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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE' . SUNDAY NOVEMBER 25 , 18SS.-SIXTEEN PAGES. GOSSIP OF THE GREEN ROOM , Anecdotes of Plnya , Authors , era and Actors. MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC NOTES. Coin t ) nn ill's rirst Anpenrnncn One- third JjarRcr When Tlicro Were Ka I in I let ( Sir-Is Troit 111 o With TCIIOI-H. Cnmpnnltil'i First MnplcqunVi Memoir * : One waning nboul 0 o'clock Iho hnllkcopor brought mo word that there \\t\a \ seine one from "Carnplni or sonic such nnmn. " I ini- mediately brightened up mid said ; "Solid tlio inossongor in , " who accord ingly cntcrud. Ho hud a colored lluii- nol whirl on , no shirt collur , a board of two or three days' growth and a little pot hat. He , In fact , looked rather a. rough customer. In reply lo my inter rogation ho Informed mo that Cam- pntiini had arrived and was in London , I replied , "Aj-o you suroV" Thereupon ho burst out laughing and uaid that lie was Cnnipanini. I foltnsi if I should go through the llo < r. Onc-TliiuI Maplc-oii's Monioirn : It wiis Htipu- Intod in uno of the clamoi of Mmo. Pattl's ongngomeiiU that the loltor.s of her mime nhould , in alt printed mi- AOimci'iti'jnts , bo one-third larger than Xhe loiters in any ono uKc'.s name , nnd iluring the progri'SH of the Chicago fes tival I Haw Hig. Nluolinl aritu-d with what appeared to be a theodolite , and nccompi : n icd by a gentleman wlio i fancy was a great geometrician , looking intently and with a mucntific air at some nail posters on which the letters composing the name of Mile. Nevada. At last , aliandoning all idea of selontillc measurement , ho went up a ladder and osti mated the length of the letters by a rule of thumb. Wlien Tliero Wore No Ilullct Thh Hiitunhiy Hoview : There were no bullet girls in 1071 when "I'omono" was produced , and the male dancers had been recruited among the dancing masters of Paris and their schools. Tlio youngest and plmnpoht of these passed for shepherdesses , nymphs and goddesses , and all wore masks. It was not until ten years later that four real dnnsouBCH. pupils ot Lull , appeared to an enthusiastic amlk-neo in "Lo Trompho d'Amour. " Thuir names have merited record Miles. Li : Fen taine , Roland , Lopointro and Portion. By 171 ! ! the ballot hud increased to a do/.en daiH'ors , who received from 101) ) francs to 1,000 francs a month , and tea clnnsousos with 100 francs to ! ) ( ) ( ) francs. The most brilliant , and not the least licentious , era of the ballot W.MS during the regency , from 171o onward , and the initeks did not fall till much later , when it took all the pyramidal assurance of Gaotan Voslris to break through the custom. licit was who .said : ' 'There are but three great men alive upon tlio face of the earth myself , Voltaire and the king of 1'russla. ' ' The I2ni'ty-Sler | > vc Episode. New York Times : Stanley Me- Konna , claiming that William ( iillotte appropriated olio of the t > eene.s from McKouna's "The Soldier's Wife , " to strengthen "Held by the Knoniy , " has obtained an order in sup'ojne court chambers. Mr. Gillette is to show 'cause why ho should not bo restrained from producing hiB popular play. The wrmk'Mi-sloovo soono in the fifth act is the ono in question. Mr. McIConna claim * that ho can prove that ho intro duced that seeno in his play in order to disarm a woman's coyness and betray her love for the man with the empty bleovo. Mr. Gillette uses the same meant ) lor that purpose. Mr. McRenna nays that hn play was read by A. M. Palmer , who thought of producing it at tlio Union Htuaro ( theater. IllniVb took Mr. McKeiuia away , however , before negotiations were concluded , and he produced his play in Denver ton years ago and carried it through the west. It made a hit , he hays , the empty- sleeve f-eeno being the strongest in the play. Claiming that his theatrical right * nnd his pouuot are injured by Mr. Gillette's Use of the scene , ho want's aa injunction and damages. I'alti mill Miiplcson. Mnploson's Memoirs : About this time (1801) ( ) I chanced to hour of an extraor dinary young vocalist who had boon charming the Americans , and , although hardly nineteen , scorned to have ob tained a I'mu hold upon the sympathy and admiration of their public. 1 opened negotiations at once in order to secure her services for the forthcoming season at Her Majesty s , nnd a contract was duly entered into on behalf of Mr. Smith , whereby the little lady under took to sing four nights on approval. when , in case of success , she was to have a fiahi'\v of 10 a week. I likewise con cluded an engagement with Marie , whoso term had expired at Co vent Garden - don , and with Mine. Grisi , while Costa \ undertook to join the following year on the expiration of his oxi-sting contract with Mr. Gyc. In fact , all looked promising for the year 1801 ; but as the time arproacliod I found more dillonltv than ever in com municating with Mr. Smith , who seemed to bo out of the way. 1 then ac cidentally learned that , owing to the extreme llnuneial dilHculty in which ho was placed through his numoroub out side speculations , ho had been com pelled to accept nn oll'er from Mr. Gyo of Alt , ( KM ) on condition of his not open ing.In In accordance with this arrangement Her Majesty's theater remained closed. Some time in iho month of April tlio llttlo lady from America arrived ai\d \ flont up her card , bearing the name of Adollna Pattl. She was accompanied by Maurice HtrakoBoh' her , brother-in- law. They wished to know when Mr. Smith's Hon.-on was likely to begin. I could give thorn no Information beyond the current report which they had al ready heard themselves. The little lady , who was then seated on a sofa at the Arundel hotel , at the bottom of Norfolk hlrcot , Strand , suggested that I should try the speculation myself , as she felt snro she would draw money. I thereupon nuked her to lot mo hear hor. that I might judge as to the quality of her voice , to which she responded by Hinging "Homo , Sweet Home.1 I paw that I had secured a diamond of the first vrtilor , and I Immediately sot about en deavoring to get Her Majesty' * theatre. But this was a hopeless business , as Smith , who Mil ! hold the lease , was no where to bo found. it .trouble * With Xenon. Muplotsoii'B Memoirs ; On ono occa sion the oecontrio Huvelli was cast for the lover's part in "II Uianogato. " in the second act the toner and baritone fight a duel. to In this there was no novelty. But In stead of the tenor killing the baritone , the baritone puts the toner to death , -mid this struck Big. Hnvolll as far too now. Ho appealed to operatic tradi tions and asked in an excited manner "Whether such a thing was hoard of bo- 11 fore. "No ! " ho exclaimed , answering with vigor hla own quontlon , and ho added that. although ho was quite ready U to take part in the duul , he would do so on condition that not he , but his nntag onlst , should bo slain. It w.-xs useless to explain to him that in the story on which the opera wa ? bated the character tor represented by the tenor perlihed. while the baritone lived on. ThN , ho said , was just what ho complained of. "Why,1' ho Indignantly demanded "should the tenor's ixirt in the open bo thus cut short' ; " It wna impossible to got the infatu ated man to hear reason on the subject Ho cried , screamed , uttered oaths , nnd at one time threatened to kill with his dagger not only his natural enemy the baritone , but ovorv one around him "I will kill them all , " ho shrieked. After a time , by humoring him an agreeing with him that in a well-or- dored oporatio duel the tenor ought , of course , to kill the baritone , 1 got him to listen to mo , nnd at last I contrived to make him understand that there were exceptions to all rule" . , nnd that 1 would 1 > e generous on his ivirt to overlook - look tile species of indignity to whicl lie was asked to submit , the nlTront offered forod to him not having been intendei us Hiich either by the librettist , orabovo all by the amiable composer. It was settled , then , that Havelll was to bo killed. Hut \\Iint , he wislied to know , was what was to be done with his body after denlhV The proper thing would be , ho said , for six attendants to enter , raise the corpse , and carry it solemnly nwaj to a place of repose. H was absolutely necessary to promise rtavolll that his mortal remains should bo removed from the slage _ to some quieter resting place by six eorp-io- bcarors , the number on which he had set his heart , and he was honored , if I remember rightly , with the funeral ho hud stipulated for at the lust rehearsal. 1 lie Ittislmtul ol" AotrosHuH. Minneapolis Tribune : Nearly all the great actresses , though they appear 01 the billH as "Miss , " bring husb.indswltl them- husbands wboao identity would be lost if it were not for the faet that their wives have attained fame. It is curious to observe how these husbands deport themselves during the porforin- niK'cs in which their better-halves take part Hone Wetlicrill , who bus the honor to be Kinma Abbott's husband , gener ally stands in the lobby with his hands in his pockets , smiles on the people who conic in and mentally confounds those who do not. lie takes little OP no inter est in the opera , and makes a point of not becoming intimate with iiiombersof the company. Mr. Harriott , Clara MorrV husband waits at the wings of the stage to re ceive her when she faints , which fre quently happens. C'linton Kdgorly , Koae Coghlan'b spouse , tried to act and manage , but has given up both. Cecil ( Jlny. Rosina Yokes' husband , is n slim , dandified KiigUshman. lie is something of n. . dramatist , nnd has ar ranged .some of thepiocos she plays. "A I'antoniine Holierim" ' is one of thoin. 1 fo generally occupies : i box and- ap plauds vigorously the hits. If anything goes wrong ho loses no time in rushing to the stage to give lik advice and as sistance. Maggie Mitchell , whoso hubby's name is Paddock , does not have him with her when she travels. lie prefers the olToto east and luxury. Loltn has no husband , but a brother and mother , who travel with her and lakn cure of her. "Bob" Kulferd h Annie Pixley's lord and master. Whenever they strike n town he inspects the scenery of the the ater to learn if there is a sot piece In three for Annie to put her head through in ' 'M'liss. " If there is not ho counsels boycotting that town forever after. ' 'Mr..larbeauV wnschristonod.lefror- son Bernstein. Ho lills his shirt front with diamonds , and asks no other dni- inntic distinction. Fanny Davenport had a husband , 10. II. Price , but she shipped him , and has now only a leading man to look after. Lillian Uusbcl is another who has parted from her good man. and bings "Ho Never Will Be Missed. ' * Mile. Nevada , the prim * donna , mar ried IJr. I'aimer. They travel in a pri vate car , and the doctor spends most of his time on that , except when they are on their vacation. They have a baby , who travels with them. Mounting [ 'lays. "In the good old tiinbb wo had one sot of scenery for all plays , " said Lawrence Barrett the other day to a representa tive of the New York Herald. "A tent was a teat and a wood was a wood , irre spective of climate or persons , The public wont to the play to hoar the music or enjoy the verso , and actorb grow declamatory. Since then we have gone to the other extreme , and stage settings have been wondrously elabor ated. I think people are now too cul tured to permit excchhcn in this direc tion. But they have learned the differ ence between the furniture of the Louis XIII. and Louis XIV. period * just as they have learned to distinguish be tween a Louis XVI. and a Lous XVIII. dress. They like correctness , and the plays do not suffer. " That is , at all events , Mr. Barrett's \ieu-of the question. But the success which doubtless awaits the fifth Avo- nno revivals will hardly settletlie point. Meanwhile it is interesting to hear from Mr. Barrett that everything will bo now in the rovivaln of "Othello" and "The Merchant of Venice , " costumes as well as scenery. The same dresses , properties and set scone will do duty for both plays , by the byo. For exam ple , the senate chamber will figure in each , lirst soon in daylight and next at night. "In 'Othello , ' " continued Mr. Bar rett , talking of the play proper , "wo have not strained to do anything novel. That were hardly possible , for the pro- ductionsat Booth's theater twenty years ago were us complete as exhaust ! voro- search could miiko them. ' There is ono feature in the last net , however , which may strike you as a now departure. Dcsdemona will be brought into greater prominence. In former presentations liar bed was generally placed in a dark rcocb.- , and after the death scene the curtains were drawn to conceal the body. Wo shall have the bed brought almost to the footlights , and the Ik'lit will fall full on Dosdo- menu's face. Thus oven dead , the woman will appeal for herself. Tier apartment , too , will bo distinctively a woman's. NEW JIKN , NIC\V JIATKUIAI , ! ? . "Uy the by , " wisd Mr. liarret , "ono fact seems to mo to be overlooked in thoatric.il discussions the fact that ttio influx of now material , now plays , has gradually absorbed the strength of the profession. In my young days wo were all well grounded in the old plays , and was a rare thing to see more than three or four novelties in u season. I had a letter about all this not long ago from Mr , Browning , regretting ho had not gone on with his aromatic work. He modestly remarks that , with time and experience , ho might have learned . write plays plunbing to modern audiences , which hoar as much with their eyes as with their ears. a "The outlook for young actors of the now school is rather misty. The com ing tragedian will mitTer from want of oxierlonco. | Comedy holds the Hold , nI comedy is Janus-faced , There are few companies in which nn uotor can ground himself In tragedy. Men work high pressure , and when they go to the play they want to laugh , for laugh- tor Is to thorn a safety valve. We have tropcuy enough Irt real life hero u America. Wo fly to Iho theater for re Hof , nmuscmont. And what is more amusing than the foibles of our own "When Mr. Jefferson and Mrs. Drov , nnd Mr. Gilbert vanish wo shall have lost even the old comedies. 'The ok comedy manner ! ' How familiar the phrase scorns to mo , nnd what memories of Murdoch , Wbcatlcigh , Burton nnd Holland It calls back. "I do not yet see how wo shall re- plnco the old comedies ns literature The ago does not ask for wit. It chooses triviality. Wit demands thought nnd time to relish It. We can spare net ther. Lessen the strain on people's minds and they will rebel against the rubbish they now tolerate. They wil demand something better. Vet there will always be a Held for the low and trivial , too , so long as the masses re main ignorant. "Do you know. " added Mr. Rarrott "I think the Intelligent public is moro often to bo found in the gallery than In the stalUV The gallery audience ( iocs not go to the pluy because it Is fashion able , but because It wants its tinged. ; or comedy. Without the stimulus of the gallery tragedy and eoinodv would languish. ' ' A.V1 > OUASIATIO. Miss Kmma .luch has concluded her western orn tour. Minnie Palmer Is lu Newcastle for Ung lisli Miss Ktito Castloton Is playing "A Paper Doll" ] lu the fnr west. Mr. Ho.vt is writing a new play. It wil . ho I entitled "A Singed Cat. " Signer Camp.iiiinl thinks of tempting for tune In Italian opera again next su.ison. ' Gounod nnd S.iint-Siiuns , the composers thinlcof visiting America , it is announced. Mine. Kursch Mulnll , who will appear ii concerts and oratorios this season , is oh hui way from Eurupc. A now play which Tennyson has wriltot for Mury Anderson ison the subject of Kolim Hood nml Mahl Marian. It is doubtfulhow over , whuther Mary will play it before slit , returns to Kiighuui. Mrs. James Drown Potter bus done mud bettor this season in Chicago tlmii on the oo cuslon of her last trip. At Cleveland , on the other hiiiiil , the critics would have nothing to do with hor. A month hence Mrs. Potter opens in lirooklyn. A gentleman has written Mr , Dcmimr 'lliompion that ho knows personnllv of n young iimn wlio w.is inlliicncod to slop drink ing : iud bocomc a tiicinbur oC a church b > witnessing the tnblenu of the wamlormg boy in "The Old Homestead. " Mrs. Durnott has thrown her whole sou into the production of her "Little Lord Fountloro.v. " For a week jiast she 1ms been working huril at the rehearsals of her worlc in Now ork. Miss Knthryiie Kidder , of Lv-instim , will play the leading part in the piny. It is too hard a task for Miss Anderson to nut the Clint-niters of Hurmiouo niul Purdlta in "The Winter's Tale" seven times in out week , so Hint Mr. Abbey has arranged to pul upon the stage each Saturday nlcht during bur engagement some play in tlie aelross' repertory Unit will not demand so much ox- crtion on her part. Messrs. Booth and Barrett have decided to send the scenery and .properties of "Othello , " ' 'The Merchant of Venice , " and "JulliiK Ciu'sar1 complete , to Sun Francisco when they go there to open the new California theater. They will make but ono stop on the way at Denver anil from there the three cars carrying the material will go direct to San KVtincisco at a cost for transportation of iNliss Davenport's new death scene in "La Tosc.i" isucsonlic.l ns nn important novelty. Tosca no longer jumps from the parapet of the eastlo into the Tiber .inddrowni unosten tatiously out of sight of the. audience , but is shot by a brutal soldier as 3he stands un the parapet preparing to jump , clasps her hands In agony above her he.irt. reels , fulls , and rolls all the wav to the middle of the stage. The , sn.l event is said to "oast a gloom" over the spectators. - * Mining Speculation. Springfield Republican : A Colorado mining expert of long experience ex plains the cause of so many failures in mining . ventures. Ono greiit fault with the eastern people who go into mining enterprises is tnat they abuidon ; all reasonable business precautions , and ac cept mining dcalf ) na altogether specu lative transactions , in which chance and luck alone are expected to ofloct the doairod result. It is the utter dis regard of ordinary business principals that involve. most mining companies , and in the great majority of cases , through ignorance , the attempt to mine where there is no ore or the mineral possesses no commercial value. When Mich errors are made no one but the victims arc to blame , as honest and competent men can be en gaged who will give a reli able opinion of a mine ; but oven then some chances must bo taken. Tlie success of western people in their min ing investments is largely duesays the expert , to tlio fact that , they do no't look upon the mine as a "llycr"or gamble , the issue of which is as doubtful as a bet on a horse race. With them it is purely a business proposition , and they aim to make a mining venture even morn certain than an investment in a ranch or manufacturing enterprise , properly is closely examined , the possi- hilitie.sof a vein are carefully weighed nnd a thousand and one little features aru considered. Then when the value of the ore has been determined , and the cost of extracting and milling is de ducted , an idea is obtained of the pos sible value of 11 property , end if the price agreed upon is equal to the esti mation of the vendor , a sale is consummated. If western capitalists , who are practically on the ground , believe that so much personal knowl edge and examination are necessarythe foolishncns of eastern people in putting it their money into venturcsof which they have no knowledge , except from the al luring i > ro.s | > octus , is apparent. The ex port pays his respects to prospectors and promoters by stating1 that few of thorn are practical miners , able to pass sound judgement upon the value of a mine or vein. Few good mining mon imiko successful mine promoters ; they comprehend at once the value of a prop erty , and knowing its true value cannot talk as enthusiastically ns the man ig norant of the exact facts. This ignor ance has cost the people of the east a good many hard-earned dollars , but costly experience Is compelling the ox- urciso of more care mnong the investors mined , ns it has in the conduct of th cattle ventures. C3 A Costly heart of Hay , N. Y. Sun : A. L. Platt , a farmer liv ing near Waterbury , Conn. , missed a It load of hay from his barn a few weeks ago. His men traced the wisps to the by linrn of Maurice Moriarty. a well- known liquor dealer in this city. Mr. Moriarty was arrested in splto of his ety indignant protests that ho was worth 840,000 , and that ho bought all his hay. is lie was found guilty , lie appealed the case , which carne before - fore the superior court. Kxpert tosti- nony was introduced by the state to show that the hay found In the barn of .ho accused was the same as that taken froiii Plait's meadow s. Connor , Mori- ' arty's barkeeper , stvoro ho had boon on drunk that night , with Moriarty's bia ragon. Finding himself near PtatVs jam ho took a wisp of bay too keep ilnibolf warm. The jury disagreed , whereupon the udge told them such a course was u Of llsgraoe to all parties concerned. They as then went out and found the accused has guilty. It will cost Mr. Moriarty over 1,000. , THE lIARQffi STARTS THEM Kllralu and Mitolioll , Pugilists of ANOTABLE TURFCONGRESS HELD Western ami I3atcrii Undue Clubs Coiiiblne-TjLCX Will Not nlr.otlio JJoqKmnkers' Alllnnco Hut Chtcnjjo HniiRs Uncle. A Conjunction of Mportlnu Stars. NKW-YOUK , Nov. Ul. [ Special Corre spondence Of Tin : I3ii5. ] The start in tlio go-as-you-please will bo made next Sunday precisely at midnight , and the two judges will bo Chnrllo Mitchell and .take Kilrnin. The selection of those two kuights'of the fistic nrenn was the happy though't of Referee Kennedy , mid the start Will bo made by no less a per son than the Marquis of Quoons' ' > oiTy. He ] is a very good fellow- though ho is a ttmrquls , and the New Yorkers h.'tvo learned ' something from him which other foreign nobleman have never been able to teach them. Nothing has been more common than complaints of the abruptness of tilled people , but the marquis confided to a re porter that these who felt insulted by It ought to have felt complimented since it was a recog nition of equality. An Knglish noblo- inun is courteous to his inferiors because of their inferiority , but he is abrupt with his equals and expects thorn to bo nbrupt with him. Princes on the con- trary must bo alTable and courteous with every Ono , because they arc sup posed to have no equals , and their posi tion compels them to n show of blandness - ness that is almost wanting in independ ence. The marquis thinks very much of Jake Kilrain , but says that the Non- p.M'oil is overrated , or ho would have annihilated an old man like Mike Donovan van , who is on the thady side of fifty. The fame given lo the "walk" by this coniunction of stars has had such an effect that there have been ono hundred entries , but only the best forty will bo permitted to blurt. All Iho allspices are favorable for an abnormally grand contest , iind it is hoped that Albert's record will be broken. THIS OIIKAT TIWI' COXUKK.sS. America is going to be a racing country such as the \ > orld has never yet heen. But with the example of 'Kngland before our eyes , wo are not going to pernulj , it to be an engine of robbery , as it ii there. The head and front of all thejqlTonuiiig is notoriously in the bookinaliorb' associations , and a turf congress has been hold in Now York to breajf fliem up. The confer ence met UlllItBo rooms of the Coney Island .Jockey clnb on Broadway , within a block of .Madison square , and there were dclogutjes fnjtn Louisville , Lexing ton , St. Loujfe. jUutoniu and St. Paul froin the wosL ! } ' , ho oustorn usfociiition sent delogatfjsvjioiii ; the Uonoy Island Jockey club , better known as Sheops- head f > av. from ' "KTonmoutli Park ( Long Brunch ) ? frol'm po American Jockey club ( Jerome Park ) , from the Brooklyn association ( Uroanect Park ) , and from Iho yaratOffix''j.Q $ n s > liib. It is under stood tliat BaVfiniore .tind Washington are in alliancejH'ith Jcromo Park , and will adopt whatever regulations have been adopted by thorn. Therefore , the only great courses not represented wore those in the south and Chicago. Tlio absence of a delegate from Chicago ex cited much comment , and it is supposed that the racing association of that place desires to act independently , and to show to the west that it considers itself a racing center over which tlio east can exorcise no control. It is not thought that there is any sympathy for the confed erated bookmakers in the Lake City , but there is a determination to act in dependently in all matters , and to make separate arrangements. Upon the whole this is u spirit to bo commended , and nothing could bo better for the true interests of racing than such independence. It is notorious that Mr. Clarke , of Louis ville , attempts to play tlio tyrant over all the racing clubs of his section. Also , it is w.oll known that four men control the movements of all the racing asso ciations of the cast. The Chicago club , therefore , will act in a salutary manner upon racing bodies generally by this holding aloof. Tlio result of the con ference was undoubtedly cut and dried before hand , and was given to tlio press in the following resolution : "Tthat tlio subscribing jockey clubs agree that no contracts for bolting privileges bo nindo with any associa- of of bookmakers or any members thoro- of. " A WANT UKdKN'TI.Y HIS I/I' . The members of the Historical society of Now York have subscribed &HO.OOI ) for now quarters. Tlioir present place of is on Second avenue near St. Mark's ( church , and within a few blocks of Stuyvcsant square , and they have lingered there for many years because tli not u few of the members dearly love that part of the city. Many of the best a families still remain in this pnco most fashionable quart or , and will not go away. Business houses have crept into the avenue , and have utterly changed up to St. Murks' church , but that has 18 hitherto proved a barrier that has boon a an ultima thule. The trouble with the probcht building is that it was badly constructed at the outset - sot , the 'light in the upper rooms being very duliciont. And now It is far too small foB the property of the as- bouiation , w to1ihas , rocolved many valuable bequests from time to time. Its treasures , of course , have boon no stowed away , for there was no place where they could bo exhibited , und I doubt very muoh if Mr. Moore , the pop ular becretiir.n , or Air. Kolby , his pleas ant and coiirWoiiaiissistiint , could with out sifting their memories , toll half of the possessions. There is u very strong feeling in this city against the Metro politan art museum , which is backed by the rich men rnthor than by the best mon of Now j/Qlrlc / , whereas the converse - verso is true 6fjno historical society. has greatly boon desired by many rowi archu'ologistb who have boon disgusted wi the nrrocranco and the ignorance of nil the trustees 'of 'tho ' Metropolitan art uls museum , that. the Historical soci ? / rial should of como out its shell , nnd the present subscription CO ii Hipn that It in going to do BO. The lei , money has boon obtained , and now the next thing is to choose n site , and it is whispered that the most probable place will bo on Fifth uvonuo opposite to the , _ great flower bed that murks the en to trance to Central park. P ° I'llKSIDliXT llAltNAUD HAS UKSIQXKD.U1 The aged und beloved houd of C'olumbe college , President Barnardrecently handed in his resignation to the trus tees , on account of his advanced yours , COI with the suggestion that it was to take otToct when his successor was appointed. I course , there is great talk in the oity lute to the successor nnd , public opinion dai centered two men ono of upon , , went whom in my opinion is the lily moat unlit man In the world , IV and the oilier the fittest in every point of view. The unlit man Is Seth Low , ex-mnyor of Brooklyn , a poli tician , a wire-worker , u mugwump and a merchant. He has never shown any fondness for literary attainments , npr has ho boon suspected , by his worst political foe , of being capable to road latin without n dictionary at his elbow. or for the matter of that , with a diction ary to help him. His speeches have been I admirable for the same quality which Induced Oirlylo to admire those of Oliver Cromwell , for no one can un derstand them , and yet they have an air of liberality and pntriolio feeling nol in the t least warranted by subsequent ac tion. Close as a pressed brick , secretive ns an oyster , wily us it hn , unsympa fC thetic t as a clam , Ho tli Low would bo an odious president , and would servo no purpose 1 save to prove the influence of 1t 1r the mugwumps. The other man is Theodore : W. Pwight , the present president 1 of Columbia College Law school , who is one of the three great constitutional lawyers in this country. He raised his law school from insignlil- oance to a par with the grout law school of Harvard , and Ills inllueuco with young men is very great. He is still vigorous , though imst middle ago , and his selection would bo the signal for very great progress in the college. TO M'tt mi : > lorini.Axrn1 ruMiit. : The Nineteenth Century club is about to elect a president in the place of Courtlundt Palmer , but no one cares very much now about that insiilution. It I is notoriously a farce played by men and ; women who desire to be talked about , and who thought they saw a road | to | notoriety by making pretensions to liberal 1 opinions. The till between Carnouio and the late president opened up the whole business and showed what humbugs the members were. They invited Annulling , a ihiont German socialist , to come and ex plain j to them what socialism was , but there was not one of them who when personally solicited over did a generous action , or helped a fellow-being in time of trouble. They were profuse of prom isos which _ they never redeemed , and the late president was a conspicuous example - ample of this detestable meanness. When Ihu Leader wont down , and Scrgius Scrgewittlio Russian nihilist , anarchist , socialist , or some thing or other eliding in ist , was en deavoring to start it again , the literary hangers-on of Courtland Palmer pro claimed far and wide that ho was going to back the oITort with $ . > t,00l. ) ( Through the filtering process of interviewing Mr. Palmer was compelled to disclaim the whole thing to a World reporter , and to say that he had only given a guarded promise that he would under certain impossible conditions be responsible for $8,000. lie received an immense amount of gratuitous adver tising , and ho did not lend a red cent lo Sergewitz or anybody else. And the whole memberhood of the club is like unto the late presidoal. Perhaps tlio nineteenth century is that way , in which case they have chosen a signifi cant name. UVKIl rilKs'ir AND lUUHI'KU.sslllM. : . I am of opinion that the tariff move- moat inaugurated by ( Srovor Cleveland has not boon defeated in the east by any means , and thai the fat man was rejected because ho was personally unpopular. Ho truckled continually to Hie soulh and there was an impression that the sort of free trade he desired was ono that would bo particularly profitable to southern communities. The free traders are by no means cast down , and inact are in some quarters cluuitiiitr a To Deum over Ihoir victory. I should not in the least bo surprised if in the next election Now York should go over whelmingly democratic , and the free trade clubs are Doubting that it will. Here is a specimen brick sent to the Evening Post : "To the Editor of the Kyening Post : Sir : Wo are well satisfied with our work in llie lute batlle for tariff reform , and our club bore will not haul down its Hag , but fight on until wo gain the vic tory , which must come Boonor or later. If all the clubs do as you suggest in your article after the election of Harrison had been conceded , the battle will bo ours in " . ) - ' . - "President Tarifl Reform club Brook lyn convention. " That represents the feeling of all of those associations , rind they are backed up by capitalists who know that noth ing will so blind men to the real strug gle between capital and labor as this sliam battle nominally in the interest of the consumer. The fact is that it re quires moro intellect than the workingman - man possesses to comprehend that there are , Iwo problems to bo solved to gain jusiico for the producer , and justice for the workingman. Capital fights ono with the other , and laughs at both. SKIMA Tuoit. Women With Patents. \Vashingfton Star : The commissioner patonls , Mr. Benton .1. Hall , has had prepared a Hsl of women inventors women to whom patents have been granted. This list 1ms been printed , and makes a folio pamphlet of forty- four pages. It gives not only the names [ the patentees , but also the title of the latent and date of issue. The firsl patent , issued was to Alary 1C res , May ( i , 1800 , for straw weaving with silk or road. Six years later Mary Brush obtained patent for n corset , and then four years elapsed before another inventive woman appeared. This was .Sophia Usher , whoso patent was for carbonated liquid cream tartar. Then again , in to ± 2 Julia Plunton secured a patent for footstool. During tlie four following years n patent was is- Hued oaeli year to a woman nnd from that time down to the present Iho number of women patentees gradu ally increased. In recent yours fomi- niiio inventiveness has shown marked progress. For instance , from the 1st of January , 1888 , lo the IWth of Juno lust. less than sixty-six piitonls wore is sued to women , while during the year 1887 , 17 ! ) patentH were BO issued. This lallor is the largest ever issued. While the names of the articles patenledshow lhal they wore generally in the line of feminine wearing uppurel and house hold labor-saving devices , yet many were of u character that shows the mul tiplied inlorcsls of women , AH an in stance , ono woman paten toil u submarine luloscopo and lamp. Others wore granted ns follows : Improvement in reaping and mowing machinesmproved ! war vessel , furnace for smelting ores , apparatus for punching corrugated mot- tor , method of construction for screw propellers , low-water indicators , mate ; for packing journals and bearings , conveyors of Hmoko and cinders for locomotives , burglar alarms for windows dews , etc , WASHINGTON , Nov. 'J-l. ( .Sjiecial Telegram life by Til K HKII.J Iowa iiostmnstors wore ap pointed an follows i Benjamin 6. Harrison , Lincoln , Gruniiy county , vice George Al berts , resigned ; Harvey R , Bluipklns , Le- get grand , Marshall county , vice W. P. Flint , re- gfRiicd , und Murtlu Silver , Stanley , Buchanan county , vice Samuel U , Irvine , resigned. Sailed Fop the Continent. not New YoiiKNov. , 21. LordSackvllloVnst , Hritish minister al Washington , and his Ihe daughter ami Mr. ana Mrs. Chamberlain , on board the steamer ItourKogne lu.st j , night. The steamer sailed this inornlii ? for I the . France. | the ENVELOPED IS DARKNESS , An Old-Fnshlouod Impenetrable London Fog. HISTORIC GROUND IN LONDON. CSray and Lincoln Inns The OUI Tcmplo Church Harden of tlio lied and White KONCS Holies or the Past A Itntnlilo In London. LONDON , Kng.Xov. 13. [ SpecialCor respondence of TUB Br.u.J I am just (11:80 ( : a. in. ) lu from looking at one of London's sights , u genuine London fog. The early morning indicated nothing special , but about 10 o'clock it began to grow ( dark and 1 had to light the gas to write by. At about half past ton 1 slartcd oul to see London by gas light at midday. 1f 1 A queer sight ft was. The fog f so enveloped Ihe enlire oily , and was so dense that the streets wore much darker than at midnight as Iho gas liplil 1I 1 failed to penetrate the fog exrcpt in I a very dim way , Cabs and carriages were moving about the streets with their t lamps lighted. Dwellings , shops' 1SI libraries 1 and club houses are all lighted ast at night , but they had a gloomy , wierd sort of look. Traflle on the streets moved moro slowly , but il did not 1 seem to be much lessoned. 1 am told 1t 1t that Londoners are so accuslonud to this sorl of thing that they do not mind it i much , but the inconvenience occa sioned must be very considerable. The gas companies make no objection. The fog is now lifting somewhat , and from my high window the pale red tinge In the atmosphere as over IIres at a dis tance , in the night , indicates the loca tion of Iho city most brilliantly lighted. 1 had read of London fogs , but had lit- llo conception of what they really aro. Yesterday ] took a stroll through Chancey lane , which loads through tlio part of the city occupied mostly by baristers and solicitors. ( The Knglish barrister does not correspond to our law yer , but would bo included in it. ) 1 bad never fully understood the mean ing of "inns of courts , " as used by Ihe English book's , and was interested in looking the matter up. II seems lhal the four great "inns of court , " the in ner and middle temple standing near Ihe river soulh of Heel slreet , "Lin coln's inn" on Chancery lane and "Gray's inn. " A little to the south of Holborn are the colleges for the study of law , and belon g to the barristers ! The members have the privilege of calling to the bar , and the older mem bers arc known as ' 'benchers. ' ' I want to say just hero that I am fully aware that many of your readers under stand all these matters oven better than I , but I am not writing for them but for those like myself who have not had opportunity of knowing about some things that have interested its. Tlie "Tcmplo" , formerly a lodge of Knight Templar , " u religious unit mili tary society formed at Jerusalem in the twelfth century was leased to the students of common law in HUG , ami from that time the building or group of buildings lias continued lo bo a school of law. It belongs to two separate cor porations , known as the Junior and Middle Temple , names occasioned by the relative locution of the buildings. They now have together a revenue of about $200,000. The old Temple church , including the Round church , built in the twelfth cen . tury , belongs to the two colleges in common. It contains nine monuments of templars of the Iwclftji and thir teenth centuries , consisting of recum bent figures in dark marble in full armor. There is yet connected with the Temple , though much contracted by ad ditions to the buildings , the garden where , according to Shakespeare , wore plucked the red and white roses , which were woven as badges of the two houses in the "Wars of tlie Hoses. " Within tlie Temple hall we were too loud ; The garden lioro is moro convenient. [ Suffolk. If ho suppose that I have pleaded truth , From olt this bnor pluck a xvinto rose with me. iPlnn't. Let him that Is no coward nor no llnttoior , Hut ( lure maintain the p.irt.v of the truth , Pluck a red rose from oft this thorn with mo. [ Somerset. a Standing on such ground I was much more interested by tlio associations that reached well back into history , thanin , the brilliant show of chrysanthemums the gardeners held there a few days ago. Oliver Goldsmith lived and died in a room in the Muddle temple , and Blackstone - stone lived in the rooms justbolow him. Dr. Johnson occupied apparlments in ' the Inner tomplo. There have boon some line buildings erected in connoc- . sf tion with the jJiicoliiH Inn in recent years. It has ono of the ablest libru- rics in London , founded in M'.l" , und contains many valuable manuscripts In . - and some rare books that have boon se cured at great cost. Shaftsbury , Cromsi' well , William Pitt , I0r.sk i no and Lord Broughnn wore once members of Lin- coin's Inn. Gray slim is alto an old fly In [ law scliool , reaching back to l.'J'l. Lord ul Bacon was ono of its members , I started lei fu' down Chancery Lane with the design CO : give you a description of the new royal courts of justice , whore the Parnoll commission is now setting , but got switched oil' with their old law schools , the account of which may possi bly interest some of your readers. Will give an account of u visit lo the Queen's courts in my next. The Sackvillu matter has subsided , naturally wince fuller information has been received , but the London papers said some very Bovore und some very foolish things the morning after the nowH of Secretary IJuyurd'n letter en closing Lord Suckvillo's passport. The Standard , Lord Salisbury's organ , wont the furthest. It recommended to Lord Salisbury to retalliuto by handing our minister his papers to louvo ntonco , Even the second morning in u largo loader it tried to show the propriety of C such a step , but was laughed at by the other papers. J. H. HIKU , I ii nil ram : e. . Now York Sun : The heirs of Sena John Sherman will perhaps bo pleased to know that the Mansfield statesman has recently put some addi tional insurance on his life , and that in N thoovont of his dotniso the insurance ) Co companies will stand to lose $300,000. Largo as thin amount of insurance for a single individual Iho Insurance carried Congressman W. L. Scott upon his exceeds it , the member from Krio till holding policies aggregating an oven mi vu half million dollars. An enterprising agent undertook to President Cleveland , curly in his tie Ii mil ndminlstralion , to take oul a $50,000 CH policy , thinking it would ) > o a good ad Cl vertisement for hla company. Ho did ( uuccood , but wrote to the homo t olllco thai he had made Ihe olforl. He tm received in reply a notice nol lo press C Ihenatter / further , aa presidents wore regarded us nxlru hazardous risks , and advertisement wasn't ' fet worth taking fotmi chances , . ' A Prominent Physician Talks About Vaccination , Tlio Operation bolnjr itrrrormod on School Children Very ICxton- ( lively i ho Hnmll Pot Scnrr. \ -Vi"livnrcm'ultlfS.limn } ' ThooJ chllilron now * nsXoiloui . nsXoilouiMltorofnproiiilnoiitiihratclaii ! ! , r , < TVu".1 > " ! " ° l very innnv. nt I do not r'i II ) > . . " misuttivit the ; | Jfnptlco. "but | i hart dlrctor , two little follows step into mv olllco , m. , . o ! ' ' " l < im ntwl Hi'i operation iierfoimed. whlih t rilil t.i IH otillM " " " ' nlIinrplltlr r"r Iln loft tl'o ' olllco , " , , , . lt v " queued the wrltor. , ' , ils ! ' , ot ' ' ltlllul- " . 'H'l'1 ' i unit then npply tinxlrils and U Is all , i\er. llmvo vaccinated n meat many person * , hero ni'd OM > \uioto , uml liuvt' vnci intitiMl thorn nt nil ncot. from one voar niul upward * . Only n few ( lily iwo I van mated n lllthbab \ Kill not moro than ' n jour old , nnd while she c'lleilmime. It illil not hurt her but she wiis Imdlj filKlitened. If \oiiwoiild like to vooliuw It looks call on Mrs. Slnpi'ithorct , at No. .sjlt ) South lntli xtroet.lt washer lltll.- Kill that I spe.ikof nnd lie will oil you nil about It \neilnated I herllltl , , buy no , < > ' " 1 Imvo tioatiil her son \ \ niinni , and she wll lie pleased to loll j mi nil about It. Tim writer called on Mrs. .suijirnhomt nt Ms S-oiilh liith street , and found nory pleasant niul tutitliorlj looMiie lady , who gave htm the tollow Inu about her cTilldien. " \ os , Die doctor did nu-rlnato Kreddy nnj ( ho baby , lint Hint Is imthlm ; compared to whiit lu > did torV illle. not a circumstance. Vt'tlllo wn.1 nimplnliiliii ; for n loiijr time , he would have horrible i dull pains over the eyes with n contin ual head.iche , had n bud taste In his mouth , his tln owii4 nlwnrN Mopped up , .somollmes coo side then tlin other nnd hn ns ImwkliiK nnd hplttltiB nil the time. Hut added to all this was MiinolliliiR worse , he wns Kriulunlly RrowltiR ill-lit , he could HI nrcolj hear oidlium convtuna- tlou and unless wo snoku xeiy louil to him lie could not . nmlurntmiif : he had u steady running from both onrn. and I was very mucli alarmed for fear ho would losp his healing otitlioly , thnt he had ratiirih ; I \\tis MIIIO for I. mv etf liuil had that dtunil trouble nnd h.ul been treated xory Micco-smlly for II b > Dr. c. M. .Ionian , nt : iin llnmco lllock. After cnn-mltlm ? with mv husband. I took Willie lo son Dr. Jordan null placed htm under his treatment nnd the result IK tliut ho Is eiillrolN cured of his catarrh mvil ho can hear as w ell ns you or 1 can. Here h ajul you cau talk to Him yoiiKsolf. WIl.l.Ii : HTAri.MIOIlST. 1 Tlio nox-t mominttho writer w us conversation wllliu VIMJT lnlilit ami InokliiR uml vrry mannerly J-OUIIK nmn who , on boliiKquentloMi'il ' nliout Ills hearing , mild : "Yes. sir , the doctor linn Immovoilmy lio.ir- IIIK uoiidiTfiilh' . 1 ciuild hoanoly iienrnnvtliinij mid now I ran lienr us wrll ns ever 1 could uml It tnnktiR me fool so much bolter nnd more am- liltlous. My ours both dlsclmrni'd contlmioiitly. llu ! lrit stopped thu UlscliarKo ami then llttod nn artlllrliii vnr ilnim.oiiK of his owncontriv- unco. In my oars , anil now 1 onn honr the .sllRht. cut whisper. Alylrlemls IUIIOIIK Iho boys nra very much mn prised tit Inn cliniiKo In my huur- IiiK. Th > doctor liiis cut i-tl mu cntitPlyof my cuttirih. niul I lm\o noiio of tlitt ilisti innft ! .sjmptoms any mom , ami I can't toll yon how thankful I urn lo him for It. " SOMISTIIINO WOUTI1 KNOWING. A Few Symptoms of DlHciise That May Prove Serious ( o You. Do you huvu frequent Ills of tiionlul ileproi- 610111- Diiyouiupcrlcnco rlnt'lnK or buzzing nolsoi \ourtMrN/ / Do you feel ns though you mint suffocatii wlioalyliiK down ? Are you troubled with a hacking toiigU uml gcneriil debility ? Aio your eyus ironufnlly woalc und watery and frequently liilliinu'd/ Does your voice huvo a husk , thick sound and nasal hort of \VIUIK ? Is you lirenth frequently offensive from seine unaccountable cause ? Huvu you n dull , oppressive headache , gouor- nlly located over the eyes ? Do you linve to huwK and cough frequently la thu ollnrtto clcur your tlitoiit ? Are you InsliiK your witsu of smell and U your House of taste becoming dulled / DousyoiirniiMiiilw.iy * feel mopped up , foro- Inirjou to breathe Hi rough your mouth ? Oo you frequently feel dt//y , particularly Hlicn stooping tn pick anything olTtlii" llOfirV Doci ovwy llttlu draft of nlr luidnvnry Kllght L'hanife of teiiipcinture ilv ; < > you n cold ? Are yon nnnoyeil l > vii constant dusiru to hawk spit nut an undle.su quantity of phlegm I .Do you ilhofiom bed us In d mid weak a-j yon ni'tothn tujlit bofoio mid feel us though you nantcil to he there foiever ? IK ! yourtliroat tilled with phlegm In the morn. Inc. which can only bo illscli arced after violent -ouu'hiiiK and hawking and Nplalng ? Do you occasionally wnko from a troubled ilec'pNlth ' nMnrt anil feel an If you had just Miipcil a horrlulo death b } ' choking ? II\DKU | : : Thoubovo arc some ot tlie ninny lymptoiuxol cutarih and the byKlniiliitfof liinu roiibloH , Not onofiimi In n hiindrnd will havu nil ! of them , but everyone unvoted will have few ' or many oftlnnn. The Kronler or motuaur- ousyour pymptoiiiH , thumoio < langiroin your oiilltlon. ( If you have feomo or nil ot them , ixxrroic J. CRESAP McCOY , if.ato of Ik'lluni" llo.iDltal.Nf.v VorV. ) ftucicudod Uy DOG-TOIl Charles M , Jordan I.uloof tlio Unlvurally of ffnw Voile ( Jitniul Howard tliilvuibltv , Washington , I ) , if. HAS No. 31O und 311 Itainira Building nm'r Klftfonth and llarueyuls . Omalia , Kelt. , Whore all cuiabte C.IMIVI uiu treat wl wl'lt N'olo-Dr. ( Jinnies M , Jordan tins bcvli roil- lent phyNldati for Dr. Md'oy , In Otiuhti , fnr punt year mid Is the phynlolan whu ) ! nadu tnu cures that huva bettn published u-ckly 111 thlj paper , Alcdlni ! dUeasn.i treated xkfllfully. Cnnuiiinp- Ion. llrleht'Hdlieaxt , D/HixipsIa , uhmimnthUn all NKIt VOIJH mHI'.A.sKd. All dls fiDea nit. inllar to tl.u MJXOS it fepoclulty , CMTAIUUl CONSULTATION at oflic or by mail , II. Ofllce hours ! > to II o. in ,3toi p.m. , 7 to 8n. , HuiiUtiy ollc ! hour * from U a. m. , to 1 p. iii. Correxjtondrnce reculvcgprompt attontlop , Manvrilseasej ) t ordou tliro'H-ii the imitis.HTHt H Utuiis ppiujula thoKo unuulu to mxlcu a Jouniry Vt obtain iuuKSHi'iJi. ; Jioai'iTAi. Tu.wuxr : : AT 'Htmt JIOMKU.