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Stage Notes.

Margaret Fealy-C avello and her
daughter, Maud Fealy, \ known l
Denver drawing-rooms and amateur
theatricals, have Joined the DAILY Com
pany.
Constance Tippitts. a modish Bos-
ton belle, has written a comic opera
called strawberry Leaves" and a
1t performed in that city for charity.
When Hopes Rupert Of Hentzau"
Is produced in New York next spring
one Of its interesting features Will be
the appearance of Jobyna Rowland In
the role of the Princess Flavia Miss
Rowland was the model for the Prin-
cess in Charles Dana Gibson's illustra-
tons Of Mr.. Hopes novel.
A new London manager has appeared
In Norman Forbes, a brother of Forbes
Robertson. He has leased the Adelphi
to present a melodrama company, head
ed by w. H. Vernon, Genevieve WARD
and Kate Rorke.
Arthur Roberts in his new Mus
keteers'' skit, written by Adrian Ross,
initiates Beerbohm Tree, as he did In
the "Trilby'' burlesque. introduced into
Gentleman joe
Blanche Walsh is to star in a new
play, under the direction of Klaw and
Erlanger. 49,
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Bicycle.

The cyclists of Austria are subscrib-
ing to erect a monument to their late
Empress.
The Maryland Division, L. A. W, has
inaugurated a. campaign against cob
blestone pavements in Baltimore.
George A. Banker won the one-third
kilometer unpaced race in Algeria re-
Gently in % 1-5 seconds, breaking the
Algerian record. Tommaselli was Sec
ond in 20 2-5, and Grogna was third in
.23 is.
1t is said that the deal for the with
drawal of Sans, of Maryland, against
keenan, for L.. A. w. president is to
be paid for by the retention of Mott as
chairman of the Law. Racing Board.
The New Workers have dropped
League politics for a little while and
are now trying to get in new members
and get ahead of Pennsylvania in the
membership tables once more.
An English cyclist was fined a shil-
ling the other day for using unparlia-
mentary language on the public road
after having been knocked over by a
farmers cart driving on the wrong
side.
If the L. A. w. should vote to con
tinue the control of racing then there
is every possibility that John Barnett
of BROOKLYN, will be chairman. Bar
nett was last year the New York rep
resentative on the board. He still be
aieves the League will have the racing
men under it's wing next eason Al
the snug $2500 a year berth he SEEK
is not an elective position, there vii
be a scramble for it, and the pohtica
wires will work overtime from nov
till the national assembly in Provi
dence next month.
IAN act to amend the penal code ant
regulate bicycle races and other con
tests of skill, speed or endurance
wherein one or more persons engag'
as contestants" has been introduced
into the New York Assembly by AS
semblyman c. F. Collins, OF New Yori
city. The law as it is framed will,
passed, prevent a bicycle rider con
tinuing in any race than twelv
hours in the twenty-four after havini
ridden forty-eight hours. The exec
utive committee of the New York Stat
=. division, l.. A. w. at a regular meet
ing, passed a resolution pledging tn
aid and hearty support of the divisio'
to this bill.
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itvcW1ce.S end of this season, TO
mark the end of the century, to string
on a central dramatic thread a series
of tableaux illustrating the march OF
civilization for 100 years. The costumes
will probably change with the decade.
Sarah Bernhard is to open LIE Thea-
tire des Nations with La Tosca.'
Hermann Sudermann is to go to
Berlin to superintend the production
of his new play, "The Three Heron's
Feathers"
Martin Harvey, n of the oremost
Of the younger actors. has taken a snort
lease of the London Lyceum, in order
to produce a dramatization OF "A Iale
of Two Cities by Rev. Freeman Wills
Harvey will take the part of Carton
and Robert Tabor will play Dufarge.
Mary Anderson is spending the VIM
ter more socially than usual In Lon
don.
Sarah Bernhardt's latest exploit OF
publicity is to build a villa as close as
possible to the crater of Vesuvius.
Frederick Solomon is the stage man.
ager of the New York Casino.
Louise Hepner will be seen in the
Australian production of 1.-THE Belle OF
New York"
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dppOinted them.
"Oh!' she has sprung to her feet, and IA
staring at him with Mortified eyes. "A
marriage! There was some one else! Did
you ever mention this beforer'
"Now, Barbara, don't be the baby youl
name implies" says he, placing her firmly
back In her seat. 81 didn't marry that
heiress, you know, which is proof that
loved you, not her"
"But she-she-" she stammers and
ceases suddenly, looking at him with a
glance full of question. Woman-like, ev.
erything has given way to the awful
thought that this unknown had not been
unknown to him-and that perhaps he had
admired[oyed-
Couldn't hold a candle to you" says
he. laughing in spite of himself at her ex-
preston, which, indeed, is nearly tragic.
"You needn't smother yourself with char
coal because of her. She had made her
pile. or rather her father had, at Birming-
ham or elsewhere. l never took the trou-
BILE to inquire, and she was undoubtedly
solid In every way, but l don't care for
the female giant; and so You know the
rest-I met you; l tell you this only to
soften your heart, IL possible, toward
these lonely, imbittered old people Of
nine"
"Do YOU mean that when you brother
disheartened them that they she
pauses.
sNo. They couldn't make me their heir.
The property is strictly entailed. You
need not make yourself miserable imagin-
ing YOU have done me out of anything
more than their good will. George will In
herit whatever he has left them to leave"
sit is sad" says she, with downcast
eyes.
Eyes. He has been a constant source OF
to them ever since he left
Eton."
"Where is he nowT"
"Abroad. 1 believe. In Italy, some.
where. or France-not far from a gaming
table. YOU may be sure. But 1 know moth.
ing very exactly, as he does not CORE
spond with me, and that letter of this
morning is the first l have received from
my father for four years."
HE must, indeed, hate me-" says she
in n low tone. His elder son such a fail
ure. and you-he considers o a failure
too"
"Well, 1 don't consider myself So" say
he, gayly.
''They were in want of money, and yol
you married a girl without a penny"
81 married a girl who was In herself
mine Of gold," returns he, laying hi
hands on her shoulders and giving her
little shake. Come, never mind tina
letter. darling; what does 1t matter, whel
ALI is said and done? What a heart |
t yours!" says he, drawing her to him
barbara, surely l shall shall not di
until they AVE met you and learned VIII,
| / loved you"
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Queer Story of Two Lakes.


The Wetternsee in Sweden, like SC
many other lakes, has long enjoyed the
local reputation of being a bottomless
pit. The Swedish scientists haFe now
destroyed the venerable legend for In
the measurements taken a few days
ago they have successfully ldemon'
strated that the greatest depth OF the
lake is only 119 meters. Therel still re-
mains. however, a series Of mysteries
which science must be content to leave
~unsolved-at least for a time. It Is moi
only a legendary belief, but there is a
uuasi-scientifc ground for the queer
s%upposition that living creatures, AMI
NAL and vegetable, car and DIP make
Journeys to and fro between the high
northern Lake of Wettern and the
South German Lake of Constance. This
bold conclusion has been partly JUST.
fed by. the appearance of exactly the
same fauna, and even Of the same ami
NAL life, in the Swedish and the Swa'
bian seas. 1t Is even asserted that
whenever there is a storm on the Lake
of Constance the Lake Of Wettern be-
gins alphabetically to roll and swell
and-that the southern lake is similarly
| moved by any agitation in the distant
northern lake. The Kleine Zeitung so
berIy declares this sympathetic phe
nomenon to be a known fact, but con
s~iderately adds that we have TO wal
some time for the rational explanation
| of it.-London News.
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Household.

Oyster Patties.-one pint Of hin
cream, a tablespoonful of butter, GELS
cry salt, pepper and salt to taste.
Thicken with flour rubbed smooth In
a little cold milk. Drop the oysters IN
whole and let them cook a few mo!
ments, then set the dish in a pan 81
hot water until ready to fill the pastry
shells. These are made as in the pre-
vious recipe, but without the circular
piece on top. In filling them allow the
gravy to come to the top, and do moi
mind if a little runs over the SIDES
Although not quite sc attractive In
appearance as those made by the pre-
vious recipe, they are very delicious.
Frosted Rice Pudding.-One cup rice
boiled till soft, add grated rind OF
lemon, six tablespoonful sugar, yolks
two eggs, one pint milk, pinch salt.
Bake in pudding dish about n hour.
Frost with the whites of two eggs
beaten with n cup powdered sugar
and juice of one lemon. Brown in
| oven. Tapioca can be used in place OF
rice. This is good hot or cold.
Walnut Cake.-One cup of sugar.
nearly one-half cup of butter, one and
one-half cups of flour, one-half cup of
cold WatWo eggs, one-haif tea
- kda, one ~teaspoonfu]
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mat the owner OF It" She breaks
down, very slightly, almost imperceptiblyl
but MonktOn understands that even one
more word Is beyond her.
"That the owner of 1t, like st. Patrick.
zane of decent people," quotes he, with an
assumption Of gayety he Is far from feel
ing. my poor child, I don't wan to see
my one to know that of you. You carry
the sign manual. 1t Is written in large
characters all over you"
"Yet l wish you had known me before
my father died." says she, her grief and
pride still unassuaged. HE was SO I'M
like everybody else. His manner were sc
lovely. He was offered a baronetcy at the
end of that Whiteboy business, on account
Of his loyalty, that nearly cost ain his
life, but he refused it, thinking the old
name good enough without a handle to 1t"
"Kavanagh, we all know, is a good
name."
'If he had accepted that title he would
have been as-the same-as your father!
There is defiance in this sentence.
"Quite the same"
mo. no, he could not" her defiance now
changes into a sorrowful honesty. "Youi
father has been a baronet for centuriesI
my father would have only been a baronet
for a few years"
"Well, never mind that. I've got you.
| Without any gross f1attery, l consider you
worth a dozen dads"
"And yet your father"
81 know rising to his feet, his brow
d%arkening. "Do you think l don't suffer
doubly on your account? That ! don
feel the insolence of his behavior toward
you %fourfold? There is but one excuse
for him and my mother, and that lies In
their terrible disappointment about my
brother-their eldest SON."
81 know; you have told me" begins she
quickly, but he interrupts her.
Eyes, l have been more open with you
than you with me. l feel no pride where
you are concerned. OF course my broth
er's conduct toward them is no excuse fol
their conduct toward you, but when one
has a sore heart one is apt to be unjust
and many other things. You know whai
q heart-break he has been to the old peo-
pie, and is. A gambler, a ~dishonorablt
gamblerl' He turns away from her, anc
his nostrils dilate q little; his right hant
grows clinched. "Every spare penny they
possess had been paid over to him or his
creditors, and they are not o~verburdenet
with riches. They had set their hearts oil
him and all their hopes, and when he fail
ed them they fell back on me. The name
is an old one; money was wanted. They
had arranged a marriage for me tina
IL
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"Its a desert" says Tommy, Turning to
his aunt, with all the air of ond who Is
abost to impart to her useful information,
sIt,s raging with wild beasts. fhey roam
TO and fro and are at their wits ends-"
Here Tommy who is great on Bible his
tory, but occasionally gets mixed, stops
short. "Father says they're there" he
winds up, defantly.
ssWild beasts" echoes Mr.. Dysart, be-
wihered. "Is this the teaching about
their Saxon neighbors that the Irish chill
dren receive at the hands Of their parents
and guardians? oh, well, come now,
Tommy, really, you know
eyes: they are there" says Tommy, re-
helliously. "Frightful creatures! Bears
Thev'd tear you in bits If they could gel
Of YOU. They have no reason in them,
father SAYS. And they climb up posts and
roar at people -a.ea
"Ohl nonsense!" says Mr.. Dysart
oThere isn't a word of truth in it, Tom
N.Y."
.sThere isl" says Monkton, Jr., wagginl
his head Indignantly. "Fatner told me.
.Father told US" repeats the small Ma
bel, who has just come up.
"And father says, too, that tho reason
they are SO wicked is because they wan
their freedom!" says Tommy, as though
this is an unanswerable argument.
"Oh, [ see! The Socialists" says Mr.
Dysart. Eyes; a troublesome pack! Blu
still. to call them wild beasts-Y
"They are wild beasts" says Tommy
prepared to defend his position to the last
They've got names and horns and tails!
Hes r%omancing," says Mr.. Dysart
looking at Joyce.
ITO be c%ontinued.)
, 1899-02-03

AT the Paris Academy of Medicine
DR.. Doyau gave the other day his ex-
p~erience in regard to the result of l46
cases of surgical operations on the
stomach. There were only twenty-five
deaths in all, and twenty Of these were
in cases of cancer
in the archives of the Due de la
Tremouille have been found the min
ute books of the S%orbonne, the eccle-
siastical court, from 1906 to 1888, the
period of the strongest struggle against
Professionalism in France. They are
now in the Paris National Library.
Golf was a popular game in Scot
land in 1457. By an edict of James ~,
issued in 1471, the games of golf and
football were prohibited in that coun-
try; thai monarch opposed his own
edict by engaging in the former game
himself, and was considered a crack
player.
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Miss kavahs

out of breath. In anos4 ommy
will nave her. By this timc1 fully
worked himself into the belief tn she Is
4 red Indian, and his lawful prey, land Is
prepared to make a tomahawk of hif fork,
and, having felled her, 10 scalp her some
how. when Providence shows her 4 %corner
round a r~hododendron bush that y y save
her for the moment. She ma for 1t,
gains it, dashes round it, and ht pre-
cipitates herself into the arms young
man who has been walking leisurely to-
ward her.
He is a tall young man, decidedly gooa
tn look ar with honest hazel eyes and a
sbanelv head and altogether very well set
up. As a rule he is one of the most cheer
full people alive, and a tremendous favor
ita in his regiment. the Hussars, though
lust now it might suggest itself tol the IN
tou;oent observer that he considers he has
been hardly used. A very little more
haste, and that precipitation must have
taken place. He had made an instructive
movement toward her with p1otective
arms outstretched, but, though a little cry
had escaped her, she had maintaiped ne1
balance, and now stands looking AT hlm
with laughing eyes and painting AbTeStnl
and two pretty hands pressed against nep
bosom.
Mr.. Dysart let's his disappointed arms
| fall to his sides and assumes the aggrieved
air of one who has been lone out Pfa good
thing. i
Your says she, when at last( she can
speak.
81 suppose returns he, Discount ltedly.
He might just as we'll have been my one
else. or anywhere else-such a chahce-,
and gone!
"Neyer were you so welcomed" cries she,
lodging behind him, as Tommy, fully arm
ed, and all alive, m tearing rounf the
corner. -"Mr. Dysart will protect me-
won't you, Mr.. DysartT' to the Young
man, who says "Yes," without stirring a
muscle. He would have died at his pres
ent post willingly, because she hap iald
her dainty fingers on his shoulders, STAND
Ing behind him, from which safe ? sluon
she mocks at Tommy with security Were
the owner Of the shoulders to 81 the
owner Of the fingers might removP those
delightful members. Need 1t be said that
with this awful possibility before N, Mr.
Dysart is prepared to die at his poft rath'
err than bulge an inchf
The fingers have been remover from
his shoulders, and he Is now free Ito turf
and look at the charming face behYhd aim
Eve been rude, l suppose. but II Is sucf
a wonderful thing to see you here1so soor
again." she says.
81 have only been to town and bacl
again." ,.
"What town." i
"Eh? What town." says he, aktonish
ed. s."London, you know"
mo, 1 don't know" says MisI Kava
nagh, a little petulantly. "Ond woul'
think there was only one town. in tn
world, and that all you English PEOPLE hat
the monopoly of it, There are othet towns
l suppose. Even the poor Irish ihsignifi
cants have a town or two. Dublf comes
under that head, l supposeT'
~"Undoubtedly. OF course" 1makini
great haste to abase himself. 1T is mer'
snobbery our making SO much Of London
A kind Of desplcabaC Cant, your ow."
"WeI, after all, l expect it Is a g plac
in every way" says Miss Kava Ugh, .
far, modified by his admission to b
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We are sent into this world to make
it better and happier, and in proportion
as we Go so we make ourselves both.
The highest civilization enjoys the
greatest luxuries and suffers the great
est Affections. Every life has its roses
and thornS.
There is not a man so rich or ex-
allied but what the finding of a gold
dollar on the sidewalk will send a
thrill of delight all through him.
A wise man always bows to the in
evitable-a fool kicks against fate and
thus Injuries only himself.
The nobleness of life depends on its
| consistency, ~clearness of purpose,
quiet and ceaseless energy.
Make friends slowly; but once admit
! ted. stick to them with hooks of steel.
The Lord in His kindness meets ev-
! erybody more than half a
Learn to forgive your neighbor as
| easily as you forgive yourself. :.
! The noblest question in the world
is what good may 1 do in it?t
A man is never so ridiculous by
those Qualities that are his own, as by
those that he affects to have.
, 1899-02-03
I.


"a letter from my father" says Mr..
Monkton, finging the letter In question
across the breakfast table to his wife.
"A letter from Sir Georgep Her dark,
pretty face Pushes crimson.
And such a letter after eight years of
obstinate silence. Therel read It," says
her husband, contemptuously. The con-
tempt is all for the writer of the letter.
Mrs. Monkton taking 1t up, with a most
honest curiosity, that might almost be
termed anxiety, reads 1t through, and,
in turn. filings it from her, as though it had
been q scorpion.
"Never mind, Jackv' says she, with a
great assumption of indifference that does
not hide from her husband the fact that
her eyes are full of tears. Butter that
bit of toast for me before it is quite cold,
and give Joyce some ham,"
Have you W been married eight
whole years? asked Joyce, laying her ell
bows ON the table, and staring at her sis
ter with an astonished gaze. ut seems
like yesterday To look at Barbara, one
would not believe she could have been
born eight years ago."
.'Nonsensel' says Mrs. Monkton, laugh
ing, and looking as pleased as married
WOIueuy even lud hnppASDD 1900
when they are told they look unmarried
"Why, Tommy Is seven years old, and
there's Mabel, tooP'
"Ohl That's nothing" says Joyce, air
Ny, turning her dark eyes, that are love
Her, II possible, than her sisters. upon thu
sturdy child who Is sitting at his father's
right hand. Tommy, we all know, II
much older than his mother. Much more
learned In the wisdom of this world"
'aThomas!' says his father, with a rue
full shake of the head; sit is a pity that
am not like my father!'
Like himI Oh, no." says Mrs. Monk
ton, emphatically, impulsively; the laten
dislike to the family who had refused t.
recognize her on her marriage with theil
son, taking fire at this speech. Her voice
sounds almost hard-the gentle voice, tha'
In truth was only meant by her Mother
Nature to give expression to an things
kind and loving.
, 1899-02-03
II.

Joyce is running through the garden. all
the sweet, wild winds of heaven playing
round her. They are a little wild still. 1t
is the end of lovely May, but, though Ian
guild summer is almost with us, a suspi-
cion of her more sparkling sister, spring,
fills the air.
Miss Kavanagh has caught up the tail
of her gown and is flying as If for dear
life. Behind her comes the foe, fast and
furious. Tommy, indeed, is now danger
ously close at her. heels, armed with a
ferocious looking garden fork, his face
crimson, his eyes glowing with the ardor
Of the chase; Mabel. much in the back
ground. making a bad third.
, 1899-02-03
INC SONG of a wayfarer,

''The rolling stone gathers no moss
Well, marry, what Of it2 say l.
1.-THE early bird catches the worm
But there's oats and there's wheat and
there's rye!
[ pity the mossback and exc
The overstrained victim Of greed,
For between the extremes there's the
fellow who knows
What 1t is to be happy indeed
, 1899-02-03
Honesty the Best Policy.

4lOAACEby NV SO6O OAhA
Not long ago an honest merchant was
negotiating with an insurance com,
pany with regard to effecting an in.
surance on a vessel overdue.
Before the policy was delivered the
merchant heard of the vessels loss,
and Wrote at once to the insurance com.
pany, thus:
"Sir: If you have not yet made out
the policy you need not, for I have
heard of the ship"
"OhF' said the manager, who discov.
cred that the policy had not been sign,
ed. but Immediately proceeded to have
it executed and sent off, 'the fellow
wants to do us out of the premium"
$50 he wrote to the merchant:
"You are too late by half an hour.
Your policy has been posted to you"
When the claim was made the com.
pany had to pay, as to have refused
would have brought out the real facts.
, 1899-02-03
Getting In on a Sure Thing.

$50 you think times are really going
to be better, do>you?"
Eyes, they're going to be better for
me, anyway"
"What makes you so sure of it?"
'T've decided not to do any more
bucket-shop specializing"
, 1899-02-03

Frost the AXE and put whole nuts -
top.
Parfait au Cafe.--Take the yolks of
two large or three small eggs, and a
tablespoonful of caster sugar, n d
this to half a pint of good strong but
cold coffee, stand the pan containing
these over a clear fire and whiSk II
gently III steadily till it is as thick
as thick cream, but be careful it does
not actually boil; then pou it into a
basin and continue the whisking till II
is perfectly cold, when you mix with
1t a full pint of stiff1y whipped cream,
put it all into a tall "parfait" mould
and freeze in the ice cave. 1t Will
AXE about two hour to freeze.
oyster salad.-Drain oysters and set
on ice till ready to use them. If large.
cut in several pieces and mix with
shredded lettuce in the proportion of
two-thirds oysters to one of lettuce.
Make a dressing in the proportion OF
six ta~blespoonfuls of vinegar to three
of salad oil, one ~teaSpoonful of salt,
half a teaspoonful of sugar., a salt
spoonful of pepper and half a teaspoon
full of made mustard. Mix the ingre-
| dents well together Inc pour over the
salad just before serving.
Lobster and Egg Patties.-Beat W
| hard D0lleQ Eggs WITH a lOfk HILL
| smooth, add one and a half ounces OF
| bread crumbs, IN eggspoonful OF
| ground mustard, a tablespoonful OF
| vinegar, and one of oil, half a teaspoon
full of sugar, two t~easpoonfuls of an
J chovy sauce, and a quarter teaspoon
full of pepper. Mix thoroughly and
line six buttered patty pans with a
part, put a tablespoonful of chopped
lobster into each, and cover them with
the egg paste Sprinkle with bread
crumbs, put a piece of butter on top
and bake for half an hour; serve hot
or cold.
Bavarian Coffee Cream.-Put three
| heaping tablespoonfuls of ground cof-
fee into a pint of boiling rich milk;
make a strong infusion, strain, d the
whipped yolks of four ggs well beat
en-. with an even cupful of sugar. Stir
, the custards over the fire until 1T be-
gins to thicken; take off and d to
it at once half a box of gelatine which
has been dissolved incold water. When
lust beginning to set, stir well to make
it smooth, then add a pint of whipped
cream. Put in a mould.
West End Dessert.-Four bananas
sliced thin in a glass bowl; v with
sugar thick. The juice of two lemons
poured over, and let stand on Ice two
hours before sending to the table.
, 1899-02-03
A Rnsaian Custom.

A Russian family. when moving to a
new home. kindles the fire on the eartb
with Goals brought from the Of resf
dence.
, 1899-02-03

The man with plenty OF push is u.s.
ually successful, but he isn't Ia 1t with
the man who has a pull -
, 1899-02-03

We never get tired of talking OF our,
selves, but other folks get
tired of listening.