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Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-09-18

The building is finished in the very
Justly celebrated woods of North Caro-
lima, and may be allowed at this point
TO speak, hope, of the lack of enthusi-
asm shown in the collection and prep
aration of such things for the big fair
from this state. Ii is doubtful If any
other state ia the Union has such an
unbounded wealth of beautiful woods,
and yet tremble when | think what
feeble showing it bids fair to make at
Chicago Nebraska, which is magniti-
cent agricultural state. but not celebra-
ted as a timber state by any means. will
furnish the 81 900 hammer with handle
If Nebraska woods with which to drive
the last nail in the woman's building.
Why couldn't North Carolina. with
every variety IF staple and ornamental
wood covering the entire Blue Ridge
Ia this state 10 depth Of so 20 100 feet.
nerve herself up 70 supplying the handle
of such hammer She wocld not feel
1t in fifty years from no,
GOmbroon. with its oaken stairs and
halls. Its ceilings of curly poplar and
maple. It's rooms finished in cherry and
mountain mahogany. its library with
massive dark beams Of native wood and
oaken floors. u a good advertisement Of
what there il lying untouched and unde-
yeloped in what Professor Guyot says is
the most magniicently wooded mountain
range in the world.
Mr. Suite. to whose mules we were
indebted for delightful ride of eight
miles up to Gombroou. said that the
estate embraces ESQ acres, I believe.
which gives the senator's pigs feeling
Of perfect freedom that Is entirely alb
sent in the illiterate but arrogant hog
Of the congested metropolis.
The Vance hog may be known AZ once
by the fash Of his eve and the firm.
erect and defiant tail His face il long
and thoughtful. bat there is an elasticity
20 his step which reminds one Of The
sntelope. the springbok OF the gazelle.
senator Vance began life and gradn-
ally worked his way mp 70 congress,
where he has nothing 20 do from morn
ing Til night hut legislate IN the inter
es's # good government daytimes and
answer letters from his constituents a.
night
As q young iswver he attracted The
attention n the court by bis Crsggy
mountain methods II settling matters
with opposing counsel evil yoa stef,
outsi1e anil repeat that remark be
would say ia low tono 20 counsel. mo-
tiouing over his shoulder with bic
thumh Then, II eaupsl said YES. they
would slip ont quietly AMI IN ara eV
parte method arrange the matter. re-
turning later with from two % f0nr eyes
closed ard resume the trial.
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-09-18
Opie Read Hedges"

There are undoubtedly many ways TO
manage a wife. but failure is generally
the result-that is If the wife should re-
ceive the intimation that her husband
is trying to manage her. II wife is
managed at all it is better to conduct
the performance in manner so quiet
and confidential as TO keep il entirely
hidden from her. II mainly depends
upon the wife as to whether or not she
is to be managed. II she decides not TO
be managed, and this decision will soon
manifest itself in some unexpected way.
il were well for the husband to hedge"
in some besceming manner. We would
naturally suppose that delicate little
blue-eyed creature with won't you
please love me" expression of counter
ance and half suppressed lisp that
brings n suggestion of STRAY note of
music found floating on a sunbeam"-I
say we would naturally suppose this
sort of ethereal embodiment To be east
ly managed; but she isn't. In truth she
holds her husband-if she has one. and
II she hasn't she'll get one very soon
in condition which ia not exact
" that of henpeckedncss, but which
is slavery almost rs abject
But is he afraid Of here Sure
" not. She rules him with her
tears. and il is better - be ruled with
an oalsen plant than with a "flood OF
tears" Ali but how should a wife be
mauaCcd2 By attention. 10y little re-
spects and courtesies. by keeping ro-
nance alive in the house A woman
who once has loved Is forever after a
child ~ romance a rose given % her
at evening is far more effective than a
morning argument Try at times ~
think - she docs Read in her line
rather than ask her ~ read In yours.
and the chances are that vour literary
taste viii be frightened Il not inn
proved Joke with that dchcacv and
geutleness that add spice and perfume
10 conversation, hnt through the smile
81 pleasantly iei not Tho truth ~ satire
shine Reaseu svita her Yos. and rea-
son earnestly. but remember that v,,nr
court - appeals should he ieee instead
~ exaet anil uniiipehiug justico.
The man sho sets in with the deter
mlnauen o. rile dis wife mas find a
certain SORT - happiness. bat be Is MT
likely - communicate any Il 81 g. her
napplne-s Is contagious emily in = pe
eaiiar oont tian ~ atmosphere
Mans ge e e4l Yourself sni 10 tf,at nay
lie the aianssf eifsent - SOAR eifs
fYIs Ran
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-09-18

When John Philip sousA. 81 the Ma
rtne band. ieft Washington - accept
the leadership Of the ns-ss ChAcslsTo or
chastra. musical critics announced HAT
popular music would not lie lacking.
and Ia this they are probably correct
lie viii he formidable rival 10 TheO-
d0re Thomas, whose orchestra u also 70
be greatly enlarged Then there are
vague reports that Gilmore viii give up
a season at Manhattan Beach and
transfer his orchestra 10 Chicago for
the summer. heard also that the only
Gilmore intended 10 take one hundred
New York musicians with him
The Digby Bell opera company VIII
furnish its share Of light opera al
Hooley's. and two new operettas are 70
De produced ia addition 70 Jupiter,
In all Of which Mr.. and Mrs bell viii
appear. Wilson and De Wolf Hopper
arc still sparring for openings. and ]
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-09-18

IL it . sell or . eonundrumY We don't
manage them down here / have been
married forty three years aud such .
thing as managing nay wife never oe-
currcd u me. didn't marry her for
managing a horse or a railroad, but the
word II reflection GA wotBans char
aeter. wife h partner. "a help meet
she helps IA meet the family expenses
and "a make life worth living Msnag-
ing a wife IL bulldoxing business, aud
that is just what brings about 81 many
divorces A wife who has 10 be man
aged Ii not wife. Mr.. Bes>cher said
that the tirst thing o. be- done u insure
good health was Ia be born of healthy
parents. And so the best way TO man
age wife is not u marry one who has
g. be- managed. As bob said when he
had served out his sentence in the chain
gang; Boss. dc best thing for you 10
do when you git dar is-not 20 90 dar."
Woman was the last and best work
Of the Almighty. II Adam cvoluted,
she didn't She came fresh from her
Makers hand, and was given 10 man To
should manage him is fair question,
but how he should manage her is ride
ulous IL is "a case OF ''reductio nd abb
surdum." as the lawyers say. The pure,
trusting. innocent being ties herself,
binds herself 10 this evoluted son of
Adam as fast as Prometheus was bound
to the rock, and rs soon AS the chains
are fastened he begins To look around
and inquire: How shall | manage
herr" Manage her like you did before
you married her. That's all.
Never let her know that she is
chained. Companionship is the word
-companionship that honors the
man more than 1t does the woman;
for she is of higher rank in pur-
ity, in morality. in beauty. She is
a link between him and the angels,
and will take us all 70 Heaven
if we will let her Three hundred
white convicts in one chain gang
in Georgia and not a woman just
think of it. But the weeping and sor-
row are hers-sorrow for husbands and
sons who have fallen. The pain and
suffering in bringing us into the world
are hers. The care and anxiety of rails
ing the children are hers. job speaketh
of the dark watches of the night when
deep sleep falleth upon man, but it
doesn't fall upon weary mother with
a fretful or sickly child. l know
whereof | speak, for ten have come to
us and she raised them and never muir
INJURED 1t has been a world of trouble,
but she endured it. II is all over now
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-09-18

ated in this vale Of tears. ] made this
discovery early in life.
There is nothing so much like matri-
mony as cumming" with n fellow at
college. Ny chum was full of faults.
For instance, he used to lose all his
money at poker instead of buying fur
niture for the room. This practice
would have endangered our friendship.
but rose to the occasion. / reformed
him In three months he was steady
winner and we had a velvet carpet on
the floor and pictures on the wall.
II is selfishness, perhaps, which leads
wise man TO modify those with whom
he comes in contact in such a way that
they will be more agreeable to him, but
although that method may be called by
so hard q name l must recommend it
earnestly Just how l have done it is
a secret which / shall presently divulge
for the benefit of any bachelor who may
be trembling on the brink of matri-
mony.
Most men fail to realize how important
is this matter of modifying. by well di-
rected effort, the nature of a wife
Some men think of wife only as a per-
son to whom one can transfer his prop
erty and keep it away from his credit
ors; or as a person from whom one can
transfer her property TO himself, and
keep it away from the bargain counters.
These views are SUPERFICIAL; the charac-
ter is the thing.
In the first place found Maude color
less She lacked any well defined char
acter. On. B.-Friends are requested
not TO order floral tributes on account of
these words. | shall escape.) encour-
aged her to be more truly typical
woman. | wanted her to be stupid,
and make all sorts of funny blundcrs,
just as any other woman does. did
not wish her to be too clear in her mind.
II is great mistake. Never let your
wife be too clear in her mind.
She might take a day off and mediate
on her husband, and never have any
sort Of an opinion Of him afterward
When she is threatened with anything
of that sort buy her n memorandum
book. and let her keep track of the
household expenses. In three days she
will show you more funny places In the
multiplication table than there are in
all the variety shows of a season. and it
will teach her not TO overestimate her
own Importance. When she tries TO
pay nine people three dollars apiece out
of seventeen dollars, which you gave
her on Saturday night. she will realize
how small human being is in compari-
son with the great and everlasting
truths OF mathematics.
But Maude and | have never quar-
relied about money matters. l have
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-09-18

the hotel accommodations for the 9as
Bavarian peasants who arc % produce
the play are engaged.
7 had n chat with one of the New
York gentlemen interested in the Chi
caCo Iiippcdrome Company the other
day. and BE informed me that matters
in connection with the enterprise were
progressing spiendidlv we arc in
vesting g. 500. 600 and will have =
greater hippodrame than the best and
most famous Il Europe IN fact. the
star Paris performers ere under con
tract with us. and vill he here AZ the
formal opening next May
There IS stii snnic talk - transferring
he Paris hippodrsme complete - the
Libby Prison grounds in lhieago.
and 20 IS possiblo that that enterprise
viii So D. carried into effect
The First regiment armorv is nov
giving way % Well e. l.ederer's inn
u.eose new theaisr. and understand
that ~ zlcgfeta has secured the Nein-
mger orchestra as one ~ SIS prime at
fractions
So mueh has been sad - steele
MaebaVes great eetsrpfise on fhs
eorlds fair ground thaf ean a3f hat
hffla - interest NF MackaFe has rat
Yet Hn.shei the piay sehseh - 20 p. prr,
aaas~i tefe sHd sinply anaevnf~rs that
ID eiii he GA a EganaeF sale thAn has
ever reen sttrapfei in the warl8 20
sfaaseaasnt. ga aitsset sisls a sAe A.
isaG4e
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-09-18

the capitalization of amusement pro-
jects at Springfield alone has already
mounted into the millions, and much OF
money this will come from New York.
Abbey, Schoeffel & Graus spectacle
at the Auditorium, Steele Mackaye's en-
terprise on the worlds fair grounds, the
Eldorado of Weehawken, the Sousa
monster orchestra enterprise, the Hip
podromes," the Passion Play and Pains
fireworks will all be backed by eastern
money, and lots of IT.
I'm fact" said Mr.. Schoeffel 10 me, at
will be a great Coney Island, with
alnusements big and little on all sides,
with the greatest entertainments this
country has ever seen and with prob
ably more attractions outside than in
side the fair"
Theatrical managers. east and west,
have simply gone Chicago-mad. They
are paying tremendous prices for priv
ileges, big sum. for centrally located
property, and they seem To give no heed
whatever to the fact that July, August
and September, the great months of the
fair, are conducive to anything but in
door amusements. The latest OF the en-
terprises is contract to transplant the
Eldorado to Chicago. | am told that
the capitalization is something like two
million and half, that the grounds
have already been selected and that the
buildings will be an exact reproduction
of those at Weehawken. castle, casino,
fountain. lights, amphitheater and all.
1--WE will have two enterprises in Chi
cago from May to October, and the first
will be the spectacle America at the
Auditorium" said Mr.. Schoeffel to me.
1.-THE play there will be arranged by
Imre Kiralfy, and he has carte blanche
as to expense. The Schaefer family, of
Vienna, to-day the most marvellous per
formers In the world, are under con-
tract to appear in the spectacle. So is
Sandow, the strong man, and we are
closing contracts every week with star
performers in the capitals of Europe"
The Passion Play seems To be an as
sured fact. / am told that the incor-
poration of the company at Springfield
late in June was followed almost i'm
mediately by the signing of contracts
with all the great Oberammergau play
ers. The syndicate is represented in
Europe by Franz tanner, director of the
Imperial opera house at Vienna. and
his first contract was with Joseph Myer,
who personated the Saviour at Oberam-
mergau. All the others have been
signed on condition that the $50, 900
guaranteed them be placed in bank 10
the order of a third responsible party.
This, too, has been done, and it is now
the intention to have all the original
costumes and scenery brought here, and
an amphitheater will be constructed
especially for the production. Lveu
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-09-18

and the crop is laid by and she deserves
a pension both from earth and Heaven.
She never thought about managing me,
but she has done it. 1t is well enough
to talk about tanning a shrew, but man
aging a woman--never. IL there were
a whole book written upon it it would
go ead--stillborn-for gentleman
wouldn't if he could, and "a tyrant
couldn't if he would. There may be
Petruchios, but there are no Hates.
BILL ARP.
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-09-18
WIFE AND A HOME
How TO Manage One and Make
the Other Happy.
MEN WHO KNOW EXPLAIN IT ALL
Howard Fielding and Maud Ople Read
Tells His Way OF Living
ARP SURPRISED.

gentleman who deeply needed the
Information and who also knew where
u 40 for IL. has asked me how 10 man
aye wife. lie could not have asked u
better man For whether Mande and !
have done we'll or III. the responsibility
has been wholly mine. My wife has
been absolutely under my control.
Few other men enn say this; for In
order % be able 10 say IL a man must Ice
good liar by nature. and one who has
never let himself get ont of training.
But in my case IL Is the truth. IL Is
always mans fault IL his wife doesn't
suit him. lie should mold her eharac-
ter and disposition in accordance with
his wishes. IL is wonderful how great
an influence we can have upon those
with whom we are intimately associ-
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-09-18

The pride Of the people Of the present
age. based upon the belief that we have
out-stripped the old world in the arts
aud sciences, receives another shock.
A man whose desire for the truth led
him 20 spend two years In a tomb at
Gizeh, Egypt. is said 10 have secured
evidence which proves that 1000 years
ago tools used ia cutting stone had
jeweled edges. similar % those used =,
the present day. Solid and tubular
tools were used by the builders ~ the
pyramids, and saws. which were sup
posed - be modern. were used in those
DAYS. both straight and circular. There
was ovidence in some pieces ~ granite
that a drill had sunk one-tenth II an
inch At every revolution. and that the
pressure o. accomplish this must have
been a; least two tons II j. suggested
that 30 diamonds were exceedingly rare
in those days, perhaps c0rlndum Vas
used a. points for the tools.-lloston
Ioefrna.
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made her comfortable and happy on a
salary which some might consider good.
but which. Ia comparison with the
workman merit. Is Tho smallest that
has been paid since jacob worked four.
teen wears for wife
Mausle d merry uost q the time, b.
eaHse make her 49, hat once in
hwliie. when nobody sees her uut n1a.
she comes ia softly when ) am snnA-
ing perhaps. and letting my faneiea
pandef sod she LAYS hsf hand upon
asf shoulder and ia.4hs up ~ roe with a
sweet. smiling face she Is most ta NY
nhing a. -stsh times Ea vhatsesF sfe
MAS ~ she ein D. miae ! manage
her Absolutely ~ she i onlYs = eFeataFe
q nag imss iHs3hln, a character iB aag
sfaFlss ass att h4sfsts.t
ss.fnstiases / eish ! were sad then
seaia. ~ hsf ssAe az siad "a isat
tsHssa ft1s Anss E4sEIsfss.
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s,.rr,,e q Eg-x

Tslleyrnnd one day. upon entering
the private study where father and sou
were together. found the hoy upon ms
fathers knee. while Napoleon va
gently Shaping him.
ID ron know what 7 am doing7-
asked Napoleon.
No. sir. said the dipl0matist. who
= rs far TOO wise g. guess ruvsl TuEzles.
i am Shaping kdnRf vas ths
answer. Aud this trif no and harmless
pleasantly hss beer cited - q SERIOUS
writer IS proof II NaPoleon's cruel
tyn q his chua,-St Nicholas
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-09-18

= Arr sfrnA fs lHsk Assn getting
~ ia gesfs. sstl Nas M Tfre plsv
fuuV 81 fHsilf ~ taf sN boxing "a
use fltasras bags in fae CRATE
TNas Ell aii ssta Cho4ly calamity
~ sa'se ref sq slf ss fea iaea uesn.
b. s8se8 easrectins hiasslf Pa iaes
great deal feansI lhah yas are
fs.sisn ttlt.ss.
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-09-18

Pretty Autumn Weddings sna How Trey
Were Soienrir-a

Pretty Autumn Weddings snt How TREY
We. Sol>mnixri
william r. gsmison and Niss thbis
z. Norton. dsurhtsr n ~. and Mrs.
p ~ Norton. were rasrfled Tuesday
evening st q clock 81 tns fss 'aeune n
she trdes parents 80. l4h -0uth la
fsveffe street sbouf seventh i've
raests were present ard to ceremony
We rgsrforre3 ~ ZEE Fsv Nsn -.
Trsdar ~ ths rsrk congregational
rhurch TIE NsudslssrHn Wedding
fnsrrt ~ss nsTes ~ ths 70 p snd
rsno - Ne. Fcfh Forbes ~ KsIs-
n.roo ahd Mss ffniF Mum of fhss
cts TreesEfnf tns BRIDE nsrfv wee
De fr1des f~o itls ssfsrt Nisses
8rae3e srt fss rei'ea iu ~tits sna
carry q rrsrr 20 Fnses Alss Nets
Furfes ~ faIsnsren fne rirf q
naunF. snd sdash tfsfi go grsHff =
f-ssf msr sH~sHce8 sf hairfs 80
ts as 40 gspcui Mrs erfes wnrs
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no~sn 90 Peek. TIE Frocere--I gut .
dollars worth ~ sursr 4 vru T-sts-~
dsr
fs-sk-YeS. -. 7 r~rrsssrf~r y 81
therc anything he rnssfsr wifh So
Isrs&l--uh no / merely - - no~
- orfr q 1n~rel - iiule That sne
snud wiil make exoellert rno-taf. So
think en- use tfse suSas ~ an stous
~ t,ssiid Truth
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-09-18

gulf bad nothing 90 do with II. said
Mira Vance. I'D been reading an art
els on The Esgsriss II Eminent Mem
and among othsrs the dream II De Qain-
eey that seemed - haunt him IN al his
later years, thai he had conquered,
owned and ruled distant island called
Gombroon- In all his work and ia all
his leisure, As "a pasple background 20
the picture OF sctnal hfe. stood this
ever present country which he called
G0mbrcon.
80. when ia the saidst Of this, hus-
band wrote fne that II he could think as
earnestly and indastriously of the com
ing convention as he did Of the cows
and the orchard upon Black mountain
be would probably De more successful
a. politician. | named the honie
GOmbroOn. and Gomhroon it Is likely
20 remain"
Ihs nominees on the third party
ticket in North Carolina seem 60 be hav-
ing some trouble already, one having
been arrested for using profane language
in the postofiiee. another for carrying
concealed weapons. another charged
with clipping with his wifes sister, and
another with stealing a hog from a
widow woman during our late war. l
trust that these grave charges viii be
refuted al an early date.
Senator Vance has many agricultural
ideas IN common with my own. His
watermelOns mature In October. So do
mine. he mas been unsuccessful in per
fecting eoreless baked apple from
seeding trees. So have |. His worm
less apple for train use has never reached
maturity. Neither has INV own.
GOmbroon Is n handsome summer
home built Of native timber grown on
the place. cut on the place and hauled by
the Vance mules, Peter and Repeter. 10
q little mill down the Branch. where
the timber was sawed, dressed. kiln dried
and prepared for the building. In dig
ging for the foundation bed of beau
nful building sand was found, and a
quarry of excellent stone was struck
within four minute walk Of the house
and little above IL, so that with a stone
boat and the speckled steers, Eyether
and Nyether. Senator Vance easily
hauled in few days stone enough 10
build the foundation of the house.
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BILL on THE HOG
ne Writes Of the Versatile and
Slab Sided Razorback.
AND TELLS or The BLACK BEAR
Which FiouEishes N the Home OF s-oA-
toE V.nes-RsmaEks About the sea-
ator-Hs Home, 0omhrooa.

Slack mountain = the home Of the
large EtEascan black bear. Big Tom
Wilson and Senator Zebuloa Baird
Vance. Pour times IN SIX years Big
Tom Wilson has written me, Gone up
As soon as possible. have caught the
bear owned BY you for killing purposes.
Please hurry up. ~ he Is eating his head
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EaeTe - = futt asss. ssif tstar eaa4ss
iss "a ftaa. fs..ss q. hfstas "a 80 tffs
"A tfsu ag.stf itsFfts shIeh fh< tfsFsfsf
aas a. aaas
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thsfs 81 fail rsFs. ssif tons ~Hrrs~-
fng ~ sen Aa-~~- e. sfsfns fa So tffs
- eH.lia - tree ser 80 90 nsrrihsF- Or
ser 81 afHe
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-09-18
MUCHCASH FOR Fun
The Immense Amount Put in
Chicago "Side Shows.
THREE GREAT SPEcTaCLtS
Abbey's " America at the Auditorium.
doFado-The Passion Play.
oSsERvATIvE

CONSERVATIVE
estimates place
the investment
III anus e III c mt
enterpris es for
Chicago during
the worlds fair
at 10000 90.
Enthusias in
the Garden City
fix the sum at
$50, o00,o 600. But
this seems 10 be
d rather wild ex
aggeration. Still