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who heard them originally. So that the
original motive for sketch gathers no moss
in its Taried and unique travels, but delights
thousands of every grade of society before it
finds its way into the waste basket or assists
in starting the kitchen fire.
St.mp speeches, so common on the minstrel
stage and so universally liked, are, as rule,
70 the manner born. Brother Jasper, who
50 strenuousiy asserts that "de sun do move" !"
and who has afforded so much amusement
TO the people at large, is visited at
his church in Richmond, Va, by
the minstrels whenever they are in town
His original and quaint expressions are
caught up by the fictitious darkies, and util-
ized upon the minstrel stage. Brother Jas
per is regarded by these laugh makers as a
veritable mine of humor and quaint expires
sion So that Brother Jasper's influence is
far wider than be has any knowledge Of
Another man who furnishes original
thought for the mirth provokers Is Brer Rich
ardson, who opens oysters in Washington.
D. c. While stabbing the juicy bivalves
Brer Richardson keeps up running fire Of
comment on all the current topics, and is
always surrounded by any admiring throng
he is particularly strong in gesture, and no
wide awake minstrel stump speaker who has
banged his umbrella from California to the
capital city fails to patronize Brer Richard
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1Dese prrng anywhere rom S2o 20 $50 eecn.
The humorous ones especially always find a
ready market, and a well known playwright
or hbrettisi is never at loss to dispose Of
these vagrant sparks of the imagination.
These are not usually printed on account Of
the expense involved, and necessarily they
are not copyrighted; consequently they are
regarded as the legitimate prey of the 'fakir." I"
These sketches are frequently produced In
provincial and country towns where there is
little chance of the original purchaser learn
ing of the piracy. After few years have
elapsed and the sketch has been forgotten
by the public, or only dimly remembered,
another "fakir" comes along who gathers
these skits together and under an ingeniously
worded title publishes them in book form.
These find ready sale both in this and other
markets, and are disposed Of at a very low
figure. Sometimes magazine writers utilize
these plots, and they are once more worked
Off upon the credulous as new and original
fiction. This is easily done, as in their new
gpise they appeal 10 another class than those
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1888-06-02

| He Is called Little sam RandaII," anu .s
as fat as butter and as sharp as n tack.
Judge Taylor, of Ohio, who succeeded Gar
field in the house, has son who is practicing
law and doing well, and as for the sons of
noted men who have places in the house of
representatives, Clifton R Breckenridge, of
Arkansas, is the son of the noted John c.
Breckenridge, of Kentucky.
The son of ex-senator Fair has created con.
siderable remark in Washington, though he
is not here now He was little wild at
times, and his father, it is said, offered him
81 000, 600 to quit drinking. This is rather a
big story, but young Fair concluded that he
did not want the million dollars, and it is
said that he still occasionally tipples. sup
pose he thought he would get the money any
how
Phil Sheridan has bright little boy who
Is named after him, and who, as Little
Phil, is one of the most popular children of
the capital Henry A. Wise, the noted
statesman of the past, has bright represent
ative now in the person of his son, John S.
Wise, of Virginia, and there is Breckin-
ridge in California who has made good re-
cord, and who is the brother of the son OF
John c. Breckinridge spoken Of above
Secretary Whitney has a son at college,
and from all accounts he is a very bright boy
Gen. Sherman's son Tom is Catholic priest
in Detroit, and Chester A. Arthur has a son
Allen, who dropped out of view when his
father retired from public life. Senator
Blaine's son, who was married a year or so
ago, has had rather checkered career since
be married, and understand that President
Hayes sons are doing well, and that one of
them is practicing law at Toledo. The sor
Of Oliver P. Morton has made quite repu-
tation as lawyer In Indianapolis, and is
aow publishing a biography OF his father, and
understand that one of the sons of Secretary
Stanton is editing his fathers papers
Looking from statesmen to rich men, the
best instance is in that OF Jay Gould. George
Gould is chip of the old block, it seems, in
every respect, and is as full of business as his
father The Vanderbilt boys are doing re-
markably well, and they seem to hold their
own in money matters. The Astors have
been blessed with good childreriAthrough gen
erations, and they are now the largest family
Of real estate owners in New York city.
Robert Garrett is the son of rich man, and
it is hard to say whether he is good specu-
lator or not Phil Armour has taken his son
into business with him, and it is said that
when he did SO placed million dollars to the
credit of the young man and gave him his
full confidence. He has been treated in this
way by his father, and when Phil Armour
was boy, if he wanted any money, he was
told by lis father, "You know where the
wallet is; 60 and help yourself" He thus
became interested in his fathers property,
and was as careful Of spending it as though
1t were his own. Phil Armour believes that
this is tho right way to train up boys, and it
is said that he manages his family affairs on
this same basis Of self interest
THOMAS J. ToDp.
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Growtn OF an Vii lown.

When a successful well has been developed
n new field town springs up about it like
magic. The men who flock to a new oil
field are jolly, good natured set of fellows,
for all are millionaires in prospective. Houses
are commenced, finished. papered and
painted and occupied IN a week Hotels,
with all the conveniences of the city hostelry,
spring up in fortnight, and in their wake
follow the saloons that are the oil mans un-
ending delight The hotel and barroom are
the business centers OF new oil town, and in
these places, crowded day and night, leases
are made. contracts signed and deals con-
cluded with a promptness and careless
abandon that would startle even a wide
awake Chicago broker. Tool, machine and
supply shops cou,t in response to the demands
of the operator. The theatrical sharp scents
his game from afar, and his variety theatre
is crowded nightly, while brothels, faro
rooms and gambling hells open up by tho
score The rifraff of older oil towns follow
in the wake OF the first comers, and the new
city, the site of which six months before was
little more than wilderness, is full grown
oil town, with all the hustle, dash and wicked
ness for which such places are famed.-Rufus
r. Wilson in San Francisco Chrouicle.
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interest. In the prevailing dearth Of origi-
nal creative conception these fit into popu-
lar want like round peg iato a round hole.
They are applauded as brilliant features Of
original talent, a compliment which they do
not deserve
In a little room at the back of an uptown
music store the other day, one of the makers
Of these songs was seen Before him lay a
pile Of old English reprints and at his side
stood a box of pepper. The pepper was used
TO sprinkle upon the top of 6 dark brown
liquid in pail which stood at the 'fakers
elbow. This pail contained his inspiration.
This man was known in expressive theatrical
language as a sham fatter," or retired art
ist In answer to a request for recent songs,
he said:
Here's the Song for Me- which am
working over. 1t has good substance and
will stand lots Of twisting. I've a dozen diff
ferent titles that it can be worked into.
have a dozen other songs which are equally
suitable for my purpose Each one, Of
course, has a different title, but the melody
is about the same and nobody can touch my
copyright
There are numerous other places in this
city where songs are manipulated in the
same manner. The cheaper class Of vaude-
vile actors welcome this work, but the bet
ter artists and actresses denounce the decep-
ton
A late litigation between the publishers
brought to light some interesting facts on
this subject Both parties to this suit claimed
e priority Of copyright to a certain compost
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tion. one going 50 far as to assert that the
other had stolen his composition outright
After many bitter words, much legal ex-
penditure and months of wasted time, it was
adduced in evidence by a third party, who
had in the meantime been publishing the
same work, that both the first named liti-
gants had been guilty of piracy. He said
that they, like himself, had been using an
old English song under a new and nlegiti-
mate title
The popular song, "Dont Leave Your
Mother, Tom.n is a case in point The orig
inai was published in England as 'Stick to
Your Mother, Tom" BY simply changing
the words in the title this song was made to
appear as an original composition, and the
audacity TO publish her name as the author
on its frontispiece
There are other complications in this much
mixed up business, however. Occasionally
an original song viii be written by an Ameri-
csn author, and before it has had chance to
become popular here it is taken to England.
Here it is sung and becomes the rage. The
process of taking is gone through with by
the London manipulators, the song is brought
back to America with a new title page, ETC.,
and then there ensues q legal complication
between the writer and the thieves, which
usually ends in the inventor losing the fruits
of his creation
The manipulation of original songs is done
very skillfully. Sometimes even the pub
fishers of a song are deceived by its counter
felt One of Gus Williams songs. entitled
''Pretty Little Dark Blue Eyes," came back
from England so thoroughly rejuvenated
that even the author himself failed to recog-
nize It
Among the other phases Of taking"
which includes the theatrical as well as the
musical, is the stealing of special jokes,
sketches. conundruns, etc, which have been
paid for at q good round figure. These orig
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1888-06-02

MELVILLE T. sIONE tenQeQ Tor the me-
chsnc and laborlng classes. Their first
trouble was that there were then few pennies
in Chicago, inssmuch as nothing was sold
for less than nickel, so that the newsboys
could not make change. Stone imported
pennies and induced the street car companies
to give them to the conductors to be paid out
in change. This supplied the market, and
the newsboys found no further trouble
The capital on hand was certainly not a
surfeit of funds by any means. and the enter
prise was often on the brink Of dissolution.
Dougherty and the third partner became dis
coursged and sold out their interest for $50
each. Stone struggled on, and finally In
duced Mr.. Lawson to take a majority inter-
est and furnish the capital and press the pa
per to success
1t was very fortuitous time to establish
such paper, the field being mainly occupied
by The Evening Journal, a very respectable,
though, fortunately for The News, not very
lively sheet, and the two journalists soon
found an opportunity to buy franchise in
one of the press associations, which gave
them the telegraphic dispatches. Advertise
ments were rapidly secured and an income be-
tah
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viii Carleton, the poet Of the farm and
freside, was taken by one Of the attendants
at the Vatican to see the pope's jubilee pres
ents He says that besides all the gold, sil-
yer and jewels, there are enough slippers tc
have shod every pope that ever lived, more
topboots than regiment could use, sofa pill,
lows, and clocks galore, while hundreds OF
new church bells are stacked in the gardens,
waiting steeples frorn which to send forth
their siyery calls-Harper's Bazar.
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gan to appear to a

81 ~
weekly. A morn
ing edition was is
sued, and the part
ners were soon en-
abled to publish a
circulation Of their
morning and even
ing editions larger
than any other Chi
cago newspaper.
T b ey advertised
literally and grad
ually improved the
character Of their
matter. The pa
per has long been a
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1888-06-02
GERTRUDE GARRISON.

when l was living in Middletown,
Ky.," said DR.. Morrison, II was called
upon to marry young couple, which l did.
After the ceremony the groom said nothing
about fee. A few days later met him on
the street, and, calling me off to one side,
he asked me if would be willing to take
my fee in something besides money.
told him that would be all right. and he left
me, promising that should not be for
gotten. The next day he kept his word
and sent be load of wheat-straw, stack
of hay and jug Of molasses."
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1888-06-02
ELIZABETH STUART PHELPS.
Sketch Of the Author of Religio-Meta
physical Stories.

Especial Correspondence
NEW YORK, May % This lady is writer
of spiritual romances, stories which deal with
the inner rather than the outer events and
changes of her heroes and heroines When,
in 1868, her first book of this character,
"Gat<s a jar was published, the wave of in
quiry into those subjects, which now runs so
high, was just beginning to rise. The book
at once intensified its force and increased its
size to respectable proportions.
1t was a simple story Of faith in life be-
yond the grave; but it was departure from
the usual manner of presenting it Its pecu-
liarity was that it permitted each person the
making-of his own enjoyment in the world to
follow this, even as he makes it more or less
here, the kingdom of God being within us
and not in sxternals. 1t went so far as to
hold out the very novel idea that there are
pianos in heaven. Harps had always been
accredited to celestial choirs. but pianos, be-
ing Of modern construction, were popularity
supposed TO have no souls, hence no immor-
tality-in short, earth born and earth des-
tined instruments. The thought was too
startling for many. Ii was resented by the
class of people who wanted harps and harps
only in their heavenly choirs As a matter
OF course the book aroused resentment and
criticism, and that helped to make its fortune.
The learned and the unlearned, the profound
and the simple, read it and either enjoyed it
remarkably or attacked it bitterly
Since then Miss Phelps has written sixteen
books, which Houghton, Miffiin & Co., of
Boston, have published, the last being Gates
Between" remarkable and interesting
story, which reaches out into a future life.
This book would excite as much comment as
Gates Ajar,n were it not that the public has
been treated to so much daring literature on
the spirit of man and its destiny that It is
no longer appalled, at extraordinary concep-
tions and bold assertions
Miss Phelps was born in Boston in 1874,
and is daughter of the Puritans Both of
her grandfathers were Congregational min
listers. Professor Moses Stuart, her mothers
father, was an eminent Massachusetts, divine
of his day, Bible commentator and pioneer
of Bible literature in the United States
Austin Phelps, father of the novelist, is
also a clergyman While his daughter was a
little girl ne left Boston and located at An
dover, Mass, where he filed the professor
ship of rhetoric in the theological seminary.
Both he and Mrs. Phelps had scholarly tastes
and were authors Of reputation.
Mrs. Phelps died when Elizabeth was but S
years old. This event saddened the girlhood
of the future author, causing much OF her
early life TO be passed in a somewhat isolated
manner. Her faculty for story telling began
to assert itself while she was at school in An
dover. Her first literary venture was a story
written when she was IL years old, and pub
fshed in The Youths Companion Later she
wrote q story of the war called "A Sacrifice
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financial success, and MIR. Store retires with
a fortune.
Mr.. Lawson, who will now have exclusive
control, is a man about 40 years of age, Of
medium height and brown beard. He inner
tied about sl00, 600 from his father, who was
q Scandinavian and a journalist His talent
Of silver has not been hidden in a napkin.
s. G. R
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A negro preacher addressed his flock
with great earnestness on the subject Of
miracles, as follows: my beloved friends,
de greatest of all miracles was bout de
loayes and de fishes. Dere was 5000 ioaves
and 1000 fishes, and de twelve 'postles had
to eat dem all. De miracle is dey didn't
bust"
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Miss Kate Bishop, an actress in Australia,
wears silver bracelet on the left arm night
and day. Her only sister locked it there
before she sailed for America to get mar
ried. The ship went down with all hands.
and the key is with the drowned girl.
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Mr.. August Burkhart, of Nashville,
Tenn, has requested the United States
pension authorities to strike his name from
the pension rolls, as he has fully recovered
from his disabilities, and no longer needs
the assistance Of the government.
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Especial Correspondence.l

JEW NOhh, May
IS -Nu merous 8
songs that are now
being sung at many
of the theatres and
concert halls in this
city are, in plain
English, flakes. n
They are garbled
versions of famous
e n glish songs,
which are revised
and patched up
with new titles and
slight changes in
the setting. They
are skiilfully ar
ranged so as TO suit
the popular taste,
and sprinkled with
topical phra ses
and localisms to
rive fha,,, % raxv
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Consumed, !" which
appeared in Harp
er's Magazine in
1868.
Soon after one Of
her most striking
tales, THE Tenth
of January" ap-
peared in The At
lantic. S h e h a d
written and pub
lished other things,
but these stories
were the first TO
attract a attention
and Law the founfia-
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ago a penny even
ing paper was
started in Chicago
called The Evening
News. Melville E.
Stone and William
E Dougherty and
another reporter
combined their re-
sources, and with
the result-$ID-
started the paper,
W hich W as in
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No Time to Waste.

Friend to business manl-You seem to -
busy this morEing, Brown.
Brownies, I've got about fifty letters to
write.
ssWhy don't you use your type writerl"
"rm in too big a hurry. Texas Siftinga
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tion of her fame For some time she con-
were published in magazines and some in
books "Gates Ajar" was begun in 1854. To
its subject matter she had given much
thought The result OF this was that the
book took hold ON the reading world.
1t was translated into many languages
and had an astonishing sale 1t had within
it the force and feeling of the authors
soul, that indescribable quality which has
power to awaken other souls. 1t is today,
without doubt, the best known of her works.
Since then she has published series OF
novels about the mysterious gates" which
divide this world from that which follows
In 1888 Beyond the Gates" appeared 1t also
dealt atfirmatively with the question of the
souls immortality. The same thought per-
vades the poem in her volume Songs of the
Silent World"
Gates Between" her latest book, was pub
lished last year 1t told the story of the life
of materialistically minded man after
death 1t teaches that the spirituality which
each soul develops here is its only capital in
the world beyond the gates of death.
Miss Phelps delivered a series of lectures on
Representative Modern Fiction" in Boston
in 1871. Though successful in this venture
she found the work too fatiguing for her
strength, and never repeated the experience.
Naturally delicate, she has been an invalid
for some years Her winters are spent with
her father in Andover; her summers at her
seaside house at East Gloucester, Mass
Earnest, but never aggressive, she has been
interested in many reforms, Breadth OF
mind and largeness of heart are strong points
Of her character. The poor, the neglected
and the suffering have been objects OF her
sympathy and kindness, and often the sub
jects of her glowing pen volume of her
magazine stories, published last year, repre-
sented her at her best The characters were
drawn from lowly life. and were portrayed
with a strength and charm that won for the
author thousands of new admirers In de
picting the patient lives of the poor she has
greater skill and writes with more true fire
than when the people of her pen are born to
luxury In the latter case her foDdness for
the rare, the exquisitely beautiful in person
and appointments leads her into extravag.
ance of imagination, with the result of lm-
possible and sometimes uncomfortable crea-
tions
The spiritual romances are not simply ex-
travagant flights of fancy into the future life
of mankind. They represent her own faith
they describe the hereafter as she believes il
will be. although they are strictly impersonal
Each book contains her highest thought on
the subject it treats of, and each receives
months of serious study before line of it ap
pears on paper.
A believer in immortality. Miss Phelps
puts forth her belief in the persons of her
Imaginary people, Nothing but the highest
form of spiritual thought is found in her
writings.
Her literary style is peculiar. 1t has been
much objected to by critics who hate the
snowy and dramatic and admire the quiet
and simple. Nevertheless, it is effective
GERTRuDE GARRISON
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MELVILLE E. STONE Re1lRes.

How He Helped Found The Chicago
News-victor F. Lawson.
Especial Correspondencel
CHICAGO, May 29.-It has been announced
that Mr.. Melville E. Stone. the editor and
part owner of The Chicago News, has retired
from the editorship and sold out his interest
TO bis partner, Mr. Victor F. Lawson. The
reason assigned is that Mr.. Stone has worn
himself out with hard work
This NAV well be true About ten wears
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The Georgia clergyman who has Just
preached his own funeral sermon should
now proceed to contest his own viii.
ton Herald
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Old Lady ito tramp who has asked for
something 10 eat)-What kind of vituals do
you mostly get when you beg bitef
Tramp-Cold shoulder, ma'am.-Boston
Courier.
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The largest tree in the country east OF
California ise gnaried old sycamore that
stands in Upper Sandusky. in Ohio Il is
forty feet In circumference