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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-12-28

Oh my Detroit home, as have had but one
new ears experience since coming to
washington like the practice in small
community where one can welcome her
friends In an informal social way, but this
can scarcely be followed here where the
cosmopolitan character of the capital COM
peis one to extend her courtesies to all. 1t
seems to me, however, that when there
are so many receptions throughout the
omcial season as there are here, it is
lrooiish 70 go to SO much trouble
Tor one occasion that will seldom bring any
return either IN pleasure or profit. Dress
coats are decidedly out of place in morn
ing call, no matter what the excuse, and
some simple claret punch, in addition to
Douliion and coffee, to hand, with light
refreshments for hospitality's sake, and
eacn caller has the privilege of making his
own choice. l am often persuaded that
people indulge too generously in round
OF calls, and, like everything else, the in
dulgence may be carried to excess. Let us
be temperate in all things"
MRS. SENATOR PAYNE.
Mrs. Senator Payne, of Ohio, mother of
Mrs. Whitney, said 81 often regret the
dying out of the old custom, but l realize
that the original significance has been
widely lost in these modern times. For
merry we never thought of setting large
table IN Cleveland, unless for winding
up OF the day, when big company would
be invited to close the festivities with a
dance followed by big supper Gener-
ally from daintily spread table to one
side OF the open fireplace, with its huge
cracking logs, would be dispensed by the
hostess, wine and cake. These cakes were
made from an old German recipe and
known as sOiley Cakes In addition to
these rich sweets there would also be the
Washington Cruller,' twisted in the form
OF stick about three inches long
and then looped over the finger. Placed
In the boiling lard it quickly curled up
and became brown and crisp. As TO wine,
in former times young men did not expect
to indulge in the liquors placed upon the
sideboard for the elderly gentlemen, but
stood aside for their elders. Now the rule
is reversed, and we could not limit the
courtesy without giving objectionable of
fense. shall not receive this year, as my
housekeeper is seriously ill, one whom I
have had for nearly twenty years, and be-
sides We have only just returned to the
city, and owing to the difficulty of secur-
ing efficient help at this season, our house
is not in proper order for entertaining"
MISS GRUMPY, JR.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-12-28
DESTITUTE AND SUFFERING.
Misery OF Farmers on the Dakota, Ne.
braska and Kansas Deserts.
Chicago Tribune

Misery OF Farmers on the Dakota, Ne
braska and Kansas Deserts.
Chicago Tribune
Destitution and suffering again exist in
the far West. Mr.. George w. Williams, a
lawyer i'll the Chamber of Commerce
building, recently returned from a visit to
Southern Dakota and Western Nebraska
and Kansas, and he draws sorrowful pic
ture of the condition of the people of those
sections. There has been total failure of
the crops there and most of the farmers
have nothing to feed either their families
or stock, and no money with which to pur-
chase clothing.
Up to June the crop prospects were
splendid, but then came three days of hot
winds and then a continuous drought,
with the result of literally scorching and
whitening the growing grains. Those who
can are deserving their homes and farms to
seek work elsewhere, and many of them
will probably never go back.
Mr.. Williams attended a sheriff's sale to
satisfy debt for farm machinery where
good-sized pigs were sold for II cents each
and cows for less than $40. At another
sale the entire receipts were Sill and the
legal costs 50. One of the especial needs
of the people is clothing, and a request has
been forwarded to him to solicit cast-off'
clothing from citizens of Chicago. Gar
ments that are considered too threadbare
to be worn here would last for long while
the destitute farmers of the sections above
named.
Mr.. Williams says that he will volunteer
to see that any old clothing contributed
will get into the hands and on the backs of
deserving people there. He thinks the
different lines of railroads will carry the
goods free, but if not he will pay the
freight himself Aid should be given
promptly, for thousands are in imminent
danger of dying from cold and hunger.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-12-28
WHAT THE MERRY MONARCH THINKS.

/ think comic opera succeeds because it
gratihes more tastes than any other form
of theatrical amusement. First, it fur
nishes, or should furnish, the drama tic ell
ement; second, it has the element of popu-
ular music; next, it has picturesque eff
fects in the way Of scenery and costumes,
and lastly, it affords opportunities for
comedy both in dialogue and in song. The
resources are so much greater than those
to be obtained in play. All the possible
ties of stage art and stage craft are availa-
BILE to comic opera. l believe it appeals to
all classes of people, and musical education
has made such rapid strides in this coun-
try that even the gamin of the street APP
preciates the lifting airs of comic opera. I
think also that comic opera has been pro-
duced In America on more popular lines
has furnished the public with more genu-
Inc and laughable amusement than is to be
found in other forms of entertainment. In
Europe the comedy element does not ap-
pear to be developed to the same extent as
it is in America.
A prominent London manager of comic
opera productions told me recently that he
did not need very finished comedians in
his company, for the reason that his
audiences did not care so much for humor-
GUS acting as they did for good music and
the satire of the lines themselves. If I
may be pardoned for defending the de-
velopmedt of a good comedy element, I
will say that it is the spice-even the very
essence-of comic opera as demanded by
the American people, and if the opportun-
tiles are there, piece cannot obtain
perfect production without exhausting
them, always remembering that no other
element, either dramatic or musical, shall
be neglected to the detriment of the uni
ties and natural sequences of the plot. And
finally, the taste for comic opera has been
fostered in this country by such lavish lib
erallty in the matter of mounting
our pieces that we have out
stripped the whole world, both
In expenditure and effects. 1t is unfortu-
nate that American history and customs
furnish very few lyric subjects, and that
nearly all of our material is of the i'm
ported kind, but have the strongest faith
that this unprecedented demand for light
opera will create a supply from native
sources, and perhaps from native subjects.
American ingenuity and talent will GER
tainly assert itself when such broad field
is open 10 composers and authors
FRANCIS WILSON.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-12-28
MNE. corrRELLY's VIEWS.

To me the reason for the success of comic
opera appears to be that it appeals so en-
tirely to the sympathy of the masses.
Grand opera is not for everyone, for it is
not everyone who can either understand
or appreciate it. Then again, the perform
ance is too long TO catch the popular fancy.
More than this, do not believe that any
grand musician, however much he might
be devoted to Wagner and the masters,
could stand six consecutive nights of grand
opera. There are limits beyond which
human endurance cannot pass, and think
here is an instance where the line may be
drawn.
As the antithesis of grand opera we have
in Germany what is known as the musical
comedy. This is the source from which
Mr.. Augustin Daily has. drawn SO many of
his busting and amusing plays which have
been so successful at his theater, only he
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-12-28

The Saints Always in Trouble.

Sagacious Employer fear, Mr.. Too
good shall have to dispense with your
services
New Clerk-Why, sir, I know / have
only been here week, but have / not dur
ing this time been thoroughly faithful to
your interestsl
Employer-Oh, you have been faithful
enough and capable enough, but
New Clerk-But what, sir?
Employer-Well, saw you take post
age stamp out of the drawer yesterday
New Clerk-Yes, sir, but put cents in
its place.
Employer-That's just what I can't
understand. l guess you'd better go.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-12-28
COMIC OPERAS BOOM.
Most Popular Form Of Enter
tainment on the Stage.
REAs oNs FOR IT'S SUCCESS.
A Symposium by Rudolph Aronson,
Francis Wilson, Nine. Cottrelly, Marie
Tempest and Minnie Palmer.

Few forms of entertainment have sprung
into greater popularity of late years than
comic opera. Public favor may have been
said to have first turned in that direction
with the production of NPinafore," and
since then the market has been literally
flooded with comic operas of greater or
less degree of merit. And the almost UNI
varying success of each has been the cause
of the accumulation of much wealth by
the managers and the springing up of a
large class of singers and comedians who
have devoted themselves to rendering
the works of the composers. The causes
of this success are explained herewith by
some of the most prominent factors in the
comic opera field, and their views can be
regarded as official.
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Plainly n Financier.

Indianapolis Journal.
"My dear child" said the unhappy
father, ''are you aware that you have
rushed into an engagement with young
man who has not even paid tailor's bill
for four years"
But he dresses well, papa. And after
we are married | suppose he can buy
groceries on the same plan"
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Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-03-26
BRIEF NOTES.

The Yolo bridge gauge yesterday showed
the hight of the river to be % feet inches.
The Governor on yesterday commits
stoned Lewis Leach of Fresno county q
Director of District Board of Agricultul q
No. q, vice self, term expired
The official bond of W. F. Drew, Chief
OF Police.elect, was yesterday filed with the
County Clerk. 1t is in the sum of So 600.
and the sureties are William Mitchell and
Michael Fay.
The coursing match which were to
have taken place last Sunday was post
poned on account of the inclemencg of the
weather. This event has been put off mum
Der of times for the same reason, but on
Sunday next the hunt will probably take
place.
Frank S5adler, who keeps a saloon at the
corner of Twenty sixth and P streets, saws
that the fight which took place on Sunday
was not in his saloon, but OH the Sidewalk
in front of the place. The combatants
were two brothers who had been put out of
the saloon. Stadier claims that be keeps
al orderly place
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-03-26
THE LETTER TO THE CAR.

A letter is published in the dispatches
said to have been written by bold and
patriotic woman of Russia to the Gar. 1t
bears upon its face the imprint of verify.
In the face of such statements as are made
by Madame Tshebrikora to the Car it is
impossible for the Russian Government to
that gives birth to Internationales, Mill
lists and Revolutionists. This courageous
woman, whom the Russian Government
put under arrest for daring to exercise the
right of petition and of protest, but whom
it dare not send to the bleak plains of
Siberia for exercising the right of such
free speech, told the Gar some truths that
probably had not before reached him with
such directness. The more incisive of her
paragraphs are said to have been the fol-
lowing. They bear their own comment
| upon their face:
Experience of the past reign and your own
| experience must have demonstrated to you
| Majesty that the policy of persecution does no,
attain its object The cay will come when tine
persecution OF the right of thought will seem as
| the memory of a bad dream, but l fear that tie
| advent OF such day will be accompanied by
| flames and floods of blood
1 The whole of your system pushes those who
are dissatisfied into the camp of the revolution
4 ists even those who feel a stroug and natural
1 repulsion for all ideas of blood and violence
1 For one imprudent word. for revolutionary
| print often taken cut of mere curiosity, young
1 man, mere child, is declared to be political
| criminal.
| We have political criminals who are only IA
years old who are consigned to cellular contine-
\ ment. AGovernRentthat rules 100 600 000 people
/ trembles before children. In our country PEG
pie are sent for twelve years to Eastern Siberia
4 for ofenses which in Austria would be pun.
| ished by two weeks simple imprisonment.
| By the side of the Draconian punishment in.
1 fiicted by the tribunals we have also punish.
4 ments by administrative order. By these latter
| the Government gets rid of the enemies against
] whom there is insufficient proof. This is the
\ way the orders Of deportation are drawn up
| Though there are no proofs on which to con-
denim, still he is exiled to -" These war
rants will be transmitted to posterity, and it is
said that your Majesty's signature is affixed to
| such orders. Your salvation depends on your
1 return to the reforms commenced by your
| father-freedom of speech, inviolability of the
/ person, freedom of meeting, publicity given to
/ all trials. education widely accessible to all.
| the suppression of arbitrary administration and
| the preservation of the ZeuskiSobor, or national
party. in this is your salvation.
| One word from you and we shall have in
4 Russia pacific revolution which will constitute
1 a luminous page of history. You are,
| Sire, one of the most powerful monarchs
| of the world. l am but an atom among the
| whose fate is in your hands. And yet my con-
| science, my right, my duty as Russian woman
| compel me to speak out what is on my mind
| and 10 say what had to say.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-03-26
"BILLY AND DICK
The story of Their Sufferings at Ander-
sonyille Prison.

The story of Their Sufferings at Ander-
sonville Prison.
Ralph o. Bates lectured before good
sized audience at the Sixth.street N. E
Church last evening, his subject being
" Billy and Dick-Their Escape from An
dersonville Prison"
Billy" it appeared, was none other
than the lecturer himself, and "Dickn s
a comrade named Richard King. whom h.
met while prisoner of var at Rjchn- Ord
Va, early in 1868. 1t happened tina eome
discussions had arisen among the. 5Inion
prisoners ar this place over the los se,f $500
clothing. When the rebel c .,.4amanda.
heard of it he ordered all the tS-,ion 1er
out, and stripped them of ssS hut thar
pantaloons and shirts. Kir resisted end
was the cause Of band-t o,,sanG f;obt he
tween the prisoners and n,s,r5s and which
resulted in the defes 1 of tbe former
Bates admired King rreatlv for his
pluck, and the to became insengr.
able. King calle' Bates "Billv.n for
short and the batter called King
| "Dick. After aaay terrible experiences,
| both were tra Hsferred to Andersonville
prlson-that eEace where SO many thou
SANDS OF Un Ioa men died from starvation.
utsease au'I FfoSnce at the hands OF their
rebel cap dors. The horrible atrocities per-
! petrated there, when detailed by the
| speaker, fairly made the audience shudder
Among the incidents related was one in
which ne figured himself For some trivial
ottense he was suspended by the thumbs
and allowed to hang in that torturing posi-.
ton by Captain Wirz, who was in charge
of the prison. A friend gave him drink
OF water. and Wirz happened to observe
him. Whipping out his revolver he shot
the unfortunate man dead in his tracks for
"meddling." Bates, who was in terrible
suffering, entreated Wirz to shoot him, too
Wirz did. He put two bullets into the sus.
pended form. but not into vital spots. Sub.
sequently, when he discovered that Bates
was not dead, he shot him again, but again
missing vital place.
Eventually, BILLY" and Dick" resolved
to attempt escape at all hazards They dug
tunnel from the interior of the stockade
outside of the lines. 1t took them over
seven months to do this. After getting out.
side they struck for the swamps, and 70,
weeks were tracked by bloodhounds and
horsemen, suffering indescribaDle agonies
from exposure and hunger But they
eventually reached the Northern lines, and
their homes.
Mr.. Bates is good, clear speaker, and
keeps his audience interested throughout
He will give the second of his series of lee.
lures this evening at the same place.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-03-26
FAITHFUL SERVICE,
City Cemetery Its Improvement Under
the Present Manapement

City Cemetery Its Improvement Under
the Present Management.
The City Cemetery presents neater and
cleaner appearance at this time than it has
for number of years past. A re-
porter had occasion to visit it yesterday
in company with Superintendent Parker,
and made an inspection of the grounds to
note the Improvements that have been
made during the past year.
When Mr.. Parker was installed as Sinner
intendent OF the cemetery he started in i'm
madiateiy to improve the grounds. and
now has them in condition which shows
that great deal of well directed labor has
been done in the way of identifying them.
The walks and roadways winding through
the cemetery are free from grass and weeds
and otherwise in good condition. The
graves are we'll kept, and show that great
care has been taken with them. In many
places where large trees are growing near
the graves Mr.. Parker has had the roots of
the tree running under the walls cut off so
IS not TO crack the bricks and force the
walls out of shape. In places, also, where
graves had been neglected BY the owners.
they do not 90 unc.red for, but are kept at
least clean, il not rs attractive IS others.
The large brick bulkhead on the west
side of the grounos, which toppled into the
slough some time ago, has been replaced
during the past year, and is now on a solid
foundation. In the rear portion of the
cemetery the filling 10 of large piece of
ground. 3S7 feet in length by 27S feet in
width has just been completed. and SUBJ
staniial brick wall three feet in hight sur
rounds the plat of ground.
Before Mr.. Parker had this piece filed
for several months during the year, graves
when dug there to the regulation depth
were found to contain s;paee water, and
bodies could not be inferred. The improve.
ment lately made, however makes this one
of the choicest sections of the cemetery.
The front fence has been lowered and re-
paired, so as to improve lis appearance. and
the main entrance has been paved with
granite blocks.
Mr.. Parker's books are all kept by him
self, and their nes;ness shows that care has
been exercised in their keeping. In short,
MIR. Parker has shown himself to be a
worker, and the right man in the right
place. His collections have been close and
regular, and bis receipts. as shown by the
Auditors books. have added much to the
city treasury during his term of office,
amounting to nearly, if not quite, 81 goo.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-03-26

THE dispatches assert that Kilrain's
friend, Rich, has purchased for him i'm
munity from serving out his time in Jail,
by bribing the County Commissioners of
Marion county, Mississippi 1t Is said
that Rich argued with the Commissioners
for two hours, and closed the debate by
producing his check book and filling out a
check for large sum and throwing it to
the Commissioners, they accepting it and
allowing the prisoner 10 depart. OF course
the disguise Of all this business is the sup
posed compliance with the law permitting
the hiring out OF prisoners. Nominally
Kilrain is hired out to Rich for the term
Of his sentence, and while it is the law that
all such rented-out convicts must be en-
ployed at hard labor, KiIrain and his pur-
chaser are living IN idleness together on
the fat of the land, in a city without the
jurisdiction of the local authorities who
hired out the prisoner. 1t is such farces
as these that bring the laws into contempt.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-03-26

of her "purity" and of her offended woman
hood, and tip-tilts her nose at the fallen
sister who does not ape virtue she has
not. Certainly here is a phase of moral
obliquity and warped conscience that is
amazing, and almost staggers belief in the
sanity of the woman who could deliber-
ately commit herself to it, posing at the
same time as leader in the religious
movements Of the town in which she
lived.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-03-26
BRAND. LAYTON, BARNETT

81, 100-Lot 40x16", NJ street, Twenty fifth and
Twenty-sixth; very high lot, splendid 81 e for
home.
So, rU0-Lot 40xl60, M street, Twenty fifth and
Twenty sixth; new cottage house of rooms
and other improvements.
81, S0o-Lot SOxl60 . and P, Tweuty-seventh
and Twenty eighth streets.
Si.3 O-LOt 40X160, Thirteenth and Fourteenth,
q and streets; very high lot.
S6.uOO Lot 50xS0 Thii d and Fourth, L and NJ
streets; brick house, Is rooms; suitable for
lodging house.
s1,30o-Lot 40xl60, K and L. Twentyfrst and
Twenty-Second streets.
Agents for lots in McClatchy subdivisions: prices
from $3.50 TO $500; very easy payments.
For full list inquire of or address BRAND, La
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-03-26
A NOVEL IDEA.

p. I. Barnum, the veteran Snowman is
nothing if not original. He never pro-
poses an old nor an unattractive thing.
Being applied to for some novel idea in
connection with the Chicago Worlds Fair,
the shrewd old man, whom age has not
incapacitated, and whose years seem only
to have quickened his wits and improved
his perception, replies through the North
american Recicw:
What novel feature would propose? Now,
will present the FAIR Committee with one of nv
ideas-au idea that might bring me in a million
of money. In the museum at BooIak in Egypt
lies the mummyfied corpse of Rameses III. the
Pharaoh of the Exodus, with that of his daugh
ter, the savior of Moses. and other less distin-
guisbed of the royal Egyptian family of that
era. | had authorized an agent to offer the
Egyptian Government much as 100000 to
allow me to exhibit those remains in Europe
and the United States ! will relinquish my
right of priority OF claim in the idea to the Fair
Committee. Let them obtain the loan of thee
mortuary relics from the Egyptian Government
and allow the khedive to send his own soldiers
to guard the coffin. Think of the stupendous-
ness of the incongruity, To exhibit to the peo-
pie of the nineteenth century, in IL country not
discovered until 1000 or 5000 years after his
death, that corpse of the King of whom we have
the earliest record Consider, too that the
corpse is 50 perfectly preserved after thousands
OF years IN the tomb that its features are almost
perfect: so perfect, that every man, woman and
child who looks upon the mummy may know
the countenance of the despot who exerted so
great an influence upon the history of the world.
And it might be useful thought in this gen.
Grafton, proud of its scientific and mechanical
triumphs. to bear in mind that the art that en-
balmed the body of Rameses so periectlyis lost,
with great many others that were known to
remote antiquity.
Barnum's is capital idea. Since we
must have something at such fair out of
the usual run, and that will address the
fancy of the purely curious and be more
than passing antique, what could better
fill the bill than the proposition of Mr..
Barpum?