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3 THE OREGON v SUNDAY JOURNAL PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING, .. HAY- 8, 1CC7. 't aWMaMaaa..aiMMgaaaWaaM,MaaaaaMaMaaaMMa j, ' ' ! ' ' .. 1 . " M .in. i mfc ZT ...ZTS J '''ill f I V' at j c . i , v: i '4 I.'.. : y -5 i v is ;f j . I y - S3Sjvrrke:t-. JiBw.ur-Tovjr. '-:k fvygK3K:- ,,: Lillian ftUSSHL ACTRESS in PC ASIAN CSiOCJK GO f THIS WEEK AT THE THEATRES. ) MtTRRXT AND MACK In ArouBd thi Town." "at tha Helltf tonlfht LILLIAN RUSSELL In "Tha Butterfly", at tha Heilif Monday, Tuea- day, "Wednesday mid Ttouraday nlghtd. J :.;.! w i;..,, .''.-;..-!.: ; rTHE COWBOT AND THE LADY" At tha Baker, by tha Baker Stock ' company, all week, with tha uaual matinees. v,w . "WICKED LONDON" At tha Empire, by tha Seaman Btock company,"- all week, with tha eual matin eea. " . s. "BROWN'S IN TOWN" At tha Lyrlo, by tha Allan Stock company, all L-' week, with dally matinees, v -vi- f. ..W .. l. "THE SILVER KING" At the Star, by tha Star Stock company, all ; ' - - t week, 'with tha naital -nMtneaa. t'.v .-.t n. ?.;-.r".cCs:-.. ' VATmiCVTT.T.TE At tha flrn all WMk. with' rtnl! matfnaaa ' ' : ady cast of tha year, Including auch well-known artists aa Eurene Ormonde, John Flood, Frederick L. Tlden, Charles Lamb, Roland H. Hill Isabel Richards, Kate Griffith and Rosalia da Vaux. The two beautiful scenea are from tha brush of Richard Mareton. Seats are selling at box office tha Helllg theatre. Four teenth and Washington streeta, for tha entire .engagement. rv;Jv-; ':,-.i'VU L"' Same'i.?Hili VLqiifUl?i Mr. Wilfrid Roger, America' new tra gedian with the original cast. scenery and mechanloel effects of Oscar Wilde's HE week In theatrical circles d- f first vehicle was called The r Irian eloped nothing of extraordinary I Neighbors." Murray was at that time I Ifreatest tragedy, "Salome," wul be the Interest, though , the visit of 119 years of age and Mack Jo. Many! attraction at the Helllg theatre Friday, j breed, for paying toreloae attenOon to "fismm at tmp i.v kic k this afternoon by the Baker company at the Third street playhouse, : ' . Teddy North, a . Harvard graduate, drifts out to Colorado and becomes a oowboy. He has fallen seriously in love with Mrs,. Weston, Ahe idol ot the oarap, Hta infatuation, ' although deep-rooted, dares but declare itself in aide caat glancea end little favora. Here the demonstration of hla affection ceases, for but one look from her honest eyes, one delicate sarcasm indirectly meant for htm, put forth in her good-natured way, puts to frantic flight, hla dignity and self-possession. i '- ,V'"''";' Mrs. Weston loves the honest ;Teddy, but 'with, word or look does not betray It She la tied to a miserable excuse tot a man, but will not be faithless to her duty. Weston, her husband. Is Anally killed by Quick Foot Jim, a hair Saturday, Sunday nights, May 10, 11, 12. Wilfrid Roger comes direct from San Francisco, where he created in the part lot King Herod a characterisation, that won for him unanimous praise from the publlo and the press of that city. The first dramatic production . In one Mollle Larkln, but Teddy is arrested for the crime, and aa he believes lira Weston committed the Crime in deipera-1 tion, he confesses to a He. However, I the half-breed's sweetheart tells the I truth, and Teddy la released in triumph. His record Is thus cleared and the be-1 trothal of tha lovers follows. The play offers exceptional eppor-1 tunlties for ' display of the scene I painter's art ; : ' The caat follows: "Quick Foot Jim. Donald Bowles; Bill Ransom, Harvard '90. William Dllla: Weeton. Arthur! Mackley; Mfdge, Miss Marlbel Seymour; Joe; William Harris? Pete, William Gleaaon; Dave,, Howard Russell: Sol, Lynton Athey;! Teddy North, Harvard '88, Edgar Baume: Mrs. Weston, Miss a aV RVSSIIL LEE DAKRETT MlKNIE SERSCrtEL. XN"T3iE SILVER WING AT TKt cTA& .; season will be the appearance of Miss Lillian Russell, r It has been a long time alnce this famous actress visited Portland and interest In the event la -great , : :- iiM-'i W The Baker company gave one of the best shows of the season and with few I Individual exceptions : appeared to ex cellent advantage in "The Dictator." There - were capacity houses at nearly I every performance and the piece was highly satisfactory. 1 The Empire S offering, ' "Beware of I of .the Jury, Edward Wilcox. ' . New Empire Attraction. The White Caps" will prove to the many patrona of the Empire that it has become the home of popular entertain-! Right," opening next Sunday with the matinee nerformanc It ; la a melo drama that will fascinate those who be lieve they have seen everything excit ing produced oa any'tate,;,-.,i:; v:, "She Dared Do Right" Today. High as were the expectations of auo 1 i Walker Whiteside, waa one of I theatre-goers will be surprised to learn more than passing importance, that tHey are not older. Thus coming At the various theatres there were eat- around as they have .year. -after year Is factory performances and managera the playgoer seems to feel that be has are In a very happy frame of mind as been looking for them for agea. ,, Both a result of the patronage. ' ' have become solid business men and Mr. Whiteside waa practically un- property-holders and when the publlo known to Portland when be began his gets tired of them and it la time for America of this sensational tragedy, as engagement here. An actor of great them to quit the road they will both produced by Mr. Roger and the original ability and wide experience he has an have a handsome competency to fall "Salome" company, was given In San enviable record in the eastern and mid- back upon. They are making great Francisco at the Colonial theatre, and die states, but this Is his first tour to promises for this year's performance the event created the first and only the Pacific coast Ho declared, how- and claim that it is the-funniest com- great dramatic sensation west of Chl- ever, that auch a tour will likely be an edy that they have ever had. The cago this season. So thorough waa the annual event in the future, piece this season Is in Una with their acting and staging of "Salome" that the Portland was Immensely pleased with former successes, good, lively, f quick- tragedy ran for four consecutive weeks, "The Magic Melody," jthe play in which actloned. - Seata are now aelllng at, the an occasion for which the company Mr. Whiteside is starring. And It was box offloe of the theatre. , should be proud? for it la rare indeed, even more nleased with the star. It is ' ." -WW ' that some of New Tork'a areatest nro quite likely that no other actor has ever I LflUan Kussell In The y Butterfly" I fluctl0n8 Plaed San - Francisco's Louise Kent; v Molly Larklns, pro received auch instant and sincere ap-j , " I critical , audlencea for more,' than two I prietreeli of the dance hall.-Miss Lucile preciation in thie city. -The list of his .uiuian uu win wr weeks. - v - . weosier; miss rnseims, pianist 01 me admirers includes every one who saw comedienne at the Helllg theatre tor v "Salome" originally written for and dance hall, Mrs. Mlna Crolius Gleaaon; him and he will surely have a large fol- four night, beginning tomorrow (Mon- played by the noted French actress sheriff. Sidney Diamond; Mlsa Carton, lowing on a return engagement t -; v lay), in the new comedy of modern garah Bernhardt, waa nut on for an ex- Mlaa Thompson; Miss Larabee, Mlsa Murray and Mack closed the week at U'e by Kellett Chambers, entitled "The tended season at the Palace theatre .in Elisabeth Clancey; Nat, Thomaa Harper: the Heilia; with a clever ahow. entlUed Butterfly." Thia is an event of more London; the censor prohibited the piece. I Dick .. Rod, , Jamea A. Gleason; ! Judge. "Around the Town." It provided an than usual Interest and Importance, as however, and the tragedy waa with-1 Sidney Diamond;. dlatHct attorney, Lyn- abundance of merriment for those who I " merits ine nrsi appearance 01 I drawn after one night, but too late, thel 0B Atney; coun ciera, x nomas Harper; saw it. and the number, waa large, for I beautiful Lillian Russell in this city, J poetical beauty of the words from the I atenographer, ' Nell McKlnnon, foreman Murray and Mack have for years been" w" initial performance herepen of -the celebrated poet "were-w favorites in thia city. I of the new comedy, the author of which I allzed,, and the play was afterward put A feature of the comkig week and ln- brother of the distinguished drama-1 6n in Berlin with great success." The deed a feature of the entire theatrical I tut Haaaon yiamoera I German publlo regard the author as a -xne jiuuerny- epitomises tno oa-iworM poat and "Salome" as a world ern, up-to-date aplrlt of faahlon and the piay. as a wono IstogLianVuao, Sermayr her intlmatea aa Betay. optiriL comxMy in New 0,. onenin next Sunda with the i w, ui.r wrKi. vui,. I rorx city, but was removed after the ! young widow of old Peter Killlrew, f ir,t performance. The musio was the who gathered no a great many millions I mniit hami m v. v-n.v by steallng railroads, .and lnveated a the production as a whole waa a great few thousands in salvation by support-1 success, but the hn th. L.. ohurcB." fTr:-f m 1 I condemned 1 the great scene of Salome .When the play opens the old financier klsslne- the h.H t Jnhn ,. n..n.. Men." waa also . aucoeasful aa i. far as I hag been dead Just a year and a day and In alrht at tha aiMfn 1,. k.i.. - . . W3, 4 a a , , 1 1 -ew v v M lf(U I I aaatv At aWV 'WJ1IUIHU Ua ISC aWBCMf popular approval was ooncerned. , The I beautiful Betay la blossoming out f been given to her on a silver charger as I . fcr the Seaman .wtock company a German Jew with a big heart Herbert , new eeaman siock company a . inai 1 j"" .:. . ' , v I a resuu 01 itmg nerod's oath, so horrl-l-wne t maae us pow at me empire twoiAshton; Mr. , Bennett: the coffee king, house has made a strong bid for 1 f?lf&J ff.V. 'Z? .71 ow.! ,lea ,th I01 tha the" play was not weeks ago.;, the general approval thia C. Kehoej Max, manager Hungarian res- muon-ajia M muing many inenas. 1 .v.. r""' , ' , P'"1! o proceea. in the dramatic I company 01 ' aciora receivoa t was 1 taurant Charles Connera; ' Waiter, , Ar- Thia week marks the opening of the I launched herself on a series of the most I reduction this scene Is carried out with I hardly hoped for so aoon. .. . Ithur Neaia! nan fluff Hnth MnHann Allen stock company at he. Lyric, an I xtraordlnary: and complicated matri.on exception thus just hefora Salome! .;"For the .third week the company has I Warder. R. Bradbury; Lena Hope, a waif eveni m wnico a uirge poruen m - ut I . . - aiuaea ino neaa or me propnet Cloud I een augmeniea ior am prouueuon 01 1 Of the sea Margaret Pitt; Grace Ben x orciajiu puouo w iniennra. -ine com-1 v - - Z I Pnvm k me moon, mua leaving the I Dn" " xtigni, w vminenaousiy i nett xfithtl Jonea i ' pany made many friends at the Star I excitement and croaa purposes up to the I stage in total darkness. At the time I "nccB'ul New Tork melodrama which I ana cogeiner wun me regular : iyno i "" fi nrea sing ascends the staircase I oepicia me, vaneo ves 01 me ncn ana i : ri,a cila tr V at.. natrons will likely do a oanaxdtr huai- Uon Of Betare Problem... J a oiner lung" at the Star. ness. . I Never having been in love; the young r have kissed thy mouth Jokanaan." 1-5' Thia play, open ml 'afternooa 'wUhl - ne Silver Klnt wUl be the attrac- The Star, however, will not be closed. I wWow decides to annexVthe title and I The cloud has now Bassed ero tha I the usual Wednesday and Saturday mat-1 tion at the Star, theatre thia week, atart- for a company which includes some I coronet of a British aarl, an ambition j moon and la now covering Salome with I neea. The play opens in a tenement ling tomorrow night The event will,-be really high class actors .has been se- that is promptly frustrated by the die-1 its raya King Berod, turning, sees fla-1 n 1,1 that great city, the acene shows (more than . ordinarily- important, . aiace cured for that house. -, Icovery of a new will, In which old Feterljome, he then shrieks, "Kill that worn-1 David Rosen'a room,, an old : German I it will serve to Introduce the new" SUr jjuuigrew naa imposea me conaiuon oijan." Tiie soldiers in attendance rush I Jsw peddler, and Lena Hope's room, old I atook company, which, baa been organ- wun sn siuhu m wuhuii tw iorwira ana cnian twnntth thaia .vuu. i kqim navintr rescued ntr mm a nurn.iiaea witn rreai care nv Humvan a i-nn. i Betsy In the event of her re-marrlage. I Salome, daughter of Herodiaa rrn... ina- shin. . She has srrown uo to look 1 sldlne, h The comnanv. while composed In the end aha finds that she does not J of Judea,; -l-- . -,,vsjupon him as fa .father, '0 Some girl of people new to Portland, haa on .ita want a ue, ou ooea want aomemingi wuina Kogera impersonation of Her-1 friends, Mamie ana Toots, chorus girls, I roster many noted players. very much better. . In a word, she dla-1 od Antlpas is considered hv dr. ma m I Invite her out to a party and while away I Russell Lee Barrett will be the lead. MurraT and Mack Tonltrht at Helli I covers that she is something more than I critics of San Francisco, the finest por-lMr"- Potts, a designing woman placea a Mag man. , He atarred three aeaaonS in " i a butterfly, aftet all. and the comedy trayal of, a, character of Herod'a tnt child in her room.--TWr 6ftnga England wltSThe Middleman," was ina auracuon at the Helllg theatre. I cornea to a highly sentimeatai and eat-lever seen in Ban Francisco. - I to a bankera daughter, Grace Bennett I loading .man at Proctor's, New York, iriwmm mm rvMmngion sireeia, n- isractory conclusion. I 1 B&iome as piayea oy Kiixabeth Stuart wno. la aecreuy marriea to a young night wiu be the famous Irish come-1 Miss Russell has a role that ''gives I received much favorable comment from (lawyer, Robert Hyde. . 'r;,.:.'.-jj-?'r-'S:-diana Murray and Mack, in their latest! ample ecopefor the display of her jthe public and "press of San Franclaoo. Grace' father objects to him and aep muelcal farce-comrdy, ."Around' the I Uvhtneaa and eartalntv In Comedy char I The dance of the seven vila n.rf.A urates them because ha wants her to A 4 VI -! "1 ., -, " i t A , r I 11 a-aaa a no jMHTf -rt -ft rti - - , J . , Ellaabeth Stuart as Salome. ., , Harry Blanchard, Charles Ayrea Wallace Rob erta. D. D. Edwarda and others. For the opening bill. Manager Allen haa selected the famous farce comedy success, fBrown'a in Town." a delight ful fun-provoker that has never failed to please The Allen company is pe culiarly adapted to the presentation of farce comedy, end indlcatlona are that the first week will be successful in a great degree. i"Brown'a in Town" opens Monday evening. -V Seats for all perform ances of the week are now on sale and may be procured at the theatre box of f ice or ordered reserved by telephone..; Vaudeville at the Orand. Tomorrow . the management , of tht Grand , will present another new blU and keep Xip the standard of high-grade vaudeville entertainments which are al ways found at thia establishment?''. Tb ' headline act will be Harry. La Rose A Co. in the screaming farce, "The Ballot and the Horse." written by Will M. . fCressy. ..Mr, La Rose is no stranger la Portland, aa he waa at the Grand a ' year ago with this sketch and it . proved to be one of the funniest enter-' lKMA,. .hla hnM t,a V. ,oi lli, tu. I v Mian w u w im. mbu ii.vi.liim. ' There wiu be found aa many laughs, in it as there are seeds in an apple. Mr. La Rose toured 'the Orpheum circuit twice with this sketch. It Is unique and telle a story, while there are two genuine character parte In it The plot relates how a sailor Is Induced - by a racetrack man to buy a broken-do wa animal and how, through the use of a magical medicine, the horse wins a race and 140,000. - - -. The feature act -will be the Howard Brothers, perhaps . the greatest expo- , nents of the banjo. They are known from coaat to coast as without auperiora and every lover of music will be de llgbted with, this act . Tanner and GUi bert have a burlesque called , 'How to Make Love." - Lovemaklng la a serious proposition, but the. way this couple oerforma the difficult task evokes screams of laughter. Gil Brown la a talking and dancing comedian, who Is as light as a feather on hla feet and his conversation la bright and up to data Sousa and Sloaa are burlesque magiciana : One performs the tricks with the skill of an Alblnl. while - the other blunderingly exposes each trick in turn. ' Nan Engleton &Co. present the comedy "How the Widow -' Was Won." Shakespeare never wrote anything half so diverting as this, Fred -will sing "The Best Thing in Life" and the moving ploturea relate the atory of My Wife's Birthday" and what . hap. pened. .. .; - ' ' ''(!, . This afternoon and evening the Grand will offer the uaual, Sunday perform ances, which will close the current vau deville program at this houae. Tha present bill is well balanced and ' haa given aatlsfactloa to many thousand people during the paat week. . Harding, a rich and thoughtless young man, Raymond Whltaker; Robert Hyde, his friend, Leo Llndhard; David Rosen, MONOLOGUES. Town.- ., ' - r I aeterlaavtioiivHer'-appreeiatiOB' f A'the Murray and Mack enjoy . the dlstlno-1 humoroue possibllltiea of her . part la we oiaest xarce-eomedy matched by the consummate ekill with teem in; point of actual service now which she realises them. . In the aenlth before the public. This season makes of her histrionic and the rare effulg the fourteenth. consecuOve year that ence of her peraonal charma. LiUtan urray and Mack have headed their Russell is easily one of the most oon- wn organization. Their record and fuc splcuous of the brilliant women who ' hav8 J. fomethlng unique, as grace the American atage." t: In "The . f7JZVL?u th woKSlea so Butterfly" she presents a portrait of a '-ti. " i',? 1Tnr ot our Prmnt the modern. ; high-spirited r modlab in ntf ,if.a r.vth ?lde,t la womB ot '"Moa. with a heart beating r m tha th public- the' benllth 'rivoloua exterior. Mlsa Rua lnr ?i . amirWrt iB ?on1lr- . who haa always been acclaimed LrTuil mount of aeeeaaee they;, have the best gowned woman on the stage. Wheathev at.rt.a .1 1. wll motably beautiful frocka v 'Va t.H J1 he,r ,tarrtn tou- Manager Joseph Brooks haa surround, tj were both verat youcg men. ybelr ed the beautiful ,tar with the beat eo- by Salome on the moonlit' terrace before Herod and his court, ts one of the most beautirui ' reatures or tne play. Jokanaan, or John the Baptist, as the character ia better known, is played by Benedict McQuarrle and his Interpreta tion of the character 1 far better than haa ever been aeen-on the coast , "Sa lome," with the; original oast - seenery and mechanical off acta, will be aeen at the Helllg. Seat sale opena Wednesday. May t, at box office the Heilig. . , " V,-v - TThe Cowboy and Lady" at Baker. The Cowboy and the Lady,", by Clyde Fitch, first produced by Nat Goodwin aa& Maxlae Ulott will b creaeated marry Paul Harding, hla dead partner's son, to save nimseir rrottne peniten. tlary for using the son's trust money. Paul protects Lena from Hyde' a insults and fall in love with her. ' Lena haa taken care of the child left In her room, nd Just aa Paul la offering to make her his wife Bhe is arrested for the murder of the child, brought about by Bennett, who pays Mrs. Fotta to substitute a dead child for his daughter's child left with Lena. He doea thia to get Lena out of the wax and break off the infat uation of hla prospective son-in-law Harding. From here the plot becomea Intensely dramatic, climaxes . following fast" "v;-,.." i a .'i;r'i , SoUowlns U a fiart of (he oast; Paul and has played leads with Btock com panlea in Quebec, Detroit and Salt Lake City. The leading' woman-is AAelalde Knight, who made her debut under Herr Oberlander at the Royal theatre, Ber lin, uermany. in thia country aha haa toured in "The Sign of the Croaa" - and ia "East Lynne." She waa with Proctor in iew Tork and waa featured la "Quo Vadla." ,. Frank Do Camp will be stage airecior. r tie waa wim "TThe Royal Slave," the Dearborn stock company and Bush Temple etock company, in 'Chi cago. Eunice Murdock ; waa secured fronvTJu Barrie" by, John W. Conaidlne while la the oat and aha has been with some of the leading stars of the coun try. . The balance of the new Star stock company will be found comnetent and capabla . . The opening attraction of the new Star etock comfaaz imjk faraoua clar4 for ?Tbe Silver King" is one of - the moat eucoesaful melodramas In the his tory of the stage. It waa first presented in England many yeara ago and ' haa never been relegated to a back seat For human emotions, a strong and virile plot, natural characters and consistent atory, "The Silver King" aUnda in a class of Its own.., , It has been praised by the best critics everywhere and haa never ion a shadow -of its intense and widespread popularity. There will be matinees of "The Silver King! Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday. Seat are now .on sale-.4TS:';'!Kw-:M:vv;Vi;i; Thia afternoon and ton ght ' will be the : nnai performances of the comedy arama, "For Mothers Bake: , :. - New Company at Lyric.. '?' Tne' old order of things at the Lyrlo Is a part of the past,' and the new pol Icy goes , into' effect Monday evening, when the popular Allan Stock company opena the theatre for a permanent sea son of stock, v The entire -policy of the theatre haa been changed. '. The Allea company win , present only , tne best plays , obtainable the- beat . .. dramas, melodramas, comedies, farces a wide variety that will please everyone. , In stead of a matinee every day, there will be matinees on Tuesdays, Thursdaya, Saturdays and Sundays. Frlcea for the evening performances will be aa fol io wa: Parquet, 80 cents; dress circle, JOc; balcony,, ; three -rows,. I0e; bog seats, ' SOc; i general I admission, - lOo, MatlneeVtcas will be 10 and 20 centa Thia new Order of things means bet ter ahowa, better players, a more satis factory performance from every stand point All the Allen company favorites will be aeen. Mlaa Verno Feltoa, who haa thousands of admirers In the city, will still head. the company. la her support will be Charlotte Mundorff. Marie Thompson, Mrs. Clara.AUen, For rait 6eabur& - ZUJoh . Belmont,- Xrrlaf I READ OWN OBITUARIES How Lord Brougham Found , Out j What People Thought of Him. From the London Chronicle. ' The reverend relative of Lord WIU loughby : de , Broke who ; read - an an nouncement of hie own death the other day thereby had an experience which la becoming more common than it used to be. "(V-sFAvtii-.i-... i. Not so long ago Mr. Baring-Gould had the peculiar felicity of reading obituary notices or nimseir, wmie tne aiuinr print of Sir Claude Macdonald airTr.. Morrison of the Times dates back only to the Boxer rising In China, There la also the case of Robert Louis Steven eon. ; Even the king, when he was Prince of Wales and dangerously ill, learned many Interesting opinions of his . life and character from newspaper obituaries. - . Another sort of undertakefa Joy befel Harriet Martineau, for she wrote her own obituary. . . 1 ' But the greatest hoax In' this line waa the letter the brilliant Lord Brougham caused to be sprung Upon London la 1889. He had been thrown out and : killed while; driving from Brougham . hall Jn an old hired carriage to visit a ruin. "So like him," commented Henry : Reeve, "to choose to go In a wheelbar- row instead of a coach and four." -; And the ; admirer recalled ' a dlnnet -party - a- - few - days- before - whea- BrBougham had been one of IS at table. Journalists rushed to write obltuariea which did. not all prove pleasing to tha genius who waa alyly reading them. "A very pretty piece of devil'a amusement" was the verdict when the Joke became known; and a month later, at a meeting or tne council, the Duke of CamhjrJ waa still excited enough to run arc the room after Brougham vociferating loudlyt "By God.' Brougham. ou did it; by God, you wrote the letter yourself neeiing -ahjridge a.f(nea. aia ... . . Snake Chafmer'g Bravado. A man named Richards, llvin at Maeateg, near Cardiff, known ' locally aa "Henry the Snake Charmer," be cause of hla skill in taming snakes, was showing an adder he had canturad to friends when it bit his finger. ' Richards merely laughed and h wv- Of bravado placed the adder's head ia hla mouth. The reptile bit the roof of the man's mouth, and with a nr of terror Richards ran to a local auiv gery. which he reached In a state of collapae. ' v- c:-rT:? SubsequenUy he waa carried home n- ' conscious, but is now recovering slowly, both his arma and face belna- terrihi swollen. It was a curious circumstance that Richard's father died from the eft' fact of aoake'e bite, r ';, . ' s- J