THE ( VArAllA DAILY SUNDAY , INOVJDMBEU 28 , 1807 ,
IN THE DAYS OF FORTY-NINE
Eomo Interesting History fr m tin Log
Book of an Argonaut.
COST OF LIVING IN THE GOLDEN DAYS
Fnctit Almnt HIP nnrly lllnUiry of
Cnllfiirnlti Cllrnncil from Hie Un-
oolorcil Ilrcoril of Ciipt. Clintaril
of ( lie Unit I'd State * Navy.
It Is refreshing to read unprejudiced ac-1
counts of stirring events or times , especially
when they liavo been much written about
by perrons who wrote v < lth the ppeclal ob-1
Jcct of attracting readers. When bare facts |
tire exciting , a plain narration of them Is n
food for readers which those \\lio wrlto "to
be read" seldom furnish. So It la that
prlvato writings become of the greatest
value to the historian who seeks to truly
reflect ( ho past. The historian , writing ,
something that the ( sensational has been i
squeezed out of by frequent reprints , nnd |
seeking for the plain truth , sets great store
by diaries , letters and official documents ,
which are frequently wanting In literary
style , but are replete with facts and Im
pressions that arc not colored ,
Next to those of national warfare , relates
tlio St. I/ouls Globe-Democrat , the days of
MD In California were probably the most ( stir
ring of this ccnttiry In the United States.
Tnoy were days when California , with Its
fabulous wealth , was , In point of travel ,
much farther away from St. Louis than
Klondike Is now. California waa the na *
tlon's lottery. Thither people of oil classes
went sctfklng an 121 Dorado and their com-
n.nn. purport ml UK led them and made the
Aoclety of the mlti'iig camps. It was a civili
zation of fabulous woilth and extraordinari
ly travapan-o. Men were either wealthy be-
joml all expectations or liiey wore desperate ,
fctarvlng In ( he mountains where they hunted
gold lit vain. Some perished from starvation
and tbclr graves became' gold ir.-lncs , yielding
wealth untold.
In attempting to describe the conditions
In Callfornli men have written columns and
books. Scmo wrote truthfully , others un
truthfully. From thu macs of truth and
rcadnblo fiction Imposed upon them as truth ,
It has been hard to pick out the la els , and
when cno reads anjIJiliig about the days of
' 49 ho wonders If It was true. To such per
sons the tlhry of a man who did not wilto
lor print Is a feast.
HKCOKD OF A NAVAL OFFICER.
Contain Frederick Cha'ard. wl.o died Octo
ber 3. 1897 , at the Mullanphy hospital , St.
Ijouls , was In San Francisco In the fall of
IS 19 , atul kept such a rccird Captain
Chatard was the oldest surviving oinrer of t
the United States navy of the ante-bellum i
daya. Ho cntcri-d tlm tiavy In 1S24. when he
was but 17 years old. In 1849 he was lieu
tenant commander of the Lexington and was
on the western coast In October of that year.
Ho siw thp historic era of San Francisco.
Flclng a United States ciriccr , he eaw It as an
observer and "a looker-on In Vienna. " Captain -
tain Chatard served -continuously In the Navy
department till the broiklng out ot the war.
when ho resigned his position there and I
Joined the confederate navy. Ho participated I
In the battle of Drury'a Illiiff , on the James
river ; E\ansrort , on the Potomaci Acqula
creek and other Important engagements. At t
the close of the war ho came to St. Louis
nnd for hcvcral years ho was eannected wlth
the old Llfo Association of America , a well 1
known life Insurance corr.nany of that day
Ho retired from active business same eigh
teen or twenty years ago and during the last
two years was In the Mullanphy hospital.
Captain Chatard was an olycrvant man ,
not easily carried away by bright prospects ,
end therefore his Impressions of San Fran-1
clsco and the gold fields were mich as a per
fectly disinterested man would receive. He
noted Rome oC his Impressions In the log
baolc of the Lexington , together with some
Instances that had been related to him by
reliable men. Illustrating the Itfo of the
camps. This log book was not known to bo
In existence until It was found among his
effects after hla death. Ho seems to have
been chiefly Impressed by the oittiageous
prices charged for the necessaries of life.
Some of the matter of Tact statements In the
record will strlko the reader of today as
odd ; for Instance , a salnto to "John Q. )
Adams , ex-president , deceased , " and the re
ports about the Mormons having settled at
the Salt lako. The part of the record In the
log book here printed begins with the refer
ence to some refugees from Mexican troubles '
In Lower California. The following entries
ore In the log book In peculiar , close ,
scholarly handwriting :
"
THE GOLD FEVER.
"Monterey , October 7 , 1849. All my
passengers are landed. Colonel Mason pro
vided them with house rent for two months
nnd 'also two months' rations. Twelve of my
crew have deserted. They could not resist
the temptation of gold hunting. They had
Tl.fiOO dus them , but what was that ? Every
day are seen persons coming In from the
mines with gold dust In leather bags , rags
or bottles. Two Frenchmen arrived who had
collected $14,000 In seven days. Ono man at
the mines found a solid piece of gold weigh
ing twenty-five pounds. Another a piece
close to It weighing seven pounds. Fort
soldiers , to whom short leaves of absence
liad been granted , returned with various
amounts 11,000 , $2.000 or $3,000 , sometimes.
Is It a wonder that sailors can't resist the
FREE TRIAL TO
ANY HONEST MAN
The Foramost Medic il Company in
the World in the Cure of Weak
Men Mukes this Oder.
II.U'l'Y .W.tltlllARn , IIKAI.TII , 1JX-
KIUJY AM ) I.\i lIKi : .
In nil the world todny In nil the history of
the wet Id no doctor nor liutlltutlon Ima treated
nnd restoritl BO many men us Ims lli > " finned
UDlUAb COMPANY , of Buffalo , N. Y.
SCIENCE TRIMMING
JHELAMPOF
LIFE.
Thin Is due to Ili < - fncl Hint Hie copmany con
trol * hoiive Invention * niul ilH-ctnerli-u which have
na Hjual In tin * uu ) > lo rtalm of inidlcal ucjenrp.
( to much OuiHiillnn liiu U'on prnctlful In ml.
viTtUliiK lliut llil KT.IIUI old company now makm
u Btarttlius offer.
Tlicy will end thtlr ma li-nlly effective ap
pliance * nnd u iniintli'B court * ! of rtstorntlto
rtTiNxlUa loMllvrly on trial , without oipense , to
any rrllahle ni.in.
.Not iliillnr ut't'il Iniiulil iiiilll rt'-
niiIlN lire l.niiun lo ninl iirliiiiiu li'ilm-il
Ii- tin * imtlrrl ,
TlM 13 It Maileal Company' * Al'J'UANCK ANI >
: u.Mlulis ; have Iietm tnlkuil of and written
atunil till I'vcry man ha hoard of tlmn.
The lilsliKt modleal authorities In the world
lime lately commtr.uYd tlitin ,
'llwy | KTFMf nmrveUm power to vitalize , de-
M'Up n u v mm u uitn ,
They create vigor , h ilthy tlwue , ntw life.
They ti > p drains that i > the energy.
Ty cure nil nYct of eliabltg | | , cxccrr ,
overwork.
Tluy r\\e \ full eticnjtli. development nnd tone
lo ncry portion and otv .n of thu body ,
1'uliurv liniK * llic ! , ago no luiriler.
This "Trial Without Cximuu1' offer U limited
to a short time , nnd ui'l'Hratlon must be iiiiuio at
ttfICO ,
No C. O. D. rchemc. nor ilccfptlon ; no cxpo-
urv a ulean iu liw proivdtton by a pompuny
of hlfh llnanclal and prof < > lonal ttanjlnir.
Write to the 1JUIB J4iuiiAI < fUMl'AKY.
RafTalo. N , Y , , tnd rufw t tUtlr offer lo. IhU
paper. .
temptation Ono hundred or more of the '
regular soldiers have dcwrtcd from thi fort'
nt Monterey , and volunteer * without number
from the different posts of Upper Califor
nlai .
"October 10 , 181D. The Ohio came In and I
anchored , thirty-two days from San Jos * .
"Octoben 12 , 1819. The Ohio fired twenty
ono < mlmito gnr.s In honor of John Q.
Adams , cx-prcldcnt , deceased , nnd the colors
ofwe the squadron wcro half-masted for A
week. The Ohio has already lost twenty
men by desertion.
HOT TIMKS IN 'FRISCO. |
"San Francisco , October 2G , 1849.
San Francisco Is said ( o bo In a moat dis
orderly state. The Alcalde , a Protestant mta.
later , Mr. Loavcnvtorlh , told mo that It waa
not oifc to walk through the strecto at
night with money. Murders are committed
anil go unpunished. The 'Mill ping , " as
they arc called , a lawless set of men , go I
publicly about the streets armed. An adI I
vortlsemcnt IB teen stuck up about the town
offering $5,000 for the head or person of
I'etc I < Raymond , a murderer ,
"San Francisco , Cal , , November 7 , 1849.
Dined with 'Mr. ' Howard of the firm of
Howard & CUcllus. The town has been very
much Improved. All Is business and bustle.
Hotels are ciow'dcd with ( strangers , wild
west countrymen looking fellows ; some
strong and athletic , others sickly and
emaciated from disease contracted at the
mines , Gold Is seen everywhere In tubs
and { chamber mugs. Enormous prices are
asked at the stores pair of blankets , 575
a. scrape , $100 , and so forth , I attended an
auction of a sale of cargo belonging to Mr ,
Cross of Valparaiso. Fifty-three barrels
of pork sold nt 503 a barrel ; common
blankfts , worth $1 la the United States , $18
each ; common wcnlcn socks , $11 per dozen.
Eight hundred barrels of Hour sold for $24
per barrel ; brandy In casks , $ S a gallon , and
j$2l a dozen In 'bottles ' ; hams 95 cents a
pound , and so forth. The people bid with
the wildest enthusiasm In a side room wlno ,
champagne ami rum opened almost ad
libitum. The salesman , Mr. Smith , a
shrewd and smart fellow , n wag besides ,
knew how to manage his wild buyers. For
the sales In two dajs he received $8,000 In
commission' ! . The a 3 goods bought at such
exorbitant prices are Immediately sent to
the mines ( In launches hired sometimes for
$5,000 for ten dajs , sailor.- ) receiving $10 to
$1G per da > ) , where a barrel of Hour Eclls
for $100 , a barrel of pork for $5DO , $2.50 a
pound.
"A man standing by me said he sold a
common horse blanket for $100 ; another that
he sold hams for $4.60 a pound and so forth. "
"All this seems very Incredlb'e , but It U
most undoubtedly true , gold being In such
profusion that Its value Is not rogardol
where a. person feels the want for any article
of absolute neccs'lty. The holders do
not hesitate to take any advantage of their
customers , particularly If they happen to
ho Indians. A ve-ry respectable gentleman
said lit saw with his own eyes twenty-five
pounds of gold weighed nut for twenty-five
pounds of sugar to an Indian. The common
way for an Indian to buy a dollar Ini silver
Is to pile It up with geld dust.
YA'NICEB ' THICKS.
"The Yankee dealers take all kinds of ad
vantage of them ; by false weights etc. A >
ounce will be n.ade to weigh two , two ounces
( our , etc. A disbanded volunteer who shipped
on board thi Lexington told me that one day ,
being very hungry at the mines , he had paid
$13.50 for cno meal. Mr. W told me that
ho himself made an Indian pay iilm $3 for a
small mess of food standing 'in a saucepan at
which \ ho was enviously looking. Mr. W ,
tn i three days found himself $ .100 and wlt.i an
outlay < of $18,000 he cleared $30,000. Mr.
Smith i , of the firm of Ward & Smith , went to
thu gold grounds among the Indians and he
sajs he dealt fairly and In two or thite wcekb
cleared $20,000 by the sale of his goods. Ur.
Parker , Ute surgeon of the volunteers.turned
mrrciiunt In San Francisco , and In four weeks
s&ld he took In $35,000 In gold dust to $50,000
| In I silver ,
"A Callfornlan sometimes comes Into a store
with his leather bag full of gold dust , and
after taking an attlclc , net speaking English ,
ho tells the merchant to take as much as he
thinks right. Imagine-a Yankee helping him
self ! Dr. Perry , another surgccn In the
army , told mo that en one night In one visit
he . made $150. IA doctor at the mines iiad the
Impudence ( It was sa regarded by others ) to
charge $100 for on emetic , for which , merit
unjustly as he thought , being mobbed , lie
was driven from the nvlnes. JIo said he
thought he had a right to charge for bis In-
format'on. ' The man died , jiowcver. A box
of sedlitz powders sold for $1G. At the hotels
$100 a month was charged for a single room
with board. Mr. and -Mrs. Stephens , at a
miserable boarding house , paid X40 a week.
Washing , $ C to $8 per dozen. Twelve cents
for ono onion. Ileef Is the only cheap article
"November 11 Sent orders to the Southampton -
ampton , Lieutenant Commander Handy , at
San Sollto to coma over to San Francisco.
I "November 13 She came to an anchor and
| wo transported nearly all our stores to her.
Emigrants are constantly arriving from the
I Sandwich Islands and Oregon. The Mormons ,
I It Is said , have collected some millions h
gold , and are establishing themselves at the
Salt Lake.
"November 22 Having got on board $300 ,
000 In gold dust , wo sail to Sail Sollto to
water ship. "
Mrs. Mary Dlrd , Harrlsburg , Pa. , says ,
"My child Is worth millions to me ; yet
would have lost her by croup had I not In
vested twonty--llc cents In a bottle of Om
Minute Cough Cure. " It cures coughs , coldi
and all throat and lung troubles.
CAT TO 111AMI : , OF COUHM : .
From Si-raps.
POLISHED BARBS FOK PRINCES
Insult Seduced to a Pine Art by Ooiman
Editors and Pamphleteers ,
HOW LESE MAJZSTE IS EVADED
The ; UcNiiiiiixliilc KilHor n Convenient
Jniilnrlllnl rlfiil I'Jirnllcln
M oiler n InMitncuH of
I the Art.
Three years ago this fall , relates the Now
York Sun , the editor of ono of the count
less Volkszcttunps In Germany at In court ,
answering the familiar charge of Insulting
a prince.
"You are the responsible editor of the
Volkfczeltung ? " asked the presiding
Judge.
"I am. "
"And as such you arc named In ocry
l. sue of the Volk-szcltung ? "
"I am. "
"Did you .write the article which gave
rise to this action ? "
"I did not. "
"What class of articled ( Jo } u write ? "
"I do not write any articles. "
"What , then , arc jour duties ? "
"J sweep the office and rcrelve the cards
of persons who wish to 'see ' the editors. "
"What else ? "
"Well. In winter I build the fires and keep
hem going. "
"Is that all ? "
"No. I dust the desks to see that each
icntlcman has his paper and Ink ready for
ork , and scour the windows and Bomc-
Imc.s help distribute the papers. "
"Anything clae ? "
"Why , > our honor , what do jou expect
'
'or CO marks ( JIB ) a month ? "
The Koelnlscho Zcltung. which reported
; hc trial , cut short at this point lit ) ac-
: ount of the examination of thu Volkszol-
' .ting's responsible editor , and fell to mor-
illzlng on the deceptions and tricks which
laws regarding Insult of majesty , other-
vise known as majestactsbelle-dlgung , or
Icso majcsto , had forced upon the German
press Of course , the editor on trial was
m editor .it all , except In name. Ho re-
' elved hi * $15 a month merely as a Janitor.
'hough he waa announced , to satlufy the
law , lit every Issue of the Volkszeltung as
' .ho responsible editor , he never had penned
t line for Its columns. For this very rea
son he had been selected to 'bear ' the legal
responsibility for thu men who wrote tlic
ncwspaner. If arrested , tried and 1m-
-
.
-irl.soneJ. " ho nc\cr would bo missed. The
"ollfsreltung would take on another jani
tor from Its waiting list , for even In oxer
educated Germany Janitors are much more
abundant than editors.
Hut the fiction of the responsible olltor
only one of teveral means by whlca tin-
law for the protection of roj > : l reputations
Is thwarted. It be'un ' s ( o the dally n ]
weekly press. The
paTnpiilcte-ers. who ap
peal to a class of higher
erapo Intelli
ence , have a better trick. The mott cele-
iratcd exaniDlo of this style of lltei iture
o recpnt Mines Is "Callsjula " written bv the
icttlh German profe.ssor. Qulddp. "Caligula"
i\aa aimed directly at the throne. It was In-
'
.
.emlcd to tell
the
German -
pe-pio that ( heir
- mperor was of the tjpe of the oU Roman
monster ; that his mind wai , of the same
cullbcr , an ] his Imiuilsrs of the hsine nana -
ure ; Kiat he was passing through the nsnie
ourse of development ,
and that he protn-
ised to bring up In the same .sink of In-
Iqulty , cruelty and niadnci * . Tbf early
romlso that Caligula gave of better things ,
: ho dismissal
of tried
statesmen , the
grow
ing love of displav that distinguished bis
clgn and , hls waxln ? ecreiitrloity and llnal
icatlfe ! s were depicted by Quldcle with a
palnataklng use of modern political phrase ?
and current German Idlomi , Where llomuij
lilatory threatened to mar the parable between -
tw-een the monatrous Caesar and Uio
relgn-
Ing Hchenzollern , Quldde bent It forcibly
Into line So , without once mentioning an
event of the last thousand
jetirs , ami with
out once hinting # t nineteenth century men ,
ho accused William II. of about evurj
enor
mity that a human being can conceive.
Quinnirs IIISTOIIIUA ; TAR \LLEL.
Qulddo's position wab absolutely Impreg
nable , nlthoug1) his onslaught on the throne
was as vicious and < lreo ! us It could bf
ni'idc , and his
pamphlet was sold up to the
twentieth edl'lou. There
was net a aen-
tenco on which the crown piosecutor coulJ
hang a complaint. The whole empire rang
with the scandal nf the Insult .ind dlie
wrath lelgncil supreme In Berlin's old castle
and Potsdam's new pilancc , yet QuIJde was
as sate from the clutches of the Kiw as if | he
had " botn lu Tlmbuctoo or Chicago. "Cali
gula" was a delicate and poisonous piece of
worl : . It
probably has only one superior In
the literary products of the lose m.ijecto
paragraph , and Hiat ono Is In another rluss.
In general the other class Is lower In
tone than the Quldde pamphlet. It Includes
tevelatlons of royal scandals , notably youth
ful mlsdecJs In mcnoy und love. The
scenes of these scandals arc laid In the
present , usually , but the names of the
actors are omitted , or given only In distorted
form. 'Most ' of the books , pamphlets and
dally newspaper articles regarding the Kotze
scanlal belonged to this closKor Instance.
In "The Secret of tiie Master of Ceremonies"
( Zurich , 1S9C ) In which Emperor William Is
brought to book for some of his love affaln ,
under the name cf ( King Victor , Baron K&tze
Is mentioned as Uaron Spelers , Countess
Hoherau appears as Countess Hohenhorst ,
and the chief of the political police. Major
von Pausch , who then was In dinicultlcs and
therefore u safe subject , was disguised but
thinly as Herr von Hauscb. All this may
seem rather clumsy , but It was In ithls class
of trickery , nevertheless , that the Icse
majesto paragraph , and other provisions cf
\ta \ kind , ha\e been cheated mojt cleverly In
recent times.
THE EMPEROR'S BROTHER-IN-LAW.
Ono Instance U worth telling In some de
tail , not only because of the light It throwa
on the straits of German , newspapers , but
alee because , of the view It affords of the
'
emperor's brother-in-law , Uuko Ernst
Gunthcr of Schleswlg-Holbteln. This flam
boyant gentleman has been the subject of
much anonymous and scml-ancnymoua liter
ature ; for , when not engaged in some
abandoned spree , be has been set up by
the emperor under the halo of dlviuo right
In. lecture the nobility cm Its duty to man
kind. A0 a ( Irst-clnsn capacity at the wine
that Is red , at the table that is green and
at the chastity that Is stained , Ernst Gun-
tlicr bus been a sight for kings and noble
men during his periodic. ] ! appearances In
the role of moral preceptor. In fact , b'a
lectures on moderation and duty have been
resented by the nobility and not a fou
of the newspaper attacks on him have bcn
Inspired by the counts ) and barcns whom
ho lies offended. Thus It came that , when
the royal duKo's betrothal to the joung
Princess Dorothea of Cobuig-Oohary was
announced early last nurmner , the masked
batteries wcro opened on him.
The most cunning , and at the same time
the most daring attack cams from a Iter-
Hn Journal , llo Veil am Montag ( the World
on Monday ) , whoso name. In view of the
proverbial blucnces of Mondiy , may be In
tended to explain IU periodical publication
of very "blue" stories. The writer took
obleiiblbly as his subject a man who was
persecuted by the political police , to'd It's '
story In an easy , carelrsu manner and
brought In as If ( but Incidentally the details
of the last dl raccful affair lu which the
Imperial brother-in-law had been Involved.
Ernst Guntbor appears In a narrative as
Duke S - ( Schleswlg ) , which would be
Indefinite enough of Itself were It not for
the care- with which the scene of his crime
Is laid tn K - ( Koonnlfc'graetzer ) street ,
the fact of his betrothal Is pushed Into
notice and the police are led to Prcczlati to
arrest his partner In crime. These details
and a few le 3 striking ones give unmis
takable evidence that bo Is the man be
hind a notorious Berlin scandal of the pre
vious year , although when the scandal wat.
In court the name of the principal was
withheld. Yet , while pointing thus di
rectly to the eanpcror'fl brother-in-law , the
writer threw around him a hundred safe
guards , which made his Immunity bure.
TOLD A3 FICTION. BUT TRUE.
The story was published as pure fiction.
It was entitled "Der Spitzel" ( The Spy ) , und
waa signed "Slmpllcleslmus. " It opened , with
a reference to the case of Major von Pausch ,
chief of tha political police , so na to attract the
Consumption No Longer Incurable.
A scsne in the Slocum Scientific Medical Laboratory , New York City , illustrating ; to
Medical Men and Students the value and power to cure of his New Discoveries Sketched for
The Bee.
ttcntlon of cvcrj body Interested In high
tlcs and political scandals. It drifted
long In a gossipy vein , touching upon a
ompany of good fellows who nibl dally at
eon In a certain rcs'auiaut for luncheon ,
eer and conversation , were drawn Into a
ally discussion of I'luscli's tights and
ngu , and eventually were divided Into
wo hostile groups by the iUct | > tlon of
ausch's guilt. The secession of the Pausch
; roup Is described , the migration of his
rlctuls fiom the old icstnurant to a new
no la related with full olrcuins'tincos and
he peculiarities of every one nf the good fel-
owa sketched cleverly and diverting- ! . All
his recml'O ] about 1,500 words. Having put
ip his defense's and masked Ills guns In this
cshloii. SImpllclbsltnus watlly maktu reidy
'or ' the attack. It Is a delight to observe how
10 works himself up to the critical moment
f action. '
"Outside wind and snow whirled thiou Ii
ho icstau'ant's tiny garden. WUhl'i , how-
ve.f , we eat at our spotless white table and
Jnnlc the reddish brown punch which the
looter had brewed according to his own ucret I
eclpe. He knows how to prepare such ellx-
rs of life , the old fox. Outside of our party
hcio was not a boul In the restaurant , ami
hat was just to our Ilklng ca on such occa-
ilcns wo enjojej glvitigvjull rein to our
nood. But notheie a"a little table by the
: > illar sat a lone man yolitig fellow of 30
or thcieahout , I should s-ny , whose smooth
"ace' and long bloiulo hair led ua to su m se <
hai he wcs a musU-Iau or an artibt. He was .
ho only other per&cn In , thov place , and , re- | I 1
tnaikably enough , ho hpd qtimc In at the
sanio time with us. . Cut' ' he , "was " a harmless
'cllow ; he sat there with -his , bjck hull
urncil to us and with his face deep HI the
ihcets of the morning newspaper , We weri
lot dlbtuibed by his presence. In fact , when
lie seemed to catch out Jolly mood and tinned
Ya smiling face towa-d our group we sen
iliu by the landlord a full KESH ! and asked
lilm to empty It to the 'ht'aUh of the man
birthday we were celebrating. Of
course , one does such a thing only when he :
s a little exhilarated.
.LOCAL.COLORING AS A POINTER. '
"Well , there was no douht that In this
case wo had to do with an educated linn.
That was evident In the manner of the jbnng
follow as he took the punch , came over hud
bumped glasses with the Ndoctor. lie gave
ha ! name Keldmann , or something of the
sort and at our Invitation ho aat down , tak
ing a chair between two vjcant ones ao If
to mark politely h't , loolated position In our
group. Then , na ho listened , he laughed
softly and d.auk his punch In little nippy
sips. The counsellor had assumed the duties ,
of master of ceremonies , and did not weary '
of filling our guest's g'css again and again
Nor did he fall In his effor a to exhilarate the
joung man who In a short time was In the
proper birthday moo.l. O-dinailly , the coun-
R3llor Was so taciturn tint we had olmoet ,
to dtaw the wo ds from his tongue with |
pinchers , hut In this casp he was so talkitivc
that wo could hardly believe our ears.
"Tho doctor had brewed his pucich for the.
third time. The convocation grow quicker.
Stories and jokes of all kinds were told. Now
and then , however , serious questions Intruded
and eventually we came back to the gicat
question of the day , the political police. " .
With this Introduction Slmpliclsslmus has !
maraked hU batteries. What could be more I
conventional , according to German standards ,
than this local color of pi-rich , beer , land
lord , birthday carousal ! U Is as harmless
and unsuspicious as the country ball or
cricket match with which the English writer
ol'shoit stories delights to veil his plot. Hut
the English short story his Its background
of borrowing love and "Dor ? 0It/el" has Its
substance of sorrowing politics. 'Slmipllclssl- '
mus swung away gradt/illy from punch and
ga > ety and approached thus the serious work
In hand :
"Each of us gave his opinion of this Insti
tution and ItM Importance In state affairs.
Nearly every ono had an Instance of Its ac
tivity to i Plato from , his own experience.
" 'Now , counsellor , what have you to say ? '
remarked the army surgei n , turning to our
man of silence.
" 'After this gentleman , ' said the lawyer ,
with a motion toward our guest.
"Tho stranger cleared hls > throat and with
the venturesome sjlrlt which the wno ! bad
Given him begcn his stoiy
THE STRANGER'S STORY.
" 'As jou wish , ' ho remarked by way of
Introduction. 'Of course I co ld te'l jou m ny
fitcrlfs , for I have a frlenJ In the secret po'l'e
from whom I have learned much of that
body's varied activity. There Is , for In
stance , a neat little story an anecdote , I
might say regarding an affair of recent date.
It Is authoritative , for my friend was one
of the principals In It. You know of Duke
S , of course , the niaci-about-town. '
"Ho let his voice sink suddenly and put his
hand to his mouth.
" 'Well , this young gentleman had become
betiothcd to Prlne-css 0 . It was an affair
of European Imyortancc , gentlemen , as you
douhtleftj understand , i Ouo day a small
tinted note was dcllvorodi.to the duke , It
was from an old friend , a , wjomcn who lived
In K btrcet. She had limnetic sole guardian
of many ticklish ducal Kiiwytn , and slip had an
Idol of turning them tit amount , The duke
had a liking for young , pinen very young
women and she had % Ucil < him In making
their acquaintance. Pprograph so and so ,
criminal statutes , you uiiiierHtanJ. Well , her
plan was , now the periodof ) her usefulness
to him appeared to b , < ttr.in end , that she
Miould fitlr his fears a. jllUlo and open hla
pocket. The duke , In kren distress , went at
once to Paul Glrardl ypu know the detective
agency In B street. . ,
" ' "Whew , 30,000 mnr/JH / , ' exclaimed Glr
ardl , as ho read her dem nij.i "That U pretty
Bleep. She wouldn't JsUdki to that If we
should try to settle JU n tllowovcr , what
wo must do Is to ttirji9JUft > tables on her.
Wo have the choice of.tw [ < J vrlralnal degrica
attempted blackmail and gross Immorality ,
Let's take gross Immorality. Then your
serrno highness will not ha disturbed in
auy way by the proceedings. "
" 'Tho duke l > reathe-d a long lgh of re
lief. On the same day Glrardl reported
the case In full detail , and within twenty-
four hours my frlcud and another official
wcro out In pursuit of the duko'e female
frltnd. Now liow long , gentlemen , do you
suppose it vvas before they had their game
In the trap ? Ulght woelcs. night anxlouu
disagreeable -weeks , They wcro out after
her night and day , in all possible and im
possible disguises , lounging in the atrcets ,
loafing In restaurants and standing about
Hreet corners. At lait they found her In a
Httlo nest of a place near Prenzlau. They
made her acquaintance end , after displayIng -
Ing large rolls of bills , obtained invitations
to visit her in her city bouse. On the
next day they all met In the K atrcet
homo of the Oulco'a friend. The two do-
toctlvea were received avitu considerable
splendor , 'but ' no sooner baa tno second
cork popped than the old woman dlr.ip-
poarcd. She leturned presently with a
pretty 15-year-old girl whom she had In
duced to visit her for the purpose of learn
ing a new kind of embroidery. ' "
CLEVER INNUENDO.
, Thus the story Is spun along In thn rather
free . style of De Welt nm Montag until
the moral turpitude of the duke and hli
;
friend . la fully established. It Is not polite
literature , but a ; It Is Intended to na" the
duke , publicly to his Intimity , and expose
him . to the scorn of the world , It may be
i forgiven. When the duke's habits have
been exposed In adequate detail , the "guest"
Is j allowed to conclude his narrative thus :
" 'And this horrible creature received her
deserts , j four years In prison , gentlemen. '
" 'IJut the joung duKe ? ' put lu ono lis
tener. j ,
, " 'The duke , ' Interposed the counsellor ,
'Ah , gentlemen , do wo put dukes -In prison
for their crimes ? ' " i
Having stabbed the duke back nnd front ,
and declared that the emperor's brother-in-
law ; Is better flt'cd for the prison cell than
for the n.arrlago altar , Die Welt am Montag
returns . placidly to the narrative in which
the anecdote of the duke Is supposed to be
merely . an Incident. Its Innocent manner In
dc'lng this is calculated to deceive even the
elect of Herlln society. Here Is tUo con
clusion J , following Immediately tiic coun
sellor's ; remark about dukes and prison cellt :
" 'And now , ' resumed the counsellor , 'as I
promised to tell my story after our guest
should finish his , I will proceed1 to do so by
completing the Interesting narrative with
which I'e has entcrtalr.d u . The laA\jor
who defended the duke's femaie friend Inl this
ease urged without censing that the duke
himself should be- called us a witness at the
trial. Tdereby he brought down on himself
In court a sharp call to order and a fine ,
which , cf course , he rlehlv deserved. But
that , apparently , was not enough. Since the
trill the crown officials have apparently re
garded that lawjeras a dangoroua man He
takes hardly a step without being shadowed
and sn-Ied on. |
" 'Tiio carefully watched lawyer whom I
bivo describe. ! , gentlemen. Is your humble
servant. My own particular spy and
.shadow Is Hie agtceable Individual who has
entertained us so capably with the story of
the duke. He Is the man whci pursued and
aireetej the duke's old accomplice In crime.
Sec , heio Is his picture , taken In Prenzlau
during the chase. "
"Tho counsellor handed out a cabinet photograph -
tograph of a group , am ! we rageily put our
heads ' together over It. H was rlRht. There ,
was the man , line for line. When we looked
up fiom the picture to compare It with 'he
otlglnal , the spj was gone. Only the heel
of his boot wus visible to us , ab the door
ctcaked . to between us and his reticating
form. "
That Is "The 'Spy" as written for Die Welt
am Montag by Slmpllcualmus. It dltolaj : .
the acme produced by the laws for the pro
I' tcction ' of 10al families from dlsagiccable
publicity. If < iny pi oof of this assertion \
desired let the doubter consider the fuel that
"The Spy" was published In the Geiman
capital at the most Inopportune moment 1m-
jaglnablo In the career of the emperor's
brother-in-law , jet publisher and editor went ' ,
unscfXhed and not a copy of Die Welt am 1
Montag waa scl/.ed by the yollce.
Ulsmarck has said that Geiman cdltois are
men who have failed In other professions.
11 Do that as It may. It Is reasonably cle-ur
I' that ' they have4 i.ot failed In the art of editing
without less majeste.
After the examples already given It seems
Imrdly wotih while1 ti mention how wrltots
| of fewer talirit * suimount obstacle's sot up I i
by the lose majpstp paragraph nnd others i
calculated to savethp tepulatlons of injally
.Some Oeriran edltots who do nut know how '
to edit according to thn h'sh requirements' '
of the presHit regime publish only the oi -1 j
[ sourest paiagraphs concerning nhjectlonnh'.c i
dpinqa by i-mpiMor uud ro > alirmtf ! Thci'
offendsr Is itfcired to m relj as a "blub ) I
guntlt'tnnn" and the details of his olt.-nip arc j I
Blvi-n "without any aFsumptlnn of rc ivmsl- '
j blllty on thp ci1itot' part for the truth of ] I I
jtho j statement" 1hlb style of work was 111" '
lule when Arcbduoluss StefanK widow of I
Crown Prince Hudolf of Austi la. vvas Involved
in a questionable affnli three or four yearn
ngo. TUP iKiragrnph which then went the
rounds of the German dallies was merely to
the effect that "a distinguished Ittdj and a
, KontlcMi.il ) , evidently an olllcer In civile ,
'nllghted i ' from a raudsomp private carriage
| on the i > rater n tow days ago and approached
a dlEi'ngulsbcd gentleman , also In civile ,
whom the distinguished lady's escort struck
several times with a whip , after which cards
'were ' ' exchanged and the distinguished lady
and her esroit drove rapidly away. " Of
cou i so the German "illtor who yubllshes such
i , third rote matter as thin do s not rtnk among
the aitlbts of the Quldde and SlmpllclbBlmus
class. As Ulsmarck would say , lie has simply
mlsBod Ills calling again.
A MIJMOlTT !
Carols n Wells , In Life.
] ] How dear to thin heart are the old-fnsh-
i 1 toned dri'Sbes , ,
When fond recollection presents them to
I view !
In fancy I see the old wardrobes nnd presses
i , Which held fie loved gowns that in glrl-
I hood I knew. i
The widespreadingmohair , the silk that
I hung by It :
| Thp straw-colored satin with trimmings
! ' of brown ;
The nillle < l foulard , the pink organdie nigh
But , O ! for the pocket tlvat hung In each
gOUMl !
The old-fnshloncd pocket , the obsolete
pocket ,
The praiseworthy pocket that hung In
each gown.
That dear , roomy pocket I'd hall .13 a
treasure ,
Could I but behold It In gowns of tod.iy :
I'd find It the source of nn exquisite picas
ure.
. I3ut nil my modistes sternly answer nic
| I "Nay ! "
, 'Tvvould be so convenient 'When going out
J I shopping ,
'Twould hold my small purchases coming
from town ;
And alwnvs my purse or my kerchief I'm
dropping
O , me ! for the pocket that hung In my
gown ,
The old-f.ishloned pocket , the obsolete
pocket.
The praiseworthy pocket that hung In
my gown.
A gown with a pocket ! How fondly I'd
guard it !
Eaci day ere I'd don It I'd brush It with
cure * ;
Not a full Paris costume could make me
discard It , r
Though trimmed with the Inces an em
press might wear.
But I have no hope , for the fashion Is ban-
Isbcd ;
The tcnr of regret mill my fond visions
. drown ;
As 'fancy ' reverts to the days that have van
ished.
I sigh for the pocket that hung In my
gown ,
The old-fashioned pocket , the obsolete
pocket ,
The praiseworthy pocket that hung In
my gown.
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