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HE STATE CENTRAL COMMITTEE.
1 List of the Officers, Members, and Executive
Commltte of People's Party of Nebraska.
OFFICII STATB COMMITTEE.
Chairman I. A. Edgerton, Lincoln.
Secretary Frank D. Eager, Lincoln.
Treasurer Austin H. VV ier, Lincoln.
STATE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
First Dtstrict-C. W. Hoxle, Lincoln.
Second District C. A. Whitford, Arlington.
Third District O. Nelson, Richland.
Fourth District B. R. B. Weber, Valparaiso.
Fifth District D. S Dusenbery, Nelson.
Sixth District-J. W. EUingham. North Piatt.
COUNTY COMMITTEEMEN.
County. Nam. Poittffict,
Adams...,-.........!. T. Steel.. Ilisf.EgS
Antelope..........Herman Frees.-....Neligh
Banner.-......... M. E. Shafto Ashford
Blaine ............. ..Eira Hollopeter....Brewster
Boone ..... A. Baird,.. Cedar Rapids
Box Butte ...J. K. Neal . Heminglord
Boyd......-.-....i-d. I Whiting.....Spencer
brown............George Miles...... Ainsworth
Buffalo. ..........John A. Miller Kearney
Burt.... E. W Peterson....Tekamah
Butler .......W. H. Xaylor....DavidCity
Cass .......W. Waugh ....Alvo
Cedar ............ .....John H. rilber..Hartington
Chase A. B. Sutton Imperial
Cherry .....G. P. Crabb. .....Valentine
Cheyenne C. J. Osborne....Sidney
Clay G. W. Nagle....Clay Center
Collax O. Nelson............. Richland
Cumming.....L. I)ewald.........Visner
Custer C. W. Beal ..Broken Bow
Dakota M. B. Slocum. So. Sioux City
Dawes J. L. Gibson Crawford
Dawson .T. W. Hanna Lexington
Duel Jonas Conman Oshkosh
Dixon .C, W. Schrani Pouca
Dodee R. D Kelly Fremont
Douglass .. . Omaha
Dundy L. . Valker Benkleman
Fillmore John 1. Burke Geneva
Franklin I.M. Dimmick Macon
Frontier Wm. Reed Stockville
Furnas C. F. W heeler Beaver City
Gage E E. Ellis Beatrice
Garfield T. G. Hemmett....Burwell
Gosper S. B Yoeman Elwood
Grant H. Greathouse Hyannis
Greely James Barry Greely Center
Hall H. A. Edwards.....Grand Island
Hamilton F. M. Howard Aurora
Harlan Theo. Maher Alma
Hayes ...J. E. Haminond...Hayes Center
Hitchcock.; Geo. W. Carter....Dike
Holt Ham Kautzman..O'Neill
Hooker W. B. Barnaby.... Mullen
Howard C B. Manuel St. Paul
Jeff rson Thad Williams....Fairbury
Johnson Fred Kohn CrabOrchard
Kearney G J. Richmond...Minden
Keith J. VV, -heridan....Ugallala
Keya Paha .John F. Carr Springview
Kimball John Bigs Kimball
Knox lohn T. Lenger...Niobrara
L ncaster C. W. Hoxie Lincoln
Lincoln J W. EUingham.. .North Platte
I.oizan W. Ginn Gandy
Loup J. F. Anderson....Taylor
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ladUon C D. Jenkins Norlolk
McPherson ..
..Ben Wilson Tvron
Merrick
Nance
Nemaha ...
...M. H. Rawlins Archer
...Wm. Dnwson Fullerton
....1). J. Wood Bratton
...D. S. Dusenbery.. Nelson
Nucko.s.
Otoe Jonn Willman Nebraska Citj
Pawnee l. J. Plummer fawneecity
Perkins Frank Coates Elsie
Phelps A. J. Shaffer Holdrege
Pierce W. A Bouce Foster
Platte John S. Freeman. Columbus
Pulk i.C. Kahe Shelby
Red Willow I. A. Sheridan Indianola
Richardson J. M. Whittaker.. Falls City
Rock W. T Phillips Bassett
?aiine Wilbur Savage....Wilber
Sarpy George Becker Richfield
Saunders B. R. B. Weber Valparaiso
Scotts Bluff W. J Sentery Gering
Seward M. D. Carey Seward
J heridan H. I. Staunchfield.Rushville
Sherman H. M. Mathews Loup City
Sioux ... Wm. J. Raum Harrison
Stanton W. H. Porter Stanton
Thayer F. S. Mickey Hebron
Thomas A. C. Avers Thedford
Thurston W. I. wiltsie Pender
Valley C. A. Munn Ord
Washington C. A. Whitford Arlington
Wayne H B. Miller Winside
Webster H. L. Hopkins Cowles
Wheeler C. E. Parsons bartlett
York J. D. P. Small York -
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GRADUATE OF
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10 years continuous practice
in Lincoln:
Office: Alexander Block,
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Teeth on Rubber. I'latlunm. Gold and Aluml
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Mrs. L. P. Brooks
Secretrry
run ueit ol the south.
In the world, while Tears, Apples, Grapes, and
and produces fine crons of Corn. Oats. Ilv.
tables, etc., write to
W. L. GLtSSNER.
Commissioner of Immigration.
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ITS WEIGHT IN GOLD.
A NEW DISCOVERY WHICH H
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T Aayoae AflUrted H iti PHs,
Tbe Pyramid Pile Cure, the new. pain-
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successful in curing every form of piles
and rectal diseases, has recently been
placed on sale at druggists and it is safe
to say that when its extraordinary merit
becomes fully known, there will be no
such thing as surgical operations for the
cure o( this obstinate and coinmou
trouble.
Mrs. M. G. Hinkly. of 601 Mississippi
St., Indianapolis, lud., says: I had been
a terrible sufferer froni piles for 15 years
and no remedies benefited me, until I
saw an advertisement of the Pyramid
Pile Cure; 1 got a package, also a pack
age of Pyramid Pills and used both ac
cording to directions. I was astonished
at the immediate relief obtained and now
I honestly believe the Pyramid to be the
only cure for piles.
That you may realize how bad I was.
I will say that I was confined to my bed
and went before the college physicians
here who said my case was anew one to
them and wanted seven or eight hundred
dollars to undertake a cure; the great
paiu hafl brought on a rupture, and I
knew an operation would be death to me
on account of blood poisoning. Nearly
everyone here knows of my terrible suffer
ing from piles and I fil that 1 cannot
praise the Pyramid Pile Cur enough, and
the Pyramid Pills also. My husband will
join me in highly recommending the Pyr
amid, my daughter was cured by one
box only. For several years I weighed
but about 90 pounds, now I weigh 150
aud feel in perfect health.
This seems to be the universal testi
mony of every sufferer from piles who
have ever tried the Pyramid; it is the
safest, most painless pile cure yet discov
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one needing treatment. The Pyramid
Pile Cure is sold by druggists at 50 cents
and $1.00 per package and the Pyramid
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Send to Pyramid Co., Albion, Mich., for
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PECULIAR POISONS.
Generated in the Human Body.
The Eesnlt of Imperfect Digestion of Food.
Every living thing, plant or animal,
contains within itself the germs of certain
decay and death.
In the human body these germs of dis
ease and death (called by scientists
Ptomaines), are usually the result of im
perfect indigestion of food, the results of
indigestion or dyspepsia.
The stomach, from abuse, weakness,
does not promptly and thorougly digest
the food. The result is a heavy sodden
mass which ferments (the first process of
decay) poisoning the blood, making it
thin, weak, and lacking in red corpusc
les; poisoning the brain causing head
aches and pain in the eyes.
Bad digestion irritates the heart, caus
ing palpitation and finally bringing on
disease of this very important organ.
Poor digestion poisons the kidneys,
causing Bright s disease and diabetes.
And this is so because " every organ
every nerve depends upon the stomach
alone for nourishment and renewal, and
weak digestion shows itself not only in
loss of appetite and flesh, but in weak
nerves and rauddv complexion.
The great English scientist, Huxley,
said tbe best start in life is a sound stom
ach. Weak stomachs fail to digest food
properly, because they lack the proper
quantity of digestive acids (lactic and
hydrochloric) and peptogenic products;
the most sensible remedy in all cases of
indigestion, is to take after each meal,
one or two of Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets,
because they supply in a pleasant, harm
less form all the elements that weak
stomachs lack.
The regular use of Stuart's Dyspepsia
tablets will cure every form of stomach
trouble except cancer of the stomach.
They increase flesh, insure pure blood,
strong nerves, a bright eye aud clear
complexion, because all these result only
from wholesome food well diirested.
Nearly all druggists sell Stuart's Dys
pepsia I ablets at oO cents full sized
package or by mail by enclosing price to
Stnart Co., Marshall, Mich., but ask your
druggist hrst.
Our aim from now until Fehmarv. 1t
shall be not to make but to get money.
e win tuereiore sen suits & (Joats at un
Drecedented low nrippa AoriciiltnroHat.
visiting Lincoln the coming week will, we
believe, save money by trading with us.
raine, vvarfei & Uuuistead.
THE PROMISED LAND.
Why. the Tourist, Traveler, and
Student Should Visit Utah.
There are two rensnna nitlior rm l
which ought to be conclusive with every
American citizen.
First The trin from Denver in TTrnh
via Rio Grande Western, "Great Salt
Lake Iloute," is the grandest to be found
anywhere on thecontiuent. NoEuropean
trip of equal length can compare with it
in variety ana grandeur of scenery and
wealth of novel interest.
Second You should rrn liii'siim n l.on
you have made this wonderful trip, you
win una utan at the end ol it Utah, one
of the world's famous spots and a laud
of irold. silver, eormer. irnn and nnl- nl
lofty mountains and fertile valleys; of
vineyards, irints and flowers. Salt Lake
Cit.V. the Clillital. in of ormir. intoraet nn
account of its historical and religious
associations. Here are Hot Thermal
Sorinirs. Warm Snrirni-H-Siilnhur Knrln.r.
Sanitarium, Parks. Drives, Canyons and
me most nenitniiii climate on earth.
Great Salt Lake with the new and beauti
ful Saltair Ileach Resort of Moorish de
sign, has no equal in America. Write to
F. A. WadleL'h, Salt "Luke City, for
copies of pumpli lets, etc. t
For Sale Cheap.
Hvdraulic Ram as irnod no now UVito
to C. E. Olson, Colon, Neb.
Send ns in a list of named to
whom we may send sample conies
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an druggists sell Dr. Miles' Pain nils,
NEWSY TRIPLES.
The first buckwheat state la New
York, with 280,029 acres and 4,675,735
bushels of product
"Die, and I will do the rest," la the
advertisement of a Chesanlng, Mich.,
funeral director.
Striking an average, English women
wear shoes two sizes larger than Amer
ican women.
A free lodging-house for tramps ie
to be established In New York, where
the rule will be, "no bath, no bed." '
"Devil" occupies seventeen and one-.
half columns In the new installment of
Dr. Murray's "New English Diction-,
ary."
Prussia has a debt of $37 per capita,
Russia $30, Austria-Hungary $70, Brit
ain $87, France $116, Italy $76, and the
United States $14.
A peanut oil mill Is to be established
in Norfolk, Va., with a capital of $40,
000 and an estimated capacity of 400
gallons a day.
There are in Russia some thirty-six
mortgage banks, which are established
for the sole purpose of issuing loans
upon real estate.
Columbus, Ga., has broken the rec
ord. A man was convicted and fined
the other day before the recorder for
not returning an umbrella.
Since the outbreak of hostilities be
tween China and Japan no fewer than
150,000 guns have been exported to the
east, principally from Birmingham.
It has been decided by an Ohio court
that wives are legally responsible for
the support of their husbands when
the husband cannot furnish the sup
port. The presidents who were over CO
when Inaugurated, were: William Hen
ry Harrison, 68; Zachary Taylor, 66;
Buchanan, 66; Jackson, 62; and John
Adams, 61.
A personal note for $11, on which the
interest was $340, came into court In
Arizona recently. The rate of interest
stipulated was $1.25 a week. The note
was outlawed.
South Dakota has over 6.000 business
firms and is charged with only twenty-seven
failures during 1895- one of
the hardest years that the business
men of the west have ever seen.
The street railways of Baltimore pay
9 per cent of their gross earnings Into
the city treasury. The receipts from
this source during the last fiscal year
amounted to $221,458.99.
An Irish loyalist club has been
formed in London with the object of
forming a bond of union between loy
alists In London and their fellow loyal
Irishmen in other parts of the empire.
W. L. Bevin, of Goshen, Ind., claims
to have the oldest violin in the United
States. He traces It from an Italian,
who owned it in the fifteenth century,
through the hands of several noted mu
sicians down to the present time. He
bought it for $50.
FLOTSAM AND JETSAM.
Olympia, Wash., has a well with a
bottom that is gradually rising to the
surface of the earth.
The beBt paid official in the British
service is the lord lieutenant of Ire
land, who receives $100,000 a year.
Henry Moe, an eccentric farmer near
Greenwood Lake, New York, is pre
paring to start a frog farm, on which he
will raise frogs for the New York mar
ket In England the Christmas decora
tions may remain in the churches dur
ing the month of January, but must all
be cleared away before February 2, or
Candlemas day.
It is whispered that three times as
many New York men as women Invoke
the aid of face massage to smooth away
the furrows time has plowed upon their
visages.
Iu the year 1596 there were only four
kinds of hyacinth, the single and the
double blue, the purple and the violet.
At the present time there are many
thousands of varieties.
Turkish coffee is not all coffee.
Throughout the East it is mixed with
large quantities of barley or rye meal,
which makes it thick, and prevents it
from exciting the nerves tob much.
A German engineer, Dr. Gottig, has
invented and patented a method of
making aluminum chmeically unaltera
ble by a process which gives it the ap
pearance of'Japanese bronze.
In the British museum are bricks tak
en from the buildings in Nineveh and
Babylon, which show no sign of decay
or disintegration, though the ancients
did not burn or bake them, but di ied
them in the sun.
ODDS AND ENDS.
Photography has become such a
forger that the Bank of France will
print its bills in three colors as a pre
vention. Four billions three hundred and
eighty thousand postage stamps are
used in a year by the people of the
United States.
Broadway was first called by the
Dutch, who settled New York, "Broad
Wagon Way," and the term was finally
shortened by the wagon's being left
out.
The cost of the present day lord may
or's show is about 2,000, while the ban
quet, which, after all, is the great
event of "the 9th," must cost at least
between 2,000 and 3,000, one-half of
the amount being contributed by the
lord mayor and the other half divided
between the two sheriffs.
Women are responsible now for about
300 patented inventions per year.
The Jeff Davis mansion at Richmond
will be made into a museum for Con
federate war relics.
Pesth, in Hungary, has a telephone
newspaper, carried by wire to its pa
trons and issued by a force of ten
strong-voiced men, who work in turns,
two at a time. Twenty-eight editions
are uttered per day and the happy sub
scribers can lie in bed and hear all
that is going on in the town.
I
ALKALI IKE AT A WEDDINO.'
H) Deaerisvee What Oeenrred Oat t
OM Joehetfs Place.
From the New York Herald: "Did
yon attend the wedding out at old man
Juckett's place last night Ike?" asked
Judge Stringer, tbe well known Okla
homa Jurist '
"Yep!" answered Alkali Ike.
"Had a lively time, I presume?"
"Eh yah! some ways It wat
mlddlin' lively, and other ways it wat
Blower than snails. Thar was no shoot
In', an' the llcker was mlzzable. But
take it all around, up one side
and down the other, it was what
you might call a pleasant affair from
start to finish. The preacher didn't
show up at the app'inted hour, but
we didn't miss him for quite a spell,
owin to the fact that the bride's mother,
who 'peared to be an advanced woman,
sorter objected to Klckapoo Pete, who
was supposed to be the groom, and got
after him with a soap paddle or suthin'
of the kind and chased him all over the
lot
"She needn't have put herself to the
trouble, for the bride got to thlnkln' the
matter over an' concluded that she'd
Jest as soon marry Three-Fingered Bab
cock, who'd sorter been shlnnin' 'round
her some time before, an' she didn't
know but she'd a little sooner. Nncheral
enough, this kinder riled Kickapoo, an'
him an' Three-Fingered got to Jowerin'
over it, an' I reckon they would have
fought it out If Jim Whipsaw, from the
Rattlesnake place ranch, hadn't pacified
'em an got 'em to playin' cards to settlo
the question.
"This promised to satisfy all parties
concerned, but the bride found out that
Three-Fingered had put up $2.60 on his
side against her hand in marriage,
which Kickapoo had staked, which
made her so blamed mad that she swore
that if they didn't value her pure af
fection at more than $2.60 she'd be
hanged if she'd marry either of 'em!
This sorter complicated matters again,
but Jim Whipsaw soothed an' comfort
ed her, an' when the preacher showed
up, by gosh, Miss Daisy an' Jim stepped
forward, hand In hand, to be married.
"Meanwhile Kickapoo had put up
$2.60 against Three-Flngered's stakes,
an' they were playin' along as content
ed as a couple of kittens. They slipped
their hands into a book and gave it to
Appetite Bill to hold while the preacher
was gittin' off the solemn words that
made the two young hearts one. An'
then, after they had congratulated the
bride, thar came the call to supper, an'
so they concluded to make It a show
down. Accordin', Appetite Bill opened
the book, an' burcussed If both hands
didn't consist of four aces and a king.
Thereupon they divided the stakes an'
shook hands.' An' then everybody ad
journed to the supper table, feelin' that
it was Indeed good to be thar."
PROGRAM OF THE SENATE
Bearings Set For Three Topics of Im
portance Vote on the Tariff pilL
Washington, Feb. 13. Although
the Senate failed to accomplish much
yesterday, the session served to make
definite the program on a number of
important matters. Mr. Morrill, chair
man of the' finance committee, gave
notice that he would call up the tariff
bill on next Wednesday. Mr. Call so
cured unanimous consent that the
Cuban question be made the special
order following the deficiency appro
priation bill. Mr. Davis, author of
the Davis resolution on the Monroe
doctrine, gave notice that on next
Wednesday he would call up the reso
lution. Thus the three most import
ant pending questions were given a
definite time for hearing.
Consideration was resumed on the
resolution directing the Secretary of
Agriculture to carry out the law for
the distribution of Reeds, and Mr.
Vest, Democrat of Missouri, renewed
his criticism of the Secretary. The
Senator called attention to a published
Interview with the Secretary of Agri
culture inviting impeachment and im
plying that the President would veto
the resolution if Congress passed it.
In view of these statements, Mr. Vest
said, tbe President should have full
information on the subject, and he
proceeded to show from agricultural
department reports that the Secretary
had himsely, though opposing this
seed law, "used the appropriation for
his own purposes' by making exces
sive seed distributions in his own
State of Nebraska.
"It is enough," declared tha Sen
ator, to make the star-eyed goddess of
reform hang her head and blush for
Bhame."
Mr. Vest offered a substitute resolu
tion, directing the Secretary of Agri
culture to purchase and distribute
seeds as in previous years, and to pro
cure them by open purchase or con
tract.
rtti.
Adelina Patti, in a recent interview
published in Caell's Family Magazine,
says that m jother always declared
that her crj j a baby was "a song In
itself a melodious call for help."
Mme. Patti, however, believes that she
cried "Just as shrilly as any other
baby." She tells how she used to trun
dle her hoop in Broadway and adds that
she trundled it well. "Whatever I did
I always put my whole heart into It
I'm not sure that hasn't been the secret
of my success all through life." This
is something to think about for those
persons who believe that genius is ex
empt from the necessity of taking
pains, notwithstanding that It has been
defined as an infinite capacity for tak
ing pains. Of course, like most epi
grams, this Is only a half truth. There
are plenty of people who have the
greatest capacity for taking pains, but
are guiltless of the least spark of
genius.
Will Held in the CoUlseom,
Chioa(k, Feb. 4. The national
Democratic convention, which is to
meet in Chicago July 7, will hold its
sessions in the Coliseum on Sixty-third
street, and the attendance will be
limited to 816,000.
Delinquent subscribers must pav un. at
least in part.
PROOF AGAINST BULLETS.
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Several Volleys Could Mot KHI s Prlsoae
Condemned to Death.
Mexico dispatch to the 8an Francis
co Examiner: The remarkable case
of a patient in the San Pablo
hospital is attracting attention all
over the world. The man was
condemned to death some weeks
ago In the state of Guanajuato for steal
ing a large can of kerosene oil. Why
so severe a penalty was Imposed for so
trifling an offense Is not stated. When
the day of execution arrived he was
led out into the suburbs and placed be
fore a brick wall. A squad of state
troops was stationed a few paces off.
At the word "Fire!" they poured a vol
ley Into the poor unfortunate. Then
two soldiers advanced until they were
standing Just over his prostrate figure,
and in this position with their revolv
ers they tried to fire more bullets into
the man's brain. The soldiers returned
to the garrison, leaving the body to be
called for by the prison wagon. When
they were well out of sight the man
who had been shot struggled to his feet,
and, gaining strength from fear, fled.
He turned his face toward this city
and tramped on and on through his long
Journey till he reached the capital. Here
he was' admitted to the San Pablo hos
pital, where he finally told his story.
The narrative was corroborated by
three rifle bullets in his body and by a
pistol bullet in the skull. It was fur
ther substantiated by a claim made by
the authorities of Guanajuato to have'
their ex-prisoner restored to them, that
they might make another effort to vin
dicate the dignity of the law. The pris
oner himself pleads to be kept in the
capital. He contends that his health
has been so Impaired of late that his
constitution would not support another
execution. He urges, moreover, that
though he may be getting well again in
Mexico city, as far as Guanajuato is
concerned he is to all intents and pur
nnaes dead. The public appears to con
cur with the strange patient in his
views.
ENGLAND'S CATHEDRALS.
Beautiful Architectural Specimens to Bt
Seen In Small Towns.
It was my privilege to see ten of tht
cathedrals of England, and situated, at
some of them are, In small towns, on
comes on visiting them to know mori
of tbe life of the people than the tour
ist can attain who flies from one great
city to another, says a writer in thi
Springfield Republican. Each travelei
will have his favorite among them, an&
all have their excellencies and defects
Some of them are partially spoiled
by the smoke of the town, and an
restoration ought to be welcome thai
will clean it off. Such Is the case with
York and Lincoln, and, to a greater ex
tent, with Peterborough, whose mag
nificent facade, or rather architect'i
conception of It, is best appreciated b
the study of a photograph. As the
English are not inclined to the apo
theosis of dirt, they have In many
cases removed the disgrace In recent
years, and Peterborough itself Is now
made glorious within, in all the marvel
ous beauty of its cream-white stone.
When these buildings are not in smoky
towns the atmosphere, after the lapse
of ages, has sometimes heightened the
architectural effect, so that Ely grows
old gracefully, and Salisbury even
beautifully, Salisbury and Canterbury
seem well-nigh perfect. In Durham
the marble columns are marred by a
puerile fluting; the towers of York are
not all finished. The wonderful cen
tral tower of Lincoln has lost its pin
nacles; the great facade of Peterbor
ough is out of proportion to the build
ing; the external effect of Ely is too
much like a fortress; the. spires of
Litchfield are not mates in color and
are somewhat ornate; but upon Canter
bury and Salisbury the eye rests con
tent And yet he is little to be envied
who would not find intoxicating Joy in
every one of these, so great are they
and In their varied power so lifting the
beholder above and beyond all inciden
tal defects, and it is quite to the credit
of the young woman from Springfield
who is said to have burst into tears at
the sight of Westminster abbey.
THE STAGE.
Verdi Is revising for Mme. Calve hit
opera, "Macbeth," which was originally
produced in Florence in 1847. It is one
v& iuc vuiujfuocr b lavunu? wui tvo, uut, it -
was oiot wholly' a success. The new
version will be ready for production by
Mme. Calve during the next London
season. ' ;
Addison Darre Crabtree, author ot
"Mosswood" and other plays, has re
cently written a domestic drama en
titled "The Old Grist Mill." The play is
in three acts, and has been highly
praised, by those who have read the
manuscript.
Miss Uptowne "He, he! Why is It
you haldheaded men like to sit in the
front row?" Mr. Bouttown "Because
there we have no Eiffel tower hats in
front of us." New York Weekly.
To Fanny Davenport belongs the dis
tinction of having drawn from season
to season the largest audiences accredit
ed to any star, either in America or
Europe, with a play by Sardou.
The New York Herald says of Mr.
Mansfield that "he is incomparably the
subtlest, the most imaginative, the most
Interesting actor on the American
stage."
A Hard Part He "I understand
your part in the new play is very diffi
cu'l." She "Yes, I have to change my
costume thirteen times." Brooklyn
Life.
Two American singers, Sibyl Sander
son and Marie Van Zandt, are proposed
as the two sisters in Massenet's new
opera, "Cinderella."
Frederick Warde's son, Ernest
Charles Warde, has made a success in
character parts.
Helen Dauvray is in Australia play
ing In "In Old Kentucky."
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