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THE FIRST MAYOR OT' VI.NCF.NWr e GOVERNOR AWIOTT probably never so much as heard of the | dame Jeanne of French brandy sent to him by his creoie friend in New Orleans. lie had horn gone from Vincennes several months when the batteau arrived, having been re called to I»etroit by the Hritish au thorities, and he never return d. Mean time the little post with its quaint cab ins and its dilapidated blockhouse, call ed Fort Sackville, lay sunning drowsily by the river in a blissful state of help lessness from the military point of view. There was no garrison, the two r.r three pieces of artillery, abandoned and exposed, gathered rust and cob webs, while the pickets of the stockade, decaying and loosened in the ground by winter freezes and summer rains. lean id in all directions, a picture of decay ind inefficiency. M. Gaspard Roussillon was looked jpon as the aristocrat par excellence of Vincennes. notwithstanding the fact that his name bore no suggestion of no ble and titled ancestry. He was rich and in a measure educated; moreover, the successful man's patent of leader ship, a commanding figure and a suave manner, came always to his assistance when a crisis presented Itself. He trad sd shrewdly, much to his own profit, but invariably with the excellent re sult that Cie man, white or Indian, with whom he did business felt him self especially favored in the transac tion. Ry the exercise of firmness, pru dence, vast assumption, florid eloquence and a kindly liberality he had greatly endeared himself to the people, so that in the absence of a military command er he came naturally to be regarded as the chief of the town, m'sieu' le maire. lie returned from his extended trad ing expedition about the middle of July, bringing, as was his invariable rule, a gift for Alice. This time it was a small, thin disk of white flint, with a hole in the center through which a beaded cord of sinew was looped. Tho edge of the disk was beautifully notch ed and the whole surface polished so that it shone like glass, while the beads, made of very small segments of porcupine quills, were variously dyed, making a curiously gaudy show of colors. "There now, ma cherle, is something worth fifty times its weight in gold," said M. Roussillon when he presented the necklace to his foster daughter with pardonable self satisfaction. "It Is a sacred charm string given me by an old heathen who would sell his soul for a pint of cheap rum. He solemnly informed me that whoever wore it could not by any possibility be killed 'by an enemy." Alice kissed M. Roussillon. ; "It's so curious and beautiful," she said, holding it up and drawing the variegated string through her fingers. .Then with her mischievous laugh she added: "And I'm glad it is so powerful against one's enemy. I'll wear it when ever I go where Adrienne Bourcier Is. See if I don't!" "Is she your enemy? What's up be tween you and la petite Adrienne, eh?" M. Roussillon lightly demanded. "You were always the best of good friends, I thought. What's happened?" "Oh, we are good friends," said Alice quickly, "very good friends, in deed; I was but dialling." "Good friends, but enemies; that's liow it is with women. Who's the young man that's caused the coolness? I could guess, maybe!" He laughed and winked knowingly. "May I be so bold as to name him at a venture?" "Yes, if you'll be sure to mention M. Rene de Ronville," she gayly answered. ■"Who but he could work Adrienne up into a perfect greon mist of jealousy?" "lie would need an accomplice, I should imagine; a young lady of some bear"7 and a good deal of heartless ness." . "I.ike whom, for example?" And she tossed her bright head. "Xot me, lam sure." "Poh! Like every pretty maiden in 'the whole world, ma petite coquette. They're all alike as peas, cruel as blue jays and as sweet as apple blossoms." He stroked her hair clumsily with his large hand, as a heavy and roughly fond man is apt to do, adding in an al most serious tone: "But my little girl is better than most of them—not a foolish mischief maker, I hope." 1 Alice was putting her head through the string of beads and letting the translucent white disk fall into her bosom. "It's time to change the subject," said she. "Tell me what you have seen while away. I wish I could go far off and see things. Have you been to Detroit, Quebec, Montreal?" "Yes, I've been to all, a long, hard Journey, but reasonably profitable. You shall have a goodly dot when you get married, my child." "And did you attend any parties or balls?" she inquired quickly, ignoring his concluding remark. "Tell mo about i them. I want to know what you saw in the great towns—in the fine houses —how the ladies looked, how they nct ted—what they said—the dresses they wore—how"— "Ciel! You will split my ears, child. Can't you fill my pipe and bring it to me with a coal on? Then I'll try to tell you what I can," lie* cried, assum ing a humorously resigned air. "Per haps if I smoke I can remember ev erything." Alice gladly ran to do what was asked. Meantime Jean was out oq the gallery blowing a llule that M. Roussillon had brought him from 'Quebec. The pipe well filled and lighted ap parently did have the effect to steady and encourage M. Roussillon's mem jory, or, if not his memory, then his im agination, which was of that fervid and liberal sort common to natives of the Midi and which has been exquisite ly depleted by the late Alphonse Dau det in Tartarin and Bompard. He leaned far back in a strong chair, with his massive legs stretched at full length, jind gazed at the roof polc3 while he talked. In the first place, he had not been In Quebec or Montreal during his absence from home. Most of the time he had spent disposing of pelts and furs at De troit and In extending his trading re lations with other posts, but what mat tered a trifling want of facts when h's meridional fancy once be.gan to warm Up? A smattering o£ social knowledge, fculned at first hand iu his youthful days in France while be was a student BUTLER. PA., THURSDAY, Al'lUL whose parents fondly expected him to conquer the world, came to his aid. and. besides, he had saturated himself ail liis life poetry and romance. Scu dery. Soarron, Prevosi Mme. I.a Fa yette and Calprenedc vere the chief sources of his information touching the i'.to and manners, morals a i l uayeties of people who. as he supposed stirred the surface of that resplendent and far off ocean called society. Alice was absolutely charmed. She sat oil a low wooden stool and gazed in to Gaspard'lloii.-siH -n's face with dilut ing eye* in which burned that rich and radi:!*it something we ca'l a passionate son!. S!:o drank in his !!a:n!>oynnt stream of words with a thirst which nothing hut experience could evfr r/uei: ?i. He fe!t her silent r.pplr.ase and the ndmlrir.g iu •' >iu:ii.iry abso p ticu that poft-ts-rd 1- s wife. The ccn seiousiK ~s of hi * cJe;i!.»;;tiV.'.v marnet ism augment«•! the Si.v.- of his fine de scriptions and he went c;i and on until the arrival ot Filth t Perot put an end to it iill. The priest, hearing of M. Roussillon's return, h.:d ccme to inquire about some friends living at Detroit. He took luncheon with the family, en.l< yln.T tho downright refreshing collation of broil ed bird.:, cnioiis. meal cakes and claret, endini- with a di-li of blackberries and cream. M. Roussillon seiwd the first oppor tunity to resume liis successful romanc ing and presently In the midst of the meal began to tell Father Beret about what he had seen in Quebec. "P.y the way," he said, with expan sive casualness in his voice, "I called upon your old time friend ar.il coad jutor, Father Sebastian, while up there. A noble old man. He sent you a thousand good messages. Was mightily delighted when I told him how happy and hale you have always Alice was absolutely charmed. been here. Ah, you should have seen his dear old eyes full of loving tears. He would walk a hundred miles to see you, he said, but never expected to in this world. Blessings, blessings upon dear Father Beret, was what he mur mured in my ear when we were part ing. He says that he will never leave Quebec until he goes to his home above —ah'" The way in which M. Roussillon closed his little speech, his large eyes upturned, his huge hands clasped in front of him, was very effective. "I am under many obligations, my son," said Father Beret, "for what you tell me. It was good of you to remem ber my dear old friend and go to him for his loving messages to uie. I am very, very thankful. Help me to an other drop of wine, please." Now the extraordinary feature of the situation was that Father Beret had known positively for nearly five years that Father Sebastian was dead and buried. "Ah, yes," M. Roussillon continued, pouring the claret with one hand and making a pious gesture with the other. "The dear old man loves you and prays for you. His voice quavers whenever he speaks of you." "Doubtless he made his old joke to you about the birthmark on my shoul der," said Father Beret after a mo ment of apparently thoughtful silence. "He may have said something about it in a playful way, eh?" "True, true; why, yes, ho surely men tioned the same," assented M. Rous sillon, his face assuming an expression of confused memory. "It was some thing sly and humorous, I mind, but it just escapes my recollection. A right Jolly old boy is Father Sebastiah. In deed very amusing at times." "At times, yes," said Father Beret, who had no birthmark on his shoulder aud had never had one there or on any other part of his person. "How strange!" Alice remarked. "I, too, have a mark on my shoulder—a pink spot, just like u small, five petaled flower. We must be of klu to each other, Father Beret" The priest laughed. "If our marks are alike, that yrould be some evidence of kinship," he said. "But what shape is yours, father?" "I've never seen It," he responded. "Never seen it! Why?" "Well, it's absolutely invisible," and he chuckled heartily, meantime glanc ing shrewdly at M. Roussillon out of the tail of his eye. "It's on the back of his shoulder," quickly spoke up M. Roussillon. "and yon know priests never u*e looking glasses. The mark is quite invisible therefore so far as Father Beret is con cerned!" "You never told me of your birth mark before, my datighter," eaid Fa ther Beret, turning to Alice with sud den interest. "It may some day be food fortune to you." "Why so, father?" "If your family name Is really Tarle ton, as you suppose from the Inscrip tion on your locket, the birthmark, be ing of such singular shape, would prob ably identify you. It is said that these marks run regularly In families. With the miniature and the distinguishing birthmark you have enough to make a strong case should you ouce find the right Tarleton family." "You talk as they •write in novels," Bald Alice. "I've read about Just such tilings in them. WpulJu't it be grand !f I should turn out to be some great personage in disguise!" The mention of novels reminded Father Bcvet of that terrible book which he hist s.v possession, !8, 190 i and he i>ot refrain frota men tlonJng it i'i .*1 voice that sh'.idderod. "Rest :'a<y. Kr.'lier Beret." said Alice. "Tl:,i t j.i one novel I li::v? found wh>!- !r ilistasteful to me. I tried to read It, lift could r iot do it. I flung it aside in utter aisgu-t. You and Mother E''iissillon are welcome to hide it deep :is a well for nil I carc. I dot\ enjoy reading about low. vile people and hopeless unfortunates. I like sweet and lovely heroines and strong, high souled. brave heroes." "Head about the blessed saints, then, my daughter. You will find in them the true heroes and heroines of this world," said Father Beret. M. Itoussillon changed the subject, for lie always somehow dreaded to have the good priest fall into the strain rf argument he was about to begin. A etr:iy sheep, no matter how refractory, feels a touch of longing when it hears the shepherd's voice. M. Eoussillon was n Catholic, but a straying one. and he had promised the dying woman who gave Alice to him that the child should be left as she was, a Protestant, without undue influence to change her from the faith of her parents. This promise he had kept with stubborn per sistence. and he meant to keep it as long as he lived. A v few weeks bad passed after M. Rouasillon's return when that big hearted man took it into his head to •elebrate bis successful trading ven tures with a moonlight dance given without reserve to all the inhabitants of Vincennes. It was certainly a dem ocratic function that he contemplated, and motley to a most picturesque ex tent. Itene de Ronvllle called upon Alice a day or two previous to the occasion and duly engaged her as his partenaire. but she insisted upon having the en gagement guarded in her behalf by a condition so obviously fanciful that he accepted it without argument. "If my wandering knight should ar rive during the dance, you promise to stand aside and give place to him," Blie stipulated. "You promise that? You see. I'm expecting him all the time. I dreamed last night that he came on a great bay horse and, stoop ing. whirled me up behind the saddle and away we went!" There was a childish, half bantering air in her look, but her voice sounded earnest nnd serious, notwithstanding its del-clous timbre of suppressed play fulness. "You promise me?" she insisted. "Oh, I promise to slink away into a corner and chew my thumb the mo ment he comes!" Rene eagerly assent ed. "Of course I'm taking a great risk, I know, for lords and barons and knights are very apt to appear sudden ly in a place like this." "You may banter and make light if you want to," she said, pouting ad mirably. "I don't care. All the same, the laugh will jump to the other comer of your mouth; see If It doesn't. They say that what a person dreams about and wishes for and waits for and be lieves in will come true sooner or later." "If that's so," said Rene, "you and 1 will get married, for I've dreamed it every night of the year, wished for it, waited for it and believed in it, and"— "A very pretty twist you give to my words, I must declare," she said, "but not new by any means. Little Adrienne Bourcier could tell you that. She says thet you have vowed to her over and over that you dream about her and wish for her and wait for her, precisely as you have just said to me." Rene's brown (Vce flushed to the tem ples, partly with anger, partly with the shock of mingled surprise and He v . guilty, and the guilt showed in hi- -yes and paralyzed his tongue, so that he sat there before Alice with his under jaw sagging ludicrously. "Don't you rather think, M. Rene de Ronvllle," she presently added In a calm, advisory tone, "that you had better quit tryitg to say such foolish things to me and just be my very good friend? If you don't I do, which comes to the same thing. What's more, I won't be your partenaire at the dance unless you promise me on your word of honor that you will dance two dances with Adrienne to every one that you have with me. Do you prom ise?" He dared not oppose her outwardly, although in his heart resistance amounted to furious revolt and riot. "I promise anything you ask me to," lie said resignedly, almost sullenly. "Anything for you." "Well. I ask nothing whatever on my own account," Alice quickly replied, "but I ilo tell you firmly that you shall not maltreat little Adrienne Bourcler and remain a friend of mine. She loves you, Rene de Ronville, and you have told her that you love her. If you are a man worthy of respect you will not desert her. Don't you think I am right?" Like a singed and crippled moth vain ly trying to rise once again to the al luring yet deadly flame, Kene de Ron ville essayed to break out of his em barrassment and resume equal footing with the girl so suddenly become his commanding superior, but the effort disclosed to him as well as to her that be had fallen to rise no more. In his abject defeat he accepted the terms dictated by Alice and was glad when she adroitly changed her manner and tone in goiug on to discuss the ap proaching dance. "Now, let me make one request of you." he demanded after awhile. "It's n small favor. May I ask it?" "Yes, but I don't grant it in advance." "I want you to wear, for my sake, the buff gown which they say was your grandmother's." "No, I won't wear It." "But why, Alice?" "None of the other girls have anything like such a dress. It would not be right for me to put it on and make them all feel that I had taken the advantage of them. Just l>ecause I could. That's why!" "But, then, none of them is beautiful ind educated like you," he said. "You'll outshine them anyway." "Save your compliments for poor I'etty little Adrienne," she firmly re sponded. "I positively do not wish to near them. I have agreed to be your parteraire at this dance of I'apa Rous siilon's. but it is understood between us that Adrienne is your sweetheart. I am not, and I'm not going to be either. So for your sake and Adrienne's, as well as out of consideration for the rest of the girls who have no fine dresses, I am not going to wear the buff brocade gowu that belonged to Fapa Roussll lon's mother long ago. I shall dress just as the rest do." It Is safe to say that Rene de Ron ville went home with a troublesome bee In his bonnet. lie was not a bad heart ed fellow. Many a right good young man before him and since has loved an Adrienne and been dazzled by an Alice. A violet is sweet, but a rose la the gar den's queen. Tho poor youthful fron tiersman ought to have been stronger, but he was not, and what have we to say? The dance did not coin* off. It had to be postponed Indefinitely on account of a grave change in the political rela tions of the little post. A day or two before the time set for that function a rumor ran through the town that something of importance was almut to happen. Father Gllmult, at the head of a small party, had arrived from Kaskaskia. far away on the Mississippi, with the news that France and the American colonies had made common cause against tl>e English In the great war of which tbe people of Vlaceanc® neither knew the cause nor cared a straw about the outcome. It was Onele Jazon who came to the Eousslllon place to tell M. Roussillon that he was wantetl at the river house. Alice met him at the door. "Come in. Oncle .lazon," she cheerily s:iid. "You are getting to be a stranger at our house lately. Come in. What news do you bring? Take ofT your cap and rest your hair, Onele Jazon." The scnHloss old fighter chuckled raucously 1 bowed to the best of bis ability. He not only took oil 'uis queer cap, but looked into it with a startled gaze, as if he expected something in finitely dangerous to jump out and seize his nose. "A thousand thanks, m'am'selle," be presently said. "Will ye please tell Sl'sieu' Itoussillon that I would wish to see Mm?" "Yes, Oncle Jazon; but first be seated and let me ofl>r you just a drop of eau de vie, some that Papa Itoussillon brought back with him from Quebec. He says it' 3 oil and fine." She poured him a full glass, then, setting the bottle on n little stand, went to find M. Roussillon. While she was absent Oncle Jazon improved his op portunity to tl»e fullest extent. At least three additional glasses of the brandy went the way of the first. He grinned atrociously and smacked his corrugat ed lips, but when Gaspnril Roussillon came in the old man was sitting at some distance from the bottle aud glass, gazing indifferently out across the veranda. He told his story curtly. Father Gibault) he said, had sent him to ask M. Itoussillon to come to the river house, as lie had news of great importance to communicate. "Ah, well, Oncle Jazon, we'll have a nip of brandy together before we go." said the host. "Why, yes. jes' one ag'in' the broilln' weather," assented Oncle Jazon. "I don't mind jes' one." "A very rich friend of mine in Que bec gave me this brandy, Oncle Jazon," said M. Roussillon, pouring the liquor with a grand flourish, "and I thought of you as soon as I got It. Now, says I to myself, if any man knows good brandy when he tastes It. it's Oncle Jazon, and I'll give him a good chance at this bottle just the first of all my friends." "It surely is delicious," said Oncle Jazon, "very delicious." He spoke French with a curious accent, having spent long years with English speaking frontiersmen in the Carolinas and Ken tucky, so that their lingo had become his own. As they walked side by side down the way to the river house they looked like typical extremes of rough, sunburned and weather tanned manhood—Oncle Jazon a wizened, diminutive scrap, wrinkled and odd In every respect; Gaspard Roussillon towering six feet two, wide shouldered, massive, lumber ing, muscular, a giant, with long curl ing hair and a superb beard. They did not know that they were going down to help dedicate the great northwest to freedom [TO BE CONTINUED. J Disraeli and Dlmnarek. At a dinner given in London in 18G1 by Baron Brunnow to the Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar Ilerr von Bismarck, who was one of the guests, had a long conversation with Mr. Disraeli, then leader of the opposition. He then said that he should shortly be obliged to undertake the direction of the Prus sian government; that his first duty would be to reorganize the army; that he would then take the first best pre text to declare war against Austria, to dissolve the Germanic diet, to over power the middle and smaller states and to give a national unity to Ger many under the leadership of Prussia. "I am come here," he said, "to say this to the queen's ministers." Mr. Disraeli's remark on this extraordinary programme, which was later literally fulfilled, was: "Take care of that man. He means what he says."—"Remi niscences of Lord Augustus Loftus." The Names of Tea. We talk glibly about Pekoe, Bohea, etc., but few people have any idea of what these natnes signify. "Pekoe" In the dialect of Canton means "white hair," for the tea which bears this name is made from the youngest of leaves, so young that the white down is still on them. "Soocliong" in the same dialect Is a quite unpoetlc name; it merely signifies "small kind." "Flourishing spring" is the meaning of "Hyson." "Congo" signifies "labor." Much trouble and toil are expended In its preparation at Amoy, and these are commemorated in its name. "Bohea" is called after a range of hills. Be What Yon Are. Associate reverently and as much as you can with your loftiest thoughts. Man's noblest gift to man is his sin cerity, for It embraces his Integrity also. The finest uses of things are the accidental. Routine is a ground to stand on, a wall to retreat to. Be resolutely and faithfully what you are, be humbly what you aspire to be. Disappointment will make us conver sant with the noblest part of our na ture. We render men the best assist ance by letting them see how rare n thing it is to need any assistance. Weeds. A weed is a plant that grows In abundance out of desired limits. Any plant may become a weed by escaping from cultivation. Many plants that with us are highly esteemed in other countries grow as weeds, while, on the other hand, our weeds are in other countries sometimes highly prized. The correct use of the word depends altogether on circumstances. A Waste. "The train I was on this morning," said little Elsie's papa, "struck a poor cow and cut her head right off." "My gracious!" exclaimed the little girl. "I suppose the milk poured right out all over the ground."— Philadelphia Press. Bettluir Auonc Kinrlinh women. The habit of betting among women of the lower class Is one which has grown with amazing rapidity, especial ly in the towns and villages of our In dustrial districts. And indeed no pow er of law seems to avail much against the vice.—London Hospital. When Knighthood Was In Flower. Citizen—Here, stop fighting that little boy. Chimmie—Wot, an' me goll look- In' out de window? She'd take me for a quitter.- Butte Inter-Mountain. "If there were no eating without hun ger and no drinking without thirst," said Herbert Spencer, "then would the system be but seldom out of order." RIOTS IN THEATERS. AT ONE TIME THEY WERE COMMON AND DISASTROUS OCCURRENCES. The UtrriooH Etprrlrmrf of Mso rradr la Astor Place, New York. David Garrirk'a Troubles at the Drury Laar Theater, la Loadoa. The general attitude of forbearance manifested by theatrical audiences of today has come to be such a matter of course that it Is difficult for the public to ftalize that conditions were not al ways so. The playgoer of today can have little conception of what actors and managers often endured In those faraway times when interruptions of a disagreeable and tumultuous character were of almost nightly occurrence. In deed, the demonstrative character of the audiences In London became so pronounced at one time that the man agers of tbe principal theaters had to petition the king for a guard of sol diers. This precaution was not entire ly satisfying, evidently, for In 1742 the manager of Drury Lane engaged the services of thirty prize fighters to assist the soldiers in maintaining order. The Lincoln's lun Fields theater was the scene of a small riot on one occa sion as a result of the actions of "a cer tain noble earl," who, having drunk rather too freely, forced his way to the stage. When the manager ordered him off he boxed that functionary's ears. Blow was returned for blow, and a mix up followed between the actors and the nobleman's friends, who, after be ing driven from the stage, revenged themselves by cutting and slashing the furniture and hangings with their swords. The theater had to be closed for two days. An even worse riot was precipitated shortly after at Drury Lane by the fail ure to announce the nonappearance of Mme.Chateauneuf, a premiere danseuse, to see whom many of the people had expressly paid their money. The audi ence, headed by a peer of the realm, smashed all the orchestral instruments, tore up the benches in the pit, broke the chandeliers and even tore down the royal arms. The house was com pletely wrecked and a loss of several thousand pounds sustained. David Garrick, despite his popular ity, saw two disturbances during his tenancy of Drury Lane. Garrick had engaged a number of foreigners for "The Chinese Festival," among them being several Frenchmen. War with France broke out a few days before the presentation. Garrick had been informed that on no account would the presence of a Frenchman be tolerated on the stage, but as the foreigners were cast in important roles It was im possible for him to substitute other ac tors. He had the assurance that tbe aristocratic element would support him, so he concluded to brave the displeas ure of the so called patriots. On the first night the king was pres ent, and only a few groans, hisses ana catcalls were Indulged in. The next night there were loud demands that the French players quit tbe scene. When the aristocrats were equally in sistent that the foreigners should re main, bedlam broke loose. Tbe mana ger, irresolute, stood in the center of the stage, knowing that whatever he did would be antagonistic to one or the other element and fatal to his piece as well as "peace." About him were grouped the trembling actors. The gentlemen from the boxes de scended into the pit with drawn swords and attempted to seize tha ringleaders of the "patriots." The lat ter naturally offered a stout resist ance, and blood flowed freely. To make things worse the malcontents finally adjourned to Garrlck's home in South ampton street, where they demolished the windows with a volley of stones. Six years later Garrlck's announce ment that In future persons coming in after the conclusion of the third act would be charged the full price of ad mission Instead of half price aroused the Ire of the masses. The audience refused to allow the play to proceed, and one interested man tried to set fire to the scenery. In that design he was prevented by an actor named Moody. Eventually Garrick ordered the curtain rung down and money re funded. Tlie next night the audience, headed by a Mr. Fitzpatrick, arose in a body and demanded If Garrick were pre pared to accede to their wishes. Gar rick had learned his lesson and an swered in the affirmative. The house next demanded that the actor Moody •hould apologize for having laid his hands on a gentleman the night before. Moody, thinking to put the audience in a good humor, came forward and with a strong Hibernian accent remark ed that "he was sorry he had dis pleased them by saving their lives in putting out the fire." The bit of fun, instead of amusing the malcontents, aroused their ire even more, and they insisted that the actor beg their pardon on bended knees. Moody was not to be forced, however, and Garrick finally was obliged to promise that Moody should not appear upon the stage as long as he was per sona non grata to the hostile audience. At the same time Garrick personally congratulated Moody on his firmness and promised to pay his salary whether he acted or not. Shortly afterward, however, Fitzpatrick and his friends sent word that the ban was removed. In 1747 there was a series of disturb ances at the Aungier theater, Dublin, which had its origin in an altercation between Thomas Sheridan, father of the author of "The Rivals" and "The School For Scandal," and a young man named Kelly, who had climbed on the stage and Insulted an actress. Kelly had received a "broken nose" during the argument, and so the next night he came to the theater with a body of his friends, hunting for trouble. He found it. A body of Trinity college students espoused the manager's cause, and for several nights the theater was convert ed into a veritable battlefield, swords and cudgels being freely used. The scene was finally shifted to the law courts, where Sheridan brought an ac tion against Kelly, who was condemned to three months' Imprisonment and to paj" a fine of £SOO. If New York has not had as inauy theatrical riots as London It has at least lint one beside which all those cited siMtiii as child's play. This oc curred at the Astor Place Opera House While the English actor Macready was playing there In May, 1849. In IS!.' Forrest, the American trage dian, had made a tour of England and Scotland, meeting with little favor from press and public. lie ascribed his want of success to the machina tions of Maeready, who, however, in dignantly denied all hostility to For rest. Maeready opened at the Astor Place Opera House in "Macbeth" on May 7. On the same night Forrest ap peared in the same character at the Broadway. The audience cheered when he came to the lines: What rhubarb, oenna or what purgative drug Will scour these English henceT No. 16. In the meantime tbe scouring had bee 11 begun at the opera house. Mac ready was grseted with groans and hisses, lie tried to address the audi ence, but Could not be heard for the din. Then came a bombardment of missiles. "Copper cents were thrown," relates Mac ready in his "Reminiscences;" some struck me; four or five eggs, * great many apples, nearly if not quite a peck of potatoes, pieces of wood and a bottle of asafetida, which splashed »ny dress, smelling, of course, most horribly." So the first and second act« , passed. At last, during tbe third act, a man In the gallery tore up a chair and sent It crashing on the stage. Mac ready, however, went ou with hit pnrt, but when a secoud chair came hurtling through the air he felt that "he had discharged his obligations to the managers of the theater," the cur tain was rung down and the rioters were left masters of the field. These disgraceful proceedings were unanimously condemned next day, and „ Macrcady, acceding to a request on the part of prominent citizens, who assured protection, reappeared as Macbeth two nights later. TTie house was Dacked, and crowds gathered outside tne thea ter. Maeready met with a mixed re- ception, but no missiles were thrown. At the end of the first act some of the offenders were ejected from the house. At this the mob outside became infu riated and began to bombard tbe thea- - ter with loose paving stones. The win dows and barred shutters were soon de molished, and great stones came crash ing Into the auditorium. One struck the chandelier, while others broke some water pipes, with the result that Mac ready's dressing room was flooded. Amid the uproar the intrepid Mac beth went doggedly on with his per formance. Meanwhile the police, hav ing failed to quell the riot, the military was called out, 4>oth Infantry and cav alry. The cavalry, which arrived first on the scene, was driven back by a volley of brickbats. The infantry, to the number of 200, next advanced into the square, which was in pitch dark ness, as the rioters had extinguished all the street lamps. They were greet ed with a shower of missiles. Several were struck down, and finally in self defense they had to fire on the crowd. Many of the rioters fell, and, though the rest recoiled, they kept up a run ning fire of stones. Two brass pieces loaded with grape were then brought up and placed so as to command the approaches of the opera house. No further attack, however, was made by the mob. In this riot no fewer than seventeen lives were lost, while many more were injured. After tbe mob had retreated Mac ready, partially disguised, made his way from tlje theater to the home of a friend. The next morning he drove to New Rochelle, whence he took a train for Boston. Ten days later ho ■ailed for England in the Hlbernia. "I never felt such relief," he wrote, **as in planting my foot on that vessel's deck."—New York Times. A Tarnished Island. On old charts of the Pacific there are islands set down where now the navigator can find none. Perhaps they were there once and have disappeared. That volcanic islands have appeared and disappeared in various parts of the seven seas there is no doubt A British man-of-war once was sailing Bear where such an event took place, and its crew had a chance to witness that seldom seen occurrence, the birth of an island. As soon as it was possible,the Brit ish captain landed and formally an nexed the new land to the British em- plre. TUen he hoisted the union jack Ind sailed awavEj He expected to be knighted for his enterprise, but when another ship was sent out to take a look at the island and report upon Ks availability as a naval post for supplying passing ships the island had vanished entirely. The Old Cariosity Shop. In a narrow out of the way section of Bloomsbury, In London, still stands the original curiosity shop known the world over as the home of Little Nell. The qnalnt little building has been careful ly restored and preserved. An Inscrip tion conspicuously lettered on the wall announces that this is the curiosity shop "immortalized by Charles Dick ens." Although It stands out of the beaten way In London and is somewhat difficult of access, the old shop Is visit ed every year by tens of thousands of the admirers of Dickens. Of this num ber a considerable majority are Ameri cans. It is still used as a shop and gains considerable free advertising from its literary association. TURTLE FLESH. The Handsomest of the Animals Gives the Worst Meat. s No one really knows how large a tur tle may grow, but certainly there does not appear to be much if any exagger ation attached to the statements of Pliny and Strabo, who, describing the chelonophagi of the Red sea, say that they utilized the shells of the turtles they had eaten as roofs to their huts and boats for their feeble voyages. Strange to say, the handsomest tur tle, the hawk's bill variety (Chelone Im bricata), furnishes the worst flesh, be ing so strongly flavored with musk as to be almost uneatable. This peculiar ity would seem to point to a diet of squid since these mollusca arc exceed ingly musky. But it may not be out of place to remark here that turtle flesh, even of the best Borts, is not nice- As Sam Welter's pieman hoarsely whis pered, "It's the seasoning as does it." A diet of turtle steaks or of hashed turtle or of turtle soup, au naturel, would soon sicken any one but a sav age. For sixpence or its equivalent In most of the West India island towns one can get n heaped plate of turtle steak with bread or Jams or sweet po tatoes ad lib. But I never knew even a hungry sailor who wanted more than one meal a week of It, for all its cheap ness. The fact Is that in the cult of turtle soup we ore following (a long way off, it is true) the example set by the Chinese, who love gelatinous soups and pay fabulous prices for the nests of the sea swallows, the bolothuria, or sea slug, and the sharks' fins because of their gelatinous qualities. Frank T. Bullen in Leslie's. Queer Drunken Manias. An English sheriff who died some years since kept a record of the curi ous cases of drunkenness that came under his observation. Several habit ual cases had developed odd manias. One woman who had been arrested 107 times for drunkenness in twenty-eight years, had n mania for breaking win dows when she was intoxicated. An old soldier, suffering from a wound in the head, always stole Bibles when he was tipsy. Another man stole nothing but spades, while one woman's fancy ran to shawls and another's to shoes. A man named Grubb was Imprisoned seven times for stealing tubs, although there was nothing In his lino of life to make tubß particularly desirable to him. ' ...
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