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thing, including tobacco, and has every
facility for obtaining it. A notable eX-
ception was the Emperor of Austria, who
gave up smoking years ago. But in his
day he chung to home article called 'Nir-
glnen, long, thin cigar with a straw in
1t. L hope for your sake that you do not
know the variety. 1t was the terror of his
MaJeStyS encourage, for of course an i'm
perial cigar must be smoked to the tongue
biting, nOse-offending end. Bad cigars are
facettiously called 'Ausgehe Cigarren in
Germany-you furtively let them go out
after you have lighted them.
But TO return TO royalty. The present
King of England has Exquisite taste in
cigars, and L recall an fanecdote that went
the rounds of London years ago, when he
was still Prince of Wales. 1t illustrates
also that genuine good-felowship which.
with all his dignity, made the prince so
popular.
HE entered his tobacconist's one day
and spoke about cigars in general, the
dealer recommending most warmly to his
Royal Highness a particular brand, men
tioning a good, stiff price, and adding that
the Duke of Devonshire smoked them.
All said the prince, the Duke of Dew
onshire is rich man.
SUMATRA LEAF TOBACCO.
about 10 per cent. of the Sumatra' to-
bacco crop is annually bought by this coun-
try. 1t was so years ago, it is so to-day.
and as the quantity of cigars smoked in this
country is constantly growing. you will see
that the trade in Sumatra leaf is not only
not increasing, but is not even holding its
own. l have seen the Sumatra raised i'm this
country under cheesecloth 1t is an excel
lent article, but as yet too dear to compete
seriously with the imported article But
the experiment is a success, with fu-
ture before ii.
THE soil of Sumatra is gradually becon-
ing exhausted, does all soil on which to-
bacco is raised year after year This prob
lem is beginning to confront the Dutch
planters. The Cuban soil alone seems to be
ineXhaustible. You probably do not even
know that years ago Java produced a bet
ter tobacco than Sumatra. But the soil gave
out.
Il do not know much at first hand about
Manila tobacco. / came here partially with
the idea of seeing what could be done but
circumstances over which l had no control
have changed my plans. Perhaps some day
your government may make it possible for
me to realize them.
Pine tobacco and cigarette tobacco are
not in my line. Before say goodbye to
you, let me warn you that cigar should be
smoked very gently. Just keep it alight
with slight puffs Quick smoking chars the
tobacco before the fire reaches it and the
favor is killed.
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Recreation of Authors.

Philadelphia Press.
A look through who's Who" discloses
the fact that most authors nowadays seek
recreation in outdoor sport. At one time
the author who lived out of doors was an
exception. Wordsworth was a prodigious
walker. So was his friend, Professor VIII
son (''Christopher North.') The latter
also 2 wrestler and jumper who could meet
all corners. George Borrow was a giant in
stature and physique, notwithstanding his
hairless face and effeminate voice. He is
credited with ability TO walk sixty miles
day. No one who has ever read 'Laven-
gro" will forget his account of his fist fight
with the Flaming Tinman. That encoun-
ter showed that he had not only science"
but staying power Byron prided himself
on his deXterity with the gloves. Neces-
sarily he was badly handicapped by his
lameness. However. he seems to have been
a respectable amateur boxer. The stories
of his prOWesS as a swimmer are well au-
thenticated. When virtually unframed he
covered long distances in the Lake of
Geneva, and he duplicated the classic feat
of Leander in swimming the Helespont.
Among the poets of our own day Swim
burne appears 10 be the one who has eX
celled in swimming. Edgar Allen Poe was
addicted to this form OF sport and had few
equals in the days of his own vigorous
manhood. He was known TO have an ambi-
ton TO swim the English channel from
Dover to Calais, q feat which in later years
was accomplished by the daring but unfor-
tunate Captain Webb, who persisted in his
fOOlhardy attempt 10 swim through the
Whirlpool rapids at Niagara. AS a jumper
Poe must have been remarkable and in our
times. when college athletics are
siduously cultivated. he would probably
have taken championship honOrS. William
Cullen Bryant took gymnastic exercises up
10 the time of his death. Writing TO a
friend in his seventy-seYenth year, he says:
4 rise at $50 and begin a series of eXer-
cises designed to expand the chest and call
into action all the muscles and articula-
tions of the body. These are performed
with dumbbells, with a pole, a horizontal
bar and a light chair swung around my
head. After a full hour passed in this
manner l battle from head to foot"
earlier years for handling heavy weights
and welding Indian clubs. He was also
untiring walker. Before ennySOn be-
gan 10 feel his age he also a noted
pedestrian. Charles Kingsley was the
typical muscular Christian" a good boxer.
a good oarsman and fond of walking. Dick
ems as a pedestrian was almost a prodigy
of ground he could cover Conan Doyle
is a cricketer of some reputation, but he
takes an active interest in other athletic
sports. Andrew Lang is the arch apostle
of golfing. Caledonian sports had a loving
participant in Robert Burns. who delighted
IN feats OF strength. In putting the stone
he could give odds to most men and beat
them and he is said 10 have had few
equals lifting heavy weights George
Bernard Shaw is probably the only living
writer who actually confesses a contempt
for athletics. He admits that he takes ex-
ercise in cycling. but describes his recre-
ations as anything but sport.
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How 10 write stories.
Harper's Magazine.

Harper's Magazine.
In any great story the creative work is
not only done first. but ii is done without
observation is part OF that emotional
and mental culture of which we have
spoken. and which in the soul of an artist
becomes a storage that. like the lightning
burdened clouds, must have precipitate re-
lease. This image is too violent. perhaps.
to indicate the expression OF the artists
mood, which. whatever its tension, has
more stable temperament and more gradual
release than have the elemental forces OF
nature but the operation is. like that of
these forces. spontaneous and inevita BILE
There is no mental storage save OF power;
the writer's culture Is a growth OF his
mower the exercise Of which is as natural
as the flowing OF the fountain which he
comes the stream. II Il part OF his life.
with the creative quality OF life, tireless in
action as are respiration and pulsation:
there Is no burden, since in this, as in the
physical world. weight is but another name
for an attraction. The burden Of the artists
work is in the inertia OF his material. which
through industry and discipline is trans
lated into force-an unveiled force in the
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A Novel by Milton.

Philadelphia Times.
The amazing statement is made that John
Murray has in his possession the manu-
script of a novel by John Milton, and will
soon publish it. A novel by Milton is al
most as unthinkable as an epic poem by
Darwin or a philosophical work by Mr..
Dan Leno! Where has this manuscript
been kept all these years? Somebody must
have known of its existence, and designedly
withheld it from publication. Possibly, it
was thought to be too humorous and friv-
olous, and it was feared the reputation of
the poet would suffer by its publication. A
comic novel by John Milton would be rather
"A startling thing; but the probability is
that the manuscript will prove to be a
strictly theological novel with an incidental
advocacy of free divorce. That is, pro-
vided such thing a manuscript novel
by Milton is really i'm existence. However,
we shall very soon know IL Mr. Murray has
has not any such book in his possession !;
ure trove locked up in his safe.
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What Tires Them.

New York Commercial Advertiser.
1t is amusing to watch a hard-headed
practical business man when he goes to
the library for book these days. The
new books are placed on a counter where
one can take ones pick. The type of
reader indicated above looks long and
earnestly at the list of titles. knits his
brow. begins at the beginning and goes
over them all again, as if he doubted the
evidence of his first inspection, purses up
his lips, frOwns and saunterS out of the
library-wthout a book.
If the looker-on is sufficiently curious
TO wonder why the hard-headed one could
find nothing to suit him she, too, looks over
the titles of the new books and this is
what she sees among shoals of other and
similar ones:
Love in It's Tenderness"
Love Idyls."
Love Lyrics
when Love Is Young"
Love the Harvester"
when the Land Was Young"
Farewell, Nikola.
when Blades Are Out and Loves
Afeld."
Lads Love"
Love Is Best"
Truly this has been a strenuous spring
for the seasonable writer's.
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Criticism and Literature.


New York Times.
Ii is "a mistake TO suppose that because a
few words commencing an authors in
yenuity Of construction or his cieverness at
dialogue find their way into a review, that
the review itself is literary criticism. any
more than the thing reviewed is literature
II the public craved nothing but literature
We should be able 10 give them nothing but
literary criticism. Never before in the his
tory Of printing and popular education have
there been so many and varied published
books and the writer's and promoters Of
these books. with certain obvious eNcep-
tiOns. strive 90 claim the vast ma Jority of
the reading public for their own Now this
vast majority simply Graves amusement
through "A stirring Of primary emotions
which can be- done with the slightest pos
sibic mental effort. Many Of the persons
So moved sincerely believe that they have
the gift OF artistic Judgment and that what
they grow enthusiastic over Il literature.
Is a matter Of fact, from critical point
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of view, nearly all the novels which mount
into the thousands of copies within few
weeks after publication are simply dime
novels in disguise, the disguise consisting
of really attractive settings in cover de-
sign, printing and illustration.
OF course il would be unfair TO treat OF
these novels from the point of view Of lit
erature, just as it would be to judge bur
lesque from the standard of Wagnerian
music, or the conventional melodrama from
that applied to a first-class drama The
Times Saturday review of books, as a liter
airy newspaper, does not pretend TO appeal
alone to lovers of pure literature any more
than it does to the readers of the popular
novel of the moment. 1t believes II is not
devoid of human sympathy, however, and
for that reason its discriminating readers
will note that it always strives TO draw a
sharp distinction between mere "eXposl-
tory reviewing and literary criticism y
And we have sufficient faith in the intelli-
gence of our readers TO deem il unneces-
sary to label each category.
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That Mite story.
New York Times.

NtW 1 ok IIIutS.
THAT story of the widows mite does
more harm than good, / believe" saws a
church worker, who has seen the lido
syncrasies of many good people. THE in
ference that people draw from ii is that
there is virtue in mites, and they give mites
from their own abundance, forgetting that
the poor widow Of the Bible story gave all
that she had 1 am inclined TO believe that
this must be one reason that church work
of all kinds is poorly supported. People
give generously everywhere before they re-
member the church. They expect TO pay
for what they get everywhere outside, but
in the church they want to get as much as
they can for the least possible outlay"
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Dead in the battlefield the field:
More than his life can a soldier yield?
Dead for his country. Mufile the drums:
Slowly the sad procession comes.
The heart may ache, but the heart must swell
With pride for the soldier who fought so well,
His blood has FURNISHED his saber bright:
To his memory. honor: 10 him. good night.
-Elizabeth Har1nan, In Lipplncotts Magazine.
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Natural Inquiry.
PHILADELPHIA Times.

young clergyman, just ordained was
invited TO address the Sunday-school pupils
of church where he was a visitor, and.
facing the expectant youngsters, began
with the question:
well. children, what shall 1 talk to you
about?"
reply that came from one bright-faced boy,
What do you know"
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INDIANAPoLIs, GREENWOOD a
FRANKLIN II. n. CO.

Passenger cars leave Pennsylvania and wash
tpefon streets. First at a m. and hour.y
thereafter until 10 p. Last car leaves al n "a
Coordination passenger and express leaves
GEORGIA and Meridian streets for Greenwood orlF
at 30 a. m and $50 .. m
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INTERURBAN TIME CARDS.
UNION TRACTION CO., OF INDIANA
station-UniOn Block,
III West MARYLAND Street

For Anderson. Muncle. Marion. EIwood. Atsx-
ancria and intermediate stations-Leave 4.lS a.
m. and each hour thereafter until tbs =. m.
els 2. m. and Il Is ,. IA
Lifnfted trains for Anderson and Nuncie-
Leave 500 and 100 a. m. eco and 500 p. M.
arriving al Anderson in one hour and twenty-five
minutes and Muncie In two hours 100 a m
and ECO p m trans maze direct connections
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RAILROAD TIME CARD.

p. NJ time is in BLACK figures Trains marked
thus: Daily; Sleeper; P-PariOr Car; C
Chair Car; D-Dining Car; Except Sundays
f-Sunday only. tDaly except Monday.
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material itself, and, through reaction, a
structural strength in the artist himself in
his firm workmanship, until finally diff
Guilty becomes facility.
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INDIANAPOLIS a. GREENFIELD RAPID
TRANSIT COMPANY.

PASSENGER CARS-Leave Georgia and Ne.
rfdfan streets First At g. a. m and hourly
thereafter until 70 p. m Last car leaves al III a
FREIGHT CARs-AFrive az Georgia ana No
-;Tian streets at a and leave az 8 a m
aIso arrive az 2.30 and leave at S3o o. m
EXAMINATION PASSENGER AND EMPRESS
= kl(s-L,eaNe Ceorkla and Meridian streets "a
8 a. m a. m, a noon. p p m. I
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POINTS ABOUT OUR WORK

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City Ticket Office. Is w. Wash. 81
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BIG FOUR ROUTE.

City Ticket Office, No. 1 East Washington II.
Depart Arrive
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-08-06
RIGHT TO USE WELL.
Judge Harrow Upheld Way Estate
Administrators Conte ntfon.

Judge Barrow's decision in the case
of Chambers M. Craig against w. II.
Wade, administrator of the estate of
Frances S. Way, was handed down in
the Superior Court yesterday. 1t up
holds the correctness of the defend
ants contentious, but makes equitable
provision to secure the rights and con-
venience of the plaintiff.
The plaintiff bought lot of land at
Isle of Hope on which there was an
artesian well, of which he understood
he was to have the exclusive use. The
defendant contended the owner of the
adjoining lot was also entitled to the
right to use the we'll and as he had
also sold this second lot refused to
make to the plaintiff such a deed as
he thought himself entitled to receive.
The suit was brought to compel spe-
cific compliance with the contract Of
sale and the REIMBURSEMENT by the
purchaser of the second lot to all claim
of right to the use of the water from
the well. The questions of both law
and fact were submitted for the deci-
sion of Judge Barrow, without the in
PREVENTION of a jury.
Judge Barrow held that the sale to
Craig was coupled with a condition
that the purchaser of the second lot
should have the right to the use of
the water from the well and the sale
was made on this understanding He
directed, therefore, that the plaintiff
should accept an ordinary administra-
tors deed when 1t was ttndered him.
which should contain, however, in
condition to the usual stipulation, the
following words:
1T is expressly covenanted that the
purchaser of Lot No. shall have the
right to the use of the water from the
artesian well now on Lot No. /, by ex-
tending the piping into Lot No. 2, and
shall have the right of ingress and
egress for the purpose of extending the
piping into Lot No 2 and for necessary
repairs hereafter, but shall not have
the right of ingress and egress for the
purpose of getting water from the we'll
direct, or from any hydrant on Lot
No. L.
The courts order further directed
that the costs of the proceeding should
be borne equally by the plaintiff and
defendant. - Beckett & Beckett repre-
scented the plaintiff. while Mr.. Wade
appeared for himself.
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they had an opportunity to escape,
threw themselves overheard. They
were later picked up by the lifeboats
from the Seguin. The City of Venice
went down in very deep water in less
than fifteen minutes after the COLI
sion occurred After standing by for
an hour the Seguin headed for Cleve-
land with the survivors, arriving here
early to-day.
The City of Venice was wooden
vessel 301 feet long and AZ feet beam.
She was owned by the McGraw Trans
portation Company. of Bay City, Mich,
and valued at about $175,OO0. She was
commanded by Capt. Broderick.
The Seguin is an iron vessel 207 feet
long and "a feet beam. She is owned
by j. B. Miller of Perry Sound and
commanded by Capt. J. B. Sims.
Mate SuIIivan's Statement.
First Mate Sullivan of the City of
Venice, who is lying in a critical con-
dition at the Marine Hospital, rallied
slightly this afternoon and made a
statement regarding the collision.
81 was on the night watch" he said,
at was something after midnight when
l first saw another boat ahead. 1t
was sui SOlIlS ulSIdliSS away bub
blew the whistle to signal the boat.
She did not answer. l thought that 1t
was strange, but as she was some
distance away, / made no attempt to
get out of the way. All our lights
were burning and there was no fog, so
l don't see how they could have help
ed seeing our vessel. When the boat
was considerably closer, 1 whistled
again, but still there was no answer.
was then frightened, and signaled
still another time. l saw that we were
not seen; at least, there was no at
tention paid to our signals, and the
boat was bearing directly down upon
us.
II then attempted to get out of the
way and veered the ship diagonally in
her course. hoping to escape with a
slight rub the collision that began to
see was inevitable. She was even
nearer than 1 supposed, however, ana
going at fast rate. Suddenly the
bow doomed up high above us and
there was a sickening crash and then
for a moment l scarcely realized what
had happened. / was thrown from
my feet by the jar, and the pilot house
was crushed and piled on top of me. L
felt a terrible pain in my back and
chest. and then | was swept overheard
with the pilot house"
Sullivan was picked up after being
in the water a short time. Including
the crew and passengers there were
about twenty-five persons on the City
of Venice.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-08-06
Found a Con- of Pipe.

A coil containing fully fifty feet of
one-and a-quarter inch lead pipe was
found last night shortly before mid
ner of Park avenue lane and Barnard
street. Whether the pipe had been
left by a thief, by accident or by de-
sign the officer could not tell, but as
it remained unclaimed for a long time
he called the supply wagon from po-
lice headquarters and had the find re-
moved to the barracks, where the own
er can get same by proving owner
ship
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-08-06
ACRASHAT MIDNIGHT
CITY OF VENICE SENT TO BOTTOM
OF LAKE ERIE.
AN lNExcUSABLE COLLISION

With no Fog and Fairly Clear
Night. with the Venice's Lights
Burning and Her Whistle Going
the steamer Seguin Came steadily
On-The Crash Came and in Five
Minutes the Venice Sank-Three
Were Lost and Many Are Badly
Hurt-"Less Said About 1t the Bet
ter" Said Man Who Is Respon-
sibIe for the Disaster.
Cleveland, o., Aug. 5.-As result
of a collision on Lake Erie, between
the steamer City of Venice, ore laden,
and the steamer Seguin, a steel lumber
vessel, off Rondeau, Can, last mid
night, the City of Venice was sunk ana
three lives lost, while several other
persons were more or less seriously in
jured. The drowned are Peter Simond-
son, fireman. Brooklyn, N. Y; Thos-
Flanagan, deck hand, Buffalo; George
Weir, Waterman, residence unknown.
The cause of the collision is not
known. There was no fog whatever
and the night was fairly clear. The
lights of the City of Venice were burn
ing brightly. To this the crew and
Passengers all testify, saying they
could see the lights on the Venice as
she was sinking. The second mate
of the Seguin, w. A. Lavigne, who
was on watch. refuses absolutely to
give any information in regard to the
way the accident happened. THE less
said about it the better" was the only
statement he would make.
1t was shortly after midnight when
the accident happened. The City OF
Venice, laden with $500 tons Of ore,
was bound to Buffalo. while the Sc
gum was going north to Perry Sound
from Ogdensburg. Oh board The Sc
gum all were asleep save fhe second
mate, w. A. Lavigne, and the watch
man, who was with him II The pilot
house. The first mate of the Venice,
sullivan, was on watch Go)ar1 the
boat that went down. The first that
was known anything had happened
was a terrible crash which brought
Lcth boats almost to a standstill. The
9esuln had struck the Venice fairly
amidships and plowed it's way half
through the boat. The crew and pas
sengers aboard both boats heard a
tearing of timbers mingled with calls
4or help from those aIrs ady on deck.
Passengers Panic Stricken.
All those who were sleeping rushed
out on deck and there was a frightful
panic for a time. The Venice, which
had been split almost In two, was
sinking rapidly. Capt. Broderick Of
me boat ran on deck and Immediately
o,s4ed TO the men 10 man the llfeboat.
ne members Of the crew who had not
zen hurt rushed to his assistance and
~ hVe minutes they had the boat IN
We water. Several Of the men fear
'Ns mat the ship would sink before