The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-03-03
AN AUTOGRAPH MARI.


value Of the Signatures ~ = Number os
Famous Mon and Women.
One OF the new fads OF tho season Is
the collection Of autograph letters from
living men and women. Ono day this
week Broadway shopkeepcr showed
me an odd collection and told me the
prices that hc hoped TO get for each
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 scems to me that It Is better to
have good mans fattoring estimate
Of my influence--and keep it--than to
fool 1t 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 Dicke. the
English statesman, whose escapades
caused such sensation q year or more
ago, is valued Mt 81. One from General
John q. Fremont, the pathfinder. and
the first candidate Of tho Republican
party for President, is ticketed 1915.
An autograph verse and signature by
DR.. Oliver Wendell Homes is %. 25.
A short letter written by eloquent Bob
Ingersoll is not valued very highly. It
may be purchased for 70 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.
1t is held at $3.50. 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. I.
Sherman will be sold for IS. A letter
Of Spurgeon. tho famous English di-
vine, in which he mentions the Tory
press is "bullying 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 operatic fame, may
be had for $2.75. Another from Alma
Tadcma, the distinguished English
artist, is held ut S1.75. A badly writ
ten note from Edmund Yates, the En-
glish journalist. is quoted at ST.
The signature of Albani, the sweet sim
ger, may be had for $3.50. Horatio
Algcr, Jr, the writer of boys books,
is not so high priced His may be had
for 30 cents. Lawrence Barrett, the ac-
tor, can get 81 for his own signature.
George Bancroft, the historian, 8.
James Gillespie Blaine, S1.25; Benja-
min +. Butler, so cents: George
William Curtis. 25 cents; Samuel Sum
set Cox, the witty member of the House.
so cents; james Freeman Clark, the
eminent Boston divine. 81; Simon
Cameron, the Nestor of Keystone State
politics, as cents; George w. Childs,
Editor of the Philadelphia Ledger, SO
cents, and the signature of his old
enemy. Chas. A. Dana, Editor of the
New York San, at the same figure;
Rose Eytinge. the actress, so cents;
Edison, the Meneo Park wizard, so
CCheo, IIihi1y Ititiiul, tue ILuSiSIl
philanthropist and writer. 81. 25; Cyrus
w. Field. 81; Mary j. Holmes. the
novelist. so cents; ex-President Hayes.
so cents; Joel Chandler Harris, "Uncle
Remus,' so cents; James Russell
Lowell, $1.50; Modjeska, the actress.
so cents; Levi P. Morten. ex-Minister
to France. only 25 cents; Louise
Chandler Moulton, the Boston writer,
rs cents, Bill Nye, so cents, Edward E.
Rice. the theatrical manager, 25 cents,
and Stuart Robson. the comedian IS
cents; n poem by Stcdman, IS. sigma
ture by Carl Schurz. 90 cents; one by
John Sherman. rs cents; Richard A.
Proctor, the astronomer, $1.25; and
Zola. the French novelist, $3.50. Three
signatures by people of the stage may
be had for SO cents; they are Fanny
Davenport. Mary Anderson and Viii.
son Barrett. Senator Evarts, Roscoe
Conkling, ex-senator Malone, Senator
Chandler. Fred Douglass, Speaker Car
lilse, Steve Dorsey, Samuel j. Randall
and Senator Vest for 25 cents each.
The most costly signature is that oi
Ouida, the novelist. $3.50, and the
cheapest Boston's only Mike Kelly. the
ball tosser, 10 cents.-N. y Cor. st.
Louis Globe Democrat.