St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-09-09
GOSSIP GOING AROUND.

When senatorial committee was Wis
iting Tacoma in the summer of 1889,
says the Pittsburg Dispatch, the mem
berS of the party and their attendants
were guests of the leading hotel. One
day while the weather was quite warm
Senator Pugh. Of Alabama, and some
acquaintance had descended to the bar,
which was in tue basement of the hotel,
in order to obtain some liquid refresh
ments. The party had been talking a
great deal about the advantages the
new state of Washington presented
for enterprising men, and when the
beverages were being ordered Senator
Pugh remarked careIessIy that he would
be delighted if he could get nice mint
julep, much as if such a thing could not
reasonably be expected so far away
from his native Alabama.
81 can give you a mint julep," the at
tending mixer said.
Then do So" quOth the senator. But
there was look of incredulity in< his
face. The barkeeper stepped to an open
window and reached out, plucked some
sprays of mint, and shortly presented
Senator Pugh with an excellent mint
julep. When the astoniShed statesman
had tasted the preparation he placed
the tumbler on the counter, and. lifting
his hands in an impressive way. ejacu-
lated: "Great heavens! What coun-
try and what resourcesp'
*
sFew persons know how the appella-
ton Black Hills came to be given to
that region round about Deadwood, S.
logical formation of the country at all,
for the hills are either the white or red
sandstone. But there was one thing
about the hills which naturally sug-
gested the prefix Black"
The speaker, saws the Chicago Times,
was f. w. Shaw, of Deadwo0d, S. D.,
superintendent of the Deadwood Cen
trail railroad. 1.-The hills" continued
Mr.. Shaw, 'were and are to this day
covered with rank growth of pine for
eStS. So thick and compact are they
that from distance on the plains they
appear to loom up as solid black mass
against the blue sky. Ordinarysforests
look deep green and at times either
dark blush or purple hue. But the
timber of the Black Hills looks as black
as lumber from distance, and because
of this strange popularity the name
Black Hills was applied to them. 1t
may be that the atmosphere has some
thing to do with this odd coioring."
Edwin Booth, when last in this city.
says the Philadelphia Inquirer, told a
good story connected with his profess
sional visit to Germany. In Berlin he
was billed to present Hamlet" and
during the performance. in the first in
terview with the players, he was utterly
aStounded to see the First Actor come
on the stage made up as very old man,
with long. flowing white beard which
reached to his waist, making him look
like the traditional Hebrew patriarch,
Being unable to speak German and the
performer having no knowledge what
ever of English, Mr.. CoOth could not as
certain the reason of this extraordinary
makeup. He was unable, however, to
master his curiosity in regard to it, SO
after the representation he procured all
Interpreter and proceeded to interview
the performer on the subject.
"Why Oh earth," asked Mr.. Booth,
Ibid you make up so old for the First
Actor? In America he is always
played as young man. and L cannot
understand why he should be repre-
scented otherwise"
s'Oh," replied the German, "Shakes-
peare himself is my authority. for does
he not make Hamlet address the First
Actor as old friend.'0
Mr.. Booth smiled and proceeded to
explain that in English man might be
called an old friend and yet be young,
but the German utterly failed to get it
through his head. Mr. Booth afterWard