The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 10, 1895, Page 5

* THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1895. 5 PACIFIC COAST NEWS, A Chinese Camp Express Agent Murdered by Outlaws. GEORGE MORRIS' FATE. Shot to Death While Defending Wells-Fargo Company’s Treasure. ESCAPE OF HIS ASSAILANTS. The Gold They Attempted to Secure Left by the Body of Their Victim. SONOKA, Car., Nov. 9.—George Morris, the assistant Postmaster and Wells-Fargo's agent at Chinese Camp, was murdered shortly after midnight this morning by two bandits while defending the express company’s t ire. He was riddled by bucks ed in great agony three hours after the affray. The men who committed the murder escaped, but it is claimed that just before Morris died he recovered consciousness and informed the officers who his assailants were. They are said to be known to Sheriff Cunningham. The stage from Oakdale brought to Chinese Camp about $700 in gold with which to pay the men at the Mammoth mine. When it arrived Morris took the treasure-box into the office, while thestage rolled on to the only hotel in the camp, where the horses are changed. When Morris entered his office be left the door open, expecting the down stage to arrive in a few minutes. The robbers had evi- dently followed him in, but were not seen | because of an intervening pile of boxes | until they ordered the agent to throw up Lis hands. Instead of complying Morris jumped for | a pistol which was lying on a desk several feet from him. He reached the desk, but before he could raise the weapon a charge from a shotgun carried by one of the out- | Jaws struck him, shattering the top of his | He fell to the floor, and his fiend- | skull. ish assailants seni another load of shot into his prostrate body. his pistol was discharged, the bullet speed- ing barmlessly over the outlaws’ heac Charles ith, the hostler at the hotel stables, heard the firing and hastened to the Postoffice. He called Morris by name, As Morris fell | son money when he asked for it, but that she gave him nonc nor did he have any to her knowledge the morning the store was held up and ie went to Los Angeles. The case will be continued next Monday, and promises to be very bitter. SEEIT T FOUND 1IN CAJUN PASS. The Missing German Hermit Cared for by a Vineyardist. SAN BERNARDINO, CArL., Nov. 9.—The old German, who a week ago was reported to have been starving to death in Cajon Pass and who, when a rescue party went out to bring bhim to the city and place him in the bospital, could not ke found, has been heard from and is alive. He is being cared for by Henry Meyers, a vineyardist, who lives in the pass. The old hermit says his illness is not from consumption, but that he has been suffering from grip or pneumonia. He was attended for a time by local phy- sicians, but not getting better he started for Victor. On the way to that place he came upon a deserted cabin and decided to make use of it. 3 While there he became very ill, and would have died from starvation had it not been for a certain cactus fruit,which he boiled and made into a sort of a tea. Last Sunday, when the rescue party was out, he | was at a neighbor’s house, and did not suffer from the storm that was raging. RELIGIOUS THGUGHT AND PROGRESS An Epitome o?gc}mons of the Week | Thronghout the Land. | [Following is a summary of the principal | | sermons recently delivered in the United | States and Canada by the leading clergy- men, priests, prelates, religious teachers and professors of the Christian faith., In every instance the full text has been care- fully read and abbreviated.] TOBACCO. Do not tell me any man is & ruler of himself who is led around by a cigar like a dog with a string.—Rev. Dr. Bonwell. evangelist, Phila- delphie, Pa. T CRSAL INTERESTS. Life is more serious to-day than ever before. The people on the other side of the world are our ncighbors. Our interests are mutual and blend_{oe: Rev. J. M. Hutchinson, Bap- tist, Ut SUPERSTITION. Many people cell Christianity a superstition, But a superstition which makes men better and leads from vice to virtue is surely better than e truth that only demonstrates itself.— Rey. Peter Clare, Methodist, Minneapolis, Minn. WOMAMN'S PLACE. Home is & woman’s place, in subjection to her husband, and it is the grandest place in the world. These new women fre man apes on e rond to dearadation.—Rev. P. G. Llson, ngelist, Bedford, Va. REAL CHRISTIANS, We want more real Christians, not so many make belicves. 1f you wani to find out what kind of & Christian a man is ask his business partner, his wife and hisnext door neighbor.— Dwight' Moody, cvangelist, at New Bedford, Jass. EVIL SPEECH. There is need of & higher standard of speech and thought among our young men. W | ness 1s not wit; nor is filth humor. be Wicked- Tt was the inning of these forms of sins that under- ed the great cities of antiquity.—Rev. C. outhigate, Worcester, Wass. ENVY. and receiving no reply alarmed the neigh- borhood. Lanterns were procured, when the stage emplo; s entered the room they found Morris lying in a pool of blood. | of Casar, and beeause of envy Christ was cru He was carried to the hotel, where he ex- | fied.—Rev pired several hours later, having remained i F unconscious until within a few moments | of his death. After shooting Morris the outlaws beat a hasty retreat, leaying the treasure, to se- | ticula ure which tkey had taken human life, lying untouched at the feet of the victim. Hostler Smith saw two men running down | the «jreet after the reports of their guns, bu? dunened to the Postoflice instead of pulsuing the fleeing murderers. the shipment of coin from Oakdale on the stage that had arrived in Chinese Camp P just before the shooting occurred. $5000 had been shipped to the agent of the Mammoth mine, and the men knew when 0 expect it, but it came in instaliments, end they would have secured but §$700. Morris bore a reputation for great bravery. He had always slept in the store kept by himself and brothers, in which the ex- press and postoffice is located. Some time azo one of the brothers offered to sleep there also. You if you insist on staying here alone,” he had remarked to the agent. The latter laughed at him, and the subject was never broached again. Morris was a native of California, 23 years of age. member of the Foresters and the Knights of Pythias. It is feared the shock will prove fatal to his aged mother. SAN- BERNARDINO TRIAL Attorneys for Young Demens Succeed in Barring His Confession. The Parents of the Alleged Outlaw Called as Witnesses for the * Defense. SAN BERNARDINO, Car., Nov. 9.— To-day’s pr Demens embr: against the adm made by the alle; defense’s fight of the confession young bandit on Sep- tember 6 in the San Bernardino County Jail. Demens went upon the stand and testified that Det : Pourade had prome ised extreme leniency if he would make a full confession. This was denied as absolutely false by the officer. The Assistant District Attor- ney, who wrote out the confession at the dictation of the defendant, said: “Demens said that no one had offered him any inducements; that he wanted to make a full confession, as he knew he could not prove his innocence.” As against the admitting of the confes- gion Mr. Demens Sr. and J. G. Cheney of Los Angeles testified that after the confes- sion was made Detective Pourade said to them: “T had hard work to get him to confess, but I made him no promise, but I only told him it would be’better for him."” The detective said that the statement of Judge Cheney and Mr, Demens Sr. was absolutely false, but despite this fact the court ruled out the confession. "In the course of his testimony in answer to the question, “Do you believe your son guilty 2"’ Mr. Demens Sr.smd: “I wou!d not move the hundredth part of an inch cut of right and justice to bel: himif I thought him guilty. but woul let hnim saffer for the crime.” ~ His opinion tives was far from flattering, asbesaid: “Iam a Russian and in Rus- vc hate detectives, It isconsidered a spot on a man’s character to be seen mpany with a detective.”” ing to introduce the confeasion, the n introduced a letter that young Demens wrote to his father while en route to San Pernardino from Los Angeles under arrest. The letter told of his arrest, and contamed a partial adm ission of his guilt. Mrs. Demens was called to the stand by t efense, taken from her son when arrested clothes Lie had about two years ago, but ghe did not know that he had them at the ime he was placed under arrest. ome night robbers will land | He was a| | | power | | Envy is one of the greatest sins. Persons and | {frequently hate others because they are suc- cessful. The passion of envy has dragged thousands to their graves. It cansed the death i “hristian Church, ‘Wallace Thorp, ugusta, FAMILY ENDEAVOR. world’s grandest illustration of the of family endeavor is found in the r iamily, for no other family ever o in- d a nation as this did, America in par- and the world as a_whole.—Rev, John Finch, Baptist, Brooklyn, N. Y. EVOLUTION. Evolution gives a deathblow to all panaceas, | 1 cures, It takes the conceit out of the would-be reformer. It rebukes the social as | well as the medical and the theological bigot. | Itintroduces them to endless patience, meas- ureless modesty, divine persistency.—Jenkin The Beech fluen ‘Ehe robbers were evidently posted about | Lioyd Jones, Chicago, Il1. MORAL COURAGE. What military courage is to the army, what ractical courage is to the statesman, what Some | physical courage is to the man of muscular Pprowess, 80 is moral courage to man in all his Teligious and _ethical relationship. Moral courage is fidelity to the right—Rev. Dr. | Locke, Methodis:, Portlana, Or. LYNCH LAW. a disgrace to any civilization, a crime against humanity, and they who resort to it for re- venge betray the instincts of the savage brute and stamp themselves in the eyps of civilized people as miserable cowards—Rev. J. B. Col- ert, Washington, D. C. CIVIL SERVICE. The administration of the Government should be conducted on business principles. Men should receive appointments to office not for what they have done for & party, but what they ean do for the state. A man who has done his work well should be continued in of- fice.—Rev. Dr. Halsey, Baptist, Oswego, N. Y. THE MODERN PREACHER. The minister of Christ to-day is every inch a man, ioside and outside, every inch & Christ- like man, a men among men, who is respected for his worth and not ‘for his clothes and not even for his oftice. If in any case he does not answer this description, thén he is the servant of some other master.—Rev. W. H. Moore, Pres- byterian, Doylestown, Pa. MIXED MARRIAGES. Mixed marriages often destroy the happiness of 8 home. Mixed, unfortunate marriages are in opposition to the moral well-being of chil- dren. An unequal marriage is an impediment in the way of Christian training. 1f father and mother are both_religious there is a splendid combination to train the youth. Be careful in | the choice of your life partner.—Rev. C. H. | Fitzwilliam, Baptist, Pittsburg, Pa. BORROW. We have not appreciated the touch of tears | and the transforming power of trouble. As | trouble makes us kindred to many we become | kindred to him who is the “mal of sorrow.” Sorrow, after all, is experience. The expe- rience of Jesus filled the disciples with sorrow, | but he said he became of worth to them as his life broadened out into these things.—Rey. John Rusk, Militant Church, Chicago, 111, THE UNIVERSE. The universe is the only nook God ever wrote. It needs no revision. Itimpliesno chosen peo- ple. It admits of no partial God. It canbe appropriated by no sect. It is the universal revelation of the universal God. Every man that grinds out a truth is inspired. Every man that sees & truth and tells it is a prophet sent of God.—Rev. J. E. Roberts, Unitarian, Kansas City, Mo. BETTING. ‘The difference between the sport at the races who backs the bay horse against the field for $2000 and the Jaughing lady in the reserved seat who wagers a box of candy againsta pair of gloves that the bey horse will come under the wire first s a difference only in degree. not in kind. Both bet, but one bets more than the giber.—Rev. W. A. Stanton, Baptist, Pittsburg, LU ‘THE PLEDGE OF ABSTINENCE. The safest remedy against intemperance is the pledgze of tolal abstinence. The best weapol azainst intemperance, the best weapon against toe saloon is the pledge of total absti- nence. There is no shame in the pledge. Itis 2 badc@0! honor. as it is a protection of man- hood. it appeals not to the drankard so much as to the man who does not need it.—Father ';lhomnu J. Conety, Roman Catholic, Worcester, ass. | MARRIAGE. Impress upon the people the importance of marriage. ‘The number of single men is alarm- ingly on the increase. Something must be done, and the man should share the punish- ment and disgrace that is meted out to the unfortnnate woman. Let us preserve the sanctity of the home, the church, the school. Incorporate into the body politic the im- portance of a universal law of reform for the social evil.—J. H. Craig, Allegheny, Pa. AMERICANISM. The need of the hour is the maintenance of all that is distinctly and pre-eminently true to the American idea. The spirit of patriotism and loyalty cannot well obtain in the midst of those who remain un-American in thought, ambition, education and cesire. Immigrants should be compelled to burn their ships be- hind them and lay aside the evils of countries from which they come.—Rev. F. T. D. Bickley, Methoaist, Wheeling, W. Va. A PERSONAL DEVIL. I believe in a personsal God; one who is d that she always gave her | Warner, Knoxville, Tenn. everywhere and all powerful. I aiso believe in She s S 's | a personal devil who is fighting for the mas- She identified the s:lom:s “l:;. e dlys§ t is as important to believe in the existence of a personal devil as in a personal God, for if man does not believe in the one who brought evil into the world he s not able to struggle against evil.—Rey.T.C. Lynch law and mob rule are a sin before God, | PACIFIC COAST NEWS, Decree From the Navy De- partment as to the Fate of the Adams, INTO THE FROZEN NORTH Reminiscence of Her Experienc:, With Indians on the Former Visit There. THE OLD PATRIARCH PINTA. She Will Return to Civilization When Relieved From the Northern Station. VALLEJO, Car., Nov. 9.— It has been decreed at the Navy Department | in Washington that the fate of the pioneer | warship Adams be to spend the remainder of her days among the icebergs of the frozen north. To carry out this decision appointed in love and does not value his life very highly. During the quiet months of summer the officers of the vessel take their outing by slinzing hammocks aboard the Pinta and remaining over night, but when the bad weather sets in they all hie themselves ashore and take a last look at the vessel every night before they retire, not expect- ing to see her afloat in the morning. The Pinta has served the idea of her detail well, for occasionally when the Indians and missionaries get hilarious she fires off & primitive howitzer, which constitutes her armament, and the natives take to the woods so far that they are sobered up by the time they recover from their fright and return to civilization. Beyond the expense of the powder used on such occasions and the salaries of the officers the Government is under no ex- pense for maintaining & vessel like the Pinta at Sitka, for 1t is a8 notorious fact that she has gone for years without once getting up steam or moving her anchorage. —— SUIT FILED AT SPOKANE. Attempted Foreclosure on the Norigages Against the Orzgon Navigation Company.l SPOKANE, Wasu., Nov. 9.—Suit was filed to-day in the United States court by the Bay State Trust Company of Massa- chusetts against the Oregon Railway and Navigation Company for the foreclosure of $16,000,000 of bonds. The complaint merely recites the ordinary allegations as to the existence of the road and the issu- ance of bonds, the interest on which is over sixty days past due, and further THE PIONEER WARSHIP ADAMS, OBSCURITY. RELEGATED TO ALASEKAN the historic old craft is now being cleaned and prepared at the Mare Island Navy- oblivion of Sitka. 1t has long been an accepted fact among naval officers that the ordering of a vessel to the Alaskan statiom means that the | | Government has no further use for her, | and the news of the fate of the Adams will | | be received with regrets by the many who | have sailed 2ll over the world in her. The Adams is very well known, having been for several vears attached to the Ber- | ing Sea patrol until the authorities at the | capital were told of the asininity they were exhibiting in sending & squadron of | war vessels every year to the north, while the British Government sent only one second-rate cruiser, which spent most of its time at anchor, while the officers were ashore hunting and fishing. This was last season, and since then the Adams has not been in commission, lying in the row with her flag down and a prey of the teredoes and elements. The order sending her north came somewhat in the form of a surprise, but was urgent, and ever since its receipt a large force has been employed in getting her into seaworthy | condition for the long run. This will not be the first time the Adams | has been on duty at the northern capital, butitis hoped that the present will not create such a sensation as did her last visit there. That was in 1882 and Captain Mer- riman was in command. During that year at Kilisnoo, on Admiralty Island, half way between Sitka and Juneau, an ac- cident happened that made no end of trouble. A fellow known as “Yank,” who spent his time when he was not manu- facturing whisky for the Indians in seal- ing and whaling, was out with a little schooner one day looking for seals, when a whale appeared between him and the shore. The small vessel had a whale gun aboard, and this Yank speedily lJoaded and fired at the monster. His aim was bad, however, and instead | of getting the whale the shell sped on over the water into an Indian village, where it exploded, killing a minor chiefand wound- ing several other natives. As soon as the natives recovered from their surprise they set out in canoes and soon overhauled Yank, who was brought ashore and told that if he did not give them 1000 blankets at once they would kill him. Yank had no way of securing the ransom, but was fortunate enough to communicate with the authorities in Sitka, and assoon as Captain Merriman heard of his predicament he steamed away for Kilisnoo, arriving there shortly before the time set for Yank's ex- ecution. A boatioad of marines was sent ashore by Merriman with instructions to release the captive. This the Indians refused to do unless the blanket demand was met, and the marines at once discharged a vol- ley, killing many of the natives. Then the marines stacked arms and proceeded to demolish every hut, until they came to the one in which Yank was held captive. He was speedily released, and before the men returned they bad taken something like $10,000 worth of skins, blanketsand ammu- nition from the natives. Most of the Indians took to the woods at the first shot and did not return for several days to their desolated camp. Merriman was severely censured by the press, but when the few whites in Alaska testified that he did nothing more than right, and had done much toward subduing the overbearing natives, his action was ap- plauded. The transfer of the Adams to the Sitka station means that the old patriarch, Pinta, which occupies about the same reputation in the navy as does the Oliver Wolcott among the vessels of the revenue marine service, will return to civilization again after years of exile on the northern station. She ‘will probably be dismantled and sold, if any one can be found foolish enough to purchase her outside the ranks of relic hunters. The Pinta is one of the few vessels which remain to tell the tale of the navy years before the late war, and next to the Michigan which was built in 1844, and which is still on duty at Erie, Pa., she is the oldest vessel in the navy. For many years she has been occupying a position in the harbor at Sitka, manred most of the yard, before being relegated forever to the | : timt_a by a > aiugls watchmgn, 1@0 was ‘E‘.E charging that under the receivership the road does not prove to be in _a prospering condition, and that for this reason the iff asks the court to compel the re- ceiver to show cause why the mortgage should not be foreclosed. peineb o NEZ PERCE SEITLERS. Thousands of Home-Seekers Awaiting the Opening of the Rescrvation, SPOKANE, Wasu., Nov. The news of the President’s proclamation setting November 18 as the day for throwing open the Nez Perce reservation for settlement, was greeted with a great demonstration by ceveral thousand home-seekers who have long waited on the border of the reserva- tion for the word that would perniit them to cross the line, The land to be opened has long been known as the garden spot of Idaho, and is worthy of the name. Additional troops will be sent at once to aseist those already there to preserve order i\pd prevent *‘sooners'” from crossing the ine. s LUCK OF A SAN RAFAEL MAN. Foreman Hanlon of the Pioneer Mill Miraculously Escapes Death. BAN RAFAEL, CarL., Nov. 9.—Foreman Hanlon of the San Rafael Pioneer Mill and Lumber Company while working around the flywheel of the machinery in | the mill to-day had a miraculous P!CSPQ he from death. His clothing caught in t wheel and he was carried around the circuit several times. His screams drew Jobhn L. Davenport to the spot. Daven- port managed to seize the swiitly flying man’s clothine and dragged him from the machinery. He was taken to his home, where he will be confined for some time to come. B Admission Day at Tacoma. TACOMA, Wasi., Nov. 9.—Monday, No- vember 11, will be the anniversary of Washington’s admission into statehood. The teachers and pupils of the schools and academies will celebrate in a becom- ing manner. Judge Elwood Evans will deliver an address here and short exereises will follow. Selling IAguor to Indians. UKIAH, CaL, Nov. 9.—Charles Ger- lachson, laborer, was arrested to-day charged with selling liquor to Indians. This is the second arrest under the State law in this county. The first was F. Niepp, who was convicted last April and sen- tenced to San Quentin for one year. e Suicide Near Carson. CARSON, NEv., Nov.9.—Melvin 0. May- nard, aged 40, committed suicide in King Canyon, a mile from this city, last night, by shooting himself through the heart with a revolver. Despondency is thought to have been tne cause. Maynard was an 0dd Fellow in good standing. Stirring Time in an Arizona Show. There was a performance in the ostrich department of the syndicate shows re- cently which had not been advertised. It took the place of the strong-man feature which was advertised but didn’t come off. Sammie Hughes was standing near the ostrich conservatory, making a scientific study of the birds and smoking a freshly lighted 10-cent cigar. An ostrich suddenly lengthened his neck about a foot and re- moved the cigar from Mr. Hughes’ month and swallowed it, fire and all. The length of an ostrich’s neck furnishes & wonderful ©_portun'ty for a lighted cigar, and it burned esery inch of the way as it went down. Theostrich acted as if he regretted having given way to the prompting of his indiscriminate appetite. A gentleman connected with the show in the capacity of chambermaid for the os- triches saw the cigar disappear within the bird’s bill. He accused Mr. Hughes of hav- ing made a voluntary contribution and uttered language which was neither moral nor polite, showing that the spiritual training of this great educational me- nagerie is not what it is cracked up to be. He threatened to eject Mr. Hughes from the premises. Mr. Hughes tried to explain that he was the chief loser by the transaction, aud that the whole thing was an affair between himself and the ostrich. Deputy United States Marshal Ezekiel also began to u{ that the ostrich had brought the trouble on himself. The show- man pushed Mr. Ezekiel aside and the officer was compelled to exhibit his gun as bis badge of authority. In the meantime the cigar had been ex- tinguished in the bird’s gizzard, and he seemed to have forgotten the episode of the cigar and was looking longingly at an empty soda-water bottle which Jay on the ground just out of reach.—Tucson Star. ——————— Cuba has twelve varieties of mosquitoes and 300 varieties of butterflies. PACIFIC COAST NEWS Bandit Brady Handicapped by His State Prison Record. IT TELLS AGAINST HIM. He May Be Convicted Upon the Ground of Previous Rep- utation. FOOR CASE FOR THE PEOPLE. Marysville People Inclined to the Be- lief That the Prisoner Will Go Free. MARYSVILLE, Car., Nov. 9.—It seems to be the general opinion here that the prosecution has failed to make much of a case against bandit Brady up to the pres- ent time. In factif the case was to go to the jury now and Brady’s reputation pre- vious to the killing of Sheriff Bogard car- ried with it any weight in his bebalf he would get an acquittal without its leaving the box. But Brady’sconstant association with “Big” Browning, even to the day be- fore the robbery, and the knowledge that he has served time in State prison for past crimes tells against him. Aside from this there is another matter that may cause un- easiness to Brady—the belief that the prosecution, instead of putting in its strongest evidence at the beginning, is re- serving it for the close. Among leading witnesses examined to- day were J. B. Barrie of Linda Township and Miss Kate Giblin of Yuba City. Both identified the detendant as “Jack” Mc- Guire. They knew him in 1894, and also knew Browning,the robber who waskilled, as Sam McGuire. Special Officer P. D. Linville of San Fran- cisco was also an important witness, his evi- dence tending to show that a close com- panionship existed between the defendant and the dead robber. He testified that*he had known Brady in San Francisco for five or six years. Brady was known there as Harry Wiiliams, and was generally to be found in the company of Browning. They used to visit a dance hall on Grant avenue frequently. Brady enjoyed dancing, and Browning would stand 2 him while he whirled duli care away in the mazes of waltz or mazourka. They seldom associated intimately with other men. Max Marks, a merchant of Oroville, testified that he rode np on the Knights Landing train with Browning, who got off at Marysville. Browning asked a great many questions about roads and bridges in the vicinity of Reed’s Station, near where the hold-up took place, and seemed par- ticularly interested in that locality. Charles L. Bills,a hardware dealer of Oro- ville, stated that Brady came into his place afew days before the robbery, to get re- pairs for his bicycle. On a later visit in the same quest he was accompanied by another man. Bills was shown a photograph of Brown- ing, but could not identify it as a likeness of the man who accompanied Brady. Harry - Jacobs, the day clerk of the Union Hotel, Oroville, stated that the two men came there on March 25. The smaller one registered as S. Browning of San Francisco and the larger as J. Williams of Marys- ville. J. Williams, a plasterer, testified that he saw Brady and Browning riding on their bicycles over the bridge leading out of Marysville in the direction of Reed's sta- tion. This was the afternoon before the robbery. He claimed to be certain as to the identity of Brady because Brady had smiled as he went by, and he remembered that smile. He could not remember the clothes that the defendant wore, but re- membered how Browning was dressed. He believed, however, that Brady had on a dark coat and vest. Williams was closely cross-examined by the defense and becom- ing provoked replied in such strong lan- guage that he was rebuked by the court. At the conclusion of Williams’ testi- mony an adjournment until Monday morning was taken. HENRY IRVING'S MACBETH Famous Actors Who Have Pre- ceded Him in That Im- personation. MRS. SIDDONS' LADY MACBETH. How Ellen Terry’s Conception Dif- fers From That of Actresses Before Her. .Since Henry Irving is about to make his first appearance as Macbeth in the United States, at Boston, it is interesting to note the great actors who have preceded him in the role and the famousactresses who have played Lady Macbeth before Ellen Terry’s day. Many an entertaining anecdote exists of those players of old, and from the collec- tion of picturesque stories made by Charles E. L. Wingate in the “Macbeth” chapter of his fascinating new book, ““Shakspeare’s Heroines on the Stage,” some of the sketches can be culled. There, for instance, is the story of Mrs. Pritchard, one of the greatest of Lady Macbeths, who was totally ignorant of the play except from her hear- ing it acted under the glare of the foot- lights, never having read a line of it ex- cept the text of her own part on the leaves given her by the prompter. And yet “when Pritchard played Lady Macbeth, the utterance of the words, ‘Give me the daggers! " is said by Mr. Wingate, “to have sent a thrill through the audience that no one else could produce, while in the sleep-walking scene the horror of her sigh was such as to make the young re- member it with trembling.” In this char- acter she played her farewell the 25th of April, 1768, to Garrick’s last Macbeth. avid Garrick’s Macbeth must have been wonderful when, in a drawing-room without any stage illusion, the actor, in his ordinary dress, could recite the dagger scene so_grandly, jollowing with his eyes in such intense earnestness the air-drawn dagger, that the whole gathering broke forth into a general cry of admiration. For the matter of costume, however, 1L does not seem as if the presence of it could have heightened the illusion, when we re- call that Garrigk, with all his enthusiasm | from any weeds, nineteen weed see ound and wait for | for the great bard, dressed his Macbeth in the scarlet coat, gold-laced waistcoat and powdered wig of an officer of the actor’s own day, and moreover, gave the Thane, after he became King, an immense flowing Wwig as large as that worn by the Barons of Exchequers. Mrs. Pritchard, in her character, wore long stays and hooped petticoats, and dressed her powdered hair high upon her head, costuming Lady Macbeth in the same way that Cleopatra and other heroines were clothed. It was Mrs. Sid- dons, says Mr. Wingate, who first of all had the sense and courage to wear flowing draperies with a very short waist, and to braid her hair close to her head. . An amusing story of Mrs. Siddons’ real- ism is told in ** Shakspeare’s Heroines.” The author is describing the astonishment shecreated in the mind of her dresser when preparing for Lady Macbeth. **Without thinking of her assistant, Mrs. Siddons, running over her part in her mind, sud- denly uttered aloud, with full force of in- tonation and with appropriate gesture, the words: ‘Here's the smell of blood stilll’ whereat the startled dresser cried, * I pro- test and vow, ma’am, you're hysterical. 1t’s not blood, but rose-pink and water. I saw the propertyman mix it up with my own eves.’’’ Macready and the beautifui Helen Faucit came to the chief roles of *‘ Macbeth ” in the early part of this century. Then came the *‘rude, impulsive soldier” of Samuel {;helps and the careful Macbeth of Charles ear. Of Henry Irving’s Macbeth the book says: ‘Kate Bateman (Mrs. Crowe), one of the child prodigies of 1851, played the part in 1873 to Henry Irving’s Macoeth, and then came Ellen Terry to a later Mac- beth of Irving—later in date but not in conception—for Irving, in spite of hot criticism, has clung to his humanized character. “Elien Terry attempted to revolutionize | the remorseless, terrible woman of pre- vious impersonators. She believed Shakes- peare’s Lady Macbeth was essentially feminine, and based one argument, to clinch that plea, upon the woman’s faint- ing after the murder, when triumph is ap- parently at hand. Mrs. Siddons, with others, omitted that effect as inconsistent with their counception of the character. With Terry, soft smiles preceded and fol- lowed terrible utterances; in Macbeth’s arms she rested in gentlest womanhood; in the manner of a dove she described the murderous act of a demon. Human even to charming, modern “and womanly, Terry’s Lady Macbeth was regarded as more of a curious ndvelty than an accurate impersonation. “While this new Lady Macbeth, in place of the raven locks of tradition, displayed bair of a reddish tint, with two long braids reaching to the ground, and showed a blithe, companionable woman, her Mac- beth, as pictured by Mr. Irving, was an irresolute, craven _self-lover. Beardless, with a little, flaming red mustache pro- f.ectiug only bevond the corners of the ips, Irving was pictured by one critic as ‘a Macbeth with a restless eye,a Macbeth with a spare, nervous frame, a Macbeth with the face of a hungry gray wolf.’ With rare consistency the actor has kept his delineation of the character un- changed, in spite of the criticism that had attacked his first presentation, some years before the latter grand revival.’” An interesting coincidence is mentioned by Mr. Wingate, who throughout his book eri Tesents not on Miacbeths, Oph , Desdemonas and other Shakesperean heroines, but also quaint bits of information and amusing and pathetic anecdotes. “On the very night Ellen Terry for the first time essayed Lady Macbeth,”’ he says, “Isabel Glyn-Dallas, the most noted Lady Macbeth surviving at that time, lay on Ler deathbed.” Mrs. Glynn was well known to old playgoers in America. But one native-born American has ever become famous in Lady Macbeth. The world knows her name—Charlotte Cush- man. Mrs. Duff and Mme. Janauschek, however, became so identified with the American stage that their names should, in justice, follow that of the great Boston actress. Mrs. Douglass (formerly Mrs. Hallam) was the first actress in the role on our stage, playing the part in Philadelphia December ™ 1, 1759, with her son, _the younger Lewis Hallam, as the first Mac- beth of America, just as he had also been, ten weeks before, the first Hamlet. Of a later Lady Macbeth, Mrs. Melmorth, the following story is told in “Shaks- peare’s Heroines on the Stage”: “The once shapely figure of the lady had now developed into such generous proportions as to'nearly wreck her debut in New York, through one of those unlucky misappli- cations ot the text of the play. ‘Strike here,” she cried, as Euphrasia in the ‘Grecian Daughter,” when bidding Dionysius kill her rather than her be- loved father: ‘Strike here; here's blood enough.’ The audience forgot the point of the aagger in the point of the words, and roared so heartily as utterly to discon- cert the players. Never again did Mrs. Melmorth utter those words, ‘Here’s blood enough,’ when she acted Euphrasia. But as Lady Macbeth she certainly succeeded.” The oldest surviving Lady Mazbeths of America to-day are Mme. Ponisi and Mrs. D. P. Bowers, of whom entertaining stories are told in several chapters of Mr. Win- gate’s book. The first has a record of forty-five years upon the stage, the other nearly half a century of experience. “Mme. Ponisi acted to the Thane of Ed- win Forrest shortly after the great Astor- place riot, when Macready was practically stoped from New York by the assault of the mob on the piayhouse while the Eng- hishman was trying to act Macbeth. And here it may be mentioned that the English- born Lady Macbeth of that unfortunate night of May 10, 1849, was Mrs. Coleman- Pope, a beautiful and queenly lookin, woman, who, when the stones crashe: through the windows and the rattle of musketry without showed that blood was being shed, stood without flinching by the side of Macbeth, displaying undaunted mettle. She was at that time 40 years of age.” Few peolfle before reading Mr. Wingate's book would have known that Charlotte Crampton, the famous Mazeppa of past vears, was once the Lady to Edwin Booth’s Macbeth, or that Matilda Heron and Clara Morris, both noted as Camille, had essayed the Shakespearean role. The character was the last played by Charlotte Cushman. *On the 7th of November, 1874, says the author, ‘“‘at Booth’s Theater, she bade farewell to New York in her favorite char- acter, George Vandenhoff acting Macbeth. A grand testimonial was the outpouring of noted men and women on that occasion, and the subsequent reception, when 20,000 people crowded about her hotel to greet her. A round of the other cities followed; and then, on May 15, 1875, her Lady Mac- beth to D. W. Waller's Macbeth, at the Globe Theater, Boston, closed her career. Nine months later, February 18, 1876, in her sixtieth year, Chariotte Cushman died in the same city, ber native home.” ns of the Lady ILLUMINATED OPAQUE OBJECTS FOR THE Microscore.—The illumination of opaque objects for the microscope has, with high powers, been hitterto almost impossible. M. Ch. Fremont has described an ex- tremely ingenious method of carrying out the desired end. Inside the body of the microscope is fixed a concave mirror, which reflects the bundle of rays of light received through an aperture in the side, and rendered parallel by an interposed prism, through the ob- ject glass, on to the object under examina- It is aifficult, withoup seeing the rivance, to understand how the eye, ar.d at_the eyepiece end, can see the ob- jett. Thisis cleverly provided for by the sifaple expedient of boring a hole through bgth mirror and prism in the track of 1l rays passing from the objective. F?:m this device great service is antici- pited in the chromo-photographic study ofithe movement of microscopic beings. e WIND 1N THE SOWING OF SEEDS.—Re- pérts from the North Dakota Experimental Sfation give remarkable confirmation to the well-known fact that wind plays an important part in the distribution of seeds. In two square feet of a three-week-old and three-inch deep snow- drift upon an ice pond ten yards were found, and another drift similarly situated yielded thirty-two seeds, repre- senting nine varieties. While the wind was blowing twenty miles an hour a peck of mixed seed was poured on the snow crust, and ten minutes after 191 wheat grains, 53 flax seeds, 43 buckwheat and 91 ragweed seeds were found in a trench 30 rods from where they had been poured upon the crust. A RepuTeEp REMEDY FoR HAY Frvir.— Martyrs to hay fever will learn with in- terest the experience of Dr. Fuber of Ham- burg, who suffered a great deal from hay fever during several summers. He noticed that in winter a coryza was :\ccom}. nied with hot ears, which remained their normal temperature when the dis- charge from the nose was established. He tried to reverse the order of thingson the hay fever, and ruboved his ears until they became red hot. He can-now lead an endurable existence. Assoon as there is the least amount of fullness in the nose the ears are noticeably pale. A thorough rubbing of the ears has always succeeded in freeing the nasal mucous membrane from congestion. The rubbing must be thorough and repeated. O~NE WaY 10 GET Rip o FLEAS.—One of the halis at Cornell University became infested by fleas; one of the professors de- vised the following plan of getting rid of them: The negro janitor was far- nished with a pair of rubber boots, on which were ticd sheets of fly-paper, with the sticky side outward, right up the leg. The janitor was then made to patrol the floor of the hall for several hours a day. 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