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\ Literary Hunx.

Tt is reported that another literary hoax
has been pcrpetratcd upon an innocent and
long suffering public. As nothing of tho
kind has happened since the experience of
Louis de R0Ugcmont was revealed a year or
two ago. the public was. OF course. quite
uuprepaTsd The fact is that the pr0yern
about truth being stranger than fiction
has been SO thoroughly ingraincd In peo-
pies minds that certain clever story-teIl-
ers have taken advantage OF It and told
fctions. purporting to be true. under the
shelter OF that time-honored saying. The
latest Of these literary adventures is a
young man. by the name OF William Jane
son Reid.
MIR. Reid perused a book about Tibet,
in which the suHeyings Of traveller al the
hands OF the natives were chronicled. and
II evidently occurred to him that he could
do almost as well as that himself. if he
let his imagination run riot. He had tho
advantage. Of course. OF a field practically
unknown TO the majority Of English and
American readers. So he wrote another
book about Tibet, claiming to have visited
places never before seen by Caucasians
adventures. These incidents. loosely
strung together made a lively and pie
turesque narrative. and there would no,
be much chance that the average reader or
critic would detect its falsity. since the
regions described were impenetrable TO ex-
plOrers until yer- recent date. And all
the time that Nj. heid was supposed to be
having these Wild adventures no y-as
staying in Boston and working on a daily
paper. Hereafter no book about Tibet
will be accepted as genuine without the
endorsement OF at least three scientific
societies and several men with sections
Of the alphabet aftei their names.
But. after all, when one comes 20 think
OF it. the young mans duplicity is not so
very wonderful from moral point Of view.
II is human nature 10 enjoy the telling Of
fairy tales 70 credglous people who believe
them. For centuries such tales were told,
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To be entirely fair to the Secretary Of
the Treasury. we are not quite convinced
that the Republican leaders in the Senate
really intended a rebuke 10 him in ignoring
his request for an appropriation in the
Urgent Deficiency bin 70 cover the rent he
wishes 10 pay TO the Standard OIL Bank
for the New YORK Custom House When
the committee omitted the item in making
its report. % doubtless did so in Tear OF
public opinion rather than out OF any OBJ
lection "a the general principle Of Treasury
Io-tns. j. any unpleasant feeling toward
Mr.. Gage can be regarded as involved in
The natter IL Is only that pain and resent
meat which coparceners feel when one OF
their number is publicly seen 10 have
broken the Eleventh Commandment
Nevertheless the action of the Senate
is in form. II not in purpose. a most sting.
ing rcbukC 10 the Secretary. This is true
and obvious to such an extent thar. if his
nature has not lost tho last vrstigc of
soHsitjvcness. 10 is 10 be expected that ne
Wiz accept the Squh as au Administration
notice 10 quit. ana viii Quit accordingly.
No doubt 90 resign al the present time
would Pee extremely embarrassing for Mr.
Gage on more accounts than one lie
seems 60 have entertained professional
hopes. aims. and ambitions. 20 which con-
tinuancc i'm his present position might be
% necessary condition precedent. and % IS
possible that the whole fabric OF his future
Castle in Spain would vanish into air if
thc axe were TO fan on his head in advance
OF his ability 20 contribute Importantly 10
the accomplishment Of certain cventuah-
ties
The Standard OH Bank deal was such a
stupondous and stupid bluuder from "a po-
litical point of view that IL is easy 10 credit
the story oxtaut IN Washington to the st-
iect that the President has been greatly
annoyed iu consequence OF 10. and that this
feeling has been strongly accentuated by
Mr Cages added foolishuess in asking Con-
grsss 10 appropriate money with wa h 20
pay renl on what is understood 20 be- stiu
Government property. Ultimately. there Is
not much reason TO doubt that the rent viii
be paid. II is hardly supposable that the
dominating party influence behind the deal
would tolerate default on the part of an
administration So greatly under obligations
10 it Tor material assistance In the pasl.
and so exPe,tant Of benefits in the future.
But as a republican Ssnator said. the mat
ter is not one OF urgency aud could better
rave been left for Incorporation i'm the
General Deficiency bill. where IL might not
have attracted quite 50 much or SO un-
pleasant attention
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THE DIsPENsARY SYSTEM.
The Profits of south Carolina During
seven Years

The Profits Of south Carolina During
seven Years.
COLUMBIA. 5. c.. Jan. 26-Iu support
pensary board has prepared a statement
Tor the legislature. the first ever made.
showing the net profits since the estsb-
hshment OF the dispensary system in 1898
10 be 81 zoo. Coo The least profits were ia
nineteen months under Governor TiIlman's s.
control. when they were S125.000. The
board thinks the profits this year viii be
S50O.0oe. Il has on hand. paid for. a $780,
000 stock
The statement for the year 1899 has
been completed. It shows that in the year
the amount Of profits going to the coun-
ties. and cities was S22O. 1926. The net
profits TO the State. which go to the credit
Of the school fund. are $1s3. $50 40. making
the total net profits $4t4.1S1S4 The total
gross profits for the year were $4S5. .520.79.
The total receipts for the year were ST..
63S .939 20 including the S46073.2i surplus
brought over from last year, the total
disbursements were 81 .4S5. .S1S-26, leaving a
balance of S14f,121 in the State treasury
on December 81 The aggregate purchases
made during the year were 81. .15S. .6Sl-39.
The discussion in the legislature of the
merits of the dispensary law has brought
to light remarkable case from the noun
tains OF Oconee. A widow. said to be l00
years old, was i'll. Whisky was prescribed
by physician. and her daughter procured
three quarts, and fearing visits from spies.
kept il buried in the garden But the con-
stables were on the track OF the whisky.
They found il. arrested the daughter
charging her with running a "blind tiger,
and she was sent to jail for three months.
in the meantime the aged mother, with no
one 10 care for her, died
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According 10 our Frankfort dispatches.
"a special train Of eighteen coaches. loaded
with Republican mountain militia, rolled
into Frankfort yesterday mornug. The
men deuained In military order, marched
10 the StarehoUse square, stacked arms
and went into camp. The strangest part
of the proceeding Is that both Governor
Taylor and Kentucky Adjutart General
declare that they know nothing about the
movement. that they have not nor either
of them ordered out any troops, ana that
this gathering OF three organized and
armed battalions is nothing more than one
of individual peaceable citizens who have
been summoned as Witnesses before the
legislative committees.
No doubt the facts are exactly as stated
by the governor and his adjuJant general,
and il is probable that TO people familiar
with Kentucky customs and methods, there
is nothing calculated TO cause surprise IL
the accidental meeting Of a thousand or
twelve hundred witnesses" at place
where there happens to oe standing a sps-
cial train OF eighteen cars. The sight of a
great many such Witnesses dressed in
militia unifc rm elsewhere night occasion
comment In the Blue Grass State, par
tcularly in the Hatfeld-McCoy district,
which is solidly Repufliran. probably
many citizens have no cher than military
clothes. That would be natural as they
are always on the warpath
There are some things connected with
this new and interesting development ia
popular recognition of legal and legislative
processes that remind one pleasantly OF
the opening days OF the French Revolution
There is the same cheerful consumption Of
ardent spirits, the same carelessness about
the use OF firearms. and the same casual
invasion OF the capital by armed men
One Of the martial witnesses" with a big
gun strapped to his waist is reported as
having walked up 70 Senator Goebel on the
door OF the Senate and engaged him in an
agreeable conversation which was imperti-
nently interrupted by the sergeant
arms. BY today it is possible that the
whole three battalions OF "witnesses'' may
take q fancy to visit the chamber and run
things for while on their own account.
Ali this is great thing for the peace Of
the mountain regions OF Kentucky. While
these Republican Witnesses remain in
Frankfort all felds in Breathitt. Perry.
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POLITICAL NOTES AND GOSSIP.

They Are Not Afrnid.-Representat
De Almond of Missouri and Littleheld Of
Maine express themselves as entirely sat
ished with the part they took in the Rob
erts case There is a marked similarity ia
the intellectual equipment and moral f.
bre OF the two men. They met for the
first time after they were appointed on
the special committee to which the Rob-
erts contest was referred. took the same
view CT the case from the start. and col
lahorated together in preparing the mi
nority report The Nissourian was placed
at a decided disadvantage in the matter Of
presenting his argument to the House. in
that he was assigned to close the debate
for the minority and the wonderful sweep
Of Mr.. Litt1eAeld's logic in opening the de-
late for that side left Judge De Armond
little TO talk about. Nevertheless. he made
a speech thai touched only on the lesser
phases Of the principles involved which
showed what an unusually close reasoner
and high class lawyer ae is Judge De
Almond received the most respectful at
tention Of the House while he was sneak
ing and delivered blows TO the timid on
position that made many a one Of them
"HlDc-. lie and Mr.. Littlefield talk very
similarly about the indifference with
NnIch they view the possibly dis
aatIous political results Of their
course The MssOurian said this
morning; Il feel that I did my duty
ana lave very little thought of what tne
consequences OF my action will be in a
psIsn-dI way. 1 Was quite as happy and
IFo5I eTcus before I came TO Congress as
'hi now. and if my constituents should
te+'ihde 10 retire me f0r what I have
done IN the Roberts case they would only
oe exercising their privilege But / have
no Tea. on this score. Ny constituency is
an Intelligent one and thinks Tor itse.I.
ihtteby arriving at correct conclusions %
MT Llttleheld had this 20 say. III is OF
very little consequence 10 me Or my con
sutuents whether or not / aua returned to
congress. Therefore 1 am not bOtherIug
about that have done what / conceived
10 be my duty. and that is qualification
enough Tor me- IL is being freely pre-
dicted by men who have for years watched
the marvellous discipline Of the Republi-
cans and Of their decided objection 10 a
new member iudividualiziug himself az tco
carry a period of his career that Mr.. Lit
ueiield viii be made To suffer ir the House
II not In his district. for having defed the
party bosses and leaping ar one bound into
national fame. II an attempt is made to
discipline Mr.. Lituefeld the bosses will
md thai they have undertaken "a hard lob.
II the popular estimate OF his ability is not
too high
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so cleverly that the story tellers them
selves believed them after awhile. Some
OF the theological and scientific quarre,s q
bygone days-and Of the present. foc the
matter Of that-remind one Of the o'd
feiry talS about TIE man and his wife wlo
quaTreled over an Imaginary pudding. 1t
is hard TO believe in these softer days Il at
men ever went &c war and shed each
others blood i'm large quantities over the
question OF the government Of the uns cen
world. Not one of these who so ZealoIsly
fought in defence OF enc thecrv or the other
about the constitution of heaven had ever
been there, nor did they personally know
anyone who had Thcy were convinced
that certain human beings were to be Il
lowed 10 enter. and certain other human
beings were TO be shut OUT and the pass
wCId was to be the repetition Of some pll-
ucular bit of creed. They did not explain
how they knew all this. and. strange 10
say. nobody seems TO have asked. But
they fought Tor il all the same. Later. We
have seen people who ostracise others for
refusing 20 admit that the world VAS ma e
in six days and that all sin was due to TIE
eating OF apple from a forbidden tree.
Now we find small colony of Dutcamen
who persistently shut out all enlightenmg
influences from their section of SoIIh Al
rica. for fear they may be led 20 believe
that the world is round ard that the Ei5.e
was not originally given To mankind in he
language OF Holland Compared with be-
lief in their particular form OF dogma, JUS
tice, civil rights the lifting up II degraded
races, and the maintenance of honest gov
ernment are as nothing. Il i curious ,his
disposition which many pCoye have, TO
discard The essential things in life and
feed on the husks instead OF the kernel
The literary hoax is a mud form Of tire
bigger hCaxes which have caused many
great religious and political movements.
Compared With the folly of dogmatizug on
matters of which nobody knows anything
the telling Of fairy tales about an uukuoNn
region of the earth. for the fun Of impls-
ing on the credulity Of the reading pub ic
is a small matter.
The evening times., 1900-01-26
History OF the Rubai,at.


rom Vt N1tI0nlI M3gInHcJ
II was in lS59-iu>t forty wear, ago-tIat
Fitzgerald now celebrated plrlphrlSe OF tte
Ruhaiyat of Omar Khayyam made its ff>t an
posrancc in England II was published su5ny-
mously, and is described bv Nr Bernard Omar
itch the well-knoun London publisher. as -.,
little, insignificant looking hroWI-papor,,J Cow.
cred pamphlet This FIRST EDITION included only
seventy 1--WE quatrains. and OF the little brown.
paper-covered pamphlets but 80 were printed
ef these Mr. Fitzgerald kept fifty. and gave the
remaining 200 % Mr.. QUariJch, who sold q con
siderable number Of them for one penny each
for the simple reason that he could get no more
Remembering this fact, it Is interesting to note
that in 1895 single copy OF this first edition
sold at auction in London for twcnty-one
cuineas. Yet the poem, obscure and uuat -ractive
a. the guise in which Il first appeared.
commanded a certain attention. and ID was said
that Swinburne and ID. G.. ROssetu were among
its earliest admirers.
The evening times., 1900-01-26
Cansed 80 Tncnsiness.

CFrom the Buffalo InquirerD
Fussy Old Gentleman Cto chance travelling Iady
compauion) Have ,ou any children. madam9
''Ne>. sir: a son.
"Ah indeed. Does he smoke"
No, sir; he has never 80 much as tpul he'd
cigarette"
80 much the better madam; the u.s. Of tobacco
Is poisonous habit. Does e frequent the clubs o.
He has never put his t;ot in one"
ALLOW me 20 congratulate you. Does he never
come home lateg''
Never. lie goes to bed directly after dinner
mode Young nan. madJm-a model veung
man. How old i hcg''
''Itst two months
The evening times., 1900-01-26
London's Ancient RECORDS.

(Fr1m Jho NeVclstle Chrouiclcl
The County Council, as the successor Cl The
Metropolitan Board Of Works. il custc cdian of
number of valuable documents bearing upon the
local history of the Metropolis Included in tGe
collection are msHy volumes OF minnie, of the
Commissioners of Sewers. dating back o. the
reign of Henry VIII. together with papers and
deeds relating 10 important buildings such as
Northumberland House. which fouacry 81 ,od at
ChHiug Gross. These interesting doe lnent-
have hitherto bren Inaccessible 20 the public
but the Council has nov decided 10 publish a
selection of them in volume.
The evening times., 1900-01-26
Police Operations in st. Paul.
Frnm the Minnelnnlis Tribnne-A


The st. Paul police force has made another
brilliant record for itself While the footpasis
and burglars we're holding high carnival the
other night the brave guardians Of the public
peace arrested supposed drunken man and
dumped him into central station cell. From
there he was railroaded 70 the woFkhouse, where
he died, and now II turns out that he was not
drunk at all. but Was suffering from meningitis.
The evening times., 1900-01-26
ChiIdren ns Tolmnkers.

ttrom the Baltimore AfueuCdn.D
The official report Of the government inspector
OF factories fur Coburz, tiotha gives details a. 10
Inc labor of chidreu--uder fourteen years engaged
m their homes IN making buttons. toys, etc. It
appears that In this district 5.i5j such children
are employed. They work from four and one
quarter TO six hours per day, and earn in button
making nom 60 cents. In making dolls they
earn from 3 20 Is cents, while toy work they
earn from cents 10 u cents per dav
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A word for PugiIism.


Qrom The Kansas City Star.)
great city like New York needs a variety 1t
ariusement. The French bail has become a chest
nut. An affair like the Seeley dinner Is necessarily
limited TO few persons Grand opera costs too
much TO afford the means OF popular entertain
ment. and football has its limitations The one
event that thrin and electriiy the nation from
New York 60 san Francisco i prize fight and
the State Of New York deserves credit at least
for looking this fact squarely ia the face and
framing its laws accordingly
The evening times., 1900-01-26
The Blight of II Romance.

Fr1m the Cleveland Plain Dealer
.Wot's de matter Skiuuy'
Liz has trun ne over.
some other fcller."
Mop. She says don't oeu,c Jp go hcr i-i1al 80
''Wot's dats'
Il dunno but its someihin' i1 DIST book by
hurry Cully dat Pete Nickorson irt bCr take
an I'm going to lick Pete on sight.
The evening times., 1900-01-26
Pension Omce DELAYS

To the Editor of The Time.
The article an yoW paper Of this evening en-
titled Death from Excessive Goz.." suggests the
enquiry Why are pensions DELAYED. l. Do owing
10 lack Of clerical help, h SO. IL seems o., IL that
trouble could be- easily remodied We oIren -aar
of the gr-at delay. but { have never seen Tho
cause stated. Nearly two wears ago the writer's
appncation was favorably considered aud aupr5t-
ed hy The CNImigiHg board Cf three >urrrr1.
hut no P0lsiou has yet been allowed No d,,f f.
there are many similar cases.
Washington. Jan. %
The evening times., 1900-01-26
Historic EIms.

(FrOm the New York Tibunc)
Under the shade OF the old elins OF Craigie
House. the home OF Alice LouEfciiuw. Washington
spent many hour during the occupation of the
house rs a headquarters. laying plans which are
now matters of history. Later she same trees
grown older and more rugged gave inspiration 20
Longfeliow while he wrote his world renowned
rtl,a
The evening times., 1900-01-26

(F-m the indianapolis JoUrnsl)
I.ady--rH take the first volume of the Brown
ing love letters.
Attendant That lady gong 5ut tsc door has
iust taken the first volume.
Lady (much ir.itatcdl-Sic aass Wen give me
the second volume; I'll .et even with her by
kccpng il a. aNtuiiy lons tisUe.
The evening times., 1900-01-26
Russian wedding Costumes.



Russia has still many old and curious mar
Rage customs. one is for the brid. and bride
groom to madly down the ais E as soon As
TIE bridal procession enters the c.urch because
Of the belief that whoever places a foot first en-
the cloth in front Of the altar sill be master Of
the touSehOld
The evening times., 1900-01-26

:
\ French officer has invented an acetvlene
searchlight which can be carried by one smu
and which viii illuminate everything within a
distance of 100 yards Il is expected 20 be Of
great use in searching for the wounded after
battle and in bridge building at night
The evening times., 1900-01-26
Brynn The .IaSter-Colo,.I p-v

Bryan The MaSter--ColoneI Bryan ap-
pears 70 be sweeping everything before
him in the East. and when ne returns
West il is thought he can no longer refer
To the region on this side OF the AHeghc-
nies as "thc euemys country" When he
arrived i'm New York he announced that
he had brought along a barrel OF oil " and
he seems TO have poured out large quauti-
Ties Of this wherever ne has gone IL Is
thought that II the apparent harmony he
has established in the communities thus
Tar visited is brought about by his pres
enee IN New England next weeli. the plan
TO send contesting delegations 10 the con-
vention in his interest from all ;he states
OF the East viii De- abandoned. Only iu
Maryland does there now seem 10 De a
stubbornly defiant spirit toward the Ne
hra-hau. and il this does not submit 10
his viii before the time arrives for the
election Of delegates TO the National Con
vention it is believed two sets Of delegates
VIII be chosen i'm order TO make it certain
thar no danger can threaten Colonel
Bryan
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q ION II0l5OIII' I'IaIIIT-I
Bridegroom thauding his bride brooch with
hcT name set IN diamot.t-i- Here ceIr Ida
Bride (asjdC) oh. dcar- vht didn't ! have some
good long laIne Ike AuallsuiuthlI
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CURRENT HUMOR.
Suitcd 10 HiN Tnsic-

lFrom the Chicago RecorJ)
''Nou arc-too Iesurely ior this Office. 8dyse
you Go go into some other business
What kind Of business
''Weli, son might hunt q Job 90 unload dy1r.
mite.
The evening times., 1900-01-26
A Ri-I.y Exneriment.

Grom the indianapolis JouuaID
Rcse-Did you ever faint. isabelle
lsabel-only once; and bumped ng head 80
hard that never tried 10 agai-.
The evening times., 1900-01-26
French schools in south AmerIcs.

bill has ben introduced In the French Cham
Der Of Deputies 70 vote $1,000 francs a year fc-
the maintenance Of French schools in South
Airics This is for the purpose Of fostering and
developing Frc-ch influence in the southern con
tinept which is threatened by '"feutoRie a.
gressiCn.
The evening times., 1900-01-26
SEEN AND HEARD ATTHE CAPITOL

Former Senator Warner Miller OF New
York was on the floor Of the Senate yes
terday for the arst time during the pres
ent session. After speaking TO number
of old acquaintance he seated himself on
a sofa. and with his hands elasped in his
lap contemplated the scenes in which he
once took an active part. Several Sena-
tors went over and greeted Mr. Miller. and
presently Senator Plat walked past on
his way to his seat. Seeing Mr. Miller. he
partly stopped, looked hesitatingiy toward
Mr.. Miller, then continued on his way.
Neither spoke and both were apparently
anxious to avoid doing SO. The Incident
was noticed by a number Of Senator Platt's
colleagues. and they smiled knowingly at
the cut given and returned.
The desk OF Senator Alien was conspicu-
GUS Thursday because OF the number OF
books piled upon IT, in addition 10 which
there were enough newspaper clippings
and public documents to start a library.
II was generally understood tbac Mr.. Allen
tsid collected this mass Of reference mat
ter In preparation for an attack upon tie
Administration in general and SecIe ary
Gage in particular. IN case objection was
raised to the Alien resolut on calling upon
Jhe Secretary OF the Treasury for copies Of
the correspondence between him and the
National Ciry Bank, OF Ne2 York. Tne
resOluJicn was passed. however witroJt
opposition.
young lady seated In one
Of the private galleries Of The
Senate this morning became 50
interested in the proceedings that
she leaned FAR over the gallery rail and
dropped a small handbag that she vas
carrying. II struck one of The sofas on
the senate floor ard rebounded 20 a height
Of about two feet. to the Consideration OF
the clerks and pages who were standing
near. the bag was returned TO the young
lady and no further notice was taken Of
the incident, though t is safe TO say that
had ia been a man who was so unfortunate
as 70 drop his hat or package be would
have been elected from The gallery