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THEATRICAL GOSSIP.
THE.
FUTURE OF GRAND
IN NEW YORK.
OPERA
Am Interesting Contribution on th 8nb
Jock by Maurice Grau-John Haw
ftpaaka of the HlflTerencea lietwcon
Xncllnh and American Audience.
ReRnrllnn the future of opera In
. Hew York, and the large salaries paid
to the principals, Mr. Orau wild re
cently: "New York la too Important
a musical wntro to be deprived of op
era even for a season. The public li
eimetlnK. perhaps too much so, bolna
absolutely unwilling to put up with
any thlnj? but the very best. I don't
think, however, that such a company
ai ours could be duplicated any
where. The salaries of the leading
artists I don't regard as extravagant,
aa some would have the public bo
Ueve, In view of what the same ar
tlsta can earn elsewhere. The sala
ries of most of them, It Is true, have
Increased slneo their first visit to
America, but In many oases these In
creases were provided for In con
tracts which were for terms of years)
MAURICE ORAT7.
"Mme. Melba received during tho
present season fully sixty per cent
moroji salary than during her first
year here; Mine. Calve, nearly doublo
what she received during her first
eoson; M. Flancon, double; Slgnor
Ancona, double; Mme. Eames, nearly
five times as much as we paid her
at first, while Mme. Nordlca last sea
ion received nearly two and one-half
times what we paid her during the
rasou she began with us. MM. do
Reszke are an exception to the rule,
their fixed salaries and percentages
never Increasing since their initial en
gagement; on tho contrary, wonderful
la relate, a cluing being made In the
percentage In favor of the manage
ment. Mr. John Hare, the English com
edian, in a recent Interview, said:
The English actor finds the American
audience unusually quick of response.
Its applause of a Jest, a merrykitua
ion, a clever line, accompanies rather
than follows the moving cause; they
catch its meaning almost ln-fore the
Dne is finished. They anticipate tho
point rather than wait for It, and
' they are oftun ahead of the actor. But
It must be humor of action and
JOHN BARB.
pfeohthat they can understand. They
do not seeni to care for humorous dia
lofrue that they do not thoroughly
comprehend. Thus, In "The Hobby
Horse" there are passages that
evoked roars of laughter in London
hat were received here in a dead
aim or silence mac almost took our
breath away. If anything Is doprcs
ting to the comedian It Is to rattle off
a speech that has never failed to
' evoke merriment, and when he reach
es the climax, to find that he alone is
laughing and that a profoundly in
quiring look Is on the faces of the
audience, as though to ask, "Well,
what in the world Is he laughing at?"
That he ever laughs again during the
evening Is a marvel. One such chill
Ing reception of bis possibly best line
la enough to take all the spirit out of
him, to make htm dread the next
speech ef a similar kind that may be
coming his way. "Tho English Actor
oa the New York Stage" notices one
marked difference between London
and New York, I am told, In the man
net in which popular disapproval of a
play Is shown. I have been so kindly
treated that I have not had personal
experience of a, flat out-and-out fall
are, which Is hissed, but I know that
taa London we sometimes have a most
t obstreperous element present, who
will not only hiss a play roundly, but
will make It emphatically understood
I that they want it stopped, then and
there. And, 'not satisfied with hissing
the play, they will even demand tha
author, and when they got blui out,
jblM him, too. Here, I am told, the
audience show their displeasure In
profoflhd silence, or mock laughter
that, Instead of hissing a poor play
they will pick up their wraps and
leave the- theatre. With us they want
the pluy taken off; here thpy take
themselves off, I believe, which Is
certainly much more dignified and
self-respecting, an example of good
manner that might well bo copied.
Rose Fanchon.
I' BOOKS READ AT 8INQ SINQ.1 Now Religions Sect. BASE BiLL NOTES-
" Kcvor Too Late to Mend" U Most Iipa
lar Among Convict Reader.
Many records have been mndo
among different people to obtain "the
favorite author." Nono 1ms revenled
more astonishing results than a two
months' record kept by the librarian
of Sing Sing Prison. ,
The most popular author In Sing
Ping year In and year out Is Charles
Iteade, and the most popular book la
"Never Too Late to Mend." There
are about thirteen hundred convicts
In the prison, and In two months 4(13
of them read this book, which bus
been responsible for many reforms In
prisons. Next on the list conies "Put
Yourself In Ills Place," with 4IW read
rrs. Charles Lever's "Charles O'Mnlley"
comes next In favor, with the same au
thor's "Tajn Hurke of Our's" following,
which Is pushed hard by llulwer Ljt
ton's "Paul Clifford."
Samuel Lover's "Itory O'More" Is
next. Pimm's "Monte Crlsto" is his
most popular book. Pickens ranks
next with "David Copperfleld" In tlio
lead, nnd "The Tale of the Two
Cities," with Its wonderful convict pic
tures, third in favor.
Conan Doyle, with Sherlock Holmes,
Is the first modern author who Is at
all In favor. Capt. Rink's "Deserter"
comes next. Capt. Marryatt's "Mr.
Midshipman Easy" leads the sea tales.
Wilkle Collins's "Moonstone" and
Black's "Shandon Bells" are next In
demand. Then come "Lorna Doolie"
and "Vanity Ealr." Tho only woman's
book that Is popular Is "Uncle Tom's
Cabin." Love stories are not wanted.
New York World.
The Contractor Waa Discharged.
Franklin W. Smith, a Boston con
tractor, was tried by court-martial and
found guilty of pocketing a thousand
or two dollars out of a contract with
the Navy department for supplU-s. Tho
reimrt of the court-martial was sent to
President Lincoln for his ex am I nation,
who returned It with this characteris
tic endorsement:
"Whereas, Franklin W. Smith had
transactions with the United States
Navy Department to a million and a
quarter of dollars, and had the chuneo
to steal a quarter of a million; and
whereas, he was charfu! with stealing
only ten thousand dollars, and from
the final revision of the testimony it Is
only clalnud that he stole one hundred
dollars, I don't believe ho stole any
thing at all.
Therefore, the records of the court-
martial, together with the finding and
sentence, are disapproved, declared
null and void, and the defendant la
fully discharged.
CURRENT HUMOR.
Author: "Here are some thoughts
that burn."
Editor: "Well, hold on to them, and
11 see that you both get fired."
Dobson: "Shakespeare
never re
in cvery-
peated. He was original
thing."
Smiley: "Guess that's so. He didn't
even spell his own name twice alike."
"Is that report true about the cash
ier of the Confidence Bank commit
ting suicide?"
"It is, poor fellow. He was caught
when he had embezzled only $1,200.
The disgrace was more than ho could
bear." Indianapolis Journal.
Nerve Strain -"It must be a good
deal of a strain to run a trolley-var,"
said the talkative man on the plat
form.
You bet It is,"said the motorman.
"W'y, when I go along fer two or free
weeks without runnlu' over anybody
git so nervous I can't eat nor sleep."
Cincinnati Enquirer.
rrlscllln Jack Is the oddest fellow.
He took me driving yesterday, and
when we were seven miles from homo
he said If I wouldn't promise' to mar
ry him he'd make me get out and,
walk back.
Penelope Did you walk back? j
Prlscllla No, but the horse did.
Truth.
"When I was your 'age," said Mr.
Cumrox sternly, "I earned my own
living."
His son looked uneasy but was si
lent.
'Well, have you nothing to say for
yourself In that connection?"
'N nothing, sir, except that I sym
pathize with you and congratulate you
on the fact that It's all over with."
Washington Star. I
"The Oreen Bag" tells this story of
Judge Wilson, of Ohio: "Several law
yers gathered In Judge Wilson's room
after adjournment of court, and were
diseasing the retirement of a member
of the bar. Among them was one
whose practice Is worth $25,000 a
year. He said: 'I have been proetls
lng several years, and am well fixed.
I have thought I should like to retire
ana dovote my remaining years to
studies I have neglected. 'Study law,1
saia Juugo wuwon." 1
Old Spurhumper Speaking of coast
ing. Well, say I
RIGHT IN IT. '
Strange Tenets ol Belief of the Comeouters
of South Carolina. ' v
The Comcouters is a new religious
sect which is sweeping away old
church alignments. among the rural
devotees of South Carolina. These
people- have as their champion Rev.
John Ellenbag, who moves about from
place to place, carrying the people
with him by a strange power. In
general principles they are baptistic,
but hold that a man must be re-
baptized every time he commits sin.
So many were the family divisions at
first attended by efforts of the con
verted to bring them to the new faith
that continual wrangles ensued. It
was no new thing to see the whole
body of Comcouters baptized anew
every day, so much so that Cedar
creek was kept muddy.
The Comeoutcrs acknowledge no
leader but Christ, no discipline but
the Bible, recognizing nothing like a
session, presbytery, synod or general
assembly, no association or mission
boards. They have no church roll,
never open or close the doors of the
church, have no clerk, depending
entirely upon the recording angel to
write the names of true believers in
the Book of Life and to blot them out
if they backslide. They allege that
the church is God's, and that none
but he can open or close its door, and
that none but he can receive and ex
clude members, and that he alone can
enforce the Bible discipline.
The Comeouters believe in mans
free agency, and when one professes
faith in Christ the preacher baptizes
him by immersion. If the convert
backslides and is' reclaimed, he must
be rcimmtrsed. And only such are
true members of the church 'as the
Comeouters call themselves. Thev
preach the doctrine of the new birth,"
that it occurs among all denominations,
but none will remain except such as
'fulfill all righteousness" by submit
ting (o immersion and having their
feet washed.
They further believe that the day of
physical miracles has not passed, that
miracles are as fremient and necessary
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to life and "prosperity of the church I
now as they were in the days of the
apostles, and that their wonder and
power, as f&imerly, is according to
the faith of the performer and the
subject. They sell all their property
when they have any and live in com
mon, awaiting the coming of the Lord.
St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
PENNSYLVANIA NEWS ITEM.
While washing dishes at Tower
City, Mrs. Edward Figley was totally
blinded by a paralytic stroke.
Court at Pottsville last week, re
fused seventy-six new applicants for
liquor license in Schuylkill County
ana granted sixty-nve.
Eastern Pennsylvania German
Baptists have established a home for
their aged and infirm poor near Man-
heim, and paid for-a $5000 farm there
for.
Heirs at Plymouth of the late
Peter Snyder have sued the Delaware
and Hudson Coal Company for $250,
000 on a claim to coal lands which he
owned.
For the alleged theft of jewelry
worth $1700 and $300 cash from
Shippowitz at West Hazleton, last
week, Henry Agers has been arrested
in New York.
About 4000 Democratic voters
of Northampton County are formally
charged by Republicans before the
Court as having illegally voted at
last fall's election. . . .
An alleged change of horses, to
get ore that was'nt afraid of fire
crackers, or guns on the evening of
his wife s murder, is to be used against
Kaiser on his trial at Nomstown.
The Senate on Thursday last
confirmed these postmasters : Penn
sylvania J. S. Gale, Mulford, Pike
County f J. M. White, Evans City,
Butler County 1 and T. G. Cobler.
Everett, Bedford County.
John O. Matthews, founder of
the Ancient Order of the Knights of
the Mystic Chainr died at Reading
last week. Deceased was born in
Maryland, and was 79 years of age
He was a conductor on the Reading
Railroad for a period of thirty years.
Dr. Thomas L. Johnston, of New
Bloomfield, who so cruelly murdered
his next door neighbor. Druggist,
George S. Henry, last September, and
who was convicted of murder in the
second degree, was on Thursday last
sentenced by Judge Lyons, to twenty
years solitary confinement in the
Eastern Penitentiary. This is the
full extent allowed by law.
Jhere is a Glass of People
Who are injured by the use of coffee.
Recently there has been placed in all
the grocery stores a new preparation
called GRAIN-O, made of pure grains
that takes the place of coffee. The
most delicate stomach receives it with
out distress, and but few can tell it
from coffee. It does not cost over J
as much. Children may drink it with
great benefit. ijcts. and jgcts. pe
dackjee. Try it. Ask for GRAIN O
SUBSCRIBE FOR
THE COLUMBIAN
It has been settled and pitcher
Dolan, of the Bostons, is to go to
Kansas City.
The management of the Louisville
club are trying to secure second base
man Stewart of Indianopolis, and are
offering to exchange Johnson, beside
giving a cash bonus for him.
Argument on the ' suit of Amos
Rusie will come up in the United
States Supreme Court March I. The
New York Club has filed a demurrer.
Gus Wehing's career as a manager
was short-lived. He has been released
by the Fort Va ne team so early in the
year, with him goes old 1'ete Brown
ing-
Harry Honafins, a Lebanon ball
player, who became unconscious sud
denly Monday evening, died on Tues
day night from brain fever. v Honafins
was a i years old.
The Yale base ball candidates were
called out this week.
Pitcher Klobedanz is ill with the
measles.
Arthur Irwin has purchased the
release of Second Baseman McGann,
of the Bostons. Irwin says there will
be no farmed players on the Toronto
team.
Manager Stallings, of the Philadel
phia Baseball Club, last week sold
Shortstop Hnlen and Outfielder
Mertes to the Columbus Club for
$2500.
The Lancaster Baseball team man
agement rriday signed Edward
Rafferty as a catcher. He played
with the Scranton Club early last sea
son, but through being hurt was ob
liged to stop for the season. Presi
dent N. E. Young advises the Lan
caster Club that George J
White,
who played last year with the Phila
delphia and Athletic clubs, must play
this year with the Lancasters, he having
signed an agreement to that effect.
The reported transfer of Amos
Rusie to the Philadelphia Club in
exchange for Catcher Clements and
Pitcher Taylor was denied by Presi
dent Freedman to-day, who said: "I
have not seen or heard from Tohn I.
Rogers or any one belonging to the
Philadelphia Club for a number of
A iuiuji
weeks.
No negotiations have been
going on with the Philadelphia or any
other club and there won t be any,
either. I have repeatedly said that if
Rusie played ball it would be with the
New York Club, and I intend to back
up the remark."
My Neighbor Told Me
About Hood's Sarsaparilla and ad
vised me to try it This is the kind of
advertising which gives Hood s Sar
saparilla the largest sales in the world.
rnend tells friend that Hoods Sar
saparilla cures 5 that it gives strength,
health, vitality and vigor, and neighoor
hoods use it as a family madicine.
Hood's Pills act easily and prompt
ly on the liver and bowels. Cure
sick headache.
KENTUCKY EOMANOE.
Divorced Husband, Returning After Many
Years, Weds His Original Choice,
A romantic wedding took place in
the mountains of eastern Kentucky,
near the Kentucky and Virginia line,
the other night.
In 1865 Joe Black, a young man of
local prominence, was married, and,
his marriage not beinc; a happy one.
in 1087 he was divorced. Black went
to Texas, and a few months later his
grass widow married Thomas Stan
hope. Three years ago Stanhope
died.
Black prospered in Texas and re
mained single and in his old age re
turned a few months ago to the scenes
of his childhood. It was here that he
mel Lillian Stanhope; Jiving on
small farm on Rockhouse branch.
Lillian was his sweetheart in his
boyhood and was his divorced wife.
Amia tnese scenes the old love was
rekindled ; each forgave and forgot,
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ana iney nnauy aeciaea to marry
again. Black is 77 and Lu.ian Stan
hope 79
iney nave Degun lite over again
and will live on the farm close to the
scene of early days. Black will remove
the old buildings and put things in
order with modern improvements as
his means will allow. Philadelphia
I'ress.
His Winning Campaign Fatal.
John Lynch Heard ol Hit Election and Soon
Expired.
After hearing the returns to the
effect that he had been elected to the
Centralia School Board, John Lynch,
well-known Democratic politician.
sank rajSdly, and died early Thursday
morning of last week, from pneumonia,
contracted during his canvass for
votes.
Pill-Dosed With nauseous, big
purgers, prejudices people against
pills generally, Dr. Agnew's Liver
Pills are revolutionizing the pill de
mand They're so pleasant and easy
to take The doses are small and so
is the price 10 cems for 40 doses.
Biliousness, Sick Headache, Consti
pation dispelled. Work like a charm.
Sold by C. A. Kleim.
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ft..
Breakfast Cocoa.
1 cup.
B sur that yon get the fsnnln artlcl aiada by WALTI
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ALEXANDER BROTHERS & CO.
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Cigars, Totacco, Candies, Fruits and Nuts
SOLK AGENTS FOR
Henry Mail lard's Fine Candies.
Tzjiz2x2 Goods
SOLE AGENTS FOR
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Bole agents for the following brands of Cigars-
Henry Clay, Londros, Normal, Indian Princos3, Samson, Silvor Ash
Bloomsburg Pa.
riej Iow Jud
For the finest and best stoves, tinware, roofing, spoutin?
and general job work, eo to W.
Buildings heated by steam, hot
tory manner, sanitary riumDing a specialty.
I have the exclusive control of the Thatcher steam, hot
water and hot air heaters for this territory, which is acknowl
edged to be the best heater on the market. All work guaranteed.
IRON STREET.
SHOES
We buy right and sell right.
OUR SUCCESS IS BASED ON THIS FACT.
Honest trading has won us hosts
Ye are selling good shoes, so good you ought to see
them. Drop in and we will make it pay you.
Coiinee Irdn and Main Sts.
IF YOU ARE IN NEED OF
CARPET, JJ1ATTIHTG,
or OIL CLOTH,
YOU WILL FIND A NICE LINE AT
2nd Door above Court House
A large lot of Window Curtains in stock.
"Where dirt gathers, waste rules."
Great
saving
the use of 4
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STRAY PARAGRAPHS.
High strung telegraph wires.
Easter lilies are on the sprout.
The croaking of the toads will soon
be heard.
All ministers say that fast men are
slow in getting tied. '
A diner out the man who matches
and gets stuck for the bill.
Held for court the lellow who is
arrested for breach of promise.
Greece is evidently of the opinion
that Turkey is not the only pebble on
the beach.
Because It is absolutely pure-
Because It Is not made by the so-called Dutch Process in
which chemicals are used.
Because beans of the finest quality are used.
Because It is made by a method which preserves unimpaired
the exquisite natural flavor and odor of the beans.
Because it is the most economical, costing less than one cent
Fresh Every Week.
Cut Chewing Tobacco
(Jood Wodr.
VV. Watts, on Iron street.
air or hot water in a satisfac-
W. W. WATTS,
Bloomsburjr. Pa.
NVJMT
SHOES
of customers but we want more.
W. H. floore.
results from
ONllGIiT AND
. If things get much more mixed up
in the East the Powers will go though
Crete and finally come out all over
Greece.
Do Tou Danoe To-Night?
Shake into your Shoes Allen's Foot
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new shoes easy. Cures Corns, Coil'
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