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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-10-22
THE FRENCH ARMY IN FINE SHAPE
Cavalry. Infantry, and Marines sohd
Troops, Artillery Ill Horsed.

paris correspondence London Daily NeWs)
The authorities gave us grand recep-
ton. It was impossible TO do things more
handsomely. They took us in hand from
the moment we arrived at Beauvais. ana
relieved us OF every care. Apartments
had been engaged for us at the cost OF the
government. For my part am unable 10
find fault with the landlord for anything,
except that his servants became trouble
some with their attentions. The round OF
lunches, dinners. and feasts OF all sorts
was more than some OF us couiu staliu:
Every morning n special train conveyed
us from Beauvais to the nearest station
TO the ~manoeuvring grounds. We were
mounted on thoroughbreds supplied by the
School of War and accompanied by sew
eral French officers. Every day about
noon we returned to the nearest station
and had lunch in saloon-car. Between
each foreign attache at table was
French officer on each bill of fare, were
written the names OF our right anu iell-
hand neighbors.
The very first day the fee was broken
between us, and the extreme courtesy or
the French officers was delightful. IL was
no easy matter for us to find out any
thing. They will not supply us with any
information. We are taken about where
ever the French please. We are seldom
told the Scneme Oh tic ihaHO,u', - :.
certain they try TO show US the Ieast pos,
sible. only they are unable TO conceal
everything. There Is a point which mas
been noticed often, but II Is necessary 10
dwell upon Il. as II Is the most Important
fact about the French army-the endu-
rance OF French troops. You may ask
anything Of "a French soldier. u if.is91ps
do not seem to affect him. He - always
merry and full OF go.
Yesterday, while II. Carnot was pinnlng
decorations on the officers breasts the
troops remained presenting arms for hair
an hour without fiinching. The fifty-hrst
Regiment took part In all the manoeuvers'
and Yesterday 1t returned to its canton
ments after long days march. Tnis
regiment formed guard Of honor for ths
Minister Of War when he arrived In the
evening and Il was as spick and span as
A. N had spent it's time leisurely In the
harracks The reserve troops went
through the manoeuvres admirably They
appear 70 be solid troops, whlch may DO
relied upon. ,.
The marines, small, thick-set. and brisk,
are also good troops The cavalry pro-
duced a highly favorable impression. lts
charges were most impressive. The most
defective body appeared to be the artii-
,erv The artillery guards are generally
iI.mounted. The pack horses are gener-
aIly too weak. and this was felt the last
few DAVIS. The orders were lacking In
definiteness. and too often the movements
were utter failures. On the whole, how
ever these manoeuvres showed more
striatnelv than former ones thu undeni-
ahle strength Of the French army.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-10-22
.1h,rtr DAY. na,h septsmber."

Notes ana Cuer1es.l -
The following rhyme first printed, De-
lieve. in i57D may be found IN G af Tom :
.Abrfdgrnent OF the Chronicles OF Eng
lande. i572." sig. FL. H., verso:
.aThirty days hath November.
Anril. Iune & September.
February hath xviii. alone.
And all the rest have XXI
Five years later Q57D It appears In Har,
vison's "Englard." with one or two trivial
changes and the addition OF the line:
'But In the leape you must ad one"
That the version with September IN me
f,sr line was current By 1901. II evidenced
by a psssag- in The Return from Par
~ s.;'s ~ 4 r,,"r's cd. The following French
version Is from hook published In i6sA
..l,.oyerbes en- Rinses." H., 81:
..,rrcnts onse les Aiois lie Nouembre,
Avrii a Iuin & Septembre;
III vinct-huit Jours en- a vn. :.
Tous les autrse ca ont trente-vn."
An old italian version Is:
'srreuta dl,Aa nevembrs. april. guixno' .
Dt vsnssszc g ne uno; tusto I'll altri
n'han trsD<nao.'
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-10-22
AN OPEN POLAR SEA.
Cap,a,n McGregor Says He Could Have
C,,s..d II. Hut He Was Not Exploring.

(MOrnlnR OESbOHiah1
That steamers can pass through the
.rc,,c OCEAN in certain years is the opin-
,or Of Captain A. II. McGregor, based
,,non his experience In the Polar region.
Cantain McGregor has seen twenty-three
wears, service In the Arctic, and COM
mands the steamer Orca, owned oy .ne
Pacific Whaling Company, OF San rLah
a,scn ue was at the Hotel Perkins
a few days last week, and talked Oh MS
experience. A. N.
"I,ast wear" he said. mine OF the Pa
c,fo Whaling Companys steamers and
sbins reached Cape Bathurst, the Iur-
thest point north and east ever reacheo
Inv vessel of any kind. We had peen
whaling In Rehring Sea, and having mn
ished what is termed the OUTSIDE cetch
In JuIy. we started for the Arctic 10 mn
ooh the season We passed along the east
shore rounded Point Barrow. and tnen
made the tourney TO the cape, when ~
rear TIE Mckenzie river. We cast anchor
and chalei there the rest OF the season.
The natives were somewhat surprised a.
our appearance. hut as they had sen
white men before. they soon overcahs
whatever fear they might have fen anu
became very friendly. They did NOT unn ','
in the least from other fskinos We
~ the ocean near the Mckenzie.
and found that boat drawing more. than
sa,r feet Of water could not approach
within thirty miles Of the river, The land ana
on both sides was mounta'noss . ana
eovAred with snow The Oldest native toiu
Ne that Il was many winters since white
men came by boat. which led me TO be-
,,sve that no boat had reached the CAPE
since Captain collinson was there IN is No.
Captain collinson and party vIsl.eu sns
place In small boats when trey were
making a survey OF the British posses
sIons hut they were compelled to remain
there three years before they could re-
turn. Sir John Franklin passed the cape
IN small boats on his famous expediuon'
.rs came "A far west as Franklin. or Rs-
turn Reef. There he evideatly became
Ssscouraeed ana dlsheartened. and started
on his return trip. Had - knswn tna'
he had . clear see before nnk r - 1919 ~ Z.
isas would have continHod on ~ Wy
~-.8 1tseA "a tall fukWo HoDoB&u4D3 q
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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-10-22
sh.s .io.fu d FeeIInr.

with the exhilarating sense OF rsnewsc
n msI and strength ana internal clean.I.
nsss which follows the uss OF syfup =
FlrS Il unknown TO the few who nave
moi progressed beyond the old-ume msas-
cines ana the cheap subsffutss son ~
times offered. but never sece2teo ~ w
we'll informed. -. $ Il. ~
The evening world., 1893-12-09
WRomeO ct .Juliettc."

Gounod's Romeo ct Juliette" was very
effectively sung at the Metropolitan
Opera House last night for the first
time this season, and this melodious
orera semed to please the large au-
dience. While II has not the popular
features that have made Faust the
joy OF the masses. 1t is by no means
heavy. and 1t is graceful throughout
Miss Emma Eames was the Juiiette. but
size was not quite herself, owing, prob
ably, TO her Philadelphia efforts. Dra-
matically, however, she was extremely
good, and 1t is a pleasure to see this
role IL terpreted by young and pretty
woman. Jean de ResZke was in splen-
did voice. and the effort to sing that
was noticeable at the opening perform
ance of Faust" was not in evidence at
all. Mr. Mauglere made very agree
able Tybalt. and Edouard de Reszke was
splendidly impressive as Friar Laurent.
Sig Mancne!li's orchestra was rather
noisy, AMI 1t would be good thing If
Mancinelli moderated his zeal as much
as possible philemon and Baucis'
and "Cavalleria Ruslicana" will be sung
this Afternoon, with Mile. Emma Calve
in the role Of Santuzsa. So far, Calvc
is undoubtedly the star OF. the operate
season. "A sensation in expected when
she appears In Carmen"
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MARVIN CLARK'S Benefit.
Attractive List of Volunteers for q
Worthy Charity.

Volunteers for the concert at Palmer's
Theatre tomorrow night, the proceeds
of which will go to Marvin r. Clark, the
once brilliant newspaper man, who is
now helpless through total blindness,
make an enticing list.
They include Nelson Wheatcroft of the
Empire Theatre Dramatic School, Miss
Minnie Schultz in operate selections
Miss Zippora Monteith, who will make
her American debut fresh from her sue
cesses in English musical festivals:
Digby Bell, of " Princess Nicotine:"
Helen Dauvray. OF '"The Prodigal Daugh-
ter" Marie Tempest. Of THE Algerian"
Mile. Edmee Lescot, chanteus cosmo-
polite. and Eunice Vance, the popular
London girl from Roster & BiaTs; Flora
Finlayson, of the Bostonians: Lillian
Louis, Frederic de Beilevlle, T. b. Thai
berg. Of olaf" Al Grant. j. b. Rad
cliffe and Harry Wright, from Harr-
gan's, and Harry Kennedy, the veteran
ventriloquist
Herman Perler. musical director OF
"l492." will be the accompanist, and a
score of other artists will add to the
various charms of the entertainment,
which is tor most worthy cause.
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At THE BROOKLYN THEATRES.
Wilson Barrett in Many Plays at
the Park Next Week,
Z" The Gunrtisman" at the Columbia
Other Attractions.

Wilson Barrett will be the star at Col.
SIMS Park Theatre in Brooklyn next
week. lie Is one OF the strongest OF
Broollyn's favortes, and comes this
season with a good company and every
thing neeUcd to produce his plays AZ
they were given In London. ON Monday
and Thursday nights and saturday after
noon and evening he will produce his
new version OF "Nirginius' In spectacu-
lar style. Tuesday "Claudian" will he
the attraction. At the Wednesday mat
irce and again at night "Ben- My -Chree"
will be performed. Friday night "othcllo"
will be the play, with Mr. Barrett as the
Moor OF Ncnice.
Sims and Raleigh's comedy. "rhe
Guardsman," will be given it's initial
production in brooklyn ut the Columbia
Theatre on Monday night. Daniel Froh-
mans LS ceum Comedy Company, which
was en- in the piece at the Lyceum
Theatre in New York, will interpret the
play in Brooklyn. The cast includes
j. B. FOLK. j. H. Gilmo,h. George All
son. owen Fawcett. Maud Harrison.
lane Lothian, Hope Booth and others.
There w'll he special performance OF
Wednesday ma atinee.
/ Henry r. Dixcy will revive "Adonis''
at the Amphion next week. lie VIII be
will be upward of sixty people In the
chorus. Mr. Dixcy viii introduce many
new features, and the burlesuue will be
| set with new scenery.
! made hit several seasons ago, will he
presented at the Bijou Theatre on Mon
day night with Robert G. Hilliard and
| Paul Arthur as joints stars The com
| Will include Mrs r. A h'hprlp
Theodore Babcock. Ida Bell, Jeanette
Eerrill. Edith Adhesion. Walter T.
Woodall,. Frank Currier. +. j. Laloi
,Carmencita, the dancer. and other
Rice in "a knotty Affair at the Grand
J. ". Kelly, "thr rolling-miil man
Mark sullivan. Sally Cohen and twent,
others will be in the cast.
"trl .skcen Lawn" will be given at the
| Novelty Theatre next week bv Manager
| w. A. Edwardss company. New songs
and dances Will be introduced
The Lee Ayenne academy has paSse,I
mer ani beginning MONDAY night tn,
scale of prices will be reduced to 10. 20
20 and 30 cents. Max Rosenberg's com
pany will present Ten Nights in Rar
dyside will be in the cast.
Patent Applied For is the tls OF s
new play which Is TO be given bv Elme,
| r." vance NJ tns t1nDlTC lHealTe mex
week. a realistic storm scene Is sale
to be one Of the strongest features o
the play. Another, startling clima'
shows the heroine taking difficult leaI
on thoroughbred race horse to rescue
her lover.
Weber e. Flelds's Company will hol,
the boards at the Gayety Theatre mex
week The company includes McIntyr
and Heath, James F. Hoey, Abachi an'
Masaud, Johnnie Carroll Marion an,
Bell. Bessie Gilbert. and the Fansons.
Abraham Lincoln will be the subjec
OF Col. Robert G. Ingersolls discours
at the Amphion Theatre on the evening
of Dec. II.
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before knew five minutes had passed.
] wanted to carry the kit back for her,
but she would not let me see her home.
She had IA quiet little way of ordering.
that one never dreamed of questioning,
Indeed, one scarcely noticed at the time
that her requests were practically com
mands SO / continued my walk. which
had been interrupted, up toward the OBJ
servatory. and she picked up campstool
and paint-boX and went on briskly
through the pines towards the path
below.
~ had gained one thing. however,
that sent me off jubilant at heart. The
sketch had promise and was most GER
tainly worth completing, had impressed
lon. and she, after little consideration.
said that she would probably come back
and finish It. Tomorrow p She
laughed. Perhaps so, perhaps not,
little Governcss, thought /, that means
you will come when they give you II
holiday.
" However. as It happened she did
come on the morrow, and on several
morrows, until that picture was finished,
aud then she started another from an
other point. and worked as diligently at
that. The canal was "A fayorite walk.
This second picture was of tiny deli
fun Of browns and greens. deeper among
the pine woods ] suggested the spot ;
a-tetes were never broken In upon.
II was to her merely n iourneyman
painter. | kept the cash In the back
gro und, preferring not to bring that to
ness who spoke English and French and
German with equal huency. she had
travelled widely-as "A dependant. | pre-
sumed. What countrywoman she was
] did not discover, | did not even know
her name nor she mine, II WAS truly
'un cSoismc Il deuN. And II was self,
not status, that each cared for in the
"Of what we spoke | cannot tell you
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Of the mistral, and so We might look for
ward to spell of calm weather. In
fact, she was evidently inclined for n
chat. when she saw some one beckoning
In carriage on ahead, and gave me my
congo saying that she must go without
delay. l should have felt inclined TO
press my company trine longer IL
! saw she could be a very dignliied little
woman when she chose, and besides /
thought that the old lady In the carriage
was her employer, and knew that gov
ernesses usual liy get II hot when they
are seen talking to strange young men
In public thoroughfares. So we exchang-
cd bows and parted.
Il say tn" carriage go on through the
flower market, and noting a stall where
II pulled up. went there afterwards and
made purchase, not because l wanted
a bouquet but merely as an excuse for
out who my unknowns were. The stall
woman said they were not regular Gus
toners. She did not know them In the
least She thought they were Russians
because they We're so rich and taikci
French SO well; but they might be
French. ] made other inquiries at the
Perhaps my descriptions were too vague
Cannes Is Il comparatively small place
but everybody does not know everybody
else tn @ nhe rWintcr population y shit;
given me vas that madame was the
wife OF II Polish iinancier who lived In
Belgium, but after being M some pairs
TO meet that person In a drawing room
| found she was not the the Individual
wanted
You may think II strange that ] was
putting myself to all this trouble. but
the fact Of the matter was ! couldn't
knock that little gCvcrness girl out Of
my thoughts. II wasn't the smallest
use to start on the Estcrels again:
couldn't paint one little bit | did moth
Ing hut smoke and think and wander
about the place In hopes OF stumbling
across her again,
" d,dn't see her for II week after that
meeting down by the harbOr, and was
beginning to fear that she had gone
away from the place. IL she had gone,
helic"c ! should have searched Europe
through and through iii had found her
again; but as II WAS, that piece of mad
ness was spared mo | was walking up
toward the observatory one day. when ]
came across her by the side OF the canal,
She was seated on 4 campstool. busily at
work upon a watCr-color,
" believe | almost made a fool OF my a..
self at iirst, very nearly gave myself
away. in fact: but We shook hands as II
we had known one another for years In
stead OF having met twice over blown
OF hat, and had ct'atted for three hours
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a HOPELESS LOVE.
The Story of u Chance Meeting and the
AngaAish WbicN FOllOaUed.

me those camels and the Johnnies to
look after them, some one else will,
that's about the size of It, Understand
once for all, I'm going"
p What languages do you speak?"
English. French. Gaelic and Ger
man."
mo Arabic?"
None"
Nor Lingua Franca""
whats that? Never heard of IT,"
Then how the devil do you expect to
get along, may / ask? One days journey
outside this hub OF civilization you'll
never hear word spoken that you can
understand. DO you expect to go striding
a sinking, sputtering camel away omt
to Khartoum In polo boots and Norfolk
jacket?"
"Oh, l suppose shall have to mount
nigger's rigIblack my face and wear a
fez and all that"
why, YOU Incompatible idiot. how far
do you think you'd get? Your, guides
would silt your throat before you'd got a
prevent yuu getting robbed by some cn'
else further on
sure OF that, Pemberton?"
sure. my good fellow. Do YOU sup
for eight awful years without picking ~
thing or two about the natives? &c
and ask the consul. man."
~ have done already"
"We.l?"
AND lie said the same thing and sen
me along TO you. But l tell you wnat
I'll bet you fifty to one In, English ten
ners you're both OF you wrong. No
don't laugh. | don't want TO WEIGH you
I'll deposit my stakes In the bank here
IL there Is one. 20 that you can hell
yourself II don't turn up to claim. iol
see, ] don't disguise from myself tina
: hera Ia some risk In tho trim"
That's very far-seeing OF YOU"
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Yes, isn't it? But science must be

Yes. isn't it? But science must be
served
"Science be blessed! All the science in
creation wouldn't drag you out there
He looked rather savage AT this last
remark OF NINE, and turned to leave the
store with the curt announcement that he
should expect me to see about his trans.
port and escort. As he was going
THE Florio- -Rubattino, boat leaves to.
morrow. Don't be fool. Get aboard of
her and go Off to Leghorn again.
this world's-end hole"
/ don't approve OF leaving half empty
+ stiles about the place, so ! finished the
miserable, tapped another bottle, and got
outside that, too. | didn't want to help
the man murder himself, and yet-trade
was trade. II didn't make money out
some one else assuredly would. The halt
between these two opinions parched one.
After siesta the fellow turned up again:
He seemed in the deuce OF a hurry to get
creation could hustle Thugs In Tripoli,
and bid him make up his mird to go
slow.
He said he would have all necessary
That seemed point gained. He was
not so Keen as he had been In the morn
ing. might yet persuade MN 10 9s 70
home and not make fool of himself
i nut the matter to him squarely-told
him to think OF his sister and his ,wld-
owed mother. and all the rest Of them.
and, I'm fact, worked myself up TO such
a pitch that l fairly blubbered.
He took the interference badly at first,
and said | had been drinking.
| told him he was an ungrdteful brute
40 say that. j had hardly touched liquor
all day; 1t was anxiety for II dear old
college friend which was upscttlng me-
He was more civil after that, and with
| n hit OF pressing came out with one ot
the oldest tales / have ever lent ear 70,
| / didn't care for the way he prefaced his
| remarks. He said: Confession eases
cne Sometimes, and don't suppose your
remember n word OF what I've said by
tomorrow morning" lie evidently as,
crihed my emotion to the bottle and not
10 anxiety for myself. This was an in,
/ sult but ] did not resent II Openly
shook my head at him sorrowfuily, and
then punched myself together and pre-
You know Cannes. Pemberton? OF
cnursc you do. Well. II WAS there tho
thing happened. I've got b.t OF a cot,
rage ornee' below the California. and
have been putting some time this Win
ter painting little things among the Es
tereis, i really worked pretty hard, FOL
me, and only ''cked in at the club dur
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she saw what my speech trended to.
She commanded me to leave the sub
ject, and when ! would not, she rose
from the soft, brown carpet or pine
and began To walk quickly away. /
sprans up, strobe after, and seized her
wrist
YOU will be my wife.
I can never be, she said very
quietly.
"'You have been fooling with me-
said. You must have seen from the
very first minute how | cared. And yet,
after all this time, can you say that |
am as nothing 10 you"
she gave queer little cry. heard
the same once before, in Naples, from a
man who was stabbed In the throat
Your answer ] demanded.
- love you she said. as | have
never loved before and as | shall never
love man again
had hor wrapped tightly In my arms,
and she lay there quiet as dead wo-
man. .,.-,,,,
1t cannot be,
4 say u shall'
"ShC shook her head.
"'Du YOU know who | am she asked.
mo- | told her. neither do | care.
crrcss Of n woman whose name | have
not learned. You yourself are all | ask
for About your ancestry, means, his
tory aud all that, | do not care a rap.
"Shc gave a hard little laugh. and
told me her Hamr.
Great heavens, This girl whom |
loved, who had avowed love in return,
WAS "A daughter of the highest reignlng
hous" In Europe. princess whom an
emperor : son might marry.
II looSci my arms invoMntarily, and
started back. believe | nearly tainted,
"Shc was ghastly pale, hut her wits
appeared collected.
>" Now YOU scc,' she said, how we are
situated, Let US say m more Let us
part hcre-f1r always, Good-by.'
THAT reused me. and once more took
hcr In my arms. ! pointed out that II
she went away my life would In ruined:
ard. 10y her own showing, her NE would
II" ruined also. said Il thousand things
to shake her resolve. | believe ! must
have grown almost eloquent--as even a
sluw-tonGued man may do once in his
life. | impiorel her To throw away her
share Of thc empty paSeanIries, the in
trigucs the hollowness OF court life;
grew almost nbiect in my prayers that
she should cast her lot with mine. Then,
as she continued sorrowfu!!y to shake