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nearsighted man, he looks close into all the
accessories, and 10 not satisfied with their
distant effect as II appears to him through
persuade manager that scenic details should
support microscopic examination, he ends by
saying. wv Whenever the Prince OF Wales comes
to Paris he invariably goes to witness the
performance Of any Of my dramas that are
before tho public. and between the acts he de-
scends into the c0niiases To chat with me md
with the players. Would j not be mortified
to death were his eye to fall there upon such
trashy aceessories rs you try TO palm nf.
upon meT' This shuts ap the manager, who
finishes by giving In.
At the Paris theatres the novelties during
the past week hive not been Important. The
Palais Royal has produced LIN Corbeille de
Noces, by Boscage and HennequiD, ono OF the
most ludicrOus md lndecorOus of the vhude-
v!lles which have seen the light atnce the re-
Taxation ofthe censorship In France. Atthe
Athenee new revue called Brica. Brac has
appeared, md the OdeOn has given one-nct
piece by George Duval, entitled Voltalre chez
tnire is posing to Houdon for the fine statue
in the foyer Of tho Theatre Francois. The
poet will not srlle to suit tho sculptor until
two ladies entet' the atelier and relate the en-
thusinsm with which his name has been re-
eaived at some solemn representation IN his
honor. voltaire Is tickled. Smiles md the
bnet ID finished. The little piece Ia u SUCCESS
ts well played, end Is likely to have u run.
Tho Odeon company are rehearBlnK M III. do
Bonaier's new piece. Les Noces d A ttila.
In a letter on Henry Irving's jShylock writ
ten to the New York Mirror. Mr.. Percy Fitz-
gerald says: Irving presents to us spare,
mOro@3 picturesque figure, the baited Pariat
among the richly clad. naughty and hostile
Venettans, standing up solitary. conscious
that he has not n sympathieer, yet with Il con-
lidenoe In the legality OF his case and
naughty belief that he is secure OF a victory,
owing to tho law denied him. This feeling is
seen In his alfectedly fawnin9 or obsequious
Difference to the court, mingled with scarcely
restrained sneers, conveying to the Judge
alone thatae knew. II II were possible, Justice
would be denied him.. but that they dared
not. Every hand, every voice against him.
NOW this secures sympathy for the pictu-
rescue figure. Then, what @ calmness OF pur-
pose, cobra-Eke almost, as he seems to close
upon his victim, ready at all points. patient.
respectful, because assured Of SUCCESS! There
IS, indeed, all through. q history, a poem. See
him, too, as no enters, having laid aside
his gaberdine aud stick. and arrayed In his
short-sklrted gown, not with flowing. but
frightened sleeves, 80 that his spnrseness
seems to lend general ganntncss to his ap-
pearance There he stands, with eyes half
furttveIy, half distrustfully following the
Judge as he speaks. When called upon to an
Hwer the appeal made to him from the bench
how different from the expected conventional
declaration OF Violent hatred. Instead. his ex-
Is given with an artful adroItness,
as II drawn from him.'
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His Honest Opinion.
lDetroIt Free Press.


About 10 o'clock tho other forenoon man
got off the ferryboat looking as II he ex pected
to be grabbed by some one In waiting. No
one troubled him, however and after hanging
around for while he called citizen aside
and said:
Stranger, want to ask your candid opin-
Ion about n matter"
''All right-go ahead"
suppose that you were my wife ?"
Yes"
And that ! should come home looking just
as do now"
"Yes." -.5- s-5-
"What would be your strongest impression?
Give me your honest opinion"
The citizen thus appealed to turned
the man around, looked into his eyes, snuffed
OF his breath, and stood back and said:
stranger Is your wife n lunattc or q fool 7"
mo, sir"
"Then you'd better walt at least ten hours
before you go home, for you have been on
three days drunk and she'll spot you In q
minute! I've gone home looking 80 per cent
better than you do, and had whole handfuls
OF hair pulled out Of my head before / could
get my overcoat off"
II shall ever remember this favor-indeed
I sshall!" exclaimed the stranger, and he
started up the wharf to look for some So
Guided spot In which to kill time and get the
drunk out Of his looks.
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Albany Homo

Is tho highest and dearest gift Of earth
There n In this city one home that must GER
tninly be of that kind. The other day while
the guests In fashionable uptown board
ina-house were ut dinner there was heard III
the main hall the sound OF little patterinR
feet That was unusual, for there are no
children III that house (rnore's tho pity, and
every bOarder involuntarily paused with up-
lifted face and a look that meant hush! Pre-
sentdy n bnbyish face peeped shyly into the
al Wnsrss % @ ans1nma ym" voice asked
mercy on usl Who Is the child2" ex-
claimed the landlady, a motherly woman with
the most benevolent pair OF spectacieS al
ways aetrlde OF the most benevolent Of noses
and masking pair Of the kindlleet and most
5ymDathetic eyes.
Why's who can It be 2" chorused the ladies'.
by lingo! here's an episode" Thus the
oracle Of our boarding-hous
The romantic young gentleman q the par.
ty, who Is understood to have been Engaged"
tempted the little visitor to his chair side
with shining nickel, and entered into con-
versation With her.
what ID your name. baby7"
Darling" was the artless reply. In tone
Of great sincerity.
Darling what?"
Little darling" with slight emphasis and
q nod that tossed the yellow curls over the
big mild eyes In which was not trace OF In
sineerity.
hhU ID you1 pHUu . HAnCt
Just dear papa"
And your mamma's?"
Mamma, dear" @-.
What does your papa do?"
Loves me and mamma and smokes cl-
gars, and reads and tells mo stories and
that's oil"
where do you lIve?"
"Oh, In big, big pretty house I've got a
nice dolly that cries when squeeze her. and
she's got o new dress, and a parasol and blue
Bhoes."
"But what street do you live in?"
ITS house." with some surprl6b.)
Eyes, suppose so, but -"
"Oh you little rogue here you are" lex
cuse me- ladies' and gentlemen, I've been In
such liutter about this runaway that didn't
stop to ring but came round to the side door,
as heard my baby had been seen on your
steps,
The speaker was a young woman of whom
the child was duplicate In miniature. Her
flushed and happy face was like the first
spring flowers, and u single look at her was
enough to convince the locker that her baby
was tho greatest care she had perhaps ever
known-and what q loving, happy kind OF
care 1t was. everybody could see Again
npolORizln0 for her unceremonious entrance,
md blushinH with embarrassment at the
manifest interest which all present had In
her and her little truant, she vanished The
romantic young man is understood to have
again committed himself. II is probably
true. for such q pair as that mother and her
little prattler are u powerful protest against
bachelors and their dismal cOndition.--[D De-
troit Free Press.
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COMFORT.
THE Methodist.I

Ono autumn eve, before the mellow day
Mad mat the night and faded thence away
while In the western sky there fingered still
Soft tinfs Or purple, gold and dafrodil.
And while the mountain peak WGs Tipped with
light.
Once more. ere shadows stole It from my slight.
l strolled In IL eeauestered bur ial ground.
And on q crHmbl,ng tablet there. found
A little grave with weeds ana grass o'erRrown:
"'Who plncked that llowerY tho angry gardener
cried.
The Muster hastily bis mate replied.
"Thereat tho gardener paused ana reid hfE
peace"
Ali you. who from your sorrow seek release.
And you, whose hearts with grief are crushed
to-day
Because our darling God has called away.
Are not the angels whispering unto You
These simple words: 1T was the Master toor
IA. d. r. Randolph.
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A Fifteen Game TRAGEDY.
LPhiladalnhia Timeal

John Anderson and William Swain, who
are employed at the Philadelphia FLEW orks,
on Sixteenth and Spring Garden streets,
qnarreled over the intricate moves OF the
Gem puzzle during dinner hour on Wednes-
day because, as it is alleged, one Of the men
accused the other Of trickery. They came to
blows, and Anderson, snatching up his harn.
mer, endeavored to impress his views of the
solution upon SWANS head with the impla-
ment Swain was taken home In a DANGER
GUS condition, and was COM mitted by Maais
trate Pancoast until the result iof Swaln's
wounds is determined.
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SONG.

Ine'er couid any luHtre SEQ
Ia eyes thnt would not look on me:
/ ne'er saw nectar on a Ito
But where my own did hope to sip.
Has the maid who seeks my heart
Cheehs of rose, untouched by Art2
Twill own the bushes true
When Yielding bushes aid their hue.
Il her hand 20 soft and pGre2
4 must preks IL TO be sure:
Nor can be certain then
Till II, grateful. press again.
Must with attentive eye
Watch her heHyinG bosom BighS
I will do 40 when ! see
The heRving bosom sigh for me.
The "DuennR." by II. d. Sheridan.
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STAGE ANOMALIES.
A Budget Of Stories from the History of the
Stage-The Spectacular in Opera.
=LMacMlllan's MaRnzfneI


M. Edward Fournier, contrasting In his
"Vieux Neui" the poverty Of our modern stage
representations with tho richness by which
those OF ancient times were distinguished,
sets forth that the Farnesino Theatre at
Parma, built for dramas, tournaments and
spectacles OF all kinds, contained at least
10000 spectators Servandont was for some
time scene painter and decorator at the Opera
Of Paris; but stage which (as Rousseau,
speaking through tho medium OF st. Preux,
has told us) was Fifteen feet broad, and long
In proportion" could not afford the Italiar
artist fit scope for his designs; and he accord
ingly left Paris for Dresden, where Augustus
OF Saxony, Mr. Carlsle's aAuRustus the
Strong" enabled him to work on = Grand md
SCALE and to produce pieces In which 400
mounted horsemen could manelyer with ease.
It was not until three-quarters OF a century
after that horses, or even single horse. was
Opera House. To Meyerbeer, or perhaps to
Meverbeer and Scribe Conformity. heIonnn the
doubtful honor of having introduced live
horses In the musical drama. But long be-
fore Marguerite de Valois rode on to the stage
In the opera of Les Huuuenote. q real horse
had, ia the year 1859, appeared before an or
binary theatrical audience ia the character ~
Pe0asus. As poets. according to an inhuman
creed. make better verses for being kent with
out money. so it was held that the unhappy
ance. to be- deprived of oats. The senaation
~ hnnyar vava II IL eaid in cartoin nranr'i
VI uuhboi ts@so, ~ 20 oaau, ~ o't %siii @luol
TO the movements OF the poetic courser, and
tho sound OF corn shaken Ia sieve had the
effect OF making the proud but famished steed
neigh, snort ana stamp 10 style thought
worthy OF iegasns himself
Opera has never proiited BY being repre-
sented with great scenic magnlilcence, nor by
the attempts SO frequently made to Increase
the interest OF the work performed by intro
ducinH realistic or absolutely real accesso-
rios. The original stage Pegasus may per-
haps have learned to report himself In
becoming manner, and It has been seen that
precautions We're taken toward that end. But
the live goat In Dinorah always misbehaved
Itself, until, ultimately, at the Royal Italian
Opera, Madame Adelina Patti found herself
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Canada's National Hymn.

The following is the first verse of the Cana
dian national hymn, composed by the Mar
quis Of Lorne and set to music by Mr.. Arthur
Sullivan:
God bless our wide Dominion,
Our fathers chosen land,
And bind In lasting union
Each oceans distant strand
FfOm where Atlantic terrors
Our hardy seamen train.
To where the salt sea mirrors
The vast Pacific chain.
o bless our wide Dominion,
True freedoms fairest scene:
Defend our people's union,
God save our Empires Queen.
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WOrkInXmen.

Before you begin Your heavy spring work
after winter OF relaxation, your system
an attack of Ague, Bilious or Spring Fever,
or some other spring sickness that will unfit
youfor seasons work. You will cave time,
much sickness and great expense II you will
this month. Don't walt. See another col
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High Authority.

Physicians. Montreal. writes: Il have recon ~
mended, Oolden's Lebie's LIQUID Extraet Of
PEEL and Tonic Inyigorator as the best prepare.
Fever. Ague and Loss Of Appellee" fe29 in in
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-03-21

The burning OF the Grand Central Hotel, at
Oakland, Cal, appears to have been con-
certed plan on the part OF the proprietors and
their porter. Tor the purpose OF robhiDg the
guests, and two Of the parties implicated In
this pleasant little scheme are under arrest.
Chinese in California VINO ought to $50"
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-03-21

An excellent appetizer and regulator Of tbs
systen Is AalakoR Bitters.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-03-21

Theatre Franchise, In the failure of his drama
OF Daniel Rochat, Is Of q piece with his pre-
from his pen that ever was presented In the
Theatre Franchise was La Papillonne, pro-
duced In April, 1862, and that was coldly re-
ceived and soon laid upon the shelf.
The Sphinx is to be revived at the Coincide
Franchise, Paris, for the second debut OF Mile.
Bartet, who will play the role created by Mile.
Crolzette; Mile; Bartet is to be admitted to
year. The rule which prescribes that no
actor shall be elected societaire unless he has
served a year as q pensiOnnaire will be neg
lected In favor Of Mile Bartet as 1t was In
favor OF Worms.
Mr.. Charles Dickens (son Of the novelist)
and Mr.. Joseph Hatton have written four
act drama on The Mystery Of Edwin brood,
In which the murderer Of Edwin brood
naturally turns out to be Jasper, the choir
master. The play ends with an exciting scene
10 the opium smoking den, where Jasper be-
holds In dream the details OF hie crime and
arrest, which are also made visible to the au-
dience. and wakes to find the realization Of
the climax of his vision in the entrance Of the
officers Of justice
A good deal OF excitement In Partisan mu-
steal circles is caused by the announcement
that an enthusiastic admirer OF Wagner,
Madame judith Gautier, has resolved to give
both his advocates and detractors an oppor-
tuntty OF hearing his works. First-class
artists are to be engaged, four pianlsts will
undertake the instrumental portion, and a
reciter will declaim each poem. The work
will be divided into six evenings, and will in
clude The Phantom Ship, Tannhauser. Lo-
hengrin, Tristan and Isolde, the Meister-
singer. and parts OF the Nibelungen.
The Paris correspondent of the Tribune
says: There is no more fdgety, exactiDg or
tyrannieal dramatic author than Sardou. He
worries actors and actresses, scene shifterE,
carpenters, decorators and coetumers. A
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1880-10-15
Startling and Terrible

To the ear Of affection is the sound OF
dry, metallic cough, that seems as
il rsttIe we're sprung in the chest Of
the beloved one. Hasten tosloosen it
With HALR's HONEY OF HoREHoUED
AND TAI, the new medicinal agent,
which is admitted to be the beat rem.
edy fer pulmonary complaints at pres
ent known. The cures il is accom-
plishing sstonish the faculty snd
delight The people. All druggists
keep it. Prices, Soc. and 81.
Great saving to buy large size.
W. e. Masten, 138 South Pearl
street. Albany, N. Y. writes: "Your
HALE's HONEY OF HoREHoUSD AND
TAR and PIKK's TooTHkCHK DROPS
sell like not cakes"
PIXIES TOoTHAcHE DRoPs Care in
one minute.
When THE SCALP Is AHEoYED with
DsDdrufi. CHEEKS SULPHUR soap will
be found an inlaliible remedy.
HILL's HAIR AED WHIEKER Dye,
Black or Brown, Soc. OILS
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1880-10-15
Letter of Acceptaues.

1t will be remembered that at iht
Territorial Convention OF the Peoples
Party. held at the City Hall OF
Thursday evening, the 9TH inet., and
at which Hon. George @ Cannon
was nominated as delegate to Co..
gress, a committee was appointed to
await on him and communicate to
him the action of the convention
This committee, which consisted of Z
T. Burton, ]. E Booth, w. r. Smith,
Joseph Stanford, w. B. Preston.
Zina D. Young and EmmeliDe B.
Wells. performed their duty, and the
following letter OF acceptance has
been written in response 70 the ad-
dress Of the COMMITTEES:
Hons. r. T. Burton, j. E. Booth, YIN.
r. Smith, Joseph Stanford, Vim. B.
Preston and Medicines Una d.
Young and EnMeLtne b. Wells:
Gentlemen and Ladies: s7a
tsks this, the earliest opp Jrtunity, of
replying to your esteemed favor Of
yesterdays date, which informed me
knAI ~ LII OO11CLtlOu Vi Tue
Peoples Party Of Utah Territory, held st
the City Hall, Sat Lake City, on the 9Th
day Of October, 1885," where "alI the
counties Of said territory we're repre-
sentsd" / was the unanimous choice of
said convention as nominee for delegate
to the Forty-Seventh Congress of the |
United States for the Territory of Utah. |
/ shall not sttempt, in this conmuuics-
n In The QD1ntInna /
which your remarks aroused within me
when you verbally communicated TO me
the action of the copVenii0n and the
universal expression Of confidence upon |
the part OF the delegates which occom
panied that action. In your comDuni-
cation sou ate, tthEt which you stated
with great fuilnrss at our interview,) that
the people, through their delegate, ex-
pressed their entire approval Of and
with my past serve e.
These expressions OF approval are
highly valued by me, espec ally so be-
cause of the character OF the delegates
who formed the convention. They, /
feel sure, would not indulge upon such
an occasion in mere formal utterances;
but their expressions of approval or DIS
approval would be tne genuine sentiments
Of their hearts. AS ~ b, accept them,
aud feel profoundly grateful that my past
service has gwen such satisfaction to
hem and the people whom they represent
The nomination of Delegate to the
Forty-seYenth Congress, which you so
heartily and unanimously tender Ine,
accept in the spirit in which it has been
offered. ! entertain an exalted spprecia-
ion of the position of q chosen reDrese nta-
i've of such a constituency. / know,
rom what you said, that they trust me
Ind have confidence in me, and that l
IAN rely upon their hearty and undivided
support and upon their making every ex-
,rtion to aid me in the performance of myf
iuties. |,
Gentlemen and Ladies: When elected,
shall do all in my power TO meet the
wishes Of the people who have chosen me
Is their nominee, and TO discharge to
heir acceptance and satisfaction, with
zeal and fidelity and the utmost watchful-
ness of their interests, the duties which
shall deyolYe upon me as Delegate TO
Congress.
am, with sentiments OF consideration
md esteem,
Your obedient servant.
GEO. Q. CANNON.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1880-10-15
IT'S TRULY WONDERFUL

To see what Improvements now exis
as compared with railway travel only
8 few years sgo. To become convinced
of this, one has only to select for his
roHte East, the popularsnd well-known
CHICAGO Il NoRTHwEsTERN RAILWAY
You are landed By the Union Pacific
Railroad in the Union Depot at Ooun-
ell Bluffs, where stands the O. & NJ
W. Palace Train, composed OF Pull,
man Hotel Cars, Pullman Sleeping
Osrs, Elegant Day Coaches.
Smoking, Baggage, Postal Cars,
ETC., ready TO convey its passen-
gers trough Iowa and Illinois, and
into Ooicago. Gliding smoothly along
over tee superb track OF steel rail
through thriving cities aud villages,
comfortably seated in this train, one
scarcely discovers the high rate Of
speed which be is riding. Trains OF
this road are always on time, coD-
nections sure, sud passengers seek.
irg pleasure, comfort, safety snd
ease IN travelling, viii lind the
NORTH Western" 10 excess Of theiI
expectations, and the greatest of al
routes to Chicago and the East. In
slst upon Ticket Agents selling you
Tickets oia this Road; ell Agents sell
them. Examine your Tickets, and
teiose 70 huy if they Go not read ovel
this Road. II yon wish the BesI
1lRvellDg Accommodations, you vii
sOy your Tickets by this Route.
- AND WILLTAKE NO OTHEB
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j Mr. John Conrad, for many years
resident of Logan, died suddenly a
his home near MillVille on Monday
night. BE was veil known through
out the county and 10 Salt Lake, hav
| ing been 10 business q long time. He
leaves q wife and Eve children, who,
with many warm friends. will mourn
bis death. He Wss about 40 years old.
A fire, on tuesday night, destroyed
the BAY and wheat stacks Of James
Quayle, in the fields near Logan.
There we're fifty IONS of bay and a
large quantity of wheat, valued at
near 81, 900.
Rock work on the new schoolhouse
is nearly completed. and the roof is
commenced.
Zion's Board OF Trade has nearly
finished the new building iOI storing
wagons, eto. Ii is two sioriet. com
mcdious, substantially built, and will
cost 81, O00.
There are 2o4 students attending
the five district schools, primers to
third readers
The B. Y. College opened on Mon
day, with twenty-iour students. The
fail term is always poorly attended,
and this must not be taken as an in
dication of the popularity OF this
yonng institution.
The peE sohoolhouse in the Fifth
Ward is 30x60 feet, With entry and
two cloak rooms. L is built Of rock,
and when finished will cost over
S.. 900.
The trustees OF the B, 7. College
soon buying enough land
in Logan for the erection of a college
building. machine shops aud board
ing houses. There is . wide field for
this industrial school. and all will be
interested in its progress.
The talk about the removal OF the
D. & n. Z. R. shops from Logon has
topped. The matter seems undo
;ided. and a few prominent gentle
men are taking eteps towards keeping
hem here. Most OF our citizens do
lot appreciate the value of these works
o the city, but will soon discover. too |
ate. should they be removed.
Rumor sometime ago said the U.
?. r r. contemplated the construc-
ion of wide gauge road from Ogden
o Oregon ria Blue Greek, making |
be U. & N. r. &. a branch line from
Brigham City.
Several deaths from diphIheris are
eported lately.
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Remedy for Hard Times.

Stop spending SO much on fine
clothes. rich food and style. Bay
good. healthy food, cheaper and
better clothing; get more real and
substantial things of life every way,
and especially stop the foolish habit
OF running after expensive ard quack
doctors or using so much of the vile
humbug medicine that does you only
harm, and makes the proprietorr
rich, but put your trust in The great
est OF sll simple. pure ssmedies, Hop
Riliers, thas cures always al trihlns
cost, and you viii see better time:
and good health. Try ito1cs. Read
OF il in another column. E
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1880-10-15
Third District Court.

Proceedings at the District Court,
on Thursday, Chief Justice Hunter
presiding:
Lloyd A. A'pinWAn ct al. vs.. W.
& ]. V. R. r. Co. ct al heretofore
tried; Judgment Of Superior Court OF
New York held to be invalid and
snd rendered without jurisdiction;
dismissed at PLAINTIFF cost; thirty
days alloHed 10 file answer.
L. Rsggel vs. T. K. Snow; dig
missed for want OF prosecution.
Jones l. Parker vs.. Henry Graves
ct a.; motion Of plaintiffs to dismiss
appeal; motion overruled; exception.
Court adjourned until 10 o'clock
on Friday.