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outfit, pay to cents or more a pound, or not get in at all. “There are about two hundred men hare and forty tents. Probably three or four boats are getting away every day, with from two to live passengers. There is one saw mill here, w ith a capacity of a thousand feet a day, and it has all the orders it can till in three weeks. Lumber is SSOO a thousand and rising. A great many whipsaw their lumber, two men turning out about a hundred feet e day. A boat carrying three men sells for $250 to S4OO, according to the purse of the purchaser. Wages of earpen.ters are $12.50 a day and board. Everything is high in price, when you get it at all. Whisky is 50 cents a drink and $5 a bottle, and poor stuff at that. Alcohol is worth S4O a gallon. It makes ten gallons of Lake Linderman whisky. EVERY MAN FOR HIMSELF. “Meals cannot be bad for money, as every one is holding on to his provisions. I never saw so much selfishness anywhere as is displayed on this trail. You pass a hundred people without receiving a respense to your respectful "good morning,” and soon learn to keep your mouth shut. There are so many on -the trail that it is like walking along the street of a city—the individual is lost in the passing throng and you are recognized only by acquaintances. If you ask for food, in nine cases out of ten It will be refused. "I have made arrangements to go down the river with a friend who has made the trip before. He expects to be ready to start in four or five days and to make the trip in seven days. I am patiently awaiting the arrival of my outfit, but do not mucn expect it until the weather improves. “8 p. m.—A packer has Just arrived from Sheep Camp who says he passed my outfit on tne road and that it will probably reach here to-night, the weather having improved on the divide. As I have an opportunity to send mail by nim I close this letter with the explanation that it has been written under great mental stress and physical suffering. I have tried 4 to give you a fair idea of the hardships of this journey, but feel my incapacity to paint its terrors. It is out of my line. 1 will simply say that no one who has written on the subject has overstated its difficulties. A man who got In to-day over the Skaguay trail snys it is worse than the others. He counted 172 dead horses along the trail and several men have met with serious accidents, such as a broken leg, sprained ankle, etc. Several deaths from drowning have occurred on both trails, the switt current carrying packers down stream and their packs rendering them helpless. “Some movement ought to be made at once for the relief of tne suffering which is bound to occur at Dyea and Skaguay. Every steamship that has brought people up will have all it can do for at least two trips carrying the unsuccessful people back to civilization; and there ought to be some way to force them to perform the service without compensation.” SOLVING THE FOOD PROBLEM. Steam Sled* May He Used on the Yukon River This Winter. WASHINGTON, Sept. 18.-Secretary Alger Is now engaged in attempting to solve the question of how to get supplies into the Klondike gold re gions and thereby prevent the threatened starvation of many miners. The great Yukon river, which has formed the main reliance of the miners as a means of getting their supplies up to Dawson, is, without doubt, already closed to navigation by boats, and the mountain passes via Chilcat are almost impassible. The problem, therefore, is a hard one, and has taxed the best thought not only of Secretary Alger, but of his brother Cabinet officers and of the President, for it has been anxiously discussed In the councils of the administration. Now, however, it is believed by the secretary that means of a novel character of transportation for supplies Into the gold country may be provided, even in the midst of an Alaskan winter. He has opened a correspondence indirectly with a Chicago inventor who makes a locomotive sled, designed originally for use in logging camps, but which it is hoped may be readily adapted to the navigation of the Yukon when it is frozen thickly. With a few r of these machines placed on the river it is hoped that a sufficient supply of food and other necessary stores may be carried up the Yukon to relieve all distress among the miners. The secretary has already had some experience with this kind of locomotive, so that the scheme is not so radical an experiment as it would at first thought seem to be. When engaged in lumbering In the Northwest he tried the engine practically, and found that it was capable of pulling many tons of logs on sleds at a good speed, even as high as twelve miles an hour. The engine is boxed in like a freight car and the engineer and fireman thereby protected from the rigors of the winter. To-day Secretary Alger telegraphed to Mr. Weare, president of the Aiaskan Transportation Company', at Chicago, to see the inventor of this apparatus and then to come to Washington to talk over the possibilities of the scheme with him. Mr. Weare will do so, and is expected here to-morrow. A telegram was also sent to Joseph Ladue, the founder of Dawson City, and supposed to be now at Plattsburg, N. Y., inviting him to come here to consult with Secretary Alger on this subject and give him the benfit of his practical knowledge of the Yukon region, and tell how the engines may be supplied with fuel on the run up the river. Word came to the War Department late this afternoon that the transportation company had chartered the steamer Humboldt to start from Seattle to St. Michael's as soon as possible. Gold In New Mexico. WASHINGTON, Sept. 18.—The secretary of the interior has received the annual report of Hon. M. A. Otero, Governor of New Mexico. The Governor sj>“ the population of the Territory has In..eased by 100,000 since the census of 1800 and adds that it is capable of supporting 5,000,000 people. The Governor calls attention to the fact that New Mexico is a gold-bearing country, and says that within the past few years there has been a great renewal of activity in the mines. “Several districts have,” he says, “been discovered and newly found placer beds worked by men who have taken out thousands upon thousands of dollars,” and he adds: “Information which is reliable from gold camps throughout the territory strengthens the hopethatNew Mexico will soon reap the benefit of a genuine mining boom. Never has there been such interest since the advent of railroads in the mineral development of the Territory, especially near the Colorado line.” May Huild Routs for the Klondike. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. JEFFERSONVILLE, Ind., Sept. 18.— Merchants who expect to reap a rich harvest from the gold seekers of Alaska havV written to and called on Captain Ed Howard. proprietor of the famous shipyards located here, to secure an estimate on several stVel hull boats to be used in the Klondike river. Captain Howard has built a number of such boats for the Central American waters, and the merchants arc very anxious to secure him to build the steamers. They reside in Indianapolis. Chicago. St. Louis and some of the Eastern cities, but under no circumstances will they allow their names to be divulged. Rich Finds Exaggerated. SAN FRANCISCO. Sept. 18.—George Madeira, the well-known mining expert, who has been making a careful examination of the Coffee creek district in Trinity county, has sent a report to Secretary Durden, of the state mining bureau, lie says that the value of the recent finds in that section have been greatly exaggerated, uotd can be panned out iroin the surface dirt omv in small quantities, paying from 5 to £5 cents to a pan. Any strikes that may be made there in the future will accrue to the benefit only of those having plenty of capital with which to buy machinery and properly work claims. No More Passengers. SAN FRANCISCO. Sept. 18.-The steamers Excelsior and President, now taking out freight for the Klondike, will not carry passengers. Each will take several barges for use on the Y’ukon during the coming season. Judge Kilgore Critically Hi. ARDMORE. I. TANARUS., Sept. 18.—C. H. Kilgore. United States judge of this district and ex-congressman from Texas, is critically ill here. The attending physicians have given up all hope of his leeovery, but think that he may live a week, possibly a month, but that death is likel> to occur any hour. Judge Kilgore Is suffering from cirrhosis. Your telephone will soon become a member of your family. You can go to it with all your w’oes and Joys and secrets, and after all is said and done, it is hb silent as the grave, and can be secured from the Central Union Telephone Com puny at 4, 5 and 7 cents a day.

BIG OIL EXCITEMENT ♦ ANOTHER GOOD FLOWING WELL STRUCK IN THE PERU DISTRICT. a Tomato Peeler* Get Up a Unique Strike at Tipton—Goltlet Maker* Get an Increase. a Special to the Indianapolis Journal. PERU, Ind., Sept. 18.—The fifth big well in the Peru oil field was drilled in to-night by the Bearse Company on its land. Trenton rock was struck at a depth of 870 feet, and in a short time the well began to show indications of a strong flow. Oil men say it will make more than 200 barrels a day. This last well is a half mile east of the other producing well and demonstrates that the Peru field is something more than a mere pocket. There is more excitement in Peru to-night than at any time since the oil was first struck. At least six new wells wiil be completed during the next week, some of them being far enough away from the first wells to test the size of the field. Latent Oil Gonnip. bpecial to the Indianapolis Joirnal. MONTPELIER, Ind., Sept. 18.—At Denver, six miles northeast of Peru, a local company has been organized, and now have a well drilling,with hopes of striking it as rich as did the pioneers in the Peru field. The Broad Ripple field has not witnessed such a rush of work as Peru, but the original well, drilled over a month ago, is still doing fifty barrels or better per day, and has been the means of a little activity the last few days. McKnight & Cos., who own the first well, have another one drilling south of their No. 1 Hessong, on the northwest corner of the Sol Claypool farm, in Section 2. Washington township, Marion county, and in what is termed the Indianapolis oil field. The Ohio Oil Company has hauled in timbers for a well on the T. Hessong farm, adjoining the Claypool on the west and four hundred feet south of the McKnight producer. The same company is building a rig for another test well on the Catherine Hamlin farm, one and a half miles south of the other wells, and are also preparing to dean out an old gas well one thousand feet northwest of the pumping well on the M. Hessong farm, with the view of pumping it long enough to give it a good test. Taken altogether, the prospects for the Indianapolis fields are brighter now than at any time since oil was discovered in the State, and it will not be surprising if some of the best territory ever opened up in the State is found right under the doors of the city of Indianapolis, which is destined to become the headquarters for Indiana oil. MAYBE HARRISON WROTE IT. More Speculation on the Mynterioti* “Life of Napoleon.*’ Special to the Indianapolis Journal. GREENCASTLE, Ind., Sept. 18.—The agitation of the question as to who is the author of the life of Napoleon published in 1816, by Patrick & Booth, of Salem, brings out a coincidence that is interesting, as it bears on the family of Napoleon. On July 4, 18%, the women of Salem took charge of the Republican Leader, of that city, and issued a patriotic edition. In the historical part of the paper, w T hich was in charge of Mrs. Anna W. Rhetts, under the title of “A Bit of Romance,” is found the following: “Christopher Harrison, the first lieutenant governor of Indiana, was one of Saiem’s earliest citizens. His story is a sad one. Eariv in the present century be became engaged to Miss Elizabeth Patterson, of Baltimore. W hile he was in England on business for his prospective father-in-law, Jerome Bonaparte entered the New York harbor in command of a French frigate. This was in 1803. Later, at the home of Samuel Close, of Baltimore, one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence, he was introduced to Miss Patterson. Though not yet eighteen, she was a reigning belle, beautiful, witty and accomplished. An immediate and ardent attachment sprang up between them. In spite of the warnings of her friends and tne remonstrances of her lather, she married Jerome Bonaparte on Christmas eve, 1803, declaring that she would rather be the wife of Jerome Bonaparte for one hour than the wife of any other man for life. With such sorrow in his breast Christopher Harrison came to the Territory of Indiana and located at Salem. He built the first brick house ever erected in Salem, on Lot 11, now known as Sinclair’s corner. Here he spent several years of his lonely life. Aunt Becky, a co.ored woman, went in occasionally and tidied up his house, and he took his meals out. He is described as a man of much polish of manner, a briiliant talker and of warm frienuships—though he was subject to moods and fits of depression, when for days at a time he would retuse to talk to his best friends. Think of the contrast! To-day a great commercial enterprise marks the site, and thousands of hurrying feet tread the sacred spot where Chxdstopher Harrison sat silent and alone, living the life almost of a recluse, because of the great sorrow which had come to his heart without bringing peace to hers. For it may be a pardonable digression to state that the great Napoleon refused to recognize the marriage of his brother. He immediately directed that Jerome should return to France by the first frigate, or he would be regarded as a deserter, neither should he bring his wife with him. Jerome was frightened. He delayed his departure until March 11, 1805. He and his wife arrived at Lisbon, April 2, but she w T as not permitted to land. Jerome hastened to Paris, hoping by a personal interview to soften his brother, but Napoleon was obdurate, and he never returned. After trying in vain to land at other ports, Mme. Bonaparte sailed for England. A son was born July 7, 1805, and two months later she returned to Baltimore. She lived to extreme age.” It is not known whether Christopher Harrison had any connection with the “Life of Napoleon” issued in 1816, but the coincidence above mentioned shows how his fate was intermingled with that of the Bonaparte family. A private letter to a man in (his city from Mr. A1 G. Patrick, of Oskaloosa, Kan., says that the authorship of the “Life of Napoleon” is attributed by some to General De Pauw and by others to Lehmanowsky. Mr. Patrick is editor of the Oskaloosa Times, and is a son of Ebenezer Patrick, the Salem printer, who, With Beebee Booth, published the Tocsin and printed the book which is now a literary mystery. + TOMATO PEELERS’ STRIKE. Martz Canning Factory Tied Up for a Short Time Only. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. TIPTON, Ind., Sept. 18.—This morning two hundred tomato peelers at the Martz canning factory went on strike, and there has been considerable excitement ali day. There was a disposition on the part of the peelers to be a little ugly, and those who refused to join the strike were forced out and guards placed at the doors to prevent any one entering or attempting to work. The proprietor of the factory was paying $1 for thirty-three buckets, while the strikers are demanding twenty-five buckets for a dollar. This afternoon a compromise was effected on twenty-nine buckets and the whole force went to work after giving three cheers. Peelers are made up of boys, women and girls, and they make an average of a dollar a day. About 125 tons of tomatoes are coming in every day and the season has but fairly begun. Death of Captain Jones. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. PRINCETON. Ind., Sept. 18.—Captair. William Jones, aged sixty-two years, of Dale, Ind., died this evening at the residence. of his son-in-law, Rev. G. D. Wolfe, this city. Captain Jones was well known throughout southern Indiana. He was captain of Company H. Twenty-fifth Indiana, and served gallantly three years in the war of the rebellion, was a member of the Masonic order and the G. *A. R. He was at one rime postmaster of Dale, Ind., and was an unflinching Republican in politics. He leaves a* wife, three sons and two daughters. lit* Color Changing;. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. HARTFORD CITY. Ind.. Sept. 18.—Isaac Johnson, the colored barber who was so frightfully injured and hurned in the Dundee gas explosion, is now recovering and undergoing a remarkable metamorphosis. His black skin has peeled off his face and it is now almost white. Advance for Goblet Maher*. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. KOKOMO, Ind., Sept. 18.—The Indiana Goblet and Tumbler Glass Company, of Greentown, has voluntarily increased its wage scale. The eighty boys that heretofore received GO cents and 75 cents per day now

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get 75 cents and $1 for the same work. There has been no advance in the skilled department for the reason that there had been no reduction, the factory having maintained the high scale through the four years of depression. The factory has not stopped since starting six years ago. Three hundred men are employed and one hundred boys. Dr, Stout** Trial To-Morrow. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. COVINGTON. Ind., Sept. IS.—The trial of Dr. Stout for alleged complicity in the Grace McClamrock case, for which Philip Hauk is now serving a five years’ sentence in the Northern Penitentiary, has at last been set on the docket to take place at Rockville on Sept. 20. Dr. Stout’s attorneys are Crane & Anderson, of Crawfordsville; Charles McCalec, of this city, and four Rockville lawyers. The state, besides the prosecutor, has Thomas & Whittington of Crawfordsville. It is expected the trial will last a week or longer. Hearing Postponed. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. NEW ALBANY, Ind., Sopt. 18.—W. W. Wayts and C. L. Coots, charged with Impersonating United States officers for the purpose cf forcing the sale of patent mail boxes. Were before United States Commissioner Harrison this afternoon. After a consultation between Deputy District Attorney La Follette and C. D. Kelso, attorney for the defendants, it was agreed to postpone the hearing until Oct. 18 and the men were released on their own recognizance until that date. Ha* Two Year* to Serve. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. JEFFERSONVILLE, Ind., Sept. 18.—Col. A. G. Robinson, assistant quartermaster g’eneral, in command of the United States depot at this place, stated to-day that he did not believe the report published in the morning papers to the effect that he was to be retired compulsorily, was authentic. He has two years yet to serve before he reaches the age of retirement. He said that to retire him now would be very unusual. Xenl Succeed* Judge Stepliennon. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. NOBLES VILLE, Ind., Sept. 18.—On Wednesday of this week Judge R. R. Stephenson tendered to Governor Mount his resignation as judge of the Hamilton Circuit Court, to take effect to-day. His term would have expired Oct. 19. To-day Judge-elect John F. Neal received his commission to fill out the vacancy and on Monday morning will take the oath of office and occupy the bench. Removed tlie Assignee. ( Special to the Indianapolis Journal. RICHMOND, Ind., Sept. 18.—Judge Henry C. Fox, of the Wayne Circuit Court, today granted the petition of the First National Bank, the Indianapolis Foundry Company and the National Malleable Iron and Casting Company, of Indianapolis, for the removal of Jesse H. Brooks, assignee of the Champion Manufacturing Company. The petitioners were the chief creditors of the company. Still on Strike. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. ELWOOD, Ind., Sept. 18.—The striking cutters and flatteners at the Elwood window glass factory are still out and are pushing their fight for what they claim is an equalization of wages. The factory is now running at its fullest capacity and the strikers have been replaced by cutters and flatteners of the new union formed of men who formerly belonged to L. A. 300. but not to the Cutters’ and F.atteners’ Union. Will Edit and Preach. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. VALPARAISO. Ind., Sept. 18.—Rev. J. C. Mayne, of Iberia, 0., to-day purchased the Hebron Leader and Kouts Banner, and will next week take charge. Rev. Mayne is at present editor of a Presbyterian church paper at Iberia, which he will remove to Hebron and edit from there. He has also accepted a call to the Presbyterian Church at Hebron. E. A. Burkett, who sold out, will start a paper in southern Indiana. Jay County Soldier*’ Reunion. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. PORTLAND, Ind., Sept. 18.—The ex-sol-diers and ex-sailors of Jay county held their annual reunion here to-day in the courthouse park, but the addresses were delivered this afternoon in the Auditorium. The most prominent speakers were Department Commander Dodge and Hon. A. O. Marsh, of Winchester. Levi Gilpin is president of the county association and John W. Headington secretary. Gas City Municipal Project. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. GAS CITY, Ind., Sept. 18.—The Council of this city is considering the proposition for water works and electric light. A special meeting will be held Monday night, at which some definite action will be taken. It is almost an assured fact that one or both plants will be put in this fall. There is a great lack of dwellings in the city to be rented, which indicates a good opening for investors. Scattered tlie Remains. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. REDKEY, Ind., Sept. 18.—Last night a passenger train on the Panhandle, eastbound, due here at 7:05, ran down and killed Theodore Brumbaugh, aged fifty-seven, at the Main-strfet crossing, cutting him all to pieces and scattering pieces of flesh for a quarter of a mile. This crossing seems to be dangerous. This is the third victim in a short time. Eurlliam Football Schedule. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. RICHMOND, Ind., Sept. 18.—A meeting of Eariham students was held yesterday in the interest of the football team. The schedule is as follows: Sept. 25, Winchester at Eariham; Oct. 9, at Dayton; Oct. 23, at Winchester; Oct. 30, at Indianapolis; Nov. 6, at Miami; Nov. 13, Dayton Y. M. C. A.; Thanksgiving gumd* with Miami, at Eariham. Inhaled Futal Well “Dumps.” Special to the Indianapolis Journal. PRINCETON, Ind., Sept. IS.—William Liab, aged nineteen, died to-night from the effects of inhaling gas in a well, in which he was working. He went into the well too soon after a blast with dynamite. When brought to the surface he was bleeding profusely at the mouth and nose. The dead hoy is the son of Louis Liab, a well-to-do farmer. , Explosion nt Pumping Station. Special to .he Indianapolis Journal. PORTLAND. Ind., Sept. 18.—Word reached here late this evening that a serious explosion of natural gas had just occurred at pumping station No. 60, twelve miles north of here. Nothing is known other than that it did considerable damage and one man was fatally burned, his eyes being out. Suicide with Morphine. Special to tlie Indianapolis Journal. KOKOMO, Ind., Sept. IS.— Charles Enright, a Clover Leaf bridge carpenter, who was badly crushed by a fall several months ago, was found dead in his room to-day from morphine poisoning. In his hand was a letter saying it was deliberate suicide. Indianu Obituary. ALBANY. Ind.. Sept. 18. William Stephenson, a wealthy citizen of Findlay, died here suddenly tins morning of paralysis, aged seventy-four. Mr. Stephenson arrived here yesteraay to visit his two sons, A. L. and W. E. Stephenson, stockholders in the Model Flint-glass Company. He became ill at 8 p. m., dying this morning. The remains were taken to Findlay. CAW FORDS VILLE, Ind.. Sept. 18.—Mrs. Elizabeth Binford died last night, after an illness of a few days. She was born at Vincennes Feb. 9, 1813. She came to this city in 1822 with an uncle. Major Whillork, and married Wiliiam Binford on June 26, 1833. Two of her four sons are living—A. W. Binford. of this city, and E. J. Binlord, of Denver, Col. Indiana Note*. The Clymer family held a big reunion at Elwood, Saturday, at the home of Daniel Clymer, relatives being present from Indiana, Ohio, Illinois and Kentucky. Over four lundred people were present. . The annual reunion of the Fifty-second Indiana Regiment, Colonel E. H. Wolfe commanding, will be held at Rushvilie Sept. 28. This regiment was organized at Camp Rush and they meet this year on their first camp ground. “Sir” 11. XV. Cooper Indicted. SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 18.—The selfstyled “Sir” Harry W stwood Cooper of Australia. Chicago and Ontario, has been indicted by the grand jury for the alleged passing of a forged draft on the CrockerWoolworth National Bank. The draft on which the indictment was based was for £l4O drawn on a bank in Quebec in favor of Cooper by the Bank of New South Wales.

GENUINE NEGRO DIALECT POINTS OF DIFFERENCE BETWEEN IT AND THE SPURIOUS ARTICLE. ■ Common Errors of XVrlters XX'ho Undertake to Reproduce It—Not to Be Caught on Carnal Hen ring. * Letter in New York Evening Post. An article reproduced, in part, from Macmillan’s Magazine, in the Evening Post of June 19, on “The Abuse of Dialect,” should serve to call attention to the growing abuse of negro dialect in American literature, and at least check tho output of the very inferior sort that is gravely served up to the public by undiscriminating publishers. For the public, which is very kind to the publishers and very willing to take thoir word for anything offered, deserves better treatment in return. This question of negro dialect is not one that should be discussed flippantly. In France they would appoint a commission of savants to deal with it with phonographs. I cannot remember when I became familiar with the Southern negro dialect. I do not mean familiar enough to write or even repeat it, but so familiar with it that there was nothing strange about the sound of it to my ears. Reared on an old Southern plantation, where there were hundreds of negroes, not one of whom made any pretense to book-learning, or spoke any other than the broadest of dialects, I do not suppose it ever occurred to me that there w’as any difference between it and the language of my father’s fireside until, when I was a lad of twelve, he began to read to me, month by month as they came out, Mr. Joel Chandler Harris’s “Uncle Remus’s” tales in Scribners. And then even the difference did not strike me with any peculiar force. Neither the pronunciation nor the construction jarred on me in the least. “Uncle Remus” was simply another Uncle Reuben and “Maum” Liza, whose old-fashioned dialect it never occurred to me was other than the purest English—though I was careful never to copy it. After the appearance of the first “Rainy Days with Uncle Remus,” there was an interval of some years in my life, filled up for the most part with Latin verbs and mathematical enormities, during which I lost the run of negro dialect literature, until I returned to tne old plantation and began to make discoveries. There were negroes with me at least half of the time. In the fields they worked under me and in the house they waited upon me, and all the time that they were near me there was a steady flow of Afro-American dialect. Some books and periodicals containing the negro dialect of commerce coming my way, I began to read it and compare it with the genuine article, always at my command. This was but a natural beginning of a course of study and observation, and thousands of notes were the results. NOT TO BE LAUGHED AT. I shall never forget the first shock that this fad for dialect-gathering gave me. l have received several since. A young man, an Englishman, very red in the face and very much of a “tenderfoot,” came to spend the winter with my family and brought along a number of yellow-backed books, -among which there was a copy of Mr. H. Clavering Gunthers “Florida Enchantment.” He lent it to me and I read it—which I have ever since regretted—and then he read it himself and guffawed at some paragraphs of alleged negro dialect until I wanted to throw him out of a window. But it gave me some comfort to know- that he afforded the darkies about as much amusement as they did him, and with a great deal more reason. 1 remember two who cultivated his accent—which left little to be desired—until a fog began, to gather every time they met and passed the time of day. The idea of this Britisher regarding my pet dialect as a something to be laughed at disgusted me. But it opened my eyes at the same time to the fact that the whole w f orld was beginning to regard it in the same way, and that Mr. Harris, who understands the pathos and the poetry of it as well as any man alive, was not taking it as seriously as he should, but using it as a sort of motley to make the great unthinking world laugh. But it was not my purpose in beginning this article to lecture any one as to how this dialect should be employed. Tiffs would simply be wasting time. My sola purpose was to call attention to the class of stuff that the readers of the North accept with all seriousness as negro dialect and to point out some of the glaring errors that a long and intimate acquaintance with the original enables me to detect. I find the first note made in my long list of comparisons to be based upon the mistake of an amateur in handling negro character. A federal soldier, in detailing his experience in escaping frVm the Florence, S. C., prison, claims to have been told by a young negro girl, in the presence of her mother, that she was “always glad to do anything fur one ’er Mr. Lincum's solgers.” A young negro girl, living on a backwoods plantation, would have said nothing of the kind. The chances are ten to one that the appearance of a “Yankee” would have thrown her into a panic. Negroes on out-of-the way South Carol na ptantat ons k tew nothing about the emancipation feature of the war, and shared the horror of their owners for “Yankees,” who, in many instances, they pictured as a dreadful race, half men and half dragons, who, for all they knew, might be cannibals as well. But this aspect of the case aside, such a thing as an ignorant little negro girl making use of such a speech as that in the presence of her parents, much less of a stranger, is ridiculous. 1 have seen a great many little negro girls in my life, and have universally observed that the instant I appeared on the scene they became a prey to diffidence, nardly daring to answer any simple question put them above a whisper. If their parents, or either of them, happened to be present, it was simply impossible to get anything more intelligible than a grin and a simper out of them. THOMPSON CRITICISED. I find notes on a novel published in 1881 and written by Mr. Maurice Thompson, called ‘‘A Tallahassee Girl,” which struck me as furnishing some pretty good examples of the kind of negro dialect that set me to thinking. Somewhere in the book he makes an old colored woman say of a wedding, “De ceremony’s ’bout ter begin.” I thought that very good. But the chances are that she said, “Hit’s ’bout ter begin.” No people have the faculty of putting things shorter than the plantation negroes of the South. The town negro gets an inkling of such words as "ceremony” and usas them in place and out of place, but the oldfashioned country darky makes “hit” serve for everything from the day of judgment to the rheumatism. 1 met an old fellow on the morning after the great earthquake of iao and he asked, "Hit skeer you las’ night, boss?” Mr. Thompson charges another of his characters, an o-d negro man in whose cabin a young traveler is nursed through a serious illness, .with saying, "Jis so, if we kin help 'im git well and sen’ ’im 'long bout his natural business, same like udder folks, we ’es done our duty ez Christians.” I hardly know how' to dial with this sentence. It is so utterly foreign to anything an old negro would say that I cannot begin to say what it should have been or how such an idea would have been expns.-ed. I don't think a genuine old darky would have undertaken even to express such an idea. There is a great deal of character in negro dialect, and a writer who puts false sentiment into a negro’s mouth displays a woful ignorance df it. Negroes—that is, plain, old-fashioned negroes—are not given to uttering high-sounding speeches of this kind. The Indian may have done it, but It is not in the negro's fine. In the same book a daughter of the misrepresented old darky spiuks of “euilud young ladies." A town negro might talk that way, but a plantation negro would laugh at her. The chances are that this young person said, "Er black gai,” or, maybe, as they are not much given to the use of adjectives, “Er gal.” It is just as much a mistake to put such talk into the mouth of a young plantation negro as it was for Mr. Gunter to make a colored lady’s maid, in Lis “Florida Enchantment,” say “Golly.’ •or of all the affected, wordmincing people on oartn, the lady’s-maid class of negro girls is the champion. The airs and graces of their mistresses magnified a thousand times make them at once the sport and the envy ot their acquaintances. Few of them speak above a whisper. and ail affect an air of languid mod“OUTDACIOUS” IS BAD. I find several other comments upon Mr. Thompson’s book among my notes, but the last strikes me as be-ing very pretty. The same young person who is represented as speaking of "cullud young ladies” says of a white man, in the presence of her parents. “He is outdacious pootty.” I cannot imagine any other combination of three words with which as many faults can be found. Negro girls do not talk in that free

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and gushing: way to their parents, particularly of white men. Such an outbreak would have brought either a stern "Shet yo' mouf, gal,” or a well-delivered slap that would have discouraged anything of the kind in future. Then, that word “outdacious” is one that cannot be handled too carefully by negro dialect amateurs. It may be used sometimes, but I cannot remember ever having heard it come from the lips of a negro. The same remark applies to the adjective "powerful.” I have no idea how many times the word has been dragged in where it should never have been used. It is a mistake to suppose that negroes burden their conversation with comparatives and superlatives, anyway. For instance, instead of one hearing "DaCs powerful scanlus,” he would hear, “Da.t’s scanlus.” They are expert at accents, and that Is one of the reasons why a. stenographic report of what a negro says shows up so pooriy. It is also a reason why an amateur makes such a pitiful failure when he tries to write it. Mr. Julian Halpli took a trip through “Dixie” a few years ago, and wrote a number of charming articles for Harper’s Magazine, all of which have since appeared in book form. In some of these articles Mr. Kaiph gives snatches of negro conversation .more by way of adding local color than anything else; for he makes no pretense, of course, to being a dialect writer. But he is a weil-trained newspaper man and a close observer, and his mistakes show how hard it is for one not horn and bred to the dialect to grapple with its subtle shades and half-shades. Mr. Ralph makes a negro barber say, ‘Ef I doan’ hab no stool,” He should have made him say, "Es I ain’ got. no stool,” and the words "ain’’ and "got” should be elid.d and pronounced almost as though it w r as “aingot.” . . And then he makes this same negro barber say, "Es I got reduced so I had to do manual labor, Id go to stealin’ ’fo’ I'd bo a rooster” (roustabout.) An old-time darky of the “Uncle Remus” type would have probably said, “Es 1 got so I ha’ ter wuk wid my han’s,” etc. SOME GOOD PHRASES. There appeared a few years ago a novel of the "raw-head and bloody-bones” type, by Mr. Louis Pendleton, called "Bewitched,” which, while it has little else to recommend It, contains some really excellent negro dialect. I made some notes of suntences that struck me as being exact. The first was, "Dah ’oman plum crazy, you see ’er so.” I have heard that expression a thousand times. Put decided stress on "crazy,” and pronounce the last four w*ords with a falling inflection, and you have it to perfection. “Uncle Remus” couid not have done,better. The expression “you sev er so,” or “you see me so," means nothing whatever, and is a sort ot gratuitous nyuic of speech, like the "and, fellow-citizens” part of a stump speakers preamble. Tney have a word, “lagniappe” (pronounced laiiiiyap), down in Mew Orleans that would describe it exactly, as something thrown in tor good measure. Negroes of ail classes use it. It rounds out the most ordinary sentence so neatly. You meet an old "mauma” on the street on a warm day, and asa her how she feels, and ten to one she will reply, “I’z hot. boss, you set* me so.” ' But Mr. Livingston is by no means infallible. He writes "ain’t” where he should wine ‘a-i-n” and "won’t” wh< n it would be better to write "w-o-a-n.” St.li worse, he makes a negro say, "Nice gal for true,” when he would most probably say, “Sho'er nice gal,” and he employs an awkwaru construction, " ’Gatur dun been nab you ’fo’ you git half way,” when he should have put it, “ ’Gatur nab you To’ you git half way.” The tendency to make sentences complicated should be carefully avo.ded in writing negro dialect. Depend upon it, whenever a sentence strikes a reader as being complicated and awkward it is not true to nature—that is, if it is supposed to come from the lips of an old-ume plantation darky. There is much more that could be said about negro dialect, but 1 think 1 have succeeded in pointing out a few of the mo t glaring defects, and that was rny intention. Those who really wish to be able to distinguish the true from the false, however, had bettea* read the "Uncle Remus” tales and follow them up with some of Mr. Thomas Nelson Page’s. GLADSTONE IN DEBATE. Some of the Peculiarities of the “Grand Old Man.” Harry Furniss, the artist of London Punch, wp.ose caricatures of Gladstone are so well known in America, has written and illustrated a paper for the September Century on "Glimpses of Gladstone.” Mr. Furniss says: “I noticed that he always appeared to be very anxious and restless before rising to make a speech. His first, movement upon such an occasion was to arrange his carefully prepared notes upon the box in front of him; then, taking from his pocket the historical pomatum pot, which contained, I believe, a mixture of egg-flip and honey—a recipe of Sir William Clarke’s—he would place it out of view on the edge of the table by the side of the box. Then he would sit, placing both hands upon his knees with his face firmly set. and with his hawk-like eyes fixed upon the speaker, waiting for the signal to spring to his feet. Once up, he seemed composed enough, playing with the notes in front of him and arranging and rearranging them. Then, leaning forward and laying his hand upon the box, he would begin slowly, latterly with a husky voice. When the graceful Introduction with which he prefaced his remarks was over, there would come an ominous tug at the wristbands, followed by an easing of his collar with one finger, a step back, a flash from those passionate eyes, and then—but let others describe his speeches. "A* an artist, accustomed perhaps to use my eyes more than my ears, I concent myself here with noting down certain personal traits—such, for instance, as that. whan the

great orator paused to consider a difficult point., he was wont to scratch the top of his head with the wrist of his left hand. When determined to drive an argument home to his listeners, he used to emphasize it by bringing down his ringed hand upon the box with a tremendous bane, of wh'rh *ntergetic action evidence remains in the shape of many telltale dents in the boxes. I have examined these evidences, anu it was interesting to find that the en'ergy of the orator was much greater when he was out of office than when he was in power, the box upon the opposition side being much more severely marked than its fellow in front of the government bench, notwithstanding the terrible thumping to which that receptacle was subjected during the memorable oration of Thursday, April 8, 1886. “Another habit peculiar to Mr. Gladstone during debate was that of turning around and addressing members behind him. Upon one occasion, in 1889, he turned to his younger supporters and gave them this notable advice: ‘I stand here as a member of the House, where there are many who have taken their seats for the first time upon these benches, and where there may be some to whom possibly I may avail myself of the privilege of old age to offer a recommendation. I would tell them of my own intention to keep rny counsel and reserve my own freedom until I see the occasion when there may be a prospect of public benefit in endeavoring to make a movement forward, and I will venture to recommend them to do the same’—holding up his hands like an old parliamentary prophet. "Upon great occasions in the House Mr. Gladstone’s dress was very noticeable. He was then spruce, in a black fre :k coat, light trousers and wearing a flower in his buttonhole. This generally indicated that a great speech was imminent. Whenever there was any excuse for wearing them. Mr. Gladstone had a partiality for gray clothes, which were not too fashionably cut; and once I remember that he caused some sensation by appearing in the House wearing a wedding favor. Something had evidently tickled his sense of humor upon the occasion, for he was ‘smiling all over’ as he came in, and when he sat down by Sir William Harcourt, to whom he related the joke, his merriment seemed to increase. Afterward he repeated it to Mr. Chamberlain and again to the speaker, finally quitting the House to tell it anew outside.” FAIR WEATHER TO-DAY. Cooler in Northern I’ortlon of Indiana and Northwesterly Winds. WASHINGTON, Sept. 18.—For Ohio, Indiana and Illinois—Fair; probably cooler in northern portions; northwesterly winds. Local Observations Saturday. Bar. Ther. R.H. Wind. Weather. Pre. 7a. m.. 30.14 51 71 North. Clear. 0.00 7p.m..29.95 71 35 S’west. Clear. 0.00 Maximum temperature, 75; minimum temperature. 45. Following is a comparative statement of the temperature and precipitation Sept. 18: Temp. Pre. Normal 66 .10 Mean 60 .00 Departure from normal —6 —.lO Departure since Sept. 1 *146 —l.Ol Departure since Jan. 1 —92 —l.lß •Plus. C. F. R. WAPPENHANS. Local Forecast Official. Yesterday’s Temperatures. Stations. 7a. m. Max. 7p. m. Cairo, 111 58 80 72 Cheyenne, Wyo 46 70 66 Chicago, 111 52 76 72 Concordia, Kan 52 86 76 Davenport, la 54 80 72 Des Moines, la 52 82 72 Dodge City, Kan 48 84 76 Kansas City, AIo 52 84 78 Little Rock, Ark 64 84 78 Memphis, Tenn 64 80 76 Nashville, Tenn 60 82 76 North Platte, Neb 42 80 74 Oklahoma, O. T 54 82 74 Omaha, Neb 54 84 74 Pittsburg, Pa 50 74 68 Rapid City, S. D 50 78 70 Salt Lake City, Utah ... 52 80 78 St. Louis, Mo 56 SO 76 Springfield, 111 52 76 70 Springfield, Mo 56 80 74 Vicksburg, Miss 70 86 78 Denim Gowns. Harper’s Bazar. Very smart and heavy are the denim gowns—quite too heavy and warm for midsummer wear, so that they are now appearing in all their first freshness. Denim is a material which, while not exactly pieasant to wear, possesses many advantages, particularly at the seashore, for it does not easily lose its stiffness, nor does it look rumpled and tumbled. Avery charming model of dark blue denim has tile skirt much narrower than has been the fashion for some time. The trimming consists of bands of white braid, which are put on around the skirt, beginning at the waist line in the back and extending half way down the skirt in front. The waist is something on the plan of a suilor blouse, with a very wide square collar. This collar is edged with a band of blue and white striped linen a linger width, and over the Joining of the linen and the denim is a hand of heavy white lace applique. The square collar in front tapers down into a very narrow revers to the waist line. There is a high vest piece of apple green talfeta silk laid in fine tucks and finished with a high band collar. Underneath the wide sailor collar is a triangular piece of black foulard silk and a bright green ribbon. The ends of the handkerchief and the ribbon are knotted together in a sailor kriQt and are left to hang loose. Avery narrow white leather belt Is worn, which scarcely shows under the folds of the Mouse. A bright red denim, which also Is effective, is trimmed with black braid, four rows of which outline each seam of the five-gored skirt. The waist Is tight fitting in the back, but in front has the usual blouse effect, and is trimmed with rows o*

black braid put on from shoulder to belt. A black satin collar and narrow black satin belt with steel buckle are the finishing touches of this smart gown. A pale green denim is made with no trimming whatever on the underskirt. The waist, a sailor blouse, has the usual sailor collar made of w r hite duck, but edged around with a pale green satin ribbon. In front, where the collar grows narrower, there is a wide bow of satin ribbon. The vest piece Is of white India silk tucked and pleated like a shirt front and finished with little stud buttons. The belt is a pale green leather with a gilt buckle. This costume is almost exaggeratedly plain, but the lines are so (rood that it is exceedingly smart. JOHN BINYAN. Some FnctH in the Life of the Famous Writer and Preacher. London Mall. Though there is no book in our language better known than the “Pilgrim’s Progress, ’ acquaintance with the author s life is rather general than special. Everybody know that he was a tinker, and it is usually believed that he led a wicked life before his conversion. The true facts, as given by Canon Venables, are that, after serving in the civil war—no one knows on which side—he married (“as poor as poor might be, without so much household stuff as a dish or spoon between them.”; “Up to this time, though by no means what could be called a ‘had character’—for he was no drunkard nor licentious—Bunyan was a gay, daring young fellow, whose cfiler delight was in dancing, bellringing and in all kinds of rural sports and pastimes. * * * Asa boy he had acquired the habit of profane swearing. • * * All this (fie influence of his young wife and her good books gradually changed.” After extraordinary spiritual expi riences, he took to preaching publicly, and crowds flocked to hear the ’‘blaspheming tinker.’ At the restoration the old laws against the dissenters were put in force, and Bunyan was soon arrested for preaching. Thera was abundant disposition to deal lenientlv with him if he would promise to desist, but he said, "If you let me out to-day I will preach to-morrow," and for twelve years he was incarcerated. In prison he wrote “Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners.” a piece of religious autobiography, says Canon Venables, unrivaled, except by St. Augustine’s "Confessions.” His masterpiece, he tells us himself, was w’ritten in the gaol, but, as it did not appear till 1678. it has been referred to a short imprisonment later. The “Holy War” Is another great work. He died at Holborn Aug. 31, 1688, at the age of sixty, and is burl* and in Bunhill Fields, “the Campo Santo of the dissenters.” Macaulay remarks that the “Pilgrim's Progress” is, perhaps, the only hook about which, after the lapse of one hundred years, the educated minority has come over to the opinion of the common people. Interesting: Information. Buffalo Expr> s. There is a new* gag. You ask: “What kind of a noise annoys an oyster?” A fter the victim has given it up he is told: “A noisy noise annoys an oyster.” It’s awful when you say it quick. A man may say or think what he pleases but just the j] same, personal appearance 1/ cuts a big figure in success. r -/ I // A well-dressed, neat, cleanly j"/ I /I looking man, with the fresh * / 1 l countenance of health w ill, ( ’ •' other things being equal, outstrip the man who isn’t w’holesorae-look-ing. Many men imagine that hard work — “hustling” they call it—counts for everything. In the long run the easy-going man who takes time to think of his health and his personal appearance outstrips the reckless, neglectful “hustler.” Many men are held back in the struggle of life by their personal appearance. Through neglect of the digestion their blood gets full of impurities and humors which show themselves on the face and body in the shape of skin affections, blotches, eruptions, eczema and scrofula. Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery drives all impurities from the blood and cures ail forms of skin affections. It is the great blood purifier, liver invigorator and flesh builder. It corrects all disorders of the digestion. Thousands have testified to its merits. Druggists sell it Wm. Smothers, Esq., of Millston, Jackson. Cos., Wis.. writes: “1 wish to say that Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery is the !>est medicine for the grip that I have ever tried." “ Health is the best endowment ” and a health-preserver the best investment. Dr. Pierce’s Common Sense Medical Adviser teaches women how to take care of the health of every member of the family. It saves doctor’s bills. It contains 1008 pages, over joo illustrations. Several chapters are devoted to the reproductive physiology of women and diseases that unfit young women for wifehood and young wives for motherhood. For paper-covered copy, send 2i one-cent stamps, to cover the cost of mailing only, to the World’s Dispensary Medical Association, Buffalo, N. Y. For fine cloth binding, send io cent* extra, jt cents in all.