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The times., 1899-11-26

Things theatrical have been balanced
rather evenly during the past week in
Washington. Managers have been obliged
10 contend with opposition Of the most try
ing sort, the weather has been bad and the
effect Of the coming holidays is beginning
10 be felt already. On the other hand,
darkness at one OF the houses and the ar
rival Of many Of those people who spend
only their winters here, has had salutary
influence. Business has not been excep-
tioral. however. at any single resort, the
average being higher than usual, while
none Of the visiting attractions has been
especially fortunate.
The Girl from Maxim's' kept the Ma
tional about twO-thlrds fun during its en-
Eagement there, the audiences decreasing
al size slightly al the end Mile. Fih
WAS not quite so lucky at the Columbia,
though the players were not Obliged to work
20 empty benches. The Lafayette was
closed. The alleged nastiness Of the French
f8rces IL town drove an extraordinarily
fashionable lot of people 70 the Academy,
where 'McFadden's Row Of Flats sus-
tained all its records. Nell Burgess headed
"a weII-patronized vaudeville bill at the
Grand The Dainty Duchess Company
drew strongly at Kernan's.
For Thanksgiving week there is a PROM
Using list OF attractions. Arizona" most
recent of Augustus Thomas dramas, Will
be done at the Lafayette by = cast which
includes Vincent Serrano and Eleanor Rob
son, while Joseph Holland and Amelia
Bingham are among those who are to be
seen ia THE Cuckoo" at the National.
Dear Old Charley" a farce by the adapteT
OF Charles Frohman's production, is sched-
uled for the Columbia, George BOniface, jr.,
and George Ober being announced on the
roster Of the Offering organization. Camil-
IA Urso tops what should prove an aston
ishingly good bin at the Grand, and Han
Ions 'Superba" comes TO the Academy. Al
The Lyceum-best known as Herman 's-the
Erwin Brothers "BurlesqueTs' are adver-
Eised. De Pachmann and other musical
celebrities are down for concerts.
Besides the regular matinee perform
ances. afternoon entertainment viii be
provided on Thanksgiving Day at all OF
the local theatres.
The times., 1899-11-26
KerBan's - Irwin Brothers BurIes-
uUers.

The shows" provided at Kernan's re-
Gently have been of an unusual degree of
merit, and it is promised that the series
will be extended this week by Irwin Broth
ers' Burlesquers, the organization booked
there. The company is well known here,
having visited this city regularly every
season for several years, and always it has
left an excellent impression. This time
the oliO advertised seems to be an espe-
cially strong one, including the names Of
Thompson and Carter, sketchists; Carver
and Pollard, eccentric laugh -proyokers;
the Hague Sisters, dancing and singing
soubrettes; w. C. Fields, tramp juggler
who claims that his act differs from any
that has preceded it; Mile Marie, pOseur,
and Minerva Lee and Hariette Bradford.
vocalists. The entertainment is brought to
a conclusion by the rendering of an eXtray-
aganza, written by William Ballauf, who
was formerly the treasurer at the Lyceum,
and entitled "a Hot Wave" This is men
toned as introducing a number of pretty
girls in becoming costumes, besides sery-
ing as an excuse for the exhibition of some
admirable scenery. Several comedians who
do not appear in the oIiO have parts in the
later portion of the BILL and their work is
supposed to make up in quality what it
loses in quantity. Daily matinees viii be
given, as usual.
The times., 1899-11-26
NntionnI-arhc cncl,nn. ;,

So very rarely does 1t happen that a New
York success is Kept out Of Washington
more than q month after the elimination
q its Broadway run that the case Of THE
Cuckoo" which viii be done tomorrow
sight az the National Theatre, may be
.ited as an absolute novelty. The play
ssEs FIRST produced in London considerably
9Ter year ago. and, partially because Of
rs condemnation by the tage censor.
Scored an instRntaneous hIt. Charles
Fr0hman. with his customary enterprise,
purchased the rights, and the farce was
shown az Wallack's early In the spring.
Again the comedy found its way 10 popular
favor. The Cuckoo began the present
se@SoA with q tour OF the large Eastern
The times., 1899-11-26

laudable endeavor he was not assisted to
any great extent, his friends and relatives
refusing to accept him on his new founda-
tion. condition not unlike that quoted
replaces the complications produced by
cross purposes and mistaken identity in
Charles Brookfeld's farce, Dear Old Char
lev" which Will be the attraction this week
at the Columbia Theatre. The individual
named in the title has put behind him a
very Titian-tinted past, and is attempting
The times., 1899-11-26

Is kept in disgrace until a happy comLina-
lion Of circumstances clears him. A real
ist such as is the author Of Alabama" ana
In Mizzoara." should be able to weave
and is said 10 have woyen-a deal Of color
and atmosphere into The fabric. All claims
made for "Arizona' have been endorsed
without qualification By several unques-
toned authorities. among them Hepburn
Johns. amy Leslie. George p. Goodale,
Charles =. Nixon and George O'DonneIl
Bennett. critics OF prominence and repu-
tati0r
The times., 1899-11-26
CoIumbia-"Denr old CharIey.r

In one OF f. Marion Crawfords latest
novels-recently f. Marion Crawford has
been writing SO many books and saying so
little in any Of them that it is difficult to
distinguish between specimens Of the lot
there was a young fellow who, having sown
his wild oats. was making a desperate ef-
fort to forego reaping them. With this
The times., 1899-11-26

Bridge and of a dash by the locomotive
flyer, Daisy Dean"
On Thanksgiving Day three performances
will be given at the Grand-one at II, one
at 9 and one at S.15
The times., 1899-11-26
observation-disclosures; ,;

LllTr Theodore Roberts
tul-fr bal---rll.. .EdWln Holt
NLa " ai stephen fre1lcl
lilS- Candy MaItIe EaTlc
i-ftllia y b1iiiti Trace heAaefs9n
lena heliar-- Adora Andrews
lieIteuait Vincent SeIran0
li0--t- ABBY Eleanor Robson
Als~ Mrl ullaE .GeHeFe lHgcT50l
iii- ffIl0li Malcolm tsunn
apalu 4i9eei-aIl. .Ge0rge Nash
Lieutenant HallaCb. Lionel Barrvrn0re
sergeant htliai-. Albert Bruuutug
4.clrlil.t AaIiIl- Sidney AiHsyq0rtL
la1ar Cochran -Alnerle GrigSby
Those whose interest in theatrical affairs
prompts study Of the subject should have
no difficulty in prophesying what cast like
that quoted above viii do with a play writ
ten by Augustus Thomas. Laymen VIII be
obliged 10 wait until tomorrow night, when
the drama IN question, an Offering entitled
Arizona - viii be shown for the first time
I'm this city at the Lafayette Square Opera
House, Neither vehicle nOT company is
new, however, Arizona" having accom-
Ilished a long run during the hot months
iE Chicago besides provoking the most IA
HOrablo comment in such cities ar Detroit
and Cleveland. It's plot is one the apparent
strength Of which gives reason for this sue
cess Lieutenant Denton q young army
officer. befriended by his colonel, enters
that genueman's house In time 10 see the
wife clipping with q rascally captain Ho
irterceles and the husband arriving. Is
taken for the culprit. This impression he
Goes not contradict because contradiction
would reveal q stain on the w0man's honor.
24egtenant Benton is obliged 70 resign and
The times., 1899-11-26

1T was rather amusing quoth Gerald
Griffin yesterday. to have The Times al
lude to my sketch, Silence IS Golden, as
something reminiscent. Why? Well. III
tell you That little farce was written by
two odd girls Ida and May Ward. Neither
has ever been cut CT the town of Green
vile, Miss, and neither has ever been in
side of a theatre. Both have been quite
successful in constructing for fOotlight
reproduction, Daniel Sully being about to
present a drama by them while Charles
Dickson and Lillian BurkhasJ have had
briefer samples of their ability. And those
sisters have never even witnessed the per
formances given their own handiwork.
They are Of a family of five, by the way,
and their father conducts the only paper
in their village One of the daughters re-
mains at home to assist her mother and
these young women report, edit set up
print and distribute the journal. which
have mentioned. The duo is remarkable in
every sense Of the word.
You were right, however. last time
was here in calling me the youngest old
man in the business. l have been wearing
white wigs and grey whiskers now for a
number Of years. My first role of the sort
was given me in 1880, when / was with
the Chicago Lyceum Stock Company. It
was the part Of the parent in Swamp An
hit in it. Perhaps this fact induced ne TO
retain that lire as my own, for l have done
very little else since. I was the Ben Gay
in A Trip to Chinatown. and then | went
down South with Patti Rosa. That clever
woman was very popular this side Of the
Mason and Dixon line. and the Leople
could not do too much for her. She was
made an honorary member OF more fire de-
partments and police commissions than you
can count or I remember. When ] came
oack North l went into vaudeville a bit
and played the professor in What Happen
ed 10 Jones I liked the continuous best,
however. and here | am"
We'll" said Lydia Knott. coming up. Il
wish YOU had told the porter about it, I've
been searching for you half an hour
Bobby Ralston, who was here with NC
Fadden's Row of Flats" has both memory
and vocal equipment in inverse propo tiou
to his physical size When a Times man
finally discovered him the other evening
The times., 1899-11-26

Queer-isn't it?-that managers in the
variety business cannot admit the possi-
bility of native talent being worthy. Just
as soon as a sketch team or comedienne
The times., 1899-11-26
Listen. you matinee maidens!

Listen, you ldlluet mdluenS.
The scribes of New York have discovered
a real romance behind that much -talked-o
curtain lecture which Julia Arthur gave an
unknown box party some weeks ago. Miss
Arthur, they say, was not prompted to her
action by sensitive ears or by a kindly de-
sire that her audience should get" its
moneys worth" She merely was playing
a high trump on a card laid down by a
rival in an afaire de coeur. And here is
the story:
Some years ago 1t seems, when Million
aire Cheney first fell victim to the wiles
and smiles Of Sir Henry Irving's fair pro-
tege. there was a sweet young girl to
whom he had paid devoted attention. Miss
Arthur proved more attractive, howaYer,
and for her Mr.. Cheney deserted the home
of his boyhood and the damsel who had
trusted him fondly and truly Months
passed by and the gentleman was welded
to the actress. Then the guileess, inno-
cent little one whom he had left behind
came to New York, vowing that. if she and
Miss Arthur ever met, the ambulance corps
would be Obliged to gather the star with
the aid of magnet. They did not meet.
The times., 1899-11-26

Gerald Griffin, who was seen at the Grand
in "Silence Is Golden is a comedian OF
methods absolutely unique. His grasp on
the roles entrusted to him is uuito ~
markable, n half hour appearing TO suffice
for an exhibition of a score Of important
traits Vaudeville can boast of few disci-
pies more painstaking or hard working
Both he and Lydia Knott are to be con-
graduated upon their efforts in the Ward
sketch.
The times., 1899-11-26

Bobby Ralston, who was here with NC
Faddens Row of Flats" has both memory
and vocal equipment in inverse propo tiou
to his physical size. When Times man
finally discovered him the other evening
The Coconino sun., 1899-04-15
DISTRICT COURT.
The Work of the Court During the Week.
 The Daggs Case Dismissed.

District court for the April term con- vened Monday morning, Hon. R. E. Sloan presiding.
 The case the Territory vs. J. F. Daggs, Jose Chaves and Calletan Ybarro was on motion of the district attorney ordered dismissed.
 The case of the Territory vs. Elium E. Rogers, was on motion of the dis trict attorney ordered continued for the term.
 The case of the Territory vs. Otto FOremaster and A. w. L. Brown was on motion Of the district attorney or dered dismissed.
 A special venire were issued for grand and trial jurors, the first return able on Wednesday and the second re- turnable on Thursday.
 Hugh McCrum vs. George Hoxworth, treasurer ct al. Judgment was or dered for the plaintiff.
 The following civil cases were con- tinued for the term: Santa Fe Pacific railroad company vs. H. s. Buckner; Joseph H. Lee, ct al vs. Constant Will Hams, ct al; E. B. Perrin vs. c. E. Howard: William Gibson vs. Perrin and Perrin; Robert Perrin vs. Edward Amar and William Nellis.
 D. c. Collier vs. William Nellis, dis missed.
 W. E. Roy, who is sick in the jail, was on Tuesday ordered by the court to be placed in more comfortable quar- ters.
 GRAND JURY REPORT.
 We, the grand jury, sitting in and for the County of Coconino, Territory of Arizona, Fourth Judicial District, April 1899 term, thereof, beg leave to report as follows: l. We have examined into the facts
The Coconino sun., 1899-04-15

against w. E. Roy, and find true bill against said w. E. Roy for grand lar ceny.
 ?. That of the Territory of Arizona vs. Joseph Barr and find no bill.
 5. That of the Territory of Arizona vs. Juan Navoz and find no bill.
 4. That of the Territory of Arizona vs. Thomas Fay and find no bill.
 5. That of the Territory of Arizona vs. Felix Salazar and Julian and Mon- toga and find no bill.
 6. That of the Territory of Arizona vs. George Clark and Abe Crow and find no bill.
 :. That of case of burglary at Will Hams of freight car No. 7l88, and have not been able to fix same upon any one.
 That of the Territory of Arizona vs. Morfel we refer to next Grand Jury.
 HUGH E. CAMPBELL, Foreman.
 Wednesday the venire of the grand jury was returned. The following is the list with Hugh E. Campbell as foreman:
 J. c. Grim, J. A. Maurer, A. A. Fisher, Jas. A. Vail, D. V. McGonigle, William Carroll, Robert Ferguson, w. F. Shades, Benj Doney, James L. Byrnes, N. Greenleaf, H. E. Campbell, George Martin, Andrew Johnson, David Finnie, E. Lamb. Jacob, Caufman, William Crowell, s. A. Peasants, M L. Ramsey.
 The grand jury finished their work in one day and received the congratu- lations of Judge Sloan upon the prompt ness and their ability shown in their work.
 Joseph Fisher, Q native Of Austria, was admitted to citizenshipon Wednes- day.
 The indictment returned by the 4
The Coconino sun., 1899-04-15

J. A. Maurer,
 Jas. A. Vail,
 William Carroll, w. F. Shades, James L. Byrnes, H. E. Campbell, Andrew Johnson, E. Lamb.
 William Crowell, M. L. Ramsey.
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BALLOON SPIDERS.
Float Through the Air in Bask =
They Have Woven.

From the Philadelphia Inquirer
The ordinary California buzzard and
the singular ravens of Santa Catalina Is
land often give marvellous exhibitions
of soaring or rising into the air without
moving their wings, and when it is re-
membered that their bodies are reduced
to a minimum of weight, and that even
the bones are flied with air. it is al
most scientifically and literally true that
they are living balloons. AS a stroller
who had descended the bank by a little
trail crouched low in the shadow of a
wild lilac, he saw against the dark green
afloat; then another, drifting down the
aerial channel on the wind. Others fol-
lowed-a procession of webs was passing
some were long and formed of single
thread of silk; others had a delicate mass
of fabric attached. Presently one of them
came near that he put out his hand
and caught it.
1t was perfect balloon, and the aero
naut-a small spider-sat compiacently on
its basket, a fluffy mass of web half an
inch in length light as feather, and sup
ported by a long thread which reached
away, undulating and curving upward.
Scores of these aeronauts passed by drift
ing up the little canyon, borne aloft by
the upward current of air. The stroller
noticed a number of spiders ON the leaves
and branches In singular attitudes, and
then it occurred to him that there was
a spider migration, and that instead of
walking or crawling away, the insects
were going, like Andree, by balloon. More
on the leaves of the wild lilac were pre-
pairing for the journey across the chasm,
forming, building and launching their bal
looms A spider that had been actively
climbing up a branch of a neighboring
oak now stood on an outer leaf and pre-
pared to make It's balloon. 1t had Won
derful arrangement of splnnerets in which
the balloon-m making material, which is also
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mony. Here comes gang of dusty labor
ers. Every one of them stops, and, bowling
low toward the chapel crosses himself
again and again There are some long
haired. long gowned priests of the Russian
Church. very intelligent, good-looking men.
too. with clear compilations and kindly
eyes. kneeling on the marble steps with
their faces pressed against the hard pave
ment. Every cab driver in his padded robe,
which makes him fill the front seat entire
ly. finds time to remove his squatty hat and
touches his forehead. chest and right and
left shoulders. Just over there splendid
carriage with prancing black stations is
hating. and wealthy lady with maid steps
out to kneel before the sacred shrine. Here
close to are merchants, coming from
their pretty shops in the matchless glass
arcade near by. They. too, without eXcep-
ton, pay homage and make the sacred sign,
and the poor peasants from afar, with
black bread and onions in cloth. with
coarse clothing and straw shoes and stout
walking stick which has helped them over
a hundred versts-they, of course. are filed
with rapture. and PROSTATE themselves fiat
upon the pavement, kissing everything in
reach in passionate alteration.
What is the meaning of all this?" we
ask. and search eagerly, but in vain
in the throng for some one who looks as
though he could speak a word of some
other language than Russian. our eyes rest
on a royal carriage which we had overlook
ed. 1t is drawn by beautiful black horses
with lveried, bareheaded attendants. who
taking from the carriage a blackened
picture of the Blessed Virgin. This. then,
must be the wonder working Mother of
Cod the most sacred picture in all Rus
STA. before which the ear prostrates him
self before entering the kremlin. We open
our German Baedeker and read that the
picture is 80 years Old, was brought from
Mount Athos, and is covered with pearls
and precious stones. 1t Is taken in a royal
carriage every day to the homes of the
sick, where it works miracles and receives
great sums of money. 1t has a cash in
one cheek. made long ago by a Tartar
sword: but millions would now gladly give
their lives to save the idol from such in
dignity.
We enter the chapel when the picture has
been set in place again, and buy a tiny can
die, which we place alongside hundred
others. filling the room with sitting odor
This, however, is real perfume compared
to the orthodox forty-seven distinct smells
of Moscow. We will not kneel. and we can
not stand with score kneelng behind US
endeavoring to see the sacred ikon, so we
back out into the air, feeling the scorn re-
fiected from a half hundred faces.
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merchantmen. She reported passing a great
iceberg to the northwest of the Azores,
and of seeing curious object imbedded in
it fifty feet above the surface of the water
This object was believed to be whale. but
it was probably the hull of the brig. Get
ting down into the warm seas, the berg
fell TO pieces, and that queer old relic
found herself afioat again.
In the year 1872 a British frgate called
the Foxfire was lost between the Azores
and Madeira. She foundered in the gale,
though not until most of her crew had been
transferred in a wonderfully plucky way
to a consurt The frigate went down in
water a thousand feet deep, but on the
afternoon Of July 20, 1874, sixty-two years
after her loss, the hulk crawled ashore on
Formigas Island A stiff gale which had
Been blowing for three days, aided by
heavy seas and a high tide, landed her on
the beach, and the 1elic was SEIZED by a
Deachcomber named SaunderSon, who was
an Englishman and a deserter from a man
of-war. The frigate no doubt went to the
bottom at first. and it may be that She
rested there for half century. Then a
heavy storm a swirl of the current sent
her drifting along. What her rate of drift
was no man can figure. but she certainly
crept along over hundred miles of ocean
bed, and was at last thrown up for human
eyes to gazs at again. Rudder and keel
and masts were gone, and many of the
buikheads were down, but the hull could
have been made watertight. SaunderSon
engaged help and made a good haul from
the hulk. Her guns were worthless,
may be supposed but he got about f2 900 in
gold from the purser'S safe, and many
relics which brought high prices from
tourists. In overhauing the hulk enough
human bones were found to account for
twenty-five men. From stem to stern, and
from side to side, the wreck was covered
with shells and mud, and gunpowder had
to be literally used to clear the way.
Curiously enough, the authorities took SO
little interest in this find that it was not
reported to the English government for a
year. and then it was too late. The rem
nants of the hulk had been carried off
with the tides. and the rust-eaten cannon
had buried themselves in the sands. The
appearance of the Foxfire settled a dispute
of long standing between photographers.
The best of them had contended that the
currents did not make themselves felt be-
low seven or eight fathoms. Here was in
disputable proof that they even swept the
bottom of the deep sea-
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4 MEXICAN BEAN CLOCK.
Exceptionally Clever Fraud Perpe-
trated by an Ingenious Jeweier.

From the Scientific American
A few years ago public curiosity was ex-
cited by the curious beans called the devil
beans of Mexico" which shopkeepers
placed in their windows. They somewhat
resembled roasted coffee beans In shape
and color. They were also known as the
jumping beans" owing to the fact that
from time to time they made spasmoiic
movement which propelled them quite lit
tie distance. The beans grew on a small
bush in the Mexican mountains, and it is
conjectured that they belonged to the order
Euphorbiaceae. The bean really consisted
of three similar pods which formed sim
gle bean 1t is usually a third of the bean
which was exhibited a curiosity. On
opening the pod it was found that it con-
tanned a small larva something like that
frequently found in chestnuts. 1t is this
little occupant which gives motion to the
bean by its Jerks and thumps against the
side of its home. If the bean is slightly
warmed it begins to turn from side to side,
and perhaps with a sudden jump turns COM
pletely over and stands on one end, and
then by successive jumps moves quite
distance.
Those who are not in the secret are often
greatly puzzled by this strange bean. An
enterprising jeweler devised a scheme OF
utilizing them to make a magic clock. He
accomplished this by initiating the shape
of two of the beans, making the dummy
beans out of soft iron. One he gilded and
the other he silvered The prepared iron
beans were placed with the ordinary jump
ing beans thin white piece of paste
board, outlined and numbered like the dial
of a clock, but devoid of the hands This
dial was located over the works of a large
clock which placed face upward on the
floor of the store window. He fastened
small magnets to the ends of the hands.
The works were of course carefully hidden
from view. All that in evidence was
the cardboard clock dial and the jumping
beans, among which were the gold and
silver-panted iron beans. These We're
placed on the cardboard over the concealed
hands with the magnets attached The
magnets We're moved by the hands of the
clock so that they were almost in contact
with the cardboard. As they moved around
they carried the iron beans with them
thus telling the time of day. and the public
was greatly interested by the intelligence
shown by the two beans, which distin-
guished them from their lively associates