, 1880-08-27
A "Reminiscences

~, ,...a from the Eaao a.4s -.r.
Joseph ,.cArlio (tam;.iagly Gn9Xn to
the marrss.oa as Joc". !, ieg,T He
was Edwin FORESTS business agent
when the -goat ,or visited this coaa,
some tn ot Twelve yc-r ago. And
tLrauv hangs Ike tale. Joe had lard
/ ime.Mi.l lis pgia-,pal who came to Us
: IN condition Of plysical-wo ma as
well say mauta.--decadenca. he SUI.
feral martyrdom from ,sc,atjcq, and his
stage action only went 50 >fhr as this
nerve demon permitted it. After Mr..
Forrest completed his engagement with
Mr.. Maguue-completed with some per.
senal suffering and great pubic dssatis-
faction-hc was advised to try the cura.
tive influence of CALIFORNIA; thermal
springs. He chose tho Geysers, and
went there accompanied by the ever
faithful Joe. Forrest found congenial
spirits at Sonoma's favorite sanative re-
sort, and he loved to sit on the riazza
and swap lies" with Colonel Jack Gam
bill, Senator Tom Wand. and others,
forgstting, in the pleasant converse, ply
steal suffering and tnes shadows of de-
clining life. Joe smoked the pipe of
peace under the nearest buckeye. But
the intellectually great and physically
weak tragedian did NOT forget the object
Of coming to, the Geyser's-the benefit,
III any, OF the waters. 4 he bathcd rngu-
larly every morning and evening. His
favorite plunge was in hot poolstrc ng-
ly impregnated with iron-so hot that
it's waters had to be tempered from a
neighboring cooler spring before they
were bearable. 1t was about two miles
from the hotel, and he rode there every
morning shortly, after daybreak. 1t was
jJoe's business to preceJe! him, and By
turning che cooler water into the hot,
modify the temperature so as to make it
enjoyable. Tom Wand saw the chance
for practical joke. He "laid for" joe
And when, one morning, that unsus-
pecting individual had fixed things all
right by turning the movable fume Of
cold into the boiling, chalybeate water,
aad gone off to do a little tishingi in Plp-
| ton creek, Wand emerged from conceal
ment, turned the dume aside and awaited
the result. Presently came, Forrest
mounted on pony. Ie stripped hpr-
riedly, and plunged unsuspectingly into
the pocl, now almost at a boiling point,
There was yell such as scared the bears
in the chaparral, a volley of oaths nd
hasty scramble for tsrra frma, Wand
made himself scarce, because heS said,
the air was ,';blue, with cprsing." The
tragedian came back to the hotel foam
ing with ragea calling for McArdle, and
charging everybody with being in a con-
spiracy to kill him. When the limo,
Ecent Joe did return, the nature Of the
interview may be imagined He had
no occasion to. speak to. Forrest for a
week afterward, and the parboiled actor
made it almost as warm for the people
at the hotel as it was at the iron water
4 BATH But Wand, always insisted that
i the heroic treatment to which Forrest
was subjected, by way Of joke, did
more tolreheys him from pain than the
more moderate treatment he adopted
I9ands if we arg not mistaken, Forrest
J himself confessed as much when his ruff
a fed temper " ,soothed, and the cuticu
lar irritation had subsidized. ,,,w F"
.EElHd bgR III - n ,---t = ~ II n -rgUU
The ,Emperor's i Little Joke.
p,,ps yy3a a.
1t is reported in the K!eine Journa
that the German Emperor, after inspect
ing tle new barracks OF the Secont
Il Guard Dra crnnns IN the pinnierstrass sse ,