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In the crowd of spec tators and idlers everyone was reading aloud the placard which stood conspic uous In front : Positively the Last Time This Evening. LAST PERFORMANCES of PRINCE ICARUS ( The Flying Man ) . of " . "j MLLE. RITA - , and of ; AESOP ( The Grasshopper Clown ) . Within the circus the seats were al ready overflowing , and the same names repeated from mouth to mouth blend ed Into a general murmur , deadened by the canvas roof over the ring. Some of the circus men were raking the saw dust on the track , and above the door to ttie stables the musicians were lan guidly tuning their instruments or at times addressing friends who passed beneath the gallery. "That you ? Mari- us , how goes it ? " etc. In the upper rows the audience was alive with im patience for the expected spectacle and irritated by the passing of the fash ionable "first nighters" envied fre quenters behind the scenes who press ed in a crowd to the narrow entrance leading > * o the greenroom. Officei. , in civilian dress , and stu dents , ship brokers and idle dandies , all wished for the last time to got near the fair Mile. Rita , the celebrated equestrienne , who for a month had been the subject of conversation in every messroom and every club. They stepped along , the elbowed and the el- bowers , between the walls that were covered with sets of varnished harness , and begged pardon every time they Jostled a groom. They p'opped at the stalls of Blue Devil and Djinn , the two trick Arabians , and , under pretext of giving some sugar to the horses , flut- AN IDIOT GRIN. tered about the extemporized dressing room where Rita , tranquil and smiling , was donning her attire. Then came In succession the commonplace compli ments , to which the star of the circus , unheeding , scarcely deigned to give an answer , without seeming to note the ardent gaze of her admirers. She was a handsome girl , a careless gypsy , with the sun in her eyes and her blood , accustomed to the atmos phere of admiration , and she finished her toilet without hurrying. At times , however , impatiently and with a pret ty , rebellious movement , she gave her shoulders a shake and made the pearls of her necklace rattle. It was then the little clown Aesop , her husband , who , all befloured and painted , was walking before the room , his huge topknot swaying at every step , drew near , and with his sharp falsetto voice launched some taunt at the artist's courtiers. They laughed , they evoa applauded , but more often they low ered their eyes before the cutting , co-Id gaze of the dwarf , whose wan and grotesque face in spite of the smila of his blood-red and too large lips seemed at some moments to be fraught with evil. This evening the manikin was in a worse humor than usual ; his jeers were more biting and more bitter , and' beneath the coat of flour covering his seamed features he appeared not pale , but livid. His eyes had a sharp and menacing flash in them , and never left Rita , who , gayly posed before her mir ror , was having her bodice laced by the handsome gymnast Icarus. In the circus the orchestra was fin ishing a waltz , by Metra. The curious were gradually quitting the stable and returning to their places. The sharp cuts of the ring master's whip were cracking in the arena ; the show had begun. Icarus placed a last rose in the hair of the equestrienne and ran to chalk her shoes. He stumbled against his dwarfish comrade. The clown seemed very busy in - examining amining the gas meter , and pushed him away with an oath. Then , with out more ado , the acrobat sent him reeling , and leaping on a ladder , cried with a laugh : "Out of my way , you pitiful pigmy ! " Aesop uttered a roar of rage and an ger , then suddenly calming himself , returned to the meter , and after hav ing followed with an eye of hatred the ascent of Icarus , began fumbling with the mechanism of the stopcocks. A great clapping of hands. A fran tic ovation. Two hundred pretty women dropped their fans and leveled their opera glasses , and , a trifle pale , smiled with a delicious dread. Icarus was up there high up at the top of the circus hanging to the last trapeze , and turning over and over in It , slowly and without an effort. At times he paused , and his face | was seen radiant In the foolish pride j of triumph. Below , In the ring , the clowns were stretching a circular net , and in all the circus reigned deep si lence , broken only by a feminine whis per : "How graceful ! What a handsome fellow ! " The gymnast then , finding his public sufficiently warmed up , raised himself at one pull , stilfeuing himself on his wrists. The trapeze , violently thrown back , described a great arc , and , letting go the bar. the man shot forward like an arrow into space. There was a feeling of apprehension in the crowd , and an "Oh ! " of affright uttered by a thousand breasts. The acrobat reached the second trapeze , and calmly let himself swing in its decreas ing oscillations. Slowly he thus darted eleven times , calm and smiling , as he made the tour of the circus , and rejoicing at feeling beneath him the immense panting of the throng. At this eleventh trapeze he paused to prolong this emotion his glory and his eyes sought out Rita. The equestrienne saw him. and with the handle of her whip threw him a kiss. The elated Icarus , hanging by one hand , saluted her ; then he brought his trapeze to rest He was about to com plete his task. "Enough , " said some voices. "No ! Bravo ! Encore ! " cried the ladles , eager to feel once more the per verse joy of an enticing pain. For the twelfth time the handsome gymnast , stiffening his muscular arms , essayed his terrible flight. But an appalling cry of terror , a frantic shout arose. In an Instant , suddenly like a can dle put out by the flap of a bat's wing the thousand glistening lights of the circus were extinguished all together at the precise and fatal moment when the man was darting into space. At the same instant there rose from the ring a laugh , terrible , vibrating with hate. Then in the black and hideous ob scurity , in the pitchy darkness that filled the circus lately so blazing , poig nant shrieks rolled from row to row. Women fainted and the spectators/with their hearts crushed in hopeless terror , shudderingly sat as If petrified In their places , and peered into the night that filled the dome. The net was empty , the acrobat must be looked for in the gloom. In the search lanterns were brought and carried toward the top of the circus. Five minutes five cen turies , elapsed. Some one cried : "Ben gal lights. " Then , while here and there people were trying to relight the burners , a blaze of violet and red. of green and azure , flashed out and with a powerful illumination lit up at one flash every corner of the circus with its fantastic and trembling gleams. And suddenly , as in the flames of a transformation scene , was seen , rigid , clamped to the trapeze , Prince Icarus , hanging motionless. An unheard-of horror paralyzed him in a supernatural frenzy. H > a hair stood out. His distorted mouth grinned an idiot grin terrible to see , and his face , whiter than that of a corpse , his haggard eyes , protruding from their sockets , rolled convulsively. Soon his comrades were near him. With the handle of his knife Aesop struck the gymnast's hands , and with great difficulty detached from the bar the cienched hands of the miserable man. The gas was relighted and the crowd , silently and without a breath , watched , as it slowly lowered down , tbe descent of the living corpse. There is today near Marseilles In the asylum of Saint Pierre a poor madman who stalks straight forward , his arms held in front and contracted in an im aginary grip. It is a frightful sight It is "Prince Icarus. " I do not know what jail holds Aesop. As to that fairy Rita , she is now a prin cess somewhere in Germany. ( Adapt ed from the French of Paul Bonnetain. ) Slain by a Turkey. The fashion by which Judge Samuel Ashe , of the first North Carolina su preme court , came to his death must have been extremely mortifying to him , observes Law Notes. He was killed by a turkey gobbler. One day , after he had become very old and in firm , he was placed in a chair under the shade of a tree in his yard. A red cap protected his ancient noddle from the attacks of flies , and his comfort was so well provided for in every way that a sweet slumber stole upon him and caused him to nod. A large turkey gobbler , which patrolled that precinct , mistaking this for a challenge , imme diately gave battle. On a sudden the judge's sweet slumbers were broken by : he flap of hostile wings , and ere he could collect his scattered senses a well-directed spur smote him in the temple , and he fell down and gave up the ghost. Sl.OOO for a Telegram. A few weeks ago Bernabe then Span ish minister at Washington , sent a cablegram to Sagasta which cost $1,000 , prepaid. As the cable rates from Wash ington to Madrid is 43 cents a word , the important message contained 2,326 words. Numbering Country Houses. Out In California they are urging the adortlon of a rystoci of numbering country residences , reckoning from the county seat as a cmter , and thus ren der the location of a point In the rural sections as simple as within city limits. The plan is to name every road in the county , first arranging them in as long lengths as can well be dene. Then divide each mile Into ten parts or bjocks of the same length , and number them , a new number to each frontage. Buddha's Jewel Cane. New York Sun : Buddha's Jewel-case has perhaps been discovered In the Busti district of the northwest prov inces of HIndoostan , not far from the frontier. In Nepaul excavating a shrine a coffin-shaped stone box was found , containing Jeweled ornaments , cut gems , marble and crystal vases and some bones. Round one of tha crystal vases'rrns an Inscription , which reads as though the contents of the box had belonged to Buddha himself. Not In That Category. 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