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CAPITAL CITY COURIISR, SATURDAY, SEPTKMMKR 27, 1S90. VITTORIO CARPI. A Cel'hriilnl Itnllitli llnritntio Who If Coining to Ainrrlcii. No lover of music can full to lw Inter ested in tlio announcement tlmt Vlttorlo Cnrpl, tlio famous Kalian liarltono, (scorn ing to America, mid that ho will nuiko Chicago his homo. I'ow singers of tho tiny Lnvo achieved it moro solid fnmo than till Mllntieso Artist, Ho miula hit debut In 1873 as Faust In 1873 and 187 1 ho sus tained tho leading baritone mrt at tho VUerognl tho ntre, Cairo, with Holtr., Monglnl and Medial. For several years ho snng In nil tho principal Italian cities, Including his native city of Holognn. His suc cess In 1877, when ho sang with Mile. Donndlo In "Tho linrber of Seville." was so pronounced that ha was Invited to tAko part in tlio sumo opera with I'attl at Venice, Holognn and Florence, winding tip with tlio (tamo great artist In "Travlata" nt tho Apollo of Homo and tho San Carlo of Nnples. At tho San Fernando, in Seville, In 1890, ho held his own with (.luyorre, tho great Spanish tenor who recently died. Ho sjKmt ono season at tho Hoyal theatre, Madrid. His first visit to I-ondou was In 1883. His American engagement Is with tho Chicago conservatory. In addition to being a splendid singer, Carpi is said to Iw ono of tho lcst living teachers of tho Ital ian voico school. VITTOItIO CAItl't. CHURCH AND THEATRE IN ONE. Tim Combination Structure llirr Which I)r. TlUnortli Preside. Ono of tlio handsomest structures in Mil wnukeo Is tho Church of thu New Idea. It looks moruliko a clubhouse thniiucliurcli, and is designed for many outlier purposes than that of Sunday prcnohlng. Tho gen crnl plan of tho building was devised by tho pastor, Hov. Judson Tltswortli. The cardinal principle of construction was that tho ediilco must bo adapted to uso rather than to conventional Ideas of ecclesiastical architecture Tho main floor contains n rcAdlng room, freo for all; a lecture room, tho church parlors and committee rooms. On tho second door are tho young men's club rooms, tlio pastor's reception rooms and study and a hall for Sunday school -ri Ciiuricn ok tiii: suw idea. uses. Tho third floor Is occupied by n theatre, whero amateur performances are (liven during tho winter months, and in tho basement aro a kitchen and a dining room. "Tho church is nn evolution," said Dr. Tltswortli recently. "It has not yet reached tho stago that I desire, but progress is gradually being mado in tho right direc tion. For instnnco, I want to Imvo ono room fitted up with billiasd tables and an other used ns a card room. I believe theso amusements not merely harmless, but lien eflciol. However, I do not caro to force things too fast. Evolution Is a slow pro cess, nnd wo must wait patiently for its re sults." Insect UovourliiB IMiwiU. As Is well known, most plants dcrlvo nu triment from the ground by means of their roots, but it has been established that a few, cuiiously adapted for tho purpose, feed on insects. Among tho latter may Ira mentioned tho pitcher plants of tho Sierra Novndas, North Carolina and Uomeo. Illaddcr worts also catch Insect, and so does tho suudow, whosa long, narrow leaves nro covered with a sweet, sticky substnnco. When ono of thu leaves catches n fly, for example, it begins to curve ovdr. Tho movement Is very slow, and, what Is quite remarkable, If tho fly alights on tlio sido of tho leaf or anywhere away from tho center, tho tentacle It touches bends over, carrying its prey with it to tho center of tho leaf, nnd then all thu tentacles inovo toward tho middle and clasp it. Tho leaf then pours over it n liquid acid, which dis solves what Is good for food, thus acting as does tho gastric Juice In our stomachs. One full meal will last tho plant nearly a week. It must Imvo tho right kind of food, however. Or. Darwin fed a situduw on cheese, which made it turn yellow and sickly, and it llnally died with dyspepsia. When u few drops of milk Vtero poured on a leaf It curved up around tho edges, making tlio form moro cuplike, while tho tentacles bent over to absorb it. Auother thing has been noted. If a bit of meat is divided, half of It placed on tlio leaf and tho other on Bomu moss beside it, the plecoon thu leaf will remain fresh until digested, whllo that on tho moss becomes spoiled. Thu opera tions of Venus' fly trnpnro familiar to most cultivators of plants. A Chlueio Klectrlclitii, Tho Chinese of San Francisco regard Hong Tic as a wizard. However there is nothing of the supernatural about his ex ploits, Hu is simply a wonderfully cluver Mongolian who has mado an Independent study of electricity nnd almost unaided mastered Us secrets. Ho camo into public view tho other day through en Investiga tion set on foot by who could not understand why nil their pa trons in China town simultane ously discontin ued tho service. Tho Inquiry un earthed HongTIo as tho head of an Independent sys tem. He was In charge of an elec tric plant, had strung wires nnd put In telephones of his own make all through tho Celestial quar ter, nnd was also found to bo the owner of a telegraph line. All thu instrument and appliances aro of his own make. I long Tie lias been In America thirty-six years, thu last liftecn of which ho has devoted to tho study of electrical devices. Ho speaks Kj. gllsh fluently. IIONQ TIE. Cupt. McMickau, the commodore of tho Cuuard fleet, who died recently nt Liver pool, besides voyaging on tho Mcditcrra new i for a munlier of j ears, had cruised thu Atlantic IM times. m$&mt No. '-I.10. Kuny ArriiKtlr. Tho second row of letters, reading down ward, sjh'IIs tho name of n flower; tho last row sK'lls the name of certain fragrant flowers. Cross wordsfofcqtinl length): 1. Admit. S. A glory. :i. Morsels. I. An Island, ft. Watch closely. Nn. UA7. The Drunkard' I'ltllnilniinr. N II T 1 W ir t r r As tlio drunkard sat In hU cany chair Tho spirit of night npenrcd In Hie nlr, Distilling her dens to inuliteu tlio brows Tlmt forerlh throbbed from a Into carotuo. "Oh t erring oiitli. what a cholco Is thlno I To barter thy reason nnd health for wlno. I the, manlike, ami (too thy besetting sin, And renounce tho maddening otIIi of gin." Tim drunkard replied, nnd tho words ho Kko Khoned his ick was lmt to tho Ilacchnnal yoke. And what was his niuwer! I've frnmisl It above: Commence In tho center rectangular move And ) on have tho answer ho mado to tlio gnome. Which roads either way llko n pallndrount. No. S5H. A Midden Menagerie. Ten auipmls usually seen in shows aro concealed In tho following: Tho Ixxik was so interesting I was loth to leave It Still I only had to pretend I did not hear and I might go on with it in peace. No common key would flt tlio lock, nnd mother would not think of looking fur me here U was n small room. Ono must bo n very small person to occupy and not caro whether oxygen wero rather lacking "I hoH) she will be u reasonable woman and not call mo again," I thought, Hutshu continued to call, and It seemed so much llko telling a lib I sonorously called out: "Coming, ma," and opened tho door. Sho was nt my side ero I was out of tlio room "I was at a pirato story and did not hear you at flrst," I said. Hut sho did not look very gtntlc. "Oh, pardon mo this time," I cried, "and I promise, to never do so ngaiu," with which understanding she let mo go. n. 3.111. Illustrated Helms. 0 rff r -Sw$S&. AUTHOR OF FOUR HUNDRED PLAYS, Tim ttuottuoiu Literary Activity of Hi I, ute Dion llotirlciiolt. Tho Nlueteeiithvuttiry has produced no more prollllc or successful plnyu right than Dion Houelcnult, who (licit the other day In Nuw York city He iH'gan his career as n dramatic author when ID jenrsof ago with "London Assurance," which was flrst produced at Covent Oiinlen theatre, Lou don, In ISU.und still remains a favorite with the public. Ills last effort wits "A Talo of a Coat," recently on thu boards nt Daly's New York City theatre, llctwcen "Loudon Assurance" nnd "A Tale of a Cont"-that Is. durlngtho llfty jenrs of hlj activity Houelcnult wrote or adapted at least 100 phijs. Many were ephemeral, hut others made phenomenal hits (o) 2Tt 4 tfe. UM V fo g dm &I3ff$km No. mill, 1' to Ho Sorted. CKALONTNISNOI'T. I'ut them together nnd spell for mo A city of Kuropo now qulto freo. No. !!01. Chnnieterlstlo Initial-. The Initials of each of tho two words lu capitiil letters nro those of famous wrlu-rs 1. Okml's Kxcu.ixnt, jjrejit was her fame. And known to nil of I'liRllnh name S. Amcsino WmiKii, loni: Konoto rest, Of American liiiinorlsts ono of the U-st 8. CAnrKfi. Dctailkh, his fnmo cannot die In tmliisti-r Abln-y his form ilotli He No. XO'i. Word SqiuirK nnd llulf hqiutre. 1. I'lay. 'J Pertalulng to tho poles. II Emblem of peace A. Talks wildly, fi. A lock of hair. 1. A country, 'J. Anguish; a. A gas, . A preposition; fi. A letter. No. MlCt. Sjnropikted Central. In the center of "coverings for the ftvt" find a gurdeu implement. In thocuntorof "a printed sheet" llnd an animal. In thu center of "a growth of hair" llnd a part of tho body. In tho center of "a cross look" llnd a do nustic nuiinal In thu center of "a prolonged look" llnd a black substance In tlio center of "a kind of string" find "to gain." In tho (.enter of a fruit llnd "a knock." In tho center of "to tako without leavo" find a refreshing beverage. "In tlio tenter of tho hncklmno And a small but useful nrticlu, In thu centt r of "a sheltered nook" And "a lwy " Oueer Things In 1'rlnt. A nowspaH'r contained this: "Wo have two school rooms sitfllciently largo to ac commodate :t01 pupils ono above another " Mr. Hlmik who was taken suddenly ill hastened homo while every means for his recovory wero resorted to. Inspitoofall their efforts, bodied in tho triumphs of tho Christian religion. A man was killed ! a railroad car run tiing into Moston, supposwl to Ikj deaf Wo Imvo decided to erect a school houso largo enough to accommodnto fK) scholars flvo stories high, A steamboat captain, advertising an ex cursion, says. "Tickets, twenty flvo cents, chlldien half price tolm had at thootllce " On a certain raihvny thu following liiml nous dliectiou was printed; "Hereafter, when trains in an opposite direction lire approaching each other on separato Hues, conductors and engineers will 1x3 requested to bring their respective trains to u dead halt before tho poiut of meeting, and )u careful not to proceed till each train lias passed tho other." A Wry ll-irctr-uli KiiIkiiiu. What's that? what's that? Oh, I shall faint' Cull thu priost to by it' Trunsosu it, and to kiuj,' und saint And yivat and good ) on ay It Siectroj reect. Key to tlio l'uzzler. No. 2t8. A Letter Piir.7.1e: Henry M. Stunley. No, 'J4D, Anagram; Sorghum. No. 250. Picture Puzzle: Tho answer to tills is found in tho picture iUelf. Sharp eyes will distinguish tltreo mlcu in the shading of tho old cat No. 331 Ten State Capitals: Boston, Jackson, I. tub ltock, Frankfort, Topckti, Columbus, Spt'inglleld, Madison, Augusta, iralclgh. No. 252.-A BhopphiK Problem: f 13. No, SKI. Numerical Knlgma: Hod, wliiti lid blue No i!3l. i:niguui: Leaves. N.i 4V. - UuitallHieiits: 1. Iler-il .'. litm . s Hot-s I Whlr-1 3 lU-f DION HOtlCICAUI.T Among tho latter tuny be mentioned "Tho Willow Copse," In which Couhlock ,coied his flrst stiiKo tiitimph, "Hip Van Winkle," with which tho name of .JelTer on Is llrmly linked; "Tho Colleen llnwn," "Tho Shaughraun," "Uuls XI," "Foul Piny," "I.el Astray" and "After Dark." Thirty flvo of tho dead author's plnjs hud urst runs or nt least ISO nights each, and It Is said that during thu last quarter of a century there has not been u single night on which soiuo ono of his Immense number of piodiictlons has not been presented cither hi the United Stutes, Great liritltiti or Australia. It Is nlso estimated that In that timo tho public has paid fill, 000,000 to seo his plays acted "The Col leen Dawn" netted him ei.OOJ.OOO, ami "Tho Shaughraun" reullzed nearly half that amount. For tho latter play and his services ns an actor during Ave yenrs lister Wullack olfered Mr Houelcnult 150,000. Tho proposition was declined. Dion Houelcnult was born In Dublin of mi Irish mother and a French father llo was flrst murrled In tS-lt ton widow of means und beauty, who died a few jours later. Then It was announced that Agnes ltobertson, a handsome actress, had be come his wife. They lived together for many jenrs, and llo children wero tho fruit of tho union. Their differences ended in a divuico suit, and not long ago Mr. Houelcnult espoused Ioulsu Thorndyko, a young nctress, who survives him, and who was with him at tho tlmo of his death Despite the enormous sums lie earned Houelcnult died poor. Ho was lavish as a prluco in his expenditures und unlucky In his speculations; but no financial disas ter affected his buoyant temperament. Ho felt that ho had a gold mluu in his head, and that ho could replace lost fortunes at will. He left nearly finished a drama based on Hret Hurto's uoel "The Luck of Houring Camp," in which It had been planned that Mrs. Thorndyke Houelcnult should star. Hut nothing tho man wrote excelled that production of tho loy - thu wonderful "London Assurance" Tliuiu Is electricity in eery line und an extra heart throb in every climax What modern pen has pro duced a moro stirring passage than this where Lady Gay Spanker descrll.es tho conduct of her mount In a steeplechase There wero sixty horst-s In tho lk-ltl. all mettlo to tho hone tho start was a plcttiro-nwny wo went In a cloiid-ull mull helter kkeltcr-thu fool first, as usual, nsliij; themselves up-wo soon ixiswil them-first jour Kitty then my IllueaMii nnd Crown's coll last Then ennui tho lug Kitty skimmed thu walls-llliieskln Hew OTvr tho fcnees-tlio colt neck und neck anil half u mllo to run-at last tho colt balked u leap ami went wild Kitty nnd I hnd it all loonrsulws ulio was threo lengths ahead ns wo lireusted tlio last w nil, six feet. If an Inch, nnd n ditch on tho otliersldo Now. for thu first time, I ruo IIIiio- Mini inn iienn nn- n.ii ,wny no new llko n tlmndvrlM.lt owr went tlio lllly-l owr thu snmo spot, lent lug Kitty In tho ditch-walked tho kteeplu, ciKlit miles In thirty minutes, and scarcely turned n hair These lines, voiced by uu actress liku Mrs. Nlsbctt or Charlotte Ciishnian. noer failed to "bringdown the house," but tho closing sentences of "London Assurance," which fall front the lips of Sir Harcoiirt Courtly, are equally worthy of reproduc tion The character saj'H Ilnrt-fuced assurance Is tho vulvar substitute for gentlemanly ease; and theru uro many, who, l.y npliiK thu vices of tho great, imaglno that they eluvato themselves to tho rank of those, whoso faults nlone they copy No' sir Thu title of euntleiiiuu U tho only onu out of any monarch's gift, jet within tho reach of uvery peasant It should Iw engrossed hy Trulh-stauied with Honor-sealed with good feeling-signed Man Slid enrolled In every truo young English heart Tlio DiiiiiiI.u'n lion (Jute. Knglneers nro now at work I. lowing up thu rocks in the bed of the Dtnul.e at that point in tho great river's progress which Is known as the "Iron goto." Many jean ngo a ;iuv:lgoblo channel was cut through, but it Is practicable only for povveiful steamers. No other craft could live in tho mighty whirl of waters. The plan to make tho cataract feasible for nil sorts of boats, was first suggested in 1781, but over n cent- SCNllX4 saosipgs -j .tftr' .-tp TIIK IKON OATK OK TIIK llASUIIK ury passed lie fore the nations Interesttsl iigrtfd us to the details A conference at Vienna some time ngo culminated n u harmony of iindurstnndltig, und the great work Is now under way The "lion gate' Is situated on the Servian bordei Then the tremendous volume of the DuiiiiIm) passes through u delllt UVl feet wide und 7,500 feet long, with a full of Id feet and a veloclt J or IJ to 13 feet a second, its toiirse being troubled bj numerous neN and ledges. The plan upproved for ( leaiiug the channel Is tlmt of an American engi neor named .McAlpino. During the List two jears Kuglish cupi tallsts hae paid out l),ooo,lioo (or tl.o purchiseof manufacturing plants in no tT'l" d States v..n ifcrrT4 --JfATgg- AFTER YEARS. ,- n J'ullishcd throwjh The Ainoncan Press Association. j Music by WALTER LAYTON. P AndanU. TV fasmi 1. Aft cr yenn of won . ry toll Inp, 8. Aft cr year of won ry wait lug, flfPgPWF r-4-r -t I- feslili fJT- PT- ZPE. 3)2Btimmmm Where hluo waves lw tween us roll, Tho' our lives nro cast n sun . tier, Still it . tilt - ed, I will coino to thco n-gnlu; Love shall ban Mi oil thy sor row i Lovo bIiiiII charm a- i mnmmmwm ii f T- y Jiz dT- fLgEjgrfj soul io soul. Keep thy faith for me, my dar-llng, Till I clasp thco to my breast; way thy pain I Tho' thy hair Is, Hrenk'd with sil vcr. Still to mo thou art tl.o best t NipfPWS :' -jl f&m f 4 rail. gsiiiiii D.3. yi When life's nu - liiinii twl . light gatli -crs, Come uu to my heart ami rest. Hand in hand, to - geth - cr on - ward, Wo shrll find o tcr - ual rest. 1 i ,K. 1 y l-L. )l 0-i e folia tofA "" i u. 8 tl K3I P;S" Telephone 1I6( OFFIOE 1024 0 Slreel Moving Household Goods and Pianos a Specialty. You cannot afford to waste your money in ex perimental trips by other ines represented as being equally as good as the "Burlington." They are not. J. niANCIh, (icncrnl l'astenger anil Ticke Agent Omaha. A. C..IH.MKK, Cit ln.eiiu,ei .mil Ticket Agent, Lincoln, I
