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New-York tribune., 1897-06-27

sue S'"i-N'Nd f.rmosthcs' Snak,~p.at., ,,.,,
'""' "' """"t. of wide Snl vlti.I ,<t.ti-
,"N' ana with a mind. roo. cau1.ie # ,np.,,-
'N many experiences NOT ms own ..ut ac
never saw Smith Coilcse
And indeed 4 younger soul than S,.l...,,,.,, -.
might be excused for a littio mild ,v,.,,,~ -
owner OF II got his first glin,nsc of v,r,h,,,,,,
'"' III me commonwealth OF Massaohrs,.ts .,
'ne Academy Of Music. on the ni..nt whom ,h
"SS 0i - or smith College acted The Nor
% Venice. Let him even be i New
ioEher' pridinE himself on knovipc , ,,,,,r.,.
OF things. and he might find snr,,.tbi,,.. -. :.
me audience around him. without ,,,;.;..- 60.
''e curtain to rise at all. Perhaps he has becn
"' at some OF the most important thcatri-
f'''''SS OF recent years in his own ,it,.
-"''S ne mas been at the opera on the e,ca,
hlF''S OF the season; perhaps he mas >,,, .i.
''N"p"ahie theatres of London aud Paris t,,,
6 ne never saw anything quite I;ka tbis
re came up here. perhaps with expc,i,,.,,. e
Si'hPhcity. and here is an audience ,r ,
ori'iiancN Tor male eyes at least to vbicn ~. D.,
oy Il" means accustomed
TOWN CROWDED WITH GIRLS
oh!eSs he is a thoughtful person he did no,
- -, '""' mere were so many girls in the wo,l!
'VE are an IN their best gowns too am, d.,
/ ing attractively seems to be ono or a. ho
taught at Smith. There are inst enou,,
10 Keep one another in countona....
'"e assurance that they are really not ON.
u P'"Ne- ror this unPrepared STRANGER i'm ,b
town II is a sight that strikes a man rpora a..
'" great reckoning in a little room, A..
i'uecd a great reckoning in a uttle roo,,,..
J"S' what 1T is. for the Academy OF NJ,
-''oush II IS OF just the right size for its -,
Fo9N' - small TO contain many girls TIL,
swarm all over it. They fiji not onlv tho CO -
'NC '"e space around them and between tho.
'hu "-hlnd them and the vestibule And ~.
! ."e Stranger has seen but a fraction OF VIII,
/ nc mas 10 see, as he will find when no ,o,l
'u' northampton tomorrow. For tho VIII.
f"ce IS IKE this 1t may be that The .,o,..-
''H"t extends everywhere is a little co,,o,,,-
mere IN the theatre. but the town itself is ltar
".S logged up with girls in pretty gowns
nut All this has not much to do with Tho ,,,a,.
."'uSu II Is the setting OF the picture The
theatrical performance which the youne, won, -,
oI smith College give is quite like anv,bir..
elSe IN ordinary experience. 1t is surely not III.
ii performance by professional actors and :. -
iio' Ike 'he usual amateur exhibition II is far
pe'ter than the customary amateur product h,,, |
II is dlHcrent in kind, s we'll as in doeroo w., |
actors AL nave an air of doing something naca.
sary and important that is not to he foura :; !
the familiar breed of amateur
or course the chief elelneot of curiositv ,h..
a'taches to the affair IS TO see how vcoo
women VIII look and act when they appear as
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e". ana the first thing that strikes the at-
60, Vi '.ls ignorant stranger is that the
girls who act the men are ca rLo ,bn,,
that he thinks OF them alwavs as mon s,d
speaks OF any one of them az ''he" in anv re-
marx mat he feels moved to make to his n.ig,
DOE IN the audience. Ii is Understood that
man who knows his business is brought un from
Ne"- fork to make up the actors ana he surely
does yeonAns service
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surely 1T may be allowed 10 imagine for = ,,o
Inent the wonder that would IN hin, ie H., ,,,,,d
see one OF his plays acted with women. whom
ne never thought of actors at all net only
ii 'he womens parts but in the mems paris
~' "eh and these women 700. the stu lents of
III institution of advanced learning tSbakes-
peare's own daughter signei Iaoers With nor
HarD In country whicn had a place il. ir:-
'~"'seH' MINDS or his tine about as vague as
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h''''"N 'nd nuStaoh,S arc worn r,,h. .
'"'" ''yN would naturally bo in a r,rr,,,,,,,.
r.,.., ''"i men appeared. for tho ohvi ,,s
''"S"h thti That is the best Nay l., ,li..,,-,, d,
woman And the beard growin., IS ,,,r,,.iyir,.I,.
wen done. The boards look much more .,s r.
they grew ON the faces that wear them th.n
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"' '"1 pay "ut the costumes in qu..i,., .,o no,
.rt.,. IN any respect except their lcncth.
'"'H nav" cuts ard cclors Of thoir o,y,,
i, ,'', ~ noted too. that several of the r,,n
''.' P''N 'SuIari> and properly v.,, ..,,,,,,
n'u'h longer tAan this Tho NH. 80 '""S
N''o"'' Sh>look ana TubaI arc cor,,,o,,I,. 60,
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ior" OF this pastinc has been to picture the feel
i.iss OF William Shakespeare. cc Stra.for.. on
avon and London. If he could see a modern rer-
'OtiHahce or some one Of the several plays OF
"hich he was the author. With all the present
uiious accessories Of scenery and costume, OF
"a'ch ne knew nothing AMI With The oxuuisite
women's parts. which he wrnte for mon -
pay. acted by women All this is an ,li st,r,.
oot IL the modern mind when delights to con.
s'oer now 1t might astonisn Shakespeare If it
only mad hold OF him may rve. be per,nitro1 =;
'i'a"cence TO harbor sucn thoughts as lh,sc
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ne actors do not permit themselves TO
." fui'c out OF skirts. and how to stay I'm lhcm
ana yet look like men is the sad puzzIe tb,t ,
fronts them. And here again the success or
'iie solution is positively surprising AS the
pictures that accompany this article show the
shortest robes worn of about the length OF n
Irihce Albert coat. This garment as q gem
erahy agreed among the best Shakcsps avian
se~"'*rs' was not worn In Venice at the period
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-08-08

a poor farmer. and how he went with
his father to Iowa, and later on to Da-
kota, trying to make living by farm
ing. The poems he has written have
been to large extent based upon his
own experience. They have the
flavor of the soil about them, and his
field 'of. literature, which he considers
that OF the pioneer, is one in which he
is thoroughly at home. During my
chat he referred to his boyhood on the
farm. and upon my suggesting that
farm work was not very hard, he re-
piled that 1 was mistaken, and said:
II don't know what you call hard
work, but If you have ever plowed
you know something of what work is.
plowed seventy acres of land when
was ten years old, and more each year
after that. I was so small that I had
to reach up to catch hold of the handles
of the plough, but I did It, 1 can re-
member we'll how felt when started
out for my first blowing in the spring.
My muscles were then tender, my feet
sank down into the soil throwing my
weight on the ankles and tendons Of
the feet BY the end Of the first day
was almost ready to drop with pain,
but had to go on. And how my bones
did ache the next morning when I was
called to so to work. I worked right
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3 Stories OF W6I|- known Writers. S
~ Harris, Bill Frank
~ Stanton and Y

tall young woman from Boston made
her way up the elevator and found his
room. The door was open. The Bos-
ton girl looked in and there sat a little,
rotund, red-headed man reading a
newspaper
us this Mr.. Harris?" asked the Bos-
ton girl.
"Yes'm," replied the red-headed man
without raising his eyes.
81 have called to see you, Mr.. Har-
ris," said the Boston girl. MY name
is Bessie Blank, and you ought to know
me, for I am a writer"
'Yes'm" said Uncle Remus, looking
very uncomfortable and still keeping
his eyes upon the paper.
IT would like to have a chat with
you," said the young lady, raising her
voice and casting an inquiring look at
the chair at Mr. Harris side which he
was too scared to offer her.
"Yes'm,' said Uncle Remus, desper-
ately.
But" the woman went on after Il
pause, II see, sir, that you don't want
to talk and 1 had better CO."
"Yes'm," said Uncle Remus, and with
that the irate young woman left.
THE TWO PLAINEST MEN.
And still Uncle Remus is the soul of
nd-heartedness. He is SO bashful,
wise than he did. He is backward in
talking to strangers, and it is only
now and then that he has a caller who
seems to just suit him. This was the
case with Mr.. Vischer, of Chicago.
Vischer is a very brilliant young news
paper man I have never seen him,
but I am told that his appearance re-
minds one Of the story of the country
woman and the hfppopotamus. The
country woman went to the circus,
and when she saw this animal she
stood before him for some time in
speechless establishment. At last with
gasp she said to her husband: "Oh,
my, amt he plain" Well, Mr.. Vischer
is a little plain, quality which is also
possessed to a certain extent by Mr..
Harris Mr.. Vischer is well known in
Chicago. He is also known in other
quarters. and he thought of course,
Mr.. Harris would know him by name.
SO he stepped jauntily into the office
and held out his hand and said:
How are you, Mr.. Harris? My
name is Vischer."
Uncle Remus looked up, and as he
did so. held out his hand and then
burst into a hearty ha! ha! ha! Why,
how do you do, Mr.. Vischer! Ha! ha!
ha! l am glad to meet you, Mr. Visch-
er! Ha! ha! ha! and he went on
laughing as though he would split his
fat sides.
II am glad to meet you," said Mr..
V1scher, as he Strengthened himself up
a little Indignantly. But I can't see
what on earth you are laughing at"
At this Uncle Remus burst into an
other laugh and said as he rather af-
fectionately laid his hand on Vischer's
shoulder: well. to tell you the truth.
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BOUGHT A SILK DRESS.

the bulk of my education"
BOUGHT A SILK DRESS.
The conversation here turned to Mr..
Hamlin's literary work, and he told me
how he was first led to write by read
ing Hawthorne's Moses From An
Old Manse." This book so delighted
him that he wanted to write essays
like it for living, and he practiced
at this during the intervals of his
school teaching and studying for years.
1t was not until he was older that he
attempted fiction or poetry. The story
of his. first published article is a
curious one. Said he:
MY first literary success was a
poem which I wrote for Harper's
Weekly, entitled Lost in the Norther.'
1t was a poem describing a blizzard
and the feelings of a man lost in it.
received $25 for it,
THAT must have been a good deal
of money to you then, Mr.. Garland?"
1T was" was the reply. ut was my
first money in literature, and 1 spent
it upon my father and mother. 1
which [ sent father, and with the re-
naming $50 I bought a silk dress for
my mother. 1t was the first silk dress
she had ever had"
GARLAND's FIRST STORY.
When did you write your first 1ction?"
ceived for that" replied Mr.. Garland, "as
it was due to her that 7 wrote it. I had
been studying in Boston for several yedrs,
when 1 went out to Dakota to visit my
parents. The night after I arrived 1 was
talking with mother about old times and
old friends She told me how family
had returned very happy in getting back
to their Western home. AS She told the
story the pathos Of 1t struck me. l went
into another room and began to write. The
host hon Of
book, Main Travelled Roads, l read it to
mother, and she liked it. and upon' telling
her he. that l thought t 1t was worth at least
you ought to divvy with me- for I gave you
the story: l will. said l, and so when
got my SIS ! sent her check for $S7. so.
trip to Dakota | wrote poems and stories.
Some of the stories were published in the
Century Magazine, and I remember that L
editors. 1t was perhaps a year later before
l published my first book. 1t had a. good sale,
and ! have been writing from that day to
this
WEST AS A LITERARY FIELD.
Hamlin Garland spends a part of every
year in the West He has bought the old
homo place where he was born in Wisconsin,
and he has there little farm of four acres,
upon which he raises asparagus, strawber-
ries, onions and bushels of other things.
His mother lives with him. During my talk
with him the other night he said: II like
the west ana the western people. l nave
been brought UP with them, and 1 expect to
devote my-life to writing about them. l
spend a portion of each summer on the
Rocky mountains, camping out. 1 like to go
where l sleep In the open air and have
elbow room away from the crowded city,
During the chat l asked Mr. Garland for
a manuscript or so of his poetry He
replied that he would give me a poem which
he had never published. 1T is" said he,
"a curious thing and it was made in
curious way. l got out of bed to write It
one night not long ago, and l can't tell how
1t came into my head. 1t is a dialect verse
who was looking over the fields which once
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-08-08

Copyrighted, 1897, by Frank G. Carpenter.)
WASHINGTON, Aug. 5.-Like a
fresh breath from the past is personal
letter which I found today in looking
over some of my old correspondence.
1t was written to me by Bill Nye short
Iy before his death, and is full Of the
humor and fun with which he so de-
lighted millions from week to week
during his working life. An extract
from it is as follows:
1 have never been so well or so industri-
Gus as this summer. One book is already i'll
the publishers hands and new and startling
history of England is half done. 1t will make
the study of English history not only duty
but delight.
You may already know that Paul NJ Potter
and are just putting the last coat Of sheilac
on a new play for Mr.. Palmer's Garden thea
ter. I need hardly say that this play COM
biEes the mastery architectural strength
and the heaven-born genius Of the two au-
thors in the way that will yield the most Joy
GUS and instructive results. 1t IS called THE
Stage Party" and will be complete play,
enlivened by melodious music on the harp
sacbut and bull fiddle: Fair young people
of both sexes will frolic over the stage and
good clothes in limited quantities will be per-
mitted between the music.
am spending the summer on the farm sur
rounded ~ loving friends and coiored people
who desire to dispose of their blackberries
l have discharged my old farm superln-
tendent and secured one in his stead who can
play q better game Of golf. Farmers must
keep abreast Of the time or fall behind 1t.
Crops are looking well. l had quite an
experience last week with new hive of bees
which I bought at Hendersonville, this state
They are called the long wasted or tailor
made bees. l brought the hive home by train
this afternoon. The Pullman parlor car con-
ductor was going to put me off, but thought
better of it when I set my Queen Ann bees
on him. l always hated Pullman anyhow
and only patronlze his old slumbering tanks
when I need new cake Of soap or a set of
hand towels for the home nest.
The only people who have succeeded in
making anything cut of farming in this coun-
try are two men who have worked for me and
VANDERBILT for over FIVE years on salary and
who own a feed store where Mr. Van
derDilt and I enabled to run an account
( The joys Of farm life keep one young and
fresh all the time. I love to romp with the
bull and fool him by bounding over the fence
colored brother who called the animal "I-shi'
Afterward learned that Ayrshire was what
Re wSs trying to calculate.
"T-sht' seems appropriate, however, and I
still use that name, as 1 came near being
shy couple of nice children on his account
Sincerely yours, e. w. Nye.
- NEW STORIES OF UNCLE REMUs.
/ have just heard some new stories
: of Uncle Remus. They relate to his
extreme bashfulness. He Is so modest,
you know, that he cannot look a
strange woman in the face, and he has
for years written at his home in order
to keep away from the lion hunters
and autograph seekers who attack him
at the Constitution Office at Atlanta.
He spends only about an hour a day
at the Atlanta Constitution office. He
was there the other morning when a
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-08-08
LUETeERT CASE TEST.
One Point in the Theory of the State
Established ;

Established /!
CHICAGO, Aug THE experiment.
or destroying human body by the use
or crude potash was successfully car
ried out today. The body was de-
stroyed with the exception of a few
small splinters of bones in two hours.
The test was made under the orders
OF the prosecution in the case of Adolph
Luetgert, the rich sausage manufac-
turer, who is charged with numbering
his wife and disposing of her body in
the watts at his factory. The theory of
the prosecution is that Luetgert placed
the body of his wife in a solution Of
crude potash and cold water, raised the
solution to the boiling point and de-
stroyed all traces of his alleged crime. A
few small bones were said to have been
found in a vat in the factory. The
state has wound complete web of cir
cumstantial evidence about the sausage
maker. Todays test settles that point
beyond q doubt The cadaver was
cut up, placed in the solution, the fire
was started and In a short time the
flesh had completely dissolved. The
frame did not melt so quickly, but at
the end of two hours nothing remained
except a few splinters and a small
amount of the fluid. The attorneys
for the state were entirely satisfied
with the test, and believed the last link
in the chain of circumstances has been
found to convict Luetgert of his als
legged crime.
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formed the hunting grounds of the estate
upon which he was employed. Here it is; :
A SURVIVAL.
Here stond i the murk O. the weather
An whussle atween ma thoombs
But nlVer hoon is at his tether
An n1yer a hoontsman coomes 81
The wind Is wet as the heather;
The hawk sails low today;
Nlyer were seen such weather;
Waaslin- a-aslin a mon will say.
The moor IS plooed lax meller's garden:
fhe hills are planted wi earn;
Ihereis nawght now left for the puir old
worden
But to hang oop the rusty harm.
Naught but to stond T. the murk O. the
weather
And whussle atween ma thoombs
Though nfver hoon toogs at his tether,
An ntver hoontsman coomes.
Frank G. Carpenter.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-08-08
Lumber statesmen Unite.

MILWAUKEE, Wis. Aug. THE North.
western Lumber, Sash and Door Statesmen 3
association was formally organized in. this
city today. F. Nj. Smell, of Milwaukee was
chosen temporary chairman and W. r. Nc
Kenzie, of Arbor Vitae, temporary secretary.
A constitution was adopted and. much general
discussion of matters of interest to the trade
set forth in the constitution is mutual assist
ance, the promotion OF honest business meth
DDS, obtaining better mileage. rates and trav-
cling privileges and the dissemination Of In
formation of interest to lumber salesmenl
Representatives were present from Oshkosh,
Stetsonvile, Rockford Madison, J9nesville'
and other places in the Northwest
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there is in it. Said he to me the other
night: Et
II think the trath about Grant is.
more interesting tAan any novel could
be, and I feel that5ga. book can be made
which will be historically true and at
the same time have literary merit.
My book will be- a complete life of
Grant. 1t will give the story of his
boyhood. the STRUGGLES. of his early
manhood, the bright and dark days of
the civil war, and his final triumph
and DEATH" &
will it be large book?" I asked
NO" replied Mr.. Garland. 1T will
contain, l suppose. about 125,000 words,
and will sell for $3.50. There will be
one edition published with illustrations
and one which, will be printed on good
paper without Illustrations. This last
will be my favorite. / hope to make 1t
SO good that it will be readable with
out the pictures.p#
POET OF THE PIONEERS.
Hamlin Garland has made reputa-
ton within the last few years as the
poet of the pioneers The story of his
own life is quite as interesting as any
thing he has ever written. He told 1t
to me the other night, describing how
ne was born in Wisconsin, the son Of
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-08-08
New Wash Goods

Mr. Vischer, I am laughing at you.
like your looks. You see, I have al
ways had the reputation of being the
ugliest man in the United States, but
you beat me. I want to take you out
and introduce you to my wife"
This was said in such tone that
Vischer ciuld not get angry at it,
He rather disputed the position which
Uncle Remus had thrust upon him as
he looked at him. But he shook hands,
and a little later on the two went out
to Uncle Remus' home together
Vischer was delighted with Uncle
Remus, Uncle Remus liked Vischer
better upon acquaintance, and the two
plain men became fast friends.
STANTON, RILEY, OF THE SOUTH.
1t was in the Atlanta Constitution
Office that I met Frank L. Stanton,
whose poems are now quoted in nearly
every newspaper of the land He
writes a half column of bright para
graphs and verse every day for the
paper, and at the same time turns out
frst-rate political editorials. Mr.
young man of about thirty-eight years
Of age. His hair is not long and his
black eye, in ordinary conversation at
least, is not ''in fine frenzy rolling"
He has, however, the soul of a poet
He is the James Whitcomb Riley of
Tie oOulil, dIlu his DOCK, songs OF the
SOIL" has had very generous circu-
lation. Stanton was brought UP on
Methodist hymns. His mother made
him learn one every Sunday and he
can recite the hymn book from one
end to the other. He began his life
work as an errand boy in the office
OF the Savannah News, when Joel
Chandler Harris was one of it's editors.
He rose to be q reporter, and soon be-
gan to write verse. Later on he edited
a country newspaper, and his poems
in 1t were widely copied. Then the
Constitution took him on it's staff and
now at thirty-eight he Is as widely
quoted as any writer of the United
States. His poetry is simple, tender
and full of soul. 1t has cheered many
have dropped tears while reading some
of his sadder poems Mr.. Stanton is
a poet of hope rather than despair
His verse is stimulating and helpful,
and he looks on the right side Of
things.
During my call upon him I asked
him to write me something for this
letter. In reply he penned the two lit
tie poems which follow. The first
reads:
Oh. the future sky is the bluest sky.
With never cloud in view;
But the sky today is the truest sky,
And that is the sky for you!
The second poem is more in dialect. It
reads:
This world that we're alvin in
Is purity hard to beat;
You git q thorn with every rose
But-ain't the roses sweet?
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-08-08
DON'T Forget

To cut out the coupon each dag. fill
In the name of your favorite candidate
and send it in to the Glob e Office.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-08-08
GOSSIP ABOUT GARLAND

Mr.. Hamlin Garland has spent some
months here at Washington, working
upon his.life Of Grant. He has already
put in fifteen months of solid labor
getting his material, and he is not yet
half through. He has Travelled over
Grants footsteps almost from his birth
to his death, and he says that he hopes
to be able to tell the story of Gen.
Grant with all the truthful romance
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winter until I was fifteen. Then l
went to the Cedarville academy This
was about five miles from my home
1t was a good school, and there got
the bulk of my education"
The Portland daily press., 1897-02-01
THE STATE TREASURY.
What the Finance Committee Find Many
Deficiencies.

Augusta, January 3o.-The committee
on finance in the Maine legislature re-
ported the first appropriation bill Fri
day, amounting to ST, S7a, o54, which ex-
Deeds the first appropriation bill of 1895
by s163, 523.
In this hill appear among Others the
following items: $40, 424 for revising the
probate blanks: Sass, deficiency in ap-
propriating for cattle commission; So, 274,
deficiency in appropriation for high
schools; S5S7, salary and expenses of
electoral college.
The estimated ordinary expenses for
1897 are 81, 4s4, SAB, and the estimated re-
oeipts, 81, 454, 1853. January 1 there was
$500, 900 in the treasury. Dsduoting $50, :
900 excess of expenditures over receipts
leaves $40, 900, most of which he's besn
or must be paid out on obligations al
ready incurred.
Now, after compilation from the re-
solves and bills which have entered the
legislature, it is found that the appro-
priatinns thus far asked for in 1897
amount to the large sum of 5000, 900
which is over and above the necessary
ordinary expenditures.