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The Delta independent., 1904-01-22
School Notes.

Mr. Burnett was eying the new rooms
and their occupants last Thursday.
Judge King hes been at the schoo
house almost every day for the past few
months.
Miss Cecil Pike entered school Mon
day morning and takes up work in the
/ Grammar grades.
/ Judge King visited the high school
Mondav morning and gave us a good
exposition of the Panama canal treaty,
Miss Metsker and Miss johnson are
reading Jacob Riss's ''Boyhood Ideals
from Theodore Roosevelt the Citizen y
The teachers OF Delta and North
Delta met in the Office Wednesday even.
ing and discussed the Chief Aim in
Education and the Relative Value Of
StUdies.'
The scenes from Dickens given by the
Excelsior society Friday afternoon are
arranged by Miss johnson. This was
by the society.
Not least among the improvements
enjoyed by the teachers aud pupils Of
our school is our new ianitor. Mr.. Duhig.
The comfort OF the children and con
yeuience of the teachers are his constant
care. There is distinct gain for the
schools in having isnitor who leaves
none o: his work 10 be done by the
teachers. all OF whose time is needed in
planning work and teaching the child.
ren. Order and cleanliness are among
the virtues We teach and the health OF
the children is the first consideration.
The jtnitors position is one OF resporsi-
bili'y and the dieui,y OF the Office has
been raised recently.
The literary and debating societies OF
the high school are among the most
practical and useful of it's departments
Teachers and pupils all eudeavor TO
make each program the very best.
Messrs. Chrtis and King were inspect
ing the rooms OF the schools Tuesday
afternoon. Improvements are still going
on, Mr.. Geer banging curtains and Mr..
Williams painting and papering. The
carpentsrs are putting hooks into the
walls in each room NJ on which to adjust
the new map cases in all rooms where
geography and history are studied from
maps. A hood is being put up 10 the
laboratory by which all bad gases will
be carried up the fiue. The chemistry
pupils have been assigned their places
at the new laboratory desk and there is
increased pride and interest in the
science department. The old grammar
room has been newly tloored and new
coat OF paper and paint make it as good
as new. This room lie principally the
English room which is strictly Miss
Johnson's department. Here the English
class recite and here are the library
czyes aoS books, except the reference
books which are found more convenient
iu the assembly and study room.
The Delta independent., 1904-01-22
Caution.

This is not gentle word-but when
you think how liable you are not to
purchase the only remedy that has had
the largest sale OF any medicine in the
world since 1865 for the cure aud treat
ment of Consumption and Throat and
Lung troubles without losing its great
popularity all these years. you will be
Ih ankful we called your attention to
Boschee's German Syrup. There are SO
many ordinary cough remedies made by
druggists and others that are cheap and
good for light colds perhaps, but for
severe Coughs. Bronchitis, Croup-and
specially for Consumption, where there
is difficult expectorstion and coughing
during the nights and MORNINGS, there
is nothing like German Syrup. The 2j
cent size has just been introduced this
wear. Regular size 10 cents. At all
druggists
The Delta independent., 1904-01-22
Coal Mine on Fire.

Last Saturday morning the Rollins
coal mine about twelve miles from toH u
vas discovered to be on fire. The fire
started 10 an abandoned room and il is
thought started from water leaking
through causing fire damp.
Monday morning George Douglas,
who has charge Of the mine and is one
OF the owners, together with one OF the
miners made an etfor, to enter the mine
and discover the location OF the fire. but
they had gone only a short distance
when they were overcome by coal gas
and were rescued by the other miners
with considerable difficulty. The fire is
still burning. but an effort will be made
TO Hood the room where the fire is.
The Delta independent., 1904-01-22
Russell sase's Scientific Dietary.

Russell Sage eats five meals day.
He begins the day with a substantial
breakfast and ends It with an ample
dinner. But between this-snd there
In lies the main merit OF his dietary
instead OF the heavy luncheon which
brings torpor to the keenest iutellec.
the rugged old inancier takes three
light lunches of bread and milk OF
crackers and milk or milk and sand
wich, but always milk. These lesser
meals he consumes at IL, l and
O'Clock. That Is. during his bus5
working day Mr.. Sage. whilo provid
ing his system with full allowance
oil uutriment. imposes no tax on the
digestion SUFFICIENT to divert the main
Gov OF blood from the brain to the
stomach. b. the ltghtness Of the
meals he escapes mental torpidity and
by their frequency he avoids any feel
ing Of faintness arising from an empty
stomach.
The Delta independent., 1904-01-22
Progressive King Of Siam.

The King Of Siam. who bears the
musical name of Chulalongkorn. al
though only s6 years old. is eelebrat-
ing his golden jubilee with unprece-
dented magnihcence In Bangkok. Chu-
laionykoru has given Siam an en-
ttghtened' government and yet jealous
ly guarded native customs and insti'
tutions. Hence. while he has built
canals. railways. lighthouses and hos
pitfalls, he still serves as . priest In
the Buddhist temple. He has organ
izeu his army on the German model
hut his bodyguard is still composed OF
anaxoas-t00 daughters OF his nobles
The Delta independent., 1904-01-22
Real Estate Transfers.

For WEEK ENDING JAN. l6. 1904.
Winnifred Tutfard TO Mary Koerner;
25is acres-cou. S2.5o0.
A. l.. Bone to E. A. Grain; acre
con, s25,
Lewis jacobson to W. o. Daniels:
ditch deed-con. 81 90.
Watson s, Coburn TO B. J. Mack; 10
acrcs-eon $4,000.
Delta Town 4 Improvement Co to W.
@. Monroe; . lots, Delta--eor. eI0.
Edward j. Matthews to Mead & Cas-.
tell; s lots, Psonia-con. el,2oO.
H. d. & A. II. Wise 10 Leung Chung
8 lots. Dclta--con. sl95.
l. NJ. McMurray to f. J. vandeVenter
, lots, Delta-con. $500.
s. A. Anderson to Geo. W, Frye; . lots
Paonis-con. $3.50.
S. Dickinson to Geo. W. Frye; . lots
Paonia-con. $500.
Geo. G. Foote and Randolph William
con to Sarah Coburn; s lots Psouia-
con. el.50.
The Delta independent., 1904-01-22
CURED HIN OF -HotLEaING.-
Picture Showed Cowboy How HI
Locked IN His Specially.

Picture Showed Ctwocy HoN no
Locked IN His Specially.
On one OF his trips Vest, Frederic
Remington. the artist, made the &C
cuaiutarce OF a cowboy who was
called by his associates "HolleEins
Smith" In appearance the maa was
typical of his kind. and Mr.. Remington
made several studies of him. both in
repose and when in his fsrorite
pastime of "holle-.ug" Later. when
back in his studio the artist embodied
a rather close portrait of the exueer-
ant Smith in several drawings for a
magazine, most of them showing him
in a state OF eruption. Later Mr.. Rem
ington again visited Smiths neiShbor-
hood. and on the afternoon of his ar
rival was approached by that worthy
Soaring one of the pictures torn from
the magazine Pointing to the cen-
trail figure he said:
Say. Is that me?'
Well" replied Mr.. Remington
guardedly. u go; the idea from you. OF
course, but"
oh. it's all right" broke in the
man: no onense. II it's me j-st
say So
Well. yes: it's a fairly close por'
| trait OF you"
That's what the boys at the rarch
said. look like that when l boiler
| 90 -"
y think you do"
| Well" said the man as he slowly
/ returned the leaf to his pocket, ii.
that's the state OF the case then al
! I've got to say is that HollsrinS Smith
/ has hollered the last holler that he'll
ever holier. Hereafter when | cele
/ brate blow a tin horn. ! don't con
/ slider that no man has a right TO loos
/ like that-not around amongst white
folks. at least"-Philsdelphi Post.
The Delta independent., 1904-01-22
Jusi 6ae Aiaute.
ULA KING

One Minute Cough Cure gives relief 10
one minute, because it kills the microbe
which tickles the mucous membrane.
causing the cough. and at the same
time clears the ph!egm. draws out the
Inflammation and heals and soothes the
affected parts. One Minute Cough
Cure strengthens the lungs. wards of
pneumonia and is harmless and never
failing cure in all durable cases OF
Coughs. Colds and Group. One Minute
Cough Cure is pleasant to take, harm
less and good alike for young aud old
Sold byPeople's Pharmacy.
The Delta independent., 1904-01-22
WANTED.

! Special representative in this county
and adjoining territories to represent
aud advertise an old established wealth!
business house OF solid financial standing
Salary s2l weekly with expenses paid
each Monday by check direct from
headquarters. Expenses advanced and
horse and buggy furnished when neces,
sary; position permanent. Address the
Columbia. Mouon Bldg. Chicago, Ill.
The Delta independent., 1904-01-22
Essays from High School Girls.

The following papers are. Miss Bears
prize essays in a contest which included
all the members OF the high school.
They were written for the program
OF the recent reception, but that prov
ing already long. they are printed in
stead, an even better arrangement. since
now they may be read and enjoyed by
every taxpayer in the district.
The Delta independent., 1904-01-22
AHsSt.Roekef Doetof,

Never in the way, no trouble to carry
easy to take. pleasant and never failing
in results are DeWit,'s Little Early Ris,
ers. A vial OF these little pills in the
vest pocket is certain guarantee
against headache. biliousness, torpid
liver and all OF the ills resulting from
They tonic and strength
en- the liver. Sold by The Peoples
Dl.r,,,,v
The Delta independent., 1904-01-22
snesxlno EvIden. Of STRENGTH.

Sneezing has been said by at least
one great medical authority to be evt-
derce of robust constitution. In
proof of this he declared that people
in feeble health never do sneeze.
The Delta independent., 1904-01-22

REVIEW OF THE DELTA SCHOOLS,
In n little valley between two mesas
called tho Garnet aud the California
meeaa, which only few ycars before
had hcea inhabited by Indians, wac 4
The Delta independent., 1904-01-22
Student Averages.

Taking into onsiderstion all studies
available for the degree Of bachelor
G arts the average grade OF the aver.
age student under the average protes.
sor Is so per cent
The Delta independent., 1904-01-22
Cost oS Cod llSaf OIL.

II Ia safe to say that for every III.
that Is saved through the curative ct.
fects of cod liver oil another 10 lost
In catching the fish.
The Delta independent., 1904-01-22
Most Valuable Book.

The most valuable book ever pub
lished by private citizen was proba
bly, the catalogue of the Walters col
lection OF pictures and ceramics in
Baltimore.
The Delta independent., 1904-01-22
British workhouses.

There are 7+s warehouses; in Eng,
land and Wales and $50 in Scotland.
The largest Is at Liverpool. II &C
commodities over 5000 inmates.
The Delta independent., 1904-01-22
Fr.noIpanI,. Valuable Discovery.

Count Mauritius FranSipani was the
diseoverer OF the process of combining s
with odoriferous substances and there
by presented us with hundred aroma
tic favors. toilet waters and cosmetics.
The Delta independent., 1904-01-22
L.. 20 COO wa.a. Daily

II is figured out by some one that
the average travelling man. preacher or
teacher talks 10000 words day.
The Delta independent., 1904-01-22

The louisiana Purchase, Exposition, Worlds Fair
St Louis is in all respects the greatest undertaken
in any country 1t is than ten times the size of
the Pan=Anercan Exposition at Buffalo in point of
floor space in the exhibit palaces, twice large the Co
lumbar Exposition Chicago, about three times
larger than the last Paris Exposition.
The Delta independent., 1904-01-22
Very low round trip rates will b8 made for this great show

FURTHER AGENT
H. B. KOOSER, G. W. F. Il p. A. Mo- Pac Ry,
Denver Colorado.
Ellis Farnsworh, travelling passenger agent
The Delta independent., 1904-01-22

Capital Of Railroads and Banks.
The capital OF the railroads Is more
than nvs times a. great as that of all
the banks.
The San Francisco call., 1904-07-17
HENRY MILLER TALKS
OF NEW PLAYS TO BE
PRODUCED IN THIS CITY

ST have come direct from London
this time, instead of from New York"
said Henry Miller upon his arrival the
other day, "and am, of course, very
glad to be in San Francisco again.
have been here so many times and un-
der the most agreeable auspices and
with such f1attering results in every
instance that 1 quite regard San Fran
cisco and its people as my 1own. At
any rate, 1 owe not little of my pro-
fessional success to San Francisco.
con leaving Mr.. Frohman in Lon
don the other day he expressed him
self to me as particularly happy over
Miss Adams recent tour in this sec
ton and felt that it augured we'll for
my present visit. Some of the London
critics took the light comedy of his
recent production in this city serious
ly, with Miss Barrymore as the star,
yet the lady's personal success was un-
questioned.
Il may be pardoned for saying for
myself that 1 have ever had faith in
California and the West as a theatrical
territory, while others have wavered
somewhat because of occasional re-
verses sustained through erroneous
judgment in attractions offered.
have always contended that all San
The San Francisco call., 1904-07-17

stead of eight parts in month. And
one is young, one longs to try ones
wings. Yet 1 should be vastly CRATE
full. And, too, you may play any
part better each time you play it"
You feel SOP"
Barrymore accented the really
IF you really care about your art. 1
played better tonight than last
night
And in a year
Three hundred and sixty-hve times
better than now" she determined. 81
can't grow mechanical. Things come
to you-the audience suggests them;
in fact, L think 1 rarely play twice
alike
But goodness gracious! Space gone
already. How, then, am I to tell you
of Miss Barrymore's interesting
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. for comedy,
Duse for tragedy? OF her Eng
disappearing favorites, Maude Ad-
ans for "a certain vintage of COM
edy and pathos''-never, never was
full justice done to her "L'Aiglon''-
Mrs. F'iske, of course, for Ibsen;"
Julia Marlowe for the Shakespearean
drama" Mrs. Campbell? "Nowherel'
One would like to tell also of Miss Bar
rymore's pride in Brother John Barry
more, cartoonist on New York pa
per; Of Miss Barrymore's original in
tentions to become pianist until the
acting microbe became too-not
"strong"-lively. Then the charming
story of her rescue Of Sada Yacco and
her Japanese actors in Chicago. who
opened to a grim house of twenty and
Miss Ethel Barrymore, who, at the
close of the performance, went behind
the scenes and promised them an au-
dience if they would give another
performance. They did-several-and
succeeded nightly, with Miss Ethel's
brilliant lobbying.
"Too bad, the death of Danjuro'-I
said then. Danjuro, the last of a 400
year line of actors in Japan, has just
died, childless. You are handsomely
descended yourself"
six generations" Miss Barrymore
said, eyes glowing, and vibrant voice
a-tremble. 1T is wonderful, glorious
The San Francisco call., 1904-07-17
He STVEET-VOTCED DESCENDANT OF SIX GENER

little French playlet in which, as an
ill-used, misunderstood French boy,
Miss Barrymore won a wide success
d'estime last season.
1T is charming" she told me. 4
hope we shall give it here next week.
should like to play it all my life
until am tottering!"
Tell me of this kind Of thing you
would like TO play all your life?" L
asked.
oh" Miss Barrymore thought an
instant the interest is purely psy-
Geological The thing is a-French-
nothing happens. Carrots is just a
small, iIl-used boy Of the bourgeoisie
He just sits and talks to his father, to
his mother. 1t is what he and they, Of
the petty bourgeois, think, that is the
play"
You're almost Maeterlinckian,"
charge her, and what about Ibsen?"
" Hedda Gabler' and "A Dolls House
I hope to play some day." she said.
But I'm intensely fond of modern
comedy, too. I like my part in Cousin
Kate exceedingly"
"Ahl tell me something, in conf
dence,' asked. Us the young woman
Who plays Cousin Amy quite attractive
enough for"
For Heath to have ever fallen in
love with her?" flashed Miss Barry
more. Actually, no. But that is all
Mr.. Davis fault Miss Agnew is ex-
actly what Mr.. Davis desires her to
be, stiff, priggish, appallingly conven-
'tional."
Then one must explain the contin-
gency by"
"Propinquity, exactly, and" Miss
Barrymore laughed by the masculine
susceptibility to bright eyes and rosy
cheeks. One must allow something, of
course, to the playwright Of dramatic
license"
"And his contrast Of character is de-
licious here" 1 own.
do you mind if I take off my make
up?" she asked then, her eyes sparkling
mischievously as she added: Now.
watch all the beauty disappear Ethel
Barrymore discovered to an astonisbed
world. . All, did you see the play to-
night2''
THE last act onlY.''
1T was better tonight" the actress
The San Francisco call., 1904-07-17

cess, a burlesque hilariously funny, an
excellent company and song hits with
out number. "a Lucky Stone" has GER
tainly brought luck to the little bur-
lesque house. and to those burlesquely
inclined may be enthusiastically recon-
mended.
At the Central they will revel In Hi
bernian patriotics this week. with
Robert Emmett" as medium. Herschel
Mayall will be Robert, and there will
be Irish jigs and what not to add local
color to the production. A feature of
the show will be a competition in Irish
jig dancing, in which all experts are
invited to take part.
The excellent robin Hood" at the
Tivoli continues to find large favor
with the large audiences. Arthur Cum
ningham has seeded from the cast
and is much missed. His place is taken
by George Chapman.
A strong woman and a strong man,
Emma Cotrely and Antonio Van Gofre,
are headlined at the Chutes this week.
The San Francisco call., 1904-07-17

season In a dramatization Of Winston
ChurchilPs novel. THE Crossing" by
Louis Evan Shipman.
The GramOphone Company Of Milan,
Italy. has signed contract with Mas
cagni for a new opera and has opened
an international concourse for the
nbretto of the opera The conditions Of
the contest are that the Hbretto must
be in one act and two parts; the plot
must be original; must be in before
September Is, 1904; and If written in a
foreign language must be accompanied
by an Italian translation The prize is
5000 francs and per cent Of the net re-
ceipts Of each representation.
The American Travesty Stars recent
ly completed record breaking engage
ment in Honolulu. Dissensions which
arose between Manager Harry James
and the stars have been smoothed over
and all the old favorites-Kolb and
Dill, Barney Bernard, Winfield Blake
and Maude Amber-are again with the
company.
The title Of the comic opera in which
Nine. Schuman-Heink is to appear
next season is "The Right Girl
Ellie Fay is to be a member Of the
Weber stock company.
The San Francisco call., 1904-07-17

decided "The audience was-some-
how-better-"
Second nights always are
Did you feel last night-no, you
were among them-an element of sur
prise in the audiences attitude?"
Miss Barrymore asked. "They-they
well, they were expecting me to be
sweet, of course-and nothing more
and tonight they knew"
Better" I supplied.
Miss Barrymore inclined her head
In frank affirmation. (Vanity? Not a
bit of it, Clara; stupid ClaraD Sc
riously, very seriously. Miss Barry
more takes her art. 1t is not as
beauty, as the privileged descendant
of famous line, that this young
woman intends to be known. She was
soon in the thick Of relation of her
six years battle" for natural meth
DDS.
oh, she doesn't act at all'-that
is what people have said Of
me. She is simply herself OF
course she's good; she has only
to go on and be herself /" Miss Barry
more quoted, not without tinge Of
bitterness. yet since I have starred
I have played five parts, all of them
vastly different. Could 1 be myself
in all of them? The secret of it is
that have chosen the most absolute
ly difficult methods of work, the alb
solutely natural. There's a chance to
act chance to be what they call
strong the contempt of that
"strong" that 1 always carefully
refrain from being. in the second act
of Cousin Kate One might grovel
and groan there and do all the un-
pleasant things they call strong But
we don't do that now"
do you remember in Aunt jean
nie'-'one's heart breaks-and one
asks for another cup of tear"
Approximately Miss Barrymore
said: THAT is modern. In the worst
stress we are quiet-except upon the
stage"
"Yet you are successful star, in
spite of not being Strong"
That too, has it's disadvantages.
Miss Barrymore laughed then. "The
law of compensation DEGREES that
one must play one part for year, in
The San Francisco call., 1904-07-17
THEATRICAL WORLDS
COMING EVENTS CAST
THEIR SHADOWS AHEAD

Josephine Cohan of the Four Cohans
and Fred Niblo, formerly manager of
that organization, have been signed by
Klaw & Erlanger for the next Rogers
Brothers production, "The Rogers
Brothers in Paris"
sWS
''Pelleas and Melisande," lyric
drama by Claude Debussey, after Mae
terlinck, was given recently in the orig
inal French text at the Vaudeville The
ater in London. Sarah Bernhard was
the Pelleas and Mrs. Patrick Campbell
the Melisande. The performance was
largely attended by professionals and
was a great success.
Howard Kyle will star under the
management of James K. Hackett in a
new play by Louis Evan Shipman.
James K. Hackett will appear next
The San Francisco call., 1904-07-17

Francisco and the coast needed was
the best. 1 estimate that have pro-
duced for the first time in San Fran
cisco in the neighborhood of fifty
plays
''On this visit 1 shall be seen in two
plays of importance, since both will be
new to San Francisco, both conceded
London successes, and one has never
yet been seen in America. One Of
these is Mrs. Madeleine Lucette
Ryley's comedy, Mice and Men, that
both London and New York witnessed
last season so appreciatively. The
other is Henry Arthur Jones' latest,
entitled Joseph Entangled,' which is
yet charming London, where Mr..
F'rohman secured the play with which
to open my season in New York.
''The principal female role in 'Jo-
seph Entangled' is cast to Miss Hilda
Spong,. while that in Mice and Men
will be interpreted by Miss Jessie
Busley. The other members of my
company embrace Miss Grace Heyer,
Mrs. Maggie Holloway Fisher, John
Glendinning, Walter Allen, Frederick
Tyler, ]. Hartley Manners, Stanley
Dark, Charles w. Butler, Betram
Harrison, Frank willard and Ferd-
erick Tieden, all of whom have ap-
peared in San Francisco before, with
the exception of Miss Busley and Miss
Heyer."
The Henry Miller company will give
three or four out of town productions
of Mice and Men" preparatory to the
opening night at the Columbia Theater.
This will serve to insure a smooth per-
formance in this city.
Edna Wallace Hopper seems to have
made a striking success in vaudeville.
This is what Buffalo has to say of her
performance there at Shea's Theater:
I'm one of the daintiest and most ar
tistic sketches ever seen in vaudeville
Edna Wallace Hopper is the star this
week at Shea's, heading a strong and
varied bill. This is Miss Hopper's first
vaudeville appearance in. Buffalo, and
two big audiences yesterday accorded
her a hearty welcome.
1.-THE March of Time is her sketch
1t is freely adapted from the French
of Francois de Croisset, and the dainty
little star is admirably supported By
The San Francisco call., 1904-07-17
women Crowd swiss COLLEGES.

GENEVA. July 1.-THE medical col
leges of FIVE Swiss universities have
more women than men. The reports
for the year show S91 women to 1853
men. At Berne alone there are S77
women students. at Lausanne III and
at Geneva Isl. At Geneva women have
1ust been permitted to practice law.
Miss Nelly Favre is the pioneer woman
attorney.