Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-08-03
AN AuToaRAPH MARf.
Value Of the Signatures of q Number Of
Famous Men and womsn.

vnIue OF the signatures of q Number Of
Famous Men and womsn.
One of the new fads Of the season is
the collection Of autograph letters from
living men and women. Orc day this
week Broadway shopkeeprr showed
me an odd collection and told me the
prices that he hoped to get for each I
letter. One from Browning. the poet,
is marked $3.50. A humorous letter to |
President Garfield. signed Mark Twain. |
is held at S5. The great humorist |
says:
1T seems to me that it is better to |
have good mans fattering estimate
of my iniluence-and keep it--than to
fool it away with trying to get him an
Office"
A brief note signed by Wilkie Col
Inns, the novelist. is held ut $1.50.
Another from Sir Charles Dixie. the
English statesman, whose escapades
caused sucn a sensation year or more
ago. is valued at 81. One from General
John G. Fremont, the pathfinder, and
the first candidate of the Republican
party for President. is ticketed s2.75.
An autograph verse and signature BY
Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes is g. 25
A short letter written by eloquent Bob
Ingersoll is not valued very highly. 1t
may be purchased for rs cents. One
from the Marquis Of Lorne. ex-Gov-
ernor-General of Canada, may be had
for $1.75. Justin McCarthy's auto
| graph is valued at the same figure.
John Ruskin's is more highly priced.
| l. is held at 81. 80. Clark Russell. the
author of so many weird tales Of the
sea, has a name of some pecuniary
| moment 1t is marked $3.50. A scrap
of paper signed by General w. T.
Sherman will be sold for S.. A letter
of Sturgeon. the famous English d.
| vine, in which he mentions the Tory
press is Outlying me very badly, !"
may be had for $1.25. A letter from
Charles Algernon Swinburne. the poet.
apologizing for his illegible handwrit-
ing. is valued at 81. One from Sir
Arthur Sullivan, of operate fame, may
be had for $2.75. Another from Alma
Tadema, the distinguished English
artist. is held at $l.75. A badly writ
ten note from Edmund Yates, the En-
glish journalist, is quoted at $1.25.
The signature of Albani, the sweet sin
ger, may be had for $3.50. Horatio
Alger, Jr., the writer of boys books,
is not so high priced His may be had
for so cents. Lawrence Barrett, the &C.
| 70 -tr nf1,t-a
George Bancroft, the historian, 81
James Gillespie Blaine, $1.25; Benja
min F. Butler, so cents: George
William Curtis. % cents; Samuel Sun
set Cox, the witty member of the House
SO cents; James Freeman Clark. TIM
eminent Boston divine. 81; Simon
Cameron, the Nestor of Keystone Stat
politics, IS cents; George W. Childs
Editor of the Philadelphia Ledger, 81
cents, and the signature of his oil,
enemy, Chas. A. Dana. Editor of thu
New York Sun. at the same figure
Rose Eytinge, the actress, so cents
Edison, the Menlo Park wizard, s.
cents; Emily Faithful. the Engls
philanthropist and writer, Sl.25; Cyru
), w. Field. 81; Mary j. Holmes. th
novelist. so cents; ex-President HAYES
d so cents; Joel Chandler Harris, "Uncl
), Remus,n so cents; james Russo
q Lowell, $3.50; Modjeska. the actres:
y 80 cents; Levi P. Morten, ex-Ministe
U to France, only 25 cents; Louis
Il Chandler Moulton, the Boston writA
IS cents, Bill Nye, so cents. Edward I
Il Rice. the theatrical manager, % cent
L and Stuart Robson. the comedian
IL cents; poem by Stedman, Sc: signs
r ture by Carl Schurz. 80 cents: one b
u John Sherman. rs cents; Richard 4
" Proctor, the astronomer, 81. rs; an
T. lola. the French novelist, Sc so. Thrt
signatures by people of the stage ma
be had for so cents; they are Fam
Davenport, Mary Anderson and Wi
son Barrett. Senator Evarts, RoscC
10 Conkling. ex-senator Malone. Senat,
Chandler. Fred Douglass, Speaker Ca
s, lilse. Steve Dorsey, Samuel j. Randa
and Senator Vest for 25 cents eac
IT The most costly signature is that
ID Ouida, the novelist. $3.50, and Il
Of cheapest Boston's only Mike Kelly, tt
r ball tosser, 10 cents.-N T. Cor.
c. Louis Globe Democrat.