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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-03-13

initial production tonight at Chatterton's
Opera House. Springfield. Ill IL is said
that IL will prove a most amusing play
with the strong characterization of the
original story well presented. Checkers
goes to the Century Theater. st. Louis. for
a week beginning next Monday, and
comes TO this city for four performances
a English's, opening Monday, March %.
Robes Bohemian Burlesquers, at the
Empire this week. have an olio replete
with good features. Those that are above
the ordinary are Kippy. the tramp juggler;
Frank Finney. in his black-face monologue.
and Sansone and Della in their display OF
athletics and head balancing. There is
hardly one feature of the bill that fails
TO please. The show will remain until
Saturday night.
The advance sale of seats for the Elks'
minstrels is proving the largest in the his
tory OF the lodge The sale opened yester-
day at English's box Office. The Elks will
give two performances this season, the
minstrel show being on the boards at En-
glish's next Monday and Tuesday nights.
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Canadian View of IL.
Montreal Star

MONTREAL StdT+
There cannot be too much harmony be-
tween Canada and the United States but Il
is TO be hoped that the idea Is forever killed
that Canada is the only one OF the two
which really needs that harmony Both
peoples will profit by IL. and the empire 10
which we really belong will be pleased to
see US assisting In promoting lasting
friendship between the two great English-
speaking powers.
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''The Cattle King" ut the Park.

James II. Wallick's company made
change of bill at the Park yesterday, when
1t presented the famous old Western dra-
ma, THE Cattle King" in which Manager
Wallick himself was once wont to star.
The play is good one of it's kind. 1t tells
more logical stage story than THE Ban
dit King" the play which held the boards
at the Park during the first half OF the
week. and. although sensational, it sticks
closer to real life and does not depend so
much upon exaggerated heroics. The play
was received at both performances yester-
day by overlooking audiences that applaud
ed its thrilling climaxes in an enthusiastic
manner that left no room TOR doubt as to
the thorough satisfaction which the enter
tainment afforded.
John j. Farrell is seen to better advan-
tage as the hero of this piece than he was
In the more strenuous scenes of the play
that preceded 1t. His acting in the part of
Bob Taylor, the American cattle ranch
man who has won fame and fortune at
the foot of the great Rockies, is excellent
never put SO much into it. Mr.. Farrell is
naturally fitted for characters of this kind,
and the management of the company
showed good judgment in selecting him TO
appear in the leading roles of both the
King" plays. II would be hard to find
another actor who could handle the charac-
seconded by Jack Webster, who makes a
picturesque villain of Don Pedro Jose
Mexia, the rival of the American cattle
man. Miss Marie Pettes, as Katherine
Paxton, shows that she Is versatile
actress, as the part is widely different from
that which she portrayed in the other play,
while Helen Morley, Jeanette Common and
Louise Evarts act the other feminine roles
satisfactorily. William Harris, Herbert
Warren, Tony West and Homer Mullaney
are also worthy Of special mention for the
clever manner in which they play their re-
spective parts.
1.-The Cattle King" will continue through
the rest of the week at the Park, and Ii is
sure to prove as big a success with the
patrons of the theater as it's predecessor.
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Langtry and her coauthor. Mr.. Manners,
I'm making a drama out OF their material,
little attention has been paid TO probable
tiles or possibilities. The joint dramatists
have drawn miserable character in Sir
Charles. who, while swearing that he loves
the duchess ardently. deliberately turns
common thief and steals her jewels at the
first chance offered. And this in spite or
the fact that Sir Charles is supposed TO
be gentleman. born and bred! Gentle
men or this sort often aTnuSe themselves
by making love TO other mems wives, IL Is
true. but they don't steal necklaces from
their adored ones. And then, when the
duchess becomes aware that this lordly
lover Of hers has stopped to steal her jew
elry, Is IL at all natural that she should
hold back from denouncing such a despic-
able act and calmly allow her brother.
nocent shoulders the ignominy or IL all!
She does not sincerely care for Sir Charles;
she has merely been flirting with him. and
any woman, under these circumstances,
would be consumed with rage upon discov-
ering that the man she had chosen as her
gallant was so hopelessly unworthy OF
word OF endearment. Again, the duchess
has done nothing actually wrong. although
she has been indiscreet, and the knowledge
that she has not dishonored her husbands
name would give her strength to brave his
anger. rather than to take such ''sneaky''
way out of the tangle.
Mrs Langtry was never impressive
the duchess at any stage of the play. She
seemed artificial in the more stressful
scenes and was a trifie heavy when light
ness of touch seemed desirable. Her sup
port. with the exception of Mr.. Manners
and Mr.. Lang. was mediocre Mr. Manners
is good actor that he almost sue
ceeded in making the character of the
duke an interesting one. while Mr.. Lang
made the best of a bad bargain by por-
traying Sir Charles well as any actor
could possibly play the part g. Davy
Burnaby made silly sort of person out of
the duchess's brother Richard. If the au-
thors of the piece really intended to make
this character brainless chap it's interpre-
ter was a success. The other roles in the
play were not of any great Importance. the
story having to do nearly altogether with
the four characters mentioned. The piece
was staged in an elaborate manner and
Mrs. Langtry wore some very handsome
gowns. which attracted much attention
The engagement was for last night only.
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"Checkersv Played the First Time.

SPRINGFIELD, ILL.,, March 12.-The first
production of the dramatization by Henry
NJ. Blossom, jr., Of st. Louis, of his story.
Checkers" was given at the opera house
tonight to large and fashionable audi
ence by a competent company under the
direction of Kirke La Shelle. who was pres
ent. Mr.. Blossom was also present. The
production was staged in an elaborate
manner. Two scenes represent a hotel in
Hot Springs, Ark, and the grand stand
and track of the Washington Park Club,
Chicago. Thomas W. Ross took the title
role. The audience was enthusiastic, there
being frequent curtain calls.
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THE THEATERS.
To-Day's Schedule.

ENGLISHS.-"Pretty Peggy" Sis D. m.
GRAND.-Vaudeville, 2:15 and S:15 p. m.
PARK.-''The Cattle King" and D. m.
Observation-Disclosures, and ID. m.
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Henry NJ. Blossoms new four-act comedy
drama. Checkers taken from the popu-
lar book OF the same title, will receive its
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475l c.. I. & f. Railway Company
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Grant c. c. Transferred from Suprs
Court (No. l9S06.)
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-11-25
SPOILED HIS DINNER.
An Unpleasant Thanksgiving Day
for Politician.

An Unpleasant Thanksgiving Day
for a Politician.
"Bluest Thanksgiving | ever spentw
unused the fine old gentleman who has an
uneonquerable antipath, to practical pol
itics. at stands out in my memory like
an obelisk on plain. and it was not
so very long ago, either
II had been induced that fall to run
for an important public oslce. 1t was
done against my better judgment and
under great pressure, but when a man
enters such a fight he wants to win.
was in close district and determined
to put up the very best fight that the
circumstances would permit. l adver-
tised at once for an extra stenographer
and from the many who responded Sc
lected a beautiful. bright and dashing
young woman who justified my immedi-
ate faith in her ability She did all my
private correspondence. knew as much
about the inside of the campaign as
did, worked day and night with will
ingness that was surprising and even
took from one of my shrewdest advisers
the list of voters in the strongest sec
tion with which | had 10 contend, with
full instructions as to how the most in
fuential persons among them could be
won TO my cause. II was great work,
and yet l fell several hundred short of
the normal party vote.
MY successful opponent lived in a
neighboring town and graciously invit-
ed me to be his guest on the following
Thanksgiving. 1t would have looked
surly to refuse, and l went. 1t was
really an admirable social function, but
the few hours / put in there were tor
ture. The host met me with a hearty
handclasp. Turning. he said. My wife.
Resplendent in satin and jewels, | saw
my stenographer. Love and war she
murmured. He thinks / was visiting
my old home in New England | held
my peace, but that fatted turkey tasted
like corkr-Detroit Free Press.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-11-25

81 onerstan'," said Brother Dickey,
dat de President done 'p'inted his
Thanksgfvin day. much ter de regret
err de turkeys. what lowed dey warn't
no use in takin on any mo- life insurance
'twell de week 70 Chris mus. Bnt de
President got ter studyin' bout it ter
day, after he drawed his weeks wages,
en- tor 'um ter charge it up ter profit
en- loss, en- he 'cided dat de country wuz
dom so well all roun' dat we orter ring
de bells en- invite all de po' relations ter
dinner. So dat how come T Ssivin'
is comm, witch brings on O. .estion:
What is we got ter be thankful for? En-
ter begin wild, en- speakin' for myself,
thankful dat de Nunited States is in
Georgy emil mos likely stay dar, ez long
ea real estate is vallible ez what it is.
En-. furdermo'. l thankful dat l gittin'
long so well wild my neighbors. | amt
never been lynehed yit en- I amt a-gwine
ter be, ez long ez dar's a straight road
befo' me. en- de rheumatism keeps out
er my two legs! | thankful fer ten chill
lun en- one wife, en- dat de chiilun is all
able ter support me handsome: ! thank
full fer de nc use ! live in-wen de rent
amt due: eI fer my daily bread-w'cn
de baker'ii wait 'twell de en- er de month
fer his .ney; in fact, / Thankful fer
all | got, Ell fer mo- a-comin'--fer a good
appetite en- sorepia ter ill it-feF long
life. free salvation. a straight road ter
glory, en- de devil t&Ee de hindm0s'! -
Atlanta Constitution.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-11-25
ElZABETH'S Thanksgiving
BY RHBEccA HARDING DAVIS.

%~r~~N~~~N~~~N<~rS~
a I.IZABETH MARTYR ass thir-
E1. ty years old when she married and
<--@A went to Pennsylvania to live. She
carried with her much of the prejudice
and near-sightedness which is art to be-
long to people who have lived ia but one
section of this country. Sic had been
the most intense of a Club of Truth
seekeYs' in a New Ems land town; with q
weak intellect had yrappled with some
of the mightiest problems that face man
kind: had fancied herself Buddhist. an
agnostic, a quietist and a ritualist. The
deity which she really worshiped and the
only subject of which she never wearied,
was-Elizabeth Martyr.
All this selfshness and conceit, how
ever, was only the fruit of her limited
mind and bad training Underneath was
an honest, affectionate heart, stifed just
now and forgotten.
Three years after her marriage to Ste
phen Pollard, her mother visited her for
the first time. The Pollards lived in a
village in the midst of the rich farm
lands of Lancaster County. The abun-
dant crops, the full, easy habits of life,
delighted Mrs. Martyr, who was used to
the stormy fields and economy of Con-
necticut.
what a Thanksgiving day you will
have tomorrow. Elizabeth" she said, as
she sat with her daughter, looking down
over the valley glowing in the red mist
of late Indian summer.
Thanksgiving! Why should / keep
Thanksgiving said Mrs. Pollard, with
an impatient shrug.
Mrs. Martyr turned her mild blue eyes
In amazement on her daughter.
my child In such a beautiful homer
az never was meant for a housekeep-
err mother; / am bored to death. | have
no time for study with perpetual fussing
about the wash, or the marketing, or
baby's meals. Then these negro servants
with their familiarity and incompetence.
madden me | began to study Sanskrit
Just before l married, but with this house
and baby to look after, have not read a
line for a year. Stephen makes fetch
of his home, but / do not"
''No, l see" said Mrs. Martyr, with a
Sigh. But you have many friends here,
Elizabeth? The society is good ?"
81 find neither society nor friends.
1here are plenty of women who wish
20 L q intimate with me. There are two
of them now coming up the hill to call
upon you. Mrs. Grier will talk to you
Of jelly and pickles and cordials by the
hour, and Mrs. Watson viii lecture upon
the crest and possessions and ancient
glories of the family of Watson. Intel
lectually the whole community is pie
beian I've tried to hold myself aloof,
but It is impossible"
Mrs. Martyr made no reply, but cast
now and then an anxious glance over her
knitting at her daughters flushed, lower
Ing face. She saw that the old self-es-
teen and unrest Of Eliza beth's nature
had reached a ranker growth in the fore
ed repression of her married life. This
was her first outbreak of complaint, and
the spoken words seemed to startle her
self.
'I cannot thank God" she said pres
entity, "for giving me lonely life, how
ever well fed or well clothed l may be-"
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anything behind those still, gray mists
that could hear thanks If they were spok-
en-?
But here were her visitors. imposing
in their best fall clothes and hats.
Twenty minutes later, as Elizabeth
sat, her brain half asleep. listening to
an account of the scorching Of some
! lince jam, Keyter, the blacksmith, ran
across the lawn headlong, as a man
who wants to be the first with bad
news. dashed up on the porch and flung
open the window.
Miss Pollard! Your husband, He's
gone down. Upset. With the child! l
saw 'eml Sunk like lead"'
For few minutes she seemed to be
sleeping still. She vas swept out to the
lawn. There was the motionless brown
grass and the smooth river, just as it was
a few minutes ago, not dint on its
bright face. Some men were dragging a
boat into the water, and Big Joe the
coal man, had pulled off his boots and
coat and waded in. Nobody screamed or
made a noise. Baby's carriage stood I'm
der the apple tree-empty. Stephen stood
just there, ON that path, moment ago.
Where was he now? Where was he?
Soon after she heard Jane, the nurse,
talking to her.
"He said, TN take de chile, Jane
He set de baby tween his knees in de
boat, holdin' de tiller wild one ham an
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-11-25

laughin' 10 her. And when de boat struck
de snag he couldn't reach an oar. an
it swirl roun' an went over. An be
couldn't swim. So
Elizabeth stared at the round face of
the negress, down which the tears were
streaming. Ii was her husband, her
child that the woman was crying for.
"Mother" she said-Mrs. Martyr had
her in her arms keeping her from fall
ing-"tl,ey're gone. mother"
She hid called the world empty just
now-and they were in 1t, Now they
were gone. She knew what her HUSBAND
was to her now, and her child
A little crowd had gathered on the
bank Big Joe was diving in the middle
Of the stream. The ''idle, incompetent
negroes" sobbing and crying as for their
own kin. were working furiously TO find
their master. 1t was Jane, indeed, who
first caught sight of rag on the surface
of the stream and. wading In up to her
neck, brought out the baby. II still
breathed. Stephens body was found
close beside it.
Elizabeth. scarcely needing the child,
threw herself down beside him, dragging
his head up into her arms.
Stephen, Stephen" she cried, you
will never know how l loved your
Half a dozen men were at work with
the body. Big Joe, still dripping, ran to
the village for the doctor. Mrs. Grier,
the house, while Mrs. Watson was on her
knees in the wet, chatting the baby, and
wrapping it in tiank~ts.
Even in her agony Elizabeth saw II all.
They were so kind; The 79ori3 was gen
erous and unselfish and loving. She only
had stood apart, cold and alone.
The old doctor, when he had examined
the body, turned to her with face which
he vainly tried to make cheerful.
Il can find no sign Of life as yet. But
he was very short time in the water,
and we will do our best"
She nodded but stood silent, looking
up into the gray sky. His best? What
could doctors do, or fires, or blanketsf
Only He could bring Stephen to life
again.
While the men were working with her
husband, she was alone, facing God.
Give him back to mel" she cried.
+'Give him back! Let me have another
chance, | have been false as wife and
mother"
1t was the first time in her life that
she had really prayed.
God heard her. Both child and hus-
band were given back to her.
When the church bells rang the next
morning. baby was sleeping soundly in
her cradle, her grandmother watching her
with a radiant face. Stephen. a little
blue about the jaws and shaky in the
hands, was taking his breakfast in bed
Elizabeth would let nobody cook it. OF
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-11-25
NEW FEAT IN SURGERY.
A $4,000 Ear Is Grated Onto the
Head of Millionaire.


Head of n Millionaire.
In Philadelphia the other day DR. Am
drew L. Nelden performed the operation
of grating an ear upon the head of a
western millionaire, whose name the sur
geon says he is under bond rot TO re-
veal. The operation was to have been
performed in New York but District At
torhey Jerome is said to have intcrfered.
DR.. NeIdeD advertised for a man will
ing TO sell an ear for 5000, and Of 800
applicants he selected a young German
who conducts a restaurant in New York
"The operation has been performed,
and promises to be successful" said DIR.
Nelden. Il am under legal contract and
heavy bond not 10 reveal the name of
my patient Generally speaking, he is
n wealthy man from the West How he
los; one ear | do not know. The two
men were placed in opposite directions
upon an elongated bed One-haif of the
volunteers ear-thc upper haif-was cut
off, together with about four inches OF
the skin behind the ear. This was
twisted around and fitted to a freshly
prepared wound upon my patients head.
The half ear was held in place by band
ages. and the two men bound so they
cannot move their heads They must re-
tain this position at least twelve days TO
allow the circulation to come through the
flap of skin that still remains a part of
the volunteers scalp If this half ear
starts to unite properly the lower half
OF the ear will be grated in the same
manner"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-11-25
THE TURKEYS DOWNFALL.


There's a melancholy gobble from the coop
Where the turkey is now forced TO humbly
st0op,
And the feathers oft uplifted
By the bird that seemed SO gifted
On the floor of his small prison sadly droop.
An appealing look is noticed In his eye
AS he meekly gazes at each passerby,
Little time he spends in pecking
For he's often rubbernecking
Vainly hoping that some rescuer is nigh.
Now and then be stands with eyelids tightly
closed
But the turkey isn't sleeping. as supposed,
For instead OF calmly smoothing
He i.ast meurnfully Is musing
Ger his downfall since upon the roost he
dozed.
And he thinks Of how he used TO strut about,
With his tail and other feathers all spread
out
But he now is sorely humbled.
For from heights Of pride he tumbled
And no more he'll see he brakes and roost-
ers pout.
IT'S change that he must sadly contem-
From barnyard to a coop so low and
straight;
In his prison he is quaklng
And with dread he's often shaking
AS he thinks Of his approaching cruel fate.
And It's useless now to think OF stealthy
flight.
For the weapon Of destruction
Has been whetted for the ruction
And the humbled turkeys finish ID in sight.
-Pittsburg Telegraph.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-11-25

wait on him but herself. When he joked
over 1t. she laughed and cried by turns
What day it was All the morning
the delighted negroes had been tumbline
over each other, trying TO serve her; and
little gifts and messages had been com,
ing in from the neighbors. The frosty
air was full of sunshine. The bronze
stubble fields shook In the wind The
late red leaves on the trees gIowed like
jewels.
II am keeping you from church. Bet
ty," said Stephen, putting his hand on
her head.
1--WE can give thanks here. Every day
now shall be Thanksgiving"
She looked at him, at the baby, at the
bright, kind world outside. and then up
to the blue heaven, where God had heard
her last night
Every day shall be Thanksgiving, "
she said again.
The woman's character was not wholly
changed in a day. But the rock had been
touched, and the water of life gushed
forth. II was a healing fountain. and
would never cease to fow.-Congrega-
tionalist.