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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-03-23

Animals and birds appear to possess considerable
lives a man who raises wild turkeys and experiences
turkeys to lay their eggs and then eat them. The
gamekeeper has tried in vain kill the crows but
they shy OF him If he is armed He may carry
a cane n rake and the crows will treat him
with contempt and permit him TO close upon
them. II, however, he appears with gun not
crow will remain within range. Finally he hit upon
this plan: He placed his gun against the trunk Of
a tree in the branches OF which he had located
crows nest Then by beating the trunk he caused
the young crows cry out In alarm. which brought
their parents to their aid. and OF these he
Ceeded In shooting. The dead he hung up by
the feet above the turkeys nest and thus secured
freedom from crow intrusion, for crow regards
the suspended body OF a fellow crow as the horse
thieves OF the " est wont in earlier days 10
view the work Of the vigilapts.
When the turkeys have increased in number SUI
his table. The old have their wings clipped
that they cannot fly, but the young do not.
they brought up by hand and will usually
try 70 get away from the place where they fed.
Recently the owner wanted a turkey. and the game
keeper decided shoot IL, and did The turkeys
apparently took notice Of the loss of their
paniOn. and the following day crowded a usual
about the gamekeeper's feet, when he in
another bird for his table, the gamekeeper took his
gun and went into the inclosure shoot IL. The
turkeys did not crowd about his feet usual In
stead, there a Whtrr of wings, and Young
Tor TWO days. Now the gamekeeper go IN n
armed and the turkeys will crowd about his feet
I'm their eagernesS to be fed. IT, however, he goes
there with a gun. they Will all fly fast q =
possible. Yet most Of those turkeys were Matched
and brought up in the place. and that one shot is
all that they have ever seen or heard fired.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-03-23

La Mar and Gabriel the Rio Brothers. Nellie V;
Parker, and Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Young IN d ruraI
sketch.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-03-23

Some men achieve greatness. some have II thrust
upon them. some are born 20 II. and some great
men pass through this vale of tears comparatively
unknown. OF the last named vas Pat Largey
of Butte. of the successful men In the
copper State, and one cf the least known beyond
its boundaries. a big warm hearted impuIsive
lrishman, Largey accumulated fortune and then
put in the balance of his life helping his friends
To similar estate. He il who first assisted
HeiuZe that htigious copper baron" along the
road TO fortune and to fame. Largey stood by the
Butte camp. Another who owed much to I.areev's
timely assistance was younE telegraph operator
who, when largey stood at his back abandoned
tcleEraphy for journalism and politics. finally
Mantle Still another OF LarEeys protcges hailed
from Virginia Durant by name. With Largey's
''Aeck' Tarbet. a mining engineer. The pair
mined in British Columbia, and so successfully
that one fine day they sold to "A Canadian
syndicate for 100000. TaTbet. now a millionaire
British Columbia Durant has abandoned the West
The OF Virginia planter who was ruined nv
the war, Durant came 10 mans estate with de
sire to revive the family fortunes that amounted
almost to mania. This his lucky strike in British
Columbia enabled him to do, and ne straightw.av
hied him back Virginia where he now lives on
The list Of those whom Largey encouraged and
helped could he greatly extended and II was
through this very trait in his character that he
met his fate Largey owned stock in a company
in Butte, and the concern came disaster in tho
shape of dynamite explosion. The WOrkmen who
survived and the families OF those who had Der-
the company. The judgments remained unsatis-
fled, however, for the concern bankrupt and
the liabilities OF the stockholders did not extend
beyond what they had paid in. Largey was a
shareholder One OF the men injured who had
obtained Judgment against the company, came 10
Iargey for assistance and obtained IL Thereaf ter
hax liGfs httt
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-03-23
CLUB LIFE IN METROPOLIS
IFS CENTRE MOVING UPTOWN
ING POWER OF CROWS AND TUR-
KEYS REMARKABLY LOW
WATER IN HARLEM RIVER

since the time Of the Civil War the increase In
lhe number of clubs and the number OF those be-
longing 10 them in this city has been marvellous.
IN THIS city before 1860 the clubs could easily
Hembered' as their number was few. and those
that there were were chiefly social in their func-
ucns- since that date. however, the increase in
the number and character Of New-York clubs has
heen enormous. and. while almost all Of them have
d social side. in great number of them the prin-
cipal reason for their being is wholly social.
mus there are now political clubs. clubs of the
various professions. yacht gof riding and in fact,
cubs Of every sort and description. where the
prerequisite to membership is that man shall
nave done this that the other thing. In Lon
don Piccadilly and Pail Mall are the great club
streets and here Fifth-ave. and its cross streets
In their homes. and this spirit of immigration seems
20 exist in the club we'll a few years ago club
!lIe centred around Madison Square, and within
ten blocks of that &c be found the prtn
cIpal clubs OF the town. To-day the clubs are
more widely scattered, but steadily coming TO a
Iocus about Ftfty-ninth-st. and Fifth-ave. The
University club already Is at tyfourth-St. and
Frth-ave., and It's old and attractive home on
Madison Square Is now occupied by the Manhattan
Club.
The Union Club stin fingers at Twenty-frst-st
rev home, opposite st. Patrick's Cathedral. Sc
cured more than a decade ago; the MetrOpOi-
tan Club was built at SiXtieth-St AMI Fifth-ave.,
and Tor years the beautiful rooms were practically
deserted so far in advance of the times and out
or the beaten track this club Indeed, the club
ran constantly In debt and certain generous mem
hers had to dip into their private purses TO make
good the annual deficit. All that is changed now.
and the Metropolitan has become well patrOntzed
and self-suppOrtng institution. The club Is now
an important Part OF the life OF the city, and the
centre of the club OF the social life Of the city IS
to-day at the Fifty-nnth-st entrance to the park.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-03-23

The Empire Theatre company, including Charles
Richman and Margaret Anglin, will begin It's fourth
week in its new successful comedy. The Twin
Sister" at the Empire Theatre this week me az
tenton given the new play by local theateeoers
seems to be guarantee of it's continued success.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-03-23
MUSICAL MATTERS.

THE WEEKLY CALENDAR-NEW MUSIC
Blythe KNEIsEL QUARTET-HoW FLO
TOW CAME TO WRITE THE OPERA
OF MARTHA" NEW MUSIC
NOTES. PROGRAMMES AND
ANNOUNCEMENTS.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Opera House SO p m Co,.
cert by Kubeik and the Paur JrcnesdLad nv,
gg essef H Hs S Fine s arts Buding
concert OF chamber music by "a M ~ Ttir+L
and the Knese Quartet: No I4Z f-es' ~ ~
third-st concert OF chamber music ~ ''o
Names Quartet. $,
-Wadorf-Astoria; $50 p ~ R11;', Terina
Charles ]. Dyer assisted by Alika IeEiiil a.
Mrs Morris Black and Signor GIUSEPPE <ct ~
Randegger: Academy OF MUSIC; DiOoF1S4i' o
d m farewell concert or huDeilh-
Tuesday Mendessohn Hall, BIB p m, VI
chamber music by the Kneisel quarter Mttio .
noIitan Opera House. p. m. performance u
Mr. Paderewsds opera, ManTn, LOT t ne zen 4
eft Of the Actors Fund; W aIqorIT- "a,
% N concert for the beneht OF the 1oIgh Ald"4
College library fund.
Wednesday, Aiendessohn Hall SIS p m. recital OF
Vfolonceno music by Mark Skalmer.
acknowledgements Lyceum S15 ?. m. concert py
Miss Mai Myota and others 40. so 9t DO -
ave illustrated lecture on Wv andeTlhs pa, PA
lads bv H Z. Krehbiel Association nan,
BROOKLYN, SIS p M e9neert Dy Fent3s Temple
ProoEyu o festival concert OF lle
Teruple choir; Waldorf-Astoria $50 p In' meet
ing Of the Musical Salon
Friday-Iood Friday.
saturday-Carnegfe Hall, $3.50 p 10. pianoforte re-
cital by PaderewskL
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-03-23
NOTES Of THE STAGE.

The last performance OF Paderewskis opera
''Manru" viii be given Tuesday evening at the
Metropolitan Opera House for the benefit OF the
Actors Fund Home The original cast will ap-
pear Jan Kubelik purchased a box for $3.50,
Nathan Straus for $1,000 and Mrs. Al Haym9n
for $3.50 The cast includes Nine. Sembrich,
FRITZ scheff, Herr Bandrowski David Bispham
AM OF hpr
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-03-23

Henrietta Crosman's Rosalind has made LAS You
Like It. popular, and In consequence there VIII be
no change of bill at the Republic Theatre again
this season. Shakespeare's comedy continuing until
May, when Miss Cro5man will close her New-4o rk
seas On
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-03-23

In each trade there Is what used to be denoul-
mated Tom Collins the of which IS 10
chasten the spirit OF the newcomer. Thus in Wall
Street Western Union rights sold TO a
broker these being the right to lean against tele-
graph pole. Among maChinists apprentice IS
wont 10 be sent 10 the tool room for left-handed
monkey wrench. In New-York newspaper work the
city editor with a hand has been known
start him uptown 10 investigate a rumor that suf-
fering had been entaied by low water in the Har-
lem River and to make the best story he could out
Of H.
Some years ago a youth from a country town OBJ
tanned a place reporter one of the great
daIrs. The day of his arrival he made his ap-
pearauCe early at the office In fact he got there
hours before the city men were due. Time hang
started tour Of investigation with the result that
upon opening an un2ssumtng door he found himself
no and what are you and what do you want?''
and. the editor being long Of time, conversation
"usued. New man. eh?' the editor quered. Il
iSe YouIdn baVe co me bsr
great man rose polIfeiV and rnotinDed tbe thr W.
his vacant chair. Young man. he commented,
know news when see H. You do, Take my
Later the newcomer. with a somewhat dimln-
tshed sclf-estcem. reported 10 the city editor The
in the Harlem story ana started him up Mayg1
with IT, Then he put the office force to what
take part in the fun when the greenhorn returned
returned not Finally lust before tb n Ttbieasr
sisnments were due, he showed Up. and. going to
his desk began to write busily. Sheet after sheet
was filed by his flying pencil and still he paused
not Then ono, more curious than his fellows
glanced over that which he had written 10 see
how he had treated so important subject Then
he made a grab for the rest OF the copy and fed
with 1t to the city editor. That Harlem River
story is stu OF the classics of the pappr It
began somewhat follows:
The water in the Harlem River is so low that
ii Is positively coarse. Indeed little is there OF
It that the catfish compelled to stand on their
heads in order to keep their gills wet. This ena-
hes the fishermen I'm that locality to extract them
by their tails In much the manner that a
farmer pulls up his turnips. and they are reaping
a rich harvest" etc. When that copy was turned
IN, the city editor made a personal apology To the
neOphyte.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-03-23

The Indictment that foreigners bring against
Americans-and a certain extent IT is Just one
Is that they are migratory to their abodes and
that Americans do not really possess the home
feeling. For the house where was born foreign
ers say simply place a value represented by
dollars and cents. and not in which the afec-
lions or traditions of the family play a part. Ger
tainly when looks this city the feeling
comes that this count a Just one. There are few
houses here that have been occupied for three
CesSiVe generations of the family, and hardly
any where the representatives of four have lived
and died. Here and there are Isolated spots left
behind by the march Of progress. spots where peO-
pie still live and places which by reason OF
affection and association they reluctant to give
up Such GASES in the desert Of business are Stuy-
vesant and Washington squares and lower Fifth
ave. But the people who remain there grow each
year fewer and fewer IN number. and encroaching
business year by year steadily absorbs the homes
that yet remain
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-03-23

by Henry Holden Huss published by G. Schirmer'
and The Desire Of All Nations" unfinished
sacred oratorfo by Alfred s. Baker, published by
Novello Ever & Co. The work was planned IN
three parts but the composer died while engaged
on Part II. The same publishers have also issued
The Shadows OF the Evening Hours an anthem
for evening by Samuel A Baldwin.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-03-23

Mrs. Leslie Carter. IN Belasco's "Du Barry" cor
tinues to attract large crowds at each performance
or the play at the Criterion.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-03-23
STUDIO NOTES.

arose between the two and the man killed Largey
across the counter Of his bank
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-03-23

Dolly Warden" at the Herald Square IS proving
to be one of the most profitable engagements OF
comic opera that the present season has shown in
New-York.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-03-23

Weber and Fields enter upon the last four weeks
Of their season at the Music Hall. The introduc-
ton OF the new burlesque "Du Hurry has added
considerable interest 10 the performance OF "Hoity
Toity'' and The Curl and the Judge he entire
company will start on its annual road tour 10
the principal Eastern cities.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-03-23

Tomorrow evening will mark the beginning OF
the second month Of Herbert Kelley and MISS
Ff1e shannon in Her Lord and Master at the
Manhattan Theatre. Both Mr.. Kelley and MISS
Shannon have in this play recalled memories oL
their best work in other plays No period mas Dee =!
TO the run the Manhattan and apparently ~
might continue indefinitely. No performance VIII
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-03-23

A comedy programme is announced for keiths
Theatre this week with a liberal sprinkling OF
European novelties. The Girl with the Auburn
Hair will appear in her scenic speciality. Clayton
White and Marie Stuart will present their skit,
"Dickev" Others Haines and Nidocq. Midgcy
and Carlisle the DeonZo Brothers, the Dillon Broth
ers the De Haven Trio, Crane Brothers, Howard
and Under three Murray Brothers. the Bell Trio
and Dal and NCkeS.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-03-23

Klaw & Granger have purchased from Arthur
Collins the managing director Of the Drury Lane
Theatre Of London, the American rights Of the
reigning Drury Lane spectacle. Mr. Rluebeard."
the successor to THE Sleeping Beauty and the
Beast" John J. McNaly, the American librettist,
who is now in London. * there studying the piece
and Will adapt IL TO the American stage.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-03-23

g. Schirmer has in press a second edition OF Mr.
fsderewsh's Manu-" with the additions and re-
nsions made after the first performance Of the
cork. including the changed ending. Among other
tblications deserving OF the attention of music
~~ers we note a motel for mixed voices capella
vita nostra Dlena BELLS" and a theme and varta
lions in A minor by Arthur Foote, published by
Arthur p Schmidt; TWO songs. 80 Rest Of Rests
and -E~ernaore." and a part song ~Our King" by
Augusta Rotoli, also published by Mr. Schmidt:
four preiudes In the form Of studies CQuatre Pre-
tUdes en- forIne dEtudes" op. ID for the pianofo.te
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-03-23

roxy Grandpa" with Joseph Hart and Carrie
10 Mar as the stars, continues TO be a potent at
traction at the Fourteenth Street Theatre.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-03-23

saturday-Carnegfe Hall, $50 p. m pianoforte re-
cital by Paderewsh
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-03-23

1.-THE Hall of Fame" still continues to be the at
traction at the New-York Theatre. From present
indications II will run through the season. Some
new bits of business inserted weekly Marie
DRESSER IS singing song - Am Looking for
an Angel" The Nancy Girls and the other bits
popular Dan" McAvoy. Louis Harrison, Frank
Doane Mabelle Gilman, Ada Lewis, Josie Sadler
and others are in the cast
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-03-23

The last of Mr. Arthur Writings chamber music
rectaIs will take place the Fine Arts Building at
O'Clock this afternoon. Mr.. Whiting VIII have the
help of the KneIsel Quartet, and the programme
Will consist OF sonata in A for violin and piano
forte Beethoven's string quartet in F major op
1876. and Brahms's pianoforte quintet IN f minor.
on "a
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-03-23

Miss Minnie Dupree will make her appearance as
q star next season under the management of w. G..
Smyth in a play by Mrs Evelyn Greeneaf Suther-
land. entitled "A Rose of Plymouth Town"
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1902-08-29
Don'ts for Summer Bonrders.

Don't ask for ice water. The well
water is as cold as any self-respecting
stomach will ask for. Don't expect half
a pint of cream on 20 Strawberries.
Don't ask for a glass of milk at every
meal 1t is not good for you. One
home-spun COW equals eight quarts Of
milk, equals one quart of cream AM.
three meals a day for eight peoDlel
And where does the baby come in?
Cent ask for ice cream nine times in
seven days. The icehouse is four miles
away. Don't wear too many starched
things. Steam laundrles are not found
on every farm. Don't think any old
thing will do to wear on the farm. but
don't dress" too much. Both ex-
Cremes are in bad taste Don't imag.
inc that because country fare and
ways are different they are. not SO
good as city things you don't see or for
things out oil. season. It's two miles
to the store. DON'T try to- be a supe-
rio. person. 1t may lead to- mistakes.
Don't indulge in improving. conversa-
tion-unless you need it, Don't sit
up late or be late to meals. Both are
unsanitary. DON'T complain because
there are no links; life is more than
golf. Don't ask. for sIerilizsd milk fol
the baby-unless you bring your own
sterilizer. There are other "don'ts
but they can all be condensed into the
Golden Rule.-The Prophets Chamber
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1902-08-29

Prices paid in the book auction
rooms OF New York and London throw
strange light on the yagaries of coz
lectors. A fire calf bound set of the
old classics is. knocked down for few
cents volume, while the first edition
fends boost bids into the hundreds Of
dollars on tiny pamphlet of Kip
lfng's schoolboy verses. The man who.
can guess. the popular taste of ten
years hence has a chance to realize
thousands on a present investment Z.
a couple OF dollars. He has only to
pick out the fedgeling poet Of today
who win be in the first rank in 1872
and lay in a couple Of copies Of each
of his works, not ignoring even the
tiniest Of pamphlets. His reward win
be almost as certain as that Of the
real estate sharp who bought farm
lands on upper Broadway in 1850
New York Press.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1902-08-29

Hayti is the only country in the
world where black rules white" AL
though the present republic is not
successful because so large a portion
of the citizens are lazy and uneducat-
ed, yet the people have many good
qualities, which, according to Mr..
Hesketh Pritchard show themselves
ia unexpected and contradictory ways.
One Of the things that strike one
most is that Haiti is a country Of ex-
tremes and contrasts. Logic is al
ways at fault A Haitian's honesty is
like a Haitian's mind; it is apt to
surprise you round odd corners.
For example, hundreds of thousands
of Haitian dollars pass annually along
the lonely track between Jacmel and
Port au Prince The men who bear
them are low-class Haitians; ragged,
uncouth, uneducated, wild and untu-
tored Yet only once have the dollars
failed to arrive. l have heard it said
that ten dollars might tempt the Hal
tian's cupidity, but ten thousand awes
him :nto immaculate honesty.
During the last 80 years uncounted
couriers have made the desolate Jour
ney over the mountain passes, each
with his load of wealth, and there is
only this one instance known of the
betrayal of trust A fine record
Youths Companion.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1902-08-29
A Pretty Navy Hnbit.

In the wardrooms Of the vessels OF
the American navy there is stin kept
up a custom worthy of imitation, says
the Chicago Journal. 1t is as follows:
At 9 o'clock in the evening the cap
tain or commander will order glasses
to be filed, and, rising, will deliver
this sentiment: Gentlemen, l ask
YOU to drink to sweethearts and wives.
May the sweetheart become the wife,
and the wife always remain the sweet
heart" The assembled officials drink
this toast in silence.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1902-08-29

IN me ordinary course Of the routine
we have sketched. the emperor leaves
bis study about 9. and rides or drives
or walks. usually accompanied by the
empress.
The latter. indeed, has many gllmp-
ses Of him throughout bis busiest DAYS.
for although he detests the idea of the
interference OF women IN politics he
knows. like O wise man. the value OF
"a wif6s instinct, and likes 10 consult
it upon many matters other than Ii,
issues OF high policy. Upon returning
from the airing IN tie forenoon the
work of the cabinet 3 resumed ard
continued up to luncheon. This meal
Is taken, Ir tho ofdiLary course. al
about o'clock I'm the afttrroon, when
the imperial children frequently jola
their parents and a special guest
sometimes appears. Bot in the sphere
Of social intercourse Inc evening
ushers in The brightest ard by no
means the least valuable hours OF the
kaiters day
Guests are always invited to the
O'Clock dinner whore the courses are
generally few though the Imperial
table is splendldly set out Win beauti-
full flowers and precious plate. This is
the rule. whether the company be
small or large. Supper Is served at 9,
when there are more guests. The in
terval between the two evening meals
is often spent by the kaiser with the
empress and their chAdren, and to
Judge by the hilarious shouts which
are often heard from the apartments
where these little reunions are held
they must represent the simplest and
happiest moments, when this tremen-
dous worker allows himself
1t is at dinner and supper that the
varied play Of many sided mind
sCintillates from every faucet. The
emperor is distinguished among Ger
mans by his quickness of repartee, but
his conversational powers are in every
sense striking. Out of the fullness OF
lis thought and knowledge he dis
courses with unhesitating and vivid
fluency. But in the desire of his end
lessly receptive and assimilative mind
for fresh information he questions like
Napoleon Human he is, in the old
phrase, and nothing human can be for
eign 10 him. When the cigars and
Munich beer are handed around, or
when he takes an exceptionally inter
esting visitor aside, he reveals the life
of his imagination without restraint,
hcver failing to learn something new
from any one who has a genuine idea
or a fresh fact to impart, but always
exchanging full value from his own
mental fund
When the long day is over the cleo
trio lamps iron the kaiser's writing
table burn far into she night He
reads often by 2 shaded light till sIum-
Der comes, and if he wakes with a
valuable thought it is fixed there and
then, for paper and pencil are always
at his bedside.-His Quicbness of
Repartee b.