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The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-09-26
A RIrssIAN vIIAGE,

The general appearance of the village
 is picturesque and qaint, and the
 white cottages give it a bright tone. Let Us go into one of them. This one is little larger than of the others,
 and contains thre rooms. Two of them are occupied by a peasant family of six persons-four adults, boy of
 fifteen and a small child. One of the rooms Is the kitchen, and furnished with a large stove surrounded by benches, which at night are used as bed
 The only other furniture is a table and a few stools. Some kitchen utensils are scattered about the floor and the
 table, and the walls are plentifully
 adorned with brilliantly painted ikons
 or religious pictures. The rooms are lghted by small wndows hermetcally sealed, and the atmosphere not of the purest The thrd room is let to a lodger. candidate for holy orders, who is assisting the local priest.
 When I arrived he was busy cleaning his bycycle, which he had hung up
 outside the door; even the reactionary orthodox Churh is not wholly blind to
 blessings of civilzaton. This family has
 an allotment of about seventeen acres,
 for winch @ 3s, have 10 be pad yearly n taxes, including the instalments for the endowment but the later will have been repaid in full in seven years time. They also own three horses and | two foals,( a COW, a calf, three pigs
 and four sheep. Round the house is a yard inclosed by a wooden fence, and 1 some sheds and stables. The peasants food consists chiefly of kasha Ga sort of grueD, black bread, cabbage soup and on rare occasions a little meat | They drink water, kyas non-alco-
 holic beverage made of bread or ber-
 ries) and vodka, or spirits, The mems
 clothing consists of red cotton shirts
 and jackets, and trousers inclosed in
 high boots or anvas leggings, with sandals of vegetable fibre. The women
 also wearfcotton materials and bright
 ly colored handkerchiefs. These light
 clothes are worn even in winter, for
 the izbas are heated to a very high l temperature, and for gC1ng out of doors ! thick sheepskins are donned, most effective protection against cold. It
 cannot be said that the Russian peas
 ant is the cleanliest of mortals, for
 although he has his week bath oa Sat urday evening; he butts on same clothes
 and the same rarely changed linen
 again afterwards. The smell produced | by a crowd of Russian peasants in a
 heated room is quite iudescribable,-- Sunday at Home.
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proximately the same or less; the For tune (16OO), five hundred and twenty
 plus two hundred pounds for lease Of
 grounds. Allowing minimum of two hundred pounds for the extensive re-
 modelling of the priory into the BlaeK-
 friars Theatre, it's total amounts to eight hundred pounds. The Blacktrl- | ars, then was the most expensive the
 atre ever built in London prior to l6l4'
 in which year the Globe ((burnt down
 June 29 1613) was rebuilt at an outlay
 of fourteen hundred pounds.
 From the evidence of documents now available, it is possible for an arohi- | tect to reproduce the general structure and many details of both the exterior and interior of the Blackfriars Theatre. I The building was a stone structure erected in two sections. One section
 adjourned the Pipe office, the place lwhere the rolls of state parchments
 large as draperies were kept. It was 1 full two stories high, with dormer windows in the third story and gar | ret above The roof was steep, With gable-end facing north on Pipe office
 yard (now Playhouse yard), The mum i Der, location and use of the various rooms in this section is given by differ 1 ent documents.
 The main section containing the aud- l itorium and stage of the theatre was on the south This section was two stories high. and had originally a low or flat roof. But Burbage in remodel
 ling it changed the shape of the roof and built certain rooms above the great hall. There were also cellar or basement rooms which were used
 for apartments. The auditorium prop
 CT occupied about half of the available space the building.
 Since Wright's "Historia Histrioni- ca 1699), it has generally been as- sumed that Blackfriars was very small. l He says, also, that the Cockpit Quilt,
 by the way, about 1910 instead of l6l6-
 r as usually believed, on the site ot the Drury Lane Theatre) and Salisbury Court q629) were almost of the same
 size and form as Blackfriars. The value of the present discoveries in set- ting the question of size here raised must be shown later, when l can pre- sent all details in full Although exact
 dimensions are now available, perhaps the general reader may get the most adequate notion from the fact that the square dimensions were about halt those of the old Globe or the Fortune with a seating capacity in pit, galler- ies and private boxes of approxiateiy five hundred. It was the most fashion able and aristocratic theatre of Lon
 don, and was attended by the London
 elite, lords and ladies, as also by Queen Elizabeth and her court. It was large enough for the Burbage Shakspere
 company before 1912 to gain in one winter there more by one thousand pounds than they were used to do at
 the Globe But this was due mainly to
 the high prices and superior accommo-
 dations at Blackfriars In catering to
 the fashionable set.-Charles William Wallace in the London Times.
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A nervous, irritable mother, often on the verge of mysteries, is unfit to care for children; it ruins child's disposi- tion and reacts upon herself. The trouble between children and their mothers too often is due to the fact that the mother has some female weak ness, and she is entirely unfit to bear the strain upon her nerves that atgovern- ing children involves; it is impossible for her to do anything calmly.
 The ills of women act like flrebrsnd upon the nerves, consequently nine tenths of the nervous prostration, ner- vous despondency, " the blues, sleep. lessness, and nervous irritability ot women arise from some Arrangement of the female organism
 Do you experience fits of depression with restlessness. alternating with extreme irritability? Are your spirits easily affected, so that one minute you laugh, and the next minute you feel like crying
 Do you feel something like ball ris- ing in your throat and threatening to choke you; all the senses perverted, morbidly sensitive to light and sound !; pain in the abdominal region, and between the shoulders; oearlng-aown pains; nervous dyspepsia and almost continually cross and snappy
 If 80, your nerves are in a shattereu condition, and you are threatened With nervous prostration.
 Proof is monumental that nothing in the world is better for nervous prostra- tion than Lydia E. Pinkhams Vege- table Compound; thousands ana tnou- sands of women can testify to tnls IacV' Ask Ars, Pinkhsm'S AdVlCc-A KOm
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lNrS cHeaer L91my E Mra cAas sBro~u

1 Mrs Chester Curry, Leader of the Ladies Symphony Orchestra, 42 Sara toga Street, East Boston, Mass, writes:
 Dear Mrs Pinkham:-
 :" For eight years was troubled with ex" treme nervousness and hysteria, brought on by irregularities. could neither enjoy life nor sleep nights 1 was very irritable, nervous and Respondent
 Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound was recommended and proved to be the only remedy that helped me. have daily im- proved in health until l am now strong and well, and all nervousness has disappeared
 Mrs. Charles F. Brown, -Presl- dent of the Mothers Club, 2l Cedar Terrace, Hot Springs, Ark, writes; Dear Mrs Pinkham:--
 l dragged through nine years Of missr- | able existence, worn out with pain ana ner- vousness, until it seemed as though should fly. l then noticed a statement of woman troubled as 1 was, and the wonderful results she derived from Lydia E. Pinkhams Vege- table Compound. Idecided to try 1t, did 80, and at the end of three months was differ ent woman. My nervousness was all gone, 1 was no longer irritable, and my husband rell ill love with me all over again"
 Women should remember that Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound is the medicine that holds the record for the greatest number of actual cures of female ills, and take no substitute
 Free Advice to Women.
 Mrs. Pinkham, daughter-in-law of Lydia E. Pinkham, Lynn, Mass, invites all sick women to write to her for advice. Mrs. Pinlham vast experience with female troubles enables her to ad- wise you wisely, and she will charge you nothing for her advice. n Best Understands a R0EaT'S Ills.
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respect they reply to any question by singing the answer using any notes they wish.
 Another race called Lamashike are as timid as the Caribes. If a traveller passing through the country wishes to stay all night they will say. We have no room. Got a big family and some friends are coming to stay all night. Go on to the next place-they will keep you"
 A man can ride thirty miles and hear the same story at each place he stops The only way one can do is to go in and put down his traps and order the mozo to stake out the horses. If they complain tell them to get out piece of money left in the house next morning will heal all wounds. Often they run off to the brush driving | their pigs and chickens before them, there to remain hidden until the intru- ders have departed.
 Some curious customs may be ob- served among these people. One of these is a "barrido" Literally, "a sweeping). For instance, when a man is dangerously sick his wife will make "barrido," hoping in this way to save his life.
 She kills a fat pig, makes a great quantity of tortillas, famales, pichos, &c., and asks all their friends to the feast Naturally they are never loath to accept, and the feasting goes on for several days. They sweep the house and yard. anr even the road, spotlessly clean, and sweep, and sweep. Then a new cross is put up at the road to keep away the diablo. Some times this cross is adorned with flow CTS. If the man does not seem to inn prove they will do more sweeping, and put up another cross at another road or path.
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ZANZIBAR WOMEN MAKE LATE
 CALLS

ZANZIBAR WOMEN MAKE LATE
 CALLS.
 The Arab women of Zamzibar live in great seclusion in the large white houses, never going out in the day. time from one years end to another. A little cooking and sweetmeat nak- ing is their only recognized employ ment, though some few of them can do beautiful silk embroidery To lie on their beds and be famed by their slave girls is the usual occupation of the richer women.
 If they want to visit their friends, or as is more often the case, to per- ambulate the town, they wait until s o'clock in the evening, when a gun is fired warning all Mahometans that it is the fifth and last hour of prayer; then they may go out. They are entire- ly enveloped in a large mantle, and their faces are completely hidden by very ugly gilt masks, with oblong slits for the eyes, and many of them wear these even in the privacy of their own homes. Their other garments are trousers and a tonic reaching below the knee, which is often embroidered and trimed with gold braid They have a number of gold and silver ornaments. nose rings and earrings, bracelets, anklets, and so on.
 They are very light in color many of them cream colored; their features are regular and good, and they live lark eyes silky black hair. They paint under their eyes and stain their hands and nails reddish color with henna. If they want to go any distance from home they ride through the narrow streets on large white asses stained a brick red. their slaves running by their sides, but you generally meet them meet stalking solemnly along surrounded by their slaves, who carry enormous lanterns, as big as London street lamp.
 Very often they do not return home | till 4 in the morning, when another gun is fired, proclaiming the first hour of prayer. It is very awkward at times when you meet in the streets some of these women whom you ought to know and are greeted by them. You cannot see their faces, it is not always easv , to recognize a voice and nothing would offend them more than to ask then, names.-Mancheste
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HOW WORRY, MAKES DISEASE.

HOW WORRY MAKES DISEASE.
 Suppose that a man has an uneasy sensation in the locality if his heart which is due, let us say to over-eatiug or to gag in the stomach. But he be- gins to think that he has heart dis ease, He reads the advertisements in tho newspapers to learn about the symptoms, and he learns about them.
 "A sense of contraction about the chest" Yes, that is his difficulty ex- actly! Slight pain on deep breathing, palpitation of the heart after vigorous exercise'-it is evidently a serious case! He begins to worry about It. Worry interferes with his sleep It in- terferes also with his digeston; he does not get well nourished.
 Bad sleep and bad digestion make Ehim worse and worse Each one az gravates the other. And all the time he keeps thinking about his heart Tn the end his thinking actually affects his condition, until he succeeds in fas- tening on himself functional difficulty which may be a really serious and per manent trouble-and the whole of 1t can be traced back to his crooked thinking about that little pain in his chest.
 This is no parable, It Is the record of hundreds of actual cases. Every physician comes into contact with them.
 A man who keeps worrying about the state of his liver will almost be sure to have trouble with It eventually. h. digestion can be brought un in the same way, and long list of other ail- Worlds Work
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RAISING scHooNER's HULL.
Work Begun on Burned Yacht Leslie
 Sunk in Harbor.

Sunk in Harbor.
 Work was begun yesterday by George Keller, of this city, for raising the hull of the schooner yacht Leslie, owned by Dr. A. Hellrung, of New York, which was burned in this harbor on the night of September 16. MT. Keller has pur- chased the hull for it's valuable copper bottom, which is estimated to be worth about $250.
 The hull will be raised to the surface, pumped as clear of water as possible, if it is found that below the waterline she is tight, and then lowed ashore, where she will be stripped of the valu- ables. The metals will ba sold at reg ular rates
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OLD BLACKFRIARS THEATER
4 FRESH DISCOVERR OF DOCU-
 MENTS

Relating to It--A More Important House Than the Globe-I. Payne Col Hers Forseries--DetaiIs of It's Cost and Cnnsfrnctinn
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Disappearing Hotel Towels

I'VE lose money enough In atolen tow
els every week to board half dozen
porters," said a hotel clerk to The Louis
vile Courler-Journal. I'VE never know
exactly where they go, but they certainly
disappear, and that right fast. II some
Of the people who take our towels would
exert their energies in q more lallAablc
vocation they would have been rich many
moons ago
There is scarcely a room in the hotel
that does not lose n towel at least three
times a week. or course we place sev-
eral kinds, face towels, bath towels and
just plain towels, IN each one, and some
one finds them SO attractive that they
are dropped into u grip and hustled out
with the remainder Of the luggage.
"When you figure that a good bath
towel costs from ten to twenty cents.
and other towels anywhere from three to
five cents, you probably can estimate the
dead loss to n hotel. 1t Is very con-
venient to drop them into sntchcls. suit
cases or trunks, and they are right
handy to wrap shoes or other dirty
articles Of clothing in" ,a d
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sion It enshrlncd him In tho hearts Of
Z his countrymen forever Few men would
have been capable OF making so great
q sacrifice. And now as he sat beneath
that white oak tree did not the memory
OF that famous night, when he made his
decision, rise up before him7 It Is certain
that 1t did. but never for moment did
he regret the stand he had taken. Great
natures like his arc alone capable OF maxi
Ing such heroic sacrifices. He could not
but feel that he had engraven his name
high upon the roll Of fame. He believed
1t to be his duty to devote the remainder
Of his life, after tho war was over. 70 tho
restoration Of the fallen fortunes OF Yir-
ginla and the South. and nobly did he
again do his duty. 1t Is said that In his
closing years there was tingc Of sad
ness upon his features; but no murmur
and no complaint ever passed his lips.
He died. as he had ived-the greatest
character. except George Washington. IN
Americana history
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az this may seem, 1t Is nevertheless true.
War unlocks the dormant energies OF
great people The "Monitor' and tho
Virginia are significant illustrations OF
the fact. They changed the naval war
fare OF the whole world. Suppose we OF
the South, had Invented and built tho
ironclad Virginia years before we dd2
It is useless to speculate upon what the
result would have been. And to-day.
speculate science. In chemical and me-
chanicnl Inventions, is going forward
with leaps and bounds.
But after ALL 1t Is sentiment which Is
more important than all the science on
earth, and thank God there Is a lofty
sentiment in the South which has re-
stored the od-tme love OF the Amer
lean Union. The Spanish war proved 1t.
The faircst, the noblest and the greatest
section lies between the banks Of the
Potomac and the Rio Grande II the
Union should he assaulted tomorrow, it
would be the first to leap 10 arms In it's
defense. This paper has grown too long.
The Camp Tree.
The tree In buckingham to which I
have adverted, was called to my nt-
tention by my friend and old comrade.
Judge George ]. Hundey, as gallant
Confederate soldier as ever drew blade
In defense of constitutional liberty.
We went into the army at the same
time; NO are about the same age, and
belong to the same profession. Flo knows
the tree we'll which ! have described. and
4 1t was mainly at his request that have
written this paper. Old Confederntes l'Kn
US must be allowed the "garrultty' OF
age. All that we can do, like that old
veteran described In that famous work,
cold Mortality written by Sir Walter
Scott. is to re-write the inscriptions upon
the tombstones OF the past, ana Try 10
keep green and fresh the memory OF tne
cause we loved so well.
Memories will crowd thick and fast
,,pon the minds OF those who read upon
the tablet:
mrhe Last Camping Ground Of Gen-
eral Robert e. Lee"
In the dindem of Virginia, George
washington and Robert 70. Lee nre the
brightest jewels
TIme which cuts down the adamant
OF masonry will leave untouched their
memories forever,
God grant that the "ofty Ideals which
are shown by the characters and ac-
lions of washington and Lee will al
ways be followed by the sons of Vlr-
qinia. These ideals are a priceless herl-
cAMM PATERSON.
buckingham county, Va, April II,
1906.
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"GL0RIANA" AT THE BDoU
Mary Marble, Little Chip and
Host OF Old Favorites Will
BE Seen.

A The most notable play produced in
New York this season was 1.-THE Duel"
which is to be performed at the Academy,
by Mr. Otis Skinner, Friday night and
Saturday matinee.
II was notable for n variety of good and
coEent reasons. TO begin with, 1t was
the work of Mr.. Henri Lavedan, one
Of the greatest OF French contemporary
dramatic writer's, and one of the Forty
Immortals. It had been produced In the
first theatre In the world, the Comedie
Franchise, in Paris, where, on cunt
OF It's theme and the positive mastery
with which it was handled. II created a
sensation. TO add to all this it was
translated into English by SO clever
literateur MS Louis n. Parker 1t had
that fine actor, Otis Dknner to assume
the role originated In Paris by M. lie
Bargy and 1t was produced under the
direction of Charles Frohman.
Story of the Play.
1t may be said. in passing, that none
OF the plays produced in New York in
years received SO much critical ntten-
ton, and at the same time so much
praise. THE DUEL tells the story of
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THE LAST CAMP
OF GENE |: RAJ lee L.
Last Night Of Great Commanders
Camp Life Spent Under IN e1
Buckingham Tree.
SPORT TO BE MADE FAMOUS
Movement Now on Foot to In
close and Label This Sacred
Sport.

Less than two miles from Buckingham
Courthouse, there stands a white oak
tree, even now not more than foot
in diameter under which General Rob
crt e.. Lee camped tho night after his
famous battle at Appomnttox. The sec
ond night he stopped at the house OF
his brother, Mr.. Charles Carter Lee.
When he left tho tree near Buckingham
Courthouse, he left 1t never to camp
again. 1t stands about one hundred yards
from the house Of the late William Shep-
herd, good old Yirginian. who then
owned the land Mr.. Shepherd, with true
hospitality, invited General Lee TO spend
the night at his house. The General
thanked him but stated that he believed
he would camp with the boys; his staff
accompanied him. The weather was
comparatively warm and pleasant. AS he
composed himself to rest upon this, bis
last camping ground, who can fathom
his thoughts? The Ink was hardly dry
upon his pathetic farewell address. to
the Army of Northern Virginia. The
dreams Of great Southern Confeder-
acy'' had left his mind, to returnl no
more, forever. Tho splendid panorama
of his glorious victories which foated
before his Imagination, brought with
them touching sorrow and regret for
the brave men whose bodies we're then
Wondering In the soil made sacred by
their heroic devotion to q cause they be-
lieved, and he, General Lee, believed TO
be right. Could it be that this fearless
chieftan the flower of chlvalry, blamed
himself for what had been done? NO, ~
cannot be true; for he was upheld by tho
i,,,a az 1n win done his
duty It brings to the mind of the writer
the fact that years before our great
leader had said DUTY Is the subllmest
word in the English language And 1t
Is, 1t recalls tho night no walked the
floor ut Arlington, his beautiful and
palatial residence. deliberatng whether
he should draw his sword In favor OF
the Union or Virginia. his native State.
He was rich In worldly goods: he was
the handsomest man who has probably
ever lived upon the American continent;
he was young; he was healthy; the Union
had been kind to him; he had won high
honor upon the battlefelds Of Mexlco;
he knew that if he gave his sword to tho
Union he would be the COMMUNICATIVE
chief of the United States army, which
was the natural object Of his ambition,
for all his studies had been trained In
that directions; on the one hand. II no
turned to tho Union he saw fame, honor,
wealth and grateful nation; on the
other, II he gave his sword to Virginia
and tho South before him lay poverty,
a terrible struggle. with insufficient men
and means, and with q probable chance
of defeat! Well might he pause before
making decision! Before tho morning
sun had arisen, he mailed his resignation
of his office to tho Secretary OF War, and
calmly stated that his duty compelled
him TO draw his sword in defense Of tho
State which had given him birth. IT
was Il righteous. high and noble deci-