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Notes,

Adyices from New York tell Of the re-
makabie success that has been won there
by Mark Hamburg. the young Russian
pianist who is devoting a season to this
country. The metropolitan triumph
though pleasing. is not unexpected, for it
was deemed hardly probable that Goth
antics could be more captious than the
critical English, the artistic French. or
the demonstrating Germans before whom
the MUSICIAN has appeared. Triumphs in
Berlin. Vienna, London. Paris, Moscow.
Leipzig, Frankfort, Melbourne Sydney,
and Glasgow practically assured warm
reception here. Hamburg is a pupil OF
Leschetizky, after studying with whom he
won the List scholarship in Austria. His
art is said to show many fine qualities of
the late Anton Rubinstein, to whom he
has been compared no; infrequently. Ger
tainly he is well worth hearing. and his
local advent should create something of a
sensation. Hamburg VIII give a recital
on Tuesday afternoon at the Columbia
Theatre. Seats may be had of MIR. Guz-
man, in Droop's, 9Z5 Pennsylvania Ave
nue..
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Entertainment and InSirc1tl)L
The Halls t Sl AnCients,
f3f2-f4to-16 New York Ave.
For Promotion OF
National Galleries

illustrate Egyptian. Assyrian. Roman. and sa
racenic Art Architecture. Manners and Customs.
In the evening there will be lecture before
the Panorama go Il. by IL ft) OF Rome in the
time OF Constantine. Stereopticon displays OF
the Grandeur Of Ancient Architecture. with de-
signs 70. National Galleries OF History and Art.
visitors in the evening will receive gratis return
tickets fer explanations Of The Halls the next dag
at II a. III. or p. m.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-02-25

Once more theatrical Washington is to be
Jerious. Having had a month Of farces-
Intentional and otherwise-the city's play
houses all are to provide the most
thought provoking performances during
The coming week. Two of the notable
pieces TO be given never have been seen
here. and thus much Of the aforesaid
thought will be along new lines The chief
of the two pieces mentioned. of course, is
the adaptation OF Jessie Fothergill's The
First Violin" which Richard Mansfield
viii present at the Columbia on Monday.
Wednesday and Thursday evenings and at
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introduce the Rossow Midgeis. two little
fellows who are supposed 10 do dozen
things and to do all well. Charles Rossow
has AT imitation of Anna Held that mas
been highly praised. Diana. the mirror
dancer. whose terpsichcorean Efforts are
compared to those of La Loie Fuller ana
Madame Hermann. will show several
graceful steps and suudry combinations oil
colored lights, after the fashion oil the
women named. The Three Merkel Sisters
promise a series OF acrobatic feats thar VIII
be worth watching. Yorle and Adams claim
TO be superior TO the majority OF Hebrew
impersonators. Ethel Levey viii sing q
succession of what she terms character
ballads Fred Niblo will tell stories and
Ramza and Arno are TO provide a gro
tesque act. All Of these people are favor
ties in amusement circles and the organi-
zaticn constitutes what the New York
Telegraph, in its issue of February IL.
described as IAN aggregation OF talent
above consideration with its competitors.
The performances given should prove ex-
cellent and there is scaDt doubt that. aft
er the week of darknsss. the patrons of tns
Grand will keep the auditorium quite fill
ed throughout the engagement AS usual,
there will be daily matinees. in addition to
the regular evening shows
In view OF the arrest of Olga Nethersole
in New York and of the eagerness which
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-02-25

Guy" and for various other popular Of
ferings. That he can act as well as COM
pose. 1t is said. will be proved this week
at the Grand. where the Four Cohans
appear as head, 1ners with the Behman
Company. The quartette is to be seen in
enc OF the younger members best works.
and much Ia expected In consequence.
The Four Cohans are not the only nota-
bic vaudeyiiiians whom Manager Behman
IS bringing here. Beside them, be is TO
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-02-25
Gruud-Naudeyille.

A remarkable lad is George Conan. who,
though he hardly has attained his major
ity. is known among patrons of the CON
tinuous" for the sketches and turns" he
has written. Mr.. Cohan also is RESPONSE
BILE for a farce in the form of "a Wise
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-02-25

An exceptionally fine series of moving
pictures of the Passion Play is promised
tomorrow at Willard Hail. The drama OF
the Crucifxion, as given every ten years
at 0berammergau. has been reproduced
here frequently and always has occasioned
considerable interest. but il is averred
that nothing to compare with these most
recent views ever has been exhibited in
Washington. Besides the usual animated
photographs, a number of steTeopticon
slides are announced. while a lecture and
appropriate vocal music will be features
of the entertainment. Especial interest is
loaned by the fact that this is the season
of the Play at Oberammergau. They who
cannot afford the time or money TO see it
in verify assuredly will feel recompensed
in some degree by the representation.
Seats at Willard Hall.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-02-25

Fred Whitney's production of Quo Va
dis" will have its first exhibition in Ills
city on the night Of Monday, March Il. at
the Columbia Theatre The wonderful sue
cess the play has had in the West has pro-
yoked comment throughout the entire
country. The drama, which follows Sienk-
iewicz's novel in its most effective parts.
is said to be Interestingly full of life and
action. The love story between viniclus
and Lygia. running through the piece from
beginning TO end, is its particular motive
Quo Nadis" Is modelled closely aft
er the book but the new Nero is said to
be more as proven by historical research
than the Polish ronancer pictured him.
Ursus, the giant, and the guardian angel.
as II were, of the fair Lygia. is faithful
portrayal of Sienkiewicz's character. Eu-
nice is averred 10 be another copy of the
writer's pen portraits. as is also Bop
paca. the wicked. vindictiye. and syc-
ophantic helmet of the tfyrant. II all
accounts are true Quo Vadis'' will prove
one OF the most attractive and interesting
stage spectacles seen here in years
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-02-25

Howard Gould. who made an excellent
impression here sorne years ago In 1.-THE
Prisoner of Zenda. will be seen in "A CO.
louial Girl next week at the Columbia
The play ras one OF E. II. Sothern's We
hicles. and is said to afford countless OPP
portunities for Mr.. Gould. who really is an
actor OF superior qualifications. Seats
Thursday.
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Enough Of merit has each beer Of ieurich'
name,
To shine untarnish-a On. the rolls Of fame"
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ment is that 1 an doing, in my feeble
way. a work the good results of which Will
live and grow long after L have passed over
no opportunities will turn me, and 1t may
save their time and my temper if people
who have churches to build or missionary
colonies TO found understand that / mean
what / say.
II viii not be advised by any man or
earth, and only one woman. That woman
is my wife. So you see we hold our little
plots for helping along the poor boys and
girls strictly in the family and manage 20
keep tolerably glad and grateful that the
opportunity has been put in our hands.
rs there any gratitude in the world?
Yes; tons of it. Why, you ought TO see me
among the students of colleges that / am
helping on the way to the top They make
every minute of the days l spend with
them full OF happiness. L sometimes think
that if L could drag a few crusty old mil
lionaires along with me on these trips they
would get so confoundedly jealous that
they would tumble over one another in
seeking TO win such affection by going off
and helping TO carry out my idea.
Il have no fear, though, the modest col
leges in the unsettled country will want
for supporters when / am dead. 1t is in no
spirit OF Boosting that 1 say that the exam
pie of the institutions / have aided will al
ways bring into the work men glad and
willing to carry il on.
From this time forward my gifts will all
be made in secret, and none but the trus-
tees OF the colleges / help wil} ever know
anything about them"
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simply means that those animals best
adapted to their surroundings will survive,
while those i'll adapted will perish. but IL
should be added that IL means also that
the animals must be able TO adapt them
selves to changes In their environment or
to change with IL. Living beings cannot
stand still indefinitely; they must progress
or perish. And this seems TO have been tne
cause for the extinction of the huge quad
rupeds hat fourished at the time or the
three-toed miocene horse. They were
adapted TO their environment as II was
but when the Western mountains were
thrust upward, cutting of the moist winds
from the Pacific, making great changes IN
the rainfall and climate to the eastwaro
OF the Rocky mountains. these big beasts,
slow Of foot and dull of brain, could no.
keep pace with the change ana
of the earth. The day of the little
hyracothere was at the beginning OF the
great series of changes by which the lake
country OF the West, with its marshy mats
and rank vegetation, became transformed
into dry uplands sparsely clad with fine
grasses. On these dry plains the more nim-
ble-footed animals would have the advan-
tage in the struggle for existence; ana
while the four-toed foot would keep Its
owner from sinking in soft ground, he was
handicapped when it became a question or
speed, for not only is a fleet animal better
able to fee from danger than his slower
fellows, but in time of drouth he can cover
the greater extent of territory in search OF
food or water. So, too, as the rank PUSHES
gave place to fine grasses, often Drowned
and withered beneath the summers sun,
the compile tooth had an advantage over
that Of simpler structure, while the cut
ting-teeth. so completely developed in the
horse family, enabled their possessors to
crop the grass as closely as one could DO IL
with scissors. Likewise. up TO a certain
point, the largest. most powerful animal
will not only conquer, or escape from MS
enemies, but prevail over rivals of his W
kind as well, and thus it came to pass tn at
those early members of the horse family
who were pre-eminent in speed and stature
ings, outstripped their fellows and trans
mitted these qualities TO their progeny, un-
til as a result of long ages of natural selec-
l ton there was developed the modern horse.
The rest man has done. the feet ~trotter, the
huge Percberon and the diminutive pony
are one and all the recent products of ar
tificial selection.
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GENERAL cHAFFEE's MISTAKE.
HIS Correspondence with WaIderses
Should Have Been "DipIomatic.v

l1aTptT , "tthlE-
What General Chanee should hav done
when he observed these abuses perpetrated
i'm the name of civilization, and the troops
intensity and character Of their efforts
the achievements of All Baba and thu
Forty Thieves. was first TO have written TO
Field Marshal Won Waldersee on the gen.
eraI subject OF the weather, with a few in
cidental paragraphs concerning the SUI
periority for laundry purposes OF the Vim
Ordinaire OF the Forbidden City over
Schuylkill water Having thus established
an entente cordiale with the communicating
chief. General Chaffee should nave ad-
dressed a second communicates 20 the
count, calling his attention 10 the fact that
Richard Croker had sailed for England.
and asking him. IN view of the emergency.
what he thought of the status quo ante
I'm the Transvaal, coupled with a recon-
mendation TO the commlssariat that they
should use a less explosive kind OF baking
powder In the dum-dum bullets served
TO the American troops in lieu OF break
fast rolls. A communication OF this ma
ture would have been strictly fa accord
with the peculiar kind of diplomatic usage
which now prevails at Picking. and would
have Appealed with singular force 10 Gen.
Ven Waldersee. Once I'm a receptive moot
as the result OF two such tactful missives.
the commander would probably have per-
mitted General Chafee 10 address 20 him
a third communication. couched I'm equally
diplomatic language. asking him II. In view
Of the approach OF the Christmas season.
the field marshal considered IL I'm accord
auce with the best etiquette for the Chris
tan soldiers OF Western civilization 70
steal quite everything the ''heafhen Chi
from a cloiscnne jar TO the tomb OF hls
ancestors.
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Regretful Reflections OF His Closing
Hours.
Paris Letter in London Chronicle.

Paris Letter in London Chronicle.
About three weeks ago 1 was securing
Paris to discover the address of NJ. Sc
bastien Melnoth for the purpose of verify
ing a statement that he had been unjustly
deprived of certain dramatic rights of au-
th0rship. AT length a French literary
friend informed me that the object of my
search was lying i'll at a little hotel in the
far off Rue oes Beaux Arts. To save time
he had called upon him in my name. NJ.
Melnoth was Oscar Wilde. On the same
evening I received a letter I'm answer to
my petit bleu." l instantly nswere this
In person. The once brilliant and adulated
poet-playwright, though in bed, looked well
liz the face. The first part of the CONVEX
sation on his side was a mixture of def
ance and bitterness. 1 did my best to con-
sole him, and he suddenly burst into tears.
/ felt deeply moved as he told me the sad
tale of blight and misery through which
he had passed. Men who had been the
recipients Of sterling generosity had be-
trayed him and trodden him under their
feet. Perhaps there was some justice in his
wailing.
Then he turned to religious subjects, and
muttered almost savagely: Much of my
moral o%bliqusty is due TO the fact that my
father would not allow me to become a
Catholic. The artistic side of the church
and the fragrance of it's teaching would
nave curbed my degeneracies. I intend
to be received before long, He spoke
almost smilingly Of his operation. saying
tina il would cost him $40, adding that ne
owed nearly 2.0o0 francs to the hotel.
The operation in question was intestinal,
and then symptoms of cerebral meningitis
set in Leeches We're applied to the ears.
but the patient sank away rapidly. Two
kin friends, Mr.. Robert Ross and Mr..
Turner, nursed him, while Father Cuthbert
Dunn, one of the British Catholic chap
lains from the Avenue Hoche. admins
tered the customary rites of the church.
Oscar Wilde. tried to articulate the prayers
which accompany extreme JUNCTION, and his
deathbed was one of repentance.
Tomorrow morning the funeral service
will take place at the Church st. German
Des Pres, after which the body will be
inferred in the Bagneux Cemetery. A small
cross will surmount the grave, with the
following inscriptions: 'Ci git Oscar Wilde,
Poete ct Auteur Dramatique. r. ]. p"
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WALL STREETS CHRISTINA GIFTS.
Good Times Make the Broker Gener-
Ous--FCnny Circular.

w. G. Nicholas. in New York Telegraph.
More than $4,000 will be distributed to-
day among the employees of the brokerage
and commission houses in the Wall-street
section The year just closing has been
more than usually profitable for Stock Elk
change houses. and the Christmas distribu-
ton will therefore be on a more generous
scale than is ordinarily the case. Nearly
every house of any Importance follows the
practice started many years ago by some
of the larger concerns of remembering their
employees in a substantial way on Christ
mas. To enumerate the firms making cash
allotment this year would be to give almost
the entire list of members of the Exchange.
1t is probable the Seligmans will lead as
usual with their $4,000 gift, which Is cut
up into parcels ranging from $500 to $50,
messengers receiving the half hundreds.
These presents will be made to-day. be-
cause IL is the last business day before
Christmas, the Stock Exchange having
voted to take a recess from this day until
Wednesday of next week. The overworked
clerks and the other Office attaches will
nave three days of rest, a respite they are
| very much in need of. They have been
under continuous strain for seven long
| weeks. thousands of them working far into
the night. One of the biggest brokerage
firms, occupying almost an entire floor of
| one of the skyscrapers and employing over
a hundred clerks, has literally been obliged
TO turn away business, an unheard of cir
/ cumStance. The house was overwhelmed
Win OANSas ~L0 49, " 's$@
the rush.
Some amusement was occasioned among
the stock houses by a Christmas circular
| issued by the head of one of the big
Chicago stock concerns having a branch
here. 1t was shown around as an example
of unparalleled generosity. The author of
the circular, which was supposed to be a
confidential communication to his employees.
went on to recite that the year had been
the most prosperous in his history, and that
he had added enormously to his already
great fortune. His remarkable success
made him feel like doing his faithful clerks
a kind turn, and he had therefore de-
cided to establish within his Office a savings
bank, wherein they might deposit their sur
plus earnings, on which he would allow
them 4 per cent. interest.
| He would also organize for their special
benefit a little family insurance Ompany
such as railroads and some of the large
industrial concerns have for their employees.
\ His clerks could pay regular monthly in
stallmentS into the office insurance fund,
which he would take care of and pay 4
per cent. interest for the use of it.
To still further show this thankfulness
who had been with him twenty years oil
more a paid-up life insurance policy of $3.50
he agreeing to pay over that amount &c
the heirs of such veterans on their de-
cease. An inspection of the pay roll dis.
closed the fact that there was only one
clerk that had been with him over twenty
years, that favored individual being a
brother.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-12-26

Certificates have been issued to the following
named Indianaians:
Decentralization III. Fithian, Indianapolis. so
John Gilliland, Lake, Sc: Abraham Hoke, Ma
tional Military Home. Marion. IS.
Increase-John b. Corbin, Dresden. sl7: jacob
Towns. Shelbyviile, SIT; Horace Jaqua. Upton
sIe; Elisha 7. Mitchell. indianapolis. SO: De
lano l.. Hodges. Hadley, sl2: Hugh r. Swift
Sullivan. IS; Jacob T. GALLON. Medora. sa
Frank Clemens, Lafayette. s24: Julius Egleson
battle-ground. s17; James f.. Bryant, Bedford
81: Samuel Kilander. National Military Home
Marion. ST.
Original Widows. etc.-Elizabeth Balzer. Co
lumbus. IS.
Special accrued, Dec. 1O-sarah Thompson
RainsvilIe. SI2.
Brownstown, IS.
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LincoIn's Views Unchanged.

Brooklyn Eagle
Hortation, not logic. Is the doctors best
hold. Precisely the contention OF Abraham
Lincoln toward Kansas and Nebraska. ter
~rftorics got by expansion under the treaty
power. the contention that they were prop
critics over which Congress could or could
not extend the Constitution. as Congress
pleased. Is the contention Of Mckinley to-
ward Porto Rico and the Philippines. prop
critics got by expansion under the treaty
power. I~iEcOln's view then broughs on a
large and long war. which DIR. Cuyler sus-
tanned. LineOln's view now is ~antagonized
by a small war. on which account DIR.
Cuyier d~enouuces IL. And be calls himself
. Lincoln Republican,. So does William j.
Bryan.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-12-26
cider Egg NogR.
New York Commercial Advertiser,

New York Commercial Advertiser.
Beat the yolks OF six eggs and twelve
tablespoonfuls OF sugar to a froth, crate
In half a large nutmeg and beat the mix
ture again for three minutes: pour the
mixture in a punch bowl or a glass pitcher;
pour or gradually two quarts OF new cider.
whipping IL through the eggs and sugar
till IL foams; beat the whites OF the Eggs
to a stin froth. When ready to serve pour
the beverage in little glass cups and cover
the top with the beaten white Of the eggs.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-12-26

Nebraska wants a couple OF dozen men
with a million dollars each TO come into her
citizenship and build up Industrial plants.
Straw board paper manufacturing and mill
ing o.-er allurements TO energy and capital.
BY the anti-calamity majority cast az the
election by Nebraskans IN 1900. money IN
vested here is assured of welcome and OF
fair treatment. The Legislature viii repeal
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-12-26
GIVING AWAY HIS WEALTH
DIR. ID. Il. PEARsONS CONTINUING HIS
DONATIONS TO COLLEGES.
HIS knows Gifts Already Total ST.
$4,000, and His Secret Benefac-
lions PrApabfy About $s00,0OO.

DR.. d. X. Pearsons. the Chicago philan-
thropist, continues to aid struggling col
leges in an effort TO dispose of his wealth
before he dies. The Times-Herald of Mon
day says:
As a Santa Claus combining his attention
to struggling colleges, DR.. +. X. Pearsons
seems determined to put himself in a posi-
ton where none can aspire to become his
rival. Within the last seven weeks THIS
hale old gentleman. who has started out
with the avowed intention of parting with
all his wealth before his death, has given
to one educational institution the sum or
500. 600 and to another $4,000, both being alb
solute presents OF caeh. DIR Pearsons de-
cllnes TO state TO whom the first princely
donation went. saying only that 1t was
recipients that his name should never be
sum of $50, 900 was sent on Saturday by
check as a Christmas present TO Colorado
College. Concerning the fund of $4,000 re-
gently given to the trustees OF Northwest
ern University for the erection OF a wom-
ans dormitory, DR.. Pearsons refuses 10
deny or affirm the statement that it came
from him, but there is no doubt that II
did.
These three gifts bring the actual total
of his known benefactions during the past
ten years to the sum of g. 4S9.UU0. though
these figures fall far short of the conn
plete list. The money rendered anonymous
ly and in sums ranging from 5000 10 %O.-
900 probably reaches $J00.O00, making the
whole amount very close to 100000. Here
are his known gifts.
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all the obnoxious laws. which Populists and
those pandering TO populism have I'm recene
years enacted for the purpose OF annoying
and burdensomely taxing capital in Me-
braska. The laws respecting partnerships
and corporations are I'm need OF revision on
immediate and unconditional repeal.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-12-26

Philadelphia Press.
Here's news. You'd never guess IL. I'm
Engaged 10 jack" said Flo.
Said May: II knew you'd win IN time.
Jack never could say No."