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Irving nd Terry In Atuerlcit.
The return of Henry Irving mid El
len Terry to this country nftor nn ab
sonco of two years attracted to tho
Knickerbocker theater, Now York, tho
thcr night, tho finest, although not
.he most fashionable, audience of the
iwison. They were accompanied, as
isual, by tho company of tho London
Lyceum. Tholr welcome was nB cor
lial and slnccro as It has been In tho
task Tho play was tho historical
Irama "King Charles I," by W. 0.
Willis. Mr. Irving appearing as tho
English king and Miss Terry as Quocn
'lonrlotta Maria. It was first pre
sented at tho old Star theater In 1883
tnd has been revived at Intervals
tincc, but It Is a plcturo of roynl mis
try and domestic suffering too pnthet
w and painful to warrant frequent
presentation.
Tho nudlenco clearly Indicated Its
SIR HENRY IRVING.
(Who began His American Tour With
Miss Ellen Terry In New York
tho Other Night
attltudo to tho play. Its admiration
of Mr. Irvlng's splendid, dignified and
pathetic porformanco was evident; its
appreciation of tho flno poetic and lit
erary qualities of the play could not bo
doubted, but that tho tension of Its
dark, unrelieved pictures of mental
tortures was too trying oven for aes
thetic enjoyment was equally certain.
Tho breaking of the shell was a pleas
ant relief.
The Uuks ilit Tnllyrnnd.
The Duchcos do Tallyrand ot Sagan
has had qulto a series of difficulties In
clothing her son for his mnrrlago to
Miss Morton, and has twlco been
obliged to inroko tho courts to her aid.
Owing to tho condition of tho Duko do
Tallyrand ot Sagnn tho duchess was
forced to attend to all tho legal fea
tures ot tho marriage. In order to
avoid family complications shq ad
dressed herself to tho courts for per
mission to glvo nor son a wedding! uut
of $250,000. Tho courta granted tho
request, particularly as the duchess do
Clarod sho hail ovory right to dlsposo
of such sum ot money, as her own dot
had been $2,000,000. At tho last min
ute, howovor, thoro was a complica
tion In tho matter. It is Raid tho
brido'a fathor did not (lnd $2G0,000 suf
ficient. Whatever tho real renson, Just
beforo tho marriage tho duchess has
tened to Paris from London and again
asked tho courts to allow Iter r, add
her superb resldnnco and gardens to
tho dot. A day or two before tho cero
mony tho courtB granted tho duchess'
request, and Miss Morton, now Count
ers Boson do Perigord, will in conse
quence prosido over as ltn absolute mis
tress ono ot tho most beautiful homes
la Purls and ono full of historic asso
ciations. Ulrl Call lllm Horrid.
Dr. Bradford Is not popular with tho
women ot Bayonuo, N. J., becauso ho
DR. BRADFORD.
Is backing Health Commissioner Meigs
in tho lattor'B efforts to make tho
wearing ot short skirts compulsory.
Mr. Mclgu would punish by flno or im
prisonment any womnn whoso Bklrt
comes closer to tho ground than threo
Inches, nnd Dr. Bradford says ho'a
right, as trailing skirts nro great
Hurcadcrs o disease by uwcoplns up
tho fturntb Kna microbes.
Our Vlrst City FreMdnit.
"It ubould not escape attention,"
iaya tho Review of Rovlows, "that ot
til the long lino ot Illustrious Prcsl
Icnts, Theodore Roosevelt lu the first
to bo born and brought up In a great
;lty. Other President havo passed
over to cities, and bo havo becomo
more or less Identified with city con
anions and city life, notably Presl
tent Arthur, Clovoland and Harrison;
Out Mr. Roosovelt In tho first Presl
(Dent to represent and to reflect in hlo
very fibre the cosmppolltanlstn of tho
great modern city, and that city New
York."
SAYIHtiS aaTPQIlltiS
A Harvard SocUlUt
II. Onylord Wllshlre, son of a Cin
cinnati banker, a graduate ot Har
vard University, and tho fiery editor
of the leading so
cialist nowspnperof
the United States,
transferring h 1 s
publication from
Los Angeles to Now
York, finds tho
pathway not ono of
roses. Tho govern
ment ofllclalo por
celvo In Its threat
ening utterances
undcnlrnblo. senti
ments, and further that it docs not
justify a plnco among legltlmnto nows
papors, by being almost wholly an ad
vertising medium.
When leaving California this Is how
WlUhiro was proclaimed by tho 8an
Bernardino Times: "What olso bo
ttdo Los Angeles this year, alio Is to
bo tho gainer In ono thing to bo rid
of H. Onylord Wilshlro. That postllcnt
nulsanco who persistently disobeys tho
laws with hlu billboards, publishes
bombastic challenges to Bryan nnd de
claims in tho park to got himself ar
rested, is to betake himself nnd his
paper to GoUuun, whenco It In hoped
ho lino no return ticket."
Determined to Kill Iter.
Tho authorities ot Ashtabula, Ohio,
and tho pcoplo generally aro much in
terested In unoarthlng tho Individual
or Individuals who havo roado four
consecutive attempts upon the life ot
Miss Lllllun Hawkins, a young lady ot
that placo, whoso reputation is of tho
highest. So far tho mystery remains
unsolved and meantlmo tho young vic
tim is slowly recovering from tho
shock of tho fourth attempt upon her
life. Sho dcclurcs she knows no per
son who should seek her life, nor any
reason why sho should bo nttacked.
Last Dccembur tho first attack was
mado upon her. Shortly beforo Christ
inns whllo visiting friends In Rock
Creek, near Ashtabula, sho was loft
ulono In tho houso ono day. When the
family returned thoy found tho girl
bound nnd gagged, lying on tho floor,
and with a mark around her throat
where a cord had been tightly drawn.
Sho had bocn attacked from behind
and whllo being choked sho becamo
MISS LILLIAN HAWKINS.
unconscious. Sho did not boo her as
sailants and the authorities who bo-
gnu a prompt Investigation ot tho cubo
failed to discover tho criminal.
A few weeks later after MIsb Haw
kins' return to her home she nto nu
apple and wail taken nuddenly sick.
Only prompt modioli nld saved her
Ufo, as tho apple had been poisoned
by strychnine.
Tho noxt assault upon her was mado
early in tho summer. Ono ovonlug aho
was holding a lantern for her fathor
in tho bnck yard whon a quantity ot
vitriol was thrown in her fnco. In tho
oxcltomont, tho mlHcrcant escaped and
no traco ot him was found,
Tho but uttompt upon her lift was
mado last week. Sho was eating sup
per with tho rest ot her family and
while pnrtnklng ot Bllced peaches oho
noticed a pocullar taste. Her buspI
olons nnd thoBO of tho family wero at
onco aroused and Investigation ro
voaled that tho peaches had been dosed
with Inudunum. Medical aid waa ut
once summoned and her life was onco
liioi'o imvcd. Her condition is still
scrloila as this lntcst attempt on hor
Ufo hits completely shattered, her
norvcB.
Thorough Investigation of tho mnt-
tor 1b bolng mado, but neither alio nor
her family enn throw any light upon
It.
Vnlue ut South Afrk-nu Hortei.
Ono of tho groat lessons ot tho Boor
war was to show Uho value of tho
South African horse. If tho Boors had
not been so oxcollontly mounted nu
they wero, on horsos bred In tho
Trunsvnol, Orange Frco State and
Capo Colony, tho war would havo
worn a dlfforont nspoct. Tho South
African horao ran llvo on much less
food than an English horse; ho docs
not Buffer from tho cllmato; ho does
not tumble Into holes; ho Is soundor,
Ib moro Boiislblo, nnd lonrns better to
Btand nlono without being tlod up,
Wlutrn I.ubor f.nwi Aro Observed.
In Massachusetts labor laws aro
rigidly enforced. Tho mills run f8
hours n week nnd not a mlnuto longor,
No woman or child Is" allowod to work
In tho mills at night. Tho factory ma
chluory starts up nt 0:30 in tho morn
Ing and runs until C o'clock at night,
with an hour's stop at noon overy day
excopt Saturday,' whon tho mills otart
up at tho regular hour nnd stop at
noon.1
Current Topicsj
The football Flayer,
BACK to tho cinder pilot
All of you, get back away back, -And
sit down. ';! ,
I am tho main squcczo;
Tho wholo works; tho chief guy; '.j .
Tho no plus ultra and tho hot stuff.
Back to tho timber! .
All you baseball, golf, tennis and cro
quet, Croklnolo, tldd'owlakB and other child
ish Sports,
To tho discard, for I am hero!
Now is tho season of tho glorious
football
Qamo, whon mon go forth to do or
die, and thoro
Will bo doings from now on.
Stop llvoly, for them's only room
Under the calcium of tho chrysanthe
mum,
Tho Thanksgiving turkey and
ME!
A Sensible Scliemo.
Thoro. is a llttlo town In Now Jer
sey whoro nn Improvement lcaguo has
dono moro to cleanse and beautify
tho place, at an expense ot less than
$100, than tho council has accom
plished by expending thousands ot
dollars in the ordinary way. The
league began by offering prizes for
clean back yards and alloyB, and then
for tho prottlest vine-covered fence,
tho finest vegetablo plot, and tho most
beautiful flowering plant It enlisted
tho active Intorcst of the boys and
girls, and got thorn to pick up wast
papor and such things from the
streets; to keep tho school yard neat,
nnd also tho vacant lots. In six
monthB tlmo tho town becamo par
ticularly attractlvo and clean, and the
death rato has porceptlbly docrensod.
Tho Improvement league Idea Is open
to nny town whero this paragraph
may bo read.
Kuroponn Tax Method.
Adolph Nathnn, formorly president
of tho Chicago Civic Federation, Is In
Europo Investigating tho methods ol
taxation and municipal government -In I
dlfforont countries ot that continent.
In a rccont Interview In Berlin ho said:
"Tho taxing methods of Europo ap-;
proach much nearer to fairness.
Justice and equity than do Amorlcan
methods. Broadly exproasod, it Is the
European theory that' tho support of
government, both national and local,
should bo derived Xrom rents, Interest,
dividends nnd profits. No tax iu con.
templntod on moans of production, but
only on results of production, provided
it Is profitable This may havo its
drawbacks, but to my mind It Is a
thoroughly truo nnd wise principle."
A Dog Which Attempted Mnrder.
A dog which hnd attempted murder
as dollboratoly as a human bolnc over
did was shot by his owner in Texas
recently. A rancher's wlfo named Har
ris, living near Santa Rita, had n big
Irish Better, ot which Bho was ex
tremely fond and which was dovotod
to its mistress. When Mra, Harris'
first baby was born and received nil
tho petting and cajolery which tho dog
regarded as bolonglng to him, ho bo
camo Intensely Jealous. Ouo day ho
solzcd tho baby from tho floor and
bounded nwny with it to tho rlvor.
Ho swam out Into tho current nnd
dropped tho child Into the wntor. Tho
bnby was rescued with somo difficul
ty and then tho dog was killed.
Ihlko of Hamilton to AVcd.
Tho announcomont ot tho ongago
mont ot tho Duko ot Hamilton and
Brandon to Nina
Pooro, ono of Eng
land's beauties, has
causod widespread
Interest In England.
Tho Duko of Ham
ilton nnd Brandon
is premlor poor of
Scotland and hered
itary keeper ot
Holyrood palace. A
fow years ago ho
wob a poor lieuten
ant in the navy, but
succeeded to tho titles and tho estates
in 1895.
lAved to the Abo of IBB.
'John MncDone, who has been known
na tho "Patriarch of Connoranra," has
just died nt tho ago ot 125, in his cot
tngo nt ErrlBlanln, nenr Cllfden, at the
edge of tho Atlnntlo on tho'wost coasts
of Ireland. Ho was born In 1770, and
had n vivid recollection of tho landing
of tho French undor Gen. Humbert at
KUlala In 1798.
CHICAGO'S HOUSE J
SHOW
The annual horse show In Chicago is
tho great society event ot tho season,
Tho ovont begins tho first Monday in
November nnd continues for six days.
Managing Director John B. Kitchen,
who Is practically at the head of the
show this year, was instrumental in
securing no fower than 700 entries.
Among tho exhibitors this year aro
Thomas W. Lawson, Qeorgo Gould,
Howard Wlllets and William C. Whlt
noy. Another prominent New Yorker,
formerly of Chicago, who has mado a
Divorce laxr Unchanged.
The effort made by a poworful clo
ment In tho Protestant Eplscopnl
Church of tho United States to effect a
chango In Its laws lca log with divorce
has failed, after a most exhaustlvo dis
cussion of tho matter In tho conven
tion held In San Francisco. At pres
ent the church legalizes tho marrlago
of a divorced person where tho cause
for the separation Is tho statutory law
of this state namely adultery. The
proposed law would dony remarriage
while cither party to tho original mar
riage contract was living. For tho
proposed amendment powerful voices
wero raised; but fear of Its effect, if
adopted, coupled with a belief on tho
denying remarrlago to tho Innocent
victim of another's Bin, defeated tho
part of somo ot tho Injustice ot
measure.
Tho Episcopal church thus main
tains its original position relative to
the evil ot divorco. That It Is a grow
ing ovll is Indisputable. Divorces aro
Increasing so rapidly, aro being grant
ed on such trivial grounds, that if a
check Is not called tho consoquences
aro suro to bo extremely disastrous.
Mon and womon engage in matrimony,
thinking llttlo of Its responsibilities,
nnd when tho first misunderstanding
comes, usually Insignificant, ono or the
other runs to tho courts to havo tho
bond dissolved. And tho alacrity with
which such domand is granted is qulto
as much an injury to morals as tho
act of separation. Between tho un
thinking ones who seek divorce nnd
tho judges who grant it without much
knowledgo of the case sensible pcoplo
Miss Agnes Montgomery GUI has
Leon Acting Governor ot tho state ot
last few dayB which perhaps never bo
tore befell a young woman. Sho has
Girl as Acting Governor of JVebv Jersey
The Great Society Et)ent
of the Season
ONE OF THE TURNOUTS TO BE SEEN AT CHICAGO'S
number of entries is Judge William
II. Moore.
Among the prominent - Chlcagoans
who entered large stables aro C. K. O.
Billings, James Hobart Moore, " Ver
non Booth, A. Montgomery Wfcrd, H.
M. Norton, and M. H. Tlchenor. Mr.
Billings' Little Boy, who holdB tho
world's champion record to wagon,
will also bo on exhibition. II. M.
Norton's famous Dr. PItzer, with a
record of 2:12, and W. Vernon
Booth's champion polo pony, Brown
are alarmed and unless somo rigorous
steps arc taken to head' off this move
ment our moral decadence is certain
to follow.
1'otatoes Yield Illcli Returns.
Tho farmers of Central Now Jersey
havo dono well out of the jDtnto crop
this year. Here aro some instances:
Wilson Clayton, a Monmouth county
grower, got 2,072 barrels from 20
acres, and ho sold theso for more than
$4,000. Benjamin Hays got 100 barrels
of potatoes to tho acre and received
moro than $4,000 for his crop. Robin
son brothers sold their crop early In
the season, when tho price was high,
and got about $7,000 for it Bank
men say that, moro notes havo been
paid oft thlB year by the farmers than
ever before.
Thistles un a Substitute far liny.
Tho great scarcity of hay in Kan
sas has led to tho trial ot a substitute
which has long been considered Worth
less but which is proving Itself to bo
of great value as a food for cattle.
Russian thistles aro gathered and
stacked like hay for winter feeding
and, despite tho fact that they havo
millions of flno spines, each of which
is as aharp as tho point ot a needle.
Cattlemen In tho section whoro they
flourish say that when damp, cattle
eat them readily, and get a good denl
of nutriment from them.
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Malaria contlnuea to bo a greater
scourge ot the British army In India
than any other fatal disease.
been Acting Governor of tho Btnto ot
New Jersey. MIbb Gill la really only
oxecutlvo stenographer to Governor
Voorhees, but recontly tho cxocutlvo
HORSE SHOW.
Dick, nro also entered. Mnny oxhlBlt
ors from various points in tho West
will bo in attendance.
Two novel features havo been added.
On threo nighta thcro will bo a com
petitive firemen's drill, whon tho
horses from tho cnglno houses will bo
put through all tho details ot a drill.
On the other three nights of tho week
thoro will bo an artillery drill, tho
men and horses coming from Fort
Sheridan by speclnl arrangement with
the authorities at Washington.
Growing Vegetables In Alatha. -The
chance for young men to on
gago In trade in Alaska aro still abun
dant. Tho dairyman at Juneau 1b get
ting rich. The gardener mado $4,000
thl season from a llttlo two-acro
patch of ground, despite tho fact that
thero a great number of vegetables
that will not thrivo in that locality.
Tomatoes will not mature. The vines
thrivo well, but will not produce- fruit
Cabbages grow until they becomo lm
menso In size, but tho .heads will not
get hard. Potatoes grow out of tho
ground and are not palatable. Corn,
squash, beans and cucumbers will not
grow on account of tho excessive
moisture and cool nights. , Nearly
everything else In tho way of vegeta
bles can be produced In largo quanti
ties. '
Thero nro now about thirty women
pastors of Unitarian churches In the
United States. Tho latest addition to
their ranks Is Miss Estolla It Padgham
of Syracuse, N. Y., who has Just been
ordained, and who has accepted a call
to the pastorate of at church at. Porry,
Pa. Miss Padgham 'is a graduate of
Smith College, and took a course In
theology at the Th;o:ogIcal Seminary
at Meadvlllo, Pa.
William Dean Howells, tho novelist,
said in a recent Interview that, after
a desperate endeavor ho hud at last
been able to accustom himself to dic
tating his letters to a stenographer,
but ho added that he could not dictato
Action In this manner and novor ex
pected to bo ablo to do bo.
wont to Buffalo to attend tho exposi
tion, taking Private Secretary Herbert
Tuttlo with him. Executive Clerk Ed
ward T. Fox was taken sick tho dnv
after,- thus leaving Miss Gill to net as
uovornor. Hor duties consist prin
cipally of opening and answering the
large numbor of letters that como ov
ery day for tho Governor. Miss Gill,
who Is but 22, comes ot a rather dis
tinguished fainily. Her grandfather
was Bennington Gill, hrad of tho rich
firm of agricultural tool manufactur
ers thnt did business up to a few years
ago under tho namo of Gill & Sons.
Tho family was wealthy. It has a rec
ord of revolutionary doings that dis
tinguishes It Miss Gill herself was
born on tho homestead at Allontown,
N. J., ten miles from Trenton. It waB
after sho wnB qulto a girl that tho fam
ily suddenly lost Its wealth. Hor fath
er, Clarence N. Gill, becamo a railroad
conductor to support his family, and
today Is conductor of a Pullman train
between Boston and Now York. Hel
en GUI, a sister, becamo a teacher, and
last year had a kindergarten in their
Trenton homo nt 290 Hamilton avenue.
Miss Agnes was graduated from tho
Trenton high school In 1890 nnd en
tered Stuart's Business College. Then'
sho went Into a law office for a time.
Helen now teaches music, nnd llttlo
DIsbrow, 10 years old, and worshiped
by both girls, Is In school. Tho ono
entnnglomont ot the heart ot tho Hon.
Miss GUI la her passlonnto lovo for
her mother. Mrs. GUI was reared .in
a' homo of reflnomont. Hor oarly mar
ried Ufo was passed In an atmosphoro
of wealth and comfort And It Is to
make her happy that .Miss Agnes worka
so hard.
The Now Zealand government is
raising tho wages of Its railway em
ployes to tho extent ot $100,000.
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