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The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-10-30
A DRAMA.
An Interesting Account of How the 8ea1
Article Is Constructed.

An Interesting Account Of How the Real
Article Is Constructed.
A real drama is constructed and mol
written. 1t is built up as a house Is
erected by the bricklayer and stonema-
son, and the words are only the bricks
and stones and have the same relative
value to the design Of the playwright as
these to the designs of the architect. The
architect has the structure in existence
and clearly wrought out before the first
stone is laid, and the drama Of the true
playwright is in existence before a word
is written. Words there must be, just
as tiere must be bricks, but as the latter
can be cartad from the kiln at current
prices in any quantity, SO can the former
be brought to the playwright from the
dictionary by any purveyor of sentences
at current prices.
The rare man who constructs a good
play can hire men by the regiment to
write the lines. But the dialogue, the
epigram, the repartee, the brilliant
speech such as we find in Congreve and
in Sheridan, is not this an essential!
the reader will ask. Let us not put the
cart before the horse. 1t is the situa-
tions that produce the dialogues. 1t is
not the dialogues that produce the situa-
tons. Given a situation that calls for
a smart, brisk, snappy, witty exchange
Of words, and the words will come. We
see this in real life, and the stage copies
real life. Even in so simple a situation
as when a couple of cartmen get their
wheels locked on Broadway on a muddy
day and a policeman comes up to sepa-
rate them, you will hear a good deal OF
smart though coarse dialogue. Such
dialogue and all dialogue that grows out
of any situation land no dialogue worth
listening to grows out of anything else
is interesting in proportion as the situs-
ton is interesting.
Without situation to call forth an in
terchange of language suitable to the &C.
casion, and especially such situation As
of itself interests the audience and causes
each member of it to ask himself what
the characters will say next, a lot OF
well dressed people might stand or 81,
around on the stage and fire off epigrams
at each other. and the audience would
yawn.
DIdllldS, so SiiiSd, "litlC AZ pSAASS'
accordance with syntax, witty here and
there and always elegant, pour in upor
the manager and are repeated with the
utmost energy and dispatch because they
are nothing but III or essays II
three or foul chapters called acts. Theil
authors style them dramas because they
are not dramatic. They divide then
into acts because they involve no actor
and subdivide them into scenes because
where nothing is done nothing can b.
seen. may remark in passing that tn
old fashioned shifting of scenes durin,
an act is now only put into plays by nov
ices who have not studied the moderl
stage.-W. H. Crane in North American
Review.
The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-10-30
How Grayitation Varies.

That changes involving the displace-
ment of immense masses are going on
within the earth is one of the suggested
explanations of some observations re-
Gently announced in France. 1t has been
found at the Pare st. Maur observatory
that the force of gravitation, or the
weight of bodies, undergoes daily varia-
tons. These are rendered sensible by
placing in the earth a tube containing 3
column of mercury balanced by thepres-
sure of hydrogen contained in a closed
vessel connected with the tube and reg
istering by means of photography the al
terations in the level of the mercury.
After all corrections have been made
for the effect of changes of temperature
it appears that certain sudden variations
in the level of the mercury are only to
be explained on the theory that they
are due to change in gravitation. These
variations last from ID minutes to an
hour. They are of course very small.
amounting at "A maximum to only one
twentieth of a millimeter, but they may
imply very great displacements of mat,
ter in the interior of the globe.
IL Has DteH SuSScsp"h eiAds 4 "a
periments should be conducted in the
neishborhood of active volcanoes, where
liqnefied rock is moving beneath the sur
face. and other disturbances of the strata
Of the earth are taking place.
s,nch facts AZ these present to the i'm
agination IA very formidable picture Of
the gigantic connections that accom-
bany the slow cooling and contraction Of
the globe, on whose hardened cxust vi
rear our edifces, wondering, whom sam
Of them are occasionally shaken down
BY earthquakes. at us instability of I
pinnst thsf is appsssnsiy % soatA-
you1Afs Conp1Dn-
The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-10-30

soldier. a statesman. he was false to the
core. but que voulez vous? He was not
more deeply and not more often stained
in falsehood than Charles II, James II,
William of Orange, and beside Suther-
land he seems a Bayard. But can we
say, in face of the memories of Dundee,
Montrose, Locheil, Wogan-nay, OF the
honest troopers who have left their traitor
leaders with William and returned to
James-that all men were traitors. that
loyalty was dead:
Clearly we cannot say so. Politicians
were false-and what are politicians to-
day? Give them Marlborough's oppor-
tunities, and we shall see whether or not
human nature has altered.-Andrew
Lang in London Illustrated News.
The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-10-30

Were the superfluities Of q nation
valued and made Il perpetual tax or be-
ueyolence. there would be more aims
houses than poor. more schools thar
scholars and enough tospare for govern
besides
The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-10-30

Too many of us in u eagerness aftel
facts simply for the sake OF storing W
knowledge neglect tho necessary means
of making our knowledge useful.
The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-10-30

1t is agreed by medical authorities
that the yirulence of an epidemic may
be increased by the element of fear IL
the public mind.
The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-10-30
Inhuman Treatment.

Ire1t"9HGs
ssThey say Wilkins abuses his wife
shamefully."
.sThe deuce he does! Why, he doesn't
appear to be a brutal fellow at all.
What does he do-beat herr"
"Oh, no. He waits until after they
get seated in the theater and then tells
her that her hat isn't on straight.'-De'
troit Tribune.
The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-10-30
wi,hower Probably.

He (who has just been accepted)-Car-
RE, darling! Do you know you have
made me the happiest man in the world:
She-Yes, Harry, but we must not be
married right off-not for a long. long
time.
He-Oh, that's all right. That jus,
suits me, you know. I'd like to remain
the happiest man in the world for yea'
or two.-Boston Transcript.
The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-10-30

The canyon of the Colorado is 300
miles long, and the cliffs on either side
are from 5000 to 5000 feet above the
water.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-06-07
COMPANY AS GRAND DRILL.

Unwary Duped by Jokers-
The Proposed March to Sea Girt.
First Lieutenant Charles H. Springfield,
who will ~oficiate as Captain of Company
A., Fourth Regiment, until CAPTAIN
Bumsted returns from Europe. assumed
charge Of the company last evening. He
took the boys out to Siefke square and
gave them an excellent drill in guard
duty. Tn company was divided into
three squads aud each man was given an
opportunity to see how quickly he could
bring the ''foe' or 'friend" to d stand
still. The eight posts extended around
the square aud Fairmouut and Summit
avenues. The new members IN the COM
pany were made the butt OF all jokes.
One OF these men while doing his turn
was suddenly confronted by another
private. The guard of course ordered the
private 10 a halt, and asked what his
business was On his post. The private
hluifed the guard by telling him that
Lieutenant SpriDgsteJ wanted j NJ The
guard thereupon left his post aad re-
ported to the Lieutenant. DE received a
severe rebuke for leaving his station aEd
returned u wiser If not saGder ian.
Similar pranks were played on all The
new MEMBERS The drill was a success
III every particular. When the guards
men reachedl the armory the regular
monthly meeting of the company was
held. Treasurer Samuel Drayton reported
d balance in the treasury OF $l78.57.
The proposed march to Sea Gir5 was
discussed, AID Lieutenant ~Springsted
said that General Plume favored the
scheme, and promised to give the com.
pany . whatever assistance he could.
Lieutenant ASpringsted will make the
necessary preparations. Captain Bum
sted will return In time to take charge of
the company while en- route.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-06-07
THE BLIND BARD.
Will Carleton Admires
Her Writings.
Shut Out for Twenty Years
From Natures Beauties,
For Years a Helpless Wreck
Now She is Well.
Had TO be Carried About in
Stronger Arms.
She Writes of Her Miracu-
lous Restoration.

For nearly 20 years Ida Glenwood, ssthe
blind bard Of Michigan, 2 to use her own Ian
guage, has been shut out from "all the bright
beauties with which Nature gladaens the
soul and invigorates the mind
OF her last fascinating story, which was
instantly popular with young and old.
Will Carleton says: 81 have admired it
much and can only wonder that one de-
prived of sight could paint such vivid pic
lures
The Independent calls it "inten sely inter
esting from first to last.n
Ida Glenwood's real name is, as every one
knows, Mrs. G. NJ. r. Gordon. The story of
the last few years of herlife is almost mirac-
ulous.
"For several years.. she writes, 81 have
been for the greater part of the time a help
less wreck, caused by nervous prostration
and dyspepsia of the and bow els"
She owes her health to-day, as do thous-
and of others, to the glorious RENE dy first
prescribed by Dartmouth's great professor.
DR.. Phelps.
81 was so low at the time of commencing
it's use,n she continues, " that l was able to
walk but a few steps, having to be carried
about III stronger arms like a child. My
had no hope of my recovering so as
to be about again. But two bottles of Paine's
celery compound did the work of placing
Inc on my feet again. ] have been better
for the last year than for many previous
years.
81 have a wish that every one in a like
condition would try Paine's celery COM
pound. I cannot fail to preach its merits,
as it has not failed one of the hundreds who
have tried it with whom l am personally
acquainted. If you wish to use my name
in recommendation of the priceless COM
pound you are at liberty to do so. | have
been glad to speak of its merits through the
s'Open Window" the organ of he'shut in
band, believing that a large number could
be reached through its benefits.
81 have divided part of my celery COM
pound with my aged husband who was run
down and feeble, three bottles relieving
him to such o degree that he has been active
and busy ever since. This spring 1 have
taken one bottle of the compound and it
has apparently driven back another attack
of my old trouble.
sMy wishes to the afflicted are that they
may be persuaded to use Paine's celery COM
pound, which will not fail in giving
strength and vitality when these necessi-
ties fail them"
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-06-07
ALL ABOUT SIMPLE SIMON"

In my childhood ! learned the nursery
rhyme of simple Simou." but it had
been long out of my mind until q few
days ago, wnen I was reading one Of
francesca Sansovino's "NoyelIe" Qx.. 81,
written about the mildle Of the s~ixtsentl
century. A gentlemau. Messrs. m
della Pigna. loving neither wisely nor
well, is beguiled By the object OF MS un-
welcome attentions into a suck, and
there treated by the ladv's husband, who
has planned the affair with her,
as Scapin treats Geronte in the -Four
beries,n hut far more vigorously as well
as for adlfferent end. Previously 10 this
Simon questions the lady about some
thiux waieh awakens suspicion in his
mind. aud is answered with a gross false
hood; whereupon the novelist observes:
sMesser Simon, VINO might Well be called
Simpletou (Seempione). believing what
the lady told him to be true, made htm-
self easy Simon, then, has been a
simpletou (scempione means a gross sim
pletoD) for nearly $50 years ON the evil
dence OF the above story. Whyf-N0tes
and Queries.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-06-07
GIRLS BRIGADE DRILL
They Wore Calamity Aided By the
Fourth Company Cadets.

They Wore Calamity Aided By the
Fourth Company Cadets.
At the Bergen Reformed Church last
night the Girls Brigade gave a drill, en-
t%ertainment and strawberry, festival. The
class room was drapsd with the stars and
stripes and was filed with the friends of
the young ladies. At the door a cadet of
the Fourth Company, Boys Brt code.
stood on guard. A detachment OF tne
BOYS volunteered for this duty and the
guard was relieved every half hour.
The entertainment began with reci5a-
tions bv Miss Maud Thomas and piano
selections bv Miss Bertha Law.
The cadets were put through the man
ual by Mr.. Law, their instructor and
captain. Their officers are:-Miss Mamie
Woolsey, First .Lieutenant; Miss Clara
Law. Second Lieuten mt; Sergeants,
Misses Gertie Taylor. Florence Moore,
Dora jenkins; Color Sergeant, Miss
Maud Thomas; Corporals, Misses Flor.
ence Ellis, Alice Scnaffer and Maggie
Stein.
The young ladies drilled for about
twenty minutes aud did exceedingly
well. Their friends were much pleased
with them.
After the drill the people repaired to
the basement where ice cream, straw
berries aud cake were served.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-06-07
CAPT. GRAHAM'S TRIAL.
TO Come Before the Examining
Board- Probable Outcome Of
the Brown Fight.

The Graham-Brown fight is still the
chef topic of conversation in National
Guard circles and the outcome is awaited
with no little interest. The opinion of
the majority is that Captain Graham will
be ordered to remove the double bars from
his shoulder-straps and resign. The
charges which Corporal Brown prepared
against the captain have been forwarded
to brigade headquarters, and will be acted
upon shortly.
The plan OF procedure of that body will
probably be the summoning of Captain
Graham to appear before the Brigade Elk
aiming Board. This board will examine
the captains fitness to hold command,
and if the charges are found to be sus-
tanned, he will either be retired or reduced
to the ranks.
AS Captain Graham has figured in nu-
merous other scrapes. it is certain that no
mercy will be shown him. Corporal Brown
has by far the best end of the night and al
most every member of the regiment sym
pathizeS with him.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-06-07
COMPANY FS CIVIL SESSION.
A New Membsr-WfIl Give an Exhibition
Drill at Sea Grit.

A New Membsr-Wil Give an Exhibition
Drill at Sea Grit.
Company f of the Fourth Regiment
received John F. Murtna 5 a new mem
her at its monthly meeting last night.
The membership now numbers sixty
seven. At the meeting of the officers of
the regiment last Friday evening
Colonel Abernethy asked Captain Bren-
singer 10 pu Company F through an
exhibition drill sin extended order;
that is u skirmish drill while the COM
pauy is at the State Camp. before B iga-
der General P. F. Wanser. the COM
pany has already shown proficiency IN
this drill aud will have it well mastered
when the tents are pitched at Sea Grit
The First Brigade will go to the State
Camp on July 90. The Brigade is made
nm of the First, Second and Fourth Regi-
menus, Troop A, the Newark Cavalry
Company. and the Calling Gun Com
Dany of Elizabeth, al organization of
veterans. Company Fs new bylaws
nave been printed.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-06-07
Y. M. c. A. T

Atthe regular monthly meeting of the Board
of Directors yesterday afternoon IL was decided
to give all the new members who take out a
nve.dollar membership ticket between now and
September 1. 1891. a ticket good until Septem-
Der /, 1884. This is a splendid opportunity for
the young men of Jersey City to get the privi-
leges OF the association free for the summer
mouths. Any person desiring further p%articu-
lars should write or call on Secretary Greig, IS
Wayne street.
a lawn tennis tournament will commence
Saturday afternoon. All members desiring to
enter must hand in their names not later than
Saturday morning.
the mems meeting on Sunday afternoon at
four o'clock will be held 10 Wayne Street Re
formed Church. CIV. Parks, the new General
Secretary, will deliver an address on sB a
Man Special music will be furnished by the
Cecilia Bradford Trio OF New York Guy. The
fact that the Trio have been with us before and
the efficient services they rendered should de-
mand q large audience. AL members are
specially requested to come a i'd hear our new
General Secretary. All men ara welcome.
e. W. Parks, newly appointed General Score
tary. will begin his duties on June is. He has
been acting in that capacity in Lincoln. Neb.,
for fully two years. He is well qualified for the
posifiOu. ~
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-06-07
NmHGLBC7FUL PARENTS.
Desert Their Little
Chi1dren-The Mother
Leaves Home.

"Mister Policeman, will You please tel |
me where my mamma is. She ain'G at
home, is she Williei"
Thus Policeman Hughes was addressed
yesterday afternoon by a liltle girl and
boy, as he stood at Fourteenth and Wash
ington streets. The little girl was about
nine years of age, neatly dressed. and
held by the hand her brother Willie.
seven years Of age.
Mamma is at Uncle Georges house. I
guess" explained the little girl, ''and
We want to 20 10 her."
The policeman didn't know where
uncle Georges" was, so he brought the
children to the station house. Here they
were turned to Janltrsss Ger
man. 1t was learned thai the
children belonged at No. Dol Column ia
street, Union Afll. where they livei with
their parents. The father was employed
in Simon's silk mill. He continually
beat his wife. The children attended the
parochial school attached to the Holy
Family Catholic Church, OF which Father
Grief is Pastor.
r. OF HIS LIFE.
After dinner, yesterday, the father and
mo sher haG II quarrel. When he went to
work and the children were at school, the
MObEeT &abueI6Q LOk6GuSE SOuto Cluviiluk
and told her. n~eighbors she was tired OF
such a life, and was going away. When
the children returned from school they
found their home empty, and no mother
to greet them and listen to their Stories
of the day at school. They inquired of
the neighbors and were told their mann
ma had gone away. None OF the neigh
bors seemed willing to take care of the
little ones. SO they trudged to Hoboken
to find their Uncle George. II was learned
that he was George Cnrlsty aud resided
at the foot OF Fourth street near the Hill.
When he was told the children were at
the station house he said he couldn't take
care of them. Word was sent to The
father. but up to ten o'clock this morning
he had not called for them. They were
in charge of jaDitress German all night,
but the dark rims below their eyes AMI
their worried looK showed they had no
slept as they would If they were at their
home.
This morning Officer Breen took them
to Union Hill.
When Officer Breen reached Union
Hill the children seemed straid and said
they didn't want to go no me. When Re-
Reinhart's Office was reac he'd the
.children's father was in the place seek
lug a warrant for the arrest OF The
mother, on the charge of being drunk
aud disorderIy, and with also stealing
$50. The warrant was issued.
AFRAID OF THEIR FATHER.
The Recorder asked the children IL they
wished TO go home with their father, buG
they refused anu said they only waited
their mother. h Recorder will keep the
till the mother turns up.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-06-07
PATENTS FOR JERSEYMEN.

The following is a full list of patents issued
to New Jersey inventors last week. as reported
by Ever. & Appleman, patent attorneys. No. $40
E street, N. W., Washington. L. c.: Jeremiah
C.. whites, Kearny, sewage guide for cloth
water closet; Adam Scheid, Harrison. water
crane; Johann c. Reimann. Union. calipers;
jerry Polukanis, Bloomfield, organ; Lucius G.
Phelps. Passaic, pneumatic tire; Charles K.
Overbaugh, Jersey City. cartridge and shell;
Morris Moskowitz and s. Young, Newark,
mechanism for Transmitting power from car
wheel axles to dynamos within the cars; Henry
F. Dietz, Newark, carrotting fur; Sylvester
Denison, Belleville, copying telegraphic ap-
paratus; Olof Dahl. Paterson, electric dynamic
Edwar I'd Colby, Newark, electric illumination;
Herbert Chapman. Newark, machine for turn
ing crank pins. Joseph Brudon, Camden. win
dow; Julius Bonner. Newark, manufacture OF
rings
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-06-07
MONKEYS THUMBS.

Old World Monkeys Possess These USE
full Appendages,b but American Do Not.
The hands, The fingers, and above all. the
thumbs belonging to Chico attracted my
particular attention. Now you must
know that 1t is because mar has a thumb,
and for tue reason that his thumb is SO
beautifully jointed, supple aud adjusta-
BILE. that he has been able to overcome all
difficulties. The other fingers are all very
well in their way. but it is the thumb that
controls the real movement OF the hand.
Without a thumb YOU never could WELD
a heavy sledge hammer or the most deli
cate of watchmaker's tools. 1t is not out
of the way to say that man is the master.
holding every other living thing under
his thumb"
Here is a little bit of natural history
which must be remembered about o
KEYS. All the monkeys of the Old World
have some lind of a thumb. As Mr.. st.
George Mivart, q great zoologlst writer,
writes, Any Ola World monkey with a ru-
dimeuGary thumb Chat is. thumb even II
imperfeci) is superior III that respect to
au American monkey" In fact, the
American monkey has 10 thumb a5 all.
Nature compensates. in a measure. for
this defect In our New World monkey by
giving him q wonderful tail. This Am err
lean monkey tail is prehensile. IL an
swers almost the purpose of a Htth limb.
A South-Amsrican monkey gives his tail
a single hitcni around the limb of a tree,
and there he hangs quite comfortably,
| independent of hands or feet.
Chico's thumbs are superb, being fully
AZ inches long. The ordinary length of
the human thumb is about Q 1-2 incnes.
| Chico's middle finger was a trifie over 5
inches long. Mine is 8 L. inches. The
| orang-outang's hand was narrow APP
| parently, out | think about the width of
| that of d human beings, only tnessense of
| proportion was lost. owing TO the extreme
| length OF the fingers. In knnckles were
! small and perfectly in line. The stretch
| If such 4 hand as Chico's would be
enormous, fully IS inches. The octave on
| the piano measures Z inches. Ii Chico
were a pianist be could. with little effort,
| cover two o~ctaves, aud would leave Pade.
rewskl quite III tue shade. II Chico had
q taste for The double bass. once that
those long fingers OF his were wound
around the neck OF a big fiddle. what a
wonderful performer he would be. pro
viding the Instrument would stand The
sirain!-Bdrnct Phillips IN Hdrper's
Young People.