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r1chstein has woven q stage romance,
said to be not only remarkable in illu-
sion, but strong, intense and wonderfully
interesting from its first scene-a meeting
between young girl of low estate and a
royal prince of high degree-to a brilliant
end, where the faithful lovers make their
last appeal for honorable happiness at the
throne of the King himself
The cast to be seen here in THE Last
Appeal is strong in~names, Robert Drou-
ct, John Glendinning, Frank Mordaunt,
Edwin Brandt, E. w. Morrison, Frederick
Hartley. Macy Harlan, J. C. Fenton, and
Robert Turner being the men I'm the ros-
Eleanor Carey, Clara Louise Glendinning,
and Myrtle Vincen filling the chief fem
mime parts
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aiiou-Honnrd and Emer.on,s Co.

The season at the Bijou will commence
tomorrow afternoon, when the Howard
and Emerson company will present a bill
that will include some of the most famous
performers in the vaudeville field. The
chief feature of the organization is
Charmion whose reputation as the most
daring and sensa tional aerial artist is not
confined to this country, but extends to
the principal cities of England and the
Continent. Charmions successes at KOS
ter & BiaFs in New York. where she
crowded that commodious music hall for
twenty-four weeks, have given her an en-
yiable position in the amusement world,
and she is without doubt one of the
strongest attractions that can be secured
by a vaudeville manager. Her appearance
at the Bijou next week in correction with
the Howard and Emerson company Will
doubtless attract many to that theatre.
In addition to Charmion the bill VIII
present Laura Comstock, who was an i'm
portant feature of the Chase programme
last spring; the Musical Johnsons, expert
xylaphone players; the Livingston fam
lily Of acrobats; Fields and Harris, Ger
man comedians; Howard and Emerson in
a new series of illustrated songs, anG
number of other high class acts. There
will be the usual opening and closing
burlesques which will engage the services
of company of thirty-five. The chorus
is said to be a musically strong and ply
sically attractive aggregation The sale
of seats for the opening performances in
dicates that the Bijou will not be large
enough to accommodate all who will want
to witness the Howard and Emerson
show.
The regular season of the Bijou stock
company will be inaugurated Monday
afternoon, September 23 with the Grieves
company of forty persons and six excel
lent vaudeville acts.
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was that laid bare to the world when the
bodies of the Crown Prince Rudolph and
unhappy Baroness Vetsera were found,
suicides, g: the Princes castle at Myer-
ling. Tho second was furnished more re-
Gently. 1t was that of the remuneration
by Ferdinand d Este, the present Crown
Prince Of Austria, of his titles and heir
apparency tc marry a beautiful young
commoner o. Vienna. Sophie Choteck.
With these two stories. involving kings
and princes, and beautiful women. set
amid the picturesque courts and capitals
of gay and giittering modern Austria, Dit
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only regiment that held its formation dur
ing that memorable battle. During Nc
Cleiians campaign he participated in ev-
cry battle in which the famous Fifth Ar
my Corps was engaged. During the bat
tie OF Malvern Hill Mitchell was danger
ousiy wounded and in consequence of
these injuries was later honorably dis
charged. The soldier actor then returned
TO the stage. and was engaged by Leon
ard Grover for the Chestnut Street Thea
ire. Philadelphia, where he remained for
three seasons. the last year playing the
principal old men roles. He was at thst
time the youngest man in the business
playing that line of parts.
Mitchell afterward went to DeBars
Opera House, St. Louis. where he remain
ed for four seasons. That famous TRACE
dian, Edwin Forrest, then engaged him
to play the principal old men roles with
his company. He remained with Forrest
until the latter's death, when he Joined
Joseph Jefferson, whose stage manager he
was for two seasons. Mitchell has also
been connected as stage manager with
some of the principal theatres of the
United States. during thu old stock days.
The part of GolwiX in Barbara Friet-
chic he has made one of the features
of Clyde Fitch's play.
The latest specimen of the manufac-
tured star was exhibited in New York
City Tuesday night when Bertha Galland
appeared at the head of a company in a
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kernan,s-Brynnc. Burlcsquers.

The popular comedian, Harry Bryant,
will bring to Kernan's this week, COM
mencing with the Monday matinee. his
company known as Harry Bryant s
Burlesquers.' There are few burlesque
comedians that have gained much more
popularity than has fallen to the lot of
Bryant. and his absence from this city
for season will only make his welcome
the more hearty 1t is he who made the
burlesque hobo a stage classic, in
fusing into the character SO much orig
inality and wit as to make his charac-
terization a really clever bit of work.
Mr.. Bryants company this season in
ciudes some of the best people to be OBJ
tanned in the burlesque field. In the pro-
gramme things will be started at a lively
pace. and during the two burlesques and
olio the audience will not have much
time to admire the pictures on the cur
tain. The press agent describes the per-
Torrance as two and one-half hours OF
good solid amusement.
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Chase's-English Pony Ballet.

Manager Chase announces that the
English Pony Ballet, from the New York
production of The Casino Girl" will be
a feature of his bill for the week of Sep
tember %. The ballet is very rapturous-
ly described as IA swirl Of graceful dane
ing. swish of acrobatic gyrations. and
a sway OF tuneful music" In addition
to this the programme will include Nat
NJ. Wills, the happy tramp, who WAS last
seen in Washington as one of the Polar
kings in the Edna May production Of THE
Girl From Up There"
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Academy-'.Throush the Breakers

The patrons of the Academy of Music
will be favored next week with the re-
turn engagement of Through the Break
ers," the thrilling melodrama which play
ed here with much success last season.
1t is described as an unusually well writ
ten play. interpreted by cast of sterl-
ing players, and presents some thrilling
and novel stage pictures. story of
heart interest runs through the piece and
is effectively relieved by much original
comedy.
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nifty of her friends. The girl, however.
is determined upon her choice and con-
sents to elope with the captain. They
meet at a minister's house in Hagerstown,
about to be performed the captain is
called to join his regiment for an imme-
diate battle with the rebel troops. The
battle takes place. the captain is shot
by Arthur Frietchie and is carried to
Barbara's home. The elder Frietchie
learning that his daughters lover is at
the house. storms at Barbara but at last
yields to her entreaties She nurses and
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Leo Ditrichstein. the young dramatist.
whose latest play-"The Last Appeal
will receive its first presentation here a
week from tomorrow night at the Ma
tional Theatre, is n gentleman OF many
accomplishments. Not only as a writer
Of plays but as an actor of wide versa
tility, this young Hungarian is we'll
known and popular. not only in New
York where most of his work has been
done. but throughout the length and
breadth of the country Ditrichstein Is
man of triple talent. The public knows
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of Prosper very comfortably. But this.
i hope, will not daunt her This Young
woman has the manner and the earnest
ness of Miss Nethersole. Perhaps in n
few years. after hard work and severe
training, she may acquire that lady.s
ability and mastery of the stage Nothing
could have been worse than the little hys-
terical episode in act III, in which Miss
Gallant indulged. Surely a young woman
who puts herself forth as a star should
have been able to do better than this
Hard work for months at this one epi-
sode would not have been too great sac
rifice But these are the days of mush-
room stars and nothing seems worth
while. The crowd pays out its money and
the sycophants pipe Sublime! II is very
sad
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The death of President Mckinley will
not cause the local theatres, with one ex-
ception, to close except on the day of the
funeral. The exception is Chase's, which
viii remain in darkness during the pres
ent week, and will save its opening a
week from tomorrow afternoon, a week
later than was Mr.. Chase's original inten-
tion. The theatres under the control of
the theatrical syndicate throughout the
country will close their doors on the day
of the Presidents funeral. 1t was at first
thought the local amusement houses
would follow the example of Manager
Chase and postpone their openings of the
week until after the funeral, if they did
not dispense with the bills arranged for
the week altogether; but they decided this
would not serve any special purpose and
will merely do the same as the amuse-
ment caterers in other cities of the coun-
try. Manager Chases patrons who had
purchased seats for this weeks vaudeville
show nay have their money refunded
upon application at the Grand box-office
or they win be given the same seats for
next weeks performance
The theatres that viii be open tomor-
row night are the National. Kernan's
Academy of Music. and the Bijou The
National and the Bijou will give their
first performances of the season tomor-
row. Foxy Grandpa" which has created
decidedly strong impression in the cities
in which it has already been seen, will be
Manager Rapley's offering. while at the
Bijou the Howard & Emerson Company
will be the attraction. The Academy will
have Barbara Frietchie,'' and at ker-
mans Harry Bryant's BurIesquers will
provide the entertainment. The Columbia
and chase's will throw open their doors
week from tomorrow night and the La
fayette Stock Company will give its first
performance a week later
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The Academy-"Barbnra rrietchie, ;,

Few plays of recent years have attained
the popular vogue enjoyed by Clyde
Fftch's Barbara Frietchie,'' which will
be presented at the Academy of Music
this week Miss Frances Gaunt will be
the histrionic heroine, and the promises of
the management include n large company
OF excellent actors and an extensive as
sortmcnt of scenery and costumes At
times. in the action of the play, crowds
OF soldiers and street mo5s throng the
stage.
barbara Frfetchic" Of the play is the
daughter of a stanch Confederate fam
lily OF Frederick, Md, with a brother
serving in Stonewail Jackson's brigade
She is loved by Jack Negley, the son of
neighbor who is also Confederate, but
her own affections have gone out toward
Captain Trumbuli a Union officer whose
forces are holding the town when the
scene opens. The first act is at twilight
In Frederick. with the characters enjoy
Ing the evening on the stoops of their
houses and with soldiers and their sweet
hearts thronging the streets. Barbara
rs at first loyal to the faith of her family
but ID gradually influenced by her love
toward Federal tendencies. She incurs
the displeasure Of her father and the en-
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watches over the patient and helps him
back to life, but the tragic end. SO ia
maliar to those who have read Whittier
immortal poem, is only deferred until the
last thrilling incident of the play.
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!. The Nntionnl-.Fo1y Grandpa.

William A Brady's production of the
new musical snapshot, Foxy Grandpa. -
by &. Melville Baker, suggested by the
serial sketches made prominent by New
York paper and delineated by Bunny
&C. h. Schultze), will serve to reintroduce
to musical comedy and high-class thea
tres Joseph Hart and Carrie De Mar, with
an acknowledged clever lot of people. and
new piece entitled Foxy Grandpa. y
which has been in preparation for some
months. The comedy is musical in the
extreme, and is told in three acts. and
while designed TO further the exploits of
Foxy Grandpa it is by no means per
formance exclusively designed for the
children. A weil-written, interesting. and
connected story is said to carry the char
acters well in hand and admit of many
bright musical compositions and specials.
ties which in no way retard the action
of the piece nor developing and maintains
ing the story. Mr.. Brady has surround
ed Mr.. Hart and Miss De Mar with what
is said to be an exceptionally strong COM
pany, embracing such people as John F.
keefe, Eugene Redding. Clifton Crawford
j. X. Armstrong, Arthur Borani, Jane
Demorest, Beatrice Lieb. Mile. Fleurette
Amalia Karle, Margaret knight, and Mel
lie Berg, and chorus of twenty-four
and the principal comic opera forces.
Special scenery, a wealth of costumes
with brilliant marches, duets, trios and
quartets, are promised.
The story which runs through the three
acts concerns Goodelby Goodman, other
wise known as Foxy Grandpa -
who with his grandsons Club"
life is to get one on Grandpa, is a
guest at the Green Mineral Spring Hotel
For the entertainment of the boys Grand
pa has directed the proprietor, Hopper, to
engage every travelling artist and enter
tainer to do their speciality at the hotel:
among these Bolero, an Italian is en-,
gagged to give an imitation of famous men:
In the hopes Of being well repaid ne eug-
gests that he give an imitation of the
most prominent guest of the hotel, Foxy
Grandpa He is engaged and makes the
study OF the old gentleman from dis
rance. Polly Bright Carrie De Mar.
Grandpas private secretary. arrives on
the scene and proceeds to make things
lively about the hotel with the assistance
of some twenty girls and as many young
men Among the hotel gossip Polly
CLEANS that her respected employer has
fallen into the wiles Of the Signora Col
onna, a guest at the hotel who having
pulled Club out of the water has won
Grandpas everlasting esteem and he be,s
that she VIII give him some opportunity
to repay her.
With this start for a three-act enter
tainment and the numerous welI-drawn
characters the dramatist has succeeded i'm
producing what is said to be one of the
most diverting and highly amusing come
cies OF a musical character that the native
cities in which Foxy Grandpa has AL
ready been presented il has been given
unqualified praise.
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Mrs. Fiskes opening in New York &
Miranda of the Balcony has been da
ferred for one week. owing to the extern
sive nature of the improvements to this
Manhattan Theatre that will require
more time than expected, but it will take
place on Tuesday evening, September u.
The Manhattan, in its preparation as
tli4 headquarters of Mrs. Fisk and for its
purpose as a theatre of production. will
present an entirely new aspect In fact,
from descriptions of the work II viii
show the most artistic theatre interior In
New York. The prevailing tone of deco
ration is green. relieved by old gold. The
walls are covered with e rich figured We
lOur relieved with ornamentation that
tapers to the ceiling. All the columns.
balcony fronts, wainscot, etc, are treated
with a metallic bronze effect. and appar-
entity are solid bronze with polished high
lights. The theatre lobby and stairway
have been treated with green brcnze
and red effect, while the exterior lobby
is treated in red. these decorations all re-
lating artistically to the auditorium
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Joseph Foy
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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-09-19

storage battery is inside. of course,
and wires lead the current from it to
the motor. The especial virtue of
this arrangement is that the motor
is portable, and can be attached to
almost any boat having a square
stern. 1t is not necessary to build
expressly for the use of electricity.
The apparatus can be attached to
the boat in a few minutes, and re-
moved in an equally quick fashion.
The batteries are placed under the
seats of the boat.
The motor not only propels the
boat, but steers it as well, the boat
answering to it more readily than to
an ordinary ruddcr.
The motor drives the boat forward
or backward, and can be regulated
to run at any speed up to four miles
an hour, using two boxes OF four
cells, and will run from 20 to 80 miles
on one charge. More cells may be
used and a speed of six miles an
hour attained, if desired. Each bat.
terry box containing two cells weighs
about 80 pounds, and is provided
with a comfortable handle for carry.
iru
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forth a light, among them being the
corolla CT the common sunf1ower;
also species of tagetes, called by the
French botanists the rose d'Inde,"
and the large and beautiful compound
flower called in this country the
dahlia.
Luminous nasturtiums," writes
Prof, A. Frederick Collins, "have been
frequently observed in Golden Gate
park, San Francisco. l observed one
evening a number of persons bending
over an iron pot full of nasturtiums.
Curious to know what the attraction
was l fell into line until it became my
turn to inspect the flowers at closer
range.
Il was surprised to see a flash of
light dart repeatedly from the yellow
petals. The next day l photographed
it.
"A strange fact regarding the phos-
phorescent light emitted by certein
flowers, it has been observed, is that
those in which the yellow and orange
predominant exhibit the greatest
amount of light. Prof. Haggern, the
naturalist, pronounces the lighS of
electrical origin, declaring that when
the pollen bursts electricity is pro-
duced, and light follows"
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for the lowest limbs were as high as
grown person could reach. He did
his climbing quickly, and as often as
the squirrels went after the apples,
Grant went after the squirrels.
Everybody and everything on the
place were friends of Grant; in his
big heart there was love for the cow
the cats and the chickens. Still, his
most intimate friend and campanion
in games was ben Roe" the two-year
old colt. Grant invented games and
taught them to Ben Roe, who, in his
turn, was quick 70 learn and of reten-
tive memory. Grant would take bar
rel-hoop or club in his mouth, and
present Ben the opposite end; then
they would start off at gentle trot,
Grant all the time saying, "Grew-ow,
grew-ow." Now, when they played
what Grant called GREW" they never
exceeded a gentle trot; but when they
raced, they ran side by side at fear
full rate, each painting and determined
to win. The game was always brought
to close as soon as one of the family
found that racing was the order of the
day. We liked to see them play grew"
as we considered it an intellectual
game, worthy of encouragement.
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AN INTELLIGENT DOG.


1t is not the hero of Appomatox of
whom NJ. Fritz Austin writes in ST.
Nicholas, but of one of his namesakes,
dog. The dog was born July Is, 1885,
his parents on both sides being de-
scended from famed ancestors. That
they had taken prizes at dog shows,
and were peaceful, loving and kind,
enhanced the value of the gift in our
eyes.
The General grew by the inch,
learned to speak" if he wanted food
or the door opened, and, funniest of
all, to climb trees.
Our old house in the country was
built years and years ago.
The old trees are like the rocks
among which they grow, staid and
strong, and have stood the gales of
nearly century, and have given bios
SONS and birdlings in the spring, fruit
for the babies in the fall, shade and
beauty at all times. Children and
squirrels had climbed the stout limbs,
but never a dog until Grant was a
year old. Then we found him perched
up in one of the trees, barking at a
squirrel This was a wonderful feat
for terrier weighing about As pounds,
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OBEYED HIS CHURCH
Utah Banker Gave Up Wealth to
Serve Mormonism.
Eeber j. Grant, Salt LIKE Million
aire. Sacrificed n Fortune to En-
gage in Missionary Work
in Japan.

Mormonism, sending as mission
airy to Japan a Sal. Lake millionaire
banker stripped OF his wealth and de-
pendent upon that which shall fall
from the hands of his converts, is
one of the anomalies of missionary
work in the world. Heber J. Grant,
one of the - apostles of the Mormon
church, power in former territorial
politics, a former banker, worth
100000, paying tithes upon an in
come of 100000 a year, and other
wise one of the pillars of Mormon
ism, has sailed for the Flowery
Kingdom with only his voice and his
hands as spiritual and temporal cap
ital.
Yokohama is the destination of the
apostle, whittier he has gone on a
two-years' assignment by the church
powers. Elders a. o. Taylor, II. S.
Ensign, and L. A. Kelsch accompanied
the apostle, the four breaking away
from their worldly interests in the
state capital as if indeed, they were
no pare of the estate of the Latter
Day SAINT.
This dispatching of the Mormon
apostle banker on this mission is il
lustration of the power of the church
which years ago was driven from
habitation in Illinois.
When the admission of Utah as a
state was under consideration and
advisement and when the Mormon
church found it expedient to treat
with the United States authority, He
Der j. Grant was one of the elect of
the church. He was high in church
councils, prominent in the affairs of
the territorial capital, banker, cap
ital1st, and making money in half a
dozen ventures. He kept place and
influence after the admis sion of the
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-09-19
A DARING OPERATION.
How N Plucky Man Removed an Alb
sccss from the Left Side of a
Reptiles jaw.

One of the most dangerous opera
tions ever performed (for the person
performing it, was done successfully
in Bronx park, when Curator Ditmar
removed an abscess from the left side
of the king cobra's jaw. Nearly 20 min
utes were occupied in performing the
operation, and every instant of the
time Curator Ditmar's arms and hand
were within striking distance of the
fangs of a snake whose venom is tn
most deadly of any poisonous reptile
known to naturalists.
The Bronx king cobra is the largest
snake of his species in captivity, near
ly 16 feet long. He was brought from
Singapore nearly year ago. Several
weeks ago a slight swelling was no.
ticed on the right of the cobra's jaw.
Ditmar was convinced that the cobra
had boil or an abscess, and, consid-
ering the value of the reptile, he began
planning to remove it.
This was the cobra's feeding time.
A siX-foot coach whip snake, which had
been starving itself lately, was killed
and studded with a half-dozen fat
frogs. The stuffed snake was taken
to the door of the cage and thrown in.
In a twinkling the cobra had him by
the neck. He dashed around the cage
with the dead snake for five minutes,
and then slowly began to swallow it.
In doing so he lay in such position
that the absceSs on his jaw was easily
visible, and within reach from his
door.
Ditmar procured a long pair of
tweezers and glass syringe, and he
and Keeper Snyder opened wide the
door of the cobra's cage. At that the
snake edged away into corner with
his prey and dashed his tail up and
down the glass partitions. Snyder
took hold of the dead snakes tail and
pulled it toward him. The hungry
cobra frightened his hold. Snyder used
both hands and pulled until the head
of the cobra was within four feet of
the cage door. Ditmar filled the
syringe from the snakes water pan,
and reaching in his arm squirted the
water all over the cobra's jaw and
around the abscess to moisten it. The
cobra did not like it, but hung on to
the dead snake. Finally, Ditmar took
the tweeZers and leaned in. With his
free hand he grasped the body of the
coach-whip snake within a few inches
of the cobra's head, and twisted until
the shining white jaws of the cobra
turned over, and then, with a deft turn
of the tweezers, extracted the abscess
and jumped away. The operation was
performed, and the relief to the snake
was obvious, for he gulped down the
six-foot dainty in half minute, shot
over into his corner, curled himse;: up.
and went to sleep.-New York Letter
to Chicago Inter Ocean.