CUE OMAHA DAILY BEE: TUT US DAY, XOVEMBEH 7, 1001.
OICLTATIOSS THAT RILL
Death En'.e It fliencsd Greatly by Pursuits
Men Follow.
OBSERVATIONS OF AN INSUFAKCt ACTUARY
Mortitllt iniinu nn- orUer (iri-iit-c
nf All llnllu nr ItliU In thp
Viii'Iiiiih Tmilrn nml
I'riiicfinliniM.
The Toothsome Sardine
I how and V fierc the Little
, Fish Are Caught and Packed, j
Tho government has published an In
(creatine: report on the French sardine In
dustry, prepared by Hugh M. Hmlth for tho
Fish and Fisheries commission, which '
summarized by the New York Tribune. Tho
writer thlnkc that the subject Is of par
tleular Interest to Amerknns because of
thn large consumption of sardines In this
country. The Importation of French sar
dines Into the United Htatcs Is worth nbout
1,000,000 a year. The Industry eavo em
ployment to 31.871 tlshermen In Franco last
TnkliiR sardines Is a ' shore fishery ' and
moat of It Is done within a short distance
of the home ports and tho regular Ashing
Is carried on only by day The fish nru
landed a short time after Killing, but no Ico
or other preservative Is used on them and
they reach the canneries within a few hour
after they are caught. The first cannery
a lid on this point the repir' gives this
Information
'Tho sardine manufacturers employ two
kinds of oil In their canning opernttons--olive
oil and arachlde or peanut oil. and
mall quantities of sesame oil have at times
been used. While It In , reported that the
manufacturers knowingly handle only th
oils named, It Is understood that cottonsesd
oil, being tasteless, and cheap, is used by
the French oil dealers for iuInltor.it InK both
ollvp and pennut oil."
Peanut oil Is used to meet the American
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It has long been recognized by life Insur
once companies that there uro certain oc
cupations which arc nlmost absolutely cer
tain to bring life to a premature end. So
Important Is tho settlement of the (uestlon
of tho effects of various occupations upon
the duration of life regarded by Insurance
concerns that, at the present time, tho
sctuarlcH of America uro engaged In an
effort of magnltudlnous proportions to col
lect I'jacl statistics on the subject.
A well known New York nctuory says In
the New York Times n fow days ago that
tho latest compilations which have been
made hhow that tho cutlery manufacturing
trade Is enc of the most dangerous of all
occupations. In ?vcry factory where cut
lery Is made the air Is laden with Invisible
tnctal duct caused by tho grinding of steel,
and this bolnn carried Into the lung, pro
duces asthma, and eventually consumption.
The grlin'crs bending over their work In
hale such enormous iiiatitltles of the dust
that they rarely live nhovo the nge of 10,
yhlle a nocdle polisher Mho begins to work
at his trade at 17 may feel that he Is
unusually fortunate If ho l alloat !I7.
Ml tnctal trad en. In fact, says this mi
liary, arc very hazardous. I'lithlBls, or
tubercular affections, nml respiratory dis
eases nro the principal penalties of thoie
purgultH. Itecords stnw that lllcnukers
re dylnn more rapidly year by year. Fl"
uro now . being manufactured in much
greater abundance than formerly, and the
mixture of metnls, from wlilcli ttiey arc
made is moro injurious to. the human syii-
1cm when Inhaled than was formerly the
rnsc. Kllemnkrrs nro beginning to suffor
ftotn chronic lead poisoning, a dlscnso
with which In former yearn they were not
troubled nt all Tho InwqM mortality for
metal workers is among blacksmiths.
F.snorlenee of recent years hIiowh that
tho mortality among thoso connected with
the supply, of liquors Is enormous, urina
ria, for oxnmplo, dlo about M per cent
faster than tho nvcrago man who works
at n regular calling. Hrc'vcrs, contrary to
tho general Impression, illu extensively
from alcoholism, while gout Is nn enemy
hlch makcH Kself sorely felt In this occu
pation, lircwers ore also more than or
dinarily subject to diabetes, liver diseases
and llrlglit'B disease. Tho general mortal
ity among saloon keepers Is Just twice as
high as tho average, and saloon kecpera
die from alcoholism Just seven times as
fast as do the aerage of other men ol
occupations, six nnd one-half times as fnsU
from diseases of tho liver, six times as
fast from gout and moro" than double as
fust from diseases of tho urinary system,
from rheumatic, fever, from diabetes and
from suicide.
I'rrllniiH .loin.
One of the most terrible- diseases Is that
Thlch attacks wool sorters nnd all who
liandio untnnnetl skills, M not only do
they breathe the poisonous fumes which
arlso from the skins before they have been
nrescrved and which Invariably cause
consumption or diphtheria, but they are
also subject to anthrax. At the time of
belnic killed the iinlmal may not have been
in a healthy state and, therefore, poison
lurks in tho skln.v Then, If tin. worker
chances to have a cut on his hand, some
of tho molsturo touches the wound and
anthrnx follows inevitably. Tho worker
Ickens. goes Into delirium and after
mirroring tho most terrible agony for sev
eral days dies.
Among butchers tho mortality is usually
very high. Strange to relate, the butcher's
trade seems to bo ono which leads him par
ticularly to alcoholism. Tho latest statin-
tics, too, show that there were twice as
many deaths among butchers from alcohol
ism as was tho cate In tho u-norts of a
dtrode .ago, The effects of the butch?r'B
trado proper seem to ho most manifest In
the diseases of gout, rhoumatlo rever. dia
betes nnd cancer,
Hakers, too, are. moro than normally sub
ject to premature, death. In Ihe Ilrst nlace.
there Is great danger from accident In 'he
trlklng of a match or taking a light Into
n room In wltlrh (lour dust Is float Inc. In
case this Is done, thero follows an exsloslon
which Is likely to be very dangerous. Then
In the flour Itself thero Is a verv small mi
crobe which eventually baH Its effect unon
tho teeth, causing them to break away, at
tho roots. This little microbe also attuckn
,tho drums of tho ears and caused deafness,
to say nothing nf funnlpg tho spark of con
sumption. Halters, unlike butchers, ilo not
die much from alcoholism, but thev are no
cullarly subject to diseases of the liver,
rheumatic fe.ver,. diabetes nnd urinary
troubles.
In lir llullrllnB Triwlos
All the building trades are very danger
ous. The plumber, tho painter nnd thn Kli
aler, according to the actuary Interviewed
on this subject, show a very high mortal
ity. With tho development or these trades
of recent rears, too. the mortality does not
m to decrease. These workers suffer
very severely from lead poisoning, this be
lng tho principal cause of their excrsslve
death rate. Tho painter Is paralyzed
through mixing paints owing to the large
quantities of nrsenlo and whlto lead which
they contain. Tbo occupation oi uie
plumber Is subject to an undue mortality
from nhlli s s. cancer ami rneuniatic iecr
The. glassblower, no matter how strong
his constitution, cannot long escape the cer
lain death of his trade. Mfe Insurance
rompanles are now extremely reluctant to
lake risks In this occupation at nil. These
workers are asialled )y a multitude, of
troubles. In all glass factories mllllous of
Jagged fragments of glass are constantly
floating In the air. Theno, being Inhaled
wound the lungs, causing hemorrhage, and
nreinnturo death. (Hans workers nro also
iipt to grow dumb through a peculiar com
plaint induced by handling tho glass and
which attacks the Jaws ami ends in paraiy
sit, lu mirror fatcorlrs, in addltlcn to the
dangers already mentioned, there Is that of
mercurial polEOulng. TIiIb deadens the
Ight, ciumblr nway the Jaws and ulti
mately kills long before death l due. The
avernge mnrtnllty among tluwe who have
worked In giant for moro than twenty ear
lb according to recent actuarial tables
moro than 0 per cent, (Mas workers. In
Addition to the danger of their work
rropor, are apt to be led Into alcoholic
troubles and nervous dlsonses. They suffer
from these twice as much hs do peibons
following ciillnary occupations.
The, occupation of the miner Is dangerous
both from Us liability to accident and from
his Inevitable- susceptibility to certain
dread diseases, No other cluss of men sut
fer so hcn.'lly from consumption, and the
life undcrBrnuud l apt to produce blindness
and ague. Paralysis follows If work Is per
tdstcd In afier theso ailment Ilrst manifest
themselves, fcmctlmiM tho Iocs of reason
Is tho next step. In lead, copper and uulck
silver mines tho results apr even more dls
nitrous. Mineral poison heenmw Injected
into the system, and besides originating
blindness and paralysis, cause the teeth to
wm built fifty-five years ago and since that
time the Industry has grown steadily, until
now It Is the chief support of n largo part
of the population on the Hay of Hlscay.
The factories arc generally large stone
year; 8.1S4 boats, with a tonnage of 32.S63 structure and vary In capacity, some being demand fc low-pr.lced sardines. Most of
and 'valued at 5,!i34,23 francs, wero en- obl to utilize upward of a eiuartcr of a the French sardines exported to America
gaged In tho sardine service and the ap- million fish dally. nrc packed In this oil, which is practically
paralus employed was worth more than tasteless, A small quantity 0f spice is
7,000,000 francs. With this army of men. speaking of the canning Industry, Mr. Used n ora-rr to Impart flavor. The usual
fleet and capital HS,fi33.400 pounds of sar- Smilh says; "When the fish are taken to ingrcdlento for each can are ono. or two
dines were taken and sent to all parts of 'he factory they aro spread on large tables covc(li tt nroirn laurel leaf and a small
tho world , and sprinkled with a little talt. The women nirr ,hrm,. ,u.vn n tmt in ihe ran
in enumerating tho various sardines tho remove me ncaus ana viscera cunt'r
writer mentions those of tho West Indies 8tBml or slt Hml perform their work with
and Florida, California. Chill, Japan and Br'",t rapidity. They hold the flsh lo tho
New Zealand, but speakn of tho French ,cft naml nRl1 w,,n tl)r r,St. hand press
variety aa tuc best. Thn h mUe it the knife Into tho back nnd sldo of the
name from the Island of Sardinia. In the hePi ot tnc flsn' u,lnR tno r,3l,t thunu canning of sardines Is done by women nnd
Mediterranean, where it is abundant, l,lkc ror 8 'H" pressure. Tiic neao is puncu rcf rln. a few men being employed for fcpo
othcr freo swimming oceanic flsh, the sar- or ,orn 0,f' "ther than cut, and the oeso- caI (Itles for hlcM WOmcn nro not
dlno varies in abundance from year to year. Phas'"' "Inntach and most of the Intestine Adapt,,!. Among women and girls In the
nut there is no evidence that the extensive 1 " urlttany factories uniform wages prevail
wiu ii'iuric oaria into nnoincr, i uu rciiift)
before tho llih, so that they will be on top
when tho can is opened,
Most of the work in connexion with tho
fishing is affecting any permanent reduc
tion of tho supply, nrlttany Is the center
of tho rnnnliiK Industry, giving employment
to upward of 21,000 fishermen and 4,611
boats. There are many fisheries on the
Mediterranean coast, but tho catches are
comparatively small.
The robing Is done exclusively wllh gill
nets and theso are dyed a bright greenish
blue and when suspended from the masts to
dry add to the plcturcsnuencis of tho wharf
scenes. The dyeing preserves the nets and
renders them less conspicuous when in tho
water. rhey are kept In the water by
numerous cork .floats nnd a few sinkers,
Thn scarcity of halt Is one of tho diffi
culties to he overcome by the sardine fisher
men. Tho bait now In general use Is tho
salted eggs of the cod, but the eggs of other
flsh aro nlso used. The annual consump
tion of roo in Franco Is nbout 15,000 barrels.
for which the fishermen pay about $300,000.
Is disposed of to farmers for fertilizing
their fields.
"Immediately after ivlsccratlon the flsh
are sorted by size Into large tubs (half oil
barrels holding 2.10 litres) containing a
brlno strong enough to float a potato. Hero
they are left from half an hour to nn hour,
depending on their size, quality nnd tho
condition of the weather. They aro then
plnccd In small wicker bnskets and taken
lo tho yard, where they aro washed In
cither fresh or salt water (salt preferred)
while In tho baskets, each basket being put
through two waters. This washing, which
takes but a few seconds, removes from the
fish any undissolved salt, loose scales and
dirt."
The sardines are dried In the open air and
are taken lrom the drying racks lu wire
baskets to the cooking room, where they
nro Immersed In boiling oil. They remnln
in the oil onlv n few minutes. Tho test as
Concarneau alone has used 2.',000 barrejs In to their being "done" Is mnde by menus of
a season. Peanut meal or flour Is mixed the caudal fin when it breaks readllv tho
with the roe. It floats and attracts the nt
tcntlon of the little flsh nnd they devour It.
When tboy gorgo themselves, howoer, the
mass Bwells anil bursts their intestines.
flsh aro rooked enough. The oil Is allowed
to drnln off, nnd then the flsh are ready
to be packed in cans or boxes. Oil is an
Important factor In the sardine business,
Tho rate In IS00 was 14 frnncw for each
1,00') flsh, the aggregate being divided
equally among employs. A good week'a
Income for cutters and packer Is .30 francs.
Tho solderers, who seal on tho tops of the
rnns, receive l.r.O francs for 100 cans. In
winter many men devoto their time to
can making, and are paid .3 francs a hun
dred cans. Other employti nliout the fat -
torles aro paid by tho month and receive I
an average of 70 frnnr. A good solderer '
can seal from 1,100 to 1.300 cans dally and
onic men do considerably more.
In his observation comparing the French
Hinl the American sardines the writer says.
"Obserntlon has ihown tlinl French sar
dines, when of the best quality. have n
flavor and richness which make them pref
erable to any mrdlne picpared on the At
lantic coast or the I'nltcd States from the
young of the sea herring. French sardine"
of nvcrage grade, oven when canned In
peanut nnd cottonseed oil. nre much su
perior in palntublllty to the great bulk or
tho American output, while the cheaper
grades or French sardine which, unror
innately, find n rortdy market In the United
States aro certainly not preferable to
much of tho nntlvc pack."
Ijyi
fnll out, while a "copper canker," as It Is
nllrd, cats Into tho flesh In precisely the
.imc way n.J does leprosy. Coal miners are
the healthiest of all miners. They are
unusually free from phthisis, and they suf
fer Inappreciably from alcoholism. In re
cent years, too, the liability among coal
miners to accident has decreased very considerably.
II lull unit Low I'Iihtk.
The actuary said lhal one of the most
curious problems or life Insurance, com
panies hud been called upon to consider
In recent years was the matter of insuring
tho lives of divers. Divers do not live long
nnd those who dive to great depths nrc of
extremely short Uvea. The first warning
the deep sea diver has of the crter.t that
the high pressure ho has undergone Is
about to end Ills life Is copious bleeding
of tho nose, accompanied by occnslounl fits
of giddiness. From this, In ciibo he os
enpefl alle. two results may accrue; either
total collapse of tho nervous system or a
dlscnso known ns diver's palsy. Both of
these result lu the victim becoming a per
manent Invalid.
Tho man who works on high places
seems to suffer from troubles very similar
to those of tho diver. Tho man who works
In (cllurs and basements, on tho other
hand, Is liable nt any time to be struck
down by a malignant fever. If he recov
ers from this ho Is left weak and decrepit
for the remainder of his life. Tho mortal
ity among ordinary laborers exceeds that
iimoiiK the average of mon by about 23
per cent.
Thn layman might suppose that sailors.
living ns they do In air where there is al
ways so much ozone, would bo an un
usually healthy class. As n matter of fact,
however, Fallors are subject to scurvy, a
most malignant disease, which cither
brings Its victims to an early grave or
leaves tlient weak and helpless during
(all tho rest of their lives. Moreover, tho
lack of shade during the hoi weather at
sea mid tho brilliance of the sun upon the
water Impair tho eyesight and In later
years tlie sailor ms. without the slightest
arnlng, go suddenly blind.
AiMlctc.i to .Slilcldr.
from phthisis, heart disease, lung disease, j couldn't spell nnd naturally thai made him
nnd their mortality lrom accident Is much a little shy nt committing himself on paper.
CXCEILBriT j" f0 THE-rAs
tT 13 ReFRE6' And Acts
Pleasantly and Gently.
,TA3S,ST50Ne. lQo
T0yEtCOH Permanently n
With many millions of families Syrnp of Figs has become the
ideal home laxative. The combination is a simple and wholchome
one, and the method of manufacture by the California Fig Syrup
Company ensures that perfect purity and uniformity of product,
which have commended it to the favorable consideration of the
most eminent physicians and to the intelligent appreciation of all
who are well informed in reference to medicinal agents.
Syrup of Figs has truly a laxative effect and acts gently with
out in'auy way disturbing the natural functions and with perfect
freedom from any unpleasant after effects.
In the process of manufacturing, tigs arc used, as they are
pleasant to the taste, but the medicinally laxative principles of tho
combination are obtained from plants known to act most bene
ficially on the system.
To det its beneficial effects -
buy the cerAuirerMAnufactvred by
UvYrfonm RqSy rap C
Sr FrArcico,Cal. New York'HX
Louisville. Ky
for -Sale dv all druooists
PRICE JO PUP DOTTLC
below the average. . Reside that he had been crippled lu his
Among commercial travelers tho mortal- ; nrm which made It dllllcult for him to write
Ity Is very high. This Is due to tho naturo j anyway. The consequence was that ho
of tholr employment and the large propor- turned bis correspondence over to secre
tion of time they must spend In the open , tnrlei. much moro completely than was com
air In nil kinds of weather. Not so many mon in these days A complete nutogrnphlc
of them dlo from accident as might bo letter by him therefore Is worth ubout J40,
i
Chemists am) druggists seem to be ue-
cullarly addicted to suicide. From rheu
matism those engaged In these occupations
die twice as fast as the average, while they
are four and one-half times ns susceptible
to gout. Among tobacco dealers tho mor
tality from diabetes Is double hb high as is
tho casej among tho average or men. Dairy
men aro peculiarly subject to gout, while
a largo number or them commit sulol(e.
Among grocers ami keepers of fruit stand
diabetes scorns to bo a very prevalent causo
of death. Drapers dlo faster than the aver
age from phthisis, Influenza and rheumatic
lever. The Jeweler Is liable lo suffer, .from
uie mosi vioieni oi an sonn poisons, dia
mond dust. Cataracts and loss of sight nro
common aliments among thorn-' wlu) Set
JewelB, . X
Tho worker In match factories suffers
from a peculiar coinplalnt known as ''phoisv
Jaw." This was at one time, the most
deadly of all trade maladies, but matchmak
er, stiidlrd the problem and thov now uso
a newly invented kind of photuhorus whlrh
reduces the number of fatal cases, to a
minimum. Nevertheless, n largo number of
workers In theso factories Nuccumb to this
trouble every year, and Insurance companies
aro extremely loathe to Insure tho life of any
man In n match factory. Thr svmptoms of
"phois Jaw" nre a crumbling away of the
Jawbone, this ending ultimately In total
arnh'sU tied death.
Dyers, bleachers and all who labor In
factories where- chemicals are largely used
seldom reach their fortieth vear- The chin
rlno, used so extensively hv dveis and chem.
sts In general, attacks the lungs and burns
Ihem nway gradually but surely. Those oc
cupied In making chlorlno ens nre well
aware that If they continue in that employ
ment they cannot expect to live more. than
ten year. Hatters, ehoemakrra and tailors
show very high mortality from phthisis,
Physlclnns die Just a little raster than
their patients, upon an nvcrage, Only
throe causes or denth lu this occupation
show a lower proportion than Is tho case
In th'j .ivernpe occupation: Phthisis, ills
cases ol the respiratory system, and acci
dent. On the other hand, mortality from
diseases of the liver, of tho circulatory and
urinary system, as well as rrom suicide,
appear to bo greatly In excess. From gout
and diabetes physicians suffer about threo
times as heavily as do the nvcrago men of
occupations. Among doctors and members
of the legal and clerical professions dis
eases of the heart aro tho most frequent
of all causes of death,
l,nijrr nml Drniuiiirrs.
Lawyers aro most genrally subject to In
flucnii cancer, nervous diseases, diseases
of the liver, Brlght's disease, and diabetes.
Diabetes is the principal disease In this oe
cupatlon. The profenslon suffers less se
verely than the average of occupied males
supposed. Diseases of the liver, alco
holism, diabetes, cancer, mid, llrlgbt's dis
ease nre particularly prevalent ns tho
causes of denth In this occupation, which,
however, suffers less than the average
male population from phthisis and dUtascs
of the replratory organs, The railway em
ploye does not dlo nearly so rapidly as
might be supposed, his mortnllty being
below that of the sailor and tho miner, ,
The profession In which therp is the low
est mortality Is the clergy. Insurance men
say that many peoplo consider thnt there
Is n Providential provision In this. The
mortality In this class from pbthlnts and
respiratory diseases Is represented by tig
"urcs which are respectively only 36 and.at
per cent of the average of all classes. On
the other hand, tho clergy experience -more
than double the average mortnllty from
diabetes and one and a half times the aver
age from rheumatic fever. They suffer
slightly more than tho nvernge from Influ
enzn nnd nlso from diseases of tho digestive
organs other than tho liver. Among local
diseases, atfectlons or the circulatory sys
tem nro collectively the most frequent
muse of death among the members of this
calling.
Among the causes of death of occupied
mon In general, phthisis and diseases of the
respiratory organs most generally cnuse
death. Alcoholism, gout, cancer and sui
cide are most common In city life, whllo In
rural and Industrial districts diseases of
the nervous systems are moro than ordi
narily frequent. Phthisis nnd alcoholism
are far below the average .among, agricul
tural workers. Hecords or recent years
show that cancer Is Increasing slightly,
while phthisis and all other tuborculnr dis
eases nrc decreasing.
What Is perhaps the most peculiar ot all
mortality facts Is that Insurance compa
nies had rather take a risk on a man with
an occupation than upon n "gentleman of
leisure." The latest compilation of experi
ence In both tho United Stntes and Kngland
Is to tho effect thnt the mortality of unoccu
pied mon exceeds that of the nvcrage of
occupied men by 132 per cent.
AI-'TOOHAI'HH OK rilKMIIIl.NTS.
Mr. .MfKlnlry'a ilan Doubled In Vnlnr
Since III Dentil.
One result of the death of President Mc-
Klnley was a sudden Jump In tho price of
his autograph. Tho principal autograph
dealer In Now York, reports tho Sun, says'
that In tho past three weeks ho has been
receiving n rush of orders for McKlnley
letters and signatures, He has sold every
one he had In his stock and has a number
of orders ahead waiting to be filled.
This does not mean that the Into Presi
dent's signature has Jumped to any phenom
enal value. It has a little moro than
doubled In price, however. An ordinary let
ter, written throughout In McKlnley's
hand, would have brought about $2 a few
weeks ago. Today the dealer would ask
J5 ror It. A signed document which would
havo sold In the president's lifetime for $1
would bring $2.50 now. An autograph letter
containing Interesting or Important relcr
ences would bring more than J5,
President Itooscvelt's signature has also
more than doubled In value, Documents
signed by him sold at 50 cents apleco and
were not In great demand before the Huf
falo tragedy. Full nutograph letters could
bo had for $1. They aro now worth $1 nnd
$-.60 respectively. They are not raro, nor
beautiful. President Roosevelt apparently
docs not cnio to shine chlrographlcally,
ills signature Is strong, but evidently done
In a rtiBh. The "Theodoro" Isn't so bad,
but tho "Hoosevelt," after starting In pretty
decently, finishes in nn Illegible, hlcro
glyphlc "veil."
"It Is a cold-blooded way lo put It." said
Walter H. Ilenjamln. the autograph expert,
"but Uisasslrmtlon Is advertising, nnd it
Incrcnho.i the value of a roan's autograph
Just at, anything which ndvcrtlses him Is
bound to do. Assassination, of course, not
only advertises a man's autograph, but it
stops the production, and that Increases tho
value of those already In existence.
"There Is nn unfailing demand for presi
dents as their signatures are called. Peo
plo buy them lu bets and In addition to that,
I have scores of separate leltcrs. Kvcly
autograph collector seems to want a com
plete set of the presidents, Mnroln'x auto
graph Is most In demand; Lincoln's and
Washington's. They bring tho highest
prices, loo, although they are pot the
rarest.
"The rarest of the presidents aro fcnehary
Tavlnr and Andrew Johnson. Johnson
while for a printed document bearing his
signature Is n low price.
"Zachnry Taylor wasn't given to writing
letters either Ilo had a plantation and
hero Is a letter written to his manager. It
is In a flno bold hand nnd while It Isn't
historically Interesting In Its content Is
worth $30. A letter ns long ns It f It
trcnted or more Imporlant matters would
be worth more. .Letters In John Adams'
hand nre among the rarer ones. They havo
gone up lately aid are worth now rrom J.'O
to $25.
"Or vourso some .or 'oshlnston's letters
are the most vnlunbju., pu which related
to Benedict Arnold ,iias' sold lor $1,000
and thero arc others ,',Ui, oxlsteucu which
would bring as much. Ad ordinary letter
In his writing is worth from $50 up nnd
$20 Is paid for merely a signed document. I
"Taylor iind Johnson, nro tho rarest of '
the presidents and Buchanan and Monroe
ure tho commonest. Klther they hud a
mania for epistolary communication or
their coriespondouts and tho descendants
of the latter happened to havo nn In
atlnct for preserving letters. At any rate
nn ordinary Icttor by the promulgator of
fhe Monroo doctrine Is worth only $1 to
day, while his signature brings only $1.
Or course that Is morn than is paid for
some of the less common presidents, but
owing to the greater antiquity of the Mon
roe letters and his greater Importance his
torically his autograph would ho worth a
great deal more If It were not so plentiful.
"A Polk letter, for Instanre, Is also worth
14, but It Is rarer than the Monroes. Other
wise It would be worth much less thnn they
nrc. Tyler Is nol a rare president. Ills
letters bring only $2.Mr. while J3..10 will
buy n Martin Van Huron. A very good
letter by Pierce is not worth more than
$6 or $7.50. For $ you can get a Madison
letter nml for tho same price one by John
Qulncy AdaniH. Andrew Jackson letters
aro fairly plentiful. An ordinary ono Is
worth $7.50; fancy ones, meaning those
whusc contents arc valuable, bring from
$10 to $25
"Thomas Jefferson is n common one;
only $3,50 for nn ordinary letter nnd $7.60
for a good one, It. U, Hayes Is common;
$2.50 gets one of his letters. William Henry
Harrison wasn't given to driving the pen
and neither wns Ilenjamln, Letters of
Old Tlppecnnno bring $12.50. Ilenjamln
Harrison rarely wrote an entire letter Him
self. He nlmost always dictated to his
stenographer, nnd whllo his signature is
common enough, the complete letters nro
rare and nre already worth from $7.50 to
$10.
"(rant letters nre not so rnre, but. owing
lo his greater lamo historically, they nro
worth a good deal. An ordinary letter
sells ror $12.50. Oarfleld's' nro worth a
llttlo Icsb nnd Arthur's, which nrc not
common, a llttlo less still. Hero Is n nolo
from him Introducing 'my young friend,'
Hnbert Morris, nrterwnrd mayor of Phila
delphia to Jny (lould That la worthy'!
or $7.
"Hut the greatest demand Is for Lin
coln's letters, The Washington arc worth
more, but there arc not so many persuns
who wnnt them. An ordinary document
bearing his signature Is worth $15. an or
dinary llttlo octavo letter brings $25. Tho
more Important the contents, the higher the
price. A three-page quarto letter to inu- ,
ton, dealing witn me war, sum in i mm- i
dolphin last year for over $200. He In- ,
variably, so for as 1 know, signed a
formal document with his mil name. Anrn
hnm Lincoln.' Letters he as Invariably
Blgned. 'A. Lincoln." "
AITOII'S WIT WKHTlin HIOT
I
on. A D. SHARI.!".:
How .tolin MiMitiKlmi" Itolnrrd
With Wrll-Tiirneil .loke.
"There havo been a good many storlf
told or the quick wit of actors who have
turned nn accident or n panic orn row Into
a Joke." snld Tom Lclgh. the old-tlmc actor,
to a Now York Sun reporter. "A good many
of the stories arc fakes, I suppose." ho
continued, "but some am Hue. nnd there
are lols that havo never found tholr wny
Into print. The prepp agent wasn't ne nil-
"I wns In thn cast, aim to was jat-K
mcrous or as clever In l he old days as lie
Is now.
"I remember nn Instance lu which John
. . r.- . . .11.11.. , I ..I...
HrOURIlUll carricil nil ll inunv nnncim nn....
tlon by a clover bli or improvisation, una
saved tho old Winter Garden from the dis
grace of n riot. It was the fir-t night on
wl'.lch he played his burlcsquo 'Columbus'
there, nnd tho house was filled with his
friends,
"Among the most cnthuslnstic of these
friends wero n great crowd nf Fenians,
headed by Mnhonoy. the man who had Just
then b;cn elected president of the Irish re
public at tho old Fenian headquarters In
Sovrntecnth street. There was n Jollifica
tion In honor of his election, end ns he was
a personal friend of Hroiighnm's, It wis i
natural that ho nnd his followers should buy
up nearly nil the orchestra seats In the
houso for tho opening night, ns they did,
Studly, but If nnybody else In the company
Is now nllvn I don't remember who It 13
I played the part of a big Indian who first
nppenred on the slago as n messenger
bilnglng dispatches from Washington.
"Jut ns I came on, a discussion that had
sprung up among some of the excited
Fenians, developed Into n qunrrel, Tho
house was already disturbed, nnd there wns
every prospect of a fight In the orchestra
in auothor minute.
"I delivered my mest:age and Hroilgham
replied to me In the words of the piece:
"'Confound you, havo done!'
"Then turning from me to the footlights
he went on, ns if it was a part ot his
Hpccch :
Or would you like n band of Fenian
brothers.
All funic abandon lo defame each other?
If with such M'litlments I sent out any,
Uemember I'm lletid Centci hero, Malioney.
"Thero was n roar of laughter from tho
whole house at this, nnd the Fenians Joined
In It as heartily as anyone else. There wno
no further talk or Indication of trouble and
tho play wont on without Interruption,"
DOCTOR
Searles & Searles
OMAHA
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