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Liverpool Cotton Market.

 Liverpool, April 13.-4 D. m.-Cotton, spot: good. business done; prices higher; Ameri- can middlng, fair, 17-22d; good middling, 7-S2di American Faidd'lng, 4 3-32d; ordinary were for speculation and included 14,209 American. Receipts, 29,G00 bales including E, 5e0 American, t7--..
 Futures opened and closed steady at the middIing l., M. C., April, la4Oid April, and May, 4d buyers: May and June, 363f6 i'd buyers; June and July, 3.63d buyers; July and August, 36293. 63d buyers; August and October 3.54G355d; October and Novem- Der, 3.4S6l3.49d sellers; November and De- cember 3.4563. .46d: December and January, g. .4sd3 January and February, 3.45d buyers d1idW s3Ioeth. 7tr-- New Orleans quiet; sales, 15, 5o0 bales. April, 7.05. bid; May, 7.05a7.07; June, 707D tCS July faes aaos Anggst e9$@s9f sSgs Sep vember, 6.550657; December, 6.5SQG.6O; Jan uary, 66SG66L
 St. Louis.
 St. Louis, April lS.-Flour dull and un- Wheat, spot, steady; No. ? red cash ele- vator. soc bid; track, S9c; future nominal; May. SSc bid; July, 721sG72hc. May, y, 2l6 s5g Did; July 2sHG25ase eaS' ZIG O'p Oats, spot, steady; No, cash, 1SNc mix cd, 1s4c July, 1S14c.
 Whisky, $1.19. Butter, lower; creamery, 1201SlAc: dairy, Eggs, firm, 7%c.
 Pork lower; standard mess jobbing, $S.50 @$S.75.
 Lard lower; prime steam, s4O211; choice, Bacon, boxed shoulders $5.o5; extra short clear, 8; ribs $515; shorts $5.22l2
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.oLDEsT QUEEN IN EUROPE.
Louise of Denmark Celebrates HeI
Eighty-First birthday.

st. James's Gazette
The Queen of Denmark was eighty years
old last week and in celebration of the event
there was large family gathering t
Bernstorfl Castle, near Copenhagen. Queen
Louise, who is the oldest Queen in Europe,
was a princess of Hesse-Cassel. and mar
ried the present King of Denmark cher
senior by few years. in 1872 Their Males
ties have six children, their eldest daughter
being the Princess of Wales.
There was a grand dinner in the castle
at which, in addition to the royal and inn
perial guests, the Danish ministers and the
ambassadors with their wives attended.
Queen Louise Notwithstanding her great
age, enjoys excellent health A large num-
Der Of costly presents have been sent to her,
particularly by the Gar OF Russia.
King Christians guests at Bernstorff in
cluded the dowager Empress of Russia, the
Prince of Wales, the Princess of Wales,
Princess Victoria of Wales the Duke and
Duchess of Cumberland and Prince and
Princess Carl of Sweden; while Prince and
Princess Charles were the guests of the
Grown Prince and Crown Princess at the
neighboring chateau of Charlottenlund
The mother of the Princess of Wales is,
indeed, as wise as she was at one time fair.
She makes it her duty to infuse a certain
dignity and punctiliousness into the homely
life about the Danish throne. she is yet, de-
spite her advanced years, of fine stature
and mien; she rules with some strictness a
home than which there Is none happier nor
more patriarchal in the length and breadth
of Denmark Her daughters are of course,
her chiefest pride. When the whole family
are at home, she will often have them play
music together-eight hanls on two pianos
herself and the Duchess of Cumberland at
one, the Empress of Russia and the Princess
of Wales at the other.
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of the country. 1t is said to be very hard
on land, but this is not much of OBJ
lection so far as Missouri is concerned, as
in the great wheat-growing belt of the
State the soil never can be exhausted.
1t seems this new kind of wheat was dis
covered in California about three ye"~- ago,
and it has only been grown on a SIN Gale
since, as the farmers had but little in
1t. and were disposed to regard the les
about it's wonderful yield fish yarn.
In New Mexico the farmers have taken
up the new kind of wheat, and so far 1t has
met their expectations 1t only differs from
ordinary fall wheat in growing seven heads
in place of one, and each one of these
heads is the size of ordinary head Of
wheat. If this variety of wheat turns out all
that is expected of it, there is no doubt that
1t will soon take the place of all other kinds
of winter wheat. There is plenty of land in
Missouri that will grow thirty-five bushels
of wheat to the acre of red winter grain
and if seven heads of equal size are to take
the place of one, the possibilities of future
yields promise very large results.
The New Mexico farmers are satisfied that
the variety of wheat is all that is
claimed for it and they have samples now
on exhibition at the Nashville exposition.
and the new cereal is attracting wide at
tention from all parts of the country. Farm
ers are very slow, however, to invest in the
new discovery as they regard it as little
too promising to be substantial.
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LONDON THEATRICAL NOTES.
w. :. Gilbert Is Done with Play Writ
ing-"Vizard of the NiIe'' Fails.

inE-'Wizard of the Nile" Fails.
LONDON, Oct. 9.-W. S. Gilbert an
nounces to an Edinburgh interviewer that
he will write more plays. He says he
is disheartend by the erroneous point of
view from which criticism is written, add
ing: London critics attack an author as
if he was a scoundrel of the worst type,
and / do not feel disposed to put myself
forward as a cock shy for these gentle
men," In discussing plays Mr.. Gilbert crit
icised the poorness and monotony of Eng
lish acting" as axemplified by Sir Henry
Irving, Beerbohm Tree and George Alex
ander.
The fall season of grand opera at Covent
Garden. which the old Carl Rosa Company
gives each year, was begun Monday under
unusually favorable auspices. Several sing
ers of the first class have been specially
engaged for the London season and the
management is negotiating for the services
OF others. One of the stars whose appear
ance is looked forward to with interest is
the Chevalier Scovel. He will make his
debut in London as Tristan with a com
patriot, Alice Esty singing Isolde The
proportion of Wagner in the seasons bill
is much larger than ever before. Monday
night gave London its first opportunity to
hear La Boheme." Puccinnis new opera,
which has made a fine impression on the
continent This was followed during the
week by '"Tannhauser," Faust" Car
men" and Romeo and Juliet" The prin-
cipals in the casts included Messrs. SalVi,
Magg1, Homer Linn, Baron Berthald, Lud-
wig, Lloyd ID Aubigne, Alexander Bevan, c..
w. Ferguson and Misses Bessie Macdonald
Alice Esty, Mile Clitzka and Marie Duma
Mr.. D'Aubigne, who comes from the we'll
known Virginia family Of Denbys but has
adopted the French spelling of the name
for stage purposes, has been studying
Metropolitan Opera Company, of New
York. and his style shows marked adj
vance.
Theatrical managers are complaining of
bad business and casting about to discover
the reasons therefor. Several of the best
houses which are presenting plays with all
the elements necessary for popularity under
ordinary conditions play to half-empty
rows or paper" and some have been offer
ing gift inducements to draw people The
general verdict is that the increase in
numbers of the suburban theaters is draw
ing business away from the center of the
city.
Wilson Barrett has signed with William
son and Musgrove. the firm which man
Potter in Australia, for a tour of that con-
tinent this winter.
G. E. Hedmont's opera season came to an
untimely end at Her Majesty's Theater be-
cause the new opera, rip Van Wrinkle"
on the mounting of which much money was
expended, became unpopular. The theatri-
that of Louie Freer in 'Oh, Sussannah =
at the Royalty Theater, on Tuesday and
that OF Henry Arthur Jones. THE Liars -
at the Criterion Theater on Wednesday.
Adele Ritchies starring attempt in 1.-The
Wizard OF the Nile has ended disastrously
and the theater. the SALISBURY has been
closed The management admits that THE
ture.
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Bicycle Notes.

What might be called a family on wheels
was novel sight on the COney-island cycle
path recently. Two tandems fastened front
and rear, with cross-braces to give stability.
carried two women, one man and two chill
dren.
1t happens not infrequently that the front
bar of q bicycle frame becomes scratched
and the Disagreement perturbs the owner
of the machine. The application of little
beeswax and turpentine on an oily rag will
not only smooth the enamel, but make it
as bright as on the day it was turned out
of the factory.
An eminent Italian physician, curious to
observe the effect of fatigue on cyclists, re-
Gently examined twenty-tour men who had
ridden thirty-two miles in two hours and a
quarter, and found that with reference to
defective, though it became normal again
after two or three hours rest.
On the sidewalks of the crowded streets
a man whose acquaintance among bicycle
riders is quite extensive has, as a matter
Of curiosity, watched his cycling friends
walking to and from business. Almost with
out exception they pass to the right when
meeting other pedestrians, and to the left
when passing them from behind. When
turning a corner the pedestrian who has
learned to cycle hugs the wall closely If
going to the right, and is almost sure to
make long turn if bound to the left.
The following advice to make new chain
dust-prOof Is given in The Wheel" Coil
it up and place it in a small tin box. On the
top put pieces of any good candle, and
place before a hot fire. The candle will melt
and run all over the chain and find its way
into the links and blocks. When this has
been accomplished put aside the box and
contents to COOL and, when the melted
candle has solidifed. wipe off any super
fluffy. After this treatment it will be found
that grit and dirt can only with difficulty
get into the blocks.
Bicyclists ride in the State of New Jersey
on Sundays at their own risk, and are not
under the protection of the law. Such is the
decision OF Justice Harrison in the County
Court of Hackensack, n ]. Two wheel
men We're riding tandem, and were run
into by a wagon, and the wheelmen brought
q suit for $500 for the loss of the tandem.
But the Judge said that the law of the
State Of New Jersey extends no protection
to law-breakers and riding a bicycle for
pleasure on Sunday is against the law of
the State. He, therefore, decided the case
against the compliments.
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THE Ell DORADO MYTH.
How the Term Came to Be Applied to
Sources of Uncommon Riches.

Sources of Uncommon Riches.
Pittsburg Commercially
Ell Dorado is the term now heard on every
side in connection with the placer mines or
Alaska and the northwest territory OF can
ada It's derivation is of interest. In the fif-
teenth century it was rumored that there
existed in the northern part OF south Amer
lea a city of great wealth called Manoa,
whose King FL Dorado by name, was peri
odically smeared with gold dust, until his
whole body had gilded appearance. 1t was
said that on these occasions he threw gold,
emeralds and other precious metals and
gems into sacred lake, in which he AFTER
ward bathed.
Beginning in 1882 the Spaniards sent many
large expeditions to search for this phan-
tom city and most of them ended disas-
trously hundreds of lives being lost. One
explorer, Orelano. averred that he found
FL Dorado In his voyage down the Amazon
in 1910 This was dsproved, but the search
was continued down TO the eighteenth CEN
fury. Some of the results were the conquest
ana settlement of New Granada, the max
ing known to the world Of the mountain
region of Venezuela, tho discovery OF the
noble rivers, the Ornoco and the Amazon,
and the exploration of the vast forests west
of the Andes. About the end of the six
teenth century an English expedition either
sent out by or under the personal leader
shin of Raleigh penetrated into Guiana
thereby obtaining a claim on that country
which has resulted in the requirement of
the modern British colony OF that name.
1t has been supposed that the origin OF
this fable arose from the yearly celebra-
ton of a tribe of InGians near Bogota,
whose chief was on these occasions gilded
with cold dust. but this ceremony was new
err Witnessed by the Spaniards, and the
story may simply be another version OF the
El Dorado myth
The name m Dorado was commonly used
to describe the city or country which was
the object of the search, but later usage
of the term has been its figurative applica-
tion with regard to any region of more
than common richness. Ell Dorado county.
in California, was the scene Of the famous
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After Vacation.

Before they had arithmetic,
Or telescopes, or chalk,
Or blackboards, maps, and copy-bookS-
When they could only talk:
Before Columbus came to show
The world geography.
What did they teach the little boys
Who went to school like me?
There wasn't any grammar then,
They couldn't read or spell,
For books were not invented yet
l think I was just as well.
There were not any rows OF dates.
Or laws, or wars, or kings,
Or generals, or victories,
Or any of those things
There couldn't have been much TO learn;
There wasn't much to know.
IT was nice to be a little boy
Ten thousand years ago!
For history had not begun,
Tho world was very new,
And in the schools, l don't see what
The children had to do.
Now always there is more to learn
How history does growi-
And every day they find new things
They think we ought TO know.
And if it must 20 on like this
I'm glad l live to-day.
For boys ten thousand years from now
Will not have time to play!
"A. F. Brown, in October st. Nicholas
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Wheels at Hotels.

New York Commercial Advertiser.
No one has noticed the increase in the
popularity of the wheel more than the
managers of large hotels. cit seems only
the other day." said the head of large
palatial establishment uptown, when
guests who brought bicycles with them to
a hotel like this were regarded as eccentric,
has its stock of wheels, and the three mil
lionaires who happen to be in the hotel
to-day each has his stable of cycles We
keep a man to clean, store and even repair
the wheels of our guests, and he has seldom
less than thirty bicycles a day in his
charge. Not long ago the most perfume
tory arrangements were made in hotels for
wheels, but now the better the hotel the
better the accommodation for bicycles"
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ton was lively. The distance around the
Circle was covered by some in one minute
fiat.
Friday night the boys were out on dress
parade, the winners of the previous nights
races taking advantage of the opportunity
kinds of "quads'' out, the more substan-
tial kind which were not racing machines,
instead of one sit, and they propel it much
in the manner of a rowboat of which each
oarsman has a single scull. Each boy has
plugging away at the ground as the vehicle
skins away rapidly. 1t is proposed to have
tandem race this afternoon, if the police
do not interfere. The boys have received
a tip that the police will not let them hold
a. race meet" again at the monument, but
they declare they will go to Capitol ave-
nue., where they can defy the police and
demand protection such as was given to
Holt, Taggart, Sipe and the rest who made
this racing place last winter.
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Fate sc7ffing. said to Hope, one cherries day,
When robbed Of expectation, some heart broke
And grim despair was driving Hope away:
''Hads. thou this knowledge all before thee once
again,
Dost think thou couldst prevent defeat and bitter
pain?"
II could" cried Hope all eagerly, II could;
But who art thou who ask?" Fate laughed:
t'Peacei Peace!
TO tell that to thy understanding would
Put me within thy power; my every charm would
fail.
Not knowing me. all knowledge else doth naught
Richmond. Ind. IS. w. Gillian
vail
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Empire-..sI,lle Ani,s Monarchs.,


On Monday matinee Manager Harry Hill
will open in Mile Ants Monarchs' at the
Empire Theater. This is one of the best
companies of vaudevillists and burlesquers
ever seen here. The specialties are new,
the songs bright and catchy, the dances
fascinating, the ladies beautiful and ac-
complished. Mile Ami herself, a handsome
young woman, is one of the greatest of
trapeze performers. Her success in Amer
lea since Gus Hill imported her and her
sister in 1895 as leaders for the New York
Stars" has been phenomenal. She leads
her line easily, for no one attempts the mid
air featS which appear SO simple When she
is on the bar. Barney and Russell, who play
the ''DagO and the Monk have turn
which has been a success everywhere. w.
j. Kelly is song and dance artist and a
lesque. Almon Zrenyi, the Australian hand
jumper, will be seen in an act which shows
him at his very best Then among the
handsome women in the company are Flor
ence Townsend, with charming dances,
Emma Francis Dell Cutter, Doiline Cole,
Lulu Powers. May Brentana, Grace Ce-
leste. Amy Thompson and others. Will
uams and Adams, the Monte Carlo mill
lonaires;" Constance and West, Morrisey
and Rich. the Deltorellis. and Miranda and
clever acts The performance concludes
with an up-to-date burlesque. by Williams
and Adams, the title OF which is Paris
Upside Down; or, a Trip to Gotham" A
connected by light and breezy music, and
the whole is presented with gorgeous seen
cry and costumes. The "Monarchs" are
here for three days only. The last half of
the week comes the Rentz-Santley Novelty
Company in "A World of Pleasure and
Paradise in Hades.'
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drama with It's multifarious features with
out appearing to be extravagant. The pro-
portions Of the play are stupendous.
Goethes story is told with much effective
portunites for the Introduction Of gorgeous
Spectacular effects are grasped with mas
terly skill and rare invention.
Y. VI. G. 4. Lecture Course Programme.
The lecture course of the Young Mems
Christian Association will soon open at
Englshs Opera House. This is the tenth
season for the course, but there is little re-
semblanee between the present list of at
fractions and those presented nine or ten
years ago. The sale of season tickets this
year Will be limited to number less than
last on account of the arrangement of seats
in the new theater. In response TO the re-
quest OF many patrons of the course, season
reserves may be secured by those who pre-
fer them in advance. There are ten at
fractions in the course and prospectus has
just been issued describing them at length.
The committee believes the course this year
is far the best ever given in the city, and
equal TO any in the country, although 81 or
S. is charged ia some other cities, while but
$3.50 is asked for the Y. NJ. e. A. course,
as formerly.
Nine. CIementine De Vere-Sapio is at the
head of the company giving the opening
will be one of the first attractions to be
given in the new opera house. The COM
mittee would not have ventured to engage
Mime. De Vere-Sapio at the price they were
obliged to pay had it not been for her sue
cess at the last May festival. She IS sup
ported by Clara Murray, the harplst, and
a strong concert company. Another great
attraction will be L. De Witt Talmage.
While DR.. Talmage has lectured a number
of times in Indianapolis, the prices charged
have been about equal to that of the price
of the Y M. c. A. course tickets. The other
lectures will be General John b. Gordon,
Of Georgia who ranks as the leading
Southern orator of the day; George KEENAN,,
Siberian traveller; George r. Vending and
Russell II. COrnwell. Leland Il. Powers,
the impersonator. is one of the attractions
for the seventh time. He gives his latest
success, borrowed Spectacles."
The Welsh Prize Singers. a double quar-
tet of the best singers of Wales. organ
lied by Ben Davies, the great Welsh con-
ductor, will be given in one of the concerts.
Another concert will be the Kellogg Bird
Carnival and Concert Company. A striking
feature will be in the posings of Miss Elder
edge, electric and calcium lights being used
to render them striking and effective. The
concluding attraction will be George Rid
die, of Boston, and the Beethoven Orches-
trail Club, of New York. Mr.. Riddle will
read BulWer-Lytton's drama, The Lady of
Lyons" and while he gives the play the
Orchestral Club accompanies with specially
adapted music suitable to the action Of the
play
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Cleveland Plain Dealer.
She was the daughter of a street-raiiway
magnate.
And the good-looking young man had just
kissed her.
A moment later he looked in her eyes
with a disappointed expression.
Cant you pay that back" he muir
INJURED
The lovely girl tossed her head.
Il believe" she said, that you favor low
er fares?'
Yes" he reluctantly admitted. IT do"
Then" she said haughtily, you need ex-
pect no transfers on this system
And the young man knew that the mag
mates had won another round
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New variety of Wheat.
st. Louis Republic.


Two or three days ago brief notice APP
peared in the Republic concerning a new
variety of wheat that was recently discov-
cred in California. 1t differs from the old
varieties by growing seven heads in place
of one. 1t seems that il will grow on any
land on which ordinary wheat will grow,
and that each of the seven heads is the size
of the ordinary head and contains well de-
this wheat meets future expectations, IL
means considerable TO the wheat growers
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! hear in the twitter Of birds her song,
hear her steps in the rlstling grass
Her laugh hear on the breeze. and long
To my Margaret pass
/ see her eyes in the sparkling dew.
Her hair in the tasseied corn. soft famed:
Her form in the drifting cloud. and long
To hold my Margaret's hand.
/ feel her pulse in the rivers flow.
The rain that drips and drips. and drip1:
He breath in the perfumed breeze. and long
To taste my Margaret's ips
Ann Arbor. Mich. Timothy Q. whitcomb.
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Notes of the stnge.
Cleo De Merode is said to have struck
killing frost in New York


killing frost in New York.
On Thursday of next week Anton Seidls
famous orchestra will give two concerts
at TOmlnsOn Hail.
Sol Smith Russelrs engagement at the
Garden Theater, in New York, has been
extended four weeks. This looks as If the
Gotham public had finally discovered some
entertainment in the Western comedian.
Mr.. Augustus Thomas's new comedy.
Don't Tell Her Husband" was given its
first presentation on any stage at the Co
lumbia Theater. San Francisco recently.
The piece was pronounced great success
The principal part was taken by Harry
Corson Clarke, and the comedy role by
Miss Blanche Bates.
The opening of the concert season In New
York at the Metropolitan Opera House next
Friday viii also mark the beginning of the
first American engagement of the Banda
Rosa, the famous Italian band which The
Messrs. Rosenfeld are bringing over for a
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MOrrfsOn's Faust" at the Park.
The spectacular production of Morrisons
.sFaust' will be at the Park all next week.
Il is difficult to speak of this big spectacular
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perhaps der FIame. could TelI.

Chicago Times-Herald.
The announcement that Lily Langtrys
husband has gone insane justihes inquiry
as 10 when he went