THE COURIER.
near Counfll Bluffs. Th preponder
ance of evidence Is In this direction,
irnrrmclrglcal'.y considered he is a se
c.os of the gccu3 Odynerus found In all
parts of the world, and differs from the
ICuinrnes in having a sessile abdom n.
Seme men are that way. Others of the
Eumcnidae have an abdomen sometimes
pedunculate, with posterior segments
r ntiactlle: some have bifid claws on
their tarsi, with mandible3 elongated
and forming a kind of rostrum. This is
not that kind. Mr. Rhodrs the dis
rovrrcr of the nietaliferous insect says
that the exigencies cf a precarious ex
istence compelled him in "infancy to a
diit of juicy caterpillars. These his pa
i"nt stores up in a fresi suite, merely
paralyzing them as a precaution
.igalnr.t their errant proclivities He is
.1 provident soul. He. or rather she
since 'the male Inseckopporjunelydies
vhrnhis mission in life as regards pos
tirty Is performed; you can tell the dif
feiunre b cause the male has thirteen
joints In V.s antennae, and the female
twelve, or vice versa, I forget which
arranges in clo3s proximity to the lying
in place a large store of paralyzed Lepl
dapleious and ChryHomeleous larvae as
f-1 for lier carnivorous offspring. The
latter, when his srssil abdomen has
.ii lived at such a stagf- of development
an to have that gnawing feeling, simply
lea'chea out and gets a hunk of the
nearest caterpillar. It should also be
mentioned that the larder is so ar
ranged that the nearest caterpillar is
always the one farthest In point of
Utile from a state of absolute freshne3s.
Hy such careful 'forethought 'is the
youthful grub protected from the evil
e!Tect3 of a change in the condition of
his diet hrfoie he is capable of making
a wir.e selection cince by the time he
Iiis pirked the liones of the first ration
the rxcend has reached the proper state
o ripeness. The retaining valve eham
Lr forms an excellent fortified castle
and storehouse. It is proposed however,
to bar the enemy's entrance by substi
tuting a narrow slit far the quarter
in -It hole.
Remember the Whit abreast Coal and
Lrmi Company is sti I furnishing its
customers with best grades Peon, hard
c al at PS do'iveioJ.
First publication Feb. 27.
SHERIFF SALE.
NOTICE 18 HEREBY GIVEN THAT
by virtue of an order of sale Issued by
the clerk of the district court of the
third Judicial district of Nebraska,
within and for Lancaster county. In an
action wherein Eugene H. Pearson is
plaintiff, and Badger Lumber Company,
ct al.. defendants. I:ilat2o'clockp.ro.,
on the 30th day of March, A. D. 18j7. at
t e oist door of the court house, in the
city of Lincoln, Lancaster county, Ne
braska, offer for sain at public auction
the following described real estate, to
wit: Lot (Wen (11), twelve (12). thirteen
(3). fouit-en (14). nir.eeen (19). twenty
M tweniy one (21), twenty-two (22),
twenty-1hree(23). and teny four (24).
in bio k fort five (4), of tte original
plat of the city of Liucoln, in sail Lan
caster coun'v, Nebraska. Said lots
twenty-two (22i. twenty-three (23), and
twenty four (24 bimr otherwise de
Frribed hs lots "A." B." -C." and "D,
f Strii k and's sub-division of lots ten
ty.two (22i. txenty-'hree (21). and ten
t, four (24). in said block forty five (45).
A-so beginning at a point fpur hundred
thirty eight (438) feet east of the north
em t corner of block twentt-to (22) in
I.avenors addition to tbs citj-of Lin
coln. Lannant r crantr, Netrabka,
trance eist twenty two (22) feet, these
south oie hundred forty-two (IC)
leet, tlocce west twe-ty-two (22)
fret, tbence north one hun
dred forty two (lt2) feet to place
if heeinninc; bl the north half of lot
three (3) in b o;k twenty to (22'. in tbe
H'v of Lincolu, all in Lincaster county,
vvbraska.
Given tinder my hand this 23 b day
or Fbiua-v, A. D.. 189G
John J. Trompen.
Sber.ff.
330
RANDOM NOTES.
At the fag end of the seasa:i after
a long-drawn-out torment of vaude
ville variety and tawdry melodrama,
with hardly anything of real value or
merit, comes a flash of power that sets
the theatrical world of New York agog
and causes an outburst of unanimity
among the professional critics that is
fairly paralyzing. And for once the
critics and the dress circle are of one
opinion. The season seemed doomed to
end in a falat glimmer of dull medioc
rity, with no higher achievement In
dramatic production than Gillette's
"Secret Service," in which the author
stands for hours on one spot and talks
through his teeth always excepting
the visions that from time to time flit
across the consecrated stage-at Daly's
but, suddenly, and quite unexpected
ly, a new light appears and there is a
brilliant illumination. New York Is
enjoying a real triumph of art over
rasping song and the smashing of
scenery.
Years ago Minnie Maddern was one
of the petite favorites of the stage. She
had a certain faculty that never failed
to please. Nobody thought she was
great, but everybody agreed that she
was amusing. Then she married Har
rison Gray Fiske. the editor of the Dra
matic Mirror, and disappeared in mat
rimony. A year or so ago she floated
to the surface and in a more or le3
spasmodic way impressed herself anew
on the theatre-going public this time
as an entirely different sort of actress.
She had difficulty in finding a play to
suit her, and tried many experiments.
She did not make a great success, but
she showed the discriminating few that
she had undergone a wonderful devel
cpment There was a feeling that
s"iae day she might knock convention
ality to smithereens and rise to a very
respectable height. She has vindicated
that feeling, only she has gone at one
bound higher than anybody thought
she would go.
When it was announced that Mrs.
Fiske had engaged the Fifth Avenue
theatre for a production of a version of
Thomas Hardy's "Tess of the d'Uber
villes," the wiseacres chuckled to
th'mselves and the prophets of evil
emitted grim forebodings. It was a
dramatization of a novel, and dramati
zations of novels are prejudged and
foreordained to damnation by the elect.
Occasionally one of the damned mana
ges to break through the judgment,
as, for instance, "Trilby," but that only
made it hotter on those that are to
come. Mrs. Fiske didn't care. She
brought out the play, the handiwork of
one Larimer Stoddard. That was a week
ago last Tuesday. Today the wiseacres
and prophets are dancing in a circle
around the new star, and Minnie Mad-dern-Fiske
has taken her place as a
genius, born into full flower with By
ron ic swiftness. There are few people
but know Tess as Hardy painted
her. Imagine, then, a wisp of a wo
man, as slender as a willow wand, with
a tuft of shaggy auburn hair, venturing
to assume that role. It was a daring
experiment, but that is not the only ex
periment Mrs. Fiske makes in her new
play, and she comes out triumphant.
The Tes3 that, fascinates a Broadway
audience is an intellectual, spirituelle.
arute, vibrant personality, altogether
and astonishingly different from the
heavily handsome heroie cf the
book. And she casts a spell over the
audience that is never broken until the
curtain ccmes down on tbe last act.
When the pure woman who is betrayed
into dishonor, whipped into adultery
by the cries of a starving family, and
finally goaded to murder, offers herself
up a willing sacrifice to the law. No
such powerful lepresentatlon has been
seen in many a day. The power of
the artist is shown in the dramatic
fervor that breaks through the unusual
repression which Is the characteristic
feature of Mrs. Fiske's acting in this
play. Her methods are as simple as
Duce's. She discards the time-worn
traditions of the drama and gives a
new meaning to the word acting.
In the last act when, after that awful
scene with her betrayer in his rooms,
her husband, whom she thinks dead,
appears, there is an interval of more
than a minute v in which there is no
word spoken or a sound of any kind.
The audience is as still as death. Mar
Ian, who confirmed the false story of
her husband's death, is present, and is
transfixed with horror. Te33, aban
doned in misery and desperation, sees
Angel "as one fronVrthe-'grave.-No
words can express her feeling. At first
she glares vailiantly at the apparation.
Then a realization of the terrible mis
take is depicted in a lok of unutter
able horror. She looks at Angel and
into space, then drops limply into a
chair. Then turning to the girl she
sums up all the terrible portent of the
situation in the word "Marian!" that is
at once an imprecation and a cry of
ultimate despair. Marian shrieks and
dashes frcm the room. Only that one
word is spoken, but in a whole minute
the audience is spellbound. It is a
great scene.
But the murder of Alec is the great
achievement. The brute, after cruelly
taunting the woman he has twice dis
honoicd. as a maid and as a wife, re
tires to an adjoining room, not visible
to. the audience, to sink in drunken
slumter. He is awakened by the com
ing cf Angel, and after the husband
leaves he calls cut: "Who are you talk
ing to. Tess?" She answers: "My
husband. Angel Claire, has been here."
Alec breaks out in jeering laughter
and says: "Well. I'm your husband
now. I pay our bills." He piles
taunts upon jeers, until Tess is sud
denly seized with a desire to kill him.
She takes a knife from the table, and.
pausing a moment at the threshold,
passes into Alec's room. Not a sound
is heard. Soon she emerges with the
knife extended in one hand, dripping
bloed. She walks as if in a trance
and crosses the room. She begins to
tremble from head to foot and the
knife drops. She takes up her cloak,
and going to the dresser, takes out a
pair of gloves. She gets one of the
gloves on, and mechanically takes up a
hair brush. She is automatically
brushing her hair and standing as if in
a hypnotic condition when her husband
enters, and while she calmly says.
"Angel, I have killed him," continues
to brush her "hair. No scream, no tears,
no vocal trickery, and yet the effect is
almost indescribable in intensity. There
is no need to be told that the actress
has power. Subtly she convinces you
that she has had to do the things she
has done, that she couldn't do any
thing else, and it all seems natural
enough. It is a play long to be remem
bered. The following circular, a copy of
which reached New York this week,
ought to interest anybody. I think it
will have a special interest for Lin
coln people:
"WATERTOWN. S. D..
"Friday. Dec 4, 1896.
"To the public: It is with pleasure
that I announce to the public of Water
town and vicinity that I have playing
at my theatre this week without doubt
the strongest theatrical company on the
road this season, namely. Church's
Metropolitan Company. Every play
presented by this company is a realiza
tion of what Is Intended a perfect pro
duction. This company are all artists
in their lines and I wish personally to
guarantee to any of my patrons an
evening of true enjoyment. Too much
cannot be said in praise of this com
pany from the fact that we have been
imposed upon so much by companies
who claimed a great deal and gave us
nothing.
"Mr. Lindon, who presents the Count
of Monte Cristo this Friday evening,
has abundance of press opinions, aad,
in fact, he is accorded as being tbe
greatest Count of Monte Cristo in this
country. The play will be presented
with all the scenery and calcium ef
fects, the same as done by him in Phil
adelphia and all other large cities. I
wish to say that anyone who misses
seeing Mr. Lindon as tbe Count of
Monte Cristo will miss one of the great
est dramatic treats in this city this
season.
" 'Rip Van Winkle. as presented by
this company last night, was a thinf.of
beauty and thosewho missed It were,
the losers. '-.?&--- I-
"This company plays for the people
at the people's prices prices being
only 10. 20 and 30 cents.
"Let Watertown people turn oufaad
give this company a packed house both
Friday and Saturday evenings, and
show that we appreciate something
good when it comes to us.
"Yours for amusement,
"B. F. Crowl."
W. MORTON SMITH.
New York, March 10.
(First publ'cation Feb. 27)
SHEIUFITS- SALE.
NOTICE IS HEREBY ttlVEN, THAT
by virtue of an order of sale Issued by
the clerk of-the district court of the
third judicial district of Nebraska,
witLin and for Lancaster county in an
aclim wherein Julian C. Gregory is
plaintiff, and Rachel Hyde, '1 nonius
Hyde, her husband, I la C. Hyde and
Edward Hjde. her husband, defendants.
I will, at 2 o'clock p m..on tbe 30th da
of March A. D. 1897. at the east door ot
the court house, in the city of Lincoln.
Lancaster county. Nebraska, offer fir
sale at public auction lha following de
scribed real estate towit:
Lot four (4), in block one (I), in Lav
enders addition to the city of Lincoln,
in Lancaster county, Nelrttka.
Given under my hand this 25th day
of Febiuary. A. D. 1897.
John J. Trompen.
3 30 Sheriff.
(First publication February 13.)
NOTICE.
In tbe district court, Lancaster coun'y
Nebraska.
George Brown, Plaintiff,
vs.
Fred Pauley, Lena Pauley, AlexU'
Halter, Mary J. Halter, The Clark 4
Leonard Investment company and
James P.Walton, Defendant.
To Fred Pauley. Lena Pauley, Alexis
Halter and Mary J. Hilter:
You and each of you will take notice
that on the 19th day of January, 1897.
George Brown, plaintiff herein, tiled Lis
petition in tbe district court of Lancas
ter county, Nebraska, again6t said de
fendantp, the object and prayer of which
are to foreclose a certain mortgage ex
ecuted by the defendants. Alexis Halter
and Mary J. Halter, to tbe Claik & Leon
ard Investment company, and assigned
to plaintiff and now owned by him. tiakl
mortgage is upon lots Beven (7) and eight
(8) in blocK thiee (3) in University addi
tion ti Lincoln, Lancaster county, Ne
braska, and was given to secure the pay
ment of a certain promissory cote in th
sum of six hundred dollars, dated Jan
uary 8;h. 1892, and due January 1st
1897, now due at d payable. Plaintiff
prays for a foreclosure of said mortgage,
and for a deficiency judgment. AJbouId a
'deficiency remain after' applying the
procteds of tbe sale of said mortgage) t
premises to the paj ment t f said debt,
against tbe defendants Fie.1 Pauley,
lira Pauley, Alexis Halter, Miry J.
Halter and the Clark & Leonard Invest
ment company.
You are n-quirei to answer said peti
tion on or before the 29th day of March,
1897. George Brown, Plaintiff,
By Abbott, Selleck A Lane, Att'ys.
Feb. 10. h, 1897. 6 .
