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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-10-14

Recouections" has been writing on the favor1te
beverages of great men Thackerays choice
was claret BE said that "our intellect r1pehs
with good cheer and throws off surprising crops
under the influence of that admirable uquIo,
claret" Mr.. Gladstone, to whom the other pleas
ures Of the Ia bic meant nothing, was Sucker
for mort a believer in il Judge of it. Mr.. Rus
sell saws that the only feeble speech he ever
heard from Gladstone was made after dining at
an otherwise hospitable house where VINE was
not suffered 10 appear
Lord Tenuyson drank his bottle OF port every
dav and drank it undecanted, for, as ne justly
observed. a decanter holds only elShl s4dsSea'
- a blacI, hottie nine Mr. Browning. if he
could have his own way. drank port all through
dinner. as well as after it. Sir Moses Montehore
who lived TO complete his hundred years, oIll IA
. Lc+4la If mort wine every day after he came to
mans estate MT Finching, the wine merchant
in LITTLE Dorrit" thought champagne weak
INF nalata ble" and Lord St. jerome, In 'Lo-
,bair' - vas esteemed by the young men patriot
because he always gave his best champagne
al his ball suppers''
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-10-14

uon since Beadle established his celebrated dime
library if not before. Yet there is a freshness
IN the way in which the author treats these
popular properties OF the ro1nancer that causes
the reader TO forget their familiar aspect and to
forgive the purely artificial device by which the
English heroine, disguised as a man. is led TO
JON a French expedition into the wilderness
Imagine a delicate cultured woman being able
TO conceal her sex from the sharp sighted Ind
lans who had captured her in male attire. on
forced march from New England village to
MlchllImackinac, on Lake Huron, But if the
scene is a stock set and the scenario conven-
uorlal' there is firmness or outline in the draw
ing OF the characters and delicacy of shading
IN their Development The author has also been
at pains to familiarize herself with the inter
tribal and international situation in America at
the time Of her story, and is able correctly to
characterize the various native clans and races
by their peculiar customs and propensities
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-10-14
CHARLOTTE BRONTE.
A Eetc Portrait of the EopcHst By Her Friend
PaAl H6gT.

A Netc Portrait of the EOUeLSt by Her FRIEND
PGHl H6geT.
Readers Of "villette' have long since been
made familiar with the fact that the original OF
Paul Emanuel in that book was NJ Paul Hrts@r'
a friend Of the authors whom she knew at BruS-
sells 1t seems that ne made the portrait OF her
which we reproduce from the frontisptcce OF
'Srhe Cornhiu Magazine" for October. The e'rtor
of that periodical in a brief note, gives Its MS
tory The portrait was drawn in 1859. 1t passed
from the Heger family into the private hands IN
which it remained for nearly forty years, until
IT was acquired by the trustees of the National
Portrait Gallery, who realized that the book held
in the stter's hand is a copy of her work 'Shir-
ley. published in 1919"
A peculiar personal interest attaches % this
water color. 1.-The dress worn in the portrait is a
light green. and on the back there is inscribed
The Wearin' of the Green, First Since E2liys
Death that being the first occasion OF which
Miss Bronte wore colours after the death Of her
sister And below This drawing IS by ?. HeSer
(sic) done from life in 1859. The pose was suS-
gested first by a sketch done by her br@thsr
Bramweu many years previous The only
other portrait OF Charlotte Bronte that Is known
is the one drawn by George Richmond.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-10-14
SECOND SIGHT AND MIRAGE.

Andrew Lang. IN The London illustrated News
Has second sight any relation TO the phe-
nornena of Inirage2 The following anecdcle
suggests that second sight may be the result OF
'.refraction of events in a normal way Inc
Rev - q celebrated scholar (who tells the
f,lel Was fishing Loeb LeVen with Lord --.
Thev were out OF sight Of the little wooden pier
yrben-a the boats start Mr. -- remarked
tbat 7 orr - was gazing with a strange and
startled expression across the loch, What Is
the natter" he asked. I'VE are out OF sight OF
the nier sre we not?" answered Lord -.
..Certainiy we are" said Mr.. - We'll l
saw the piec and boat coming IN with q Very
-, beavU nan living in il The bOatnan lifted
him On To the pier with difficulty; he seemed to
se dead" Returning at sunset, the angler ioubd
+bat a heavy fisher had died suddenly in his
hoat and been lifted to the pier, at the moment
ouhen I ord saw the thing happen.
Could this be a case of natural refractiOn, as
when a friend Of mine. walking down Market
street. St Andrews, with his back TO the cathe-
6ral saW the cathedral facing him? Much
amazed, he asked passerby if he saw anything
unusual Man, l see the cathedral! said the
other The vision was shared but Mr..
did not SHIRE the vision Of Lord -
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-10-14
CLEARLY DEFINED.
! The Youths Companion.

From The YOUTHS COllpAIlOH
A college professor having ordered from a
music publishing house a copy OF y alse IN
DronptI1' by a certain French composer, re-
ceived an "'Impromptu Waltz" by another man
The publishers, when called To account Tor their
mistake replied rather insOlcntly that they mad
been in the music publishing business a long
time, and had yet TO discover the difference
between a "Valse InproInptu and an I'M
prouDtu Waltz" Would De Smith kindly STATE
TO them the difference? "Gentlenlen.T wrote the
genial professor in answer, Il have not like
yourselves been in the music publishing bust
ness. and am therefore not fully qualified to IN
form you; but since il your extremity you nave
appealed to me, / would venture 10 suggest that
the difference between q Nalse ImpTOmptu and
an ImprOmptu Waltz may be similar TO the
difference between a blind Venetian anu a Vehe-
tian blind Yours very truly and so foFth-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-10-14
THE BOTTLE.

Notes on the FdU0rite Beverages of Eminent
Hen.
From The London Sketch
The entertaining author of Collections and
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-10-14

OF Giosue Carducci the Italian poet, an ac-
quaintance says in 1.-The Fortnghtly Review"
that he has a hatred of forms. IN society, not
witnstanding his sudden and Intellectual efforts
at being polite, he is utterly unciviZed. If peo-
pie speak to him whom he does not like, or say
things that do not interest him, he does not
answer. He looks straight before him, pluck
ing at his beard and thinking Of other things"
one day floating on the Gulf of SpeZia with
his friend the poet suddenly took a small book
out o. his pocket:
.grhis is Horace thou Ignorant One" he said;
land here, in this Gulf reading these lines, Shelley
the young and beloved-died'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-10-14

quantity of the literary material published
and unpublished. written by the late William
Sharp is 10 be brought out in book form. One
volume entitled When the Forest MuymUrs, -
will contain a series of nature studies. Another
1.-THE Immortal Hour" will present two tragic
dramas on Celtic themes. A third will be a col
iected edition Of the poems written by Mr.. sharp
under the name OF Fiona Macleod IN q fourth
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-10-14

fessor credits her with French extraction Cher
name being according 20 him a Norman form
Of 'Boulanger'O and he attributes her be
haviOr to her education at the VaIois court and
a youthful friendship with Marguerite of Ma
varre-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-10-14
LITERARY NOTES.

The direct line of sam Slick. of Slckville,"
that amusing ''clOckmaker'' who was of the
first so-called humorists of this continent, is in
danger of extinction. His SON Arthur Habur-
ton-made Lord Halliburton in 1S9S-is now sew
enty-four. and has other heir.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-10-14

Professor Mason, in the first published rec
ords Of the ancient grammar school of Aberdeen,
reeounts this school legend about the poet
Byron:
It was said that on his coming to school the first
morning after his accession to the peeraSe was
known, and the calling out of his name in the
catalogue no longer as "CIeorgi Gordon Byron"
but ''CieOrgi Baro de Byron he did not reply
with the usual and expected 'Adsum.' but, feel
ing the gaze of all his schoofeIlows, burst into
tears, and ran out
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-10-14
Shelley. spirito d titano,
Entro virginee forme.

The boatrnan. stoIdly bending 10 his oars, looked
I'D quickly aud said: ''IIlustrissimO. my grand
father was the boatman OF the signor Shelley.
drowned IN this bay" Saying Sheuey's name he
lifted his hat as IL he had mentioned one of the
saints.
The quick mist Of emotion that later I learned
10 know so well rose to CarcucCi's eyes at the
boatman's simple gesture Of reverence. It salute
thee my friend he said, stretching out his hand.
The rover drew IN his oars and, bending forward,
shook hands win CarducCi; then roWed quietly on,
driving out into the blue waters
I have since been told-but refuse TO believe ii
that every boatman in Speza tells the same grand
father story when Shelley's name is mentioned by
visitors to the bay 1T is little story for the
English" they say with cleaning irresponsible
smile 'SThey like il much. II is worth n Ira, or
two lire. Sometimes five" On case, I remem-
Der II was worth iye-and clasp OF Cdrduccis
HANDY But let one believe a word OF this per
hdious calumny.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-10-14

work dealing with Henry VIII and his six
wives is coming from the pen of the distin-
guiShed French writer, Professor Albert ReviIle.
1t is stated that he lays more stress than Eng
lish writers have done on the usuriOus and
grdsping aVarice which the King perhaps in
heFited from his father. Henry VII He thinks
that this vice may be responsible for much of
the conduct of the Kings later years He has
illusions to the temper of Katherine Of
Aragon. who succeeded by her righteousness and
want Of dignity in alternating the sympathy that
was rightly hers AS for Anne BOleyn, the pro-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-10-14

volume Mrs. Sharp viii arrange a selection from
the three already published volumes of her nus
Dand s verse. Two Of these are out of print \
rev recent poems will be added. The late Mr..
Sharp's friends viii doubtless cherish these
books, but for the true lovers of true poetry they
VIII nave few attractions. Sharp was emphatic
calIy minor poet whose verse, pretty enough
upon occasion has no lofty and enduring quals
ity
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-10-14

The two hundredth anniversary of Dr. John
sons birth is to be celebrated three years hence
in his native town of LichfieId. A really euthu-
Siastic appreciation of the great man exists N
the place where, be il remembered, there is an
annual birthday banquet in his honor Lien
field has a Johnson Museum, moreover, in which
valuable relics of the doctor are accommodating
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-10-14
SOCIAL KNOTS.
Efforts Made TO Cut Them IN Recent
Fiction.

tING IN THE NEW BY Richard Whiteing
--fao, pp S4l The Century Company
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-10-14

Mrs RiddeT a novelist who was popular az
one time on both sides of the ocean, has JuSS
died after years of suffering she was the
daughter of high sheriff in Ireland ana oesdn
to write novels in 1SsSS The DOCKS she pun
lished number thirty-three.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1906-12-28
CHARGES MADE
AGAINST BKBY
MINNESOTA MANS DISMISSAL
FROM OFFICE is BEING DE-
MANDED.
LAND FRAUDS ARE CHARGED
h~cUSED OF USING OFFICE FOR
PRIVATE eAiN-ENTERs A
- DENIAL.

Washington, Dec 23. - Strong ef-
forts are being made to secure the dis
missal from the public service of Tams
Bixby Of Minnesota, commissioner for
the five civilized tribes in Indian Ter
ritory. Marshall l.. Mott, attorney for
the Creek nation, declares in commu-
nication to the commissioner OF In
dian affairs that there is strong cir
cumstantial evidence justifying the
conclusion that Mr.. Bixby has used his
public office for private gain. William
Dudley Foulke. who was sent to the
territory to investigate charges of al
legged frauds in connection with the
disposal of land of the Creek nation,
filed his report with the secretary of
the interior yesterday. 1t is said that
the Foulke report seriously reflects
upon Mr.. Bixby's administration of the
affairs of the five civilized tribes.
Confers With Chief.
Mr.. Bixby arrived here yesterday
and had a conference with Secretary
Hitchcock. To-day Mr.. Bixby, in all
probability, will be confronted by his
acchser. Mr. Mott. Mr.. FOulke, whose
report is said to uphold in measure
the allegations of Mr. Mott, also will
be present. Interesting developments
are expected to follow. If Mr.. Bixby's
explanation Of transactions in which
he is alleged to be involved is salts
factory, action in his case will be sus-
pended pending further inquiry.
Mr.. Bixby emphatically denies that
there has been any irregularity in the
administration of his Office.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1906-12-28
LOWER RATES PROMULGATED
STATE RAILROAD COMMISSION Is
SUES e NEW DISTANCE
TARIFF.

st. Paul, Dec 25. = The state rail-
road and warehouse commission Has
sent to the railroads copies of the new
car load commodity rate tariff govern
ing in Minnesota, pursuant to the re-
cent investigation by the commission
as to the reasonableness of present
rates. The new schedule is on mite
age basis, and is to be made effective
after Jan. 25.
Substantial reductions are made in
all the rates. Deep cuts have been
made in the grain and coal tariffs
Lumber rates are likewise slashed,
while the live stock rates are not at
fected so much. Comparatively bigger
cuts have been made in the soft coal
rates than in the hard coal rates. The
provision is made in the order that
where any rate on grain or lumber
now in effect is lower than the rate
provided in the new schedule, the
rate shall not be raised.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1906-12-28
ENToMsED MINER is RESCUED.
Sixteen Days Confinement Ends After
Heroic Work Of Miners.

Sixteen Days Confinement Ends After
Heroic Work Of Miners.
Bakersfield, Cal, Dec. 25. - L. B.
Hicks was rescued Saturday night
from the Edison company tunnel,
where he was imprisoned nearly six
teen days because of cave-in. He is
apparently suffering no i'll effects from
his unusual experience.
4 am feeling fine," was the first re-
mark the miner made on reaching
freedom.
Hicks aided his rescuers during the
last few moments, eagerly digging his
way through the miniature tunnel
made by the workmen He is not ema.
ciated, as was expected, and did not
need the stimulants that had been
prepared for him.
Dr. Stinchfield, with tears in his
eyes and his hands laid affectionately
on Hicks shoulders, said:
well. how are you, old boy?"
Showing much emotion, Hicks an
swered:
Il am feeling fine. l can never
thank you. doctor, for what you have
DONE"
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1906-12-28
nine KILLED IN
CRASH OF TRAINS
DISASTROUS WRECK OCCURS ON
THE 500 RAILROAD AT EN-
DERLiN, N. D.
THJRTY-stvtN ARE INJURED
CAUSE OF THE WRECK rs NOT
kNOWN-coRONER is iNvES-
TIGATlNG.

Enderlin, n. D., Dec. 25.-The worst
wreck ever known in this vicinity Oc-
CURED early Sunday morning when
two trains on the 500 railroad crashed
together in the west end of the railway
yards in this city. Eight men were
killed outright, one died later from
his injuries and thirty-seven persons
were seriously injured. All the dead
and most of the injured persons were
in the smoking car, which was tele-
scoped by the baggage car. The smok-
ing car was crowded, and as the whis-
tie had just sounded for Enderlin.
most of the passengers in the car
we're standing when the crash came.
The dead and injured were piled in
heaps and the utmost confusion pre-
vailed. Only two passengers in the
smoking car escaped injury.
Citizens Work All Night.
The accident was so near the station
that no time was lost in beginning the
work of relief. Citizens worked all
night in removing the dead and in
jured from the wreckage The little
hospital was quickly filled and the Ho-
tel Hilton was converted into an
emergency hospital, where the unfor-
tunates were cared for. Physicians
were summoned from nearby towns to
assist in caring for the sufferers.
No explanation of the cause of the
collision can now be given. The cor
oner is holding an inquest and all
parties in any way connected with the
accident are being rigidly examined
The dead have all been identified
and their bodies are now awaiting the
disposition of friends and relatives.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1906-12-28

Richards, Comstock, Jameson and
TripIett Convicted by Jury.

Richards, Comstock, Jameson and
TripIett Convicted by Jury.
Omaha, Neb., Dec. 22.-The trial in
the federal district court of Bartlett
Richards. president; Will G. Com
stock, vice president; c. c. jameson,
secretary-treasurer and general mana
ger of the Nebraska Land and Feeding
company, controlling the 4o0,00o-acrc
Spade" ranch, and AQuilla Triplett.
their agent, ended last evening in the
conviction of the four defendants on
thirty-six counts of an indictment
which charged conspiracy to defraud
the government of public lands and
subornation of perjury.
The defendants were charged with
attempting to secure title to vast
tracts of land within the Spade
ranch enclosure in Cherry, Sheridan
and Box Butte counties, Nebraska, by
means of fraudulent homestead en-
tries.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1906-12-28
men STICK TO THEIR POSTS
HEROISM OF CREW SAVES LIVES
OF $50 PASSENGERS OF
STRATHCONA.

Halifax, n. s., Dec. 25--Word was
received here yesterday from Port Du-
frain, a small coast town some sixty
miles east of this city, of the destruc-
ton by fire of the passenger steamer
Strathcona.
That no lives were lost is due prin.
cipa1ly to the heroism of the engineers
and firemen, who stuck to their posts
until the steamer was beached and
every one of the $50 passengers was
landed.
In less than an hour after the beach
ing of the steamer she was burned to
the waters edge
The Strathcona left here Saturday
evening under command of Capt. Reid.
A few hours after leaving port fire was
discovered in the after-hold.
Prevent Panic.
When the cry of fire was raised the
widest confusion prevailed. The pas
sengers, most of them clad only in
their night clothes, rushed on deck
and made a dash for the lifeboats,
but the crew prevented panic.
Down in the engine room the engi-
neers and firemen stuck bravely to
their posts, although the flames had
begun to surround them.
Not until the keel of the vessel graf
ed on reef mile from the entrance
of the harbor did they abandon their
dangerous positions and rush to the
deck.
Then the boats were lowered and all
of the passengers, together with the
thirteen members of the crew, found
safety on shcre
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1906-12-28
MRS. BLAINE GETS DIVORCE.
Decree Is "Railroaded" Through at \
Star Chamber Session.

Decree - "Hairoaoeo" TnrouQ0 AZ
Star Chamber Session.
Yankton, S. D., Dec 25.-At star
chamber session of court Mrs. James
G. Blaine, Jr.. was granted divorce
from the scion of the distinguished
Maine family, whose escapades have
so far sent two wives to the Dakota
courts for release from him. The case
was rushed to permit Mrs. Blaine to
catch train for Washington, D. O.. to
spend Christmas with her parents,
Rear Admiral and Mrs. Philip Hich
born.
Perhaps no.other case of wide inter
est has been ''railroaded' with greater
speed in the divorce courts OF this
state than this Blaine action.
At the trial she repeatedly recounted
numerous scandalous incidents in
which her husband had been involved
She admitted she had expected to re-
form him when she married him, but
had failed. She had no time for tears
the train was waiting. She talked
fast Her husbands counsel made an
appearance. but offered no opposition
to the granting of the decree.
Judge Smith wrote the entry rapidly
and carriage whirled her to the sta
ton.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1906-12-28
People Talked About.

Jesse Hart, a pioneer of Montana
and California, died in Helena.
DR.. Philip Carroll, American consul
at Manzanillo, Mexico, is dead.
Lawrence Diamond, known all over
the country as minstrel singer. died
at Newcastle, Pa.
John Speer, who was a prominent
figure in the Kansas free state trou.
bles, is dead in Denver.
Michael Goss of Bailey's Harbor,
Mich, the oldest man in that section,
Is dead at the age of LOG.
e. p. Wright, seventy years old, one
OF the pioneers of commercial telegra-
ply, is dead at Cleveland.
Amos A. l.. Smith, one of the best
known lawyers in Wisconsin, died al
Milwaukee. after few hours illness.
Miss Halle Erminie Rives, the nov
elist, and Post Wheeler, the poet, are
to be married in Toxic. Japan, Dec. %.
Capt. T. l.. Tanner, u. S. NJ, retired
after an illness of four days. died at
his home in Washington Of heart fail
ure.
Rev. Augustus Grotian, the oldest
pastor in the German Evangelical
Synod Of North America, died at
Lyons, N. Y.
Fritz Sontag. president of the Grand
Pacific Hotel company and one of the
most prominent German-Americans in
Chicago, is dead.
Among the candidates to succeed N.
B. X. Pettingill as United States dis
trict attorney for Porto Rico is Judge
Ferguson OF Chicago.
Miss Lulu Glaser, one of the young
est stars of the American stage, is to
become the bride of Ralph c. Herr, an
English actor, who was formerly lead
ing comedian in her company.
Gen. John M. Hood, president of the
United Railways and Electric company
and for many years president of the
Western Maryland railroad prior to it's
sale to the Gould interests, died in Bal
timore.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1906-12-28
PATRICK GETS COMPUTATION.
Lawyer-Murderer's Sentence Reduced
to Life Term in Prison.

Lawyer-Murderer's Sentence Reduced
to Life Term in Prison.
Albany, Dec. 22.Albert T. Patrick
was saved by Gov. Higgins yesterday
from the death chair, in the shadow
OF which he has stood for nearly five
years. He was convicted in March
1902, OF the murder. of William Marsh
Rice, an aged New York millionaire
In a brief memorandum, laying stress
upon the dissenting opinions of the
judges of the court of appeals, which
confirmed Patrick's conviction by a
vote of four to three, the governor an.
nounced that he had commuted the
death sentence to Imprisonment fo-
life. Later in the day the governor
strongly lntimated doubt OF Patrick,s
entire sanity, attributing his mental
state to the strain under which the
condemned lawyer has labored all
these years in the death cell at Sing
Sing.