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The morning call., 1894-01-07

Russian frenzy, like any sensation that
can turn the public from the contempla-
ton of the sad scenes so frequent at the
present time.
In any case, Martin Laya's Napoleon"
is one of the graDdest, perhaps the grand
est. spectacular representation ever
seen in Paris. He has followed
history and selected from this won
derful existence certain number of facts
without in any way connecting the scenes
that form his play. Napoleon" begins
when the General starts tor Italy. The play
is in six acts tile General, the Consul. the
Emperor, the Tyrant, Folly and Fatality.
in these six acts there are fifty scenes, so
that the rapidIty with which the curtain
rises and falls is beWIlderlng.
The first scene represents the small gar
ret-roOm of Napoleon; the second Is the
Committee of Public Safety, showing us
the costumes of the Revolution. The third
scene takes us to JOsephIne's drawing
room In the rue Chantereine While we
watch Josephine, BonapaGte and Barras,
suddenly the stage is in darkness, and
when the light reappears we are IN an open
field. The fourth scene is the bridge of
Lodi. The soldiers of 1896 are Near the
bridge. General Bonaparte decides the
troops 10 march 10 glorious death, under the
command of Lannes. Crossing the bridge
uuaer the IRE OIL tOS enemy IS one OIL the
features of this scene. In the fifth scene
we are taken to Campo Formio; here, on a
terrace, BOnaparte receives the Venetian
and Austrian ambassadors.
The sixth tableau is made by pro-
JectOr; white curtain hides the stage,
and the magic lantern throws on this cur
tain an episode of the Egyptian war.
The seventh and eighth scenes take
place in the orangery of ST. Cloud.
The second act shows US the Consul
crossing Mount St. Bernard.
The tenth scene is MarengO; the eleventh
represents BOnaDaTte in bis study talking
with authority to the Papal Nunci0; the
twelfth scene is the Consular Court at La
MalmaisOn, and the thirteenth takes us
again TO Bonaparte's study, where we dis
cover his Intention of becoming Emperor.
In the fourteenth scene we are still in
his study with all the members of Bona
parte's family and his Intimate friends.
With them we admire the Emperor as he
tries on his coronation robes.
The fifteenth and sixteenth scenes rep
resent the cOrtege of the coronation and
the coronation of Josephine.
The seventeenth, eigh tenth, nineteenth,
twentieth ana twenty-frst scenes repre-
sent the battle of AusterlitZ, and the
twenty-second sceneis devoted to the trium-
phal return.
The twenty-third scene is again the En-
peror's study and the twenty-fourth Is the
siege of Saragossa.
Lannes receives orders to blow up the
last ranparts on which is a convent. All
The morning call., 1894-01-07
OMENS OF EVIL.
Signs That Are Believed to Predict
Happiness or Misery to Bride.

On the day of the marriage so many
superstitions enter into every detail that
1t is very wise bride indeed
who remembers all those little acts
that are so sentient with meaning
in regard to the future. Ii by chance
she should happen to put on her left
shoe first, her married life will prove I'M
happy; therefore, it behooves her TO look
carefully to this portion of her toilet, and
De certain to select the right foot as the
first 10 be attended to.
No bridal guest should wear a costume
entirely black. as such & choice will bring
sorrow to the bride. If the best man
stumbles on his way to the altar, il Is re-
garded as most OminOus proceeding, and
al any rate Is awkward enough to merit
rebuke.
The wedding-ring should be circlet of
gold, unbroken by any jewel. as the signii-
canoe of the ring demands that its
form shall be typica! of the end
less love that prompts its bestowal.
To try on the ring before marriage
is certain to bring dire misfortune, and
many there are who would regard taking 1t
off as an actual sin, holding fast to the be-
lief that it was placed on the finger for all
time. and not merely as the symbol of an
evanescent affection.
When the bride leaves the assembled
company to change her gown she throws
her bouquet among the group and the for
tunate one who catches it is promised
husband within year. providing always
that he or she is single at the time. Its
the duty OF every bride who pretends TO
be at all versed in these supersttions to
throw away every pin that was used in
her bridal attire.
The bridesmaids as a rule as willing 10
go down on their hands and knees on the
carpet i'll order to secure one of these luck
emblems, and each one fortunate enough
to possess herself of even bent and de-
creDit specimen feels best in the thought
that good fortune will attend her from
hencefOrth
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divorce her she sees the end Of all her
dreams and only excIaims, "Well, we
must become accustomed to the change"
90 not think that Mon sieur Marin
Layas reputation will gain much from
literary point of view, but he deserves
much credit for the succession of splendid
tanleauX he shows US in Napoleon"
Ine memoirs of General Thiehault have
Just been published, aud from them we
learn that before BOnapare fr-d on tie
ParlslsnS frrm the Church Saint-Roch. IN
the Hue Salnt-uonore, he was entiresy an
known even 10 the army We also lea n
that il Barras had not peeded a SOLDIER
who understood his work Bonaparte would
have left the army u Become hnok seller.
his intention at that time. He would
probably have founded great publishing
house, but we should not have had tha
spectacular drama Napoleon" ct the
Porte Saiut-M Martin Theater.
BARONESS ALTHEA SALVADOR
Paris. Dee TO- 1898.
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NAPOLEON FIRST.
A Great Play Enacted in
Paris.
FIFTY REMARKABLE SCENES
One of the Grandest Spectacular
Productions Ever Witnessed
on the French Stage.

At the present moment no name In
France is more popular than that of Ma
pOleOn /. and the theater seems to be
means of expression for this popularity.
Victorien Sardou has celebrated the
name in Madame Sans Gene" play that
has a remarkable success at the Vaudeville
Theater; GraudmOugin makes us admire
"The Emperor" at the Poets Theater, and
now Leopold MarIin-Laya brings out the
great drama of the year, Napoleon" at
the Porte Saint Martin Theater
Emile lola says that there are no signs
of BOnaparte renaissance. but that the
people thirst for legends as they thirst for
mysticism. Napoleonism to-day is ''state
of mind" like Boulangism, like the Franco
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Search of the Patent Office.


1t is some Hhat amusing tn see how often
an inventor VIII pursue a subject that has
been exhausted. One Of the shrewdpst O!
this class very cautiously told friend
while sitting in the lobby Of one Of the
leading hotels uptown that he had struck
something, and. in fact, it was a device
really needed in onr civilization. The
friend smiled and said: NV boy, | sup
posPdlv invented the same identical thing
fifteen years ago Before | took out n
patent had the Patent Office searched.
and the reply came back: Your device is
Old was invented tan years ago." The
Patent Office should always be searched
before big fees are rolled np
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by costly lace The age of the wearer de-
termines the fabric of the gown.
For the society girl whose first ball is
now but memory here is an effective
gown. The material Is heavy crush rose
satin. The skirt hangs plain and full.
Near the bottom is a cascade Ut rare,
creamy-tintrG lace headed by lace inser-
ton arranged to form points around the
entire skirt.
The bodice clings to the figure, which
should be we'll rounded 10 set OFF such q
gown. The bodice laces up the back, and
where it joins the skirt a narrow grdle
of chartreuse velvet is placed. Toward
the front one loop of the velvet stands up
very straight. The neck is cut trif1e low.
u is bound with n coil of velvet. from
which wide bertha of lace is sus pended.
he short sleeve is a veritable balloon of
crush-rose satin with a deep frIll of lace
falling below the elbow.
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Two Sides to the Question.
Indianapolis journal.

''The decentralization brought about by
this game of football" said the tall
man with the glasses, sis far-reachng.
Why, it is notorious fact that the stu
dents at one of the big games in the East
actually bought UP the tickets of admission
and specialized IN them
"Well. what if they did ?" answered the
fat man with the big diamond. "Why
shouldn't the boys be gittin' a business
education at the same time they are
monkeving with all that Greek and French
and piannerplaying and such rot? Tell
me that now"
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Lawyers in Trade.

''Do you know" asked one of your n ose-
for-news men of the writer, that many
lawyers are engaging in other business in
addition to their profession? There was
a time when lawyer would think it a
tarnish on his profession if he did any
thing else. But 1t is not so any more in
this city. | know one lawyer OH Washing
ton street who has an interest in a meat
market on Cottage Grove avenue. and |
know Judge of the Superior Court who
is the owner of a downtown barber-shop.
He bought the place one day before he was
Oh the bench as an investment, and it
pays so well that he is holding on to it,"
The morning call., 1894-01-07

ribbon or four-inch strips embroidered by
yourself. Cut the material into two
lengths, each of one yarn, and line them
both, first with linen anvas, then with
silk. Fold both strips so that the ends
meet, then stitch firmly together and stitch
a casing exactly to fit the rod. Slip the
latter in its place with one hand, few
inches from each end. and wind for its en-
tire length with cord of some correspond
ing color. Attach loop OF thu same. by
which the rack can be hung upon the wall,
and finish with the taSsels, which should
hang one at either end.
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is destroyed, and on the debris appears a
monk surrounded by nuns. He gives his
benedictiOn 10 the soldiers who kneel be-
fore him.
The fourth act brings us to the Isle
LobRu, and the twentY-seventh scene
represents review made by the Emperor.
The twenty-eighth scene is the return
from the review. and the twenty-ninth
and thlrtieth take place in the Sale du
Trone, where is pronounced Josephine'S
divorce.
The fifth act begins with the Levee of the
Empress Marie Louise; then in the thirty
second scene the Car accepts war. From
he thirty-third to the thirtv-n!nth we see
Napoleon in the Golden Hall of the Krem-
lin watching the burning of Moscow Then
the retreat through snow. Napoleon. dis
couyaged. looking sadly on all that re-
mains of his tine army, and wondering
what he can do to cheer his soldiers AT
last he tells them to sing LA Marseillaise,"
the dying lift themselves. and all resume
the march through the binding snow.
The sixth act. containing eleven scenes,
is devoted 20 the crumbling OF this great
power, the abdicaii0n, tie farewell at Fon-
tainebIeau. the return from the Island OF
Elba, Saint Helena, the death of the En-
pelor, and the transportation of his ashes
70 the Invalides. Perhaps the grandest
scene of the whole play is the battle of
Waterloo. The cannon thunders, the ar
tillery roars. the field is covered with dead,
while from a hilltop the Emperor looks
upon the scene of disaster. 1t would be
impossible to name all the actors. but the
principal roles were AIKEN by GARNER. who
i good Napoleon; Gravier, Marechal
Lannes; DeSjardins. Prince de la Mos
kOwa; d'Her olay. King Murat; Denerty,
Caulaiucoufts DaltOur. General Cam
bronze; Mademoiselle Haussmann. Jose
phine; Mademoise!Ie Gallos. Marie
I,Onisp and Madame 'HaIcS RtItia
B0naparte.
Many of the scenes have been made
very familiar to US by paintings and en-
cravings. but the dialogue is very weak
throughout the play. For instance. when
Napoleon tells Josephine that he must
The morning call., 1894-01-07
From Another Point of View
Washinqton Star.

First Monkey-Did you ear those ex
plOrers coRversng just now?
Second Monkey-HeS.
First Monkey wonder if we could
manage TO learn their language?
Second Monkey am sure we cOuld.
But where's the use. They don't look TO
me as II they had any ideas worth COM
muncating.
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A NOVEL PAPER-RACK.

Paper-racks are so essentially service
able that they invariably make excellent
gifts. The one shown in the drawing is
quite new and is sufficiently capacious to
fill all needs.
To make it you will require banner
rod. some silk or gold cord. two tassels and
two yards of either handsome brocaded
The morning call., 1894-01-07
WOMEN AND HOME.
Fashions and FanCieS for
the New Year.
VELVET HATS NOW IN FAVOR.
A Beautiful Dancing Gown-Novel-
ties Suitable for Presents.
Dress for Young Girl.

Here is striking hat Ia wear to an
afternoon tea. 1t is large, and will prob
ably look well on almost any type Of
woman. The soft crush crown IS of pink
mirror velvet. framed in fril of heavy
lace fiecked with gold. A small pulled
coil of the pink velvet rests on the hair In
front. Three black. curly Prince of Wales
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pole to another, forming a continuous
upper drapery. This strip of silk is
also used in the case Of windows
near together. Another artistic plan
with two windows quite close to-
gether Is to use one lonk curtain at each
window, the two long ends hang on the
outside, the short inside ends drawn to-
gether at the top between the two poles
and fastened there in graceful folds. One
long piece of stuff is often thus used in
place of TWO separate curtains.
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Cold Comfort.

Jones--It will be all the same a hundred
years from now.
Smith--Well. l don't find much consola-
ton in that. 1t is just hundred wears
since Louis XVI was gullotined. What
good does that DO him now?
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Just as Good.

Customer-Have you copy of Fifteen
Decisive Battles?
BoOkseller-No, sir; we are sold out.
But we can give you Reflections OF a
Married Man"
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GOWN FOR A CHILD.

This gown is of pale pink crepOn, with
full plain underskirt. White crepe de
chine is used Tor the waist, which is
frilled on to yoke of pink silk and
crossed by perpendicular bands of pink
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satin ribbon. each one headed with CAV
little rosette. Around the waist is a
broad pink satin belt. which ties in a
pert bow with long ends in front. The
sleeve TO this dainty little gown consists
of a full puff Of pink crepon. half smoth-
cred by frllled epaulet of white crepe de
chine. Below the puff peeps out a ruffle
OF white crepe, with another ruifle of pink
crepon as a sort Of foundation.
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And as he lay and waited for the morn
And peered about the dim familiar room.
The door into the glimmeTing place rorlorn
opened and some one entered through the
gloem-
A shadOwy shape that filed him with vast,
Vague fear-it came in silence and alone.
Muteiy IL glanced from bed TO bed and passed
But paused beside his own
Paused and looked down and ali his terrors fed.
He grew quiet and as restful now
AS IN his mother stopped beside the bed
And laid her cool hand on his fevered brow
And looking up into its eyes but seemed
Like looking into hers that loved him so:
lie heard Old voices speak as II he dreamed
or things of long ago.
And What art thou ~ he asked the Shadow then
who contest so like memory. old and dear,
That l. who feared thy coming loved thee when
saw thine eyes and telt thy presence near"
Then, in the hush an answering whisper saith:
(H1S child IL was that answered, or his wife.
Loved aud long LOST This is that angel Death
Whose name in heaven is Life"
And when the night was gone and morning she'd
A sunny glory Into all ths place
They came and put the screen about his bed
And wondered at the smile upon his face
a. ST. j. Adcock IN Chambers journal.
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Daring Familiarity.

Star Boarder-Here is another f1y that
has met a watery grave. Landlady-
Where is it? Star bOarder-In this pitcher
of milk.-Puck.
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IN HOSPITAL.

In the long nighttime. when the ward was chill
And drear with sleeping faces thin and white
One lay in a wakeful silence wan ana still
And waited for the light.
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feathers are the only trimming the hat pos
sesses. Two stand up with pOmpOns
erectness. while the third curls in and out
among the soft folds of the velvet. The
contrast of color is striking and the hat
most effective. Velvet hats are much the
vogue this season.
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TOOUE AND MUFF TO MATCH.

A toque arranged to wear with a large
muff 70 correspond. Both muff and toque
are made in shot mroir velvet in hello
trope. The muff. which is in novel shape,
The morning call., 1894-01-07

is destroyed, and on the debris appears a
monk surrounded by nuns. He gives his
benedictiOn 10 the soldiers who kneel be-
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-11-28
Intelligent Farming Paws,

The career of John Burns, who
died at his home near Charles Town,
Jefferson county, Monday, demon
strates that intelligent farming
pays. Starting life poor boy, by
industry and economy he was soon
able TO acquire a small farm, which
he worked systematically and well.
From time to time he was enabled
to add to his farm until at his death
he owned sixteen hundred acres OF
the best farm land in Jefferson
county, worth more than 500, 600.
He was the largest land owner in
his county, and from the first was a
persistent user of the best. farm
machinery and a follower of the
most c9nmendable farming theories,
which She put to practical tests.
His record is one which should be
carefg 3 studied BY other agricult-
wrists Req
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Raleigh G. Prince, Dem,
Raleigh C. 81.
Richie w Morris, Rep
Harrisville.
Roane.-c- h. crislip. Rep spen-
Ger.
snmmers-M. }. Cook. Rep. Hin
ton.
Taylor-F. Bruce Blum, Rep,
Grafton.
Tyler-stephen 6. Pyle, Rep,
BearsvilIe.
Upshur-A. B. CLARK, Rep,
Buckhannon.
Wayne-w. b. Smith, Rep,
Whites Creek: Hugh B. Adkins,
Dem, Wayne.
wetzel-John McKimmie, Dem,
Wileyville.
woods. T. stapletOn. Rep,
Parkersburg; Richard N. Corbett,
Rep Wayerly; John c. Kimes,
Rep, Fountain Springs.
Wirt-Abraham Pierson, Rep
Elizabeth.
TotaI-RepubIicans, 49, Demo
Gratis. %.
Legislature as a whole-Demo-
crAts, "a; Republicans, 60; Republic
can majority on joint ballot, 20.
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Peculiar Find.

While the section hands on the
Ohio River Railroad, were working
on the repairs just below yancluse
Station, in this county, last Friday
they made rather a strange discov-
cry. A large sandrock which lay
about 20 feet from the track had
been blasted and carried away.
The hands were shoveling dirt from
where the rock lay into a ditch
near the track, when VIM. Cooper
saw something bright in the dirt.
He picked it up and it proved to be
a silver coin. 1t was Spanish
quarter and bore thu date 1885. A
second piece was found, which, it
will be remembered was called a
BIT This piece had the figures
18O-the fourth figure being illegi-
BILE. Another piece of the same
value was found, but it was SO
smooth that the date could not be
determined. a quarter dated 1878,
half dollar made in 1928 and a
dime made in 1897 were also found.
An ordinary piece of sandstone
about the size of a mans hand was
picked up, one side of this stone
was polished as smooth as piece of
glass. The skeleton of man was
found in thesame place. Three of
the bones of the leg were in good
state of preservation; the rest crum-
bled as soon as exposed to the air.
How they came to be there is a
mystery. From tho date on one of
the coins found they evidently were
not there prior to 1837-&. 4arys
Oracle.
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New Use For Banana Skins.

A Cincinnati Times Star reporter,
by mere accident, discovered the
other day a new use to which ban
ana skins are being put. Dropping
into small dyeing and renovating
establishment up over the Rhine he
noticed several men engaged rub
bling the banana peeling over coats,
pants and vests. Asking the pro-
prietor the reason he replied, ave
have discovered that there is moth
ing better to remove the grease
and gloss from clothing and it is
much cheaper and DER require
tie hard work of the old plan"
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Old Age And Hard Work.

Old people make . great mistake
when they give up work. Many
men who have made a competency
in business and feel entitled to re-
tire from active work ind them
selves declining in health and be-
coming permaturely old for want
of occupation. In most aged per-
sons the vital functions continue in
active exercise under normal condi-
tions, buff the regularity and mod
Grafton of business life are departed
from trouble viii surely follow.
On the other hand the Lancet held
that eff in any direction 1t is allow
able for competitors in the race of
life to dispense with self control it
would appear that they may, to a
great extent, use this liberty with
respect to physical and mental ex-
ertion- In other words, we must
not eat too much or drink too much.
but we can study hard and take
plenty of exercise, not only without
harm, but with the best results,
and if the old people wish to live
ont all the days they should find
plenty to do for both mind and body.
Lancer.
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LrneoIn,s Irishman.

Abraham Lincoln once remarked
of the people Who wanted emanei-
patton. but who did not like to be
called AboIitionists, that they re-
minded him of the freshman who
had signed a pledge and did not
like to break il, yet who sadly
wanted a adrink So, going TO an
apothecarys he asked for glass Of
soda water, adding can dochter,
dear, If yees could put a little
whiskey into il unheknownst to
me, I'd be meeh obliged to yees.. 2
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-11-28
Trne Meaninr Of Thanksgivirg.

One of the obvious but too often
forgotten demands of the Thanks
giving day is active charity. 1t
should be welcomed by everybody
as an occasion to help some one not
SO well conditioned as oneself.
This is Christianity in action. Its
field may be the next house, the
next street, wherever men and wo-
men suffer. There is at this time
in this city an unusual call for the
offices of sweet charity. The close
of the day should find the resources
of our organized benevolent associ-
ations very materially increased.
The act of worship will be incom-
plete unless ones loaf is shared and
another's burden lightened. These
are the plain and simple maxims,
the religion of the Thanksgiving
season. They who do not keep
them will miss the true meaning of
the day.