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Olympia, will open some time next week
with spectacular review called 1.-The
Man la the Moon" in which John Il. Hem
shaw and other clever people will have
the important parts. The concert hall
on the second floor OF the building has
been rechristened Promenade de Luxe. -
and has been deliberately furnished with
foliage and plants. There will be an irl-
descent fountain. near which n quintette
consisting of four banios and a harp Will
give concerts. which will continue during
the performance and UP to ! a. IN. After
this Meet Me at the Fountain" will
probably be seen In the personal column
Of the yellow journals.
Jacob Lift has secured five years lease
of the Broadway theater from May L. He
Will place stock company in 1t and pre-
sent melodrama as he alone knows how
TO produce such plays. The theater Is one
OF the largest and handsomest places OF
amusement In the city and Is centrally To-
Gated l am told that Mr. Lift intends
placing the best seats in the house at
one dollar each, just half the price now
charged. II this is done IL is almost q
certainty that he will make money.
joseph jefferson. the dean OF the Amer
lean stage, viii be the attraction at the
Harlem opera house in upper New York
next week, appearing in Rip Van Win,
| kle' and The Rivals" The veteran
] Ooluculdn is again IN perfect lealtn and
strength His temperance here will GER
tainly be a treat TO his numerous friends
and admirers.
Manager j. Wesley Rosenquest has en-
gagged Archie Boyd to play the title part
in THE Village Postmaster" next season
Alice Ives and Jerome II. Eddy the au-
thors of this play are at work on new
four act 'hayseed' farce, which Smythe
and Rice will produce next season. The
piece will he called THE Country Judge.
with Chauncey Olcott at the Grand
opera house, Manager Pitou is having the
most profitable season that he has ever
known. Olcott's profits up to date are
said to be upwards Of 100000 and the
Grand opera house, OF which he is the les
see and manager, Will clear at least
! $40. 900.
When Wagenhals and Kemper announce
the name Of the actor engaged to replace
Frederick Warde in their triumvirate OF
stars. the public will be treated to some
thing OF sensation.
Tim Murphy expects to present The
Carpetbagger" in this city next month.
Nancy SykeR
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FORECASTS BY FOSTER.
April Weather Will Comprise Hot, Cold, Drouth
Flood, Hail and Severe Storms.

flood districts. OF course but the same
force In nature that causes a orouth in
one locality brings flood In an adjacent
district. The magnetic forces that bring
the clouds together and squeeze the water
out Of them In one place scatter the clouds
and dispense the moisture In another.
If the electric and magnetic forces are
SO arranged that the currents come down
in New England they will probably go up
in the Ohio valley. The coming down
currents will dispense the clouds, and New
England will have drouth while the rIs-
ing currents in the Ohio valley cause an
indraught that brings the clouds and mois-
ture together. resulting in foods.
The last above paragraph Is not a fore
cast only an illustration serving to show
that certain cause may bring one ex-
treme in one place and a totally different
extreme in another.
To further explain. take the moon for
example. 1t is generally admitted that
tho moon is the principal cause of the
tides. II causes high tide In one place,
low tide In another, ard thus We see two
opposite extremes the effect OF one cause.
But when we say the moon causes tides
In the atmosphere the critics declare that
II the moon affected the weather 1t would
have the same effect in all parts of the
world at the same time. How inconsist-
ent they are.
The moon docs affect the magnetic ,n-
sfruments at the same moment In all
parts of the earth, but the atmosphere and
tho oceans are not as sensitive as the
earth's magnetic system
| magnetic shock from the sun affects
the magnetic needles all around the earth
| within eight minutes of the time 1t leaves
the sun. This is known to be true. be-
| cause the great commissions on the sun
have often been observed and the shock
ON the earth Is recorded at the same time
! Slcl shock might 10 cfn IN
| day in the extreme Northwest, but II
would require about four days for that
storm to reach New York State.
The atmosphere must have time to re-
| spond. and II this be allowed, all weather
changes can be traced to the sun, moon
and planets rs the cause, acting through
| the electro magnetic currents COMING
from them and producing the weather
! changes through the earth's magnetic sys-
TEN.
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st. Joseph. Mo-, April 15.--tCopyrighteI.
1899. by w. T. Foster My last bulletin
gave forecasts of the storm wave to cross
the continent from 10th to goth and the
n ,xt will reach the Pacific coast about 21st,
cross west of Rockies country by close Of
22d great central valleys 23d to 25th, East
ern States goth.
Warm wave will cross west OF Rockies
country about 21st, great central valleys
23d. Eastern States 25th. Cool wave will
cross west OF Rockies country about gath,
great central valleys 26th, Eastern States
2Sth.
Temperature Of the week ending a.
M, May 1, will average about, and rainfall
below normal
April is a very difficult month to fore
cast. Between April 1 and 20 the weather
changes from the winter to the summer
type. and to calculate the date OF this
change is most difficult. This change
seems to be made In lawless way, with
out rule, void of regularity | say II
seems to thus change. But there is a
law not yet well understood, and until
that hidden rule of action is better known.
we must be satisfied with only fair success
in the forecasts for April 1 TO 20
The forecasts for April J. to Z were cor
rect. and the chart OF April that far a
perfect success. That Is as far as reports
have been received at this writing
There have been. within this century
years that had no summer, and the late
long drawn out winter brought fears to
many that we were on the eve of another
cherries summer season. The rule will
work both ways, for the causes that
brought very cold winter will bring q
very hot summer.
The warm has been slow to coma. but
It will make up lost time when our good
ship Earth gets around 10 tho right port
Then hot. with local drouths, but general
&c Cd crop season.
We are now on the brink OF great
weather extremes, unusual for April, ant
before the month ends cold waves. warn
waves, drouths, Hoods, hail and severe
storms may be expected, The local ant
temporary drouths will not occur In The
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win stnnd Win Him.
Beaumont Enterorise

E70t0NEINIIN I@HIVIilIIsNs
Mr. Bryan is the logical candidate OF
the democratic party. IN prosperity or adj
Versity, as long as the Chicago platform
IS held to be the doctrine OF tho party,
ana there IS every reason 10 believe that
The platform Of 1896 will be rsafhrmed.
IL the democratic party rspudiates that
platform Il viii have no issue to present
to the people that will he worthy Of their
attention, The reception accorded MIR.
Bryan on his recent visit to this state in
dictates what the Texas democracy will do.
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dorstood that stephen b. Little. the ex-
pert railroad accountant. has been re-
famed 20 investigate the condition OF the
property with view 10 reorganization.
Messrs. Trimble and Martin, two Of tbs
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(derstie's Female Panacea. }

New York. April l4.--As a result OF tho
meeting OF the reimbursement conmis,es
OF the Kansas City, Plttshurg and cul,
railroad company held here today II IL I'M.
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! am "A years old and have suffered for
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Midlothian" at Astleys. For many
years she was in America, reappearing
in England in "Beauty's Tolls" at the
Strand in December, 1893. She is fire.
quently to be seen at first nights-a
tiny, white-haired old lady.
Her daughter Nina. who is now
Sweet Lavender at Terry's theater,
London recently married Mr.. E. H.
Kelly. who was so excellent in Lord
and Lady Algy." She appeared with
Mr.. Penley in "Charley's Aunt" and
has been seen in many comedies since
that time. The pictures were taken
long ago.
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OLDEST IN ENGLAND.
THE SEVEN STARS IN THE CITY
OF MANCHESTER
some Historical Fentures-Secret Pas
sages Through Which Clergy Used to
Go In sermon Time in Their Surpliccs
to Refresh Themselves.
Especial Letter.l

The Seven Stars in the city OF Man
chester claims TO be the oldest licen q d
house in Great Britain, and this ella m
rests upon documentary evidence. Ac-
cording to the county records, formerly
preserved in the record office, Lancas-
ter castle, now removed to London, it
mas been a licensed hostelry for a pc
riod OF $40 years, the first license hav-
ing been granted in the reign Of Ed
ward Ill, A. d. 1856
In the middle ages inns were not so
plentiful as in more recent times. The
entertainment of travellers was under
taken by the monasteries, where there
was always hospitium for the ped
dlers, pilgrims, soldiers and merchants
who rode from town to town. In the
nfteenth century inns began to spring
up, the burghers not being on very
good terms with the monks, and caring
not to depend upon them for hospital
ity.
Sometimes the worthy citizens used
to receive travellers into their houses
and accept payment for entertaining
them. Regular inns were usually dis
ttnguished by the sign of the landlord
with bush attached to it. Hence the
proverb: Good wine needs no bush"
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Of the father. 1t Is indeed family N
which the llneal trace is evident. As
to the father, his works are too we'll
known to need recapitulation. They
came In a moment when N5ch plays
were needed, and they lived. In these
degenerate days truly a sign Of quail
ity and fitting tribute to an able
man. His art was finite, but when he
died his loss was infinite. There was
rugged charm in his character, and
1t expressed itself in his work. There
was a completeness of vitality in his
mental forces and sense u humanity
in his nature which enabled him to
realize as his own much Of the vitality
Of life. He was not q genius. but his
work was admirable aud achieved sue
cess. He died an OLD man, but to the
end his ambition ana his datermina-
ton were alike vigorous.
Mrs. Boucicault, wa0 is still with u
and is even known t. tie younger gen.
Grafton of playgoers, made her first
appearance in London under the man
agement of Charles kean in THE
Wife's Secret" She was the original
Ely in 'The Colleen BawA," Zoe in
"The OctorOon" and Moya in Tho
Shaughraun." In 19C2 she played ne
part Of Jeanie Deans in The Heart Of
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CUPID CAUSES A MIx-UP.

The little town of Malinta, west OF
Toledo, Ohio, has become famous on
account of the unheard-of proceedings
OF two brides exchanging lovers just
before the wedding ceremony. Fran
ces and Mary Dipcomb, daughters OF
well-to-lo farmer, were the aftianced
wives Of two Fulton county young men,
Davis Rendice and Frank Benson.
They had determined to have double
wedding the other evening and rela-
tives gathered from far and near.
The young men. bearing their IL
censes. reached the Dipcomb home
shortly before noon, when, to their as
tonishment, Mary, the younger girl,
was nowhere to be found. Subsequent
ly her sister found her in her room,
weeping and disconsOlate. Pressed for
an explanation she confided to her sis
ter that she could not marry Rendice.
as she loved Benson better. The elder
sister, while amazed, remarked that
she thought just as much of one as she
did Of the other. Mary shyly limited at
an exchange of lovers. The sisters dis
cussed the subject seriously, and called
the young men to a conference. AS
result a general exchange was agreed
upon and the young men fastened to
the county seat to get their licenses
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he sleeping accommodation in these

The sleeping accommodation in these
inns, judging from old pictures, was
primitive, the beds being arranged in
separate berths like those of ships
cabin.
Such an inn was the old Seven Stars,
which has many interesting features
and historical associations. Here came
Guy Fawkes and concealed himself in
"Ye Guy Faux Chamber" as the legend
over the door testifies.
What stories could this old inn tell
us! 1t would tell of the Flemish weav-
ers who, driven from their own coun-
try by religious prosecutions and the
atrocities of Duke Alva, settled in Man
chester in 1864; Of the dispute between
the clergy of the collegiate church and
the citizens in 1874, when one of the
preachers, a bachelor of divinity, on
his way to the church, was stabbed
three times by the dagger of Man
chester man; of the execution in 1884
of three popish priests, whose heads
were atterward exposed from the tower
of the church.
Then there is the story of the IA
nous siege in 1642. when the kings
forces tried to take the town and were
repulsed by the townsfolk. who were
stanch roundheads. "A great and fu-
rious skrmish did ensue." and the
Seven Stars was in the center of the
fighting. Sir Thomas Fairfax made
Manchester his headquarters in 1643,
and the walls of the Seven Stars echoed
with the carousals Of the roundhead
soldiers. When Fairfax marched from
Manchester to relieve Nantwich, some
dragons had to leave hurriedly and Sc
creted their mess plate in the walls of
the old inn, where it was discovered
only few years ago and may now be
seen in the parlor of this interesting
hostel
In 1745 the Seven Stars furnished ac-
commodation for the soldiers of Prince
Charles Edward, the young pretender,
and was the headquarters Of the Man
chester regiment, commanded by
Colonel Townley. One Of the rooms is
called "Ye vestry," on account of i:s
COuu6CllOu with Tie SollcSidle CuuAA.
There was a secret passage between the
inn and the church, and, according to
the Court Leet records, some of the
clergy used to go to the Seven Stars
in sermon time in their surplices to
refresh themselves. O, tempora! o,
mores!
A horn shoe at the foot Of the stairs
has a story to tell. During the war
with France. in 1905, the press gang
was billetted at the Seven Stars. A
young farmers lad was leading a horse
to be shod. which had cast a shoe. The
press gang rushed out, seized the young
man, and led him off to serve the king
Before leaving he nailed the shoe to
post on the stairs, saying, Let this
stay till l come from the wars to claim
It," So 1t remains to this day un-
claimed a mute reminder of it's owners
fate and OF the ways of our forefathers
We regret to hear that the old inn
is doomed, and that commercial enter
prises and the growth OF hideous ware
houses and factories necesstate its re-
movai. Another interesting link be-
tween the present and the past will be