The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1901-12-23
IDEAS BECOME FAST.
FANciEs or NovELlsrs REPRO
DucED IN ACTUAL LIFE.
bret Hart Prophesies the Kiondike out
Of the FulInc-s Of Ills Isnhgination--
EngIi-hman's EyegIass saves Him from
Ashanti Tribes Fur,.

Ashanti Tribes Fury.
Instances are numerous which show
how the faneies of the novelist may
become realities through men and
women reproducing I'm actual life the
imaginary scenes OF the story teller.
1t Is well known that Sir Walter BE-
SAINTS story of AN Sorts and Condi-
lions OF Men" brought about the build
ing OF the Peoples palace in London
Jules Nernes apparently Wild hignts
OF Imagination in Twenty Thousand
Leagues Under the Sea" is probably
largely responsible for the wonderful
progress that has been made In sub
marine navigation, and the construc-
tors and operators OF these boats have
been already able 10 discount some oil
the novellst's faneies. When the city
Of Galveston was overwhelmed In an
instant by the destroying waters tens
Of thousands of people read the de-
tailed story in the newspapers ana
wondered at the reproduction In THIS
catastrophy OF the Lafcadio Hearns
story OF "Chitu; A Memory OF Lost
Islands" The Galveston story. TO the
smallest detail. had long before been
dreamed and the dream told BY the
pen OF Hearn. Those who have read
king solomon's Mines" remember
how Captain Good upon one occasion
when things were looking decidedly
dubious for the English adventures
i h.. . q a
panions by a skillfui manipulation Of
his single eyeglass and his false teeth.
] The recent outbreak in Ashanti fur
nished an incident which almost paral-
leled the one imagined by Rider llag-
gard. Two Engllshmen were in a ma
tive village FAR out on the western Dor
ders OF the disturbed country. when
the war broke out all their native
servants left them and they were alone
I with the hostile savages. One. a min
ing prospector. went to n neighboring
chief Tor protection. The chief re-
ceived him kindly. gave him a meal
and. while he was eating. beat bis
brains out with war club. The other
man. Walter BENEFIT by name. a sur
veyor. was starting from his house
when he heard the fate OF his compan-
ion lie made his way 10 another
chief who received him grimiy. took
him into his house and then intlmated
that he would shortly do things" 10
Mr. Bennett The chiefs family gath
cred around 10 inspect their victim and
the Englishman adjusted his monocie
and sat down 70 think things over
The single eyeglass at once caught the
fancy Of the chefs wives aud children
ant they laughed and iabbcrod until
Mr. Bennett had 10 laugh too. For an
hour or so the family Of the chief kept
the surveyor doing stunts" with his
oyeglass. when he managed TO screw
the glass into the eye OF the CHIEFS
favorite wife the hilarious rapture OF
the whole village was complete. ana
even the old chief laughed until his
woolly hair hurt him. Needless TO say
Mr.. Benefits life was spared ana ne
was conducted 10 a place from when
he could reach the British lines. BID
laniha Ia the name Of the village
where the surveyor saved his life after
the manner Of Captain Good OF King
solomon's Mines" Tou can't ind u on
the map--at least not on the ordinary
ones-but II IL probable that the VII
lgers are laughing there yet al the
strange Englishman with the adjusta-
pie eye. Some years ago Justin NC
Carthy wrote q novel called Red Dia-
monds." In that story can be found
mang things which remind one OF tho
Mollneux case Captain Praven. secre-
tary OF the voyagsrs club in that story.
had an enemy called Bostwick. who
tried to kill him az. II Is alleged. Moli-
neux tried 20 kill Harry Cornish. BY
sending him some poisoned headache
powders. which came to the captain in
almost exactly the same manner a. the
powders came TO Cornish. And the
failure OF the plot is about similar In
manner 70 the failure Of the plot
against Cornish. when Alaska was
purchased from Russia In 1867 no one
thought that II would prove a second
California as regards gold. but In that
year Bret Harte pictured Yankee min
ers swinging their picks in the midst
Of wildernesses Of snow and ice. and.
in fact. prophesied the Klondike out OF
the fullness Of his imagination. IN
Pursued by the Law" J. Maclaren
Cohblan has a criminal. in the custody
OF two policemen. scramble through
the window Of rapidly moving rail-
way train. leap from It to the ground
and make on The critics naturally pro-
nounced this incident as highly ex-
citing. but unfortunately impossible
/ Two days after such a criticism ap-
peared the London papers. under the
heading "Leaped from Train"
chronicled an incident exactly similar
TO that described b. Mr.. Cobblan. Chi
caro Chronicle.