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THE SCRANTON TRIBUNE-TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1800.
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HCUANTON, PIJPTnMBnn 12. 1899.
REPUBLICAN NOMINATIONS.
State.
Justice of the Supremo Court J. HAY
DROWN, of I.tincnitor.
Judge of the Superior Court JOSIAII H.
ADAMS, of Philadelphia.
Stale Treasuier-I,Ii:i'Ti:.NANT COL
OSV.L JAMUS 13. RAUNirrT, of
WnshlnRton.
I'le-ctlein eliiy, Nov 7.
Tn the Diejfuq affnlr tho people In
France, who leally have a provocation
to raise a rumpus, nre prcservlnp com
mendable pllence Let ns hope their'
Is the silence of In tclllKgnt thinking.
The President and Dewey.
ANXOt'NCEMnNT It made,
picsuin.iuly on authority,
that the piesldent ha fin
ally deplileel not to go to
New York tq erceV Admiral JDewev on
his nrihal ltl thls country. "It Is con
tra! y to precedent," ays a WushiiiK
ton letter In tho Sun, "for the head of
a Renernmcntto make Jho llrst call on
any peison tirllvlnfr In the country
uhlch he leprcFcnts, unless the person
l)e tho head of another ko eminent.
Een In caseswheio the lilting notable
Is the personal lejuesentatlve of a foi
clpn soverelKn, the piesldent does not
extend his Kieetlnt? at any other place
than his olllelal lesldence. The dis
tinguished visitor must make the first
call. This piecedent wat. definitely es
tablished when the Infanta I'ulalle, the
personal and otTlclal representative of
the Queen Regent of Spain, visited
Ameilca In 1S93. On her artlval In
Washington she was met at the rail
way station by Secretary of State
Oiesham. She called flrtt on President
Cleveland, who returned the call Im
mediately afterward."
Tills may be the piecedent but we
aie sure It is not the reason which Im
pels Hie piesldent to foiego the pleas
ure of being the llrst to extend the
liand-clusp of gieetlng to the return
ing admiral, lie hinted at this when
he expressed to the committee on In
vitations recently the belief that It
would be best to pennlt the admiral to
hae the first demonstration nil to him
self. If the president should partici
pate, honois would Inevitably bo dl
Idcd, and while we have no doubt
that the admiral would be entirely will
ing to share the honors of the occasion
with the comm.indei-ln-ehlef, It Illus
trates the delicacy of the president that
the latter Is reluctant to cause such a
division The piesldent will pieslclo oer
the Dewey celebiatlon In Washington,
which will Include the presentation to
the admiral of tho $10,000 swoid spe
cially oted by congress as a token of
Its gratitude.
The pt ogi .untne foi tho Dewey exer
cises In New Yoik, as now nuanged,
Is as follows: The admlial will arrhe
In the lower bay on Thuisday, Sept.
28, and be welcomed oillclally by Gov
ernor Roosevelt and Mayor Van Wyck
On Trlday the great naval panicle will
take place. Admiral Dewey, irr com
mand of the squadron, will leave the
anchoiage at Tpinjiklnsvllle at 1 o'clock
In tho afternoon and steam up the
North liver, coming to anchor off
Grant's tomb. Here he will lire a
salute; singing societies will give voice
to words of welcome and tho entire
fleet of following vessels, Including
wnrshlps, yachts unil excursion steam
ers, will pass mound the Oljmpla, giv
ing all on board a chance to see the ad
miral. Tire llieworks display alloat and
ashore occurs that night. The presen
tation of the city's loving cup to tho
admlial will take; place, Saturday mom
lng. Sept SO, nt'aSO o.'elock at tho city
hall. Admiral Dewey will then be
driven to Claremont, whete he will
meet all visiting and local dignitaries
at bieakfast He will get Into a t-m-ilage
with General Daniel Hutterlleld
at 1 o'clock in the afternoon and es
corted by Troop C, of Brooklyn, will
ride at the head (if Uip Kurd procession
down Riverside drive, through Seventy
second stt cot, down Utghtli avenue,
thiouglr Flfty-ninth street and down
Fifth avenue. He will leave his car
llage at Twenty-fourth street and will
take his position on the reviewing
stand near tho Dewey arch, where ha
will leviow the parade. There will bo
100 achts In the naval parade, and
these, with tho steamships, excursion
vessels and tugs, will make the parade
seven miles long. There will bo at least
30,000 men In the land parade, and it
is expected that there will be 2,000,000
visitors in New York city.
Government receipts ate paining
steadily on government expenditures,
tho excess for September being nlmost
a million dollars. Talk of a war loan
la empty folly.
Reclaiming Waste Land.
A HINT of value to land own
ers throughout the anthra
cite region Is supplied in the
decision of the Glrard es
tate to attempt to grow timber upon
the thousands of acres of waste land
Dwned by It In Schuylkill county. For
each acre of coal land, which produces
evenue, the estate owns on an averago
three acres of mountain land which, In
Its present condition, Is for practical
purp'ises worthless. With a view to
determining whether this mountain
land cannot be made productive, the
estate has planted and will plant thous
ands of seedling trees of a character
to yield, when grown, valuable returns
In marketable lumber.
The most striking picture presented
to tho eye of the casual traveler
throughout Northeastern Pennsylvania,
especially In close proximity to tho
railroads, is the abundance of hilly
country without agricultural value and
bearing on Its uninviting surface no
ottupr crop than tangled weeds and
blackened stumps, with here and there
a struggling fresh growth of scrub tim
ber, nature's pitiful protest against the
periodical forest llres. Why. men should
patiently pay taxes on such unproduc
tive land without serious study of ways
and means for Its utilization has long
been a mystery to the thoughtful.
Let It be conceded that the problem
of re-tlniberlng these desert areas Is
a dllllcult one, Involving not only large
Initial expenso and costly watchfulness
but nlso a wearv wait for the era of
productiveness, vet, still, tho land In
Its present condition Is of no value and
surely Its reclamation would some day
pay a good margin of profit. Among
our coal companies which have sur
plus funds to Invest, and which must
look forward to a time when the mines
themselves will cease to be productive,
it would seem that a Held of usefulness
exists In the gradual devotion of an
annual allowance toward re-tlniberlng
non-productive land surfaces so that
by the time the coal gives out, there
will be a new wealth of nature to take
Its place.
At least partial explanation of the
recent virulent attneks upon Pension
Commissioner Hvans Is supplied by the
fact that he has dropped from tho loll
of claim agents and pension attoineyj
more than 30,000 men. When he came
Into olllce the names of more than fiO,
000 attorneys were on tho record of tho
Pension Offlcc and today the number
Is 1S,4!U. Many of these names have
been dropped because of fraudulent
practices The amount paid to the
claim agents last year was $17(1,900,
compared with $730,000 in the proceed
ing year, a saving of $.253,100 to the vet
erans and a los of that amount to tho
claim agents. Hence, the dissatisfaction
of the agents and the Igor of tho light
which they have waged against Mr.
Hvans The latter Is another olllelal
who Is to be congratulated upon the
enemies he has made.
William of Germany.
CONGRESSMAN FOSS, the na
val expert, has returned from
his European visit and has
explained what the empeior of
Germany really did say to him on the
occasion of his visit by invitation upon
board the emperor's acht at Kiel.
It will bo recalled that this visit took
place shortly after the New York Her
ald had misquoted Admiral Dewey as
predicting that the United States' next
war would be with Germanv. To
make matters worse, the yellow Jour
nals then misquoted Mr. Foss and
caused him to be put In the attitude
of having misquoted the emperor also.
What William of Germany did say to
Mr. Toss was this:
"I do not believe Admiral Dewey
gave utterance to such a sentiment.
I legal d that as merely a newspaper
story and not woithy of serious con
sideration. There is no good reason
why there should be any ill will be
tween Gei mans and Amei leans. On
the contraiy, there are the strongest
reasons why there should be the most
cordial and friendly feelings between
the two nations. You have In the
Flitted States a gieat number of Ger
mans whose sympathies should serte
to bind the two nations with bonds of
amity. The Get man-Ainer Ivans were
among the best citizens of my emplr"
and I am sincerely bony to have lost
them. I am suie they make good citi
zens In their adopted country and they
and their chlldien should be a pet
petual pledge of t friendship between
the great lepubllc across the sea and
the German empire "
Mr. Foss, In speaking his Impres
sions of the German ruler, says: "7
must admit that I came away from
this conference with the highest ad
miration for the emperor. It was tip
parent that he was moved by strong
ambitions, but these were dliected by
high aspirations for his people and his
country. He impressed me as a broad,
statesman-like ruler and a "vigorous,
encigetlc man. To one traveling
through Germany with eyes open it lb
evident his activities have already had
supilslng effect In the development of
the resouices of that land. The Indus
tiles of Get many have had a wondei
ful growth, and that count! y Is en
joying great piospcrlty. There aie
abundant signs of tho restless energy
of the emperor and In the language
of the west he Is a 'hustler.'"
The opinion here given Is confirmed
by the fncts of recent history. Wil
liam took upon him the Impel lal re
sponsibilities at a. time when his capa
bilities wero not understood and when,
In the eyes of the world, Prince His
marck was the commanding figure In
European affairs. The restless dis
position of an exuberant youth and a
certain natural fondness for dramatic
bui prises caused him to be Interpreted
by unfriendly ciltles as a haie-bralned
mad cap, a nineteenth century Hot
spur, In whose Inesponslble hands. the
German ciown would speedily become
a lire brand. As became his otllcs If
he was to be emperor In fact, he de
posed Bismarck nnd did It after Bis
marck's own style. That act iwiel.
hlm numoious enemies and critics,
but the German emplte went right on
In Its cneer of development and pios
perlty; and In spite of all the humor
ous or malicious misrepresentation of
htm which has abounded In the news
papers since, tho actual results which
have been achieved In Geimany under
William's lule vindicate his states
manship and prudence no less thn.i
they attest his enterprise, energy and
thorough appieetatlon of tho character
and Ideals of his countrymen.
His assumptions of divine sanct'on
for his highly-strung Imperialism nit
urally do not make a strong appeal tc
Americans bred in the atmosphere of
democracy, and our native vein of
Irreverent humor finds In him a fertile
provocation of quip nnd Jest, but wo
must tn all falrnese open ou- ic3
to tho unmistakable fat thit In both
his physical und ment'il ciia.-ai'tcilstl.-s
he typllles to a maiked degree the
genius of tho German people; nnd the
natuie of hts rule, Intel pi eted In tin
light of German conditions, entitles
It to the world's admiration.
Those successful commercial coun
tries of Europe Great Britain, Ger
many, Fiance, Italy und Austria-Hungary
pay, according, to Commissioner
of Navigation Chamberlain, $1,500,000
annually to various steamship lines for
tho exeluslvo purpose of sending malls
to the coast of China In the shortest
space of time; while tho United States
pays $23,000 to American and $H,000
to foreign steamships for the same pur
pose. No wonder that the United States
gets less than 0 per cent, of the com
merce of tho Orient In spite of the fact
that our western ports are much near
er than those of the great commercial
countries of Kurope,
Settled Out of Court.
BY WAY of apology to Elbert
Hubbnrd. tho sage of Fait
Aurora, for misinformation
lecently circulated by us on
the lmsis of an Inaccurate dispatch to
the New York Sun, wo now quote a let
ter which he has addressed that pen
itent luminary:
"In a recent Issue of viu. paper I
find tho Rtnrtllng headlines, 'Kipling
Wins His Suit Against Hubbard!' This
information Is slightly misleading, for
from It one would suppose that there
had been n trial of tho lssuo and a de
cision had been rendered against me.
The fnct Is, I never made answer to the
complaint, but simply arranged with
Mr. Kipling's lawyer to allow him to
secuio an Injunction against me In
consideration of Mr. Kipling's with
drawing his suit and waiving all ques
tions of damages. I then paid the
learned counsel a modest stipend 'to
cover expenses' nnd that was all there
was about It. In a trial of the Issue
I am suie I could hae beaten Kipling.
The entire local bar of East Aurora
offered to stand by me for $1.75 a clay
each and board for the five, but when It
comes to paying out good money, really
what dlffetence Is It wnther the
ducntF go to tho other fellow's lawyer
or ouis7"
Mr. Hubbaid's philosophy, as well
as his sense of equity, heicln shows to
creditable propoitions. The dlffeiences
nre few, indeed, which Intelligent men
cannot, with economy nnd spiritual
pioilt, settle out of court.
Defenders of General Shatter are
again In print, pointing out the rapid
success of the Santiago campaign as an
example of his good generalship. No
one will question that the capture of
twenty-four thousand Spaniards by
twenty thousand American troops
In so short a time was a
marvelous achievement, but the ob
jectors cannot forget that General
Shatter was tho chief one of those who
advocated letreat during that campaign.
As the hunting season opens stories
of sportsmen who mistake their neigh
bors' heads for squirrels, woodchucks,
etc., aie becoming nrore numerous.
Fiom the many published accounts of
fatalities resulting from bad eyesight
one would think that the hunters
would exercise more care, but If the
yarns are all true It Is evident that the
squlu el hunters are like the men who
purchase gold bricks and gieen goods
and do not read the papers.
Professor Cunningham, of Columbia
Fnlvislty, Is credited with having dls
coveied a process for restoring seem
ingly dead persons to life. He should
quickly experiment on Grover Cleve
land. Rabbi Illrsch, of Chicago, thinks, that
the gieat majority of the Amei lean
people In a short time will have forgot
ten tho Dreyfus case. The ubbt Is a
close student of human natuie.
The attention of people who say that
this is an age of automobiles is re
spectfully called to the fact that $20,000
was paid for Joe Patehen the other
day.
NUBS OF KNOWLEDGE.
Electricity has supplanted steam in the
oldest rail load In It.ilj from Milan to
Monza.
Tho Oregon borax wagons may have to
jleld to the nutomoblle.vvlth steam as tlio
motlvo power
A railway In the Congo State, touching
Lake Albert Kmiua, will be built at u
cost of $30,00u,'
An electric automobile In France re
cently travelled a considerable distance
at tho lato of sixty-rive miles an hour.
Improvement In storago butteries Is so
marked that where a vehicle required
1.C0O pounds of cells two years ago, but
tVK) pounds are required now.
It is proposed to uso a system of re
frigeration and endeavor to exhibit fresh
food for this country during tho entire
term of ihe Paris exposition.
A new 500-ton draw bridge was substi
tuted for tho old oro over the Pasalc
liver Newnrk, tho time Involved In tha
actual substitution being eighteen nnd
uiHthalf minute
Tho athletes of Greece In ancient times,
when trail. lug foi phMical contests, were
fed on new cheese, figs and boiled gram.
Their drink was warm water, and they
wero not allowed to cat meat
The old Tl'umes subwa has fallen Into
disuse since the new tower bridge, Lon
don, has been built, and It is now sug
gested that the former placo would bo in
Ideal spot to raise mushrooms.
United States Commissioner W. A.
Jones sa that a "full-blooded Indian
lunatic nover lived ann nvers that the
new Indian Insano asylum in the Indian
Territory will bo occupied by mixed
bleeds.
Metals get tiled as well as living be
ings Telegraph wires nre better con
ductors on Monday than on Satuidaj. on
nccount of their Sunday lent, and a rest
of three weeks adds 10 per cent, to the
conductivity of n wire.
A New Yoik lavvver lecently travelled
from New York to Boston by trolley.
Two hundred and five miles wero coveted
bj trolley nnd fifty-two miles by trains,
while tho time occupied was twenty-nlno
hours, exclusive of stops
V A Sales, of Providence, has Just
been sued for the possession of what Is
said to be tho oldest bell In the country.
Originally u convent bell In Amsterdam,
It was captuicd and used by the British
nav y as a ship's bell until Aug 10, 1S12.
Ench clay of tho wck has seivcd as a
day of icst somewhere- Sunday nmonjj
Christians, Monday with tho Greeks,
Tuesdaj with the Persians, Wednesday
with the AsjrluiiH, Thursday with the
Egjptlaiis. Frld.iv with tho Turks and
Saturday with the Jews
Yankee Ingenuity has upset an ancient
custom In India l'or centuries every
rajah and even the minor potentates havo
had Bpeclal men called "punkas" to tan
them during their waking hours. Now
their Job la gone, for every rajah has
bought an American electric fan
Tho Augusta Herald tnya that of 'C
men who havo taken human life In
Richmond county, Ga , In the past fifteen
scare, only four havo paid tho death
penalty; nine wero sentenced to llfo Im
prisonment; seven wero sentenced to
from ono to twenty years, and thirty-six
went flee.
Tho most valuable natural bridge In
the world U tn be found In Arizona, ly
ing acres n ileep chasm 40 ftot In vvldlh.
It Ih u petrified treo about 4 feet In dia
meter, nnd about 100 feet In length. It
Is pure ugnto all through, and therefore
Is much more valuable as regards ma
terial than any brldgo of nmrblo or
granite would be.
CURRENT VERSE.
Father, Tnko My Hand!
A llttlo bed stunds close to mine
I rcncii It with extended arm
And thcro tho cluxt'rlng curls entwine,
A golden head, secure from hurni.
And when my darling goes to rest,
But cro she seeks tho drenmcr's land,
Upon my hand are fingers prcss'd
Their tiny tips within my hand.
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Then, sweetly as the molting strain
Of music from a spirit band, '
Or soft dripping of the rain,
She lisps, "P'cnse, papa, take my
hand."
"It's dark, papa, I (nnnot do
To s'cep nlonol" Though nngclB stand
To guard her bed 'gainst ev'ry foe,
Still baby lisps, "P'easo take my hand,"
And even I, In time to come,
When greets my gaze tho portal grand
Of that far off Eternal Home
May ask, "Oh, rather, tako my hand!"
When round about the billows roll
And bent upon the farther strand,
While dark'nlng tempests veil mv soul.
E'en my I ask, "Oh, Father, tuko my
hand I '
Speed Mosby, In St. Louis Mirror.
Whllo the Angry "Auntie" Wept.
He wept for Agulnaldo
And tho vvrongH he had to bear;
Ho cursed "the proud oppressor,"
And he swore nnd toro his hair;
He hoped "the brutal soldiers
Who weio sent across the sea
Might be stricken ilown with fevers,
That tho Tagal could bo freie."
Wis clenched his flts nnd shouted:
"Let us Bteip this awful c.lmc;
Here nt homo nre weighty problems
Thnt demand our care and time'
Wherefore should we bo the keepers
Of our brothers o'er tho rea?
Let a plague destroy our army,
That tho Tocal may bo free!"
Thus he talked nnd thus ho shouted,
While, nt home, his children toro
Things to pieces ns no children
Ever lipped things up before,
And their half-districted mother
Had to slnvo for them while he
Spent his time In sending comfort
To tho Tagal o'er the sea.
S. E. Klser In Times-Herald.
His Occupation.
He brushed his coat sK times a day,
Ills hat v ns nlwajs nice,
And ever cro the clay was elono
He changed his collar twice.
He never let his trousers bag,
No wrinkles marred his vest;
In nil the town there was no one
More scrupulously dressed.
He spent three hours every day
Beforo his mirror, where
He caicfully attended to
The parting of his hair.
He always kept himself as neat
As wax Is through anil through
put that was nil ho ever did
Or had the tlmo to do
Times-Herald.
It Was Paste.
Six months had flown since they were
wed,
And now they strolled along together,
'Neath moon and stars anel such effects
Of night as hinted cooing weather.
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They paused a-near a stile, wheio she
Did sit ns If In mood to listen,
Tho moonlight on her hand revealed
A ling that did but faintly glisten.
"Do ou recall," he asked, "the night
I gave oil that engagement Jewel.
And Jem dispelled the clouds of doubt
That held me In their bunds so cruel?"
"Ah.ves1 she answered, with a sigh
And tone of evident detection.
"How enn 1 well forget It. dear'
It's pasted in my lecolleetluii "
Richmond Dispatch.
A Difficulty.
The ship of state goes sailing
O'er time's tempestuous s-ea.
With millions booked for travel,
Including jou nnd me.
And nil, from steerage tenants
To cabin folks so nice,
Are hollering at the captain
And giving him advice.
Washtncton Star.
Americans Abroad.
We can go to sleep In I.ondon, In the
rnln,
And awake In giddy Parls-sur-ln-Selnc,
We can dlno with Madame Sara
On the famous Riviera,
And spend the night nt Frankfort-on-the-Maln.
Wo can hurry on to Norway, If wo like,
Or aero. tho great Sahara on a bike,
Then, without a word of warning,
We can spend tomorrow morning
At Haarlem with a Dutch girl on a dike.
Wo can circumnavigate the waters blue,
And tho Czar of all thei Russlas Interview
And then, detlro unjuded,
Seek a country unlnvnded,
Or thread the mazy streets of Tlmbuctoo.
Wo can picnic underneath St. Peter's
dome.
Or play checkers In a chilly catacomb,
Till at last tho only places
Where we haven't shown our faces
Will be the great north pole oh, yes, and
home!
-Robert Gllbeit Welsh, In Life
Patriotism.
What Is It, this forco that Impels us,
Which masters our sense and our will,
That startles our uttermost being
With the sting of a subtle thrill
When the Flag Is unfurled?
Tho throb which strains at our heart
chords,
This might that Is greater than love,
Till tho tenderest woman caresses
Tho eaglo Instead of tho dove.
When tho Flag Is assailed?
For which men itcld their blond In tho
trcne.hcs,
Accept fever nnd famine and pain?
Whose Ineffable peace to tho dvlng
Is a smile on the lips of tho slain,
When tho Flug has been served?
Thnt wo call It "patriot ardor"
Is a Jlnglo of Idle sound;
But the thing Itself-whnt Ib It.
Holding llesh nnd spirit bound,
Which tho Flag Inspires?
As holy ns flro from the altar.
As high as prophetic thought,
Ah deep ns eternity's spaces,
From God's mind Into ours Is it
wrought,
This power of tho Flag
Amelia W Truesdcll, In Washington
Star.
PERSONALITIES,
Tho Rt. Rev. Frederick Em. recently
consecrated bishop of tho dloceso of
Sault Sto Mario and Mmquette, was born
In a llttlo German village near Coble ntz
SI j ears ago.
J. C. Blunt, C E . Great Brltaln'H new
consul general for New England, has a
splendid record for servlco In tho Crim
ean war and was twice thanked by Pres
ident Lincoln for services to Americans
In Turkey.
John Collier, whoso picture has mado
such a hit In the Royal Academy this
cnr, Is a Bon of Sir Robert Collier, whq
becamo Lord Monksvvcll. He Is married
to a daughter of tho late Professor Hux
ley. Max Nordau, In writing nbout the per
eonul characteristics and (eat urea of
Dreyfus, declares that tho real Scmlllo
nose la perfectly straight. Tim crooked
nose, Bass Dr Nordau, is puro Armenian,
and ts prevalence among tho Jews of
toelny betrays their mlcturo In the past
with that tenacious people.
Governor Cnndler, of Georgia, has ac
cepted an Invitation to attend the nation
al reunion of tho Blue and Grny nt Ev
niisville, lnd , on Oct. 10 to 11, Inclusive.
Tho chief executives of nil tho Southern
states nro to bo Invited.
Lord Rosebery Is admittedly In the fore,
most rank of speakers Ho did not
nchlevo this position without sedulously
studs lng In Parliament and on mnny a
platform England's two most eloquent
ointnrs of tho Victorian era John Bright
and William Evvnrt Gladstone.
Dr. W. J Lesds, sccrelury of state for
tho Transvaal, Is described ns a man of
peculiarly strong personal power, gifted
with a persunslvo manner and fully alive
to the fact thnt the Boer nnd English
man can never agree.
Jnmes C. McRne, of Rnletgh, has been
chosen professor of law at the University
of North Cnrolfnn. Mr. MncRno has
served on the Superior and Supreme
court benches In his state, und Is an ex
member of congress
When William F. Schilling, of tho
Northtleld, Minn . News, got married,
some friend scattered cards the cntlro
lenght of the car aNIe on which wero
printed with largo tspc:
Why don't sou get married?
Wo were mauled this morning
PLAYS AND PLAYERS.
Otis Skinner will star this season In
"Tho Liars," beginning September Id.
This season Minnie Rndeilffo will be
leading ladv with Sol Smith Ruell.
J. II. Stoddnrt Is to play Dr. Manetto
In "Tho Only Way," with Henry Miller
Chnrles Klein Is wilting a melodrama
of English llfo to bo cnlled "The Lombard
Street Mssters."
An actress has arisen who claims to be
a cousin of the wife of Mnltro Labor),
of Dreyfus case fame.
Jeff de Angells will continue trving to
make fortune smile through the efforts of
"Tho Jolly Musketeer "
Hello Archer has purehnsed a plas. en
titled "X " It Is not announced when It
will have Its Initial nerfoimanrc
Bernhardt does not know English. She
has nlvvass declared that she would not
learn It for fear It would spoil her
French.
Clara Lavlne, comedienne, and William
Illnlsdell, the comedian, will star In the
musical comedy, "Strnngo Adventures of
Miss Brow n "
Clement Scott, the critic, calls "The
Degenerates," Mis L.mgtry'rt new plus,
a "pot-boiler." Still, pot-boiling suggests
something warm.
The Jesslo Battlett Davis Opera com
pany will Include William Philip, William
Brodcrlck, William Pruette nnd Hnrrs
Brown. Several operas will bo suns
weekly
A new plav on the Dies fits case, mak
ing tho unfortunate hero guilty. In Lon
don made the spectators so Indignant
that the performance was broken up 1S'
a riot In Paris and Berlin It was pro
hibited One of the company and the stnge man
ager had been having somo trouble "I'm
too busy now," he said, "but when I get
tlmo I'll tell what yoei really are." "If
S-ou do," was his repls. "I'll sue sou"
John B. Rogers has his new star, Dor
olhv Morton, In London The latest re
port Is that she will play Smith and De
Koven's once-popular comic npeiu, "The'
Fencing Master," In the English capital
Elizabeth Campbell Winter, wife of the
peet nnd critic. William Winter, has
written a piny for Charles Coghlan. She
has also made a now version of Dr. Mos
cnthars "Deborah" ("Leah tho For
saken ")
Maybe because of her diminutive size
she la not much In the public ese. but
Mrs. Tom Thumb Is still living nnd en
gaged In theatrical work, last Benson
touring through the Western states at
tho head of her own rompans
Fred Miller, composer of the score of
"Ship Alios." and author of "Davy
Jones," la at wor'c on two new farcical
operettas, which will be produced bs' tho
Boston Screnaders during the coming
season.
Henry Irving and Ellen Terry will nr
llvo In New York toward the end of Oc
tober, and will make their re-entinnce at
the Knickerbocker theatre, presenting
"Robespierre." Later Miss Terry will net
In Calmour's play of "The Amber
Heart "
William If Crane, In "Peter Stuyves.
nnt, Governor," will Impeisonato the
Dutch ruler of New York, who, ns read
ers of early Gotham history will remem
ber, stumped around Manhattan Island
on .a wooden leg
Rlchnrd Manslleld will .alternate Csrnno
do Bercerne with a new plas by Emil
Moreau, co-author of Mine S ins-Gene,
called "Jeffreys," relating Incidents in
tho life of tho cruel Chief Justice nf
James II 's reign. Coquelln will play the
part In Franee. nnd Irving In England
Under the Russian laws, upon applica
tion of nnv person, the Minister of the
Interior mas' separate nns- child or chil
dren under age. of Hebiew parents, from
thoso patents, compel their baptism, nnd
fotco them to be brought tin In the
Christian religion This Is the fundamen
tal Idea In Edwin Ai den's new Jewish
play, "Zorah "
In "Miss Tlobbs," Annie Russell's new
comedy bv Jerome K. Jerome, she ap
pear as a man-hulng s'oung woman, who
Is Instrumental In Menarntlusr, temporar
ily, a jnuiig married couple and a pair
of betrothed lovers, but Is ovettaken In
tlmo by Cupid and surcumln to his wiles
Ono seeno passes In the' cabin of a saeht,
supposed to be drifting In a fog, tho
only occupants being the aforesaid man
hater and thu man destined to subdue
her.
A hotel keeper hid hecn sufferlnp; for four scars with indigestion and djspepsla.
Night after night he would lie aw tke la bed tossing .uiJ rol ing, the Inside of hit
stomach seeming all on fire, the food fermenting and i-auihi' violent vomiting. I Ha
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