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The evening times., 1899-09-28

opportunities for drill, at least In anything
higher than company formation. It is true
that the Beers are OF the stuff that makes
good volunteers so far as mere fighting
goes. In that respect they are probably
much what our Western frontiersmen were
five and twenty years ago. They are well
used TO guerrilla warfare on small scale
against savages. On the other hand, they
are turbulent, unruly, and utterly without
the military Instinct OF obedience to au-
thority. This is well exempIified in the no.
tice given to General Joubert the other day
by committee of burghers. who informed
him that if he did not Immediately lead
them to the frontier, they would compel
him to resign command of the army.
Some ''laagers" have been established on
the Buffalo River, near Laing's Neck, and
artillery has been sent to that locality.
but apparently the Pretoria authorities
have been afraid to order the levy en-
masse, as that would compel an immediate
movement. So we are inclined to suspect
that Kruger. while declaring that he could
put his forces in motion in twelve hours,
has been playing for time in which to or
ganize his transportation service and COM
n1issariat, both Of which could hardly have
been long effective for obvious reasons.
Nevertheless, if he intends to fight at all,
he will have to begin before the British
re-enforcements arrive, or face instant in
stead of ultimate disaster AT bottom it
is reasonable TO assume that personally he
would like to avoid war, at any cost to the
Beers, in order to conserve the enormous
fortune he has accumulated by plundering
the outlanders. But il his ug.y-tempered
people suspected anything of the kind they
would be very likely to give him short
shrift as traitor. He must swim with the
tide, and the tide in the South African
Republic as well as in England is flowing
irresistibly in the direction of war.
The evening times., 1899-09-28
FOREIGN MISSION WORK.
Methodist Women to Meet and Di
cuss It.

cuss It.
The women of the various Methodist
Churches in Washington, who are connect
ed with foreign mission work, will attend
the annual meeting of the Foreign Mis-
sion Association. which is to begin at the
Wesley M. E. Church tomorrow morning.
The meeting will be called to order at 10: 80
O'Clock and continue until u o'clock, when
a basket luncheon is to be served. After
luncheon the meeting will Immediately re-
assemble.
At the morning. meeting the reports of
the various officers for the year will be
read. The reports Of twenty-five auxiI-
iaries will slsS be read. II was said this
morning by the Treasurer, Mrs. s. D. La
Fetra. that the receipts for the year will
exceed any amount hitherto collected by
the association. The mission work has
been greatly extended and almost doubled
since the last annual meeting. and thA
The evening times., 1899-09-28

OF Harrison J. Wolfe. who opens here
on Monday at the Lafayette. ii is said that
no stage fencer since Salvini. the younger
has ever approached his dexterity with the
foils. Theatregoers will have an opportu-
nifty Of judging the truth Of this state
ment during that portion of the local en-
gagement in which THE Corsican Broth
ers" is presented. The old drama has
what is thought by many to be a wonder
fully realistic duel scene and the opportu-
mites offered the swordsman in this are
not few. Hamlet" and David Garrick''
are included with THE Corsican Brothers
in Mr.. Wolfe's repertoire and should both
draw, although those who like to see the
steel well handled may confine their atten-
tions to the piece last mentioned.
The evening times., 1899-09-28

The lady who rendered burdensome the
life of certain young husband Because
She Loved Him So'' was not a friSky fe-
male from Paris. as In The Girl From
Maxims.' or a seductive servingmaid. as
in why Smith Left Home" but-al-
though the piece is a farce-the husbands S
wife. William GilI~'te's comedy has
therefore. a most delightful feature in its
freedom from suggestion and spice" An
exceedingly Jealous spouse and blonde
hair surreptitiously placed on the man S
coat by a designing girl form the basis for
the plays story-and a pleasing basis it is.
Because She Loved Him So'' will be done
next week at the National by a cast which
lacks only one OF its original members
Edwin Arden. Seats are now selling
The evening times., 1899-09-28
"YOHr Credit is Good"
IUHI kTEuiI y uUUu.
|ParlOr Suites
Re=uplhOlstered
On Credit.

We have a complete up
holstering establishment
which is in charge of thor
Oughly competent workmen,
and We are prepared to re-
upholster furniture at very
low prices and let you pay as
suits you-
Our exceptional facilities
for this kind of work enable
Us to quote prices that YOU
will not match.
The stock of draperies and
upholstery goods we show is
many times as large as you
will find anywhere else in
town. We make a leader of
this line.
The evening times., 1899-09-28

The ordinary parody is about the most
doleful affair to which one would care to
listen-a combination of stale humor an |
bad English. From reports that have come
Washingtonward via New York, however,
local -theatregoers may be led to expect
something far out of the ordinary in those
to be sung by Jess Dandy next week at
the Bijou. Mr.. Dandy has teen in Goth
am for several months and has made
something of hit with his musicsl tray-
estes. At the Biiou he will be supported
by a number of people well known for
their ability as what Correspondent Fettis
calls 'olioists.''
The evening times., 1899-09-28

Pauline Hall. comic opera star; Banks
Winter and Little Mona. singers of more
than ordinary ability; Coakley and Heus-
ted, dancers; Swan and o'Day, sketchists;
the Three Onris, globe rollers, and Marti-
netti and Grossi form what Richard Car
roll would call 1.-The nucleus OF next
weeks bill at the Grand Several of the
people mentioned are too well known here
to require extensive comment. Miss Hall
in particular. has headed her own organi-
cation for so long that she may be said to
have attained national reputation, while
Mr.. Winters composition. White Wings
has been sung from ocean to ocean. Man
ayers Burke & Chase are willing to voucn
for the minor performers engaged and
thus guarantee for six days an entertain
ment much above the average.
The evening times., 1899-09-28
THINGS THEATRICAL.
Coiss,nbia-4.The BeIIs.n

After Tuesdays performance of Ham
let one was displeasedr last night with
Creston Clarke's rendering of 1.-THE Bells, !"
while, had the earlier production never
taken place, this later one might easily
have been considered excellent Briefly.
Mr.. CIarke's Matthias is quite up 10 the
average and nothing abbve-entirely infe-
rior to his reading of the infinitely more
difficult part OF the Dane, Matthias was not
the villain of a melodrama. as even Sir
Henry Irving seemed to think him, but a
criminal who for nearly two decades so
conducted himself that no detail of his
crime was ever suspected. Even during
his first act yester-evening Mr.. Clarke did
not adhere to this idea. Had Father Wal
ter and Hans had the guilelessness of an
gels neither could have helped doubling
the burgomaster after the scene which the
star enacted at the table with. them in the
performance at the Columbia. There were
other faults, undue broadness and heavi
ness among them, but this was the least
forgivable from a man of Mr.. Clarkes fine
intelligence. The support, which was
headed by Adelaide Prince. gave only a
fair account Of itself. David Garrick" Is
being done this afternoon, and Richelieu'
will be the bill tonight.
There is something reminiscent Of circus
advertising in the quotation Of the cost
Of theatrical productions, but figures do
not 1ie." and, as press agents sometimes
do. the Liebler Company may be pardoned
for dwelling on the fact that something like
$4,000 was expended before the primal
curtain was raised on James O'Neills pres
entation Of ''The Musketeers." Since the
rates Of transportation make the carrying
of so much scenery expensive. it may be
deduced that Mr. O'Nein must have been
doing an excellent business throughout
the country In order to return to his man
ayers reasonable profit on their invest
ment ''The Musketeers'' will be the at
traction of next week at the Columbia
Theatre. where seats have been selling
since Tuesday.
The evening times., 1899-09-28

The ingenuity of the melodramatic pro-
ducer has long since been all but exhaust
ed in devising new effects for recent pre-
sentations, but. II accounts be reliable, the
genius who staged THE White Heather
at the London Drury Lane has hit upon
an entire novelty in the final act o. that
play. This novelty is not merely the idea
of showing a section of water beneath tn :
surface. such a setting having been used
some years since in a work known as
THE Deep Sea-" but in the manner in
which live fishes are revealed swimming
ed at comparatively small expense but at
secret of the how is very closely guard
ed. THE White Heather with Rose
Coghlan in the cast. will be seen next
week at the Academy.
1.-The Manhattan Comedy Four Anna
Suits and Company, Anderson Engelt-n
and Company, Howard and Bland, Hayes
and Bandy, Russell and Thyme and RubJ
Marion will all be features with l.. Law
renee Webers "Parisian Widows" who are
to be seen on Monday afternoon and there
after at Kernan's. The combination is
said to be strong one and should draw
we'll An excellent business is now bein :
| done at the Lyceum by THE Twentieta 4
Century Maids this fact being largely
due to the ability of a certain Ruth ROB-
inson whose work in the fore and after
pieces is somewhat above the ordinary
Miss Robinson, who is said to be a cousin
to Sailor" Sharkey, is a decidedly hand
some girl and unusually clever, too
The evening times., 1899-09-28

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The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1899-05-18

opposite to him in the dining room, had
worn similar one.
"Miss," said voice behind the door,
'the engineer wishes to inspect the
wires, before another accident happens"
"What in heavens name does that
person mean by calling me miss"
mumbled Marrowbone. Then he cried
aloud:
"Send the landlord herew
"There is no landlord; landlady is
widow. But hurry"
II have to dress first" cried Marrow
bone with hopeless desperation.
Then with great efforts he succeeded
in getting the dress on himself, that
reached only as far as his knees and
enveloped about half of his waist;
threw the shawl over his head, drew
his slippers on, and in this attire
stalked off to the landlady for an ex.
PLANTATION of this harassing secret, and
for clothing more suitable for gentle
man.
81 am very fortunate if 1 can meet
the landlady, before 1 shall have been
arrested" he said to himself. "And my
money and watch-where can [ find
them?"
In the meantime the servant had hur-
ried onward.
Miss Mutton was awakened with the
news that the engineer would soon
come. She leaped out frightened;
looked for her dress and encountered
coat and a pair of pants. Her fine
spring hat had changed to broad
brimmed hat, and the shoes were as
big as boats. In the valise she found
mems clothing and razor etc.
She was about to faint, but the
thought of the engineers coming re-
vived her spirits, and with hopeless
bravery she covered herself with the
raincoat, which was hanging on the
wall. Then fixed the broadbrimmed
hat on her head-which sunk down to
her nose-and opened the door.
AS she opened the door, there walked
by very comical individual in a very
short dress, in slippers and tightly
folded in shawl.
"Are you the landlady?" began Miss
Mutton. Then she hastily grasped the
arm of the strange lady and cried: cit
don't matter who you are, but you are
wearing my dresses"
"And it don't matter who you are"
came the answer, "but you are wearing
my raincoat."
"Do not touch me. 1 am a lady, l
put this on, because-I-I didn't have
anything else at hand! I-have-cer
tainly occupied the wrong room. But
on the valise is my initials"
"My dear lady, 1 am gentleman!
We have without doubt, through last
nights adventures, exchanged rooms.
1 will 60 and send your effects. Beg
your pardonw he said and vanished.
Miss Mutton had recognized her I'M
known companion of the dining room,
who at present was not SO very ''styl- |
ish" as usual; and Marrowbone had
known his "stunner." Ten minutes |
after servant left very suspicious
looking package from mo. in the
right wing" and received another.
They met as usual, Marrowbone |
how'd. Miss Mutton blushed, but re-
turned the sanitation
The rest can be guessed, for now the
two vaises always make their journey
together.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-03-02
THE CHARM OF MUSIC.
Hts Effects Were Very Agreeable to
the Fellow Who Was Catch
ing Fish.

A fisherman once took his cornet to the
lake with him, in hopes that his harmonious
notes would have a hypnotic influence in
attracting the fish to his hook.
III, As soon as he had set his lines he raised
the, cornet to his lips, and soon made the
welkin ring with some of the latest popular
airs; but without the expected result of gain.
ing bites
perhaps don't play loud enough" he
thought. So he blew his cornet louder, but
still no nibble.
"Confound it," he exclaimed. "Where
are all the suckers today"
At that moment he glanced to the oppo
site extremity of the lake, where he saw an
other angler pulling in fish hand over hand,
who, seeing he was observed by the cornet,
list, shouted: Bravo! Encoren'
Il am glad that somebody appreciates nv
music" thought the man with the cornet
So, again raising the instrument, he accom-.
modated the luckier fisherman with another
effort.
Again! Again" shouted the second fish
erman.
''Is my music so great?" hallooed the cor
netist.
NO" replied the fisherman, "but it keeps
all the fish over at this end of the lake =
n. Y. World.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-03-02
A SURPRISE PARTY.
II Came to n Man Who Used to Mako
Himself Solid with the
Walters.

Brown had received setback that he
will not recover from for some time" said
Dodson, as he slipped his coffee. Il honest
ly believe that he has corrupted every
decent waiter in the city by his outlandish
system OF overlapping, making it almost i'm
possible for modest Upper to get any serv.
ice at all.
He had a habit of starting with the head
waiter, and tipping them ali down the line.
don t know whether he had ever tipped the
dlshwashers or not, but l have my suspi.
cions that he did.
The result has been that the walters
looked upon him as a sort of Indian nRbob,
or returned king from the Klondike, and
would, pay no attention to anyone else
when he was present.
~, gu might complain and storm all you
liked, but it would have no effect. When
Brown entered everything else was
dropped until the imaginary specks of dirt
were wiped from the immaculate table
cloth and spotless china, and Brown seated
IN all his solitary glory at his favorite
place, which was always reserved for him.
But all that is changed now, and he is
ciety to join"
Find fly in his soup?" asked Smith.
w orse than that All his life Brown has
oeen trying to get money enough ahead to
build himself a home, and now he has dis.
covered that the house he is renting is
owned by his former head waiter. Detroit
Free Press A'
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-03-02
A GOOD INVESTMENT.
How n Little Boy Helped to Bring Up
Old Drunken Pete's
Son,

John and James Roding were twins,
IA years of age. Their father was very
wealthy. On every birthday they ex-
pected a rich present from him. A week
before they were IA they were talking
over what they most wanted.
81 want a pony" said James.
and what do you want, John?ss
asked his father.
"a boy"
"A boy!" gasped his father.
Eyes, sir. 1t don't cost much more
to keep boy than it does horse, does
it?"
why, no." replied his father. still
very much surprised.
And l can get boy for nothing, to
begin with"
Yes" replied his father, hesitating-
ly, Il suppose So
why. papa, | know so. There are
lots Of EN- runnin' around without any
home"
"Oh, that's what you are up to, is it?
Want to take boy to bring up, do
your
Yes, sir; it would be a great deal
better than the St. Bernard deg you
were going to buy me, wouIdn'tit? You
see. my boy could go about with me,
play with me and, do all kinds of nice
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-03-02
HIS FUTURE WIFE'S NAME.
The Curious Young Man Had 1t Told
to Him to an Absolute Ger
tainty.

He was a chatty kind of conjurer, and
was anxious to open the evenings entertain
ment merrily. So he stepped forward to the
front of the stage and said:
Ladies and gentlemen, if there is in this
audience any young man who would like to
know the name of his future wife, if that
young man will kindly stand up | will un-
dertake to tell him, and this is no guessing
competition. Now, will any single young
man kindly stand up?"
Up jumped young man in the center of
the room.
Thank you," said the conjurer. "Now,
do you wish to know the name of your fu.
ture wife,"
q do" said the young man.
''Well," said the man of magic, 81 always
like to do things in proper business fash.
ion; will you kindly give me your name?"
eyes, certainly" said the. young man;
"my name is James Jackson"
the name Of your future wife viii be Mrs,
jackson. "-London Tit-Bits.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-03-02

things for me-and 1 could do nice
things for him. too, couldn't l? He
could go to school and | could help
him with his examples and Latin"
Examples and Latin? God bless the
boy, what is he aiming at?' and Judge
Roding wiped the sweat from his bald
head.
Il know" laughed James. Hes al
ways up to something like that. I'll
bet a dollar he wants to adopt old
drunken Pete's son."
as that so, Jchn?"
Eyes, papa; cause he is running
about the streets as dirty and ragged as
he can be, and old Pete don't care a
cent about him, and he's a splendid boy,
father. He's just as smart as can be,
only he cant go to school half the time,
cause he hasn'; anything decent to
wear"
"How long do you want to keep
him."
Until he gets to be a man, father"
"And turns out such man as old
Pete?"
mo danger of that, father. He has
signed the pledge not to drink irtoXi-
cants, nor swear nor smoke. and, he
has helped me, father. for when have
wanted to do such things he has told
me that his father was once a rich mans
son and just as promising as James
and l."
"Do you mean TO tell me that you
ever feel like doing such things as
drinking, swearing, smoking ard loaf
ing?" asked his father, sternly.
"Why, papa, you don't know half the
temptations boys have nowadays. Why
boys of our set swear and smoke and
drink right along when nobody sees
them"
Don't let me ever catch you doing
such things"
"NOt now, father. I think, for I am
trying to surrender all-every vice
every bad habit, unnecessary pleasures
I don't see how l could enjoy dog OF
a pony when | knew a nice boy suffer
ing for some of the good things l en-.
joy"
"You may have the boy, John, and
may God bless the gift"
And God did bless the gift. John
Roding grew up to be much better
man because of the almost constant
ornpanionship of drunken Pete's son
ana, as for the. drunkard's boy, every
thing he touched seemed to prosper
John and James mother said it was be-
cause God has said: "When your ia
Their and mother forsake you, then will
the Lord take you up" The Lord. had
taken up drunken Pete's son and he
couldn't help prospecting.
Fred Roding not only lifted up his
own fallen family. but became as much
of a prop for Judge Roding's family
"His delight was in the law of the Lord
lie was like tree planted by the rivers
of water. and whatsoever he did pros
pered. Mrs. A. f. C. Maskell. in Na
! tlonal Temperance Advocate.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-03-02

and mental disease. The contiE-s
use of alcohol is beyond all qui a
poisonous, not III any narrow OF M
tied way, but in the continuous sElsy
and arrangement of nutritionN and
nerve force.
Practically, the continuous drinker
is more generally diseased and rtpre
difficult TO restore than the excessive
and periodic user of spirits. 1t wotld
seem to be a mere matter of degree
between the moderate and the excess
sive drinker, with the very uncertain
factor of being unable to determine
the extent of the degeneration in ths
moderate drinker.
The experiences of many persons
confirm the statement that no mo6eri
ate use of spirits is compatible with
health or mental soundness, and mod
crate drinkers may be called in many
cases veritable inc briates.-Journalo OF
InebrietV.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-03-02
Go south This Winter.

For the present winter season the Louis
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service of Pullman Nestibuled Sleeping
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Mobile, New Orleans and the Gulf Coast
Townsville, Ga, Pensacola, Jacksonville
Tampa, Palm Beach and other points in
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Nassau and West Indian ports. Tourist
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ut low rates. Write c. p. Atmore, General
Passenger Agent, Louisville, Ky, for par.
Llrnlars