THE SCRANTON TRIBUNE-SATURDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 15, 189G.
In the Wonderland
Of North America..,.
Twenty-Seventh Letter of Northwestern Travel.
Seattle's Ship Canal and Tide Flats.
Written for The Tribune.
Probably the most interesting among
the public enterprises inaugurated at
Seattle since our former visit In 1S91
are In the building of the "ship c anal"
and the reclaiming of the "Tide-Flats"
a marvelous engineering and indus
trial undertaking. It has been the fond
hope and bright dream of the people
of Seattle for years that the govern
ment would connect Puget sound with
Lakes Union and Washington by a ship
canal, thereby creating a fresh water
harbor and thus excelling all other har
bors in the world. This dream is now
being fully realised and work on the
same Is being pushed to the uttermost,
night and day. This enterprise is the
greatest ever undertaken on the Pa
cific coast and ranks among the notable
events of the century. It has attracted
the attention of engineers and of the
scientific and maritime press all over
the world, eliciting encomiums on the
commercial facilities of Seattle and the
indomitable pluclc of her citizens.
Imbibing the Seattle soirlt. which Is
so contagious, we became greatly inter
ested in their pet scheme. It will ex
cite an Interest In every visitor who
thoroughly undedstands it and can ap
preciate the Incalculable benefit it will
be not only to Seattle and Pnget sound
and the Pacific coast maritime trade,
but to alt America and the shipping
world generally. Hy Invitation weere
escorted over the route of the proposed
waterway and the unreclaimed tide
flats a co-ordinate branch of the ship
canal by Robert Knlpe, esq., one of
Seattle's prominent leal-estate jnen.
and the honorable members f the
chamber of commerce, who, with ex
Governor Kugene Semple, president of
the Seattle and Lake Washington
Waterway company, furnished us
memoranda which in substance we now
give our readers.
We witnessed, also, to our surprise
and admiration, the working of the
ponderous dredges, with their Iron
teeth, tearing loose the mud from the
bottom of the waterway, which was in
turn ejected from the end of the sepen
tine pipe line from a half mile to a mile
long. In a big black stream eighteen
Inches In diameter. The sight of the
great machinery alone was Inspiring.
We crossed the ridge through which
the great cut is In progress and endeav
ored to realise what the visitor will he
hold at the completion of this mighty
engineering feat four years hence.
The Nature of the Work.
This is virtually a private enterprise,
backed by the slate. The Seattle and
Washington Waterway company is the
contractor with the state of Washing
ton. The plans provide. In shore, fur
the excavation of the several water
ways, of which there are four; the fill
ing in of the tide Hates belonging to the
state, now practlcnlly worthless, cov
ering over 2,000 acres, to a height of two
feet above high tide and the construct
ing of bulkheads and retaining walls
along ine margins i un me wumwojj
or. in other words, the building ofcft
magnificent harbor full equlpped'with
docks, and the digging of uni cunul
nearly four miles long.4BTlttlng the deep
waters of Seam- Harbor and Lake
Washington.. tne work to be done ac
cording tivihe plans and plats of the
state engineers, adopted by the war de
partment of the United States, which
has established pier head lines in their
'Waters and along the waterways of the
canal. The two largest waterways are
each over a mile long and are to be ex
cavated 1.000 feet wide and it feet deep
at low tide, the canal iwelf to reach a
depth or thirty feet at dead low water
mark in the lake, which is sixteen feet
higher than the harbor.
There will be only one lock, four hun
dred feet in length and a width In the
clear of fifty feet. This lock will take
ull commercial deep sea ships, that will
- ever come to Puget sound and all sail
ing vessels accompanied by tugs. It
will accommodate vessels of sixteen
feet draft at deud low water and as
the tide rises, those of thirty-six feet
and over will be able to enter or leave
the lock. The distance from the lake
to the sound (from fresh to salt water)
including the lock, is about two miles
and the largest war vessel or merchant
ship can readily count on passing
through the entire canal In from one to
two hours, the rate of speed depending
on the slsse of the vessel. The total dis
tance from deep water In Klliott Hay
or Seattle harbor to deep water In Lake
Washington Is 20.785 feet, or nearly
four miles. This Includes the present
waterways which are to be excavated
to a depth of twenty-six feet at low
tide. For filling the tide flats, sixteen
cents per cubic yard is allowed. The
total material to be removed and put
in place is thirty-six million cubic
yards. Just about enough required to
do the Illling In of the tide lands. The
total cost of the undertaking will be
I7.0o0.000. Work was commenced July
i, 18.". with Imposing ceremonies and
is to be completed by July, 1901. It is
believed, however,- that the canal will
be opened for traffic at least a year
earlier. The tide flats will be placed
tipon the market and utilized as soon
as they are reclaimed.
Importance of the Enterprise.
The Importance, feasibility and Im
mense benefits of this ship canal enter
prise to Seattle and the nation at
large are clearly apparent upon Inves
tigation. Here are some of the facts
a explained to us: Lying at the head
of Seattle harbor are some two thou
sand acres of tide flats, covered by from
one to twelve feet of water at high
tide. This large area adjoins the busl
ness portion of the city, and In fact al
ready forms a portion of It. Theso
flats constitute the only level tract of
land within the city limits, excepting
the narrow strlpt along the present
water front which Is now completely
covered with business houses. The
actual water front of Seattle Is five
miles longand from twotoelght railway
tracks extend the whole length of It.
The present wharf frontage available
for sea-going vessels is fully two miles
long, not counting the length of the
steps between the piers, which, if In
cluded, would more than double the
length. When the great waterway is
completed and these tide flats are filled
In, there will be 2.360 acres of new land
thrown open to use. The platted area
will be divided Into 4M blocks some 660
feet square, the greater number being
&00 feet by 1,000 feet, while not a few
will bo even greater In length acreage.
Directory
Wholesale.
BANKS.
Lackawanna Trust and Safe Deposit Co.
Merchants' and Mechanics', 42S Lacks.
Traders' National, 234 Lackawanna.
West Wse Bank. MS N. Mala.
sraato laving, 121 Wyoming.
BBDDINO, CARPET CLEANING, ETC.
. The Soraataa Bedding Ce., Lacks.
BREWERS.
Soblnson, B, Boas, it N, Seventh.
oMasoa. Mum, Csaar. eor. Aider. .
CHINA AND GLASSWARE.
Jtuppreokt, Leuls, 231 Penn. -
TOTS AND CONFECTIONER! -.
Williams, J. V. Bre.. PI Lacks.
FLOOR, FEED AND GRAIN.
Matthews, c. P. go as A Co.. M Lack. -Ths
Westsn Mill Co.. 4741 Lacks.
PAINT! AND SUPPLIES.
MoKee, mm Spruce.
The streets srenerallv sire to! be 100 feet
wide and the avenues are of widths
verging from 120 to 2"0 feet. The
thirty-two miles of shore-line are par
alleied by receiving streets from the
uplands.
The Destructive ToreJo Worm.
The waters of Pugret Found, like all
salt water harbors, are Infested with
the teredo," which is so destructive
to wood that the mainteanee of
wharves and treat lea is expensive. The
teredo worm often destroys piling with
in a single year after driving, so that
the wharf goes down, with Iocs of its
entire stores and sometimes with loss
of life. In the fresh waters of the lake,
piling will last practically without lim
it, for it is a well-known fact that
teredos cannot exist where fresh wat
er flows in any considerable volume.
The saving In the cost of maintaining
docks and wharves alone would far
more than repay the cost of construct
ing the ship canal. In fact, the actual
cost of filling the t'.de-llats and making
the same solid ground, is less than the
expense of building the wooden plat
forms, wharfs, etc.. now In this har
bor. l uon estimates of leading bridge and
whuif builders, it costs to pile and
plank one acre of ground on the flats
85.2:0. while the cost of filling the flats
under the present contract with the
stat and waterway company, will
rjingi from XI, CM) to 94.000 per acre, ac
cording to the depth of the fill. About
nine miles of bulkhead will be con
structed along the harbor and the
banks of the waterways, where an
enormous quantity of wood material
will he used, via.: 16.000 piles, 40,000 tie
buck poles and 180.000 cords or brush.
the brush being nece.4ary in catch and
lio 1.1 the sand that It may become thor
oughly Imbedded which forms the best
protection to the banks possible, im
pervious to the teredo, and next In
permanency to a sea wall.
Another argument is that ships be
come foul in salt water and verv fre
quently have to go Into dry rtock'tirid
have their bottoms cleaned of barnacles
and other pai unites at a large cost.
Unth hull ami steel bottoms are subject
alike In suit water to this marine
growth, which adheres to them and
greatly Impairs their efficiency. The
speed of an iron ship Is often reduced
one-half by the resiit:e of grass and
other accretions. Fresh water destroys
murine growths and prevents their for
mation. Barnacles and grass which
cover a vessel's bottom in salt water
to the weight of inuny tons, are killed
by a few days In fresh water and will
drop off. or may be removed easily with
scrapers. So advantageous to Iron
shipping Is an accessible body of fresh
water, that masters of vessels regard
It as of Importance, next to. cheap fuel,
at ports of arrlvaj--f rorfi" sea voyages.
One of the roaterial advantages named
In favor uMuildlng the Nicaraguan ca-
naHs 'the fact tiiat a great fresh water
luke lies midway of the canal route and
that ships will pnss through It In their
progress from ocean to ocean and may
avail themselves or Its waters ror rree
ing their bottoms from marine accre
tions. This applies strongly to Seattle har
bor. With a ship canal Joining the
fresh waters of Lake Washington with
Puget Bound, the advantages for ship
ping would be Ideal and superior to
those of all other porta of the Pacific
coas. and make Heuttle pre-eminent in
facilities for shipping- among the ports
of the tvorld. - - -
Think of it! A vessel could come from
any port to her dock, pans through the
ship canal Into fresh water undisturbed
by tidal flow, and while discharging
cargo her bottom would be. cleared of
Its burden of barnacles and grass.wlth
out the delay and expense of docking.
She would thus save two or three days
time as well us considerable expense.
The demurrage alot thus avoided
would aggregate for the tonnage enter
ing the port a large sum each year. It
can readily be seen that this canal when
constructed will give Heuttle the light
est dues anoV cheapest dockage In the
world, while an advantage of vast im
portance to the city would be shared
by the other country whose products
pass through the port of Seattle. Be
sides the many miles of new shore line
on the sound available for wharves and
docks. Lake Washington would add
more than fifty miles to the fresh water
dock front of Seattle and Increase her
harbor capacity ten fold.
J. K. Richmond.
A PEACE COM PULLER.
Prom the Philadelphia Bulletin.
Sonic mi ions student estimated after
the civil war in this country that It ie
quired thirty tons of lead to kill a man!
That is to say, dividing the number t.f
tons or lead used by the number of men
killed, the proportion was as above stated.
In old world battles, for obvious reasons,
the percentage of killing has always been
much greater, though, curiously enough,
the ciesperuie battles of the civil war give
greater percentage! of killed and wouaUd
thun the deelsivt battls of the lust I'W
years in Europe. The almost satanli- de
vices for killing now In use must muKe
escape from death or maiming next to
an impossibility. We hall never in fu
ture battles hear of such bloo'l-ciiiilllnn
encounters, for example, as Hancocks
storming of the bloody angle, nor Napo
leon's death grapple with tho outnumber
ing Russians in th raveyard at Eylait.
Tn (hese two typical encounters It was
the slow business of firing and loading
that gave the victors the day. In the
coining battles, no line, no men within a
mile and a half of the actual brunt of bat
tle will be safe. The least deadly of the
infantry armaments now discharge a
bull that will penetrate thirty Inches of
hurt timber at a distance of a mite!
Against such a nilnslle the squares that
saved Wellington nt Waterloo and Napo
leon at WagraJii would be riddled by lines
concealed nearly two miles away, and the
key of a strategic position rendered nn
tenabe, unless there were forces equal
to the onset and likewise to the Ions. A
"pitched" battle In the oid sense will he
ns unlike the combats of Austerllls, Jena,
Marengo, as the action of a modern fleet
is unlike the tactics of Trafalgar.
Murderous as the Infantry arms of Eu
rope are. It Is protmble .that a committee
of the New York National Ouard has se
cure! a weapon which will exceed evn
the French "Lebel!" In deadline. SiKiilll
canity enough, while the examining
board Is satisfied with the invention, ".he
existing relotons between this country
anil Kneland have brought out such a
crop of applicants for the chance to pre-
of Wholesale
MONTJMENTAT. WORKS.
Cwens Bros., 2U Aaams avenue.
MILK. CREAM, BUTTER. ETC
Scranton Dairy Co., Penn sod Linden.
ENGINES AND BOILERS.
Dickson Manufacturing Co.
DRT GOOD8; MILLINERY. ETC.
The Fashion, 301 Lackawanna avtnue,
PLUMBING AND HEATING.
Howler, p. f. M. T., 231 Wyoming ave.
GROCERS. 7
Kelly, T. J. ft Co., 1 Lackawanna.
Megargel Connell, Fre.nkl!n avenue.
Porter, John T., 21 and 28 Lackawanna,
Rice, Levy Co., Lackawanna.
HARDWARE.
Connell, W. P. Sons, lis Penn.
f oots Shear Co., lit 1. Washington
Hunt Connell Co., 4M Lackawanna.
sentr new guns that the time fixed fur
cUMing lh competition has beeii pol-poin-il
until iluicft lient. it Is tne aiae
phenomenon iincsted in Kg., wuvn uu
ireaoy aud unarmed, artisans and Invent
or set to work on every c oin enable Im
plement of war, from a canteen to re
volving .cannon, and In the course of a
few months enabled the war department
to set a half million men in the Held much
more humanely capartoned than any
army in Kurope. it was during the civil
war that the shelter was devised, the moot
Ingeniously convenient mean of housing
the soldier In the Aeld ever attempted. It
was after tiie war was certain that Krrlc
n set to work upon the .Monitor, and
within a year revolutierlsed the nel
tacMes of the world, it was during the
war that Tr. Gulling perfected the hide
ous gwi that he fondly imagined was to
make future war impossible a Rim now
known under various names, but subsUin
tislly the "GatlinK," of our war eoch.
War in future will mean death, or, at
the vry least, mangling almost worse
than death. The exact eeffrt or our in
ventions we can only Judge from the ex
periments made by the Christian nations
or Kurope upon the African and Asian
barbarians! The French advances in
Madagascar proved the hideous destntc
tivenessof the Lebel and the machine gun.
for it was never necessary to come within
sight of the Hovas to terrify them tn
retreat by a single volley, dealing death
as from the clouds. In the Chineee-Jap-anese
war the islanders were armed with
guns originally Invented in this country,
and the work done was decisive. When
tb lists are closed la March, we may ex
pect a monster of supernatural terror,
and this may at last turn out to be the
peacemaker the world has been groaning
for!
L1TLKAKY CUSS1P.
Lady Henry Somerset In the current is
sue of the Mothers' friend discusses
"The 8ex Novel" with charaoierls-tic
frankness and acute ulscernment. riiie
asks the meaning- of the sex novel by
women, or by men? for they are botn
writing it. and bad as are tne women's
the men's are worse. Of what is it in
dicative, and wherewithal are we to be
rid of this last curse, and otaxe? Why
cannot a great arid helpful sex novel be
written, if we must have any at all? Per
haps it is because "fools rush In where
angles fear to tread." Theso novels are
mosiiy put fortii by newcomers In the
field of literature; they are bewildered by
the advent of women, like the locust of
Egypt, some say (but we think like
the beneficent breesea of heaven), upon
the wide field of human activity. Tho
thought of sex la doubtless more present
in the average mind when the relations
of sex are rapidly and universally chang
ing. The pent-up thoughts and feelings
of imaginative and rash-strung- women
writers llnd vent along the lines of the
new liberty, Instead of engaging actively
, in some beneficent work with women who
are doing what they can so to guide the
.movement that it shall not overflow its
. banks, and these neurotic and keyd-up
tempei-aiueiit . fly to pen and Ink and
wreak themselves upon expression. It la
but a sign, of the times, the excresence
of a growth, the shadows cast from a
great light In the heavens. We must bear
with our brothers and sisters of the quill
who are bewildered by the bursting of
what we believe to be a purifying whirl
wind or the Lord, and we must hope that
It will not be long until the sturdier pen
of men and women who bear about In
their natures the best qualities, mascu
line and feminine; those creatures not
too bright or good for human nature's
dully food shall give us harmonious pano
ramas of the new social life wherein sex
Is not the central thought, but which have
for their motive those qualities that we
ail share In common; the intellect, radi
ant and serene, the reelstiees will, the
mellow heart, and firm untiring hand.
Shall not these be the central lights and
glowing colers in the picture of the golden
age?
-." , . . II II II
Rev.- Jenkla Lloyd Jones, a Chicago
clergyman, has introduced book reviewing
Into the pulpit. Herewith are loitio ex
tracts from a recent discourse by him on
the "Best Books of 1895": "We should re
joice that John Kllke, the master student
of history in this country and perhaps the
peer of the Interpreters of history any
where, has taken time to give to our
school children a 'History of the United
Staes.' It Is a noble contribution, If abil
ity and merit can succeed In making head
way against the tyranny of combination
and capital, which has tried to set up in
this country the moat wicked of all mon
opolies, a monopoly of the schoolbook
tilde, where not necessarily the best
book, but the) available book, is to be
pushed. If not by fulr means, then by
those that are dark. An available story
of William the Silent, Prince or Orange,
comes from the hand of a woman, Ruth
Putnam. It Is the story of a strong man
too little studied. I have had no time to
read the new applicants In the realms ot
fiction, but I have found Jane Barlow's
'Irish Ilylls' tender and beautiful, and,
glory enough for one year, Un MacLaren's
'Beside the Bonny Briar Bush' and 'Days
of Auld Lang Syne." These two books
have come to stay. But, for all the pa
thos and homely charm of Ian MacLaren,
the bookseller tells me the novel which
has greatly outstripped all other novels
in sale this yar Is 'The Prlaonor of Zen
da,' an od-tlme novel of adventure with
any amount of intrigue, murder and
treachery and the leaat of morals and re
ligion. AH I have to eey for ft Is to con
fess that It kidnapped one whole half
day of one of my few holidays."
II II II
"English literature," writes ZangwMl.
"Is poorest In critics. Our welcome of a
good critic should therefore be warmer
then our welcome of a creator. As yet
Walter Bagehot has had but ecant recog
nition, but tho Issue by Messrs. Long
man of his 'Literary, Biographical and
Economical Htudloa' In cheap but hand
some form will probably do something to
ward repairing the blunder which, as his
editor, II. it. Hutton. rightly claims, Eng
lish taste made in passing over these re
markable essays. Where, except In Haz
lltt. shall we find so much sanity. Insight,
syinputhy, catholicity and humor? And
even more than Has!ttt, Bagehot ma.-i-aed
to transcend the purely literary
standpoint. Hazlltt, though he preferred
the conversation of outsiders to that of
men of 'etten. who are apt to pilstske the
world of words for the world of thins,
was a painter when ho was not writing on
writing or speculating on metaDhyslcs.
Put Kaehot was a man of b'.ilnn a
banker, who sftw the piet'i side of pffe'r:
he rode to hounds, aspired unsuccessfully
to parliament and built barricades In
Paris, though In an amateur and elegant
way. Such origlisl thinking, es he did
wat purely seintiilc; he edited tne Econo
mist and made contributions to political
economy: he ai'lvsd trst curious
prnwth, 'The E"e!lh ronlltullon.' and In
Phvslcs and Politics' he apDlied Dar
winism to nyln'oxy. As a youn? man,
studying at i'niversltv colleze, London,
he was attracted onually by the humani
ties and the 'mathematics.' All this makes
a fine equipment fe- the critic."
II II 11 -
While Iho praises for the achievement of
"The Red Badge of Courage" are still re
sounding Mr. Stephen Crane has brought
out a volume of poems. Of this Mr. How
els has to sy: "Mr. Stephen Crnne has
done the most striking thing of the year
in his little bock of 'lines,' called 'The
IJlack Riders,' but 1 believe it will be the
opinion of most who read It ail that the
effect would have been three limes s
great from a third of the quantity; and 1
aay this with a rente of Its peculiar quali
ty, which has not been seriously affected
from having had to get at It throuah
unbroken phalanxes of small capltaU.
To print the lines o was a caprice or nn
affectation which need not 'he attributed
to the poet, for he will have enough ta
answer ror with conventional criticism in
his proper putt of the enterprise. But I
and Retail City and Suburban Representative Business Houses.
FRUITS AND PRODUCB.
Dale A Stevens, 37 Lackawanna.
Cleveland, A. 8., 1? Lackawanna,
DRT GOODS
Kelly It Koaley, 29 Lackawanna.
Finlay, P. B., 610 Lackawanna.
LIME, CEMENT. SEWER PIPB.
Keller, Luther, 81 Lackawanna.
HARNESS SADDLERT HARDWARE.
Frits Q. W., 410 Lackawanna.
Keller Harris, ill Penn.
WINES AND LIQUORS.
Walsh, Edward J., S Lackawanna.
LEATHER AND FINDINGS.
Williams, Samuel, 221 Spruce.
BOOTS AND SHOES.
Qoldsmlth Bros., 8M Lackawanna.
WALL PAPER, ETC
Ford, W. M M Penn. .
CANDY MANUFACTURERS.
Scranton Candy Co., V Lackawanna.
hope it is not lite conventional criticism
tiiai summvii l.i:a brlore i; tu this plaice;
niueeo, 1 iiooe it n a mpuiny area o I
eajer wt:i a.t wlrn are iria iO uiler 111
Ui any torui. I' inywir would not have
cnoeeu Mr. Crane term because It is so
near formlessness, and because 1 would
rather live in a houe of the accepted
structure than In a hut of logs and
bougns. But 1 do not pronounce my pref
erence In this as a law or expert any one
to abide by it, not even Mr. Crane, whom
1 do noi expeet to so on dwelling in huts,
either. I-or enee he has done a certain
sort of thing, but if he were to do that
sort ot thing again it would be less novel
tn eflert man tne port of tiling tnat other
men have always h" doing." .
II li II
"Xym Crinkle.'' In a recent review f
Tho.nai llurtty's book, "Judge the On
soure," drew a parallel between liar'iy
and Yvette nuiineri which U apt. He
said; "Just at this moment the lascivious
pleaslngs of tlits liicrary lute come to
us mingling with the pipings of a Hurl-dan
siren. Hardy and Yvette tiuilbert, tnough
they do not make the same score, use mo
same symbols. The car ton that Is ssread
out in one case over vast roalnelds flashes
in the other case from the booom of a
more concentrated hypocrisy, both of
them sit under the same excuse: 'Thia is
art: never mind about the truth.'
"The young iady who reads 'Jude tha
Obscure' bevaute a recreant genius had
lent it the credentials of literature will go
tu hear Yvette Quiibert because she . Inss
at Sherry's. If she sang at the Alhamora
or the Wclhaliashe would be vulgar. Thus
is conscience Itself a 'lightning-change
artist with the curled darlings who get
their morality through the straw of their
desires from the pages of their panders.
"Mr. Handy appears to have blown
whatever was best In himself all out in
'Far from the Madding Crowd.' He no
longer stands erect like a man. resolutely
looking ror the light; rather Is he prone
and groping, like a man at a conflagra
tion trying to avoid the smoke ot his
own burning."
II II II
Speaking of Maclaren's "A Doctor of
the Old School" the Chicago Journal pays:
"The Scotch dialect may militate, against
him with some people Just as it will en
hance the value of his writings with oth
ers who delieli: tn Its peculiarly expres
sive terms. But although the Scotticisms
are essential to these pictures of Scotch
life, such a story as 'A Dsctir of the Old
School' dues not stand or fall with them.
It is because It Is u faithful study of the
human heart told with uppat eiit simplici
ty but most painstaking Bi t. In which ev
ery detail Is followed out with scrupu
lous care, that its fame has gone beyond
the nurrow confine of old Scotia to the
uttermost parts of the earth. To read it
after squandering time upon the 'Dodos'
aud "Yellow Asters' Is like taking a ilip
In a clear highland stream after the dissi
pations of the city. It brings ub face to
fve with men and women Instead of mere
artificial fiures whose resemblance to
humanity extends not much beyond the
vk-es of the slums. Our only criticism
would be that the author offends some
what by the Inevitable sadness of his
writing'). On this account' they would
hardly do for steady reading. We can
not have too much of the happy side of
literature."
THEATRICAL C0SS1P.
'Primrose and West, the minstrels,
will celebrate the twenty-fifth anniver
sary of their partnership as performers
and managers on March 0. They have
taken the Madison Square (larden, New
York, for that night and promise one
of the most unique and colossal enter
tainments ever presented at that place.
There will be three hundred performers
upon the stage in the first part, an or
chestra of fifty musicians' and a brass
band of fifty. The programme, which
is not yet entirely completed, will in
clude many novel features. Messrs.
Primrose and West will also appear,
for the first time In years. In a double
clog, song and dance, giving the same
specialty tn which they first appeared
together.
The history of this firm Is an Inter
esting one. Oeorge Primrose was born
In Detroit, and William H. West first
saw the light of day In Syracuse. Mr.
Primrose made his first appearance on
the stage In Buffalo, in 1869, as a va
riety performer. At another house in
the same city William H. West was also
filling an engagement. There was very
great rivalry between them, and as a
result they in 1871 formed a partner
ship, doing a double song and dance.
In 171-2 they traveled with a circus,
under the management of Doris A
Batcheler, after which they joined Sim
mons and Slocum'i Minstrels, in Phil
adelphia. In 1873 Primrose and West made their
first appearance in New York at the
old Olympic theatre, on Broadway .near
Houston street. During this engage
ment they Issued a challenge to the
world to compete In a double clog song;
and dance tournament. In the com
pany at the Olympic theatre there were
at the same time Sol Smith Russell,
the Berger family of bell ringers, Geo.
S. Knight, Delehanty and Hengler, J.
W. McAndrews, the famous "Water
meton Man," and other popular per
formers. On November 20.1S74, Prim
rose and West Joined the famous Hav
erley's Minstrels, then playing in Hoo
ley's theatre, in Brooklyn. This en
gagement lasted three years,, after
which they organized a company called
the Barlow, Wilson, Primrose and
West Minstrel company. This organi
zation was continued until 1882, when
the Thatcher. Primrose and West Min
strel company was started.
In 1SS8 the now famous Primrose and
W'est company was organized. This
company has at different times Includ
ed I'hauncey Olcott, Illlly Einerson.Lew
Dockstader. Slllt O. Harlow, Prank
Cullman, Hughey Dougherty, Itoh
Slavin, P.nymon Moore, Prank McNish,
Burt Sheppcrd, Carl Rankin and other
popular performers. In addition to
their minstrel show they have also been
the proprietors and managers of the
"Eight Bells" company.
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The admirers of genuine comedy will
have a treat on Tuesday evening at the
Academy when William C. Andrews
and his fine company will present th
latest success. "My Wife's Friend."
"Charlie's Aunt" was a pretty good
fellow, and as Mr. Krohman said, the
best catd he ever oTered lo the public,
but It is pretty well admitted that Mr.
Andrews' play will "go one better." It
Is mere consistent, more laughable,
and, what is more, truly American,
not English you know. It is written by
one of our own authors, Kred Marsdcn.
and he hns located his story in famous
New Jersey. It must not, however, be
understood that "My Wlfs's Friend" Is
a fanner. On the contrary, he Is a
regular city fellow, one of the thor
oughbreds of the metropolis of KHz.-,
beth. Mr. Andrews knows v.hnt he Is
about when he plays the Jersey chap
pie, for he Is of the manor born and
bred. In short, we will see a great
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' Arangements have Just been -completed
whereby tho greatest success of
the age. l)n Maurier's famous ; play,
"Trilby." with all Its magnificent scen
ery, cuetumes. music, and stage garni
ture, together with A. M. Palmer's
great dramatic company, which - made
it so popular In Nw York and Boston,
will visit the Academy Wednesday and
Thursday. This will be the first visit
here of "Trllhy," which Is strange,
weird, powerfully atngnd anil received
with the greatest possible enthusiasm
everywhere. Never have audience
been more demonstrative at the end of
a play, and nrver whs It watched with
more Intenpe. Interest the development
of a dramatic story. If "TritbyJ' had
never been published, but l"u Maurier
had given to Mr. I'otter a plot to work
out the play would attain a wonderful
success. As it is. it wil be surprising
indeed if "Trilby" does not make a
record which Is remarkable In the an
nals of the American stage.
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Tho" remarkable "sex against sex"
drama. "Sowing tho Wind." by Sidney
tirundy, under the direction of Charles
Frohman, will be presented at the
Academy of Murlr thia evening. It
will be remembered that the play, fol
lowing Its celebrated two hundred
nights' run at the Empire theater. New
York, was performed in Boston last
season for over fifty nights and In
Chicago for nine weeks, and that it was
phenomenally successful from all
standpoints. The company that made
It so will be seen here. The names on
Its roster speak for themselves: Messrs.
J. II. Ollmour. Thomas Whlffen. H. J.
Carvlll. S. K. Springer. Guy Standing.
Frederick Strong. Harry Phillips. Fred
Harrison, and Misses Mary Hampton,
Emily Dodd, Ella Hugh Wood, and Jes
sie Dodd.
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America's clever nctory P.obert Hil
liard,, has never made 'other than a
favorable Impression, with the various
leading rolea in which he has uppeared.
His work as the iiolltiitan In "Blue
Jeans." his career with "Mr. Barnes of
New York." and "The Nominee," etc.,
will be readily recalled by Mr. Hll
liurd's admirers. But if press criti
cisms and the assertions of theatrical
managers axe to be relied upon, how
ever. In none of these productions .has
he given so strong a portrayal of char
acter as he Is now giving In the new
society comedy, "Lost 24 Hours."
This comedy will be presented by Mr.
Hilllard and his excellent company at
the Academy of Music Monday, Feb
ruary 17.
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Next Thursday the great Sandow will
be seen at the Frothingham. He will
be assisted in entertaining tho audi
ence by the Trocadero Vaudevilles,
composed almost entirely of European
artists. Amutin, the greut Imperson
ator of pust and present public char
acters, holds the unique place as an en
tertainer of the public. During: the
present season his masterpiece will be
an imitation ot tho "Svengali" of Wil
ton Lacyaye, a portraiture which has
won htm unlimited praise. An clement
of delicious humor Is provided In the
engagement of the great French cdown,
O'OuBt, who has for three years di
vided his time between two theaters,
the Empire theater of London, and the
Follies Bergeres of I'arls.
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"OH Tennessee." which will be given
at Davis' theater three nights, com
mencing Monday afternoon, will be
found an excellent comedy drama and
will, we are promised, be an agreeable
surprise to all its patrons who expect
to see the ordinary Southern drama.
The negro specialties which are a fea
ture with the show are exceptionally
good. Mr. Ernest Hogan as Uncle
Pete, gives one of the beat portrayals
of a negro character ever seen on the
local stage. The white cast embraces
all well known and capable people, each
and every one especially adapted for
their respective parts. The play Is
one of the most unique bills offered by
the local theaters this season and de
serves large audiences during its stay
In our city.
Lost-
No more I see my darling maid
Whom onee I loved to see
A think all luces and perfume
And gentle coquetry.
No more I see as once I used
That gracious form or hers
Arrayed in harmless finery.
Or dignity of furs.
No more In coaxing witcheries
She hnnxs about mv chair
Oone! with the fairest dream Of home
A man held anywhere.
No more haloed with soft curls
Her woman-gentle brow;
Her hair Is cropped In mannish w!:
She's wearing bloomers now.
Judge.
'iho Matter.
"Ouch! Oh! Help! Help! screamed an
agonised voice in the middle or the night
from the upper story of the leading hotel
in Hawville, Ok la. "Oh, gee whlzx!
yuar-r-r-r!"
"What's the matter upstairs, Jim?" in
quired Alkali Ike, who had dropped In ror
his "night-cap."
"Ah, 1 reckon It's one of them fool
tourists bavin' troublo with his spring
bed," replied the night clerk. "Xewcotns
ers don't understand how to manage them
beds very well, an' every night or two
somebody gits one of the spiral springs
screwed into his back like a shirt stud.
When I ait your tl-.en mixed we'll go un
nnd unscrew the poor cuss. Vel's !
like It hurts him considerable, don't he?"
x nun.
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