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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-10-04

limited that they to be regarded as projections
of the astral form" ns Theosophists would put 1t.
These apparitons are certainly effective, but they
are permitted to remain mystery to the end,
and this seems rather careless on the part OF the
author
The best quality Of the book consists In the
versimilitude. Only writer Of first rate powers
could have succeeded in this. An inferior author
could not have carried of the abnormality OF the
whole story, but would have made it simply wooden
and impossible. Moreover since scarcely anything
in such story explains itself, but has to be In
terpreted as by commentary, the danger OF losing
the thread of the narrative is exceptionally great,
and the utmost is needed to avoid this danger
Here, too, Mr.. Crawford has scored decided tri-
umph, for the interest Of the tale is sustained
throughout It is of course in the nature Of an
experiment and it cannot be expected to satisfy
all tastes. But when it is considered that the
main subject is not a matter OF imagination or
superstition, but a sober and very formidable
reality it will probably be conceded that MT
Crawford has written here very remarkable,
powerful and interesting story, and under difficult
ties and endorsements OF q quite new ana ex-
tremely intractabc character
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-10-04
GEORGE WILLIAM CURTIS
The Rev. John W. Chadwick In The Christian Reg

The Rev. John W. Chadwick In The Christian Register.
II was about 1857 that be assumed the Easy
Chair OF ua!pers Magazine and his discourse from
Ii is however, as orator rather than a writer
or editor that Mr. Curtss genius Is most remarkable
and his fame Is most unique. As an orator he re
mains alone among representative Of that
classic school when had IN Edward Everett It's best
what Everett never had-a and sympathetic
heart beating through all the substance Of his sus-
tanned and lofty eoQuencc. The rhetoric OF his
orntiOns Is expansive rather than compact for he Is
master of the art Of persuasion and when he writes
what he would speak he writes 1t with an
say whether more admire the felicity OF particular
expressions and the delicious cadence Of each separate
phrase or the consent OF every part 10 make whole
as perfect any structure OF mighty builders shap-
Ing hand. But all these things would be far less than
what they are. IL not that they are seconded
Cor every shade Of thought and varying emotion. and
which, though II habtunily gives forth the Emusic Of
mild lutes aud sllverooatod flutes can ring mag
nifcent with the OF scrve politics and sordid
men. 6uperb his grent orations. Il Is In his
Spontaneous outbursts OF lmpassoied feeling that his
genius Is most manifest, n Shen. at the Rep1bican
Convention which nominated Abraham Lincoln. he
brought back Joshua n. CiddlnEs TO the hnl md the
Convention b manly Of something better worth
considering than the proudloos Of the border states.
And still, FOR those Who know Mr. Curtis well, Il
is neither as gcnls ossnyst independent editor,
nor splendid orator, TINT he mnhes on them the most
agreeable impression. II Is as man deeply vcrsed
friendship d the rarest minds, full OF delightful rem
fniscences OF men and things and forgetting nothing
OF his wide experience except tho lofty part which he
himself has played.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-10-04
A LTBRARrAYs "REMINISCENCES.
From The Pail Mall Gazette.

FROM Inc ran Mail GaZctte
Mr. Robert Harrison. who has been librarian ~ ~ ~
Iordon Library for than thirty four year, ~ con-
course of hts presidential address at the Lof,
"reminiscences of Carlyle and other eminent men wa,
were accustomed TO frequent the library ne 1,rlTS
conspcuousIy original man among them was os'y ~.
lie often visited the library Ills conversation va
most amusing null of extIavagant AM etagge raSS ,y
AZ himself He used the library books extensively ~
his later works, and Was guilty OF we Np I.hs ne
must 's admit thst his remarks were never nsaoiOsi'
but chiefly consisted OF corrections OF date OF err "a.
t nSsty text ven o sSow FSm1 Ta. o. e a g
Charles Dibdin's collection OF songs the lasS nj.
tannia Al the foot Of this boastul song CARLYLE sss
written Cock-adoodle-doo' with small fores Oh Ss,
Of SS TGGS 10 1r @ ndso Gaff he As
book an expression so Characteristic OF tne n.,,oa
genius who wrote IT, lie hoped they on St tSe name
Carlyle il only for the sake of his pregnant siesy
interesting 70 them all Why is there there, pS 10 Msesti
ia and SailoHs in every ore OF Tnsckeay snches
eminent member of the London Library; ,l 40 Whea
writing The virginans' be came 10 him zoe ~ Ia
for a life OF General Wolfe i don't wsnt on,s iSSs
Gives me that bat want something thai viii tel "a s
the color OF his brooches. he had the pleasufe r s
Sn siory Of The coIser and the Hearth is
late Lord Lyton was frequent y', , o snd he sVt
Novelist known by the Of George Eliot ns
quito astonlshei az nrst % see what pan, ho sssy v
read rs were their best novels An illa,tlo's, IA u
member OF the London Library Mr. Glsds,Uu'; and had
w.ys taKen an interest IN their prosperity, ouu
ots5 given them his valuable support at thes INA
ncs He made uso chiefly OF thclr works o. c'es mai
incident that occurred when JuVen Me-
MSad WIS g s0 Tsyy to line the pSSSsrtu.
hsonns he forgot which. lie told his need Ia
n The masters who happened 20 be present: "sbiss
vras fonnd and II differed slightly from VA. Us
Mr. GaAstonc had quoted. But said the On r.n a.
~, 10 him aftcrward, his line was much liner u'as
VA fonn prfnf.i
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-10-04
Mr.. DAILY AND THB DUKES BOOKS.
From The London Star.

There is good sory told concerning the booh.loy-
ing aspirations u the American comedian. Mr.. An
gssun DAILY, ana tho late Dnhc OF Manchester. Tie
story related BY the London correspondent OF the
Echo de Paris Is that three years ago Mr. Daily was
browsing IN the Duhe's library and lovingly handling
and saw the genuine appreciation he displayed. and
when Mr.. DAILY heavod q deep sigh he reluctantly
laid back the volumes the shelves his Grace gen
erousiy begged him 20 accept armful In vain the
actor protested; the Duke persisted, and Mr. Au-
gustin DAILY possesses to-day q most remarkable two
sc0re more OF these books.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-10-04
LIAfB's COTTAGE.
From The Pail Mall Gazette.

From The Pail Mall Gazette.
Although II Is now nearly sixty years s'ncc ss
Iar,h dird the little cottage IN which ~ aha ~
ssfer resided al Edmonton shows but slight e'ise a.
Of any external change. situated rev "a
from the ralway station, the house, with US 49,
tarnc The roadway, its red-tlled rof ana Nh .sss
wais' us narrow doorway and small PANIED wina -
gives the impression OF oh-Moria o.nhio' % which
hang clusters OF red berries, stsots o. u,e now
and its autumnal appearance imparts Is'' nnildns.
rrh,ch is attn knevn e sLamb's cof1AnA'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-10-04

IuSion the love lie had borne so long for another.
Does this seem extravagant, fantastic? II need
only be said that the researches of Charcot, Lie
beault, Iiegeoris Mol, Krafl-Ebing and score
more OF men Of science have brought 70 light
actual facts no whit less surprising and no whit
less subyersive of conventional ideas. We do
not vet understand what identity is; but
we know that ID can be changed; that
one person may have more than one person
atty, so TO say; that ore person may lead two
or more distinct lives. and have two mere dis
tinct characters and temperaments. with two men,
cries, each ignoring the othcra Where then shall
the limits of instability be set? Or where can
the boundaries Of hypnotic action be drawn7
There is in "The Witch of Prague" nothing
which is not strange and abnormal The charms
and sorceries of Unorno are matched by the weird
theories and arts OF Keyork Arabian. the self-ab-
sorbed seeker after a means Of conquering death
and insuring an immortality in the body Nothing
could be more grotesque than thic upreverend
sage were il not for the sinister aspects his eharae
ter takes at intervals. And where shall we look
for parallel 10 that hair-raising scene In Keyorl
Arabians chamber, when Unorna thinks that the
inummies and stuffed relics OF the grave by
which she is surrounded break into q horrible
spasm Of vitality. Here Keyork Arabian plays
q truly Mephistophelian role, and perhaps the
hints about his claim upon Cnofnas soul may lie
thought by some httie toc medieval for STORY
which in so peculiar a manner represents and en-
ploits the most recent advances Of modern science.
In one other particular Mr.. Crawford has apparently
for tie sake OF effect, made departure from his
central method. The appearances Of Beatrice 10
Unorpa and The Wandercr are left without any
explanation 1t is conelusively shown that they
~ not the creations Of hypnotism, and it IL rot
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-10-04

School Academic chairs. multiplication
tables algebrao FORMS Greek fire. Roman candies map
Of China among others, historical troes-wth Greek
roots.-lJudy.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-10-04

Edmond dc Goncourt he's Just pnoiisheo az uio s.o
Of seventy. the first OF projected series vi U"o'0
nhs pnon rananese artists Of tho last century
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-10-04
LITERARY NOTES.

Mr,w. E. II. Lecky is ffty-three years old, and his
first vourne Of poems is about to appear. 1t may be
that they were written in his salad DAYS lie began
TO write while still very young. When his Leaders
OF Public Opinion In Ireland was published ne was
only twenty three and he was twenty-seven when ms
"Rse and Progress Of the Spirit of Natonaism' ap-
pcarcd
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-10-04

The speculating cashier OF great eorporaNon
,ho ho,o % Mr. UowcIIs,s new novel. lie runs ava
to Canada and leaves his family behind
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-04-26

9 II
-THE-
11A !!'l. |
S1,00O-Anna E. Ramsey's
Addition, south-faCing,
on graded street.
Summit avenue, east of Mil
waukee Short Line, Per
feet Lot; lies just right;
south front. We have it
under contract at $4,000.
$500-On Geranium street.
Eastville Heights.
S2,50O-Corner Goodrich
avenue, Summit Park
Addition, 59ax15O.
Hundred Feet, Lincoln ave
hue, east of Victoria;
corner; south and east
front; price low.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-04-26

do most other vermn But the croakes excep-
ton For since investigation has shown the folly OF their
croakngs escape the foolke they have craWed into
their pulled their holes in after them Hence every
body feeling good and good sale makes feel still bet
So you have GOOD property for sale CHEAP come
at once and We having inquiries every day
for Lots the street car lines.
We choice lots for sale very cheap in good neigh
borhoods, Summit and Dayton and Special
Bargains Braytons Addition the OF Rice and
Maryland We have good Lots cheap almost any part of the
city of Rice street. you will build them, will sell
you the best Lots South ST. Paufo $3.50 and $500
These Lots Union Addition easy reach OF the manu-
factories, and worth from $500 $500 This is charm
ing property will three years be worth five times
you give for it, This will undoubtedly be the great
ufactg part of St Paul. and the cheapest place TO live
in the city, The beautiful with fine and pure
Fares Scents fyou have not the money to build,
will get house built to suit you.
We also in convenient reach of the city, lots of from
five that will make the best fruit and poultry farms
in the state.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-04-26
HOME s F.!

We offer Tor sale a very
pretty cottage on Carroll street
near Victoria street, newly
built and equipped with all
modern cOnveniences; and a
neat cottage of 6 rooms stu
ated at the corner Of Saratoga
street and Grand avenue, ON a
lot 66xl50 in size. Either of
these cottages would make a
very desirable home for a man
of moderate means.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-04-26

We have a large list of both
improved and unimprOved
property in all parts of the
city, including two fine bust
ness blocks now yielding good
incomes, to which we invite
the attention of purchasers.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-04-26

$4,000 for one Of the most COM
plete and comfortable Groom houses
in the city, on Western avenue, two
blocks from the cars. Lot is 40X100
to an alley.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-04-26

Residences-A number of
them in Woodland and
Summit Parks; best 10
cations on st. Anthony
Hill. Inquire at our
Office.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-04-26
S2,50O-Corner Goodrich
avenue, Summit Park
Addition, 59Rx15O.

Hundred Feet, Lincoln ave
nue., east of Victoria;
corner; south and east
front; price low.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-04-26

and The future may be confidently relied
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-04-26
WATSON &
HYNDMAN,
Real Estate & Mortgage Loans
I45 East Fourth Street,
EKDicD7T BUILDING.
West CrOcuS Hill!

We offer for sale in West
CrOcus Hill some of the finest
Residence Sites in st. Paul.
This property is situated ON
the bluffs at the foot Of Dale
street, and fronts on Fair
mount avenue and CrOcuS
Place. We will make special
terms to purchasers who will
build at once.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-11-29

thick nights ia enabling vessels 70 lay u course.
Tho moving Of the scotland and sandy Hook light
ships from their old places TO the ones they now DC
cupy also a good idea. Each now is on the axis
OF the channel the entrance 10 which 1t was intended
to guide the way. The sandy Hook ishtship is the
older Of Tue two the Scotland ghtshp being the result
OF accident. 1t was originally put out to marx the
wreck OF the ship Scotland so that incoming vessels
would not run into II.
When the wreck OF the Scotland was finally re.
moved and the nghtship was taken away iona ana
vigorous protest went up from mere ait captains en-
gagged In the Southern trade. They had found most
useful in making tie South Channel when they ran up
from the south and having got used 10 IL could not
get along without 1t. II did, indeed. seem proper
place for ligaiship, and the Government ofdersd
IL back again To this day. ON the sides OF me 9cq
land lightshp, painted the words, wreck Oh uie
scotland Just rs painted on the hrst snip put
out there to that wreck. The present Scoiiahd
lghtship Is OF the newest type and Is provided WIN
steam fog whistle. She has sufficient san power 50
that II she broke adft from her moorinSs sue woud
not be helpless. - ,,,,, A.
There are several fine vessels in the lighthouse leet
acting as tenders and supply vessels. tender goes
about placing buoys. looking after the welfare VI oSe
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-11-29
4 ENIoHR BASEBALL CANE.

A truly unlque baseball game being played the
south meadow in Central Park when Tribune reporter
walked through there few mornings $50 The players
were the inmates OF hospital for curing physical de-
otias in children and NOT Of the h!teen boys hae
a so,nd body Three Of them were Clutches, In
consequence OF wheed leg each. three four hsA
their legs strapped iron supports 10 staghten them out
and in fact each the boys physically deformed
IN some way. The pitcher and first biseman side
hobbd around crutehes and the catcher the other
side had one leg tied up in iron supports.
10 would have been u sad spectacle had not the
Youngsters almost forced smile to the onookers
face by the supreme enjoyment which they derived from
IN, game. The boy eruohes was at the hat He his
the ball and hObbe de.hobble he went toward irst base
caught his fost the base and rolled aud
the ground he his one foot again with surprising
aacrty his only lmpedment seeming To be the laughter
which shaking his whole frame. The other two boys
who walked with the assistance Of etehes waiting
Tor their the bat One behind the other
and knocked his cruth from under him. over he went
on the while shout Of laughter went from
his coapsnlons. lie aiso got up laughing and did noe
appear 70 mind this seemingly cruel trick in the least
large number spectators watched the for
time and the unfortunate lads seemed " enjoy themselves
syeyy minute they were on me tea-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-11-29

the sea controls the commerce Of the world" Yet
comparatively few, even among the citizens OF this
great commercial city, know how that great TOE Oh
commerce which daily GIBBS and flows by Sandy Hook
is guided from the open In safety up 10 the piers
where all the wealth Of the fruitful West Is received
to be carried to all parts OF the world
When Nature scooped out New-fork Bay snc leit
n long stretch of wide shoals lying between Coney
Island and Sandy Hook Through these shoals run
several channels Since first the United states UoV-
ernment was formed render the navigation OF these
channels safe practicable has been the care OF te
Lighthouse Board bureau Of the Treasury Depart
ment but composed OF officers OF the Navy ana Oh inc
Engineer Corps Of the Army. The harbor OF New" iorh
Is i'm the Third Lighthouse District. and Is under te
care Of the chief inspector Of the district captain
Henry NJ Picking, of the Navy. Under his charge are
all the lighthouses, lighshps beacons and buoys' he
has al his command for the district feet OF tenders
and supply ships. and at the lighthouse station at
Tompkinsvile $50 at work. and from his once
over half million dollars are expended annually n
good percentage Of this Is expended In keeping up te
light and buoy system OF New-York Harbor. Remove
the buoys and put out the lights and not ship In the
world OF deep draugfI coud find her way INTO new
York Harbor unless by happy accident.
The maintaining OF the electric light buoys winch
now make Cedney's Channel like welIillumlnated
street to come up night is matter OF eonsiderabie
EXPENSE ingenuity and trouble. The electric buoys
are connected by cable with an electric plant on sandy
Hook where a great dynamo grnds out electricity all
night TO keep them burning constant wafch is keP'
on them from the electric station on the HOOK
and as soon as one goes out the news Is teegraphed
10 the lighthouse station at Tompknsville. Then on
goes the tender with new lamps and all the equipment
for reparng the cable should break In that be the
cause Of the trouble. .
II the trouble is with the lamp men go on 10 the
defective buoy in small boat and an electrician shns
ND the dipping tossing spar and puts new lamp In
Mace of the old one. In pleasant weather in sum-
mer this feat Is not dcult to accomplish, but the
lights must burn in winter and in storms as well as
In calm and summer.
Imagine an electrician in ollskins on a stormy day
In winter astrde OF these Gedney channel buoys
irving no adjust lamp to find out what is the
matter with the Old when every other wave buries
| him almost TO the neck swiring, cecold water.
| But the lights on the buoys must be kept burning,
nevertheless, men must be dipped and dipped again
In icy waves and the dynamos on the sandy shore OF
the Hook must grind away for the safety OF the great
merchant feet depends on it, Thousands OF human lives
and millions of mems wealth are depending upon it.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-11-29

the channel leading to the NaTows. There are some
few changes yet 10 be made which will make the system
complete Some superfuous buoys are To be rcho'cu'
and some necessary ones shifted little
There are three kinds OF buoys used in marking out
the channels Of the bay and Its approaches nun buoys
can bnoys and spar buoys. nun buoy i big IRON
cylinder with conioal top. and can buoy Is Dig
iron cylinder without conieal top. A spar buoy Is
simply spar painted according to tie posl'ioh
IT occupies regarding tile channel. II ouos u,
paInted red II should be passed on the lett hhhd
gone ont II black on the right hand. II IL Is painted
In vertical black and white stripes 1t means that IL Is
IN the centre OF the channel and II painted with bor-
yontaI black and red stripes II simply marks an OBJ
structon and Is a thing 10 be avoided
Then there are whisting baoys which the mouoh o,
., yas causes 10 give out most dolorous and weird
,oons and bell buoys on which. they rock about,
hell tolls night and day. as II In accompaniment 10
The dlrges OF the hollow seas These are placed IN
nos,t,on where they will be useful In case OF fos or on
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-11-29

well-buoyed harbor is the delight OF Mariner and
few harbors are better buoyed than Newiork Harbor
Is now
In was not always In fact, up TO compare
lively recent the arrangement of buoys was bad
When the recent maritime conference was held in
Washington and some of the American delegates boast
ed OF the good system Of buoyng in the American har-
bors Captain Mensing, who was delegate from Ger
many made few remarks not altogether OF a comph-
mentary nature concerning the manner In which the
harbor OF New-York and its approaches were buoyed
This was felt to be true by those who heard him.
The reason was that the buoying Of the harbor and
its approaches thing OF gradual growth the nrSt
general system having been supplemented with buoys
placed at various places where 1t Ind been suggested
and IL was apparent buoy would be OF use. mus
the system was lost and the result was homogeneous
When Captain Picking took charge OF the district
he resolved on q radical change, and ordered gen
e shifting Of the buoys each of these aids 10 naVi-
cation being placed in its logical and legitimate POSI-
ton. =
The result is harmony, and now any one who can tell
a buoy from seagull ought to be able 10 navigate