The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-01-01
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There will be no complete portrait of
Lord Beaconsield yet awhile, Mr.. Green
wood says in the November "Cornhill."
All thought of publishing his life any
OF his papers In this century was aban-
doned long ago. says Mr.. Greenwood. by
him who. with most authority for the
task is by far the most competent for
The performance The enormous mass of
Lord Beaeonsheld's papers and the finished
state of confusion in which they were left,
may have had something to do. we are told.
| with a decision taken on higher grounds.
Mr. Greenwood has heard that Lord Beac-
onsheld seems to have destroyed nothing
| like letter. nothing in the least docu-
mentary. that ever came into his hands.
Meanwhile Mr. Greenwood continues to
give to the public interesting views of the
statesman whom he admires consistently.
| Few would think this an appropriate time
for aDplauding Lord Beacon Shields policy
| in the East. Mr. Greenwood bravely main
| tains that events have confirmed the wis
dom NJ his anti-Russian policy, and that
We are suffering to-day because he was
| checked in its development. 1t is told by
Mr.. Greenwood how the whole plan Of a
campaign in Asia Minor was worked out.
how Iscanderoon was to be the port of
| debarkation for British forces, and how
| they would have taken up their main posi-
ton along the Asian shore of the Bos-
phorous; and Lord Beaconsfield is repre-
scented as saying. not impassivlely we
have been accustomed to think of him
speaking, but "f1ingtng out his hands"
You know what happened. Ny colleagues
| would not have it. What you don't know
is that at last I was much alone that
had but one voice with me in the Cab
met"
| MI Greenwood tells of scene in which
he had the good fortune to be alone with
Lord Beaconsfe1d quite unconhrmatory
Of the notion that Disraeli was without
personal Affection The story is told
I time he had ceased to bear that name. 1t
was after the Ruseo-Turtish war. Mr.
| Greenwood found the statesman at 10 Down
ing street in the early morning when he had
just opened his newspaper. NA
''EIis first word You have seen the
| bad news% The voice was agiteted-
his. Mr.. Disraeli's-that I wondered for an
| instant what national calamity I had over
looked and was now to hear of. You know
| that Home Is gomez he added. and then In
| the same unexpected voice broke into many
expressions of affectionate admiration. The
word that struck most was I destine ed
him to great commando So speaking he
sat down by tho Preside as If quite over
| come. There he was silent and the silence
was such that for a time I did not like to
| look in his direction. When did so saw
that the hands extended on his knees were
| tapping up and down from the wrist in a
well known movement of distress, and that
| tears were rolling down the awful ruin
which even in those days his face had be-
come. Yet 1t absolutely impressive
face at that moment still. His tears were
the only sign OF 1t: rain upou the gray de-
faced features of the Sphinx"
It was Colonel Home whom Lord Bea-
consfeld had sent into Asia Minor, and his
grief at the check to the policy, OF which
Home was evidently to be one of the in
srruments, were. says his visitor. still
green
BY far the most important compensation
for all effects of fatigue is sleep. Every
body. even the man mentally most inert
develops when awake mass of mental ef-
fort which he cannot afford continuously
without suffering. We need, therefore.
regularly recurring periods in which the
consumption Of mental force shall be slower
than the continuous replacement. The lower
the degree to which the activity Of the brain
sinks then the more rapid and more com
plete the recovery.
The mental vigor Of most men is usually
maintained at a certain height for the long
est time in the forenoon. Evidences OF IA
tigue come on later at this time OF day
than in the evening. when the store or
force in brain has been already constd-
erably drawn upon by the whole days work.
If no recovery by sleep Is enjoyed. or 1t is
imperfect, the consequences will invariably
make themselves evident the next day In
depression of mental vigor as well as In
rise in the personal susceptibility to IA
tigue. The rapidity with which one OF the
persons 1 experimental upon could perform
after nights journey by railway with in
sufficient sleep. Another experim enter
could detect the effects OF keeping himself
awake all night in a gradual decrease Of
servation was all the more surprising be-
cause the subject was not conscious OF the
long duration of the disturbance. and was
first made aware OF it incidentally by the
results of continued measurements on the
causes Of the manifestations Of fatigue.
remarkable occurrence in a Madrid
theater is reported by Eel impartial" At
the Theatre Principe Alphonso = benefit
performance was to be given, the re-
ceiD-s of which were to be applied to the
liberating from the military service OF
a young railroad official by the name OF
Pareja- By paying certain sum of money
to the government a recruit drafted for the
Spanish army may purchase his freedom,
substitute being paid for out of the money.
The star singer failed to appear and In
despair at the prospect of having to re-
turn the money at the box office, young
sister of the beneficiary impulsively stepped
TO the front of the stage and said: La
dies and gentlemen: The prima donna in
forms us that she is ill and cannot appear.
No one had the courage to come out and
tell you this as we'll as the fact that the
ing for it at the box Office /, the sister OF
the one who was to be bought free from the
army, have gathered up courage enough to
step before you, because I know the good
heart of the Spanish people, who will not
let an innocent girl suffer for other peoples
the money, why, my brother will be a
soldier" All this was said with so much
natural simplicity and grace that the pub
lie present did not even think of protesting,
but she was rewarded for her courageous
appearance with laundering applause.
quieted down. and before Miss Pareja could
proceed. She continued: II cannot help it
if you wish to go away, but sing little,
l play the guitar and can dance the Sc