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The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1896-04-18

If a mans family appreciates him &c.
doesn't miss it il the world doc>L I.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1896-04-18

A boy has the best dog in town az
q man the best watch
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1896-04-18

A horse that is cared for by q "oman
looks ragged but fat.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1896-04-18

just how It docs II Is not the question.
u is enough to know that IiudCrcornS takes rD' he
COINS and a very pleasing rcii,iitiS IC al dlCEg sS.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1896-04-18

Pray for q sound liver; sou can be
without fame.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1896-04-18

II have tried Farhrr's Ginger 1"nlC
and believe In It," saws a mother. and - w.. rcG
SAY when familiar with its rcyilahfjus pTulcIlrs.
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and finally a Philadelphia specialist
was engaged to doctor him. Every
eXpedient known to science was re-
sorted to. but the task of saving his
leg was given up. It was after young
Green had attained his majority that
the doctors decided the leg would have
to be amputated. The operation took
place in a New York boarding house,
and since then the young man has
worn a cork leg.
New Workers who lived in the neigh
borhood of Union square, a dozen or
more years ago were well acquainted
with young Green. He was a pleasant
fellow who always spent his allow
ance as fast as he got it, and therefore
was always on the verge of being
broke
He used to live with his mother at
that time in the neighborhood of
Fourth avenue and Thirtieth street.
At that time his mother allowed him
so cents a day for his meals, and he
used to eat in Dave Hollands restau-
rant in Fourth avenue, just below
Union square. John Ennis of East
Fourteenth street is another proprie-
tor who knew young Green very well.
Up to the time he was 20 years old
Ned Green was accustomed to taking
the newspaper which his mother had
purchased early in the morning and
selling it on the street corner after
she had finished studying the fnan-
cial page.
In latter years his mother began to
educate him in the ways of finance.
His first work was to settle up claims
against the Texas railroad, and being
unusually shrewd, he was fairly sue
cessful Farmers who lost cattle by
being run down by the trains were the
most numerous class Of claimants. and
it is said that Hetty Green's son never
allowed any Of the farmers to get the
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die 1t is a different matter. If he
asked the old lady to give him ten of
her precious millions she would prob
ably DO 1t, no matter how acutely it
would wiring her heartstrings. In her
confidential moments she has told her
few friends what a clever man her
boy Eddie is.
The other day Mrs. Green appeared
in a New York court room with new
feather in her bonnet a black silk
dress and plush dolman. The average
woman would rather have died out
right than wear any of these clothes,
because they We're all about ten years
behind the fashion. They were new,
however, and people who were ac-
quainted with Mrs. Green marveled
at her extravaganza.
A C. Q. P. BOSS.
Perhaps a reason existed for it in
Texas. Eddie Green is president of
the Texas Midland railroad, owned
mainly by Mrs. Green. He makes his
headquarters in Dallas, and has late
ly been taking an active interest in
politics. He has become a power in
the Republican party of the Lone Star
state, and carries the vote of Kauf-
man county in his vest pocket The
straight Republican vote does not
amount to much in Eddie Green's dis
trict, but in these days of unhoIy al
hances with the Populists its value is
not as uncertain as it used to be.
At the recent Republican convention
of the Sixth Texas congressional dis
trict, held in kaufman for the purpose
of selecting delegates to the national
convention in ST. Louis, there was a
clash between two men. One of them
was young Green and the other was
J. NJ. Mccormick of Dallas. 1t ended
in Green and his friends boiling the
convention because their delegates
from contested counties were not al
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nal grandfather was named Edward
Robinson and his paternal grandmoth-
er was a Miss Rowland. Hetty Green,
when she afixes her signature to any
document, writes Harriet Rowland
Robinson Green. Her daughter is Miss
Sylvia Rowland Green. Hetty says
she regrets that she did not have the
name Of Robinson tackled in some
where, for she is very proud Of her
family. Her father left her 100000
when he died, and she asserts that ne
vas the kindest, incest. cleverest and
best man that ever lived.
She does not throw many bouquets
at her husband Edward H. Green. She
does not see him very often, some
times not once in month. He lives
at a quiet New York hotel, while Hetty
lives in various places. Whenever the
tax collector discovers her she makes
change. Her daughter sometimes lives
with her mother, again with her fath-
er, but most of the time with friends.
Thus the family is widely separated.
AN ODD CAREER.
Eddie Green has had an odd career
for the son Of the wealthiest woman
in the country. He was born in Lon
don about thirty-two years ago, where
his mother and father were temper
arily living. His father at that time
had a large fortune of his own and
was a heavy spender. He was a big
operator in Wall street and so was
Hetty. She was invariably on the
right side Of the market and he was
on the wrong. Eventually he lost
every dollar he had in the world, while
in a comparatively few years the for
tune of his wife doubled.
No vast sum Of money was spent in
the education of Eddie Green. While
coasting when he was years old his
knee was injured. The accident was
not deemed to be serious. and for a
long time medical assistance was not
employed to care for him. The boy
suffered from his leg for a long time,
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lowed to participate in the primary
organization. Two delegations from
this district VIII therefore go to st.
Louis. One will be headed by young
Green, and is pledged to support the
nomination OF Speaker Reed. The
other viii be headed by Mccormick,
and Is pledged to support Mckinley.
It was pleasant news to Mrs. Green
to hear of her sons political progress.
but that which gave her most joy was
the information that her son Eddie
would be the next Republican candi-
date for governor of Texas. He may
not win. the Hon. Harriet acknowI-
edges, but she knows he will make a
stiff fight He is boy after her own
heart. and she says the ambition of
her life is TO accumulate money enough
to make him the richest man on earth
when she tsies. This she gave some
time ago as the reason Of her perpet-
nal chase after more dollars.
Young Green's fun name is Edward
Rowland Robinson GTeens his pater~
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HE 2s 9asIxTEEN PAGES

man" as If he were the only one of
his species) wanted to speak to him.
Very well. send him up" said Mr..
Whistler. He went on shaving. and
when the man came in. said abrupt
ly: Nov, then, what do you want?"
II want my money, sir
What money!"
My possession money, sir
What, haven't they given it to
your"
mo, sir; it's you that have to give
1t to me-"
"oh. the deuce 1 have" and Mr..
Whistler laughingly gave him to
understand that. if he wanted money
his only chance was to apply else
where.
well, think it's very hard. sir,
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laugh, unique of its kind. Mr. Irving
got hold of part of it when he appeared
as Mephistophiles in Faust" and Mr.
Whistlers disciples caricature it as
they do most of his peculiarities as
we'll as his art. But the original is
inimitable.
Much of his table talk would be
pointless in print, as it owes its chief
charm to his voice and manner and
gestures. His great delight is to
startle people, and he will often say
things simply because they are unex-
pected. There are certain phrases
which he is always using, such as
Don't you know" and What" at
the end of sentence; his fayorite
adjective is "Amazingw and he ap-
plies it to all manner of people and
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-02-23

Great fame is in store for Hetty
Green. She is not altogether unfamil-
lar to the public eyes, as it is. because
of her weakness for millions, lawsuits
and shabby clothes.
Hetty Green has only one other
weakness, and this weakness makes
her kin to the rest Of womankind. Her
only son is the weakness last men
toned. She has husband and daugh-
ter, but they do not penetrate the ar
mored covering of her affections.
She toIerates them. and that
is all. But with her son Ed
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-02-23

j. w. Pierce. Republic, Ia, saws: az
have used One Minute Cough Cure in
my family and for myself, with results
so entirely satisfactory that | can
hardly find words to express mvse1f
as to its merit. will never fail to
recommend it to others, on every oc-
casion that presents itself" For sale
by all druggists. Mathematician.
wholesale dealers.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-02-23

Everything that is cleansing, purifying, and beauyng
for the skim scalp and hair of infants and children CUI
CURA will do. bath with CUTICURA SOAP,
and gentle application of CUTICURA (ointment) the
great skin cure afford instant relief agonzng
itching and burning clear the skin of sca crusted
pply and blotchy huors, cleanse the scalp of dandru
scales and cruss and restore the hair They prevent in
amation and clogging of the pores the of pple
blackheads and baby rashes and especially appeal
Mothers out with the of skintorured babies
Everything about them invites confidence They
lutey pure and may be used the youngest infant
delicate invalid with the gratifying and unang
lisa British
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-02-23
WHISTLER USUALLY CHEERFUL
BUT SOMETIMES THE BLU
EST OF THE BLUE.

Those who know Mr.. Whistler now
can scarcely imagine him anything
but the cheeriest and most sanguine
of mortals. 1t seems as if no calamity
could ruffle him, and as if there were
no room in his delightful character for
such thing as vexation. But like
many Hght-hearted people, when he
does let himself run down, he runs
down further than prosaic person
would do. I am told that at one time
he and his model fully made up their
minds to commit suicide together by
jumping into one of the canals of
Venice. They set the house in order,
and started out on their dismal err
rand; but, happening to meet a friend
on the way, they forgot all about it.
Mr.. Whistler's usual habit, when any
thing goes wrong, is to say, Now,
see here; this is all nonsense or to
chuckle and rub his hands and say,
Tut, tut, tut, too bad! We can't have
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best of him. Very often the reverse
was the case. BY work of this kind he
appealed to the only vulnerable part
of his mother. and every year she in
trusts more and more to his discretion
and mana cement
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-02-23
ECCENTRIC
WHISTLER
Appearance and Manner, Talk
and Stories.
HIS FAITH IN HIMSELF.
USUALLY CHEERFUL, But SOME
TDIEs VERY BLUE.

Mocking Laugh and Experience
with Ba1I1ffs-Has an Easy Way
of Parting with His Ioney-His
Face Remarkable One-He
Rarely Walks.
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LAWYERS, ATrBNTIoN,

The Herald viii print your Brief.
with Dromptness and accuracy. We
solicit your patronage. Telephone
US, NO. 357, and we will send for
yoRE manuscript.
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just one trial, and you win be con-
vinced that the new High Grade
Three Crown Baking Powder 10 the
1urest and best yon ever used.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-02-23
WHIsTLER's ORIGINAL WAY OF
SIIRnIrINc a . ALI LEE

I am sure there are very few people
whom Mr.. Whistler could not coax if
he chose. He even succeeded once in
tanning bailiff. who was in possess
sion of. his house at Chelsea. When
the man first appeared, he tried to
wear his hat in the drawing-room and
smoke and spit all over the house.
Mr.. Whistler soon settled that. He
went out into the hall and fetched a
stick, and daintily knocked the mans
hat off. The man was so surprised
that he forgot to be- angry, and within
a day or two he had been trained to
wait at table. One morning when Mr..
Whistler was shaving. a message was
brought I'D that the man Che was al
ways known in the house as THE
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-02-23
Copyright 1896, by S. S. Mcclure,
Limited).

LONDON, Feb. Is, 1S96.-If James
MCNEIL Whistler had been a professor
of Chinese or a halter, he would prob
ably have been just as much liked and
just as well known as he is now. No
doubt his pictures have high merit of
their own, but, even if they had been
but bad, the public would probably
have raved about them just as much.
The charm about painting is that peo-
pie buy pictures, not because they are
good or beautiful, but because they
are said to be artistic. 1t does not
matter who says so, SO long as it is
said loudly and persistenly enough.
This was one of the first truths that
Mr.. Whistler learned, and it occurred
to him that, if he sang the praises of
his own pictures himself, it would
serve the purpose just as well. When
he had done SO long enough, others
joined in the chorus, and he accepted
their adulation with that delightful
cynicism that has always been one of
his principal charms.
The first time knew Mr.. Whistler
3
when he was quite unknown to fame.
He had lodgings at the top of an old
palace in the utterrnost parts of the
town, and many days he would
breakfast, lunch and dine off nothing
more nutritious than a plateful Of
polenta or macaroni. He was just as
witty. and gave himself just the same
outrageous but inoffensive airs, as
afterwards in the days of his pros
perity.
WHISTLER'S EARLY FAITH IN
HIMSELF.
I remember his turning upon a mo-
rose sculptor who had become a resi-
dent there and haunting him with
spending his life "On pile in the
damp" He used to go about and do
marvellous etchings for which he could
find no market or else only starvation
prices. When he was absolutely OBJ
liged to, he would sell them for what
he could get; but he never lost the
fullest confidence in his own powers
and whenever he could, he preferred
to keep them in the expectation-nay
the certainty,-of being able to sell
them some day at a high figure.
He used to go roaming about Venice
in search for subjects for his etchings,
and those who know all about it, say
that the charm of his work lies quite
as much in the choice of subjects as
in the execution. He used to make
a great deal of mystery about his
etching expeditions and was rarely
prevailed upon to let any one &C
company him. If he did, it was al
ways under the strictest pledge of
secrecy. What was the use, he would
say, of his ferreting out some wonder
full old bridge or archway and think
ing of making it immortal, if some
second-rate painter were to come
after him and make it commonplace
with his caricatures? On the other
hand, if some friend of his discovered
an ideal spot, and asked him what he
thought of it he would not scruple for
an instant to say: Come now, this
is all nonsense, your trying to do this.
1t is much too good subject to be
wasted on you. You'd better let me
see what I can do with it." And he
would be so charming about it. and
take his own superiority so completely
for granted that no one ever dreamed
of refusing him.
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this sort of thing going on" AS if
bad luck were a thing to- be reasoned
with and eoaxed to go away.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-02-23
HETTY GREEN
In POLITICS.
Her Son Has GubernatoriaI
Aspirations.
SHREwD YOUNG
MAN
HIS MOTHERS BARREL SHOULD
HELP HIM OUT.

Was Educated BY Her in the Ways
of Finance, and His Good Work
Has Appealed TO the Better Ma
ture of the Woman of Millions.
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Mr.. Whistler's laugh is one Of the
most characteristic things about him.
1t is q weird knocking, almost dendish
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-09-02
ANOTHER ..BoDY BLOW,

Mr.. Bryan has one argument which he
introduces in almost every speech with a
fanfare like that which precedes the entry
of a particularly imposing cavalcade in a
well-regulated circus. 1t is one of those
arguments which the Indianapolis organ Of
the mire owners and repudiationists is
ford CE 3~2signating as a body blow" He
orGll.-1ly puts it in the form of a question
which he asks with the knowing air of a
man who has ~propounded a conundrum
that is in any other than his
own way. His question may be divided
into two parts, as follows:
First-Why has no political party ever
defended the gold standard?
Second-Why should we wait for the ac-
ton of other countries to change our indie
feasible monetary system?
AT Rochester. the other day. he was good
enough to answer one branch of his ques-
ton by saying that 1.-The fact that no party
has ever in a national platform declared
a preference for a gold standard is COM
plete proof that the people of the United
States, irrespective of party. are opposed
to a gold Standard" and he further said, in
answer to the other branch of his question,
that the failure to give effect to their oppo-
sition is evidence of a want of national in
dependence.
1t is evidently the opinion of Mr.. Bryan
that this argument is a tremendous one.
1t is the outcome of hours of grave and
profound elaboration. He has probably
sat up o nights with it. One can family
imagine the thrill of joy that was caused
by it's appearance when it's ACCOMPLISHMENT
was complete. The glad eureka of the an
cient philosopher would have been a mild
expression of the rapture with which it
was greeted. The Journal is free to say, in
a spirit of perfect candor, that it is quite
as good an argument as airy of the rest
of those with which our modern tribune of
the people has e~ndeavored TO stay the pop
ular condemnation of his cause and HIM
self. 1t may be put into the form of a
syllogism:
First-Pcople are opposed to everything
for which they fail 10 express a preference
in the platforms of one or the other Ct
their political parties.
Second-They have failed to express a
preference for the gold standard in any
of these platforms.
Third-Therefore they are opposed to a
gold standard.
1T Is a pretty wit"-an ingenious argu-
ment. All that it wants is the element of
truth. But we cannot have everything,
and boy oratory is not celebrated for it's
veracity. A strict regard for truth would
have required Mr.. Bryan to take into ac-
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-09-02
HAIL. VERMONT

The Republicans have carried Vermont
least 5000. The Republican plurality in
the corresponding election in 1892 was 49,
7e2, the votes standing: For Governor, Re
publican, 3s.91S; Democratic, 1926. In 1885,,
the year of the IandsIides, the Republican
plurality was 2s.521. the Republican vote
being AZ. 663 and the Democratic 14.142. Thus
the Republican plurality yesterday was be-
tween 5000 and 1000 larger than that of
the unprecedented plurality. of 1894. This
was not expected, or. if it was, 1T was not
predicted, since the Republicans claimed
1000 last week. It is a most significant
victory. 1t indicates that the tide has
set in in the Northern States against the
Chicago ticket stronger than it ever began
in any campaign.
In addition to the Vermont indications
the Astounding success of the national con-
vention of the sound-money Democracy.
must have a depressing effect upon the
hopes and prospects of the Chicago ticket,
thus early in the canvass. There cannot
be to-day an intelligent man in Indianap-
oils, who is in a position to make a fair
judgment, who does not see that the Chi
cago ticket is already doomed.
The remarkable thing in connection with
the Vermont Democracy is that the party
candidate was put upon a sound-money
platform. but, after the Chicago conven-
ton, ne made the fatal mistake of repudi-
ating the platform upon which the Yer
mont Democrats placed him and of coming
out on the stump for the Altgeld platform
and the Bryan ticket.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-09-02
TO-DAY,S CONVENTION.

The convention which meets to-day will
nominating conventions-a revival of earii-
er and better political methods. The
earlier conventions were an evolution of
the congressional caucus, and were strict
ly business affairs. The accredited dole
gates. representatives of the people, came
together, made a declaration of principles,
nominated candidates for President and
Vice President, adjourned and went home.
There was no great crowd of boomers,
camp followers and office seekers. 1t had
not yet been discovered hat a national
convention should occupy several days.
The Republican convention which renomi-
mated Lincoln in 1864 was, with difficulty,
made to cover two days. That which nom
mated Grant in 1868 lasted only one day.
The Democratic convention of that year
was longer. but there were special rea-
sons for it. The rule of long conventions
is of comparatively recent origin, and is
due chiefly to the assembling of those who
have nothing to do with the legitimate
business of a convention. These elements
are represented by persons each of whom
has an ak to grind. The boomer, the camp
follower and the office seeker IS largely in
evidence with his banner, his club uniform
or his tin horn, and is particularly anxious
to have it known that he is there, shout
ing and sweating for his favorite. If his
favorite wins he is the loudest in shouting
his approval; if another is nominated, he
is loudest in shouting to make it unani-
nous. These persons are not necessary at
a national convention, and their presence
is often a nuisance and interruption to
business. In the convention which meets
to-day they will be conspicuous by their
absence. AS there will be no pie counter
at this convention. they will not be in evil
dence. Numerically, therefore, the con-
ventiou is likely to appear small, but as q
delegate convention, charged with certain
duties, it will be up to the standard In
numbers and above the average in dignity.
AS a representative body of men, voicing
in their delegate capacity a popular pro-
test against dangerous principles, it will
easily rank as one of the most important
conventions of tho uaar