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. oh, dear" a girl was overheard
saying as the curtain went slowly
down on the thrilling climax of the
third act, I'm crying like baby.
Ii only the lights wouldn't be turned
right onl" They were, though, pitt
lessly, and the only consolation the
young woman probably found was
that other eyes were streaming and
other noses shining as well Us hers.
New York Times.
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Over 900. 600 Frenchwomen were
made widows and 1900 900 French
children weromade IatherIess by Ma
poleon's campaigns. j
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Yellowstone park is 65 miles north
and south, SIS miles east and west,
contains 8, 515 square miles and is
5000 feet above,sea level.
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discovered hieroglyphical records of
performances given by the subjects and
followers Of the earliest Of Egyptian
mOnalchS, MeneS, at the completion Of
the dyke of Cochenke, which even to
this day somewhat regulates the over
flow of the Nile. Menes caused tenn
pies to be erected in nearly every town
or village, which were the main feat
ures Of these towns, and upon certain
days Of the year, although the ancient
Egyptians were remarkable for their
piety, caused certain performances or
exhibitions to be given, which included
feats of strength and exhibitions of
skill and dexterity with certain rude
weapons. Following the clew thus fur
nished it has been set forth with much
logical proof that the earliest vaudeville
performances were given to entertain
the members Of the royal house of
Memphis, dating back 3. G. 44OO. Per
formances of this nature can be traced
in some form or other from that time
down until B. c. $500, when for long
time following nearly all Of the history
Of Egypt is lost, except the names of
a list Of kings, among whom were
Menu, Moses and Minos, who succeed
ed Menes. From later history it is
possible that after completion of the
sphinx, rejoicing of some nature was in
dulged in by the followers of whoever
might have been the builder Of that
strange and silent monument that for
centuries has been gazing across the
drifting sands of the Sahara
The first speciality or vaudeville per-
formers to execute what in that day
was considered difficult act We're
probably the Hebrew slaves who made
bricks without straw" Various his
tories make slight intinlation that Abra-
ham had among the tlocks which he
drove into Egypt lambkins that could
jump over his sandaled foot when it
was held in the air and do other unql-
sual tricks that much amused the sub
| jects and people Of the tenth king of
Memphis, who was then reigning. How
| much farther back into the last vaude-
| vile or specially performers can be
traced is OF course uncertain.
| Variety in the Dark Ages.
When the bronze age contributed the
nativity Of intellectual force and the
Vikings then wrought their rude nipple
| ments of war and the chase from bits
| Of meteOric iron victories were cele-
brated by strange dances and exhibit
tons of proficiency with weapons and
with feats of strength and endurance
Records Of performances are obtain
able, given by the followers of the
mighty Nimrod to celebrate the compile
ton Of the walls of one Of his cities
while the great Nebuchadnezzar EN-
ployed troupes Of fighting warriors anC
spinning girls, who gave performances
at public rejoicings Of the people. Sen
nacherib presented to the citizens OF
Nineveh interesting advertisements
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AcOkS!DERATE PRISONER.
One in Iceland Goes to Jnil With
out an Omcer's Help.

One in Iceland Goes to Jnil With
out nn OAcer's Help.
A young Ioelander going across the
desert from Reykjavlk, met man rid
ing q pony. Such meetings are rare
in those parts, and, Ike ships on the
sea, the two hailed and spoke. And
this was the manner and substance Of
their conversation: What's your u,
Manner "stefan." Whose SOM
'rThorsteins son." where are you
going tor ITO prison" What for"
"stealing a sheep" mo one taking
your" mo- the sheriff was busy, so he
gave me my paper (the warrant for
the arrest,) and sent me on to prison by
myself" The men exchanged snuff
and a kiss, and then parted. A week
later the young Icelander was return
ing to Reykjavik, and near the same
spot he met the same man. What"
he cried, Stefan Thorstein! Why, YOU
said you were going to prison." 80 I
was, and went, but they would not
let me in" why not?' Because l
had lost my papers, and the sheriff
said he could not take me without my
warrant" $50 they won't have you in
PRISON." mo" And are you going
home again. yes"
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the additions and improvements made
by the increasing demand for novelty
and the refinement suggested by our
advanced civilization.
Nothing New in Vaudeville.
Beyond doubt there is nothing new
in the variety business. What we see
now we. have seen before many and
many time, possibly in another form,
but the same character Of act. The
strong man business done by Sandow
was q feature Of the earliest American
circus, and the irrepressible serpentine
dance of to-day is but an elaboration of
the performance Of the Hindoo Nautch
girl. The London Gaity dance has
been done for centuries by the dane
ing girls of Persia and Java. In fact,
everything now done on the variety
stage was done before the word varie-
ty was applied to theatricals.
Comic opera, with its Lion Tanners"
"Panjandrums" and "Wangs," as we
have come to regard it nowadays, is
really but little more than vaudeville.
This can also be said Of the average
performance of farce comedy. In nei-
Their of these is there scarcely ever any
plot, but they are used as vehicles
ulCIcly " lulIOullCc ,uu1U1C VI SpSC-
ialties, songs and dances.
One potent reason why high-class
vaudeville performances have come in
to such remarkable favor recently is
because they appeal to those who wit
ness them by offering an entertainment
that amuses without taxing. It has
only been, however, within the last few
seasons that the representative vaude-
vile organizations have been given
dates at the leading theaters In Chi
. cago Manager William J. Davis was
! much responsible for this when, some
: years ago, realizing the unusual merit
! Of the artists in a certain high-class
| vaudeville company, he took them as
an organization to the Haymarket
where they performed before audi
ences Of immense size. This same or
ganization also appeared at Hooley's
and for rather lengthy timex packed
that theater every performance. Since
then Manager Davis has arranged it 81
that each Christmas week at the Hay
market vaudeville company Of thu
highest class is the attraction there.
Manager John D. Hopkins, the pro
prietor Of the Hopkins Trans Oceanic
Star Speciality company, may, perhaps
be credited with being one Of the mos
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Some Queer Imports.

There Is wholly unintentional flavor
of romance ia new pubhcat ton Of the
federal government. It is a little vel
low-backed volume purporting to indf-
cate the principal exports to the
United States from cities and coun-
tries where the consuls of this govern
ment reside The odd, the unexpected,
and the incongruous constantly come
out IN these lists. From Turin, &C.
cording to this record, we obtain gun
stocks; from Naples, cutie fish bones;
from Portugal, argols and anthony;
from Moscow, horses, names; from
Riga, objects Of divine service; from
Barcelona, cream of tartar, lioorice,
glycerine, jackasses and oil paintings;
from Tuxpam, Mexico, vanilla, chiches,
honey, cedar, sarsaparilla and deer
skins; from Colombia, skins, hides,
divi-divi, bones and bananas; from
BATHURST, British Africa, ostrich eggs
and everlasting flowers; from Sierra
Leone, ginger, palm oil and monkeys;
from New Zealand, Kauri gum, gold
and sausage castings, and from Sa-
moa, wreckage, copra and curioa.
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The Lars larson Acobnts.
Berssell undertook to make the clay
model for the American manager. He
made up thirty-tive or forty balls OF.
clay about the size of a big orange, and
placed before him on an easel q board
about four feet square. Then he stood
of ten feet from the board, picked up
the clay balls from the table with his
right hand and in turn threw them to
the board with his left. After throw
ing fifteen Of these balls the outline Of
Il head and bust was visible. lie then
left the table and went up to the board
pinching and smoothing the clay with
his fingers, making thereby eyes. 4
nose, and the semblance Of an express
sion. At the expiration of thirty-one
seconds he had a portrait Of Trewcy,
the shadowgraphist, natural as life.
This Mr.. Hopkins pronounced remark
able, and asked De Berssell if he had
ever attempted to portray the features
of any individuals outside of those he
might frequently meet or was familiar
with. He replied that he could make
faithful pictures Of any individual on
the globe. Mr.. Hopkins inquired what
sort Of salary he was then making in
Paris, and was told about 10 francs a
week. He was engaged to make his
present tour with the Hopkins COM
pany at salary exceeding 500
week.-Chicago Herald
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In these exhibitions as to be continually
held sas professional entertainers.
Among these were cOnjurOrS, NEGRO
mancers, jugglers, snake cllarmers and
dancers. Before this in Egypt, bands
Of street entertainers performed for
the dedication Of the ladies Of the har-
ems, who viewed these speciality art
lists from their latticed windows. All
records show that juggling and comic
exhibitions were always in high favor,
while the conjuror, the jugglel. and the
SIGNALS to appear at state fetes Pha-
raoh had his select lot of court mrlsi-
clans, magicians, jugglers and dancing
girls and the queen of Sheba enter
~tained her Roman lover, Mark Antony,
with the performance Of the most Won
derful professionals in all Egypt.
The Chinese, too, were not without
their vaudeville exhibitions. They en-
joyed performances of figures some
thing after the pattern of our Punch
and Judy, and had companies Of oddly
dressed musicians centuries ago. The
Japanese had marionette exhibitions,
and the Dial Ang, or puppet show, which
afterWard became famous in England,
are known to have been .=Nen with
favor in Japan when the earliest Dutch
navigators visited those Shores. The
Japanese have been entertained with
dancing girls, wrestlers, conjurors and
gymnastS since the first Of the Sho-
gaCns, and from close scrutiny Of rec
ords obtainable, their exhibitions were
the same before the introduction Of
Christianity as they are in 1893. When
the mighty Alexander wedged into III
dia he discovered 4 people who We're
amused by vaudeville perform ers, rep
resenting nearly every department Of
the variety profession as we know it
to-day. There in that land Of gold was
the acrobat, the wonderful India ma
gioian who has never been equaled up
to now, the QUOT thrower, the dexter
GUS swordsman, dancing girls, grizzled
buffoons, story tellsrs, snake 'harmers.
experts on musical Instruments, and
the conventional wondering minstrel,
with "shreds and patches" We're as
familiar sights there then as they
are to-day Crowds of Nautch
girls, perhaps not much unlike
those who piroucttcd on the
Midway Plaisance the past summer
companies Of musicians and larger
troupes Of performers gave outdoor ex-
hibits in the larger towns or roamed
about and exhibited their skill and dex-
terity in the streets and villages. All
the tribes Of Africa, with perhaps the
single exception Of the bushman and
the pigmies, have professional enter
tainers who give performances which,
in great measure, correspond with
many Of our vaudeville acts of the
present day. The gorgeousness Of the
Alhambra and the wonders Of the en-
tertainments of the Moors are as well
known as the history of Spain, and as
the drama, as we consider it, formed
no part nor parcel Of such entertain
ments, they must be designated into
the category Of vaudeville, which in
cludes all Of the different kinds of en-
! tertlnmentS given by the ancient with
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TELESCOPES or rHz FUTURE

They Will Probably De Ear Aore
Powerful Than Those Now Made. :.
In 4 paper by Mr.. Avan A. Clark on
tho telescopes Of the future, recently
read at Chicago, the view II suggested
that astronomers may look forward to
more powerful than any they now pot
So. When in 1915 lenses Is inches in
diameter were made most astronomers
thought the limit Of size had been
reached But in 1870 Mr.. Newhall,
Gateshead, England, built the 25-inch
telescope, now at Cambridge. In 1873
26-inch glasses were mode for the tele-
scope at the University Of Virginia and
at the National Observatory at WASH
ington. Till recently the difficulty OF
getting suitable glass was the chief OBJ
stacle. Glassnakers have, however,
continued to improve their processes
for producing dtkks Of glass Of large
size and free from imperfections. Per-
severance has at length brought mat
tiers to the point that the only obstacles
to getting glasses "of almost any size
are the times required to make them
and the small number OF persons hav-
ing money enough to pay for them.
This fact is Illustrated in the increase
Of size Of lenses in great telescopes In
In 1880 for the Russian Imperial Oh,
servatory at Pulkowa was succeeded
In about 1887 by the 36-inch-Lick tele-
scope At present Mr. Clark has under
way the largest lenses ever constructed
Of 40 inches diameter, for the Univer-
siI Of Chicago.
instruments Of this prodig1ous size
are required, Mr.. Clark thinks for Or
iginal discoveries. Most important or
iginal discoveries have been made with
the largest telescopes in use at the
time Once seen with the large glass
new objects are readily made out after
wards with smaller instruments. The
fewness Of large telescopes has greatly
restricted the number Of original dis
coveries. Rejecting telescopes will not
in Mr. Clark's opinion, compete sue
cessfuly hereafter with the refactors
| in power. The large telescopes OF this
class have rarely, he ays,accompnshed
much except In the hands OF the optl-
clans who made them. They are e1-
| tremely sensitive to unfavoraAe condl-
lions that effect the use OF high magni-
| flying powers The tendency Is to dis
place the rejecting telescope.
! But makers of the great lenses OF re-
! fracting telescopes have great difficult
ties to overcome. There are able now
to procure the great disks required, but
to figure them-to give them the pro-
per shape-and to polish them require
the highest skill Of the scientific Opt
clan. ''He must be an artist in color, "
Gays Mr.. Clark, as well as in light and
shade in order to do the perfect work
required" The task Is hard one, and
its difficulty increases with the con:
slant increase Of size. Machinery Is
available for the rough work OF the
first stages of the manufacture, but the
finer grinding and smoothing are al
ways done by hand. The finishing
touch can never, it is thought, be given
otherwise than by Observation-Disclosures
Sun.
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VARIETY IN OLDEN TIMES.
THE PHARAOHS ENJOYED THE VA
RIETY SHOW. .'..
AnteLatinE the Drama Many Centur-
les, Vaudeville Was Enjoyed Hum
hreds of Years AEo-A Glance Into
History. - -

The vaudeville performance in some
form or other can, it is said be traced
back to the very fountain head OF his
tory, almost to the very beginning Of
Egypt, the land Of the Pharaohs, the
pyramids, the sphinx and the Nile.
In country 50 fertile and one that
could easily support very dense popu-
lation, it might be well imagined the
people had some form of enjoyment
in their successful efforts to restore
the Greek text and Egyptologists have
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even rivaling the famous Olympian
games. The Egyptians and Persians,
in the days Of Cyrus the Great, and
cleopatra years after Menes were as
fond Of amusement.
When the Romans landed on the
coast Of '.Tin Land" Or present Eng
land, they found that the Druids, who
disputed their claims to the country,
were most wonderfully familiar with
the black art and had strange concoc-
ton Of religion and amusement that
included the performances Of companies
of men who had become so dextrous
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Good Lord! how thank.

ton it at once. Good Lord! how thank.
fal am"
Mis- van Wyck decided e that mo.
ment thateBerthA's sweetheart had been
drinking unless he was out Of Ills
mind. But Bertha herseH guessed
something rather near the truth.
However, not until the double we'd
ding had taken place at Miss van
Wyok's cottage, and he was on his
honeymoon journey with his wife, did
WIN Wheaton make full confession.
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Only a Snort Time.

Witherby [savagely) Isn't It about
time to have those windows cleaned?
Mrs Witherby-Why, they were
cleaned recently.
How recently?"
1.-Two girls ago."-Life.
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The published results Of investiga-
tons conducted by the department Of
agriculture respecting the food Of
hawks and owls, shows that OF the 70
species and subspecies existing In the
United States only six feed upon poth-
try or game birds. OF 2, 100 sto1nachs
of these birds examined, 50 Per cent
contained mice and other small nam.
mails, % per cent insects and 13 per
cent poultry oz CANA birds.