New-York tribune., 1900-01-26
THE PASSING THRONG.

TT Is a law IN the Transvaal" said Henry Read
ing. Of San Francisco, who has lived in that coun-
try. that when blasting, after the
THE WAY shot has been fred you must make
THE RAFFTRS preliminary investigation before
WERE Elk putting the men back 10 work,
AHMED. which means that you must send
IN men who tap the walls, floors
end ceiling 10 make certain that they are sound,
End that there viii be danger Of a cave-in- IN
pne Of the mines with which was connected but
which naturally I 90 not care TO give the OF,
occurred cave-in in which couple Of Kafirs lost
khe;r lives. The official in charge promptly had the
foreman & Swede arrested for murder and while
& really wasn't the poor fellows fault it looked
pretty black for him. Few Of the niggers know
much English and il is therefore necessary TO
Rn interpreter when talking 10 them They are
co in answer 10 a question.
an order TO straighten matters got hold Of
the Interpreter and squared matters with him, Tor
= tLss Iorel@p ls m laq 1ee 4 rouI1 ~ t a VIZ Tbe
So-t - "a , - - I- - iac - ~ - 5TS+ Question +he
I5oer official asked OF our kaflrs was, Did you,
after the shot fired and before going In. care
fuly sound with a hammer the walls. ceiling,
ete.T That question got 70 the niggers something
20 you Ike It when the boss wakes you UP with
hlp% There was an emphatic NO. The next
1s-y was SO you were thoroughly satisneo petore
an in that every Pgec4nton & haa 6een en-, taaea era
-r- tnat az Nas saLe ~ L11 - S-S - @ 5 55-m ~
u e Jake's and drink your fill Of Cape smoke!
= that was the way that examination passed of.
as the oficial knew what yes and no in KAT
y he not only released our foreman, but
ed tbs fine on the mine as We'll
The art Of novel writing" said Hiram Pierce Of
Portland. Ne is often attained as che result OF
long course Of study. Characters
EzOW LEM necessary 10 the continuity and
COT RID OF sense OF the story must be intro
81 EyERFLU- duced and superhuous ones should
ELj CHAR not career through the pages. But
= rERS. one Of the rocks that young novel
lists frequently break is this
b -pduction OF superhuous characters into novel.
E-d e subsequent inability 10 extract them grace
IN and naturally. Although the art OF writing
Rns constructing novels is as said previously.
pes only attained. general rule, by hard and
persistent study, e genius frequently nashes upon
an Gstonisheo world who, without previous train
E-Ss produces Work tnal causes a sensation ana
that lives for al time Such one was my friend
Lem Barker, OF Damariscotta, whose work.
rsaeiDpss Frunes, now ranks as q classic. Lem s.
literary training. however, previous writing his
great work. having been obtained principally from
Butternut series and ~The RoIio Books supernuous
characters found their way into Peneopes
aSrunes' IN swarns and n the chapter before the
last Lem found they amounted 70 no less a num-
Der than twenty-six DISCOURAGED but not dis
hesrsned ne his great brain 10 work as 10 how
70 dispose OF them The result added chapter to
kfIe book, and made Lem famous for ali time for
after an hours hard thought he came out OF his
trance, and with the appropriate word DfriRo uuon
his lips 10 work In that extra chapter Lem
gave a picnic in en- open field which the twenty
TX eupernuous characters ell attended They were
havfng splendid time playing Tag You're it.'
when a thunderstorm OF colossal PROPORTIONS
The only shelter 70 be found thereabout was be-
meath the boughs OF enormous and lonely oalr
trss aLo LnsIe Lne TSehly-sl1 superhuous char
Hcters congregateo. The storm all but over
HneE svishi booi bang lightning hit ana -en+ Ttst
tree ano passed upon It's devastating way but, sad
be II 10 tel left the twenty-six superhuous char
Rcfers still in death and piled in neat rows IN
either side OF the blasted oak, the women on one
Fide and the men on the other, as eminently