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TUESDAY. MAY 30. 1893.
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INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
Meetings—Savannah Lodge No. 18S. IS P
O. Elks: Oglethorpe Lodge No. 1, I O. O F.
special. Notices—Yellow Rose Leaf
Smoking Tobacco, Henry Solomon & Son; As
to Bills Against Barkentine Sequel; Fine
Real Estate. C. H. Dorsett; Removal, Dr.
Frank T. Lincoln; Portland Cement, Moore &
Johnson; Notice, Nariky Hendricks; As to
Crew of Norwegian Bark Catharine; Do You
Bathe in the Surf? Falk Clothing Company.
Neglige Shirts— Appel & Schaul.
Boys' Knef. Drawers— B. H. Levy & Bro.
Fine Shoes -Butler & Morrissey.
Steamship Schedules—American I.ine;
Ocean Steamship Company.
Auction Sale—An Attractive Home by C.
H. Dorsett.
If You Want to be Neatly Dressed.
Falk Clothing Company.
CnEAP Column Advertisements Help
Wanted; Employment Wanted: For Rent;
For Sale; Lost; Found: Personal: Miscella
neous.
The first “open" Sunday at the world's
fair was hardly the success the Sunday
openers expected. It has been estimated
that 90.000 paid admissions are necessary
to offset the average daily expensesof the
fair, and it was thought that the number
of Sunday visitors would go altove that
figure, whereas only a few more than 80,-
000 went in the first Sunday. However,
there is little doubt that at the hight of
the fair's season Sunday admissions
would oftenor go above the 100,000 mark
than below it.
Ex-Consul General John C. Now has
been good enough to toll us precisely wliat
beat the Republican party last fall. He
says: "It was the farmers’ alliance, the
silver men. the discontented, the disap
pointed -inn office-seekers and all other
elements which were not in sympathy
with the Harrison administration.” It
would be hard to frame anotlier sentence
so completely covering the ground. The
real victor, the democracy, of course
stands behind that veil of generalities,
“all other elements,” etc.
The navy department is going back to
•wooden hull cruisers. Not tubs of the
Kearsarge type, however, but composite
ships, having steel.above water and wood
and copper below. Two of the three
I. ton cruisers authorized by congress
recently will have wooden bottoms
sheathed with copper. They will do serv
ice in tropical witters, where marine
growth on the bottom of ships is very
rapid. Steel vessels accumulate this
growth much more rapidly than wooden
ones and the expense of docking and
scraping a great ship is considerable,
hence the determination to place a new
type of vessel in southern waters.
Robin Hood's successor lives at Roches
ter, N. Y. And he isn't in politics, either.
A few nights ago he met a workingman
on the highway. “Throw up your hands,
or you are a dead man,” came the order.
Up went the hands. A scare brought
forth only >7 from the pockets of the
victim. “Is that all you've got;" asked
the robber. "Yes." replied the robbed.
•‘You are a poor laborer,” said gootl
Robin, “I do not want your money; take
it and go in peace.” Then straightway
Robin went and for. ed an entrance ittlo a
rich man's bunk, "busted” the safe with
powder and rifled it of its contents. Ver
ily chivalry is not dead in New York.
The aftermath of the Infanta Eululio
ball in New York shows some interesting
bits of color. Here is one: •Mrs. Brad
ley Martin made a sweeping curtsey and
backed out on her train, as she had done
at the drawing room. Mrs. Frederic de
Peyster made the lowest reverence, and
Miss Carola Livingston curtsied ms if
dancing in a minuet.” Bv blending these
three styles, the anxious socu ly lady will
acqura the :ra • with which to welcome
a kincr. Another interesting iiit: -It
was for tin Spanish lad s to ki r, the
hand of the infanta, wi n :..*mrd a kit
punled at first ns •<> ■.vhethi r she should
only be bowed at. hissed, or shaken. All
three methods were resorted to. and she
seemed quite a' i asc during the throe
operations” Again the three styles
might be blended, with pleasing effect.
It is interesting to learn that Georgia is
to have colonies of Mohammedans,
planted by Mohammed Webb, of Missouri
and Asia. If the Mussulmans to bo s ‘t
tled here are good workers; if they are
capable of appreciating the true inward
ness of the watermelon and the cabbage,
and are willing to undertake the cultiva
tion thereof, they will find Georgia a
great place to live in. From Dado to
Charlton there Is not a nook nor corner
but "laysover”anything the followers of
the prophet have at home. There is not
natch encouragement to l* held out to
Mohamiio and Webb's religious propaganda,
though u vigorous propagation of pump
kins will surely meet with success. Ji is
to be bojMsi, however, that when the
orientals come among us to sow sepsis
they will omit the sowing of the h vof
cholera.
Senator Wolcott s View of Silver.
In the current number of Harper's
Weekly Senator Wolcott, of Colorado, in a
jhnrthy article gives what he calls “a
western view of silver ' What the sena
tor says in behalf of the free coinage of
silver is about all there is to be said. lie
insists that the west and south arc prac
tically unanimous in favor of the free
coinage of silver, and that if neither the
Democratic nor Republican party declares
for it anew party will arise, that will
make it the chief plank in its platform.
Senator Wolcott makes many assert ions,
but he brings forward neither pertinent
facts nor strong arguments to sustain
them. The assertion that is most worthy
of notice, and the one that is reiterated
by all the silveritcs is this: If the United
States should inaugurate the free and un
limited coinage of silver and should coin
the silver bullion now- in the treasury,
silver would at once return to its former
value.
It is just here that the great majority
of the financiers of the country differ
with the silveritcs. They say. and webe
lieve they are right, that if this country
should declare in favor of the free and
unlimited coinage of silver, the result
would be that instead of silver going to
81 2ft per ounce gold would go to a pre
mium. Senator Wolcott says we should
have bimetallism at once; the ablest
financiers say we should have silver mo
nometallism. Our currency would be de
based and degraded, and the country
would suffer all the evils that flow from
such a currency.
But what reason does Senator Wolcott
give for saying that the inauguration of
free silver coinage would give us bimetal
lism? Not one. He has no reason to give.
It is true he says that France maintained
the parity of gold and silver for seventy
years, but lie does not tell us why she
finally closed her mints to the free coinage
of silver. If he had done so he would have
destroyed the force of his statement.
There would be no objection to the free
coinage of silver if it could be satisfact
orily shown that if it were inaugurated
the parity’ of gold and silver would be
maintained, but it has not been, find can
not be shown. If all the commercial
nations should agree to free silver coinage
at a fixed ratio the parity of the two
metals could be maintained, but it could
not be maintained by the United States
alone.
It will not be forgotten that there are
other assertions of the silverites on record.
They said the Bland act would keep up
the price of silver, but it didn’t. Then
they said that the Sherman silver pur
chase act would keep it up, and again it
was proved that their assertions are not
to be relied upon. Now they demand free
and unlimited coinage of silver, and
assert that it will maintain the parity be
tween the two metals. What reason is
there for thinking this last assertion is
any more likely to prove to be correct
Ilian either of the others?
The silverites are not safe men to fol
low in financial matters. B.v no act can
the United States give silver bullion a
value that it hasn't. By international
agreement it can be maintained at a cer
tain value, but just at present there
doesn't seem to be a prospect of such an
agreement.
The credit of this country is about the
best in the world, but it is not good
enough to float a great deal more paper
money based upon silver at the present
rates. Even Senator Wolcott admits that
the Sherman silver purchase act is bad.
It is certainly time it was repealed.
They May Think Better of It.
It is announced that Drexel, Morgan &
Cos. don't care whether the Mobile and
Birmingham railroad accepts the terms
offered under their plan for the reorgani
zation of the Terminal properties or not.
In their reorganization pamphlet they
show th tt the road has not much more
than paid operating expenses during the
last three years. The amount of its
bonded indebtedness is ?3,()fi0,000 and the.
bonds bear 5 percent, interest. The fixed
charge, there ore, beyond operating ex
penses is 8150,00.) a year. In 1800 the road
earned 840,027 above operating expenses.
In 1801 it earned net 839,039, and in 1892 it
failed to earn its operating expenses by
M 3,810.
It is estimated that this year it will
fall short of earning its operating ex
penses by about $20,000. It lias practi
cally no equipment and its physical con
dition is extremely bad. It is said that the
life is almost exhausted in its nine miles
of trestles. Under .the circumstances,
it is not strange that Drexel.' Morgan
& Cos. aro indifferent as to the course the
londholdeiT, of the road may pursue. It
is evident that the bondholders will have
lo put a great deal of money into the road
to make it pay expenses. The chances
for getting an income on their invest
ment • during this century are not prom
ising.
The Macon and Northern and the
Chattanooga, Rome and Columbus, the
two roads that are irying to get into the
scheme for the reorganization of the Cen
tral, are apparently pretty much like the
Mobile and Birmingham road, so far as
their ability to earn their fixed charges
are concerned. They woke not taken into
the Central's scheme, it is understood,
because the bondholders thought th-ir
born Is much more valuable than they
wc e thought to bo by those who framed
the scheme. it looks now as if the
bondholders would have a chance
to operate their lines on their own
responsibility and demonstrate how much
their bonds arc worth. In the Richmond
Terminal reorganization scheme the
Macon and Northern bonds are treated
about on a par with those of the Mobile
and Birmingham road.
The truth is too many roads that do not
pay have been built in the south. They
were built with the idea, doubtless, of
unloading them on paying roads. Whether
that was the original idea or not. that is
what has been done, and somebody,
doubtless, has made money by doing it.
Should Uncle Sam at any time soon
acquire an appetite for swallowing lesser
countries it appears that there are a
number of plums ready to drop into his
open mouth. The Nicaragua minister at
Washington thinks a United States pro
tectorate over his country would la: a
good thing: the Hawaiian government
would like to imol issues with us; Cuba
would probably be pleased to do likewise,
and wz would Canada It is quite likely
I that one of these days the stars and
| stripes will float over all of those couu
t tries. Hut the time u not yet.
THE MORNING NEWS: TUESDAY, MAY 30, 1893.
Gen. New's View of Home Rule.
It is quite evident that ex-consul gen
eral to London, John C. New, hasn't a
very high opinion of Mr. Gladstone nor of
Mr. Gladstone's home rule bill. He
arrived in New York from Indon Satur
day. and gave the rejorters for the New
York papers quite an interesting talk
about his experiences and observations in
England. Among other things, he said
that his four years residence in 1/indon
had convinced him that Englishmen do
not like Americans because they are
envious of American progress. They have
observed the rapid development of the
United States and are not pleased with it.
In answer to the question what he
thought of Mr. Gladstone as a statesman
and the prospects for home rule for Ire
land. Gen. Now said: “On those questions
1 will be just as frank as I can be. And I
tell you that, outside of the lower half of
Ireland, and one or two districts in Liver
pool, and an odd district scattered here
and there in other parts of England, no
body’ cares a copper for home rule. Glad
stone himself is a selfish and vain states
man. The home rule issue was but a
stepping stone to satisfy his ambition for
a return to the premiership. Gladstone
has a majority of about forty in the
House of Commons fprthe home rule bill,
but it can never pass the House of I/mis,
and therefore Gladstone and his fol
lowcrs remind me of the French king
who'marched uphill with his army only
to march down again. 1 repeat to you
that Gladstone was ambitious more for
the premiership than for home rule in
Ireland. I repeat to you that he is a sel
fish and vain statesman. His ambition
has been satisfied now, and he knows
that there’s no more chance for home
rule in Ireland than if he’d never been
born.”
The foregoing views are quite different
from those generally entertained in this
country. They are so different that the
suspicion cannot be avoided that Geu.
New’s associations were entirely with
the party of which I ,ord Salisbury is the
recognized leader. If what he says of
Mr. Gladstone is true the latter is cer
tainly unlit to lead a great party or cham
pion a great reform.
Gen. New does not say the home rule bill
will not be passed by the House of Com
mons. The inference, from what he says,
is that it will be passed. He bases his pre
diction as to the fate of the bill on his
belief that the House of Lords will not
pass it.
But if the bill should be passed by the
popular brahch of parliament and should
be defeated in the House of Lords, would
there not be a disturbance in Great Brit
ian that would endanger the stability df
the House of Lords? There has been a
growing feeling against the House of
Lords for a number of years, and if that
body should defeat a great, popular meas
ure the chances are that a big effort would
be made to abolish it. The question as to
whether it serves any good purpose has
been discussed for y-ears in England.
Mr. Gladstone may be a vain man, but
he is very generally believed to bean hon
est one. His followers are satisfied that
he sincerely believes that home rule, as
provided for in his bill, would be the best
thing possiblo for both England and
Ireland. There is certainly nothing in
his record to justify the conclusion that
he is a hypocrite and is acting a lie.
The Bitterness between the home rule
and the anti-home rule parties is shown
by the attacks that have been made
recently upon Mr. Gladstone. The homo
rule bill may not get through the House
of Lords, but if it does not Mr. Gladstone
will not be responsible for the failure.
The time is not distant when a vote will
be taken on tVie bill in the House of Com
mons. If it should have a fair majority
the House of Lords would hesitate a good
while before it would defeat it.
John Bull cannot rise above personal in
f-rest. Because two of the fastest and
finest steamships on the transatlantic
ferry pulled down his flag and hoisted the
stars and stripes, ho seeks to injure their
business. Complaint has been made to
the British postoffice department that the
transmission of United States mails by
way of Southampton—the port of entry
and departure of the ships of the Ameri
can line —is “a serious inconvenience.”
The object of the growling Britishers is
to have the carrying of the mails given
exclusively to the British ships that sail
from Queenstown. By extra arrangement
and special effort the new Cunarder Oam
pan’a managed to land her last eastern
mails several hours earlier than the
American liner Paris landed her mails,
and this incident is being worked
against the Americans for all it is worth.
It is gratifying to note, however, that the
American vessels are doing a booming
passenger business.
A cablegram from London says the re
port that Mb. W. \Y. As tor had been*
treaty for the biggest dber park in Scot
land is probably untrue. Of late years
wealthy sportsmen have taken up so
much Scottisji land for sporting purposes
that? the government has felt called upon,
in the interest of farmers and colters, to
begin an investigation into the matter. A
royal commission of investigation has
ascertained that certain parts of the
country are being literally depopulated to
make room for deer. Asa system having
such results is obviously against public
policy, some, drastic legislation against
such holdings for game parks is likely to
be made upon the report of the commis
sion. In the face of this probability it is
not likely that Mr. Astor would seek to
■ increase his preserves.,
The corrected time of the cruiser New
York shows that she made on her trial
trip the remarkable speed of twenty-one
knots ivn hour. That is equal to about
2-1 1-5 statute miles an hour. To lietter un
derstand how fast that is it may be stated
that some of the local passenger trains
out of Savannah make an average speed
of about 2(5', miles an hour; thus the New
York, at full speed, would go the railway
distance between Savannah and Charles
ton in very little more than the time con
sumed by a local passenger train making
its regular stops. Home of the ueean
greyhounds in the passenger service make
even faster time than this, but twenty
four statute miles an hour is extraordi
nary s|*-ed fora heavy lighting ship.
The state of Connecticut hat no official
legal counsel A bill is |m tiding in the
legislature which provides for the np
poinluieut of an attorney' general Here
tofore Connecticut has been obliged hi
employ private lawyers to conduct her
litigations, and, as way be supposed, has
louud it oostly.
PERSONAL.
Ex-Congressman Walt of Norwich, Conn., is
now a well preserved man of 82 years, and is
the oldest practicing lawyer in the state.
A Nebraska man has petitioned to have his
name changed from Choate to Dobs. What
office he wants a cinch on is not yet known.
Henry M. 1 Stanley declares that he will be a
candidate for a seal in parliament at the next
election, and that he has no intention of re
turning to Africa.
Col. John S. Mosby. the famous ex-con
federate. is practicing law in San Francisco.
He is nearly (JO years old. but stands straight
as an arrow and is full of vigor.
Mrs M. E. Hunter, widow of the late R bert
M. T. Hunter, formerly a United States sena
tor from Virginia, died on Friday last at Font
HUI, her residence in Essex county.
Princess Eulalie is referred to as Miss
Eulie. by one of the Chicago papers. The in
fanta is going to have a very affectionate re
ception in the fair city if she desires to avail
herself of it.
Donno Feadoro Cousino. or the “Countess
of Monte Christo.” as she is called (upon the
supposition that she is the richest woman in
the world' has arranged to leave her home in
Chile and visit the world's fair.
Bishop Randolph S. Foster of the Methodist
Episcopal church of Boston and Rev. Dr. A.
H. Leonard, corresponding secretary of the
missionary society of the church, have
started on a tour of inspection of the Chinese,
Japauese and Oorean missions.
Mrs. Lease, the Kansas populist, says she
is acquainted with but one member of the
Ingalls family--Ralph Ingalls, the Topeka
lawyer. ' X oting Ingalls.** Mrs. Lease said.
is a very agreeable fellow I judge he takes
alter his mother.'**' Asa matter of fact Ralph
Ingalls resembles his father.
Kaiser Wilhelm is declared by a German
paper to be emulating Haroun al Raschid. He
is reported to have gone through the Hebr<%
quarter of Berlin recently in the guise of a
iiei>r-w peddler with a view to obtaining an
unprejudiced idea of the condition of the A
poorer Jews.
The engagement is announced at San Fran
cisco of Miss Emma Spreokcls, daughter of
t laus Spreckels. and Samuel M. Shortridge.
a prominent member of the San Francisco
par. He is a brother of Mrs. Clara S. Foltz,
the California lady lawyer, and of Charles M.
Shortridge of the San Jose Mercury.
BRIGHT BITS.
Stranger—With an the talk about immigra
tion 1 haven't noticed many foreigners here.
Host Wait till* you see a nominating con
vention—Puck.
"Do you think a porous plaster can cure
him of stuttering?"
Doctor—Yes; when he comes to take it off
he will swear right along without stopping.
Chicago Inter Ocean.
Schoolmaster—Why was it that his great
discovery was not properly appreciated until
long alter Columbus was dead?
Nineteenth Century Schoolboy—Because he
didn't advertise, sir.—Tit-Bits.
"Why did you take that trip to the Bermu
das if you knew it would cost you so many
hundreds?”
“Ah, but I escaped two creditors whom I
owed $lB.” —Chicago News Record.
Miss Penstock—l am going over to Paris
this year to see if I cannot get something de
cent to wear.
Miss PJnkerly—You have never been there
before, have you?—Detroit Free Press.
• Your daughter looks pale; is she over
working?"
"1 am afraid so. She has been studying for
the last month about how to make her dress
for commencement.”—Chicago Inter Ocean.
Watts— l have half a notion to start a bi
cycle Insurance company. I believe there
would be money in it
Potts—Which do you intend to insure- the
wheels or the riders?—lndianapolis Journal.
Mrs. Nexdoor—l have found out one thing
about that Mrs. Newcomer. Whoever she is
sho has never moved in good society.
Mr. Nexdoor—How do you know that?
Mrs. Nexdoor—She shakes hands as if she
meant it.—New. York Weekly.
"Miggs is a lucky old chap, isn't he?”
“In what way?" ,
"He's color blind:"
"What advantage is that?”
' He can't tell when he s, blue."—Chicago In
terOceaff. 1
Teacher—Tell me, Jacques, who helped you
In the composition?
Scholar—Nobody, sir.
Teacher—l want.you to tell me the truth
Now, was It your brother?
Scholar—No,isir, he did it every bit him
self.—Lo Journal des Ecollors.
CURRENT COMMENT.
Want to Fores Him On a Wheel.
From the Galveston News (Dcm.)-.
The effort to make Secretary Hoke Smith
appear ridiculous because ho rode his mare
down to a cabinet meeting is a scurvy trick
of the bicycle manufacturers.
An Example of Crass Legislation.
From the Chicago Record rind.).
Without the funds to enforce the law. -vyitfl
out the prescribed manner of executing its
penalty and without one specified official
charged with the work, the i.gary law seems
a fitting instrument to go down to history as
an example of crass legislation.
Missouri is Not Unapproachable.
From the Bt. Louis Republic iDem.).
There is not in Missouri a man of more at
tractive demeanor nor is there one who
whooped it up more strenuously for Mr
Cleveland's renomination than Col. Nicholas
McStentor Bell. And we are assured on the
very best authority that he would not accept
Pie if it were offered to him.
Democratic Pension Policy.
From the Louisville Courier-Journal (Dem.l.
The reniiblicans are sayin r that the charter
of Carr ham post was revoked because its
resolutions were in the interest of the Demo
cratic party. But why in the interest of that
party Is Die Democratic party the only party
which insists that the pension roll shall be a
roll of honor, and that pensions shall be given
only to those who deserve them?
Worldls Fair Sunday Closing’.
From the Springfield Republican ilnd.).
A church boycott of the world's fair on ac
count of Sunday opening would be as much
at war with Hie American spirit and as
strongly condemned by public opinion as any
other boycott anti liie more so as its project
ors are considered the more enlightened.
'I hey should give time for the approach of
soberer moments.
McKinleyism and the Farmer.
From the Peoria (111. l Herald iDcm.l.
The two fold object of the McKinley law
was to give the manufacturers something for
nothing and to force trade into artificial chan
nels for th - benefit of manufacturers. That
law will disturb trade as long as it stands on
out statute books Protection “itself is dead
in this country, ’the way to bury it is to fol
low the Chicago platform and enact a tariff
law for revenue only. As long as the law
stands the farmer is holding the tarred end
of the stick. ~
No Politics in It.
Front the Philadelphia Record fDem ).
Members of Faruham post. G. A K.. of New
York, indignantly deny that (here is any
■polities" iu tli-ir fight for honest pensions.
; or that they were .influenced by Tammany
Hall in taking their stand in favor of pension
reform. There is no occasion for Farnham
Dost to deny anything nor to explain anything.
; It holds an impregnable position, with the
| groundwork of truth solidly beneath its feet.
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Each Man Had Iron Nerve.
There were four of us who had encamped
for the night on the Gunnison river in West
ern Colorado, says a writer in the New York
Dispatch. We had been prospecting for (told
with decidedly poor success. an,d were there
fore rather disheartened, but we endeavored
to keep up our spirits by telling stories while
we lay about the camp fire and smoked. Sud
denly we were startled-by a peculiar whirring
sound which every man of us recognized in
stantly.
■ There's a rattler in campl'lcried Jeffries,
as he started up. • Look out for it! ”
We all moved quite hastily, with the excep
tion of Holton, who lay quite still on his back,
his hands under his head, his cob pipe having
fallen from his teeth.
Sh!” he whispered. *For heaven's sake
keep still! The snake has crawled into my
shirt! - ’
We knew what that meant and we became
motionless instantly. I felt a chill of horror
run down my spine as I thought of the poison
ous reptile snuggled to Bolton's bosom, in
which it might plant its deadly fangs in a few
moments. The flaring firelight threw fantas
tic shadows on the Mack canyon wall and the
river murmured sullenly. Away in the night
a loan owl hooted.
Not a muscle of Bolton's body moved, and
it seemed that he had ceased to breath. The
only motion apparent about his person was
caused by the snake crawling beneath his
shirt We sat there, staring and helpless, un
able to make a move to save our Imperiled
comrade. After a time the rattler thrust his
ugly head out of the opening in the front of
Boltons shirt. lifting It over the
motionless man's face. We could see the
reptile s forked tongue dartipg out and his
eves glittering, while his head waved from
side to side, still Bolton remained motion
less, knowing that the'slightest action on his
part might seal his fate. We could see he
was white as a corpse. Jim Nevans, the best
pistol shot of our party, drew his revolver,
pressing on the trigger as he cocked it so it
might not click. 'I he snake s head ws with
in six inches of Bolton's eyes, and it seemed
that the venomous creature might strike at
any moment.
.shall t shoot. Dave?” softly asked Nevans.
"Shoot!” was the only word Bolton uttered.
The cocked revolver was slowly lifted, and
every man held his breath The weapon
spoke and the bullet cut the rattlesnake s
head fropt its body. Bike a flash Dave Bolton
leaped to his feet, tore the beheaded reptile
from his bosom and flung it into the Are
Then he. sank down helpless, almost fainting,
great drops of perspiration standing on his
face. But he had displayed pure nerve.
Theodore Thomas Stories.
There will be comparativey lfew to regret
Theodore Thomas' troubles in Chicago, says
the New York Press. It will he remembered
that when the American Opera Company sus
pended business there was a tine legacy of
lawsuits and claims for broken cont racts
and unpaid salaries. No one of these came
from the orchestra or conductor, for although
Mr. Thomas received three times the com
pensation that was paid to Dr Damrosch at
the Metropolitan or to Seidl afterward, he ex
tracted his pay every night, whether there
was anything for the principals and the poorer
chorus or not. In traveling there were some
rooms in hotels better than others, but Mr
Thomas did not complain; he always had the
best.
As an operatic conductor the artists got
little sympathy from Mr. Thomas. Mme.
Helene Hastreiter, who was one of the best
artists in the company, had one encounter
with him.'which determined his position.
Thomas had given the wrong time to a part
in Orfeo " and Mme. Hastreiter sang it cor
rectly. but not in accordance with Thomas'
reading. Finally he objected, to which she
replied graciously: "Mr. Thomas, I am fa
miliar with this part and know how it should
he sung. I shall therefore sing it and the
orchestra will accompany me. I shall not
undertake to accompany the orchestra.'’ The
result was that Mr Thomas was Anally com
pelled to ask her how she wanted it and she
told him.
One of the best stories of Mr. Thomas dates
back to the centennial. Offenbach was con
ducting a series of concerts in Philadelphia,
and someone told him that Mr. Thomas
thought so little of his music that he would
never play any selection from his operas at
his concerts. "That is really too had, "was
the reply of the opera bouffe master. "I did
not think that of Mr. Thomas. lam sure I
should he very glad to play at my concerts
something that Mr. Thomas had written, if he
had written anything at all.”
The Wife’s Qreat Sorrow.
The lissome form of the beautiful woman
was shaken by the convulsions of her grief,
arid the fixed look of dumb, hopeless misery
in her dark eyes was pitiful beyond words,
says the Grand KapidsGazette.
‘•Marian. Marian, for your own sake, be
calm.” entreated her friend as she knelt by
her side and tenderly removed the hands that
covered the hot. tear-stained face. "Toll me
what it means, dear. "
I cannot—l cannot,” was the dull, listless
reply. "No—no; I shall never toll any one. "
"You must -you shall.” insisted the other
flrrnlv. "I cannot hear to see all brightness
crushed out of your life without sharing the
burden with you, sweet. Perhaps it will make
you fee! better."
"Nothing can do that now. But I well tell
you. It is best you should know all, perhaps.
You—you ri mem'er that horrid creature
from Cadillac whom I engaged as cook last
week? O, I thought she was such a paragon.
So young, and modest, and dainty in her
ways' 1 I had every confidence In her. And
this morning 1 happened to step into the
dining room just as there was a great crash in
the kitchen. I opened the door quickly, and
saw my new soup tureen lying in fragments
on the floor and my husband kissing the
cook ”
"The monster!” hissed her friend.
"Yes,” sobbed the stricken woipan It
was the loveliest pieee of china in the
house.”
Getting Evan.
They had been married about a year and
were passing through their first experience
in housekeeping, sayl the Detroit Free
Press. ' .
He didn't want to take a hand, but his dear
little wife.v vowed she and be miserably un
happy if he did not, and so to maintain peace
he had put on his old clothes and was prod
ding around at various things.
At the time of this writing he was trying to
drive a picture nail with a tack hammer.
He might as well tried to drive a yoke of
steers with a straw.
Naturally, his otherwise delightful disposi
tion was ruffled, and,of course, his wife was
to blame.
But he would not qharrel with her. He was
not that kind of a rain.
"Mary," he said, looking down at her from
the top of the step-ladder and making an effort
to appear calm, will you bring me one of the
biscuits you made for breakfast this morn
ing?"
Why. Horaceshe responded, looking up
at him wonderingl.y, "what do you want with
it?”
"I want to drive this confounded nail with
it, "he said. "This hammer is too light to do
any good at all.”
Then he laughed a raw, rank laugh and
stayed up on top of the stop-ladder where she
couldn't reach him.
Origin of a Famous Hymn.
It is well known that the hymn "Hold the
Fort" was inspired by the story of the signals
exchanged by Gens Sherman and Corse when
the latter was besieged at Atlanta. Ga . nut
few know how the idea was brought to Mr.
Moody's mind. The Boston Gloho says that
once when Gen. and Mrs. Corse lived in
Chicago Mr. Moody called. While
there he took up a book that told ihe story
of that famous conflict in which Corse hail
been so badly wounded, and seeing the
message from t len. Sherman. "Hold the fort
for 1 am coming!" exclaimed enthusiastic
ally: "What a magnificent motto that would
be for a marching song for the army of
Christ.” And the day after the famous
hymn was written, beginning with Hold tbe
fort, for 1 am coming. Jesus signal* still." a
hymn that has been sung almost in every
hamlet on the continent, and whose strains
across the ocean have become familiar to the
ears of man who never heard of Gen. Corse or
the beleaguered men at Altoona.
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CAPON SPRINCS AND BATHS,
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HAMPSHIRE COUNTY. W. VA.
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