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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-08-04
THE REPUBLICAN TlCkET.
NATIONAL.

For President.
WILLIAM MCKINLEY. of Ohio.
Tor Nicc.prcsiucnt.
GARRETT 4. HOBART, of New Jersey.
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Mr.. Bryan went up a rocket. VIII he
descend q stick?
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The 100000 surviving Union soldiers
of the country who draw pensions are
entitled to be paid in dollars equal to
the best.
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LAWYERS.

ALFRED HAND, WILLIAM J. HAND.
Attorneys and Counsellors. Common.
wealth building Rooms 10. 70 and q.
FRANK T. OkELL, ATTORNEY-AT
Law, Room 6. Coal Exchange. Sc-an.
ton. Pa
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JAMES w OAKFORD. ATTORNEY
at-Law, rooms S3. "a and s.. Common.
wealth building,
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-02-01

synonymous with that OF thief. Tho
Turks are, as rule, very devout.
Nearly all Of them read the Koran, and
even the men OF the better classes are
careful TO CONFORM to the details OF
everyday Mohammedan worship. !
know OF one very prominent Turk who
Is noted for his lihcTality, who Is, never
thelcss, constant in his attendance on
the mosques, and who prays five times
a day. lie has a costly rug upon which
he always kncels when he turns his
face toward Mecca aud makes his
prayers. This rug is carefully watched
that nothing unclcan may touch IL. ia
dog should happen 10 run over Il the
whole family would be excited and the
house would be turned upside down
until Il was purified. The Mohamme-
dams, In tact, are more rigid In the
practice OF their religion than we are.
They are not ashamed OF their faith, and
you see many merchants sitting and
reading the Koran In bazaars during the
inter GALS OF trade. They will say their
prayers when the time comes, no matter
what Is going on about them. They
keep all the fast days. In Ramazan,
which is the Mohammedan Lent, II Is
against the laws Of the Koran to eat and
smoke during the day time, and rom
sunrise TO sunset they will not allow a
morscl OF food TO pass their mouths.
They will not smoke, and many OF them
will not even swallow their splltle.
Many OF the better class OF Mohamme.
dams contend that their religion Is
better than ours on account OF It's SAM.
tary rules, II pTescribes, you know, the
.I.t.sf- - t,,at,ta Nattu 1tfa The NJ
hammedan has to take a certain number
of baths. lie has certain habits Of eat
ing and drinking. lie shayes his head
with the exception OF a lock on the
crown, and he will not eat certain kinds
OF meat.N
THK SULTAN AND THR ARMENIAN
CoACIMAN,
"How about the sultan and the Turks
OF Constantinople, are they very relig'
iousf"
"You do not get a good idea Of the
Turks from the people OF Constantine
pie, replied Mr.. Crawford. THAT city
Is made up Of mixture OF races. The
Turks out in the country often have
long boards and fair faces. They are
more Ike the Persians than like the
people OF the other nations Of the
Levant
''As for the sultan" continued Mr..
Crawford, she is not a Turk-at least
he is not one In the minds OF some peo-
pie throughout the Levant. lie is sup
posed by many to be OF Armenian birth
and he has been nicknamed the EAR
menian' Coachman" from story that
his real father was not the sultan, but
an Armenian, who drove one OF the
coaches In which the ladies OF the
harem took their outing. OF course
this nickname is not uttered above a
whisper In Constantinople. II would
not be sale. Every one, however, has
heard the story and the features OF the
sultan add some force to 1t. lie ooks
more like an Armenian than Turk"
ut may be that he wishes 10 give the
lie to the story by the persecution OF the
Armenians," said |.
~ don't know about that" replied
Nj. Crawford "He would probably
like to stand well with his subjects.
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lie is said to DO much in fear OF assas.
sinaiion, aud he seldom goes out OF his
palace except on his way to the mosque
near by. At which he prays every Fri.
day. | have been told that he some-
times gets up at night and goes
from one guard to another cNaniin.
Ing their reyolvers TO see II they are
properly loaded"
now MARION CRAWFORD WRITES
NOVELS,
HeIe the conversation turned to
"Paul Paton" and Mr.. Crawford sur.
prised me by saying that is wonderful
descriptions were penucd nom memory
IN Italy after he LETT COusilntinoplc and
not from notes taken on the ground
lie had a phenomenal power OF carry.
ing the details OF things In his mind.
lie photographs them, rs Il were, on
the sensitive plates OF his brain and de-
velops the negatives rs III y are needed
Tor his work. | asked him number OF
questions as to how he wrote his novels,
referring TO an interview which had
some time ago with Frank Stockton, Ia
which Mr.. Stockton said that he thought
out story in his mind irom beginning
to end, plot, conversation and al, before
he put his pen to paper Mr.. Crawford
replied:
''Aly method OF working is somewhat
the same, though do not 20 as far ms
the wording OF the novel or the conyeT-
sation. ! know how the story Is to end.
however. before II begins, and the hard.
est work OF the novel Is generally done
when begin to write. trst study out
the plot aud outline the chapters and
situations, often sitting Tor a day - my
desk with my pen ia hand aud accom-
plishing practically nothing. / make
the outline as complete as possible,
| writing out the heads OF chapters, ar
ranging the clma1es aud constructing,
in short skeleton OF the novel,
then begin to write and work along
steadily as far as ! can, according TO my
schedule, until the book Is completed
OF course, I have sometimes TO change
from the first outline, but not much"
Have you regular habits OF work."
asked.
mot particularly So" replied Mr.
Crawford, save that | work all the
time. rise very early, have a cup OF
coffee, and / write steadily along until
lunch time. Then, after slight rest,
1 write ON until dinner. | ind that
do some OF my best work when write
rapidly, and after outlining the novel,
wish to push my work as far as possible
until 1t is completed"
MS CHARACTERS ARE ALIVE AND rHEY
TALK.
GLOW about the conversations in
your stories, Mr.. Crawford; do you re-
member the good things you hear, or
does tho conversation come to you in
the natural development OF your char.
actersl"
"The individuality OF my characters
Is OF the greatest importance TO me IN
my writing" replied Mr.. Crawford. 81
take no notes oianything, but | know
my characters, They are real persons
to me when | am writing about them
and actually seem to hear them talking
IN my ears as write, II they were not
real TO me | could not tell their story,
nor make them talk naturally. 1t Is a
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situations and interesting characters al
any on the globe. We are, next to the
English, the most sentimental people
the world. We far surpass the Latir
races, such as the Spanish, French anc
Italian, IN this regard"
And yet, Mr.. Crawford, these are
the races IN which the flame OF love ia
supposed TO burn the brightest"
THE flame among them is oftenei
that Of passion than OF love. Love Ia
its highest form is, | believe, found
among rs and the English"
you have spent the great part Of
your life abroad, Mr.. Crawford, is Il .
good thing for an American to live long
away from his country''
81 don't think II has hurt my Amer.
canism II that Is what you mean" re.
piled Mr.. Crawford. "You have to get
away from America now and then 20 see
what big things and great things our
country and our people are. | am proud
Of my Americanism, and though / was
born In ltal, ! am an American in every
sense Vi the word"
"Do you think the great American
novel has yet been writienlp
"No, do not" replied Mr.. Craw-
iorl. you cannot narle one, VEN
ture, which you would call by that title.
When such novel appe. RS II will stand
out above all others. II will, suppose,
come In time. II will hardly be pro-
duc,d in New York or New England.
These are not the centers OF American
ism. 1t will probably be written by =
man from the middle west"
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I.
b We. II since the sultan has been
h,S s uonble with the Aumenians. |
49, Iul' finished the second reading,
IA, Ie' It's author here in Washing.
win I t, mad a most interesting chat
c,, ~. ulu, about Turkish matters, Mr..
r, aS'o'd has spent months in Cons,on.
day. p,' During this time he was yerv
,s,i,,' " many Of the leading Turkish
n., a',, aud had good chance to Judy
mo-, . o,l. lie has Travelled over
1n, pans OF Asia Minor, and has been
b, l,aoeI :, Of times through the regions
WV" ''D TIE Black and Caspian seas.
n' "1 "'AHSIASs AND THE KuRps.
r, S1,,ns our cha, the subject o, the
t. ',1a'I :, came up, Mr. cTawlo1d o '"'
,lo,y ,u mlHs' there are two sides 10 ,be
doubt I'M, W., ,lll' Said he: ~ have ~" 10y
tadiy t nv, mat the Armeniaps nr sy S.i no
tgeye mn,, eI, Pug the story of The M,
a.ed " TsN ! think, have been a Wy mas
lave BEEN Is not the first time ,Ge,,
Why ,bs,a perseeuted by ibe 'r,' mey
OIL tod. ana a vi only 600, 900 ArmenianMss '
'1' 'hs'e &C, 900 have, iI.' ssem.
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to me, been mastered dozen times
over during my personal recollection.
Armenia is, you know, very clofs to
Russia. II matters are really so bad as
they are painted. II would seem TO me
that the Armenians could flee across the
boundary. The Russians are glad to
get them, and the Armenians prosper
among them.
81 met great many Armenians dur
ing my travels throughout the east, and
| doubt whether they are the innocent,
conhding, unollensivc Christians that
the American people believe them to
be, My experience with them Is that
they are the sharpest, shrewdest and
trickiest Of all the eastern people. They
say IN Turkey that II takes ten Jews TO
equal one Armenian, and 1--WE ATmenians
10 equal one Persian in sharp business
dealings. They have many able men
amoug them, aud doubt not that their
leaders have to "a certain extent iomented
this trouble, hoping that the govern.
ments OF Europe would interfere, and
that Armenia would be entirely freed
from Turkish rule
"How about the Kurds1"
"The Kurds are a very rude, rough
people, fcplcu ME- Crawford, Flhey
are ianalical Mohammedans, and their
religious feeling against the Armenians
is increased by their business dealings
with them The Armenians get the
kufds drunk and then cheat them out
OF their property. You must remember
that the Armenians are the merchants
" that part Of the country. They do
all the business, and they often get the
better Of the bargain with the uusophis-
iicaied Kurds."
TnE TURKS AND THEIR RELIGION.
How did YOU find the Turksi"
They are in many ways a very decent
people," replied Mr.. Crawford. 81
assure you would rather trade with
Turk or Jew in any part OF the east
than with Christian. have the high
est respect for Christianity, but the
Christians of the east are not like us.
The business men among them are to a
large extent a set of sharpers, so much
so that the word Oriental Christian in
the minds OF eastern travellers Is almost
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for him wrote IL, and have been
writing fiction from that day TO this"
"A great many people Mr.. Crawford,
rotably college professors, thlnl; that
there Is some secret purpose contained
In every book, some mission which the
author IS trying to further. What is
your end IN novel writing"
"lt Is that OF most literary men," was
the reply. 1T IS TO interest and to
amuse Ia order that | may make money
out OF IL. / write novels because Il pays
mt to write them, and because II Is my
mode OF making living. have no
great lessons TO teach, nor moral ends
TO further. Novels written for such pur-
poses seldom succeed. A man might
be able to write one such story, but not
many. 1t requires peculiar nature TO
write great novel OF that kind, such, Tor
instance, as that Of Abraham Lincoln.
Had he been novel writer he could
from the outcome OF his soul, have made
great moral novel"
MORALITY ~ NOVELS.
speaking OF morality IN novels, Mr..
Crawford, why is II there Is such 4 dit.
ference between the English school OF
novelists and those OF the French and
ltalian3"
ut 10 largely because Of the difference
in the people aud ~ the standards alter
which the the stories are modelled. All
English aud American stories are written
as though they were to be read by but
one person, aud that Is the Young girl.
Nothing that she should not know is put
into them, and Il anything oil different
nature Is admitted 10 must be so clothed
that she will not understand It's immoral
tendencies, and that the married person
can only see the truth by reading be-
tween the lines. The Italian and the
French novels are written for the married
women, and not for the girl. Il might
be better for our fiction II we had two
classes OF novels-one for the girl and
the other for the married people.
have often thought Of IL, but there Is no
way in which II could be done. Were
this country Russia the books might Ill
pass through the hands Of a censor who
could stamp the great red letter ~ like
that on the breast OF Hester Prynne, ia
the Scarlet Letter. upoa their backs
and proyiae that such books should not
| be sold to girls nor be read by tatm,
But mol il would even then be impossi-
BILE to prevent their falling into the girls
hahds. The more they were forbidden,
the more they would be anxious TO get
thea. and you know enough about
American girls to know that they would
get them, too"
"How about Zo'a's royels, what DO
you think OF them'"
81 am fond OF lola" replied Mr..
Crawford, ellis books arc very strong.
There are about twenty-five bad pages
in each one OF them that might be cut
out, and think these cold be cut out
without hurting the stories. lola never
paints vice in bright colors,and with him
sin Is never attractive"
AMERICA 4 GOOD FIBID YoR TrR
NOVELIST.
speaking OF Americs," Mr.. Craw.
ford, sis this a good field for novel
wrilingl Is not life too slew herep
81 think not" replied MI Crawford.
Am eI,esn life Is - lgll Of exciting
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curious thing however, that in writing
these conversations sen ences occur TO
me that will aid me Ia the development
OF the latter part OF the story. | reserve
these for the advance chapters and put
them down where they naturally come
in"
81 suppose you think OF your charae-
tiers often when you are not writing, do
they live with your
"Yes; this Is especially so with the
characters OF my Italian stories, as, Tor
instance, Saracinesca and Corona.
know just what they would say or do
under certain circumstances, and | often
thinl; OF them aud with them"
you have written a great many
novels. Mr.. Crawford, should think
your work would grow easier Tor you as
you wfiteP
'ln some respects il does" replied
Mr.. Craw ord, Gin other respects not,
As far as the mere machinery OF the
work Is concerned, II Is much easier and
1 can write faster, but as far as my sense
OF proportion Is concerned, IL is
harder. find that am in danger OF
making my stories too sensational and |
have To guard against being too ELUSIVE
I on heEt nave ANNN MAlAAhh INV ~
long time, wrote Mr.. lsaacs'thirteen
years ago, and have written altogether
twcu,y-eight novels"
"Still Mr.. Crawford, you are only
about forty. You are Just at the begin.
ming OF your prime. Some OF the great
est OF our noyelists have done their best
work after that age"
YES" was the reply, 1hackeraY
wrote Vanity Fair alter he was forty.
Walter Scott did not begin the Waverly
novels until he was forty.two. But you
must remember that Scott had written
the most OF his poems before that and
Thackeray had been dabbling In all
kinds Of writing. But think what a cap
ital those men had IN their past expert
ences as a basis for their stories. This
is a great thing for a novelist at the be-
ginning OF his writing. HVi must not,
however understand me as trying TO
pose as a great novelist am not. |
have only written few stories which
some OF the people are kind enough to
like"
"a think you are TOO modest by a
great deal Mr., Crawford" said !. You
have a strong hold on a vast number OF
people, and many Of your novels will
last"
az don't know, "replied Mr. Crawford.
"When did you first realize you could
write stores" ! asked.
at was when | wrote Mr.. Isaacs,
my first novel. had then been writi-g
lor seven years and had done nearly
every kind OF literary work except hc-
ton. | did not think could write fic-
tinn | did not believe that had enough
Imagination. II was my uncle, Sam
Ward, who urged me to Try IT."
"Ilow did your success affect YOU"
at was, of course, great pleasure"
was the reply. 81 began at once TO feel
the change and within three months my
life was modelled ON a different basis.
After writing MIR. lsaacs' and before IL
was published, had written DR., Cladius
doing il in the Intervals OF my other
work. As soon as Mr. lsaacs' appear.
ed the editor OF the Atlantic Monthly
made me good offer to write = serial
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Fe,.4< I. CA4.Ds.~


Some gentlcmop 4 family Who are
clever At story, jest and ropliteo arc fol.
lowing strange business in London.
There is man there who furnishes
amusement and entertainment for all
kinds Of social gatherings, having men
Of family un his staff. VINO in tho guiso
Of guests manage to insure an enjoyable
evening for tho invited guests, and thus
set tho anxiety OF tho hostess, fearing u
dull timo for her guests, at rest. A cou-
plo OF guiuoas will engage the services
ofaporsun OF good social attachments
who will so exercise his art Of enter
tanning others as 10 pu' everybody nc
once into tho brightest Of spirits, Five
Suineas will command the services Of
an individual Of higher standing in the
social scale, =" while the proPort .onately
large outlay Of $50 will secure .hoso OF
gentleman with handle to his .'ame,
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Scores Of bottles which once contained
perfumes hay' been found in Pompeii.
In ouo jar ha, ing a capacity Of two gal.
Ions there was u very delicate and etho-
real perfume, the composition Of which
is not known. There was over q gallon
Of tho liquid left in the receptacle. but
upon hoing exposed to the air it began
to oyaporato 80 rapidly that tho bottle
was nosu4otieally sealed in order ~ 70.
--s-
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best novels
ever written
about { on
s,anhnopleas
it today is
paul Pat.
Off," by T.
hiationCraw-
ford read
the story dur.
ing my stay
in Turkey a
I e W ears
npn-nnl haun
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F. Marion Crawford.
Chat With the Novelist About HIMSELF His Work
and His Observations Among the Turks

A ItD Of 4esOg- Something The
ADd-h The SHaa humanitarian CaaJ0yd ByiisS NoVb
lie Talks Of His CAaaee,ss End in Hgg1oyahy and
ne difference Beq the French and the English Novs
e'E',ifp AOeSWAat caod Thinks Of zO-H Ideas Of AHeyies
hra Jy he AoyeiHt Talks Of
tets Whe,s wa Come and Of
Ia" Lincoln Might Hare H,iNes.
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''''iA Correspondence OF the SHwA
N''7nsA''d is'' BY Frank G. cGrpentor)
WASHINGTON, January as,h, 1896.
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AMERICA 4 GOOD FIBID YoR TrB
NOVELIST.

speaking OF Amercs," Mr., Craw.
ford, sis this a good field Tor novel
writingl Is not life too slew herei
81 think not" replied Nj, Crawford,
Am q zen life Is - igll OF exciting
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1896-03-20
OTHERWISE UNNOTICED.

Ex-Gov. John Ireland Of Texas died
Sunday in San Antonio.
Quartermaster-Gen Batchelder OF
the army will retire in July.
Mary Anderson Navarro's book will
be issued in London Thursday.
Charles Homes, a Choctaw Indian,
has been sentenced to be shot for muir.
der.
The South Chicago post Office was
burned Sunday and all the mail de-
stroyed.
The first ST. Louis band of Salvation
Army secessiOnists paraded the streets
Sunday.
1t is believed in England and South
Africa that the Jameson trial at Lon.
don is rank farce.
Postmaster Frank Mapes of Kansas
City, Kas., committed suicide Sunday.
He was short about S9,OO0.
Great Britain has secured the con-
sent of the majority of the powers to
the Soudan campaign.
Three regulators" were shot in St.
Landry parish, La. The shooting grew
out of political excitement.
Tie Kansas NJ. Z. conference voted
in favor of allowing women delegates
in the general conference.
France will not consent that the cost
of the British Soudan campaign be put
on the Egyptian budget.
The latest news from the front in
Africa is that the main body of der
wishes is advancing upon Kassala.
Three women were held up in st.
Joseph, Mo. One resisted and was
dangerously wounded by the footpad.
The Italian government has con-
cluded a truce with the Abyssinian
ruler Menelek pending peace negotia-
tions.
1t is reported that Booth-Tucker will
sail from England Saturday to take
charge of the United States Salvation
army.
Walter Sharp. a well known young
man in st. Louis, was shot and fatally
wounded by an unknown man Sunday
night.
Francis Clark, president of the United
Society of Christian Endeavor, has
joined the Auxiliary league of the Sal
walton army.
The steamer Bermuda, recently
seized as filibuster, sailed Sunday
from New York, ostensibly for South
American ports.
George Hatfield, who left Sedalia,
Mo-, ID years ago, returned and found
his wife again married. He left the
couple undisturbed
Extracts from tho diary of Hamilton
Fish show that President Grant signed
a Cuban belligerancy proclamation,
though it-was never issued.
A recommendation will be made by
the coinage, weights and measures
committee of the house to congress to
adopt the metric system of weights
and measures.
Thomas Gillespie, charged with the
murder of Bernard McNutt in Boone
courty, Mo-, was acquitted by the ver-
dict of the jury at Moberly Sunday
morning.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1896-03-20
ST. PAUL STARTLED
By the Assignment by M. II. Kelly
of His Personal Estate,
AND OF THE KELLY MERCANTILE CO.,
Of Which Mr.. Kelly Was the Head
The Assignee, w. 3. Jordan, of Miles
City, Says that All Claims
Will be Paid in Full.

ST. PAUL, Mimi, March 16.-St.
Paul was startled by the announcement
that NJ. II. Kelly, head of the extensive
and well-known Kelly Mercantile Co..
had filed an assignment of his personal
estate, John Meagher, of Mankato, be-
ing named as assignee, who has quail.
fed in bonds of $1,000 Mr..
Kelly's interests are SO large
that it will take several days
to file schedule. Failing
health and sickness of Mr.. Kelly are
stated as causes, and in addition it is
known that he has some extensive per-
sOnal litigation which he desires to
terminate quickly and save his estate
to his family. The assets are said to
be fully large enough to meet all de-
mands. 1t is now conceded at the Offices
of the Kelly Mercantile Co. that an as
signment of the entire business is only a
question of few hours at best. The
concern is rated at half million dol
lars, and the assignment is merely a
protective measure to shield Mr..
Kelly's interest, which are very heavy.
w. B. Jordan, of Miles City, Mont, is
on the ground already to take charge
of the concern, and he states that all
demands will be paid in full.
LATER. a meeting held at p.
M, at which the several heads of the
Kelly Mercantile Co. were represented,
it was decided to make an assignment
of the entire business to w. b.
Jordan, of Miles City. Papers
were prepared and the deed of
assignment filed. Mr.. Jordan
accepted the trust. Schedules will be
prepared at once, although several
days must necessarily pass before they
can be completed, the law allowing
ten days for it. Assignee Jordan en-
phasized to the United Press that no
one need be afraid, as all claims are to
be paid in full.