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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-06

T7HERE was theatrical colony of three
persons in the sunny old Southern
city by the sea. First came old eros
yenor. commonly known as Gentleman
George. Nobody knew the age OF Gentle
man George He wore a superb wig, and his
teeth were fine, and his figure erect; but he
had been heard to hint darkly at having
plaved with Edwin Forrest in his prime, and
the glory OF his life was that he had played
the Ghost to Fechter'S Hamlet The fact
that he had been stranded with a Shakes
pearean company in the oil town had never
made him swerve from his allegiance to the
well known Elizabethan leading man and
successful playwright, William Shakespeare.
Gentleman George prided himself on having
the walk. the voice, the impressive manner,
of a Shakcspearean actor. He kept body
and soul together through the kindness OF
Studlev, the local manager Studley would
preface the odd jobs he got for Gentleman
George by saying
"Oh, BY the way, Mr.. Grosvcnor, we are
in tight place this week for an extra foot
man in the play" or whatever other trifilng
Job he could get for Gentleman George. Il
hate to ask YOU; but it would be real
accommodation to us if YOU could help us
out"
At which Gentleman George, assuming a
magnificent air OF condeScenSion, would re-
ply, My dear Studley, no apology is ncces-
sary. shall always be most happy to ac-
commodatc YOU.
The managers policy was entirely differ
ent with the second mcmhcr Of the theatrical
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-06


colony Madame de Montrevillc whose real name WAS
Susan Higgins, who would seventy again.
"Comc now Arabea. Studlcy would say Il want you
to look your preteSt tonight, and take the part OF the
grandmother who lmpS twice across the stage and has
only two lines to say. III warrant the grandmother
will eclipse the leading lady
At this Arabella would poke the manager playtuly
in the ribs what a delightful liar you are Sudley!
| know | am the ugcSt old woman in North America;
but once looked like this
Madame de Alonrcvillc always carried with her
miniature OF herself when she eighteen. 1t showed
a dazzling loneliness Of which nothing remained IN the
lined and wrinkled old face except the glorious eyes,
blue lakes OF light still
Gentleman George and Madame de Montrevilc each
had third story back in tall old lodging house
Just behind the thcater and were unhappy. They
drank together every afternoon and lived their
days OF glory
The third in the theatrical colony also lived in the
lodging house. This was John Maitland which
both his real name and his stage name. He was still
under thirty pale, hollow checked young man with
cough and many rheumatic pains He had regular en-
ploymen in the theatcr promptcr; but the prompt
box a drafty place and his cough and rheumatism,
which got well in the summer, always came back in the
winter Once he too had trod the boards He had been
looked upon OF the rising young men in the pro-
fcsSon. Then suddenly cough and rheumatism fell
upon him like wolves, and he to the old Southern
city. where at least he could live.
Studley was good to him too, and often said, why
dom YOU write play, Maitland? You a university
man, YOU ought to know something about writing, and
You know lot about the stage
universities don't teach play writing, responded
Maitland, with a smile PLAY writing is tcra-
ture, but life. However God knows few at twenty
nine have known more OF life than |. went to the
university, and have landed in the prompt box
Marry rich girl" suggested Studlcy, and write
great play.
Maitland laughed a melancholy laugh and showed
his shabby clothes Not that il is your fault, Mr..
Studcy he FASTENED to say; but the doctors bills
and the medicines cost $ much
| II IN his garnet, little ballroom next TO Madame
dc Montreylc's, Maitland was writing play
the most tremendous kind OF play straight farce; for
as David Garrck said COMEDY is serious business
And in the writing OF the play Maitland haunted
by Momans owes ewes lnvcy as those MhiAh .hnnc
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-06
Entry No. 40 in Our Prize Story Competition

rHERE was theatrical colony Of three
persons in the sunny old Southern
city by the sea- First came old eros
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-04-17
The "Tea Leaf.r."

A good deal of the tea consumed by
the working classes In the days when
Arthur Young complained Of the adj
diction to this luxury had never seen
either India or China. In one Of John
Ashton's works on England he cites a
case in which boy charged with
gambling stated that the money found
in his possession had been made by
picking tea leaves. This led to the dis
.covery that many persons made liv-
ing by picking sloe leaves and white
thorn leaves in the fields near Gambler
well and selling them to local cow
keeper for penny pound. One man
said he picked from fifty to sixty
pounds a day and always found mar
ket for them. The leaves were subse-
quently sold to wholesale merchant.
who obtained as much as 8 shillings a
pound for them under the guise of tea.
The merchant was prosecuted and
fined, not for adulteration. but for de-
frauding the revenue. And the tea
leafer'' is still the slang name for the
petty thief.-London Standard
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Making Insurance Maps.

In making insurance maps certain
features are considered essential, and
the growth of the system has proved
their wisdom and changed them only
as regards the amount of detail that
has been Incorporated. OF first impor-
lance were the colors to show the diff
ferent materials used in the construc.
ton of a building. Naturally red
seemed proper color to signify brick
and yellow to signify wood. These
colors have always been employed for
these materials. Other colors have
been added from time to time, thus
blue for stone, gray for iron, etc.
In fixing signs and characters for
such details as stairways, fire escapes,
dumb waiter shafts, ETC., principal
object was to make them plain and
distinct. They must be easily under
stood by an underwater without ref
erence to my key or marginal foot.
notes.
This object has been carried out.
with the result that when these insur-
ance maps are examined by an insur-
ance man today each sign or charac.
ter has such an individuality of it's
own that it can be easily distinguished
and is not confused with another
Casters Magazine.
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Ostriches and Their Ems

A singular thing about ostriches is
the way they bring up their babies.
70 begin with, there are good many
eggs in the nest dug out Of the hot
sand, but the eggs We're laid by diff
ferent mothers. Ostriches do not lay
eggs every day, and, being far apart,
they would not hatch together. When
the nest is prepared, therefore, all the
ladies in the neighborhood are invited
to contribute an egg apiece, the hostess
returning the favor in due time.
Ostrich eggs are delicious. One
weighs three pounds, or is equal to a
dozen Of a hens. They are very con-
venient, too, for the hunters in the
desert. They not only furnish a de-
lightful meal, but dish to cook in.
The shell is hard and thick, and the
egg is set on the fire, a hole is broken
in the top, it is stirred with stick,
and when it is done the saucepan
serves as dish as well-New York
Tribune
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Whims Of Parrots.

ut is odd,' said the bird store
keeper, "but it is true, how people
come into bird store and expect to
open up conversation with parrot
offhand. They fail and then make up
their mind that the parrot is worthless.
This will apply to majority of seekers
after talking parrot. They do not
give the bird credit for the sense it
actually possesses. There are parrots
valued at anywhere from $50 to $500
that will not be coaxed into converse
ton with stranger nor while he is
present, although they are the very
best Of takers. Parrots often refuse
to perform when there are purchasers
looking on. but once the store is clear
OF them they will chatter away through
their whole vocabulary as if their very
lives depended on their being heard
This obstinacy often spoils good sales
Most parrots will talk to a girl or wo.
man much quicker and freer than to a
boy or a man. "-Browning's Monthly.
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Holy Lands Of All ReIiaion,.

Christians call Palestine the HOLY
Land because it was the birthplace of
the Christian religion on earth as well
as that of the Saviour, whose birth,
ministry and death are inseparably
associated with the history of Jeru-
salem and vicinity. To the Moham-
medans Mecca, in Arabia, is the holy
land, it being the birthplace Of Mo-
manned, the saviour of the followers
of that faith.
India is the holy land of the Chinese
and other oriental Buddhists. 1t being
the native land of Sakya NUM-. the
supreme Buddha. Ellis, one Of the
several divisions Of the ancient Pelo-
ponnesus, was the Mecca and the Jeru-
salem Of the ancient Greeks. The
temple of Olympus Zeus was situated
at ellis, and the sacred festivals were
held there each year. With Achaia
it is at present part of Greece. The
believers in the Sinto religion make
annual pilgrimage to Sitsa Kara, the
immense stone pillar where their su,
preme ruler last stood while talking
to men.-New York World.
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Tho Name of Rio do Janeiro.

Rio de Janeiro owes her name to the
accident of date and the mistake OF
her discovery. When Alphonso de
Souza, the Portuguese navigator, found
himself in the spacious bay he ina gin
ed he had found the mouth of noble
river, and because the day happened
to be the list Of January, 1881. he
named the supposed river after the
first month of the year. The name
was not applied to the city that grew
up on the slopes of the hills till many
years afterward. but San Sebastian,
the original name, is now almost for
gotten. Rio as a city purchases the
beauty of her site at the cost Of health,
for the giant ridges that form the
beautiful background to the town shut
out the breezes that might blow trop-
ical nuisances harmlessly to sea.-Lon.
don Spectator.
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The Word "Fudqe."

Fudge" is word with a history.
There are prosaic etymologists, as
there always are, who derive it from
a Gaelic word meaning deception, but
Isaac Disraeli's view is much more in
teresting. He derives it from a certain
Captain Fudge, who seems to have
been marine Munchausen. You
fudge it" is said to have been his
crews equivalent to the modern
Rats" In collection of some pa
pers of William Crouch, the Quaker,
published In 1712 it is recorded that
one Degory Marshall informed Crouch
that lin the year 1864 we were sen
fenced for Punishment to Jamaica by
Judges Hyde and Twisden, and our
number was fifty-five. We were put
on board the ship Black Eagle The
masters name was Fudge, by some
called Lying Fudge."-London Stand
ard -
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One Thing She Gould Do For Him.

One Saturday afternoon recently q
frail little man started to cross Broad.
way at Forty second street just when
all sorts Of fast moving vehicles were
whirling their matinee patrons up
Broadway. At the same instant q
very tieshy lady started from the curb
directly opposite with the same pur-
pose in mind.
BY remarkable luck both succeeded
In escaping the passing wheels; but, as
fate would have it, the little man,
whose eyes were busy ogling the traf-
tic on either side Of him, darted plump
into the oncoming woman at the mid.
die Of the street. The result was a
sickening collision, with the little man
down and out.
"You should have looked where you
were going," said the deshy woman,
bending over the victim on the curb,
to which he had been carried by a
traffic policeman. "But Is there any
thing can do for you?"
EYES," he replied family, opening
his eyes moment. "Get the number
Of the automobile that struck me"-
LippincOtt's.
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The Leipzig Book Fair.

Leipzig is the largest publicat ton CEN
ter in the world More books and pc
riodicals are printed there than any
where else, and more people are en-
gagged in making and using printers
supplies than in London, New York,
Berlin or Paris. Many of the orders
for these publications come from Eng
land, France, Austria and other coun-
tries because the mechanical work can
be done in Leipzig much cheaper than
elsewhere. More than half of the
transactions in books take place at the
Leipzig book fair, which occurs every
year at the jubilate, the first week in
Easter. when booksellers and publish
ers from all parts Of Germany assem-
Bile to compare and balance accounts
and to make contracts for the next
year.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-04-17
SEALING a Mine.

The brilliancy of the clear autumn
night was dimming in the first faint
light of the dawn when the work of
sealing the shafts began. Up into the
cloudless sky, through the tangled steel
work of the tipple, a tall tower of
black smoke 300 feet high poured up
into the still air and faded into the
dawn. In two hours the black pits
were covered first with a layer of
rails, and then on this was laid solid
bed Of concrete, and two hours later
only few thin wisps of smoke that
poured up through, cracks along the
edges of the great seal, like steam
beneath the lid of teakettle, told of
the inferno that was seething in the
mine 400 feet below. With the air cut
of and the shaft sealed the fire could
live only so long as sufficient oxygen
remained to feed the fames.-Atlantic
Monthly. Gill;.
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A eawbee From CARLYLE.

I used to see Carlyle when I lived
as child in Chelsea. / regarded him
with extraordinary aversion and fear
One day l was sent to post a letter
l suppose was older. though uncon-
scious. as always, Of anything ahead
cannoned into Carlyle. The impact
laid me fat on the pavement, where
yelled for some minutes, though sooth.
ed eventually by Englands great think
er. And then-this is the point of the
story-Carlyle dived into his pockets,
produced halfpenny and said kind
~, Here is bawbee for Bobby" l
have the halfpenny to this day. When
Mr.. Carlyle died l was put into deep
mourning. He was the first and per-
haps the most interesting of all my
street acquaintances.-Robert Ross in
London Bystander.
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Self Reliance,

The spirit Of self help is the root of
all genuine growth in the individual,
and, exhibited in the lives Of many, it
constitutes the true source of national
vigor and strength. Help from with
out Is often enfeebling in it's effects,
but help from within invariably invig-
crates. Whatever is done for men or
classes to certain extent takes away
the stimulus and necessity of doing for
themselves, and where men are sub
jected to overguidance and overgovern-
ment the inevitable tendency is to rem
der them comparatively helpless.-Sam-
uel Smiles,
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NOTICE OF APPLICATION
FOR
LIQUOR LICENSE
STATE OF MINNESOTA,
County of Beltrami,
CitV Of Rami0i

STATE OF MINNESOTA,
County OF Beltrami. fss.
City of Bemidji. ...
Notice is Hereby Given. That application
has been made IN writing to the city council
praying for license to sell Intoxicating liquors
for the term commencing on May 8th 1911,
and terminating on May Sth. 1912, by the fol-
lowing person. and at the following place,
as stated in said application. respec-
lively, owit: .-..F =,
E. E. GEARLDS
at and in the first floor front room Of that
certain two story brick building located on
lot II. block "A original townsite Bemidji.
MINI.
Said application will be heard and deter
mined by said city council of the city Of
Bemidji at the council room in the city hall
in said city OF Bemidji. in Beltrami county,
and State OF Minnesota. on Monday. the 1st
day OF May 1911. at o'clock p. M. OF that
day.
Witness my hand and seal of city OF Bemidji
this 18th day Of April 1911.
[Seal] GEO. STEIN. sc
City Clerk.
1T Mon-First apr. l7-Last a.
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Astroloov and War;

1t has been stated on what Is said to
be good authority that representative
of the Prussian government asked Of a
French astrologer the proper time to
pick quarrel with France After
carefully comparing horoscopes Of
high officials he answered that any
hour in the afternoon as near as possi-
bic midway between the 9th and 18th
of July. 1870. On the 18th of July
William snubbed Benedict, the French
emissary, and on the 18th friendly re-
lations ceased.
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A Field at Homo,

A Boston gentleman was showing a
West African who is interested in
missionary work number of photo.
graphs.
What is this? p asked the visitor,
gazing in wonder at one of them.
"Oh, that's q snapshot taken during
q football scrimmage at the stadium"
But has your church no mission
aries to send among these people?"
was the quick rejoinder. Boston
Transcript.
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Two other laborers who attempted to
rescue the first two were similarly
dazed and drowned.
TWO SHOT IN HoLDuP FIGHT

Young Doctor Resists Negro, and 1
Revolver Battle Ensues.
Colorado Springs, Colo, April IT,
Bill" Taylor, negro holdup man,
died here as the result of revolver
duel with DR.. R. w. Reasoner, who
was himself slain in the fight.
Taylor stopped the physician while
the latter was answering a sick call
After giving up his watch and stick.
pin, DR.. Reasoner drew his revolver
and opened fire. The negro returned
the shots, both men receiving fatal
wounds
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Verv Awkward

"Your Albert is going bald, amt e,
Mrs. Smithers?"
yes, Mrs. Peters, e certainly is get
tim Ugh 'eaded, and it makes it very
awkward for the pore dear. When e
washes e as to keep is at on is 'ead
to tell where is face fnishesv'-Lon-
don Mail.
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Economy In the Home

Economy IN the Home.
'What the land needs is an era of
economy in the home"
"Yes?'
Eyes. Don't you agree with me?
Certainly, but-er'-
"Well?" ....
"Would you mind going home past
my house and telling my wife about
itY"-Houston Post
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His 1oucF,y Wav.


Hes awfully touchy, isn't he?"
II should say he was. A man who
had grudge against him defied him
to come out and fight, and he got 50
mad at the fellow that he locked him
self in his Office and stayed there two
days."-Clevcland Plain Dealer
Still She Liked Him.
She-Yes. l like Ted. He Is so ex.
travagant. He-That Is hardly the best
quality for a husband. is It? She-Of
course not; am not going to marry
him.-Boston Herald.
4 Rite and Wrong.
Marriage" remarked the professor,
1was rite practiced by the an
cients"- i
And bachelorhood," Interrupted a
maiden Of forty, rs wrong practiced
BY the modern. Boston Transcript.
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II DEPENDS.

DO you think man should take his
wife into his confidence regarding his
business affairs?" asked the man who
had just been married. II.
If he isn't making any money, yes"
replied the experienced one cautiously.
Spokane Spokesman-R Review.
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FUCKER BILL IS PASSED
Provides for Publicity of Compression.
al Campaign Funds.

Washington, April 17.-By unani.
nous vote, 3O3 to 0, the house passed
the Rucker bill for ante-election pub
licity of congressional contributions.
The measure was the subject of
bitter fight by the Republicans to
force adoption of an amendment for
publicity of expenses at the primaries
All amendments to this end were
defeated
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HELP WANTED

the United States
army, ablebodied unmarried men
between ages of Is and IS; citizens
of the United States, of good
character and temperate habits,
who can speak, read and write
the English language. For in
formation apply to Recruiting
Officer, 4th St., and Minnesota
Ave-, Bemidji, Minnesota.
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Utter Waste.

eve all sigh for something unattain-
able"
That's right. My wife has never
been able to find any good use for the
burned matches" = Washington Her
aid, .... o.
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leW-CaSh- Want-Rate
!2-Cent-a-word

Where cash accompanies copy we
will publish all "Want Ads" for half
cent a word per insertion. Where
cash does not accompany copy the
regular rate of one ceut word will
be charged.
EVERY HOME HAS A WANT AD
For Rent--For Sale-.Exchange
--heIp Wanted--Work Wanted
- EtC.-.Etc.
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A Would Be Widow.

He (who has just proposed)-I hope
you don't think that am too old for
you? Sbe-Oh. no! was only won.
dering If you were old enough.-1llus
trated Bits.
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The Way of tho World

isn't 1t awful? According to the
papers, there just seems to be one rev.
olution after another"
eyes. That's the way the world goes
round."-Judge.
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1t is the popularity of fool to be
quick in seeing the faults of others
while he is blind to his own.
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Three Overcome While Attempting to
Rescue Others.

Corona, ILL.,. April 17.-Father, son
and two friends were drowned in
cesspool here. The son, an Italian
laborer, in trying to- clean the pool
was suffocated by gases and sank into
six feet of water at the bottom. The
father, in graphing for him while he
was struggling, was also overcome
and pitched forward into the pool.
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FOR SALE-House and lot on
Lake Boulevard. Part cash and
easy payment on balance. In
qulre o. N. Steenstrup, Geo 7
Baker & Co.'S. Store. E
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KNOWN VALUES

Fla KNOWN VALUES
PUBLISHERS CLASSIFIED ADVERTIs,
ING ASSOCIATION PAPERS
WE ARE MEMBERS
Papers in all parts of the States and
Canada. Your wants supplied-anywhere any
lime by the best mediums in the country.
Get our membership lists-Check papers
want. We do the rest.
Publishers Classified Advertising Associa.
TN, Buffalo, N. Y.
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Marriage In Scotland.

Boys over fourteen years Of age ana
girls over twelve may marry In Scot.
land without the consent Of parents.
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FOR SALE-Three second hand
typewriters. One Smith Premier
at $4,000. One Smith Premier at
$500 and one Remington at
$500. Apply at this Office.