The National tribune., 1885-07-23
TRIBUNETS.

Good jockeys are coming to be paid in this
country figures that approach the sums the
English riders get. The head of the profession
in the United States is man named Isaac
Murphy, who was born near Lexington, KY,
and is married to pretty octoroon. He gets
5000 year from Lucky" Baldwin of San
Francisco, as a retainer. That is, Baldwin has
simply the first call on his services, and if he
calls him he must come, and if he is not called
on he is allowed to ride for whomsoever will
engage him. The racing code gives every
jockey who rides losing race $40 and the win
ner $25. Besides this the riders get presents
of handsome sums from owners when they win
race, and altogether Murphy makes some
times $4,000 in a season. But he says he does
not earn this money easily-no jockey does.
He has to starve and sweat himself continually
to keep his weight down from 135 pounds,
which it naturally is, to ITO, the weight al
lowed. Every year that he grows older this
becomes harder work. His habit now is to get
up in the morning, bundle himself up in warm
clothes and take stiff ive-mile walk at a
pace that opens every pore. Then he must eat
only fruit, with toast and rare meat as occa-
sional luxuries.
The physicians say that John Mccullough,
the noted tragedian, is hopelessly diseased, and
will probably not live more than six months.
His trouble is progressive paralysis, the all
ment that, beginning with insanity, is carrying
off so many brain workers. Mccullough has
had a wonderful career. He came to this coun-
try as boy, and began life as ehairmaker.
He had a taste for theatricals, some talent, and
a determined and ambitious spirit. He began
in amateur performances and soon graduated
into professional. He was never great actor
bus his impersonation of his main roles was
marked by strength, fire, and careful attention
to details He excelled best in parts like Rich
ard III, Macbeth, and such, where virile force
and rude, strong passions were the main theme
He was very fond of good company, of looking
upon the wine when it was red, and tarrying
long at tables laden with rich viands He was
a capital table companion, and this caused him
to be sought after by rich high-livers, who
dined him and wined him to his destruction.
He broke down utterly about Two years ago.
but would not recognize it, and insisted upon
going ahead fulfilling his engagements. After
he had committed a number of painful extrav-
dSduCCo Ills lIltuuS SuCCctutu III StttluS Hiu
confined temporarily as lunatic. At an ex-
animation last week the detention was made
permanent. He has wife-a weary-looking,
broken-dow little woman-of about 3d. with
whom he has not lived for many years, but has
always supported; two sous between 80 and 40,
one of whom is an actor, and sister, near his
own age, who is an actress. lie has about
$4,000 worth of property.
A man on Long Island tried to drive a nail
in can of nitro glycerine. If he could have
kept himself from scattering over the entire
Island until he struck the second blow he
might have succeeded.
Norristoacn Herald: A scientific journal says:
Few fishes die natural DEATH" That is not
our fault. Just as many die natural death as
if we didn't go a-fishing.
Macon (Ga.) Telegraph: ALBANY boys hardly
past the spanking age" says the Medium, "are
inveterate cigaret smokers" The boy who
smokes cigarets is never past the spanking age.
1t is proverbially hard to make common
sense influence a young woman who wants to
get married, and especially if she has the COM
mon craze of very young women of wanting to
marry title. Now, there is Miss Curtis, of
New York. When her sister was as young and
foolish as Miss Curtis is now she married
worthless French nobeman with the grand
title of the Marquis de Talloyrand. After sew
eral children were born to the couple the blue
blooded Marquis deserted his wife and them in
a very mean way, and eloped with another
young American woman. a Mrs. Stevens, with
whom he is at present living. The sad expert
ence in her own family does not deter Miss
Curtis from entering into marriage engage
ment with another aristocratic pauper in purse
and person-the Don Manuelo, Prince Ruspoli,
of Rome.
Boston Courier:
"Where are you going, JohnnieP"
"Only over here little ways"
"You amt going near the water?"
"Nome."
"See that you don't then. If you do I'll tell
your father"
"Yes'm."
"And if you go into the water and come here
to me drowned, I'll spank you until you can't
stand"
"Yes'm."
Snow mind"
"Yes'm"
And thus it is all through vacation.
Troy Press:
NO." said the Vermont deacon. ST don't
approve of boss racin', and when another MEM
Der of the church becomes so goddess as to try
to pass me on the road comm home from meet
in, feel it my duty to the church to let out
leetle on the reins just to keep him from put
tim his trust in earthly things"
There is always some good, even in the worst of
things. Owing to the cholera scare a 50 cent water
melon can be bought for 25 cents.
A servant girl who permits famiarities on
the part of the gentleman of the house" advertised
for place in Cincinnati, and received $50 answers
in two dsys-all from ladies.
No wonder we become little stuck-up occas-
ionally. We more starch than any other peo-
pie in the world. Over l60.OOOOO0 pounds were
produced in this country last year. about three
pounds for every man, woman and child in our
boundaries.