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MAKERS OF
: LONDON STARS.
Ml AI|OIY THE GREAT EXGI.ISII
THEATRICAL IMN AGKHH.
ALL OF THEM IIEGAX TIIEIM «’A-
lii.l'lHH AS \< I'OIIS.
The \\ eulllilesl Is nWiiiiiiiii \\ lio
hull* n Theatre in u Tough District.
M«*n \\ l»o Mnkc l.omlon Mar*
Very little in Known in thin country of
the tbea/triujij manager* of I»mlon, tiu*
men who • the great colehribh* and
good then Afiignruii Heiuljpnm dollar. here to gather in the
Then \rf goer* hen* are familiar to a
large extent with the work of men,
but their pernonaHlj in a blank* Kven
taft>n ' if‘they thin have not. the ween poud them moat familiar people
fdde of are
with the nntiiuM of the fanion* Loudon
playhoiiNQi, micb i in ihe JI ay market,
the Alhambra, the Drury Lane, the
Grand, the Aquarium and the (‘rlterion.
Lrnvi* Waller in the head man of the
I lay market, which hit* sent mo many
farnoiiH hIhpn on their gJltiering way in
the theatrical /irniament Mr. Waller
is a retire.I actor, as are nearly all of
tiie isiudon malingers. In this country
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few «f the m&IMUfCttx ever trod the
boariia in prolYzrioniti capacity-
Mr. Waller marled liiw pln.vgo'liig life
in a aninll part in lHSif, in a play ealied
"Uncle )Bek's Darling,” which made a
tour of tin- English proviiex*. Later lie
playc-J Gilbert YattflMiu in “Oailed
Back,” and after a suneessfnl run lie
attached hil'inseif to Mine. Modjceka h
company. I lls aldlily was of such higli
order that M<xljc»ka offered him the po
Aitjon of leading man in her American
tour* If was a Ha tiering propoH'ition.
but Ik* dtvlined it, he had determined
lo sli<k to lamdon. lie subsequently
played with Kate Vaughan at the Opera
Goinique, with Mr. Willard at the Gaiety,
and with the Kendal* at the Si. James.
iMr. II. H. Morell la associated will)
Mr. Waller in (tie management of tiie
Hnymarket. He i* a sou of Ihe late ills
t.ing'uiahed throat specialiaf, Sir Morell
Mackenzie, and is an aelor of coiislderii
tde skull He is a Gain-bridge ltuin and
.xmtratited a love of stage life by Ids
suocesses in college amateur perform
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lit- made an humtde start l>y going out
with small companies through Ihe prov-
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inees, and later wefit to I-ondon, making
ltls delmt as Trip in the "Ss’hool for
Soandai*” In various plays he was suo-
eissfiil lit the Drury Latte, the Princess
and the Strand. Miss Kortesquo engngisl
him a* her business manager, ami since
then he ha* mil acted.
In addition to hi* work at the Haytiiar-
kot., Mr. Morell is associated with the
management of the Criterion, and lie has
also acquired an interest in the prosper¬
ous theatre at Stoektou-on-Tee*. Mr.
Morell has been connected in a business
way with Mr. Beerbohm Tree, who is
now touring this country and hud cm
sidertible to do with the placing of (War
Wilde's jdays, all of which have been
withdrawn from the Lairds since the dis¬
grace ami incarceration of tiie drama list.
Mr. Duly’* I.omlon Mniingcr.
Augustin Daly’s handsome Loudon
theatre is under the management of Sir.
John Farrington, who is an American
and also an ex-aspirant ifor histrionic
honors. Mr. Farrington was a charac-
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ter man of no little ability, but an offer
from Mr. Daly to art a* treasurer of hi*
Now York theatre induced hint to desert
the board*. When the London theatre
was opened in Leicester Sifuare, Mr-
Farrington was placi-d in charge, and
tinder his care it has grown to be one of
the unis' jHiptilar playhouses of the Eng¬
lish metropolis.
A I nInni- Figurr.
One of the strange figures lof mana¬
gerial life of the Liudou stage is Mrs.
Sara Lane, of the Britannia Theatre,
iloxton. Hoxtou is no gentle neighbor-
hood, awl is alsiut on a par with the
Bowery in New York, at "Boiler ave
nue” in Chicago. At the Britannia the
audiences employ primitive methods for
displaying approbation or otherwise, such
a* wholesale offering* of vegetables and
the like*
Mr*. I sine Is not far from three score
and ten now, but a he la xtill the active
manager of the playhouse. Fifty years
ago, when she was'inly sixteen, she was
famous in old women parts, and her tal
cut in till* direction so impressed one of
the audience that he sulisequeuiiy court-
cd and married her. This was Mr. lane,
and the friends of Sara Wilton thought
it was a great match-
In those <lays Mr. Lane was tiie pro-
prietor of the Britannia saloon, and when
Mrs- Ijuh- whs not attending to
her wifely dutica she would
iimuete tiu- patrons from a lit
tie wtage. This was tiie foundation of
tin* Britannia Tluofr«\ Little by UHle
the miloon part whm droppHl and th<* llie
atrieai end added to, oil under the im
mediate HUpcrviafoti the wife.
Ami so she went on year lifter year,
in til ten yearn ago, when whe t'*;k fcire
wet! <>f pauUwnime “lead/’ and <'ontent -
nl hemelf wi<h a le>« onerous and re-
wpo/itfibJe |>osjtion* For the Ia*f three
years she has watched Christina* produc¬
tion* from her stage ibox, hut she always
makes a point of playing at least onee
a year, generally in October. Since th«*
ileath of Mr. lame, in 1H71, xhe has man
aged the theatre herself, and. if report
speaks truly, site is the weallhh st the
atrleal manager in Isindon.
Her theatre never closes except for a
fow <Ih,V* before tin- paiit-omimc, and it
in unique in tin* r.-sjH-el that il i* the
only liouae in England that keep* a
stock company employed all tiie year
through. Indeed, her comiamy is al-
most as firm a fixture as hereelif. A*
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an illustration of this, tlio 108 sigim-
Mrs. Lane t>y her company and staff in
188(1 represented 1,;t54 yen is of ierviee.
On festival night, which is lunmlly als»ut
a week tiefore t'hriattnas, tiie various
membei’s of the company appear dressed
In tin- costume of the character they
have played with the most eouspieumis
smvess during the past twelve months,
ami mull one in his or her turn comes
forward to the footlights to recite a tew
appropriate lines and gather to hiniseJf
tiie good gift* of (lie “gods,” which are
thrown on the stage with reckless prodi-
gality nnd with an uncertainty of aim
that necessitates tiie temporary removal
of such fragile articles as glass chande¬
liers, etc. The theatre holds upward of
4,tHK> people, and its pieces usually run
from three to nine weeks.
Tin* <*rjin<rM Mn mi K«*r.
Mr. ('luu*it‘8 Wihnot is {ho iman who
I<h»Inh out. for the interests of tho (Irand
’rh«*atre, Islington. He is ^ a rich
,nl,m ' In I -SG!) lie purr hast i. the once
famous Coie Hole, now Hie site of Ter-
ry's Theatre, for it few hundred pounds
ami made a fortune out of it it was
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but lie made a great bdliard establish-
metit of it. and In I87T he sold tiie place
for RMHKI poundth lie immediately em-
barked in the theatrical business, open-
tag Duke's Theatre in tS7S. lie was
financially ruined 'In July of 1880 by the
burning of ids theatre. It was complete¬
ly destroyed, and was uninsured.
Then he turned Ills attention to an)us-
mg the provinces, and in rime practiceJy
controlled that profitable field. Later lie
seeured the old Grand, at Islington and
after four years otf success lie saw it
burned to the ground uninsured- He im re- n
I,,,;.* *i- *«, ‘ . ,X> I 1 /,! , a,H<> , ^ured con-
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, or the . t 1>tujmo lheatre, Strand, l>ut
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the hitter was not a success.
Forty years ago Mr. Wihnot was otic
of the leading actors in Australia In
the "Sixties” in Ixmtfon he also enjoy^i
considerable reputation as an actor i„
I ,... .' ' l ), n ; n n .,1 ' ul ... "•'* mwewted
nitlt many <« r the leading star* of gen-
a
era Hon ago-
n tenia tic and Kegalnr,
Douglas Fox, of the Alhambra, is ered-
itial with being the youngc.st-looking man
otf fifty-two years in tho whole city of
Loudon. He docs everything with the
regularity of clockwork, lioth in his busi-
ness and private a fin ire. This system
he regards as the best road to longevity
When a l>oy he was a chorister in St.
I'aids Cathedral, and took part in the
funeral ceremonies of Turner and the
Duke'of Wellington- In early life lie
became a member, amt later secretary
of the Dramatic Autlvrs’ Nodety, which
brought him in contact vvtth many play-
house managers. 8ul«seiinently he was
engaged as business director of the Glolk?
Theatre, and later he was associated
with 8ir Augustus Harris otf the Drury
Lane. He had much to do with London
successes of Minnie I’liiiu-r, and for
some time directed the affu.rs of Covent
Garden.
The Vi| in, rtiim'* Director.
To Josiah llitchie is due the wide pros¬
perity of the Aquarium, one of the most
popular amusement places in Londou-
Mr. Ritchie was a deutist and had prac-
tieed twenty-eeveu year*, aivcnmlating
ft large fortune. He retired intent upon
devoting the rest of his life to enjoy¬
ment, when tiie affairs at the Aquarium
became liatlly demoralized, He was
hugely interukted in it, and lo save it
from financial disaster he jumped in and
took it* manag«m< nt upon his own. shoul¬
ders. Today it ia one of the best paying
houses in I/ondon*
The Oiliest English Actor.
Any story about the London managers
would !«• incomplete without mentioning
Janu-s Doel, the oldest living English
actor. He was ninety-one years ohl the
13th of March lust,
Though he is better known in the \\ eat
of England than to tiie playgoers of the
English inetro|*«i)*, it Is still interesting
to bear of one who played h'irst Grave-
digger to Ldinund Kuan’s “Hamlet,*
and First Witch to Mat-ready'* "Mac-
belli.” In "The Hunchback.” when
Shei-Plaii Knowles was tiie Master \\ al
ter, Doel played a secondary pari, and
in I lie "Stranger’’ he played Peter to
Miss Cushman's Mrs- Haller.
AI (he Prince George Hotel, Stone-
house, Devon, this venerable actor, the¬
atrical manager and proprietor is still
found hale and hearty, and as full
Lrn a*s ever; and, a* one would nat¬
urally expeet, he i* greatly respited by
his felloav townsmen. Mr. D.s-1, or as
Ik- is fuiuhlurty railed "Janies, ’
more
is truly a marvellous host, and i« only
P^cus<d to chat upon bis extensive
experience* tu bis nuuierous interview.
uik. I’rabably the first thing lie tells hi*
visitor is of lux unique claim to have
been born in two counties, explaining
that Maiilcu Bradley, on the bonders of
Wiltshire and Somersetshire, was his
unlive place, tiie room in which he first
saw the light having been situated over
tiie stream which divides the two; and,
perhaps, that the great age which he
has attained is no exception to the rule
of tiis family, for in Stoke Churchyard
three of hi* aunts were buried whose
ages averaged 101.
A riowninii on I^’i 1111 iic*i* ,
“liiM S Uktv u man with heart so head
but often 10 himself ho tsaid
'Us in my own my native land?”
< )n the Kreal. question of linanee ahe
public may hi divided into two Kiand
Ml visions, those who favor bimet.uiiem
and Uiose who favor monomeiailisrn. One
division is in favor of silver and tfold,
the other in favor of gold alone as •‘re¬
demption money." These two grand divi¬
sions may bo divided imto two oth<r sub-
grand divisjons, namely: Those to whom
the above patriotic quotation appl/ and
tney doubtless are the more numerous
and are found on both sides of the ques¬
tion. Thu other division are more or less
govrrm d by their material interest anil
embrace those who hold gold and gofid-
paying securities and those who mine and
hold silver bullion. Patriotism suggests
that all personal inbmst must give way
to that which is for public good.
The most profound principle in political
iconomy now agitating the public mind
is that of firiiinee. Politicians look at it
unconsciously as a political! question and
overlook the economic side and this will
apply * apprehend to the article from
the lion. VV. ii. Fbtming which you pub¬
lished and properly commend so highly
and for which he has the congratulation
of ills friends among whom 1 take the
liberty to class myself. 1 would like with
your permission to notice some things
stated in that above mentioned article.
In ihe first place it looks to me more
like, a political address than an argument.
Mr. Fleming speaking of raising silver to
its “normal condition” by legislation. My
notion is as far as this country and Eu¬
rope are concerned it occupies its noma]
condition now, as a metal, do coin it. into
money ta (o give it an abnormal position.
Ho next tells us about the Chicago plat¬
form, President Cleveland, war, Cuba,
Monroe doctrine and lays down the tunc-
tlons of money in three propositions
which ivory one knows who buys or selils
anything and then threshes the old straw
that we are almost tired of shaking in
1 lopes of finding a few grains of wheat,
that if a man buys on credit and what he
has to sell corn, cotton or real estate falls
In value making It harder for the debtor
to pay Ills debt, ho asks: "On what prin-
el pie of justice or equity can the borrow-
cr be made to pay back a principal sum
of greater purchasing power than the
sum he received? How can the lender de-
imuid any more and reverse the position.
suppose Ibuy on credit a horse, a bale
of cotton, a house and either one, or all
of thum advance In price where would
lie the justice or equity in my paying my
creditor only the sum 1 borrowcu. it I
buy a mule for $1<K) on time and sail him
afterwards for $150, how much will jus-
Uc, ’> equity or the common usage* or men
r, * iuire 1116 t0 pay l>a<,k - ,n referring to
wit hout notice,
Mr. Fleming charges all the financial
woes to stationary action. The fall in
values he charges to the demonetization
of silver and by reversing that action we
would have higher prices and greater
prosperity. Now, it is conceded that the
fall in the price of silver was coincident
with the fail In values. Now does Mr.
Fleming give the reasons between his
premises and conclusions, only that it is
*»■ When ltlrst sold rials they were im-
ported. .hiUid made, wrought nails and
lh< '" 80,(5 for 10 or 12 P *' V1,S J' cr >>e
‘ h ° v ' 1U atr " >»aek*mtth 25
touts for laying' a plow , point, now vou
can buy a now plow point for 8 cents and
so on many factors go into the problem
of low prices. Reduce th« acreage and
P r,ots "'ill go higher. A crop of 6.000,000
hn,es would bring as much money as one
of and 80 ° n - 1 ^ould say more
V," 1 ' have s ? i ' 1 500 much ’ 80 " h< ' n
Mr. Fleming runs for Governor and your
honored self for poltttcal preferment I
will vote for each offices] of you provided you
run for different that Is If 1 live.
PLOWMAN.
THY HAND.
If I could head thy hand. oh. rnabt divine.
I’d h ippy In- the world would ad l>e ufiue:
M.v s.»u: would drift on high.
My lillss (all. me. I sigh!)
Would be complete If I
Coital hold thy ha ad!
If I lsiuM Ins'.d fliy hand, sweet Eleanore.
I’d dicky 1 h- I’d ask for nothing more.
With it 1 eoufid ilefy
’Pie- pricks at sorrow. Why.
I would l>c rich if I
I Could hold thy baud!
If i could hold Uiy hand a moment now,
Al! things tw-fiuv my great delight would
how*.
Those royal four oh. uiy!
The jackpot I would t> y
I'o gather hi If !
Could hold thy hand!
—Boston Courier.
“He draws water over his pwn field,”
Is more readily comprehended by the
Japanese than our expression, "He feath-
! ers his own nest,” would be, though tt
! conveys the same Idea. The French come
f nearer with 'the saying, "Each draws the
water to his own mil!."
MAJ. W ALLACE IIP ID.
Ill* Wiim One of (icornin'N Mont
{ilfled Soiim.
By Southern Associated Press.
Atlanta, Ga-, May 3. Muj. Campbell
Wu'l aiv, one of Georgia’* oldest, and
foi' thirty years one of her moat promi¬
nent citizens, died » 1:1:30 o’clock to-
night. He d«*Kecnd -£ from the Siaitcb
Wiibae -. lie was I uni in North Caro¬
lina in IMki. In early life he was a
mcr‘ haul, in 1853, while a resident of
Knoxvill”. T 1 - 1111 .. MaJ. 'Wallace became
(lie president of tin- East Tennessee,
Virginia and Georgia, building it up
into a splendid prop rty, an 1 extending
its lines from Cleveland to Chattanooga
and Knoxvi’ie During the -f ar he reu
del d valuuld" aid to tin- Confederale
Government by removing troops from
one point to another. On tin* retreat of
Gen. Bragg fr 111 Kentucky Maj. Wal-
lace transferred as many as 60,000 men
from Knoxville. Tenn,, to Bridgeport,
Ala. The transfer of these soldiers
a as made under trying eireiimslanois-,
1 , 1,1 realizing tin- inq or an e of moving
Gen- Bragg’s army In never flinch- 1 .
11 ref lined a brigadier's command te
*■. 111 ■ In- consiip i'ed ins railroad expe
rieliee III 'Ic Uilliab.e 1 1 * tile Coliiederaey.
After tiie war h • was promptly par-
tinned by Presid lit Andrew Johnson,
who was a warm persona! friend and
im glibor for many y< tins.
Alter ill • war Maj. Wallace came to
Atlanta. He was on his way lo Bartow
• indy I a pirn-lias • a farm 011 which lie
expected lo live when he was placed by
Gov rii'■ r Jenkins ,1 charge of thi¬
ll’ slern ami Atlantic Railroad as sn
1 r ntendciit. This was in 1866. He de
v,ded himself with all libs skill and
brents as an ign Hirer to the work of
ivhu 1-ling He- toad, uul suce^edrd in
making it tile best road in the Slat •.
Aliinvard he was a I-anker in Atlanta,
a:.d was chairman of (h ■ Georgia Rail-
ro-nl Commission. He accumulated a
large fortune. His life was pure, and
lie was the friend of all young m.n,
numbers of whom lie helped to start in
business. He leaves several children.
ti . HIXGTDY III DGET.
( ivil Servlet* < <»mmIwHiotier Lymaii'n
I(i‘.siKnaiiu>i u C<*r<m»ty.
By Southern Assovia-tcNl Press.
\\ ;» hin^ton, M vy H.—The rwi^nation
of Phil Service (’omrnis^ioiHT Lyman
is mnloiih'lcdly in the lianid's of the Pres¬
ident, hint no ollieval annouwemeivt of
Un* MwiWer <*an he ohlaiiHMl from ei-ther
the W’fliMc House or Mr. Ivymian liiin-
s -ir. r riic kiMor refuses fco talk u<x>on
I'he siihjeet. Tiie u innoiinoeiment of tihe
resr,-inadio 11 and -Uhe appolnitment of a
new eomrn'issioncr will pn>ba*bly come
out ;il the same tun** vuth I'he unmonnee-
(merit of Comm.sicklier Koohc velt’s suc¬
cessor.
Some years arjy> Mr. Lyman appeared
Id fure ;i coiu^ressidiiKi 1 etdmiin.iftiet' to an-
s»\vei* '.i xiharjre of favoritis<iu tow unis re
(Ives uud '.i'Mu'r ,iD«’um;rt iork e-mvn-etded
with his jHisition eomiliis.sioiLeir. Two
report* were made in whinh Mr. Ly-
iniiijt \vm se\( rdy censured, hut the
rep'tnr 1 s nevt><• cu ine he“ft h 4 e the 11omse
for a<e*Mioii. Since t li nf him * n ruinor that
or. Lyman would leave -Ihe eorn-mls
slon has been piwalenit eveiy few
momths.
The trei-irury rrircillation sh.l« meirt for
April s'hows t'h'i't dnnn«: Vhc month the
eiivulaitiou of all kinds of money in Ihe
TJn.ifed Staites im* rented 15,240.7.^0.
making the e-ircukitdon ou May 1
’I’UJo-I. or ^22.1)7 per capita. As
mi repaired wit h ALiv 1, 1S04, th e tot al
e.ireulation bias dccj'ei.v^ed .$92,000/100.
The A l lamia finally jroit a way from
Key Wcfdt 'this morning: for Oreytown.
x Piere she is expected to arrive nevt
Monday. She mway not li^ off that ]s>rt
inor<* than n wei^k. as the MoiHta?onue.ry.
with the eniprinecr eonnmiss-jon. will leave
Mobile next AViKhwday when, if no rev¬
olution weerms imminemt. bu't onie vessel
wiM he required to protect Ainerktin
property at the eastern entrance of the
pnxfKksKsl cmU4i]. Tn that event the At-
!:vwla wdll revisit <’olon in nil probability.
AC TIVITY IIV ATLANTA
A Phenomenal Crowd Is Ilt-iiig Pre¬
pared For.
ty Southern Associated Press.
Atlanta. Ga., May .’5.—The executive
Kutuiltec of the Cotton States and ln-
'rnatUuuit Kxpcsitlou lias ileteruuiicd
i i offer a Isinns for the construction of
cuijHirary .lintels to a<'eoimnoiiate visi¬
tors. Advices received from ail the
States tudieute it great crush in At¬
lanta and the exposition management
lias determined to take vigorous meas¬
ures to relieve tin 1 pressure. Atlanta
Ims in process more building then ever
before. It is ailnnis: inipussible lo rent
a house at a reasonable price anil build¬
ings are going up by bimdreils in every
part of the city. Boarding house* are
ii'uKiplyiug a ltd ii lies become absolute¬
ly necessary to build temporary struc¬
tures by the wholesale, in order to give
strong slimttltis to such work, the exe¬
cutive committee determined today to
offer a bonue of about 83 per cent, of
to - cist of the structure and will leave
a large margin of profit for the build¬
ers. This is expected to cause a rapid
inflow of investments. A special com¬
mission. including a number of tiie
ablest men ou the board together with
the standing committee of public corn-
for: is charged with the execution of
those plans and the lumber men in At¬
lanta will have a meeting shortly to take
c tin erted measures with this end in
view.
THE 1)1 IttVI' TRIAL.
Tl»e Net Fulling: Closer and Closer
Around' the Prisoner.
S.ui Francisco, May 8. Martin (Jitin-
ian. attorney, was :he lie.-t witiuvi* call¬
'd when the for preliminary of examination
of Durant’ the murder Miss I.h-
mont was resumed thi* morning. lie
testified that lie saw Durant ue onipaiiicd
iv n girl, going tow ards Emanuel church
about 1:13 o’eloek on the afternoon of
April 3, the day the murdered girl dis¬
appeared. 8he lull) some books with her.
She was dressed Itt a garment of dark
material and wore n handsome pocket-
book which was produced in court. Wit-
ess was positive Durant was the man
seen w ith her as he had seen tiie prison¬
er a number of tiuus in tlu> vicinity of
he church. The cross examination of
the witness elicited nothing of Impor¬
tance.
Slenmer I-ost.
New Orleans, May 3.—Advices
reaclunl here this afternoon report the
loss of the large stern-wheel steamer
Whceliick. aliout 75 miles a Live the
mouth of the Red river. No lives were
lost, but boat aud cargo is thought to
Ik- a total loss. The insurance is also
unknown. The steamer was valuei at
? 10,0*XI. It was owned by the Texas
and 1’arific Railroad t'onqxiny. I»nt was
ebartereil to the Red River and Coast
, Line.
Society.
I.
I lookfxl and saw a splendid pageantry
Of beautiful women and of lordly men.
Taking their pleasure In a flow ry plain,
Where poppies and the red anemone,
And many another leaf of cramolsy,
Flickered about their feet, and gave
their stain the grain
To heels of Iron or satin, and
>f silken garments floating far and free,
As In the dance they wove themselves, or
strayed lightly smiled and
By twos together, or
bowed. pastime, unafraid
At games of mirth and
In their delight; and all so high and
proud. the earth whore-
They seemed scarce of
on they trod.
II.
I looked again and saw Unit flowery space
Sllrring, as If alive, beneath the tread
That rested now upon an old man's
head. face,
And now upon a baby’s gasping
1 ir mother’s bosom, or the rounded grace
Of a girl’s throat; and whait nad seemed
the red and
Of flowers was blood. In gouts
gushes shed frolic
From hearts that broke under that
pace. from out the dreadful
And now and then
floor from the
An arm or brow was lifted
rest. Implore
As If lo strike In madness, or
For mercy; and anon some suffering
breast and
Heaved from the mass and sank; as
before thronged and
The revellers above them
pressed. Howells In Harper’s
—William Dean
Magazine.
II,mv (lie New Remedy for Diphthe¬
ria Was Dlseovere,!.
A number of series of experimental ob¬
servations regarding the nature and
causation of diphtheria preceded the dis¬
covery of the new remedy. These be¬
gan with the discovery of the diphtheria
bacillus by Klebs in 1SS3. In the fol¬
lowing year, 1884, the organisms de¬
scribed by Klebs were more carefully
studied by Loefiler, were cultivated out¬
side the living body, and diphtheria, or
a disease resembling it, was reproduced
in animals by inoeulatfug them with the
cultures of this germ. Loefiler was un¬
able, however, to reproduce the various
forms of paralysis which frequently fol¬
low diphtheria, but Roux nnd Yersin, in
Paris, in 1888, succeeded in reproducing
artificially, by the inoculation of ani¬
mals with cultures of the diphtheria ba¬
cillus, a perfectly characteristic diphtbe-
retic paralysis, and they were also suc¬
cessful in separating from the cultures
of this organism a poison (the diphthe¬
ria toxine) with which they also pro¬
duced paralysis in animals. Then Behr¬
ing and Kitasato, in Berlin, found that
by the inoculation of animals with the
poison obtained from cultures of the diph¬
theria bacillus they could be gradually
rendered extraordinarily insusceptible to
both the poison and the diphtheria bacilli
themselves. They further showed that
this insusceptibility or immunity was due
to the formation and presence in the
blood of some substance which it li skiot
been possible to separate chem’eilly,
and which is known as the diphtheria
amti-toxine, or, from its wonderful action,
the curative serum. Then followed ex¬
periments by Behring, Ehrlich, and other
observers in Germany, and Roux in
Paris, experiments designed to make till-
discovery practically available for the
prevention and treatment of diph!h~ria
in the human being.
The first important results of these ex¬
periments were published in the early
pafrt of last year, and they showed a
striking diminution in the mortality, in a
series of cases of diphtheria subjected
to the new treatment. The results oh
taied in the first cases have been more
than confirmed by subsequent experi¬
ences in the treatment of this dis- so.
The Large Firing Squirrel.
The 1-inr- red flying squirrel is in
teresting, but not beautiful. It is whol¬
ly nocturnal, and, like most nocturnal
'niiniels. is extremely surly and .spite¬
ful if disturbed in the daytime. Tt is
as large as a eat. with a face like a
rabbit’s. Its coloring is extremely bril-
nroaister in a Chinese painting. The fur
la.nt for a iu«mmfil. and in general ap-
pearamie It Tpsemibles some ourin-ns
is rnli ami deep chesmit on its back,
light chestnut leiorw. it* head white, and
its eye a dull, pale gray.
The wide parachute membrane
ladween its lops is covn'red with far.
and its tail is long, thickly furred, “fly,” and
round. This squirrel does not but
in the proi>er sense of tiie word, in
the forests its parachute n.emhnuie ans¬ well
wers its pnnsnse a-lniost equa-ily as
as wings. It rums wi-tii a woml-rful
agility up the trunk of the tree, and
to the end of a branch, and then taken:
it flying leap, with its lambs extended
to tin> utmost, and the wide flesh mem¬
brane stretched.
This “aerial slide" carries it forward
and downward to a horrizontai distance
of pt-rh-ans forty or fifty yards, and it
is noticed -that, as in the ease of lil-ds,
when making use of their powers of de¬
scent with fixed pinions, the squirrel
throws itself upward and ascends Slight¬
ly at the oiose of the "flight, perching
on tiie lioiigli it aims at with all the
lightness of a pigeon descending r n>m
a tower to some point upon tiie roof
below.—The Spectator,.
l'EOPLK YOU READ ABOUT.
FLETCHXR—Stoughton Alfonso h’leteher
who died in Indianapolis the other day,
was tor many years one of the best
known citizens of that city, and was
identified with its material impress
from his early manhood.
DEEMS—Rev. Francis M. Deems and
Rev. Edward M. Deems, sons of the
late Rev. Charles F. Deems of tne
Church of the Strangers, New York,
are engaged in preparing a biography
of their celebrated father.
STRINBERG—August Strlnberg. the fa¬
mous Swedish novelist, is said to be
hopelessly till in Paris. Despite his for¬
mer large Income, he Is also reported
to be poverty-stricken and depended!
upon hts relatives in Copenhag-tn.
JOHNSON—T. F. Johnson, who Is talked
of as a probable leader of the Republi¬
can party In Georgia, Is a son of H.
V. Johnson. Governor of Georgia, a
United States Senator before the war,
and Vice-Presidential candidate on tne
ticket with Stephen A. Douglas tfi 1R60.
WILLIAM THE SILENT—The Holland
Society of New York City want to erect
a statue costing $40,000 or $50,000 to Wil¬
liam the Silent. Prince, of Orange. The
society has nearly 900 members and
membership is restricted to men who
can trace their rodis-ree In an unbrok¬
en male Hno bock for at least 225 years
to a progenitor wbo was a Dntcb cltt-
zon living in America when New York
was New Amsterdam.
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SEEKING YOUR SMIKES.
Hobson—I understand your daughter is
taking great pains with hey singing-
The Poor Father—Taking is not the
word: "giving’’ is more like it.—Phila¬
delphia Record.
Edgar—The laundryman Is going to
bring his mother back from China with
him.
Margy—His mother? Well, I never
heard of a lady Chinaman before.—Ex¬
change.
Second llusliaiid—Whait did you put on
your first husband’s tombstone?
Second Husband’s Wife—At rest.
Second Husband—That was proper. -
Philadelphia Inquirer.
Mistress—Do you believe In ghosts?
Nursemaid—I do. Indeed, ma’am; there’s
nothing like ’em for keeping Roy quiet
when you are away.—Chicago antcr-
Ocean.
Chicago Visitor—What would you do
if you was me?
Poston Maid—Well, the first thing I’d
do I beliave, would be to take a few les¬
sons in grammar.—Detroit Free Press.
Hangtey Greenes—The poolrooms are
closed and there Is no place to gamble.
Von Digger—If it's a sure thing let’s
gamble they won’t open again—Philadel¬
phia Inquirer.
Mrs. Naber—Your husband Is til Isn’t
he? ■
Mrs. Shaller—Yes, quite ill.
Mrs. Naber—Do you think he will live?
Mrs. Shaller—Oh, yes, he’s insured.—
Roston Courier.
“I don’t bdtleve women will ever run
for office as men do. They-”
“Great Scott! Run? They’d have to
slop every little hit to find out ilf their
hats were on straight.”—Washington
Stair. with the
Author—What’s the matter
dialect In that Story? Isn’t It plain
enough? that’s the trou¬
Magazine Editor—Yes.
ble. Anybody can read ft without a glos¬
sary.—Somerville Journal.
"You say, parson, It’s never too late to
quit, drinking and reform?”
"That’s what I say. It is never too
late." I
“Well. then, there is no hurry, so
guess I’ll wait awhile.”—Texas Siftings.
Mrs. Rash—ITow do you manage to get
vonr rook up so early?
Mrs. Dash-Well, l hunted up a young
and good-looking milkman and hired him
to come at 5 o’clock.—Louisville Courier-
ournal.
I’l'EMS OF JNTt'P ST.
A company organized to build an elec¬
tric railroad, with underground conduit,
on Indiana avenue', Chicago. Is Incor¬
porated with $5,000,000 capital.
The nnrs iry triclcle has appeared in
1 ondon. Tt contains two seats, one for
1 he mistress and one for the maid and
her charge, and has two pair of pedals.
Artificial teeth were made of Ivory,
placed in plads of the sarr- material,
and held together and In place pv gold
wires and rivets. 500 to 1,000 years H. C.
There are on the face of the globe some
HO,000,000 of English-speaking folk. Of
these, roughly speaking, three-quarters
live in Scotland. Ireland. Wales, the Col¬
onies and the United States.
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