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Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-02-22
ACTRESSES AND THEIR FORTUNES.
Profitable Stars and Their Prices
per Night for shining.
Howard in Philadelphia Press.l

Howard in Philadelphia Press.l
Fanny Davenport at one time was the most
profitable star in the country. She was
worked up to degree of popularity by
Daly's shrewd management, her own beauty
and talent unqestionably aiding very largely
in that desired result She received from
$50 to $500 night for long time. Then
she married and bought a play, and last sea-
son made very handsome fortune, at the
expense. fear, of sturdy good health.
Her father was off and on in success. In
the latter years of his life he preferred a
salary. Jarret & Palmer paid him $500 a
week ! think sis Hamlet was the trueSt to
that phenomenon we have seen in this coun-
try. Ii was greatly admired by students,
and be was often referred TO as an authority,
a compliment which l doubt very much was
ever paid to Mr. Edwin Booth or to John
Mccullough. Davenport was quite old when
be died, his children grown up and married,
and although he left some property-a farm,
/ think, in Pennsylvania-he was not rich
and hadn't the money making faculty.
Lotta is very rich For many years she
shared after expenses, allowing $50 For
instance, if the expenses were 500, she
shared after $50 were taken ont. She has
been before the eastern public since
1865, at which time she appeared
in Niblo's. Prior to that she
danced and played in San Francisco sa-
looms and made pile of money. She is
quoted at half a million, and is very careful
of it all. The gossip about her connection
with Mr.. Abbey and her helpfulness toward
that energetic and popular director of events
is pure bosh. He managed her theatrical
business with great success and profit for her
and for himself, and when he went into the
Park theatre enterprise, in Boston, she pro-
vided a part of the needed capital When he
went TO Europe he parted with his interest in
the Park theatre, and she took it.
Maggie Mitchell is married. judge Mag
gle TO be about 46 or Al She is a very shrewd
business woman, with a long common-sense
head and no nonsense about her She trav-
els with her own company, makes special
terms with managers and clears in good
seasons all the way from 81, 900 to 81 500 per
week.
Clara Morris has had peculiar career.
She can make a contract with a manager for
800 nights for $500 a night whenever she will
agree TO play regularly. She has been On the
stage now about thirty years, but until she
Joined Mr.. Daly's company never had any
prominence or money. l imagine he paid
herivery meagerly at first, but she soon as
sumed heroic proportions, and developed so
fast into leading positions that stardom was
one of the unavoidable consequences Her
health has never been good, and managers,
in making contracts, are forced to keep that
in mind.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-02-22
The Fastest Sea-GoIng War Vessels
New York Po.t.l

New Ork fOs%-
The fastest sea going war vessel is the new
Gillian cruiser Esmeralda, that recently OBJ
tanned the mean speed of eighteen and one
quarter knots per hour on a sea trial Tbs
British cruiser Isis, hitherto the fastest MAN.
of-war, has a maximum speed of eighteen
knots per hour; she Is, however, unarmored
and comparatively lightly armed The Es-
meralda may be described as a case-mated
monitor with hign freeboard and every eS.
sential 10 make her seaworthy for any voyage,
She carries ten-inch, twenty-five ton, breech-
loading, very long-range bow and stern guns
that sweep through more than $50 degrees.of
the horizon, protected with steel shields and
capable of penetrating twenty inches of iron
armour. Besides these she carries on each
broadaide three six-inch breech- loading rifles,
capable of penetrating eleven inches of iron
armour. These powerful guns are worked
by the most perfect system of labor-saving
hydraulic machinery yet devised. The Es-
merelda carries, in addition to the above,
HotchkiSs' revolving cannon Gardner and
Gatling repeating guns, mounted in every
available place, even in her tops .nastheads),
all protected with steel shields. These latter
weapons are mainly for defense
against torpedo boats. The striking
features of the ESmeraIda are her moderate
size her comparatively light armor, her small
draft of water, her high speed, and her pow
erfui armament
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-02-22
LIFE UNDER HIGH PRESSURES.
Organic Life at Great Depths in the Sea
Interesting Experiments.
Popular Science NewsJ

Popular Science News.
The recent expedition Of The Talisman"
has furnished interesting proofs Of the ex-
istence of organic life at great depths in the
sea. Direct experiments have boen made
by NJ. Regnard with the press cf Messrs.
Caillet and Ducretet, by which a pressure of
more than a thousand atmospherss can be
obtained, corresponding to deptl, of water
of more than 6,2l4 miles. Beer yeast, when
submitted to the pressure of thousand
atmospheres for an hour, and then placed in
contact with sweetened water, appeared to
be latent. After about an hour it revived,
when fermentation began, AMI went on
slowly. Yeast was afterwards left in sweet
enei water, under a pressure of COG atmos-
pheres, for seven hours, when no fermenta-
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-02-22
Why He Failed.
IMall Street NeMSl


I One of the late failures IN northern Michi-
gan was that Of retail dealer in grind
stones-labilities, So $50 .; assets, 81, ,2t52 IS
His explanations were all ready for the first
caller. You see, l was carrying stock of
$50 grindstones all sizes-all of 'em provided
with holes in the center" Yes" The over
production depressed the market and sent
down prices Exactly while the gen.
eral depression in all kinds of business in
duced farmers to sharpen their tools on stone
walls and put off investing in grindstones.
"Just So" And, to add to the rest, rumors
of European complication, the low price of
wheat, and the cholera excitement weakened
the market until grindstones hadn't the
ghost of a show"
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-02-22

issued a decree that all vehicles on the ex-
cellent coach road, which had always been
hitherto used, should be entirely stopped
thereby, Of course, bringing grist to the
railway mill, but throwing hundreds of peo-
pie, with their mules and carts, out of en-
ployment
A few days ago the resident engineer re-
ported to the president that fish plate had
been placed on the rails with the evident OBJ
ject of unsetting the train on its passage
over a narrow viaduct, built by the Ameri-
can contractor who commenced-but did not
finish-the line. Gen Blanco immediately,
without instituting any inquiry with the OBJ
ject of discovering the offenders, and with
out making any distinction between rich and
poor, ordered every one living within a
radius of half mile of the seems of the at
tempted outrage-in all sixty persons-to be
locked up for one month.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-02-22
Popular Science MonthIy.l

Popular Science MOnthly.l
In science nothing can be permanently &C
cepted but that which is true, and whatever
is accepted as true is challenged again and
again. 1t is an axiom in science that no
truth can be so sacred that it may not be
Questioned When that which has been ac-
cepted as true has the least doubt thrown
upon it, scientific men at once re-examine
the subject No opinion is sacred. at
ought to be" is never heard in scientific
circles. 1T seems to be" and 1--WE think it
is" is the modest language of scientific htera
ture.
In science all apparently conflicting facts
are marshaled, all doubts are weighed, all
sources of error are examined, and the most
refined determination is given with the
probable error" A guard is set upon the
bias of enthusiasm, the bias of previous
statement, and the bias of hoped-for dis
covery, that they may not lead astray. So,
while scientific research is training in OBJ
servatio n and reasoning, it is also training
in integrity
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-02-22

over a charge she had heard over and over
again, al want you more than ever now.
You see, Luke wants me to be fit to talk to
the gentlemen who come to SEQ him,
and thought perhaps you'd teach me out Of
the books so as | may know something
Luke hasn't time, and l don't feel as could
get on without help. Besides, l can't bear
to think of your living away from us now"
"Eou're talking nonsense said Reuben.
shortly and sharply. I've not been so kind
to you that you need set yourself against the
parting
"Eou are rlre good TO Peter, and when we
were in bad way you stood by us, father
That's what l remember. l know well
enough your savings are a deal smaller for
what you did for us"
The old man uttered an impatient pooh
pooh!" and, rising from his chair, fdgeted
about the room. Then he sat down again
and silently watched Owens needle as it
flew in and out of the work upon her knee.
Dye really mean you'd like to learn o.
mes" he asked at last, doubtfully, after all
the hard things I've said to your
Il couldn't have gone on doing for you so
long, said Gwen, encouraged by the gen
tlenesS of his tone, "if l hadn't known that
you thought kinder-more kindly o. me than
ever you said. You didn't mean it just now,
whom you said that you We're used to
neglect"
mo, lass, said Reuben, taking her hand
I'D no call to mean such an untruth as that.
You're good gal; III teach you what you
ike"
After this it was surprising how well
Reuben got on with his daughter -n-law
Her intelligence delighted him, and he was
never tired Of boasting Of the progress she
made in history, arithmetic, grammar, and
geography. Not but what he often spoke
snappishly, but the old constant friction was
at an end, and past resentment quietly for
gotten.
1T seems TO me Peter and Gwen are run
ming one another Close said Luke, looking
up from his papers with smile one evening.
Bless you, no." declared Reuben. Peters
n sharp little lad, but he's nowhere beside
his mother She's one in a thousand, tell
y,u-rn,a in 81 thnusap1'n
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-02-22
Everybody Safe.

lChicago Tribune
New York millionaire-Are the girls locked
up for the night, wifes
yes
"Coachman chained;n
yes"
HAS the patent butcher-catcher in the
front yard been oiled SO that it works well.'
YES"
"Well, we might as well chleroform the
gardener and go TO sleep"
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-02-22
TBroOklyn Eagle

French brandy within the last three years
has ceased to be brandy, being for the most
part alcohol of grain potatoes or beet. The
proprietols of the vineyards themselves have
become so clever in its fabrication that it is
almost impossible even for honest merchants
TO buy pure cognac when they wish to do
So When the bottle is invOicel or labeled
1S49 or 1856 it only means that the article
has been made to resemble the brandy of
that year The alcohol which has taken the
place of the genuine spirit of the grape is de-
scribed as most pernicious liquor, producing
an intoxication which inclines the patient to
rage and physical violence, while the pro-
longed Use of it leads TO insanity.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-02-22
Did Pretty Well.

[Pittsburg Chronicle and Telegraph
First young lady-Why, Jennie, you dear
little sweet! I've not met you in a year.
Where have you been2 TO Chicago, Laura
"And did you like it out therel You married,
didn't your 20, yes" did you do well.'
Pretty well, though not SO well as l ex-
pected. The court only allowed me $50 a
month alimony." what shame!"
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-02-22

louisville Courier-Journal1
The New York Observer holds that 1t is
much better to have one well endowed and
well-mannered theological seminary in q
given district than several monohippic ones.
1t is good thing to see the coarse expression
lone horse" at last eliminated from the reli-
gious paPers
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-02-22
A Queer Old Note.
lChicago Herald

;
A Newville, Nd, man has 81 note Of
Continental money. upon which is printed
the following: This bill of 81 shall entitle
the bearer hereof to receive gold or silver
at the rate of four shillings and sixpence
sterling per dollar for the said bill, accord
ing to a resolve of the Provic Clcal conven-
tion of Maryland, held at the city of An
napolis, the 9Th day of December, l775"
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-02-22
rIipd.Reading Not improbable.

IPrOfeSSOr ". T. Barrett.
1t is surely not more improbable to assume
that one mind can act directly on another in
contiguity to it consciousness in A begetting
consciousness in b without the occurrence of
any sensory indication) than to assume, as
we all do, that every particle of sand on this
globe is perpetually pulling and directly af
fecting every particle of sand on worlds
millions upon millions of miles distant from
us through some agency as yet unknown
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-02-22

IINuuON uuCu-I
Southern tOurist-Get any newspapers
herel Orcadian boatman-Ou, aye, when
the steamer comes. II its fine, she'll come
once week; but when it's stormy, i winter,
we dinua catch CLINT O. her for three
months at time, S. T.-Then you'll not
know what's goin' on in London? o. B.
No; but We see ye're just as ill aft i London
as We are, for you dinna ken what's gaun
on hereI
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-02-22


According to the language of the eye,
"black eyes show passionate, lively tenn
permanent" The signification of a black and
blue eye is not given. Perhaps it is not neces-
sary las it generally shows quarrelsome, poke
your -nose-into-o other people's-business DISPOSE
ton on the part Of the owner
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-02-22
Hard to Get Acquainted.


A western man who moved to New York
with his family two years ago, in speaking
of society there, the other day, said: This
is positively the most inhospitable town en-
the face of the earth. Take my own case,
for example. We moved here two years ago
from Omaha, and settled down permanently
in New York. We are not country people
by any means Both my daughters and my
wife spent five years of their life, prior to
1880, in travelling about Europe, and the
girls are bright and rather pretty. We came
here, bought house in Thirty-sixth street.,
for which l paid the rather snug sum Of
SAG, 900, and there We have lived ever since.
The neighbors own their houses on either
side of u, and the block is filed with peo-
pie who have lived there for many years. /
am acquainted with several business men
who reside on the block, and altogether l
felt that l was moving into a decidedly
pleasant neighborhood
IN the course of two years not a solitary
one of our neighbors had called on us. II
either of my daughters should give party
tomorrow, it is doubtful if their mother
could ask score of preseutable people to
the house. My business has compelled me
during the last twenty years to spend great
ueai o1 uihe III Euope nave uasoieu d
great deal, but have never found society
which is quite so ungracious as that of New
York. Everything here is either blood or
money. If man is worth one million he is
recognized If he is worth one hundred
millions he is sought after. If he is only
worth one-quarter of a million, he is forgot
ten. OF course, this is an old story. The
point wish to speak about particularly is
the snobbish talk about blood which one
constantly hears in New York. Another GU
rious thing is that New York recognizes
no other blood than that of the
Knickerbockers. Although my own people
We're retired ship-owners in Salem when the
Stuyvesants, Brevoorts, Van Rensselaers,
and Crugers were butchers. bakers, shop
keepers, and harness s-maksrs in New York,
| am considered plebeian'
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-02-22
Brevity of the Classics.

The late Mark PattiSon, speaking of the
desirabiity Of condenslng as much as posi-
bic in writing, once sad: Il think it must
have been the scanty supply of paper which
made the classics what they are"
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-02-22
The Capitol Door.

The great bronze door of the east front en-
trance of the rotunda Of the capitol at Wash
ington weighs 0,00O pounds and cost SIS, 900
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-02-22
A Hint to Amateurs.

Contributors will please bear in mind that
zone of the immortal poets ever wrote on
both sides of the paper.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-02-22

lIidl lTbIl udN lLt llut
turned. Nobody hurried to take up the in
vention, but still the capital to form a COM
pany was gradually subscribed, and Luke
felt his way grow clear and easy before him.
A steady demand sprung up for the Spar
row tram.cars, and the dividends rapidly
rose Luke was made much of now, and on
all sides manufacturers and SPECTATORS
sent him orders for specified inventions,
offering him large sums if he could meet
their requirements. Some of the requests
were absurd, but many presented problems
possible of solution, and the demand for his
productions preceding the supply, Iukes
work was freed from the anxi ties .f the
man who invents first and finds his marke.
afterward-if he can
At home il seemed at first as if his sue
cess would widen rather than heal the
breach between his father and himself, for
Reuben grew more silent and moody as his
son went up in the world. During the days
of anxious poverty, while ass.iling Gwen
with ceaseless reproaches, he had
exercised much ingenuity in secretly sup
plying the wants of the household; but now
tIat the privations of the young couple were
at an end, he chose to believe that they
wished him dead or gone, and when Gwen
told him one day that Luke intended to take
a larger house, the old man broke out bit
terly. They were getting too grand for him,
he said. The furniture which he and his old
woman had bought when they married, and
which he had brought with him to his sons,
wasn't good enough for fine new house.
and he'd better betake himself somewhere
else with it
"Don't say that, father" said Gwen;
wherever we go, your rooms shall have the
old things in"
''Oh, Of coursel The old things are good
enough for the old mani" retorted Reuben
unreasopably. You'll stow me away
in the back rooms, and get new friends to
suit your new furniture No, No! I'll get
room somewhere, and have a woman in TO
look after me. I'm used TO neglect"
But, father, said Gwen. patiently passing
The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1885-10-23

1t is during the latter third of his
career that the softer andlighter foods,
such as well-cooked cereals, some light
mixed animal and vegetable soups,
and also fish, for which teeth are bare
ly necessary, are particularly valuable
and appropriate. And the man with
imperfect teeth who conforms to
natures demand OF mild, non-stimu-
lating dietary in advanced years Will
mostly be blessed with q better di-
gestion and sounder health than tile
MAI who, thanks to his artificial
machinery, can eat and does eat as
much flesh in quantity and variety as
he did in the days OF his youth, Par
be it from me to under-value the truly
artistic achievements of a clever and
experienced dental surgeon, Or the
comfort he affords. BY all means let
us have recourse TO his aid when our
natural teeth fail, for the purpose OF
vocal articulation, to say nothing oil
their relation to personal appearance
ION such grounds the artificial substi-
tutes rank among the necessar.es oil
life in acivllized community. Only let
it be understood that the chief end oil
teeth, so far as mastication is con-
cerned, has in advancing age been TO a
great extent accomplished, and that
they are now mainly usefulfor the pur-
pose Just named. But / cannot heir
adding that there are some grounds for
the beIiefthatt those who have through
out life from their earliest years con
sumed little or no flesh, but haveliyed
on q diet chiefly or wholly vegetarian
will be found to have preserved then
The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1885-10-23
The Power of Sympathy.

At the last meeting of the French
Academy OF Medicine, DIR. Brown-Se-
guard related a very remarkable in
stance OF the power ofsympathy which
came within his recent observation.
A littlegirl waslooking out Ola window
in a house in the Batignolles a few
days ago. The lower sash wasraised,
and the child had placed her arms on
the sill. Suddenly the support on
which the sash rested gave way, and
the window fell Observation-Disclosures
on the little girls arms, infiicting a
severe bruise. Her mother, who was
in the room at the time, happened to
look toward the window at the mo-
ment of the accident and witnessed it.
She tainted with fright, and remained
insensible for a minute or two. When
she recovered she was conscious of d
severe pain in both arms, and on ex-
aiming the seat OF it she was amazed
to find on each arm q bruise CORE
spending in positionto that left by the
accident on the child's, though more
extensive.
The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1885-10-23

On our way to Fredericksburg, in
1862, writes a soldier in the Missouri
Republican, we had encampedfo a day
and latein the afternoon our attention
was attracted by the music Off bandi in
grove only half a mile away, which
kept playing one lively air for so long
a time that some few OF us proposed
to 20 over and see what the fun was
about. At this time fitzpatrick was
Northumberland of the Harris fight
cavalry" afterward called by preju-
diced infantry "Kilpatrick's thieves. /"
When we reached the grove a very
funny sight greeted us. The band was
still playing, but nearly exhausted.
fitzpatrick, elevated by standing on a
barrel head, waits shouting directions
TO at least so darkey men, women
and children, old and young who
The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1885-10-23
Remarkable Operation.

The possibilities of modern surgery
were wonderfully illustrated by an op.
Grafton performed at the hospital oil
the Medico-Chirurgical College by DIR.
j.. f. Garretson. Thepatient operated
upon was a gentleman who had been
sent from Scranton to the Wills Eye
Hospital for a supposed disease ofthe
right eye which caused it to protrude
from it's socket. Prof. Kaiser, of the
Wills Hospital, turned the patient
over to the Medico- Chirurgical, where
a complete diagnosis of the case de-
termined the cause of the trouble to
be a large tumor which filled the nasal
cavity and grew through the cheek and
As the only hope of saving the mans
life lay in removing the tumor, the OPP
Grafton which was performed was de-
cided upon.
After administering ether, all the
skin and flesh on the right side of the
face was cut loose from the bones be-
meath and laid back. Then a circular
saw driven by a surgical engine at a
speed OF $4,000 revolutions a minute
was brought into play to cut away
the.right side OF the nose, the maxil-
larry, or jaw bones and the ethmoid, or
base of the vault of the skull. As the
cutting was done the arteries were
taken up one by one, but a consider
able amount OF blood was unavoid-
ably lost.
When the bone was removed there
was nothing left Of the right side ofthe
face below the eye and above the neck
The eye itself vas held ip place by one
| Of the six assistants, while another
one held back the base of the brain.
The humorous bones now being remov-
ed the space left vacant was filed with
several sponges, the flesh and skin
drawn back and sewed last TO the
other side OF the face by fifty stitches.
AT the end OF about two weeks a
wax model of the interior cavity will
be made and given to askillfpl dentist
who will construct an artificial jaw.
There is every probability that the
patient, although he is 68 years old,
will recover without any unfavofable
Observation-Disclosures Press.