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The herald., 1896-03-22
THE WAR CORRESPONDENT.


The Square Built Scribe Had Two
Chances to Say "Well, General to
Wolseley.
"War correspondents" exclaimed
Lord Wolseley. "Some of them are des-
pelately brave. while others are any
thing but heroes. The majority, I think,
do their duty WE'LL even when it leads
them into tight places. BY the way,
talking Of tight places and war cores
pondents. l remember an incident that
may interest you. 1t was the begin
ming of the Ashantee campaign. just af-
ter our landing; a square-built little man
came mp to me and said. speaking SLOW
lv. and with an unmistakable American
accent:
General allow me to introduce my
self; am the correspondent of the New
York Herald. l.
TOO busy to attend to him, I cut him
short with What can l do for you, sir?
He replied. imperturbably, with the
same eXasperating slowness: Wei.
general. | want to be as near you as |
can if there is any fghtin' to be seem
"'Captain So-andSo has charge of all
the arrangements concerning correspon-
dents" l rejoined curtly. You had bet
ter see him.? And with this turned on
my heel and went about my business.
Il saw no more of my correspondent
with the aggravating coolness and slow
ness of speech for many a day. l did
net even know whether he was accom-
panying the column or not.
"Personally speaking. l was only in
danger once during the whole eXpedi-
ton. 1t was shortly before we entered
Coomossie. l had pressed forward with
the advance troops, hoping to break the
last effort at resistance and have done
with the affair, when the enemy, utilZ-
ing the heavy covert, came down and
fairly surrounded us. For a few minu-
tes the position was critical, and every
man had to fight, for the enemys fire
Il was poured in at clOsequarters. They
4 pressed upon us from all sides, dodging
ing from tree to tree, and continually
edging closer. hoping to get hand to
hand In the hottest of it my attention
was caught by a man in civilians clothes;
who was some fifteen or twenty yards
in from Of me, and who was completely
surrounded by the advancing savages.
He seemed to pay no attention to the
danger he was in. but, kneeling on one
knee. took aim and fired again and again
and l seemed to see that every time he
fired Il black man fell. | was fascinated
by his danger and coolness. AS our main
body came up and the savages were
driven back, l went forward to see that
no harm came to my civilian friend. 10
my astonishment it was the correspon-
) dent of the New York Herald, and he
/, began in the same slow, calm way:
( "'Well general
"Aagain interrupted him: You were
lucky to escape. Didn't you see that yol
were Surrounded?'
"'Well, general. he beS,an IA again,
niggers in front to pay much attehtiiooff
to those behind
"That was evidently the simple truth
|, Whatever men may say in the future
, about Henry NJ. Stanley no one that has
. seen him in danger will deny that his
courage is of the first quality l took a
liking to him on the spot. t.and we became
great friends; nor has anything occurred
since TO alter my opinion of him" Sat.
urday Review.
The herald., 1896-03-22
SHAVED AT HOME.
Ihoir Husbands

| DO you ever notice how clcanly sha
ven that man is?" asked young woman
pointing to a merchant well known or
Main street the other day. When she
was answered in the affirmative the
young woman continued:
well. that shows what woman can
do. His wife shaves him. | surprise
you! | would surprise you more if |
told you the names of dozen more we'll
known merchants who indulge their
Whms and their wives desire in this
direction. 1t almost amounted to Il fad
for Il time. and was ut its height last
summer. A Louisville woman who was
visiting East saw some women BARRIERS
at work in New York. and as she noted
the ease and grace with which the pro-
fessionals removed the superfluous hir-
suite growth she concluded she would try
it when she returned home. Her hus-
band objected at first. but when he was
finally induced to subject himself to the
ordeal he congratulated himself on the
result. After that he would not allow
Il regular barber to touch his face. The
fad spread, and l couldn't tell you how
many more followed suit."-Lousville
Courier-JouInal
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crush a toad there are aesthetlcs even
of the slaughter house; and the loatnsome-
ness of Duncan Jopp enveloped ana intect-
ed the image of his judge.
Archie passed by his friends in the High
street with incoherent words and gestures
He saw Holyrood in dream, remem-
brance of it's romance awoke in him and
faded. he had a vision of the old radiant
stories of Queen Mary and Prince Charlie.
of the hooded stag of the splendor and
crime. the velvet and bright iron of the
mast; and dismissed them with a cry of
main. He lay and moaned in the Hunters
Bor. and the heavens were dark above
hin, and the grass of the field an offence
.orhis is my father he said. 81 draw my
life from him: the flesh upon my bones is
his. the bread am fed with is the wages
of these horrors" He recalled his mother.
and ground his forehead in the earth. He
thought of flight, and where was he to flee
to? of other lives. but was there any life
worth living In this den of savage and
jeerng animals?
The interval before the execution was
like a violent dream. He met his father;
he would not look at him, he could not
sneak to him. 1t seemed there was no liv-
ing creature but must have been swift to
recognise that imminent animosity bu'
the hide of the Justice Clerk remained i'm
penetrable Had my lord been talkative
the truce could never have subsisted; bu
he was my fortune in one OF his humors
of sour silence; and under the very gun:
of his broadside, Archie nursed the enthu
siasm of rebellion. 1t seemed to him
from the top of his nineteen years expert
ence. as If he were marked at birth to bt
the perpetrator of some signal action tt
set back fallen Mercy, to overthrow thu
usurping devil that sat, horned and hoofed
m her throne Seductive Jacob in Pigments
which he had often refuted at the Specula
tive. swan up in his mind and startled hin
as with voices; and he seemed to himsel
10 walk accompanied by an almost tangible
nresence of new beliefs and duties.
On the named morning he was at tn
nlace Of execution. He saw the fleerin
rabble. the flinching wretch produced. H
looked on for awhile at certain parod
of devotion, which seemed to strip tn
wretch of his last claim to manhood. The
followed the brutal instant of extinction
and the paltry dangling of the remains lik
a broken jumping-jack. He had been pre-
pared for something terrible, not for thi
tragic meanness. He stood moment 81
lent. and then-'I denounce this God-de
fving murder" he shouted; and his father
Il he must have disclaimed the sentiment
might have owned the stentorian voic
with which it was uttered.
ITO be Continued)
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palms of Crusoe's Island which l have
described in previous narrative, amid
the scenes of his adventures, l applied
myself to the solution of the problem
and finally evolved the explanation. /
wonder if my readers will object to a
few words of American history in this
connection. 1t shall be short,-scarcely
more than a sentence. We will not go
any farther back than that year in
which Columbus came to these shores.
and first sighted land at San Salvador,
in the Bahamas,-the year 1892. He
then, for the first time, saw the abort
gines of America, and called them 'In-
dians;" because he thought he had land
ed upon the farther shore of the East
Indies, instead Of having penetrated the
confines of n world entirely new.-that
is. to Europeans.
The next year. 1893. Columbus sailed
still farther southward. and, in the isl
ands of Dominica and Guadeloupe, he
found the fierce Caribs; people belong
ing to the SAM. race of rcd men, but of
Il different family. They were brave
and war-like, and gave the Spainards
such a warm reception that they let
them alone for many years after, and in
revenge called them man-eaters. Thus
the word cannibal. which is derived from
Carib. the name of the tribe. gained its
present meaning. From the same name
the great Shakespeare derived that of
his savage hero. "Caliban." who appears
i'll The Tempest" and who, as l shall
The herald., 1896-03-22
DIR. SAMUEL JOHNSON.

He Was Very Susceptible to Flattery.
johnson. although he prided himself
on his good breeding. was often over
bearing. would sometimes break out
with ungovernable fury. astonishing. as
it has been observed, ''the well regulated
minds of respectable ladies and gentle
men," That he should have found So
lace in female society is not surprising.
but that women should have been so
fond of him may he thought curious. for
he never spared them. and frequently
expressed something like contempt for
their intellectual capacity. He declared
| that they We're the slaves of fashion,
and made other comments by no means
polite to the sex. But Johnson did not
always mean what he said. and when it
pleased him no man could pay a COM
pliment more gracefully. Nothing can
be more happy than his saying to Mrs
Siddons when for the moment he had
no chair to offer her: MADAM. you who
so often occasion want of seats to 9th
er people will more easily excuse the
want of one yourself" or his compli-
ment. though we may suspect its truth
fulness, to Mrs. Sheridan on her Me
moirs of Miss Sydney Bidduph: 81
know not, madam. that you have right
upon moral principles. to make your
lreaders suffer so much.'
Dearly did he like like a little fat
terry in return, and when in his old age
he heard the opinion of countess
that to be praised by DR.. Johnson
would make one fool all his life" he
| coli al Ia Ia,
but if you say am made a fool | shall
not deny it. l am much pleased with Il
compliment. especially from pretty
woman" 1t was one Of Johnson's pc
culiarities that while dressing like a
sloven, he considered himself an infal
|lible judge of what ladies ought to wear
No milliner of Bond street, says Mr.
Craik, could be more critical to detect
the displacement of a ribbon. the wan
of modishness in IA cap. or inharmonious
cololing in a dress" He lectured Mrs
Thrale on the subject and he lecturet
her friends and induced one of them
who was dressed for church, not only tt
change her hat and gown, but also tC
thank him for his reproof "lt seems.
says Fanny Burney. that he alway.
, speaks his mind concerning the dress o
ladies who are here obeying injunction!
implicitly. and alter whatever he dis
approves" This was written at Streat
ham. but Mrs. Thrale's guests were no
, always able to satisfy the fastidious doc
tor. One young lady, whose cap John
son called vile. failed to win his appro
val when she had changed it. Fanny
own cap was pronounced very hand
some. because it did not meet with hi
approval. and was then told that sh
should not wear black hat and cloal
in summer.-The Spectator.
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AT TWENTY -SEV-
The Painters of His portraits Scarce
Did Him Justice.

The Painters of His portraits Scarce
Did Him Justice.
| "At the time of his marriage (when
| i'll his 9th year, Washington was in the
prime of his magnificent physical man.
hood" writes Gen \. w. Greely. IT, s.
A., in March Ladies' Home Journal.
- orltlnately. contemporaneous sources
do not leave the description Of his PEP
son TO our imagination. Such was al
ready his exalted standing that these
pen-portraits omit entirely. or modify.
what might be thought to be defects.
as, for instance the disfSurng facial
marks. from smallpox. Straight as an
Indian. with limbs cast almost in Il ri
ant mould Che was 6 feet 3 inches tall
at the time of his DEATH. his self-con-
tanned countcnance. agreeable speech
and digniiied bearing made his person.
ality most impressive. Probably half
OF his time at home was spent in the
saddle. and this active Out-of-door life
gave him glow Of health and sense of
vl@or. We learn from his intimate
friend, George Mercer. interesting de-
tails. His skin was clear and colorless;
the nose straight; the face long. with
high, round cheekbones; the blue-gray
and widely separated eyes shadowed
by heavy brows: a large mobile mouth.
showing teeth somewhat defective: the
muscular arms and legs unusually long.
and well-shaped head, gracefully
poised on a superb neck. The brown
hair was worn in queue and the small
waist well set off by neatly fitting garb.
The herald., 1896-03-22
BUSINESS INCREAS.
ING
Subscribers Embrace Persons Engaged
in Nearly Every Walk of Life.

|
in Nearly Every Walk of Life.
The vogue of the bicycle may be mar
velous. but to us it seems that the pop-
ular use of the telephone is something
even more remarkable. The ratio of
calls TO subscribers averages not less
than six per day on the other side Of
the water, while the average here may
be safely put. for more places. at twelve
per day per subscriber. There is, it ap-
pears also from recent statistics, a rap
id increase in this country in the num-
Der of subscribers. Seven years ago
the ratio of telephones to population in
cities numbering from 10000 to 100000
was about one to every 200. Now it is
said to reach from / to 30 and / to 100,
averaging / to 10. Moreover, this in
crease is likely to be more than main
tanned. The recent competition in many
places has greatly stimulated the use of
the telephone, and Il factor for develop
ment in places like New York. where no
competition exists. is the measured Sys-
tenn, which enables everybody who real
ly needs an exchange system to get it
cheaply. In this connection, while
speaking of telephone growth and pros
perity it is worthy to note that the Sun
set Telephone company is teaching its
operators the art of telcgraphy This
may or may not have some relation to
the expiration of the American Bell
Western Union contract next NovCm-
Der. Meantime. the Western Union
company. owing to the steady reduction
of its income is understood to he reduc-
ing its force of operators in the larger
cities. in some cases to as large an eX-
ten as 30 per cent. This diminution
of income may also explain the non-is-
Suancc of the company's statement of
test Office receipts. One item of income
however. ought to be much larger. and
that Is the one representing the reve-
nues on the submarine cables due to
war -scal'es and craZes. We begin to
suspect the cable people and the ammu-
milton vendors of working up new call
to call arms whenevr the old one peters
Engineer.
The herald., 1896-03-22

#1e1cl}if1l4 Ilt5ur{&

went on up; and Quartermaster thought
it over He didn't know the way,-she
was wire rugged aloft and he had to hunt
around for the running riggin' that he
could dig his claws into. He got up
to 'gallan' yard bout the time we'd fin
ished with the royal and come down to
it. and sat down in the sings to watch
us. He seemed to know just what we
were doin', and when we got done he
come down with us.
''Aftor that. every time he'd see us
goin' aloft on the fore. he'd go long too.
and knowin' the way now. he'd always
beat us up. and we'd find him sittin in
the sings of the to- gallant yard. waitin'
for us. But he'd never go above that
yard he'd no use for the royal at all,
and if he found the to 'gallan' sal was
MT clewed up to be furled when he got
up. we'd always meet him comm down,
lookin' kinder sheepish like. Bimeby
he got so he knew the ropes bit, and
could tell if we were Glowing up the roy
al or the top gallan' sal; or else he un.
derstood the mates orders, for he didn'
make no more mistakes like that
"After he'd watched us tie up the to
gallan' sal few times. he took the
notion O. helpin us. He'd brace himself
and dig his claws into the sail, and hang
on to what we'd pulled up. Course ht
couldn't hold much of the sail in his grip
but he did his best, and he seemed Sc
proud of it. too: we'd always pat hin
on the head and encourage him all We
could.
Zone time. four of us and Quartermas
IN hn1 ,,,l1a t1,.x as 11.,
were comm down. The crowd below
had tied a reef in the topsail and wer,
bowsin' it up, and we all jumped on t.
the haulin' part O. the hallairds and rod,
down with it,
"Quartermaster was puzzled, and did
MT know just what to do himself; bu
finally he made up his mind to rid
down the halliards, too; so he jumped OF
to the rope. 1t was great fun for him
but he'd waited too long. and the top
sail was up before Quartcrmaster go
down; and it left him hangin on Il
that single rope. way out from all tn
other rOpes,-and it was mighty har
work for him to scramble down on on
rope. He seemed kinder hurt about il
as though he thought there was som
trick in it. We tried to explain to hin
and encourage him to try it again. an
next time to jump on sooner. But h
: wouldn't; leastways. not on the fall.
} "But he'd jump onto the other part
of the tackle and ride them down. know
: in that if his ride stopped before he go
down there were plenty of ropes clos
! to him to climb down on One tim,
< though, he warn't lookin' out for his tai
land it got dragged into the lower blocl
The herald., 1896-03-22
MAINE FORESTS.

The extent of the woods of Maine is a
matter on which few people have any
very clear idea. There are at the pres
cnt time some 13.56S,O0O acres of forest
in the State. These figures may not
convey much to the ordinary mind. but
the fact that one could take the States
of Rhode Island, Connecticut and Della
yarc and hide them away in the forests
of maine ought to give some idea of
The immense size of the Maine woods.
The assessed valuation of this forest is
S:3:J,.2J0. 900. but there is no doubt that
much of the magnificent water power
OF tie State is due to the effect of the
vast forests around the headwaters and
sources of her mighty rivers. The value
of Maines forests is a thing that cannot
he estimated. and the above value is
based simply Oh the lumber and Land.
The herald., 1896-03-22
NAVIGATING THE CLOUDS.
Latest Steering Balloon Plan Invented
nv, Count Hanr,olin

Latest Steering Balloon Plan Invented
by Count Zeppelin.
Count Zeppelin, cavalry officer. who
became famous at the beginning of the
war Of 1870, has for five years been oc-
c1pied with the subject Of aerial navi-
cation. On Thursday evening, at Stutt-
CART (says the Berlin correspondent of
the Daily News, he gave lecture show
ing the result of his work before dis
tinguished audience, the King of Wur-
temberg being among those present.
Count Zeppelin referred to the steerablc
balloon shown in 1855 by the French
Captain Meudon, whose experiments he
confessed had been great deal of use
to him. Count Zeppelin has invented a
means of treating the pores of the silk
stuff used in the making of the balloon
so that it will hold the gas for months.
His car is very firmly attached to the
balloon, with the propeller in front and
steering gear behind.
The motor is of aluminium with a six
loon can rise 10 u ueISr rl'Nl or65s'' 50 80
and. II necessary, ft1nfirn seven and a
half days in the air. The expansion of
the gas by warmth is met by conducting
what may be called the overflow into
a reserved space. so that the balloon
cannot burst, and yet lose no gas. AS
cent and descent are effected without
throwing out ballast or loss of gas. The
advantages Of Count Zeppelin's balloon
have been full acknowledged by the
Prussian military authorities. They
reckon the maximum speed attainable
to be five meters per second (say eleven
miles an hour), but the inventor claims
at least twelve meters per second.
The Count is convinced that his bal
loon, if practically carried out, will be
able to travel for weeks at speed of
about sixty miles per day, bearing
fairly heavy weight, and would be of
the greatest Importance in times both
of peace and war.
The Standard correspondent adds that
the Count does not consider it worth
while to construct small model. as it
would cost nearly as much as full
900 marks.
sized balloon, namely, 250,oOO to 30O-
At Aldershot, by the way, they arc
more cautious about communicating
similar details of ballooning Inventions
Westminster Gazette.
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He let out an awful screech. and HI
Stacked away till he got his tail clear
but he'd never ride down halliards afte
that. though he'd still help us on tn,
yard.
"Bimeby, as he got bigger, he got tot
strong and ambitious. and his claw!
made little holes in the sail. Tha
wouldn't do. and yet we didn't like t,
discourage him workin'; he was a rea
help on the yard. So the mate got fill,
blunt: but he filed off too much. and mex
time Quartermaster started to go alof
he only got about six ratlines up. He
couldn't hang on.
'Ile tried it again. but it warn't NJ
use he had to give it up and went right
aft and below. He stayed down Who'll,
day. and then came up and walkeC
round lookn' so pitiful and discouraged
like that we felt sorry for him.
"There wasn't a man of us who would
MT ha' been willin' to mend that sail
in his watch below just as fast as that
cat could tear holes in it, if we could
have him aloft with us again, and the
mate was willin' to file the stumps
sharp again. but the Quartcrmaster
wouldn't let him. The poor critter knew
what the trouble was. and wouldn't ney-
er go near the mate again; but he'd soiel
round among us. and whine and hold
up his pave. SOS we could see what
kept him on deck when he was needed
aloft.
"We hoped they would grow sharp
again, and perhaps they would in time:
but Quartermaster wouldn't wait for
that. He felt himself disgraced and no
use aboard at all; and he moped round
and got thin, and one mornin' we found
him curled up under the wheel-boX dead.
He just died of broken heart, nothin'
else
I'VE buried him that day like a sailor.
tell you we all felt bad, and the mate
cried. The old man swore that if that
cat had lived he'd have put him on the
Articles next voyage and rated him able
seaman"
AS old Johnson finished. a long trem-
ulous snore arose from the other end Of
the forecastle, and reaching out his head
he peered around and growled, BLAST
'em, there all asleep"
MORGAN A. ROBERTSON.
The herald., 1896-03-22
ALL ABOUT "MAN FRIDAY" +"
The Reader is introduced to Surviving
Members Of His Family.
MORE FOOTPRINTS ON THE SAND
How the "Cannibals" Have Been
Slandered BY the Spaniards-An
Experiment With Crusoe's
Gun-Not Afraid of Pow
der and Shot.

"He was a comely, handsome Fellow,
perfectly we'll made, with strait, strong
Limbs, not too large; tall and well shap-
ed.
''He had good Countenance, not a
fierce and surly Aspect; but seem'd to
have Something very manly in his Face.
His Hair was long and black, not curl'd
like Wool; his Forehead very high and
large, and great vivacity and sparkling
sharpness in his Eyes.
"The color of his Skin was not black.
but very tawney: and yet, not of an ugly
nauseous tawney, as the Brazilians and
Virginians. and other Natives of Ameri-
ca are: but of a bright kind of a dun
olive Color, that had in it something
The herald., 1896-03-22
shortly prove, was distantly related to

shortly prove, was distautly related to
Friday"
Five years after his first voyage Col
umbus voyaged still farther to the south,
discovering the great island Of Trinidad,
opposite one Of the mouths of the OrinO-
co, and probably sighting the island Of
Tobago.
Not quite hundred years later, Trini-
dad was visited by the English admiral.
Sir Walter Raleigh, who took the island
from the Spainards and made famous
expedition up the Orinoco in search OF
mythical Ell Dorado, with its golden pal
ace. and its king almost smoth-
cred with gold-dust. So you see,
this region was very well known
when Crusoe came sailing into
it, about 1860; and all its inhabitants
had been accurately described, when the
famous book was written, sixty years
|afterward.
Now, Man Friday was clearly q Ca
rib. Instead of being in any way relat
ed to the Chilians, Or the Patagon1ans,
or the Fuegians--as some would have us
beieve-he was intimately connected
with the very tribes discovered by Col
umbus. inhabiting the islands known az
the Caribbees.. / assert, and with con-
dence that Friday came from the island
of Trinidad; that he was Carib, and
belonged to the maligned tribe of Indians
called by the Spainards "cannibales."
And l am we'll supported In this asser.