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Hamlet and Hysteria.

Hamlet learns from Horatio and his
companions of the apparition Of his ia
theirs spirit. His prophetic soul already
presages foul play, and through the
darkness Of his suspicious now rises the
blood red sun of revenge. Up to this
point Hamlet has been a perfectly sane
and rational young man. In the meet
ing with the ghost, again, there is moth
ing abnormal in his attitude-he is over
come with awe ON beholding his fathers
spirit in arms, and is prepared to follow
him regardless Of perils. In the second
ghost scene Hamlet is overwhelmed
with grief and indignation on learning
of the infamy by which his father met
his death. To the actor this is scene of
intense and prolonged excitement, more
exhausting, because pent up, than per-
haps any other passage i'll the whole
play.
I have sometimes asked myself, with
that second consciousness of the actor,
whether thus to waste ones vital force
could have any compensating effect upon
the audience, for Hamlet's eyes are fixed
Ou tu0 Ills 1dC6 lS df0lttu
the public, and probably the actors ex-
citement is lost upon them, but never
theless conclude that it is necessary for
the actor to undergo this strain Of self
excitation in order to reach thai condi-
tion Of hysteria which overcomes Ham
let after the CHESTS departure. Here,
again, Hamlet. it seems to me, behaves
just as any highly wrought young man
would behave On hearing of the terrible
fate which had befallen a beloved IA
ther. He is all on fire to sweep to his
revenge with wings as swift as medita-
tion or the thoughts of love. But the fire
is too fierce-it perforee burns itself
out. And here the actor should make
clear to the audience that physical ex-
haustion prevents Hamlet from carrying
out the impulse of his mind-the weak
ened physical machine is, as it were,
unequal to respond to the promptings of
the mind. d.-Beerbohm Tree in Fort
nightly Review.
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r THE CLUB BULLETIN BOARD.
A Primitive Method Of Communication
That Carries Many Messages.

~
That Carries Many Messages.
Every well regulated club has prim-
itive and picturesque method of COM
munication with its members. This sur
vival of an earlier time is the bulletin
board. Here is the transient record Of
club, news, the family gossip, the list Of
delinquents and delinquencies. Every
body glances at the bulletin board in
passing, because new matter is posted
daily, and some Of it may concern every
member. It is thought indelicate to lin.
ger long at the board, for while part Of
the punishment of delinquents is pub
licity man bushes to be found scan
ming too closely the names Of those thus
pilloried. There is the familiar and per-
manent list of those in arrears for ''house
account, as the phrase is.
You may read there the story Of mems
financial straits. Everybody comes to
expect certain recurrent names, and ev-
erybody smiles at the appearance in this
list of names that would be good for
many thousands at the bottom Of
check. The habitual delinquents take
sort of comfort in being found in such
company. 1t is more serious when
name appears in the list Of those sus-
pended from club privileges for nonpay-
ment of house accounts. There was
time when club credits were so liberal
that a member Of three or four clubs
could easily live a year upon credit by
exhausting his credit at each in turn.
There used to be gossip Of hundreds of
dollars owed to clubs by single members,
men of known expectations, who could
hardly fail to pay up in time. But club
credits have been greatly curtailed Of
late years, and there are few clubs
where man may get in debt beyond
$50 for supplies.
Worse yet is the list Of those posted
for nonpayment of dues, for this implies
O possible willingness to retire from the
club in delinquency. Posting, however,
usually has a salutary effect upon such
delinquents, and the posted list Of sus-
pensions for nonpayment Of dues always
rapidly melts away. Some names are
transferred to the list Of those dropped
for nonpayment of dues. There is
worse limbo than this-the list of those
expelled. That, however, is always a
short list, as expulsions are rare, and
sometimes, indeed, they are not an
:nounced by posting.
Lists Of persons proposed for member
ship are subject to strange vicissitudes.
Most New York clubs have q committee
on membership, whose duties are edi-
torial, SO to speak. It's business is to
keep out unfit applicants for member
ship. Some names appear month after
month. and then finally cease to appear
in the list Of applicants without having
appeared in the list Of new members.
This means that the persistence Of the
admissions committee has tired out the
friends of the rejected applicant.
There is pleasant custom. a courte-
Qus convention Of n1nh life that firAar
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1896-02-26
The Turkish wav.

The late M. Carnot, president Of the
French republic, died from stroke Of
apoplexyl Nobody ever heard Of that
except the subjects Of the sultan and
this is explained as follows in La Jeune
Turquie, bimonthly periodical printed
in Paris by the Young or Liberal Turks !:
Everybody has known the criminal at
tempt which cut off the life Of M. Car
not. But as soon as the news reached
Constantinople the papers were ordered
not to mention it. Still, as the sultan
was made to understand that itwas i'm
possible to conceal fact like that of the
death of the regretted president Of the
French republic, Abdul Hamid, answer
ed. Let them say that he died from
apoplexy.' He feared that the event
might suggest to one Of his subjects the
Idea Of initiating Caserio.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1896-02-26
DIRECTORY OF LODGES.
M SONIC LODGE.

M SONIC LODGE.
Staunton Lodge No. 13, A. F. and A. NJ, meets
every second and last Friday night in eacr
month, in Masonic Temple, Main street. jag.
NJ. Lickliter,W NJ; B. A. Eskridge, Secy.
UNION ROYAL ARCH CHAPTER.
No. 2, meet third Friday in every month, in
Masonic Temple, on Main street. w. W. Nc
Quinn. High Priest A. A. Eskridge, see'y.
ODD FELLOWS LODGE;
Staunton Lodge, No. As, I. O. o. F. meets
cry Thursday night in Odd Fellows Hall, over
Wayt's drug store, on Main street. John
Fretwell Noble Grand; C. A. Grafton. Sec
KNIGHTS OF HONOR LODGE.
Staupton Lodge No. 1856, Kr-ghts of Honor
meets every first a1d third Tuesday In each
month, in Pythian Hall, Main street. W. L.
Olivier, Dictator; W. A. Burnett, Recorder.
MOUNTAIN CITY LODGE.
No. n6, I. o. G.. T.. meets every Friday night
in their lodge room over Wayt's drug store on
Main street. A. s. Woodhouse, Chief Templar
F. B. Kennedy, Sec'y.
DISTRICT LODGk.
NOs NSs L. y. d Iu0oUS every bQro0 mOQtQA
G. q. Shipplett, D. G. T.; 8. H. Bauserman
District Secretary.
ROYAL ARCANUM.
Augusta Council, No. 400, Royal Arcanum
meets every second and fourth Tuesday in the
month, at Pythian Hall, Main street. WV
Robertson, Regent; Jos. B. Woodward, Sec
rotary.
SONS OF TEMPERANCE
Charity Division, M. A., Sons of Temperance
meets every Monday night at Odd Fellows
all. W. A. Rapp. Worthy Patriarch; John
B. Coffelt Sec'y.
UNIFORMED RANK, KNIGHTS OF
PYTHIAS.
E. B. Stuart Division, No. 10, meets second
and fourth Mondays each month at Pythian
Hall. Sir Knight Captain, F. B. Berkley;s
Knight Recorder. s. H. Rosenbaum.
KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAs.
Valley Lodge, No. 1s, K. of p, meets every
Monday night at Castle Hall, on West Main
street, over DR.. Wayt's drug store. c. 7. HAM
mond, Chancellor Commander; Albes
Keeper Of Records and Seal.
KNIGHT TEMPIARs.
staunton Commandery, No. 8, Knights Tenn
plar, meets first Friday night in every month
in Masonic Temple, on Main street. W. B.
McChesney, Eminent Commander; A. A. E K.
ridge, Recorder.
Oneida TRIBE, NO. SO, 1. OIL R.M.,
Meets in their wigwam, in valz Building
every Wednesday at sth run 3Oth breath
setting of the sun. j. D. Anthony, sachep-
James W. Blackburn, chief Of records. IN
visiting brothers welcome.
AMERICAN LEGION OF HONOR.
| Valley Council No. 1856 meets on the first and
third Mondays in each month. Commander
A. s. Woodhouse; secretary, DIR. J. M. Hange
collector. Isaac G. Morton. Jr.
CATHOLIC HIBERNIAN BENEFICIAL
SOCIETY.
Meets first Sunday in every month in their
hall on the church lot. M. T.B presi.
dent; ]. ]. K1lgalen, first vice-president: ].
Murphy, second vice-president; d.. O'Connell
recording secretary.
| 'STONEWALL" BRIGADE RAND.
Band meets every Monday ana Thursdav
orchestra. every Wednesday. at p. m, in City
Hall. Mr.. ]. M. Brereton, director
J. A. Armentrout, president, and @. Harr,
Haines, secretary.
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
Monthly meetings. Fourth Tuesday in tn,
month at7:50 o'clock. Room in City Hal built
Ing neutrality-suspicious.; J. Q. Shields, sscrs
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1896-02-26
THE ISLE OF BOREDOM.

As you sail through life take pains and steer
Away from the island that lies too near,
The isle of Boredom, which all men fear.
The island sets up like shelf of rock,
But woe to the sailor who lands at the dock
And offers the people a chance to talk
For they talk all night and they talk all day.
And try as you will to get away
They pin you down and they make you stay.
They talk of the things they have done and
said,
Thy talk you awake and they talk you to bed,
Till you almost wish they would talk you dead
And the queerest thing, and one to deplore,
About the dwellers upon that shore
Not one Of them knows that he is bore.
So steer away from that island shelf
That is governed, they say, by a wicked elf,
Lest you be bore and not know it yourself.
Rochester Post-Express.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1896-02-26
Hours Tor Arrival and Closing Of Mails at Stdul-
ION POStOfiCG.

ARRIVE.
BY c. AND o. RAILROAD.
S a. m. from north south, east and west.
9.57 a. m. from west
2.4O p. m. from Richmond and intermediate
points.
705 p m. from north. east and south.
BY B. ANDO.
% a. m. from Lexington and intermediate
points.
I5O D. m. from the north.
9.09 p NJ. from the north, Harper'S Ferry and
intermediate points.
STAR ROUTES.
r a. m. from Plunkettsville, daily except Sun
day.
5 p. m. from Middlebrook. daily except Sun
day.
$50 p m. from Monterey, daily except Sunday.
1896 a m. froln Sang ersville
CLOSE.
FOR B. AND O.
$50 a. m. tor Lexington, $50 a. m, Harper's
Ferry and points north.
215 a. m. for Harrisonburg, Woodstock and
points north.
1.1O p. m. for Lexington and intermediate
| 500 p m. for Lexington and intermediate
POINTS.
FOR c. AND o.
915 a. m. and 215 p M for north east, south
800 p. m. for east, north, south and west.
2.15 p. NJ for Clifton Forge and intermediate
points.
6.15 p. m. for the west.
STAR RoUTEs-DAIIY EXCEPT SUNDAY.
$50 a. m. for Monterey.
| 600 a. m. for Middlebrook.
| LOO p. m. for Mt Meridian.
| 6.15p. m. for Plunkettsville.
| 1890 p. m. for Mt. Solon daily,
STAUNTON OFFICE
Opens a. ~, closes p. m. Money order
| and registry business opens at a. M, closes 6
D. m W. IT. McCUE. P. M.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1896-02-26

LOOK here, Hopkins, you said you
/. were going to New York on legal busi-
ness. and you went and got married.
well, isn't getting married legal
hQeinsssi' Chicago Record.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1896-02-26
"sToNEwALL" BRIGADE BAND.

Band meets every Monday ana Thursday
orchestra. every Wednesday. at 8 p. M, in City
Hall. Mr.. ]. M. Brereton, director
J. A. Armentrout, president, and G.. Harry
Haines, secretary.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1896-02-26
CHAMBER OF ooMMERos.

Monthly meetings. Fourth Tuesday In the
month at7:30 O'Clock. Room in City Hal build
Ing Isaacwits. president; J. O. Shields, secre-
taIy.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-07-07
III. F. Wichman Receives.

About the time most good people
were rejecting on the words uttered
by the various divines in the city Sun
day night, H. F. Wichman's train of
thought was broken by the arrival of
a spick and span new Goddess of Lib
erty, weighing an even eleven pounds
Mr.. Wichman's regret is that the ar
rival on the 5th of July instead of
tWenty-four hours earlier will necessi-
tate two days Of celebrating instead of
one. Last night the event was made
memorable by liberal display Of fire
works on the lawn at the Wichman
residence,
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-07-07
In Calling Your -
-: Attention to Our
-: New Departure

THAT Of
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-07-07

of judges. During her term OF training
she has been among the leaders of the
class, and has been honored with a con-
spicuous place on the commencement
day program.
Miss Burgess has one of the few con-
tralto voices at the Conservatory. 1t is
exceedingly musical in quality, full and
rich and of unusual range. Her marked
musical temperament and artistic bent
Of mind were inherited from parents
who have become widely known in the
circles of music and art on the Pacific
coast. Her father has been prominent
as an artist for a number of years,
many of his works having found their
way into some world-famous salons.
During considerable part of last
summer Miss Burgess studied under
Vonnucinni, the Italian master, in Lon
don. Before entering the Conservatory
she gave lessons in vocal culture in
her the admiration of the prominent
residents.
Miss Burgess was music teacher at
Kawaiahao Seminary in 1892 and 1898.
She made her Honolulu debut at Wray
Taylor's organ recital, Kaumakapili
Church, November %, 1892, where she
sang an air from Mignon and two
songs. She was an excellent contralto,
one of the best heard here.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-07-07
ROBIN HOOD.
Active Preparations for the Pro-
duction of the Beautiful Opera.

auction or the Beautiful Opera.
1t has been fully decided, by the per-
sons interested in amateur theatricals,
to produce the pretty little opera
Robin Hood at the new theatre the
week after II Trovatore is put on by
Mrs. Turner
Robin Hood will be staged under the
direction of Mrs. w. w. Dimond, whose
reputation as an artistic is well known
to Honolulu theatre goers. In the pro-
duction she will be ably assisted by
Kate McGrew, Faxon Bishop, J. @.
Wood, and possibly w. H. Hoogs
There will be no professionals The
chorus singers will be the same as in
II Trovatore, and they have been ex-
cellently drilled by Mrs. Turner for
the first opera.
The delay in the assignment of parts
for Robin Hood is caused by the non
arrival of the libretto, but it has not
been such as to cause any postpone
ment in the production. Costumes for
the opera have already been ordered
from Goldstern, the celebrated costu-
Iner of San Francisco. The orchestra
will be under the leadership of Oscar
Herold.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-07-07

Among the bright young women who
will graduate from the New England
Conservatory of Music in Boston, Mass.
on next Wednesday, says the Examiner
of recent date, is Miss Eta A. Burgess
OF this city. She has been rated by the
faculty of the institution as one of the
most promising of the pupils, and her
uncommonly superior vocal gifts have
merited praise from the most critical
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San Francisco Prices

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IS WELL KNOWN
IN HONOLULU.
Nettie Burgess, Formerly of ka-
waiahao Makes Record.
CONTRALTO SINGER OF NOTE.

Bright Future for the Young Lady.
Graduates With Honors-SIudent at
Consel vatory IN Italy-Sang Here
Four Years ago in Old KaumakapiH.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1896-04-02
DEMOCRATIC COUNTY CONVENTION.

A general convention OF the democratic
party OF Yakima county, is hereby called
to meet in the City OF North Yakima,
Washington, on Saturday the 18th day
OF April 1896, at 10 80 O'Clock a. M, for
the purpose Of electing thirteen delegates
and thirteen alte;nates to represent Yak
ina county in the state convention to be
held in the City of Tacoma on the 14th
day of April 1896, to elect eight delegates
to the National Convention, and to trans
act such other necessary and proper bust
ness as may be brought before said con-
vention. The county convention will be
held at Mason's opera house.
The regular primaries to elect delegates
to the county convention will be held on
Tuesday April 9TH. 1896, at 3 o'clock in
the country precincts and at 7 80 p. M,
in three wards of the City of North Yaki-
ma. Said primaries will be held at the
regular voting place in each precinct.
The basis OF representation is one dele
gate for every ten votes and one for frac-
ton thereof in excess of ten cast for Hon.
e. f. Benson for representative in 1894.
The following is the representation to
which each precinct is entitled:
North Yakima,
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1896-04-02
Fruit ms Medicine.

Fresh ripe fruits are excellent for puri
flying the blood and toning up the system
As specific remedies. oranges are aperient,
Sour oranges are highly recommended
for rheumatism.
Cranberries for erysipelas are used ex-
formally as well as internally.
Lemons for feverish thirst In sickness,
for billiousness, low fevers, rheumatism,
coughs, colds. liver complaint, etc.
Blackberries as tonic. Useful in all
forms Of diarrhoea.
Tomatoes are powerful sperient for
the liver, sovereign remedy for dyspep-
sia and Indigestion. Tomatoes are in
valuable in all conditions Of the system
in which the use OF calomel is indicated.
Figs are aperient aud wholesome. They
are said to be valuable as food for those
suffering from cancer; they are used ex-
ternally as we'll as internally.
Apples are useful in nervous dyspepsia !;
they are nutritious, medicinal and vital
izing; they aid digestion, clear the voice,
correct the acidity of the stomach, and
are valuable in rheumatism, insomnia,
and liver troubles. An apple contains as
much nutriment as a potato, 10 a pleas
snter and more wholesome form.
Grapes bring the stomach and bowels
to healthy condition.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1896-04-02
He wasn,, started Right.

Chicago Press: "You are rich and
talented"
He nodded assent.
"Yet you do nothing worthy of your
opportunities"
He sighed.
"Hsve you no ambition for a great
public csreer?"
A look of despair crept into his eyes.
81 had-once," he said brokenly, "but
that dream was shattered by fearful
revelation my father made to me whef /
left college. 1t is hopeless-hopeless."
His friend sneered. "Some petty scan
dial in the family history, l suppose" he
muttered, impatiently.
"Worse-worse than that"
Insanity in the family?"
There was note OF real alarm in his
friends voice as he asked this question.
mo, no-wealth, breeding, brains,
count for nothing against fate. l can
never have great public career. was
not born in log cabin. My parents al
wavs lived in brick house."
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1896-04-02
Pebble. Of an. new woman.

Within the past forty years woman has
demanded OF man much that he has grs.
ciously granted her, says .Mrs. Frank III.
Winston, in the April Forum. She want
ed equality with him, and it has been
given her in all things for which she is
fitted and which will not lower the high
standard OF womanhood that he desires
for her. This she accepts without relin-
gushing any OF the chivalrous attentions
which man always bestows upon her.
The New Woman tells us that ian ounce
OF justice is OF more value to woman than
a ton OF chivalry." But, when she OBJ
tains her "ounce OF justice" she appar-
emily still makes rigorous demands that
her "ton Of chivalry, be not omitted.
Woman asked to work by mans side and
on his level; and to-day she has the
chance of so doing. The fields OF knowl-
edge and opportunity have been opened
to her; and she still "desires that Of
which her grandmother did not dream,
because, like an over.indulged child, 30
long as she is denied one privilege, that
privilege che desires above all others.
She has decided that without the ballot
she can do nothing, for, in her vocabulary.
ballot is synonymous of power.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1896-04-02
Tho Anxieties Of Burrlary.

"n you want real sensation, sug-
gested an old convict. "just break into
o house and wait until you hear door
open or the stairs creaking as some one
steals down and demands, Who's therel'
perhaps accompanying the question with
the click Of revolver being cooked. If
you - keep your head then and your
knees don't give way under you, your
a hero. Funny thing it is, too, how
sometimes nothing flurries you and 9TH
er times the slightest sound knocks you
all to pieces. Once was disturbed when
at work in the dark and heard two or
three people coming down stairs into
the hall Quickly pulled curtain
around me, and as they stood peering
about them with light was looking
straight at 'em. Do you know all that
time never turned hair, and was as
calm and collected as am now. They
never saw me, for at that moment there
was scratching at the front door and
they cried out: why, it's poor little
Billie! He's been shut out, and is trying
to get in. '"-London News.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1896-04-02
Mothers

Remember that Castoria does not con-
tain Morphine, Opium, or any other
narcotic substance, in any quantity, shape
or form. 1t is entirely vegetable, pleas
ant to take, positively effective, and per-
fectly harmless. 1t is not secret remedy;
the formula is printed on the wrapper.
Your physician will recommend it. Pare
goric, Bateman's Drops, and many SO called
Soothing Syrups, are composed principal
ly OF Opium or Morphine; in any quantity
they stupefy, and in large quantities are
deadly poisons. Castoria assimulates
the food and regulates the bowels, cures
diarrhna, allays feverishness and freet-
fulness, soothes the pain in teething, re-
lieyes constipation and kills worms. 1t
brings refreshing and natural sleep to the
child, and gives rest TO The mother.
''Castoria is so well adapted to infants
and children, that / recommend it as
superior to any other known remedy"
DR.. I'll. A. ARCHER,
III s. Oxford St., Brooklyn, N. Y.
March s, 1887.
From personal knowledge and obser-
walton l can say that Castoria is an ex-
cellent medicine for children, acting as a
laxative and relieving the pent up bowels
and general system very much. Many
mothers have told me OF it's excellent eff
feet upon their children"
Dr.. G. @. OsooD.
Lowell, Mass.