Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, September 25, 1887, Page 10

e mawm CE e e ‘who knows how to take care of a house, and e o — H0W T0 SECURE A FORTUNE. Bome Square Advics From Some Sucoessful Business Men. 3, HARD WORK WILL ALWAYS WIN. Hints From P, T. Barnum—Ben But- ler's Suggestions as to Real Estate—Miller Pillsbury’s Plan. The Boston correspondent of the St. Louis Globe-Democrat says the following letters were written in unswer to the question, “How can a young man most certainly get rich?” and furnish interest- ing reading on a subject that is always uppermost in men's thoughts, The let- ters are intended to be read and their ad- vice heeded by persons who have but little money to start on, if any. They ara not addressed to those who, by fortune or heritage, are alrendy possessed of wealth, They are illustrated in the memory of seckers after the almighty dollar by the lives of such men as Stephen Girard, John Jacob Astor, A. T. Stewart and the hundreds of other millionaires who started in as poor boys: Nothing is snid in any of the letters be- low to indicate that the road to wealth is an easy one, MILLER PILLSBURY'S LETTERS, Mr. Charles A. Pillsbury, the great Minneapolis miller, writes close to the mark ns follows: MiNNEAPoL1s, Minn,, August 30.—Dear 8ir: There are two hints which, perhaps, may be practieal to young men,in addition to those always given on such occasions: 1. When'a young man commences a busi- ness life by work'ng in the employ of others, let him strive not simply to earn his salary and to give satisfaction to his emplogers, but let him aim to do all he has strength to do and to earn hissalary many times over. 1n my first business year it was no uncommon thing for me to work all night until break- fast time, a thing I was not expeeted nor asked to do. 1f a youne man will follow the rule of trylng to _make his services many times ore valuable than his salary, either his employer or some one else will appreciate him. I'here are nlways a few vacant places left for such kina of men, and their employ- ers have very little to say as to their salaries. 2. Never overrate your own ability, nor underrate that of your competitors. Follow this rule carefully, and then do not locate iuuuelf in business where you are not con- dent that you are at least the equal of those who will your competitors, elther in natural ability or in willingeesa to work early or late, in season and out of season, im order that any differences in natural abllity may be overcome in this way. My experience is that between natural ability and hard work the latter will always win. “Wnen the two are in combination, nothing can prevent success. O A. PiLLSBURY. BEN BUTLER'S ADVICE. General Benjamin F. Butler givessome very definite hints, and attaches great importance to investments in real cstate, Hesays: BosToN, Mass., August 26, 1887.—Dear Sir: 1have received your note asking me to write some practical hints for young men on the acauirement of wealth which may be published. 2 A difiicult task is set me, as the eircuta- r!nncel under which young men commence ife are so widely varled. But I think that more {oung men fail in the Investment of ‘what they earn or recelve than iu any other ‘way to acquire oroperty. The temptations to speculation are so great, and the desire to com 1 dej I* rich {w strong, that 1 be- vvwg uufo ten, I not more, of younz men aré wreoked at the very beginning. It a young man is earning something more than the expenses of his living,and has ‘no object in view, he is likely either to in- crense those expenses carelessly, or to loan his money to his friends, and in so doing in the majority of eases he will lose both -friends ‘and money, so0 that the best thing that he can do is to have an object, to gather up his money, and to have a call for it which shall be a profitable one. He makes no in- yestment ause he says, “1 have got so little money that it won’t comne to anything; I will waituntil L get more:” and in wait- mw wenerally, what he has goes, hen a young man has a veryilittle money let him buy some iproperty, ~preferably a plece, however small,according to his means, of improved real estate that is paying rent. He had better buy it when sold at auction under a judicial sale, paying in cash what he can, giving his note for the balance in small sums coming due at frequently recurring in- tervals, secured by a mortgage on the pror- erty, and then use all his extra Income in paying up those notes. 1t is always safe to discount your own note, and if the notes come a liitle Loo fast as 8oon as he gets any- shing paid his friends will aid him when Pm is putting his njoney where it can not be fost and where the property is taking care of the interest, and in a very short time he will find that he has got a very considerable in- vestment. He will become interested in it, save his money to meet his notes, and he will directly come Into a cohsiderable of rropeflly, and hardly know how it came to him, ‘That is, he will have had a motive for saving, and will get the result of that saving, and will not be tempted to enter into specu- lations, Nothing is so safe for an invest- ent as improved real estate. Numlnr Is ikely to grow in value faster, 1n the Iast fifty years 90 por ceut of all the merchants » fi traders In Boston have failed, In the Iast fifty years 90 per cent of all the business corporations have failed or gone out of business, 8o that their has been wiped out. In the last fifty years all the im- roved real estate, ou the average, has paid ts interest and taues avd quadrupled in value. If a young man’s father can give him anything ta'start him in the world he had better Invest it in that way and let it accumu- late, and earn his living, and he will be richer than if he had gone into business. Jay Gould is said to have started from a mouse- trap seller to become a milllonaire. Assum- ing that to be true, he 1s only oneof 60,000,000 of people; and if any young man thinks that be s going to imitate Jay Gould, there are 60,000,000 of chances to oue that he won't suc- ‘The rule 1 would lay down for a young man §s, never doa mean thing for money. He rudent and saving of your money. Be cara- ul to have no interest account running against P'ou unless you have an equal or reater {nterest account running in your avor. Work diligently and you are sure of acompetency in your old aze, and as early a8 possible, (t you can find a saving, prudent girl who has been brought up by & mother make a wife of her, she will aid and not hin- will relate you an incident in my own ex- perieuce to itlustrate iv: 1n my earliest practice in my profession 1 was quite successful in earning money, and 1 had a small balance in the Lowell bank, at he head of which was Mr. James G, Carney, 'he bank was directly across the hall from my oftice. 1 stevped into the bank to deposi- ttle money on one occasion, and Mr. Carney said to me: Vliy don't ‘you Invest your money ™’ safd 1; “I have nothing to In- v “Oh yes,”” he says, “you have quite a little sum of money, and 1 see that your young friends come with your checks occasionally, evidently borrowing it. Now, you had better fnvest it.” ow cau I invest it?” nvest it in real estate.” know nothing about real escate.” o the first auction and buy the prop- erty. Youcannot be much cheated in that, because you will have to give very little more than somebody else will be willing to pay for it. Give your notes for it, save your money, collect your fees, pay your notes as they be- i come due. See that'the property is improvea property, 50 that the rent will keep down your interest account, and when you get any ler you. 1 claim no arlzlnnlltf;‘ln this advice, and money invest it in the =same way, and it your notes press upen you a litile faster than you can y then, why, we will, when we ‘tind that 8 what you are doiug witn your mbney, dis- count your note and give you a little more time, 0 that you can pay it up. ‘This will necessitate the prompt collection of your bills, for I know that you would rather work and earn $100 than dun a man for It, unless you have @ pressing need for it. u - have now even asked for a little bill that we owe you in the bank, whieh shows that you do not promptly collect your dues," = 1 followed the advice and bought a num- 3 ber of pieces of proverty in that manner, and Anever did exactly know how they were #id for, but they were, and in a few years I v oy by owned some lwonl{ diffarent pieces of prop- erty In Lowell that came to me in that way. I can only say that 1 wish [ had been wise er;uugh to have continued this course through 0. 1 do not think 1 need to extend these sug- gestions any further, because if a young man won't mind these he won’t any others, and Icannot suggest any better ones. I am yours truly, BENJAMIN F. BUTLER SHOWMAN BAT UGGESTONS, The great and anlry Barnum tells his story over again in this language: WaArLpesere, P T. BARNUM REst- DENCE, BRrInGEronTt, CONN., August 0, 185, ~DEAR SIR: have received many letters durinz the last twenty years asking me to gi the writers some praetical hints on the acquirement of wealth, and have here- tofore uniformly referred them to my auto- biography, which contains a comprehensive lectire on thac subject, delivered by me many times in England and the United States. Thoseywho really desire to attain an indenendence have only to set their minds upon It and adopt the progpr means, as they do in regard to nnfl other object which they wish to accemplish, and the thing is easily done. But however easy it may be found to make money, I have no doubt most people will agree it is the most diflicult thing in the world to keep it. The road to wealth is, as Dr. Franklin truly says, “'as plain as the road to mill.” it consists simply In expending less than we earn. Many may say, “Wo understand this; this is simply ~economy, and wea know economy Is wealth; we know we can’t eat our cake and keep it also.” Yet, perhaps, more failures arise from mistakes on this point than almost any other. True econom{ 18 misapprehended, and people &0 through life without Dlurerl)' comprehénding what that principle is. T'here are many who think that economy consists 1n saving cheese parings and canale ends, in cutting off twopence from the laundress’ bill and doing all sorts of little mean things. Economy is not meanness. This false eco- nomy may frequently be seen in business. and in those_instances it often runs to writing paper. You find good busi- ness men who save all the old envelopes seraps, and would not tear a new she paver, if they could avold it, for the world. ‘hat Is all very well, they mav in this way save 85 or $10 a year; but being s0 econom- ical (only in note paper) they thiuk they can afford to waste time to have expensive. parties and to drive their earriages. 2 "I'rue economy consists in always makin'g the Income exceed the out:o. The real com- forts of life cost but a small_portion of what most of us can earn. Itis the fear of what Mrs, Grundy may say that keeps the noses of many worthy families to the erindstone, You cannot accumulate a foitune by taking the road that leads to poverty. It needs no prophet to tell us that those who live fully up to their means, without any thought of & reverse in this life, can never attain a pecun- ary independence. ‘T'he foundation of success in life is good health; that is the substratum of fortune. ‘Then, how important it is to study the laws of health, which is but another name for the Iaws of nature, The closer we keep to the laws of nature, the nearer we are to good health, Tobaccoand rum should be shunned. ‘To make money requires a clear brain. No matter how bountifully a man may be blessed with intelligence, if the brain is muddled and his judgment warped by Intoxicating drink: it 1s impossible for him to carry on busin successfull; ‘The safest plan, and the one most sure of success for the young man starting in life, is to select the vocation which is most congen- il to his tastes, ‘There Is as much diversity in our brains as in our countenances. Some men are born mechanics, while some have a great aversion to mnachinery. Unless a man enters upon a vocation Intended for him by nature, and best suited for his peculiar enius, he can not sucgeed. After securing he right vocation, you must be careful to seloct the proper location, and not begin business where there are already enough to meot all demands in the same occupation, Young men starting in life should avold running into debt. 'here I3 scarcely any- thln? that drags a person down like debt. Debt robs a man of self-respect, and makes him alinost despise himselt. Money is a ter- rible master, but a very excellent servant, It is no ‘e a-eefvtul}.f' ‘There Is nofihlu thal wi|l work 80 afthfully a8 money when blge at interest, well secured. 1t works day an night, and in wet or dry weather. hen a man is in the right path, he must pomevers, and_perserverance is sometimes ut another word for self-reliance, Untll men of you can so rely upon yourself, you need not expect to succeed, Vhatever you do, do It with all your might. Many a man acquires a fortune by doing his business thoroughly, while his neighbor remains poor for life because he only half does it. Ambi- tion, energy, industry'and perseverance are Indi3pensable requisites for suceess in busi« ness. No man has a right to expect to succeed in life unless he understands his business, and nobody can understand his business thor- oughly unless he learns it by personal appli- cation and experience. You must exercise caution in laying your plans, but be bold in carrying them out. A man who I8 all caution will never dare to take hold and be: succes ful, and a man who is all boldnes ] reckless, and must eventually fall. ‘There is no such thing in the world as luck. If a man adopts proper methods to be suc: cessful, “luck” will not prevent him. does not succeed, there are reasons for it, al- ::muun, perhaps, he may not be able to see hew. Money is good fornothing unless you know tha value of it bf‘experlenc«fl Give a boy $20,000 and put him in business, and the chances are that he will lose every dollar of it before he is a year older. Nine out of ten of the rich wmen of our country to-day started out in life as poor boys, with deter- mined wills, industry, perseverance, econ- omy and good babits, ‘T'he great ambition should be to excel all others engaged in the same occuggtion, Whenever you lind the best doetor, bestshoe- maker, oranything else, that man is most sought for, and always has enouzh to do. Every boy should learn some trade or pro- fession. Engage in one kind of -business only, and stick to it faithfully untl you sue- ceed, or until your experiénce shows that ou should abandon it. A constant hammer- on one nail will generally drive it home at last, so that it can be clinched. There is ood sense in the old caution about having too many irons in the fire at once. Beware of_“‘outside operations,” Read the newspapers, and keep thoroughly posted in regard to the transactions of the world. He who doesn’t consult the newspa- pers will soon find himself and his business eft out in the cold. Be careful to advertise In some shaps or other, bacause it is evident that if a man has ever 80 good an article for sale, and nobody knows it, it will bring him no retutn. The whole philosophy of lite is, first sow, then Tea| 'his principle applies to all kinds of business, and to nothing more eminently thun to advertising. If a man has a really good article, there 13 no way in which he can reap more advantageously than by “sowing” to the public In this way.” 1f a man has goods for sale, and he doesn’t advertise them, the chances are that some day the shentf will do it for him, k Politeness and_civility are the best capital ever invested in business. Larze stores, gilt signs, flaming advertisements will all prove unavailing if you or your employes treat your patrons abruptly. ‘The more kind and liberal A man is, the more generous will be the pa ronage bestowed upon him. Preserve your integrity; it 1s more preeious than diamonds or rubies. The most difficult thing in life is to make money dishonestly. Our prisons are full of men who attempted {u foliow this course. No man can be dishonest without soon being found out, and when his lack of principle is discovered, nearly every avenne to success is closed against him f ever, Strict honesty not nhl{ lies foundatlon of all success in life fi but in every other respect. P. T. BARNUM. sl 1dle Races the Most Fertile, London Lancet; Bees and ants teach us that a life of ease and idleness is that most favorable for reproduction, while a life of great activity pl‘edh’]mms to barrenness. Thut race which is physically as well as mentally idle, and which 15 at the same time well fed, is hkely to prove more fertile than another race l‘ivinz under dirucll{ opposue conditions. Kaflir women, who live chiefly upon Hesh and milk, are wost prolitic, and give birth almost as frequently to twins as to single children. Takmng all the facts into con- sideration,there can be no doubt that the higher education of women is detrimental to the race tending as it invariably must, to engender a state of sterility, or, what is worse, to produce a race with marked evidences of physical and mental en- fecblement. 0 1 the inancially, e If you pricking pains on moving the eyes, or cannot bear bright light, and find your sight weak and lullu}\F, you should grompuy use Dr, J. H. "~ Mclean's trengthening Eye Salve. - 25 cents a box. R o THE BAVARIAN RAILWAYS, How They Are Conducted—An Efficient fystem. BEAUTIES OF SWITZERLAND. The Kxperience of a Bee Corre- spondent in a Tonr Through the Land of the Alps. Rosassiony, Switzerland, Sept. 7.— [Special Correspondence of the B! Interesting as the Bavarian capital. was, we had to leave 1t,for our time was short. It wa son the railroad out of Manich that 1 had a very practical lesson in Bavarian railivay laws. Here,asin many European countries, the railroads are run by the government, and therefore their admin- istration is as precise and systematic as that of a well-drilled army. All the superintendents, dispatches, guards, cte., are 1n uniforin,each wearing the insignia of his oftice. When an employe addresses his superior he salutes, and when a train dispatcher addresses a guard he com- mands. Even the flagman, and there is one every crossing, even at a foot- path, wears the king's uniform, and stands witd his hands togeth his shoulders thrown back, and his stick in his hand guarding the king's railway whenever a train pzsses. One would naturally think that under this system the nnh{ic would be subject to much abuse from officious officers; hut quite the contrary is true. The officers are patient and polite, yet thoroughly alive to their duty, even though that duty be to the discomforts of an innocent for- eigner. Note the following: The train stops. Guard shouts ‘‘sechs minuten!” Tnnacent foreigner reflects long, Too long, Concludes that ‘‘secks minuten’’ mean six minutes. He accordingly hies forth to the buffet and pnrchases good beer: also,poor breads also, ground dog. alias sausage. He farries long. Too long. Train starts. He runs and boards train while it is in motion. Guard shouts something to telegraph operator. PABSENGERS ALL WINK and smile, except F. At next station . I is arrested and fined two marks. Time, 34 seconds. Passengers smile again. Happy thought! a mark isonly twenty- five cents. Why wns the i. f.? Never mind! The story is true, and only shows how strict German railway laws are, and how promptly they are executed. It is true that while traveling by rail here one is obliged to put up with many iuconveniences which have long since dsappeared in go-ahead America. For eiam ple, you may travel for months and not sec & dining-car. Even sleepers are very scarce. But in spite of those -und many other objections to continental raveling, one is blessed with a feeling of compurative saf ‘L'he finestone road- beds on the continent are all provided with two tracks, while the bridges are always of solid masonry or of iron. The engines have no cow-catchers, as Euro- peans think it is better to keep cattle, and men, oft the track by other means. Since leaviug New York 1 have read of no railroad idents except those in America, and I am ashamed to answer when Europeans ask me why American rx;i toads are allowed to kill off hundreds of people every year. But in the meantime we have been spinning along over the fertile plains of Bavaria towards the mountains and lakes of Switzerland. Our objective point is Lindan, the Venice of Switzerland, tinely situated on an island in Lake Constance. Here the REAL BEAUTI OF SWITZERLAND began. Hills, val mountains, lakes, cottages and people, all seem to assume picturesque attitudes asif by magic. As we stepped from the train evervone showed by look. if not by word, that he was very much and very agreeably sur- | prised at the sudden change from the matter-of-fact German to the essentially Swiss, . The lake of Constance is very widely known, but it owes its popularity to its 81! and situation rather than to any beauty of In fact it 18 in- or to the other lakes in the neighbor- nood in beauty of scene ‘The lake is merely a broad expanse of the river Rhine, whose fertile, vine- growing banks belong to the three states of Germany, Austria and Switzerland. A steamboat carried us over the lake from Lindau to Romanshorn, and the sceucr{ though really beautiful, was but a mild intrmluvuon to what followed a few days ater. Romanshorn is a remarkably sleerv old town, on a bold promontory of the lake, and as we followed the rheumatic old porter to an inn, which he informed us in very German English was the best “hof’’ in the place, we breathed a sigh of relief, and nopeful that we had at last escaped the noise and bustle of the “beaten path,” if for no more than one night. Indeed, the outside conditions could hardly have been more favorable to thisend.” We were the only guests in the house, and when we sat down to dine in the cool gard THE PROFESSOR saw fit to remark that among the ‘‘com- monly uncommon things was a fable d'Hote for two.” But the dinner was good,and the dog that took his bone after us that night must have gone hungry. 1 shall never forget that after-dinner smoke. We might have stayed in the fiunlun. It was extremely pleasant, and the fat and joliy old burgers who vame in to drink beer and talk over the latest bit of news in the Canton, looked at us over their tankards in a most friendly and sociable way. 1 hope it didn't disap- point them but we really weren't inchined to be talkative that night,and a continua- tion of our three weeks' struggle with (German verbs and case-endings was any- thing but desirable. Besides, the qus which curvea gracefully out from one side of the %nrdcn was very inviting for uiet stroll. There never was a more refreshing breeze than blew in from the luke that evening, nor a more beautiful moon than limmered on her ruffled waters. erfect peace preyaled, Even the poor peasant women, as they flitted noiselessly about at the foot of the guay washing their rude home- spun on the flat rocks, murmured low songs as it afraid to break the quiet of the hours. Low hills rose sbove the pale green billows of the lake, while the Ap- penzell alps and snow-clad Sentis tow- ered above these in the distance, grim and faithful sentinels of the lovely val- ley below. “A scene for a poet,” said the professor, as he puffed blue rings of smoke and long lines of Shelley with the same breath, ‘'he scene was indeed poetic, but like many other beautiful things we could not enjoy it always, and we were at last forced to retire, from the sheer exhaus- tion of long trayel. Our rooms were in the second story, looking out upon the lake, whose waters beat with a gentle and musical ripple against the very foun- dation of the hop;and as we took one look at the moon-lit wave and one full breath ot the fresh MOUNTAIN AIR which swe}xl into our windows, we pulled the blinds for the night, thoroughly en- thused with the romantic beanty of the pluce. We were soon fast asleep, far, far off in the realms of dreamland, now bidding adieu to a party of friends on pier 40, North river, uow steaming away across the broad Atlantic, now wander- ing about thros the lancet-arched aisles of some old cathedral, now chat- R R A AR ting away with beloved friends at home, now here, thére and' everywhere, fairly reveling in the 'm%l transformations and strange absurditips of dreamy sleep. But this did not last long. Suddenly we both awoke with a start. The house was filled with a stifling, smoke! We heard the shouts of men and women, mingled with the roar of the wind and the in- creased lashing of the water against the the rocks, and above all this came the quick ‘and oft-reveated ery, “Es brennt! Es brennt!” There was little time for thought. I ran to the door and opened it. A vol- ume of hot smoke rushed in compelling me to close it again. I saw that the stairway was on fire and that thére was LITTLE HOVE 'OF ESCAPE in that direction. The situation was any- thing but pleasant. Fire on one side, water on the other, and no chance for a ladder anywhere. The professor threw open the window and shouted for help, but no help could be seen. The building was built straightup on the embankment of the lake and we could sce nothing from our window but the dark angry water glitteritg with the lurid reflection of ‘the Hames. Ve must jump and swim around the quay,” said I~ ‘“Not much hope in such a sea as that,” an- swered the professor. *‘If those stupid fellows would get into a boat and throw us a rope—" After a moment of hurried consultation we took all the clothes from two beds and tied them stoutly together, then pull- ing one bed up to the window we tied one end of this impromptn fire escape to a bed post, Suddenly we beard voices below. *“Thank heaven, they have brought a boat,” ecried the pro- fessor, looking eagerly out of the window. The boat could not come up to the wall, 50 we let ourselves down into the water and swam to the boat. We were saved just in time. Five minutes after we landed at the quay, the north wall of the building was borne down into the water by the wind and the weight of the heavy overhanging Swiss roof. It was a pretty sight, that mass of de- bris smoking and hissing in the water, but it would have bean much prettier it had not contained all the little earthly fiomlg. chattels and cftects of a couple of armless Americans, who were glad enough to escape with their hves and their pocketbooks. FRANZ SEPE ———— MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC. Albani Is singing in opera in London, but her voice is not so sweet as of yore, ‘The performance of Wagner's early opera, “Die Feen,” has been postponed in Germany until next year. In Sun Diego, Cal, the tickets to see the Booth-Barrett company have been placed at $10 each. Clara Morris is to play the week of October 24 at the Park tleater, Doston,and may bring outu new drama, Florence Wade, an English actress, has ar- rived trom Scotland to’ begin a six months’ tour of this country, Mlle. Bennati, the original Olivette in Paris, has arrived in New York and will sing in Maurice Graw’s French opera com- pany. Mme. Materna will not rejoin the New York Metropolitan opera house forces this winter, having been engaged to sing in Vienna, o Madawme Pauline Lucca has signed an en- gagement to sing in opgra at New York next Avpril. She istorecefye £280 foreach per- formance. 4 Lotta’s new comedy, “Pawn Ticket 210,” made a hit at McVicker's, Chicago, last Mon- day nigit, but it is gald to be almost too broad for respectabe atidiences. ‘The New York press are unanimous in ex- tolling Robert Downing’s Spaitacus, a really remarkable ~personation worthy to stand with McCullough’s, Forest's or Salvini's, Fraulein Lili Lehmann lately sung thrice in Copenhagen. She was introduced to Copenhage n musle lovers in a Philharmonic concert given under the direction ot Johu Svendsen., An_effort Is beinz made to establish ni tional opera in Turkey. The first work to given in the “‘sweet” "‘Turkish language is called “Leblebidgii Horker,” composed by Tchohaadgiian Effendi.”” ‘The new comic opera, Dorothy, now being sung with such success in London,and which has been secured tor this country by J. C. Duff, will have its first American production in the Philadelphia Walnut, ‘I'ne Swedish song quartette company, per- sonally conductea by Anna C, Walberg, and under Thomas C. Lombard's experienced management, will commence an extended tour about the middle of October. “L'ua, the young violinist who is soon to be heard hero, was awarded tho grand prize at the Paris conservatory, when she was but 12 years of ae, She is now only 20 years old, and has wonderful success every where Effie Clover, who has been identified with sowe notable dramatic productions in Eug-* land, will make her American debut as the Princess in “Zitka” this week. Miss Clover is a pretty Philadelphia girl who has studied her art abroad. Minnle Hauk has been singine in Holland with Immenss success, at the seventeenth musical festival of the Netherlands. She was complimented with a torchlight procession, serenudes, addresses from the burzomaster, and other honors seldom accorded. 1t is said that 10,000 persons were present at the first performance of Gounod’s “Joan of Arc” mass in the Rheims cathedral. After the performanee Gounod dined with the archbishon and bishop at the arch- bishop's residence. The mass eontains no “Credo.” ‘Tue ushers in tha Detroit opera house have been uniformed in white flannel coats and caps, with brass buttons, as under the full- dress system near signted old ladies were continually pestering dudes in swallow tail coats and pasteboard shirts to take their checksand show them to theirscats. A reputable physician who has made a careful study of the effects produced upon young American women who have gone abroad for vocal studies, says that only about one-sixth of the number ever return with as good voice as when they left and less tham balf of the number with an Improved voice. ‘The queen of Spain, who is a determined ‘Waunerite, has ordered the director of the Madric Royal opera to have the “Nibelung “Petrology” translated into Spanish and pro- duced assoon a3 possible. ~For a conntry whero even Wagner’s simpler works are al- most unknown this sho 48 enthusiasm with a vengeance. In the Booth-Barrett combination Booth appears as Brutus and Mr. Cassius, in ~Julius Ciesar;” Booth as Ham- let and Barrett as the Ghost, in “llamlet:” Booth as lago and Barrett as Othello, In “Othelln,”” and Booth as Macbeth and Bar- rett as Macdufl, in “Maebeth,”” There may not be “millions in It but it means *‘bjk money” to the partnership. Jessie Bartlett Davis is on her way home from Europe, where she studied for th B mer in Parls with Lagrange. In Lond sang at two private concerts, making so fine an lmpression with one of her own composi- tions, “Snreease of Sorrow,” that the song was purchased outeight by 'Weekes, the Lon- don publisher. It is said she will now de- vote time to composing, giving recitals of her 0WD 50DgS, This will be a **Fusf” year in tho theatri- cal world, because Mr. Irving is coming with his magniticent speetacle founded on Goethe's tragedy,and many 8tage versions of the story of Marguerite are likely to see the light. Lewis Morrison has been acting Mephis- topheles in the far west lately, and Louis James has increaséil his repertoire by the addition of W. 8. Gilbert’s characteristic set- ting of the old tale, Manager Charles E, Locke has organized his new English opera ecompany and will begin his season in Philadelphia November 7 with "Lonmlgsrm.” His artists will include Mme. Furseh-Madi, Helen Hastreiter, Emma Juzh, Clara PPoole, Sylva, the tenor; Barton McGuckin, Carl 1{0sa’s tenor; Ludwig, bari- tone; Alonzo Stoddard Black, a new bari- tone, and Frank Vetta, basso. Only a modest ballet will be employed. Mme. Patti, the Paris iigaro says, has a fan on which are the autozraphs of all the sovereigns of Europe. Here follows a selec- tion of some: The czar, othing is 80 soothing nsfuur singing.” The emperor of Germany, **To the ever-singing nightingale.” Queen Christina, “To the Spanish woman from u queen who is proud to _have her as a subject.” Queen Victoria, “If King Lear is right in saying that & sweet voice is & precious gift in a womar, you are the richest of women.” The emperor and empress of Aunstria @ merely Signe M. Thiers, at the time he was president of the republie, wrote, “Queen of song, [ stretch - forth my hand to thee.” Mr. Barrett as 0 TR AP T Ve 3l SOME SEPTEMBER SMILES. The Progress of Refinement—Fame as it is in Boston, HE SAW NOTHING TO HINDER - True Love Recklessness of Plura’ Running Smoothly son—True Greatnes: Texas Poem. The Progress of Refinement, ¢ I remember the time,’twas the age pugilistie, When battles were fought in the fashion called fistic: Bill Sykes had a quarrel with neighbor or rother, They repaired to a courtyard and pummeled each othor, Till n;‘flrklm:es were black as a sweep’s or a nker's, And neither could see, so bunged up were their winkers, Like true Britons they struck, while their vigor abounded, Till their cheeks and their noses to jelly were pounded; When so changed wore both men that ’twere nexdless to show them ‘To their mothers respective, who never could know them s One hero at last in this conflict so splendia Would throw up the sponge, and the battle was ended Next day they forgot all their frantic en- deavor, x And both were as friendly and jolly as ever. But Sykes, too refined now for any such strifing, . > Has given up boxing, and taken to knifi pi But ollu-m-r to shooting—a eraceful proceed- ne— A rm‘;\l\ver‘s the prettiest sign of good breed- ng. Black eyes are a proof of a valgar condition- But bullets and knivzs prove a noble ambi- tion, So does taste to each age bring a special assignment e Of manners improved and_of social refine- ment. He Saw Nothing to Hinder, Youth's Companion: *‘Pat,” said an Anmerican to an Irishman who had lately landed and who was staring at Niagara, “‘Pat did you ever sce such a fall as that in the old country?” “Faith, and Iniver did; but do yer see, why shouldn’t it fall? What's to prevint atsfallin? That's what 1'd like ter know!"’ Kamo ne it 18 in Boston. New Yorker (to native Bostonian)— Excuse me, sir, but I should be giad to see the tesidence of W. D. Howells, if— Bostonun--Never heard of the man. New Yorker—Perhaps you tell me where vour famous philosepher, Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes, lives? Bostonian—Never heard of him, either. New Yorker—Can you direct me to Mr. John— Bostonian (with sudden animation)-— Sullivan’ssaloon? Go down two squares, turn to the right and there you are. Recklessncss o Plurals, Columbus Dispateh In the prettiest of our neizhbor’s houses, Trippling lightly as the quietest mouses Is amaiden fair to view. For though naughty, sly and cunning as oxes Her eyes are like the radiant ones of oxes ‘And as softly brown in hue, On, her nose Is just the daintiest of noses, And her ankles in their brilliani scarlet hoses Are the neatest in the town, And she dotes upon the brightest bells and __sashes, No cares of how much they take of all her cashes 1f they only match her gown. o, [ love to hear the music of her two feet, Wiien so Jightly, blithely stepping In their new beet, They do quickly onward move, And she elances so beguilingly on all men, Flirting roghishlv the tallest of her tall fen, "That they fairly groan; with love. True Love Running Smoothly. She—Do you remember that lovely moonlight ride we had at Newport last summer, Charley, behind that cute little donkey? He (with tender reproach)—Do 1 re- member 1t, love? Asaf I could ever for- got it! She—You are nice to say so, Charley; and do yoa know, dear, I never scca donkey without thinking of you. He Did Not Get Away, ““You never drink or smoke, do you George, dear®” sho smd. “You know I coutd never marry aman who drinks and smokes." e icorgo, in a broken hearted tone of voice, admited that he did smoke and drink a littld] and turned to go. But a pair of white, twenty old arms were around his necl nt, 'Never mind, George,"” suid the girl; “‘perhaps my wifely influence will induce you to give tifem up.” His Love was Very Great. “And do you really love me, George?"” she asked. “Love you! repeated George?’ fer- vently. “Why, while I was bidding you goodby on the porch last night, dear, the dog bit a Iarge chunk out of my leg, and I never noticed it until I got home. Look you!" Not This Season, Their love confess'd, when ecstasy was o’er, And they had partially returned to s “Darling,” said he, “hast ever love fore?” “Well, no,” she answered—“that is not, this season !” True Greatne Life: "I can ted you,” said Mr. Spriggins, ‘‘the American boy has in him the elements of true greatness, Here Garficld began life on the towpath and reached the vresidency: Logan was a poor farmer lad and died United States senator, and 1 see here in this paper the stol f a poor lad who educated him- self, living on 16 cents a day, until he knew enough to enter college. Then he took care of a horse to pay his expenses, and now—" ““‘W hat is he now, papa?’ asked a cho- rus of Sprigginses with breathless inter- est ow he 18 one of the best baseball pitchers in the country.” A Native Texas Poem. Greenville (Tex.) Herald: Backward, turn backward, O time in thy flight, give us a frost u(_min, just for to-night; I'am so weary of weather 8o hot, the sweat it produces would {ill & big pot; weary of collars that wilt like a rag; weary of toiling o for the swag. A snow- storm or blizzard would go very nice; put me on ice, mother, put me on ice. He Failed With the Countersign. “‘John," she said, through the keyhole of the €ront door, “‘is that you "’ *Yesh'm’' dear,’’ replied John. “Well, ‘truly rural’ is the countersign to-night.” “Tooly looral.” So John slept at_“ Didn't Want Her Stockings Mussed, New York Mercur: A Connecticut youth sat facing a_brizht-looking girl at the supper table. The youth, smitten with the oharms of the good-looking maid tel that might. only vented his passion_in sly looks, and now and then touching her toe with his toot under the table. The girl, either fearful of his soiling her white stockings. or determined to make the youth exprese what Jie appeared so warmly to feel, bore with his glances a little " while in silence, and then cried “Now, look here, if you love me, tell me 8o, but don't muss my stockings, Taken at His Word, “Ls'pose you'd take & man's last ceat THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: SUNDAY. SEPTEMBER 25. 1887.-TWELVE PAGES. for a drink here!' oxclaimed a respect ably dreased individual with a red nose as he walked in and leaned on the bar of a railraad place saloon yesterday, *“With leasure,” replied the affuble attendant. ho first speaker ordered a drink of brandy, which he quaffed with an appre- ciative uulr(ulc. followed by a smack of s lips, Reaching down into the corners of his pocket the customer resurrected n red penny, laid it on the counter and astonished the buartender with the two words: “‘Last one.” — OLD PEOPLE Robert Fleurey, the distinguished Belgian artist, at the age of 89 still paiots with sur- passing skill. jovernor llolley, the oldest living ox- governor ot Connecticut, 19 prostrated with typhoid fever at his home in Lakeville, Mrs. J. McMullen of Saugerties, N. Y., is one hundred and three years of ace, but can still cook an extremely eatable dinner. Ernest ).eGiouve, auther of “Adrienne La- cauveur,” is, although eighty years old, one of thie best readers and causeurs of Paris. Joseph Cilley, the oldest cx-United States senator and a veteran of the war of 1812, died at Notingham, N. H., recently at tho age- of ninety-six y Sir George Pullman and his brothers are preparing to celebrate the eightieth birth- day anniversary of their mother next sum- mer at the Thousand islands. At eighty vears of age Artemus Tucker holds an important post on a plantation near Americus, Ga. He welghs 100 pounds, and his wife 420, but he does not repine. Dr. Alonzo Clark of New York, who died ‘Tuesday at the age of 80, was an early gradu- ate of Williaws college and of the New York college of physicians and surgeons. Saturday night at her home in Osage township, Mo., Mra. Broyles, one of Laclede county’s oldest citizens, passed away. Snhe is reported to have been in the one hundred and third year ot her age. Grandfather John Giregory, aged seventy- six, was married September 14, at Rochester, o Mrs. Mary Wheatley, who is over fifty-six years of awe. The azed counle are well known in Fulton county. Mr. Emmons Raywond, of Cambridie, Mass., who_ is eighty-one years old, started Saturday for California, where Ite will re- open his hotel for the season in a short time, Mr. Raymond is hale and hearty and has not nissed a day from business for more than ifty years. Two of the oldest priests in the wopld re- side in Pennsylvania. One is the Hene- dictine Archabbot Wimwmer, of St. Vincent's monastery, Westmoreland county, and the other Rev. Anthony Schwarze, pastor of the Charch of our Lady of Monnt Carmel, Min- ersville, ‘I'hey were both ordained in 1831 in Germany. A woman has just died in ‘the town of Saint Nicolas de Bourgeuil at the age of one hundredand seven years. She preserved her faculties to the last, ate with an excellent appetite, and excelled 1n singing songs about the great Napoleon. She prided herself on having lived during the reigns of six kings and_emperors, only one of whom, Louis XVIII, died on the throne. H 1 very old ladies attended a rocent church meeting in New Haven, Conn. They Tolly Farren, 95;' Mrs. Desire Mrs, Olive Blackstone, 83; Mrs, encer, 83; Mrs. Julia Hielico 813 Mrs, Curtis, 853 Miss Jerusha 521 Miss K. Bradley, 82 Mrs. Silas Clark ~ Woodbury, Their church membership aggregated 426 years. Charles Shaw-Letevre, Baron Eversiey of England, at ninety-four years old, is stilla sprightly and active man in body and mind, llc is agclose a student of current politics as when he was speaker of the house,thirty odd years ago, and as keen a sportsman as ever, as may be inferred from the fact that he has iusl been purchasing a brace of breech-load- ng guns containing all the modern improve- ments invented nen born since he passed the meridian of life. Rev. Thomas Edwards, aged: eighty-four ears, and tor half a century a yesident of itsburg, Pa., disappe: cdmyilerluusly from his homg several weeks azo. - iie was ecoens tric in his habitsand was known to have had considerable money in his possession. E: A lotter was received from him yesterday, dated Carmartheshire, Wales, in which he snid that he proposed to remain there for the rest of his duvs, but assigned no reasons for nis sudden departure. Eis relatives here have taken charge ot his estate, During the last week a great many_people from Ilunterdon and Somerset counties have been to the top of Sourland mountain to pay thieir respeets to Sylvia Dubols, the negress who is 124 vears old. For the " fitst time in her long 1ife Sylvia is sick. She is not seri- ously ill, nor does she suffer much pain, but she is eontined to hex room, ‘T'he doctors say Sylvia is merely suffering from old age and thiat she is liable to be bed-ridden until she dies, The old woman, probably the cldest in tie land, is as talkative a3 ever and las a joke for every visitor. She is very poor, and as her illnese is liable to prevent her from making her usual autumn tour of the ties, the {Nmpla who know her are tak sending her money, food, fuel and clothing, Sylvia 18 nursed by her daughter Elizabeth, who Is eighty years old. Elizabeth is as vig- orous and active a3 a young girl, and is still more than a mateh for any man on the moun- tain, One of the occasional sights on the streets of Higginsville, Mo., is very old colored man by the name of Rueben White. Uncle Rube, a8 he is generally known, lives near this city and frequently comes into town. It isap- parent to every one that he 1s a very old man but few know his real age and he is prob- ably the oldest man 1n this state or the United States. He himself does not know his exact age and when asked in what year he was born replied: “I dunno, sah, but I was 'bout5 vears old when Gin'ral Wash- ington crossed the river in Virginny' an’ fit the bettle of Norfolk, L’member seein’ him cross all his army, an’ it took all of Sunday an’ Monday to et ’em all over. I’member ‘special two red “things {q:fmulnls‘] on his shoulders an’ ae milk white hoss he rode, O, ves, sal, [ 'members mighty well ‘bout it,an when de gin'ral was “wade president we didn’t®none of us have to work.” KFrom this and other statements Uncle Rube must be 115 years old, The old man is fairly well- preserved, quite able to go about and even to cut a little wood. ~ fle was elghty odd years oldat the time of the Iate war, but does not remember events of that period so well as those of his early childho co RELIGIOUS, There are sixty-eight tribes of Indians in our country without christian missionaries. Rev. W. W. Newton, of Pittsield, Mass., is preparing a history of the Episcopal church in America. ‘There are 172 Presbyterian churches in the territory of Dakota and 107 ministers. Ad- ditions last year 1,141, The eleventh annual church congress, Protestant Episcopal, will be held in Louls- ville, Kr., October 18-21, There are twenty-five regular synagogues and seventy-five minor and emporary Jew- ish congregations in New York city. The eighty-sixth annaal session of the Bap- tist congress will be beld in Indianapolis, Ind..from the 15th to the 17th of November. ‘The conference of Congregationalists and Baptists for the purpose of promoting co- operation and union is to be held in London this month. A bell for the cathedral of Cologue, weigh- iug nearly twenty-seven tons, the clapper itself being three-quarters of a ton, has just been placed in position with great pomp. 1t is reported that the sect of “Soul Sleep- e1s” in Jefferson county, Indiana, have a 10- year-old boy. Paschal” Porter, for their preacher. He is said to lead his congrega- tions with eloquent earnestness. The Reformed Presbyterian chureh in this country has 119 congregations in its com- munion, with 103 ministers. ‘Their contridu- tlons for all purposes swount o more than 200,000, The denomination 18 coniined to northern and northwestern states. ‘The free-churech movewment is said to be growing rluhllf)' in the I'rotestant Episcopal churchs, The diocese of Albany, in the jour- nal of the recent convention, reports: Churehes, 116; chapels, 22: free churches and chapels, 118; churelies otherwise supported, 20. In over two-thirds of the Protestant Episcopal churches of the land the free-pew system prevails, ‘f'ne prineipal Hebrew holidays for the year arn: New Year, 5148, Septe and 20, Day of Atonement, Septew 3 ernaele, first day, October 3; Sabbath & shith, October 15; Hanukkal, December 113 Fast of Tebeth, Decewber 25; Purim, Febru- ary 26: Passover, lirst day, March Penti- cost, first duy, May 165 Fast of Ab, July 17 September 6, 5049, New Year's, tors. 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