Evening star., 1898-10-21
FACT AND FICTION.
Both Will he Well Exploited in To-
morrOM's nig Sinr.


morrow's big star.
Among the literary features of particular
value The Star. in its big Saturday edition.
will print another chapter from the re-
markable story of Louis de Rougemont.
who claims to have been among the canni-
balls of Australia for more than thirty
years and to have but recently returned TO
civilization.
The strange narrative of this most unusual
man, who has been described as a French
man who speaks English with German
accent is attracting a great deal of atten-
ton III Europe. and opinion is divided as 20
whether he is a modern Robinson Crusoe
or nineteenth century Manchausen He
has been flooded with requests to address
geographic and scientific bodies in almost
every country in Europe and some of the
best informed men in the world have placed
themselves on record as believing implicitly
in the truth of his story. At the same
time the veracity of his tale has been at
tackled by some Of the leading journals of
Londcn and Paris. However, whether IL be
the true story of most remarkable life
nation. it is certainly interesting reading
and The Star is fortunate in being able to
place before its readers a piece of writing
that has stirred up such a lively contro-
versy
In the matter of fiction admittedly such.
readers of The Star will have a treat to-
morrow, for the short story this week is
from the pen of Ian MacLa-en, than whom
no writer of the day is more generally pop
ular. II is called Saved by Faith" and is
the story of young Liverpool grain brok-
er who gets into business difficulties and
Is saved from disaster and disgrace by the
efforts of three of his early friends 1t is
told with the authors characteristic humor
and pathos.
In addition to this there will be second
installment of S. R. Crockett's story, The
Black Douglas which started out so well
last Saturday
Following are but a few of the special
features in tomorrow's paper:
BEHIND PRISON BARS Qllustrated)
A Star reporters account of his trip to
Columbus with a batch of convicts from
this city, and a Visi, to the Ohio state
pententary
EX PERT IN CRIME illustrated
A description of the methods of the Chi
nese Highbinders of San Francisco who
live by blackmail and even worse
FOOT OF THE ANDES illustrated
beauties and wonders of trip through
the Strait of Magellan.
STYLES FROM VIENNA QllustratedD.
What women of fashion are wearing in
Austrias capital this fall.
COWBOY AND HUNTER QllustratedD
Interesting experiences of Col Roosevelt
On his western ranch, told by one of the
Rough Riders.
FROM THE ORIENT Qllustrated).
A visit to some of the queer shops of New
York, where oddities from distant lands
offered for sale
NEW YORK FASHIONS Qllustratedl.
The regular weekly letter from The Stars
special correspondent is full of timely
suggestions.
SEEKING TO ESCAPE Qllustrated).
NJ. de Rougcmont tells of his efforts 20
get back to civilization by travelling
overland to the white settlements on
the Australian coast.
THOROUGHLY DISLIKED.
Why Major EsterhaZy, who plays such a
prominent part in the Dreyfus affair,
was never popular with his felowoffi-
GERS.
RISKED THEIR LIVES.
Dangers that beset men who tried TO
break through the shotgun quarantine
during the yellow fever epidemic of rs.
GETTING THE NEWS.
The system by which the newspapers Of
New York manage to keep tab on all
that goes Oh in that big town.