Grand Rapids herald. [volume], December 02, 1892, Page 8, Image 8

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OLE BULLAJVIZARD
Uz Son Relates Some Inter
esting Stories About Him.
WAS CRADLED IN A 'CELO CASE
IZa Liethovi 1a.m.! at: nJ Why A New
AacduU Ab-ut Ole bxi a4
E2na Boctii.
iharalADiA 0 Cm frees Kb
raa nu&tA 1 no la N Tort. iia ts
fTMkt oiU J owe (A Gtisrnertus ruia ls
vus y 4 &t ineitaj tui r-MuicU out iX Ote
eat rt w!i ia Li-liVivtuekty fa, But
veetike4 bf tai w.tE.!3Hk.je. Mr. B'iU to
Citi au a Xurwitaa uJiryt&aa ot tbe
aoJ wi lu wUfc bfca U10 recaariistte
CSrasa las fetae tfve bfea,
I Ci one of the groat loaicta of
Cry f-Wfta poersr was his magnetic
Clsss After Von jwnl familV
ut BTiL at nriuTT- rrvrx.
CJTty with h.L playing I am almost Jr
BWklnd tuat ha exercised a specie of
ltjpoaUtm with bu Ttolin. Thre is a
triiu.u that very few people oouIJ
hrar him raruLT saoh a pdrce, for
instance, as -llotae. Sweet Home or
hU own eompueitloa entitled "A
JIothor Prayer," without bein more
to Wan. Ketmiy as he f-'lt the ravish-xot-nt
of throniu audience arul great
as was his power upon the platform I
do not think that he wu erer at his
teat cxsAtode his own lavoie. I remember
during hi In Um-v U -of rest frvm pro
faaakmal labor he uxl frequently to rv
tiro with hi family to Yalestraod, oar
nil f Amity country (teat in rand Nor
way, near Bergen. Here, under his
irn rouf and in the uklst of his fam
ily, hU aonl seemod to gather peculiar
Inspiration. Often in the gray twilight
1 hare sat and listened with a rapture I
chall never forjet to the strains that he
,kme could draw from his favorite h
etrum-nt while we who listened were
carried arway to higher spheres. At
-times hi lofty flights of thought and
pa.ttikm stirred me so deeply tat before
1 knew It the sound of my own sobbing
woke me to my senses. Philosophers
zaay attempt to aocotmt for this extraor
dinary power with learned theories, bat
to ma it was delightful hypnotism.
There was a woman in Spain who,
irinr one of his performances, fell so
completely under his mastery as to be
tray all the ontward signs of meamer-
bm. My father was a man of Immense
hytlcal strength, and from this I have
aBcuAi nrrr
00 fioabt his mssro'van proceeded. lie
ad a Trry detp oheot am! long, sinewy
Drrwt ani a neTe not easily iRturbed.
Oi on" ocraskna, while he was play
taj m MfvirkL. he was Tisited by a newt
paper writer who had biely misrepn
sented hhn in the pabUo prints. My
father rTeU"d hisa to rrtract whaths
hsl WTUtou. He refoMHi to do so.
Therett7i.s my f tlr seized him by the
alULr. aod. throwing opn the window,
feeld him oatsiiie at arm's length. It Is
neeUe&H to nty that be very soon
huQ?d hw nuod.
Owing fi hi-t peculiar bnild he had a
tathod of holdisg bis rkdtn and aloo of
Jurodllng his bw whloh crfcnnot be sue
cnhiaUy txni ? .d by cniiancy players.
JIi br'U? was 0 nsrry flat and his
Vjwso hey that when occafon re
j'ilred he conld p'-y cfntinocrosly apoa
tyar strings oi th instrument st once
er upon sry on of them. Thi required
e nkfty and precisk of execution pn
eiMonly to a man prswtsl of great
TiKwcVar power and extreme sVadiseas
ef nfrrft
Whn N In Rng!wnd !-rrirg his
eirty life sn 1nilrit o'-urrM whi'h U
Itwtrrt bi rernarkabJe strength with
which Grd had bIowel him. M Ubrn
ttss to ing st a crest ftiTl in LWrr
jwxl. Shortly befrwts its ocXTrrrerce.
fcoTrerer, she iiHel, and tv mnsovTEKmt
BnX In xret hnt for my father to
t;k hr pUis ss th star of the orea
eion. II w unwiUing to bing on
tm?f-Tv:ll ir. I a an err 1o
jtnt of eicht hwrulrl ponU texiing
was aiTcr-! he poirrH'd his
tnnt and nruWVvk fr sppeor. Fo ru,
was t!v ard'.torm snd so grett the
Cudiew thst h fonnd it extremely
iVuit to rnk himself heard. The
pafval strain upon h'sti great
that whn he had f.nUhod the bi-oti
Cowed ftrwi beaeath his liiir nsils
arM fnra his mmth f.r some momenta
I think. s! v, tJiat a grt 1sl of ray
fatlii-r's pwr erwn fn--m nfTrring.
Vhi"e h w a very yrnTji man h
w"it to rri to uwke hr way with his
Tt'-.iiiu ThT h mt with many and
t3t di-tpp. .fntmrtt-. s,a Is the case
with c-.wlr "rry jrrat artist st sme
p-ri,? of I;U II f . Wluit privations h
-tf.?-l it ti-rr N?a ra? priil":
ft ht creat French de
-vv: La i liis frsl ti Lia voa ayj
Tou looJi rry cad, yocrj zaan. TTUit
Ij the matter with your" JJy father's
axswer iru that he had had vverything
stolen txsn him, ven his vkdln. Tba
Vidooq ashed tim if he had a five franc
piece. Be then told hkn to go to Fras
cati's and to lay bis wager spun the red
colur, and that he woeld win. He did
so and won eight hundred franca. A
lady was about to draw it in when the
ra.m at th counter said: 5o, it doe
not belong to you, w! it belongs to
this ple young man," and off he want
with his eight hundred fmncs in hi
pocket and was buppy. This sum was
at that tim a Large one in Paris, and it
was of great serr Lee to my father.
While La was playing in Russia the
sad news of his father's death came to
him. That night the favor! people of
bt. Petersburg heard him play as he had
rarely played before, l as sad intelli
gence imrretsed him deeply and seeo;ed
to give hun a new inspiration. He was
a ftpiritualUt and he had the conviction
that hii father's spirit had descended
upon his own and reinforced Its nativs
power.
My father was a bom violinist. As a
child he imitated the motions of a fid
dler with two sticks, accompanying his
Stoveinents by humming the sir that
was passing in his mind. Later he be
gun to take lessons on the violin during
his vuits to Lis uncles house. My
gre &t uncle played the violoncello, and
while he performed my futher, then a
little boy, used to Lie in the groat 'cello
ease and listen. His first instructor
was a gtfQtletnan who was as much de
voted to the fiask as to the violin. He
used to play In quartettes at the house
ot my father's uncle. One evening he
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OUC BCIX'S HOMB AT TAXJESTRaJTO AXS
HIS TOMB. -
had been imbibing too freely, and my
father, half in jest, was invited to take
his part, which he did, to the great
amusement of the audience; upon which
his uncle gave him a new violin as a re
ward for his skill.
Over twenty yean ago, when father
played for the New York philharmonic
society, after the presentation of a silk
flag, combining the Norwegian and
American emblems, a magnificent em
erald ring was sent by Mr. Edwin
Booth to be returned to the one he es
teemed to be the rightful owner, Oie
BulL
The ring had been given to Mr. Booth
after a performance of "Hamlet" by a
lawyer, who said he had received it
from Mr. Ole BulL .
After accepting the ring. from his
dear, beloved friend. Prof. R. Ogden
Doremus, the president of the Fmlhar
mocne society, farther narrated the his
tory of the ring, which he had received
thirty years before in St. Petersburg.
Early Sunday morning following the
concert he called on Prof. Doremus, and
in a most enthusiastic manner asked
how it would do for him to offer to
play for Mr. Booth at his theater be
tween the acts?" ,
At the following Philharmonic con
cert Mr. Edwin Booth read Byron's
"Manfred" at the Academy of Music.
The Large orchestra of over one hundred
performers played Schumann's music,
and the Lictierkrana society and various
artists san?.
The socioty offered to repeat the mu
sk at Mr. Bxth's theater. Prof. Do
remus learned that father was in Cin
cinnati giving concerts, and a telegram
AXCXA1TOCB BCIX.
sent to him asking If he could ar
range to play at this performance of
"Manfred."
The reply stated that ho was on a con
ert tour and won Id not return to New
York for two months. It was signed by
his imprewu-io.
An hour later another telegram was
received spying:
"I will be there. Oli Dm."
n broke sp bin roncert tour to ac
complish the desire of his generous heart
and to reciprocal th favor of Mr. Ed
win Booth. ALCXAJtDKR BCTX.
WASPS AND SPIDERS.
Wkv -h B1r" At t Disturbed frr
t Vitaer.
The miners of Colcrstlo who hv
built rabine on the mountain sides know
what a pest the ftmall brjwn woml
pider pmves t be, sys the Great Di
vide, 'ihey throw thir wet's over our
b?t ekthes eiokicg uteniil.s. in every
eornr-r where you csn get them in yewr
eyes and nvnith. Not only that, but
thy will drrp into th frying pan,
waW bncket or upon the table where
fon are eating.
Put natnm fornihed a remedy and a
fnnd when she gnve the pider hawk.
The nsnw is giren by miners to a small
oe!-bis waf, b-a thr-fourths of
aa inch in Ur-srth. He ran ervily b5
retr jptie by the qiy-k. nervous strokes
of h.s rinjrs. Thv bviM a nt cp
arrwny the rafters of yo'arabin of wl
pntp ct far fn-sca the nntrr coating rt
f)id dei trrs., Thn thy are r?a iy
f--r bnsin!. Every fw ts!nBt?s you
can see Tour hawk climb na the rafter
with a spider, some tine carrying ona
four or fire times its own weight, Some
time they get a spider so havy that
they will fall many times before they
succeed in reaching thdr nest. They
never gfre op, but keep on trying until
they succeed, then the tpidr is safe
ly placed in the nest the female hawk
deposits her egg in the dead bodj
The hawks live only la pairs as far as
my observation goes.' They become
rather tame and seem to be obliged to
you for building the spider trap for their
benefit.
HE HAD NERVE.
& by th Fst Tost Hs Lt a Bat
tler t'aler m H is Bomb.
"About two weeks ago 1 was stand
ing with a party on the shore of Lake
Erie, not far from Ashtabula," said a
mill worker to the Syracuse Standard.
'Shortly afUr we had retired one
evening 1 heard a peculiar whirring
sound, which I recognized at once.
Thens's a rattlesnake in camp! I ex
claimed. 'I am going to get up.' 'Hush!
came the word, slowly 'h&sed through
the teeth, from a companion near
me. The snake has crawled into my
shirt bosom. This wns very softly said
and we were almost paralyzed with
fright at the prospect. We were afraid
to stir for fear the reptile would take
alarm and strike its victim. It crawled
over his body good nataredly, evidently
enjoying the warmth, for the night was
a little raw.
"At times the snake's head was close
to his face, and he told us afterward he
feared the motion of his chest up and
down in breathing would stir up the
reptile, and tried hard to breathe as
little as possible. Finally the snake
crawled toward the fire, and in an in
stant the whole camp was up. One
seized a club and broke the reptile's
back before it could make a spring. It
measured nearly five feet.
"The man who had the terrible ex
perience collapsed like a rag after it
was over. During the ordeal we were
all surprised at the coolness and nerve
he displayed. . With ell danger passed
he fell into a faint,' but he soon revived."
CUPID AND THE SAGACIOUS CAT.
llow Tabby Carried Tendsr Mmscss Be
tween a Lover sad nts Sweetheart.
It was in the spring of the year 1SS9
when I mat my husband, says a writer
in the New York Recorder. I held a
position as artist for one of the large
firms in New York city, and he held a
position as bookkeeper for the firm
two doora below the one we occupied,
and I became : acquainted with him,
and soon our acquaintance ripened Into
a close friendship, and many were the
notes he would send upstairs. At last
he hit upon the novel idea of using the
large office cat for a messenger boy,
and the first thing in the morning I
would see Tommy at the door of my
room crying to be let in. As soon as
the door would be opened he would
walk into the room and wait patiently
for me to take the note that my friend
had tied to his collar from him, ana
after I would answer it he would stand
still until 1 gave him a little petting,
and then off he would go and deliver
the note to my f riend.
. Strange as it may seem, that cat
would not allow anyone to touch him
while he was carrying the note.
Through these notes friendship ripened
into love, and we called Tommy our
messenger boy.
Just before we were married Tommy
disappeared and we could find no
trace of him, but my husband de
clares he must be still living and carry
ing love messages for some other happy
ones.
FULL OF REPTILES.
In Osr Gaoloetesl l'ertnatioa Creep tag
Asluaais Oacs Predominated.
There was a time "in the wide revolv
ing shades of centuries past" when our
globe was wholly in the possession of
walking, swimming and flying reptiles.
Being of the dominant type they were
divided into three great classes. In the
ocean they became gigantic paddling
enaliosaurians; on dry land, or rather
wet Land (for the whole face of the
earth was doubtless a quagmire at that
time), they became monstrous ichthy
o&aurians, some of which' had legs fif
teen feet or more in length; those wnich
inhabited the regions of the air were
the terrible ' flying pterodachtyls. For
a vabt but unknown length of time
these awful creatures literally ruled the
earth. Finally, after they had "seen
their day," they began to grow less and
less. One by one they died out in the
face of the younger and more vigorous
fauna, until at the present time only a
few miniature alligators and crocodiles,
a few toy snakes as reminders of skulk
ing lizards and geckos remain of the
enormous reptilian types that once
crowded land and re a.
(Mass Krea Are Cheap.
Olass eyes ran now be purchased at
lew than one dollar each, although at
this price there is not much choice in
the matter of shade. The cheapest
grades are mannfactnred in Germany,
but in some parts of England they are
produced at very trifling expense. The
highest priced grades are made in Paris,
whither very sensitive people who want
to avoid detection of their loss have
been known to travel from great dis
tances in order to Insure the greatest
variety to select from. There are hun
dreds of shades, both in the white and
the dark portions, and deception is
qnite easy. A costly glass eye will last
nearly a lifetime, especially if H is
taken good care of and cot worn day
and night.
Am Ier!ie Ages Cheek.
On ths strength at his remarkabls
rfsem'hlanee to es-enator Miller, a
Philadelphia insurance spent gcined
entrance some time ao to the floor of
tha senate chamber r.t Washington,
lie was at fi-t ehallecgl. bit when
he indignrtnily said to the Uxrkef per:
'Dnn't jrn know me'.' that official
tnade a profound obeisance opc-ird
thi door forthwith. It is said that thta
interesting 1'hi'adelphi.iu was once in
troduced to Gen. Orant as Soap tor Mil
ler, ami the general did not discover
the mistake.
ClTiIt!oi F.ttrertilerr.
Some people who are net harassed by
the "daily brad rnblra seem to de
light in researches which hare no other
effect than to settle a point whh w&s
eever disputed. Mr Archibald Geiki,
of the British association, after much
careful thorjrht and patient investiga
tion, tgetb.vf with a deal of figuring,
hss come to tb co-niuskn that the
wrld js between 7..frXW and f.fWO.
v yers old. Sathr a wkie margin,
it would seeca.
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TESI
TIIEKE TVILIj BE A DIG SALE OP
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The largest and finest stock of Overcoats in the country. That' a large statement, but it 13 raoro
than borne out in the stock. Overcoats of every kind, lor everybody, at every
price, from 3.88 to SIJO.OO.
Our 03. S 8 line are Chinchilla and half
wool in yarious colors.
Decided bargains
Our 05.00 line are pin head, w ave and
Chinchillas, three colors, sold by
many dealers at $7 .00
Our 98.00 line includes Chinchillas, MeJ
ton, Kerseys, Beavers, Diagonals, well
made and variously lined and trimmed
$3.88
$5.00
$8.00
Our $10 line embraces thousands of styK
ish garments and includes in mater
ials at least ascoro of fashionable fa.
brlcs
Our S 1 2 line includes blue and black Boa
vers, Cheviots, Cassi meres, choice
shades of broivn, Melton (both singlo
and double breasted) of stylish cut
and handsome make......
Our $15 line contains garments that no
custom tailor vould think of match
ing for less than S22. Any material
you can ask for (in any shade and all
the latest materials in make and trim
510.00
512.00
,515.00
Oil
mens
Suit Stock
Is the one spotinGrandRapids in vthich to quickly find a suit that
will please you at the time of purchase and pleaseyou yet more
in the wear. Thousands to select from from the cheap working
suit at 35.00 to the finest custom made and tailor trimmed at $25.00.
BIG BOYS' SUIT SALE THIS WEEK. '
n n ' n
son
bib
CHEAP
FOR THIRTY DAYS.
' Kodaks and Hand Cameras,
Smith Premier Type writers,
Picture Frames and Mouldings.
MAGIC LANTERNS
In Great Variety.
KINS v.
13 Fountain St.
GRAND RAPIDS OFFICE.
CHUGS OESTRL MWM
71 Monroe Street
Opea All Hours. Dr snl Nislit
J. V. STEWART. M. D., 0. D. S.. Manager.
Tt :ait t heat pquipjetl oraniufloti
frr the prtice f ritnttotrv lut: s
Kent. All Hi root sni-roTd nwnv!ii. anl
cacti 4rwrtmf nt In charge of a Krinttf
tXUl sna esprrlenc. Wh'.li ur prters r
'rate, osr B)tti Is not bow iDrkpi bat
how oni.
Crwn br4 Brtdcs Work upHtltf.
E.trjiftnt. . 1 V
Kx!rrtt-f with ti or ton!a.......... hi
l,v.t wti l'r.... r
Mr.tncwttb nM-s .. 100
v.inz witn OoKt, sncorilnt lotue
I u J ets ot Tt! 4 oo
Xtty b t trth. fall Mt. oo
All work fief Ulna 4 tet (oaraotcil.
"M.bwENs7
ComTerc'al and Fortra't
Oarpgiings
A. J. SHELLMAN,
60IENTIFIO OPTICIAN.
and
Oraperios.
When you want to buy
a good reliable and
trustworthy carpet,
come to a first class and
reliable carpet store
where a larger variety
can be seen than is
offered by any other
house in Michigan. If
you wish an artistic ef
fect in drapery of any
kind, a pair of handsolno
portieres or something
in the latest importation
of lace curtains you
should not fail to ex am
ino our stock before
purchasing. In short,
our goods and our work
manship are the best,
and we guarantee our
prices to bo the very
lowest for goods of
equal value.
65 Monroe street. Grand Rapids. Eyes tested
for spectacles tree of com with the latent Im
proved methods. Glasses in every style st
moderate prices, Arttficsl eyes to salt every
ewe. Ear Instrument ol every description to
benefit lb deaf, fee ilsa ef Wpecisc;ea,fti.
C, II, ROYCE & son,
201 Jefferjox avesce
lOlETTIHLOFir !
Are now permsnently located In ttoelr new
store wit U a complete new stock ot BlrdtXacrt.
linldf.nh. Collars snd (ienersl lfcw Furs-
Utitnc. Birds alely thlpped to ny pan ot
the state. Teiepbeae and ilaU Orders
Promptly attended to.
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RAPIER
IZ Frettt 8tre t. est End Tesrl Street
fcrlUce.
GRAND RAnt'S. MICIL
t&Atlvyrlfet elan. 5vw'if rare fair
m'th Cfirvmerfial Work.
W.F;SHATTOCK-& CO.,
. 2T5SEtli DlrlTloa Ftreet.
Upfeslsl:ryiFurnilL!re(l:?3lrin2
TT,0 rn o' war1? at rb? tw-t flrrres.
Terh 1-5 for V.'. i'. Siatrack A Cx'i
so? Ia f as. -
SEiffl &
SRD
gTANDAKD FASHION OOS
ue
Stamped Gocris and Siar.ing
A'o Batt&st rovere-t,
Tt'cn317. 52b'$27 S, Diyi: ;vit
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As we predicted, we broke the record on !cs
last week never before in the history of the store
was there such a week's trade never before in
Grand Rapids were there such crowds of pleased
buyers. Our pro.eressiveness in knocking off
profits now and unloading when you must buy,
instead of waiting: in the old-fogy way, till Janu
ary or February, when ou've bought your clothes,
has caught the 'own.
But we're not satisfied yet this week must
show still greater results prices like these will
bring them:
Men's Kersey Overcoat, velvet collars, 0 0 00
ilannct lined, worth $12.... "... v u,uu
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7.50
2.59
Mens Storm Overcoats, Frcize and
Chinchilla, worth 8i.
Men's Blue and Hlack Fine lleaver
Overcoatv
Children' Capeiniere Cape OvercoaU,
worth $4.00
Men's Fine Double Dreasted Black QlO 00
Cheviot Suit, were $13... UU.J
0.CD
1.25
Men's Jerov Ovcrhirts, : blac fln(' n
fnncy, worth $1.25 UwJ
Men' Worsted. Chevoit and Cassiraere
Suits, were 812...
Men' all-wool Pants, warranted not to
cy
felt's unusual at this time of the year to forego
prolHs, but we're doing it.
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CLOTHING COMIANy,
CANAL AND LYON rasXJtKKXf J.