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New-York tribune., 1896-12-29
THE VARIETY THEATRES.

Miss Louise Beaudet continued her English and
French songs at the Olympia Music Hall last even
ing The new feature Of the programme wnich
was expected produce the cnef eject OF novelty
for the evening was the singing and dancing OF
Mile Karina who however did not seem to I'M
press the audience worthy Of any uncommon
demonstration Her voice thin and light, and
nobody but the writer Of the programme would
think OF calling her beautiful. The most OF me pro-
gramme OF the week Is attractive. Inc De oreeslS
owhirIwnd dances" are prominent In 1t. and u
also includes the Rice Brothers. Edward Lately
Iiaines and Pettingill. LA Roc he. the Newsooys
onintct lanes Thornton and the four Nelson Sis
ters The amusements Of he Winter Garden efo
continued.
The three Merries Sisters. who were popular
singers and dancers among the local music hails
season or two ago returned to Roster Bal 8 'ass
night AMI were warmly welcomed by the audience
Miss Alice ttolbrook. who has been heard before u
operctta appeared for the first time in vaudeville
The rest Of the bill consisted OF the Dunhams, aero
,Sa 1aS ranezd H. perfcrmance Wormwoods trained
ANIMALS Williams and Walker the Diograpih, ~
her engagement
A change was made at the Pleasure Palace ~
terday by the restoration of the orchestra IN plsos
OF the piano which has been used alone for somc
time The entertainers OF the day were Mr.. and
Mrs Sidney Drew. the Hanlons Swift and Chase
and Mme Boreii the Nelson Trio. Thorne and
carleton Kenno and Welch. William. De Boo;
fISsIs Riardo and sPaIsD@ AgD@s A.! MSs Y Rsads "' ~
Lew Dockstader's address. fun OF his own sort OK
wi, ana wisdom was one Of the most amusing Dis
# the progranm, 1t Proctors Theatre twenty
third-st. yesterday. The audiences were also de
ver,ed by the efforts OF Nj and Mrs. Charles l.
Ellis the Vassar Quartet. Rache$Walk'r the three
Sisters Nilona Alexandra Martens. The Waterbury
Brothers and T.nney: Walton and Mayon. panto-
milnists: Charles q. seymour mimic: +. r. Lang.
Roberts and Allen. Vida krcnc, the Toilette quad
rille dancers: Van and Vera. Marion and Pearl,
Forbes and Quinn. ana Dcrarda. club iuggler
Tory Pastor has arrayed his forces for the week
OF the New Year so to make them present the usuai
attractive appearance. His present recruits are
Willis T. Sweatnam. Mr. and Mrs Arthur {. SID
man. IN "A Bit Of Real Life the Ammons-clerse
Trio vocasts and instrumentasts; Jerome anc
Bell Miss Maud Ravmord. scro-comic; John and
Bertha Geeson. dancers. Gallagher and W est, MISS
Belle Hathaway and her troupe Of dogs, monkey
and balloons: Edward and Louise Lorreit. Peters
end Walters. Morrow and Ruthden. Sadie Hart;
character change artist; Melrose and Elmer ano
Tony Pastor.
Moving pictures TO be seen at the Eden Musee
and moving strains proceed from the Hungarian
Orchestra. The waxworks are always ready TO re-.
seiVe visitors
New-York tribune., 1896-12-29
LAST NIGHT IN LOCAL THEATRES

Mr.. Tree at the KnckerbockeT. appeared In "A
Bunch Of Nolets." The farce entitled I'm Gay
New-York' lately current at the Casino. was pre-
sented at Wallack Lillian Russell appeared at
the Casino Theatre. presenting AN American
Beauty. ."...."Under the Red Robe produced
at the Empire Mr. Hoyt's farce called "A Texas
Steer WIS revived at the Murray Hill Theatre.....
The farce called "A Parlor Match was given at
the Columbus Theatre......M Mr. Mansfield. at the
Garden Theatre. acted Shylock.....A production of
The Sporting Duchess" with Agnes Booth, j. II.
Stoddart. Joseph Wheelock and other faNorte
players In the east, was effected at the Harlem
opera House. Mr.. Crane entered the last
week of his present engagement at the Fifth Ave-
nII., ,l.ufr
New-York tribune., 1896-12-29
JULIAN POTTER RESTING EASILY.

Julian Potter. the nephew Of Bishop Potter whs
was injured on Sunday morning by sumpng from
the second story OF the house OF Duncan Elliott 10
West Chester. to escape from the fire which de-
stroyed the building was reported to be resting
easily yesterday. He Is still at the Country Club
to which he WAS removed after the accident. Two
OF Mr. Potter's ribs are broken. and he was IN
lured INTERNALLY by the fall he received Drs Dem Dem
lam 7. Bull OF this city. attending him. He is
he will recover.
New-York tribune., 1896-12-29

The Distrct-Attorney at frs. blush was in
clined to think the Civil Service provisions Of
the Constitution applied to his office. but on ma
ture delibera!ion he Is convinced that IT cannot
be possible. If he will ask any Of the boys they
will tell him they can't believe It.
New-York tribune., 1896-12-29

State truant school is proposed IN the
annual report OF Mr. Skinner, the State Superin-
tendent OF Public instruction. our present
methods of dealing with truants are anythihh
but satisfactory as rule They are not cr''hi
nails and should not be placed In institutions
designed for the reformation OF young crimi-
M
New-York tribune., 1896-12-29
JnNfx 10 Advertisements.
Dusinfse Notires.

ao~oN~~<N~~~N~NNS~~-~~ ~~-~~>~|~N~~~~~s|~>~~SS'
Roll Top Desks and once FURNITURE
Great Variety of style and Price.
T. q. SEI.LEW.
Ma III Fulton
New-York tribune., 1896-12-29
NOTES or THE STAGE.

Miss Nav Irwin will begin her engagement at the
Biiou Theatre this evening In her new farce'
"Courted Into Court
Mrs William A. Brady. the wife OF the Well
known theatrical manager is reported to be dan
gerously sick.
Die Zirtchen Verwandten" will be given az
the Irving Place Theatre tonight. on New Years
Eve Mr. Conried will present for the first time
Der Rabenvater." farcical comedy. II VII! D.
repea ed for the rest Of the week. except on New
Years Day. when Marie Stuart Is announced
for special holiday matinee. and tomorrow night,
when civilian Tell Will be presented. al popuia,
prices primarily for the bereft OF German school
children and pupils generally interested In tho
study OF German classic literature
New-York tribune., 1896-12-29

THE Louisville Post" after obJecting to mob
executions at the rate OF three p week SAYS: "It
Is not possible to exaggerate the evil condition
of affairs in this State. Each year they go from
bad to worse: each year crime increases and the
mob usurps more and more the functions Of the
courts. The record Of 1896 has never been
equalled in our history; never at any time have
we come so near to condition Of general anar-
chy to-day" Yet we have no doubt
Kentucky Is practically unanimous in denounc
ing the cruelty Of Weyler and the atrocities OF
the Turk.
New-York tribune., 1896-12-29

Barcelona has put down her Anarchists TOT
the present. shooting four for the encourage
nent of the remaining seventy-six who are sent
10 prison But her chance OF a new crop II
always promising. The political maicon'eh'
and bomb throwing scalawag seems 10 apouhu
there as nowhere else I'm the peninsula. ana
NAV continue to give the Government something
10 do when II has put down its foreign as
turbances II such luck awaits II.
New-York tribune., 1896-12-29

against in future extensions; but certainly '"i'
method OF operating cars should he 'e'.eu
through the whole OF at least one severe "'''e
before it is put into anything hKe ee"e'"
The recent troubles are SAID 10 nave
mainly from the coating OF me eiec''''
ductcrs with ice. But such conductors a'e '
tered from the weather almost Wholly % ~
,ared with the overhead trolley and the latter
svsten, does not break down in severe weather
W. ho,s tho underground trolley will prove
on f,r,her trial TO be satisfactory. but recent
.xneriences have certainly been discouraglng
New-York tribune., 1896-12-29

State Board OF Examiners IN barper'"s -
now demanded. Everybody concedeS tH'' W"
have too many commissions to SVEN our 'aN a..
now but the craze will probably not STOP '''
We have a state Commission In Toothpicklhe.
New-York tribune., 1896-12-29

We regret not to have heard from MI r'''aS
Cornelius Benedict concerning the oooo'e o'7"
ing house about which ne mas such '"''
knowledge. and which ought TO be SHOWN up anu
driven out OF existence.
New-York tribune., 1896-12-29

II is not inspiriting to be told that In spite of
the recent failures o: the underground trolley
system the plan OF using 1t In Fourth and Sixth
aves. has not been abandoned. 1t Is possible
that the experiences Of the last fortnight may
have disclosed the defects Of the system 90
clearly that they can bs obviated or guarded
New-York tribune., 1896-12-29

The Brooklyn Eagle" suggests that Mr.
Bryan should he made the first honorary mem
ber Of the Society for Staying at Home. The
American people, by large majority. will
heartily second the motion
New-York tribune., 1896-12-29
TIRE TALK or THE DAY.

4 commiire. has been appointed in London 10
solicit subscriptions for the erection OF som" APP
proprlate institution In memory ~ Dr Edward
Jcuu,r.
New-York tribune., 1896-12-29

Moving pictures are to be at the Eden Musee
and moving strains proceed from the Hungarian
Orchestra. The waxworks are always ready TO re.
seye visitors
New-York tribune., 1896-12-29

Dr ] Il Spfat' r"tuTn'T Iu'sIFy II0III IN III
County where he put the finishing touches to II
lawsuit which had been H. court Tor hfiy-siN
years That l.. b.. got note for the purcnas"
money or a tract Of land. which he thinks VIII b"
pafd Tho suit grew out OF the settlement or TN"
estate Of his grandfather. Gord)n Spratt. VINO
died IN $50 The original suit was for NO', ana
the matter has been 80 conducted that Dr Spratt
VIII realize but little more than that sum II"
h,s had charge OF the cas-. for tw"aty-four years
The defendants have had possession OF the lanh
for nfiy-cight years. paid no rent all that time
and get one-half OF the land for nothing mount
o. Senilnel- y. no.rai.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1896-10-02

bridge. Tho edges arc inserted in
Sits made on each side. where. DO the
course Of time. being alive ard retain
ing vitality from tho natural circula.
ton OF Tho blood, the piece grows
fact, and perfect nose Is the result
This Is called tho Indian method Of
treatment, bat. although it leaves o
scar on the forehead, 10 is NOS 40 pain-
lnl as tho Italian method. Ia this
lattor, the shin is grated from tho
arm, but Ia order 10 preserve the cir-
culation, that member is bent up with
tue forearm on the top Of the head,
aud securely bound there, and kept
in that position until the parts have
grown together. This operation ia
very painful, aud is not frequently
used.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1896-10-02
A Monster Magnet.

A monster magnet is used at the
British Arsenal at Woodwich to
handle the shot for the 11O-ton guns.
The body or core of the magnet is U
shaped, and in one forging. The
winding is mechanically protected by
stout brass fanges, and is covered with
thick brass trips. The ends OF the
winding are led to duplicate terminals.
duplicated wires, to prevent accidents
in case of the wire fouling and break
ing, being taken over the pulleys to
the switch box on the counter weight
at the buck OF the crane.
A single pole switch is placed in
this box and is used, in conjunction
with a water resistance, to shut the
extra current produced on break ing
the circuit to close or open the circuit.
The current varies from three to four
amperes at twenty or thirty volts. The
maximum weight that can be lifted has
not been ascertained exactly, but it
exceeds 5000 pounds. Cincinnati
Enquirer.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1896-10-02
Hunting Diamonds in the Dark

Hunting diamonds in the dark is a
new experience with me, said Col
onel Frank Myers of the pension
Office, "but it proved to be successful
A few evenings since some Of the lad
les of my family INDUCED in spin
on their cycles in the circle on the
White House lot. During their ride
one of them lost diamond collar
button. Oicourse they did not know at
what point they lost it, though they
did know that the wearer had the but
ton on when the ride began and did
not have it when she stopped. AS
the circle is a half mile around it
seemed to bo almost an impossible
task to find it, but the ladies persisted
in the search. They secured the as
sistance of several other riders in the
search, and later on three or four
more. The party then started out in
single file to make the circuit, and
afterward in files of four. In the
the third trip was the lucky finder.
Washington Star.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1896-10-02
Uses Of Hot Water.

A most wretched lie-awake, aged
thirty-fve years, who thought himself
happy if he could get twenty minutes
sleep in tweuty-four hours, said; 81
took hot water, pint, comfortably
hot, one good hour before each of my
meals, and one the last thing at night,
of course unmixed with anything else.
The very first night slept for three
hours on end, turned round and slept
again till morning. I have faithfully
and regularly continued the hot water
and have never had one bad night
since THE Queen.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1896-10-02
Veterinary Instruction.


In a recent number OF the Horse
man, the veterinary instruction OF the
State Agricultural Colleges was dis
cussod as followsi
The establishment Of the agricul-
tural colleges dates back only a few
years at the most, and each succeed
ing season sees improvement OF great
er or less importance made. The
most prominent defect now visible is
the lack Of proper instruction in vet
Urinary science at most Of them. In
connection with every state UNIVERSE
ty, and more particularly in connec-
ton with the agricultural department
thereof, there should be a school of
veterinary medicine, in which tho
short-course student may gain, during
his two terms, some knowledge of tho
treatment Of the more common dis
eases Of live stock, and in which the
man who desires TO become a practie-
ing veterinary surgeon may take a
full course OF three or four years, re-
ceiying his diploma at the conclusion
thereof.
No great amount of reasoning Is
necessary to show that among the
farmersand breeders of this country
there exists a lamentable ignorance of
the simplest rudiments of veterinary
medicine, and to properly care for
live stock Of any kind a man must
possess some knowledge of what to do
for the animals in time of sickness as
we'll as in health. It's not possible in
two short terms to imbibe knowledge
enough of so vast a subject to consti-
tute the student full-Aedged yeterin-
airy practitioner, but he should have
the advantage Of competent instruct.
ors in order that the information he
receives may be of the soundest char
acter. 2.
So long as a state undertakes to
supply the means of educating the
children of its citizens it should es-
tablish its educational facilities on the
broadcast possible basis. Qualified
veterinary surgeons, men competent
in their profession, are blessing to
any community, for their skill annual
ly saves much wealth to the residents
of the locality where they reside.
Every state takes pride in its live
stock, and it should provide a school
in which its citizens may be trained
to properly protect the health of its
animals.
In every agricultural college, there
fore, there should be a veterinary de-
partment, wherein students may ac-
quire the knowledge necessary to fit
them to become skillful veterinary
practitioners, and the instructors in
that department may be called on to
devote a portion of their time to Civ
ing instruction to the short-course
students in agriculture who do not de-
sire to become veterinarians
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1896-10-02

made ready 70 have Il follow iia oom-
paniona
''Hore. woman, what are you do
ing3' said one Of tho men suddenly
noticing the action Of the "War
Woman"
"lwo Of our guns are gone already, "
said another, aud an five men were
standing now.
"Kill the vixen, said tho leader, as
he started toward Nancy.
"You stay right whore you are, I"
said tho "War Woman" 10 a low voice.
"Pll shoot the first man that takes a
step toward me or the guns"
The tories knew her now for the
"War Woman. Il was a scene for q
painter The five men we're standing
about the table and Watching the fear
less woman who stood with her back
TO the wall. with the gun at her
shoulder Tho startled Sukey had
withdrawn to corner, aud breath.
less, was watching them all. But not
Que Of the men dared to move. They
were convinced that the first to start
would face the "Wnr Womau's' shot
But such an attitude could not long
be endured. Even now Nancy was
beginning 10 tremble. Would help
never come? Soon she knew she
would fall-and then? Her heart
trembled aud her check grew pale at
the thought.
But what was that? Close be-
side her she felt, rather than saw,
the muzzle Of gun pushed through
the opening she had made. Another
and another followed, and then there
came report that almost deafened
her. Through the smoke she saw
three Of the tories fall, aud the others,
in their endeavors to escape, run into
the arms of the "War Woman's" hus-
band and his companions.
"Mercyl Mercyl" begged the men.
"You shall have the mercy you
have shawn Others" was Harris reply
and what that mercy was might
have been seen half hour later wher
two lifeless bodies were hanging from
a tree by the roadside, swinging in tn,
wind, aud with great staring eyes
that, looking out, saw nothing in al
the forest.
What times they must have been
No mans life was safe, and in theil
desperation, sometimes the patriots
we're as relentless as their foes. Blu
Nancy Hart, the "War Woman" wal
not without mercy, and the stories o
her tenderness were as many as of hei
daring. Atlanta Constitution.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1896-10-02
The Account Settled.

"Our agreement was that you were
to have half if we won the suit" de-
clared the client.
Exactly" responded the lawyer,
''but you only got half what you sued
for and that is just my share De
troit Free Press.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1896-10-02

The annual crop of mushrooms il
France is valued at over 100000.
The Yale expositor., 1896-10-30

any OF the towns or cities of the United
States. For instance, in the CITY OF
Mexico a six-room house crowded up
into a row of one or two story pulio-
ings rents for SEQ per month-SlO per
room. A railroad man who cares ior
the comforts of his wife and chllnreh
would not pen them up in a sun-drled
mud house of two or three rooms Tor
which he would have to pay $40 10 s"o
per month-all he could afford to pay
so he leaves them in this country and II
he has anything left after his iiving
expenses are paid at the emu OF eaoh
month he converts his 50-cent dollars
into dollars worth 100 cents the worlu
over and sends them to his family
Railroad Wages.
Locomotive engineers in Mexico re-
ceive from $125 to S225 per month In
Mexican money, while on the western
roads in the United States they are
paid from SIPS to 5000 per month IN
gold or its equivalent.
Freight conductors are paid from SlZ'
to 5000 per month in Mexico, whlie
the wages range the same in this couH-
try with a dollar worth twice as niue :
Firemen get from $40 to 500 PEI
month in Mexico. Here they get from
! $50 to 500. and at the end OF the
month they don't have TO inquire no"
much their dollars are worth.
Division superintendent in Mexico
receive $3.50 per month in the cheaT
dollars. but just over the line their sal
aries range from $3.50 to 1926 in gold.
Trainmasters average about Sl65 IN
Mexico, but in this country their aver
age is about $16O-nearly double wher
figured on a gold basis.
Mexican railroads pay telegraph oper
atofs in a deprecated currency iron
$40 to $50 per month. On our western
roads they get from $40 to 500 mont
in dollars worth 100 cents everywhere.
Chief operators, to whose hands arr
entrusted life and property, are pal'
from $50 to $3.50 per month in Mexican
silver, while the same class OF men il
this section are paid an average o
S140, or almost double.
The Mexican railroad companies pa.
their station agents from $50 to SIT
per month. On western roads the wage
range frcm $40 to $3.50 per month il
100-cent dollars-thats the difference
am certain that there is not az
American la5orer who works on tn
section who would want to so to Mexi
co. There the average price paid sec
zion hands is so cents per day, an
they work from sunrise to sunset
Compared with the money paid Z
American laborers, these poor unfor
tunate section hands receive PRACTICAL
90 cents day. On my return home
talked with several gangs OF seeiioi
men who receive from 81 to S1.25 pc
The Yale expositor., 1896-10-30

The railway returns of the United
Kingdom for the year 1895 contain
much interesting information. At the
end of 1895 there were 21,174 miles of
railway open for traffic in the United
Kingdom, Of which 9,73S were single
lines. In the last twenty years about
$500 miles of new line have been
opened for traffic, and construction
still proceeds at an average rate of
about 2g0>saIIes year. Over fl ,000,-
600, 900 ufcapital Is now sunk in Brit
ish railways, which compares with
only f630, 900 twenty years ago.
Then the average cost per mile of line
open was f37 1873; now it has grown to
f47,2S0. For the year 1895 the total
gross receipts of the British railways
were fS5,922.600 The working ex-
,penditure was f47,S76,000, or Sc per
cent of the gross takings. The net re-
ceipts we're E3S,046, 100. which repre-
sents return of $50 per cent on the
total paid-up capital. Twenty years
ago the gross receipts were f61 $50 900,
the proportion of working expenditure
was 54 per cent of the total takings,
and the return on paid-up capital was
4.45 per cent
The Yale expositor., 1896-10-30

El Paso, Texas, Oct. 26-l have just
concluded a tour of Mexico. which j
made for the purpose of determining
whether business and wages and prices
,f farm produce were really as salts
factory az has been claimed and partic-
ilarly whether the conditions are such
rs to encourage the people of this coun-
Try in adopting the financial system OF
Mexico.
| met and talked with two passenger
Conductors between Torreon and El
Paso, Texas, about the wages of that
,lass of railroad employees. Unlike the
officials OF the Mexican Central and
,ther roads in Mexico, the men in the
operating department. do not receive
gold for their services. They are paid
IN paper money or silver worth little
more than so cents on the dollar. These
gentlemen would not permit me to
quote them, but talked freely with the
hot 70 be used. They said it was the
oolicy of all railroad corporations in
| hat country to stand in" with the
powers that be, and refuse TO discuss
he financial system of the republic.
This, they explained, was because the
government granted big concessions 20
| he railroads which were developing
he resources of the country. One OF
these conductors said: "My salary is
t1G0 per month. l pay $40 month
room rent, or total of $240 a year.
Day for board that | would not eat in
The States, 81 per day, or 1855 a year.
1t costs me $50 per month for room rent
Tor my wife. There's S240 more. Then
have to pay s25 per month for her
Ooard-S300 a year more to add to the
Total. The rules compel me TO buy two
suits of clothes per year, for which
iave to pay $40 per suit. Out of the So
cent dollars which we have left after
raying out these sums we must buy
al of cur clothing. Figure ii out your
self and you will find that it takes con-
siderable fnanceering to make both
.nds meet. The American who is down
iere railroading ought to be pretty well
Up in arithmetic, because he has got tc
10 some calculating each month to find
)ut just how much his dollar is worth.
The other conductor corroborated al
This and more. "My expenses in Mexi-
20 are greater" he said, than in tho