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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-10-17


Mime Janauschek's performance of Meg
Merriles," in itself fully up to the stand
ard of this accomplished actress ability,
was somewhat married last night by an un-
balanced support. This is unfortunate, for
1t is a long time since a dramatization of
SCOTS great novel has been produced In
Washington, and with a competent COM
p6ny behind her. Nine. Janauschek would
undoubtedly afford most satisfactory re-
vival The version by Mr.. Paul Kester is
long, and at places somewhat weak. 1t
comprises four acts and a prologue, and is
In that uncertain realm between drama
ard melo-drama. which is beyond defini-
ton. The veteran actress impersonation
of the Queen of the Gipsies is clearly the
most finished work of the performance
But she works in an atmosphere of uncer-
tainty Mr.. Frank Evans as Dandie Din
mont Is satisfactory, Mr.. Harry Dalton as
Col. Mannering is subdued amidst his
sometimes vehement surroundings and Mr.
Alex. Vincent as Dominic Sampson fur
nishes the only rays of lightness aud glad
ness the somber play permits. Otherwise,
Nine. Janauschek is handicapped save, per-
haps, by the earnest, direct work of Miss
Mary Mackenzie Lucy Bertram If
Mr.. Frank G. Cotter continues throughout
the season to work theoretically as the
manager of the production as he does in
the unsavory role of Gilbert Glossin, he
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-10-17
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-10-17

1889 AN PENNSYLVANIA LIMITED. Pullman
Sleeping. Dining. Smoking and Observation
cars harrisburg to Chicago Cincinnati IN
33iansp2ls, st. Louis Cleveland and Toledo.
Buffet Parlor Car TO Harrisburg
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The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1899-11-15
FARMERS POETRY.

A Local Kipling on the Britian-Boer
Difficulty.
To the Editor of the Minneapolis Times:
Although we enjoy the brightest sunshines
Since | read your great paper see
That it's getting dark beyond the sea:
If the Beers continue their noble fight
They will soon be out of sight,
AT the end of this century as did Bonaparte.
The British nation is powerful and smart;
With envy and ambition growing so bold
From the grave Beers grab their gold
And if not stopped in time; say
Within century they'll grab our country.
l and all persons human and kind,
For the sake Of humanity and mankind.
In your paper want you to tell Uncle Sam,
Knowing he is good and powerful man,
To order his willing, brave and gallant sons,
With their brilliant swords and mighty
guns,
And plenty of beef, pork, ham and veal,
To send them Immediately TO the Trans
vaal.
Help those fearless brave, struggling Beers,
And put an end to the horrors of war.
To join the European powers human plan,
To this we hope you will agree Gle Sam.
The British Lion seeing you all at Cape of
Good Hope,
Well anchored with guns and steel rope,
Will be taken OF a inst and frantic fear
Like supernatural ghostly phantom. dis
appear.
On this progressive world all enlightened
nations,
At the end of this century, In Fraternal
Unions
Win join, from East to Western Hemis-
phere
All with one grand and glorious cheer
For all humanity
Hurrak for Liberty!
!. JOHN b. SICOTTE.
Nash, Wisconsin, Nov. Sth, 1899.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1899-11-15

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DEATH OF MRS. TWEEDT.
Dies at H er Home in This City After q
Long Illness.

Dies at Her Home III This City After a
Long Illness.
Death claimed a long suffering
patient last Friday, at which time
Mrs. Nels Tweedt passed quietly
away, after having been i'll for a
year. Since last spring she has
been in very bad condition, sinking
gradually to the inevitable result
her disease was that dreaded mon
ster consumption.
The deceased was formerly Miss
Emma Garberg, and she was mar
ried nearly seven years ago to Nels
Tweedt in this city. Their union
was happy one, and unto them
four children were born, three Of
whom still survive. Besides the
sorrowing husband and children
there are left to mourn her sad
death her brothers Halvor and Peter
Garberg, sister Mrs. John Gus taft.
and her mother, Mrs. Garberg.
The deceased was born in Nor
way, and came to this country
thirteen years ago. She lived nine
years in Washburn, and was twenty
seven years and one day old at the
time of her death. She was an
amiable lady, and had a large con
course of friends. The funeral was
held Sunday afternoon at the Nor
wegian Lutheran church, and was
largely attended. Rev. C. Micheal-
son preached the sermon and con-
Quoted the services.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1899-11-15
Literary Notes.

The Thanksgiving number of The
Saturday Evening Post, in it's
stories, poems, pictures and gener-
eral articles, will be the most at
tractive number of the magazine yet
issued.
In this number Robert W. Cham
bers has seasonable out of door
story. entitled "The Hunter
romance of poacher's pretty
daughter. Other features are;
Edwin Markham's latest poem,
THE Lyric Seer Gan Electrical
transaction" "a tale of the Trans
val War by Robert Barr; CAT
Dawn" by Octave Thauet, and the
), Minister'S Henhouse, . droll story
by G. B. Loomis.
1.-TWO notable articles in this
number are Lincoln as Candidate
and President" by his old friend
and political ally, Colonel A. K. Nc
Clure, and our "New Prosperity,
by Frank A. Vanderlip, Assistant
Secretary of the Treasury
The Thanksgiving number of the
Saturday Evening Post will be on
all news-stands November %.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1899-11-15
Judge Carr and the Pennies.

The Nebagaman Enterprise has
the following in it's last issue, which
sounds characteristic of its editor.
Judge Carr:
1t is commendable that children
should be taught to save their pen
MES. But we cannot believe they
should be called upon to contribute
the few pennies they have struggled
to save to buy watches or iewelry
for any so-called hero. It has be-
come fad to heap presents upon
those who have been compelled to-
do their duty, and to serve their
country in the positions they were
anxious to fill, and were fortunate.
enough to obtain. Admiral Dewey
don't need any more watches
There are many poor soldiers who
were with Dewey who deserve and
need help, and many of the children
who contribute need TIE pennies
they are constantly called upon to
donate to some such fad. This so
styled hero worship is un- American
and the practice should be discour-
aged. Every American citizen
feels just pride in the fact that we
have such valiant officers and such
patriotic soldiers. but it does not
follow that the people shall con
S antly shower gifts upon them
neither is it expected or deserved by
them.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1899-11-15
IRONWOOD IS EASY.
Scrap on Over the Rates for Lighting
the City.

Scrap on Over the Rates for Lighting
the City.
The city Of Ironwood, Michigan, is
in darkness, all on account of trou-
BILE between the council and the COM
pany. The city has been paying
81 20 a light per month, and now
want to cut the price down to 800.
This has ''riled" the company, and
they now demand what seems to the
lronwood people the exhorbitant
price of $500 per light. In Wash
burn most of the lights are costing
$1,000 each per month. And this
suggests that possibly this city is
paying altogether too much. Per-
haps THE TIMES will have something
to say on this subject latter on.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1899-11-15
THE BISHOP HERE.
Confirms Large Glass in The
Catholic Church.
SEVERAL PRIESTS ASSISTED
Was an Impressive ceremony and ALE
the Local Catholics Were Out to
Church and Participated in
the Ceremony.

The Rt. Reverend Bishop schwe-
bach, of the La Crosses diocese, con-
frmed a class Of about eighty at the
Catholic Church Sunday morning.
A number of outside Priests were
here, and together with Rev. Father
Placidus Kerkeler conducted the SER
vices. Ali of the local Catholics
participated, and the ceremonies at
tendant upon the Bishop visit were.
OF unusual interest.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1899-11-15
Is, o. T. M. Notice.

All members of North Star Tent
No. 4. K. O. 7. M. are requested to
be present at a special review of the
Tent, Saturday evening, Nov. 18th.
Business of Importance to be trans
acted. HANS AMBLY, r. K.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1899-11-15

REDUCTIONS IN ALL THE TOWNS.
The Valuations Being Materially Cut on
All the Towns-SmaIIer Figures in
Appropriations, Which ought
to Lessen Taxes.

The county board met in annual
session at the court house, Tuesday,
and fixed the valuations of the
different towns, from which the levy
was made. Besides this 81, 400 was
allowed for road work in the towns
of Washburn, Bayfield,, Iron River
and Pratt. George H. Quayle was
appointed a committee of one to
audit bills, and was authorized to
employ such assistance as he may
deem necessary. The valuation for
each town WAS fixad &c fnllnuS.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1899-11-15
Cold on The lungs IS no Triflel-

nd Should be Looked After in It's Earliest Stages
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1899-11-15
Card of Thanks

We wish to return our heartfelt
thanks to the many kind friends
and neighbors who have aided US so
much in the sickness and death of
our unfortunate departed one, and
assure them that the heartfelt graft
tude of husband and motherless
children is felt towards them all.
NELs TWEEDT AND CHILDREN.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1899-11-15
Superior Wave: James. I'll.

Superior Wave: James. Fl. Agen
returned last Saturday from two
months trip into the Klondike coun-
try. Mr.. Agen's trip was a peril
Gus one. The trip across Lake
Bennett was about as hard a pro
position as he ever tackled, with the
icebergs, storms. etc., which he ran
into. He finally made Dawson City.
The return trip was much easier
Mr. Agen says he is willing to let
the other fellow undertake the
]ourney-he knows when he has had
enough.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1899-11-15
For Sale.

Property known as the Christiana
House. Must be sold, owing to my
wife's i'll health and being obliged to
change climate. NELs TwEEDT. /
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1899-11-15

We have few good mich COWS to
sell at reasonable prices, for cash.
Also some good beef cattle.
p. A. OSCAR & Co.
Gilpin observer., 1899-03-23
TaIta and It's Queer Ways.

Taita is the country in East Africa
thro lgh which the new railway from
Momaasa to Uganda passes. at the end
of Its first section of hundred miles.
Its inhabitants are obliged to live in
the mountains for fear OF being raided
by their numerous enemies. They grow
the bulk of their crops however. on
the plains below. These people have q
curious custom which Is observed
about twelve months after the burial
OF one Of their number-At least. in
the case of the older man or n ruler,
ard all those who have had children.
In due time, the grave is opened and
the skull Is removed. to be dercsited,
with a certain amount Of ceremony, in
one of the sacred places" which are
usually situated in grove OF trees.
In one spot visited by n traveller re-
Gently. there were about 15O skulls de-
posted, presenting a grewsome spec
tacle.
Whenever trouble or famine befalls
the country the elders all assemble
ut this spot, and proceed in the first
instance to count the skulls. possi-
bly-indeed, most probably-two or
three mey be missing, having been
carried of by the numerous prowling
hyenas. In such cases the same num-
ber of sheep or goats are killed. and
their heads deposited in the place of
the missing skulls. The blood of the
animals Is poured around the whole
place. while their flesh provides n feast
for the headmen who are ministering
at the shrine. At these festivities tho
Gilpin observer., 1899-03-23
In MonGolia's Capital.

ourga, the capital of Mongolia, is
great religious center. 1t is the resi-
deRce OF the third living Buddha the
yearly resort of about 100000 pilgrims
and the local headquarters of about
10000 priests or llamas, these last be-
ms everywhere in evidence as you
pass through the town. Ourga is
town OF about 10000 people. chiefly
Mongolians, with few thousand Chi
nese, the governing authority resting
with Manchu governor and Mon
golian prince. The former has about
$50 Manchurian soldiers! and that, it
is said. is the only military force in all
Mongolia. Besides the Mongolians and
Chinese, there are in Ourga about $50
Russians. These latter are chiefly en-
gagged in the caravan trade, all of
which passes through ourga. OF public
buildings Ourga has none save a great
temple with very famous and beauti-
fully worked copper statue of Buddha
"a statue about thirty feet high and
evidently OF Chinese workmanship. OF
road-making, of sanitation, of local ad-
mtnistration there is none. The city
is collection of wood buildings or
mud huts. each surrounded by a high
wooden fence. The roads are tracks
created by traffic. The open spaces are
of dust or mud, as the weather may
direct. Dogs are the only scavengers.
Yet, withal, Ourga is a prosperous and
happy town. 1t is manufacturing
center, since not only the Mongol sad
dlery, but the Mongol headware, the
richer clothing and all the pipes, to-
bacco pouches and girdles which the
Mongol loves are Of Ourga make. The
100000 pilgrims who resort there
yearly must also be source of con-
siderable revenue, and, as matter of
fact, the people OF Ourga have every
siga of being prosperous. They seem
happy and good hammered. and after
travelling through China one partic-
ularly notes the free and independent
life of the Mongol women. These
move about with perfect freedom, buy
ing, Belling or gossping in the mar
ket place, and, of course. riding on
horseback whenever they have to go
more than few yards. For no Mon
gol ever walks. The idea would seem
absurd.
Gilpin observer., 1899-03-23
Religion and the Possum.

An incident told by the Rev. V. B,
Carroll in the November Homiletic
Review makes apparent the necessity,
in this transition period, OF getting the
negro inwardly right in order that his
relationship to society may be right.
We were driving out one Sunday
from Decatur when we came upon a
negro, with club in his hand and a
freshly killed possum on his shoulder.
We stopped to examine the prize, and
the colonel said:
"My friend, do you know 1t is Sun
day?"
"Sartin. boss"
Are you not religious MANI"
81 are. Use jist on my way home
from church"
"And what sort of religion have you
got that permits you to go hunting on
Sunday?"
Religion? religion?" queried the
man. as he held the possum up with
one hand and scratched his head with
the other. "Does you 'spect any black
man in Alabama is gwine to tie hisseli
up to any religion dat lows possum
to walk right across the road ahead OF
him an git away free? No, sab! A
religion which won't bend little
when a fat possum heads you of could
MT be established round yere by all the
preachers in de univarse."
Gilpin observer., 1899-03-23
Song Canaries of Germany.

The home of these birds, the Harz,
tains rising out of the plain between
the rivers Leine and Saale. is the mos.
northern elevation of Importance in
Germany and lies partly in Prussia,
PARTLY in Anhalt and Brunswick The
best song canaries are reared here at
the present time. chiefly in Andreas.
berg, town also celebrated for its sill
yer mines. In every house and cot
tage of the place you see canaries, and
on fine summers day, when walking
by, their song greets you from every
open door and window. Whereas with
the other races of canaries color, mark
ings, shape, and size are important
points, with this breed there is bu.
one-their song.
The birds are usually of middle size
and strongly built; the head is largo,
the legs shorter and the neck not so
long as in the common canary; the
legs slant backward a little and tNe
bird does not stand as upright as Che
others. The breast ought to be broad
and strong, the eyes large and lively;
the feathers must lie smooth and the
bird ought to execute all its move.
ments with sort of coquetry. The
colors vary from straw to golden yell
low, some with green markings, but
deeper shades of yellow are not to be
found among them. If we say that
these birds have to take the second
place in outward beauty of form ana
color, we certainly must give them the
first of all in point of song. Their en-
tire value lies in this.
With the utmost care and science
their voice has been cultivated for
years, and splendid results have been
obtained. The song of a really first
class Harz bird is a marvel of beauty
for those who understand it, but Il
needs much practice and musical ca.
to note slight differences and faults
and be able to choose the really best
songster among a crowd of BIRDS
Chambers Journal.
Gilpin observer., 1899-03-23

would take a volume to tell you all tho
good it has done me. Pe-ru-na is the
best catarrh cure on earth, and know,
for l have tried nearly all of them.
Respectfully, Buck F. Taylor"
Winter weather causes catarrh.
Everybody knows this. But everybody
does not stop to think that winter
weather delays the cure of catarrh. 1t
takes longer to cure case of catarrh
in the winter generally, than in the
warm season. Spring is here. Now is
the time favorable to the treatment of
old and especially stubborn cases Of
catarrh.
Send for book entitled Facts ard
Faces" Sent free by The Peru ma
Drug Mfg Co., Columbus, o.
Gilpin observer., 1899-03-23
ApprO tching bombay.

The traveller approaching Bombay
from the Arabian sea is struck with
the popularity OF the Indian coast. A
low-lying narrow strip of shore rises
abruptly in great steps to meet the
Ghauts-a range of mountains which
looms up just behind. setting tho city
in bold relief. and cutting OFF the view
OF the remarkable plains beyond
known as the Daccan. They are sit
uated from two to three thousand feet
above the level OF the sea. and are in
terlined throughout as with the veins
of a leaf by the mighty rivers. which.
rising in the Western Ghauts. flow
eastward over the sloping table lands,
through the Eastern Ghauts and across
the narrow fertile strip on the east
ern shore, to pour their waters into
the Bay of Bengal. They stretch away
thus. east to Calcutta, and there to
Cape Comorin. dotted here and there
with mountains which spring suddenly
out OF the plains like defacing excres-
cences upon the surface of leaf.
while in the north. they are cut of
from the valleys beyond by the Wind
hya mountains. which run east and
west across the center of the country.
Literally surrounded thus by three
ranges of mountains. this Deccan pre-
sents one Of the most peculiar geo.
graphical formations in the world.
Gilpin observer., 1899-03-23
The Managed Husband Il Worthless

Helen Watterson Moody believes that
the husband who can be managed is
not worth managing, land there is no
better principle" she adds, in the
March Ladies' Home journal, ''for
both husband and wife to adopt. in ad-
justing themselves to the new relation
than that of trying to do each by the
other what men are accustomed to call
the square thing Many Il woman un-
derstands managing husband better
than she does doing the square thing
by him, and many man understands
and practices doing the square thing
by other men who would be affronted
If he were to be told that. judged by
his own business standards, he habit
ually dealt unfairly with his own
wife,
Gilpin observer., 1899-03-23
Distances of Stars.

Sir Robert Ball, the English astron-
omer, who has been delivering a Sc.
ries of lectures on practical astrouo-
my. has very happy faculty of illus,
tration. In speaking of the distances
the stars. whose visible number
exceeds thirty millions. are sunk in
the abyss of space, he tried to give
his hearers an idea of what these dis
tances are.
They knew, said he, how quickly o
telegraph message traveled-at such
a speed that, if the wires were perfect
conductors, an impulse would fly
around the world in a single second
Suppose, now, they wanted to tele-
graph to the moon-well. that would
not take long. The moon was near,
and the message would reach 1t in a
little more than a second. To the
sun it would take longer-about eight
minutes.
But to the nearest of the stars. it
was not a question of seconds, or Of
minutes, or of days. or weeks. or
months. II, when the battle of Wa
terloo was fought, telegraphic ac-
count had been sent to the nearest
fixed star of that victory, tie mes
sage would only now be arriving. But
there were stars more distant than
that. There were stars which would
still be ignorant even IL some one
had been at the pains to send them a
telegram relating the occurrence that
the Normans had beaten Harold at
the battle Of Hastings; there were
stars to which the blessed knowledge
of the birth at Bethlehem would still
be unknown. for the glorious tidings
could not have reached them; "and IT,"
said Sir Robert Ball. you multiply all
that l have said by ten-fold. there
are stars in the vast heavens. you may
be sure, OF which 1t would still be
true"
Gilpin observer., 1899-03-23
Bu.,n... Partnership of Matrlmony

The time 10 begin to learn from each
other Is when people are first married
when life Is still playground to them
and when romantic love condones what
In later yenrs mioht seem nagging or
carping criticism. We are all creatures
of habit. II we get used to the business
partnership OF mntrimony In our youtf
II becomes second nature and not n hard
ship nor "A dislllusionmcnt If people
would take time to understand each
other and to cultivate mutual confidence,
how much easier married life would be.
come-in fact. all life To be sure, we only
hear of the unhappy marriages. while
together, silently and happily. But there
IL enough friction to warrant this kind of
consideration. because even those who ure
to all appearances contented might make
more of life II they looked upon marriage
MS nm equal Observation-Disclosures Evans,
In tho January Ladies' Home Journal
Gilpin observer., 1899-03-23
Saved From Rabies by Pasteur.

A few weeks ago sixteen persons were
bitten by one mad dog in Borgherout. a
suburb of Antwerp. 1t was not known
that the dog was mad. A few days after.
however, a veterinary pronounced the
animal rabid. The wounds had already
cicatrized, so that the cases were beyond
ordinary control. All We're ordered to the
nearest sa Pasteur s hi INSTITUTE at Lille in
living at Antwerp who was bitten at
about the same time. has died In agony,
the victims of the Borgherout case have
been pronounced cured and have returned
home. The municipalities in Belgium
maze max t RUE OF sendiHg such m victims TN thio to
recent triumph of medical science DEM
onstrates the necessity for establishing a
similar institute in every country within
a reasonable journey from all centers. In
fairly reasonable cases the Lille treat
ment lasts twenty-one days. More than
200 cases are treated annually at the in
stitute.
Gilpin observer., 1899-03-23
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The readers Of this paper will be pleased to
learn that there is at least one dreaded disease
that science has been able to cure in oil its
stages and that is Catarrh Halls Catarrh
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acting directly upon the blood and mucous sur
faces of the system. thereby destroying the
foundation OF the disease, and giving the patient
strength by building up the constitution and
assisting nature in doing its work. The pro-
prietors have so much faith in its curative
powers that they offer One Hundred Dollars for
any case that 1t fails to cure. Send for list OF
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