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BLUNDERS IN FICTION
ASTRONOMICAL. BULLS THAT LIVE IN
PROSE AND POETRY.
Ilall Caine’ii Wonderful Night, Dlok
ens* Stationary Star. Hitler Haa
gard'it AVuuderfiil X'elipae ami Cole
rldse'8 Iiupoxsililo Crescent.
It is curious to note in bow many in¬
stances strange astronomical errors ap¬
pear in works of fiction unite unneces¬
sary to the requirements of the story
and resulting apparently from sheer
lack of observation, As a modern
example of such gratuitous blunder¬
ing take a piece of description from
Mr. Hall Caine’s “Scapegoat:" "It was
a wonderful night. The moon, which
was in its first quarter, was still low
in the east, but the stars were thick
overhead.” A wonderful night, in¬
deed! And Strange that such a lover
of nature as Mr. Hall Caiue should
not have reflected that when the moon
in its first quarter is low in the east
it is broad daylight, with the sun high
in the heavens!
Nevertheless on this point he erred
in good company. The young moon
has proved a stumbling block to many
a writer who has attempted to intro¬
duce it as a picturesque adjunct to his
description of evening.
In Dickens' “Our Mutual Friend”
Eugene Wray burn, in bis walk along
the river bank, finds it has just risen
when “the stars were beginning to
shlue in the sky, from which the tones
of red and yellow were flickering.”
Pickens, in truth, was .sublimely su¬
perior to astronomical niceties, espe¬
cially when they in any way inter¬
fered with tlie artistic effect of his
stories. In his “Child’s Dream of a
Htfli’” the point turns upon,one special
star, Qlnigfly qujl piore beautiful than
the rest,” which always came out
every night in one particular place and
at one particular time, thereby behav¬
ing as no star lias ever conceivably
been known to (jo, This !- s undoubted¬
ly taking a liberty with the solar sys¬
tem, but it is small indeed compared
With tho license sometimes claimed by
authors desirous of calling in the aid
of astronomy to assist their plots, lint
who are either insufficiently acquaint¬
ed with their subject or count It 110
sin to twist and convert facts lo suit
their requirements.
A yery famous and noteworthy in¬
stance of this is afforded in Uider Hag¬
gard's “King Solomon’s Mines,” where
the phenomenon of a total solar eclipse
Is emplpypij \y1th most happy and dra¬
matic effect as far as tug story Is con¬
cerned, but with a perfect disregard
of astronomical details which In its
audacity is almost startling. Here,
again, ns in so many other cases, /lie
difficulty of the ybung moon comes
Ip, nm| (lie sun has scarcely set be¬
fore thp ‘'fincrescent” rises in the
east. Within u wonderfully short space
of time after this curious event the
moon is full, and only a day later the
total eclipse of the sun takes place,
despite the astronomical fact that it
Is at “no (upon" (or, more accurately
speaking, the last few seconds of the
old moon and tho first few seconds of
tho new) that a total solar eclipse alone
is possible,
But perhaps the most Interesting
feature of this altogether remarkable
eclipse is that the total darkness lasts
for nearly an hour. Alas, under tiic
rarest and most favorable conditions,
seven minutes alone is the utmost limit
of time during which the sun's face is
totally obscured, find tlw observer un¬
der ordinary e Ire urn stances counts him¬
self lucky if lie is rewarded for a jour¬
ney of some thousands of miles by an
uninterrupted view of the corona for
three minutes, two or even less.
Home years ago one of the magazines
contained a story called "The Portent,”
the motif of which was u certain
struuge seeming in the heavens which,
whenever it appeared, boded ill to a
particular family. This prophetic sign
was none other than the appearance
of the crescent moon with a star be¬
tween the two horns. Nor was this a
particularly novel Idea, for it will be
remembered that I11 Coleridge’s “An¬
cient Mariner” that veracious seaman
relates how at one period of his ad¬
ventures there rose
above tlia eastern bar
The horned moon, with one bright star
Within the nether Up.
In a purely miraculous and fanciful
creation like this famous poem it
would be ridiculous to cavil at such
a detail, though in the case of the
story it might well be questioned how
the star could manage to appear in
such a position. We may perhaps re.
fer to the line In "The Burial of Sir
John Moore" where the great soldier
is represented as being interred “by
the struggling moonbeam’s misty
light.” whereas, as a matter of fact,
the moon was but n day old at tho
time of the battle of Coruna and there
fore invisible. This seems like hyper
criticism, especially in a poem that
lays no claim to astronomical accuracy.
The case Is different when an author
deliberately makes a statement which
lie Intends shall be believed. In “In¬
nocents Abroad” Mark Twain draws
special notice to the point that on tho
voyage across tho Atlantic they ob¬
served the full moon located just in
the same spot In tlie heavens at the
same hour every night. He accounts
for tills by the motion of the ship,
which gained enough every day to
keep up with the moon, hut he seem¬
ingly forgot that, though for this rea¬
son tlie position of the moon might not
greatly niter, her phase certainly
would, so that It could not have beeu
the full moon which was visible
after night.—Loudon Standard.
In No Lack.
He—So your married fife is not hap¬
py? Well, you have my regrets.
She—Oh, I don't need them; l have
luough of my own.--Judge.
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Pointed Pnmffi'iiplis.
Most women are afraid of a loose
doe or a tight man.
In trying (o get liis rights many
a pva’i goes at it tlie wrong way.
Wise is tlie man who can give n
woman advice without incurring
her enmity.
Talk is cheap ; vet some people
will give up a dollar to hear a
tiresome Ice Rife.
Milk of human kind ness is usual¬
ly of a poor quality and little in
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✓
If poverty is ever abolished every
bachelor will either have to many
or aet as his own servant.
Job evidently had no desire for
fickle fame. He was it) a position
to win out as a manufacturer of
profane history—but he didn’t.
It isn't until ufior a hoy ha* cel¬
ebrated his 8tli birthday anniver¬
sary that he begins to notice his
father’s ignorance.—Chicago News.
Georgia Crop It (’port.
Atlanta, Ga., Aug. 12.— In his
YYop . rt'iuTLinj’ Uui. w.euk filling
yesterday, Meet it. it Director Mar¬
ini ry says:
The rainfall of the week was un¬
evenly distributed. Moderate to
copioiiii shown)-* occurred in nu¬
merous counties, while dry weath¬
er continued in others, and on the
whole the drought area : s some
what larger tlpR) thfit of previous
week. The condition of crops is
variable, being favorable in the
sections which received rain and
critical in (lie dry districts, Col¬
ton is op, nii-g prom at unity in the
northern and middle counties.
Picking has become general in the
south and is beginning in the mid
lie sections, nii)l ihji ue.w crop is
being marketed in scatter' d locali¬
ties over the southern half of tin
state. Rust and shedding contin¬
ues and is increasing. The out¬
look for a top crop i* poor unless
ibimdant moisture is forthcom
ing. The general outlook-is less
favorable than for several weeks
past, although the crop is still re¬
garded as excellent ill numerous
mnnlioa. ‘The weatie-r has been
aispieiotis for saving fodder.
H.-ld l p Stage,
Tucson, Ariz , Aug 12-— K1 (Jor
reo de Sonora brings an account
of a hold-up near Mazatlan, Mexi¬
co, by three masked men, suppos¬
ed to have been outlaws. The rob¬
bers secured $1,000, and made good
their escape w ith the plunder. Ma¬
riano Gwrdillo, the driver, was
shot dead. The stage was full, but
the passengers were unmolested. A
shipment of $-1,000 to a hank at
Mazatlan war the booty the rob¬
bers were after, and when limy re
cured this they allowed the stage
to proceed.
Four Hrovineps ill {{choilioll.
Vi ashingt'ni, Aug. 11.—Minister
Powell has cabled the State Di 5 “
partnifiit from Cape llaytidi lIral
the provisional (Vasqu«x) govern¬
ment of Ilayti has notified the
United States legation that Geniti¬
ves, Port de I’aix, Petit (leave and
St. Marie provinces are in rebel¬
lion. The government troops cap¬
tured Petit Goave after strong re¬
sistance in which many lives were
lost. Firmin’s troops in retreat¬
ing from the place set fire and des¬
troyed the town.
liiDans Tabuies move the bowels
STORIES OF
TIMES WHEN THEIR VOICES
OF MORE WORTH THAN MONEY.
Snntlcy'M Adventure With a 'Hand of
Mexican Bandits — Some ILxperi
encott of the Tenor Mario—how La
blue he l»u! a Bear to Flight.
Many years since, when traveling
with some friends in Mexico, Charles ,
Santley was oaptuml by lialfbreed j
bandits large and. being demanded, unable to pay the |
ransom carried off to
the mountains. Over supper tlie sing¬
er, by no means weighed down by
his mishap, chanced to break inio song,
Which so delighted the brigand chief
that lie demanded 1111 encore.
Santley saw Ids chance and Px
pressed ids willingness to comply on
condition that lie and his companions tL
were granted their release. sug
gestion was accepted, and for over two
hours was the singer’s voice raised in ;
such exquisite melody that the bandits,
true to their word, allowed him ami
those with him to depart,
The late Joseph Maas had a some¬
what similar experience. Years back,
when with a companion buffalo hunt¬
ing on tlie American prairies, lie was
captured by Indians and carried to
their camp. When at his wits’ end
ifow to extricate himself from Dm
qile: :.,u. Ills friend suggested tlie pow¬
er of song. Forthwith ho commenced
an operatic selection that an delighted
jim caplins Unit they loosened his
bonds and urged him, at the point of
their spears, to continue.
Luckily his voice hud a soporific ef¬
fect upon tlie Iipllaijs, oho one by one
dropped asleep uqtll, just as lie was
on the point of stopping from exhaus¬
tion. tlie last passed into tlie realms
of dreams. Then he and liis COlllpilU
ion quietly stole atvay,
tils wonderful voice on one occasion
placed the great tenor Mario in a some¬
what Invidious position. When travel¬
ing with some companions I11 Spain, lie
fell into the hands of 4 (nifty of ina
(.aiming gypsies, who demanded tlie
customary ransom. Mario, tickled at
the situation, answered tlieir request
in impromptu song, which lie de(iyoiv(|
with siieji expLite. amok dignity that
his captors with unanimous neelnma
tion elected him captain of tlieir band.
The singer diplomatically acquiesced in
their decision, but In (lie coufep pf ino
f’qllowhijv day cm drived to make liis
escape with his friends.
On another occasion in Madrid the
sauie singer, as he was returning la (a
one night Irom (lip (benter o-befe he
(vns engaged, svaa r,treated b- the po
Fleo In irdsThke* I'br u political discon¬
tent. In vain he asserted ids identity.
Ho was carried before their chief, who
likewise smiled Incredulously at the
capti ve's asse.y til' q f Hlim,
Greatly angered; Mario vehemently
demanded that liis friends should be
forthwith communicated with, but the
official shook liis head and remarked
that if Indeed lie were the gft’iit tenor
lie possessed |u his voice a sure means
el proving the truth of liis words. Ten
minutes later Mario was bowed out
with many regrets and profuse apolo¬
gies.
Whop ladies, traveling to farts with some
other Mine, Urlsl had a thrilling
adventure. At a small wayside station
a umn entered tlie carriage, and it soon
became evident from Ids threatening
gestures and eccentric behavior that he
was a dangerous lunatic..
Though |ier companions were panic
Stricken, Mute. Clrlsi retained complete
presence of mind and with the utmost
composure began to sing. At once the
maniac was quiet; Ids whole attention
was riveted 011 (hat magnificent voice,
and he remained tho most appreciative
of listeners until the train reached tho
next station, where be was secured. It
transpired subsequently that lie was a
maniac with homicidal tendencies who
had escaped from an asylum.
An amusing story Is told of Lablache,
the celebrated bass singer. One day
as he was strolling leisurely through a
French fair n cry was suddenly raised
that a bear had escaped from the me¬
nagerie. The crowd lied In every di¬
rection—ail save tlie singer, Whose mas¬
sive proportions precluded the Idea of
rapid motion. Amid the general com
motion he among them all stood un¬
moved. calmly awaiting the advent of
the ferocious beast, which sure enough
came slouching rapidly toward him.
When within a few feet. It halted a*
though to gather Itself together for a
final rush, when Lablache stepped for¬
ward and from the lowest depths of
his immense chest sent forth such a
thunderous roar that the terrified ani¬
mal turned and tied.
When Will n Man Do Too lllehf
What will eventually be the limit of
individual wealth? 'Half a century
back “ten .thousand a year” was con¬
sidered to lie a vast fortune. Then
“fifty thousand a year” was tlie phrasn
commonly used to describe the income
of fabulously rich men or women. Lat¬
er we took to speaking of “million¬
aires," In quite recent times the “mul¬
timillionaire” with twenty millions had
reached the limit of private wealth;
then forty millions. Now tlie limit lias
risen to a hundred millions, niul al¬
ready the word "billionaire” lias comp
Into use in the United States. Will tlie
D'.uitlbiilioiialrc ever replace tlie multi
mi!! Iona ire?—London Standard.
The tllptliiilnoe.
No matter where a man was born,
bo swells,up and claims to be proud of
It. There Is no way of knowing if the
favored spot reciprocates Die feeling.—
San Francisco Bulletin.
Painful All Around.
Dumteigh It was an awful trial for
me to make that speeeli tonight.
M lid may—Don't mention it, old boy;
Just thluk v. hut tho rest of us suf
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ELKiiS 1
Helled ions of a Bachelor.
Old maids are the I oast ami tea
life, \vidq\vg tllO Oulree and
•>.
A widow always acts like a map
to know that she Inns stood
good lest.
Children tire instinctively deli*
about not wondering as to
father's brains.
A girl with pretty feet, can logo
slipper as easily qs oho with a
ifivk can believe in nmtl
dressing.
No matter how much a man
loves a woman, she can never he
same to him after he has heard
snore.—New York Press.
Atlanta, Aug, IJ.—tiov. Candler
must think by this time that Slier
ill Higgs, of Montgomery couniv,
is iin obdurate and hard-head' h
hut the sheriii' aforesaid
-be extremely sorry he ignored
order of the governor before he
through with the Freeman af¬
Freeman, liis alleged “notorious
blind lijjer.’’ is still in the chain
gang in Decatur county. The
Montgomery sheriff is probably
acting on the belief that it is not
his duly to notify tho chaingang
lessee to turn Freeman out.
Valdosta, Ga., Aug. 12.—The
first bale of sea island eottiin was
brought from Luke Park for Mr.
Rich a rtl Tomlinson to-dav and
sold to Lane, Tillman & Co., for
2-> ci ills a pound. This is eight
days earlier Until ever before, t he
earliest before being received on
August tOth.
Atlanta, Aug. 12.—The Populist
state exeeulive committee) nut
lure to-day and mimed .Judge
James K. Hines, of Atlanta, for
governor.
Judge Iiinev, however, positive,
ly declined lo run, and a commit¬
tee of three was named to make a
nomination.
Port of Spain, Aug. PS.—The
Venezuelan revolutionists are at¬
tacking Cnmami and intend to
storm the city within 24 In oiv.
The government cannot oppose
more than 350 to the 1,100 r. volu
tionistH composing (ho attacking
party.
Manila, Aug. 13.—-The fourth
iumiversitv of the capture of the
city of Manila, which was sum 11 -
dered to the American forces on
Aug. 13, 1808, was observed as a
general holiday.
lies Moines, In., Aug. II.—A s> .
vere frost is reported in the norih
western port inn of Iowa.
Message from Cloverdale states
that the datuag 1 to corn has beeu
considerable.
Latimer’s Infallible Ointment
cures Pi lea. Try it.
TAME FISH IN A RIVER.
A Traveler’* Story of WIint lie Saw
In Upper Derma.
When in camp the other day, I was
riding through a village when the vil¬
lage headman asked me if I would like
to see "the fish.” I, not knowing what
tile headman meant, at once went with
him down to the banks of the stream,
followed by several villagers with
baskets of sessanum and paddy mixed
I together. Then the tliuggi called “I.ft.v,
! lay, lay, lay,” for u few moments,
"'bon. lo ami behold, a large herd of
ngatwe, or big. short, flatfish fish.
! Mlu,e ”» “ ur f «* 1111,1 were
; b r ; ltu 'iU.. ted l>., t..e but mans.
1 hc bsh '•.'ere amazingly tame and
| tolerated by being There stroked and all petted about
even me. were in
srsaras
htt, f l !° Pt loug ’ tho lll,vt ‘ r °"*‘ s llilvl,ls
a * ,rt * nt U,e *?? ot u,wut thMy
?*’ lhl ’- v " oubl «« «w«y and come
bacli whenever they were called.
d'lie villagers told me—and I moo no
reason to doubt what they say that
these same lisli eome up against the
monsoon llood at the end of .Iuue and
awa * v about October every yuar.
Tlu '- V <,lul 1< ‘ < ' <>Kllii!0 ll " ,ivi ' ,1,1 ‘ 1 lisb b v
-
“mrUs, nears, etc., which they pointed
0111 b) me.
The Mon is nearly dry in the cold
and end of the hot weather, and the
fact that these tish return to tin's one
village landing stage every any'other veer reg- 'is
nlariy and never go to
quite worthy oi‘ remark. A villager
who kills any of them lias to undergo
u penalty of 10 shillings by .-01111,.on
zr; taken r of ?r them, ™ 18 ui
1,10 »B«twv of upper Burma is a
very short, thick flak, tapering rapidly
from liehlnd the gills to the tail, has
long feelers on both upper and lower
lip and lias 110 noticeable teeth, Tie
makes very good eating and lias but
few bones. I have often heard of tame
lisli in tanks, but a herd of tamo fish
in a monsoon river connected with tho
great Ira wadi is 1, very bizarre phe¬
nomenon.-. Burma Cor. London f ield.
ATTACKED BY A HERON.
Boy Tries to Cnistnre (lie Illril and
Nearly I.osoh WIn Fife,
“I’ve hunted everything from gray
squirrels to grizzlies,” said a veteran
Philadelphia sportsman to a writer in
the New York Times, “and the nearest
I ever came to being seriously injured
by any sort of game was one time
when a wounded bird attacked and
tried to Uiil me,
“1 was a boy then and went down to
a creek that flowed through my father’s
farm to watch for a mink. It was early
in the evening and a blue heron came
and sat within tempting gunshot. 1
knew It would spoil my chances at
mink to shoot the bird, and I didn’t in¬
tend to do it, but, kidlike, I raised the
gun and took aim just to see how 1
could kill it if I would. 1 lowered tlie
gun and then raised it again, livery
time 1 raised it I would touch the nig¬
ger gently. After awhile l touched it
too laird, the gun went off and 1 start¬
ed toward tlie heron, which was wound
ed.
“I thought it would bu a good scheme
tu catch tlie bird ami started to do so
wlicii its bill slu t out like a sledge
hammer and struck me between the
eyes. When 1 came to my senses, it
was dark, and it was several minutes
longer before 1 could remember where
I was or what had happened. A little
harder ninl tlie bird would have killed
me. I slnidder even yet when 1 tliiuk
what would have been the result if the
bill had struck one of my eyes.”
Tl»o Aunkcninj;.
The meanest man on earth has just
been located. His mind had been wan¬
dering with fever for three weeks, and
when be came back to Ids senses and
opened liis eyes lie saw a fair face un¬
der a white cap bending over liis pil¬
low :
“Who—who-are you?” he gasped.
“I'm the trained nurse.”
"The trained nurse! Oh, good Lord!
And liow 111 del) am 1 paying yon'/”
She told him, and he turned Ills bead,
groaning in the soreness of liis afflic¬
tion. A.few moments Inter, though, liis
face lit up with a flash of hope. “But
I’m back in my right mind now,
ain't IV”
“Why, yes: I think you are.”
“All right, then,” with tierce exulta¬
tion. "I give you notice for tonight!”—
New York Commercial Advertiser.
Origin of Our Secret Service.
The United Stales secret service had
its origin in the early sixties under the
auspices of the war department. It ac¬
tually grCw out of the fact of Captain
Lafayette F. Baker of tlie Union army
offering ids services to Secretary Sew¬
ard ns a p lice scout to gather informa¬
tion concerning tin; Confederate army.
During the war the United States be¬
gan the issuance of greenbacks. Them
came the first appearance of “green
goods” men. By an act of congress In
1S111 or lXt',2 $10,0110 was appropriated
for tlie maintenance of Baker’s service
to suppress counterfeiting. The super¬
vision of the service was then under
the s licitor of the treasury. — New
York Tribune.
In tlie Stmlio.
“Your work bears the closest kind of
inspection.” remarked the girl with the
dimple. “What infinite pains you must
j take with it!"
‘TcrhnjM.” replied the arilst; “but.
do you know. I enjoy the pains/'
j "Then." slie rejoined, with a bright
smile, “you. too, pursue art for art’s
neiie."—Chicago Tribune.
X Com|u*omIsts J
Borrougha— Say. old man, lend me
till the first of tlu* month, will you?
Markley— Well — er — I'll compromise
with you. I'll lend you $1 till tho 20 th.
—Philadelphia Press.
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