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The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-10

Harvard performance was only modern in the accurate dressing of the different parts, and in the fact that Ophelia was acted by a woman. In Shakespeare's day ophelia would have been played by a boy and all the characters dressed in the pre- vailing fashion-an arrangement that the Elizabethan audience received in differ- ent spirit from that in which modern theatre full of people would greet Ham, let in frock coat and striped trousers.
 Allowing, however. for the strangeness of the almost bare stage this unique per formance of Shakespeare's famous trag- edy was something of a revelation to those who saw 1t. The performance ai- most exactly followed the First Folio. the stage version that the great dramatist Is believed to have made after his work had already been published. partly rewritten and undergone several changes in the dif- ferent quarto editions of which later day Shakespeariars discourse SO learnedlv. The movement of the play. uninterrupted by the long intermissions made necessary by the stage settings of the modern stage, went forward with surprising duickness
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-10

with a little imagination the audience might easily have been pictured as trans ferred from the present day to the tllns when Shakespeare himself acted the Ghost in Hamlet"
 So much has been said already of MT. Robertson's impersonation of Hamlet that to enter into that important side or the performance seems hardly neces- sary. Ordinarily the play is the thing; but in this case interest centred less in how the actor would play the part than in how the play would go off under such unfamiliar conditions. To an audience accustomed to the scenic excellence of modern -Shakesperian performances, with each setting marvel of the scene paint CTS craft and the most minor super" arrayed in a costume whose least detail has made as historically accurate as scholarly digging into musty tones and ancient prints could make 1t. the Idea of Hamlet produced without scenery Is naturally an incentive to curiosity. The
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-10

Modern performances. owing to the exl- gencies of these remarkable and compli- cated scenic pictures, usually demand a sacrifice of much that Shakespeare wrote simply to allow time for the scene shift CTS, while in the Harvard performance this loss of time was obviated. And, what was more to the point, the play ap- parently told It's story-eertainly compli- cated enough thoroughly to test the sim pllcity of the stage as a background for an intelligible dramatic effort-quite as clearly as If each scene had been picto- rially indicated. Those who saw the per formance came away with 6 wider un- derstandinE of Shakespeare, even if that understanding is not likely to involve any marked reaction against the modern way of staging his masterpieces.
 The performance was undoubtedly as interesting an experiment for Mir. Robert son and his fellow actors as it was foi the unusually distinguished audience that saw It. The department sopao time aKo had
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-10
that a pound of the material would wreck St. Paul's Cathedral,
Care of the Ears.

Youths Companion.
 In the proper care of the ears in child hood two things have to be considered the local conditions of the ears, and. what is equally important, the general state of the childs health. As to the care of the ear itself. 1t must always ba remembered that the hearing apparatus IS piece of very delicate mechanism, no more suited to rough treatment than is the ball of the eye. It can be easily injured by the introduction; of foreign body or by a blow from the outside. Small children sometimes push things into their ears by way of experiment. In this case the child's guardians should keep perfectly cool. and send for a phy- sician at once. The child must not be shaken and punished until the object Is removed, and. above all. the nurse or mother must not grope for it with hair- pin or tweezers. for that Is the way to push it further in, or to wound or eyen rupture the delicate drum membrane an accident which may be followed by complete deafness. and even death, should a serious inflammation ensue
 There Is perhaps one exception to this rule of leaving Q foreign body alone un- til the doctor comes. Occasionally in- sects fly into the ear. and cause great anguish by buzzfng and futtering about. Ihey can pc speSuhy uisposeo or Dy orop- ping in a little sweet oil or luKewarm salt water.
 As to injury from the outside children should be carefully guarded against any games which include loud shouting di- rectly into the ear, and it is surely need less to add that pulling the ears and. above all, boxing the ears as a form of punishment should be held a criminal of- fence. It may induce partial and tenn porary deafness. complete deafness and even death. and if induIged in by teacher should be followed by arrest and public rebuke.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-10
Keene's Keen Sarcasm.

James R Keene is a man of few words. but can be courteous as a cavalier or as aertdly sarcastic as the late Mir. Whist Ter. It is told that the financier was eornered in his office one day by a wo- man with a social economy hobby who talked away much of his valuable time. aggravating her offence by punctuatinG her remarks with And know you're a very busy man. During a half hour Mr. Keene had not a single chance to get in a word, so voluble was his visitor. But in telling of a surprise she had ex- perienced she said:
 ''why, Mir. Keene, my heart was in my mouth. I couldn't speak"
 ''Marvelousl" exclaimed the big oper- ator. rising. T regret it was not my pleasure to have met you then"
 He bowed her out.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-10
SCIENTIFIC MISCELLANY
NOVEL DRAwING-IMPRovED LIIIFE-sAvING- MEATs-How GROW oLD-THE CURE VIOLET RAYs-A MIGHTY sTAR-FREEzING OUT oxYdEN-cATcHINo RAPID MoTroNs-ANoTHER SAFE EXPLOSIVE

tion of the oxygen and nitrogen of the air has been devised by c. Claude, a French inventor. A bundle of seven half-inch copper tubes, each 1-2 feet long and terminating in a bell-shaped re- ceiver at top and bottom, is placed in metallic vessel, and into these tubes is passed air under pressure up to two atmospheres, cooled to 1eo degrees c. be- low zero by passing through a worm immersed in liquid air. As the air ascends it is partially changed to the liquid form. The liquid is collected in the lower receiver, and the gaseous resi- due passes through a stopcock fixed in the upper vessel. The lower the pres- sure the less rapid Is the condensation but the richer is the product. With a pressure of or atmosphere all the oxy- gen can be separated with the evapora- ton of 57 parts of tbe liquid air sur rounding the tubes for every 100 parts of oxygen condensed.
 The stroboscope is an ingenious ap- paratus for making visible rapid move ments, like those of machinery. The moving object is illuminated by a rapid succession of electric sparks, which cause the machine to appear stationary when their period coincides with the rev. olutions, but show the movement much EctAEuc0 WuSh NAcy dAO AhaNO tO Ad9 DO~ hind. The formation of a sewing ma- chine stitch. or the working of an en- zine. and many other machine move ments, can be studied, although their actual speed is much too rapid for wis., ion.
 The stars are now known to vary greatly in size and brilliancy, as we'll as in distance from us, many being probably much smaller than our sun. MT J. E. Gore calculates that Aldebaran has a mass SS2 times greater than our sun: and that the red southern star An tares is 2l6 times brighter than Aldeba- ran. with a mass about $500 times the mass of the sun.
 The use of radium to make gun sight visible Is an invention credited the late A. A. Common, the British astrono- mer.
 Extraordinary claims are made for Hathamite. a new English explosive. It can be melted, fired, lighted, hammered. and fired into with bullets. but can be exploded only by a illuminate of mercury cap. Its energy is so great. moreover,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-10

which had no scenery as We now under
 stand the term and which made. there-
 fore, a more direct and almost personal apeal to the imagination of the audience.
 Overhead the pit of Sanders Theatre was apparently open to the sky as Shake speare's own theatre would have been ex- cept for the roof covering the galleries and part of the stage. But the reproduc- ton was not confined to the stage proper,
 for 1t included, so far as possible, the entire interior of the little Cambrigde theatre, whose octagonal shape and com parative smallness were important fac tors in perfecting the portrait. The oc- tagonal galleries of Sanders had already much of the architectural character that probably marked a typical Elizabethan playhouse, which was undoubtedly far more imposing than modern authorities for a long time believed probable, and
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-10

The use of radium to make a gum sight visible Is an invention credited the late A. A. Common, the British astrono- mer.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-10

Insurance Agent-Pardon me, madam, out what Is your age? Miss Antikue-I have seen twenty-two summers. Insur- ance Agent-Yes. of course; but how many times did you see them?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-10
Suicide
What Drives so Many People to This Dark
 Path, and Why.

If a man-before taking . step made possible only by breeding and despair would consider that his feeling of dark ness is only a question of nerves-he would be saved.
 For. the depression leading to self de- struction is truly disease of the nerves.
 This nerve depression or melancholy is often accompanied or preceded by severe or constant Headache. Dizziness. Dullness. Loss of Memory. sleeplessness, Muscular Twitchings, Nervous Prostra- tion. Spasms, Brain Tag, and other signs of serious nerve trouble.
 The euro Is Dr. Miles Nervine.>
 It is a nerve medicine for weak nerves and can be depended upon to make you well.
 No matter what form of nerve trouble you may be suffering from, you can de- pend on Dr. Niles Nervine.
 It will do what no other medicine or treatment may be able to do for you save you from that black hour of brood- ing. which so many of us dread.
 T had several attacks of nervous no relief. saw pr. Miles Neryfne advertised and bought a bottle. After using the first bottle, I was much bet ter. and when had taken six bottles troubled since. e."@MRs. H%H: W. nave[ H BiRpl 4sfS StfIlmore, Ga
 The first bottle Is guaranteed to benefit yod, or druggist viii refund your money.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-10

! hGG you a Free Trial Package t,''S of pr. mIlee. Antl-Paln Fills, the New, tom Blank for our Specialist to diagnose your case and tell you what is wrong and how to right it, Absolutely Free Address: pR. MILES MEDICAL. co. LABORATORIES. ELfHAnT, IND.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-10
RST-CLASS DRUGGISTS.

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Mower County transcript., 1904-12-07
htlons for5 hlsio1 Seebech.

Petitions and circulars were put into
circulation Wednesday by members Of
the Gt A.. R.. addressed to Gov.-elect
johnson asking for the retention Of
Maj Oscar Seebach as assistant ad
jutan1 general. The movement was
started by thu large number of pen
sioneB and members of the G. A. H..
who have had occasion to consult Maj.
Seebach on pensions. He has been in
charge of the work of prosecuting pen
sion claims during the four years that
he has held the Office and his success
has won the good will of the veterans.
The pensioners who have benefited
by Maj. Seebach's services have begun
to add dress letters to Mr.. johnson, ask
ing that he be retained. About 800
letter. haYe been sent out over the
state BY committee composed both of
Democratic and Republican old soldiers
Mai Seebach is from Red Wing. He
was captain of Company G of Red
Wing, Thirteenth Minnesota. He spent
sevent cen months in active service in
the Philippines and was promoted to
major, His friends claim that he is
one Of the best Informed men on pen
sion laws and regulations in the state
'-Pione Press.
Mower County transcript., 1904-12-07
Philippine Progress in English

Philippine Progress in English.
1t is recorded in the annals of the
Philippine exposition board that "since
the twenty third Of August, 1901, when
the first shipload of American teachers
reached Manila, the progress made in
the government schools has been won-
derful. Schools have been started in
all the important towns Of the islands
and in these schools three thousand
Filipino teachers are giving instruction
in the English language. Many OF
these We're also teachers in the schools
in Spanish times, and they are being
tr;,luod III American teaching methods
ana their work supervised by tie eight
Aundrtu American teachers 10 " i'll the
Philippines a conservative summing
up Of tho work done is given in the
statement that the English learned by
the Filipino people in the past three
years IS greater in amount than the
Spanish they acquired III the four
huuGred years Of Spanish rule.
Mower County transcript., 1904-12-07
RECTOR or 81. LUKE'S
Ashbl bl1rnham, Ontario, T. stiles to
the Good Qualities of Cham
berlaln'S Cough RemedY.

USA4dAA . AOuSA NS14SAy
Ashburnham, Ont, April 18, 1903
l think it is only right that 1 should
tell you what a wonderful effect Cham
berlain's Cough Remedy has produced.
The day before Easter I was so dis
tressed with a cold and cough that I
did not think to be able to take any
duties the next day, as my voice was
almost choked by the cough. The same
day I received an order frem you for a
bottle of your Cough Remedy. I at
once procured a sample bottle, and
took about three doses of the medicine.
To my great relief the cough and cold
had completely disappeared and I was
fable to preach three times on Easter
DAY. know that this rapid aud effec-
tive cure was due to your Cough
;Kemedy. make this testimonial with
out solicitation, being thankful to have
found such a Godsent remedy.
: Respectfully yours,
E. A. LANGFELD, NJ. A.,
= Rector of St. Luke's Church.
To Chamberlain Medicine Co.
: This remedy is fer sale by all
druggists.
Mower County transcript., 1904-12-07

Horne S:
Provision
|. Market. Mlti:l.lI'l 8
WE ARE SELLING
Beef, b Pork, Veal, Y e
Mutton and Hams
and Bacon at Very
low prices and it will
pay you big to come
into our market and
see the good cuts of
meat we have to offer
you. Below we quote
a few prices from our
Cash Counter:
Boiling Beef, lb. >. 4e
Pot Roast Beef, lib. .. &c
Pot Roast Beef, lb: &c
Pork Shoulder, lib. -. &c
Pork Steak, lib Ioc
Fresh Ham Trimmings
; lbs. 80. 25c
Shoulder Spare Ribs. sc
Shoulder Spare Ribs
10 lbs for .25c
Our best Pork Sausage
} lbs for. 25c
Shoulder Steak ..... sc
Slrloin Steak, lb: ~. .Ioc
Bss:f;::, Bss;f'i;:s Bacon, lib. IL i-7c
Hams, lib. IL I-2c
Picnic Ham, lib. ...>:. Ioc
We Buy Eggs.
YOU SAVE r1ONEY BY TRADING
AT THE
Provision Market,
GEO. A. HoRrlEL & co.
Mower County transcript., 1904-12-07
lEAvEMED Bread
Has Been Mans Constant mainstay
From Time ImmemOrial.

Has Been Mans Constant Mainstay
From Time ImmemOrial.
Some writer has said that 'The first miller
emerging from his savage state, with no
thought save hunger, plucked the wheat
from the stock, and, using his teeth for mill
stones, ground the first grist for customer
who would not be denied-his stomach"
Thus gaining experience by test in the food
. line, it would be only natural for this miller
to lay up a,quantity of grain against an hour
of need. Just when he commenced grinding
his wheat in the rude stone mortar and
moistening the -four preparatory to baking
it in the ashes of his camp fire, and just
when it was found that an old piece of dough
in a fresh batch made it better or 'tleavened"
it, is beyond the reach Of historians. Ger
tain it is that though the principle was the
same thousands of years ago as it is to-day,
it has remained for the makers Of Yeast
Foam to supply a yeast with all the true
leavening powers minus the properties that
produce sour, "runny" or soggy bread. This
is the yeast that took the first grand prize
at the St. Louis Exposition, and revolution
ICES the bread making in every home where
it is used because much better bread can be
made with It from any flour.
Yeast Foam is purely vegetable, being
made of the best malt, corn, hops and other
healthful ingredients. The factory is also
! tho cleanest and best equipped in the world.
!. This yeast is the only kind that preserves
in tho bread all the delicious flavor and
/, nutritive value of the wheat. The bread
{ made with it il always sweet and wholesome
j and stays moist until used. Forty loaves Of
bread can be made from ons.5c package.
The makers Of Yeast Foam are giving out Z
5s.insw book called s.Good Bread; How te
i Make It. y = This little book, invaluable in
~, way, his twenty nix illustrations in colors
leand tails how to make al kinds Of bread,
sfbbcuits buns and rolls, % well = contain
ling other recipes which win be found in
Il valuable in the home. Theway Of pfepar''
1 ing the different recipes is very clear and
& aeomprehansives The book will be sent tfet
]; % any ono sending their name and address, ],
d With 1 request for same, to the Northwestern
Yeast Company, Chicago, III. Evsry wo
4 man who bakes should secure q copy.
-
Mower County transcript., 1904-12-07
The Rich Nan.

The Rich Man
He had a gem OF Nondruus light
Whose ray would pierce tire darkest
night,
'Experience' his jewel.
He purchased it with blood and tears.
The sacrifice Of wasted years
And with p2ivatious cruel.
Before his mortal race was run
He tried to give il to his son; =
Twas scornfully rejected;
He tried to give it to the world,
But every lip derisive cured
And none the gift respected.
He had some gold-its cost was small
A markets heeting rise or fall,
A cheaply bought concession; .-
The harpies gathered round his bed,
Before his final breath had sped
And fought to gain possession.
Elaine McI-andburgh Wilson in New
York Sun.
Mower County transcript., 1904-12-07
improved Sidewalk Brick.

i. Improved Sidewalk Brick.
! Ed Barr, proprietor of the Austin
rick &,,Tile Works, is making superior
rick especially adapted for sidewalk
Its advantages are .cheapness, neatness
and. durability. They are not as slip
perry as cement in winter. They cost less
.than.plank and are much cheaper. than
cement. He will furnish them on a
FIVE year guarantee. Get eparticulars
and estimates before laying.your walks
this spring. s1 Ed. BARR, Austin.
Mower County transcript., 1904-12-07
New r1aCf1ine Shop.

The machinery and stock of the old
foundry formerly owned by Carlson &
Anderson has been removed to PIG
Chatham street, east of court house,
where we are equipped to handle your
work in the machinery and boiler re-
pair line in first class manner.
Plumbing, steam and hot water heat
ing in connection. Estimates promptly
furnished.
C. ARTHUR CARLSON.
Mower County transcript., 1904-12-07
Isnnsl Through the sierrei.

Tho ,hercplean. task OF building q
tunnel throngh:ths: heart Of the Sierra
mountains In California; Is about to be
commenced. When finished twill be
tho largest railroad tunnel In the
United States. The project, which will
involve IN outlay Of IS ,000, 900 to $5,,-
900, ,o0e, contempt plates the boring Of a
hole 27,00o feet In length through the
mountains. $500 sss8
Mower County transcript., 1904-12-07
FOR SALE

several choice chester white bOars
q one red polled bull. Outlool
mk farm, 5 miles south west of Aus
4. I !. HINsMOOR g. Sons
Mower County transcript., 1904-12-07

3 = u + . -. .
7Issee that . Minneapolis banker has
entered the lists for senator Nose
Clapp's place and Of course he will get
a followin'. This banker Civ q big feed
and drink the other night up at the
Slabtown hotel and one of the boomer
speakers said that the banker has the
money to keep up an establishment and
entertain as becomes senator. If you
went down to Washington to see him
you wouldn't hav to go to some leetle
out of the way hotel to hunt up the
senator the way. it is with Clapp.
Wouldn't that make you blow on your
fingers? Nose, Clapp amt fit for q
senator because he ain't . millionaire
and can't entertain: in q palace and
with swell champagne suppers and
terrapin and canvassbacks. 1t don't
count that he's got such big brains and
that he is such practical and studyin'
statesman and that he commands such
influence and that he SO brilliant an
orator. just because he amt got mil
lions he must be showed down. Well,
I guess not. The common folks that
go to Washington don't want to be
snubbed by proud aristocrats. This
silk stockln' talk is revoltin'. Nose
Clapp can entertain any body in true
American cordial style and what use
has common folks for snobs?
Those Minneapolis school bosses hav
made the most gigantic discovery Of
the educational age. They hav con.
cluded that the best teachers are need
ed in the primary grades for the littlest
folks and green teachers must be used
higher up. What revolutionary idee.
Don't every horse Jockey. put kids and
greenies on to train colts and teach 'em
all kinds of tricks and habits and then
afterward let: experienced horse men
take 'em and make 'em go right? Don't
Will Keefe put any old workman down
on the foundation Of his buildings
where it won't be seen and put the best
up to finish off with? Amt hirers of
teachers alwus put green teachers to
instruct the beginners and pay low
wages and then promote 'em to higher
classes as they get experience? What
kind Of new wrinkle has developed
in the gray matter of the Minneapolis
solons? 1 reckon that after a few
generations folks will actually get
down to sensible, idees in trainin' and
developin' children and take the same
pains and time and sense as in trainin'
and carin' for animals. The colt and
the calf and the turkeylin' get the best
of Care, from the wisest of trainers and
later on other folks that don't know so
much may tackle 'em. Children ought
to get the best that's goin' also.
1 ~ q
Mower County transcript., 1904-12-07

Many Il, Municipal Service.
& There are 10000 persons IN the
service az New York city.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-02-05
A Battle With an Octopus.

That vampire of the ocean, the octo-
pus, appears from time to time in real
life narratives as fascinating as fic-
ton. Such is the story told in the
Royal Magazine by Capt. S. F. Scott
of British Columbia. He was yachting
off Victoria with a party of friends,
and while alone one evening in a row.
boat mile from the yacht got into a
school of blackfish, one of which struck
the little boat with such force that its
occupant was sent flying into the
water. Capt. Scott continues:
1t. seemed a joke to be upset like
that, and l laughed. But this was to
be my last laugh for a long time, for
just as ! had swum back to the boat
and laid my hands on the upturned
keel, / felt myself seized round the
legs, halfway below the knees-seized
with such strength and suddenness and
pulled down with such tremendous
force that the boat was jerked clean
over and came down on the top of my
head.
Like lightning came the truth. I was
in the arms of devil fish.
knew that the water swarmed with
the deadly octopus. l knew that one
had got me. There is no installing
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-02-05

profitable variety of cotton to be pro-
duced from the standpoint of both the
planter and the manufacturer. He
will conduct a number of experiments,
in number of the outlying sections,
and will have one piece of ground con-
veniently near for the purposes of
demonstration. On this latter piece he
expects to adopt a rotation of crops,
believing that it is Improbable to fol-
low cotton with cotton on the same
ground year after year. His reason
for this is that some of the ills of
the plant, l. e., wilt" and "rootknot,"
are due to fungi in the soil and the
continued planting of cotton on the
same ground serves to multiply the
trouble. BY a rotation of crops, fol-
lowing cotton with crop that is not
subject to similar ills, this trouble is
in great measure overcome.
Mr.. Orion has found the local plant
ers quite ready and even anxious to
cooperate with him, and all prelmi-
nary arrangements for beginning OPP
erations have been satisfactorily COM
pleted. Mr.. orion will return to
Blackshear in April to superintend
the planting of his experimental
grounds.