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The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1900-12-05

clear space. What must happen flashed
through Dicks brain; he saw Mrs. Ven
neker too much surrounded for him to get
near and warn her and get her to help
Mr.. Nenneker was on the stairs; he
would see it first, stop, and try to hide the
newspaper; then she would snatch il
from him. and then--he could see her
with his minds eye at full length in her
wedding dress on the parquet floor. He
moved forward to be near her as Mr..
Venncker came into the room with the
newspaper in his hand and stood glanc
ing through it for the latest news. Dick
clenched his teeth. looked and remained
silent. Mr.. Venneker was looking at one
spot in the paper. He was red-faced
man, and could not be expected to change
color. 1t was coming.
There's no news" said clear, tran
quill voice. 1t was Mrs. O'Brien, looking
over her shoulder at her host as she
hand. TO say goodnight. Il came here
straight from the war office. n cousin of
O'Brien."
Il wondered whether he was rela-
ton said Mr.. Venneker, his voice shak
ing.
Dick was digging his nails into the
palms of his hands and his teeth into his
lips in the effort to hold himself together
My husband is Capt. George O'Brien,
in the Irish Rifles said Mrs O'Brien in
explanation to a lady near her. 'Stupid
people used to mix Gerald up with him
because of the initials The cousins
names We're Gerald Costigan, l think.
and, of course, the regiments are quite
different. The Rifles weren't in that
show at all-it was only skrmish: and
Pat didn't like Gerald much, | know
At all events, Gerald Costigan O'Briens
fate did not affect his cousins wife.
There was less of Indifference in her tone
as she exclaimed. catching sight of Dicks
face, Mr.. Templar, is anything the mat
ter? Are you ill?"
But Dick could stand it no longer He
is Il shy, sensitive man-t0O much so to
give the true explanation to any one.
much less to every one: and a man who
goes into Mysteries, and is helped from a
crowded drawing room, alternately
laughing and crying, on his hosts shout
der, must explain to Il good many if he
wants to re-establish his reputation.
Dick never tried. and the theory of the
port at dessert is accepted now even by
Mrs. O'Brien.-Sketch
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1900-12-05
BRITAIN'S BLACK FIGHTERS.
Duslly Heroes Who Proved Their
Ea1or in the Ashanti Campaign,

A striking tribute is paid ito the
troops VINO relieved Kumasi few
months ago by DR.. Douglas Gray. who
accompanied the force as medical officer.
They were all black soldiers of the
Queen except the officers who were
British few years ago many Of them
were naked, slave-raiding savages living
near Lake Nyassa. Today they are as
well disciplined as any troops in the
world.
Many Of them had never seen the sea
before they Travelled from Central Africa
to West Africa to fight for the Queen
But they are great fighters. They
worked their seven-pounders and Max
inns like handy men, and were dead
shots with the Martini. They eat rice
and marched like the C. |. V. They
plunged into the jungles and frightened
the Ashantis out of their stockades by
getting round at the back, where they
were not expected.
They ran sOmetmes-straight at the
enemy. When the fire was hottest, or
when they were soaked in rivers. it new,
CT occurred to them to finch They Just
laughed joyously and followed their Off
GERS. One of the black heroes got 81
bullet in his skull and thought it waste
of time to have it extracted before he
had finished fighting.
DR.. Gray says that the black soldiers
the Yaos Atongas. Angons. Yorubas
and Hausas-have proved in the Asian
ii campaign that they can do anything
rican Rifles, to which the first three
tribes contribute, number about 1000
men. The black force effected the relief
of Kumasi in less time than white troops
could have done it-at a tenth the COST
London Daily Mail.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1900-12-05
TRAGEDIES OF THE STAGE.
Large Number Of Those Killed OF
Wounded in Playing Their Part.

In the Grenelie theater in Paris the
talented professional friend with a stage
dagger whose spring got out of order.
The victim yelled so naturally and the
blood flowed so freely that the audience
was delighted and never realized the
The accident prompted Partisan scribe
to hunt up the record of things somewhat
similar upon the stage. According to his
story Nine. Benoin at Prague in a suicide.
scene stabbed herself seriously.
William Moritz killed his associate,
Temple Crozier, in the Novelties theater
of London.
In the play of "The Indian Emperor
the English actor, FarQuhar, playing the
part of GuyOmar, dangerously wounded
another player who, unfortunately, had to
take the part of a Spanish general, after
which Farquhar wisely babe farewell to
the stage.
Macready in "Macbeth'' at one time
came so near scoring a victory at Dun
shane that poor Macduff had TO be taken
to the hospital where he remained for
six weeks.
Garrick in "Othello' half choked more
than 4 dozen Desdemonas.
In the banquet scene of Macbeth
Charles Kemble flung away his wine cup
NlJn Sucn violence JnaC IL smashed Il
chandelier, and the pieces of broken glass
flew almost into the face of Mrs. Sid
dons, who was playing Lady Macbeth
but she never moved q muscle.
Sarah Bernhardt. playing the ''Dame
aux Camelias," with Darmont in the role
Of Armand Duval, turned many heads
temporarily during the play and pro-
voked some astounding and ridiculous in
terruptions.
But it will be hard to beat the record
of the oldtime Passion Play" performed
Il few hundred years ago before King
john II. Of Sweden. A fatal biunder on
the part of the actor in the role of Longus
the Centurion caused the death Of two
artists. Enraged, the King bounded upon
the stage sword in hand, and with a
first-class right-hand swing that made the
blade whistle decapitated poor Longus
The audience rose in fury and literally
tore his majesty to pieces.
This last story needs confirmation, bu:
it holds good with the gallery, in the
light Of the historic fact that a French
ambassador to Spain, Gaubier de Bran
ault, witnessing a representation CT the
battle Of Pavia, in which a Spaniard got
largely the better of a Frenchman, killed
the unfortunate actor who played the
Spaniard. All of which goes to show that
there is only one step between the stage
struck and stage stuck.-New York Sun
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1900-12-05
BY THE WATERS OF GALILEE.

ne wind is low in the oleanders,
Softly stirring the rosy sea-
Out from hill a ril meanders
Down to the waters of Gailee.
A burning blazon of blue enamelS
The rainless heaven that arches Ger:
And Druses browse by their crouchlng cam
els
Where meadows dip to the shingly shore.
Crumbling walls that the hyssOp clings to,
Such is Magdala's glory now
And the only ear that the cuckoo sings to
Is that of his mate en- the carob bough.
The columned city that Herod fashioned
That glistened white in the MONDAY blaze,
Naught is left Of its past impassiOned
Save ghosts that wander its squalid ways.
Never a sail nor a galley caring
The shimmering reaches of liquid calm:
Only watchful yulture soaring
Over the crest of Il lonely palm.
Bet still the mountains. violet, vernal,
And the brOoding wales where the Shep-
herds be,
And the sun, in its equpoiSe eternal,
Looking down upon Galilee.
And ever, to halo the desert places
BY the spell of the grding silence bound,
The haunting thought of the face of faces,
OF him through whom this is holy
ground!
Clinton Scollard in Century.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1900-12-05
THE LARGEST OF DIAMONDS.
Uncut, it Weighed Nearly a Pound
aud Il l. of the Ei,.st Wn4a.

Uncut, it Weighed Nearly a Pound
and it is of the First Water.
No single object exhibited at the Paris
exposition even remotely approaches in
value the cleaning Jubilee" diamond.
as it has been called in commemoration
of the jubilee of the reign of the Queen
ur England. 1t is diamond of the first
water and of a beauty and size that
leave anything known heretofore far be-
hind. This largest and most costly Of
al diamonds weighs in its present shape
239 karats, while the next largest, viz,
the "Orloff," browning the Russian inn
perlal scepter, weighs but 1941a karats
Also as regards wilderness and fire, as
we'll as IN the wonderful perfection of its
cut the Jubilee excels all its rivals.
For the time being this Goliath among
precious stones is still owned by a syndi-
cate of capitalists connected with the ia
gersfOntein mine. in which it wassfound
With regard to the price one can hardly
speak about that until the stone has been
sold, an event which is doubtless not 60
ing to take place in a hurry, for the
guard stationed by the showcase contain
ing the sparkling gem gives its value at
100000 francs, whether correctly or not
is hard to say. Only one thing seems
assured namely, that the stone shown to
the admiring crowds in the palais of the
Esp.anade des Invalides is paste, while
it's original is kept somewhere in secure
custody.
This gem was found on June so. 1893
at Jagersfontein. i'll the Orange Free
State. The stone was picked up by a
native while he was loading truck, and
although a white overseer was standing
near him he managed to secrete it and
kept it on his person for some time. In
this case, however. it did not appear that
he proposed stealing the gem, but only
wished to deliver it personally to the
manager This he did, and as bonus
he received $50 and horse. saddle and
bride. The diamond weighed in the
rough exactly Oily karats. or about
40 o. avoirdupois Unfortunately it
had black spot about the middle. but
it was so placed as to allow the stone be-
ing cut into two with the spot falling
out.-Jewelers' Circular.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1900-12-05
Spanish Maps OF Europe.

In the maps of Europe which were
used in the Philippine schools under the
Spanish regime large place i'll the CEN
ter of that continent, usually occupying
more than one-half the page, was marked
Spain; all the rest of the countries were
scattered about the edge. Thus the
young Filipino came to have very dis
torted idea Of the magnitude of the coun-
try of his oppressors. Even Aguinaldo
was surprised to learn that America COW
ers a greater area than Spain.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1900-12-05
REBELLION GROWING.
Chinese Resist for Two Days, but Are
Finally Defeated.

Victoria, B. c., Nov. 30.-The rebellion
is growing in South China, according to
mail advices. The villages of Lam to
Chukni Kwang Tung opposed the rebels
and fought for two days, but finally had
to retire with a loss of 1000. the rebels
losing 200. The rebels after their victory
fired the villages and massacred women
and children. Admiral Hos force went
after the rebels and driving them back,
burned their villages.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1900-12-05
Attempt TO Transplant the Musk Ok

Nature states that the Kothoff Arctic
expedition has succeeded in bringing to
Sweden a male and a female calf of the
musk OK (Ovibos moschatus). AS soon
as the animals appear to be acclimatized
it is intended to set them free in the
northern mountain regions. where it is
hoped they will speedily increase in num-
Der. as they are very prolific. Herr
be successfully introduced into Sweden.
it will come in few years to have con-
siderable commercial value, on account
especially of its thick brown wool, which
is remarkably strong.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1900-12-05
COUNT TO GO HOME.
Won WalderSee is Reported as De-
string TO Return to
Germany.

Victoria, B. c., Nov. 3O-Shps' adj
shall Count Won Waldersee, supreme COM
mander of the allies, will shortly return
home. The chief reasons given for this
is that the general, who expected that
the supreme command of the allies would
be entrusted to. him on arrival in China,
was deeply disappointed at the outset by
the American attitude.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1900-12-05
Famous Bandmaster Dead.

Boston, Mass, Nov. 30.-J. Thomas
Baldwin, the famous bandmaster, is dead
from blood poisoning, the result of a SIM
pie injury. He was born in Lowell
Mass, in 1882 He led the big orchestra
Of the Worlds Peace jubilee in Boston
in 1872.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1900-12-05
Twcnty-One Reasons Why Man
Marries.

Through ambition.
Through kindness.
Through anger.
Through disdain.
Because he is bored.
Through folly.
For a wager.
Through honor.
For interest.
Because of his youth.
Because ne is ugly.
Through machiavellism.
Through necessity.
Through love.
After a quarrel.
Through gratitude.
Through wisdom.
By testament.
in accordance with usage.
Because of old age.
Through zeal.-H. de Balzac.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1900-12-05
COL. YORCK DEAD.
Commander of the German Troops in
China.

from Pekin to the Tageblatt announces
that Col. Yorck, commander of a Ger
man column, who was reported to be at
the point of death in consequence of in
haling fumes from a stove in his bed
room, died at Hivaibai November 81.
His body will arrive in Pekin today.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1900-12-05

Dublin, Nov. 3O-A dispatch to the
Evening Mail from Paris says Oscar
Wilde is dead. The dispatch adds that
he expired in an obscure house in the
Latin quarter, from meningitis and was
deathbed
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1900-12-05
FELL INTO A FURNACE.
One Hundred Men and Boys Fall
Into Watts of Molten Glass.
VIEW FOOTBALL GAME.
Furnace was Running at White Heat
Awful Agony of the Help
less Victims.

San Francisco, Cal, Nov. 30.-While
10000 people were watching the big foot
ball game between Stanford and Berke-
ly the roof of the San Francisco and Pa
cifc glass works, on which several hun
dred men were congregating to get free
view of the game, fell in, carrying more
than one hundred men and boys down
upon the white-hot furnace and glass
watts below. Eleven are reported dead
and more than forty are badly injured
several of whom will surely die.
A revised list of the dead shows four
teen names. The injured now being
cared for in hospitals or at their homes
number eighty-three and of these several
cannot survive. The dead are:
EDGAR FAIRHAvEN, IL years.
w. II. ECKFELDT, u years.
WILLIAM VAN ELCIA, IS years.
THOMAS J. RIPPON, "a years.
JAMES A. MULRONEY, 40 years, of
Spokane, Wash.
MARQUIS VAN DURA, 45 years, of
Pasadena.
VIRGIL NEUBY. Is years.
d. CHARLES MONAHAN, "a years.
TALLEYRAND BARNWELL, 16 years
LUNON GIRARD, 16 years.
WILL RITHSTEIN, u years.
ROBERT MILLER, IL years.
HECTOR MNEII. Is years.
MOSES OTTENSTEIN, 10 years.
One of the bodies, believed to be ]. p.
Mulroney, was also identified as Il. &,
Putney.
The most seriously injured are:
BrCugh, John; burned.
CARLY, Fred; skull fractured and left leg
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1900-02-17
Dawson on the Decline.

Dawson advices say little will be left
of the Klondike metropolis after the
home rush in May and June.
Merchants are closing out their
places of business and, instead of ev-
cry building being crowded, ITO let
signs are frequently seen. Business is
dying and most of these dealers are
going to Nome Men are working on
creeks for $5 n day rather than take
higher wages payable after the clean
up on the bed rock, because they want
their money in hand when the ice
goes out Many of these will go down
the yukon in canoes.
One of the greatest enterprises con-
nected with the emigration is the
movement of the Palace Grand Thea
tire, Dawsons largest dance hall and
playhouse. Charles Meadows, the
proprietor has let the contract for
moving the building 1000 miles, to
Meme, the contractor putting up
heavy bonds guaranteeing its safe de-
livery. The building will be floated
down the Yukon on four barges and
thence towed to Nome. Other build
ings will follow.
Many workmen are leaving Dawson
because of the new law preventing the
relocating of claims and providing
that lapsed claims shall revert to the
Crown. Another regulation provides
that representation work may be
avoided by paying 5000 yearly in lieu
of three months work. The latter
provision gave employment to great
number of men who are now thrown
out
Even Canadians are cursing the
laws governing Yukon territory and
preparing to go to Nome. The Ameri-
can Consul is being beseiged by Cana
dians, who believe he can grant natur-
alization papers.
Letters received at Skagway state
that Henry Bratnober, representing
the Rothchilds and the London Ex-
ploration Company, has secured a
charter at Ottawa for building the
railway from Pyramid Harbor to the
new copper district of Rainy Hollow.
Bratnober has had agents there for
months buying copper ledges for the
Rothschilds.
Canadian capitalists are trying to
secure at Ottawa a charter for an all
Canadian railrod from FIT. Simpson,
near Wrangel, through the Cassiar-
Atli1 mining districts to Bennett.
The distance is about $50 miles. The
Canadian Government is expected to
heavily subsidize the road, with the
object OF benefting Vancouver. Victor
ia and Canadian commerce generally
Tacoma Spe. Baltimore Sun.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1900-02-17
Hoyt's "A Trip to China
town."

There Is scarcely a theatre goer in
this city who has not seen or heard
OF .Hoytfs "a Trip to Chinatown" and
it is pretty safe to assert that those
who have been fortunate enough to
have enjoyed witnessing it will be glad
of the opportunity of seeing 1t again,
and those who have only heard Of 1t
will be all the more anxious to take
II in" when it is announced that the
presentation OF this farcial skit, which
has broken all records for long runs
and made more money for its distlng-
uished author than all his other come
dies combined, will be presented this
season on grander scale than ever
with a caste proclaimed by the man
agement as being in every way super
ior to any ever organized for the pur-
pose of presenting this phenomenally
successful comedy
Newt Tuesday eve, Feb. 20, at the
Auditorium admirers OF Mr.. Hoyts
quaint methods for provoking merrl-
ment will have an opportunity of pass
ing judgment upon the revised edl-
tion OF "A Trip to Chinatown" and
comparing the present cast with that
which presented this piece some time
ago.
L. N. LUCHs. Mgr
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1900-02-17
River News.

At four o'clock last evening there
was a stage of 81 feet at the local
wharf. The river had fallen about
three inches during the day and was
still falling slowly.
The Rescue passed down yesterday
with tow of fifteen barges of coal.
The Bedford was the only packet
yesterday. She left for Wheeling in
the morning.
Todays boats will be the Ben Hur f't
6 m. for Plttsburg; Valley Belle fer
Gallipolis at a. M; Kanawha at p.
m. for Plttsburg; Greenwood for Char
lesion at p. M. and Keystone State
for Pittsburg at p m.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1900-02-17
To Break Up Fake Sales.

A law that is pending before the
New York Legislature is we'll calculat-
ed to work a reform in a direction
mcst needed. 1t provides that adyer-
tlsed sales of household goods in pri-
vate dwellings or hotels shall be pro-
iribited unless a sign bearing the name
of the person or firm conducting the
sale be exhibited ever the main en-
trance of the house. 1t is alleged that
many dealers in that city have been
carrying On business by renting pri-
vate houses in good neighborhoods,
which they stocked with household
goods and ornaments of cheap quail
ity, these goods then being advertised
for sale "at great sacrifice" as the
property Of formerly wealthy family.
Bargain hunters pay high prices for
them, it is said, under such conditions.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1900-02-17
Where the Iron Goes.

The tremendous consumption Of
iron and steel is partly accounted for
by the new purpozes to which the
great staple Is being adapted Thirty
years ago iron bridges were not COM
mon. steel sky scrapers were unknown
and wire fencing unthought OF. AT
this time these public conveniences
and necessities consume steel by
thousands and thousands of tons But
a more striking case is found in steel
cars for ordinary freight, like iron ore,
coal and coke. They are being con-
structed by the thousands, and every
car of great capacity being built of
steel requires something like fifteen
tons in its construction. The Car
negle Company alone is furnishing one
company engaged in building steel
cars about 1900 tons day, and, il the
capacity of the car works is increased
as promised, 1t will use 1000 tons a
day Other concerns engaged in car
building will use as much more. The
aggregate then for this one industry,
including locomotives and wooden
cars, into the construction Of which
iron and steel largely enter, is about
], 100000 tons year, approximately
one-twelfth OF the entire output of the
country.
From this it is easy to see that the
great production If iron and steel at
this time is not much, if any, in excess
of the country's requirements. New
uses to which it is being put require
millions Of tens, and the end is not YET
in sight. A few years hence a steam.
boat on the Ohio with wooden hull
will be almost curiosity, and, in fact
very considerable part Of the upper
works will be of steel and iron, Street
cars will be built of steel and passen.
ger cars will have frames of the same
material, with trimmings Of wood. Ir
other directions 1t will be consumed
and in ways not dreamed of at present
Perhaps, before the first decade Of tht
next century is past the country viii
not marvel at an output of pig iror
above the 100000 O0O-ton mark.--Com
Tribune.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1900-02-17
An Athens County Tragedy.

Anthony, Feb. 14.--Yesterday morn
ing at II O'Clock, Richard Bishop, Jr,
aged 1G, deliberately shot Fred H. Nice
while he was at work at his sawmill
on the farm of Mrs. Chauncey Frost,
near this place.
The weapon used was 3S-callbre
revolver, and but one shot was fired.
Nice is a resident of Waterloo town
ship and is conducting a sawmill here.
He went to work yesterday as usual,
and at II o'clock Bishop came to the
mill and walking up to Nice who was
busy with a half sawed log, quietly
pulled a revolver from his hip pocket
and deliberately fired, the ball striking
its victim in the back Just. above the
kidneys and lodging in the body.
Nice Strengthened up after the shot
was fired and threw his hand over the
wounded part Though suffering con-
siderably Nice was able to walk half a
mile to the home of Ambrose Kinnen
where he boarded. A physician was
summoned ard an examination OF the
wound made While the wound is
not necessarily fatal, it is serious, and
internal hemorrhabes are likely to re-
suit
No cause for the rash act can be CIV
en-. Young Bishop is the sen OF Rich
ard Bishop, Sr., and 1t is believed that
the boys mental condition is not right
He started to school yesterday morn
ing as usual but did not reach the
school building. Instead he went tc
the home of Lawrance Kllngenburg
where he either borrowed or bought
the revolver. The boy secured cart
ridges at the home of Anthony Nlgge
meyer Then loading the weapon ht
went to the mill where he fired the
shot that may prove fatal Aftei
shooting the boy ran and at neon to-
day had not been found II is feared
thathe has used the revolver upor
himself The boy heretofore had no
shown any disposition to commit
violent act.-Athens Messenger.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1900-02-17
sULFUR AND MOLAssEs.

Ere the blue bird leaves the briers
OF the orange-scented South;
Ere a green frog in the mires
Leads a concert with his mouth;
Ere the birth of buds and grasses,
Ere the naked fields are strewn;
Then it's sulphur and molasses
In a hberal-bottomed spoon.
Even chubby baby brother
Takes his dose without a fuss;
Even pa and even mother
Take It to encourage us;
So the birthstone pudding passes,
And for youngsters it's a boon,
Is that sulphur and molasses
In a llberal-bottomed spoon.
Every healthful smiling dimple
That youngster ever had
Is a danger signal pimple
That may turn to something bad.
'Tis your blood expelllng gases.
And you need a cleanser soon;
And it's sulphur and molasses
In liberal-bottomed spoon.
Chicago News.