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The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1907-06-06
A LIFE-SAVER.

When I was a child, in or old
Cornish home, we had an ancient
pointer, who used to roam about the
place as much as she liked. One day
stable boy, washing carriage, no.
ticed old Bess evidently trying to tell
him that she wanted him to do some
thing for her. She ran round him,
whining appealingly, and finally took
hold of the leg of his trousers, and
tried to pull him in the direction
from which she had previously come.
He at last followed her. and she led
him joyfully up to little pond just
out OF sight of the coach house. where
a small sluice-gate let the water
down in a little stream as 1t was
wanted. In this sluice-gate a large
duck was caught by the neck, and the
boy was only just in time to save 1T
from drowning. II had evid entity
been diving for food. and had
jammed Its head under the gate.
Bess, in her wanderlngs. had seen its
struggles and gone OFF for help. AS
soon as the duck was liberated the
old dog capered about and barked
her thanks to the eboy.-London Spec
tator.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1907-06-06
Foreign.

United States gunboat Helena has
been ordered to Annoy, nearest port
to scene of armed uprising against
Chinese officials. In a battle be-
tween the Chinese provincial troops
and body of rebels the latter lost
over 100 men.
The peasants in several counties of
Ireland are destroying the property
of the holders of grazing farms on
the 11-morth-lease system and Seri-
ous conflicts between the peasants
and the police have occurred.
The Supreme Court of Spain has
declared itself competent to try the
suit of the heirs of Elena Sanz, the
singer, against the heirs of King AL
fonso XII.
1t is reported that President Cas-
tro, of Venezuela, is planning to visit
the United States and would like
conference with President Roosevelt.
Ambassador Creel. of Mexico, says
there is nothing pending and no rea-
son TO fear war between Mexico and
Guatemala.
Rev. Young ]. Allen, of the Metho-
dist Episcopal Church, South, died
at Shanghai, China, at the age Of
s73.
The Paris police captured a gang
of coiners who has put out $4,000
I'm counterfeit coin in that city.
The French cruiser Chanzy, which
went ashore on one of the Saddle
Islands, will be a total loss.
Herr Nuremberg, the German unz
der secretary, told the visiting Engt
lish journalists In Berlin that he
was surprised at the constant charges
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1907-06-06

of Georgia Railroad. has been seIec'|
ed as general agent of the on
minion Steamship Company st
folk, succeeding NJ. B. CrowelA
ceased. John Nichol, freight
agent%.of the Old Dominion @
pany, wh0Nbas been acting gen%
agent of the nnS here since the tieA
of Mr.. Crowell, VIII now. be relieved
of those duties.
Robert Amber Bruce, 107 years
old, who is said to have been the
oldest Mason in the world, died in
the Richmond almshouse. He was
born at West Overhaul, Accomao
County. He was a veteran of sew
eral wars and boasted Of having seen
Napoleon Bonaparte in 1917, claim
ing that Napoleon presented to him
a cross of honor at st. Helena. He
had travelled a great deal.
Contractor e. ]. Cartright. OF
Fredericksburg, has Just been award
ed a contract for work in Washing
ton amounting to $4,000.
Cards have been received in Fed
eralsburg for the marriage of Miss
Janet Sampson. daughter OF Rever-
end Doctor and Mrs. T. X. Sampson,
formerly of that city. now of Austin.
Texas, to Mr.. Halsted G. Parsons.
The marriage will take place in the
Presbyterian Church at University
Place, New York City, June 10. at
$40 O'Clock. The couple will reside
in Canada.
John Orr Daniel, of Evergreen
Mills, and Major b. w. Lynn are
candidates for the nomination for
foater Delegate to represent Lou
doun and Fauquier Counties jointly
in the Virginia House of Delegates
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1907-06-06

the brown rat Is the worst mammal
Ian pest in existence and in the
United States destroys more proper
ty than all other noxious animals
combined. A single rat will con-
sumo about two ounces of wheat or
corn a day and it destroys for more
of the corn than 1t eats. The aver
age cost to the country of feeding
one rat on gain is about so cents
a year. If for each COW, horse,
sheep and hog on the farms of the
United States the farmers support
only one rat on gain, the toll levied
on the cereals by these rodents would
reach the enormous total of $780,
100000 a year. Even granting that
half their food is waste material,
the tax of feeding rats is still an
enormous drain on the profits of
agriculture.
Destroy All Kinds OF Articles.
But much of their food is more
expensive than grain and the actual
losses due to these animals are by
no means confined to food. They en-
ter stores and warehouses and de-
stroy dry goods, lace curtins, car
pets, woolens, silks. kid gloves and
other leather goods. They gnaw
through lead pipes, flooding build
ings with water or filling them with
gas. They injure furniture and the
foundations and doors of buildings.
They eat the insulation from electric
wires, causing disastrous fires The
average fire loss In the United States
due to defective insulation Is placed
at SIS 100000 annually, a consider
able part of which is believed to be
caused by rats.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1907-06-06

SENT OUT OF JAIL TO STEAL.
America has provided some spicy
prison scandals, but few Of them If
any furnish parallels to that which
has just been brought to light in the
model little republic of Switzerland.
1t is nothing less than the discov-
cry OF a veritable convicts' paradise,
where the inmates were treated rath-
er as guests at a hotel than as pris-
oners engaged in expiating/ their
crimes by doing time" They Jared
sumptuously, were allowed to indulge
in all sorts of recreation within the
walls of the institution, from gam
bling to bowls, we're permitted to
visit places of amusement in search
of other delights and were subjected
to no irritating discipline
To obtain the funds necessary to
defray the cost of this luxurious life
the more expert of the thieves and
pickpockets were granted leave of
absence from time to time in WHICH
TO ply their nefarious callings. The
only condition imposed upon them
was that they should allow their
proceeds of their booty.
1t is the prison of Thorberg. near
the town OF Wassen, which has thus
been revealed as a penal elysium.
That prisoners should ever endeavor
to escape from such a delightful re-
treat seems incredible. Yet 1t Is the
arrest of two men on that charge
which has led to such amazing reve-
lations concerning ThoTberg prison.
The conviets are named Grunder and
Gerber. They were caught at Kan
derstag with lot of swag upon them,
but both vehemently denied they had
tried to escape.
ut does not follow because we are
thieves that we are fools. - said Ger
Der. why should we want to es-
cape from a place like that? 1t is.
the most comfortable quarters we
have ever occupied. We intended
when we had served our sentence TO
do something that would put as back
there as soon as possible.
They said they were returning to
the Jail when they were arrested. The
funds of the institution had been rum
ming low and they had been granted
leave of absence that they might re-
plenish the pleasure excheQuer.
They had been out a week and In
that time had secured the entire Em-
menthaJ Valley, had successfully
pulled of half dozen burglaries and
picked something ike a score OF
pockets They were anticiQafinG a
high old time in ThorI IS u j s s.
BILE walls. to be paid q W i j. s.
ceeds OF their psunde
OF policemer who
that Esss.ssasI1
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1907-06-06

DR.. Richard Fritzsche has recaicu-
lated from recent data the amount of
rain annually falling upon the earth's
surface. He finds that IL is equiva-
lent to layer of water of the uni
form depth. for the whole globe, OF
about thIrty-five and one-half inches.
The amount falling on the land Is
equivalent to uniform depth of
twenty-nine and one-fourth inches.
Considering only the land which Ia
drained by rivers flowing into the sea.
DIR. Fritzsche calculates that only
thirty per cent. Is returned to the
ocean, and that the rest Is removed
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1907-06-06
IN THE FINANCIAL WORLD.

Better weather and better crop
news helped stock prices.
Since the Iongshoremen's strike
began the port of New York has lost
over 100000 of exports
Gold to the amount OF $2,0OO,0OO
was engaged for export, making SO. :
10000 this week. Paris is getting
it.
One big Wall Street trader bought
10000 Ukion Pacific, which other
traders was to cover q short
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1907-06-06
$4,000 To Capture Kidnappers.

Trenton. N. ]. Especially Gov
ernor Stokes signed the Gebhart Bill,
which provides for the petitioning
of Congress to take steps toward the
adoption of a constitutional amend
ment providing for the election of
United States senators by popular
vote. The Governor also signed the
biil extending the Child Labor Law
to mercantile establishments, and
rthe bill placing a fund of $4,000
ot tha diannaal Of the Rovnrnor for
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1907-06-06
THE GOVERNMENT MUST CONTROL
Roosevelt Defines Attitude Towards
railroads.&c. Persecution
Intended.


Morton the Cover o
The parad was led
leave and o. the
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1907-06-06
NO ASSISTANCE.

"Help! Help!"
The cry of anguish arose from
Wall Street.
Whats the matter?" asked a
kindly executive. pausing in the midst
of game of tennis.
Matter enough" continued the
voice, wi4h a tremolo. "I've been
selling whit didn't have and buying
what I couldn't pay FOR.
We'll. oR ali the mollycoddlesi ex-
claimed thk exeoutiys, resumins play.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1907-06-06

According to Consul A. A. Wins
low, of Valparaiso, the earthquake
of August 16, 1906. has led the
architects and builders of Chill to
study seriously the materials to be
used in the future buildings, and
they are more and more settling
down to the use OF wood. steel and
Scement-
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-12-15

HAUERBACH'S ORCHESTRA.
10 State. Phone 3341, independent
The Vienna Bakery, boss bread max
ers. Ask your grocer.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-12-15
"At the Old Crossroads"

One of the principal dramatic novel
ties of the current dramatic season will
he the appearance here Of AT the Old
Crossroads" which will be presented
AT the Grand theatre for one week,
commencing tonight, by Arthur c. Ais
toms excellent company of players. It
is extremely doubtful if any other pOr-
tioa CT OR own country lends itself
more readily to the purposes of the
dramatist than the romantic south.
The story that il reveals is highly dra-
matte; the situations and climaxes
thrilling in the extreme; but the whole
is 80 happily blended with unctuous
comedy scenes and incidents that it
charms all. The play gives splendid
opportunity for elaborate toilette dis
plays by the feminine portion of the
company, which is taken the best ad-
vantage OF. Manager Aston is cred
tied with furnishing a complete and
elaborate production and, best of all,
has been fortunate in retaining an eX-
cellent company Of actors of estab-
Iished reputation. In fact. the COM
many this year is conceded to be the
hest ever sent out in the play. and will
include twenty well known people.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-12-15

Cissy LOTUS, being of the graceful
sex, doesn't have to endure derlslon;
but her endeavors to be a sort of comic
opera Drima donna are strangely fu-
tile. considering her talent in the mimi
icry of all sorts of singing and dane
ing comedians. Plainly, the ordeal OF
a fiasco is painful to Cecilia, and l
wonder why she doesn't fall back on
her always diverting impersonations-
Perhaps she doesn't see any sense in
throwing into q hopeless venture d
speciality worth a thousand a week in
vaudeville. Once only did / see a sign
on The opening night that she per-
ceived the least CLEAN of comicaiity IN
her disaster A big bouquet was
thrown at her by friends from an up
per box She lodged as though 1t
were d missile from the gallery, threw
out a defensive arm. and, as she looked
up, put her face into its famous star
tled-faWn dOn't-shOot expression. At
the next intermission she sent to the
box her card with this written on 1t:
Thank you for the flowers. They Will
be nice on the coffin of The Lancers,
and they won't have time to wilt be
fore the funeral"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-12-15

the rightful heir penniless and depend
ent on friends. The boy is adopted by
an old farmer whose daughter he learns
to love in later years. The murderer
returns after years of travel, secure in
the thought that his crime has been
forgotten, but former coachman of
his dead brother recognizes him and
accuses him of the crime of murder.
BY bribery, silence is obtained, but be-
ing again confronted with positive
proof he becomes desperate and kills
Farmer Wilkins, the one who has be-
friended his brothers orphan child. He
places the blame on his nephew, but
the coachman, to shield his old mas
ter's boy, confesses that he is the muir
derer. He is given a life sentence in
prison. but after two years escapes.
and, going 10 Colorado, he becomes
wealthy, earning the title of 'The Gold
King" Under this disguise he returns
to the old home with proof of the
squires guilt and finally clears all
mystery surrounding the double muir
der. The company, as a whole, is do
ing good work, and each part is in
capable hands. THE Gold King" runs
the balance of the week, with a special
Wednesday matinee.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-12-15
Nero Up-to-Date

! Miller employed two playwrights to
make 1.-The I.ancers" from the same
German material. They located it in
Canada so as to let D'Orsay wear the
gorgeous lancers uniform, and utilize
his London ''haw-haw," but they lost
all the humOr of a community palpi-
tating with military spirit on account
of a passing regiment The new play
as first tried in Montreal, was plain
comedy. with no singing or dancing.
and it was taken to Washington ami
Philadelphia, by which time it was
hopeless.
''Why not turn it into a musical
comedy" said Miss Lotus to Miller;
and she had some songs of her own
make ia put into it; so it is as COM
edy with spells of extravaganza that
THE Lancers' is dying miserably III
the theatre that once THE Passing
Regiment lived in happily. Here we
have the proof that songs and dances
are difficult to put into a play advan-
tageously; also that foolery set to mu-
sic is harder to be graceful with than
polite behavior of drawing room kinds.
Wasn't big Lawrence D'Orsay a beau
tiful example of the silly-ass English
coxcOmb in THE Earl of Pawtucket"
and THE Embassy Ball?'' Well. the
girls thought so, if you fellows didn t;
ana, anyway, you let MIN entertain
you with his new Lord Dundreary. To
see him now amble in front of row of
chorus girls and not sing, but talk, an
invitation to come out into the moon
| light" makes folks smoker; and when,
| lacking the gall to dance, he stands
! swayinG his inert bulk to the music,
while his supposedly infatuated follow
ing of girls waltz around him, there
is such a. contrast of grace and awk-
wardness as makes the spectators
laugh outright
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-12-15
Orpheum.

The Orpheum theatre bill for this
week will be varied enough to suit the
most exacting taste, and will be well
worth spending d pleasant evening
with your friends to witness. 1t opens
with a side-splitting farce entitled,
Professor Hoodoo," which is a sworn
enemy to dull care. This sketch is
built for laughing purposes only, and
Messrs. Garfield and Carleton will give
a careful and consistent entertainment
As they are members # the old school
of acting.
Mullen and CareIli, in humorous pc
cuIiarities, are among the top-notchers
in the acrobatic world, while their wit
ticisms are greatly enjoyed by the au-
diences who have given them such a
rousine. reception all along he circuit.
'"The Arlington Four" better known
as 1.-THE Singing and Dancing Messen-
ger Boys" give a musical and dancing
turn which has won the applause OF
the most critical from coast to coast
Their work is of a very superior kind
and most commendable.
The next number viii be by Beth
Stone. who is a late acquisition 10
vaudeville from the Little Cherub'
company, in which she played a lead
ing part. She will delight her audience
with some wonderful toe dancing, and
the feats she performs in this style OF
dancing are said to be astonishingly
clever.
THE man with the clever hands" is
the way Massias O'ConnOr is billed
and his clever manipulation of shadow
pictures before the audience is inter
esting. as he conceals nothing from
view in his caricature figures, and his
ten fingers seem to contain whole
menagerie of animals.
One of the most novel and strange
acts on the Orpheum circuit is the Won
derfuI performing seals owned by Cap
tain Webb. 1t is simply impossible to
understand the marvellous way these
oceanic actors have been trained, and
the numerous tricks they have learned,
among them being the playing of mu-
steal Instruments. playing ball, catch
ing and pitching, also their real seal
skin band" When one considers they
have only slippery fliPPers to supply
the place of skilled hands and feet. he
marvels at the patience of Captain
Webb in successfully training them.
We must not fail to mention the ex-
cellent musical program by Professor
Weihe and orchestra; also that the
kinodrome viii have new set Of
fiima.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-12-15

Not often is there fun in the failure
Of a play 1.-THE I.ancers" is a ludi-
crous exception. Il did it" says Henry
Miller, under whose direction it was
prepared Being in possession of the
stage OF which Augustin DAILY prac-
ticed the dramatic art. | bethought me
of The Passing Regiment one of his
successes. and l remember it as about
the funniest polite farce ] ever saw.
There's a chance to exploit Lawrence
D'Orsay as an English swell army Of
ficer. said I. in the role once taken by
John Drew. and why not Cecilia LOT
FMS in the Ada Rehan part? Alas.
times and tastes have changed, and |
take all the blame for The Lancers.' :"
DAILY used TO bring foreign farces to
America. localize their scenes and
characters, announce them as his own
work altogether. and get very angry
when anyone called attention to their
source. AS DAILY presented THE Pass
ing Regiment" crack militia or
sanization, presumably the New York
Seventh. on its way to summer
camp. threw a New England village
into a martial fever by its presence.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-12-15
"The Gold Kino.'

Commencing with a Saturday mat
fnee. the Moore Stock company pre-
sents the sensational melodrarna. "The
Gold King" The weeks performance
is to be given under the auspices of
the Ladies' G.. A. r. Military band and
in addition TO a good. strong show, the
Lyrics patrons will have a musical
treat The ladies' band will furnish
special music, and give a concert in
front of the theatre before every per-
forTnance.r THE Gold King is a good.
strong American play. and will no
doubt please all who see it. 1t is
story of a heartless squire who has
been guilty of fraud and murder of his
own brother. thus leaving his nephew
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-12-15
BY FRANKLIN FYLES.

shown him that she has checked him
at every turn, and quilted him,
Laughing triumphantly." he gazes in
wide-eyed amazement at the audience,
and murmurs, as the curtain falls:
"Barnum was right-there's one born
every minute"
The third act goes to an extreme OF
tragic melodrama never before intro
duced in a musical play presumably
meant for light diversion. l complain
of the inartistic incongruity of the
combination; but popularity seems to
justify il. A beautiful reproduction of
the Illuminated veranda and lawn of
Claremont, summer evening resort at
the head of New Yorks Riverside
drive, just beyond Grants tomb and
overlooking the Hudson river. The
costumes of typical comedy merry
makers are garish in their glitter, but
they make the songs bright in the
use of established burlesgue. Yet be-
tween these songs we are asked to take
sober interest in the adventures plot
to get the millionaire's son to marry
her and in Burns efforts, now with no
Tightening of jest, to Illustrate her
deviltry. After an intensely emotional
scene. Kid Burns takes a little diver
sion by singing Under Any Old Flag
at All. WIN wealth. OF COndHeSquS
marching by a spangled chorus carry
ing flags; and then he fOils the vii
lainess. Thereupon, elbowing her way
through the chorus, she is about to de-
part, cursing him; but rushing on in
frenzy, the disappointed young lover
draws pistol and shoots her. 1t is
thought she is dead. 4 mounted po-
liceman rides on to make an arrest.
The assassin is about to give himself
up, when Burns steps forward and
says: mo, / did it," Curtain. The
fourth act gets him out of trouble and
into happiness.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-12-15
THIS WEEK AT
THE THEATRES

!. Orpheum-AH week, commencing
= Monday. matinees daily except :
(: Sunday and Monday. Vaudeville.
!. Grand-All week, commencing :
:. tonight. matinees Wednesday and :
!. Saturday, AT the Old Cross :
: roads"
|: IYriC-Au week, matinees on .
!. Wednesday and Saturday, 1.-The
!. Gold King"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-12-15

Conan takes twice as many acts as
the usual musical comedy has to tell
his story of 1.-THE Talk OF New York "
The first of them, at SheeDshead Bay
racetrack, offers little to describe, be-
cause its lively songs, dances and col
lOuuially witty patter and familiar
lines. People who don't care for scenes
of intense melOdrama sandwiched in
between songs and specialties like it
better than the later acts. But that
there is a large public to enjoy this
Cohan innovation has been proved by
several successes. l don't. None of
the acts has a musical finale, but each
has a dramatic climax.
The Kid Burns hero, a typical good
hearted. gambling Victor Moore sling
er of slang. has been smitten with an
innocent young girl of fashionable So
ciety, whose family is distressed by
q. newspaper animation Of betrOthal.
That's the last time I'll tell my trou-
bles to a bartender" Burns says. He
is apprehensive, yet pleased. when he
receives a note from the girl making
an appointment at a restaurant, but
he is distressed when he finds the mis-
sive gone from his pocket He has been
the accomplice of a glittering siren,
who breaks out in beautiful song. now
and then, because she is the vocally
excellent Nella Bergen Hopper, but
generally she sticks close to the ha-ha
adventures business. She consents to
sell the note she has stolen to Burns
for a large sum, payable in a certified
check. Burns has known something of
her brilliant Matchmaking past. but the
neatness of this deal. revealed to the
audience in all its realistic details. with
no attempt at exaggeration or eomical-
ity, stUns him. When she has tricked
him at every turn. he wonderingiy re-
marks: "Au I'd like to know is. how
did Vol. ever miss Tom Platt?"
Burns seems down and out but the
adventures comes back at him with
a better one still. The girl turns up,
hut she had not written the letter at
all. Burns now sees the plot from its
earliest carefully planned move. and
faces its resourceful instigator. She ex-
plains that, large as the check is, it is
more valuable to her than the cash,
for with it she can substantiate any
story she likes to invent against Burns.
who is endeayoring to show her uD to
thu parents of his sweetheart, whose
gufieless son she has enmeshed in her
web of fascination. When she has