THE SCRANTON TRIBUNE-SATURDAY, DECEMBER 1G, 1899. 13 Tk. m 7 b. llhSIKr. tn uich niir mnnv tnpnric -,i AiPrrw ( .hncrmnc find n Hnnnv ( .pntnvw Wn n en wnch fn lof unn nnu; thnr io w . . . . . .. ....... are in a far better position now than ever to cater to your holiday wants whether it be of foreign or domestic production, we have it here, and,. consistent with first-class goods, at prices. that are equally as low as any house in this or any other State. We carry in stock the largest and greatest assortment of Wines and Liquors in North eastern Pennsylvania, and our reputation for carrying only matured goods of guaranteed quality is so well known that a mere mention of the fact ought to be sufficient. Our stock of Port, Sherry, Madeira and Plata uhn AinPc ic annthpr fpatnrp n-f mir linp up hnv nnlv thp rhnirpct rrnnrlc anH ran -fnlUr rrnar- 4k -""" , ,...v. . M..ww..w. .wwvw.v, V1 w ....w ,vw jr ..V w..w V. . , . v. ww. w fav w vwjlv. ,.1. 1.J ft"" antee their purity. Have you tried our justly celebrated ..-"- . HI .. J . "k Jr Ws . f m " m t J It is meeting the value of a Z STRENGTH AND be convinced of its 4 We have a following cased goods : 4 Belle of Scranton, Pepper (James E.) ' Canadian Club, Mt. Vernon, Y Kentucky Belle, X Sam Thompson, Musical The musluat i-vcut at Christmas-tide at our churolies will he the rendering by u chorus at neatly HJty select voices ot tho beautiful cantata, "The Coming or tfto Kins," hy thitt eminent com jiuser o( chinch music, Dudley Buck. ji- at the First l'reshj teriun church, under tlv direction of the capable illrec'or. Mr. .1. T. Waikln?. This will be Mr Wat kins' first Christmas pro Kra.niio uf importance since his return from London. It brings back to mem ory tin? many Christmas programmes lif sai at tho l'cnn Avenue Baptist ihuri-ii. when It was the usual custom ! turn hundreds away for want of nii'in in the church, not even standing ion i Tlie lavRP chorus will bo nccom p.inu.l i i he orsan and orchestra. Not h, 1.1 is l).'lns spifed to make the im.'ig of this cantata superb, and a ui r-.ii in church music. It will be iveu Sunday evening. Pec. 21. " II !! Tin Northcar.toin Pennsylvania Alunii.i . 'fociatlon of ilie I'nlverslty o I'f nnsylvanla will hold their an nual t niiuot on Pec. '' In this city. Tin iiiurieal programme will be very riuhoi.ie. The followlni; sotolsts will i ir.i- tjit. Charles I'. Krlej,'. tenor; 'ilut i Pill'ns. bat-no: Alfred AVooler, iv 0' The Orpheus iiuartette, consist ing oi Chuiles Doersam, piano; Fred orifH Ulmayer. violin; Will Santon, cornet V. II. Knowles, clarinet. Mr. William (leiioki'l, the well -known pian ist and wilier of many college songs, of Vlikes-Harre, win take a prominent pa; t Hume clever University of Penn nylania in -n will also s secured from those at the collego this year who are prominent members of the glee clubs. Seeral Ipver Instrumentalists from Philadelphia will also take part. It Is expected that some original college songs, composed especially for tho oc casion will be flung, besides many old favorites. i! II !! Alfred Woolcr will sing his new song, 'Heaven Is Not Far Away," at Kim Park church tomorrow evening. :i ll II The First Presbyterian church quar tette will sing at the 10,30 a. m, service tomorrow: Anthem, "O Power Kternal," I.ulgl Jm?.z Soprano solo and quartette, Mrs. Thlele and Choir Baritone solo, "The Lord Is My Shep herd" John T. Watklns At the evening service; Anthem, "Hear Us, O Father," Mercadante Anthem, "O Jesus, Thou Art Stand ing" Chadwlck ' II II The Christmas entertainment at the Elm Park church given by the Sunday school will bo held on Monday evening, Christmas night, at which a programme of a miscellaneous character will be observed, consisting of choruses and -'d &. teCVYO-" . ."" Green Valley Rye The Best Whiskey Money Can Buy, with popular favor among those that recognize strictly pure stimulant for its AGE, MELLOWNESS. Try merits. large assortment of the . -Hk. "Pk.W Monojrram. TO, ."Virt? 1. k ViV" .'' PHONE, 21G2. JH H(f Gossip. rn Hj solos from the "Messiah," Christmas carols, recitations and a reading, en titled "How Dot Heard the Messiah." II II II The Verdi Male Quartette, of this city, Is winning much praise for their excellent singing at several concerts at South Scranton and Providence. Tho quartette Is composed of the fol lowing: Kdward J. Swartz, llrst tenor; Hex Swartz, second ttnor; Itnbert Kroll, first bass, Harry Cole, second bass, i! i; ii Prof, and Mrs. J. Alfred Pennington were in New Yoik and Boston last week upon matters of business per taining to the Conservatory. II ll !l The following musical selections will he tendered ai tho morning nnd even ing Feri:es tomonow at Kim Park chuich: Morning, Organ prelude In C major Silas Choir, "Belovedir God so Loved Us," lliirntiv organ orrertory In C, major Choir, "Incline Thine Kar" Organ, postlude In A Hat.. Kvenlng, Organ, prelude In F Ilnynes Hlmmel ,1'nrkcr .Southard Choir, "There is a Holy City". .Shelley oigan, offertory In B Hat.. ..Deshayes Choir, hymn-anthem Selected Tenor solo, "Heaven is Xot Fat Away" Wooler Organ, postlude in C major Bach J. Alfred Pennington, organist and music director. I! I! I! Paderewskl played at Carnegie hall, Now York, for the first time In four years, last Tuesday evening. His re ception aftei so long nn absence was less enthusiastic than might have been expected, considering his former tri umphs, but his playing showed all his former delicacy, and a decided Increase In power nnd endurance. About half the programme was made up of Chopin's compositions, and for an en core ho played his own transcription of a Strauss waltz, as Rosenthal did here last spring. II III II Mine. Sembileh will not make her np pearance with the Metropolitan opera house company until tho second week. The senson will open there next Mon day with "Borneo nnd Juliet," and "Faust" and "Lohengrin" will be given during the week. Calve will sing Mar guerite In "Faust," and Saleza the title role. It will be gratifying news to lovers of tuneful and catchy music the kind that runs In your head after hearing It that Sir Arthur Sullivan has com posed a ne.w opera called "The Boso of Persia," which is shortly to bo pro duced In London, It Is to be hoped that It may not bo long before It makes Its way across the water, for Sir Arthur Is one of the moit popular of composers, a bottle and k kkk Cantrell TRY THEATRICAL. Eight Bells at the Lyceum. An unique and amusing piece of stage mechanism Is the ship scene In "Eight Bells," which opens at the Ly ceum this afternoon and evening. The scene shows the cross section of a ship with the passengers on declo and In tho state-rooms. Presently a storm arises and tho fihlp rocks and rolls with increasing force until finally it turns completely over several times. This sort of thing might be unwelcome to ordinary travelers, but it is not es pecially troublesome to the Brothers Byrne, who, being born acrobats, eeem as much at home on the walls of cell ing as on the lloor. Their agility Is shown also in a trick carriage scene, in which they tumble In, out nnd through tho vehicle In a most surprising manner. There are other Interesting scenes and songs and specialties of various sorts which add to the entertainment, which finishes with a funny lire scene, one of tho most laughable effects Imaginable. Lester Walter Company. At the Academy of Music', beginning next Monday evening, tiie Lester Wal ter Stock company, supporting the young romantic actor, Lester Walter, will open a week's engagement In a strong repertoire of scenic productions. Tho opening play, "A Prince of Rus sia," is a romantic drama of Russian military life and will be staged with special scenery, brilliant mechanical ef fects, handsome costumes and a strong cast of characters. This play has been a great success this season and tho press of the differ ent cities visited have been lavish In Its praise. It has bright, clean com edy i mining through each act and it abounds in strong situations and start ling climaxes. New nnd up-to-dnte specialties are given between the acts, making a continuous performance. Cyrano Do Bargorac. Francis Wilson conies to tho Lyceum, Dec. 2d, for ono night, nnd, ns usual, hu has something new for our musical consideration. Cyrano du Bergcrae, the great dramatic hiicciss of iai.t season, has been transformed Into a comic opera by Victor Herbert, the sic cestui com poser, and Harry U. Smith, tlio most prolllle'llbrcttlst we have ever known. Tho new Cyrano It Is said has been reconstructed and Is now offered for laughing purposes only. Mr. Wilson Is quoted as bclns absolutely sure ot him self In his new role and makes the must of many amusing opportunities. He makes Cyrano a fellow of Inllntte Jest and Injects hero nnd thero a modem llavor which flexible comic opera license makes permissible. Tho company In cludes Lulu Olaser, Josephlno Knnpp, John Brand, peter Lang, A. M. Hoi brook. Joseph Broderlck, Charles II. Bowers and others. PLAYS AND PLAYERS. The theatrical buslnees Is ono of tho ery largo straws that point to tho course of the winds of prosperity. This season has tluiB far furnished a rich harvest for the showman of high and low degree. The actor who a year ngo was obliged to walk tics, so to speak, now travels in a Pullman and wears real diamonds In his scarf pin, Tho number of com panies on the road, as Indicated by the dramatic publications, Is sulllcleut to al most stagger the casual observer, yot all seem ta be prosperous, and oven tho lly-by-niglit orgonlzatlmis are soldom called upon to leave their bnggugo to secure un paid beard bills, In periods ot llnauclal "JenreHHlr.il those who c.atpr to the lovers L -C 0k a m i, ..L H .nWVAV' .,, Jr -s. lR nQ A T li wJr - w, v:.--" JW TLVS.X" DOMESTIC CHAMPAGNE Gold Seal, Great Western, Great East- ern, White Top and Werner's. IA1PORTED ALES AIcHulIen's White Label, Dog's Head, Burke's. DOMESTIC ALES Evans' Hudson, N. Y., Smith's Philadelphia, Continental Philadelphia. STOUT Guinesses' XX, Smiths', & Cochrane's Ginger Ale (Belfast), Bergner & Engle's Fxport Tannhauser Beer. 4 f - - 4- -'" -f -f -f-f -f HUNTER BALTIMORE RYE. 4--f-f-f-f4--f4-4-4-4-4--f4--f -f -f4- -f-f4--f-- 210 of tho drama aro usually first to feel the effects of enforced public economy, and all savo tho leading lights of the his trionic world, who play only to patrons of wealth and atlluence, enter upon ca reers of vexation and disaster or tem porarily disappear. But with the return of good times the nrmy of exponents of the thesplan art increases with a rapid ity that is astounding. Tho long-haired "ham fatter;" tho willowy heroine; the black-face comedian and the blonde bur lesque queen come trooping down tho line with n, joyous "hcro-wc-nre-agaln" ex pression ot countenanco that causes the spectator to momentarily forget the dull cares of business. Tho fact that all, from talented to mediocre, are enabled to thrive Is a sure and pleasing Indication that tho purse of the average citizen who tiends the aVenues of toll Is not empty. The dramatic version of Henry Slen klewlcz's "Quo Vadis" received its initial production at McVlcker's theater, Chica go, Tuesday evening. Tho dramatization Is by Stanislaus Strange nnd follows tho main incidents of tho book closely. The scenery, by D. Frank Dodge, of New York, received a largo sharo of tho ap plause. "Quo Vodls" Is presented in six acts nnd eight scenes, somo of the latter, particularly tho banquet scene In Nero's palace and the panorama of the burning of Rome, being especially realistic In de sign and gorgeous In coloring. Tho cast Is a strong one. Tho Incidental music was composed by Julian Edwards. Thomas Q. Seabrooke has decided to abandon tho farce, "Who Killed Cock Robin?" "The truth Is," remarked tho famous comedian, "our audiences have dune tho killing. The pleco has beta a disappointment to me to us nil. Wo thought It would bo a blight and spark Inlg farce. It was a success In Paris. It ran thero 200 nights. J. Cheover Good win translated it for me, and his suc cesses In tho past at similar work have been so great that we all looked for a brilliant play In 'Who Killed Cock RoblnV I don't think the fault lies with the trans lator or tho actors, for our company Is an excellent ono throughout. Tho only ex planation of the failure which occurs to mo Is a sad one. The French farce ap parently cannot flourish in American nt mosphcro unless It Is replete with Im proper seines nnd vulgar lines. Thero is no other explanation for the failure." The business Viola Allen has played to this season has broken records at every theater, without exception, that sho lias appeared in. In Chicago the record was broken for the length ot tho engagement at the prices at which she played. In St. Louis following, in playing to 510,200 on tho week the record for tho cntlro coun try was broken for ono week's engage ment at regular prices. Likewise In playing to nn average of over ?12,000 In tho cities of Detroit. Cleveland and litts burg, tho theater records in theso cities were broken at Miss Allen's prices. Thankbglvlng night Miss Allen's business broke Its own record. Tho takings for this night were J2.23S.50, Just Jj In excess of tho largest house to which sho had previously appeared, which was la St. Louis. Miss Allen Is playing a len-jthy engagement In Philadelphia to the ca pacity of tho Walnut Street theater. In Hitto of the close approach of Christmas tho business that James O'Neill Is doing this week throughout Pennsylvania Is nothing short of remark able. The house Is sold out In every city before the company urrlve, and lo cal managers all over the country aro asking for return dates for Jimes O Neill In "Tho Musketeers." Tho new v.ar will seo Sir. O'Neill again ut J lei .Majie ty's theater, Monti eal, Canada, where "Tho Musketeers" was Hint produced. Alter that week Mr. O'Neill plays an en gagement at the Boston theater, Boston, Mass, James A. Kerne la now on tho tenth week of his length;' engugoment at tho Park theater. Boston, In his new play, "Sag Harbor." Each right sees tho house crowded to the doors, and often r m v v- w i m w .ra v . IMPORTED CHAMPAGNE-Mumm's Extra Dry, Piper Held- X ttnr CrwAcc Hrtirlcir!1 fiiAcIa X 4-f-f-t--f-f--f-f -f-f the "standing room only' sign appears In front of the lobby. This play Is a companion to "Shore Acres," and is ex pected to make as great a success In New York next season as It has In Boston this. Sarah Cowell Lo Moync, who will be gin starring early In January, In her new play, ' "The Greatest Thing in the World." will appear In four of the most magnificent gowns that havo ever been seen on the American stage. Mrs. Le Moyne has always been known ns having beautiful costumes, but In this caso she will outd.o any of her former efforts. MADE A FALSE CONFESSION. Admitted a Crime in "Order to Save Himeslf. From the New Orleans Times-Democrat. "When I was considerably younger and greener in this business," said an old railroad detective, who had been nsked to tell a story of his experience, "I lived at a certain hotel, which it Is not in tho least necessary to name. On- rainy, sleety night in early winter I came In very late, and going directly to my room, was surprised to ilnd the door ajar. I had on a pair of old rub bers, so my approach had made no noise, and peering In I saw a. man bending over my open trunk. I didn't stop to meditate, but was on his back in a couple of Jumps, and who should It turn out to be but the porter, a young white man, much liked by ev erybody in the house. Ho was so startled that he couldn't say a word, and there was the evidence plain as day. The trunk had been forced with a chisel, which lay on tho lloor; the contents wero tumbled about, and sticking In the lock of tho door was a skeleton key made out of a pleco ot copper wire. When tho porter found his tongue he begged me not to turn him over to the police. He said that his mother, who was dependent on him for support, was sick and In destitute circumstances; that ho watt unable to earn enough to provide her with nec essaries, and his desperate need ot money had tempted him to the act. It was his first offense, he pleaded, nnd If I would let him off it would be his last In short, lie gave me the usunl story, but he told It so well and begged so plteously that at last I weakened and told him to get out. Next dny he quietly left town, and later on I dis covered that the mother story was a fake. Then I cussed myself for being a fool. "Nearly a year afterward," continued tho detective, "I arrested a profes sional crook for car breaking and found him wearing a pnir of my own cuff buttons, which I had missed for a long time and didn't know what had be come of them. Under pressure he con fessed that he had stolen them from a room In such-and-such a house, nam ing tho hotel where I lived. He eald ho had opened the door with a false key, broken into a trunk, nnd was JuBt rilling it when ho heard somebody coming and darted out, barely dodging a young man In the hall. I pulled nut tho copper BKeloton kep, which I still had on my ring, nnd ho identified It Immediately as tho one used. You may well believe I was considerably agitated, and I went to work imme diately to locate the ex-porter. After n good deal of difllculty I finally found him in Memphis clerking In a grocery store; I got the tip, by the way, from a lettor ho hud written to a friend. Well, I cornered him and insisted on an explnntlon, und he told mo a story I will never forget as long as I live. Lackawanna Imported Scotch, Holland Gin and -f -f4 4 - -f - Jamaica Rum, New England APOLLINARIS The Queen of Table Waters. Cordials, Imported and Domestic, Cocktails and Cherries. Rhine Wines, Clarets, Ports and Sherries J An Unlimited Supply. -- Cr -f-f -f-f-t--f and Continental Porters. f T he Wonder of the Flour Trade ! 50AE TO Rl5. MiMU "iKIST -- r"Sfe'5SSS v 'A To Depend on Ho said he was conrtng down the hall that night, when he saw a man run out of my room. Tho fellow got away before ho could grab him. and, natur ally enough, lie went In to s.e what was up. He noticed the trunk open, and had Just stooped down to see whether It had been forced when I rushed In. The surpilse of It bewil dered him for a moment, and then he realized that he had been caught Inad vertently in a position that would cer tainly convict him of burglary. 'I knew you wouldn't believe me If I told the truth,' ho suld, 'and would be dead sure to havo me arrested, but I did think thero wero some chances of work ing on your feelings by pretending to confess. 1 remembered hearing you remark,' said he, 'that you always felt sorry for a man that owned up.' So he tried that plan, anil, as you already know, It worked. I wns satisfied that what he told me was absolutely true, and, taken altogether, I believe that was the queerest case I ever had any thing to do with. Tho Inst I heard of the young man he was Ilvng In At lanta and doing well. The car thief got seven years!." Children's Sayings. Hero aro some children's sayings gathered by tho Cblcago News "What Hind of a dog is that, pap?" asked small Johnny, ns ho observed tho big animal chasing Ills own tall. "That's a watch dog," replied tho father. "And will ho go tts soon as ho winds himself up'" asked Johnny. 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