~ PANTOMIME SONGS. “ARTISTS” MAKING THE HOLIDAYS READY FOR IN LONDON. “ood Songs in Abundanee and ad Low FiguressSuccesses ln the Musle Halls Wide Publlie Taste, Political Verses, Differences in the The pantomime “artists” are already giv img to the songs they mean to sing that atten tion which outsiders might fancy is only bo stowed on their dresses. As a mattor of fact, the dresses, and even the dances, have now become subjects of secondary consideration The chief engagements for the coming season are “signed” by this time; where there is an important vacaucy it is owing to some person engaged having “disappointed.” Many les sees engage their complete pantomime com pany early in the suunner, and their st bef It is round during one Ming a "goo rule, the comedian wi the Christmas ne of the SEASON the next. As a the most “fetching” topical songs ls 1 worth looking after; this b ding the player is & lady popular ear brings more mone) ager than a £50 transformation sceno is not so much the song that takes as tho way it is sung, the singer who “scores” in one pan tanime will probably repeat his success in amother, aven wl Une song al takes § » the mas s wid it sengs would not pay. The competition Is so kesu that popular singers nead not give ar omfer for a new song; they may goto be ag night in eonfidence that a song from semecne is sure to be delivered with thair lot tals in the morning. Thus the singer is protty omrtain to get something that will suid him seemer or later: and, of course, songs sub for approval are very cheap. Full rights can sanily be got for a guinea, or svea for lum. SUCCESSFUL BONGS, 1 1 | #Hn the other hand, there ars well known “shops” for the supply of the article, and the | - simggr is measured for It, so to speak The pesthas to write te his customer's vole, te be “patriotic,” or “topical,” or “sentimental” asverding to instructions. In moss ct is both writer and composer; bat songs sent wm "“mpproval” are generally without music Fiwe pounds is a good prics for a song, avem when 4 is ordered of a wall known writer, bat ence produce a popular pantomime song amd the music halls will find yom plenty of employment. The most sucoassfu semg of recent years ls a musi pal boy says y darling, ducky dar That soug overran the panto untry for Ir is now; but the omer made o by &, and will doubtiess prof to the next d A wall te hod souue great successes with pant SQRES, ¥ Wat, wet, wt” wen Do al A yoar comt ade 0 as ei . wh AON AL the rt ha n Mapression . s that the writer ime writes the songs as well, or ne ret pa ti - ea a pant Untrustworthiness of History, In a recent paper on Lord Timothy Dexter, Mr. William Cleaves Todd, of Newburyport, disposes of the tales of Dexter's sending warm ing pans and English Bibles to the West Indies. In illustration of the untrustworthi ness of history, Mr. Todd cites Professor J D. Butler, of Madison, Wis., whose grand. | father, an eyo witness, often told him, in re gard to Ethan Allen's “in the name of the groat Jehovah and the Continental congress,” that what the surprised commander at Ticon deroga actually beard was: “Come out of here, you d—d ol rat” This matches Taylor's reply to Banta Anoa: “Gen. Taylor never surrenders” teanslated by a skillful aide-de-camp from the vernacular: “Tell him The Argonaut roes in the state of Alabama will be grav | ea¥d from the farm to the factories, | simply starch and water, useful us « restora VARIOUS DIETETIC FALLACIES, Consult the Patfent's Stomach In Prof. erence to His Cravings, 1. That there is any vutriment in beef tea wade fron ever 2. That gelatine is nutritious Is will nos keep a cat alive. Beef tea and gelatine, bow | y wxtiacts. There is noue what- | Over, possess & certain reparative power, we kn t what, hat an egg eb wl is equal to a pound of ment, oat ORES. and that every sick person can 4’ Many, especially thoso of nervous or bilious | teiuperatnent, cannot eat thew; and to such eggv are injurious. {. That, because milk iv an important arti cle of food, Food that a person cannot endure will not it must be forced upon a pati cure arrowroot i nutritious. It is tive kly prepared 6 wat chi Juri coptira-ind Mise is 10 out, w of a given ase Dust FLOM wrong Poent sdivits wo appeal ould keep a bealthy wan men, and a die wan keep a well man alive. locreased quantity of ford, especially of guide, does nod mean increased netrimeal, rather decreases, since the digestion is evertazed and weakenad Brive to give the foed in as concenlraled a farm es pomible Consult She patients stomach in preference 10 his cravings, aad If the stomach rejects a esrtaln article do not force it. Journal of Reaconstructivea night kill a =ek ficient to sustain a sick would uot Mtonewall Jackson's Peoulinrities. “Do yon know.” said Gen. Homer, the Con fedarato cavalry leader, “that Gem Jackwon had a number of very remarkable !diosyn ratios, and they wers so peculiar as 20 econ vince some people shat he waa insans! But if we kad had more such erary mem In the Confederate army it would have been better for ua “For sxample, Gen. Jackson had mn (dea that ot Ae of his body than ther en was heavier It was his right side, and he nal y a ve ore him laf tn “4 Aad . : ’ - rire mAaks mp nN whan ka was president of { fant she M1 stitnte of Virginia, he went up Oswegn, 8. Y tary to A water cures naar treated the ox doctor told him 1 was nothing 0 be and when the Ferre tow maplaint tmagina vy he waa not a child to be humbugged, and starwsd home He saw no end of about Ia, they all & n he bacams indignant, said pays althoug id him make the slightest n under the delusion &ll bh er thing that was pacn! tha an 11 Ta * sald Gen. Maury, “was he was th 3 4 disturb aad Z CAN re ut by this firm impuseibl ~~ | ary Folger's Tdios ’ Pole retary Folg TROrs r had ar loki a ; » tin ws ouly Lis | vould eat shires peaciws un more and ne If he had four he would throw one away. If he should eat more than three he would eat Swice three or three times three. If he was to ride on horseback he would mount three times before starting. Up to his death be had a way of saying ‘good day’ three times to those be met, and in letters to his faraily be invariably wrote on three pages, Judge Folger often alluded $0 this diosyn- crasy. He said that from his earliest remem. brance be had bad an overpowering bolief in the cabalistic power of the number 3. He thought it bad been transmitted to him from his father, or that he had received it from a superstitious nurse, When a small boy he | a walked a mile to school, and be afterward | acknowledged that be had, on more thas one | day, traversed the distance threo times, mak ing «ix miles in all, Before be felt safo fu en tering the school house, —Egchange. (on. Sherman says he has never voted and pover will p Xt ; GREENWOOD CEMETERY. CHANGES THAT HAVE BEEN MADC IN THE GREAT GRAVEYARD. ———— The Cemetery Will Be Practically Closed fo Twenty-ve Years Menoe~est Mar. ble for Monuments and Wood fon CoMlnss=Tree Hoots, Buperintendent L. J. Wells, of Groen wood cometary, is a pleasant voiced ith gray hair, who has had the eare of New York and Brooklyn's great repos y (01 dead for He has seen Ure | grow nme Lhe many Yours - a GLE WO of 200 aores peopled with dead, and covering nearly Mr. Wells con largest and finest It wus chartered in burial was that of this cit Bept, b from a vacant ed piut to a tract of surpassing beauty, nearly 250,000 of a square mile of territory the cemetery in the world gldary Greenwood M, and the first Sarah nah, of 40 Now 6,100 bodies buried ery large enough n wt saked the we to furnish lots fou after that enough vers, and iL args vi years U RFT] large enovu r forever.” be practically elosed tury benoe.” It Is large Our fund are of the camnetey lg he ing added Ww steadily now amounts $0 MOE Qur trust fund for the eare of special graves w already o large ous, aud we Lave had the cemetery boundaivm fled Ly the streets and boulevards of the city, se that the present boundaries will be permaneat All that will be dome to She grounds after 1910, then, will be Ww keep then looking beautiful * KOT A BTOCK the idea exacuy now to be readily bandled thie permanent nnd (UMPANY “You me, the Greenwood Cemetery eorpe mation is not a sock company, as mest simi lar associations are. 1% Ina trust sompany, and me ome gets any momey out of ft save the employes. All that remains after the annnal expenses are paid is added to the sur plus fund that is being put away for the future eare of the cemetery Every lon owner a mockhoider. There are over #000 of them. Every improvement has been made upon the grounds Wa have one crnshere, artesian wells thoreugh sew erage, and heve st finished a new reservoir to hold A in that stands en Mount Washington, the highest point on Island, and 200 foot This stores the water pamped from wells, and gives greater and wok poeded pressure A mew sight inch water this long i about above tide water atid | be laid "ne f ir now marvalags main w fall, aking the piace The | catns here In | azn the mmily ene of sof ¢ hes changes 1544 Bare laf of (droenwood ths attaches who were here than hat jf the most durable material for nenta’” hie from Quincy, Mam tisowmtiy and it In Frannie in view next bud ng adulterated so much now shat some of Ther» has been a great revolution a gravesions business Feapla have te is the Are mung tv ft that Blige gras host stone an thay . thing eles began to die \ n ’ the work %, and ther ar ong as a oddly fs Uo rman : : iss ar it makes little difference 4] whi ‘ | rieties sallowasd in G ts spread wo rapidly The of the Capitol ie ter Torrace i en long time tx room will be ready for use, Nearly I. hut it will boa ’ ’ ‘ vid 100 rooms will be added to the accommoxda- tions of the main building. Some of these will be used for storing purposes, but there will be several well lighted and ventilated committee rooms in the terrace. Only the outer wall of the new addition is built of marble. Inside of the marble is a thick wall of brick. The rooms in the terrace will bo much better than those in the basement of the Capitol now used for committee rooms. The chief advantage in the terrace, howaver, fs in the improvemant it makes in the appear ance of the Capitol building as seen from a distance, Chicago Times. Killing the Nirds. order to get tid of the many Nonets, that were proving very destructive to his fruit, sprinkled strychnine on & watermelon and Killed eighty in loss than an hour, ~Chicegn Times, | » {of hair of | not witches, nor, like | tale, { but under the b | flercest, wot judignant Lady ju | for i eology, industrial design, modeling, ot | period of apprenticeship will be for f 1 of | $00,000 annually to teach the children in the A farmer in El Dorado county, Cal, in | IRISH GIRLS AND Honey to the Palr—FPurchasers with a Bweet Tooth. BEES, Carrying * Near Cloghest we overtake twe country lasses Jogging along on a heme made eart be hind o rusty mag As we approach we see | shat they are enveloped lu a perfect swarm of borw flies, and, douse loeoots are os rare In | Ireland we rooks are pleaty, we marvel greatly. “They ure bees!” exclaims the lively profes sor of romance languages from Columbia col lego, who i visiting the home of ancestors Many generetions remote. And so they are; placidly aud with a joyful laugh for the joy~ ful tourists the peasant girl continue thelr Journey, with Lees on all sides of them Now one seems Lo seth colls 0ro Lwo wilke on Lhe russel Wale gird, and ther | Lie big cloth cloak of that, As we Ilwy are the fairy 4d «xtirenut ing about pass the wystary resolves ilself Melusine ern Ma do they eud in : ard which serves them for a two Ind seat are ives, which theso stalwe virglos—bee mothers without a uuracie taki to the small fair at ( Wi h under Lhe seal, 50 Lhal & mumber of about aud toasts of Le sbare I 4 cmetaber that Giraldus d that ere thereby t r Barry said Ireland, and Va Lid were ues in wo aroused wnguest) pari Irish breasts for learned more wal Wu Irishman cremoed Biel y . Le Mae wore one la We Twdllll eentusr) pres wil age bas repakied Wee omission, Bid see ugh Wee angry bee passions nat Le Fee nnocent lies down Lis ait | Opinions were divided whether or net Uw in mcs ware of a slags variety, or, W squipped with silage, whether Whe swell of peat, which lo inscpareide from lrkh poss ante, had the offect of dmcouraging the ue of | | thelr natural wexpons, even when jolted for hours in a gpuingies ewt One thing wes sgroed upon, that the soothering Mike of Goghean would wet bother those gich with | any rustic attention while they were able te et Jose upon teo familiar admirers thelr bees of war — Cor. New Tork Times Joking With § Fewder House There was a fall of rock ai one of she tun | mals on the Baltiraore and Obde rallrosd, and our train was detained af oa Sag ration for three or four hours. The passengers strolled about to pass the Sos away, and a dooen of gr had gone down the Wwaek half « 1 wwad 8 quarry when we came 0 a rough looking shanty erected about 308 fort from the traek and partly hiddem by great rocim There was a smell place of red cardboard Ma right en the buliding, but ¥ it bad any prine ng on it a from ditancs. A passenger pulled out be revolver and otwerved *1 shink | can chip shat sard, though th & pretty long g He fred and { his rev en gf or writ cruldn™ that mised Then a second ver and fired and hiv #5. cre of the card 1 hen 1] £ weal = away for at We wheats & OAT oul caine Ww } or ne and thers was a general | sar! don minules, when th had just p rEITIS TUT Pe : Pre § Rie hat and ye he reachod us {fa y rr * ell 1 up our yp Le ‘ractieal and Yeehnicn VOrEman $e r Wil be given bY i in . . | ! a sCRIpVIre, | i turning joinery and tapestry. There will bo classes the history of art, techni The geometry, ur years. Sixty pupils will be admitted every year, and they vill be selected by competitive ination in French composition and or namental design, and must be between 18 and 16 yoars of age. The New York board wlucation is talking of setting apart public schools the rudiments of the fudustrial arts — Demorest's Monthly. Utah's Wool Froeduct. The number of sheep in Utah is placed at 1,100,000 and the wool product for the last ponson at 7,000,000 pounds. One of the grow. ing industrios of the territory is the manu. facture of salt. For the last year it is esti , mated that 15,000 tons have been produced, Herald. Jiu - lt" |e low clouds | aig glen, sbuttd “MAKE ME.” — _— e os He sook way hand. He did pot even say - Me wine, for 1 Lave loved you many « day Hs only pressed it in his lovingly He looked luo my eyes and said, “Make me.” A mist carne over ming; 1 could not see, And he repeated, “What you will, make us " Last night I had a dream that 1 was dead wer love, bending o'er my And y wad then Great Reduction u held my soul, and weeping saw its stain Your tears fell on i4; IL was pure again . LJ RA LS LJ . Clan you not do Rt Uutdl 1 feed th 1 will follow you it 1 am formed anew rood y down upor ther t Pp Adown upon my ¢ } Vi mI Beckon me auward, and | will net “Oh, take my Lead me your path along; Without you I am weak, but with you strong Jove me as you Ww " Worthy « well there will 0 Beaver J EH TOUCH PRICESNS!! Girl's by A Chicago Faplait Manitou the in Cheered Young Men. Mike 0 touch a cloud with my the Let th I # AT i wide veranda MOOK] uj about Uw | vager, § tuple v herr Wie wee Lrg bl oin Le BOUL wie DULY «© A { Capron’ g Gul We view Ol ES vel Want ems squarely agulind We wwar eowe of Hi wathe wountain Ard sus Whey we a scillog vessel (ecllng Be way domgeroon oot Sey Gontad off the wind ink Us tetwern We Ries veming pooks and Wo ld evan Wee Wg of the high kille in front of We botel 14 mr though she coud jo a sbort w t wheew ste eould, i» feel wack he sleuds wish ber paresol The sours of people whiting ea We broad porch of the hotel watched the young girl ow the clined straight up dee Lill = frond, walchad ber as she Wok Wee mouniam Wid thet lod her through the Light white donds selling along probally 1.200 fort clove When fur the people ab the hoted wowe af on ova Hen some B00 or BUS foot higher aan the worn mit of Mt Weehington, end the ins toward elevations 7000 8 000 and 9 000 fo begesa not 100 yarde away With th glasses they could see the gir! ae she rio half enfniied im the whitish vapor The after another interval, they oonid wo her Ls youd se she half emerged abeve the line of these floating clouds Bo clear was the of moer hers that the cheery of the young =» aewom the glen at an elevation mene w he Jowsr than the ene reached by She gil conic te Beard by ber and Saoee in Wee bole (1 cago Inter ( -.n I am now Prepared lo (Gwe 1 Ox ig any A 8 wad My alot laos En JA * La BIG BARGAINS. wl be DRY GOODS, Dress (Goods from per yard. A Conple of (uneer Graves seithern Indiana the ther Any ’ » news Aer 1 at Ne over a drive ty the wrrld NOTIONS GROCERIES Lower Than tteLow, est. S we a Call? 4 ‘Wo Guarantee Satis. faction. (xlve u Herald His © Was \] Wi i ‘ a young man of 55, was flond £1 for bringing a pair of brass knuckles into the meeting in his pocket, A petition signed by eighty members of the club, praying for his release from the fine, was now presented. It was figured that it would take him 1.700 years to pay the fine and interest, and the prospect bad so appalled him that he was sick abed It had been ascertained beyond a doubt that be had found the weapon ou the street and supposed it to be an alderman’s official badge, “Under sich sarcumstances I will remit de fine,” said the president, “but doan let it hap- pen agin. Let us now degenerate,” Detroit Free Pres, Lition ante Countrv Produce On hand, and Wanted at all times, A C. U. HOFFER, Allegheny su. Belletonte, Pa Ripwin fs going to have a railroad tunnel three miles long, at a cost of $3,500,000, She has 15.000 miles of rallway, but her only tun pel fs 700 yards long. More great works of thie kind are contemplated, and ns Rusiun enginvers are ignoraut of tunnel making, thero Is a demand for foreign skill ~Frank Laslio's i
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