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The St. Johns herald., 1898-10-22

There is more Catarrh in th1s section of the country than all other diseases put together, and until the last few years was supposed to be incurable. For great many years doctors pro- nounced it a local disease, and prescribed local remedies, and by constantly failing to cure with local treatment, pronounced it incura ble. tianai iseasa ond 1haratnra roon;ros c0nstitu tlonal treatment. Halls Catarrh Cure, manu- tactured by F. J. Cheney & Co.,. Toledo, Ohio, is the only constitutional cure on the market. It is taken internally in doses from 10 drops to a teaspoontul. It acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. They offer one hundred dollars for any case it fails to cure Send for circulars and testimonials. Address,
 F. J. CHENEY d CO, Toledo, O Sold by Druggists. 75c
 Halls Family Pills are the best.-
The St. Johns herald., 1898-10-22
The Magic of a Word.

A parry oJ gentlemen but recently re- turned from a metropolitan. city tell a new story on the leisuf y bellboy. They were s6opping at big hotel, and on the first avening of their visit were seized with q mighty thirst, but which 5hey believed plain ice water would as- suage. One If them stepped to the bell push It was one of those new tangled things buii5 on the principle of dollar typewriter. You turn the hand around the dial till it points to what you want, shen you press the button, and the busi- ness office is supposed to do the rest. The instrUme ent was caused to register ice water a number of times in the re- sions below. but there was no response. The thIrst kept on increasing and the gentlemen got hot in the collar. One of thom spoke If going down and challeng- ing the clerk and the bellboys to box ing matcE-
 Eo don do that, remarked one 5. -- gen men. Just watch me -. E ct lem. "
 over to the bell, yanked -aa ara )und to 'champagno' and
 l.es In an incredibly short time
 mock at the door, and the DUy sUuCk nIs head in.
 Champagne, gentlemen?''
 No, just bring us some plain, every day, common water with ice in it. We rang for champagne just to catch you mapping. Now get move on you. "- Galveston News.
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Quirer.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-10-22
Easily Managed.

Scene-Editor' sanctum. Printer Crushing in excitedly)-Here's gol Johnson, the murderer, has just been found innocent, and the government has telegraphed pardon. We've got the whole account of the hanging set up, with illustrations, and the form is on the press.
 Editor (coolly)-Don't get excited, man. Just put over the account in large capitals; Johnson Pardoned. Full Ac- count of What He Escaped Pear son s Weekly
The St. Johns herald., 1898-10-22
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 SAN FRANCISCO. Cal LOUISVILLE. Ky. NEW YORK. N. Y.
A Long WaIk.

The longest walk one could take in straight line on solid land would be from the eastern side of the Red sea, not far from Mecca, to the Beying strait, a promenade of about 6, 500 miles In the western hemisphere the walk would not exceed 4, 300 miles, owing to the ir- regular shape of the American conti- nanf
The St. Johns herald., 1898-10-22
DissimiIar Experiences.

"Ah," sighed the elderly maiden from Boston, do you know what 1t Is to have loved and lost?"
 "No," said the young woman from the West, "I can show an unbroken string of victories in my breach-of- nronise suits"
The St. Johns herald., 1898-10-22
Our Beautiful English.

Yeast-Jesse tells me he Is practicing in the courts; didn't know that he had been admitted to the bar?
 Crimsonbeak-He hasn't. It's the tennis courts he refers to.-YOnkers Statesman.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-10-22
Cheap Irrigation.

The best and cheapest irrigating plant, from 1 to POO H. P. is the Hercules Gasoline Enging and Pumping Plant, built exclusively by the Hercules Gas Engine Works, 4O5 Sansome Street, San Francisco, the largest builders in the west.
 Write for circulars and information concern ing their Special 213 H. P. Engine and Pumping Plant. Hundreds sold this year; just the plant for prompt, efficient and economical irrigating service. A plant of this kind may save your
The St. Johns herald., 1898-10-22
He Had Been Tbere

Little Willie-Pa, what does nd Ilb.' mean?
 Pa-That means that the writer came to place where he wented to end the sentence and didn't know how, so he chucked in those words.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-10-22
Mind.

''The brilliant mind which strong drink has stolen away" remarked the observer of men and things, reminds you of the average list of valuables which the burglars took-it is so large ly fictitious. ."-Detroit Journal.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-10-22
A Wild Demons traffon.

"And," the new stars friend asked, twas the audience very enthus!ast,cg g'
 Enthusiastic" she replied. "I should think so. Why, when I he'd to say, along toward the end og the first act, that 1 was going away to drown my self; nearly everybody in the house just rose right up and eheered."
The St. Johns herald., 1898-10-22
WhX She Grieved.

"She felt so bad at the races that she couldn't see the horses"
 What was the matter"
 Tt was about Dickie." "Is he at the frontF'
 At the front? Nonsense. He's her dog, and he's got the mange.-Cleve- land Plain Dealer.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-10-22
Similar but Different.

: "After all," remarked the sentimen- tai wife, "home is the dearest spot on tarth."
 That's what" replied the practical head of the family. as he finished audit Ing last months grocery bill.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-10-22

We pay you slOO if we cannot prove that we can save you MONEY on everything you buy. We are saving the people of the Pacific Coast particulars, address. Gilbert Clements Sons, 2lo California St., San Francisco, Cal, Wholesale and Retailers of Family Supplies.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-10-22
His Sole Idea of the Means.

tunes in Cuba" said -t7 +hor~h-frl man.
 T s'pose so, answer. a-.. hum. But it'll take SC .. .r .l to get elections and r. things running regul ington Star.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-10-22
A Thorough Sport.

The Deacon-YOung man, don't you know that there's rainy day coming?
 Spendthrift-Mebby there is, but I've got $5 that says the weather man won't call the turn. Come, now, if you've got any nerve show" your money"
The St. Johns herald., 1898-10-22

''How did 1t happen that you fought only four rounds, after announcing that the match was to be to finish?''
 "We had to quit," was the answer. Something went wrong with the mans camera"
The St. Johns herald., 1898-10-22
Wealth on Its Travels.

Miss Ollabrod = There's a clever sculptress down this way. You ought to see what she can make out of butter
 Miss Ritchley Greest-She's good one if she can make as much out of it as my pa makes out of oleomargarine
The St. Johns herald., 1898-10-22
Considering Latitude.

UOHe-Why, my boy, Whatever are you doing in evening dress at this time of day? It is only 1:3O o'clockw
 ChOllie-YOu seem to forget that it's after o'clock in London, my dear" D. Yenkers Statesman.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-10-22
HUMOR OF THE WEEK
STORIES TOLD BY FUNNY MEN
 OF THE PRESS.

Odd, Curious and Laughable Phases of Human Nature Graphically Por- trayed by Eminent Word Artists of Our Own Day-A Budget of Fun
The St. Johns herald., 1898-10-22
The Foolish Advlee Glren

"I hate to see a man who has sense enough to give good advice, said Mir. BIffersy, "hut not sense or strength enough to follow and profit by 1t him. self, but it is 2 fact that many man has got rich on a hint from somebody Use who has staia poor ''--N Nro' Y0ra Sun
The St. Johns herald., 1898-10-22

She-Oh, please don't tease me to sing. Pm so hoarse tonight that can hardly make sound.
 He-Yes, know. That's why think this would be good time to have 1t over with.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-10-22
Takin0 a Fresh Start.

Nell-Clara is evidently trying to make a new woman of herself.
 Bess-Why, what has he been doing? Nell-Her age Is %, but she makes the upside down so 1t will read 26.-
The St. Johns herald., 1898-10-22
Contented as It Is.

T regret that lost my temper this morning, Harry" she said.
 T don't" he replied, sweetly, pro vided you never find it again. ."-Phila- delphia North American.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-10-22
Preliminary Steps.

"Why do you think Mir Quizzleham intends to run for sOmethine.'
 ''He shook hands with a laborer who had just come out of a boiler shop little while ago and asked him to call him 'Bilr hereafter"
The St. Johns herald., 1898-10-22

Mrs. HARRY HARDY, Riverside, Iowa, writes to Mrs. Pinkham the story of her struggle with serious ovarian trou- ble, and the benefit she received from the use of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege- table Compound. This is her letter:
 How thankful I am that I took your medicine. I was troubled for two years with inflammation of the womb and ovaries, womb was also very low. was in constant misery. had heart trouble, was short of breath and could not walk five blocks to save my life. Suffered very much with my back, had headache all the time, was nervous, menstruations were irregular and painful, had bad discharge and was troubled with bloating. was a perfect week. Had doctored and taken local treatments, but still was no better. ! vas advised by one of my neighbors to write to you. Ihave now finished the second bottle of Mrs. Pink hams Vegetable Compound, and am better in every way. I am able to do all my own york and can walk nearly a mile without fatigue; something had not been able to do for over two years. Your medicine has done me more good han all the doctors" 1"
The St. Johns herald., 1898-10-22
A Mean Insinuation.

Hattie-Charlie is desperately In love with me. He said the other day he could cover with kisses the ground I stood on.
 Ella-No doubt he could, dear-if he had the time to spare.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-10-22

No household is complete without bottle of the famous Jesse Moore Whiskey. Ii is pure and wholesome stimulant receommened by all physicians. Don't neglect this necessity.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-10-22
Explained,

Little Ethel-This is a portrait of mamma before she was married.
 Visitor-Ah, indeed?
 Little Ethel-Yes; she's hasn't time to look like that now.-Detroit Journal
The St. Johns herald., 1898-10-22
Protected Carrier Pigeons.

Carrier pigeons in China are protect ed from birds of prey by little appa- ratus consisting of thin bamboo tubes fastened to the birds bodies with thread passed beneath the wings. AS the pigeon flies along the action of the air through the tubes produces a shrill whistling sound, which keeps birds of prey at 8 respectful distance.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-10-22
Mean,

"I," he started to say have always had an idea-' Il know it." she interrupted; ''why don't you take day of some time and try to scare up another Ouef'
The St. Johns herald., 1898-10-22
A Ban-quit.
A Shattered SusnIcI3r,.

Say, you remember you told me, some time ago, that you didn't believe Burgin really loved his wife-t that you thought he had married her for her money-dOn't youT
 'Yes."
 ''Well, you're dead wrong. I went fishing with them, one dag, when we were up in the hills, am he baiIed her hook and took her fish of every time"
The St. Johns herald., 1898-10-22

Winning race horses are generally bays, chestnats or browns, and for every hundred bays among them Shere are 50 chestnuts and 30 browns. There is no record of an important race being won by a piebald.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-10-22
cUIU Uy UT IuBBIbIb. FOC.
 Halls Family Pills are the best.--

never used so quick a cure as Piso's Cure for Consumptlon.-J. B. Palmer Box III, Seattle, Wash. Nov. 25, 1895.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-10-22
Try schilling's Best tea and baking powder

MTC Permanently Cured. No fits or nervous liiS ness after first day's use of Dr. KIine's Great Nerve Resterer, Send for FREE &2 co trial bottle and treatise. DR. R. H. KLINE, Ltd 930 Arch St.. Philadelphia. Pa.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-10-22

In Cochin China when husband and wife find they can no longer agree they give a dinner, to which they invite their relations and the patriarch of the village. The latter during the meal takes the ohopsticks of the pair and breaks them, and by bis action they sre legally divorced.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-10-22
Where the Rub Came.

Hicks-I tried to get check drawn by Wiff1er down at Morgan's to-day, but it was no use.
 Wicks-It was in our favor, I SUD- pose. Didn't any of them know you?
 Hicks-Yes; but, you see, they also knew Wif1er-Boston Transcript.
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on the Court,

Reflected on the Courts Knowledge.
 That's too bad about Dobbins being sent to jail for contempt of court. What did he do!"
 "He got off the word 'ratiocination, and then started to explain to the judge what 1t meant"
The St. Johns herald., 1898-10-22

In the number of murders Italy leads Europe. In the number of suicides Rus sia is ahead.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-10-22
No Ofense Then.
Oi hear ye've been callin me har-r-d

"Oi hear ye've been callin me har-r-d names, Dooley."
 Faith, an Oi have. Oi called yez a low down thafe."
 "Is thot all? Thin It's all right. Shure, Oi had heard yez had said Oi wor a Spaniard!" - San Francisco Chronicle.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-10-22
Waiting for II.

xsa3bere's & man who would meet death smiliRgly."
 "Indeedp'
The St. Johns herald., 1898-10-22
Vain InQuiry.

"Who was that fellow that wanted to trade his kingdom for a horse?" ''That's wheel I never heard of" What is?'
 '"The Kingdom" - Cincinnati ED. nuirpr
The St. Johns herald., 1898-10-22

Lots of men don't know enough to stop boring when they strike oil
The St. Johns herald., 1898-10-22
Poor Girl.

Yes; he's an undertaken in hard luck. ."-Philadelphia North American.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-10-22
OPEN LETTERS FROM
Jennie E. Green ana ndrs. Harry
 Hardy.

JENNIE E GREEN, Denmark, Iowa, writes to Mrs. Pinkham:
 'I had been sick at my monthly periods for seven years, and tried almost everything ever heard of, but without any benefit. Was troubled with backache, headache, pains in the shoulders and dizziness. Through my mother l was induced to try Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, and it has done me so much good. I am now sound and we'll"
The St. Johns herald., 1898-10-22

Mistress (tO new cook)-Another thing I wish to tell you; frequently take pleasure in cooking dinner myself
 New COok-Oh,- that doesn't matter. I am not at all particular.-Fliegende Blatter.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-10-22

Thirteen is always unlucky for some one. when It consists. of a. judge and twelve jurymen.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-10-22
What Stopped the Firht.

Faith, an if yell shut your eyes, yell be afther seein' 1t immediately"
The St. Johns herald., 1898-10-22
Latest Tramp Joke.

Mike" said Plodding Pete, 'how is 1t dat some O desc people kin work day after day an never seem to feel itY
 Well" replied Meandering Mike, re- fectively, ''I s'pose dey is started in young an gets to be immunes. Wash ington Star.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-10-22

While we are considering when to begin it is often too late to aot.-Quia- tilian.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-10-22
CInse Reannf

Small Boy-Oh, papa, look at the ele- phant! He's mimicking you!-Flie- gende Blatter.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-10-22
The ProDer Definition.

An acquaintance, meeting an Irish man carrying a small box, asked him what 1t contained.
 Sure, an it's full of nothing" re- piled the son of Erin.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-10-22
The gleanest Man.

3I ' -9--2sg-E slIQ T1e Neanest Nan, "concIuded to shoot no frecrackers this year."
 How did you stop him." asked the other man.
 ''I told him that if he got a finger blown off he couldn't be a soldier when he grew p.-Indianapolis Journal.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-10-02

is an original and artistic study Of the
eleventh century Scotch thane. He under
PLAYED the part on the opening night ana lacked
tragic intensity and force; but his voice, alter
natey rich and tender, was faultless lnstru-
ment for expressing emotion, and there was
dignity of gesture and movement one OF the
finest effects was produced III the delivery OF
the dagger soliloquy, when he intensified the hhe'
There is no such thing" by pulling his CLOAK
over his face, cautiously peering over the cage
OF il and smiling with relief when the ar-daS-
ger vanished Equally effective was the line
Thou canst not say | did it," which was
hoarsely WHISPERED instead of being flung at
the audience. The part Vas played with fine
variety from frs. to last and the gradual mar
dening Of the robust qualities OF character was
indicated with consummate skill.
Mrs Patrick Campbell had studied the lines
with little intelligence and had not succeeded
in reading herself into her part She was
weird figure in her strange jewelled costumes
copied from old prints. but such fascinations
and charms as she had those of a unique
personality. which was neither yelled nor trans
figured As Lady Macbeth she neither chastised
her lord with burning sarcasms nor unsexed
herself nor was transformed into statuesque
Medusa through a supreme effort OF VIII. she
was neither merciess in her taunts. nor naughty
in her hospitality, nor cold and without pity for
the man whom she was dragging INTO crime
II there fire in her heart there was no glow
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-10-02

and when the golden round OF sovereignty is
passed ends in insanity, as prefgured by the
frenzy of the sleep-walkng scene The man
who is irresolute and has to be spurred on
and whipped into crime gradually hardens' re-
gains his fighting spirit and will and ends with
a spasm Of desperate valor.
Mr.. Forbes Robertson has carried OUT WIN
out reserve these plain directions Of the text ID
his impersonation Of Macbeth. In place OF Dun
cams victorious soldier is the intriguer' VINO
does not know his own mind, even when the
weird sisters summon him to his destiny, ou' Is
dependent upon the superior will of the Medusa
behind him. Force Of character is represseo ny
ubtle art in the opening scene with the WITCHES
On the heath and in the conferences WIN Aiuy
Macbeth and her hold upon him is not reiaAeu
IN the murder chamber and In the pahques
ball. when he is tortured Win renolse @n1 S-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-10-02
NE KNEW 4 CHICKEN.

From The Chicago Record.
Quaint sayings and dongs characterized the
children who attended the vacation schools
which were open during July and august Of this
year. Particularly when the little ones were
taken 10 the country-there was an excursion
each week-Were they a source of delight to the
directors and teachers of the schools. Many or
them had never been on q streetcar, train or
a boat. and the commonest sights OF country lie
were wonders to them. Here is one Of the Incl
dents Of the first trip. which was 10 Lincoln
Park: one Of the boys. seeing chicken, asked:
Teacher wOt's dat ting?
That is Il chicken. It's the
"Wot yer givin' me? Dat amt no chicken.
Its got fedders on. / know a chicken, | guess.
Ny ma she he'd chicken Oncet fur dinner II
IL didn' hey nutin' on but skin
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-10-02

fled by spectres. While the witchcran OF amb-
ton in the womans heart is a consuming fire
under which she bends and breaks, he gradually
regains the temper of soldier and is foenan
worthy of Macduffs steel. 1t is the traditional
Macbeth, fascinated by and feeling his way
toward crime, and subsequently racked with
remorse and misery, but perishing with the
instincts of a soldier and never degenerating
into an nsensate savage murderer without
conscience or moral sense.
Mr. Forbes Robertson has neither the face nor
the figure for Macbeth he had for Hamlet,
and he lacks the temperament required for the
part: but he has a perfect barytone voice for
the lines, and his accurate knowledge Of the
technique OF his art enables him to overcome
difficulties seemingly insuperabe. With his
red wig and beard. rudy face and pictur-
esque semi barbarOus costumes, his makeup
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-10-02
DIVORCE BY CANDLES.
From The Amrita Bazaar Patrika.

When a Burmese husband and wife decide 10
separate the woman goes out ana buys two
little candles Of equal length which are maze
especially for this She brings them nome;
She and her husband SIT down on the moor, ana
sin,uitanecusJv one candle stands for her the
other for him. The one whose candle goes out
first rises and goes out of the house forever
with nothing but what he or she M-y nave Oh.
Tha nna whose candle has survived the longer
time. even by a second takes everything 90
the divorce and division Of the property, II one
can call that a division, are settled
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-10-02
THE LONDON STAGE,
MR. FORBES ROBERTSON AS MACRETH-
AN ARTISTIC SHAKESPEARIAN
REVIVAL.
London. September 10.

London. September 49,
The production of Macbeth" at the Lyceum
Theatre on Saturday night offered welcome
relief from the inanity and buffooncry of the
midsummer theatres 1t was proof that with
all the subtle cynicsm of the times and the
contentment of a jaded and thoughtless public
with enfoebling amusement. the drama retains
It's chief function Of stimulating the magma
ton of play goers and Of appealing to high in
telligencc. and that there is still feeling of
reverence for the great traditions of the stage.
Ii may not have been an ideally perfect per-
formance but it was one of real artistic quail
ity, and it served to dignity the theatre as a
medium of public education. 1t has been fol-
lowed this morning by the publication Of many
columns of dissertation in the press on Shakes
peares processes and dramatic motives II
can hardly fail. so long it holds the Lyceum
Theatre, to promote intelligent study of the text
of the play.
When MI Forbes Robertson produced Ham
let year ago, he considered it necessary to
establish theory OF the melancholy Danes
complete sanity by minimizing the effects of
supernatural revelations and a spectral mission
OF vengeance. He has been content 20 enact
the part of Macbeth without raising any
troversial questions. He has followed the sim
pie and direct cues which provided by Lady
Macbcth's comments upon her husbands char
acter in her opening lines He has not sought
TO prove that Macbeth was as ambitious and
crafty Lady Macbeth; that he was a man Of
action without conscience and that instead Of
being drawn into crime by her solicitations and
sarcasms, he not only met her fully half way,
but speedily outpaced her. He has accepted
Lady Macbeth's photograph of Macbeth in the
text as the only correct likeness, and has i'm
persOnated the irTesOlute, Vacillatng conspira-
tor who was too full Of the milk of human
kindness to catch the nearest way and who
needed to be goaded on to his destiny by his
wifes superior will and mettle
Macbeth is indeed the play OF Shakes
peare respecting which analysis of character
and theories of motive are superfluous for the
two leading cues are in the text and clear
and unmstakable. AS soon as Lady Macbeth
appears she tells what manner of man her lord
and master is and explains her mission
and the means by which she is to accomplish
ness and unstable character incompatible
with the DEGREES of fate forecast by the witches.
she calls aloud for supernatural aid TO enable
her TO unsex herself, to thicken her blood to
steel herself to insensibiiity to remorse and to
carry him along by access of her own Will and
ambition. The whole play is luminous with the
intense light Of these two passages. l: is con-
yerted into a study of the effects of the witch
craft of crime upon character. The woman
pours her merciless spirit into Macbeth's
and chastises him with the valor Of her tongue.