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The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-02-20
Electric Suspension Railroad.

Among the technical novelties intro
duced in Germany. the new electric
suspension railroad between Leipsic
and Halle deserves mention. The sys-
TEN is a recent invention of Eugene
Langen Of Cologne, and it's distinctive
feature is the suspension of the cars.
The only place where the new system
has so far been tested for a short time
is on the special line between Cologne
and Deutz, a suburb, but there 1t has
been found eminently successful. By
the new system the running time be-
tween Leipsic and Halle. twenty-five
miles, is to be reduced from thirty-five
minutes, as at present. to fifteen or
twenty minutes. The Berlin munich
pal authorities are very anxious to see
this new line in operation, as in the
event of all the promises made being
carried out, it is the intention to build
several electric suspension roads for
intramural traffic at Berlin.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-02-20

ing may remember the Juliet Of Miss
Helen Faucit lady Martini. who has
given such a charming account of her
first performance of the part at the old
Richmond theater. She was a mere
child and it was her first appearance.
"W hen the time came to drink the po-
ton, there was none, for the phial had
been crushed in my hand, the frag-
ments of glass were eating their way
into the tender palm, and the blood
was trickling down in a little stream
over my pretty dress. This had been
for some time apparent to the audi
ence, but the Juliet knew nothing of 1t,
and felt nothing, until the red stream
arrested her attention. = This
never occurred again. because they
ever afterward played with a wooden
phial. But, oh. my dress! l was in
ccnsola ble."-The Sketch.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-02-20
Stealing stamps.

I nee talked with Il man who had
served a term in prison for embezzle-
ment: he said that the first step in
his downward fall was the stamp
drawer. The clerks in that store. as
in many, if not in most stores, helped
themselves to stamps from the drawer
for their private letters. using the
firms stationery. also. What more
natural than they should take a few
more natural than that they should
take a few more stamps if they were
ordering a tritle by mail? Having
made this start, and seeing no trouble
therefrom, how easy 1t was to take a
larger amount when a more expensive
article was wanted! The step from
the dollars worth of stamps to the
dollar itself was not a very long one,
and then to larger amounts. followed,
at length, by discovery and prison.
Hardware.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-02-20

Of the performances OF Romeo and
Juliet" in Shakespeare's ownsday, no
tradition is preserved. The first Juliet
of whom we have any r~ecord-the first
I, Juliet, as opposed to boy JUL
ct, who ever trod the boards-was Mrs.
(that is, Miss) Saunderson, afterward
known as Mrs. Betterton. OF her per
forlnance-at Lincoln's Inn Fields. in
1662-nothing is recorded. though Do
ran does not fail to romance about 1t.
The Romeo was Harris, Betterton's
only rival among the younger actors;
Betterton himself played Mercutio.
The Hon. James Howard, Dryden's
brother-in-law, provided the play with
a n~ever-ending Romeo and Juliet re-
naming alive at the close, $50 that.
when the tragedy was revived again.
says Downs, ."twas played alternately,
tragically n day and tragi-comical
another, for several days together"
OIL, 10 iLols eQl 5AoM GuMlO OS9I III
nleo and Juliet" into his Caius Marius,
about half Of which was lifted bodily
from Shakespeare; and this history"
seems to have superseded Shake
spearcfs plays on the stage for more
than half a century. Thus, neither
Mrs. Barry. Mrs. B~racegirdle nor Mrs.
Oldtield eve appeared as Juliet, and
we have to leap from Mrs. Betterton
to Mrs. Jane Cibber, Colley's grand
daughter, who played the part at the
Haymarket in 1744, to the Romeo of
her father, Theophilus Cibber. Thus
resuscitated the great love tragedy of
the world was never again suffered to
lapse into disuse, and every generation
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-02-20

tory. Mrs. Jordan, too, played Juliet
ono or twice, but did not shine in 1t
any more than Mrs. Siddons. One of
the best Juliets at the close of the last
century was Mrs. Stephen Kemble.
whom a critic in Blackwood describes
as delicious" He adds that, though
she "a not as lovely as Miss O'Neill,
"her eyes had far more of hat uncou-
%sciously alluring expression of inno-
and voluptuousness." 1t was on
Oct. 6. 1914, that Eliza O'Neill made
her first appearance in London, at
Convent Garden, In the part of Juliet.
Through my whole experience"
Macready declares, "hers was the only
representation of Juliet l have ever
seen. She Is alone the Arabian bird.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-02-20
A QUEER DUTCH ISLAND.
Where the Men Wear Boomers al
Many Are Millionnires.

Where the Men Wear Bloomers and
Many Are M~illionnires.
At Monnikendam, a struggling old
village, 1 took a queer-shaped sail boat
called a "botta" for Marker island,
writes Will II. Davidson in the Fulton
Democrat. The island Is a low piece
Of ground, probably a mile In circum-
ference, inhabited almost exclusively
by fishermen, whose costumes stamp
them as the most unique people in
Holland. The men wear boomers and
the women short dresses coming a lit
tie below the knees, with bright bod
ices and highly ornamented headgear,
from which a long curl hangs down
over each ear. The children are all
picturesquely dressed in like fashion.
1t is said there is not a man, woman
or twelve-year-old child on the island
who cannot read and write, and many
of the residents are m~illionaires. Their
homes are built of wood and are low
and humble. but the interiors show a
neatness and cheerfulness bordering on
refinement.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-02-20

for the past century has had not only
its Juliets, but it's bevy of Juliets.
The first actress whose rendering of
the part we find described In any de-
tail Is Mrs. Cibber, who played it at
Drury Lane in 1854, to the Romeo of
Barry. When she and Barry, two
years later seeded to Covent Gar
den. they opened in these, their most
popular characters; while Garrick, at
Drury Lane, produced the same play
on the same evening, himself playing
Romeo to the Juliet of George Anne
Bellamy. Except in n or two indi-
vidual passages, Garrick was probably
inferior to Barry, and there is little
doubt that the Drury Lane Juliet was,
throughout, inferior to Mrs. Cibber.
Mrs. Bellamy, according to Francis
Gentleman, "excelled in amorous rap
ture," while Mrs. Cibber "called every
power of distress and despair to her
aid" eff we ask" says Hill, in the
Actor Q755), "why Mrs. Cibber is more
herself in Juliet than in any other
character, it Is because Mrs. Cibber
has a heart more formed for love than
for any other passion; and IL we ap-
prove Miss Bellamy in her declara-
tons of love In the same character
more than in any other 1t Is because
she has a heart also more susceptible
of tenderness than of any other pas
sion" The same critic declares that
he who has seen Mrs. Cibber in the po-
ton scene has seen all that is posi-
bic to be conveyed this way Of terror"
1t appears that "the disproportion In
stature between Barry and Mrs. Glib
ber' verged upon the ludicrous, but
that the genius of the actors carried it
off. Between Garrick and Miss Bella
my the ~disproportion was, probably,
all the other way. Mrs. Cibber, falling
into ill-health, Barry, in 1853, found
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-02-20
AptIy Quoted.

"No." said the linguist, 1--WE have no
equivalent in the English language for
au revoir. This phrase expresses the
hope of meeting You again. Our good
bye does not. In my opinion, the
French is the better phrase. which
leaves it to be inferred that there is Il
prospect of meeting you again"
"In other words" said a student,
"I1l see you later!..,
The class Uttered and the linguisi
did his best to frown, but failed.-Bos-
ton Courier.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-02-20

Japan appears to have withdrawn
her claims upon Corea and Manchuria
in favor Of Russia, thereby surrender
ing a portion Of what the world rec
ognizes as the legitimate fruits of her
victory over the Chinese. Your little
Jap has proved himself a little hero,
but he can hardly be blamed for pre-
ferring a velvet-pawed caress of APP
prevail from the bear 10 the menacing
growl and destructive hug of that
powerful animal. But what a team
Jap and the Muscovite would make in
Eastern politics!
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-02-20
Miss O'NeiII.

another Juliet in a new actress, Miss
Nossiter. scarcely older than the Juliet
of Sha kespeare. "She was possessed,
saws Tate Wilkinson. "Of a handsome
fortune and a genteel education. and
(what was, perhaps, of more import
ance) "strong sensibility and feeling
Moreover, cit added to the perform
ance that Romeo and Juliet We're real
" in love, and well known to be So
This lady was successful in Juliet. but
did not fulfill the promise she thus
gave. The same may be said of Miss
Pritchard, who played the part at Dru-
~ Lane in 1856 to the Romeo of Gar
rick. She was introduced by her moth
er, the great Lady Macbeth, who
played Lady Capulet for the occasion,
and her extraordinary beauty made n
great impression on an audience which
was resolved to applaud her mothers
daughter. Nevertheless, she presently
faded into obscurity. From this time
forward Julicts abound. The part
became. as it remains, a fayor1te n
with d~ebutantes. c'You must help me,
says Lady Muricl, in a pantomimc re-
hearsal. I've had so little experience.
I've never played anything but JUL
cts "A young gentlewoman," after
wards Mrs. Mattocks, makes her debut
at Convent Garden In 1I61. AT the
same theater, Mrs. Jackson, in 1II6,
plays it to the Romeo of Ward. On
her benefit night. May H., 1879, Mrs.
Siddons acted Juliet for the first time
in London to the Romeo of her brotn-
or, John Phillip Kemble. She was at
this time thirty-four (Mrs. Cibber, by
the way, first played the part at the
same age, and her PHYSICAL proper
tons were not In her favor. But,
says her biographer, Boaden, "the ar
of the great actress made a powerful
struggle against her natural strength
so that, at times, the ascendancy OF
the mother and the nurse did not seen
preposterous and incredible" The
part never held a place in her roper
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-02-20

Figures furnished a few days ago by
the agricultural department seem to
place the cor yield at about 2,156,-
100000 bushels. This computation is
not so favorable as was the estimate
based on the figures given by the de-
partment in October, but it is proba-
bly, nearer to absolute accuracy. The
crop has been reduced several times
in the figuring, but ven yet it is the
largest ever gathered.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-02-20
Material Spirits.

Medium (who Is giving q private Sc,
ance. in sepulchral tones)-The spirits
are about us-(sharp tat-tat heard in
direction of door; SILVER runs through
audience and
The new iservant-Please, mn'am,
am l to cook all those ges for
supper?-Pall Mall Budget.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-02-20

More credit might be given to the
Havana statement that the Cuban IN
eurgents have betrayed their cause for
money IL It were not certain that the
cash would be Immediately reclaimed
by the Spanish officials for war and
other taxes.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-02-20

ent domestic cat. The long tail Of the
house cat may be accounted for by as
Stunning that generations Of boys, in
pulling the tails Of cats, have produced
the elongated caudal appendage.
The Southern California wild cat is,
properly speaking, a lynx, being a va
riety of these animals and known to
science as lynx RUPEES, variety macula-
tus. 1t has a wide range over Califor-
mia and New Mexico. Arizona and the
North and South.-Chicago Tribune.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-02-20

When the honesty of a French official
f. questioned he does not ask a sus-
pension Of public opinion or an appli-
cation Of whitewash, but challenges
his accuser to fight a duel. Duels in
France are harmless and the success
sion Of official scandals endless.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-02-20

Edison looks for a gold mining boom
that new methods secure a profit in
mines that have been closed because
they were too expensive to work. The
Kaffir excitement has served to call at
tention to the far greater gold re-
sources of the United States.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-02-20

A new advertising wagon introduced
in New York is fitted up with two cyl
inders which keep revolving, giving a
momentary view of various business
announcements. There are people who
would rather spend $40 to catch the
eye Of two or three thousand people
with a contraption Of this kind than
invest 80 cents to reach a hundred
thousand readers in a good newspaper.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-02-20
A BOY Electrician.

At Chesaning, Mich, Carl Chapel,
aged seventeen, has been attracting
attention of late by carrying an incan-
descent light that he can turn on at
any moment from a light battery In
his coat pocket. He has also invented
an electric door bell, electric chair, and
made a telephone of his own
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-02-20

French geographers place the pres
emit g railway mileage Of Europe
at 1920 miles, or $4,000 miles less
than are operated in the United states.
When it to electric railway
mileage Europe is nowhere In COM
harrison with this country.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-02-20

The recent mutiny on a Spanish ship
carrying volunteers to fight the Gu
bans was caused by the fact that ITO
convicts were on board charged with
the same mission. Probably the Gu
hans would as soon deal with %convicts
as with the plundering officials who
are making use Of them.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-02-20

H%ortensius, the Roman orator. could
repeat, word for word, a book he had
just read. On one occasion he made a
wager with one Sienna, and to win it,
went to an auction, remained all day,
and in the evening gave a list OF all
the articles sold, the prices paid for
them and the names Of the purchasers.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-02-20
Fanny Kemble.

count of her first appearance Cree
ords of a Girlhood," vol. p Is delight
full reading. She was successful in
arousing the keenest interest, if not in
entirely satisfying the critics. Leigh
Hunt was especially sever OH her.
She played the part, he said, in 1.-The
regular conventional tragic style, both
in voice and manner, maintaining it.
with little variation, the whole even
ing" Talfourd, III the other hand,
was enthusiastic. Miss Kemble," he
wrote. gives the part a depth of trng-
ic tone which none of her predecessors
whom we have seen eyer rave to 1t.
Miss O'Neill. 10th as we are to forget
her destinations, used to tighten the
earlier scenes with some girlish graces
that were accused of being infantine.
Be this as it may. there were certainly
a hundred prettinesses enacted by
hundreds of noyices in the character,
which Miss Kemble at once repudiat-
ed with the wise audacity of genius. "
II y AS the tragedy d~eepened, her
powers are developed in unison with
the strengthening decision of purpose
which the poet rave to the character"
Two wears earlier a Juliet. whose car
Ger in England was obscure enough.
had taken Paris by storm. revealed
to Alexander Dumas the full POSSIBLE
tiles Of the romantic drama. and in
spired Hector Berlioz with the passion
of his life" This was Harriet Smith
son. "a young lady with a figure and a
face of Hihernian beauty" says Fan
/ ny Kemble, whose superhuous native
accent was no drawback to her merits
in the esteem of her French audience.
Charles Kemble was her Romeo.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-02-20

Among the accepted Juliets of the mid
die years of the century was Miss
Vanderhoff, daughter of the respect
able" tragedian of that name. An en-
thusiastic critic, in Tails Portrait
Gallery, extols her for that gorgeous
and dreamy oblivion which ~surrenders
all to her sublime and passionate
love" About this time, too, Miss Su-
san Cushman played Juliet with some
success to the Romeo of her sister,
Charlotte. Many p~lay-goers now lv-
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-02-20

vidocq, the great French detective.
had so excellent a memory for names
and faces that, after having seen a
criminal once and learned his name,
he never forgot him, but would often
identify him under the most subtle
DISCUSSES.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-02-20

II great deposits of gold are found in
Colorado, British statesmen will weep
to think that no claim can be fixed up
by which the boundary OF British
America can be curved down to take
in the auriferous treasure.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-02-20

The friends OF the working women
will be glad to know that the day
nursery is established in a suitable
and convenient home Of its own. None
Of our philanthropic institutions Is
more deserving than this, from n
point Of view, for 1t enables people to
help themselves.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-02-20

Three times as many American
horses have been sold in England this
year as were called for in 1894, and
their average price at the ports Of
shipment has been $155. They are
used chiefly for draught in London.
There is a future for horses that are
fine animals and suited to commercial
and military uses.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-02-20

England will use negro troops from
the Gold Coast settlements, Differed
by white men, to subdue the negroes
of Ashantee. This ingenious method
Of making savages exterminate each
other is expected to put through the
ultimatum in good shape.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-02-20

Edward Everett Hale, who is as In
.teresting, If not as eloquent, in his
sermons rs Col. Ingersoll Is in his lee
lures, says "We have made greater
progress in the Interpretation of re-
Hgion in the last fifty years than in
any 1000 before" Among the many
answers to Ingersoll this appears to be
the briefest and best.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-02-20

The steamship st. Louis has not
been quite as fast in calm seas as the
crack Campania, but she proved on
her last trip that she is the swifter
ship In stormy weather. When she
gets her full speed the American flyer
will live UP to her name in handsome
style.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-02-20

Washington. His
church IL the First
8 b y t a n
church Of that city,
and while in form
or years q very
prominent institu-
ton, 1t latterly had
been favored with
but small audi
e n Q . 8, composed
principally Of men
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-02-20
For Coats and Jackets,

Though relegated to second place
by many, there are others who prefer
coats and jackets for fur garments.
These are now limited to Persian
lamb and sealskin. They have i'm
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-02-20
Talmage in Washington.

htiM Interested in New York Affairs
Seven Hundred Thsusand Dollars for
Charitiss-what He Thinks of Csrtais
books.
Everybody knows that the illustrious
divine, who made the Brooklyn Taber-
nacle famous throughout the world, has
recently been called to a pastorate in
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-02-20
OLD-TIME JULIETS.
EARLIER ACTRESSES IN SHAKE
SPEARE'S IMMORTAL TRAGEDY.

Mrs. Betterton the First Juliet-COl-
~ OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
stddOns, Fanny Kemble and Many
Others.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1896-11-16
OUR CARD BASKET.

Communications for this column should
be written on one side OF the paper only Add
f. addressed "Our Gard Basket" REPUBLICAN
Onice.l
Mr.. and Mrs A. u. Taylor of St,Georges
have beon visiting here.
Walter w. Pepper and r. ]. Davidson
have returned to Georgetown.
K. M. Shilling has resigned from the
Evening Journal to take charge OF adyer-
Using work on the Sunday Star
William NJ. Ross has returned to Soa-
ford.
Miss Martha Darby has returned to Sea-
ford.
Mrs. John Roach of Lewes Is visiting
here.
w. d. Adams has returned to George
town.
G. r. NJ. stongle has returned to Port
Deposit.
Miss Mary Layman has been visiting in
Middletown.
Frank A. Gardner has gone to Califor-
mia for his health.
Miss Mary Pennington of Seaford las
boon visiting here.
Mrs. A. N. Sutton has returned to st.
Georges.
Miss Dora Evans has returned to Earl
vile, Md.
Miss Helen Sparks has returned from
New York.
William Pryor has returned from Chcsa-
prake City.
l.. J. Fonlk left to-day for cunning
trip down the State.
q Cards have been issued for the wedding
of Il. Bayard lleisel. the well known
young attorney of this county, and Miss
Frances Clark of Delaware City on
Thanksgiving evening.
For the past week S H. Baynard f.. A.
Finley, Frank A. Mitchell of this city and
Howard Schroeder of Philadelphia have
been at BettertoD, Nd, where they have
slaughtered ducks by the Wholesale 1t Is
not known how many ducks the quartet
purchased. 1t was stated positively by a
gentleman that was at Betterton that IS
dead ducks werc purchased and piled in a
heap and then each one of our sportsmen
fired at the heap SO that they could can
didly say they shot every duck they
brought home.
Epworth NJ. II. Church choir, augment
cd to fifty voices, will give two grand con-
ccrts on Wednesday and Thursday even
ings, December 9th and 10th. The choir
will be carefully trained for the occasion,
ana the Chorusef to be sung Will be well
rendered. First class local talent, includ-
ing vocal and instrumental soloists of
reputation will assist the big choir.
Officer Scott left on his wheel early this
morning for the cunning plains of Sussex.
He did not take any dog along as he will
depend upon his bicycle If he fails to kill
the rabbit with his gun. Then again rab-
bits can DO purchased for less money in
Sussex county than in New Castle county.
Officer RhrinhOlz let this morning in
milk wagon for Newark whore he will
spend II couple of day IS cunning. He had
three rabbit dogs with him and will use u
single barrel gun because Louie said that
he could not SEQ the rabbit and watch both
barrels of his gun.
Sergeant Evans and patrol driver Daniel
Collins are cunning for rabbits among
tho forests of Blackbird and around
Smyrna. Dan and Sergeant Evans usual
ly bag hundreds of rabbits and they had
several dogs and larRo quantities Of am
munition when they left this city and it
is safe to say that they will bring big
punches Of "bonnies" when they return
home.