The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1885-07-30

and curly hair, his little friend of ter
years before. In the conversation which
followed, he learned that the lad hae
steadily pursued his chosen vocation
made many friends, and by his industry
saved nearly three hundred dollars which
he now has in bank. As soon as the
present hard times are over, q clerkshiE
in brokers' office awaits him, as re-
ward for his fidelity, and the same enter
prise that has so successfully carried him
thus far, may one day make him tie
head of great firm. At any rate, the
boy has albright future. before him and
is an example of what may be accom-
plished by lad who "paddles his own
canoe"
poL1TENEss THAT DIDN'T PAY.
There is an old saying that "politeness
is like an air cushion; though there's
nothing in it, it eases our jolts wonder
fully" Recently, it did not prove true
In crowded Sixth Avenue car last week.
an old gentleman gallantly rose to give
his seat to lady. AS he did 80, a rude
but we'll dressed fellow took it. Think
ing there was. some misunderstanding,
the old gentleman explained matters.
The other surlily replied, "I found the
seat empty, and I'm going to keep it."
"Then you are not fit for decent socie-
ty; you're blackguard; you respect
neither woman, nor the gray hairs Of
your seniors" sold man, if it wasn't
for your years, I'd smash you !" "Waive
the years, and get right out here," ex.
claimed the now enraged grandsire,
"and I'll teach you that you are not only
a blackguard, but coward and a pup
py." Butlthe younger man didn't bulge
until several blocks were passed, when
he pulled the strap, alighted and said,
"Now Pm ready for you," but before the
old man could turn around, the fellow
darted to an opposite corner, brought q
policeman, and the gentleman was
hustled of to Court. One or two of the
passengers went along and testified in his
behalf but the brute and the officer were
chums, and both being in the same polit'
ical "ring" with the "Justice" the cul.
prit was fined ten dollars. It was paid
on the spot, but the fiery veteran as he
left the court room could not refrain
from saying that he would give hun.
dred dollars more for the privilege of a
conversation with the scoundrel just
three minutes long, and if he didn't
polish him off in. that time, it would be
because his right hand had forgotten its
cunning"
BEHIND THE SCENES.
How few people recognize the distress.
ing circumstances under which actors and
other public servants are sometimes COM
PEELED to keep their engagements or dis.
appoint the multitude. Just before the
dramatic season closed, prominent
commedian was forced to leave his dying
wife and 60 upon the stage to make the
people laugh. On reaching home, he
found her a corpse. Last Sunday /
visited Manhattan Beach to listen to the
music of Gilmore's Band. 1t was gener.
ally observed that the famous leader was
greatly depressed, and that the last piece
on the programme, "Nearer my God, to
Thee" was played with more than ordi-
nary fervor, the band standing, and the
immense audience joining in singing the
grand old hymn. I inquired of Mr..
Gilmore few minutes later the cause of
this unusual solemnity. "My dear old
mother died two days ago, and at the
moment her favorite hymn was being
played, she was being laid to rest" was
the sad reply. "To tell the TRUTH" he
added, "I was almost obliged to leave
the stand; for I was blind with tears, and
only the sense of duty prevailed"
A RARE OLD VIOLIN.
Some men are born to good luck and
others have it thrust upon them. Just
before he sailed for Europe, NJ. Ravin
d'Elpeux, the husband of Murio- -Celli,
q celebrated operatic teacher, while
attending an auction, purchased ven.
erable looking violin. It was guiltless OF
strings, and to casual observer seemed
like an estray from some hospital for
iufrm fddles. His friends laughed at
him because he had bought "pig in Q
bag" but he sentimentally answered
that it was q relic of an old estate, and
be wanted it as a souvenir. A few days
later, while examining the instrument
under strong light, he was astonished
to find within the she'll, the name of the
great "Guiuarius fecit." Here was q
prize indeed. Showing it to an artistic
friend, he was promptly offered hun.
dred dollars. Since then, Mr.. d'Elpeux
has refused five times that sum from
those who recognize that he is the posses.
sor of one of the rarest gems extant, and
it is now on its travels in style befitting
its rank and lineage.
ACTORS IN THEIR SUMMER HOMES.
In the theatrical world most of the
leading professionals are enjoying a
period of rest. Edwin Booth is at his
Newport cottage, and since the marriage
of his daughter is apparently more sensi-
tive to the pleasures Of life than he has
been for many years. Poor John
Mccullough is in the Bloomingdale
Asylum, hopelessly insane; not wild,
but weak, and liable to die at any mo-
ment. He will leave property worth
between sixty and seventy thousand dol
lars. Maggie Mitchell is at her cottage
in Long Branch, where also reside the
Chanfraus, Henderson, Theodore Moss
of Wallack's, John Albaugh, the propri.
etor of the Washington and Baltimore
tbeaters and Oliver Doud Byron. All
these own handsome places and enter.
tain royalty. Mary Anderson's house,
yact and horses, with which she was wont
to enjoy herself at the Branch have been
sold, and she will not return to the
United States until about the first of
October. During the recent visit of her
step-father, DR.. Hamilton Griffin, for the
purpose of experimenting the above
transactions, he showed me malacca
cane which she had purchased for him
for $3.50. 1t was an unusually long and
aged stick with a plain gold head on
which was inscribed Presented to David
Garrick by his friends, Stratford on.the-
Avon."'
Robson and Crane, Lawrence Barrett,
Alice Booth and the veteran John Gil.
bert are Summering in cottages at Man.
chester-by. the.Sea, and at Cohasset,
Mass. F; and pretty Estelle Clayton finds
her home in Madison Ayenue. New York.