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TWO NOTED MINSTRELS
Who Have WON Eartmn"s. and What
They SAY ah"ut ~ Z s.ife.


"Billy" Emerson has rrcsatly made
q phenomenal success in Australia, and
is rich.
Emerson was born at Belfast in 1876.
He began his career with Joe Sweeney's
Ministries in Washington in 1857. Later
on he jumped into prominence in con-
nection with Newcomb's Ministries, with
whom he visited Germany. He visited
Australia in 1874, and on his return to
America joined Haverley's MINISTRIES in
San Francisco ut $500 week and ex-
penses. With this troupe he played be-
fore her majesty the queen, the Prince
of Wales, and royalty generally. After
this trip he leased the Standard Theater,
San Francisco, where for three years he
did the largest business ever known to
minstrelsy. In April last he went to
Australia again, where he has beaten
the record"
BILLY" is a very handsome fellow,
an excellent singer, dances gracefully,
and is true humorist.
eyes, sir, | have travelled all over
the world, have met all sorts Of people,
come in contact with all sorts OF Gus
toms, and had all sorts of experiences
One must have constitution like loco
motive to stand it."
eyes, ] know / seem to bear it like a
major, and do, but l tell you candidly
that with the perpetual change of diet,
water, and climate, if had not main
tanned my vigor with regular use oil
Warmers Safe Cure, should have gone
under long ago."
George H. Primrose, whose name is
known in every amusement circle in
America, is even more emphatic, if pos.
sible, than "Billy" Emerson, in com.
ing and travelling men generally, among
whom it is a great favorite.
Emerson has grown rich on the boards
and SO has Primrose, because they have
not squandered the public's "favors. -
FStage Whispers.
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Picking Tn Cigar Stumps.

fSan Francisco Chronicle "Undertones'1
stoe at the Baldwin theatre the other
night talking TO friend.
Look want you to watch this old fel-
low AMI 500 what he does. He comes around
the theatre all the time"
i saw a respectfully dressed man with
forid face, slightly gray hair and about
90 years old, standing by the gallery en-
trance.
"He's well of; owns horses and has money,
yet he walks around here picking up cigar
stumps"
kept an eye on him. Presently he moved
up TO the entrance. and saw his glance fall
to the flooring followed IT There, under
the frame Of photographs, lay cigar
stump He stood looking up and down the
street, aud at each turn OF his head he
would glance at tho stump to sec IL IL were
still there. He kept moving closer and
closer, until he turned close to the photo
graph-frame and pretended TO examine the
pictures His eye foil every moment to the
cigar stump. and then he would give half
glance over his shoulder to see II the three
or four people at tho entrance were watch
ing him.
ever saw. Then he grew rather nervous
He put his hand into bis overcoat pocket
and took il out again. Hs took another look
at the cigar aud another around. We were
all engaged talking. He put his hand into
his pocket q second time, and when he
brought 1t out IL held dirty handkerchief
As be fingered il he took another look, then
suddenly he dropped the handkerchief on
the cigar stump, picked both up. and pros
emily bio walked of. What be does with
them nobody knows
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Josh Billings is dead" an announces
ment which brought regrets to this whole
land, for thsre was scarcely a hamlet from
ons Ell o. the country to the other whose in
mates we're not familiar with the name, or &C
quaintei with the quaint sayings Of this hu-
morist philosopher Death aud mirthare SO
far disassociated that the announcement
carries with it a peculiar shoct. The thought
that Josh, who has enlivened thousands by
his wit, cheered up many sinking heart,
and brought sunshine into numerous homes,
who seemed to possess q fountain OF Ion
gevity producing joy, AMI yet he mist an
swer the summons like the rest of US While
on lecturing tour he did suddenly in hotel
at Monterey. California, ON Oct. IA.
Henry w. Shaw was born In Llnesbo-o.
Mass, in 1918. He came OF disting shei
family. His grandfather and father had
both been members OF congress. 1t was the
intention of his parents to bring him up
politician" though that was not the name
they gave the profession In those days. The
position Of private secretary to John
Quincy Adams had been assured him, but
the future JOSH" while a large, ungainy
10y of IA ran away from school AM
started west to satisfy the passion he pos.
-sessel for rowing. The history of his life
as fronuersman is one long list of fail.
ures. He tried his hand at every thing, &C.
cumulating nothing but an insight into
human nature that brought him a fortune
later on.
or his western enterprises Josh would
say very little. Ons IL his friells once
gave the following account OF his life thsre
Josh first opened ccuatry store. keeping
q stock of goods more remarkable for
variety than riches, Including grindstones,
needles settles, calaart.c pills. calico,
chap confectionery. icwsaarps and juiub.
pasle. In year or so he closed the estab-
lishment, but not without the sheriffs assist.
ance. Then he sook farm on credit, and
was obliged ut the end OF the third season
to discontinue the occu patton for q lack Of
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The wash Houses Of the Seine.


The floating wash-housss. which form a
striking feature In the panorama Of the
Seine in It's course through Paris, are men.
&C d with apprehen Ion. The city engin.
Ger have demanded their removal and tho
proposal Ia W un1er the consideration OF
commission appointed by tbs project. The
m tive for the demani u tho increasing
traffic ON the river.
So long as the only navigation consisted
Of a few lighterss towed along the chain
iail down In the channel, the wash-houses
were no obstruction. but now that Paris has
become large trading port. the quays re-
ceiving 100000 tons Of merchandise an.
nualiy, the seventy wash-house boats
monrsd along the banks form rcrious obsta-
cles to the traffic, which has increased snor-
niousiy during the last fifteen years by the
running Of pa sengsr steamers. TO the num-
ber II which will shortly b addod those Of
new company. Another objectiou-a n.y.
gienic one-is that the stream ~ poliutsl ~
the foul linen washc In the river above tho
point whore the water Is pun,psi 1t Passy
for thu public reservoirs from which y Is
distributsd 70 tho houses Tor consumDtions
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Mr.. Myers is native of r richmond. Va,
AMI 81 years OF aga He is nearly feet
inches tall, and weighs but 116 pouudS
With a good education he came to New
York and obtained clerkship in a dru.
house. Being considered a good runner
from 10y hood he naturally took an intere 4
in our athletic club races, and in 1878 tried
his pace with their best runnsr, whom hs
beat easily. This attracted some attention,
but the following feason he created a sens ga
ton by his sIe,d, and he has proved him.
self more and more q marvel since. His
style is so easy AMI graceful, his step SO
light and elastic that he appears to accom-
piish his wonderful speei with perfect ease.
When running his strides measure seven
feet, and here again the reader can make a
comparison by measuring Off few foot
prints that distanc, apart and then try and
step isto them. s. ii. ii.
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CAREER OF GEN. ALe:7T P.i;s
A Prominent Mason, Careful Lawyer. Poet,
Bon vipaut and sod er.


A Prominent Mason, Careful Lawyer. Poet,
Bon v;vsnt ana sod er.
ben: Perley Poor'.l
Albert Pike. a native y on. hut
reared in N,wJury, Mus, Ia bel prom
inent at Washington b.fors the war. His
@Hymn. to the Gods" originally puhi heI
in Blackwood were re5arlsl as ths finest
spec mems IL American poetry. an he was
well known at the national capital a. a
promiieat Freem tson. aS care nj lawy'r,
and as bon vivint He Wa prsverbiaiiy
careless In money natter, but he maiS
vast sums one fes Ia n ca Q FOR the l. liGa'
being over sljJ0j1. His hou.e was fitted
up elegantly, an his library was Of rare
and standard wJra mtny 0: taam inn
portel. IL cxcelei in the stan iarl En- :ii.h
authors. aud there were several thou ami
volumes in Freach. Besides TIM. he bai
some rare pictures an ths ine en,rnv-
ings ever publ s'ied Mr. wa tlis all. One
room wa. devoted to philos phicai appa-
ratus and the natural sciences were ia
miliar to him
Many dill not understand him ami dis
likei, or. rather, sneersd a. Tin. HE has
no comma sense" says one w ~ he
spends all his money for books, pictures,
wines and sport Anoth r saii there wa'
something wrong or Pike wouil have cen
q great man in the political world. The
truth Is. he cared nothing for wealth except
to spend ID; nothing for fame, AL nothing
for political preferment
On the breaking out OF tho rebellion. Pike
went into IL more than a, IL driven In than
going willingly. H. made speech at Lit
tie Rock In tho winter of 1884, before the
legislature, which portrayed the dangers Of
secession in vivid colors. When secession
was resolved upon he went with his adopted
state. He was appointed BY the convention
q commissioner to ths Indians Jef Davis,
also, gave him like commission This lei
10 his raising an Indian regiment and .
brigade for the rebel service He
got along very well until Hindman came
to Arkansas to take control Hindnan,
who was ambitious, reckless, and the in
carnation OF self,hns-s, took supplies and
money ssnt to Pike and on their way to
him. This led TO a quarrel Hindman sent
3 guard to arrest him, but Piks got To Mont
goniery and saw Davis Holmes was sent
to super sede Hin Imam and heal the breach,
but Hindman inoculatsd HOLMES with his
views and Pike hal to fight them both. At
last he resigned Lis military commission in
disgust He was then one OF the judges Of
the supreme court in Arkansas
After the cessation OF hostilities Gan. Pike
was invitsi by his Masonic brethren at the
north to visit them. and be was received
with open arms. He devoted himself to the
propagation Of the Scottish rite Of Masonry,
having been cho en- before the war sovereign
grand COMMANDER OF the southern jurisdic-
tion, AMI made Washington his load
Quarter2
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Chicago. Henry Mosler was a New YORK
10Y, lorn in 1871. A the age Of years
his family brought him 10 Cincinnati. From
c.rGr pe1dling he went at wood engraving,
On later into ths stuiio of James II. Beard.
For two years during The civil war he sent
sketches from the battle field to Harper's
Weekly. After that he went to Europe to
suuly, where he has sine, remained. with
bu t short intervals at homa His Iaintilg
ensitlel 'Tbe Lost eau 20" wa the first to
attract vary genera. attention. This was
in 1873 Since then. however, MIR. Moslar
ha won the distinctive honor of being the
only American arti who has found
a place OF the historic wells of the
Luxem bourg gaIlery, where great works
OF great living artis.s are hung, await
ing the day when they NAV further i'm
mortaliz, the masters by being tran 'ferred
TO the L-uvre. Every year sir &C 1878 lie
has had u work at tn, Salon, AMI tn orig
nality of his suit cts, logstlor WITH h s
fidelity Of drawing ani sire 9Th OF charac-
te.isatiou, la; won for him high p acc IL
the ju icmeut Of European c-i ics. The
r .tur = de R,tour, one of the great fsl-
lures Of the Salol 1879, was ur.'haso1
Ly the French covernmolC AMI paced in
the Luxembourg galio-7. THIS picture
1.-The R,.u"n,' ant h painting, en:ltsci
tile L. s. era l'"f,' now the pr pert
of tie l. usv is Polytechnic institution.
ere acne uiI i.iC 20 luEI: r. ,iz, Their
autlo. I'm i ,..s CGIi E nser TOT GU, Nor::
~ oynld by I,J-Eiiua-J tlrou h ut IT,.
cuuitry. +. l. HOWARD.
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STAGING A NEW PLAY.
Talk with an Old Stage Manager Mount
ing RehearsaIs-Cost

tak WIN an
Ing-Rehearsals-C
[Chicago Herald Interview
@Now about tbs production Of plays" the
manager said, as he began to dress for the
stage. First the play Is secured and then
read by the stage manager 10 the company.
Not ons man in 100 can read a play and tell
whether it will 10 a success or not, and then
many bad play is sold through good read
ing. After the play Il accepted the parts
are distributed 10 tho actors selecte to play
them S9metimes this selection takes time.
as IL may be hard TO find a man TO fit a GER
tain part. There can he no curtailmant In
the expense OF producing play, and
money has to be put out As though
a run was expsctsi After rehears-
ais are begun each member OF
the cast appears with pencil in hand and
makes all changes In lines aul situations
given by the ,tLge manager. In reality, the
stage manager makes or kills play by his
alteration
"HOw about the mountingp
THAT, another matter. The stage man.
ager make a drLught of the various set'
AMI 'hats and hanls IL t. the scenic artist,
who In turn makes from it perfect models
OF every scene on a scale OF an inch to a
foot When the models are finished they
are submitted to tbs author AMI manager
for approval or alteration. Next they go
to the boss stage-carpenter who builds the
frame work, and to the scene painters, who
paint the scenery The painting is done on
huge, movable paint frame Mt the rear
and above the stage. The work looks rough
there but is helped out by the lights"
SLOW many rehearsals are lad for new
play"
Usually about two weeks arc consumed
in rehearsals week with tho parts and
one without Three of the re-
hearsals are with scenery, and then
there IL dress rehearsal which Is
as perfect as first performance,
and more So Upon this occasion the seem
cry and lights are worked, and the members
of the cast dressed and made up IL a
play is well billed it Is sure to draw for a
time, even IL there is nothing in it After a
first performance the manager and stage
manager often find that what they thought
would make hits have failed, and a re.
hearsal Is called the next day for cutting
and pruning II often takes two or three
weeks TO perfect plays"
"What is the average cost Of a new pro-
ductionp
"The production Of a melodrama like this
costs about $40. 0J0-that H. for the play,
wardrobe AMI scenery. The stage manager
selects all OF the wardrobe and picks out the
supers and ballet The pupils of tue dra.
matte school connected with this theatre
are willing to learn, but they can not be de-
pended upon to appear at all of the per-
formance'. They have hard work to Use
their hands and feet properly"
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actually male money here. HIS ready VIII
on the auction stani attracts1 tbs atten-
ton of a Newspaper elitor in the village,
and no invited him to contribute to hs
paper. III. dill so to the extent Of abort
forty ESSAYS which atsractsI little atten-
ton. though it needed but a sight change
In them to bring their author fortuna,
which they afterward, did. Oas day Mr..
Shaw read one OF the squibs of Artemus
Ward on q subject that he had treated in
one OF his short essays He real IL over
and over and over again; and the more he
read IL the less hs uniersto ID why Artemus
Wards writings should bs popular, while
his pieces had fallen stillborn from the
press. Hs made up his mind that it
was the bad spelling that had lent
wings TO Artemu3 Wards humor AMI
made him famous, aud that 1t was
his own loyalty to Webstsr's Una
bridgcd that had weighted his hui
on the mule. THE mules a favorite AMI
NAL with me-" Josh once said. He has
treated me pretty rough, and I've tr,ated
him pretty rough; we understand eacn
other"-and without changing a word
''he slowed rouni the speling," as he ex-
pressed it, and sent it to o weekly paper ofnot
large circulation at the time. Before mail
ing it he signei it Josh Billings" JOSH
was In honor OF an old comrade Josh Carew)
of his western life; Billings cam, by in.
SEPARATION as 1t were" TIE missp .llel Essa
ON the Muel" was printed and instantly
went the rounds Of the press" and the
name Of Josh Billings became famous.
sl.50 was his pay for the first essay he
offsrsd to a newspaper Then New York
paper gave him 500 a week for a half
column of squibs. AS a lecturer he also
commanded large audiences and good prices.
His lecture on milk" will be long r,mem-
ber,i Indeed, it matterel little what the
topics wsrs to b, treated of in his lectures
his title was generally Milk
In 1871 he began the publication Of his
Farmers Aminax" which in its second
year had a sale Of 127. 900 copies AMI Melted
the author and publisher $50, 90 each.
Mr. Shaw lookei like a very melancholy
ma, HIS strong features and long gray
haIr a.tra ctel attention every where. As
s DRY teller he was inimitable. HIS faculty
of serving up homely truths with dressing
OF lad spelling and a sauce OF Yankee wit
may never be equalei
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Summons.

in the Justices Court of PhIpsburg township, Deer
Lodge county Montana Territory. before Frank ID.
Brown, Justice OF the Peace.
Angus A. Mcdonald, Plaintiff,
versus
Henry Williams, Defendant
The people of the Territory of Montana send greet
ing to Henry Williams, defendant.
You are hereby snmmcned to appear in IA action
brought against you by the above named plaintiff, in
the Justices Court Of Philipsburg township, In said
county and Territory, and 10 answer the complaint
filed therein, within ten days Exclusive OF the day Of
serycel after the service on you Of this summons,
II served within this county; otherwise within
twenty DAYS, Judgment will be taken against you
according to the prayer Of said complaint.
The said action is brought to recover the sum OF
s4i the same being balance due On account for
meat furnished you up to May TO- 1893, Of ss3 20 and
legal interest on the same amounting TO the further
sum of $3.50.
Ard you are hereby notified that Judgment will be
taken against You for the said amount of S4i, to-
gether with costs of suit, II you fail To appear and
answer said complaint
Given under my hand this Bird day Of November
1885.
FRANK d. BROWN.
S524t Justice of the Peace.
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FAYRE UNA's FAVE.
Atlantic Monthly.

lHdhuhC AoulhysI
Thsrs az the royal beast In slumbsr lay.
His yellow name all in the sunns dispred,
lightly smots him with my launcsgay;
Wbereat he sluggishly uprearsd his heal.
As one that hal on dainty msates benz fed
Ere he In Morpheus webby toile, was caught
Though erst had beue sore disquistsd,
His gentle mien gro It corage In mo wrought
And, "Lyon, where is Unar thus him DO
sought
Then gan that mightie beast to quake and
quayls,
To make his voice full pittifull and small,
To start. 10 stop. as lDath t. tell the tale:
"Fayre Una is--but death must come TO all,
Or IN the thatche l hut or ioftis hall
Here wanierin :. fare from psace and safe
ties port,
Despite my care THOUSAND ills might fall;
Wherefore, 70 save her from all scath and
tort,
Paynim, steeled my hart-I ate her up. in
shortly
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LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS
Summons.

In the District Court of the Second Judicial Dis
trict Of the Territory OF Montana, in and 70 r
the County of Deer Lodge.
Ada Baker, Plaintiff,
VS..
Lee Baker, Defendant
The People of the Territory of Montana send greet
ing to Lee Baker, Defendant.
You are hereby required to appear In an action
brought sganst you by the above named plaintiff In
the District Court OF the Second Judicial District,
of the Territory of Montana In and for the county of
Deer Lodge and to answer the complaint filed therein
within ten days excuslye of the daY CT seryicel af
ter the service on You of this summons, IL served
within this county; II served out of this county
but In this district, within twenty days: otherwise
within forty days; or judgment By default will be
taken against you according to the prayer Of said
complaint.
The said action 10 brought to recover judgment
that the bonds Of matrimoRy existing between plain
tiff and yourself be dissolved, and for costs of suit
the cause of action alleged being your habtual drunk
for the space of year last past and your
failure to support and provide for plaintiff.
And you hereby notified that, il you fall to ap
pear and answer said complaint above required,
the said plaintiff will take default against you and
apply TO the court for the relief demanded In sad
complaint.
Given under my hand ami the seal OF the District
1911 Court Of the Second Judicial District OF
SEAL. the Territory of Montana, in and for
t~-i the County Of Deer Lodge this 4th
day of November in the year of our Lord one thous
and eight hundred and eighty.hve.
s52-4t REUBEN L. DAVIS, Clerk
A. 8. HIGGISs, Plaintiffs Attorney.
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a STRETCH OF IMAGINATION.
A Lesson I'm Music Another In ueut "A
Third I'm Color.
Professor Groom Robertson

Third In Color.
Professor Groom RobertSoll
Suppose, by a wild stretch o: inn gination,
some mechanism that will make q rol turn
round one OF its ends. quite slowly at first,
but then faster AMI faster, till it will re.
volve any number OF time la a second;
which il, Of course, perfectly imaginable,
though you could not fin such rod or put
together such a mechanism. Let the whirl-
ing 60 on in dark no I'M, ani supp)<e a
man there knowing nothing OF the rod; how
will he bo affected by itl
So long as II turns but few timsI in q
second he will not be affected at all unless
he IL near enough to receive blow Oh the
skin. But as soon as 1t tegin to spin from
sixteen to twenty tims' seconi a deep,
growing note will break in upon him
through his ear, and. as the rate then grows
swi.ter, the tone will 80 on becoming less
and 10 IS grave, and soon mora and more
acute, till it will reach pitch Of shrillness
hardly to be borne, when the speed has to
be counted 10y teas Of Thousands. At length,
about the stage Of 40, 900 revolutions q sec
ond, more or less, the shrillness will pass
into stiffness; silence will again reign as at
the frat, nor any more be brokea-
The rod might now plunge on In mad
fury for very long time without making
any difference to the man; but let it sui
deuly come to whirl some million times u
second, and then through intervening space
faint rays Of heat will begin to steal toward
him, setting up feeling Of warmth In his
skin, which again will grow mora and more
intense, as now through tens and hundreds
ami thousands OF millions the rate Of revo-
luton Is supposed TO rise. Why not bill
ion,i The heat at first will be only SO much
the greater.
But, lol about the stage Of 400, 900, 900, 900
there Is more-a dim red light becomes VIZ
ible in the gloom; and now, while the rate
still mounts up, the heat in its turn dies
away, till it vanishes as the sound vanished;
but the rel light will have passed. from the
eye into yellow, a green, q blue, and, last
OF all, violet And to the violet, the revo-
buttons being about 800. 000, 600 900 a second,
there win succeed darkness-night, as In the
beginning This darkness, too, like the
stiffness, will never more be broken Let
the rod whirl on as it may, it's doings can
not came within the ken OF that mans
senses.
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A Celebrated American Artist

CINCINNATI Oct. IA few years before
the civil war a boy name Henry Mosler
assisted in the support Of a large family by
pediling cigars in the streets Of Cincinnati.
Lately that same Mosler walked those same
streets, having since become one Of the
foremost painters of the world. He was
making arrangements for ths exhibition
here of some of his best work, which will be
first shown in New York, and later in