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. . ' THE SUN, SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 189S - - 8 R THIS WEEK ON OUR STAGE. i rim yisir plays to nn offimed ron runzic Ai-riiorAu A ramie Operss for rrnnrls Wllaan A lint I Harte Idjl-A Musical Cnmeilr from I the Freath-A Iotlileat Huln-An Ka ',Uh Melodrama Olysapln'a upnIt, A busr week this or.o will be In theatricals with new plajrs. Everr .venlne until Friday v. Ill brlwc out fresh matter of Interest, t'rnncli 1 tlson's nniiua.1 olTor of a comle opera will bo mado t the Knickerbocker to-morrow. Thli , tarts the new management of the liooso by Al llnjnmn. Tho piece has been tiken from the JTreuch original of KtiKdie Lettcrler and Albert Vaaloo, but the English wordlnt: la said to be )arcel- orUlnal with Harry II. Smith, and all tir music Is tho composition of Ludwle Knit Under. Aristocrats nail uiountebanks of rhun c'.r d years sko arc mlhi:lel In tho action, which tako place In Paris mansions and hovels. Tho n i vmo of tho tun Is Hit-old and tisually ser virrablo ono nf nnttlni; uoor ait venturers tern t. -i.nly Into tlir place of rich noblemen, and tl.t substitution lasts long enough to yield tho in i oar) nmotint nflnltlctie and complication. Tli role for Mr. Wilson la that of a strolling t!air.ho pretumla for a while tn beaduke. I uiti ulaser lad the supportlnc company. The Kfticry Is by lleiitv K. lloyt. Tho Imported ri stumesuredescrlbeil as handoine. Hlchard bsmer has directed the rehearsals. I In' otlier new play to be brouKht out to-morrow I called "A ilouseof .Mnltr," and It mar l arm at the Fourteenth Street. Tho author Is rrank Harvey. Mr. Harvey Is an Knc llr writer of domestic dramas, and a dozen or more have been brought tn America. Most cfttiemhave fared very well with our popn 1t e. because they contain rcarrancementB of eld and sure materials, without complexity, and et with somethl.'C of newness lu con KtrJUion and detail. "The Wanes of Sin" Is an example of Mr. Harvey's best skill. "A ll.'U-e of Mystery" preseutsthe Snoch Ardeti Idea with n reversal of the sexes. It Is a man no, bellevluir thai his marital partner Is dead, vttdsacaln. The tlrsl wife returns to the homo of the husband, but tho author docs not Imi tate Tetiuyton by haintr her separate herself finally from the object of her love. Instead, no dwells during three acts upon the awkward situation, and then uels the orlcinal couple out ol It through tbi sulctdo of the second wife. 'Ibe company which Is to perform this play here bus hau a week of practice at a Boston theatre, nnd so should bo proficient. Tuesday's novelty will bean effort to place a set of Hret llarte's Callfornlans on the stage en tertainingly. The play, "Sue," ts not under stood .n b a dramatization of u published story, bat a collaborative work bvMr. Harte and J. Edgar Pemberton, a London playwright. It la Ltmrles Krohman wnii makes the business ven ture of the production, and he has engaged William Haworth and Annie Kussell for the sentimental rules. The abilities nf those two actors arc such as to nt them to do good charac terization of the kind probably demanded In thl case. (If course, a mining camp In the Herra ts the eiene. and a peculiar girl ts the terulne. She Is described as havtnc been reared among the turner, with no schooling, and with crude yet honest idea of right and wrong. She marries without loving, and afterward encoun ters a man who w Ins her heart. From that con altln or her affairs the Interest of tho play arise". There aro typical camp episodes and Inilvidual. and a doubtless artistic attempt has been made to imbue them with a Hret Harte flavor. Mr. Fronman nnd his stage man ager. Joseph Humphres.h.vedlrected the pro duction, which ha? scenery by Mr. L'nltt. On Wednesday "Lost. Mrayed. or Stolen" will bo performed at the Fifth Avenue. Al though It is founded on an old French piece. "The Bapt.sm of Little Michael." it Is very largely new in this English version, for J. CI.re.er Goodwin has rewritten it In his own American way, and Woolson Morse has pro v.deit wholly original music. The theme U the christening of an infant boy, who has three cor.fl.ctlr.g godfather", and who himself disap pears mysteriously before the time for the ccre ooty. The search for th missing baby throws the lather and tho godfathers into comic adven tures, and of these laughable occurrences the clay ts made. The four acts are situated In a Paris florist's "hop. a military barrack, a laser's boudoir, and the Luxembourg Gardens. The company, organized by llrooks Jfc Miner. contains lieorstie Calne. Cvril Scott, Hose lleau det. Louis Harrison. Joseph Herbert. M. A. Kennedy. Annie Uulkley, and others with known abilities sufficient apparently to Insure a fine performance. Ben leal has rehearsed them. Walter Burrldge has painted the scenery. "Lost. Strayed, or Stolen" had a test of several weeks in Chicago last spring, and It was praised there as a delightful entertainment. On Inursdav we shall get "The Hold Bug" at tie Casino. It ts a satire upon piUit follies, atd it jabs at politics especially. It would seem to be directly in the line of the "reviews" that lire been prosperous at this theatre under the canaiement of Canary & Lederer. The author IsGlen McUonough. who has a reputation for colloquial wit and humor, and whoe contrlba t.'oasof burlesque to the Lambs' Clnb "mm. lols " Lave been first rate. Current events and recent dramas are said to be touched lightly in "The Gold Hue." and there is rather more of consistent story than 15 usually found In Casino entcrtamcents. The central character is a man who, as a reward for a munificent contri bution to a Presidential campaign fund, has leen made Secretary of the Navv. His Ig norance of the duties of bis offlce. coupled with his desire to be regarded as a reformer, leads him Into a comically disastrous administration. Lobbyists, offlce seekers, and adventurers sur round him. The Jirat act Is placed at the Sec retary's residence and the second on board a war cruiser. The music has been written by Victor Herbert. A company containing Vir ginia Earie. Max FIgman. Pearl Andrews, and a number nf other Casino favorites has been re hearsed by Max F. Freeman. An event In vaudeville Is the opening for the winter of Oscar Hammerateln'a Olympla Music Ball, which comes to-morrow evening. Its pro gramme promise some entirely novel numbers, one of which la the Grlgolatia aerial ballet, to te Interpolated In Mr. Hammersteln's opera "Marguerite." Sewsongs, tableaux, and dances are also promised for this number, but a flavor of entire unusualness accompanies the Inning of the C'ollbrts. ten tiny dwarfs, who are accus tomed to .111 a whole evening with their special tie. They have charge of diminutive ponies and elephants, include a miniature strong man and musical specialists, and conclude with a sketch entitled "A Barber Shop In Lllllput." butch lJal, an entertainer who was once fa miliar here, but who has been abroad tor eight ear. and Amann are other performers. Thedlverting bill with which Koster & Blal'a began its w.nter nraon is continued. Eugene fetratto-i confesaes to nervousness in his first ai D'.'-.mrue". but has recovered, and Cissy Fitz t era id hai Incorporated fresh allurement In her wmits. Not a number nf the rest has proved lacking. The dog orchestra Is altogether comi cal and Clermont's poodle thumps the piano as accuratel aa ever. An oddly arranged panto mime falls to tno Phoites. tumbles and bounces are the portion of Oritlln and Dubois, there's notelty tu Nobel's ventriloquism, and the Jor dai.s and the Macarte sisters are not behind the others. It Is a tine show. Weber & Flelds's Hroail way has started well, ar.d the clean and diverting performance of their rerent opening Is to be equalled, at least, ti.u , The lined pecillsts are Weber and Fields, rim Uus'ell brothers, Ilos6 and Fen ton. little ijimiii. Belle Hlrbecg. ham Bernard, ar.d John T. Kelly. From this list are drawn li ehief participator" In the current burleque. 'The Art of Maryland," Lillian Swaln, Thomas J Kjrd. and Yolande Wallace also figuring conspicuously In It. To.nttht'e concert, too, engage most of these performers, Ldison's vita-cope is to be used at Procter's Pleasure Palace to-morrow, and views of inci dents attendant upon Li HungCbane'svlsltwill be shown for tho first time. Then there will bo a atafc-o full of handsomely costumed dancers waged In a comic ballet entitled " A Hustle eilding," speclaltli are contributed by Hilly hmerson, Jones nnd Hobinson, Arn. Zebra and ora, Arnlin and Wugner, Nelson nnd Mill Klge. and other". George H. Wood and Ger-tr-idn Mansfield top to-day s list. 1 lie Triicadero has relighted after Its summer darkening, ami its two dally performances In cmdea musical review andhjdrelof special t!r, iwst o' the latter falling to performers that have never nppeared In New Vork. Of these are Ina. a transformation dancer, and JJnveu P" rt and Lamartine, who are gymnasts. An cu it c np.cuoiis item Is the display of brawn n tvle oy .Montgomery Irving. His showiest feat enlists of lifting h piano laden with all tho yomen thut can stand upon It. Bertha Flsch, J)u eiana. (illson and Matthews, and D'Almn'a M,n( dogs are listed, and In the review there Is a rhanco for a corps of ocnllttM. AtthoEdenMusee the wax display la being ex tended, and places are already found foreom o: itm groups In tho hall whero band concerts riigien. The regular Monday changes ol bills at tho wett Hands present diversity. The Harlem "pera Homo offers "A Black Sheep,' which haa started on Its first tour since its season last win ter at Author Jloyl'a own theatre. In this farce. It will be remembered, llfo In an Arizona town 1 pit tured In vivid colors and with forceful hu I" r, along with songs and dances. Mr. Harlan and Mr itevero still lead thu company. , ' ho G rend Opera House has "L'himinle 1'ad " ''the fiireo In which Mr. Townsend's hu. I' - us Miidles of Ilouer) character are embod e n I in nhU'li Charles II. Hoi-ur imper '"i n'es n typical Bowiry boy. It was informed I" ' n all lint winter ami now teglns u season ' 're . with Mr. Hopper. Ml Bates, nnd Mr. "ii "Ull in the roles which they formerly dls. 1 - i.i.td. Only one changu has been modo In t r g'l.al cast. i. lutiibu has English melodrama In the ti ' mi of " lluuianit)." which irinllnues to r ami the services of .lo'.epii Grlsiner ant) I "v liavl-. us It did during Its previous terms nt"i.t This Is an excitable piny of war ' t Wrlca, with Ilrltona und Boers for Its r.. mid rrterul nolsi scenes of batllo to ythe demand for thrills. It can hardly i t imapprei l.iu-il at this hoiisv. 1 ' 1'eoiln's huan piece bound to lie congenial In :h Uowt-ry. It U th "Sldewalki of Ntw York,' and It Is a full as It can hold of typical characters and rousing occurrences, 'all care fully calculated to Interest and amuse the ma. Jorlty uf people who go to theatres. One nf the exhibitions which It offers Is a dive by William II. Speedy, In the guise ot a life saver, front a high point Into a tank of water. The Star shift for the week from drama to negro minstrelsy at the hands of V. H. Cleve land's company, which has been In existence a dozen years, and which present a wide range of diversions. Negrolsm ot the Southern plan Utlon kind and that of the Northern cities la given. Some of the minstrels are colored by nature and some by cork. Vaudeville acts and spectacular exhibitions aro embraced In the Cle eland show. The Madison Square Garden offers a new pro- grnmine ot music to-night, conducted br Anton eldl,, whose enlarged orchestra will be supple mented by singers of tho Brooklyn Arlon Society to the number of a hundred. Air. Scldl's appeal Is tu peoplo of musical cultnro only, but Iat Sunday's nudlenco proved that there Is a suffi cient nubile nf that kind to draw support from. Tliv 1)111 Is to be altered every nlgnt this week, thus giving a very numerous selection. Several favorite "stars" ore shining In the plays that hold over. One of them Is Mr. Sothern, who figures capitally In the heroic and romanticism of "An Enemy to the King" at tho Lyceum. He makes a fighting lover of the manly sort, and his earnestness never flags. The scenic beautle of the production are ex ceptional, even at this theatre of lino mount ings mid able stage management. John Drew has had a stroke of great good luck In " llostmary " at the Empire, whero his time with tho prettily sentimental play has been extended, niul all Idea of his appearing lu any other piece abandoned. To clear the way for him. Olga Nethersole's engagement has been transferred to the Knickerbocker, and he will remain until the return of the Frohmau stork company. Mlsa Adams shares with him tho honors of the noting In "Hosemnry." Jefferson Da Angells has come to the front In comic opera at the Hroadwn) as an ncrnhatlu comedian, tirelessly active and Industriously comical. He appeals with success t the large number of people who like to see actors tumble aroand and knock about, and urclv he i" one of the err best of that sort. "Tho Caliph" elves good opportunities to him and to bis company, and the production la a richly gorgeous specta cle, with many women in It. Edward Harrlgan Is a Joking and singing aallor In "Marty Malune'1 at the HIJou. Ho has Improve.! bisowu rfde. as well as tho rest nf the play, by both condensations und additions, nil tending to lighten and brighten the fun, A new ballad and chorus Is entitled "The Cast aways." All the Braham tunes are catchy. The piece will remain at the Illjou several weeks longer before going away tor a tour of the prlu clpal cities of the country. "Under the Polar Star" Is to show Its scenes of the frozen seas at the Academy six weeks longer, and repeat Its story ot love and hate, lite and death among Arctic explorers. Al the fiftieth performance, on Oct. 11, the souvenirs are to be a medallion group uf portraits of fa mous voyagers who have sought to reach the North Pole. After the departure from Now Vork this very plutorlal drama will seek big stages elewhere. "The Great Northwest" Is another showy drama at the American, where Ita scenes of farm life In Dakota are spread nut tu the full limits of the stage and are generally excellent In their Illusion. Among tho realisms area prairie grain Meld tire, which menaces the lives of several characters and Is rendered addition ally exciting bv fractious hores. The heroine's whirl on the arm of a windmill Is to the spec tators au alarming display. "The Oeisna" haa hit 'em hard al Daly's, be yond any question. It was bound to do that. In view of its previous ogue In London, ami of the careful manner In which the London repre sentation Is copied. Miss Lloyd has gained first placo among the actors by rcaon of her songs and dances, but our Mr. btetens and Miss Mor ton are close up to her. The lightness and dain tiness of the piece are remarkable, considering that It is English. All seasons seem to prosper the vaudeville resorts that offer dally programmes nf ten or more hours In length, and these pent theatres with their well-controlled specialists have cer tainly raised the standards of variety shows. At Keith's L'nlon Square much Is made uf Lumlere's clnematographe, and its varied views of moving objects constitute an Interest ing display. Among this week's spcvlallMs are John C. Bice and Sally Cohen, with a sketch entitled "A School of Acting:" Bedding and Stanton, whose acting In "A Happy Pair" maces a strong contrast with tne other pair's antics: Jerome and Alexis, who are like the cod fish that is sold In boxes -apparently bone!e"s; Sam Collins, who years ago won renown by walking on his car; Walter Hyde. J. W. Myers. the Moore sisters. Bentley and Cameron. Hob lnon. Baser and Hobinson. McMahon and King. Etailic Edws.rd, ad otters. There's Joy at Pastor's over a new pairing of vncallts that b.ings together Lllltnu Leslie and Truly shattuck. and much is expected of them. Maud Nugent and Cora Routt have, besides, their vocal helps for the nation's gayety: Matthews and Harris and the Garri sons offer sketches; acrobatics fall to tne Mar tlnetll brothers, and tho entertainment also affords opportunity forC. W. William. Waas and Maddox, Al Beeves, Halllday and O'Brien, the Mnrrlsos. Mauu Detty. Anita Cluss. and for Booker and Ue Forrest. One series of the vltascope pictures at Proc tor's Twenty-talrd Street Is to show the steamer Hnsedale that was sunk recently, and other familiar local scenes will alo be thrown upon the screen. The Horn brothers, the Bostons, Herr Grals, and Gertrude Mansfield are the most conspicuous specialists. Among to-day's entertainers are A. O. Duncan and Cusbman and Holcombe. The Garrtck is still the abode of polite vaude ville. In programmes o' ordinary length, with Chevalier as the hlnlhg light. He promises threo new songs for till" week, and the pro grammes are so arranged that his efforts alto gether take up much more tban an ordinary specialty. Harry Atkinson's Imitation') of mu sical Instruments are another unusual offering, and are close copies of metallic strains; and among the other contributors aro Charles Bar tram, a capable slelght-of-hand operator, and the Abbott sisters. This is the last week but one of Lole Fuller's stay at the Standard, and her budget Includes several new dances besides tbose called " Nile LIIv" ami " Fire." A dance that Is claimed to be entirely novel Is In preparation. Most of the other specialists are newcomer and are of more than average ability. Mr. J. K. Emmett and Edmund and Walter Hayes offer a short version of " Delicate Ground." another sketch by George Homans will be played by Lucius Hen derson and Oretchen Lyons, and among the re maining ones are Walter Gale, Harmon Moore, John w, Kansone, Haynes and Pettinglll, John D. Gilbert. Deeta and Don, Hodges and Lanch mere. O'Brien and Collins, and Carlotta. In many foreign cities, particularly In Eng land and France, and In some American cities, notably Philadelphia and Boston, theatres which, by reason of the performances yiven In them, hnve become historic, aro either pre served as landmarks or retained for their orig inal uses as playhouses. In New Vork, how ever, no such repect Is shown for theatres In which this or that illustrious actor, actress, or singer haa " fretted his brief hour upon the stale, and Is then heard of no more," When In New Vork a theatre site ceases to he prolltnble as such It Isdtiwiled to some more remunerative use, and tun sentimental qncstlon of vlmt It bad been, and what In the public estimate It stood for, does not appear to enter into the con sideration of the question. The, former slto nf Booth's Thentre, where, under Mr. Booth's management, a series of spectacular Shake spearean revivals was notable, now holds an otllco building. Where the lobby was 1 u trunk storo. Tho former site of Nlblo's, au historic New Vork playhouse, Is a vacant lot. The Olympic, made famous by Laura Kenne and Mrs John Wood, and after ward by George L. Fox. and the Comlquc, the scene of tb early successes of Harrlgan and Hart, were torn down to make way for stores. The Park Theatre, built under the direction of Charles Feebler, In which h appeared in "Lovo's penance." opening tho houie. has now a retail clothing store on the site. The site of the Brnadwuy Theatre i Watlack's, near Brooino streeti Is occupied by ft wholesale store, as Is the New Bowery Theatre. The Metropolitan, on Broad way. below Houston street, which Tony Pastor ran when he came over from the Bow. ery. and I. Ina Edw In'.t Theatre, on Broadway, near Waverley place, gave place to stores. It Is soalso with the minor theatres of other days, Thu Thirty-fourth Street Opera House is a dispensary, the Columbia Opera House leu livery stable, Boblnsou Hall a library, and thu Globe Theatre Is about to become an athletic meeting place. Nor is the origin ot some nf the present theatres much dissimilar. Thu Ileruld hquaro was first constructed as an aquarium, Daly's us a museum, the Fifth Avenue as a po litical ball, the 'J bird Avenue was a church. Koster V Dial's was a travelling circus site. Proctor's Pleasure Palace a brewery, und the Olwnpiann armory. Probably the only reason why thu rule of other cltiei, which Is lu precre fur theatrical use playhouses which have be come historic, docs not prevnil in Now Vork I this; Theatrical and operatic managers lu till city do not Invest in real estate. The sites used are rented usually by the year or on long term. Thu AMors own the Star, tho Goelnts the Knick erbocker I Abby'i nnd tho new Murray Hill, the Gilsev estate the Filth Ateinie, the lioherts es tate tlie Fourteenth Mreet, the Sheppard estate tho Standard, the Palmer etato tho I'nlon Square, the Blxby estate the 1'ai.ino, and the Gould otate the Grand Opera House. All actor nr theatrical inana er owning a playhouse wr.iild naturally, for 1 uslnit as welt a semi, menial reasons, deilre tn keep il In use as such, but a capitalist or spec ulntor ile"lring the larg est revenue would feel no compunction In tearing down such a house and creeling in us place a store or an ofllce btilldicg, Theuire prop. crtv does not pav a mrge Income w him the con. dltious established by tl.u building laws tor theatres are taken Into cnnaiUiTatloii, Insur ance rates are high. '1 he nrea of land needed Is neees'arllt large. The orilces are not it mi illy regai did as fireproof, ami during three mouths uf each year, usuall), no rent is i id. littihlu. These ioiilderalions weigh heally with real estate Investor, but It has been oli. enable of Inlt thai managers are beginning to Invest in theatre property. I he Empire, the Aeademv of .Music, the llarlriu Opera House, and the Columbus are su owned. roEMs wonxn hbadhio. A Parable. How that the winds ot heaven bruit abroad Dishonor's price, a recreant rallying ery. How vividly there rises to the eye The Past' most soorned Afore, cursed of Cod I Once mors do we behold, with faces awed. The crowding sctnes, tho final tragedy. And he, the Vila betrayer, crouching by, Clutching his gain, from all mankind outlawed. What agonies were his, ah I who shall tell, Cnoe ailng ersr howsos'sr he knelt. Exiled from peace, an outcast reft ot calml Did he not touch the lowest depths of bell Whin his black guilt first smote htm, and b fell Tbose thirty pieces burning tn his palm ? CU.STOX BcOLLiaD. FnssrlVuaar l,eiveft Ifa, We've been visited by men across the seas, And some of them could write, and some eould not! The Kngllsh, French, and Herman, whom you please, tlut Kipling w as the finest of the lot. In sooth, we're loath to lose him from our Hit: Though he's not been wholly kind In all his dealings) Indeed, from first to last, t must Insist, He has played the cat and banjo with our fastings. But here's tn you, Mr. Kipling, with your com ment and your slurs: You're a poor benighted Briton, but the Prlnoe ot Raconteurs! Well give you your certificate, and If you want It signed, Come back and have a fling at us whenever you're Inclined! Vou harrowed us with murder and with blood. You dipped us dep In Rlmta'a petty guile. Yet we ever found ourselves misunderstood When we served y ou a ssnsatton In our stylej And though ou saw some grew aomo pictures through The Windy City's magnifying lens. Yet we took It Just a little hard ot vou A-obJeetlng to the slaughter ot our pensl But here's to you, Mr. Klpltug, and the boys of Lung-tun pen. And sll we have to ask you la, make sm kill again) For though we're crude In some things beret which fact I much deplore. We know genius when we see It, and we're not afraid of gore. And yet we love you best on dreenough Hill: By llltesaand her sisters dark perplext: In your sermons w hlch have power to lift and thrill Just because they have the heart of man aa text: And when you bend, the little ones to please. With Bagheera and Balno at hid and seek. Oh! a happy hour with Mowgll In the trees. Beta a little chap a-dreamlng for a week. So here's to you. Mr. Kipling, and to Mowgtl and Old Kaa. And to her who loved and watted where ths Ostsa of Sorrow are: f For where Is brush mors potent to paint, alno Art began. The white love ot a Woman and the red blood of a Man So. since to us you've given such delight. We hope that you won't think us quite so bad. You re all hot sind and ginger, when you write. But we are sure you're only shamming when you're mad. Yet, so you leave us nunga Din's salaam. So jou Incarnate Muivaney on a spree, Mr. Kipling, sir. we donor'' care a damn" i or the comments you may make on such a wel Then here's to you. Mr. Kipling, and Columbia avers You're a poor benighted Briton, bat the Prince of Raconteurs. You may scatha us, and may leave us. sUll tn our hearts will stay. The man who mado Muivaney and the road to Mamlalay' E. P. C. The House ofLovs. rHmt thr IUU Jtatt llnstttt. Now In my dreams I saw the House of Love llullued Immutable In an unknown land. Whose tair arcades In ralnlxw wi did stand. Whose balls with sunset clouds were roofed above; Yet was It shut In an enchanted grove. With trackless labyrinths on either hand. And wildernesses deep In desert sand. Anil no man finds the way to the doors thereof. Then let me slumber well, and wake me not. That 1 In dream again may find the clua And pass upon the road none ever knew. Or having haply known, stratgrtway forgot: And enter In upon a rot hid door. And dwell a dreamer of dreams for evrrmor. A Sons or the Camp Fire. Von tht YoMth'M Coj3nfot. Oh. the sparkle or the camp fire on the sheltered woo.tland shore. With the ron-st tor a background, and the lake snread out before; While the frail canoes corns tossing home to harbor In the bay. And tne liar above the sunset marks the passing of the day' As the summer night grows deepsr, how the flame Illumes the pines. And It wavering reflection on the starlit water stilus We hae drawn a ring of magic in the wilderness and loom. And the darknes looms beyond It like the walls of some vast room. Galhen now the twilight circle, each bromed camper lnhlpts-e. While the lauzhter of the firelight meets the laughter on his face. And we sing the good old ballads, and the rolling col- leze Kites. Till the owl, far up the mountain, boota defiance In the trees. Then the itory and the laughter paai the merry circle roun I. ' And tae Intervening silence thrills with many a wood land sound. Mow the weird and ghostly challenge of the solitary loon. Now the whistle of the plover. Journeying southward 'neath the moon. Ah! the charm thai hangs forever round the camp fire s ruddy glow. For the saie and for ibe savags. for the hlxb and for the low' There is something grand and godlike, being rooted with stars and stle. And lulled solemnly to slumber by primeval lullabies. Javis BrcgHaK. The Hone or Bllver. TYom tfu St, Jawi' Oatsttt, (arrXR WSLT WlllTMAf.) O Democrats, sous of the silver West! hlngor iheibov't and pick. Oh' for the gleam of ths shlolng ore. Hark to thu crushers' grind, to the sharp six-shooter's report. 0 Sontiiero farmers, with lands and homesteads heavily mortgaged. To you I ilng, and to all who with a gold currency are nut so rich as you would be t'lie I'ararnt,' t'lis Cnrgrnt.' What If you ar no more auatt aa to bimetallism than an old cow? (Neither do i understand economies, yet I shout t'lr I'aru'nt ') It Is votes that the party requires, and yours are as good a another A stable rtto I sing, sixteen to one. A silver dollar to i an current on eijual terms with a giild one (Though gunnf d mot I care very little Indeed whether It Is a silver dollar or a gold one. or even both; do iars I want. I am not iiartlculir.i lam aKn c( urriMiey man. a PopulMt. a lllmetaltlit. ! haft tin gold to plank down for my party, so 1 make tllvi r the leading p'ank of my platform. 1 want a Monroe currency, American dollars for the Amerl an. 1 advocate that ilehis lent In gold shall be paid (It at alii to surer. The brlil'tiers' currency Is gold, they mainly are monometallic. Aroerlciu stiver Is as good, any day In the week, as prituh gold. You lent ui your gold. II yn tongttmv, British Jdoa, Lend us now your tali to twist. Come lhrn. Democrats, rush 111 and decide. Come and ibout party cries If blasphemous, fanl miM.r; We do not want arguments, votes are the bait argu ments. Vivt Vnrptnt ! Vive rnroentl Democrats, bona of Iho. Silver Welti To One or the Hllver Henatore. rom (he Srbrmka Statt JtrumoX Tli weep that Henry Teller wept Was not for grief It made me smile; The tear that down hll vinagit crept Were of the genus crocodile. Behind his talk for the oppressed. Which I observe ti nnll talk, 1 see wllhln hll crowded velt Ten thousand shares of mining stock. I ee that dividends are smalt From silver mines long overwrought; 1 hear the l.opn uf one more haul In every echo of his thought. O. Toller, If you love us, why ' Mtllleek you afier sordid gain. By promise or price hlgii l-or pork and beans and golden grain t Long hai your bullion sought the mint, 31uch havo we nouiit that you have soldi V e've coined your illver without stint In dollars Just ai good ai guld. But prudenr- urges us to itop. I eu our financial srilem fall. While Henry feller lu his yawp Wants Uncle ham to coin It all. Bueh wondrous icoe of human greed, Thli world and otuers never saw; The silver kln-t adopted creed Of makluc millionaires by law. But Henry Teller and all such Iion't em to give a tinker's dam. If they can only see and touch The pocketboo uf Uncle Ham. Aerial Nuvleatloa An autumn day, A sunny sky, A hill that's steep and dusty; A I loomerglrl, A shining wheel, A wind both strong and gusty. A sudden hreese, A bloomer filltd, A rise, with naught to guide her; A soaring maid, A lonely road, A wheel without a rider. Jiasktte EuxaaxTU Fowls xnTBa axi QVKttxjsa. For the benefit ot Kate Holland, who asked con cerning the fate of the steamer Broth Jonathan, I can Inform you that the ship ran for Mveral year between flan Francisco, Cal., and Portland, Or,, and was loil off the Oregon coast on ona of thtse voyages July SO, ISflS, Many prominent citlteni went down with the hip, among whom wai (len. Oeorge Wright, Unit ed States army, who was on hu way to asiume command uf the military department ot th Co lumbia. Full particular ot the loss of th hlp could doubtless be obtained from the San Fran jlsco Chamber of Commerce, anl I have understood that a full history of this shipwreck was pub. Ilshed In the Ban Francisco Kmmlntr about two years ago. MtnonxK Craw roan, United States Army. White I htlltato to question a statement coming from you, at the same ttme It ts my belief that the city of Baltimore, Mil., Is not located geographi cally, politically, or In any form of government. In any way. In any county of the State. It Is sur rounded, to the best of my knowledao and belief, by Baltimore county, except on tho south, where across the l'atapico Illver lies Anne Arundel , county, but thnre Is no connection tn form of gov. ernment, I belltve, between the city or cither county named. K. B. You said that "la actual use a Mot' of land con veyi the Idea of a larger area than a plot." The terms, as understood by conveyancers, suggest tho Idea that "plot" embraces a larger area than "lot," and that a number of lots constitutes a plot, Thur, a "pl.it" of 100 feet by 100 feet would embrace four "lot." T. O. Halited street, Chlctgo, running north and louth. Is twenty. three miles long, and t claim Is the long est single street In any city. A. II. Osisoin. 1. Can a graduate nf a New York college prac tise as a physician without passing a State exam. Inatlon s. Can a practising physician nf New York practise tu New Jersey without a Stato ex animation ur sume formula f II, F.. 1, A graduate of a New York city medical col lene may practise medicine without a State exam ination, because, his college being under the con hoi of the Urgent of the University, he baa ben graduated In accordance with the State law, 2. He may not do so regularly without fulfilling the New Jersey requirements; but he may go to New Jersey on a cons illation, we think. The large number of mortgages being now mads payahle In gold whan matured, will It not necessl. ute the tnoruageors going Into the market tn bu gold at a premium I If. O. If Mr. Bryan ha hi way and the United States somes to a sltvr baals It will. This Is another rea son wby mortgageors thould vot against free silver. What la the tue name of the "peepera" which o pleasantly tell u of the coming of spring? Their volets reach us even yet from every pool, but with the lightest footfall near tnem tney In stantly are dumb and In hiding beyond our search. n. SI. L. The peepers are "the young of the frog; tn spring time, especially, the cricket frog or some other tree frog, as the Avhfrs." Will you please state: 1. The amount ot money In the United states gold, s Iver and paper. The amount of money In Kngland gold, sliver and pa per. 2. The amount er business done by the Unit ed States. The amount of business done by Eng. land. S. The population of each country. 4. The rate of intereit in each country, o. Thu percent age ot money that Is used lu actual buiiness. In comparison with bank checks. I'ltiLAPELruu. 1. According to the report of the Director of the Mint for leva, the United States, on Nov I, had (IIS. 100, 0"0 lu gold, (023,800,000 In stiver, and $410,700,000 In "uncovered" paper; these vari ous kinds of money gave a per capita circulation of I23.SU. In Great Britain there were 1380,000,. 000 In gold; $113,000,000 In silver, and $113, 400,000 In parer, affording a circulation of $20. ?d per capita. 2, No one can do more than guess at this. 3. The United States. 70.t00.000; the United Kingdom, 3S.UOO.000. 4. The rate In Great Britain Is lower than tn Ireland: as a rule, Ehgllthmen thins 3 per cent. Is good Interest. The rate In the East ts greater tban that In the West. As a whole, the Interest varies from, say, 4 percent, to 10 per cent. 3. The clearing houses afford the only means of estimating these percentages. Only about three per cent, of the exchanges at the Bankers' Clearing House, London, and the New York Clearlcg nouse are pahl In money; checks represent about 07 per cent, of the business transacted. Has not the opinion of the United SUtei Su preme Court been divided on party line on cases on which the two great pulltlcal parties do not agree? C. V. Never. The rourt has reversed Itself, but It has never divided on party lies on political cases. Buppoie that the F-resldent and Vlce-Preildent cf !ht'- United States shuuld die befor ethalrterme of office had expired, w ho would be President pro tern, until the nxt election, pruvnting that this Fpeaker of the House was not a native-born eltl sen? The Constitution itatea explicitly that no one shall be eligible to the office of President un le he be a uallve-born clttxen. J. R. T. The Presidential Succession act of Jan. 10, 1638, takes rhe Speaker uf the House nut of the line of succession to th Presidency. In the case of the death of both President and Vice President the Secretary of State succeeds: If he cannot being of alien birth the Secretary of the Treuuryt and, In order, after him, come the Secretary of War, the Attorney. General, the roitm-ater-General, tho fwcreiary of the Navy, the Secretary of the In ferlor, and, by an amondment to the act, the 8ec. retary of Agriculture brings up the rear. If both President and Vice-President elect should die the retiring President aad Vice President would go out of office, and the Cabinet officers In office would succeed. Does the Democratic platform recommend th en forcement of existing contracts under the gold standard or not? C. U. Th platform adopted by the Chicago Conven tion which nominated Mr. Bryan doe not recom mend the enforcement of existing gold contract. Mr, II1U tried to amend the prnposed platform on the point of existing gold contracts; but his amend ment eras defeated. Later the Popocrats tried to make people believe that the amendment had been adopted;" their Idea wa to disarm tho growing Democratto opposition to the repudiation plonk. But ibe stenographer showed that Mr. Hill's amend, meat had not passed. .When did Mrs. W. J. Florence and her sister first appear on the itage and under what name and In what charactvrs, and where? j, k. 11. Loulia Pray made her dtbut as a dancer on July 11, lfl.0, at the Museum, Ma.onlo Hall, Phlladel. phla; Maria Pray (Mn. Barney Wllltami) mada her ilfbul at the Chatham Theatre, thl city. In 1643, nnd Matvlna Pray (Mrs. Florence) mada hers probably at Pelby's National Theatre, Boston, late In tne "forties," though the exact date Is cot given. She wa a dancer xirofesslonally when she married Mr, Florence on Jan. 1, 1833. Will you kindly give the meaning of the to-called "Cbauvlnlitlo spirit" whlon appears to predoml nste tu France? p, u. "Chauvinism" Is defined aa "absurdly xager ated patriotism or military enthuilum;" It Is de rived from the name of Nlohnlaa Chauvln, a wildly enthuslaitlo devotee of Napoleon f. The meaning of ihe spirit la France Is revengeon Germany. I think yuu will find that Philadelphia haa the longest straight street In Its Proud street, which I have recently seen stated as 20i miles lu the city without a turn. 8. Hiciurcso. TlHoda. S. Utah bocamea Stat on Jan. S, 18fl. tr.tr. 1Z Napoleon III. died In 1873; the Prince Imperial went to Zululand In 1870. 8. AQnm.Jt. Maasachuiett shilling wa worth 18H centsi a York shilling wa 12CJ cent. O. JCrot, The Park, place accident occurred on Aug, 12, 1801; ilxty-one persons were killed and many wounded. Huron it. Clark. According to the een-ui of 18B0 there were three linen mills In the United States one mill tn Massachusetts, two mills lb Wisconsin, B'm. Ilaat. Self-propelling steam fire engines were Introduced In this city about twenty three yeara ago; this was their lint use, Thoy wero given up a few years later, because of their great weight anC because the pavements were too rough for thorn. Jf. rremer. Tne Coait and Oeolotle Survey lnuea maps which th publto may buy at low ralei, at Juil about cost, varying from 10 cents to $1, There are six places In New York where you may buy them, or you may get them direct from Ihe C. and U. office In Washington. laborer. Bimetallism Is a theoretical system of currency, In which both illver and gold are used aa standards at an agreed ratio; that II, If tbo ratio be 31 to 1, a silver coin will contain thirty one times ai much illver ai a gold cola of equal value will contain gold; and both colai will be full legal tender. Munometalllim li the only prao tlcable system of currency; It takes one metal only as a itandard, whether II bo gold (as to the commercial uatloiu) or sliver (as In Mrxlcoj or Iron ( In ancient Sparta). All ccln of that chosen maul are full legal tender. . . mrmmmmmgmmmmmmm ODD TaiNOB UKItB and theur Mr. Johntinna Innmtt1o Fmri -!- mf Air that Ton MlcdKhaMMtr Abont. fYom the ntttburoh DUpafeK Kiorx Cm, I., Sfrpt. 3. Mr.. lluj Johnson hit a pneummtc farm near lnnox, S. D., through the surface of which a cans of expert drillers hare been trjloff for weeks to sink a drlT well. To a depth of between 190 anil ISO feet the tub In enters the soil without d.fflcuUr J but as soon as the air cntnlon it reached the wind rushes out with a screech like a locomotive, fitxieen-pound Medics nro totied Into the air as lightly feath ere. and operations have to be impended. When this occurrence took place the first time, the workmen figured that ther had merely struck a wind pocket. After waiting several days In the hope that It would exhaust Itself, they nulled out the tubing ani made a fresh start In a new locu tion. At about the same depth as before the old programme was repeated. A half duzen attempts have now bee.t ma-Je with no nr eater degree of success. From tho last hole th wind smelted so strongly of jras that the drillers were unable to work over It. A Hsmke Is. Ill Wheel, iYcj. the Ihiila Florida Citttciu A Jacksonville bicyclist bad an experience yes erdfty that ho ts not likely to forget very soon, A number of young men decided to rtde down the track to Orange Tark and then come back by tratn. The Journey was without special Incident until after tho party had gono several miles from the city, when George Irwin ran agMnit an obitruc Hon and tumbled headlong Into the ditch beside tho track. His arm and shoulders went Into the water, which was covered with bonnets. As he was raising hlmietf out of tbo water he happened to glnce over his shoulder, where his wheel lay, and to his horror he saw a large water moccastn crawling through tho stoks tn the front wheel. The young man quickly regained his feet, and then stood at a respectful distance until the snake had succeeded In crawling through the rvheel and dis appeared. Ur. Trwln does not know whether It was the snake that he rn o.er and which threw him off the wheel, or whetne- Ms fall Into the water stirred the reptile up. Anyhow, the snake was there. Bh Rode on the Cowcsttcher siatf l'anht Calf. From the Atlanta Con$tttution. GUDtrxft, Ala., Sept. 0, The engineer of Ala bama (Heat Southern passenger train Nn. that le.'i Altai. a ai 4tl3 A. M. to-day found t" at he had a strange passenger which he had been carrying for twenty. two miles. Near Colllnsvllle the engine struck a calf, and when tho train had been stopped he found the ani mal lodged In the lap of a young woman who was riding upon the cowcatcher and holding in her arms a young child. When the cowcatcher struck the calf It threw It upon the woman's lap, weight ing her down so that she coul-i not move. When found she was unojnictous and the babe asleep. She was rescued from her perilous position Dy th engineer and fireman and put off at Colllnsvllle. The woman was aooul twenty-flvo years of age, well dressed, and good looking. She refused to give hor name, where she came from, or where she was going. A Wlads- Cltr Mlebstp. TYom the Chioago Vailv Tribune. Two little girls stood at Wabash avenuo and Madison street at 11 o'clock yesterday morning waltlrg for a oar. The younger was about 8 or tf years old, and her long, pretty hlr was Hying lose ly about her heat? In the stiff breexe that was blowing in from the lake. A man who could not have weighed less than S00 pounds came rushing by tn a great hurry. Tho wind blew tho malden'i tresses across bis breast as he passed, and some of the long hair caught on a buttun. HI onward rush wai by no means Impeded by this attachment, but the child war dragged from the curb and upon her knees In an instant. Sho screamed from pain and fright, and bystand ers hurried to her rescue. The big man had only time to stop long enough to detach himself. He was out of sight In an instant. Somebody helped the frightened child to the car, and the last thtng she was heard to say was: "I thought he would pull the top of mj head off." .Excitement sit Mlaalaalppl IlaptlalBff, from the Imtotoa SenttneL While the sacred ritvs of baptism were being performed at Friendship last Sunday morning a very sensational occurrence took place. The Iter Olbson had Immersed twentv.ulne candidates, aul while tn tho act of Immersing the thirtieth and tat a large channel catflih ran up the good brother's trousers and proceeded to horn him In an unmerciful manner. At this point the cere mony was cut short with "1 baptize you,' and a general rush was mado to rescue the reverend gentleman from his peculiar predicament. Spoataneona Comb nation In Iceboneca. from the Chtragti DaUi Inter Ocean, The Iowa Pa.ry Mutual Fire Insurance Company has Issued a circular contalMng the follu-lng on spontaneous combustion: "Sawdust In Icehouses Is self-tgnltable, caused by spontaneous combuntlon In hot weather. In order to avoid a lire from above cause the saw. dust should not be allowed to pile up over four or five Inches on top of the Ice. The surplus should be removed and kept out of the Icehouse. Where the sawdust Is allowed to accumulate on top of your Ice It win con sumo the Ice. It should have dally care during the hot weather." Ilia Eye Kicked Out by is O rasa hopper. Vom the ritteburgh THtjxxteh. Tomx a, Sept. 6. Tommy McCuldness, a ten-year-old son of a Marlon connty farmer, was play ing In a field last Monday, when he was kicked tn the eye by a grasshopper, and the sight waa Imme diately destroyed. The r-s4hopper was of the large locust variety, and is noted for the great force of Its hind l"gs. Hie Pateat Imperilled. Frvm the San FrancUco I$L Attorney Uarrett McEnery recently appeared as counsel In acaio before a Justice of thereacnatSuln sun. McEnery found It necessary to make frequent objections to the evMence that opposing counvil was attempting to Introduce. Thu Justice, whose first rula of evidence, everything goes," looked first annoyed and then Indignant. Finally he oould contain himself no longer and, as a ruling on ouo of Mr. UcKnery's ob jections, ro-ued "Mr. McEutry, what kind of a lawyer aro you, any way J"' 'Urn a patent lawyer," replied the attorney. ' Well, all I've got toB.iy M that when tho patent ex pires you will havo a hard time gettlnc It renewed. Oo on with the case." Another -End of the World, from the Ixtroit Free Preia. Li Tonne. Ind.. Sept. H, W. W, (louche, a wealthy Berrien county farmer, predicts that the world will come to an end on Oct. 1. (touch, whose fortune Is estimated at $50,000, has converted his property Into ooln. which hu has secretly burled, being the rlctlm of an hallucination that his trenstiro will come Into his possesion again In the nnxt world. Ho has pur chased an Iron casket, made roady his burial raiment, andonth night previous to tne dissolution of the world will enter upon his last sleep In thu Iron coffin In which he iM-llcves his hody will crumble to dut. Ho claims the approaching em J of the world was re vraleil to hlin In a dream. The alleged revelation Is believed by a roiuhlerable following and weird scenes aro being nightly enacted. Happened to the Empire Htnte Siprsis. J ram the t'tioa Obaenvr, The westltound Kmplre State express arrived q Utlcayesbrday with a broken window in Ihe buffet coach. The accident occurred about noon In the vicinity of ralutlue UrMgc. The train waa going at a rate of nearly a mlln a minute and scooping water at the same time when the passengers in tho buffet car were startled by a crash at the whitlow. Turning around In their seats they notlnrd that ontt of th. wln-towi iiml been crackrd In many places, but that no hole had bf en inal It It thought that the Iron scoop under th engiitt! to4ad up a stray pebbioand threM It agalmt thvenibankiueut at tnoildu, when It bounded back agalust thu tralu. Excitement Kllle n Monkey. ITomlhr i'hUutetjhUx Timet. It Is believed the monkey, in the Zoo knew they were to bo removed luto better quarters bofore tt occurred lam Friday. Tbej hd, no douM. heard the new monkey house tMked about as the finest lu tho world b) visitors u"d keepers, and reUlxed that t..tre wu to be somo great change In their coudltlon, This naturally Interested them and kept them on the tiptoe of expectation. For so v. eral days before the removal their excitable na tures were well wrought up, and on the day of removal their eirliement was almost uncontrolla ble, showiug plulnl) they had.kvpt pmtt-i regard lug tne e.eiitful day. When the Imur arrived a fa vert tu monkey und splendid specimen or bis kind was tnken by tl.e keeper from the old house to be quartered In the new one. U was seen mat he was in a hlguly excited condition, and on the way to his new home lie udienly expired lu the keeper's arms. Jl was a clear rate of bean disease, brought to a fatal termination by the unusual excitement of the occasion. xna Bus's scnoot. tor oakd r la r unit. t rrsutjonr answers to ths Inquirers on car questions with much Interest and lln.l that ther almost invariably support my own contentions, which I think are base.1 on common sense and the assimilation ot the. manv opinions anil 'aritu mtitt" heard In twenty-nv. ear card hlajlng mors than ou any book of rules, t am wllunir to admit that Tns si's Is the hesl authority In this country to nay, and for that wason wish to t convinced that certain rullncs ar. correct, hut de sire a little further explanation. 1. Vou have re peatsdly ruled that In poker dice, flvo sixes best five aces, I. ., that aces are tow. lit poker aces certainly are hl.tai In various smw ot illrs ace counts one and seven, and rrom the Missouri lllvi-r to the Atlantic Ocean 1 have never plated or been askel to play all) oihei way than that aces wero high, I know they are In all the sportlnK resorts I havo been In In thl. cltr. Whom are th" not and whv should they not lie hlnh? 2. In Tne Hcs of Aug, in "u say that when A had built an ace on a nve In casulno, maklnx u (only one (l, mind) and there la ar a on the oard, II csnnot nulld in by rnklnic ihe 0 and !l nn the tmard ami an ce from his hand. This decision also Is against my practice and I cannot see any Just reason tor II. Why should not a stuglo tuiltt six be treated In every way as a 0 spot If 11 had a U, could he not sweep by taking the built II and the :l ? And It he had an ace and 7, could he not build on the built 0. inak Inir tt 71 :l. You rule that wh'ita uroiiR number ot cards Is liui apla)o In the draw in poker, whether too many or loo few, if he look al even one of thu cards his hand Is dead. Does not Ihti put a player too much at the mercy uf an unscru pulous dealer, as tor Instance: A evils for ohu card, which Is dealt him and, naturally, linked at at once, hut tho doaler, who has been helping tho cards nr slipping them orf the deck one at u time, throws him another, tht Interval between tho two being ample ror the Inspection, but not so great as to render the dealer liable to uu accusation or In tentional error or cheating, ho having mide n bluff, perhaps, that tho curds stuck. Under jour ruling. A'shand would be dead. So, too, whvii three or four cardi are drawn, a player may have picked up one at a time, as 1 oftn do myself, and not discover that he had too many until he had looked at ono or two It seems unjust that ho should te thus forced out of a pot In which there may havo been heavy betting before tho dnw. I know the Idea to !e that ho ha, unconsciously, hurt tho players drawing after htm by getting cards that belong to them, but how am they tene. filed by forcing him ou.? Tiny cannot go back and gut the cards that belong to them. Il seems to me that the error ts iho dialer's and that. If any ore, he should be nenalitod, but that a rule should Ire devised whereby n player drawing more cards than he calls for and not looking at tho ex. cf sa number should be allowed to return Ihe ex ec to tho dock or discard as noon as It Is dis covered, or at least should be allowed to withdraw what he as In the pot. In tho latler Mieruatlvu he may bo paying n heavy ena!iy by being pro hlblted from playing for the rest of the pot. If the player looks al alt tho cards or colls for too many, his hand should be dead beond question. 11. r. TiinniM. 1. In poker aces aro not always high, as you will nnd If you hold five-high straight against any other atralght. There Is no more rea son for making the ace high on dice marked from one to six, than there would be fn making the deuco high on dleo marked from two to sovec With poker dice fashioned In Imitation o.' card. the ac Is properly high because the highest six cards of a suit are represented, but on dice with pot the lowest six cards aro represented, and the ace Is the lowest of the low. 2. The rule Invariably Is that no player may add to a build any card taken from tho table. He may Increase It from his hand only. So II could not sweep a 9 and a hullded 0 with a V, but ho could add hi ace to the build and mako it 7. 8. Tho rule Is hardly subject to such an Inter, pretatlon as you give It. You mako a manifestly different case. A player calling for one card Is certainly entitled to look at It at once, because It Is his entire draw, and any card subsequently dealt him must be returned to the pack in pru. clsely tho same manner as If the dealer had served flvo cards In a call for three, and ho error had been discovered before the player to whom they were served had looked at any ot them. Tho rule prohibiting tho playing of a hand when too many cards had been served and any of them had been seen Is designed to prevent the unfair i-electlon of carCs which might result rrom the effort to retura cards to the pack If any of them had lieen seen. Btdct adherence to the rule will not work any hardship to any player. Disregard ot It opens the way tor hardship and dishonesty. 1. In playing pinochle, four or six hands, part ners, a trump being led, mutt eacn player beat, if able, when the trick reaches him! Ur Is It aunl clent to beat tho narticular trump that wa led? 2. A, n, C, and D aro plalng pinochle. A leads ten of trumps, D beats with nee, C holds ace and a smalt trmp. Must C play ace? Or If It were 11 that held auo and small trump, should D play ace? n. J. m. In each case the player must beat all previous plays If he can. If not, he may play any other trump. 1. In a game of poker can the opener of a Jack pot, consisting of a pair of Jacks, spilt hi pair to orarf to either a straight or flush without beln, ralied? 2, Can an opener of a Jackpot split his openers ot Jacks without putting the crd aside or announcing same? W. s. T. 1. No. The opening of a Jack pot does not In any manner restrict the right of betting. 2. Yet. In a two handed game of pinochle II meld ISO tMimp after taking his flrtt trick, and then after another trick lays down his other klug or trumps and melds 40 trump, which II does not allow. II claims he has not used either his king or queen bo fore In melding 40 trump, and claims as he ha taken the necessary trick he Is entitled to add his king from bis hand and meld the 411 as stated. Who Is right? Jon hum. It I right. The royal marriage must be melded before 150 trumps. In a gann of two-handed pinochle when cards are up A bets be need not go mtr sny trick outside of the trump card. 11 bets he must, trump or no trump. Who wins? Consunt ItrabCR. 11 wins. When cards are up the second plarer must tako the trick If he can. In a game of draw poker A, II, C. and I) are the players. A Is age, II straddles, I) now claims that It la C's first bet arter the draw, c clulins that It IS It's first bet, Irrespective of the straCdle Who Is right? j. H. ji. C Is right. The privilege ot the age does not cats. Draw Poarr Three DlayeT. A deals, n age, mute, C passes, A bets. May C then come In be. fore cards are called for on the draw ? l'txxo. No. Too-handed Pinochle A has 62.1. meids 40 pinochle, count, cards he haa taken In, and calls out, 0 says he must lake a trick. How it? F. 31. SiMuis. lie must take a trick before he can annouueo any melds. Game of Draw Tokei A beta s dollar, n calls, riatii't each a right to see the other's hand, th winner at well as the loser? 1ilm. Yos. Both hands are called and all called hands mutt be shown. In a five. handed gamo of noker. A dealing, n calls for threo cards. A accidentally exuotu card In draw. Il claim he should receive tho next three curds. A beta that II should reecho two cardt at first and one after the other plajcrs havo bot-n served. Plvase decide bet. I). J. Dons. II Is right. lu place of a card faced tn Ihe draw tho dealer mutt serve the next card. I'lnochle: 1. A renegsi; plays trump on another lead while having suit Frror nut ducovereil unlll afier other play. What It ihe penalty ? 2. Knur handed, partners, player llftt and examine several trlect previously taken, claiming thnt tie thought there had been a revoke, L'an heiloto? If not. what It the penalty ? Under circumtiances claimed h him, mutt he not wait until tho wholu hand Is pta)ed ' 1'kgi on. 1, A revoke cotta the player who makes It all tho points made tn that hand. 2. Only the last trick turned may be examined. The player thould have waited unlll the end of the hand. No penalty Is pre scribed. After gsme of noker had been In progress an hour It was accidentally discovered that there were nv IIiiIjIi and only three Jacks In tho pack of fifty twocard. Will you pleaiedeclde ir Ihu whole game It forfeited, and If tne money should be mils trlbuted: In other words, can money be won or hut with such cards 7 A. LI. The game stands. A, II, C are playing a game of bottle pool. A ha s the ball numbered three, lie ha. m his credit merit), three, and makes a shot that counts him nve, making In all twentr-elglit, and thirty one. .vim onl ball numbered three, but doet nut announce It game. II takes another thot, but doet not count, and then an nouuert that he It pool. II and ('claim ho lost Dm game by taking the extra shut after he wai thirty one, Do A tote tho game f JaxuiV.Kiiiiii.il No. I. In playing double pinochle, tingle hanled, both queetitur spade, and both Jacks of diamond, count ing ;iuu pinochle per arerment, A lead, and tak.-s trh.k, ami throws out kin-ami queen of mu'1'. iht-re-by me! ling twenty iade A lend again and takes trick, throwing down the other queen of ap-idc.uud bulli Jacki of diamond, thereby nieluing mm. lUsi he A cannot dolt. Who It rUht ? 2. In piavlnr crib bane, two-hamlcd A play 7.11 play 4, A tilatt 4,11 Maya 2. AnlaytO. llpiat il, A plays ,1. A claiming a run of J. Il sayt be cannot itu iu Who It right ? I. A. .right. 2.A..r.ght. unU"-- Mr. o. and Mr. C. were f.DiKinents playing In a four handed partner game or pinocile. Alt uinlrs having melded. Mr, o wanted 47 points to gu out and Mr. C wanted luti poind to no out Continuing on In Iho game, Mr. I', having the br.t hand, lakes mutt or the tricks. Then Mr, O. come In with a trump and taket four tricks without calling out. Mr i lead araln. taking In tne remainder of thu tricks. Mr. u then calli out on Mr. c '. Istt trlek. When counted Mr. u hat l.uuj ant Mr. C ha. 1.007, Whkhonet ure tho wlnuert ? t . aspu. Mr, O. and hit partner. 1, lilt compuliory to trump In the game or euchre? 2. Itliuutlumaryln plating tilmxhlo to .tore Ihu pointt made bi low ten t lor Instance. I have In m iiaud lowpoluts, Is It hot customary tu more loo polnl. ? W. A. II. I, It It not. i. It Is not. 1 Inagameof poker D calls fur threecardt, hu the dealer give, him four. D dltiuver Ihe mutakeie fore looking at hi trdt. What happna Sup pot. D hadliKiked at even oueof lilt iardt I i,'. A. I. The fourth card govt back to the pack. 2. The hand w ould hate been dead. i NOTBB ON RCir.SCE AND JNDUBTRTm M tn hit report to the United States Geological ?M Surrey, F. V, Clark presents some of the mot $M recent data as to the relatlre quantity ot th chemical elements In the earth's emit, the waters, yM and thu air. Prom these Investigations It appear ufl that there arc now recognized In the crust ot ths ijflfl earth, with Its liquid and caseous envelopes, aomsju SgB seventy-one chemical elements, while others. M Kid yet unknown, are indicated by craps In the perl 1 odlo system, and wilt prooably be discovered In jff the future; of these elements somo are quit H plentiful and some aro exceedingly rare. Noth jrj Ing I Absoltttelr known of tho earth's Interior, Jj though the itverago crust ti computable, and fiora .dr Its competition certain conclusions ore drawn. j5 Thus, In onler to have a definite mass under con- $ Alteration, there Is assumed for the earth's known W crust a thlcknois rf ten miles lelow rea level Tj the volume of that crmt, Including tho mean el Ji ration of the continents nhovo the sea, Is 1,035, 000,000 cubic miles, of which amount 308,000, Jfc 00f cubic miles aro ocean and 1,03,1,000,000 ar 3 solid matter, and, rurthor, the mass of the at mot 3 pbero Is equivalent to that of 1,808,000 cub! J$ mtlea water, tho unit ordensltr. From the raj riati tt Is ctln.Atrd thnt the earth's crut, to A 4Uj depth of ten miles. Is comnuM. essentially of 08 fj per cent, solid and T per cent. llquU matter. y$J It Is not generally known that the present 1v methods of mining Iron ores vary according t afl the character of tho deposit, from stripping and j mlutng with the steam shovel to working with $ rock drills many hundre is of feet below tho mir Jgjl face of thu earth. Somti mines are wrought open jf cut, hut tho majority are opcs.tod undor ground jgg all the different methods of long.watl mining, car- , JK; Ing, milling, n.erhviil and underhand sloping, SQjf as well as the vnrlous Bjtems of timbering and filling, are said to be lu active ue In the Iron or J- mines of Lake Superior. Tt character of the or Rt also varies from sort material, easily handled b .f the shovel, tn rock so hard as to severely test tho f$i tools and apparatus cmplorod; and, as showing c the difference In this respect characterising dtf- fe fcront localltlos. It Is stnted that rock drills of j& the same slrn and working under similar press f$C urcs, which bored onn hundred to one hundred jsj and twenty feet In ten hourr In tho ttmeiton of Wj the Chicago drainage canal, could not cut mor jr. thaa rue tn six feet In hard Minnesota and elffh M teen to twenty foot tn hard Marquette ores. j The closest Investigations show that the ip Jv clflc weight of magnesium Is about two-thirds that TC& of nlumlntum, namely, 100 pounds a cublo foott aCfS?' melts at 811 degrees, Fahrenheit, nnd has eleo lil trlcal conductl. Ity equal to 41.2 per cent, of jn that of puro copper. The tenacity of the raetnl fl&gi ranges from 2i,,000 to H?,O0O pounds a aquar Jk Inch, while Its clastic limit tn the shapo of wlr Jg' Is about 8,770 pounds the squiro inch, and t Itf 9 elastic modulus aomo 1,043,000 pounds, or les & than that of most stones; the cat metal has ft '? much lower tenacity, ranging from 9,040 to 1IV E 300 pounds to thn square Inch; alloyed wltH Wt aluminum, up to 10 per rent, of magnesium, tt ?j lncreaos the strength nnd elaitlc modulus of th E former metal, but greater additions yield a weak flfe and brittle alloy. So far as appears, tho various Ar- attempts made thus far to form an alloy of cop. m per and niAgncslum have proved unsuccessful. J2 The general causes which act on tho movement 2q of the Atmosphere are defined by Prof. Cornu, In a-t 3ft address lately dMlercd before the British Royal $c Institute, as gyratorr influences, nnd, when one the movement ts set going. It continues of Itself - and sometimes Increases tn amount. In the first place, Tnof. Cornu declares, the movement of tho ifc rotation of tho earth Is tn be cited, which always J brings with Ita small component of rotation for a jf displacement of ngaseous mast In latitude or altt M tude, and. In the second place, and as declslro a f cause, the solar heat, which nanus tho air near Jj the surface, nr tho clouds; thus related, and as th W. ascending tendency of the heated gas cannot be 'M equal over the whole surface exjtosed to the rays off 3g the sun as much because of the nature of th 3 ground as because of Its Inequalities the equlll- brlum Is upset In parti and gaseous columns a- " cind. When once gyration ts established, the causes producing It kt-cp It up anu augment It. f Perhaps tho most recent, as well as plausible, ut- tcrances concerning tho theory of evolution ar ' those deliver 1 by Prof. LeConto nt tho summer srhool at Eden, Me. Ite declared. In contradistinc tion to tho usual lew of exclusive organic evolu- a Hon, that there are really four different kinds or ji grades of evolution, !. physical, chemical, or- J ganlc, and human, each determined by different forres, carried forward by a different process to j different "end. Thus, cosmic evolution was deter- i mined mainly by gravitation, and, though the de- tall are not known, tho best formulation of physl- ,: cal evolution, ssya the TroiVwor. Is the nebular hy f pothesls. In the early stages of cosmic evolution, matter cxlMod only In elementary forms, chemical jJ affinity was hid 1 In abeyance by primal heat, and, 18 with cooling, chemical nfflnltles brought complex- fc ty, tin til protoplasm, tho mort complex of all, wa I achieved, and chemical evolution could go no fur- ther; then cameorgan!e evolution on the ground a achieved by chemical evolution, and the course of evolution was taken tip on a hi her plane. Th j3 function of organic evolution, however, ts not abol- I sheil, but underlies the higher conditions, tho & whole process being not higher and higher, but , more and more complex, the higher dominating 9 the whole process. Two of the most wonOrful autom-ita now work- S Ing within 'he limits nf the United Sta'es, remarks & tho Argovt are those used by the (lovernment for counting and tying poital cards luo umall bundle. These machines aro made In Connecticut, and th two aro capable of counting the prodigious num- ber of 300.000 such cards In tin hours, anl wrap- ping and tying the same In pack iges of tv enty flvo tj c.ich. In this operation the paper Is pulled off a '? drum by two long Augers which come up from te- low, and another finger tMps Into a rat of mucllago yf and applies Itself to the wrapping paper In exactly '- the right siot. Other pa its of tho machine twine the paper around tho park of card", n thumb 1 pi esse ov r the mucllago spot anl tho packag j t$ thrown upon a carry llt ready for delivery. A remarkable discovery, a narrated by Prof. Carter to tho Academy of Selene, r of Philadelphia, i was mado lAtely near Three. Tans, Montgomery ' county, Pa In n svids tone quarry nt that plnco an 4 Iron tree has tn-en found embedded In the rock ten feet below the surface. The treo Is about eighteen feet long and eighteen Inches In diameter, And haa ' lieen completely turned to Iron, nr rather to th Iron ' oro known as brown hematite; and Prof. Carter i accounts for the phenomenon by the fact that tho shales and the sandstone In that nclghtorhond nro covered with red oxide of Iron, and sometimes with brown hematite. It Is presumed that tbo Iron or was reduced bj organic matter, nnd that It was mado noluhle In water conUlnln carbonic acid gas, then, ns rhe water holding thn irn tn Koluilon cam a In contict with the tree, the iron was precipitate! 4 on the latter, and there was an lntcrehanci of reg- J etahle nnd mineral mutfT, o tli -it the rock were 1 relieved of their coloring and thu treo took It up. 5 Discussing tho question of economy In steam- i ship propulsion be f nro the Marine Knglneers' In stitute, Kngland, Prof, IVelghtou lajs down two governing consideration, namely, tho friction of ' the mechanism, thu maximum horso power nnd It the fuel. As respect a tho rfllrtency of modern ma- J chin cry, he thinks thcro Is little to boast of, en 3 forcing this opinion with tho statement that If f we reduced one pound of coal to horse power we 3 would have H27 horse power, and fow every j pound of coal burned there hould Irf) oalued, J If the machinery and tho lioller and the furnace "5 were nil fulfilling their piirpovo with perfeotlou, 4 H.,7 horsu power. Instead of merely evcMeeu , find one half hnr-to j-ower. A unique Illustration wis given by Prof, Welghfonhy means of dla- grams representing dlskr, of tho various approxl i nuto Iom of power from the holler tn tho pro- a peller, showing how tueh losnc nf iowee accrued -name)), at the furnace by tne radiation of heat, j bj latent heat, and by beat passing off In the "J form of oile Alluding to the difference lw I veen Welsh cn,(i;nnd ttie Newcastle and Scotch. i nnd the Usl method of burning them, the coal 9 required, lie tatd. for 1..HH) horse power was V thirty six tons mln, but if thu michlm ry mil- Ued All the iMeut heat in the fuel only about tw j tons would be nnccss.ry llcrannctl.ee Hkunk Hklne. jj frnith IlrtntitU 7nn., Courier. What this country need, jes, fellow citizens, what Jy the plain people are suffering for, Is a rumonetlzitlon 4 of .(ui.L, .kirn, bear hides. nnd dog pelts. Thcvstic'.'!, jj be a standard of value and medium of exchange. Just J as thry were In thu gnd old da) s of our pioneer TI father. Then we could pa our tae without mort gaKlngour farms, then wtfcou d dU harM tho small & ha utfesdueour neighbors without p4ylt.tr tribute to the hti) locks and t . k gambling sharks Hkliis.hldg, ft end pelts wre ileiuoiit tlf ed unjusll) and urrep- .III'. 11). and It It nothing but HiHrlsht thing, tha h f nr tnlug, thu lionorutile thing, to retore them to the 3 ol tllue vttlu- 1 hey ostned tu Ibcejeaof tbe law, T 1h Is a greit moral l-.su ft us wuil , ft in one f tary Urn e UWa.lut) v owe posttrtty to meet II like hrvm eti t course, ui a matter of fact, wo SC l.avt not f ian -Lunk P-kln an t very few bear hides, ? and not b .If ei.o iili do- j..t nui, M ow cltU-Mit, 3 when they nre remmiftlze J, ihoan ..hn have them 2 win put .hrmlnilrrumtion, anl w ure noun t to get S our -iuro of thvm "itftiow or ottiT In the long run- $ ttU0 usau ubuuil nice or this gnd old time clrcuUu J Ing nietllum and measure of value and times will bs 3 good a thv wetM lu the eldi r and better days of the t retotbiic before tbo cut worm of the Treasury had , supped the tree or ojr liberties, rrllow cltlsens. It' li go tno whole hog, free, unlimited And ladepeadaal U ft