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The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-08-10

London, Aug. 10.-The editorials in
the morning papers take a rather pessi.
mistic tone in dealing with the refer
ences to the Transvaal in the Queens
speech and in that of Mr. Chamberlain.
Troops will be despatched on August
"a to replace those sent from Cape
Town to Natal. 1t is said, that after
parliament rose, most important tele-
graphic dispatches were received from
Sir Alfred Miner at the Colonial office.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-08-10
THE TRAGEDY At S'lRAHFORD
MOTORMAN TELLS HIS STORY 70
CORONER'S JURY.

Declares Car Did Not Travel Any Faster
Down Incline 80 Bridge Than on
Trips Made Friday and Saturday
Power Turned or and Brake Partly
Set-Car Svayed But Not Excessively
Lost Twenty-Five Minutes on Prccocu"
Ing Trip-Not Allowed Timo for Dih-
Mer.
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Rat Adopted by a Cat.

Forbes Baker of Steuben, Mo-, has
one of the most remarkable mousers in
the country in trained rat. Having
driven all the rats and mice from his
own premises, the rat is now doing odd
jobs for the neighbors.
The rats odd propensities are no
doubt due to the influence of his
adopted mother, a big maltese cat,
owned by Mr.. Baker and rated the
best mouser in Steuben. Last winter
she gave birth to kittens One day she
came upon a young rat and took him
to her kittens. Mr. Baker supposed
that she intended to give her young
ones their first lesson in the art of
rat-killing; but the old cat had no such
intention for instead of Offering to in
jure the helpless creature, or allowing
her kittens to do so, she adopted the
rat and made him a useful factor in
her household. The kittens, too, seemed
to take to the rat, and as the rat grew
apace with them, ate. slept and played
with them, they accepted him as a
brother, and We're contented. When
later the mother cat began to teach her
children to catch mice and rats. as
a means of livelihood, the rat entered
with much spirit into the game Finally
the old cat saw that her adopted child
was about the most ardent rodent hun
ter of the lot, despite his ancestry. and
she seemed satisfied and at once sent
them all out to make their own way in
the world Mr.. Baker disposed of the
kittens, but kept the rat, now full
grown. The rat has since waged a
merciless war on the whole rat kingdom
in Steuben. He still follows the old
cat about the house. and the two are
as attached as mother and child.-Un-
identified.
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The Bayreuth performances nave not
aroused great enthusiasm this summer,
and there are emphatic complaints from
all sides that the casts contain lever
great singers than ever before. Seven
eighths of the visitors come from Eng
land so far and the usually Inadequate
preparations to house them seem TO
have been made.
Jean de Reszke will not be in Amer
ica this coming season. Madame de
Reszke will not undertake a sea voy-
age. He can not persuade her to ac-
company him to America. so that when
he takes the trip they are deprived of
each other company about half the
year This she considers rather tire
some in view of the fact that both are
wealthy, and that it is money alone
that brings Jean over. He likes the
country and the people we'll enough,
but he detests the climate. which COM
pels him to lead hermit's life. Many
a walk on a wintry day has cost him
from 81 200 TO $1,000 a walk lie al
ways refuses to sing excepting in the
best of voice. The slightest huskiness
means $500 less ir the exchequer, for
that is what he now gets a night.
My first experience in the show
business" said the advance agent with
a reminiscent smile. was with a min
strel troupe. l was a young man, with
an impression that l possessed his
tronic ability in large-sized chunks. My
career was meteoric. From pounding
the base drum l rose rapidly until I
was owner and manager of the great
est double organization of negro min
strels then on the road" says the De
troit Free Press"
Il will admit that the death of an
aunt, whereby 1 came into possession OF
81 GOO, had considerable 10 do with ny
rapid rise but that was merely an in
cident. The manager that I bought out
said his only reason for selling was
that he was tired and needed a rest.
Business was bad from the start and
there seemed TO be no silver lining to
the cloud. We arrived one winters day
in a little town oat WesI, Nnere we
were billed to Play tnlt ptGnt, N the
midst of q bowling )lizTarl 1t was
the worst storm Of the season, ana we
never left the hotel. as .he streets We're
simply bloCkaded and there was not
even the possibility of a deadhead ap-
pearing 1T the hall where We we're 10
show.
Il counted up my funds and disccr-
cred that 1 had lust enough to take us
to the next town without taking into
account our hoard bill. 7 called the
company together and put the case be-
fore them. There was a train leaving
at midnight, ou" baggage lad not been
taken from :he devot ana il looked like
Providence.
AT the rear of the nall upstairs was
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William IT. disburses annually 1915, ,000
for the various court theaters, while
the Royal Opera at Berlin receives from
him alone a subsidy Of S225, 900. The
royal theaters of Saxony have a yearly
allowance of $120,000, just one-fifth Of
the King of Saxonys civil list In Ba-
varia the royal theaters have an annual
grant of $4,000. The Grand Duke
Of Hesse spends one-fifth of his state
allowance for the Court Theater OF
Darmstadt. and the Stuttgart Theater
gets subsidy of S60,000 The King of
Denmark allows the royal theaters $50
600, though his civil list amounts to
only S250,000
The dramatic correspondent Of the
Westminster Gazette" draws attention
to a curious sign of the times in the
triumph of the Oriental on the London
stage. 'fThe Mikado" and THE Geisha'
in their own whimsical way had an
immense vogue. The grewsome 'Cat
and Cherub" was at least a "succes
d destime." These are now being fol-
lowed by a battalion of Eastern plays.
Forbes Robertson and Mrs. Patrick
Campbell viii be seen shortly at the
Prince of Wales in G. B. Fernald' 5
new Japanese play, THE Moonlight
Blossoms" Then will come a new
Chinese opera, San Toy; or, The En-
peror's Own" which George Edwardes
will produce at Daly's next month.
George Dance is said to be writing the
libretto Of a musical comedy, to be call
ed "a Chinese Honeymoon" and there
is every likelihood of merry piece en-
titled THE Heather Chinee; or, The
End of the World" written by Arthur
Sturgess with music by ]. M. Glover,
seeing the footlights at no distant time.
writer in "CasselPs Magazine tells
pretty story of Sardou. In his twen-
ty-third or twenty-four year (the
date was April, 1854 he had contrived
to produce at the Odeon a comedy call
ed the "Tayerne des Etudiants." The
author himself had named it simply
'"The Tavern" The manager of the
theater which is situated in the stu
dents quarter of Paris, renamed it.
with an eye to gain, "The Students
Tavern whereupon the scholars.
thinking themselves attacked, promptly
damned the piece. Sardou's distress
| both of mind and body was now ex-
treme, and he was presently laid low
in his garret by a terrible attack of
typhoid fever. On another floor of the
house there was living a certain pretty
Mile de Brecourt, who had sometimes
met the unsuccessful interesting dra~
matist upon the stairs. Missing him,
the young lady learned in what man
| ner he was stricken, and mounting to
the top story, she installed herself at
his bedside So good a nurse did Mile.
! de Brecourt prove that Victorien was
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Killed at His Post.

THE night before the American troops
took Caloocan there was an attempted
night surprise, of which details have but
this week reached England The dis
patches merely recorded: "A sentry was
killed at his post
1t was only the other night-before we
took Caloocan-
A sentry was killed at his post, that's
how the dispatches ran,
Ihere wasn't very much for a cablegram
to tell
But the story is worth the telling, of how
that soldier fell.
Guard well this post" the Corporal said
I'VE expect attack tonight,
You are close to the enemy's trenches
just over there to the right,
And thS moment you see them coming,
don't wait a second-fire
Three shots, one after the other, as the
Slgnal-then retire!
Slowly marching back and forth. with
even, steady pace,
Ever scanning the dark low ridge in
search of a hostile face,
Naught could he hear save now and then
a night sharpShooter's gun,
Exchanging compliments with the foe.
then pause, and another one.
If he thought of home and mother. can
you blame the secret longing
To see her again as memories fast come
over his spirit thronging?
And to see her sweet. imploring face
with teardrops thickly falling.
But he swallowed the lump in his throat
and stood-alert at his post and
steady.
All! What was that? With a sudden ierl
he brought his piece to the ready. "
1t was none too soon. A rifle cracked.
and he fell to the ground, shot
through,
While scores of footsteps hurried on. and
the foe came full in view.
He was dying fast and his eyes were dim
with the life blood rushing hot;
But he staggered up against a tree and
fired the first signal shot.
That the wound was mortal he knew
full we'll, but he struggled still to
fire.
Twice! Thrice! the rifle spoke, and then
God gave the word "Retire!"
The bullets hummed like bees in his ear,
but there at break of day
His comrades found him-cold and still
with his face to the front lie lay,
His dead hand grjpped the rifle breech
and the empty cartridge shell
Told that he died Is a soldier should do
ing his duty well.
Thus they found him after the fight, and
they buried him on the spot:
And all that the world will ever know is
just that a man was shot
Shot like a hero, facing death. alone
against host
And the angels wrote his record: IA
sentry was killed at his post
June 20, 1899. London Paper.
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presently in courageous health again;
and there is nothing to add except that
the devoted nurse became, in a very
short time, the not less devoted wife
Yes; there is something else to add.
for his young Wife, having saved his
life, promptly placed in his hands the
means of fortune She it was who
brought him under the notice of Deia-
zet, just as that great actress was
founding a theater of her own. The
encouragement and support of Deiazet
aWoke in Sardou the talent which was
being stifed. She brought out in sue
cession his "Candide" Ghe piece he had
carried tremblingly to herr. the Pre-
mieres Armes de Figaro" (his first dis
tinct success), m. Carat" and the
Press Saint-Gervais." Suffering was
at an end, the empty purse began to
fill, and nine years later Victorien Sar-
dou was on the flood-tide of prosperity.
There is a bare possibility that To-
maso Salvini. the Italian actor. NAV
come TO this country for another star
ring tour within the next two years.
At present no definite arrangements
nave been made to this end, but 1t is
known he has written to friends here
expressing a wish of this kind, and
that he would like to be accompanied
by his son. Gustave Salvini
Gustavo is younger son of the great
actor, who has gained recognition upon
the stage OF his own country since the
death of the elder son, Alexander.
New York Post: One of the best
theatrical posters seen in this city for
some time represents Sidney Carton,
in the play founded upon "A Tale of
Two Cities" stand ng with hands boun |
behind him on the scaffold. AS usual,
1t is an imported one, being by the Eng
lish dlaughtsman John Hassall. Is it
because of the prevalence of short
runs" in New York, that our theatrical
managers are still so far beyond the
rest of the world in the matter of pos
ters? This particular example Is re-,
produced in the current number of that
entertaining little periodical, the Pos
ter" which in an article upon Cheret
quotes the appreciation of Roger Marx
the first critic to discover" him.
What is most remarkable" he says.
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He'd Met the Kind Before.

81 say, num-" said Husky Hully, as
he stood at the front door of a Selby-
avenue residence, couldn't yer contri-
butte a summer sandwich made out O.
rye bread and Clipped beef to a.
You'd better move on, man." said
the unresponsive lady of the house,
I'VE don't believe in encouraging
tramps."
Yer don't?"
NO
mo, | know wat kind Of people youse
be. Youse are de kind NV guys wat
has de word Welcome in yer door
mats an keeps er stuffed club for tour
lists behind de hatrack. Good day,
mum; I hope deres no malaria in dis
locality to interfere with wild de health
Of de family. st. Paul Globe.
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a window borrowed a rope from
one of The performers. who carried it
in case Of ire. and securing one end
to the stairs, l threw the other end out
of the WINDOW.
"One by one we slid down Until we
were all shivering On The ground odt-
side. There was small tr:c rlIe at the
rear of the Io.el formed ~ TWO streets
coming together. This space had been
inclosed with high !ll'nar!s, a small
door being the only means of getting
out This door We discovered TO on
horror was locked. The blIiboards were
too high 70 climb. ana we 'ound our
selves penned in with the thermometer
at zero.
There was but one hing IL do. and
we did it. We yelled cor the landlord
Il thought the landlord Wonlf die
laughing wnen he rrasped the sitIa
tion. But he was the light SORT and
told US not to worcy about our kilt Ne
went on to the next :own, where we
had better luck. and / nad the pleasure
of remitting 10 ;he accommodating
landlord the amount Of .,ur bill.
never attempted to jump another board
bill"
Though Emperor Francis Joseph has
long been held up to admiration as the
most assiduous supporter of dramatic
art among European rulers, never miss
ing a premiere, and persuading his
court to encourage the artists by their
presence at the leading theaters and
operas at Vienna, very few are aware
of the very material manner in which
he expresses his sympathy with the
cause. Only the other day, when the
administration of the Burgtheater at
Vienna had squared up accounts for the
year and had come out with a deficit
of Sl1O500, small white envelope con-
tanning a check for $lO0,000 was handed
in, contribution from the Emperor's
privy purse. Nor does his generosity
stop here. The royal opera receives from
him an annual subsidy of $150,000, the
German Theater at Prague $4,000, the
Czech Theater of the same city 1000
to say nothing of the varied allowances
to the royal theaters at Budapest
But the Austrian is not the only
monarch contributing from his private
wallet to the support of dramatic art
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making Out" in Georgia.

One of the old-time darkies. on being
asked "how he was making out" re-
billed in this fashion:
We'll sub, times is mighty tight wild
me, but manage to make a livin'."
What are you doing now?"
well, sub. I keeps de pot b'ilin' bv
doin' a little plowin'. little votin', en-
a little baptizin': en- wen dey's nut
tin doin' at dem three I hangs roun'
de whit folks en- waits 'twell dey gifts
in de notion ter run fer office ag'in."--
Atlanta (Ga.). Constitution.
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During the year ended June 80 1898,
the mines of Illinois produced 1S,600,000
tons of coal.
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Mrs. Langtry is to try an odd ex-
pertinent. She will appear in a play
in which she will impersonate herself
The experiment is expected to excite
curiosity, if not sympathy.
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AT the last London season of grand
opera there were twenty-five works
given, of which there We're sixty-seven
performances, Faust and ''Lohen-
grin" being the favorites.
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There was once an ''r'' in Dion Bou-
cicault's name. The last time it ap-
peared spelled Bourcicault was in the
cast of Green Rushes," presented at
Laura Keene's Theater, New York
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George rockingham has been TWEEN
ty-three years with the Bostonians. One
year he tried to go out as a star in an
arrangement by Colonel Frank Burr Of
Philadelphia, but was glad to go back
to the old flock
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IlldI yoo cSNCPt, NASiiOOb q0CS
ton, as divine truth that the Lord sent
His angel from heaven with His new
message to Joseph Smith, while I spurn
the thought that an angel equally en-
dowed appeared to the Moslem prophet
Mohammed? No angel has ever ap
peared to me TO confirm the truth Of
either Joseph Smith or Mohammed'5
claim. Yet there are people who be-
lieve I should accept them as truth
with the same child-like faith that
Christians accept the story of the i'm
maculate birth of Jesus. If the same
reasons dictate to any one that the
writings of the Apostles were not in
spired that suggest that the Koran or
Book of Mormon were not inspired
works, why should he be condemned
for his honest conclusions? "Come, let
us reason together" and be reasonable.
There are hundreds of different
churches, societies, creeds and clans
claiming to embody the doctrines nee
essary to insure ones entrance into
the presence of our creator after death.
There are thousands of teachers from
each of these institutions who profess
to know just exactly what God wants
His people to do, and every detail nee
essary to secure passage through the
"pearly gate so as to tread the golden
paved streets of the New Jerusalem.
There is not one of those teachers who
claims to know the truth but will tell
you that majority of the other teach
ers are either misguided or wilfully
teaching a false doctrine. Verify. the
blind are being led by the blind!"
NAV NOT he anniSS while we are
dealing in theories, and matteres that
we are not absolutely certain of, to
ask ourselves: What is man? Who is
God? We should ask these questions
reverentially. Christians often speak
Of men as being miserable, worthless
creatures, unworthy the notice of their
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Guard well this post the Corporal said; j;
we expect attack tonight,
ou are close to the enemy's trenches
just over there to the right,
nd thS moment you see them coming
don't wait a second-fire
hree shots, one after the other, as the
signal-then retire!"
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O Two circumstances happening on
the way to the Cross are mentioned: AT
sight OF an innocent One led:to such a
shocking death, women wept. Jesus
turned, and as II with the siege Of Jeru-
salem in view, bade them rather weep
for themselves and their children.
{2) The fatnting strength Of Jesus
makes the impressing OF some one to
bear His Cross necessary. Simon was
probably not an African, as is often
supposed. For in Cyrene, Northern AZ
RIGA. there was n colony Of Jews.
(3) The thoughts of Jesus. even In His
mortal agonies, were upon others. as
His three first words from the Cross In
dictate: Father forgive" and TO the
penitent, This day." and to His mother.
Behold thy son."
az Gambling is vice that could In
trude even upon the crucliiXion scene.
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going to try that over again. Don't lie.
the caddie see me; he despLses me al
ready" r i}f &
AS we walked over to the feeling
ground she pulled out silly little
purse. IIia5f
"see there!" she exclaimed, opening
1t to cleaning gold piece. "That Is
what che gave me. i shall keep It, too.
Or I might give It to you to buy new
cup. You drive first. Whore is Phyllis
to-day?" IN
Gone to the city. to the tailor and the
mllllner. and"
e"oh. already? Then l will keep the
gold piece" Il M Ii. 4
II foil to Soc" I began. W
Why do You tee so low?" asked Miss
Van Glider. Take all the chances you
can get, / always say Why, Stuart,
simply because l gave her that cup Tor
an engagement present; and think
may need oil the pennies have, very
soon--" 3lIE KS y = =
"Hush!" said. THE caddle!" For he
had not followed my ball. 81 d,
"Fore!" she cried. and posed herself
Tor the drive; but her swing was too
graceful to be effective. She pressed
and fooled, apd then she looked at me
with queer little smile. M
can never thank you." I began
again. but she turned away her head
and improved the lie OF her ball with a
Vicious cleek. itF Z ;5'15-
Then DON'T" she said.
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Special Dispatch to tho Intelligencer.
CHARLESTON. ". w., June l.
While attending services at the ceme-
terry at Milton Decoration Dag, Emma
Deal, young woman. eighteen years
Did. tainted away. She never regaIned
consciousness. and yesterday she died
a, The house to which che was carried.
The girl was u stranger ut Milton, and
her family cannot be located.
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The International Sunday School Lesson.
Juno 4, 1909. John XIX 1880
Christ CIuciflcd.

| s-3.H r4r SITlSt' SIuCllCU.
So goes the most pitful procession
earth has ever seen. The centurion
mounted and In the van; guard in
shlning armor and numerous enough to
make rescue ofthe victims impossible;
the condemned. their crimes recorded in
black letters on boards ,daubed with
gypsum and hung about their necks; In
the rear, slaves carrying refreshments
Tor the soldiers. besides nafls, hammers,
ropes, etc, necessary for the execution,
and back OF all such an uDsavory crowd
as public execution would draw in our
day. And 80 the:.. come TO Golgotha,
beyond the city wall. a rounded hilltop.
whose bare. rocky, shining surface sug-
gests u human skull Jesus cross is
laid upon. the ground and He, stripped
OF His raiment. Is laid upon It. His
hands stretched out are nailed to the
transverse beam and His feet crossed
arc nailed to the upright piece. The
agent Of benevolent guild of women
who seek to mitigate the tortures Of the
condemned comes with the nnaesthetic
which Jesus refuses. The Cross Is up
lifted and fnlls With slckening shock
Into the socket In the ground. ills then
that the sufferer often breaks out In I'M
precautions against his executioners.
Hark. what words are these that fall
from Jesus lips? Father forgive
them; they know not what they do"
He was numbered with transgressors,"
for to right and left Of Him on crosses
perhaps lower than His own, hung the
assassin comrades OF Bnrabbas, but less
fortunate. a change comes over one OF
the Indicators. The fortltude and be-
nightly Of Jesus captures his heart. He
stops reviling. He expostulates with
his comrade. He asks to be remember
ed by the Sufferer whom he now per-
ceives to be on His way to His corona
tlon. His request leads 10 the second
word from the Cross" While this Is
transplring the four soldiers who were
Jesus special guard were dividing
Jesus ralment. One takes the turban,
another the sandals, third the g!rdle,
the last the outer robe. but for the mos.
valuable. the seamless robe, they must
needs cast lots. Jesus plying eye falls
upon His gricf-pierced mother. On His
Cross He gives lustrous example OF
tillal affection as In His "third word"
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PITTSBURGH. Pa. June 1.-The time
OF holding the national conference OF
reformcrs who favor the abolition or
suppression of the drink traffic. etc.
has been changed BY the executive com.
mittee In charge to December %. md n
preliminary conference ARRANGED for a,
the headquarters, Ioi Smithficld street
Pittsburgh. Pa, June S. the national
committee meeting at that date Th,
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MIR. P. KETCHAM, OF Pike City,
Cal. says: During my brothers late
sickness from sciatic rheumatism,
Chamoerlain's Pain Balm was the only
remedy that gave him any relief"
Many others have testified TO the
prompt relief from pain which this lin
iment affords. For sale bF druggists.