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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-10-30
4 KIyE7OSCOPIC PASSION PLAY.

Philadelphia letter to The Jewellers Weekly.
s I.ubin the well-known Optician VINO If e&-
tensivciy Interested in kinetosCopC enterprises,
has Just completed n gigantic task. tie ordered
a series Of films Of the Ober Ammergau PASSION
Play. but when they arrived here they were ifn-
perfect and incomplete. He therefore, with the
assistance of two Well-known authorities on
Jewish Biblical lore. reproduced the Passion
PLAY scenes as nearly as possible TO the original
at Darby. near here, and EMPLOYED an army OK
nerforn1ers for the purpose. He has made high
~ successful reproductions. Thirty pictures In
all were taken. and over a mile or celulod film
was required for the purpose Mr.. Lubin says
he expended over 50 600 upon the undertaking.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-10-30
AN ARTIST OF THE MARINES.
HOW CORPORAL DITMAYER SPENDS HIS
LEISURE ON THE BROOKLYN.

HIS PICTURES OF THE SANTIAGO FIGHT AS IT
LOOKED FROM THE MAINToP-PRIvATE
wIsMER's SKILL AT EMBROIDERY
Corporal Anthony ]. Ditmayer, OF the Marine
Guard, on the cruiser Brooklyn, has a way Of
spending his leisure time which is decidedly
usual in the service He is an artist self
taught. but with great amount OF natural
ability, and his paintings in oil the pride of
his mates on the big cruiser Whether the ship
Is at sea or in port. the corporal of marines has
considerable amount of time TO himself and, ex-
Cert for occasional visits ashore, he goes straight
from his duties to set up his easel and get out
his brushes and coiors
Picking out quiet corner OF the berth
deck AS he can find where the light streams in
through portfolio, he goes about his work with
The energy and interest Of man who loves X.
1e is seldom entirely free from observation, for
his fellow marines and sailors fond Of watch
ing the progress CT the pictures, and will stand
by silently, looking his shoulder for min
utes at time. As one leaves another usually
takes his place, but Corporal Ditmayer is ac-
cuatoned to his little audience, and it does not
disturb him. At present however, with the
Bro )kyn in drydock, undergoing repairs OF all
KINDS the corporal's improy .sed studio is an
exceedingly noisy Place and he admits that the
confusion does not hep his work along
DITMAYERS RECORD AND rLANS
Ditmayer who comes from 81. Louis. is a tail
athleuca!Iy built young fellow with a smooth
shaver face and keen, h!ue-gray eyes. He
Joined the Marine Corps four years ago be-
cause he wanted to what life in the Navy
was like. At The end Of his term Of enlistment
year from now. he thinks he will give up the
service and go back to the trade to which he
was traned-that of house-painter- be-
cause ne dislikes his present work, but because
lc thinks he can do better ashore Ever
s.nce he was a small boy he has been fond of
drawing, and his painters experience gave him
a valuable knowledge of colors: but this was
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-10-30
A GREENSBORO INDIAN STORY.

From London Truth.
The following anecdote is given me by an Ind
ian officer az illustrative Of the manners ana
customs Of the willy Pathan certain General
and his staff while vending their way through
one Of the narrowest valleys Of Tirah were an
moved by the attentions Of solitary marks
man who from time 20 time sent bullet un-
pleasantly close. At last the General turned to
his orderly-a Pathan sowar-and told him to
J,smount. take his carbine and try tC stalk the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-10-30
CORPORAL DITMAYER AT HIS EASEL

mountaineer The sowar started or, ana pres
emily there was a crack, and a gray-bearded oid
Afridi tumbled headlong down inc hioun,da a
.ide Tho snwar reioined and fell into his place
''WeI done" said the General but now Cd
earth did you manage it so easily? on re
piled the sowar, Il knew his habits lie wal
fat
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-10-30
WOMAN'S PROGRESS.

From The Chicago Evening Post.
Even in China woman is rapidly supplant-
ing man
How do you make that OUT"
Haven't you noticed that the man behind
the throne is a woman
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-10-30
now he LOOKED Ar 1T.

From The Indianapolis Journal
IT guess I'm willin' to 60" said the farmer,
when they told him his hours would be but
few 1T is just a change from havin my nose
TO the grindstOne to liayin' it 10 the tombstone.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-10-30

ses coming, and the men in the top consider it
lucky for them that the Spanish gunners' aim
was no better.
AFTER the Spaniards got entirely out Of
range" says Ditmayer, we had nothing TO do
Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1898-05-17

IS mar cine msrtlpilrbias 3sit, Die
benz oentwiiroiDeu Gage oss So6rea
1910 iOlQte, an wel6em Der Wiibl-
burIbe Sumes Maribal ieinem @errn.
8encral Suttsr, Grilnber bon Suffers
Sort in Californian. ben erltsn Sob
tlumpen bra6te, Den er--Ieinen Wsrib
uibt a6nsno-im Wtliblbah 9eiunoen.
Golo, 8oIo!-oas siinoets!
Cine @6lterwGuoerung bs9ann mad
Dem rslIen Soraoo. Sn unabisbbarsl,
,3i0sn wilSte ii1 cine bunts, aben=
teuerli6e S6ar bur1 Die snoloien 6s.
iiloe oes ameritaniiAen Wetsns, I'M.
ibpIrmt. oecimlrt bon Isinolidsn Sn=
piansrltdmmsn, perlen9t bonn SOmnen=
brano, nit Dem Sooe beorObt bon Dem
Sbnee Der Sierra Nepdoa.
is warsn n,bt grade Die baltsn Gle
mente, bic ba5 rOtbe @plo perlofte,
NbsntsHrer, Sblimmerss oft, aber mas
ira9t oarna6 bas WeltSeihid! S6nl
lit ia Der Meni1 nur Elm WertSsuJ 81
ben e,pi9 webIelnoen. bunten 8eitals
tun0su, in oenen IS iib mutbwiQi9 ST
er9OBen ibeiut. Sieies buute Golt bon
abenteusrn crihlOB Der Wsnibbsit Die
reiheu Slursn oes ameritanifdsn @e-
items, bis oabin Giaentbum wiloer Su=
oiGnsrboroeu uno Sihelberoeu. Die 0e-
ie0neteu 8eiiloe 6aliiOrniens. Die ,pd.e
oas 9~oIuu9swOrt yoiOlo" niht eribol-
len, wobl md LANCE %unAetannt. un9es
i6GBt ibr iruhtbrinSenoss S0iein per-
traumt 9atten.
Is waren nod nibt swei Sabre felt
Der erltsU GVl0sUtosdUHg psr9an0sn.
The times., 1898-01-16
Eyesight Extraordinary =.
tFToTn It'd Bits.

The, Duchess of X--Once went to Green
wich to see the maTvels OF the observatory
It was 2 lovely night, and for the falr
duchess. benefit the great telescope was
duly lsvel!ed at the dazzling field OF stars.
what is that starr she said. pointing
TO a very bright one.
ION. that's Aldebran. a star of the first
magnitude.''
rs it very far off, asked her grace.
About six or seven Hght.yeaTs, your
grace"
What is a light-year?'
Merely an expression which one uses to
convey an idea of the distance which light
travels in a year. Roughly speaking, light
travels a ttus TateOf one hundred a ndn min ETY.
thousand miles in = second, and there are
about thIrty-one million five hundred and
thirty-six seconds in a year. In one year,
therefore, light travels above five billion
nine hundred and ninety-One thOHSdnd eIght
hundred and forty millions OF miles The
expression 'light-year' includes these fig
ureS-
And Is that star all those millions Df
miles away
Yes, your grace, as nearly rs we can cal
cuIate.''
''Then. ali I can say remarked The
duchess, lis that you mis- have wonderfully
good eyes to make out that stars name
a that distance, even with this big tele-
scope. It's really most marvellous
The times., 1898-01-16
very reniss of him not to do so,' said

very reniss of him not tu 90 so,' said
my aunt.
He d1dn't have chance interiected.
When / saw Anita wasn't III his store
concluded that had made a mistake, so
hunted around for another drug store, and
another. ad finitum.''
Just what l told you he would do said
my aunt with triumphant nod at Anita.
why asked Anita, were YOU 20 fool
ish? Why didn't you 20 in and ask the
man where was? That's what people do
when they want to find out wnere any one
has gone. You could have gone in and
described me, and"
"Describe you!" | repea ted; dear child,
you are indescribable."
1t was chancs shot, but a lucky one.
Anita subsidized and l then related how
Bridget's face at the window had given, so
To speak, black eye to my interesting ply
siologicai and psychological Investigations.
Well said my aunt, II, at st, have
had delightful afternoon with Anita. She
has selected that old bureau and the chest
and Il table and the old Dutch cream Jug"
You are too good to u.s. murmured.
with a smile of adnIira tion at Anita, who
had certainly made hay during my absence.
No; intended all along tt give you more
than one piece" said my aunt; IF | found
Anita to be, what L hoped she would be-
some one capable OF approaching and look
ing after the old things.'
fancied from this that in my boyhood
had not established reputation for hu-
manity to mahogany.
The question is, though = said Anita. ir-
relevantly, (which is the date you used to
remember the address by? md why do you
remember those other dates? They're no use
to You a { ALL
Il don't know where the address-date
has gone,'' replied, ''but there was one. 1
am sure. Thos other two dates crammed
for an exam. years ago, and never had
chance To use them. But I kept them in
mind, in the thrifty Dutch way, hoping to
put them to some use, and this afternoon
l seized the opportunity. New York
Evening Post.
The times., 1898-01-16
The Attorney Generals
(From the New YORK Snn J

There is no lack, dearth, shortage, or
insufficieney of la wyers, some Iitigants
say, in the broad and expansive regions
of the wild md wooily West; but for some
reason or other Presidents of the United
States have, rule, found it inexpedient
or unwise to go to the West for their At
torney Generals.
The office of Attorney General is now
more than hundred years old, andthe first
incumbent of it was, like George Washing
ton, the President who appointed him.
a resident of the State of Virginia. This
Attorney General was Edmund Randolph,
and when he went out of office a Penn
sylvania succeeded him, and then another
Virginian, Charles Lee, and then the
first Attorney General from Massachusetts,
Theophilus Parsons, the distinguished la w
book writer and juriSt, who was the legal
adviser of President Adams, also a Massa-
chpsetts man. jefferson had four Attor-
ney Generals, from Massachusetts, Maryland,
Kentucky and Delaware. He did not have
one from his own State. Delaware and
Pennsylvania furnished Madison with At
torney GeneTals. Monroe went to Vir-
ginia, as Washington had done, for his
legal adviser; Adams went to Virginia,
The times., 1898-01-16

drug store. My topograp phical eye had been
known to deceive me- and it was barely
possible that Anita was anxiously wait
ing for me at some other druggists Forth
l accordingly started.
During the course of the afternoon / lost
count OF the number of druggists l
visited, but little before O'Clock L
had in my pocket two cakes OF soap, a
small bottle OF violet wa ter, and two boxes
of cough drops-souvenirs, all OF them,
of the different esta blishnents had enter
ed on the still hunt for Anita. had also
in one of the places imbibed u nausea ting
compound, neither food nor beverage,
served in a glass with a long handled
spoon, beloved of Anita, and known as
Chocolate ice cream soda" Ii was after
/ had paTtaken of this unspeakable mix
ture that / lost all hope, Anita, con-
ciuded, had returned to the hotel L
would 20 there myself, but first I would
stop at my aunt's and explain ma tiers.
A little after | remounte d the steps
at No. 20, and rang the bell.
| lis Miss Van Brunt at homer l asked,
when Bridget appeared.
''She is. sor,' said Bridget, eyeing me
with stern disfavor.
place d my card on Bndget>s tray, name
side up and towards her. Instantly her
stern features relaxe d and her long upper
lip shortened. She opened the door of the
dra wing-roo
''Misther Rutgers, himself ma am she
said. as though l were in the habit of ap-
pearing a. times as an apparition.
/ chrrge d forward with the eager haste
h.<r ffan -,
stopped half way, for there with her hat
and jacket off, was Anita. conplacently sit
ting on a high-backed mahogany chair,
before the CRATE of glowing Goals.
ANITA foun d ME, yot see aid my aunt,
with marke acden initiation on - Anita
.'But am quite3as Ike en- retorted, ''for
l have found y0a both'
did tina funny scientific incoming around
really work." asked Anita.
1 confessed d that it had not.
Then the druggisttold you where Iwas,"
said Anita ~
Nothing of the Sort l said. I've seen
have told me nothingexcept the prices of
things did not want to buy
You have been to some club to consult
d clctioHary oI oates, Sttid lily duu1
you, Anita have been telling tales
said. g. n
II have only been boasting a little of
your historical knowledge sa id Anita.
How did you get lere?' | asked. with
neither history, science nor old memories
to help you, it's most amazing
Nothing amazing about it, said my
aunt. ''She asked the druggist where you
left her if he know where l lived, most
comnon-sense way OF going about it. I've
lived here for the last thirty years, and
it's nothing amazing that the druggist
who has put up my prescriptions for me
during all that time should know where i
live"
80, when he told iue," Anita pursued,
'sthat Miss Van Brunt was SO near, l
thought, after / had finished my glass
of chocolate ice-cream soda, that would
just make the call by myself. for 1 was not
at all certain when you would turn up
But told the man most particularly to tell
/ you, when you came back for me, where !
/! had gone.''
The times., 1898-01-16

jackson to Georgia, Maryland and New
York: Van Buren, to New YORK, Tennessee.
and Pennsylvania; and Harrison To Ken
tucky, and Tyler TO Kentucky, South Caro-
lima, and Maryland. Polk chose an Attor-
ney General from Virginia, but later in his
Admlnistra tion went to New England FOR
legal adviser-fiTst TO Maine and then
to Connecticut.
President T yler get his legal adviser from
Maryland; President Fillmore, FROM Ken
tucky; President Pierce-he was New
Hampshire uIan-froun Massachusetts and
Buchanan had two Attorney Generals from
Pennsylvania and Ohio-Jereniah s. Black
and Edwin NJ Stanton. President Lincoln
had for three years Il Missouri Attorney
General, ana for the balance of his term an
Attorney General ff0m Kentucky. Presi-
dent johnson had Attorney Generals from
Kentucky and New York while President
Grant first went 10 Massachusetts, next 10
Georgia, next to Oregon, next to New York,
anG finally TO Ohio. Mr.. Hayes went to
Massachusetts,, President Garfield to Penn
sylvdnia, President Arthur to Penns Viva mia,
President Cleveland TO Arkansas.
Thus daring nearly 90 years of national
life the great group of States, including
Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Wiscon sin, Michi-
gan, Minnesota, Nebraska ana Kansas, was
without representation an Attorney
General in the Cabinets of any of the
American Presidents. President Harrison
was the first to break what might be called
the record, If not the rule. for he appointed
his law partner, Mr.. Miller, the Attorney
General 10 serve for four years-the only
Indiana man to hold that office since the
foundation of the Government. Presi-
dent Cleveland, in his second term, went to
Massachusetts, for MS A Attorney General al nj
President Mckinley has gone to California;
with the right of succession, so to speak,
to New Jersey.
The times., 1898-01-16
And why?.. she asked.

Anu WHY. SlS dShCb"
'.Bcca use il makes 649, the date of the
execution of Cha rlesI l. | think that possibly
may have used that instead of Waterloo
/ to remember my unit IS street and number.
! AT all events, we can try the Two; they are
so near
/ And after that, 8 East or West Forty
ninth street, said Anita. cheerfully. TITS
a poor memory device that won't work both
ways
NOT s,ld. The Van Brunt house isn't
out of the teens: Of that ain certain
And ir we don find n .r a ttheeNecution
of Charles l. said ANITA. shall We have TO
give her up?''
Il am afraid we shall, replied. Those
are the only dates have ever been able to
remember. AndthatIdc remember them SO
we'll is w hat ma kesme quite sure that theie
was something important connected with
them-som thing, that is, Of real import
ance.''
The execution, when tried, work ed no bet
ter than the battle.
III You re sure the house Il in the teens.
said Anita, after the negative that met our
inquiry our last hope, ''we have something
still to work on. Now, you say you stopped
at the house for week; tlnnk carefully
wasn't there something peculiar about the
house, something you could remember it
by?''
''It was high-stoop, brown stone" re-
piieG, heroicaIly trying 10 rise TO the occa-
sion, but conscious that was failing miser-
ably, with windows in 'front.'
Really said Anita, yol surprise me.
Then she laughed, but her disappointm ent
was nevertheless Keen, and on this account
My aunt had written that she wished to
make Anita q wedding present of a huge
piece of an Brunt mahogany--a bureau, she
had written, or a Chest of dra wers, as Anita
should decide upon inspection OF the pieces
when she came to New York.
The chances are said Anita, as we
turned to walk up town to ward our hotel,
that your aunt, who is peculiar, you say,
VIII be SO offended at us for not having
called that she won't give US the mahogany
at all. am sorry, for / just dote on
/ Dutch things, as You know She gave me
an inclusive smile.
1.-The drawers In that luIobering bureau,
or in that chest, that she promised to give
You, stick like the mischief l cried.
They're not worth the house-room they
! take up. know them well; they were in
my room when l stopped at my aunt's.
/ They spoiled my disposition
And they will spoil mine,' said Anita
'if l don't get them, OF one of them.''
Anita exclaimed, Il have a capital
/ fdea,"
''Well?' said Anita, looking at me re-
signediy.
For a week / was I'm that street. Thir.
teenth, Fourteenth, Fifteenth, Sixteenth,
Seventeenth, Eighteenth, or Nineteenth. as
the case may be, it doesnt NATTER
"Ah, but it does, thought" interrupted
| Anita.
For the purposes Of my experiment it
4 does not / replied Now, / walked up
and down that street, whichever one 1t was
! twenty times a day on an average for
/ was an uneasy cub of boy then, and twas
I duh at my aunt's. So, 1t stands to reason
| that If ! once get on the right street, the
! old habits will reRssert themselves, and
almost inroluntarily j shall turn toward
my aunt's house. Hitherto, in our search.
I've tiioughtof nothing butfinding the num-
The times., 1898-01-16
An unfortunate Illustration.

tFrom the Kansas City JOurnal.)
An incident in the trial of a law suit in
Judge Henry's court yesterday made the
jury burst out laughing. Ella Downend
was suing Kansas City for $4,000 because
of injuries she received in tripping over
step in the sidewalk on Twenty-third street,
near woodIawn- Attorney George Jones'
representing the city. said all through the
trial that the step was no more than she
step to the witness chair in front Of the
jury, and a person would be no more liable
TO stumble over it.
And you know gentlemen. that no per
son would he likely to trip over that step
there" said Mr. Jones, pointing to the step
before him.
a moment later Mr. Jones started to 20
to the witness chair and stumbled over yhs
very step and fell sprawling.
The times., 1898-01-16
The New Postage stamp.
,From Haruer's WeekIvl

tFrOm Harper's Weeklyl
Word comes that the Postoffice Depart
ment is getting ready TO make the changes
in the colors of postage stamps which
are called for by the interna tional agree
ment adopted 1t the postal Congress last
spring. The 1-cent stamp is TO be green,
the 2-cent, red, as at present. and the o.
cent, blue. The shades of c1lors useddepend
upon the engraving. and experiments are
now in progress to determine what shade OF
green is best suited to the headOf Franklin.
and whether the present 1-Cent Franklin
blue or the 15-cent Henry Clay blue will be
more becoming in the scent to Gen. Grant.
The Postoffice Department is also credited
witha intention u issue several new stamps
in commemoration of the recent Trans
Mississippi and International Exposition 1T
Omaha.
The times., 1898-01-16
England in syria.

From the New York Evening Post.)
MIR. Robert Barr the novelist. had a very
unpleasant experience wtttpt the Turkish Of
ficials on the Syrian coast. He and several
companions were exploring ruins, and were
seized as a dangerous set OF conspirators,
and detained for twentysix hours. or until
a British consul could be reached. OF an
other occurrence in that part OF the world
Mr.. Barr says that it viii give a clear
idea of the situation out there:r'
A British battleship arrived in the har-
bor and cast anchor for a stay of two or
three days. After her eainea Turkish war
tub, ili-equipped and generally useless, md
The times., 1898-01-16
A MNEMONIC DEVICE.

"lslb. the battle of Waterloo" ] said,
as we walked along,
what are you talking about?' asked
Anita.
..lt's the way | used TO remember my
auut.s az address,, when 1 was a boy said.
.'Oh then your aunt lives at lo Flfteehth
street; is that it?'' asked Anita.
"Yes. either att 8 Fifteenth ST. eet, castor
west. or at 8 Eighteenth street, east or
west: at one OF the four, am quite sure,
j replied with confidence.
Anita and had been married fortnight
before in san rancisco, and had startedfor
the East directly after the wedding. This
particular Sunday afternoon IN New YORK
had been set apart in our program Tor
calling upon my aunt, the venerable MISS
wllliampe Van Brunt. Accordingly, we lett
our hotel at and Strolled slowly down
Fifth avenue.
In the ASTRONOMICAL observatory with
which 1 am connected i am most or
derly. but unfortunately my methodi-
cal LA bits do not extend to the arrange
lnent of my private papers, and found,
that afternoon, that i had neglected to
bring my aunt's address East with me.
Happily. though. L had not forgotten the
old dmemory- -crutch of the battle OF Waterloo.
This might necessitate our calling at four
different houses, but there was also
chance of our ACHE wing success at the
first place Of inquiry.
As we approached druggists Anita sug-
gested our going in and looking at di-
reotory, This | did, little knowing al
the time bow familiar j was fated TO be
come with the interiors of drug stores
during the afternoon. A search OF the di-
rectory cid not reveal the nauie of Miss
Wiliannpe ' an Brunt. TheTeupon we pur-
sued our downward and crosswise stroll,
and rang experimental bells at East and
West Eighteenth and East and West Fiji
teenth streets, but with the discouraging
resultof discovering that there was no Miss
Van Brunt concealed in anyone of those
abiding places.
At the last place OF inquiry as / de
scended the steps l thought saw a look of
annoyance on Anita S face.
The battle of Waterloo" began.
''oh, bother the battle of Waterloo.' ex-
claimed Anita, in tone j had never heard
her use before. II do wish you were a
businesslike man, but You are SO vague
and scientific. Now, / don't believe you
aunt OF yours lives"
Anita at this climax stamped her foot
loudly on the pavement, thereby attract
ing the attention OF two three men to
us. We maintained after this outbreak a
silence so prolonged that it extended oveI
into the next block. A we approached the
second corner Anita spoke.
Don't get 80 vexed about your poor
memory, dear" said she. that you CAM
even speak to me-
Her tone was soothing and evidently
calculated to calm man in violent
rage.
Il ain not veNed,' replied; Il have only
been thinking about the best way OF deal
ing with the unexpected
Weir said she; have you thought o
another address we might try?''
Forty-nine East or West Sixtee ntI
street, replied, promptly.
The times., 1898-01-16

this aropped anchor some dist ance further
out than the British ship. When, in Que
cours. the latter sailed. the Turkish ship up
with her anchor and followed out 10 Sed'
until both were lost to sight After time
the Turkish guDboat returned ana the oiIf
ciaIs, as well as the general inna
were fully convinced that their Iniserat II
war vessel had driven the British Battle
ship to sea. It is iaughable, but thaJ Is the
situation in a nutshell. All along the syrian
coast the people believe that Britain II
..pla yed out, and they treat US accordingigs