The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-02-13
IS DEAD, NOT SLEEPING.
Tho London Daily Nsw York Herald
Not to be Revived by
Bennett.
Big Round Sum Of Money Lost
Trying to Establish tho
Paper.
AristotIe's "Constltutlon Of Atbsns"-s0me
Notable Clubs Of London Where
Noted Men Meet.

Especial Correspondence of The INDEpEaDysr. I
LONDON, dan. M.-Ii1e tho Whifiwind,
tho daily New York Herald announced,
wbtn 1t ceased being published. that IL was
not dead but sleeping, and that whom cor
tain mechanical! dificuIties cOuId be ovsr-
como " would rcappear in a garb, and with
anssppoarance more worthy Of It's proprietor
and more likely 10 can tho support Of the
Er.tigh public. We hear now, however,
that james Gordon Bennsit has %reiinqnished
tile idea OF restartina tne parper ''jn n larb,
etc." and that ho will confine bis atten.
tons TO the weekly Sunday paper, which
is now a wonderfully paying property, and
u splendid advertisement for the New York
and Paris Heraldg. We have II on very
good authority " nj Mr.. Bennett lost close
upon u hundred thousand pounds in trying
to sta;t bis daily over here; and that " was
only when editorial counsel in New York
strongly advised him to drop ", that be
gave orders to cea}e printing. II IL worthy
Of remark that 10 the few months I hat he
had dsily orc lie had Il corstant success
sion Of new editors. ! believe tho stay of
each averaged Lctwcen two and three
months Y
There In very little that IL new to say
about tbs recently discovered work on this
Constitution OF Athens" by Aristotle.
Those most likely to know declare thnt IL il
n genuine manuscript. and that from tho
historical and classical points Of view, IL is
one OF the most important "GndB' Of tho
century. But ii may bo questioned whethcr
oil the writer's who hail the discovery with
such delight have really made themselves
masters Of the other works Of the great
Greek philosopher. Probably Aristotle il
ma Is&tIn rnaI and vnurh <ufknI oh,.n% rs nV
Greek or Latin author that over lived. An
amusing feature in connection with tho
'fnd' is the absurd way in which the
morning papers all boycott tho subject,
because the first news OF the discovery ap-
psared in the Times. The only occasion
plaised and blamed, waaduring the slttings
Ut the special commission, and after tito
iseue Of that tribunals report.
Ono OF the few remaining Links in the
chain which binds the London Of to-day TO
that of the past IN to be found in the time
honored institution known as 'Jbo Club"
10 the uninitiated the title may seem TO
sayour goinewLat of arrogance; but, when
IT il remembered that this body il more
than a hundred years old, and that ii con-
sists Of forty Of the most d~istinguished
men living. it will be seen that "The Club"
with the emphasis upon the definite article,
ID aftcr all q well-dcseryed name. Tho
club YVES founded by DR.. Johnson in 17G3.
Sir Joshua Reynolds il said to have pro-
posed it, and among the original members
were Burke, Goldsmith, and Sir JOIN Haw-
kins. It was the conduct Of tho last named
which drew from DR.. johnson the Oft
quoted remark, Sir John, sir, il a yery 'un-
clubable' man" The club met at the
Turks Head in Gerard street, Soho,
one evening in every week, and
e @s%nsss s'ns ansily s0n'' Vrsssy 'h iats
hour. Now ii meets ut TIC Grand
hotel once in every three weeks. Among
the present. members of the club are Mr..
Gladstone, Mr.. Froude, Lord Salisbury,
Prof. Iyndall, Sir Frederic Leighton. Mr..
Leckv, Lold cols,iags. Sir jam 3 stephen,
and Prof. Huxley. There are thirty-seyen
regular memLers, in all, and five honorary
ms mbers. including Lord Tennyson. The
dinners Of the coming Six months will be
presided over by (amonz Others Sir James
Psget. MIR. P.unket. Lord salisbury, Lord
SeIborne, and Sir James Stephen. Each
member present at a dinner signs his name
III q book kept for the purpcss; and one of
tbs treasures Of the club is the book con
tanning the autographs Of Johnson. Key
noias, Goldsmith, Eurke and Boswell. Let
us hope that ,s history may some day be
written, and that fac SMILES Of th,ss sigma
lures may then be produced.
Another interesting dining club is Dill
Ions, which was founded in 1872, mainly
for tho purpose of allowing the leading
JuOJubCT5 VI DDbu DDllLiChl DhTLls6 10 EuEcD
together at Il board from which all the yio-
lence Of political controversy was excluded.
II has faithfully fulfilled that office down
to the present day. Many Of the most il.
lustrfous men of the century have been as
sociated with il, and its present member
vile, the Duke Of Argyll, the Dukeo of West
minister, Lord Derby. Lord Salisbury, Lord
CoIcridge. Lord Harrington, Lord Rose-
berry, Sir John Lubbock. Mr. Ealfour, Mr..
Morley, Mr.. Chamberlain, Sir Henry
danes and Sir Richard Webster. The po-
litical element largely prepondcrateB: but
many distinguished men OF letters and
artists have been and are members Of the
club. II will be sufficient to mem
ton tho names OF Matthew Arnold
a and Mr.; Lscky, Of Sir Fred
GfillOn's club meets Oh certain evenings
during the session, when those member
who are in own dine together. Each IL
chairman u yice-chairman in rotation,
End IL IL the duty of tho chairman to make
an entry in the club minutes Of tbs guests
present and Of the wine drunk. Twice in
the course Of it's history il has happened
that only one snember has been present at
dinner, and those occasions have always
been regarded by the club rs notable. Lord
:5tratford dc Hedclifs dined alone at the
club in 1854. SO did Gir. Gladstone in 1883.
Dn tho latter OCCASION there was duly ell
tered in the club book q note to the effect
that zone bottle Of champngno'' had been
drunk, to which note Mr.. Gladstone added
the following from "PargdIse LOST:
The inind - its wi place, and in itself
Can make n heaven OF he'll, q boil OF heaven"
SaioniuiiC Winners.
But time changes minds as well ag mar.
nora, though even now when makina
changes from ono circle to another, IL often
requires That ~gdaptability which could be
said found in one who Inns automatic man.
nerg. However. such radical chauoea not