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on dat guy an you'll see him trun her
down putty soon."
But the play progressed and Butler
failed to show his hand as "de villyen."
"Chimmie" became more and more per-
picked and disturbed. and was evidently
suffering because of the uncertainty of his
own mind.
The climax was reached when Butler
saved the life of the heroine.
"Dere, didn't i tell yerW exclaimed
Chimmie's partner, triumphant in the
consciousness of the superiority of his
own perspicuity, as the curtain fell upon
the thrilling scene. Didn't | tell yer he
was de hero. He was de hero all de time,
an | knowed it,"
"Ah, de big stlffP' said "Chimmie, {"
disgustedly, as he made for the lobby to
find consolation in coffin tack"
One OF the most thrilling cIimaxes ever
witnessed there was afforded by one
of the emotional patrons of the lofty
galleries. In the play then running a
little blind girl was a central figure. Tie
villain, by arts and wiles only known to
such as he. had gained the confidence of
the child whose life he had been hired to
destroy. Not wishing to murder the poor,
little innocent ouiri- hit owing to a whole
some respect he pretended to entertain for
the gallows, this demon of darkness con-
trived to take the little one into a mill
where, misled by him, sae should
run up against a buzzsaw which would
prom pity do the rest, as the villain
desired. This part of the play had
been reached. The little one was eroping
her way to the purported awful death and
the gallery was Dreathless. Inch by inch
little by little the child approached the
whirring machinery. Every nerve in the
10-cent seats was strained. To their occu-
pants the moment was one of agonizing
suspense. Suddenly a piercing, awful
shrek rang through the house and q
woman in the upper gallery fell forward
on the bench before her unconscious. She
had supplied a climax that playwrig hts
may struggle in vain to produce, and the
curtain fell with the scene as written un-
com pleted.
The men of the galleries, for the most
part, at different stages of the play make
their hatred of the villain known by NUT
tered curses or lusty Kisses and catcalls,
or by shouts and whistling when the hero
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DISCOVERY OF PR!NEVAL MAN

lat was from Egypt that the races to
40 knowledge of letters and science; and
now it seems that the great problem of
the age-how long has man inhabited the
earth 2-is likely to be solved by study
of the rem aims of antiquity in Egypt.
In 1895 Flinders Petrie and Quibell dis
covered on a plateau thirty miles north of
Thebes remains Of paleoIithic man, which
proved that the spot had been the home
OF a race OF people whose presence in
Egypt had not been suspected, and which
had nothing in common with the Egyp-
tians. Mr.. Petrie's Investigations were
continued in 1896 by NJ. Jacques de Nor
gan under the auspices of the Khedive;
they confirmed the English explorers
theory that before the Pharaonic period
Egypt had been inhabited for a period of
time which must have covered centuries
and may have EN- raced thousands of
years by a prehistoric race which at
tanned high degree of civilization
though it was an entirely different civli-
cation from that of the race which built
the pyramids and whose fantastic record
is recounted by Herodotus, Diodorus and
Manetho.
M. de Morgan starts from the period
when Egypt became fitted for the abode
of man. 1t arose from the waters during
the miocene age, when there was no Nile
and no Red Sea; then at the close of the
pliocene the land subsidized, the ocean COW
cred the Saharan desert, and its tides
washed cliffs between Assouan and Om-
bus This period was followed by an up
lift of the earth, in which the Red Sea was
formed, emptying southwark, and the
great Saharan Ocean became an arid
desert Simultaneously, the melting of
equatorial glaciers discharged foods of
dil,L ial water northward and scooped out
the bed OF the Nile. 1t is in such diluvium
beds that the oldest traces Of human life
are found in all parts OF the world, and
that life doubtless first appeared when
that diiuvium was deposited in Egypt.
The Oldest objects which demonstrate the
existence of man are flint implements
found in the quaternary drift. Such i'm
plements M. de Morgan dug up in the
neig h borhood of Thebes and Abydos.
MANY of them were highly finished, pol
ished and carved with images of serpents
and qurdrupeds, which bear no analogy to
Egyptian hieroglyphs; and the learned
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Frenchman argues that man first appeared
in Egypt when the race which fashioned
these objects was in the barbaric stage
How long ago was that?
In the face of it the problem appears in
soluble. But from data which he has col
lected NJ. de Morgan reckons that the rate
OF increase of altitude in the Nile Valley
owing to the deposit of silt brought down
by the river is about ten centimeters, or
four inches, per century, so that the base
OF any building erected in the Nile Valley
at the time the Gizeh pyramids were con-
structed must now be twenty feet below
the surface of the surrounding country.
1t would seem TO follow Thu at the depth at
which primitive flint instruments are
found below the surface of the soil in :.
place where the deposit of the diluvium
has not been disturbed by water flow or
windstorm will prove the key to their
age; though OF course such PAGES are
rare, and in the case of objects which date
from very lar back the depth must be
great.
Egyptian chronology has always been
and still is matter of dispute among
Psychologists. If We accept Marietta
Bey's opinion that King Menes reigned
about 5000 B. c. seventy centuries must
have elapsed since his time, and the level
of the soil of the Nile Valley must be
nearly twentv-four feet higher than it was
then. The skeletons and ornaments and
flint implements of the race which pre-
coded him must lie at least that distance
below the surface; and if, as it is not I'M
reasonable to assume, that race OF which
NJ. de Morgan has discovered remains
had been hourishing several thousand
years before Menes. the excavation would
have to be proportionately deeper.
Yet there is nothing in Morgan's finds
that is new to psychologists. They con-
sisted OF flint blades, with the cores from
which they were detached, hammers,
hatchets. scrapers, saws, sickies, spears,
arrowheads, mostly of flint, but some of
diorite, serpentine and hematite, and
with these knives cut and carved with re-
markable skill. On one of them, which is
now in the Gizeh Museum, there is a has.
relief OF lion chasing gazeIles, which is
really a work of art and has nothing
Egyptian about it.
The burial of the dead was quite diff
ferent from the form observed in Phara-
onic Egypt. In the latter the mummies
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were laid upon the back with the arms
crossed over the lower part of the chest.
The prehistoric corpses were inclined
slightly 20 the left side, with the legs
bent upward. In one of the necropo-
Uses skulls were found on stone
slab; they do not materially vary from
the skulls of modern races. In another
fgurines representing human beings en-
veioped in a cloak or domino exhibit
marked contrast to the similar objects
found in Egyptian tombs.
Flinders Petrie said of this race that
1.-THE men were very tall and powerful, with
strong features, hooked nose, long
pointed beard apd brown wavy hair, as
shown by their carvings and bodily re-
mains. There is no trace of the negro
type; in general they seem allied to the
Lybians and Amorites.
A remarkable discovery very lately
m ade is that the bodies were generally
mutilated before burial. One large and
important tomb showed from skulls
placed between stone vases on the floor a
separate heap of loose bones of several
bodies together, and around the sides
human bones broken open at the ends and
scooped out. 1t is evident that an
thropophagy had preceded burial, and
that the primeval race was given to can
nipalism. A marked development in the
size OF the legs shows that they were a race
of hunters. In the ancient prehistoric
days the Nile was probably full of islands
which were the resort of wild beasts.
Mr.. Petrie thinks that the new races
were Ly bians who invaded Egypt from
the west when the waters of the Sahara
dried up, and, strange to say, he infers
from their carvings that they were con-
temporaneous with the Pharaohs of the
seventh dynasty. NJ. de Morgan assigns
them much greater antiquity. With
better reasons than can be drawn from
their flint implements and their carvings,
he supposes that when tie Sahara waters
flowed off into the Mediterranean in con-
sequence OF the uplifting of Northern
Africa the inhabitants of Lydia naturally
migrated eastward and established new
homes in the valley of the Nile. When
this was we are not in position to de.
termine, but 1t was probably long before
the earliest of the monarchical oynasties.
JOHN BONNER
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The Wauside Booth.

She danced upon the wayside. Idlers stood
To answer back her smile with mocking smile.
Pilgrims and priests went by with lowered
hood
Beggars and rulers-women, fair and good,
Hurrying heir steps. with downward glance
the while;
But children paused frankly and unafratd-
Their grave and innocent sweet eyes were
stayed
To watch the wonder of the whirling lace,
The rounded limbs, the bold, dark, lovely face
The bosom bare, the tempting, maddening
grace.
Soft dimpled hand in hand, they stood, and
when
Her wide glance caught their sweet, heart
piercing gaze
AS pure lily grew her cheek, and then
She danced for them-she was a child again
MADELINE S. BRIDGES, in Judge
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Al -HAI FOlLtD AGA0Nl

! Hey, there" piped young gamin to
the man in the box-office, as he showed q
grimy paw grasping two dimes over the
shoulder Of a man in front OF him toward
the ticket-sellers window, Gimme six,
sew n an ate, four B, will yer?"
leone, said the man in the box Office,
after glance at the sheet of paper in
front of him.
We'll, den,' piped the gamin, without
moments hesitation, gimme tree, TO-
an five, tree A, and receiving the seats
OF his second choice, he departed, par
TALLY Modified.
The favoritism of the people for certain
seats is extraordinary. 1t was only few
days ago that man in Stockton paid 40
cents for telegram to the management
of the house, requesting that certain o.
cent seat which he named by number, be
reserved for him.
After the rise of the curtain the GAL
lery gods 'Iay for'' the hero and
heroine first and then for the villain. But
with what crnhicting emotions! I'm
stinted applause await the former upon
their entrance, while derision, scorn and
emphatic disapprobation is the portion of
the latter. The galleries have studied the
posters and the programmes, and they
know the characters of the players before
their entrance. Sometimes they are led
astray, but not often.
An amusing incident happened in this
connection few nights ago. Fred But
Ter, who had been playing in villainous
roles at the theater for more than a year,
was, owing to the exIgencies of the occa-
sion, cast in heroic part in a new play.
The gallery gods were misled. They had
known him and hailed him only as the
villain, and that he could be anything but
double-dyed and loathsome monster was
beyond their ken. and so when he made
his first appearance upon the Stage on this
occasion he received the storm of hisses
that lad for 30 many previous nights been
MS portion. But soon the audience of the
lott began TO wonder. This man was
doing things hitherto unheard of in a vi
| lain.
Say, Chimmie," said one gamin in the
front row, who, with his head between his
hands, had been studying the queer ac-
lions OF the e1-villaIn for some minutes,
TO his chum in the seat beside him; "say,
DAT guy amt de villyenl He's de hero.
Seer"
All, Whatever givin' us!" responded
'Chlm ME" contemporary. "He'. de
Vliiyen all right. Don't yer know now
thln'F He's foxy guy, doncher seeP He's
Jest a-playin' it low down on de gel. now;
ne Jest a-strtngin' of her. See? Jest
SouSe keep dem peppers O. yourn glued
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EAF the man who plays the villain at
fS Morosco's is not paid higher salary
AZ than any other actor in the same cast
then the eternal fitness of things has not
been subserved.
For that villain is a man who deserves
a large income and the commisera-
ton of an unprecedented people. In
his professional sphere he is an Ishma-
elite-a creature despised. booted and
Kissed atone everlastingly held up TO
scorn and to whom the plaudits OF audi
ences are unknown, and whose only por-
ton Is execratlon and vilifying abuse.
1t Is on patronage of peculiar charac-
ter that the financial success of the house
largely depends, and it is to that patron
age that the management and the players
ind 1t profitable to cater, and it is for
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crowd would now become a mob we're it
not for the burly and eagle-eyed "bounc-
ers. = who, armed with their sharp sticks,
keep the component parts OF the rabble in
something resem bling order.
This class OF patrons OF the Grand know
the location of the different mum Cered
seats of the house as well as the ushers
do. The first galleryites have their favor
lite seats and are emphatic in their demand
for them; when they fail TO get them they
are deprived of q moiety at least OF their
evenings pleasure.
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on the play and the actors, are these peo
pie who look upon the stage from such
lofty perches. They have most keen APP
probation OF the pathetic and the humor-
Gus and they pass easily from muttering
curses for the villain to hearty laughter at
the fun of the comedian or TO fearful and
gulp1ng silence when villainy and comedy
give place to pathos-when the lights are
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follow him through all his evil doings and
treasure them up against him, and when
the curtain falls upon the last act these
little Indians gather outside the theater
and wait for the villain until he appears
on the street ana then they ieer him as he
makes his way homeward.
For even the children hate the villain at
Mnrnscn,u
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Tacks are from quarter to half inch,
though, when accidentally stepped on,
this length seems to be multiplied by 100.
A pound of the smallest sized contains
10000 tacks.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-02-21

The old-time bobtailed mule cars, now
disused in most cities, were about ten feet
in myth; the electric cars of the latest
build are from forty to fortv-six feet.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-02-21
The Newest Light.

Extreme interest attaches to the &C
counts which have been received from
Japan of recent experiments by Professor
Muroaka of Kioto. The swarms of glow
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-02-21

A crocodile takes eighty seconds to
turn completely round.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-02-18
THE PROVIDENT LOAN SOCIETY.

As often as q bill Is introduced in the Legs
lature to curb the rapacity Of pawnbrokers an
organized force, we'll supplied with various kinds
of ammunition, takes the field against it, The
resources of the opposition consist in part OF
assertions which being empty. can scarcely he
expected to do much damage 1t is represented
that the pawnbrOkers must be permitted 10
charge their customers 80 per cent year on
loans of less than 500. and "a per cent on loans
exceeding that amount because Of the ncavy
risks they incur The circumstance Is not men
toned that. while doing business on that basis,
their practice is to exact an additional sum Ter
halfway decent care Of the property on WHICH
loans are secured and that by this and DINER
devices they impudently swell the profits or an
industry which in other countries is blessing
TO the poor. but in the United states an OPP
pressive burden laid on helplessness. 1t seems
scarcely possible, we say that the open argyll
ment of necessity so often riddled has availed
wear after year to protect the pawnbrokers The
almost inevitable conclusion is that other argyll
ments applied in secret have accomplished their
object.
If. however. there is anybody in or out of the
Legislature who puts faith in such assertions
IL "
the annual report of the Provident Loan Society
for last year. That society obtained charter
from the Legislature in 1894. not without diff
Guilty It's purpose was to supply the demands
of persons needing money and able to pay fair
price for the accommodation, by conducting
pawnbrokerage business on terms which would
afford reasonable return on the investment
1t began operations in May Of that year, and
since then has loaned S1.200,000 on G3O0O
hedges In 1896 about 9S per cent of the pledges
were redeemed No officer of the society re-
ceives salary, but of course 1t has to meet
its running expenses out of its income. 1t wraps
I'D and otherwise takes good care Of the articles
left in its possession without extra charge. and
its invariable rate of interest is l per cent a
| month Liberal extensions OF time ana PERIODS
of grace are always allowed. and in case of sale
any surplus is returned. This is not a chart
table. but a busnesslike basis. so busineSslike
that the society is DESTROYS of increasing It's cap
| ital from 100000 to S2J0.NOO. and is confident
of its ability to pay per cent TO investors winch
is the highest rate which its charter permits
! stockholders to receive
This is a brief history Of the Provident Loan
! Society Several pawnbrOkers have reduced
their rates under the pressure OF its competition,
but we venture to say that any bill to curtail
the lawful privileges and stop the unlawful eX-
actions of the fraternity would instantly en-
counter Just the sort of opposition which has
hitherto been successful at Albany. Would ii
succeed again: Perhaps it would. in spite OF
the experience Of the Providcnt Loan Society.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-02-18
THE VICTIMS OF A SYSTEM.

"To what line do you transfer at this point:
This was the inquiry quietly addressed day be-
fore yesterday by a lady to conductor en-
poyed by the Metropolitan Traction Company.
Get off this car with a look and gesture Of
mingled contempt and ferCcty. was the con-
ductors only response. The lady got off with
out another word and looked for the transfer
agent lie was not in sight. After some de-
lay laborer, not employed by the company, to
whom she had applied for information, saw him
approaching the place where he ought to have
been and courteOusy pointed him out. The
lady asked for transfer ticket Il didn't see
you get off that car" he answered, by which he
meant that she was a liar and a thief. you
would have seen me If you had been here she
said, and then, without transfer ticket, but
glad to get away without being assaulted or
handed over to policeman, she went on. few
moments later at the house Of a friend she met
a dozen other ladies' to whom she related her
experience Not one Of them expressed the least
SURPRISE for every one of them had received
similar treatment. If the private drawing-room
had been public hail. end n thousand women,
rich and poor young and old, had been present,
it is entirely probable that at least two-thirds
of them might have made the same acknowledge
ment of brutal nsolence endured in the cars and
beside the tracks of the Metropolitan Traction
Company. AS for the men who are maltreated
by it. we say nothing about them here. This
article relates to the women who suffer I'M
merited wrongs.
The officers Of the company know that this
true story accurately illustrates the Ourages
which they permit. They know It because they
constantly receive complaints from indignant
passengers. and are sufficiently acquainted with
human nature to be aware that those who take
the trouble to complain are only small pro-
portion Of those who are subjected to abOln-
Unable indignities. There are thousands OF won-
Ell in NewYork accustomed to use public con-
veyances who never get into a car OF the Metro
polltan Traction Company unless they are prac-
tcally compelled by circumstances to do so.
There are many others whose husbands or
fathers insist that they shall never take that
risk under any circumstances whatsoever. 1t Is
true that when a complaint has been amply
verified as to make disbelief impossible the Of
fender Is generally punished-uness the COM
plainant in pity for his wife and children re-
Tents and asks that he may be permitted to keep
his job But II he Is dismissed suspended or
transferred, he knows that he Is merely au &C.
cidental sacrifice to system which the COM
pany has not the remotest idea Of changing. 1t
prefers to employ blackguards because 1t reck.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-02-18
TWO PATRIOTIC CELEBRATIONS.

The seventh annual service OF the Sons of the
Revolution In this State will be held in the Collesi
ate Church F'ifth-aye. and Twenty-nintb-st at I
n m Sunday. This Is TO commemorate Washing
TONS Birthday The service will be conducted 10y
the Rev Dr. David J. Burre. assisted by the Rev
Drs Morgan Dix. Henry van Dyke. George Alex
ander and George r. Van De Water and the Rev
Brockholst Morgan. chaplain Of the society
On Monday the society's annual dinner will be
held at Delmoncos In celebration OF the l65th ami
yersary OF Washingtons birthday. More than two
hundred and nifty members will be present. and the
banquet hall VIII be decorated with Colonial and
National flags. The speakers will be Theodore
Roosevelt. on True Amerlcanism' Frederic j. de
Peyster, on The DEVELOPMENT OF the American /:
the Rev. J. Lewis Parks. Patriotism: Hampton
l.. Carson OF Philadelphia The National Views OF
Washington; John e. Tomlinson. The Close
of the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries" AMI
william Alexander Smith. on The Conservative
Influence OF Patriotic Societies" Frederick $. Tall
madge wilNpresde. ard grace viii be said by the
Rev Brockholst Morgan The committee In charge
Of the dinner consists OF j. william Heekman Fred
erick Carkson and William Carpenter.