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songs attractive to him II the title pages con-

sonp. attractive to him II the title pages con-
tanned crude designs wcrdly illustrative OF tho
text and he thought the unconscious humOr
Of these cap-trap bits Of sentiment much finer
than any premcditated effort at fun
When Field went to London he wrote to q
friend here "My chef dGuvre will be to secure
ono of the famous axes with which Mr.. Glad
stone hews down trees in the Forest of Ha-
wordcr." lie obtained the axe, with postal
card from Mr.. Gladstone authenticating the
Irnp,cment. He cherished this and the editorial
scissors presented to him by Charles A. Dana
"a tho chief glories of his collection. 1t was a
delight to Fields friends. however. that he
never allowed his bookishness or any OF his
hobbies 10 turn him into preoccupied dry and
uncompanionable man. 1t was his sense OF
bumor that saved him. Mr. Wilson says: Fields
mind and heart were wide open to the SUM-
shine Of humor and the JOY Of laughter. He
declared that the man who neglected an OPP
portunity to laugh was as injudicous as he who
denied himself proper amount or fresh air;
then with fatal Inconsistency. he himself rev.
elled In laughter. but stayed indoors. HIS boy
ish sport was contagious; 1t was as II ones
glee longed to take on a personal form ana snake
hands with his equally personihed merriment
He characterized those wet Ddnhcis' thOSc as
sassinators OF mirth, who refuse to believe that
the cheerful map can be possessed Of refined
sensibility. as drones in the hive OF happiness.
and he thought they merited the fate OF their in
sect confrares Viewed In the light OF policy
alone he believed in laughter and thought ii
the surest way to make people kind What mis-
fortune. he said. was ever made the lighter by
grief? What misfortune ever made the heavier
by laughter? Since when are people attracted
by signs? Since when are people repealed by
smiles? II one Is patronized merely because one
smiles how easy to repay ones patrons with
smrk"
Mr.. Wilson has gathered within the covers OF
this little book many illustrations of Fields
drollcry. but he protests against the conception
Of the man which ignores his studious habits
and serious work. pointing out that his friend
labored necessarily at the acquisition Of knowl-
edge and put much Of IL into his writings. az
witness his Echoes from the Sabine Farm
He knew Latin and Greek HE made para
phrases Of French songs and his knowledge Of
Beranger and Heine was both wide and accu-
rate" This volume mnges tales Of Fields fun
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their minds are, as It were, put into the stocks
like their feet at the dancing scnooi' ana the
moral always consists in good moral conduct
being crowned with temporal success. Truth
is. / would not give one tear Shed over Little
Red Riding Mood for all the benefit to be ue-
rived from o. hundred histories Of Tommy
Goodchild Miss EdgeNorth, who has with
great genius trod the more modern path. IS, to
be sure an exception from my utter dislike OF
these moral variations, but it is because they
are really filter for grown people than for chill
drcn | must say. however that think the
story of Simple Susan in particular quite in
imitablc. But Waste Not, Want Not though
a. most ingenious tale, is l fear more apt TO
make curmudgeon of boy who has from
nature a close, cautious temper than to correct
a careless. idle destroyer of wh!pcord. In
WORD, | think the selfish tendencies will be soon
enough acquired in this arithmetcal age and
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That TO make the higher class Of character, our
wild iclions like our own simple music, VIII
have more effect in awakening the fancy ana
more elevated compositions Of more clever au-
thors and composers. , ,oo,,on
II am not acquainted with Base's coilcc ,a,,
but have both editions OF Straparoia, Witch Iai
nbeorvo differ considerable could add good
deal. but there is enough here to show that
Ia with sincere interest that j subscribe myself
your obliged servant. WALIE' "|Oii'
Our portrait Of Scott IS taken from one not al
all widely known. which has just been repro
uuced by the Scribners in the new Temple edi-
tion of the works Of the novelist.
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with a careful survey Of his life. The CHEZ
events in the mans career are recaptulated'
scattered through the book are full bbographl'
cal notes on his publications. and altogether
Is not only loyal and sympathetic tribute TO .
dear friend. but useful fragment Of biograph"
Not all OF the stories are new. Fields reply 70
Mrs. Humphry Ward. when she asked him
about the social conditions In America-"When
they caught me was living in Il trees widely
known by this time. But to most readers tho
illustrations OF his humor will probably be new
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-04-17

correspondent OF The London Spectator
gives a corrected and comical version OF tne
story of Mr.. III. o. Coxe's triumph over the
fraudulent Simonidcs. The glory Of the Eng
lishman'S triumph over which he triumphra
considerably" we are told. was not that he haa
detected a fraud which had deceived Berlin, but
that he had done this by mere sense 81 touciL
without eyer seeing one page of the Ms. a..
lie told me the story himself. i never real'y
opened the book. but held ii In my hand anu
took one page Of II between my finger anu
thumb while | listened 10 the rascals accouh'
OF how he found this most interesting antiquity.
At the end of three or four minutes handed "
back to him with the short comment, Nine
teenth century paper, my dear sir" and he LOON
1t away In II hurry and did not come AGAIN;
Yes, was pleased! but have handled several
ancient MSS In my time. and l know the feei
Of old paper"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-04-17

Mr.. ]. G.. Fraser, the author of The Colleen
Bough' and of "Pausanias" has Tor so,i'e var, ,.
shin has been three times extended 10 aIIow
his work upon the named book 10 Proc ,.a
unchecked He has been Obliged 10 .ahe wi
ionrntvs TO Greece in order to get the local
Color ana to verify archaeological details
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-04-17

Mr.. Grant Allen. whose pen Is apparently
never quiet. Is about to publish new poos
called "Linnet; O Romance"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-04-17

"The Ambassador" Mrs. Craigie sen'ili'T' ~.
Son IN the autumn. and will not be brought our
in book form until then. Mr. George AleXahuJ ',i;
who has secured all the dramatic rlgh's' VIII
yIav the title role.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-04-17

Mr. Sidney Lee. who Is assurcdly an excellent
authority. makes this public statement In re-
sponsc to various inquiries concerning the
rights of the Bacon Shakespeare controversy:
Il therefore desire as respectfully but also as
cmphatically and as publicly as ! can 10 put
on record the fact. admitting to my mind
OF no rational ground for dispute. that there
cXists every manner of contemporary evidence
to prove that Shakespeare. the householder OF
STAFFORD on Avon. wrote. with his own hand
and exclusively by the light of his own genius
merely To paraphrasc the contemporary inscrip-
ton on his tomb in Stratford- on Avon Church
those dramatic works which form the supreme
achievement in English literature.
THE defective knowledge and casuistical argli-
mentation, which alone render another con
cusion possible, seem to me to find their closest
parallel in our own day ia the ever popular
delusion that Arthur Orton was Sir Roger Itch
borne. | once heard how Il poor and ignorant
champion Of the Wcll-knOWn claimant declared
that his unfortunate hero had been arbitrarily
kept out of the baronetcy because he was a
poor butchers son. Very similar Is the attitude
of mind Of those who assert that Bacon wrote
Shakcspearcs plays because Bacon was a great
contemporary philosopher and prose writer The
argument for the Baconan authorship, when
stripped Of its irrelevances. amounts to nothing
more than this"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-04-17
EUGENE FIELD.
RECOLIECTIONS OF HIM BY FRANCIS
WILSON.

In the little book called "'The Eugene Field L
Knew" which the Scribners have just pupiisheu
for Francis Wilson, the comedian, there are
some amusing instances of the mans quaihthesS
and humor. Mr.. Wilson Is most emphatic ABOUT
his friends devotion to books. and describes MN
as the life and soul OF the company that USED 10
meet i'm a certain Chicago bookstore. Field was
ALWAYS on the lookout for treasure, Of course,
but he was not always in funds. lie USED 10
leave genial warnings. then in the DOCK which
he could not at the time purchase. But some
times apparently, the temptation was 100
strong and he would appeal to Mr.. Shackietord'
tho cashier OF The Chicago Evening News,
the paper in which his "Sharps ana f'a'S
column was published. for a small advance on
that weeks salary. Mr. Wilson tells us that
once, referring to these letters, Field SAID that
he put upon them $75 worth Of work to get an
advance OF So" He used to write them III MS
finest manner-and Fields pcnmanship was pc
culiarly artisic-placing decorative ihitia' a'
the beginning accompanying the text Win some
amusing emblem or even drawing 4 little picture
wherewith TO soften the Shacklefordan ncart.
Mr. Wilson reproduces in fac-simile some or
these letters One OF them bears the title or
Evening Hymn and Is marked "COn cSpres-
sone-Opus MDLXIII." The words accompany
ing the music run AZ follows
oh ShackIcrord II you would sec
Your own true friend survive
By this same small boy send to me
necessary 1--WE.
Amen,
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stations will be established Mt various
points along the coast and interior OF
Alaska and reports made daily by the OBJ
servers In charge viii bo forwarded 70
the headquarters Of the district. Mr.. Ball
has been In the service OF the weather
bureau for the past thirteen years and his
selection for the important work OF In
augurating the work OF the bureau IN
Alaska Is considered recognition of his
exceptional capabilities
Prof. Georgeson viii estab.:sh an agri-
cultural experiment station In southeast
ern Alaska. presumably not far from
Juneau and close to tide water. While no
plans have been decided on I'm connec-
ton with this important branch Of the
researches to he undertaken. It Is be-
Heved that owing to natural conditions,
the first work Of the agricultural depart
ment will be directed a.ong the coast,
where climatic conditions ere not charac-
terszed BY the rigor that prevails In the
interior. Some sections OF Southeastern
Alaska along the coast are adapted to
the raising Of roots. vegetables OF AL
kinds, grasses and dairying. While MI.
Ball Is travelling over the district making
observations and establishing sub-sta-
fions. Prof. Georgeson viii. remain at the
dsstrict headquarters. When II wiz be
necessary for Prof. Georgeson to travel
over the field, Mr.. Ball viii, remain at the
ONCE attending to the work there.
Both officers OF the department are to
remain two years in Alaska and enough
supplies OF working apparatus etc, have
been provided for them 10 last during
that period. Mr.. Ball said taat before he
left Washington the war any navy de-
partmenfs were engrossed with the prep
aratlors FOR war ard that the subject was
sha sole topic of discussion everywhere.
War was the word on eyeryone's lips.
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INA - 900t Oeo0s
Los ANGELES. April 9.-The Santa
re overland No. !. westbound. was held
up At the Mojave river bridge. two mi;es
west Of Orc Grande in San BernardIno
county. at s:D this morning. Engineer
Ginord was killed by one OF the robbers,
who was m0rtaIly wounded by Clifford IN
an exchange OF shots.
The robbers tagged the train at the an
preach to the bridge, and boarding the
engine took the engineer and slreman
back to the express car and endeavcred
to detach 1t from the first passenger
coach, but could not uncoup.e II. They
succeeded in cutting OF the mail car and
engine, however, and compelled the en-
gineer to pull these up to the siding.
Here they rifled the mail car and secured
the registered mali.
Then they backed down to the train
again, and were proceeding to the express
car when Engineer Clifford opened Ere on
them with revolver. He fatally wound
ed one OF the robbers. Paul Jones, OF Orc
Grande. but the other escaped after shoot
Ing Clifford with charge of buckshot
Clifford expired at once.
Express Messenger Mott remained on
the rear platform OF the express car and
the train. with the body OF the engineer.
proceeded to this city. Sheriff Ho.comb.
OF San Bernardino. arrived at the scene
at o'c,ock this morning and tracked the
other robber TO Cummings ranch and in
to the hills. He had horse. His Identity
Is unknown. The robbers got nothing but
the registered mail
Express Messenger Mott has made q
statement In which he says that he killed
Engineer Clifford and fatally wounded
Jones. the train robber Clifford accident
ally receiving part OF the charge from
Motifs shotgun. intended for Jones. Jones
is still alive at Victor. and. 1t Is said, has
In the robbery.
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STILL AFTER ATTORNEY REED.
Judge Mcdonald. at Cosfax. Rejects
Report OF nar Committee.

Special Dispatch 10 tho rosi-Inteliigsncer
CoI.FAk. April s0--The bar committee
appointed 20 Investigate the charges OF
gnprofesssonai condnct made against At
torney ". q. Reed this morning reported
30 Judge Mcdonald. practically txorer-
atiaS Reed. Judge Mcdonald remarked
that Il Vas rot necessary that The state
Enents should be proved 70 he true In order
70 sustain the charges against Reed. and
az Dtlce of3e~e3 Prosecuting Attorney Mat
taews. assisted by the bar committee, TO
draw up new charges against Reed
Prosecuting Attorney Matthews says he
Is got yes satisfied that the charges. as
Outlined Is Judge Mcdonald. even e
proved. woaia constitute unarafeSssonal
conduct, uniess Reeds statements are also
proved false
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Special Dispstch 10 the Post Inteliigencer.
VANCOUVER. b. c.. April 1.-At la
o'clock this morning the largest IRE that
hAs Waited this city since the big ere eiev-
en- years ago To In progress, and threatens
70 sweep the water front II started IN
st.nsson's wharf. In which vas stored .
large quantity OF Klondike supplies and
hfty toes OF hay for Mackenzie & Mann.
the Tesiin lake contractors. II spread to
the Cnion Steamship Cunpany's docks
and 10 working tt way TO Water street.
the Union hotel being reported IN flames.
Hall q dozen Canadian Pacific railroad
cars loaded with general merchandise are
In flames. and the dre = spreading rap
IDLY to long string Of cars on the track
adjoining the docks.
The report that two Of the cars were fun
Of dynamite has caused q general stam-
pede 0f SONS 3o0 people VINO were view.
Ing the fre, and created intense excite
ment. 4 large quantity OF cartridges
stored Ia one OF the warehouses arc caus-
tEx m incessant fusiiade. The fire. IL Is
thought. VIII reach the end Of the Union
wharf. where 1t - reported . large sup
ply of powder 10 stored.
The loss already is estimated at SO ooo
The drsmen are handicapped by the burst
Ing OF the hose from the leading main.
Until II II repaired they are practically
powefiess to control the fire. The IRE
started about E.sa O'Clock In the hay
stored on Stimson's wharf, and Il II
thought to be the work Of tramps. The
greatest excitement prevails and with ey-
cry explosion OF the cartridges stored in
the warehouses = general stampede OF sev.
eFai thousand people from the scene e.
sues.
The Canadian Pacific Company's loss
VIII be very heavy. Fifty or sixty en-
ployes are engaged protecting Its prop
erty. with poor success 30 far. TIE flames
are not yet under control, and several YES
seas which have not been moved are
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sAr HE PLAYED rnE nACEa
City Treasurer 4. C. VylaheR steals
e116,OOO In San Franeiseo.

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Active Preparations for the Event
Are Under Way.

Special Dlspatch 10 the Foss-fntelllgencsr.
TACOMA April sn.--Those In charge OF
the third annual rose carnival. TO he held
here next June, have several new ideas
under way. They todsy sent notices TO
fifty noted art schools OF the country Offer
Ing 81 as a prize for the most artistic de-
sign for a float To be built by the asso-
citation: also a like sum for the most ar
tistGc design for "a poster. 10 be used for
advertising the carnival.
Several novel features OF tSe three days
celebration are besag prepared. and the
fact that All advertising win S~ eliminated
from the rose parade has led 10 new plans
for The procession.
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AAJaoe4 IS348xUR1<
Scno hshermen recently found q corkeA
bottle In the sea on Cancals. On the
drcfon coast. and. opening II. discovered
inside . small card with writing on IT,
The characters traced. however. were
nearly enaced by the salt water, which
had filtered through the cork. A sensle-
man, TO whom the card was given. hand
ed II over to the experts OF the National
library In Paria who have been abe 10
decipher the writing. II Ia German. and
sets forth that the writer, Bernard
Ramsperger. Of Weimgarten. was on
board the Inflated Elbe which was lost
IN ths North sea Z few years ssnce. and
that he had lost hope. He accordtnxiy
bade farewell 10 his affanced bride.
Nina Frankei. Of wurtemberg, whom he
hoped to see Ia the next word. There
was also request TO send the card
when found to Nina Frankea Ihis has
been done. and . copy at the message
from the sea has likewise been forwarded
TO the Arm Of holsters In weimgarten. Win
which house Herr Ramsperger was con-
necsed Is WAS daily set forth by himse1
on the card.
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CIVIL SERVICE 4 FARCE.
How . Good system Was Carelessiy
Abused In Tacoma.

Special Dispatch TO the Pcet-inteliigencer.
TACOMA. April 2a--coussderasole talk -
10 be heard among certain former civil
service applicants who took the examisia-
ton and who now want their papers re-
turned to them. In compliance with the
action Of the council providing for this
disposition OF these papers. II seems that
despite a careful search the papers of same
of the applicants are not to be found.
Others. who have recovered their examina-
ton papers. point out how they had been
altered and rated. so a. 10 make the re-
suit of their examination erroneous
An examination o. many OF these papers
iiscso~es that errors which a schooiboy
would be ashamed Of have been made In
addition. division and the general rating.
with the result that some applicants were
rated too high and others too low.
Through the mistakes In one set Of papers
an engineer secured q position at a salary
higher than he was entitled 20. a. coynress-
tors papers showing that the latter was
rated too low and thereby forced into .
~ position at small salary.
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AMERICA Is IN THE RIGHT.
Engliah Papers Applaud the Stand
Taken by the United States.

Engiiah Papers Applaud the stand
Taken by the United States.
LONDON. April 1.-THE Times says
edisorisisIy this morning:
1.-The 6pantsh preparations. so far as
they can be Judged at this distance are by
no mesna advanced to the condition which
alone s>an give Waite TO pop3iar enthusi-
asm. The Spanish fee; is thousands OF
miles away from the scene OF action, ard
can arrive in Cuban waters only after the
first moves have been made by the United
States Whether the struggle be brief or
protracted. there can be as little DOUBT o.
the result as the direction OF the English
sympathy
The Daily News says:
Sentiment must not bird Spain TO the
fact that In this struggle for human free
dom the United States has the right on
their side"
The Standard says:
I'VE canno, doubt that the enthusiastic
cheers which broke out at the end of tire
queen regents speech truly represents
Spanish feeling. But the ultimate issue IL
hardly open 20 question ror can there sc
any doubt that in the end IL win - for the
good OF Cuba that she SHOULD be delivered
from Spain and Spanish domination
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The Pos.-Tutslligencer prints more A.aS-
ka newS than any other nswspa2~7. Il
has urasaua.ess facilities f0E getting all the
live news. having correspondents In every
mining camp and trading past IL the
north. Anyone having friends IN Alaska
and wanting 70 keep posted on the nsw
fir5s sa1u.a subscribe fs- the Weekly
Poss~Insealsgencer. Sahscripss0a price. post
paid. 70 aay part Of the Infted States or
Canada. s.ea per year. - cents @x monsaa
or e Sxats sey three mozthA
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CHEYENNE. Wyomkngs ApTI M-
Eight companies OF the Eighth infantry.
with hard and hospital corps. numbering
IN ell $50 men. left this city for New Or
leans at II O'Clock today On the Burning
ton rad. Never was the city 30 profuss-
~ and patrfoticaily decorated. The
schools adjourned business houses c1osed
ard the people turned cut en- masse. The
so.dsers commanded by Col Van Horn.
were met by n PROCESSION q civic and
military organizations and were escort
ed TO the deros amid deafening cheers.
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Nominations Confirmed,

WASHINGTON, April sa-T-he senate
today confirmed the following nornsna-
.iors.
Registers OF lard cTlces-rrank II.
Hecsss at Salt lAke. Utah: Geo.Ss ID
Green. at Helena. Mont; Edward Bras
sew at Lewiston. Mont
Receivers az public moEey--Joan Isrsky
az Helena Maat., Andrew J. ksdssa, at
Raze man. MsGs.. T. W. Esavigde, 81 Lew.
fstqz. Mimi
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Tatoo.h Cable Repaired.

Special Dispatch to the Post-Tnteliigeneer
NEAH BAY. April 0.-The cable be-
tween Neah Bay and Tatoosh island
which was broken on March Is. has been
repaired. The government contanplatee
replacing the cable oy an overhead wire
IN the near future 1, is stated.
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Postmaster at silver.

Special Dispatch TO the Post-Inte.iIgencer
WASHINGTON. April ea.--R. C.. kinney
side has been appointed postmaster at
Silver. Okanogan county. Wash, vice
Frank T.. Gcocsen. resigned.
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DEATHS.


SIOUX FALLS. s. D.. April ea.-Gen.
Hugh J. Csmbpei Is dead. Gen. Camp
hell was the member OF the Louisiana re-
turning hoard whose vote decided the pres
dental election IN ISIS Of r. Il. Hayes. He
raised the first regiment in Iowa for the
civil war. For fifteen years he was Cni-
ted States attorney for this state ard ter
ritory. He had just volunteered TO raise
a regiment.