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at this time: 'In force of genius and taste in
bellies letters there are few actors on the stage
who can claim competition with him. This is
not hattery; and. IL il were, it would not be
pernicious to him, who has so uniformly been
quoted as rare instance Of intellectual pre-
cocity. But his successful application even of
these thrifty and uncommon properties of mind
to the profession of the stage will excite some
wonder when it is known that he has had no
dramatic preceptor in the artifice; that his
word and his action have been disciplined by
his own Judgment, and that he steps before
the public full grown. like Minerva, without
being indebted to Jupiter's head for his
origin"
YOUNG PAYNE LION.
Young Payne was now QS13) the lion of the
day and was dubbed ''The American Roscius."
Having captured America, he aspired to the
conquest of England. Arriving at Liverpool
at a time During the war Of 1922 when the re-
ceptlon given Americans there was not of the
most friendly nature. our hero was marched 20
prison, where he languished for fourteen days.
cannot, within the limits of newspaper
article. follow Payne closely during his eighteen
busy and eventful years Of residence abroad.
AS actor and dramatic writer he attained great
distinction in England, a country that has al
ways excolled in histrionic lore He was the
nrst native American actor and dramatst to
attract the attention of .Englishmen, and he
was on intimate terms with many of the leading
literary men Of Great Britain and France. He
was one of Charles Lambs particular favorites,
ana Coleridge and the great French actor,
Iaima, showed him distinguished attention.
HIS CAREER ABROAD AS AN ACTOR.
The following characters were personated by
Payne in Great Britain, as well as those before
mentioned as having been previously taken by
him in the United States. viz: Count Lune',berg
IN Adelaide" JGfie' in Venice Preserved"
Reuben Gtenroy in Town and Country" Pet,r-
ch'o in katherine and Petruchio," Biron in
isabella" Wyadham in Royal Oak" and
Charles De Moor in 1.-The Robbers"
While playing in Dublin he, with Daniel
OConnell and Charles Phillips, joined the Ma
sonic order.
Payne's last appearance upon any stage was
IN birmingham. England, in 1915 and he closed
his career as an actor in the part of Young Nor
rot, the very character in which he made his
debut in New York nine years before.
His reasons for quitting the stage are given
by one of his biosraphers. as follows: las an
actor he did not grow with his audience and
lacked the genius to hold place as star upon
the English stage"
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WHERE HIS REMAINS REPosF.

While living with his brother Thatcher in
New York, after his return home. he wrote a
Life of Christ, but it was never published.
AFoNDSEss FOR JOURNALISM
Payne always showed fondness for Journal
ism and he now QS3i) conceived the idea of
starting an international literary periodical,
which was to be published in London, the con-
tributors to be both English and American In
the prospectus he claimed that Literary labor
in America can only be rendered a source of
sure and permanent benefit to its followers and
others through some connection with the pc
riodical press"
Even abroad" he continues, "this is widely
though less exclusively the case. Byron him
self knew it and was ambitious of establishing
magazine with Shelley and Hunt. Scott was
for a long time at the head of an Annual
Register, aud to the last was more or less con-
cerned in less ponderous publications of tho
same class; and Campbell, Bulwer, Lockhart
and numbers equally eminent in England, be-
sides Jouy, Duval and others in France, and
many who might be quoted in other parts OF
the world, look for their least precarors re-
sources and means Of usefulness. notwiths and
ing their popularity as makers of books to
their editorships of periodicals"
So interested was he In this scheme and so
sanguine was he Of its success that he ADAM
doned everything else and started on a per-
sonal canvass of the country for subscribers
pected long list of subscribers not materialiZ-
Ing. Stopping at Washington on his way
north on this mission he made the acquaint-
anee of many eminent public men, among
them being Daniel Webster, Henry Clay and
William L. Marcy, who promised his enterprise
substantial aid. 1t was during this visit that
he made the acquaintance of the Talburtt fam
lily, an acquaintance that ripened into Q last
ing friendship
Continuing his tour through the south and
southwest, he visited the famous Indian
chief John Ross. A peculiar phase of our in
terminable Indian question was agitating the
country at the tme-the removal of the Chero-
KEGS from Alabama and Georgia to the far
west The Indians opposed the scheme. and
Payne, sympathizing with them in the stand
they took, was reported to be . spy, working
inimicably to the interests of the government,
and he was arrested by the Georgia militia.
He was soon released. however.
In 1888 Payne again visited Warrington, and
through the influence of Webster and Marcy
was appointed consul to Tunis, Africa, in 1842,
by President Tyler. During this visit he was
frequently . guest of the Talburtts, he and
young George w. Talburtt being close COM
panions.
Reaching Tunis on his official mission he be-
came great favorite at the court of the hey.
In ls45 be was recalled by the Polk administra-
ton.
In ls47 he again visits Washington, renews
the acquaintance Of his friends the Talburt4
apd contributes to the city psssst
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fhNE GRAVE AT TUNE
In his youth he was handsome of face and
symmetrical of form, but as years advanced
upon him he became feshy, and this portliness
OF person is assigned as another reason for his
quitting the stage.
DEVOTED TO DRAMATIC WRITING.
Mr.. Payne now devoted his time to dramatic
writing and most of his literary labors were
performed in Paris in adapting French plays to
the English stage becoming a constant, enthu-
siastic reader of the French dramatic poets.
1t was during his residence in Paris that he
made the acquaintance of Washington Irving,
with whom he roomed for some time. Irving
and he became fast friends.
As a dramatist Payne met with good sue
cess, many of his plays being among the most
popular of the day, and some Of them outlived
the author himself. notably his tragedy of
'Brutus" and comedy of Charles H." which
are upon the boards today, and with which
have been associated the great actors Edmund
kean and Charles Kemble. Altogether he
wrote sixty-three plays, which may be CLASH
fed as follows: Eleven tragedies, nine comedies,
twenty-six dramas. seven operas and ten farces.
Becoming dissatisfied with his PROGRESS and
treatment abroad. Mr.. Payne returned to the
United States in 1882, arriving in New York on
the 25th of July Of that year. His friends and
admirers in his native city gave him a grand
reception and benefit, which Melted him over
$1,000. His own tragedy of "Brutus," followed
by Shakespeare's comedy of katherine and
Petruchio." and concluding with his own COM
edy of "Charles II, comprised the bill for the
evening.
In Boston. Philadelphia. New Orleans and
other American cities he was also fatteringly
received.
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in the light Of the verdict rendered by the his
torians Of his own era.

DIrFKRENr VOLUMES AND THEIR sUyEcrs
The Harrison scrap-book library ID divided
between several subjects, the space devoted to
each being pretty trustworthy index of the
relative proportion in which il has filed the
public mind or attracted the attention of the
President. Naturally Political Topics" leads
the list of titles, with nine thick volumes. Next
follows Social and Personal" containing ac-
counts OF the dinners and receptions given by
the White House family or in their honor, and
bits Of biographical chat and comment, filling q
series OF five volumes. Third in rank We find
Economic Questions. Tariff, Finance, &c. "
with four volumes; then comes "Po-
Utica, ,hts Gossip and Conysntions with
two; while civil service reform, the southern
question. public land--including Indian rela-
tions-the foreign policy of the United States,
the New Orleans Italian episode, the political
upheaval in Brazil, the Chilean imbroglio and
the Keystone Bank scandal each has single
book to itself.
THE STAR A FAvoRITE
1t will hardly surprise the readers Of TIE
EVENING STAR to be told that their favorits
newspaper is also the one which the President
seems to consult more than any other. Con-
splcuous among the articles Of more recent
date carefully preserved for the study of coming
generations are THE Presidents Busy Day"
printed in The STAR OF November "a; The
church OF the Covenant-the President Listens
TO an Excellent Sermon by Rev. DIR. Bartlett, "
printed on November %; an editorial para
graph OF December on the evidence found in
the report OF the civil service commission that
the civil service law is well obeyed in the de-
partments here; THE Presidents Christ
mas Gift-Mr. Blaine Expected to Write
Letter Declining to Be Presidential Candi-
date, printed on December 3; editorial para
graph on the Presidents order for the adoption
OF an efficiency record in the classified service
printed on December 10; 1.-The Gay World
Christmas in the White House and Cabinet
homes, on December "a; Christmas at the
White House" on December IS; secrets of
state-How Certain Important Government
Matters are Kept for the Public" on December
20; still Talking of War;" on December %,
and "A Happy New Year-Brilliant Reception
OF President Harrison at the White House." on
the LIST of January.
Is 1t possible for an administration to 60 very
far astray with such wealth Of good literature
and counsel to draw upon?
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PROFITS OF THE GAMBIERs
Millions Secured From Their yictims A.
New York CITY.

Although the industrial specialists OF the fed
eral census bureau have been ON their rounds
and taken their notes OF what goes TO make up
the commercial greatness OF the metropolis.
says the New York Herald, and although the
municipal tax assessors have long ago made M
their minds as TO what proportion of the city's
thirty odd millions OF taxes shall be borne BY
each branch OF business activity between the
North and East rivers, and although the fed
eral enumerators and the police enumerators
have finished and the states enurnerstors are
about to begin their work in the count of MAN.
hattan's swarming heads. a great industry OF
this city-one might almost saw the greatest
single industry-and its thousands of toiling
operatives has been and would still be were ID
not for the efforts of the Herald systematically.
not TO say shamefully, neglected.
That industry is the industry Of gambling
IL is bald, harsh kind OF q word but our yo-
cabulary has not as vet been enriched by it,
euphemistic successor. Ii is the industry
which caters TO the desire in man for easv-cot-
ten wealth. which is as much a part OF his being
as has desire for FOOD or drink. The shops or
counting houses, or whatever You choose 90 call
them. off the dealers In chance are almost a.
open to the public as those OF the dealers in
shoes or hats, hardware or crockery. Their
existence is just as much recognized as that OF
the theater or the church. Yet now here-not
in the tax books, nor the census returns nor
In any place OF registration provided by fed
eral. state or municipal government-can the
inquiring citizen find the slightest trace of a
single statistic by which he may measure the
growth OF this vast industry.
The Herdid has been at work 20 supply the
want The figures which il has procured are
startling. Ii finds, for instance, that the pro-
fts OF pool selling in the city of New York
alone are almost large as the profits of the
sugar trust throughout the country. Ii finds
that the profits OF faro would be much larger
II the business could be conducted as regu-
larly. Here are the estimated annual gains Of
the two great branches of the gaming industry.
In the term faro are included roulette hazard
and all games requiring layout" and Of
course excluding all round games, such a.
poker;
Fool selling 130, 600
Aafo ----.---------.-.-... o,SJu. soO
II must be said, however, that public opin-
ion reflected in the law not having quite
reached the liberal attitude toward faro that
it has toward pool selling the former industry
is conducted so irregularly rs 10 greatly de-
crease that grand total Of annual gain. The
extent however, OF this decrease cannot 10
even estimated.
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for The Evening star
BORN JANUARY Is, 1889.

Brave singer Of the olden days,
So potent are thy matchless lays,
Nolonger may our hating praise
Add to thy measure.
II rustic muse still fondly deem
Thy name her most congenial theme,
Be hers the pleasure.
As oft we scan each glowing page,
Instinct with all thy noble rage,
Thy sparkling wit, and wisdom sage,
Affection tender.
A well-known voice We seem to hear,
And fam would think thy spirit near,
And homage render.
How doth the old familiar tune
Recall the banks of Bonnie Doom
Where thou in many bygone June
Hastsate and pondered!
The gorse and heath still bloom as fair
As when beside the winding Ayr
Thy footsteps wandered.
Still merle and mavis haunt the WOO.
Where, sadly musing, thou hast stood,
Or happy, swayed by lightsome mood,
Attuned thy singing;
Nor didst thou dream thy simply lay
Would long survive its natal day,
Through ages ringing.
Strong lover of thy native soil,
Twas thine to crown her sons Of toll;
Thy aim oppression's might to foil,
True manhood cherish.
Not yet, whate'er our mortal lot,
Shall old acquaintance he forgot,
or friendship perish.
We turn the leaf-Behod, throng
OF Highland clansmen march along,
And loud swells Bruce's battle song,
Der bagpipes' dronng!
Resistless still thy magic art
To fire each loyal Scottish heart,
Such birthright owning.
Not blameless was thy brief earth-life,
But mid the stress Of passions rife,
Yet didst thou wage relentless strife
'Gainst haunting error.
They heard no faint uncertain note
Whom once thy trenchant satire smote,
Inspiring terror.
Though child Of nature from thy birth,
Now plunged In grief, now mad with mirth,
To thee the cotters lowly hearth
Became an altar.
Well may her sons this lesson learn,
Wherever Scotias hOme-tires burn,
And SO eXalt her!
AS CLOVIS the stOrm-scarred mountain heigl
Beneath the suns unclouded light,
So shines tiny genius forth as bright
While years are fleeting.
From this far isle on fancy's wings
My muse her spray OF heather brings,
Thy birthday greeting
HENRY S. WYE
Nantucket, January 81, 1899.
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Solid Fog.

From the Young Man.
The deleterious influence of foss may be es-
timated from some results obtained from ex-
animation and analyst last month at Kew Gar
dens. The director speaks OF the leaves as be-
ing covered with substance like brown paint
''tarry-hy drocarbon can only be
scraped off with knife. On analysis this shows
over 81 per cent of carbon and hydroearbon.
with Al per cent Of metallic iron, magnetic
oxide Of iron and mineral water. Any one at
all acquainted with the physiology of plants
and animals can apprehend in moment how
such mixture must affect both the lungs Of
men and the leaves-which are the lungs-of
plants. as regards respiration. Strangely
enough, the deposit appeared to be more marked
at Kew than at Chelsea.
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PAYyE's sIRTHPLACE.

His paternal ancestors came from England
and settled in Massachusetts, in 1922. On the
maternal side he of Hebrew extraction, his
mother being a Miss Isaacs Of East Hampton,
Long Island. where his father, William Payne,
soon after his marriage became the head of
Clinton Academy. an educational institution
founded bv De Witt Clinton while governor of
the state of New York. He held this position
for several years, when he removed to New
York city, a few years afterward going to Bos-
ton. 1t was during his temporary residence in
New York that his son John Howard was born.
he being the sixth of family of nine children.
One of his brothers. Thatcher Taylor Payne,
attained to considerable eminence as q member
of the New York bar.
HIS EARLY LIFE.
John Towards early education was under
the immediate direction of his father, who was
renowned as an elocutionist. The boy, who
was an earnest. industrious student, noted for
wonderful precocitv, became his fathers as
sistant. He early showed a fondness for
defamation and the dramatic profession, which
his relatives tried to discourage. He, however
managed to take part in many private theatre
Gals. and also found time to indulge in dramatic
criticisms.
While in his fathers school in Boston he
made the acquaintance of Samuel Woodwork
the author of THE Old Oaken Bucket" Wood
worth was then boy in printing office, but
was publishing on his own account child's
paper called The Fly, to which young Payne
became a contributor
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Young Payne was eighteen years of age at
this time and was thus described by one OF his
contemporaries: Mature bestowed upon him
a eountenanee OF no common order and though
there was roundness and fairness which but
family express strong turbulent emotions or
display the furious passions, these defects were
supplied by an eye which glowed with snima-
ton and intelligence. more extraordinary
mixture OF softness and intelligence were never
associated IN human countenance and his
face was true index of his heart"
DEBUT ON THE STAGE.
His first appearance on public stage was in
the old Park Theater, New York, on the Oath Of
February, 1903, in the character Of Young
NorrdI IN the tragedy of Douglass" His sue
cess was complete, the critics being warm in
their praises of his effort. His engagement in
New York proved SO fattering that be visited
leading cities in the north and SOUTH every
where being greeted with enthusiastic audi
ences. His repertoire included these charac-
tiers: Young Norral in Douglass" Octacias in
.MountaiReer," Frederick in Lovers Vows"
Zdphsd in 'Mahomet" Hamla in Hamlet"
ROtLd in 'Pizarro," TdRcrea in ''Tancrea and
Sigismund," Achmet in "Barbarossa." Romeo IN
Romeo and Juliet" Edgar in King Lear"
Alexander in Alexander the Great" Lord
Hastings in Jane Shore" Orestes in Dis
tressed Mother" LodLair in 'Adelgitba" and
Fsaosi in Venom"
4 Boston paper paid this tribute 70 his sspius
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From the New YORK Pres.
''Yes," said the preacher, imam 10 but dust
and ashes"
Then two men who occupied = front pew
arose and went out The sexton followed them.
and In few minutes returned 10 his sat
''Why did those two men 60 outf" asked
the sexton after the service.
.'They were offended at the minister say1ng
they were but dust and asheA"
what else are they7"
"They are ex-patients Of the Keeiey Insti-
tute, and their sysselns are full Of bichlorids e
gold"
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William Gardner Hale, the Cornell professor
who goes to Chicago TO organize the Latin de-
partment Of the new Baptist University there,
y known among classical scholars from bis
book on the cum construction" which wee
hoAoged hy stranslstioa into German.
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Again the Hat.
From Life.

rark-"How did you like the piay?"
He-"Not SO bad as to color. but the ribbon
was cheap stuff and the feathers looked a.
though they'd done service before"
she-"What are you talking about asked
you how you liked the play~
He-"Qh, the play! Thought you we're ask
ipg me about that hat IA front q ~. Tbats
~ cav thsye,"
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Congressman pubarrov Of Chicago is called
the ''Adonis Of the west" the ''haudsomsst
maa in Congress" and ID othervise referred TO
In complimentary terms. He IL bachelor Of
only thirty-four yesrs and has not vet made his
maiden speech, either within the House Of Pen.
geeontataves os vithept-E5nAaN0e
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Written for The EVENING STAR
Shall We Live Again.

Shall We Live Again.
asked the hills in vernal bloom
To tell me IL beyond the tomb
The mind Of man is full and free,
The heir to all eternity.
asked the seas, that grandly roll
Their wrinkled brows from pole TO pole,
II far beyond their utmost shore
There is . life forever more.
asked the stars, that nightly shine
As tewels in the crown divine,
II man shall live within their sphere,
Devoid of all the dross that's here.
asked the sun, whose heavenly light
Shines somewhere always day and night
To tell me IL the soul Of man
Exists beyond this little span.
The hills and seas, and stars and sun
Made glorious answer one by one,
Proclaiming with grand refraih-
''GOd wills that man shall live again,"
-Jous a. JorcE.
Washington, D. c.
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tory rs l had hoped i found that the matter
10 shrouded in considerable doubt. there being
but little. il any, positive evidence to sustain
the claim of any place to the distinction, but
think there is enough presumptive evidence to
make strong case in favor OF Anacostia, so
far as the form of the song OF today is con-
cerned.
Although methodical 10 a marked degree in
his literary laboTs, there is great uncertainty
regarding some leading incidents in Payne's
own life and work. Even his place OF birth
was at one time amatter Of dispute, and people
were once claiming the authO ship of his inn
mortal song for another. But these disputed
facts are now settled beyond all doubt and for
all time. Next to record evidence the tradi-
ton or oral testimony of a people, handed
down from mouth TO mouth, is the best of
proof Of historical fact that can be advanced.
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OFFICIAL CLIPPINGS.
Scrap Books Made by the Different
Presidents.
GEN. HARRISON's METHODS.
Several Volumes Devoted to Different Topics
Andrew johnson First Inaugurated the
Practice of Keeping Newspaper Articles
Col. Lamont's Valuable Record.
Written for The Evening Star.

THOUGH OCCUPY
ing a position of the
highest dignity and i'm
portance the Presidents
.of the United States
have never been above
feeling q wholesome in
terest in what their
fellow citizens thought
and said about them.
No President down to
Andrew Johnson's time,
however, is known to
b ave systematically
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HOME, SWEET HOME.
How John Howard Payne Found One
at Anacostia.
HIS MORTAL SONG.

Evidences That at Last the Final Version of
II Was Perfected In ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
isties of the Poet-A Brief sketch OF an In
tsrssting Life.
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NONE OF MY "ROAD-

NONE OF MY "ROAD-
side Sketches" recently
printed in The STAR it
was stated that Payne's
"Home, Sweet Home"
was written at the old
.Talburtt mansion in
Anacostia, and the ac-
quincy OF that state
ment having been ques-
toned, / undertook an
inquiry into the matter
toascertaiu the truth, if
possible. The result has
not been as satisfac-
FL -. a. 49,.
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4 Remedy for the Gripps Cough-
Tam snail end frequent dosss q ksnps Daanu
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INFLUENCE OF ELECTRICITY rPoS TEE COLOR
AND PkoDucrrvESEss OF FIowKRs-ouRISo
TOBACCO BIT MANS OF KLEcrRIcAL AYPLi-
ANcEs-wHAr WILL BE srES AT THE COMING
WORLDS FAIR
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The song was revised and rewritten three
different times. but i; is the third or final re-
vision that tie people Of Anacostia are par
ticalarly Interested in.
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Warrington, d. c.