St. Louis Post-Dispatch
January 7, 1882
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St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Saturday, January 7, 1882. THE THEATERS. „ A Sccond Week of Marie Geistin - ger, at Pope’s. ——— 0 Patti, Baker and Farron, and * Only a Farmer’s Daughter,’’ the Other Attractions—Gossip. cured Fred Marsden’s new comedy of „Cheek,“ and engaged Roland Reed, sup- orted by a powerfnl company, to open in Jhicago in May, According to the Dramatic Newe, Mr. W. A. Mestayer will sever his connection with his partner in the management of the Tourists, Mr. John P. Smith, at the end of the current season. Miss Alice Harrison received a valuable diamond locket and pin, and her brother Lewis was made bappy by a signet ring and solitaire scarf pin from the members of their where Mile. Montbazon has been the reigning Bettina in La Mascotte” for a long season. The Pippo of the cast objected to her eustom of wearing the natural orange blossoms sent by admirers, On account of their excessive fragrance, Which sickened him in the near proximity of the love duets. To protect himself he compelled Mile. Montbazon to comply with the rules of the thater and wear “property” orange blossoms, whereup- on Bettina saturated her toilet with dou- bie-distilled extract of orange-flowers. The tenor retorted by dining off mutton with garlic. The two fonght out the fight of per- er part with her lite nor the title.“ It has been commonly asserted that the same noble Duke, whose convivial qualities have been chronicled by Lever, knighted _ Sir Charles Morgan, Lord Abercorn’s household physician, and who had done no ser- vice meriting distinction, when in similar merry mood. Lady Abercorn, who had her own reasons for wishing her demoiseile de compagnie married to Sir Charles, gaingd her consent by promising to get him knight- ed, and took advantage of the Viceroy’s af- ter-dinner mood, when on a visit to her at Baronscourt, to get the thing done. It may 9 Ose TTIIL LAL LL pee qh ing I. rer: 442393 © oe 84 6O es (eens ~wverTrtr. — — — 7 Saas ( 1 N. * 5 * * 10 0 C * 0 FFICE FURNITURE — cea other Desks. | | 3 Largest Assortment Carried by any House West. AT NET FACTORY PRICES. les of Commercial, Bankers’, Insurance and ey Book Cases and Oftice Chairs. UTS AND PRICES SENT WHERE DESIRED. HE annual méeting of the stoc ve Cour Lake Ice pompeny. li be on Tuesday, January 10, NN of th St. >. * ae! z vf CHAS. B. SHEL . me company, 520 Pine street, HE annual meeting of the stockhol 7 Laciede and Oreve ur Lake Company will be held on Jauus 1882. at the oflice of the company, 520 Pine St. Louis, Mo. * 1 annual meeting of the stockholders ot p Creve Ceur Extension Railroad be he d on Tuesday, January 10, 1883, at office — » . be added that, however ready Sir Charles might have been to compromise, “Sydney Lady Morgan,’’ as she delighted to call her- self, would have been quite as reluctant to forego dignity as was Lady Cuffe. The his- tory of several viceregal knightings would probably furnisb a curious chapter. A RECKLESS SPECULATOR. That company on Christmas. Miss May Gallagher has temporarily re- tired from the cast of“ Esmeralda“ at the Madison Square Theater, on account of the severe illness of her mother, wyo is very low with an incurable disease. Miss Arditi, dauchter of Sig. Arditi, the well-known musical director of Her Majes- ty’s opera company, Who has met with much success on the English stage,is about to marry Mr. R. Walker, a London architect. fumes, but the Fiametta of the cast was completely overcome. The New York Sunday Courier reports Mrs. Jennie Kimball Fiaherty as speaking thus of Little Corinne: I' wish to give you ail the facts, and set myself right with the public. Little Corinne was bornin 1872, and the midwife who attended at her birth placed the child in charge of a Mr. Hill, at that time the city crier of Boston. His daughter, Mrs. Allen, took children to board, and Lit- tle Corinne was placed in her immediate charge. She is my own child, and I have always provided for ber. Iwas playing at the time, and, for professional reasons, did not care to have her with me, and, for fami- ly reasons, kept her birthasecret. After a few months [ learned that the child was be- ing neglected, and at once took charge of her ‘ ‘ "ak fs + 5 * 1 a * f : a Also Manufacturing Agents for Fine and Medium | r ““QCompany, 520 Pine 8 3 ae’ Furniture of all kinds. BLOCK, TYLER & co 412 AND 414 PINE’ STREET, ST. LOUIS. The local theatrical managers have this week been experiencing the reaction that always follows a week of holidays—the famine that comes after a feast. Marie Geistinger has done very well at Pope’s Theater, playing in German comedy and comic opera to good houses. Friedrich Hasse, a legitimate German star, had empty bouses atthe People’s, and Hearts The tomb of Ira Aldridge, the colored of Oak” and ‘*The Banker’s Daughter’ | tragedian, has been permitted to fall into played to only fair business at the Olympic f shameful shape, and steps are about to be and Grand Opera-house respectively. Next taken to restore it. It s at Lodz, near War- week’s attractions are as follows: saw, in Poland, where he died of the small- POPE’S THEATER. pox. Marie Geistinger’s repertoire for the com- It seems that the Odessa mob was mis- 2 me, | HE annual meeting of tne stockholders of the Union Depot Storage and Shipping Com- — pany for the purpose of electing a Board — of Directors fer ensuing year will be hel * office of the comoany, corner Sixteenth a th and streets, on Monday, Jant 9, 182. Polls ‘ from 9 to 12. INU. R. ‘LIONBERGER. Ks HENRY 8. POTTER” 1 * 8 * de POND'’S EXTRACT i ? Sr. LOUIS MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE oo} * ‘ = The Standard Family Medicine Pika ete 1 a. * ‘ ’ * : A Career Which Recalls of Coal-Oil Johnny. From the New York Times. „George H. Nesvit has been expelled from this exchange. This brief dispatch from the Pittsburg Petroleum Exchange made in- teresting reading for the New York petroleum brokers yesterday. There is no man alive of whom these same brokers love so much to * ST. Louis, January 8, 1802. HE annual meeting of the members of this pany Will be held at their office on Monday, the 16th day of January, A. D. 1882, at 10 o’clocx . .. to receive reports and to elect nine directors. Ww open till 1 o’clock p. m. > 3 9 ana when business ing week is announced to be as follows: Sonday, „The Seamstress,“ when Max Lube will take a _ benefit; Monday evening, by special request, “Boccaccio,’’ which was so well played and generally praised last week, will be repeated; Tuesday, *“Camilie;”’ Wednesday matinee, „Madame Favart;“ Thursday and Saturday nights, Grand Duchess;’’ Friday evening Mime. Geistinger takes a benefit, when, by request, the musical comedy of Tnree Pairs of Shoes” will be presented; Sunday night, January 15, farewell performance, “A Daughter of Hell.“ Mme. Geistinger’s performances are in German. Sheisa remarkable woman, being at the same time a good comedienne, powerful tragedienne and charming operatic artiste. During the present Week she bas made ad- mirers of St. Louisians who have seen and heard her. The sale of seats for next week is large. OLYMPIC. “Only a Farmer’s Daughter“ will be the attraction at this house next week, beginning Sunday evening. The company, which is well spoken of, includes Adelaide Cherri, Elliott Barnes, Bertha Welby, Mabel Earl, Erroll Dunbar, little Mamie Gulroy, Alfred Klein, T. S. Kendal and J. Dalton. The Philadel- phia Transcript says: “Only a Farmer’s Daughter“ is avery in- teresting society play, with a rather navel construction. Arising young author, who bas married a country girl, is being plotteu against by a false friend anda dashing adven- tures*®, Who play upon his ambition to alien- ate bim from his family. Just as the schemers think their success certain, the husband has * dream, which carries on the story to its legit- imate end—the loss of wife, child and reason, the murder of the adventuress, a violent death and a pauper’s grave. The dream opens the busband’s eyes to his danger, and restores him tothe affections of his wife. Butthe action never flags, and the play holds and retains pleased attention to the close, and is weil worthy a generous hearing. GRAND OPERA-HOUSE. Bakerand Farron, two character come- dians who have a play like Emmet’s „Fritz,“ which they style “Chris and Lena,“ will appear at the Opera-house Snnday night and every night next week, except Tuesday and Friday, when Patti will be tne | atiraction. Baker and Farron have been very successful in their efforts to amuse the ge They sing songs, dance and provide other eccentric entertainment, all of which delights the populace end makes them welcome, particularly to the patrons of the upper tiers of theaters. PATTI. The celebrated songstress sent several agents along here twp weeks ago to herald the announcement of her coming next week, when she will appear at the Grand on Tues- day and Friday evenings in bills that will be half concert and halt operatic. The agents have told some wonderful things about Pat- ti’s success, carefully failing to mention that shesangto almost empty benches in Chicago and placing the amount of the sales here far above the actual figure. There are not many people in St. Louis who kre willing to pay 35 to hear Patti sing a few common Place sclections, and not very many of them have purchased seats atthe extraordinary price demanded for them. Every place down stairs is marked at 5. The baicony seats are also $5 each, and the family circle sests in the rear of the balcony are rated at each. Admission to any part of the house, gallery inciuded, is $2. Everything is as high as the fair prima donna’s upper notes, and as people here do not run to esthetic prices, the chances are thatthe Patt! management will not have room torejoice over the St. Louis engagement. PEOPLE’S THEATER. Collier’s ‘*Banker’s Daughter’? company goes from the Grand to the People’s Sunday to remain there a week at low prices. This is the first time such a move has been at- tempted here, and the intention is to try to feel the popular pulse in the matter of high and low prices. Reserved seats at the Grand are $1; at the People’s 75 cents, While the ad- mission down stairs is only 50 cents. Sever- a! attractions will play here in this way—first at the high-priced houses and then at the People’s. DRAMATIC NOTES. Miss Maggie Duggan has joined the Tour- ists Combination. Miss Fay Templeton is said to be engaged to be marriedto William West, of B., W., JD. & W’s Minstrels. Genee's new operetta, “Rosina,’’ was performed at the Carl Theater, Vienna, on Christmas day, with brilliant success. Lotta sent a large sum of money to New Orleans, to be expended in buying Christ- mas presents for the newsboys in that city. It is proposed to hold in Vienna next sum- meraninternational exhibition of theater plans, plastic models, safety apparatus, etc. A Thread of Suk,“ Arthur Matthison’s° lay, recently produced successfully in Eng- and, is to be brought to America by D’Oyly Carte. Itis said that a French translation of Wilkie Collins’ “New Magdalen” will be produced at a Paris theater early in the spring. The accomplished Euglish actress Mrs. Kendal intends before long to appear as the Queer in Mr. Robert Browning’s play In a Balcony.” Cyril Searle commences a starring engage- ment under the management of W. E. Sinn on March 7, opening at the Park Theater, Brooklyn. Rose Eytinge has a new play, written es- cially for her, which will be produced in ew York at the close of the present travel- ing season. The contemplated a by Mme. Ristori in London have been indefinitely postponed, aud there is reason to suspect that the scheme has been abandoned. The enthusiasm of the Louisville musical ublig was oct sufficient to ewell the sale of ) seals much above $2,500, and the concert date in that city was canceled by Manager Abbey. Fanny Davenport has been pretty severely eriticised 11. New York press during tne week, but has played to large audiences will sail for England the June next. Frank Far and Gus Mortimer have se- ret week iu taken in attacking Sarah Bernhardt as a Jewess. Sheisof Hebrew origin, but she is in religion a Catholic, having received both baptism and her first communion at the Church of Auteuil. It is said that the part of the Lorelei in Gounod’s new opera will be given tothe premiere ballet dancer, probably Sangalli. But how will the irresistible power of song attributed tothe Lorelei in the legend be il- lustrated in that case. It is said that Mme. Patti admits the jus- tice & Max Maretzek’s claim against her for breach of contract, made before she left America, over twenty years ago, and claims that, not being of age at the time of making it, her responsibility cannot be fixed. „Robinson Crusoe,“ the new Drury Lane pantomime, produced on Monday last, was a great success. Vouth,“ which was with- drawn on December 10 to make way for it, netted the management £25,000 during its run, and will be revived in the spring after the transfer of the pantomime to New York. In the theaters at Munich asbestos cloth is used for the scenery; the iron curtain is dropped after every performance, and 80 never allowed torust nor get out of gear; each portion of the auditorium is licensed for a certain number of people and no more are admitted, and no two parts of the house debouch in the same passage. Messrs. Robson and Crane have issued a verw unique New Year souvenir for presen- tation to their many friends. It is handsome in design, got up iu white satin, and con- tains the information that the come dians have played “Our Bachelors’ 461 times, “Comedy of Errors“ 315 times, and “Sharps and Flais” and“ Twelftu Nigat“ 169 and 52 times respectively. Ora,“ aromantic [Irish drama by Mrs. Pacheco and Mr. John J. MeNally, will be produced in New Orleans this month by Miss Annie Pixley. Miss Pixiey bas quite a number of new pieces, beside that above mentioned, among them being“ Wild Oats,” by Mr. E. C. Burt, and another, not yet named, for which she has paid Mr. Fred. Marsden $5,000. The subseribers of the telephone exchange in Zurich are now afforded an opportunity to hear the performances at the theater, two receivers having been placed in the pros- cenium. The music and the words of the male actors are heard perfectiy, but the words of the actresses cannot always be distin- guished. During the rehearsals the receivers are disconnected. It is a singular fact that the three fires most destructive of human lives during the last quarter of a centurv~those in Santiago, Brookiyn and Vienna—all occurred in the month of December; not only that, but the Santiago Cathedral and Ring Theatre were burned on December 8 at the same hour, and the Brooklyn Theatre was burned only three days earlier in the month. William Elton, the English low comedian of Wallack’s—right name klt—whose success asthe crafty Hebrew in The World” was conspicuous, is the talented offspring of a once celebrated tragedian who supported Macready. Mr. Elton, Jr., was the original Beauseant in “The Lady of Lyons.” Wil- liam’s uncle, Charles H. Eit, is proprietor of Myddleton Hall, in Islington. The first act of Lingham and Balch’s ver- sion of“ Michael Strogoff,’’ lately brought out at the Baldwin in San Francisco, ends with a fight between the Czar’s courier and a monster bear. Tom Gressman played the bear to great acceptance until the evening of the 16th inst., when,in the heat of the encounter, J. R. Grismer, who played Stro- Coff, accidentally stabbed him inthe thigh, inflicting a wound that will confine him to his bed for several weeks. The Court Theater of Weimar has achieved a grand success inthe production of one of the grandest pieces of the Spanish dramatist, Calderon, EI Mayor Encanto Amor“ (love the greatest of charms), found- ed upon the story of Odysseus. The adap- tation was made by Otto Devrient, one of the foremost of German dramaturgists. Beau- tiful incidental music was composed by Las- sen, and the scenery was painted after mo- tives from Preller’s famous Odvsseus pic- tures in the Weimar museum. The theatrical sensation in Paris is the production atthe Chatelet of Les Mille et Une Nuits,” a ‘*feerie’’ in three acts and thirty-three tableaux, which is said to exceed in magnifi- cence every spectable yet placed on the Patlsian stage. One of the scenes re- presents the court of Cleopatra, and 400 persons in oriental costumes, three elephants and many horses appear in it. The most sensational scene, however, is “la chasse in- fernale,” in which a pack of 60 hounds cross the stage in full cry, followed by 50 hunters on borseback at the ga!lop. From the different criticisms, some rap- turous, some cautious and others strongly condemnatory, published in the London press on the recent performance of Mrs. Langtry in She Stoops to Conquer“ in the Haymarket Theater, the inference may be drawn that she acquitted herself very well for a novice. She exhibited great compos- ure, and was free from the painful awk ward- ness Which generally accompanies a first ex- periment of this kind. It is said she has ac- cepted an offertojointhe company at the Haymarket for theremainder of the season, and will make her next appearance in 8 which is shortly to be revived there. ing had a somewhat romantic experience lately. A mysterious admirer so contrived it that his dashing brougham and pair were constantiv at her service while en route on her concert tour, and upon her arrival in Paris the admiring incognito, who proved to be a wealthy Parisian, called, presented his compliments and made an offer of his hand, etc. Itis narrated that Miss Thursby de- clined because of ber vow to marry none but an American, and that her adorer, upon discovering his disadvantage. immediaiely sailed for this country to remove his disabil- ity by becoming naturalized as speedily as possible. The New Orleans Times’ critic, who had such a flow of language during the Ambre opera season last year, talks about Gerster as fo.lows: Some of her trills are aflame with passionate intoxication, others are ‘white and wet’ with the tears of grief. Each chromatic scale, each grupeto has its marked meaning and successful intention. When her voice competes with an instru- mentin the orchestra, as in the point d’orgue of the folly scene, there vibrates in her an unknown power, which can not be express- ed, but which, nevertheless, clearly reveals the impassable chasm which lies between mechanism, however perfect, and tbe elo- quence of the soul!” The reliability of woman’s wit, when call- ed upon to aid her in any petty revenge, was recently shown atthe Bouffes in Paris, — 1 Nana 9 . — myself. From that day I have devoted my life to her.’?, My wife and daughter were made healthy by the use of Hop Bitters, and I recommend them to my people.—(Methodist Clergyman. THE PARABOLIC HAT. An Argument in Favor of Enormous Female Headgear. From tie New York Times. Travelers inform us that there is a tribe in Central Airicathe women of which wear no clothing whatever, while the men wear the usual large sbirt- collar, striped trousers and comic hatcharacteristic of the male negro everywhere. The reason for this curious difference of dress between tne sexes has been only recentiy ascertained. A missiun- ary who made carefu! inquiries in regard to it was told bya native king that the women were forbidden to wear clothing, so that they could occupy the front seats at theaters without shutting off the stage from the sight of the rest of the audience. When our women were allowed to dress themselves,” said the King, speaking in his native Mponji dialect, „it was uselsss for any oneto attend the opera orthe theater, since he could see nothing but the bonnets and back hair of the women in front of him. Now we have changed ail that,as you can readily ascertain by attending the next per- formance at the Royal Theater.“ The mis- siovary, of course, did not go to the theater, but he was compeiled to admit that the na- tive Kings were more intelligent in some things than the men of his native Scotland, and he immediately wrote home to the Gen- eral Assembly of his particular Kirk, sug- gesting that the principle of restricting fem- inine dress might be adopted, ina modified form, in connection with church service at home. This instructive anecdote of missiorary labor is recalled by the outcry which men in civilized cities are now making against the large, round,flat hat worn by fashionable ladies. Thęre is no doubt that these hats interfere with the comfort of theater-goers. One of them alone is sufficient to shut off the view of the entire stage from half a dozen unfortunate mer. So numerous are these hats that perhaps three-fourths of the audi- ence at auy particular theater does not ob- tain a single glimpse of the play. Indeed an enthusiastic theater-goer has attended the representation of “*Patience’’ sixty-three times and has only caught a momentary sight Miss Emma Thursby is credited with hav- ofthe stage. This is a state of things which is naturally very exasperating to men, but nothing can be more idle than to suppose that women will castaside their big hats be- cause men denounce and ridicule them. On the contrary, they will cling all the more fondiy tothem, and will probably add a few extra feet tothe circumference of their hat- brims. Curiously enough, no woman seems yet to have noticed the remarkable acoustic pro- perties of these big hats. Placed, as they are, nearly on the back of the head, and curving from the center to the circumference in very nearly the proportions of a parabola, the big hats are so many sounding-boards. A hat of this kind bas no perceptible effect upon the voice of the wearer, but whstever is said to her by another person is reflected from the parabolic interior of the hat and can be plainly heard at a distance of not less than twenty and not more than seventy feet. It may strike the unscientific reader as strange that the voice thrown back by the hat can not be heard at a less distance than twenty feet, but any one who is familiar with Schmidtz’s law of the parabolic reflection of sound will readily understand the phenome- non. The result of this remarkable acoustical property of the parabolic hat is that the act- ors on the stage of a theater hear nearly ev- erything that is said among the audience. The lightest whisper breathed into a para- bolic hat by a discreet lover or an intimate friend is perfectly audible on the stage. The babel of sounds during the entr’actes is a source of immense amusement to those em- ployed on the stage and who have leisure to stand at the wings and listen to the conver- sation of the audience. It must be confessed that remarks intended only for particular ears thus often become the property of a dozen actors or stage carpenters, but let us hope that the amused listeners will prove discreet. Perhaps when the ladies are ap- prised of the acoustical properties of these hats they will be eager to discard them and to return to smalier and safer hats, but to the dramatic profession and to the confi dential friends of actors who are occasionally admitted to the stage to share the entertain- ment afforded by the parabolic hats. An ingenious but depraved person has just invented an apparatus which, when put in use at our theaters, as it s00n will be, will seriously annoy the wearers of large hats. This apparatus is a very simple affair, con- sisting of a strong black horse-hair live with a peculiar hook at the end of it. Armed with this apparatus a really wicked man can have no end of nefarious and entertsining sport inthe gallery. All be bas to do isto gently lower the line over the front of the gallery until the hook becomes entangied with a large hat. The line is invisible in the gas- light, and the hook can be made to fasten itself with the greatest ease among the volu- minous trimmings with which ladies’ hats are decorated. As soon as the hook is fixed, a quick firm jerk given to the cord causes the hat) to leap into the air, and it reaches the hands of the hat-fisher before the bereaved hat-owner isreally aware of herloss. The apparatus was recently tested at a Chicago theater, wheretwo young men succeeded in catching thirty-one and thirty-four hats, respectively, in the space of asingle act, and without de- tection. Phe inventor, who bas just placed his hat-fishing apparatus on sale in this city, estimates that three-fourths of ali the hats in the parquet of the Academy of Music can be caught by sm experienced fisher in a sin- gle nigot, and that even the man who tries the apparatus for the first time can hardly fail to catch a string of twenty or twenty-five hate. : Of course, itis an unpardonable liberty to fish for ladies’ hats, but the sport will afford so much amusement that it is really to be hoped that the large hats will not be sudden- ly abandoned. Ladies have a clear right to wear whatever hats may please them, and they must not allow thernselves to be either coaxed or frightened imto changing their — & moment sooner than fashion may die- ate. Vieeregal Kniightings. _ From the New York Sun. When the Duke of Richmond was Lord Lieutenant of Ireland he t@okit into his head, being in his cups, to knight one Thady Cuffe, a Dublin tavern-keeper. Next day his Grace wished to undo what he had done, and, call- ing Cuffe, offered a com promise. “Your Grace,” said the «allint knight. “I’d be willing to do it, but Lady Cuffe would soon. nr. 4 such a result would be extremely unwe!come | talk as George H. Nesbit, was Over yesterday afternoon the oil speculators gathered in little groups on the floor of theirexchange and told innumerable ‘stories, good, bad and indifferent, in all of which the subject of the Pittsburg dispatch figured. Nesbit is a queer fellow, and his career has een astrange one. A year ago he suddenly appeared in New York. He wasrich then—a millionaire perbaps—and he was as reckless as ue wasrich. He casually called in at the Petroleum Exchange while seeing the sights. Just fresh trom the Pennsylvania oil regions, he wus interested in everything pertaininig to petroleum. He was disgusted with the slowness of things in the exchange. He had no respect for men who bought oil in lots of a few hundred barrels. He had cherished the idea that New York was something Of a town, aud his disappointment was marked; but what New York could not do for herself Nesbit determined he would do for her. He und his private secretary along with bim, and ina careless, off-hand way he ordered the purchase of a certificate of membership, paying out onthe spot the $200o0r 5300 for which the certifleates were then seling. Mr. Nesbit proceeded to business at once, and the magnates ofthe exchange looked on in astonisument. From an operator who was dispensing „privileges“ the new member called for fifty thousand barrels as an initial investment. Ihe man of privileges“ did not allow his amazemnnt to interfere with uis trade, and smiled serenely as he put 3600 commission into his wallet. Nesbit loomed iuto a hero immediately . The “little opera- tion’’ in fifty thousand barrels was an in- different matter, he insisted, and did not hesitate to unload as promptiy as he had purchased and with an equal carelessness as Lo prices and profits. He took his private secretary out for a whilf of fresh air anda few more sights and then dropped into the exchange again. More than one operator wanted to supply him with privileges“ this time lle turned none away empty. Every- thing that was offered he bought, and that, too with ready cash. In five minutes he had purcuased 350,000 barrels of petroleum at prices in no instance under regular quota- tions. Thea he placidily sauntered out into the street. He made no money by his trans- actions. Is losses are unknown, and rumor places them at widely-varying figures. But he had done bit things“ among the oil bro- kers. He had acquired fame. He seemed to be happy, and the brokers certainly were. Tne next day he transferred ,his certificate of membership to a Wall street; man and started on à journey homeward toward the oil regions. Fortune has not smiled on Nesbit since. His schemes have miscarried, and his reeent career had been blotted all through with dis- aster and ill-luck. The end was announced yesterday in the telegram reporting his ex- pulsion from the Pittsburgh exchange. The reason for that expulsion is said to be ina - bility to meetloutstanding crntracts. On sim- ilar ground itis reported that he has beén expeled from the Bradford, Pa., exchange, where for a long time he was the controlliag spirit. In 1876 he was the big man of the Parker, Pa., exchange. Then Parker was chief among the oil centers, and Nesbit was probabiy the heaviest operator of the country. His speculations were on the most stupend- ous scale, not infrequently involving millions of doilars ina single day. When a mere boy he started for the oil regions to make his fortune. He struck rare luck, and was soon in control of some of the finest and most valuable propertiesin the oil district. In Pleasantville, inthe Bullion and Bradford oil-fields, and in Butler county he was very successful. As a producer he grew rich quick- iy. It was not till within the last haif-dozen years that he launched out into speculation. lle seemed to care nothing for riskj. The magnitude of his operations fora ting placed him virtually above competition, and by sheer goodfortune he was not knocked un- der. Reminiscenses not a few are recited il- lustrating his indulgence in freaks such as that which moved him to buy a membership in the New York] exchange, operate in a reckless fashion fora single aay, and then suddenly withdraw. He was very liberal, and his charitable acts were numefous. His who knew bimin his palmiest days, have always been to his own hurt only. THE DEADLY POLITICS. How It Blights and Blasts the Inno- cent but Impotent Citizen. From Peck’s Sun. The man whe has once been addicted to politics tinds it hard to reform and break the fetters that bind him. He makes a resolve, in his mind, that never again will he touch the fatal politics, and he goes along for months witheut thinking of indulging, but in an unguarded mement, after the cam- paign opens, he thinks of something that can be played on the opposition, and he takes the first step, and then he goes down, until election day he is ped- dling tickets like an old stager, at night he is around hearing the returns, at mid- night he is whooping it up with the boys, and 3a. m. he goes up stairs at home on all fours, his hat overwhelmed by a good ma- jority, his head as uncertain and wavering as the chances of his party, his tongue as thick as opposition votes, and his breath as strong as the atmosphere in a malt-house. He has lieu to his wife about having to goto the lodge to give some high degrees to some Masons from the country, and when she smells his breath she knows how high the degrees are, and it comes over her ina second—not the breath, but the idea—that be has fallen from his high estate and again sunken in the mire of poli- tics. After the election, and, is party is beaten as usual, he swears upon a stack of bricks in his hat that he will touch not, taste not, han- die not the intoxicating and demoralizing politics; but he lies, and he knows it. What the country wants is a societv for reforming men who are addicted to politics, a society where he can go when he feels the old appe- tite coming on, and bave his thoughts turned to a different channel. He is weak, and he wants bis brothers and sisters to take him by the hand—particularly the sisters—and brace bim up aad make him strong against the en- emy. When he feels like taking a band in a campaign where he knows he will surely fail, and coming out with the smell of kero- sene and beer on his garments and cheese on his breath, he wants to feel the strong arm of the society around his waist, and hear the members singing songs of Zion, instead of hurrahing for somebody for Justice of the Peace. But if such a society were formed for the reformation of the politicians, just about the time it got the converts strong enough to walk alone the confounded society would nominate a ticket of ite own, and gointoa campaign making more noise than all the other political parties, and the reformed pol- iticians would find that they had jumped out of the trying- pan into the fire. was ever thus since childhood’s hour. fauits, according to the stories told by those FOR NEARLY HALF A THH SUMMER REMEDY FOR HEMORRHAGES, REEUMATISM, CENTURY, CATARRE, JOHN OC. V ' JOHN J. sara President. cretary. ; NORTHWESTERN SAVINGS | Sr. Louis, Decem 3i, ER. 4 HE annual election fur thirteen Directors wil) be held at this office on Tuesday. January 10, be tween the hours of 10 o’clock a.m. and3 o’clocs m. P. OBERINER, HE ANNUAL MEETING of the stockbold-⸗ the Keokuk Northern Line Packet C wiil be held on wharfboat, foot of Locust st Louis, Mo., Wednesday, January 18, 1862, purpose of electing nine directors, to serv: ensuing twelve months. Polls open from 9 a. m, until 1 0’ elo: F . ‘ a” ae HE Third National Bank of St. Louis I 8, 1881.—The regular » elec 9) directors of this bank will on * anuary 10, 1882. at the ie from 12 m. until 2 o' clock p. 2 2 — 7 5 >. . sag 3 & Cas " INFLAMMATIONS. INSECT BITES COMPLAINTS. 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D LINEN, and a capital remedy ntive of Obnoxious or Contagious It is also valuable as an injection. the skin smooth. UFF. The article FAMOUS REMEDIES. | HALE’S HONEY OF HOREHOUND AND TAR, for Coughs and all Lung Diseases, HAIR REVIVUM, for Restoring Gray Hair to Original Color (Unequaled), 50 Cents. PIKE’S TOOTHACHE DROPS, which Cure in One Minute, 25 Cents. HILL’S HAIR AND WHISKER DYE (Instantancous), 50 Cents. JAPANESE CORN FILE, for Removing Corns, Bunions, &c., 35 Cents. SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS. 1128 —— SES TE SS ' * * SHOP NO. 1, And General Warerooms, 106 S. Tenth St. SHOP NO. 3, Jefferson Avenue and Gravois Road. — SHOP NO. 2, Cass Ave., bet. Glasgow and Garrison - SHOP NO. 4, Channing Avenue and Locust Street. THE CHLEBRATHD Winter Steel . ‘ ‘ 54 NS j » ° . . 4 ; * j “7 17 ~ 2 Hy Gandenon Shoe OF FIVE CALES. THE MOST PERFECT SNOW AND ICE SHOR BVER USED. No Balling of Mud or Snow, No Picking up Stones. Horse owners with Lame or Interfering Horses are especially requested to call and examine my mode and treatment of same. improper shoeing I guarantee a CURE OR NO CHARGE. Shoe, (the product of thirtv years’ experience in the business), which or twisting of the foot, ankle cufling and borse is made to land squarely upon the aroun’, ground, thereby avoiding all wabbling an limb. To the public in the western part 4, as above stated, under the able management of Parties desiring to see me personally will fin foot of the horse a studv. —. No. 1, 106 South Tenth street. eing sole agent in the West for the. Goodenough Shee and system, will with Shoes, Nails and Rasps at Manufacturers’ prices. Orders to be address D. In all cases where lameness is caused through My Fxcelsior Interfering — all slipping knee banging, fromthe mechanical fact that the | and to spring straight and true from the d shifting that cause interference with the other of the city, I refer them to my Shops Nos. 2, 3 and rst-class mechanics, who have made the d me at the anvil at, supply the trade ed to BUTLER, 106 South Tenth Street, St. Louis, Mo. Cuban Stoe THE BIG 4 k. Cuban Work. “Equal to any 10 Cent Cigar.” 4 FOR JOE CLARKE 414 WesHixeron AVENUE. Ba, * — d * i 25 CENTS. ee meee — * FFICE OF WAS MUTT MRE. surance Company, * Vorder Se and Market Streets, St. Louis, 5. 18 The annual meeting of the members of this ¢ panv and the election of three directors will de at the office of the company on Monday. the 9th of January, 882, at 9o’clock a. m. Polls will be cic atlo’cieck p. m. ARTHUR OLSHAUSEN. EpDW. BREITENSTEIN, Presiaer Secretary. THE THIRD NATIONAL BANK OF ST. Louis, December 29, 1881. IVIDEND NOTICE.—At a meeting of the Bo of Directors, a dividend of three (3) 0 was declared, payable to shareholders on and. » Januagy 3, 1882. T. A. STODDAR’ GERMAN-AMERICAN BANK, / Sr. Louis, December 23, 1881. Y OTICE is hereby given that a meeting of stockholders of the German American Ff will be held at its banking rooms On Monday. . rnary 27, 1882, to vote upon a proposition to iner the capital stock of said German-A can from $100,000 ro 5150 000. (Sian ed] AUGUST GEHNER, Presid« OHN DIERBERGEE, Cashier. N OTICE OF SHAREHOLDERS’ MEETING.- Notice is hereby given that a meeting of the shareholders of the St. Louis Heat and Power Fur- nishing Company willbe held at the office of the Shickle, Harrison & Howard Iron Company, on the southwest corner of Twelfth and Papin streets, in the city of St. Louis, Missouri. on Wedn 1. 18th day of January, 1882, commencing at nine o' clock in the forenoon and 3 at three o'elcek in the afternoon of said day, and that the objectof said meeting is to act upon a proposition to crease capital stock of said corporation from twenty-five thousand dollars to one hundred thousand dollars, of such other business as may and the transaction properly come before said 48 * Diretors of the St. Louis ing Company. — 7 St. Louis, November 12. 1881. N pany will be held at re actor sree the city o t. LO 7 > February, 1882. at 9 2 a. “sq FF Pp voting on the proposition to increase the capital stock of the company frourits present amount, $50. 000 to $825,000, an increase of $75,000. and for such other purposes as may lawfuliy come before said meeting. JAMEs H. MORLEY, WM J. 1. * SETH FRINK, Directors of the St. Louis, December 9, 1881. * OTICE OF INCREASE OF CAPITAL STOCK. St. Louis Natatorium, December 14, 188l.< Notice is hereby giventhaton Thursday, February 16. 1882, a meeting of the stockholders of the St. Louis Natatorium will be held at their office. corner of Nineteenth and Pine streets, between the ho of 9 o’clock a. m.and8o’clock p. m., for the pose of voting an increase of the stockof said poration from thirty to fortv thousand dollars. GEO. B. THOM ON, : JOHN ¥ DAVIS. JOSEPH FRANKLIN, WILLIAM L. HUSE, CHAS. A. FOWLE, E. C. SIMMONS, — % Directors Company. \ or — WN Once OF MEETING OF STOCKH OLDERS.— Notice is hereby giventhata meeting of the stockholders of Simmons Hardware Cam v will be held at the office of the company on thesouth- wees corms of bd aveune 2 th street. n the feity o St. ais, ate ee om Thursday. the 16th day of February, 1482, a hour 7 of four o’cl@ck p. m., toconsider and vote upon the propositiomto increase the capital stock of company from four hundred thousand dollars to hundred thougand dollars. ©. SIMMONS, E. I. W. MORTON, R. H. STIOCKTON. Directors St. Louls, December 17, 1881. LECTION NOTICE.—The Second National Bank of St. Louls.—The regular annual election fer five (5) Directors of this bank will be held on Tues- day. January 10, 1882. at No. 401 Locust street. Polls open from 12 m. until 2 p. m. 7 OFFICE, nutte CORNER EASTON . “oP. * HE annnal meeting of the ‘Company for the eleetion of serve lor the ensuing year, will of the Company, on Tuesday. Polls open irom 9 a. m. as hg O. me. A. J. B. C. ALVORD. ST. 29 1 annual meeting 5 pany for the electlos of five ensuing year. and for the transaction of suc ness as may be brought before it will be he office of the company. rooms 1 and 2, Jaccard Ing, corner of Fifth and Olive streets, on January 9, K 7. Polls open from 9 a. m. to 12 m. a M. RELMBACHES. } | G. L. Gortz, 4 ‘Secre : t , ‘ OFFICE Sr. LOUIS AGRICULTURAL AND S MECHANICAL Asso“. Jan. 5, 1883. yas regular annual election for twenty-one ihe. .J. rectors of this association, to * ee r- ‘ney will be held Saturda”. Jan ~~ * og! 718 Chestnut street. Polls open a.._.. tol p.m. CHARLES GREEN, President. G. O. KALB, See 7. N regular annual election 1.5 4s 1 Mirsour: Lead and Co 1 2 . 9 1 on Mondav, January 9. . ofice pany. Polls will nat 9 o“ 5 open % . TH S. MORTARTY. Sec’y. *
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