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Notes of tho Brooklyn Theatres.

Manager Holmes is exhibiting 0 collection OF
snakes at his museum this week. 1t il suspected
that one OF them Ia OF Irish origin.
Sol Stone, the lightning calculator, at Zipp's
Casino. adds up Ave columns Of figures at once
with the ease and rapidly that most people foot
up one.
A number Of railroad men have Witnessed the
DeMille's poetic drama, at Jacobs Brooklyn
Theatre.
The performance given at Proctor's Theatre
One of the Finest " suffers none by contrast
with the production as given by Gus Williams
some time ago.
The water effects in 1.-THE Fairy's Well" at
the Amphion Academy are very realistic. and
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CHAPTER I.
THE SERIES OF TRAGEDIES THAI EXCITED L
LONDON.

M bEh1Eb VI 4hAoEDlEo 1hAA hASAAEN IL
LONDON.
There was great excitement in the Strand.
Newspaper boys were rushing wildly hither
and thither. displaying plac"rds announcing
the committal of another of the mysterious
murders which had startled all London.
Almost every person one met was eagerly
reading the particulars IN the newspaper he
carried, while little knots formed themselves
at the corners of the streets excitedly dis
cussing the affair.
The murder in question was the ninth
that had been committed within the last nine
months, and it had been carried out in pre-
cisely the same manner as the preceding
eight.
The victim, as in the previous cases. was .
woman, and was both young and beautiful.
when will this reign Of terror end? Whom
will the mystery which surrounds these MUIR
derS be ~unravelled and the diabolical assassin
be brought, to bookI When ?" asked the
ChGrt"g CVOss Gazette, which contained .
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CONUNDRUM PRIZE.
Mr.. BOBBE's FRIENDS SUGGEST HOW TO
SPEND 1T.

"a Dinner TO rho Omce,'' Said One" Beer
and CiEars," said Another, while n
Third suggests n Theatre Treat-He
VIII Consult with Mrs. Bobbc as to Its
Disposal.
In obedience to the decision Of Judge
Henry Guy Carleton, OF the Court Of Conun-
drums, u representative of The EVENING
woRLD has this day delivered into the hands
of Louis Bobbe the golden double eagle
awarded to him as the propounder of the
best conundrum out of nearly eight thousand
received at the Office of Thu EVENING WoBLD
last week..
Mr.. Bobbe is q young man and a reporter
for the Je,oeiers' Reuieto. He blushed pain
fully when the rosy gold-piece was laid on
his desk before him and tugged hard at q
small brown moustache.
Where did you get your conundrum ?"
asked the reporter.
Mr.. Bobbe looked solemn. tapped his high
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Gov. HIPS Bride.

Legitimately newspapers may discuss the
public acts of the Governor. and possibly
may find warrant for public criticism of his
private affairs. They may say that the Gov
ernor is a bachelor or intends to be q Bene-
dict, and say it without giving %offense. but
they take an un~wArrantable liberty when,
without inquiry or authority, they drag the
nection with the Governors possible inten-
tons or purposes, As we have said before,
the bride of Gov. Hill is the Democratic
party. He is welded TO politics of the Dem
ocratic mould. and until he abandons his
bachelor.
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Mr.. BoBBE. THE N CHAMPION.
and bullying brow and said: " It was a child
of my own."
Got any others ?"
why. yes; I've one little boy at home, "
stAmmered the prize-winner.
Did you sit up nights over that oonun-
drum ?"
T lrs9 =on 1T sGTt o. PapI i VITO my Soh n { the
largest copper. syndicate in the United
States ?" and the answer was "Supt. Muir
ray, Of course. 49,,
was no connection between the conumdrum
and your name was there You didn't take
any unfair advantage Of people who didn't
rejoice in a suggestive name. did yon I"
Mr.. Bobbe declared that he didn't.
What will you do with the prize ?"
~ don't know. What would you sug-
dinner to the office, {" suggested Editor
Senior from his desk.
Beer for the party TO- and cigars for the
rest of the week. suggested another.
third.
There seems to be q diversity of opinion.
e Pccfstins tho sAi Shin Mr: bc @%iie s0m sReS s%i.
nent physicians disagree I think I'd better
~oonsult Mrs. Bobbe. I never WOE q prize
before, and. we'll think it over"
linen MT. DODDc WrOCe tnlb h~ckuOWleuR
ment and handed it to the reporter
MIR. Bobbe's Acknowledgements.
TO the Editor Of The Euening World:
I an extremely pleased to acknowledge the
receipt of the gold double eagle that Judge
Carleton has awarded me for my contribu-
ton to the recent conundrum contest. I am
much obliged to him for the kind wishes
that he expressed in my behalf in his sum-
ming UP, and the severest thing that 1 can
say to him in return is that l hope some day
to have an opportunity of reciprocating un-
der similar circumstances. The prize will be
the means of urging me on in my labors, and
is, / confess, a substantial return fo; 80 small
an effort.
l.. BoBBE, BAG East Fiftieth street.
New York, March 10.
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Coming Events,

Arcturns Chapter, Eastern Star, annual re.
ception, Terrace Garden. this evening.
Ladies' Independent Bowling Club, masque-
rade reception, Cafe LoReling March is.
Mount Sinai II. NJ. b. e. masquerade and
civic ball, Webster Hall, March Is.
John Gerder Association, annual ball, Everett
Hall, March 20.
Leo Merzbacher Lodge, 244 /. O. B. B., an
nual ball, Arlington Hall, March IS,
Observation-Disclosures Episcopal choir, vocal and
instrumental concert, Seventeenth street, NJ. E.
Church this evening.
Illustrated lecture on Ireland by Rev. DR..
Maynard, Chickering Hall. March Is.
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HONORs THICK ON CLEVELAND.

The Manhattan Club Moving to Make Him
n Life Member.
The different Democratic political clubs Of
the city are vying with each other which can
best honor ex-President Grover Cleveland.
Nearly all of them have rendered him BAN
quets, none of which have been accepted as
yet.
In the Manhattan Club o proposed amend
ment to the constitution allowing the Board
of Managers to elect q President or ex-Presi-
dent of the United States to life membership
has been posted and is subject to but one in
depreciation, hat II is desired to make Mr..
Cleveland a life member of the club.
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there's of the most richly embroidered tufs
The thick carpet mufied every sound and felt
like moss 10 the feet of one who trod upon it.
Quaint old furniture Rraoed the room. Chairs
and cabinets Of quartered oak old enough to
be black with age, beautiful specimens OF
carved teak wood and rare bits Of inlAid
work all these were about In profuEion.
Il was q bower of luxury, and the beautiful
young woman who almost lay ct lenRth upon
the doWny cushion Of the huge chair was the
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add much TO the interest Of q we'll written and
well-acted play.
There are great crowds At the Grand Opera.
House this week. Why Because said
Pasha." the latest comic opera success, Ia play
ing II weeks engagement there.
Bessie SAMSON. tho soubrctte Of Little
Puck at the Lee Avenue Academy, has never
appeared on any stage in dresses shorter than
those worn in the drawing-room.
The character of Dianei in "Monbars a" at Col.
Sims Park Theatre, offers Miss Charlotte
Behrens an opportunity to display her ability
AZ one Of the foremost emotional actresses.
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PROLOGUE.
A SHADOW OVER A BIRTHDAY.

4 bHADoW oVEA A
At the close Of o delicious day in q large
room Of q handsome London house Miss
Evelyn HArdcasue was reclining in an i'm
mense chair upon which cushions Of down
had been thrown. She was q fitting inmate
Tor the room in which she was placed. Soft
silken fabrics hung on the walls. The en-
lance to the room were concealed by por-
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The rs Have IL.


fFrom he 81. Louis Globe DcMoeVutl
Inquiry will be often made as to how many
words occurred in the inaugural addresses of
certain Presidents, and how often the big per-
sonal pronoun 1 was employed. This in
formation is here given. the record beginning
with the first Observation-Disclosures
including the twenty third-Benjamin Har-
rison. Every President except Fillmore
made an address on assuming Office. The
first figure column gives the number of words
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Mystic shrine Mobiles Feast To-Niah,.

Mecca Temple, Mobiles Of the Mystic Shrine.
will meet at Scottish Rite Hall, corner of Madi-
son avenue and Twenty-ninth street, this even
ing, at \ o'clock, to celebrate the Feast Of Ra-
iab. A large lumber of candidates will tread
the hot sands of the desert"
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Rocknwny to Have an Ocean Grove.

The big hotel at R%ockaway Beach, which has
proved a huge failure since its construction, has
been purchased by the Ocean Grove Society. and
by June 1 will be formally opened as a moral
and educational resort, provided with competent
teachers in all branches Of studies at a nominal
members of the. Society. The hotel and 100
acres surrounding will be fenced in, and the
nasiums for both sexes will be provided. The
hotel is capable of accommodating 3, 900 guests.
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Messrs. Theodore A. KOhn
& Son, Jewellers. Sc West
23d ST., invite an inspection
of Diam Onds, Watches, Solid
silver, &C., &c.
Late of A. Frankheld 4 Co.
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death without a trace of the hand
which did the awful deed being discov.
cred. And now we have the ninth victim.
and, as she is the daughter of a distinguished
officer and q niece Of Q peer and intimate
with the influential Hardcastle family. extra
efforts may possibly be made to bring the
murderer to justice.
Eight murders have failed to bring the
Chief Commissioner TO q sense Of bis duty.
but this, the ninth and latest, may open hAs'
eyes,"
Ito b COatinusd ZO-AcrroMl
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ADJUSTMENTS.
PROCTOR'S 23D ST, THEATRE. g.

PROCTOR'S 23D ST. THEATRE, a., r.. ~.
ELL BURGESS
IN THE
COUNTY FAIR.
EVERY NIGHT ANDSATURDAY MATIyEK.
No reason why i should not run for years. An I'm.
nnense success IN, Y Herald.
Pictorial from beginning to end A success. "--Worid
A distinct hit. Morning Journal.
Had crowned its success, and the new theatre had
made ~ dedication = triumph IN. Y. sun.
WI have a profitable careerp'-Tribune,
These pictures the effect Of absolute truth Tins
"A County Far certainly scored q hit. n-PreaA.
" Burgess evidently made n careful study Of q New
England spinstsr. Star.
Newer soen anything more amusing. n-Eve. World.
,Uapital entertainment, worth seeing. Mail and Ex.
Healthy In tone. d, eidedly entertaining. "-Com .Ad.
n. success, County 7, ir' as sure of prosperity aan
greenbsc Ok .n--Spirit u the Times.
PRICES, 25c., Soc, 75c., 81, R1.6O.
Theatre parties forming 10 or out OF town can nov so
cure seats two weeks in Advance by mail. telegraph or
telephone. (Tel. No. obs, 2lst.l
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When baby was sick. We gave her Castoria.
When she was a child, she cried for Castoria,
When she became Miss. she chung to Castoria,
When she had Children. she gave them Castoria.
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II was arranged yesterday that Robert @.
Hilliard should appear in Fred Bryton's par
in Forgiven" and present the piece to
Theatre. Newark. Much sympathy is ex
pressed for Fred Bryton, whose voice. it ap
pears. is in o bad way.
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I. B.. Rich, of Boston, il here. He says he
has no intention of trying to secure the Park
Theatre. He wants Q theatre in New York.
but would not care for that house. MIR. Rich
will remain in the city until the opening OF
his Howard Athen@um Company.
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wife, George Drew Barrymore, will play an
eight-weeks' Summer engagement in San
Francisco. Mrs. Barrymore is now in the
city doing" the theatres. She recently
came In with "A Possible Case"
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a biblical Opinion Of Man,

Wife-The Bible says much in favor of
women, John. thought that the Israel
ties kept their women in the background,
but If they did the Bible, which is their
history, doesn't.
Humph! The Israelites did
well by keeping their women in the back
ground; that's whero women should be.
Wife-But still tho Bible says that
Husband-O, know there arc few
women mentioned in tho Bible-there
was Jezebcl, she was woman.
Wife-Yes; and there was Ahab; he
was man. And there was
Husband-It IL no use talking, Mary.
The Bible is q history of men. Women
are mentioned only incidentally rs they
had influence on the actions of men. The
book says little about women compared
to what II does about meni
Wife (musinglyl-You may be right,
John, now when come to think Of it.
There Is ono thing, at any rate, 1t says
about men that it does not say about
women.
Husband (sinilingly)-I thought you
would come to your senses, Mary. What
Is 1t the book says about men that 1t does
not say about women?
Wifo placidly)-lt says all men are
liars.
Then the husband arose and put on his
hat and went out to sec what kind of q
night 1t was.-London Td Bits.
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Tho Burden OF the sticker.

The sticker Is, ] believe, the appellation
by which the girl without chaperon is
known In the mystic circle of the bows
about town, The sticker, in her highest
forms, is something which freezes the
young blood Of youth, and makes the
neatly parted hair OF middle age stand on
end. She Is, of course. not charming.
She is apt to DO old and gushing. and,
like the wicked, when she flies, no man
pursueth. 1t is just the opposite way.
If she has firm hold Of partner, he may
as well give up all hope and cease for
ever to yearn for liberty. When he has
danced with her six consecutive times
and Is arriving at the stage when one
foams at the mouth and dies, he says,
with Icy quietude:
Miss Jones, can I take you to your
chaperonY
Il haven't got any" says the sprightly
creature.
They promenade round the room in
heavy silence. The men whom the vic
tim knows avoid his wretched. beseech-
ing eyes, and when they see his melan-
choiy approach they disperso hurriedly.
lie wonders il he couldn't suddenly
throw her down and rush madly out. or
wouldn't it be feasible to fall in q dead
faint, overcome by the heat when the
Thermometer is far below freezing. Una
ble TO bear it any longer, he stops short
and says, desperately:
Then where can leave your
She sees that she has reached the end
OF his patience and surrenders.
Anywhere will do" she says, re-
signedly, knowing that the happiness Of
the evening is past.-San Francisco Ar
gonaut.
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Early balloon Asccnts.

Tho following, taken out Of m old
book, says writer in Tho Leeds Mer>
cnry, will give an idea how the early
balloons We're inflated. and will show.
also, that Baldwin's decent in n Sara,
chute is an old invention: "On Sent. Qf
1902, M. Garncrin filed his balloon with
hydrogen gas ut st. Georges Parade.
North Audley street. The gas was made
from diluted sulphuric acid, together
with quantity Of iron filings, placed in
thirty-three casks to generate, and by
communication with three larger casks
or receivers, and then by tubes to the
balloon. At o'clock the balloon rose
with its long appendage Of the parachute.
the aeronaut in the little basket. Tens
of thousands of spectators were fixed I'm
astonishment and admiration at the ral-
liant adventurer. For eight minutes the
balloon continued to ascend till It mr..
rived at such an immense height as to
be scarcely visible. When GaInerin cut
away from the balloon the parachute did
not expand Immediately. 1t fell with
great velocity for short space Of time.
when it opened, and tho descent became
gradual, but attended with remarkable
oscillation like n pendulum Of a clock.
These vibrations became less rs tho
ground was neared. Tho balloon;st de-
scended in field near the smallpox hos
pital at st. Pancras without injury to
himself or the parachute.
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pennsylvunla Avenue.

1hus we find much to interest us in
- great national thoroughfare. II we
'chould travel from one end to the other
I'D study It closely, we could write q
book about 1t. 'Tis q very long thorough
'eore. Beginning out at the navy yard it
1ups little north Of west for four and o
4aR miles. Twice its course is broken
eace by the Capitol, and again by the
keamry and White House. The ave-
me proper ts between the Capitol and
- White House, not quite a mile and q
Ill. Here Is where the great inaugural
3nrads will take place next March. 1t is
- finest avenue in America for parade;
Nd and smooth as floor, and with q
'G1gstch which brings column mile and
= half long within reach Of the eye.
Hennsylvauia avenue has known some
Gyoat parades. Probably the greatest was
- march, in review before Gen. Grant,
Z the victorious armies Of the north, In
@Eny, 1885. That parade occupied two
4oyA Next was TIE mammoth civil and
Military display that came from north
- south on the day Grover Cleveland
pns inaugurated. Even now windows
- HazTison's day are being engaged,
- any landlord who puts pretty good
1lco on his rooms comforts one BY say
- ~ can sell the windows for o hum
y dollars apiece the 4th Of March,
Ainst0 Letter.
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and he begnn the study Of theology in tho
Theological seminary Of tho Associated
(now the United) Presbyterian church.
In 1884 he was licensed to preach, and
In 1885 no was ordained and Installed at
Carlisle, Pa, as pastor Of threo small
churches In as many counties, Cumber-
land, Perry and York. In 1888 Mr.. Nc
Gill left tho United Presbyterian church
and Joined tho Old School Presbyterian
church, becoming pastor Of tho Sccond
Presbyterian church In Carlisle. After
thrco years of this work he was elected
professor Of tho Theological seminary at
Allegheny. Then receiving call to the
seminary of Columbia, 9. O., no accepted
it, remaining there till 1853, when tho
general assembly having ngnin elected
him to Allegheny, he returned. In 1854
he was transferred to the seminary ut
Princeton, taking the chair Of ecclesias-
tical, homiletical and pastoral theology.
He was moderator OF the general as
sembly Of the Presbyterian church In
1S4S, n permanent clerk from 1850 10
1869 and stated clerk from 1859 to 1870.
In 1883 DIR. McGill resigned his active
professorship at Princeton, but was made
an emeritus professor by tho unanimous
vote of the directors OF tho seminary.
DIR. McGill was twice married, his first
wife being daughter Of Gen. McCul-
lough and tho second wifo Catherine
Bacho Hodge. Three sons and three
daughters survive; his eldest son,
Alexander T. McGill, Jr., being char
cellor Of New Jersey; tho second son,
John ID. McGill, being surgeon general Of
tho state. Tho third son, Samuel ID.
McGill, practices law.
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Tho Growth Of Berlin.

One Of the morning journals recently
published statistics showing the growth
OF Berlin during the last seventeen years,
Removed as it Is far from the sea coast,
and situated upon a river which is only
such in name, the rapid development Of
the Prussian metropolis is one Of the
marvels of the age. From 1870 to 1887
Berlin almost doubled its population,
adding $50, 100 to its numbers, Averaging
1859 each year. During the same period
tho number Of lots built upon grew 10
6,lS7, or an annual increase OF 884. In
the year 1870 there We're fifty-six persons
to every lot upon which house stood.
In 1873 this had increased TO sixty. In
1917 to sixty-one, in 1888 10 sixty-iive,
and in 1887 TO seventy-one. The density
OF the population has constantly i'm.
creased. The average rent Of dwelling
In 1870 was 479 marks, which in 1881
had risen to $40 marks, or about sl6O.
Berlin has over 800, 900 inhabitants at
the present time.-Berlin Letter.
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The manners Of women in public con-
veyances vary, but they all get off q
street car in the same way. Watch any
particular one. She motions to the con-
ductor and slides to the edge Of the seat,
ON which she sits perfectly still until the
car comes to full stop. Then she walks
calmly to the platform. On the lower
step sho hesitates, leans forward, peeps
up the street, looks across the street,
gathers up her skirts, looks down and
back to sec that they are not too high
for propriety, glances shyly up to see if
the impertinent men arc staring, takes
another look around the horizon and de-
parts. Tho conductor jerks tho bell
strap with pernicious activity; glares at
the woman until she reaches the side
walk, and then hastily scans the faces Of
the men ON the platform. He is looking
for sympathy. But he gets none. Every
glance is sharpened at tho fair creature
who has just alighted. Philadelphia
Press
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l,gnu on wnich wero visible to him Z
long way Of, he could not TN he was
closs upon them distinguish whether
they were red or green. These arc the
two colors most commonly confused,
but happily they are Visible TO the ma.
tority OF color blind persons when
strongly Illuminated. Railway guards,
therefore, are less liable to mistakes BY
night than by day. Inability TO discern
any colors at oil Is very rare, and, in
fact, has never becn satisfactorily proved.
a color blind person may have ns good
sight In other ways ns anybody else.
The defect Is not occasioned by any
disease In the eye, but seems 70 have its
sole origin In the brain. A red green
blind person sees only two colors ON the
spectrum; all the colors on the side OF
the red warm colors) aro confused TO.
gether and all on the side Of the violet
(cold colors), but the warm and the cold
are never confused. Yellow Is the ono
color which Is always distinguishablc,
II Is o curious fact that color blindness
is often associated with a corresponding
inability TO distinguish musical sounds.
Medical Register.
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She was very sick and her husband
sent for the doctor. / think that ladies
have so little TO do nowadays that it is a
kind of way they have of amusing them
selvcs-getting sick and sending for the
doctor. l don't believe we will ever
have female doctors to any extent, II
we do It will be mainly for children.
Men will never take kindly TO female
doctors. suppose it may be an unjust
opinion, but can't fancy q man being
very spoony with n doctor. There Ia q
distinct prejudice in mankind against a
woman who has anything Of q practical
nature, except about the house. He
doesn't mind it il she can hang pictures
and nail down carpets and sew on but
tons, but scientific woman is ALWAYS
viewed with suspicion. A male doctor,
Tor instance, always says it Is the liver or
stomach, female doctor would prob
ably say it was the heart, and sho would
very often DO right. The ladies don't
want female doctor. 1t is in some
cases the only chance they have to see a
man, when they are sick. However, the
doctor was called in, and he, Of course.
immediately wrote out q prescription,
II was for some pills, TO be taken every
third day. He came again next morn.
ing.
well, did you take the pills?"
mo, doctor. The three days are not
up until Wednesday,"-San Francisco
Chronicle.