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Conspiracy. —Arthur Thistlewood, the
leaflet ol the Cato Street Conepiraoy, was the son of
» farmer near Lincoln, England. Having obtained
a lieutenant's commission in the militia in 1797, he
married a young lady with a considerable fortune,
who died in a few months after their marriage. He
shortly afterward succeeded in squandering his
property in dissipation and gambling. After this
he proceeded to London, and from thence he made
occasional voyages to this country and France,
where he imbibed republican principles. He mar
ried again, and, his wife possessing some means,
his circumstances were improved ; but he
had now become a professional gambler, and had
associated himself with notoriously disaffected char
acters, which drew on him the notice of the govern
ment. When, in 1816, the riots in Spa Fields, Lon
don, took place, and the shops of several gunsmiths
were attacked for arms. Thistlewood was arrested
as one of the ringleaders, but after a time was lib
erated, there being but little proof of his guilt.
Shortly after, be sent a challenge to the Home Sec
retary, Lord Sidmouth, and for this was again com
mitted to prison. On being liberated, inflamed
with a desire for revenge, he became the principal
Motor in the Cato Street Conspiracy, the object of
which was to murder several members of the Min
istry while at a Cabinet dinner, with a view to fur
ther outrages and a general insurrection in London.
The place of meeting of the miscreants was a room
over some stables in Cato street, Edgware road,
London; hence the phrase, “‘Cato’ Street Con
spiracy.” The government having been informed
of the plot, a number of constables and soldiers
were sent to capture the conspirators. On their
entrance, Thistlewood rushed at Smithers, the
leader, and killed him with a sword. The conspira
tors, however, who were all of the lowest grade of
society, were captured. Thistlewood, Brunt, Da
vison, Ings and Tedd were found guilty, and on the
Ist of May, 1820, they suffered death in the terrible
fashion then in vogue in the case of traitors—
hanged, drawn and quartered.
Fobrest.—The play of “Rip Van
Winkle” was first prominently introduced to the
American public by James H. Hackett. His drama
of “ Rip Van Winkle” was written for him, upon
his own suggestion, in 1833, in London, by Bayle
Bernard. It was then brought out successfully,
and created quite a sensation at the Haymarket
. Theatre, Mr. Hackett’s performance of Rip being
the earliest to rank him there as a first class artist.
Soon, therefore, Mr. Hackett having returned from
his visit to England, this drama was produced at
the old Park Theatre, New York, with elaborate and
appropriate scenery and admirable effect, and had a
long run, and Mr. Hackett's Rip Van Winkle con
tinued as one of his most popular characters for
many years. Then came Mr. Jefferson, with the
Boucicault adaptation of the Irving legend, which
is based upon the same general ideas, but differs in
many particulars. The character of Rip is mate
rially altered. Barnard’s drama is more natural;
ilouoicault’s more artistic. The former relies upon
a simple presentation of a simple story; the latter
hightens the color of his picture by means of which
he is a master. The Rip Van Winkle of Barnard Is
the Rip Van Winkle of Irving—the good-natured,
careless, idle whisky-drinker. Boucicault’s Rip is
molded in a higher form—has more body, more im
agination, more sentiment.
G. H. and J. R. —The fortifications of
New York city consist of an unfinished fort at
Sandy Hook and several works at the Nar
rows, in the bay and at the entrance of East <
Biver into the sound. Fort Tompkins od ]
the bill, and Fort Wadsworth at the waters’
edge, .with several batteries, are on the West
or Staten Island side of the Narrows, while on .
the East or Long Island side are Fort Hamilton and .
an exterior battery. Fort Lafayette, on a reef near
the East Shore, noted as a place of detention for
{political prisoners during the civil war, is now use
ess. In the bay there are Fort Columbus, Castle
William, and barbette batteries on Governor’s Isl
and. Fort Wood on Bedloe’s Island, which is now
the site of the Bartholdi statue, and Fort Gibson, 1
on Ellis’s Island. Fort Schuyler is on Throgg’s
Neck, on the north side of the entrance to the
sound; and on Willet’s Point, on the south side,
there is another fortification.
International. —The America’s cup
is not the Queen’s cup. The Queen’s cup was raced
for by the “America,” but she did not win it, thi
cup being won by the •‘Arrow.” The Royal Yacht (
Squadron, at the Isle of Wight, offered a cup to be
raced for if the “ America” would join in the race.
The race was run in fluky winds and calms. One
of the contestants went ashore and two others went
to her assistance. The “ America” caught a breeze
and won. Subsequently the cup was presented by
Mr. John C. Stevens to the New York Yacht Club, to J
hold as an international trophy, subject to chai- <
lenge at all times under conditions laid down in the
deed of gift, the principal one of which is that at 1
least six months’ notice must be given by the j
challenger; also, all measurements of his yacht, and
two races out of three must be won.
J. B.—The genuine bay rum is made 1
by digesting the leaves of the bay plant (an aro- •
matic plant which grows in the West Indies,) in f
rum, and subsequent distillation, The imitation is
prepared from the essential oil obtained from the
bay plant. Mix one ounce of oil ot bay (or three ]
Quarters of an ounce of oil of bay and one quarter r
ounce of either oil of pimento, allspice or cloves,)
with four gallons 95 per cent, alcohol; then add 1
gradually four gallons of water, shaking the mix- ,
lure constantly. If the mixture should become
milky, the addition of a little alcohol will make it ’
olear. Probably the best imitation is as follows; ]
Ten fluid drachms of oil of bay, one fluid drachm ol ,
oil of pimento, two fluid ounces acetic ether, three 1
gallons alcohol and two and a half gallons of water. J
Mix, and after two weeks’ repose, filter. f
A. M. G.—We are unable to trace the ,
Original source of the quotation, “ Once a cat was
killed with care;” but in “ Much Ado About £
Nothing,” Act 5 Scene Iwe find, “ What! courage, f
man I What though care killed a oat, thou hast r
mettle enough in thee to kill care.” In “Every
Man in His Own Humor,” by Ben Johnson, Act 11
Scene 3, we find, “ Hang sorrow, care ’ll kill a cat,”
and in George Withers s poem on Christmas, this
occurs “ Care will kill a cat.” These authors being 1
contemporaneous, we should judge that the expres- j
■ions are all taken from some old proverb which was
common at the time.
E. D. A. —At one time in the world’s 1
history spinning was the occupation of almost all <
women who had nothing else to do, or during the .
intervals of other and more serious work; and from
this fact arose the use of the term “spinster,” which
became recognized as the legal term for an unmar- (
rled woman. In fact, it is still used in that sense
in legal documents as the title or addition to the
■urname. Madam or madame is a complimentary
or courteous form of address to a lady, especially an
elderly or unmarried one; derived from the French
“ma,” my, and “dame,” a lady.
Bird Fancier. — The bobolink is
called in Cuba and other ef the West India Islands,
the butter bird, on account of its fatness when it
appears In that latitude. In North and South Caro
lina it is known as the rice bird, because of its
fondness for rlee, while along the banks of the Dela
ware and Schuylkill rivers it is called the seed bird,
it feeding chiefly on the seeds of the wild rice. It
is found only in America. It passes the Winter
usually in the West Indies, and reaches the New
England States in May, where it remains until June
or July.
M. N.— ** In a game of draw poker, a
jack pot is opened; a player picks up two of his
cards and sees that he has two aces, and thinks he
has seen enough to fill, but when the time comes
to draw he finds that he has only four cards. Can
he play with them, or is it a misdeal ?” Hoyle
Says, in relation to this case : If the dealer gives
to himself or either of the other players, more or
less than five cards, and the player receiving such
improper number of cards, lifts his hand before he
announces the fact, no misdeal occurs, and he must
retire from the game for that hand.
M. D.—“ In a jack pot in draw poker.
A opens, B looks at his hand, and remarks that he
is through playing. Would the others claim a new
deal, or play the hand out ?” Your question is very
vague. We suppose that there are three or more
players in the game. In that case, B, saying that
he was through playing, does not interfere with the
others, as it is the same as if he should refuse to go
into the play for the jack pot, and the others would
not be interfered with, and may play the hand out
if they wish, or give the pot to A.
8. B.—lst. The shortest distance by
rail from New York to Florida is by the Atlantic
Coast Line, which is 1,077 miles; by the Va. Mid
land, charleston Col. and Augusta road, it is 1,107
miles. 2d. In lung diseases, where there is any
progress made in the trouble, we would recommend
Florida in preference to California; but in throat
troubles, which are taken in time or at the begin
ning of the disease, the climate of California is won
derfully beneficial.
T. M. L. —The superstition concern
ing the number “ 13” is supposed by some to owe
its origin to the number that sat down to the Lord's
Table just previous ro UJs crucifixion. There have
been a number of societies formed of thirteen mem
bers to disprove the superstition. The Thirteen
Society of this city has been inexistence some six or
seven years, and no one of the original members has
yet “ shuffled off this mortal coil.”
Claba. —Cyanide of potassium is the
only thing that will remove marking-ink from
linen. Wet the stain with water, then with a
camel’s hairbrush apply the solution of cyanide of
potassium, and when the stain has disappeared,
riuse well in several waters. The highly poisonous
nature of cyanide of potassium renders it impera
tive that it should be used with the utmost caution.
Clara. —To prevent the skin from be
ing oily, use diluted spirits of ammonia; in such
oases it will not render the skin too harsh. Wet the
tip of the finger, dip it in powdered nitre and rub
on the freckles, or rub the face with slices of lemon
and let-the juice dry in. Bathe the face and hands
with diluted ammonia just before going out, and
wipe perfectly dry to prevent chapping.
Sunday Reader. —A correspondent
kindly sends the following correction: In our an
swer, September 18th, we gave the origin of the
expression, “ God tempers the wind to the shorn
lamb,” as Sterne’s “Sentimental Journey.” We are
informed that it was made use of by Sterne and
stolen by him from George Herbert, who translated
it from the French of Henry Estienne.
David.—lst. In the case of court mar
tials held on board of United States vessels of war in
foreign waters, the finding of said court must be
approved by the Secretary of the Navy before the
sentence is carried into effect. 2d. There is no law
prohibiting the President from visiting foreign
countries while in office.
W. D. —“ Ist. A and B are playing a
game of Sancho Pedro. A bids 18, which B accepts.
A has one point to go, leads the ace and claims out.
B claims that A must play the band out, and if he
does not make 18 that he bid. he must go back.
Which is ruht ?’’ Bis right. 2d. March 25, 1852,
fell upon Thursday.
J. L.—Most all spices are more or less
adulterated. What is known as French mustard is,
to a great extent, composed of yellow ochre. The
peppers—black, white and red—are adulterated
many different ingredients. There are no inspectors’
in this country to control the adulteration of food
and condiments.
Pat F.—About the biggest giant of
modern times was Charles Birne, an Irishman, who
died in 1783. He was but twenty-two years of age
when he died. He is said to have measured eight
feet four inches. It is a strange fact that first class
giants die young.
Somerville. —There is no set date for
the Albany Day Line of Steamers to stop running,
as it all depends upon the weather, which closes
navigation on the Hudson.
M. L. R. —The time in a sailing race
is taken from the time of the vessel’s crossing the
imaginary line, and not from the time of the firing
of the gun.
| CONTENTS OF INSIDE PAGES.
SECOND PAGE•
CONTINUATION OF “ A WOMAN’S HATE.”
EXAMINING THE EYES.
NODDLEKIN’S VOW.
PRACTICAL GIRLS.
HER NAME WAS SMITH.
GENEROUS RIVALRY.
WHITTIER IN YOUTH.
ABSENT-MINDED.
SOMETHING WRONG.
THIRD PAGE:
MASONIC MATTERS: The Acacia; What’s the Use!
Third Masonic District, Brooklyn; Scottish Rite
Notes; Tyrian Lodge; Mount Neboh Lodge; Darcy
Lodge; Piatt Lodge; La Fraternidad Lodge; Ex-
- celsior Lodge; Lexington Lodge; Royal Arch Items;
Obituary; In Memoriam; Personal; Templar Notes;
Historical Data; Past Masters.
SIXTH PAGE :
LAND OF THE POET’S DREAM.
‘‘ITS OWN REWARD.”
PARADISE OF MURDERERS.
HUMOR OF THE HOUR.
A WONDERFUL BABY.
WHERE VIOLINS ARE MADE.
INTERESTING MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS.
SEVENTH PAGE:
THE GULLY.
A DAY DREAM.
THE WIDOW’S DAUGHTER.
THE MEDIEVAL MATERIA MEDICA.
ANOTHER LOST ART.
“THE TEXAS.”
SIGNS OF THE HEREAFTER.
THREE QUEER BIRDS.
A QUAKER GOLDEN WEDDING.
OUR WEEKLY GOSSIP,
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MORE SHARP PRACTICE.
Jake Sharp ought to be in Sing Sing to-day. 1
He would be there if Judge Ruger, ot the ’
Court of Appeals, had not saved him by an arbi- 1
trary and unprecedented abuse of the judicial *
power. Sharp was fairly convicted and justly 1
sentenced. His political counsel, Bourke Cook- ■
ran, of Tammany Hall, succeeded in inducing 1
Judge Potter to grant a stay of proceedings. A 1
special session of .the General Term unani- ’
moualy overruled all the exceptions of Sharp’s 1
lawyers and vacated Judge Potter’s order. 1
There was nothing to prevent the execution of :
the law. The criminal had been carefully ex
amined by eminent physicians and declared
well enough to bear the removal, his illness 1
being partly dyspepsia and partly sham. Sher- 1
iff Grant had made his prepartions to transfer '
Sharp from Ludlow street to the depot in an <
ambulance it he refused to walk. At the last 1
moment Judge Ruger stepped forward and 1
said: “Stop! . I give tide wealthy criminal a I
further delay and another chance to escape.” '
This may be strictly legal; but it is an out- i
rageous burlesque ot justice.
The city of New York, ths metropolis of Amer
ica, hangs its head in shame to see how easily
all efforts to punish one of its rich rascals are i
frustrated by the adroit use of the money he ■
has stolen. When Judge Potter interfered we
denounced his action as being morally wrong
and legally wrong. We were told that Judge
Potter was a Republican and that the Dispatch
ought to sustain him for political reasons. Out
upon such advice I We know no politics in
dealing with the judiciary. Instead, we showed
conclusively that Judge Potter was incorrect in
his law, and the four judges ot the General
Term agreed in adopting our line of argument
and sustaining our conclusions. No new points
have since been raised. Judge Ruger was prob
ably consulted by Judge Potter and feels bound
to stand by him and fall with him. But in do
ing so he deliberately insults the learning or
the integrity, or both, of five other judges of
equal rank—Barrett, Van Brunt, Daniels, Brady
and Bartlett.
The Court of Appeals may reverse the deci
sion of the General Term. About this we have
nothing now to say. It is purely a lawyer’s
question. As a rule, the Court of Appeals
seems to take pleasure in reversing the Gen
eral Term, as if to demonstrate its superiority.
But no notice of appeal has yet been filed, and,
even if it were filed, there is no just cause why
Sharp should not go to Sing Sing, like Jaehne,
until the appeal can be heard and decided. If
he were a poor man, this would be the regular
course of justice. If he were a man without
political influence, he would now be wearing
the prison stripes and eating the prison skilly.
It is an infamy that the law can be warped by
his stolen money or bis dishonest influence.
Worse than this, it is a reflection upon our free
government, for, if wealthy criminals cannot be
punished in this community; if there is one
law for the rich and another tor the poor, then
this form of government is ineffective and in
sufficient and the Socialists and Anarchists aro
right in trying to abolish it. The inexcusable
conduct of Judge Ruger has thus done incalcu
lable harm, not only to New York city, but to
free institutions throughout the world.
THE DEMOCRATIC DISTRICT ATTORNEY
SHIP.
Who is going to get the united Democratic
nomination for District Attorney ? Boss Power,
of the County Democracy, wants his protege,
Fitzgerald, to have it, and is ready to get rid of
Martine with a judgeship,in order to make room
for Fitzgerald. But, the moment the office is
thus declared vacated by Martine, an independ
ent movement is started to put De Lancey
Nicoll in the place. The friends of Nicoli, on
the poor Herald and the wily World, declare
that Fitzgerald is a boodle candidate, and that
they will run’Do Lancey against him, even if
they have to pay all the election expenses out
of their own pockets. Why is this reckless
generosity ? Why is Fitzgerald called a boodle
candidate ? Why are the Herald and the World
so anxious to head off Boss Power and put their
own man in the District Attorneyship ? Is
there an African in the fence ’ Are there any
bld accounts with the city which Messrs. Ben
nett and Pulitzer do not wish to see overhauled
during the boodle prosecutions ?
The people of New York should have some
thing to say about this matter, and their desire,
expressed by nine papers out of every ten, is
that District Attorney Martine shall remain in
his present office until every boodler and
briber has been convicted or exiled. About
this desire there is no possible doubt. The
Herald and World, which now wobble toward
Nicoll, have announced it editorially in the
‘ strongest terms. What has altered their
i views ? If Martine were retained in the Dis
. trict Attorneyship, with De Lancey Nicoll and
I Fitzgerald as his assistants, every honest citi
zen would be satisfied. The real friends of
: Nicoll would be contented to see him let loose
’ upon another boodle chieftain. Boss Power
t would wait patiently for another chance to
> promote Fitzgerald. There would actually be
no contest about the District Attorneyship.
f But, if all honest people would bepleased with
s this arrangement, then we must look to the dis
honest people for the true cause of the our
-3 rent dissatisfaction. We find it in the des
“ perate attempt to shelve Martine. We are
creditably informed that the immseuse sum of
NEW YORK DISPATCH; OCTOBER 2, 1887.
$25(1,000 has been pledged by the boodlers to
effect this object, and that even more money
will be forthcoming if it be needed.
G®* rid of Martine at »ay price 1” is the cry
of the boodlers in Canada. " Get rid ot Mar
tine at any price I” is the cry of the boodlers in
Sing Sing, “Get rid of Martine at any price 1”
is the cry of the boodlers who are under in
dictment. “ Get nd of Martine—shelve him In
a judgeship—run somebody against him—oust
him from the District Attorney’s office by hook
or by crook I” is the programme which all the
boodlers and their friends approve. They had
rather have Fitzgerald, Niooll or anybody else
than the prosecutor who has hounded them
down and made them Buffer. But how did
their programme come to be adopted in the
offices of the Herald and the World ? Why do
these bitter rivals agree in raising the same
boodle cry? Has any ot the $250,000 been al
ready expended? Everybody knows that the
independent movement for Nicoll is only a
blind. What does it cover ? If Nicoll has done
all the work against the boodlers, then how is
Martine entitled to a judgeship ? No; the peo
ple understand that to the commanding gen
eral belongs the victory, and they demand that
District Attorney Martine shall be rewarded by
a renomination. Any other policy will be suici
dal for the Democracy. Any other Democratic
candidate will be a boodle candidate, no mat
ter by what fine names he is called.
The only proper, the only popular, and the
only politic course for the united Democracy is
to renominate Martine for District-Attorney,
and select ex-Judge Bedford for the new court
of General Sessions. This will please every
body and ensure the best interests of the city.
Concerning Martine’s qualifications for his
present position there is no dispute. Concern
ing Judge Bedford, the Views of the Dispatch
have been heartily endorsed by the Sun, the
Star, the Graphic, the Telegram, the News, the
Mercury, the Home Journal, Frank Leslie’s,
the Union, which is one of the organs of the Labor
party; the Mail and Express, the Morning Jour
nal, the Commercial Advertiser— in short, by a
large majority of the press of New York. Never
before has a Democratio candidate been so
unanimously recommended. The business
men of the city, irrespective of politics, have
signed a petition in his favor, which is itself a
certificate of honor. During a long and ex
citing canvass for the nomination not a single
word against him has been printed. If the
Democratio leaders care for the press, or for
business men, or for public sentiment, or for a
spotless record, they have an easy solution of
their difficulties by putting District-Attorney
Martine and Judge Bedford upon their ticket.
If not, we shall know that the boodle ring still
rules New York, and that the Democratio bosses
are its agents.
THE STATE TICKETS AND PLATFORMS.
The Republican State ticket stands at the
head of our columns. It speaks for itself. In
opposition to it the Democrrts have nominated
a ticket composed of old party hacks. Freder
ick Cook, the present Secretary of State, identi
fied with all of Governor Hill’s mistakes, has
been renominated. Nobody else had any desire 1
to run against the worthy son ot General Grant,
whose ability and integrity even the Democratic
press reluctantly concedes. For the important
office of Comptroller the people are gravely
asked to vote tor Edward Wemple, who is an
ex-Congressman and an ex-State Senator and a
lawyer better known in politics than at the Bar.
The only qualification claimed for him is that
he has a “ comfortable income.” We hope he
may live long to enjoy it; but we see no reason
why it should be increased at the expense of
the public. Such a weak nomination in the
present state of politics is preposterous, and
argues the anticipation of defeat.
Lawrence J. Fitzgerald, the present State
Treasurer, is renominated. He is the head of
a wagon manufactory, but will have to wait a
long while before he takes another ride in the
State coach. For Attorney General the Demo
cratic candidate is Charles F. Tabor, who has
bean acting as deputy to O’Brien, and is sup
posed to be responsible for O’Brien’s wild at
tempts to invent hew laws against Republican
Commissioners. His nomination is his pay for
this dirty work. Elnathan Sweet, the present
deputy of Job*Bogart, is nominated for State
Engineer and Surveyor. At first sight it might
be supposed that the selection ot these deputies
indicates that, at last, the Democrats have de
cided to support the Civil Service reform, about
which President Cleveland talks so much and
does so little. Not at all. The Democratio
plat orm proposes to put the Civil Service re
form to a popular vote. This idea of voting for
or against laws which have been upon the
statute books for several years is very funny,
but it would be more appropriate in Puck than
in tha.platform of a great political party.
From one end to the other the Democratic
platform is rotten with such absurdities, treach
erous in its wording and designed to humbug
the voters. Even the Democratic organs con
demn its Civil Service plank as “an evasion.”
Its indorsements of President Cleveland and
Governor Hill are audaciously contradictory.
One of them must necessarily be false; for
Cleveland and Hill are as opposed to each other
in their political methods and ambitions as fire
and water. Equally evasive and false is the
plank promising “ a revised excise law.” What
sort of a revision is meant? Is it a revision in
favor of the Prohibitionists or a revision to
lighten the burdens of the rumsellers ? Is it to
give us high license or lower licenses ? Nobody
knows, and, we may frankly add, nobody cares.
In regard to the surplus and the tariff the Dem
ocratio plank is also vague. It does not dare to
say Free Trade and Pauper Labor openly, and
so a multiplicity of words is used to disguise
the intention of the party leaders.
Now, compare this Democratic ticket, name
for name, with the Republican ticket. Compare
this false and evasive Democratio platform with
the sound, statesmanlike, popular and patriotic
nlatform upon which the Republican candidates
squarely stand. It is the duty of every voter
to do this. No man ought to east his ballot
blindly because it has the name of his party at
the head ol it. The Republicans urge such a
comparison upon the voters; for they know
that the more the two tickets and two platforms
are studied, the larger will be the majority for
Grant, for reform and for the protection ot
American industries and the laboring men of
America. It is asserted by the orators of the
Henry George faction that the Democratic party
is dead. There seems to bo some truth in this
theory when we find their State Convention
simply renominating old candidates or their
deputies and unable to enlist any new blood or
brains in the most important State election for
many years. Nor is the George theory weak
ened by the fiat, stale and unprofitable plati
tudes of the Democratic platform, which evades
the real issues before the people and blows both
hot and cold in praising Cleveland and Hill.
INTERNAL REVENUE REFORM.
“ The time has come,” say the Republicans of
Massachusetts, “for Congress to carefully con
sider the question of the Internal Revenue
system.” The time has come, not only to con
sider the question, but to abolish the Internal
Revenue altogether. North, South, East and
West, all the people are agreed upon this sub
ject. Poor men complain of the useless taxa
tion which is robbing them to accumulate a
dangerous surplus. Business men complain ot
the stringency of money which this surplus oc
casions. It is said to be a poor rule that does
not work both ways, and the needloss oppres
; sions and extortions of the Internal Revenue
system are felt by all classes. Trade is demor
alized for the present, and, in the future, loom
up visions of the corruption and extravagance
i which the immense hoards of idle dollars in the
government vaults will generate and develop.
i One of the dangers of too much money is
■ evident in the present policy of Secretary Fair
child, and may ultimately result in his impeach
ment. At the request of the gambling banks of
Wall street he has consented to redeem, at a
premium, government bonds which will not
, be due for twenty years to come. This is a
misuse of the public funds, which we believe to
, be contrary to law. There is no reason why
i the United States should give from ten to twen
ty-five cents extra on every dollar twenty years
before a debt is due. The capitalists who hold
the bonds may chuckle over such financial
. folly ; but the workingmen, who pay for Secre
tary Fairchild’s blunders, will demand that
> Congress call him to account. “A New Way to
f Pay Old Debts,” used to be a popular play, but
the Cleveland administration has discovered *
new way to pay debts that will not be owing for
several generations.
In the discussion of the Internal Revenue
system, with its widespread ramifications, we
have not seen the issue made whether the
taxes upon spirits and tobacco do not legiti
mately belong to the several States, instead of
the general government. What constitutional
right has Congress to tax these two domestic
products rather than any others, such as bread,
which, like spirits, is made from grain ? If
the right be found in the clause authorizing
taxes to meet the expenses of the government,
how does this apply when the expenses are
more than met—when there is an enormous
and rapidly-increasing surplus ? The several
States have to bear all the expenses resulting
from the use of intoxicating spirits, from
drunkenness to murder, from the poor-houses
to the prisons, and why should not they be
remunerated from the tax upon spirits, if such
a tax is to be continued ? This Is a phase of
the Internal Revenue question which will re
pay careful examination.
Irish Affairs.—There was a lull, last
week, in the Tory outrages in Ireland. Nobody
was murdered. The names of the poor women
and children who were turned out on the road
side to starve did not get into the papers. Hav
ing convicted O’Brien, who continues to deliver
patriotic speeches as if no Tory judge had ever
sentenced him, Secretary Balfour seems to be
waiting, like iticawber, for something to (urn
up. It will turn up soon enough. During the
cessation of excitement in Ireland the leaders
of the English people are not idle. They are
arousing a public sentiment which will go fur
ther than Homo Rule for Ireland, and trans
form the British Empire into a republic within
twenty years. The brave champions of the Irish
cause write to their friends in this country that
Home Rule is practically won, and that it only
remains to arrange the terms in the next Par
liament. As Queen Victoria is going to India
and Joe Chamberlain, the renegade Radical, is
coming to America, we may accept these cheer
ing statements as absolutely correct. When a
battle is won the leading loemen scatter.
Elevated Advertising.—lt is boldly
stated on the advertising stations of the Ele
vated roads, that 500,000 travel over the lines
every day, and this is supposed to be an argu
ment for spending money in putting up tablets
in the cars or posters on the platforms. Any
business man can demolish this argument with
a little ciphering. There are four lines of Ele
vated roads; they run, on an average, six trains
an hour. Now, in order to carry half a million
of passengers a day, each train ot each road
would have to hold abont eight hundred per
sons. No Elevated train has ever had that
number of people aboard. The claim is ridic
ulous. Deduct from the actual number ol
travelers—which is nearer one hundred thou
sand a day than five—those who never see or
read the advertisements, and it is evident that
the Elevated roads give less value for the money
than any other advertising agents. One column
in the Dispatch is worth all their miles ot street
obstructions.
Does He Want Vindication —Were
Chief-Justice Ruger, of the Court ot Appeals, to
run for that high office in next November, how
many votes would he receive from the decent
people of the State? If Chief-Justice Ruger
wants vindication for his unwarranted interfer
ence in the case of a great criminal, let him re
sign and go to the people for their opinion of
his action.
Lit the Bascais Hang.—Some of
onr friends say, in fact a couple have written
us to the effect, that they always thought the
Dispatch was a friend if the workingmen, and
they do not see how we can be so bitterly op
posed to the condemned men of Chicago. The
men who originated the Dispatch were work
ingmen, and there is not a man who writes a
lino for it who is not and has not been
a workingman. The Dispatch has .al
ways sustained the principle of “a fair
day’s wages for a fair day’s work;” but it
is utterly opposed to a lot of blather
skites l who desire to draw honest toil
ers into trouble, while they skulls in the rear,
and shelter themselves under the plea that they
" didn’t throw the bomb.” We have yet to find
a real workingman who sympathises with the
rascals who want to destroy the purest, best
and freest government that has ever existed on
God’s footstool. Let the Anarchists hang.
It Would be a Gracious Act. —In the
opinion of the Dispatch it would be a gracious
act for the New York Yacht Club to put up a
cup to be contended for by the “ Thistle,”
“Mayflower,” “Puritan,” “Atlantic” and
“Priscilla,” and the “Volunteer” barred out.
The “ Thistle ” has come a distance of over
three thousand miles to make battle for the
“ America’s ” cup. Should that excellent boat
win the New York Yacht Club’s cup it would
keep up the spirit of the best kind of sports
manship, as American yachts would have to go
to Great Britain to fight for the return of the
cup. Of course, it would be well to have speci
fications drawn up as to the contest for the cup
in British waters. We can’t expect to have the
Britishers always coming to our waters to give
us battle. It is but fair that we should throw
down the gage of battle to them in their own
harbors and seas.
Isn’t it Strange ?—There i 3 not, prob
ably, a man on the Supreme Bench of this Dis
trict of the State who is not an abler lawyer and
a judge of much wider experience than Chief
Justice Ruger, yet that gentleman upset their
decision with a wave of his pen. Isn’t it
strange that when a convicted criminal wants a
stay ot proceedings he must always apply to a
country judge?
The Yacht Race.—The Scotch syn
dicate ot speculators, who have tried to win the
America s Cup with a boat built on the Ameri
can model, have been badly beaten and take
their beating badly. They telegraphed home
that something was the matter with their yacht,
knowing that they would be understood to
mean that the Americans had tampered with
her. They grumble because the yachts were
not started at a fixed hour, although the judges
have entire discretion as to the start. With fair,
manly sport we have a hearty sympathy, and
we respect and admire fair, manly sportsmen.
But this Scotch syndicate was formed for dol
lars, not for glory, and there has not been a
single feature of their performance worthy of
esteem. The best thing about them is their
boat, and that is now for sale. Its owners, we
may confidentially add, have been sold already.
Both Platforms Miss the Point.—
The Sun of Friday published the following
pithy, pointed and truthful remarks:
In regard to the reduction of the Federal taxes,
rendered indispensable for the purpose of aboliah
ishing the surplus in the Treasury, each party in
this State has now put forth its platform. Both of
them are in favor of maintaining protection to
home industry, and both of them avoid all mention
of the one method ol reduction which will prove
most efficacious and most satisfactory.
That method is the abolition of the internal reve
nue system. It was unknown to us before the civil
war. It was created for the purpose of carrying on
the war. It is foreign to all the habits of the coun
try previous to the war; and, all other creations and
exactions of the war having been done away with,
this should be done away with also; and when we
do away with it, the surplus will disappear.
But, curiously enough, neither the Republican
platform nor the Democratic platform has any ref
erence to this subject. Each of them is like the
play of “Hamlet" with the part of the Prince
omitted. _
Don’t Forget this Fact.—A writer
in the Norristown Herald says : “No man can
name the day on which the millennium will
strike us, but when a year passes without an
apple tree being ‘in bloom for the second time
this season,’ we may know that it is pretty close
at hand.” And when a Democratio platform
isn’t full of subterfuges the millenium is sure
to come next day.
Not Our Funeral.—“ Not the two
Theban brothers hated each other” so much as
do Grover Cleveland and David Bennett Hill.
Still, the Democratio platform praises both
these gentlemen. The Democratic platform is
formed on the old shibboleth, “ Good Lord,
; good devil.” However, it isn’t our funeral, and
i we won’t be among the mourners after next No
: vember.
Would He ?—Had Jake Sharp been a
poor deni, Without a penny in his pocket, wonld
’6biet-Ju»tlco Kruger have interfered with the
dutf process of the law ?
(Ma.
By Our Own and Other Alleged Humorists.
—-X.
•• GOD BLESS THE D UKE of argyle I"
And when the posts were U P> Scotland
manipulated its dexter andssinister. ter digits over
its erupted cuticle and uttered tb» 9 blessing
upon his Grace which has become prove*?’*)-
On Tuesday afternoon last, at abont ta?
witching hour of five, there was an extraordi
nary amount ot scratohing on the part of a
large contingent of the sons of bonnie Scotland,
who oame over here in order to be on hand and
forget their national and hereditary affliction in
the triumph of their yacht, “ Thistle.”
They gathered in groups at the tables in the
Hoffman House cafe. They pervaded the great
rotunda of the Astor House; they were omni
present in the corridors of the St. James, and
were hilariously visible to the naked as well as
spectacled eye in the Brunswick, Delmonico’s
an 4 other ol the gilded haunts of vinous fluids.
There was a bloom up6n tbo rye, and tje
odor on the thistle had the odor of an enfordJJ
ripeness.
The braw boys o’ bonnie Doon were all prev
alent everywhere, and their manly breasts
swelled out and pouter-pigeoned with the full
ness of expectant hope.
Even the newsboys and the gamins of the
street were in doubt as to whether it was Grovey
Cleveland, Sir William Wallace or Robert Bruoe
who was to be the next Democratio nominee
for the Presidency, and its pickings.
The young ladies of Park and upper Fifth ave
nue were murmuring "Scots wha hae wi Wal
lace bled, Scots whom Bruce ha’ often led,”
and sang “Thistle, Thistle, and I’ll come to
thee.”
Down there, at the British Consul’s office;
away up town, yea, even in Goatvilie, upon
which the sleepless eye—the business eye—
with the accent on business—ot Inspector Wil
liams lingers with its mildest glance—there the
‘Thistle” had the call. Baseball was as dead
and forgotten as the handmaid of Potiphar’s
wife.
“ Boulanger’s March ” took a Highland fling
into a back seat, and “ Kathleen Mavourneen ”
was lost in the depths of “Bonnie Doon.”
There was enough talk of “Thistle” to make an
army mnle’s month water.
There were also Volunteer rumors and Vol
unteer suggestions — and Yacht have heard
them.
But permit ns to Volunteer the remark that
Thistle do in the way of a preliminary tack.
Of all ti e contests tor “ the cup ” since the
time, thirty-six years ago, when it was so nobly
won by the “ America’s ” victory over an entire
fleet of English racers, this one between the
“ Volunteer” and “Thistle” has been attended,
on both sides of the ocean, by the greatest
amount of exoitement.
What was it to decide?
Ofcourse—first the possession of theeup. Sec
ond, whether the centreboard is better than the
keel to insure the greater amount of speed in
an all-around racer. Third, to afford the press
and the English and Yankees to indulge in a
limitless amount of brag and chaff and, fourth,
for the purpose of giving a chance to a lot of
people to win or lose a pile of money.
All of which questions were settled on Fri
day’s second and final race. The decided vic
tory of the “Volunteer” proved, beyond a
donbt, that the centreboard boat will always
barring flukes—outrun, in any wind, the keel
boat, hold up to the wind and point better and
reach equally as well. It afforded the full
measure of chaff desired and there were thou
sands of people who lost and won upon the re
sult of the race.
Bonnie Scotia and brother John Bull, their
heirs and assigns, and their sisters and cousins
and aunts are the losers.
Some of them any how, and some aro not.
Mrs. Langtry won a thousand dollars; John
Stetson is the richer by twenty-five hundred
dollars. Ed Aronson made more than his
year’s board and Mohican Club wine bill. Amos
Cummings is a better-off Congressman than he
was, by a majority of several hundred dollars; T.
J. French, the hotel proprietor, who bet a sand
wich against a.slice of apple pie, came out ahead,
and sold his winnings at ten per cent, profit;
the Wicked Gibbs is in a cool six hundred dol
lars; Berry Wall picked up the price of a
month’s cab hire, and J. M. Hill, it is asserted,
“ lilted” a Scotch captain clean out of his kilt
to the tune of five hundred dollars.
AU over town there were heaps of fun, par
ticularly on the final race day. The day itself
was gloomy, and, being out of sorts, had wrap
ped itself up in a heavy ulster of clouds, with a
top-capo of particularly close woven fog.
And the sky was mad, and got out its biggest
sprinkling-pot, and inundated the town so that
for a while there was water enough in the streets
for an entire fleet of yachts to race in.
That’s allegorical, but it will pass.
When the “Volunteer” was finished and
launched, its famous builder, Paine, came on
here in search of a captain who understood “the
ropes.”
He went to a friend here who is thoroughly
posted as to the ability of the leading “ rulers of
the sea.” hereabout, and said: “Now, see here,
I want a captain for the “ Volunteer.” None of
your high-toned fellows, you know. No gold
lace, fancy navigators. I want one who is
posted.”
“ In what respect?” queried the friend.
“I want you to find ma somebody who under
stands every inch of the bay, and its ins and
outs—who is up to all the tricks of its winds,
eddies and floods.”
“ Well.”
“ I want the most experienced oyster boat
captain you can find. That’s the man for me
and for the “ Volunteer.” Further, I won’t pay
him a cent unless he wins the race. If he wins
—l’ll pay him any price he may ask. Do yon
understand ?”
Five days later the right man was in the right
place, and the “Volunteer” had its master.
He was Captain Haff—and halt the victory ot
Paine’s wonderful craft was thus due to the
skill and craft of an oyster boat skipper.
What Haff don’t know about the bay, and
for an hundred miles outside of it, isn’t worth
knowing.
And he isn’t a navy officer, either. And he
never drinks behind the Barr—at least he didn’t
while the racing business was in progress.
AT THE CLUB.
Z. has just returned from Europe, and is very
blase.
X.—Glad to see you back. Did you go to
Italy?
Z Yes.
X.—Go to Venice ?
Z.— Yes.
X.—See the Lion of St. Mark ?
Z.—Yes. Saw him fed !
IMPRACTICABLE.
Oregon Man—Oh, shut up your nonsense. If
you want land, come to Oregon and get a quar
ter section for nothing.
Eminent Socialist—Eh ? That’s good. Do the
saloon men keep slates ?
“No saloon within a hundred miles.”
“ Yon shut up your nonsense.”
HE THOUGHT ADVERTISING A HUMBUG.
“ It’s all humbug to talk to me of the benefits
of advertising,” said the sour-looking man; “ I
spent $175 last year in advertising, and I was
closed out by the sheriff in January. The money
was wasted, sir; every cent of it. Advertising is
no good.
“WVhat papers did you advertise in ?” in
quired a sympathizing bystander.
“What papers? Thunder! I didn’t use any
papers. I bad my advertisement painted on
fence boards.”
SOCIAL AMENITIES.
“Is that family that has moved in next door
neighborly ?” asked one Sioux Falls woman of
another.
“Yes, they appear to be. They’ve borrowed
flour of me twtee, tea once, and sugar three
times. Then they have got our coffee pot and
one tub, and the hatchet and two lengths of
stovepipe and baby carriage, and the woman
empties all her slops over the fence in our yard,
and I see her coming now to hang her clothes
on our line.”
“ i shouldn’t think rou would like to have
them borrow things so maoh, and aot quite so
free.
” Oh, I don’t worry much about it. We’ve
got their mop and about half of their dishes,
and rolling-pin, and washing-machine, and to
dsy I borrowed ten sticks of wood from them,
and each afternoon our hired girl puts on better
clothes than the woman has to her back, and
walks up and down on the sidewalk, and to
night I’m going to put out poison for their dog.
Oh, we’re getting along nicely, and I think they
are going to be very pleasant neighbors. This
always was a splendid neighborhood.”
SMALL CHANGB.
“ Would you believe it," she gurgled,
” while I was bathing in the sea the other morn*
ing, £ nasty crab fastened itself on my toe.”
“Quite an intelligent crab, I should think,” her
lover replied. “Intelligent I Why do you think
so?” “Because it knew how to catch on to a
nice thing.” Then she blushed, and when he
attempted to take a kiss she made scarcely any
resistance.
“ The Economy House, at Jayville, is
about the worst hotel I ever stopped at,” re
marked a traveling man to his companion on
the oars. “ Yes, that’s a mighty poor hotel, but
the proprietor is getting rich.” “ I should say
he is. Any hotel-keeper who makes soup by
washing thq breakfast dishes in hot water
conldni well Avoid getting rich if he wanted
to.”
Fitznoodle—Aw, on the
“Thistle,” ye know; everybody likes “Thistle”;
all our set go for “Thistle”—named after Scotch
thistle, ye know. Fellahs ’n our club going t’
wear thistles in button-holes—great liking for
thistles. Singular, isn’t it? Fogram—Not at
all; I have always heard that donkeys were
partial to thistles.
Regarding man’s supremacy
The youth and maiden quarreled;
“The hand that wields the pen.” said he,
** la the hand that rules the world.”
Then quoth the maiden chipper.
While her red lip she curled:
“Sir, the hand that wields the slipper
Is the hand that rules the world.”
Lovbbs are prone to self-depreciation.
Said he, tenderly, as they sat looking at the
stars: “I do not understand what you can see
in me that you love me.” “ That’s what every
body says I” gurgled the ingenuous maiden.
Then the silence became so deep that you could
hear the stars twinkling.
“No,” said old Bill Squeezers, who
was down from Bodie the other day, “no, I
didn’t go to Judge Podger’s wedding. The
notice said •No oards,’ and I’m durned if can
fool away a whole evening where there’s no
chance of a little four-bit ante.”
“Pa,” said little Johnny McSwilli
gan, “ here’s a piece in the paper about • Pari
sites.’ What are they ?” “ Parisites, my boy,
are people who live in Paris. I think you
ought to know that, and you in tbo third
reader.”
Teacher—Bobby, what do you know
about the ocean? Bobby (loudly)—Big ships
sail on it. Teacher—And what do they do on
the big ships when the sea runs high in stormy
weather ? Bobby—Drink brandy and lemon
juice.
German Professor (awakened by a
noise in the middle of the night)—ls anybody
there ? Burglar—No ; nobody. Professor-
Then I must have been mistaken (and he turns
over and drops asleep again).
Out in Nebraska, where women vote,
a man bet a hat with his wife on the result of
an election. She won. When he got the bill
for the hat it was $35. Be careful how you bet
with the girls.
“Is Smith much of a botanist ?”
“Oh, fair ! He runs to trees too much, though.”
“Well, I don’t blame him. I’m afraid of cows
myself.”— Burlington Free Press.
Farmer’s Wife: “I must go home;
I have a great deal to do ; we are going to kill
an ox to-day.” Frau Professor : “ What I you
kill an entire ox at once ?”
Woman (to tramp) : “Don’t you ever
take a both ?” Tramp (sadly): “ I ain’t got
money enough, ma’am, to buy a bathing suit.”
“John,” said the wife of a Kentucky
editor, “your patent combination pocket-knife
ie all rusty—all but the corkscrew part.”
A woman isn’t fit to have a baby who
doesn’t know how to hold it, and this is as true
of a tongue as of a baby.— Exchange.
Jim Jams is the son of Jamboree.
This the genealogists who have climbed the
family tree declare to be a fact.
World of liwcirat.
GOSSIP OF THE WEEK.
The following attractions are announced for this
week in New York: “The Marquis” at the Casino;
“The Arabian Nights” at the Standard; “Dandy
Dick” at Daly’s; “Bellman” at Wallack’s; Salsbury’s
Troubadours at the Bijou; Dockstader’s Minstrels;
Mrs. Langtry at the Fifth Avenue; “Jim the Pen
man” at the Madison Square; “The Great Pink
Pearl” at the Lyceum; “A Hole in the Ground” at
the Fourteenth Street Theatre; Robson and Crane
in “The Henrietta” at the Union Square; Maurice
Grau’s French Opera Company at the Star; Imre
Kiralfy's “Lagardere” at Niblo’s; “A Dark Secret”
at the Academy of Music; Joseph Dowling in “No
body's Claim” at the Third Avenue; Frederic Bry
ton in “Forgiven" at the Windsor; James A. Hearn
in “Hearts of Oak" at the People’s; Joseph J. Sulli
van in “The Blackthorn" at Tony Pastor’s; Globe
Dime Museum; “She” at Lee Avenue Academy oi
Music, Williamsburg.
The first play of the season at Daly’s Theatre will
be Pinero’s latest eccentric comedy, “ Dandy Dick,"
which is one of the most recent successes of the
author of “ The Magistrate.” The cast includes
Miss Rohan, Mr. Lewis, Mr. Drew, Mr. Fisher, Miss
Dreher, Mr. George Clark, Mr. Skinner, Mrs. Gil
bert, Miss St. Quintan and Miss Effie Shannon, who
is one of a number of young actresses whom Mr.
Daly proposes to introduce on his stage this season.
A. M. Palmer’s official announcement of his com
pany for the Fail and Winter fidasdn at the Madison
Square Theatre is rich with the names of old favor
ites like Agnes Booth, Mrs. Phillips and Stoddart.
The completion of a new comic opera, entitled
“ One Thousand Ems," is announced. The libretto
ia by Mr. Myron Bernard and the music by Mr.
Charles Lanback.
Lotta’s new play, “Pawn Ticket 210,” seems to
have been a sad failure, and the clever little woman
has been forced to take up again with “The Little
Detective" during her Chicago engagement.
Mrs. James Brown Potter Is in Paris trying on
dresses of Worth’s making. She will probably ar
rive in this city on October 15th, on board the
French steamer “La Champagne.” Her opening is
finally set for the Fifth Avenue Theatre, on October
31st, in “Mlle, de Bressier," in which play under
the title of ‘“Civil War,” she scored her most em
phatic failure in London.
Lilian Olcott is playing in the West, in “ Theo
dora," to excellent audiences.
Imre Kiralfy’s preparations for an elaborate
spectacular production of “Mazulm,” one of the
Ravel family pantomimes, go briskly on. In addi
tion to the famous Viadis sisters, gymnasts, from the
Paris Hippodrome, the Braatz family of acrobats
have been engaged, and make their American debut
in this production. A portion of the scenery and
some of the costumes for “ Mazulm " have already
reached this city.
Joseph Murphy, the popular Irish comedian and
vocalist, makes his first appearance in this city the
present season, Oct. 17th, at th© Windsor Theatre,
when he will again be seen in one of his popular
plays. Oct. 24, Frederick Warde will be seen in a
round of his best parts.
McKee Rankin’s production of “Macbeth,” which
is underlined at Niblo’s for October 31st, next, is
already well advanced in respect to scenic work,
costumes and properties. Messrs. Maeder and
Schaefer, the artists, have, in fact, been busy on the
frames at Niblo’s for several weeks. Mr. Rankin
anticipates calling the first rehearsals next week, or
as soon as he completes the cast. He has secured
a special grand orchestra to render Kelley’s music
in the production; also a number of vocalists for
the choruses. Mr. Kelley’s work was one of the
features of Mr. Rankin’s production of the tragedy
at San Francisco, two years ago. *
Watkins’s tea party, in “ Catnip Tea,” have been
received very favorably in the West.
The Old London Street exhibition will close this
Sunday evening. It will pass into the hands of the
museum manager, G, B. Bunnell. He will make
such alterations as are required for the combination
of the museum with Old London. He proposes to
make the place one that will become a favorite
I place of resort.
Miss Helen Bancroft returns to New York next
week. She played a successful engagement with
Mr. Boucicault at the Baldwin Theatre, San Fran
cisco, in the revival of “ The Jilt.” She played the
title role and if i B said, maae B decided impression
by her acting in the new play, “ Phryne," which
Boucicault produced the last week of his stay in
Frisoo.
Lotta’s new play “Pawn Ticket No. 210,” caught
the fancy of the public at Chicago though it
has not won the enthusiasm of the press. She will
play an engagement here shortly.
Boucicault will go direct to Boston on the con
clusion of his California engagement, to prepare foi
the production in that city of his last new play
“Phryne.”
At the St. Vincent Fdrrers Church, corner Lex-
Ingtoii avenue and Sixty-sixth street, a special
musical programme hate been announced for the
present Sunday. The Solo Quartette, Mrs. Dexter,
soprano; Miss Nolan, alto; Mr. Dlckmann, tenor,
and Oskar Block, basso, will sing “ Ave Verum,” by
Millard, and the chorus, which consists of many
known young society ladies and gentlemen, will
sing Mozart’s “ First Mass." Mr. Wilhelm Mueller,
the well known solo violoncellist of the Thomas
Orchestra, has kindly consented to play. His sols
will be the “ Church Air " by Alexandro Stradello,
composed in 1662, and arranged for Cello and Organ
by Mr. Mueller. Mr. I. L. Bonn, the organist, will
be the leader of the musical programme.
W. J. Scanlan, the young Irfsh comedian and
vocalist, who has been making an exceedingly suc
cessful tour of the Pacific slope, has turned his
steps eastward, and to-morrow night begins an
eii^ a E on ient at Salt Lake City, appearing in his pic
turesqild pia7 “Shane na Laun.”
Robert B. ManteiX began his second starring
tour last Monday night, in Reading, Pa., appearing
for the first time in “Monbars," a play adapted
from the French of D’Enuery by Louis Nathal.
There was a fine audience, and the ex-Loris Ipan
off was given a cordial reception.
The play is in five acts, and depicts life in France
during the early years of the present century. In
the part of Robert Monbars, a man of the people.
Mr. Mantell has found a role of great strength, and
one in which he is given many opportunities to
display his powers as a romantio actor. He made a
distinct success in it the opening night, and was
called before the curtain many times during the
performance. “ Monbars ” will probably be seen
iu this city before the close of the present season.
Miss Effie Ellsler, “the fireside favorite," be
gins an engagement at the Windsor Theatre, Octo
ber 10, appearing in her strong emotional play of
“Woman against Woman," supported by an excel
lent company, including Mr. Weston. Last
season Miss Ellsler filled the Windsor at every per
formance, and will probably do so again.
Manager Rosenquest is actively preparing for
Miss Minnie Palmer’s engagement at the Fourteenth
Street Theatre, which begins a week from to-mor
row night, when the pretty little actress will be
seen in “My Sweetheart," and a new operetta enti
tled “The Ring and the Keeper." In the lattei
piece Miss Palmer makes her first appearance in this
country in the part of Lady Constance, and will ba
heard in a number of songs. The supporting com
pany will be an excellent one, including Mieses Car
rie Reynolds, Jane Grey, Mr. R. N. Roberts, 3. J.
Hawkins, Hal Clarendon, Charles W. Allison, Ben
F. Hendricks, and others.
Alice Harbison begins her tour in “Photos" next
Monday under the management of Frank Irving.
Miss Ruth McCann, a very clov?r and pretty
Western girl, who starred successfully last season
in “Only a Farmer's Daughter," will probably play
juveniles this year in one of Harry Miner’s compa
nies.
Wilson Barrett’s play of “Clito” was brought
out at the Baldwin Theatre, San Francisco, on last
Monday evening. According to telegraphic report
Mr. Thomas Patton made a decided hit and was
called before the curtain. Kate Forsyth and Eben
Plympton were in the oast.
On Monday night last Mr. E J ward Harrigan and
his company returned to the city, having closed
their summer’s Western tour, which extended to
and brought him its greatest success in San Fran
cisco. He will commence his regular season at the
Park Theatre on Monday, 10th of the present
month, with a revival of “The Leather Patch.”
Later on, when the rehearsals shall have been com
pleted, he will bring forward bis new play, which
he has entitled “Pete." Its events will be located
in the South, in which many New York characters
will find place. Of course, the music of the play
and the melodies of the numerous incidental negro
and topical songs will be the work of Mr. Dave
Braham. The company for the season will remain
substantially the same.
In the production of the “Old Homestead,” al
Niblo’s, October 17th, Denman Thompson has de<
elded to make an addition to the last act, intro*
ducing a real toboggan slide, with all its necessary
accompaniments.
"THE HENRIETTA.”
The production by Messrs. Crane and Robson, at
the Union Square Theatre on last Monday evening,
of Mr. Bronson Howard’s new comedy of “The
Henrietta," was, it is almost needless to say, wit
nessed by an audience which in social quality and
appearance, brought to mind the audiences that
were in past time wont to grace Wallack’s Theatre
with their presence.
It was in reality an exceptional gathering, and it
can be truthfully said that it had the gratification
of witnessing an excellent and evenly balanced per
formance of an exceptionally well constructed
comedy—-a work more creditable to its author than
any one of his previous dramas.
Of “ The Henrietta" Mr. John Carboy has record
ed an opinion in another column, but to the acting
he has made no special reference.
Mr. Crane, who has often been seen here in other
impersonations which may be classed as among the
types of the Slasher and Crasher comic school—
has never been seen to such advantage as in
his portrayal of Nicholas Vanalstyne. The meaning
of no passage in his text is neglected, and every
line finds Its expression in utterance and action as
clearly and distinctly as if its every phase of hu
mor, point of pleasant satire,or of pathos, had itself
been made the especial study of years and had be.
come an incorporated part of the actor’s nature.
Mr. Stuart Robson—with scarcely a suggestion of
the old-time squeak, which was the distinguishing
feature of his utterances—made of Bertie Vanal
styno precisely what the author intended, and, if
anything, improved upon the author s idea. Mr.
Frank Tannehill, Jr.’s portraiture of a fashionable
minister—the Rev. Dr. Murray Hilton—was so
nearly perfect that one could readily imagine him
to have just stepped from and out of “ a vestry
meeting” in Trinity church and up and on to the
stage, and absent-mindedly forgotten to change hia
costume.
Selina Fetter—ah, here, in her Mrs. Cornelia
Opkyke, is a rare species of the genus Widow, lively
case, and goyeruod by hey own sweet will—with an
eye to the main chance.
As to the acting of the remaining characters—
there is not one which is not deserving of more than
passing mention as being strongly individualized.
Mr. Stoddard’s Lord Arthur Trelauny; Mr. Charles
Kent’s fine impersonation of Nicholas Vanalstyne.
Jr., which, by the way, is the only repulsive oharacter
in the comedy, and Mr. Henry Bergman's portrayal
of the implacable man of business, Watson Flint—
all these examples must be included in this esti
timate of excellent work.
It was a happy thought in making up the cast,
that the part of Lord Trelauny was assigned to a
representative who is little more than an amateui
in his knowledge of stagecraft—for, had it been as
signed to an experienced actor, it would have been
rendered ineffective by over-acting; as it is, ths
part itself does the acting—and carries the young
man along with it—as the current of a stream would
bear along a chip upon its surface.
The stage settings were admirable and in artistic
effect were in keeping with the demands of the
comedy.
MAURICE GRAU’S FRENCH OPERA.
This opera company began its season at the Stai
Theatre on Monday evening last, with, all things
considered, a very acceptable performance of “La
Grand Mogul," in which Mlle. Julia Bennati made
her primal appearance in the character of Tema.
She was favorably received.
On Thursday and Friday evenings, “Serment
D’Amour” was given, in which Mlle. Marie Pirard
made her American debut as Rosette. She is bright
and vivacious, and as a vocalist, possesses a voice
which is more notable for its sweetness than
strength. The choruses were in good keeping and
the stage settings appropriate.
For the present week the repertoire will bo “ L»
Fille de Mme. Angot" on Monday and Tuesday
evenings, with Mlles. Pirard as Clarette and Ben.
nati as Mlle. Lange in the cast; on Wednesday, the
last time,’ “Le Grand Mogul"; en Thursday, for ths
first time this season, “La Mascotte,” with Mlle.
Pirard as Bettina and Mlle. Nordoff as Fiametta.
“FORGIVEN.”
To-morrow night Mr. Frederic Bryton, the
young, romantic actor, begins an engagement, ap
pearing in his successful play of “Forgiven," sup
ported by his own company, at the Windsor Thea
tre. Last season, when Mr. Bryton appeared aft
this house, he was greeted by very large audiences.
There is always a demand for seats to see “For
given," and Manager Murtha expects a succession
of crowded houses.
Matinees Wednesday and Saturday.. Motto—
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