The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-03-29

ing standing and he quietly stepped nom
the herdic and waited for another car, on
This dark faced man was Frank stockton,
the novelist. The gray-haired woman was
twice ss strong ~ he was. and she entered
the herdic knowing some man would rise
and give her seat. The women Of Wash:
ingfon City are uniformly well treated In
the street cars. As q rule they give no
thanks to the men who rise to give them
places, and they wiz not discommode
themselves IN the least to give seats to
their sisters.
MADAME DOC AND THE SENATOR
! saw . funny instance of this on Penn
sylvania avenue car yesterday. A very
well dressed and evidently wealthy young
lady from Boston was seated in the center
of one side of the car. She had the ugliest
Of ugly English pugs beside her and this
pug was trotting up and down over the
two vacant seats which were the only ones
left in the car. when well-known senator
Of the United States entered with his wife.
The lady stood for half . minute expect
ing the woman to lift down her dog. but
she merely drew the dog down towards
her, allowing it to occupy one seat. while
the meantime the senator was stand
ing and had been detained for .
moment at the entrance of the car by q
friend. He came along in front of his wife
and looked at the dog. The young maiden
from Boston saw him, but made no motion
TO take the dog from the seat. and as she
did so ] could see faint flush crawl up to
the senator's forehead and overspread his
dark rosy cheeks. 1t was dush OF anger,
which soon quickened into action. With
out saying q word to the girl he took HID
big thumb and forefinger, placed them GIN
geriy on the neck of the pug, and dropped
him coolly on the door. He then sat down
in the vacant seat without looking at the
girl. The whole car broke into a roar OF
laughter, the girls face became ten times
redder than that Of the senator, and at the
next block she left the car.
FRANK srocKroN's LITERARY WORK.
Frank Stockton is doing some literary
work here. He carries his work with him
wherever he goes. and he has some Of the
most curious literary methods of any of
the American authors. He plans his
novel and writes it out in his head, so to
speak, before he puts word down on
paper. He thinks it ont. down to the con-
versation, including the commas. periods
and exclamation points, and when ne has
he dictates it. After beginning his dicta-
ton. he goes right along from morning to
morning until it IS completed. He die
tates about a thousand words in q morn
ing, and he walks up and down the
floor while debating. He once told me
that he could dictate better than he could
write. and that the only writing he did
was his private letters. He sometimes
dictates the last chapters of book before
the first and he says he does not see how
one can write novel without he has out
lined it beforehand He does not revise
his stories to any great extent and his
memory is most phenomenal one. He
likes Washington well enough to come
here nearly every winter, but the most of
his work is done at his home in New
Jersey.
WHY p. t. BAESUM WRITES.
I had curious experience with the
great Snowman and advertising philanthro-
pist, Mr.. p. T. Barnum, about a year ago,
which is worthy Of being printed. was
preparing an article for this newspaper and
/ wanted an expression from Mr.. Barnum
on the subject. wrote asking for it and
by return mail received the following
reply:
NEW YoRx, April D. 1890.
Deer Sir: Yours received. have more calls
from magazines and popular newspapers for
penny earned by my pen is given to worthy
charitable objects and don't write anything
without receiving liberal payment therefor.
= 5. 1 nearly finished fortnight ago an
article on the subject you name, for which
either Of three or four magazines would gladly
pay me literally. T. 7. B.
In response to this, wrote to Mr. Bar
mum, telling him that while I could not
magazines. would gladly pay what would
be good newspaper rate for the matter,
and that could give him very wide cir
cuiation for 1t. A few days after this / re-
ceived another letter, which read as fol-
lows:
NEW YORK, May. 1890.
M Dear Sir: Ny time and BRAIN are entirely
too valuable to be sold for the amount you mem
toned Yours truly, r. 7. BARNUN.
A few weeks after this an article on the
subject above spoken Of appeared, signed
by Mr.. Barnum, in a weekly publication
issued in New York city. met the editor
of this publication at Saratoga and asked
replied: III did not pay Mr.. Barnum
anything. One of my writer's called upon
him and he dictated the article to him,
and gave it to him for nothing" This,
however, was probably a matter of friend
ship, for happen to know that Mr.. Bar
mum does write articles himself and gets
SOOQ prices IUE tEclu.
GENERAL JOE wHEELER's LAST RAID.
The memoirs of Jefferson Davis by his
wife say but little about General Joe
Wheeler's connection with the last days of
the Confederacy. General Wheeler was
the greatest cavalry leader of the South,
and he is as active now as he was when he
followed the fortunes of Jefferson Davis
down into Georgia. He is a short, slim,
nervous, why little fellow of about LIS
pounds weight. His black hair has become
tinged with gray and white strands are
creeping into his full black beard. His
heart is still young, however, and though
he has made fortune since the war closed,
as planter, there is nothing snobbish
about him, and he is one of the most pop
ular congressman at Washington. He told
me the other day of his last days with
Jefferson Davis.
81 saw him. said he, s.when he was still
president, at Charlotte, n. C. He had been
driven away from Richmond, but he still
kept up his show of authority. He held
his cabinet meetings, and among others
who were present ut the time were Wade
Hampton, John c. Breckenridge, Reagan
and myself knew that the war was over
and l wanted Mr.. Davis TO dy. He did
not seem to think as did, and he held
cabinet meeting at which he tod me he
had decided to move my troops on to
eight brigades under me, but / told
Mr.. Davis that my men thought the war
was over, and l thought it doubtful
whether I could hold them together.
Wade Hampton was more sanguine, and
he ANONYMOUSLY said Well General Wheel