Ulckens Wanted Fair Play
Frnc8s Novelist Insisted That the
Peplc ? New Haven Should Not
Be Victimized by the Ticket
Scalpers.
TOLD recently the story of how
Charles Dickens, when on his first
visit to America in the early forties
of' the last century, and an eleven-year-
old lad sf Hartford, Conn., stared long
tied "hard at cacu other when Dickens
was on a Tisit to the Connecticut
state capital. That lad, Henry C. Rob
inson, later became a leader of the
New England bar. At the time Mr. Rob
iasan xold me the anecdote he spoke
also of what he thought was an erro
neous conception of the American
people of one side of Dickens' char
acter. "I think the common impression in
this country Is that Dickens was very
hard and close when making a bar
gain, and that, unlike Thackeray, he
was sometimes a little 'near,' as the
expression Is," said Mr. Robinson.
"Rut I hare always been persuaded
since Dickens second visit to the
"Doited States, which he made in 1867,
that the principle which governed him
la all business matters was justice.
He wanted what by rights should be
his, bat fee wanted no more; he was
as exacting in his personal relations
towards others as he was in their
tjaEinees relations towards himself.
fin the early winter of 1867 George
Dolby, who was the manager, both in
Great Britain and the United States,
f Dickens as a rjwder, went to New
Hcvea, Corat, to 'Cii'xke arrangements
for a Dickens reading in that city. He
found the town in a-state bardering
on hysteria at the prospect of listen
ing and seeing the guest, Charles
Dickens. That feeling was shared
equally by the dignified and staid ele
ments which predominated at Yale
and by the townspeople.
"The imieic hall, then the largest
public meeting place in New Haven,
Into whicS twenty-five hundred per
sons cocid be squeezed, was secured
for the reading, but if it had been
twice as large it still would net have
held all who wanted to see and hear
Dickens. Mr. Dolby also made ar
rangements with a local firm of music
dealers to sell the seats for the read-
est Seller
McClure Was Responsible for "Mrs.
Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch" but
1 Went tc Another Maga
zine by Mistake.
tjE were talking about the com
Mf nlaints of many authors un
known to fame that their manu
scripts do not receive careful consid
eration in the offices of the magazines.
"That, I happen to know, is net the
case," said S. S. McClure, editor of
.McCJure's Magazine. "In the offices
of every reputable magazine manu
scripts from whatever source are
carefully read, and every editor is de
Iig;Xi$ed when he is able to discover
t writer of promise among the un
known contributors ot manuscripts.
In this connection, I do not recall that
1 Ter rejected a manuscript from the
r.en of as unknown author which aft
erwards was published elsewhere with
success. Eat 1 have accepted a num
ber of inaimscripts by unknowns in
the mistaken belief that they con
tained stortes or material that would
make their authors famous. An edi
tor's Jviiffmcnt is not always accurate.
"""Eat Rlicneycr this subject come3
to mind 1 am always reminded of
bw I missed one very great success
by a qneer accident.
'One dar I received through the
mail the manuscript of a short story;
published in a magazine of the
standard size, it would have filled ten
or twelve pages. I read it carefully
and was at once certain in my own
mind that the writer had struck a
new note. There is no competent
editor who does not rejoice when he
receives a manuscript which contains
wfest I can a new note, especially if
there be fiomor or pathos, or both
combined, in the story.
-After I had read the story I was
persuaded tfcat the author had made
a lafetako in her handling of it. In
stead of producing a short etory, I
fe;t that aire should have developed
her theme into a serial of six or eight
magazine cambers, perhaps more. I
therefore returned the manuscript to
tlie writer with the explanation that I
"vcvsfd gladly accept the story, but I
fc-H tfcmt it was capable of being ex
pnidrtd into serial Etory cf say
2 be -it thirty thousand words. I re-nKe:Tti-'d
that she do thi3, and ended
by ctstfcg that I would be glad to re-celve-th
wancrficript ef the serial and
bad no doubt that it would he found
very acceptable. The writer lived in
Kentoctj; I had never heard her
i:ino befare; tte Etory was plainly
her fsri.t rcriturs i:i the field of maga
t Idc ittion.
"Eouo lime passed and I had re-
rrixrA rn rpnlv to U1V letter. At list
I ittercrcir.ed to write again; possibly
ing, with the explicit understanding
that those who came first should have
first choice. So intense was the de
sire to see Dickens that, although the
night before the opening of the sale
was Inclement, a violent snow storm
having set in, many people stood in
line all night in front of the store,
the line, in fact, reaching many blocks
beyond the store.
"Within an hour after the sale of
seats had begun the music store pro
prietors were obliged to say that ev
ery seat had been sold. Of course the
disappointment was bitter, and that
changed to anger when it was discov
ered that speculators had got in line
or placed dummies in line and had
in that way secured more than half
of the seats In the music hall and
were asking for those seats in some
cases as high as $50.
"One or two citizens of New Haven,
having learned that Dickens was in
New York, went to see him and told
him what had occurred. Instantly
Dickens replied:
"'That must not be. I will issue
orders that my engagement in New
Jsinaness or
Refusing to Humiliate Judge Maynard
by Publishing a Letter, David'
Bennett Hill Was Defeated
for Governor.
THE other day I told the hitherto
unrelated story of the letter David
, B. Hill, former governor of New
York and United States senator, wrote
to Judge Isaac H. Maynard of New
York in 1893, In which he urged May
nard not to insist upon his nomination
for associate justice of the court of
appeals of New York, a request which
Judge Maynard refused to heed. Today
it is possible to tell the sequel, the
facts having been known hitherto only
to three or four of the more intimate
friends of Mr. Hill.
. In September, 1894, the Democratic
party met in convention at Saratoga
for the purpose of nominating a can
didate for governor. . . Senator Hill, at
tended, the convention. The delegates
e:
my letter had discouraged the author.
At all events, I felt that an explana
tion was due me. So I wrote, saying
that I was anxious to know whether
my suggestion had been adopted, and
that I should be glad to receive the
manuscript of the serial at the ear
liest possible moment after its com
pletion. In any event, I added, I
should be glad to hear from the au
thor as to tho progress of the serial,
if she were writing it.
"In a few days there followed one
of the most curious of my strange ex
periences. I got a letter from the
author in question to the effect that
she had gladly adopted my sugges
tion; the story had been expanded
into one of some thirty thousand
words and completed. But by some
accident which the writer could not
explain through some misdirection,
some mischance the story had been
sent not to McClure's Magazine, but
to the Century Magazine, and the edi
tor, Mr. Gilder, had recently accepted
it and the story was about to be pub
lished in the Century.
'When I got that answer, added Mr.
McClure, "I said in my disappoint
ment, 'That story will make a hit.'
And it did, although by accident I lost
my" oppsrtunity to be identified with
it. The story was Alice O'Hegan
Rico's 'Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage
Patch.' "
(Copyright, 1910, by E. J. Edwards. All
,, Rights Reserved.)
GUM FILLED REBELS' RANKS
American Distributed Samples of Con
fection Amongst Mexican Insur
gents and They Took Heart.
T. B. Alford, Jr., returned recently
from the Mexican border towns. Mr.
Alford took along a liberal supply of
gum samples. The inquiring Mexican
approached Mr. Alford apologetically
and made remarks in broken English
which showed the rebel agent suspect
ed Mr. Alford of being a newspaper
man or a business man keeping an eye
on interests across the border, where
several hundred unkempt insurrcctos
were in camp. Mr. Alford finally dis
closed his identity and.gave the Mexi
can a generous supply cf gum samples.
Tho Mexican - chewed and chewed
and Esked that a few thousand samples
bo distributed among "his soldiers."
Mr. Alford did not think he would
have enough should all Mexicans have
as sweet a tooth as the one he ad
dressed. He, however, saw several
barefoot rebel privates, who, he
:er.rr.ed. would do a day's work for a
sample cf gum. The general remarked:
"for every sample cf that good,
sweet thine you.. would give me, senor.
! would get a new man for my army.
i 31, Si."
"El 7
w
Haven be canceled. Then these spec
ulators will be punished for their pre
sumption. I will not allow anybody to
speculate upon anything which I may
do. The persons who bought- the'
tickets in good faith shall have them
redeemed.'
"That meant, of course, the loss to
Dickens of several thousand dollars.
But he preferred to submit to ..that
loss rather than that Injustice should
be done. x . r
"For a time he was Intractable in
this purpose. But at last, upon" the
guarantee cf responsible citizens of
New Haven that there would be a new
offering of seats, with the old offering
canceled and the money returned, and
with the further stipulation-that of
the new offering no one person should
receive more than two seats, Dickens
consented to give the reading.
- "Mr. Dickens' stand for fair play
having become known, it added great
ly to the popularity he had already
gained. I have understood that his
share of the receipts of the reading
after expenses had been taken out
was about $4,000. And not a seat for
the reading passed into the hands of
speculators, who had learned well the
lesson taught them by Dickens."'
(Copyright, 1910. by E. J. Edwards. All
Rights Reserved.)
ought Disaster
: :
could not agree, nor could tho lead
ers, upon any candidate for governor.
At last the convention was stam
peded to Hill himself. Always before
a master of himself in political emer
gencies, Hill seemed for a time com
pletely demoralized by this demonstra
tion. He insisted upon declining, pro
testing that another than he should
be the candidate, and that he should
be permitted to serve his term in the
federal senate. But the convention
would not listen and with the great
est reluctance Mr. Hill was compelled
to bow to the will of the convention.
After his nomination the campaign
speedily began. Friends who knew of
the letter which he had written to
Judge Maynard went to him and said:
"Senator, the vital issue in this cam
paign is a personal one. You will be
charged with having forced the nom
ination of Judge Maynard last year,
and of having forced it in the face of
.the fact which every intelligent man
knew to be the fact that Judge May
nard was sure to be defeated. Now,
you .have the means of proving the
falseness of that statement. The let
ter which you wrote to Judge May
nard should now be published."
"That doesn't seem to me worth
while," the senator replied. "If I am
not attacked in one way, I shall be
Utacked in another."
"But, Senator, you have not dnly
yourself to consider. It is a question
of party success, even more than the
success of David B. Hill. If we can
publish that letter, we can check criti
cism, and possibly procure a reaction,
which will be of great service.
"Very well; do as you think best,"
Senator Hill replied.
' A day or two later a visitor called
at Senator Hill's office In Albany. It
was Judge Maynard. Taking from his
pocket a letter, and somewhat abrupt
ly passing it to Senator Hill, he said:
"Here is that letter they tell me
you want."
' Senator Hill saw instantly that
Judge Maynard was returning it with
great reluctance, so he asked:
"You don't want that letter pub
lished?" - "No, I don't," was the reply. "It
will humiliate me, and it will greatly
humiliate members of my family."
Slowly and without another word,
Senator Hill turned to his safe, and
depositing the letter in a pigeon-hole,
closed the door, simply saying:
"It won't be published, Judgo May
nard."
And the two men separated, never
again to meet.
It was as the friends of Senator Hill
said. He was attacked during the
campaign chiefly on acount of the
Maynard incident, and he was beaten
by Levi P. Morton for governor by
approximately a hundred and fifty
thousand votes,
A short time before Senator Hill's
death a personal friend, Judgo Alton
B. Parker, was calling upon him, and
asked to see the Maynard letter. The
senator took it from his safe, and
when Mr. Parker had read and re
turned it. ho said:
"This contains the story of one of
the tragedies of politics."
(Copyright. 1910. by E. J. Edwards. All
Rights Reserved.)
Monuments to Heroines.
The most notable monuments In
Elmwood cemetery, Memphis, were
erected in honor of Mattie Stephen
son and Emily Sutton, who opened
their doors to homeless victims of yel
low fever in 1872 and nursed them un
til they both succumbed to the dis
ease. Going Too Far.
"It is my policy," said the Impulsive
young candidate, "to send every law
breaker and every law-evader to jail."
"Good heavens!" exclaimed a promi
nent citizen, "this fool wants to lock
up the entiro community." Chicago
Record-Herald.
NORTH STATE NEWS
.' SpencerThere will be no shop
picnic for the employes of the South
enr Railway company in Spencer this'
year. .
Hendersonville. Henderson county
commissioners have appropriated $100
to be awarded . to prize-winners in
corn-growing contests next fall.
Mooresville. A strong and vigorous
campaign is now being made through
out Iredell county for the bond Issue
of $400,000 a3 a fund to be used for
building a system of public roads..
Washington, .D. C. Mr. Whitehead
KIuttz,-of Salisbury, has been spend
ing. all the time he could in the con
gressional library preparing - some
speeches he has agreed , to deliver in
the North this summer."
Salisbury. Salisbury is to take an
other step ahead of any other city in
the state In, that she Is soon to have
a, barber shop in. which only female
tonsorlal artists will be employed
Ellenboro. The second annual poul
try show will be held at Henrietta
January ' 11, 12 and 13, . 1912. The
prospects are very encouraging for a
big show, which will be patronized
by some, of the, largest breeders In
North and South Carolina.
Concord. At an adjourned meet
ing of the board of aldermen the $50,
000 bonds recently authorized by the
legislature for the water board were
sold to the. Western-German bank of
Cincinnati. The bonds brought a pre
mium of $565 with accrued interest
Washington, D. C Secretary of
War Dickinson has authorized Pres
ident Schenck of the Guilford Battle
Ground association, to go ahead and
select a design for the monument to
Nathaniel Greene, for which' congress
made an appropriation, of $30,OGO. .' As.
scon as tha design; is selected the
contract for the monument will be
awarded. '
Gastonia. The work . team of the
Charlotte D. O. K. K.'s, accompanied
by other loyal and diligent members
of Suez Temple to the number of
30 to 40, inaugurated a ceremonial
where 30 odd candidates were initiat
ed. Asheville. Judge J. C. Pritchard of
the United States circuit court is on a
second speaking tour of the Northern
states in behalf of the colored train
ing school and Chautauqua at Durham
this state. The tour will embrace
Ohio, Indiana and Pennsylvania, fill
ing several appointments in each.
Salisbury. The two camps of the
Woodmen of the World in this city,
which have a combined membership
of over 300, have rented the hall form
erly occupied by the K. of P. lodges
and will elaborately furnish the same
with exclusive Woodmen furniture
and paraphernalia. They propose to
have one of the handsomest forests in
the state.
Elizabeth City. The big pipe organ
of Christ Episcopal church cost about
53,000. The organ will be operatod
by hydraulic power.
Durham. Scorned by the girl he
loved, Malcolm Arnold, a real estate
dealer sent a bullet through his breast
and is in a precarious condition in
the hospital. At first he pleaded with
the doctor to end his life, since the
girl he loved did not love him. Later,
however, he begged the physician to
save his life. The bullet penetrated
his lung.
Wilmington. Five negroes, the
children of Reuben Brown, a tenant
on the farm of H. C. Bridger, of
Bladenboro, Bladen county, burned to
death. Four of the children were
between -4he age3 of two and five
years, and one girl of 20.
Lumberton. Planters in Robeson,
Scotland and other counties inter
ested in the growing of canteloupea
and melons for Northen markets are
preparing for planting an especially
large crop and the season is opening
especially favorably.
New London. Prospects are good
for a large crop of grain in this sec
tion this year. Wheat and oats are
looking exceedingly good for the time
of year. The recent cold snaps seem
to have clone wheat considerable good.
Washington. Washington patent at
torneys, report the grant to citizens
of North Carolina, of tlie following
patents: C. Alphin, Kinston, lamp
chimney holder; L. A. Lawhon, Car
thage, corn planter; W. G. Ragsdale,
Jamestown, cleaning device for lifting-rods
of spinning machine; T. W.
Suggs, Arba, automatic vending ma
chine for postage stamps.
Washington, D. C W. E. Hooks, of
Fremont, Wayne county, has been
sworn in as assitant file clerk of the
house.
Linville Falls. Br'er Rabbit is get
ting very bold in Burke county this
spring, finding himself a privileged
character, for he is protected under
the new Burke county game law. No
one, under penaty of $25 fine or more
may kill a rabbit, squirrel or quail in
Burke county between February 1
and November 15 of each year. No
one may hunt or fish on the land of
another without written permission at
any time.
Wilson. There are reports of scar
city of plants from all sections of the
tobacco belt and prices should in con
sequence be unusually good next sea
son. Gastonia, When Gastcnia was se
lected as the place for holding the
annual rifle and pistol shooting con
test for the companies composing the
First Regiment, North Carolina Na
tional guards, Captain Bulwinkle de
cided to raise the sum of $35 , for
prizes. Such was the liberality ex
hibited by the citizens of the town
that he made it $50 more easily than
he had expected to raize tho $35.
GHAREiED WITH
KIDNAPPING
PARTIES WHO ARRE8TTED JOHN
J. McNAMARA DETAINED
BY WARRANTS. '
THE PAPERS ARE GUARDED
Only Certain Officials May fnspect
Papers Detectives Are Darred
Limited to Grand "Jury and County
Prosecutor The Times Explosion.
Indianapolis,; lad. Walter Drew,
counsel for the Erectors' association;
W. J. Ford, assistant district attorney
of Los Angoles, and Frank Fox, chauf
feur,, were arrested on' affidavits,
charging them with having, kidnapped
J. J. McNamara, secretary and treas
urer of the International Association
of Bridge , and , . Structural . ; Iron
workers. .
It Is charged that though McNama
ra was not turned over to a detective
sergeant, from, Los Angeles until Qov
crnor Marshall, had honored requisi
tion papers from the governor of Cali
fornia,' he had not be fen permitted to
consult with, counsel . or to make a
olea of resistance to? extradition, be
fore Police Judge Collins when' he was
identified as the man named in : the.
warrant for his arrest.
By an order ; of . Judge Joseph T. ,
Markley of the Marion county crimi
nal court, only' the County prosecutor, ,
the members ;cf '.the grand.1. Jury and
tho officers of the. International Asso
ciation of Bridge and Structural Iron
workers will bo permitted tq examine
books and' papers, taken by'thV pb
lico ' and deputy sheriffs 'from" the of
fices, of the association in connection
with The Los Angeles Times explo
sion inquiry. This action, taken on
application of attorneys for the 'asso
ciation and with the approval of the
county prosecutor, bars private detec
tives and unofficial Investigators from
Inspecting the books, correspondence
A part of the books and papers
were seized by the police in a raid on
the offices led by William B. Burns,
a private detective in the employ of
the National Erectors' association, in
vetigating the responsibility of the
dsmamite explosions that have damag
ed bridges and buildings in course of
construction in many parts of the
country and destroyed The Los Ange
les Times building with great less of
lifo.
This Bible Drought $50,000.
New York. The first book ever
printed from movable type has
brought the highest price ever paid
for any bock. The prize, was the
Guttenburg Bible, the purchaser Hen
ry E. Huntington of Los Angeles and
the price $50,000.
attempt Cut Congressmen's Mileage.
Washington. An attempt to cut
down the amount of mileage paid to
members of congress for ' their ex
penses in going to and from Wash
ington; and a controversy over the
extent to which Democratic economy
should affect the clerkships to cim
mittees brought about a long debate
Farmers' Free Ll3t Before House.
Washington. Tho Demooratic tar
iff bill putting agricultural Imple
ments, cotton bagging, leather, bocts
and shoes, harness, meat, lumber
flour and many other articles on the
free list of the existing tariff Uwb of
the United States Is before the house.
Germany's Big War Game
Berlin. Germany will have under
arms in connection with field ma
noeuvers this summer practiaclly cno
million men. In 'addition to the regu
lar army strength of 622,000 men,
over 355,000 reservists will bo called
to the colors, making a total effective
strength for tho army of 977,603.
English Language in Former Times.
Boston. That the men who trans
lated the King James Bible 300 years
ago knew how to use the English lan
guage better than any body of schol
ars that could be gathered together In
the world today is the opinion of
President William H. P. Faunce, of
Brown University.
White Man Saves a Colored Friend.
New York. James W. Osborne,
former assistant district attorney,
whose life was saved by "Pete," a
slave in his father's family, in Char
lotte, N. C, when he was a boy, has
paid the debt of gratitude by winning
for Pete's son a verdict of acquittal
on a murder charge. The jury was
out less, than fifteen minutes, follow
ing an earnest plea by Mr. Osborne.
Tho defendant was Edward Osbcrne,
"Pete" having adopted the name of
his former master. The plea made
was self-defense.
Top of Mountain Falls With Crash.
Asheville. Belated reports fronT
the mountain section of Transylvania
county state that "Caesar's Head," a
famous peak of the Blue Ridge, about
twenty miles from Brevard, had been
overturned by the recent earthquake
shock which Is said to have been felt
:n various sections of western North
Carolina. It is stated that the moun
tain.' top fell with a craBh which was
'card for miles around, and many of
'he;', native farmers were greatly
laxmcd. This peak has been visited
7 mi'.licns of people.
TURKEYS GAINING IN FAVOR
Industry Has Increased In Many Way
. on Account : of Efforts of Pro
ducers for One Breed.
. The . growing of turkeys seems to
have markedly ' improved within tho
last few years as a result of a deter
mined effort on the part, of producers
of what is termed standard bred, or
exhibition, stock to demonstrate that
it is more profitable to use pure bred
breeding stock than the smaller and
less vigorous stock of days gone by.
Their efforts to introduce throughout
the country the several standard va
rieties of turkeys has greatly bene
fitted the turkey-growing Industry pf
this country. This has supplied rich,
hew, vigorous blood throughout the
countryr adding strength and vigor to
innumerable flocks, and thereby, to
some extent,, building up the stock
that had become deteriorated through
the carelessness and Inattention of
the producers themselves. :
The fact that one fecundation Is
sufficient to render fertile, all the eggs
of one laying has made possible the,
undermining of the health and vigor
of the present-day domestic turkey.
Being advised of this, hundreds of
people depend upon their neighbors'
(locks for the services of a male, and
pay no attention to' the breeding stock
except to keep one or two - turkey
hens. This has reduced many of the
3rkeys throughout the country al-
Bronze Turkey.
most to a condition of imbecility. The
lack of vigor in a large portion of the
breding stock throughout the country
has jeopardized to a certain extent
the production of a sufficient number
of market turkeys to supply the de
mand. In fact, not fully realizing
their failure was largely due to un
dermining the vitality of their breed
ing stock through inbreeding. People
have become so disheartened in some
localities with the meagre results of
their efforts to grow turkeys for mar
ket that they have given up the at
tempt. Don't crowd your young chicks.
The loft should be cleaned out
every month, at least.
Resolve to set no eggs this year
from a weak, crippled, or ailing hen.
Do not catch ducks by their legs. It
Is much safer to handle them by the
necks. -
Warm charred corn is fine for the
liver, and sends biddies happy and
warm to bed.
Have removable nests, not too
many together, so you can dump
them and fumigate when necessary.
It is an unpleasant fact that much
spraying is done badly; this means
that much money is thrown away.
A good male bird is half the pen,
and his influence on the entire
progeny is very marked.
Keep the brooder perfectly clean,
and always feed the chicks in a clean
place if you want them to live and
thrive.
Nests should be placed in any little
rheltered corner and should be so
made that they can be closed when
needed.
Where plenty of nests are provided
little trouble will be experienced with
hunting eggs in the tall grass or with
egg-eating hens.
Farmers who raise 150 to 200 chick
ens every season could raise double
the number with half the labor by the
use of Incubators.
Artificial incubation has been re
duced to such a science that it is
comparatively an easy matter to
batch any number of chicks.
A Pennsylvania woman raised $83
worth of young turkeys from threo
turkey hens last year, an unusual
record, but what has been done, can
te repeated.
Those who raise poultry on an ex
tensive plan get better results and
more profits by using the incubator
than when dependence is placed sole
ly on the hens.
A most excellent mixture for clean.
Ing the henhouse 13 one of carbolic
ncid and whitewash. Paint all the
Interior with it, using an ounce of the
acid tD a pail of whitewash.