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UFE STORY OF
JOHN 0. CARLISLE
Kentuckian Who Ascended Lad
der of Fame Step by Step.
STUDIOUS EVEN AS A BOY.
#4«w Former Secretary of the Treasury
Was Suddenly Cit Short In a Po
etical Oration by His Mother—Ready
Oebater and Widely Informed.
John tirithn Carlisle, former secre
tary of the treasury under President
•Cleveland and one of the most inter
«sflng characters In American politics,
who was recently taken as a private
patient to a hospital in New York city,
fcaa had a most distinguished career.
He was born In Campbell county,
*Ey., on Sept. 5, 183S, and was admit
ted to the Kentucky bar In 1808. He
weeved several terms In the Kentucky
'tower house and also as state senator,
ffrom 1871 to 1875 he was lieutenant
*ov«rnor of Kentucky, member of
■jnowjrress from 1877 to 188b and from
S85W to 1893 United States senator. He
area secretary of the treasury from
tma to 1807 snd has practiced law In
•New York city since his retirement
■ftttun active participation In politics.
Fond of Reading and Figuring.
A* a hoy Mr. Carlisle was studious
*1*. was raised on a farm, with much
of ibe ordinary labor of farm life
ctarown upon him, but for this he
•shewed tittle aptitude. His mind turn
'd cstfeer to reading and figuring, and
mm*& a task was neglected to give
ykr.y *« t he natural propensities of the
f«*i: ig student. One day when he hud
tww.' gett to plow his mother was at
■ r.iu'.'d t>y loud .aikliig and shouting,
tfvr She Cound the t>oy standing on a
stamp niakiug a political oration to a
tirr'w1 nurmirlngi- TIte held was un
p|«t vsl. and the horse stood hitched to
* fts M'dlow by. ills mother sudden
ly co.11lie oration short and asked how
mn-M, <Jt Che plowing had been done.
Tlr- boy answered that lie guessed
hf hadn't dewe much, as the horse was
Mred
Join Carl isle had a common school
edocatkm. but at fifteen he became a
(mu'her as well as student, devoting
the time not given to his class to
■sjttriy and reading. In this way he ad
matoe.d rapidly and at seventeen ho
■ •e*iK principal of the school.
I vm out long, however, before his
-«Mg»ttos took another turu, and ho
•sfstx'w! hiw with J. \V. Stevenson and
W. tfc. Kiukhead and at. twenty-three
admitted to the bar.
tftnginning of His Political Career.
W. ile yet a tall, attenuated lad of
■dnefesen lie was taken by Governor
StH'if'.Qmn on a political tour, and It
fre:)i»*utly happened that the governor
tceapMcilated himself by overeating, to
irhlii he was [iron®, and that yonng
OarbAm had to speak for him. It is
thou «ietu that the future senator be
gan his political career very early,
sthovVtug great precoclousuess even In
tfae -study maturing western country of
oeer'Vorty years ago.
Tbmi came tils steady advancement,
not oedy 1* law, but in politics. He
was a. member >f the state house of
represea la t Ives for 1859-61; was riomi
aatefi for presidential elector on the
•Democratic ticket In 1804, but declined;
warn elected to the state senate in Fete
naary. 1860, and re-elected in August,
T8eb; was a delegate at large from
tfceiracky to the national Democratic
poBventtou at New York in July, 1868;
wio, elec toil lieutenant governor of
Awifradky tu 1871 and served until
1R75; was alternate presidential elector
for tlie state at large In lH7fi; was
elected to the Forty-fifth, Forty-sixth,
Forty-seventh. Forty-eighth. Forty
ninth. Fiftieth and Flfty-tlrsi con
(fresM-s; was elected speaker of the
Forty-eighth, Forty-ninth and Fiftieth
congresses anti was elected to the
United States senate in May, 1800. to
till the term of Senator Beck, who died.
Ready, Resourceful Debater.
Mr Carlisle soon after bis appear
ance In congress won a place for him
self as a ready, resourceful debater
and a mart of wide Information, espe
cially on ail questions of finance. lie
had courteous, dignified manners and
admirable tact and discretion. He
never attacked persons, hut always
principles. He never praised and nev
er asked or expected It of another. In
deed, the only time he showed any
feeling was under the fire of flattery,
which Invariably met with an iuvolun
•try frown. These characteristics set
"if and strengthened the strong nature
and file strong principles of John O.
Carlisle.
Exceedingly simple in his habits, un
demonstrative. yet exquisitely sensi
tive and affectionate, Mr. Carlisle has
lieon as Imperturbable in victory as in
defeat. Though a large reader when a
young man, his great activity of late
years made more than glancing through
a book a matter of rare occasion. His
habit has been to do much of his hard
thinking while playing solitaire. He
has also thought out mauy a speech
while playing poker, notwithstanding
the fact that his luck has been prover
bially so bad that one of bis friends
called It the "senator’s game of twos
and threes.”
JAMAICA’S MANY DISASTERS.
Island Greatly Damaged by Recent
Storms and Floods.
Jamaica, “Island of fountains,” as its
Dame sign dies In the language of the
natives, recently damaged to un enor
nious extent by storms and floods, has
suffered many tribulations since it was
first settled by the Spaniards in 150!)
Port Royal, originally a town of great
wealth and importance, was partly
swallowed by an earthquake on June
7. 1092. twenty-seven years after the
English invasion of the island. Hur
ricanes in 1712 and 1722 and a con
flagration in 1815 completed the work
of obliteration of that city.
Kingston, the capital, was visited by
fire in 1782, which destroyed property
to the value of $2,500,000. In 1843 an
other fire did damage to the extent of
$15,000,000 in that city, lu 1880 the
island was again shaken by earth
quake, and Kingston was damaged
considerably. That same year a cy
clone swept the eastern half of Jamaica
and destroyed neurly all the wharfs
in the harbor of Kingston. The storm
lasted about five hours. More severe
still was the hurricane of 1003, which
almost destroyed Port Antonio and In
flicted damage in various parts of the
Island to the extent of about $10,000,
000. Thousands of houses in Klngstou
were damaged, the wharfs were bat
tered, and several vessels were sunk.
Perhaps the greatest disaster in the
history of the island occurred in Jan
uary, 1907, when it was visited by an
earthquake which almost entirely de
stroyed Kingston. More than a thou
sand lives were lost, and the destruc
tion of property amounted to about
$10,000,000.
G\ick Versus Grasshopper.
7*«ne W. Coombs of West Rath. Me,
has been somewhat bothered by grass
hoppers la past years. This year ho
raised fifty-seven ducks, permitted
them to roam about bis place and
hasn't seen a single grasshopper that
wasn't on Its way down some duck’s
throat. He says that the ducks have
paid for all they cost him. and he has
already marketed half a dozen at a
rood price, which he considers cleat
profit
John <; cauusli:
CHOYNSKI'S NEW
BOXINC RULES.
Ex-Pugilist Suggests Improve
ment In Queensberry Rules.
FOR JEFFRIES-JOHNSON FIGHT
Think* Hi* Cod# Wilt Be Acceptable
To Both Fighter*—Many Follower* of
Pugilism Said to Consider Choynski’s
Substitution Worthy of Note.
Joe Choynskl, one of the cleverest
heavyweights lu the ring a dozen
years ago, says the proposed tight be
tween Jim Jeffries and Jack Johnson
should be governed by a set of re
vised rules, and he has taken the trou
ble to draw up a code which he thinks
will be acceptable to both men. Choyn
ski's rules follow:
1. To he a fair stand up hotting match
In a twenty-four foot ring or as near
that size sb practicable.
2. No wrestling, hugging, heeling, butt
ing or gouging allowed.
2. The rounds to be of three minutes
duration and one minute between rounds
4. If either man Is knocked down be
must get up unassisted Inside of ten sec
onds. the other man meanwhile to move
about ten feet away, so as to give tho
man who is down a chance to arise.
When the fallen man Is on his feet the
round la to be resumed and continued
until the three minutes have expired. If
the man who has been knocked down
falls to be on his feet Inside of the ten
seconds allowed the referee shall give his
decision In favor of the other man.
6. A man hanging on the ropes In a
helpless state with his toes off the ground
shall be considered down.
Only Principals and Referee In Ring.
8. No seconds or any other persons ex
cept the principals and the referee shall
be allowed In the ring during the rounds.
Any second or other person entering the
ring during the rounds shall be ejected,
and the contest shall continue and no
foul allowed on that account.
7. Should the contest be stopped by po
lice Interference the referee has full pow
er to render a decision.
8. Five ounce special gloves, furnished
by the club, to be used in all contests.
9. Should a glove burst or come off the
referee shall order both men to their fcor
ners. where the glove or gloves must be
fixed to tho satisfaction of the reTeree.
The time consumed In replacing ihe glove
or gloves shall not be counted as part of
the time of the round.
10. A inan on one knee is considered
down and if struck Is entitled to the de
cision.
11. Only boxing shoes, regulation style,
with either chamois, oilskin or rubber
soles allowed.
12. Hitting In the breakaway Is per
mitted.
13. When the referee orders the men to
break they must obey Instantly and re
lease each other at once.
14. The official timekeeper of the club
•hall only time the rounds and the rests
between rounds, and the referee shall be
the only one to time and count on knock
downs In any manner deemed best by
him.
16. If In the opinion of the referee the
contestants are “faking” he may declare
the bout "no contest,” In which event the
club need not pay the purse or any part
of it.
Ruling of Fouls.
16. If a contestant commits a foul which
in the opinion of the referee is uninten
tional and does not Incapacitate his op
ponent from continuing he shall he warn
ed, but if the foul incapacitates his oppo
nent from continuing or in the opinion of
tl»e referee destroys his chances of win
ning he shall be disqualified.
17. If a man commits a deliberate foul
h* shall be immediately disqualified and
shall receive no part of the purse.
16. If in the opinion of the referee a
bout becomes dangerous lo one of the
contestants or an Immediate Knockout
seems unavoidable he may stop the bout
and render bis decision.
1# If a second throws up the sponge
when 11 Is apparent to the referee that
(he principal can continue and have a
chance of winning the contest shall not
be stopped, but the second so offending
shall be ejected from the building and not
allowed to act as second at any future
tlqae before any club.
£0. Any controversy arising between con
testants through different Interpretations
of the foregoing rules b> each or relative
to points not covered by these rules shall
be decided by the referee and Ins decision
shall be final and binding on both con
testants as well as on their seconds and
others connected with them in any capac
ity whatsoever.
a. Any principal, second or timekeeper
who willfully violates any of these rules
shall be debarred from acting in the ca
pacity of principal, second or timekeeper
in future.
22. The foregoing rules shall be consid
ered part of the articles of agreement be
tween the contestants, with each other
and with the club before which they are
tc box.
In the Marquis of Queensberry code
there are twelve rules, lu Cboynski's
code rules 1, 2. 3. 4. 5, a aud 10 are
practically taken from the Queens
berry rules, though more clearly de
fined. Taken as a whole the Queens
berry rules are out of date, and Choyn
ski’s substitution Is worthy of note,
according to many followers of pugil
ism. The National Sporting club of
lA>ndon bus recently adopted new rules
of Its own framing and has passed the
Queensberry code up for all time.
Lion Skin Coats the Latest.
As h natural result of the pT&ence
of a great hunter In Africa the lion
skin coat has made Its appearance.
Few coats will be worn for the excel
lent reason that lions are scarce and
Imitation Is Impossible. The coats are
for the automobile and come from
London. The stitching is done with
thread made from the lion’s hair. The
collar consists of the two fore paws
ornamented with the animal’s claws.
The pockets and leather buttons also
are trimmed with daws, and the tail
hangs over the sleeve as an added
trimming.
New Photographic Lens.
A recent British Invention of Interest
to photographers Is a lens by which a
picture may be taken ou all sides at
once.
Most Brilliant Season Pre
dicted — What Is Being
Done to Maks Classic
Music Popular.
: World's Leading Singers En
gaged-Several New Song
Birds—To Extend Chain
of Opera Houses.
By JAM IS A. EDCERTON.
YEAR by year the general Amer
ican reading public Is becoming
more iititi more interested in
grand opera. 'J'his is not only
true In tlte larger cities where classic
music is now heard, but In all sections
and among all classes. While some
who speak no tongue but English re
fuse to grow wildly enthusiastic over
Bongs sung in Italian, French or Ger
man, others recognize that music has
a universal language that transcends
any mere differences In words. No
one who loves a concourse of sweet
sounds could fail to be moved by tbe
I mystic significance of Wagner’s ”Par
sifal” or Gounod’s “Faust” or to re
spond to the magnificent sextet In
i “Lucia,” the duet in the “Marriage of
Figaro” or half a hundred other splen
did passages, even though these were
rendered tn Choctaw or Chinese.
The year now opening promises to
be the most brilliant in tbe history of
grand opera in America. The center,
of course, is New York, where both
the Manhattan and Metropolitan have
put on several of the new successes of
Europe and have gathered the leading
singers from all the world. The Man
hattan singers will also appear at Mr.
| Hammcrsteln's branch house In Phil
adelphia. while the Metropo' •> is
keeping up a chain of opera li . - os—
one in Baltimore, one in Boston and
one in Brooklyn, iu addition, it will
give two operas each week In the New
theater of New York, the famous bouse
that was bulit by J. P. Morgan, the
Vanderbilts and other New York mil
lionaires and ut its opening was pro
nounced by the regular theatrical
critic of the London Times, who came
across the ocean to witness the event,
the equal of anythin? In Europe. The
New theater Is the first endowed
amusement house iu America.
A Milder Salome.
The opening at the Manhattan on
Monday evening. Nov. 8, was as full of
color, sparkle and enthusiasm as any
ever witnessed at the Metropolitan,
with its famous horseshoe diamond
and all the rest. There was a packed
house notwithstanding the fact that
on the same evening the New theater
was formally opened to the public and
the Metropolitan Opera company start
ed its season at the Academy of Music
in Brooklyn. The opera was Masse
net’s “tlerodiade,” given for the first
time in America. ‘Tlerodiade’’ is a
milder and less erotic form of the
"Salome” theme which stirred up such
a riot In the musical and religious
worlds a few years ago. Massenet’s
Salome is conventional and respectable
compared to the one created by Oscar
Wilde and Strauss. Indeed, she Is al
most a perfect lady. For my single
self 1 prefer the Massenet version
even if it does lack, or. rather, because
It lacks, the disgusting scene of slab
bering over the bloody bend of John
the Baptist. In the Manhattan open
ing Salome was sung by Lina Cava
lier!, who gained her triumph last
year in the same house, llerodias by
Mine. Gervllle-Keache, Herod by Mau
rice Renaud and John the Baptist by
Charles Dalmores, who lent dignity to
the character and dominated the entire
piece.
The sensation of the Manhattan sea
son will be Richard Strauss’ "Elektra.”
As Strauss before gave such a boost
to the flammersteln opera he will be
depended on to do it again. Not only
“Elektra," which was a European suc
cess of last year, but “Feuersnoth,” an
earlier work of Strauss, will also be
put on. In addition will be other op
eras by Massenet and all the old fa
vorites, such as “Thais,” “Faust,”
“Aida,” “The Daughter of the Regi
ment.” “Lucia.” “Cavallerla Rustl
l cana," "Ixthengrln" and many more.
The leading singers, besides those al
wady mentioned as appearing in the
opening, are the old Manhattan favor
ites. like Mary Garden, Tetrazzini and
Mme. d'Alvarez, who sang in the pre
liminary season last fall and made
such a favorable impression that she
was retained as one of the leaders for
the regular season. In this she was
more fortunate than others of large
promise who were tried out in the
preliminary affair, such as Carasa, who
was widely heralded as a newly risen
■tar, but proved a disappointment
How Hammenrtein Makes Money.
On the last night of his preliminary
season Ilammerstein made his inevita
ble speech. In which he congratulated
himself that 150,000 people had attend
ed this popular priced opera, and he |
therefore considered that he bad edu- [
cated 150,000 people into a higher ap
preciation of classic music. Financial
ly he had succeeded also. lie had ex
pected to lose $75,000, but had lost only
$50,000; therefore he had made $25,000.
Too high a tribute cannot be paid
to Oscar Ilammerstein. When he
Btarted the Manhattan Opera House
a few years ago it was generally pre
dicted that It could not last a year.
Today It Is one of the most famou*
bouses of its kind In the world. It
wns and is Uammerstein's ambition to
popularize grand opera with the
masses. If he does tiiat America
should rise up and caM- him blessed.
He has already made great strides to
ward the goal, in the -• acral artistic
movement now going • ■ throughout
the nation the best musj> will play an
ever Increasing part. Haimner
sfeln Is not alone in the work of popu
larizing grand opera. The Metropolt
I tan has also extended Its work to othei
cities and is now planning to enter
Chicago in 1010. in ftie next few
years there will probalriy be a chain
of grand opera house.- ui all the large
cities of the land, just as there now
Is in Europe.
A Bevy of Song Birds.
The Metropolitan program for tin
year is equally notable with that at |
the Manhattan, and its singers, espe
daily Its men singers, are even more
famous. Among the new talent are
several Americans, in the list art
names already well known, although
they appear this year for the first time
In grand opera. Jane Noria. Alice
I Nellsen, Anna Case and Vera Courte
I nay are Americans who have won
fume. They are now being put on by
the Metropolitan. Of foreign now tni
ent are Mine. f>ehia, the foremost
French contralto, and Edouurd Cle
ment. the famous tenor of the Opera
Comique of Paris. Among the old
favorites who return are names fatnll
lar to all music lovers. Eurico Caruso
Alessandro Bond, Antonio Scotti, Oer
nldine Farrar. Olive Fremstad, Jo
hanna Oadski and Mine. Nordlca art
on the list.
Among the new singers there Is ont
at the Manhattan who should not be
overlooked. lie Is a young Irishman.
John McCormack, only tweuty-flvt
years of age, but with several London
successes behind him. The story ol
his rise is romantic. Born of poor par
ents, he was one day singing for a sick
person when he was overheard by a
woman of means. Struck by his voice,
she sent bint lo a famous music mns
ter of Italy, with whom he remained
two years. He scored a signal triumph
on his lntial performance lh London,
and on his first appearance in New
York with Mme. Tetrazzini in “La
Traviata" this London triumph was
more than repeated
Many of the new operas lo be glvei
by the Metropolitan company will be
put on at the New theater. Perhap
the chief of those rendered at the Met
ropolltan itself will be “fSermania,” at
Italian composition. In which Caruso
>
alii take the fading role. For tb*
noet pert, however, reliance will be
placed on tbe old favorites, including
Wagner’s. Gluck’s and Von Suppe’s
naster-pieces and others whose music
las been played by orchestras around
be world.
Ballet and Comic Opera.
At both the Metropolitan and the
Manhattan tbe ballet will be giveD a
more prominent place than before, and
the opera comiqne will be introduced.
For tbe last Mr. Hammersteln is re
sponsible. as he is also for the bring
ing in of more French opera than has
previously been hard on the American
stage. This year the Metropolitan
makes it a rule to have each composi
tion sang in the language in which it
was originally written, a plan which
requires a largely increased number of
Ringers of different nationalities. This
Is made possible by its chain of opera
bouses in other cities, allowing simul
taneous engagements. Thus while It
gives an Italian opera in New York it
can render one in German at Philadel
phia and perhaps one in French at the
New theater. The salaries of the sing
ers have a monotonous and heart
breaking habit of continuing whether
the recipients Bing three times a week
or once a month. As some of these
salaries are up in the big figures and
none of them beggarly, it is to tbe in
terest of the company to use its talent
as much of the time as possible and
thus get the worth of its money.
The chain of opera houses is there
fore a godsend, and for this reason. If
for no other, there will be every effort
to extend it. The branching out will
be done by both the Metropolitan and
Manhattan. Ilammerstein has already
Iried Philadelphia, Boston and Chicago,
and. as already mentioned, the Metro
politan Is running in Philadelphia,
Baltimore, Brooklyn and Boston, with
ati eye toward Chicago. It Is only a
question of time when Fittsburg, St
Louis and Washington will be added
to one or both circuits, and other cities
will follow.
Some Operas In English.
It is a mistake to imagine that all
grand opera is sung in a foreign
tongue. This year the Metropolitan
will put on some English selections.
and if the Americans and British want
more of this sort all they need do Is
to write operas of a grade that will be
acceptable and produce the singers to
render them. In the past very many
of the great composers have been Ger
mans and of the great singers Italians.
We have had some American compo
sers of a sort and not a few American
singers. Perhaps when we as a people
>me to the full appreciation of grand
■ra we shall also gain the power to
■ rt-iie and interpret it. but we are
hunJI\ nt that stage yet. Therefore
we have no right to complain if it is
not done in our language. Besides,
who cares f><r the language of an op
era? It has been said of the theater,
"The play’s the tiling." and just as
truly can it be said of the opera. “The
music’s the thing If we want to
read the actual words, which often are
commonplace and trite enough, we can
follow them in the printed translations.
Love and liarmouy form the burden of
grand opera, and love and harmony are
the same in all tongues. They belong
to the universal language of the heart.
Stamp For Tubereulosia Crusade.
The Red Cross Christmas stamp
crusade against tuberculosis promises
this year to be broader in extent than
ever before. Willie last year fewer than
20,000,000 stamps were sold, the pres
ent indications point to a sale of near
ly 50.000.000 for this year. The Red
Cross stamps are issued by the Amer
ican National Red Cross and are sold
for 1 cent each. They are designed to
be placed upon letters and mail mat
ter during the holiday season. The
money derived from the sale of these
stamps will be devoted to tuberculosis
work in the localities In which the
stamps are sold. In this manner It is
expected that about $400,000 will be
realized for the campaign against tu
berculosis In all parts of the United
States
Use of Glass Bricks In Germany.
Glass bricks are coming into com
mon use In Germany to admit light
through walls that are required to be
fireproof and wlndowleaa.
SIX OF
THE OPERATIC SEASON'S SONG
BIRDS.
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OLIVE FREMSTA D.
ENKK'O CABUSO.
MARGARITA D ALVAREZ.