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The Washington times., 1903-11-29

on a veritable pinnacle. And the transit
ton stages Gillette manages with an art
that the qualifying adjective IN the
plays title fits TO a nicely.
Greeted by Crowded Houses.
Some OF the critics seem TO fear that
the fantasy. which is Mr.. Barrie classi-
fcation OF his comedy. viii not be suffi-
GENTLY appreciated or understood by
American audiences. This to me seems
20 be a belittling of ones own country
men. a quite needless one. too. on my
attendance, the second night, the points
appeared 10 be taken just as quickly by
the crowded house as they were in Lon
don, and ] should not be in the least
surprised to see this production outrun
ali the other dramatic works OF the sea-
son.
William Gillette is another of that vast
army OF mummers who started out in
life with the idea Of becoming a lawyer.
Mark Twain IS responsible for putting
him on the stage They were neighbors
IN Hartford. and Cillette's first appear
ance was made in the Twain play. The
Gilded Age But the young man was
not content even then TO act alone; he
wanted 10 concoct the vehicle as well
and it was not SO very long before he
MaH bA4O itN1iAib HoN'N 90 'N 49, - -'
own. called THE Professor" brought
out at the Madison Squars Theater,
when il was an Episcopal ian institu-
ton, owned by the brothers Mallory.
one a clergyman. the other the publisher
% The ChUrchman."
Later Gillette collaborated with Mrs.
Burnett on "Esmeralda" for Annie Rus
sell. later appearing in the first produc-
ton here of The Private Secretary
Then he wrote his famous war play
Held by the Enemy. and adapted from
the German ''All the Comforts OF Home
and Mr. WiIkinsOn's Widows All
the Sc together with Too Much John
son. which came later the steady play
goer VIII recall as hits. but it was
Secret Service" that first introduced
him as real star.
nia Auau with Snlilnnnies-
The Washington times., 1903-11-29
CTitiCs' View of Eau Davis in Striking
Contrast to the Favorable Comment
When The PTettU Little Actress Made
Her London Appearance 7 Years Ago.

Der of years. and is the son of the En-
glish actor. Herbert Standing. who was
here at the Lyceum "a MY Daughter
in-Law." and previous to that in farce
which failed at the Garden under the
name Of The Other Man
A slight part is made much OF very
neatly by John Drew's daughter Louise
sac is about twenty-one. and her first
appearance was made in her father :
company a the Empire. in December
1888. during the rim of TIM Tyranny OF
Tears She did at the matinee and
evening performance the tiny role Of the
maid belonging 20 her cousin, George
Mendum. But the experiment was a
success and Mr. Drew decided that she
might have her wish and adopt tbs,
stage. Last year she played through
the season with Virginia Harmed I'm
The Washington times., 1903-11-29
william courtleigh's Role.

william Courtleigh's Role.
It seems rather odd to me that man
ayers have passed by William Court
/ leigh just as they seem TO have done
in the case Of Guy Bates Post. when
+ seeking for players TO advance. In
Lady Roses Daughter Mr. Court
leigh has the thankless role Of the cad
lover. but he carries it tnrough With
the pains lie bestows on everything
he does. He has a fine stage presence
and has been known 10 New York play
goers for the last eight years. having
been introduced 10 them at the Amer
lean Theater
The play was nlelodrama called
Northern Lights" and Mr.. Court
leigh did an American Indian. John
Swiftwind. so realistically that a great
part Of the audience thought he was
the real thing. re is a native of Guelph.
/ Ontario. and was brought up in St.
/ Louis, Like so many Of his brother
I players his first determination was to
] become lawyer. but dabbling IN anna
/ teur theatricals turned his thoughts to-
/ ward the footiights as d permanent in
/ vestment. and after three seasons OF
/ transforming with minor companies
! he secured the post OF leading Juvenile
with the late Fanny Davenport
/ Not long after his Northern Lights
1 experience. Mr.. Courtieigh was made q
! member or the Lyceum stock. where h.
+, played for two seasons. Winter befors
last he was leading man for Virginia
/ Harmed in Alice Of Old Vincennes" and
last winter with the Empire stock. he
/ did Captain Haynes in THE Unfore-
seen"
I
Gillette's Admirable Crichton."
a player whose luck seems never to
/ desert him is William Giliette-that is 10
say. not since he made lis big hit with
Secret Service" RvSor. that he was
unfortunate enough 70 be the author Of
a pOnderOus melodrama called Ninety
! Days on which he had worked like D
Trojan. only 70 see il f;dl natter than
the traditional pancake when f. was
brought out at the Broadway. Secret
Service" indeed, was not a go when II
was tried III its original form in Phila-
delpilia Both that and his following
tenstrikc. Sherlock Holmes" were his
own work, and now he has scored again,
this time in a plan by somebody else
j. NJ Barries 1.-The Admirable erich
ton
i saw Sir Henry's son. n 4. Irving
in the part OF the useful butler in the
London presentation Of the comedy. and
confess / did not look for en- equally
good characterization from Mr. Gillette
! had an idea that ne could not. o,
would not, work himself sufficiently fan
into the skin OF the servant Now that
1 have seen him AZ the New Lyceum.
an not certain that 4 do not like Gil
cite even better than 1 did young Irvine
the role. To my mind II is the
.everest thing he has ever done.
In both Secret Service" and "Sher-
* Holmes" there was no chanca fol
ht and shade effects; the hero was
the end OF the piece just the sort oil
ow he was at the beginning. and hac
IA all the way through In .~fhe AID
able Crichtoa.' on the other hand
ough Crichton is the same servile
ant at the close As he WAS N thC
the middle Of the piece puts him
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Dc 49, va soliloquies.

This famous play was produced in
New York al the Garrick in 1896 ard ran
thropsh the season. IT has been Claimed
for It that il was the first drama 60 do
away with soliloquies. which the best
English playWrights now neVer think Of
employing.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-04-10
HERE AND THERE.

The farmers of the six states, Vir-
ginia. North Carolina, South Carolira,
Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi, use
annually $50, o0O, 900 worth of CONNER
cial fertilizers.
Why not try a small patch of rape
this spring for grazing for the pigs?
You may want more OF it next year
It comes highly recommended by
some who have tried it.
The COW makes milk as a func-
ton of her economy. Just how she
does it is not yet settled, but it is
settled beyond any need of expert
ment that to do it she must have
plenty of digestible food.
There is no better reproducing
food that a combination of oats, bran,
corn, green stuff and insects with the
average waste of the average kitchen
or diary. And you don't have to pay
five cents per pound for any of these.
Southern game birds, like the
southern race horses, have done much
add to the glory of the south, ven
as the grace and beauty of the south
ern women has made the southland
synonymous of feminine loneliness.
The readiest means for improving
old worn out farms are cattle, le-
gumes and the knowledge necessary
for their proper use. Many a young
man would do well to invest in this
sort of property, as it is usually
cheap.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-04-10
GOOD, SOUND SEED CORN.
Farmers May Increase Their Crops
if They VIII Only Exercise Care
in the Selection of Seed.

One thing that can not be toe earn
estly urged upon farmers is the ne
cessity of procuring thoroughly good,
sound seed-corn. 1t is better to pay
as high as two dollars a bushel for
thoroughly good seed of a variety
that is adapted to your locality than
to accept as a gift something that is
in the least doubtful in terminating
or yielding qualities. / nave known
farmers to drive ten miles to get
seed-corn of doubtful qualities at tif-
ty cents a bushel rather than pay a
dollar a bushel for tirst-class seed at
a neighbours. l well remember the
sound berating one of my neighbors
once gave another because he would
not sell him at market price. seed
corn which he had carefully selected
in the fall and kept in the best man
ner over winter. Rather than pay
three dollars for seed enough for six
teen acres, he picked it out of a
neighbours crib for ten cents a bushel
over market price, and then crowed
v~ociferously over his bargain. Plant
ing was delayed by rains until quite
late in the season, and then about one
third of the bargain" corn germinat-
ed. 1t was a large, late variety, and
failed to come anywhere near ma
turing before frost, and the crop was
a complete failure. For two dollars
more than he paid for the seed he
planted he would have had a good
stand and a good yield of sound corn.
In this matter, above all others, a
farmer can not be too careful, If for
seed last fall, he should now lose no
time in procuring a supply from some
thoroughly reliable source. If it
must be procured of a seedman, it
should be bought on the ear rather
than shelled; thens one can judge
about what he is getting. / would
much prefer to buy of some reliable
farmer lear by, if it can be done. If
one desires to change to another va
riety, it is best to buy about a bushel
of it and grow it in a field by itself.
By doing this one "a judge whether
it is pure and satisfactory or not. If
it is, he can then select from the
choicest all the seed he needs for an
other year. / have always advised the
buying of only small lots of seed of
improved" varieties hat n knows
nothing about. If it proves good, one
has all the seed he will need for an
other year; while if it is no better OF
not so good as the variety he has, the
loss is very small. / have found that
seed grown on strong, rich soil will
give a better yield on thinner or
lighter soil the first season it is plant
ed than afterward, and l believe that
it will pay farmers whose land is
somewhat run down or naturally thin
to buy their seed from some one
whose soil is strong and rich.-Mrs.
Grundy, in Farm and Fireside.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-04-10

She remembered hearing men say:
"Oh, no., [ would not marry for
money, but I'll take precious good
care not to fall in love except where
money is" But those were merely
words spoken in jest, or by men
whom she knew to be worldly and
selfish.
Slowly she left the fireside; wear
lily climbed the stair to enter the
room, close the door, and think, and
try to collect her scattered senses.
She would not believe such things
of her husband-her darling, her very
life. Then the demon of jealousy
never before awakened, arose. That
Grace" and she was beautiful, they
said; but surely she had never loved
him as she did. Naturally free
from conceit, easily doubtful of any
charm in herself, it was all too easy
to believe.
"Oh, l might have known no one
could like me for myself, blind fool
that / have been!" she groaned. Her
baby, sleeping in the nursery, was
forgotten for the moment in the
night of this anguish that oppressed
her. The nurse had gone downstairs,
and the little creature awakened cry
ing. That appealing sound reused
her, and, going to her, she took the
baby in her arms, clasping her close
ly and crying ~passionately: "My
baby, my baby! you are all I have
now!" The child INST have been
conscious of a tragedy, and hushed
her weeping to gaze atfrighted in it's
mothers face.
Eyes may not look upon the heart
struggles of many a sufferer, and per-
haps it is better so, or who could
bear the knowledge of SO much pain?
tbs needless to dwell on the battle
that was fought out in silence and
alone, and with the bravery and dig
nifty of a noble woman, and the
proud reticence that makes a wife
conceal her trials and heartaches.
There, too, in the silence of her cham
Der, she looked for help and COM
fort where true help is to be found,
trying to quiet her rebellious heart
and gain patience. The servants
merely thought their mistress lone
ly without the master, and when Wis.
itors came, she made an effort to
seem more cheerful than usual,
though an intimate and sympathetic
friend would have detected an ex-
aggeration in the mirth, the rapid
speech and flushed cheek. There
were moments when she said to her.
self: cts all false-he will explain
it," But those terrible words could
not be forgotten-"A plain little
thing"-'He married her for her
money" How they burned into her
brain! In the bushes of the night
she heard them; in the darkness OF
the night she saw them, written ii
letters of fire. She would bear it as
best she could till he came home. If
this were true, she must leave him
forever, and Baby-what of her? Oh.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-04-10
THE SELECTION OF SEEDS.
Proper Selection of Seeds One of thu
Most Important Factors in the
Securing of Good Crops.

A seed is that part which is sep
arated from a plant for the purpose
of propagating the species from
which it came. This it does faithful
ly with a natural liability to varia-
ton, too slight to take it out of the
species, but sometimes sufficient to
give rise to a different variety. This
tendency to variation is the basis of
improvements in plants of all kinds.
Man, finding a variety varying in a
desirable manner, may propagate
from the variation, and find still
greater variation in the same direc-
ton, and continue the process until
a new and improved variety is estab-
lished which will reproduce itself
with as little variation as the orig
inal plant. In this way many thou
sands of improved varieties have been
produced to bless mankind. This i'm
provement has been more conspicu-
Gus in fruits and vegetables than in
staple crops, simply because more
skill and more scientific knowledge
has been available in the ranks of
horticulturists than among agricul-
turalists. But in recent years scientific
plant breeding has been applied to
staple crops, and new and improved
varieties have resulted. Some varie-
ties possess one prominent character
1stlc and some another. Some have
been bred for deep roofing and
drought resisting qualities; some for
early maturity; some for resistance
to cold; some for increased yield per
acre, and some for superiority as
food for man or beast, or for ineness
The Tupelo journal., 1903-04-10

How grateful she had felt when
friends were kind! How natural it
had seemed to have that oldest friend
of her childhood come often to the
house! How many tastes they had
in common; how easy it had been to
look for his coming, to learn to need
him! AS the numbness passed off,
horror came in it's place; she was
no longer a gentle woman, but one
enraged, furious. She could almost
find it in her heart to hate him-so
to break her faith, her trust. 0 it
could not be true! Surely they had
been happy these two short years.
She had begged to stay on in her
own old home. She had never cared
for money, or thought her independ-
ence unusual. His new business had
fourished without aid from her capt.
tai. Everything had run smoothly,
because she was loving and tactful,
and unlike many girls, had, through
the delicate health of her mother,
early become an experienced house
keeper.
She had thought him happy, and
if occasionally he was quiet and seri-
Gus, she had supposed it some bust
ness worry, or blamed herself for
d~ullness, for not being bright or
clever enough to cheer him. Surely
this horrible thing could not be true!
But then again, those dreadful words
rang in her ears with dull persistency
married for her money'-blotting
out every other thought. And "a
plain little thing'-that was true, yet
he had never appeared to think so.
Into the depths of agony her warm,
throbbing woman's heart was en-
quilted. If love knows the meaning
of grief" sister women can live in
sympathy with the acute pangs of
distress experienced at such an awak-
ening-such a SCATTERING of IN idol
set up in her heart. True, faithful
love exists to-day, as it has even
done, but the "mists of the m~ortal'
are many, and the desire to make
a good appearance quickly-to pos
sess q well-appointed house and
a full purse without effort, offers
temptations to many a young man.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-04-10

of fiber or durability of texture. The
Illinois experiment station has sue
ceeded in breeding corn up to a con-
tent of 14.12 per cent. of protein,
where the normal amount is 10.2 per
cent, thus in a measure overcoming
the one-sided nutritive value of this
king of grains, and proportionateIy
| creasing it's value. This is only one
instance of what can be done and
what has been done. But farmers
have been slow to profit by this inn
portant work, trusting to the trIte
adage that like produces like" That
corn, cotton, wheat and oats will pro-
duce corn, cotton, wheat and oats.
While it is true that corn can never
be made to produce oats, nor cotton-
seed to produce wheat, it is a fact
well known to the best farmers tat
well bred and carefully-selected seeds
OF any kind WIZ produce better prod
ucts than those taken at random
from crib or bin. For best results
it is as necessary that seed be care
fully selected for producing crops as
that seed be carefully selected in
growing domestic animals. The same
laws govern and similar results fol-
low IN either case. Many farmers who
would not permit a scrub bull,
stallion, boar, buck or cock to
eat his grass or live in an en-
tire condition on his premises,
will plant any sort of seed, if it
only seems sound and of fair size. 1t
is now time to be selecting seed for
spring planting. The cribs, bins or
seed-pens are not the proper place at
which to make the selection. Why be
so careful as to the brand. of garden
seed, as all farmers are, and so care
less as to field seeds? Some farmers
can improve their own seeds, but a
large majority do not possess the
technical skill and patience necessary
to do so, and of those who could if
they would not n in fifty do so, pre-
f rring to get seeds from those who
have devoted years of study and much
scientific knowledge to the work.
However the matter may be in each
individual case, the pest seeds should
be secured and planted and cultivated
in the best In no other way
can the best crops be secured. Texas
Farm and Ranch.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-04-10
A True Canvas-Back.

A good story is told of John Asst
lev, a fellow student with Sir Joshua
REYNOLDS in London and in Rome.
While walking in the Campagna
REYNOLDS and some other students
took off their coats; but for a long
time nothing would persuade young
Ashley to take his off. At last he
was prevailed on to do so, and the
cause of his unwillingress to comply
with the wishes of his friends was
then revealed by an oil sketch of a
waterfall painted on the back of the
artists waistcoat.-Youth's Compan-
The Tupelo journal., 1903-04-10

1t had seemed unusually hard to part,
and even baby's tiny hands had
seemed to cling to his big fingers
more closely than their wont.
Take care of yourself, sweet
heart" he said, in a tremulous voice,
as though, strong man that he was,
1t was no easy task to say '~good-by"
q hope this is the last of these
long journeys"
Later in the day she had gone out
to make some little purchases, and
coming back in a street car, had
sat near two ladies whom she did
not know. She could not avoid hear
ing their conversation, though
scarcely noting what was said, until
she heard her own and her husbands
names.
$50 Ralph Morgan did not marry
Grace Girton after all; how was it?"
said the younger m 1--WE
been abroad so long that I've missed
the home gossip. He was so much
in love with her, we knew it was
serious, and he was always at the
house. She was such a pretty girl,
too, it would have been such a suit
able match"
HE claimed to be her brothers
friend, but of course everyone knew
that he was not the attraction" re-
turned the other.
o women! women! little do you
know the consequences of your light
ly spoken words, your idle gossip.
Surely, more charity, more sympathy,
more tenderness would be shown,
could the speakers imagine their VIC
tim within ear-shot. And are there
not parts of the lives of others so
exclusively their own, so sacred, that
it is a want of delicacy even to guess
at what their thoughts, feelings or
relations may be?
"You say he is married." continued
Ewife?"
"No, and funny enough, I've never
seen her, though we have exchanged
calls. They say he would not have
broken his engagement with Grace
but for business losses. You know
her father is not rich, and the wife
has plenty of money, but is plain-a
sensible little thing who fairly
adores him."
''Then he married for money!" re-
piled her companion. "Well, I am
surprised and disappointed in Ralph
Morgan"
Madge never knew how she reached
home-stunned and stupefied. Could
it be true? Married for her money!
How the words rang in her ears!
She must try and think-if she could
think-and remember. She had al
ways cared for him. Could it be pos
sible that he had not spoken the
truth, that her very love had blind
ed her; that he had pitied her too,
seeing how much she loved him?
She remembered how lonely she had
been when her parents died, and she
was left alone in the dear old home.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-04-10
Criticism of Life.

1t is true, both in a positive and
negative sense, that life is the final test
of everything. There is no criticism
that in the sharpness and tremendous
ness of judgment is equal to the criti-
cism of life. What can stand every as
sault in time and in eternity? The
grandest convictions that we receive
from other people are not constructed
in us by their logic + their philosophy,
or their Christianity, but they are Gre
ated in us by their personality.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-04-10
IN THE ANIMAL KINGDOM.

Bats in the Philippine islands are
as big as cats, and with the wings
spread measure three feet from tip
to tip. A bite from one of them is
said to be poisonous.
Many animals feign illness. In mill
tary stables horses are known to have
pretended to be lame in order to avoid
going to "a military exercise. A CHM
panzee in the zoo had been fed on cake
when ill; for some time after his re-
covery he often feigned coughing in
order to procure further daipties.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-04-10
Starvation Cure Is Rational.

The starvation cur is really one Of
the most rational modes OF meeting
some disorders of the system. Like
every other procedure in therapeutics,
its power for good has been very great
ly exaggerated, but it has found a true
and abiding position. Some few dis
orders of the digestive and other i'm
portanttorgans arise from overlooking.
Such patients cannot be drugged into
health. Strong p~urgatives do good,
but abstention from so per cent. Of
the accustomed dietarydoes more good.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-04-10
Figs and ThfstIes.

Gold will provoke a gangrene in the
heart.
A man must be religious if he would
be reasonable.
Patience is a good protection against
provocation.
Heights of conservation may follow
depths of conviction.
The finest fabrics may be woven out
of cross purposes.
If we were as anxious to do Gods
will as we are to have our own way
our work would be worthier.-Ram's
Horn.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-04-10
The Light That Failed.

Mrs. A.-When / was engaged to my
husband he was the very light of my
existence.
Mrs. D.-And now?
Mrs. A,-The light goes out every
night.-Brooklyn Life.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-04-10

The mar who walks with God medi-
tates upon his works. He is confront
ed at every turn by tokens of the Divine
favor and evidence of his creative
power.-Rev. w. F. Wykoff.