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The Globe-republican., 1894-05-25

Sheep-ReceIptS 10: shipped yesterday, 80.
Owing TO light supplies and good demand The
market was strong TO higher and about ac
above last week. The following are represent
alive sales:
0-........... 10 S3i5 iS............ 46 SO
Horses-ReceiptS, To-: shipped yesterday. as
The market was quiet and weak. The range
OF prices for good age. well broke and SQUAD
horses is about as follows:
Extra draft. 800 pounds .a.......S $50 10
Good draft. 40 pounds. ............... Goa 20
Extra drivers. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. $50, 100
Good drivers. Observation-Disclosures. tOcI 80
Saddle. good to extra. ................. s5dIs5
Southern mares and geldingS. ...... a:ci g.,
Western range, unbroken. .............. 2Ofs 10
Western ponies. Observation-Disclosures. 10, 70
The Globe-republican., 1894-05-25
st. Louis Grain.

ST Louis. May 2I.-Receipts. wheat, 62afs bu :;
last year 10 CSC bu 80 35bu last year 63 100
bu. oats. 81 10 bu.: last year 1900 bu-: -four,
2336 bbls. Shipments. wheat. 300 bu-: corn,
$50 059 bu.. oats. 6.y.5 bu.; -four. GELS bblS
Wheat-Cash. Size: May. Size: July, 52sc;
September. 52Iac. COrn-Cash. 5i4c: May,
36sc: July. 35zc. Oats-Cash. 33ac; May,
35I.c; July 49,.
The Globe-republican., 1894-05-25
YOUNGSTOWN Again Flooded.


YOUNGSTOWN. Pa. May 21.-The heavi.
est rainstOrm since the big flood of 1855
ceased yesterday morning. and early
light disclosed flooded streets and all
alleys and cellars full of water Mer-
chants here worked all night getting
goods out of cellars. About $4,000
worth of timber belonging to the Con-
nemaugh Lumber Co. broke loose and
was carried away. tearing two bridges
away and causing great damage. Fifty
feet of stone wall along the Come
maugh river was washed away and
crops in the vicinity We're ruined. en-
failing Il loss of thousands of dollars.
Reports from Ebensburg at 10 o'clock
last hi ght said that the heaviest rain
since ISIS? was falling there and the
streets We're under water. Bridges
across small streams were swept away
The report said that the farm crops
We're washed out. and everything was
big loss
The Globe-republican., 1894-05-25
Kansas City Produce.

KANSAS CITY. MAY Eggs were
larger: the market was very dull. weak and
tending lower: 1M1l.c for strictly fresh Butter
Receipts large; market quiet creamery firm
er: extra fancy separator. l5c: fancy. lie; fair,
l3c; dairy. fancy, weak. lie: fair, 12c;
choice country. large supply. steady, 10c;
packing. &c: choice, S0s14c: hay stock,
506c. Poultry-Receipts larger active. firm;
ROSTERS. I5c: hens. SIC: springs sac; broiers,
scarce. wanted badly. firm. 20c; a3OOg4.Oo per
doz. Turkeys-Receipts light not wanted
gobblers. weak. sc per Id: hens. &c per 10.
Ducks. &C per Id. Geese. not wanted. dull. &c:
poor. unstable Pigeons in demand: sl25
Gl1.5O per dOz observation-disclosures
light active. s.O092S per cwt. Cauli-
flower. small. 40a5Oc; large N.75d2O
per doZ Potatoes. declining. northern, 20
@s0c: Burbanks, sc: Colorado, sO99Oc per
bu; new, declining, t1.000125 Onions, new
declining. Bermudas, II 90 per blu.
The Globe-republican., 1894-05-25
AWFUL FLOODS.
Destruction Wrought in Severa'
-. Eastern States.
High Water Driving People from Thei
Homes In Pennsylvania JOhnstOwn
Again Under Water Much
Property Destroyed.
Eastern Floods.

Eastern Floods.
WHLIAMsPORT. Pa. May 21.-Witb
the horrors of the disastrous flood OF
1889. which spread death and destruc.
ton throughout this valley. brought
back to memory by sweep of water
that promises to be as great as that OF
five years ago. the people of this city
were in state of panic that turned
the usually quiet Sunday into one OF
remarkable excitement Since Frida,
night steady and almost continuou.
dOwnpOur of rain has been swelling
all the streams. and late last nigh
numerous cloudbursts along the Pine
creek and other tributaries of the west
branch of the Susquehanna have made
it impossible to cOnfine the water with
in the banks of the streams. 1t has
therefore spread out over the coun
try, and at every point i.
pouring into the main river. Graf
fus run, tributary which empties
into the river below the city. over
flowed its banks and spread over con
siderable portion of the city at about
noon yesterday, flooding many houses
and driving the occupants from thei,
homes. All of the houses were occu
pied by poor people, and the rise was
SO sudden the sufferers lost much OF
their personal property. Four miles o:
track of the Glen Allen Lumber Co.
road have been swept away.
The boom" at LOckhaven ha:
broken and Sl5.0OO.OOO feet of logs have
been lost. The Upper Linden boom
also broke at $50 last evening. 1t con
tanned 100000 feet of logs. and they
have gone down. There are about $50.
100000 feet of logs in the main boom
and half as many more in the city mil
ponds that may GO on twenty-five
foot flood.
Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1894-10-09

ell yiirembtrger, (GroBe Neiterteit) itllo pDit
E~ennlDlpanlo. S0 bin l,6er, .roB gle III
Der lester .3ett uiel WIteS DOu FetnlDlDoilld
9ebort pobel. &or ein .faor No6Cii per
ldllllleite 'i0 III ,telller Nodbbarl6drt, III
aueltnWI, ELI Staatspcrb0llp Def oentldeit
&otbolltellpereine ppn EenulUlpdltld, mo
bct oteler Gtodt0Ucrl ammllltg W0relt mt
Nltsllogntc clltt9Cr lc9r merli9er ollie oelItldelt
Frie'ter Der 9allieu 9rpRelt Nacbbdr'6art SIT
9e9ell. (GroDo.) Nir ipnrelt ltol;, III ellIer
;terllttb 9roBei proteltauti'dcn Staot, tatbo-
lilh III 'Cllt. lSir brad)ten lcrti0, mas Die
9roBe Ntolle Der o2lntericdn l'rolectIuc Nno-
ctatlon" ii!einols i'll mllerer Hadbarlhntt
TertlS bril9elt tonnte. I'D babe cllIe nlte
oelltlde Wemetlloc; Der 9r0Gte bell melller
Wenieilloc bcltcbt ans NmerifGlleru. ober $50
olte oeittlde Nrbeiter hnber III oelt lester .
,Sdbrcn $3.50 600 colcttirt, unto eile pruG)t=
pole &ird)e crbult. 9Sir bobeu and etilell
St. $illits &ereln bort Der cine &ereilt III
celltrdlillrt, Der uuoere ltebt i%ioliri. Welu
Scrett MN i6ifte mid 6ierber, meit er oa6tc,
i6 tourte bier uielleiht @int9eS lC9eil, nm
lbn aus ocm Sultel berportreteu III laiien,
III lueld)em CT leit ,>abren ltauo. Gou eluem
Ct. ,Nolepb5 Eerstn III Soutb eaton bat
nan Iritber llieMalS e!paS 9ebort, aber Jest
N.Y. 'D N"D NNNlg uuh lUli N1hth SNNlih
5aben. (HrGpo.) Gen @orteu oes bo6w.
dcctorS Selpes III Hetreii oes GinilulieS oes
GereiNoweIeus uui Die MorolttGt oeS Gtuiels
lleIl mtodbte i6 nod cit tleireS 2Sort Der
Approbotton binihii9en. GS fam nift
9enli8 SelG9t perOen: 9Senl mir Eellte ms
nl1t 9ememlhd'tll0 Derbin9en, 10 1rlBt inns
Die ogmericon Vrotectiue Allocidttou" olf,
tWroBe NcitcrteiD, NIB IS lit o00 emii9e,
mas ms icpt lrgeno weI6en Shwung III Der
N'eielid)0 9ebul loHn. 2Sir torlcu ibucu
;etgC!l, odf mir Kramer bobeH, Die i'd per
binoen, mo tcile Gubel, llno eiu NRuuft
fam ell babies 0ueeno Guber our6DI3ien,
uHo 60 ct. ,SOlepbS WGIrner ilno l0bl9, 300
u. \. Il. OurHimpi0iaI. (SiroBe l1eiIerIeit.)
Wtrooe in Oieicu S09en Der Z. Z. u. lAcjUt
Der 3tli nod elmer G%e.ciutguug luierer
tatholii3en MiGurer uot5lueuoi9er III leilt
oIS le; uro haS III oGs &ort. oa9 i6 GIb
bcute i%lrrien mOdte: SlOItet ;uiumureu NIB
last inter ftiNel 2~eOiugungeu trgellO tlneR
NtarM iabren! (ve6bnirr Geiiot.)
Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1894-10-09
Ius oem ibriseu Gruk5er;ustbum,

Sir6 berg. GnOlib ioll unlers
Srt'Nait nit Dem 10 lang entbebrtsn
SrintuaNer perior0t peroen ; Serr
Staatsminiiter Gpihen bat Siirger=
mel'ter S0oue periprohen, eimen
bpOrauliiben @iOoer 81 I~nltauiren.
Ghterna6, Is. Sept. Seril.
Snmerstaa weilte Migr. SOB. Soispb
Scopes, Silhpi bon Suremburg, in
unIerer StaOt. 6egsn Z llbr bratte
Der bObwiirOiglte 0err ani Dem Sod
altar Der VIarrtirAe. an Grabe pes
81. WlllibrOrous. oas bl. WeBopier
BAR. - Seute (SomstaO segen =
llbr TAM nab altem yrNab Die Yro=
selllon Don Y1llien (bei Srlsr) beteno
i'll Der NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. an. Die
Yilger So9en llngeno in Die Sfarrtirhe
cin, brahten Dem 9rOBen 8laubens=
bpten lbre @ebete oar uuo Opierteu
meDrere Wa0sterSen.
Sells, Is. Sept. ghm IS. Sept.
Iano IN Der bieliSen 8iarriirbe bic
Srauun9 oes Serrn NitOlaus Shanen.
Observation-Disclosures i'll GrnSen, nit
Der Same Souiie gSa0ner. @ittWe
Man!ernah, SSirtbin Don bier, ltGtt.
- Us baben lib perlo6t; Serr S. y.
Wsolitpr. Commits bel Der Poltoiretiipn
81 Surembur9, nit 6rdulein Sulie
SNumaAer, Sohter oes Serrn s. y.
Shuma6er, 2anoWirtb bon bier.
VA B W pnoprf. Mm Sonnta9,
Ii. Sept, belt bier Die r6auna",
Ssreln SugsmburSer Naturirennoe,
Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1894-10-09
Orobherso9thuln.
NuS Ser bduptitd6t.

NuS Ger pduptltdot.
GonoerS hobermeiie. Gin
perfl. Ntittpoh WtOr9en DerDuftete Die
aui Dem SbobermeBfeloe lt0tiouirte
Oenodrmerie Die SrNu zines Sertllles,
pelbe Ourb ibren betrllntenen 3uItanD
NergerlltS CAB; cine anoere 6rdlens=
perion in Den 20sr Snbrtn, oeuti0er
N%dtlonulltdt. wuroe ebenfaii5 We0en
Sanofreiherei einQeloht. 9ie Gen.
bnrmerle idhnoete ebenfails am ndmli=
den WlOr9en mad e,uer st iinitler=
truppe, beItebeno aus iehs EerIonen,
meibe bel einem Slnpertsber0er Wirtbe
ii1 uuf's 0arrlihite beoienen lieBen
uno pon Der gilofld6e peri6ipanoen,
eDe lie ibre Ge6nung begiIhen. Ollie
gemiibuAgen, oiclslben auiSuIinoeu,
maren ieoo1 phne @rfoll. Gin betann=
tes Snoipiouum aus Yruifeutbal, Na=
mems SelIelo (selpObnli6 y0aro" ge-
%nannt), welDer ii1 Der Sb0tti1teiten
al einem Shautellhinbeliber i1ulOig
9en1a9t uno ouBeroem betrunfen mar.
wIlrOe auf Die Nusei9e oes WtlBbanoel=
ten am peril. Sienit09 Na1mittug
ourh Die Wenodrmerie III 6ena9riam
aebraht, bel welher 8~elegenbeit Der
Yetreienbe lid Der @elpalttbatiQteiten
0e9eu Die Genoarmerie i6uloig md6te;
leBtere reQuirirte Mtiiitdr, mas natlir=
LID cineu 9roBsn Sulammrniauf perur=
iahte. - 0eItern Nbeno traten me6=
rere Burden aus Gollinger0rrno IN
ben Slugel=S angel Setti 0uf Der Sbp=
bermelle uno iblugen bermaBen GHonlt,
oaB Der SuoeubeiBer Die Eoliiei ber=
beibDlen muBte, lpslbe Die Gaubbeine
prOtotollirte.
SieSel il Berin oes Sotel .@ene=
big" aus Srier perlpr anf Der Sbober=
nleIle cine VDrle BON 100 Wart. Gin
etenialls aui Der Meiie ipa3ierenoer
Giienbabnbeamter aus Settembur9
bate bemertt, oaB ell SaIbltummer
bus Eortempnnait uufbob. 8e9en l.
llbr 9el0ug es Dem Eolisei= N9euteu
Serrn Hepeni9 Den Stummen, tpelfer
aus Mamer ltammt, in Der Irlsnulz
itraBe ansutreHen. Serislbe 9ab ieoph
our1 3ei6en Sl perIteben, oaB CT g8ils
lens gelpeien, ben 6ilno bel Der Ypiisei
Gb;u9eben. Sus 6elo neblt SDrie
uuroe Der betreiienoen Game mieOer
e%ingebdnoi9t.
Gs beItanoen &auoioatsn fiir
Die erleDi9te Srsaniltenltelle Der &dtbes
orale cine Frilfun9 allf Der Sr9el Der
leBtereu ppr ben Mit9lieoern oss Sir
henratbss uno Dem betaunten Oeuti1sn
6%Omponllien Flei.
SerieBungena uf Der @iibslms
2urembur9=yabn: Die Stationsauiies
Der SO. SreieS bon Mamer nd1 &apl
mo SbrUeoer bon Sanoweiier - 6pn=
ter nab Mamer; gSeibenlteller 0err
Shneloer bon Hppot ais Stntionsduf=
ie6er na6 S0uomeller Gpntern; Die
$50. Weibenlteller VOepen aus Meri1
unO Srelh aus Sletirb lino Sl Sele=
gr0pbilten bei0rosrt luoroen.
e,, cof5 do rr,n cs, uu.
SW",tEonr eu. ",ub.
"mS "I"p.n,"ps n"o vsu n gu'
"",''m r""v1""I 90 a..pHt S'n=
u"i, "" :; w'N'tavu >'n.it-
nNn'i,H' niita;sa :, 49, I"'.o-
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w. , "N1 ~ n"n
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sSua " , untnt" @"." iuno
S Ssr; o"'r mit hInSem r'" Mr,s sO "s5tr .tv,
Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1894-10-09
surem bmr8ii6es aus Sel8ien.

Civil ltano Der Stabt Mrlpn.
&eiratb Ell. - Bonn 8. Sept: Sob.
Nitolols albertp nit 0taria gmna Sues
mans.
SterbeiGue G. - Som Z. Sept: eli
iabetb NoGi, 4S Sabre alt, Sbesattiu Don
Commit SbeiS. Bonn 10. Geter Gberrp,
10 SABRE ait, Sobn Dol Iitolaas ans @ars
Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1894-10-09

bora &roiiel. 9om -. Nu6ert Soiepb
Hetnrt6 Grnlt, 81 Sabre oIt, peuitoltirter
Nlop &~,duptmant.
Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1894-10-09
Ole rMinneiota YOIt" Don SDa=
tppee meloet:

tppNN ttNhSNh'
AMI bis iebt nod uuauigefldrte 9aeiie
miB etm Samenforn Der ruiilihen Slitel in
cen Wartell beS SNerrIt ,Natob Bites bier oes
tommeu ietn, benz lett Sriibiabr bat iib bort
cine Rlldn;e geielgt lllo eItDldeIt, Die Srall
Jtle5 iiir cine 3,erpllau;c blelt NIB logtcih
t5egte uno pile9te. ,\eet aIi etmnGl bal man
llidmeu mlo Nt9enlhuItcn bielcr iremoeu
i&louie eutoedt. mo ;lpur ourd ,Suiau. Gle
Vilauie III ungeiGbr pier SUB bod lmp bcoedt
einen Nlddeurdim uou pier bis liiill SuF I'M
Cm6meiier. Nerr JtieS bat Die Filau;e
i0mmt 9&urieln lorNiGlti9 auo9tbobeu Allo
DepaNrt lie III leinem yngerbauic uui, no
>eoermauu lie ieben touu. 0r 9eoeutti Die
ietbe aui Die Gb09t0'er Nu9teuuug ~ len
eel, oanlit Die ,Sarmer oielcu 9etGbrlideu
Geino oe0 Aderb0ueS III AuSeni1ein neb=
men t0uHel.
Die ,Yprt @ailinAtOn 3eituua"
iArcibt:
Sn Sown Sel9ium lidrb an Mons
ta0 2lbeno nod tlr;em yeioel Der lett 1874,
bort aniaiNge feter S6miot III Alter BON
20 S0bren. Ter Eeriiorbene mar aus Gd)
terndh. ynrcmour8, '9eblri8, par lett %
Nubrcn &.tgmer lno Iebte bel Ierneu Etuoern.
Srlu EC0rQbuiE Iano uui Dem q. Warieu.
Gritpboit IN &ei9um ltatt.
Sit NniprOh {, mCl6e infer
Go6W. SMO5mUm &tU. 3teNnerD pom
South Gultpn. 3D.. aui DER Sabres=
ueriammlung oes 6entrai=&ereins in
New })pri belt, luutet iolgenDermG6sn:
.Ncine Ncrren! ,S6 bin ciu Mittcloin0
;wiigm Amerit0ner nnO Seutihsr. S4 BIN
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-01-06

At the regular January MEETING NJ
the town council Thursday all the
members wore present and quite a
number OF citizens who had petitions
TO make on different matters.
The usual reports were read; none of
any special interest. The MAYOR re
ported SIS so collected in fines since
last meeting. The regular order Of
business was then suspended in order
thaI the cltlzans present might be
heard.
W. II. Tinsley ASKED that the Roa-
hoke otreet Railway Company might be
peImlttea to extend its present track
TO Main street and after considerable
discussion resolution was offered to
that elect by Councilman Strayer, but
when put To the vo:c Messrs. IIans.
brough, Bowles and S.rayer voted in
favor OF 1t and Mess. Snuff, Cumpston
ana Shlpman aRainst it. This being a
tie Mayor Younger decided the NJ after
by Casting his vote against it,
Irot Stealnes was then heard. In a
short speech he set forth the advantages
OF again locating the summer school of
methods here, and asked that tho
charter be SO amended as to give the
people chance to express their opinion
whether the council should vote $500
10 orlhg IL mere or not. After long
and spirited discussion the following
resolution was carried: Resolved.
That our delegate, Col. R. Fl Logan,
be instructed to prepare bill and pre-
sent the same to the Legislature, asking
that the citizens Of Salem be allowed
to vote annually, giving the council
power to appropriate $500 to tho Vir-
ginia summer school of methods, pro-
viding that the expenses of said election
be borne outside Of the town treasury.
The rent for the town hall for the
public, school exercises Friday night
was, by request of Prof. Shcppe, re-
duced to So An ordinance was passed
taxing male dogs ST and female dogs So
from the first day OF February, 1894
Inc light committee was ordered to sell
the ropes formerly used to raise and
lower the arc street lamps. A resolu.
tion was also passed to the effect that
all companies who will not carry insur-
ance policies on the electric light plant
at tho present rates be cancelled. The
council then adjourned.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-01-06
THE TIMES KODAK.
interesting News Items Gath
cred Around Salem.

James Montgomery is in bed with the
grip, and Judge Griffin is just out Of bed
with il.
President Bartlett, of the Salem Min.
oral Wool Company, was in town yester.
day on business.
Robins could be heard with their
spring like notes yesterday morning in
the college campus.
Sergeant j. b. Frier offers 81 cash az
premium for the heaviest cock or
ccckere at the coming poultry show.
Rev. H. c Garrison was unable to
keep his regular appointment here
Thursday night. being laid up with tn
grip in Lexington, Ky.
The sudden and unexpect ted death of
Smith Petty, near Hollins, yesterday
is greatly deplored by all who knew
him, for his reputation in Salem was
that of being one Of the best mon in the
county.
In another column appears the ad-
vertisement of Richardson 6 Phillips,
the young and energetic mattress
makers, who are anxious to secure all
the work in their line from Roanoke to
Bristol and from Roanoke TO Kenova,
promising satisfaction in every case.
For some days the chain gang has
been at work on the Bend road, about
three miles from town. Yesterday
morning Ed Shaver, taking an oppor-
tune moment, slipped off his ball and
made break for liberty, pursued by
perintendent Johns ton with a pistol,
with which he covered" the runaway,
and ordered him to halt. AS soon as
Shaver found that he stood an excellent
chance of being killed he stopped and
returned submissively to his work,
where another ball was put on his
chain.
In the circuit court yesterday the re-
port of Recover w. B. Bowles, of the
Southern Carriage Works, was presented
10 the court and received much comment
rom both sides, 1t seems that vaca-
zion order was entered by Judge Blair,
stating that If the preferred labor claims
were not paid within thirty days then a
sale would be ordered Uf sufficient fleets
of said company to satisfy these claims,
amounting to about So, 800. Mr.. Pugh,
VINO represented the majority Of these
claimants, insisted that decree for sale
be entered, as the report OF said re
ceiver showed that he would not be able
10 pay even half of these claims within
reasonable time, especially in view of
the vacation order of court and the dull
ness of trade. Major Griffin and l.. c.
Hansbrough contested an immediate
sale on the ground Of the great sacrifice
which would be made il the vehicles
were placed upon the market during
such times as these. The court held
the matter under advisement A decree
was entered in the chancery cause OF
Salem Gas Heater Co. VS.. the Salem
development Company, authorizing w.
M. Montgomery as special commissioners
To sell the frame fac ,ory building. for
merly belonging to the Gas Heater Com
pany and sold to the Development Com
pany. Judge Blair, still suffering from
the effects OF the grip, will close the
circuit court to-day.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-01-06

found that it had been the gliding of
youth that had made Italy's sun so glori-
Gus. The sunshine had not thrown a
halo around his youth.
at was of my own experience that l
wrote" said Mr. Howells simply in talk
ing of this book not long ago.
1t is probable that. like this one. all his
characters have been drawn from life,
and doubtless into many Of them parts of
his own life have been woven. But his
characters are cOmpositc-nonc Of them
pictures one real person only. Fulker-
son. the newspaper syndicate man and
publisher in "a Hazard of New For
tunes is said, however. To have been
largely drawn from the novclis:'s linowl-
edge of Ralph Keller. a young man who
died CT was shot III Cuba many years ago,
where he had gone lis quasi corresponds
ent of the New York Tribune during one
OF the flibustering periods there.
Mr.. Howells' localities are often mi
nutely exact counterparts of actual
places. Silas Laphans house in Bos-
ton is said to have been portrayed from
the novelist's own red brick house in
Boston. The Hotel Grifou has been used
by him i'll several stories as New York S
typical French restaurant.
Many readers who know New York
well recognized the fact that the apart
ment of Mrs. Maybrough in The Coast
of Bohemia" was located in the Navarro
flats. The Wayfarcrs' Lodge, at which
Lemuel Barker served Il part of his ap-
premiership, is familiar to those who
know Boston as one of the charitable
institutions of that city.
Mr.. Howells' little comedies have late
ly added much to his fame, and vet a
play that he wrote years ago and with
infinite trouble got performed was not a
success. 1t is likely that the plays that
are now read with so much delight would
not 'act' well, perhaps because the talk
III them so overbalances the action.
Mr.. Howells is an immensely hard and
rapid worker, and, whether or not per-
son likes the motives and manners of his
stories, no one has said or can say that
he has ever turned out slovenly English
or careless construction.
'The essence Of his work." said dis
eliminating admirer Of Mr.. Howells to
me today, Consists of infinitely exact
studies and descriptions of mental proc
esses, rather than q manifestation of
what is commonly called knowledge of
human nature often hear it said. Il
like Howells because I always recognize
In his characters thoughts and motives
which have felt myself and that ex-
preston gives Il clew to the nature of
Howells' realism. 1t is true that his
plots are never melodramatic, but it can
not be said that they are not dramatic.
The drama i'll it's highest form is often
both quiet and refined. The fact that
Howells rarely exaggerates is perhaps
the reason why readers with jaded lit
erary tastes sometimes speak of his work
as prosy.'"
Mr.. Howclls is very fond of flowers,
and during his residence at Boston his
handsome flower beds were feature of
his home. He used to personally attend
to their cultivation.
!. y. MARSHALL.
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WILLIAM DEAN HOWeLLS.
Sketch of His Character and tho Essence
of His Work.
Especial Corrc>pondcncc.l

t'p'Niti NoiINN .loHutnCcI
New YORK, JAN. A man who saw
w. ID. Howells in theatcr box the 9TH
er evening took the novelist for Il very
large man, for his head is massive, hi;
neck is sturdy. and his shoulders ar;.
broad. When the author of ''Silis Lap
ham" was observed later in the evening
walking about in the foyer, it was seen
that he is really below the average
height and that he is quite stopped. He
is bent, however, not by reason of weak
ness, but from habit. For man of his
years-he was born in 1S37-he is DOS
sessed of remarkable health and strength
he walks across Manhattan island from
river to river nearly every morning, and
this is probably one of the causes, RS it
certainly is an exponent, of his excellent
physical condition.
Mr.. Howclls always walks cast and
west when out for exercise, because his;
route thus lies through parts of the city
inhabited by both the rich and the poor.
If he strolled up and down the island
along one of the avenues, lie would find
monotony of one class VI the other.
New York's poor live nt;:r the river;
those who are prosperous on the higher
ground i'll the center of the island
Hovells himself lives in one of those
vast and costly, though rnprctcntiors
houses with which the city abounds
and in which many of the characters in
his fiction dwell. With him live his
wife and his daughter 1t is said that
this young woman inherits much of her
fathers wit, ami like her father she is
ms bright i'll her talk us any of the per
sons his imagination has brought into
being. Mr.. Howclls does not like to
speak about his methods of work or the
men and women he has made to stand
out with such lifclilic distiuctnoss in the
books he has written.
1t may DO violating confidence to
state here that his favorite among these
creations is Colvile. the hero of AN
Indian Summer" 1t Will he remembered
by those who have read the book that
Colvllle returned to Italy in middle
lie, almost expecting in Il half uncon-
sclous sort of fashion TO find renewed
youth amid the scenes that had been so
delightful To him i'll his early years. His
dream, alas, did not come true. He
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