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tOLO3En fsstGt DIANS.
4 remarkable Company which il soOa
10 Hurst upon New York.
From the y. Y. W rid

A dark cl"uu dflrlcd across The Thespian
horizon al Clsle" l." hall Yesterday. II was
The "Astor ~n ''r psny OF Colored TIA
y diins, WI" ,tsan TO worry William
ShakcsHerc's tragedy of "Oth"llo." The
rehearsal was nriv"'-. and only few specta.
t"rs ucruhlri ne sea,s II the bare hall A
hulc wO 'd.:&t.r - 'ernthrown up at one
end OF the n1iI, upon which ha'f a score OF
cnlOrcd ladies arf c"ltlemen dispolt their
wide smile :, h" njpyment this
tragedy AZ - ...-.... The ,iagc furniture
consisted nt I2rge picture forming the
background, thu. .uirs, a table aud
white prompl.r IN torn coat. The latter
i,dlvliur tuI'u nlIeV.d actors with i'm
parti, srrn"s and settled all disputes to
''whcse tara : .)eak now" with ar
hlrary pOH"-
The prou.l,,rr .--A'~c.ed with his boots on
the stag to attract attention and announced
that the curtain was now supposed TO be up.
The scene disclosed the Duke of Venice and
few rote.;, -1.-o and reverend seigniors
(colored) III various costumes sitting socially
around II beer table. The dukes clothes were
picturtsqrely dotted from his last white
washing b aud he BAKER street. trousers
OF the seigniors bore high water marks,
which showed unmistakably how far th,ir
aprons fell. "Othello," in a broad bIimmed
Derby hat. poseti pictur' squely on rickely
chair, from which he drscendcd to TIL in
stentOrsn tones show he dld thrive in this
fair lady's love" The lady was
very much brunette, 81 some dis.
cussion arose as to the propricty Of call
Ing her 'iair," but it was finally decided
10 'et fair go, as it was good word. As
OtheIo warmed to the subject. his voice
gradually iose until 1t filed + e hall and
lobbes, roaring through tn. closed doors to
Thirteenth street aud dying away into an
response 10 q call, tIlpped on to the stage
clad In a conscious smile and black Jersey
She is pretty mulatlo and repeated her
lines in parrot like voice. The "Dook"
read from book, stopping to rpell out the
long words. "lago" seemed most al home
on the Stage. From beneath o sweet lille
inuslache he smiled continuously at i'm
ag nary l"dirs N the pit and delivered lis
i,nts in n serious way, Indicating That he
MAS n.l 10 e trined with and that he fully
und' rsiocd his relation to the public "R lh-
eiep' Vas iolceable for 4 pair Of broad
s'riod r9rsecs AMI a weak knee.
me hal 'gn VAS somewhat rs follows:
My ri, an here, Why don', you
come here and tnkt my hand?'
'l"u let ne al re. | gucsS kn my
business. And when l love thee not chaos
's come aga'n n " 20 ahead"
Fiat - T ttr cue. You 20 ahead With
yer spe' cl, ',ll YOU"
Mr. NJ hn,t shelly, the manager, wa:
delighted win his company.
why, Shakesp're is ony A. b. G.. tC
the cnlorcd pc, ,re rhey love t. learn
their mes and see hrp well they
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HiSTOHv OF CIRCULATION.
Ki'scs "i all Countries and OF a
Times.

The researches of labolious delivers in the
mine OF useful information have made 1t no
longer doubtful that the art Of OSCILLATION is OF
M antiquity very rcmrtr indeed Nodoubt
the ''rm designating this charming process
IS ne o' somewhat "iearn,d leng h." aud of
slhllant, II not Of 'thunderinl" sound. But
II Is susceptible Of easy Translation. 1t is a
houn' ana very proper one, generally
speaking; but even if sometimes little
h"ushty' u Is always nice. Holy Writ is
Irplete with rec rds bearing on this subject,
'hr prar'icc is nnqucstionably Of Oriental
origin, as In truth is that OF The race with
which 1t came 10 TO Atay.
lhere are several references in Genesis TO
kissing. In the affair of Joab an Amasa
recorded In III. Samuel, it is connected very
intimately with tragedy, for it is recorded
that ''Joab took Amasa by the beard with
the right hand TO kiss him and then he smote
him in the fifth rib" Labial salutation an
pears also to have been interchanged by Ja.
COB and Rachel Laban and his sons and
daughters; Moses and Aaron Orpba and
-mlrable dictu-her mother.in.lawl A
good girl that Orpha
Strange as 1t may appear at hrst blush. tbe
illusions to the practice OF kissing In classic
literature are comparatively few, and those
mostly OF contemptuous character. II /,
well known that the old Greeks and Romans
especially the latter-bad no tolerance for
eneninacy Ia any form Lnd perhaps, from
their point OF view, kissing cane under that
ban. ''a'
30 loo, arnonp most OF the great Reman
writer's. Pereius and his greater successor,
JuVenai' had their ha4ds Full In lashing The
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Hiah' vices OF their time, and gave no hee |
10 trlil Whether kissing prevailed to an =
grcal eK cnt dliing the Dark Ages is ques-
non involved in an obscurity as profound as
its Importance.
Ihe dawn was some time in breaking, but
about the beginning OF the Fifteenth century
'iic l'rg hidden sun-god BURT forth in all his
ehulgcncc. The people Of Europe, and, for
= 'ht that can he added to the contrary,
those If Asia, Africa ard the islands OF the
- commenced to kiss. 1t was one loud
rcycrbcration from Indies to the Pole
IN 14lS, !. ""nzD the Magnificent reigued
in Florer' II as the most nunificent
patron OF lcaI Iniug ul al lkinds--includng the
scic, ce and art OF kisslug--slnce Meccnas.
i'"ring the three centuries following Loren
.eign other choice spirits bore sway in
high places. They were rearly all-malc and
female dew ted aud asslduous patrons Of the
$40 art of kissing. Contemporary literature
s full Of it. Shakcspere overnows with
moving dcline.tious of this absorbing pas,lne.
There is hardly one Of MS dramas-tragic or
clmic-in which there is not reference to
Kissing. The term kiss" appears one hun
hicd aud forty nine t140) times in the plays
'kissea' and kissing arc used in eightytwo
instances, making grand aggregate of two
hundred and thirty-one (23l) times in which
the bard rccurs to a soul-absorbng exercise
in which, no doubt, he VAS himself proflci-
cut
AT the court of Lorenzo the form of kiss.
ing WAS most d corouS Henry VIII kissed
in SOFT Of catch as cs'ch-can fashion so
did Catherine III. OF Russia. In Spain the
AT was brought to very high point OF re-
fncment, as indeed might be expected from
the chivalric character If SPANS sons and
the beauty OF her daul lhicrs. The Spanish
kiss is described rs passiHs ate and prolonC-
ed. These co"ditions, too, we're TO be ex-
pec'ed, Tor we Ii ave it "m high 20, tic author
ily-ore OF the ''hoss" insS' r. OF bis age
that
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~ 't ute obscure and lonely,
llAuntcd hr ll angels only.
mh'rc an Eldolon, named Night,
~ "lH'k throne rcgnS upright,
nave reached these lands but newly
RON an ultimate dim Thule
IIll u Wlid wclru cline that lieth, sublime,
cu' OF SpacC-uui Of Time.
Bpitomlcss valcs and boundless floods.
ana ch lsms and caves, and Titan woods,
" u Il forms that no man can discover
t"r the dcwS that drip al over;
Mountains topping cvelmors
lhtp srdS without u shore;
Seas that rc,ilcSslN aspire,
SurginG, into skies Of fire:
Lakes that cndes'ly Outsprcad
Their lunc wdtcrs-luuc and deaI-
Their slill waicrs-.till ~ Il chilly
IN the SHOWS Of the lOl ing lilr.
~ the lakes that thus outslrcad
Their lone waters, lone and dead
Inelr sad waters. sad and chilly
WIN the SHOWS OF the lullinP lily
~ the mountains near the Iiyer,
Murnuring luwlr, Aurmuring ever
By the gray wOods--h, the swamp
Where the toad and the newt cnCamp-
By lhc dismal i1rnS ana pools
Where dwell the Gnouls;
BY taCh spot the most unholy-
IN each nook most melancholy
There the traveller meets aghast
Shc'ted Memories OF the Past
Shroude forms that start and sigh
As they pass the wan1erer by
Whte-r1hed forms OF friends long given,
In agony, TO the Earth-and Heaven.
Sor the heart whose woes are legion
Ils peaceful, soothing region
For the spirit that walks in shadow
,Tis-oh, It's an EldOradO
But the traveller travelling through IT,
May nOt-darc not openly view it
Never rs mysteries are exposed
Io the weak human eye unclCscd;
So wills It's King. who hath orhid
The uplifting OF the fringed lid;
And thus III" sad soul that here passes
Beho!ds II bur through darSened glasses.
BY route obscure and lonely,
Haunted nv III angels only.
Where an Ei'lOlon. named Might.
On black throne reigus uprIglt,
! have wandered nome but newly
From this ultimate din Thule
-Edgdr Allen Pes.
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Tie Spanish girl is no oquette.
Nor joys to see o lover tremble
And II she love or II she hate,
Alll I'm tin,rl ...,t 4 mn. n, Al

1t was in France, however, that the kiss
boomed ito lhe full flower Of perfection.
McsdameS Pom, adpur and Maintenon have
given names TO the forms Of the salute both
have been described as courtly. but not frgid.
Ninon de rEclDs, who preserved her charms
up to her death at 80 would he embalmed in
the anbtr Of history On tie same account, if
upon no Other. The kiss la de 'lEnclos was
distinguished, like herself, for its vitality and
n decided disposition t. 'stck."
The poets pt The Res oratpn in England
sad dogs nOst Of lhcm-wcre never tired Of
descan'irg on The kiss, with variations not fit
for the ears polite Of our day. After them
came Fielding, Smulct and certain Other
Ike worlhl,s. Every body knows what the au-
,hors of Tom Jones" and "Roderick Ran
dom" were, and 81 there's end out. Rich
ardson, the virtuOus author OF "Clnri-sa Har-
bwc," WAS, Of course, too good a man to
speak OF such a naughty subject save in a
cold, Mlncrva-like way.
1t should lave bee u said tha, the Purtans
OF the Cromwelian period were somewhat
adnic'cd To- kissing. iut after most discreet
fashlOn. ln fa"l II quaint aulhot Of the
perioh, ~ho lr,t ably had "been there"
compared the Chastr salute Of II Puritan
ma aren 10 the thlust II woudpeck.rs bill.
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screw twist, but If good will to man ex-
lists, make it like very long letter V,
with tie point up bill thus it will shed
the water better than any other, and be
the least Objectionable form of bad
thing.
Unless the roads are very fnvorably
situated with regard to good travel, all
that arc subject to large amount of
travel must in time be made of broken
stone This has been the result in all
older counties, and time and growing
demand for good roads will force the prac-
tice upon us, and it need not be a costly
practice if done gradually and with sys-
TEN. 1t is not worth while in ordinary
work OF the kind to dig out the roadway
when one exists. IL it is hard it is we'll
let alone /; if soft, coarse stone can be
pushed down from above in the spring un-
til it holds arm, and any soft material
that is crowded up can be removed when
wet
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Notes
tFrom the New Eng AMI Homestcai.l

Never allow calves to get stunted. Al
ways keep them growing. This is the
whole secret Of raising calves. One Of
the best farmers in New England writes
that last spring calves are not ns large
and thrifty rs fall calves although fed
grain all winter. They didu't do well
the first three mDnthsoi their lives, which
explains their lac', of thrift since.
Hogs have the reputation OF being the
tilthiest animals upon the farm. This
depends very much upon how they have
been brought up. Usually it is the fault
of the man, and not of the hog. Give
them chance to keep clean, and they
will he sure to make the most Of it. 1t is
Il fact, also, that cleanly kept hog will
10 better tnau by the common method Of
keeping il dirty pens.
The strawberry mulch should remain
on the beds. It will .e.ard early bloom
ing. double the yield and keep the fruit
clean. The picking will be more continu-
ous where the mulch remains. 1t will
mitigate weeds anddrouth. Short-rooted
varieties like the Wilson are especially
benefited by mulching. 4 deep mulch
will even smother purslane. After fruit
ing, the mulch can be piled aside and will
be good for m re than one season, while
the bed may be "orked as desired. With
lots of mulch, even without much man
ure, large crops may be used. Mnlching
potatoes and other crops pays If mulch
can be chraply obtained.
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you live in, and certainly the town will
net have less respect for you. Try it,
brother farmers, and whether you succeed
or not let us hear from you.
How Deep TO Plant seeds.
There is, perhnps,u no question on which
there il wider difference of opinion
among farmers aud gardeners than the
proper depth for pnnting seeds. Some
from practice and experience affirm that
deep planting is the method to insure the
best rcsalts. while there arc others who
coHtend with equal force that light cov-
ering OF soil is the best. 1t il Il matter in
which it would be diflicult to lay down
any general rule. The proper depth for
planting the same kind uf seeds must
vary according to the nature and cOndi-
ton of the soil, aud also upon other cir
cumstanccs. Seed planted in heavy,
clayey soil to the depth tEat would be pro-
per in light and sandy ground would be
greatly retarded in termination and
growth, if not destroyed entirely. The
season of the year, too, whether early or
late, wet or dry, has an important bearing
on the matter. Seeds sown very deep i'll
early spring, before the ground is fairly
warmed up, are almost sure to rot III the
ground. rms IS particularly the case
with many garden seeds like onions, pars-
uips and beets. In general, common
sense and judgment based on experience
must be allowed to control this matter of
planting. It is not safe to follow the di-
rcctions printed on seed packages. The
general tendency is TO plant too deep.
The young plants seem to partially ex-
haust their strength and vitality i'll push
ing their way mp through the thick
heavy lavcr OF soil, before coming to the
light. The more hardy plants, such as
potatoes, may not be seriously affected
by circumstances that would ruin the
growth Of corn and some other plants.
AS rule, the nearer the surface the seeds
are planted whcrn tie ! is reasonably
moist, the bet,yl chance there is for n
quick, steady and vigorous growth. The
base aud roots Of the plants may be COW
cred deeper afterwarI III the process Of
lOpinp
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shn1der at The awful airs that 1ow
Aero my soul hear crushed hnnes that wall
And nutter their brief wings and udlen fall
III tender cries that sing and dan . and go
wond' rfu sweet troops. ! cannnt know
NEAt rends within nv soul what u iseen veil,
And tells anew what strangely wei known tai.
I Infinite gladncss and OF Infinite woe.
as | long since thrust forth from Heavens door
Where IN that music had borne my part g.?
r had this symphony itS birth before
Ihc pnlse Of nature turned to laws OF art
wnat familiar voice. from what far shore,
NhIs 70 f.Hc" that answers IN Hv keart?
The cddcpy.
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Baked Potatoes. Large potatoes should
be reserved for this purpose scrub and
wash them well, but do not break the
skins. dry them with cloth, and place in
moderately hot oven, bake until they
feel soft turn them about from time to
tune while they are cooking do not let
them remain IN the oveu after they are
hnished cooking or they will become dry
and hard serve on napkin, with little
pats OF butter on separate dish.
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The rh'ladelphis Society for the Pre,ep-
tion OF Cruelty to Animals Is endeayoripg n
secure the passage OF an ordnance proSid.
ing thai horse cara shall be stopped To let or
passengers only vt The intersection of eros.
streets. This looks like nn unnecessary dis
crlminatlon against woman, who has an in
porn ant'pathy 10 street crossings. Whv
shouldn't her preiudices be consulted as
well as horses S-besoa 7,Unscvspo.
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AGfsICULTt RIAL.
Growing Roots for Farm stock.
ICnr- NeM ENGLAND unmnAinnl

There are too many farmers who are
not yet raising roots for their live stock.
The work is as easily done, and attended
with as little expense as any other branch
of farm work, considering the relative
value OF the crops. The we'll being Of
ANIMALS demands this nutritious, whole
some and cheap food. They are largely
productive OF both milk and fat. Cattle,
horses, sheep, hogs and poultry all eat
them with the greatest relish.
The three most important varieties of
roots grown for feed are beets, carrots
and rutabagas. 1 hardly think it will
pay to grow white turnips for feed OF
course they can be grown when it is too
late in the season for anything else, or
may even be sown among corn at the last
hoelng l have had good results III this
way.
This is my plan for growing carrots
condition as to fertility, spread Il little
out the drills about n feet, or just wide
cultivator and double moldboard pillow.
Spread little phosphate or compost in
the drill and close up with a double
HlOliDOuTu plOW. I1dNc IL IOlltF 10 RUN
over two rows. This is better than rak-
ing as it breaks Jumps and prevents dry
ing out. Tnen SOW with n machine.
Most people Bow too thickly. 1t is ii
waste of seed, and takes much mere tim"
TO thin out. If not thinued just at the
proper time they run mp too spindlinG.
The Mammoth long red, \ rbiton Giant
aud sugar beet are perhaps the most pro-
titable to grow. But the long blood and
turuip beet, the kinds grown for family
use, will grow to large siza If well cared
for, and pay well to raise for seed As to
carrots like the orange varieties better
than anything else. | can get basl-
els 70 the acre than can of Yellow Abrr-
d"en, White Belgium, or any Gt IT,"
coarser kiuds.
Ole great fault with farmers is that
they do not SOW root seed early enough,
as they come up much better aul are not
so badly affected by drouth. / am grow
ing fine variety Of orange carrot now,
called Half-long stump, the best for any
purpose l ever saw. 1t is very smooth,
early, easier to dig than long orange, and
will yield more in solid bulk.
regard two feeds of oats and one Of
carrots for horse, as good or better
than three feeds of cats Carrots make
cows give good yellow milk and butter.
Hot will eat beets all the year round.
Hogs will cot them in winter US boys do
apples, and sheep go for roots every
time
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No Good Bank Robbers,


Are there as many professional bank
robbers now as there were formerly ?" in
quired the reporter.
II don't believe there is the making Of
regular gang of first class bank burg
lars among all the thieves of this coun-
try, replied Mr. Pinkerton. "Nearly all
the old professionals have either died or
nave been arrested and put away in pris-
on, and the young men don't seem to have
the ingenuity of predecessors. Look
at the noted bank burglars who have been
caught and shat mp within fifteen or twen-
ty years. There's Jimmy Hope. who was
arrested in California for robhinp the
Manhattan Bank Of this city; Bob Scott
aud Jimmy Dunlap, the northampton
bank Burglars; Rnorv Sims, Charley
Bartl"'t a4L LtdJ .Icduire, who were re-
leiG'"d from pr's.n two y ars ago, after
bc!HP .r il fifteen years tpr ''lifting"
tLr EH"J IiuUgm Bunk iu the State of
Mnino; George White, alias Bliss, for
participating in the robberyof 4 Concord,
New Hrmpsltirr, bank Langdon W.
Moor, alias Charley Adams, who cracked
the safe of II private banking house in
Boston and finally, but by no means
least Max Schocnbrun one of the most
successful burglars who ever lived. After
cracking the safes OF tn Lehigh Coal and
Navigation Company and the Ocean and
West Maryland Banks he escaped from
this country aud went to Belgium where
he Was arrested and sent to prison for n
term OF fourteen years. liesides these l
might mention Joe Chapman, Ike Marsh,
Charles Bullard and others, Many OF
these men were hunted down by detec-
tlves from our offices. The Young burg.
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What chance Miss Mary Anderson's sd.
vsrtising agents lost ia not Connecting her in
some way with the late Engl sh EARTHQUAKE
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in this country was founded by my father.
Allan Pinkerton, in 1S4S. From n hum.
BILE beginning the business has been ex-
tended until to-day our firm has Offices in
New York, Philadelphia aud Chicago, and
employs about $50 detectives. The men
who work for us are from all classes and
conditions of society. 1t is 4 mistaken
idea which many people hold when they
believe that one detective can do all sorts
and kinds of work equally well. The
truth is that the man who does what may
be termed society work is wholly unfit
to work among the criminal classes. The
one must spend most of his time with the
young Dloods, drinking champagne aud
smoking Reina Victorias, and the other
must consort with thieves and consume
vast quantities of beer and cheap cigars. +"
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s.UAtsuING BILLION COLLARS.

The yon, stored h, Wall street and
ticin,iy. RONy 90 IL Protected from
nu,S'hIa 70 nu nteN'A tectiyes at
sall, "nh Fartirs->ome OF the Old
Him
Il suppose there are stored in the
tbanks and safe deposit vaults in Wall
Yatrect aud vicinity not far from 81 ,OOO,-
900, 600, said Mr.. Robert Pinkerton to a
reporter fer the -NdH Uitd ErDrsss as he
sat i'll "a comfortable easy chair in his
otlice III Exchange place. II may be
tntie ont Of the way i'll my estimate, but
not very much. The protection of all
this wealth requires the services of
iar.5" number OF men in addition to the
usual mechanical and electric devices en-
ployed Tor that purpose. The bulk of
tins large sum OF money is stored in the
Vaalts of safe deposit companies The
vaults are built of fire proof and burglar
proof material, and are made as secure as
modern invention will allow. They are
connected by electric wires with the near
est District Telegraph office. Armed
watchmen pace to and fro in the rooms
upon which the vaults open. These men
are required to give signal over the
wire nj stated intervals during the night.
IN order to prove to the proper authori-
ties that they are faithfully attending to
their business and that nothing of an
evil nature has happened If the signals
are not given an armed posse of men are
at once sent to the vault in question. In
addition to these watchmen there are
other Natchinen who patrol the street in
front Of the huilding in which the vaults
ale placed. Private watchmen and de-
tectives are also on the lookout for suspi-
cious persons. You wonld think the pre-
cautions | have already mentioned would
be enough to protect the property, would
you not? There Is, however, one more
protection. Police from the several sta
tlohs downtown pass along the streets at
intervals during the night, and keep n
careful watch Of strangers found on their
@eat. In the morning, when the vaults
are opened and large amounts of specie.
'stocks, bonds, etc, are taken out, detec-
owes accompany the messengers to and
from the Offices to which the property is
to he conveyed. | am of the opinion
that 1t would be difficult matter for al
armed mob to force its way into any OF
the great deposit companies vaults, for 6
few men within, well equipped will
relies and cannon, could defy an army Of
desperldoes