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fMli WN i 71 if iW 1IIJ Oi i WIP I 1 0 rir I I I THE SUN SUNDAY FEBRUARY 16895IXTEEN PAGES 0 I A I WATCH DOGS IN CONGRESS I 1 IUES Alt MEAN WELL HUT THIS JVJSIT I I OYZiS JVJEW liHKtKlXl 3IOfllflflCHflth Nfnr Mopping Ifolninn 1loppltl lii Mow Jii lK Jolnlnn VoisnR FrUiivvHum With rIIm Iie Floor lh lnl Itandall Ihl lii her of the 1iicU Hut mount I and lllund I of oiRln Kllgora or Texan Jllnd fr ourl flute Very Uecn Hetut MIDtIrI of 1e fr Ilovv Kttioif VnH iitultlriII I VMunkce 1 WASHINGTON Fob DAlert nntl Wary nrc 1 tho watchdogs AIIIOTO In Congress Thoy Increase In I I Burnbor onch year They KVO toncuo on tho I I I lightest cent nnd their low growl Is I hoard In IIhtc Since tho every hour dovotod to legislation tlnce lory war thoy have snod tho country moro than ii 4 500000i Holman alone ought to bo credit 1 i I 5000000 third of thin sum und tho corrupt wlh i chornoi blocked by Hnndull nro hard to onu fchoroi mornto hUt theo nro not Uie only watchdog mOrlo tho dog There nro nearly dozen In Concrosflonal pack and when they nit yon I thoro Coolros are lively scenes In the Houso Tim moro I foxy tho auarry tho surer It Is run to earth 1 I I A good legislative watchdog can ask moro IQol than the shrewd I Questions In twenty minutes thln tit lobbyiSt can answer In week I Each dog stands upon his own merits Ho I barks without roforonco to his fellows but his bark Is pretty euro to bring out tho wholo pack 1 lil All bite at critical moments Tho old dogs Al keep their noses to tho ground nnd strike no I trained thoroughly i false scents They are thorulbly I and ore never lost In parliamentary thicket I I The now dogs however nro apt to bo over watchful When too circumspect they I wntehlul tho most deserving appropriations ill throttle IvvrOrl I thrtte of I i tions At times thoy prevent tho payment 1p Just debts of tho Government Many a patient creditor of the United Stales Is today I In J11 I despair because ono of those dogs has barred claims A care tho way to settlement of his clnlm8 less growl has loft many a soldier widow In 11 4 nury An Inconsiderate snarl has loft many I penury helpless veteran unpenslonod Tho dogs all mean well but the now onos do not always act Jn tho truo Interests of tho people I I JTn0 best known of tho pack Is tho Hon WU ijam Holman of Indiana Ho has all the IL I 1 Stoelo Holnon Ildllnl lD I I I characteristics of a blooded mastiff His sense of Intelligence Is high and ho Is as trusty as 4 tho boit combination lock He never bays at tho moon Loud and clear Is his bark Courageous I as a lion ho Is as sagacious asauolo 100US18 nlon docbuttons for rjhonl He bolts no eoducllvo dOIbuttons he Is totally bosond the roach of temptation tolnly his deCant I Uncle Hams barnyard resounds with utterances lie Is tireless and npnarontly trele nlorDnlY I Cant utorancos will always find him ul his sleepless Ho lies In wait for jobs of all kinds Tho cost words I object have mado him famous No I nnd oOJfu lon his how gioat tie din I motor cocked No legislation can bo aro ever lellflnton i 1 ears lre understands Its object If wrong I done until ho undorstonrslts oct I ronl Inll let I but effectually and than lies 1 be kills It quIetly e1ectunly lD8 I down ntid licks his paws I IIWS I Judge Holman is Chairman of tho Committee I on Public Land Ho has saved millions of I acres from tho clutches of railroad corporations lInt for his efforts thero would hardly I I be an acre of the public dom loft for the ac plblo tual settler today The Judge la I over CO 11 i 1 I yours Bolter Ho looks moro youthful Ho Is a I I TArs native hoosier and has been twentyfour years A I member of tho House It has not however been a continuous term porvlco At first 10 nerved MT years and drooped out for two terms He next soned ton soars nnd attain le Since then ho has boon foil off two terms Sllc rjzbt years a member Ho was roilcctod last I mil The Judge has round shoulders and 0 than really vlcoioua 1 I pars frame hut Is rnl moro he appears fralo Ho bus bulging perceptive faculties I ooooas hair 111lnl eyes high cheekbones bar Olves I bones nnd a smooth upper lip I Ho carries 0 I tuft of Florida moss on his chin Ho dresses II 1 conventional black und wears turuovnr col and utilizes them in lar He uses eyeglasses OUI utlzos 4 If Conciliation Holman can neither be cOBxod nor driven from what ho conceives to bo bis duty drvon lone ego a Southwestern member besought him not to object to the consideration I of bill for tho reltof of a wollknown Federal official IHolraan expressed homo doubt I erll ofcial tho claim This nncerod as to the justness of ololm nlerod I the other He Inquired whether Ilolmun arro te to himself all tb Integrity of tho house very hair on the watchdoe was up In a minute EVln insolent jackauapen ho replied You ute Ioolont Jackalape 10 reCled how dare you talk to mo In this way1 I The man from the Southwest told him thaI I his remarks were offensive and Insinuated I 1 I that his gray hairs alono protected him from chastisement i obastsement age tho Judge answered and I Invite you to do the sumo Come out Into the lobby you conceited osa and Ill mop tho floor I I with Tbo you Invitation won not accepted Few doubt Thl the ability ol tbo Judge to do a ho promised I although hla antagonist 88 twenty years youngerthan himself younger blms01 I There Is no fictitious dlenlty about Holmnn Icutous I He wears no jowolry and iissumei no ulrs Not even a silver tobacco box docs h6 nffoet preferring tocs I I herring to draw his chows from an old leather OJ poach Ho usually sits tipped back In his tls tpped I chair either twirling his eyeglasses or toying with his jack knife Mr Holman Is neither an oft easy nora graceful speaker His voice is pin I Inc but not strong Tho speeches however are meaty and full of flavor Ho can probably lul I Ray moro In fowor word than nnv man in the I Houso Eusv to approach ant kindly disposition ho takes Brent pleasure In giving the bonellt of his experience to now members The accuracy of tile judgment Is universally rocoK I accuray Members a loss In voting Jmijuontly A sI 0 lay Well Ill vote with Holman Then Im dead euro to be right I I Another wellMa onfd and mncnlflrcnt watchdog on behalf of tho public Interest is James i fiouritof Georgia and ho IB as blunt as the pronunciation ot his name Ho Is both broad shouldered and broad headed In looks I i and disposition there Is much 01 the bulldog bout him He has an honest bark one that I I attracts the attention of the Houso Up to alI attrals atonlon i tile tricks and nips ot locislatlon ho is never I misleading In his cry Ho winds a job as If by intuition His suspIcious once nroused I ho promptly thaws his tooth When his ill fanes are fastened upon the corrupt measure I ho never weakens his hold until Uo has shaken tho lire out of I He lights ft 1 without tear ot favor rice warmest personal friends cannot swerve him from tic line ot duty The Cavalier mar coax and tho Purl tan threaten him but the hmo old dec will bid deilciaco to both Mr liloimt has thick I gray blLlr and ahiuouthhhaxcn face Ills filet I Indicates truo ioorcln grit Ha Is Georgia horn nail has Georgia manners Georgia accent and ioorgla Ideas Ills eyes nro bluo nnd his face full and inclined to ballawnoss Hipponks dollboratuly and with I omuwhat thickened enunciation Ho wenr no culls and iiov lM comf thoroiiKlily I I I aroused until ho pulls down his wristbands I Thorn no posing lor cIToct Ho I I I never tries to adorn his sontencos with olo i luonce but his spooilics are htroiikuil with tho I I I pure metal Ho I duals directly I with acts mid I always has tho llguris to sustain them An I I I adopt in parliamentary law hit is lieiuontly I I called to i1c4 Cli air Ann iirofldiiig till cor ho Is iinlnoiitlyconiorvallve You will uaturcot I adpcislon from him upon alI abstract point nf I I order until ho has thoroughly I exit muted tho ruloq Ho wonis stuolframid spottaeliM out nixor wears them whin itd lrcs8ln tilt Houso I 5 Mr Illount has boon a Conuru8inan lto crinociltlvo yoaiv Ho nnjoys HUM to the I I ulinrtot biography In UiolmiurixMnual lroc tory It docs lot inform i 1 I ccittt iH that Its I I ami 1elfiit I snl tier I hit Btiboct was a bravo uleful r1 coy Illbl Conteilenito tinny Ito scoim lu 1 kit tho Ideal lnn i of bin toiistltucnts ills clall In iciiMiiilna niViriuDiintcd No tlon and ro leetlon mo 11IIunlII ono aIptrott I i I roil itia of xotlnuiicalnst i blin i Not ono 111 tOt at tp turnout In otn wiii itt mIn 11 tllalY tr if In I II OlO field ret luL3 ad nowlidf time I i I his election Is I a foroKono cnn liMon i it ei ro onts tlm Mncon distrlcr In 1M ho re ujxijil I I72 xotps nod 172J majority Ho liouois the people who honor him oug may tit bark echo In Mm lobbies tho Cnpitol I healed near tho centro of the DomorrnIe FlJo of 10ar house Is I rncmUv ho 10u 1 Umnniltlrn i tn Knrollid Illllti Un has a ollltl I I long I bo ly a long faro uc hcnd and inany i uiHinliors loni for let iiiKonco Ho ti built liko a sin hund Ho nn still I gray Imlr a tilonihtid coiiiitonauco and I I vii iii goteo ft will uuriily lluttir him 10 ny lltfloaloo I wil InllIIIIr that lii oinbi ctums of nld John liriiun IhH 1 1 llud KlUuiu llio wuHli 11 ii I mm I I Uixi Ut Ian ho Ia bion mnklng moionolso oXI tlmn all tin dtlinr ilUi in I long Lii liikk i IH 1 sir nc Ills Ilrt teem lolls I full oyn ut I I buk I I aces tx polish i turtrlli1 llln 111 II suiit mil i nt MIIIIM almost ttiiittl itt Many innmburAcur hiinf I ll ippiiiunt liofhnoss He irciiucntly I boHi out 01 liK Kiniud without ptiiointi I unit Iik4 lor uvunthlit within sight Tho old 10 Ich 1111 on mid I I Ii us lla tlinlrown wluJ At Ih whlnpur 4itl mil liuckHiiilitly iin and Iminit iMiolfiil linwl In vhlih the nonU IKI iiuurmii mi laaril I lie Is lull tf in li At 1 oUch niiiiioili Ito flllt his oioi Illvu ii 10 jietiiiig 1 In 1 tlio Mil Jinn I Is tlio If I i mo to looK out fir him i 11 Il I I will wait I until aa IntniosvliL me1x11111 is urmu tlm MTCP 01 UK ntinsnco and brng it to I tln Hour with I I Biinp that mi lIlt hoard In thu Monnto I 1 wiiigpf lie tJa hI 141 It 1 I i iktfxoltlinr Vanlsno or MiKKiurlan to otwlt him felt 111 of niinii tluut ilit It tlllll tint nUll AltcU JHktrv Oiiuulit him Ma it i fow ilrtnftir I AII I lull I lhUwiiHRiy I witchtul i wlh I IOil stii lillli mo hcfmc till ilouf Vnrtco wa fr vardltt a bill to Incicao the jonslon of 1 rtLttliUd yitoimi 11 Uimw dint liituK would Jinrlt the I liifitu I 111 I bill cuino up To distinct hi ill ton tioit ho sent nno nt 11 iril btory tellers of I tho llousu tnor to his Ioii 1 lid Tie stii mixpd 1 nv iiml Iliii I Ilt5 so chili moil with his ii nntunra I tllro that ho lost ti inc 01 immediate I cUlntlon Thu bill iii piusid ho I loin hu reaiiitjrtd lips wat it fit most mi i i thdill is I ftbietl vcician snow cu yiu rontlon of 312 I a month llockoiy 1IlyI it i iii IIII I I I shiiipfr gam Ho utiiHlly proildtt lu Conimltlenol tho Whole nn nlhlti ucnotod to loriion legislition fnw mm ors are prcsuat nt such tltuea and the vCtClt tmed Inl fl I point of no Quorum inynrlably kills a bill puck had delayed legislation sovornl evenings ocker Invited him to tho Chair ono ovonlng and before the close of tho sosslon over forty pension bills weto pasecd hero bis other watch dogs worth mention Joseph II Choadlo of Indiana Is ono nnd Iowa boasts 1 two In Uanlol I Herr ond A 1 Andor non A greater than either 18 Buyer Dollar ln Irlator Illand of Missouri Space lorblds further particulars but greatest ot all Is the lon Snm tculnr fronlcst dogs all Improve on no tol 1ntdn aunlntanco A now membor begins by disliking them anon the dislike Is 1 turned Into ad nnotlho mlintloii and cuds In posItive nfloctlon mlnlou AMOS CUM MINOS KEIFS or THIS TI I UllIM There will tie rlty trials of compsrMlxely new plays at four theatres lo morrow nlslit Magfflo illtchell will ptesenl nay allh fourteenth street Lbs Ilallen anil llnrt company will tasks known Later On at tin Slot Itumsay Morris Kill show helms fetter the heroins of The Tlurets nt tue Peoples I and Ilolossy Klralfy vvllloler The Waler Queen an old spectacle InanewdrMs atMboa ilacgle Mltcholls slay In town will be brief for she will occupy the fourteenth Street only a Meek Her comedy Is I ltny written veal years ago by Wai Uce Walters a bright Journalist nf Philadelphia who lute furnished tlus Hlllams anti other stars with piece fit flay wet first placed In Miss Mitchell repertory April 19 I I8 at froTMence and the his made almost 1 constsnt use cf It ilnce although she has not jet tried It In thIs city She enacts tIle title character a waif with the iisunl tnjstery of birth ALII vicissitudes ot fortune diaries Abbott who had his training for the stage In Batten remains tn Miss Mitchell support a her leading actor He has become valuable to her The veteran Robert McClanntn also continues to do good work In this stars company Virginia Nelson Marlon Clifton Annlo Chase George Deyo Sheridan Topper and noardman are In the minor role After Mis Mitchell the Hanlons Voyage en Hulsse company will play a fortnight licre They are 10 pot aside that serviceable piece alter this 01 A production of James A Memos Drifting Apart and a Ions engagement of Emmet In tilt new piece Uncle Joo are spring futurities at the fourteenth Street Later On which New York will judge tomorrow night at the Star 1 In large part the work ot Philadelphia busy farceur Henry kitten Donnelly He vision was helpfully mitt after 1 left his bands however and can be surmised without much difficulty that John Kelly of the cast had something to do In the revision but the credit of authorship Is I generally conceded to Donnelly Fred flatten andJoe Hart each of whom bad been high priced In the vaudevilles combined their capital and their cleverness last Cal to embark among the farce venture Hallen bad previously made a email fortune tn the management of a variety company headed br himself and wife and Hart had been thrifty and careful Their partnership resulted In Ibo first performance of Later Onwhich bad been written for them on Aug S3 last at Cumberland Md Since then thy have tra shied with the farce and 1 seems to hove bn liked out of lon IIart and hit associate are comedian of the airy and easy type John Eelly ot their support li I an Irish wit singer and dancer aud they have beside a good baritone In Bernard Dyllya a pretty and a Jolly soubrette In Georgia Parker who was a favorite of our vaudevilles three or four years ago a charming linger In Hilda Thomas late of the FashIons fiasco and competent minor persons In Flora I Zanfretta Mrs Kelly PoSh Morton 1 Qulberson Jennie Baccard and others Most of tbe muslo In the farce has been newly written and there Is I the usual promise of a multiplicity of solos dances duets and part songs licit week The Stowaway with Its realism of burglars aud a movable yacht scene will possess the Star stage The Tigress will come to the Peoples for a Metro polltan endorsement blcb If gained with honesty aud heartiness would probably mean I moro pretentlou production here at a later date This melodrama I vroduclon br a Her whose author Ham based on the norel Crucblr say Morris has also made the play primarily to lt 1 thi purposes of Sellna Fetter That lady I a LoutiUlli girl with a stage experience that since tie start in I KM has afforded her frequent opportunities for good acting She began aa a star playing Jtarlant In The Wife and ba linen trarelled with a Dumber ot leading actors Her labor with Kounon and Crane for several seasons gava to her pleasant prominence and lie success a the Widow of TIre Henrietta probably led up to the resumption of her more ambl Uon carr The Tigress wee originally acted a Louisville on Oct 15 last Its tour seems to have fulflllec most of the hopes of Author Morris bO showing a ver isatlllty that Is not common these lays Is I manager of the venture and actor or the villain Blanche Weave 1 a leading member of the cal The story of the play Is said to closely follow the version of the book Tb plot is essentially French the scenes bring laid In ran and Monte Carlo There I a flower girl who has not been whatsbeshonldiher who loses his heart and money an adventuress and her accomplice who Hit between Uonta Carlo and 1arU a noblemen vi bo employ the one time flower girl as a governs and falls In lov with her and marries her despite the machinations TOe Tigress who very properly commits suicide ai preliminary to the nuptials of her rival borne stress I laid on the novelty and richness of the costumes In The Tigress Among the garments Is I one made cf tlgei skta and the effect I thought to ba startling Matinees will be given on Wednesday and Saturday The periodical Klralty spectacle males Its visit tc Nlblos this week It 1 is I one of Brother Uolosays enterprises this time and it is likely to be acceptable In It ballet features and its scenes for Pranceacilia Paris graceful and comely heads the daucers and the canrai has been paintd by our own Voegtlin und by foreign brushes as well The Water Queen Is I Its title but II I will be easily recognIzed us a modern treatment of 11 old theme The Kalad Queen and the LnUine ol forty odd years ao wleu lltirton nas schnappt anil Josephine Siiaw now Mrs Hoey wee In the first of her triumphs But llolcnsy has probably prepared the an cUnt legend of the Rhino with new embellishments of song and scene and the revival will be ant lo bring to Mblos some nf the splendor and the animation of bygone days Itlcca Allen old la Klralfy spectacles I In the dramatic cast ai are 1 Wallla pretty Haltle CJrlnnell Fred Ue Vent I Eec and Helen Kedgvrlck who 1s Irene Icrrys ulster The Alejandro and Herbert brothers provlie the specialties Mrs Langtry suddenly announced a chance in her Intentions yesterday mornln Sli decided then to play Macbeth in this city no longer than Wednesday night repaclni It with At You Like It Thursday Pygmalion and Gala will follow Mr Langtry says that the hen found herself physIcally actable to play Lailti MMjtlh without interruption I season at the Hflh Avenue will end on haturdiy night March A and on the folovr Ing Monday Niittunlel Goodwin Jr will open an en trajtemcnt of netcn ncekn which ho propones to nil with only one play a comedy non to this city and called A Uold lIme After him will coma Minnie Ialiuer for a month of My Sn eetheart and My Brothers Sinter Tonlzht will be uncommonly active at some of the city theatrir The Cleveaud Haverly uiluilrels propose to Kite the llrst white face concert ever held and UUIllolj that thin announcement will draw tu Mblos will bu uud Is I a very large gathering That this slngiii wil I a foregone conclusion for Juiue Nnrrle Banks Winter I de TomiHNi and It Ioter4 of tie troupe luvo proved thenuelvei ciltctlvo aud welltrained toolsts I during the pas wvcUa perform slice the Windsor Keililes the inevitable Frank Uuthman lively John I Queen and that peculiar oJI lau It Knoivics it ill I do their Iuroln muLlug tle unteruinment atreeabla At the HIJoii UockitaUers minstrels are to tans another of their cunrcrtv without burnt ork Harry lenier lc Josw Harry Uraudtn Hvvtatnum Morelamt und Munou will bo heirit Croll rile cisu I lecture nt the liMndheuro to brug tuelicr good scinblige und It OLgit 10 by unuU4y terotln for it will lllue rate whIch is I SivitierJinJ the and I or Toll a subject wllch csjiableof hllilvplcfirr ue trestment Tiicre will be the cu lomnry mililly hi irloaii hou at KnMert illalr and hourly uiurlalmnents all day at llorltt the Grand uinl Wurths tunic niJeeum Hit vet I it onilcr will cuttlnue Chit week 01 the Iijcrum sill 1114t wll biiil It I ID IH 10tll conseuatlvo Itlorlrl I triumph tint I to bo as muoi credited to tle eiltj nclng nf the Iyueufjs iuiuiiui aud to Mamzrr Kr IHU iras iiiaireilyarllitlii dlreclloi ns to the dr math tnl1 in tha pete itself It hardly seems proh ib iliaC I 11 inetl lie iv otiinly will bo ncrdvd title pfa in fur I tier I LtvunUr ought 1 I ret onalilf firm unllitl limn to Il I hothcrn lu rptnrn to Ute hoj of hu heel 111 I clilif nttccisise A I Orerk wh 1 of tnniocifM vcr before aCIlln I this country sill lio I cit ci in I inc nh 1 utnsperlil nutlnti by tie AtiiirliMii Aciilciuvnf the Drmnutlj ArU formerly III 1 Net York School uf Ai Iliu I MUle Lord lalinhlerrys furnr does not abate at the llrontwrty nut nit sIJII I a co iris in ly ultimately I he called upon 10 nrliltrnte the illflercnces lultt eels French and rnuera to Cite Tullls of title remnrliiblo inuiiK the htlifjtlun can hardly last any Iciuur II lois the 1loco I 1lf ii 1 witerily 11 reigns AcoIUY where The Old lornutI 11 I IIllln I hIIn trluorh tn Ill Olotemit Itch julie tilt fl llombnc this rlll ff its tints ut Ills suuIrlIlO of 010 or drall ol Chits Iloorlc IIlolIJu Pie Init nUhts of MIIIUV und the nplra are nt hand at Ialiuer there hi I been lu tiuie tudcpa from his earlier critical virillut that Mrs 1 James tires it otter had tJI od to cci Ceuluro as the poet Idollol At the ale 1m Ih rcldd has won a large 1 nl curious success Ilh Cite Iubh awl II has bJ ond I conic aliclluii settled alV dubl list Abby may late tnlellll1 as 10 11 future of his actress bus wi ay the trsiirtly tn lie nnl1 of her present loon nl will then 10 10 Curop for I Jmmr rest In this tal AfloaT I and 011 will 111 be pntd A teesk from Iomorrow eIght COlula Uadln and be French plfo will return for a scuon oC fourt areweli performances during which LElraagsrs UI ha I SIUcrc Venlt LATnturIHf JTroorron Li Maitre da Fortes Un Par Isten leSs Surprises da Diverse lois Fait reart Lt Preelensei Ridicules Tartnffp Don Cesar da Basin and Chamlllao will be given The subscription sale 1 of seats for the entire series will open at the box otto on Tuesday morning and close on Wednesday Following the custom observed dnring the earlier French engagement tha prices of teats will ba advanced After the French people Henry Lea will take the house to lOll his remarkable play The Cavalier and nest we shall hare tha MoCaull Opera Company with us for a long term Minnie Palmer comes to the Grand Opera House after i a long tour abroad and mitten hi this country which I iie thus tar surpassed most of her previous appearances i Site will revive the always welcome My Sweet hrart with new song new dunces and a company warmly commended elsewhere The efforts of the win sonic comedienne this season are noted by most of the critics as belnic greatly Above anything has thus far done lu this country Miss 1almsrt leading comedian Is A Roberts a handsome fellow and a good singer who came here with her from England a reason or two ago and bas since teen something of favorite In her company Indeed he has made friends enough to Iad him on to serlonsly contemplate an Independent tour by and by Mantel In Monbars The SHU Alarm and one ot Gillettes plays are March underlining the Urand Annie lIuley wIll transfer herself to the Windsors stage tomorrow night She will temporarily the antics perplexities and melodies ZJ Second Floor which lull ulght finished a brief but profitable stay at the Fourteenth Street and for her Vowery visit will I revive The Deacons Daughter Miss 1lsley seems lo hate a faithful following In this town Her performances are always well attended and tha heartiness with which her efforts are constantly received frequently pntiles thoughtful playgoer On the Dory she Is sure to repeat with emphasis her Fourteenth Street sun ceis Nest week the Windsor will have Nellie Mcllenry John Webster and the others who with them have for several seasons constituted the Halsbnry Trouba doors That distinguishing and somewhat famous title however has been dropped of late and Miss Mo Ilenrrand her husband are now the principals the company They will make their city reappearance In Three of a Kind a farce by Edward Kidder who Is among the cleverest our later writers of light pieces William 0 Dorb la one of the volunteers for nights concert for the bentnt of Miss Markham The new comedy Dalya An International Match has thus far been acted to large audiences for the ninth subscription performance on Tuesday night A Might Off I will be revived with nearly the original cut let ls I retained at Uarrltans and It Is I doing pretty well there Nevertheless Martin Hanley mates known that The Olteagans has been rehearsed of late and that lu revival only a matter of a few weeks time It Is I remembered as one of the most humorous of Harrlgans sketches ot local life Nadjy runs without any interruption in Its success at the Casino Excellent Judgment brought about Its reproduction and the attendance to far justifies the anticipation that no change ot bill will be needed before Warm weather Pretty and plump Sylvia Oerrlsh retired from the cast last night to join the Casinos raY tiling Yeomen of the Guard troupe Natural Gas will no away from town after nest Saturday night Meanwhuo Bijou Is sura to hold big audiences for this absurd skit has made a success even on Its second visit It will be followed at Manager Rosenqursts well conducted house by a return of Tillot sons ZigZag company the chief female sinter In which Is I Auna Boyd onco a star of the vaudevilles Captain Swift near lUone hundredth performance at Ibo Madison Square and still there Is no visible dlmla utlon in the prolltable numbers of its witnesses John Dories Eighth avenue dime museum baa had an excellent fortnight with Its novel convention of con boy This week a now programme of curios singers comedians and dancers is I offered This I house Is well kept A long list of new and interesting atiractioni will be presented at the Grand 343 and 317 Grand street The remarkable Leopold family continue to attract ch surprise and attention Hop Iv Thumb is I always surrounded by a crowd of admiring spectators nt Us afternoon and evening receptions Amonq the many other attractions to be seen are hchledler magician barnello nro king and the Dllstes long hatred sisters Another consignment of wild animal received yesterday for the menagerie Mazulm the Mght Owl a spectacular pantomime will be picd during the week At Worths Museum theo II fled man John Basis Is I a retained and powerful card The customary stage entertalnmcntwiilDe given The Actors Fund will he enriched considerably and an audience entertained remarkably next Thursday afternoon The Madison Square Company will play an act of Engaged the Daly company will Eire tie hearxing a Tragedy Mrs Langtry ill appear as Gala Ita and Mrs Totter aa Hilt tc unnttr This will occur at Dalyk house and seats are 1250 each The cause good Hut about nil that the public think of on these occasions is whether a ru1 moneys worth will be glen There should be no doubt on that point this time The Pearl of Peklnmay be heard at the Standard a fortnight longer Then Louis Harrison Belle Tnorne and the others of Rice a Obeys merry company will go away making way at Manager Dun handsome house for Nellie Farren Fred Leslie and the London Gaiety turlesquers who will come back to town considerably earlier than had been looked for They rlll be none the less I we come however Miss Hsinerstda will be rcUved with the sam plcturesqueness of scercry meal excrllenco ot terj ehchtreon episodes that made it I huge imcress cw month ago The troupe will remain the ManJard fur a month and perhaps loiiKer If till the circumstances prove favorable The visiting comtnnlcs at the Jacobs east side houses thIs ek are old and pleasing acquaintances of Manager Jacobs patrons The Kinderuvrten at the Third Avenue will be revived by the fame clever company that has for a season or two prolonged the lIfe of this farce Katie Hart a bright otmg toubrette a lively dancer and a cle orUh singer leads In the cast with Alfred McDowell a tiroll and original comedian as her best assistant At the Thaha Joseph Howling and Sadie liaison will come forth once more In the familiar melodrama Nobodys Claim which has served them veil on their tours of Ibo countrv tluring tho lent two or three yearn The following will appear at tnnlzbts cr uci rt4 at the third tenlmn nud Thalia Press hi ilrKge Walter TrHiam Kdwurdt of Edftnrda A lf ilV Milton I llnrlow Lnporte sisters Trnf Alt Catdwrll bitters Mona Barhour Carrie ii Webber Charles Lowe enh II II Wilson Nrnl weelt The birrpts ot New York and Ii Wood will be the ouurlus The large portion of the playcolnir community from which the vaudevilles derive their profits will nod an entertainment of rare merit In Its line at Tony Fastors this week The Harry Kernell company will occupy tlmt houSe It Is I strong not alone tn having Keruell at its head but in bringing here several performers of for cUn repute notably Ibo three Canons charsiter aero ball and the Harrows a pair uf comical musical clown Tho limit brothers iomnast Maggie Coleman a dancer ho ranks with Ida Heath in grace and agility pnpaar Fratk Hush I the dialect comedian Lilly I huh i Mm revolving globe pirforuier I Nalirila Ward must I ltn nml lluber I I amid Alijni 1 sketch I actor male rip I app gramme lint may It eife nrouuuniid us bright clean und novel KeHnrAC islng enterttlniuiMilsat DocUtadtrs have atruct tl ere cumuuiiilatloti from all who have wit nci ed them This lllubouUt has alwayii been welcomed III New Vork bat ho has lInr ttiven a more satisfactory show thun cit present ono Ho hopes to remain several months linger nml It Is I substantial proor of his I con IIJiiico that he linn subleased the haute from Docksudur until May I the expiration nf tho minstrels From tlniu to tints Kellar is I to make changes in his pro gpimrie Pits tislliiie have already become popular amung the chillren for whose benefit they are cspe ritllv hId He talks or professional matinee ti mO rrittik I Murray vvlll acMime this inanugeniQiit nf ills I intO to beginning tn tnirrow Kel ur will present hl lati and greattfit vv under Alan onMouday week Tho lurons I anti ccentrlo Kusilati Jnnctrs a nnv fllj at tile Ido i Musee The matinees one dully attended by goodly crouds of ladles I and children An orchid show will commence on itt 1U and continue ono wool under lie patrnnage of ladies and gentlemen IntereiMed in those beautiful plants This promises to ttei I ull previous uflMrs of the kind I In this city leer llr rrgi lit rid fl cit it orihliU vrlll lie on Clew nil null astnany spiMinriu of tare i tropical I plauts which are on tlalr way trom the cst Indies I llinini Jutiiii comely and Intrepil high trapeze performer lu won such a host of rersdurlug herstay I at I Kotter 1 1 lilils that her tngiigeroenl hai been ex tirilud Ainou tho otheru who will appear are Madeline I Itosa female vcutrtlixiulstof some note I the Wvston brothers musicians extraordinaire Pan Hart cools dlaii tho Mortons chariutcr I change performers Man Ie irrn Atnt 1 hli 1 set II itte iof Marie ililcnrlut iltncer soil clnver sfurd trul here gymnasts Oh abel lluilsou I I bal luiliit and others equally un well known lUrn im halley will open their clrcts season In Madison quare lurilen on Mardi lii his whole shuw it Ill its gli ret at once with the circus and hippodrome together Inttiad or exhibiting the clrcu jart for a lime I and flsr stud adding I the 1 rarc lhm rJ In Ihl4 lilt til I ll lie rrimcu1 in ititly lour noel mid the show will uu East early in Mel About tins time look out lor this premonitions of next seatiins now actrrsitb One of them to be Mrs James II I lllulnr Jr und she I III circumstances not unlike those if Mrs 1 laugtry and Mrs loiter at the time of their debut TIt In I lo say ohs has hero of value to ihu ntwipapeis by reason ot her connection with and ilievrrami fro the Illalnr family Therefore klip fully announced tn the publlo anti grrutly to hor 1U alerts iiiUunlajii should her artistic vyorih prove too or oven to eritolu account A illMiuJUr casu is I that orJuU 1 MarliWtf a gin vrhosu pruniUe In become I reiimrkubl tint actress nns LiiuiuieliKd upou In TIIK cm alien Iset your an exiicrlment sac utile situ her in several leilmuato roles Her outset WAS very humble but plc riling 1 1 II Btvallly Sits rr very likely in reillzo the I fondest hupes uf her friends und promoters but some of held I irs doing tier Ito good by such nonsensical assertions usher niftnagtr mad the other day to a KIN reporter He I declared that she bad rejected the proffered tenancy ot several Broadway theatres vthtn ot course she would tic glad lo get favorably Into any one of therat that cbs had refused to meat clamorous preis interview ire the fact being that newspaper space had ben ur rotiy sollclltd for her la valui and a lot more of aster fi one quite I contradlciorr to the truth Miss Uarlowa win win her way and abs ahsehh not IblI blailsisd by talse sitS unnlK iplvlwtloo I music 4Nfl MUSICLf1wB The annctinoemant that appears axeluslvely In Vii days 8m as to lha determination of the directors ot the Metropolitan Opera House to give ai heretofore grand opera In German daring the season of iweno caused more surprise on account of the early date ot the decision than because of Its character The results of the current season hats so far been quite satisfactory enough to warrant the directors recommendation to the stockholders who will certainly adopt II A1 i though Italian singers hayS had little encouragement to perform on this side of the Atlantic their exactions are as great sit ever The few whom people In the United States would cara to listen lo Hill demand extravagant timoraria and mediocre anUts are not wanted Besides It is fell that the admirers ot Italian music csnnot complain this winter at any rate of a neglect of their favorite composers Out of the seventeen operas that Director Edmund Stanton will have teen energetlo enough to produce between December und April a large proportion are Italian In style for Meyerbeer certainly Inclines more toward Italy than toward Germany No doubt the same policy will be adhered to next yea With singers such ai Pratt 110110111 and herr rerottU for example It will be an easy matter to vary the repertoire so as to meet the demands of all factions The text of the operas has really vary little to do with I Ibo case If only tha music Is I well sung few auditors will grumble suite words wedded 10 the musicians measures Verdi Meverbeer and Wagner are to supply the operas during the current week at the Metropolitan On Monday the Trovatore will have III third performance On Wednesday The Huguenots Is lo ba given nnd Fran Hanfstaentls appearance the Quten will add dignity and brilliancy to the representation Friday Die Walk It fl the second link In the talraloglcal chain willba crodoced for the first time this winter and on Saturday afternoon Die Metsterslnger be the attraction II may be worth noting that Aide has teen put Into rehesrul this melodious work will for the first time In a long while have a ffailamu of suItable vigor and endurance to renew lbs old time Impressiveness ot Verdis numbers Mr Max Maretzeks jubIlee representation which comes off at the Metropolitan Opera House on Tuesday evening of this week promises be brilliantly success fill Monster performances as they are called usually draw overflowing audiences and as Ibo approaching aflalr will enlist the services ot about all the vocalists i and virtuosi of Importance and about town Its outcome can hardly fail to be satisfactory to the benaOclary and lo the public Not the least interesting featured the entertainment will be the succeislve appearance of all the orchestral conductors within reach The mere tact that llerrea Thomas Feldl Neuendorf Damrosch et al have consented to work la a common cites abounds III edifying suggestions The last concert but one to be given In this city by the Boston Symphony Orchestra this season occurs al Steinway Hall on Tuesday evening next This will be the final I appearance but one In New York of Mr Gerlcke previous to that conductors return to Vienna to make way for herr Nlklscb tchumsnns 0 major symphony la lo be the molt imoorteflt number on Tue daya programme and the novelty the evening will be a piano concerto by Mr Maximilian Vogrltcb II Hun Karian pianist and composer and the era of a once renowned prlma donna known In art as Vine Vogel Kranlelu Adele BUS der Ohe is to be the pianist Chi Thursday afternoon at Chlcktring Hall Mr Thomas will give his fourth orchestral tnntlnfe A most Interesting programme has been arranged for this enlertalnmenl he prominent numbers being mite by Arthur 1 cots a Bute concerto by Vfuantt to be plaj ed by Mr Ottu usa rt antI Tschilkoivsky MorartUnar Tha weeks repertoire for the Metropolitan Opera House companys performances In Ihlladelphla Includes Die Melsterslnger which will be given on the opening night and at the Saturday raallnte anl the tetralogy herr Kallsch has been engaged to share with herr Alvary the perils and triumphs ot the provincial tour and a third tenor Is I to be gltlen from abroad Incase hoarseness or physIcal ailments of a morfi serious nature ehimUl overtake one or both of lUu remaining ruembem of tha trio The latest news concerning the preparations for the formal opening of the Chicago Auditorium is to the effect that the engagement ot an ItaUan opera troupe has beet confided to Mr James Duff Mr Duff has bad no experience thut far In the attiring und caging of Italian songbirds but the directors of the Auditorium may have thought fit to leave the task of thebirdcatchcr In his hands on the same principle that the Grand Uuch clot of Gerolbtetn was aiked to appoint Fritz a school mister not because the applicant could reel hut ball ho desired to learn unlentoo1 that tIle ill rectors ot the Auditorium have made a tiniui finn that Mme otla ciilrhi shall be the contralto but It is believed that In respect uf the choice ot other artists Mr Dm has carle blanche Humors are onrrent negotiations are In progress between Abbey Scboeffel A Gnu and Anton Rubin stein The pianist is willing to revisit the Vnlted States for a nightly fee of 2000 to too and It Is I believed that people are sufficiently anxious to bear him once more to make the venture I a profitable one Among amirate pianists of lesser note who era desirous of coming cr willing to conIc hither rnr and ito ned The chances of ruivplng I a golden harvest wills concerts uf piano music how eer are not roseate The McCaull Opera Company return lo the Brooklyn Academy of Music for a week on Feb 13 presentlug their charming production of Von Suppes Boccaccio which proved such success when presented here early In the season The cast includes all the favorites Mr Pcovel has signed a four months engagement with Manager Foster of the Boston Ideal Opera Company Slid he is I to appear tbrlco week with that organization until Juno I Tho engagementof Mr Sco tel 1 who use sung all over Europe Italian anti in Gag lIb with great success completes Manager Fosters personnel which was strong enough heretofore in mpcct of prlmn donnas Mbs 7lIa do Lilian Milo Pauline LAleraanil and Mme Jannchokv liclng the soprano but WH somewhat kel in hkh I inae voictN Mr Bcnvel 1 to sln4 in Faust In Carmen aim probably in Murltuna The llomon Ideals fy tIle way are on the point of adding to I their repertoire good old opera dA rl 10 romulus once mar above all things to I the German heart They are cotta lo bring forth Lortzinifs Wild chiilr which was compiled lu 1DU Ho there Is Hill hope fur Jtoutevvrde Iff TIlE JIUOOKLVy lLdYHOUSE3 The bills 10 be otrd at the various theatres Brook irn for the forthcotnlnzweek are forts most part good ones but nothing strictly new or original will be seen The business all the houses has been batter during th past few weeks than formerly and the managers are consequently In good humor all around Nat Goodwin and his excellent company will hold forth at Cot Sinns Irk Theatre during the week open lag tomorrow evening In Turned Up In which at Carauav Monti he has iliad his greatest success The latter part of the week will be devoted to Confusion which has not been seen tn Brooklyn for some time During the entire week LcndMe line Shlllluis will precede the play proper Mr Goodwin appearing uaJr GMohttt Ivcrjlhlng In connection with tile production of the comedies will bo first rlas The company Is second lo none on the road and Mr Goodwin himself is a great fuorlte In UrcoUyn CThr Grand Opera 110 will have a good attraction durhu the week Tim llaverlj Clivclaud luluitrols ru rriitly seen In New turk will be seen there uud a pro trnlnmu of unusual cicelltucn is promised Tho company numbers about peOple toruprulni some of tile be talent In tho minstrel profession irauV Cushiuau heads tho list and will doubtiet get most cordial reception There Is I a troops of Jnpnneto with the cum pant Their aot Is said to be ntis or lice best ever wit nested and they will toby im means a small drawing Carl home aofcolntply new Joke tire promised but the pubic should nut le Iud lo ell lt iinnosdibiulKS Iord Cbumly which hoi never been produced In the I runtorn District fu the I city will Ito scott during the 1 week this Leo AUliue Academy of Musio Mr II holhern and Ills lointiany from lha Lyceum Theatre this city will I 1 iren ntth I play In Its entirety llie ro cent emjaueiiKnl of th couipiny Jbhr Turk Theatre I wan one of lha most successful i boib artistically I and llnanclillv of the JsttIUlL and the patrons ot the I Lee I Avenue Aiiiilrmy 1 nuv depend upon seeing Hornelhlng really good Tlm scenery orlnlnally I used ill New urk will lie used in elu liii II Ihu cumtiauy is llrst class Prank I Irayno nail his more or lesa extensive me nagerliwill occupy the lirimkljn Thcairo during the week The foro nurl of she weivk will be ilenilol to Irs filiations of IJurilo the Hunter with lr truyneln tue title rOle The latter half of the week vv 111 witness a change of bill und Kentucky lithl I will be put un The big lion Colonel Hob liigrrsoll Is a Uaturo uf tile shim lletldestho Hon Mr I raj uu uses cius trulacd dogs a llutua and other miliuau The Madison Snuare Iheutre company will produce Ilirlneru ol lha Amphlon Academy during the week Pits ltiay is a sees slrolthc one nud Hip Cast excellent The ilay Was reetttly seen dirnn town and uuile great hIll Ills Hie elrniesI utiraetioii the Amphlon iiHunnoiinccJ thu soueon thus far iho singe sittings used in tithe production am worthy of note being far mad an a uf sceiif ry usually carried or Hit road The cuinpauv hu none but good IHUUIB lu It A real live baby nail a good dramatlo company will pmliici Jttine A llenrne Fiirceslitl play of home lIfe the CrIterion Theatre Inrticiiar stress teems lo bu laid upon the lteit and lu fact It jhye uu Imiiorlant tart sdlll rsahltii in suite lit tile sconce that would otherwise Im vvintlngin unntth 1 tic scniery and toll uillunisiialice to tin lisp wtnbu the saute us used lu its llrst btunoii pruducilop AlIrociorsNnveltyTlieniro lu the rnittrn District Ada Gray will be en during the week In fust lt mine which she lias plan I ci few tilitet hprelofoni lute planes time number nf ierrttriudllces i nl iux The 111 StIlt is familiar to Iheatrtgorri ami has been seen rvar where many times till escins to itavi an at truclloi and the tar hue bent doing well thu season Chic an pi ared at Ihe Irllerlon Tlif utre solos weekb since ill llie earns piiiy Her cumiuuy is a capable one Thomass Ban Frsnclrcn Minstrels will be at the Grand Theatre They flout a Week engagement titers tomorrow night The company numbers atmii forty peo Ills nnd ci Uh titeii ore the famous Mjinhntiaii Ouirtet of tills city The comp my ices been playing diirliiu the past week at a dovvu luwiijiutise to a large business The tIny Tramp will ha offered to the patrons of the Lyceum Theatre iinriiiJ this week Mine Neiivllla and her son will be seen In leading roles Ihe stats dlii njay have both been CeCil In this hasturu Iilsirlrt this season The play well mounted end nut uninteresting The popularity of Zlpp fsslno Increases every day The puironuro ef the only concert hall li Brooklyn comes from lbs better classes und certalnlv the isbn Ill a Rant lung felt In Iirooklm The Minduy evening cumtcerle are asinilal feature ui this house Many new faces and plenty of new music and specialties ill be seen therodurliu his week Minute Schult waking a great oil in bar mel Impersonations Tbs Ban Francisco Minstrels did very well during the past week al Holmes Standard Museum A good strong altractlou sill be at this home dozing the week QUESTIONS Jlf SUIT COfl1UfSZONflNX 1 tl there a free rnhllo school system In Kngland similar to onrs where the humblest laborira son can be educated regardless tit birth Influence or wealth I I 2 Are there any similar sohoolaand colleges for the poor In Ireland and hava alt classes equal privileges there In regard to education McU I Practically there Is 1 tie wont get 10 many fancy flxlns ns ha vats here but ha will be grounded In reading writing and arithmetic 2 In Ireland there were ft113 schools last Tear not counting Roman Catholic parochial schools There are In both conntrles training schools for teachers bolt than our normal coUega because In them the student li trained to teach Altogether the poorest child It hue parents allow him hueS chance In get as good an education In England and Ireland as he has here I What Is Laurence Barretts most Cameo character 2 Hid Booth ever play orvnn to turret Mr In tvew York cIty 3 It Alexander DurnaVs ton still living A 1 Caitliit In Julius Cirsar 2 Yea on Monday March 20 1871 3 Alexandra Dumas Kit Is still living Ills houiolsin Iarls ran Ton tell me where I will nod the poem enlltlsd the Three Ireachers beglnlng There are three preachers ever preaching hitch eminence AnI I Power One Is old with lorks nt white Skinny as un anchorite And he preachIB every hour Also where can lIed poem written by Francis Osgnod entitled A Letter to My Cousin Mabel la the Country beginning Vou bid ma sot my fancy free Oh loved and lovely Mahel To tell you all I hear and all 1 lea In this bewildering Babel VC VTa de not place the first poem the ascend Is by Frances Sargent Lock Osgood who died In 1890 We do not know that bar poems hive been collected The Letter to Mabel in the Country was published about 1840 you may find It tn some of tha magattnis of that time or In some of the older anthologies 1 Does the top of a buggy wheri In motion travel faster than the bottom Is It proper to say Mm 1rof Blank I 3 Shlch preferable John Blank Esi or Mr John Blank I Anxei 1 No how can it No though It 1s customary 3 Mr John Blank we have no rule In this country for the application of this title Esq and the sooner we either make a rule or gIve up the title the better What Is the best place In New York or Brooklyn in Which to learn mechanical engineering I Stet Mechanical engineering of what ftortl Locomotive engineering can only bo learned by wording on a locomotive We believe that the Trade Schools Sixty llrst street and First avenue this city and the Trail Institute nyerton street near Uo Kalb avenue Brooklyn teach some branches of mechanical engineering Please tell me upon what principle or by what right properly belonging to unmarried women Is taxed since the tnttod Slates claims to uphold the principle of no taxation wltnoat representation A Thats the women suffragists great question The taxes raised however go to protect her property whether shes married or not they dont RO to absentee rulers as the American taxes went before 17711 but for local government When dot the twentieth century begin The Klote ot Cttca sajs The ary Instant after uuJnlnht Dec ai lew Is this right A No the twentieth century begins the Instant after midnight Dec 31 lIke The reason tl I this the first century dldnl end with the ear Pt but with lbs year Itxi the eerond with the year 2CO the nineteenth with lbs Seer luo Junlns your first hundred dollars ends with number 11X1 and your second begins with 101 and cuds with 2UU horns people absolutely wont see this Where can I gel a roem called The Wandering Refugee published lu IbIsil We dont know the poem by that name at all events What is the best course for a young man to pursue to become a physician 1 HniiEK There nre three medical colleges In this city the Collage ot Physicians and burgeons the University Medical College and the llellevue Hosjltal Medical College Let him enter one of these etudy hard get Into some good quiz study harder pass his examinations set a place In a hospital when he leaves the ho pital he can latter hlmitolf that rice made a beginning Hell have teen four and a halt years at 1C and will know that other persons know nearly as much as ho does Where doe tha expression come from I A fool and hl money are noon purled I CIt ho no origin It came There are similar proverbs all the world over new anti old What are the beet works ou nationality race origin and descent IHncwci HarwlnsOrigin of SpeCies Descent of Mali li bt George Mlvarts Genesis of fpccle 175 Man and Apes tlO Feutherruanna History of the Kacesof Mankind 13 vols 512 1 vol 0 There are others of course Please tell me why a cuckold is said to wear born ItF Brewer thinks that the Idea comes from the French rorrer la concede Is I to sear the mob cap and while the husband who hi domineered by his wife does that the wife wears this breeches The Doctor not quite certain however for he says elsewhere that Action who found Diana bathing became a stag with horns hft quotes rum the The Merry Wives to show that a cuckold was called Actfltun sometimes He doca not believe that the expression comes from the habits of the deer because If 11 did it would bo on the luciu a rum lucdHlo principle Who is the Governor of Newgate prison and what salary does he receive 1 A MCI The Governor In charge of Newgate prison is Lieut Cob Everard stepney Mllman who is also Governor of Ilollowuy prison He gets a salary ot XCOO as Governor ot Hollow ay prison Who have been commanders of the Grand Army of the Itcpublr and ot hlch of them are still living KIKMI 1 birphen A llurlbut ltiioi 517 Gh 2 John A Logan iwlfl 14 70 dead a Ambrose lurnnKlr 1871 7J dead CharlesDoviiii Jr 1 73 74 0 John llarl ranft If7i 7U John Itobiison lf 77 7s 7 ttll ham narnshaw 1S7U ii Loulj Wagner Islet I Georges Merrill 1551 1 1 10 1aul Handcrvoort IllS II Hubert Beach lau IJ John Ivountz lSiisc 13 nut dells imi 14 Lucius FaIrchild 1830 e7 15 AVllllaiu Warner 1008 POLITICAL XOTES The law provides that the ofQclal return of votes cast at au election lu New York must be cerlllltd to as correct by the Coiuitj clerk In order to be accepted It Is remarkable that Henry A Gumbleton In lt7i William A Butler In 18K and Iatrlck Keenan In loss three successive County Clerks had each of them to certify to the election of thoas who defeated them for reelection A few weeks ago Henry rellly had as County Clerk to certify to the election ot his euci essor as Hen alec thomas Grady chosen at Ito special election ot Dec 2H IfcSK The vole cast In the various counties of the State for Harrison und Morton lust November will constitute the butiisof representation fcr tho Jtviiublicuu Mate Convention uf this ear Thu whole iiumbor of delegates will be 775 agaitiet itO last year an Increase of 7t Of theia 78 New York city gets 15 1 lirookljn is BuCalu4 sad ItfCliestcr 4 nhUe the remaining counties Cut but 41 collortlvely This shuns pretty clearly how tIle growth of pollllfal power Is veering steadily to the larger cities of the State to the reclusion of the funning comuiunl ties Ills by the way remarkable that although chic Democratic party in Iho Hate of New York has under iniquitous Kipublicau apportionment been largely ills frHtichUed und deprived of hits power lo secure a maJority In the I eg uture the Democrats mil make this unfair apportionment of fourteen years ago the basis of representation In their ovvn State Conventions The friends ot Henry It lietkman both lu and out of Tiiinnnny Hall have tern eienlng themselves to secure him the assurumcce of the noinlnatiun to the post ion of Jud oof the Court of Common 1lesA which becomes vacant by ihe expiration of the term of George Van lloeten whose successor i to be elected in November Judge Vuu lloobcn who Is a Democrat was elected to the hooch of tills tribunal In the county of New York by 2j al KK over the Taininuny Hall candidate lu 187li and the Democratic leaders uf both factious of the party here expreu Ihemiulvci as adverse to new candidates for places on the bench when ills present Incuui beats of ch position givo atUfactiou to lha voters The Hepubltcans of the Fifth Assembly district bad tho sympathy uf their colleagues from uu tOwms during this week but the lift will havu lube reorganized und reformed all the tame even if Tho Allen has to do It The machiu Ic i terribly out of gear in tIlls district and though the colored contingent Is Increasing and Hid vvholo population growing the Itepubllcan vole keeps falling oft In IH7d Iho Itepublicau votoon Ires Idem In lbs Fift wac27lH its IbWIt was i713 itt 11544 It was 2003 and iu November last Hnrrlion had 1X h4it The election last week of Ieter Ward in his Thirteenth Eenaioiiul district In ihe place of the bite Senator Low adds one lo the Democratic membership in the higher branch of Ihe Legislature aud deprlvos the Republic there ot any chancu of securing twothirds majority on any party sneastirs user the etoof Got Hill The Thirteenth district has been for many 3 curs one of Iho closest if not the closest lu the btate having elected Jtepublmans and Democrats alternately to Cougress audio tho benate by pluralities usually unite slender Tile dltlrlcl ukti In the whole of Orange county the dairy interests ot which are extensive and during the Gould Klsk regime Us politics were controlled practically by the Erie lUliwa The firm Judge Gllderslceve reputed to ba the most lenient aud kindly of the uajtiilratestn tha bench of sits Court of General Sessions expires Ibis year and a iiccestor for fourteen 3 ears at un auuual salary ot tUCAXi Is to bo voted for In November Judge Abraham Lawrence will ill In Chamber ot the Huprema Court whrra any motion must bo made for injunctIon or mandaruui during the Mar term to that tha legal controversy over the tenure of the Commissioner ot IuUlo Work will be pretty certain In coma before him Judge Lawrence has been a member the Taut ffltnj Society for many years and his name apueari as one et those who had charge of the erection of the building In Fourteenth strut in I86a 11 was Tarn tniojs cauuldati for Mayor lo 1172 and wu slsctej to the Supreme Court benoh on itralghtout Tammany nomination In 1873 for fourteen years When the time tamo to elect his successor In 1EB7 the two Supreme Court Judge were divided between the two local Democratlo faction Tammany choIce wa Morgan Olirlen and the County Democracy rhos Jndg Lawrence Itotb were nominated and both elected Jiiilg Lawrencti term will uotecplts until ItJOl Ftrlfe tlll continue tn the ranks ot the County Democracy of the Thirteenth Assembly district ami It bat been Impossible to sires upon leader such liave been the rivalries engendered In securing IIW votes last year anlnitlnlS cat by Tammany and fiS77 by the republicans the Tammany men say that the County Democracy In this Thirteenth may have even more trouble mtltuit follower la November than In getting leaders In February According to the report ot Surrogate Hansom for ISfM the amount paul Into the Slats Treasury under the ope ration uf the now collateral tax law for the year wn f020 This law imposes its a aXon all persons nut heirs or next of Mn per cent of all stims left them nt bequests The whole sum of such bequest In the slate administered during the year was KltOUOOO There a bill pending In Albany lo lengthen the Burro glues term from six to fourteen jears The suggestion very generally male and Just as generally endorsed that Mayor Grant will In April tender the post ot I ICy Chamberlain to Richard Croler the acknowledged leader of Tammany recalls be fact that his predecessor In charge of the fortune of Ibis wigwam Ieter II Rweeney was Chamberlain from IbUT to 1B70 and wa at the unltli ot his political power while he held liii was succeeded In the ofllce by his brother In law John Bradley In 1870 TXIKICKSTINO OOSSIl Or THE DAf A teacher In an eastelde school complains that she and her associate have trouble with the children of Socialist She say that tho youngster are bright but that they are restive under all authority no matter hour discreetly shown One yearold girl and her father hero been a particular source ot trouble The teacher gate tha member ot the class some circular or other which was to ba ilgned by this father or mother It was a mere matter of form some report or tatutlcal blank such as are often given to school children to take home for a parental signature Most of those parents whoa are Socialists refused to Lave anything tu do with the pacer They would nol sign It even when repeatedly asked by letter so to do The yearold girl took especial delight In tolling her teaoher that lha circular was alt nonsense and thai no school power could move her father The Instructor says eh know no reason for such conduct on the part ot the parent except pure opposition to all government and every sign of lu Her opinion troth what she eees of socialistic children is that they are taught to bate all form of order and authority Sergtas Bchevllch heard this story and laughed He declared that If tile statement of the case were true these Socialists ara nol good Socialists and had better reform for thlr children sake Miss Van Utten the leader of this Working Women Society hearing Dial some of ihe locked out feather girls were In needy circumstances hut too proud load mil it took aa excellent plan lo remedy their condition She caused a partltlou to be maul lu this room where they meet and had each of the girls come in one by one In as private a manner as If they were entering a con fesslonak The girl told the true Hate ot affairs to her and If they needed the money they received It and no one was the iser Ono prepossessing miss sold sho had a widowed mother und two small als era ut home but she added with a toss of her head I havo two brothers and a sinter at work and as long as they are able to keep the house In food 1 shall ask for nothing This is the third week 1 have been out I am the eldest of the family and can make tlO a week and therefore lose iiii but Ill make it up as soon as 1 get to work We Intend to wIn thin time It wa have to ituy out all sprIng Another of the girls who took the money but did not need It was lectured by a companion who paid Oh how could you Nellie I Well I was saving up for anew lurah and Just needed S3 hut I wont take again The Russians who have failed to show New Yorkers how to dance iu their jumplnglack evolutions at the Ldeti Muste are not without honor in this country Their power to absorb whiskey has almost paralyze every man nhout town who has seen them at ihe i bar they patronize It Seems that our national drink is regarded by them as a toper regards lemonade It does not take hold of a throat accustomed to tha fluid tire called vodki which Uusilau pcasauts are used to drinking So these foreigners take whiskey by the small tumblerful When they are charged double prices and tile bartender nays to them that the usual price ot a bath is tlfty cents they think they are btlntr swindled It turun out that President Cleveland never had his on CItY bouse flat or rcsidenceof any kind to which to move into when he comes here from Washington The sudden eruption of news calling attention to a curtain building up town was all er i advertisement The only basis for It was that Iho cwneri had sent a circular or letter loan Intimate official friend of the lrei ldent and It Is doubtful whether the 1reildent ever heard ol that act or of the building To such extremes Is boomIng carried nowadays The way to use your cane said a noted foreigner the otliertist is not to strike with it as if it were a club That to I of BO little use iliaC It is doubtful if I It would not bo wrenched away from you the Hrbt blow you tried to strike You can make a cane the most ugly and vicious of weapons by simply punching with it You hold the bundle lu your right hcud and use your left hand merely to guide the point Then jab with ft at your ailiiQts stomach Deck or face according a you vv ant to hurt him He cannot get the cane away from you aud cannot net within arms reach of you How can 1 best develop my strengthv a writer asked of a wellknown athlete Tin running down und nod exercise but have little time for It Ihe answer of the athlete wast Get all the sleep you require take a cold bath wheu you get up rub yourself warm with stiff towels buy a pair of threepound or fivepound dumbbells and uve them Then breakfast and exercise below the waUt by a tepid walk ot a utile until you feel like making it two intel Use tho dumb tells sparing at first nay three minute Gradually increase Ihe exerclto np lo fifteen or twenty minute That course will do you all the good an ordinary man needs In a month you will not know yourself Of course nothing IM as good as boxing but that takes preparation and time and requires resting and rubbing down afterw arO It Is believed by theatrical men generally that tie withdrawal of Booth and Burretl from the support of the movement to exclude foreign actors from entering thli country tinder contract 1105 virtually ended tho agile lien Both of these distinguished actors now claim that they acted hastily In siding against the actnr from abroad The agitation which followed the outbreak of the uiov eiuent has entirely died down and ft is already luuic or less of an old Issue in theatrical circles There are at least three mon to be eeen dally on Broadway who lilacs parsed through precisely the same experience us those which have dlilluiculdlied Count you triitti Ihey are qtilto as well dreineil un the Count and they apparently devote their liven to the wlndilngof boardinghouse keepers When they are not swindling they are engaged in ierMtent eflorl al deception Such men are lu the inalii lartnloii They have not the stntnluaof regular criminals but they love lo poe swells It le i an odd fancy and erie that work Inuiuen iu nearly till conditions of lite Und Inexplicable One uf these hotel and boarding house beat claimed for long while to bo the nephew of one of the great bankers of New York He spends nil of his lime during th day and evening In wandering up and don ihe hotel corridors in the vicinity of the ladles parlort staring at womankind through single glass The hotel authorities do not annoy him In tiny way They do not consl er that he Is worth troubling Ibsni clvs about to the reet of the world he is us much of an enigma as the rest of the small fry swindlers the world honest work seems vastly more attractive bin this sort ot an existence Probably a greater number of New Yorkers felt a keen Bttd polgnunt dUuppolntment ov er Ihe wiping out uf the Iolo Grounds than the Park Commissioners Imagine It mar be said In a general way that nobody believes that Jersey City wilt be selected for CIte now grounds A move of that sort would bo suicidal to the success of base ball for an average New Yorker would rather go to 7l2th street If It existed lhau so either to Brooklyn or Jersey City They seem mile away an compared to a trip uptown nod as base ball Is played for money It Is geuerally believed that the manager of the club will lake these things into ccnslderuliou An elitime habltiio of Deluionlco announced yesterday that the new rule which Is enforced about selling drinks at Ihe public balls together with the heavy po ice restrictions bud completely done away with the old line fun ut these entertainment I have been going Cu ballS regularly he cud for tho lout tivrlvu peare out I hays never seen anything quite so dull as the French ball sad ISis Llederkrauz There lea large floating population in New lurk and itS to this clan that balls ot thin character ester Out of town people and those who have never attended any public ceremony of the character of a Metropolitan Opera House ball are pleated with the lights this rush and roar of It i all but none of the old sort of Ion und frolic Is left Ills not that I am getting old for I was an older man eight or ten rear ago In sentiment feelIng and preferences than I am now The fact Is I it I Ij a complete change lu the order of things Thu author lee hsv 6 brett suppressing and depressing the public su long that they have made New Yorker really afraId of their uwtu shadows This Is the natural result of tha policy which reached Its hlgheit point under Mayor Hewitt By lbs way why Is It that at all lha cheap balls on the east side drink are sold up to any hour of the rootnine whll ut the big affairs the Metropolitan the supply of drink is 1 cut short al I oclock I Hare is I a discrimination against the rich with a vengeance I nope that tba old time club men who regularly purchase I boxeafor these balls havo pulled out this year This array of founders which lIce first let one prentsd Is noubl from their absence The boxes ire now taken by live or six young men who all chip In together and thus up tlm quota of Jn Iiiiachesn way of doing It Soil the word cligunjuit about describes the modirn public tail NEW YORKS CONCERT HALL HTMr IT ouanT TO nr AND irir sox JLIVV OAJ3 KXIS1S IJEIgV Iteniirctnlitei People On to Them In Contl iirntal mien anal Would In Thin Ton ia mlnnt Mm on the Miner flow Iot Ocr uud llellcw Impress Some People The complaint which Is often mado that Now York city bus no light form or nmuiomout Is according to the shrewdest mnnncors of hue city duo to the 1urltnnloal legislation the Htaio coupled with tho enormous Inca ut real estate on Brondwny The romtilnlnt most troiiuontly made that while In London Vienna Irtrls anti oven In Cincinnati and Chi cimo thoro arc many places whoro a man niny stroll In und smoke cigar and drink a glass of boor ttlilh ho lIstens to music thoro Is no such resort In Now York In other words thoro no provision In this town for nooplo who havo cot boyond the logo ot melodrama ansi society plays I ain beyond that nco nml I oxvoct to Iho year 01 two moro before the Inevitable decay of nd Mtucotl rtRO carries mo oil 1 mlmlt with thu utmost runkniM that there IH to mo no enter talnruont In the rloriuiinuaof of Hromlro by Mrs 1ottor or In tim athletic and immtorous assault on the historical iiorson of latlv Mac lelh by Mrs LtuiKtry Tu bo iioctirnto I can not ilti tllihiO It worvo punishment I within roais onnblo limits I i tlitm tu hi obi ilfOil to i Hit lu I tin Ironbound clmlr In IahmrM Thoutro elicit habIt to tile liyntorlcial hootlo nml Ironxlocl rat ing of Sirs 1otlor uecrminniilodby the lirny Ini nslnliilty of that lomlmlrr tImid luunlv loitRod ctcaturo of alloiiullnn Kirlo ilti low I liollova tlmt tlioio are ctuio timup mon In Now York Ulioo RcuUnioiits urn lml hot to my own It Is not only Hint 1 Totter cannol net und lint Hollow Is wcnrlsoiuo end to look upon but It 11104 positive linrm In any man who has rcut hIMory and Mellon lo I unilurin such i wliolu fiiilo till tislt Icr or I trudltlmi I nnd Inncy IIH I heir porformnnco InlllctH Mis Toilers Idea ot Jlooimiin ocotiis to bo thai of iniicalni1 crlmaclnc school girl trying to limiioai is loopy clilM Ol I tm1 poet I 5 of tlio 1 loico or thu power ot Cliopalru Silo tins nppnuiitly no concoplloti wliatoviT lie KlLuloiut tho 1 lint di once swirls uround nbsuully ffom ono rinoiloit to nnothor nml tultls Imrolt into Htioh 10 markablo vontorttonn In her embrncos wltlt Antony that ono lo rotnlndpd of it Vow liiciaiiit Bclioolmnrm makliiLtn rablil ondourur to nosu ns a voltititiious Nntitch ilancor As for Hollow lui tlnOH not nuccoed In Rlmltur inu kloals bocuio ol his elloct sin molts liuN bltltlvH It tithes utont many yoarx nf school anti college training to haniiniT any liloan its to tho poiHonallty of Antony and his follow nlmtu Into tbo mind of tho avorntro boy but la cor ted ml furl that ultorit tiiuti lias como out ot colliKo ho it toe toliinlilv ivdl hId II ro of tlm warriors of old In his brain I fancy thoro can lii no doubt ol what thu UMial picture nf Antony Is Abovo ovory other clianictorlhle stumls the Kilxxled anil inlnlitv htalwaitHin it the Croat wArrior A woman mado a fool of him but It In uu waydotructs from his inauiilllronca ns a Hunter pure and 1 slmplo Thmiuvor Iniij hnlroil arid liiiulyluuuoil llttlo Dollow I i with hH lulomi hate alTtictulloiis Is ahoiU an much ilka I Antony lisa IIIIKK slice ol deputised uud umlui dono plo Ilkotho Voniisdt1 Mlln This ju why I ubserviM tlmt iho ivcrnto man docs not care to lock hlmnlf In an iKiiioountl Font for thrcu hours viewing tho conventional staconf today Mon who are autlrol oiiKacwl In buNlui down Uiwn litvo about all tilts trnccdy boY caio for In tlioir tlnlly I I llio At nisht tuny want a lluht i ntorlnluniontc3tiiucit with cigar tutor dlnmr or luiincu lu tIll easy bov This itnxmtly I what Is hiipplnd iu most of llio coimtilos under the HUH 0coiiB hero by UP i ntiitiliimout which Is nmro oc lesti cit nviirloty show in I chunirtor Tho I mBa nortnnco of an ontirlainiuciit of this HI rt it fulH rufOLniod in I I I London I lirio tho Pit ctniia of Walts hat OPUIIPI the cicot I iii il Ott i little ciIl cert hull In I tho ol Id In I I tCl0t itt Iadkhuf un aiiestluniid fcoilul po ltiiin uttond tile ooncorlj uulMIn I London tliotiKh I they I do not nlwuyn I pariulo I hit fact boloio I tho world Tlioio always tier of boxes which may ho had die modurito htim Tho biggest uud most proton mIle theatrical ii i 1111 ItCh In London 1 aro do votea to this sort of ciitcitaliimcnt In PI it and rllu an Idoutlml ordr ol 7 thIngs pruaiK Ono may trot am thine in 1arla i from tho lolls Uoruiius to tilt lurdlu do Purl wlillo in Itirllnand Vleuun tho niiinbor of concert halls is legion The ontorininirvnl Is nitpltul lu thwsn plncos Vo havo wonderfully clevur iwoiilo on our nwn nrloty Btao Inilood most of tlio comedians of tho leidtU iimto staGe hnvo Kradtiated liotn tile vando vllles Thoro IB a iluco called liostor lllil whoro vniluly ontortnlnments tIre elvon or I where drinks arq hold and music Is permitted but It Is not placo to which rcspoctnblo lady may co It is uculimt tilt lawto toll hcorwhnrn there Is music but list law Is rvadrd in nomo tvlontehlni Way at Kosler Dials by tha abolition of a theatrical rurtnln ou the stage Kxuutly how tills affects tile questIon boor It not ua to coo and is hard to Imagine but KohtorA Jhiiiie goon merrily on Its way while nil film liar resorts are closed by tho police Instead of curtain there Is hugo fan which rises from tile front of the stage to a holchtoj fifteen or ttsenty feet milking us purfcct barrier ti as the auiraeo tho itrieal cuitnln In discusliiL tho aliMiici or light entertain mont In ow York with souin mon tho oilier day I ran accidentally upon tIlt fact thnttltrca of the most uustoro uiunncors In Now York hnvo buon for several ears on thn lookout to introdiicnamusli hall horn Tholr names nro Tdwnrd lllmoio liuKono Tompkins and Chas Thomis They tire all mon of nbuiiditnt moans bhruwil in thonlrlcal mnttors ami vvhlci awnkn and lot thoy havo found it utterly lia poislbSo tn get thlntfs In bhajio Thoy am ready to I put hall I million I I dollars In tho I von ttnoto build thoilroif necofary lo dovoto all tile necisary Unto to tIle iimloitaLIit buc hi they nto afraId of 1urltntilcil llllliitilsrlitloci One of thnm fu niicuklni of tho matter snld I Tho Iliinpes aio humliotl to ono thnt wo would ho closed up within a Wuitk thor wo opened For Fomo reason or olhcr thoro Is iv projmllco in Ito mlndhol ethiC pooplit rp tho mulc hull though It iii i by nil odds i reimtablo placo ol unniMMiieiU than tho low class varloty theatres which nro ullo od to exist In New York Thero will IIMI to bo a special law passed hooro iinythliiL can bn doGU Meatnvhllo tho cllulblo HiltS alone lirnadway aro disnppoarfni Ilko a nliot Tlicro Is no vItae liolwoon I Tonth und 1l fion hit Streets OIl tile bit thorou htaro vhoro the thu port of pioiiorty can bu obtained lot an sltltltlr ol lees than JIWIOOU Ono silo oiiiioslto tlm Ullsoy Iloiiso would bo it good ono but tin heirs nro lighting und It I xvould bo I uuFitlo to build then Another site is up linac the Me tronnlltaii Opera Ilotifo Why dont ymi takon sldo htreot right oft Broadwiiv Such it mithod hIltS licOl tutietijiit i at tile I I till I St Ituot ttiiui alibi titutit re mtlttl mtear ly all tho crack London housei uio oil tho muia thuruiiutifitrpi It wont do It Is ono of tho old prejudice of Now York is lii itt utlmutio olTllrouiiwuy it out ot tIm world No man Linnvu exactly why tills ih but Iho lact I I ioniums tho same I like pulllii ir leoth I to cut peoplo over to I tha loll rtiitlt It St I Oct Theatre and Mich lininvi as vo proposn to ornct would huvii to bo on tio I I dlroct lino ol tin I inot lamousHriiit of Amui i in It I IK i Ilf thai I tho law will not tithe uog iilain I of vvhil Is really ndiciclid 1 want anioni the pooplo but It Wnitiind until It does rca shall liavo lo 140 on uNliim for tho good tlim i that ala so long In comlny Wliiln 1 nm i lit tho I subject of thontilcal I iniUf ncors it Is worth lilting I that somo of tlioi1 iX perloucfs In Iho I Western towns uro Curt oiid I mot the manngor ot ono of tho bistknowti coinody urKitnlyatlone In tIle country yector day and In tho coursuof a short talk ho ortI I ii nI ted Into I a town called VliicennoHboma tlmo slnco und just bafoto tho parforitmncn oponnil 1 wont down under tint siauo and looked Into the oriliostra pit to I toll tho musicians fioiimthlnK about drumnlle music Thero was a Military I man with bald hiUd nail loiurelilrn whiskers plttiiiu on ono hldo ot thn I loiultri desk 1 ealletl him to mo uud hUsked him where din band was Im tho band said tho man torsoly Allot it All tlioio of it Tico root Is across the street iihu Inc at the llrnmunri ball 11111 Ic you play Viiuot i Voll I raid I have no doubt you aro vonr cood player No Im not ho Bald frankly If I worn any good Id bo across ihu btrcot pluyluK nt thin 11r Thorauhlc by tile way the manager on tintiod In seine of tho wobtoru towns la tii youd bollef Whut do yon do In such a case In this insianco wo moved a piano to lies wines aud illlTurent ponplo loll tlio stage ami Doiuidod on it Our malt bunuty wits ou dock no wu illd flat CiCO Is ho BUCh Ik HUCOP6B It may not bo cunorallv known snld illS run minor but thoiols I bin money In I Ill ii daudlo I I nnd I painted miilo bcautios of lie i htauo mattor how much you und 1 or other pooili may dlnllkoa I man CO ito blaokens his nyod iiid I paints tils faro thuro la crv laiuo IIIIIIIIJT ot women In ovory city In tho country who id mlr menof that I HID onormously and WIID Hock to tho 5 theatios I to soo them A man of llio I Ivy rln llclluw or Courtney Tlmriiu ivpodruwi uriitl deul niiJiu money Ihun Mraluht i Ut amloiit actur vho It oily of powdiir und not alftCtud In tho mattor of hair tin ti boot hulfi Tills man Coiirtnuy Thmimof tho I Yokiii un puny IK romarkablu oi ifl amoni thn rait oi lected mon on tho stuuo His loll hand is WIY ho wtutrts corsets und Wi it lb Ill iloe und i It 1 manners rita ihosn I of ounu lady In IOnc I ul liiiit 1 havo nhvats hfaid I br tho I 111eV that Thorpe win i iitro tug lii uood follow unit Unit this lililti tier was put on for thus saUo ut ulTiCt I boliovo I It I too I or hn IIIIH noor ox hlbltod any olTiimliiatolondiiiilos vvlicn I huo beon with him lly the way Horina Vokia id crntlltil with sIts itig it clo tir tlilnulhu I cit 11Cr iliy hlio vui bolt i It if nvitr Now i ork puller and nflor i iu ii llrh I lilt I hit Hidden 5 outbreak iii utic htiuiuuris hero I olin Mild thouuiifiilli I cli if iiimlgtry Is willlu to hilt MacflaIl 11111 Mrs lottor ltopatrll bali jut Mr Iiiorpo nit to do Juuucd and 1 evIl tO lulut myself wicetu wo got to ut OiL5 IiI4mT ILkke.