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.H.iHff'ffSB.BEBHflBHilelHHnH 1 ' ' THE SUN, SUNDAY, JULY 24, l898r IB NEWS OF OPERA IN EUROPE. ! r.ntrji sisos r.r.ronis qvees t it TOMA at lrixmon. ' . .r-,,rrrfnrmnnror"Ilnmroet.iilWMsi" win. Mstilbutlon of Presents After It t str-mrrin llpern l rnrlt-I.oewa' .', ,. ,n of Opern 1" Kusslii Criticised. t r,-, , . 1 unm lis, been onoof thomostpopu- ,,". . ' the piesont season nt Covont Oar- d.n l ' ''" recently Banc before a pitifully "'. ee Indeed, she tnlcht liiTO been 'I!. . eirnmlde"hero nt tho Motropoll- J, , i) i .TonnB heard her as Juliette. ,,, . . tr6.es In hor ruportotro. Hut sho ' ,' .urncorl by tho small audience, ns J,'. , ,n-o was Riven nt Windsor Cnnllo ,' ,i sot-dors and tlio llttlo Catherine , j.m! tywhatrter 11 muy have lacked , . t the close of the opera a piece i'1) ns presented to JImo. Karnes by I nr ' In personally. It wns a winced 1 . r, ' I iborty. Tlio tunlo of tho flc- I nr- ' ' 'rimmed with diamonds, the wlrf, , -made of rubles and diamonds nml r, - 'o,l on n larr;. .nolltalro dlnmond. n.,, . -' reward for nprearincnt Windsor, jri, , n-riv all received somcnlrs of tho t. -.I VJouard de Iltwz'icrf. rinncon. ni - nnd Mines. Hiuermelstor mid n-, , , , in tlmcrst, Vor this porform- . , , , r n creat deal of preparation Is EP , v stsco 'was put up In tho Wntorloo -1, ,. ,' th eale nnd an entire outfit of I, tn bo. painted for tlio occasion. Tlio C,..i . ! imctof tlio artists to arrlvecon my. ' ' orchestra of thirty-seven men r , l'-lll's direction. They reached , ,1 t'm early afternoon nnd rehearsed j (ni 'i'H -ivUed theatre. With them was tho ltnii.i astr.nnd they wero followed by the r, .H ti it .lean do KkiJ wns 111 nnd ooil' ' ' 1 "-",ljr appear. It was soon toV-"1 ' "'at flab' could take his I i,,", i t ' preparation continued. At 7 oV vk T' ! d train landed tho principals. tho cV r. s i 'th" leading members of thoCovent Ga-in iiiliu'iil'tratlon. At 0 o'clock the over ture ' 'F- i. '' "1 It was 'or"5 after midnight be jor() t ,, ,r. i ended. Tho Queen sat In a large arni'l'nl" t., ur the stage and used a procrammo yrl fd.n white eatln. In cold letters. Corles cf the lihre'M. bound In palo blue satin, were (he, ti hr and tho other members of the Ijeyal f-"'i"' present After the performance nil the artists, the conductor and tho Covont 0nlen representatives were presented to the Queen. 1 hen they all returned to London by a (Fecial trail excepting Emma Eames and her hushs-P shower visiting not far from Wind er antwerfl driven to and from the castlo in erne oMhe Q .eoVs carriages feid'n rcontlr hoard Calv5 In Hamlet," th ope-a Ji'te- eiqht years of dlsuso linvlnir li rev ire.' for the sake of her remarltsblo (ioilrc rj rir.clnc In the mad scene, Un rn'kllr. the theatre trns nearly empty by tho llmstnat neene was reached. Eenand. who Is a(n to have riven a very One performance frrtra a dramatlo point of view, was the hero. V1 tn the opera was hard there last llolba and tmwal'BMhctheleartlnB rDles Mnnclnnlll's unbltlon to have Hero and Iie arrter" pnnr ri Oovent Garden has finally been ichlered. ad Eames. who has no fondness for trninr r.ewrMs nnless thev are to rnmaln I In hr rerert'r'' eon6nted to slnu tho part of thi hwfne. Manclnelll has composed a now rrelnSe for the work when It Is sunc In can tata form, nut for the opera there is no over I tare, ana twenty bars of Instrumentation lead into a chorus of priestesses and sailors, and then the thr'o chief performers appear In 2rieni'j (Hleh rrieet of the Sacrifices), Lttndf of Abydos (the vienr In an athletic eon pO. and TTrro (Priestess of Venus). The Rich rrieet vilnly presses hli suit upon llrra. When remised ha rretends that the oracle has pronourecd for the re-establishment of the worship of Aphrodite in tho lonely icjclrt Tower of the virgin, and at once he ai points Uera its tenant. Pile Is swom to re rasln free from all earthlr stain, and Is In formed that death will bo the penalty of vlola j!nn of the oath. In the meantime the lovers lisve InterUiuieed declarations of deathless friction In the third ant, laid In the Maiden's Tower, llrra shows a torch at the window to light ieaiuler on his way, and townrd the close o' the lo7 dnet which enBUes a torriflo Btorrn bun.N Trumpets announce the approach of the Hlch rriost and Ltunder leaps from the hwer Into the sa m'y to bo dashed bacu llfo es ni t' e rek The epectaole of his bruised I dv kl" Jf'r-y and ths chorus proclaims that h"iicelonrard tho shore will to mortals over be acred. Th0p4raOomiqTie. which for the past ten year has been located tn the old Lyrlo Thea tre In Paris, has been removed from there and swalta the completion of the new buildlnc In which It will be quartered In tho future. During this priod 3,011 performances have been ciren, of whloh3tlwero matinees. The total receipts forten years wero somewhat more than J3.400. 000 Of the operas clven, forty-three were sung for the first time nnd nine were tranaferred from the old repertoire of the theatre. Of all fig thi operas suns only threo attained the dlstlno- H tloa of 100 performances. There were "La l Rol d'Ts." " Eailarmonde." and "Caval- I lsrla llusticana." It Beams likely that I .f iMecinl's "La Vie da Uoheme" will make 1 the time record. The most prominent singers latrO'lucNiilnilnethese ten years were Mme. Blhjl Randereon, Delna, Calv. and Nuovlna, Ports has lost ull chance of having the proposed tn w munlelpal oporn house; but the Torte Bt Mania ii Jnst now occupied by a company whteh Is introducing a number of new works to the Parisians nnd clmrgine only moderate prices to hear them. The novelties promised by tta eingf rs aro " Blstor Martha," by Le Key : BRciara s " The Martyr." " Lorelai." by Jluseh mann;"Davhtils and Chloe," by Marechal, and " J,101,0"?-" l' Pollonnals. Intorestlng revivals . .l letKolese's "IServanto Maltresse," and .Miter's "; Cheval do llronzo." ,,,,!!!er'eIt1I1!'yw,0,fltuc muslo for "Bister Martha," wtiUJi t),e two librettists have di Tiuea into threo nets nnd flvo Kconos. They Mre nsod Mesmerism us tho theme of their work. A t'tib navil omenr about to htnrt orAmerl i to join Lafnyetto returns to Ills .v,,io iu uniiany to uiu ins lamuy rarcwell. J nere i.e etes u ynune clrl who Is about to bo eoae a nun I0 7nii3 ln )0vo with hor. a-a In order to win hor lovo decides to ra inn uf the oxiierimcnts of Mcs mer. who lits ju.t reealrd to the world 2,,' PJr .f ''Is i-iwer After resisting tho i?.P,?,ilon ,',? i','Muen-B tho young nun to rfe.1'1'' ?M "'," t",MI'"1 r'' ''Is powers W?eMninr.is"V ,""1, fho i-cit'n-cates IiIb lovo. Il,;L. i1 .'! s",r,J"y "f 'his mystio story Htfi 'i1 .,,,''. '""' not bnn in order to jeelilawliat fate may ), In store for thorn, tho h-i,. ."i'l" ''J "' a. ITmature Mllo. Couedon. A I, , ,1'"'l "h fh .'onjures up shows her J,-,Ji orirv Jr- --o. as a courtesan, whero she eaHami.R ,,ut Kiri who was iWrtod by iri,,iVr 1,l-,-,lu t"omnch for hor religious t,-,, L1,'ri:,tf', ni.'? iwmthn fchoekof the i ,r's ,',y ' '' " 'bould f'pr.ro Paris audiences '?:;, wm 7 r ''tleo.rj in which thohoro . 1 i?,,,,l:Ir,-,''".ithoel..ct!.rJf a charcoal stovo y r,,i ,L"'.r."B l0''a eoriKirof tho loom. Mnr- I'luia. the l nntone of former seasons at the .in ir 'pulit.ui h a weral er of tho company. Gn.rl "i1"ln"b:idreputovithtl.orreiich ie V.VlL. J,HK "?n: tomnko It possible to J i? i ' M'" M tho Nutlonal Opera, so It I 1l,r,'''""llrttI"t,", Theatre do la Monnnlo ,';'' i VA PuRifeatlon to haio this done i.,? ir'i tV: ."J'cted by the author rind . mi, -er i,,it It N not Improbable thutthuy (V J lnpl l,IRt .0ff,"'"lesoliiV troubles with oreri i. .i, i:""i u,ri'. o'tlp'l by the tlmo the ul " l.,.n')l"ll(r1. Ihldom delira has written roL ,V., ! ..""' teisoii tit JloutoCaro. A I"',1"'"''' .ft l'rancos finvllle is "?!, ,. '',' "k" bis ddbut at tho Opera nan ti? ''T''' .KlponTO" ' "'0 family i t.il?'"" !,""' tho family recently died trera 'f -i',Bvuulun novolty at tho o:Xmi.Hr"riH. .W."1 !if Vidal's ''onuthlor uiic- V . f', "'.'fn.r" '"' """If probably tlirr ,s ',"'"; . Vorto d'Attlla." Tho llrM 111 mm V,".t'V,tl,(l'",re8t' ' Orleans, noar i? P K" Un,'l"s fr"rtl' on tho banks of Y.Vl f . "C"' Bdtho fifth In Hungary. The " r'le i'V,,'; , "''ninpany aro to appear, the ." X iur l . .e 'VU.. 'V,'"-lbut"d,to Difmnr Al- nn r' ' t. Aul. . Urmal, and Delmi. Mar' :'h K.,iribr,Ii has closed hor season and rune 1. 1 r heme In Dresden, whero ehowlll - i.un-u August. Then sho goes to Italy. ". , '"si ' Not since her reputation was ' ' '" ' '" "I Puared In Italy, although hor ' , , rt " 'J unrnwcr are aluays accom- nittiyretjtltB fiom managers who 1 i. r Ij utpcar ilurltiu tho leasou. llut I -I j ' ' " " u-i'llnod their ollors. as the I v . ' ' '" "'" frl"J.i "I'd reward nrtlsta ' , "l0 "y',,ul " great deal of cuthu- t ' . ' ' r"'"'brlch has to Icam one or . , ' , f"r l ha noxt season nt the I i. "" ot "'om is Jiril(iln"Car. 1 , ' ' w,'irjli 6ha has noior sung, l ' ir.uiing now to paitlcipato 1 ' u' t at thiMipnru mt winter Iu ' I Ii. i liu-t iu,l moii'il to "L i. ni', r li.nlng ll1 In M i ni , , tin- ni"t ac- jT I '' H.eill 111 ltt Of f I i k'l.ui' " in Jljfi.iln and 4-' ta.-. . ."" H '" ' '"be tmil bullion l , t "- u'u vit) ls.Ireg.ueuUyooeujjIgd jJBtettBBTImlnii j. - , li.ev - fora fewrlar when llift mistress Is near enough to roach her homo fqrn short period. , Amalln Momi nas retired pormsnontly from tho HinK.) nnd is travelling iu Vienna. The Kmperorof Atistiin recently decorated hor wit h oiiii of the m edals f or art and sclenco. Hhe now iH)ssessos tiieso distinctions from four inonnrchs. A llusslan .writer has rccontlyrn sentcil tho roports sent from that country to Germany about tho season given thnro last sluing under the direction of Iooweof Ureslan, lb, sais that the last series of performances wero vory poor and lnartl'tloln ovory particu lar. Aft an evidence ot tho spirit which con trolled tho. season ho.oltos thu programme of one performance at which HplnolU'a "Allasso Porto" mils followedffliy tho last act of "Die Wnlkuom." Ho writer tlmt Tnust" was sung In four languages, Knniuli. Italian. Hunslan. nniltionuan.atonc perfonnancn.and describes tho whole senson rvs far below tho average of the tegular company at tho Imperial Opora. Theresa Mnlten. who was Injured whllo cele brating the twenty-fifth anniversary ot her udbutnt tlie Dresdon Opora. mot with no loss (vmlsfortuno than breaking hor noso. It was struck by tlio descending curtain. Olordanohas flnlshod the score ot tho opora drawn from Bnrdou's " rodora"and delivered It to Gemma llelllnclonl. who Is to create tho title role at the Lyrlo Theatre ln Milan next autumn. Bhe will also be heard as the heroine of "La Tosca," which Puccini has nearly fln ldhed, and may be heard In Leoncavallo's " Ro land of Berlin." A Venetian musician, Tom plllo 8udessl, lias recently made on opora ont of Ooldonl'a "LaLocandlora," InwhlohEleo nora Huso has been sepn no frequently hero. It will bo RUtig noxt year In Venice, whero tha drama was first produced. Marcoqul explained to the committee In charge et tho I.oopardl colobratlon that In the symphony composed by htm in honor ot that ovent he tried to oxpreas tho emotions ho felt at reading the poems of I.oopardl and tn chronological order the emo tions) which ho believed Inspired Leopardl, such as his regret nt the rapid passing of youth, the disenchantment which lovo brought to him. his burning affection for his coun try and his overwhelming conviction of tho usclessness of life. The symphony was played by nlnety-flie studontfl of tho llos Bint Conservatory tn Pesaro, of which Mascagnl is tho head. Every movement had to ho re pented, nnd nt the close of tho performance tho entire symphony had to bo played ovor. Tho works ot Jlascngnl ln Italy are nowcommonded with great caution, and tho persons who praise this symphony say thnt it appears to bo a roally meritorious work. "Pcrgolesl." tho newest of the Italian operas to be sung outside of Italy, Is by Tasea, who wrote " A Santa Lucia." which gained some success In Oermany sevoral ynars ngo. It was remarked that tho word "Italian" wns this yeardroppod out of the tltloof the company singing at Covont Onrden. More noticcabio was the fact that there wero praoti rally no Italians In the company. There wore Americans. 1'rencbmen. Belgians, Poles, Ger mans eierythlng but Italians. The only theatre In Europe outsldo of Italy In which opora is clvon ln Italian is nt Rt. Petersburg, and thore no tho best of tho Italian singers of the day. In view of tho fact that they are seen so rarely lioro and heard ot so infrequently, it mar bo interesting to learn thelrnames. Thedlrectorot tho Italian opor& company 13 an Italian, but tha rfjportolre is by no means confined to the works of that country. Tho Italian singers who do not go to South America usually become members of tho com pany at St. Petersburg. Tho loading sopranos are Louisa Totrazzini, BIgrid Arnoldson and Ada Olaohetti; contraltos. Qnerrena Fabri. Tilda Carrotinl and Linda Onpelll; tonors, An gelo Maslni. Francesco Masconi and Qeorglo Caruso: baritones. Mattla Uattistinl nnd Vlt tprioBrombara; bassos. Vlttorio Arimondl nnd Blvcstri. Borne of these singers are well known here. the xutELxrsozsr Jtnra. ITilcome for Iti Unabridged 3IJerty. To thk EDtTOB or Thk Sun Sir: I am clad to read ln to-day's Bun that New York opera coors are to have nn opportunity to hear " Der King des NIbeluugen" In Its entirety. It Is now about fourteen years since the first adequate local representation of "Die WalkQre" under the direction of Dr. Leopold Damroseh. and nine yeara since the production of "Das Ilholngold," and It certainly seems strange that during that time no attempt should havo been made to perform the tetralogy ln accordance with the composer's Intention. We take our opera, Uko many other things, too much In a hurry, and the excision of entire acta In fa miliar works like "Faust" and "Los Hugue nots," with tho mutilation of such a classlo masterpiece as Gluok's " OrpbiSo (ln order that "Cavalleria Itustlcona" may be given on the same evening I) havo come to be regarded, not only by opera habitue's, but even by the critics, as a necessity ot existing conditions. In tho cose of tho "King." while no serious objection can be offered to the omission or cur tailment ot redundant passages, like the long speeches of Vt'otan tn tlio eecond act of "Die Walkure." which are simply a recapitulation of antecodent events. Involving a corresponding repetition of the various musical themes or "motives" of "Das Rhelngold." itiscloarlya great injustice to the author-composer to cut out each a scone as that for UrUnnhildf and her lster Waltrauta ln "Die Gotterdammerung," which is not only very beautiful from a musical point ol view, but also forms a dramatlo climax, and Is absolutely essential to a proper under standing of the plot In London one of the great successes of the present season has been achieved by Frau Schumaun-IIelnk as K'al traute. In addition to this role, four others are always omitted In local representations of the final hectlon of tho "King." I refer to the three A'ornr. or Fates, and Albmch, though tha lattor character was included Iu some of the early performances U ieUH. Tho trouble with "Die Gotterdammerung" is that, even with very brief intermissions. It takes over Ave hours In performance, and, whatever repre sentations of the entire work may occur In New Vork next winter, they will havo to com mence at 0:30 o'clock, or thereabout Six yeara after tho original production ot "DerItlngdesNlbelunnen"at Bayreutb, that is to say in 1882. AngeTo Noumann. tho Ger man impresario, formed a company to present tho work in the chief cities of Oermany, ing laud, tho Netherlands, and Italy. Tha London performances wore given during, the months of May and Juno at the old nr Majesty's Theatre In tho Uaymarket (whero Mr. Ueerbohm Tree's theatro now stands), uudor tho direction of Messrs. Hchulz-Ourtlus: and the prospectus announced that " Das Itholngold" would begin at H.'M P. M., " Die Walkuro" and Kiogfrlod" at 7:30. nnd " Dlo Gotterdammerung" at 0:30. Tho names of tho principal Blngors may be of Interest at tlio present time, irau Vogl and Frau Itoicher-Klnilermaun alternated thu role of JtrUnnMldi; Frau Bnchso-Hofmelstor was Slnlindt; Frauleln Krauss (afterward, Mrs. Beldl), Frauleln Klafsky and Frauleln Huhultzo tho Jlhintdauohtm; Herr Vogl, lope and .Sira fned: Herr Niemann. Steqmuml: Iforron Bearia and Iteiohmann. Woian: llnrr Kehlossor. Mime: Horr Bchflpur, UtericA; and Horr legnnd, Jlundlng. Anton Koldl conducted. Tho operatic- season of lfcta'.! wns. perhaps, the greatest tliHtLondon has ever eniojod. for. In udditlon to tlio nbovo company, tlioro was another, with Pollinl as manager and Dr. Hans Itlchtpr as conductor, at Dniry ljiue, which produced "Dlo Molstorslngor." "Tristan und Isolde," " Preclosa," "Eurvantho," Ac. and Included such singers as Teresa Malum, ltosa Hiichor (both of whom worn thon In their prime). Mari anne Brandt, Hchefsky, Winkelmann. Guraand others; whllu Pulll. with thu regular iranco Italian contingent, was lit Govern Garden. Tho inability or disinclination of M. Jean do lleszko to bIuu certain portions ot "Biegfrlod" ln London last month lias been excused by soma of his American friends upon tho ground of their ri'lntiio unimportance It should bo bornoin mind, however, that as long ago ns last January it was announood that tho Jung would posltholy bo gheii without any cuts whatbooior. and If M. do liosskeilid not earn to learil lllO PUISUgcn IU iiuuauuil liu imu uiui'tu opportunity to inform tho management, who could either havo secured a bubstltuto or changed the hour of prformancu to something less inconvunlunt than 5 o'clock In tho after noon Tho 1'ortlnbrns passages havo very little to do with thu plot ot " Hamlet" (in reeont jcarHtlioyhavo beeu retained only by Blgnor lloi-sl.tlio Italian tragrdlun, and, Mr. lorbns Itobertsoiil. but itcan well bo Imagined how tho promlso to Include them iu u representation would in itself bo nufJlofout to attract a large number of Hhakcspeare lovers who might not ot horn iso feel UlspObed to attend. Tho London IHnies Is authority for tho stiitcmont that tho onlyjiortion (of ''Blegfrlcd'J in, which tedium was felt was tin only net Iu which extensive cuts worn made, nnd on no. previous occaaloa has the length of tho final drama boen so little felt as u hlnarance to Its onjoymeut." Nbw Vouk. July 21. liB. A. E. O. Iron Iloria and Stag In a lines, r Ve (Ae Montrtal Witntil. Thoro was unexciting Incident nearLabolla Weilnesdiiy. whtn the morning oxpress from there, In charge of Conductor LanglolH, chased uwell-tlned slag throe miles down the trnok, I he train had just pulled put oil .abollo when tho ongineor. looking uhnad, baw a stalely stag standing botwoen the rails and calmly watoh Ing the upproaohing engine. ,As It inadouoof fort to get out of tho way, when within thirty, yard of It the engineer pulled the throttle of fho engine wldo o?n and blew tho .whistle. The .tag bounded us If it had been shot, ami tliuii lleJdona tlio traok with tlio train eloe heeiiwl l'ortliiee milen tho nice was kept lip, the paisengers Imvlng a henutlful view of the hcne .Fin.dly, ilndliig tho pauo a little too hot for 't, tin ug sprang ilown tle omtianknient. ,iur tn. miako icneo and iliaaplareil lnwth woods, apparently, not at a 1 gut broMji with its Uial ol epeoil with a a 1. It. locoinotlv. L 4 sows roiata ironrn ntcAnoro. Out New Heroes. They've half Inch thick of tan upon thilr f sen. And loms of them navi freeklti on their ton, Thiy'vi leari anil bndsei ln lundir places , A proof of Uii attentions of their foes. Thin an somi who really ought to thi barber Their Ullors turely mrer earaeA their pay But wi'd know thim any when a oar new hiron Thi men tho nation honor nip, hoorayl ciiontra. Tftey'ri remlng homi together To meet tu all acaln, The men thi nation honor, Thi men who connnerea Brain) And whtn they march dawn llroadway We'll tear the aky with rheen For Arinr and for Navy, And gallant Volunteer!, Then In Dewey, whom Anguatln aw on to murder, To hang upon the treca with all his meal Cut Dawiy didn't understand thi procnunmi And so he auiaahed.MontoJo tn hli den, Then la Ilobaon earned thi foeman'i admiration III bottled poor Oerrera up eo tight That when the Spaniard fled In deapintlan III had to make hli daah ln broad daylight. Cnoacs. Thej'n coming homi, o. Thera'i Un men who caught the Bpanlih ahtpa eaeaplng And eent them all to Davy Jonea' domain: III kept the word be gave when first hi law them " Not one," he eald, " would I'er got baek to Spain." Then'a Shatter and hla men from Santiago, They drew the lines so cloae about thi town That all the brave defenden then surrendered And twenty thouaand stand of anna laid down, cnontn. Thi- coming home together To meet na all again, Thi men thi naUon honors. The men who conquered Spalni And when they march down Broadway We'll tear the aky with chein Tor Army and for Navy, And gallant Volunteer. Bum Btu. "Watting Order." Oh, ye that ahlne ln thiokeat fight. And ye with labor spent. That bear the heat and doat and aweat. On victory intent, Look not with acorn upon the nnks Of thou that Idle atand. While on your empty acabbards gleam The glan ot burning bnnd. There la a fata more bard to bear Than that whloh taiea away The warrior from hla eherlahid hearth) It la the long delay. Thi heart grown alck from hope deferred. The aommona naver given. The thought that other hand ihall bear The flag tn battle riven) It fa to hear the trompef a call. The cannon' loud alarm. And aee the imoka on dlaUnt fields While all around la ealmi To feel that we oonld btu, too, If but thi call would oome. And not be lagging at the iiund Of bugle, fife and dram. And then, became our hope grow faint, Belf-truatU shattered, too) At but w wondir, oould w itrlkl A hard aa other dot And oonld w atand the atorm of fin. The bullets' dreadful hall. Uko that heroic vanguard itanda. Nor at the carnage quail T Ah, aadder than to atorm the height. And on It elope to die, And crueller than ln the daat ' With parched Up to lis. It 1 to wait with beating heart A chance to do and die, Till others have thi victory won And fighting day are by, J. O. Tatlob A aiother of "08. From LuXit't yrttilv. Mr calUnt love roe out to-day. With drama and Duglea sounding gayi I emlla to cheer him on hla way Bmllo liack. my heart, to mil The flags are glltterlnr ln tha light; Is It their stars that bund my sight? Ood, bold my teare nntil to-night Then aet their f oontaina rreil Be take with him thi light of ilayj Alaat It aeems but yesterday lie waa a bright-haired child at play. With eyea that knew no fear; Blue eyea true eyes 1 I m them ahlne Far down along the waving line How meet them bravely, eyei of mlnet Oood cheer, zny lovo, good oheert Oh. pother-hearts, that dan not break I That feel the arreaa, thi long, long aono. The tear that burn, the erea that wako. For these our cherished one AncTye, true heart cot called to bear Bnch pain and peril for your share Oh, lift with mi the pleading prayer, Ood save our galUnt aonal kfuuon Cocthodt Bali a. Abraham and the Fire-TTonhlpper. TunuTzn rxoic Tn tm or n'oi. Frvn thi London Sptctator. rrbe Arst4ta Uctadj of Abraham Biallreal! fatm Vy lbs aasse of M Tat Frlind of Ood "J Pre heard that for a week no traveller cams. The welcome of the Friend nt Ood to claim. Though 'twas hlsploua wont each morn to wait Bnch foodlees travellers coming here he ate. Then ho went forth, looked down thn alley's aid And vo across the desert .There he spied One like a willow beet, alone ln night. And with the snow of age hla bead was white. To cheer him he thi words of welcome apake: " Light of my eyee, of bread and salt partake." liaising himself, with lighter step he trod. And blessed the bounty of the Friend of Ood. The guest-house guards at onco with reverence great The poor old man and lead him to hla seat. At Abraham'e bidding they the table spnad. And nnged them round, the Patriarch at their head. But when the company began " In Allab'a name." From the old man' lips no sound of words there came. And Abraham saldi "Old man of many day, lfaet thou no words of faith or zeal for pralsi T Ia't not tbr custom when thou tAkeet food To praise the Lord and Olver of all (rood T" Ho said: " Flre-wonihlp Is the faith I hold, I learnt no other from the men of old." The Prophet understood the sinner's atata. In that falae worship, ruined, reprobate; And with contempt the stranger forth hi drev Pun with impure no fellowship can have. Then from the throne of the Omnipotent An angel with repnn Ing words waa eent: "An hundred year ho lias had llfofrom me, Abborrenco In one moment seized nn thee. If me In fin be seoks to worship, why Should'at thou withdraw the hand of charity I" The Bailor of tha Rail. From (Ae Buffalo Commercial. I sing the Bailor of the Hall, breed of the oaken heart. Who drew the world together, and spread our race apart. Whoso conquest are thi measure of thrici thi ocean'a girth. Whose trophies are th nation that necklace half tho earth. lord of the Bunt and flasket and Master of th Yard, To whom no land waa distant, to whom no aea waa barred; Who battled with thi current) who conquered wlti the wind: Who ihaped thioours baton htm bythiwakihi threw behind; Who bumed in twenty climate) who froze in twenty eas; Who crept the shore of Labrador and flaah'd ;th Canbbee. Who followed Drake: who fought with Blake; who broke the bar of Rnain, And who gave to timid trafflo thi freedom ot thi main. I Who drove thi lance of barter through Asia's ancient hleld; Who tore from drowsy China what China dare not yield. To whom all thing wen barter alar, spices, gold and gun; Who gave his 111 for glory, who sold hi soul for rum. I see him in thi mnnlng when aea would over whelm. Lay breathing hard along thi yard and iweating at tha heun. O Sovereign ot the Soundleaal O Bondsman of thi Wavel Who madi thi world dependent, yet livid and died a elare. Below these rnarklea pathways, where oomme.-o hapea the troll. Unsung, unrung, forgotten, lep th Bailor of thi Sail, Tneau Puanva Day. Cnstle liulldtng. Oft do I ralao, In idle day, Great tower and temple to th skis, And watch them fade, Aa If afraid To bear the searching of mf eye. Dim fancies thry That float away, Lite tialons In fleeting dream. Built on tho sands, Tho shifting strands llut border en life' sullen stream, w.xtuaOioxs. QUESTIONS AND AXBTTJCIIS. Can a ion bom on American soil of foreign parent be drafted Into th American aervice if In never ha declared hi Intentions to claim American citizen hip? D. J. D. Persons subject to draft are described In tha law authorizing the draft. Then I no permanent eon criptlon law) during thi civil war resident aliens were not liable to draft, and probably they will not be, ln case a draft Is required hereafter. 1. Is Qubaaalanre a Ireland t i. Do the Jews eel brata three-day fesUval or three holiday ln thi month of May t J. J. 11. 1. Cnb haa an area of about 41,856 quaremlle Ireland, sa.BBS square miles. 3. Thi year thi Jews celebrated thi Second Passover on May Q, and tha Feast of Pentecost on May S7 and 38; there waa no three-day! festival In May, though. S. I hare tried to obtain a copy of the poem an ad, " Thn ITnlnacrlbedTomb of Krumet," and can not recollect the name of th author. Tho first part of the poem runs thua: " Prey tell me. I said, to an old man who strayed, Drooplnc o'er the grave which hla own hands had made," fcc. 3, Alio, kindly publish the exact words naed by thi 0Oprman Mahnn. In seconding the nomination of Daniel O'Connell for Member of Parliament for Clare In the Court llouaa ln Knnls. Mahnn wore a nlt of green, repreienUng thi Yonng Irelendere, of which ra was a memtier. and the coetumi wan eo objection ahlnto the Sheriff of the county that he ordered Mahon to leavi thi courtroom under penalty of ar rest, fcc. P.F.B. Who wrote thi line "I have seen a ship ln haven gild Af terthi storm had broke both mast and shroud I" They were quoted by Jahn Bright In one of hts speeches. lie Introduced them by saying: "As the poet sang nearly (too years ago." L. L. O. What do yon consider the bast and most Impartial history now published ot the lata civil wart idealra to purchase om with as llttlo political prejudice as possible. W. T. K. Tho Count of Paris' history la commended for its Impartiality; ltoselter Johnson's Is comparatively Impartial. Greeley! "American Conflict" la good. 1. When the sailor of thi United fttate Navy have ahon leave, an they required to wear their Bailor's suits or are they allowed to wear cltlren'a clothe t 3. If they are not, what la the penalty If they an I caught doing o t B. la It tha same on the training veeseli aa thn 8t. Mary'a, New llamnahlre. and Ver mont? 4. Whatdlaunrelsakuot? R. l'leaao let ma know the right way to j.ronounco equitable. J. Itrjsszt. 1. They muat wear their "aalloreults." 2. Wedo not know; loss of pay probably. 8. Ye. 4. fl.085 feet, while a statute mile la 5.280 feet. 6. Ek-wlt-a-bb Will you kindly Inform ml thi salary of a phyal dan, nurse, and drug clerk on a battleablo during war and what pension the family receives ln case of death on account of wart D. L. The eurgeon's par depend on hi rank for tha first five years aftir bis appointment, aa aanlatant surgeon, he gets (1,700; after Ova yeara, he get! $1,000; when he is made a passed assistant surgeon he get 13,000 and 12.200; whon he becomes a sur geon, he get from (2,800 to (4,000. A nnrso on a man-of-war la known officially as a bayman: he gets (18 a month. A drug clerk la at sea an apothecary and geta(80amonth. Every penon on shipboard get one ration a day, equal to (ft a month. The widow or dependent would get from (12 a month to (SO a pension. Kindly Inform me how and when the late den. Gor don ot England met hts death. Waa he old enough to take an acU a part ln the war of 1 8M ? la hla widow living and where, and how many son and daughters did he have Mra.H. A.S. Oen. Gordon was killed on Jan. 28, 1P8B, when tha Mahdlst force captured Khartoum. He was born ln 1880, and took part ln the Crimean war aa a Lieu tenant ot Engineers. Be never married. Kindly Inform me If a hostile ship or torpedo boat would be permitted to pas through the Wetland Canal to attack our lake cltiea. Are our f ortlflc&tlona on the 8L Lawrence strong enough to take care of all such craft J Ilcon ltoos. The Welland Canal ha not been neutralized; so hostile vessel! cannot pass It without Involving Great Britain as an ally. The fortlflcaMona on both aides of the St. Lawrence an strong enough to take care of any hostile craft that could use the Canal. Kindly give an explicit and detailed explanation of the difference between privateering or piracy and tho ordinary capture ot prize ships that haa been going on the past few days by the American Navy. Lrcrrot. Capture by a naval vessel is a survival of tho old Idea that tha way to help your country waa to Injun the citizen and subjects of your enemy. That Is why our men-of-war Aave raado prizes of unarmed merchant vessel flying the Spanish flag; and tha Spaniards would have dona the same If they could. Privateering Is a legal but hardly praoticable exten sion of this same idea, A privateer Is not a man-of-war; she is a vessel belonging to a private person, armed, flying his country's flag, and authorized by the Government of that country to make prircs of the enemy's merchant vessels. Piracy Is lawless plundering on tha high seaa. A pirate fights against everybody; be flies the flag of no country, and as his hand la against every one, so every one's band Is agalnat him. A privateer ha only oni enemy; a pi rate Is an enemy to mankind. Would yon please Inform me whether the words "city and municipal" are synonymous, and also which la the best authority on English grammar. Eowann Cekxutj. They an not, though they are used often a If synonymous. Municipal law meana not the law of or referring to a city, but the law of a country, as op posed to International law. Brown's "Grammar of English Grammars " is the largest. Please explain wherein the following type of artil lery differ from each other: Heavy aruller. light ar tillery, flying artillery, field artillery, foot artillery, horse artillery. P. It. O. All artillery may be divided Into twofraaln classes, heavy and light. Heavy artillery Is called also gar rison BTtlllory. Heavy artillery guns aro placed per manently in forts, and the men who handle them form foot artillery batteries and regiments. Light artillery refers to guns not permanently emplaccd that Is, light enough to be taken from plxco to placo by means of horses, and manoeuvred by hand. In our army the light artillery gunners ride on the caissons and gun carriagea. In home artillery the gunner ride horses, so that a horai artillery bat tery haa a great many more honea than a light bat tery. We hare no horse batteries ln our army. A field battery is a light batteryi a flying bat tery la a borae battery. Siege guns are between heavy and light artillery. They are Intended to be placed permanently for thi time being, and are brought to their rjlac.es br teams, but ther am not manoeuvred aa light guns are. lTave the kindness to Inform a reader what la the aiKnlf.eation of the word" Pelayo," the name of thi bjianlah cruiser. W. ltrDDLx, Telayo Is the Spanish form of Felaglns, King of Asturias or Ovledo and first King of Spain. He was the first "Don" In Spain, and Is said to have died about 737 A- D. after reigning nineteen yeara. Where can I get "Guy Ltvlngatone," by O. O. Lawrence t F. P. Oorr. At a book store. . When and under what circumstances did the United Htates Government issue 2 per cent, bonds? Then is a dispute about It between myself and eorui friends. T. B. Two per cent, bonds wen never Issued by the Gov ernment In the first Instance. When tho 4W per cent, bonds Issued ln 1881 became due, in 1B01, the Secre tary of th Treasury offend to extend them at 3 per cent, or pay them at once. Boms (25,000,000 wen thua extended and an still outstanding. The Gov ernment may pay them whenever it choose. Doe the ularyof aTJnlted States Ulnlntar continue after dlplomatia relaUona have been broken off with the country to which he is accredited T T. M. Yes, until be resigns or ha hi commission termi nated. Mr. Woodford has not resigned; h is Minis ter to Spain, though at present without duties. Do the regulars use whalebone or any similar arti cle In the lining of their coats to build up their format J.H.J. No; they atand up straight, throw their shoulder back, cheat out, and stomach In; and then they drill. O. Jfoni. The United States cannot bi sued with out their content. ZoroaiUr. The voyage from He w York to San Fren cisoo U a coastwise voyegs. J. r. P. Wo know no book that describe thi modern processes of producing bronze statuary. Jama 0. Lafcu. The first shot of this war waa Bred at a Spanish merchantman on April 31. It was fired from an American veasel. A It. it, A criticism may be favorable or unfavor able. The word oome from thi Gnsk Krintin, to discern, to plik out, to Judge, with no accessary idea of MTirity. T, Waltrm. Th first shot of th civil war we find on Jan. 9, 1(81, when th atramer Star of thi West, with supplies for Fort Sumter, wa fired on from Morris Island, 8. C. B. i'niland. Bwiden and Norway ban these mon itors In their navyi Norway MJOlner, Skorplsnen, Thor, Tbrudvaug. Sweden GuU, John Ericsson, Loke, Hrea, Tbordon, Thule, and Tlrflng. V, K I'ttltr. Boxes for mm on warahlp in Cuban waters should be addressed very legibly to th men, with thctr rank or rating, and th name of the vessel, aud chuuld b lent t9 tbf MTai ba at K7 WMt, fu. xriESinns school foiz cajid rLAYivis. Anellbn Tttch. A. r. B.iaysi A has thi deal and wants three point. 1) want one, I) bids two, which A takes, making both one to go. A then claims low and say he 1 out, although B makes high, jack, game Which win t ' In all forms of auction or tell-out game thi bid der goes cut If heTsurrecd in making aa many a ho bid and that number Is sufficient to win the game, no matter what tho other score may be. Castino. T. It. C. asks two question! 1. Is A obliged to raka a trick If ho known that by eo doing hi will give II a sweep t 2. Can A make a double build In the following manner: One player has built a 7 Willi a 4 anil a 3. A takes a deuce from the labia and an are from hla own hand and makes this 7 build Into a 10. A eara aa lone as he play a rani out of hi! own bandit Is all right. This li dispute. Which Is right! 1, f A has mads a build hi muat taks tt in when It comes to his turn, whether It gives O a sweeper not. 2. All the cards naed ln Increasing a build must be played from tbs hand; those on the tabli an ellglblo only for the original build. Cribbag. O. M. II. lays: A and 11 aro playing. A e, la turned for a starter, and It is A's first show, He lays down a ft sml three ns, claiming IB heirs. U aay the hand 1 worth 14 only. Which is right t A It right. The two 8 combined with each of tha 3s separately make three fifteens. Thi three 8s together combined with each of th Os aeparetoly make two more, or 10 point altogether. Then thi pair-royal of 3 and the pair of 8a bring the hand up to 18. T. B. asks: now many tiroes round the board 1 a game for two players It they are plnylng six-card cribbago, and hpw many times for rive-card crlbbagc? If the board la 00 holes long, ones up the outatda and then down tha lnaldo and Into the game hole, which Is 81 points, Is game In either five or alt card cribbage. Euchre. W. Tt. M. and other. A is destine and bets B he will mskn"n" point. B bets he will not, B orders A up and gets euchred, so that A mskes two points, on the strength of which B claims to bat a won the bet. How is this t B's claim is simply a quibble, and A wtna. If you bet that a man will not make " a " dollar ln a certain enterprise, and he makea fifty, you will loai your bet every time. Fan-Tan. B. F. 0. lays: If the 7 Is set, mutt thi 8 and tho 8 of that suit be set before thi 7 of another tultcanbolald on the table? No. If a player rannot follow to the first set with either an R or a 8, be must play another 7, If he has one, or pay a chip Into the pool. At least that la ths Eastern custom. Pinochle. II. W. asks If, In a four-handed game, two spado queens and two diamond lacks count 80 or 80i). Neither. An a player Is allowed to make as many simple snd double combinations with hla cards aa he can in tho four-handed game, he ran claim 40 for pinochle aud 800 more for dnublo pinochle, or 840 altogether. H. It. R. asks threo questions: 1. A claims that after the cards in tho stock are exhausted, n must beat e ery lead made, if he can. 11 claims that the rule applies only to trumps, and that ho Is not obliged to head the trick ln i lain suits. Which is corrret? 2. In playing four-handed, spades or dia monds trumps, can you meld 2,to for trump se quence, marrlagn. ond pinochle? 3. In a four handed partnership game, IV partner claims the game, but his partner corrects htm and tells blm thuy have not enough. B acknowledges that bo waa wrong and plays on, bnt A stops blm nnd claims the game on account of IPs false claim, ultliough A'a aids la not near 1,000 point. Which Is right? 1 The aconnd player to each trick, after the stock is exhausted, must win the trick if ha can, and it hi has none of tho suit led he must tmmp it if he can. 2, 230 Is correct. 8. If either player Incorrectly claims the game, his action Is binding on his partner. and the other side wins It. G.O. E. says: A and Bare playing two-banded and are scoring by multiples of five at the end of each deal. A has &.- to go. and In the middle of a hand he calls out. hating ."3 poluts. which he reckona as equal to fr. Thin B disputes. Which ln correct ? The system of throwing off fractions is never used except at the end of the hand, and In onlcr to go out during tho play A must make his full r.r. points. R. M. nays: A bets B that It Is not permissible ln a twy-banded Rame to meld 80 tings, three 2('s, one 40, and then, holding sn extra queen, to meld no queens. B claims that ho can do so. Please decide. If threo 20's and a 40 hate lifen melded then must hau been fonr queens on tho table. If these an all on tho table when B wantn to score them he eaniertalnly do no; or if threo of them remain and 11 haa a duplicate of the fourth, ho can acoro tlO queens, no matter what be has pret iously scored for marriages. . W. A. T. says: In a two-banded game A melds 1B0 trumps, leads tho quren, "nhich wins the trick, then larndnwii a iliipirrotciunen aud claims 40 for the rnval marriage. B claims the nrnre for tho marriage Is lost, because the sequente was scored first. Which la correct? B Is ri'rht. Tmmp sequences snd marriages belong to the name class of melds, and the nil.) Is that a player cannot meld cards which have already been ned to form hicher combinations in the same clasn. In thin case tha klngof trumps has been used to form a higher combination the sequence ao It cannot agsin be uned to form lower combination ln tha same class a marriage. Tho new queen haa nothing to do with It. A-B says: In a game of 100 points A wantn 2. and melds a marriage, claiming out. 11 earn he tn list win atrick bt foro he can get out. Which Is right? If A had already won a trick before melding Che waa out; but If be melded btforohewona trick ha is not out. Many persons confuse the rule for the two and the four bended game. In two-handed it la necessary to tako a trick before every meld, but tho meld then scores Immediately In the four-handed game all the melds are made before playing, no It Is, of rouree? lmpnnslbl to take a trick flrnt; bnt tho player must win a trick after melding ln order to score his melds, W. A. P. pays: In a three-handed game, diamonds trumps, A led the -club ace, B discarded a benrt, O followed suit. A led another club, which B trumped, and C again followed suit. What Is tho penalty on 11 for the ret oko? Upon discovering that B could have trumped the first trick, A slid C have the right to go back to tba first lead, each player taking back the cards he has played and compelling B to trump tho club. Bthen loses all hla score for "cards" on tbst deal a a pen alty. Poker, A. W. fays: fill men are playing nnd one opens Jack pot with a pair of Jacks. Two of the other stay and draw cards. After drawing, tho opener finds that he has discarded one of his pair by accident. A bets that the better of the two remain ing hands take the pool.no matter what they are. u iicisiuaiini par. must oeueciarea on in oruer to give the three other men a chance, aa they had pre viously fattened it. Who it right? ' A it right, It. D. A. aava: Fonr men are playing and A blinds one (hip. B straddles by putting up two. How many must 0 pay to draw cards? n raya he must double thn number put in by A and B collectively, or six. A navH double the last blind, or four only. Which is right? It nlwaya costs twice the amount of thi blind to draw ranis, and tha amount of the blind is always the amount pnt up by the last player who puts money ln the pool before he sees his band. In this case A made tha blind one chip. B doubled It, mak ing It two; It therefore coat twice two, or four, to draw cards. if. It. asks: If the ants is 10 cents and thi limit 2.1. ran thi first man to say maki it &0 centa to draw cards ? Notunleaa he ha straddled the blind In tha fint place, or someone else has done so, If the ante is 10 cents ha can raise it tbs limit, mating It .15 cents altogether to draw cards. It. A. P. nnd others Have you not decided about a year ago that if a rani wns faced In dealing the player to whom it was dealt would havo to take It? Now you deci.ln that be must wait until all others aro helped and then get one In Its plare. If the card In exposed ln dealing before the drew the player mutt take it. If It is faced ln dealing for the draw ho is not allowed to take It. H II. M. says; Please ixplaln wliyn flush beats a straight. As I figure It nut. there an more chances to get ii flush than to get a straight. There are 2,r,08.oeo possible handa at poker, of which 10,200 an straights snd only C,108 are flushes, so there must bo something wrong about your figures. H. B. nays: In a flve-bandnd game three deals have been pliye.i snd A opens the pot with a pair of kings snd gets a third kliu in the draw. On thasbowdnnn 0 has a pair ot kings alsn.su that there Inutt have been fit 0 in the pack. Do wo all start out fr,ti with our original utaxe. Ignoring these three deals, or do wo nullify the last una only, or docs A win with bit three kings? Tha bets and plsya made on ths previous deals stand good, but all bet or antes made on the deal In which tha pack la found to be imperfect muat be taken back. Seven Up. P.O. 1). ayn' In a four-handed game the dealer want 2 to tin, hi adversaries want I. Ho turns a club and eldest hand begs Dealer runs off thecurds and turnatba lack of clubs He mnaugain and turns thi Jack of hearts, IIh then claims that these two jacks put him out. II claims that only the but Jack count. Whloh 1 right? U la right. When tht dealer run the cards he practically decline to have dub for trumiw, and no matter what club In turn after that he cannot icon anything In th club suit Sixty atx,N B. Ssysi Does not the player winning the last trick In a two handed game always count 10 point for It ? Not unless th cards an all played out, ao that there re twelve trick taken. If it 1 "closed" er " tuned dawn" there U so cort for th Latt trick. jonnro.v xoir.s of jieat, ixtejcbst. A Brighton, England, yonng man has killed him self because hit wife made fun of htm for 1lslng the servant gttl, A-cnalmlncnt Dvllly, 8ccttni1, which caught lira over fitly years ago lias at last bumed itself out. All experiments made to extinguish it failed. Cardinal Blrlnhtibcr, Prefect of the Congregation of the In.tet, has undertaken to revlsnthecomlemna tions of books decreed In tho last 300 years. Sir Henry Irtlmz'e next Rhnkespoaresn revlt al will bo "nicharil II." which It ts asserted has nut been presented In a London theatre In forty years. CoponhagenV ltonnd Tower, built In the eleventh century and lf.0 foot high, is to bo mot ed bodily a dlttanre of ir.o feet tn widen a bulncns slreel. Subcutaneous Injections of ensencen of violets or other tlowere, giving the bodv the ncent required, ara reported as a recent Parisian freak of fashion im ported from Russia. ltetlred chief gunners In the IlritlshNavy who liave received ndt nntageons offore of sert Ico in the Argen tine fleet have been forbidden by the Admiralty to accept tho positions. England Is being driven by the continuance of tha South Wiles coal strike to consider the desirability of the Ootemment's buying mines ln order to be sure of a supply In case of war. A bad ahot while pheasant shooting has eent ths Hon. John Tuftnn, eldest non of Inl llotbfleld, jn.noo. He fired the chargo Into the fsceotonaof his beaters, rendering the man totally blind, Between the nets ntCoquelln'n performance of "Cy rano do Bergersc" at tho Lyceum Theatre In London hawkers went about among tho audience selling rub ber models of tho actor's face with tha Cimnenose. In tha new Belrhstag there are only eighty-eight nobles. Tha number has steadily diminished sines 1871. when it was 180. There are said to be only seven Jews elected to the Reichstag, all of them Socl Democrats. A broad new street Is to be mn from nolbnm. op posite Southampton row, to tha Rtrend nt the Church of St. Mary le Strand, ln London, the County Coun cil having voted tha Improvement after considering tha matter for ulna yean. Kile telephones for torpedo boat destroyers ire ! Ing tried by the British Navy. A Jdtc Is sent up held by two strings, ench attached to a destroyer, elnug which the mesnaga Is sent. Of what practical ii" in warfare this device is expected toba no informntinn Is given. Omitting "nerr" and "nochwohlgeh'oren" In ad dressing an official ln writing is no longer an insult ln Germany, as theso words form no psrt of iut legal title. This ln the decision thn Appeal Cnm of the Empire at Leipzig has been obliged to render tn a recent case. Austria's krenror Is doomed. It was withdrawn from commercial circulation on Julv 1, and will not be accepted even by thn Government after Dec. 81, 1800. The coin han been In existence since the fif teenth century and took ttn namo from tha cross marked upon tt. Qneen Victoria's official bagpipe maker is desd. lie also made bagpipes for tho households of the Prince of Wales, of tho Duke of Saxe-Colurg. and of tha Duke of Fife, nis nernt wns Pipp.MaJor Duncan McDougill, and ho rrprorntod the third genemtton of a family that had malo tho Instrumrntn at Perth, Baron von Ptnmm, who his been nicknamed the King of the Sear, was no anirry at not being elert"d to the Reichstag nn the flrt ballot that he put up this notice on his factory gates: " tbe.VetnHrcften Zritung has slandered me, I mm IdT It a matter of course that no workman shall tolerate that sheet ln his family." Llanfalrpwlbrwyngyllgocerychwymdrobwllllandl slllogogogoeh appears in the British Post Office guide sn the name of a post and telegraph office ln the Island of Anglesey. It is said to mean "The Church of Saint Mnrr ln a hollow of white hazel near to tho rapid whirlpool and to Saint Dislllo'n Church near to a red cave." Limoges has Just held its human hair market, wo men from all the country round coming thern to sell their braids. The price is now on tho aterago r a pound; twenty vrar ngo It wa-. $10. When a bar gain has been struck the womnn is taken tn tho near est Inn and shorn. At the ltt marker (1 2,000 worth of hair was bought. Three French 'officers propo-.o to carry out .Tnlea Verne's Idea, nnd explore the Sahara. In a balloon. Theirplan Is to go up at the Gulf of Gahes, on the Mediterranean, to be carried along br the regular northeast trade wiuds. nnd to Land somewhere in the Niger baln. They hate asked the Paris Municipal Council for a grant of (3,000 for their enterprise. Tarls Iseninring tha visit of an Abyssinian em bassy from Jfeirus Meneleb, cnnslting of three rrincen, Woldle, I.lkamakn.as"N"ado and Ren Makon nen'n nephew, De Harroatrh Berato. with thirty fnl lowers. Thev appear In the streets in their native costume. None can speak n word of French. They are said to lirinc a promise from Mcnclek that ha will attend the exhibition of 1P00. A bid for American custom was made bv the Arm strongs In christening a new armored cruller they have built the Fourth of July, She Is ten feet lone, 4rtt feet broad, with a m-in draught of 17 feet and a displacement of 4. 180 tons Her enclnrs will bo 18,000 horse power and her speed 22" knots She is intended to carry an armament nf two 8-lnch and ten 4.7-Inch guns, besides quick, flrers and Ave tor pedo tubes. A steam enc ne, the oldest in the world, built br Bonlton Watt In 1777 for the lUimlnglutm Cnnnl Navigations, which bad been working regnlnrir for 120 yeans at Smcthwiek, la the pumping wurli. linn Just leen put aside for a more powi rfnl engine built for tho same company bv the sanio Ann. The obi engine will bo set up again st another station as a memorial of what can be done with good machinery by careful management, Pprottan, in Rilesia, has n cautious Postmaster with a sense of good manners. Some drunken students ln Breslau addressed a postal card "To the most beauti ful girl in Sprotlau," with tho statement " Beautiful nnknown, wo are drinking your health till wo ran drink no longer." The card was returned to Breslau with the statement' "There nromnnv beautiful girls InSprottau, but beauty being a matter of Individual taste, the Post Office cannot undertake to deltter this communication " Germany's twenty-nne unlvere Itles bad 82.230 stu dents during the summer ecraetr, llcrlln, Munich and Lrlpzlg being well in the lead. Purfs.alone with its 12,000 students, half of all tho unlierwltv (.In dents ln France, has as mauy as these thre put to gether. Of the other Fren-li universities, Lynns has 2,335 students, Bordeaux 2,173, Toulousn, Mont relller, Lille, Rennes, and Nancy about l.nrto mi 'i, All, Poitiers, Dijon, Caen, nd Orenob'.o between BOO and 1 ,000, wlillo Bcsaneon ban only 1 07. Prof. Leo of Berlin, thn Bhakespearo collector, is dead. His real name was Leyl, and his marriage with adsughter of the rich Hamburg lleines, the bankers, enabled blm to indulge many rnttlr eccrn tricltles. He wa prtifeseor by the grace of tho Duke of Paxe-Coburg, having never taught in a university. ne thought he looked like Shakespeare and once bent hla photngntph. gotten up in IHlzabethin dress, to Prof. Delius of Bonn, as a copy of a genuine portrait. Dellus thanked him for the gift, saying that It was a revelation to him, as be had no i.len tliut Shake speare looked so confiiundedlr Hie u J"tv. A sudden drop In the price of English ixdntlsr-s Is noted in Loudon, SirE. Ilunie Jones's four pictures of the Pygmalion eerlin, "The Hesit Prslrtn," "ilio Hand Refrali a." "Thn Onilbe.id I'ircs." "Tim Soul Attains," were oId for $ 1 1. 0.18; at the Prat en sale, three years ago, while Burne Jones was alhe, tliey brought (I7.XW.. Sir John MllUis's "The Ruling Paes.ou" bnnubt (4,141, half thn emu at which tt was bought In a .ear ug : his 'Torhnhlcn Trull," (1.835, and his 'Time wtli Ills hcyllir," frl.a'jsi, a drop of $800 slnco last tent. In spite of this Iheio will bo u sale toon of tv bat Hir I". Ituriio Jimun 1. f i. Newspaper secrets have been gitfii nwar br thn London ng AViui'i publishing tl.t'Hal oji nbiili speeches nn reported by the English lresH Associa tion. Six p"rnons bate etery word tl.ey suy printed verbatim: Lord (Ulisburj. Lord I'.oaebery, Mr. Chamberlain, Mr. Aril ur lu'.four, Kir William lUr rourt, and Mr. John Morley. t larger number 1 rut dowu to a column, the list Including, outside of members of Ihn (tbli.i t and soma nnd r n eret tries, only Lord Hcrschell, Lord tYnlsrln), sir IMuard Clarke, and Mi. Courtney Tim thnt qiurtcrujliimn llstlssmiller, out has In it Lord r'tarlt II Tcforil, Mr. Laboucherc, Mr U ., Kir Cloth Dllke, aud John Burns, the latter two, however, uiarkud "oc casionslly." Leipzig's Ftadt Thratir is subuldlzcd by the city. The director has nt his disposal three buildings, tho Old aud the New theatres, aud for apart of tho yi ar the Catnla Theatre. I'erforuituies are gitenetcry night In the j ear In the New theatre, with the exception of fast days The Old thi sire is cloeud for a short time in summer. In th last business) car ending with June, I80H there weru 787 peiformaiuea end .1,801 rehearsals Oicn was given 807 tim s. th ii pm toiy lucludlug'ni different operas and 2 oratorios ihere were 88 performances of Wagut-r, 10 uf Muzart, 1 1 of Weber, and 0 of Beethoven. Including operettas, 185 different play were glren, and thon wen 80 ariuuc of cUaalo works, mmmmmnmmmmmm MADE FAMOUS BY KIPIING. . i Lvcic or smtn .imoot.noY Enrrona , H H70 TAtKt.vn imr. HI He Admired Tb.lr 4 herb, Snld Ro, nnd jfflj AVrotv Tin-in n Let lor Wlilrli Is Sinking IIJ Them Hull In Wtuilth-.V Deluge of ( 'fjM l.tters to Authors Jfow Threatened. gjW HormiHimli'ti Selicti, in Kent, England1, In tha iSy. Bceiioor wllil fostltltles nowtulnja Tlio little ilf old woman who "nils Kliigefbieaj, nut nntl liw tnfTy Is crowing rich, nn.l tlio popping ot 4 U ginger beer exrls In lionnj In tlio land. It all m Mil camo nlxiiit through lltnlvar.1 Kipling: and v ; X fiom this tlmo. .it Hxrsniniiileti, hl.s iiatno Trill 'J K be inserted on the Imn.l roll ot paints. ojl Ml Tho schoolboys. It foojup, wero In the habit A fly ofeilltlngn smnll inngazlno enlletl tho JJudaei,' I X u hleh wni full of foIiooI jokeH ntul comments. ;. J W Us motto tun "the pop In mightier than In , HU cane.'' nml the Imivh thought It iv perloil!cl ot ,tj ' mK groat force ntul In llllanuy : but Us fanto did not .' fit riprwul beyond whool ttnlta until, alter trrelv) '(9p numbers hail been published, tho editors con fJ Ifi celvcd the Idea of consilium: Mr KipUnctipoa . aK n pertain subject. LMileiitly tho Ilrltlfth youth TO Is a HtramriT to feur An older editor vrould IR have Un own that tho uenlnl Anglo-Indian, lj In his moments ot seclusion Is not to bsi . !j approached, nnd that nn Inlorvletvwlth him la j jl a tlospcrato nnd dnnccrous undcrtaklntT tot . & any one not a pnch) dorni. With the recltleta J" confidence of youth the Inty editors rushed la jfi whoro niicels and netvsiwpor men fonr to tread. II They wrote to Mr. Klnllng. offerlns him 3 I i slillllnfis a thousand for his words upon tha In Btibjeet of schoolboy el biuctto. They quoted tho writer's own lines: ' The song I sing for tho good red gold, H J T hn rami! I sing for the white moneyi .It llut tlio best I sing for a clout o' meal ,' fuj That simple people glvo me, If nnd Intimated that If lw fnllod tollvouptohta i 1 principles It ttould be tho painful duty of tha ,' II j publisher ot tho JWtief to brand him ns falsa W, nnd Insincere. Voshlbly thn threat terrified '!p! Mr. Kiplini;. Possibly tho ncrtn of tho boys f "t roused admiration iu his oul. At any rate ho in; responded In tho following words: jjf "CxrETOttN. 1-astor Monday, 1808. ijji To the FMors .Vcsool Uwlirt. 1 1 " Qr.STi.KMEN: I am In receipt of your lottot jj j of no date, together with n copy of tho School HJil Trttitfff, Tob. 14. and sou seem to bo In posses- Min slonoralltlieolit'i'ktliat Win the least likoly to . "FHij do you any cood in this world or tho noxt. And, B furthermore, jou huso omitted to specify whero ' 'm your journal Is printed, and in what county ot -iSw Kngland Horsnicmdcu Is situated. IfflB "llut. on thu other hand, and notwtthstanda .'MB Inc. Ivory much approve of your 'Hints on Schoolboy Ktiiiuetto,' nnd send you a few more ". TH as follows: mt "1. If tou hat o any doubts nbout n quantity. a couch. In three cases out of flto this will sa0 , W jou boinc nuked to f-ny it agnln. ,' tf "2. Tho two most us.'ful boss In a form ara g (a) the mastor's f.ttoilui pro torn., (b) his pet ; U, nvorslou. Vilhu llttlo judicious management, S (n)ran knophtm tnlkliiK throtich tho first half ' W of tho construes: and (b) enn tako up the run- jfn nine for tho rest of tho timo. X. 15. A syndl- ' aj CUIO SUUIllll ilrt'l" lit II.. llitl IJIJinjsia 1,1 xutu&M Xffl for tlliH BOrti.T. - jfjj "It. A confirmed cucssor Is worth his wetcht ; j ln cold on a Monday moriiliiii. UN "4. Never shirk a master outof bounds. Tass , US him with an ahitraetpd eye, mid at tho same art time pull out n letter and study It earnestly. jl Ho may think it is a commission. i m "5. When pursued by the nntlvo farmer, nlwnyrttnke to the iinnrcst ploughed land. Moa M stick in furrows that hois can run ovor. 1 JM "tl. If it is M-ccssary to tako other people's " i apples, do it on Nunday.. 1'ou can thon put p them inside jour topper, which Isbcttorthau !l tryins to button them into a tiithtEtou. J L "You tvlll llnd this advice worth enormous r sum-, of money; but I shall bo oblluud with a .J i chock or pos-tal oidor for sKpcnco, at you j earliest convenience rmthfully yours. if This was bettor luck than thn editors had j p dared to hope for; nnd, naturally, there waa JSj Brent excitement In Horsmonilon literary clr- "S clesovorlt. No. Ill of tho Jludgct contained Mr. Afjj Kipling's letter, and. as tho boys all boucht " Jf? extra copies to send home, tho first edition waa ' fit soon exhausted. Tlioodltorsttero"nllprimmod jH up with mnjostiek priilo." nnd. whenovor a ftp lcisuio hour cam.', adjourned to a sccludod flit s)mt nnd i-nuntcd the prollts on tlio num- her of copies t-old nt a p"imy a copy. jESj They didn't yet roiillre what Kruatness was t JJ to bo thrust upon them; but in the i-onrsont a "J (K few dajs letters boiian coinlmi in from Kipling Mi enthusiasts:, who inmln n i omt of collecting; ; Rj otcrit'iinc written by him. and had heard of Li the jullv letter to tin. liiiij,irt Tho youthful I'M e.lllors wore surprised: but tlio business possl- , ht blllties of the situation mn not bv-t upon thorn : ami they luiroed louiaufv Ur Klpllne's 'jfl ail.'iilpus. tit .i sli,'hl niltaiiue u;ion the usual , Ki price uf i hi' porio In til. .... ) SM Xow No 1.1. .f ih' yticfffef Issellincfor Bovnn ; SJ sbllliiiKs slvpoiii't'. Instead .f i i-'iiny The -i f editors are ri.lllnK Iu '.tt.illh and s-tm dinctroat 51 with priidtcil U'-nerosity. Th ir pi- 'ines hato ( U boon publlslieil in several of the l.nuli-h tnnca .nil's, und their ,' 1,ft is f.ni.iis ttuoutrliout i m thelonutli nnd broi'lihor tlio I. ml As Lewis : Carroll's Hi mptv l)iini.'vH,.iil.l s j "Tliuro'a 1J( Klorv fur you. Muientr r. "Ii hiplincs ox- j amplo li'is mad" ntlior men eharlt.ibl.'. No. 14 im of the Umliiet ooiitalned a ivine'itur,- of ivlpllna w by Mnv lii-orbohni. nndauliiti'tvi.'W ttnliMnx m lYmliortmi which was verv nmitMiii: readme. va One .slim! !ers to think of the doing-of letters , 3 from ttirlous i-elirinl luiblieatlons i hlch will ,1 descend upon Knslisli authors a in result of i 1 milliard ItlplliiK'it (jonemiis Impulse; butona 3 can't help boinc Kind that hu wrote tlu lottor. , f ron v.iriir.iwiT. mmsurvruna. IS 31 The Tlflnny ("Impel to Ije I'ut in St. John jj I the Dltlne's frtpt. t The crypt of tho J!iscop'il Cathedral of St. J j John the Divine Is now bolnu Inclosed, and 3i Into it ill be pur the Tiffany hapel, exhibited ,' 5 at tho Woild'n I'airof WU'A. whn h tas rucont- - I ly mesented to tlie tiust.'os of the notveatho- dial. The reason for this .poii.lituroon tha '$ eijpt is to protl.l" a mini' flttliiK ns well as inor-coincident place for the st.'.ullly crow- , iiiKcatht'drnl cniicreiiatloii to worship Iu dur- ' Inutile loniftliim which will yet clapso befora the choir now buililliic will lm icii.ly for use. . . TlmcosKif piittini; the TIITuin eliupol Into j; thecrypt nf thiHiow ."illiedi'.il Isbeuii: mot by ns,oclnl fund raised not lone since by lllshnp ! rotter for this pill pose It Ml bo not loss than " SJ.l.tKKr. but the money tt.ll not be wholly lost, BliieoMimi) of the ttork done nil! bo atallabla for rcmoMil totbe ehoir. and. in any etnnt, a suitable plaee of worship Is requlied diirinc " tliofliroeio llvueais Ufuro tlio choir tvlll ba atailable. . ,,, ,. Work on tlio choir is pimcressim; steadily If slowly. The f.ief oiujlii to be lioriie in m Ina that I ho choir Is liuirer tlnn any chuieh In New ' York, nnd in siMtiim c-wueity will uiiproacli " tliutof nny ciiureli in the world, Up to tills ! time there has been etpen.led for material ami t Inlsiriin the cilbeilritl a little mio than 7f0.- I IKK), nnd It 1st he intention of tlio tnisteos to expend $1( O.otH) more on the eonstruttion of tlin ehoir in inl'it.)ii lotlieS'j.'. hi f,,r puttlnu h tiiiTifliinveliii'llril.itlieeiypl nnd in llltiiiir .1 the i it pt Tor pm poses of turHbii heluiu tiia end of tho eiirrunt u.ir. This Vrnr's Shlpbulldliii:. rrom the returns (.(implied by IJ lyd's Itesla- torof Klilpplniflt iipp th.it. cv linlliiK war- J shiiis. there tirorti tessels of l,:i'.'J,O0ritoiia ' UKlir. tllldllr CUIlbtl'UCllOll in ilio I' lilted liillK- doin at the close of tlio'iuiuter onduu: Jun.i.lO . i last, as comparod with 4:1.'. rnuln wit Ii a ifioss (J tonniicoof s,71,t;dl uluch worn Imllduiuut the fj end of Juno lat year. J'miii tho ond of tha 1J year IWki tho rclunm hate shown a btcudy In- k ctcu.se in the amount of tuiiiiuue iiuJor i coi.stiuetloii in tho Lincduni. and br j DoeomlsT. Itsi7. tho ttork In li.iud rcaehoda A totrxl of l,Ul:i.ijlll tons. These Humes, althoi ell i nlmostccrliiiiilyttillioutpiee.jii.Jiit in tho his- tnryof hhipi iiildinc. are now o. eded by no ,' li'hs.th.ui.Hr Mliio tons Of tie ,'imi ships n .tv m Inil'dlnutli.'ORniiit-hiiiof 47l l HriiNh, M ara ; for lluhlaiis, 11 for iuinis. ID fir llolliunl, Ao. i (JldsKiiA is i.uildiiii: 12H: lire, noil . l. New- i j cihtle. Nil. and SiiiiUeilunil,,il Tl'ulli;ilirS !l demniiMnttoclenrli tlie li,llm;poltion owp- . ' plod ny the (Mule shipbuilder i' lllI.ddlllOlilotlle.Mlllllelih .nt t.'sol,tlinre aiD nliieiy uir-dii-of nil kinds, li,. in the Lie, ,jj llit-. I.issbnttlesliltitlii. iiah'h" tuili.ilsBrades u. down tallied, nil 'i'!.' l-.i.di. U,nt. Willi a JJ tl.llll d'HIilliee'll' II "f ..tH,.s.'i LUIS, II. W III 91 13, i- ., -Hu fi ,i, i'i Hi I ,ii, -d KniKd,,m, M for the III r .h S t ii , i, Hi.ir sixteen tea. Sj sols with i .i "" ' i 'i s" of 117,(10. ft. and prit . . ..nisuioi wi ititbt ,rry-fourshipa is of l!u,!li.rloiiiitup nlu f'-i f i-.-icn Oovern- W raents tlioro are now bumu built in llrithiti Hf yards thirty ships, with a displacement of lCe , , VXb tons. jr'