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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1896-01-02

They found Saxifrago dead in his stall
tho next morning. jenkins always main
tanned that hc died of hoartbrcak. In tho
main the public agreed with him. Haw-
kins had won enough money to leave off
bookmakirg. He bought grass farm and
not up rs II breeder. His most successful
sire was n golden chestnut known rs tho
Blood Brother to Saxifrage Hawkins
bought him in Kentucky very shortly be-
toro tho match race was lost-and won.
MARTHA MCCULLOCH WILLIAMS.
The record-union., 1896-08-16

AND MUNSEY'S FOR AU-
gust at the Sacramento News Company,
40 Il street
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Curious Mode of Incubation,

1t is well known that the Australian
megapod is bird that is accustomed
not to sit on its own eggs. In certain
parts of Australia are found numerous
mounds of considerable size and hight,
which the first explorers took to be
burial mounds. These were made by
the Megapodius tumulus, which uses
them for Matching it's eggs. They have
sometimes considerable dimensions; a.
nest that is fourteen feet high and fifty
five feet in circumference may be re-
garded as large. Each megapod builds
it's own nest with materials which it
gathers from all sides, and these are ex-
actly what the gardener uses in the
month of March to make his forcing
beds; namely, leaves and decomposing
vegetable matter, which, by their fer
mentation, give off an appreciable
amount of heat. In the forcing-b beds.
this heat hastens the sprouting of seeds;
in the nest it suffices for the develop
ment and Matching of the young birds,
and the mother can go where she likes
and occupy herself as she wishes, with
out being troubled by the duties of sit
ting.
In the small island of Ninafou, in the
Pacific, another bird has a somewhat
similar habit, in SO far as it also aban-
dons it's eggs; but in place of obtaining
the necessary heat from fermentation,
it gets it from warm sand. The Leipoa,
or native pheasant of Australia acts
like the megapod, and watches the tenn
perature of it's mound very closely, COW
ering and uncovering the eggs several
times a day to cool them or heat them,
as becomes necessary. After Matching,
the young bird remains in the mound
several hours; it leaves on the second
day, but returns for the night, and not
until the third day is it able to quit the
paternal abode.-Revue Scientifique
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CUT HIM OFF TOO QUICK.
The Electrician Took Too Hasty Of
Tense at Being Called an Aleck.

The pale-eyed man with frizzly side
whiskers had been having a large
amount of trouble with the electric
wires in his office. He had notified the
firm that does his repairing several
times and had received nothing more
than the customary promise to attend
to it without delay. He was irritated
when the man finally arrived and ex-
claimed:
you've got here at last to do that lit
tie job of work, have your
What little job of work?'
Don't you know? Are you just here
on visit? Do you think I'm running
a pink tea and that you're supposed to
say 'howdedo' and eat wafer and run
off? I've been sending and sending for
some man to fix these electric lights
Have you?"
Yes, I have" he almost shouted.
"And what I now desire to know is
whether you were sent here to patch up
leaky wires or whether you We're told to
come up here and see how you like the
furniture and whether you think I am
good company or not"
What's the matter with you? Amt
you we'll? Show me where thestrbuble
is, and don't bother me-"
Il guess you're a smart Aleck," re-
marked the pale-eyed man with a sneer.
The workman picked up his tools,
pulled his hat down and started toward
the door,
Hold on! You're not going away
and leave me in the dark for another
week, are you?"
Il haven't time to fight you, and I'm
not paid for takin' any mans impu-
dence.'
What do you refer to?"
Il mean that little comment you just
got rid of about smart Aleck, or some
thing or 'nuther.''
The pale-eyed man was visibly agi-
tated. The thought of being deserted
morse. Then his face lit up with an in
spiration. Grasping the workman by
the shoulder with one hand and laying
the other confidingly on his back, he
said:
My dear sir, your hasty, sensitive
nature caused you to misunderstood
me-"
ct don't think
"Yes, it did. You think I meant to call
you a smart Aleck."
Il don't suppose anything about 1t.
Them was your words"
That comes of your not allowing me
to finish. What I was saying when you
interrupted me is that guess you are a
smart electrician. Only that, and moth
ing more. re."-Detroit Free Press.
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WHY THE SEAT WAS VACANT
Pathetic Drama Acted With Only
Two Appreciative Spectators.

In a crowded Broadway theater as
the overture was closing every seat
in the orchestra circle was taken except
one. That one was II s. third from the
aisle. A young man in immaculate
evening dress and his companion,
young woman faultlessly arrayed, had
the first two seats. The vacant seat was
next, says the New York Herald"
Charlie took luncheon at the club
to-day" said a young man, who sat in
the front row Of the balcony, to friend
in the next seat. He is in a terrible
way, and drank entirely too much. He
confided to me that his fiancee had de-
clared their engagement off last night
By Jove! There he goes now down the
center aisle"
The young man referred to as Char
lie" walked down the center aisle with
an air that showed he was killing time
rather than seeking pleasure. The
usher stood at row "H" and then point
ed to the vacant seat. Charlie" start
ed to enter. The young lady rose to
allow him to pass. Their eyes met,
and, quickly turning, he walked from
the theater. The seat remained vacant
during the performance.
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New Ideas of Inventors.

Wheel and chain guard for bicycles
in one piece.
Attachment which makes pianos
mouse-proof.
Rocking chair with pneumatic tires
in the rocker.
A watch for accurately timing photo
graphic exposures.
A metallic railway tie filled with
compressed paper pulp.
Miners drill, will bore a hole larger at
the bottom than the top.
Wall desk, a handy, compact writing
desk, to be hinged to the wall.
Novel lightning ice-cream freezer for
confectioners and families.
A device to prevent keys from being
turned from the outside of doors.
Folding stretcher, an invention for
ambulance service and hospitals
A nursing bottle support, holds the
bottle in place while baby is nursing
Ice-cream mold, a porcelain mold with
cover for serving ice-cream to consum-
ers.
Window fastener, an ingenious de-
vice which prevents rattling and keeps
out wind.
Pneumatic churn, produces the but
ter by rapidly forcing pure air jets
through the cream.
Pocket stamp holder, a compact, con-
venient holder for fifty stamps, without
sticking together.
Head rest, to be attached to backs of
seats in railroad coaches. Can be car
ried in the pocket
Pan litter, takes pans of meat or
bread from the oven without burning
fingers or using cloths
New lathe chuck, takes automatically
round or tapering rods or tools shanks
without manipulation.
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The Only Papal Sermon.

1t is said that the Pope of Rome is
the only priest in Christendom who
never breaches sermon. Only once
during 800 years has this rule, if rule it
be, been departed from. This was when
Plus TX. was Pope.
Father Ventura. famous orator, was
to have preached in a church in Rome
A great crowd assembled to hear him.
but at the appointed hour there was no
priest.
Presently the Pope arrived; probably
he, too, had come to listen to Ventura.
Taking in the situation at a glance,
Pic Mono was equal to the OCCASION
for he preached the sermon himself
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No Doubt of 1t.

Hopeless, utterly hopeless" said the
keeper, as he opened the door and let
the visitors see a man whose face wore
q smile of triumph.
HE thinks he has invented a bicycle
lamp that will stay lit.''
The visitor shuddered and passed on
to another room, where they found a
man who was trying to write cur
rency plank for party platform
Truth
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A misunderstanding.

What do you think this is worth,
sir ?'' asked the poet, as he handed the
editor some verses.
About ten dollars replied the lit
erary man, after perusal.
20, sir" said the gratif1ed bard, "I
hardly expected to get that for it."
20, / didn't mean that. / meant it
would cost you that to get it printed
Detroit Free Press.
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His Summer Outing.

Views of seashore, field and mountain
Lure me like beauteous dream;
Thoughts of ocean, lake and fountain
Witch me with enticing gleam
But I count my cash In pocket,
And my fancies l must guard;
For twill only buy a hammock
Just to swing in my backyard.
Chicago Record
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NO FREE ADS.

No free 'swant" ads. are taken in
THE RECORD UNION. Births,
deaths and marriages also charged
for. NO PREMIUMS GIVEN. NO
CATCH-PENN4 DEVICES. The pa
per is worth the money you pay for
it. although higher priced than most
others. Published Sundays also.
The class who have money to spend
all take it. Rich and poor like it for
its cIeanly, healthy tone. Classified
ads. by the month, Wants, For Sale,
To Let. Personals. etc.. 6Oc per line.
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He Was All Right.

Cholly Bubblehead (throwing down
the telegram)-Aw demmit! My aunts
will has been wead, and she has left all
to found an asylum for incurable imbe-
Giles.
acknowledgements you, Chol-
ly, You are always provided for
Truth.
The record-union., 1896-08-16

Herbert Hall Winslow and Will r.
Wilson's new romantic play, THE
Great Northwest" will open the sea-
son of the American Theater, New
York, August 31st, and will be put on
for run. The play made a pronounced
hit in Boston and other cities during it's
short spring tour, and there is every
reason to believe it will fare similarly
In New York, where it will have a Law
ish production, enlisting the services
of $50 people. The scenic effects will
be unusually elaborate. The production
will have several sensational features
Among these a volunteer fireman's race
with hand fire engines; a prairie fire.
a blizzard, a windmill upon which
the heroine makes three revolutions
twenty feet in midair and game of
poker played for mans life The play
abounds in comedy situations and
quantity humorous characters, true to
life in the Red River Valley Of the
North.
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All the Year Sonqsters.

The robin and the wren are the only
birds that sing all the year round. All
the other warblers have periods of
silence.
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CARPET CLEANING.

STEAM CARPET-CLEANING CENTS
per yard. Prices to suit the times H.
w. RIVETT, Twelfth and o streets
Telephone 292. The best machine in the
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WANTED-TWO OR THREE FUR
nished rooms by man, wife and child.
Would prefer to exchanges part rent for
piano lessons. Address TX care office.
1t
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GENERAL NOTICES.

LADIES OR GENTLEMEN WISHING
TO prepare for Civil Service examination
please join class at T25ia street Its
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MUSIC AND ART.
GROCERIES

1sh lbs BEST GRADUATED SUGAR,
81; shoulders, &c ~: Eastern picnic
hams, TIC; jams in screw top glass jars,
1Oc; best flour. 95c.
BEESLEY & SON, 51S J.
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CHURCH NOTICES.

CHRISTIAN CHURCH, NINTH AND
(entrance Ninth)-Preaching by the pas
tor, j. e. Denton, morning and evening.
LATTER-DAY SAINTS AT K OF p
Hall. Sunday-school, 10 a. m. Services
IL a. m. and 7:45 p. m. Evening subject:
Mans Relationship to Duty All are
welcome. Seats free. Its
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ARE YOU LOOKING FOR A HOME
like place to board and room? Go to the
MODEL" southwest corner Eighth
and H.
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IN APPRECIATION OF KIND
services rendered on the occasion of the
lawn performance given in the Capitol
Park on the evening of August 18th, the
officers and members of Sacramento
Lodge, No. 32S b. Z. o. Eiks, desire to
express their most sincere thanks to the
following. The Capitol Commissioners,
Miss Mabel Carmichael, ]. III. Todd. MIR.
Arion Orchestra, Messrs. Walter Long
bottom, T. +. Bellhouse. DIR. c. f. Mil
lken. e. S. Elkus. Charles German,
Frank Pinkham, Frank Schuler, William
Lovdal, j. r, Week, j. NJ. Anderson,
comprising the glees, Bell Conservatory
Company, Captain Robert Ash and the
regular police officers in attendance;
Messrs. John Barrett, M. III, Merrill and
f. w Meredith of the Park police, to
press for their generous notices, and the
public for their kindly consideration and
Endorsement; j. n. LARKIN, Z. r. c.
H. Holmes, Secretary. P.C) 1t
FOR SITUATIONS AND RELIABLE
help go to Employment Office, 1117 4th st.
CENTURY AND MUNSEY'S FOR AU-
gust at the Sacramento News Company,
429 X street.
MISS NELLIE C. BURNS. TEACHER
OF shorthand; private instruetlon az a.
regular rates. Address Miss Nellie G.
burns, Burnsyille, Sacramento Z. Y.
STORAGE REDUCTION-THE SACRA-
mento Fire Proof and Bonded Ware
house Company, Front and r. have re-
duced rates of storage on Hay, Grain,
Hops, Mdse and Furniture TO correspond
with the times. Money advanced on our
warehouse certificates at per cent.
Tel. 513. h. f. DRIEMEYER, Mgr.
LATEST PERIODICALS AND FICTION,
Stationery, Notions, ETC., at Doane's, No.
2u2 X street.
MONEY TO LOAN-H. J. GOETHE, 1011
Fourth street.
MONEY TO LOAN ON REAL ESTATE
security. CHARLES COOLEY, 1913
Fourth street
NOVELS AND BOUND BOOKS
bought, sold and exchanged at reduced
prices. 725 K street
A GOOD SET OF TEETH FOR Sc; j;
filing 50c and upward; from one-third
to one-half saved: all work guaranteed.
DR; q. w. NEWSOM, Dental Parlors,
Ills l street
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SELECT SCHOOL.

MRS. SPILLMAN'S SCHOOL WILL RE-
main open all summer at S24 l.. Special
attention given to conditioned pupils
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MEETING NOTICES.

COUNCILS NO AND 20. A. P. A..
meet in Odd Fellows Hall alternate
FRIDAY NIGHTS au16-1Ws
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LEE HAYS, THE UPTOWN PLUMBER.
viii do a skillful job at bottom price
lilo Twenty-first street, between K and
l.. Capital Telephone, 245
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CURTAINS DONE UP, 60 CENTS A
pair and upwards; ladies' fancy clothing
laundried without injury to the gar
ment. French Laundry, 912 l. street.
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NICELY FURNISHED ROOMS, WITH
or without board; home cooking. MRS
KLEINSORGE, 9Q3 L.
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HOWE's CADEMY- RAMMAR
grade, high school, normal and business
branches; elocution. French and German
are taught. Ninth and l streets.
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FRONT ROOMS TO RENT
with or without board. 911 o street.
near Tenth street
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CESSPOOLS, VAULTS AND CHIMNEYS
cleaned; no dirt; lowest prices. w. M.
SLAUGHTER, 317 K and 321 NJ street.
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BUSINESS CARDS.

FOR ROOFING, TIN AND SHEET
iron work, w. d. Bessey can't be beaten
$40 l street. Sunset Tel, No. 773.
The record-union., 1896-08-16

JOHN D. SHEARER, ARTIFICIAL,
stone walks and concrete foundations.
1918 N street.
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Felix Norris will be a member of
Daniel Frohman's Lyceum Theater
Company next season. The clever
comedian has been playing in England
the past season and will pass the re-
mainder of the summer at his home in
Oconomowoc, Wis.
The record-union., 1896-08-16

The London World" commenting
upon the recent performance of Doc
tor Faustus" by the Elizabethan So
ciety highly commends them for leav
ing Shakespeare alone, suggests the
engagement of professional actors. and
then takes the manager, Mr.. Poel, to
task for the funereal pace which he sets
in his entertainments. He takes his
time, not from the Middlesex or the
Foresters,' but from Westminster ABB
hey. He gives to the whole perform
ance the air of an ecclesiastical solem-
nifty. Much of the dialogue is positively
intoned; the devils in particular chant
their speeches after the fashion of dox-
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FOR SITUATIONS AND RELIABLE
help go to Employment Office, 1117 4th st.
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BUARD AND LODGING.

of Eighth and K streets; coolest 5uild-
ing; finest rooms in city; newly fur
nished; porcelain bath tubs; second floor
reserved for Offices; terms very low
janitor and light free FRANK MEYER.
Manager.
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A German printer has secured some of
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WANTED-BY A JAPANESE A sITUA-
ton as gardener, or to do general house
work; can take care of horse. Address
FRANK, box 80, city. au14-3ts
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DIR. FAY, 6271s j ST-1O TO II A. NJ, 2 TO
A. to .. m. Res. 1929 G. Tel. 300.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-01-16
GKEENU >LSf1lNED.
The ManitobIans Declare Asaint separa
ton of schools.

WINNIPEG. MANITOBA, Jan 10
To-day's Manitoba general elections, helo
IA secure a mandate from the people on
tho school issues. resulted in the almost
unanimous, return of Premier Green
ways Government. ~,
Indications are tO-msht tld' niS
strength in the new House Will IN
crease by four. or thirty-one III all
The sole issue in isolated districts was
the question of UNFOLDING the risht Oh
the province TO make its own educauoiiai
laws and TO administer the same WIN
out Federal interference.
In 1890 Manitoba passed an act aool-
ishing Estate aid to Roman Cathohc
scboolS and adopting a system or ma
tional fchools.
u'he catholics appealed TO the hishest
court In the realm 70 have this rule over
thrown, but met with reverses III every
instance until last year when the I'M
nerial Province Committee gave the I'M
periaI Government 1T Ottawa power 10
establish separate schools. An orueI
10 that effect was accordingly loiWHiu'H
bv the ottawa Government TO Premier
Greenway's Government. Ills repil was
a stern refusal 10 act,
A second order was given. tfteh""S
again refused TO establish schools. and
to-day he appealed 10 Maih'op'a"s' ~
either endorse or condemn his stand.
Thev cave almost unanimously endorsed
il hut the supporters OF separate schools
made a bitter struggle. Returns no 10
midnight show the election OF thirty-one
Greenwav men. I'VE opposition. ana thi re
independents one district is still IN
doubt.
In the last Government. Greenway had
twenty seven out OF a total OF Iorty'
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-01-16

Colonel Morton Marye. the Auditor OF
Public Accounts, who IS a member OF
the State Board of Library Commission
ers. when seen yesterday In regard 10
the charge that the rooms set aside IN
the new building for the Library proper
were too small said that such an idea
was an erroneous one.
THE present ubrary-rooms,' he said,
can accommodate about three times as
many books as there are now. Before
the building was erected, some Of the
members OF the board. with the archi-
tect. visited the libraries in several North
ern cities. and also in Washington, WITH
a view of selecting the best shelving
that could be gotten. The shelves used
I'm the new Congressional Library at
Washington. which was recently erected
at a cost OF several millions Of dollars,
were finally adopted. They are OF steel
and iron, and are so constructed that
when the present shelving is fully used,
one or two more sets Of the same d.
mansions can be placed on those now on
the library floor. Wnen more shelves are
needed, all that will be necessary VIII
be for the Legislature to appropriate
money for their purchase. but the present
shelves are not nearly filled. and VIII
hold a good many books more"
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-01-16
MaRRIlGE Ar CHIRLOTTESTTLLE.
MIR. Charles W. Bidgood Leads Miss Young
TO the Altar.

CHARLOTTESVILLE VA. Jan. ID
Special-One OF the most beautiful mar
riages that has taken place IN this city
for some time was witnessed at the Pres
byterIan church al n 80 4. NJ. to-day by
a host OF the admiring friends OF the
contracting parties. Promptly al the
hour announced for the ceremony TO take
place Mr.. Charles West Bidgood. of Fay
etteville, y. C.. led TO the altar Miss Min
ME Mccoy Young. the beautiful and ac-
complished daughter OF Professor {. t..
Young. principal OF the Charlottesville
Female institute and the ceremony was
performed 10y Or. g. L. Petrie.
The best man was Mr.. George BidgOOd,
of Richmond. brother of the groom, ana
the attendants were Mcssrs. ". w. old,
-of Norfolk Stewart 1anchel b. l.. Jones,
JOHN S. White. and G. u. fishburne, OF
Charlottesville.
Mr. and Mrs. Bidgood left on the 1890
castern-bound train for Norfolk and ola
Point. where they Will spend some days
before they return to their permanent
nome i'm Fayetteville. y. G., where Mr..
Bidgood is engaged in the practice Of
law. ,
The two-year-old daughter Of Mrs. $.
l.. Anderson. proprietor OF the tdit'r
House was seriously. II not fatally, burn
ed this evening by accidentally iaiiihS
into an open crate.
Mr. william Barnett. an aged resident
OF Alhcnarlc county, was lounu dedd III
the woods near Simeon, Yesterday. lie
Is supposed 10 have died from hed'l
disease
At the annual meeting of the stock
holders OF the Charlottesville woollen
mills, MIR. H. G. Marchant was re-elect-
ed president. with William Hotopp as
Nice-president. The report of the presl-
dent and directors show a large increase
in business for 1895 over that OF 1894.
The trial Of Ms. Rosa smith, charged
with the murder Of her husband, by adj
ministering to him frequent doses of
croton oil. is sim in progress, and IS
creating much interest IN the town and
county.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-01-16
4 NIH THEfIRE.
A New York Syndicate Proposes to Build
One in This CITY.

Mr.. j. Ii. Lame OF New York, who
has been stopping at the Jefferson Hotel
left the city last night. lie was here
i'm the interest OF large northern syndi-
cate whose purpose Il to build in this
city modern and handsome theatre.
Mr. Lame said yesterday:
The whole thing IS as yet i'm embryo.
II the plans are a success, the theatre
will be built. with a central location.
Mr.. Leath will manage the new house,
and also the present Academy, which
will be reserved entirely for second-class
attractions Nothing but hrst-class at
fractions will bc allowed In the new
house. 1t will be the aim OF the syndi-
cate to open the house two ana three
times a week All seats on the ground
floor. with the exception Of the last
four rows will sell for $50.
The house will have seating Ca
pacity of 200"
Regarding the kind of theatre to be
built, Mr.. Lame said
1t will be first-class house. We
intend to reproduce such a house at fne
Madison-Square Theatre. Take the pres
ent seats in the Academy: they probably
cost $3.50 apiece. Each seat IN the new
theatre will cost Sl4.5O apiece. There
Will be lounging-rooms, parlors, and a
promenade gallery The house Will have
three galleries. built on the cantilever
plan"
Among the prominent theatrical people
that Mr.. Lame has brought TO Richmond
are Madame Janauscheck, the traSedi-
enne Lolita, the inimitable. John Sleeper
Clarke. the gerat English comedian
John Mccullough, the eminent tragedian.
Gilmore's band. and Theodore Thomas
orchestra.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-01-16
tanning ia Nee .bouf II.

The Washington Star Of yesterday say $
"a committee Of the Citizens League, OF
Alexandria county. Va, viii 60 TO lSicn-
mond Friday 10 appear before the com
mittee having charge OF the racing bills
now before the Legislature OF virginia,
10 present the views OF the League upon
this subject. and also To urge the pas
sage Of several bills. which nave been
framed by the League. tending TO a re-
vision Of the excise law Of the county,
the Improvement OF the public roads. ana
the removal OF the county courthouse
10 some point within the county Inc
committee Is composed OF Messrs. ;. ,.
Burdette, a. A. Lipscomb. W ". Doug
las. and Frank Lyon.
The object Of this committee IS 10 IN
press upon the members Of the Legisla-
ture that outside OF those directly inter-
ested in the race-tracks. the citizens OF
the county are totally opposed TO racing
accompanied by pool-selling or any FORM
OF gambling"