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The morning times., 1895-10-27

The "Twentieth Century Girf' is, of
course. an anachronism. but il that were
all 1t might pass like various other dramatic
e''Ne in the night. The ground work of
the piece Is simply a lot of more or less
esp ciaiIy the latter, improbable condi-
tions with which men viii find them
selves confronted when the girl of the next
century is a ward politician and the man
of the next century takes her place in the
sewing society. -
Nothing could be more tiresome than the
absurdities of the Turk. If there was any
one at all In the play TO commend it was
young Harry Kelly: and the reason there
is no more to commend is that he has
somewhat eXiguous part.
When they give him better chance he win
be the best role in the Twentieth Century
Girl" granting that she lives until he gets
that chance. The only moral in this bur-
lesque is that judged by it, the world will
have gone back several ages dramatically
when We see her down to date.
The morning times., 1895-10-27

America was also at Convention Hall
and none the less entertaining because it
was "Black America The idea of this
venture is good, being kind of social
opposition from and of the cotton States.
1t is the medium by which we see life on
"de ole plantation as 1t was and as 1t is.
The music was characteristic and, therefore.
quaint and melodious.
"Black America" was presumed to be
good thing and attracted large crowds
and a particularly big one on the opening
night Miss Bessie Lee was easily first as
the soprano, but 1t is the choral and con-
certed effects which are the strong points
in the music and these were excellently
sung.
The morning times., 1895-10-27

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The morning times., 1895-10-27

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The morning times., 1895-10-27

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The morning times., 1895-10-27
Markos, the Hypnotist.

This afternoon, beginning at 8, and even
ing, beginning at g. Prof. Markos will
give public seances at Odd Fellows Hall,
Seventh street, between d and E. He will
demonstrate the phenomena of noted
mediums, general attributed to spirit
ualism o rother supernatural powers One
of the tests win be that in which Markos
will pass invsibly through solid boards
Another test is the wonderful Kado, or
sorcerer's spirit band. Many of the expert-
ments Of naturalization and levitation
will be seen at each seance. Markos will
also aptly illustrate the relations of hyp-
notism and spiritualism by startling and
convincing methods. There will be no
lecture, nor intermission. but in addition
to the demonstration of so-called spirit
phenomena, beautiful sacred music win
be rendered.
The only troupe said TO compare with
c. B. Jefferson. Klaw, & Erlarger's gorgeous
spectacular production of "Palmer Cox's
Brownies" In its rare female beauty,
was the famous Lydia Thompson troupe Of
burlesquers, several decades ago. The
young girls in 1.-THE Brownies are sur
prisingly pretty and shapeiy, and create
a perfect furor In every city In which
they appear. 1.-THE Brownies" will be
seen at the Lafayette Square Theater the
week of November II.
The morning times., 1895-10-27

At the Bijou we had "The Sins of the
Night" performed, and in very clever
manner. There fs, however, nothing
English in "Sins of the Night but the
scenes. It could be made an American
play with a change merely OF place.
There are several clear-cut conceptions
in this play; such as Frank Karrington's
hero and the comedy parts of John Price
and Florence Marion.
The morning times., 1895-10-27
ThR WEEK IN REVIEW.

when the curtains went down last night
at the five theaters the theatrical record
| or the week was complete, and agreeably
| singular in the respect that we had been
| visited by plays that were entirely Ameriz
can and actors all American born or
| adopted.
| There was, to be strictly accurate, one
exception. aud that was ''The Sins of
| Night" which was played at the Bijou.
| This play was English, very flattering
! fact, as ii implies there are not American
! sins of the night enough on which to con-
struct play. III one were allowed to be
| facetious IL could be said that everything
in relation TO the local stage is American
OF the Americans, excepting the grand
classic ableau on the curtain OF the
Lafayette square Opera House, which Is
Greek. and its bath. which is Tugkish.
There is lot of suggestion in this
capab bility OF the great American public
to take care of itself In the way of fur
nishing and digesting its own dramatic
material.
1ne newest material which has been put
into the hopper was Government Accept
ance, at Lafayette Square Opera House.
1t is, of course, conceded that Il play built
on Washington materials will interest the
nation, as this is the center of the national
social vortex; but every new play ON this
theme leaves sense OF failure ON the public
5uoe ds Sithb stOiy va th' "oA
has not been written, either epically or
dramatically, so people are not fully satis-
fled with the flashes of lightning In "A
Texas Steer" Government Acceptance"
or anything else that has been staged.
Mr.. Robson is as usual quite artistic as
the hero of the new play, but the scope
and style of the character do not fit him.
He is. perhaps. to express 1t succinctly,
the right man in the wrong place. 1t is
utterly inconceivabie to those who have
learned Mr.. Robson to imagine him as
anything but 4 funny man. 1t is true that
there are some comical suggestions in the
hero OF Government Acceptance" but
they are due rather to Mr.. Robson's ever
present comic professional personality than
to any merit of the playwright. He is him
self only in such brilliant parts as Dromio,
Bob Acres, or the central figure of 1.-The
Henrietta" Government Acceptance"
can scarcely be regarded more than as q
venture.
The stage settings for this play were,
however. picturesque and realistic. 1t
was not, therefore, case of apples of gold
in pictures of silver. but the converse of that
proposition.
The morning times., 1895-10-27

That Miss Olga Nethersole is so gen.
uinely an artist is largely due to the very
attributes which she Possesses purely as
a woman, traits aud idiosyncrasies and
mental habit which are comprised in what
we define as character. She is a cheering
Illustration OF success unspoiled by flat
terry and of pure ambition, eager to do its
best. She will play the week of November
at the National.
The morning times., 1895-10-27

A thorough American is Hot Stuff, which
to the people of long ago had about as
little dramatic suggestion in it as Cold
Cream, one being male aud the other fe
male. But the Hot Stuff clothed with a
living personality is the great glory OF
Hoyts "a Black Sheep" at which people
laughed and laughed again at the New
National Theater. The East Is entirely
ton cold a climate for this red hot incan
descent Arizonian except, of course, on the
stage. where he appears to enjoy our
climate.
There must be n talisman concealed some
where about this hot stuff idea, as people
really had not enough of 1t In six nights.
Folks will be quite ready to warm up their
Eastern sensibilities against this dramatic
brick when 1t comes back again.
The morning times., 1895-10-27

The family pistol is also another bit of
dramatic genre of the American school.
So is the knife and the festive rope, as the
judge, jury and executioner "0n the Mis-
sissppi," to which the play OF that name
at the Academy of Music translated us last
week.
'On the Mississippi leaves nothing TO
be desired which the pistol or bowie
knife can do to keep people from slumbering
over 1.-The same thing over again" This
play might be catalogued as classic from
the fact that it deals in the nicdern sense
with what Marc sang about some centuries
ago, 4. e., "Arms and the Man" 1t
is true, the modern idea is firearms, but
that is neither here nor there, as to "on
the Mississippi"
The morning times., 1895-10-27

dance, Fin de Steele Quadrille," and
others.
in.ne company are John Webster. Charles
Morrison, henry Laurent, Miss Laura ben
nett, Miss Den jackson, Miss Ethel Tyler.
Miss Lillian de Gross and others
The morning times., 1895-10-27

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Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1895-08-22
SIGNS OF THE H~--

If a black mist occur IN the new moon
there will be rain in the old, and vice
versa. The new moon not appearing
until the fourth day of her course :.
said to presage wet month.
A Spanish proverb says; THE moon
with a circle brings water in her beak."
Another Spanish maxim declares thu
THE circle of the moon never filleo u
pond, but the circle of the sun DAi=
shepherd"
The appearance OF TIE moon -ort ner
back" that is, with the horns pointing
upward, is looked upon as sign VA
fine weather. In this position she =.
said to hold the water that is imagined
to be in her
English farmers were taught in ear
lier times to believe that IL the weather
on the sixth day of the new moon is
like that of the fourth or of the fifth
day 1t will be the same nine times out
of twelve in the first case and eleven
times out of twelve in the second
throughout the month. Modern sci
entists have demonstrated the fallacy
OF this belief. and yet the majority OF
the weather charts appearing in va
rious almanacs are based on this prin-
ciple.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1895-08-22
QUEEN VIC is MAD.


uor xvc,1tt,
opeen Victoria ia ronortod "a no In
state of mind unite the reverse of
serene. In fact the irreverent assert
that ber moiae+,, is "borrirr nod
The olleped cause of her aileped anger
is mot Nautical Tho roval roind cor-
terminates the exit of Roseherv and the
liberals and tho comipo of salishurv
and tho ooneerv,tivos Win M noinfn,
emotions The svmnathv of rovaltv
with coneervatiem ie ae natural nc tho
inclination of wafer IN aow down biu
rheroforo tho noliticol chance Il, tho
government &c n so,,rce of iov IN bar
noiestv If onneors that n nerson ,,bo
was former1v en,n,oved sc ocoountont
of the roval family tol, ADVANTAGE of
that nosition-it may have been n nean
advontope-to fnd ont mc,v thinos
including tho omount of tho outen,
nrivate fortune and divers Interesting
details nertaining thereto If further
onneore he tool notes and made momo-
rendo and that he has like other great
discoverers tolen the world into his
confidence In short he states that her
maies+v is worth SIZE nm nm And
that Is ,bat provokes her The world
has long susnacted tbot tho rood nueen
was nccumulatine vast :
was known that her ov,,,yr..>,>-., ,....,...,-
small MS comnared with her racel5ts.
In this she has set good exam-.
"Iittle nv little we get TO be ,ioa -
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1895-08-22
WIDOW OF FEuILLEr.
She Had Been brought Up a Royalist
nv Her Mother.

She Had Been brought Up Royalist
nv Her Mother.
Valerie Feuillet had been brought up
Royalist in the provinces by her
mother, Madame Dubois, who belonged
to the most prejudiced ancient regime,
and there are pretty anecdotes of little
Valeries childhood, when she was bid
den to kiss a lock of blonde hair belong
ing to King Henry V, who
was to be King only in eX-
lie, and when her pretty, dainty,
frail mother going to some ball in
a sedan chair, took Valerie with her
as far as the threshold of the fete and
then sent her home to the old Norman
house where the little girl had first
seen the light, writes 9TH. Bertzon"
MADAME Blanc) in a charming sietch
of THE Romantic Career of Madame
Feuillet." The mother of Madame
Feuillet was own niece to a heroine OF
the revolution, Modemoiselle de Ste
Suzanne, who saved her father from the
guillotine by going alone on horseback
into the midst of the battlefield to ask
the condemned mans pardon of General
Hoche. Monsieur and Madame Dubois
Grecoeur, sometimes in the little city
of st. 10, the provincial society
of which is described by the author OF
the Memoirs" with an extraordinary
spirit. 1t is very easy to find in these
portraits the types which inspired heI
husband with the delightful STORY Of
S!5ylle," and with the provincial scenes
of "Camors." In fact, there was always
between them kind of involuntary
collaboration.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1895-08-22
CITY DIRECTORY.


Few women have received n greater
tribute than did Susan B. Anthony at
Atlanta, Ga, a short time ago, when
Miss Will Allen Drumgoole, the popular
Southern author, said in her address at
the Capital College:
1T is great thing to be the mother
of great cause. Years ago there
flashed upon the world a woman; she
had no other announcement than the
wild scheme she had mothered.
Wherever she went the hiss, the sheer,
the finger of scorn were to follow. Yet
she pushed right on; the implacable
enemy of slavery In vanity's dress; the
mother of an unborn cause. To me she
stands majestic among women; to me
she is the grandest picture in the book
of our time to me, like the prayer OF
my childhood, the name of Susan b.
Anthony holds something grandly,
solemnly, pathetically, magnlficently
sacred. Whatever may have been her
blunders, whatever her faults, still she
fought for women. And since she
fought for women, in the name of wom-
anhood, let no man cast stone at her,
one is one OF those VINO Will NEVER ulSi
her name will go laundering down the
ages long after you and l are forgotten,
while her cause.-the child for which
she sacrificed SO much that makes
woman's life dear to her, will live, and
throb, and thrive, and flourish long
after she has found refuge under moss
and marble. And her name shall out
wear the marble that shall cover her
great heart; posterity shall weave for
her crown that old Time cannot touch.
You may refuse her hearing today,
deny her the rose and the laurel, but to-
morrow shall avenge her; and already
tomorrow is dawning. Upon the West
ern slope where her sun goes down al
ready the rose of the new day is reflect
ing"
Another women who strongly adj
mires Miss Anthony is Mrs. Rachel
Foster Avery. She has not delivered
an eloquent eulogy upon her cause"
but she has raised an annuity Of $500
year for the great prophecies Of the
suffragists.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1895-08-22

heroic feats will bring the fire back to
the veterans eye surer than the brave
little fellows who sounded the reveille
or beat taps. Bugle boys and drummer
boys have figured often and conspicu-
ously in the annals of war And mo-
where in history have we more or
brighter examples of this kind than in
the records of the Civil War, on both
sides-Confederate and Union.
The story of Harry Baldwin's un-
swervng loyalty to the old flag, and
his fearlessness of death for the cause
he had so nobly espoused, affords a
bright example of this kind. He be-
longed to New York regiment-I am
sorry that 1 have forgotten its number,
though that hardly matters as long as
l remember the main facts of his adj
ventures-and he was the life and heart
of his older comrades.
In truth, our little drummer boy was
looked upon with so much favor, and he
mad shown such clear-headed ability on
certain dangerous occasions that when
the commander felt anxious to learn
certain particulars in regard to the en-
envy he delegated Harry to go upon the
hazardous mission.
Keep your eyes open, my boy, as
know you will, and l will risk you to go
where l would not dare send any scout
of mine, but l must warn you to never
forget that you are in the enemy's coun-
try, and that a single mistake will cost
you your life l shall not put you from
my thoughts until l see you safely back
here with the news l am so anxious to
have"
Feeling, as every true soldier should,
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1895-08-22

Moments are priceless sometimes, and
the brief while that Harry Baldwin held
his enemies spellbound by his last
tattoo saved him his life, for suddenly
the clear notes of the drum We're
drowned by the lusty shouts of men,
Then body of Union cavalry flung
itself upon the surprised Confederates,
Amazed, bewildered, confident that no
small body of trops would throw them
selves single-handed upon overwhelm-
ing forces they broke and fled in wild
disorder.
The flight was short but decisive and
only a few minutes later the bandage
was torn from the drummer boys eyes
by friendly hands, and he was borne in
triumph back to the Union army.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1895-08-22

Confederate army with greater safety.
He knew very well that 1t lay encamp-
ed behind the low mountain range that
ran for ten miles or more north and
south, with here and there a broken link
affordlng passage to the other side. l
say he knew they were there, but had
he known their exact location, this
night trip would not have been neces-
sary.
His clothes covered with dust, and
his limbs aching from the days hard
marching, the drummer boy moved
somewhat YEARLY through the noun
tain gap, while the shadows fell deeper
and darker around him. 1t was wild.
lonely place, though he gave little heed
to his surroundings other than to watch
them closely for some indication of the
enemy that he felt might be lurking un-
comfortably near
Still nothing occurred to excite his
suspicious until gradual lifting of the
shadows ahead told him that he was
approaching the other side of the range,
and that 1t behooved him to move with
even greater caution than hitherto.
Thus his surprise may be imagined
when, as he was silently crawling
around jagged arm of one of the foot
hills, he found himself in the midst of
a squad of Confederate infantry.
Discovered by them before he could
beat retreat, he was captured in the
twinkling of an eye, to be dragged away
toward the headquarters of the south
ern commander. charged with being a
spy!
After seeing that he was securely
bound, hands and feet, he was placed
under a strong guard, to await trial in
the morning. A long, tedious night II
was to him, too, though his first and
greatest concern was over the dsap-
polntment his non-appearance would
bring upon the Union general. But il
was in vain for him to berate himself
for any carelessness of which he may
have been guilty The stern fact of hi.
captivity remained and could not be
reasoned away. He must abide by the
consequence.
The sun was beginning to show it,
bright face over the crest of the noun
tain as the drumhead court-martlal wa!
ordered and he was led forth to b'
tried and convicted as spy.
Rather young to be caught in sucl
business" remarked the grim official
"Pray, what use have the Yanks fo
such infants as you? I was not awar'
they were driven to such straits for sup
porters."
II am drummer boy, sir" replie'
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1895-08-22
sEcRET SOCIETIES.
W. 0. W.

Consul Commander. l.. WAGNER: Advise
Lieutenant, NJ Il VOTERS; Banker, Lou
Trautweln Clerk, Robert Eschenb1rg; Escort
G. W. Eschenburg; sentry, August schmidt
Outside Guard, Joseph Ondrey, Physician. Il,
Managers.
Meets last wednesday of each month at
Mory's Hall
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1895-08-22

Look here" said a ledger to his land
lady, your daughter has been using
my comb and brush again"
Il beg your pardon said the land
lady, Indignantly. 81 never allow my
children to NEEDLE with my dodgers
belongings in any way"
But / am sure she has been using
them said the ledger, for there are
long black hairs on them and she is
the only person with black hair in the
house"
"Oh, now I remember she did have
them to comb and brush our dear old
poodle" said the landlady, "but 1 am
quite sure she did not use them for her
self-she's too honest to be guilty of
that sort of thing"
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1895-08-22

Harry, proudly, land as such, believe,
l have ever done my duty"
"Oh-hol so that's it? Well, you look
and act like a gritty one, and the boys
say you resisted them last night tooth
and nail Say, it's a pity one so young
and smart should be shot down like a
dog. Do you want to live, my little
drummer boy?'
My life is my countrys, sir. If 1 can
serve her better by dying than living
1 am content"
"Bah You do not realize that you are
to be shot at sunset There Is only one
hope for you Your life shall be spared
upon one condition"
and that2' asked the brave boy.
rs that you will be our drummer.
Promise to beat the drum for us as well
as you have for the Yanks and your life
shall be spared"
"Never!" cried the young patriot. IT
would rather be shot than be a rebel"
Perhaps the heart of the Confederate
was touched by this dlsplay-of heroism,
but not sufficiently for him to mitigate
his sentence, and the little prisoner
went back to his guarded tent, doomed
to be shot as a spy at sunset
All that livelong day the little drum
mer under sentence of death heard the
lncessant hustle of camp life without
knowing that some important movement
was on foot. And while he wondered
what it meant, his thoughts would go
back to that other army and that other
chieftaln. who, by now, must have
ceased to look for him. He wondered
how his failure to return would be re-
celved And then his thoughts took a
longer flight going back to that old
home in the Empire State, and to the
loved ones he could not hope to see
again. Perhaps the tears glistened in
his eyes as he thought of it all; but
there was no sign Of fear in his de-
pertinent when, at the fated hour, he
was led forth to die.
by Jovel he's sure to break down be-
fore the signal is given" said the
sergeant who had charge Of the squad
to place him in position for the closing
act in the awful drama.
Harry heard the words, and suddenly
lifting his head, he said
"Give me drum, sir, and 1 will play
a tattoo while you shoot me-
Did you ever?" exclaimed the officer.
81 swear It's a pity to shoot him like
this. But orders are orders, though
you may get nm drum, Sawyer. He
will forget while he plays"
! BY the time Harry was blindfolded a
drum was put into his hand, when he
instantly struck up the spirited notes
which had so often given life and hope
to his old regiment Of gallant soldiers
No doubt the boy drummer did for
get the deadly danger that menaced
him as he caught up the beloved strair
and sent out to hill and valley the music
of which he was master. And If he for
got so did his captors for the moment
The grim phalanx stood silent and mo
tonless while it waited for the sterr
command that was to end all.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1895-08-22
Tax for the wIdowers.

The English government taxed wild
overs in 1895, births Of children and
christenings in 1888, deaths In 1888, mar
riages in 1896, and 1884, and the latter
tax, in the shape Of license duty, is still
retained.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1895-08-22

A bar and three high dice tables have
been shipped to Hiawatha, Kan, prob
ably es horrible examples of what
might be If liquor were sold on the
front side of the prescription case.