' streets.
. tion.”—_India11apoli. Journal.
OUR PRICES TO FOREIGN ARTISTS.
A Mint of Money Gladly Expanded by
Americans for Fun. .
Paderewski went away with $280,000
hidden in his egregious hair—$280,000
that the public could know of, that
could be counted. How many thou-
sands more were laid on his altar as the
outcome of personal idolatryvthere is no
law to make him say. America-and its
people. with the dollars left out, make
Paderewski xery .tired, and he never
tried to conceal it. .. .
And the Grand Opera artists! They
are the highest salaried persons brought
to this country. The De. Rezkes’ con-
tract called for fifty performances, for
each of which they get $1, 800 apiece,
and 15 per cent. of all receipts over
$7,000. Plain multiplication show that
they took away easily $100,000 each.
Mantel, Calve and Melba each receiv-
ed about $1,500 for each performance.
They were engaged for fifty perform-
ances, and carried away between them
$225,000. '
Easy to figure: Nordica, $5,000 per
month. six months’ engagement, during
which she appeared about ten ~ times
each month, $30,000; Schalchi, for her
six months, during whichshe appeared
about sixty times, was paid about $18,-
000. Plancon, the tenor, carried home
$30,000. ~When he sang he was probably
inspired by theknowl'edge” that he’was
making about $5 a minute. William
'Gruening, tenor of Damrosch's opera
season, took $24,000.
These are only the mighty few in the
musical firmament. But there are still
the actor people. Bernhardt, for her
little outing in the country added $200,-
000 cash to her balance at‘ the bank.
She played for a percentage ,of the
gross receipts. Irving was $70,000 to
the good, and Miss Terry was able to
live through the Summer on her poor
salary of $1,000 a month, which lasted
ten months. Duse was not here long,
but America liked her $60,000 worth.
The English farce- comedy companies
in "The Shop Girl,” and “The Artist’s
Model.” took in $200,000 in thirty
weeks.
And then the Vaudevilles! Chevalier
would have dropped dead five years ago
if he had been told he could pocket $18,-
000 for three months of his “turn.” But
that’s the way of it.
Yvette Guilbert had $4,000 a week;
six weeks, $24,000. Fregoll has rolled
it up at the rate of 31,1,700 a week. The
Craigs, acrobats, $6,000 for eight weeks’
work; ,the Martinettis, $11,000 for six-
teen weeks. Harriet Vernon made
$4.000 in eight weeks singing her little
serio-comics. The Pantzer Brothers,
acrobats,-make $350 a week each, with
Proctor. Cinquevaill’s twelve weeks of
juggling brought him $5,000.. ,Herr
Graise and his performing monkey and
donkey worked just three hours a week
and'got $50 for it ev ery Saturday—New
York Journal.
:4!" ‘ Fish From Desert \Vells.
‘ The statement has been frequently
made that many of the new artesian
wells on the Desert of Sahara occasion-
ally eject small fish. This statement
'which has been generally discredited,
has been proven to be true by Mr. Des-
or, the Swiss naturalist. After his
return from a trip of exploration in
North Africa, Mr. Desor wrote as fol-
lows:
“I found hundreds of fish in the
streams leading from the wells out on-
to the sands. It is impossible that they
should come from any place else than
“from out of the wells, for the water is
not in communication with any basin,
creek f or river. The fish I saw at the
oasis of Ain-Tala, belong to the family
of carps.
spectiug them is that. although coming
from a depth of from any place between
200 and 500 feet they are not sickly or
misshapen, and have large and per-
fectly formed eyes This is contrary to
the general rule, such creatures fiom
subterranean waters usually being to-
tally devoid of the organs of sight. ”—
St. Louis Republic.
Oldest Proposal on Record.
The oldest marriage proposal of which
there is a definite record is 3,425 years
old. This remarkable ancient record,
which is in the Oriental Department of
the British Museum, is a small clay
tablet, measuring eight inches by four
inches, and contains about ninety-eight
lines of very fine cuneiform writing. It
is made of Nile mud and bears upon it
the marriage proposal of a Pharaoh for
the hand of a daughter of the King of
Babylon. It' is a duplicate cdpy of a
letter written about B. C. 1530. —Boston
Gazette.
“'hy Ho Spoiled It. ‘
He dropped ‘on his knees at her fee.
and began the speech he had been so
long rehearsing: ‘ Darling. love, I hate
you—I me an, darling, hate, I love you
- no--no-—I mean—’ (Here his face
assumed a livid hue and began to tie it-
self in hard knots),
‘What is it—-para1ysis?” she asked
frantically.
“No love, ” he whispered hoarsely;
: “I am kneeling on a tack ”—.—Tacoma
News.
Honoring Bismarck.
The Bismarck monument: which the
German Corps students have erected in
boner of their old comrade in the Ru-
dolsburg Hill, near Kosen, in Thurin-
gia, wnere many of them are wont to
, spend the Whitsuntide holidays, has
been unveiled. The statue represents
Bismarck as a young student sitting in
an arm-chair, with a cloak threwn over
it. His lowered right hand grasps the
- duelling sword used by the German stu-
udents, andyhis left rests on his’thigh.
The Intelligent Officer.
“Mike,” said the superintendent,
“there is a dead dog reported in the
alley between Illinois and Meridon
I want you to look after its
disposition.’
Anhour later the ntelligent officer
telephoned:
"I have inquirel about the dog. and
find that h .as a very s vage disposi-
The most- curious thing re-r
THE-EVENINGTGAZETTEXVY,5
EVERY TOWN SHOULD HAVE A FAIR.
Some Helpful Suggestions as to the Proper
Way of Conducting Them.
Every community, whether city or
country, should have its fair. The
American Agriculturist. in answer to
the question: Are our fairs degenerat-
ing? has this to say:
To one interested in the development
of agriculture, improved methods, bet-
ter soil products, and in‘live stock, this
is'an important question, fer no one
will. deny that a good fair is a great
educator. Possibly the interest in some
localities is not as great as formerly.
but good fairs are held every fall. The
almost universal depression of prices,
both for soil products and for live
stock, has discouraged exhibitors and
lessened their enthusiasm. After show-
. inga few times. the novelty wears off,
and if no benefit is derived in the way
of advertising, another attempt will not
be made. ‘Antagonism of leading State
societies often results in poor exhibits.
The horticultural society fights the ag-
ricultural. The dairymen urge on the
row, and the beekeepers accuse all three
of corruption.
The admission of miscellaneous gam-
blers, side show fakirs of all kinds,
peddlers. etc., is doing much to bring
the State as well as the county fair into
disrepute. No self respecting person
wants to be constantly confrOnted with
deformed beings, half naked savages,
jungle snakes, and every disgusting
moral and physical monstrosity obtain-
able. People who admire such exhibi-
tions are not the most desirable attend-
ants. It pays to bid for a better class
of fair goers. That fairs can be profita-
bly operated without these nuisances
has been fully: and conclusively demon-
strated. Any management that allows
them inside the grounds is doing the
State and the visitors an injustice.
Neither is it just to the exhibitor, who
has a right to expect that his products
be examined. Instead of this the visi-
tors’ attention is constantly distracted
by every ingenious method known.
Manufacturers of agricultural imple-
ments at their national convention held
in Chicago last winter complained bit-
terly of this.
The practice of giving large purses
for races, and beggarly premiums to
those who exhibit fat stock and farm
products is also working much injury.
These are a few of the weak points in
the fairs as now conducted and some of
the difficulties with which fair manag-
ers must contend. Letthem firstget rid
of sideshows, gambling devices, etc.,"
then go to work On their premium lists.
Decrease the premiums for fast r as
and apply the money to more impfit
departments. Personally we have
objection to a moderate amount of
racing, but'there is no reason why such
a large proportion of the prize money
should go to owners of fast horses.
Inaugurate contests for boys and
girls. Give a prize to the, boy who can
handle a plow the most skilfully. Offer
prizes for the best collection of vegeta-
bles, the best bushel of corn, best bushel
of cats, best calf, best .pig, etc., raised
by a boy between twelve and sixteen
years. Give the girls prizes for butter,
bread, flowers, garden vegetables and
chickens. Do not make them compete
with the grown people. It is important
to interest the young farmers, for they
will, ina few years, he asked to assist
in managing fairs.
An attempt should be made to bring
out a larger exhibit of soil products. In
many places the showing of stock is
good, of machinery excellent, of art
and miscellany first-class, but the ag‘-
ricultural hall is not full. Possibly
larger premiums and a greater number
for grains, fruits, garden vegetables,
flowers, etc., would insure better exhi-
bits. For State fairs liberal premiums
for collective county exhibits have usu-
ally resulted in a generous response.
Could not most falrs profitably give
prizes for county displays? A few have
tried it and are satisfied with the re-
sult. '
Machinery tests on the grounds are
popular and constantly growing in fa-
vor. This requires early preparation.
A patch of potatoes must be planted to
test the potato diggers, corn for the
corn harvesters, wheat or cats for the
binder, grass for the mowers, etc.
Where the grounds are large enough
these cr'Ops should be grown inside the
enclosure, so that every visitor who do.
sires can witness the tests without the
annoyance of securing return checks at
the gate.
Struck It the First Time.
' "‘So you have written a novel?”
“Yes.” ,
“Has your heroine satin skin, velvet
eyelashes, and hair like threads of spun
gold?” '
, “Yes.”
“Is her name-Gwendoline?”
“It is.”
“Then I don’t see why it shouldn‘t be
a success. ’
A Helpful Coterie.
“So you enjoy belonging to the Fat
Men’ s Club?”
“Oh, yes; it is delightful.”
“What are some of the pleasures?"
“Why, every fat man in the club dis-
covers at once that all the other men
in the club are fatter than he is.”—
Louisville Courier- Journal.
About the Father of.— Waters.
De Soto, after discovering the Missis-
sippi River, died on its banks May 21,
1542. The mighty river has been flow
ing ever since, but it was not until
about twelve years ago that Capt. Gla.
zier discovered its source. Its length is
no'w stated to be 2, 960 miles, although
for all practical purposes itmay be said
to be 3,000. ,
Sco1ching.
Sprocket—Did you see that ivy down
at Gardener’ s?
t Wheeler—No;- what’s peculiar abopt
1 ‘l
““I never saw anything grow so fast.”
Ill“It is creeping ivy.”
“N o I should say it- was scoi'ching
ivy.”-Yonkers Statesman.
“mean
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LOVE’S LONG "HELLO. n
A Pair of Lovers Who Use the Long Dis-
, tance ’Pl1one.
It 13 pleasing to know that modern
science has been made a hand maiden
of the affections. Many illustrations of
this fact might be given, but none more
original and delightful than that which
the Sunday Journal brings to the atten-
tion of its readers.
Two lovers, one of them 11v mg in ,the
city of New York and the other in S yra—
cuse, are in the habit of holding daily,
almost hourly, conversations with one
another over a long distanee’telnphone.
Of course it is amatter of great expense.
but that is a trifle not to be considered
in comparison with the joy that is
brought to two fond hearts.
Miss Ida Strauss is the fair person
who thus honors the tele p he 19 ll 1 New
York. She. lives in West Seveniy- first
street. The happy sw ain is a Mr Mar-
shall who lives and does business in
Syracuse, in the State of New Y ork.
Both are rich, but Mr. Marsh all's
business keeps him in Syracuse, apd it is
essential to their future happiness tha‘
it should not be neglected. Money is
hardly a matter of consideration t .-
2ither of these two fortunate persons.
but business is business Therefore
they have resorted to an uhlimited use
of the long distance telephone.
Miss Stiauss has the telephone in.
stalled in her charming boudoir. A vase
of fresh cut, beautiful flowers always
stands on the top of the instrument
Near it is a photograph of Mr. Marshall,
who is absent in the flesh, but ever pres
ent in the voice. 011 the wall is alarge
picture of him.
The room is filled with such articles
as a woman of wealth and cultivation
might be expected to possess. Miss
Strauss is thoroughly well read and. a
great traveler. Books in many lan-
guages are to be seen on their shelves,
and souvenirs of visits to almost every
European country from Egypt to En-
gland.
Miss Strauss is one of the chief organ-
izers of a system of clubs for working
girls, known as Pansy clubs. She spends
much time and money in these places,
lecturing on fOreign travels and on liter-
ature tothe girls and reading extracts
from popular works to them.
The generous hospitality of her family
is famous. Recently they paid a visit
to their native village in Alsace and
gave a magnificent banquet to which
every inhabitant from the oldest to the
youngest was invited.
Mr. Marshall, the .lover, whose exi-
gent business keeps him nailed down in
Syracuse, is a brilliant young man, and
will, it is probable, become one of our
great millionaires The table of the
long distance telephone is next to his
desk, and he is ever ready to reply to
its_,tender summons.
Gen. Grant’s Commissary-General.
Congressman Lacy of Iowa tells an
interesting army story of Gen. MOrgan,
Commissary General of the United
States Army, recently related to his
former comrades in arms.
Gen. Morgan was Grant’s commissary,
and after the surrender at Appomattox
successfully fed Lee’s entire army of
25,000 men, in addition to Grants
troops. During one of Grant’s cam
paigns the Confederates by a flank
movement rounded up 26,000 steers be-
longing to his commissary department,
and as soon as the damage became
known in Washington a despatch ar-
rived in Grant’s headquarters from Sec-
retary Stanton demanding to know in
categorical language who was responsi-
ble for the loss.
“I am,” promptly telegraphed Grant
in reply, and there the matter ended.
But Gen. Morgan states that while
Grant thus stood between him and the
irate Secretary of War, he had a pecu-
liar way of showing his resentment to
him. On several occasions when there
were visitors in camp, Grant would ex-
claim;
“I have the greatest Commissary-
General in the world—not only of mod-
ern times but' ancient times as well—~
Col. Morgan here,” and he would point
him out with an appearance of honest
pride.
“How is that, General?” the visitor
would ask.
“How is that?” Grant would say;
a “why. he feeds our army and the en-
emy’s too.”-—Washington Post.
Misunderstood.
“Would you like to take a chance?”
asked the timid, ro'sy checked maiden
of the stranger at the church fair. -
“Would I?” exclaimed the stranger
radiantly. “Well, I should say I would.
but——_” his voice fell to a whispen and
the eager light in his eyes died to a far-
away, sad expression, "I am already
married. ”--Washington Evenin g Times.
Gifts to Chicago After the Fireu
The cash contributions for the benefit
of the sufierers of the Chicago fire 'in
1871 amounted, within a month after
the disaster, to $4,200,000, and the con-
tributions in the way of supplies, food,
clothing and other necessaries to per-
haps as much/more. o '
A SHAKY COUNTRY.
~--..—. l——I'
» New Boarder—Why, is if, farmer,'
that your chickens haven’ t feathers?“
Did the girls in the neighborhood pluck .
them for feathei' boas?
Farmer—No, indeed. They had chills-
yer las’ summer an' shook’ em all off
-—New York Herald!
THE EFFECT OF GOOD PIE. '
Inspired by an Appetite, a Tramp Tells a '
Thrilling Story,
“Awful experiences? Yes.” said the
tramp, as he sat at a Holland-street
kitchen table on Thursday forenoon and
:ut into the second piece of custard
ie.
p “I was sleeping soundly' 1n a box car
out in IOwa one night last summer, and
the, wind was blowing like thunder
across the plains! Suddenly that car
got loose—the brakes broke or suthin’——
and it began to crawl along out of the
aiding'and onto the main track. It was '
nuts for me. I thought" the wind
wouldn’t blow me far, and so I kept on.
I stood in the door and .saw the houses
and fences go by faster and faster, till
all of a sudden I realized that I was go-
ing too fast to get oliand no way of
stopping it. ‘ Half an hour after we—
the car, and I—dashed through a little
station, and I had just time to see the
telegraph operator run out and look
after us and then run back to telegraph
down the line to clear the track. We
were going more than a mile a mlnute, '
and my hair was standing on end.
Forty miles down the road we went .
through another station, and on a sid—
mg I caught sight of an engine with
steam up, and a man with a rope on the
cowcatcher. That engine chased ,us
twenty milesdown thetrack. Theman
with the rope threw it'around the'brake
wheel on top of our car, and gradually
stopped it, while all the time the wind
was blowing a gale. »
“We had just got headed back toward
the depot when an express train showed
up-where we should have met it ker-
chunk—that’s good pie,” and he took
another piece.-——Lewiston_ Journal.
JAPANESE COMPETITION HARMLESS.
So Says Hoshi Tom, the New Japanese
‘Minister to this Country.
Hoshi Tom, the newly appointed
,Minister from Japan to the United
States in an interview on political and
economic questions, said:
Japan has made wonderful progress
in all lines of manufactured products,
but I do not thick that the country can
be called a rival of the United States.
Our factories are still in their Infancy
and it will be many years before we
can really be sex: to be competitors of
the United States.
As regards the recent war. I do not
believe that the war feeling has entirely
died out; what you would call patriot-
ism is still manifest throughout the '
country.
As regards Korea, it is true that both
Russia and Japan have a watchful eye
over it, but it is an independent coun-
try. The relations between Japan and
Russia are most friendly.
. America, and by America I mean the
United States, has always had a warm
place in the hearts of the Japanese and
we have for every-thing pertaining to .
“the United States a most warm and en-
thusiastic feeling.
in the world of Japan becoming a foe
to your industries.
Classics on Staten Island.
Classibal knowledge seems to be at a
low ebb on Staten Island. On the park
at Richmond, the county seat, is a tab-
let bearing in big letters the singular
statement, "Rioemond County Gaol.
Errected Anne Domino,- 18_60_. ”
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