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.FOUNDED BY HORACE GREELEY
MONDAY. FEBKUAKY 20. 18^8.
jiu. news rms morning.
Foreifrn.?In Iii* sermon at St. Margaret's
Church y, -n-rduy Cuiinu Farrar marte eloquent
reference to ISM Milton rntrccriul window prc
ecatetl hy Mr. (Jcorge \V. Childs, of Puiliulclphia.
?i? K'i ons ooncernin* tlie Gerninn Crown
Prince an- conflicting; some muke lnin much bet?
ter, others not so wcLL ??= Tho King of Abys
-siii.ii la disquieted over tba defeat of Ins troops.
~.-. Count Loni, late Italian Ambassador at
London, is dead.
IHtnc-Mic? General Sheridan stilted emphati?
cally that he would not accept a nomination to
tiie Presidency.ss= In a battlo between oyster
pirates and police in Chesapeake Uuy one of the
pirate captains was kilh-d. - : Houses erere
dottcyed and people killed nv a whirlwind in
Illinois. a Tbe brother of Will,am lt. Tascott,
charged with murd, r in Chicago, claimed an alibi
for lum. .- .^: .Many ol the Krsdiag namers voled
to |t turn to work.
City ai I Suburban -A man died from heart
disease nt the Anti-l'oviTty meting in the A.-art
imy of Music; disorder at thu Anti -Poverty meet?
ing in 1 lalirra, -r-z Tire iu Nyack destroyed tlie
town's tl,, iitrienl hall. , ,. ? English relatives of
a youn^ woman who ran away to this country
with ft negro fourteen years ago Biked th.? Police
Department to make a aasareh tor her, a good-sized
legacy having baan left to ber. '? Henry Ir?
ving and Miss Terry returned frrra Boston.
Tau \\'.it her.?Indications, for to-day: Warmer
and th;, an nmg, with rain. Temperature yes
laBBaBg : 1 lintiest, 40 degrees; lowest, 'Xl; aver
agii, 31 si 4.
The dog show l liit li opons to-morrow prom?
ises lo bo betU'i' than ever. These exhibitions
are alwavs full oi inkiest to large numbers of
jK'fiple, and a large attendance may alwavs bu
louuU'd (ii- The Westruiustci' Kennel Club
nas contributed a goad deal in the past hg tho
pleasure of New-Yoikcrs, who will be plad to
Ik- plat-ed under renewed obligations to it. No
one who RQtE to the Madison Sipuaie Gai di n
Uiis week will bc disappointed.
Governor Hill will have a thunee to explain
to tho Assembly's Committee on Ways and
Means all about that grand piano, that costly
clock and those other evidences of his vx
tiavagame. The committee are to begin their
work mi ribruarv SS. The titiestion why they
didn't Mt about it dining the recess is a peiti
bent one. Ihe interval while thc ramshackle
roiling is being bolstered up could hardly have
been bettor cmplovcd.
America ha* the kindliest feeling toward}
Archdeacon Fairar?a feeling which will not bo
tluuinisliod by the pleasant words which ho had
to *ay vesU'rdar about Mr. Childs'a benefaction
to St. Murca.'ct s Church. The Milton Moino
li il Window he regards a* s peculiarly appro?
priate gift for an American to bestow, 6ineo
the United States -stand for much that was dcaT
to tie heart of the great Puritan poet. Tho
v u'lens of St. Margaret's have gracefully indi?
cated their appreciation of Mr. Child-s's act by
witing apart a pew in the church for the uso
af American visitors.
Ui poi ts from the Schuylkill mining regiont
?how that the Reading Company's miners arq
6f two minds on the quextiou of obeying tho
?rd<vr to resume work to-day. Master "Work
Tton Lewis, it is claimed, has exceeded his
inthority, and about half of the striking mining
band* w ere at Trst disposed to refuse obedience
to him. Of course, th? railroad hands, who
met with utter defeat in their attempt to dictate
to the company, aro using all tho influence they
ian command to keep thc miners "out." Hut
the latter have nothing to gain and everything
to lose by not returning to work, and the
greater part of them will doubtless go back this
looming. What effort the collapse of tho
?"Schuylkill strike will have upon the Lehigh
strikers U not yet apparent; but it may be con?
siderable.
Some criticism has naturally been provoked
by the opinion of Corporation Counsel IiCs-k
man to the effect that under tho present laws
and ordinances tho unclaimed bodice of pauper*
('innot Ih- disposed of by cremation. Literally
interpret* d, the laws can only be construed as
Mr. Heil.iiiiin construes them. Hut a similar
gjajgstjon. it will be remembered, arose when
thc Fresh i'ond Crematory waa opened, it be?
ing coribonded that tho Health Hoard had no
authority to issue burial permits when crema
'ion wa* contemplated. The reasonable view
v as then Uiken that the word burial could
lightly 1*? taken to embrace any form of dis?
posing of the dead, and oo no legislation was'
deemed necessary. Why cannot the same c >n
ttruction be plac.sl on th? word in the laws re?
lating to the burial of paupers? If needful.
howevet. the Logialature could easily proridn
un amendment. Dr. Ma4donald's proposal is
mods-rate and the resulting advantage* would
no doubt bc considerable.
?
The chance* of passing the combined
High License and Local Option bill in
th* KewaaJerscy Legislature, as do
scribed by our Trenton correspondent,
nie excellent. There is no question about
the Senate's action : several Republican As?
semblymen, however, are adverse to the meas
tue. but their defection is made good by ?
number of Demon ats who have declared them?
selves on the right side. The bill is one that
every advocate of genuine lempcr.ince ought to
support right heartily. Tho license foes ii cod
by it aro not excessive?if .-mulling there has
been an error on the side of madora!ion?while
tho county option provisions permit each com?
munity lo decide for itself hov far restriction
shall bi pressed. There aro rumors that the
hrcweis have raised n targe emu of money to
b" used in defeating this wise rind reasonable.
law. Wo tra** that these rumors are un?
founded. At all events, it behooves the friends
of the bill lo h?se no time in pushing it lg ft
vote in both Houses ard rallying to it* support
any member who may be wavering. jj
ORR AT TALK Fits.
It is getting to be time for thc Democrats in
the Rouse "to leave off making damnable faces
and begin." They have spent two months in
bragging about thc terniie revolution they
were going ho hiing about in many industries)
by altoiing the Hu ill. Hut iii taro months Lhcy
have done nothing but bing, and the world has
tho minimum of fear for dogs with the maxi?
mum ol bark. It was assumed from tho first
that Mr. Mills could get his own consent to
offer the bill which had been framed by himself
with Messers. Cleveland. Carlisle and Fairchild.
The frlSTBtiOB Wai whether ho could get tho as?
sent of a majority in tho House. So far he has
not bren able to get his own consent to offer
the bill, but he cannot stop talking about it
long enough to do anything, and so he tells the
woollen manufactuters at lYovidoncc in a.
speech on Saturday night that "we arc going
to" make wool free of duty. Possibly, but at
all events Mr. Mills cannot do it at Providence,
or by the votes of Rhode Island.
Mr. Mills stales that last year "wo imported
60,000,000 pounds of woollen goods, taking
four pounds of tho raw material to one pound
of the manufactured product. The equivalent
of the 80.000.000 pounds of goods was
J aJ20.0i'X).000 pounds of raw material, made np
I in foreign countries to the exclusion of tho
! homo manufacture. 9o|>poee y<ui take down
j your barriers and let the 320.000.000 pounds
I of raw wool come in." How delighted Rhode
Island manufacturers must be to get so much
valuable informal ion ! Tho fact is that we did
; not import 80.000.000 pounds of foreign,'
woollen goods last year. Deducting rags,
waste and yarn, all the goods of which weight,
is officially slated weighed 25 500.000 pounds,
and all the other goods were valued at
-.sl8.COU.000. If Mr. Mills <::n show that other
goods worth Si 8 800,OfX) were in weight
B4,6OO,O00 pounds, or less than the average
cost per pound of iinp"ited rags, he had belier
hurry back to Providence and instruct the
manufacturers some moro. They need to bu
onlight4'ned. also, if it takes four pounds of
raw wool, on the average, to make a pound of
goods.
Hut tho country expects blundering from
Mr. Mills'* party, and has made up its mind to
endure that with such eqanimity as it may*
command. What it wants is that these Freo
Traders should stop frightening industry to.
death by their threats and begin doing some?
thing? their very worst, if they like. If there
had not been a prevailing faith that Mr. Mills
was going to prove a greater failure even than
Mr. Morrison in getting anything done, wool
would not now bo selling at 32 cents for Ohio
.leece, or iron at $22 T?0 per ton. or rails at
$31 50. The steel rails Imposted last year
averaged $21 70 per ton in cost in foreign
ports, which with el" duty would make thom
worth Hv<8 70 without any freight, insurance
or profits. Yet 137,588 tons were imported,
because at a vast number of potato rails can bo
delivered at less cost than American rails
which have to bo transported thither by rail.
Taking SO off the duty would only multiply
many times the points at which the foreign
could exclude the home products from the
market. How much that would depress tho
price il is not easy to say, but il is obvious that
the mon who aro buying do uot believe Mr.
Mills will get anything done.
What is the trouble in business, then ?
Simply this, that there are a groat many other
people who do believe that Mr. Mills, Mr.
Carlisle and Mr. Cleveland can got a bill passed.
In that belief they defer purchases. In conse?
quence mills and minos, factories and work?
shops, lack orders and have to stop. Thc rot. ult
is a depression, losses of mil lions every month
io laborers and to employers, rind ul ti ma to
liss also to the people who will have to buy
v hen the market ls crowded with orders. That
has been the experience year after year, ever
since the free-trade Democrats gained power.
They have agitated every winter, long enough
to cost the country many millions, and then
have gone home disgraced by their incapacity.
ENGLANI*^ DIPLOMACY.
Tho European coalition against Russia is ap?
parently strong enough for all practical pur
I poses. Germany, Austria and Italy, acting in
j concert, ought to bc able to prevent aggressive
I operations on the eastern frontiers ol tho two
military Empires, ll there be any virtue in ihe
weight of opposing armaments, Russia will be
kept under restraint by thc diplomatic com?
bination already formed. England's partici?
pation in the alliance against tho .Northern
Power would probably tend to irritate Fiance,
and by completing the process of diplomatic
isolation to force thc Republic into a counter
coalition with Russia. It may bo considered
doubtful if the ends of peace would bo promoted
by the diplomatic arrangements which Lord
Salisbury is reported to have made with Italy
and Germany. A coalition of four Power*
j would be weaker than ono of three for the main
j tenanee of European peace, for Russia and
J Prance being deserted by every ono else would
inevitably be drawn together; and such an
j alliance would bo almost certain to precipitate
j war. M. Floe, net's recent overt area to the
Russian Minister in Paris and If. Flourens's
election speeches have been surface indications
of a trend of events in the direction of such an
alliance. If thc Republic bc continually
taunted with its weakness, isolation and help?
lessness, thc Czar's diplomatists will be ma?
terially aided in carrying out their ulterior
purposes in scouring an ally who can be de
ponded upon to keep Germany on the defensive.
Lord Salisbury ha* always desired to play a
leading part in the diplomacy of the Continent.
The laurels won by Lort] Reaeonsfield at Rorlin
will not suffer him to sleep. He has bgjon
anxious not only to k?ep England in line with
Germany in all the diplomatic business of tho
Continent, bul also to take an active part in
thr scheme of coercive measure* aimed against
thc C/ar. Probably ho has not succeeded in
committing England lo anything like an offen?
sive and defensive alliance with eil her Ger?
many or Italy; but it is enrrcnlly believed, not
only in Rorlin and Vienna, but also in landon,
I hat ho has ? secret understanding with Primo
Risinnn k and Premier Crispi, and that thc
Rritish Government is under obligations to
unite with tho coalition in certain ennlingoii
dfta This policy is not in accord with recent
traditions of English diplomacy j ggg will ii bo
likely to promote the maintenance of pen' in
Kitropo.
n nt i's tuen w ita
"The Huffalo Courier," inspired bj thal lovo
for Mr. Cleveland which Mr. Cleveland evi?
dently does not feel for Huffalo, lays ('own tiiis
proposition :
Mr. I 'loveland's lettnr of arerptanre In I---I rim
tallis nullum; lliat will ju -v.-ni oe **gM I" pr-veut
the Dc in oe ra t lr pally fintn t mil 1 mc. and tlie I **-.--> 1 -
deni fruin aceepttag, a aecond Domination.
The letter in qOeitJOB conlained a paragraph
pei li sling against tho election of a l're.sidcnt
for a second lei m. "Wo recognize in thc
eligibility of the I "resident for re-election,"
wrote Mr. Cleveland, "a most sennas danger
to that calm, deliberate and intelligent political
action which must charade)-i/e a government
by the people." Now if the President is a man
who means wha! be says, w liv is he got pte
< hided, in virtue of this public expression of his
tonvii-tioiis. /rom accepting a letiominatioii ?
' The Courier" has an answer? such as it is?
all ready, ll leniaiks that "for the evil to
which Mr. Cleveland culled public attonlion
there was but one remedy?a constitutional
amendment Self-denying ordinances or
declarations would have boen an utterly jn.ide
oiiale or ineffed uni means of removing a defect
ii: om constitutional system."
W? submit that herc's richness rlobCT than
tho richness of Squcers's skimin"d milk. A
candidate for tho most evallod oflioo within Ihe !
gift of his countrymen in a carefully prepared
statement of I,is views On vital public quos
tioni emphatic illy pronounce* against tho eligi?
bility of tho incumbent of that oilice for re?
eled ion. Re marshals several reasons in sup?
port of his protest Ile ssscrts that to sllow
a President to be eligible lo sun ed himself is
(;a most serious danger" to tho governmont.il
system of which tho President is the head.
Nevertheless. "The Cooper" giiivcly argues
that there is nothing in all this that ought to
prevent that eery candittate from ieeapiing a
second humiliation, so long as tho Constitution
.hus not bar him "ul! In other words, "The
Courier" hold-, that example is of no account;
that a statesman is not t<> hive the courage of
his convictions unless tko Constitution coerces
him into having ii; thal ii behooves a patriot,
especially ? patriot who poaea as a three-ply
reformer "if the independent Behool, to refrain
from relit ving his count ry ol "a most Bertottg
danger'-' in tho. absence ol a constitutional pro*
\ i-i' ti.
There wag once a Piohibilionist np in Erie
County?a Prohibitionist from conviction. Hut
after writing a letter denouncing the di ink evil
as "a most serious danger" to the country, he '.
turned np ono day at a Bnffalo hotel with tho
jim-jams. Waa he aahanied of himself ? Did
ho think he had laid himself open to tho t Barga
of grave inconsistency? 0, no. His reply to
those that repioadied him was : " For the evil
I have called public attention to there is but ono
remedy?a constitutional amendment. Self
denying ordinances or declarations would have
been an utterly inad.'(junto or ineffectual moans
of removing a defect in our constitutional sys?
tem." This fable teaches how forceful is " Tho
Courier's" argument.
the rr rr scandals br the dat.
The discussion within thc last fr-w divs of Ihe
merits of Sate Kentucky Derby, in which
the Dwyer colt Hnnnymcde was un
expectedly defeated by Creen Morris's
Dolt Apollo, has set some people into a wild fever
of agitation anil alarm. Denn nc in i ions of I .'upturn .
"Sain' Brown, the well knovvu Pittsburg million?
aire and horse innn, have been tilling the air
win-is-.er buiilviunIvrs und their |y*BpBa*hlBBTI
among stib'e oivzur-,, train, rs and jockeys are wont
te, assemble. It is tinnily surprising, perhaps,
ihat there is n prudie.il unanimity or opinion
among all the baser and lower clements of tho
turf that Captain Brown should be promptly
ruled ot! every race track in America for (turing
to cast any doubt on the good faith of ar.y contest |
decided on a prominent course. It is BBtllsUlg to
watch the antics of fellows who, if they hail their '
desert*, would tte serving long terms in priaooa
for fasuda and robberies of all soi'Us, but who
have eagerly seized tins opportunity to p"se ns
virtuous conservators ol the reputation of racing,
lind to denounce la the bitterest terms any one j
who ventures tu question the integrity with wliich
the sport is conducted, 'lins hollow humbug can j
deceive no one who knows anything about raring !
here and abroad.
But no matter what Captain Brown may luivo
said about the Apollo-Uiiiiiiyiiiede Derby or any
other race, lhere is not the slightest ganger that
any lacing MBOfliBtioB in Ainnica will rule lum off.
Ile owns too many fust und famous horses and
Spends too much Bloneg on the turf tor Bny as?
sociation or jockey club to dare to take this step.
Iaiiek of pluck is the chief characteristic of Aim ri?
can racing organizations at their best. That is
where they differ most conspicuously from tlie
Daglish Jockey Club. '1 hey have allowed thein
?slvas to be browbeaten and bullied by a lot of
lowbred rascals, upstarts of the gutter, who arc
succ ssful i noiiL'h in riling, Mining or immi'ging
horses, to suppose, that they are entitled to dictate
to the officials who conduct tho sport. It is
really pitiful to see thc manner in which American
racing otlicials cowr before toms foul-mouthed
Jockey, whose Impudence cud conceit aro only
equalled by his satin lack of intelligence and
honesty.
It is not likely, however, that tlie somewhat
Juose and windy talk of Captain Brown will ever
do much to purify the turf, as he is in the habit
of qualifying und modifying on second thoughts
statements which he make*. Liko the Jockey
clubs, hi generally lacks the courage tu Maud by
his guns. When he Indulges in any criticisms and
his remarks raise u storm in any quarter, Captain
Brown generally seeks cover with a good deal of
precipitation. Still, lt ls not wiso for stable
owners whose records will not tx ar close scrutiny,
for bookmakers whose connection with notorious
jobs is well known, for trainers whose horses show
no respect for public form and no consistency, or
for jockeys whose strength of arms us their mon nts
aro rounding the lust turu into the home stretch
is thc conspicuous point in their riding, tu threaten
Captain Brown or to usc any blustering about any
honest criticism of the turf. Tho Apollo-Bunny
mede mes- may have been all right. Hut no smiill
part of the running on the great leal ll IU race?
courses last, yeer was oj.cn to suspicion. If
people who desire to keep the turf clean and honest
consider carefully the extraordinary varieties of
form shown Ht Jerome I?ark, Monmouth I"ark,
Sheepshead Bay and Brooklyn In 1887, they will
have food enough for reflection Bm] cause enough
for action. In a number of rare? in which noted
horses took part on all four of these tracks, the
signs of fraud were flo oj.cn, clear and positive
that no spectator who had any knowledge of
racing matters could doubt the evidence af hi*
eyes, 'lids sort of thing must be stopped this
year, or the turf will atop nnd stop suddenly.
MOSEY AND BUSINESS.
Tlie stoppage of the Reading coal strik* cives
MBienabls satisfaction. Though patt of thc miner-,
show a disposition not to yii ld, ami Belf-eeelring
haders will probably make ths umsi ol the oppoat
tmn, thu form.il onhr to discontinue the strike
sds free most of the men who want to resume.
Work-, and as they return others will soon be faa
hast* le BSSapB the loss af their places by joining
tin rn, so thai the n sumption, though it may lie
gl'Ugjtllll, IS likely to a)C complete. '| h.- computes
have ben transporting mole coal since the strike
begun than tiny did asst year during the hame
Weelu, thc Lackawanna and lYnnsylvania (dal
companies having incensed shipments :,'.' j>?r cent,
the IViiiihi.li mun M, und thc Lehigh Val!, y ll
pei ( em ; but it is understood that this could not
continue indefinitely, ihe rcHuinptirm ha the
Badin;,' muns will make I. ss difference with the
lara output than wie, recently supposed, the atutis
lui nt ol tatraeeM iu blast Lavin* shown Ui.it iu-...i
of the decres.' since Jnu'iarv 1 was from causes
not connected arith ths strike. Nor ls ii, certain
tl ..I lulim- ? s. which would have gi ue on making
iron but fat araiel*, sf faal wrttl m .Manann*] to
res'iine jni'ue.lintels-, in tb* BfSKBt BtatS of tho
non raarkei It La at least possible that the de?
li,use in pi .dm lien Bte] cunt niue, 1 '.specially if
the Inst rc|M.rt regBldillg the forthcoming tariff
bill is corn et. Tire possibility of B redm lion of
duty on "re to ,-'U nnts. on pig iron to fl BO, and
011 si,, I li.i's to $11, would in any cuso lend to
retard ba] big,
Tbs sealing at the strike did not nt Hist affect
the stock market, as ninny supposed. Thc people
who wanted to eel] stock took sdvaatage of their
opportunity. Statements made in fst ur.ony, re
gaiding the Bnaaeea el the teeadlng had some in
Boeaee, and the failure of Western raliway malin?
gers to make peace had som" also. But wars and
?trike* me ure-siiiiiy temporary; nn end must
cum'' I., both. A feet of sBTstrr ngntfit ines is that
railroad opeBBting expenses now seem to increase
(Bater than grotta earnings. In January of last
year, mt earnings of r..ad.s reporting increased
;, I pei e.'i;i, in March lg, in June Jj, in August
ll. in Oi 'tuber 8, and in December the mt BSSBlagS
ilier.-asid only I third of 1 per cent, Sllboagh grOBB
earnincs iii-reas.d lu |s>r cent. It is inferred
that, in January, when truss earnings increased
only ll per cent, there probably was a loss in net
earnings. The gain on thg tnt roads reporting
for the first wick of February has been 10 per
cent iii gTOSSj and fol the second week 1> per cent,
but the hit"r repasts from a large! number ot com?
panies usually compare b ss favorably than those
tba*, forwarded. The net result of ali inlluences
during Ihe ?n*eh upon tba BVetBge pr:,'.- of the
siily BOB* active stocks was an advance of 11
cents |*t shu re of $1 00.
Speenlatioa in grain and provisions has not,
been particularly encouraging. Wh. al, closed
with higher pries than were nt, one time current,
but lower than the week before; foreign war ru?
mors furnished the excuse. A battle between
gamblers in pork nt Chicago resulted in BO chango
of prices bete. Corn is un eighth higher, bat il
is only the comparative scarcity of the contract
glade which holds prices, receipts of nil cern betag
much larger than they were a year BgO. The
d'-crcase ol |S,400,000 in export* Of br "ii.Muffs,
and 113,127,798 in exports of the principal
produi ts for the month of January, tends to make
speculations for an advance more diflicult and
ri,ky. ll nin.1.nin^ rx port* should be no larg*!
than in January, l 8b7, tin- BtTgregsW f,,r th'' month
would be 158,400,000, but the total export.-, from
N-w-York were valued at 124,068,020. aVseinat
124,471,071 last year, so that the decrease in tho
priaelpel rteata Bsa hardly reflect correctly the
entire oBtentrd movemei ti. The import* here
showed un increase of 11 per cent: at the sumo
rate the total Onporta for the month would bo
057,500.000 All this looks as if ?10,000.004
of foreign capital, more or less, had been invested
here <I 11 r.r*Lf the month, and us new bonds exceed?
ing 170,000,000 in amount have hean issued oluce
January 1, that ls not improbable
Bank nscr.es usually reach t)uir maximum
in January, though for three years before the lust
the highest ix 11ut tree in the lust week of February.
as it- was this \enr. The decrease for two weeks
baa b*ea over 85,000,000. partly because th* Treas?
ury, in spite of an addition of over 11.000,ooo
to deposits daring the past week, took in
62,000,000 more than lt paid out. Meanwhile
Mr. Mills, debtjrtng his tai nf bill to make a speech
at Prov idenee, tell* manufacturers that they want
to have wool made fri a and that " we ure going
to do it," which premises weeks of agitation with?
out reduction of revenue. The supply of money
is nowhere reported InsdeojOBte, but the natural
inactivity ut this season makes the demand com?
paratively .small. At most Northwestern points,
severe v.vath'T is saul to letaid business and pey*
mints, though railway wars have caused more than
usual activity at St. Louis and Kansas City. Bi
the Southwest bad roads account fur Inactivity.
Local reports Btnrhei* auggaat that excessive lund
speculation, or over expansion In building, has done
say harm, but some ol tbe cities which were Boat
conspicuous last year in the increase of exchanges
now begin to lead a decline.
Mr. Lynch's circular, usually quoted as to
tho clip of wool, can hardly bc uccepted this
yeal without uny evidence to support his esti?
mate. Ile reports an increase In the clip o(
wool, although the Department of Agriculture
reports the number of sheen 1,000,008 less
at thc beginning and r>,000,000 less at the end
of the year than In tan yar previous, and also
/sports a decrease of 20,000,00o pounds In the
production of wool. All accounts alao recognise
a tte Cit. set in the manufacture last, yeur, ruJiir.ng
Irom the to ten per cent.
? ?
The Canadian journals are vexing themselves
needless iv about the Fisheries Treaty. They
seem to fear they have lost more than they have
gained by the convention. They ought to have
more conlideiieo in their chief advocate, Mr. Bay?
ard. HS has served them well in tho past. Hq
deserves I heir confidence.
An article contributed by Lord Justice Bowen,
of laidland, to Thomas H. Ward's ? Reign of
yileen Victoria," embodies an error of considerable
importance regarding a momentous change In tho
Knglieh law of evidence. This was In ascribing to
the efforts of Lord Denman and others the removal
of the har against the appearance of interested
parties as witnesses In a suit. Under the common
law rules, a merchant whose name hud been forged
to a bill of exehaagn ara obliged ta sit by, silent
and unheard, wlule his acquaintances offered
their guesses on the witness stand as to whether
it was his signature or not. The fact ls that the
removal of this blemish was the work of an
American, tlie Hon. Charles J. McCurdy, who,
when he was Lleutcnntit-Governor and President
of the Senate of Connecticut, in 1617-'48, suc
cculed in securing this reform, after ono defeat
through th" opposition of the judges and the older
la tryeta It was brought to the attention of the
New-York Legislature by David Dudley Field,
nnd soon was adopted throughout the Union. Mr.
lleOardy visited England in 1 b.*, 1 ?nd agitated tho
mutter there, the result being the chango for
which Lord Deiimnn has obtained thc credit.
These facts arc set forth in a privately painted
pamphlet, giving a correspondence between Mr.
IfoCnrdy ind Mr. Field. It was eminently proper
they should bc made kuovvu.
The members of the Produce Exchange arc up
in arms because of the violations of the Interstate
Commerce law ia the matter of grain freight*
fr.,m the West. A meeting will be held to-day
at which the leading business men will be present
aud speak, und it is probable thru they will make
thc fur fly, as is likely to be the case when the
merchant's pocket-book has been levied upon or
his tense of justice outraged.
So prevalent is tho cigarette habit among boya
I and so harmful is lt during the growing
years that tl"' proposal that thc sale of cigar?
ettes to boys under sixteeu be pro?
hibited by law will commend Itself to the
minds of all tight-th InkiBg men and women. Such
a SSW would be on thc same lines us the one for?
bidding the sale of liquor to minors, and it ought
to be no more diflicult of enforcement,
A com jinny or partnership hag been formed un?
der the name of the Republican Pu bl ishim; Com?
pany of New-York, which proposes tit furnish
good Bepabliasa lileiature at such * low rate
that BO doubtful voter need bc left unsupplied,
nnd in each Bttiaetive shape that many will read
it who would pass by the ordinary flBftSlgn docu?
ment. The prime mover in this work ll Thomas
M. Nichol, whose services |g helping to roll up a
tide of scntim-nt in tho West nxnitist Inflation hy
means of th* Chteage Bea*** Money brogo*.
winch ba BaaraBattBid, gan hardly bs overestimated
Mr. Nichol saw then what a power can be lu-r
(is.d by d(>( undents thal are BBSda lelma** I Bg and
attractive and sent out practically at BBBl pine
and BtaanaSSI 86 begin hg s-.w agog* iii once lor thr
culing campaign Tie' lirst publieiiiinii ol tba
SoaajgBf consist-, of Hu; tWO BBeeeheS delivered by
i \-S, natur Winner Miller m ibis eil \ and lirooklvn
during the lust caiupHi^n, und a letter in which
Mr. Miihr dissed* Cha PiteidenL'fl tree lima.
mi-ssejr'' 'I hrs,- u.-,. co'tiliiiie-l in | hands,>m<|y
pr ia ti d paiiipid-t ol murty-au p.i? ri, which la
furnished at $'t per 108 copies. JH -*0 in envelope*-,
on addr-ssing the lti-pubLc'ili Publishing Cm
puny, New-Vork CMtf. 'Ihe nevi, pul-lication will
probably be composed of the sterile* of Senators
Sherman, Prye and Platt on the President's mes?
sage. This is a good work, and lt is tu Ik- liojied
the Republican pres* everywhere will give it their
encouragement.
PERSONAL.
Ex Senttor Harrison, nf Indlina, will respond tu
the toast "Washington as a Republican " at th" Mich
lean Republican l lab's BSBagBBi it Ddrolt, on Wodii-s
.lay BTSalBg
Representative Iiyron M. Cntdioon. of M ctiljran.
will speak un Hie lem poi ance uiu'stloil this afternoon
at Tremont Tempi:, Locton
Mr. Ario Hates ls going to florida for a kW week*.
Mr. .lames lt. OagOOd will sall for geglaad s;:aln un
March 8.
The Kev. Dr. Talmago will deliver bMV<-i.lv leciure
In iiosfiui this season to-night, bubjecl : " I ho ss-IhmiI
ol .-. andei"
Culund John Hay ls fitting up a lino slimmer homo
on SOBepea tata**, New Hampshire.
M'ss Laina lindeman will reid,rate the anniversary
of VfMsitBgton'a liiitiuUy by holding rBaseptten* st th*
ajaae af the two Betartalemaeti which the pupils si
Porlilns Institution prepCSI lo gi** on tl il day for the
lieneflf of the kindergarten. KIM Brtdgaisn elli tm
BBsHted l.y little Edith Thom**, the blind siul d "if
pupil fruin the new school, who ls a very lotereatlog
and attractive child
Mr. Joseph rook's topics fur lo rt iv at Tremont Tem
plo aro as follows: Prelude-f'harles Darwin arel .\s,i
tiray; Ceetreatfl of their Religions Views. Lecture?
The Self Revelation Ol I lu 1st ; Tho InHRIed Pinpho
elea of our ferd. Qneatlona to .Specialise. Spurgeon
on tba New Theology; Netreal Aspect of the Andover
Ca.se.
An old soldier contributes to the " Potsdamer Zel
11111*5" (i,U slory : "One morning' lu May, 1660, I,
lien terring in the 1st BegUasal Of Koot f.uurds,
wa-i m.'irdilng willi my comrades along the mad be
tween sans Boucl and ti,e Oraegegeheeda toward the
ullage of F.ldio. We hud Just arrived at the broad
aveiuio which lends fi om tho No* Palaco Into tho
iiliad, wheu tho Crown Prleee and his family appealed
In Sight; lillie l'rlaco Wilhelm In a pinier on a
donkey, led hy a nurse, the (town Prince and Princes*
aim In arm, about twenty yards behind him. WlhBB
tho Crow* Prince porrolvod u?, he called out 'Lleb
ar.au, lot jour rompnny halt a moment.' Then be
itepyed up to the Saabey, lifted ti,.- inti* prince ont of
his pati'er, and carno toward us. 'Cood morning,
lilii'ler,' i.Vd Ihe Crown l'rlnco to us, and wo shouted
back lu uiilsnn, 'f;uod morning, your Beyal Highness.'
'I want Just to show you my little son.' and h? made
the lim* prleee ihefce hands with his tiny fist with
every grenadier. Th* ii own Princess stood hy.
smilingly watching the scene. \v hou we had all been
Ihavhen hu inls alts, th* Crown Prince again wished us
?good timi liing,' and continued his walk ; wo went
on In capital spirits to our Held duties. e'erond
Lieutenant von Llebonau, who via* Dion in command
of our company, ls now neil koowa ai ( omi rh.'imhi'i
I?ln to Prince Wilhelm. Only a muli, ni,.,, In his
Soldier days, has been sn actor in a *e*a* like that,
ran feel how a bond I* tOnaed thoioby beiwaen prince
and peoplo which nothing bul doaili can bioak"
Tun j j j. a of rut: dat.
Three In'eresting '"ad*."
The firm ot Oeorgo, Mcclynn A Co.. general deniers
In anti poverty shop worn chimeras, and polmont job?
ie's. ls hereby dissolved In mutual disgust.
lieury UaergB ls pr*ga**d to act aa tall to Mr.
Claealaadl Fre* Trado Kite on short notice. No
objection to running [UT Congie.-,*, or au, olhur form of
anti-poverty.
Da McOlyun la at 111 doing bu.ln<!?*s at the old
Anti -Poverty stand. No connection with tho concern
over the w*g. Tirades 0o tc,, Poy* ftiralahtd uu
application.
Vhen his brave heart trcral.Ied.? Atnafeur actor
tn hearsing in h.* room)?Approach thou like the
Hi r< an,USer. the rut'tred Russian bear?
Landlady (asnterlegr-Mr. Tteeplu*, i want to know
onto for all when you Intend io nay tho money you
ovre nie l" ?
'?Well, er. rall?eal! on Saturday." (Continuing
the rehearsali-Tako any ahape but that, and my
i.i m nerve* shall never tremble.
"The Springfield Union" the other day puzzled IU
classical revers bv a>kiug for a translation of th*
I^un sentence: " Quls ermina enlni lcotii* albu* et
f-ptravlt." Of course nobody could m.-ikiv anything
ont of it; and to " The Union" gives tho following
duddaflon: Quls (who) crudus (raw) eulin (fori
lucius, (read) albus (white) et splravlt (and blew)?
lloomw for the red, white and blue I
How a Tragedy was Avoided.-" Von had a row
with rj rt gs by today, I understand I"
" Not much of a row, fortunately."
" HOW did ll OCCDI-^"
"Why, he called mo a horse thief, a sivlu.ll.-r, and
numerous other d'aairteoablo names.''
? What did you *ay 1"
" I fo;d him that for two cents I would whip him."
" Hld ho give yon tho money?"
" No, he hud nothing but a two cent stamp and I
never take stamps."'?{Lincoln Journal.
HYMRNEAt*
It happened on this wiso. Tata bride, Miss Dav,
V a-, lod In by Sol, who gave her away.
Fir Night was the groom, the be,t man, Mar*,
The esler* all of tho fumlly Stars.
Old Twllglif, the parson. Joined them In ono,
(Crick-is and kiuy-did.* laughed ut the fun )
The bride hld her face on the bre*at of her lover.
And 1 turned away;?fur the wedding watt over.
-(The Altruist.
A Maryland farmer writes: ? We are reducing our
flock of sheep as fast as we can to please Mr. Cleve?
land. We will have them down to ono ram and a
shepherd dog next ?prlng."
Tough nn John.?" It's a Moomin*] shaine," remarked
one of the fanrr uptowner*, "that Sullivan can't git
a fight v-'.ih Balta."
"Von think lt won't como off!"
" Nsw ' an' 'ere poor John has been a keoptnlc sober
an' gettlnk Into fine physical condition, an' now tho
wiio'.o bualnoss coes for nut li Ink. "?(Tho Epoch.
" I oan never lie moro than a al*tor to to-i," ?ald
a buxom widow, tenderly, to an old bachelor who
dad proposed.
" Ah, madam, s/es yon oan," he responded, gal?
lantly. " I mn not a man to lose hope."
"Yes. but I aay I eannot," *he persisted.
" Yon have daughters. niad.-mi." he said. " and you
may yet bo my mn!l:er-tn-law "?(Washington Critic.
The " I'tirga-fory" ls the appropriate ruune *ald to
he g veu to a new brand ot very high collars.
Excessive nudeness.?Daugrhtair?I don't thin*,
matu ma. that young Mr. Sampson 1* very pojte.
Mother?Why not, my dear)
Daughter?fie gave me his seat tn a straet car to?
day without touching his hat.?(The Epoch.
Ploughing In California?Pout-hern California Agent
?There, sb, look over into that field. Did you ever
kee a man plough so easily as that 1
Eastern V'armer liv gum I The plough does seem
to go easy, don't ttl The man seems to enjoy lt.
"Yea. sir; keeps Jumping and dancing along Uko
a boy : Pitt see bis heel* fly."
" Looks s good desi like a Jig, T must say."
Little Rot (native) Pop ain't dancln* | he'l tryln'
ter keep onion the way o' the tarantulas au' rattle?
snake* wot he turns up.?(Omaha World.
POLITICAL NOTES.
Eeforo William L. fieott attempts to swing the
whole Stato of Pennsylvania lt would not do any
harm for him to make sure of tho XXVIIth Congrea
slon.il District limply. "Tho Philadelphia Times"
Intimate* that he will have troublo tn carrying his
owu Immediate bailiwick.
Colonel V. A. Casklll, a prominent and Influential
Democrat In Rutland, Vt, ls so disgusted with Cleve?
land's hypocrisy In tho mailor of Civil Service re?
form that ho will hereafter cooperate with the Re?
publican party. Ho expressen hi* view* in "The
Putland Herald" to the extent of ?evoral columns.
Tho Albany plauo buying statesman has been count
lng nindi on the alleged discontent of the Hoosier
Democrats with Cleveland: but their chief mouth?
piece, "Tho Indianapolis Sentinel," menacingly ob?
serves that If such a ? misfortune" as Governor
mira nomination le tho President y wore to occur,
"his election would not be among tho probabilities
ot the campaign." D'ye mind that. Rr'er David 1
A Republican Stato League will bo organized In
Wisconsin on March 15. Poriuanent ho ad ou arte rs
will prol.ai.ly be established lu Mallison, although
hntWeSBSS may bo selected lor the purpose.
District delegates to tho National Convention will
by chosen In Iowa by separate callouses ai tho Mate
Convention, the choice to bo rtvUtled by the latter
budy. So the Slate Central ( ommliieo decide*.
President l'ofcler. ut tlie National Republican
I., ii;,ie, tells a lltlsburg muortor that ho favor*
re [-eui, ng tho lax on whiskey a* a stop toward
getting rid of tho National Prohibition party.
ll apiaiars that lu the recent election of a Congress?
man lu iho Milt I il-.If let of .Michigan, tho Kepubllcan*
practically held theil own In all but ono of '.he
BBjBN eaaattai Involved ll tho contest, In spite of
lu,n snow and issniociatie shekels, both of which
might have worked greatly to Seymour'* disadvantage.
NOI' TUP. t'l'lKUVMT', Of AN EXPERT.
>T?in nts ''i-'rnluillii, . sj,i
Mr. liowell'a opinion* (rei?aii1lng devland and
fri*, trailei derivo ?o.na w,-,^!,, from Ih* f*ul of lils
, i-i my ?iiii,un Battas rf ga ri le wi.at i,, i* c?n?
11 aird far, ]n*l as Mr. Ulaloo'* ?, nunn of I lin
i ??)( ii an I lunn Cell, e's malady would lnl.U'?.t a
ajsaaj maej pBogle, nVtagn h tia-i uo tpoeiai knowledge
of aural Uu-oal*.
MUSIC-TEH DRAMA.
I.F.ssons of mc OnCBA SF.VSON.
To tho ol server who kept the good of art and ih*
adv mi -on.cut of tho p ibllc in cnltiue a-ul re ll ne,ne nt,
ll vl?w thara we so much that wm paUfjIng and
oe.e itirsgllig Hi the rtreii'iisfenre* rnnriected with
ts* el ueg wes8b al Mm 0*ra*ra asara at tea Metra
polllun Oseia HM*** thal it would be an easy Baa****
in a r.'tr.isi (?? ifve glane i at th* Be*BOB tu tr.u' as
"! Uttla moment tho thin.- which a few treats a?e
?I te ha hi*ah.t*Vjw?a*j Uta downfall nf one of tis*
lanai opi ratio I Bett* Balara in tho woiid. bael ?
View won!,) bB alni sf J'lstlllat.le, (oo, for C.e | oi,duc|
of Hie pu'.Il,- ev. r slice th* .'ideation nf I he contle.ishca
of Ihe establishment on lt* pres-nf Wu's via, Bag at
Issue likened not bing sn much a* a popular uprising
for tho protect! u ,f Oonoo* opera. It WOBhi lat
?**.lindy BBIfBaSBllN nfter the scene? gUcoeered
lu lb" Opera House |a*t Friday evening and satur?
day aft'i noon MSB*! for which We ran lind no poi
allots in the annals of the lyric di ama di her law* Bf
elsev. here If the ei.thus.ast should say that tl,,.- oyo*
aud roven mernie* ?f o?w*a*o iduvii in enaaethi
amata a* treM as Its timid and weah anent a,|w , ,
hail been utterly overwhelmed bj lb* a**** ld
lar app.oval which Barged ai ai I tl,- ?,M-ra during
Uv las' days. Hu) thor" Bl* Tie-.j,,,.* |, M);'ve,| |n
the OBOrOtte problem vii, ct, raiiiiut be *,-riled by
such 'len,ons',ailons. *'? hat* printed BO - I
WhKh "'lsd to t,o ran fully Mantled by all vile i|os,r0
te collin:",,t In any way BB ti,., [.^t, p.e,,-,,, .,,.,?
tatura al ollera In thia city, (ino plain t- , ala*] of
tb" list Blt lei I* that the pretnUo* upon State! the
opp innis of (.erman oi>era haBBd Muir
aUaeks aaai fetas what, they ?et loee
an Ihe bane of the se.T..,)n v ai
In reality Its salvation bo far as salvation ???
possible. We are by no means ditpesed t, BTg* or
even to defend a pi-e; oiil-r.'i'iiig Infusion of Nagi., i',
creations in any local operatic INt, but lu th* bk**
of the Innumerable assertions that the giving ?? Bl
of one-hali the repertory to Wagner was tho BOIMI
of the falling off In receipts, tho fact most bo ..tnt
that Ihe Wagnerian dramas thu,ugle,nt Hie sena,tn
wore viui tb .fT.'.O a nigh! mm" than UM 1*3*1 ll ce
|l*t, and this BOlTWIltSBjdlBi lhat thei<i nore Int
two Wagnerian novelties and thies Sf the Bihar*.
The advantage of tho non -W ago" ri an li-', dorlved
from th* dc>Iio to seo now works, which is much
harped on, over tko Wagnerian was |hMB*aWS as titra
to two.
Wo cito this fa?'i simply beeauso lt must bu cued
to meet tho ll...xl ut foolish niel faWe rittlolsrn wlil.-h
Hst msnageiuent has been compelled to si tug. le
against. There aro asp-cts In which Its 8BB*emptatlo*
la not entirely gratifying, lt will not *0*alsM ? te
permanency lu art taste to permit Wagner!--u lo ba>
como a craze. What o,.ght to bo COlUrsted la 'be
dramatic IllltlfBlBBB, vvn-cii U lu Ufo blood, and
appia* 1stIqb of tis serious pm pcs.- of art eitel waa
tho Inspiration and guiding star of th* Boat eompoe r.
Hut ii tho statistics showed that gaga***!
work* wore tho strongest props that tl* op*r*
had last season, tlof also BanrWed that tho
poblle ls yet atlllrted will, an Instability of a-l" - li
as makes the eat ab! tah leroi of ra layers ic laitHstlvs ",i
a true and lofty biala eseatsltagty rtlsMfialt Ka alegi*
fact connected trill the acajou looO lcS7 was more
gladdening than tho iat*r*B1 aroused by llrt-tho I'li'l
* lidolio.'1 it was not a nov tty. bul Iel I*)** given
hors at lung Intervals fir over half a esatary. In
th" flr-i *ee*OB lt had proved so llimnraglBg a f iiliiro
?la, lt was only upon Hie iirgi-nt solicitation of il ut
Soldi and the singer* lhat Mr. Manton e*BB4Bl*d to I x
perlinont wuh lt -igaln. Ile announced it fur two ;? p-,?
s. illations only, bul to moot the 6*flBS0dl of tho publie
1 ul to ttm an extra per oi manes, Tbe agers which
hid played to an audience (,f ijnoo or 800 I In tho
season 1P84 1886, brought,81 2,XM late Ile ir. seary
wlUi three repre-entailons in the aeseeo af 1 186 I86T.
It led the Hst. This year lt ls the last In tb- li.-t;
tho'igh performed by the same artls's-. So ? Tri st aa
und [told*," which wan given eight times La=t 40*400
and hf OO gt* la an average of 64 0-0 .'ll a perform?
ance. ls this year number five In the list Wttl aBt,TB8 ;i3
as the average for three representations. The Wagner
operas have maintained their hold on popular liking
best, but allowing for the natural curiosity touching
Ihe dramas of the Nibbing tetralogy Che Le.t a Ire*"
tSed art-work that tho world ever saw), lt ls nevor
'li'-less an Indication of a want of deep linearity and
fervent love that '? Eld-olio" should drop hum fl:si
place to fourteenth, and that "Tristan," tie gi Ntl -t
aehlevenii nt of Wagner's genius, should bo obliged to
yield precedence to " Walkuere," " eiegfrled,'' " (jnot
lerdaeniuieruig" and- Meyei boer's " Prophet." So
long as such violent changes are possible while the
representations remain on an even plane of excel?
lence, so long the management of tho dorman opera
will be forced to drpend for financial success upon ono
form or another of sensationalism, and Just so long
the solution of the operatic piol.lem Brill be postponed.
Thus far Wagner has supplied thc fael to koop tis)
fire* burning, but the Wagner store room lt almost
empty. ''Rhelngold" and ? Parsifal" alone remain,
and the chances are that both of these works will bo
added to tho Metropolitan Ult next teasun. Wo
violate no confidence lu saying that lt rests with Mr.
Stanton to say whether or not he will produce " Parsi?
fal,'' which, until now, has been the exclusive p.o
sesslon of the Festival Theatre In Ray rou th. After
these, what f There ought to be no dttlieulfy in tre?
ating aud maintaining a repertory, aud there will
be none so soon a* all the activities asso?
ciated with opera giving are brought to
a normal basis. A largo portion of the operatlo
literature ls as yet unexplored ground. We have
Ignored Giuek, Mozurt aud Marschtier and Weber ls
almost forgotten. Many miisterpleces remain to lie
given which are none the let* valuable because they
cannot bo made to cater to sensationalism, 'lhere
ara Fronoh and Italian works, too, WfetSI Beear** a
place lu tho Metropolitan repertory and which will gwt
a place there- if a rational method can be devised or
evolved for the maintenance of the institution, which
,n one sense means a method real lug on another bards
than nightly receipts of $4,OOO. So long as such an
Income ls an eisontlal condition tho future ot opera,
I* not assured. A* malters go at prudent the eon
ttBHIMBBS of the opera rest* upon the public spirit of
he stockholder, who do for New-York what the 00*4*B
ruetif exchequers du for the operatlo Instltiilluns of
Contluental Eurolie. The Impertinent and litermed
diing criticism which has been directed against the
business administration might occupy Itself mora
profitably lu preparing the public to appreciate fully
the excellonco of what this administration has given
them, and In stimulating a desire among the stockhold?
ers to do at lent as much for art's sake as they hue
shown their willingness to do for fashion's. Must
of tbe efforts of tho stockholders to please themselves
in the choice of works hive thus fsr proved disastrous;
but this ls due wholly to the fact that they have
offered so much that was new, beautiful and Isivvllder
Ing In the great lyric dramas of Wagner that tho work*
which depended for ?uree*,? upon their spectacular at?
tractiveness had no charms as against works which
woro equally attractive as dramas, musical Bat******.
tiona and ?pectac|.?. When curiosity has BOM sails
lied and popular taste steadied. Ieee the natural de
tire for occasional change will be satislled with sueh
operas as " Collei" aud au occasional ballet of lin*
dimension*.
MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC NOTES.
Ths public rehearsal for Mr Thomas's nintli Ila*
phony concert which 1* to take place on Februaiy 68,
will bo held at Steinway Hall on Thuis.iay afieriieoo
of this week. Following ts the programme:
SrmphonT Jfo. 6 .Cnrvsu
Cooc*no, A lulaor.ocbumann
(on rad /. Laure*.
Poaaa and air, '?Oi.orou ".BTagaW
Jim* !? ?iiia: i Koerater.
Ktn.ph..nie poem, ' Auf d*m Wartburg".BnnRlrt
" Wallsnstc.u'a Carny ".RMaetWiter
At Steinway Hall on next Thursday evening th*
New York String Quartet will glvo Its third and last
concert of chamber music. Mr. Aosorge will assist
and the programme will consist af a quartet In C minor.
br 0, Haaichenecker, Rubinstein's sonata In 1> for
pianoforte and 'cello, and Mendelssohn's sjulntei, op.
o7.
Professor Cromwell gave an Illustrated leetum at
ihe QeBSd Opera House last night, In,which BB d ?pi'icd
American scenery and airhliecture, and Sanlei ad
that Amelie* is " not only the home of the fioo, but of
all that ls glorious."
Tbe salo ot seals for tho next I lo f mann oe crt,
which takes place eaturday afternoon at the Metro
polltau Overa Houae, will Leglu this morning.
Tho Boston ldoalt will apioar this wool, at .Mhl>'*
narden. In ? Ira Ulavulo," the ? llobemlaii lilrl," the
Dsafdjar of the niglmtii" "'* -tuxir ^ i-o\*,n
and "Victor the Pine Mocking.
Hp. Steele Mu kayo ti ill como foi th at lue Standard
Theatre tonight, as tbe hero of his melodrama ot
'? Paul Wau var."
?? London Assurance" will tx) st**** this WBS*. at
wallal-*.. Taralla. "HI Hani neas flgllBB, Mr.
(iilbert, and Mr. Teat le In chief part*.
Mr Herrmann I) drswlng Mi houses st the fifth
Avenue Theatre" a change of programme, BaC*f6
mack vu," is pii.mise.1 fm te Bagan." ti,., ieeear veil
te luirmlueod, aud various uulaiua foals uni U> is-i
fui iimhI.
Mr. N, 0, CoodvTln In ''Turned Pp" and "tated
Mo Plea .shir.iufcs" i* iitiaei.'u g""*' laaaasl *? ttai
lotiilr-mli istrraH llmi.ir*, where he adi romain tor
am., lei r.e?k. This ova-.lug several bundled uiOSl