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The Performance OF RiGolett o" by tho
ItnIlnn Opcra G.ompnnN.

The boxes at the Metropolitan Opcra
House were moderately well filled last evening
when Mr. Abbey's company gave a very fair
performance OF Nerdl's Iiigolotte. " This is an
opera that marks the middle Period OF Vrdis
development, rs a composer, and great
many people have become used to listening
to 1t by force offashion. AS a matter OF fact
they may prefer "Trovatore or Nalkyre'
or any other dramatical extreme. But as
matter OF custom. they so to RiGoletto"
whenever it may be performed and listen
with apparent respect to its long SUGGESTIONS Of
dry chords, recitative dcclamations and elabo-
rately workod-out duartet- without one idea
OF the thought that may haye inspired the
other great works that New York audiences
have learned to admire.
Sig. Ravelli. Nine. Albani Nine. Fahri. Sig
del Puente. and especially Nine. Bauerneister
did good work. but after such an exhibition OF
excellent singing as last night critics cannot
avoid the conclusion that kigoletto" Is far
behind the popular taste Of to-day
The sun., 1890-04-16
7nE CHINESE CENSUS BILL.
Amendments which senator Evarta Pro.
poses TO Oner.

poses TO Onor.
WASHINGTON, April Ex-senator EvartS
to-day presented the amendments he proposes
TO offer to the bill providing for n special
enumeration and certiication Of Chinese rest-
dents by the census officials. having for It's OBJ
Joct The practical exclusion OF all Chinese from
the country other than those within its limits
on Juno |. lie proposes to make tho certia-
Gates sufficient" evidence OF tho lawful right
OF the holder TO remain in tho United States
instead of tho sole evidence" and to except
all children of Chinese parents born In tho
United States from the provisions Of the bill.
instead Of those only who are born sub
seluent 10 tho enumeration: Another
which provides for the arrest and deportation
or Imprisonment for i've years OF Cinnamon
found in tho United States after Sent. /. 1890.
not provided with II certificate from the Super.
intcndent OF ensus. In case the section shall
not be stricken out. then Senator ENarts will
move TO make the term OF imprisonment six
months instead Of ilyo years.
Section OF the bill requires that the certin-
cate held by any Chinese person who leaves the
United States shall be surrendered by him aud
cancelled. To this section SouHtor EvariS pro-
poses the following addition:
Any Chinese person. other than a lahorer who has
lawfully entered who may hereafter lawfully enter
tho United States aud who has departed may here
after depart therefrom shall be entitled TO rosnter the
United States upon evidence satisfactory to tho Col
he has heretofore been in the United states and
that he or she Is not hinese lRhorer and tic Colec
Chinese person upon his or her rerntry, under Iuch
regulations be prescribed by tho Secretary OF
tho IrsAEury, which certhrate shall have the same
:orce and effect as the census certificate provided for
lu tIis act
The sun., 1890-04-16
ATTACK ox STREET obEANEns
The wives and sweethearts or Strikers
Drive them from their Work.

Drive them from, their Work.
PHILADELPHIA, April 15.-The strike Of .
number Of italian street cleaners for an in
crease in wages was the cause OF two small
riots here to-day. Tho trouble was caused by
women, and the disturbances were quickly
ouellcd bY the police and the would-be rioters
gathered into custody.
The Italians n few DAYS ago demanded an
increase Of 25 cents day which would make
their pay &l,5n. Tho contractors refused to
grant tho increase and obtained other Italians
to TAKE tho places of tho dissatisfied men. This
morning mob OF about ilfty women, mostly
wives and swoethcuits OF tho 81 so men. at
tackled tho &l.2j men who were working peaoe-
ably ut Ninth and Locust streets. Tho women
assaulted The laborers, and. taking their brooms
aud scrapers from them, commenced beating
the non strikers in n vigorous manner. The la
borers were beating u confused retreat when
u policeman appeared on tho scene. and by
firing his revolver In tho air. kOpt most OF tho
frightened womon COrrHlcd on the street until
tho arrival oi Il Iatru wagon, whom twelve ot
them were taken to the station house and held
in default Of $500 bail ON the charge OF melting
TO riot.
Another riot from similar causes occurred AZ
Tenth and Tay lor streets lator In the day.
Here suuadIof Italians wero working quietly,
when seventeen women and one man Bwooped
down upon them, and 1t looked Tor awhilo as
though the men who had refused to demand
an increase OF wages would be annihilRted.
Tho riotoIs sohod tho cleaning tools OF the la-
borcrs and beat them So badly thnt shelter
was sought In tho Seventeenth district station
assannts. and they wero committed for
hearing.
The sun., 1890-04-16
WEARIED or s1RIKE ASSESSMENTS
DID StraIton a. storms Union Hands For-
felt Their Membership

A case concerning the rights OF over 300
members OF Cigarmakers' International Union
IA came up before Judge OBrlen in Supreme
Court YESTERDAY. In January, 1883, Union IA
paid tho wages Of striking cigarmakers, assess-
ing its members 80 cents a week during the
strike. This assessment was paid for five
weeks by the 800 men employed in Straiton 4
declined TO mako further payments.
Alice Strickler WAS among the members sus-
ponded for this refusal and she brought suit
for Reinstatement Her case was tho first TO
come TO trial. TEe defendants produced evi-
douco showing that tho various shops had
unanimously resolved to pay these assess-
monts, and that all the momhers SUSPENDED
were SUSPENDED lor non nTHGn,Pnyhment OF dues -
no; exist. it was argued unless the members
faithfully complied with all tho requirements
and paid their dues promptly as they became
due.
Judge O'Brien reserved decision A. T.
Wngener for plaintiff. Alfred Steckler for de-
fonlAnt
The sun., 1890-04-16

Thorborn Asked to Tell the Consolidated
Governors Why.

President Wilson and the Governors of the
Consolidated Stock and Petroleum Exchange
will officially demand an explanation this after
noon Of c. L. Thorborn, ono OF tho Governors.
as to how 1t came about that he hit II. L.
kinKsbury u fellow member. in the eye ust
after Change on Monday. kingsbury deals in
the seats OF tho Exchange, aud ThOrhurn
charged him with attempting to crawl out Of
paving for one of two seats lie rccon,ly pur-
chased. Kiugsbury promptly told ThorborI
that lie was liar, and got hit for il.
The affair occurred after Change hours
when few members were on the floor but In
the eyes OF the Governors this does not lessen
Thorborn'S offence. Thorborn believes in dis
cipline. and has frequently been heard TO say
that all members guilty Of breaking the Ex-
changes rules should he disciplined.
The sun., 1890-04-16
EMIN'S EXPEDITION.
He is Fitting Out His Party for tho March
TO the Lakes.

ZANZIBAR. April 15.-Additional porters to
the number Of 26O have loft here to Join the
caravan which Emin Pasha is fitting out at
Bagamoyo for his expedition into the interior.
Major Wissmann is equipping five other cara
vans. one OF which, it is intended. shal! proceed
BERLIN, April l5-The NatiOnal Zeitun0 to-
day publishes a communication which came
indirectly from Emin Pasha. He says that
when he left tho equatorial province with
Stanley he was ACCOMPANIED by n few soldiers
only, but tn IS was because the time fixed by
Stanley for leaving was TOO brief TO al uw the
men to be Unlisted. Dunle remained in the
hands OF the EgyNtians when Emin left.
=, NANNEs. April lj.-Alr. Stanley will start for
Paris ON Thursday next.
The sun., 1890-04-16
A Health Board at Last.

LONG ISLAND CITY April l5.-Altor three
years OF political fighting n Health Board was
organized In Long Island City tonight. Mayor
Gleason, All eX -onlclo member. was made Pres
ident. Dr W kemsen Taylor. DR., NlcKoon,
Peter Bagley. ". Frederlcks, i. Mckcop, and
was elected to act az President OF tho Board
whenever the Mayor is absent. Dr. ". Rom
sen TSyl9r was banpointed Health nhGer' "a;
s. Is, Noble counsel to the Board.
The sun., 1890-04-16
THE PANAMA CANAL.
Nj. MonchIcourt Does Not Consider Its CON-
pIetiOh Impossible.

PARIS, April 15-At the Panama Canal lot
terry drawing to-day. N. Monchicourt. the
liauidatory. announced that the report OF the
Committee of Inquiry would soon be published,
but he said there could be no question OF ar
resting the liquidation. In order to form new
company to complete tho canal the past must
be clearly repaired. A new company adminis-
tered by men OF firm character and integrity.
men, could alone inspire confidence. He did
not consider the completion Of the canal I'm
possible. The financial support which had al
ready been obtaine would powerfully assist
the work when the situation had been accu-
rately defined by the committees report
The sun., 1890-04-16
BISMARCK HON'r he 4 FAULTFINDER
IIe VIII, However. Comment on Affairs
When the spirit Moves Him.

HAMBuRG. April l5..-The Hamburger
Ndciwiciten says that Prince Bismarck docs
not intend to assume the attitude OF q fault
finder toward the Government. although he
will not refrain from expressing his views on
momentous occasions.
The NORTH German Gazette publishes letter
from Prince Bismarck. dated Fredrichsruhe.
Apr IA. in which the Prince says: :" On the oc-
caSion OF my resiGIing the office OF Imperial
Chancellor and on the occasion OF the ami
yer-ary Of my birthday received q large num-
her OF sympathetic messages from friends In
the empire and abroad. 1t IS impossible. in ac-
swor these messages separately. and I there
fore request tho writer's TO accept my sincerest
thanks through this medium"
The sun., 1890-04-16
"Tbe AnEeIus" In MontreaI,

MONTREAL April 15.-lhc Secretary OF the
Art Association has left for New York to inter-
view tho Art Association OF that city. the nomi-
nal proprietors Of The Angeus." with the OBJ
Ject OF ma king arrangements to exhibit the
picture In the Art Gallery In this city
The sun., 1890-04-16
Extra Patti Nights.

Manager Abbey has made arrangements
with Nine. Patti to Givo both Linda " and
"Traviata" which tho dIvas cold made It i'm
possible for her to sing last week Linda"
will be sung on Wednesday night next at the
Metropolitan. and on Friday night Trhviata"
VIII be given as u farewell poriormance.
The sun., 1890-04-16

Lawgiver Phelps of the Custom House
was notified yesterday by acting Collector
Couch that. by order from Secretary Window,
he would hereafter be called upon to decide all
questions relative to tho detention OF immi-
grants. Mr.. Phelps Is to determine whether an
. pRupe-,. or IS coming under the contract
labor prohibition act-that 70, he is 10 be Com
missioner Websr's adviser In these matters
The old way was to have tho Collector and the
State. Emigration Board do this business.
The sun., 1890-04-16
a Fair Briber Arrested.

ST, PETERSBURG, April ia young and
beautiful girl has boon arrested hero for an
attempt TO bribe general staff cerk to obtain
copy OF the new mobilization scheme. Her
parents also have been arrested. They are
charged with being agents of q foreign power
The sun., 1890-04-16

MADRID, April l5.-All efforts to extln-
gush the fire which broke out in the Madrid
gas works last night have proved unayailing
and the fire Is still burning. The city depended
on tho works for Its supply OF gas and to night
1t will be without gas, as II was last night
The sun., 1890-04-16

Woodbury. Langdon, whom the Mayor ap-
pointed Rapid Transit Commissioner in place
OF Charles Stewart Smith. accepted the appoint
ment yesterday. In his letter OF acceptance he
SAYS:
When heard during my ahfence from the city. of
conclud cd that ii would be i'm for ne 10 Accent
but on reflection and believing as do that tho Com.
mission rs constituted will have no partisan or personal
intereBt to suhserVs and will in tor Acun regard only
the public welfare, hereby accept my appointment
pointments wero filed in the County Clerk 8
office.
The sun., 1890-04-16
ACurbstop rools,lI,r.

Thomas Wilson was held at the Tombs
Police Court yesterday for violation OF the
pool laws. Finding all tho pool rooms closed.
he started to sell tickets In the hallway Of u
Centre street To Policeman Geo Cullum no
sold pool on RancooRs. He gave bail In $500.
The sun., 1890-04-16
rhe E,Ls H.nent Postponed.

The annual benefit of tho New York lodge Of
KLs has ueen postponed AS the Actors' Pund has
selected tho same date for ia benoht It Is said by the
managers OF the Eks entertainment that their DTepA
IAuohs had oeen announced several weeks before he
Ia N Y the AetnIs tIu hu Iht} arc uhHni
Eka - "
The sun., 1890-04-16

BERLIN. April l5.-The Ta0sbldn says that
Chancellor Won CAprvi has forbidden the Ministers or
other officials 10 furnish any communications to the
newspapers All Intelligence which II 10 deemed de.
Sroui should be published will appear in tho ReiehSaRIg
ger the OIlciAl paper
The sun., 1890-04-16

The FrGmers' Union, numbering about 2. 500
men say they will want work day OF eight hours at
40 cents an hour after May ;. Tho fTAmerA many OF
whom are GermGnA are strongly Impressed with the
neoeAatY for an eight hour work day, They work
ihg Rln0 hourS ~ present
The sun., 1890-04-16
COL WooD or W4sHIyGroM
He Walks Into "a PrIson aud FIecCes tho
Keeper Out OF Roll of Money.

TRENTON, April 15.-Kecpcr Patterson, tho
hend OF the State prison, was surprised yester-
day by the appearance at tho prison of a tall.
well-dressed, middle.aGed man, who repre-
sented that he was from tho Attorney. q Geueral's
office in Washington and had come on to in
vestigats charges made by Sheriff Davis Of
Hudson county TO the effect that United States
prisoners were being i'll treated in the prison
The stranger said his name was Col. Wood, aud
that he had consulted with Gov. Albeit and
secretary OF State kelsey about the matter.
Keeper Patterson allowed him to interview
prisoners.
Col Wood came to the conclusion that while
the charges were exaggerated. still there was
sufficient ground for an Invest iRatlon. and lie
would 50 report to his superi9rs. His bearing
WIS such that he experienced no difficulty at
all in getting roll of money from tho keeper
on the pretext than an expected draft from
Washington had not arrived
Col. Wood was to appear at the prison again
to-day and pursue his INQUIRIES, but he had
S9s 9 out n o. b6S tine prison an tRa he wRs he
son mentioned the matter to Gov Albeit. and
learned that he had been tlecCed. sheriff Davis
has preferred no charges. Keeper Patterson
would not say how much ho gave Col Wood.
Special Agent Brooks of the Secret Service
Bureau has received information from Chict
Inspector Bell OF the United States Secret
Service Bureau at Washington that an impus.
tor Is making a tour Of the banks in this city
and representing himself at each as Col. Bell.
lie IS armed with letters signed with Secretary
WINDOWS name and follows out his deception
by making Inquiries about counterfeits as it is
the custom OF the Chief Inspector when hc
visits this city. 1t Is thought that the man,
whoever he is, Is planning robbery or acting
as scout for u gang Of bank breakers. He is
90 years old and i'll no way resembles the man
he .pretcnds to be. He is poorly dressed,
feet . inches tall, and has q smooth face and
broad chin. The banks he has visited here are
the Merchants Exchange Bank and the Clin-
ton Bank,
The sun., 1890-04-16

ROME, April ia scheme Is on foot to es-
tablish gigantic bank here. Four German
bankers will soon come to Home to take steps
In the matter.
The sun., 1890-04-16
The Hoche.ter rre.bytery for Revision. ,

ROCHESTER,, April l5.-At the meeting OF
tho Presbytery Of Rochester this evening u re-
port was submitted by the Committee on Re-
vision Of the Creed favoring revision. 1t was
signed by six OF tho eight members. The re-
port will be discussed tomorrow. The senti-
out western New York. At the meeting here
the non revisiOnists are in decided minority.
The Lyons Presbytcry last week voted for re-
vision The Warsaw l'resbytcry. on til" other
hand. to-day voted against revision. II TO IL.
The sun., 1890-04-16

A judgment has been filed IN the County
Clerks offlcO for 81 ,047.7O against Alonzo B.
Cornell and Robert Lester, in favor OF the Lin.
coin National Bank
The sun., 1890-04-16

unued Thursday 81 II A. h.-Aav.
The sun., 1890-04-16
An Escort of Veterans for tho Twenty
second.

Col. s. Ellis Briggs Of tho Twenty second
Regiment Veteran Corps las issued an order calling
for tho assembling of tho corps in citizens dress, at
headquarters Union square at ~ clock this after.
noon escort the Twenty second from It's old TO It's
new home
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-10-10

The first col0red dress which is put on
little boys after they are year old is of
bingham, and is made with a pleated
waist with rows of insertion between
the pleats and skirt laid in side pleats.
When the boy is about three or four
years old, according to his size, he is
considered large enough to put in suit
with the kilt separated from the waist.
These suits are made of Scotch plaid
and plain woods of light weight, white
pique and white flannel. The skirt is
laid in fat, broad kits, and if of wool
is ornamented with decoration of
squares of braid, The jacket is square
and short, to show the blouse vest of
while linen or white or yellow china
silk entirely around. Short white
socks, which display the bare legs, are
worn with dark tan-colored bocts.-
Good Housekeeping.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-10-10
FECUNDITY OF FISH.
What Would Happen If All the Eggs of
the Cod Matured?

Fish that take much care of their
offspring naturally don't need to pro-
duce eggs in the same reckless album
dance as those dissipated kinds that
leave their spawn exposed on the bare
sandy bottom at the mercy of every
conner who chooses to take bite at it.
They can afford to lay Inallernumber,
and to make each individual egg much
larger and richer in proportion than
their rivals. This plan, of course, ena-
bles the young to begin life far better
provided with muscles and fins than the
tiny little fry which come out of the
eggs of the improvident species.
For example, the Goldfish lays 1000, 900
odd eggs; but anybody who has ever
eaten fried Gods roe must needs have
noticed that each individual ovum was
so very small as to be almost indistin-
guishable to the naked eye. Thousands
of these infnitesimal specks are de-
voured before they hatch out by pre-
daceous fish; thousands more of the
young fry are swallowed alive during
their helpless infancy by the enemies
of their species. Imagine tho very
fractional amount of parental affection
which each of the 1900, 900 must needs
put up with.
On the other hand there is pater-
nally-minded group of catfish known as
the genus .ArtuS, of Ceylon, Australia
and other tropical parts, the males of
which carry about the ova loose in their
mouths, or rather in an enlargement of
the pharynX, somewhat resem bling the
pelican's pouch; and the spouses of
these very devoted sires lay accordingly
only very few ova, all told, but each al
most as big as a hedge-sparrow's egg-a
wonderful contrast to the tiny mites OF
the Goldfish. To put it briefly, the greater
the amount of protection afforded the
eggs, the smaller the number and the
larger the size. And conversely, the
larger the size of the egg to start with,
the better fitted to begin the battle OF
life is the young fish when first turned
out on cold world upon his own re-
sources.
This is a general law, indeed, that
| runs through all nature, from London
slums to the deep sea. Wasteful species
produce many young, and take but little
care of them when once produced
Economical species produce very few
young, but start each individual we'll
equipped for its place in life, and look
after them closely till they can take
care of themselves in the struggle fol
existence. And on the average, how
ever many or however few the offspring
to start with, just enough to attain
maturity in the long run replace
their parents in the next generation
Were it otherwise, the sea would soor
become one solid mass of herring, COO
and mackerel.-Cornhill Magazine.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-10-10
BEES AND ANTS.
Their Travelling Instinct One of the Mar
wells of Natural History.

How insects, especially bees and ants,
find their way back home is one of the
marvels of natural history. MY wife
land my little boy has a taste for
entomology. and is always making eX-
periments of one kind or another with
them and other insects. lie has been
trying to find out how far away a bee
can be taken and not get lost, but has
not yet succeeded. live in tho coun-
try, fourteen miles from the court house,
and during the summer that boy has
been in town with me dozen times,
and on each occasion ne brought some
bees along in little tin box. He col
Ored their wings with violet ink, so that
he would know the insects again, and
let them go in the heart Of the city.
The first time he did it he released six
bees at the Biddle Street Market, and
believe they got homo before we did,
because they were all on hand attend
ing to business the next morning, just
as though they took fourteen-miIe
journey every day. Occasionally bee
fails to come back, but in nearly every
instance they return in few hours.
Once he let five, whose wings had boen
colored red, out of their box at six
o'clock in the morning, on the corner of
Fourth and Biddle, while his little sis
ter watched the hive at home. One ar
rived, tired almost to death, and dropped
at the door of the hive little before
two, and three came before five in the
evening, all apparently much fatigued.
His experiments with q nest of large
black ants have been equally satisfac-
tory, for some marked ants have found
their way home after being released
more than mile distant from the hol-
low tree in which they lived. How
they do it is question, but they gener-
ally do, and so it is likely the travels of
both ants and bees are much wider than
is generally supposed. st. Louis Globe
Democrat
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-10-10
AN OPTiMIST'S BLOW.
The Fearful Extent to Which His Heal
Was Bowed Down.

a u
Was Bowed Down.
This is about young man who lives
in tho Pine Tree State. This is a young
man of very deep feelings. When he
gets his mind set on thing it takes q
strong hold on him. His is one of those
intense natures that can brook no oppo-
sition. Yet up to the time of which /
write he had always been noted for
looking upon the bright side of things
one of your real bright optimists, who
consider that every cloud has at least a
German-silver lining. Well, this young
man had centered his affections upon a
young lady in the village, and on nu-
merous occasions offered his escort on
rides and to parties. These were so uni
formly and firmly refused that he at
length brought matters to head by
asking the young lady, point blank,
why she refused his attentions
Because" said she, 81 am engaged
to another man, and do not think it
would be right to go about with YOU"
The young man sat stupefied for a
moment, too absolutely stunned for
words. Then his former bright nature
forsook him, as he looked, shuddering,
down the long black vista of the years
that confronted him. Not one ray OF
light cleaned athwart the sad vista.
Not glim. The clouds all seemed to
be lined with black alapaca. Turning
his mournfI- gaze upon the object of his
souls worship, this one-time light
hearted but now desolate man brought
groan from his inmost being, and said
In a voice that tremblingly told Of his
deep feeling in the matter:
abigail, would rather have given
five dollars than have had this thus. ~
Lewiston Me- Journal.