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' TWENTIETH YEAR. OMAHA , SATUHDAY MAY 0 , 1891-TWELVE PAGES.
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Bo von're jealous , sir I find oh , oh1
1 hal * nn awkward st.ito of mind , you know ,
Tor xv lien a mnn Is Jealous
Of all iho other follows
Ilo isti t true himself no , no.
You would like to have roc give In oh , oh I
Hut It's early to begin you knoxv ;
Am ! you'll undctsiand , I prav you ,
I'm not p > iiiL' to obey you ,
Till I've promised to obey no , no !
So you'll watch inn HUe a cat oh , ohl
You will not got much by that , you know ;
'
I'or xv ben a maid's not Imslud
She Is very soon ulsgusU'd ,
And lox-o can't thrive on tnat no , no.
Will I make nn again ! oh , oh'
That's u'much morn hntnblostrainvouknoxv :
It xvonlil serve you right to lease you ,
Yet I'll malco It up to plor so voti ,
But don't try It on again no , no.
[ Ily permission of U.iml. McN'ally & Co.l
LOOKING FORWARD ,
An.\nsxvcr ( o Looking ItAckxvaril.
Hit nirhuiit Mtcharlli.
IIUTnil III.
My studios had never been directed to
questions of national economy. I hid never
thought of comparing the merits of coiipotl-
lion xvith Ihoso of communism When Dr
Lculo bad explained In his posilive and fascl-
nniliifr manner the now order of things I had
hardly noticed th it it wai onol on co'nmu
uistic principles I thought huminity hid
ro-irhcd at last the millunlum , and xvhen Dr.
Leclo stated that his casv and even luxurious
way of living represented the average style
of thi > people of the twentieih century , I had
no doubt lhat everybody wai satisfied xvith
the now order of llilngs.
My cool reception by the students and my
conversation with Mr Forest had convinced
mo that not every Inhabitant of the United
Slates in the UOOOth year of our Lord consid
ered Iho present order of things the milletil.
\ > m and I must say that I noticed the dissat
isfaction with sincere sorrow. For a sxveot
peace , a Iranquilily never felt oofore , nad
filled my heart , whan Dr Lcotc spoke of the
abrolule h'ippliiess of Ihe men of Iho twen
tieth ( cntury
My nexx profession imposed upon mo the
duty of studjlnu national economy. Of
course I could have pictured solely the social
end political circumstances in xvbich the
people of tno I'uited States had lived 11. )
> ears ago , but this xvould not have satisfied
mo. I desliod to learn hoxv thu civili
sation ot the txxo centuries , if
Impartially Judccd , xvould compare.
Therofoiu I cultivated my acquaintance
with Mr Forest , to hoar from him Iho argu
ments against the theories set forth by Dr
Leeto , although a feeling J discomfort al
xxnys overxvholmed me.xvhenexer the tlionsht
came to me that Forest's .de.is might prove
victorious ox-er the principals advanced bv
Dr Loom For a victory xvon by Forest
could mean nothing el o but a return lo n
state of affairs xvbich I thoroughly disliked ,
and xvhlch I know to bu full of cares and
discomforts.
I confined my next lecture to an accurate
discription of the stale of Iho labor market
Of Boston in 1--T. Avoiding carefully all
exaggerations , I drew only indisputable con
clusions from the facts given , showing how
cnpllnl and labor had lost equally by the
numerous striken in these days , and compli
menting the piebcnt order of thimrs , for
making such irrational economical conllicls
Impossible.
Afler my lectures I alxvavs convened xvith
Mr. Forest , xvho xx-as quite as willing to dis
cuss tin' noxv order of society as Dr Leeto.
"The friend * of the administration are call
ing mo a fault-finder , " said Mr Forest , ' and
they are right , although thcv mighl express
their opinion xvitli moro civility , if they said ,
lhat I am critically disposed. I would
criticise every administration under
which it chanced to bu my des
tiny to live , however good or
oad that administration might bo. I do not
harbor any animosity against the men , xvho
rule the Uniled Stales today I even admit
that they exorcise a lltMo more wisdom ,
energy nnd tolerenco , than did thu members
of the government xvhich ruled txvelvo years
ago. But the fundamental principle of their
svslom is decidedly xvrotig and so Ibo consequences
quences mubt bo bad xvbatovertho members
"bf the administration may do to patch up the
ihortcomings of their system. "
"So vou think that the present system is
ibsolutely wrong I" I queried
"Can you entertain any doubts'"ansxx-ored
Forest. "Look around' ' Is the leading prin
ciple in creation equality or variety' You
nnd sometimes similitude butnever conform
ity. Botanists have carefully camparod
thousands of leaves , xvhlch looued exactly
sllkti at thu first glance , butxvhlch aftorclosu
Bxaminalion xvero found to possess striding
dlssimilaiilies. Inequality Is iho law of nature -
turo ana thu attempt lo estiblish equality
is therefore unnatural and absurd. Whore-
ever such exporimenls have been made , they
have ended in unqualified failure. Cv-on
tome of tbo first Christians , moved by
brolherly love and charity , failed in their ef
forts to establish communism permanently
And the lamented Procubtes used Ixvo beil
Blends in which he placed bis victims. He
could not uct along xx Ith ono size for every
body. Wo nviy Just as well try to make
every man six feet long , forty-two Inches
around his chest , xx ith a Grecian nose , blue
eyes , light hair nnd a Ij nc tenor voice , as to
attempt to equalize all lives and reduce them
lo n communistic state. Noxv consider , in
connection with the difference in the mental
and physical powers of men , their different
inclinations and tasles , iho variety of Iheir
occupnlions , nnd then say , whether the estab
lishment of society on the basis of commun
ism , of absolulo equality. Is possible "
"If I nave formed a just appreciation of Iho
orgnnizntiui of your society , you have
recognized the right of all men
to n living by giving everybody
an equal share of the products of labor , "
I objected , "but at the same time you give
everybody thucbancuio selecl Iho profession
or trade most to bis last- ] and you have grad
ed thu men , belonging to a guild , thus incit
ing- the ambition of the worker to reach a
higher grade and creating a diversity of po-
illions , adapted lo that distmllarity of men ,
you xvero Juat apcuiiing of. "
- "Yes " said Forest " first
, , "xvo established
Ihe principle of equality and then proceeded
lo arrange our system upon a basis of inequal
ity. Inns avoiding an open avowal lhat the
noxv organization of society xvas a falluro in
both theory aud practice. The question before
fore us is a very plain one 'Aro xvo all
olikuC If vxo aru , then communism is the
proper form of society and everybody should
nave an equal share of tbu products of labor
If we aru not alike , if xxo differ in menial
power and physical ability , if the results of
the labor of men are different , then
there. is no reason xxhy Iho
xxuallh of iho nalion should bo
equally divided. But xxo first proclaim
equality and pretend that xve divide the pro
ducts of labor among all , and then xxe divldo
the 'workers into first , second and third
prudes , according to ability , and these
grades are subdivided into first and second
classes. " * ) Hero we see the worKois subdi
vided Into six classes for the reason , exprobs-
Iv itated. that their ability differs. That
their diligence also differs is not admitted ,
but it Is nevertheless a fact. Thu Inequality
of men Is thus distinctly recognized , but tbo
products of labor are equally divided in the
name of equality New , everybodv has a na
tural right to products of his activity , but we
ure taking a largo snare of tbo results of tbo
labor of a clever xvorkerof cioss .v of the first
gr.ulo lo give it to a lazy felloxv of class 1) ) of
tlu third grade. This is downright roonerv ,
not even hidden benoalh tbu shabby cloaK of
the leading principle coverniug ail the acts
of the administration ; and all itiosu who can
not admire this stealing , aru denounced as
enemies of the besi organizaiion of society
ever knoxxn in the history of mankind "
"You me to u certain extent the admirer
of the civilization of thoninoioenlhcenlury , "
lanbxxorod. "and yet incur times thu em-
plovers xvero accused by some of Ihe labor
oglutors of 'stealing' ' a larco amount of the
products of xvork by reaping very largo
profits aud paying small xvages. I
xvould rather favor an equal dl-
Vision ol nil fropmies than a
system , by xvhleh a comparatively small num
ber of employers can enrich themselves at
the expense bt tbo masses of the laboring peo-
pie.1
"I am not an admirer of tno civilization of
the nineteenth century , Mr West , " Forest
exclaimed. "I simply maintain that the
principles of competition under xvhich society
existed a hundred years ago xvas far superior
to the communism under which wo are noxv
laboring. The unjust profits of the em
ployers , of xvhlch x-ou complain , could have
been easily done away with , if your xvorktnun
had organized themselves Into co partner
ships or associations. There xvas no laxv a
hundred years ago preventing a dozen shoe
makers renting a loft xvith stoim poxver , pur-
chasiuga foxv sowing and other machines and
making boots and shoes at their oxvu risk
Ther < ) xvas no law to prevent all the other
xvortilnirmon buying their boots and shoes at
the shop ot the co-operative association , thus
securing for the members of the latler the
profits of the manufai turer , xviiolosaler. re-
taller and xvornman The laborers of all the
different trades had a pet feet rlgnt to organ-
iu such co operative societies ami taus se-
uri' all the profits that xvas In their labor
If the xvorkmen preferred not to maka use of
this chance , if tlu-y did not care to assume
the cares and risks of conducting a business
for themselves , if tioy xvould ratner xvork
for an employer , lowing thu cares and risus
of the management entirely lo him , Ihey had
certainly no reason to complain of thoiirotltof
the employer. And if they were not satis
fied witn their treatment they could at any
time seek other employ ment a thing that the
xvorkmen of our daj s'can not do. for there is
onlvone emplojcr , the national administra
tion. The principle , that a mnn has a right
toxbat he produces , xvas not questioned
under your form of production But xvu have
in the name of equality and justice establish
ed the 'right' to rob an industrious mail of
a part of the product of his labor and give
this booty to his l.uy comrade. If the xvork-
inu'inen o'f the nineteenth century , instead of
sacrificing enormous sums in strikes , ha I or
ganized onu trade after another into co-opera-
luo associations , they xvould nave solved
xvhat tnoy stvled the social questions xvitn
conipar.it.rol } little trouble And they xxould
have saved us from the prebont outrageous
form of society '
"Tho strikes were an etlect merely of the
concentration of capital in greater masses
than had ever been icnoxvn before. " I said ,
repeating the views of Dr L ° oto on this
question. "Beforu this concentration be an
* * * the individual xvorkmen xvas rela
tively Important and independent in his re
lations to his employers. Moreover , xvhcn a
llttlo capital or a nexv idea xvas enough
to slart a man in business for himself , xxork-
Inirmen xx'ero constantly becoming employers
and there xvas no hard or fast line between
the two clabses. Labor unions xvuro need
less then and ireneral strikes out of the queb-
lion. " * )
' In jour place , Mr West. I xvould not en
dorse those sentences of Dr Leete , " said
Forest xvith a smile , "for the doctor has bad
frequent occasions to change his mind on this
subject and persists in repeating erroneous
statements , ilthough I and others have dis
proved thorn until further repetitions of our
arguments became tedious StriHes , are not ,
as Dr Leeto pretends to believe , eompira-
tivelv late appearances on the battle field of
national economy Ono of the biggest strilics
that ever occurred , the "secesslo In montem
sacrum , " look place in Rome as early as 91
before Chrisl , and during the conlunisof
Iho middle ngos , sliikes for higher xxagcs
frequently occurred , although In those days
labor xvas' much better orirani/ed ( In trades
unions , guilds and "Zueufto" ) and more
poxverful than capital. And as for the im
possibility of laborers over becoming era-
ploxers , 1 can shoxv you In the college library
a copy of tbo German paper , the "Freio
Presse , " published in the city of Chicago
anne IbbS , xvhero the editor , in contradicting
similar statements of the communists of
thosu da > s , points to the fact that
In ISbS there were I'J.OOO Ger
man house oxvners , n'anufacturers and
xvull lo do or rich business men in Chicago ,
xvho all had come to the city poor When
these Germans came to Chicago only a very
fexv of them spoke English , slill Ihey xvero
able to accumulate fortunes. This disproves
tbo statement that the people at the
end of the last century xvere in the
clutches of capital and unable to
free ihemboivcs. It Is the easiest
tiling In the xx-orld to make wild stalemeuts ,
but it is sometimes difficult to substantiate
them. And Dr. Lcetu is an adapt at making
staleraenls "
"But are vou not gutting along In good
stylo' " I asked , hoping to stop Forest's com
plaints , by poinling to an Indisputable fact.
"Aro vou not enjoying an unprecedented
prosperitj and U not this general result , the
definite nnnihllalion of poverty , an achieve
ment xx-orth small sacrifices I"
"Wo are not getting alouu In good style.
We are not enjoj inir an unprecedented prob-
perity You xvill disiovur very soon , that
you a're overoslimatinir Ihe characler and the
fruits of our civiliratlon. And so far as Ihe
annihllalioii of poverty is concerned , it
amounts practically lo nothing but the en
richment of the axvkxvard , stupid and lazy
people , with Ihe proceeds of the xvork of the
clever and industrious women and men.
You could hat u Uoiie that ll.t years ago , but
you xxero not foolish or unjust enough to
commit such a robbery "
"If iho people don't like the present organ
ization of society , xvhy do they not change
lt ( " I a < ked. "From your remarks , I have
draxvu Iho conclusion that you have no oppo
sition party xvorth speaking of , for you said ,
tnere uro only a foxv opposition papers pub
lished in the country. This seems to prove
that the people are satisfied xvith the present
state of affairs. "
Forest looked very severe as ho
nnsxvered. "You are of course under
the imprebsion that xvo are acting
xvith Ibo same liberty you xvcro enjoying ' 113
years ago. But everything in political life ]
has changed since thuse days With the ex
ception of a limited number of government
olficials and a fexv contractors , your citi/cns
xx ere perfectly independent of the admlnls-
iralion , today the administration rules every
thing , and everybody is moro or less depend
ent upon the good xvill of our rulers. Who
ever dares to openly oppose the ruling spirits
may bo sure lhat all the xvrath and all the
unpleasantness at the command of tbo admin
istration , xx ill bo piled upon him and bis rela
tives and friends. Therefore ihu number of
men xvho are daring enough lo challenge the
ire of tno government Is very small , although
a great many are dlsconlentca xvith the pres
ent state of affairs "
' But xvhy don't people elect men to con
grcas xvho would p.us laxvs lhat xvould
a state of thing * so unsatisfactory to the
masses' " I asued , satisfied , ibat Forest , in
bis fault-finding mood , xvas using his dark
paint altogether 10 freelv.
"Congru-ss has very little influence noxva-
days , " Forest ansxvered. "Tho poxver rests ;
almost entirely xx ith tbu president and the
chiefs of Iho len greal departments The y
have xvell nign absolute poxxer and resemb u
somewhat the council of ten in Venice , xvhen
that aristocratic republic xvas at the height
otitspouer As it lies xvithin tbetr discre-
lion lo assign each and every person to a good
or a poor position for twenty-four years
and even to order a draft from the
ranks of the men ox-er forty-five years of
nge , Ihus bcm ? able lo eel disliked men biolc
under the direct discipline of the industrial
army , ihov har a newer over all ihu people
lhat'no tyrant of your times over dreamed of
establishing "
"You knoxv of course , " Mr Forest contin -
ued , lhat all recruits belong for the first
tbreo vears of Iheir service to the class of un
skilled or common laborers Ii Is not until
after Ihts period , during xvhich ho is assign
able lo any xvork al Ihe discretion of his su
periors , Ihal Ibo young maa is allowed to se
lect a special avocation. " * ) You can readily
see that ibo young linn is during these throe
years at the absolute mercy of his superiors.
They may assign him to easy and clean xvork ,
or they may onu him to do a dirty aud un
healthy job Ho has to obey orders. For a
man able lo ao duly and persistently refus
ing , Is sentenced to solitary imprisonment on
broad ana xvalcr unlll he consents. " "
"You knoxv furlherjnoro lhat 'Individual
records are kept and that excellence receives
distinction , cot responding xvith tbo penalties
thaluegiigence incurs. ' Dr. Leeto has un-
iloiilnotliy told jou this and furthermore 'that
It is not policy xvith us to permit youthful
recklessness or Indiscretion , xvhon not deeply
culpabie , to handicap the future careers of
young men and tnat all who have passed the
unclassified grade without serious disgrace ,
have an equal opportunity to choose tht
life employment Uioy have ibe
most liking for Now not only are
the Individual records of these apprentices
for ability nnd Industry strictly kept and ex
cellency distinguished by suitable distinctIons -
Ions , but upon the average of his record dur
ing his apprenticeship the standing given the
apprentice among the full workmen depends
* * * ) While the internal organizations of
the various industries , mechanical and agri
cultural , differ according to their peculiar
conditions , they asrree in a general division
of their xx-orkers into first , second and third
grades , according to ability , and these grades
aru In many cases subdivided Into first nnd
second classes. According to his standing .is
nn apprentice , a young man is assigned
his place as a firit , o-ond or third
grade xxorkes. liegradlnirs tatio ulico in
each Industry at intervals , corresponding
xvith the length of the apprenticeship. Ono
of the notable advanlagos of n high gradlne
is th" privilege It givoi the xx-orker to select
which of hu various branches or processes of
his Industry ho will follow as his specialty + )
Dr Lcote has of course further Informed you
"Ihal so far as possible , Ihe preferences"
Ihe poorest workman are considered In as
signing him bis line of xvork. While , how
ever , the wish of the loxx-er c'rade man is con
sulted so far as the exigencies o ( the service
permit , ho Is considered only after the upper
rrulo men are provided for , and often ho has
o put up xvith second or Ihlrd choice or even
xvith an arbllrary assignment when help is
iceded This privilege of selection atlends
ever.x rograding , and xvhen a man loses his
grade ho also risks having lo exchange ino
Ihe sort of xvork he likes best for some other
.ess lo his laslo. * * * High places In iho
nation are open only to the highest class of
men ' * )
Thcsa regulations boar out xvhat I Just said
n roirard to the power of the administration.
Tne lieutenants , captains nnd colonels are
ippomtod by the generals of the guild , xvho
n turn are under the command of the ten
chiefs of the ten great departments. These
officers may give their young friends xvho
outer the indusirl.il arnty as apprentices easy
oks and good records and enable Iheir
friends on Ihe slrenglh of Iheir records , as
soon as Ihey have pas-oil iho first three years
of service , to enter the first class of the first
grade of a trade. And such n
Favorite who , backed by Influential
friends , has passed an easy lime as an
npprenlice and who has received al once Iho
first class of the first grade of his trade is im
mediately appointablu to a lieutunanlship and
lie can run up to the higher honors in a foxv
vears. You cannoldony Mr. West , that our
regulations permit such a favoritism "
I had to admit that such things were possi
ble
Mr Forest continued "On the other
hand , the young men who are not the sons
and frieudb of our leaders , aru fortunate if
tnuv can secure a second grade posilion ,
xvilb n record , lhat does not exclude
all hopes of further promotion. Helatives ot
outspoken opponents of the administration ,
can be placed in Ihe second class of the third
grade of tneir Irado and their record can base
so kept that they can uex-cr hope to secure a
uglier position. And such a favoritism is not
only possible , but It absolutely does exist.
The sons and relatives of men.xvho are known
as opponents of the administrationhave prac
tically to live as slaves and are sometimes
treated like foot balls. "
Is there no court of appeals ! " I asked.
Yes , buch an abused man or woman can
go lo a judge , " Mr Forest answered. "But ,
the minor judces are merely men xvho have
passed tbo forty-fifth year of their age and
have been appoinlcd lo such a position for
live years by Ihe president. They as Dr.
Looto of ourso told you adjud cite all cases
xvbero a member of the industrial army
makes u complaint of unfairness against an
officer. All such complaints are heard and
settled xvlthout appeal by a single Judge ,
three Judges being required only in graver
cases. The efficiency of industry requlrjs
thf striclest discipline in the army of labor ' *
The men appomled oy Iho president are of
course trustxvorthy friends of Ihe administra
tion and not expected to decide in such cases
against tbo officers of the government and In
favor of the 'kickers ' And as such cases are
bottled xvithoul appeal , iho ill-used member
of Ihe Industrial nrmv has to
go back to his old position ,
xvhero the superior , xvhom ho has accused ,
xvill certainly not tre.it him betto. ' lhan be
fore. On Ihe. contrary , such an officer has
a first-class chance to "get even' ' x 1th his
dissatisfied subordinate , especially ut the
next rcgrading , xvhen he can put him into
the last class and grudo , if thu unfortunate
folloxv Is not already there. If such is the
case , the offended officer can at least assign
the "klcker''to the most objectionable xvork. "
The picture thus draxvn by Mr Forest , ap
peared bo dreadful , especially when com
pared by mo xvith the descriptions of Dr.
Leote , lhat I could not recollect myself suffi
ciently to try nn argument against the con
clusions of my predecessor In the professor
ship of thu hislory of tbo nineteenih cen-
luryAfier a short pause iho present Janilorcon-
Imucd "Now consider in connection with
all these facts and institutions that I have
mentioned , that "the xvorkers have no suf
frage to exercise anything to say about
the choice" of their superiors > < > ) "The general
oral of the guild appomls lo the rank under
him hut ho himself is not appointed , but
chObon by suffrage amousr the superintend
ents by X'oto of Ihe honorary members of Ihe
guilds , lhat is by these xvho have served
their time In the guild and received their
discharge" ) So my dear Mr. Wost. the
members of the Industrial army are twenty-
four years absolutely at" the mercy
of their superiors If Ihev desire lo
have a good limo they must blindly obey
orders anu seek favor by all means in their
poxver. They must Influence their friends
xvho hax o votes , not only to stand by the ad-
mtnislratlou , but to do it in a demonstrative
manner. Occasional presenls of wines and
ciean miy secure the friendship of some of
tbo officers. Otherxvise tbo members of the
Industrial army may lead for txventy-four
years a life , compared with xvhich the lot of
a plantation slave or Iho poorest coal digger
150 years ago xvould bu called un enviable
fate. For a plantolion slax'o xvas considered
a valuable piece of property and not reck
lessly destroyed , while the poorest coal dig
ger could leave his job and go to some olher
place , uulil no found more suitable employ
mont. A member of our Industrial army ,
xvho has draxvn upon himself the Ire of the
officers of thn adminislralion or xvho U
placed ou iho list of the enemies of society
on account of the opposition of his voting
relatives , lends a Ufa that may bo termed as
"tweuty-four years of hell on eurth ! " 1 have
demonstrated lo you now. Mr West , xvby
congress has no Influence. The vaat majority
of its members are continually trying to
please the administration , for the purpose ol
securing favors forthemsolves.their relatives
and Iheir friends , " said Mr. Forest in con
elusion "And this is the equality of Ihe
best organizaiion socioly over bad ; Ihts is
what Dr. Leeto calls the millenium. "
( To be Continued. ]
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Olili'xt House In U anlilngton.
Down at the foot of Seventeenth
street , uxvny from the usual route of the
guldo book slfrht-eor , stands the oldesi
house in Washington , says the Star ,
The moss had grown thick upon its
humble roof lotifj before quarreling congress
gross wrangled nnd disputed over the
location of the "federal cltv. " and xvhen
at last the dispute xvas ended , and a deli
nlte site selected , U xx as found that the
unpretentious homo and paternal acres
ol u sturdy old Scotchman , David Burns
by name , occupied a largo portion of the
proposed situation.
The homestead it- = elf was loontei1
almost upon the immediate bank of the
Potomac , hero a mile or more in width
and only a little distance away from the
beautiful hill upon xvhich the observatory
tory noxv stands the hill upon xvhieh , i
is related , Braddock's forces camped ot
their first night out from Alexandria , in
that ill-starred march into the xxllder
ne s.
Atchlson Globe ; rhe great difference be
txveon a man ana a woman U that ono caa't
bo perfect and the other won't.
VAXINC THEATRICAL SEASON
I hit Chat About the Men and Women in the
Dramatic Profession.
BERNHARDT'S ADHERENCE TO REALISM ,
Vat Hrl linniN Clover Managerial
Work Now Plays on tlio Ho ul
Next Year Keiulnl's
Excellent School.
The American Mmiclan has dropped out
of the Ii 10 of Nexv York weeklies
Mrs. Lingtry has sent to Nexv York for nil
icr furniture and protests that she will re
main In London for a long time.
Marie Decc-t , xvho appears this xveek in
Mignon" tit the Chicago \uditorUim. xvill
sing in the operatic festix-al la Boslon on
June It ) .
Grace Hawlhorne has boon declared a
bankrupt in London to the tune of $7-JI. >
and no assets. W. W. Kelly has done xvell
Ibis lime.
Mary Shaw , Ben Rogers , John A. Lane
nnd Otis Skinner as leading man , all good
oop'.e ' , are engaged for Mine. Modjeska for
next season's tour.
George H _ Murray , xvho has been for many
seasons business manager for \V J Gilmoro's
road companies , xvill sever his connection
with Mr. Gilmore Juno 1 next.
Edvard Ones , the Norwoglon composer ,
; s now occupied xvith Iho composition ot what
.s lortned an "Oralorio of Peace. " Ihe words
being supplied by BJornslerno Bjornson.
A son.of Ole Bull , saia to have inhonled
his father s talent as a violinist , will pax-
America a visit In September , and xvill
probaolv be heard in a number of concerts
Mr Kendal commenced acllng thirty years
ago when ho was eighteen yours old He had
a first-class drilling in his profession , having
such actors as Charles Fechter. the younger
Xean , E. A Sotherrt , Helen Faucil , and
Mrs Scott Siddons to sot the example
Wilton \villnotappearxvithJames
D'Noill in "The Envoy,1' at Ihe Star thoalro ,
Now York. He xvas too late for rehearsals ,
ind as Mr O'Neill is not used to that sort of
treatment , Mr Louis James xvas encaged
Mr .lames xvill be starred equally xvilh Mr
O'Neill
Old play-goers xvho are groaning over the
wpularcrazo for farce i comedy may dome
ousolation from Iho fact lhat Jefferson and
Florence in "Tho Klvajs" and Stuart Hobsou
n the "Stoop to Conquer" have made moro
money lhan any legillmate comedians unoxx n
lo tbc English speaking stage.
David Henderson xvli | keep his theaters in
Jhicairo and Plttslmrp opened throughout
; ho summer The Chloaco opera house will
have another spectacular production durinu
the warm xvoather , anoV a good opera com
pany xvill drive uulivcarw xvay at the
Duquesne theater In Bills burgh.
The oldest theaters now In use In Germany
arolhosoof Meiz , built in 17.TJ , Bayrouth ,
the Markeraviin opera- house , built in 174s ,
assell , I'M , Hanau\17fi'l Manheim , ITT.'i ,
Potsdam , 1704 , Frankfort , 17SJ , Dessau ,
17- ! ) . The oldest thcutcrs in Auslria are
Klagenfurl , 1730 , and Salzburg. 17il. ;
Wilkinson's Widows , " Gillelle's lalest
xvork , xvhlch Is at present ociug presented by
Chas. Froman's Comedy company at the
Twenly-lhird slreot theater , Nexv York , Is
conceded to bo the grostoat financial success
Noxv York has had thlsiscason , and is doing
a phenomenal business nt'that theater.
'Maid Marian , " which was done in OmaBa
Ihls season under Iho title of "Kobln Hood , "
by Reginald DeKoven and Harry B Smith ,
enjoyed a three months' run in London , the
same length of time as Sir Arlbur Sullivan's
"Ivanhoe1 ; and xvill noxv start out for n
three months' tour of the provinces. No
American opera has ex-or before enjoyed such
i success in England.
t
Miss Floy Bruudago , a charming girl of
DCS Moines , is creating a pleasing sensation
in Iowa with her xvhistle. Hecently the
Grand opera house of her oxvn city xvas
croxvded for three coaseoutivo nights to Us ten
lo her art , which many claim to equal that of
Alice Shaxv , the xvorld's famous xvhisller
Strange Ibat Omahi has not hoard a xvhis-
ling artlbte , although Mrs. Shaw , previous to
her departure for Ihe continent , whistled in
Kansas City , Denver and St. Louis , but
Omaha got loft.
Mr Smalley xvrites to the New York Tri
bune ancnt Mr. Wilson Barren , xvbu has
again essayed Hamlet : "I xvibh.for my part ,
that 1 could think him a good actor , but I can
not. To mo it scorns that ho has still much
of the alphabet of his art to learn , elocution
first of all , or perhaps even before that to
modify his conception of the funclion of
Iho play actor profoundly But it is a demo
cratic ago , and from the verdict of a majority
any triven evening in any ono thealer there
is no appeal , or none till next morning. The
croxvd which witnessed Mr Barrett's per
formance applauded it ; what more xvould
you have' He has , at least , one good quality ,
ho has ambition. "
Few York Sun- There are plenty of vet
eran minstrel performers loft , but ono can
count oil one's fingers the remnants of the
rual pioneer bands of burnt-eoric players.
Cool White , who died in Chicago the other
day , xvas at the time of his death about the
oldest of all the early uiiiibtrels. He xx-as
seventy years old , and ho had been half a
century before the public. He xvas , indeeda
veteran among the veterans of minstrelsy ,
and there 1110 probably not half a dozen men
left xvho xvero his contemporaries. He ante
dated "Uncle Dick" Hooley.Billy Birch , Sam
Sanford , Fr.mk Moran , John Savori , and
Eugene , all of whom , are allvo lo conlemplalo
sadly their rapidly thinning ranks Cool
xVhile xvas a sable xvit as far back as JS4II ,
and back of that time minstrelsy did not ex
tend very far
Mr Nat M. Brigham bos finally yielded to
the "foolllcht fever" and has appeared In
concert at Salt Lake City , notwithstanding
his avoxveo purpose of giving up
up singing entirely xvhen ho loft
Omaha The Herald , speaking of the
concert , said "Ho performed the ( herot al
most unheard or feat of drawing a $700 audi
ence to hoar a simple ballad concert , when
many a musical entertainment twice as pro-
tenuous has had to bu cpnlent xvith onu third
the. receipts. His manner of 'xvorklng the
act' is in llself a lesson jn Ihe art of man
agerial diplomacy. When ho came to Salt
Lake to settle In business ho was eagerly
soughl afler by half a. pozen musical circles ,
bui to all he relumed a .firm bul poluo denial
music xvould Inter/ore ! xvltb business , and 1
neither love for tha art. benefits , charities ,
I believe that to wield the inherent moving
poxvcr of tbo drama w.v 'a mere perfunctory
simulation of the emotions is impassible ami
that the highest effects , both emotional ami
artistic- , depend upon thcoeotn of conviction
xvilb which Ihe actor feels his part. 1 ho
theory lhat the xybole effect of a scene or
situation depends upon tbo care and precision
with xvhich it is planned is controverted in a
thousand instances xvhero the most xx-onder-
ful triumphs have been , scored In moments
xvhen actors had pasted tbo limits of mere
volition and had surrendered themselves to
their emotions solely If there is nothing In
stage art save planning- and preparing , xvhy
do xvu talk of inspiration i Aud if only Iho
planners are lo succeed genius is no boiler off
lhan mediocrity Not , however , do I xvlsh to
decry studv and preparation. They are tbo
necessary guides to artistic precoption anil
become the ladder on xvbich genius may
mount to the empyrean of inspiration. As
for myself I feel my parts Just In proportion
to the strength of my depiction of them , ant
though I play them a thousand time * I fee !
them still Sarah Bernhardt ,
Henry N Pitt , Actor ana Stage Manager
When Mme Bernhardt was In Bostoi
somebody spoite of the earnest fervor xvilh
which the great actress iioporsonatod tha
tragic chancier ot her part. It reminded mo
of tbu fact that nearly all the great actors
and actresses whom I tuvu met hive boon
remarkable for lhat sama apparent earnest
ness , and my experience convince ? mo lhat
the great people of the stage do not merely
simulate tbo emotions ol the parts that they
act. It Is said of Edwin Booth that on tbo
nights that ho bos played Othello bo has
been , even for him , unusually morose am
abrupt , and on the night that ha has acted
ago ho has adopted some of that clex-er genkl
Ionian's , cordiality of lemoauor I , mvself ,
lave seen Mrs Kendall , and that only re-
cnlly , so affected in the scone of the recon-
Illatlon xvith her husband , before the duel ,
n "Tho Ironmaster , that real teiM , tears
hat xx-ero unmistakably genuine , furroxved
icr fair cheeks. Hose Coghlin has said lhat
n Peg Wolfingion she felt intensely indig
nant or deeply grief-stricken In certair. of the
scenes. I remember llttlo Walllo Edlnger ,
who played Lord Fauntloroy to My Lord
Jorincourt , actually robuitlng mo for a coram -
am exhibition that I made of myself in ono
of the pathelic scenes. I believe lhat lots of
real tears are shod on the stairo and lots of
renulne laughter Is Indulced In by perform-
ers. Nat Goodxvln u od to always eomo to
ils dressing-room from a certnfn scene In
'Tho Nominee" xvith a real laugh over
spreading his Jolly features ,
ir even the demands of Ihe church In xvhlch
he had a leading pirt coull tempt him lo
sxvorve from the str light and narrow tank
'it o ho had laid doixn By a id by , when the
: nuslcal procession bad almost passed him by
It began to bo whispered about lhat Mr
3rlghatn showed signs of relenting. At a
very select library concert in Ogden it xvas
announced that he xvould sinu' if all inllnia-
.Ions of his appearance xvero suppressed in
.ho Salt Lake press , this wus aereed lo , Iho
tlerald's Oirden man xvas muzzled , Ihe con-
curt came off. Mr Urigbam xx-as excitedly
stnugglid in , ho snnir his song , raised his
Furoru and carau quietly bactt to Salt Lake
and Ihe fuw xvho hoard of Iho event hero
served us just enough fuel to iced the llamo
of curiosity Then a dim rumor arose -un-
: raccable at first to any tangible source -
: hat Mr Brlizham mik'ht some lime appear
, vilh Iho nexv Apollo club. Ihon Just form
ing , then came Iho nous lh.il ho xvas nego-
dating with the theit'r for a date for "A
Ballad Concert , " next societyleaniedth.il
: ho date had been fixed out it xvas still
in the dim , uncoil dn distance , then
the newspapers b-van to receive
dulicaoly tiuled litllo notes for
Lheir Sunday issues convex inir stray bits of
Intelligence regarding Ihe approaching event
all of xvhich were cheerfully printed with
out tbo advertising mark because of the
uood fooling entertained for Mr Brigham
ind the interest felt in his ro-ontry upontho
boards Then came the master stroke a re
ception by the Apollo club in the swell hotolof
the town and the appo.ira.icu of Mr Brigham
before a inosl select and invited circle of the
elite. Thib , with the efforts of some business
Friends xvho sold a large stack of tickets a
long xvay in advance , and the continued bits
or information in Ihe papers xvhich conlin-
ued lo bu doled out to an expectant puoiic ,
roused the general fever lo thu highest. It
only remained to open thu doorb and victory
xvas assured.
* MX .1 I.UiltTElt I'KIX.
.Senator Illnir.
Ch cnjo Fnliune ,
Ah , there ,
Senator Blair ,
Star there'
Or , if you choose , icpair
Ebewhcie
But don t you dare
To come to China. The air
Will not a ree xv.lh you. Bexvarol
I have no room lo spare
For such as you. Take carol
You needn't sxx-ear ,
Or stare ,
Or glare.
This KOOS. You couldn't bear
A Chinaman. Turnabout is fair ,
Ana noxv I've got you by the hair.
Ah , Ihere ,
Mr Blair.
\V'e're square.
Too HiKli-Toned to Taint.
That bumoroub llttlo "orialual package" of
xvlt and humor , Marshall P. Wilder , under
took to have some fun at the expense of a
waller xvho xx-as attending to his wan la at a
local hole ! during a recent visit to this city ,
says the Philadelphia Hecord. Holding up'u
glass of water to the light ho examined it
critically and said "Sam , this xv itor ap
pears lo bo very impure. Hoxv do you ac
count for itl" "Dat yore Skookill xvater , "
said the xvaiter , "am kinder inukdy , I 'loxv ,
but hit's poxvahful good xvatah jus do same. "
'But ' , " Wilder rejoined , "I understand it
lloxvs through a cemetery before -.vu get it. "
Sam thought for a minute and replied "O' '
yes , sail , It do flow frough Laurel Hill ccra'-
lary , but dat yerc's a mighty high-toned
cem'tary , sab. "
A HOJMC itch Harmony.
Hopscotch is noxv fashionable among out
door English girls , and Sir Arthur Sullivan
has been requested to compose a Hopscotch
Harmonj somewhat in this style
A merry maiden hops and snoxvs
Tbo silky sheen of sable hose ,
Mill rhythmic sxving of skirt you see
Her shapely legb from foot to knee.
With short staccato step you note
The playful pout of petticoat ,
And frills that play at hldo and seek ,
Peep slyly xvith an elfish frean ,
While tripping Joyously along
She sings a gleeful hopscotch song.
Got u Hoiist In-tc id of 'loiiht.
Texat slttlitu * .
After the bridal party partook of a sumpt-
nous banquet a younger brother of the bride
got up and said solemnly , raising his glass
"Ladies and gentlemen , 1 have to- propose
a toast , xvhich must , however , bo drunk
standing. Please lake your glasses and rise
up. "
The gucsis , although somewhat boxx-il-
dered , did so
"Now , " said the young scapegrace , "if you
xvill remain -landing for a few minules I'll
find out x\ho has been sluing on my new
biovc pipe hat. "
Only Flirting.
Kate Ftcltl'i Wnthlnu'an.
Her dainty envelope Is square
I think the xvhile Its seal I tear-
So like herself , both sxveet and fiir ;
The note Inside it , too , 111 swear ,
Light and diverting.
What though her heart bo free from care ,
And blue her eyes ami soft her hair ,
Her voice like southern breezes rare
There's not one touch of feeling there ;
She's only flirting.
Not True to Klhel's Art.
Nexv York Sun : "Henderson , " sobbeci
Ethel , after they had been married a fexx
weeks , "I have been all th-through the house
lodax '
"Y'-s , darline don't you think it's a dear
lltllehoiibu' "
"Ye-yes , Henderson. But , Henderson ,
xvhero are all inose plaques I painted for you
xxhilo wo xx ere engaged I"
IN Marriage a Fa i In re ?
Xetc Yarlt Ilriuld.
Act --The I belle poses
Act II Thu beau proposes
Act III. The father disposes.
Act. IV The xvifo imposes.
Aet V The mother-ln-l.uv Interposes.
Act VI. The husbind opposes.
Act VII. The divorce court OAposes.
( Curtain. )
Ciireful xviIII U'ortN.
mil ( 'tirf'tnii.
"Boys flylnir kites haul in their xvhltc-xvlnged
birds ,
You can't do that xvay xvhen you'ro flying
xvords.
'Careful of fire' is good advice , xvo knoxv ,
'Careful xvitb xvords' is ten times doubly so.1
An Uiirly Mnrt.
Macon. Ga , has a tun-year old stonosfra
pher and lypoxvrller xvho has startea In bust
ness tor herself.in a prominent hotel at lha
placo.
What Wits It ?
Sf. .VfrAoii * .
It happened ono morning a xvee baby girl
Discovered xvhat seamud Ilka a cunning , xvhlti
pearl.
But when her friends hastened to see the fin
sight.
She closed its small casket and locked it up
tight.
Tut .oil t : > o .Miirli.
Thnro Is a storv golnc around xvhlch Is ap
plied to cur Mr Ingntls , savs tbo Atchison
tilooo. A parrot saw a bull dog on 'DO streets
one day. xvhcreupon the parrot called out
"SIckem , slckora. ' The bull dog rushed into
the house , pulled down the cage , and nearly
i
killed the parrot The parrot lay bleeding
on tne tlnor when his masior came in. and In
explanation multored. "I always did laU
oo dam much. "
I'rloncl it ml Lover.
Cftituru.
Vhen Psycho's friend becomes hero lover ,
How sweetly these conditions blond.
But O , xvhat anguish to discover
Her lover has become her friend I
AO.F/K Ltrrt.t :
Ram's Hori One reison xvhy the world
cems to moo so sloxv Is boeau-.ii there are
o many people who want to sit on thu fence
nd xvhittlo.
A.tchison Globe. There are some ihlugs
x'orso in Ihe xvorld tlnii weiring a dress that
s not in style but the number of people Is
rowing lamentably small xvho believe so.
Mllxx-nukeo Hot-ild "I'll never got onto
hat bay xvith mv frail bark , " remarked the
as he listened to the distant hounds.
Kato Field's Washington : "Thoso High
and Scots are most sarcastic felloxvs. "
" They are I"
' Yes , they must have their fling "
Now York Uecorder It Is explained that
'no ' reason xvhy more women do not got into
ho habil of smo : ing cigars is because Ihoy
begin smoking cigars Ihal Ihey buy thorn-
elves.
Denver Sun A Colorado editor thinks
hero are a great many people in insane
asylums xx-bo ought not to bo But does he
hmk of the lart'o number of people out of
nsane asylum * who ought to bo in.
Kinsas City Slar A Cleveland paper dolores -
> lores tne fact that thu percentage of spelled
cgolablus on Iho eastern market is incroas-
ng , and is at a loss to account for it. There
b no mystery about the matter. James Owen
O'Connor is not starring Ihis spring.
St. Joe Nexxs May How aio you fceiing
onigbt. FranirI
Frank Oh , I am holding my own.
Denver Sun Mr Yoiinghusband xvho In
vades the kitchen now-a days and sees his
vife xxasnlng the lettuce with soap and hears
ler ordur thu butcher lo send up a pound of
'Ivor with the bono taken out. ami the giocer
o send up a pound of Oolong coffee , begins
.o got a glimpse of the far off shining infini
tudes of happiness lhat he has so longed to
reach.
Exchange "I have such an Indulgent bus-
3an < l , " s ud litt'u ' Mrs Doll. "Yes , so George
says , " responded Mrs Spltuful. "Sometimes
ndulges lee much , doesn't hof"
Somerville Journal It is a very indolent
girl xvho xvill reject a kno-ling lover because
she is too lazy to talk aay moro lhan she can
nelp and "No" is shorter than "Yes. "
Washington Star The young felloxv in his
mad struggle xvith au incipient mustache
raises a terrible luzz.
Texas Sittings It costs 10.000 to gild the
dome of the state house in Boston , xvhllo you
can paint the xvholo town led for WO.
Ex-Mayor Cr--iger freely and frankly ad
mits that ho isoutof politics. Chicago Post
Mr. Creigor Is o-it of polities in the same
way that thu Dutchman baid his xvifo was re
signed to death. "Vy , lam it , man , she haf
to pe. "
Nexv York Ncxxs : A laxvn fence company
claims to put up an absolutely dog proof arti
cle. If this is the case , the dog must boxv-
xvow to the inevitable.
Puck : Mr. Tnbb That woman coming up
the street has Mrs. Babb's eyes.
Mrs. Tabb Hobombleo hef iti that respect ,
you me in.
Tabb No , It is Mrs. Babb herself.
Life. Mr Sawdorf I never go bkaliug I
am awfully afrnd of falling.
Mr O Queer Faith , thin , yo xvouldn't hov
far to fall.
H'tlKltE 1IK F.lll.1.
) Kjcprcvt
He had chased a rubber football
Over many a eery field ,
He could stand behind a balsman
And Ihe mask and mittens wield.
In a pugilistic contest
He xvas held among tuo best ,
He could mmglo In a riot ,
And enjox it , too , xvith zest ;
But his line physique was ruined-
Crushed in a most brutal way ,
When his xvifo took him out shopping
On a ladies' bargain day.
That NniiKhty Uoy.
Looking over an old box the other day , I
came upon a handful ! of Tony's buttons ,
xvrites Florence Alden. I ; call them Tony's
buttons , for they are ruins of past shirt
xvaists and lilllo panls long siueo xvorti out or
laid aside that Tony used to wear Rever
ently I picked thorn out from the collection
in Iho box , and holding them in my hand ,
looked long and earnestly at tboso simple re
minders of mv little curly headed boy. Near
ly every outlon was pulled out xvilh a piece
of Iho garment from which itenmo sewed fast
to it. Well I remember bow annoyed I often
felt xvith Tony because his butlons xvorc al-
xvays off
Onu waist in particular I recall , a dark blue
xvith Kale Greenaxvay fiirures. Several butr
tons in mv baud brought vividly to mind the
last time Ton v xvore that waist The imago
of my pr-tty little bo came back to mo as I
looked at these wollxvoru buttons , his bright ,
animated face , cvus bparklme in anticipation
of thu fan ho would have at the picnic hu xvas
going to attend , his long , beautiful curls
floating around n face as sweet as God over
gave a child. Thu llttlo biuu pants and
xvaist , broad collar , finished at the neck xvith
blue and white tie. Surely Tony xvas sxveot
that day
As I kissed bun good-byo 1 sjvld ( xvhat
made mo do so' ) "Now , Tony , don't pull off
your buttons "
"No , mamma , " and be xvas gono.
Ho didn't mean to. I Unuxv it then. I
knoxv it butler now , but the unreliable but
lens came off in spile of boylnh resolutions ,
and at right Tony came homo looking quite I
demoralized I did not ncold bun. I am glad
I didn't. I only said , "Naughty boy , jour
buttonsJiro gone. "
"No , mamma , I hax-o cot thorn all. " And
out from the little pocket came the rebellious
buttons , xvith unfortunatu Katu Groonaxvay
figures hanging to them In doleful tailors
I sighed as I looked al ibo wreck , and
Tony said , "Mamma , I can't hulp it , they
will eomo off , but some day I'll grow big and
shan't wear shirt xvaists. Then you xvon't
have to soxv on the buttons. Won't that uo
nice I"
Nice' O Tony , Tony , if vou could only
eomo back and pull off the buttons once
more I xvould not asK for greater happi
ness Mothers , don't scold the lilllo ones
because they get the buttons off and bits of
garment xvith them. At bast the time is
short that you will have the privilege of
sowing them on , for our litllo boys soon
groxv up and tro nxx-ay fi-om u * . ihunsnno
one besides mamma has thu buttons to
sow on
And porno , ah' some only use the buttons a
fexv years Then Ihe Father who gave lliolr
sweet faces to us for u little time take * thorn
back again , and xve xvo only \\alt , hoping
sonic day to scu them oncu nioiu.
Ncxi .Monte Carlo.
The litto province of Andorra , xxhich
hsih perched in content iind ob-curity
upon the southern slope of tlio Pyranuort
for 1,100 years , over bun-el harlomatrno's
very last sluiko-up , bndu fair but a
month ajo ; to rub aloni : another 1,100
xvith itH rustic population of IS.WMl draw
ing ilM niistaimni'u from the Roil in the
( rood old way. lint now M. Ulanc , who
runs the gamblm , ; hull at Monte < urlo
nnd payb the local prince 10 )0,000 ) auar
buatilus keeping up hi * polii-e and htrout !
dopartinentu , havin ( , ' bon rifui > ed a re-
nmval of his license talks of buying An
dorra in the sarao fashion. The climuto
u colder than that of Monte Carlo , but
Dlunc thluka it will Jo ,
SATORDA\'S \ ' SPORTING SALAD
Breezy Gossip from All Quarters of th
Globe.
BILLY CATFON AND THE DRUMMER ,
Tlit * N.ulonul IJt'natt.i Movement * In
KlMtiaun Aloitj ; the Home strrtcti
Shooting , Klslilnc ,
'I ( Minis mill it Mixed
"Did you over hoar that storv about a
Noxv York's drummer's llttlo game of bil
liards xvith Hilly Cattonl" asked a well.
known amateur who xvas seated ainnntf a
group of expert billiard pi ix-ors at
Slosson's thu otbar availing , " s\ys the Chicago
cage News.
"No , " chorused the crowd , who h xvo more
or loss respect for the amateur's abilities as
a neon tour
"Well , " said the amateur , lighting a fresh
cigar ami settling himself comfortably In
his leather-covered chair , "you all know
that old Billy likes his Joke prottx welt Onu
afternoon ho strolled Into Shaofi-r s place ,
lounged up to xviiura the 'Wizard was stand
ing , passed the time of day with him , and
cast his ex < around to sec what was g ungoii
His glance rested on a gay specimen of the
genus traveling man , gotten up regardless of
expense. in the shiniest of silk Hats and a suit
of the most vociferous plaids , cut a : n mth or
two ahead of the latest stylo. 1'his lirilliant
creature w.is knocking the balls about on n
table near by , and from the way tic lingered
his ouo Billy could sec that he know a thing
or two about the game and wanteu oilier pco-
plo to know it , too.
" 'hay , Jake , llnally exclaimed the drummer -
mer , ro'stini : one hand on the table so as to
dlspla.v to adv.mtago a hugo diamo i < l ring.
do joii knoM' anvoody who'd like to join mo )
Don't trot up anv superannitod mugs I
plav a piotty stilt game of billiards , you
know '
"The XVt/.ird winked eiprcsslvelv at Billy
and replied 'Hero's a gentleman wlio U ac-
accommodalo you , I Ihink He may bo a
little out of form just now , but I guess ha
c in play a fair game. '
"The drummer nodded superciliously to
Cation and Inquired : 'How steep d yo want
to goi"
"O , I don't know , " replied Billy with
amia'ilo coyness.
"Til nlay you $ , ' 00 to SIOO , 200 points up ,
straight rail , ' remarked the man mth tha
Hashing diamonds.
" Isn't that a little steepl" demurred
Biiiv
' " Not for a man xvho strikes the cait I do,1
responded the drummer , emphatically
" -Well , I'll go you , ' returned the Illinois
export.
"They chalked tholr cues meditatively and
proiu.-dcd to ban < . Catton soon made his
tint shot , then gathered the balls and itoftlv
worked them along the rail , round and round
the table , scoring the SUO points xxlthout a
miss , xvhile the drummer stood staring at
him with wide open eyes and drooplmr jaw C
" 'I reckon vou do play a pretty fairish
game. " dr.uvled Cut ton , as ho stuffed tha
drummer's $ il)0 ) into his pockot. 'Don't you
want to xvaih your hands ! This Is nu awful *
ly dusty table. ' "
Tlu : IJon of tlio Illii .
Slavin Is , of course , the lion of the hour la
nag circles , but it must not bo overlooked
that ho has not jet been put to the crucial
test. Kill-Jin will bo the only genuine first.
rater ho has met , and the result of that battl *
will decide whether ho has any claim to thl
championship or not. By comparison with
Kilr.un. Slavin has the advantage in helghl
and roach. Much xvill depend on the
outcome of the mill. In the natural
order of things the xvlnnor of the .lurkson-
Corbett light m San Francisco will challenga
the winner of the Slavin-Kilrain m-iteh. If
Slavin should be the lucky man In the latter ,
complications mar arise , for , according to his
programme , ho will remain hero only ten
xveeks , and It i hardly prooablo that ha
would bo in condition to engage in another
light between the Hobokcn affair and tha
time of his departure. In such nn event the
xvinncr of the Jackson Corbott mill would
probably have to go to London and
meet Slavin at the Pelican club This
would take up a great deal cf time , and
moanxvhlle John L. would bo telling thu Aus
tralians xv bat a good fellow bluvin was and
giving them points on "Honest Hearts ana
Willing Hands " Thus , If Slavin showed a
clear title to the cnampionship by defeating
ICilcalu and Jackson or Corbett , as the case
may be , Sullivan would have to give him battle -
tlo or take a back seat. As .lohti has never
been known to indulge In the latter occupa
tion , hi' would probably prepare for thu fray ,
ana the baltlu would be just as likely tocoina
off in Australia as anywhere else
On the other hand , If Kilraln defeats
Slavin , which I hope he will , the complexion
of thu xvholo mutter will bo changed to a
picturesquely domestic hue , with John L.
still shining "over all lllte an April rainbow
'I lie National I
Oarsmen at. Washington are already mak
ing preparations for the national reiralla ,
xvhlch is lo take place there next August.
Secretary Gibson of the National association
of Amateur oarsmen savs the prospoets for
a successful regatta could not bo better.
Every mail nowadays brings applications
and entries from prominent clubs. Toronto
and Ottawa Canadian clubs will bo on
hand The New York ana Manhattan
athletic clubs and the Metropolitans of that
city 111 participate Providence , Worcester ,
Newark , Albany , Philadelphia , Chicago ,
Baltimore , Atlanta , Now Orleans , Galveston ,
Minneapolis and even Salt Lake and Mani
toba will send single or double four-oared
or eight-oared ciows In fact all the lead
ing clubs of the country will bo represented ,
and bcatmen anticipate one of thu greatest
events of the kind that aver enlivened tha
xvaters of the Potomac.
Ham-ball Small Talk.
Meekin appears to bn St. Paul's stai
pitcher
They call Herman Long "Tho Flying
Dutchman" in Boston.
The Davenport , club has signed ( utchci
Harry Sage , late of Toledo.
Donovan has made a great hit In Louis
ville by bis brilliant fielding and successful
hitting
Tom Brown Is running bases as If In
meant to lead the association iccord tulj
season.
tStrickor and Kadford have been batting
xxull. Here , too , are a great pair of sacrifice
hitters.
It was remark lOlu that all the homo clubs
of the league should have been beat on the
opening day
The Louisville team has elected Taylor cap.
tain In pl.teu of Board , who has rufusud to
continue in position.
Elmer Smith so far has not shown up xvell
for Kansas City , and the "fans ' on th
Kuxv fear Ihal hu has another onu of bis "off
years. "
All of the Philadelphia papers higuiy com
mended Tim Hurst's umpiring in'ho Phila
dulplna-Brooklyn scries , His success is as-
surrd
Now Yorkers are still couutlng upon tha
Giants us surd pennant winners Four
straight defeats did not dishearten the
cranKs tbaru.
Marullar has returned to nis homo m Bal
timore Ills wife is illand bur fulling health
xvas the principal cause of his resignation
from thu stiff ot umpire ) .
The New Yurks have a man lu C'nptaln
BUCK Kwiug who will get moro out of tha
umpirttM than anv other captain , and particu
larly in New York will gut muit anything ha
asks for
Ward's order to his pitchers Is Put th
ball over thu plato at often o-s you can , and
trust to th rest of the team to hulp you out.
John M evidently has a wholesome dread oi
these fatal bases on balls.
Nothing delights Kellcy more than to hnvl
