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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-06-24

soon and wrote play for an obscure actor to star
In and the piece was success. He then went
around and rescued his plays to the number OF ten
from the Office OF the managers and every one OF
them have proved successful The flights o.
eight years; "Romany Ryen which IS now yA rum mn
ming to big houses, lay isdained for twelve years:
'The GUNNER" was an ancient play, and so on ac-
word Of it. heard OF Sims myself six years ago
and these stories about as reliable as was the
caDlegram that came across the ocean short
just received 900 for half the right to produce
"Romany Rye" In America! What nonsense. II my
who wrote that glittering failure "Mother-in-
Law However, that may have lain in q mana
gers desk only seven years which would account
for its freshness. It's a mistake to make stories
too big; they react.
THERE Is TROUBLE
at the Germania theater In consequence, appar-
emily, o. a plurality OF managers and an attempt
at instituting Christian principles among ballet
girls The managers object to the girls having
male escorts, and the girls won't go home alone.
The managers say that IL they want escorts they
can tell them to stop on the corner above, upon
cares to wait for ballet girl TO from thea
ter from Which he is tabOOed. She don't amount
street clothing than any other woman. It Is the
glitter and glare and t1nsel when she Is dressed,
OK o before
girl attractive, and her escort claims he Is de-
frauded OF his rights when denied the privilege OF
seeing her thus And think he's right
THE FUTURE OF OPERA
In America never was so complicated as now.
The reports from London arc as variable as they
are mixed, and 1t Is difficult to tell exactly what
we viii set, but from the most authentic forecasts
should say that We are going to have plethora
and then famine. The gigantic ssROyal italian
Opera Company (limited, which was said to be In
astate OF perfect organization some months agofs,
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1882-10-20

A prominent business man OF Pitts
burg, who has always been Identified
with the Republican party. and VINO
spoke for about Is other business men
also Republicans, says that they had
r,ade up their minds 10 vote the lnde-
pendent ticket, as the only way to rld
the party in Pennsylvania of machine
rnlc. He believed the Democrats
would elect their candidates next
month, but this would not Kill or serl-
ously cripple the Republican party.
Once rid of CameroDism they could
re-organize on a new basis, which
would give the people control, and
would soon regain their lost ground,
with prospect of retaining power Tor
an indefinite period.
The Cincinnati Gazette says the de-
moralization of the Republican party
in Ohio is owing to the part taken II
New York politics by the national
Government, the extravaganza OF the
last Congress and the temperance
question. The Enquirer claims fifteen
Democratic Congressman. 1t says the
victory is decisive and overwhelming,
and it disposes OF Foster in politics.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1882-10-20

A correspondent of the Oregonian
who has recently visited Sitka, pre-
senls the condition Of that people as
novel indeed. There is no civil law,
nor civil officers, small military force
being the only means of safety against
lawlcss white men and i'll disposed In,
dians. The writer says Collector Nor.
ris assumes to be kind of king or
emperor, and endeavors to make his
word law; but being tyrant without
judgment, the people object to his rule.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1882-10-20

The honest tradcsman knows how
to make a customer happy. All that
is necessary is to charge him twenty
per cent. more than market price, and
whisper in his ear, ''but III let YOU
have It for ten per cent. off"
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1882-10-20

A Vermont clergyman, not married,
preached "a sermon against the pres
ent style Of corsets as unhealthy, and
the next gay the deacons fred him for
knowing too much.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1882-10-20
AINsLIE's STEAL
Boise Republican.

We publish in this issue the bill re-
lahng to the Idaho Land and Irriga-
ton company, introduced in Congress
by AinsIie We ask our readers to
carefully examine this bill and see ii
it was not intended to perpetrate a
most gigantic steal upon Idaho. II
demanded that the honest settler shall
pay double minimum price-$2.5O
per acre--for lands which are his own
by virtue of settlement. 1t debars
any farther settlement until such time
as the corporate power shall see fit,
and until they shall have privilege Of
purchasing all the land that has moi,
been donated to them that is of any
value at public vendue, thus virtually
forcing all settlers in the future to
pun chase lands of this great land mo-
nopoIy. 1t docs not stop here, but it
grants to this monopoly all the flow
ing waters and springs 1t even lays
its greedy paw upon the sacred wa
ters Of Boise river and wrests them
from those who have come here, en-
dured llardsllips and privations, who
have built up homes Ivy their industry
for their wives and little ones along
this beautiful valley, and pour them
out on the desert. 1t proposes to di-
vert the waters of Boise river, which
is now your property, and without
which your homes are worthless, to
their own use, and rob your posterity
of their sacred inheritance, which has
cost you lifetime of honest toll. If
you allow this company to tap Boise
river above the settlements, your irri-
cation ditch $ will run dry, your mills
will stop, and you will be at the mer-
cy of soulless corporation. Ainsle,
the man who was sent to Washington
TO guard your interests, is the dog
who has secretly endeavored to des-
poll you. We say secretly. He new
er consulted you when he drafted this
bill; he never wrote to any one in the
Territory about it. he did not advise
you when this bill was before the com
mittee; he never sent copy to his
constituents, but puiposely Withheld
from them all information. He at
tempted to steal q territory, land, wa
ter and all, and hand it over to mo-
I.nopoly And he now has the audaci-
ty to ask tavors at your hands; he is
now here in the interests, not of Ida
no, but of monopoists; he has shown
himself to be recreant to your inter-
ests; he has never asked Congress for
any subsidy for internal improvements
or territorial buildings; he has al
lowed the deficiency bill to go By de-
fault, and certainly he is no longer en-.
titled to your confidence.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1882-10-20

Recently Mrs. Darlington babe
Isaac get ready for church. "But
where shall | go mother?' asked Ike.
Go, my son." answered the old lady
subllmely; ego to any church where
the gospel is dispensed within
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1882-10-20

A book agent had the misfortune to
break his leg at camp meeting in
Butler, Georgia, the other day, and
while the sympathizers were gathered
around as two surgeons set the limb
he sold three copies of his book.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1882-10-20

Grover Cleveland, III his letter ac-
cepting the Democratic nomination for
Governor of New York, refers at some
length to the paramount necessity OF
purity and fairness at primaries, that
candidates when nominated may bear
the impress Of the peoples will. He
saws sub rdnates in office should be
retained for efficiency, not for partisan
ends, and should receive the same pay
aud do the same amount of work as in
corresponding positions in prlvate EN-
ployment. He declares against pollt-
ical assessments asserts that when
corporations, by combination or 9th
erwse, Cypress the people they should
be restrained; that labor should be
protected in peaceauly asserting its
rights against capital. He says the
expenditure of money to influence the
action of the people at the polls, or to
secure legislation, is becoming SO
common as to excite the greatest con-
Germ.
The New York Sun has issued what
ii calls "a pocket companion and guide
to police officers" The code is very
humorous, and will be appreciated by
the club fraternity everyw ere. Among
it's articles are these: "Yuu will treat
professional burglars, murderers and
rowdes with the utmost Difference and
courtesy. If saloon man charges
you f,r supplies, promptly pull HIM
If yeu meet mad dog or a Texan
steer in the streets, draw your revolv-
er and shoot as many citizens as pos
sible, OF course carefully avoiding the
dog or the steer. There is nothing
like seli-possession at such times"
The New York force has lately distin-
gushed itself in the art of clubbing
and some scientific directions are CIV
en- for keeping up the standard of pro-
ficiency.
With population of $4,000, Rome
has 1900 priests. They wear all col
ors of uniform, from brilliant scarlet
gowns to dead black A procession
of fifty priests, going two and two
along the street, with dazzling red
robes'sweeping the ground, is novel
sight to an American. These Italian
clerical gentlemen very properly study
picturesque variety in their costum-
ing. One lot dress in the Oscar Wilde
fashion as to their lower extrcmitIes.
A waiter in Paris restaurant was
cle> er .juggler, and his leatS of toss
ing plates gained him extra fees from
the amused guests Stimulated to
fresh endeavors, he acquired a trick of
seeming to swallow fork but al this
lie was not expert, and spoon % in
ches long slipped down his throat in
dread reality. A dangerous and diff
cult surgical operation was all that
saved his life.
A drummer usually carries his own
drum and beats it; but in some parts
of Ireland at Land League professions
the drummers refuse to do duty with
out the assistance of carriers The
carrier put the big drum on his back
and walked before the musician, who
was less Interested in keeping time
than in staggering his assistant and
Strengthening him out again,
The running Of railroad train on
Sunday is not a violation Of the law
against doing business IN the Sabbath
day, in the opinion of the Court of Ap.
pealS of kentucky, in the Common
wealth VS.. the Louisville and Nash
vile Railroad Company, decided in
May. The court said that the running
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1882-09-21
M EDicAL.
CONSUMPTION CAN BE CURED |!
RRRi RRMi. HALLS.
BAISAM LUNGS. r1l S15

Cures Consumption, Colds, Pneumonia, influenza
Bronchial Difficulties Bronchitis, Hoarseness Asth-
ma. Group, Whooping Cough, and all Diseases Of the
Breathing Organs. 1t soothes aud heals the Men,
brane Of the Lungs Infamed and poisoned by the
disease, prevents the night sweats and the tight
across the chest which accompany 1t. CON-
SUMPTION is not incnrable malady. HALLS
BALSAM will cure you, even though professional aid
faiha
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1882-09-21
Doctors Disagree.

As reporter for the Pittsburg
Commercial Gazette sat yesterday af-
ternoon) in chamber at No. 321
Federal street, Allegheny, listening to
a terrible tale Of suffering as it fell
from the lips of a gentle little lady,
Mrs. Milo Ingram, the daughter of
Capt. Hugh McKelvey, Of this city. it
seemed almost too much to believe, if
the evidence had not been close at
hand to substantiate every word. 1t
Was but another evidence of the cul-
pable ignorance of large class Of
practitioners Of medicine who claimed
for SIX years that her terrible disease
was cancer She was covered with
ulcers, given up to die. Peruna cured
her perfectly. Continued on page "a,
in "Ills Of Life" by DIR. Hartman.
Ask your druggist for one.
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1882-09-21
Distress after Eating.

the result of indigestion, will no long
er be experienced if half tablespoon
full of Simmons Liver Regulator is
taken after each meal. 1t is such a
good digester, and so mild and pleas
ant in effects, that it is used by many
after hearty meal to ensure good d.
gestion. The Regulator does not
nauseate or irritate the stomach, is
purely vegetable, and can be taken in
any condition of the system, and, un-
like any other known medicine, when
its use is discontinued, the system is
not left constipated.
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1882-09-21
RUPTURE CU,RsED { J Rs!3.

By the use of the EXCELSIOR RUPTURE PLAS-
TER HEALING COMPOUND. Send for testmo-
malls TO F. H. MERRICK, Ogden sburg, n. Y.
17aug'S2-y-nrm
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1882-09-21

REPUBLICANS big and little are Just
now great advocates of "a quiet decent
Sabbath" the pratical illustration of
which we had in our town last Sum
day, when several places Of public
resort kept by rampant Republican
brawlers were open all day for busi-
ness. This is Republican practice vs..
Republican profession!Jackson Her.
aid.
How do you know? Was you
there2
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1882-09-21

A FEW mornings since a ragged
little beggar~ stopped at a door and
plaintively suggested yictuals. As
the benevolent lady of the house was
filling his basket, she asked, what is
your name, my son?" My name is
Grimes" Is your father living?"
es, maam" !" Il thought old Grimes
was dead" THAT was my grandpa"
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1882-09-21

A CELEBRATED tragedian had 8
broken nose. A lady once remarked
to him, 81 like your acting; but, .tc
be frank with you, | can't get ovel
your nose" mo wonder, madam,
replied the tragedian, "the bridge is
oOnen
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1882-09-21

SPEER's PoRT GRAPE WINE FOR
WEAKLY PERsoNs-This excellent
product of the grape is prescribed and
used by the leading physicians in the
country, when a generous and nour-
ishing wine is desirable; especially for
females, aged persons and consump-
tives; and by churches for commun-
.ion~ Hundreds of New York Physi-
scians: have visited Speer's Vineyards
! and Wine Cellars, but-twelve miles
distant from New York, and pronoun-
ced his wine pure and unexcelled.
For sale by E. d. Lewis and w. f.
Scott, Jackson, and C. M. Williams,
Wellston. sept21-2w.
THE leaders Of the Republican party
have become wonderfully alarmed
about the observance Of Sunday. We
think the Lord of the Sabbath will
take care Of His own glory.-JackSon
Herald. -..e
Of course; the Lord took good care
Of His own glory when He put down
the Democratic rebellion and broke
the chains of the slave But He used
the Republican party as His instru-
ment to work with; and that's what
He's doing now.-Colasmbus Sunday
Herald.
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1882-09-21

Be sure to call for Hills Compound
Extract Of Buchu and Cubebs, for
Kidney diseases, as it is endorsed and
prescribed by our most talented aud
Oldest practicing physicians
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1882-11-01
Bring OH your Orators.

The State Liquor Dealers Asso-
citation recently in session at Rock
Island, Illinois adopted resolutions
to defeat at the next election any
candidate for office who cannot be
fully relied upon as being unoom-
promisingly opposed to all attempts
at sumptuary or prohlbitory legis-
lation ard recommended such IL
cense system as would protect their
interests and elevate the trade to a
higher standard. But the wonder
full thing about this organization
is it's
COMMITTEE ON AGITATION,
whose report was adopted, as fol-
lows:
"Whereas, 1t can easily be dem
onstrated that prohibitory legisla-
ton is not conducive to true tenn
ptrance, but has, on the contrary.
always been the cause of an in
crease o. drunkenness and crime
and,
WHEREAS, 1t Use necessary that
this fact be brought to the knowl-
edge of the people who are errone-
ously believing that the prohibi-
ton of the manufacture and sale of
liquor will stop its use, and there
fore also the abuse of alcoholic bev-
erages, be it
Resolved, That it is the duty of
the board of trustees to see to it that
proper information as to the true
effects of prohibition and sumptu-
airy legislation be disseminated as
wide as possible by means of lee
lures, speeches, newspapers, pam
phlets, statistics and other litera-
ture."
Now let them bring out their or
ators in behalf of the traffic, and
we can promise the public a right
lively entertainment.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1882-11-01
German PrOhibitiOniSts.

1t is a great mistake to put the
Germans all on the side of beer
and debauchery. Many are earn
est temperance advocates. Five
thousand Iowa Gerr&ans voted for
the prohibitory amenament. Tais
large vote was doubtless largely
due to the action of tie German
Conference that met noF long, be-
fore the election, and at its session
passed the following;
WHEREAS, The continually in
creasing traffic in intoxicating liq-
uors, as it. manifests itself in the
saloon scheme of our day, is social
evil which is haunting humanity
as an appalling curse, is causing
more poverty, disease, misery and
crime, and is running more men
physically and mentally than any
other curse and
WHEREAS, We see in the Consti-
tutioual amendment now before the
people of Iowa for adoption, per-
fectly legitimate and only safe rem
edyi therefore be it
"Reso5ved, That we use all our
power and influence in favor of the
adoption of the amendment, and
at the same time we pray to the
just God that He may grant us a
victory in this most just cause"
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1882-11-01
Resistance Futile.

The following, so full of peril
nent, practical sense is from the
Mechanical World:
There is something remarkable
IN the spontaneous and simulta-
neous uprisings of the people.
When a great wrong has become
intolerable, the limit of endurance
seems to be felt by all at once, and
then comes the struggle to hurl it
off. Such a general movement is
unquestionably begun against the
liquor outrage, and it will proba-
oily go on until the business in all
It's forms is legally prohibited all
over the country. The indignant
sentiment of the people, for long
period dormant, is developing in
to activity, a sort OF universal cy-
clone. Resistance is futile. When
the people rise, they are like wind
at 100 miles per hour.
Prohibition is an experiment,
but it is bound to be tried in most
II not all the states.
AS whip to bring the insubordi-
nate liquor element into the
traces, prohibition ought to be and
will be success. 1t is the proper
measure to be hurled against the
arrogant defiance of law that SCOTS
at all reasonable, just and necessa-
ry regulation of a business that Is
wholly bad. This great and i'm
pudent power Of liquor making
and selling must be broken. 1t
must be made to know it's place, If
1t is to have any place at all. And
this lesson of late the people are
about to teach to the liquor people,
1t is the duty of the hour, and all
indications point to it's speedy and
sure performance.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1882-11-01
r Parkersburg, ". Y
NOW We'r>a Getting 1t.

Tho following is t. 70 good for the
waste basket, and we re willing,
inst this once, to sacrifice ourSell
for the enjoyment of our reaoS rs'
Although the writer was Glen er
enough to give US his name, and
ask US to publish, yet you shan't
have it. We've no notion of Civ
ING our friend that much free adj
vertising. We are perfectly will
ing our readers shall enjoy all the
chastising we get, but we're not
going to tell them who's doing the
job. ;.
comes to us, sense and diction un-
revised:
S1sTERsvILLE, Oct. 10.
Editor of Virginia Freeman:
DEAR SIR: / would like to say q
word or two and make it short and
that is, I am a working man, and
like a drink once in q while, and
don't know whether it is any of
your business or not, and don't send
your paper any more. 1t don't suit
in this county, unless it is few
Baptists. We know what you was
when you lived in Tyler county,
and | think you are humbug. l
voted for Hanson Good and am still
a good Democrat, and that is more
than you are. 1 also think you
carry water on both shoulders, you
pretend to be Democrat, but are
not, you have ridiculed the party
enough to satisfy me. So send your
FREEMAN to Ohio and see if it will
suit there. | think this will salts
fly you the way you stand in Tyler,
this is from voter of the town of
Sistersville, from -- --,
write to him.
And now, friends of the FREE
MAN, what say you? Shall we quit
business or not? If the former, it
might be well to turn the porten-
tous document over to the Histori-
cal Society; for aside from its bio
graphical value, it may serve to
establish the fact for the benefit of
history that there is at least one
Good Democrat left in Tyler.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1882-11-01
THERE Is NOTHING BETTER

For Horse and Cattle than the FRENCH
POWDER. 1t purifies the
blood, promotes digestion and appetite, re-
moves humors and cOrrects tendencies to
disease. In all respects first-class prepare
ton Ask your Grocers and Druggists for IT..
LOGAN d CO.,
Wholesale Druggists, Bridge Corner,
Wheeling, W. Va.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1882-11-01
EVERY MOTHER KNOWS

How difficult it is to get children to take the
nauseous Vermifuges. LOGAN q CO.
PLEASANT WORM SYRUP is so palatable
that children take it gladly, and it effectually
and quickly destroys WORMS 1t is also An
EGeetLent CIsild's PtySic. Price 25c.-in Large
Bottles. Ask your druggist for It. Sold by
LOGAN & CO.,
Wholesale Druggists, Wheeling
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1882-11-01
THE SPLENDID BISCUIT

And Batter Cakes made with Logan, List G
Co.'S EXCELSIOR BAKING POWDER, con-
stitnte the leading subject at every well or
dered breakfast table. The best cooks say
that it is the best powder in the market. Ask
for LOGAN, LIST & CO.'S EXCELSIOR
BAKING POWDER. Address orders to
LOGAN & CO.,
Wholesale Druggists, Wheeling.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1882-11-01
Freeman Free.

oil Ministers, the FREEMAN will be sent
~ Noa year, in advance. Better still-to
fof SiA ister sending $500 with the names of
any mn V subscribers, the FREEMAN will
t"o frea for one year
be sent, ~, nls-Sl.50 year-same rate for
heS Address,
shorteI Parkersburg, w. Va.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1882-11-01

90 out of possible sc at Centen-
NAL Exhibition, 1876. The Weber
Piano for sale by w. F. Atkinson.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1882-05-25
The Newest Shoddyis,n.

The newest shoddy craze, a mania
that goes well with the crest in
American society, is the ancestral
portrait weakness ancestors by
purchase-so wittily referred to by
Gilbert. A Philadelphia reporter
has recently made tour of the shops
in that city where modern timber is
turned into antique furniture for the
benefit of persons who long to pos
sess something to indicate that they
have had ancestors. One of the deal
ers said to him, confidentially, THE
next thing will be old family por-
traits. There's man somew here in
this city who has been to Europe and
bought up, in junk-shops and other
places, lot Of old canvasses with
heads on them. He got two or thre e
clever young men to dress them up
and copy them, and make them up
into sets, thus: Knight in armor,
fifteenth century; man in ruff, six
teenth century: youth as Cavalier
or Puritan, seventeenth century
Pilgrim father, eighteenth century
Mr.. Brown of Spruce street, nine
teenth century; set complete in har-