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PLAYS THAT PLEASE.
Good and BAD Points of Long Runs From
the Actors Standpoint.

Good and BAD Points of Long Runs From
the Actors Standpoint.
Long runs, like most things, have
thoir good as well as their bad points.
Good, because constant repetition SO
identifies one with the character imper-
sonated that it becomes second nature to
feel and act it. Iteration may in the
end make one mechanical, but at least
it insures a certain technique, which,
when inspiration fails, rescues the work
from crudity Joseph Jefferson once
told me that in ''The Rivals" he had
always gained an effect by pulling off
the fingers of his gloves separately and
deliberately to accentuate certain words,
but that under inspiration he would
throw technique to the winds and have
the glove Off with one jerk. Who that
has ever seen his Bob can forget those
brilliant green gloves and the fun he
got out of them!
On the other hand, the evil effects of
long runs are indisputable Prominent
among them is a general mental weari-
ness which often causes one to forget
the most familiar lines and to turn
blankly to the prompter's box or to
some friendly actor for the words. This
happened to me several times, notably
in "The Winters Tale" in London,
where, after playing it 100 nights, | had
to be prompted i'll several of Hernione's
great speeches. Edwin Booth. during
the long run of "Hamlet" at his own
theater, frequently called for the lines.
An actor who was in his company told
me that Booth turned to him one night,
and with look of CONSERVATION asked
what he was to Say next. His mind for
the moment had become blank The
actor gave him the word. Booth began
the speech, faltered again, was prompt
ed q second time, but finding it impos-
sible to continue called out in a loud
voice, "Ring down the curtain. y
Many other examples might be cited
to show how weary the brain grows aft
er acting the same part six CT sevan
times weekly for 100 or 900 consecutive
nights, with only the rest Of Sunday to
distract the mind Mary Anderson g
Memoirs
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ENGLISH CAVE JEWELLERS.

Evidences of Them Found In the Region
Made Merry by Robin Hood.
The town of Nottingham is 1874 miles
north Of London. A part of the town is
on low lying ground close to the river
Trent, where floods sometimes occur,
but the rest Of the town is built On a
series of red sandstone hills. It is sit
uated Oh the southeastern fringe Of the
great Derbyshire coal field, and the
historic forest of Sherwood formerly
spread almost up to the city walls.
Now this forest has. in a great measure.
been cut down, and this has reduced the
rainfall. raised the temperature and
rendered the climate of the town drier
and more bracing than it used to be.
The mean annual rainfall is now %
inches and the temperature Al degrees.
AS sandstone is soft and easily cut it is
only natural that the early jewellers in
caves came and lived in holes dug in
the hills of Nottingham, particularly
as the forest close at hand was good
hunting ground where game could be
captured for food
Bronze and other tools employed by
these early and prehistoric inhabitants
are occasionally found, and the first
name known to have been given to the
place was Snotingaham. This in Celtic
means 1.-THE home among the rocks. +"
Afterward it became one Of the towns
of the kingdom Of Mercia, and in the
ninth and tenth centuries was ono of
the five chief northern strongholds Of
the Danes. Already what is now known
as the Castlehill was strongly forti-
fed position, and it was in his attempt
to capture this fortress that Alfred the
Great was signally defeated by the
Danes. Two hundred years later, when
William the Conqueror in his turn sub
jugated the Saxcns, he rebuilt the cas-
tie of Nottingham and placed it under
the command of his natural son, Viii
liam Peverel.
But it was here also that Saxon re-
sistance continued for many Il long
year, for it was in the great forest bard
by that Robin Hood and his Ino1ry men
dwelt These outlaws were S,!xcns who
were dissatisfied with the Norman rule
and preferred life Of brigandage to
submission. The holes dug in the rocks,
the passages made through the sand
stone mountains, enabled these bold for
esters to occasionally appear in the
town and close under the Norman bat
Elements Boston Post.
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Notice for Publication.

Land Office at Duluth. Mimi. May 49, 1895.
Notice is hereby given that the following
named settler has filed notice of his inten-
ton to make final proof in support of his
claim, and that said proof will be made be-
fore the Register and Receiver of the q. S.
Land Office at Duluth. Mimi. on July 3D. 1895.
viz, Eliza Maud Trythal nee Whiteside. who
made H. E. No. 1868 for of NV of Sec. "a,
Tp. 63 N, r. IL w. 4 p. m.
He names the following witnesses to prove
his continuous residence upon and cuftiva-
ton Of said land, viz:
Eorbs Harris. John Densmore. VIM.
stephens and Cias. Merrill. all Of Ely. Mimi.
5-27-6-f A. }. TAYLOR. Register.
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Ruins.

Ruins in some countries indicate pros
perity In others decay. In Egypt,
Greece and Italy they record the decline
and fall of great empires. In England,
Scotland and Wales they mark aboli-
ton of feudal tyranny, the establish
ment Of popular freedom, and the con-
solicitation of national strength. r. An
derSOn
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It has been noted by the oculists that
blue eyed people are seldom color blind,
the percentage of those so afflicted be-
ing greatest among persons with hazel
and black eyes.
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Metaphor.

''This," remarked Algie's new bicy-
Gle, as it inserted him in soft bank Of
clay by the roadside, ''this is what
might be called running it into the
ground. '-Oincinnati Enquirer.
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Shakespeare says we are creatures
that look before and after. The more
surprising that we do not look round
little. and see what is passing under our
very eyes. Carlyle
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Duluth South Shore
& Atlantic Railway.

FINEST SERVICE OUT OF DULUTH, NEW
BUFFET DINING CARS LATEST
MODEL.
WAGNER PALACE SLEEPING CARS FOR
CANADA BOSTON AND NEW YORK.
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They All Do It.

The wanderer had returned after many
years, and was inquiring about his old
friends.
Grown, he said, sis in the whole
sale clothing business, believe.
Wholesale clothing and bicycles, .
corrected the native. 1.-THE firm carries
side line Of bicycles, you know"
"And Jones has a grocery store, I'm
told"
Eyes. Full line Of groceries and Bull
Run bicycles He's the agent for the
Bull Run wheel"
Smith went into the manufacturing
business, didn't hep
tOh, yes. He got interested i'll sew
ing machine manufactory, and II little
later they took up bicycles and are doing
a rushing business understand they
have q capacity Of over 100 wheels
day"
And what's White doing?"
''He's the agent for famous gun
maker and is doing well. He sells all
kinds Of guns, pistols and bicycles.
s'And Johnson?"
"Oh, he's manufacturing jeweler,
and he turns out mighty good wheel
too. I"
Billings, suppose, is still in the
furniture business?"
''Yes, but / understand that he turns
out better bicycle than he does desk
or bureau
The returned traveller began to betray
some surprise.
isis Wilson still in the livery bus
iness?" he asked with some hesitation.
Certainly, but he devotes most Of
his time to the little bicycle repair shop
IN the rear of his stable y
'Ah. there goes old Bones, the sex
ton The old fellow Isl
ooh. he's agent for an automatic
pump for initiating tires !"
rs there any one who ism t in the BIZ
cycle business?" asked the returned
traveller sadly.
81 don't think Of any one just now, !"
replied the native. Chicago Post.
No Procnastinatior.
ETHEL" he whispered, will you
marry me?'
II don't know, Charles, she replied
coyly.
well, when you find out" he said,
rising, "scnd me word, will you! l
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1896-06-19
EcnNrkGhIn Memories.

":Some men are gifted with remark.
able memories" said $. Il. Bostwck,
q New York travelling man, at the
National. ''1 have n customer named
Lyons ut Marble Falls, Texas, who
has naturally the most wonderful re-
tentivo faculties in the world, l be-
lieve. Lyons is wholly uneducatcd
and has never learned to even read or
write. Originally, of course. this was
because he lacked opportunities, but
since he has been grown he has rather
prided himself upon not needing book
knowledge. He can count, SO far as
addition is concerned. always being
able to tell just how much certain fig
ures in business transaction nggre-
gate. In fnct, am told that be was
never known to make a mistake. Ho
owns Il large general store. Il stone
quarry and farm, in all, employing
about one hundred men, each OF whom
runs an account at his store. All of
his transactions be retains in his
memory, and can tell ut any time the
exact amount he owes or that il owing
to him. In buying he remembers just
what he bought and Mt what price.
Several attempts have been made to
cheat him on account of his inability
to keep books and his refusal to en-
ploy u bookkeper, as he says such IN
employe would rob him, but they have
~lwaye failea. Tncra is not . figure
or detail in the whole range OF Mir
extensive business transactiors that he
does not remember. He is very proud
of the faculty, and having become
rich, is not in favor of education, say
! ing that he would have been poor if
he lad used up his early years study
ind No once can convIuco him to tho
coitrary. Washington Star.
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4 Famous Book.

Concerning the making OF that most
popular of all cnild'S books. "Shrck-
Headed Peter its author. Dr. IIoif-
mann. of Frankfort. Germany, tells
this story: He had been searching
high and low for II suitable picture
book for his tWo-ycarold boy. but in
vain. At last he purchased n blank
cOpy-boo!i ana told his wife he was
going to make Il picturc-bOOk for the
bOy-''onc Ii" can understand. and in
which the tedious morals be Obedicnt,'
be calm 'hc induStriouS,' are brought
home in a manner which imprcsScs the
young child" He knew nothing OF
dra wing. but he set To work and pro-
luccd the grurS0mc picture of all the
naughty boys and girls which every
body knows. His child was delighted,
and when some of his circle of literary
friends saw it they urged him to have
it published before the boy spoiled II,
and publisher said he would bring il
out. We'll" said DR.. IIoffmanu, give
me eighty guldeD" (about 500. "and try
your fortune. Don't make Ii cxDens-
i've, and don't make it too strong. Chill
drcn like to- tear books as well as to
read them, and nurScry-bOoks ought
not to be h"irlooms. They ought to
last only Il time" An edition of fifteen
hundred was quickly sold. and now one
hundred and scvcnty-iivc editions have
appeared in Germany and forty in
England. and it has been translated
into Russian. Swedish. Danish. Dutch.
French. Italian and Portuguese. and
ii has penetrated India, Africa and
Australia.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1896-06-19

my little onei Don't you know that
pride is one of the deadly sins? How
ever, can't preach to you now, be-
cause want to ask you another ques.
tion. If you really have loved me all
along. why did you tell such dread.
full lie?'
"a lie! !" exclaimed Violet.
eyes, a lie; II regular big black
one! When 1 asked you if you had
loved anyone, you said yes. Now, then.
confess ut once. because I'm not going
to let You of -
He held her away from him so that
he could look into her face, and watt
cd inexorably tor her answer.
81 saw that you would not listen to
any other objection" she said, "and
1 thought that you were sacrificing
yourself. and So"
eyes, / know all that" no inter-
rupted; "but you had no business to
say what you did! Unless, of course,
there really was some one? Come,
now, tell mo-"
y flush came over her face, and rs
sho raised her eyes ho could see her
tcars shining III tho starlight; no
SiGSl'ct IeE ilhiiiS hOEt iiTHiy III Ills
now, ami looked down at her from tho
height OF his six feet.
She tried to speak, but her CULVER
ing voice would not be controlled,
and with n great wave of love surgins
up III his heart, lie drew her close to
him.
"Who was it?' he whispered.
She turned to hide her face upon BIS
shoulder, and brcathed her answer
into his ear bent down to catch it.
'Iou dear, blind boy, it was you'll"
Household Words.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1896-06-19

Keep planting successive crops every
ten days or two weeks, and have
fresh supply. A good, large family
can live well on an acre for five months
in the year. Raise your own straw
berries and raspberries and buy wild
berries enough for jam and jelly.
around, you can live like prince and
always have someth ng nice for COM
pany. A few flowers in the garden
will hep to make it attractive; and
my wife wants all the old. fashioned
herbs, like sage and mint and balm
and thyme and cslamus and camomile.
She has horse radish enough for
hotel.
Gardening is the first work of which
we have any history, and it is the most
pleasant and healthy Of all occupations.
If man is ood gardener he will be
good farmer. AZ you travel overland
through the country you can tell
good farmer by looking at his garden,
just as you can tell good wife and
daughter by looking at the flowers and
vines in the front yard. They are
sign of good taste and refinement and
Soot uouSthecpluS uuu Souteutneut.
They save doctor bills, for half the dis
eases come from diseased minds
mentel misery-borrowinG trouble and
nursing it. The cultivation of flowers
is good tonic for Indigestion. 1 have
noticed that the people who are the
most diligent in such occupations are
the least concerned about politics and
silver and gold and the next president
inl election. The farm and the homo
absorb them, and are u bigger thing
than the spoils of office. The average
politician wants something for nothing.
As Cobe says, "Hc is just sidcwiping
around hunting the orthoSraphy OF an
Office" and when he gets it the first
lesson he learns is how to log-roll.
He will vote for auybody's bill if they
will votc for his. You tickle me and
l will tickle you is the motto. and they
call it a compromise of conflicting
interests. Congress has at last voted
every member II private secretary with
81 200 salary. Merciful heavens! When
will this thing stop? Now let them
apply for receiver and sell out the
concern
But 1 am off the subject, and will
get in bad frame of mind and have n
tit of Indigestion; and so l will luit
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1896-06-19

A little while ago it was "Matabclc. +"
Now it ia "Matabiii," instead of
"Matabeles." Nobody in this par. of
the world seems to know whether it is
Osman Digna or Osman Digma. Is it
Menelek or Menalik? Until 1895
there were English mnrquises. Now
there are only marquesses. Marques
of Salisbury, for instance. Even right
here un-'".,. -..- : n Ver:cn.
W. proposed to bring about Il >""'"'
progressive financial sys'e.n, ,.,';,
..u,sr - .-.-,.iin" rhh
.: bo limited States GeoSraPhlc"'
Society decides is haoHna' AN0 '
the end Of tho world
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jSScs Of Honor for French Towns.

he French Government has jus
'errcd the Cross Of the Legion of
jor on the town OF Belfort and on
abervillers, n small place in the
.ges Mountains, ~ n recognition of
gallant resistance they offered to
Germans in 1870 and 1871.
effort surrendered only under or
, from the French Government,
peace armistIce having been con-
led. It's garrison left with the
-ors of wnr, and although part Of
ice, it was left to France on ac-
mt of the indomitable courage of
onel Denfert- -Rochereau, a Protes-
Of Rochelle, of the garrison, and
he townspeople, who allowed their
lscs to be battered to pieces with
once speaking OF capitulation.
he town of Chateaudun was "dec-
ted" with the Legion of Honor by
having signaliZcd itself by
resistance to the invader, followed
reprisals. Two or three other
ms were decorated with tho Ma.
lal Order of kniShthood by Ma
con /. in 1915 for heroic resistance
he allies In 1911. Altogether nine
ms in France have the Cross Of tho
ZION Of Honor on their coats Of
IS. london News.
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According to the New York Tribune
t,n Tcc family, of Virginia, hHS had no
.,.,on+.tive in the Federal Army ior
,aro than thirty.iour years. The s"c-
ccssion in this service Is how 10 10 80
viewed in the person of George NHso" .
Too, the ninctcen-ycar.oid son Oh
General Fitzhush Lee, the Comic ''
rote cavalry commander, This y'"ns
aspirant for military honorS VIII. x"r' en'p'
wsst Point Military Academy. 1o"n'
Zoo hos already spent two and o hn'
,c.rs at tho Virginia Military ihs.
tute, at Lexington. For moro ' om
years tho Lees have occupied ," prUA,
ncnt places in tho military h'S,ory
tine colony OF Virainia or tue oA''>
states Government.
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4 New Jersey farmer who raises vcG.
c.aOles for tho Now York market has
spcut $25, 900 in electric culture and
facilities and is said to have increased
his production from forty to sixty per
cent. There should bo no trouble in
keeping boys on the farm, maintains
the Atlanta Constitution, when the
work is confined to touching n button
and cutting coupons.
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The Secret Died with Him.

Tho XinGg Paint and Narnish Company, OF
New York, has applied to the Supreme
Court for the voluntary dissolution oi the
corportion. The company was organized to
utilize the invention. Il process Of Mr.. IingC,
In III. manufacture of paints and varnishes.
An important part OF the practical nrrlica-
.ion of the process was II secret with sir. IinSS.
He died II few months ago. and nobody knows
his secret. The others interested in tn" com
pany were unable. therefore. to carry out
the work, and so they decided 20 have the
company wound up.
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4 performance of "Hnmlet" was
given recently at NaSpur, India, in
the Mnrathi tongue. The young Prince
took tho part of tho royal Dane.
When he came to the place where he,
Hamlet, cxclaims "Look here, upon
this picture and on this!" he drew
from his pocket Il photograph OF his
lamentcd father. This is very up
todatc age.
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Leopold Strousc, of Baltimore, MI. !,
has presented to Johns Hopkins Uni
Terslty n sum OF money, ns the begin
nng of fund for tho purchase Of
rabhin;cnl books for the university Ii.
brarv. About 300 books will be pur.
chased rs tho first installmcnt, and
they will come mainly from Frank.
fort.on-thc- Main, in which thero is u
fine collection of rabbinical literature.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1896-06-19
Carlisle Justifies the Bond Issue.

Secretary OF the Treasury Carlisle has re-
piled to the enquiries ot tho subcommittee
on finance OF the United States Senate
charged with the investigation Of the sale OF
bonds Of the United States In the years 1894
,9j and '96. He traces the beginning of tho
trouttr pncK TO tne ci,. ire year President
Harrison's administration. He jus,illes- MT
the bond issues, and affirms his belief that
they preserved the credit OF the country.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1896-06-19
Cyclone Cleans Up an Alabama Town

The little town Of Wyeth City, with 800
inhabitants. situated on the Tennessee river
in Marshall county, Ala. was totally dcmoI-
ishrd by n cyclone Monday morning Eight
cen houses were wrecked. five being swept
com p!"triy away. Fifteen persons ara
wounded, six fatally.
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Spain Anxious for War.

A dispatch from Springfield o.. says:
james rcclman, an eXiled Cuban war cor
respondent, says he thinks there will bc war
with Spain. lie asserts that the American
people will he thundcrstruck when the docu
mentS i'll possession of tn" State Department
nr" made public. Spain. II" SAYS. is anxious
for war. Twenty-Five miiliOu dollars worth
"f Amcrican property has been destroyed in
Cuba. according 10 his story. and many
Americans have been killed without provo
cation.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1896-06-19

Tho Illinois State Board OF Health
took decided step forward placing
medical education in that State upon
proper footing by passing rule re-
QuIring nll colleges recognized by tho
Board to establish course OF four
years for their students.
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Minister to Spain Taylor I'll In Paris

Mr.. lIannis Taylor United States minister
to Spain, is i'll in Paris. A cabegram to tn =
effect was received in Washington Monday
1t il understood that his departure from
England was not due to any instruction
from the State department. to return to his
pOSI
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1896-06-19
German Boar Hounds

This story comes from man who
hsslately visited Austin Corbin's ia
mos place in New Hampshire, where,
IA verybody knows, the Long ISL
anmagnate preserves nll manner of
wi game:
,me years ago Mr.. Corbin import
ed few wild pigs from the forest of
Aennes and turned the "critters'
le in his preserve. They have in
csed and multiplied in the wilder.
u beyond belief. Lately it became
e,dient to import some German boar
lnds, wherewith h to hunt their tuskeI
! ubristled predecessors.
pack Of these noble dogs arrived on
. cent steamer and were despatched
ne New Hampshire estate. AS sc on
- iey became mcclimated one of the
- ,ers conceived the idea of putting
- to the test Of n hunt. He selected
,t lnple of promising brutes and es-
Ell them to that portion of the es-
IA wherein the boars most do con-
- bate. The brutes scented their
~. Try, splendid old black boar,
10 the chase began. Let the man
aw told me the story finish it:
1t worked like charm. Boar and
onds were soon lost to the Keepers
;. When at length that function
- - came upon the scene he found Mr..
,o;,r seated on his launches, with
- ling eyes and bloody jaws. He had
u one of the hounds and was wait
=, for the other one to come up to
jh tho meal. New York Herald.
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New York City has 5000 lawyers, oi
whom 500 arc clnssed rs sbystcra

President Kruger, of the Transvnal,
has been offered big pilo by some
entcrprising Yankee to come to Amer
ica and lecture on South African of
fairs,
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LOVE Is BLIND.

IATHERY palm trees,
banks of flowers, softly
hued fairy lamps, and
delicious strains of
evcr-chauSinG music,
all .hesc go to make up
cnchantment!
So, ut least, thought
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1896-06-19

s,nc people are not known ~ ,''ar '"''r
cir particular kind has never
l,rcn classified.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1896-06-19

,,;wsouhcak "po YOU Know , =" y.
' ,Mn r,rnriist?" Yeast ~, =, II
lives within gunShot 4" r. ,,,d shot.
you mus, be a friS"''"''S '
yonkcrs Statesman. IL.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1896-06-19

rhc San Francisco Chronicle mann
,o:,s .hat "hostiiity to En8l"hu 10
,or, Of American education. h'''s
Wv, w of twelve years of age impioes IL
r;,h his study of American history.
uo KIN, ;s the story Of Bunker ni''' o'
Cor,vallis, Lord Howe, bnrs0yne'
T.rletop, Andre ana Arnold ny he"' V
.,d It has had n powerful lhhuei'',
rn,, his mind. He reads the S'o'y -
1912 with patriotic glow over ~
naval victories and with the not nus
y, sbamo over its land disasters i'", ;.
~ his school career he comes 70 '0
uovo that England ia the herou''"t
fno Of HIS country, and as he grows "
and becomes y citizen he reSatnS VIZ
Power with deep dlsfavor' ne Sv.
,,ont has become hnbitnal to hlm'
..