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Mrs. Kelley and Queen Victoria.

The late Mrs. Kelley used to tell the
following story about the visit she paid
to the Queen at Buckingham Palace on
the occasion of the jubilee in 1887. Being
incredulous of the genuineness of the in
vitation, she was disposed to treat the
rather sarcastic letter to the official, a
personal friend. who had addressed it to
veteran actress was a little disconnected
when her Majesty told her she had read
the letter. Mrs. Kelley begged that it
should be restored to her. mo. no, Mrs.
Kelley" answered the Queen; lit is safe
ly painted in my autograph book. You'll
never get it again"
cused herself from making a low curtsey
by saying, Your Majesty, have rheu
se a! Mrs kelley replied the Queen.
II can't either" and the veteran actress
was put at her ease by the LONELINESS
of the remark and its common touch of
nature which made the two women kin
London Chronicle
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WHAT'S THE NATTER
WITH MOROSCO'S ?
Ashton Stevens Asks Some Pertinent
Questions as TO the Absence
of the Crowd.
} OW that Southwell has go

81 q OW that Southweu has gone
ITNI ana Morosco once again
II reigns supreme in Mission
8 5 street, it is no more than fit
that the bill should be THE
Lily OF Killarney" the good old Irish
melodrama that without the music is
known as The Colleen Bawn." In
three acts only 1t is, to be sure. but
the scenes are many-eight, in fact
and the rich essence of southside melo-
drama drops from every line. 1t took
me back to the old days to see this old
piece last night. to the days when Mo
rosco lorded it over everything on the
tropical side Of Market street and
boosted the only week-in-and- week out
clientele in the town. But one ingre-
dent of the illusion was missing-the
audience. Acres, it seemed, of empty
red plush burned against the lights.
Row after row of rich upholstery
yawned from the main floor, the gal
leries were dotted by diminutive
groups. and the boxes, all save one,
were spectacularly vacant. The sight
saddened me. Here was the most com
Portable, commodious theater in San
Francisco, an excellent all-round COM
pany of comic opera singers, a suffi-
cient orchestra. a fair production of a
charming opera, good seat down
stairs for the ridiculous price of So
cents-and not enough people in the
house to stuff pie with. And
the eX-Southwell company Just
season Of forty weeks! Well. the
dear music-loving public would better
sit up and take notice of good
thing before some one else is wearing
the Morosco diamonds and driving the
MorOsco ponies-for comic opera COM
panieS are expensive. The show is
there, the theater is there with an en-
Vironment clean and comfortable, but
the audience is missing and has been
missing for some time, in spite of sew
eral sumptuous productions. Every
thing that could be done has been done
by the management, which SO far has
studied its patrons economy rather
than its own in every detail, and it will
be long lasting discredit to the town
If an enterprise like this meets with
no better reward than failure.
l do not desire, especially at this
lines that l have penciled in praise of
this company, but still in truth l can
not say that this performance of The
Lily Of Killarney" is representative of
the organization. Apart from the fact
that the chorus-which is the real star
of the Southwells-has only limited op-
portunities; there is a characteristic
something that is lacking, a certain
energy and picturesqueness that
have been signal in the earlier sue
cesses. The Irishness Of the piece
seems to find but faint appreciation in
the players. Mr.. Persse sings excep-
tionally we'll in Myles, and his brogue
is in honest token of his nationality,
but the real Irish spell is not there;
no more than it is in Mr.. VOLTS Danny
Mann, which, too, is abundantly sung
and industriously acted, but more sug
gestive of Shylock than the Irish
Danny. In fact the whole performance
Is unIrish and admirable only 50 far
as the singing is concerned
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The Neanderthaf Skeleton.

The famous Neanderthal skeleton was
discovered in 1857 in a cave in the valley
of small stream near Dusseldorf on the
same level with bones of the extinct cave
bear. The workmen who eXcavated it,
not knowing its value, only saved the
larger bones and the cap of the skull The
frontal prominences are enormous pro-
ducing a great oyerhanging supraorbital
ridge, entirely unlike anything ordinarily
seen in the skulls of to-day, and remind
ing. one strikingly of the skulls of the
higher apes. 1t was declared by Huxley
to be by far the most ape-like skull that
had hitherto been discovered. The re-
naming bones of the skeleton indicated a
man of unusually powerful frame
A very forcible attack was made upon
the normal character of this skeleton by
Vfrchow, who pointed out that there are
in it unmistakable signs of the rheumatic
affection known as thrills deformans, and
that this not infrequently led, when of a
very marked type. to a deformity of the
skull similar to that shown in these re-
mains. This statement. made by the great
authority of one of the foremost patho-
logical anatomists of the time has been
sufficient to discredit the skull in the eyes
of many anthropologists.- Baker in
the American Anthropologist.
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French Cabinet Meetings.

In one important respect the functions
Of constitutional monarch for he pre-
sides over the meetings of the Cabinet.
These are always held at the Elysee in
the Hall of Soveregns, the usual hour
being $3.50 or 10 or even earlier. The
President sits at the head of the table
having the. Minister of Justice on his
right and the Minister of Foreign Affairs
on his left. In front of him is placed the
Premier, flanked by, the War and
Finance Ministers. The others have no
particular chairs assigned them. The
part taken in tne discussions by the Presi-
dent varies with the man. NJ. Theirs
used to argue every point and rarely
gave way, slipping a cur, of coffee during
came escorted by two aids-de-camp, gave
his opinions very forcibly and would now
and then hammer the table. NJ Grevy
listened placidly in an armchair, content
ing himself with summing up the argu-
ments at their close. M. Carnot seldom
interviewed, except by a polite suggestion.
NJ. Felix Faure worked with his Ministers
as though they were colleagues, but sell
dom emitted a personal opinion.-From
the London Chronicle.
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MET POKER SHARPS.
Frank Weiss Lost His Money and
Gained Experience.

Three bad young men were lodged in
the tanks Of the Central Police Station
last night for the undoing Of Frank Weiss,
q marine engineer. Weiss was I'M
schooled in the wicked ways of the
"bunko" men on Monday last. To-day he
Is a man of wisdom, the lesson being adj
minstered at the cost of $25.
Weiss was gazing into the shop windows
on Market street near Kearny Tuesday
morning, when he was accosted by
"HaEry' Toner, alias Trainer; Charles
Crawford, John Edmond and Harry
Walters, all of whom wanted to assist
him. to an immediate future. For their
kindness TO strangers the first three are
in jail while Walters is still at large with
the police hot on his tracks.
Weiss took the bait offered and thanked
his supposed benefactors for all they
promised him, which was a $100-a-week
Job as the mining engineer of some myth
fcal gold mine. They took Weiss to los
Grant avenue to talk over the matter. At
tSis place began poker game, in which
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A Chance to Marry Yum Yum.

Hosuijoshi seeks a husband She de-
scribes herself thus: II am a beautiful
flower woman, with cloudlike hair. flow
cry face wilow-like waist and crescent
eyebrows. l have enough ~roperty to walk
through life hand in hand gazing at flow
ers in the day and the moon at night. If
there is a gentleman who is clever,
learned. handsome and of good taste l
will join with him for life and share the
pleasure of being buried in the same
graye'-KanaZawa Shimbun.
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Alleged.

City Editor-Mr. Strong has been in to-
day, and he had murder in his eye. How
in time did you come to speak Of Mrs
graph about her accident?
]. FRESH did it to steer clear of
libel suit. You know you told me always
to say alleged thief, alleged murder
err and that sort of thing-Boston
Transcript.
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A Noted Anarchist Lectures.

Emma Goldman. the well-known anaT-
chist lecturer. delivered a forqoIe us
on,Irsa a. the TEMPLE last evening 70 a
large audience on The Power Of Idea.
She discussed her subject at great Length
and her views gained frequent applause applause.
On Thursday evening next she VIII SPEAK
on Liberty versus Authority.
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In Aid of the Fancy Fair.

The ladies of st. Anthony Booth will
give an entertainment and social in st.
Brendans Hall this evening. the affair
being for the coming fancy fair. The
preparations for the entertainment are
being supervised by Luke OBrien. Mrs.
f. Rodgers Mrs. O'Brien and others. 1t
promises to be a great success.
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chips were worth 81. Soon after he
first shuttle Weiss was minus S25-al he
had. The game then broke up, I M,,s so@ ny
~, puI poJ,oo 80 evening Weiss was there.
Meeting Ne a friend. he told him his story
with the foregoing result.
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completed all arrangements
70 the
on
or
the
and o
will be their arrival at the ferry by dele
will be rendered
the grand
balance
semitic INC
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Souvenir Mailing Cards. showing views
around the city, 25c a dozen. For sale by all
stationery and the publisher, z. H. Mitchell.
225 Post street San Francisco
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Does the Best He Can.

Henry, why do you smoke continu-
ally from morning until night?"
ITS the only time I get. 1 sleep from
night till morning. '-Tit-Bits.
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Dear Madam: "Pegamoid" says come!
You're welcome, Chronicle building, No. 81.
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beenap New
York The o
9 | highly pleased o
OF the steane
of
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Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1899-11-09

1t is claimed for building near ST.
Adams, England, that 1t is the oldest
inhabitated house In that country. A
part of 1t, at any rate, is more than
1000 years old. This is the foundation
which was built by King offa. The
structure was originally used as fish
ing lodge by the monks Of the abbey
OF st, Adams, Of which monastery Il
formed a part, 1t was situated on the
bank Of an immense fish pond near ST..
Adams, belonging to the royal palace
Of Kingsbury, Of which little but the
name now remains. The present build
ing resting upon these ancient founda-
tons was probably erected during the
fifteenth century. 1t has possessed sew
eral names, and is at present known as
the Fighting Cocks" There is q
wooden tablet on the front wall set
ting forth that 1t Is THE Oldest in
habited house in England" But this.
though enough to satisfy any reason
able being, Is feeble when compared
with former sign which ran: "The
Old Round House: Rebuilt after the
flood"
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CHAPTER x.


A beautiful woman, about whose
beauty there could not be two opin-
ions--of goodly height, yet 30 full OF
grace that she was rarely described 40
tall--wlth certain gentle statellness
that no words can quite describe-with
a head well poised, gray eyes that had
more tenderness, more passion In their
depths than any other eyes had ever
seen, mobile lips as expressive as tho
eyes, face perfect oval, clearly, dell
cately cut, bright, brown wavy hair,
growing gracefully around perfect
brow-the most beautiful woman | had
ever seen, ever dreamt of-Madame
Arnaud.
She had the gracious ways which q
beautiful woman learns by the time
she Is thirty years Of age. II thirty
years had taken the first soft, peach
like bloom from her complexion, that
was but small loss With her queen
'ly ways, her slow yet radiant smile,
she was far more charming than any
mere girl could be, In her presence,
even Meg's prettiness seemed mex
presslve. /, who had scarcely any
claim to prettiness, was overwhelmed
with sense Of my own lnslgnlhcance,
We saw much of Madame Arnaud.
She came often, and she generally
came In tho evening when John was at
home ostensibly, her calls were on
me; but, when she left the drawing
room, John accompanying her across
the little hall, she fell at once into a
softer, more familiar tone; sometimes,
half an hour after she had hidden
goodnight to me, she was still talking
In subdued, confidential voice to
John in the hall or In his study; and
now and then John would 20 with her
the short distance that lay between
our houses, and II the evening was
quiet | could catch the sound of their
footsteps as they passed and repassed
up and down the pavement, until at
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By Author Of "Hetty," Etc

poked my fire obediently, The
merry blaze shot up and dispersed the
shadows, The frellght was 30 pretty
that the lamp, which the maid at that
moment brought in, was banlshed by
Meg to the plano In the corner The
little afternoon tea table was wheeled
before the fire. and Meg drew her chair
opposite to mine and sank back In II
with a sigh Of luxurious content,
zone question, Kitty" sho said
"Will John come in?"
81 think not-not yet"
"Then I'm happy" she replied; 81
breathe freely, Now confess, Kitty
III never tell soul-don't you feel a
sense of relief when John goes out?'
mo, l don't"
"Kitty you're snapplsh, Your tenn
per was never nice--and It's getting
worse"
laughed and began to pour out the
tea. Meg leant back In her chair and
looked critically at her blue cup, and
stirred her tea slowly with the quaint
little apostles spoon, then removed the
spoon to examine 1t.
81 like your silver and your china
Kitty. The sight Of your silver and
china would almost persuade me to
marry, II anyone would marry me. But
the sight Of you and John counteracts
the rash DESIRE"
"How do John and look?"
Look at yourself In the glass, dear;
the glass will speak for one. And John
looks worse. Do you keep him on cold
mutton chops Kitty? Nothing but an
unvarying diet of mutton chops could
account for his profound gloom"
Johns not gloomy-you imagine
that" | declared, with little sharp
catch in my breath even as made the
decisive assertion.
"And you're not gloomy?" ques-
toned Meg, stirring her tea, and put
ting out her neatly-shod little feet to
the welcome blaze. rs he a tyrant
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last she went indoors and John re-
turned alone.
A month went by--a chill, gray Octo-
Der, with raw mornings and misty
evenings and rare glimpses of pale
wintry sunshine. | grew more than
one month older in those four long
weeks. | scarcely knew what troubled
Pine; l tried to put the thought OF the
trouble away--I shrank from facing 1t.
John asked me sometimes IL | was
happy; always assured him Yes"
and perhaps the assurance was more
eager than spontaneous, for he would
look at me gently and turn away with
a little sigh.
He was always gentle. wished i'm.
patiently sometimes that he would be
less patient, less good, less kind. Were
men so invariably patient with wives
they were sure they loved? Again and
again his sisters words came back to
me--"You loved her because you
wished to love her. Is such love trus>-
worthy? Will 1t wear lifetime? HUI
band 1t with all your energy!" Tie
words seemed to echo in my brain; I
could not, strive as would, put them
away from me-
1t was q misty, chilly afternoon to.
ward the end Of October. Meg had run
in to see me. She was full Of life and
spirits; she laughed at me because
was sitting in the twilight; she kissed
me and rang the bell for the lamp and
tea; then she kissed me again and
babe me tell her was glad to see her.
When l assured her of my gladness she
put her hands upon my shoulders and
shook me little, because my assur-
ance, she SAID was too lukewarm:
then, repenting, she kissed me again
because she had shaken ME.
Kitty, my dear, whenever l see you,
l say to myself, Don't marry" she
said, divesting herself of her trina lit
tie sealskin jacket, and looking round
1or tie most softly-cushioned chair.
Poke your fire, Kitty; let us have
blaze
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Kitty? Does he smile deceitfully be.
fore the world, and then in private
beat your"
Have some more tea, Meg, and
don't be goose"
Thank you, Kitty. Turn the handle
of the teapot this way, dear, and let
me help myself-don't be such an Off
cious hostess. Do you know the first
law In the code of a hostess duties?-
Cultivate an air of repose. When your
guest politely asks you, Does your hus-
band beat your don't dash at her with
Have some more tea. Take another
piece of sugar. Your guest will natur-
ally conclude that your husband does
beat you"
"She would need to be an magma
tive guest" l returned, laughing. 81
cannot imagine Johns being anything
but very good to me-"
Don't you find 1t dull, dear?" asked
Meg, with reflective air. 81 couldn't
possibly love man whom couldn't
imagine being anything but good to
me. Tastes differ! Talking Of tastes,
KITTY, my dear, like cream, not milk,
In my tea. Don't be economical so
early In life, it's vice that grows. Be-
hold mamma! l think mamma grows
worse than ever; father promised to
take tickets for the Haymarket next
week and we had such fuss about It.
1t seems, Kitty, that the expenses of
your very quiet wedding were quite
ruinous; we mustn't dream of the ex-
travagance Of the theater for year to
come. OF course, father yielded; so I
ran In to see John this morning as 7
passed the office; 1 thought might
drop hint that you were pining for
the theater and pining to take me with
you. So | strolled ostensibly to ask
John II might tie my shoelace and
II a black speck had not dropped upon
my cheek"
Meg, what cheat you are! | shall
tell John"
DO, dear Well. we're going. Mad
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anne Arnaud had or will take a bad.
and she invites uB ALL"
CHAPTER Nj

CHAPTER ri.
The nrelight was very bright. I
lcant back In my chair to escape from
1t. My heart had suddenly turned
coldi ! waited for moment. then
asked question very quietly,
WAS Madame Arnaud there'-at the
Office Meg?"
Meg hesltated for a moment, She
put down her cup, folded her hands In
her lap, and looked closely at me,
kitty for goodness sake, be a ra-
tlonal being!" she exclaimed, III you
had meant to be jealous OF Madame
Arnaud, you should have been jealous
before you married John, and not have
married him, For goodness sake.
don't be Jealous at this late date"
I'm not Jealous" replied, In duh
yet protesting tone. why should |
bs?"
For many minutes we sat In silence,
the clock on the little chlmney-plece
ticking audibly In the stiffness of the
room. Then II was who broke tho
silence. | spoke with sudden passion,
yet In n low, slow, deliberate tone,
II wish | had never married John"
l said II wish It every day, Meg. !
have spoilt his life. have made him
wretched"
"Kitty!"
Meg was as serious now as I. She
came round to where sat, and seated
herself on the elbow OF my chair. l
put my head against her ahoulder and
sat In silence, looking perfectly hope
lessly before me,
"He loved her" l said at last, still
speaking In quiet tone, still looking
before mo into the glowing fire. Some
one should have told mel No one told
me; did not know--I did not knowl"
"And | did not know II until after
wards" said Meg gently, 81 had heard
Of her, but had only heard half tho
story / heard II again the other day
more fully"
"Tell me-"
but John has told YOU"
mo"
How strange! It's long story; l
scarcely know where to begin. Ten or
eleven years ago Madame Arnaud-she
was Lucia st. John then-was an
actress, a singer-but you know that"
81 know nothing"
"She sang in opera; they said she
was the coming prima donna. She
sang for two seasons then her voice
failed her."
go on, Meg"
"She had been engaged to John
how strange 1t Is, Kitty, that should
know this and not you!-did you know
she had been engaged to John?"
mo"
John ought to have told you, l
think. Well, she had been making a
big income, and the income dwindled
down to nothing suddenly and John
was poor. He was very poor, you
know, In those days. he was only q
solicitor with precarious sort OF
practice, with reputation yet to DO
made. Then he was struggling to pay
off his fathers debt--he was poor,
hopelessly She had made him promise
that, after their marriage, she should
not give up her career-she was to be
allowed to 80 on singing, She had
been singing In Paris; she was coming
home. 1t was midwlnter, and she and
Miss Mortimer, who was always with
her. chose to remain on deck when
sensible people would have been sleep
ing in their cabins. She took cold.
When she got well again her voice was
gone-gone as far as her profession
was concerned. That's her story"
But not all. Go on"
ITO be continued.)
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ooDDEss on LIpERry. LISTEN

GODDESS OF LlBERTY, LISTEN
Goddess OF Liberty, llsteni
Listen, ! say, and look,
TO the sounds and sights of sorrow
This side OF Sandy HookI
Your eye Is searching the distance,
You are holding your torch too high
To see the slaves that are fettered,
Though close at your feet they lie;
And the cry OF the suffering stranger
Has reached your ear and your
breast,
But you do not heed the wall that
From the haunts Of your own op-
pressed,
Goddess of Liberty, followl
Follow me where | lead;
Come down into the sweatshop
And look on the work OF greedl
Look on the faces OF children,
Old before they were born!
Look on the haggard women
or all sex graces shorn!
Look ON the men, God help usl
II this Is what II means
To be men In the land OF freedom
And live liRe mere machlnes
Goddess OF Liberty, answerl
How can the slaves Of Spain
Find freedom under your banner
While your own stlll wear the
chain2,
Loud Is the screech OF your eagle,
And boastful the voice Of your
drums,
But they do not silence the wall Of
despair
That rises out OF your slums,
What will you do with your conduests,
And how shall the hosts be fed
While Your streets are filled with des-
perate throngs
Crying for work or bread?
ELLA Wheeler Wilcox.
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No Cause for Worry.

Mrs. Hennessy-Shure, Patsy, dar-
lint, Its afraid OF am that oi'll over
Shape meself in tn marnin an be too
late fer early mass. Hennessy-Don't
worry a tall, a. tall, Mary Ann. Az
We foind yourself oyerslapin jes' tech
me an oi'll wake ye at wanst.-ohio
State Journal.
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Antldoto to tho Poison OF tho Bee.

A correspondent Of the Boston Tran
script writes to that paper as follows:
For some fifty years have used with
unfailng success the juice of the COM
mon plantain as an antidote not only
for bee poison, but also for the poison
Of wasps, hornets and spiders. Roll
the leaves in the palm Of the hand I'M
til they are well bruised, then rub well
on the bite The relief Is practically
immediate. was once stung by
wasp while reading the church service.
During the singing Of the first hymn
stepped out into the church yard, Sc
cured and applied the plantain, and
returned, healed, before the hymn was
concluded should perhaps say that
in bad cases l have bruised the plan
tain and bound 1t upon the place stung.
The remedy has never to my knowl-
edge failed.