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NOR RENT. SMALL HOUSES.

NOR RENT, SMALL hoo7E''
No. 2U5 west Canal street
No. 725 north rhird street.
ko.SlJ II. Paul street.
Taylor near Reservoir stree.
No. gls Cumberland street. -, c.
Jacquelin between Washington ana '''"'
Beverly between Washington ana kando'p"
streets. ,,..,..,....t.
Merit. str,,ri between Main and Gary strces-
tl.Jrboruc near Ashland stFc.t.
No 1908 north Twenty-sinth stre.
No D and A south Tventy-sixth street
Near Twenty ann aud Nenaole iroe.s; va vo,.,a,.
Three houses near 1wen'y--'en'n anu ''"S
streets.
No 9O7 north Thirtcti street
Graham street, Rockets -, ,,,,..,,n
streets. - ,,,,., .....,..,,a --.onex..
Nos. i726 i7.o, and lI2s east Cary street
<'f' Real Estate Agent.
NH 4.eodst 1915 Main street.
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Entered at the Posi-ofiice at Richmond. Va. as
second-clsss matier.l
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DICHMoND'S BEST BABY
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rrRNrsuED ROOMS.

vNIjRNIsBED ROOMS FOR RENr,n
II ..,,.h,e for commercial tray elsersor hasi- =
,,...-men. An tho centre part Of the etty, Appy
:, crs y. EI.ARUE's Restaurant, iiis NAN
,lreet. ues, 70 the Dispatch once. .,,
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cECOND-HAND ENGINE FOR SALE.
- Twenty-hve-borse power, portable, ON siils; III
perfeet order. viii seli cheap. Applyso
AZ. NJ. SMITH 8 CO.,
No. 1892 east Main street. Richmond, Va.
nh 2,4,7dAw2t
DOOK AND JOB WORK NEATLY.
DExEcUrED NJ the DISPATCH PRINTING
HOUSE
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MISFIT STORE.

~ H. H.
PICHMoND's BEST BABY
NEVER GAVE ITS MOTHER GREATER
SATISFACTION THAN
THE MISFIT STORE,
9l2 MAIN STREET,
does those who purchase CLOTHING there. With
no blow Of trumpets we have succeeded in building
I'D an enormous trade on the true basis OF BUsI-
NEss-GooD GOODS and LOW PRICES. Om
bes, advertisers are those who have patronized us.
SUITS BOUGHT AT THE
MIsFIT STORE
recommend themselves. and then become WALK
ING and TALKING advertisements.
OUR MOTTO
Of doing business Is so FAIR and our PRICES SC
LOW that you might send a child te select 4
SUIT or SPRING OYERCOAT;
forif the price was TOO HIGH or the goods NOT
SATISFACTORY. you know your redress. senc
back anything you don't want after Won have bought
1t, and we will chccrfully REFUND YOU IOUI
MONEY.
MIsFIT STORE,
sl2 MAIN STREET,
commercial Club Buildingj
OPEN EVERY EVENING TILL O'CLOCK
SATURDAY TILL 10 O'CLOCK. NH 4-St
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ABSTRACTION THAI

NEVER GAVE ITS MOTHER GREATER
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A GENTS WANTED.

Having enlarged our business ana ss.aDn 49,
hr.nch Of the Virginia Nurseries at W WayheNDoIo,
.norstt county. Va. We desire 10 employ mum
hcrof ACTIVE. ENERGtTlC, soBEk' kEnins
BILE BUSINESS YOUNG MN 10 NJ rs ns
AGFNTs for the sale Of nursery stock 1nr'na ,r usc
caminy spring aud summer. We insiW co,tc
snondence at Box 257. Richmond, Va or BOX
81, Wdynes6oro', augusta county td.' anu ~ y.
guest applicants 10 state whether they pie,sii pis ~
canvas cast or west Of tie Blne Ridge mountains;
TO men OF STEADY business habits and good, noIa'
character we will paw liberal wage. or commas
ssans j. 10. MOsBY & BR0IHbk.
ProprIetors Nlrginia Nursefses-
"a l4-cod30t&w6t
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NOR RENT. THAT FIRsf-cLAssG
Il DwELLING. No 7o7 Lcirn ,ss.s', ,, "ro r,,,,as
tween seventh sud Eighth conf 81 = rs,,s-
hesi,ies bathroom, kitchen. ana sstsanS sstss,.s
Win 1 lnose'" ~, al sEI. LION TAlLok.
-NP"'' ~ Zeal rs,.tc Agent and Ase.i"hesr.
,nha.s, e.rner Eleventh aud bank str~'s.
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NOR RENT OR SALE. TwENrY-G
II sFyEN AcRkS OF LAND one ana aAA
half miles from the city, fronting ON Grove rad
and extending back 20 Cary->tred road. Nthg ~
tween the farms of nr. X. A. Patterson ana 30
seph schepers The improvements sonsnt =,
NlCETWO-STOkN AND BASEMENT DWELL
ING with eight roonsSl. large table u@fn' 'O'"
FURMA< UPPER.
Real Estate As.nt.
49,. ..>sa, lOl6 Main strev'.
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wv ANTED.--A gentleman OF long expe-
w rience In the mercantile business In the
country who can come well recommended. de-
sires a SITUATION As SALESMAN IN some
wholesale or retail hOue In The ely. salary 10 bc
fixed after trial. Address SALESMAN, care of
", 10 i''N' nah lite
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WANTED, PURCHASER FOR A sf.-
w COND-HAND BABl-CARRlAGE, new
styie in perfect order, and as good as new. VIII
be- sold low. Apply al 20l west cary s'roe''
m a
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COMPOSITOR OF

w LARGE EXPERIENCE on both BOON
and NEWSPAPER work desires q STU AIloN.
Has gwen satisfaction ~ careful proof reanti'
and In ether responsible positions, III .ne 49,. ~
food reference as TO capacity and character de-
sired Address H. ~ ":
NH t-1t4 DtspfucH ouhSr.
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w ANTED. 500 CORDS BLACk-OAk
w RARK and 500 TONS SHAVED BLACh-
OAK BARK. Apply 10 f., coonu,S
mh Civ n. u. uoVn'".'.-
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THE MISFIT STORE,
o1o MAIN STREET,
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WANTED, EVERYBODY TO KNOW
w thar WOOD Is ss cheap and good At my yard
As ever Lowest prices I'm the city. Satisfaction
guaranteed in regard 10 quantity ana iuality.
III. AINDERSS,
r,h --rtE corner Rrosd and Rel yidere streets.
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WANTED, IMMEDIATELY, TWO
w FIR>T-CLAsS LAUNDRESSES. Must
come well recommended. Good wages and steady
employment. Cail az 2i24 east Main street.
mil L
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WANTED. A FlRsT-CLAss MAN
w 10 traycl. canvass, aud correspond Tor
frst-class daily newspaper. Address r,,,p.,
,nha-Iws care OF Dispatch oiace.
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II you doubt, come 10 sc Us, aud we VIII CURE
YOU or charge nothing! Write for particulars
aud a copy OF the little book. " Message 70 the IN
fortunate" Ask any druggist as 10 our standing
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WANTED, A MANAGER ON A
frra., or ono with small Family. Must De eNpe-
iie"'''' ". r. GRANT.
,,hc.c,s 4Os Twelfth street.
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VIZ ANTED, TO PURCHASE A
w SECONDHAND KNABE OR CHICkkR-
ING PIANO. Address. stating terms ana descIib-
ing Instrument, To MUSIC, AT this office. mn I-lt
WANTED, AGENTS for our Luminous
w Match-Safcs. Visible In tn. darkest room
sample, PREPAID 35c.; or send for full particulars.
Ayrcs Williamson, 1904 \. l2ih st., pills., Ia.
NH 7-lt*
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1T SHOULD RE USED ny ALL PERSONS OLD
AND YOUNG, WHENEVER ANY OF THE
ABOVE SYMPTOMS APPEAR.
TIME AND DOC TORS BILLS WILL BEsAVED
BY ALWAYS KEEPING THE REGULA-
TOR IN THE HOUSEi

Por. whatever the ailment may bc. thoroughly
safe PURcATiVE. ALTERATiNE. AND TONIC crn
,,ev,r y, out of place The rene iv Is HARMLESS,
.SD poEs MOI INTERFERE WITH BUSINESS OR
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VxyANTED. A GOOD, RELIABLE
w WHITE GIRL OR WOMAN to do general
homework; also. a GOOD COON. Apply ~ 10
', nnu,, &C., tract nj once NH 6-2ts
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1883-03-07

WANTED, TWO HORSES TO FILL
w A CIIrR STABLE on Marshall street be-
tween Twelfth md Thirteenth. Apply at stable
nh -eni3f
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CT 900 WILL BUY A NICE MEX
al ,UJO CAMILLE BUslNEss ON The 'nes-
apeake aud Ohio railway that pays l2O per eeh'.
net above all expenses. No competition seiier
going ln wholesale business. Pcst-ofhce Don zfs'
4-71l,l4,lsf
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recommend themselves, and then become WALK
ING and TALKING advertisements.
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l,UUU ..n
We viii contract for 1000 CORDS CHEST
SI'T-OAK AND SPAN isli-OAh b.hh, 70 w
rall al our office NJ Manchester Tannery ana su-
NAV ''''''' - "' u. .sHOTwELL & CO:
,o1ean, Manchester, Wa.
Smyrna times., 1883-07-18

aIlays infianatiOn PROTECTS tAe membranal lin
ings of the head from additional colds completely
heals the and restores the sense of taste and
smell. Beneficial results are realized by feWs
applications. A thorough treatment Will cure
Unequaled for colds in head. Agreeable to use-
Send for circular. Sold by druggists. BY mafl
- ELY BRoTRERs. owsgo. Ny.
Smyrna times., 1883-07-18
Notice 10 Advertisers.

Parsons having Advertisements, or want
~ changes in their advertisements, IN the
iTg Mls,rS rn viii please have them In the office
10 Tuesday afternoon, at o'clock.
Smyrna times., 1883-07-18
Maryland Items.

eiltttpsHAFlE y n & Hayes, pestmasteF at ea.
aged a. w % years, died on Saturday,
newsn.. .eoarter, Federalsburg's only
well sgaper, soIp IS dead, which speaks not
Smyrna times., 1883-07-18
GRAIN. &C.
nu11-,nE1.pHIA MARKETS.
MARRIAGES.

DAVIs-KE the NJ. L. parsonage, Mag
nolia, July llth, hY the Rev. S. n. Pilehard
Samuel L. Davis and Miss Sue b. kersey' Doti
Of Dover, Del.
Smyrna times., 1883-07-18
13rH DIVIDEND.

THE FRUIT GROWERS NATIONAL BANK,
SMYRNA, DEL, July 10, 1888.
srh. niractors have this day declared a Dividend
ofTHREE per cent, payable on demand.
tniv io9w N. y. WILDs, Cashier.
Smyrna times., 1883-07-18

A man near Centreville with a
Russell thresher is threshing out three
bushels of wheat to the minute.
The Atlantic Hotel, at Ocean CITY.
had 300 guests last week. The town
contains about 1900 visitors. They
expect 1900 before the season is over.
The Centreville National Bank has
declared a semi-annual dividend of 4
per cent, besides appropriating over
$1,000 to the premium, surplus and
cash accounts.
The surveyors of the proposed new
railroad, the Atlantic & Maryland, are
rapidly pushing on with their work, to
Denton. The line will run Just North
of the town and will cross the river
about 100 yards above the iron bridge.
Robert r. Robinson, of Wilmington,
Del, has sold his plantation, in Chapel
District, known as the "Dr. Ennall's
Martin farm, and formerly owned by
Bennett Baggs, 500 acres, to DIR. JAS.
NJ. III. Bateman and his brothers,
Frank, Harry and Wilfred, for SIG, 500.
At the commencement of Washing
ton College Chestertown, July 10th, r.
ID. Hynson, J. L. Bailey, A. G. Croth-
ers, ]. H. Parr and III. P. Stewart were
graduated. Honorary degrees of d. d.
were conferred upon the Rev. E. F.
Dashiell, of st. Michael's, and the Rev
Robert Wilson, of Easton.
Albert Constable, Esq, of the Elktor
bar, published an open letter to Henry
Torbert, editor of the Cecil Whiq in The
Cecil Democrat short time since, il
which he called him coward, u rogue
and number of other choice pc
names. Mr.. Torbert has now sueC
Mr.. Constable and Mr.. Cruikshank, tn,
publisher of the Democrat, for libel, ant
given notice that he will present eacl
! of them to the Cecil county grand iur,
for criminal libel.
Young Lady Killed by Lightning
Another ParGIysed.-A most distressin
accident occurred on Sunday at tn
residence of Frank Willis, not far fror
Wye Mills. His daughter, Mis-
e Blanche Willis, 15 years of age, VIII
e was just home from a boarding schoC
in Wilmington, went to the window (
= look out. Just at that instant heav
thunderbolt struck the house and xii
: ed Miss Willis instantly, tearing ope
/. her clothes from the neck to the ski
n of her dress, and bursting one of h,
shoes as if it had been paper. NJ
Willis, who was sitting in the parlor
o the time, ran out to see if any DANA:
g had been done, only to behold the lif
less form of his beloved daughte
" L..
q in the neighborhOod and boarding wi
le Mr.. Willis and dressing on the the sc
p ond-floor at the time was so badly pa
alyzed by the shock, that she entire
4 lost the use of one side. The two-yes
\ old child of Mr.. Willis was so bad
If stunned it is thought it cannot 81
" vive. Miss Welby's condition is CO
sidered very precarious.
Smyrna times., 1883-07-18
SECRET SOCIETIES.

IonGr. No. Is. A. F. A. M.-Meets First
HAR9s24Sh1i 4hird Thursday evenings of each month.
%ooC'C ',o Cr,p LODGE. No. G. 1. o. o. F.-Meets
NSHslSIF SSsry Friday evening at oeloes' ~.
e1e.! e-.,, FScAMPMEST, No. ., !. o. o. F.-Meets
MCDoNHI,' MCDocn5 and Fourth Tuesday evenings OF each
month, at SO'clOck.
SMYRNA No a. 0EPEf OF pcloek
Smyrna times., 1883-07-18
OF ANOTHER AGE.

Gradually SuppIanted by n Better Article
Certain Old Things are Done Away.
In the general reception room of the Western
UnOA Telegraph building on Broadway, New
York are exhibited the coarse crude and clumsy
instruments of the infancy of the telegraph They
are only relics now. More perfect machinery has
superseded them.
Years ago what is Eow styled the old-fashioned
porous plaster did some good service There was
then nothing better of the kind. Now all that is
changed Science and study have gone deeper
into the secrets OF medicine and produced BEN
SONS CAPCINE POROUS PLASTER, which en-
bodies all the excellencies thus far possible in an
external remedy The old plaSters were slow
the Capcine is rapid: they were uncertain-the
Capcine is sure Cheaper articles beaI similar
names. BE careful, therefore, that some thrifty
! druggist does not deceive you. In the centre of
/ the genuine is cut the word CAPCINE. Price, p
| cet6S. july Him
Seabury 4 Johnson, Chemists, New York.
Smyrna times., 1883-07-18
FOR SALE.

Purely Vegetable; No g
Druggist.
Smyrna times., 1883-07-18
Furniture of all kinds.

POrlor and Chamber Suits. Bureaus, Bedsteads,
Chairs Lounges, Tables, Stands. Mattresses Spring
Beds and every thing in the Furniture Line guar
anteed at or less than City prices for the same
quality of goods. mar 29-lN
Smyrna times., 1883-07-18

Inc Milford Chronicle has come to
Sso' t,e conclusion that if that thrifty and
aggressive paH town wishes to keep in the
i,an,s sn oi the Peninsula towns it must
bot.aeo S0si scoop up the deposits from the
e.ola e OF the Mispillion and make
to;Iil to1ni nor other tlaTithe old-fashiBned
ming MINI craft This causes the MornfRay
r6ss Sgs 70 say that "if Delaware pro
ISns IS,es 70 wait on National aid forth
ei;RRrvOvement eiRRv Of al her streams shi
on;,llVe mi, nave shoals and swamps and aos-
S.oes O and malaria till tfie last horn
lySt % - Il state fights 10 not mean the
laiIis las u State I'd help herself we havI
- 20 co.mlnpreheRd lbs import. ''''
Smyrna times., 1883-07-18
cu,,RcH SERVICES.

.,,sr EprscoPAL.-Sunday-
AsBURY MErhoDT T and ~ Pm. Sunday School
ing at nG IS13 p N. prayer MeetingaIhurSdays at
?hFS rev. John b Eiss Pos'%L
Ct. PETERS iInii N. and ~ pm. Wednesday
preaching o. eiOI? ~ Day-y% AN. Sunday school
-5APA' Rev. Vim. i. Gordon, Rector
-2P' N -sunday-Preaching at lO12 A. NJ
PREsgI5sEERppANM -sE "a n. Sunday school, Pn. Praysl
and iA Wednesdays at P. N. Rev j. 1
pnIyclnp CATHOLIC CnuEcHmSSeSopd :nS suTdS! RsH
st. y fCEtT every month At u A. NJ ana r NJ Ne'
o. o. IS !. bradford, Pastor
sss5iSs MEE#0DIMsF at i HF'GUFaL M and SEirfe
sunday Scbool-9 P. NJ. Rev. D. A. Ridou'
.-Sunday-Preaching at lOZ
A. NJ: E. nd 3 P. NJ. sunday School-2@ P. n
4, a. ~ John c. Brock, Pastor
Smyrna times., 1883-07-18

The death of General Tom Thumb
will cause much regret among the
Young and those who still remember
their youth. For all the world he was
the leading man among little men.
Since he first appeared in public, SO
long ago, many mites of humanity
have been pushed forward us his rivals
but they never have enjoyed such fame
as his. Tom Thumb and the Siamese
twins, of harmonious memory, will long
be sung and mourned is the best
known of human curiosities. He died
from hard drink. His estate is valued
/ at $4,000.
Smyrna times., 1883-07-18
Philadelphia Produce Markets

Potatoes are in fair demand and steady F;
Early Rose at 81 .25@S2.O0 per barrel, and
Jerseys ut 35@40 cents per basket.
FRUITs-Apples, Harvest and Sour Bow
at 5Oc@ S1.OO per crate; Red Astrachan at
81. .O0d 81. .25 per crate, and Southern at
S2OO@$3.OO per barrel. Peaches Mary
land and Delaware at $1,000 $3.50 per
crate Cultivated blackberries sell at 6@SC
per quart gOOseberries at 5@6c per quart
red raspberries at 3@4c per quart; whOrtle'
berries at 7@10c per quart, and water
melons at $4,000 per 100.
STOCK-Beef Cattle, 54@7c per pound
Fat Cows, 34@4ic per pound; Mich Cows
S95@S70; Veal Calves, 5@Hc per pound
per pound
Smyrna times., 1883-07-18
IMPORTANT
Fruit Growers and Farmers.

Twelve years entire personal attention to the 7
shipment of Peaches and small Fruits enables me /
to offer to the Growers perfect arrangements for
the season of 1883.
My arrangements are made with financially |
strong and reliable commission men, Tor all mar
kets. In addition thereto, parties to whom Will
consign fruit have large deposits of cash in our
home bank at Smyrna, thus preventing any loss !
by reason of failure etc.
I will have entire control, and will consign to
the following we'll and favorably known com
mission men, being the largest houses in the var
iOus market centres of the different cities:
Messrs. Quick & Reed, Francis McMulkin, A. +.
Young 4 Co, S: d. Martin g. Co, Furman Page
and G. W. Judd, of New York.
Curtis & Co., Bennett Rand 4 Co., OF Boston,
acknowledged to be the two Oldest and most re-
liable and responsible commission houses OF that
city
]. F. Hobson J. P. Wilson and Baker Bro. & Co.
of Philadelphia.
siEous to cOnsign to any special commission
| house in any market.
Deslrous that growers shall obtain the largest
possible profits out of their fruits, have spared
| neither trouble nor energy to perfect the pest
| possible arrangements and will guarantee TO
growers entrusting their fruit to my care, the
utmost satisfaction.
IlriU neither be interested IN Purchasing,
Specializing IN or EUGporGting Peaches, 6Mt
simply shipper, NTH one deS1re-IHE
BEST RES ULT FOR THE GRO WERS.
Prompt attention, expeditions unloading and
efficient help will Mt ali times be conceded the
| grower who will be advised daily of sales. will
receive kilograms every morning, from all mar
ketS thus enabling growers to have knowledge of
prices half-hour after sales are made
GRAIN.
The constant demand orders have for grain,
especially for New Wheat will signify to farmers
that they can always obtain the highest available
price, CASH ON DELIVERY.
VIM. GEO. HILL,
CLAYTON, DEL. july lS-8w
Smyrna times., 1883-07-18
DEATHS.

CARsONS.-In Dover, July eth, William CarSonS'
aged IS years and months. ,.., ,r..,
JONES.-In Spruance City, July l5th, NARY
daughter of Charles and Mary E. Jones' aged
year, 10 months and 10 days.
REUNIoN IN HEAVEN.
Suggested by the death Of Miss Maria b. Buck, oil
Smyrna, Del.
"Yes we shall meet them all, the loved, the part
ed, -, -. .o,t,,o,.
bright; .. -. ,...d
At whose dear name the silent tear-drop stareeo,
Whose absence clothed our hearts with deepest
night.
a Yes we shall meet them all, aye. all together,
Never again tu bid last adieu;
Clasp the dear hand and linger near mem eEeI tI,
The deeply mOurned, the fOndly loved, ana true
Our sorrow grew to see them teebly langulsh'
| As gently as the ripple loves the shore, H., -,
Helpless we stood, and watched win shen' an
/ guish, -, -, vooro ,
| Lie hicAe'i"s l..
Smyrna times., 1883-07-18
HAY-EEVER.
CATAR al Ina nA


/ have been amicI-
ed for 20 years, dur
ing August and Sep
tember, with Hay Fe-
yer, andtried various
remedies without re-
lief. I used Ely's
Cream Balm with fa-
vOrable results, and
can recommend il 10.
all afflicted. Il. W.
TOwNLEY (ex-MayorA
Elizabeth, n. n.
Apply by little fila-
fer into the nOstEhs.
BY abSorbtiiOa - ef-
fectually elsanses the
nasal passages Of Ca
tarrhal virus, causing
healthy SecretiOns. La
tae membranal lin
Onal colds, cOmnletelW
National Republican., 1883-02-27
DRAMA.

THE NATIONAL" FRANCESCA DA BIMINI."
In this city, where greatness 50 abounds
that the streets and public places are Isstling
full of it, as other streets and places in less
favored cities are full of merchandising un-
known men, an audience that elsewhere
would be styled distinguished goes for little.
But even here, when the President of the
United States in one box is confronted by the
chief justice of the supreme court in
another, and all the rows Of seats in the body
of the house arc punctuated with men whose
names are not only prominent in the records
of the present hour but illustrious in their
country's history, he assemblage takes on n
noticeable character. 1t was such an au-
dience that listened to Mr.. Lawrence Barrett
last evening, while that distinguished
actor stalked and talked through six
acts of a tragedy that for gloomy
interest, pictorial beauty, and redundant
language is worthy to rank with the portent-
Gus things that were esteemed in those good
old days when the grandfathers of this gem
GRAFTON loved to take their souls to the thea
ter to be narrowed, their eyes to be pleased,
and their ears to be filled with rhythmic re-
verberations. 1t was very demonstra-
tive audience--that portion of it which was
not debarred by dignity from demonstration.
The Oi pOllOi present unstintedly applauded
every time the curtain fell-even the last
time; and had Mr., Barrett out repeatedly
The play holds very we'll in its main
lines to the legend upon which it is based
1t is ambitious in form and treatment, but the
author has justified himself by writing up to
his conceptions. The characters are
strongly drawn, we'll colored and every.
where effectively grouped. There is no
struggling from the purpose as the play pro-
ceeds. The incidents follow we'll along, in
good dramatic sequence, Sympathy attaches
to the central character, Lanciotto, and atten-
tion is commanded where interest is not COM
PEELED, by all the others.
The faults of the work lie in its overplus oi
language, and in the questionable turn given
some of the personages, The tendency to re-
dundant expression might be defended as
poetic if the lines that are superGuous had
any true poetic value in them which
they have not, Shakespeare and the
Elizabethan dramatists, who would prOba
bly, be cited as examples in defense
of this popularity, were given to flights o.
language that impeded action but these were
flights of thought, in whose beauty or vigor
as the case might be, their dramatic inepti
tude was forgotten or excused. Mr.. Bokel
has copied the bad workmanship of thes'
giants without the grace and strength that
gilded and redeemed it, The ends of nearly
all the acts are numbered up with words.
The most distinct error Of Judgment tha
appears in she treatment of the characters Il
that involved in making Francesca so head