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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-03-05
Vow Animal Actors Live

carefully rubbed down and blanketed.
Their maids or Wallets see them back
and forth. We don't allow them to
keep late hours or indulge in oyster
suppers than might injure their COM
pleXious. They come straight home,
no matter who waits for them at the
stage door. Their attenandts see to
that"
There's Tim over there. They
are getting him ready for his rehearsal
He does some sort of stunts in 'Gallops,"
a play that is soon to be put on" said
the manager. He is the finest actor
among horses today. Understands
everything you tell him We have
some horses pension off that have
been nearly as good. Norma, for
instance. She played in The Sport
ing Duchess some years ago, and in
Women and Wine She is % years old
now. But look at Tim. He gets from
S25 to $50 a week
He is the horse that climbed the
staircase at the Casino when he was
playing in Sargent Kitty That
theater is made so you can't get a
horse in it except by that staircase
They said, Well, reckon We'll have
IN make a wooden bnrSa do uba,, tbov
began rehearsing Sergeant Kitty but
they reckoned without Tim We took
him up the stairway once and he went
up after that as if he liked it. There
was always a crowd collected to see
Tim go up, he did it so gracefully"
Tim wolked clowly and gracefully up
the street and the reporter, follow
ing him on a street car, got to the
theater first. 1t was dark at the the
alter. The stage was fairly full of
actors. who read from little books.
On the stage a cottage faced the
audience. 1t was rather small. There
was a good deal of more or less glib
reading from little books; then the
leading man said:
Where's that blooming horse?"
Here answered a voice which
appeared to be Tins, but it wasn't. 1t
was the voice of Tins valet. who sat
astride him. The two came walking
on to the stage and took up their DO
sition in front of the little house, which
looked smaller than ever
Now" cautioned the leading man,
you must make him kick three times
violently. but not so as to kick down
the house." meaning the cottage
The boy inadvertently placed his
hand on Tins back What he did was
not apparent, but the result was good
Tim gave three violent kicks which had
the effect of backing the actors to the
footlights.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-03-05
WRANGLE MAY CAUSE SPLIT,
Mason City Lodge Sends for State
Officers.

MASON CITY, Iowa, March s.
Tirzo court of the order of Ben Hur
of this city is in a turmoil and present
indications point to split in the men,
bership. The trouble is the outgrowth
of a spirited controversy over the
amusement question. Many of the
members wanted to engage in cards
and dancing after the business session
of the evening is over. While Others
opposed to that form Of diversion, are
strenuously Directing The latter say
that they are perfectly willing that
members should dance if they so de-
sire, but they must not do so while
all the members of the lodge have gath
cred for a social evening.
The question has been debated for
some time and has reached the point
where the supreme officers of the state
have been called in.
At the session last evening Mr.. Ut
ter. of Waterloo. the head Of the order
in Iowa, and Mr.. Owen, one of the SUI
preme court of the order, who comes
from Illinois, were here and listened to
the advocates of the two factions. The
no-dancing faction has applied for a
charter TO start a new lodge here The
matter will be referred to the supreme
officers
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-03-05
MANS IDENTITY OF INTEREST.
"Red" McCarty, Held for Murder 16
Years Ago, Skipped Bond.

OKLAHOMA CITY, Oyla., March 5.
Sheriff Garrison has brought to this
city from Little Rock, Ark, man who
is believed to be James, alias Red
McCarty, who, on August 4, 1890, shot
and killed Samuel Mcpherson, the
crime being committed on Broadway,
near Grand avenue. Several persons
have identified the prisoner as being
Red" McCarty, while others maintain
he is not McCarty.
In October following the murder, Nc
Carly was indicted, but for some rea-
son the late Judge Clark had admitte<
the man to bail in the sum of $4,000,
and he disappeared. A year later, at
the time of the opening of the Sac and
Fox reservation to white settlers, some
persons making the run for homes
discovered the body of dead man in
a canyon near the Kickapoo line.
They afterwards made affidavit that
the body was that of Red" McCarty,
and the bondsmen were relieved of fur
Their responsibility. An executor was
appointed by the court, and McCarty's
estate was finally settled.
He owned several lotsl in the bust
ness district of Oklahoma City. These
lots passed into other hands and are
now some of the most valuable porp-
erty in the city.
Many persons are anxiously await
ing the official inquiry as to the iden-
THY of the man now in the county Jail
alleged to be James McCarty. and al
ready it is evident that a powerful
effort will be made to prove that the
prisoner is not McCarty.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-03-05

Up and down in front of the stables
in Twenty fifth street, where horses.
dogs and other animals are trained TO"
the theaters of New York, walked
Paddy, the donkey, a proud small boy
astride him, three gay small boys tug
ging at his bride Paddy was being
exercised before he went further up.
town for afternoon rehearsal
Yes" said the manager, I'VE have
Wallets for most of the animals that are
taking prominent parts at present, but
We are not obliged TO keep special help
for the donkeys on account of the
small boys They are here before
breakfast in droves to exercise them.
We have about thirty donkeys on the
road and in New York The donkey
plays silent part very we'll unless he
takes notion to bray
He occasionally kicks unexpectedly
too. and once in a while objects siren
uously to going on the stage when he
gets his cue Otherwise he is a very
tractable animal"
There was a tremendous tramping
above. 1t seemed that the floor was
about to come through. The stalls of
the animals We're upstairs. The man.
aser led the reporter up a little stair
way. which travelled alongside the in
cline used by the animals as a stair
way.
BE careful" he admonished as they
skirted the rear of the donkey stalls,
patting the heads of those donkeys that
had turned round to see what was hap
pening, and stopping before two beau.
tiful hounds.
BE careful here. too; these dogs are
beautiful enough. but they are ugly
sometimes
He opened door after door. revealing
actor dogs curled up on cushions high
on shelves and quite out of the light
They raised eager heads as the light
shOne at them, blinked and gave vent
to short, sharp. glad barks. The man.
ager shut them IN the dark again
I'VE do it for their good he ex.
planned. They get trampled on by the
horses and donkeys if we let them
out
Below. at the foot of the stairs. a
beautiful bay was being saddled by hel
attendant. Quaker" explained the
manager. getting ready for rehearsal
of Shenandoah"
The boy presently led Quaker away
To the last she turned her sleek, brown
head and smiled at the manager.
Il suppose you have to be very care
full of their health while they are play
ing" said the reporter.
ooh, yes" said he. 1--WE keep then
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-03-05
PARSLFAL

The opera, "Parsifal," is a discus.
sion in musical drama of one of the
profoundest problems of the world-the
reality of evil 1t has been called a
drama of enlightenment" The hero,
Parsifal is a pure innocent" He is
innocent of right and wrong, of good
and evil 1t is the childlike state OF
Adam and Eve before 1.-The fall"
But as the play proceeds, the simple
innocence apparently has ill effects.
Parsifal Stays the swan, not in wan
tonness, but in simple ignorance. His
consciousness has to advance from
simple innocence to pure knowledge.
And here is where almost every critic
thinks the nub of the matter lies.
Parsifal thrown out of the palace be-
cause of his inadequacy to heal the
wound of the king, comes in touch with
evil and the work Of enlightenment
begins and is carried through to the
conclusion. Hence the critics, and Of
ten the theologians, say that evil is
good 1t has done this work. So emf
nent a writer as the Rev. DR.. R. F.
Johonnot, in the Christian Register
says:
1.-The method of enlightment is also
precisely the same in "Parsifar' as in
the legend of Eden. Enlightenment
comes not through innocence, but
through knowledge of evil.
"The teaching of the opera is that
of the story of Eden that no moral
enlightenment comes except through
knowledge of evil"
If this were true, is it not a logical
conclusion that children should be
taught evil?
his own salvation and his healing
power, by which he is enabled, through
divine pity to heal the wound Of the
king, through his knowledge of evil,
but through his perception Of the un-
reality Of evil as power.
Parsifal first faces the temptation of
living the sense life. Kundry appeals
to Parsifals passions, and when this
fails she appeals to the higher side of
his nature If he yields to her he snail
have divine powers.
IF my great love should embrace
Surely to God-head I will raise thee
But he refuses to know evil in either
case, and SO wins his enlightenment
and the divine pity which enables him
to be instrumental in healing the
wound of the king.
If the redemption lay in the knowl-
edge of evil, surely the king would
have been redeemed, for he fell before
the first temptation, and he knew evil:
but instead of redemption it brought
him the apparently incurable wound.
Not in the seeing of evil, but in see
ing through it and detecting its moth
ingness lies mans redemption-this
seems to be the teaching of the mighty
work of the great modern master.
To see and hear it, however poorly
rendered, and to get the clue leading
through the labyrinth is to wonder and
adore.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-03-05
the Mcpherson murder occurred

The Mcpherson murder occurred
shortly after courts had been estab-
hshed In Oklahoma, and the McCarty
indictment is sixth in the official rec
ords. The killing of Mcpherson was
the first murder in Oklahoma county
after the mantle of the law had been
spread over the new territory.
Frank McMaster, of Lawton, who
was McCarty's attorney sixteen years
ago, says the prisoner now in the Ok
lahoma county Jail is not McCarty.
All of McCarty's original bondsmen
save one are now alive and reside in
the territory. The man recently ar
rested was employed as a bartender in
Little Rock
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-03-05
Moved to III South Second Stree

Where I hope to see all the old and
many new faces-where I will extend
the same good service and fine grade of
meats to my patrons Don't forget III
South Second street. Phone M. 90.
A. E. AUGUSTINE.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-03-05
MeMINN'S DANCING SCHOOL

Tuesday and Saturday evenings
Private lessons by appointment. Chill
dren's class Saturday, 2:3O o. m.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1906-10-22
Funerals.

The funeral of the late Capt. George
w. Windsor took place from the resi-
dence on south Lee street yesterday
afternoon. The services we're conducted
by Rev. DR.. Fisher, and the psllbearers
were Messrs. James wilkins, James
Beach. William Sutton, George Laycock,
Charles Herbert and Dorsey Fair, MEM
bers of the Junior Order United Ameri-
can Mechanics, which organization at
tended the funeral in body. The In
torment took place in the Union ceme-
tery. The floral tributes were beautiful:
Funeral services over the remains OF
the late Emanuel w. Webb, whose death
occurred Friday, took place this after
noon at 8 o'clock at his late home,
corner of Payne and Wilkes streets.
Rev. DIR. Fisher conducted the services
and the interment was in the Methodist
Protestant Cemetery.
The funeral of the late John Credit,
a venerable colored resident, took place
Yesterday afternoon fron Roberts M. E.
Chapel and was largely attended. Many
white residents attended the services.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1906-10-22
Brushes.
Bernhardt and Dumas.

Sarah Bernhardt had just been elect
ed a life mem er of the Coincide Fran
calse. When she found that she had
paper TO sign she became nervous
and went to see the younger Dumas
TO tell him that she shrank from the
binding terms Of the engagement. Du-
mas advice was unhesltating. my
5ear child, don't sign; your hair Ii too
qurly. People with hair like thar
and he passed his fingers through his
avn crisp wayes-"ought never to sign
contracts for life, The temperament
Is too intractable."
Sarah Bernhardt, however, signed.
and. meeting Dumas again next DAY,
confessed she had done so. That's ell
right" remarked Dumas cheerfully. Il
have won 500 francs G10O). | bet
Nine. Dumas that amount after you
left yesterday that you would at once
go and sign the agreement. Well. l
shall buy you something With the
money"
The next day Nine. Bernhard re-
ceived magnificent wig Of fair hair,
absolutely fiat, lank and straight. With
II came the following sentence on a
slip of paper: "Now that you are really
one of the house wear this. You VIII
need IT,"
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1906-10-22
Autumn Reunion.

Exercises marking the autumn reunion
of the officers, teachers, scholars, and
friends of the Washington Street Meth
odist Church South Sunday School were
held yesterday in the church. and not
withdrawing the inclemeucy of the
weather the exercises were well attended.
The church was decorated for the occa-
sion with palms and flowers. At the
morning services, which were held both
Tor the school and congregation, Rev.
Q. d. Bulla, the pastor. delivered an sd-
dress in behalf OF the congregation. 10
the absence of Superintendent J. =.
Alexander, Assistant Superintendent f.
]. Pollard spoke 10 behalf of the school.
Mr.. w. w. MILAN, of Washington,
delivered the address at the evening ser-
vices.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1906-10-22
ELIXIR of Youth.

In former times elder flowers were
treasured Lot only by lovers OF hedge
row beauty but by those who desired
to preserve their own beauty and
youth According to the seventeenth
century prescription the elder flowers
were to be gathered on midsummer
day, powdered and put into borage
water, which was TO be drunk daily for
q month, the first thing in the morning
and the last thing at night. This was
much priced elixir of youth. BY COM
mon consent there has always been
something supernatural about the elder
tree. In Denmark 1t Is protected by
the elder mother. without whose leave
1t Is dangerous to pluck the flower. In
Germany the hat should be taken on
to it. And In England 1t has been
variously considered the tree OF the
cross and the tree upon which Judas
hanged himself, to be treated with
reverence or fear accOrdlngly.-London
Chronicle
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1906-10-22
Written on o Slate.

General Lew Wallace wrote the first
rough draft Of "Ben-Hur" on a slate,
giving US his reason that erasures could
more readily be made. After satisfy
Ing himself with a sentence written In
this way he would. with soft pencil,
transfer the writing to paper. and final
ly, when everything pleased him, he
copied the entire manuscript In Ink
with the precision Of an engrossing
clerk. It is declared by those who We're
personally acquainted with General
Wallace that "Ben-Hur" was written
and rewritten at least thirty times. and
that when the final copy was sent to
the publishers there was neither cor
rection nor an erasure throughout the
manuscript. The printer set up the
copy exactly as 1t was written, and the
author himself never corrected a proof
before the book was sent to press.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1906-10-22
Police Cnurf.

Seven persons, white aud coiored,
were before the Police Court this morn
ing charged With misdemeanors, all OF
whom were appropriately dealt with.
Alfred Strauss, coiOred, had been arrest
ed by Officer Henderson for trespassing
upon Southern Railway property. A
pair OF brass knuckles were found in one
of his pockets. He was fined $50. The
three colored women who we're arrested in
connection with the shooting OF Chas. \.
Smith had their case continued for ten
days
ed. Waters and Lawrence Pettey,
charged with stealing goods from rail-
road car some time since were fined 500
each.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1906-10-22
Personal.

Miss Annie Green, of Delaplane, Is
the guest of Miss Ssllie Kemper.
Miss Helm H lohsu, Of Lancaster, "a,
ia the guest of Mrs ClIrence U. Load
bea'er.
Mrs Fred Coe aud children have re-
turned to their home in Maryland, alter
a visit to Mrs. George A. Mushbaeb.
Mrs Thomas A Fisher has returned
from visit to her mother, Mrs. John
Fisher in New York.
Mr.. G. B. Swan is quite sick at his
nome on north Washington street
The marrisge of Miss Harriet Fergu-
son Graham and Mr.. Philip B. Nourse
of Fall. Church, took place at the Old
Falls Church Wednesday at P. M, in
the press see OF large company OF rela
tives and friends of the young couple
The bride is daughter of DIR. and Mrs
N. f Graham and has been popular
Young lady in the social life Of the COM
muhity. Mr.. Nourse is a son OF the late
Prof. Robert Nouse. The officiating
clergyman, Rev. George S. somerville.
Mr.. JJbn w. Atwell is quite sick at
his home on south Columbus street.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1906-10-22
Military Appointments.

Col. WIN. j. Perry, commanding the
l7th Regiment, Virginia Infantry. has
issued orders removing regimental head
quarters from Richmond to Stsunton,
and announcing the appointment Of his
adjutant and sergeant major. Capt.
Carter Braxton, former commander OF
the West Augusta Guards, has been sp-
pointed adjulsnt tn rack as such from
October 20, 1906, succeeding Capt
james c. Bosber, of Richmond, who is
relieved from duty. Private James d.
Price, of Company X, SEVENTEEN Regi-
meut, is appointed regimental sergeant
major to rank as such from this date.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1906-10-22
Lizards, Tails.

Certain lizards are remarkable for
the fragility Of their tails, although
this weakness Is not always the draw
back that may be imagined. The dia-
mond tailed gecko, for Instance. fire.
quentIy owes It's existence to the readi-
ness with which its caudal appendase
can be snapped of. This reptile, which
will perch upon a rock head downward
and tail In the air, Is liable to be prey
ed upon by hawks, One Of these for
midable birds will swoop down upon
a lizard and seize what 1t takes to be
the head, but is really the tail. The
brittle tail snaps Of. and the gecko
wriggles away, not much the worse, to
grow another.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1906-10-22

putteraie. That Live on Fish.

The butterfly was blue and transpar-
emit. AS through blue glass Its tiny
heart could be seen beating inside its
body, and the professor read a news
paper article through its lovely blue
wings. This" he said, us the ptero-
poda. q Mediterranean butterfly. 1t
eats fish. On Its tongue are rows OF
pointed hooks. They serve as teeth.
This beautiful creature would turn up
its nose at a garden OF roses and lilies,
but It would feast ecstatically upon
putrid eel. Now and then a pteropoda
is found on the Florida or the Caiifor-
mia coast. 1t is only abundant, though,
In the Mediterranean
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1906-10-22
The Power OF Intuition.

Tho power Of intuition usually spok-
On of as being so mysterious Is really
not 30 at ALL" said woman recently.
ut Is merely the ordinary method OF
reasoning from observation intensified.
The 80 called intuitional person differs
from the one OF more commonplace
powers In possessing a keener sensl-
tiveness to facts. She or he. for 1t Is
absurd to assert that this power Is ex-
clusively feminine, observes a thou
sand things that persons of duller sense
fail to see and that are beyond the con-
troll OF the most skillful actor. New
York Tribune.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1906-10-22
LOCAL RREVITIES

TIE Southern Railway mschipists are
still cut, AID, 50 far az IS known, there
is no likelihood OF an immediate return
to work oa the part of the strikers
c.. E. Churchman has sold to u. A.
Chadwick and w. P. Graves, Jr, the
lot and two brick houses on the south
aide of Wolfe street between Fairfax and
Royal.
CAPTAIN w. II. Mathews, of the Wash
ineton police, is to appear before the
police trial board to answer the charge
that his orders interiered with the rescue
Of Engineer Hugh Murphy.
Mrs. Mary E. Grady, widow Of John
J. Grady, died yesterday morning at her
home, Sl9 Queen street. The deceased
was sixty-seven years old. She is sur.
yived by several children. Her funeral
took place this evening.
1t is reported that when two ladies' got
off the ell ctric cars at Del Ray on Satur'
day night, after having attended the CIR
Gus 10 this city, a colored man seized one
of them but that her screams attracted
some men who were nearby aad the
negro ran of.
Early last Saturday night Miss Cora
Petty, daughter of Mr. Willis Petty, who
lives At Sl5 Madison street, was accosted
BY strange negro near her home. Chief
Goods went to the neighborhood and
after securing the entire vicinity was
unsuccessful in apprehending the man.
The Episcopal High School lost sat
urday to the Boys Latin School, OF Bal
timore, by score of 6 0. Although
defeated, the home team outplayed their
opponents at every stage OF the game and
we're only prevented from scoring by two
fumbles at critical moments.
Notwithstanding the rain OF yesterday
the churches were fairly well attended.
At Christ Church in the morning Rev.
DR.. Devries preached, and at the Second
PRESBYTERIAN Church Rev. DIR. Wills
preached both morning and at night.
The pulpits of the other churches were
filled by the resident clergy.
Edward Coates, of Bsllston, who es-
capped from the Alexandria county jail
on the 9th instant, while working 10 the
grounds. was arrested in Georgetown
Saturday evening. turned over to the
Virginia authorities and returned to the
Jail. Coates is serving a sentence OF
three months for carrying concealed
weapons.
The big tugboat Sea King which is
lying at Georgetown narrowly escaped
wreck and her captain aud second engi-
neer had thrilling experience early yes
to-day morning The tug, while lying at
dock with fires banked, parted ner
moorings, and. after drifting helplessly
and rapidly down the river for mile,
barely missed collision with the heavy
granite piers that support the new high
way bridge.
CArysanthemums, the Queen Of the Season
We have them frOm So to So per dozen. Al
so fine Roses 70 cents and Sl.0O per dozen.
Carnations IS cents 10 70 cents per dozen,
hardy ferns for fern pans. Fsesh stock and
prompt delivery. Bell telephone l76. G. A.
SCH AFFER d co. ocZZ ~.
Fined CLANS 30 cents a dozen. Oysters
fried. stewed or raw. Dining room open on
Sunday during oyster season. Z. ID. Llm-
man, Market space. fed Zou
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1906-10-22
Not What He Seemed.

Romance has flung a deceptive halo
over the old yeoman farmer. He was
certainly not good tiller Of the soil,
but lazy, old fashioned and unenterpris-
ing. No houses were 80 much In need
Of repair, no gardens so III kept, no
fields so overgrown with weeds, as
those Of the small proprietor Of the
eighteenth century.-London Country
Life.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1906-10-22
False Report.

A fight occurred in an oyster house on
St. Asaph street this afternoon between
Robt Arnold, the proprietor, and an
Italian, during which the latter was
Knocked down. Officer Young arrested
the Italian, it being alleged that he re-
fused to pay for oysters he had ordered.
This fight gave rise to the report that the
murderer of Chas. T. Smith had been
captured aud crested much excitement
for time.