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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : WEDNESDAY , NOVEMBER 22 , 1SW ) . ART OS THE AMERICAN STAGE Oreater Progress Heio Than Abroad Toward a fllgher Standard , SIGNIFICANT SIGNS OF THE SEASON Gooil Plnyn TnKlitK tlic I'lncc if l-'nrcc Coined } ' nnil Unit Melodrama Drniim 1'rco nnil l-'lnurlnliliii ; . On the authority of no ICES considerable and Immaculate a reporter than M. Clement Scott , American playgoers have learned , with gratlflcntlon tempered by surprise , that In this country drama IB fnr freer and moro flourishing than In London. I am prepared to accept almost any and every statement concerning the stage ( ex cept , of course , as to the women of the singe ) that Mr. Scott mny make. And though for once ho may have mistaken ono of hlo most pious wishes for fact , I will not quarrel with him. For ho hoa only antici pated fact. Certainly , even now. the dramn to which the moro speculative of our theatrical manj j agers liavu accustomed us has bccu frco enough. Frco ? Yea , In Bomo Instances , to the very point of obscenity. That It nourishes unless commercially It might bo hard to prove. And It would scpm Incredible that Mr. Scott , who Is no toriously Indifferent to the materialities , should stoop to the consideration of any thing so vulgar us mere boxofllco receipts. free trial package or a most remarkable remedy are being mailed to all who write the State Medical Institute. They cured so many men who had battled for years against the mental and physical suffering of lost manhood that the institute has decided to distribute free trial packages to all who write. It is a home treatment and all men who suffer with any form of sexual weak ness resulting from youthful folly , prema ture loss of strength and memory , weak back , vnrlcocele or emaciation of purls can now rure themselves at home. The remedy has a peculiarly grateful of- , feet of warmth and seems to act direct to the desired location , giving strength and development Just whcio It U needed. It cures all the Ills and troubles that coma from years of misuse of the natural func tions and has been an absolute success in all cases. A request to the State Medical Institute , ! W Klektron 'Building ' , Ft. Wayne , Ind. , stating that you desire one of their free trial packages will be compiled wltti promptly. The Institute Is desirous of reaching that great class of men who are unablb to leave home to bo treated and the free sample will enable them to see how easy It Is to be cured of sexual weakness when Uie proper remedies are employed. The Institute makes no restrictions. Any man who writes will bo sent a free sam ple , carefully sealed In a plain package , so that Its recipient need have no fear of em barrassment or publicity , Readers are re quested to write without delay. York and In the other leading cities of this land , ten years ago nay five farce comedy with Its Inanity of plot , Ita pitiful vulgarity its mechanical dexterity and Its buffoonery was popular. A playwright who has since attained some distinction In more worthy ilelds told me ten years ago that It was the height'of his ambition to reach , the grea heart of the people by inventing its farce comedies. Mr. Hoyt made , I am told , three quarters ot a million with hlswlld , , , thougl usually smart , grotesauerlcs clear evidence were any needed , that while ho was earning the money the public , or rather that portion of the public which enjoyed his chaff , wa grossly Ignorant of art , And whcro today Is Mr. Hoyt ? Where ar Hallcn and Hart ? And where , If he stuck to hla farce comedy , would the Ingenlou author of "Why Smith Left Town" soon be Remember , Mr. Docksladcr was * once pop ulixr. ulixr.Heaven Heaven forbid that I should throw stone at any of these gentlemen. They have serve their purposes. They have served the pur poses of thousands , ay , and ot hundreds c thousands , of excellent , honest , ingenuous but , I nm afraid , half-cultured playgoers. So , too , In our Innocent youth , some o us have relished what to the children o England Is still the greatest ot all plays our "Punch and Judy. " To Matthew ( Arnold ( who , In ovorythln except drama undoubtedly had taste ) Mr Harrlgan was a genius. And where is Mr. Harrlgan ? Gone. Gone with the old moons , and snows , of yester-year. For , surely , surely , despite our manager and despite the bad majority of our 'pro tended critics , the world mover } . Anil ar moves. Drama , the most readily appreciated and withal not the least noble , of , all orts < \ , ' " " " " "L * " jnNNiE MA'DDIiMtNrFISKE AS "BECKY"SHARP. " Yet , by comparison with what was In a ncar-'past , oven as an art the drama has made wondrous strides of late In these United Stat.es. Nor need one bo a madman or a visionary or a fool or an advance agent to venture the assertion that within a short time ! possibly to be measured by months , possibly by years , our stage-w'ill have ad vanced so far ( as to Its plays It not Its play ers ) that It will legitimately T > o nblo to look down on the sister stage'of England. The art of a country , and the progress of Its art , Is not to be gauged only by the rev- crenco or Irreverence with which It treats past masterworks. Judged by that teat , Indeed , wo might be found wanting , seeing that despite the phe nomenal and ttlll Inexplicable success of a "nomeo1 and Juliet" revival last season , Shakespeare is not popular here. Dut , happily , progress may bo shown , even as retrogression IH shown , by the attitude of the public towards llvng | dramatists Whatever Mr. Scott may tell us to the contrary , } n matters of art "tho majority Is always wrong" at first. Later , when the few have discovered and waged war for the new light In art , the minority will become the majority. ' "Cyrano do Dergcrae" was discovered , not as you Imagine , by the mass , but by the chosen and privileged cohort known as tbo Tout-Paris. They numbering some hund reds Indeed rose on the first night of "Cyrano" and acclaimed Its author. And It was their example that \yo imitated , or If you prefer It , followed hero ( without , as I have sometimes suspected , wholly under standing It ) when wo applauded that fine play of Rostand. Farce Comedy on the AVniic. On the other hand If wo find we are dis carding and growing ashamed of the lower and moro trivial forms of stagecraft , turnIng - Ing our backs , for example , on farce comedy and preferring comedy ; or If wo are learn ing to discriminate between the mock drama that depends for Its prosperity on clothes ( I have been connected with such things my self ) and the true drama , that depends on nature ; or If , again , wo are showing ever so small an appreciation ot the Imaginative and the poetic bo sure that wo are progressIng - Ing allko In taste , In wisdom and In civiliza tion. tion.Not Not only In the "provinces" but In New SENT FREE TO MEN A Most Remarkable Remedy Thnt Qtticltly Restores Lost Vigor * To Men. A Free Trial Pnckngo Sent By Mnll To All Who Write. moves also. In the Idyllic and the pastoral drama , aa In other fields , there has been progress. XotnM'e "Ilns-Dcciin. " Again. For several seasons past after a long plunge Into crude melodrama , of the Sims and Pettltt variety , we have had an unquestionably real , If slightly foolish fondness for what some of our managers persist In calling romantic drama. Costume plays , "Under the Red Robe , " "The Prls oner ot Zenda , " and the like , have ousted melodrama from the place It enjoyed In many of our leading theaters. Toor as they were , ridiculous as they seemed. If we tested thorn by logic or art , they gave evidence ol a dcslro for rather higher things. And now they hove almost had their turn. Romantic drama has not ceased to Interest us. That It can never do. But the popular costume play of the hour Is not "Rupert of Hentzau" or "Tho King's Musketeer. " It Is "Cyrano. " It la "Becky Sharp. " It Is "Tho Only Way. " Tomorrow It may bo "Den Hur. " Take comedy. Once ( not so long since ) we swore by the poor , cheap , and usually un printable , because unreadable , works of Mr. DeMlllo and Mr. Belasco. At this moment , doubtless millions of 'Americans , who Im- agtno themselves judges , of plays , would tell you that they admire "Tho Wife. " But you will not find them In New York , or In Beaten - ton , or In Chicago. Why ? Because there the examples ot Mr. Plncro and Mr. Haddon Chambers1 , and ( If you In sist ) I will add Mr. Henry Arthur Jones ( all , I repeat , Is relative ) have taught the moro Intelligent of our playgoers that truth Is not necessarily to bo dissociated from comedy may even In Itself and for Its own sake bo Interesting on the stage. Soon much sooner , maybe , than you fancy wo ohnll go deeper Into realism ; and charming comedies llko the "Princess and the Butterfly" of Mr. Plnero , or the equally charming and more natural "Tyranny of Tears" of Mr. Haddon Chambers , will seem hollow. Not that they are false. So far as they go they are real. But they will soon cease to seem real enough. As we become more accustomed to good plays , wo shall become more critical , clamor for moro logic , long for moro humanity. Thon- Ah , you sco what I nm slowly coming to. Yes. Then wo will swear by the real realist ; by Ilecquc and Porto-Rlcho and Sudcrmann and Ibsen and BJoernson and Gorhart Hauptmann. To nine-tenths of the American critics , to ninety and nlno-hundredths. of the Ameri can public , and to all tbo American man agers , these men ( familiar to tbo playgoers of Germany and Austria , and of Norway , as household words ) are still anathema , "They do not pay. " What of It ? Unless rumors lies , "Tho Qlrl from Max im's" has not "paid" cither. "My Innocent Hoy" was not a huge success. "Collnetto" has not proved all It was cracked up to be. Art niul I'roKiicrlty. Art , at the outset , may have little enough to do with commercial prosperity , "Cyrano" is an exception. And , admirable though it eecms , perhaps "Cyrano" will be forgotten after a season or two. To love art , you muet see It and bear it frequently. How can great dramas or great comedies become popular If our managers persist In not pro ducing them ? How could Wagner ever have won his hold over us If , braving ridicule and Indifference , which Is worse than ridicule , our impresarios had , like aa many of our musli ) critics , refused him a hearing ? Yet Wagner rclgus , where once a quarter of a century ago Uolllnl and Iloeslnl reigned. We have lest our fancy for coaree ehromo-llthographs. And we are building permanent arches , The production of good plays will lead , era long , to the popularity of good play * . Then our managers will gradually bo educated. And our critics Ah , who knows ? A beginning has been made. In a small way , I know. In the teeth of derision ( that would not matter ) and of apathy ( which , un less shaken , would mean everything ) . Five years ago I speak shamelessly did wo not see "Hannclo" at the Fifth Avenue ? And , though it failed ; though , that Is to eay , it cost money to the managers who produced it ; who that then saw it has ever forgotten tbo Impression It made on him ? Moro recently and once moro I speak very shamelessly , openly glorying In the share I had in the offense did wo not eeo some sort ot an attempt to found an Independent thea ter ? Urlef as was the career of that enterprise , It tasted long enough to give us those two marvelous object lessons the 'John Gabriel Borkman" of Ibsen and the 'Gran Qalcoto" of Rchcgaray. Critics may laugh at such efforts and managers may mourn over them , but they are not vain. No honest effort to advnnco art and to proclaim truth Is ever vain , Some thing remains , when the names of the men who may have been associated with the ef forts have gone out of our memories. Others , In whoso minds seed has been sown , will re new the fight ; perhaps successfully. My masters , the world moves. Couvciitlnnnlltlvn Annulled. Recently another onslaught on the con ventionalities and the untruths that cleiivo to our stage has been made in New York. Mr. Zangwlll ( aided , It Is but fair to add , 'by Mr. Jnmra A , Hcrne , a pioneer of the true drama in America ) has Introduced us to his dramatized "Children of the duetto. " Greater than all these , deeper than "John Gabriel Borkmnn , " stranger and liner than "El Gran Galcoto , " more beautiful and In finitely more significant than "Cyrano" ( I write this feelingly and blush not for my brazcnncss ) Is a play which B. II. Sothcrn has promised to produce- ( experimentally at least ) at Daly's. "The Sunken Bell , " a work by Gerhart Hauptmann , author ot "Hannle , " and of "The Weavers. " the one truly great play thus far given the stage on the subject of labor and capital. What Is "Tho Sunken Bell7" And who is this Hnuptmann ? As to Hauptmann. He Is a poet , one of the few poets who in our day have been blessed with the dramatic spirit. In Ger many ho has slnco the production of his first work ( "Before Sunrise" ) by the Krclo Buehno ( or Independent Theater ) In Berlin , been recognized ns the head of the new realistic movement. He is a young man still hardly older than Rostand , And his range Is far wider , while his Insight Into the soul of humanity is far moro profound than Rest and's Is or is ever likely to be. In "Tho Weavers" ho produced an epic of misery j and In so doing evolved a new stage tech- I nlque. Imagine a drama without a hero , without a heroine , without a love interest. The people. Itself , with its woo and Its dull , hopeless yearnings for happiness , substituted for the sweethearts and the villains of con vention. And the effect ? Prodigious. Heart- shaking. ' Now for "Tho Sunken Bell. " It Is the antithesis of "Tho Weavers. " A poetic trag ! j edy or , as the author has named it , a "fairy play. " But a fairy play , such as a young Goethe might have conceived ; a hu man tragedy , dressed In the form of a dra matic allegory , with fantasy not unworthy of "A .Midsummer Night's Dream , " or a "Tempest" to brighten it , and a moral that recalls in turn "Prometheus" and "Faust , " and the story ot Icarus. The hero an idealist , dreaming of a mar velous peal of bells that shall ring a. new gospel of Joy and light and freedom through I the world. The heroine an elf , a child of Impulse , symbolizing nature. There is a victim , too , a hapless wife , who drowns herself. And there are villains ( of a queer kind ) ; a woodsprlte and a watersprlte.-i The J play Is a poetic parable. Freaks nt the FootllKhtn. We may sea other dramas , strange and perhaps , to some , bewildering , this season. Mr. Blair , an actor who attracted favor able attention 'by tbo admirable work he did two years ago In what was known as the Criterion Independent theater produc tion of "El Gran Galeoto , " announces Jthat ho will present In New York a series of modern plays flve.or six of them. "Galeoto" itself is among the number. Echegaray wrote It as a lesson In charity and his chief character ( aa Ernesto , the hero , tells us ) does not appear on the stage. For that character Is really Calumny. The "Llttlo Eyolf" of Ibsen ( whereof the tendency may seem inspired by Tolstoi's "Krcutzer Sopata" ) and a remarkably strong drama , by Richard Voss , entitled "Guilty , " are also on the list. Ono other play promised by Mr , Blair may bo mentioned , "The Henther Field , " of Mr. Edward Martyn. Much has been written of this work ( Ibsenlst in plan , but less somber and "repellant" than some dramas of the Norwegian master ) , by Mr. William ArchB.- and Mr. George Moore. It was originally presented In London , this year , by the Irish Literary theater. The subject and the author both are Irish. And the hero Is again a dreaming Idealist. What reception will these works meet at the hands of the public to which they will appeal ? That Is for the future to decide. But 11 am hopeful. j They will bo sneered at every one of I ; hem of course. They may not please. But I : hcy will hardly meet Indifference. The , 1st of patrons published by Mr. Blair It ; ncludes such representative names as W. 0. Howclls , Sir Henry Irving , Branson Howard , E. H. Sothern , George Vanderbllt , jcorgo Gould , Charles Frohman , Israeli Znngwlll and Recorder Goff should assure , hem at least courtesy. And these plays will bo scco In Boston perhaps also In Philadelphia. There Is hope for the true drama In America. CHARLES .HENRY MELTZER. Oflloer IClIlN a Murilurcr. RALEIQII. N. C. , Nov. 21. Ex-Sheriff Prltchard und Jncob lilaylock of Mitchell county yesterday attempted to arrest a man named Hunneycut , nn alleged mur derer. Hunneycut shot and killed Blayloclc and Prltchard a moment later killed Hun neycut. Prltchard , who killed Hunnoycut , a a brother of United States Senator 'rltchard. STYLISH GARB FOR MEN Fancies In Gloves for Morning Afternoon and Evening Wear , WHITE FRONTS FOR SWELL OCCASIONS Dculluc mill Full of ( he Dinner Coat Cut lit Knalilnnalile Trimmer * Auto * on Vc tpcktlc * nnil Shirt StmlK. NEW YOIIK , NoV. 16. There has been no article of masculine apparel more thoroughly abused than the little bob-tailed dinner jacket , knonn In England as the Cowes coil and on this sldo as the Tuxedo. For n num her of years now men have been forcing the comfort of the Tuxedo as far ns they dared , appearing at the theater , In hotel dining rooms and even at small dinners In the tall less garment , which Is nothing more nor less In reality than a pmoklng jacket , and In troduced tor itso only on the most Informal and Bohemian occasions. This winter a stand has been taken against any further excursions of the dinner jacket Into the realms of smart society and the man who wears ono when ho dines In public with women or when he dines nt homo with any save his Immediate family Is well out of line with the present rules of good dressing. At a music hall , In the company of men alone , or at the club , n dinner jacket Is appropriate , elsewhere Its appearance proves Its wearer la either indifferent or Ignorant of the customs of his sex. From London have lately come a fresh supply of white evening waistcoats , orna mented with gilt buttons , and already a few have been seen about at the early theater parties and dinners , but as a rule the con servative A'mcrlcan man , as fearful ns an Adirondack deer of a bit of color In the even ing , clings to his familiar ducfc waistcoat , fastened doublo-brcastcd , with large , white pearl buttons , though there la every argu ment In favor of the touches ot gilt In tbo somber evening toilet. During the coming season white waistcoats will be worn almost cxcluslevly at balls and at the operas and no man who knows any thing ot the taste that now prevails over his wardrobe will dare wear gold buttons In his Immaculate shirt front. The perfect expres sion ot current fashion , as well as good Judgment , Is n pair ot medium white pearls screwed Into the linen. A smart man or two last year tried to Introduce colored pearls , but the majority derided the suggestion out of existence and a couple ot handsome pearls so fixed to the gold screws that no setting shall be visible Is the acme of elegance. As good pearls cost more than the average man Is willing to Invest In his evening toilet a concession to economy Is still made with the white enamel studs , though It Is ad mitted that the jewelers can and do sell Imitation pearl studs that defy criticism and that are within the reach of any man's purse. HcliiHiiK to TrouHiT * . The outside seams of evening trousers have been latterly undergoing an amount of manipulation that has left a good many honest souls wondering what the outcome would be. The whole 'matter has resolved itself Into the conclusion that If you wish to affect the purely American taste In tailorIng - Ing those Important outside seams must bo lapped , and extremely fastidious men there are who approve and adopt this quiet style. To announce yourself as extremely up-to- date by the fashions , as Issued from London , you must wear two na ijow lines of bright , black silk braid down the outside seam Instead of the ono'CrosAl braid as' formerly , thouch the slngl6' wld'd''bral"d ' Is not out of style at all' . > While wo 'are about5 the question of trousers , let It bo known by .thoso . who are on the verge of placing 'iny orders with their tailors that the most approved and prevail ing cut of these garments Is for as snug a fit as the figure can bear about the hip line. The slight walsted and lean hipped man comes' nearest to the build of modern Apollo , and to accentuate the clean lines with a close-fitting garment Is what every expert and disinterested tailor earnestly recommends. To the kflec the line of the garment slopes taperingly and 'below this point there Is an undeniable outward spring , for though the perfect trousers leg Is cut on a system of curves like a faultlessly proportioned Greek column , It should appear absolutely straight. It Is not yet too early to make conclusive observations concerning neckties and gloves and the best-dressed men seen In the theaters and restaurants adopt , with 'im portant exceptions , dull black Bilk neckties , Instead of satin , with evening dress when the waistcoat Is of black goods matching the coat and trousers. ( ilovon far All SCIIHOIIH , Jn the evening , the opera , the theater party assembled In a box , all balls , night weddings and exceedingly large dinners call out the glove of ceremony , namely , the Ivory white glnce or dressed kid. It Is a glove stitched with white silk and fastened with two largo white pearl buttons. American men , hitherto rather oblivious of the law regulating the wearing of gloves , ore yieldIng - Ing moro and more to the grip of the close- fitting white kid , and the man in the theater or opera box , or even In the opera orchestra , keeps his gloves buttoned In place through the evening. This Is heroic , because white , gloves are uncomfortable and costly , and so great Is the horror with the fashionable youth of appearing In an evening glove from which the first freshness has been brushed that ho carries several pair with him to balls and changes as often ns three times In the course of a busy evening. For less formal evening functions than those enumerated above , pearl gray kids with white pearl buttons are much worn , while for afternoon weddings , calls , recep tions , etc. , gray and enuff-colored suede , or undressed kids , are Imperative. Two largo pearl buttons at either wrist serve as the best fastening for these , and men who lay great atrcea on detail denounce as "Intensely vulgar" any patent casps | on the afternoon hand coverings. It Is quite another matter 8 ® * S8S89S6 ® S8888S J eit vJ THE-YOUTH'S The Fireside Friend In Half A Million Homes. Special Subscription Offer for 1900. HOSE who subscribe at once , sending $1.75 , the price of n year's subscription , with this slip or the name of this paper , will receive all the remaining issues of The Companion for 1899 FREE , and then all the issues for the 53 weeks of the new year , until January t , 1901. This offer Includes the gift of the cj. New Companion Calendar for 1900 an exquisite souvenir of the last year of the century. XX W7 VICTOR MAUI1EL. Send ns your address on a Postal and we will mall yon our Illustrated Announcement number , [ | iN | a delightful Paper entitled "A Barl- containing a fall prospectus of the Contributors Wl lone among Famous People , " Victor and Contributions encased for the new volume. Maurel recalls some of the royal personages he has met during his career as a great . THE YOUTH'S COMPANION , Boston , Mass. public singer. concerning the morning glove. One large brass snap-button holds this firm , and ex tremely heavy dogskin of a tan , brown erred red brown color , showing rather massive scams , Is the choicest aiylo. This glove serves for * riding , but the automoblllst or the man who handles tbo ribbons In the park , pulls on a pair of one-button gloves , having the backs of heavy undressed browh or gray castor beaver , the fingers showing largo gussets at the base of every finger and the palm ridged to give an effective grip on reins or levers. OI veil to n Wniiinii AVI HI Wns Horn Illliiil. A few days ago , relates the Portland ( Me. ) Express , Miss Alberta McKlnnle looked out of the windows of the "sugges tion room" at the Eye ami Ear Infirmary and burst Into tears. Other patients have looked from the windows of the Infirmary and shod tears caused by suffering. But Miss McKlnnle wept for pure Joy , and she praised God and Dr. Holt alternately. Small wonder that she did , for upon her has been wrought a truly modern miracle. Blind slnco birth , the achievements of modern science have given thu sight that for twenty- nine years have been denied her. Miss McKlnnle belongs In Rockland , and she was born blind. Over each eye a con genital cataract obscured the vision. She lived with relatives who clothed and fed her. One day a stranger saw Miss McKlnnlo and looked at her eyes. Ho told her that he believed If she would go to the Eye and Ear Infirmary an operation might be performed that would enable her to see. The neighbors scoffed. It was ridiculous. Dut hope found lodgment In Miss McKlnnle's breast and her one thought was to come to Portland. Rev. Mr. Woodman of Rockland Interested him self In her , and she was sent here for treat ment. ' It was a delicate and peculiar , operation , Dr. Holt penormca upon Ausa .Mciunmc. when he removed the two congenital cat aracts. It Is an operation that la usually un satisfactory. A white substance which was j about the color of milk and the consistency | of butter was spread over each pupil. It I could not be removed by cutting away like a hard substance. Instead it bad to bo | stirred up , so to speak , and then the doctor trusted , In a great measure , to absorption to remove It. For fourteen weeks the patient has been at the Infirmary. The operation has been performed by easy fctagcs for the purpose ' ot watching and studying each change. Little by little the milky cataracts dis appeared , until now but a small white speck remains on each eye , and It Is thought that these will disappear In time. In all prob ability another slight operation will be per formed to correct a slight crossed effect that appears In the restored organs. When the final operation was performed the eyes were bandaged and carefully kept Trora the light for several days. When they were strong enough to bo fitted with lasses It was a difficult task to find Just : he kind that she needed , but It was finally accomplished. Dr. Little placed them on Miss McKlnnle and led her to the window for the first time. It was almost like being born Into a new world for Miss McKlnnle. Of course a good many things eho had a general Idea of through hearing people talk about them. Directly opposite the Infirmary n man was walking about on the flat roof of a house. It was mo nrst oojoct her eyes rested u'jou. "What Is It ? " asked Dr. Little. "It must be a man , " she answered. So on , one by one , different objects were pointed out and she was asked to tell what they were. A man with n pall went by. She said she thought that must bo a poll because she had f > ilt of ono while she was blind. Juat then a dog went by In the street. She stared In astonishment , and then cried out : "Oh , Is that a dog ? I never Imagined It looked like that. " Trees were n mystery to her. Their spreading limbs and autumn-tinted foliage held her spellbound. She had never seen colors before. Electric cars , were a wonderful thing , as was the electric light. She could not understand the power thai was back of them. When asked what her feelings were when she first found out that she could see , she replied : "Well , I don't know as I con tell you. My eyes seemed to bo swimming in water and I thought I was looking nt n Jake. This mist slowly clearcil away , and then I saw the face of Dr. Holt. Oh , It was the first face I had ever seen , and ho Is the Louis XVI How well Mr. Skinner looks In his fancy dress. Sir Knight Of course , be la a living representation of the splndlo leg period. with , a constant hacking cough. It only keeps up the irritation that the cough , is a sign of. This irritation , if not alla3Ted\vill , soon lead to worse things , and deadly diseases such as pneumonia , consump tion , etc. , may arise from it. There are many cheap and infer ior cough syrups , etc. , on the market , butnone with such potency for cure as Made of the rarest and purest ingre dients after , the formula of an old established plrysician , full particulars in regard to which go with every bottle. Coltesfoote Expectorant is not a secret remedy. It is a combination of selected vegetable ingredients of un failing power over coughs , sore throats , irritation , hoarseness , pain in the chest and all diseases of the respir atory tract. Nothing like it in the world. Collesfoote Expectorant is for sale by all druggists. It is a fact that catarrh is inflammation. To try to cure it by old-fashioned or unscientific methods is only to make it worse. The most scientific and simplest way is to treat it locally by the use of the bland , demulcent , healing jelly that soothes , relieves , and cures. Easy . to apply , pleasant to use , prompt and permanent in results. The formula of Herr J. Muller , Physician in Ordinary to the Emperor of Austria , and is for sale by all druggists in so-cent patent Ozojell nasal tubes. Its great curative propertl/a a free TO cample will be sent by mall prepaid to any address oil request. OZOJELL CURE , 219 Temple Court , NewYork best man in the world ! I shall bless him until my dying day. " When asked If she had been out , she said : "Oh , yes , several times. I can't describe to you my sensations. I hnvo seen so much that Is beautiful and I have so much moro to sec. I am learning to read now , and have got EO I can pick qulto a good deal out of a newspaper , I have read some by means of tbo raised letters provided for blind folks , so It hasn't been so hard to learn the letters In print. If I could stay hero forever I would be perfectly happy. " Whllo nlmllnr operations have been per formed , it Is seldom that they result so successfully as this ono. To give an Idea of Just what her eight now Is , It may bo said that teiMcntlis represent the normol or per fect vision , Mies McKlnnlo can see four- tcnthe. With the glasses that have been fitted to her eyes eho will bo able to sea better than many persons who have al ways seen , but who have auch affections ns ncarslghtodness , etc. She will bo able to read , and oven now she .says she can almost thread a needle. Her eyca are now to her. i so to speak , and an soon as she gets used to them she will use them much better. Ono peculiar thing that can bo noticed about Miss McKlnnlo Is the change of the expres sion of her face. It Is well known that blind people bavo expressionless faces us a rule , particularly those .blind from birth. It was BO In Miss McKlnnie'a case. Why should It bo otherwise ? What could she know of the beauties or humors that pioduco the various expressions In the fates of tlioao who con see ? She did not know what It was to laugh , but she does now , and no , Httlo by little , each new thing that she sees pro duces some now emotion that causes the hitherto Impassive countenance to light up with all tbo cmotbns of other mortals. J , I ) , Orldges , edltsr "Democrat , " LancaSf tcr , .V. H. , cays ; "Ono Minute Cough Cure Is the best remedy for croup I ever uoed. " Immediately relieves and cures coughi , colds , croup , asthma , pneumonia , bronchitis , grlppa and all throat aud lung troubles. It prevent ) ccnsuraptlon. | IINIIIU > .Vcurro KHlM HIM Knllicr. LOUI8VIM.K , Ky. , Nov. 21.-A special 'rom Ow nnljoro , Ky. , ayn ; Cicero liurnett , i negro ravine lunatic , today cut off Ma 'athcr'B head with u hatchet. Tlie murdered man was 78 yearn of UBC , liarnctt was ur- rested. ( ifiiiM May Hit Imitation * . NK\V YORK. Nov. 21In order to nettle the question us to I ho gcnulncneiia of the Great auutlty of pearly found In tlio bug- A Badly Sprained Arm HOUSTON. Texas. DR. RADWAY & CO. Dear Situ : August 22th last I had n badly sprained arm. Af ter using nix dlfi'ciem ( what were called ) remedies , 1 never not relief till I used Hadwny'B Heady Relief , which eased tha pain nt once and cured me In two days. My father , who Is GO years old sayH ! "Kail- ways Heady Ilellef and Rnawny'H I'I11 ara the best of -medicines. . " Wo keep In I the house the year around , Reupcctfully , THOS. HANSHOROUGII , Special Police , City I Vail. 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JI > er , Dillon Irun ; Co. , Solo AtfcnU , lUtlt ami Kuril 11 in HtH , , Oniiiliiicl ) . of Francois Dork , the saloon KIT cu thu l-'rfiu'h liner La Ilrotacne , on thu arrival hero last Sunday , the examina tion which wau Hit for this forenoon before , I'nltiMl KtatCH C'oiiimlHHloiit'r Shields IIUH been udjouriifd until Thursmy , Mruntlmu th" gems will be c-ountcd and critically ex- amltiiMl by u lapidary. It IH believed many of the gems are only Imitations ,