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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-01-07
IN ENGLISH COMEDY.
Otis skinner In "The Liars" u
Henry Arthur Jones.

Otis skinner In "The Liars" by
Henry Arthur Jones.
Otis SINNERS many admirers will learn
with pleasure of his engagement at the
Metropolitan the latter part of the week,
commencing Thursday evening, In Henry
Arthur Jones' new comedy, in four acts,
"The LIARS This play has enjoyed q
successful run in London and also at the
Empire theater, New York. The COM
pany which supports Mr.. Skinner this
season is a very large one, all being. play
ers of ability. The story of 1.-The Liars
is interesting. Lady Jessica is married
to middle aged man named Gilbert
Nepean, whose treatment of his wife
has been Indifferent, il not rude She is
a young woman ilnpetuous, ilnpulsive
and ardent, and she is followed about by
Edward l'alkner. hot headed young.
diplomat, who is very much In love with
her and has just returned from africa.
Jessica has plenty of opportunity 10 con-.
: trast the warmth of Fallaer'S attach
ment with the indifference of her hus-3
band, and. feels charmed by the novelty!
of attentions so assiduous-an experienrei
wholly new to her. Her friends and
sister are interested in protecting her.
from any scandal that may ensue. and
an important factor in this respect is
Ell -SuIlStOpilSi, LIE RUE prayed Cy OtiS
Skinner Lady Jessica tells Falkner, in
an unguarded moment, that she is to:
visit an aunt-in the suburbs of London,
and is likely to lose the road on her way
to the station, as she has frequently.
mistaken the path and in consequence.
may find herself at the Star and Garter
hotel, at Shepperford in case she misses
the train. OF course she does miss the
train and Falkner arrives on the scene at.
the hotel and invites her to dine with
him; but Sir Christopher, with friends of
the family, by series of tactful and
diplomatic efforts prevents Lady Iessica
from dining, Gnnocently, as she says)
with her admirer, manages to get her
stead. In the meantime Lady Jessicas
husband, who had left town, is notified
by his brother that things are not quite
as they should be and Gilbert Nepean
loses no time in returning home to his
wife. He discovers enough evidence to
realize that she had been to the Star and
Garter hotel and further discovers that
a dinner had been ordered for her by
Falkner. Further complications ensue.
but Sir Christopher ever ready for each
situation by his wit and adroitness in be-
ing a member of broken hearts, induces
Falkner to return to Africa and the
promises of the wife of amendment and
of the husband admitting his negligence
in the past and to play the part of the
lover himself in the future.
"WHY SMITH LEFT HOME"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-01-07

his fathers safe of $4,000 which Clarence
placed there. Hubert is caught in the act
by mis- father whom he murders after the
old man has recognized him. Ethel comes
upon the body before life is extinct and
learns from the dying man that the muir
derer is his own son. Knowing only of
one son-her husband-she believes that
Clarence has killed his father during
quarrel over his choice of herself as
wife Her belief is strengthened by the
discovery of a paperknife belonging to her
husband by the side of the murdered man,
and this she conceals before alarming the
household.
The second act shows den of gamblers
and thieves in the sums of New York.
Horace Greengage Dobbins, an unsophis-
ticated country youth, visiting the Doug
lases, has sought the Bowery.
Mr. Dobbins is soon initiated into the
mysteries of the three card trick. but
when the unsuspecting rustic has to hand
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-01-07
ADJUSTMENTS.
PRISON BABIES
Create a FIutter of Excitement In
Their Gloomy BirthpIaces.


Their Gloomy BirthpIaces.
Very few people outside official circles
know what alarge number of babies are
born every year in the infirmares of
prisons and penitentiaries the little peo-
pie always causing quite futter of at
tentiveness and excitement among female
warders and prisoners alike.
OF course there is a vast difference in
prisoners, and sometimes the person least
attentive to the prison baby is the mother
herself; but, on the other hand, the gen
eral body of the women prisoners make
the most pathetic efforts, by means of all
manner of trifling scraps and odds and
ends, to fabricate articles of wear and
ornament for the out-of-place little
stranger
Quite three-fourths of the women volun-
teer to tend It, and it is often the case
that the most refractory and difficult of
the prisoners soften and greatly alter by
being allowed to do little things for it;
indeed, it acts throughout like veritable
ray of sunshine among the whole of the
poor prisoners, who generally manage to
get themselves into great good humor by
suggesting as volubly as the prison rules
will permit fantastic names for the child.
Within a certain period OF their birth
these children are taken away from the
mother and are tended elsewhere with the
utmost care and humanity
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-01-07

as their own child, and in the quarrel
that follows Ethel's attempts to wiring
further particulars from the old bag,
Louis, her supposed brother, protects her
from Hubert's violence, at the same time
letting hints at murder escape his lips,
which Ethel afterwards remembers. Help
comes from an unexpected quarter. Mr..
Horace Greengage Dobbins has Slept off
the effects of that little tap on the head
and when he enters takes in the situation
at a glance. With ready wit he puts
himself on good terms with the gang by
Stimulating complete forgetfulness of pre-
vious happenings, at the same time CIV
ing Ethel tip to follow his lead, drugs
their companions and they escape.
The third act passes in the ante-room
of the Douglas mansion In New York
Ethel's attempts to divert suspicion from
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-01-07
SMALL GOLDFISH,
Called Celestial Telescope, Worth
Twelve Dollars an Ounce.


Called Celestial Telescope, Worth
Twelve Dollars an Ounce.
New York Evening Post
The ordinary housekeeper, who would
consider Is cents a pound an excessive
price to pay for fish, may be made more
contented by the knowledge that some
kinds of fish are sold here which would
bring hundreds of dollars If valued by
the pound.
One of these fish is now Shown IN an up
town aquarium store. 1t is called the
celestial Telescope" and though less
than four inches long is priced at $12,
without accessories. A four-inch fish
weighs a trifie less than an ounce. At $12
an ounce, then these fish would be worth
1872 a pound, which is probably the high
est price charged for any kind of fish in
New York.
The Celestial telescope" Is a fancy
variety of goldfish, and gets its name
from it's enormous google eyes, which are
set nearly or quite on the top Of his
head 1t eXemplifies perfectly, in fact.
Edward Everett Hales advice to look
uI, and not down" Most fish whose eyes
are thus situated, the angler or the
founder. for example, ere inclined to hug
the bottom closely, and thus avoid the
possibility of any unseen danger from be-
low; this one, however, mas never out-
grown tire free swimming habits of its
ancestor, the common goldfish, and gen.
orally keeps near TIE surface of the
water. In this position it can see prac-
tically nothing except floating objects.
and it often misses the most tempting
morsels if they happen to be floating be-
low it.
Besides its extraordinary eyes, this fish
possesses most of the other peculiarities
sought after by the fish fanciers. In fact
it is the most fancy fish produced, and
is intended to differ as much as possible
from the natural goldfish. 1t has an
enormous double fan tail" so fina and
dainty as to be almost useless for SWIM
ming purposes; an extra large size OF
scales, and color varied by irregular
patches of black, none of which features
are natural attributes of a goldfish.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-01-07

New York millionaire. Clarence, his
adopted son and heir, has recently taken
to himself young and pretty wife, of
whose antecedents he knows next to moth
Ing Ethel Douglas herself only partly
understands the mystery of her life,
knowing only that when child she had
run away from her parents, who were
educating her for life of crime. She is
also ignorant of the fact that Judson
Douglas has discarded his own son, HUI
bert, because of his dissolute habits. The
latter recognizes the young wife as the
former associate of a gang of burglars and
card sharpers. Hubert himself is the head
of similar gang, two of whose members
are the reputed father and mother of
Ethel, and TO these he confides his dis
covery, at the same time planning to rob
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-01-07

were a pump engine, and when we get
to the fire all we shall have to do will
be to connect the wires. We can work
the lights from their place on the engine;
or, If necessary, can carry them into an
alleyway or up the fire escape Of build
ing across the street.
"Now, whereas an ordinary search
light Is designed to throw its light
long distance, these lights are intended
to focus a strong glare at very short
distance. They will light space about
fifty feet square. The wires with which
the lights will be connected with the en-
CINE will be extra heavy, and with extra
heavy insulation, so that there will be
no danger of their breaking and making
live WireS''
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-01-07
YER several crisp greenbacks, and has

over several crisp greenbacks, and has
his pockets picked into the bargain, he
gets ugly" A well directed blow from
a piece of lead pipe puts him ito sleep"
as the gang terms it, and he is removed
by two of its members in the usual man
ner. Ethel Douglas is the next visitor to
the Den" Marks. the leader of the
gang, is her reputed father, and, under
threats of exposure she has consented
to visit him, and the drunken old bag
whom she knows as her mother Ethel
soon finds herself in a bad fix, for HUI
bert Douglas, whom she knows only as
"Charles Clemans,' the master mind of
the gang, who has laid the scheme to
bring her there, threatens to keep her a
prisoner unless she agrees to his Infamous
proposals. Her reputed mother discloses
the fact that she and her husband stole
Ethel when a baby, and brought her up
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-01-07

have his home to himself during the
honeymoon at least. Smith," pros
porous, self-made man about forty, has
been recently married to the girl of his
heart, dashing. clever young woman.
twenty years his Junior. Business has
prevented their taking the usual we'd
ding journey, and to "Smiths S" mex
pressible dismay all their friends and
relatives have thought it an excellent
time to drop in on them to stay a few
weeks.
The night before the opening Of the
play the major has proposed to Miss
Smith, and her brothers joy on hearing
the news is so great that he inadvertent-
ly reveals the reason why he has given
the invitation to the major, the result
being that the faithful sutton is rejected.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-01-07
"wHY SMITH LEFT HoME.v
Clever Broadhurst Comedy Mt the
Grand This Week.

The present week at the Grand will
be given to the fine comedy hit, why
Smith Left Home,' from the versatile
pen of George HI. Broadhurst, whose
comedies have met with great favor on
their various visits to st. Pau, play
houses.
The action of the, farce takes place
during one summers day In the home
of Smith. Three acts are used, morning,
afternoon and evening, and the plot
hinges on the desire of a bridegroom to
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-01-07
THREE NEGATIVES
Taken at One Exposure by Re-
Gently Devised Camera.

Three negatives of the same object or
landscape can be obtained by recently
patented camera. One of the plates is
placed directly at the back of the lens
aperture as at present. while the other
two are arranged one ON each side of the
first, and at an angle to it, so that the
three plates represent half a hexagon.
Two prisms arranged at the lens opening
intercept part Of the light for each of the
two side plates, and the light that passes
between the two prisms falls upon the
central plate. Three identical negatives
are thus obtained, the two side ones be-
ing reversed, but for certain purposes
color photography" being one-this re-
versal makes no difference.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-01-07
sEARCHLIGHTs FOR FIRES.

The New Apparatus to Be Used by
the New York Department.
New York Sun.
A new apparatus is soon to be tried by
the New York fire department., which 1T
is thought, will materially increase the
departments fire-lighting efficiency. 1t
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-01-07
An Aged Parrot.

One of the longest-lived birds on rec
ord died recently in London 1t was a
parrot named Ducky the property OF
the Prince of Wales, and was century
and a quarter old.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-01-07
CorpuscIe,s Journey.

If a man of eighty-four could have one
single blood corpuscle floating in his
blood all his life 1T would have travelled
in that period no less than 5,1S0S03 miles.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-01-07
DAM CONCERT SERIES.

They Will Be Given Fortnightly,
Beginning Jan. 81.
The announcement of a series of Sun
day afternoon concerts to be given at
the Metropolitan opera house by the
Danz Symphony orchestra has created a
great deal of interest amongst musical
people of this city. Five concerts will be
given, Jan. 81, Feb. and IS, and March
4 and IS, and season tickets for the en-
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-05-05
STATE NEWS.
WASHINGTON.

Forest fires have been raging in the
woods near RaZorville, between the
Cunningham ridge and the Collomore
ridge. doing a great deal of damage A
large crew is fighting it. day and night
Miss Maude Jones, who has been
working at the Insane hospital at Au-
gusta, for the past four years, is at
home for a much needed rest.
Farrar & Son have received their
board circular and are saving some
fine long lumber.
p. NJ. Lenfest is visiting his son at
Winthrop.
The remains of the late Mrs. Watc:-
man Whittam, who died in Rockland,
last week. were brought here and in
TERED in the Cunningham cemetery,
at North Washington, Saturday. Fun
eral services were held at the school
house Rev. j. =. Howard officiating.
James w. Jones and Albert Brown
have gone to Massachusetts, where
they have situations.
Farmers are busy planting and SOW
ing and working on the highways.
w. NJ. Staples is repairing his house.
T.. X. Ware is doing the work.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-05-05
Reflections OF a Bachelor.

Marriage helps Il man. Ananias
would probably never have set cale-
DRAFTED If il hadn't been for Sapphira.
I siI will most always try T.
blush right after She has asked man
what it's i sign of when her lip itchcs
when 4 man gets married there are
always lot Of women who so around
wandering what either one Of them
could ever have seen III the other.
A woman may not be able to make a
man whatever she believes him to BE-,
but she can always make him what
ever she can make him believe him
self to be.
The women have a theory that the
| best way to treat 4 man Is never 70
believe him, no matter if you kno"
he's telling the truth, and always 70
make him believe you believe him, no
matter if you know he's lying.
When 4 pretty woman mas a favor to
| ask it's always the homclcst woman
she knows that she goes to for it.
If women wore mems clothes they
would probably button their suspen-
ders On before they got into their
trousers.
\ girl never has much use for "A
,lrcssmakcr who can make low-cut
waist fit so well that the shoulder
straps don't ever slip down.
The only right way to win woman
is to make her think she wants to win
you.
A man can always be sure that two
or three other women will know eX-
actly what he says when he proposes.
Making love to a woman is a lot like
going lishing-you better take more
bait than YOU think you'll need.
When a girl tells 4 man she dreamed
about him last night, it is sign she IS
going to begin calling him by his first
name.
If mems clothes were sewed together
the way the average Woman's are no
man could walk a block without get
ting arrested.-New York Press
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-05-05

clara. aged 4. went on a shopping
tour the other day with her mother.
who. after making purchases at the
different stores. requested that the
goods be sent to the house and the bill
10 her husband at his office. That
night clara, tired out and half-aslecp
concluded her prayer as follows
"Make me a good girl and bless papa,
mamma. and baby brother. Send the
blessings to the house and the bill to
napa's office. Amen
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-05-05

Few people have any idea of what
hard work the actors put in in roper
toire company" said one Of the men,
bers Of the Jessie Harcourt 60. During
the last part of tho season we have Il
I'll ;ht rest. But in the first few weeks
w,u. it's Ike war the great general
defined it. 1t is-but there are ladies
present.
We start in the morning and rchoarsc
al the forenoon. In the afternoon we
are at work on the stage. Then comes
the evening performance. When We are
through At night the manager gives us
a new uart and VIC study all night. Then
wien We have that part down fine and
think We are squared away the manager
gives us word that tile new piece is not
making a hit and new parts come to he
learned. Many is the time wish | WAS
ia X n the wood pile father gave me
fer q gymnasium when | was boy.
Sometimes | wish | could take the stage
saw horse ana drop the work. Then the
INA fascination comes ana | would not
give up the business for anything
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-05-05

The latest toy in London is called The
Iybicb is blown ont and placed on the
ground Mi1ifm where. as me air escapes. it grad
I,Iiv coi,aDses. Ii has had a big sale in
the business sections of the city.
Mucilage or paste can be neatly ana
easily applied by new device, when
has \ tubular reservoir to contain the
liquid. with a brush on one end, the op-
posite end being provided with spring
plungor which forces the Slue mo lhe
briStles for use.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-05-05

AS the family were being served at
dinner the news of the death Of dis
tant relative was received. Little
Nellie looked longingly at her well-filled
plate and said: Papa. must we be
sorry now or can we wait until after
we finish eating?'
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-05-05
REPERTOIRE SHOWS GOING BY.
SpeciaIties Pressing loo Hard Against tn
Gate Money.

1.-THE day of repertoire companies
is slowly going by" said one of the
theatrical men who was in this city re-
Gently. THE number has decreased. this
year, and there will be less next year"
mo, | don't mean to say that all the
repertoire companies will go, but there
will be a big decrease in their number.
Why? Simply because the repertoire
company is a fad and people are getting
tired of it. But the most important rea-
son Is that the owners of the companies
are getting sick of the game
Il started in the business when the
craze first started. Then we used to
play week stands just the same as is be-
ing done now. We stayed in the game
until the managers pile of chips was
gone. Then we dropped our cards and
have not seen the pussy since. Since
then we have stuck to one straight play
and give that night in and night out un-
til the end of the season, with a matinee
performance to vary the monotony, as
even show men occasionally get tired Of
bald heads and like to see the matinee
girl and her siyht-of- staSc-forbidding
hat.
what is killing the repertoire bust
ness? Just the specialtes. When we
started in the business all that we lad
was the soubrctte who could do a clever
bit Of work with her feet. The audience
thought it killing and called for more.
We were not running an English aims
house and Oliver Twist got his more.
We hired man to DO a song act with
the soubrettc Then the people thought
thnN wp1Il1 Ep Sbn a
relieve the monotony of the sound of the
mans voice while he was singing. We
gave them that. Then the additional
spccidltics began to come in thick and
fast.
Just compare the two. We started in
with Il soubrcttc. Now look at the rep
ertoirc company. In addition to the
| show they carry an orchestra ana a via
scope exhibition coupled with the illus
tratcd songs. Must have also a contor-
zionist. a clog dancer ana a character
sketch man.
I'm the ola days We had simply the
| repertoire company and carried but lit
| tie il amy special scenery. Now you get
! whole carload of special scenery and
mechanical effects that were not dreamed
of few years ago. From the very be
ginning it has been add. adj, until the
| company that does not play to an audi
ence Of 1900 people is playing 4 losing
game.
DO We cut down the salaries Of the
stars? NOT q lit Of it. we must have
! TWO or three good people at least ana
| they nave their money or won't sign. 1t
| simply comes out of the owner That is
| why ! say the day Of the repertoire com
The Farmington times. [volume] (Farmington, Mo.) 1874-1902, 1900-07-05
An Important Arrest.

Early Thursday morning, ,ae 2Slh
ult., says the Lead iselt News, justice
Level tclephoned Constable MaIloy OF
Pennington TO come and arrest a sus.
peet. The man TO whom he referred
was Nick Rose, who lived In q teni
down In the fat and who seemed 10
take life easy with no visible means Of
support IL seems that tho jefferson
comfy authorities had conferred on
Rose us bning tho parry who stole from
Waggouer Brothers OF Festus, about
tho first of June. n lot OF goOds---waich.
es, pocket books, promissory notes and
sii00 10 currency. !, seems that be
dropped a letter or other matter 10
which his name was attached. A
Thicl detective was employed and In
the meantime came 10 Flat River.
The detective exhausted bis fund of pa.
iience aud anothsr map was sent down.
Rose had not been to Flat River for
about three months until last Sunday,
when he as suddesly appeared as he
had formerly disappeared. q. A. Sea-
grove of the Thiel force was not long
In locating him and his aires, followed.
As soon as arrested he was turned
over to Jefferson county officer. who
was waiting for the prisoner, and was
taken away on the O'Clock passenger.
The woman who posed a. Roses wife
accompanied the prisoner.
The Farmington times. [volume] (Farmington, Mo.) 1874-1902, 1900-07-05
a new stock Of Wall Paper just re
ceivcd at City Drug Store.
WORK AND PROGRESS.

The proposed ocean cable from Co
pcnhagrn to Iceland will be 4o4 miles
long and cost about $4,000.
The tonnage handled by transpnria.
ton companies at Pittsburgh Ia 1899
aggregated nearly $1,000 900 tons.
Tho North German Lloyd is about TO
start steamship line or sbe Yang-tte-
Kiang river, In China. 60 connec, az
Shanghai with the ocean ships.
The total number OF eomponndiloco<
motives buih In the locomotive works
OF America is 1880 up TO dnte. Of this
number 1899 were constructed ut the
Baldwin works
The cost ~ manufacturing 500
Horth Of value In Newark. y. j.. com.
pared with other cities. is given by the
Newark News rs follows: Newark,
ssi.5o; 81. Louis, Ss4.37; Phlladelphis,
SS&.30; New York. ss4.4s; Providence,
ssfT7; Detroit. ss..5g; ilosioE, $50. 20;
Chicago. ss6.7s; Milwaukee. &s6.02, Buf.
falo, ss5c6; Cleveland ss7.3I. pIi,H-
burgh. Bit; Jersey Chy. sss0s; scraa.
ton. 390.C6.
The electrical driving OF machine
tools, Eow that Il has been demon.
s'raied thoroughly practical 10 the
United States, ia being very extensively
introduced In Europe. especially IN
RAILWAY shops. The electric transmis-
sion system Is already employed In Ger
many and France on large scale. The
variations Of speed required are OBJ
'atned either mechanically or by clee-
tFIeiiy.