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The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1892-01-29
THE r FAIR FUND
TO-DAY-
Durham Daily Globe, j. 25O
Blackwell Tobacco Co., 1000
And there IS nothing contingent about it.
All that is Subscribed must be
used for business.
SEND US YOUR INTENTIONS.


COLONEL TALBOT SMITH is a gentleman
Of the old school. He likes a joke and
he is what would be called something OF
a jester himself. But the colonel made 9
mistake the other day. During a snow
storm some of his wood evaporated. II
10 8 way wood has in this country. Snow
will cause it to evaporate, and foggy
nights will cause a great deal more of the
evaporation.
However COLONEL SMITH tracked
stick of his wood, and it had again be.
come solid, as he believed, and it was in
the back yard of a colored gentleman
and the tracks in the snow and other
things surrounding the affair, gave Colo
MEL SMITH reason to believe that in its
distress the wood had been assisted by
the gentleman in whose yard the wood
was found.
trial was had yesterday. The gentle
man who had the wood proved that he
did not assist in getting it. that the wood
was his and that if it had ever been in ths
yard of COLONEL SMITH that it was with
out his knowledge or consent.
The colored gentleman was released.
COLONEL SMITH, however, is still of the
opinion that the wood originally belonged
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1892-01-29
NOTHING YET POSITIVE.

The dispatches say that there is moth
ing yet positive about the CHILEAN war
The GLOBE has an idea that there is
enough positive to state that the wal has
ended.
Yet what a farce.
Thousands of letters and cablegrams,
and street parades by PAT EGAN and
blow and buster by HARRISON and
BLAINE, because a drunken sailor got
slapped in a foreign port.
Yet the greater portion of the farce
comes in when we remember that the
CHILEAN government is only about as
thickly populated as New York state
that three millions of people are rub
bling up against sixty-ive millions. The
whole thing is a job lot of idiocy-s
mares nest with nothing in it.
OF course it has furnished a theme for
newspapers. 1t has given them news
when news was scarce-just following
the holiday excitement-but the whole
thing is really foolish and childish when
looked at in a serious light.
This nation of all others can better
afford to have peace. Afford it because
we are strong and powerful; afford it
because we have had enough war to last
some time-atford it because it is manli-
ness and humanity-because war is bru-
tai and barbarous.
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1892-01-29
The One-HOss Shay.

The peculiar feature of the "one-hoss
shay" was, that 1t was built in such
wonderful way" that it had no weakest
part" The weakest part" Of a woman
is invariably her back, and female weak.
ness" are only too m With the
use of DR.. Pierce's Favorite Prescription
this may be avoided, and women may be
comparatively as strong as their brothers,
Prolapsus Inflammation, alteration peri
odical plans, leucorrhea, d~ragging-down
sensation, debility, nervousness, sleep
lessness, dependency, are only a few OF
the SYMPTOMS of weakness of the female
organs which the "Favorite Prescrip-
ton is warranted to remove.
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1892-01-29
GET IN 1T.

There are inquiries concerning
the town, and the business we have
here. There is no better way to
show this up now and then, than by
running a business directory. A
newspaper cannot do this for moth
ing, but it can come part way, and
the citizen can rome the other part.
The Globe is now c%anvassing the
town for a complete directory. We
are charging but one dollar for this
work-one dollar each, per month.
One month is long enough to start
off on, and if it is not a good thing,
then we shall discontinue it.
All merchants and manufacturers
should come in. If we do not get
time to call on you, please send US
an order at once as we will print it
in a few days.
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1892-01-29
TIE WORLDS FAIR FUND
STANDS TO-DAY
Durham Daily Globe. 8 2EO
Blackwell Tobacco Co., 1000
And there is nothing contingent about it.
All that is subscribed must be
used for business.
SEND US YOUR INTENTIONS.
THE CAUSE OF DREAMS.

Col. ALEX CAVE, the urbane and gen
tlemanly managing editor Of the Yam
Farm, says that the cause of dreams lam
from the fact that peoples try do like
hOgses."
Then this close observer Of human ma
ture declares that once he "knowed a
man as was SIGH a hog that one night
afere going to bed he eat six pounds of
mule meat, and foah COP, sab that man
dreampt hat he was abein' eaten up
wild lions.
81 tell you, sab, the science Of dreams
am worth studyin'. A man goes to bed
| with his stomach full of hot mush, and
most likely he'll lay On his back, for
that's the way many a gen'eman stays all
night. That air hot mush gets cold, and
she lies thar in his stomach in a heap
and it keeps a presin' on him and distur-
bin his inards, and this gives him troub-
led sleep which am the same as dreams"
And COLONEL CAVE said that he was
forced to leave US just then as he had to
set a hen.
Upon asking the observing colonel if
there were any signs to be observed in
setting hens, the colonel replied:
eyes there is, boss. If I'd set that air
hen in the mornin' every egg thar would
come a rooster, while if l get her sot to-
night they'll all be pul]ets."
And the colonel profoundly and ss1-
cerely believes it to be a fact and backs
up his proposition with the remark that
hits been tried many a time"
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1892-01-29
Come on Now.
News and Observer

The DURHAM GLOBE continues with
force and power and patriotic ardor to
urge that a fund shall be raised by the
popular subscription to have a North
| Carolina exhibit at. the Worlds fair.
That was the alternative which was sug-
gested when it was ~ascertained that the
provision made by the legislature was
not available, and The GLOBE has earn.
estly pushed the idea. 1t has done more
than advise and recommend; it started
the list with a subscription of $3.50.
This is very handsome. Why may
not others follow such a patriotic lead ?
In fact we observe that the Blackwell
Durham Tobacco company has with the
usual liberality Of its president sub
scribed a thousand dollars. If others
would now say the word, the matter
would go forward. Cannot a hundred
patriotic citizens each contribute $3.50 ?
1t is true that some provision has been
made by the state board of agriculture,
but the cause is one that appeals to the
individual citizen-and any addition to
what the board can appropriate will be
of material assistance. Mr.. Leo D.
Heartt, of Durham will receive all sub.
sc%riptions. We follow THE GLOBE in
urging our liberal aad patriotic citizens
to take the matter in hand and make the
proposed exhibit an assured success.
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1892-01-29
TAKE 1T In.

Unless there be some other resources
for North Carolina to be represented at
the Worlds fair in Chicago, except such
as can be furnished by our agricultural
society, we fear that we must come up
lacking in a proper light at the big show.
Let US hope that a united effort will
Don be made to raise such G fund as
North Carolinians will be proud of-Ral-
eigh Visitor.
THE GLOBE has suggested a way out
of the wilderness.
Will the state press go at it and help
things along. THE GLOBES idea is to
raise the money.
The subscription now stands
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1892-01-29
Ghr Durham Daily 6lobe.
By AL FAIRBROTHER.

THE GLOBE is published every day Sunday
excepted and delivered by carrier at $500 q
year, or so cents a month. THE circu-
lates throughout North Carolina.
The WEEKLY GLoBE is a large eight-page
paper, containing all the news, and is sent by
mail at $1.5O a year in advance.
Oface-Corper Main and Church streets.
GLOBE telephone, No. 80.
ADVERTISING RATES.
Space for one week 8 cents per inch per issue,
when over 5 inches are taken.
Space per month, SO per inch.
Reading matter 10 cents a line each insertion.
Business notices 5 cents per line each inser-
ton.
All advertisements and notices continued
until ordered out.
Address all communication to
THE GLOBE,
Durham, n. G.
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1892-01-29

IF 1T were not for the silly jealousy of
some Of the newspapers of the state,
North Carolina could go to Chicago well
represented. VIII the boys fall in and
have the exhibit a monument to the news
papers of the state?
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1892-01-29
AT RANDOM.

There's q good old fashioned story
Of the child who played with fire,
And who straightway went to glory
And got "a jot in heavenly choir.
But the widest we have heard yet,
Fresh or stale or clear remote,
Was how COLONEL PROFESSOR sHrPpE who
is a gentleman and a scholar, purchased a
Rocky Mountain jackass because about q
dozen people
Told him twas a William Goat.
It may be all right to mentor in this column
that DR.. JOHSsoN's Rooster Laboratory has
not exploded for six weeks. This 10 why we
crow.
When we. get the New Public Building,
COLONEL ALBRIGHT will have a new Office in
it, provided he remains in it.
The story goes now that JOHN CHRISTIAN
has axe down his war flag and declares that
BLAINE is a jester and a coward and lots of
stuff like that.
They tell US that the weddin bells will ring
again pretty soon. FIREMAN TERRELL says
that if they want any ringing done he will
ring the Fire Bell.
The committee which purchased the fire bell
say that they have sent to Moscow to get the
biggest bell yet out. The car and the other
members of the royal family say they will
send it, and COLONEL BASS, who is a hummer,
will wear it on his Vest.
COLONEL CAVE, who has recently Joined our
weather bureau, predicts frost the 9Th of March
and cautions people who are feeding Vans to
bring 'em in at once.
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1892-01-29

THE business men Of North Carolina
must help THE GLOBE in its scheme to
raise at least $4,000. This state must
be represented, and the time to go at the
business is now.
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1892-01-29

IT MAY not be out of place to re ark
that the fourth Of July is coming and so
is next Christmas. Those who will ap-
ciste a good thing when they see it, are
requested to wait for both of them.
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1892-01-29

THE Commonwealth Club will meet
again in the spring q 1000. 1t is to be
hoped that the club will have a quorum.
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1892-01-29

THE News and Observer talks right. 1t
wants to see the Worlds fair a success
and the time to do something is now.
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1892-01-29

II L the l. S. senators expect to be
buried at 100000 each, what will a con-
gresham pretty soon be demanding?
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1892-01-29

The Oxford Day, always enterprising,
falls into line and knows what to do con-
corning the Worlds fair fund. 1t pro-
poses to help things out by raising a
popular subscription and turning it all
ever to one general fund.
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1892-01-29

THE people generally regret to know
that JUDGE WHITAKER is still under the
weather.
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1892-01-29

THE CHILEAN situation was about as
big a farce as the Durham boomers hotel
scheme,
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1892-01-29
THE GLOBE,
Durham, n. G.,
TODAY.

ICE CREAM in limited gobs will now be
received by the management on subscrip-
ton.
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1892-01-29
u WORK!

will do Vault Work in Cemetery and do
first class work. For grown people-white
coat or hard finish beneath the ~ground-$35;
infants IS.
All kinds of Brick and Mason work done
promptly and at prices which will be s~atisfac-
tory.
j. W. EEATHERY,
Durham. n. g.
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1892-01-29

Beecham's Pills cure bilious and ner
ills.
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1892-01-29

THE fund for the Worlds fair shows
that 1880 have been paid in. Let all
people rally, and let US have an exhibit
which will make North Carolina folks
feel good when they go to Chicago in
'93, which is only a little over a year
AWAY.
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1892-01-29
away

JUSTICE FIELD, of the supreme court,
has been eligible for retirement since
1886. Although in robust health, he is
likely to remain on the bench until his
health entirely breaks down or death in
tervenes. Both BRADLEY and MILLER
could have stepped down to private life
several years before their death, had they
so desired.
Der fortschritt. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1891-1915, 1892-10-27
Gpribgfielb, %. Sfto6er.

Gbos. @enolan6t perlieB am Tieuita9 nit
~leiaer ne1en Srel6mai6ine bic @ta0t. "
Sbeo. Socobl OH Don sambertou war am
Sienitag i'll @prin9iielo.
@m. Mituer uub @emabli1 wurben an,
Sonnta9 Nbeno bur6 cine Surpriie Yarty
iiberrai9t.
Geo. galmon bon Cedar Napibs, Soma,
bat bic goam Naoat'i6e Tarm ,peitlr6 Don
Ser Staot ausetauft un6 seoentt na1ites
Nriibiabr nit Nomilie bierber su Sieben, I'm
eine uene !6etmat6 GIT 9riinoen.
Sei 2ouis &une tebrte leete 8o9e ein fleis
mes S09ter9en etn.
Nels Snbnion, ein alter unb au9elebener
Siir9er uon @unoomn, itarb am Sonnta9.
Gen 6interbliebeueu unler Geileto.
County M,1palt Nobertiou perbra9te ben
Souuta9 III Seem nlm.
Treb @auenitein bon Nem 1lm ,por am
Wouta9 Bel leincr S9weiter, Srau @m. WIlz
ler, ;u Hei u6.
@ebet ;u s.. >. S9leiber menn ibr Seits
tags gei9enfe uotbiS 6abt.
- Seller Ii. Seiter iinb an Der 9lr>
belt, oas Wirtbi9aftslotol bon 60.
Malt;abn III rei@er unb gel9maduoQer
Meile ;u oeforiren.
Der fortschritt. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1891-1915, 1892-10-27

- Yra1tuoQes Wetter flr bic uers
ipdteten Iarmarbciteu.
Man leie bic NerbaltunssmaBres
seln fir @Gbler auf bet eriten Seite.
- 8eim S9luB ~unierer Tormen erz
faDren mir. bo6 BET @ebafteur beS Bics
iiseu ,.0oItsblatt" ieinen Nbi6ieb ses
nommen reip. betommen babe. Oils
llriabe wiro cine banosreifti6e Meiz
nmnssuerl1ieoenbeit,. welde oerielbe int
LINTON 6otel nit eimcm Giibna1bar
bate. uno oeren Solsen auseseben.
- ga irrtbimli@er @eiie bic Nnii6t
SIT berriben i@eint, baB Neumam q
YioenSers Ordeiter aufscl0it iei, weroem
mir eriudt 81 beridten. baB balielbe ME
suuor 81 ieoer Seit, uao swar nit per-
be6erter s(usitattuns, bereit 1T, Nuiit
fiir Yaue, Ebeater uiw. 81 ~lieteru.
Der fortschritt. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1891-1915, 1892-10-27
Gourtlanb, Sctober ben "a. 90.
Nns9e;eiduetcs 8etter.
Nns Trpjhen 1T ant i'm G;n,np

Gas Grel9eu 1T gut i'm @au9e.
Sri. Mabel Ootp mar Iber @omntas i'll
Saul e.
@upt. 6. 6. @6ul,, Don ct. Setter, unb
Yroi. y. Nooo pom Nicouet mare,1 am Tret=
tag lit unlerem Stao9en.
q. Mrnb, unb 6. u. 3iesfe 1pareu an,
0ouueritag 9(benb III Stem ulm UNI Gobert
@9iuiu9s Neoe su b0reu.
Die giQase @@ule be9ine an Sreitas
Nbel,o elite o19enebme Columbus Seier.
Sine @(odc iiir infer @6ulbaus 1T an9e=
langt uno mlrbe am Samitag an9ebra6t.
gSir baben l1lln ein S9ul9ebdube, III mel6es
@ourtlanb eineu 9eredten StolS Ieben fa,n.
S. 81. Nomen bot bic Yoit Oiiice iiber1om=
men u,b miro III fur;er a3eit leiu an1t als
Yolt,neiiter antrete1.
Grnjt Nidort pon &ebwoob Salts rpar iber
Sountag BEL leineu @lterl1 ;n 9auie.
Tie i3eit bcr 0abl uobt berau uuo cS lit
iilldensmertb, bab eiu Sober redt ,pablt;
B. T., iir bic Golfs> Partei.
Srl. Gmna 9uebde, Don ct. geter mar
iiber Sonutos BET Nreunoen babier aui @eiu6.
Trau 6. 6. Nemcomb, pon Minneapolis
belt am @amitas cine probibitions: Geoe I'M
G6ulbauje. SIS ,paren piele al1mel END nm
bic beriibmte Rebnerin SIT b0ren.
Nerbiuano Ncder lit nod &cnpiQe sega,>
sen, 100 ieinc Mutter iebr trant oarl,ieoer
lie9t.
Taniel Tlemiu9 bat ms p%cr(aijel, uub
6err @9liemau bon Ol5ama nimmt feline
Steue ais @ectious=G ormalm Elm. @r Be-
wobnt nit ieiuer Tamilie bas Mampeiler'j6e
8obnbaus.
O,e &inber Don s. st. @omcn linb ertrautt
rub Or. Stridler wurbe ant Wonta9 CUR
6iilfe 9erufell.
Der fortschritt. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1891-1915, 1892-10-27
Wcnc Mm3et0ea.
9amNa8un8.

Macn 1beilncbmern on benz 9earabniiie unierer Vatttm
unb Wtutter, unb ipecicu Serr, Vaher See8er unp oem
Mdunerbor, iprche, ibret ~tnntslten DaWt aus
Garl V as ell H. &tnoer.
Der fortschritt. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1891-1915, 1892-10-27

- 9lm MGdlten Samlta9 Mbenb miro
Senator Oauis uno am Sonnta9 Der
bemotratiid Vices@ ouuernearssG anois
bat Oawtins III Dem ulm ipreben.
Oa mir uernehmen. baB bic am
4. Suli in Omaba pon Der ToltSpartet
erloiieuen Grtlarunsen uno glatiurnl
ridt aQaemein betannt ieien, tbeilem mir
bielelbeu al anoerer Stele Der beutisen
Mummer 1T &iirse no@mals nit.
Nm Montas unO Dienitas fano III
Der bieiisen Gon9rcsationalsStrdb Die
iabrli6e @uiommlun9 Der Srppn 80.
Observation-Disclosures ltatt. Dele
qationen aus alien Sbeilen oes Staatcs
uaren ou,uelenp uno uerlief bteielbc tn
elmer b6dit Fl irieoi9enoen Weiie.
Neumann & Yiaeuoers Or6elter
bat ii1 euti@loAeu, bic Club Dances
fir ben @intcr ,pieber ein;ufubren, TO-
mie an Sonnta9 No1mittagen Concerto
su peronitaltcu. 9a bieies Ordclter
uanmebr u%ousdbliser lit ais je, 10 boiien
mir, Bag haHelbe IN ieinem llnternebmen
ben beiten Griol9 baben miro.
- Der Go(umbus>Sag wurbe uon
ben bieiigeu 6iientliben S@ulen am
Treitos gormittas imllnion S@nlbaule
aui cine einfade, aber iebr entlpre9enoe
QSeii 9efeiert. Sdmmtlide S9ulflns
Der waren anne lerb uno in uier 3tmmer
pertbeilt, no bic Teierli6tcitcn nm balb
sebn 1br, ie nad Dem 8e9riifsuerm09en
Der &leinen, ibren Mnfan9 nabmen.
SIM 3immer $. 100 bic b0beren Glaien
sulammenscsoaen waren, fano bic 9aupts
ieierli6fcit ltatt, uno mar au3 oements
lp:e9enb ous9ei6miidt. Tolaenoes
Yrosramm wuroe ausseiabrt:
SnitrumentalsWu iit
@eian9: Nmertta. @eiunsen BON
ldmmtliden Glaiien.
Oas 9ebeu oes Columbus. Vor9cs
leien BON Grace Nembart.
81 Gong Of the Sea." Worgetraz
gen BON Sobanna StoQmann.
@eiang: &eo, Wbite ano Blue.
@as Columbus nidt gu lermen bate.
Torsetra9en Don 2uc. Wa9ner.
Columbia. Vorsetro9en BON Sig.
Mc&ittrif.
&c ans: Some, Smeet some.
@briitopber s. Gor9etra9en BON ..
Sdie.
Die Beocutung Set pier Sabrbunoerte.
Gorgclei EN- BON Otto Wi9erSti.
Columbus. gor9etraaen uon Gm.
Seller, gn,. Yalt>ul3, Gm, S9eiori9,
9ertba Fabl. Grnlt Wei9de, 9enrp
Sod.
Yaraoe Der Tla9en I'M eres Nanoes.
Nus9eflbrt bon Grna Bcl6de ais 60
lumbia, Minnie Siluerl on ais Treibeit,
emily Baar, Wtarp Sdmiot, Silly
Sobniou, Carl S9erer, gua GloBner,
q. 8urmeilter, .. Wowrp, San. gelz
%itanje, Sherman 9ino, Sig. Guoolpbi.
Snltrumental>M uiif.
Nue Gbeile bcs Pro9ramms muroen
Don ben baran betbeili9ten Sdiilern GUT
9r6Bten 3ufrieSenbeit Der anweieaoen,
3aDlreiden 3ubOrer ausgefibrt.
Der fortschritt. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1891-1915, 1892-10-27
OTATE OF MINNESOTA, COUNTY OFBROWN.
Oss-In Probate Court, Special Term, Oct. 18th,

1892.
In the Matter OF the Estate Of Peter Mander-
field, deceased.
On reading and fling the petition Of John Man
| derfeld, administrator Of the estate OF Peter NAH
derfeld, deceased, representing, among other
things, that said estate has been fully administ-
cred, that the expenses of last sickness as well as
funeral expenses of said deceased and expenses OF
/ administration have been paid out OF the personal
property OF said deceased, and that the debts OF
said deceased have longago been paid and settled
by the widow and children Of said deceased, and
that he has nothing to account for as such ad-
ministrator, and praying that a time and place
be fixed for the assignment Of the residue OF said
estate to the parties entitled thereto by law, and
that he be discharged from his said trust:
It is ordered, that said petition be heard, BY the
Judge of this Court, on Monday, the 14th day OF
November, A. D 1892, at 10 o'clock A. NJ, at the
probate Office in the City Of New Ulm In said
County.
And it is further ordered, that notice thereof be
given to all persons interested, by publishing q
COPY of this order once in each week for three sue
cessive weeks prior to said day OF hearing IN the
FoRTscHR1TT, a weekly newspaper, printed and
published at the City OF New Ulm in said County.
Dated at New Ulm, Mimi, the 18th day OF Octo-
Der, A. D.. 1892.
BY the Court, N BkANDI.
IL. ST. S Judge OF PROBATE.
Der fortschritt. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1891-1915, 1892-10-27

Notis: Tiue bas obise ans une idide es eutpeocr
pet Yolt ober bambise ben 3ettet int uerldlolienem Gou>
perte nit Der Iuildrift presidential Guess at ben
obseuannten Supelier, Der b%ieielbcn In Hermabruns
nimnt, bis bic oifisicae 3dbluns Der giouember ssabl
uer6iientltdt piro. Ut ,ptrb oann etncu Gag betonnt
MAIDEN, an weldem allc Gouuerte pom elmer auserleienen
3abl pom Domen ober Serrn in ieinem Sei6aitsplase
se6fiuct werocn.
ET~ Die l11r fam mon Jest III benz SUI
melier= Qabeu bes 5erru s. N. 9aueniteiu,
$50. 8 Molonic Slod, Nep nlm, Mtnn. iebe1,
Der fortschritt. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1891-1915, 1892-10-27
Suction!
Tarm ~ ~ncrfaufcn-

Dsetne ausseseidnete Jarm in Conn Wilioro, 4 3sei:
leu Don SEEM Him nit gutter Wieie uno etncn %lleberIlut
on SSa1er, lit nit ODER obne Gtnrtdtun9 unb ytebltane
btats gu %uerfaufen.
81 9btl. Sads.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-08-21

Merriiies. Jeanne Deans and Lucia de Lam
mermoor to the dramatic and operate
stage. Every mind that is bright and
shrewd is delighted today with Nicol
Jarvie, Dandie Dinmont, Dugald Dali
getty, Roger Wildrake and those
creatures of heroic military stature
Scott sketches in Montrose, Cromwell,
and Ciaverhouse. Sweet women people
Scott's fiction. He did not put human
OF full stature for good or evil. His char
acters do not speak in eunuch tones;
whether they died for truth or error they
died man fashion; they did not yawn and
babble their lives away in chronicling
social small beer.
We have not mentioned Dickens as
among the great novelists Of permanent
quality that have flourished since Walter
SCOTS day, because Dickens was not a
great novelist in the high sense that Scott
was a writer of pure, legitimate fiction.
Dickens was a man of genius, trained as a
reporter; he told, like Bret Harte and
Kipling. admirably what he had seen and
been part of. and whenever he attempted
to do more than this he fell very
fiat. Dickens figures are trivial by
comparison with Scott, because his only
permanent figures are comic, or grotesque.
Ont of Dickens long list Of various charac-'
tiers mono are of permanent color save Sam
Weller, Captain Cutie, Mark Tapley,
Micawber and, perhaps, Pecksniff. This
was the limitation Of Dickens. He could
not sketch heroic figure; for when he
attempted to paint man or q woman of
heroic quality he generally degenerated
into picture Of melodramatic sentimen-
tally. Dickens comic figures are excel
lent, because they are pictures from life
by a great reporters hand; but his serious
creations are sentimental, melodramatic
figures. the stuffed properties Of his liter
airy stage. Scott is never sentimental,
never melodramatic; he is true artist of
human nature. whose colors are as fast to-
day as when they were first laid upon his
pictures by his master hand.
Every theatrical season some actress
plays SCOTS Meg Merrilies on this Pacific
shore of America, where no white man,
outside OF few fur-trading posts, lived
when Guy Mannering" was given to the
press. This fact disposes of the modern
critics who say that "the world has out
grown Walter Scott" The world will not
outgrow Scott until it reaches him and
passes him, and the sixty years Of English
fiction since Scott's death have not given
us his superior. and can boast but two
names that have any sound claim to be
cIassed among his peers. Since George
Eliot's death we have had nothing but
third-rate fiction compared with the high
standard Of Scott