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forgiveness while the parvenu attains
the heiress and her incumbent fortune.
This rather unfertile tale is enacted BY
a company distinotIy English. The ma
tionality is not so pronounced as might
be expected, chiefly being noticed. in the
pronunciation of words like N.Y. %iiten
invariably is '.me,' and in girl which
reaches the untutored American ear very
much like 'guerl." However. "forgetful
OF large faults and mindful of small vir-
tues the audience enjoyed 1t all thcr-
oughly. although too dignifed to manifest
approval by demonstrations likely to dis
turb the peace of the theater's watch
man. s1sss- et- -ra
The double-barreled actor above re-
ferred to is II. Reeves-Smith. and he car
tainly proves paradox and a wonderful
man-if, indeed. he is really not plural
in his personality. His acting and Incl
dental changes of ra!ment afford one of
the most remarkable bits of work ever
called to the notice of the Washington
public.
In support of this Siamese twin. no one
attracts so much favorable consideration
as does Jessie Bateman. whose fngenue
reminds of some one very good, with an
indefinite personality. Charles France Is
excellent in time-worn role, George
Sheldon still better in a smaller one, and
Cecil Thornberry very miserable in a
much overdone character part. The chief
apparent merit of Agnes Knight Is in that
she manages her dress tram adro!tly and
yowls with true melodramatic fervor.
Fred Dark is the acme of naturalness and
Mabel Lane his diametrical opposite.
Viewed retrospectively. "A Brace of
Partridges' is bright comedy, -replete
with terse, telling dialogue and good lines.
The emasculation of several apparently
unnecessary bits OF horseplay will make
1t exceedingly acceptable to the average
cultivated and critical audience
In the curtain-raiser Goodbye" Mr..
France has an opportunity to do some
really credtable work. while Mr.. Thorn
berry gives promise OF better things than
he afterward accomplishes. Mr.. TOmkins
is good Mr. Fraser inferior. and Miss
Lane unnaturally artistic. Altogether a
very pleasant evening may be spent in a
unique manner with our English cousins
this week at the Lafayette.
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.cnaem,-we-t,. MinstreIs.

William II. West and his company of
black face entertainers appeared before
and made a largely successful attempt to
amuse an audience which filled the
Academy of Music last night-an audience
the size of which caused the always
jovial Mr.. Rapley to greet his patrons
with a smile even broader than usual
from behind the Standing Room Only
sign, which was hung by the box office
before the curtain had risen.
When the spectators had become accus-
toned to the dazzling light reflected from
the gorgeous scenery of conventional
first part. a number of familiar faces were
seen behind the semi-circle of chairs be-
low the raised platform upon which the
orchestra was placed. Billy West in
troduced ne members of the company as
they flied their places on the program
with all the wit and grace which has dis
unguished him in the days gone by, and
was greeted an old friend when he
made his appearance.
Carroll johnson. Tom Lewis ami
Charles Ernest proved themselves wort ly
successors of George Primrose with their
jokes. rag-time songs and dances while
Ezra Kendall seemed to overflow with an
old but ever acceptable brand of humor
which made up in infectiousness what IL
lacked in wit. Richard Jose still las the
remarkable voice which has made him
famous all over the country, but unf r
tunately he has affected mannerisms
which spoil what would otherwise be an
excellent display of vocal pyrotechnics
The remainder of the company. includ-
ing the Freeze brothers, Trovollo, III.
ventriloquist: Eddie Horan and McMa-
hon and King. was received with well
merited applause. The closing piece. ERE
member the Maine" introduced several
patriotic features which are entirely new,
and the audience filed out to the stains
of one of Sousa's stirring marches salts
fed that it had received its moneys
worth, this being especially the case with
those who came in on passes.
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RcnchinS for n Plum.

A general scramble is being made by
army engineer officers of the rank of the
late Capt. Henry G. Waterman who are
desirous of succeeding him as Secretary
of the Mississippi River Commission.
Capt. Mason NJ. Patrick. United States
Engineer Corps. has been temporarily ap-
pointed to fill the place made vacant by
Capt Waterman's death.
The position has many emoluments
Chief Engineer Wilson Will make the per
manent assignment of an engineer cap
tain to the secretaryship soon after to-
morrow, when he will return to Wash
ington and resume his duties at the Wal
Department.
The times., 1898-11-01
The Best Plaster.

A piece of flannel dampened with Cham
berlains Pain Balm and bound on to the
affected parts is superior to any plaster.
When troubled with a pain in the chest
or side, or lame back, give 1t a trial.
You are certain to be more than pleased
with the prompt relief which it affords
Pain Balm is also certain cure for
rheumatism. For sale by Henry Evans.
wholesale and retail druggist, 93S F Street
northwest. and Connecticut Avenue and
S Street northwest, and 1i2S Maryland
Avenue northeast
The times., 1898-11-01
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Buriesaucrs.-

Irwin Brothers Venetian Burlesquers''
company yesterday made its first appear
ance of the season at Kernans, and as
upon former visits. was accorded warm
welcome by good houses. The entertain
ment given is passably bright and in
cludes one or two real novelties. The
shows management has forsaken the
beaten path, which sandwiches the olio
between two burlesques. and starts out
briskly at the rise of the curtain with its
speciality numbers. One of the leading
cards of the olio is THE Versatile Trio.'
an organization composed of Nellie Syl-
vester. Jack Marshall, and Charles Wes-
ton, whose sketch, THE Eccentric Wis.,
itor," gives ample opportunity for a dis
play of their various talents.
Newell and Sherett are always welcome
here and last night made many new
friends with their difficult feats on the
horizontal bars. The sisters Carmentelle
offer unique though rather rough turn.
while Byron G. Harlan and Harry Vest
repeated their earlier successes hers with
a singing and talking act. Howard and
Mack told the usual jokes in the usual
way: Riel and Ebertan sang se.eral
songs with illustrations. ard Rus: ell and
Tillyne proved to be fair knock-aboui
performers 80
In 1.-The Street Fair the pisce which
closes the show, Winnie Richards, re-
cent importation to the burlesque sage
was decidedly attractive leader. She l.
The times., 1898-11-01

The leading article of McCiure's for November
is '.The Inner History of Admiral sampson 5
Campaign' by ". A. NJ. Code, based upon Of
fetal dispatches. and designed TO show that the
credit of the entire Santiago campaign, in de-
tails as well in general plan. belongs to Ad-
miral Sampson, TO the exclusion OF Schley the
Navy Department. and the men behind the guns,
and that whatever blunders were made Were made
by Schey and Long. The Worlds Bill of
Fare" is an illustrated article designed 10 show
the comparative quantities of various articles OF
diet consumed by various nations. There is a
story BY Stephen Crane entitled ':IIis New Nit
tens Other articles are THE Mystery of Ve-
s,Irius,'' by H j.. W. Dam. The Actress of
the Chateau" by Robert Barr; a Twenty
Dollar Bill" by Harriet Nash, and The Dis
bandment of the Army of Northern Virginia"
by Marshall Putnam Thompson.
The times., 1898-11-01
Nn,.ernher MAGAZINES.

The Review Of Reviews for November contains
Two especially interesting articles-''The Mica
rasua Canal by Emory II. Johnson and L. VI.
Koasbey. and My Experiences at Santiago" by
James Creelman The New York political cam
paign is taken up in detail, and Albert Shaw
write, of The Army and Navy Y. NJ c. A."
The subject-or the obiect-of the cartoons this
month is Theodore Roosevelt. who is exhibited
in various gnises. as the Trojan horse, Trilby-
and the missing link. '.ouida'' writes ''An
In,peachment of Modern Ttaly,' and there is a
reply to this impeachment by Giovanni Della
Vecchia. The present number is rich in pictures.
there being more than usual; and among the IL
lustrations is ful-page group of portraits oi
the newspaper correspondents who figured in the
war with Spain.
The times., 1898-11-01
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Special 1entions.

Many the printed Sunday quantities only sufficient
supply yesterdays demand But of the of
week. OF
give you reminder this morning Again there other features of
weeks great purchasing that hadn't arrived and could not be conced
anything that actually the
house of those ready nowohers transit and will be
rushed the quickly possible We that all this
will be marked with commercial that will eclipse
previous oeread the time emphacay the
superior of the
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pecial interest ''The Skipper and Fl Captain"
by Frank r. Stockton, and Jimmy Goggles
the God" by H. G. Wells. Harry Thurston
Peck contributes an essay on The Woman of
Fascination and Caroline Brown writss OF The
Tragedies of the Kohinoor.' Another article of
interest is Ernest Terah Hooley and His Guinea
Pigs" by 7. C. Crawford.
The times., 1898-11-01
STUCK IN THE YUKON.
A Dozen Steamers Fast ON Sand Bars
and Mny He Lost.

San Francisco. Oct. S1--The steamer
Portland has arrived from st. Michae's.
bringing SII passengers but very little
gold
Passengers on the Portland report that
a dozen steamers are fast on sandbars in
the Yukon and will probably be lost
The times., 1898-11-01
Lafayette-"A brace of PartridEes.,

Lafayette-"A Brace Of Partridges.-
Lord Wallerton. Charles V. France
Col Racket. Gordon Tomkins
The Hon Arthur Partridge (lnd
Alfred Partridge) .........,.-..H. Reeyes-Smth
StuDos' ster
Spitns. George She ton
Snap. Cecil Thornb rry
Tom Rushton. Fred Dark
Lady Wallerton. Mabel Lane
Evangeline Van Book. Agnes Knight
Peggy stubbs Jessie batenian
A double-b barreled BILL with one double
barrelied Character. presented to an au-
dience of very small bore, the unique
and not fiattering situation presented last
night at the LafayAtte1 Perhaps the
Washington public has learned by sad eN-
perience to distruss, retent fmportations
until they are proven-by the local YER
dict-the successes they are reported to
be- Some such thing is certainly respon-
sible for the chilly reception given Charles
Frohmans most recent importation from
Angloland "A Brace of Partridges." For
once. the production Is d surprise and a
pleasing one and wiIiFd not the equal
OF many of our besticonady combinations
the Offering organization is more than
good-it is excellent o'--'
The theme of "A brace of Partridges"
antedates Shakespeare, yet its idea is
handled in rather anovel way. and the
fact that a dual character is enacted by
the same person. makes 1the piece all the
more unique. Briefly stated, the idea is
something like this: The Hon. Arthur
Partridge. during country vacation. falls
in love with the daughter of an inn-keep-
er and, although his parents have prepar-
ed for him an engagement to an African
heiress of fair complexion and blonde
hair. he determines to wed his more
humble, but manifestly more handsome.
country love. With one of those strange
condolences occurring only in farces. a
cousin by remove drops into the hostelry
and. being mistaken for his more sedate.
more honest. and better connected rel
alive. proceeds to devour his breakfast
and make love to his br:de-elect in a
thorough prisoner of Zenda' manner.
This complication continues at the other
end of the line. in the city home of the
Hon. Arthur. the cuckoo winning the
smiles intended by the Afr can heiress for
the aforesaid cousin. To depart from the
conventional. the whole mess ends hap
PLY for all concerned. the Hon. Arthur
winning his country lass and his parents
The times., 1898-11-01
Children should always

Children should always
increase in weight. Not to
grow, not to increase in flesh,
belongs to old age.
Present and future health
demands that this increase
in weight should be steady
and never failing.
To delicate children.
Scott's Emulsion brin IS
richer blood and hrmer
flesh. Better color comes
to the cheeks and stronger
muscles to the limbs. The
gain in weight is substantial;
1t comes to stay.
sos. and $500. all druss;xss.
SCOTT BOVINE, Chemists. New Yosk
The times., 1898-11-01

To Cure Malaria. ChilIs and Fever
quickly. take Mi;burn's Ma,a-ia Capsules.
At druggists. 10c and 25c. o.2-lm
The times., 1898-11-01
THE NEW BATTLEsHIP MAINE.

at South bethlehem. Pm.
South Bethlehem, Pa, Oct. I--The
Bethlehem Iron Company h re eived the
order for the forgings for theengines Of
the new battleship Maine, which the
Cramps are building. The forgings weigh
over 800 tons.
The times., 1898-11-01

Boys. Girls Bicycles. SIS "Kankakee,' -
637 Massachusetts,.
The times., 1898-11-01
Instead Of 69c for these pretty Lilo
percale wrappers take them for ffV
Never such fine shoes at this price.

You won't believe possible that high grade
footwear such price until hemlnd watched other
folks buying by When the sale there
thousand pairs Of thad finest made button and lace shoes
in splendid variety of the and desirable sylesu
all and all wdts-which sell Sand
offer them S23 pair How got them sell
another stoyyou only be interested the saving
The times., 1898-11-01

The most important article in the November
number cf Seribncr's Magazine is probably Richard
Harding Davis's paper on ''Tha Porto Rico Cam.
paign. II is Outspoken defense of Gen. Miles,
"a ouispoken as the condemnation of Gen. Shafter
in Davis's previous article. The Navy in the
Var" by Capt. F. E. Chadwick. is a survey of
the work of the navy. with one or two specula-
tions is to the reasons Of Spanish defeat. The
conclIssion of Walter A. Wyckefs remarkable
series of papers, Tine Workers" appears in this
number as does the last chapter of Thomas Nell
son Pages Red Rock John r. Spears writes
of Torpedo Beats in the War With Spain.
The most important hit Of fiction is of jesse
LYNCH Williams's newspaper tales, called 'The
Great Secretary of State Interview. and the
other two stories The Pelican by Edith
Wharton. and "a Night Escape, hy Stevens
Vail Their is Il poem by Charlotte Perkins Stet-
son entitled Closed Doors"
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The leading article OF the Cosmopolitan for
November is "A Dangerous Mission 10 Spain
name of writer concealed for state reasons in
Porto Rico With Gen. Miles" is the work of
Warner p Sutton. The conclusion of Harold
Frederie's GLORIA Mundi appears in this issue.
-nd tlisra twa other fiction featues Of -
The times., 1898-11-01

The Atlantic for November contains as its lead
ing article Colonial Lessons Of Alaska by
David Starr Jordan. and scarcely less interesting,
is .The Intellectual Movement in the West by
Hamilton Wright Mabie. Ira Nelson Hollis con-
tributes a paper The Navy in the
War With Spain.' and Charles Townsend
Copeland has article on Carlyle a. Letter
Writer" Henry II. Sedgwick. ir.. writes on
Some Aspects of Thackeray.' There is an
anonymous article of considerable interest entitled
Confessions of Three School Superint endents'
Hugo Nunsterberg writes OF Psychology and
Art" The story Of the number is The Alcalde's
Visit - by Mrs Schuyler Crowninsheld. and the
poem is a stirring sea lyric called ''Messmates,'
by Henry Newholt
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1898-01-14
ra Tender Passion.

had a colored cook who was on the
whole very good servant. She had
been educated in the public schools
and cc.uld write by putting copy book
before her and picking out letter by
letter those she wanted to use This took
a good. deal of time, but she was sensl-
bic enough to choose her times SO the
practice was not as Questionable as
with most Of them, whose passion for
letter writing is so great that 1t IS H.
dulged in at all times regardless OF du-
ty. One evening every one had gone out
and Lefty was left to lock the house
and go home. / came home first and
found on the sideboard an immense pa
Der bag. / knew at once it must have
been forgotten by Lefty, who lived at
distance, and SO thrust my hand IN to
see if there was anything in it to spoil.
Fruit and cakes were in it, but my
hand encountered box such as jewel
ers sell fine rings in. | opened 1t, OF
course, to know if it contained any val
uables. A portion of her hair had been
soaked III perfrlned grease and braided
fine and tight to the length it could be
stretched, tied with blue ribbon and
coiled ring shape. 1t rested on n piece
of paper, on which was written, my
dearest, 1 send you a lark of my hair
and let not any one else lay the weight
of their finger upon it.. (" l read no fur
Their in the love note, shut and put back
the box, but that clark of hair" was an
interesting proof how much alike hu-
MAN nature is in "all sorts and condi-
tions of men," and women too.-New
Orleans Times Democrat.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1898-01-14
Patent Cow For Hunters.

A Nebraska man has invented pat
ent COW for hunters. The invention
presents the perfect outward semblance
Of most peaceable and amiable COW,
but the fore legs and hind legs are in fact
the two pairs of legs of two men. They
are armed with guns and have plenti-
full supply Of ammunition. The palo4It
COW moves along like an ordinary harm
less animal until it is in the midst Of a
lot Of birds, when it comes open and
the two men inside blaze away. Formed
in the sides of the frame, at suitable
points, are windows or openings pro-
tected by outward swinging flap blinds,
and through these windows the sports
man in the rear may discharge his
fowling piece when the game has been
successfully stalked. For the firing of
the hunter in the front of the decoy
there is provided downward swinging
portion, which includes the head and
ueck of the animal, SO that by simply
releasing a small catch from the inside
of the framework this releases the
swinging front portion, which immedi-
ate1y drops by gravity and thus leaves
the sportsman free.-BostOn Transcript.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1898-01-14
At Sea In a Coffin.

1t was the French assassin Lupi
who escaped to sea from Cayenne i'll a
coffin. He managed to get some nails,
tar and cotton, and one dark night he
got into the coffin shed. He selected q
fine, stanch and seaworthy coffin, fas-
tened the lid in order to turn it into a
deck, leaving cockpit sufficient to en-
able him to crawl in. He callzed all the
joints as well as he could, and when
this work was finished he made Il pair
of paddles ont Of two planks. Then he
brought out his craft with great precau-
ton. Without much difficulty he reach
ed the waters edge Silently and slowly
he proceeded in the hope of reaching
either Venezuela or British Guiana $50
nautical miles distant. Fortunately or
unfortunately for Lupi the steamer
Abeille, returning from the Antilles, off
Paramaribo, picked him up, half drown
cd and almost i'll a fainting condiM4,
and few hours later he was in ffTssss
i'll his cell.--San Francisco Argonaut;
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1898-01-14
A City Set on a Hill.

The town Of Ithaca OyerlOOks great
extent of country, as we'll as the waters
of Cayuga lake, which is about 40 miles
long In approaching the town one Of
the railroads makes many turns, and
this fact has given rise to an amusing
story.
A stranger, coming to Ithaca by rail-
caught sight Of the city set on hill in
the distance and asked fellow passen-
ger, "What city is that?''
Ithaca, the other responded. In a
few moments the city disappeared from
view and after awhile appeared again,
but, as it seemed to the stranger, in a
different direction, the railroad having
made q curve
"What city is that?" he asked again.
"That is Ithaca"
Once more the place disappeared and
in due time came into view again, ap
parently somewhere else.
"What city is that?' he asked again.
"That is Ithaca
The stranger gave a whistle and look
ed imploringly around the horizon.
"Where, for goodness sake,'' said
he, "ain't Ithaca" COmpan-
ion.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1898-01-14
BURNED AT TIE STAKE.
Two Seminole Indians Killed
For the Murder of Woman.

On the Oklahoma border Fri>
day night Marcus McGeiscy and
Palmer Simpson, two Seminole
Indians, were burned at the
stake by a mob. They were
charged with murder, their vic~
tin being Mrs. James Simmons,
an Oklahoma farmers wife.
The entire populace turned
out to huat down and punish
the murderers. The trail led
the posse TO the home OF Nc
Geisey, near Maud, a small town
in the Seminole nation, where
McGeisy and Simpson were ar
rested. After securing its pris-
oners the mob Set fire to Nc
|Geisey's house and barn, and
did not leave until it saw al. u
his possessions reduced to ashes.
The prisoners were then carried
back across the line into Okla
bona territory, and near the
scene Of their cline they were
executed.
After the Indians had been
burned to death the mob allowed
the fires to die down, and then
quietly dispers to their homes.
No secret was made of the fact
that he Indians were burned at
the stake, aud Saturday morn
ing their cliarred bodies were
found. Great uueasiness exists
along the Oklahoma border, as
the impression prevails that
much more bloodshed will fol
low the work Of the mob.
According to the latest infor-
nation the mob's work is net
yet finished, AID will be com
pleted only when four more In
dams have been dealt with tie
same way as the other two The
citizens posse was securing the
country fol- the four men when
the messenger lett the village,
and it is probable that at least
part Of the quartet have by this
time paid the penalty oecreed
by the mob.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1898-01-14
4 Care for Lame Back. s

"Nv daughter when. recover
ing from an attack of fever. was
a great sufferer from pain i'll the
back and hips" writes Louden
Grover, of Sudis, Ky. "After
using quite a number of rencd-
les without any benefit she tried
one bottle of Cham berlain S Pain
Balm, and it has given entire
relief" Cham berlain Pain
Balm is also q certain cure for
rheumatism, Sold by w. W
Griggs & Son.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1898-01-14

The progressive ladies OF
Nestheld, Ind, issued a "Wo-
man S Edition" of the Westheld
News, bearing date of April 8,
1896. The paper is filled with
matter of interest to women. and
we notice the following from a
correspondent, which the editors
printed, realizing that it treats
upon a matter Of vital import
ancc to their sex "The best
remedy for Group, colds and
bronchitis that | have been able
to find is Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy. For family us it has
no equal. / gladly recommend
it." 3 and 50 cent bottles tor
sale by w. w. Grig2s & Son.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1898-01-14
lion In the System,

Walker was one of those who do rot
believe in doctors, and he never lost an
opportunity Of having dig at them.
When he was brought home i'll a cab
with Il broken leg and the medical man
had to be sent for Walker was much
Inundated
Rather serious, " said tho man of
physic and fees, "but you'll go oil if
you take care. Ill send you an iron
tonic
Don want it!' exclaimed the pa
tient shortly. Iron is no good"
Excuse me-" returned the doctor
And as Falker doggedly repeated his
objection he continued with some
warmth: 1t is beyond all question, sir.
IN whatever way iron enters the body
it is good, and it is mistaken notion
to say that it makes man irritable. ="
Il beg to differ most emphatically,"
retOrted Walker desperately, finding
himself driven into a corner for an ar
gument. Il say it causes irritability
and therefore isn't good, and if you
want proof just you sit down On the
business end Of a tack.
And he fell back in bed with a look
Of triumph. Pearson s Weekly.
1hickest Coal Seam.
Tho thick st known coal seam in the
world is the Wyoming, near Twin
creek, i'll the Green river coal basin,
Wyoming. 1t is 80 feet thick and up
ward Of 800 feet of solid coal underlies
4, 900 acres
The Russians are colonizing the whole
OF their vast Asian possessions and car
rying with them everywhere the mir"
or self governing village, wherein WON
en- who are heads of households are per-
mitted to vote.