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The CIVIL SERVICE.
APPLICATIONS COMING INTO THE coMMIssIo
APPLICANTS FOR BLANKS.

APPLICATIONS COMING INTO THE COMMISSION
APPLICANTS FOR BLANKS.
WASHINGTON, June 1.-The candidates
for place under the Civil Service Commission
are beginning 10 gather courage, and it is ev-
lceut thstsby the time the Commissioners are
ready to begin their examinations, some
hundreds will be ready to run the gauntlet
Something like 800 persons have,made appli-
cations to the commission here ior eXamina-
tion and appointment. To all who apply
blanks are sent, in which they are expected
to state their name, age, residence, former
occupation, whether ever in government en-
ploy before, and a good many other things.
A hundred or 30 Of these have come back
hlled out, and by the time the
Commission is ready 10 make its ex-
animation here, the number will Of
course be largely increased. At the various
points throughout the country where exam
lnailons are TO be made, the applications are
as yet few, because the names of the exam
liners have not been long made public. The
examinations outside of Washington will,
however, take place before those here. They
will begin about June 20th, and will run up
to about July 4,h, after which the Commits
sioners will return to Washington and the
examinations will bs held here,
Thes esCommissoners and Their chief exam
lder wiz spread themselves al over the c0uc-
try, so to speak, for the first examinations.
Mr.. Eaton will go up the coast, taking in
the principal cities from Washington TO
Portland, Me-; Dr.. Gregory goes to Buffalo,
Chicago, Milwaukee aud other points in that
direction; Judge Thoman to Pittsburg, Cleve-
land, Indianapolis, Porl Huron and Dstroit; !;
chief examiner Lyman 10 Cincinnati Louie
vile, s.. Louis, Kansss City and New Or.
leans. They will act in coojunction with the
local board at each point visited. having,
of course, supervisory powera. Here local
bosrd will also be appointed with which the
Chief Examiner will act. The examination
will be by printed list OF questions, 10 which
toe answers must be written.
How do you expect to keep the csndi-
dates from getting bold Of tiese questions
before the examination and examining in
order to be able 10 answer themP" your cor
respondent asked of Judge Thoman.
Well" he replied, of course the press does
sometimes. get things little too early, but
there will be an effort 10 keep these for the
benefit Of the applicants for position. There
will be little object in making them public,
az the subjects TO which these questions 2p-
ply are named ID the rules. Ii th7y should
become public there will b. no difficulty in
substiiuting other questions for them"
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NEWS In BRIEF.

New York, June 13.-The International
military rifle team sailed for England Tues
day.
New York, june 13.-Ths policy shops
were again raided and many dealers and
players arrested.
Reading, Pa, June 13.-The Episcopal
Diocesan Convention OF Central Pennsylva.
MIA voted not to divide the diocese.
New York, June I3.-Norman S. Muproe,
publisher, has began action for libel against
James Gordon Bennett for dam ages in the
Gum of 100000.
Little Rock, Juoe 13.-Sheriff Poe, of Van
Buren county, to-day, at Devalls Bluff, cap
tured the men who robbed the safe OF the
Clinton county treasury last week.
Milwaukee, June 13.-The Masons of the
State in the Grand Lodge session to-day,
elected L. E. Reed, OF Ripon, Most Worship
ful Grand Master; Oliver L.bbey, of Green
Bay. Deputy Grand Master; II. V. Hergin,
OF Viroqus, Senior Grand Warden.
New York, June 13.-The Board Of Trade
recommends that when the bill relieving
commercial travellers from interference by
State officers is agsin introduced in Congress,
the measure should receive the support of
The various trade org anizalions of the coun-
| try as we'll as business men in general.
Chicago, June 13.-The committee of the
Board OF Trade investigating the charges of
| sdulteration in lard N anufactured by Fowler
Bros. visited the packing establishment of
| that firm this afternoon snd examined the
machinery used in manufacturing alleged
| sduiterated lard. Reporters were excluded
during the investigation.
| Harrisburg, Pa, June 13.-The Governor
hiss eigned the following bills: To abolish
the contract system in prisons and reforms-
tory Institutions; providing payment 10
miners for all clean coal miued; for the bet
ter security and safety OF bituminous coal
mnsrs; TO prohibit political parties,demand.
| ing from officials contributions for political
| purposes; and preventing the sale OF theater
tickets on the streets.
Little Rock, June 13.-In 1871 John vii
| liams, a native of Philsdelphia, was convict
ed in D4sha a county Of murder in the second
degree and sentenced 10 the peHitentisry tol
life. To-Day ne was taken before Chancellei
| Carroll Cd a writ OF h1beas corpus and set Tree
because Of incorrect sentence, the Longest
punishment under the statutes for murder II
toe second degree being twenty one years
Williams is a white man aud seventy7sever
| years old
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SENATOR BECK, who has been travelling
with Watiers0n, Of the CotlrieT-Jou'Hdi, and
ia for that reason, perhaps, little of, re-
Gently, in the course of an Interview, said he
had a candidate for the Republicans for the
Presidency, but feared to name him, and
would regret 10 see him nominated, for the
reason that his nomination wonid render
@two or three Southero States uDcsrtsir."
Senator Morgan furnishes The name which
Mr.. Beck dresds 10 utter. 1t is that OF
The Hon. VIM. B Allison, the senior Ssns-
tor from the State of Iowa. There ls nothing
in or about Allison to jeopErdizs the vote oi
any Southern State. He is hardly known at
the South. The genial Senator from Ken
lucky must in this instance have been taken
as Hendricks wa', unawares, and at a
moment wheu the power of "gush" was ioC
much for him. They have such moments in
Kartupky
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The Chicago Dog show.

CHICAGO, June 13.-Among frat priz ss
awarded at the dog show to-day were The
following:
Roug6-coaled St. Bsrnard-Dogs, MORO;
bitches, MioCo, both owned by Mrs. Henry
Kis emen, New York.
reyhounds-Dogs, Friday Night, owned
by Charles 81. Mason, Youkers, N. Y;
bitches, Lady, owned by DR.. E, NJ. Sawyer,
Chicago.
Deerhounds-Oscsr, owned by DIR. Van
Hummel, Indianapolis.
Champion Eoglish Setters-Dogs, Royal
Ranger, owned by George w. Moore, Pitts.
burg; bitches, w. B. Shattuc, Cincinnati.
Englsh Setters-Dogq, Laverick Chief,
owned by A. C. Waddell, Topeks, Ks.;
bitches, Glen6llas, Thos. G. Davey, London,
O1t.
Champion Gordon Setters-Argus, owned
by J. S. Niven, London, Dot.
Gordon Setters-Dogs, King Dan, by A
B. Hall and G. W. Bassferd, New York ;
bitches, Young Flora, owned by Robert
Blackwood, Minneapolis.
Irish Setters-Dogs, Bush, owned by ]. "A.
J. Sprseue, Englewood, III; bitches, Irish
Faith, Emporia Kennel Club, Enporis, Ks
Pointers-Dogs, Chancellor, Owned by c.
II. Mason, Yonkers, n. Y; bitches, Dave, by
A. G. Waddeil, Topeka, Ks
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ence in Washington st the time. He il sp-
psrently tsp5 cislIy disturb q bF the Norf u Y
investig igationr, which some Of his discreet
friends declare must not be pushed any fur
lber.
There is no reasOu TO believe that they
will bs abandoned, however, in cons queuce
OF any trresis that Ssoator Mahons or auT
OF bis allies msy uske- Neither is il prob
able that any further appointments or re-
movsls will take place simply because he
demands them
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DESTRUCTIVE storms have been too fr5-
auent Of late. OI Saturday last Chestnut
Valley, near the Marshall county tKy.) line,
was flooded three Ieet deep within few mir-
utes as the remit Of the bursting of water
spout, and on the same day Williamson
county, H., Waa visited by tornsdo that
DESTROYED a vsst amount Of property, in.
cluding whole dccks of sheep aud several
-pesch orchards, and killed more than twenty
persons. Following this, and on Sunday
last, three cyclones plsyed havoc in different
parts Of the country thst never before we're
thus visited 0as near Mount Vernon, Ind.,
tore the cab from the locomotive Of freight
train which happsued to be standing in its
path, and picked up nearly dozen freight
cars, carrying them distance of 100 ysrds.
A number OF buildings were demolished AID
many persons seriously, though not fatally
wounded. Another whiTlwind, at about the
same time, did great deal of damage in
the neighborhood of Mckinney, Tex, while
a third ravaged a portion Of CallaWay
county, No
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CovINeToN, KY, June l3.-The fourth
days prograinme OF the Latonia Jockey Club,
meeting was four races, one of which was a
heat. The entries were not numerous, but
the contests were spirited and the betting
lively.
The first event W as dash Of one mile and
q furlong, all ages, purse S400, woD by /. zzie
s.; Lucy May second, and Z Twin A. third.
Eli Marks (late Ruins L. was the only
Other starter. Time-l SO.
The Sensation Stakes for two-year-olds,
three-quarters Of mile, had but three
starIers. General Harding won In l "a; As
Gallon, the other starter, fell.
For tie Ripple Stakes, for maiden three
year-olds, ons and on s-quarter miller, four
came 10 the post. The favorite, Leon Aus,
won hanoiy 10 2:20; Msrkland second. Oca.
lot third, and Sudie McNairy last. Drake
Csrter scratched.
The fourth race, three Quarters of mile
heats, for purse of 1900 was split up into
three heats. Roy S. Cluke won the f at and
Barney Aaron the second aad third; Malasin
was second in the first two heats. Time
| .25 |. .254 and .263
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BILLY MALONE.
THE LITTLE READJUsTER VERY BUSY ABoU'
THE DEPARTMENTS.


WASHINGTON, June Ex-senator Malone
came to Washington several days ago, and
has been quite busy ever since. The day
sfter his arrival, accompanied by George c.
Gorham, he visited TIE President, and the
next day, In company WITH the same indi-
vidual, he was engaged In conference with
officers OF the Treasury and Navy Depart
ments. There have also been earnest confer
ences early and late st the Senator's private
quarters, and from certain things which have
leaked out 1t Is quite apparent that Senator
Malone and his trusted lieulensnts are IN
easy respecting the prospective atti-
tude OF the administration. They
roundly denouuce the Secretary of the
Navy and the Pos: os:msster-General N for pay
ing any attention to the complaints in re-
| gard 10 the navy-yard and the postoffice al
Norfolk and declare that there must be nc
| interference in Virginia sfairs, that il, nc
interference except to mske political ap-
poiutments and removals promptly upon the
| demand OF Senator Mshone. He, it is said
hiss the greatest contempt for the shin.
skinned Civil Service reformers" of the
North, and demands that Virginia shall bs
"let alone by them.
| His chief coacjutors in Washington
Messrs. Hstton and Gorham hold lik.
views, but il is understood that they are lea
influential than formerly at the Whit,
House and elsewhere. Hence the uneasiue.
and the necessity Of Senator Mahone's pres
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THE RISEIN THE ARKANSAS
Planters Throwing Up Temporary
Lsvees 80 Protect Crops.

LITTLE Rock, June 13.-The Arkausas
river at this point hiss risen two feet in the
the rate of one inch an hour, aud stood
twenty-five feet six inches at dark. Planters
above are throwing up temporary levees to
protect the growing cotton. The river fell
a foot at Fort Smith since yesterday, and
to night il about on a stand, with another
rise expected, owing 10 more rains in the To-
dian Nation and the temperance of DRIFT
wood. The banks are caviug at several
points above Little Rgck.
At 10 o'clock last night a furious wind
aud rain storm passed over Hot Springs. 1t
created great alarm. but did little damage.
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RANK AND RICHES -
Wilkie COllins'S New Play Not at All
to the Taste OF London
Audience.
The Queens Health-Trial Of the DJ-
namifers-JOhn Bright at Bir-
mingham.

ST. PETERSBURG, jane 13.- The Car COM
muted the death sentences of the Nihilists
Bogsnovitch, Teialoff aud Boutsevilch TO
penal serVt1de for an indefinite period. He
reduced the life sentence OF Slef4novitch to
eight years psnsl servitude, and the sen
teH:es OF the women LIsofsksya and Priby-
lera to four year1. He also mitigated the
sentences OF Gutenberg, Boreiseh and Iusch
koHa
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GOVERNMENT REVENUES.
DECREASE OF OVER SEVEN MILLION DC
LARS THUS FAR

a DEChEASE Ot ONEh 6bNEh mllLlON OOlJ'
LARS THUS FAR,
WASHINGTON, June 13.-A comparative
statement has been prepared at the Treasury
Department showing the revenues of the
government for the past eleven months OF the
fl cal year 1sS2-S3. 1t is as follows: Eleven
months, ending May 81, 1882. from customs,
S202, ,808 ,S09; internal revenue, $133, 322, :
5S2; miscellaneous, s34 342,6S2. Eleven
months, ending May 81, 1888, from customs,
Sl92 ,932, 1866; internsl revenue. S133, ,710, 1893;
miscellaneous, S36,72S ,O54 This shows a
decrease in receipts for the present f=cal
year to June Let Of S7,17S040; for the first
quarter OF the present fiscal year the receips
were about S5,000,0O0 in excess Of the re-
c-ipts Of the corresponding period OF the year
1881. There has been a gradual reduction
since that time, however, u hicb, it ion stes,
will amount to nearly $4,000, COO by the erd
OF the present fscal year.
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IT is stated that the wines, -four and
canned goods, which form the leading ex-
ports Of Californls, are alIeady beginning to
arrive in New Orleans in considerable quan'
tities, and theIe is every prospect of a large
and permanent trade in them being built up.
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TIE result of Inc Lives Convention to
meet at Baton Rouge on the 18th instant
will b. eagerly looked for by the people OF
the 1owlsnds. The Cipit0iiGn- sdUoc1te de-
clares "lhe maintenance of the levees 10 be
the object OF the Convention, which, until its
business has been fully and satisfactorily
transacted, should not permit the introdnc-
ton of pre- jects likely to couaCt with the
friendly plans of the R'vsr Commission, and
which may be based upon Gel for govern
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BIG BONOHOLDERs
SOME OF THE LARGEST HOLDERS OF UNITED
STATES INDEBTEDNESS.

oOAah Of 1dE LAEGEeT HOLDERS Of UNITED
STATES INDEBTEDNESS.
WASHINGTON, June 13-The Herald, of
this city, claims to have information to The
eff CT thst at pressnt Vanderbilt receives the
interest on S37 100000 of registered United
States homie. A year ago he had S50,O00,-
900 Mrs. A. T. Stewart hiss S30,000,OO0;
Jay Gould, SI3 100000; Flood, the Califor-
MIA millionaire, Sis. .000 900, and D o. Mile,
S4OOO,OO0. Tne Herald makes the remarks-
bic statement that the Rothschild bankers
own S400 100000 Of the United Ststes securi-
ties, and that Baron Leopold and Sir Nathan
Meyer de Roth-child each owns $50, ,000, 900,
and that the head If the Vienna house has
s25,OOO.OOO in his own rights. Baroness
Burdett- -Coutts Bartlett has 10000, 900; the
Dnka -nf- Sutherland. S5,000000, and Sir
Thomas Brasser, S5,0000O In this brief
space are named the owners ef far more than
one-third of the entire interest-bsaring debt
of the United Slater.
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GUITEAU'S CURSE.
sHEEHAN, THE JUROR, CoMMTrTEDTo AN AsY.
LUM-CURIOUs CoICIDESCEs


WAsHINGToN, June l3-DIniel Sheehan,
Juror in the GuIiesu case, and who last
week developed symptoms of insanity, be-
came violently defanssd Monday night and
rushed out into the street crying that HE
wife was killing him. He wss committed to
the Insane Asylum yesterday morning. His
friends state that Gui;ean's curse in the court
room on all connecied wIh the trial visiuly
affected him at the lime, and ne has never
bean himself since. 10 this coans C, ion it is
curious 10 note lhlt nisfurtules have over
taken fifteen OF tho,e actively concerned in
this trial. The death. OF the Dis
trict Attorneys (Corkhiii'-) wife and
Juror Hobbs wife. Surgeon General
Barnes, D.. Noble Young; the dis
missal of Marshal Henry, B.iliff Stahls, aud
Detective McElfre,b, the jail wagon driver
and guard; DR.. Hicks's libel suits in regard
10 Guitesu's body: the troubles of Dr. Gray,
of Utica, and DR.. Mcdonald, OF Wards
Island, N. Y, and the dismissal of Officer
Ksarney, who arreste Guiteau.
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LORD DERBY, Colonial Secretary, declines,
It is said, to give bis official sanction TO the
annexation OF New Guines, or PApua, by
Queensland, but as he has sgreed 10 allow
the establishment of English stations on the
coast of ihst islsnd, it seems that he sub
stantially concede- all that the Q1eenslaDders
desire. Pspua has an area estimated at
nearly 100000 square miles, of which only
10000 SQUARE miles are under Dutch rule.
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The Baltimore Sun calls attention to the
fact thai it has been Just year, leas one
week, since the junction between the Shen-
andoah Valley railroad and the Norfoiksnd
Western railroad was made al Il aooke, Va.
In thst time Roanoke has grrwn - be an
important town. Iron and other iacus ries
have been developed very largely il th= val
ley, and the richest coal fields OF The State
have been opened 10 the Fiat Top r.sion oil
Southwest Virgins. Every to on the line
between Hagerstown, Nd, and Rosnok Va,
a distance of 24O milse, ha'rec ivsd 4 whole
some impsths that argues well f'r the ,u,ore
of that portion If a great Stale.
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BRIGHTON BEACH, June 1S.-Light rains
and 3 strong bre' z. did not Interfere with
the racing TO day. Ire dash of fivs-eighths
OF a mile mad Twelve star ers G hisld won; {;
Hickory Jun second, Cen ennial third. Time
Il :03.
The three-qusrters of mile race was won
by Clara 3 Hotachmie second, London
third. Time-1:l64. Eight ran.
Uoksows wea the fvs-eig hihs oi mile,
for two-year- olds; Australian second, Poet
third. Time-l :03. Eight ran.
George Hskes beat Topsy in the one mile
and quarter in 1:5S; Bonaretla third.
Seven ran. Hilarity scratched.
The hurdle race was won by Rochester;
Buster second, Belle OF the North third. No
lime taken.
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The lumber business is growing in this
section, ard rapidly. In the country immedi-
ately around Uhion City and Hickman, the
cut OF the timber per day will average 50O,-
600 feet, or an aggregate of 150,O0G,OO0 feet
per aunum. Most of tbia is shipped TO st.
l.Duie and Cincinnati
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THE. lower House of lhe Massachusetts,
Legislature has passed the bill raising the
salaries of members from $500 TO 1850 a ses-
sion. The bill received about an equal pro-
portion OF votes from each party. 1t is coz
fdently believed that it will not pass the
Senate, and if it does Butler will veto it,
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Murder and Robbery,

NEW ORLEANS, June 13.-A 1imes-De
erdt special from Enterprise, Miss, report;
the murder and robbery of Edward Nc
LaUghlin, all Irish peddler, by Aaron Harris
cOlored. TIE negro says he sat on log with
the ptddler sad shot him through the head
rhed his pockets and took possession of hi:
pack.
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PRELIMINARY surveys are being made in
Vickeburg for the erection of waterworks.
The waller is to be forced 10 receiving and
distributing reservoir that will be 50 far
above The highest houses as TO secure an
even and steady flow of water 10 all parts OF
the citV
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FRANK JAMES is to be tried On three in
dictmenta for murder, at Gallatip, No, this
week. The birmingham Age says: "The
country thinks he ought 10 be convicted, and
Missouri justice will be measured accord
inoIvU
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THE knowledge hat C4rdioal MlCloskey
has given a power Of attorney TO Mgrs
Quinn and Preston, ha= given rise to painful
ruuors that his health is critically impaired
The Cardinal was seriously Ill little time
since, but he is now In his customary health
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THE New Orleans PicoyUne, answering a
correspondent, ssya: ga fond mother should
know that the schosl competition OF her
daughter, read on commencement day, is
worth ten cents line to the paper that
publishes itn
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ACCORDING to Chief Justice Waite the
Federal Supreme Cour. il three years behind
in the work before it. Il cannot, ne says,
consider more than 400 cases each year, and
very many more than that number are filed.
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AND now comes the Turk and says he too
will have no more Of the American hog
product in his country after March, 1884.
Where are the tariff tinkers? They ought 10
be up in arms TO protec, this prime industry
of the great and growing West.
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The old Tennessee bonds are quoted in
New York at thirty.nine ceniq. The sixty,
three-four- FIVE aud six compromise bonds
maintain .heir frmsr price Of forly-f TO
forty FIVE and one half cents.
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The story il So folloWs: An esrPs daughter
and her maid sre in love with the same young
man. There is another maid, who-e name
her ladJship assumes in an ina parlor at a
meeting Of London Socislists; an elderly
duke, who surrsnders his sffi luced bride, the
earle daughter, 10 lawyers clerk, who early
in the piece mss the misfortune 10 have
one of his rios broken in her ladYship's
defence, and the Italian refugee who makes
his living BY doctoring sick birds. Such are
some Of the incidents and characters of a
play which he performers had the misfor-
tune 10 represent and which the novelist had
the unsccountable and astonishing impu &c
TO conceive. That be should have produced
snch piece, that the manager of the thester
could have allowed The reputation of the
novelist 10 dszzle his eyes, and that so ex-
perisnced an actor should have committed
Ibe indiscIe,ion OF challenging an audience
10 express its feelIogs are mysteries of li,ers-
ture and of human nature which only some
great phlo-oDher could solve. Il is long
time since SUCH 7cene has been Witnessed
il London theater.
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SINCE the Virginia local elections last
week the "bloody shirt" has been dug up.
Terrorism" is the means the administr alton
imputes to the Democracy in securing this
SUGGEST
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dieuce was decidedly patient and entirely
unbiased sud prepared 10 receive the piece
with the respect doe TO 20 welI-known nov
elIst ~ Mr.. Wilkie Collins. Their laughter
was entirely spontaneous, aud was caused
solely By the absardiiies of the play.