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The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1896-04-25

table occupied the center Of the room,
and upon it was the prettiest set out
we had looked upon for many day.
There was, in the first place, a mag
nificent cold roast turkey fanked with
glasses Of celery and the like; there
were dishes of luscious fruit, several
juicy peach pies, couple of delicious
quiyering blanc-maDges. and, towering
over all, a grand center piece Of beau
tiful flowers. The fact is, we were
giving little cold spread to a few
friends of ours, whether male, female,
OF mixed it Is not necessary to tell
There was a full hour to spare be-
fore our guests would arrive, and,
everything being in readiness, we sat
down to rest while, and to sum up
how much our little affair would tax
us financially. Fumbling in my inside
pocket for an envelope to figure upon,
pulled out an unopened letter which
I had hurriedly thrust there the day
before and entirely forgotten.
''Good heavens, Dickv'. I exclaimed
as 1 read it and threw it across to
him. Here's pretty mess. Read
The epistle ran as follows:
My Dear Arthur: My sister and i
will be passing through Boston late to-
morrow afternoon, on our way home
We shall havesan hour or so to spare
in changing trains, and if nothing pre-
vents we shall drop in upon you at
your. room. Expect us then shortly
after 6. Your affectionate aunt, >% =
''Great guns, Arthur said Dick,
''why the dickens can't you read your
correspondence when you receive it?
. If you had we might have arranged
things differently. Where are your es-
teemed relatives bound?"
.r. Home to Beverly .y.
''And the train leaves ?" r.~
.> SAT 7:O5, believe" =
well, the depot is fifteen minutes
: ride from here, so we shall get rid of
them before our guests arrive, any
way" said Benson. -,
'Hang it, man, I know that, but this
spread out. That's what I'm thinking
about. You know / don't want our
little orgy to be known at home.''
'Egad! l didn't think Of that. Hold,
I have it! YOU say you got that letter
yesterday. Then, Of course, you ex-
pected them and prepared this little
dinner as a surprise, see?" asas 500 ...s
tDuL uCuFCA0 duu Cltl w LID %dDOuC
our guests? We can't ask them to sit
down to a turkey that has undergone
leg amputation, to mere fragments Of
blanc mango, and to peach pies that
have lost ninety degrees of their cir
cumference.' .s% zs>: 4
AI4ook here, old man." said Dick.
with exasperaHng coolness, you'll
spoil your collar if you're not careful.
Don't get excited. You just leave the
matter with me. Z sl5
s'But what" 3s..s #
Silence now, I've got an idea and I
want to work it out. You must ar
range to have me present during your
whole interview that's all.''
Dick went into brown study and I
6 relapsed into moody silence. fear I
almost hoped something had happened
to that train, for couldn't see, for
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1896-04-25
The ENGLISH Comic Song

The British comic song has finally
acknowledged it's condition. No long
er can it rely on mere words and be.
dull enough. This proposition may be
difficult to understand in view of some
efforts that have been heard here in
recent years; but it is true that the
brain Of the comic balladist is finally
weary. Ellaline Terriss sings a music
hall song, in "His Excellency' which
might be taken as the swan song Of
it's class. Its only articulate words are
'Umpty, umpty, aye" and 'Jim, JAM,
that's the sort of girl am" The rest
of the humor and the wit is supplied
by means Of a bladder which Miss
Terriss has on the end of a string att
tached to small wand. After She
had sung "Umpty, umpty, ave." for
eighteen or twenty times, and t'Jim,
jam, that's the sort of girl I am,'' for
as many more she simply bangs the
bladder on the stage. That finishes
the song. 1t is really a tremendous
improvement over other English COM
ic songs If the English music hall
singers had bought bladders instead OF.
hiring song-writers, no end of worry
might have been saved this suffering
country. AS mere matter of compar-a
ison, how much wittier and brighter
are the thuds Of a bladder than the
sound of such words as 'Umpty. ump-
ty, aye" The British comic song will
recover some of it's waning popularity
if the writer's of the words retire in
favor of the bladders.-New York Sun.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1896-04-25

They Both Declined and Our Pre-
j.. c1ous Bird Was Saved.
you," said my poor Aunt. Helen. al
though really she looked ready to
faint from thirst.
Not any for me, either, thank you,'
SAID her sister; Il rarely take Wine"
.Oh, do take something,''I urged,
mo! Well, sit down to something
more substantial"
benson was an excellent story teller.
and the next ten minutes he employed
IN relating a number of choice hos
pltai anecdotes and experiences calcu-
lated to Increase the effect already
produced: One yarn, I remember. was
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1896-04-25

er, the great Lady Macbeth, who
played Lady Capulet for the occasion,
and her extraord rdinary beauty made a
great impression on an audience which
was resolved to applaud her mothers
daughter. Nevertheless, she presently
faded into obseurity. From this time
forward Juliets abound. The part
became, as it remains, a fayorite one
with debutantes. (''You must help me,''
says Lady Muriel, in a pantomimc re-
hearsal. I've had so little experience.
I've never played anything but Juli-
ETY. "a young gentlewoman,' after
wards Mrs. Mattocks, makes her debut
at Convent Garden in 1761. At the
same theater, Mrs. Jackson, in 1776,
plays it to the Romeo, of Ward. On
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1896-04-25
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HOW WE SAVED OUR DINNER.
N1AMZ1zAzAZhzA q A2MzAAAA

1t was really too bad, and the more
II think it over the more ashamed
feel for my share in the unblushing
transaction. -
The way it happened was this: You
see, Dick Benson and I we're medical
students. We were, moreover, the
closest Of chums, and we lodged to-
gether in the same room. ..~
One evening at about 6 o'clock we
stood in a corner of our apartment
and surveyed with undisguised salts
faction the scene before us. A large
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1896-04-25
MooNLIGnr ON THE UNcANooNuEs.

How soft the moonlight falls upon
each crest .sfess.s@s .5
OF our loved mountains! In a limpid
OF silvered gold they lie and seem to
dream co. ~
Like tired children on their mothers
- breast. ~5 zs.-t sl.s- 3
The kingly pines uplift their emerald
crowns, '>.'.~. z|s 5a+5 i
The beech leaves rustic in the fitful
--... gale; s-s,s4.- sq,< "*xs.
The swaying branches cross each
fmoonlit dale, ~- y T.
And while I muse a fox's shrill bark
sounds f.'.. - 1t3z5.s.:s,
Within the woods and slowly dies
T.. away. F. .- >, g..
. All, this is night and such a night as
this, -
. Thrilled by the rapture Of the moons
soft kiss, &..~.z3 >r%'.<- .r.'
It almost seems as glorious as day.
Our mountains dream; the moonlights
. mellow bliss 4 r, 3. ~
Fades out and morning streaks the sky
- with gray. :. ..%j8 ]ts t~ f.,%.
Granite Monthly.
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ing" Talfourd, on the other hand,
was enthusiastic. miss Kemble, 2 he
wrote, gives the part a depth of trag-
ic tone which none of her predecessors
whom we have seen ever gave to it..
Miss O'Neill, 10th as we are to forget
her fascinations, used to tighten the
earlier scenes with some girlish graces
that were accused Of being infantine.
Be this as it may, there were certainly
hundred prettinesses enacted by
hundreds of novices in the character,
which Miss Kemble at once repudiat-
ed with the wise audacity Of genius.
AS the tragedy deepened, her
powers are developed in unison with
the strengthening decision of purpose
which the poet gave to- the charac cter.
Two years earlier a Juliet, whose car
eer 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 Hibernian beauty" says Fan
ny Kemble, whose superfuous native
accent was no 5dra Wback to her merits
in the esteem Of her French audience
Charles Kemble was her Romeo.
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 Tallis' Portrait
Gallery, extols her for that gorgeous
and dreamy oblivion which surren6ers
all to her sublime and passionate
love-" About this time, too, Miss Su-s
san Cushman played Juliet with some
success to the Romeo of her sister,,
Charlotte: Many play-goers now liY-.
ing may remember the Juliet of Miss
Helen Faucit Nady Martin), who has
given such a charming account of her
first performance of the part at the old
Richmond theater. She was mere
child and twas her first appearance.
"When the time came to drink the po-a
tion, 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 it,
and felt nothing, until the red stream
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1896-04-25

that of a fellow student who was one
day making an interesting dissection
under the arm of a dead body. He had
got his face close to the subject, study
ing with intense interest, when sud
denly the corpse's arm relaxed and
sclasped the terrified student in it's fear
full embrace
Just imagine. Dick went on merci-
slessly, ''just imagine my poor friend
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1896-04-25

Moreover, cit added to the perform
ance that Romeo and Juliet were 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-
5ry Lane in 1856 to the Romeo Of Gar
rick. She was introduced by her moth
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1896-04-25

latlon Of the story lit was really too
GOOD to Keep put everybody in the
pest OF spirits, and the merriment did
NOT not nag TIL the wee sma' hours anent
the tWa. '
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1896-04-25
Miss VanderLOf

----E--Esz
arrested her attention. This
never occurred again, because they
ever afterward played with wooden
ph1al. But, oh, my dress! I was in.
cCnso]abler'-The Sketch.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1896-04-25

Gratifying reports are. published Of the
sda STATE az OF the IRON and steel trade in Eng
The effective strength Of the l.riti.h
arr army is 222 Isl, the highest yet reached.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1896-07-03
y I.'W UNION

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~,,cress,rily urrrur from ul,riur y, the
),e,d &c II, =. affairs .y ou, town yn,iur
men full nt aniitim. energy and the
;utur, rrlto,r @, ,,r Town. Il has not
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The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1896-07-03
Tiif. MODERN FARM ER.

The modern professional farmer is
a professional man in the very best
sense Of the term. The necessity for
men Of high intelligence and broad
knowledge is no greater in ''thc pro-
frSsonS. as we now speak of them,
than in the farming industry. The
up.to.datc farmer must be, in Il shall
degree. scientific man. lie can
.uot. DRAW solely Un'H1s own cXperihGs!
for proper methods any more than
lawyer OF physician can. He must
be familiar with theory as we'll as
practice: must he well read in the best
literature of his class: must thorough,
Is know the textbooks Of his trade.
Equipped with both Il scientific and
practical understanding, the modern
progressive farmer is no ordinary,
cycry.clay person. His work is not
nlhv honorable, but one that demands
tie brightest sort Of intelligence for
! is practice. There was once II tine
Nhvil people went int" farming be
/ cause it, was so easy. All yOU had
to do was to plough and SOW and rcal:
! Nature took care Of the rest: and the
farmer was supposed to lead an cnyi.
! ah,c life. farmer : sOnS are made
i learn their father business. as
;iIc only available occupation for men
.i small imtciicyts and little or 0
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1896-07-03
MUSIC For | MON.

What is the matter with tic young
Mcn cr our town that they won t
organize Il baud. There is an
abundant supply Of musical talent
here Of high order, to start a good
band and make it a success. Now
who will make the start Some
person Of experience could make a
.rand success in this line. if he
would try and Union would once more
have one Of the best Coynet bands in
The State.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1896-07-03

work done hy Mr.. Bates was en-
;irely outside Of and apart from his
official duties: and that every crititism
Of him for it, in my Judgment, un-
reasonable and unjust. lie consulted
nc as to the proprietv of doing it
and | did not then and do not now
see why he should have refused to do
the work that in no wise coniiicted
with his official duties, and which did
not cost the State one cent. On two
occasions DR.. Bates, in the plentitude
of caution for what he supposed to be
for the best interests of the State.
refused to sign the notifications Of
the contract which the cxigcnces OF
the situation demanded, and | over
ruled him bccansc [ saw it was our
last and only chance.
The agreement to do the work for
tho syndicate was made two weeks
after the last compact was signed.
and he signed that under my persua,
sion. | was associated with him
four years on the terms of the closest
intimacy. If he is not an honest.
honorable, Conscientious and high
toned centlcman, then we have none
in South Carolina.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1896-07-03
TIE NEGRO OF NORTH .ANE
SOUTH

", ,,,y the nil,v;ur iron.
=, ~, :. \.
no'n '"' ''''''''''' ->'"H' anu W.
think 1t Is very ta'r statement :"
the existing state of circ,u>lanc,
in regard 10 our ,olnrrJ b,rtircu.
I, con.. n,,n ,.;,, ,h;,.L :. \.,th,,,
:. -
III P'P''''''''' '"' '''"'"''" " II >'''''-
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1896-07-03

Last summer one Of our grand children
was sick with Il severe bowel trouble.
Our doctors remedies had failed. then
we tried Chamberlain Ole. chrErra and
darrhoea remedy. which gave speedy
relief. We regard it ;,S tine best ncdirinc
,ver put on the market for bowel COM
plaintsl-Airs. T.. G.. Gregory, trcIcr-
ickston, Mo. This certainly is ihv lest
medicine ever put OH III" muN"i 10.
dysentery. sumlnv. complaiW,, rn!.c ahd
cholera infunt;n in children. Ii never
fails to give pvomp, rri:ci wien used IN
reasonable time and tine plain printed
pirect:onS are followed Many nu;n"rH
have expressed their Hinc"r> gI;a'j'M.'
for the cll,S il has Effected. fUr HI!ch
B. +. PoScy.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1896-07-03
L. II. TILLMAN.
COMPETITIVE. ENAMlN ALTON.

y cumvttiN" examination for the
mnrmal scholarship ct tlc south Caro-
lima College Mill hT held 10y the school
commissioners Of each county i'll which
there is Il Vacancy, on Thursday. July
80. Applicants will be examined on
English. Mathematics ad History. the
requirements IL these subjects Ring
the same as for admission to the Scicn-
title course of this college. see page -
of the catalogue of lSHH-'Mi.
Fan ,hrr attenuation. if desired. will
tx yli"vr!ully furnished lN
JAMES Woodrow.
President South Carolina College.
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Friday, July ;, 1896.
NOTICE..

All correspondents of TIE TINES
will please send in their communion.
;ions by Monday Of each week if it is
possible.
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! M ? r 0 v E M { N 7

Is our watchword and VIC keep just few PAGES
ahead OF the times in in ali the advanccmcnts. In Il
very short time expect to add still more improve
nlcnnts TO already commodious store, and we
have got do hustling around to keep out OF
the way OF the workmcn, and before this moving
begins will do clearing summer
stock such Dress Goods, Wash Goods Shirt
Waists, Laccs, Embrodcrcs and Oxford Ties at
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1896-07-03

well to follow Judge Eari's example an
save time money and labor. The discus
Sions for the past few days have simmer :
ed little but could not reach boilin"
point. Our friend Walt The Stormy
Petrol as he has been SO aplly called
must have found ii pretty walking two
miles in the hot sun. Whoup up Wal;
you will have Il long needed nS; whcn
you return 10 !om native heath. Let
the best man win in the primer; #mG
then let all the rest fall III line anG giv,
him their hearty support.
The San Francisco call., 1896-07-26
IN THE EVENING SCHOOLS
The Chamber of Commerce Wants
a Navigation Class
Established.
A Letter Addressed to the Local Board
of Education on This
Subject

The Chamber of Commerce has for
some time been advocating the establish
ing of an evening class in navigation in
connection with the public evening schools
of this City and has formulated plan by
which the scheme may be made feasible.
In order to interest the School Depart
ment in the matter Hugh Craig, president
of the chamber, addressed the following
letter to the Board of Education on Fri
day:
The Chamber of Commerce of California re-
spectfully calls your attention 10 the desira bill
ity of establishing an evening school OF navi-
cation an adjunct to the public school
system of our City. The success that has
attended the establishment of the United
States Naval School at this port indicates the
interest of young men in a sea career.
San Francisco must depend upon her posi-
ton as a great seaport for her permanent
prosperity, and her youth should be given the
opportunity to acquire the science OF naviga-
ton as an encouragement to follow the Ma
tional ensign afoat, both in the naval and
merchant marine.
We are pleased to note that the California
Naval Reserve, established through the agency
of this chamber, is now the popular branch of
the armed forces of our State-a further proof
of public interest IN maritime affairs. Conse-
quently, we respectfully urge upon your hon.
orable board the establishment of a class in
HUGH CRAIG, President.
The matter will be considered at the
next meeting of the board.
The San Francisco call., 1896-07-26
JIMMY CARROLL'S JOKE,
At the st. George Clubs Jinks
He Uses 1t With Telling
Effect.
Excellent Musical and Athletic En-.
tertainment to Aid in Build.
ing Gymnasium.

The members OF the st. George Club
gave a musical and athletic entertainment
in their rooms at 317 Mason street, last
evening, the proceeds of which will go
toward the erection of the gymnasium
planned. by the directors.
The programme was carefully arranged
to avoid monotony, wrestling and fistic
bouts and fencing being interspersed with
vocal and instrumental music. From
first to last number the large audience
was kept in thorough good humor.
The musical selections were a concert
solo by George w. Loyde; song, "Gal-
lants of England" by J. F. Fleming; song,
''Death of Napoleon by Alfred Wilkie
vocal duet by J. f. Fleming and Alfred
Wilkie.
The first athletic event was wrestling
match between Joe Acton and Otto
EicholtZ. Joe managed to win both falls
by climbing upon Eicholtz's shoulders and
sitting down. "A second wrestling-match
between w. Bartlett and e. Kreling re-
suited in each man scoring one fall.
Several lively boxing bouts were exc
cuted by ack Zelmar and George Purcell,
F. Raphael and Al Lawton and Charley
Carroll. son of the veteran Jimmy, and
Australian Arthur Walker
Captain j. Martin, late of the Olympic
Club, and L. P. Ward. gave an exhibition
of fencing. Captain Martin managed to
score few MORE points than his adversary
and ended by breaking Wards foil.
Jimmy Carroll acted as master of cere.
monies and kept his hearers delighted
with his funny quips and jokes.
During the interim between one of the
fistic contests, boxer leaned back in his
chair anc breathed heavily as if nearly
exhausted. Jimmy surveyed him quietly
for a moment and then turning TO the
crowd grimly remarked, There have been
Others"
Next Wednesday evening the Sons of St
George will give literary entertainment
and dance to the delegates to the Grand
Lodge at the st. George Club rooms.
The committee on last nights entertain.
ment was composed of f. Winterburn
Alfred Wilkie, Archibald Turn bull. Jimmy
Carroll, Joe Acton, f. Kemp, III. Rae
Brown, E. G. Weatherly, Al Kent, w.
Wfrfo
The San Francisco call., 1896-07-26
HER DISMAL VOYAGE.
The Ship William Tell Arrived Yes
terday After a Hard Struggle
Around Cape Horn.

The ship William Tell arrived from
Swansea last evening, having sailed from
that port February IS. Off the Falkland
Islands, April 20, she met fierce souther
which carried away her foresail, fore
topmast staysail and a portion of the
mainsail blown out of the furling gaskets.
Next day the ship was struck by gigantic
wave which threw her oil her beamends,
shifting the cargo fore and aft.
The vessel lay in this perilous position
for four days, while the crew was below
reshifting the cargo. Over seventy feet of
the port bulwarks were stove in and the
stanchions were more or less broken.
The deckhouses were smashed, the gig
and cutter stove and the lifeboat platform
washed away.
From this point to 80 degrees of south
latitude in the Pacific was a continuance
of hard westerly gales.
On the night of May IL, while a furious
storm from the West-southwest was rag
ing, the darkness was suddenly dispelIed
by the most brilliant globes of St. Elmo
fire at each yardarm and mastheads. Sud-
denly gla-ing thunderboit darted
through the maintopsail, making a round
hole about 10 inches IN diameter
This phenomenon was followed by an
increase in the gale, which continued till
the equator was crossed, June %. Tie
ship had much sickness aboard during the
last three months, having as many as six
men down at the same time, from njuries
and exposure in the bad weather One
man of the crew was attended in the cabin
for three weeks The steward was i'll with
pneumonia for several months, and often
during that time was not expected to live.