Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-10-29
G00DsH0RT

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IL was senator ElklnS, WHO, when
President Roosevelt said he had turn
ed on the light" as to some Of The
methods In Wall street, said that the
result Of the effort Of the President
seemed to him to indicate that I'm
stead Of turning on the light he blew
out the gas"
It is recalled that Sir Beerbohm
Tree and the late Wilson Barrett gave
London their production OF Hamlet
almost contemporaneously. A veil
known wit who was asked his opinion
Of the dead Hamlets nonchalantly
made answer: Trees Hamlet is funny
without being vulgar, but Barrett's ID
vulgar without being funny"
Herr Goldmark, the composer. who
was said to love the children of his
brain with a truly fatherly affection,
and never to lose an opportunity OF
once travelling to hear a performance
of his opera, "The Queen Of Sheba,'
and in the train got into conversation
with a lady, in which he became much
interested. He longed to make him
self known to his fair companion, and
at last ventured to a II suppose,
madam, you do not know who ann
mo, sir, l do not" replied the lady.
well then, l am Carl Goldmark, the
mpo of The Queen of Sheba.'
rob, indeed" was the lady's reply;
"and is that a very good situation?"
Wrapped in his d~ressing-gown ana
With feet incased In slippers. Franz
List was sitting comfortably n
evening in his arm chair, ready for
work and inviting inspiration. On the
floor above, in the apartments OF a
banker, a noisy musical soiree was
In progress. Polonaises had succeeded
waltzes, and nocturnes had followed
polonaises, when suddenly the door OF
the salon opened, and List entered,
still wrapped in his dressing-gown.
The establishment Of the company may
he imagined. With slow steps List
walked toward the piano, and the
young ~key-pounder who was sitting at
1t quickly left his place. Liszt sat
down at the instrument, carelessiy
swept his fingers over the keys as II
to prelude, and then, suddenly. he shut
down the cover and put the key In lis
pocket. And Immediately, with he
same tranquil air with which he had
entered, he went out and returned to
his room, where he could work at his
ease.
Some years ago the excursion steam
er returning from Alaska to Seattle
'dislocated its propeller In a dreary
portion of the inner passage and came
to a forced stop. For two days the
vessels engineers and machinists la
bored to repair the break. but without
Success. Two Of the boats were
and dispatched for aid to Vic
toria, three hundred miles away. In
the meantime 1t was discovered that
the ships stores were not abundant.
Alarm bred in the minds of pessimis-
tic passengers, and the c%ontagion
sLread. Starvation might assail The
vessel before help arrived. A former
California oficial took 1t on himself
to reassure his timid companions, but
hs effort wal not perfectly adapted to
raise dropping spirits. In fact, his
closing sentences but added to. tae
gloom. "Let us be brave" he said.
"If the worst comes and that dread
necessity which In such misadventures
las met others must be faced by US.
let us remember that 1t Is good to die
that our friends may live. The one
or more that may be sacrificed will be
consoled by that thought" There was
q moments silence, awful in its IN
tensity. then a cheerful voice was
heard. You should be taken first,
Governor Booth. You know the brav-
est are the tenderest.' And even the
tsrror-stricken smiled once more.