Panic in Wall Street, brokers feeling melancholy

What is scurrilously called ragtime is an invention that is here to stay. That is now conceded by all classes of musicians.

Listening to the strains of genuine negro ragtime, brokers forget their cares.

Good times coming. Good times have come.

Sad News from France all anarchy and Confusion. The King, Queen and Royal Family confined at Paris. The Soldiers joined the People, many murdered.

I really like subtle ideas and communication with refined people who take you beyond daily chores and small sad events.

I did but see him and he disappeared, I did but pluck the rose-bud and it fell, A sorrow unforeseen and scarcely feared, For ill can mortals their afflictions spell.