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The New York herald., 1879-11-23

Populare has been opened and yet il cannot be re-
preached with being deficient in scenery. in cos
Tunes in hgurants. In chorus singers or in must-
clans 1t nobly provided in all these details. All
that is wanting to il Is singers. After so pompous
programme, after having announced regeneration
OF lyrical art and the substitution OF the reters
ssyets OF the opera by new artists OF genius, I'M
the way of revelation artists that we knew fifteen
wears ago ut the Grand Opera or that we hearu re-
baritones whose engagements have been
newed and provincial medfocrites-such Is the
artistic bilan of the Opera Populaire.
With this il Will certainly fail to make brilliant
receipts. especially from public which prefers
Lecocq and Onenbach to Hcrold and Donizetti. and
which only be induced TO patronize serious
operas by the attraction of great names. such as
those OF Patti, Faure and Capoul. But. as regards
hnancal considerations. it must be acknowiedeed
that the directors indulge in no illusions inns Is
not the first tme-nor will 1t be the iast-that
they have flung away money; Esch mas MS
himself about the receipts. He thinks only OF tho
subvention which he is determined to obtain at any
cost. were It even ten times the amount. ~ ls WIN
Husson thinks only OF his distant and hypo-
thetical direction Of the Grand Opera; Every
thing unconnected with this dream OF the future
is perfectly indifferent to him. not excepting
even the Opera Populaire. As regards NJ Martinez.
no matter what may be the amount of the receipts.
it always appears satisfactory to him. He IS the
most contented of men and OF managers. Let the
total received at his new theatre be never SO small 1t
appears enormous to him compared with the re-
ceipts of his old enterprises, and he is even ire
quently dazzled with it, When he directed the sub
terrAnean LyrlQue, 10 WHICH nave hrcao3 aHuuou
there arrived to him unexpected piece of luck,
one OF those happy chances which count in mans
existence He usually took in from 5O0f. to 600f.
day but evening lit during the troubles that
signazed the end of the Empire when between
the Faubourg Montmartre and the Madeleine
charges OF cavalry were being made to
dIsperse the crowd. the terrified badauds
took refuge wherever they could lind
place of shelter. The theatres that were
situated the Boulevards in their neighborhood
offered the readiest means OF escape and OF course
they all profted by the panic. The Lyrique was
among the number, and on this particular evening
its receipts assumed unusual proportions. lntoxi-
Gated with his good fortune NJ. Martinez rushed into
the coui,sses and assembled the members of his COM
pany. "Aes enfa'us he said to them, 1.-The vogue 10
returning to u.s. shall only take 1901 this evening
from the receipts / invite you all to supper.
And in fact, the happy event feted at the Cafe
Angais by the whole troupe, after the performance
At the end of this artistic and culinary manifesto
ton telegram was despatched to the Orleans
Princes giving an account of the prosperity of the
rheatre LyriOuo.
The New York herald., 1879-11-23
SARDOU'S NEW PLAY.

NJ. Sardou has read his new play to the Committee
of the Theatre Francas. 1t is piece in five acts 1.-THE
production Of this drama will be- the Paris cor
respondent of the London Daily Telegraph "the debut
Of the still young and prolific author at the Maison
de Moere. and the event will prove to be Of more
than ordinary theatrical interest. This must be my
excuse for speaking of play before It has ever
been read; but am bound to add that in doing so
am not acting contrary to the wishes of Nj. Sardou
himself. All that be said about the subject of
the play at this early date. however, is that the
lover, although atheist. is q of the
loftiest and noblost character, and the very
soul of honor, while the heroine is strong
IN her conviction of the truth of Christianity. 1t
is on the separation Of these mutually attached
beings by the antagonism OF their religious belief
if the word can be applied to negation Of faith
that the whole plot turns. But it has not boen NJ.
Sardous aim to draw what may be called political
contrast between Ultramontanism and Free Thought.
In order, 1t may be assumed to avoid this conclu-
sion he has represented his heroine to be Protes-
tant. The scene Of the drama is laid the shores
OF the Lake of Geneva. and the action takes place
in the midst of the Anglo-American society there
not be defnitively settled till after the read
ing, but the author has written with
tain srtistes Of the Coincide FRANCHISE in his
minds eye. understand that he originally destined
the principal characters for Mlle Sarah Bernhardt
and NJ. Worms. but the work progressed the char
acer of both personsges became modified in his
the lover mature in years. NJ. Sardous present
idea is that Mlle Bartet shall enact the part of a
heroine in whom he has reproduced his ideal Of
womanhood. while Delaunay is to pcrsonify the
hero. The character Of old Protestant lady, who
delights in distributing tracts visiting the poor and
airing her religious ideas in and out of season. is to
be portrayed by Mile. Jouassain, while the part of
servant will be assigned either to Coquelin or to
Thiron; the hcroines younger sister will probably
be Mile Baretta. and NJ. Febre viii undertake one
OF those secondary characters OF which he knows
how to make much"
The New York herald., 1879-11-23
GENERAL GRANTS FUTURE.

A Chicago despatch to tho Cincinnati Commerciol
Of tho goth inst. says:-
A person1 friend Of General Grant advises your
correspondent that that distinguished citizen Is
more concerned about employment than anything
else. He has but q small fortune, and tho General
says ho must now address himself to his own bust.
Ho Is anxious to get to Philade phia, where,
IL 10 undcrstood his personal affairs discussed
and looked after. From there he will 20 to Havana
and Mexico unless, he he should be nd vised OF
. business opening. In which case ho would not 90
TO Mexico. This points directly to tho Ncaragua
Canal, in which no has always taken dccp interest.
General Grant was cd ducatod engineer, ana to DO
at the head OF company, to build such vast work.
In which tho nations Of Europe, we'll
America, are Interested would bo to erect
mcnt to himself. Here would be additional fame.
In Presidential candidacy there could DO addi-
ttona reputation end might bc great peril. II. how
ever. the coveted employment should not offer, then
Grant would yield to the pressure Of his friends and
This. undoubtedly correctly represents Grants
position to-day. But II s also certain that the family
and the spoilsmen are not looking to any Ncarsguan
canal. They are seeking the Presidency and the
had this In view since the was begun, and have
been working to that end. They have had the In
huence OF the government and powerful press to
help on the work OF creating sentiment to carry
Grant back to tho White House. The most efficient
worker OF the ring engaged In this In the Assistant
Postmaster General. Several trips have been made
to prepare aud make plain the way. Lattcrly
X. Il. Washburno and his Galena coworkers have
Joined In and are pushing on the "boom." These
some OF the influences brought to bear on Grant
to induce him to yield. But give him something to
engage his attention and he will resist them suc-
ccssfully. General Grant does forget persons he
dislikcs When riding with the COMMITTEES here, 1t Is
reported, he was asked by Mr.. Hoyno IL all the
things attributed to him having been said OF
all the papers printed. but willing 70 father
them"
The New York herald., 1879-11-23

were now made to her to confess herself witch.
the brother joining probably in the hope that IL
she did so her life might be spared "But en-
tircy innocent" tine poor woman cried out. One OF
the bystanders-apparently the only one in posses
sion or his Ave senses-made another attempt az
rescue but hindered by the mob He then in
loud tones warned them OF the punishment which
would certainly await them. but in vain: no atten
tion paid to him. On the contrary. the progress
of the flames not appearing rapid enough. it was
endeavored to accelerate them by showing the snow
from the roof and loosening the framework. The
nre now extended rapidly. beam after another
blazed up, and at lenRth the roof fell in on
the wretched woman. The ashes smouldered the
whole night On the following morning nothing
was found remaining but the charred bones of Ig
natjewa. The idea now, it would seem, occurred to
the murderers that perhaps. after ALL their action
resolved to bribe the local authority who had al
ready viewed the scene OF the affair. to hush il up
For this purpose they made collection and handed
him the proceeds-twenty-one rubles ninety
pecks. To their astonshment he did not accept tho
money. but at reported the horrible decd to his
superior officer Sixteen OF the villagers in
sequence brought up for trial at Tichwin before the
District Court of Novgorod on the charge Of MUIR
dering Agrafena Ignstjcwa in the manner above de-
scribed. After protracted hearing with jury the
result was arrived st:-kauschin. who had
first set fire to the building; Starovij. who had as
sisted in acceerating the burning. am Nikisorow.
the prime mover in the matter. who had nailed mp
the windows. found guilty and sentenced by
the judge to slight penancc while
the remaining thirteen. including the aged Schp-
had used his influence to prevent =
scot free.
The New York herald., 1879-11-23
CONSULAR AGENTS COMPLAINED OF.

Many complaints have boon made Of late by
owners and captains Of vcsscs that newspapers con.
tanning interesting news. which were sent TO con-
sgnees in care of American Consular agents abroad.
have not been delivered to the proper parties. A
shipping agent OF this city called the attention Of
the Postmaster General to this faot and received
reply that the matter had been referred to Secretary
Evarts. Yesterday he was informed IN letter from
Mr. W. Hunter. second Assistant Secretary OF state
that the complaint would bo investigated and N a
should be found that the fault rested with the Oon
sulsr agents, the matter would be remedied.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1879-06-18

might have been a minister of some
sort Just then the doe turned heI
head and looked at him with ber great
appealing eyes.
81 cant do it. My soul, | can't dc
it," and he dropped the paddle. lob
let her gol"
Let your granny go !" was the
only response of the guide, as be
slung the deer round, whipped out
bis hunting knife, and made a pass
that severed her jugulsr.
And the gentleman ate that night
of the venison.
The buck returned about the mid
die Of the afternoon. The fawn was
bleating piteously, hungry and lone
some. The buck was surprised. He
looked about in the forest. He took
q circuit aud came back. His doe
was nowhere to be SEEN He looked
down at the fawn in helpless sort
of way
The fawn appealed for bis supper
The buck had nothing whatever to
give his child, nothing but his SYM
pathy. If he said anything, this is
what he said: "I'm the head of this
family; but really this is novel case.
I've nothing whatever for you. |
don't know what to do I've the
feelings of d father; but you can't live
on them Let Us travel"
The buck walked away; the little
one toddled after him; they disap-
peared in the forest-Atidntic Month
u,
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1879-06-18
Church sleeping in oIden Times

1t vas more than two hundred
years ago, in the year 1864, that the
Rev DR.. Samuel Whiting was min
lister in Lynn, Massachusetts,. At
that time one Obadiah Turner kept
a journal and wrote therein as fol-
lows:
1864, June We Sd. Allen BryGges
hath bin chose to wake up We sleepers
in meeting, and being much proud OF
his place must need have a fox tale
fixed to We eud Of long staff where
with he may brush the faces Of them
vt will have maps in lime of dis
course; likewise sharp thorn where
With be may prick such as be moste
sounde. Ga re last Lord his day, as
be strutted about ye meeting house,
be did spy Mr. Tomlins sleeping with
much comfor,e, his bead kept stesdie
by being 10 ye corner and bis hand
grasping ye rail And soc spying,
Allen did quicklie thrust bis staff be-
bind Dame Bollond aud gave him a
greivous prick upon We hand
Wbereupon Mr. Tomlins did spring
upp much above ye floor, aud with
terrible force strike his hand against
We wall, and also to We great wonder
cf ali, propbaniis excisim in loud
voice: "Cuss the wocdchuek. be
dreaming, as it seemed, vt wood
chuck had Bit bis hand But on com
ing to know where be was, and We
great scandal be had committed, be
seemed much abashed, but did not
speke And | think be will not soon
assine go to sleep in meeting. Ye
women may sometimes sleepie. and
none know il by reason OF their enor-
nous bonnets. Mr. Whiting doth
pleasantlie say vt from We pulpit be
doth seem TO be preaching to stacks
of straw, with men jotiing here and
there among them"
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1879-06-18

A little freckled faced Ten year old
school boy stopp. d a! the pos,vffice,
at Columbia, the other day, and yell.
ed out:
Anything for any Of tie Mur-
physS"
NO, there in not"
Anything for Jane Murphy 2'1
Nothing"
Anything for Ann MurPby ~
"No.r
sAnything for Tom Murphy ?r
"No, sir not bit.r
Anything for Terry Murphy ?"
"No; nor for Pat Murphy, noi
Dennis Murphy, nor Pete Murphy
nor Paul Murphy, nor Bridget Mur
ply, nor for any Murphy, dead, liv.
ing, unborn. native or foreign, civil
lied or unciyilized, savage or bsrbar-
Gus, male or female, white or black
franchised or disfIanehized, natural
lied or otherwise. No, cir, there j:
positively nothing for any of .hs
M1rpbys. either Individually. jointly
or severslly, DOW and foreyever, one
aud inseparshler
The boy looked at the postmaster
10 astonisbment and said:
Please to look if there is snv.
thing for nv teacher, Clarence Mur.
ply"
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1879-06-18
Rouidn.t Take The Troubie.

Oar boy is not fond of drawing; in
fact he cannot draw, will not draw,
does not draw.
81 csn's draw to day, my throat's
TOO sore. 1t hurts IT, Besides /
don't feel like drawing. snd my moth.
er said / needn't ever draw If didn'.
feel ike it."
Are you quiie sure that your
mother said that ?" asked tie teach
er
Yes be said stou,ly. she did.
She said ! wasn't 20 draw when ]
did not ike il, aud DON, feel like it
now. my ;hroat's too sore"
Very well" replied the teacher,
Il shall go and speak to your mother
about it.n
Quick a. fash lie replied:
"Well, il / was you, | wouldn't
take the trouble to go and see her
because, you see. it was way back
when we was livin' in Wisconsin
that she ssid that, and as ike as not
she's iorgostsn all about il sgin this
time.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1879-06-18
Miracles.

The Prussian Government has 10.
stituted new method of dealing with
miracles, which is generally adopted
and vigorously applied will prove
rather inconvenient TO the Roman
Catholic Church. In July, 1877, three
halfgrown children at Marpingen, a
small place N Rhenish Prussia, an
nounced that they had seen Gods
mother, the Holy Virgin, and, in q
solemn assembly of priests and Bish-
ops, a minute report was taken down
Of what she had said and done. The
miracle was then duly advertised in
all the local papers, and hundreds
aud hundreds of believing person
came Immediately rushing into Mar
pingen to see the blessed children
who however, at this time had been
locked up in cloister, and were not al
lowed to speak to any body, unless
anybody was willipg to pay hand
s1mely for the privilege. la spite
of this impediment, or perhaps on ac-
count of it the enthusiasm spread
prodigiously; Msrpiageu became a
noted place OF pilgrimage and when
ever the holy zeal seemed to flag a
little some new excitement we're
sought and found a very pro6ta-
BILE business 10 "Marpineen Wander
wassef" vas established. One Of the
Holy Virgins feet was discovered,
and, as would cure lameuess aud
epileptic its By touching, il proved
also very valuable acquisition. A
new apparition of the Virgin was iu
contemplation, when the Prussian
Government saw Git to interfere, seiz-
ed the foot, the Wuaderwasser, the
children. the priests, &c and institu,-
ed legal proceedings on charge Of
fraud and swindle The process has
lasted nearly year, aud great
number of witnesses have been exam
ined. An almost sickening amount
of ignorance and superstition has
thereby been uncovered, but il is quite
satisfactory to see that FIVE priests
have been convicted of having per-
petrsted fraud for the purpose of
making money.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1879-06-18

Tact and politeness obviate maoy
difficulties. A returned miner from
the Black Hills arrived 10 town yes
terday, and went to saloon and ask
ed for some oi the best whisky in the
house, and when it vas served to
him, spat it out with On unutterable
loathing, and said (: "I called for
whisky, young man ; mebby you
didn't hear me ?" The barkeeper said
that be had heard him, and that he
had given him whisky The gentle
man from Deadwood proceeded with
more deadly calmness, though bis
hand iSstinctively sought his bip pock-
ct. IL called tor the best whisky in
the house, young man; mebbe you
did not catch the fall significance of
the language.
Now, many another barkeeper un-
der similar circumstances would have
resented :he insinuation as tohis liquor
by pouring it into the sink. and say
ing, you don't know good whisky
when you see it," or words to that
effect, or have offered the man $500
if be could find as good whisky any
where upon the footstool, or in some
other manner not herein specified
have led the man from the Black
Hills to draw his revolver or hurl q
chair through the mirror. BIT this
man was barkeeper Of quite another
sort, so be said, kindly: 81 beg your
pardon, captain; so many people
come around that don't know what
good whisky is: but / might have
seen with half an eye that you knew
the difference" So he urbsnely but
huriedly mixed ia q bottle some al
cohol, kept for cleaning the mirror.
and spirits Of turpenIine and Jsmacis
ginger, and Perry Davis psin-killer,
aud when the stranger said "Yes" in
reply to the question whether be liked
some bitters in it, shook half gill Of
pepperssuce into a tumbler and push
ed the bottle toward him.
The stranger filed a heaping tum-
bier and passed it OF, and when be
had recovered his breath be said to
the barkeeper: Young man, that's
the whisky. | haven't tasted moth
ing like it since | left Custer City two
weeks ago to-day. That's real genu-
iue liquor kinder a cross between a
circular saw and a wild cat. That
takes hold quick and holds on long.
Just you go to Deadwood and open
saloon with that whisky, and you
might charge an ounce glass for it
and people wouldn't kick So, long;
take this in remembrance of me-"
and pressing an $500 nugget upon
the barkeeper, be was gone Chicago
Tribune.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1879-06-18
The Wealth of California.

The statistics of the material pop
erty Of California. as presented BY ths
orator OF the Pioneers, on Admission
Day, are worthy of more than a pass
log notice. They show that it is one
OF The wealtbiest States, in proportion
10 It's population, On lbe globe. There
are but about SOC, 900 innabitauts
excluding the Chinese, who are q
transient element), and yet he as
sessed value of real aud personal es-
tate is 5000, 600 600 That is, If the
taxable property Of the State were
equslly divided, every man, woman
and child. would bave 81, 600 Aad
we all know that the assessed is al
ways below the real value. Wemsy
claim that the average property of
the average California family, Of six
persons, would not be less thso slO.-
900, II there were an equal disiribu-
ton.
Another test Of the property u
country is its annual income. How
much 90 ,bese coo, 600 people earn.
By ealiivaiing the earth, by manu-.
featuring or mining! The statistics
show that We produced this year over
40, 900. 600 bushels Of wheat. worth
at present full $40 900 900; of barley,
2l.000.0 600 bushels. worth about
SO. coo. coo; CT wool, $1,000, 600
pounds. worth $40. 900, 900. Our 9th
er agricultural Produe;s-wine, hay,
honey, etc, could not be less in value
than $40, 900. COO Our manufactured
articles are reported ss amounting "
$500, 900.
The gold and silver from our mires
must amount to about S25, 600, 600 .
ear. Hence, the income Of cur pop
uistion is sbou, sl60, ,O00, 900 a year,
or an average of s2e6 10 each man,
woman and child An average fam
lily of six, if this income were distrib-
uted, would have 81. 500 a yesr to
live on; which would, of course, be
an ample support
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1879-06-18

The merry birds are singing,
And from the fragrant sol
The spirits Of thousand flowers
Go sweetly up to God;
While in his holy temple
We meet to praise and pray
With cheerful voice and grateful lay,
This Summer sabbath Day,
We thank thee, Lord, for one dag
To lcok heaven in the face
The poor have only Sunday;
The sweeter is the grace.
'Tis then they make the music
That sings Their week away.
oh, there's a sweetness infinite
In the poor mans Sabbath Day:
'Tis as burst of sunshine
A tender tall Of rain,
That set the barest life a-bloom,
Makes old hearts young again.
The dry and dusty roadside
With smiling flowers is gay:
IT'S open heaven one day in seven,
The poor mans Sabbath Day,
lis mere tne weary pilgrim,
Doth reach his house of case;
That blessed house, called beautiful"
And that soit chamber, ''peace."
The River Of Life runs through his dream,
And the Leaves of heaven are al play.
he sees the golden city CLEAN,
This shining Sabbath Day!
Take heart, ye faint and fearful,
Your cross with courage bear;
So rany a face row fearful
Shall shine in glory there;
Where all the sorrow is bansshed.
The tears are wiped away;
And AL eternity shall be
An endless sabbath Day
All. there are empty places,
Since last we mingled here:
There will be missing faces
When we meet another year.
Bat heart to heart, before we part,
Now altogether pray
That we may meet in heaven TO spend
The eterna, Sabbath Day!
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1879-06-18
"I'If Pay Ii, Sberin!''

North Carolina rejoices ia q Judge
who is described as being an eccen-
tric character, rude Of speech, but Of
sterling honesty and most unquestion-
able integrity" with a remarkable
aversion to whistling or any other
noise calculated to disturb the deco
rum Of his court. When holding
court at Bakersville, Judge Cloud,
the worthy Rhadamsnthus in ques-
tion, became restive under the incess-
ant gable Of 6cek Of geese that
were feeding on the grass plat behind
the courthouse
Sheriff, drive them geese off from
here"
MAY il please your bonor, every
body 10 town oaBs geese, ard il
drive them of / can't keep them
Of.
Then kill them" exclaimed tie
angry judge, "snd charge them TO
the court"
The judge was s.Cpping with the
sheriff. and a, The cad Of the term the
the ilicer handed him The bill, one
item Of which was as follows
Twelve geese 81 hfy cents each
Sc"
Look here, NeKiuny," said the
jGdge, 81 haven't tasted a piece OF
goose since I've been on the cir.
cult"
True your honor, but you ordered
me 10 Kill the geese about the court
house. and charge them to the
court"
Look here, sheriff. said the
judge, at the same time expeetorat-
ing bis tobacco juice with unusual
rapidity, you certainly wasn't darn
fool enough to kill them geesey Look
thar now; twelve geese at ffty cents
apiece, Sc I'll pay il sheriff; III
pay it; Bot you ought to be remov-
ed from Office for being q darn fool
darn foolr'