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The record-union., 1898-11-13

Some charitable persons in London
have started the, idea of giving concerts
in the court-yards of the worst quar-
ters of the city 1t is a question wheth-
er the pauper does not prefer beefstea X
and potatoes to a vocal aria or a
Beethoven sonata
The record-union., 1898-11-13

Edward Owings Towne. lawyer, and
author Of a play, "Other Peoples Mon
ey." was sentenced in Chicago to a fine
of 81, 800 and an indeterminate sentence
in the Joliet Penitentiary, for trying to
wreck a loan association. Mr.. Towne
sfI9uld have eschewed Other Peoples
money"
The record-union., 1898-11-13

lists wrong on every point at issue. It
is frankly acknowledged that the nom
ination of Mcguire made the single
tax an issue, and that the people as
they now understand &that doctrine
could not be expected aAto Endorse it.
The attitude of Mcguire toward the
railroad is described as one of "un-
| ,,oo eo,,;~~ Loo4;1s+rr
The record-union., 1898-11-13

"The Forty Thieves" is the subject
selected for the annual pantomime at
Drury Lane Theater, London.
The record-union., 1898-11-13

T. B. Thalberg is to be the leading
man of Miss Olga Nethersole's support
ing company during her American
tour. The principal plays in her roper
tory are THE Termagant" The Sec
ond Mrs Tanqueray" and a piece In
three acts by Max O'Rell.
The record-union., 1898-11-13

William Archer says in the London
'rWorld': The public has. so TO speak,
no ear for Shakesperian acting. Tt ae-
cepts everything that is presented by
actors of reputation with the same in
discriminating. mechanica1 annianse
The record-union., 1898-11-13

J. H Stoddart has been engaged TO
play the part of a naval chaplain in a.
new patriotic play called Red. White
and Blue, which will be produced in
the Grand Opera house, New York, at
the end of November.
The record-union., 1898-11-13

"Cyrano de Bergerac'' has been
translated into Russian by Mile
schepkone-Copernic; into German by
t'ulda; into Italian by Signorina
Lambertkin. and into Portuguese by
NJ de Simoes, the husband of Nine.
de Simoes, the principal actress of the
Royal Theater, Lisbon.
The record-union., 1898-11-13

The second act Of Mistakes Will
Happen" represents g coachhouse in
terror, and shows the loft as well as
the ground floor. In order to make
the loft practical it is necessary for
the company to carry eight thirtythree
The record-union., 1898-11-13

When Mans Love-" the play by
Anthony Hope and Edward Rose,
which has just been produced in the
London Court Theater. appears to be
of very light texture It was called in
the first place "A House of Cards, i"
and good deal depends upon a game
of poker in the second act. In .he
third act an auto-photographic ma
chine plays a prominent part.
The record-union., 1898-11-13

Mrs. Kendall, as already reported, has
peen praised very warmly by the Lon
con critics for her acting in THE Elder
Miss Blossom" She has been incau-
uous enough TO admit that she has
pasted all the pretty things said about
her in a scraD-book for future refer
ence, and some impudent newspapers
are asking whether her expressed con-
tempt for the press refers only TO un-
complimentary opinion.
The record-union., 1898-11-13

George Grossmith has taken a brief
lease Of the Royalty Theater, in Lon
don. in order to produce the fareical
comedy Young Mr.. Yard in which
he and his brother, Weldon Grossmith,
have been starring in the English
provinces.
The record-union., 1898-11-13

Tonight at the Orpheum and to-mor-
row night, Miller & Freeman's Com
pany in the musical comedy and aX-
travaganza, AT Gay Coney Island.
It has been played in all the large cities
with success. Like all such farce COM
edies, 1t is a rollicking. merry making
thing, extravagant and while depicting
life at famous Coney Island burlesques
it as well. The company is very large
one and it is equipped with great
deal Of special scenery and stage acces-
SOrie1
The Winslow mail., 1898-08-27
Glndstone's Place in History.

Gladstone's place in English history
will be high, and it will be quite apart
from any other. He will have no near
compapionship in his fame. 1t Will be,
we think, an eminence assigned to NOR
al qualities more than to intellectual
powers. The very sincerity that his en-
emies have denied to him will be count
ed, perhaps, the loftiest of his claims.
1t will be seen that few men Of brilliant
gifts and great ambitions have sought
with his earnestness for the right in
what they did or stood with his courage
by what they found it to be. When he
braved the scorn and anger Of the
church, which has always been more
to him than to most of its priests, and
challenged by the same act his own
past in order to do justice to the pee
pie of another creed, and when he made
d. righteous peace with the Beers in
the face of storm of English wrath, he
rose to a greatness in character that
will be measured in future time with
clearer eyes than now.-Atlantic.
The Winslow mail., 1898-08-27
CELESTfAES EAT BURDOCR.
Many OF the Chinese and Japanese
Cultivate the Plant for Home
Z Consumption.

What is even negarded as vile weed
can, with little stretch of imagina-
tion be turned into an ornamental
plant or delicious vegetable, says Nee
hans Monthly. This is especially the
case with the common burdock, lappa
47rajor. Schoolboys all know it from
gathering the burrs and COMPRISING
them into ball, thay being held to-
gether by the eunWed' points OF the
floral involucre. This is all they know
about it. 1t is difficult to see anything
moro to be despised in the burdock
Leaf than in the leaf of the rhubarb. 1t
appears that it is largely used in China
for food. But it is stated that, if the
stalks be cut down. before the flowers
expand and then be boiled, the, taste is
relikhed equally with asparagus. The
leaves when young. are boiled and
eaten as we eat spinach. In Japan it
is in, universal use. Thousands of acres
are devoted to its culture. But in this
case the, rQ9t is the object. 1t requires
deep soil to get the roots to the best
advantage. The common name in
China is gobbo-a name, however,
which: need not replace, cur common
one OF Durdoe}s-
The Winslow mail., 1898-08-27
NOT AFRAID OF FIRE.
A Philadelphia Retriever That went
After Firecrackers without
tat o Sign of Fear.

Among the enthusiastic patriots up
town the other day was a man who
aMns handsome spaniel and one es-
FesiNl1y good at retrieving. This man,
reposts the Philadelphia Record, be-
gan his celebration by throwing a pack
of small firecrackers into the street
and before the first one had chance
ts explode the dog rushed out and
grabbed the bunch and was making
toward his massSa as fast as he could.
Before the innocent dog reached his
destination, however, an explosion
too& place, and one after another the
little rolls of powder went popping
ut great rate. Of course the spaniel
dropped them, but he remained in the
middle Of the pack, jumping at the
cues that blew up into. tla air until
the entire pack had gone off. Then,
after picking up one or two of the ex-
ploded crackers, he returned; to, his
master and landed them at his feet.
The man petted the dog awhile and
then looked to see if he had been in
jured. and found that his beautiful
coat of curly brown hair had been so
much singed that it would be peoes-
sary to: have it clipped. The dog was
always held high as a retriever in the
estimation of his owner and those who
knew him, but his stock has Eisan1oO
per cent. now and 10 amount of fmoney
could buy hi1a.
The Winslow mail., 1898-08-27
CHAMPION SNEEZER.
A Small Sized Kentucky Man Could
Break Up n Camp Meeting
with Ease.

"Did you ever know man who could
sneeze loq.f enough to break up a
camp meeting, to stop the taking of
testimony in court and. cause a bel
lowing COW to stop in disgust and Won
der what the noise was that was
drowning its thunderous voice?" said
an old fisherman one night recently.
On being informed that his sneezer
was entitled TO cake and, all the ac-
cessories necessary to conduct an up
to-date bakery the gentleman consent
ed to tell more Of his speezing friend,
says the Louisville Post, He. said:
"While fishing in q mountain town in
eastern Kentucky last fall l went to
the village near by one rainy morning
to attend circuit court. The judge was
delivering an impressive charge to the
grand jury, and every ear was listen
ing to catch each werd. when the still
ness of the court was broken by a un-
earthly ker-chew, ker-chew, ker-chew,
etc., etc., etc. The judge was thunder
struck, and instantly every eye was
turned toward the rear of the room,
where a little unobtrusive-lo looking old
farmer sat sneezing as if his head were
coming off. The judge ordered the
sheriff to bring the intRuder before the
BENCH The offender, came. forward
| and the judge had a fine entered
against the innocent cause of the dis
turbance.
Two of the. sneezer's friends were
called, who. testified to the mans good
character and high standing, but said
they could'hear hi IN sneeze three miles
any day in, the year. One said.that the
sneezer once broke up camp meet
ing with a sneezing spell, and that he
saw an enEaged hoYine stop a thunder
Gus believing fit to look in wonder at
the human who could make mere noise
than a mad bull. Put the old fellow
couldn't help it, and the fine was re-
mitted."
The Winslow mail., 1898-08-27
MOLLY LAY DOWN.
She Followed the Advice of Her loud,
Voiced Husband and
Was Saved.

In his Fourth of July GRAFTON at
Spartanburg, S. c., Senator McLaurin
Iinterpolated this:
Senator Bate, of Tennessee, told me
an anedote of Col. Tom Sumter that l
have never seen. in print. Sumter was
great big giant of a fellow, with
voice like a foghorn. 1t is said his
"holler" could be heard for miles On
one occasion when he was off on a
foray the tories came and captured
his wife, Molly, and stripped the plan
tation of everything. When "Old
Tom came home and found MOLLY"
gone his rage knew no bounds. Gath
ering together such forces as he could
he put after the Tories.
He overlook them on the third day
and hung about until midnight. Then
he deployed his forces around the
camp. and told them to await his or
ders to fire. He was afraid of ''Molly"
Ibeing shot in the melee, so when he
got everything ready he opened his big
mouth and let out a yell that fairly
made, the earth tremble: "Lay down,
MoIyh Lay down, Molly" and Molly,
recognizing those stentorian tones,
fell prone on her face, and, after the
last Lay down. Molly" came the com
mand fire and charge. Molly was re-
lcaptured without hurt-Detroit Free
Press.
The Winslow mail., 1898-08-27
HEADS OF GREAT BRITCNs.
Gladstone Had a Larger Uranium
Than BeacOnsGcld, Bright
or Russell.

Mr.. Gladstone's head was. ii is we'll
known, of exceptional size. The story
he told at Lord Ripon's once about the
man who could not get hat large
enough till at last the halter called in
despera ton for an Aberdeen hat may
well enough have been his own ex-
perience, says the London Daily News.
The compliment to Aberdeen was, no
doubt, relished in the granite city. Dr.
Collins once gave to the world the re-
suit Of special study in hats, in the
course of which ii was mentioned that
Mr.. Gladstone's number III hats was
7A. The hatters' number is arrived
at by taking the mean of the length
and breadth. Thus hat 7%x6h is
No. hat, which is the average English
size. Lord Beacopsfeld's hat was this
size, John Bright's z1s,. Lord John Rus
sells ~, all smaller than Mr.. Glad
stones. But the Gladstone hat was
exceeded in size by that Of DR.. Chal-
mers' ~, and Joseph Hume's was en-
phatically abnormal-S14. DR.. Collins
had 1876 hats measured at a meeting of
Con7ocation Of London university, and
found that between 40 and Al per cent.
were above the British average, No. 7;
between. 25 and 2G per cent. we're just
the average size, and "a per cent. were
under the average.
The Winslow mail., 1898-08-27
TOUGHEST HORSES
Buffalo Bill Says That the Dun
Color Is n Good Shade to stand
Long Marches.

"Dun colored horses are not the pret-
tiest by any means, but my experience
has. BEEN" said Col. William F. Cody,
when in Washington recently, says the
Wash;nton Star, ''that they are the
toughest of the horse kingdom. An
ordinary dun horse will wear out three
other horses. Put as much work on
him as you may, he never looks as well
or as tidy in appearance as bay, a
chestnut, black, gray or white, but as
far as service is.concerned he will. run
the others to a standstill. This is my
experience on the plains, in the caval-
ry service, and is my experience in the
show business, where l have nearly
500 horses.
Dun horses, are somewhat rare, but
when they can; be picked up l would
advise that they be bought, especially
when the question of wear and tear is
considered. They are, as l said before,
not strong as, far as looks are involved,
but for cavalrymen looks have to take
a back seat alongside of wear. The
cavelrymen who are soon, hope, to
ride over Cuba, will find that my in
dorsement of dun horses is of some
va1ua"
The Winslow mail., 1898-08-27
HOTEL CLOCKS ALWAYS TRUE
But the Most of the Family Mantel
Timepieces Are COnscienceIess
PrevericatOrs.

When I am travelling 1 never put the
slightest confidence in q household
clock, write Robert j. Burdette, of
"Tongueless Liars" in Ladies' Home
Journal. A hotel clock l can depend
upon There arc too many watches in
hotel-good watches, watches whose
absolute correstpess means money to
the commercial men who regulate the
travelling life of this country. A lying
clock would be spotted in quarter of
second, and the unhappy clerk
scourged with pitiless sarcasms there
for. In the course of my wanderings
up and down this part of the globe
missed a few trains and lecture en-
gagements by depending upon clocks
in the homes of my friends. Having
thus paid for my lesson-$15G0 or
$50, 600, + think-by my own computa-
tion of the value of my lectures (set
ahead a little bit, you know. it may be
a trife fast; I haven't time to lock up
the exact fgures), / withdrew all my
trust from mantel clocks, especially
the highly ornamented marble-and
gilt variety with silver bells or cathe-
dral chimes.
The Winslow mail., 1898-08-27
KILLING TIE PIASA. EIR0.
field Repeat tie Curious In
dian Ccrernany.

An unique spectacular programme
was lately carried out on the grounds
OF the Piasa Bluffs, Chautauqua, by
the organization Of Red Men from
Springfield. The exhibition was pan
tomimic portrayal Of the old Indian
legend Of the original Piasa bird, which
S supposed to have once lived in this
region. The story told is of a huge
bird so great that its wings gave the
air vibrations like the tones Of talun-
der, its talons and beak and pow
erful body foamcd the river, dashing
the waves against the rocky bluffs like
the modern dynamite of the American
navy--an enemy so furious and, de-
structive and ready to devour that the
Indian tribes suffered the loss of MANY
of it's braves At last in council a sac
rifce was agreed upon to save the
tribe. Tie son; offthe chief was o,offer
himself Tn great sorrow the Indians
assembled to,witness the sacrifice, and
if possible to do battle to save their
youthful chief In the final struggle
the bird was pierced by arrows. and
the boy delivered: For centuries. it is
said, many tribes came from distant
hunting grounds to feast and return
thanks
Everything on this recent occasion
was as Ike as, could be to the story.
A huge bird of monstrous dimensions,
Of fearful form, lis tail that of great
serpent, its face slightly human, with
horns like anantelope, body like both
bird ard beast, its wings black and
widespread, its limbs and talons the
exaggeration of any and everything
large and strong and cruel, was start
ed across the valley from the highest
rock on one of tle'adjacent bluffs. sus-
pended or wire. The Red Men; with
theirwar whoop, rushed to attack this
enemy in the UPPER air. And sure
enough. as though loud shouts added
Ito the skill of the arrow, this monster
fell, eneveloped in cloud of feathers.
The braves completely encircled him
with the circular war dance of noisv
triumph.
The Winslow mail., 1898-08-27
SHE DOES WELL AS A TOUT.
A Western Young Woman Who Swin-.
dies Race-Goers Out CT Con-.
siderable Sans.

A. female stout is following the
races, and no doubt will be in evidence
at the races here and at Anaconda.
vcr people, and it is said was well paid
for her work. Everybody that has at
tended the races here or elsewhere
knows what q tout" is. They are gen.
orally of the male persuasion, and in a
town. Like Butte the picking" is cx-.
tremely good.
| Women are much easier victims to
the 'touts" than the men, as they do,
not like to go down into the betting
ring, and they trust to the honesty of
the touts.
The female "tout" has worked Oh
these principles. She does not con-
fine herself to her own sex, but "toHts"
men as we'll She would find seat
near. some aristocratic-looking people
and would manage to engage some of
them in conversation. Then she would,
make statement to the effect that
she would like to; bet on a horse. She
had never done suGh.a thing in her life,
and she would SO much enjoy the sen
sation. Would anyone else like to bet?
She would only risk small amount,
and what good thing it would be If
they would make up pool, say five
dollars or, ten. dollars each, and placaiA
on one horse to, win.
| Then they would all put up their
moneE and the female tout" would
say tat she knew a betting man who,
would place the money for them. She
would return with ticket on a horse
that had no possible show of winning
Of course, the ticket was counter
felt but then the people who had con-
tributed their money didn't know it.
When the race was over she would
show it to the crowd and assure them
that their horse did not win, and'then
tear the worthless pasteboard into,
pieces. She worked one crowd of six
three times in one afternoon at Den
yer, and defrauded them out of $3.50.
There wasnot a day that she made less
than $50, and one day she touted
well-known attorney for $275.-Butte
Daily Inter-Mountain.
The Winslow mail., 1898-08-27
CAN'T BE EXPLAINED.
A Naval CoRnander- Says There u
No. o.Tsfins why Sailor. VIII De-
seKt in Time of Peace.

* never knew a sailor worth keep
ing,"" declared an old naval COM
mandel, "'that would descent in, time of
war. But in. tiaes Of peace, when
everything appears to be going along
as though it were CREASED, desertions
xill begin from no apparent cause and
will suddenly become epidemic. Away
they'll go. and it's tW9, to one that in
q little while they will be hunting
areund to see if they can't get back
into the service without having to suf- 81
fer punishment I used to put in a
good deal Of tiiMRa trying to find an ex-
PLANTATION OF the thing, and finally pre-
sented it to one of my superior OH
GERS
"'Drop it young man. was his La
comic advice. You can't tell why they
do it and you. CANT stop them. If you
must worry. let it be about something
where yoA may have. a chance to aa-
complish g9od. I'll tell you right now,
il you were to sail ship foE Heaven
and were obliged to touch at hell for
coal half the crew would desert"
The Winslow mail., 1898-08-27
BAD, BARGAIN IN DOMESTICS.
changed Maids and Paid 5lore
for Bad Service.

The reason of the cold silence be-
tween two promiR ent haywood women
grew out Of a unique development of
the perennially-appearing servant girl
question One Of the women concerned
was blessed with goCd-natured, hard
working Irish. woman, exemplary in all
xays save for the fact that she was
apt to return from her Thursdays
cut in anything but peaceful frame
of mind. The other had been employ
ing rather stupid Danish girl, says
the Chicago Times-Hcrald.
Each woman secretly coveted and
tried to. obtain her neighbor's maid,
but neither knew, until the change had
been quietly effected, that she had not
been alone in this act cffeminine trea-
son. The resultant GOODNESS manifest
ing itself just as soon as each realized
that she was paying q dollar week
more than her neighbor had done while
the new maids were neither one of
them the faultless creatures they had
been imagined, has deepened aud
spread until at least seven neighborlGG
families have become more or less in
volved in the difficulty, and fresh COM
plications ara threatened every day.
The two hired girls. at last accounts,
were enjoying matters nightly, but
their respective mistresses prefer
walking half mile to meeting each
other, and the husbands of the two
indignant women absolutely refuse to
travel on the same suburban trains.
The Winslow mail., 1898-08-27
WHAT EIcoTINE REALLY Is.
a CoIorIoss FIuid That Becomes Dark
when Exposed to Air
and Light.

In communication about tobacco,
in the Scientific American. Prof. John
". Mallet, of the University of Vir-
ginia, says among other things:
Ignorance OF easily ascertainable
scientific facts is, however, common
enough, as often Illustrated by the
brown, oily material formed in tbs
nicotine, though in reality this is mere
ly the ter produced by the action of
heat on the woody fibre of the leaf.
Nicotine when pure is a colorless
fluid of somewhat oily consistence and
strong, peculiar, penetrating odor, but
ii darkens on exposure to air and light,
becoming first yellow and then brown,
so that it looks, in this darkened con-
dition, something like the tarry mat
ter which soils Il smokers fingers or q
handkerchief through which tobacco
smoke is eXhaled, or is often noticed
as deposited in the stem Of a pipe.
This tarry deposit has nothing essen
tial in common with nicotine, and con-
tains but traces.of this alkaloid, when
any at all. A part, but only a small
part (about onc-seventh of the expert
ments of Melsens), OF the real nicotine
Of tobacco is volatilized without de-
composition; the remainder is burned
and destroyed in the process Of smok-
ing.
The sensational statements occa-
sionally made in regard to arsenic, cop
per, etc. as present in the paper wrap
pers, would be at enee seen to be gross
ly improbable if it were but remeu1-
bered that the wrapper is single
cigarette weighs little more than half
a grain, and that in such a minute
quantity Of thin, delicate white paper
there could be introduced but in
fiEitesimai amounts Of such foreign
adulterants without the presence be-
coming perceptible to common obser-
vation by the senses, aside from the
positive scientific evidence that they
are not present"
The Winslow mail., 1898-08-27
KEEPING PRISONERS.
The Novel Way in Which the Germans
Prevented Their Captives frGm
Running Away.

'It has been suggested that when
Santiago falls we shall have from 10,-
600 to 2O.CO0 Spanish prisoners to look
after" said a well-known German citi-
zen to the New York Tribune, before
the surrender:.
''Of course, the question Of what to
do with them is sure to arise, and with
further campaigning necessary it will
probably develop into a serious propo-
sition.
sit recalls to my mind an incident of
the German revolution Of 1848. We
were short Of men and had a large
number Of prisoners to look after.
That did rot worry US as long as we
were not moving, but one day we had
TO make forced march. The country
through which we were to pass was
hostile, and extreme watchfulness was
necessary. We had few enough men
as it was, and we knew that those
prisoners were ready to make a dead
run at the first opening.
"Finany young officer made bril-
liant suggestion and it was promptly
carried out. We ripped the suspe ender
buttons from the prisoners trousers,
took away their belts and Knew we had
them. Their hands were busy after
that, and fast running was out of the
question. We made the march safely,
and | do not believe that even Yankee
ingenuity could have invented q sim
pier solution"