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The Green Forest tribune., 1911-09-22
A. M. Palmer's Chat About the Large Fortunes Accumulated by Joe Jefferson, Edwin Forrest
 and Lotta.

No dramatic manager of his time had more intimate knowledge of the personal characteristics, the business capacity and the earnings of Ameri can actors, as well as the use to which those earnings were put, than the late A M. Palmer, in many re- spects the ablest dramatic manager the United States has ever had
 Tn my opinion," said MT. Palmer one afternoon as he sat in the busi- ness office of Palmers theater, New fork-a room which had formerly been the drawing room of one of the magnificent brown stone houses of New York, but which at the time of Air. Palmer's management of the the ater which bore his name was con- nected with the rear end of that the ater by means of a dark and curl ously winding passage-"the distinc- ton of earning three of the largest for tunes ever gained by an American ac- tor or actress belongs to Joe Jeffeson, Edwin Forrest and Lotta. l know that it Is the common opinion today that the earnings of Edwin Booth as an actor were in the aggregate greater than those of any other American, but am persuaded that this statement is not true. And yet, had Booth pos sessed business ability that would compare with the business ability of Joe Jefferson, Lotta or Edwin For. rest. l think 1t Is safe to say that his fnrtnna would haUa ;r,o ply greater than that of any other American actor. Booth sunk cons!d erably over half a million dollars In his theater in New York city. If he had been as shrewd as Jefferson he would not have invested a cent in a theater designed for his own produc- tions.
 'I have Jefferson's word for 1t that his earnings from Rip Van Wrinkle were so large the first few years 1t was played that ever since he has been able to limit his appearance upon the stage to two or three months in tho fall and two or three months in the spring. I asked him what he did with his earnings and he told me he kept a pretty careful eye upon the stock market, that he had some inti- mate friends who were good business men. and that he fattered himself that he was very good judge of real estate values. I know that he has made some very good investments and l am sure that if the truth were known it would be found that Joe lief feTson is probably worth in excess
The Green Forest tribune., 1911-09-22
HE DID NOT COMMIT MURDER
After Seventeen Years of Penal Servl- tude, a French Peasant Ia
 Awarded $6,OOo.

Paris.-The sum of s6,000 has been awarded by the Cher assize court as compensation for IT years penal servitude undergone by peasant named Charles Michaud, who re- ceived a life sentence for a murder he did not commit.
 A rich old peasant farmer was mur- dered and Michaud, neighbor, was convicted, chiefly on the evidence of a necktie which had belonged to the dead man and of some stains on his clothes supposed to be blood. Mich aud protested his innocence through out and declared he knew nothing caused by cider. He was convicted and sent to French Guiana for life
 While he was there fellow con. yict confessed or rather boasted that he had committed the murder. This man later succeeded in escaping from the penal settlement, but newspapers having taken up the case and found confirmation of his story the court Of cessation decided that his confession was the necessary new fact which would allow it to set aside the con demnation and order a new trial.
 Michaud, who was twenty-nine when convicted is now forty-six but looks like broken down old man His wife, always convinced of his in. nocence, was present at the second trial. His counsel asked for S2 900 damages, but the court awarded s6 GOO and the placarding of the judgment throughout the district
The Green Forest tribune., 1911-09-22

hours looking around to see if she could not make a good investment of some of her money in real estate
 Like Jefferson and Lotta of today, Forrest was shrewd business man, increasing his stage earnings materi- ally by his business sagacity; and the career of these three stage folk as fortune getters leads me to say this to you: If any one eyer says to you that this or that American actor or ac- tress made a million dollars from pro fessional work you may safely deny it. And you can add with equal safety that not one of what may relatively be called the great fortunes that have come to American stage folk from time to time would have been more than moderately large had it not been for shrewd investment of stage earn ings on the part of their possessor." Copyright. 1911. by E. | Edwards All
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The Green Forest tribune., 1911-09-22
A NATURAL KITCHEN
Eggs Cooked in the Hot Springs
 of Mexico.
Heated Waters Have Been Known for Their Medicinal and Curative Properties Since Country
 Was First Explored.

Candelaria, Mex-One of the most remarkable groups of hot springs in the world Is situated on the Mexi- can side of the Rio Grande near here. There are scores of these bub- bling streams of water flowing from the rock formation and into gulch that empties into the Rio Grande The waters of these springs have been known for their from the time of the first exploration and settlement of Mexico. Thousands of afflicted people have made pilgrim ages to this remote region and sought the benefits of the thermal springs Notwithstanding the fact that they are situated in an almost inaccessible To- cality and can only be reached by an overland journey of more than 50 miles from the nearest railroad point there is never time that health seekers may not be found camping at the place.
 There are no accommodations at the springs for visitors and many are
 
 are rigged up to obtain the benefit of the waters. Frequently visitors con struct crude adobe rooms over one or the springs and use them for sweat boxes. The bath tubs usually consist of digging a hole in the ground and letting 1t fill with the hot water, the health seeker taking his outdoor bath in that water perhaps a canvass for a canopy to keep out the blazing sun There Is not such a thing as a'hotel or eating house within many miles of the place. The visitors Aust bring their own supplies and live next to na- ture during their stay, whether it be brief or greatly prolonged.
 The waters of these springs are said to be good for many chronic ills That great number of cures that are lit tie short of marvellous have taken place as result of drinking and bath ing In them Is matter of common
The Green Forest tribune., 1911-09-22
EIhu Burritt, the "Learned Black smith," Organized the First Con ference Whose Object Was
 the Abolition of War.

In these piping days of international peace conference and talk, 1t were well to remind the world that the first international peSce congress was or ganized by a man who first followed the occupation of blacksmith. This was Elihu Burritt (1S11-79). whoss oe- cupation, together with his wonderful aptitude for languages and his mar velously rapid mastery of them. caused him to be known far and wide as the Learned Blacksmith
 It was in 1848 that MT. Burritt or ganized the first international peace conference, which met in Brussels in the fall of that year; the next year the second international peace confer ence met in Paris and was presided over by Victor Hugo. Years later, when MT Burritt was an old man and full of honors as the father of the in- ternational peace movement anC inter- national arbitration, I met him. He was one of the most gentle men l have ever known; and e spoke in a voice modulated to exquisite softness of utetrance. almost musical.
 If suppose it is true, as has been said, that l have mastered more dead languages, some of them almost for gotten, than any other American" he said But I don't know that so much can be said of me in relation to the living languages Caleb Cushing, who. you know, was one of our govern ment's counsel before the Geneva court of arbitration. speaks as many of the Continental languages as I do. and it may be that he has knowledge of one or two more living languages than I have.
 Many persons" continued the man whose work for international peace largely influenced the calling of the
The Green Forest tribune., 1911-09-22
Mrs. Fl. B. Stowe Was Puzzled

theological seminary situated in that town. Dr. Stowe was very scholarly man. after breakfast be was accus- toned to go to his library and spend the day there, excepting such hours as his professional work made 1t neces- sary for him to devote to lectures at the seminary.
 Mrs Stowe who was one of the most practical of women, being fully the equal in this respect of her sister, Catherine Beecher, who gained high authority as a teacher of domestic economy, was accustomed to visit Bos- ton onoe or twice week for shopping. One morning, at breakfast. Mrs. Stowe said to her husband that she thought she would go in to Boston that day, and take train which left Andover about nine o'clock. That would en- able her. she said. to complete her shopping and get back to Andover in the mid-afternoon.
 She went to the city as she planned was several hours occupied with shop ping and returned home about three o'clock in the afternoon. She went at once to the library and greeted her husband, who looked up from his work He said Why didn't you go to Boston? Where have you been?'
 q have been to Boston and l have just returned was the reply.
 How could you have done that?" Dr. Stowe asked. q saw you pass through the libsary at about eleven o'clock"
 Why, my dear husband, l was in Boston at eleven o'clock"
 That is impossible" Dr. Stowe re- piled. 'I wa. busy at my work, I heard the library door open. looked up and saw you pass through the li- brary; you turned and smiled at me, and then went on and passed out Of the door at the other end Of the room"
 Are you sure about the time?" Mrs Stowe asked. q did look into the o'clock"
 "Yes, I remember that very we'll" Dr. Stowe cried But, then when you passed through the room at eseven o'clock it occurred to me that you had given up your trip to Boston"
 Did I have my bonnet on?" Mrs. Stowe asked,
 No, and that was the reason felt sure that you had decided to stay at home"
 Mrs. Stowe asked no further oues tions She realized that her husband was absolutely certain that he had seen her pass through the room at eleven o'clock, so certain that he could describe some details in her dress, and noticed that she greeted him with a smile Afterward she recalled the fact that at just about eleven o'clock. when she was in a store in Boston. all of a sudden she thought of her hus- band and pictured him to herself as busily engaged with his books and his manuscripts upon tue desk in his fi- brary Could that thought have had anything to do with her husbands positiveness that she had passed through his library at eleven o'clock that morning? Over that question Mrs Stowe puzzled for long time but she never found satisfactory answer
 Copyright I911 by E. J. Edwards. All
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The Green Forest tribune., 1911-09-22
Father of Peace Movement

famous Geneva court of arbitration in 1871, have thought that I had se- cret formula by which I have been able to acquire languages. ana Gen eral Gushing has told me that many of his friends have been of the same opinion about his mastery of Ian guages. But 1 wan. to say to you that there is no secret about 1t.
 Shall tell you how General Cush- ing and Rufus Choate, whose mastesy of languages was marvelous-who was a greater master of Latin and Greek than either General Gushing or my- self-became lingusts? Each man was accustomed to rise a 5 o'clock in the morning. Each had upon a lit tie table by his bedside grammar of some foreigl language. Half an hour of the early morning spen. in study of that grammar made Rufus Choate one of the greatest masters of Greek and Latin the mod 2rn world has ever known. Half an hours study before breakfast made General Cushing a master of the Continental languages. so Tar as rGdGlItS IHen was concerned, and as he has wonderfully quick ear he was able, afto- a few months travel in Europe. , speak like a na- tive the language he had learned to read in the quiet of his bedroon..
 ''Lik both these men, studied languages on arising in the moraing, before was compelled to take uc my bread-and-butter duties. Like General Gushing, 1 visited Europe early in my study of languages, to learn how to speak the languages of that continent properly. And I will say to you that if you have an inclination to know the modern languages of the classics then steai half an hour-yes, even fifteen minutes-a day from your pleasures or your sleep. and you may, if you have an inborn capacity for Ian guages. master as many languages as 1 have done"
 Copyright, 1911, by E. J. Edwards. All
 Rights Reserved)
The Green Forest tribune., 1911-09-22
While She Was in Boston, Thinking of Her Husband, He Saw Her \ at the Door of H4s Study
 in Andover.

Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe was probably as free from any taint of superstition as any woman who has gained even great or triAing reputa- ton as writer was able to confess herself to be. She was fond of some of the magic toys, especially one which was very popular some forty years ago called planehette. This. the superstitious asserted, was oper- ated through supernatural control of the fingers or palm of any one who demonstrated its magic powers. Mrs. Stowe was confident, however. thai the motion of planchette was wholly due to certain unconscious physical or muscular movements of the player whose hand was upon the little toy.
 But there was one experience which Mrs. Stowe had which she was never able to explain. It occurred at a time when she was living at AndoveT, Mass, her husband, Rev. Dr. Calvin Stowe, being then professor in the
The Green Forest tribune., 1911-09-22

l have concluded-I say it at the risk of being called unchivalrous-tha If you trace the quarrels to their be-
 ginning you will find that h most in stances 1t was the woman who opened the way for the final disagreement. Intelicity usually starts in the fact that either the man or wife fails to make allowances for the others short comings. And, though l will not make myself so ridiculous as to say that all women are lacking in this respect, yet it is my opinion, born of close observa- tion, that, of the domestic snarls that reach court, the majority might have been avoided had the young wives more freely exercised those wonderful peace conservators understanding, consideration. trust, liberal reasoning.
 To say that the woman is all to blame would be unfair; to contend that she is usually responsible ter ths final tragedy would be untrue None denies that in most court eases it is the man who does the deserting. who resorts to violent mistreatment who
The Green Forest tribune., 1911-09-22

and the story behind it. The Ameri- can Line has fleet of nearly a dozen ships. bearing names of states. I know most about the New Jersey" for on her I made ever-to-be-repeated voy- age across the Mediterranean.
 As far as I can gather from various sources, the company which owns the ships nominally has the majority of it's stock in the hands of Greek mer- chant of Smyrna, who went to Amer ica and became a naturalized citizen. and returned here for the purpose of getting the advantages of American citizenship. He is the nominal chief stockholder in the American Line, in an ice company and cinemetograph show, and other enterprises that are opening under the American nag, American protection releases them from all obligation to the Turkish law. By reason of the capitulations in force here every American enterprise is free from Turkish supervision and an interruptions person or persons, as may readily be seen, can greatly abuse the rights of American citizenship.
 What the Flag Covers.
 Tn the case of this American Line" which is a scandal throughout the Le- want. the company ostensibly secured American registration about year ago in order to escape the Turkish law whereby it's ships could be used for the transport of troops. Critics say that this is the same company that previously ran the ships, but simply under another and an American name. They fly the flag over their offices and over the ships; but I venture to say that there are not five persons in the whole outfit who could tell whether Grover Cleveland was brand of po- tato or the president of the United States.
 They use the American shield on the dress uniform of the ships off cers, but they have distorted it so that the blue field is larger than the red and white stripes and instead of hay ing the field filled with stars, there ap- pears upon 1t the white Greek cross. Most of the men in the company are Greeks and thus they are flying the Creek flag in defiance of all responsi- bility. They escape all the taxes that they would have to pay to the Turkish government nor are they sub iect to inspection ty any Turkish of ficial.
 Cattle in Passengers Places. Ii would be well if they were. When went aboard the New Jersey" she was loaded with cargo snd well down to the water line Then there were later taken on 1,500 sheep and goats, lifted aboard in punches by their hind legs. and thrown scramblins upon the decks. These were given the space that ordinarily goes to second class and deck passengers They were crowded in so that there was not room to walk among them. Incidentally, they were not given food or water in the 36 hours that knew them to be aboard. Thirty-one head of cattle were also driven on to the upper deck
The Green Forest tribune., 1911-09-22
A car load of melons were piled high among tha Iifn hnafs

A car load Of melons were piled high among the life boats.
 Over and beyond all these, spraw- ling wherever they could make a space. were two hundred deck passen. gers, chiefly pilgrims to Mecca whose prayers and pistols made them even more picturesque than the goats could not find life preserver on the boat, though l searched AS for the life boats, some of them were occu- pied by the pilgrims who conducted their household arrangements therein
 Passengers or the Bridge.
 The advent of a first class passen- ger on this line was evidently unusual Absolutely no space is provided on deck for first class passengers but was invited to share the captains bridge. It is no exaggeration to state that the filth on deck was from half an inch to two inches thick. On the bridge I was often left in undisputed possession, no officer being present A horribly dirty Greek stood at the wheel
 1 could not find any sign of captains 8 license, pilots license or any other of ficial papers on the boat. In the cabin there is a handsome ikon before which burns light Nobody on the boat speaks English, except one mate who appeared near the end of the voyage and was able to ask to have his pie ture taken.
 And that is the American Line. " Its use of the flag could have been made possible only by some sort of official dereliction or conniyance The government cannot too quickly take cognizance of this shameful condi- tion; for, unless 1 am sadly mistaken, the Plimsoll mark of the boat on which I rode was far under water and enc of these fine days there will be a horrible accident to the world wide shame of the American flag.
 At this critical time there is danger that such abuses of the American name may injure the future of Ameri- can capital even as the infamous American railway concession in China brought the nation into a disrepute there from which it has only of late been recovering America asks noth- ing of Turkey except opportunity to do legitimate business, and to be good neighbors. The American government should be at pains to see that all American representatives shall be worthy of the flag that they fly.
 Copyright. 1911. by Joseph B. Bowles.)
The Green Forest tribune., 1911-09-22
A Link With Burns.

The death has occurred in Dumfries of Thomas Brown, who was married to granddaughter of the poet Robert Burns. Mir. Brown, who was in his eighty-ninth year, was for many years associated with the tweed trade For twenty years thereafter he was church officer of Greyfriars Parish church, and for several years was GUS todian of the house in Burns street, Dumfries, where the poet died.
 MT. Brown married Jane Emma Burns. daughter of the eldest son of the national bard, and his daughter, Miss Jeannie Armour Burns Brown, presents a strong resemblance to the Nasmyth portrait of the poet
The Green Forest tribune., 1911-09-22
Then Pa Grew Reflective.

The Smiths had invited guest to dinner. As the last course was reached little Willie, who had been closely watching the guest almost con. tinually during the meal, looked over at him once more and said:
 You haven't changed a bit since you started eating. have you. MT. Cur tis?"
 Why, mo-" laughed the visitor Why do you ask that question:"
 Because blurted out Willie, con fused by pair of eyes focused on him, because I heard pa say you'd make a big hog of yourself as soor as you got your eyes on the beef"
The Green Forest tribune., 1911-09-22
Impressed.

impressed.
 Actors frequently receive uneXpect- ed proof of the realism of their art. Not long ago, on the occasion of the performance of Hamlet" by distin- guished English player. there were no more interested and absorbed spec tators than two newsies in the gal lery
 The boys had been watching the performance with breathless interest. The last act was drawing to a close. The duel almost dragged the lads from their seats.
 Before their eyes the queen was poisoned, Laertes killed, the king killed. Hamlet killed On tn final tragedy the curtain started down The audience was spellbound.
 In the gallery there was chatter and a crash as one of the boys men, toned started for the door.
 Come on, Tommy" he shouted back to his companion. Hustle! Derell be extras out on dis!"-Har- per's Magazine.
The Green Forest tribune., 1911-09-22
Find Fossil of Sea Tortoise.

The perfect fossil of a huge sea tortoise 30 inches in diameter has been found in Mount Baldy, 5000 feet above the present sea level, near Los Angeles, Cal It is thought that this is a relic of a geological age 100000 years ago. when all the western part of the country was still under the sea, and the Rocky mountains were either submerged or only showed their tips as jagged islets.
The Green Forest tribune., 1911-09-22
Thought Fast Benefited Him.

Professor Mayor of Cambridge uni versity. who died short time ago at the age of ss. decided to fast on progressive scale for the last 4e days. while completing his last work. sn edi- tion of Juyenal For the first week he was to eat every other day, for the next every fourth day. and for the last fortnight aothing at all He car ried out his program till the beginning of the last wees when the doctors compelled him to take food After fl was all over he said T never, in al ny .as se- so well CT 90 taser for work and eln 1aaYiscsd mat | shen ] nave sufereS no hs' il by perscsering 0lth it 7
The Green Forest tribune., 1911-09-22
The Woman Did 1t

gets drunk, who makes himself un- bearable In a score of ways. What I contend is that, though the physical domestic abuses may sarely be laid to the man, yet the initial domestic dis agreement is generally due to the wife. -Harper's Weekly.
The Green Forest tribune., 1911-09-22

But wherefore? The reasons are triple: (1J People do not like to live in constant presence of some one tc whom they are under so heavy debt CD Lifelong content in double har. ness should rest on congenial tenn peraments, not on some romantic stunt. (3) Such marriages are usual ly between the summer man and the summer girl, and therefore do not envisage life's realities.
The Green Forest tribune., 1911-09-22
Another Blow at the Novelist.

Is it we'll to marry the woman you rescue from drowning? the New York Evening Mail asks. The suit for di- vorce for "incompatibility of tempera- ment," filed at Reno by woman whom her husband had plucked from the sea at Asbury Park six years be-
The Green Forest tribune., 1911-09-22
Daily Thouai1t.

Fill thy heart with it, and then nan4e it as thou wilt.-Goethe.