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ers herein provided, any portion or per-
centage thereof for the purpose OF adding
to salaries OF higher or lower grades.
Authority is given TO enter into con-
tracts for the construction Of certain
school buildings within the stipulated
amounts Of estimated cost. respectively.
and in the aggregate for $219. 500 IN excess
OF the sums appropriated.
In the section on police courts the bill
provides that hereafter each Of the judges
OF the court shall be entitled 10 six we ks
vacation annually, and that the provision
made for justices OF the peace shall cover
the services rendered by them. each Of
whom shall serve for six weeks.
For the purpose OF securing better align
ment OF boundaries the Commissioners and
the Board OF Control Of Rock Greek Park
are authorized TO adjust and change the
boundary between the park and the tract
OF land near BrightwoOd. District Of Co
lumbia, recently purchased by the District
Of Columbia for a reservoir site; provided,
that the area Of Rock Greek Park shall not
be diminished by such adjustment or
change.
In the section on charities il is set forth
that the Board Of Children's Guardians is
directed to contract with the Hart Farm
School during the fiscal year 1901 for the
care and support Of not less than fifty
boys at the rate Of $210 per boy per an
mum.
other Allowances.
In the Executive Once Of the District
OF Columbia one additional driver at $3.50
is allowed, and one additional assistant
inspector Of buildings at $3.50. The sala-
ries Of assistant inspectors Of plumbing
are increased from 81, 600 to 81. 200. A new
boiler for the hsrbor police boat. to cost
q asr oil A.
given one new clerk at a salary Of $500;
an additional clerk is provided for in the
Engineers office. and an assistant inspec-
tor Of gas and metres is appropriated for.
The salary Of the Superinte tendent Of Street
Sweeping is Increased from s.. 600 10 - 200.
An increase or 81, 500 is allowed for aldi-
tional employees OF the Surveyors Office
For the Free Public Library there are al
lowed a catalOEuer at $500. a ianitor at
$3.50. an attendant at $3.50. The sum Of 81. -
900 is appropriated for the urchase OF
books. and 81 500 for binding.
Nine hundred dollars Is appropriated for
the restoration and preservation Of por-
traits belonging TO the District Of Co:um-
bia.
The amount allowed for replacing and
repairing sidewalks and curbs around pub
lie reservations and municipal buildings
is cut down from $4,000 10 so. .00o.
AAt dAouAl aShe4 lOI lue lLApiufeLlt II
OF the Benning and Anacostia roads is cut
down from S130,0 900 10 $40 600, a reduction
OF $Sl .O00
For sprinkling. sweeping. and cleaning
streets $4,000 is granted in the bill
against $1f5 900 asked for.
For the construction and repair Of
bridges. the sum OF $3.50 was asked for
by the Commits sioners and SIS. 900 allowed
Five thousand dollars Is allowed for the
protection 10 the inlet 20 the conduit at
Great Falls.
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PRICE ONE CENT
FEARS OF An outbreak
United States War Vessels Sent to
Central America.

Costa Rica and Nicaragua Likely ta
Engage i'm "a Conhict-The Cruis-
ers Detroit and MarbIehead 10 Pro-
teet American IntereSts-OHe Vessel
TO be Stationed on Each Coast.
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THE PHILIPPINES BILL.

IL Vests the Temporary Governing
Power in the President.
The Senate Committee on the Philip-
pines today ordered a favorable report on
the bill introduced by Senator Spooner.
vesting in the President the power to gov
eTn the Philippine Islands until Congress-
otherwise directs.
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FIynH'S business College, Sth and X
Business, Shorthand. T9PewriiHg-S25 year.
The Monte Vista journal., 1900-05-19
HOW oLo AM !.

think when tiny things 20 by
How old am 1!
Five times the hedges In the lane
Have walked and gone TO sleep again.
And this. think, must make II plain
How old am l.
When love 10 strong and hope is high
How old am /!
] am q man TO do and dare,
A man to strike and to forbear.
Seeing one loved face everywhers).
How old am I!
Yet, A. the stealthy seasons ny
How young am l!
The mountain STOPPING to the sea,
Whose somber shades envelop me
Look backward on Eternity!
How young am I. -
Men call me old. and comply.
Yes. old am l.:
And yet how young when every sense
Yields TO IT'S first experience.
Waiting In faith and confidence
A by and by!
Alice Chandler. in Pail Mall Magasins
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Finding Joshua's message, on their
return home. the tws women met
again. shortly Iftcrward Mt the Sc
lcctmen's room. ~ the specified hour
but no Joshua appeared. Partly sur
missing tn. truth, and hugely enjoy
ing their advantage. they elected Miss
Clay permanent tcacb-r, and fixed her
salary with due formality.
Joshua's emotions. when he drove
into town that evening with his i'm
ported teacher, defy expression. The
story was soon noised about. and his
new defeat rcduubled the former ridi-
culc. The upshui of the matter WAS
that he resigned from the board in
great Indignation.
But that was not the end. At the
next town meeting. although still n
candidate for sciec'man. he was ig-
ANONYMOUSLY defeated. Since that day
he has run Tor several other Offices,
but his downfall is complete, and he
has never been Eucccssful.
Miss Samantha, having enjoyed her
victory Ia the fun. declined rcclcc-
tion. hut Mrs Abel is still n member
Of the school board. and will liz con-
tinucd there 81 long ns sh. win con-
sent to serve. Youths Companion.
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MMAI..l sMcaIneaa.

20. Edward, she cried. do you know
what? | dreamed las, night that you
had told me to 20 down town ani buy
that beautiful s:' hat | spoke of III,
other day"
We'll. iha, proves IT," he replied.
''Iroy.s what. lcarcst?"
That dreams 20 by con,rarics."
Then she was sorry sb. had not b.
gun the day as usual by scolding him
brooklyn Eagle.
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Antler'- Park. situated tive miles south

Antl"f'- Park. situated live miles south
Of Crcehe on the RIO Grande rivor. has
been fitted up for summer amuscm-n,s
Lust Sunday the park was opened and
30 or 40 people from 40 sat, drove GU,
there. Tho road 10 the park IL smooth
aud level. Mf. Charles HEM proprietor
and has spent considerable tim. and
money ~ liNing the ground erecting
buildings, "tc.
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4 finas~ .s speech.

There's no use In talking" the orato,
said
And his audience ch..r"d with delight.
Hut too previous they.
f"r he went un to say
For very lart- part Of the night.
Chicago Record.
The Monte Vista journal., 1900-05-19

George II. Brunson II Maara. ls taxi.
ing advantage Of the bankrupt act TO
square himself with h,s creditors.
The Monte Vista journal., 1900-05-19

My stock of Undertaking Goods hss
arrived and mn prepared 70 attsod "
business in the Undertaking line. For
III. present my headquarters will 10 st
the snr.hous. II ". j. CLARK.
WILLIAM WOODS.
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BRAsHEARHURST CATTLE RANOn
Ten Niles East of Nonto vista

Brand o X on left hip; crop and under
crop right ear. Will buy all kind at
spot cash prices. Liberal reward for
information os any of my cattle when
astrny. T. A. BRAsiIEAR.
Box A., Monte Vista, Colo.
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was not commanding. His voice was
harsh and unpleasing. But in his best
range, and especially when he was in
the full plenitude of his powers, the
fame of Edmund Kean's acting eclipses
that Of every other actor in tragedy.
The only actor or actress whose fame
is at all comparable with his is Mrs.
SiddOns.
Othello was Kean's greatest part. As
to this there is a fullness of evidence.
The elder Booth told Edwin Booth that
no mortal man could equal Kean in
the rendering of Othello's despair and
rage" that his voice when he spoke
the words, Farewell, OthelIo's occupa-
TONS gone sounded like the moan Of
the ocean or the soughing of wind
through cedars."
One characteristic Of Kean's imper-
s0nation Of Othello is worth noting.
Actors prior to him, even Garrick, Bar
~ and John Kemble, had represented
Otheuo as an African, or, IN other
words, a negro. There is nothing in the
play Of "Othsllo' as Shakespeare wrote
it to justify this. The ascription Of
negro characteristics 10 Othello by
other characters in the play is the out
come of jealousy and hatred. The
Othello Of Shakespeare is dark skinned,
but not necessarily a negro. Kean rep
resented OthellO as a Moor" a Mauri-
tanian. and nothing more.
Coleridge said of Kean that seeing
him act was reading Shakespeare by
flashes Of lightning" This lightning
ike genius had scarcely displayed It's
full brilliancy before it began to be
consumed by its own heat and flame.
Edmund Keans life was as sorrcwful
a tragedy as any he ever enacted upon
the mimic stage. He who was able to
transport thousands by his portrayal
Of imaginary passions, which he could
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the first few months of the Restoration
period In the days Of Shakespeare
and afterwards until puritan ideas be-
came so dominant that all playing was
prohibited, the parts Of women in
plays had been taken by young boys,
duly apprenticed and trained. 1t was
from the ranks of those bOy-players
generally r, ruite1 Theatrical playing
was Il en- a respectable and lucrative
profession. The puritan regime
changei all this. When the RestOra-
ton again allowed playing to be done,
the apprenticeship system was no long
er in vogue. As a. consequence female
parts were soon generally assumed by
women.
All the great players in tragedy
known to the history of the stage have
taken part in "OtheHo," either as
OthellO or as Iago, and in some cases
both These great players in "Othel-
lo'' form a regular succession of kings
of the drama" Beginning with Shake
aDeare's Burbage, the succession or
dynasty" may be set down as follows:
Burbage, Betterton (who in 1909 played
OthellO for the last time at the age Of
1D. Barton Booth, Quin. Macklin (WhO
however, played only 1agO). Garrick
Barry sometimes Garrick played IagO
10 bdFIg OLnRIOt. InOnlaS sheridan
(the father Of Sheridan the dramatist),
John Henderson, John Kemble, George
Frederick Cooke (who, like Macklin
also played only IagO), Edmund Kean
Junius BTUtus Booth (whO played IagO
TO Kean's Othello), Edwin Forrest
(whO also played IagO to Kean' s
OthellO). Macready, Samuel Phelps,
Edwin Booth and Henry Irving. Booth
and Irving at one time played Othello
and IagO together alternately. OF dis
tinguisned foreigners who have played
Othello. the more noted are the French
man Charles Fechter with whom,
however, the part was much inferior
to his Handet), and the great Italian
OthellO. TommaSO SalVini.
Interesting notes could be written on
the parts taken in the play of "OthellO'
by all these players; but on the pTinci-
pie that something about one thing is a
great deal better than nothing much
about many things, let JUS cOnfne our
attention to that greatest of all Othsllos,
that greatest indeed Of all Shakes
pearean actors, Edmund Kean.
Though Kean's genius for the high
est form of acting was so transcendent,
it must not be understood that il was
without limitations His art was not
universal. Nor was it without many
blemishes that actors of far less ability
and fame have been guiltlegs Of. More
over, Kean was not physically well
qualified for the realization Of many of
the great roles he essayed- His figure
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full end, stands supreme. As a tragedy
Of elemental human passion it is IN
equaled in literature.
The history of "Othello" as an acting
play justifies these statements. It's
popularity in this respect, with the pos
sible exception Of Hamlet" is with
out rival. "Othello" was popular in
Shakespearean times when Burbage
played the Moor. And, except in the
puritan and CTOmwellian epoch, when
all plays were forbidden, it has been
popular ever since. From the time Of
the Restoration (1660) down to the very
present there has never been a year in
which "Othello'' has not held its place
on the boards as one of the best draw
ing" plays in the theatrical roper
tOire.
And in one respect "Otheno" has out
done Hamlet" IN its hold on popular
favor. '-Othello" has never been
adapted" 1t has always been pre-
sented with the exception of some
shortening, practically as Shakespeare
wrote il. This cannot be said of Ham
let" Even Garrick, Shakespearean
lover as he was, altered Shakespeare 3
Hamlet" to suit his fancy. And 9TH
err aGapteTs and imprOveTs Of Hamlet
there have been of lesser fame. But
no playwright. great or small has
ever presumed TO lay Decorating hands
on "Othello.'
Fine as "Othello" is as an acting play,
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-01-08
QUAINT AND CURIOUS.

Many comets vii be seen during the
twentieth century The most interesting
is Haley s-last seen in 1895. 1t is due in
1910 or 1911.
A clever rascal recently succeeded in
selling to the peasants of remote town
IN Russia tickets which puTpOrIed 10 adj
nit them to paradise.
TarDintar. an Indian word. meaning
biography without wires. is suggested as
the signal word that shall designate the
new wireless te4egraphy.
English aerOnauts are getting accuS-
toned 10 crossing the English channel in
balloons and are determining important
matters in their flight
It has been proposed to send from Var
mouth some $1,000 "hard-dried' bl0aters
for Tommy at the Cape, as an extra dam
ty for tOasting over the camp fires.
The Baltimore Society Of the Sons of
the American Revolution has determined
to erect a $4,000 monument IN that city
10 the Maryland patriots VINO fought in
the revolution.
Import Of tobacco from Cuba increased
100000 pounds. or 80 per cent, during
the ten months enoing with October. In
October alone the increase was $50 900
pounds. or l05 per cent.
Once a brave man pulled two decayed
teeth from the jaw ola lion strapped to
a table. The lion rOared in a frightful
manner, but afterwards showed its graft
tude to the surgeon in many ways.
Sailors trousers or trombone pants,
as they have sometimes been called, ex-
Dand in bell-shape at the bottom so as to
be the more easily kicked off in case Of
the wearers failing into the water.
Smoke nuisance represents a loss Of
100000 or f5,V0,000 a year in London
alone. and no one can estimate the hui
man suffering it entails by shutting out
the invig0rating sunshine and by poison
ing the air.
The Association of Horticulture Com
mlssiOners of south California has drafted
a bill to be submitted 10 congress pro-
posing the establishment of a national
quarantine against infected nursery stock
Cork. as nearly everyone knows. is one
of the best non-conductors of heat or
sound. That it has not been more widely
used in building is due chiefly to the diff
ficulty of obtaining it in an unadulterated
form.
A whale. said to be sixty-six feet long
and forty feet in girth. has been found
believed 10 have been killed by the chem
ical refuse that flows into the river below
London bridge
A Texas company which is interested in
the development of the asphalt deposits OF
Mexico lately shipped their first cOnsfgn-
ment of sixty barrels to this country
They are very well satisfied with the pros
poets of their investments
Niagara power was used so long ago
as l7z5 when the French erected saw
n14H near the site of the present factory
of the Pittsburg Reduction company. 1t
was used for the purpose Of supplying
sawed lumber for Fort Niagara.
When the only American soldier in Cuba,
from Ihe town Of Skaneateies. y. Y. sent
was found to make a tie between the
two candidates. Now all the votes have
to be re-counted under mandamus pro-
ceedings.
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"THERE,s THE RUB. +"

A. we SOW. so shan VIC reap. With a
civil service independent OF party innu-
eHces and Ficissitudes we may find 90 the
Philippines a Hg-Without il a curse.
-AIail and Express.
"Ay. there's the rub The Fnipinos.
VINO are said to keep such close track
OF newsF1pers and stump speakers in
this country, have evidently read some
where that the government IS con-
trolled by "thieves and imbecfes:' that
IAN aggregation of money sharks and
notorious corruptonists came into
power three years ago. that they are
Z lot OF "seuile dotards. who trample
upon the rights of the people and sac
rince tie nations defenders for mer-
cenary purposes.
These are verbatim quotations from
3 local administration organ-one that
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its quality as a play for reading only is
equally fine. No other play that Shake
speare has written holds the attention
of the reader from beginning to end
with such entirallment of mind and
sense. Its spell is continuous and COM
plete.
The acting editions Of "OtheHo" do
not present the play in its entirety.
Theatrical representations in Shake
speare's day were much longer than
those of our day. None of the time of
the spectators was taken up with scene
shifting Orche~ trail terIOTmances, etc.
A play as Shakespeare wrote it has,
therefore, To be considerably condensed
to make it fit the conditions Of a mod
ern representation.
Notwithstanding that this is so,
"OthellO" as it was originally written
IS so logi q srd complete in its dra-
matte construction that scarcely a line
can be struck cut without weakening
il Hence those VaJ 1nOw "OthellO"
only from seeing it played do not know
it completely. No person should go TO
see "OthellO" upon the stage without
first reading and studying the play in
printed form.
"Othello" has the distinction among
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assume or throw Off at viii. became the
victim of a passion of his own which
he could throw of only with his life
kean's last appearance upon the
March %, 1888. lie was then only IS.
But for years the glory Of his genius
had been waning, and its power by this
time, except occasionally in flashes, was
only the mere wrath of what IL once
had been. On this night he was playing
OthellO TO his sons IagO. IT was the
first time father and son had appeared
together. Expectation was on tiptoe,
and in answer to the applause which
the performance Of his favOrite part
evoked the great actor seemed to be
himself once more. But in the third
act, at the fatal words sOthello's occu-
pation's gone" while the applause
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To Guide the Social Novice.
Gadies' Home Journal.)

Informal callers should be most careful
to avoid the hours for meals
To drop an unWelcoae acquaintance one
mereIy omits sending cards.
Do not apologize too mucn for not hav-
ing called before. Your neglect TO do so
has probably not been observed
Never impose yourself upon your friends
unless you are feeling well and are reas-
onably sure Of making yourself agree
able.
Do not offer to your hostess the slight
Of a hurried call. nor be absent-minded,
nor consulting constantly your watch
Rise 10 take leave while YOU are the
speaker-n0t when The conversation has
ianEuisasd. lest you appear to so because
you are bored.
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that it was in "Othello" in the part OF
Desdemona that the first woman i'm
personat0r of a ShakesDeaTean hero
inc. the first English woman to act any
part of any sort. ever appeared. This
was Dec. s. 1860. So extraordinary
was the innovation that it was thought
necessary to apologize for it in the
prologue. "A part Of this prologue ran
as follows:
In this reforming age
We have intents TO civilize the stage
Our women are defective, and so sid
You'd think they were some of the guard
DISCUS d;
For to speak truth, men act. that are be-
tween
Forty and fifty, wenches Of fifteen:
With bone so large. and nerve 50 IN
compliant.
When you call "Desdemona.' enter
Giant"
This. it must be remembered, was in
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To stay or not to stay. that is the
question which bothers Chairman
Hanna Of the national Republican
committee. whether 60 brave the
jeers Of a thoroughly disguised public
and calm the fears Of an alarmed
party organization, or 10 turn It over
to an amateur imperialist and take
chances henceforth with Brother Abner
on change, is a vexed question for the
statesman to decide.
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X. oTHELLo.
The Play as an Acting Drama.

Considered simply as a dream Of pas
sion in action, "Otheilo" is Shake
speare's greatest play and the greatest
play the world has seen. Hamlet"
may send its plumnet down TO greater
depths Of wisdom and philosophy, and
may also rise to much higher fights
Of poetic expression. Macbeth" and
King Lear" may reach their tragic
EXAMINATIONS by a subtler evolution Of
their dramatic motives. But "OtheHo."
in its swift and certain DEVELOPMENT
of theme from simple beginning to aw-
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The Beers have sent baked turkey
and cranberry sauce TO the beseiged Of
Ladysmith. firing the edibles in harm
less shells. This shows that the Dutch
men are not devoid Of a sense Of hGmor.
IL the British were equal TO the oc-
casion they would obtain a lot Of
Eagan's canned beef and fire it back
at the Boers. II the batter should par
take, why. the war would soon be
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Our combination mayor viii doubt
less gladden. the hearts Of the expect
ant today or tomorrow. Mr. Thomp-
son-Eichnor wiz haze his hands full,
however, if he undertakes to please all
the boys at once.
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where her. parents may try to disown the
luckless child.
Box Elder News: There is already con
siderable talk III the state daiiles con-
corning prospective candidates for con-
sress when 3. II. Roberts is denied ad-
mission. There should be no special cleo
ton called if possible TO avoid it. for Utah
can better afford 10 do without a repre-
sentative in congress for the short time
intervening before the general election
than to stand the expense and disquiet-
ing influence Of an extra. campaign Utah
has had enough agitation 10 last until
next fall at least
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Perhaps the Hanna proselytes who
used to do valiant liD-service for silver
believe there is so much money in tie
country that Secretary Gage is justi-
fed in turning over several millions to
the Standard Oil syndicate.
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As Washington was not up to Han
mas standard of patriotism neither was
Lincoln's craftsmanship the kind that
Mark would recommend to the present
generation. Lincoln said: IF a gov
eminent contracts a debt with a Ger
tain amount Of money in circulation,
and then contracts the money volume
before the debt is paid. 1t is the most
heinous crime a government could com
-dt against a people"
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METEoRoLoeIcAL ZOE.
Yesterdays Record at the Local Of
fee Of the Weather Bureau.
- - -. -. u. z.

salt Lake City, Utah. Jan. :. 1909
Maximum temperature. % degrees; min
imum temperature. 81 degrees; mean tenn
perature. IS degrees. which is Il degrees
above the normal: accumulate excess Of
temperature siuce first OF month, IS de-
gress; total precipitation from p. m 10
p. m. inch, accumulated deficiency Of
precipitation since first of month .16 inch.
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plays Of having two parts OF almost
first-class Importance for male actors,
and one part Of almost frst-class irr-
portanee for a female actor; while
several Of its minor parts call for act
ing of more than an ordinary charac-
ter. It follows. then, that the history
Of "Othello" as an acting play would
be q history of the entire English
stage. This consideration viii show how
how imperfect a treatment of its his
tory is possible here.
a pom. worthy Of remembrance Is