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Lii lehman and Victor Maurel VIII Come
. Bnek TO Appear In COMFORT and Opera. ! =

Liili Lehman and Victor Maure1 VIII Come
Back to Appear in Concert and Opera.
Lii Lehman and Victor Maurel are the
latest singers TO be engaged by Maurice Grau
for the season at the Metropolitan Opera House.
These singers are not TO be members OF the
company in the same sense OF the word that
the others previously engaged are. Both
Nine. Lehman and NJ. Maurel have intended
to come this year to the United States to give .
series of cong recitals. NJ. Maurel Is particu-
larry anxious to repeat the series OF confer
ence recitals." rs he calls them. which he has
been giving with success In London and Paris.
and It has been his purpose to come here III
sufficient number OF ~recitals could be ar
ranged. The song recital Is a style OF enter-
tainment not as popular In all cities as 1t is In
New York. philadelphia and Boston. Master
as he is OF this school Of singing. M. Maurel
was not certain that a tour In this country
would be successful confined only to concert
appearances. 80 he was anxious to combine
this effort with a series of appearances a, the
opera. Maurice gran was doubtless glad TO
nous roles OF his repertoire. in which. more
over, his, skill as an actor reeonciles hearers to
In a great auditorium like that OF the Metro
politan; In the concert room he Is q delight
tgl artist IL t attn s slth0Jash II IBIS ops s9lc IN e the Sul Metro ao-
de ResEke and Marcella. Sembrlch In their re.
yival OF that opera; In "'Falstnf" and "Qtello."
in which Jean de Reszke will be heard again
this year. and as King Solonon, In
THE Queen OF Sheba." with Mile. Calve as the
Queen and Nine. Lehman as Suldmith.
Mime. Lehmann has Just announced q series
OF ~recitals In Berlin which will keep her there
for o month, and she will not come to t~hispcoun-
try before January. She is also coming here
chiefly for the purpose Of giving. q series OF song
~recitals. and her engagement for. the opera 10
subsidiary to that, as she will be heard only In
q series Of special performances. She will be
heard chiefly In the Wagner operas and Will
share with Nine. Nordica the work OF the two
cycles as well as the heavier roles in the other
performances. She. is said to be In splendid
Berlin reporter the other day that she was al;
ready so years old, her Appearances ABROAD
create as much enthusiasm as they ever did.
Nine. lehman will sing first with the COM
pany after its arrival here. It is announced
that she may revive Bellinis Norma" In
which she has been heard here. 1t is Q part
that she still sings with great success in Eu-
rope. II Is probable, however. that, Nine; Sem
brich would be anxious to participate in any
performance Of Bellini's opera that was given
here. 1t is not probable that Nine. Lehman
would come to this country without singing
Isolde. 1t is likely that. Nine, lehman will
be heard here for the last time this season and
the famous Wagner roles of her repertoire Will
doubtless be the principal event OF her visit
here this wiDtor.
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CURE FOR 4 SKUNK PEST
A Peculiarly of the Animals Shown When
Caught in Box Traps.

A Peculiarly of the Animals Shown WheR
Caught in Box Traps.
To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir: Having
read with much interest in THE Sun last Sum
day two articles concerning skunks, without
finding in either of them any intimation Of the
merits OF one excellent method Of capturing
and disposing Of these offensive animals. r
think l may perhaps render a useful service to
some Of your readers in briefly setting forth
the details of my recent experience in this line
of operations.
During the past summer the neighborhood
in which I live in Massachusetts was infested
with skunks. Almost every day they became
a nuisance. They invaded the cellar and wood
shed o. my house. and one. on an otherwise
pleasant evening, joined the family on the
piazza. suddenly stampeding all the company
who had been sitting there. Their frequency
visits and intimate relations became at last
intolerable. and we began to devise meas-
ures for getting rid OF them. Two ordinary,
box traps were set. one in the woodshed and
one Just outside the kitchen door. Early in the
evening the outside trap was sprung. and in
vestigation showed Immediately that an ani-
NAL of considerable size was In It. TIL captive.
however. made no sound. aud there was abso-
lutely no, percepttble smell. indicating the
/ raised suddenly first ono and then the other
sRs a an 1ns R %8itthfilna tl feil IT Si HR atty a rom o sS t ena
to the other; but the creature remained per-,
fectly silent and inodorous. evidently seeking,
/ think. to. conceal it's presence. / had read
and have been told that skunks thus trapped
are usually disposed Of by shooting. We
adopted a much simpler process. Having
to contain the trap. we simply subs
bricks, on the, top. of the trap to ,in-
sure its instant and complete, immersion.
Not a sound proceeded from the trap and only
q faint odor became perceptible for a Moment
as the bubbling water quickly filled the box.
which we left submerged til. next morning.
finding a large skunk inside.
The traps were set again the next evening az
before. and on the following morning both
were occupied by captured skunks.. The same
experiences were again repeated. In both inI
stances. without any odor or unpleasantness OF
any sort. A few nights. later about 2 A. NJ. I,
heard the closing of the trap near my window,
gnawlng could be heard within: l went out
the box the animal within became per~s
fectly quiet and 1t was impossible to per-
ceive any odor whatever. The next morning
the box was submerged in the immersion
tank. and. on being opened a little later, was
Altogether we have caught fiye or six. and have
garden. We, have not since perceived, the smell
OF a skunk In tho neiRhborhood. They seem,
at least for the present. to have disappeared
entirely. This experience goes to show that
skunks can not only be trapped by very simple
methods, but may also be most easily disposed
of in q tub OF water on the "Hardshel" plan OF
total immersion. ii.
REuy YnpE nnt IL ."
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THEY Dov,r LIKE CHIcAeo.
Rome Of the Reasons Why tho Town 7
u%nnopnlnr with Opern SInRerh.


Jean de Reszke's friends In this country are
anxious to have it understood here that the
tenor was prevented from omin to this
country with the. rest OF the opera company
only on account Of his wife's illness andfrom no
feeling against the city Of Chicago itself. These
are some Of the explanations made tor tho
tenor's absence. The same is told Of Melba
and Calv6. These singers we're anxious to
stay in Europe for the winter. II the latest ac-
counts are trustworthy, and consented to come
back to New York only after Maurice Grau
had persuaded them with great difficulty. But
they could not be induced under any circum-
stances to leave Europe early enough to Join
the ompany in Chicago. These explanations
are made for the purpose Of sparing the feel
inGs Of the citizens who might feel 80 much
injured over the slight as to stay away from
the theatre with the same persistence they
did on the last visit of the opera COMPANY,
OF their last season there. It was in Chicago
that Signor Mancinelli. through some misup-
deErstanddinS. was d, arrresS;t es and iHWimIedsi nh,9i
which ended aiterward in a Paris court and cost
francs. It was in Chicago that Mile. Calv6
and Nine. Eames met after their famous quar-;
during that season neither would speak. Mile.
about her published at the time In q Chicago
;asTspaPer; After her Fret return to New :; Y HSIS. she
concluding with the words:
Il have, during my whole career, been ac-
customed to, criticisms OF my acting or my
III or that acted well or badly: But what I
did of the stage, was never considered the sub;
ject Of interest that 1t seemed to be In Chicago"
1t was largely the result Of the articles
newspapers that led her to decline suddenly
to return to this country urinR the follow
Mile. Caive. was not the only singer in the
ffSS@S srtisls as thai that were we're w WrIt waS a abbolEn the Hves
Of the singers. They, were all housed IN the
Auditorium Hotel. adjoining the theatre in
which the performances were given. Their
eccentricities furnished nc, end of amuse-
Of their doings nearly every day and very few
Of them met with the approval Of the artists.
Nine. Melba, indeed. started to bring q libel
SUB But se she xo oRs Baggage Bow of all came during
last season there. The receipts were so small
that 1t was necessary e, raise funds to carry
the season through ED T heo arTtiSst t toget her
aHnaii blow to Ghicaso's cGanse for ever epioy:
inR any favor In their opinions. The misad-
ventures. which. had befallen them, before
were bad enough ut the time. But they had
ct least caused no financial loss. It was one
was quite another to advance several thou
sand:dollars to raise a guarantee fund even II
1t was certain to be. paid back: That was
the climax. Chicago had seemed bad enough
days Of financial disaster. when they had to &C
down into their own pockets. it.was more intol.
cradle. For that reason Chicago is not q name
particular trouble was the abiding :discom.
fort OF the climate. which keeps most singers
out OF voice all the time they are there.
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n hi n rfnnn.

KIM II tno IlNaes
This h me time. my brothers. 70 strThs Win = froS
mans might
AZ vice in The guiss Of virtue. ~ wrong In the Guiss
Of right;
To strike. for in evil menace IL Hfsoa ere Tigers
claw
Against the shrine where the Just men uhins. the a.
cred throne Of the Law.
Shall the word sbroad be bruited, - cried In the
market place.
That Justice now must beck and bow ~ the Nov on
the Tigers facet
Where Honor safe shall . puPpet walt on the grim
Beasts baleful eye
Tor the siRn that bids him lMt his tids and Eve -
the Truth the LEI
Ne'er 'gainst the blindfold Goddess In tho tragic
thresh Of the past
Yves . threat moro dire with fell desire from me lips
Of tyrant cast,
II you mark the path OF scourgo anA Boathe. Of Ina
tion's swift decline,
II win be where the Law has . brsak or nav, where
blot has smirched its shrine.
Al we'll might the hand that holds the soalss be
lsashed with . loop Of steel
A. we'll the Judges cringtnG throat b prone
meath q despots heel.
~ we'll ali breath. Is at strobe Of dsaah, from ont
Of the oorse be fed,
An servant or slave Cand from this 0od nAvOp Of the
Beast Of the hydra-hsadl
Rouse, for the distance darkens, ana ths day % the
menace speeds,
An - who care II our fame b fair. WhatsvsR your
tongues or oroedSl
A the Woe that Haunts, a the WRONG that vAunts, At
the threat that would work for WOO.
This IN the Tina, my brothers, 10 strike with . Pc
triots blowi CLINTON SooLLAAD.
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There's Woe in squavvillo.

From tie Denver Post.
Z Is with humiliation an, with ,sorrov thaA I Saase
She has had It played upon her in . lovdown Oort o
By a Bold. d~saignin'. miserable. hAnd-out chAwin'
All the pains o degradation are ''"oAtn' of our
An We feel Jos like ti-o-tces that's Q sneakdn' round
An Iguess the only reason that We didn't hang tho
Was because Of the amazement that was parolyzin'
us.
An its many quite unholy an di6reputable tFictSs
That twas thriceaccqraed whiOkOy caused the thckO
Said the men that sold the pi1en ort 70 rot Shet up in
Fur 1-sendin' booty victims down the purgAtory
An the laws that authorized EN- fur to manufacture
Would disgrace the, legal statutes of the heather
Then he said he'd bin G-readtn' how uS Western
lisa humorous percedin' fun to fo'cea man 70 drink
How we'd pull our oil Hi1-timerH on q tendorfoot
Would decline to food his innards with che Juice Of
He had feet tina. wasn't noted fur the toughnssa of
An . bcrderman might threaten fur to shoot him
But he never could be driven By sich despsrAdo blun
Fur TO lubrcate his thoraI with the hellinvented
stuff.
This attack upon the Ticker which wo hold to DO
divine
Run our powers of ferbeAranoe orar aoross the limit
An We ranged . dozen glasses long the bar in front
o. him,
An We aiied 'em with the nectar o. delight CHAR to
Then we drawed an told the stranger fur to drink
Or he'd hear lie snappy bartin' Of a retrtbpaye gun.
An he want doliberadye in his efforts 70 obey
Tossed ON down an smacked his lips in an Appro-
oiatiye way.
Then he wiped the drppin' dampness from tts
Judgment on his chin
An remarked that II the bArkeep'd teS cot 'sm mp
He'd be happy to AmusS Us By remAinin' on the
Hoof u..,,or. =. .or,S n.,A,. 49,
encore.
Then We tumbled in a minuto; he war jes' . bum. by
jtnks,
That had worked the flower o. s~quAwvtlls fur q
bellyful o. drinks.
An before We could rovive from tho paralysis the
Sort O. oozed out of our presence an hotfootsd out
o. camp.
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THE RAISER N TIE AporHEoARE.
How Frau Sick Obtained william H.'s
Signed Photograph.

How Frau Sick Obtained william H.'s
Signed Photograph.
Apothecary Sick Of Bergkirchen in West
phalia entertained the Kaiser against his will
at the time of the army m~anoeuvres in Sop
TENDER. Tit apothecary owns a house in the
outskirts with a piazza running along the
first story. He had been Obliged to quarter a
number of officers and men during their stay
in the town. and had turned over to them
every spare room and bed. He kept the room
opening on the piazza for himself and his wife.
and one night went to bed leaving the house
door on the latch for the convenience Of his
guests. At 4 o'clock in the morning Kaiser
Wilhelm. with his stan. entered the town. The
Kaiser noticed the piazza and thought 1t a
good place from which to observe the country.
Tn the f Rafssr T folio S1ns h immedi Ia iisG beh Sns T Thye;
SSfieer' cS who was W. I'M the AGRA Grand of P gare q Sis Ms9f be6-
T pssResd ff Il SpeS and SPG wa G I into n9 The sp roSm;
where he found rs the T WORTHY dIStt apot I, Sis in bed
i ESts Z az and IS cpisd out. Wits fR VS. IS too much.
Excuse me- answered the Duke. II
90 out on your b%aIeony2 At any rate: here is
Woman. get out" cried the apothecary.
iumeins for, SSis clothes. while Frau SIet
covered his nAkedness. nodded. and said:
"Cest la Ruerre,, doctor don't be angry.
Duke Regent Of MecklenburR. 1 didn't know
that he was crazy"
He then passed on to the plaza, followed by
On leaving the Emperor said to Herr Sick.
who tried to excuse himself:
Your good wife is probably very much
irightened. 1 hope in some way to show you
After the officers had left Frau Sick came
ceiyed from Berlin the Kaiser's photograph,
the attack on the night Of Sept. 9-iO, 1903. /
o'clock. William !. r." Herr sisk's night
adventure has Son been pq as+@sav with t spmPell,
has been Obliged to issue an authoritative
statement OF the facts as they occurred.
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Cash.
From dc Nebraska Stat Journal.

From ne Nebraska State Journal.
oh, the wind from the north shakes the leaves from
the trees;
There's Q chill in the air and It's going TO freeze.
What q comfort to-day In the thought of the old
Sad but glorious days, when ] feared not the coldI
OF the calm. restful days that / plead for In vain
Now the song OF my heart Is q hollow refrain,
Just as joyless and cheerless as music can be.
Like the heart-rending moan of the pitiless sea-
Now the loss OF q stove is u serious joke
On the one who Is flush or the man who 10 broke;
But that grief isn't half as distressful TO bear
As the letters from men having pencils TO spare.
It has troubled me now for a weArisome spell
What to do with the men having burners to sell.
Every man in the lot 10 supplied with the best.
Most attractive and cheapest coal stoves in the Westi
And they all are 80 sad at my loss. 1t 10 quite
A hard task not TO CRY whom / read what they write
They are very kind men to the sad and bereft,
But they all sell for cash, and that's whore / get left.
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AIr. ~Gimplite,s AIoods.

"There may be others. just the same" said
Mr.. Glmplite. but | find that with me a period
of exaltation is likely TO be followed by one Of
depression that.my feelings ebb and flow like
the tide. II / tread the air over some success
which might. indeed. not be considered great
by some. but which pleases newly. as likely
as not 1 am down on the ground a lew hours
later. and very close Town to 1t. too.
Il suppose that with an even, humdrum form
of existence we might spare ourselves these
must take them as they come. putting on q
brave front when our spirtte are low. and
never forgetting that the constantly turning
wheel will In due course bring as out on To-
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rhe Raby on tho Train.

From he Indianapolis Journal
Everybody restless,
Grumbling At the dust
Growing at the cinders.
Pictures Of disgust.
Axle hot and smoking,
Train delayed an hour.
How the faces lengthen,
6ullen, wrinkled. sour.
Sudden transformation
Passengers in antilles
BcoWls and frowns have vAnibhOd-
What is 1t beguilesf
0rimy face and fingers.
Mouth ali owe crumbs,
BmeAry wrist contributing
Pink and cleAn-sucked thumbs.
Round head nodding. bObbinK.
Blue eyAB full OF fun.
Wind blown trOBses shining
Golden In the sun.
Everybody cheerful,
No remarks profano,
Magic change effeotedi-
4Ahy on the trAAna
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Tho Method of Literary Genius.

From the Philadelphia North American.
"Noy" said the interviewer. "as to your
S.Weli."' replied the great author. "Itaks a
writing iPad"-
:":S4s sd = pon0n"-
seek out q auiet spot-grasp the. pad firmly
In one hand and the pencil In the other hand
::Yes. AID
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SEATTLE. Wash. Oct. 24.-The National Mu-
scum at Washington will be richer In animal
specimens as the result OF the summers work
Of Dali Deweese OF Canon City. Col. in the
Kenia Mountains. Alaska. This hunter has
returned here with five bull moose and ten
white mountain sheep.
"The horns and hides can easily be mounted,
giving the animals their exact appearance as
when alive. They were carefully skinned and
Mr.. DeWeese has their exact measurements
His party assembled the Kussilof River 1875 miles.
and 10 get his specimens out Deweese had to
which are twenty-five miles long and among
tho most dangerous In Alaska. The shipment
was forwarded 10 Washington to-day.
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Song Of the LonEshorsnan.

Song OF the LonG1hoTomon.
Our bones are chilly.
The wind 10 cold
Owing your arms. oh, SWtngDi
Wo'ro working together.
The young and the old,
Working like beavers.
Working for gold
Yohol pile the Gotten;
The rafters ring;
work OF the numbnosN.
Work on the sting
Till your pale faces glow.
Yohol Yohoi
swing your arms, oh. nWinGi
Life may be abort.
But the day 10 long.
Owing your arms. oh. sW1ngO
We work In the cold
OF Q wintsrs nom,
And the hourS arc slow
TIL the day IL EonN-
Yohoi Swing the baExSlI
The engines puff
Work yourselves WARN.
There's work enough
TIL you glow. TIL you glow.
Yohoi Yohol
Swing your arms, oh. swing.
Our Day IN ANAL.
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Wind and Shy.

Behold how melancholy II the Shy.
How sad the wind!
AlAment; l~ugubrious dFaDsEy.
An both had sinned.
WAITED but . little while, then night
And stars IN heaven;
Tho wind became . whisper Of delight.
Az both forgiven.
MAH, Oct 25.
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VI ING pIAihs Lo "a LAX AfhOHVt &c
cause he was forced TO do so. Mr.. Reid obtained
control OF the paper while Mr.. Greeley was busy with
the campaign. and refused TO let the latter return TO
his place 81 editor.
water line. or both1 .. Is is object, to put q hole
below the water line, or to act as q knife and, cut
i Saesles hhhSG III p0'''0''' "nA +. J. g. oA
/. Both. 2. Both. 8. A projecting bow. strength
ened to Withstand a heavy blow.
Is an American lawyer allowed to practice in Eng.
lAndf II so. upon what conditional Il. @. B.
Not as an American. He must DO nAturalized in
Great Britain and be called to the bar.
rying 9 Roman Catholic should be married BY a
griesti ?; 10 the marriage good If performed By .
Protestant clerGymanf W.
/. No. 2. Yes.
IA verdict for six oents damages does mot
carry costs.
W. N.-Ths name Roosevelt IL pronounced a. II
spelled Roosevelt
NJ AeEy-Admiral oerverA's hAgship on July . was
Too Prntrs.-"An herb" may be English. but
over here We say 80 herb"
AudGbOn--Fort Washington stood ct about ls1st
street and the North River.
AIpAG.-" Honour and shame" 30. Bee Pope's
Essay on Man" lines 1884.
8. r. G.-Cervera is pronounced ThAir-vay-rA;
siboney, sib-o-nay; Sagasta is pronounced as spelled;
Baiquin. By-kerree; AguAdores, Ag-wA-do-raysI
CamArA as Camera.
". O. H.-Thers are several books on mushroom
culture; the State Department. In Its Consular Re-
ports No. 1873. for March. 1895. had . long account
of French mushroom culture.
O. H.-AdmtFAl RAmpHon was promoted Commo-
dore on July Q. on Admiral KirklAnd'a retirement.
He was never commissioned Commodore. however.
being promoted Rear Admiral before tn commits
Gon issued.
Ts NetOmaR.-Ths popular dnnk Horses
Neck :" 10 made by taking the largest size o. bar
glass. putting in it 3 lump. of ice and tho entire rind
Of 4 lemon. cut in . strip. and pouring in . bottle OF
ginger ale.
Il. y. 1.-The President and the Senate can make
peace; the consent of the President and both houses
10 needed TO make war. Bee the Constitution. Article
H.. section ?. paragraph 2, and Article l., section 9.
paragraph IL.
II. y. R-A Commissioner OF Deeds has the power
10 take An acknowledgment or proof Of the exeou-
ton Of 4 written instrument. except . bill OF ez-
change. promissory note or will; and 70 administer
OAths. An0tAry public has greater Dowsfs.
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tons on thoiphuence Of color on tho blood vessels
in tho brain. seasickness is due TO lack of blood in
the brain. while rod senda blood 10 the brain with q
rush. b. looking at one point for some time through
the red glasses the patient is cured radically.
st. Helena has been the scene of a curious pooh
Bah" performance. II possesses q Bishop and also
a Governor, who Is likewise Chief Justice. The
Bishop disregarded an Injunction of tho court and
was ined fbo for contempt Of court. He appealed
to the Colonial secretary, who ordered the Governor
to remit the nne. The Bishop is still in contempt
and the Governor has been compelled as Governor to
override his own action as Chief Justice.
King Alexander of Servia's long stay in Vienna has
been due not 20 his health but to his efforts to OBJ
tain the whole inheritance OF his cousin. vellmin
Theodorevitch. a natural son Of Prince Michael
obrenovitch. He bequesthed TO the Servian KinE a
palace in Munich, . million dollars in personal prop
erty and 10000 acres IN wRllachia. new part Of
ania. Alexander will probably receive tho pal
ace and the personally. but the land is in dispute.
An ingenious plan for the economic regeneration
Of ireland is proposed by Mr.. F. r. Baines in the
Spectator. 1t Ia to make Galway = transatlantic port
and to connect 1t with Kingstown by . deep water
canal across the island 100 miles long, The nsh of
the west coast and the produce of the interior would
DO taken up along the canal or from some central
point and conveyed to Liverpool. Fast trains across
Ireland and the proposed tunnel under the Irish SoA
would servo express passengers. Utilizing the pres
emit grand canal he thinks his canal would cost
100000.
The steamship Milwaukee ran on the rocks near
the mouth OF the Tyne in September last while on .
voyage from. South Shields to New Orleans. Tho
after part Of the vessel was ahoHt in deep water,
and 1t seemed an easy Job to haul her on, but 1t was
found that her bottom had been pierced forward Of
the bridge, and that for . length OF thirty feet the
rock penetrated eight feet into the hold. 1t being
impossible to float the vessel whole. the forward
part was slowly blasted on with dynamite.
The bulkhsad forward Of the coal bunkers was
strengthened and after = months work the aft two
thirds of the Milwaukee. containing the engines. was
hoAtsd and toWsd into Douh. A new fore part viii DO
built on