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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-06-19
4 REMARKABLE PONY


A wcll-authcnticated and extraordinary casc OF
the saQacity oh the shetland pony has just come
under our notice. A year or two ago MI. william
Sinclair pupil teacher, Holm, imported one OF These
little animals from shetland on which 20 ride 70 ana
from school his residence being at considerable
distance from the school buildings. p to that tlme
the animal had been unshOd, but some time alter
ward Mr. Sinclair had Il shod by Mr.. Pratt, the
parish blacksmith. The other day Mr.. Pratt whose
slnithy Is long distance from Mr. sinelairs house,
saw the pony without halter oT anything upon II,
walking up 10 where he was working. Thinking
tie animal had strayed from home. he drove Il oil,
throwing stones after the beast 20 make IT run
homeward This had the desired effect FOR a short
time but Mr. Pratt had only got fairly at work once
more In the smithy hen the pOnys head again made
It's appearance at the door.
On proceeding second time outside, 20 drive the
pony away, Mr. Pratt with blacksmiths instinct
took a look at the pOnys feet, when he observed
that one Of its shoes had been lost. Having made
shoe he put t on, and then waited 10 sec what the
animal would do. For moment II looked at the
blacksmith as If asking whether he was done, then
paved once or twice TO see If the newly-shod foot
was comfortable and finally gave pleased neigh,
erected his head and started home at brisk tr0t;
The owner was also exceedingly surprised to md
the animal at home completely shOd the same even
ing. and il was only on calling at the smthy some
DAYS afterward that he learned the full extent OF his
pony Is sagacity-
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INSANITY on THE STAGE.
From The London Globe.

An Austrian journal reports the curious fact that
four Iitans of the German STAGE 1T calls thoih
have lately become insane. The calamity Is due IN
part, we understand, 10 OverwOrk, but IN Two OF
the cases the OyerwOrk self-chOsen, the actoIs
being impelled by the ambition Of making n fortune
with undue rapdty. Herr Matras. Of Vienna; v nose
wQpderful memory was the amazement OF theatlre-
goers. has suddenly become incapable of recoectmg
twenty consecutive words During the last season
he showed a painful absence of mind, and IL was
found that he had forgotten whole scenes rom
pieces IN which he had played hundred times
Prom that time to the present, his mental decline
has been swift though il has not shown itself Dy
violent symptoms but in quiet and gradual dying
out of the powers Of his mind. The far greater
Boguml Dawson on the contrary, exhibited the
opposite symptoms. His violence IN tragic parts IN
creased and one night, while playing Othcit0, he nc
rused the DesdeORd OF the evening OF having spolt
by her conduct pose which he had contemplated.
RE rushed upon her with drawn sword behind the
scenes exciaming. II will really Kill yon Tor hhoW
YOU have done il puTposcly. The lady, Marie bcrR'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-06-19
rHr MoNOLOG UE on DEATH.

~ Nm have miscalled me much;
1iscan m nc, barah nauies aud harsher thonsnS U
~, NE, and evilly entreated me. "a,
Reyiieao a s.rapge temples as an unknown God;
kpiis allied me IDOL devil. uneiean thi1e,
inen. =. rnde Insult bowed my godheah down.
kna III N ne not for men have maTred my iornii
Niscah pe horn grossness Of their thought
Aba saldly modelled me OF their OWL cray,
Have tear 70 look on that themselves have made'
luhIe os me not We know not what | AN.
d. &c sball sec me face TO lace, anu hn""'
-. all SORROWS from the sorrowful,
I "a Hteach the joyful what IT Is TO Joy;
Ana r. in INV land locked harbors clasp
LA CAV. shatterod vessels of a vexed world;
Z ~ NJ even the tiniest ripple npon Lie Lie
~" ~ nv sublime calm, as troplc stot'n.
A., oiher leccheraft fails the breaking oraln'
sniv own the anOdyne TO still
r. adde's into visiOnless repose:
!. 60. d,storted with Life's latest pang
ineiotS in passing, with an angel-v ing;
And from beneath the quiet eyelias s'eai
~ hidden glory of the eyes, TO give
7 new and nobler beauty 20 the rest FL
6n.,;s me NOT the plaques that walk the Earth
T The wasting pain, the sudden agony, III
hkDSs.;ne AMI War, and Pestilence, ana all
~ terrors that have darkened round my name
Inc the plaques of Life,-they are not mine;
vss while tarry, vanish when COME
t..fantly melting into perfect peace,
i1s ss ti;s word whose Master-spirrt am,
* re- troubled waters slept on GaliIee'
,u,..a withdraw the veil which hides my face,
y. relt I. with look, the iron bonds
~ She souls gaoler, hard Mortality,
SS ~ cently-like a tired child,
Vii enfold thee; but thou canst not look
iIpop my face, and stay In the busy hauats
ookSrAnan life-in the temple and the street,
"a aa ,uhsn The blood runs fullest in the veins
ff1nsasn undreamed of, am often by,
nniv;ded from the giant in his strength
Rat BIZ the thickness of this misty veil.
Tsudsr. am, not cruel !. when take
~ shane most hard TO human eyes and pluck
The little baby blossom yet unblown,
lis but TO graft II on kindlier stem, ,..,,
Ara Ieaping DER the perilous years OF growth,
a. a. xsnt ~ sorrow, and unscathed of wrong,
cotbe II al once with rich maturity.
Tis that give a soul TO Memory,
rnr round the folies of the bad l throw
The mantle of kind forgetfulness;
While. canonized in dear Loves calendar,
isauctify the good for ever1nore
Home 10 the homeless; to the friendless friends;
IL the starved babe the mothers tender breast;
"e"''A '" HERMAN c. MERvALE
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WALTLR ScOT17S KINDNESS.


Sir Walter had then lost his old vivacity, though
not his simple dignity bat for one moment during
the cOurTe OF the evening he rose into animation
and # happenrd thus: There wnAtalk among the
party of an excursion which was 10 be- made ON thn
following day. aud during the discussion of inc
plans Mics scott mentioned that two elderly maiden
ladies living in the neighbOrhood tO % Of tho
number, and limited that their company would be "a
bore.
The chivalr0us kindliness Of her fathers heart
was instantly aroused. d" cannot call that good
breeding be said in an earnest and dignifed tone
n rebukc " hich echoed the Old-fashioned teaching
on the duties of true poiteness he had heard from
his mother half century before.
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/ GOOD-NiGHT.

Bv-and-hy. the evening falls
sons Of labor rest,
Weary cattle seek the stalls,
Birds are IN the nest.
By-and-by the tide will turn,
Change come DER the sky,
Lifo's hard task the child viii learn
By-and-by.
Bv-and by, tho din will cease.
Days long hours boz past.
By-aud- by IN holy peace
We shall sleep no last.
Calm will bc the sca-wind's roar
Calm We too shall lie,
Toll and moil aud weep no more,
By-and-by.
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brother. ,f.,,
of the magic emerald said LangtOn.
Lady Matilda remembered the conversation.
That is the stone IN the centrepece OF my sister
necklace
| IL was not a stone OF extraordinary size, and
would have shown but poorly IN that respect beside
some OF its famous sisters But its eoor ana Dflll-
| lance were marvellous; and iis water as pure az
that of the famous treasure for love of which poor
| Isaac Levi went mad. Its mention gave nip 10
| the conversation; aud though Lady Matilda stu
| maintained a stony silence, and Rodcnc and Elsie
remained tacituTn or mOnosylabic, the rest OF the
| guests found plenty tO talk Of regarding the his
| tories and legends Of lannon's Jewels.
| Dinner over, IL proposed by Bertha, and
| carried with acclamauOn, that tea should be par
taken Of in the garden where the ladies' accordingly
| repaired. Duung tho after dinner symposium,
Langton noticed that Vane drank much more than
his usual quantity Of vine swallowing glass alter
glass IN rapid succession. and with couutcnancc of
| unatered gloom On rising TO join the ladies, who
| could Ice seen wandering round The terraces OF the
! garden, the young man TOOK Lahgtohs afu' ana
| drew him away down a scQuchtcrcd alley, which
| led into the park. The wide cxpanse OF green
stretched In one unhrOKcn Wave-like roll until 10
! met the 0ver-ArchnQ blue. The birds, recovering
from the l0nguOr Of the day, were giving the pre-
liminary trills of their eycnsong. II wa such an
/ evening ~ h made for lovers cOntdeuces,-when
| not filtered through third party. 30 Thought
| Stephen LangtOn; but being fairly caught, ho
braccd hnsed up Tor nieht e1nu n, ord b,ro
An opportunity for a lesson. What's the matter,
Vancf nc asked aloud; / never saw you look 80
| Rlum.'
4
COON
viii you TRANSLATED
I'm in love-
For the first tmeP
Yes to anything like this extent. Look here,
Langton, must tell somebody or burst. Let ME tell
you
Langton dropped his hand on the young mans
You young muh As il didn't know ell about
ftp
Vane stared; bis companion smiled.
Well il saves me the trouble ct telling you, and
Won the bore of listening. You're a good fellow
LanQton, aud you've been very kind 70 me. What
would you advise Inc 10 dol Lady Matilda knows
II. / swear She cut me dead this afternoon, and
Elsie came in to dinner looking like ghost 20 sup
pose she has been hav ing bad quarter OF an hour,
loo. You see, Pm only younger son. The gov,
ernor won't stand penny more than three hundred
n wear and / get another three from the once.
can't marry Elsie on that. Her mother won't hear
Of IT, suppose she's right It's hard !; % ':i ks gI
perhaps rear family. on six hundred year ~
LADY Matilda were another sort Of woman she
might make things straight tor us But that's past
hoping for. / must give her mp, old man ana eei
cut OF this I've got enough cean 70 buy al axe ana
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-06-19
THE MAGIC EMERALD.
Shadows to-night

Shadows tonight
ryovs st-rck more terror to the SOU of Richard,
Tan could the substance Of ten thousand soldiers
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-06-19
Haur1re s'allume,
L'ombrc epaisse fuit,
Ia rtvc ct Ia bruno
Won't gu Va Ia mutt.
Paupicrcs 81 roses
S'Ouvrcnt demi-closes,
On rcvcil des chooses
On entcud le bruit.

Tie ran to the window, and looked eagerly down
into the garden Ills sister looked up at iliI anu
waved him good-mornng salute with the dew
drenched flowers she held IN her hand. The illusion
Of the dream was strong upon him still tlai ne
half believed the vision had been waking rraliy
and his present state a dream. lie Slipped gehty
into his sisters rOOm and searched among her "rls
with trembling fingers. uutll hc came upon tho
emerald IL was unchanged, steadtast m us
glorious hue az his heart should be hencciorth 10
the accomplishment Of the task he had set himself
Dear Sir William.-On q certain occasion, when
would rather not specify. you told me that u II
should ever be In yuuT power 10 render me service
YOU trusted | would afford you she opportunity;
Permit me TO request of you one favor winch !
know YOU will the more readily grant. ina~innch a
IL will give YOU - chance OF killing two birds Win
one stone by doing two kindncsscs IN one
There is employed in your department. younR
gentleman If the name Of Vane, in whom TAX
great interest His present salary, hear. ~ threr
Hundred q year lie is meditating the committAl @,i
that blundcr which you aud ! have 80 happily
avoided but mamma Is implacablc. Can you 40
anything for him lie is q smart young fellow, wei
up 90 the duties Of any post that man OF ms 'g.
is likely 20 be- intusted with.Pcunit me 10 solicit
your good Offices on his behalf, and believe me-
yours most faithfully Stephen Langion.'
-lTinslcy's Magazine.
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1881-08-12
A Granger war against the barbed wi,

"A Granger war against the barbed wire
manufacturers Is threatened In Iowa. The
farmers of the State sometime ago held q
convention, presided over by the Governor,
to protest against what they call the
Baroed Wire Monopoly" A committee
was appointed 10 wait upon the owner ofthe
patent and see If some compromise could not
be made. This has failed, however, and a
company called the Farmers Anti Barb Wire
Fence Association. has been formed, with
capital Of $IOO, 900 To fight The question in
and "uI Of eourt. Over 2UO,0O0 persons IN
the State are said to be Interested In the
movement.
Two wonderful lllipuiians are holding
receptions in London ard meeting with great
success. The :" Midgets," rs they are called,
are Lucie Zafate aud General Mite. The
General Is twenty-one iiiches high, aud
weighs nine pounds the lady Is uearly the
same hight and her weight Is thiiteen pounds.
L,lcia Is a Mexicam haif-easte. her parents.
who accompany her, being weil-prportr,n.d
persuiis of middle size, and her haty sister,
two years &c age, Is taller and much larger
than the woman IT Ii. No infant has yet
been found ihai can wear either her iings or
her shoes, the largest If her rings being too
small to he piared On an ordinary lead PEN
ell, while hei bracelets ARE i.ot large enough
10 b- worn on the finger # an adult.
millionaire Mark Hopkins never kept
nor ba,i kept All accoii.ii b~'k 'f any kind,
not even n bank book. nor any other similar
record, to sln.w his individual dealings and
"pe, al ions. Everything that he had, all The
mnIlry h- made from all sources, " ~ turned
,,totlte Western Development Company, and
f."m that company he dIew when lie wanted
money 10 pay n lsil"r's hill or build Two
million dollar maisi"n. He left All esl ate Of
Si6,0O0,OOO. Some of his heirs claim that
the -sia.e MAS worth Sz7.OOO,OOO, and that
SIl ,0O0,000 should he distributed. MIS-. Hop
sins, NJ -A-cutIix, entered bond In tn. s'tm
If S5,DOp, ,OOO, a ID she says that only $Z75, ia
an item that " ~ overloooked, remain uiidis-
rurhed. Such are skeleton facts as "A sensa-
tiou that exists IN San Francisco.
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Paper for Dishes.
Paper World.

The latest application " paper b the
adoption Of papsr pla.es by sone Of the
great restaurants aud cafes In Berlin The
innovation was 6st introduced during the
,sanmer Of Lest year, by the adventurous
landlord ef ,nuch-frequented opeH-air
restaurant. Every customer who ordered
bread and butter, rpasf, cakes, buns, or sim
lsr articles, had them served I'd him upon .
little paper pla.~, made II light paper.
mache, adorned with pretty border In re-
lief, and having at the first glance . great
similarity To porcelain. Gues,s, walters and
hosts were oil pleased with the novelty; II
saved the waters many . deduction from
their wages on account of breekages which
the deflest and clevsrest can scarcely avoid
when he handles hundreds Of pieces Of
crockery during single afternoon aud eve-
ming. The paper plates were 50 cheap that
the landlord did not care to assert his own.
ership over them, and his customers were a.
lowed to carry them away, like the pretty
serviettes Of thin paper used In so many res
tauranis In Holland. There was also con-
siderable saving of the time lost, aud the
chance Of accident incurred, In the cleansing
of earthenware pottery. The success VI tho
experiment has been 80 marked that the new
species of plates Ii likely to be introduced
into great number Of restaurants.
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A Montana case just decided In the Grner-
ri Land Office, presents seine peculiar -
we'll ~ interesting features An application
for pstsul was filed by the L,rslor aud due
notice af the same WIS given la the Usual
way, by publication, etc. II " happened,
that the printer, for his own convenience, at-
tached 10 the advertisement nciice that the
advertisements expired on = certain day.
which was several days after tile legal limit
In which adverse claimants could file their
prot..sis. An adverse ciaiinant alleged thst
ll.e note ofilir p,iusrT nIsisd Lini, and that
when he offered Lis psprss II iiis ioezl eiiicr
they could not bc r~criscd because the lime
fnr filing al adverse claim had expired. Under
These. circnmss siirrs ir apprslra 10 the CON-
missioner, Who slis aincd the srvish,n - Tho
local otic~, aud says: :. lliai u IL not the
province ii published notices 10 Inform sd
verse claimants II ~L&t period the time
within which NJ adverse clam may 0e nied
expires hui iis oiiice u 10 inform aii inter
ested, thst ~ application fnr certain miner
ii lAa.d bas be~l filed u date named. aud
adverse claimsI,is are sh~irfnrr put upon In
quiry." IN other words, II 10 presumed that
every cislmant knows the Law aad must
iuder fui himself When the timr for filing ex-
pitrs, aid musi mol b. led sstray BY false
lishsa, I'D, therefore, ns,,sI saiier tss conse-
qu<nces cf hIs OWL negligence Or ig'oTsncs.
md - department. can aiiori = rene1y.
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CuPID'S FIRST DIP.
BY sAMt'EL LOVER.

Cupid "nr LAY amid wild flowers playing
wild t0w"rS--thr tittcsf for him
IA the bright Atr, am fy whose banks he was
straAing,
Longing 10 hathc-but the boy could not
hHim
H. venfurrd his foot in n .hailow hard by,
Whrn The nAinph OF the strram with sharp
mocking cry.
Said cupid. don't dabbIe-be caution, or
bold,
Jump in. or keep out,
If sou dabhlr no doubt
ion'll go HON" with "a cough,
Aud the ladies will ,cnff:-
For the very worst thing is for Love TO take
cold"
Cupid, thus tauntrd, jump'd in, nothing
daunted,
well done" said the nymph to my boy
Once u'rr heal AMI -ar~, boy, away with
your fars-
The wilder the plung", oh. the brighter the
JOY!
To Civ. you this lesson, sweet Cupid, Is luct
With Your dar little wings, too-l'm sure
you're a duck
But. wild duck, don't dabbIe,"
The nymph laid TO him,
"Once DER head anil ears.
Away with vour Trars.
For Love never sinks when drtermin ned to
swim!"
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III. o,d socis,y" OF washington.

One will zee on bright afternoon . car
rage drawn by pair Of fine bays. On the
box are two aristocraiic negroes; inside h
the afistocratic Fner--sn old lady with she
traces Of youthful beauty still about her.
She represents what thinks itself 1t the top
most round Of the social ladder, the old
Washington and Georgetown society, nain-
ly composed Of the descendants u old vir-
ginia aud Maryland families. Once In every
Eve years this old lady throws open her
mansion and gives formal reception. No
one d invited In whom any VI the present
generation has any interest, or who has any
interest In IL. Grave old men who were
dsndies in Jackson's days, and the very old
ladies who recollect dolly" Madison, sil
around the old rooms, which are astonished
probably at the admission VI air and sun
shine Into their dusty old precincts. and u
the inirusion Vt mem and women who used
10 coms tbeie oit~n enough In their younger
days, hui who might easily have been ghosls
many years ago. They have The counly eie-
games of m older day, aud 10 listen 10 them
ons would ihiuk susa self In by-sous
-
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HopEa nr AMERICAN nrnnroro
A S250.0o0. 900 English Estate on whssh
s They Have Set Their Longing kysA. ,
Nen YORK Sun.


Various branches of the Hedges family Ia
the United SiAtes are very mach exercised
by story that they are 10 g-, n big slice oi
ali English estate II S25oOOo, ,u0V, recent,
decreed by the curt If. chanceiy to the
American heirs VI Sir Charles Hedges. The
story Is that the property MAS left one hun
died years ago ~ The heirs Of Sir Charles
brother Joseph, who had eDigrated To Amer
lea, with the reslrictiun that the division
should not be made for ons hundred years
Meantime the English Hedsesrs held poss~s-
sion aud nse Of the property. The time fo'
the division having arrived, It 10 claimed
that the American heirs Of Joseph Hedges
are ~ be put In possession ,of their inher-
itance when they ean prove their descent. A
number .f the Hsdgeses who claim " h~
heirs recently had . m-eting a. Paris, Ky.
Anathsr, nsn who claims 10 be m heir ~
Joseph, Apple, gof Chicago, torme,ly . sew
issg- machine agent In Washington. ,.tsr,..
l., The veteran CLAIM. ageH John Pitts Jayne,
u Murray street, Vas found yesterday by =
,Sunl reporter investigating the case, r., Nr.
Jayne said shst be hsd found That SiE Charles,
who was Secretary pf STATE 10 King William
ILL., and Queen, Anne, died In. l7l9, after
having twice married. Hs had five soas and
one daughter, Annie. The daughter married
Sir Edward Sni,h. Sir Charles Hedges sec
end wifi, EIea'pr. died ~. February, i7s3.
His son by her. John Hedges, ESQ.,. v - Sec
mt ary 10 the Prince " Wales. His son by
her, William Hedges, died IN May, 1854. He
was one ef the Commission VI The Pesce for
Kent. Little II kMwn aboat Josrph
Hedges, th~ American settler. There are
several branches aof the Hsdgeses inyarious
parts of the United S,aies.s some, Of them
settled In Yates county, Nsw York. Some si
Madison. n. j., In l74p, and 4 descendant, Ia
.77S. 10 rseorded - marryIag Polly Wilkins,
Of Madison. There,h long account of the
Hedgeses In Littel's Psssaic Valley Gene
alogy." Still ano,her family of Hedgeses
settled In Eas.hsmpton, L. l., In i14s. Ths
Christian name u the frst American settler
10 somewhat In doubt, and Mr.. Jayne has
not yet been able TO determine which Of 'he
Amrncan fAmilies 10 nearest to Joseph
Hedges, who wss Sir Charles Hedge
brother. s4E
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A Thousand Dollars n Minute.
Boseoa Herold.


Mr.. Eddy, the veteran patent solicitor Of
Boston Ia regular encyclopedia 0f incidents
refe. ring " inventors. He tells Of man
named Hurd, Who belonged In 6toushsm,
who realized SO, 900, aud gave 70 the world
one of The most valuable inventions ever
produced-all the result of only about. m
half hours thought. His inventaon was the
machine now everywhere used Tor extracting
m0lasses frosa sugar. When ths Idea 0c-
Cured 70 him hs skotchcd Il down and gave
Il 70 Nr. Eddy, and authorised him 70 take
out patent. Returning home, he forgot all
abnut the mater and applied himself to other
affairs. subsequently gentleman engaged
In the sugar business saw the invention In
Mr.. Eddy's efica, aud u once appreciated iis
value. The solicitor was instructed To pur-
chase the patent, which he supposed be
could do for modernie. sum. The first
Offer Of $l.O0O MAS refused, and not until the
figure II S30,00O VAS reached did Mr.. Hurd
surrender, The machine ID nsed In oil tho
sugar Countries of the world. Mr.. Robert
son, who was the American Consul u
Hague, and the Aspin~ alls n Npw yaahk
made millions cut VI the spsenflnn. Il
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a St.,Ty for Youas Writers.


Frauklin's famous story gives an excellent
hint ~ young writer's, rs illustrative Of the
value of brevity. A young HAL, Oh COM
nei,cing business. proposed to paint over his
shop window, "J.hn Thompson, halter,
makes aud sells halls for ready money !" To
which VAS added the sign # q hat. One
friend suggested that as lac made and sold
hats, the word hal,er"'. WAS unnecessary.
IL xs therefore struck out and the sisn re-
manned, John I thompson makes and sells
hats for ready money" Another friend ad-
ylsed hnn 10 omit the phrase /" for ready
money!" as there would occur occasions for
selling ON credit; aud 70 the sign read,
.John Thompson makes and sells hsts." 1t
was then limited that the buyer did not care
Who made 1t, and that the sign would be
better il IL read, John Thompson sells
hats" But another amputatiOn MAS In store
still, for critic pointed out the usclessness
VI The phrase "sells hats" for, he said, no
one would ever suppose that the hats were to
be given away for nothing." Thus n last
this aspiring tradesnan commenced business,
like many worthy successors, under the mod
esi sign If /" John Thompson"