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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-08-05

The Monongahela left Newport vesterd.v
for a cruise of eighty-nine days with The
naval apprentice boys. She is scheduled to
reach Queenstown on August 2S Plymouth
Ssptember !; Cadiz, September %; Funchal
Madeira October l. and Newport, Noven,.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-08-05

Hard ON the Indian Police.
The Secretary of War has decided that a
member Of the Indian police has no legal
authority to arrest deserters, and Is there
fore not entitled to the usual reward. unless
the statutes of the state or territoryin which
the arrest is made invest him with author
tty to arrest civil offenders
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-08-05

Government Receipts Today.
The receipts from internal revenue today
were 1895, 446; from customs, $500. .G9.
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Ellery II, Auderson A-uosuxJ

Mr.. Ellery B. Anderson of New YORK. ba.
been appointed Pacific railroad corn,ois-
clined the Office "O N
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Increase I'm Bank NOten.

Increase I'm Bank Notes.
Since the 1st of August there has been
an Increase of S2.1 164150 in the circula ton Of
national bank notes. of which amount S71l-
90 We're issued yesterday
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AGAINST THE WHISKY TRUST.
Suit Looking to Its Dissolution WIN
he Brought.

CHICAGO, Aug. 5.-Judge Tuley this morn
ing overruleda demurrer fled by the Distill-
ing and Cattle Feeding Company. known as the
whisky trust The issue was whether the court
should allow proceedings brought in the name
OF the people by Attorney General Moloney
and intended TO dissolve the alleged trust bs
continued BY overruling the demurrer the
court will allow the suit to continue.
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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-01-01
Arscn1cal Poisoning.

The danger through arsenical poisoning
in our homes is not confined TO the wall
papers, having been found often present In
cretonnes and imitation Indian muslin in
poisonous quantities. A bad specimen az
~cvetonne has yielded on e~oelysis la11 grains
of white arsenic, 2H grains having been
known TO be a fatal dose. Some months
back a London doctor experimental upon
forty-four samples Of cretonne supplied by
a local tradesman, not one OF which was
absolutely free from the poison; eleven OF
them were grouped by the analyst as very
bad" and nine as distinctly dangerous"
1t is quite "a common occurrence TO ave
pieces OF these substances in a room con
tanning sufficient arsenic TO give 100 people
a fatal dose. A very popular impression
has been that greens and blaes are the
dangerous colors. but the analyst declares
that reds, browns and blacks are more dan
gsroua sulL-Chamhsrs' Journal
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-01-01
Iiterary Notes.

cooroa riiot's wtdower, Mr.. J. w.
ross is about to bring out a volume OF
his ESSAYS. 1t is entitled impressions Oh
Dante and the New World"
snociol interest has been taken In Lon
don In the announcement OF the tranMf-
ZION of Regamey's Japan III ART anu IN
dnstrv." and a first supply OF ~" copies
has been ordered for the London mar
ket.
Many of Mr.. ~Swirburnc's FITTINGS. IL is
reuortea. have become extremely scarce
ana are consequently sold at hlsh prices
His tiay booklet on the queens JuoiIe''
fer examp,e. Is now cheap AT $S5. The
FIRST edition of Atlanta In Calyooh
soils at about the sam price.
The English translation Of Ibsen'S new
NAV will shortly be brought out In Lon
don although the author has not YET
6nisned his work upon the proofs OF the
original. He has not yet decided on the
title OF the play. which IS said. ny the
way. TO out-Hedda "Hedda Ga5ler.
. rIes I. Webster & Co. have ar
ranged with MIR. Henry George for the
publication OF his new work, ~ PerpieX-
ed Philosopher" being an examination OF
MIR. Herbert Spencer's various u~tterances
on the land question, with nc'dentdi
references 70 his synthetic philosophy
They havs also arranged te issue "f'
Georges former books N ii uniform edi-
ION.
Poe's "Tale of the Ragged Mountains
the authors manuscript. that Is 10 say
vas sold at auction by Bangs & Co. on
the 10Th instant. The bidding started al
800. and ran up by tens 10 $50 at when
price Dodd, Mead & Co. secured ,ne
treasure. THE story Is written upon
twenty-five pages Of note paper says the
Times" There are $50 lines-something
ike 200 words. The manuscript Is In
| EXCELLENT condition, though written over
sixty wears ago. The writing Is In small
weii-formed letters, On straight, even
/ lines. without slant either way. and IL Is
perfectly legible. Neither the paper nor
the ink shows a particle OF fading. how
much less than s295, we wonder. did Poe
receive for the manuscript when II was
new and carried the copyright with III
Mr.. Grant ALE n-who. by the way. IL "a
very poor novelist has been giving a lee
ture on THE Novel as She Is Wrote.
which contains some amusing fnforma-
ton. When the plot has been selected,
MIR. Allen declares, the writer proceeds 10
elaborate II IND spread IL out thin over
the requisite number OF chapters. Ihis
| requires the Introduction Of episodes. ana
he usually introduces twenty-six. me Tor
each mstaiiment. One weli-known novel;
list writes his great scenes nrst-the
scenes on hich everything hinges-and
seterward works backward TO the chap
tiers that lead up TO them. In his way ne
is In no doubt as to the situation OF the
doors Of the rawing-room or the prscise
date on which the murder was COM
| mitted. The good. solid. domestic. bread
and butter novelist writes straight ahead
from tho nrst chapter. The conscisntious
noysaiss-and there are such, ssys ~.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-01-01

The prevention of accidents from eSplo-
sive gases in coal mines by means Of a
water cartridge appears on experiment
to have proved very successful. AS man
aged for this purpose, an explosive charge
of tonite is placed in a tin tube Of a size
suitabic for Il SHOT hoie, the Tube is hlleG
with water ana the cartridge suspended il
il by means Of a wire connection with the
detonatof the tube bSiDg securely plugged,
the cartridge placed in the shot hole and
rammed in the usual way. Thus, as ID
claimed, there is no flame When the charge
is exploded and consequently no danger of
igniting gas, while al the sane time the
coal is not shattered as in ordinary blast
ing.
An account of some OF the tests made
with this cartridge shows that in one case
four ordinary shots were fred in the coal
with four ounce charges of tonite without
any fame being observed; III another and
severe test two blowout shots were tried
in hard metal, with no indication OF flame,
while, rs a final test, a loaded cartridge
was fred on the mi1e door. and again there
was 20 indication Of flame, these results
showing Unquestlonably the absolutely
6ameless properties of the cartridge.-New
York sun.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-01-01

a long and honorable career. He was
five years older that hts brother, Anthony.
and TAD reached his eighty-third year.
He was educated at Winchester and Har-
row, and AIban Hall, oxford. and after
a brief interval of schooiunastertng at
Birmingham. he betook himself to lit
erature "a a profession. He began by
writing articles In magazines. and his
first hook waA an account OF a tour In
Brittany. In is43 he settled In Florence
with his mother. and their receptions on
Friday afternoons became the resort OF
all English people Of distinction who WIS.,
tied Florence. He married In 1Hi. or
thereabouts. Miss Garrow. a woman OF
rare ability. and for many years was the
correspondent ae Florence OF the Athe-
naeum. The first fruit Of his Italian So
journ was Impressions OF a Wanderer
In Italy" which was ollowed
by THE Girlhood Of Catherine de Med
ici.' a Decade In Italian Women" "Tu
cany In is4s.' and his most elaborate
effort. History Of the Commonwealth OF
Florence TIL 1884," which appeared In
1865. His first novel was written In TWEEN
ty-four days. to obtain the money for
securing for his wife a change of air and
scene. which the doctors recommended
and was succeeded by several others
which had a respectable success, although
they never obtained such general popular
ity as his brothers.
A great blow TO Trol.ope was the death
of his first wife in 1865. Subsequently he
remarked, and I'm 1873 he removed from
Florence to act as the correspondent OF
the Standard at Rome. His house in the
Via Nazionale became a welcome resort
OF British visitors. Trollope. although
he was deaf. was never dull. and his
cherry vioce set his company at their
ease.
Always a hard worker, he wrote every
DAY from s o'clock until 2 o'clock. stand
ing AT n high desk near the light. After
luncheon he smoked his cigar, and was
fond Of telling strangers that no beverage
accompanied il so well as a glass OF milk.
HIS consciousness, honesty and Tear
lessness shone forth conspicuously In his
dealings with all mankind. When, as cor
respondent of the Standard. he had 70 lay
bare any shortcoming In the Government
OF Italy, he scorned TO be induced. by
the batteries Of those In high places. TO re-
frain from speaking out. His simmer
holidays were spent In various parts OF
the Continent. and at such periods he
sometimes found It hard to provide a sub
stitute. but he did not set foot In England
from 1S43 till 1856.
When he retired from active work, after
osciiiating for two years between Rome
and the west Of England. he finally set
tied at Budleigh Observation-Disclosures.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-01-01

"The Point of View" I'm Scribncrs' for
December refers interestingly to an ac-
count given by the great French dramatic
critic, Sarcey, Of his persistent but I'M
successful efforts to make for himself
a corner in some Paris journal I'm which
he could apply 10 books the methods he
has adopted. with such rich results, In the
criticism of plays. NJ. Sarcey's principle
is simplicity itself. First. he had in
stock" so TO sepeak, a body OF general
ideas I'm regard to the various depart
ments covered by current publication. NJ.
Sarcey assume that every critic is thus
equipped at the outset. but The Point
Of View" looks upon the assumption as
rather violent. The ideas Of the critic
need not be fixed and criticism-proof;
they may allow Of modification, qualifi-
cation. or development with the passage
OF time; but they must be definite enough
and broad enough to be useful before
even a beginning is 10 be made. Second,
II. Sarcey wished. if he took up a book
at all. whether for praise or cOndemna-
ton, or each in part, TO give his readers
a very clear impression OF the actual
contents Of the book. a succinct but care
full and faithful description 81 II, an
ANALYSIS of It's authors purpose and
methods. Finally. the comment was TO De
In order. Ii was not insisted. OF course,
that the notice should necessarily be
wide in this way. quite the contrary;
NJ. Sarcey thinks that the ommen should
be woven with the exposition or state
mcnt. and that the fundamental ideas
OF the e%ritic-the ideas constituting the
bases of criticism-should be inferred
rather tina stated. Each article thus
planned and written would. II Is plain,
not only dc the author reviewed ample
Justice, but would be a lesson In those
Fundamental ideas OF the critic. Nj. Sar-
cey has failed TO impress the editors and
publishers of Paris with the value or
Interest Of his idea but The Point
OF View" is convinced that his plan is
sound and practical. and that the journal
Of means and position that should create
such a department would gather to itself
a class of permanent readers Of high
inheritance. The conduct Of such a crl-
fical department does not require genius.
Though 1t requires rather uncommon
ability. fairness and patient Industry;
from the publisher a free hand Is re-
auIred. The failure OF American editors
TO supply this long-felt want Is the more
remarkable, TO the mind OF The Potht
az View" because In such "A department
there is much room for that element OF
..news'' for which our readers are sup
Dosed TO be so eager. and our journalist
40 nanpily gifted. The notices" OF the
daily press are. as a rule. singularly In
ADEQUATE and often inept. Even the bet
ter class OF them maxi too much OF a
display Of the critic. and leave the reader
worse than ignorant OF what the writer
criticised has really lone.
T.. Adolphus Troiiope.
Mr.. Thomas Adolphus Trollope died
suddsnly on Friday. November Nth, after
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-01-01
Browning's Art.

Stopford A. Brooke. writing In the De-
camber Century. AYERS that there is
nothing really obscure In Browning tie
continues: 'BrOwning's thoughts are clear
enough to himself. and a few simple clues'
easily won By those who VIII take the
trouble. will lead a student to the centre
of any labyrinth to be found In his Work.
Nor are the thoughts Themselves complex.
The difficulty of understanding his poetry
lies in the way in which thoughts In
themselves quite simple are expressed.
They are twisted. ~entanglct, and shaken
M and this is not good art. What
IS simple ought 10 be kept simple not
changed into riddles. or overwhelmed win
fantastic ornament" Another thing
which makes Browning diincuit IS ms
way Of leaping straight To his thought
and climbing II at once. without TAKING
us through any of the thoughts that ied
to il. We see the result, not the process
This il quite legitimate in poetry, when
there Is not TOO much of il: but when a
number of such completed thoughts are
so expr- esed as TO jostle and trip up one
another. then the poetry is more diIlcult
than gN artist ought to allow 1t 10 be.
Some people. remarks Mr.. Brooke IKE
this: but it IL not the poetry when they
like. but the Intellectual exercise the
trouble which the poetry gives them'
they are pleased with their own clever
ness. Tith their own power or unraVellns
a problem.
These remarks. however, apply to only
a limited number of poems; Browning :
best work, the work which will last, Is as
simple as it is passionate and senFuous.
The part of this poetry which has TO do
with the present unhappy society Is not
likely to have a permanent serious inter
est. nor Is IL the ease that his special
theories concerning the aim of lie, ITS
growth and means. or his metaphysics
and theology. are likely to awaken emo
ton on reveal beauty in future ages; but
all that he wrote in the atmosphere OF
his passionate humanity VIII endure
whenever il is expressed in a form not
too difficult or too rugged for the multi
tude Of those who. in humility, love ma
ture ard human nature"
Prowning's best work is entirely origi-
nal. II stands alone and distinct. AND,
I'm spite Of this keen distinctiveness,
BrOwning's range was very great. lie
! flung Misunderstanding stil hts individu-
ality-into a multitude of other lives at
various times of history and In various
places. But he vas not a great character
builder: he always turns up In every
character. His WOmen are more invent
i've than his men. It IS on account OF
| this hat ne Is not a koot dfaildflSt. Inc
essential difference of drama Is the crea-
ton of a number of distinct characters,
within the same set or web Of circum-
! stances. on each of whom the circum-
stances act differently. and whose action
and thought I'm and through the circum-
stances are different and clashing; and
the clashing produces the catastrophe
But in BrOwning's plays. Browning meets
Browning more or less lin every character,
and the talk is a series Of his s%oliloquies
on the events. There is little or no inter
locking Of character and of action, and
there Is 10 necessity in the catastrophe.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-01-01
OUR LITERARY BUDGET.
INTERESTING EXTRACTS FROM THE
LEADING MAGAZINES.
Whittier and T~ennyson-The Lesson Of
Their Contrastcd neutrality-suspicious. OF
Robert Browning and His Art.

william j. Fowler. In the December
Arena. offers some thoughts on the re-
sembiances and still more important diff
ferences between Whittier and Tenny-
son. Tenny ION had more of the sense OF
melody that may be thought essential
In a poet; yet It sometimes seems as II
this advantage had been turned to loss.
and that his fancy was the slave Of the
melody he loved to make. Much or his
poetry seems the play of a dilettante. On
the other hand. Whittier's work is all
characterized by intense earnestness. even
the Iightest touch Of his fancy bearing
earnest purpose; and this atones In the
eyes of the masses for artistic defects.
There is a good deal of art for arts
sake IN Tennyson. but Winters art
is all for use.
Before the death OF HaLJam, Tennyson
was full of noble aspirations and hopes.
He was in step with the progressive spirit
of the time. But that death came as a
pail to his hopes. He lost step with MS
time. and became morbid. Writers
career shows how surely spiritual
strength grows by use and exercise. As
life advanced his sympathies br~oadened.
Tennyson yainiy sought perfect comfort
for his personal bereavement: whittier
found happiness under far heavier bur-
dens. Tennyson. too. acknowledged the
Idea Of self-efacement: but while Tenny-
son sang, Whittier realized it In his work.
The lesson of these contrasted lives Is
that there Is no consolation for ~sorrowtng
hearts like work. especially work that
helps mankind. 1t is not alone that work
absorbs the faculties: a thrill or keehest
e~xaltation rightly belongs to all VINO con-
tribute In smaller or greater measure 10
the happiness Of humanity.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-01-01
A New Use for Old Rails.

a new use has been made Of old rails in
India, where they are being utilized as
telegraph posts. The brackets for these
rail posts are OF wright angle iron, a
piece Of about two feet long being Lolted
to the post, and the ends being bent some
what 80 contain the insuiasor pins. The
wires are kept so well apart that they do
not come into contact during high winds,
aud the arrangement presents q very neat
MISUNDERSTANDING Dispatch.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-01-01
Stead on Lord Tenuvson.

Lord Tennyson Is the subject OF Mr..
Stead's Character Sketch in the current
Review of Reviews. This is one OF the
most interesting Of the sketches that
have appeared In a long while. although
Mr.. Stead did not know the Laureate
personally: for he has EMPLOYED his sec
ond-hand knowledge to advantage, and
woven II together with cleverness. What
ever may be his faults. he never writes
without saying something. one Of the
things he SAYS about Tennvson Is that he
was not. and to this hour Is not. a poet
OF the English common people" The rea-
son assigned for this Is a commercial ana
not a literary one. He speaks from eN-
perience when ne says that the high price
at which Tennyson's works are published
has practically placed them out az the
reach OF the millions. His father was .
non-Confcrmist minister on a very small
salary. and poems published at six shil-
lings a volume were entirely out OF their
reach. "As d CONSEQUENCE he says,
'~'rennyson has never been to me what he
might have been: and what was true In
NV case is at this moment true OF millions
I'm these islands," Shakespeare, scott,
Burns. Milton, Byron. Longfellow-each
NAV be had for a shilling. but not Tenny-
son. Ms a consequence. he IL not read oy
the very poor.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-01-01


"Nr. Besant's resignation of the chair
mauship Of the Society Of Authors arises
from = mistaken senFe Of delicacy,' says
&C. w. s" in the Tribune. He continues:
II Is. in fact, his answer to the u
that Il is Mr.. Besant's society; that ne
runs II. and that the great body OF
authors. or the best authors. have no part
i'm his iabors. That Is. / imagine, q puo-
fishers complaint. IT Is the expression
of tbe Jealous susceptlbilities OF the pub
fisher on behalf Of the author. But the
societv numbers $50 authors. MIR. Besant
would have been well advised to take
no notice Of such criticisms. His resigna-
ton will not ~extinguish them. IL ~ per-
factIv true that Mr.. Besant has been the
life and soul Of the society. Many others
have co~-operated. but he has contributed
mos, az the energy and enthusiasm winch
started and sustained II. and made IL the
success It IS. His only important mis-
take has been to make Mr.. George Mere
aim president in succession 70 Tennyson.
THAT perhaps, was not his doing. put
II wss done with his consent. Sir rcd
erick Pollock succeeds Mr.. Besant' "ho
remains n member of the executive com
mIttee and may have as much 10 40 WIN
its engagement as before. sir Frederick
Go both barrister and man-of-letters' ana
verv capable In both capacities. no" ne
vii run" to use Mr.. Besants word' tue
society remains to be seen.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-01-01
to another. One of the party started u
''Bruce's Address to his Army at Bar
'.Scots. who hae wi Wallace bIed"--

the words Of which we're set by Burns
to the original tune Of "Bruce's March"
at Bannockburn. When the song was
started the old Scotchman started up
with mis- eyes ablaze. and In a voice OF
G trumpet took up the words and tune,
and when he sung out:
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-01-01

T. Adolphus Troiiope.
Mr.. Thomas Adolphus Trollope died
euadsnly on Friday, November nth, after