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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-05-14

It's fifty year an more ago since me An
Awaken. home from meetin'. through .
sweet an shady lane.
Agreed II was the best fer US to Join our
An. hasn'i alters blessed the day she said
she'd be- my wife.
We've had our little fallin's out, the same
Par, ali the while I've knowed at she's
the kindest an the best
The truest an fargiven'est. Ter I begin to
She. had to be an angel fer TO git along
with the.
Fer since I'm gisiin' on In years sort O.
set around
An kind o speculate about the Things axis
more profound;
An as my mind goes strayin' back. along
the path o. life
/ ,es, begin to see how much ! owe tina,
You wouldn't think her handsome. eausa
your eyes II never see
The many lovin' deeds shes done 10 make
her dear 10 me
Ny God, the things at she's gone through
fer love o. me an mine
Il nun 70 make Teller think her beauty
most divine!
her burdens light,
Yit. loohtn' back. seem 20 see 70 much At
wasn't right
20 much at brough. her sorrow--yit
through al the chanrin' years
I've seen her keep her faith IN me, a-sriii.
tn through her tears.
An now we're old. together. but TO me
sne'a young and fair
A. when the rose WAS In her cheek the
sunshine sn her hair.
Ar while I hold her hand ia mine an
journey down the hill,
I'll make lffs'a sunset good Ar sweet
God hslpan' me, viii.
Nixon Waterman In l.. ~ w Bulletin.
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.nERD LADDIE.- THE CHAMPION
How James Wyllie Learned Check
eYp On the Hillside.

How James Wyllie Learned Check.
ess sa the Hillside.
James wyilie, aged eighty~two. the we'll
known sdrsugkts player. wno was cham
pion OF the world for thirty years. died
recently In Glasgow.
Wyiiie. who was known a. the Herd
i.adde." had lately been in Indifferent
health, hut he Travelled 10 Glasgow last
week TO take part II, the international
Tnatci, Scotland vs.. England, but was UNI
able. having been stricken down with In
fiuenxa.
Draughts players all over the world.
telegraphs The Leader correspondent
from Glasgow. will mourn his loss. No
name was better known in draughts cir
cles than that Of the Herd Iaddie." His
rame has been household word in Scot
land for the last nifty years
He was the son OF a soldier. and was
horn At Piershili Barracks. Edinburgh on
July s. 1918. His father was cavalry
trooper. who rose TO the rank OF sergeant
major In the Scots Greys. and took part
In the brilliant exploits Of that disrin-
guished regiment at Waterloo. II there
In anyth's In heredity :his may explain
last year the appearance o. the Herd
f.addie" In his eighty first year In tho
greatest o. spirits and h,ldiag his own
against the youthful cxpes 3 who chose
20 meet him across the ooard.
When ten years old he began to amuse
himself with the "dambrod.H which was
to become his life study and provide him
with a profession. In lsS2 he made his
first public appearance. being introduced
by Bigga" cattle deie- when with his
herd In the Edinburgh GTassmarket. He
was then fourteen yea. ord
After tha death Of Andrew Anderson. o.
Braldwood. he held the championship OF
the world for over thirty years. and when
his powers began to fail he was defeated
by Ferrie. OF Glasgow. three years ago.
Up 10 the very last he took keen In
tsrest in the game, and looked forward 10
taking part In the international match.
A prominent d aughts player states that
thirty years ago folks came far and near
20 see the Herd Taddie"-''the CHAP who
taught himself to play when \ Gallant at
the sheep"
For hours he would eli by himself on
the hillside and make ? profound study
OF moves When young he used 10 travel
the country with . pack, In this way he
foregathered with many persons and
picked UP varied experiences In the game
AT farmers ingles aud at cottage
hearths he always found some one TO
tackle him. and draw against him was
matter to be Dragged - in after lie.
Wyilic looked rustic aSi stolid In facial
expression. and when paying never raised
his head from the boari."
Wyllie twice made long tours through
the United States. Car ada and Australia -
London Leader
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sofas" wiz not work unless the 'ErtotsN
play. So every gang Of men has its or
cheotfA. Tue '.grtots' play On flutes and
ruda hairs the peculiar rag time tunes
Of Africa, and the picks and shoveas OF the
..Sofss. 70 industriously a. long as the
music lasts. Let the music stop. and the
work shckens and then fails altogether.
rAncy q gang OF Italian laborers en-
ployed in the construction OF . line OF
railroad In the United States insisting that
IN Trovatore'' should be played for them
while they worked In tho Soudan 1t has
heeen found impossible to get work out OF
tho natives In the construction OF railroads
unless music was furnished. Every con-
tractor who has tried 1t has failed. So.
to the sound o< music the steel rails are
penetrating the Congo region and forcing
their way through the Soudan To every
gan1 OF forty or Atty men there are as
signed two harp players and = flute player.
As long as the music keeps up. the black
laborers do not seem to feel fatigue. Gen.
orally the musicians get tired before the
laborers do The music produced by these
cheerers OF labor would not be inspiring
to q white man, FOR 1t IS filled with that
peculiar plaintiveness which one hears in
the negro songs OF the South. To the
Africans. however, the tunes seem 10 be
an inspiration.
A case somewhat similar to this Is the
custom in Cuban tobacco factories. In
the big room where the cigarmakers work
is always a reader. He sits up on little
platform and reads novels to the workmen
a. they manipulate the tobacco. Again.
on board ship a sailor will work as we'll
again II he Is permitted to "shanty"-
that Is, sing a working song. the rhythm
of which keeps time to his labor. But In
the building Of railroads music II . new
factor. Cecil Rhodes Cairo to the Cape
road will % literally nfed and harped
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Their Tender Devotion to Each Otner
and 10 the Young Ones.

Their Tender Devotion to Each Os"eF
ana to the Young Ones.
v.rv sunnv II Il. from tho human point
~ v,ev to witness the love-making OK
connie OF owls on q moonlight night, a.
thev sit together on the coping OF an oio
~aii or on the horizontal limb OF SONS
gtant ~ the forest Perched on the same
houyh or the same wall or ruin. tho lady
owl. though usually much Digger oa'"
stronger than her mate. looks the pc'ure
Of denure coyness. II little exci.eo IN
wardly. Ike girl at her nrst osl o..
the male owl is very much In earnest, LOT
a moment or two he remains quite suii'
then he puffs out all his feathers. bows.
ana utters a softened scream followed py
n modified hiss that II fun OF tender mean-
ing and then he nudges her with his wing:
she opens her big eyes very wioe' ana
gives him a sidelong glance that may %
a hint, for, horrible to relate. from the
depths OF his interior he instantly brings
I'm a half dixested mouse; and, although
she IA a. full Of similar rodents and stag
a,eetIee as she can comfortably hold. she
opens her mouth and accepts tho fragrant
eift with q murmur Of satisfaction that
sneaks volumes Of love and thanks Then.
when the dainty morsef has been disposed
of. they caress each other tenderly Tor
moment or two. and then sit Closely
pressed to each others side while the pro-
cess OF assimilation 10 perfected, after
which they simultaneously nit away into
the moonlight on noiseiess wing In search
OF further prey. Not only do the owls -.
gard each other with devotion that II
rarely met with among moro favored
creatures. they positively idoliss their III
favored offspring. for whose sake they
willingly risk not only liberty, but lie. A
young owl is not an attractive looking OBJ
iect from our point Of view. but In it,
fathers and mothers eyes II II perfection.
and the way they wait on II. cuddie and
care.s II. feed Il ana keep 1t clean. must
be seen to be believed--PAll Mall Maya
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A tender Asarte+ GA woman walking Sir
FIFTH avenue, Ssw Yevk the ether cay
Noticed neTxs With bread rubber hani.
stre:eAs4 &Teeess tss lsg fass ahAys the
h>a.. Sic asked tAe waiting driver .. sae
o.A Why Il was there ans suggested thar
II WAS fssSFs taAs cruel 20 Place IL oa the
animal
Yea tagna. replies ths eAh>y. ''st's pats
s9ss 20 sAs aawse4 ns ssSzAt. eGs tAars nss
TIE wurss 81 a. zsts the getting 80 r. 90
That pans TIE T0-es s5sns. Way we Rad "a
stretes re esra ara e~aw Il c~~~ M
aes~s'a seaa art 3ewa al as tseY II seg
4s on
"t'er - lsa3s sake alive exclaimed
to wcs1AS al uaskss SyAx asry.G1S.
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SECONDHAND CHURCH PEws.
Customers Found for These, ~ for
Every Other Sort of Material.

Customers Found for These, ~ for
Every other Sort of Material.
Standing closed up together on the fiat
roof of one OF the buildings in
Chicago occupied by dealer In
secondhand building materials were
a lot Of church pews When church
Is torn down to be replaced by new one
or perhaps by a business building, the old
structure Is sold TO the dealer in second
hand building material. The Qews are
sold. most likely, for use In some country
church that is being fitted up economically.
Such pews are occasionally sold for use
in schools.
Secondhand church pews are by no
means an everyday item OF the dealers
stock-churches are not torn down every
day--but they have long been an occasion
al item of IL. and there Is always a market
for them. They may not sell the first day
they come in, nor the first week, but SOON
er or later somebody buys them: and the
same is true OF everything. without excep-
ton. that comes into the dealers posses
sion. however odd 1t may be. There was
taken, some years ago. from an old build
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RODERF 6. INGEn0OIL
USED 10 GO To SUN.
DAY SC1IO0L IN ONO.

4 sHTABULA Il noted for two things:
"A It was the scene. nearly quarter OF
. century ago, Of one q the most
friehtful railroad wrecks In the history
Of the worid-a disaster in which. among
others. p. p. Bliss, the singing evangelist.
and his wife were burned TO death
Ashtabula.s other claim to fame IS
founded on the fact that over nifty years
ago Colonel Robert G. 1ngersou uveo
there with his father, who was q Prescy-
terrain minister. The Rev. John Ingersou
was OF the straitess sect. His sons did
not take the broad path. - 50 many sons
OF such fathers have done: but one OK
them. Robert, became eventually the fore-
most free-thinkers Of America BOD was
born in Dresden, New York State. ana ne
was years old when his father went 20
Ashtabula TO live. The church BUILDING IN
which the father preached and Hooers
went to church and sunday scnooa wiz
soon be torn down. 1t has stood IN the
center Of the city for sixty years. Rod
er. at that time was a Grahamite. or veg
etarian, not because he wanted to be. Dut
because his father made him forego the
Aeshly food Of which the son ate Freely
as soon as ne got away from the parental
home. Had Robert continued the ascetic
diet all his life he might present diner-
ent appearance now. Old Aahtabula peo-
Die TeufcubcK WINCH AAC "As~ -
dignif1ed gentleman now went around tne
town harefooted, as boys were wont 10
do in the summer in small townA Rod
ert's mother died when he was young ana
he was left to the tender mercies or .ne
strictest of fathers. Little Bob Was nke
many other boys. In that he WAS incnheo
10 be rather uischievous when Ms sun
day school teacher put the old questions
!. 10 him and that so many boys have heard
Don't you want to 60 TO heaven! vas
one OF the questions one day. to Wnicn
the boy replied persistentiy. mo-. Wnen
his father asked him Why not. Robert TO
nlied that he did really want to 60 there.
but the teacher had no business TO ask
such q foolish question. Another ume tne
teacher asked him how many gods there
were. to which Robert In spirit OK run.
answered ..Sdx"-so the story runs-tof
which reply he was removed oy tne
teacher.
member when the boy who has become one
Of the foremost orators In America mace
repeated failures in speaking his pieces
In school. It was only when ne nao
reached the years OF manhood that ROD.
or. conquered the shynees ana forsetiui-
ness which used to cause him 30 mucn
NORTHWESTERN on the little school plat-
form. After q few years IN Asntaouia
the family moved to Madison. ONO anu
then into Illinois. from which state NOD
art rent into the army and TO congress.
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Large ssMs Made froms the sale 81
cMus~d rcoa and Wtae.

isere n-e saase Interesting statistics n
regard - tee frscd ~A3ca IL ssrvcd In
rsSrsl ,Ala,s< rat which "a rsf used by
The hest or gssesfs T-Ns rA3ss cook es
fsyarsrsr Francis Joseph ~ Austria 49,
Inmates that ~ ;ss "a sss sexncs which
ere sS.scs each vsss pss sAs impartial tsNte
suo-e than SAX nsEittssn sratscs s-~ syess
CT uaassss focss. - 'lxsxanxs~ TIE per-
cuiss.es srsvu = single banquet wAscN VAS
Esvwe en- the occasion ~ tAs s1aSae~
amounted 81 rsos~ sAan Mlcn frxrscs
THE unused sa-esss ana esss-s-$afly sNa
wine - soss arSer Zach rsest ~ s~s ~s~s~-
unsp@f restaurants ~ Vienna asss 50 ssss
Y TIE rSsoks sn1 taesr assistants ess--
Re 10 ess.in twice ard essea eyea ssre~
- - much - 10 ra.a @ them each
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Railroad Rsilsiss BY N..ie.

building . railroad In the Soudan in no.
carried on TO tho sound OF the voice OF
an Irish 'sbosS directing a gang OF Italian
lahorsrs A. becomes the miider asmos
pheF~ ~ Iae tropics y railroad In those re-
Ssoa~ Is built 70 ira 'sfasffvinus pleasing
% iEts," or the African equivalent The
''sofaA' ere tie working people. aud the
'xTsosa Ars The cnaslcAl ooea. n
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ENGINE PULLS A BLAMING CAR.
Illinois Central Train Has . Thf1ll-
ing Experience Near AFoola.

lag Experience Near Arcela-
At s o'clock on the evening Of April =
a train pulled into Arcola over the Illinois
Central from the north with a stock car
In full blase. The engineer whistled the
distress signal - the train entered the
corporation limits and tho IRE bell called
out the local department.
The train was Iulled down near the CEN
ter Of the city and the firc company was
soon playing a stream Of water on the
blazing car. Tho hre was extinEuished
with no other damage to the train.
It II supposed the fire caught from a
spark from tie engine falling in the car
and igniting the straw ana other iEflam-
maFble substance. The blaze was first
discovered by the engineer while the train
was running at full speed abcu: two miles
north Of tho city.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-05-07

were paid for choice sittings, and Sar-
dou's latest drama was certainly given
a send off" which must have gratified
author, producer and company alike.
At the close of the first act the stalls
were asking: will it do? Is there
enough substance in it? Has the ac-
ton been sufficiently rapid to awaken
interest in the fate of the important
people?" The general impress sioa
seemed to be that not one of the Quer-
les could truthfully be answered in the
affirmative. Irying's well-wishers were
blue, but when the same questions were
asked at the close of the second act
there followed Yes" to each OF
given with hearty ring that indicated
the wish was not father to the thought,
but that the conclusion was the only
one possible. When the third act had
ended, the enthusiasm ran high, and at
the close of the play there was verit-
able furore. 1t was not a manufactur-
ed reception either irving had too
many sincere friends in the audience
on the opening night for that TO have
been possible. They fully realized
what the thing meant to him, and If
"Robespiere" had fallen short OF sue
cess they would not have permitted
their favorite TO be deluded into an
exaltati0n which, in view of the in
evitable 3shattering of the dream, would
pmount merely TO a piece of refined
cruelty. But "Robespierre' was a sue
cess, and it has now developed into a
sensation. Indeed, many of our blase
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-05-07
STORIES OF THE STAGE.

John P. Slocum, who managed the
tour of the Broadway Theatre Opera
Company, tells a New York reporter
the following:
In one town we played a one night
stand to a house filled with wild look
ing cowboys All during the perform
ance a big fellow, with fierce looking
face and armed at the belt, strobe
menacingiy up and down the center
aisle casting furtiye glanees right and
left. The curtain on the first act went
down in silence on the part of the au-
dience The singers looked at each
other in establishment, as the finale
had always previously called forth a
burst of applause. During the second
act the same apathetic conduct was
maintained by our hearers to the close.
Then we became genuinely alarmed,
and tales of how Texan audiences shot
holes through the drop curtain and de-
molished the scenery and furniture
Eese recalled. In the Interim. before
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some day become Duke of Devonshire.
MISS May is in London, and has
brought action for divorce against her
husband, Fred TITUS, the champion BIZ
cycle rider.
Her friends say that if she secures
the divorce she will Immediately be-
come Mrs. Cavendish, and will have
the pleasure of gazing upon a number
OF English estates which may be hers
some Jay. sac will become not only
Duchess of Deyonshire, but the March
ioness OF Harrington, Countess of De-
'yonshire, Countess of Burlington,
Baroness Cavendish of Hard wicke, Ear
oness Cavendish OF keignley, baroness
Gresham and Baroness Waterpark.
AS Duchess of Devonshire the follow
ing seats would be hers: Compton
Place, Eastbourne; Chatworth House
and Hardwicke Hall, in Derbyshire;
EIolkar Hall, in Westmorland; Bolton
Abbey, in Yorkshire; Devonshire
House, in London, and Lismore Castle,
County Waterford. Chatsworth IS con-
sidered the most splendid country
house in England.
Miss May came to New York about
five years ago to learn to sing She
was the daughter of Z. C. Petty, OF
Syracuse, and as soon as she sang we'll
enough to make her debut at the Casino
in New York, adopted the name of
Edna May. Soon afterward she made
the acquaintance of Fred Titus, and
married him, making the best match
of the season in her set.
From singing she went to dancing.
Soon she scored what is known as a tri-
umph and became a star in The Belle
of New York." which captured New
York and afterward London.
All beautiful women are destined to
gossip and Miss May cannot help it if
her talents and her pretty face have
led her much into public print When
asked about the runor of her engage
ment and her divorce, she said:
LAS to the report of my engagement
to Mr.. Cavendish, it is too absurd to
discuss. | have not even yet got my
divorce.
Mr. Cayendish and | are dear
friends. | met him in London soon af-
ter my arrival, and he was extremely
kind to me. | came to London friend
less, stranger and a foreigner, and
udluid any ltSl very grateful " a. StuliC-
man of high social position and charm
! ing manners who endeavored to make
! things pleasant and cheerful for me. 1t
! is very painful to me to discuss the
matter. | think there are some things
which even people of the stage shout
{ be allowed to keep to themselves.
Il am bringing a divorce because
cannot agree with my husband You
see, | married at seventeen. | was
/ self-willed and ran away from home
l don't think one is responsible for
ones actions at seventeen.
Il have nothing to say against Mr..
! Titus
Friends of Mr.. Titus say he is de-
votedly in love with his wife, and has
aged ten years since she began her d.
vorce proceedings in the London
courts.
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would be simply a great success, where
as it is now q sensation.

would be simply great success, where
as it is now sensation.
1t cannot be denied that the drama
fist has done his work remarkably
we'll, keeping before him constantly
the strong points, to say nothing of the
numerous peculiarities of the actor.
Thus, realizing that Irvings personal
appearance and even his physical short
comings make him particularly force
full Interpreter Of the emotion OF fear,
especially when it degenerates into alb
jectness, he gives the player a magni
ficent opportunity in the closing scene,
when RobeSpiefe is condemned by the
tribunal to death under the same gull
lotine blade to which a scratch Of his
pen had consigned thousands of his
countrymen, including his one-time
friend Danton. This is the strongest
scene in the play. The distorted faces
of the members as they hurl impreca-
tons at Robespierre and one another,
the attempt Of the presiding officer TO
preserve semblance of order, the
scores of arms waving excitedly above
their owners heads, the fiendish babel
OF voices, and above all the center of
attraction, the monster in sea green %
Robespierre, standing livid with fear,
his face painfully drawn by the terror
which has overpowered him-all this
makes a picture which can never be
forgotten.
When the man who has slain thou
sands without so much as thought or
their feelings realizes that his time has
come and that there is absolutely no
hope for him, look of supplicating
| helplessness overspreads his counte-
! nance, and he winees painfully, as
though struck by lash, when a mo-
ment later a blear eyed, half drunken
fellow shouts hoarsly: Look at him.
the coward. The blood OF Danton
chokes him! He cannot speak,"
Sardou has not stuck to history. II
he had. there would have been no play
of "RobesDierre, for that monsters
career after he attained prominence
was uninteresting in the extreme, ex-
ceptrto the wretches whose fate he held
in the point of his pen. Sardou has
| wisely and necessarily wandered afield
in the search for an element of interest
| to introduce into the character of his
william. Naturally the first thing to
! suggest itself was a woman, especially
since history is authority for the state
ment that Robespierre once loved his
landlords daughter. NJ. Sardou makes
! him ask her father for her hand. He is
rejected because he is poor and I'M
known, and he seeks revenge for tbs
/ insult. Later he is the father of tbs
] yc.nS ycInan's child, and he shea ex-
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-05-07
THEATRICAL ADJUSTMENTS.
Fanny Rice is i'll.

Fanny Rlce Is III.
Anna Belmont is now the wife of NJ.
A Kraus, a Chicago newspaper man,
and will retire from the stage.
Lew Morrison's youngest daughter
was engaged last week for a term of
years by Augustin DAILY.
The Daily Mail has obtained legal
opinion to the effect that if Cissie
Lotus or Justin Huntly Mccarthy
who were divorced few days ago in
New York, married again in the Unit
ed Kingdom or the colonies 1t will ren,
der them liable to prosecution for big
amy.
Up to the last ten years says Alice
Ives" you could count on the fingers
of one hand all the successful women
dramatists who ever lived The fe-
male play writer, compared to the
male. was about one in ten thousand. :
Lillian Russell is said to carry an
$4,000 life insurance policy In favor OF
her daughter.
The new comic opera to be written
by John Philip Sousa and George H
Broadhurst for production next sea-
son, will be based upon the recent mag
azine story, Chris, or the Wonderful
Lamp"
Ethel Barrymore is to be bridesmaid
at the wedding of Richard HARDING
Davis.
Emma Calve is said to have ordered
her tombstone. It is TO be monument