuel, 1t may be posi-
| bic 10 reduce the record from five to three
days. This scheme is entirely independent
| of and distinct from the publicly an
| nounced plans of tho Cunard Company to
| have ready by next spring two new steel
steamships for the Atlantic passenger
| trade, each something over GOO feet IN
| length. and warranted TO be hve-day boats,
| Manager Brumphy. OF the Cunsrd office in
| Liverpool, says that no mas tho highest ex-
| pectations of the performance OF these
vessels. "Curiously enough" said ne.
I'VE are al loss for names for the new
| boats. You have no idea how difficult it is
| 10 get u bOol Ihiut ltI nisi-Cldoo ftsScl
| Take the AurGnia for example. Where do
| YOU suppose We got that from! Why,
simply from an old British fort down on
! Staten Island, the very existence of which
| Is now unknown TO most New Workers"
| There hasn't been such year for ocean
| travel since 1884 az the season now closing.
and while people who expect to cross next
year need not anticipate any increase IN
| passenger rates, they of course willremem-
| Der that n rrst-clasJ passage on q steam
snip which holds the record for speed costs
| them from twenty To forty dollars more
than other swift ships of the same line
which is only right, az such u vessel uses
up about seventy-hve tons of coal day
more than do her sister ships. In other
words, her operating expenses are at least
| 500 day more.
TIE BIGGEST SALARY.
II is believed that the largest salary paid
to any man III Now York city-or IN the
| United States. for that matter is received
by Henry B. Hyde, president OF the Equi-
| table e-Assurance Society. Persons in
all parts of the country who are making
heroic efforts TO get enough money To-
gether TO pay their too-frequent premiums
| n Mr. Hyde's alert agents will be inter-