12 THE ( XMAUA DA1LV I5EH : Sl'MAY , ! MAV 11 ,
AMUSEMENTS.
During the past week local thoator-goors
havn had to content themselves with vnutlo-
\lllo entertainment only , Iloyd's theater
having been dark during the entire week
with the single exception of Sunday. The
weather was just cool enough In the evenIng -
Ing to make It comfortable In the theater
nnd too cool for driving or other out-door
recreation , therefore the Oipheum enjoyed
ono of the most prosperous vvetkn It has
known since Its opening The bill offered
was ono that justly deserved the liberal
patronage given It Felix Morris , with lib
company.wdfl of course the principal magnet ,
xkctchca offered by Mr. Morris were well
chosen and artistically done When ho
abandoned the regular stage for vaudeville
It was thought that hi * fame would lo o
tome of Its prenigo In the theatrical world
However , jt t the opposite seems to have
occurred , for he IH now really more popular
than ever , nnd his reputation ns a consum
mate artist 1ms not declined In the least.
In his now field ho appears to have won
the same laurels that were eOuwercd upon
iilm when ho was a legitimate comedian of
the first rank.
For the coming week there will bo but
little more offered In the way of amusement
than last week. The opening of the Troca-
doro Vaudeville theater will doubtless create
some enthusiasm , Boyd's will bo dark during
the entire week and vaudeville will again
bo the prevailing entertainment.
According to the New York rrltlca ,
Goth im theateigorrs will have none of Ed
win Fey , comedian , nnd of David Hender
son , extravaganza producei. Henderson's
latest , "An Arabian Girl , " was badly
handled by the caustic pens of the Journal
and Herald critics. The only good word
they had to say about the production , given
at the Herald Squaio theater April 29 , wa.i j
the costuming , dancing nnd evolutions uf
the chorus. Unfortunate but competent
Dorothy Moiton Is given duo credit for her
work , as are several others of the cast , but
others of the principals are unmercifully
.cored , Including J. Chcevcr Goodwin ,
author of the book , nnd the musicians , W.
H Batchelor , J. J. Uralmni , Myer LuU
and Jesse Williams. The staid old Mlr-
lor , which Is usually long suffering nnd.
kind , takes this vitriolic shot at the piece.
"Mr Goodwin's book Is simply atrocious.
No moro terrible array of ancient humoi
and stereotype matter Is easy to remember
Even the lyrics must have been devised
on off days , and the dialogue is fraught
with horrors innumerable. The music ,
"compo&ed and selected by W H. Batcheloi ,
John J. Uraham , Jesse Williams and My or
Lut/ , " boasts much that Is old , some that
ils pretty and a lot that Is exceedingly
noisy. The contributes to this section beem
to have done far moro of "selecting" than
of composing. "
Unlike "Tho Aiabian Girl , " the "Mother
Goose" extravaganza produced May 1 nt the
Fourteenth Street theater , New York , was
enthusiastically iccclvcd and will doubtless
enjoy a long and profitable inn. Olive
Ucdpath , who Is a sort of a mascot for now
productions , and by the way a very popular
young woman In Gotham , heads the cast
that , contains many well known names
Hubert Wllkle , the baritone , who stuck with
the Dorothy Morton Opera company until
It went tip In the air , Is also a member of
* hls company. David Henderson's late
theatrical misfortunes In Chicago mo evi
dently following him to New York.
Below Is n list of the productions and
roles created by Hichard Mansfield since his
advent into the theatrical profession : Barou
Chovrlal In 'A Parisian Hamanco , " Union
Square theater , January 10 , 1SS3 ; Karl In
'Prince Karl , " Bchton Museum , April 5 , 1SSC ;
Ir. Jokyl and .Mr. Hyde In 'Dr. Jekyl and
Mr. Hyde , " Boston museum , May 9 , 1887 ,
Andre Hosslnl Marie de Jadot In "Mon'leur , "
Madison Square theater , July 11 1887- King
Richard In "King Hichard III , " Globe theater ,
London , March 10/1889 ; Humpy Logan In
"Master nnd Man , " Palmer's thcatci , Feb
ruary n , 1SOO , George Brummel In "Beau
Briimniol , " iMadlson Square theater , May 17 ,
1810 , Don Juan In "Don Juan , " Garden
theater , May IS , 1891 ; Emperor Nero In
"Nero , " Garden theater , September 21 , 1891 ,
Tittlebat Titmouse In "Ten Thousand a
Year , " Garden theater , February 23 , 1892.
Arthur Dlmmsdale in' "The Scarlet Letter , "
Daly's theater. September 12 , 1802 , Shy lock
In "Tho Merchant of Venice. " Hermann's
theater , Octobar 23 , 1813 ; Captain Bluntschll
In "Arms and the Man , " Herald Square
theater , Scptcmbci 17 , 1894 , Napoleon In
"Scenes frcm the Llfo of Napoleon Bona
parte , " Herald Square theater , November
20 , 1S94 , Don Pedro XIV In "Tho King of
Peru , " Gal rick theater , May 8 , 1893 ,
Itodlon In "Tho Story of Hodlon the Stu
dent , " Garrlck theater , Dceembor 3 , 1S9S ;
Sir John Sombrns In "Castle Sombras , "
'Grand Opera House , Chicago , November 12 ,
1890 , Dick Dudgeon In "Tho Devil's Dis
ciple , " Hermanns Bleekcr hall , Albany ,
October ) , 1897 , Eugene Courvolsler in "Tho
First Violin , " Hollls Street theater , Boston ,
Api II IS , 1888 ; Cyrano do Bergernc In "Cy
rano do Bergernc , " Garden theater , October
3. 1898
This afternoon at the Orpheum Francis
McMIIlen and Maigarot Stephan , the little
Council Bluffs at lists , nro to mnko their pro
fessional debut. They have their names
on the regular bill and wilt bo seen at every
performance during the week In new songs
and dances , which they have been practicing
since their appearance nt the Orpheum nov-
oral months ago. It will bo recalled that
these charming little artists made a decided
hit on the occasion of their first appearance.
Since that time they are said to have Im
proved wonderfully Under the direction of
a master. During the last week they have
been rehearsing dally In costume , sometimes
nt their homo In Council Bluffs ) and Mine-
times In the theater In this city , where
they had the advantage of professional
"tips" from the genial stage manager , who
has pronounced them "n go. " The little
girls are well known In Omaha ns well as
In Council niuffs , and the announcement of
their debut has excited great Interest among
their many friends.
In the operation of the Trocndero theater ,
which openo today , Manager Cole wishes to
announce that the policy of the theater will
ho the same ns last summer. Ho nays no
extravagant promises In relation to the
character of the performances to to given
each week will be made , but ho will establish
a standard of excellence from which ho will
never deviate. That standard will bo hlgli
nnd while ho may have performances nbovc
the standard , ho mya ho will never allow
them to fall below It. He Is selecting his
bookings with great care and believes that
the public will be benefited by his Judgment.
Several Chicago theatrical mnnngerf , who
nro Intending to put Into their theater not
able attractions for a run of the entire sum
mer , hive Hprung several adveitlsemcnts
that have startled the presale theatrical ad
vertiser One of the schemes has reached
Omaha In the shape of several hundred
shcete of lithograph stands nnd window lith
ographs to bo used In billing this ilty for
the Chicago engagement of the Alice Ncllson
Opera company. iMnnager Kearney of the
Mtilvlhlll Posting company says that ho has
Information that every city of any size be
tween New York nnd Denver will bo liber
ally billed. The scheme Is n most costly one
and the result la eagerly looked forward to
by competitive managers nnd others Inter
ested In the theatrical business.
Entirely lenovatcd and with many now
features not possessed last summer for the
fomfort , convenience nnd entertainment of
the public , the Trocadero theater will be
opened this afternoon for the summer An
exceptionally strong bill \audevllle acts
Is promised. This fonn of entertainment will ,
bo maintained throughout the season ns It
was last. Mr. Cole , who has been the the
ater's manager sln-o its opening , Is again
in charge of Its affairs and the fulfillment
of the many promises ho has made In refer
ence to the high character of the shows to
bo given means that Omaha theater-goers
will bo given the veiy best the vaudeville
realm possesses. Ample evidence that Mr.
Cole knows what the people want was made
manifest last summer by the nightly at
tendance of the best people in the city at
the theater. Refreshments , one of the most
appreciable features of this theater , will bo
served as last summer. While the Uieater
had an excellent orchestra last s ason It
now has ono of the finest In the west. It Is
under the direction of Frank Loienz , an
orchestra leader and composer of note. A
silver cornet band , which Includes soloists
from Souba , Llberattl and the Marino bands ,
has also been organized. This band will glvo
early evening concerts in the garden adjoin
ing the theater at 7 o'clock each evening.
Ono of the moat appreciable changes patrons
will notice In the theater Is the elevation of
the entire rear lloor , a fact which enables
those seated at tables on this floor to have
an unobstructed \levv of the stage. Of the
people secured for the opening there are sev
eral whoso names are prominent. John C.
Fox , formerly of the team of comedians
known ns Conroy & Fox , will enact the
sketch , "Tho Flat Next Door , " with his
wife , Kitty Allen. It Is said to bo very
humorous Mr. and Mrs. Gene Hughes will
exploit a comedietta , "A Model Husband , "
and the Haynes will doubtless sing their
way Into the hearts of the people In a reper
toire of operatic and popular songs. Miss
Haynes lately sang the prlma donna roles
In "Tho Little Tycoon" opera company. Mr.
Hnynes has a splendid tenor voice of great
range and purity The several other acts are
said to be as equally strong.
Richard Mansfield's appearance hero is
only ten days' distant. The celebrated
artist will ibe at Boyd's for ono night only
May 2J. The advance sale for this per
formance will bo opened Satuiday morning ,
May 20. The play will be "Cyrano de
Bergerac. " With all his fame as Chovrlal ,
Brummel , King Richard , Dick Dudgeon ,
Prince Karl , Captain Bluntschll , Napoleon
and Jekyl und Hyde In mind , It Is , ncvci-
thelcss , held that Mansfield's Cyrano Is the
greatest creation ho has given or that the
stage has known. Passing over the critical
estimates of his pictorial representation , the
force and beauty of his own creation and
his massed scenes , which have created so
much talk , It may bo necessary to have n
few facts on this production. The com
pany numbers 125 people. The scenery , fur
niture , costumes , armor and horses are trans-
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Crawford 30 Barnes - 40
Monarch 40 Pathfinder 22.50
We Sell Hall's ' Sales ,
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Also agents for the Jewett and Wil
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Tel. 353. J. J. DER1CHT & CO. , 1116 farnam.
ported In four bagRftge cnf There nro
101 crntes of furniture nnd properties ninl
o\er eighty trunks of wardrobe. The entire
orgnrrlzftUon travels by special train. In
Addition to the light men , carpenters , elec
tricians , property men and clenrers carried
by the company the thonter furnishes thirty
Btngo hands. It requires forty men to
handle the. production and It takes nine
hours to ot It on the stage- . Each of the
five nets Is entirely different and moat
elaborate.
Heal 17 Ing the necessity of presenting dur
ing the bahnco of the theatrical season
nothing but the \ery best that can be had
In \.iudc\llla line , Manager Hcsenthal of
thd Orpheum hn telpcted for Ihla w'eok's
bill eight acts , each otic ofhlch ho Is con
fident will make an Individual hit The
headline are Hilly Clifford and Maud JUlth ,
both of whom arc nlmcst too well known
to need comment They lime been starring
during tup winter In "A High Horn Lilly , "
nnd now that tlielr regular season has clrsed
are filling a few dates In vaudeville. ( Miss
Hulh li eald to bo a. double of May Irwln's
and juet as versatile an this famous Ringer
of popular coon songs. They mo to present
n sketch that Is said to be rife with the pe
culiar elements neceas.iry to the enjoyment
of the vaudeville devotee Uronson nnd
Lewis are another sketch teim of consider
able note which will offer something In the
way of n o'.tlt that la termed strictly up-to-
date Plorrlo West , who has been starring
all season In the "Uaz/ler , " Is on the woclAi
hill She Is Jiibt returning from a very
Biiecosaful 1'aclOc coast trip , whcio she made
.1 tremendous lilt with her breezy and feteh-
Ing Hangs. She will bo remembered by locil
theater-goers as a very promising comed
ienne. The three rrauklln Bisters do a
character Impersonating nnd singing nnd
dancing net thit promises to bo n pleasing
feature. This week's nctolmtlc turn will bo
done bv the La Mots , who nro tnld to bo
premiers In this line. Trod N'lliln , the voting
man whom Allan Dale , the caustic critic of
one of the New York papers , hcs been rav
ing over , will entertain with his wit and
humor , which U calil to bo on the Hostan 1
order , J. 13 Ourdncr nnd Kitty Ollmoro
will bo seen In a singing nnd comedy act
nnd the two little Council Bluffs favorites.
Trances McMIIlen nnd Margaret Stephan ,
will offer their singing , dancing and cake
walking specialty.
mill lMn > or .
Madame Emma. Nevada will iitrlvo from
Uuropu this week.
Mme Jnnauscheek has announced her final
retirement from the stage. She was born
July 20 , 1S30.
The tour of Mllle. Pllnr-Morln In " .Ma
Couslne"lll begin on May 15 In Wash
ington , n C.
It Is stated that Mrs Caiter will spend
the summer at Monterey. "Zaza" is to bo
given hero next season.
Ljdla Thompson's farewell benefit , given
at the Lyceum theater. London , last week ,
was n prodigious success.
"The Manicure" IH the latest adaptation
from the Trencli nt the Manhattan theater
In Now York. It Is adapted by Joseph Orls-
mer.
mer.William
William 11. Crane will impersonate Schuy-
ler Sturtcv.int in Uronson Howaid nnd
Brander Matthews' plaj , "New Amsterdam , "
nc\t bonbon.
Tim Murphy , who has been seriously ill
with pneumonia .it O hkosh. WIs. , for the
last two weeks , had a relapse on Saturday
and Is again In a critical condition.
"Tho Man In the Moon" at the New York
theater , nee Oljmpla , is said to outdo any
thing before it in spectacle A largo num
ber of nngllsh girls were Imported for It.
London has .in "American coon song" nt
one of its music halls and the chorus is
sung by thirty genuine British soldiers ,
with their faces blackened nnd wearing the
uniform of the United States army.
Mrs. Langtry has been giving her icm-
lulsLcnceb. She was one of seven chlldien ,
the others all bojs. She was put through
a course of manly sports by her brothers.
She nhvdja loved horses nnd began her
sporting caieer at It , when she became
part owner of a mare named nirt.
In consequence of the marked success of
TrederlckVardo In the character of Mac
beth with the triumvirate he will make an
elaborate revival of that tragedy the feature
of his next season's repeitolre , which will'
Include "Tho Merchant of Venice , " "The
Lion's 'Mouth" and , probably , "Francesca da
Ulminl. "
St. Louis audiences have a bad Inblt of
beginning to disperse before the play is
quite over Francis Wilson stopped the first
man to quit his seat the other night by say *
ing. "If you want to stand , I'll take your
seat " The man got out of the theater In
a Jllly , but everybody else icmalned until
the curtain fell"
When "Cyrano de Borgerac" was with
drawn from the Toito St. Martin theater ,
Paris , last week it had been played 400 con
secutive times and had drawn r 20OUO , the
nightly average being $1,300 , which Is * iJOO
moio than any other Parisian success had
over iceorded { The author's royalties
amounted to $78,000. From this country ho
gets only what Mi. Manslleld may volun
tarily send him
Annie Uusseir thinks the 'naturalistic
school of acting Is in the ascendant She
says "It Is a great reactlonaiy movement
that Is under way today. Wo are leturnlng
to the drama of the home and of the heart.
Wo are abandoning our fads nnd heeklng
simplicity We are just coming home ngnln ,
to the affections , to bnnJty , to the real and
the beautiful. The drama of romance , ol
true love , is here with us mote nnd more
frequently "
The company recently oiganlzed by Hoyt
nnd McKee to present a repertoire of
Charles II. Hoyt's fnices In Australia , nnd
later in South Africa , left for the antlpoJes
last week The company , headed by Hairy
Conor , Includes Hugh .1 , W.ud , Sam Marlon ,
Robert Dunbirrthur Piclo , II C Cash-
tnan William Ucrnunl , Allene Crater , Vioia
Gillette , Madeline Lack , Emma Slegle Wills ,
Oraco Miller , Minnie McAvoy nnd the Mc
Coy slsteis.
In lev lew Ing the season of concerts which
has just come to a close there Is evident n
condition which will prove Interesting think
ing for some musical manage ) s.
The usual rem.uk which Is made when
one tries to sell a ticket to a recital Is this.
"Is It going to be all piano music ? It so ,
I'd rather glvo the dollar nnd stay away. "
And yet , the piano recitals have been the
paying concerts. One may say "Yes , but
they were well worked up , and many tickets
were sold beforehand. " True , hut the samu
thing occurred In regard to the others. And
at one recital which was given at the Doyd
the cash door receipts were larsor than at
three concerts outside nnd door receipts
were not solicited , of course
All of which goes to show the popularity
of the iilnno , and that there are many ftu-
dents of that Instrument who will atto'icl '
when a master plays
Where ono used to see the "Pilgrims
Progress" pn the table and the household
sewing machine occupying a place of honor ,
today thcro Is seen the popular piano folio ,
and the piano IE erected na a household god
while the sew Ins machine Is relegated to
the kitchen or the bedroom.
And so , managers touch the springs of
llfo when they Introduce the great pianists
to the country. Taklne a Paderewskl , flo-
dowsky , Sauer or Iloecnthal across the -on-
tlnont is n venture which docs not always
pay , but when It loses the causa Is generally
attributable to some unfortunate clrau.n-
stances attending , or , In everyday parlance ,
bad luck. And as to the artlits , vliut ?
Well , from conversation with all of t'aem ,
the writer can safely say they enjoy It.
There is an exhilaration caused by apoear *
Ing before different iiidlcncoa all ihe t'me '
that is fait by these people nnd npi-rtclated
as part of their reward. I'll a travol'n ; does
not as a rule interest them , althoui'i many
persons think that "they ought to be glad
to see the country "
Then the grent plnnlsts whiUlt this
ountry get pretty well pniJ. Take , for In-
Rtnnre , those who n' 'Misunn for : re
they hosts ? ) this voar unl these who wll'
b j In the fall. An Instipro or two will
suffice. Probably the srea'.iMt are Pa It-
row ski , UcPachmann nnd Hoscnthal , of vis
iting artists , not omitting Saucr , who has
not como very far west Del'achmnnn made
a great Impression n number of years no
nnd ho has become noted on account of his
eccentric behavior. If ho will mnko for
his manager what Iloscnthal did for the
same man thcro Is a certain Air Wolfsohn
who will wear n glad B-nllo In his Now York
office. Itosenthal Is said to have made
enough money this year to live comfortably
on the Interest , for the rest of his life
nt Vienna , should he so desire. Hut his
ambition will prevent his retirement , A
prominent local musician who had some
thing to do with UoBoiithal's appearance
In this city , Is authority for the statement
that lio'ontlml receives $100 n concert from
the Stclnwny piano people for playing
their Instrument. It ns been nn open sectot
that Padcrevvskl received $20,000 for the
same reason Saucr , In addition to those
already mentioned , carries about four of
the very best Instruments from the fac
tory , on lour , and , with the Instiumcnts ,
goes the tuner.
Apropos of traveling tuners , nnny people
will remember the delightful manner of
Mr Haas , who was the olllclal representa
tive of a certain piano last ycni , nt the
Trnnsmlsslsslppl Imposition. Mr Haas ,
v\lh ( his long , ( lowing Inlr , llorld com
plexion , robust frame , splendid musical soul
and nbllltv to swear In any of a dorcn Hn-
gungcs , was a line performer , though not
what onewould , call an artist , nnd he loved
his work. Ho was full of reminiscences ,
and many a good story ho told of the diys
when he toured with Hublnstcln nnd with
Wlcniawskl.
The other members of a traveling com
pany with n pianist are assigned to the
respectlvo duties of business manager , secretary -
rotary and valet Speaking of those foi-
elgu artists. It may be Intelestlng to fore
cast that the celebrated Sllotl will bo one
of the attractions for Americans next sea
son , as will also bo Charles M. Wldor , the
eminent Parisian organist The entire Ber
lin Phllhnimonic orchestra will nlso be
here , under the direction of Aithur Nlklsch ,
formerly the conductor of the Bohton Sym
phony.
The lattci part of this month , the exact
date to bo announced later , there will bean
an Interesting muslralc given at the C'on-
giegatlonnl church by the pupils of Mine.
Muciitefcrlng Mine Muentoforlng uses so
much judgment In the selections and so
much taste In the execution that her le-
cltals always give pleasure , apart from the
personal Interest one takes In hearing one's
sister , daughter or sweetheart play in pub
lic.
Mrs. Cameron , a pctlto brunette of much
personal charm and decided vocal ability ,
has returned from an extensive concert
tour , and Is about to enter upon a thorough
course of study in Chicago and New York ,
preparatory to her debut on the operatic
stage. Mrs. Cameron Ras certainly histri
onic talent of no mean order , and with
the training which she will receive from
teacheis and from that greatest of all mas
ters , Experience , It will bo contradictory
to present indications If she makes any
thing but a tremendous success
The P. E. 0. society must have some
very popular members working In its In
terests , judging from the program which
has been presented for publication in con
nection -with the society concert to take
place at the residence of Mrs. Claflln , 1141
South Thirty-first street. The gratuitous
services of the following people have been
secured , and the result must be a delight
ful musical evening : Mr. Johnson at the
piano , a musician with a good icputation
In the state , although he has not appeared
often In Omaha ; Guy Woodward , violin
solos , his wonderful talent speaking for
Itself ; Will McCune , baritone , nnd Paul
Uercsford , a mellow basho ; Mr. Harelton ,
who will sing some tenor songs with his
well known artistic taste , and Master Harry
Cockrell , the boy soprano , who will assist ,
Mrs. Sheet/ , Miss Northrup and Miss Flor
ence Hutchlns , who will ting
Mrs. Kelly , Mr. Walter Wllklns and Mr.
Luclen Copeland will sing "Tho Daughter of
Jail us , " by Stalner , at Fremont on Tuesday
night , assisted by the Fremont Choral
union , under Mr. BlUs Miss Hoeder will
also sing In the first part of the program.
The concert given by the musical de
partment of the Woman's club on last Tues
day night was a feature of Interest Mr
Keck , 'who ' has been conducting the Wo
man's club chorus during the past season ,
had planned aamo interesting numbers with
his chorus , which were carried out very sat
isfactorily and the chorus showed plainly
that It had received careful and persist
ent drilling. The soloists were good. A
fiomcwhat disagreeable difference of pitch be
tween the pianos suggested the advisability
of arbitration or a piano tuner , but this was
the only unpleasant feature ,
A conceit was given nt the First United
Presbyterian church last week which wes a
complete success In eveiy way. The partici
pants wore MU Helen Burnham , Mi's Lulu
Warner , Mr Hazelton , MUs Corlnno Paul
son , Mr. Williams , Miss Frances Gould , MUs
Ada Boyer , Miss Edith Spencer , Mlfs Selmn
Carlson and little Miss Emily Clove , a child
violinist
At the Young Men's Christian Association
hall on Tuesday evening next Mr. Muller
will glvo a recital which will bo n pleasure
to music lovers , the pupils of Mr. Muller
being the entertainers
Frank Potter gives his mandolin concert
at Iho Young Men's Chilstlan Association
tomorrow night. This will bo his first ap
pearance ns a conductor and also the debut
of hla orchestra ,
Mr Schubert of Ficmont has published
amongst other selections an excellent lull
aby which has been received at this office.
THOMAS J KELLY.
Pour UlK SU'iiiiiriM I nilt-r ( 'onlrart.
NE\V YORK , May 13 The International
Navigation company announces that It has
under construction four first-class passenger
steamers , two for the Hed Star line service
between New York und Antwerp nnd two for
the Philadelphia nnd Liverpool service ol
the American line All the boats are boini ;
built on the Clyde by the Clyde Hank Engi
neering nnd Ship Building company The
lied Star steamer will be named Vader-
land and Zeolnnd , reviving the names of two
of the first steamers of that line They will
bo CCO feet long , sixty feet beam and forty-
two feet deep , n measurement of 12,000 tons.
They will bo fitted with twin screws nnd
bllgo keels They are Intended to be eevon-
tccn-knot boats and make the passage In
eight days The two boats foi the Philadel
phia and Liverpool eervlco will bo named
Marion and Havciford and will bo fiSO feet
long , fifty-nine feet beam and tbltry-nlno
feet deep , and of 10,000 tons displacement
They will be fitted with twin tcrews and will
bo capable of making thirteen knots
Kx-C'niiiiil COCK tn SuiiKill.
LEXINGTON , Ky , May 13 In response
to a cablegram from Auckland , N. Z , , James
H Mulligan , former United States consul
general to Samoa , left today for Apia , wheiu
he will appear before the joint high com
mission of the powers to represent the in
terest of the business men of the Uland
Pneumonia , la grippe , coughs , colds , croup
nnd whooping cough readily yield to One
Minute Cough Cure UEO this remedy In
time and save u doctor's bill or the under
taker's.
SATCKE'S HUGE CORKSCREWS
Nebraska's ' Unique Contribiitfon to the Com
fort and Happiness of Ohicigo.
WHERE AND WHEN THEY WERE FOUND
Doctor * AKTOP to 11U-
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Giant corkscrews have Just been placed on
exhibition In the geological department of
the Field niUHcuni In Chicago These speci
mens lepresent a puzzling problem In natu
ral history.
So little are t'leso geological corkscrews
understood , says a writer In the Times-
Herald , that It cannot oven be determined
positively as } c' to what kingdom of nature
they belong , whether animal , vegetable or
mineral Yet they me of common ( eeur-
renco In the region In western Nebraik.i
where they nro found , and usually me ob
jects of considerable Kl7e , In appearance
they nio simply huge eaithy corkscrews
The coikscrows aio for the moat part with
out a handle , but many have a projecting
process at the base which suggests half a
handle.
Over the region In western NobrasKi In
which they occur these corkscrov.a form a
.conspicuous fealuio of the landscape The
bare bluffs , buttcs mid canyon walls of the
legion aio every whole marked by thajo
st tit spirals HMng to heights of tpn and
twenty feet. In some places they are so
numerous that as many ns thirty have been
counted In a space such as would be oc
cupied by an otdlnary dwoiling house The
cowboys first brought word of the existence
of the bplrnls mid called them by such ex
pressive names as "devil's corksciows , "
"fitouo screws , " "iobsil woims" and "twist
ers. "
ICiumn < i > Soloiiec SCMOII Ae r .
The corkscrews have been known to
science onlv about seven yoais but In this
time no little controversy has arisen as to
their nature. Prof E. II. Dai hour of
the University of Nebraska bus been fore-
mosj In the study ami description of the
cuikfiucws , and It Is to him that most of
our present knowledge of them Is due Ho
finds that they cccur chlelly In a btratum
some seventy yards thick , which extends
over the Pine Hldgo table lands in notth-
wcstcrn Nebraska The rock in which they
occui Is a fri iblo sandstone much softer
tliDii the eorkscrowb themselves.
The corkscrews vary greatly In form , In
size , In the direction of the twist and in
other characters , but in one feature arc al
ways constant They are Invariably up
right As regards their forms , two prin
cipal varieties can be observed ; In ono the
splial cells about a central vertical axis , In
the other the spiral stands without an axis.
The spiral , as has been said , in some turns
to the right nnd In borne to the loft The
regularity of the pitch of the screw Is ex
ceedingly uniform , as Is also the diameter.
Prof Harbour has found several specimens
In which the helix tapers from bottom to
tcp with such nicety that It varies not over
a millimeter In each turn of 90 degrees.
From the bise of many extends a trans
verse prcccss which usually rises at an
angle nnd Is as long as the corkscrew Itself.
This Is called by Prof. Barbour , who be
lieves In the vegetable origin of the cork
screw , "tho rhl/ome , " 1. e , the root stock.
It Is usually of the t > ame diameter as the
corkscrew , but often of much greater length.
Ono of the Field museum specimens has a
rhizome ten feet Ions and Prof. Barbour
traced ono for thirty feet. Sometimes the
ihlzome has been found extending to an
other sciew which descended from Its end.
If the first screw was right-handed the
second would be left-handed , thus making
a twin. It has been suggested that It was In
this way that the corkscrews multiplied.
Often , too , from the rhl-tomo extend smaller
processes , which seem like rootlets given off
from the main root.
When one examines the Intimate struc
tures of the corkbcrcws ho finds them ap
parently made up of Innumerable Interlacing
fibers , whoso Interstices are filled by more
or less firmly consolidated sand. These
fibers are chalkv white in color and ap
parently are the petrified remains of plant
structure When ground thin so as to bo
transparent under the microscope they show
a regular cell structure exactly like that
seen In the pith of plants.
Furthermore , when a cross-section Is made
of the stem or rhizome of the corkscrew
there is seen to bo a distinct concentric
arrangement of these fibers Just as there Is
of bark , wood and pitch In ordinary plants
The arrangement of fibers Is not , however , as
reg'ilar as In wood , for they nro scattered
about promiscuously and In bundles of vary-
Int ; sire , some as largo as an ordinary lead
pencil
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But putting all these features together.
Prof. Barbour has como to the tentative
conclusion that the corkscrews represent
fossil plants of borne older , ho does not know
v hat. Ho has given the order , however , the
name of Daemonellx , meaning devil's cork
screw As the icglon where they are found
Is known to have been at one time the bed
of a lake It seems probably If these are really
plant remains that they are those of water
plants of some huge type. If BO , the spirals
and rhUones , Judging by their present num
ber , grew In inextricable conf'ision nnd
luxuriant abundance in the waters of the
lake But thcro comts a difficulty in con
sidering these to he plants from the fact that
no plants known have such a manner of
growth The spliogyra , or "frog Bplt. " of
fresh water pools Ins , to bo sure , a spiral
arrangement of Its color cells , and the
arrangement of leaves on many plants Is a
spiral one That a whole plant should turn
Itself In helix fashion , however , has been
hitherto practically unknown Hence the
botanists have thus far looked with some
scorn upon the cffoi t to Introduce Into the
plant circle this anomalous form , and many
attempts have been made to account for
these bodies In other ways
Or Are Tli < * > - Old llnrrou N f
The explanation proposed by Prof Cope
of Philadelphia is that the corkscrews rep
resent crsts of the burrows of same laigo
mole or other rodent The hollzontal portion
tion cr "rhizome" ho thinks was the en
trance nnd the spiral vertical poitlons woio
shafts for safety , for escape of the occu
pants or for the admission of all The
spiral waa necessary for the convenient
imcent of the animal Some spcclca of moles
nio known to make spiral burrows and In
support of the theory Is quoted the fact
that the skeleton of n largo mole was atone
ono time found nt the end of one of the
corkecrowB
Dr Theodore Fuchs , curator of palron-
tolegy in the Natural History museum of
Vienna , aloa supports this view and ox-
plnlnj the fiber found In the curkHorcwa as
having been used by the mole to line hli
burrow But to these suppositions It U
replied that no mole could have been to ac
curate a geometer as to constiuct a bui-
row so uniform In pitch nnd blze Or
granting even the pcujlblllty of this , bo
far ns the spirals without an axis are con
cerned. U would have been a phyelcal 1m-
j c eiblllty for him to construct the spirals
with an axU , for Uils would necessitate dig
ging a btrnlght bole Inside a spiral ono
without support for either.
H has therefore again been suggested that
the corkscrews arc of purely mineral origin
and represent nccrcatlons of mineral matter
Many bodies formed In this way take In
deed remarkable Imitative shapes , It Is well
known When one coneiJero the great unl
fortuity In shape and the enormous num-
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her of the corkscrews , however , this ex
planation cannot bo deemed reasonable.
Still nil Open ( tin-Nlliiii.
The question , therefore , of the orlcln of
these bodies Is still an C.DCM one and one
great object of securing these specimens for
the Field museum was that the BClentllic
men of Chicago and neighboring cities
might have nn opportunity to study them
and glvo opinions ns to their nature.
There are four specimens now shown at
the museum. Ono is n splial live feet high ,
without un axis , and turning to the right
The diameter of the stem Is about four
Inches A second Is similar to the first In
dimensions , but Is u spiral with an axis. A
third Is similar to the first , but has also a
"rhizome" about seven feet In length. The
fourth Is a spiral two feet high , Illustrating
the variety which turns to the left It lia/i
alfo a closer cell and moro bulky stem than
the others , nnd n rhUoine four feet long A
ilfth specimen was secured by request of
Prof. Dames of the University of llerlln for
the Natural History intiEoum of that city ,
EO that the Herman scientists might have
nn opportunity to study UICKO ipuzzlliig
foBSlls and try to decide ns to their nature
The specimen' ! wore all collected by the
museum party which vlbltcd the Dad Lands
last summer and the difficult task of secur
ing BO many perfect specimens was accom
plished under the direction of H. S Hlggti.
now assistant In paleontology In the
museum.
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