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About The Red Cloud chief. (Red Cloud, Webster Co., Neb.) 1873-1923 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 8, 1895)
hMMMWamMMMMMMWW mmmgmm y' ijiii"iy"j &&rsrma9il1Flfa'mm W rQfTi ', T I II ' V , vv' . yT- '' $ THE BED CLOUD CHIEF. FRIDAY, NOV. , 101)5. :? I . r h 5 POTTER'S iNEW FLAY. "LE COLLIER DU LA REINE" OF FERS NEW CHANCUS lrr lli- llrioitnitit of tlio At-lrcftV Wnll-KuiHTii 1iiIiiiU Sin- Talk With i I'rllJr Atiimt llrr liiipt-rim.itltiii Mr. II-I1i-h' lrl. KAUTY like licrs Is RnlllllH," Otle poot lin3 well calit; foi, In ttuth. beauty Is the feminine of genius. This gift, however, and In the ciibc of tin urtrcBS pnrtlctilm ly. Is jn ily u starting mint, o condition upon which she nmy Bet out upon the career of nrtlst. In art, as In life, noblesse oblige. In vain the gift, unless sho who possesses It possess nlsa tlio conviction and courage to exprcs.-i It fully; for where much lt given, much more Jh required. Sooner or Inter aho must pay the penalty, whether of suc fhs or fnllure: and. reu'ly. It U her manner and spirit of taking the pun iHhnieut of ndvcialty that finally de termines her right to n permanent high place In tho lanks of her railing. It was Mrs. Toiler's fortune to encounter IhlH htruggle for artistic existence at an early period of her professional cn ictir. Ah this besnu eight jears ago, It Is only fair to Hay now that sho m eomo tlnoiigh the trial In splendid form. Mrs. Potter, by temperament, as piration and study, was CBcntlully an uctrcss, whom circumstances had placed tempornri:. In the role of a so ciety Idler; but everybody thought and some people havo not got rid of tho notion jet that she was mciely a so ciety woman stage-struck. Her very beauty prejudiced her rause. since thoso who witnessed her debut as Cleo patra took It for granted that she could not know how to read Shakespeare's verse, and unjustly summed up all her merits as a succes do hollo femmc. It does not appear that she has over In dulged In feuds with her critics. In deed. I fanuy sho is Inclined to set rather loo much store by what they. say nbout her. At all events, hhc was In no danger of being tpoCed by over praise at the outset. Presently she found that, owing to tho publicity which circumstances hail given to pure ly personal facts of her life, audiences and critics alike were unablo to dis sociate the actress from the woman. .Inevitably, perhaps, thoy confused Judg ment of tho ono with futile gossip nbout tho other. Mm. Potter then proceeded quietly to denioustiato tho eat neatness of her convictions by making a pro fessional tour of tho world, playing nn extensive repertory that winged from Shakespearian tragedy to the Intense KYRLE UELLEW IN ACT I. modernity or "Franclllon" nnd "The rcso Knquln," and becking the Imperial verdict of English audiences In India, Australia, China, Japan, and the Capo Colony. Tho verdict vvns rendered In no uncertain tones. It wns, Success! MrJ. Potter gained broad artistic ex perience, won cordial friends, nnd In- cldentnlly made money. Returning then to America, enthusiastic and con fident, sho made a circuit of the States, and Hnnlly, last season, again threw down tho gauntlet In Now York 'city. Tho play was "Charlotto Corday," and it was presontcd at a Harlem theater. Tho sombre drama affordod Its heroine one or two real opportunities, and theso Mra. Potter was able to develop .with lino and euro ctfect. Sho gave tho metropolitan public a thrill of sur priso, nnd the critics gracefully ac knowledged that a new actress had eomo to town. This was her open sesame to the Inoadway thenters, and prepared tho way for the piesent grand production of "Le Collier 'do In Heine," In which Mrs. Potter "doubles" the lolcs of the Queen Marie Antoinette oud I ho adventuress Ollvu I.eguay. I nskcl Mis. Potter a leading question In regard to her conception of thU pnrt of Mario Antoinette, and her general idea of acting, and Bho replied: "Why, I ennnot pretend to act a part unless I do It spontaneously. What I mean Is, that after finding out all 1 can by study about tho chnracter to bo pro wntcd Mario Antoinette, for Instance I try to feci that character by Iden tifying my own personality with It. Then tho thing to do Is to Im press this assumed chnracter upon my audience, through tho beat means or expression 1 can command. This ex pression must necessarily have Borne of my own Individuality In ILr From what other sourco could natural Impulso come? Isn't all art tho expression of individual temperament? The rulen ap ply only to tho mechanical structure of the work; of courso, one has to study them, too. But some one whose concep tion of Mario Antoinette differs from mine, or who may have no real concep tion of her at all, but onlyu conven tional Idea.may toll me 1 ought to play the part thus and so. Even If willing, thc-gh, I couldn't change to his Ideal. And If I did cnange, wouiu i ceiivinci? .,.r? Probably not, ulnce I did not f ,"Wylnce myself." 1 tried to got her" to nscnt to my prop nsltlon that in "I.c Collier do la Heine" sho was handicapped by tho languago put Into her mouth, which might bo tol erable i:ngll8h. but certainly was not good dramatic lines. Sh- vould not mi ni It nnythlng of tint Kind, though sho expressed her strong predilection for blank verse, and was sure that some of her best moments had been In tho Slinktsponrlnn tragedies. "Well, you seem to havo u clear con science, artistically speaking." "Ah, esl I nm happy and hopeful, which I know I couldn't be If I were re ally in tho wrong course. There Is noth ing like self-confldencc and conviction. I have-got much comfort from tho Hues of an old English poet: " 'Uy thine own soul's law learn to live And If men scorn thee, take no care; And If men halo thee, take no heed, Hut sing thy song and do thy deed, And hopo thy hope, and pray thj prayer, And crave no pralso they will not give AS OUVA, ACT I. Nor bays they hair.' " grudgo thee for thy I wanted to tell Mrs. Potter that I thought her hair very well without bays. It In bronze-colored of tho deep, warm tinge of a sea Hower, or oak leaves In a glint of autumn sunshine. Henry Tyrrell, In Leslie's Weekly. THE STAGE. Ljdla Thompson Is pln.vlng in "An Artist's Model" at the London Ljric theater. IJlwyn A. Harron Is dramatizing Oeorgo niiot's "Homola" for Julia Mar lovvo Tuber. Knlo Ellsler will play Juliet and Rosa lind this winter, and John Ellsler, her father, has Joined her company. Among the best known membors of tho Carl Rosa English Opern company for the coming season are Zcllo do Lus san, Ella Russell, McGitckln, and Lud w Ig. The repertory of Julia Marlowe Tabor and Robert Tabor for tho season In cludes "Romeo nnd Juliet," "Twelfth Night," "As You Like It," and "Henry IV." John Hare has been publishing his opinions about the art of acting. He In one of thoso who do not believe In ever trusting to the inspiration or tho mo ment. Marin Hurrouglis has settled In Hoi ton for the winter, nnd lias taken a studio on Hoylston street. She baa re fused all offers to appear until after tho holidays. Tom Karl Is a prosperous man. He has Invested his earnings In real estntc in Rochester and In a summer home near Rochester, as well as In real es tate In Now York. "Hamlet" Iiuh been translated Into Chlncso by the Director of the Pckln Academy of Sciences, nnd will bo per formed this winter by the Imperial com pany of nctors before tho Enipoior nud his court. Joseph Jefferson has for sovornl years advised Thomas Q. Seabrooko to leave comic opera In favor of comedy. It has been suggested that Seabrooko would bo well eaBt as Caleb Plummer, n favor ite part of Jefferson's. Olrn mnl lha l'rmt Agtnt. Otero, tho French prima donna, has been hc.yd from at Paris In a rather LA FIELLE OTERO, ttrnngo light. This time the cable an- nTwHh nro7e.l,BnamohTu,Whaa trouble withiber landlord, andthat'Hho has been served with a notice to va cate her apartments, which sbo has re fused to do. Hence, tho excitement. It Bhould be remarked In passing that Otero Is coming to America next year and that she firmly believes In prosa agents. Hence, tho cable - ..... . . - . - Mrs. Langtry la 41 years of age, baa been on thTitage a number of year, and yet la just no (v fulnefpr ner ftv Wivwce.r yivriM'? .., ANTARCTIC WONDERS. WHAT THE EXPLORATIONS OF UORCHOREVINCK REVEAL. tlnn hM Ntiirohuim- of VMllh--Mn ltd round Mllhln Tli.... H, 000,0011 .Mile. - Vittntlilo .Mlncrul. mi l'nAi-.tluii Ulittnl. 111-: vast Allintie continent, 8,000,000 miles In extent, linn been receiving much attention at tho geographical congress assembled In London, mil! a great deal of new Information on tho subject has been secured. ' Whllo It Is truo that no man has jet penetrated beyond the .stupendous Ico wall biirrouudlu this unknown and msterloua contin ent, a during Norwegian nnvlgntor, tho Columbus of tho Antartlc, has Just to turned and told of tho wondciful things ho found theie. Ho Is C. Edgebcrg Horehgrovinck, and he Is the Ilrst white man to Head tho ground of this vast and hitherto unknown land. From what Horehgrovinck says- and all of his statements aro corroborated by tho log of tho ship and the. members 7 ZsJ rCinMW', JiCtiiTli-w w. iS.7",kjr-- w-hnpf ' w'" r j r a- v. of tho crew this Is a region wholly un like what had previously been thought. Its conditions aro peculiarly adapter to easy exploration, and what has al ready been found lends to tho convic tion that animal and even human life may exist thpro in a degree never be fore suspected. On Possession Island vegptntlon was discovered 30 feet alwvo tho sea lovel, nnd Horchgrevinek found plants which were nnver boforo discovered within tho Antarctic ciicle. This Island Is about 350 acres In size, nnd it will, saya Horehgrovinck, make nn excollent land ing place for all futuro expeditions to tho vast continent stretching away at Its back. The vast Ico wall which Is tho pecu liar characteristic, of this conllnent vvns seen stretching In both dlrectlonx as far as tho eye could sec. In places It towered 12,000 feet above tho sea level, crowning great perpendicular rocks that roso from tho waves. One or tho most surprising results or Horchgrevlnek's voyage Is his report or vnBt undeveloped mineral wealth, which In countlesH stores seem to Ho waiting tho hand or tho miner In this unknown continent. This Includes not only metals, but precious stones. IIo picked up u large number of gnr nct specimens right near tho shore. Thcio precious stones wcro lying around looso, and ho naturally con cludes thnt there aro many more of thorn. Wherover garnets ure found other precious stones aro not unlikely !'. ?'. P "TO . ir tin a nTnrPi in I'niniiii'iii. i hv iiiil uu If Hip Antarctic continent may not bo ono vast storehouse of piincrnl wealth which may exist there In dodrcaniod-of unntltles. Possibly connected wltti this Is the iBtonlahlng and hitherto unexplained aurora constancy witnessed by tho ex plorer shooting up from behind the Ice barrier and Illuminating the heavens of this far-off quarter of the earth. Buch a display of the aurora', say Itorcbgreylnck, took, place on Febru ary 17,aqd inva,JI bis, experience In Uio Arctic be says be uever aaw Hi equal. r$$ "siH5BWik' ' ''siotm' "vmtffl' 1W;. -tf ' .'J!!WtF4r ll in1! ' J I'B LjdHVHVHFHHHTVk. 1.'ITl U ,IILiVw . j.m '''" V t .f N HH I LI Hl't ' A I U i I IK. 1. t t'VHiktl. . . In, . . M, . i !l J ' Vb iHHHMMI iiHPv'S I S ' rf&&rmB JTWjawyiB ftjf-l. . .lJ' tf5w'iK. 1- WTTt&tii'KtSf.rM'r&UMMVVWIW!iirUBHt - ifz" -V'-&,? tiftb. ij- x-t..!j'rT.' p t "i ,, i nrrnnnr From tho southwest, he says, vast streamers of light shot Into tho hoav oini, making an Intel play of gorgeous colors that swung the whole gamut of tho prismatic keyboard. It was at once awful and niaugnllkent. Provlotm navigators have described Antarctica as an lrieguliir united of land, having souunvhnt the shape of n deformed foot with a swelled ankle. Tho bulk of It Is In tho easlern hemis phere. It Is very Imperfectly defined on charts and maps. As good a guess as any of Its atea states the latter at S, 000,000 nqnnro tulles, making the con tinent larger than Australia. Uorchgrovlnck shot one seal of u spcclen hitherto unknown, whlrh sceiu ed to havo no external ears. In 180:! whaling vessels from Scotland tried to find the whnlobone producing whole In those iU'iis, but without suet ess, though there were plenty of "hump-backs" and "blue" whales. The latter. In gieat schools. Jumped out of the water like salmon, mi as to show their whole length. In that strange land the mountains nie actually built to soino extent out of snow. Lnveis of snow occur between rtrata of lava and nshoH, This Is ex plained by tho fact that tho auhes thrown out by volcanoes fall cold and form a solid enke, which is one of the, noil, In mnny cases they are not perl beat non-conductors known. j ndlcnls at all, but merely circular Volcanoes aro built out of the prod-1 scaled up as letters giving the terini nets of their own erupt Ion, being com posod of debris piled around n vent. iL'fflT BJ ILn. - TT. "5330M 1 1. iw nmM -mnWSS " " v -- j . ,a.Ji as I i if!r;.' -i "WV-MVJMltyr .. M '! - ! 1II!II . !! - ., -finJlN. talMiti.ri wi .i mm" --an i.mwiiitw irLwrnfJi. (r- .,.,;"" " VT-. . wt' v 4i!sr- ""1 '. '- . ,. . . . WONDERS OF THE ANTARCTIC OCEAN. Ashes and lava aro deposited around the craters In nlternute layers, nnd be tvveon these He strata of snow. Molten lavn may flow over the crust of ashes without molting the snow beneath. Thus glaciers are sometimes .scaled up under tho layer or lava. Capo Adair Is'lu 74 degrees south lat itude. Horehgrovinck thinks that ships could winter there, so thnt an expedi tion Into tho Interior might bo started thence In summer, Siirnmu mi I lie llrncli. Some years ago there Hvod In Ala bama a Judgo who was noted for tlio sarcasm which he dispensed during his administration of Justice, Op ono occa sion a voung man was tried for steal ing a pocketbook. Tho next cose wan for murder. The ovldenco In the lar ceny ensu wan slight, but In tho other seomed to tbo Judge conclusive. To his amazement and wrath, however, tho Jury convicted tho young mini and ac quitted tho murderer. In passing sbn tonco upon tho convicted thief, after tho discharge of tho other prisoner, the judge said: "Young man, you havo not been In this country !ong?" "No, your honor," replied the prlaorier. "I thought not," snld tho Judge; "you don't linpw theso people; you may kill them, but don't touch their pockclbookH-." On another occiiHlon, when the ovl denco seemed to point conclusively' to the prlsoikr'u guilt, hut whnn the Judj?o, from on experloncc, distrusted the Jurymo:H wisdom, tho counsel for J,ho defendant sad; , "It Is better that ninety-nine guilty pei tons should escnpo than that omVln nocent man Hhould suffer," InStilH charge to tho jury the Judge adm)ttcd tho soundness of tho proposition, but added lmprenulvoly' nnd severely: "On tleinen, T want you to boar In mind that jilncty-nfuo have already escaped.'- s" r f M'fi '. ' i All of tbo Hrltlsh. and continental il&mihlpYltnea 'Jiiv''advnccd tbelr, steerage rotes to Europe. I K MISSING WORD SWINDLE8. villi I Incline lilu In I'.nqlMiiil AlllimiKh Pinlillillnl liy l.nw. Though "missing word" contests vvero declared Illegal six months or a year ago In England and were supposed to have been definitely stopped, they are still being parried on. Unfortunate ly It is 6nly the fraudulent ones that are now In existence, The "missing word content" wan so popular for many months after It was Introduced that It has been kept up even against the law. Tt never attained any great popularity In this country. A sentence was print ed with one word left blank, and the llrst person who Mipplled tho missing word by mall got tho chief prize, other awards being made up to a considerable sum. Knelt competitor sent In some thing like a shilling iih entrance fee. and tho total amount received In this way. generally an enormous sum, wn distributed nmong the winners. That vvns tho way the competition went when It was managed fairly. Hut tho most of the missing word games, If not all of llieiii, that aro now running, arc man aged on no such principle. Tho period icals now conducting them are general Iv printed somewhere on the continent, and are scattered broadcast on Hrltlsh of the competition and the sentence tc An Instanco of how one - tt - .-. t"'il" ! J ' -f n: w .Ir. fc ... . ;W i n.iu. . .. . . ., -. . - w mjIIT' W"" " aBtfM ..0,wi..:?s I '" - ri V '?:. "iOfL of theso swindles works Is thnt of o working man who sent three shllllngt abroad to a contest. A row days latei he received In reply a lotter marked "Private," ostensibly from an employe of tho foreign concern which offered In "revenge" to supply tho missing word wrotly for twenty shillings, or about 5, Tho deluded mechanic sent on the money and received the word. Short ly afterwards he got n letter from the company, saying thnt he had won, nnd that thero wcro several hundred .'.ollnre itiinding to his credit. The only trouble wan, so tho letter ran, that another com petitor had lodged a complaint nnd claimed twq poundB. If he .ts willing to buy tho man out, sending two pound by postal, tho prize money would he forwarded to him In full. Tho working man ntartcd to pawn clothing In order to ralso the nionoy, when n friend suggested to him to have thu company send the prize money min im the two pounds. Ho wroto to thnt rffect. In answer eumo n lotter stut lng that ho need not send tho inonej, as It had all been settlod. Hut they had n ehargo on their hooks against him for "notarial nnd other costs of currency," amounting to five shillings. Would ho send that over Immediately for ex-i pensrs. Confidingly he did so, nnd. never heiiru from the company afterwards. oh dolly; Down In Kentucky thu reporters Just lay thcniBclvoa out to do thu handsome thing by brides. Describing a recent wedding, an Interior paper haB this to say? n"Tho 'bHfl$ is! a' dcml-blondp. about tjio average hoJght, with an ex quisitely rounded form. Sho lias a faeo like a richly tinted Illy, silken lashes sbado eyes of the brightest hazel, whllo minnv brown hair, such as nalntera lova and poets sing of, clusters nbout ho. fair young, brow. She wan attired In ac artistic gown of cream, low corsage, dcml-tralne and carried u peerless bou quet of rosebuds. Her manner Is suave, and sbo Is a charming companion.' No man is a romantic hero io a star 'rletl wo. , ".'Hki . . i ti ,i ! be completed. COCOANUTS IN AMERICA. J l! Mr 1 hey Wore Inlrn.tnoe.l on th t'oml if Mnrlili Vim Ac. Quito n number of tropical fruit liavo lecontly been Introduced Into cuH (Ivatlon In this country. Already on! the east const of Florida am growing! 250,000 eoconnut trees. 4l000 being on? ono plantation. It In bollovcd that tho nrst trees of this .kind In tho stntoi i sprouted fiom uuts'broiight from Con-, trnl America and the Vest Indies ! tho gulf stvi-ani. At Key Went and about some of the old forts eoconnut wore planted ut an early day, as cer tain ancient trees now standing bear vvltiifFii. In 1S77 a bark rrolghtod with , encoauuts wan caught In a storm oft the const of Florida and beached near Lake Worth. Several thousand of tho nuLt wcro saved nnd planted, tho natlsfae tory growth of the seedlings giving an impetus tu cultivation. The first Importation of cocoanutn of named varJotlcs was niado In IS80. when tho secretary of ngrlculturo oh-j tallied, through the state department, two shipments of selected ltutn from tho Philippine?. These, with two oth er shipments In 1890 from tho namo Is lands, comprehended fourteen varie ties. To get no ninny varieties was no easy task, Inuuniiich as not moro than two or tlueo kinds grow In any ono district or Island of tlio urchlpelago. and they were collected by n skilled botunlit, who mude tbo tour for the purpose. The nuts thus received were forwarded to growers In Florida. Cer tain specimens from tho iBlnnds of Al bny and Mlsamls vvero of tho Bmallost known varloty, which yields llttlo oil and Is of Inferior llavoi. Tho shollK aro carved by the natives Into beauti ful drlnklng-cups. Tho meat of n vari ety called "tajomamlB" In ptopurcd an n delicious nwcetmeat with ynmn and syrup. Another variety, on uceoiint of Its extreme hardness, is known as "ba han," vvhluh menus millstone. The word eoconnut, In derived from tho Portuguese "coco," meaning mon key, because tho b.uo resombles monkoy'M face. The tree wns known to tho people of Cejlon nn early a 1U0 H. U the milk being used by thenx for making cement. The cocoanut In. ono or tho most useful plants; root,, trunk, leaf, sup and nut nro tnndo t yield tribute to man. Tho fiber of the hunk furnishes excellent yarn, nnd Is preferred to horsobnlr for Htufllng bediv .cufhlonn, clinlru nnd saddles. It n stiougcr and more clastic than hemp. Tho Polynesians twist small cords or thin fiber, which serves In tho construc tion of houses and canoes wliero Eu ropeans would employ nails. Tho green iiutH aro grated for medicinal use. Grated cocoanuts form an Ingredient of thu East Indian condiment, curry. In tho Madllvo Islands labor la tonally; paid for In cocoanutn. WHAT'S IN A NAME? .MluUtcr TImiiikIiI TIi.tm Wit n (html Itcitl lljforo Ho riulthnil the Joli. Just nffr tho battle of Pcrryvllle, in October, 1S?-', Dr. Savage, n strong union man, wan at one of It In appoint ments to baptize eomo children. Thorn wns a largo crowd, and n Southern ma tron brought her four children to the nltnr. "Namo this child," fald the union preacher, laying his hand on tho child's head. "Simon Holivnr Iluckncr," was tho reply, which caused u Bmllo to pom over tho congregation; but tho brava ptenchcr went on with his duty. "Knmo this child," taking tho uext In order. "Pierre nustav Toutant Beauregard." nnd tho smllo grew Into a snlckur; whllo Dr. Savage became red In tho face IIo baptized the young nnmesako of the engineer soldier and went on with tho ceremony. "Nnmc this child," ho gutmod, reach ing for the child. ; "Albert Sydney Johnson," came the uiBWor. i The smile gtew audible. Heaving a. sigh of relief he took the fourth, a Httlo girl, whose gondcr he fondly supposed would precludo a continuation of heroic reproductions, ilnd Xald: "Namo this child." "Mnry Stonewall Jackson Lee," cams tho rosponso that-set the congregation Into u roar, whllo tho union pnryon thought ho had held In bin arms the whole Southern confederacy. Ilrlrotliul In llnllwml. In certain parln or Holland -when t young- man thlnka ho loves a girl ho usks her for a match to ltght his cigar nt tho door of tho beloved ono'n home. Thin In dona to lut the parents know that something Is Intended, uud If thu visit In repeated and tho saino thing oc curs no doubt Is loft In tho minds of the girl's piuoulH, and thoy Immediately proceed to investlgnto tho young man's chnracter and antecedents. Whon ho calls n third time they nro prepared to glvo him an nnnwer. If his nult is look ed upon favorably he la given a mntchl If refiinod, ho produces his own match, llghtn hln clgnr nnd wnlkH away, If & favorable answer Is given ho stopn for ward und Jolna bauds wth tho girl. Whllo tho engagement liby no mennn a sottlod fact even ut this Important stage, It If stated as a truth that If, on the ocenslop of tho youngfmnu'a third visit, his inamorata tffer4 him a second: cigar und ho smokes It InHho bouse the engagemcht Is uever ciineelod, t'JfrL 3IHWVT ,W.IUInK II1C. Diirlna- tbo tltae'of Ooiiike loaild II. tho vvoddlng ring, thonRhiplaccd upon tho iisiihI finger at thetjme of mar Vlage, was f onjctlmm worn on tin "thuinb, In -which position7 It Is often Been in tho portraits of tbe titled la dles In those days. H..rrll.l. CI. la nf AValr. It Is Wild that money iHjSmlth-csu. , hJk ty, Kaaini, ins, Is up scarce ;bat the yktt ,IV r'' game la no locger daogfHiH, tt -r . a tti j -f.. - v-n-nr KM 11 "A l i ' f 1 f j r if HI B s iii .s1 n .T ri: H vi t ' J M ' Ml . '- )X t W y-v. M ,':&.$i.'L'Si