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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-10-18
FRENCH LITERARY CONDITIONS.

The Look-at least in Francois passing
through an acute crisis. Literature, too, is
diving 1t has been too fourishing, too rich,
too luNuriant. and too generally cultivated by
an average of flattering talents instead OF by
a select aristoCracy of the pen. The secondary
talents of our time undeniably far above the
secondary talents of former days, and fame. In
consequence of the prOdigious production by
which we are invaded. has become infinitely
more difficult of attainment by writer's of the
first rank. Many, who would probably have
been the equals of the great masters of thought
in the last century, do not see the light of
success at all.
The evil will increase. owing TO the lack of
barriers that might reduce the ever increasing
facilities for writing and publishing. In days
bygOne the King granted privileges" to
thors The measure excellent one. 1t
might. but II will not, be revived. Moreover
the Indifference of the great public in matters
literary seems destined to become infinitely
greater and more opaquely dense. We may be-
leve, then, that French literature is evolving
toward an apparent DEATH the precursors. IL
may be- Of a revigal.-(Octave Uzanne. in The
Fortnghtly Review.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-10-18
AN ANECDOTE OF DIsRAELL

on one occasion this habit of exaggerated
adulatiOn led to bold attempt by the falr
recipient to turn it to her advantage that ne
was driven to save the situation in u way thit
was very far from being appreciated The
charmer, young lady of advanced views.
finding the great so exceedingly prOfuse
in his Afternoons. thought it an excellent OPP
pOrtunity for making him u convert To her
utOpian ideals. which We're of the most daT-
ingly democratic order. After a long recitation
of her prOpagan da. she wound up with fervid
appeal to the Prime Minister to immortaliZe
himself by eSpOuSing her Ingenious panacea for
remedying the wrongs of humani y, AS she
finished her impaSSiOned harangue. with flushed
cheeks and flashing eye, Disraeli. who had been
silently watching her with apparently the pro
foundest Svmpa ny and admiration. sudde My
dropped his eyeglass and softly murmured.
''Oh. you darling" "Tf il had been at dinner,
she afterward declared. ''and had had knife.
| would have stabbed him. BlaCkwOOf'S
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-10-18
A VIEW OF TRAGEDY.

There is. however. one form of creative liter
ature IN which the principle of poetic justice
cannot b. applied In the tragedy the OBJECT
of the poet can only he attained by weaving
plot which ends i'm disaster, since in this form
OF literature 1t is not the al ornate sunshine
and shower. Tut he tIu lderst0rms o lfe. WI ca
are exhibited. The essence of the tragic motive
Is not the conflict between nal and circum-
stances, but the terrible spectacle Of nan
neither better nor worse than his II iShbors SUD
denly overW heimed by undeServed and uueN-
planned disas er-undtScfved, because the d SaS-
ter e-.ceeds the punishment which human JUS
ttce would assign to his fault. and unexplained,
because it is impossible to connect such SIMS
ter events with the belief that the universe is
governed by all-wise and aIl-powerful Deity.
Nv. Basil WOrs old. in The COrnhill.
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NOT IN THE ORNAMENTAL POSE.

But Lord Salisbury not only detaohed ms
Ind from the observations of newspapers ana
other critics: he stood apart from the peop'e
which he governed. If he was respected ne
vas never popular. He did not cut conSplC
i,ous figure in the public eye, as did Mr.. Glad
stone and it may be said in his praise that the
heart of England never beat the quicker ior
his presence He was willing enough to do the
work he was unwilling to assume the orha-
mental pose, of government. Nor did he forget
that he was in one of his incarnatlons' Il great
feudal lord the head of an ancient house, 10
whom any close approach to the world OUTSIDE
was dissatisfied. Not that he was ever map
poste,v conscious of his position. But DelhS'
like ali great men, of a simple temperament.
he was more interested in the essentials or HE
and politics than in their superficial appur-
tenances.-(B lackWood'S.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-10-18
AILfOIL

In 1889. hundred years after GOOdricke an
nOunCed that the changes in the light of AlgOl
could be explained by assuming that the star
was double, Professor NCgel found that the new
POtsdam spe, trOscOpe gave unmistakable evil
dence that AlEol was composed of two stars cir
cling round one another in two days and twen-
ty-One hours. The neas urementS obtained by
the SpectrOScOpe were not only in complete ac-
cord with the conclusions come to by those who
had phOtOmetriCally studied the light-chanSeS
of Algo but the result s obtained rom two such
diverse modes OF research were SO supplement
tary to one another that to-day know more
about this remarkab star than do abO 1T
any other star or sterU of stars in the sky,
and our know ledge can be represented in exact
igureS-in miles and tons and fOOt-pOundS.-
alexander W Roberts, in Chambers Journal.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-10-18
ROTTEN WITH SHAKESPEARE

l have never visited Stratford- Avon and
1 never mean to do According to the con-
Scientious author Of Musings Without Method"
in 'BlackwOOds Magazine" Stratford-on-Av Avon
is rotten with Shakespeare. He does not use
these identical words borrowed by me from an
irish lady In "An on the Irish Shore''-"this
place is rotten with dogs" But we learn that
Stratford is already SO blghted by a Shakespeare
Museum that a free Andrew Library can make
II no worse. a little street boy in the town of
fered to a friend of mine TO tell her all ahout
Shakespeare" for one penny. He was practising
the dumping down policy" on Mr. Sidney Lee
shamefuy underselling that biographer The
very cabmen blab of Shakespeare Yet IL is
not thought that the people of Stratford or the
American visitors. know the works of Shake
speare more infinitely and extensively than the
natives OF Dumfries and the bodies that visit
the Mausoeum know the works of Burns Any
inhabitants OF Stratford who really admire
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-10-18
LABORTS POSITION.

First in order rose the illustrious Maitre
rlhori with his sleeves pulled back as though
., emphasize his energy-as one who takes ms
coat off, for fight His position was d VI!
.tr1ucp one and quite without parallel as far
.s we are aware in the history of Engllsh az
yocacv Maitre Labor counsel Tor the
Humberts and therefore for Therese. but
There's, in the course of her frequent ma
rangues had told the jury that she had an All
important secret which would explain every
thing. and that she had told M LABOR the Sc
rot INT that she herself would tell ii to them
after la plaidoirie done. Labor was Tor
hidden to tell the secret.-(The Churchill
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-10-18

Tonight have been watching you. and 1 am
! OF sure that right"
He looked straight ahead. Could he. too, she
wondered, be wandering once more In that
world of shadows where the cedar trees dropped
low and the perfume of the roses hung heavy
upon the air? Underneath the lace of her gown
her bosom quickly rising and falling. She
leaned forward and touched him on the arm.
You shall have your answer" she whispered,
and it shall be yes But there is n condition"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-10-18
THE ENGLISH CHURCH ARRAlGNED

The more one looks into the religious views III
tho church at the present time, the more appar-
eut il is that with the abandonment or the GA
bailey system of Paey, and the recognition
that there is practically no valid evidence pro
ducibIe for the doctrines it still at least noml-
naIIy holds Christianity has become mere
religion of the heart and of the lnaSlhatloh
its evidence being nothing more than the I'M
pressions made on the believer by the noble HE
and teaching of Jesus. Men think themselves
justified in believing anything that seems TO APP
peal to their own fanCieS and personal leaningS.
Dogmas are matters of taste, matters of opinion
which are adopted with little no examination,
and held with Observation-Disclosures H.
Cassels in The Nineteenth Century.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-10-18
October Articles in En- GLAND.

as mysterious rs everything else about MN
Shakespeare did not care for advertisement
That Is certain. ana can only nope tH,'t
Aristotle was right when ne thought that the
affairs of this world touch the departed very
little Otherwise. behoding his birthplace
Shakespeare must feel rather uncomtorJ"ple
The town is converted, by the poets indlScTeeI
admirers to kind of American circus. so We
are Informed Andrew Lang. in LOnSmanS-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-10-18

The momentary fash OF Joy in his face oie"
away. "Another!'
She leaned little forward
do not be afraid, dear" she whispered.
condition is only this-that you take me "''N
to where | found you. Only little Whlle "6'
was n missionary; to-day L am myselI Il On
vert. Let us go back together ana J.. ~
whether the nightingales are singing still!
So Derrator was never Prime Minister, aitet
all-CThe Sketch.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-10-18
THE GARDENER IN OLD ROME.

He literally grew colOnnadeS; he fashioned
obelisks of box, cypress lick. He not only
BATTERED his lord and master by inScribing his
name In odoriferous herbs or gorgeous flowers
that startled the garden with occasional tours
de force but he actually trimmed trees into
family portraits. even those OF historical char
acters; he transformed bushes and thick TO
liaSed shrubs into the fantastic likeness of
ships. lions. bears and birds. And these rather
degenerate "conceits'' and extravagances met
with profound appreciation and were rewarded
with increase of wages by the same individual
who, having tired of mere gladiatoriaI fights
with wild beasts in the Coliseum. only derived
real thrills from such unCanny performances as
fights between women and dwarfs. or women
with each other. Pliny says the gardeners were
the best paid OF all workers.-(St. Clair Badde-
ley, in The Nineteenth Century.
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CARING FOR THE GRfSS.

Mel uChadnezZar was eating grass.
Yes" he admitted. lit is a very much easier
method than pushing the lawn mower"
With shuddering glance ut the rusty ma
chine. he gayly returned to his meal
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-10-18

How did you ever manage 70 express such
nisery?'' exclaimed his friends.
Easy" he replied. Il just told EN- % oos
pleasant. please"
Hereupon he rejoiced to have originated he
scheme. knowing his fortune was made
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-10-18
SOME TONGUE T1NGLES.
Mistakes Made by Diplomatic Rep
reseHtatiT6s and Others
[By THORNWELI. HAYNES United states Con
sui ROUen- Fr1--s-l

1t is told of an American ambassador. freshly
arrived at st. Peters )urg-his VIE reluctantly
left in America becaTse of an expected addition
to the famiy-that when asked in pubic
audience. And how are things at homer" the
Gar meaning. OF course. affairs OF stated r.
piled. "Oh. have just received a telegram thAi
it is a girl" When the other ambassadors gigsel
he looked foolish. and believing that bis mistake
consisted in not asking in return after The heath
of the Czarina who at The moment was a-so
the more beloved because child WAS expected
ran after his majesty. a1d. thr5" inS 4 hand
Familiarity upon his shoul Ter. asked. And YOU
wife-is il a girl or a boy
y japanese near to the throne was tnce az
pointed minister TO Belgium. Upon arriving as
was puzzled to understand why the StI7e'
urchins Of Brussels. amused ~ bis attire anu
that of his suite. were continually sticking
thumb to their nose. Finally. b ASKED as ~
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-10-18
NOT BY LAND BILLS ALONE.

Ireland has been specially favored as regards
land legislation. No one who is acquainted with
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THE CANNIBAL TREE.
III Wonderful Of Gods Wonders
In Vegetable Life.

The most wonderful forest tree in
the world, perhaps, is the ''cannibal
tree, "of Australia, which some one has
aptly called ''the most wonderful of
Gods many wonders in vegetable life"
It grows up in the shape of huge pine
apple, and seldom attains height of
more than II feet. It has series of
broad, beardlike leaves, growing in q
fringe at the apex, which reminds one
OF gigantic Central American apex.
When standing erect these broad,
thick leaves hide curious looking ar
rangement, which appears to perform
the same functions as those of the
pistils in flowers.
Naturally, these board-lilie leaves,
which are from ten to ~ feet long in
the smaller specimens, are from Is to
20 in the larger, hang to the grouzad,
and are strong enough to bear mans
weight. In aboriginal times in the
antipodean wilds the natives wor-
SHIPPED the cannibal tree under the
name of the ''devil tree" the chief part
of the ceremony consisting of driv-
ing one Of their number up the leaves
of the tree to the apex. The instant
the victim would touch the so-called
"pistils" of the monster the leaves
would instantly fly together like trap,
squeezing the life out Of the intruder.
Early travellers declared that the tree
held its victim until every particle of
flesh disappeared. On this account, it
is called the "cannibal tree"
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1stence Of the card Bridge had f.,cn
him when one evening in a Partisan
cafe he found himself in a quarrel
with a waiter over the size Of his
check. Clarkson spoke French no more
than he did German, and he found the
stately head waiter was no more OF a
linguist than was he. Finally, he
thought of Bridges magic card. He
pulled it from his card case.
Y. { Here, he said, handing the bit OF
cardboard to the head waiter, just run
your eye overtthis.'
''The waiter glared at the card,
turned it over, read the writing on it's
back, and then broke out into fury OF
wrath.
out of here he exclaimed in
broken Ep glish, I'll not have man
like yo9 thctplace Tor a mom &C. 49,
''Ina5 CEMENT Clarkson found him
self, cluthing Bridges card in one
hand, leaning against the wall outside
the cafe. He had been thrown out
without even paying his bill. He
couldn't begin to~make out what was
the matter
"A month later he was in St. Peters
burg. Again, dinner at q cafe; again,
a rowwith,a waiter, who could not un-
derstand his protests; once more the
man in charge was called and the card
was shown him, and for the second
time Clarkson was pitched headlons
into the street.
"Clarkson took the first opportunity
Of getting back to London, where PEG.
pie at least made pretense IF under.
standing the English language. His
first call was made on an eminent firm
of solicitors and barristers-at-law. He
explained his identity and found that
the senior member of the firm was
quite taken with the idea of having an
American millionaire as client. Then
he TENT on to explain how savagely he
had lbeenStreated in the cafes at both
Paris and St. Petersburg.
= 'HavesI any chance of getting dam.
ages in a suit against them?' asked
Clarkson, whose 3, American fighting
blood was up. e.. sa@.. :''=
arcertainly,' said the affable attor.
ney. y think there is no doubt yop can
secure large damages. We shall be
glad to fake your case against either
or both Vt the places involved. By the
way, if You have no better engage
msnt, aid will come out with me ia
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YIELDS BEFORE WIND PRESSURE.

oted in a central socket, being braced
with stay ropes running to opposite
sides of the hull. Ordinarily these
stay ropes are rigidly secured, but in
this case they are extended to drum
beside the mast, where they are wound
up tightly to brace the mast. When
the ship tits too low in the wat runder
the wind pressure weighted arm on
the drum swings to one side, releasing
the ratchet device, which prevents ro-
tation of the drum. 1t is obvious that
the unwinding of the rope on the high
est side of the hull will ease off the
mast and allow it to tilt into the posi-
ton shown in the dotted lines in the
drawing. There is a stop which pre-
vents the fall of the mast beyond a
certain point, and as soon as the wind
quiets down the mast can be returned
to it's normal position by rewinding
the rope on the drum.-Milwaukee Sen
tinel
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pUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

The Sunfsh-"Here, dear, is nice
opening for YOU" The Worm-'No,
thanks; I must be wriggling along
Yonkers Statesman. W. =
Batchellor-"I suppose it's. mighty
expensive to have your child sick in
bed so long?" Phamliman-"Yes, but
then if he was well and hearty he'd
be wearing out clothes" -Philadelphia
Press. r.."
Pleasant Reading. = Clara-"What
are you reading now?" Dora-"His-
torical novels" "Do you like them?''
eyes, indeed. There is so much can
skip."-N. Y. Weekly. p.
Cadleigh-"Pardon me, but it must
be pretty tough to. be married to a
strong minded woman" Henpeck-
ooh! it has it's advantages. When my
wife thinks she heard burglars,down-
stairs she won't trust me to 60 down
and Investigate" catholic Standard.
Not Wholly Frank.-"Can you sin
cerely say that you never descended to
hypocrisy?" asked the man of severe
standards. "Wel]," answered Mr.. Big
gins, II must confess that once sat
and listened to my daughters COM
mencement essay, and pretended to be
as much entertained as if were at al
baseball game" -Washington Star.
What Allied Him.-Anxious Neigh
bor-"Silas, what tn doose is tn mat
ter of that boy O. yourn? Ev'ry day
he seems t have a change O. plans and
ockypation." Father Hornihand-
"Nothin' SERIOUS. He's keepin' track
O. them noospaper artikles on how t
suck-ceed. Ev'ryone tells diff'rent
way, an he's tryin' 'em all. Soon as he
gifts over it little I'm goin' t. put i'm
t plowin' in tn hillside lot, where tn
broomsedge is thickest. That'll give
i'm chanst t. find out what fool
he's been."-Baltimore American.
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SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.

The Greek government annually
imports silkworm eggs from foreign
countries, distributes them gratui.
tously, and has experiments made in
its agricultural stations to learn the
best methods OF silk culture from
the kingdom. No other food than
the mulberry leaf is given to silk
worms in Greece. /.
It is now said that the cigarette
trade of India an enormous and q
growing one, for every native smokes
has been captured by America. 1t
is the old story over again-surplus
stock sold at ruinous prices. Ten
American cigarettes, done up in q
box, can be bought to-day in any
Indian bazar for half a penny.
An experimental shipment of Cali.
fornia oranges, raisins and other
fruit products is to be made to ia.
pan in the hope Of building up a
large trade, Japan grows oranges,
but they are small, and it is said
that no raisins are raised there. The
plan originated with a: japanese COM
mission house, and It is hoped to
send the fruit without ice and still
have it in salable condition when
received.
The PA wells completed in the
Baku (Russia) oil field show an av-
erage depth of 1902 feet and an av-
erage initial production of 292 bar
rels well day, against an average
depth of 1,os6 feet and an average
production a well day of $50 bar
rels for the 35s wells completed in
1901, indicating a very material in
crease in the depth of drilling and q
not inconsiderable falling off in thu
average productiveness of the wells
Oil is worth at the wells two-thirds
of cent gallon.
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my country house in Devon for the
weeks end, we will have a better
chance to talk the whole thing over
3 "Qarkson accepted with pleasure.
Then, just as he was leaving the Office,
the barrister asked fatal question.
"'What happened just before the at
tack was made on you, Mr.. Clarkson?
YIghad just handed this card to the
head waiter said Clarkson, as he
drew Bridges bit of pasteboard from
his pocket. o..
''The attorney. read the name. Then
he turned the card over and look OF
horror grew on his face. He read it
again. Then he handed it back with a
shaking hand.
"'I'm sorry to have taken up SO
much of your time, Mr.. Carlson he
said, in a changed voice. For, under
the circumstances, it will be utterly i'm
possible for our firm to touch your
case or 20 be connected with you in
any way i must trouble you, sir, to
leave the office at once.'
"Half stupefed, Clarkson left the
place and drove directly to the steam
ship Office, where he booked passage
for. New York. The boat sailed the
next day and GARRISON was early on
board. He spent most of the five day.
of the voyage porting vainly over the
mysterious card, on the back of which
Senator Bridge had scrubbed these
few words.
..Arriving at New York he took cal
at once for the Offices of his confiden.
tial attorney, Smithson. Smithson
was in his office and received Clarksor
at once. Without an instant's delay
Clarkson told him the whole story OF
his remarkable adventures.
".Let me see Bridges card,' said
Smithson. 49,.
"Clarkson pulled the pasteboard
from his pocket and handed it over
without word"
Up to that point the colonel had sat
on the edge of the chair listening in
tently to the story. Now, at the crisis
Of the tale, Larson, the story, teller,
swung round to his desk and busted
himself in writing. The colonel sat
still for moment.
eyes, he finally broke out. HE
handed the card to the lawyer?"
"Yes," said Larson, without glancing
up. "That's right. He handed the card
to his lawyer"
"But," pleaded the anxious colonel
"what was the rest of the story?"
chats ALL" said Larson. "He hand
ed the card to his lawyer"
''But, for goodness sake, tell me
what was written on the card?"
20, 1 haven't the least idea. All
know is that Clarkson handed it to his
lawyer
Then Larson called stenographer
and plunged headlong into the dicta-
ton of some letters. For two minutes
the colonel sat in, silence. Then he
got up and stalked out without word.
Best Of all, he has never showed his
face inside even the outer Office since.
Chicago Tribune.
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MAST LOWERS ITSELF !.
German Invention Which, Il 70
Claimed, Eliminates Danger Of
CnpslxinEsS Sailing Vessels.

When sudden gust Of wind strikes
sail lying almost in a vertical plane
with the keel it is apt to capsize the
boat or cause it to ship sufficient water
to damage the cargo or wet the passen-
gers and crew. The usual ma nner Of
relieving the great strain on the sail
is to ease it off until it swings around
in line with the wind, but as this cannot
always be done rapidly enough to pres
vent danger, it has occurred to Ger
man inventor that an automatic de-
vice which would allow the mast to
tilt and give way to the strain might
be practicable. TO carry out his idea,
he has designed a mast which is piv-
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SIGNAL AND TRUMPET.
Unique Combination Warning Device
Designed to Prevent Trolley
Accidents in Cities.

In spite of the almost universal in
PRODUCTION of the trolley car and the
daily use of these conveniences of
travel, frequent instances are recorded
of carelessness and heedlessness in
crossing the tracks, with serious &C.
cidents not infrequently resulting.
Probably one great cause of these ac-
cidents is the confusion of sounds usu-
ally heard on the street, and the in
ability to single out any note of warn
ing from the noisy clatter. A remedy
for this has suggested itself to Cleve-
land inventor, and his apparatus takes
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The Jewels In Watches.
The range in weight of the jewels in
fifty thousandth to one two hundred
and fifty-six thousandth of pound.