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escapes, excitement from beginning to end.

Buffalo Bill was, of course, the hero of the play, and performed his part with all the dash that might be expected from a man whose life has been spent on the border and fighting with Indians. J. V. Arlington as Carter Bainbridge, the Hermit of the Black Hills, did finely, evincing a thorough understanding of his character, and his "get up" was exceedingly well conceived. The part of White Slayer, an Indian chief, enacted by W. S. MacEvoy, was carried out quite well. Thomas Z. Graham personated Dennis O'Gaff, the full-blooded Irishman, most admirably, and he and his Celestial servant created lots of sport.

Miss Fanny Herring, in the leading lady part as Pearl, an Indian princess, appeared to good advantage. The play held the closest attention of the audience all the way through, and every beholder of it seemed to be highly entertained. One noticeable feature about the pieces which Buffalo Bill's company always present is the absence of the usual long waits between the acts; only a minute or two elapsed between the falling and the rising of the curtain in the leading play last night.