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( for all it is worth. Then the general
enterprise of the American press is be-
yond comparison greater than that of
almost every other press in the world.
Not even the London Times. or Tele-
graph, or Standard, with their corre-
spondents in every capital, can sur
pass the amazing enterprise of the best
papers in America. Remember that by
reason of distance the material of the
American paper costs incomparably
more, and that nearly every days pa
per contains columns of cabled news.
Then the Sunday papers of America,
whatever we may think of them as lit
srary products, are examples of jour
nalistic enterprise without parallel in
the world. Outside London there is
nothing published. whether in Paris,
Berlin, Vienna or Rome, which for in
tsrest or quality or yet bulk bears a
moments comparison with the best
American Sunday papers. Then the
imagination shown in the construction
and mapping out of a typical American
newspaper. to meet the needs of the
largest number of readers, is another
striking characteristic. Therefore, when
we gihe, as it is SO easy to do at the
unconscious and even vulgar aspects of
some American Journalism, we should
remember its good qualities. which are
neither few nor hard to find
can YOU give me some of your ex-
periences With the American interview
er. M. Caine?' l asked.
There were many different varieties
of them,' was the reply. Some were
honest Some were entirely Indifferent
to the correctness of their interviews
and made me say things that | should
no more think OF saying taan of trying
to fly. More Lady journalists are now
engaged SIS i.7tIrvi%ne-s than formerly,
and the:' do their work well. As night
hc expected. their persona. descriptions
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BIGGEST AND SPEED|EST YACHT AFL0AT

| ample deck space and freedom at sea
rather than large rooms in which to en-
| 'tertain.
The Aphrodite has a rounding stern,
| with a. medium overhang, anf the
| stern lines of the vessel are such as
warrant good behavior when running
| before a heavy sea. The interior ar
rangement of the vessel is of superb
| character the woodwork being hand
somely carved. The yacht is fitted with
all the modern appliances electric
lights, two searchlights, storage bat
terry, steam windlass, etc
The engines of the Aphrodte will be
the largest ever placed on a private
pleasure craft. There are four massive
singie-ended boilers. At natural
draught these boilers will supply steam
for 5000 horse power. There is no
yacht afloat to-day that is fitted with
machinery capable of developing this
power at natural draught. The speed
of the Aphrodite under steam alone,
without forcing, will be at least Is knots
per hour, and this she will be able to
maintain on long run owing to her
great boiler power and large coal ca
pacity. Under forced draft she will
make II knots per hour.
The vessel has a splendid sail plan.
She is barge rugged, two-thirds full sail
power, and will spread in all about
1900 square feet of canvas. These sails
will, give steadiness in a seaway and in
an emergency will enable her to make
fair speed under canvas alone.
The Aphrodite has been constructed
in new substantial ship house 316 feet
long and SO feet wide. Pneumatic tools
have been used in her construction, and
owing to the unlimited means at the
command of the workmen they have
turned out in a very short time a ves-
sci that for strength, beauty and fine
workmanship is excelled by none at
present afloat.
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mover commits suicide. To bring to-
gether the real and the fictitious at a
! solemn and sacred moment like this
/ would be shocking and shameful out
rage. Don't, 1 beg of you, make me
say anything about that. ON, no, ro!
Goodnight
THE story that appeared in the news
paper on the following morning gave
full and particular account of my
OPINION that the poor lady's death had
| been due in great part to the zeal NTH
which she threw herself into her raft.
and detailed comparison of the
strange and dramatic coincidence of
the sudden and startling death of the
Poily OF the novel and the Polly OF the
stage.
But the worst experience l had with
the interviewer, was the following: A
terrible murderer named Holmes had
been tried and convicted in Philadal-
phla and was awaiting his execution.
one day two Journalists from yell
low journal called on me at the hotel,
bringing roll of manuscript written
by the prisoner. This is Holmes own
account of his crimes said one of the
men; he has sold it to our editor on
condition that you review it, L won't
toucn It, l answered. Don't say that.
Mr.. Caine. Well leave it with you and
call for your answer in an hour, They
put the manuscript on sideboard ard
went away. Half an hour later another
man came up. 1 thought he looked both
nervous and audacious. Our editor has
sent me for Holmes story, and to know
if you have decided to review it, he said.
No, there it is still, take it away with
you, | answered. Then. glancing up
quickly. l saw the man reaching out his
hand for the manuscript. There was
greedy look in his eye, which made me
uneasy. Wait 1 said, Tn an old
journalist myself. you know, and I
think it would be better for me to give
the thing back TO the men who brought
it. Well, if you prefer To- said the
fellow, and edged out. In half an hour
more the two earlier visitors returned
Il hope you've decided to do that re-
vieW,' said one of the gentlemen. No.
I've nto. and I've told your editor so
already by the messenger he sent a lit
tie while ago. replied. Then the men
looked at me in blank astonishment.
What messenger they asked. I de-
scribed the man who had come for the
manuscript They stared into each
others faces. Good -. It's that Eel
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one present sang ''The Red, White and
Blue" at the finish, but the gratifying
finish was not yet. AS the sailors of
the British ships went over the side,
the Anglo-Saxon strain showed itself
most cordially. The boats of the Flora
and Beagle pulled off a bit and the men
rested on their oars. A young fresh
voice suddenly rang out on the night
air: Three cheers for the Americans:
Hip, hip, hurrah,'' and the British sail
ors cheered like mad. Three cheers
for the Britishers' came from the
American warship, and the throats of
1000 could scarcely have given a loud
er cheer. Then from the British boats
came Three cheers for Anglo-Ameri-
can alliance and then the welkin
rang over the placid waters of Rio
harbor, and before the Corcovado could
give back the echo. three more We're
called for and still three more'' jon
athan and John had their hearts in
their throats and those lusty cheers are
not likely to be stopped by any of the.
mountains of the world, and will
swep over many waters.-Rio Janetro
News.
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bic, ridiculous attitudes, at unwary
moments. One of the Photographic
'haWks' came aboard the Campania in
the customs boat early on the morning
of our arrival in New York For some
time he wandered about the ship. with
out doing anything which attracted my
attention. Then, as we steamed to the
ships berth, his writing confrere came
up to me. The sun was shining, we
were standing upon the promenade
deck. under the shade of the hurricane
deck, and he drew me to the ships
side, while he pointed out his own
lodgings on the fourteenth floor of
lofty sky-scraper. 1 didn't feel an alb
sorbing interest in his story, and l was
rather at loss to know why he told it
to me. A few minutes afterwards I
heard him telling the same story to
Lord Brassey. 1t began to strike me
as funny that this person should be so
zealously circulating such valuable in
formation about himself when all at
once l became aware that the snap
shot man was busy behind him. The
promenade deck was in shadow and
this was the piece of colluson by which
that artful pair of hawks got their sub
jects into the sun. You did him pretty
Weil,' ] said to the photogra pher when
he had finished with Lord Brassey. oh,
he's not the first I've done; see?' And
the fellow showed me the list of his
mornings 'takings. The fiend had got
three separate snapshots of myself.
Apparently there is no libel law in
America strong enough and swift
enough to cope with the doings of the
worst of the newspapers. When a New
York newspaper published a false ac-
cusation of myself, and followed It by
still more false apology, and I con-
templated an action at law, my friend,
GoldWin Smith, said: You might as
well take action against a mosquito.
While was at Washington I discussed
this aspect of the lower American Jour
nalism with an official of state, who
stands too high to be named in such a
connection. No libel law, however rig
orous will meet the case,' he said
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vender with pushcart loaded with pea
nuts and with his measures of various
sizes scattered along the top he stopped
and waved his hands across the peanuts
and asked the vender:
"'How much for a grab--a handful" a
1.-The old man didn't wear very small
glove himself and the vender, taking in
his hand as he swept it over the cart,
said:
Ten cents
Well, l don't want any myself says
the old man, but | know a man that likes
peanuts, and I'll bring him along. But
he's heap bigger man than l am-hand
ten times as big. You give him a grab
for 10 cents?'
Sure said the vender. He'd seen the
old mans hand and hescouldn't imagine
anybody with bigger hand than that.
ard he thought the old man was joking
anyway.
but along about 1 O'Clock, an hour be-
fore the afternoon show begins. along
comes the old man with the great giant
the greatest of all giants. that I've told
you something about. When the vender
saw him he turned pale.
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His opinions oe the American newspaper
man are ,on the Hhoin Il great co1npr-
ment to bUta Journals ana ,Ourna alis.s
The mistake made hr many who
have written dispacasins things about
the American newspaper alan." said
Mr.. Caine. in answer to my arst cues
ton. "is in stipposing that the gentle
man who interviews you, who meets
you at the steamer dock, and calls you
out of bed at midnight so ask some
trivial question is the whole field of
American Journalism. Too many trdv-
elers in America do that. The extra
ordinary Vigor of the everyday work of
the American Journalist is what first
fmpresses you. He is always on the
nail To-day's subject is to-days need,
and whether it is the fate of the Phil.
ippines or how TO sweep the snow cut
OF the streets. the journalist tackles it
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eral statement think it would be true
that, whether you allow yourself to ,>e
interviewed or refuse to allow yourself
to be interviewed, you are equally GER
tain to regret it. But that has been
my experience in England also.
'Dut you asked me for my expert
ences with the interviewer. Here are
few. During the run of The Christ
ian at the knickerbocker theater there
was sad and terrible incident A
young actress died of heart disease in
the course of performance. ! chanc-
cr to be in the theater at the moment
of the DEATH and I was still suffering
from the shock when l returned to the
hotel. Between midnight and one in
the morning reporter sent up his
card. He must see me at once, if only
for a moment. I saw him at the f;oor
of my bed room. It's about this pGCr
young lady he said, 'Wen?' She
played Polly Love, didn't she?' She
did. The part is very exciting Cne.
isn't IT! There are scenes Of some eX-
citement.' They probably contributed
to her death. didn't they2' I see no
reason to think so, and it would be
extremely painful to accept the idea
Besides, heart disease was hereditary
in the lady's family Just so. BY the
way, Mr.. Caine, I haven't read Jour
book, but one of my colleagues tells me
that Polly Love dies suddenly in the
novel. Now. don't you think that IS an
extra ordinary coincidence?' Perhaps
it is, but for mercy's sake don't say
so, at least for me. The Polly of the
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IDENTITY. The house is filled with en-
tlque furniture ad paintings by the I'D
masters. Among the gems of art is an
eiaporately carved French set of the
time of Louis XII, which is some AGO
years Old; a rosewood sideboard from
the personal effects of Napoleon Ii. and
bedstead from Holland
The ceramic art has not been neg-
lected in adding to the attractions Of
the old house. In the collection may be
found all the inc eresting and rare col
ohlal designs, including one of the
Martha WASHINGTON" plates, presented
pS Lafayette AMI other Frenchmen.
A movement is on foot to interest the
legislature IN a plan to purchase the
nhe Old structure and make it state
museum. Such 1 step would without
doubt be indorseG by the whole nation
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are embarrassingly precise. The color
Of your hair and eyes and the pattern
of your clothes are facts of the first i'm
portance. Hardly any American inter-
viewers, male or female. write short
hand, and as a consequence the visitor
talks the idiom of the reporter
In certain interviews found
myself saying, 1T makes me tired and
1T tickles me to death Several imag-
mary interviews with me were publish
ed during my stay in New York. In
one of these l called Mr.. Winter liar
In another l gave modest description
OF my own head, saying the upper
part resembled Shakespeare and the
lower part resembled Christ. These
flamboyant fictions are. I observe, the
tit-bts oftenest quoted in England
by journals which most affect to look
down on American journalism. But
whatever the interviewer may be, it is
folly of the Englishman in America
to attempt to escape him. AS a gen
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Francis Drake and his followers
amused themselves by burning this
town, but they could not destroy the
old house, which stands to-day silent
witness to the strength of the building
material of three centuries ago.
In 1880 the house became the prop
erty of a deputy of the Spanish gov
ernment, remaining in the same family
until purchased by DR.. c. p. Carver in
1882. The present owner and ocou oant
is the Hon. ]. w. Henderson, an at
tOrney at law.
One of the curious fixtures of the
house is the door knocker, an artistic
mass of curiously wrought iron that
weighs II pounds. 1t was brought from
the DuVal palace of the Ponce de Leon
family in Seville, Spain. and certiti-
cate under seal gives its history and
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the rate of go miles an hour, the camera
keeping side by side with the locomo-
tive it photographed. Comic scenes.
such as those that compose the Santa
Claus series, have, however. to be in
vented. These. it seems. We're all duly
enacted in a special studio.
We must needs have good actors to
produce these scenes says the sen
tleman interviewed. "a bad one will
spoil promising subject, and as the
whole story will have to be told in pan
tomime in less than a minute, without
a word of explanation, every movement
must be incapable of being misunder-
stood, and no time must be lost, as the
film will be exhausted in the three
quarters of minute allowed
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Here's my man. says the old man to

Here's my man. says the old man to
the vender, and here's your 10 cents.
Then the giant would reach down and
close his fingers over the whole outfit
peanuts, peanut roaster, pushcart, warm
er and all, and just lift it off the ground.
Then he'd pick UP some of the peanuts
with the other hand and look at EN-, and
then he'd get off a little joke of his own.
He'd say:
Why, these amt sheled,' and then
he'd begin to give the peanuts away: kind
o shower 'em down on the boys; pouring
EN- off the cart. Crowd around? Well, all
there was room for in the street.
But there was nothing mean about the
old man; he always used to give the VEN
der the full value of the peanuts after it
was all over, and give him ticket for
the show besides. But / don't suppose
this money was wasted; the old man was
generous enough, but he was not what
you would call shortsighted."
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Written for the Sunday Standard.

written for the Sunday Standard
Bath, Me-, Jan. 26.-When the steam
yacht Aphrodite took the water recent
ly there was given into the keeping of
the sea-god the largest and most lux
uriously appointed pleasure vessel ever
constructed in this country. She will
be the floating palace of Col. o. H.
Payne of New York City, one of Amer
ica's millionaires, who believes that the
man with the money of prince should
live a princely life. When Colonel
Payne gave the order for the building
of the boat to Charles r. Hanscon Of
this city he told him that no expense
was to be spared in making the YES
sci the finest pleasure craft of her kind
atloat.
In speed she was to be able to show
clean pair of heels to some of the
fastest steamships on the seas; in size
she was to exceed the dimensions of
any pleasure boat in the world: in the
matter of fittings and general decora-
t1ons she was to be as gorgeous as
money and the cunning of the clever
est Workmen that money could pro-
cure would make her. In all these re-
qulrements the wishes of Colonel Payne
have been observed to the letter, and
the finished work will be the wonder of
the yachting world.
The hull of the Aphrodite measures
3O3 feet over all, 260 feet between per-
pendiculars, 35 feet inches beam, and
she will draw when loaded 16 feet of
water. The steel hull of the vessel is
unusually strong and rigid, and her
scantl1ngs are in excess of the require
mentS of the rules of the American
shipmasters, British Lloyds or the
United States Standard association.
The yacht has a fiat keel instead of the
usual bar keel. She has moderate
deadrise, an easy bilge with graceful
curving sides and the usual tumble
home. The bow lines flare above the
load water line so as to make the yes
sci more comfortable in a head sea
She is fitted with bilge keels or rolliag
chocks "A inches deep and 140 feet long
No permanent ballast will be neces-
sary to insure initial stabil-
ity, but four large water
ballast tanks are fitted, two
forward and two aft of the
ment can be increased and the trim,
when light, regulated at will. The hull
of the vessel is divided into Is water
tight compartments. There are no less
than nine athwartship steel bulkheads
and no doors are cut in any of them
unless absolutely necessary.
There are many innovations in the
construction of this interesting vessel.
The main deck is plated with heavy
steel throughout the entire length. A
op-gallant forecastle deck is fitted for
ward with full head room between it
and the main deck. The large 100 foot
deck house is steel structure of great
strength and rigidity, but this metal
work will be concealed by handsome
paneled mahogany. Large round verti-
cal sliding air ports are fitted in this
house. These are more efficient on an
ocean going vessel, and they also tend
to give much more ''shippy" appear
ance than the rectangular windows.
There is clear deck space of about
seven feet between the rail and the
deck house on each side. 1t is appar-
emily the desire of the owner to secure
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There's only one thing that will meet
it. Whats that?' / asked. "A horse
whip he answered. In the Bowery of
New York l made the acquaintance of
typical New York boy, who had won
laurels as a prize fighter, and / found
his view of journalistic justice strange
ly similar, with only some trifling diff
ferences as to the means
These are Mr.. Gaines candid criti-
cisms on American Journalism and Jour-
nalists. They will no doubt be read
with great interest in the United
States. GEORGE Mem.
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THE F|END|SH AMERICAN INTERVIEWER
Hall caine Expresses His Candid Opinion Of Him and Her
in Talk With Our London Correspondent-A
Lady Journalist Embassassed Him.
Special Correspondence of the Standard.

Special Correspondence of the Standard.
London. Jan. 14.-Hall Caine has re-
turned to England with his experience
of men and things vastly widened and
improved by close acquaintance with
American journalism. l called upon
Mr.. Caine soon after his arrival in
London. being prompted to do so to
some extent by the publication in
leading newspaper here of an interview
with himself, in which he records his
experience with the literary gentlemen
of the United States in his own clever
way I wanted the distinguished nov
elist to say something further on a
topic Of SO much interest to American
readers. and | found him nothing loath
readers, and I found him nothing 10th.
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HOW eLuE-JAckETs ENTERTAIN.
Comedy and Athletic Specialties On the
Battleship Oregon.


Battleship Oregon.
On the night of the 5th inst. the
ships company of the Oregon gave an
entertainment on board that battle
ship, at which the sailors of the Iowa
and Celtic and those from H. r. NJ.
ships Flora and Beagle attended. The
heartiest cordiality was in the spirit of
the evening. The performance began
at T:30 p. m. with grand chorus by
sailors of the Oregon. under the direc-
ton of J. Burns, who also acted as
master of ceremonies throughout G.
Doherty gave dance to open the pro-
sramme. and did so very brilliantly.
The next item was a boxing bout be-
tween j. O. Brien and A. Hanafin, and
and rings by c. Christopher and G.
Sanderson. Both these events We're
watched with high interest and enthu-
siastically applauded. Then a sketch.
entitled "Athletic Tints,' with the fol-
lowing cast
Professor Slugim. William Decks
Assistant SloWcome. ....... Robert Small
Porter. .................A. Harker
Dude. ....................P. Burns
This caused universal laughter and
all the performers were duly congratu
lated during the short interval that en-
sued. The second part was opened by
a bag-punching contest between G.
Gaines and J. Conlin, and was followed
by P. Toner singing Scotch Lasse
Jane" The johnson brothers then
gave comic black face sketch that
provoked much laughter. Robert
White sang Loves Serenade" with so
much appreciation that an encore was
demanded. when he sang THE Ore
gon,' it is needless to say with great
success. A turn was given to the en-
tertainment when j. Mcclure and f.
Mason gave a "black and white" box
ing bout, which was succeeded by G..
Nichols, who danced buck and wing"
which was a novelty to the British SOL
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Special Correspondence of the Standard

Special Correspondence of the Standard
St Augustine. Fla, Jan. 22.-People
who are pinins for the sight of some
thing ancient need not turn their backs
on this new country and seek moss
grown walls abroad. They can be
found in America, and particularly in
this town. The oldest, and it may be
added, the quaintest house on the con-
tlnent stands on St. Francis street and
is visited annually by thousands, among
the pilgrims being many from abroad
The house was built in 1864 by the
monks of the Order of St. Francis, and
the whole of the structure is construct
ed of coquina. a mixture of sea sh Ills
and mortar, which is as solid and indie
Structible as rock.
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low - on the i A journalist on
rival yellow journal, getting wind of
their errand, had tried to scoop, both
the murderer's manuscript and my re-
view.
Then I can give you good story of
the American photographed who ac-
companies the interviewer and whose
business it is to take snapshots of his
subjects in characteristic and, if possi-
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The eXpounders of the constitution who
began by trying to make the Aleghanies
the western boundary of the United
States have never been taken seriously
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A BIG HAN NDFUL-,

s1fO1 sstUIIes AUUUt VTFeHIeSI o
All Giants. Told by the Old Circus Man.
From the New York Sun.
The old man liked his little joke" said
the old circus man, "and one day, going
along the street in a town where we were
showing. when he came to peanut