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The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-04-07
Opening Oysters.

Talk about opening oysters" said
the old pilot as he pushed back a heap
of shells and asked the waiter for his
check, Il never did see anybody to
beat Benny Hawser. Benny could
open oysters like magic. Never used
a knife, neither Said il was cruel"
How did lie manage it?' asked the
guileless young man from uptown.
Snuff my boy" replied the old pilot
solemnly Bought real Scotch snuff,
the strongest in tile market. When he
held little of it in front of the oysters
they sneezed the top shell Off
"Pooh"' said the Young man.
Benny was all right in his way" OBJ
served the cashier, but he wasn't
circumstance to a Teller on a freight
sloop that used to run between Fulton
clip and Bridgeport Why, when that
feller'd come in here he'd take a dozen
oysters and spread em in a row on that
very table you're sittln' at Then he'd
begin to spin d sea yarn. l never
heerd another man like him. Them
oysters jes' opened their mouths in
establishment at his whoppers Then
he'd take 'em by surprise, whip 'em
out of their shells, sprinkle 'em with
pepper an vinegar an swaller ems
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-04-07
Separator skim MIX For Pic,

At the New Hampshire experiment
station the pigs receiving cornmeal and
separator skim milk were the mcst
hearty feeders and made the best gains
The cost per pound Of gain was over 2
cents cheaper where skim milk was
fed with cornmeaI and middlingn.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-10-18
DRAMA.
MISS ADAMS IN "PErER PAM"

[By Telegraph to The Tribunal
Washington, Oct. 17.-Barrie's Peter Pan" with
Miss Maude Adams in the title role. had its first
American production at the National tonight
Washington turned out its usual brilliant first night
audience and Miss Adams was enthusiastically re-
ceived. The play is novel and the part entlreY d
new sort for Miss Adams Mr.. Barrie mas not only
filled it with his quaint humor. but has allowed MS
fancy to take long flights into fairyland with
fantastic touch Scenicaly Peter Pan IS remark
able It Is in five acts. and each one Is a stage
picture Of beauty. In addition to tnls the SCI
tngs are novel and most striking IN new elects.
Seven carloads of scenery caused postponenienI oA
the opening from Monday night to allow for moro
practice in shifting the heavy scenes ouI to-ills'
tho pictures changed smoothly.
Peter Pan was boy who did not want 70 gro"
Up. In the twilight when Mrs Darling was teiiiiis
stories to her children. he would sit outslde on the
window ledge and listen. and in this way he losI
his shadow. He came back to the house. and md
ing the children sleeping alone, he jumped in IN
search of his lost shadow. Little Wendy' the olo-
est of the trio awoke, and he told her ABOUT til9
fairies and how that long ago a babys smile orohe
into thousand pieces and each piece was fairy
She was fascinated when he told her all about the
Never Never Never Land where he lived with his
band Then Peter showed her how easy IT was 10
fly, and the other children, awakins, were per
suaded to follow Peter to his own land.
The next scene was in the Never Never never
Land where Peters band was building house
for Wendv There they first met the bold pirate
Hook an arch enemy Of Pan. Through this scene
and all Of them foated Tinker Bell, fairy WhoIn
mortal eyes saw only a dancing hash OIL 4lsn'
After while the pirates attacked the redskins and
drove them away and Hook put poison IN Fan 8
medicine glass Tinker Bell drank 1t and was ABOUT
to die when she was saved by the reinsurance
that all children believe in fairies Then the little
darlings started FOR their home, but they ana an
Of Peters band were seized by the pirates and
carried OF TO the Black Sloop.
But Peter came TO the rescue; the band thre"
the pirates into the sea- while Peter, after single
handed contest with Hook, threw him to the croco
ollie The children finally reached home safely and
Wendy begged Peter to remain. but he insisted on
going back TO Never Never, Never Land. where
there are no mothers to tell stories and no one to
tuck the little fellows in bed at night 1t was all
weird and fascinating.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-10-18
NEW MUSEUM PICTURE
Painting of Last Visit of Washington and
LAFAYETTE to Mount Vernon.

George H Story. acting director OF the Metro
poItan Museum Of Art announced last evening
that the Museum had been enriched by a large oil
painting a beq1est OF William Nelson, portraytns
the last visit OF Washington and Lafayette to
Mount Vernon.
Mr.. Story said regarding the picture that this
was the last visit Lafayette ever paid to Washing
ton. and on his departure he accompanied by
Washington large part Of the way to Annapolis.
Nd. It is a combination picture. painted by T. P.
Rossiter MIgnot in 1889. II exhibited about
the country and engraved at that time. In many
cities It was regarded with great favor.
The painting occupied a prominent place IN Mr.
Nelson's gallery at his summer home in P0ugh-
keepsie, from which it to the Museum. II is
hung in the Washington. Franklin and La
fayette room of the Museum, at the north end OF
the main hal the first floor.
At the quarterly meeting Of the trustees on Mon
day definite action was taken on many things
brought before different committees Many pro-
posed acquisitions OF objects of art of noteworthy
interest referred TO the judgment OF Sir Cas-
par Purdon Clarke. the director, on his arrival
He will sail for America on October % and viii
enter upon his duties about November /.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-10-18
RECEIVER FOR THEATRICAL MAN
Melville B. Raymond Declares That He Lost
,00O-Expects to Paw in FuII

Judge Holt yesterday in the United States Dis
trfct Court appointed Luclen B. Bonheur receiver
OF the business Of Melville B. Raymond who now
has on the road three theatrical oompanes-'B Buster
Brown" Arizona and The Seminary Girl"
MI. Raymond fled voluntary petition in July
last In his petition yesterday asking for the ap-
po!ntment ot receiver he states that in the last
three years he lost $4,000 in various productions
notably The Man from, China" This loss with
those of Tess of the D'UrberviIles'' and THE
Night Before Christmas brought his losses up to
100000. Among his creditors, he states was the
$4,000 " ~
In his petition Mr.. Raymond declares that thu
Indebtedness TO the bank had been cut down 10
$500 and the other Indebtedness largely decreased
by reason of the profits made by a CORPORATION
formed TO dispose of $4,000 worth of paper for
which he owed the United States Iithographing
Company. Mr.. Raymond asks the appointment OF
receiver TO protect the interests of his creditors
and says that all be paid in full if the assets
properly handled.
The receivers bond was fixed at $4,000, and the
latter will it is said, az assume control Of tbs
RAYMOND
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-10-18
WHAT IS GOING ON TODAY.

Legislative insurance inquiry. City Hall, 10 g. m
New-Y State Medical Association meeting,
No. II West 43d-st
Founders Day celebration at Network University.
International Advertising Association convention Wal.
dorf; annual dinner: 2. m
Probation Commission the State New-York- pub
lie hearing. United Charities Building. p. m
Medico-Legal Society. opening meeting. waldorf
Astoria D.
District Attorney Jerors. at Carnegie Hall p NJ
Annual meeting New-ToFk Credit Mems Association
Hotel St Denis
Regular Republican Club OF the Third Assembly
trict meeting Nc St Lukes Place. p.
Meeting Of the Phi Delta Phi Club Marlborough
$50 p. n.
Commencement OF Training School Nurses Beth
Israel Hospital. No. ISL Clinton-st- $50 p.
Free lectures Of the Board Educ4-sou D. m
High School OF Commerce, 66thse, ives. Of Broad
way Henry G.. Hanchet-- Merits oc Musical
Composition; Public School M. 81, No $50 West
60th-st, 10th-ave, General George 3, Loud.
George Washington; Public School No. III,
105d-st.. between 9Th and Madison avesr Mrs
Henrietta Speke-Seeley, Songs of Shakespeare :
Board of Education, Park-ave. and 5stksr. P-S-
lessor Arthur Wesley Dow. Buddhist Art IA
Anuradhapura, the Lost City OF the Jungle" tllus-
trated); St. Bartholomew's Lyceum Hall. No. 205
East 42d-st, Captain Howard Patterson, "E4Ryti;
The Cradle America" (illustrated); Young
Mems Christian Association. No. West 126 tbs
Professor Ernest r, Won Nardron, The Expansive
Force OF Heat" Gllustratedli Young Mems He5rSw
Association. s2d-st- and Lexington-ave1 John c.
Creighton "Our Own city dllustrated1t Young
Mems Institute. No. 22e Bowery. Miss Dcth4 Stona
Pinneo, Nathan Hale"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-10-18
IN BORROWED PLUMEs.

Lord Spencer, who publicly champfoned the cause
vas master Of the world famed Pytchley Hunt, is
occasion appeared AT Marlborough House to at
tend a dinner given by the then Prince OF Wales
without either star or ribbon OF the Garter. Now.
Edward VII is known TO be a great stickler in
matters Of this kind and as soon Lord Spencer's
attention had been called by Of his fellow
guests 10 the omission a aervant was hastily sent
Of 10 Carlton House Terrace, close by. in order to
borrow the insignia of Lord Granville. who a:
The time the Liberal leader. But the servant dis
patched this mission happened 10 be init
mate friend Of the late Lord Sadsbury's valet and
few TO him and bo-r owes the star and ribbon
Of the marquis wh1ca Lord Spencer slipped on
during the course of the 6nn-r. his fellow guests
managing TO screen him from observation during
the process No one was more amused afterward
than King Edward himself when he learned what
sad taken place and of the fact that Lord Spencer
enc OF the Liberal leaders. had been disporting
himself throughout the evening at Marlborough
House in the insignia OF the Garter belonging 10
the Tory Premier.
Lord Spencer used TO be known by the name OF
the Red Earl owing 10 the peculiar hue formerly
enjoyed By his long, bushy beard, which in the
last ten years has become almost entirely white.
He vas twice Lord Lieutenant OF the Emerald
Isle and during one OF his terms OF Office as
such he was identified with the coercion policy
OF The Liberal government, being Viceroy, indeed,
a the time of the murder Of Lord Frederick Cav
endish: Yet he subsequently, like his political chief
1sr. Gladstone became a convert TO Home Rule. and
joined the Grand Old Man In The most loyal fashion
IN his futile efforts 10 secure autonomy Tor ireland.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-10-18
ENGLAND'S RED EARL.
Disappearance of a Notable Figure
from British Public Life.

To-d spencers disappearance from public life
consequent upon his stroke OF apoplexy. will be a
we're loss to the Liberal party. He has been
s.rarded as the one Liberal statesman possessed
~ sufficient prestige and popularity to admit OF
.he various dissentient leaders Of the Liberal
,srtv serving under him Premier. Lord Rose
berv who would have hesitated to work under
ssr Henry Campbell Zimmerman. would have
-.adIly consented TO accept the seal OF Secretary
~ state for Foreign Affairs in administration
sorr1ed by Lord Spencer. Anc Il would not have
heen BY any means the first instance OF former
Prime Minister conserving to serve under COL
league who had previously been one Of his own
srbordinates- Lord Spencer. moreover, since the
S.aeh OF the late Lord Kimberley has been the
nader Of the Liberals in the House OF Lords and
uossesses IN very marked degree the intimate
friendship Of the King. He may be said to have
Known the latter from boyhood. for he was chief
az the household to the prince consort at the
tire OF his death. and for more than quarter Of
a century groom OF the stole: that is to say the
principal dignitary OF the court Of the King prior
70 his accession
Lord Spencer's heir IS his half brother, the
Right Honorable Robert Spencer. NJ P, married
II q sister OF Lord Revelstoke and OF Cecil and
Hugo Barring. the latter of whom. with his wife
Lady Evelyn Barring makes his home in New
York He is popularity known q Bobby Spen-
GER and used to be famed the most exQuisitely
dressed man in the House OF Commons, which
led his fellow legislators 10 break into a peal of
laughter when on one occasion he began speech
N Parliament with the words: Il not an
agricultural Iaborer." Like his half brother. the
.a-l he IS a man OF very chivalrous instincts and
Of & sense OF honor unfortunately rare in these
aevs For on the occasion of the troubles OF the
great banking house OF Barring some fifteen years
ago he, although possessed OF no fortune OF his
own voluntarily came 10 the rescue OF his father
fn-law the Rte Lord Revelstoks. and OF the other
Barring relatives Of hir wife, by surrendering to
chem h. dowry. It by sacrifices OF this kind
that tbs house OF Barring was able to weather the
storm, and now that It is once mora on the high
tide Of prosperity the money thus surrendered by
Bobby Spencer haE been restored to him But
a. tia tine when he turned Il over TO the COM
rrittea OF liQudatEeas formed by the leading bank
ers Of L,ond<,a. II seemed very doubtful whether
he would ever penny Of it again, and even
fits temporary loss cause of serious hnan-
cdaI embarrassment 10 his wife and himself.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-10-18
BODY OF IRVING BURNED.
Cremation Kept Secret-Ashes t.
Lie Nert to Garrick's Craze.

London, Oct 1s--At early hour TINS morn
ing the body of Sir Henry Irving was removed
with great secrecy to crematorIun' the name
of which is not given where 1t was reduceo 10
ashes The secrecy was due to the desire OF the
family to avoid publicity. To-morroW night the
ashes will be taken to Westminster Abbey
where in accordance with custom. they VIII lie
in St Faiths Chapel until the funeral cere-
nony on Friday The funeral procession viii
start from the residence of Baroness Burdett-
Coutts Stratton-st, Piccadilly, which the bar
oness has placed at the disposal OF the faInliy'
A deputation of French actors Is coming here TO
attend the funeral.
A spot next to Garrick's grave in Poets Cor
ner has been selected for the burial place Of Sir
Henry, whose ashes will therefore lie olrec'iy
beneath the statue Of Shakespeare. The bodies
of DR.. Johnson and Charles Dickens are nearby
King Edward will be represented at the
funeral Twelve hundred cards Of admission 10
the Abbey will be issued. The honorary secre-
taries have already received applications exceed
ing this number.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-10-18

honor AS society within our race already relies
upon courts of justice protect its members from
all wrongs so shall the nations finally rely upon in
ternationai courts
Signs of action in favor Of universal peace abound
Should the proposed periodic congress be estab-
lished. we shall have the germ OF the Council OK
world. Judging between nations as the Supreme
States Embracing an area larger than Europe. 1t
will be no novelty, but merely an extension of an
agency already proved upon a smaller scale
Notwithstanding all the cheering signs OF the
growth of arbitration, should delude ourselves
IF we assumed that war is Immediately TO cease.
for it is scarcely to be hoped that the future has
not to witness more than one great holocaust OF
men to be offered up before the reign Of peace
bIesses the earth The scortse from the shoulder
ing mass of the fiery past, the seeds that great
wars have sown. may be expected to burst out az
intervals more and more remote until the poison OF
the past is exhausted That there is to be perfect
unbroken peace in our progress to this end we are
unduIy sanEuine to imagine. we are
prepared for more than one outbreak OF MADNESS
and folly in the future as in the past, out that
peace Is to come at last, and that sooner much
sooner than the majority of my hearers can posi-.
bly, credit, I for entertain not one particle OF
Doubt
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-10-18
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Postomes Notice.

(should be DAILY by all Interested changes
may occur at any timel
Foreign mails for the week ending October 81. 1865,
VII close promptly in all the General Post
onoe as follows: Registered and Parceis-Post Mails
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Mails for Great Britain and Ireland
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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-10-18

ano expectations OF retiring from politics and
L.o PUBIC life. to spend the remainder Of his
oo., at Dalnam Hall in the role Of an English
oounlry gentleman and county magnate, he was
t5su a =. Dy death at Cape Town. leaving DaIham
-, - LIS ueVoted and popular brother Colonel
frankie Rhodes And now the colonel has likewise
Sleo suddenly in South Africa, and It remains to
80 - seen II the other surviving brother will have
1.'e courage to keep the place or If it will be put
y more upon the market There are dozens of
houses in England and Scotland 20 which a s,rn,Iar
superstition is attached and they are mostly houses
ether form part or else occupy the site of pro
Teiorna'ion monasteries. among them being New
80 80 Aooey' formerly the house of Lord Byron;
- L AoOey, owned by Sir Augustus Webster and
let by him to Michael Grace OF NeyYorl. C,ourdrav
Hall, etc - -'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-10-18
JACK SPENCER HIS ANCESTOR

Ti-e HE brother he is descended from the first
Duke % Marlborough. The latter, IT may be re-
rsrhered died without male issue, being succeeded
bv his eldest daughter Henrietta Duchess OF MARI
borough in her own right and wife Of the Earl OF
r7o5olphin This duchess died without leaving any
children and was succeeded third holder OF the
dukedorn bv her nephew. Charles Spencer, eldest
son Of her younger sister. Anne Spencer, Countess
O. Sunderland Anre's younger son. Jack Spencer.
was particular favorite and principal heir Of his
universally dreaded grandmother. Sarah. first
Duchess Of Marlborough who used to subject poor
Queen Anne 10 such terrible tyranny.
True Jack suffered temporary eclipse IN her
affections having incurred her wrath by bon mot
made on the occasion of one Of the great dinners
which she was in the habit Of giving each year on
her birthday TO her numerous descendants She had
compared herself while table to "a great tree. of
which she was the root with sill her branches -four
son remarked loud enough for her 10 hear that
"the branches would flourish damned sight more
II tbs root was underground" However, the
duchess eventually not only forgave him. but like
wise secured for him the earldom Of Spencer, and
is from him that the present Earl Of Spencer IS
lineaIy descended
OF course the Spencers can trace their ancestry
good deal further back than the first Duke Of
Marlborough. Indeed. Althorp. the country seat
already in possession Of the Spencer family prior to
the reign OF King Henry VIII, and among the MEM
hers OF this house Edmund spenser. the poet
and author Of The Faerie Queene'' who died from
starvation on his return from Ireland, but who lies
buried IN Westminster Abbey. In fact, many OF the
poems o. Edmund spenser are dedicated to the
daughter OF Sir John Spencer then master Of
Althorp. stress being laid in the upon the
kinship which existed between the writer and the
young girl.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-10-18
rNLuCRY HOUSES.

Colonel Frank Rhodes's somewhat sudden oeath
IN South Africa cannot fail 10 recall the fact that
Dalham Hall, the country seat which ne mad IN
herited from his brother. Cecil Rhodes, has always
been known as an un!ucky house-not haunted Dut
destined TO bring sudden death or misfortune upon
It's owners. Il seems that the mansion occupies
the site OF famous monastery that shared the Ia1e
OF so many other establishments Of the same kiho
the time of the Reformation, in having its &c
clesiastical occupants driven out. while after II
had been duly looted and plundered, it was given
10 one of the rainons OF the court OF King Henry
VII Subsequently it became the residence OF the
Anglican Bishops Of Ely. But even they found the
place too heavily burdened with the blghtng curse
Of its former n1onastic owners, and sold It, soo
Of It's subsequent owners in the days of King VIII
lam and Queen Mary endeavoTing to get Tld OF the
I'll luck OF the place by almost entirely rebuilding IL
Just two hundred years ago II came into the pos
session OF the Aieck family, OF which the present
Sir Robert Afieck is the actual chief The Al
necks are a branch OF the old Scotch family OF
Auchnleck and their baronetcy dates from the
great naval battle OF Guadeloupe where Admiral
6i- Edmund Afieck distinguished himself as second
in command TO Lord Rodney. The second oaronet
q nephew OF the Admiral, married New-Eork
g1ri. daughter of Thomas Clark, OF Ae"-Kofk'
and widow of Richard Vassall, Of Jamaica The
next successor was a cousin: in fact. the Dalham
Hall property has rarely IL ever passed from father
% Son. end the present baronet, although he has
been married for nearly twenty years. has ISSUE
Whiie his only two surviving brotheTs-three have
already declare likewise childless
Pursued by III luck, financial and otherwise, Sir
Robert sold Dalhan Hall 10 Cecil Rhodes, who was
attracted 10 the place by reason Of the fact that
<ais boyhooG had been spent in the neighborhoOd.
mis- father having been the rector of Dalham. Be
iors the colossus Of South Africa could realize his
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-10-18
OBTAINED THE popE.s Leave

Onder the circumstances 1t is easy to appreciate
'he action of the late Lady Narchioness of Lothian
VINO INSISTED upon making pilgrimage to Rome
Ior the express purpose of obtaining the permission
oI rus IA to occupy New Battle Abbey, the prfn-
c'pa4 country seat of the Marquises of Lothian
near edinburgh. Il is built the site and OF the
dctuai stone OF the famous Cstercian Abbey erect
ca ana given by King David to the White Monks
SIX centuries ago The late Lady Lothian. fearing
.haI misfortune might overtake her children. IN
loioeo her scruples on the subject to Plus TX sta
tranQuilla. fglia mia edo not worry my daugh-
Ter j. was the reply Of the kindly old PontiT. But
lazy Lothlans apprehensions were set at rest only
Oy the receipt Of document bearing the sign manual
OF Plus TX. authorizing her and her children to
occupy their Scottish home in peace This permit
Is stlll treasured at New Battle Abbey and is pre-
served by the present Marquis of Lothian-a
Protestant-in the same case that contains one of
the most venerable archives Of the house, namely
the original deed of King David, by which. over
his sign and seal. he confirmed the gran. OF New
battle to the Clstercian monks
MARQUISE DE FONTENOY.