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    rHE OMAHA DAILY BEE : SUNDAY , ' MAY 15 , 1887.-TWELVE PAGES , 11
PftlllVPTHIlJP On\H1U PUTT T7P
SPUlnGTIMES SUNNi SMILES ,
A Kacsas Man Explains How to Achieve
Fame and a Title in That State.
ENTERTAINING BILL NYE.
llclilinl tin ; Times Trombones Killed
Him liullliif ; Mtttlo | Siij-nr Why
n LcKlilntor Voted for Woman
c Witticisms.
Tito Farmer.
OHCifiDiirlclt. .
Once on n tliitu lie used to plough
And rlso lit dawn to nulk tlio coutth
And ttrlvo with in t try SOUK nnd
To pasture Krlndle and liur caugh
Tlicn for the pips lin'd fill thn trough
And for tlio maikethn would tie ouch :
.Sometimes his tnani would brulso her hough
Againsi a luncu-poat or u lou li.
And there he'd switch her with a bough
To tench herbettet any hough ;
Jin planted wheat to make the dough
Which , lu a drought , was hard to grough.
Jn winter , when his work was through ,
A little sportln he would dough ;
He'd wnnder with his gun nnd slioiiRh
' And aim at crows lie couldn't
Sometimes licM hunt along the dough
For birds that do not live there nouuli
And shoot a sun-mill or a clou jh
Which he with joy would proudly slough.
From wampl.ind , watered by a lough ,
Jle'd makugood Pasture for hlsstough
Uy laying heie and there a souen ,
While pttrsphatlon wet his brough.
Sometimes n snake that shed It's Bloush
Would scare him so he'd run and pough
'Till stuck Knee-dee ) ) within a slough ,
Jle'll yell until lie raised a rough.
IJtit nongh work makes the farmer cough
And careless hough much people scom-h ,
Jle lives on hoarders rough and tough
Whough vough thelgh dough not eat enough.
AVny Uclilnd.
Wnll Street Nnws : Tliey wcro tnlkine
about the tiroirress of tlio country , nnd
liow It had fjoiiu ahead in tlio last jtfteen
yeara , when the man in the corner ob-
ecrvcil :
"I can't quite agree with you. Wo
could have gone ahead much faster. "
"Ilowy"
"Why. somebody might have discov
ered fifty years ago that no hops wcro
necessary to make lacror beer , and that a
peed fi-eent cigar could bo made of cab
bage leaves. "
Wind and Hust.
I'rovldence sends the wicked wind
That blows our skirts knee-high ;
But Qed Is food and sends the dust
That blows In the bad man's eye.
Glcar at Last.
Dakota Hell : "How about these titles
now ? " said n new resident of Kansas to
n native ; " 1 want to know something
about them , There's Colonel Wood-
chunk , for instance , how did ho got his
title ? " "Don't know , , but lie registered
that way at the hotel when ho first came.
HO wo Bunposo it's all right. " "And
Captain Duster ? " "lie's captain of a
base ball nino. " "There's Judge
JinoozenberryV" "Ho was jtulgo in a
lioe-gnessing match oneu. " "Commo
dore Sandbarr ? " "Ho runs the ferry
boat. " "How about Professor liilk ? "
"He's a pugilist. " "And Senator Mc-
Tufl'r" "Oh , ho gets mad and wants to
light if wo don't call him that. " "And
the Honorable McUribo ? " "Ho ran for
" "And General
thu legislature once.
CarpctbaggV" "Well , you see ho is a
loading citizen , and wo kind o" give it to
liira in recognition of his public services.
Oh , wo came by our titles honestly.
'I hey call mo captain because I' vo lived
In the Btnto twonty-livo years , and if
I * you'll just walk around sort of straight
and EIVO it out that you'ro a major it
will bo all right. " _
Ho Couldn't Stand Everything.
'With calm resignation ins nervous prostra
tion
Ho bore without crumbling or moan ,
lie swallowed his physio and suffered the
phthisic
Without a complaint or a groan ;
When toe medical lancer probed around for
his cnncer
Ho gave out no utterance of pain ,
And he actually urged on the hospital sur
geon
To probe to the base of his brain.
Ills twinges sclatical wcro sharp and emphat-
Ical ,
But ho made no moan or complaint ,
And the keen meningitis , the choking bron
chitis
Ho bore with tlio craco of a saint.
Ho lived through the asthma and through
the mlasmn ,
Malarial Ills ho defied
But at last came Ids slayer ; the new trom
bone plnyer
Moved lute his house then tie died.
A FewGoms of Composition.
St. James Uazotto : Gems of composi
tion for aspiring Ixmdon school teachers
undergoing examination :
Walking My favonto walk is when I
do not haye far to go to it.
The Beautiful it is beautiful to sit
upon a stone in the middle of hoary
ocean.
Joan of Arc She was rather pious
nnd very genteel.
Samson Agoiostcs Samson in agony.
Ho dealt doles with the jawbone of a
dead ass.
Monastery A place for monsters.
In the line from "Lady of the Lake , "
"Fierco Roderick felt the fatal drain , "
the lust word was detinc'd as "a uuwer or
conduit. "
_
Now Tlioy lo Not Sneak.
" 1 suppose you blushed profusely dur
ing tlio ceremony , " ofTusoly said tlio
hand-painted beauty to the young bride
elm was congratulating.
"Oh , no , " was the calm reply. "I never
use rouge. "
Tim conversation was broken off so
suddenly that the edges wcro sharp
enough to cut stone with.
Worth Marc.
Wall Street News : An old-fashioned
chap who keeps a dingy grocery in Cleveland
land , had about three hundred pounds ol
maple sugar on hand in April , and one
moraine1 a drummer , who had beer
posted by the boys , entered the store am
Bald :
"See hero. I am R man who ROC ;
htraight to business. I'll give you 4 (
Mints n pound for that mtiplo. sugar. "
"Korty cents ? "
"Woir , say forty-five. "
"Tho old man turned white as death ,
lost his voice for a minute , nnd the :
hoarsely whispered :
"You can't have it. War's broke ou1
Eoniowhcre and that sugar is worth sov
ont.v-Uve. "
Tlioy Drnw the Litno at Mutter.
We are having a good time here in thi
South enjoying the climate and makiiif
experiments with the butter producui
hura.
AH warm weather approaches thi
mountain butter of North Carolina is got
tln its hair cut short , and I can truth
fully t < ay , that , although I am no epicure
us a general rule , 1 have hud my nalati
tickled more since I ciuno here than .
over did before.
Mutter made in tlio fastnesses of thi
bills in Huucombo county ia mostly of i
vale pearl gray , with a pin-stripe in it o
ultramarine. This doog not look badly f
nud it sots off a hoocnko lirst-rnte.
Tins butler is not eaten by the pcopli
vrho manufacture it , They are pee >
sometimes , and have to eat mnst any thin :
that will sustain life , but they draw th
II- Jino at this butter ,
They all know how it is prepared.
I wont out into tun brush hist week ti
a load of wood and 1 toohl lou will
' '
a gentleman who lives In an opon-facod
cottage on the other side of tlio moun
tains. I then discovered that these people
ple do not cat their own butter.
1 did not notice any butter , but they
had gravy as a substitute for it. Corn
dodgers in and of it.self will not melt In
the month , so I looked around for a
means of lubricating my own. At that
time tlio warm-hearted and hospitable
host made tlio following remark :
"Stranger , you musn't bu squeamish.
Just waller your dodger in the dope.
That's the way wo do. "
1 then proceeded to waller.
HILL NVK.
Tin ; Weather Grumbler.
The discontented nmn .
He iuM < es the angles weep ,
He says the snow In JanUary -
Uary U too deep.
He weaves a comtant web
Of querulous complaint ,
Ho says the winds of Fell-
llunry nwUes him faint.
He says the storms of March
Are very hard to boar ,
That they would make nn Arch-
Hl.-hop curt > e and swear.
That April winds have ten-
Deucles to colds and cough ,
And eioups and Inllmm-
Za pick all the people oil.
The tickle airs of May
Ho calls a fenifui bore ,
On them he'll oil e\oi- :
Tinto and grumble sore.
Thu "perfect" days of .June
Theme of the poets' lays
Ho says no one but lun-
Atlcs would over praise.
He says that lie abom
inates and hates July.
Aud August makes him com-
I'letely leslgnort to die.
Ho f-nys tlio logs of Sep
tember nro worse than death.
He'd rather suifer lep-
Kusy or want of breath ,
After tlio equlnoc-
Tint b tor m has spent its foicc
The beastly month ot OcTober -
Tober begins Its counto.
And then tlio cold Novom-
Her mines with icy breath ,
And blustering Decem-
15er makes him long for death.
He whimpers HUe a babe ,
And mnke.s a constant din ,
With him the aii cl ( > ab-
Itlul would get as mad as sin.
Xho Gamut ol' Then.
n'athtngton J'osf.
Taking 51,000,000 ia called ( Scnlus.
" 100,00 " Shortage.
" f.0.000 " Litigation.
" S5.000 " Insolvency.
" 10,000 " Irregulaiitv.
" 6,000 , " Defalcation.
" 1,000 " Corruption.
" GOO " Kmbiv.zlcmont.
" 100 " Dishonesty.
" GO " .Stealing
" 25 " Total depravity.
" . one ham " War on society.
Wilbur V'otccl Ayr.
Minneapolis Journal : Kvcrbody in
Dakota knows Wilbur t . Steelo. Ho was
a member ot tlie logLiJuturo from Stcolo
county. There is an incident in Steclu's
legislative career that goes very far to
show his characteristic regard for his
wife. He lias one fault , however. Ho
takes no stock in woman sulVrage ex
cept when ho is obliged to. On the oc
casion in question the woman sull'rago
bill was before the house. Major I'ickley
was championing thu cause of the fair
sex in eloquent words when a call was
made for a vote , and the clerk proceeded
to call the roll. When Sleclo's name was
reached ho arose with the dignity of a
Demosthenes and commenced :
"Mr. Speaker , I am sorry that I cannot
support this bill , but -
At that moment a well-dressed lady
was seen to bend over the gallery rait.
In a loud voice she exclaimed :
"W-i-1-b-u-ri"
- - - - -
Ho glanced up\yard. It was enough.
Ho turned and said :
"Mr. Speaker , 1 vote nyo. "
The lady was Stcclc's wife.
Tlio Circus at the IJut to.
Dakota Ucllc.
Wo kinder calkllatcd-thet's IJill an' Ike an'
me
We'd all go down to Sentinel Buttn and hov
a sort o' scree ;
Thct day the Greatest Show on Earth wcro
thar in one uic tent ,
We jcdgod 'twere something in our Hue. so
natur'ly we went
Inside wo struck a table with a cur'ous sort o'
crreter ,
An' a sign as said his name were Pharioh
Salt t'otcr ;
An" that he was a 'Gyptian king as long ergo
went house
The show had got the mummy at stupend
ous expense !
Wo stood an' sized It up erwhilc. when Ike
turned round to mo and said :
"It 'peers tor look erbout tor me. 'sit this
Kentluuian were dead ;
An' as I'm cor'uer 1 'low without no further
fuss ,
We'd better stop and ECO what killed the
ornars cuss ! "
Then Bill remarKs : "I reckon H'u'dboa
good idee ,
An * 1 chimes in with : "An Inquest would
list erbout hit mo ; "
An' then we sot upon the corpse of 1'harioh
Halt Peter ,
An' lixed a rojf'lsr vcrdlclc In surprisingly
short meter I
"Whereas , this P. 8. Peter , beln' thar layln'
dead's a stone ,
Therelorn , this Jury flnds ho croaked uv
causes quite unknown 1"
We 'lowed that lifty dollars were what the
job were worth.
An * collected from the trcas'rcr uv the Great
est Show on earth !
Not Quito Alikn.
"Good morning , Mrs. O'Hahcrty.
Where have you been so early ? "
"Faith an' I've jist come from a
bornin' down at Mrs. Murphy's. "
"Ah ! A now baby theroV"
"Two , faith. She has two twins , and
they bo so near aloiko that yo couldn't
tell one from the other to save yer loifu. "
"Hoys or girls ? "
"One's a boy and the other's a girrul. "
Kconomy n Necessity.
"J thought , you were engaged to bo
married to Miss Heaiiti , who is HO di
vinely tall and fair , as you used to lay. "
" 1 was ; but that was before thu real
estate boom began. I have married Miss
Pcttite. "
That's the little lady scarcely four feet
high ? "
"Yes ; you see , when a man's wife dies
a grave must be bought for her , and
with land at present prices 1 could not
afford a full-sized woman. "
Postal Item.
"Is there anything for me ? " said
a sweet voice belonging to a charming
young lady , whoso pretty face appeared
at thu genera ! delivery window of the
postoffico.
"Who is mo ? " asked the prosaic
clerk ,
"I'm Ulatiys Gumming.1'
"No doubt you'ro glad he's coming -
most young ladies are but what is yout
uaiuu ? "
"My name , sir , is Gladys Gumming. "
"Oh , yes ; certainly. Uctf pardon. "
A IHrmlnghiim ( Mich. ) man purchased a
SSO gun with which to kill sp&riows ru one
cent R head.
A Bix-months'-pld child weighing only two
nnd n half pound * Attract * i nny visitors tc
0 the home of 'David ' Ulajsfurd ucar Uupnu ,
1 Mich.
1o A mountain rat ten Inches hlch niui nbou !
o a loot long , raptured ou tlit Ulfciid of Tttnt <
dad , lias been addud to the C utul 1'urfa
I ( N. V. } nicnni'erld.
, A wien has built a nest under the enve of a
car on a tionlli Carolina jnUioad. It Is tin
best traveled blul in America , making four
or trips over the ruaa every uay.
r
A klod hearted resident of Westport , WIs. ,
picked up set en wild geesfi which bad fallen
to I tie ground exhausted after n long flight. .
\lf. \ fed them nnd then let thPin lly away.
A Sioux F.MU ( I ) . 'I' . ) man exhibited to his
friends & l.irir pickntil which he uad caught ,
U weired f.KUty-iuu-c pounds , '
was disco vet cd that the fish had been stuflcd
with stones Ui Increase Its weight.
It never rains but It pours on tlio farm ot
Myron lluskiucs , of Alnple ( Hove , Mich.
The other day Mrs. Husklmrs cave mi into
triplets , two of his e\\rs to live lambs , aud
tlni family cat to seven kittens.
Itcv. John Webb and a bit : black bcnr met
ncontly lu the woods ot I'ocahoutas county ,
iVest , Va. Mr. Webb spent the next live
ours In dodging around thu beast , and
ually killed him with a pocket-knlle.
At Davlsvlllo , Gal. , the wild gecio pathcr
i immense numbers on the farms adjoining
IIQ tules , and tlielr ravages are alnrmlna.
lerdcrs are regulrrlv employed on some
arms to keep them oil' by shooting at thorn.
Thu recent strike of log-drivers at Chip-
cwa Falls , Wis. , developed a novel way of
reatlm ; .sentiment. DORS were turned loose
e.iriug placards on which were printed : "A
nan Is a dog that will woik tor less than J
day. "
One day last week a span of colts ran away
n Portland , Ore. , and coming to a rniirond
ridge , ran out nearly 'itty feet on the ties ,
ii'foic stopping. Then both went down in a
icap , and weie aftorwaid pulled out uu-
cntliod.
Kaglo.s have played havoc with young
amus in Ur.mt county , Oregon , this spring.
Jnu farmer lost iilni > lambs in one day. The
lethod ot tlio eagle is to swoop down upon a
clpless little himb and knock him over , and
hen with another swoop pick him up and
: airy him away to be eaten at ielsuio.
A eltl/.im of Heaver Falls , Pa. , has a doz
li.it used to answer to the name of Snipe.
Unco the family went visiting and lull Snipe
'ocked up In tlio house. It was forty-thien
lays before they returned , but they found
lie doj alive , lie locovercd trom his long
a.st , and since then ho has been called Tail-
in r.
r.A
A car of corn was shipped from Templo-
011 , la. , Maich 25 , and lirst opened lu Foil du
/ icVIs. . , April 10. In the car , wliou the
icals were biokon at Foil du Lac , was found
jcsldcs the corn a line Irish setter dog in a
pery emaciated condition , but in very good
plrits. He had nothing to eat during his
iong ride.
t\ miller moth Hew Into the car of J. G.
Staib , a Wilmington ( Del. ) baker thiee yeais
\go and was notdlslod.'cd till the other day ,
liaving been snugly ensconced just inside the
Iruni of the ear during that time.Milk
poultices and salt w.iter baths drove the In-
ect out and It Hew several leet buloro it
iropped dead.
A natural curiosity has benn discovered at
Solotliurn , Uwltzciland , the center of a largo
watcli-manutactiiring district. It Is the nest
ot a wagtail , built wholly of long spiral steel
nhavlng.s , without the least part ot vegetable
: > r nnimal liber used in its construction. The
lest has been preserved in the museum of
natural history.
A mechanical expert given to curious in
vestigations estimates that the tooting of
locomotives on the Now Yoik , > "ow Haven
and ilarttoul railroad , In an ordinary day's
run , Involves a waste of .steam lequliing thu
consumption of liSO pounds ot coal to renew.
Ho estimates the whistling expenses of that
particular railway at Mr ,000 per year.
Near Dolores , Argentine Jvepubllc , there
, vas iccontly a shower of stones. A lew mo-
nents alter the plains were covered with the
bodies of terse , slot Us and other birds and
animals killed by the stones. Olio Inhabitant
of tlio place carried lorty-elght head of geese
'lome in the space of half an hour. Great
oss was sustained. Many animals weio
killed and crops and trees were destroyed.
In IMO Amabsa Gillctt bought a lot of
landing walnut aud whltcwoud trees lu
Washtenaw county , Michigan , giving a
bushel ot wheat lor each tiee. Ho cut the
rt-es and lafted the logs on the Halsln river
it Clinton to bo sawed. Some of the walnut
Ois sank in the water and remained ihero
about lifty years , when they were taken cut
iml lound to be solid as thu day they were
cut.
CONNUUI.XLITIES.
Bayard Taylor's dauchtcr is reported to be
engaged to a young physician of the Univer
sity ot Halle.
Fifty-one marriacos were announced In
one day recently In a Philadelphia paper.
Those Quaker maidens are as puittlly
iuoclc.it und demure asoiir Aunt Tabitlia's
"
cat , but they seem to "got there" just the
same.
A Missouri gill waved her hand at a
stranger , and In three days they were mar
ried. Two ( lays later the 3011115 lady waved
a ilatiron at her husband , and the next even
ing ho came home waving a divorce. What
are the wild waves saying ?
A territorial editor says in his naper :
"Yesterday wo were again married. It
will bo remembered that both of our
former wives eloped with tlio ioreman of thu
ofliue. To avoid any futiue lncou > enicnce
nt the kind we have this time married u lady
who is herself a compositor , and she will set
the tyno while we hustle for the ducks who
still ewe on subscriptions. " Dakota Hell.
A young eastern farmer was engaged to bo
married to a neighbor's handsome daughter ,
procured a license on the day set for the cere
mony and proceeded to the residence of his
atilanced. On arriving he learned to his
astonishment that his intended had been
married a few months bolorelo an old sweet
heart. The happy groom had arrived Iroin
the west that day , gone at once to tlio lady's
residence , gained her consent , procured a
license and married her , all wltnin the brief
space of tlueo hours. An eastern man stands
no clianco at all alongside of an energetic
westerner.
Some women are never contented. One of
this kind has gone before a magistrate in
England aud asked for a divorce on tlio
ground that In forty years of her married
life her husband had bltteu her every day ,
and thatsho was ready to swear to nearly
15,000 ot those love nips. A young woman
of Detroit has refused thirty distinct offers ,
and prefers as yet the cold companionship
of her quarter of a million of dollars. In
Maryland a blooming widow of thirty has
just buried her sixtli husband , and scores of
eauer .suitors are yet willing to be immo
lated on tlio altar ot her beauty. That while
there Is life theie is nope li.is been demon
strated by a Massachusetts maiden of
seventy-two who got mairledlast week , and
by a Chicago husband who got his seventh
dlvoice while in seaich of the model wlte.
Altogether , the matrimonial market is lively
and strong ,
Hukmibliar , the native Indian lady , whoso
wrorrgs aroused a general feeling of sym
pathy in England and India , was married ,
accenting to Hindoo usage , at the age ot
eleven to a youth some > eais her senior. She
remained at her patents' housewas carefully
educated and grew up , according to all ac
counts , into a relined and highly educated
Imly. Some elchtcen months ago she pub
lished In "Tho Times of India , " under the
noiu de plume of "A Hindoo Lady , " a scries
of forcible and striking letters on the
miseries entailed on her sex In India by the
barbarous customs of intant marriage and
enforced widowhood. Last year her hus
band tried to iet her to live with him , and
on her refusing lie Instituted a suit for the
restitution of conjugal rights in the Hombay
high court. Tlio case was tried , and it bav
in. been proved that the husband was too
poor to support her , was utterly ignorant and
uneducated in fact , a mere coolie , the judge
expressed the opinion tli.it It would bo a bar
barous , cruel and revolting thing to compel
her to llv. ! with Mich a man. He fur
ther held that such a suit could not lie
under Hindoo lixw and dismissed It. The
husband appealed , and the chief justice and
a judge ruled that tlm tlrst judge was wroivf
In law anct nnt tlio case back to the lower
courts in be tried ou its rneiiu. On this tiki
It was urged as before that the woman had
never consented to the marriage , and Imd
never regarded tlio man as her husband ; that
he was poor , Ignorant and unhealthy : and
that If ordered to return to him she should
be forced to disc boy mid take the consequence
quence * , bho was ordered to join her hus
band within a month or undergo six mouths'
Imprisonment. Tlio case lias excited much
sympathy among the Anglo-Indian com
munity. The Kngliih newspapers are pub
lishing lettet * nud nrtlc'e. ' * on the subject ,
and stops nre being taken in Hombay to raise
a fund In her behalf. Among the native
community , however , hardly'a single voice ,
except that of Mr. Malavuri , a Parsee gentle
man , lias been raised in let favor , and the
so-called reformers vrho agitate loudly for
representative Institutions etc. , say no woid
for the alteration of the cruel Jaw which the
Uombny court has been reluctantly compelled
tocnloice.
EDUCATIONAL
The Mennonlle colicge for tne United
States has been located at Newton.
The trustees of Columbia college have re
fused to accept Ibe memorial Ine plaeo the
senior class proposed to place In the library
of tlio college.
The university of Uoettingcn Is to cele
brate its ISQtn anniversary In An rust next ,
on which occasion tlio Kmpcnir William's
ncbhew , I'rinro Albreclit , will flourish as
r color tnftcnliicrtntisslmuf.
'I lie University ot Michigan at Ann Arboi
will celi-brate Us sviul-CQUlcuulal during
the commencement week , Jnne 30-30. In-
Mend of the usual baccalaurentn sermon ,
them will be an address on tlioteth by Prof.
Henry S. Frle/o ou "Tho Itclntlon of State
Universities to Kcllgion. " Tito morning of
the -Uti ! ! will be devoted to addresses by
.Vustlu . Hlalr In behalf of the university ra-
. -'eiits , and by Principal bill , of the State
Normal school lu behalf of the State
Teachers' nssoclatlon. In the afternoon
them will bo addresses before the various
societies ot alumni by Senator Palmer , Jus
tice Miller , of tlio united States'.supremo
court aud others. The university musical society
Mendelssohn's " " In
ciety will sing "Elijah"
the evening. Commencement day Is the "Otli ,
and President AuKeil will give tne commem
oration address. Addresses from representa
tives of other universities and collides are
expected , either In connection with the exer
cises or at the big commencement banquet
In tlio evening. Former students of the
university who wish further information ,
should address J. II. Wade , Ann Arbor.
In Russia there are UJ.ooo schools , having
each an average of 'M scholars. This Is one
pchool for 0,800 Inhabitants , at n cost of li"-s
than a cent a head of the population , lu
Austria , with 37,000,000 of Inhabitants , there
are 'J'J.OOO ' schools and H.OUO.OOO si-holars. The
average number at eacli school Is 104. and
the cott per Inhabitant 10 cents , lu Italy tor
28,000.000 Inhabitants there ate .000 schools ,
one school for e\crv COO people , ut a cost of
17 cents a Mead. The avcr.uo number ot pu
pils at tlm schools is-10. In Sp.xln tncro me
3,000,000 scholars , 'J'J.OOO ' schools , pivlng an
average ot iVi In each sr-lioo ) , and oui1 school
for every COO Inhabitants , as in Italy. Tim
number ol schools given for KngUind is
5S.OOO , which Is one for every WO Inhabitants ,
with an average attendance of f > 'J per school ,
and a cost of SO cents. The Hermans have a
school lor every 700 , giving a total of 00,000
schools , with 100 piiiills in each , and 33 cents
per inhabitant. France has 71,000 schools ,
being one for every 60J , with C1 in each
school. France would , theiiilore , seem to
have more schools than anv other great
Kuiope.m country. These schools cost the
country mi cents per inhabitant.
MUblCAli AN1 > 1UIAMATIU.
Haverly pays the vocal corps of the Masto
dons the neat sum ol SWO a week.
Henry E. Dlxey's ' burlcsiiue on "Faust" Is
said to bo in snape for puuiuution.
"Tho IJIack Flag" is one ot thu few Kncllsh
melodramas that holds its own in this coun
try.
try.Tlio Princess Ueatrlce writes music and
plavs the piano and organ with marked
ability.
Mine. Pauline Lucca lias received the medal
for art and science Iroui the Prince Itegent
of ISuvailu.
Tlio Thalia Opera company has made such
a failure In San Francisco that it lias closed
prematurely.
Pietty llttlo Ida Mulle is singing the part
of Hose Mavbud in John Stetson's "Huudy-
goro" company. "
Ernest Lrgouvo , the veteran dramatic
author , is called tlio Dr. Olher Wendell
Holmes of France.
Chicago is to have a now theater called tlif
Haymarket. It will hold 'J.OOJ persons with
prices to suit everybody.
Colonel Frank iJurr has rewritten "MIz-
pah , " Fred Eustls' comic opera , and thinks
that it will bo a success in its now torm.
Minna Oale will be the leading lady of the
Hooth-Hanett comoany next se.ion , anu K.
I. Huckluy will have the leading juvenile
roles.
Emma Abbott snug in " 11 Trov.itore" to
the president and Mrs. Cleveland ou Tues
day night at the National theater in Wash
ington.
it is said that EH/abetli ( iorewa.thc famous
Russian tragedienne , lias been making ar-
raiiL'cments tor a tour in the United States
next fall.
Haverly cleared S1SO.OOO on the Mastodons
the tirst two years the troupe was in ex
istence , nud his profits this season have been
very lar0.
Ll/.zlo May Ulmor , the snubrotte star , is
looking for an engagement for the comiue
sea ion. In the meantime she invites oilers
tor a new play.
Charles Overtoil has cabled to America for
tlm Knullsli rights to Clay M. Gieene's
"Ookicu ( limit , " but negotiations have not
yet been entered into.
Hilly Emerson , of Havoriy's Mastodon
minstrels , is said to have invented more
successful special acts than any oilier
comedian in the business.
King Milan , of Scrvia , has taken to writIng -
Ing plays and having them enacted on the
public stage. Cjose upon the heels ot this
'
annouuee'ment comes the news that ( jiicen
Natllle has left her liege and will not live
with him anymore.
Miss Freda Nnrdyz , who was so suecesful
in the part of Mathilda in "Led Asti.iy , " lu-
cently produced by the Drew Dramatic asso
ciation , will pluy the part of Mary Morodlili
In "Our American Cousin , " at McCaull's
Opera house ou May 20.
lietoro the inter-state commerce law went
into elTeet Colonel McCaull could take his
company fiom New York to Chicago tor
about S" 00. ' Their latest trip from Chicago
to New York cost Sl.OOO for railroad tickets
alonn. This did not include sleeping car
fares , which'the members ot the company
paid themselves.
Henry Irving Intends to add to his reper
tory the character of Kobert Laudrv , In the
drama of "Tbe Dead Heart. " "The Dead
Heart , " now about tnlrty years old , has long
remained disused. The late Henjamin Web
ster was highly distinguished.In . It on the
English stage , while in America It was the
chlet feature in the repertory of the late Ed
win Adams.
The Philadelphia Press states tbat "I'ho
Boston Ideal Opera company has conn to
smash alter a good old-tashioned row , In
which every member ot the troupn took a
part. The completeness with which this
once harmonious and prosperous oiganlz.i-
tion has been dcstioycd by jealousy , bad
management , and general ctisscdne&s shows
plainly enough that tlm ago of spectacular
bluuderiugis not yet over. "
The clever people at tlm Japanese Village ,
No. 1217 Chestnut street , Pliila. , have made
a hit with their perloimanco of a real Jap
anese play. It is certainly a most intcre-t-
1111 : alVair , as well as a truly novel exhibition.
The play Is interjnuted to the audience so
that every ouu can understand what it is
about. The actors wear torgeous coitumes.
and their pantomimic action is certainly re
markable. The piece is quaintly put upon
the stage of Temple hall , and the scenery
and costumes exelto wonder and admiration.
The New York Mirror has this llttlo anec
dote of a railroad man and a manager : "J.
K. Wood , tbc eenoral passenger agent of the
Pennsylvania railroad , applied at the Arch
street theatre , Philadelphia , for four seats for
the "Parlor Match. ' ' Ho was given them by
the house management and enjoyed the play ,
though Harry Mann states that ho would
have boon refused admittance had ho known
of It. In spite of the fact that he liked the
piece , however , the company vuro charged
an excess for baggage on their tiip to this
city. "
While Carl I'osa was working himself up
to tlio succcsslul position that lie. now occu.
pies it was to bo noted as a singular coinci
dence that his principal soprano , principal
contialto and piincipal tenor were all Ohio
people. MIs3aylord ! , Miss Yorke aim Mr.
Packard did not a little to put English opera
on a linn basis In England. Naturally , Mr ,
Hosa has confidence In Ohio artists , and he
has Indicated it by encaging Miss Amelia
Loiisn | Croll , born in Cleveland and music
ally educated in Cincinnati and Paris , tot
his London season ,
Mine Hcrnliardt's jewels are probably moit
valuable than any collection in the world ,
both from a linaiicinl as well as historical
standard. She lias pearls by tlio pint ; diamonds
mends from every Held and court In the
In the world and In every Imaginable style
of setting ; birds , flowers. Insects and deslmif
symbolic of ancient and medieval time arc
among the tieasured ornaments' , nnd some ol
tlm most exquisite si cimens of Egyptian ,
Hungarian , Indian and Persian wnikman-
shin MB used nn the "Theodora" costumes.
Two new operas to bo produced in New
York during the summer months by Colone
McCaull are/'Jacquetto" and "ThnHollmau. '
The formnc under the name of "La Her
tuiise , " Is llio great sensation In Paris ant ]
London. The music is by Mossager. and tin
English libretto by J. Chcever Goodwin
"The Uellman" ' Is by Von Suppo. and hai
been running In Vienna to crowded house !
for months. On tlio occasion of lu lirst pro
duction the enthusiasm of thu audience was
so great that the composer was forced to an
pear before the curtain twenty-one times It
response torepeateu calls.
The Traveler : Miss Fortescuo lias talket
a treat deal to the newspai > er reporters slnci
bliu returned to England , and she has sale
many sensible things. She sajs our "pro
vlncial" theaters ere at once both prnttlei
and cleaner than those In England , and thi' '
Is accounted.tor by the tact that the most o
them are ot recent Imlldtnc : . The Kcenery
with one or two noticeable exceptions , U no
per hapso irood as in England , and ill IK
Bluglu theatre , that sue hau the pleasure 01
ling ho ,
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rcfcronco to the granting o f degrees In
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lour universities. Onn of the niilver.slt o * .
tlionch pos.so ed of an endowed muslral
nhuir. has takPii no active steps In the mut
ter. Another havlnt , ' found that It h empow-
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taken thr > Initiative , and , upon search being
made , documents showing pieet-dents for
aclmlttiiiK cundldatcs to examination have.
It is hnld , bi'en dlReovured , aud It Is there-
from not unlikely that thu wishes of the
budeu musician * will sooti bu carried out ,
The unrnasInK and amott ! embittered polit
ical coiitmveitties of the ilay.have not tondea
to help the observance of Lt-ut IUU year tu
Kn laud.