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Seventeenth Paper of Northwestern Travel.
. Something About the State of Washington.
Written tar The Tribune.
' We shall now traverse this great
tate of Washington for nearly Ave
. hundred miles, and a brief description
of its resources, before proceeding far
ther on our journey, may not be amiss.
Washington has wonderful natural re-
! sources and ts destined to be the rich
est state in material wealth in the
Union. It is called the "Pennsylvania
' of the Pacific Coast." It possesses.llke
Pennsylvania, large agricultural areas,
great stores of coal and Iron, vast for
ests, and an open highway to the sea
for commerce, .The Cascade range of
the Sierra Nevada mountains divides
the state into two distinct sections as
to climate and soil known as the coast
region and the Inland region which
are dissimilar In aspect and. tempera
ture. The Eastern valleys along the fertile
plain of the Spokane river. North and
South, Including Walla-Walla, Spo
kane, and Yakima counties, produce all
the fruits, vegetables, and cereals of
the temperate sone In superabundance.
Irrigation is necessary to the cultiva
tion of much of the lands In the South
ern and Southeastern section of the
state. In the central and Western sec
tions are the rich coal fields and heavily
timbered', mountains. The country
around Puget Sound, that most beauti-
. ful Inland sea, which extends a hun
dred miles Into the state and two hun-
. dred and fifty miles on Its western bor
der, contains the source of much of the
future prosperity of this great stote.
Between the Cascades and the Pacific
Ocean are dense and almost virgin for-
.ests, which the Northern Pacific has
" Just recently penetrated. Here are
' mUlons of acres of the finest timber
, on this contlpent. It would scarcely
be., possible to exaggerate, the extent
' and value of these forests; their sup
ply of timber seems inexhaustible.
,. ., Tho Great Columbia llnsin.
V The, area Kast of the Cascade moun
tains, extending to the Blue and Bitter
Root ranges,' embraces the Immense
plains and undulating prairies, 250
, miles and nearly BOO miles long, which
constitute the great basin of the Co
lumbia river. Within the limits of this
basin o,re numerous valleys which aro
well watered and clothed with nutri
tious grasses. Much of these 25,000,000
acres embraced in Eastern Washington
is. drained by the Columbia, river and
. its tributaries,- the Spokane and Snake
' rivers.' 'The soil Is made tip of so-called
decomposed lava. Is very -fertile and is
precisely xt the same nature twenty
feet below the surface' as at the top.
Unlike the dark mould of the Puget
Sound district, or even the Mississippi
basin, the, soils of the Columbia basin
are whiter and 'more heavily charged
with alkalies and acids. Eastern tour
ists who traveled with-us-were aston
ished that these whitish lands can pro
duce' sucV cereals as w'e -found here.
me sou is rjen in ine potaBnei, pnos
phates, and ."Silicates . essential to the
highest development of cereal produc-
- tton. ', In Western Washington, especi
ally. In the valleys tributary to Puget
, Sound; the -soli Is. .-generally a dark
loam, with efay subsoil, and in the bot
tom lands; near, the water courses, are
rich deposits of -aHuvrum,'' 1 This .rich,
'blackj arid often bottomless much Is a
r flenosit that the eastern farmer would
be exceedingly glad to buy as a ferti
: lter. " , i
'' In Eastern Washington.
In the . Eastern section- of the state
3 temperature Is -higher In Summer
, id lower in Winter than In the West-
errt section.- The-rain-fall is one-half
less east of the Cascades. From June
- to Hentcmber there is no rain, but ner-
, fec weather for harvesting. The wln-
- ters-art-srioft-.- 8now seldom falls be
fore Christmas, and suddenly dlsap
'.' pears under the so-called "Chinook," a
. warm wind that xdmea through the
mountain passes frorrj, the. South west
across the great thermal stream known
as the Japan Current.,. This,' warm,
moist air melts the deepest) snow in a
few hours.
, -Agriculture is tho leading ludustry at
"present and wheat lq the principal pro
'', duct of the eastern section, while hops,
fruit and vegetables Of every variety are
grown-to 47 remarkable slae and yield.
.immense crops in me ruyauup ana
-White RlvervaUeys.oa. Puget ' Sound
';:and m. Yakima, valley. Theimportant
' Industry, among J the' Blue " Mountain
' ranges is the raising' of cattle, .sheep,'
and Horses, only second to agriculture.
The mineral wealth of Washington is
large and diversified, coal taking the
foremost rank.
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- : The traveler who desires to form anv-
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thing like' an adequate conception of
jth agricultural; wealth of the state of
Washington should not fail to leave.
the main line at Marshall Junction,
eight miles from Spokane, and make a
journey, .If no more than a hundred
miles,' through the wonderful fertile
Palouse country which stretches at the
foot of-the Bitter Root mountains, in
a belt about fifty miles wide as far
Mouth as the Snake river la Idaho, a
feeder, or branch of the mighty Co
lumbia; and if. time permitted, west
ward for another hundred miles to the
foot of Blue Mountains In the Walla
Walla country, a region of like fertility.
This whole country in Its natural state
!sr covered tolth a luxuriant growth of
burton-grass on which cattle and horses
pasture the year" rourid, the winters'
there being mild and the snowfall light.
This "Palouse country" is rolling with
. grassy hills and ' rounded tops, and
every acre is highly fertile, the sum
mits of the. hilts .being fully as valuable
for grain fields as the slopes In the val
leys which Ife" ' between' them. The'
yields of wheat, rye, oats, barley, etc.,
are simply enormous, often reaching
fifty, sixty arid more bushels per acre.
The wheat shipments from here amount
to hundreds of thousands of bushels
annually. Each succeeding year adds
tens of thousands of acres to the wheat
are and the time Is not far distant
when the great sarfe-bush plains Will
be one; vast Held of waving grain and
Eastern Washington the great wheat
granary of the Pacific Coast '
The Town of Chn. ,
Returning to the main line again, U
sixteen miles run westward' brings us
to Cheney, an Important shipping point
for the products of this rich farming
aid..gralhg,,PalDuse country." Very
little of these rich farms are seen from
ths ear windows, as the railroad runs
through belt of timber 'land. The
town, itself Is located in the midst of a
jiWfr' of pins, trees on an elevated
plate$)4 '2.aiip feet above-sea level - It
Is surrounded by several lakes, on the
borders .of ' the prairie country. '.From
ths hlgV ttWndsbov-. thetown Is a
aunf-bev4FW southward of nvD- ...
ituies oven a 'foiling QrWrle- to-steptoe-
,Bttte,La conspicuous jana mark on the
southern horlson. Cheney : la another
Junction, connecting ths Northern Pa
ctflc with the Central Washington rail
road, which runs, northward and west
ward through the "Big Bend Country"
formed by ths big bend of the Colum
bia river to Fort Spokane, a United
States military post garrisoned by two
companies of infantry located at the
junction of the Spokane and Columbia
rivers. - The soldiers stationed at this
point keep an eye on the Indians of the
neighboring reservations north of Spo
kane. This road extends to Conlee city,
124 miles from Spokane.
Cheney is an enterprising town . of
1,600 population, named In - honor ' of
Benj. P. Cheney, of Boston, a Northern
Pacific director. . The handsome acad
emy here ts a monument of his bene
ficence. Here are four churches, three
hotels, a grain elevator, flouring mills
and numerous stores, besides electric
light and water work plants.
', Alaters with Remedial Value.
Ten miles from Cheney Is Medical
lake, whose waters perform some re
markable cures. This Is a resort for In
valids afflicted with rheumatism, skin
diseases and nervous complaints who
find Immediate relief. It Is claimed
that those who have come here with
shrunken limbs, and wasted arms and
bathed In its waters have found perfect
cures an final restoration of the wast
ed parts. The town Is located in a
group of small lakes, three of which
especially have great depth and are
strongly - Impregnated with alkaline
salts. The evaporation of the waters
produces a salt 'which Is sold for medi
cal purposes.- : .', ' " ' v '
The principal lake Is about a mile and
one-half wide and has no visible outlet
but Is constantly fed by two known and
enormous springs. Careful analysis
shows twelve medicinal properties In its
waters, right from nature's own lab
oratory. It Is estimated that 5,000 per
sons visited this lake last summer who
bear willing testimony to physical
benefits received from the. use of Its
magical waters. We are told that the
Indians .of the Northwestern Pacific
coast from a time far beyond the know
ledge of the oldest Inhabitant, knew of
Its curative properties and. held It in
great veneration as the "Strong Water
from the Sacred Ground." ' Gladly do
we chronicle, such discoveries, which
prove of immense value to our western
neighbors and the human race gener
ally. In ths Waks of ths Flames.
Forty-one miles from Spokane we
arrive at the fire-devastated town of
Sprague, with a population of 2,000.
Two days previous to our arrival here
It was the scene of a terrible conflagra
tion, which swept over a hundred acres
of territory, destroying property valued
at more than one million dollars. Here
Is the headquarters of the Idaho divi
sion of the Northern Pacific railroad
and the site of Jts car shops and round
house, which at the time of the fire
contained twenty-four locomotives,
fifty-four freight cars, and several pas
senger cars that we saw in total ruins,
only the Iron frames remaining. The
estimated loss of the car shop machin
ery, etc., amounted to $325,000; of the
passenger station and freight ware
houses, $50,000 of more, bringing the loss
of the railroad company all told to
$750,000 besides making over four hun
dred families homeless. In spite of sev
eral Are engines sent by the neighboring
towns to assist in subduing the flames,
the Are was raging angrily in some
places and the doomed town presented
a picture of desolation and distress.
The three hotels, the three churches.the
school building, bank and fourteen
stores of yesterday we're at the time of
our visit virtually wiped out.
' A Tcrritoiy Devoid of Trees.
The country around 'Sprague seems
barren and grows more and more so as
we Journey westward. We have left
the fertile lands of the "Palouse coun
try," and the rqnge.of purple hills be
hind us, and entered s treeless region.
Timber is abundant east of Sprague,
but not a tree is afterward seen, save at
stations, until the Columbia river is
sighted over a hundred miles, beyond.
The railroad company, has planted
shade trees at the stations along the
line, to show that desert-like as this
region appears. It only needs water and
care -to make It productive A singular
fact An, that the railroad for hundreds
of miles either way follows the bankc of
rivers, or the dry- beds of old water'
courses, called. "Coulees. "t We folljw
them virtually all the way. from Spo
kane, one hundred and fifty miles,-to
the Columbia river. The Coulee beds
are rocky and desolate enough. Two
miles west of Sprague Is Lake Colvlll?.
The road runs along Its border for eight
miles. Sprague receives its supply of
water and Ice from this lake.
There are ten unimportant' stations
In the next one hundred And ten miles,
passed before we reach the Columbia
river at Pasco Junction, which Is a
point -of divergence for the Cascade division-
of this road, -also to the south
ward along the banks of the Columbia
connecting at timatlUa with the Union
Pacific System for Portland, a dis
tance of 235 miles, yhtch was the regu
lar route; to Puget Sound before the
completion of the Cascade Division. At
Pasco Junction wo are 2.13 miles from
Tacoma or Seattle A three-mile run
south brings us-to the confluence of the
Columbia and ' Snake . rivers at Alns
w'orth. Here Is. the "Snake River
Bridge," the most Important structure
on the road, next to that at Bismarck,
across the Missouri river, described In
a previous letter. This superstructure
Is of Iron, resting Upon -granite piers,
the combined flood of the above named
rivers flowing benath It,, and presenting
to the eye a desirable change from the
barren, dreary desert waste which one
has to traverse in order to reach the
bridge. '
Ths Columbia River.
There are few revelations more sur
prising to an eastern tourist than that
of the magnitude of some of the great
western rivers. : Among the fifty rivers
of greater or less importance In the
state of Washington, the, Columbia is
the chief, and among the greatest In
the world. It compares favorably with
ths Mississippi In volume, while In
scenic attractlpns . It. la infinitely the
superior of 'the "Father of Waters."
The. Columbia and Snake, especially, -are
great commercial highways, being
navigable for vessels of considerable
tonnage for hundreds of miles. The
Snake is one of the' largest tributaries
df -the mighty Columbia, and drives
Itself, like a solid wedge Into the waters
of the latter river, with a 'force and
volume that: fills the tourist with sur
prise. Few realise that this Hrbutary
stream Is three times the length of
ths Hudson river, and that, straight
ened out. It would reach from -the Mis
souri Valley to ths Atlantic Ocean. ,
ilt-4as our-prlvilege, in 1WJ, to travel
by ths side of these mighty riven for
hundreds of mtles tn Oregon,-even to
Shoshone Falls and American Falls, In
Idaho, and to within hundred miles
of the Great Salt Lake (the "American
Dead Sea") amid scenes of beauty, of
grandeur, and of rugged wlldness such
as if had never before witnessed, and
such as are to be found only on the
American continent. J. E. Richmond.
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MISICJL MATTERS.
. It la expected that the date of a con
cert by the Symphony orchestra, -will
be announced before many days have
passed. The Symphony orchestra Is
composed of students from Wllkes
Barre and Scranton who love music for
the sake of music alone, and tt Is to be
hoped that their efforts to create a de
sire for clastic music In this section
will meet with more encouragement
than was accorded the organisation
last winter. - '
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It Is now settled that Lillian Russell
will visit Scranton In the near future
If she does not change her mind. The
fair Lillian has been booked for Scran
ton on several occasions but has failed
to materialise. Thin season It ts said
both the Academy of Music and the
Frotnlngham have claims on - Lillian
and It Is probable1 that the combined
efforts of the two may have the effect
of bringing' the -fair songstress to this
clly. --'.' ' --'.. '
Mr. Aifred Wooler, tenor of Eirtt Park
church, has been re-engaged for the
coming year. . He has recently refused
a very flattering offer from a wealthy
New York church. His many friends
will no doubt be glad to hear that he is
to remain ..for . a time a,t , leasts .Mr.
Wooler" sings at a concert In Blngham-
ton, Monday 'evening, Dec. 8thwnlc h
puts his -mandolin playing vs up to
the artistta standard.
f
The Chamber concert on Thursday
even big Willi be among the pleasant
musical events 6f the week. Beetho
ven's greatest trio for piano, violin
and cello will be the leading nunber
on the programme. One of the leading
vocalists of j the city will assist the
quintette In the entertainment. .
T. J. Davles,-mus. bac, wtfl be adju
dicator, at the great eisteddfod at Ply
mouth on Washington's' birthday. He
will be assisted by Prof. H. E. Jones,
of Philadelphia, formerly a resident of
Scranton. .'
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Messrs. Doresam, Farter and Klple.
of the Imperial quartette, ' furnished
musio for the- smoltefof Hhe Green
Ridge Bicycle hib last Evening.
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Protestwr-Rlebarllfidiiaythe well-
known'otctifeitrlat drecWr, W In Boston
discourse
theatre
this evening.
BHikffi ''ANii flat ;i ; .
The Arion.SlBging odetr"Of Brooklyn
is preparing- to make a trip to Italy, Ger
many and flwltserland next summer.
lord Lonsdale has. completed an opera
which he has dedicated to the German
emperor.
It will cost $40,0W to mount Wagner's
"Nlbelung'S Ring" at tieyreirth next sum
mar. '
tsaye lias bought' ths violin 'Ercole,"
by StrarttvarlUi. It bears the date 1732.
It is said that Arthur' Nlktsch, with the
Berlin Philharmonic! orchestra, Increased'
to 100 performers, will make a short con
cert tour, covering New Tork, ' Boston;
Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington and
Chicago in the spring of 1897. j
An opera which Is expected tO make a
sensation Is "Union de L'Euclos,". which
is to be given In Palermo. The municipal
council even pays the management 70.000
francs ($11,000) on condition that this opena
be given.
Loulta Pyne,, the once famous English
operatic and oratorio singer, Is In great
destitution. An appeal tor money for her
has been mads by-Lfdy Burdett Coutts.
Sir Arthur Suluvari and "Charles' Santley.
In 1854 she sang In New York at the Acad
emy of Music In the. "Daughter of ' tho
RegimenV and Ut Balfe'a operas...-"
' In Blgnor Petri's -opera Chopin, to be
produced at La flcla, Milan, the chief
haractoss are ChopMn and Georges land.
It is said that at the request of Mile.
Calve Verdi will thoroughly revise his al
most forgotten opera, "Macbeth," which
will be given In Its new" form next season
In London. -. :-
At the Theater enter den Linden, Berlin,
Herve's operetta,. "King Chllperic.". will
be produced next mbnth. The scenery Is
to surpass all previous efforts 'of that
house; $00 people will be on the stage, the
ballet Is to be largely Increased, and' 750 1
new dresaos are- being made In Usrlln
and Paris.. .
.' Bea Ifeller. '
vThe 'Green Rlige. trheerm?n raetag
team attracted much attention among
amateur wheelmen and -bicycle- en
thusiasts throughout northeastern
Pennsylvania during the, past season.
The team Consists of Ben Keller, Rob
ert V. White and J. Oman Cox. Train
er Richard Wambold, who so success.
f Uliy'hsrndled the -team last Season, Is
very .well satisfied with the work ef the
team, but is confident that next season
the boys will do much better work than
they have '. trerttoCore although ttte
team captured between fifteen And
twenty prise tile past season; s .rec
ord M which they are justly proud, . .
HI Heilfy' jnlnslrejs .wm di
melodies at the Frothlngh'am'
THE FIRST OF MANY THINGS.
- Omnibuses Were .first, introduced Into
New Tork la MS. .
Photographs were first produced in Eng
land in ltuf-pertectfd In 1ML
The first' bible printed In America was
Eliot's Indian version, In ISM. - - '
The first poems published In America
were by Anna Bradstreet In 1678.
Lsvl North was the first m who ever
threw a somersault on horseback.
r The first playhouse in America was
erecttd at Williamsburg, Va previous to
17$$.
The first printing press In America was
at the house of the president of Harvard
college In 169. . - . , .
The first book printed In the English lan
guage was a "History of Troy," printed in
Europe in 1474. -
The first American voyage around the
glob was completed In 1769 by Capt. Rob
ert Grey in the ship Columbia.
The first chime of bells In America was
made. In Gloucester, England, and placed
In Christ's church, Boston, In 1744.
The first advertisements known of in
England were In the shape of small bills
affixed to the doors of Bt. Paul's church.
The first steamship to cross the Atlantic
was the Blrlus. about 700 tons, which ar
rived at New-York .from -England April 2$,
1$38.
The first Sunday schools were estab
lished by St. Charles Borromeo, who has
the largest statu ever made erected to his
memory. .
The first glass window In England was
on but up in an abbey about 1080. Glass
windows, however, did not become gener
al for many years. ,. ...
Ferryboats were first mentioned in the
bible in It. Samuel, xlx, 18: "And there
went over a ferryboat to carry over the
king's household and do what he thought
good." ,
The first swinging sign on the Island of
Manhattan was the sign or the "The
Wooden Horse," for an. eating-bouse. U
was put up on the corner of The Heere
Straat by Tan Geraart, in 1657.
The first striking clock was Imported in
to Europe by the Persians, about the year
A. D. 800. It was brought as a present to
Charlemagne from Abdella, king of Per
sia, by two monks of Jerusalem. ...
The first regular company of players that
ever appeared In this country gave their
initial performance at Williamsburg,' Va..
in 1752. They presented the "Merchant of
Venice" and the farce of "Lethe."
The first man who ever Bung a negro
song on the stage was an actor named
Herbert;'- He at In a chair before the cur
tain. He painted his face with black paint,
burnt cork being then unknown.
The first man In New England who let
out hackney horse was Tobias Hobson.
He lived in Cambridge, Mass., and he al
ways pretended to have but one horse and
one carriage, hence originated the famillur
expression "Hobson's choice." .
The first record we have of coal ts about
$00 years before the Christian era. Coal
was used as fuel In England as early as
852 and In 1234 the first charter to dig for
It was granted by Henry 111. to the in
habitants of New castle-on-Tyne.
The first play produced on the New York
stage was written by Royal Tyler ;and
played at the John street theatre April lb,
1786. It was called "The Contrast" and It
was also the first production In which the
Yankee dialect and story-telling was em
ployed. t ' e :
; RECLAIMING A PRIG AND.
Sklllixl Had a Strange Adventure with a
Criminal.
The last survivor of a wealthy Greek
family, Sklllixl by name, was In Naples
overseeing the erection of. a magnificent
mausoleum to the memory of his broth
er, recently deceased. . The mausoleum
was at some distance from the city and
a wilderness separated the building
from the nearest road. In this wilder
ness Sklllxzl had one evening a strange
adventure which he related afterward
to Mr. Rudolph Lehmann, who prints
It In his "Reminiscences."
Skillxsl was on his way to his car
riage when he was accosted by a no
torious armed brigand who Infested the
neighborhood and had baffled all at
tempts to capture him.
"Your purse or your life!" called the
brigand, at the same time leveling his
gun. Sklllixl, Instead of being fright
ened answered quietly;
"Put down that gun and let us have
a talk."
The man obeyed.
"I can give you my purse," Skllizzi
continued, "and should not feel the loss
of Iti but" would you gain much by its
contents ? They will not go far and ypu
will then have to continue a brigand
until you are caught and' beheaded."
"Quite true," said the man; "but then
I have a wife and children. I cannot
let them starve." ;
"Suppose one promised to' take care
of them, would you give up this in
famous life?" i ,'
"If I were sure of it," said the man,
staggered, "I would give It up tomor
row." "I give you," said Sklllxal, "a gentle
man's word of honor that I wiilh take
care of your wife and children. ,; Will
you come with me, give 1 yourself up,
work out your sentence which- WHI be
Infinitely more lenient than if you Were
captured and begin an honest life afterward?"-
. ...
After sdme moments of hesitation' the
man accepted the offer.-They entered
the carriage together and drove to the
nearest police station, where the man'j
gave himself up, to the. unsqeaKADie
surprise of the authorities.'
.Through the (ron. grating -which now
separated the two the' brigand shook
hands With Iris captor and said: "God
bleat you I", i , ) ' '
GREEN RIDOP WHEELMEN'S RACING TEAM.
. Robert White.' ' Trainer Richard WasiboM. J, Ormsa Cox;
ttellor tinnfiahlv nn of the Vniintr-1
est riders on the trick, being only Id ;
years of age. .White is 18, while Cox is
somewhat older, being 23 years of age.
The entire team will ride Bpautdlng j
wneen next season,- naving aireaay
contracted for three Spauldlog raeers,
'M model, from C M. Florey, tho well
known . njcycle 'and 'sporting, goods
dealer f who 4s agent for that excellent
wheel. i . t -., . .. ,.
...The team will be greatly strength
ened nest season by Ralph Gregory,
who held the' county championship dur
ing the seasons of '$- and 'M. Grtsory.
did not. go Into training last season be-'
ease -ne wee in- PMiaaeipnin awing
the early part of It, Next season he
News of the Qreeini
Ioora' "and' Foyer.
M'lle Jane May, who has made so
great a hit in "Miss Pygmalion," which
will be seen at the Frothlngham Mon
day night, Is a. native of Paris. ' She
first attracted attention In "L'Age
Ingrat," after ten aspirants had failed
to satisfactorily Impersonate Gen
evieve; She made successes afterward
at the Gymnase in "Jonathan," "Le
File de Coralls,"."Nounou,""L'Amlral,"
"Nos bons Vlllageols," etc., etc. At
the Palais Royal, Mme. Chourmont
having withdrawn from "DlvorconS,"
Sardou recommended M'lle. May for
the part of Cyprlenne, which she played
for 200 nights. At the same theater she
had a further success in "La Brebls
Egaree." At the Galte In the "Char
bonnlere" her death scene attracted all
Paris, and her performances in vari
ous parts at the Vartetes, the Vaude
ville, the Amblgu, etc., still added to
her reputation. Elsewhere she has
acted with success in "Reverence," a
pantomime of which she speaks with
enthusiasm, and in two others, "La
Statue" and "Bonne Fortune." Her
performance of the dual character of
Miss Pygmalion and Pierrot In the
pantomime, under name of the first
mentioned at ' Daly's theater, New
York, has won the enthusiastic praise
of critics and all the public that has
chanced to see it. .
II II II
In selecting "The Three Guardsmen"
for his engagement here, Salvlnl has
chosen wisely, as It is by far the most
poular of ail the plays of romance.
Salvlnl's DArtagnan ts a handsome
fellow, picturesquely If raggedly clad,
of stout voice and stouter heart, with
a light, heel, a nimble wrist, a quick
rapier, a ready comollment and a
tender eye.' He speedily makes hts'i
audience forget the pathos and high
flown sentiment of the drama, and
makes even the blase theater-goer
acquire a quicker pulse for courage
and warmer sympathy for woe. If the
heroes of old-time romance are to live
It can only be by the force of spirit,
dash, and magnetism of an actor such
as Alexander Salvlnl; without such a
one, their bluster becomes ridiculous
and their adventures but tawdry bur
lesque. At the Academy Wednesday
evening. .
" . , il . II II.
The story of the play of the "Silver
King " which will be seen at the Acad
emy of Music tonight. Is full of tragic
Interest and begins to unfold at the first
uplifting of the curtain and from that
time to the closing scene. Every note
In the gamut of human emotions Is
struck with a master hand and elicits
a thrilling response. It is a story with
a healthy and vividly drawn moral,
which places It among the few dramas
In these degenerate days which exert
a beneficent Influence on the minds of
the spectators and enlists their holler
sympathies. The Wilfred Denver of
Carl A. Haswin Is pronounced by the
press as a strikingly powerful charac
terization. His elocution and acting
are terrible in their - intensity in the
conscience-haunting scenes.
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Of HI Henry s minstrel company.
which appears at the Frothlngham this
afternon and evening, the Washington
Times says: "The minstrel show of
today as produced by HI Henry Is not
the minstrel show of - the past, any
more than a Modoc Indian is a progres
sive business man. Hi Henry has dis
carded all objectlonal features, coarse
vulgar jokes and Indecent costuming
and his minstrels send the audience
away singing their praises. It has
been said by rival organizations that
Hi Henry is traveling on his reputa
tion; he can continue to do so for
years if his minstrels give the perfect
satisfaction they did in this city.'
Henry Yeager. of this city is the lead
lng tenor of the company.
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A woman who deludes those about
Her In conventional association from a
strange natural Impulse, who there
after Is compelled to deceive In order
to cover up early untruths, and who
firtaly is forced to He on the most vital
subjects lp hope that she may evade
the ;net that circumstances of her for
mer life' is drawing- about her, yet who
cannot escape, Is the character In the
"Queen nf Liars" that in the hands of
Mipnh Maddern' Flske really excites
sympathy. It ts this fact that stamps
Mrs;. Ftske-aa a genius. At the Froth
Ingham next Tuesday. Sale of seats
now open, r' '- -On
Monday,. Tuesday and Wednes
day afternoon , and evenings "Hands
Across the Sea" will be presented at
Davis' -theater. The New York Herald
has this, to say of the company: "The
will go 'Into active training early, and
great things are expected of him.
The Green Rld.ge Wheelmen will also
be represented-oq the track next year
bv a tandem team. Trainer Wambold
being confident that there is first class
material in .the club for a good team.
He will try some of the club's best
roar riders for seats on .the double
flyer as -soon . as the severe Weather
abates.
- Next season's prospects for class A
racing are brighter than usuai in lieu
of the decision Of the "cycle board of
trade notxto employ class B riders for
advertising purposes,, which will ho
doht force-most of the B riders' In to' the
rtnki of professionalism,
Some of the More Important
Doings of These; jOur Actors;
Qnnd Opera House last night- pre
sented a great melodrama production
in "Hands Across the Sea," Henry Pet
titt's latest success. W. S. Reeves has
taken hold of "Hands Across the Sea,"
and last night was the first perform
ance of the play under the new man
agement Although slightly revised
in dialogue and . situations, '.'Hands
Across the Sea," as presented on the
stage of the Grand Opera House last
night. Is practically a new production,
for It haa been given almost complete
ly a new scenic outfit of the most elab
orate nature."
FOOTLIGHT FLASHES:
"The Wizard of t)u MIW hn
hit at the New York casino.
Irving will play In the 8outh during his
present tour for the first time.
Maggie Cline will star next season In a
new play sailed- "On Broadway."
Keatrlc-e Moreland will succeed Mrs.
Dion Bouclcault in "The Olobe Trotter."
It Is said that Hamersteln's Olympla In
New York represents an Investment of
nearly 13,W0,00U.
Rejane will leave the Vaudeville theatre,
Paris, for the Varieties, for an alleged
salary of 120,000 a year. .
Anna Robinson has been engaged for the
production of "The Governor of Kentuc
ky." by William H. Crane.
Slgnora Duse Is In Venice. She will sail
for America in January and will open un
engagement in New York In February.
Charles Gardner was seriously scorched
by an explosion of the benslne with which
n?.wSLs i'leanlng a wig at Marshalltown.
C. T. Dazey and Oscar Well's romantic
opera, "A Wartime Wedding," will have
a permanent plaoe In the repertoire of the
Bostonlans,
A new work by Edmond Audran will be
given this winter In Geneva. The title, is
"Photls," and it is not an operetta but
opera uomloue.
Joseph Jefferson considers Frank Mayo
America's representative actor anil
"Pudd'nhead WlUon" a ' really great
American play.
W. H. Sloan has left Joseph Hart's "A
Gay Old Boy" company, to resume -his old
parts of the king and tramp In Rice's
production of "MtKL",
When Moiljeska. appeared In Ithaca re
cently a petition asking that she play a
return engagement was presented to her.
The petition bore 500 signatures.
Burr Mcintosh will be released by Mr.
Palmer from his role of Taffy in "Trilby"
in order that he may take an- important
part In "The Governor of Kentucky."
Ellen Terry Is to play In a new plav.
called "Journey's Knd In Lover's Meeting!"
by Mrs. Cralgie (John Oliver Hobrws), who
will come over from England to wee it.
E. 6. Wlllard has just made a hit In
London In Jerome K. Jerome's new plav.
"The Rise of Dick Halyard," at the Gar
rick theatre, which he has taken for a
time from John Hare.
Richard Mansfield haa received an of
fer for a tour of Germany and Russia
next season. Mr. Mansfield will be unable
to go at that time, but may make the tour
of those countries In th season of 1887-R8
"The Sparrow' a new spectacular comic
opera by Otto Eloh and Howard P. Tay.
lor, will be produced a the Grand Opera
house, Philadelphia, January 6. The threo
acts are laid in Germany, Ireland and
Louisiana.
Mr. Soihern is now his own manager,
after the fashion of Irving, Jefferson,
Goodwin and Beerbohm Tree. He wHl act
In "The Prisoner of Zenda" all this sea
son, and Daniel Frohman, who owns that
drama, .will lease It to Sothern.on roy
alty. Hoyt's "Trip to Chinatown" enjoyed the
prestige of a -run of 60S consecutive nights
at Hoyt's theatre, New York. . Thk won-idet-rulrun
eclipsed all former rr.corde
"Adonis" having headed the list ur, to that
time, with a run of W3 nights at ihe Bijou
theatre.
Robert Downing will take a company of
American actors to Athens next year
while the Olympian gurries are In pro
gress, and produce "The Wife of Milttus,"
a Greek tragedy, written by T. T. Tlmay
anis, professor of "The Original Mr. Ja
cobs." Henry Irving uses Incidental music In
the good old-fashle-ned way along with
the action or the plays which he produces,
making no excuse for Its unreasonable
ness, and deeming It of so much value for
dramatic effect that he hires Arthur Sul
livan to compose most of it.
Carmenclta, who at one time was New
York s reigning "fad," and who was the
greatest dancer that ever came to this
country, has opened a school of Spanish
dancing In London, where the young Idea
may be taught the Bpanish kick at three
and six per lesson. Such is fame.
Willam A. Brady Is making elaborate
preparations for the tour of James J. Cor
P.eti, ma new play, "A Naval Cadet,"
McKee Rankin has been engaged to super
intend the production and to play the role
of a French fencing master at Annapolis,
in aditlon to coaching Mr. Corbet t in the
leading character.
A plav written by Augustus Thomas for
Sol Smith Russell depicts the fortunes of
an impoverished man who Is a homeo
pathlc physlciap. with one patient, who is
described as -Mr.- Robinson. The patient,
however, turns out to be a, woman to
whom the doctor ts secretly married, and
he explains his nocturnal visits to her on
the ground that Mr. Robinson Is so 111 that
he is so obliged to sit up with aim.
Susanna Logier was a good actress but
extremely stout. She was one night en
acting a part In a melodrama with Talll
ade, the original Pierre of the "Two Or
phans," and thla actor had one moment 10
carry her fainting off the stage. He tried
with all his might to lift the "fat" heroine
but although she helped her little com
rade by standing tiptoe in the usual man
ner he was unable to move her an inch.
At this juncture one of the deities cried
from the gallery: "Take what you can
and com back for the rest I"
Mrs. Langtry Is not alone In the lsss of
her jewels and will be able- to condole
with the famous Parisian actress, Mme.
Rejane, the. creatrice of "Mme.- Bans
Gene," who has just suffered a similar
loss. As she was at her theatre a few
days ago some thieves broke Into her
apartment in the Champs Elysees ami
carried off all the jewelry and other arti
cles of value they could lay hands on.
Fortunately the amount of the robburv u
comparatively light nothing like, the
amount Mrs. Langtry lost.
Mr. William Thornton, of 137 W. Markef
Street, Explains -How and
Why Us Old It. ,
From the Elmlra Goxette.
Old age has. many Infirmities, none
of which are more' prevalent than kid
ney disorders. Have you ever noticea
how the old people complain of back
ache, lame back, and general listless
ness? And there are many other symp
toms of which they do not speak, such
as bloating of the limbs, painful and in
frequent urination or exccsslveness of
urinary discharge. Most- people think
they are too old to And relief and cure.
but this Is not so. No better evidence
than the following, which comes from
an Elmlra citizen, who has been cured
of a very severe case at 77 years of age.
Mr. Wm. Thornton, of 127 West Market
street, speaks of his case in this way:
I am 77 years old.- I have been af
flicted with that dreadful - complaint
(kidney disease) for over ten years,
maaing my old age a burden. I was.
so bad as to be- forced to carry a belt
at all times, and. when my suffering
became beyond- endurance, I would put
on the belt, drawing It tightly around
me and buckle It, thus bringing an ex
treme pressure over the kidneys;' this,
undoubtedly forced the urine out, a
function whloh the kidneys themselves
had become too diseased - to perform'.
My condition I put down to a strain I
received. . I began taking Doan'r Kid
ney Pills. After two or three days I
noticed their effect I was m-Jch sur
prised, as the aliment was no severe
and so long standing, while I had tried
many remedies without any relief what
ever. The pain T have experienced at
times from straining In Toy efforts to
discharge the urine was) simply awful.
I have done away -with, the us of my
leather belt, and the rain has all gone,
and I recommend Doss's Kidney Pills
to all afflicted with kidney and urinary
disorders." - -
For sale by ail dealers or sent by mall
on receipt of price by Foster-Mllburn
Co., Buffalo, -N. t., sola agents tor the
United UttM. . .
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