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Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1904-07-01
The Right Time to Die.

stance a Christian man like wnrrior
Is struck down at blow. In the sec
ond instance a man Is like an aced
veteran In n soldiers home. like a Jobs
war charger smelling the battle from
afar ann yet not able TO answer the
bugle call for the grand charge. The
s@ddest scene during all my stay In the
west was when In the Methodist Epls-
copal conferences i've noble men who
had served their church as bishops long
and faithfully were retired and played
upon the supers nnuated list. But az
God has placed some Of you upon the
great waiting list" AZ physjcal or
mental ineIeetiyes. he patient. Trust
him. Even In your retired feld OF wait
ing you have n work TO do. 1t will
all come out right. Yes, sick one and
aged one. II will all come out right
You may not DO able To understand
Gods ways now. bot it will all come
out right.
Thus today, as the waiting lesson
is the hardest OF all gospel lessons TO
learn, i am going to close ia the beam
tfuI words or one whose poem has
been very near and denr to ME. INN
preaching against my own impatIence
Just as l am against yours. 1 know
that parent can never bring his child
up right unless he teaches that child
TO learn to trust him and walt: there |
fore NO child OF God can ever trust
God unless he IL at times ready tn |
stand still and see the salvation OF
the Lord" These verses embodv tha
whole thought OF my text:
When my boy with eager questions
Asking how and where and when
Taxes all my store OF wisdom
Asking DER and Ger again
Questions oft 30 which the answers
Give to others still the KEY
j have said. to teach him patience.
Wait. my little one. and see.
And the words taught my darling
Taught to me lesson sweet
once when all the world seemed da rknes.
And the storm about me beat
In the children's room ! heard him.
with child's sweet mimicry
To the baby brothers questions
saying. wisely. Walt and see"
Like an angels tender Gliding
Came the darling's words to me
Though my Fathers ways were hidden
bidding me still. wait and see"
What are we but restless children.
Ever asking what shah he?
And the Father. In his wisdom
Gently bids us wait and see"
Copyright. 1874 by Louis KIopsch.l
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lackey urging him to haste. Stay lit
tie longer" pleads Katie He draws her
to his side whispers her name. Again
she pleads: do stay a little longer" Her
HANDS are on his shoulders and they
look lovingly into each others faces I
shall never come back, Katie. It was
my last visit to Heidelberg, but, mayhap,
the best. Matters shall change. Katie. 1
promise you
She strokes his cheeks and feasts her
ewes upon him with the affection of ons
who touches something from which ne
must part forever. Carl continues: wen
belong to each other, Katie. I shall never
forget you, and you will never forget me.
We shall never meet again, but we VIII
never forget each other. My longing for
Heidelberg and my longing for you-you
/ found again" After a long kiss, re
says farewell, and proceeds to go. She
stands with arms hanging moveiessly at
her side looking after him. He turns
once more and goes to her side. II have
loved only you Katie.---of all the people
in the world. only YOU.
They are the last words spoken. Katie
stands as if transhxed, staring after him.
She sclasos her face in her hands and
sobs, and-the curtain falls.
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a YouTHFuL vIoL1N1sr.
Hungary Is Proud of Franz Won
Becsey, Aged 10.

Hungary produced another prince
royal of the violin and the violin king.
that is, the great Joseph Joachim, said
a correspondent
days never heard anything like Franz
Won Becsey's playing. and to think that
he is only TO-"
After a concert a correspondent spent
ans hour with the artist-youngster, who
set all musical Europe talking
Were you satisfied with the APP
plause?" asked the corr espondent Of
the little boy who had jumped upon
his knae.
Yes. they seemed to like me-" re-
heard the Berliners Every time
played they We're beside themselves
with enthusiasm"
And what did the kaiser say to you
when you played for him in private?''
He lisped only a few words. Some
thing the matter with his throat. I
think but her majesty was very gra-
cious. indeed. She took me upon her
lap and asked many questions. She
wanted to know where I learned to
play so we'll. but I did not know what
to answer, except that playing the
violin comes natural to me-"
Did you speak German with the en-
press r.
Yes, though I dislike that language
I did not suppose that she knew any
other"
And how did you address her?"
"At first I called her 'auntie.' as I do
all ladies I like. but when the other
persons IN the room looked queer I
called her auntie-empress. That seemed
to please her"
AS the young artist sat on the cor
respondents knee, a, beautiful young
woman came up to pat his cheeks and
face in the correspondents coat and
cried: please let me alone. 1 hate
women who kiss
When the handsome girl had gone
away, after pleading successfully for a
kiss, look or handshake at least, Franz
jumped down and stamping his little
foot, said:
These aunties make me tired In
Berlin. too, they would not leave me
alone. Always kissing and embracing
It's awful. Only yesterday told
mamma that I would never, never
marry, no woman anyhow"
What do you do with all the money
you maker" asked the correspondent.
Papa puts it in the bank for me and
when I am big 1 shall buy a Stradi-
varius, a house, carriages, horses and
an electric railway. We have horses,
carriages and automobiles and all that
at the castle, but they are not what I
fancy. I want such as the emperor
uses" A
For how long did you have music
teacher?''
"Since I was Z; began taking les
sons three years ago. Teacher says he
never had so easy a scholar. Even while
1 was still in skirts I played the violin
better than teacher himself. but why
others do not play as well as I do no
one seems to know-certainly I do not.
My performance seemed to please peo-
pie before ] knew anything at all about
the rudiments of music"
They tell me. Franz. that you have
a very good memory"
We'll. I memorized AZ concert pieces.
and 7 can learn any piece you like in
five days-'
Learn it well enough to play and
put it on paper, too?"
Yes. sir" answered the boy simply,
land if you will bet five forms 1 will
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Sick
H e ad a c h es From
Army Life
Finally Caused Nerv-
Gus Dyspepsia.
DR.. Mile s. Nervine Cured
Me.

nervousness, Indigestion and insomnia are
the three greatest Affections of mankind.
ATTENDED as they are by a thousand dis
Agreeable symptoms the victim is in constant
misery Pity the person who cannot sleeD.
ENJOY his foed nor secure rest and peace az
mind Dr. Miles NeTvine is a sure cure for
all three maladles. 1t soothes the BRAN.
strengthens the nerves of the stomach and
digestive organs, bringing sleep, rest, health.
strength and good digestion.
Smallpox contracted while in the army
LETT me with a disease of the spine. nearly
bind, and with complication of nervous
affections Perhaps the most DISTRESSING Of
AL my troubles were the sick headaches
which gre" more frequent and severe as the
years passed BY, until 1 became a Confirmed
oyspePle with all the Characteristic svr,1,-
toms OF nervousness, indigestion. and IN
somnia- In my search for heaIfR Iaf+ ~ ~
CID home N Aroostook County. Maine. and
located IN the west. Soon after corn;nc, 49,
my attention was called to DR. M;ISs' ? -
Storatlse Nervine, and 1 decided to trv +
1t soon stopped my headaches and I bsvs
not had one since. When l had taken si~
bottles my health was wonderfully irnnroved
IN every way. l am well TO-DAY. eaf s1d
sleep All right and in fact feel that nv vontb
has been renewed."-J. B. BvR0N ~,
Whascon, Wash. -'e"
All druggists sell and guarantee first hot
ue Ut Miles Remedies. Send for free bool,
on Nervous and Heart Diseases. Addrrss
DE. Miles Medical Co. En1hart, Ind.
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put down something by Bach, or Paga-
minis Witch Dances for instance. If
I leave out single note. I lose. Select
any piece: it's all the same to me-
In the afternoon preceding the inter-
view Frank played Mendelssohn's con-
certs, Wicniawsky, Vieux temps (E-dur).
the Devils Sonata by Tartini, fugue in
G-moll by Bach. Paganini's Witch
Dances and Variations, and pieces by
Hubay and others. Ten-year- boys
have performed the same unusual work
before him-we recall the hapless
Deugremont, who died so young, and
Hubermann, who lives. but not IN the
halls of fame. AS said. they did the
work. but Franz excels in it both from
a purely musical and technical stand
point.
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QUOTED FROM THE PLAYS.
Some of the Lines In Mr.. mansfieId's
Production of . Old Haidalharg.n

BONO OF INC LINES IN u aQ8uSlQ 3
Production of Old Heidelberg
Richard Mansfield in playing the role
of Carl Heinz, dueal Prince of Sake
Carlsburg, in Meyer-Foerster's five act
play, "Old Heidelberg" The piece is
characterized by a wholesome sentiment
and delicious pathos. Beyond Ques-
ton one of the most affecting pieces of
fiction that the stage has offered in re-
cent years, it leaves an impression of
enduring tenderness a sense of clean
workmanship, and well conceived situa-
tons
Prince Carl leaves a cold, unsympa-
thetic, ceremonious court and for the
first time in his life breathes the air of
free man as a student at Heidelberg.
where he becomes a popular member of
the burschensehaft, in which the dis
tinction of birth is extinguished and all
meet on one plane Kate may be de-
scrlbed as the mascot of the students
who consort at Rueder's inn and beer
garden, where she is one of the attrac-
tons, beloved by all and respected, too.
Light hearted and honest, a sort of
camerarderie is established between
Katie and the prince, without sentiment
at hrst. but ripening into a dangerous
mutual interest without the suspicion
Of either The first touch of pathos is
struck in the third act The price has
invited Katie to drive with him. and
the maiden has gone to make ready
and array herself. at Carts request, in
her white Dress when a courier from
the court summons him to the capital
Immediately to assume the regency. He
shudders at the prospect of returning
20 the gloomy court, and seeks to evade
the responsibility, but In vain He
must go. and Kate returns to hear the
announcement that the drive is off and
the hour of parting has come.
Two years have elapsed when the
Fourth act begins. Carl Heinz has been
the Feigning prince for a year, and the
court has grown more restricted than
ever The spirit Of Carts blighted love
mas fallen upon its environment A
marriage of state has been arranged
Tor him. He approves the programme
OF the marriage, the date. the public
entry into the city, without emotion or
interest Kellermann. an old valet and
waiter at Rueder's, comes to have the
prince redeem a promise made him at
helaeloerg- The offieious chamberlain
IS about to order the shabby-lookfng
old man from the palace, but the prince
accidentally learns Of his presence, and
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Theatrical Notes.

1t is estimated that the loss to the the
auois IRE in Chicago reaches in round
figures nearly 81, 10000.
George AIDE is to write the book and
John Philip SOuSa the music for a new
musical comedy in which De Wolf Hopper
will be seen next summer
Knox Wilson and his wife Luellaa Drew,
company, have Joined the Broadhurst and
Brown"
Wife's Husband, Nat Goodwin has de-
cided to abandon it and appear in A
Gilded Cool and I'm Missouri for the
rest of the season.
son, commencing at Trenton next week
May Montford will take Fay Templeton's
place and Helen Lord returns to the cast
in her original role.
Ferdinand Gottschalk. who was last
seen in The Girl from Dixie" has been
weeks with an injured leg that may have
to be amDutated
Weber and Fields have made the prop
to say whether Fay Templeton returns to
her old position or not She is wanted
badly for projected burlesques
George Fuller Golden, the well known
monologue artist, and Blanche Ring. are
to have the principal roles IN The Love
Birds musical comedy when it is pre-
scented in London, February s. for the first
time.
1.-The virginian." a dramatization in
four acts of Owen Wister's novel OF that
any stage last week Dustin F'arnum
played the title role and Agnes Ardeck
When 1.-The Medal and the Maid reach
es New York next Monday night Miss
Jeanette Lowrie will have taken lisa
dore Rush's place in the company. Miss
Rush's health has compelled her to re-
tire from the stage, and she will go south
to recuDerate.
Arrangements were recently completed
whereby. Bertha Galland goes to Austria
liza in April and will be seen there in
Rntbood Vas IN eI Flower Mr. Iew
ers, the leading man of the company, was
born in Australia
prima donna contralto of the. Red
Feather" company this season., has re-
signed and viii open in London in March
in grand opera Mrs, Moore was Brook
Iyn choir singer and her advancement has
been very rapid.
Barrie's latest comedy. little Mary
the first time in this country, and a
unanimity Of criticism places another
success on record. Henry Dixey and Jes-
sic Busley have the principal characters
in the piece.
Eleanor Mayo, who married James FL
version, one of the owners of the Phila-
delphia Inquirer, and who retired from
the stage several seasons back, is re-
ported to be at the point of death at her
son is the daughter of Frank Mayo, and
she last appeared on the stage in 'Prin-
cess Bonnie"
Grace Kimbau. who returned from the
stage four years ago on account of a
serious illness, is to have the leading
role in The Secret of Polich' nellie" when
! it is presented for the first time next
week at Pittsburg- Before retiring Miss
Kimball had played leads with Nat
Goodwin and E. H. Sothern with distinc-
ton.
| Charles Cartwright, the London stage
manager and actor, who came to this
| country to put on Merely Mary Ann
| for Eleanor Robson. returned home af-
/ ter giving the piece a good start in New
York Mr. Cartwright said before leaving
4 that he was sure Miss Robson will be a
success when she presents the piece in
London next season
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Domestic Troubles.

1t is exceptional to find a family where
there are no domestic ruptures OCCASION
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trouble they save by their great work in
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a
Eojo Toto suffering
a
Nigh be the
Washington DIling
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When Mr.. Major was interview he
said that he was delighted that his fell
low statesman, George AIDE, had caught
on as a dramatist in New York.
AIDE" continued Mr.. Major, ''of
like SIfelbyville. but halls from Browne
county, Indiana. This place isn't within
40 miles of a railroad and they are
still using confederate money because
they have never seen any other"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-01-16
THE WEEKLY GRIsT.

the Stage.
A member of the knockers club
has discovered the following electrical
sign in front of a Philadelphia play
house:
The Chestnut.
Francis Wilson
in
"Erminie."
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Miss Ethel Berrymore was one Of re

Miss Ethel Barrymore was one Of a re-
cent dinner party which contained a
soulful young man who insisted upon
paying the charming actress very effu-
sive compliments. At last, after a sue
cession of complimentary remarks, he
cried out: oh, Miss Barrymore, I do
think you are a poem when you actl''
"A poem." exclaimed the young lady
why. that's no compliment, for poems
are all feet" And then the conversa-
ton returned to "ParsifaL"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-01-16

But the young man, becoming a bit
fustered. declared with confidence and
distinctness: "And 1 promise never to
drop another drink
Blanche Weaver. an actress in the
company supporting Mr.. Sothern in
The Lady of Lyons on one occasion
had the line which runs. No divorce
can separate a mother from her SON. p"
But what Miss Weaver said was, mo
divorce can separate q Sothern from his
mon" Mr.. Sothern was himself on the
stage in that scene. He saw the topsy-
turvey sentence coming-something in
tuitive warned him of it-and he hast
ened to cover up the lines with his next
speech. But he was not quick enough
to conceal the blunder from the people
in the foremost rows, and a laugh went
up that interrupted the action of the
play and caused wonder in the rear of
the house, where the error had not been
detected. Miss Weaver was so over
come with modification that when the
curtain went down she wept and would
not be comforted.
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PLAYERS are as much a part of the
well-regulated human family in which
accidents are bound to- occur as any
one else. and the frequent and often
times ludicrous slips in dialogue during
the presentation of a play are proof of
the fact.
1t is told of an amateur in a western
city, playing a part in a temperance
drama, that he had the line: And l
promise never to drink another drop"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-01-16

Maclyn ArbuckIe. as has frequently
been printed, was once a lawyer in
Texas. How good a. lawyer, orfy the
Texans know. Being by nature sus-
picious-a characteristic fostered by
their association as club MEMBERSHIP
Lambs of New York determined to test
Arbuckle's capacity
There is a chambermaid in the en-
ploy of the club who is DESTROYS of
rearranging her domestic affairs. A
club lounger hearing of it, immediate
~ referred her to the far Texas Squire,
and as a result Arbuckle the next day
received the following note retaining
him professionally:
Squire Arbuckle-dear sir I have been
commended to advise to you to get
divorce my husband He nerver takes
me out everywhere since I was mar
ried but nominated tow yeares ago now
know a Police man who would Wed
If was free he can get free passes for
all the best theatres so I would like TO
make a change my husband is cloase
with his money and addicted to drink
he is elevator man in coffin factoiary
please let me know if you can get me
a divorce with Thanks / enclose pass
for Kniger bogker theatre two seats for
yourself and wife pleas Write in haste
and oblige JANE 5.
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The wife of Wilton Lackaye is ever
anxious that her husband should be
satisfied with her purchases. Conse-
quentIy, when she wished to buy a new
winter hat just before leaving New
York this fall. she hauled the protest.
ing Wilton with her to the milliner's.
The milliner being engaged, an as
sistant showed Mrs. Lackaye some hats
and quoted their prices. Then the mill
liner herself took the customer in
charge and a more minute inspection
of her wares ensued. while Mr.. Lack
aye looked on as helplessly as any 9TH
er man in the same circumstances.
Finally it came to a choice between
two hats, and Mr.. Lackaye said:
LET me see-what is the price of this
one?''
.That is s35, madame" replied the
milliner.
why, your assistant told me the
price was $780," remarked Mrs. Lackaye,
with. some surprise.
"Well, some one was absent from re-
hearsal," explained Mr.. Lackaye to his
wife, in soto voce.
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Charles cartwright, the London stage
country to put on Merely Mary Ann
for Eleanor Robson, returned home af-
ter giving the piece a good start in New
York Mr. Cartwright said before 1eavin g
that he was sure Miss Robson will be a
success when she presents the piece IN
London next season.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-01-16

Barrie's latest comedy, Little Mary"
was produced in New York last week for
the first time in this country, and a
unanimity of criticism places another
success on record. Henry Dixey and Jes-
sic Busley have the principal characters
in the piece.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-01-16

Grace KimbaN who returned from the
stage four years ago account Of a
serious illness, is to have the leading
role in The Secret of Polich'nelle" when
it is presented for the first time next
week at Pittsburg Before retiring Miss
Kimban had played leads with Nat
Goodwin and E. H. Sothern with distinc-
ton
Douglas Island news., 1904-06-01
The NorthIand
The Latest News, from Reliable Sources, Concerning the Great
 North, Condensed.
Information for Everybody.


 Skagway has "leading barbershop."
 Wages are s12.5o per day in the Koy- ukuk.
 Ketchikan has a new chemical fire engine.
 Juneau is threatened with another newspaper.
 The Ketchikan public school closed May 27th.
 Two geological survey parties are bound for Alaska.
 Skagway schools closed May 20 for the summer vacation.
 Skagway expects to havea brass band by the Fourth of July.
 William Horkan, of Dawson is ex- perimenting with Siberian oats.
 The Wrangell saw mill, advertised to be sold on May 21, was not sold.
 300 reindeer are to be sent to starving Copper River Indians-next fall.
 Valdez schools closed May 27th for a summer vacation of two months.
 40 tons of coal was shipped from Dutch Harbor mines to Seattle, on the Bertha.
 Today is the day set for the opening of steamer navigation between White horse and Dawson.
 A convocation of the Episcopal clergy of S. E. Alaska was held in Ketchikan last week.
 Skagtown papers have followed the lead of Valdez in trying to puncture the Seward Railroad bubble.
 The Corwin sailed from Seattle for Nome May 16 with eighty-nine passen- gers and 175 tons of freight.
 Judge A. K. Delaney was selected by the democrats, in convention at Ju- neau, for National Committeeman.
 A great rush is reported on from Dawson to the Tanana. 15O passengers and 300 tons of freight left on the two first boats.
 The Saddle was the second boat to sail from Seattle for Nome this season. She is a side-wheeler and carried 50 passengers.
 The plant of the Kasaan Bay com pany consisting of the cannery, saw mill, mine, steamboats, and various minor affairs, was sold by the receivers.
 The steamship Senator, scheduled to sail June for Nome, will take one of the largest crowds of passengers car ried to that district this season, says Seattle paper. Graham Campbell and John J. Miller will do the hard work four and three months respectively at Dawson for assaulting Frank Slavin, ex-champion pugilist of the world.
 A telephone line from Juneau to Lynn canal points, including Berners Bay, Seward City and other places, is receiving the attention of the Juneau chamber of commerce.
 Mrs. Ed. c. Morse, of Sealevel, met with very serious injury in the early part of last week by the accidental dis charge of Winchester rifle in the hands of Mir. G. Nygard of the same place.
 Another gusher has been developed in the Kayak oil fields, according to reports received by the steamship Excelsior. The gusher is said to be one from one of the wells sunk by the English syndicate.
 A Dawson Frenchman has under ! taken to translate into French some of the terms used in a Western mining camp. His chief troubles come with such words as stampede, paystreak, sluicebox and dump.
 Steamer Cottage City arrived last night from Southeastern Alaska with twenty passengers and an interesting bit of cargo in the shape of the knock down pyramid model, representing the S22,0OO,OOO output of the famous Tread we'll mine. The model is to be sent to the St. Louis exposition as part of Alasl-n,, n,.hih;t rnrs thn D [