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Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1909-07-28

ASHINGTON.-A perusal of the
Navy Register in the depart
ment offices discloses the fact
that Capt. Lucien Young has
been advanced twice in rank
for conspicuous gallantry in
time of danger.
When Lucien Young of the
United States navy reported at
Annapolis for examination for
entrance to the naval academy
the examining board looked
upon a youthful Samson. He
was as fine a physical speci-
men of boyhood as the old
salts ever had seen. He lifted
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1909-07-28
Edward 6.Clarko
p coeYRicHL 1909 sY .HHyLEe,oH

Young starved on his err
rand and fell in with the
gunboats Hornet, Lieut..
Helm, and Wompatuck,
Lieut.. Jungen. The little
squadron picked up a prize
in a vessel loaded with pro-
visions and intended for the
Spaniards and then the three
vessels entered the AZuraga
Pass.
Young discovered a gun
boat at anchor near a block
house. The Wompatuck was
unable because of her draft
to go in with the Hist and
the Hornet. The guns of the
two American vessels put
the Spanish gunboat out of
business after a lively en-
gagement, in which nearly a
thousand Spanish soldiers on
shore had a hand. The Span
iards were not more than
400 yards away from the
American boats and they
literally swept the decks
with bullets.
Young and
Helm work
ed away in ~.
full view of
the Spanish -s!<-$ :..'
s h arpshoot- ::
ers and es-
capped death
by sh eer 07
luck. 1t was ~ :
not long af- "a
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In Vienna is more democratic. just as
theatrical entertainments are In all
German speaking countries. but there
is the ~aristocracy of the Austrian court
about it. Dukes, Archdukes and Grand
Dukes bother the life out Of the intend
ant when everything does not go right
with their protegees, and one of the hardest
tasks Of every intendant in o theatre such
as the Imperial Opera House in Vienna
is said to be the interference of the court
iers on behalf Of .Gret or Selma or some
other beauty Of he battle. Yet the
public takes pleasure also in the per-
formances Of the ballet and nothing
arouses more bourgeois delight than the
frequent productions Of Wiener Walker
which shows the development Of the
waltz through all it's evolution.
Strauss has written a ballet for the
Imperial Opera House Die Puppenfee.-
he gave there, and the works OF Delibes,
such as 'Coppelia' and Sylvia" are
transplanted from the repertoire Of the
Grand Opera in Paris and acted there.
Yet the ballet which was 30 fostered
under the administration Of Jain and
Bayr is neglected nowadays. Gustav
MAILER could never be made to take an
interest in it. and Felix Weingartner
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Frank Work was a lover Of fast horses
and a very popular driver on the old
Seventh avenue road, especially when he
drove the noted team Dick Swiveller and
Edward. MIR. Work also owned sensa-
ton, Billy Freer, Pilot Boy, Marie Moore
now and is still in good health.
One of the strong characteristic IN
Mr.. Works turf career was tho care he
took of his old horses. He kept Dick
%Swiveller until he was more than 20 years
old, when the famous horse passed
away without any suffering. Edward
his favorite %trotter. when he became old
and useless. was sent to a Long Island
farm where he lived until he was 80 years
old. 1t cost Mr.. Work $1,000 TO keep Ed
ward in comfort until he died.
Fancy rigs drawn by, fast stegpers
were numerous on the old drive. There
was T. J Coe with his black mare Emma c.,
Lady Walton and Belle Daniels, Big John
Quinn, who always won the bottle of wine
for being the first man to reach the club
house az the bridge in the first sleigh Of
the winter, 'driving his trotter Harry
Sealy Dunlap in his spider wagon;
Gen. j. o. Nay behind his bay team Lady
Wallace and Lady Nay, ex-Alderman j.
Barker holding the ribbons over his bay
horse Brewer Boy; William Van Tassei
with his fast gelding Auction, Thomas
Watt with his 2:2O John l.. Sullivan, Orris
A. Hitchcock and John Turner behind
Lyman and ~Bell1ower. Adam Muller
with his mare Martha, Sheppard A. Knapp
with Ned Hunting and Jack Dawson.
Samuel Weeks with his gelding Major
Root; Will Snyder with Phil Thompson.
Johnny Murphy with Maud Messenger.
John II. Harbeck behind Lady Haner,
Dexter Golf with his gelding, Echo, and
a splendid string of trotters. unequalled
in any other part OF the world.
Johnny Murphy was one OF the most
popular professional drivers on Seventh
avenue and at the Fleetwood track. They
called him Honest John because ne was
never charged with a crooked job in his
life. He first became famous when he
drove Dexter in his great record trot Of
2l7k. Murphy was in general demand
and MIR. Bonner preferred him to any
other driver. Murphy also drove Mr..
Works great team. Dick Swiveller and
Edward when they hung up their record.
very few OF the old roadhouses are
standing to-day. Thirty years ago Sew
enth avenue was an open country road
with cattle grazing on green fields on
either side. Tom Kearnss old hospital
roadhouse stood at l32d street. surrounded
by big elm trees, where there are rows OF
apartments now. Along Jerome avenue
some OF the old stopping places can be
found yet. That was a great bunch OF
drivers in those days-Eph Snedeker,
Hiram Howe. Billy Blair. Doc Heard.
Capt. George nj. Stone and many others
who could handle the reins in expert
style and drive like demons
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The art is altogether their own for the
women come from different parts Of the
country. but are trained from the time
they take their first step on the stage
in the great school attached to the Marie
Theatre. which is in reality the imperial
Russian opera house. Here the operas
Of the Russian COMPOSERS are sung by tre
Russian artists, who in many cases devote
their services to their countrymenthrough-
out their whole careers.
Russian opera singers are beginning
to be known outside the frontiers Of their
W country, but it is chiefly by means
Of the incunions into other capitals
undertaken for political purposes. This
method made Theodor Schalyapin known
TO Paris and Berlin. and introduced Leon
Soulinof there
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M az

The ballet from the Marie Theatre in
st. Petersburg went last spring to Berlin
in a body and made such a SUCCESS as TO
pay almost the deficit caused by the
operatic performances.
Tschaikowsky wrote THE Sleeping
Beauty" for the ballet at the Marien
Theatre and Rimsky korsakof. Ma
pravnik, Tanief and other Russian COM
posers have written music FOR the ballets
danced by this famous troupe. The opera
stars divide their time between Moscow
and St. Petersburg and the lesser lights
OF the ballet at the same, although each
theatre possesses its " corps Of dancers.
The whole training Of these dancers
Is az national as II there were no others
in the world. They are all Russians
and dancers of other countries here
think OF emigrating to st. Petersbhrg.
Sometimes tho women trained at the
school OF the Theatre Marie go to other
countries, and one Of them has just been
engaged ia succeed Adeline Genee at
one Of the large London musio halls.
but as a rule their activity Is confined
to the Russian opera houses. II they
KO W Oil Opcid houoo ~ SAV ~ -
cities 1t Ia with the vogue Of q dancer
from the first opera house In St. Peters,
burg, which is much more Of a recon-
mendation to the patriotic Russians than
il abe had made her reputation in Vienna.
Berlin or ever Paris.
or the dancers the most beautiful Is
thought to be Mile. Pavlovs, and she
Is the heroine OF more sentimental tales
than any OF her colleagues. She is Of
the slender. statuesque type that her
frail features could suggest. The men
of the ballet are also selected with an
idea OF pleasing the eye. This idea Of
beauty is followed so thoroughly that
the front line Is said to be in q state OF
constant change as a new beauty Is al
ways ready to replace one that shows
the first sign OF fading.
The famous ballet corps Of the Marie
Theatre has recently been dancing in
Berlin aud tho beautiful Anna Pavlova
once more has the German capital at her
we'll trained feet. The dancers are later
to 60 to Prague and Vienna. and will
then dance in Paris. This is the second
tour OF the troupe. which was received
with great enthusiasm on ito first visit
a year ago.
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COUNTRY AND CITY TROLLEYs.
Why the Pslitenoss Observed on On,
Cannot he on the Other.

Every now and then" said the city
trolley conductor. we read about thos,
polite conductors in the country who
stop wherever their passengers want t.
get of or on and who say Why. gooc
morning! How's the tunips coming on'
and that sort OF thing. and about tht
motorman who has overrun a CROSSING
eight or ten feet that obligingly backs ur
so that a lady q get of on o dry spo,
and 30 on, all to contrast the kind cour.
tesy OF the country trolley runners with
the lack Of the noble quality displayed
by trolley runners in the city. Folks don,
understand the conditions.
Here We can't wait for somebody te
come. out OF the good old farmhouse and
down the hollyhock lined walk and
through the gate and out through the
three inches Of dust In the road to gel
aboard the car, because you see here there
are others to be considered, tens and
hundreds Of thousands Of them standing
all along waiting for a car, and however
much you might want to hold the car up
to oblige some one, you really can't dc
that here for fear you II disgruntle ten
and disarrange the whole running sched-
ule. often wonder that city people
don't think more than they do Of thous.
ands waiting when they are cussing the
motorman for running by.
That reminds me again Of the po-
lite country motorman who overruns
the crossing and then backs up again Ia
where it isn't so muddy. Suppose we
should. Why, II we didn't bunk into the
following car We would run into fourteen
trucks and seven ashcarts and twenty
four wagons and eighteen cabs and
seventy or eighty horses and more truck
and wagon and carriage poles and shafts
than you could count. and into more
profanity well, m business takes me
I wouldn't want to listen to what I and
all my ~passengels would have to hear in a
case like that.
Naturally I'm Of a polite disposiion
and ! sometimes think I'd Hike to run a
trolley car In the country for a while.
where l could wait a good long time Tor
the lady coming down the walk, and then
track at forty miles an hour till we came
to the next farmhouse. and then 20
Astounding and ADJOINING on, OF through
a lovely green country full OF rocks and
rills and fever and chllls with a good long
wait at the other end before You turned
around.
4 sometimes think Id like to do that.
but you can't run a car that way in the
city, We certainly do try to he civil and
accommodating. but We can't wait long;
much "a We might want TO we can't stop
long here to talk about the farm, because
as / previously explained to you there
are others.
THAT Is really the keynote Of the
difference, the necessary difference,
between. trolley running in the country
and in the city; In the country there are
few pasBen gers and here thar ara many
and whatever our personal desire might
be we cant delay for one; we must keep
moving. keep hustling for the benefit
OF ALL
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So no theatre to-day ia in the same class
with the Marie Theatre in st. Petersburg.
not only 80 far as the number Of the
dancers is concerned but in reference to
their youth and beauty. For the ballet
al the Marie Theatre is not only an aris-
tocratic diversion. 1t 10 beloved by the
man in the street who can accumulate
kepeehs enough to siti the third or fourth
balcony, He will discuss with his neigh
Dor the comparative graoefulness Of La
Pavlova tonight and the last time he saw
her. His neighbor will talk Of Kara
seavina's freedom Of movement in The
Sleeping Beauty compared to the a r Of
her mazourka in la Vie pour IL Gar
Both comments fall on informed ears. for
the Russians love the ballet generally and
take special pride in their dancers.
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FOUNDERS ARE RUNNING.
And That, the Anglers Say, Means That
Blao kfish VIII Soon BE Here.

The City Island fishermen say that
founders have v been more plentiful
than in the last few days. Moreover the
FISH are not small. althoug Oh they have
made ar early appearance. This means,
the experts say, that tho blsckhsh will
soon be here also.
The small power boats whose owners
charter them for pleasure trips up the
Sound have been running TO the hshins
grounds with anglers and q rowboat for
hire 10 q hard thing 70 hnd. On Saturday
nights tho waters around City Island
light marks . fahermSn who has hirede
boat on Saturday afternoon and u stAyins
out until Sunday.
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when he went &c the Imperial Opera
House declared that be did lot propose
to worry himself about the ballet, saying
that the opera was about enough for
any man. So the art has declined.
Recent novelties have not been success
full and the ballet has come to be OF i'm
p%ortance chiefly in the operatio per
formances. l. -
Ballet in Italy has come to be a
wretched makeshift. with little m agnif-
oence in the dressing and no great skill
in the performances. The ballots at
La Scala, at the San Carlo at Naples or
in the South American cities are rarely
more than incid ents Of the operate per-
Torrance. Berlin's chief glory used to
be the wonderful dell Era, who has now
reached the age for retirement.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1909-05-16
WHERE THE FAT ACTOR FAILS.
The Moving Picture Maker Demands
Speed Always.

Fat comedians have little chance Of
employment in. moving picture co'n'
pany.
There's where the shadow has IT on
the substance" said a c%adaverous person;
the worst worry l have is caused ny my
tendency to grow fat since ! settled dowh
to a life before the camera with n" one
night stands.
1T tickles me to death to be cast Tor
one Of those narrowing pursuits.
glory in Marathon races over hill ana
dale with a bunch OF men on bikes ana
a few autos in the ruck, for it's sure
to keep OF the sign Of prosperity. Once
a man gets fat he gets slow, and inc
Aim demands speed before sense or com
fort. Thinness and muscular develop
ment are sure assets.
when ] got the job ! was pretty shy
on muscle, but after L had been Sc 70
breaking up furniture. throwing stoves
around, been in a few dozen fights. cen
thrown into the drink a score of times
and chased over the country by . Tow
bull pups who might forget TO grab me
pad hanging TO my ooap and graz me-
why, began to develop muscle.
Il remember We tried a fat comei,an
once. Played opposite to. me. thr."
him into the water from a boat nnu1F
High Bridge. As soon as he struck IN"
water he began to yell for the boat, II
seems he could not swim. The, more
he yelled the more the manager shoute1
to him 70 keep on yelling and for mo TO
leave him a%lone--that the picture was
scream he threw up his hands and sank.
OF thought he would sink. But hs didn't.
He struck mud instead and stood, just
ohm deep. In the water, going down;
AZ loon as he realized what had stopped
him he began to plough for tho shore.
As he reached shore. the Gamers boat
following, he stood and faced us. mud
from head to foot, and the camera
was taking II all in. He stood there for
fully hve minutes cursing until the sweat
rolled down his face and wiited his col
lar. Then the manager shut of the
camer and hurried ashore and began
oongretulating the fat man on his fine
piece Of acting.
''Aotingi' roared tbs fat fellow. swelling
up awfully;. II I could not like that !
wouldn't want a job with 40 film house .
Then he walked of and never came
back
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FUN ON OLD SEVENTH AVENUE
MANY TROTTING H1RSENEN
REVELLED THERE YEARS AGO.
Minionaires Who Drove Fast Shoppers and
Enjoyed Themselves In Various Ways
Robert Bonner. the SanderbiIts
and Frank Work Notable Figures.

We were moi so speedy on the old
Seventh avenue road said the old New
York horseman the other day, as he sat
In a roadhouse on the Speedway watch
ing the trotters, but we were more
sociable and enjoyed the sport with more
real spirit than you'l find nowadays.
There were many roadhouses on Seventh
avenue forty or fifty years ago, and the
boys used to have high old times on fine
afternoons. The first house we struck
after leaving Central Park was Ed Luff's
at 10th street. That was away out in
the country in those days and we could
20. to any limit in the way Of sport,
.Luh was a famous chicken fancier
and he had the earnest that could be
found anywhere in the world. Many a
cooking main was pulled on at this old
hosiery between New York and out of
town birds for good big money. One
cold winter night, with the ground cov-
cred with snow, a couple Of hundred of
us drove up to Luff's in sleighs to witness
q main between chickens representing
this city and Newburgh. Around the
old cockpit sat men from the most prom
inent and wealthiest families in town.
There's no use giving names, for some
Of their sons and daughters are members
of. the Four Hundred to-day.
THE New Workers. all had big bank
rolls and bet the Newburgh sports to a
standstill. No piking bets at that, but a
Thousand at a clip. 1t was a great night
and we all drank wine until we we're in a
merry mood,
"One Of the New Workers. wanted TO
bet a Sewburgh boy $500 that our CHECKER
would win thirteen out OF fifteen battles.
The man from up the river had wagered
all his coin by that time and had only
his oarfare left. After considerable chat
ter the Newburgh man said he would
drag the New Yorker around Central Park
II the formers chickens lost, and vice
versa. This and many other queer bets
were made, and they were paid in full too,
well to cut a longstory short, the New
burghers won eleven out OF fifteen bat
ties and carried away a barrel OF good
money. About twenty-five sleighs filed
with bowling sports drove around the
park. with the New Yorker dragging he
Newburgher in payment Of the above
mentioned wager, When the crowd got
back to Luff's the loser was fairly used up.
-The next house OF Importance was
Johnny Steinfeldt's, a very popular stop
ping place In those days. Then came
t1nxk CToppy) McGuire's at Maoomb's
Dan. It wss called the Cayuga House,
after . fast PAGER MCGUIRE owned. Every
body knew and liked Toppyreven though
be had q checkered career, He was born
at sea In 1914. while his parents were on
their way to this country from England.
At On early age be became . newsboy
and worked his until he had 500
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1909-05-16
,HUROpB'S FINEST BALLET
tbT. PETERSBURG BOASTS TIE
MOST BEAUTIFUL DANCERS.

Auu1ans KoenIy Interested IN tho Art
and tho Marie Theatre Has brought
II 10 TO the Highest Notch-Whole
u Corps Moves to Other Capitals.
= No opera house In the world makes
suoh q feature OF Its ballet as the Mare
Theatre in st. Petersburg, The ballet
1t tho Imperial Opera House in Vienr a
10 very we'll trained and beautifully
dressed. while the ballet in Paris consists
Of we'll trained dancers who work their
way up to the highest posts from the
time they begin as rats but are net
In these less prosperous days as beautiful
as they were formerly.
The ballet OF the Imperial Opera House
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Travelled Crocotit,es.

The Aquarium received recently a
pumbae Of small crooodiles, measuring
from fifteen 10 eighteen inches In length.
from the Philippine Islands, thess young
rsptiee making their long voyage hitler
from their naive waters on the other
o.: q :s e : Z: :sisS I 2. IS q New Y0si
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-05-12
EDUCATOR GETS A
RAISE

Bellingham, May 12.-Dr E. T.
Mathes has been given an increase in
pay from $4,000 to $500 a year by
the board of trustees of the Belling-
ham state normal school, who recent
ly exOnerated the principal from
charges brought by Professors F. N.
Stone and James O'Sullivan, since
ousted. An increase in the salaries
of all members of the faculty, approx
imating per cent, also was author
lied by the board.
Miss Mary L. Jensen, formerly in
the critic department of the school,
has been assigned to take the place
occasioned by the removal of Stone
The vacancy caused by O'Sullivan' s
dismissal will be filled later.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-05-12

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The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-05-12

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The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-05-12

was suffering from throat rheumatism
Asked where he would spend the sum
mer he replied in Il jocular tone that
he was going to visit Frau Wagner
and study Wagnerian roles.
Il am very tired" he admitted. and
l will get plenty of rest while | am
away The idea that | may never be
able to sing again is ridiculous. 1t
may be that just at this time my voice
is not up to the standard-just at the
pitch where it was a few months ago
but then | have been working hard
1 assure my friends that the lapse is
only temporary. My voice is capable
of only a certain amount of work.
and have been working it very hard.
We work hard. and we are not always
able to stand it. 1t is the rest need"
'Is the report true that you had to
give up cigarettes?" the singer was
asked
Give up cigarettes: Oh. yes. |
smoke Sometimes | smoke fifteen
cigarettes. but often smoke fifty Of
them in a day"
Then some one asked him whether
lobster suppers had any detrimental eff
feet on his voice.
"Ah. lobster-rr' he exclaimed and
took his departure.
He wore heavy gray OyercOat. He
had his room changed before the YES