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Show ALLEN WILL BETIRE. VITOF CONGRESS LEAVES thift 7 PUB- LIP. LIC riu; Tala Via I Ja4 (a UmUiuul b Om Ha Told Lons Is tbs Qall Usm Os Marrfc . , Is Lon t C'i!!-- r The a cry hbh I id a cenffty, 1 i, a - (Washington Leper) John M. Allen, the wtt'ol ngress, refused to obey the appea'e ofiis constituency, In the First Congrssional district of Mississippi, to pennt his naname to be presented for tion. lie declared he ie out i public life forever; that having sefied bis state sa a national lgelslator r nearly twenty year he U now poer than when he went to W'ashlngtoiv He will return to Tupelo hnd begin U practise of law over again. i Therefore, on March 4 nract one pi had been renewlnj heard for nearly d t ijs ot Kemble "Bmt foTT Kemble brtTrg thf first to g v Vh i ne drama the -' r a f r h rfl akcp are ti atUei f ir a t i1 whHh ahoiiU r'low a si p' n ir im tor g enery i to i 3 m rv as to t, Imagine i. lu the mind I oil. It (SI w . 1 ti eve Dor it, Vs It wan the bvs- - a t; EHziiithd jin LcusUiih mf men t p ay w niren a parte We on'l lie in this re souroful ate I it e o 'd not be lit "vri.'y Elizabeth in !n Mat-ee-i- tint i - The season of 1 now at hand. .will be remarkable print ijmlly because of the number of book drama" that will be seen on the board The past 19M-190- uuab year hare heea moie than If fruitful In the matter of sum uorel. These hare been takeu mu tns.i 1 HAS HfcR l MCH. Mil.iWa in a member Wl.l'ain H (': ine'v lonifany, and flandol by dramatist rml po-bf- ol and adapted and turned lif-tI playa that are bound to be pront-lnen- t features of this seasons menu. Grace Meredith," with My Msnnsrtnrln the title role, Richard Carrel," with John Drew as the of many escapades; "David Hat produced last gpring by William Crane; Flower also the To Hold These In dramatised form, will be offered to a captloue public. There will, of course, be a few Shakespearean revival and any num- ber of new play from the fcn of famous playwrights Paul Potter, who ' mad $100,000 out of Trilby," has eome over for the production of hie new piece by Charles Frohman; Tim ' Murphy, one of the Quaintest and most subtle of American actors, goes out tinder the tnanaftffne" nf M"L,KEN Berger, ln"A Bs.belor's .woman. Eh. l,,"!.!,y 1,1 Olga Nethersols will be seen In a new role ofgirlr Pisy, end to give the whole list would r1, a'e miu1e lov t0 by tU ju'cn"9 j mean to All many column, with mere "l, announcements. ?ai bv narry1ln Those mentioned, MlM Mllllk1 has ber alt he, au however, give a bare Idea of the dra- - Thu'' writ. . maUe Offering of a sessrorthar prom-j ises great things notwithstanding Ilmth Maik.. presidential' excitement and conseTheie was a large gathering a Stratford wnen Sir W P quent buslneas unrest. Ti clear, acting on be half of the artlst'i a bos I Oloeoada. family, prevented to the Shahespeuri William Archer, la the London memorial the bust of the poet whlcj World, le enthusiastic over the literary ths late Wllllim Page, the .famoui quality of DAnnualo'e "Gloconda," American artist had modeled upon tht, death-mneConcerning this presented In London by Slgnora Duse. rHewrlfeef'What, than, makes tbs mask. Sir W Treloar said that a great play a new thing? Simply the intense sensation was ca used forty years ago, when and slvld genius that animates discovery of It,Jn an old rag jjery shop the la Mayeyec, by Dr Byker of line oUit before, wl JwshsaLM&oi swiwmcwfpr beeh employed In diatna. It le as ex- Becker had long been aware of the quisite as the proee ot Alfred (le Mus- existence of the mask and of a porset or Maeterlinck, ana at the same trait, which was also claimed to be time far leas mannered and mors ro- authentic, in the Knsselstadt family. bust. In point of smoothness, supple- Count Francis von Keelstadt died In ness snd sonority, I can compare It ISiJ, when many of the family p or seswith nothing leas than those two Im- sions were dinpered, and hath mask mortal fragments of dramatic prose and - painting disappeared from vfew Hamlet's stlviceto the players amt Until by accident they were reoognlxed his speech to Rosencrant and and rescued by Dr, Rocker The death-mas- k T have of late, but wherefore acquired a wide notoriety from I know not. etc. imagine a whole play .the otter made of It to the trustees of written with the like consummate the British at an exorbltani -mastery and style, In the most logical price, and from Ihe heated controversy a welt as the moat limpldly melodious which arose between Irof. Owen and of language, and you have some Idea other authorities as to Its genuineness. of the, charm of La Glooond. " The conclusion now geneially accepted was thaL while the mask might very A CLEVER LITTLE ACTRESS. poeslbly have been made from the cast of the poet' features taken ImmediateThere are eome women on the stage ly after death, the evidence in its fawho never seem to attain anything vor waa purely Urcunustantlal, but prettlnesa. Cleverness they have Muu latemtlnc VT rfc. not. and no on expects It ,of them. They flit from company to company, . An lnterLiLicg VoHuai on the- - Frencb Ilk the gay butterfly, and seem tiever stage has Just been published by M, to care a whit so long 'as they are Georges Mouval, the librarian of th given pretty gowns to wear They haunt Theater Franrals, who gives an alphath photograph Rallerjeehava lhnlr betical Hat of the aoeletalres from in thu present. dlEoE-Jbdge eHghes prci Th book con tains, moreover, a series text," and geneially manage to go of studies on Molter and the Com-edl- e Francals M Mouval began life as a comedian at the Od eon. He waa enguged by Emile Herrin to fill hla prevent poet of archivist Not only have the records of the house been Hyagr.pt by M' Moovai; dm" (Infill K the past ton years he hvs published the Mulloriste. a chronicle devoted entirety To Thr founder of the Comedle The pieapnt volume gives the names and full parti ular? of service, together with autograph a'gnatnres of the 331 eoclftalres who have figured In th troupe from 1C3S 1 the-atrh- ist j J , Roc07T77'OL lte , T j aTfr Gulld-enster- miv-fii- m Mo-.Ul- ow-Jk- -- OiMse-f-- t th most droll, humorousTaitf entertaining men that ever had a seat In the lower bouse will leave It Mr. Allen 1 an Inimitable story teller, a dangerous foe in d(bate be- - a!!j, he .heM-Tatnglnvec-- 1 j iij RRa Elamlt, Wfmfrn Olfi, whoTlo appear In sev- cal Admire parties.. him.... Former Speaker Reed and the present speaker, General Henderson, art lit per-- 1 tonal friends. Mr. Allen first Won famt when be opposed an Increase In the pay ot letter carriers, unless the same bill ear rled with It an Increased appropriation for country malWider a The bill favoring the letter carrier was favored by "Sunset" Cox, who mad a lengthy the speech la Ha behalf; and MLaisafcipiak who did not know him setdeJ themselves In their seats and waltsdfor Mr. Cox to impale the new men Mr. But before the debate had rndid Mr. Cox was seated, pale and bieathless, with Allen on the floor and the bouse la oonfuBion with laughter Rsiognlxed as a humorist, a name hv devylses because he'Eas twice been defeated for the eenate by reason of it, yet Mr. Alien is bo mean lnrtttan. not is he desis a protitute of higher motives found rcasoner and a good lawyer, Mr. Allen and were friends from almoxt the time Mr. Cleveland entered the white bouse until he left it Their lutroduttlon was brought about over a postmisterqhlp la Mr. Allens district Soon sfter the Inauguration, March 4. 1SS5, Mr, Allen appeared at the executive chamber with a long Ifat of oflh eholder he desired removed Among them wa the The In- cumbent was a widow of s federal soldier, and was distantly related to Senator Hoar ot but sh bad held the office a long tmt eD( nu&ber'bf Bemdet at --werr applicant Mr Allen wanted for the plai the Btarkgvllle cave disposed of before the Ituatlon became moie embarrassing than It then w is The president avked Hsts you other charges bes des th fact that this u a Retmbllf'an? wemaa is Is she eflmt as P vtmastrese" O, she has kept the m dl straight. I suppose." Mr Al.en replied. I dont think he is,dihmen But sh Is not a native of the ett Her husband" was a and arpf. bagger, through S nat r U gvn s influence eh wa appointed by Bn .ident G,rfleld. , MrPresldnv that she and iHutpou all other under-etan- d offliehold-r- s In the south ha got t0 g0 e;Mi why did we eVrl von'" But thepred(nt w ,s o dnrateHe told Mr. Allen thit lie had been elected upon a Uul MMvhv. phtform and that he should oh. h . h th eral of the Wagnerian characters with the MeurpoBUn Fng'ivh grand opera company, 1 a Cleveland girl, whor name is GroimrTHifoie she went to Baris Cleveland people arranged a spirit concert t''tulcring her the proceeds to snd the letter 1 the hv "ff you caa JicT Tn paying the and ot study-As -a mark of her appreciation ah Tshow me." he sail . that rhfa 0man v.ve to the fuhloutd her Mage name from that has been polit iallve f e ha half of lhe patrons of the epr taklug"TBe" bei rlty, through Ilf in an untroubled and con' her duties, name "Cleveland" and adding to It the tented frame of mind, leaving the letter t rtifh lu the same way that I will remove he- - b, r'r ,t otherwise worry and work also the fame to Mrtha fastnoced her rtage name (?ut of wllle b dfettr-y-(prm of other foolish f.Ak who insist on be- MellMime. the name of the leading offlc bAs evpre.l " J ' somebodies. It were an tin- city In hermatlvo Idfil coming "Mr Brcflm: M. M,.n lFan ln kindness tn say that Mia Jane HoIIvt 7 hi pecul'ar draw' nr - ai .j fsar j should properly be placed tn this IM j will have u expaln mr DMd. to She does not herself make any eintmsi .n --oM- my renp'e wr C ,. t; blicarng -MrV Fli.-n- , e (i.D. at Rothestcr, Mich, rot turned out as ruilv ns we can should it be foisted upon her? She is ' lime aitrcv, did ,h (ltUr ,ln Thc dacra,et,, who was I get to them a) dJs. ut erfir, Inrfed. rejoice in about irs of age. bpfta h er appoint IfvoVf small provocation, worries not of th remembe- r- L -e school snd murte. and faifer tra.l.'ug made many morrow, decorate, the stage with (jefor v0!, n yo'ur : a wilting, lorah. Sh CCJ JEtateT -- Yanr rnaij.,.a-- T handsome preeence, and all 1 the dramatic Irofci, in about' York WS, .ml ettora! thirty years eg-- an 1 Isfer headed her vote agjtflat wmir bar. -I r. yo "A atiakpr-ThHifatovji company plivlag Juliet, Catu'Ue at Abnnv, ard Wm ift MT At whe dinner given in bis honor tn Barthenin anl othir l.siipg role., thn my T New in d eppfche, d net London, Sir H. nry Irrtrg referred tothrough the frhel Stat-.,- . Ctrfada and ,nflu. the demand for a Shakespearean thea- - j Englan 1. She marred George Flett ence th few vot s vou 0Ter Mr. Baine' Well t" night the ter. He said that there "had been a'eall tn England and retired Into new, private ele-tlearn that y.mr wa beyonJ a for permanent Shakespeare theater, j Ilf.' but conlintrd her literary work. s:st 1 d 1 ..a.-n.- o. asi 1(,oked me In the eyes and said: 'Mr AHen. dmyou know I wish ome- -i 1 the oW man badn t er died. dv But these powers at mnasnfM not men. His im has AUeawalked AJ been ip --refrain from the Indulging In t avenU9 wlth the downennsylvajjla personalities. During hi loti career commlsglon of a Democrattc postmas- M aebater tem ca polnt a acfUsln ter at Starkville in his hand. You wounled me finger and say: Members of boil polltl-- I .iuauTeBsly." But, A bwH ? I Quite forgot myself. went downtown, assisted the boys in "building bonfires, exploding powder, and making a night ot It. Then I went over th slate making speeches and promising the people that a eoon a you went In the Republican! would go out." The president began tapping hie (Inhere impatiently qnjyl desk, while hi visitor's face was becoming more and more serious There was but a short pause, when Mr. Allen continued. Do you know, Mr; President, you remind me of a client I bad down In Monroe county some years ago. Hia name was Spraggins, and he was the eldest of five brother- - HU father bad died, leaving a little property, but no will. In attemptlngto divide th estate among themselves the brothers got in a dispute and the matter was carried Into the courts I waem-ploye- d by one of the boy and in th Circuit court I got a verdict which waa satisfactory to him. But hi brother had the case appealed. So U went to the Supreme court, where It lay for a long time Finally the decision of the lower court wa reversed and the case remanded. In the second tr.al I was again fortunate, but once more the caae wa appealed, "Meantime Mr. Spraggtns became impatient. He had paid me my fee and times being duU he was anxious for a final decision that he might return to the farm and to work. One day he came into my office and ashed how long I thought It would be before the case was reached. I told him that (hers was no telling perhaps In 11 months, perhaps In a year. 'Yqu under-- I stand, I said to him, the Supreme judges are not to be hurried. They take, their own' time.' JSpraggina was sitting with elbows resting on hla knees and with hie chin buried in hU hands. Ills eyes had- a far ray, pensive look and hia ?- yt anlu um AUFrTdlttf RohUl One day, at the Kremlin in Moscow, Miss Uapgood, an American lady, wait favored with an amusing manifests- Influence In tlon of ths Rus'an IHe of official rank. While Gatsirt's place that day we Boers fancy It would not have made a great deal of dlffepne " ABLE IlOEK. LEADER. AEN. OI.IV ER. RECENTLY CAP-THBRITISH. , TURED BY E QUEER CUBAN FANCIES. a ' spvrraiivM 'Strong Uald aa tha Paopta. belief that has awtron hold on a ce'taln class of people In Cuba fet that certain diseases can be cured by eating dirt, and so when one of theae disease manifests Itself the befiever dowa capGen. Olivier, who not consult a physician, but Instead tured by the British s fighting at gathers up a handful of dirt and sate : Wlnburg, In the Orange Free State, Is Obtained IT must be if If any-rtone of the most active of the Boer reBUt of faith cure, wfcrktf the in the fle'dand as a guerrilla ent Is unconsciously trying Why all j leader rhnked next to Gen IJp W et gtrms grt not taken la wfth jnjg It was Olivier who led Gen. Gatacre fg g mystery possibly they Into the trap at Stormberg. which are seems particular- moonlight proved disastrous to the Brit ah, cost- - jy objectionable and strangers are hig them &00 casualties In dlscuaslng warned not to go out In It with ua- covered head, and not to go out la M at all If It can -- be avoided; R la . thought that this light brings many evil effects, and not under any etretma-stancwill a Cuban sleep tn its rwye be thinks that, among other things It will draw hla month to one side u4 his face. To ward off sick a see of various kinds there are little sliver or tia images to wear suspended about th neck as a kind of charm. Image oi the same kind are offered fc the churches sa thanksgiving or prarw, and so we find near the altars of certain churches cases in which are, hew dreds of these little trinkets, hands, feet, arms and bable.- - Th bootiag of an owl is taken as a very bad sign. The superstitious Cuban kllla a ay creature of this kind which male weird sounds near hie home. This M supposed to break th spell, and It la not then inevitable that a member of the family shall meet death In tbs near GEN. OLIVIER. future. Butterflies also ar looked upon as omens. The Cuban women hre that action a Boer leader said great believers In the efficacy of varinewspaper correspondent: "Our Gen. OHvier Is one of the slim- ous herbs In sickness and have a rwa- mest men in Africa. You dont know edy for almost every allmenL Amerito talk can physicians find That -t- hey nave-mucyou more knowledge in this line to him you would reckon him up as a rather stupid sort of fellow. He knows than the women of our own country, how to know nothing when It suits and more knowledge of sickness tn vm Ha cnThak7W7a as expres general fn many homes, and there Is slonless as the back wall oft cemetery on a wet day, even whenrtie Is If anyone la 111 hie temperature 1 takjust boiling wlth4 excitement inside. en before the physician arrives. You may think that it is an easy trick, but Just you try it some day when Immigration to Arontlno home one springa a big Surprise on Immlgrat on- - to - the. Argentina- - Reyou; 'perhaps you wont find it so easy public is increasing Official statistics as It may appear. Olivier knew all for 1899 show the number ot ImmiGatacre. He had studied about Gen. ' grants from other then South Amerihim. . can countries to have been 84,442, nn "We beat you Britishers that day, increase over The preceding year of beat you pretty badly, too, but the men 44.045. who think Gatacre Isnt a general cn that account don't know the country, Islfl Kina Foster Brothow nor know Olivier, dont know the Boers A foBter brother of ths Tat and dont know what quick firing rifles King can do In such circumstances. If either Humbert, M. Leon Gorinflot, ie mayor Kitchener or Roberts had been la Gen. of the Commune of Maubert-Font&In- It Lad Camera lata tha WM H VVh Trap at glnrmb.rj T Ibu'a Paid to Ilia br O la af tba Kapraeaalatim taa ot tba Sowtb Africa a Repo bile. A In-th- tf ta es B. h evea-the-poo- looking at objecta of Interest, he noticed a large, handsomely hound book. Banked by pen sutd Ink, on a side table. As ahs opened th book an at pounced upon ber "Dont adstV he said, peremptorily. touch that! wish If not do people you Why not? to look at this collection of ancient documents I suppose that la what It Is you should lock it up, or label it retorted th annoyed Hands oft! lady. "It Isnt ancient documents, and you are not to touch It," he said, taking the Tiook out of her hands. "It is strictly reserved for the signatures of distinguished vUitons crowned heads, royal princes, ambassadors and tbs When the first settlement was made church, and forms delicate green tralike." "Then It doe not Interest me im the least, and lf you would label It on Commencement Bay, Puget Sound, ceries along the Inner walls. The bell tewer- - tree is many hnn to it was simply a lumber camp and trad- to that effect, nv ou would Tar disturb It, answered the American lng post After the Northern Pacific deds of years old, and was a good-size- d railroad was completed to Commencetree when Columbus sailed upon woman. 8oon after ah was joined by one oi ment Bay a city was built on the nigh the voyage which resulted in thg dls- the powerful officials of th Kremlin, ground above the dumber camp southwho had made an appointment to ward, and that is tjie handsome city of show the American lady about . Aa Tacoma, Wash The ancient lumber camp is how that sh went from one object to another with th official, the attendants hover- part of Tacoma which is tailed Old ' ed respectfully In th rear, evidently Town locally. Early In the history of Impressed with the friendly tone of Old Town an Episcopal clergsman, When the round now Bishop Morris ot Oregon, built a the conversation. had been made and the official had de- little wooden church In the place parted to Tils duties, the guardian ot alongside of a huge fir tree that had the autograph album Invited her to been broken off about 40' feet.from the add ber "illustrious name To the Bat. ground. She refused; he entreated, and at last It was first thr Intention to btnldThe fairly dragged ber to the Table, and church behind the tree and cut a doorstood guard over her while she wrote way through the trunk, thus making her name the tree the entrance as well as the bell tower, but this plan was abanA belfry tipped with a cioss doned. Ortsla of ike Torse "Lobster. Boston is now ecgagdd In thq atr was hullt Trpoa the top tof the free,' a 'the word bell placed therein, and swung. To tempt to dtttermlne-Whe- n d fir is th boU lobster was first applied to a man as this day the a term of opprobrium. New York had tower of the church. A ladder runs been satisfied for two years with the from the roof of the churehto the bet-frand tbie is used as the approach explanation that th phrase was first FIR TREE AS A BELFRY. heard on the Guttenburg track, where to the bell whenever It becomes necesIt was used to describe the quality Of sary to visit it for any purpose. covery of a new world' Thusdhefor-- . ths horseflesh that took part in th The ivy that clings to the tree has est monarch now forms the oldest obeli races there. It was the. particularly crawled under The roof and Into the ' bad performance of one horse on which a crowd of small bettors had staked WOMAN DID "BAPTIZING, othej pleasure craft had assembled lq all Their earnings that led to the first Hra river, and everyone was use of the name by a disgusted sport ready- - foe Kola Took bat Woman (ha Cnnrk It, the use has of dipping in a stentorian voice, words the Thi explanation 'w Booked Oat. , which could easily be heard on shore. generally been secepted by everybody. At Cramer hill, in New Jersey, bun- - Ulster Miller read solemq .service. Although more erudite theories, suited recently. Then with th help of a deacon-anbetter to Bostons particular case, dreds attended a baptizin have Veceutly been forthcoming. John The immersing was dons by a woman an elder she imtnersed the candidates. Mrs. Lotus Miller.. Sh marched Thdjr came up spluttering HaUelu-jah- a Adams, In his argument in defense of and -- the Song of thp Saved" down to the shore, followed on murtrial for eoldlert bravely the British by the candidates. These were by no greeted them as they retarned to der because of complicity In the "Boston Massacre." mention th word 'Tob-ster-," means . the least . Interesting) feature i shore, Jt. was said that arrangements as on of the epithets applied by of the baptism. They were Arrayed In had been made to immerse fen womcast-of- f black sklrtfe of their wives en. but nine ot them had backed out, the cltlxens to the soldiers. The use the of the word lobster" a applied to a or sisters, which anything but fac.ll-tate- d snd the tenth, being of dimension . their movements through the that made Mr Miller look ilk a soldier has also been shown by a Bosdwarf, had decided to wait for a tonian interested in the subject to mud. Tkr legs became unaccountfv. have been found as tar back as 1642, if ably entangled in the voluminous stronger arm. not before that time. In the face of folds of these garments, and before - Sahara Wafer Sapptyj' snch learned investigation, the Gutten-bur- g midstream was reached the converts 'he jcella .ol were begrimed-by-thehanErgfnih Sahara blea. After a final exhortation Sister desert, occur T the bottom of the dehave small chance of acceptance. Miller-start- ed with her little flok on pressions As the surface of the New York Sun which they are excavated the road to Zion. Among those shout ground Vi to be Immersed ass Mrs Millers lit-- la covered with a thick layer ef sand Mat bjr Fleetrlcity. Cigars he protected against th tie son, s chap of about 9 years.Tbe1 they ave It is id that, owing to tu intro- party had gone only half way In the ' 8 In of the latter. Their vwy duction of electricity for the manu- mire when the woman'a maternAl In- - narrow orifice la, therefore, hermetic- facture of cigars, cigarettes and to- stlncts rose above her religions ones, aIly closed by means of wide stones bacco several thousands of hands will and without waiting to gain the deep scaled Through a mortar composed of oon he thrown out of work. One mac(1 nd mud. Each caravan undoes water she then and Thera "sprinkled" chine is said to produce 180.000 cigar- the head of her sou, rather than sub- the woik In order to obt. in water ettes snd 5,000 pounds of cut Tobacco ject him to the dangers of th stream. and then carefully seals the well up a minute. . By this Um Towboat .steam boats Ad agln before departing e. A Unique Tower Bell Ivy-cla- y, f J d frTir racetrack-ByptthHnrttRf- -- |