Evening Star Newspaper, June 24, 1893, Page 15

THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON, D C. SATURDAY, JUNE DENVER PLUTOCRATS. Stories About Fortunes and Fortune | Making in Colorado. SOME RICH CATTLE KINGS. -—— Tabor's Troubles and How His Mexican Mines Have Kelieved Them—Waleott and ‘Teller—Tom Bowen and Other Colorado | Millionaires. vance Cees Special Correspondence of The Evening Star. Dexver, June 15, 1893. ENVER Is GROWING like a green bay tree. ‘The city is fast climbing up the hill on which the | capitol is built, and a | score of big business | blocks have been built within a year. New residences and iine ones have covered the hill, and this golden city of the Rockies has more rich men than ever. Fortunes are made and Jost here quicker than in any other place of this size in the Union. Nearly every one of Donver's bloated bondaolders began life here, and on every other strect corner you may meet & man outat the elbows who a few years ago Was roliing in wealth. I saw ex-Senator Tabor ¥. He bad on a new suit of clothes, and he looks younger by five years than he did six mionths ‘This last winter has been a hard He was for a time loaded with stments made in flush time di il, and the income of his Denver his mines was scarcely ‘nfficient to keep down the interest. He | closed his residence here and went into bis opera house block to live, and the people began to speak of him as poor Tabor. Just when the | skies were darkest, however, he sold one of bis | Mexican mines to a Seotch syndicate for several million dollars. This has, i am told. enabled | him to release all his property from debt, and | he is now on a sound financial basis again. Ho is going to refurnish his opera house, and he will live in as good style asever. Tabor's career would make a good sensational novel. From the time that he drove a wagon across the plains and sold flour and bacon and frying | Pans to miners till now it has been full of ad- ¥entnre, and he has made and lost many mil- lions. His divorce is still remembered here, | and I am told that society has forever shut its doors against him and bis wife. Mrs. Tabor No. Lhas grown rich, and she is worth very | nearly a million. The property which Tabor gave her at the demands of the courts has 3m. Morar. greatiy imereased inv. She has invested | her income well and she is rich and resye. Tabor’s«on Maxcey is a snc man, and he is fast_accumata He manages the Brown P his wife is considered the most beautiful in Denver. Mow A CARPENTER MADE A roRTUXE. | This hotel is one of the finest buildings in the | Union, and the story of its construction gives some idea of the ups and downs of this western country. It was built by a man named Henry | C. Brown, who began life here as a carpenter and who worked for years at regular da: wages. He manazed to save enough money bay atract of 16) acres of land on the cactus | hill near the village of Denver. and he paid the | government for this $1.25 per acre. ‘The land | had no water and the people all laughed at his | foliy,too. Denver gradually grew and Brown's land became valuable. For years it was all he could doto pay the taxes, and he was advised towel. He preferred to starve and hold on. ‘Then the Leadville boom came and money | flowed into Coloralo. Denver prospered, and it soon surrounded his farm. Ten acres of it | was bought for the capitol building and the Fest was cut up into town lots, and upon these the finest houses of Denver are built. The re- sult was thet Brown made a fortune, and he put something. like « million dollars of 1t into this hotel. Ithas been finished only about a year, bat Iam told that his managers are already making a profit of $20,000 a month out of it, MOFFAT AND HIS MILLIONS. David H. Moff. naire and be now has a bank of his own here in} stocks and gold | of owners of t Bis tirst money in min Little Pittsbar; et him a large sum. capital here was made in bank- ing. He came from New York to Town to take & piace as teller in a bank in Des Moi he attracted the attention of a capitalist wanted to start a bank in Omaha, and young Moffat was made the cashier of that bank. le was in Omaha when tho Pike's Peak ex-| eitement came on and at that time he cam=/ west. He specalated here in groceries and| other les which were needed for shipment | famons bank robbery of a few years ago oc- eurred. Every one remembers the story. A man Moffat’s private room at the | Bank and holding upa bottle whieh he said contained nitro gly he would blow | Moffat. the bank ‘and himself into eternity if Moffat would not write oat for him a check | for $20,009 and give by Moffat looked into The man took gh the police were on bis track he eseaped. Tam told that in seeking him they found the bottle | whieh had terrified Moffat, and this on being analyzed was foand to contain nothing but | water. Not long ago man stepved into Mof- ivate room at the bank and said: fat, there comes a time in every 2.2" life when if assistance is given him he becomes a wealthy man and if refused he by comes a beggar. Tam in just that situation.” “-f imsve been in that situation myself,” re- lied Moffat, “and Mr. Chatfee made me what | am. What is your proposition? If I can he'p you I will.” ‘The man told his story and that Moffat staked him and mud THE KOUNTZ BROTHERS, Among the richest bankers in tho United | Btates are the Kountz Brothers. They have Banks in New York, Omaka and here, and the the result wis ma fortune. operations extend te 3 of the Un States. They come, I think, from eastern Ohio originail were brought up on a farm. where their father had locas landed in this country from Saxon up we art ou | rado. jand Lam told that they have shared here alike | ships and noamusements. Stillhe is considered | I am told, | simply tossed back into the heap until some j it. | fifties, He had just tinished learning a black- | came to the Rocky mount | months on parched corn and game. | @ man came along with a team of oxen which | his big smelter here is enabled to do some of | out on the r | his ta 24. 1893—EIGHTEEN PAGES. 15 time prior to the war, and they opened a bank here in 1862 as a branch of the Omaha house. Charley Kountz is now the head of the Denver Bank, and he is one of the richest men in Colo- He has a beautiful home on Capitol Hill, and he has some of the most beautiful aintings you will find in the west. The four Kountz brothers have always worked together, in all profits, Luther, the third son, who first started the bank here, died not long ago, but the firm continues the same and it grows richer and stronger every year. TWO PUEBLO NABOBS. Speaking of brothers working together makes me think of two millionaires of Pueblo. These men are not widely known, but they are, Iam told, worth somewhere between ten and fifty million dollars, and they do all their business together. throughout the the Thatcher brothers of Pueblo, and are among the rare birds in the aviary of western millionaires. Mahlon D. Thatcher, the younger of the two, is as nearabuman auto- maton asa mar generally gets; his soul is wrapped up in money making, and he is raid to have no more interest in other matters than the pro- verbial hog has in the Sabbath day. He reads only railroad reports, the stock markets and financial journals, and his life is made up ineat- ing, working and sleeping. He writes all his N. P. HILL own letters himself ard he knows every detail of his vast business and attends to most of them personally. He is a man of few warm friend- one of the ablest financiers of the West. He owns bank stock all over the country, and he is, a director in a dozen different banks. John Thatcher, the elder. is a more companionable fellow, and, though he is said to be a good business man, it is Mahlon who man- ages the property. These two men came to ‘olorado poor. John Thatcher drove an ox team load of supplies from Denver to Pueblo before the civil war and opened a store there. He had his own way of doing business. His goods were never placed on shelves, but they were in a heap on the floor and about the room, and customers went in and picked out what they wanted and asked John the price. He al- ways put it high enough, but he never changed it. If the customer objected the goods were other enstomer came along. This went on for some time, and then Mahlon eame ont to help his brother. He brought order out of the chaos, and ander him the store began to make money. From merchandising they drifted into banking, and the store was turned into a hard- ware shop, which still belongs to the brothers, and which makes monoy. They have, during their career, been very careful as to’ invest- ments, avoiding mines and speculations of that Pueblo has grown from a village toa ;and their property is accumulating with startling rapidity. TWO RICH CATTLEMES. The cattle kings of the west are found farther north than Denver. There are a great number of persons who ace making fortanes in sheep and cattle in Montana, Wyoming and the Da- kotas, and the cattle kings of this part of the country have their interests in the south or farther north. There are two men in Pueblo | who got into the cattle business in a curious way and who have both made fortunes out of | Their names are Baxter and Creswell. Baxter came from Indiana away back in the smith’s trade when he got the gold fever and s. He reached | here during the winter and bad to live for There was no flour, baco or sugar to be bought, and Mr. Baxter said not long ago, in speaking of this winter, that he felt that he could almost do murder to get alittle floar. Creswell bad | boen a carpenter in the east, and he and Baxter | became great friends. They worked at their | trades in the mining camps during the day and in the evening devoted themselves to mining. | aring the first year they saved about $1,000 { apiece, and with this they bought x ranch’ on the Arkansas river and raised vegetables and graiz by irrigation. They got high prices for the products, and Baxter had a blacksmith shop, at which he repaired the wagons or shod | the teams of the passing gold seekers. Oue day were nearly dead from exhaustion. He was disgusted with life and offered to_ trade his en- tire oattit fora male. The trade was made, the wagon being the consideration in the mind of Baxter for the male, and the oxea were SENATOR WoLcoTT. turned ont on the plains to die. To Baxter's surprise ther found the best of food in the Jains and by spring they were in fine condi- tion. They were driven to Denver and were sold to the butchers there for a good round | price. ‘This started Baxter and Creswell in the cattle business and they have since made a fortune at it. SOME RICH POLITICIANS. Anumber of the rich men of Denver have | beea engaged in polities. I saw ex-Congress- | man Symes in San Francisco the other diy. He | has gone back to his law practice, and he is | making more gold dollars every ‘year at bis | practice than he has hairs in his head. Symes | ade most of his money at the law. ie | has a building here which brings him in a rent | .000 a year, and which is worth a| narter of a mil it has a law Library in it for the use of its tenants and is excellent prop- nator Hill is said to be a very rich | an. He has made a fortune in smelting gold and silver, aad he has a secret process by which the best r: ining in the world. Not long ago | Senator Hill made a big lot of money in oil. He | owned a large tract of land in the Arkansas valley, and on this oil was discovered a few years ago. Now hundreds of derricks stand ing lands of this farm, and oil enongh is produced from these regions to eup- ply the entire western trade. Mr. Hill is the active manager of the smelter. and I am told that he is one of the best judges of metais in the United States. OUR TWo SENATORS. Tlearn hore that Senator Wo'cott is fast be- coming arich man. He has made a great deal of money in mines, and his income from practice is said to be about $40,000 a | He made a lot of money at Crippe and, with bis brother, Henry Wolcott, nearly all’ of his mining speculations have | turned out well. He ownsa fine ranch near Denver, upon which he is raising some blooded and where the milk and the champagne cost just the same. enator ‘Teiler iy a much poorer man than Wolcott, and his property is estimated in the tens of thousands rather thin millions. He ant of good tand, and he has aver which may yet make It has taken a fortune to irrigate . but it is said to be a fine piece of property, and it will be eventually very valuable. How T a. year. nk as the San This company was nothing. Bowen saw that there was money in itand in 1881, when the stock was being played for at poker at the rate of two drinks fora share. Tom Bowen began to buy ii $300,000 worth of stock for 275, and ina short time acquired control of the company. He + then went into developing the mine in earnest, and in a short time made a fortune. Iam told that Bowen made some money in Creed and that he ie now well to do. _ Judge Belford, the red rooster of the Rockies, is also doing well. He has gotten back his old grip on the people, and he is making a great deal of money at the law. He told me once that he would have been worth $500,000 today if he had never gone into Congress, and that he Was making $20,000 a year when he was elected, Fuaxk G. Canpenten, ———__+e-_—_ THE SNAKE WOULDN'T TURN, They Had Him in a Lathe and Were Going to Use Him for Shafting. From theCincinnati Tribune. In the fall of 1836 I was sent from an east- ern firm to Colorado to stiperintend the erec- tion of a sawmill to replace an old one which was destroyed by fire. Everything went on nicely and the mill was in running order in about two weeks, with the exception of a coun- ter shaft to run the planer and matcher, which was missing. To send to the factory would take not less than two weeks, and we came to the conclusion to cuta piece off the old line shaft and turn it up ourselves,as we had an old lathe standing next to the boiler and en- gine. ‘The weather of the last month was drv and very warm, but at sunset that day a heavy snow storm set in and the thermometer dropped to zero. The next morning we sent our engineer to get one of those old line shafts, but found them covered with snow and ice, At last he succeeded in getting hold of a piece about eight feet long. It measured about two inches in diameter, somewhat thicker in the center nd tapered at one end. We needed only five feet. so we sent for a sledge and chisel to cut off the right length. Ore stroke and off flew the thin part. I told the men this kind of iron would not do, but the engineer said all iron would break like this in zero weather; it soon would be all right if it came into the latho next to the boiler. He took the shaft over to the vise and centered same, and from there to the lathe, put the steady rest into position, and tried to turn it to the right side, but all in vain. AS suid above, the lathe was located near the boiler, a warm place, the ice had melted dur- ing the time and the shaft got softer and softer and the tool would not cut at ail. At this moment the proprietor of the place stepped in. and, seeing his man running the lathe, asked him what he was gomg todo, “I am trying to turn a shaft for our planer, but I never saw a piece of iron like this. First it was as hard as glass, but as soon as it got warm it turned soft, and’ is getting softer all the time.” ‘The proprietor took a step forward just in time to see the two ends drop out of the centers, but held in the middle by the steady rest, showing several different colors. The pro- rietor wasan old man and had for many years iived in Colorado, and one glance convinced him that his engineer had taken a frozen rattle- snake for a piece of iron, cut off the tail and put the balance in the lathe to turn same off for acounter shaft. ‘The snake was not hanging on the rest longer than a minute when it com- menced to whirl around to free itself. All the men ran, and the snake after them, until some- body killed it with a club. We looked for the which by this time had also thawed, and found fifteen rattles on same, The engineer swore he never would look for another piece of iron on a day like this in Colorado, see ight on the Amazon, Awnea From Lippincett’s, He got | ‘JOHN E. OWENS. Some Personal Reminiscences of That Very Popular Actor. HIS GREAT VERSATILITY. In His Career He Played the Whole Range of Comic and Pathetic Characters—He Be- gan Under Burton — Was Successful in England—His Personal Characteristics. ——_e—___. N THE 7TH OF DE- cember, 1886, John E. Owens died at his country home in Balti- more county, and the suddenness of his de- mise added to the grief the sad tidings con- veyed to many hearts on both sides of the Atlantic. He bad en- deared himself to all who knew him, to whom he was a delight- fal companion, and to many whose memory of his goodness in their hours of need made doubly painful the loss of a kind and generous friend. Ihad known and enjoyed the friend- ship of John E. Owens for many years, and I can speak of him only with a tearful regret, for it was a personal loss I felt most deeply. ‘The stage iost one of its most talented and versatile actors, who more nearly than any actor I can recall succeeded Charley Burke in humor and pathos, The broadest humor and the deepest pathos found in those two ornaments of the American stage most successful delinentors. Mr. Owens’ range of characters exceeded Mr. Burke's. When I think of Owens’ Caled Plum- mer T recall Charles Burke's Grandfather Whiteheai, and I can call to mind no other reprosentation which bears comparison with either of them. Mrs, Owens has published a delightful volame of memories of her husband, and, in looking over it, it takes me back to the time when tho theater was to me the acme of enjoyment—when I was in my seat before the call of the orchestra and never left the theater until the last word of the farce, then so important a part of the even- ing’s performance, had been spoken; nor did the enjoyment ond then; the wittand hamor was prolonged over the supper table, and in thoge social hours it was my good fortune to meet the bright galaxy of “stars” and “etock” which shed luster on the American stage. The sole survivor of that bright throng, Joseph Jeffer- son, is, 1am pained to hear, very ill. I trust his recovery will leave upon’ the stage almost the Inst of those bright particular stars of whom I retain so many delightful memories, Some weeks ago I was in Baltimore while Jeffer- son was playing an engagement, and Mr. John T. Ford told me he was not at all well, and most deeply depressed by the loss of his homo at Buzzard’s Bay and the treasures it con: tained, paintings, library, correspondence and valuable manuscripts, BEGAN UNDER BURTON. To return to Mr. Owens. He began his theat- rical career under the management of Mr. Wm. E. Burton at the National Theater, Philadel- phia, in 1841, and under Mr. Burton's manage- Tlooked down the precipice on the edge of | which we were hanging, and as the uncoiled hawser snapped like a rotten thread the launch was hurled back into the churning waves. One minute we were threatened with destruction in | the mad whirl of a giant sucking whirlpool,and the next saw us spinning off at a tangent to| bring up against a more terrifying wave that | seemed bent on ending our career. But the Intrepid rode the water like a duck and after ult of the flood bobbed up undaunted for another encounter. Crouching in her bot- tem and baling the water as it flew over the gunwales in drenching spray or in massive waves, with our hats as well as anything else | we could get hold of, we waited for the final | toss which should end our danger and send us| bodily into the tlood to be tossed about,swollen | and bruised, the dead prey for myriads of | feathered scavengers. For more than five hours wo were the ehuttle- cock for this manine flood, which. as it swept upstream against the powerful eurrent of the | mighty river, backed up the descending waters until even the highest banks were flooded. The largest trees fell victzms to the raging torrent and the tall banks were washed away in stitch a manter that later travelers scarcely kuew the river again. “Look ahead!” cried Franklin, who was holding on to the wheel with a grip of death. “For God's sake pray, lads! "The end has come! Look sharp! If we brave this danger it will be by a miracle!” and there ahead of us, looming up out of the middle of the river, rose a large island whose sides were fully twenty feet high. ‘The mad torrent was meking straight for this obstruction, and, whic we were being carried onward with the rapidity of lightuing, two of us managed to crawl aft to Franklin's assist- ance. Grasping the wheel we strained in united | ffort and succeeded in holding the launch head on” to the flood. Every eye was on the lookout for whatever vantage we could gam, and when Franklin shouted to usin ® voice made hoarse by des- eration. “Put her hard over now! With me, | povs, and perhaps we can eseupe,” we tugged and pniled until every cord im our bodies seemed to be on the rack, A roar,a weird hor- rible shriek, such us hear again,” broke waters—a shriek of augry defian mad flood was hurled back from t half on each side, its force almost broken, ‘The command of onr whe alone saved us, for with the partmg waters we shot mto that side which washed over the powerful chan- nel of the river, and in another moment we were swept down stream with the rapidity of a streak of sunlight, At firet stern on, we were fortunately able to swing our boat head to with the current in a short time, and from then on we had no trouble to keep our launch clear of the threatened collisions with trees and wreckage. soe The Engazed Girl. From the London Dai'y News. “A Seasoned Bridesmaid” makes bitter com- plaint in Woman of the behavior of engaged girls. It is an old grievance of the unengaged, but has rarely been set forth in such minute- nese of detail. The engaged ring finger piays » considerable part in this rcmonstrance. It is always being flaunted in the face of the unen- gaged. If you tell the engaged person that she has a hairpin sticking out, xp goes that Auger to push itin. Every office that can possibly be done with one digit is sure to be done with the btrusive engaged finger. Sometimes the en- gaged girl will drop in for a chat, but it 18 gen- erally when her friend is tired and sleopy, und the chat is always about “him” and how he roposed, and how delightful it is to think that ie has never cared for my other girl before, and how charming and sweet “his pcopie” are. This remonstrant, who has been bridesmaid more than the fatal number of times, is_begin- ning to sigh for a place where there will be “no marriages or giving in marriage.” ps seein ker Players. From the Germantown Telegraph. “used to be fond of poker,” he aid, and the expression on his face became retrospective, sense I got four aces downed out in ry I hev sorter gin: up playin’ the game. ‘our opponent had a straight flush, did he?’ So he bad five ja “That's impossibi “Stranger. bev you ever played poker in Mis- . if you ever ect down ina game out there, anda red-eved man, whose clothes smell of cattle, quietly whitties a corner off the table with a bowie knife, and allows that he bez five jacks, jast bunch your kiards in the pack and say, “That's good tee None Lf. From Vorne She—"I am so passionately fond of rare china.” He—*Your family is such an old one that I should think von would have some begutiful down.” was, but I had te propose by | t know how to make a Z.” giauds which feed the roots of the hair are uot Sy banking business im Omaba some | badly managed aud its stock fell to practically , Closed up. | the ment he remained until 1844, playing in Phila- delphia most of that time, but occasionally visiting Baltimore. During that period he was ciated with many brilliant actors as and in the stock company at that He gave a cast of “Hamlet” Dezember which was never #urpassed. Hamlet, Edwin Forre Ghost, John R. Scott; Laertes, James W. Wallack; Horatio, E. 8.’ Connot Claudius, J. B. Roberts; Polonins, W. Jones First Grave Digger, W. E. Burton; § Digger, John’ E. Owens; First Actoi P. Bowers; Gertrude, Mrs. Malinda Ophelia, Josephine ‘Clifton; Player Queen, Mrs, A. Knight, In 1844 Owens commenced an engagement at the Baltimore Museum,and there our acquaint- ance began, It was under the management of Josh Silsbee and Hamm. Josh Silsbee was somo- what famed asa Yankee comedian and Hamm was the business manager. Jack Owens se- cured the liberal salary of $14 a week. then very liberal, and on the little stage at the top of the museum most of the famed actora and actresses of that period appeared. Mrs. Russell (Mrs. John Hoey), Mary Gannon, Mary Devlin, Mra. D. P. Bowers, Miss St. Clair, E. E. Daven- ort and J. W. Albaugh here won their first laurels. The stars who filled the little theater were Murdock, Booth (the glder, of course), Jas. W. Wallack, Joe Cowell, & famed comedian: John K. Scott, Charley Burke, Charlotte Cushman, Fanny ‘Wallack, Mrs, Farren, Julia Dean, Eliza Logan, Mr, and Mrs. Barney Williams, Mrs. Sinclair Forrest and others. How few remember these admirable actors and actresses, and yet the stage today, with all its glare and glitter, can produce no comparison to Mra. Farren, Eliza Logan and Julia Dean. InSeptember of that year the museum opened with vaudevitle, and Mr. and Mrs. H. Mrs. John Drew) played a “star” engagement. One of the attractions of that period was the burlesque of “Beauty and the Beast.” with Mre. J.B. Booth as Beauty, James L. Gallagher as the Beast, John E. Owens as John Quill, John Sefton as Sir Aldgate Pump, and Mra, Russell (Mrs, Hoey) as Dressalinda.” 1 will digresa a moment to say that when the National Theater was burat bere in 1825 the same burlesque was bills, and Ii Aldgate Pump, illand Mrs, Burke a8 uty Wee 0 What a trio! Owens did not long ri Burton then managed the Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, and Owens was engnged there and remained under Burton's e at during the season, return- ing to play a star engagement at the Baltimore Museum. “Atter engagements at New Orleans and elxewhere Owens returned to the museum, with which he was so identified. and tually became its manager. One of the ts made by Owens in Philadelphia was a volunteer fireman, a character which has no existence now, but which made the fortune of Frank Chanfran, whose Mose drew crowded houses everywhere. Owens’ Jakey was so successful that it enabled Burton to purchase the Chambers Street Theater and at the close of the season Burton made the be- ginning of his famed management in the city of New York. Burton acknowledged his in- debtedness to Owens by the presentation to him of a massive silver vase, with appropriate insemption. ‘MANAGING THE BALTIMORE MUSEU Under Owens’ management at the Baltimore Musenm Dolly Davenport and George Jordan made their first appearance. Jordan came here soon after and played at the little theater over Joe Shillington's book store, and rose very rapidly, and was in the very strong com- pany with Burton at the Chambers Street heater. He was an admirable actor and one of the handsomest men on the stage in his day. He played in England from 1861 and returned here to support Kate Bateman and played an engagement with Laura Ki He was with Owens at the “La Variei@” Theater. New Orleans, when the troubles began in 1860, and with Owens and Dolly Davenport joined the “Cocktail” Guards, it was said, for service in the confederacy. This rumor, whether true or false, boded trouble when he appeared on his return from England, but his friends rallied to his support and he was greeted with great en- thusiasm. Owens made his debut in New York at Broug- ham’s Lyceum in January, 1851, ‘David Cop- perfield” was produced at Burton’s Chambers Street at the same time. The cast will, lam re, be of interest to the readers of Tuk STAR. he cast at Brougham’s Lycezm: David Coj perfield, David Palmer; Uriah Heep, John Owens; Wilkins Micawber, John Brougham; Daniel Peggotty, H. Lynne; James Steerforth, John Dunn; Betsy Troticood, Mra. Vernon; vse Dartie, Kate Horn; Mrs, Micawber, Mra. W. R. Blake; Little ly, Mra. George Loder; Agues Wakefield,’ Mary _ Taylor (Our Mary"). At” Burton's Theater, same date, the cast was David Copperfield, George Jordan; Uriah Heep, Tom Jounst ; Witkins Micarcber,W. RB. Burton; Daniel Peg- gqotty, W. R. Blake; James. Steerforth, Lester Wallick; Betsy Trotrrood, Mrs. Hughes; Mrs. rforth, Mrs. Holman; Rose Dartle, Mra. Russell (Mrs. Hoey): Mrs. Micawber, Mra, Skerritt; Little Emily, Miss Hill; Martha, Miss Weston (Mrs. Charles Matthews). What a crowd of local memories these names evoke. A theater was evolved from the old warehouse on 6th street, next to the St. James Hotel, under management of Mrs. Timm, and there Kate Horn, Mrs. Malinda Jones, Mrs, Charles Burke and the Skerritts (Mr. and’ Mrs.) played. Mrs. Hughes was for years leading actress at the National. SUCCESS IN URIAH HEEP. The idea of John Owens in Uriah Heep, that detestable creature, could hardiy be imagined, it was so unlike anything he had attempted, but the Press of New York stamped it as “showing the creative power of genius and the truest representation of any character in the novel,” and another New York paper said: “The stage Hunt | cannot boast of anything more truthful and effectiv After this performance Thomas Hamblen offered Owens “a certainty or good sharing terms” if he would sign articles to play Shylock and Sir Giles Overreach. “Drop comedy,” he said. “You have struck the key- note of your forte. I have seen nothing to surpass this masterly performance.” Owens could not be prevailed on to forsake comedy for tragedy. it was so con- genial tohis sunny nature. | In his book he tells of traveling through New England with a company composed of Wm. Warren, E. L. Davenport, Wm. Wheatley, John Gilbert and George Ryer and others. What a delight to see one of the old comedies cast by such a com- ny. After a successful engagement at New York he returned, as alw: to the Baltimore Museum, where he pli Uriah Heep, and then Wilkins Micawber, which I have seen him in, and enjoyed the unctuous humor of that character more suited to his style. Owens at this time produced, with splendid scenery by Charley Getz, the spectacle of the “Forty Thieves,” but ‘the stage was too smali, only five of the thieves could get foothold. To remedy this defect Abdallah, captain of the robbers, was given an additional line,and on his e1 trance, followed by five of the band. he cries: “Halt!” and adds, “The rest of the band will remain in the woods.” I have enjoyed Owens’ story of that event and its application often. A STORY OF PATEMAN. This book is full of enjoyable memories of my old friend, and he tells a story of Bateman, whose judgment and energy made him a mos successful manager. I remember him very well and most pleasantly. He brought out the first and the best opera bouffe company we have ever had, with Tostee, and then ho man- aged the tour of Pareppa Rosa and other dis- Linguished artistes, He was very companion- able and genial, full of keen wit and humor. Owens says he’ was very sensitive about his Christian name, which ‘was “Hezekiah Li thicum.” It was so obnoxions to him he alwa: signed his name “H. L.,” and [presumed it was Henry i. On one occasion some business dis- agreement occurred, and ® correspondence ensued, and Bateman became wrathful and voluminous, and Owens declined to reply, but Bateman persisted, and __ finally Owens.wrote: “If you write to me again on this subject I will return your letters addressed ‘Hezekian Linthicum Bateman.’” A telegram The next timo they met ohn, you wouldn't really have direct a letter to me *Heze- “Indeed I would,” said Owens. “I don’t believe you capable of such deliber- ate wickedness,” said Bateman seriously. WIDE RANGE OF CHARACTERS. Owen's John Unit in “Self,” Perkyn Middle- wick in “Our Boys” and Major Wellington de Boots in “Everybody's Friend,” were so en- tirely unlike and yet so perfect, and his Dr, Ollepod, Paul Pry and Dr. Pangloss were © cellent ‘impersonations. Who put remembers his Solon Shingle and Caleb Plummer? He exhausted the whole range of comedy, and Shakespeare's immortal creations found in him a fitting representative, euch as Launce- lot Gobbo, Touchstone, First Grave Digger and Dromio of Syracuse to Joe Jefferson's Dromio of Ephesus. To such characters he added Graves in “Money” and Sir Peter Tea- zle and Grimaldi. Nothing seemed beyond his power of assimilating. ‘The whole range of the drama during his long carcer on the stage seemed at some time to have found in him an interpreter, In 1853 I met Owens in New York with his lecture and paintings of his “Ascent of Mont Blane.” The London Times gave a long de- seriptive account of his achievement, sayinj “Mr. John E. Owens is the first American who has accomplished that undertaking for upward of twenty years.” ‘The views illustrating the lecture were painted by James Hamilton, the famed marine painter; Charley Getz and’ Hul- liard, and were exquisite productions. He gave. his lecture, “Alpine Rambles,” at the Chinese Museum, now hardly remembered, and I was a nightly attendant, and they were’ most amus- ing, embellished, as waseverything he touched, by his racy and inexhanstible humor. SUCCESS IN LONDON, Owens’ success in London was very great. He opened in Solon Shingle at the Adelphi to a large audience, among tiem Charlotte Cusl man and Charles Dickens, from whom he r ceived a complimentary letter. The type of character was unknown in England, but the powers of the actor were recognized. The Standard spoke of him as follows: “The worst we have had from America, but the best And another journal said: “The goers will find Owens’ Solon Shingle the diamond in the dust heap. The piece. ix not worthy a second thougiit, The diamond has a bad setting: but anything more brilliant than fifty years of our friendship, but no was more perfect than bis Caleb Plummer in the “Cricket on tho Hearth.” I first saw it when it was most admirably cast: Owens as raleb Plummer, Harry Pearson Peerybingle, Sara’ Stevens as Bertha, Agnes Robinson'as’ Dot. Tears and smiles alternated during the performance. Each new character heasstimed seemed the one best suited to him, and he was for the time being the individual, He was Bailie Nicol Jarvie, with his broad to me Scotch accent: Grimaldi, in his charming | broken French; Solon Shingle. with his “Jesso, * John Unit, with hi won't pay Old Caieh, as with “Tears in his voice, he said, “God bless us all Joun P. Corre, — Handicapped. From Puck. Quilpin—“I fear I shall never get on in liter- ature.” Fi “Cheer up; You will got something accepted before lor Quilpi “Ob, voudon'tknow how Iam handi- feapred! The editors fecl for me, but they are From the Chi Manager—*'Why don’t Little Eva come on, Uncle Tom, and—" She is making a little speech to the com- pany, thanking it for the pleasant way it had rersembered her sixty-second birthday.” see From Life. “Thave raised £500 of the amount I owe you, which I will forward — ——as soon as Tamable to get up. Ihave becn in bed three days— -—with smallpox, and-—” as John | 7 THE IRON CANYON. Thrilling Adventure in the Mining Regions Years Ago, A CANOE OVERTURNED eee ee And All the Party Lost Except One—The Start From a Mining Camp to Spend the Winter in Sacramenio and the Disastrous ‘Termination of the Brief Voyage. ILLETT’S CAMP WAS lively in the early gold excitement. The yield of the diggings was not large, but it was steady. ‘The general run of the claims averaged $5 a day to the man, Work was pushed through the summer. If supplies ran low an ox would be killed orafew days’ hunt in the mountains would add venison to the larder, Salmon could be bought of the strag- gling parties of natives that were already leav- ing the great mass of savage people to whom they were bound by an inextricable tangle of friend- ship and hatred and were attaching themselves to the new civilization through the vices of both races. In the fall many gathered their blankets and necessities together, packed enough of flour and bacon in a canoe, cached or gave away the remainder and went down to Sacramento to spend the winter. Rough times were those that gathered together in those cities men who were unbounded in their expectation of wealth as they were free in its squandering. Present poverty Was no dampener tothe hopes of future wealth. THE IRON CANYON. ‘The camp was located fifty miles from the great rapids of the Sacramento, where, through long walls of rock, the river rushed along at territic speed. ‘This was the Iron canyon, Be- tween the camp and it the river described an immense horseshoe, which greatly increased the distance between these points by the river. A little removed from the main camp lived ix New Englanders, who, leaving one town in New Hampshire, kept together until they had spanned the continent. ‘They mingled little with the miners in the main camp because they formed in their own crowd a society large enough to satisfy the desire of men for varied companionship. They were temperate and not fond of gaming, so there was little to tempt them into the large circle of the frontier bar room. People were not then fused into sold amiunities, and the greatest independence racterized the frontier settlements. it was the youngest who was the cheery- natured one. Neither the brightest nor the dullest, there had come upon him little of de- cision or of care, and his natural good humor was unchecked. "This was Porter Donley, a tall, straight, active boy. In the early fall they put their tools in the cabin, took from their stores what they would need on the journey, took blankets and one set of camp utensils, and with the legend “Gone for the winter” nailed upon the locked door of their cabin they loaded their eanoe and pushed out into the current with paddle in band and a rifle lying ready in the bow. TOOK IN A BUTCHER. As they passed the main camp they heard a hailoo and putin to shore. A butcher of beef, the ownership of which was af least a question joined the party. How could he be denied? A Tan wiih a cange is in some wense a public ear- Tier without the right to refuse passage to any one. So they took him in, nodded good-bye to the villagers they saw, and moved rapidly down the river,now high with the autumn rains, their heads moving in unison with their paddles, that flashed together in the morning sun. ’ The camp moved astern and was lost in. the. bend. ‘ow and then an Indian canoe was seen, Some- times a flock of ducks wouid start up with loud quack. Chapparal covered the shore. pines darkened the high slopes of the hills and the high «ummits of the mountains were al- ready white with the winter's snow, s they entered the canyon not a soul was ble. The river stretched on, a dirty milk white in color. A curious irregularity of color marked one part of its course. Above this, at low water, a large reck stood out, but it was now completely hid by the freshet. None knew of this rock. if the butcher had made this journey before it was as paseenger, and an un- observant one. None of them were expert enough in navigation to read the record these obstructions write on the surface of the water. SUCKED DOWN BY THE WHIRLPOOL, Suddenly the canoe entered thi thrill, the bow wank and in an in men were suckea down by the whirlpool. ‘There are crises in which men do not get ex- They have not time to realize their sit- n, ‘The :uind carnot comprehend nor the will cause voluntary action. Such » crisis was this for oue of them. Donley, almost without resistance, yielded to the waters, His lunge filled. He felt that he was drowning, but be | was without pain. Events of bis life passed | before him.” Bright images were teen. The aud of the waters was musical in his ears, He knew that de it was gone, nor did he struggle t preserve life. ‘the canoe turned” bot- tom up and fo the errince with Dontey hanging over it. As it came cut of the water his bead hung over the side and his weight forced the water out of his lungs. ‘Then ne excruciating pain. He choked as lis partly emptied lungs drew in the first breath of air. But a violent fit of coughing expelled the last drops, and, completely exhausted, he knew that ke was saved, In a few minutes he sat up astride of the canoe and looked around. On the bow sat one other of the crew, the butcher. But all his own comrades were gone forever. He looked over the waters—the paddies were floating on the surface, but not one other escaped from the whirlpool. ALL LOST BUT ONE. With a brief moment of anxious and sorrow- ful search Donley turned his thoughts tohis own perilous position. They must get to shore. The butcher still held a paddle, but be was wavi it overhead and singing. The agony of death had crazed him. Donley saw he had only him- self to depend upon and he scanned the shore. A half mile below him he saw a bush projecting into the river. As the current bore him in to shore he crouched upon the canoe and just be- fore reaching the bush he sprang out and clutched it as he sank into the water. He clang for dear life until he caught his breath again and drew himself upon the bank. He turned and looked at his companion and watched the canoe until it disappeared around the bend. ‘That was tke last ever seen of the butcher. If he had stolen cattle to supply his shop both his gold and his life made ample restitution to the great demon of the river whose hunger had closed so many accounts, Of all the crowd that but a moment before were full of life and spirits Donley was the only one now left. Helpless, unarmed, without food, but with the grand, solitary of the frontier rising in his heart, he turned with- outa murmur and began his return to his cabin, through a strange forest menaced by hostile Indians, Wa. C. Ewrse. epee Strange Causes of Fire, From the New York World. Moistened tin turnings and chips have been known to take fire, A rat gnawing at a box cf grease-dipped fric- tion matches ignited the lot. Arunning belt which sagged into a mass of | Srenay waste set fire to the heap by friction. A flood burned one factory by causing a of iron filings to oxidize so rapidly as to come intensely heated. Allens exposed to the sun’s rays in an opti cinn’s window frequently acts asa burning gl before being noticed. Acockroach crawled from an oil receptacle to a gas jet, where the creature's oily body took fire, and, falling, spread the flames. A stream from a fireman's hose started » second fire while putting out the first, the water having penetrated an adjoining building con- taining quicklime. Anail glanced from a carpenter's hammer into the conveyor of raw materials in a jute factory, rubbed against the drum and produced a spark, which set fire to the place. — A Forced Recovery. From the Chicago Record. ‘understand that Mme. Malaise has recov- ered from her recent illness.” husband made her read the bar- rm’ advertisements in the riews- apers aud she had to get well to go out shop- ping.” it was coming. but the fear of | SCIENTISTS PUZZLED. How Did Barbarous Tribes Get the Art Works of Civilized People. From the London Daily News. ‘There is a question which constantly haunts be scattered widely among the most remote aud ignorant peoples? In the case of customs and nature or from human needs. An ancestor of Gibbon, who was a herald and had been Biue Mantle, retired to America in the seventeenth century, and there he found heraldic bearings among the red men of Virginia. ‘The savage dancers “were painted, some ‘party per pale,” ‘gul’ and ‘sab,’ some ‘party per fesse’ of the same colors,” whence Edward Gibbon inferred that “heraldry was ingrafted — naturally linto the sense of the human race.” That is, heraldry is an “innate idea.” As Mr. Max Muller remarks in his new volume of “Lectures on Theosophy,” we ean no longer accept this theory of innate ideas of “party per fesse,” or crests, as ready-made parts of the human intellect. Certain arrangements of colors, certain indications of lineage by crests, are attractive and convenient; so they have been adopted everywhere. It is more puzzling when we find what is called in India the ““svas- tika,” a cross with legs at right angles to the main limbs, not only existing asa sacred em- biem in India, but carved on stones in South America, This does not seem to have an ob- vious origmal meaning as a symbol. Is it merely an ornamental design to which the I dian mind later attached a sacred sense? It is found on pottery from Hissurlik, Dr. Schlie- | mann’s Troy, and on old Mexican pottery. If it is only a piece of decoration, like the Greek key pattern and wave paitern, also found in old Pera, we may perhaps ‘decide that the human mind naturally bits on some simple patterns, like the spirals of Mycenaen art, found also in the ruined palace of Kuenaten, in Egypt. and in New Zealand and Celtic art. We can conceive that the pattern spread from Egvpt to Greece and thence to the Norse- men and the Celts, but we can scarcely imagine that it was carried in prehistoric times to New Zealand. Again, Mr. Tylor has traced an oriental form of backgammon to Mexico, and we cannot be certain whether a rather compli- cated game reached America from Asia or was independently invented by the Aztecs. A very curious example of this class of Jem has been discovered by Mr. E. 8. Morse, and is published in The Bulletin of the Esser Institute, Salem, Mass. In the Ashmolean ‘Museum at Oxford may be seen an old Egyptian toy found by Mr. Flinders Petrie in the ceme- tery of Hawara. "It is engraved in his work on Hawara, Beabma and Arsinoe, cities of the Fayoum. The cemetery of Hawara is only about as old as our era, which is modern for Egypt. The toy is of wood and represents a bird on wheels.” In the neck is a hole through which a strit.g was tied. and some child of Hawara led his toy about by the string. This is not a very ob- vious kind of toy, for the movement of wi is not like the hop of a bird. In modern toy shops dogs set on wheeled boards are common. In the Egyptian example there is no board, but the wheels are under the wings and level with the body. The Egyptians, of course, as a civilized had for thou- sands of years been familiar with wheels, and the toy, though rare in kind, bas noth- ing to arouse curiosity. But it is an- other matter when Mr. Morse discovers a precisely similar Aino toy, probably so.ue two hundred years old. The Ainos area pecu- linrly hary race, whe have a fable that they are | descended from bears, which they ignorantly worship. They are, or very likely were, sa ages in a low grade, and with wheels they bave | no scqupintince any more than Liddesdale had betore Scott drove the first dog cart through the region. Mr. Morse decides that the bird, which he engraves, is not of Japanese work— the wheels have the peculiarity of being “irreg- ularly ovate, rather than circular.” The hole for the string isin the tail and the. irregular ‘heel makes the bird hop when it is dragged. then, we find a rare form of Egyptian out 50 A.D.,and at the ends of the among the hairy Ainos; a similar toy, re- markable for possessing wheels, otherwise un- used by the Ainos. The problem is, has the pattern filtered far east in some unknown man- ner, or has it been independently invented, wheels and ail, by some Aino genius, who never carried his valuable invention any further? PEEENAT ETS Some Well-Paid Workers. Boston Globe, New York bas a population of working women reaching in round figures to about 300,000. Many of these women find it hard enough to keep body and soul together. But there are women in New York who work for a living and are not complaining of hard times, A saleswoman whose lot is associated with poor wages, long hours, constent standing and frequent fatigue. to ray nothing of the fines and the injustice of floorwalkers and heads of stock has constaut opportunities for advancing into the ranks of tie well paid and the prosperous, One of the plums within the reach of the ambitious saleswoman who has tact, energy and d has possessed herself of the available ge of the variew, quality, xalableness and value of the goods in her. epecial line, as that of becoming a “buyer. For instance, there is a young woman em- ployed bradrr goods house whose weekly salary is €C3 and expenses the year round. She isa foreign buyer. Twice a ear she goes to Europe, stops only at fire: class hotels and spends ber time in the dainty | selection of beautiful laces and tapestries and embroideries, ing thousands .£ dollars | worth of the lovediust stufis for the aouse, Every large dry goods extablishment has a mambet of women employed ae “beats af | stock” ard asewtant Lovers, Thes sre respon- nile for the Gepartment over which they pre- wide. They can enpiov such clerks s ‘ber | need, and discharge trem as their ows joug- ) ment dictates. Their buying is purely Tocal. Their pay averages about $25 a week. Within the past year or two several sales- Here, women have been promoted to the of floor walker, a position hitherto occupied by only men. Their pay is from €16 to $20 a week, according to the house in which they are emplored. ‘The labor market is never glutted with ex- pert design ers of gowns and bonnets. There are several firms on 6th avenve and Broad- way which pay $50 week to the special de- signers in their departments, ‘A 5th avenue modiste employs a young ‘woman as manager of the work rooms and pays her $65. week. The position is an arduous one, as she is responsible for the and fit and finish of every garment that leaves establishment ‘There is » small army of ladies’ maids in New York city who receive $35 a month. Consid- ering the sort of board and lodging that is Enow all'about ‘hair ‘dveonng, ming up an evening bodice and thing from stockings home-like apartment in the nurses’ home in the gray-stone building at the lower end of the island. Some fectory pay rolls have names on, them opposite are written $12 Feather workers eay they don't earn as good are some of them who mannge to get up to the #12 or $15 mark. oe There is a story current about a little woma: who entered the publishing office of a fashion Sondent, and whois now heed boakiannss eh pondent, and who is now head bookkec Salary of $90.0 week. no “These are not average women, of course, Dut that’s just the reason why they have found the paying places,” says an old worker. “Ther made up their minds not to be satisfied with doing things in the average way, but to do their level best, whether they were well paid or not, and invariably the good pay came, too.” +e - “So your son only took the fresbiman and sophomore years in college?” “Yer; but the sophomore course he took verv thereaghlv. He devoted three years to it.”—Fliggende Blatters in 234 ptreet | wages as they did five or six years ago, but there j, | wid CHERRIES. jo Can Preserve Them—Some Scasonable Suggestions. From the New York Tribune. ‘The season of cherries will soon be here. The the antiquarian mind like a ghost im an old white ox-heart cherry is in its prime from June house. That question is, how did trifling mat- | 25 to July 4 and this is the very best of the fruit ters—a song, a story, game, a toy—come to|for canning. The Tartarean cherry does not make so good a canned fruit, although it is delicious eaten out of fhe hand, and none of sill of myths we may often decm that the mind of | the sweet cherry tribe is of any special value for man reacts alike to the same impulses from | preserving or pickling. For such purposes we must wait for the sour Morella cherry, which Tipens about a week later. Tocan cherries procure sound, ripe fruit, Fruit which is partially ripe, as we have often said before, is never fit for canning, although some authorities recommend such fruit the result is always unsatisfactory. cherries over very carefully. Do them. Some housekeepers clip stem; others prefer to remove the this is a matter of fancy. When prepared put it into clean cans ® light sirup, in the py pounds of granulated sugar to five water, Thix should be enough quarts of cherries, After filling the brim with sirap put on the covers, the rabbers off—or, if they are close them. Pack the jars ina tomed kettle and put them ona the purpose. Tack towels between the jars to ‘prevent their knocking together; more — convenient, hay will serve. Pour water in the boiler, as high up as the necks the jars, Let the water boil and cook ries in this way for fifteen minutes water begins to boil. At the end of remove the jars, one by one, to a containing a little boiling water. covers and fill them up again with boilingsirup, for this pur- hich should have been reserved pose. Considerable sirup will have been ab- sorbed during the cooking, leaving tor the new sirup. Futon the rubbers and seal the cans up tight. When the jars are cold tighten them again with all your wipe them off with a cloth and they are ready to set away in a dark, cool closet, the which should never rise above 60 teh OMe Morelia cherry is a ruit, which makes a delicious preserve excellent “spiced cherry” or sweet Pickle De not confound it, however, with the bitter cherries, A good sour cherry has a rich, flavor of its own, and is very juicy, but medium size. To Preserve it, allow giarters of @ pound of sugar tow fruit, Stem and stone the cherries, every particle of juice. Add to the enough water to make a — for every Pounds of agar used, ul the sugar ~ yt together for a moment or two, stirring the sugar is dissolved. Add the and cook them for ten minutes, with them, adding the sirup in to each jar. iF tt : I 4 E Lf § if Hi £ i Es eke ti Hl i Z Ra & fi i 8 i s ult i tie a layer of cotton batting the jars of all their preserved The best rale for spiced cherries, or Pickles, is seven pounds of sour pounds and a balf of sugar anda pint of gar. The cherries should ane! Juice carefully preserved. Ties, vinegar and sugar als Add two tabl ‘one tables fal of whole pickle cook for about an b ect it away in jars, Itis —_— —. ‘or brandy checries use the white cherry, and select the largest and have. “Allow nine pounds of frait to six of sugar. ‘Do not stone the fratt, but ete att ‘Make sirup of the suger, to six pounds of sugar. ten minutes in the bra: the of nice white once. dividing ‘Oid-fashioned bi raisins to their preserved cherries portion of one pound of raisins of cherries. Readers are cautioned that recipes will prove satisfactory tions are strictly adhered to. lent the average #1 may be, it is very insipid when large amount of sugar, as in Morella or sour cherries, ypekes an excellent eanned fruit, « light sirup inen a ap nan air-tight cellence and til f over the stove to of her pretty. “T don't care for looks.” An expression of content permeated teenie trie woaaee’ wader, wl i to the ure of satin fabric, = various portions of her anatomy Mechanical device obview'y commtructed tw supplement the echiereme its of « forget | nerure, B. rong tbe agencr of a ine of iwcezere | she removed ber muvee = “I don't care for looks,” “I don’t see why,” said the home with “ma.” ‘She--Well, I knew our seats were going to be close to the boxes, where-the people would tale ‘so loudly that I wouldn't be able to bear Puck, Profeswor—“Mies Vassargirl, give the clase the distinctive-differences between a post and amu Miss Vansargirl—“Yes,ein. A musician bas Jong hair that stands up;and & poct bas long hair-that hangs down.” Bankrapt, From the Chicago Herald. Burglar Bill (to the recumbent figure in bed)—“Come! Quick! Where's your Recumbent figure (sadly)—“That’s right You're welcome to all you can find. Late lunch at the world’s fair today.”