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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-01-24

another girl She DISCUSSES herself IN
Tnascu1nity so that she may watch her
chances closely and take advantage Of
them quickly. What she does while
most of the folks around her think she
is a man has been done many times in
comedies. bat viii never cease to be
a diverting possibility in fiction, though
never practiced successfully in real life
by any girly kind Of girl,
Molly fights a sword duel with her
lover and tries in her cowardice 70
keep up a show Of courage. She wOoes
her rival and makes futile efforts to
mug and kiss her with seeming enjoy
ment Of course, Miss TiIiey is easily
graceful IN the clothes Of the grace
less six, for she has worn them in great
variety these many years in her music
hall specially She demonstrates. too.
that she is competent to act we'll
enough in millinery and drapery. Yet
if is when she sings boy ballads, one
that belongs TO the role OF Lady Molly
land others from her own repertOTy, that
she earns the $3.50 which she is said 10,
and doubtless does, receive for each
week.
An old acquaintance is newly placed
in Lady Molly" George II. Jessop
created the saucy Irish jester, meio-
dious singer and audaeious lover as
whom the late William J. Seaman was
the progenitor Of Chauncey Olcott and
Andrew Mack. Jessop is an American
who eollaborated as a playwright with
Brander Mathews the Columbia uni
versity professor of English literature:
and Mathews. q man of wealth as well
as literary distinction. found the best
OF wives in Ada Harland. the only bTu-
nette il Lvdis ThOmpsol's original
company of British blondes, as we used
to call those famous burlesquers.
Jessop has lived in London Of late
+ years. He is the author OF Ny Lady
Molly. With sydney Jones for a tune
maker, aud he has transferred his pei
/ Irishmsn from drama TO extravaganza
without the change of a single charac-
/ 3eristic his name is now Mickey
/ O-noud and n pletss rougishiy against
a British army officer for that gentle
mems ultimate matrimonial good But
he has a girl of his own-not an Irish
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New York. Jan. MILITARY officers
have worn all this winter at social
functions on Governors island and in
the Brooklyn navy yard, what they
have uicknamed hybrid uniforms. and
some of them have come across the TiV-
CT thus CARRIED TO balls ard other occa-
sions of formality. But the new suits
are put on this week for the first time
here in q play. More dramatic things
than that are done in "Ranson's Folly, 20
Of course, but nothing else that looks so
singular. Richard Harding Davis nov
el is two or three years old, and most Of
us have read about the folly by which
Ransom got into dangerous disgrace;
but the regulations as to these strange
clothes have been promulgated since
the book was published. When the
colonel. the major and a captain Of the
Twelfth cavalry appear al an Arizona
post dance IN clawhammer coats Of the
conventional cut and color, but bright
ene6 with gold braid, buttons and
shoulder straps. and a lot of Heuten-
ants in similarly 0rnamented, shirt-eX-
posing but tailless jackets, it is sight
to be stared at. The Broadway parquet
knows. however. that It is Davis way or
correctly dating his dramatic ton up
10 1904 A Bowery gallery might as
sumo that he had faxed set OF PLAZA
coats with gilt trimmings These new
uniforms are meant 30 be, as indeed
they are. a bold blend of military and
civilian fun dress. They are novelty,
but women don't like them. il one may
Judge by feminine exclamation.
Mr.. Davis is. to my thinking, the
most fngeniously Of all the contempt
raneous American stOry-tellers. His
narrative of the wealthy young fellow
~ no volunteered for Cuba and the Phi .
ippines and was so pleased with active
service that he went into the regular
army. but become SO bored by the quie-
tude Of d western post that 20 hreck
the uonotony. he held up . stage coaen
on q wager, is now before US In an
acting version. The novelist is his own
dramatist. and he preserves al OF tie
tales points OF plot, along with faith
fui illustrations of life ct a lonesome
station in the inert time of peace, SUE
denly thrown into connection By an Of
ficer's jovial exploit and serious arrest
as a bandit. After all. though. it is TIE
old, old theme Of FOND hearts sadly
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-01-24
By Franklin FyIes.

the male majestically dignided and the
female sinuOusly graceful. Their roles
require them TO terrorize man and
9 woman who have agreed to mold
wedding in the cage. The beasts act
ing is nos dem0nstrative but impress
i've, with what I may describe. in the
pet phrase Of the critics. as repressed
emOti0n-which might lead up 80 out
breaking force il the mana cement
would supply some humanity for them
to chew up. But q niggardly parsi-
mony prevents such an artistic climax.
The bride viii lose her fortune if she
marries other than a proven hero. The
bridegroom says he will qualify By
being joined with her for better OF for
worse in the cage. but he Is teo scared
to risk the worse result and hires two
substitutes; these understudies are
saved over for subsequent perform
ances by sliding a grating in between
them and the willing lions. So nothing
but fun, and no tragedy at all. eusues
when the twO-footers and the four
footers face one another.
The next best novelty in this latest
of the pictorial plays OF mirth and MT
sic is a solo and chorus, which I have
been expecting all along. We have had
negro dittiss about lovers under trees
from palmetto to bamboo, by rivers
from the SuWanee to the Congo. in
countries from Dixie to Zanzibar. but
why not an Indian biz and Geo melody
and exhibition Well. wesget It now
Fred Lennox is the solOist who voices
some verses about an Indian chief and
his sweetheart. The chorus is acted as
well as sung, ia the Weber and Fields
fashion, by "A dozen young women
gUised as souaws. Their movements
sre partly faithful aad partly fauciful
imitation Of savage ceremonial dances.
The entertainment has been put to-
gether by many hands. and many Of
the contributions are reminiscent The
English material has been American
lied by Edgar Smith, and he. with sew
eTal musicians, have put in more than
ne cut out The Indian novelty comes
from Cole and johnson, negroes.
Do you remember, or havef yf,ss. ftl'-
gotten, that Christie MacDonkld IS one
Of the daintiesf OF the singing and
dancing condolences Nice she must
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The hotel accommodations on the
isthmus are next to- nothing. There
are thirty-ave rooms in the railroad
boarding house at Colon and twenty
of these are occupied by the railroad
men and their families. As the bust
ness of the company increases. their
price viii have TO be increased, md
there VIII be 10 room TO spare for
outsiders. The hotel in Panama has
105 rooms. fifty-five of which are front
rooms. This hotel is owned by local
banker. who had TO take il on account
of a mortgage He wants to sell, and
If the right man gets hold Of it he VIII
have good thing. There are no white
taiiors. or dressInakers on the isthmus
Several experts ought to do we'll here
because these people are extravagant
dressers. They viii have good clothes
to parade around IN even if they have
10 60 hungry TO get them. There are
no news stands. This is a line that
has prOspered in Cuba and Porto Rico.
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ness that the chicks do not do wen.
II they could De pulled through the
long wet season the demand for eggs
ard young chickens. during the next
few years, would make a fortune
The climate is too severe for i'm
ported northern cattle. and dairymen
VIII have to confine themselves to ma
tive animals. Cows raised here do not
give milk as plentifully as those in the
north. consequently condensed milk IS
the fashion. If your watch gets out Of
repair in Colon you will likely have TO
squint your eye at the sun for a few
weeks until a tinker happens along.
A matchmaker ought to do well here.
There are no paperhangers in Colon,
and there is little work for men Of
this trade because wall paper is not
Csed very much in the tropics. There
isn't a steam laundry in either Colon
or Panama. A good plant in the larger
place would doubtless earn dividends
from the outset.
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on at great rate about the innumer-
able chances for carriage trimmers,
and blacksmiths, and horse-shoers, and
that sort of tradesmen. If they con-
slider forty carriages enough to sup
port crowd of these tradesmen then
there is no use denying that il is a
grand field
Latins Are Tickle.
To listen to the talk one would sup
pose that the Panamans never in
tended to trade with any one but an
American hereafter and that they
were eurely going to buy nothing but
American goods For all time That
IS a way the Latins have. They talked
just that way i'm Cuba and Porto Rico
but in a short time they changed their
tune. One day their breasts viii fairly
bubble over with the milk of human
kindness for all Americans, but if
some little thing like a delayed reciprO-
. city treaty occurs. their ardoT suffers
series OF chilis and they change front
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beauty of Amelia Bingham is newly
displayed in Olympic. There is TO
doubt of the good quality of the brain
in Mrs Bingham's head. She IS our
only actress m9nagress ard she figures
socially among rich and Fashionable
women. She couldn't get along in both
ways if she We're not clever, Neverthe-
less, she has not convinced her shrewd
self as she has every one else, that,
while she is an exceptional comedienne.
breezy and wholesome, she can never
be an even tolerable tragedienne She
steps forth this week as that Olympic de
/ Cleve, actress at the Comedie Fran
csise in the reign Of the Fifteenth
/ Louis who aspired IN vain to displaee
I Madame Pompadour as the royal liber-
tines favOrite at the same time that,
without an effort, she Dedevilied
Jacques Baunviere, a novitiate in holy
orders
A partly true story of that affair Was
written By the younger Dumas ard the
new play has been made by Pierre De-
icourcelies from that source. II is like
Dumas Camille in its infatuation
OF a pure young man by a foul crea-
ture Like the same authors 'Manon
Lescaut" in the pertinaciOus loyalty
iof a dupe to an unTepentant wantOn and
like BeIascos 'Du Barry" with such
depraved beauty's sacrifice OF true
lover to her ambition 10 become a
kings concubine. The moral at the
tag end is right, / suppose, because the
Irecreant priest is punished BY death.
I Harry Woodruff makes the poor fell
+ lows ruinous passion seem real But
Mrs. Bingham is too smooth and clean
to represent the spiritual and temporal
Rsstiness Of Olympic. she has put a
lot of labor into the emotional Mysteries
Of the character and lot of money
into a beautiful mounting Of the drama
One of the minor members OF her COM
pany. by the way. il Dorothy Russell
a daughter of that superlative stage
beauty. Lillian Russell, by the second
Of her husbands. Edward solomon But
Dorothy is an heiress TO but a snah
amount of her mothers visible output
of loneliness. She is a nice looking girl
with talent undeveloped.
Lions are admired actors in this
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-01-24

colleen this time. but q smart Eng
lish maiden-to sing to and kiss with
lips that have touched the blarney
stone. He is the takingest individual
in the piece and Richard Carroll plays
him so imitatively in the voice and
manner Of Andrew 0Iack-sO effec-
tualIy, too-Chat one questions why
Mark did not, as in the first trial cast.
devote himself 10 the character. Prob
ably the sufficient answer is that. after
ly is the. leader
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-01-24

The Diamond news stand in Havana
and the Allen stand in San Juan are
both big money earners. Americans
abroad spend lots Of money for read
ing matter. and people Of all nations
buy the ably edited and profusely il
iustrated newspapers and magazines
printed in the United States. They
are easily the foremost publications in
the world
The Little Four Hundred.
Panama is a city of about $4,000 in
habitants. but this statement is very
misleading unless the character of the
population 5 taken into account. There
are just about forty families here VINO
represent what might be called the best
shopping elemeBt--peOple who have the
money to buy the best there is going.
To this -four hundred the fashionable
milliner, or music teacher or merchant
with expensive goods, viii have to
look for support The native viii go
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-01-24

Lions are admired actors in this
weeks new. extravagapza. An English
Daisy" and they are beautiful pair,
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-01-24

q Bad Place to Sleep Out of Doors.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-01-24

The celebrated any very photographic
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Do you remember, or havef y15s. fol-
gotten, that Christie MaeDonkld IS one
Of the daintiesf OF the singing and
dancing condolences Nice she must
The Record-courier. [volume] (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1904-current, 1904-05-06
Notice of Forfeiture To co-owners

TO James b. Boyd, Thomas Boyd, and
John Boyd, and to their heirs and
assigns, Co-owners of the Sunflower
Quartz Mining Claim: You are hereby
notified that | have performed the a
mount of nine hundred dollars worth
of work, labor and Improvements
upon the Sunflower Quartz Mining
Claim, situated in Red Canyon Mining
District, Douglas County, Nevada, for
years 1895, 1896. 1897. 1898, 1899, 1900. 1901,
1902, and 1903, in order to hold the said
mining claim under the provisions of
of Section 1924 of the revised Statutes of
the United States, being the amount re-
quired by law To hold the said mining
for the said years; and within ninety
days after this notice by publication you
fail or refuse to contribute your portion
of the said expenditures of said CO.
owners, your interest in the said mining
claim will be forfeited and become the
property of the said subscribed under
Section 1924 Revised Statutes of the
United States.
Date of first publication. May 9Th 1901.
FRANCIS MAEGHER.
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STATE OF OHIO, CITY OF TOLEDO, 90
LUCAS COUNTY.

STATE OF ONO, CITY OF TOLEDO, 90
LUCAS COUNTY.
Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he
is senior partner of the firm of F. j.
Cheney q Co. doing business in the
city of Toledo, County and State afore-
said, and that said firm will pay the
sum of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for
each and every case of Catarrh that
cannot be cured by the use of Halls
Catarrh Cure. FRANK j. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and sub
scribed in my presence, this 9Th day OF
December, A. ID. 1856.
5o A. W. GLEASON,
N'hALl Notary Public.
Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internal
ly, and acts on the blood and mucous
surfaces of the system. Send for tes-
timonials free.
+. j. CHENEY x CO., Toledo, o.
Sold by all Druggists, 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for con-
stipation.
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Looks Bright.

The mines of Douglas county an an
vicinity which for numoe, ..ah;l;tv.
have GIVEN every evidence ofstap'"' y
h,,t ,nh;ob have only been worNe' "
ou' , ~ manner, now give prom
ise of yielding up there so'a u hang
sure. Very little noise in :
n,ade and the work is going Oh ~ q
a,,;st systematic way. For the nrs'
time in the history of the co""'' '''
claims in Pine Nut are pe'hs pros
saotad IN n thorough manner. such
i the ease with every prospect IN the
county.
Tha Owners of the Winters mine are
;.b;lont over the present outlook.
srha snow prevents active work at
t,;s oomn at present, though six men
are employed in getting out ore. The
same conditions prevail at the Long
e,,,o,v but as soon as the snow dis
annears large force of men will be
mt to work. This mine is owned by
eastern capitalists and two of their
representatives, Messrs Carmen and
Able are now on the ground.
Machinery is arriving almost daily
for the Nevada Placer company, and
the first run is billed to take place on
the 18th Preliminary work at 1.-THE
other Placer claims will begin shortly.
The POGO TEMPO is also ATTRACTING
considerable attention and the mill
will be started up in few weeks.
The Smelter people are having con-
siderable work done at the Mammoth
mine, under the direction of F. B.
Livingston.
In Alpine mining has taken on a
new life and this summer some start
ling discoveries may be expected from
this locality. A large force of men is
now employed at the Curtz-Evans, the
principal mine of the county.
Taking everythind into considera-
ton the outlook for prosperous sea
son in the mining industry certainly
looks bright.
The Record-courier. [volume] (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1904-current, 1904-05-06
AUCTION
SALE
MAY THE Sfh, 1901.

John Ellis, of Diamond valley, viii
sell at auction to the highest bidder
for cash, all his personal property,
consisting of horses, harness, wagons,
farming implements and machinery of
af all kinds, mich cows, stock cattle
and household furniture and cooking
utensils. All of the above mentioned
articles will be sold on Sunday, the sth
day of May at the John Ellis residence
in Diamond valley.
The Record-courier. [volume] (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1904-current, 1904-05-06

From the cordial and enthusiastic
manner in which King Edward and
Queen Alexandra were received by
their Celtic subjects on the occasion
of their recent visit to Ireland and
Kilkenny, it is evident that the his
torical Kilkenny eats have undergone
a metamorphic change and are now
vestured in the peaceful plumage OF
the dove.
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Justice Court.

In the case of A. Harris VS.. Fritz
Elges decision in favor of the plain
tiff for $2l7 was given. The case was
tried by a jury last Monday. Attorn-
ey Platt appearing for the plaintiff
and Attorney Sweeny for the defend
ant. Harris sued for 1864. The jury
was out some time before it arrived
at the above verdict. Defendant was
denied a new trial and gave notice of
an appeal.
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You are Invited.

\ most cordial invitation is extend
ed to the patrons and friends of the
Mottsville School to attend the clofA
ing exercises, to be held at the school
house on Friday evening, May 6, 1904.
VADRIC SWAIL
JAMES HICKEY
VIRA CALHOUN
Committee.
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Methodist Church.

Services for Sunday, May sth, 1904.
Gardnerville, II a. m.-Preachine
by the pastor.
II m.-Sunday School.
7:45 p. m.--Song Service.
Mottsville, 3. p. m.-Preaching by
the pastor.
Genoa, 1880 p. m. Preaching by the
pastor.
A cordial invitation is given to all to
attend these services.
JOHN J. PARDEE, Pastor.
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Honor Roll.

Roll of Honor of East Fork District
for the month ending April 20.
Carl Springmeyer, Minnie Spring
meyer Clarence Springmeyer, Raipf
Springmeyer, Ada Hussman, Clarence
Hussman. Clara Frantzen, Freddie
Frantzen, Edith Rodenbah, Katie
Settelmeyer, Frank Settelmeyer,
Willie Jacobsen.
NJ EuGENIA ARNoT.
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Notice to Taxpayers.

The second or last installment Of the
State. School and County taxes for the
fiscal wear 1903. are now due and payable
mt the office of the County Treasurer. II
not maid on or before the LIST Monday in
June ten per cent will be added to the
amount thereof II. {. JEPSEN,
Treasurer and Elk oftieio
Tax Receiver of Douglas Co. NeV.
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The Record Courier.

The RECoRD-CoURIER has doubled
its Importance with the hyphenating
of its title. Gardneryille should be
proud of its bright, clean and newsy
sheet. We forgive them for skipping
MS on the first issue.-Silver State.
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First Class Piano Tuning.

w. p. Stewart lead ing San Fran
cisco Piano and Organ tuner and re-
pairer, well known in Nevada, will
be here in two,weeks. Leave you or
der at theREcoRD-CoUR office ifyou
wish work done as have no time for
chance calls. A genuine bargain in a
fine upright piano. Call at once.
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School Trustees and School
Census Marshals.

Will take notice that the general
election occurs this year, and section
700, Cutting Compiled Laws of Ne
vada, requires Census Marshals to
send to the County Clerk by mail a
list of the names, ages and postoffice
address.of every male between Is and
81 years, residing within his district
1t is also the duty of the Census Mar
shall to make separate list ofall the
children of school age, in his district,
giving the name, age and name of
parent or guardian of each such child,
and send such list to the County
Superintendent before the 18th day
of June, next.
ID. w. VIRGIN,
Ex-officio Co. Supt. of
Schools, Douglas Co., New.
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Flashes from Woodfords,

By the REcoRp-CouRTER' .ooa;rod
leased wire in the world yIaa .sEnash
the following package IL H. - 49,,
=, rha writer wisbS his or her
- withheld 6vm publication,
aiail,e W he saws that should the
,roner authorize, learn ms identity
they might MAZE haste to escort him
=. the home where lack of brains is
equivalent TO an admission card. AS
he IT, on the California side, he is safe
" out of the Nevada authorities,
Jurisdiction. So here goes:
All poetic flashes should see the light,
But you must construe them right:
Well
Not what we see but what we take,
Gives us all the belly-ache.
Heard something in my chicken
coop the other night. Am now will
ing to testify it was a skunk.
Miss Ruby Merrill reports having
had grand time while in the city.
No wonder, she is young lady of
splendid social qualities, and is like a
ray of sunshine wherever she goes.
Things may not always go right,
But when they do go wrong,
just you tune your spirits up,
And sing some good old song.
Alpine county has not as many in
habitants as New York city, but it
beats the world for pretty girls.
A Russian with name yard long,
has taken up a chicken ranch near
here. The Japs would have to use
dynamite to kill fellow with such a
name.
A fellow with much more mouth
than brains and with a gall bigger
than the appetite of an Indian in hay
time, is asking people in this little
place why he is a teamster. He will
have to go to Frisco and ask an expert
on lunacy.
Any subject such men will tackle,
Then like hen cackle and cackle; GEES
ture about with an arm or leg as if
they had really laid an egg.
One day it seems as if we were in
Africa, the next day we think we are
at the North Pole
Now so bright and now so hazy-
Perhaps the weather has gone crazy.
I'd rather live in the mountains
Than down on the plain
I'd rather see squirrel run than
railroad train.
I'd rather see the mountain girls
who can whoop-her-up as they ride
For when you take the arm of one
you have something by your side.
FLASHES.
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A subscriber who was in arrears to
a rural paper was dying and the ed
itor dropped in to see him.
''How do you teel?' asked the
pencil pusher
"All looks bright before me-" gasped
the subscriber.
II thought so,' said the editor
You'll see the blaze in about ten
minutes.n Exchange.
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Bicycle Sundries. Bells, lamps,
wrenches, pedals, oils, cement, tires,
saddles, rims, spokes, pumps, toe
clips, locks, cyclometers, pedometers
at A. w. H. Helberg's.
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For Sale.

Four acres of land with house and
out buildings, one two horse wagon,
one spring wagon, one buggy and
harness, two sets double harness, one
horse, one COW and heifer.
For particulars apply of
Il. JARVIS.