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Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-05-10
Why Watts Left Ellen Terry,

1t is the history that Ellen Terry was
once the wife of Watts, the artist, and
| think it is generally known that their
living together as man and wife did not
exceed the period usually allotted to
the honeymoon. But the real reason
of their separation is nc. known to
the general newspaper-reading public.
Watts was man of melancholy mien
and manner, something of the NAL
travers stripe. and he was eccentric in
dress after fashion of his own. He
was very fond of fun, but that had
nothing to do with the cause of the
separation. His family objected to
his union with an actress, and at first
refused to recognize or meet her. Aft
er month, however, Watts succeeded
in affecting a reconciliation, and on the
occasion, anxious to do honor to his
wife and to his family, he gave a din
ner to his immediate relations. When
Ellen retired to prepare her toilet,
Watts caressingly implored her to
dress $50 as to show herself off to the
best advantage" in the presence of his
family and relatives. Imagine his hor-
rOr and their CONSERVATION when Mrs.
Watts made her appearance. She was
dressed la circus, in suit of tights,
glistening from head to foot with
spangles, but fitting her as though
nodded on, and showing to perfection
every curve, every line, and every
movement of her perfect, willowy fig
ure. Mr.. and Mrs. Watts were not
''at home together after that. LON
don Cor. San Francisco Alta.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-05-10

The young couple appeared to be m-..
pleased with each other, and in spite
OF their surroundings, were indulging
In soft speeches and melting glances.
After while the young man suggest
ed that they 90 out on the rear end Of
the coach and enjoy the beautiful
scenery. The afternoon was bright
and the sun was shining across from
the west in genial way, casting long
shadows toward the east. The train
sped along through fields, over bridges,
ana around curves, and In my admira-
ton OF the fine farms to be seen from
my window l had almost forgotten the
young couple on the coach. The train
was gliding through an open field,
when my eyes fell on the young couple
reflected against the embankment ON
the side of the coach where I was sit.
ting. could distinctly see the out
lines OF their figures and the profiles Of
their faces-even the motion of the
young mans lips and the shadow of
the young lady's eyelashcs could be
seen. 1t was amusing to look at, and
called the attention of my neighbor
on the next seat to it. Soon almost
every one in the car were watching the
shadows. The young man seemed to
be very earnest and the young lady
very attentive Gently and as il by ac.
cident the shadow of the young mans
arm glided around the shadow of the
young lady's waist and the shadows of
the young mans lips were seen to
quicker and dive at the space be-
tween the shadow of the young lady's
chin and nose. The passengers in the
train became deeply Interested, and as
the shadows would meet time after
time litter would run up and down
the line inside the car. "Dippin' su-
gar" said one old fellow down in the
corner. 1t seemed that could almost
see the sparks of electricity fly out OF
the shadows on the bank as the lips
came together.
About that time the whistle blew for
town and the young couple came in
looking harmless and innocent-like
and the young lady remarked, "Wasn't
that scenery just too lovelyP" "Sweet
would have been better word" said
the old fellow in the corner in quiet
undertone. and everybody laughed like
he had said something funny.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-05-10
WhalebOne.

The market price of baleen is exceed
ingly variable, depending on the fash
ion of the day. 1t is not so valuable
now as used to be the case some years
ago, steel having superseded it for
many purposes. The price may range
from f500 to 1850 per ton, and good
whale ought to produce about Two tons.
In 1914 a single vessel sold her cargo of
baleen and oil for f9,568, but such
times are not likely to return. Miner
al oils have now supplanted train oils
for many purposes and perpetual hunt
ing has diminished the numbers as well
rs the size of the whales, no animal
having a chance of attaining its full di-
mensions before it is harpooned. Of
ton, nowadays, a whaling ship returns
"clean," l. O., without having captured
a single whale, so that, what with the
lessened prices and diminished num-
bers and dimensions OF the animals,
whaling has become almost lottery
instead of a solid investment of capital,
and few shipowners care to run such a
risk. Furnished with its wonderful
horny sieve, the Greenland whale has
no difficulty In procuring its food.
With mouth more or less open 1t swims
backward and forward through the
shoals of the Clio, which mostly are
found near the surface. The water es-
capes freely between the horny plates
and lining fringe, while the animals are
detained within the cage. When it
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-05-10
Cant. Kidd's Treasure.

Mrs. Mary Cleaves, bright-eyed,
dark-haired, chatty little woman Of
middle age, writes Portland, Me-,
correspondent of The 81. Louis Globe
Democrat, recently resumed her labor
Of searching for the hidden treasure Of
Ovcrsel. She believes the gold Of Capt.
Kidd Is on Oversel island, and that she
10 about to find IL. Her work, which
commenced some months ago, was in
terrupted by the winter SHOWS. She
has a rod of magical powers. "You
spoke of the rod" said she this morn
Ing; "yes, 1t has history, which / will
tell you," laying down her shovel and
pick. I'm the first place, these rods
are often unreliable. tried several,
but they all proved false. Ono day
this one (eycing 1t aflectionately) came
to me from New York. It Is two
hundred years old. and is truo blue.
Why, when first took it up severe
shock of electricity passed through me.
My work was half-done. Wonderful
wand! With this rod can overcome
any obstacle, great or small, and mind
you, 1t has strong affinity between
heavenly and earthly things. / told
you II was true; 1t is every time. One
day. when l was prospecting on the
island. l came across large rock. On
that rock was distinctly marked the
letter &C." That &c" meant "Cleav-
es," but did not learn it until after
ward. Iplaced the rod near the rock,
and it indicated that there was some
thing below. 1 could neither believe
my eyes nor the rod for some moments.
was bound to satisfy myself thor
oughly. SO ! stepped back a few rods,
tied my rod to the ground. and rested
upon it. Strange to say, it broke its
fastenings, turned me completely
around, and pointed directly to the
place first indicated. Then l was sat-
isfied So you see have labored hard,
searching everywhere with my rod and
digging in thousands of places with
my shovel and almost for nothing.
But l realize that my work is nearly
over now., / shall astonish the natives
in the spring. Until then good-by."
And Mrs. Cleaves took up her pick
and shovel and started for the shore.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-05-10

One Of the most singular features in
the scenery Of the Territory Of Idaho is
the occurrence of dark, rocky chasms,
into which creeks and rivers suddenly
disappear and are never more seen.
The assures are old lava channels, pro-
duced by the outside of the mass cool
ing and forming tube, which, when
the fiery stream was exhausted, has
been left empty, while the roof of the
lava duct, having at some point fallen,
presents there the opening into which
the river plunges and is lost. At one
place along the Snake one Of these riv-
ers appears gushing from a cleft high
up in basaltic walls, where it leaps
cataract into the torrent below. Where
this stream has its origin or at what
point it is swallowed up is absolutely
unknown, although it is believed that
its sources are long way up in the
North country. Virginia (Nev.) En-
terpriSe.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-05-10

During the fourteenth century there
can be no doubt that the companies
exercised very effective superintend-
ence over trade and manufacture. The
city records abound with accounts of
the exposure apd punishment of fraud
at the instigation of the companies,
whose representatives seem to have
used their powers of scrutiny and
search with considerable vigor. Some
of the cases reported with all solemni-
ty in the "Remembrancia' are very
quaint, and afford curious insight in
to the manner of the time. Thus in
1911 we read of a scrutiny of "false
hats" being prosecuted "at the request
OF the hatters." with the result that Is
black and 40 gray and white hats were
seized as false, and condemned to be
burned in Chepe, while ''certain other
hats" of the bona fides of which there
was some doubt, were postponed for
further consideration. In 1916 'the
good folk of the trade of potters" de-
nounced to the Mayor and Alderman
diver persons, and especially one
"Aleyn lie Sopere," who busted them
selves by buying sin diver places pots
of bad metal, and then put them on the
fire so as to resemble pots that have
been used and are of old brass, and
then," the record continues, 'they ex-
pose them for sale in West Chepe on
Sundays and other festival days to the
deception of all those who buy such
pots, for the moment they are put up
on the fire and exposed to great heat
they come to nothing and melt. By
which roguery and falsehood the peo-
pie are deceived, and the trade also is
badly put to SANDER" The magistrates
of the fourteenth century were not re-
stricted to the dull monotony of "4Os.
or month";" and they seem in devils.
ing penalties to have given free scope
to their powers of invention. For ex-
ample, one Quilhogge having bought q
putrid pig, which had been lying a
long time by the riverside, for 4d., cut
from it two gammons for sale, and sold
part thereof '.in deceit of the people,"
He was sentenced to stand in the pill
lory while 'the residue of the gam
mons was burnt beneath him." In the
same way seller of bad wine was con-
demned to stand in the pillory, to
drink draught of his own stuff, and to
have the remainder poured over his
head. We may well envy our ances-
tors the projections of this excellant
law, and sigh that the soace of its dis
eliminating application is denied to us.
- -O1iUyIerlU RerieH,
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-05-10

wishes to swallow the prey wnicn it mas
caught 1t employs its tongue, which is
not less remarkable than the rest of the
whales structure. The tongue is not
free except at the base, a. with man.
mails generally, so that 1t Is impossible
for the animal to protrude its tongue
from It's mouth. The tongue Is fixed
by nearly the whole Of Its edge, SO that
1t can only be protruded upward. 1
once had an opportunity Of examining
the tongue OF small baleen whale
which had been cast ashore. It was OF
great size, smooth on the surface, and
l could not help thinking that It was
very like soft, well-stuffed pin cush-
ion. lpressed upon Its center with my
fingers, and found that q pit was FORM
ed which rapidly filed with oil. Then
took hammer and pressed the head
Of 1t on the tongue. The pit formed by
the pressure became deeper and larg-
er. and filled so fast with oil that not
only was the whole Of the hammer SUBJ
merged In the oil, but my hand and
wrist also. The ignorance which pre-
vailed in former days on this subject is
amusingly exemplifed In the old docu-
ment which constituted the whale q
royal .fish:" 1.-THE King himself shall
have the head and body to make oyl
and other things, aud the Queen the
tayl to make whalebones for her royal
vestments. VI @. Wood, in Long
mans Magazine.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-05-10

after, as she was on sunday Mt church,
(at our Lady's Church in Sarum,) up
pops young Oxonian in the pulpit;
she cries out presently to her sister,
This Is the very face Of the man that
saw in py dream. Sir William Soame's
lady did the like" Il Is hardly need
ful to remind readers Of Keats Eve Of
st. Agnes" and the story Of Madeline:
On love, and wing'd st. Agnes's sanity care,
As she % had heard old danes full many times
Our ancestors made merry in SINH
lar fashion on st. Valentines Day. So
Herrick, speaking of bride, says:
'She must no moro a-Inaying,
Or by rosebuds divine
Who'll be her Valentine"
Brand, who helps us to this quotation,
gives an amusing extract from the
Connoisseur to the same effect: Last
Friday was st. Valentines Day and the
night before got five bay leaves, and
pinned four of them to the four corners
Of my pillow, and the fifth to the mid
die; and then, II dreamt of my sweet
heart, Betty said we should be married
before the year was out. But to make
1t more sure boiled an egg hard, and
took out the yolk and filled il with salt,
and when L went TO bed eat it, shell
and all, without speaking or drinking
after it. We also wrote our lovers
names upon bits of paper, and rolled
them up in clay, and put them into
water, and the first that rose up was to
be our valentine. Would you think itP
Mr.. Blossom was my man. lay abed
and shut my eyes all the morning till
he came to our house, for would not
have seen another man before him for
all the world. - BeigrdUia.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-05-10
Modern Dress and Antique Minds.

Had the spectacle of a modern ball
ever dawned prophetically on the vis-
ion of seer of the sixteenth century,
had he been told that the figures whirl-
ing and strolling in that almost un-
threadable crowd were for the most
part virtuous women and men of ap-
proved morality, he would have lifted
his hands in horror. No, he would
say, this is witches Sabbath, for the
women are but half-clothed and will
soon become shameless, while the men
are not men, but devils, habited in
black, such as our painters design
when they show saint casting out
evil spirits from one possessed. They
have the same spidery limbs and
mournful faces, the same funeral
dress, and the same tendency to the
violent motion which is accompanied
by mirth among the good, but forms
only hollow substitute for gladness
among the evil. Look at our peasants; ;
they have pleasures coarse, if you will,
but not artistically wicked; they talk
and drink and dance as well as yonder
sister manikins and their languid part
ners in iniquity; but they are heartily
amused, noisy, vigorous and osy-faced;
if not exactly of the domain of angels,
they have no part with Satan and his
minions. York. Sun.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-05-10
When Advertising Is Wanted.

There's nothing on earth SO mysteri-
ously funny as newspaper advertise
ment. The prime, first. last, and all
the time object of an advertisement is
to draw custom. 1t is not, was not
and never will be designed for any
other human purpose. SO the mer-
chant waits till the busy season and his
store is so full of customers that he
can't get bis hat off, and then he rushes
to the newspapers and puts in his ad-
vertisement. When the dull season
gets along, and there is no trade, and
he wants to sell goods SO bad he can't
pay his rent, he takes out his ADVERTISE
ment. That is, some of them do, but
occasionally level-headed merchant
puts in bigger one and scoops all the
business, while his neighbors are max
ing mortgages to pay the gas bill.
There are times when you couldn't
stop people from buying everything in
the store il you planted cannon be-
hind the door, and that's the time the
advertisement is sent in On its holy
mission. 1t makes light work for the
advertisement, for chalk sign on the
sidewalk could do all that was needed
and have half holiday six days in the
week, but who wants to favor an ad-
vertisementp They are built to do hard
work, and should be sent out in the
dull days when customer has to be
knocked down with hard facts and
kicked insensible with bankrupt reduc-
tions and prices before he will spend a
cent. That's the aim and end of an
advertisement, and if you ever open
store, don't try to get them to come
when they are already sticking out Of
the windows, but give them your ad-
vertisement right between the eyes in
the dull season, and you will wax rich
and own fast horse, and perhaps be
able to smoke a good cigar once or
twice week. Write this down where
you'll fall over it every day. The time
to draw business is when you want
business, and not when you have more
business than you can attend to already.
--Brid1epOrk (Ct.) Post.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-05-10
Pen Paralysis.

Many stenographers and persons who
make their living by constant use Of
the pen or pencil are afflicted with pen
paralysis; and, although, rs general
thing, this trouble can be cured by o
few months rest, some OF those writers
afflicted with it never recover. No.
body knows the strain of incessant PEN
manship upon the muscles and nerves
of the hand and wrist better, or per
haps as well, as those who pass
through daily experieuce of that ma
Lure.
Telegraph operators are likewise
afflicted with paralysis Of the same
muscles. A Times reporter had a con-
versation recently with a first. class
operator, and asked this question:
IL understand that first-class tele-
graphers are the only ones who get tel
egraphers' paralysis; why don't the
second and third-rate operators get
itP"
because" replied the Morse man,
"a good operator is paid good salary,
and is consequently kept constantly
working at the board, while u second
or third-rato man has many resting
spells, which allow him to stretch his
arms. and thus escape paralysis. Many
men who have been working for the
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-05-10
CathOlicity of Taste.

When we come to the higher walks
Of the drama catholicity Of taste is still
q prime requisite of good criticism. II
/ have private partiality for five-act
tragedies in blank verse-..this thank
heaven, is mere hypothesis-le me
not therefore sneer at stirring melo.
drama and pooh-pooh cup-and-saucer
comedy. The critic must always start,
indeed. from his own individual inn
pressions. To like and dislike vividly
and heartily is his first qualification.
He must not be always posturing in his
judgments, and considering what he
ought to like rather than what he does
like; but neither must he make fetiches
OF his fads and sacrifice everything to
them. Let him always dwell on the
merits rather than the defects of earn
est effort, however imperfect. Let him
not be imposed upon by pretentious
claptrap, but stand mistaken and un-
awed amid papiermache earthquakes
and avalanches of blank verse, main
tanning, as Emerson says, "that a pop
gun is a popgun, though the ancient
and honorable Of this world affirm it to
be the crack of DOOM" When his
judgment Is at variance with that of
the majority let him give full weight to
the popular verdict. and tell how the
piece pleased the gods though it dis
pleased Cato-or vice versa. Let him
avoid, as far as possible. critical COM
monplaces, such as "the idea is not
strikingly original" "the characters
are either lay figures or caricatures,
and so forth. Such remarks may be
taken for granted in the vast majority
of cases. What we demand of play
wright is not to tell an absolutely new
story, but to tell his old story freshly
and well. If, by chance, he does hit
on novel theme or draw character
with keen and just observation, let us
point it out as a striking merit instead
Of sneering at him, in other cases, for
defect which, in these days, is almost
inseparable from the conditions under
which he works. Above all things, let
us in this sphere keep our moral judg-
ment on the alert. The no-ideals Of
irresponsible farce are much less in
furious than the false ideals of would
be moral comedy and drama. An un-
due concession to narrow prejudice or
cowardly convention should be un-
sparingly denounced because it is in
sidiously and subtly destructivc.-7Ae
Nineteenth Century.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-05-10
A Wounded Lion.

A very dramatic narrative of an en-
counter with lion is published by an
Algerian paper. 1t appears that for
months past farmers residing near a
forest in the African colony have been
victimized by the lion, which carried
off their cattle, and especially evinced
partiality for their sheep. Exaspera.
ted by the gaps made in their small
fiocks, it was determined to make war
on the depredator, and seventeen set
tiers, with five or six Arabs, set out on
what proved very perilous adventure.
They took up their positions in parties
OF four and five, at certain spots in the
forest which it was conjectured the
animal would pass, and toward night
fall the enemy was seen coming lcis-
urcly along by one of these parties,
numbering five men. After consulting
together it was decided that they
should fire simultaneously, and at a
given signal they did so, the lion being
seen to fall, uttering tremendous
roar of pain. He was not dead, how
ever, as the men too quickly imagined,
and when they approached the animal
he rose to his feet, crushed one of the
assailants with blow of his powerful
paw, and seizing the head of his victim,
smashed 1t at bite. Turning from the
mangled remains, the brute next at
tackled another man, biting off his arm
and otherwise injuring him. Two
other members of the party were also
grievously torn and bitten by the en-
ragged animal, and might have lost
their lives in the terrible encounter had
not their uninjured comrade levelled
his gun at the lions ear and been
lucky enough to stretch him out on the
ground dead.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-05-10
TIE GLOBE REPUBLIC SUNDAY MORNING. MAY 10 1888

company for years, ana were getting
good wages, have been compelled TO
give up their lucrative employment by
telegraphers' paralysis. You notice Il
first In the muscles Of your arm, which
becomes numb after hard days work,
and within six months after the first
shock the stoutest operator will sue
cumb. This paralysis. however, does
not destroy the use Of your arms and
fingers entirely, but while you are able
to lift and handle objects Of any con-
siderable size, you will not be able to
button your coat or suspenders."
''Dot. I that account for some mis-
takes made in telcgraphingP'
Yes, indeed. Many mistakes in
telegraphing, charged at first to defects
In the machinery, have been traced to
paralysis in the operator, because it
soon becomes evident that the operator
has lost his sense OF touch. You sec,
the slightest pressure on the key over
what is required will produce another
letter than tho one intended by the OPP
orator, and so 1t soon comes about that
what the unfortunate operator at first
attributes to overwork finally comes to
be an evident loss of sensitiveness of
touch. This usually occurs from six to
eight years after an operator has been
working steadily as first-class man" ="
Hartford Times