New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-12-07

.o. t,a s,vs NJ 1.-The Heather Chinee' that 1t
was written with satirical political purpose put
With no thought of aught else tnan us ioca. -,
1t was born of somewhat absurd state Vi ,, ,
which appealed to the humorous eye. Inc Unity
Oriental who was invading California in large mum
hers was as initiative as a monkey ne o'u
as the Caucasian did In all respects anu
being more patient and frugal d'u ]"
little better. From placer mining 10 caru pay
ing he indusriousIy followed the example set MIN
by his superiors and took cheating at caros quite
seriously as a valuable addition to the interesting
came He cheated admirably, but instead Oh
winning praises for it found himself "nen
caught at It, abused. contemned ana occasionally
robbed by his teachers in n way that mad not oeen
dreamt Of in his philosophy
Under its management 'The hhs''s" iiu
trated Magazine" has lost the sedateness WHICH
once characterized its pages but the sprighuy tome
which II has been cutivatng ever since appears u
much advantage In the number for Decempe'' i'
m,gazne Is very much up to date nowadays ana
tie text IL of the "contemporaneous' SORT whether
II be in the form OF fiction or general gossip III
paper on Some Books OF the Year there are en-
ccIlent portraits OF Froude, or Mr.. IdnS"ii, MI
Anthonv Hone. Mr. du Maurier and even OF Mr..
Hail Game whose startled visage has strange
,,rr,,oss Of effect There some clever stories
and nlctures in this magazine-Mr Hope and MT.
Weyman being among the contributors-and 'here
Is some amusing verse.
Mr. " w Aston has in THE Pail Mall Maya
zine" a quaint little sketch OF Dutch Ne"-fork III
the DAYS OF Captain Kidd. The captain himsei ap-
pears in the tale. and this Is Mr. Astor portrait
of him: 'He past forty. clean shaVeh WIN
sandy hair growing thin at the sides pright gray
eves speaking with the Scotch accent or ms native
Greenock: of good manners and frank address, ana
as thorough seaman as ever crossed the lihe L'Ae
many OF his bettors at this happy epoch ne was
free liver drinking bumpers at dinner anu soine
times in the privacy OF his closet putting MS lips
to the bottle For many years he had lived IN New
York during the intervals OF his cruises. ana IL
was there that he had married Sarah Oort' WHO"
OF one Of his fellow officers In whom ne hah iouhu
not a mate. but master. A practical house"i'9
was the trumpet-tongued Sarah, forever counting
eggs aud pairing apples. scolding her two maids 'he
lveong day and rating the baker that sold iight
loayes and the butcher whose meat was grstle ana
the dalryman whose milk was water ana the ne'sh-
bors whose faults many. and the captain MIN
self for an idle -do-wel that would end IN the
workhouse II he did not die In the pN'ory Hence
| IL came that during his visits ashore the captain.
| though no novice at a braw sometimes showed
the white feather and skunk back to his ship
"Lipplncott" more and more devotes Itself to nc
,ion-and judiclousIy devotes itself to fiction OF
the sort that specially appeals to women. This as
most editors know. Is the pleasant little love story
with enough OF suffering and suspense about IL 10
make the happy ending somewhat exciting
picturesque sketch OF a Spanish Californian OF
half century ago Don Jaime de Vallejo OF Mission
san Jose When the discovery OF gold sent hundreds
| ~ miners fastening TO the S.erras. the dignihed
| Spanari fet the contagton. lie decided TO tolo"
the current Of adventure and he did 80 In pecuar
| ~ Californian manner.
He asked FOR volunteers among his Indian poems;
and easily equipped an expedition OF one nu' rr
men team OF packhorsss "as lIeu IN order To-
supply milk Tor the Don's morning cup OF coffee ms
wagon drawn by horses The party
crossed tho san Joaquin and proceeded eiSufes ~
pitched his ten, and hs' Indians at work Every
night the faithful simple souls hlcn ,'tD NJ M ur
| on his table The old Spanlri thanked them ana
they wiihdr,w t. their own eamP po,sana dollars
| a Day. then the dggins" gave out ana ,le pa' -,
returned to 'hs Mission san jose On ,b ns indians
ven, to the Don AMI poured out an additional treas
~Mnrhachos" he said. "wha, is this
senior IT, We wish to give you all that We dug on
aq' o y9n f sye rs my Is' good men
The patron use II best was ne %nsw Web,
,hs SO n n2a 5@ he n SSan %dt' S";y q The
MAJ IN I@as sr s some S S %"s some Rsi n inS
| A hundred In cxac, accordance with the amount OF
,aF, 20. Ssy r snS Fys% hana. ana in in
! years the fortune that hs faithiu Inn,hns "a'
r. ZION Is fiii ~ legends OF the nberalty OF
bon jaime in hi. days u good fortune HIS sccre-
/ n. T.
| dav hy some apt remark. The Don ordered nm
20 draw up title dc"i. and forth%l,h prrs,',d , nun
| H.. found a poor family camping on the nlsh~1y
,rl g.tv. them "a farm the next morning ne near
mat the hercilcs" In ne squater village on nis
linda we're struggling % build church, io"h cam,
,.,,t,.t .rr,ltnr- of the stout Old Catholic AMI
| s,ve a weeks work 10 the rearing Of Methodist
| chapel
What sh, restore the hope OF life and the resolve
| ., uy. To- vigorous man who Is sure that ne -
-. ., iii. OF heart disease At thirty because sew
| ,,t -, his forcf,thcrs did so? Mrs. Burton Har-
| ,ison answers the question IN story printed IN
| ..-h. COS uloroltan' and her answer ~ Jealousy
Her hero rcsenis the attentions which ne mas hn-
self cntrcated his best friend TO show TO his pros
pectlye widow; and In his resentment the fatefuI
! dav passes and leaves him robust ana happy III
| his wlfc's devotion
.rhcre are some charming portraits Of pretty girls
I'm this number accompanying An article on photo
| graphs by Mr. Breeze who IL becoming to be to
| XcwYork what the man Of title. professionally
known as "Walery." Is to London society.
| Tho education Of training. not q examining. Is
wba, President Jordan. OF Leland Stanford thinks
e. IN save this Republic; II is the education which
| M renubllc has ever given and without which all
renubllcs must be In the whole or in part failures
"If this generation" he adds. In paper printed in
9TH. Popular Science Monthly" should leave as
us legacy 10 ire next the real education. training
In individual power and skill. breadth OF outlook
On the world and on life. the problems OF the next
century would take care OF themselves. There can
lao no Industrial problem where each man Is capable
| Of solving his own Individual problem for himself"
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