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SOCIETY DIRECTOR Y.

MASONIC.
Union Lodge, No. 10S, meets First, and Third
Wednesday of each month.
Union Chapter, No 161, meets Second Wednesday
evenings of each month.
Northern Commandcry, Knights Templar, No. 16
Meets fourth Wednesday each month.
KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAs.
Towanda Lodge, No. 300. Meets every Tuesday
evening.
Endowment Rank, Section 1Ol. Meets Third Fri
day III each month.
ODD FELLOWS.
Bradford Lodge, No. 167. Meets every Monday
light.
Bradford Encampment, No. fl. Meets Second and
Fourth Wednesday night of each month.
Ieoh Lodge Degree of Rebeka. Meets First and
Third Fiday evenings of each month.
KNIGHTS OF HONOR.
Crystal Lodge. Meets every Monday evening.
Mystic Lodge, X. and L.. of II. Meets second and
Fourth Friday evenings of each month
Watkins Post No. 6S Meets every Saturday evening
KNIGHTS OF THE GOLDEN RULE.
Towanda Castle No. IS. Meets at *. of Hall
every Wednesday evening.
ROYAL ARCANUM.
Towanda Council No. So . meets antfirsd third
Friday of each month In X, T. Hall.
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CHL'RCH DIRECTORY.

PRESBYTERIAN-Rc j. S. Stewart, d. D.. Pas
tor. Preaching at 10 80 a. IN. and D. m eve
ry Sunday. Prayer meeting Thursday evening
at 80. Sunday School-D'A. Oyerton Suncrin
tendent-at II O'Clock.
CHRIST CHURCH-(E (Episcopal) )-Rcv J.hn 8.
GERS, Rector. Service and preaching at 10 30 a
m and 100 pm. Service and lecture THURS dav
evening at 80. Sunday School-.Jas Il. Hale
Superintendent-at II m. Teachers meeting
Tuesday evening at 40.
M, E. CIIURCH--Rev. c. III. Wright. postor
Preaching at 10 30 IN. and D. M PRAYER
Meetings on Sunday evening at 80 rhursdav
evening at I 80. Young mems PRAYER meetine
Friday evening at s. Sunday School--B NJ Peck
Superlntendent-at l. m.
sS PETER AND PAUL.--(R. Co. Rev. Chas. f.
Kelley, Priest Mass at s and 10 80 A. m. YES
pers at 80 p. N. Sunday School at Il 80 and
80. ~
CHURCH OF THE MESSIAH. - Univcrsolisb
Rev. William Taylor, Pastor. Preaching at 10 20
q. M. and p. IN. Prayer and Conferences
Meeting Thursday evening at 7:3U Sunday
School-Dr. Taylor, Superintendent-at II m.
BAPTIST CHURCH-Rey c. II. Hallowell. Pastor
Preaching at 10 :3 A. NJ and p NJ. PRAYER
Meeting, Thursday Evening, : r. NJ Sunday
School at II m. '
bEEIHREN-services at 10 80 q. m. every Lords
day. Reading meeting every Wednesday evening
Sunday. school at ) p. M.
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PRESIDENT ARTHUR's PROCLAMATION.

PRESIDENT ARTHUR'S PROCLAMATION.
The following has been issued:
BY the President Of the United States OF
Anserica, Proclamation:
WHEREAS, In His inscrutable wisdom,
it has pleased God to remove from US
the illustrous head of the Nation, James
A. Garfield, late President of the United
States; and
WHEREAS, 1t is fitting that the deep
grief which fills all hearts should mani
fest itself with one accord toward the
Throne Of Infinite Grace and that we
shonld bow before the Almighty and seek
from Him that consolation in our afflic-
tion and that sanctifcation Of our loss
which he is able and willing to vouchsafe.
Now, therefore, in obedience to sacred
duty and in accordance with the desire of
the people, 1, Chester A. Arthur, Presi-
dent of the United States of America, do
hereby appoint Monday next, the 26th
day af September, on which day tho re-
mains of our honorcd and beloved dead
VIII Uc CouSlS ucIt 10 tlcli ltSl resting
place on earth, to be observed throughout
the United States as Il day OF humiliation
and mourning. And earnestly recon-
mend that all the people assemble on
that day in their respective places Of di
vine worship, there to render alike their
tribute of sorrowful submission to the
will of Almighty God and of reverence
and love for the memory and character Of
our late Chief Magistrate.
In witness whereof | have hereunto set
my hand and caused the great seal Of the
United States to be affixed
Done at the City OF Washington. the
22nd day Of September, in the
l.. S. year Of our Lord 1881, and of
the Independence Of the Unit
ed States one hundred and sixth.
(Signed) CHESTER A. ARTHUR.
BY the President:
JAMES G. BLAINE Secretary OF State.
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The Day in Towanda.

In pursuance Of the proclamation of
President Arthur, the Banks, stores and
other business places OF Towanda will not
be open for business on Monday, to the
rial services OF the deceased President.
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san FrancIsro Markets.
la MAIL - TELEGEArII.l

lBH MAIL AND TELEGRAPH.l
WHEAT-S1 1901 - per GENITAL fol
good shipping.
OATs-S1 3Oal 90 n ell.
WoOL-Oregon, Valley 29d20 cts. 4
ID. Eastern Oregon, lS,o2O.
lIIDES-lleaYy Saitrd fOc: light. ds
De; salted calf. 915@lO.
FAMILY PROVISIONS-i3acon. l3tl III.
cts; clear Oregon sides, l3@l3] zc; hams
1212@13 cts.
BARLEN-COast feed S0@SJ cts; Brew.
ing 81 0J@l 20 y ell.
HAY-Wheat. Sl3aSl5. Oat. Sll 50a
Sl4. Barley, SlO0Sl4 g ton.
NEGETABLES-POt S5jdG5 cts nPl
100; Onions, red. $lc1 % per 100: Vel
low, S16Sl 30 per 100.
EGGs-CalifOrn!a "a a. z doz; Orc.
gon, 3504Oc 4 dOZ.
FLoUR-OregOn extra. 81 2JGS4 80.
Walla-walla extra, 81 2j@S4 20.
BUTTER AND CHEESE-EXtra fancN
Butter, 40 cts, y ID; Fresh roll. GOOD
to choice, 45@i75z cts; Picked. 20 cts
p ID.
SEEDs-Flax, 2l4@2sze r ID; Canary
$685. c; Alfalfa, l4@l5c; Timothy, SCd
lie y ID.
BAGs-There is a good business in a
jObblng way az S3l@9I4c for standard
grain.
FRUIrs-Dried apples. 515@6 cts. r Il
for qrs.; 515@6 for sliced; Pears. ga ice
Plums. 5@6, pitted l3@l5; Peaches. lla
l3c; peeled, 17@20.
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THE MARKETS.
Astoria Markets.

FLoUR.--Superfine 81 %; Extra 81 IS
Corn Meal . cwt. So 80; Buckwbeat y cwt
S. 90.
BUTTER-Choice roll, 25a3O cts. q n
CHEESE.-ClatSoi. dairy lSo20c.
EGGs.-206-c cts y doz. Chickens, s. O0.
FRESH MEATs.-Choice cuts. Lamb. lOc;
Beef Sgl0; Pork 10; Mutton S9io. BY the
carcase sc.
MEATs.-BrealIfast bacon l35s9l5 per n;
sides I312aII1ac: hams I31zaI7c; shoulders
lO9l2c smoked beef l5GlGssc; corned beef
Sl0Sl2 q bbL; corncd pork loc = II.
BEANs.-594 cts.
LARD.-in tins and caddicS l5ai7c r n.
HONEY.-In frames Zoe; in glass soc.
DRIED FRUITs.-Blackberr zoe; Prunes
l21zgl6c.
MILL FEED.-Gran SiG@slS q ton: chop
feed $50: Shoits s25a25; Hay 52OGg SD s ton.
OATs.-According TO quality. prices range
from GO965 cts t. bushel.
NEGE-ABLEs.--Potatoos IA ct. R n;
Onions 4a5c n n.
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PORT OF ASTORIA
RFADY FOR SEA

READY FOR SEA.
Thurland Castle br sh 1888 tons. Shanghai April Is
SAILED.
Columbia. IS. 272l tons BOlles L. ADril .
Oregon S. 1885, tons. Pohlman. s April 70
Alpha. sch. Tillamook, April Is
Shubrick. U S Lighthouse str. Eyerson. north
April Is
Clan Mcleod. br bk CSC tons. Queenstown April
Scottish Fairy. br blk, Liverpool April 10
Orient. brig 3l2 tons. Williams, April -
Rival. blk. 299 tons. Adams. :. =. April Is
Emily Chaplin. br bk 713 tons. Harris. Queens
town April Il
Tacoma steam tug Tacoma. April II
Canada. sh. 1870 tons. Tacoma, April II
u S str Gen Wright, Pennell. Yaquina bay April
Viola, br blk. 5S9 tons. Price. Queenstown March 81
Webfoot. bkt. 36l tons Lewis. san Pedro Mch .
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VESSELS ON TIE WAr.
From American Ports.

Alice Buck. Am sh loading Y
Carrie winslow. Am blk. sI tons, Loring Phila-
delphia Feb y
Columbia, sh 1855 tons. Humphrey Y. Jan 20.
Empire sh. 1872 tons. New York. Jau IS
Gerten. sh. Philadelphia Jan 70
Henry 5 Sandford, Am sh, As3 tons, Sleeper
Ny March p
Kate Davenport sh. 1888 tons. Malleft Y Jan ls
Merom sh, 1904 tons. Lowell n Dec IS
Oracle sh 1850 tons. Morrison. Philadelphia Mch ?.
Olive Southland Am sh Philadelphia March ;
Palmyra sh. 1870 tons Minot March
Sparrow sch 5 & March l6
willamette IS. 5000 tons, March p
From Foreign Ports.
Alden Besse. Am bk. SI2 tons, Noyes Hongkong
April 10
AduIia, Spanish blk Stanley I, Jan via Victoria
Agnes Oswald. br sh. 1850 tons. McGibbon. Cardiff
Dec 10.
Adolf. swe, blk. 6z5 tons. Rinsmansson, Gotten
burg, Oct Is
Argo, gr blk 653 tons Gate Rio Janiero Jan 6
Buston Vale. br bk. Ss7 tous. Buckingham loko-
hama Feb
Orossfeld. br bk. Liverpool. March 26
City of Agra. br bk, 1914 tons, Young. Melbourne
Nov
Clan Grant. br bk. Sos tons. James I'm Liverpool
Nov ~
COloma. Am bk $50 tons. Eoyes Hongkong Jan !;
Countess of Rothes. br blk. Cardiff, Feb %
Doxford. br bk. Liverpool Marcl via Victoria
Ethel. br bk. ass tons. Graham, Liverpool. Nov q
Faderneslandct. Swe bk Bordeaux Oct u
Glanperis, bs lO9i tons, Cape Of GOod-hope, due
June.
Geo Bewley, br sh lOi0 tons. Bewlew. Yokohama
Glengaber. br bk, loading at Liverpool.
Marion King br bk 95s tons Rio Janeiro Jaa 81
Oakworth. br sh Yokohama. via 5 4 April p
Oberon. bs. llSO tons, Liverpool April 25
Pastha. br blk So tons. West. Liverpool, via Vic
toria Nov 20
River Avon, br bk $50 Holker Liverpool Nrch
Sidlaw. Br bk is9 tons McGlashan AlIddleborough
Jan ~
Scottish Bard. Br bk RocAhsmpton. March ~
Victoria Cross. br biz, 669 tons. Owen. Calcutta
Zoe. br bk Liverpool via Victoria Jan 3
For additional shipping HC;rS see Olu local
columns.
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ARRIVALS FRoY SEA.

Selkirkshire br sh. ll2 tons. Anderson. fm Cardiff
April 25
State OF California S. 2200 tons. Debney, I'm y
April q
Signet. bbk Victoria. April p
County of Ayr br bk. 3gg tons. Alexander Gias-
gov, Aoril 3
Athelstan, br blk fm Rio. April q
California. str. 50 tons. Carroll, Sitka April p
Portland. bkt. ) April y
Lizzie Iredale. br blk sc tons. Mossop. Victoria
April Is
EIlerbanks. br bk. llGO tons. Parker. Yokohama
April
North Bend bkt go tons Merryman. April
Kate and Anna. steam sch. p tons, L1tJeas. Grays
Harbor, Jan p
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KENDALu'S SPAWN CURE
on HUMAN FLESH.
RakerS,ieId VI Dec .

Bakersfield, VT. Dec. %. 1879.
u. J. KENDALL. & Co, Gents wish to
add my testimony in favor OF your invaluable
linment. "kendall'S SPAWN Cure" I'm the
spring Of lS,s2 I slipped ON the lee and
Sprained my right limb az the knee JOINT
was very lame and at times suffered the
most eNcruciating pain. ] wore a bandage
on IL for over year, and tried most every
thing i'm my reach. but could find nothing
that would give me permanent relief. When
/ OyerNOTked. It would pain me very much
In April 1873 / began To think | should be
a cripple for life but having some of Ken
dall'S SPAWN Cure" thought / would try IT,
used one third Of bottle. and experienced
relief az once. The pain left me and has not
troubled me since. ! feel very grateful to
you and would recommend 'kendall's Spawn
Cure to all who suffer with SpTainS or fheu-
matlSm. Yours truly, Mrs. J. BOUTELL
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KendalrS SPAWN Cure

Is sure i'm its effects, mild IN ITS action as il
does not blister, and yet il is penetrating
and powerful 10 reach any deep seated pain
or 10 remove any bony growth or any other
enlargement, n used for several days, such
aS SpayinS. SplintS, cuTbS. callOus, SpTains,
SwellingS, any lameneSS and all enlargementS
OF the jOintSsOr limbs. or rheumatism IN man
and for any purpose for which a liniment is
used for man or beast. IL Is now known 10
be the best lintment for man ever used, act
ing mild and yet certain i'm its effects. It is
used full strength with perfect safety at all
seasons OF the year.
Send address for illustrated circular. which
We think gives positive proof OF its virtues.
No remedy has ever met with such unquali-
fed success, to our knowledge. for beast as
we'll as man.
Price 81 per bottle. or six bottles for s.
ALL DRUGGISTS have IL or can get il for
you, or IL will be sent 10 any address on re-
ceipt Of price by the prOprietOrs.
DIR. II. J. KENDALL & CO.,
EnOsburgh Falls, Vermont.
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II. <. BERTOLETT. NJ ID.
KENDaLu'S SPAWN CURE

Harrisburg. Pa. Nov. Is. lSSO
DIR. II. j. Kendall. < Co. Gents: | have
avery tine mare that has had a bone SPAWN
for a long time. | tried every thing man
could devise TO cure il but ali i'm vain and
WAS about 10 give ii up when friend Of
mine ln this city came tO me and recon-
mended kendall's SPAWN Cure which tried
with grand results. removing that bone clear
and clean and then sent - cents 10 YOU for
one Of your illustrated Horse Books and
think there Is no better book printed on the
horse and his diseases. | have taken great
interest In IL and have since sold Is copies
for YOU Ia my neighbOrS and will try and do
what good / can by getting them for others
Yours fflilN G. w MILLER
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Temple Lodge, NO. Z, AF.AM.

Regular Communications first and Ny
third Saturdays in each month. at IA w
O'elock. P. ~, at the Hall in Astoria.
Members Of the Order, in good standing, are
invited 70 attend. By orde: OF the WIN
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Common Council

Regular m eetings second and fourth Tues
day evenings Of each month. al az o'clock
BG- Persons desiring TO have matters acted
upon by the Council. at any regular meeting
must present the same TO the Auditor and
Clerk on or before the Friday evening prior
10 the Tuesday on which the Council holds its
regular meetings. X. ii. CARDWELL.
Auditor and Clerk.
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The price of subscription to THE
WEEKLY Historian has been reduced
TO s. per annum when paid in advance.
Ii not paid in advance the old price of
S3 will be charged.
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From a Prominent Physician.

WaShingtonyille. Ohio. June l.. 1850.
DIR. Il. J. KENDALL. & Co, Gents Read
ing yOuT advertisement IN Turf. Field and
Farm. Of kendall'S Spawn Cure, and having
a valuable and speedy Horse which had been
lame from SPAWN eighteen months. | sent To
you for q bottle by express, which in six
weeks removed all lameneSs and enlarge
ment and a large splInt from another horse,
and both horses are to-day rs sound rs colts
The one bottle was worth 10 me Que hundred
dollars Respectfully yours.
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Henry AhrenS. Henry Tietjen. T.V.Borsiel.
CHICAGO BREWERY,
Henry Ahrens & Co., PrOprietOrs,
1920 TO 1894 Pine street.
SAN FRANCISCO.

TINHIS BREWERY Is THE MOST POPU-
II lar on the coast, and have established a
branch m this city and is under the manage
ment Of J. STRAUSS, who will be- pleased 10
fill any order from a dozen bottles up % a
thousand barrels. This beer needs no rec
OmmendatiOn, as those using il once will
never use any other. Orders left AT the Oc-
cident Hotel or al Isaac Fosters will be
promptly attended Ia. All orders from
distance will receive prompt attention.
Families supplied with this excellent quail
ty of beer. j. STRAUSS. Agent,
Water street, next door tO Isaac Fosters.
Astoria. Oregon.
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WESTSIDE DIVISION.
From Portland to Corvallis.
s A. NEVILLE


From Portland to Corvallis.
NAIL TRAIN
LEAVE. ARRIVE.
POrtland.-S:O0 A. NJ. Corvallis $500 p. NJ
COrvallis....S:30 A. NJ. Portland ...3:2OiPiM
Close connections are made at R0SEBURG
with the Stages Of the Oregon and California
Stage Company.
in California and the East, at the COmpany's
Office,
Corner + and Front Sts., Portland, 0gn
Storage will be charged on freight remain
ng at COmpanys Warehouse over q hours.
Freight will not be received for shipment
after o'clock p. NJ. on Eastside Division,
and o'clock p. NJ. on Westside Division.
j. BRANDT, Jr., Gen'l Sup't-
E.P. ROGERS,
Gen1 Freight and Passenger Agent
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commerce AND TRADE.
Financial.

liver, al par.
Com exchange on San Francisco 4 per cent
premium.
Coin exchange on New York buying par:
selling, 4 70 per cent.
Legal Tenders-par.
Telegraphic transfers on New York ! per
eenf Dremiun
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Beaver Lodge No. a5, LO.O.F.

Meet every Thursday evening. 80
az ga O'Clock, in the Odd Fell - - =
lows Hail, cor. of Cass and Che
namus streets, Astoria. Members Of the 0rde
are invited TO attend. By order. n. q.
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Astoria l lodre no 4OIOGT

Regular Meeting every Tuesday Evening
at IA O'Clock, at Good remplar's Hall, Che
namus Street, Astoria, over c. L. Parker's
Store Members Of the Order, in good stand
ng, are invited to attend. Degree meeting lst
Monday each month. By order vet.
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knights OF Pythias,

Astor Lodge, No. C. X. Of p. meetLs q
every Wednesday evening at 71llSsZsAG.
O'clock, in the hall of the A. o. L. w. SNsSs
Corner Chenamus and Benton streets w.
BY order C. C.
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BLANKS. Promiss0Ty notes, bonds
for deed, quit claim deeds, mortgages
and warranty deeds. at this Office.
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Chamber OF Commerce or Astoria.

Regular meeting every LIST and Sd Monday
of each month. AT a. r. NJ, in the hall of the
Young Mems Christian Association.
J. q. A. BOWLBY. President
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TIDE TABLE FOR ASTORIA
High Water.

From tables OF United States Coast Survey
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shooting Chflls Down the Back,
Dull pain i'm the limbs, nausea, billiOuSneSs,
are symptoms of approaching fever and ague.
Use without delay HOStetter's Stomach Bit
terS, which substitutes for the chilly SenSa-
ton genial warmth. regulates the stomach
and impartS tone 10 the liver The bowels.
the stomach and the hillary gland being res
tored to 4 healthy condition. the disease is
conquered at the outset. For sale by all
druggists and dealers generally.
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BLOOD Is THE LIFE !
OREGON BLOOD PURIFIER.
BLOOD OR LIVER AND KIDNEY,
SKIN TROUBLES,

For further information and particulars
see circular around each bottle. Sold by
your druggist.
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Henry Ahrens. Henry Tietien. T.v.Bors,el.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-04-16
THE STORY OF A TAVERN SIGN.

When David Cox painted sign for the
Royal Oak Inn at Bettws.y.Coed, Wales,
out of friendship for the then proprietor,
he little imagined the value that would
one day be put upon his work, and never
dreamed it would figure in court of law.
The sign or picture, was painted in lS47,
retouched two years later, and restored in
1851. After being exposed to all weathers
for nearly twenty years it was taken down,
covered with glass and hung in the princi-
pal hall of the hotel. By and by came bad
times for the Royal Oak, and things gradu-
ally became worse, until the laDdlady was
compelled to have recourse to the process
known as liquidation. Somebody Of
fered a thousand pounds for Cox's paint
ing, and then the Court of Bankruptcy was
called upon to decide whether it was a
picture that might be sold for the behoof
of the creditors, or whether, as was main
tanned on behalf of the freebooter, Lady
Willoughby D'Eresby, the signboard was
merely signboard, passing to the free
holder as part of the inheritance. The
Court came to the conclusion that the
painting was signboard that the fact of
it having been removed from its proper
place to the inside of the house could not
affect its legal status, and that therefore it
belonged to the owner of the inn as part
and parcel of it. This decision was chal-
lenged, and the case reargued before Sir j.
Bacon, who, in delivering judgment, said
that David Cox made Mr.. Roberts pres
ent of picture of the Royal Oak, which
the latter fastened over his old signboard,
it being clearly his own property to do as
he liked with. In 1866 the picture was
taken down and fastened up inside the
hotel, where it became an object Of inter
est to the visitors. The picture did not
become fixture because of the fastening
by which it was secured, and belonged to
Roberts as much as did the coat on his
back he might either have sold it or
pawned it. Trade signs were emblems of
the particular business carried on, nothing
more and he was of opinion that this par
ticular signboard was never fixture with
which the landlord had anything to do;
the order of the County Court
Judge giving the signboard to the Baroness
Willoughby D'Eresby, as the freeholder of
the hotel, must be reversed.
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TIE ACTORS IN MYSTERIES AND
MIRACLE PLAYS.

The actors in the Mysteries, and more
especially those of common origin, were
passionately devoted to their parts, par
ticularly if their roles gave them an oppor.
tunity of appearing in rich attire and OF
personating saints, popes or kings. The
Church did not hesitate to direct its thun-
ders against this puerile vanity, and it
afforded fruitful theme for the moralists
and satirists of the day. Sometimes this
passion was carried SO far that the roles of
royal and noble personages were sold to
the highest bidder. There exists, for in
stance, a document drawn up by the con-
fraternity of st. Jacques, of the village of
Walls, near LIE Puy, dated July 25, 1906,
and giving the prices paid by various per-
sonages of the town for the privilege
of representing the King and Queen
of France and the mobiles of their court.
The part of, the king cost seven pounds of
a servant of the bishop. That Of the queen
was purchased for two pounds and half
of wax by Claude Benoit, mercer, who
destined it to his daughter Marguerite. The
other characters were paid for in proper
ton to their Importance. Yet all was not
splendor and amusement in the lives of the
mystery players. The profession of an
actor, even in those days, was laborious
one. The great parts, those that were the
most ardently sought after, imposed de-
gree of toll and fatigue on those who ac-
cepted them whereof few men would be
capable to-day. For instance, Christ, in
certain of the passion plays, had more than
four thousand lines to recite, and the cruel
fixion on the stage, as was remarked, lasted
as long as in the reality. The actor, sus-
pended to the cross in state of almost to-
tai nudity, recited, in that situation, some
three or four hundred lines. In 1887
the cure, Nicolie, while impersonating the
Saviour in passion play, came near dying
on the cross in good earnest, from sheer
fatigue and exhaustion. In the same play
the representative of Judas hung himself
in such realistic fashion that he became
insensible, and was nearly dead when taken
down, so that his fellow-actors were forced
to "carry him into a neighboring spot,
there to rub him with vinegar and other
restoratives." Sometimes the parts,
when of great length, were played
by three or four actors each, and this
was especially the case when the per-
sonage to be represented was shown at diff
ferent stages of his or her career. Thus,
three actors were often charged with the
role of the Holy Virgin, one impersonating
her as child, another as young girl, and
the third as woman of mature age.