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r . . c -s (C.-afl.a - nmtimf mzptm SG&v&F&Fu. mm. O'O'O-O&'OOUJ ,' ;n TA- PoPdlftR RAPER 'op AopcRM .7 Vob G. No. 18 Lincoln, Nichuaska, Satuwday, Ai-uii. 1U. lriOO. P'WICIC FlVIC OlCNTS 2&.,Z8 x ,J Vh j "r -r JV-lcwTTrtft; ljw B5R AS..K-t7nViKLVW.V "3sy0ifV. WJlV?Zsz "fr-fSrZi.WXi.sV,r. . - - r. v i i - j. if-fc Mn. a .v j . i x i Ji' v- v u jn rr'i r-j . . m- - f - ' . . 'R- v -rr- i. T-rvA. f v jmii PMvi'iv.if. ,i--,f :v a-'v-i- niuirjr v-ir- i . -,. -AV.A.tx imt. m -v-v.r - n-. j.j' (.''rYAlL11 v....-;JSlS5iiJ-5syl -. -vrfSrawrVG UMfJtf lft . k t twi . ci ' nti 1 -. 1 Jim 11- 1 1 1 x.y rr t J -j- . - ! - - . 1. t.j 11 : rv it 'IMC S " BYE THE BYE. It was 11 iiMRnlflccnt ilctnoiiRtrntion nt tlio (ijK.ni liouto Inst Humliiy in honor ufJolm Dil lon, Irish jinti lot nml member of thu llrltlsh imrliiiment. Ho felt thu compliment lint griioefully attributed It to Llneoln's interest in tho Irish cause. Mr, Dillon Is not an elo quent shaker, but hu wnn earnest ami lnul tliu symjiathy of his audience, and tho meet ing Avas a great success, lint did you notice Mr. DiIIou'm maimer on the platform His sH-ech iu liulting, ltli few gestures, and tliu disposition of Ids hands was a vexatious problem. When ho iimno in tho majesty of Ids six foot odd ho put his hands behind. In alout two seconds iio shifted his weight from one foot io tho other and grasped ills coat la pels in front tietwcim thumbs and forellugvrx. Then tho hands wero transferred to his hips, the arms akimbo, but almost instantly went behind under tho coat tnlln. In another mo ment thoy wero clasped in front only to tly back again with tho left hand grasping tliu right elbow. Tho next instant both thumbs wero hooked in the vest pockets. Then the left hand was extended in front, tho palms and Angers curved in tho form of a scoop, and the clenched right (1st was brought down In tho little pocket witli ft number of gcntlo lit tle pats to emphasizunn important statement. Tho hands next How into tho side trouser Hckct8 and then nervously clasped each other behind tho shaker's back. These mo tions wero repented constantly, and impressed thu s))cctator with tho thought that Mr. Dil lon, distinguished as ho Is and known in all lands, is as modest and dlllldent as a school boy. . Mr. V,'. Morton Smith has just completed his flr&t year In thoservico of tho Omaha He ;iiMiC(iu,nnd he goes to Onuiha today to take tlie position of mannging editor. Ho had lieen tendered the placo several times liefore, but declined It beonuso he preferred to livu in Lin coln. Ho accept now in deference to the pressing ilemnud for his services nt thu homo olllce. Tho HcpublicdH has had threo differ ent sets of proprietors during Mr. Smith's connection with it, and ho is thu only mem ber of Its stall who lias weathered thu vicissi tudes of thu year. In his Lincoln work Mr. Smith has had to compete with old and well acquainted newspaper men, but hu has kept even paco with them in tho nousluoss of his correspondence and has turned out a great amount of matter. He lms somo regard for literary style, and his writings havo hpd dig nity nnd excellence of finish. He goes to Omaha ulth a considerable acimalntnnco among politicians, with a thorough grasp of thu questions agitating the statu and with tho physical as well as the mental ability to do an Immense amount of work. If ho have tho support of tho management ho will undoubt edly work a decided chnngo In tho tonu and manner of tho llfjmlilicun. Without such support no man can effect much improve ment. Hero 's for wishing that Smith may have a fair chanco to show thu metal that's in him. J. W. Cutiight, formeily city editor of tho Cull but now correspondent at Oiunha for the Journal, prognosticate a change In tho ownership of the llvjiubllcan. Ho writes: "Tho Union Pacific railroad company Is soon to assume control ami management of tho present dilapidated Omaha Hciiulilicmi, and it "vlll bo used to boom Hon. John M. lhurston for United States senator from Ne braska. A managing editor, it Is said, has already been elected, and ho halls from New York, while newspaper talent from Chicago will also bo enrolled upon tho staff." This Is an interest'ng speculation, but that is all. It Is assum-d that Major Wilcox wants to sell tho Itrpubliam, and itissu posed Mr. Thurston wishes to bu United States senator. Tho political gossips have put two and two together and made live. That is too much. Iye-theHyo happens to know that Mr. Wilcox Is not yet anxious givo tho e puhlivun away. A party willing to pay him $.",0,000 In tho interest of prohibition recently approached him foran offer. He named $70, 000 o-s his price. At a subsequent visit Mr. Wilcox decided that ho diil not euro to sell, Tho major Is said to l,o worth several hun dred thousand dollars. Ho happened to own a big farm near Omaha yearn ago, nnd tho growth of tho city is said to havo inndo it worth ftOO.OOO, Tho major has held up tho Uhjuiteh and tho llfmlilicon for a year and a halt and abundantly proven his stlck-to-it-iveness under conditions that would discour age all but the thousandth man. Mr. Thurs ton's friends nro not likely to be enthusiastic enough to givu Mr Wilcox his price. Eastern as a heniitilul iu. Tho gods 1h praised! That shuts (ill' thu siipeistitious crank from whining week after week about seven rainy Sundays. My friend Quiz and a bright girl had a talk the other day about calling, ami their argu ments are apropos to thu times. Thu sub stance of tho affair, as reKrted by Quiz, as about llku this; The young lady made tho remark that thu young men of Lincoln were not given to mak ing social calls and weru neglectful of their opportunities. "Judging from my own experience," said Quiz, "I presume the young men havo not been Invited to call, Is it not thu fault of thu girls themselves!" "Well, I don't Invito them to call any more. 1 don't think you would cither, if you had nsked onu after another to call and they had snubbed you by persistently staying away. A few cases of that kind aru enough to ex haust n girl's pride, Don't you think so! That is a common exporlenco of the girls," "No, 1 think on the contrary that oumaku a mistake. You Invite a man tocall and then make a personal matter of it. Society pro tects a woman by decreeing that no man may call on her w llh. lit her permission, A girl In thu social swim meets a hundred men witli whom she would lie glad to hnveau acquaint ance say a casual, a calling acquaintance. If shu invites them to call and then keeps tab on tlium shu is likely to l mortilled, Ixrauso there are u thousand reasons, gojd reasons, why n considerable inimWr of that hundred may never call on her, When a man receives n casual Invitation to call on a lady ho re gards it simply as giving him permission. It Is thu H)llto, kind thing for a lady to do, hut thu privilege carries no obligation. It Is one of tho courtesies, onu of the formallths of so ciety that aru showered right and left and no ledger account kept." "Well, If n lady Invito a gentleman to call iho puts herself In tho position of asking some thing of him. If hu neglect tocall It is hu miliating to her self-resiect. I cannot see how that Is to U nvolded." "There Is ono trouble with thonverngo girl. When shu Invites n man to call she does It as though shu wero asking u favor Instead of granting a privilege. Tliero Is tho kernel of tho whole matter. I don't think it is necessa ry to arguu tliu difference." "If n lady ask u gentleman to call she asks an attention, otherwise a favor. Shu stakes n part of her pride on tho Issue." "That Is Just what shu should not do. It is too common n thing and not worth tho price. It is ono of thu duties of n society woman to learn how to glvo gentlemen Hruiisslon to call nt her homo anil do it in such n way that shu Is conferring n privilege instead of asking n fnvor. If bIiu doesn't understand hor busi ness nnd ninny young girls do not why, it is not tho men's fault." "You MK'in to havo n positive Idea of how It should bo done. Now, how would you do It!" "Oh, I am not a tutor to tho public. Thu fact is, tliero Is no set form or stereotyped manner of doing it. Thu Incident of thu mo ment ought to suggest n way to a bright wo man. I havo noticed this, however: when ever n Indy undertakes in tho middle of a con versation to extend the compliment of n call ing privilege thoro is liable to lw somo em Iwirrafsment unless both parties aru adepts at social matters. It generally makes n break in tho conversation. The lady having intro duced thu subject thu gciitlemnn may lie loth to change It. If the ladv hasn't thu tact to switch thu conversation quickly they urn lla lilo to linger on thu subject, magnifying its importance nnd perhaps leading onu or both to effusive assurances that can Ito atoned only by one or more calls. A lady's invitation to call is one of thu formalities of thu social sys tem that should not bo dwelt upon as a mat ter of conversation lietweeu thu parties to it. I have noticed thu most opx)rtuno time for it, usually, Is at tho moment a lady and a gentle man nre about to separate after n casual meeting or conversation. Thu lady muy couch her Invitation in uuy ono of a numborof wnys as though suggested ly tho partlng.Tho gentle man can express his thanks and bowhis adieu. Thu lady has hcuu gracious, tho gentleman grateful and honors aru easy. Somo girls ex tend this invitation in n flippant, chattering manner that is not creditable to themselves nor calculated to impress the gentleman with tho value of the privilege given him. Other girls nro stiff and awkward, and thu ceremo ny is painful to both parties, besides leaving thu impression that n call will bo misery long drawn out Hut there aru women who invest tills simple matter with thu grace and dignity of a queen, with a manner that charms a man and makes him feel that his privilege is worth enjoying." "Why should not a gentleman ask for ior mission to calif Somo eastern authorities say that Is proper." "I question tho tasto of that etiquette. I Imagine it would bo very embarrassing to most young ladies to refuse such a request from n iiinn whom thoy wore meeting fre quently In society. Society basset up certain proprieties. I may know a lady over so well, but If sho do not recognlzomo I jxissher with out a sign. Tho social law protects her from iinHrtlnoiico and enables her to drop an tin- desirable acquaintance or rtwont an Injury, The law of calling shields a lady from tbo embarrassing impudence of cheeky men and assists her In choosing desirable acquaintances. It is proper enough, of course, for a gentle man to get a mutual friend to ask a lady's permission to bring him for n call. Hut thu mutual friend forgets so often or has so little lelsi.ru time that a man who depended on tills means would not make a very largu acquaint ance." "Well," said thu young lady, with tho air of putting a clincher to the argument, "I am sure most of tho young ladies havo given tho young men plenty of opportunities to call, and there is a vory general complaint that tho iKiys nro neglectful of this matter." "Well, let mo tell you my experience," said Quiz. "I havo In-en In Lincoln three years, attend the Episcopal church and havo a good social standing as you know. In that time I have received thirteen invitations from ladies tocall. They were so fuw and far between the first year three, I think, was tho total that I kept a record for curiosity. Of tho thirteen six wero from married ladies and eight wero fiom ladles who had come from the east, With the social freedom prevailing in the west a young man can malm an ac quaintance readily. A man friend with a calling list can lake him out and in a few Sun day afternoons put him on a certain footing w ith a great many ludies Hut tliero aru ol jections to that system for a self-respecting man." I inferred from his manner that Qui, bad pursued thu latter method and it rankled iu his soul. Ho was vory much hi earnest about the matter, and oven wroto out a tol erably full account of his argument, which Hyo-tlie-Hyo has dressed up Into smooth, readable sluiu. In the course of subsequent talk Qui, said: "I am not a chronic kicker, hut tliero is one thing in Lincoln that I would like to see remedied, I presume tliero nro plenty of good harbors here, but business considerations have couiH'lled mo to uitroiu.e two shops and I'm not satisfied. The barUrsshavu well enough, but they don't handle a fellow prop erly. They have a habit of slapping their wet hands across a mans lips to tighten the skin of the chin, and if tliero is any slimier sensation I havo not experienced it. It makes mo shudder, and I want to get right up and damn. Hut it won't do any gixsl. Thu bar ber nuver remoinlHTs it more than two days. Sometimes hu places tho ball of tho Ultimo on his victim's uoso and lusts his weight on that hand. Thu nostrils ato closed and thu lips drawn shut, but this bather Is dellcloiisly In different to tho life or death of Ills subject. If hu is an cxcrt at his business he will stand at thu back of his chair and lean against the victim's head while a vest button tries to leave its luipiesslon in tho shaxen's scalp. 'I lint Is a ditty, disagreeable way of handling a man in a barber's chair, and there Is no iw of it. I'lenty of IiiiiIkts will shave a man without touching Ids lips. Why, I had as soon ho would slap a lather brush Into my mouth," &c.,Sn This Is a wonderful age and many curious things aru being discovered. One of the prominent cltlrcns of Lincoln w as sick of erj -slpelas tho other day and at tho point of death. Tho physician in charge was one of thu men who keep abreast of the times in their profession, nnd ho resoitisl to a tieat iiient recommended by (lorinuu doctors. With n surgeon's knife ho made several slight gashes up and down each cheek and crossed these with several cuts at right angles Thu theory, as explained to me, Is that thoK)isnn oils matter generated by tho disease gathers' nt thu intersections of the gashes and thus llnds its way out of the system. Why It should do so Is one of the curiosities of inisli cal science. Ill this case the treatment saved a valuable man to the community, and It has proved successful In other cases. Hon. H. W. Kurnas, ex-governor and sec retary of the statu fair association, was In tho city this week going about his IiiisIihsh as calmly and as energetically as usual. Thu Worltl-lfamld of Omaha has boon howling Itself hoarso telling thu world that it was on Gov. Furnas's trail and meant tosplll buckets of gore. Some timid enp!o may havo wor ried for the governor's liearo of mind, but, bless you! It is as serene ns call be. Thu fact of thu matter Is tho World-llniiUI bus a very bad ooso of sour grapes Ih-ciiuso tho statu fair was relocated In Lincoln, and tho Koplu know it. (low Kurnas has been Itufnru tho fieoplu of Nebraska too long and holds too strong a placo in their rcsect for a disgrunt led Omaha palter toseiiously harm him. His olllclal acts havo been subjected to tho closest scrutiny, and tho people of Nebraska will put moro trust in the honor of Gov. Kurnas than in thu sensationalism of an Omaha nier. SPOUTING. James A. Drain will leavo in n few weeks for n wheel tour of Europe. Ho will Ikj onu of thu Ellwell party, who will lie gone two or threo months. They will leavo Now York Juno 7 for Havre. They will taku a run to l'aris nnd put in n week In that city. On July 8 they will start for Geneva, Switzer land, u rldu of !!00 miles that will consume eight days. Onu of Its Incidents w ill be a ten milo roast. After two weeks' roving over Switzerland tho party will turn northward through Germany. July III will find them at Strnsburg. Thoy will visit linden linden, Coblenz, Mnyoneo, Hlngon on tho Hhlne, Co logne and other famous places. They will enjoy i sail down tho Hhlne. arriving at Ant werp August 17 on the way to Ixndoti and home. Somo of thepaity will takusido tours through England. Mr. Drain represents the Eagle bicycle In Lincoln, and the manufact urers have placed a new who-1 at his disposal for tho trip. Tim Lincoln lacrosse club has already be gun training and is preparing to put up the best game to bu seen In the statu. Among Its members nru old Canadian players, Tcasdalo, Scott, Gascoigue, Hrydou and perhaps others, mid they aru backed by a company of enthus iastic, athletic young men. Kearnoy hasthrco clubs, Omaha will have one, Sterling is al ready in thu Held with a challenge and thu Indueudeiits of Lincoln aru up and doing. Thu game promises to ha e u boom in Lincoln this season. A. II. Edmlston has a new Victor safety bl cycle. Fivu other new safeties havo been uddod to Lincoln's wheel brigade this spring, four of them belonging to Messrs. Schultz, Hickner, Slouccker and Wilson. J. C. Anderson has lieon elected a in"inl.er of the Lincoln tenuis club and Is uxpectvd to bring tho championship to thu capital city. Thu Lincoln liase ball club has boon incor porated by A. S Hurnett, J. K. Hryaut and Win. I'opu with a capital stock of fll.ooo. Thu wheel club hopes to Hud several mem bers among tho new ciop of bicyclists. SHORT-HAND IN TEN LESSONS. As announced iu last week's Issue, tho CoriiiKii will commence hi threo weeks tho publication of a scries of short-hand lessons, taking tho student through the entire I'itmau system of short-baud and enabling him with practice to acquire a sulllcieiit speed 111 the art to become a skillful reporter. The plates which thu C'ol'iiikh will use in presenting the lossons wero all engiaved by baud and mo nuslelsof neatness anil accuracy. Short-hand Is not only n lieautlful art, but is at the same time a paying business, and the CoL'ltlK.ll feels justified ill giving a gtxsl deal of space to tills siibjtct, which in the past few years has grown to such grtat Importance. Tho CoL'ltlKH special class, each member of uhMi will receive individual eiiticlsin (join the ed itor. Mr Hert K Hettsof this city, offers an extraordinary oportunity forgetting a full course of lessons for only f'.'.tNl (Including the Coi'ltlKH for three mouths), which would or dinarily cost $10 to f'-tl. A largo number have already signified their intention of Joins lug this class. Send your name at onco to Hert K. Hetts, Stenographer, Lincoln, Neb., if you wish to join. A gotsl stenographer Is sure of an excellent paving position at all times. Tho demand lor such work has more than doubled dining tlie past jear mid is in creasing much inoio rapidly than the supply. Notice to Siibci lliers. The subscription depart incut oft he Cai'ITa I. City Coi'ltlKH has been placed In the hands of Mr. Fred Keiiingir, hohnwng purehnshod thu entire list, both city and foreign. All paper bills ale pavablo to his older, March 1st, 1MHJ. L. WvmcII, Jr., Prop. jiTSIC AND TIIK DIIA.MA. The California ocia company shows mini erous signs of appioachliig dlsolutlou, and It Is hiinlly fair or geneious tocilllclse this week's performances as sexeily as ono might. The company has been playing to sor busi ness for weeks past, and has lost a number of Its members. Twoof the singers sat in the audience In Lincoln, and tho riY of "Said I'.isha" was taken by II. L. Itattonberry evl dently with ery little prcpaintloii. Two other slugeis left the company hele to let lit li to 1'hlliidclpliln. It was said tho company had not made enoiiph lecciitly to pay salaries, and it Is creditable to the loyalty of Iho pto fesslon that tho perfoinn r continue doing their work so conscientiously. The company produced "I'rit Dlavalo" and "Saldl'asha," tho latter for tint thlid time this reason too much. Empty s-ats are not llispiilng, and there wero dlseouraglngly stnall audiences both nights. Tho members or the east undo u creditable effort, hut tho re duced chorus seemed to hnvc lost heart Miss Ida Mullo Is especially to bo commended for painstaking, consclencloiis woik, In "1'ia DhiMilo" Arthur E. Miller took tho title role. Ho has a Hue baritone volcu but was cast for a tenor part. Sometimes ho reached the high notes but more often he failed. It was not his fault, for as "Hassan Hey" In "Said I'asha" ho had n part suitnl to his t'trltnno and proved himself a capital singer. Will S. ltlsliig essays to slug tenor, but ho falls to reach tho ilpisT notes, making wretched work. Somo of tho skirt dancers have bewildered us with n sen of swirling Unify whiteness about their kicking limbs, and there lias been n deal of speculation about tho number of their draHiles. Miss Mullo gave us somo light on thesuhjict In the hcd-ioom scene of "Tni Dlavalo." After removing tho outer gown she took off a w bite skirt. Shu lifted n second dainty he-laced skirt and disclosed a third under It. '1 ho revelation was interest ing to some of the audience as far as It went, but some horrid men thought they did not gut their money's north. A WKI.I, KNOWN HTAIl. Clarn Loulso Kellogg and company aru booked ut Kunke's for an oeratlo concert for next ediicsdiiy evening. Iho Muscatine, Iowa, Tribune snys: To Judge from tho nu merous encores, which w eie nil generously re sponded to by the artists, tho company mid audience were well pleased aUIi each other. Miss Kellogg was in exceedingly good voice, nnd did full Justice to tho gleat reputation that shoenjojs, and her supsirt, second to none, Is conn, wed of singers of tho most re fined tyH-. Mr. Ia'o has a very agreeable baritone voice which hu manages with good judgment, while Mr. Splgnroll withhlsstrong nnd brilliant tenor Is fully conqs'tent forany thlng written for the voice. Miss Ciurlu Morse showed a good voice, deep and reso nant, and considerable dramatic Hwer. Mr. Charles E. I'rntt, thu spuhir pianist ami t'oiuiKwur, olllelntod as accompanist. TIIK KIIKN Ml'HKK. Tills iKtpular plant has had many notable attractions, but next week promises tocclipso all former i Iforts. There will 1st the usual performances on tho two stages, hut tint big feature Upstairs will I e the Japanese village of San Hail. Hero will 1st tho representation of a street In Japan, with Japanese men and women and children Illustrating thu life and industries of their native country. The men Japs are skilled artists, and each will work before thu audience in his own particu lar line. Among thu number are a Japanese bamboo worker, wood enrwr, painter, Ivory carver, clobonne worker, carH'iiter, black smith, musicians, etc. This is ono of thu most expensive attractions, and this will bo the only opfiortunlly many Lincoln peoplo wll havo of ever seeing this novelty. It will un doubtedly attract great crowds, and in order to accommodate everyltody thu Mtisev will 1m oKm nt 10 ii. m. on Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Indies and children who wish to avoid thu crowds should go In tliu morning. Every lady attending any of Friday's jH'r formiinces will 1st presented with u handsome Japanese souvenir. AN AUTISTIC TltKAT. The literary and musical soiree to bo given at thu Christian church on thu evening of April aid has aroused much interest. Miss Aiiiiviiii Patker is a reader of exceptional ability and Lincoln people lmk forw aid to a liternry treat. Mrs. Wilier will sing Gou nod's "Ami Marie" with a harp, violin ami organ accompaniment. Pi of. Weber will play. Thu lithographs of Madam Muriay of Chicago show her to be a cry attractive lady. The Chicago Kxjmurnl says: "Mis. Murray was a favorite pupil of iho 'king of the harp world' Aptoman who iiusliclisl for her a great i nicer. Sincu coining h.-re she has filled many suicessful ingugemeiits and has also been very successful as a teacher." At the recent Hums anniversary at the Auditorium in Chicago she scored a brilliant triumph lie loro un Immense and ci ideal audience. One of the most Interesting features of tho iiffnir w 111 bo two numbers by a ehoriis of twenty of tho best voices troin iho Maiiucrchor TIIK t'SIIKUh' IIKM.KIT. Tho program for tho benllt of the ushers of Kunke's is assuming ilellmto shue and prom ises u iiecullurly interesting entertainment. It will bu given April i'th. It will ho noiel in having a Japanese lirst jmrt and a Japanese burlrtque at thoclose entitled "My-Card-lio " Among tlie participants will Is- Hat trull' and lilaku, Hatch and Dethlless, Wurtz brothers, Pushy nnd Ithody, and the Weston brothtrs The general management of tho affair is In the hands of Fi ank Handy, tho bright, gen tlemanly treasurer of Funke's. The stage management will Is. under the dinctiou of John G. Hall, one of tho best men iu the busi ness. Tlie b(.s have sccurtd Jn anese cos tumes and are coulldent of putting up an en tertainment that will gio satisfaction. TALK OK TIIK STAUK. I Harry Fieiind, the musical critic, makes this statement. With the l'atti season of four weeks in New Yi ik will closo what has Uvn the most extensive and managerial en j terpilso ever attempted. Mr. Gran claims i that the total receipt- will i,.(ich f I.uw.oihi. This troiiH gathernl In Europe, i (.presenting In llspeisonnel Fiance, Italy, England Amer ica, has traveled net oss the ocean to Chicago, Mexico, San Francisco; Chicago again, llos lou and New Yotk. without u single mishap of any Impoitauce, and with very little ill nvss Onco I'nlll was sick for a day or two, and ouc Tnuiagmi had a cold. Ovi rlNHI peo ple havo traveled over 1 1 .f M K t miles without accident and ery few delays A wrecked hi idgo at 'l'oi r ii, In Mexico, caused a short delay, and theio went rumors, not very well authenticated, of a snowing Inexperience in thu Itocky Mountains titiewheie In ono Mexican town two musicians wandered off nnd were Imprisoned for mine mI ty off" nee. They were n second trombone, like Nnnkl I'ihi, and a di iimtuer, but they wore released on the payment of a II, le. A door-keeper In some way offended the son-ln-low of tho Pres ident, nnd outi agist Justice yawning for him declaiisl that none of tho company should leavo the city mil 11 hit wasdellveitsl up. The oileiiiier llieu gave muiseir up ami was sen teliced to scvciul days' Imprisonment. Such were the few trilling annoyances of this won derftll aitlstlc Journey in which participate! the most distinguished pi Ima donna and tenor of the age, nnd a iiuiiiIht of other attlsts of scared) inferior celebrity. Delia Fox, the little Western soubrette, who Is engaged to play one of tint principal parbt In "Castles In (hu Air" with the DoWolf Hop jier opera company, is again threatenisl with all sorts of legal tiibiilatlons by her ex manager, Mr. Conreld. That gentleman seems to delicto that ho has a mortgage on her, for hu Is sending threatening letteis that ho won't Hriuit her to apMiir In "Castles,'1 and will exact to its full measure his pound of llesli. .Miss Imix's story Indifferent. Shusays that whatever contract Mr Conreld had with her ho broke by falling lo pay her salary, 'l'heie is now due, she says, fil'i'. from him. Miss Fox will 1st seen iu "Castles III the Air" .May fith, at the Hroadwa) theater.New York. "The City Directory" is in It third mouth in New York, at tho HIJou theater. Charles Heed Is singing threo new button bursters. They are culled "Since Casey Huns the Flat." "Over at the Huso Hull Gnmu" mid and "Clancy Will Come." Thu proceedings are also cnllNcucd by a Spanish danco by Amelia Glover and a burlesque on 'TlieGon doliors" by Charles Heed and William Collier. Maud Wilson Is singing Gilbert and Sullivan's "When a Merry Maiden Mai ties" and Ko-ii Franco Is heard Iu "Ileal t and Hand," also a GllU'it and Sullivan gem. Thu music of "The Gondoliers" Is sung by permission of It. D'O) ley Carte. Tho new Madison Square Garden Is to okiii iu Juno with two gorgeous ballets. Quit Is called "Flora's Garden; or, Choosini: a Na tional Flower," tho other "llcllona; or, I'eucu aud War." Mo-t of thu costumes nro being made In Ixilldoli. Those ballets will bo half of the osMilug entertainment nt thu .Madison Square Garden; iho other half will boStlatiss and his band. Strauss willopeu the evening, then a ballet will ho given, after which there will ho mure Strauss, and then another ballet. Smoking and drinking will bo permitted iu the amphitheater. Now York has nothing now or tliu kind. Harry Fioiind of New York writes of u re cent Interview with l'atti: At tills Interview Putt I chatted pleasantly about her Join ney, said that Mr. Abls-y wants her to sing for him again next season, nnd spoke with pleas urable anticipation of her apM'iirauco iu "l.nkine,"nii uerii for which she has a strong liking. Her views ns to another Ameiican tour were dubious, but It hardly seems jxissl ble, that in view of htr continued popularity and the evident desire of the public to ss'lid indefinite sums to hear her, sho will deny them land herself) thu golden opportunity. "A Soap Hubble" drew a top heavy house It Is one of those shun bang farce comedies with miiiio cluver and some ludiffeient ht formers. It is not necessary to my much mote. Thu lifu of tliu s'iformance was Aithtir Dunn, thodwurfed young fellow who played "Griiuesy, my I my" in "A Hunch of Ki'jn" ycniHiigii. Miss Julio Macl.e pleased the audience with a itmaikably heavy and line contralto oUe, such as has Ihcii adver tised as "female baritone." .Many of our leaders will remember thu bright aud winsome Hertha Flseh who as sumed the role of "Flnetto'' iu "The Pearl of I'ekln " The company iips-nreii last week ill St. Louis and our exchanges speak in most tlattering terms of that lady. Miss Fiseh is a charming, painstaking artiste ami thu Amer ican stage will at no distant da be honored by her work. Tho CoL'HIKll cxx-ets soon to see her at tho topmost mug of the ladder of fame In oH-ra. Hill Nc has orgaiiltsl a musical conumnv to 1111 thu intervals ltwccu Ms side splitting stories. Miss Olllo Tolliett, Molini-t, Mr. GiistaMi ThallsTg, tenor, an i Mr. 1'iaiik Duwnc), pianist The public is i-ntisllcd aud the receipts me Just the same. Mr. Nye sajs lie stmt. si out originally with a pianist, then with n bra-s baud, then a pugilist, then a wot and now he is back to his first love. The part Louis Aldrich plajs in "Tho Kill tor" is said to Ih a tys of the far western gentleman, with a little dialect and a big heai t. The comedy i-iu four acts, with tin. scenes laid iu IrMiigton-oii-the-lliidxiii and ill New Yolk, whole Colonel Haw kin- itho edi tor! has been drawn by the picseiicuof his daughter, w ho is atti iiding school. illinium's one huu.lrt.l and forty-llvclmllct girls aie rehearsing at his winter quai teis m , HndgeM)it, and the girls m a mper Ihjx fac tor there have ls.-ci.me so deui.nall.sl that they emulate thu gymnast li s of the Indict, , and snd their ikniii hour ill the Msiuetive pursuit of high kicking Twenty tlreot theiu have already la en discharged. I Hiidolph Aronson of thel'a-ino, New York, i has inaugtiiaUd a -cries of spular Nun.la nigiii concerts i) at lists ireni Abls-v's Italian oiera cnmpaiiv The soloists for the tlr-l conceit were Mine Nordica, Mine Fabbrl, Signois Havelli, Del Piunte and Nomiitu, with Anllti to conduct theoiehestrn "Shenandoah" is about to wind up its inn iu New York. Next Wisliii'sdnv will l,ii. I jitii ((i Nellie Melleury has purchased a new four act limit dy drama, entitled 'Ijuly Peggy.'. McCatill has ptiichasissl the American rights of Mlllocker's opem "Slebeii Schwa ben," and will make It thu feature of his rep ertoire next rensoii, M, II. Ix'iivllt's Now llroaduuy theater, Denver, will have nstagccniistiuctcdnf steel. Thu scenery Is lo bo woikisl by hydraullo fsiwer. Will L. Lykeus has slgii"d a llvo-yenrs'eoii-tract with Pay Templotou. Shu will begin In a prisluctlon of "Thu Grand Duchess." Win. Itedniuiid will star alone next season, Mrs. Thus. Harry, his former associate, hav lug decided not to travel. Donnelly Gliard ami "Natural Gas" are In Now York. Delia Fox has left thu Colli l.sl 0N'ra com pany. PEN, PAPEn AND INK. That man George II. Yellow hie of Milwau kee Is undoiibltslly thu greatest newspaHT rustler in the wist Ills AVics Issues many spis'lal numbeis and most of them are on u scale of iiiagulllcciico that frightens most publishers This week came one of them In anticipation of thu Knights of Pythias en campment iu Milwaukee. It has thirty-six largo pages and a handsome Illuminated cov er. The Inside pages are lllled with Informa tion nlxnit the city, an endless miiiils'rof cost ly hnlf-tono cuts- and legions of nils. Tho f.0,000 edition Involved ,:i(H),(HI Impressions on tho press, ami the pas'r alone cost t'.l.liOO, Last week's tegular Issue of the AVies wasu sumptuous Easter iiuuiIht lllled with beauti ful Illustrations. I lie wonder Is how "S eno wlnocan do It. Of course the M'oplu of Mil waukee support him in his enterprises, and it speaks volumes for their intelligence ami cul ture, Yenowlno must be a favorite to com mand such patronage, hut there is this to bu said: hu always gets up a pas'r that Milwau kee can be pi olid of ami each ssrlnl number Is more elaborate than the preceding. Ills dllllciilt to mii how hu can excell his lasteffott, but ho Is bound to do It. Ho never dlsap silnts his (KHiple, which may bu onu secret of Ills success. Thu h'orutn for April contains n iiotnhlo Hsthumous article by the latu President Harnard of Columbia Coll.igo, on the degra dation of our jHilltics, in which ho shows that the substitution of iersiiiiil reward for public duty as tliu prime motive of political activity has changed tho w hole character of our gov ernment to so great u degree that It Is no longer a republic but an oligarchy of maclilno politics; and the popular conception of tho two functions of government has Itself under gone a change. This Is perhaps thu most not able of nil President Halliard's writings. President Timothy 1) wight of Yale Universi ty, lays out u iroiur cotirsw of study for a boy up to his eighteenth year, and compares thu advantages and disadvantages of thu old time system of education and tin present system, lie makes an Interesting showing of tho time waslisl by tho old system, hut lays especial stress upon tho model n production of specialists lather than of men. The editor Tli? .trend made no mistake when he ilcteiuiinis! to lighten thu pages of his review with a bright aud entertaining pen picture of great crsonagos and reminis cences of Mipiilar Individuals. In the April .limn lie has given us u delightful sketch of Heiijamiu Disraeli by Jiiuiim Itealf, Jr., hi which the statesman and his v ork are brought Isildly before our view In a manner that Is as entertaining as a bit of tlctiou. "Why and Hi caue," the second No-Name paper, Is an other Ingeiiloiisauil entertaining contribution, said to Is.' written by an author whoso naiuu Is familiar throughout tho uitlre English sinking world. Thu Intioductioii of this No Namo series of papers is (mother Innova tion on the part of tho editor of 77ie Arrnit which displays that enterprise nml life that is essential to n brilliant success in magazine work no less than other Melds of Journalism, .SVnfaerN .Uiiyiizinc for April has for its frontispiece an admirable engraving from a painting, made for this cri(Hllcalhy the Eng lish artist, J. it. Weguellu, to illustrate, an (sle of Horace illk. I , li Other ll.iratian odes will lx Illustrated b) the same alfist in siicce.sllng iiuiuIhts. This Issue alsoinntain-t the Is'glnnlng of a notable series on "Thu ItighU of thu Clti7ou;" the last of the Elu'tric Seriis (lieguu 111 Jllllo, lv-'.j, on thu Hililway of Today, an unconventional aitlcleof tiavel describing a Journey ncrosg the Syrian Desert , the second and concluding paper u Charles Lamb's homes and haunts, an essay on Wag uei iiiuisiu ami its i elation to Italian iqitra. the t tul of Octave Thauet's ft.ur-pait story of Arkansas life, aud two short storus one by I Miss.lovvett. (7ki of Cedar Hapnlsi tieila.laiu.v Easter number. '1 In-Hist page of the cover U.re a large lautrnit of a U-autlful little gill em bellished with Easter flowers. On the first I uldc page is mi eugravtd hhiii, illustrated, by 11 S K needier, the Iowa poet, who has a iiuuiIht of acquaintances among Litiiuluites. Several line cuts illustrate a it-cent visit of the. .lit.. i to Wiuhiugtun, ami a numlier of other engravings have local ersons and buildings tor siibj.s'ts. It Is an inter, sting, creditable number Tlie Frank OrlV Diiocti.ry company of Omaha is publishing a blue hook that will con tain the names of 7,0iin of the sociot) people in thirty -live Nebiaska Hies and towns Tbo merchant who wants to leach the ls-t ss.pl,. of Nebiaska by circular will Hud tin- Usik n valuable and tune-av iiigaid Tho Cut IlIKH has Usui favored with an ad vance copy of the double Easter number ot the Youth's ( 'ini(iiiiMii. Tho page-are pro fusely lllti-tintcd, and the sturie- are b fa v.iiito w i iter-. Four hundred and foity thousand lamilies will receive this number Among the Is-st regular v isitors to theOu--ItlKll's exchange table is iho Philadelphia t.'it-(iiim-, which has taken a fi out rank among ontelll dailies. Tho GloUi clothing house with Its custom nry enterprise is making extensive iiupi ove nitMits iu its store. The show windows have been enlargisl, a new iloor has Isi-n laid, tho riHim has been (ltvoiulcd and the llxtuies havo had a thorough u novating. Everything is now brighter and more inviting than over.