Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, September 18, 1881, Page 9

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The initial per- formance was an adaptation of Shakspeare’s Twelfth Night”? by Mr. Charles Webb, in which the leading parts were taken by the Popular comedians Messrs. Robson and Crane, The same play has been given’ dur- ing the week. It—or curiosity to see the beautiful theatre—has drawn a large audience on nearly every night, and the management can have no reason to complain oftheir prospects for financial success if the Teeipt§ are any criterion by which to esti- Uxte those of the weeks tocome. As to the theatre itself there seems to be but one opinion—that it will compare favorably with ‘uy other theatre in the country. Its acous- lic-properties are unexpectedly good, for eespetienceof the first night or two tended. show that the great depth of the building compared with its width would render the Voices of the actors inaudible to those in the seats of the parquet circle. That this hale case, particularly ov Monday night, ine the theatre was crowded, was due the to nervousness on the part of some of ¥ actors and a failure to enunciate their ‘ords distinctly than to any deficiency in Le construction of the house. The decora- most delicate and admirable of Si comedies. The humor is rich, full, abundant... The wit is of that kind in which the great master took especial pleasure. Quibbles, puns, and plays on words came from. his pen with the freedom and easy naturalness of the brook overflowing from. the perennial hillside spring. Yet, mingled with the warp of which the comedy was aroven was the woof of sadness and of sor- row. Olivia’s father and brother just dead; Violtta and Sebastian just rescued from one death, Viola threatened with another, and antonio held a pirate and liable to death. In “Twelfth Night,” gentle, loving, tinid Fiola is the true heroine. About her centres the interest of the play. And next to her Malvolio is a strong character; full of humor, and a man whose head is turned with conceit, yet after all enlisting the sym- pathy of the auditor as well as tof his inistress. ‘Disraeli once’ taunted his political oppo- nents with looking upon the English Consti- tution as a “model farm,” 2 proper field for experiment. Mr. Webb seems to have had the. same feeling for Shakspeare. Ye has altered, rearranged, transposed, eliminated from, and added to the Shakspearean cone edy, until Shakspeare is lost in Webb and Webb is substituted for Shakspeare. This be inconoclastic, yet is not necessarily smay tic, yet is c criminal. The objection is that, in turn- ing a quiet, ‘pastoral comedy into a broad farce, _ in subordinating lating the characters and incidents of the original play and bringing into prominence those that were intended to be subordinate in injecting Tines and scenes never contemplated by the dramatist, the play has become something entirely different from what it was intended. It is “ Twelfth Night” parodied, Of the acting and the actors itis hardly necessary to ald anything to what we have already said. Mr. W. Hi, Crane is an excel- lent comedian. On ee devolves bia heaviest work in. is_ version 0! he play, and. as Sir Toby Belch, _ the drunken, rollicking. mischievous Knight, fullof fun and frolic, he is ina role that suits him. His eccentricities evoke constant Jaughter and his make-up is admirable. Stuart Robson tak#s the part of the simple- ‘Sir-Andrew Agquechcek. Mr. Robson has Much less versatility than his. companion, ‘Mr. Crane. His voice and his laugh are his capital, and from their employinent he derives usurious interest. Both are used to good advantage in the character he is now playing. in the duel scene 1s His. acting in the a iirth-provoking, and his timidity and cow- ardice well simulated. Mr. Meredith as Sfalvolio appears to advantage in the latter Scene, while it would be unfair to hold him responsible for the buifoonery of the intro- of the interior walls, although simple, ingood taste, and the upholstering of the es, the parti¢res, and curtains is with rich, peoridaphcaanate which lights up in the ing to great. advantage. ‘The stage is wal and roomy, and the scenery fresh and Painted. The rows of-seats are ar- . Tather close together for ean too shi fort, but this is a . matter ich can easily be remedied. On ¢ Whole, therefore, this new theatre equals Col. Haverly and Mr. ON are entitled to the miatitude of the Printed public for having added an- ne the many attractions of Chicago; for vi « inlflled every promise made; and for ing given attention to the little details of as eeeinent on.which the comfort of an ealsenc mugh depends, yet which are So The bee ked and forgotten. ty the eauly of the theatre is not equalled excellence of the play selected for ts oe during the first two weeks of Versio, itenée, or, rather, by the- revised being s of the play which was presented as Petre Substantially the comedy which Shaks- Adapted anew from old qaterial. The orig ton as practically destroyed the Wary, J tving to snuff the candle 2% Hankey, as" temporarily extinguished it. ‘advice to the player was sound: Wi ‘The play’s the thi ith which to move the conscience of the King. aig Ste raw which should be, and gener mmeaieti thing of first importance and bay, ny Interest. The actors interpret the + but the best actor can do but little with a bet oles, “Twelfth Night? is one of the duction of the night-zown and cap. A more unwarranted interpolation can hardly be‘im- agined, Miss Robson as Viola cannot at times be heard. She lacks the experience necessary to the proper interpretation of the part. ‘he acting of the others ealls for no particular comment, “Twelfth Night” ly’s Theatre every evening during ing week, to be succeeded on the John McCullough as Virginius, a GRAND OPERA-HOUSE. During the past week “ Mother and Son” jas been given by the Union Square compa- ny. The audiences since ‘Tuesday night have filled the house, and “ Standing-room only” hung up atthe door has been the rule and not theexception. The play is one of the strongest and best on the buards. It is re- plete with effective situations, prilliant dia- Jog, and not a little genuine comedy. It has been often played here, and never better than this ‘season. Such changes as have been made in the cast have not weakened its in- terpretation. .1t would be difficult to suggest any very. marked. changes that would ef- fect an improvement in its rendition. Yet it is very easy. to see how-a com- pany ‘of inferior merit might make cer- fain portions of the play ridiculous and render its performance anything but pleasurable. In the Union Square company every part is filled by an intelligent actor. And attention to little detalls—a complete counterfeiting of the uatural occurrences of yeal life—is one thing for which this com, pany is noted. - Thus, in the scene with Jlar- celle, Fabrice unwittingly touched the bell jn moving it. It was an accident, but was at will be given at Haver- the com- 26th by once treated as an incident of the play. A paper is accidentally brushed from the table. vis forgotten and Jeft there, despite. the rapid action of the scene. If a door leads to the street and is closed for the night, the locking it is not mere form; the bar is there, and the key turns in-the lock. These are lit- tle things, but attention to them is of ma- terial assistance in carrying out the illusions ofthe drama. ‘he actiny is, of course, ad- . The neweomers—since 187—are 2 De Belleville, Faweett, and Magn and Miss Carey, Miss Clayton, and Miss Wetherell. The first named of these gentle- men is an actor of unusual ability. is ease and intelligent appreciation of his lines is noticeable even in a company where alldo so well. Mr. Fawcett gives an interpretation of the Mayor Trabot tully equal to Afr. Le Moyne’s, and Mr. Magnus as Lechard makes the most of a small part. Of the ladies, Miss ‘Eleanor Carey, as Mar- celle—a role filled by Miss Ellie Wilton when the play was last -seen here—is the only change of note. Miss Carey jas a fine pres- ence, is graceful and ladylike in every move: ment, and has materially improved in her yendering of the trying, role in which she makes (we believe) ‘her introduction to the Chicago public. Her conception of the part in the third act. particularly was not, at first, altogether satisfactory. She is introduced by’stealth, in the mniddle of the night, into the room of aman whom she has met but onee, by accident, at a-house where she was employedasadressmaker. Certainly at such a time and under such cireumstances it would have been but natural to manifest considerable emotion. ‘The situation was a trying one. Marcelle glides in gracefully, with a semi-scared look as though she had seen a ghost somewhere, but perfectly com- posed, and more astonished than aitected by a realization of what would occur were she discovered. The words Fabrice addresses to her—* Calm yourself,” ete.—seemed, there- fore, absurd. | Her subsequent stojplity while Fabrice was writing out a check for her—her apparent lack of interest in his do- ings—was unnatural. Butthese shortcomings have in a great measure ¢ appeared and her performance has become mich more symmet- rical and satisfactory. Of, the other members of the company, nothing need be_ added to what has already been said. Except in one purt—where. he says to Mar- celle: “You must come to blight our hopes,” and during the delivery of which his gestures suggested dumb-bell practice as much as anything—Mr. ‘Thorne gives as fine a bit of acting as_he has ever done, Mrs. Wilkins, Miss, Vernon, Miss Harrison, Miss Clayton, and Messrs. Parselle, Ramsay, aud Montgomery appear to adyan- tage. ‘Tomorrow night “The Banker’s Daughter” will be given, and may pessibly be kept on the program for two weeks. This play has been many times given here both by Mr. Paimer’s company and the one under the management of Mr. Collier. it is a re- nyement by Mr, Cazauran’ of Bronson Jloward’s * Lillian.” .‘The sheme is a mar- Yiage de convenance, in which two women murry not from choice but for money, and the moral is, that in man and woman the latest love is the strongest and noblest. “Lillian? was first_produced in this city in September, 1873, at Hooley’s Theatre, with 3liss Eliza’ O'Connor In_the title role and s Blaisdell, Sullivan, C, B. Nate Salsbury, Buck, and Oti cast A “The Banker’s vas given at Uaverly’s in 1879 with’ Miss Ellie Wilton as Lillian, and Messrs. Ramsay, Thorne, J. B. Polk, Par- Selle, Stoddart, Lingham, and Le Moyne in the male parts. Jt was last, given here Sept. 14, 1880, and_as a matter of interest we give the cast of the viay at Haverly’s then and Messrs. Bishop, in the a Daughter”? it was the cast as it will be given at the Grand Opera-House tomorrow night: Overu-House, a Harerly's; 1950. . t. Thomne rn toddart. L Whiting Lillian: Florence Brown ‘Mrs. Holcunibe.. ee illipe: ecates. Pi rs. V7 is. aF Nolite Weiner a ell... jarah Cowell MPVICKER’S THEATRE. ‘Mr. Hill's. comedy company will appear for another week in Mr. W. D. Eaton's farce- comedy “All the Rage.” The play has drawn very well during the week, and no changes will be made either 1n recitations or songs. Mrs. Dainty's part isa small one, of which her recitations are the principal ‘attraction. Miss Eliani sings some songs which find favor with the audience. Mr. Davidge and Mr. Mardenbergh keep the piece in constant motion, and intuse into it an abundance of fife. “All the Rage? will be followed next week by another of Mr. Hill’s combina tious: Mr. Denman Thompson as Josh Whitcomb. * HOOLEY’S THEATRE. J.K. Emmet, as “Fritz in. Ireland,” has drawn immense houses during the week. Even rain could not deter those who enjoy the kind of entertainment Mr. Emmet gives from going tosee him. As a result, every. seat in the theatre has invariably been sold before opening, the aisles have been filled with chairs, ana the lobby has been crowded with those who could get standing-room only. Ithas been.a very successful engage- ment both to the management and the “‘star.? His welcome has been an en- thusiastic one, his. songs and dances thoroughly enjoyed, his | fun conta- gious. And last, but not Jeast, the fact that the genial, good-hearted come- dian had overcome for the time at least the sin which threatened to wreck his whole life has been a source of genuine pleasure to all who have followed his stage career. He has been at his best during the week; voice x little worn, but his spirits as good and his motions as lively as ever. ‘Tonight ‘“Salsbury’s Troubadours,” the “only original,” begin a week’s engage- ment with a new play written for them by Bronson Howard, Esq., and entitled The ‘Amateur Benefit and the Faun of the Glen.” ‘The story is a sort of satire on Indian civili- zation. ‘The’stage-setting is most amusing in itself, and tells the wholestory, The wigwamn is furnished elaborately, plates adorn the walls, an upright piano has its place, and a young brave in full evening dress answers the door-bell. Lhe Fawr of- the Glen has been educated in New York and finished in Paris, and, as the chief proudly, remarks, “looks down upon her old futher with a supreme contempt not excelled by any white girl? ‘This act is supposed to be the play given before the church conzres tion—the tirst two acts showing the rehears- als for this play and carrying a little love story in them. ‘Che second act rives the au- dience the interior of 2 theatre during re- hearsal and the many ludicrous mishaps that occur to the amateurs. ‘There is abundant opportunity for the full devélopment of the peculiar talents of this company. ‘The east of the new play is: Capt. Henry Opdyke, The Rev. Ernest Du Booth MeForrest. Miss Kittie Plumpet Camilla Westlake.. Jobn Webster Jobn Gourlay N. Salsbury Nellie MeHeory iss Ray Samucis U.S.A, orth. ‘OLYMPIC THEATRE. Tony Pastor and his company, who have crowded the Olympic nightly with their va- riety show, will be succeeded this week by Hyde and Behman’s comedy company ina sketch entitled ‘“Muldoon’s Picnic,” pre- ceded by variety entertainment. In this part of the program will appear the Kernels, Charlie Reed, Niles and Evans in“ Bric-a- Brae,” Bryant & Hoey, vi nolds and Walling, Mary Ten Brow John E. Henshaw, Little Rosebud, Muldoon and Mulcahy, Jennie Satterlee, and others. HOME NOTES. Willie Edouin’s “Sparks ” company will appear at Hocley’s ‘Theatre in “Dreams” Sept. 25. ‘Yonight Sol Smith Russell with his com- pany will give a performance of Edgewoot Folks” at the Grand Opera-louse. ‘The list of readers engaged for the Slayt® Lyeeum Course includes - Prof It. L, Cum- noek, Miss Jessie Couthoui, A. P. Burbank, Miss’ Emily. Gavin, Miss Anna Morgan, and ‘Miss Minna Wright. ‘The Chicago Dramatic Club, an amateur organization, will give. a_ performance of “Planet? at the West-Eud Opera-Hlouse ‘hursday evening, Sept. 2. The perfor m auce will be under the direction of Mrs. Hob- kirk, and the part of the “ melancholy Dane” will’ be played by Mr. L. J. flenderson, not unknown as an “actor, clocutionist, and pi- anist.? ‘The great whale is repeating his success of last season, and being well patronized in his tent upon the Lake-Front. He grew old last time he visited us with unpleasant. rapidity. le is now,growing young, nor 1s his offense “yank.” GENERAL NOTES. Mayo’s Macbeth is praised. by the Provi- dence press. Jennie Worrell is playing in the “Black Crook ? in Cincinnati. Alice Oates has a taste tor farming. has a knowledge of mixed husbandry. William Warren is now filling his thirty- fourth season at the Boston Museum. Fred Warde opened the new theatre at Moberly. Mo., in the title role of “Hamlet.” “phe Rivals? and “Fox and Goose” are included in J. S. Clarke’s répertoire for this season. Frederick Paulding begins his season on the 19th inst. at Reading, Pa., in “Salviati the Silent Man.” 2 _ Lotta has received the new play written for her by Mr. Fred Marsden and is said to be- lieve that 1t 1s the best which she has. Katherine Rogers is busy organizing acom- pany to star ina new play written especially for her entitled ** Clarice, or All for Love.” Mile. Rhea will make her American début, She Nov. ew York in “Adrienne.” She is a French actress but will play in English. An ngement has been completed for ane. ze of attractions between the Mad- and the Boston Museum. itten 2 new comn- which will be ison Square Theatre Mr. Charles Reade has w: edy called “Shilly-Shall, produced by Mr. Field, of the Boston Mu- seum. ph Jefferson has’ three of_his sons whim. His performance of Roh Acres ork unlimited praise from the New Osmund Tearle and Miss Jeffreys-Lewis have been playing in San Francisco in * Miss Chester,” a piece written by Florence Maryatt. Wallack’s new theatre in New York will open Nov.7. All the interior decorations, stage, ete., are finished and ready to: be put in a5 soon as the reof is on. ‘iiss Du Sauld claimed to be the “leading Jady®? atthe Eighth Street ‘Theatre, Phil- adelphia, ‘The manager denied her ¢! ‘im and she refused: to play and began a lawsuit. Yanlon-Lees performance, which is very highly praised, is a repre- sentation without an actress. ‘The whole in- terest of the play is sustained by men. The anti-Mormon play, “One Hundred Wives)” under the management of Messrs, Goesche and Hopper, ‘will be produced, if possible, during the coming season in Salt ake City.” ‘The “Owen Bartlett” company, the. “Our College Boys” company, ** The Electric Con- gress”? company, Mailit Bartholomew's Rogers’ ** Boy “Nightmare,” and Add Dan,” have all gone to pieces. piece by Mr. Fred Williams and a are In Anew new piece by Mr. Edgar Fawcett preparation at Daly’s ‘Theatre. 3D Fandenhoff Jr. is announced to apped member of Mr. Daly’s stock company. Every new play produced thus far in New Lork this season (except “ Michael Strogotft”) hins failed. The Feuilleton also claims that “with one exception every new company headed by a female star which has left here to play elsewhere has collapsed already.” ‘The new People’s Theatre in St. Louis was opened Sept. 11 with the Lingards and their company in “Led Astray.” The opening nddress was made by the Iton. F.C. Furr. Phe cost uf the buildins was over $100,000, and it was built and completed in five months. ‘The Chestnut Street ‘Theatre, Philadelphia, opened Sept. 10 with “fhe School for Scandal? and the followt tz Sin Peter Teazle, George IL. Grifliths; Sir Oliver Sur- face, Joseph W. Shannon; Sir Benjamin ‘Dackbite, B. T. Ringgold; Joseph Surface, Sharles Lf. Rockwell; Charles Surface, Cyril Searle: Crabtree, Walter Lennox; Careless, C. B. Welles: Rowley, Walter Fessler; Moses, E. Bartram; Snake, E.G, Spangler; Trip, G. G. Boniface Jr.; Sir Harry Bumper, DW. E. Levere; Servant to Jo- Servant to Lady Sneer- well, W. Pennoyer; Lady Tenzte, Litlie Glover: ifs. Candour, Mrs. Charles Poole; Lady Sneerwell, Mrs. C. F. Maeder; Maria, Louise Thorndy —————= THE WATER DEPARTMENT. To the Editor of. ‘The Chicago Tribune, Curcaco, Sept. 17.—It appeared in the morn- ing papers a tew days since that un effort was to be made atthe next meeting of the Council to change the control of the Water Department of the city from the Commissioner of Public Works to the Controller. 1: bas been munifest for two yeurs past that the Commissioner of Pubiie Works had altogether too many duties devotv- ing upon him, and the universe! verdict must be that the change suggested is a move in the rignt direction. a It hus been stated editorially in some of the papers, German and English, that the streets of the City of Chic: had never been worse mun- aged."and it was suggested ns a renson for this that the business was so Vast that noone min could property attend to it. The paving ot La Salle street north of Division is onc instance. it was torn up and rendered impassable for weeks; an unseemly controversy arose -about some subordinate Inspector, and was permitted to paralyze tho improvement, and when the work was finally completed it was nuticed that within four days of its being thrown open for travel the water stood in puddles after a rain, showing an uneven settling of the new pavement, pre~ Gilman; Sir,Toby, seph, W.S. Young: cisely (98 fn other streets wh:ch bad been ‘traveied for sens. Another and more glaring case is Astor street. A strip of two bloc! from Schilter to Division was by ordinance and. specinl ussess- ment in 1875 ordered curbed and filled at an expense of upwards $15,000. This work was completed, some 2,400 linear feet of curbloz in- cluding 280 feet of curb wall putin, under the directiuy and approval of the Public-Works Department at the, expense of lot-owners, und the strect filled in some pinces at a depth of ‘nive feet.. The matter was allowed to remain inthis condition, no mucadamizing or other dressing - being ‘put on to make the street passable, and in January Inst the Commissioner of Public Works was directed by the Common Council to report a suitable ordinance for com~ pleting the improvetment of that strect. An Hrdinance was prepared in his office and re- orted to the Council precisely as if no improvement had ever been made, and it directed the curbing, filling, and mucadamizing of Astor street, between the blocks named. atau additionnl expense of 33,000, end, what wus inore glaring, it provided for @ contruction of We yoad-bed te feet. The etfect of this wus to re- quire the curb-walls und curbstones for these tivo blocks to be removed one foot on eych side into the street (at the expense of the lot-dwners, of course). This improvement” is within tive Dlocks of the residence of the Commissioner of Public Works. Itis uncbaritable to suppose that the Commissioner did not know of the condition of the strcet, becanse two of bis nephews of the same naine and a publisher of one of the even ing papers had purchased lots fronting thereon after tho first improvement had been made, and their names uppeared sizacd toa petition re- questing the improvement. Furthermore, in makmy the improvement re- quired by this lust ordinance the city will be compelled to recurb, fill, and pave with macudam four stredt iter ve ‘sand a pub- lic square, nearly 2,WN square feet, dollne has been appropriated or can liuwfully be used tor this purpos ‘This iustunce alone ought to be sufficient to effect a complete rev- olution in the Commissioner's ollicc. ‘he in- telligence displayed by the Street Department of a grent city like Coieago in ordering an im- provement of one strect un top of, or inside of, Rhother not tive years old, utterly ignoring the existence of the former. is only equuled by the celebrated casein Kansas where a board of trustees resolved to build a new, court-bouse. (). To construct it upon the site of and with the initerial of the old. (3). To occupy the old one until the new one was tnished. it some one should band in a petition to pave a street outside the Government Pier, giving it fname, no doubt it could be put through, and 3 special assessment upon adjoining proprietors be made witn the same facility as in Astor street, and the Commissioner's office never be advised that their improvement is in the bosom of the lake. And the worst feature of this is that the unfortunate lot-owners of this little street ure compelled to pay ‘$23,000 for the so- called Improvement, which ought not to cost one-third the mnount, and in addition the street jiself for the period of six years bas ‘been absu- lutely impagauble In front of their lots. Upon the incumbency of nis office Commis- sioner Waller zave great: promise of wonderful things to be dune by him, and tbe press of this elty bave not ceased since to sound bis praises asugreat toan. He transphinted Sr. ‘Linney, uu old fossil who formerly was overseer on a plantation in. Kentucky. and got fat position fn the water ollice, the duties ot which the peo-. ple fail to discover, unless it be to act as 4 gene eral spy for bis muster upon the employ¢3 and ! Subordinates of the various departments under mendation bis salary. was increased during the present year, In Loutsiana when a tutor (or guardian) of minors is appointed, another is appointed, called an under tutor, whose duty is ty wateh the tutor, and report to the court any neglect or nitsconduct of bis. Would it not be well for Mayor Harrison, white inuusurating the slight reform promised by the change of the Water Department, to provide for some person as nn under tutor to watch the Department of Public Works, and see to it. that, in thelr multitude of speci:t-assessments for al- leged improvements that that familiar, natural law be not violnted which prohibits two bodies from occupying the same space at the sume time, as is attempted by the Astor street cnor- mity, That itwas permitted to progress a3 far ‘as it bas shows either inexcusable negligence or gross partiality. An ordinance is pending drawn by the Mayor for its-repeal. Let us see whut *“jntlvoence ” will be used to defeat it, Opposep TO CONFISCATION. or ASPIRING APRIL. For The Chicugn Tribune. How swiftly o’er the tufted plain Comes April through the drifting rain. *Mid dark disheveted hair her eyes Smile on us in a wild surprise. ‘yne rain that ber uttire bas wet Will pring the blue-eyed violet. The winds that toss ber dreniny hair > Will make the blussums everywhere. See. alt nlong the silvery flow Of streamlets tn the vales below, Soft fringes in the waters lave ‘And silver buds burst through the wave. The cuckco, in the woods once more, ‘Tritts bis su(t numvers o'er and o'er. The busy bird in lowly grass Sevks ont a place where none may pass. ‘The milk-whire bloom of hooded Nowers: Are bursting in the wildwood vowera, And softest tussels, coral.red, Ham thickly on the maple’s nea ‘The warm sun, glad again to sbi Pours out his richest, rarest wine; ‘And when bright May comes o'er the plain, With fair attendants in her train, She'll toss her rusy hands and say, April bus done the work of May! oo Handling Baggage in Philadelphia. 3 s Philadelphia ttecord. : “We bave tossed Ju,v0v pieces of baggage this, season, id u Smusber on the West Jersey Ratl- roud toa Necurd_ reporter yesterday, “and yet £ nmnot huppy. Of that number at least 2,000 were bound four Atlantic City, und the rest weut to Cape May. And there was nothing meun about the trunks either. ‘Lhey were of the samo old style, and ranged from the seven-story Saratoga with ‘bay windows down to the little cowhide trunks of the esthetic young man who travels alone and sucks the head of his cane be- tween stations.” The Camden & Atlantic Rafiroad Company did not keepr record of the number of trunks fn the aggregate carcied over that road, but merely held the numbers of the checks. 80 ag to. guntrd against the loss of uny piece of baggage. Superintendent: Lister’ suid that be thougut there were ut lenst 25,000 separate pieces handled in the two months over his road. The mea who throw trunks over bis rord all wear, kid- gloves, und treat the big bundles about in the sume muaunner us they Would babies. They were awfully tender with them, The Philudelphin & Atlantic City (oarrow gage) Railroad Company tmuunipulated more thin 5.000 trunks during the summer, and so tar from none of the men who throw lost their tives. Pennsytvania Railroad Company, at West Philadelphia, during the past: few days there have been nearly 3,000 trunks and boxes handled in a day. The up- rance of things reminds one strongly of Ceu- fennial times, as the trunks are piled up to the second Hoor, and extra men have been em~ ployed to aid in the work. ‘There ure very fer trunks that so out of the city which doo weigh at lenst 100 pounds, and all sorts of tricks are resorted to by travelers to run them through without paying. One of the favorit plans is to find a frieud oing the same road, and, if you have three or four trunks, get him to secure checks for bulf of the fot. A veteran bagyaze- smasher, who bas grown gray and muscular in the service, says-ne has seen this trick played by persona who are worth thousands of doliurs, preferring to save a few dollurs In this way rather than act honestly. Of late years trunks have been so constructed as to stand jnore knocking about. The average traveltog trunk now can be thrown trom the top of acar to the ground without disturbing the contents. To by~ gone years, belore the flend became so expert, soe An experiment would bave resuited in col- lapse. Through of Hyde Park, MO. P. us heard trunks around recklesly ‘At the depot of tho ——— rg. Morgan &Co., druggists, we have received the fullow- ing statement over the lady’s own signature, Mrs. D. H. Wade: _**L have been troubled With lame back for the-last ten. or fifteen years, and during that time have tried all kindsof rewedies I could think of, but found. ny permanent relief until I used St. Jacobs Oil, which, Lam -bappy to ‘state, has com- pletely cured me. ‘his unsolicited state- ment { make for the benefit of those whoniay be similarly troubled.”