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M^l N ETO-WINNSBORO, S. C., WEDNESDAY, FEBR-ll)UARY 21, 1906. ETBIHD14 GIFTED POLISH ACTHES. MADAME BERTHA KALICH IS WILNING FAME IN ENGLISH SPEAKING PARTS t b Unfamiliar With English Language Six Years Ago, She tia5 Now l Mastered Our Speech-One of a 1 Race to Produce famous Players. V V t. With so much interest focused on happenings in It"ssia, it wo)uld be strange indeed if we did not receive a e taste of Russian drama. The leading L cities of the country are now centering tA their attention upon the Rosian play P "Monna Vanna" the tale role of which a is being essayed by Madame Bertha Kalich, a Polish actress who won fgme t in the Yik3ish theatres on the Bowery d in New York City. fi Madame Kalich may not be considered a beautiful woman but through the nat uralness of her acting she touches every h spark of humanity that glows in the human breast. Six years ago she did not iknow a word of F.glish, yet her mastery at the present time of one of - the most difficult of all speaking . 'D i tongues, is remarkable. Not only does s o she speak English well but she is fam- t ihar with five other languages-Ger Man, Polsh, Russian, French and Yid dish. For years she has been acting tr at the Russian and Hebrew theatres ai of New York City. Her first appearance V( in -, English speaking play was a i year or so ago when she played the ai name part in "Fedora." Her earlier I performances were disappointing but w at the end of a fortnight she made a pr-ofound impression upon her audience- a] 4A MADAME BERT So far this is the story of Monna Vanna IL for the American people are not ac- he customed to the mannerisms and act-| E ing of the Russian plays. Madame Bertha Kalich is tall and it of the brunette type usual to the He- ti brew, with eyes that while most expres- t( sive, can hardly be said to be winning., a She cannot be classed as beautifuld. a but her art has a mimicry which is I sure to bring fame to her. Critics lay jg great faith in her possibilities as an ' actress. They believe that after thor. t lxl ough schooling on the American stage, h the requirements of which are far dif ferent from those of the Russian, she s - will 'come famous, for she comes of 0 a race which has achieved wonders. And when we encounter marked talent 7 in the Hebrew race no one living- can 1 predict how many rungs of the ladder of t fame may be traversed successfully . The ' greatest actors, not only of the present a age but of the past, have been and e are Jews. Of the women we have from Rachel to Bernhardt, and the men a range from Dawison to Edwin Booth,t while passing reflections may be given to the ability of David Garrick, Mrs ? Siddons and a host of others in whose veins were some drops of Oriental blood. . Bertha Kalich's appearance in Chi- b cago was greeted with an outburst of enthusiasm which continued through out the many weeks of her perform- ~ anice there. Such a well-known critic as W. H. Hubbard of the Chicago Tribune in reviewing "Monna Vanna" and its t )eading actress, said. "Madame Kalich is enrolled in the list of great artists. She is now ttn actress of peculiar and uncommonly attractive qualities and gives every promise of becoming in a few seasons one of the most notable a women on the American stage. Watch ing her during the week has brought conviction that she Is the possessor of remarkable talents and that these F talents are susceptible of a developing and shaping which can but place her high in the esteem of a large class of the best theatre-goers and add an other great artist te the small list of really gifted players that our stage ~ can boast. She has the power mincs- B1 pensable to any artist who is to endure and whose work Is to be of any wide|B reaching influence--the power to at- .T tract the public. 'RAPPERS' PROSPEROUS UMIS. 'urs Worth More Now Than For Past Thirty Years. The many trappers operating along ie northern boarder will reap a rich arvest the present winter, meaning tany comforts, even luxuries, in the g cabins of scores of sturdy settlers i the wilds of the northern country, 'ho are mainly dependent upon their -aps during the cold moaths for a velihood. The settlers and professionals in the >untry directly tributary to the Great akes look to mink, marten and otter > make their trapping operations cofitable, and the pelts of these little imals at present command a higher rice than at any time during the past Lirty years, while there has been a -cided slump in the prices paid for irs from the black, blue and silver ix which bring only 450 each now, here a year or two ago they were as gh as $300 apiece. Last wi:.ter $4.50 was considered a >od price for a mink pelt, and it asn't more than a season or two back tat y2.50 was the highest paid for a ngle pelt of this kind. Now a choice ,w mink fur will bring $11, and a mar n pelt from $18 to $20, where $6 or $7 as paid last winter. An otter skin s : rth $22 just as it comes from the i apper's hands, which is away above J ty price paid for more than thirty i ars. Quite a few fisher are caught < rough northern Minnesota and these j e worth from $8 to $10. Beaver are I ry scarce in this state. They are Drth from $7 to $9 each. The higher prices paid for furs will so prove a boon to the Minnesota *.1 A KALICH1 idians, or such of them at least as we any business ability. A good any of the Indians trap durzing the inter, but the trouble with the major y of them is that they do not know ie value of their catch and are likely i sell a $22 otter pelt for $4 or $5, and $11 mink pelt for a dollar, or perhaps pint of whiskey. The white man is ell aware of this fact, and some a ats make it their business during the inter to do nothing but buy furs of ie Indians, selling them later at a andsome margin of profit. These agents usually travel from re arvation to reservation by dog team r snow shoes. Even the little weasel, scores of hich daily leave their tiny tracks i the snow on the outskirts of the >wns are worth $1 each for their pelts. 'hey were valueless three years ago, nd two years ago were worth 10 cents ach. For a time last winter the pelts rought 50 cents each. The weasel iso belongs to the homologue of the .merican sable together with the mar mn, mink, fisher and otter. The Ameri in sable really is the marten, accord ig to some authorities. It Is common r called the pine marten, and at first lance the only distinguishing feature etween it and the mink Is a spot of eautiful orange color on its throat, 1st under the chin. A grizzly bear skin Is worth $40, if 1 the best condition, but of course rizzly bears are unknown In the ake Region. Many black bears are -apped and shot, however, by settlers, idians and trappers. Woman's Sweet Will. On a pillar erected in Canterbury, ppears the following: Were Is the man who has the power and skill To stem tl'e tnrrent of a woman's will: 'ar If she will, she will, and you may depend on't. nd if she won't she won't, and that's the end on't." Evolution of Woman. 1 hen Ev~e bought woe to all mankind N)d Adam called her wo-man. !t when she woo-d with love so kind, Fle then pronounced her woo-man. It now with folly and with Dride, 1 rheir husbands' Dockets trimming. w ladies are so full of wilms rhe people ca11 them whim-men. UNCLE SAM'S SECOND NAVY GOVERNMENT MAINTAIS A TRAINING SCHOO FOR REVEUS OFFICERS. Plenty of Work and Study-Lack of Social Events a Feature of This Governmental School.-Daily Re gine of the Cadets. Uncle Sam has one governmental chool which, while little known, is well worthy to rank with West Point Lnd Annapolis in the thoroughness of he mental and physical training which it gives its graduates. This un ieralded educational institution is lo :ated at Arundel Cove on Chesapeake Bay, about six miles from the city of Baltimore, and its purpose is to pre wre for their profession the cadets or :ture commissioned officers of the Jnited States Revenue Cutter Service. It is only within a few years that the general public has been awakening :o a realization of the opportunities Lnd advantages open to an officer in Jncle Sam's "police force of the sea," a consequence of which there has >een of late a marked increase in the pplications for admission to the cadet ;chool. Any young man not less thran .8 nor more than 25 years of age and Lot less than 5 feet 3 inches in height s, if unmarried,- eligible to appoint nent as a cadet, but no personL should [elude themselves with te Idea that t is easy to get into the cadet corps, or the entrance examinations are ulte sa severe as those at either West oint or Annapolis. However, all the examinations for he selection of cadets are strictly com. etitive. Political and social influ =ces are entirely eliminated and this s unquestionably the most democratic chool under the government. The adet spends three years at the train ng school, each summer being devoted o a practice cruise on a bark-rigged essel during which the young men get taste of all kinds of sea duties and ncidentally store up good health for he academic year, which extends from )ctober to May. The pay of a cadet is $500 a year md a ration of 30 cents a day, out of vhich allowance he Is rs"ired to pur :hase uniforms and textbooks and neet his mess expenses. The sum of 10 per month is also withheld from he pay of each cadet in order that pon graduation he can purchase the miform and outfit of a commissioned >icer. When the cadet graduates he eceives a commission as a third lieu enant in the Revenue Cutter Service Lt a salary of $1,400 per year. Three >romotions will bring him to the rank if captain with $2,500 salary per year md an increase of ten per cent. for ach five years' service. A Strenuous Life. The cadets at the training school on "hesapeake Bay lead a strenuous ex stence. They "turn out" at 6:30 i'clock in the morning and after half Ln hour allowed for dressing, report 'or drill which continues for forty-five ninutes ere the call for breakfast is ;ven. From 9 until 12.30 o'clock here are periods of study and recita on, then half an hour for recreation efore dinner, which is served from me to two o'clock. In the afternoon here is more study and recitation rith forty-five minutes' drill. Half an iour before supper and one hour after iupper are allowed for amusement and hen from 7 to 9 comes another study >erod. An hour of "skylarking" loses the day and the cadets turn in it 10 o'clock. During the three year Interim the 'uture Revenue Cutter officers acquire L wide range of book learning includ ng mathematics, English, history, aW, hygiene, seamanship, engineer ng, astronomy, chemistry, civil gov rnment, etc. Incidentally muscle uilding is looked after by means of the 'setting up" and other athletic drills While the officers In charge of the :raining school for Revenue Cutter ca lets fully realize that all work and no ilay makes for dullness, no such prom THE NEW 5PhL nence is given to social features as is he case at the academies at Annapolis ind West Point. The Revenue Cutter adets are at liberty on Saturday af ernoons and these half holidays are isually devoted to "hops," but aside 'rom these functions and such merry aking as can be crowded into the two reeks' vacation in the autumn or the aetien ef one week in the spring, the cong men apply themselves 2retty lnase to their studies. BALD WN'S NEIW AIR SH' Believed by Experts to Surpass an3 Flying Machine Yet Constructed. Captain Thomas Baldwin believe, he has found a way to navigate the aii with fair success. Captain Baldwin be it known, is America's foremosi aeronaut,i having been engaged in thi profession of sailing to the cloud longer and more continuously that any other citizen of the republic. 11 began ballooning in the ordinary way nearly a quarter of a century ago Then he invented the modern type o parachute and in his inventing and 6X perimenting, went from one thing tc another until he hit upon the dirigiblE balloon type of airship. In the past haif decade Captair Baldwin, who makes his home in Los Angeles, California, has built five dif. ferent sky craft, all on this general pattern, but each different in many re spects from its predecessor. He hopes to improve on even the new airshir which has recently been completed, but the fact remains that this latest flying machine is so far superior tc everything that has gone before it that it is well worthy of notice. In the new airship the gas bag or balloon which lifts it has a capacity of 16,000 cubic feet cf gas or nearly twice as much as t- bag of the one which Captain Baldwin exhibited at the St. Louis Exposition. It is made of Japan silk, oiled inside and out. From this bag there is suspenicd by means of a net of cotton seine t-ine a framework which contains the pro pelling and steering apparatus of the airship and which is known as the "keel." In Captain Baldwin's earlier inventions this was built of steel tub ing and each frame cost $700, but in te new airship the keel is of Orerror spruce, the lightest and strcngCst wood in existence. A Powerful Little Engine. The engine which furnishes power for driving the baloon is located about midway on the keel. It consists of a gasoline motor very similar to those in use on motor-cycles. The motor weighs about 75 pounds, is capable of 3,000 revolutions per minute, and able to develop 7' horsepower, but it is seldom if ever that so much energy is required even when the aerial flyer is facing a heivy wind. Attached to the keel at the forward end of the airship is the propeller, which is eleven feet in diameter and has'two 18 inch blades of painted can vas. These blades whirl around at the rate of two hundred times per minute, but it will be observed that this pro peller is at. the forward end of the ship instead of at the stern, where it might naturally be looked for, and this gives the keynote to one of Captain Bald win's most important inventions, namely, the scheme of having the rap idly revolving propeller pull the ship through the air instead of pushing it as a ship is pushed through the water. Nearly fifty feet from the propeller, at the other end of the keel is the rud der by which the steering is accom plished. This rudder is about six by eight feet in size and consists of canvas stretched upon a wooden frame. Attached to the framework of the keel is also a tank which is ca pable of holding two gallons of gaso line. The navigator of the new Bald win airship has nothing in the way of a platform on which to stand, but must balance himself on the skeleton framework of the keel, bracing himself by means of the net which suspends the keel from the gas bag. Baldwin's new airship cost him more than $1,800 and by reason of the gas required to inflate it as well as other expenses, each ascension costs in the neighborhood of $250. The hydrogen gas which is employed to lift the Wn loon and to maintain it in a position where the propeller can do its work is manufactured by combining iron filings or borings, sulphuric acid and water on the basis of one part acidJ and one part iron to four parts water. This gas is generated in a big tan OON AIRSHiIP. and is led through a rubber hose to the balloon. Too Rapid Jack-'Tes, I had a little balance in the bank, hut I got en gaged two months ago, and now-" Slowgo Tom-"Ah! love makes the world 20 round.'' Too Rapid Jack-"Yes. but I didn't think it would go round so fast as to make me lose my balance." THE NATION'S FOREST. BRILLIAST ADDRESS ATAXNUAL CONVENTIOXAMERICAN FOR ESTRY ASSOCIATION. Secretary Wilson Sounds Warning Note on forest Destruction-Million Acres Snoula Be Tree-planted Everett haze in Vigorous S . ec i. Secretary Wilson has more than once manifested a deep interest in the question of American Forestry. Mr. Wilson has, in fact, for some years been elected and re-elected President of the American Forestry Association, a pow erful organization, composed of public pirited men throughout the country, viuicii has probably done more than any other one influence, to awaken national interest in the enormous destruction of the forests and the neces sity for their business-like management and preservation, even to the reforest ation of denuded areas and the plant ing of trees upon barren prairie lands. That the movement in the United States is coming to be considered an important one is to some extent evi danced by the increased recognition of the subject by Congress, which is also due largely to Secretary Wilson's en thusiasm. When Mr. Wilson was ap pointed Secretary of Agriculture by President McKinley, his forestry di vision consisted of one forester, an assistant forester and five clerks and with an annual appropriation from REV. EDWARD EVERETT HALE. Congress for forestry of $30,000. Since then forestry division has been advanc ed into a separate bureau of the Depart ment of Agriculture, employing over 500 men and having an annual appro priation from Congress of upwards of one-half a million dollars. Fully a million acres of forest lands in the eastern part of the United States have been turned over to the Bureau of Forestry for management on a practi cal and scientific basis which will en able the cutting of the forest for lum ber and at the same time insuring succeeding "crops" of timber, while over 100.000,000 of the acres of gover ment Forest reserves in the west have also been turned over to the Bureau of Forestry for administration. It is rrobable that at least another 50,000. 000 acres of public timber land will be placed in federal reserves. Secretary Wilson in his opening ad dress at the recent annual meeting of the American Forestry Association in Washington, uttered a clear note of warning against the whole-sale reduc tion of the woodland area in the country. "No nation on earth is as successful in the work of destroying its forests as the United States." he declared. "The indiscriminate mutilation of the forests :nust be stopped; the matter has be come one of national interest which can not much longer be ignored by the people or by our legisattors." After advocating the broadest kind of protective forest policy, he touched on the subject of reforesting certain sections. He thought that every day shouild be an arbor day, that every year should mark a notable advance in the effort to recover lost ground. Plaint A lNillion Acres. "We should plant," he said, "not 10, 000 acres nor stop at 100,030 acres, ~ut shoukd plant 1.000.000 acres in trees, and this would be. viewed from several points, the very best investment which the United States ever made. It would he a paying, money investment o the government, and it would be a trenmendous help to our agriculture. The price of merchantable timber is in creasing with great rapidity, while ever:. one knows the very beneficial effect that has resulted from the plant ing of wind-breaks in the prairie states." Another address hefore the Associa tion by the venerable Edward Everett Hale, now the Chaplain of t'. - United States Senate, constituted a clean-cut statement 'tf the great necessity of promipt action to 'protect the forests. Dr. Hale is around eighty years o1 age; he remembers when the saw and the ax had searce touched the giant monarchs in Ohio Valley, when the forests of nrt' 'rn Mirhiran and Minnesota were nnrwen wildernesses. and when those of 1ho far northwest, in tha' marvelous conry "where rolls the Oregon." were a f/craeigita. He has seen whole sti' (1rntdd of their valuable timber and burnedl over by devastating fires BOYS. --- THIS AIR RIFLE ss.: elegarI steel barrel, all working parts nickeled; walnut stoc peep sirhts; used indoors or for killing small game no.t acotrate ridle made. Send us your name and el* to seU*tzo. 'clreu'*$aowhnasoad due to reckless and wasteful methods, he has seen the axman and the mill man move westward, swiftly and sure ly mowing down everything m his course until there is practically no see; tion he has left uninvaded. At the present rate of timber cutting in the United States, 40 years from to-day there will be not an acre left of mer. chantable timber. Common Sense Forestry. "What are we going to do?" asked Dr. Hale in his deep voice. "We must use both common sense and sentiment in dealing with the forest question. It is a very great question. The in. dividuals interested in American for. estry, even though they be millionaires or multi-millionaires, can not accom plish anything defiite and lasting un less the states and the general govera ment can be awakened to the necessity of giving the cause large and substan tial assistance which It merits. Com mon sense, in forestry, means that the forestry question should be put upon a business basis. In order to make a large, immediate profit forests are de stroyed; they should be cut with some reference to the future; in other words they should be cropped. All the gov ernments of Europe rely largely upon their forest lands for revenue. A sim ilar condition should and could be brought about in this country." THE SUNSHLVE SOCMTY. An Organization Which Brings Goo0 Cheer Into Darkened hearts. Among the many societies organ ized by the generous men and women of to-day for the welfare and happi ness of others none has quite so inter esting a history and unique a charao ter as the International Sunshine So ciety. It is so broad in its scope that It embraces all the charities, yet is In itself no sense a charity, but an inter change of kindly greeting and the passing on of good cheer, material or otherwise. Sunshiners do not labor under any rules, but there is always the personal touch of sympathy which means so much to the unfortunate man or woman to whom fate has seemed unkind. A more appropriate name could not have been found for the society, the members of which pledge themselves to bring sunshine into the lives of others; to do something each day to lighten someone's burden; to speak the cheerful word that may bring new hope, new life and energy; to take no tire of the lonely; to do the little acts of kindness, thoughtfulness and generosity that manifest the human, sympathetic interest in one's fellow creatures. Opportunities for doing a kindness are often lost for lack of thought; the members of the Sunshine Haeety strive to cultivate the habit pf sym pathy that will give them a keener grasp and a deeper understanding of the lives of those around them. The Society is unique in that there are no salaries paid. The president general, every minor officer and mem ber gives his or her services. Even the necessary clerical work is freely donated. The personal sacrifices that every officer ard member makes to carry on the work cannot be estimated. Its Origin and Growth. The Society was incorporated under the laws of New York in 1900 and to day there are 400,000 enrolled mem bers. The Society Is the outgrowth of a thought expressed by Mrs. Cynthia Westover -Alden in the office of the New York Recorder several years ago during the holiday season. Mrs. Alden was the recipient of a number of cards from her co-workers on the paper as well as outside friends. After enjoy ing the cards, she protested that she would have been better pleased If the donors had not written their names on them. This statement horrified her audience and with one accord every one exclaimed: "What! You wouldn't give our pres ents away, would you?" "Why not?" was the answer. "What do you do with yours?" A laughing investigation soon devel oped the fact that the waste basket was the ultimate destination of most of the cards receiv'ed. "Let me give you the history of one pretty ten-cent card that came to me a year ago," said Mrs. Alden. "It had an exquisite poem on it, and I enjoyed it so much that I thought at once of an old uncle who would appreciate it and forwarded it to him. He, as I thought, did enjoy It, and so much so that he immediately recalled an old friend to whom it would appeal with special force. So he copied the poem and sent the card on. This recipient found the card so helpful that she, too, felt called upon to pass it on and before the seven days' holiday was over the card had carried its Christ mas message to sir different persons. Of course this is exceptional, but Is still an example of the infinite poss! bilities of a gift accepted In the true spirit and then passed on, giving each one the double delight of receiving and giving." The cards which had afforded the little sermon were spread out and were (Continued on next page.) mg ei h2 R ( tly Sni ed, .s ots ~B shot and dats an ow e rlsedti e at once and a OVELT en. -. 12 r... l.en, m.