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Notable Perferauaces AniMg
the WtJcht Raisers.
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A fawytm age heavy weight lifting waa
leoksdapeaaaa very taroertut branch of
atafetim Ltttl by Uttk the feteretttatt
4tedet,and K Is bat raetetly that H hat
kwrirlnlipb, TsMqaartieii bat often
bamatbadt MWba b tba braaflaat mm te
tbirerldraa4 aatfl very recently It bat
bemaa openqeMUoa. It wat te decide thfa
CI, tf petatble, tbt Richard K. bxeT
FbHee Oaaette, eattMd a big dttmbbeH
tobeeu tiucteJ, Bdogcedaprleet 1800
te tbe mtm who theuld Hit It The beU
wgfcd 1,00 pevadt, had aaarire iron ba
die irmly attached, aad wai set cumbar
oaMeraawleldly.
JAKES W. KXlftnCDT.
The announcement of this competition and
the cbnnce of earning the title of "champion
dumbbell lifter of tbe world" aroused the
dormant energies of tbe strong men near and
far. Buch giants as Belwutlan Miller, "the
Man of Iren;" Jehn Whitman, "AJax;"
Geerge Hirscbbern, "Yeung Sampson;"
MUe, "tbe Modern Hercules;" Banle, "tbe
Swiss Hercules," and a host of ethers at
tempted te lift the weight, but were unsuc
cessful. They could budge it, but the 1,030 pounds
of solid weight were tee much for them te
lift
Sebastian Miller, who lifts 1,800 pounds
with the health lift, 3,900 with harness and
cracks stones with his fist quicker tbau an or
dinary man can. with a hammer, made a
great effort, but was forced te give up in
despair.
Whitman attempted te lift the end of tbe
bell with his teeth by fastening a strap te tbe
handle. He tried twenty times, with no suc
cess. He did lift it, however, by placing a
strap around his neck and using one hand.
He struggled for one hour te lift it tbe whole
way up, but failed. The ethers were equally
unsuccessful.
Finally James W. Kennedy, of whom a
very geed likeness appears with this account,
determined te wade in nnr. capture the
trophy. Kennedy, who is an iron molder by
trade, is a magniflcent specimen of muscular
development He is 5 feet 10 inches tall and
weighs 105 pounds stripiwd. He claims tut)
title of champion short distance oarsman of
America. He was several years age a prom
inent amateur, and wen the douhle sculls
together with J. H. Riley, at (Jrccunoed
lake, en Oct 0, 1870, covering the two miles
in 12m. aud SOs. Kennedy hail been training
for the event for some, time, and when he
made his nppcarance was in the pink of con
dition and confident of success.
He carefully wrapped a small towel around
the slippery iron bandleand grasped it (Irmly
with both bands. The first and second trial's
resulted in failures, but en the third the
weight slowly but surely came up in his
grasp two inches from the fleer. He held it
for a moment, aud then it dropped with a
crash upon the fleer.
He was congratulated by all piesent and
proclaimed champion by Fex.
Although Kennedy's performance was a
great one, it does net equal David L. Dowd's
lift of l,4t-ii pounds. This is tbe best en
receid, and waa accomplished en March 27,
1883. The amateur record for lifting with
the 'hands alene is 1,334 pounds. This feat
was accomplished by H. Lcnssiug, of Spring
field, Mass., en March 31, 1SS0.
A few years age there was In America a
German giant named Carl Abs. He could
lift WO pounds, play with ISO pound dumb
bells, and lift &00 pounds with ene hand.
Among some of Abs' notable feats the fol
lowing are Tery remarkable: At Hamburg,
Germany, he lifted a weight weighing 13J
Sounds three times from the Uoer with one
and. He also put up a 230) pound dumb
bell with one ..band from shoulder te arm's
hujjth. -
WRmtAM Ltrttna en mt bell.
Perhaps the greatest lifter was W. B.Cur
tis, tbe athletic editor of The Spirit of the
Timet, In New Yerk city in 18CS be lifted
8,330 pounds with harness. This was a great
achievement and has never been beaten.
Curtis has also lifted 1,830 pounds, hand lift,
without artificial meant, and this feat hat
also never been equaled. Me one wishes te
rob Kennedy of bit well earned title, but hit
feat of lifting the bell pales before that of a
young student of Dickinsen college. The
yeuug man's name U Geerge Bechtel, and bit
great feat was tbe lifting of a weight weigh
ing t,UU0 peinds clear from the fleer with
out aid of any kind.
Leuis Cyr, tbe Canadian Samson, is con
sidered by many te be the strongest man of
today, and it is confidently expected that
when be tackles tbe weight it will sail into
tbe air like a stoue under a derrick. One of
Cyr's greatest performances was the lifting
of 3,&30 pounds of pig iron from a platform
with his back. This occurred en Oct 1,
1888, and is authentic
As these experiments have aroused se much
euthusiasm among this particular class of
athletes, it is very probable that ether con
tests of a similar nature will be instituted,
and who knows but that seme hitherto un
known giant will appear in tbe arena and ac
complish things that will put these famous
meu of muscle te blush!
Tbe I lie reuse or Uaclug.
In 1879 there were run en the "flat" 1,160
races, aud in 1B8U the number of races of the
tame character had risen te 4,849. During
the same period the money raced for had un
dergone the aame phenomenal increase. In
1879 the total amount of money, including in
dividual expenses te owners of horses, de
voted te this object, was 303,C37, while in
1889 it reached $3,379,1931
A tingle racing association devoted $9,212 a
day for twenty days te tbe sport; another
spent for 113 days $3,000 a day; New Yerk
Qd Broeklrn clute disturbed $1,412,960 la
2p2Fy
epportef Ute sport Mae ty stae wun tni
growth of the popular amusement, the price
raf'Herm flesh hat Increased, and whereat
StVB80 was at ene time a geed stiff price for
a racer, $35,000 it new paid ungrudgingly.
TWO NEW PLAYHOUSES.
VtM Theatre at Taeeata, Wash, ami ttsa
Lyceum at New Londen, Ceaa.
Geed theatres are springing up in many
NewSagland towns and cities which thirty
yean age would hardly have tolerated them,
says The New Yerk Bun. Among tbe finest
of these new theatres is the Lyceum at
New Londen, Conn. It has a stage larger
than that of any but the Uggtat taetropeaV
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tan theatres. The depth is 40 feet, tbe width
00, and there Is a lefty space above for the
scenery, paint bridge and rigging. Tbe ac
commodations connected with it are of the
most Improved sort, and will doubtless glad
den the hearts of traveling professionals.
Under the stage a large apartment has been
fitted up for the use of minstrel troupes ex
clusively, se that burnt cork need net leave
its traces In the ether dressing rooms. The
street front, although simple, is decidedly ef
fective The material used is Fisher's Island
brick, set off in excellent taste with terra
cotta decorations. The large arched door
ways are bordered with ornamental terra
cotta relief, which it also carried up tbe
facade in a rich design en pilasters and reap
pears in the moldings of tbe windows.
The interior surface of the walls is te be
covered for the most part with a material re
sembling tapestry. But the effect of this will
be relieved and varied by arabesque designs
in raised plaster work, richly tinted, which
run along the front of the two galleries and
of theeight private boxes. Tbe plaster or
namentation is also applied te tbe deme like
reefs of tbe upper boxes, te the proscenium
arch, and te the whole ceiling ever the par
quet, which is illuminated by clusters of In
candescent lamtis. Just abeve the proscenium
is a high frieze divided into nrched panels,
each of which contains a group of figures
bronzed, against a ainkd ground. Tbe pre
vailing scheme of color will be rose and geld.
The building has a frontage of 70 feet and a
depth of 133.
Anether fine new theatre is that recently
completed at Tacoma, Wash. It is situated
at the corner of St Helens and Ninth streets,
with a frontage of 174 feet en the former nnd
07 en the latter. Tbe stage Is 70 feet wide
and 43 feet deep, the ili.-lance from it te the
rigging left above being 00 feet
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TACOMA THEATRE.
In its interior funiishlnga tbe theatre Is ele
gant and artistic, with u most bnimoiiieus
blending of colors, producing soft unci pleas
ing effects. It shown a display of artixtie
tatiuund ndh,iegardef cost that is hi keep
ing with ether features of the structure.
Am Her in The West Shere, from whick
magazine the accompanying cut is copied,
says: "With its splendid equipment and Its
seating capacity of 1,200 in a city growing se
rapidly and containing such n large propor
tion of liberal mid cultured people, it will
draw the finest histrionic talent in the United
States, mid will combine with Spokaue Fulls,
Seattle and Portland, w hen they shall have
completed similar structures, in forming a
strong circuit for theatrical attractions."
Herman Leng.
Herman Leng, who will play with the
Bosten League club next season, premises te
Ik) the pride of that city as far as bal 1 playing
is concerned. He is the king short step of
the land. A writer
in describing him
has written as fol fel fol
eows: "Indianapolis
has uGlasbCeck, St
Leuis a Fuller, and
Day was at ene
time in possession
of a Ward, but
tliese diamond
lights are but tab
ft?: low dips te electric
- lights when com-
ared with 'Ger
man Herman.'"
He is 33 years of
HERMAN LONO.
age, stands 5 feet 8 inches, nnd weighs 100
pounds. It is wonderful te see the amount of
territory that he can cover en both gieund
hits and in capturing fly balls, no is ery
ture in handling thrown balls, and bis celer
ity is remarkable. His ene band work bat
been the marvel of the baseball world. He
hits freely and Is a great base runner. Leng
is considered by many te be the best com
bined short and second baseman, batter and
base runner in the profession. The price
paid for his release from Kansas City te Bos Bes Bos
eon was $0,500. Leng is a natural player.
He delights in these plays w bleb lire astound
ing te the Koctetor, and he thinks uetblug of
turning an apparent base hit into an out.
SHIPPING CATTLE ACROSS SEA.
Same Points ltrgnrdiiig This New Cem-
meiclul Industry.
lS;iecial Corrvt.pendt-nce.1
New Yerk, Feb. 0. The live (deck
bhipping industry began about eight
yearn age. Tlie nvcrnge number of
cattle Bent each week is 3,000 the year
round, or about ICO, 000 annually. Of
course this does net include dead car
casses, which nre tdiippcd by the mil
lion, nor flne breeding stock, compris
ing a great number of bulls, every year
sent ever from Kentucky.
Upen tbe ether hand, England sends
no butchers' Bleck te America. She
does, however, ship line thoroughbreds
for stock breeding purposes, and no end
of them.
The oxpense of shipping a cargo of
cattle (of say fi.r0 head) may easily be
computed by Ihese flgurra: Qest of 550
head, at $00 each, $.1.1,000; forty men
(deducting four "deadheads"), at 10
each (wage range, from $23 te $35),
$I,'J(W, foreman, $00; ene awislant fore fero fere
man at $10; freight en sleck at $10 per
bead (it ranges fiem $0 te $12), $5,500;
lo.sef 2 percent, en stock (the average
less, aside from a vvholei.ilediastcr, id
2 te i!J er cent.), $eG0, total rest of
cargo, $10,400, or $7:.f0 per head. Te
this must often Imj added cost of insur
ance although the cargo is net always
insured, if weather indications nre fa-
erable.
Thin it il lie seen that thesliipper does
net alvvaya icalizca profit en his cargo,
an, at a minimum lo.ef 2 per cent., he
must rcati.e 7:1.50 per head en hiscatllu
in Kuglaud toremoout eeu. And still,
abeu theiiicb(mciitulre.idy mentioned,
hu is plulgcil te prmnlea return passage
for Ins men.
TiiObbtein of taking men across in
cattle iKiatsaiiil ghiug liter:; their beard
for ser ices rendeied is fast falling into
ill favor. The "deadheads,'' ns this class
of men are called, usually hail from an
utterly worthless rank the tramp brig
ade Mipplies the material as a I ule and
as a fitting climax t'tey prove. thciufe')u-i
te he iiixwitlve liiinltii finilnif it llm
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turret way te beat a two weeks' tattoo
en tbe teeea table without running the
risk of being "put oft" lxtweeti aUtieht
and walking the tie, Fer thtt rcaxeti
shippers much prefer te pnyn regular
man his wage. Te be sure, there am
worthy and needy men among this class
of "deadheads." A man perhaps Is tin
fortunate cneugn te be obliged te work
his passage home te England ; or, for that
matter, an American, failing te find em
ployment here, seeks it en beard a cattle
beat. Dut the percentage of worthies
has become se small that net mere than
three te five "deadheads" are new In
cluded in a passage, and even these are
made te de the most menial work at tire
ever ofllcieus bidding of tbe hirelings.
A. J.-F.
OF THE COUNT DE PARIS.
HE
MAY CONCLUDE TO VI8IT AMER
ICA'S SHORE.
Geerge t. KIMner Writes of a Boyat
Frenchman Who Was a Brave SeMler
oe the Federal Bide During the Clfll
War la the Called BtaUe.
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The cable news from Lisben te the ef
fect that Count dc Paris, a Bourbon heir
te the French throne, who is doubly ex
iled by the Anglo-Pertugueso broil, mny
visit America recalls the very unique
career of ene who, born a monarch, has
been at once the friend nnd the victim
of democratic principles. He is the head
of the house of Bourbon-Orleans, and
whilst se honored by the French Legit
imists in the third Napeleon's time, be
fevght bravely for the perpetuity of the
American republic. The French Repub
licans banished him in his boyhood,
18-18, and ugain four years age, for bis
accident of birth, nnd new the Republi
can demonstrations in Portugal threaten
his eace in bis temporary asylum there
and also compromise his relations with
England, where he has passed the most
of his ezile in an established home at
Tunbridge Wells.
As an able and candid historian of the
civil war, Count rte Paris will be known
te military students anil readers prob
ably belter than any contemporary wri
ter en the war, but many lireBide tales
will be found embellished with accounts
of bis personal deeds and adventures
when be wero the Yankee blue. Ameri
can boys, be they ever se democratic,
lese no chance te run after a real prince,
just te have a leek nt royally if no mere.
Princes have cut great figures in the
world's history, as all boys knew, and
for want of a home production we nre
compelled te leek
te foreigners for
specimens. The
announcement te
the Union Army
of the Potemno
that two Bour
bon princea,
countrymen of
Lafayette and ed
ucated European
soldiers at that,
had put en the
American uni
COUNT DB I'ABIS.
form te serve as aids-de-camp te McClel
Ian, created a stir in the breasts of the
enthusiastic boys of '01, who, abeve all
things, wanted te go te war in geed com
pany. The writer first kiw the princes dis
tinctly at the front en the peninsula in
the spring of 1802. My regiment was
net in the Yorktown and Williamsburg
campaign, Inning served in detached
oiwratiens tinder Gen. Franklin en the
Yerk river, and joined the body of the
main army half way up the peninsula
toward Richmond en the 15th of May.
That evening McClelhin nnd staff pasbed
our camp in full war harness, having
just come in from thu battlefield at Will
iamsburg, and knowing of the presence
in the cavalcade of the royal perbenages
I set out te gratify native curiebity, fully
expecting te Hud porno strawberry mark
in the way of outward insignia te tell me
when highness was in view. There was
none. The commander aud his aids
wcre dressed in plain blue regulation
style.
One Prince de Jeinville, the undo nnd
counselor te the soldier princes, who
rede with headquarters, was in civilian
cestume and but slightly distinguishable
in dress from any of the civilians of the
staff. The ethers, Leuis Philippe d'Or
leans, Cemte de Paris, and Rebert d'Or
leans, Due de Chartres, wcre in the uni
form of their rank, which was tliat of
captain. Viewed closely, as I afterward
found opportunity te bce them, they had
an unmistakable fercignair, net te say
an unubual one for men in their position.
They wcre self iiessessed aud easy man
nered, nnd were earnest and active, with
out betraying anxiety or eagerness. These
characteristics, together with their cus
tom of having separate quarters and
mess, and of being much together when
the army was quietly in camp, and being
attended by a personal suite wearing a
peculiar dress, seen inade the members
of the party distinguishable under all
circumstances.
During the movements of the Seven
Days' battles circumstances threw me
very clese te the royal group elf by itself
at the general headquarters, when the
princes nnd McClel Ian were in censulta
tien, as it after
ward proved, re
garding their
withdrawal from
the service, which
took place then
and there owing
te possible coru ceru coru
plicntiens be
tween the United
States and France
about the affairs
of the rebellion.
They left the
army in fact
within a few
hours nnd imme
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diately returned e-rt
te Europe. The -J.
Count de Paris,
then 23 years of count ijk iabis in
age, was a noble "lV'AU TIME,
looking soldier. His full, smoothly crop
ped beard added te the manliness of hifl
nppcarance. The Duke de Chartres, bis
brother, was a Ix-aidlesa boy of 20 and
could be very impulsive and boyish Wi
der provocation.
At this time he hud drawn himself away
from his companions te indulge in a fit
of sulks Ihicuiiiui the decision that the
princes leaui the m my at ence seilcd an
adventure he had en feet that very night
a cavalry dash which be purposed te
lead into the Confederate lines. The rec
ord made by each in the campaign was a
soldierly one, but the count distinguished
himself by gravity of lc.iriiig combined
with tnillim.liiii;; bravery rather than by
brilliant y of exploit. His life even then
had been full of pathos.
When he was 10 years old lift widowed
mother tool; him U'fete the French
chamber of deputies thu d ly his grand
father's (Iittis Philippe) throne was
burn til in the public rqttare eutside the
royal palact mid the monarchy over
thrown, te hue him declared king of
France. The national giianl, which had
been summoned le i.uxtatii the tottering
monarch, hud uuswered with the slegnn
of tbe revolution! ts, "Viva la reformer
TlmstrvetH er full of birricades, and
when the diputieti were nlieut te all all
neutitx' a regency, with thu JQ- car-old
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lad aa aevcreign, tne moo broice into tnt
hall, and the mother of the princes fled
with them te save their Hrrs. A few
weeks later the general asar-rahly of re
publican France passed a decree of per
petual exile against the Orleans family
and confiscated Its estates. The count
was' educated partly in Germany and
partly In England, where the Orleant
family found an asylum after the ban
ishment.'" Before coming te America in
1801 he traveled through the east.
After leaving the Union army In 1803,
the soldier prince returned te England,
and during tbe France-Prussian war waa
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very active in the relief of French sol
diers. His brother, the duke, served in
tbe French ranks under an assumed
name and wen high honor. Thu decrce
of banishment was abrogated in 1871,
and seen afterward the Orleans estates
were restored te tbe family and the
count took up his residence in Paris. At
this time he found a rival te Legitimist
favor in the person of Count de Cham Cham
berd, grandson of Charles X, the monarch
who was forced te abdicate the French
threne in 1830. Four years age the
princes wcre again banished and the
count took up bis residence at Tun Tun
hridge Wells, near Londen.
Soen after his return te France, in
1871, Count de Paris began the work of
compiling bis history of the civil war in
America, a labor for which his vast re
sources, his leisure, his scholarly attain
ments nnd his personal experience quali
fied him. The work, new three-fourths
completed, is an itnpailial narrative re
markably well wrought out ns te details
and abounding in frank military criti
cisms. The book is accepted as an au
thority by American soldiers.
A couple of years age the chapter en
Gettysburg was reprinted in English in
a separate volume. Probably the most
interesting portion of the work for the
general reader is the nntilysis of the
causes of the war nnd the comment upon
the stale of the country nt the several
stages of thocetiflict. Hisnccountef the
condition of the American nation at the
outbreak of the war is n candid nnd ex
haustive btudy of the northern nnd south
ern people, their pcculiarlt tea of tempera
ment, belief and institutions. His Euro
pean origin and education, together with
his almost boundless knewledge of all
civilized peoples, acquired in extensive
travels befere coming te America, gave a
zest for his subject which he indulged te
the utmost, and he handles the Yankee
and the fire-eater, the abolitionist and
the Hlave owner, the statesman, the poli
tician, the backwoodsman and the
simple citizen nlike as seme new
ntid wonderful specimen worthy of a
sjiccial classification. Hu speaks openly
of the virtues nnd the faults of both
sides, and tlnds the conflict ene Hint was
inevitable. Coming down te the out
break of hostilities he finds the two sec
tions, wholly untrained te arms, sud
denly thrown into the turmoil of civil
war, and he proceeds te trace the prog preg
ess of the divided nation under the new
conditions, the raising of nrmies, the
gathering of means, the preservation of
local peace and order, nnd finally the
grand detail and science of the battle
field. His nearness le McClcllan du ing
the period when the Army of the Potomac
was formed and throughout its first cam
paign and his experience nnd observa
tion behind the scenes nt Washington
during the first winter of the war gave a
first hand knowledge of things that
sharpened both wit and pen, und he
wrote with the earnestness of an actor,
and yet from a distance se remote that
the candor of nn impartial witness is ap
parent at all times.
The name of Count de Paris appears
among the honorary members of the
Society of the Army of the Potomac,
and he was the choice of nearly all tbe
members of the committee en the Gettys
burg reunion of 1888 for orator of the
occasion. Gen. Butler opposed it en the
ground that an American citizen should
speak at that time. During the troubles
of 1880, when the Orleans princes wcre
placed under republican baa for tbe sec
ond time, several veteran associations
passed resolutions of sympathy with the
count, referring te the leml of fraternity
between them en account of their com
mon services in the Union army. Re
sponding te these in the usual formal
way, an interchange of letters brought
te his attention the Grand Army of the
Republic, and he expressed a desire te
join that order.
On receipt of fuller data, however, he
found that the taking of the oath pledg
ing allegiance te the United State was a
bar te his memU'rahip. President Lin
coln permitted the princes te serve in
the nuny without taking theeatlT. In
meeting the qucbtiens of the limes since
he reached manhood the head of the
Heuse of Orleans has bhewu marked
liberal tendencies.
During the cotton famine which raged
in the mill districts of England in con
sequent e of the blockade of southern
ports by our war measures, he made a
study of the systems of organized aid
for the suffering workmen, and pub
lished an nrticle entitled "Christmas
Week in Lancashire," describing the
social conditions of that time. This was
published in The Rovue des Deux Menties
ever the name of Eugene Fercadc, as
the imperial government would net ier
mit it te apjiear ever his preKT title.
Continuing this line of investigation, the
count published, in 1809, a work entitled
"Trades "Unions in England."
In a chapter of this work he gave his
views upon thu function of government,
advocating the broadest political lilx:rly,
an entirely free press and the unlimited
right te form as.seci.it ions, te meet and
discuss political, beeial and economical
qucbtiens in the clear light of ejien day.
This he considered the U-bt means of
prutentiiig thesv oxplesious of popular
passion which hnvu se often shaken
Euree. Repression, he thinks, drives
men into secret combinations and festers
passionate hatred. Extreme viewa, if ex
pressed, could be corrected. He favors
profit sharing with employees.
In ether writings, public and private,
since his return te Kiuejx.', the count
has discussed Germany and France.
Germany, he declared, must become a
colonial and a naal euer, nnd te satis
fy its new ambition 6eek te gain control
of Helland. In a private letter written
during the Kiance-I'nissian war he said
that France had "te fear two dangers:
arehy and Ciesarisiii. Whatever gevH
eminent will preserve us from them will
be the one we should tnke and keep, ba
it republic or monarchy."
The count is an efllcvrnf the territorial
army of Trance, nnd performs his dutiea
whenever he fc -riiiilliil te rcslile in
Fiance. His reuutry estates are en the
coast e( Normandy, near Dkppe,
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"The Barber of Bagdad"
Feature in New Yerk;
8PARKMNU AND FULL OF FUN.
A Ceadrnwd Blerj of the Wet The re
calls Way In Which the lllg Theatre It
Operated The ViiWWc's Measure a Secon
dary Matter.
The present season of grand opera at the
Metropolitan opera house hi New Yerk is an
artistic succrM, as the sensent In the past have
been. But what is almost at much te the
point, It it a financial success, at teatena in the
past have net lipjn.
A theatre like tbe Metropelltanopera house
It a possibility only In very large cities, where
there are many millionaires.
There are In the house eighty -four boxes.
Ten of these bexrs are en the parapet fleer
and are "open" for tale te tbe pubitc. In case
a Btctlea of the public wants te sit in ene of
TltR DABHKa Or BAGDAD.
these boxes for an evening It must hand ever
tOO at the box otllce. The el ber seventy-four
boxes are in two tiers oxtendlng round the
heuse, from ene slde of the proscenium te
tbe ether. Them nre livid by sulncribcrs who
guarantee tbe expenses of the opera. Bub
scriburs mny sub-rent tbelr bexus for n por
tion of tbe season or for certain nights of tbe
week te ether people, but only with the con
tent of the ether subscribers. Above the sec
ond tier of boxes nre three galleries, which,
with the main fleer of the heuse, are open te
the public Beat In tbe parquet are told for
$3 each, and grnde te &0 cents back of the
first three rows In tbe upier gallery.
All tbe operas Ibis season (ns was the rose
last year also) nre suug hi Herman. Tliuy
are produced with maRniOceiit bcenle effects,
and tbe roles nre filled by the best singers
that meney can hire. A recent; nnd netable
production was that of "Tbe Barber of Bag
dad," which, unltkn most of the grand
operas, Is full of fun, and can be classed ns
"comic." Tbe plcturetiqucneSB and brill
iancy of the costuniea hi this opera were es
pecially marked.
The story of tbe opera Is net a particular
ly heavy ene. NuredMlii, a peer but tweet
singing Persian, is In Ieve with tbe Cadi's
daughter, who is also a pretty singer and
who sings In German that she returns Nurcd
din's Ieve. Hut the Cedt in heavy tenor
sings no; his daughter must nmrry n richer
man. lie Is net a very cruel papa, however,
and he docs net scold very much, but pleads.
He evidently thinks tnat sparkling jewels
will l mero likely te bring his daughter
ever te bis way of thinking than harsh words
will, se he sings te four servants te bring In
a chest They sing that they will, and by
and by appear with it. The Cadi takes from
it a casket of gems nnd slugs te his daughter
that he will givu thorn te her It sha will mar
ry his rich friend. By nnd by be sings his
way out without having persuaded hit
daughter te slug yes.
. Pretty seen Nuieddln comes hi nnd he and
the Cadi's daughter sing Ieve songs. All at
ence tbe Cadi is beard approaching. It
would never de for him te find Niinxldln
there, se the latter's sweetheart nud n girl
friend of hers hlde Niiredillii In the Jewel
chest nnd shut tbe cover. The Harber of
Bagdad is a great fliend of Nuruddln's.
When he shaved tbe top of the young man'a
!M STOMA.
head that morning (in tbe llrst act) be had
sung te him that be bad a presentiment that
he (Nureddin) would get into trouble befere
the day was ever. In order te he en baud
when the trouble annus be has followed
him secretly and is wafting oubMe thu house
of tbe Cadi. He heart tbe cries of some ene
next deer and thinks that they are Nureddin's
and that bis friend Is being killed. He rushes
Inte the Cadi's heuse (just as the Cadi enters)
and slugs a deep bass song asking for Nured
din. The Cadi's daughter sings (Irnnelntwl),
"Hush! don't give it away; we've get him in
tbe chest biding bltn from father."
ButtheIlarlierdcxn't understand tbe state
of affairs, nnd thinks that Nureddin bes been
murdered and put In tbe chest. He sings
what he thinks, and sings se iwrslsteutly that
the chest is finally opened. Hure enough,
Nureddin is unconscious almost suffocated.
Tbe Cadi sings that he Is surprised te see Nu
ruldin there, and tbe Barber slags that be's
sorry Nureddfa it dead which he itn't,fer
pretty seen be revives and begins te sing
tome things himself. The Cadi slogs that
be relents, and that Nureddin may marry hit
daughter; and as tbe curtain falls everybody
sings thet they are very happy. Then they
teke off tbelr coetumes, go home, and after a
night or two of rest go back te the Metropol
itan opera heuse and ting it all ever again.
OBSERVATIONS ON WHIST.
Hew Suit Can lie Illecked and dame
test Through Inattention.
Tbe hands am as follews: A A, k, q,
10, 0, 4 hearts, 8 diamonds, qn, 9, 8, 7, 3 clubs,
kn spades. B 9, 5, 3 hearts, qn, kn, 10, 0, S
diamonds, k, 0 clubs, 8, S, 3 spades. C 8,
7 hearts, a, 7, 4, 3 diamonds, a, 4 clubs, k,
q, 9, 7, 6 spades. D-Kn, 3 hearts, k, 0, 3
diamonds, kn, 10, 5, 3 clubs, a, 10, 4, 3
spades. Beven clubs turned up by A.
Round 1-0 k t, B 3 , D 3 s, A kn s. O
leads from bis lengest suit. As it is headed
by k ami q, be leads k in erdtr te draw out
a if ft is in opponent's hand. A wants
trumps led, but as be only has the kn spades
be will net be able te give tbe signal.
Round 3-0 3d, B 10 d, I) k d, A 8 d. C,
Iercciv nig that A plays ku of Kjiades en bis k,
and knowing that his partner has a, decides,
te change the suit, as tbe probability Is that
A has no mero sules, or is signaling for
trumps. B plays tbe lewest of u jtquenca
second band. A is still net able te convey te
his partner that he wants trumps 1 1, at he
hat but ene diamond.
Round 3-D 9 d, A 4 h, O a d, B 8 i. D re
turns his partner's lead. A, who ,hai net
mero diamonds, pe&v the trick, a) (in de
net care te be toreert. and he knows that tins
will also convey ths information te B that ha
It strong in trumps.
Hound 40 7 1, n S s, D a , A 3 c. C lm
Mdlatcly perceives that A wants trumps led,
and consequently leads spades in order te
force A's hand.
Bound 6 A 7c, C4c, Bkc, D3c A
new bat an opportunity te lend trumps,
which he promptly a alls himself of, although
he het been forced, for he knows that neither
of hit opponents hat mero than four. O
passet the trlek, although he might have
taken It with the ace. His reamn for this Is
that be wants all tbe trumps In H's hand ex
hausted, se that hu can force A en the third
round, with tbe probability that B has no
mere trunqn. Of course, he Is net absolutely
sure that two rtmndi will exhaust all the
trumps In lit hand. He takes this chance.
Hound 011 0 c, Dhe, A qc, Cac. ft
returns hU partner's lead.
Hound 7-0 i s, B 8 s, I) 4 t, A 8 c O
new accomplishes bis purpose and breaks up
A's trumps.
Bounds A kh, 07h. B3h, D3h. A
new drops trumps and leads from his long
suit.
Round 0-A qn h, C 8 h, B 5 h, D kn h.
Round 10 A a h, O 4 d, B 0 h, B 10a
Round 1 l-D kn c, A 0 c, O 7 d, B 0 d.
Round 13 D 10 s, A 0 h, C 0 s, H kn d.
Bound 13-D 3 d, A 10 h, C 0 1, B qn d,
Score A, B, 6; C, B, 7.
This Is a very Interesting game. Itthewt
two very Important points In whist hew a
trump suit can I hi broken up, nnd hew a suit
can be blocked through carelessness. A
started nut with a clear Idea of just what he
wanted te de. He hail n heart suit headed
by the a, k and q, and practically established
at the start. He also bad a geed trump suit,
ills aim, therefore, was te exhaust trumps
and then bring In his hearts. But 0 was en
tbe alert, and after the third round clearly
perceived A's plan. In the second round O
did net dare te contluue his spade lead, for
he was net sure that A was strong in trumps;
ami at A had played tbe knot spades, the In
dication was that he hed no mere (unlets lis
was calling for trumps). O therefore changes
the suit te diamonds.
U returns this suit and when A passes It 0
feels sure that A must be strong in trumps.
He therefore, in tbe next round, continues
his spade suit and forces A't hand. But the
mistake of the whele game was made by B in
playing the four of sjradeH in seventh round.
if be had played the ten Instead he would
net have blocked his partner's suit lu twelfth
round nnd O and D would have made ene
mera trlek. It may be urged by soma that
I) did net knew but what U held the nine,
but If he bad followed the gatne closely he
would have seen that C 0eued from n suit if
flve anil must have the two remaining svuli L
Ten Lansine.
CHESS AND CHCCKERS.
Chit problem Ne. 48 By A, O. Talmer
Fenda, la. i
Black.
LIB. BLISS
ilJSUfflJS
231 m JBLJJL
tfWtf
mtm mtm
HU&-ItOHJL
White,
White te play and niate hi three moves.
Checker problem Ne. 48 By C. Steiger-
watti
Blnck-1,6, II, S3, as.
. i' taa ii i ii -"n"T1' TT fii i-ii' tiniir.i
Ks3 lalsi u&i LiJ
US Ii H H
. f!H flcfl;
m m m ii
mm m m
... Sm1 iftffia mtM-m mjr-mmj 1
m Bra pa t ntta tm
Whlle-9, 10, 37,39,31.
White te play aud win.
SOLUTIONS.
Chess problem Ne. 47;
White. Bleck.
l..QteKt7 L.KxKt
3..Qtell8x 2..HxQ
u..KtteK.umate.
h.KiP
3. .K moves
L.RxKt
3..KxP
L.PxKt
3..Kxi
L.KttoKe
S..KxF
l..RteK3
S..KteP
,QteB7ch
..KltoKtSmate.
.KtteKtach
.QtoIC7tnate
!QteKt4ch
.Kt te B 7 mate.
S..KtteKt3ch
8..QteB7matc
3.!ktteKt3cb
3..KttoB7mate.
Checker problem Ne. 47
White.
l..'i'. te21
3.. 13 te 0
3..Sltel7
4..t7tel0
5.. 10 te 0
0..U te 7 and wins.
Black.
1..18 te 0
2.. 3 te 0
3.. 9 te 14
4.. 5 te 3
S.. 9 te 13
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HollitleiiH te Mugridge'H preblein ;
W. 27-31 OrW. 18-11
10 7 1113:1
18-ai 37 IH
Draw. 10-15
Draw.
A Ilnunted IIoiihe.
This body or ours he been llkmed tentcne
meiil. ItefU'iibiis a liuuiitcd apartment the
sUiiiuuh. Hcared by llie cldrlrli vprlte, djK
iila, digestion Mh'sund refuM l.ireturn. What
can break the sn;ll, what can nilsu the ban laid
iiIkiii the unhappy organs T "We answer unhes
itatingly. Hosteller's Hte .nacli Hitlers, nnd we
nre warranted In the respeni.0 by the recorded
testimony or myriads, 'x)vtriiig a erled of ever
a third of a century A course of the Hitters.
iH'giiu In any stnn or thoumictleu,nnd per per per
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getli,i, c.vllcd " oelil In the head " there Is
mere potency In KI)'tCruiiiill.iluilhmiliiuuy KI)'tCruiiiill.iluilhmiliiuuy
thljigelse It In pomdble leprecribe. This prepn
r Alten bat fkir years piwt lueii iiiuklng n brll
'limit succesHusn remedy for cold In the head,
cutnrrh and Jiay fuver. IIm.iI In Iho Initial
stages or lliHM) coin). Iftlnta Cream lliilm pre
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Splendid and Net a I'lmple en If lm,
Oured by Cuticura
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LIVER PILLS!
Intemperance a Disease
When thn celebrated lr. Ruh ileclaml that
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