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What can be done with an indi
gent man who goes about soliciting
funds for the poor and then pocket
ing the gross receipts? The natura
supposition at first would be that
the man was obtaining money under
false pretences, but it might be that
state that he was the poor man and
Mayor Weir does have a thought now and then that iB not so bad.
He does not believe that it is good policy to inform the evil-doers
in general that they are perfectly safe behind a locked door.
Thoro is quite a popular belief among the uninitiated that a drouth
sufferer is one who is without the price of a drink. This is
erroneous, however.
Exciseman Brown wants to see the police in the city appear upon
the streets in polished shoes and resplendent in shining buttons,
ana ho has the right idea. Compelling an occasional legitimate
use of the razor would not bo a bad addition to make to the hobby.
Judge St. Clair catno in from the wild and wooley west long
enough to obtain a judge's commission with gilt seal and a $2,500
salary attachment thereto. There aro at least two men who rejoice
over the success of the populistic governor Silas and the new dis
penser of equal justice.
At the Funke.
Mr. Frank Zehrung offers to the patrons of his cozy little theatre,
the New Funke, a thrilling comedy drama in "Through the War'
appearing there next Monday and Tuesday evening, January 7th
and 8th. "Through the War" is a dramatic story of the late struggle
told in a style and manner which breathes the very atmosphere of
the period, surrounded by the thrilling incidents that sut.h a roman
tic phase of our history only can furnish. Dealing in laughter and
tears, a heart interest through which the play moves touches in the
most subtile manner all alike; and what better lesson can bo offered
than that which touches our hearts as it teaches us the story of that
struggle through which our fathers and brothers fought to preserve
our unity. The scenic embellishments aro elaborate and fresh from
the brush of Wra. Grabrouch, the scenic artist of Omaha. The de
tails aro produced in the most careful manner surmounted by an ex
cellent cast of people. Popular prices are certainly an inducement
to attend.
That clever comedian, Mr. Charles Dickson, who will on Thurs
day January 10, bo seen at the new Funke opera house will produce
a new comedy, entitle "A Jolly Good Fellow," and is said to be on
the order of "A Gilded Fool," in Mizzouri," and others of their kind.
Its story is that of a young man of social position who by reason of
his many escapades has become a 6ocial pariah. He discovers that
tho brother of the girl he loves, is begining to tread the same path
which led to his downfall, and in order to save the lad, he seemingly
sacrifices himself and all ho holds dear. It is around this slender
thread that Mr. Stanislaus Stange, the author of "A Jolly Good
Fellow," has woven a coaiedy which report states is one of the best
of modern days. The first act of the play occurs at West Point on a
graduation day, and it is here, while the eye is filled with color and
the ear with strains of marshall music, the auditor first becomes
acquainted with Mark Wetherill 'A Jolly Good Fellow," and they
follow his manly devotion and heroic sacrifices, his characteristic
humor and pathos, without pathos, through other scenes at a
fashionable watering resort, to Washington and to London.
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A Scene from "A Jolly Good Fellow."