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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-11-22
MACBETH. VILLAIN. uyPocRITE.
So Irving Says tn students Of
Columbia.

CNew York Times. 2ist)
Sir Henry Irving talked yesterday after
noon TO leo Columbia and Barnard Cot
lege students and their friends in the
readlng-room OF the college library.
4 general invitation had been given out
10 the Columbia and Barnard College stu
dents. 10 whom ilchets were gwen upon
however, that about no requests were re-
fused after the 1000 tickets had been given
out.
The address. which was made AZ Presi-
dent Lows request. was to nave been
given last year. but the actors dates could
not be made TO agree with those OF the
college. and II was postponed. me SUD.
iect Of the talk was the character OF
The genaraily-recoived opinion Of Mac
beth" said MIR. Irving. mas been tntt
OF good man who has gone wrong undcr
the influence OF wicked and dominant
vile This tradition Is mainly cue 70
the powerful rendering Of the character OF
Lady Macbeth by Mrs. SiddonS. her
strong personality lent itself TO the view
Of an essentla ~ powerful ana dominant
woman. As De play was not given as
often as might have been expected. inc
tradition hourlshed without challenge OF
any kind, save now and then Some
scholarly comment. which pracucaiy
never reached the masses.
II think that In briefly examining the
subject We shall ind that Shakespeare
has. IN his text. given Macbeth as one OF
the most bloody hypocriticai VIZ
lains in all his long gallery OF portraits
Of men instinct with the virtues and vices
OF their kind.
I'm the very text before the open
ing of the pay. Macbeth had not only
thought OF numbering Duncan. but hai
even preached the subject 10 his VIE.
Though he played with It. and even Gull
tvatei assiduOusly a keen sense or the
horrors OF his crimes. his resolution never
really slackened."
The speaker referred to different pas
sages in the play bearing upon the point
and illustrating the innate wickedness Oh
Macbeth.
1T IL quite possible" he continued.
that Macbeth led his wife 10 believe
that she was leading him on. II was a
part Of his hypocrtical nature 10 work
her moral downfall in such way. lie
was poet I'm his brain-the greatest
Shakespeare has ever drawn-but VII
lain in his heart All through the play
his darkest deeds are heralded by high
thoughts. and told in the most glorious
Ord-painting."
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-11-22
CHASE CITY.
4 Matrimonial Nission-Thc south
side Academy.

side Academy.
CHASE CITY. VA. November al
Especial REV Or. j. = Wharton. pastor
Of the Baptist church here. has gone
10 Crisheld. Md. where he will be mar
rled this week. Mrs. Sallie Long, Of that
town ~ the bride-elect. Rev. George
Gray. of Fincastle. Va. arrived yester-
day 70 supply the place Of Or. Wharton
here and In Clarksyil.e. during his aO-
sence on his matrimonial mission.
The Walton law operates splendidiy In
reducing the campaign expenses of can
didatcs for Office. Or. Ben. Gates. who
was defeated by about 40 votes in Lu-
nenburg for the Legislature at the recent
elections. says he only spent Is cents
during the campaign, and that was FOR
feeding his horse. Rev T.. l.. Baptist.
elected from this county. Informed me
that his campaign was less expensive
than that Of DR.. Gates. as he did not
spend cent. and asked no one to vote
for him. This Is a great Improvement
on the practices In vogue some years ago.
Mr.. John Nelson. new civil engineer
on the Big Four railroad. with head
quarters at Dayton. o, Ia here on "A visit
TO his father. Or. X. G. Nelson. Mr..
Nelson left here about ten years ago for
the West. ard has been very successful
III MS HlNifs-i'ii
In the Religious Herald OF this week.
6. H. Ryland. financial secretary ~
Richmond College. says: THE SOuthside
Academy. at Chase city, founded by the
Concord association. has shown. wonder
mi vitality. The brethren there have
done well by It and are making fresh
endeavors 10 keep it going. They wish
1900 10 clear II Of debt"
Ths is an error. / am Informed by a
gentleman closely Identified with the
academy. He SAYS the Indebtedness is
800 and not 5000. II will be much
easier for the friends OF the academy
10 raise the smaller than the larger
amount. and the Baptist will doubtless
come up promptly in this matter. The
institution now has large number OF
students. and several teachers. and the
present session IS a very successful one.
The town is substituting brick pave
ments for plank sidewalks.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-11-22
i,nnGuct of Nachinisfs.

The Richmond Lodge Of Machinists
held their seventh annual banquet at
Murphy's Hotel last night. Quite an en-
ioyable evening was spent. The Com
mittee OF Arrarscments consisted Of
Messrs. J. J. CIeamer, j. w Parker,
and r. T. Darmon.
The lodge will hold an open meeting
at Wilkinson Hall Monday night. when
the cight-hOur movement will be dis
cussed. All workingmen are invited.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-11-22
VI suu1AGES.

HARRY-CLARK.- Married. at the
home of the brides parents, In Prince
George county, Va. November 90 1885,
Miss BESSIE CLARK to Mr.. CAR
VETH W. HARRY. Of Richmond. Va.
After the ceremony the bridal party
accompanied by Miss Mollie Johnson. re-
turned TO Richmond and proceeded to the
home Of the newly welded couple, where
a delightful evening was spent.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-11-22
A ROMANTIC MARRIAGE

Mr. Rasson. Mrs. Calderon Carlisle. ar
others.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-11-22

me AFTERNOON session.
'r afternoon session opened with a
service. conducted 10y Mr. Percy +.
N- of Norfolk Rev Or. Wharton.
.o.k delivered the opening prayer.
'he lesson was taken from Psalm
I,' hret address, was delivered by Rev.
ton. al Warrenton. on the sub
Shall We Raise Money? No, How
- .p Fhen2' lie deprecated the idea
' ihc society should engage I'm raising
.'- Swing as his reason that there
fear that these ORGANIZATIONS.
".rn they gathered strength and power.
Nt disregard the authority OF the
b. Let them hold TO the objects
which they were appointed. he urged,
hot raise money for any appeal
"ii 1915 come upOn them. The society
organized for the purpose Of massing
.' >puag people into ah-'rOund, good
leiials. our young Christians ought
io te turned out 10 feel the cold con-
,'.i oi ihe world and should be trained
70" higher service /, would be pity
50 convert them from these high aims
",' money collecting agency.
'io" help then? he asked. and by way
40 answer said: Let them help
through the regular channels OF the
NNich. There ~ "A tendency 10 disregard
We directions, authority. and discipline
" he Church. The first lesson that
nation TO the Church. They should be
usht to bring In their offerings TO the
'~'u' and every young Christian should
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Had the Evidence.

Fannie Herring, the once popular
emotional actress, is now ending her
career In a Bowery dime museum. To
day one Of those old men who wear a
little bunch of whiskers on their chin,
and are ever on the lookout for some
thing connected with boyhood days on
the old farm, heard that Fannie waa
still back Of the footlights. He invest.
ed a dime for old acquaintance sake,
and, although be had not seen the ae-
tress since 1S47, when she toured the
Maine circuit, he recognized her. Then
he struck up a conversation with n OF
the attaches Of the house and pulled
from the folds OF n greasy old pocket
book a photograph Of Fannie, on the
back of which were written the youth
destroying words Born June II, 1922"
When the actresses Of the present gen
Grafton pass around their pictures nc
such nonsense accompanies them--
Pittsburg Dispatch.
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Silent Men.

Washington never made a speech. II
the zenith Of his fame, he once at
tempted It failed, and gave 1t up, con
fused and absshed. In framing tn,
constitution Of the United States tn,
labor was almost wholly performed II
committee Of the whole, of which
George Washington was, day aftel
day, chairman, and he made but tive
speeches during the convention, Of
very few words each, something lik'
one Of Grants speeches. The conven
ton. however, acknowledged the mas
ter spirit and historians affirm that hat
II not been for his personal p~opularit,
and the thirty words Of his first speech
pronouncing 1t the best that could b,
united upon, the constitution wouli
have been rejected by the people.
Thomas Jefferson never made
speech. he couldn't do It. Napoleon
whose executive ability Is almost with
ont o parallel. said that his creates
diflculty was finding men of deed
rather than words. When asked how
he maintained his influence upon hi
superiors in age and experience whei
commander-in-chief Of an army in ftal!
he said, by reserve. The greatness o
. man Is NOT measured by the lengtl
Of his speeches and their NUMBER
Philadelphia Ledger.
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Swallowing q Pin.

Ihsve often looked with alarm o,
the amateur and professional dress.
maker, who invariably makes Q pin.
cushion OF her mouth, regardless Of
possible consequences, and in myignor.
Ance1 have wondered, 'Now, If one
Of those pins lodged in that dress,
makers throat, how should I attemp
to extricate it"
To-day I am wiser. II there were q
brisk Are at hand, I should instantly
proceed TO make q stiff little dumping
OF -four and water, bake it till 1t was
quite hard, and then give the untor.
tunate victim a piece about the size Of
q small walnut 70 swallow.
The chances are that the point oi
the pin would adhere to this, and loose
It's tension of the flesh. Another thing
to do in the event OF swallowing o pin
or tack is to mako . stiff poultice and
70 swallow quite q quantity. The Gen
tlewoman.
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"Sou may say what you pleas
stSout the merits Of the various fashion
sblo inietlinmgs," remarked MADAME
n, H. Fowler, a high.class modisto, o.
Brooklyn, New York, ''but my con
yicnon, created by experience is, thai
no other material has the enduring
outstanding qualifications OF fibre
taamois for in my tests this summer,
40 other intcrlining has so effectively
held is own when subjected 10 the va
toas conditions OF journoying and so
foaIneyiag by the sea shore and on the
mountains.
Many 81 my customers who had me
sss other sleeve intcrlining In the
gnfSne, have cent back such bodlces,
with the request that i remove tho
silted or crushed lining. or the HAIR
piercing basile. aud refresh the sleeve
s4tA Fibre ehamois, for fibre chamois
cannot crush, or break, or wilt, for II
b moi loaded with gum or starch, the
desirable outstanding quality OF the
shanaois heiae created by abres which
IRE alsstie or plishle. and no pressure
pa ornsa them ner can dampnoss
ttfect thea
The real FIBRE chsmois, which bears
:he name imprint, for there are imi-
aioas, comes in black, ecru, brown
and slate color, in three weights, each
snG al al SIS cts a yard, and IL the
manufacturers would only create q
pure white fibre channels, l should be
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indiana FEAR Modern hlne'
indians sohetimes face hsnI W.,
arms with great courage, but they nSn,
thy Of the attentions Of any WsA ~
that sends q large prejectile'" sAlu ~
r. A. Blake, Who has had wide en lTss
encs on the " estern plains. w.
rush and scream of the heavy Soor
frightens them, and they prefer NJ,
away from their range. To tna' ~ :.
unreasonable prejudice is due the ias,
that the buraIo hunters Of the cary
io's, who In following theft ous
were constantly exposed to tho 49, 49,
Of hostile Indians, were molested com
parativeiy nttle by them. Tho long
heavy rife, with telescope hsno
the knowledge Of the deaoiy 49,,
" Of the buffalo hunters AIM Amos
Invariably served to make the req mar
keep his distance and set hin temp.
rarily free from the notion Oh ''o
' hunting,
zone buffalo hunter, By the name y.
Murdoch, that I knew, was creepins
upon q herd on the Staked pam "n
he spied a band of Comanehes rioins
toward him. He Instantly leveieu his
gun upon them as q warning that tney
should not approach too near' one as
ing his warriors, the CHIEF OF inc !.
pointed with his hand to q bunalo ~
the distant herd. then mentioned IN .ne
Indian sign language that the nun u,
should shoot It Murdoch nreo 10 M,
chief indicated and the buffalo Tell In'
Indians gave a loud How Of approve.
waved their hands, turned their pon
and swept on past the hunter ieavins
him to pursue his shooting Of the bur
falo unmolested." New York sun'
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Many Use. for Mushrooms.

Not only human beings, but cows,
sheep, squirrels, and many kinds Of
birds, are fond of mushrooms. In
many places mushrooms are dried Just
az our grandmothers once dried apples.
strung on strings, and hung from the
ceiling for winter use. Some European
species are usedtn coloring. One yields
a yellow dye. another an exquisite
green which colors the tree on which It
grows; and from this wood Ii manu-.
featured the celebrated Tunbridgs
ware. The poor people Of Franconia,
Germany. dry, press, and stitch to-
gether a certain kind Of mushrooms,
which is then made into garments; and
In Bohemia a large round toadstool 10
dried and the inside removed; 1t Is turn.
ed bottom upward, fastened to the
wall, and used to hold a beautiful tran.
ing vine, which grows iuxuriantly.-st
Nicholas.
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Curlous anatomy Of the snshe.

Ths anatomy Of tho snake is pc
culiar, and has much to do with Ito
peculiar motion. The ribs are loosely
nrticulated with the vertebre, and are
movable. By bending the body in
lateral curves, which is the only mode
Of motion, and not the vertical bend
ing, ~ many think, the scales, which
are attached TO the ends Of the ribs.
are separated, and. by their free
edges, take hold upon the. ground.
when the body is Strengthened out,
the ends Of the ribs approach each
other, and 80 force the body forward,
then, by the bending Of the other side.
this movement is repeated, and so the
snake glides along. The same move
ment Of the ribs and scales forces the
animal through the water, as IL swims
with the head above the surface, and
with it's body slightly Submerged
New York Times.
The Penn's Grove record., 1895-08-02
ROCKY MOUNTAIN eIo-HoRN.
II You XIII Ono Of These You Mag
Call Yourself q sportsman.

II You XIII Ono of These You MAJ
Call Yourself q Sportsman.
At last we havo reached that gallant
fellow, the mountain sheep or big-horn.
A true cliff-dwelier Is he. Born under
the shelving rocks Of q beetllng Cliff,
sometimes actually Graded In the snow,
and reared in the stormy atmosphere
Of high attitudes, he Is q typical noun.
taineer. Wherever you and him ct
home, depend upon 1t that you will
also find the finest scenery of the dis
trict.
This animal also loves o birds-eys
view Of a mountain landscape as well
as does a member of the Geological
Survey. A steep descent, with a mar
row, level valley and q thread-like
river spread like a relief-map three
thousand feet before him Is his delight,
In former times he was venturesome,
and often wandered miles away from
bis mountain home to explore tempting
tracts of bad lands; and, being unms-
Tested, he sometimes took up q perma.
nent residence In such places. But the
venturesome Inhabitants Of low, iso-
lated mountains and shelterless bad
lands have paid with their lives for
their pioneering, and now a mountain
sheep is rarely found elsewhere than
amid mountains worthy of the name.
XIII one hne old mountain ram by
-FOUR own efforts In climbing and stalk.
Ing, and We will call you a sportsman,
with q capital S~-provided you a his
head for mounting, and his flesh for the
platter. But no ewes, mind you'll Ewes
and lambs count against you, rather
than to your credit. Can I ever forget
how / ono Travelled all the way from
Washington to Wyoming, killed just
one superb mountain ram amidst grand
scenery, preserved him, carried his
"saddle"to Washington. and called my
pleasure trip a complete SUGGEST Hard.
ly. Even the recollection of 1t Is worth
four times the money 1t cost
That particular mountain sheep stood
four feet three inches In height at the
shoulders. He was four feet ten inches
In length Of head and body, and his
girth was three feet eight inches. He
leaped of a low ridge Of bare rock. fell
dead on q foot of snow in the head of
q rock-walled gulch, and oh. boyE! how
fine he was! Up In the mountain park
he had been paving through the snow
to get at the spears of dry grass that
were there obtainable; and in spite Of
the difficulty Of the process, and tho
pitful scantiness Of the grazing, l was
astonished beyond measure at finding
that his stomach contained fully half
a bushel of that same grass. He was
not only in good flesh, but positively
fat; and from the fact that to save u
lives Fleming, the packer, and I. both
muscular men, could not lift him upon
q mule to carry him to our camp, and
for other reasons, I am certain that he
weighed at least three hundred pounds.
st Nicholas,
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NE VIII no, Brown Himself.
(Fron. As Troy, N. +, Times.)

NRfVHs tHs 1FOyi NJ ~ A""i
r. W. Edwards, Of L~anstnghurgh, was pros
rated by sunstroke during the war and II
has entailed on him peculiar and serious
consequences. At the present writing Mr.. 2,
ID a prominent officer Of Post Lyon, @. A. r.,
Cohoes, and a past aid de camp on the stan
OF the comr1ander-in-chief Of Albany Co. In
the interview with a reporter be said:
II was wounded and sent to the hospital
ht Winchester. They sent me, together with
others, to Washington--a 1de Of about 100
miles. Having no room in the box cars We
were placed face up on the bottom OF nat
tara The sun beat down upon our unpro-
tected heads. When I reached Washington
! was insensibie and was unconscious for ten
Gays while In the hospital An abscess gath
cred In my car and broke, It hiss been gath
ertng and breaking ever since. The result
q this 100 mile ride and sunstreke was heart
disease, nervous prostration, insomnia and
rheumatism, . completely shattered system
which gave me no rest night or day. As q
last resort ! look some Pink Pills and they
helped me to q wonderful degree. My rheu-
matfsm Is gene, my heart failure, dyspepsia
constipation are about gone, and the alb.
secs In my ear has stopped discharging and
my head feels as clear as q bell, when before
It felt as though 1t would burst, and my once
rhsttsred nervous system is now nearly
Bound. Look ut those fingers, MI. Edwards
faid, dc they look as II there was any rheu-
matfsm therel" He moved his fingers rapid.
~ and freely and strobe about the room like
young boy. "a year ago those fingers were
Knarled at the joint and 50 stiff that / could
not hold q pen. My knees would swell up
and ! could not stralghten my legs out. My
joints would squeak when I moved them
That 10 the living truth,
when ! came to think that I was going
10 BE- crippled with rheumatism, together
with the rest Of my ailments, 1 tell you life
dependency. ] canrot begin to tell you,"
said M. Edwards, as he drew a long breath,
"whst my Keeling Is at present. l think II
you lifted ten years right of my life and left
me prime and vigorous at forty-seven, I
could feel no better. I was q N old man and
could only drag myself painfully about tho
house. Now / can walk OF without any
trouble. That in ITSELF" continued Mr..
Edwards, "would be sufficient to give me
AUS for rejoictng, but when you come to
consider that / am no longer what you
might call nervous, and that my heart is APP
parently neatly healthy, and that I can sleep
nights, you may realize why ] may appear to
speak In e~xtravsgant praise of Pink PTls.
These pills quiet my nerves, take that awful
depression from my head and at the same
time enrich my blood. There seemed to be
no circulation in my lower limbs a year ago,
my legs being cold and clammy at times.
Now the circulation there is as full and as
brisk as at any other part Of my body. l
used to be SO light-headed and dizzy from
my nervous disorder that l frequently fell
while crossing the floor Of my house. Spring
ID coming and ! never felt better in my life.
and ! am looking forward to a busy season
" work"
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Some Queer 1ansSlss.

Such lines - these the Oiness
mother chants over her infant:
Snail, snail, come out and be fed,
PUT out your hornh and then your head.
tAndthy manms viii give thes mutton,
For thou AIT doubiy dear TO me.
The Arab tsvny treasure seems "a
be easiest sent into dreamland with the
following bucolio verse:
Bleop, my baby, sleep,
sleep . slumbeT halsL
6weetly rest till morning LIGHT,
Myhttie farmer boy, 90 bright
And the little Zulu goes To-:
Hush tnee, my baby,
Thy mothers o'ar the mountains
Thsre abe win dig the little garden pstoh.
And water shell fstdh from the river.
Tho ~ncient Romans had o number
4 lullabies. One began:
Lslls, laila, lallA
Ant dormi, ant lactaI
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elunosR oF a saIoeosooN

A Mispisesd Kiss Ecpt Hirn RuAy 10
q bay Mas;iug Excuses.
There Is q young Kansas bridegroom
who IL explaining. From a casual IN
v~estigatiou Of the circumstances 1t m1si
| he conceded that explanations arc IN
border. Those arc the fnctsl ona dAJ
last week there arrived at the ooates
house a pair Of young people. 1t diS
not take q Sherlock Holmes 70 see that
they were recently married. THIS SIM
flowers IN their hats betrayed the nams
of the State from which they had Just
emigrated. The newly married couple
were shown to g nice nHrlor on the third
floor. not the best in the house, nor TIT
worst either. The young husband
seemed to have plenty Of money, eu
he did not "hlow It IN" proniscuo1sy.
though he conhded IN the clerk his in
tention of celebrating the nrspicsous
event In o properly elaborate nAnneE.
After some persuasion the young fel
low Induced hts wife 70 leave him LONG
enough to enable him 70 superfntend
the removal Of their trunks TO thef
room. With many waves Of her hand
kerchiaf the biushing md happy bride
uscended To her ronm and there await
ed eagerly for her better hGf 10 put u
IN appearance,
A maid was cent to the room d
"brush up the room" and the younf
bride had q nice little chat with he
while the touches were being put on
But presently { manly step was hear
iust outside the door.
snThnre he is" exclaimed the bride
r%Apturously,
~ guess III get ont Of hereT' cried thu
maid. c0yiy.
And she got
She got just Is far as the door. A
graat beur Of 4 man, whose eyes wers
blinded by the light he had just left
caught her in his arms as she opened
the door, and & pair Of Kansas lipi
came down upon her mouth In a hearty
smnck, while the girl struggled In hit
arms, IND the mar exclaimed soothing
": "Did ! scare you. lover
All this took but q minute. Then .
third voice sDote the air:
"Ain't you ashamed Of yourself, JOIN
PetersY"
That was al II said.
But the young husband had found hA
eyes now and the maid had escaped,
leaving the impulsive young Kansar
to console q weeping bride as best he
could. he tried to explain. And he ID
probably trying to explain yet-Kap
sas City journal.