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JOHN hADDl5ON MDlsION.
n every person who has laughed at the
queer conceits of this writer OF farces were
mustered in al army 1t would doubtless
surpass in size the martial array of Eng
land, France and Germany combined. II
all the money that has been made by man.
ayers and actors out of Morton's farces was
now In the possession OF a single man, that
man would be many times II millionaire.
Yet John Madison Morton-iied the other
day in the l.ondon Charter House. II thar
liable institution.
An actress who visited London n year OF
two ago, in a personal letter to the writer,
said; With several others / took part in n
little entertainment for the amusement of
the inmates OF Charter House last night.
| gave n reading from one OF Morton's
farces. All the old pensioners except one
laughed heartily Mt my humble efforts, but
that one-and he was a jolly looking. apple
checked old gentleman, too-seemed to
grow more gloomy with every word /
spoke. After the entertainment was over
! stood talking with one OF the inmates
when this old gentleman came up. asked
him why he had not laughed with the
others while | was reciting. With a court.
ly, old school bow, he answered, Pardon
me, madam, / Gould not with modesty, for
! wrote that farce myself The solemn
old man was John Madison Norton"
1t is said that the number OF farces which
Morton wrote exceeds 100. OF these the
best known is Box and Cox" while
LEND Me Five S%hillings" is probably next
in public favor. Poor P~illicoddy,"
''Slasher and Crasher," Our Wife,"
Done on Both Sides, " "A Regular FIJI"
and al That Glitters Is Not Gold" are
from his pen and are all well known to
Americans. His first farce, MY First Fit
OF the Govt" WAS produced in 1895, while
his last. Going It." WAS brought out in
1885,.
During his active life Morton was al
ways in demand wherever brilliant people
met in Lond Witty in his conversation
and courtly in his manners, he left little to
be desired as II society man. During his
early years he was somewhat ~dissipated-
as most literary and artistic men were in
those days-but after he retired from the
active world the snuffbox was the only
luxury he allowed himself.
Greatly to the credit OF his friends, it
may be said that notwithstanding his resi-
dence In n charitable institution he was
never allowed to suffer from extreme pow
erty. For several years at least one bene-
fit was given each winter by theatrical
people In his behalf, and in this and other
ways the brilliant old mans journey down
into the valley was decked with many lit
tie comforts and pleasant passages.
, 1892-01-12

A committee appointed to report on
the famous Tore Nuova in the Plaza
San Filipe, in the capital of Aragon,
has issued a pessimistic account. 1t is
feared that this clock tower, a very fms
example of the kind, will have to be
pulled down. Excessive rains and floods
have caused a subsistence Of the soil and
the structure is deemed unsafe. The
construction of this torre inclinada was
begun in the Fifteenth century, under
the direction of two Spanish, two Moor
ish and one Jewish architect; it is
octagonal in form, 800 feet high, 45 in
diameter, and leans about 10 feet out
of the perpendicular. Stone steps, 26O
in number, lead inside to the top gallery.
1t has been stated that the leaning Of
the tower was due to the caprice of the
architects, but an old crack in its side
and a careful examination of the founda-
ton led to the conclusion that it was
want of are oil the part of the builders.
The Aaragonese speak of the ancient
crack as an old wound in its side, of
which the Tore Nuova is now dying.
This ''old wound was under treatment
in the year 1860, but an unfortunate re-
lapse threatens to result in an entire col
lapse.-Tablet.
, 1892-01-12

A Russian journal reports an interest
ing case of a philanthropic physician.
Visiting the patients of his districts, the
doctor found that in many instances
their sickness was caused by hunger.
To the most needy he prescribed "six
pounds of pure rye fiour in doses of two
pounds a day" He ordered his patient
to get the medicine at the drug store Of
the nearest village, where it would be
issued free of charge every day. The
good doctor made arrangements with
the druggist to supply the -four at his
expense. In this way his patients will
be kept from starvation the whole
winter,
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most any other offense might be ex-
cused, but such a one, never. Mr.. Case
was a very rich man at the time Of his
death, although it is improbable that he
ever made any money out of his horses
He owned about 500, 900 worth of them.
The major part Of his great fortune vas
the yield Of his thrashing machine works at
Racine, Wis. He also owned a controlling
interest in the great pillow works, a national
bank n an insurance company in the
same city and was master of an enorm
Texas ranch, besides owning interests in
several shipA. He paid $500 for Jay Eye
See when he was a scraggly little black
colt. Jay Eye See eventually made a rec
ord Of 2:l0. For Phallas, by the same sire
-Dictator-he paid the same amount.
Phallas made a record of 2:13H. One of
the horses which he had much faith In
was Western, and when that animal fell
and broke its neck Mr.. Case is said to have
wept like a child. Mr.. Cases oldest son II
voyy mavor Of RpcjnA
, 1892-01-12

LAB EVE IN II melSterslnRer.'
eymoon had scarcely waned when Anton
to succeed the lamented DR.. Damrosch as
leader Of the Metropolitan opera house or
chestra-
German opera, introduced by DR.. Dam
rosch, was enthusiastically continued under
Seidl's mastery direction, and his young
bride as the lovely Eva in the "Meister-
singer and Marguerite in Faust" APP
pealed to metropolitan audiences. New
York climate, however, proved disastrous
to her voice, and losing herself in the bril-
liant career now opening before her gifted
husband she retired from the operatic
stage several years g and settled down
in a charming home in Forty-third street.
the ideal German housewife.
Her interest in her husbands work Is
absorbing. She never misses so much as a
rehearsal Of the many great musical en-
terprises of which he is the leading spirit.
Wherever the baton of the long, dark
haired, Beethoven faced conductor is raised,
in a modest corner will be found the
earnest. lovelit face of his handsome. blond
wife.
Seidl earns a princely income and lives
In keeping with it. They are at home to
their friends every evening from z to 6
and the family board is rarely without
guests. A step beyond the blue and gold
portico of the salon door ushers the stran-
ger into Apollo's domain. The open con-
cert grand Is strewn with music-Wag.
ner's works, important novelties by Gold
smith, Massenet, Lalo-which Seidl has
conducted with a magnificence unexce,ied.
Numerous pedestals crowned with mar
BILE busts of Wagner, Beethoven, Mozart
and Goethe, and great wreaths of bay and
laurel, together with the colors of Ger
many and America and huge floral trophies,
lend to the salon the suggestiveness of a
Walhalla- Everywhere are souvenirs OF
Wagner. A splendid pastel taken two
years before the great composers death is
hung by the side Of an engraving which
preserves the poetic lines of the musical
genius halcyon days.
From the marble busts OF dead genius
the visitor now turns to confront the mas
ter of the house. In evening dress he stands
on the threshold. Gold trimmed eyeglasses
astride his Napoleon nose, clear cut features
beaming above the immaculate linen, the
white, tapering fingers Of his sensitive hand
drawing from his bosom a square Of linen
distilling the odor of field flowers, and tho
great conductor bows with the grace of
a Chesterfield as he apologies for his wife's
defective English. Frau Seidl clings to the
mother tongue. She has solved the servant
question by importing German servants
who do not speak a word of English. Even
the little black watchdog is unfamiliar
with English as she is spoke
, 1892-01-12

ahotht now smoke preventive
James Murphy. a Chicagoan, is the
latest to come forward with a smoke
consuming device. Rather, though, is
it MIR. Murphy's plan to prevent smoke,
and this he Gems to do very effectually
by a patent arrangement which he places
On boilers and stoves. 1t is the idea to
catch and burn the gases that are liber-
ated from the coal before they form the
smoke. The smoke itself, the inventor
says, cannot be burned after it has once
been formed, SO he burns the gases.
The principle is that of taking air up
from the ashpit in a furnace through
fire clay pipes to a hot air chamber
above the CRATE bars. From here it is
thrown from all four sides of the CRATE
through a three-quarter inch space which
Is left open all around the fire, the space
being partially lodged over with a Clip"
that throws the air across the furnace.
The distribution of this hot air equally
over the fire catches the gases from the
coal before they are formed into smoke
and ignites and burns them.
Thus only about 20 per cent. of the
usual amount of smoke contains no car
bon, is not dirty at all and is white
instead of sooty. Mr.. Murphy demon
strates the principle of his device in a
stove, where the results are more easily
seen. The stove is fitted with three fire
clay pipes on each side to conduct the
air. The stove burns any kind of coal
or coke and from none of them can any
smoke be seen to arise. The stove makes
its own draft from the airshaft. The
flame burns inward and close to the
middle of the CRATE. An examination
of the chimney shows no smoke going
up.-New York Telegram.
, 1892-01-12

Francis Wilson is one OF the best edu-
Gated and wittiest men on the stage. In
1888 he had some fun by thrashing Max
Freeman. Freeman had him arrested.
When the trial came on it was announced
that the matter would be dropped IL Will
son would apologize.
How long will | have to serve II | don't
~apologizet" asked the comedian of the
judge.
About twelve years." was the grave
reply.
Wilson glanced cheerfully at Freeman's
black eye, smiled c~ontentedly to himself
and remarked:
"All right-Tn serve"
IL Was fined tan dnllara
, 1892-01-12

Two young men near Los Angeles,
Cal, are rapidly making a fortune STAY
ing coyotes. Last April they were not
worth fifty dollars, but now they have
s ,700 to their credit in bank and they
are adding about $3.50 a week to their
deposit. They have fifty traps set, and
with these and their rifles are rapidly
thinning out the coyotes in Los Angeles
and San Bernardino counties. At five
dollars a scalp there is more money in
hunting coyotes than in growing grain
or fruit, but the business will probably
come to an end when the next legisla-
ture meets. The law which was passed
as a joke has proved to be very costly
pastime.-San Francisco Chronicle.
, 1892-01-12
raken For a Crank.

A semi-fendish delight often seems he
possess people of strong nerves in sneer-
ing at those with weak ones. The irrita
bility of the nervous hy~pochondriac is
ridiculed as natural i'll temper. The very
genuine and distressing symptoms from
which he suffers are made light of. He"
or she is a crank is the cheerful sort
of sympathy with which the nervous
invalid meets from the unteeling and the
thoughtless. At the same time no. COM
plaint is more defined and real. none has
a more easily explainable origin when it is
chronic. Imperfect digestion and assimi-
lation are always accompanied by nervous
debility and anxiety. Build up the
powers o. assimilation and digestion with
Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, and nervous
symptoms. sick headaches and a general
feeble condition of the system are reme-
died. Remember that fearful ravages are
produced by la grippe among weakly, ner-
vous people,. Hostetter's Stomach Bit
ters cures 1t. aud prevents malaria, rheu-
matism and kidney complaint.
Tit smelter Is an assured TACT, but not
so much so as the new passenger service
, 1892-01-12
Annual Meeting.

CHEYENNE. Wyo., Dec. "a, 1891
The annual meeting Of the stockholders
Of the Benjamin & Weaver Cattle com
pany for the election of trustees and for
the transaction of such other business as
may properly come before the meeting.
will be held at the office of said company
in Cheyenne, Laramie county, Wyoming,
on Tuesday, January IL, 1892. at 2
O'Clock D. m.
JOHN X. JEFFREY,
Secretary.
, 1892-01-12

which he owned,
but loved them
almost as a father
might love a child.
Every employee on
his great Hickory
Grove Breeding
farm knew 1t, and
also knew that the
slightest act Of un-
necessary harsh
hess toward a
d u m b n ! m a
would mean in
slant discharge
from Mr.. Cases
amnlovmapt AL
, 1892-01-12
Inst Anyho-

Wife-And SO you've failed and lost
everything?
Husband (sadly)-Everything.
81 don't see why you couldn't have
put your property in my name"
"a was afraid you'd never let me have
anv of it."-New York Weekly.
, 1892-01-12

b. A. McFadden. who is the l4O pound
champion wrestler (Greco-Roman style)
of America, Is n native OF st. Louis and
has seen twenty-four birthdays. He is B #.
81 in. high and is a splendid example OF
the great benefits that are to be derived
from n judicious course Of athletic eXer-
cises. When he Joined the Missouri gym
, 1892-01-12

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, 1892-01-12
New Leaf Iurned for 1892.

This is what we are doing: Running
Pullman dining cars. Pullman palace
sleeping cars, Pullman c%olonist sleopers,
free reclining chair cars. aud new day
coaches. 1t costs you nothing extra to
ride on a hrst-class line. You can reach
all easter points via the Union Pacific.
, 1892-01-12

dren." says Fl. A. Walker. a prominent
druggist of Ogden, Utah. never be
afraid 10 buy Chamberlain Cough Rem
edy. There is no danger IRON it and re-
lief is sure to follow. 1 particularly rec.
ommeud Chamberlain's because | have
have found it to be safe aud reliable
Fifty cent bottles for sale by druggists.
, 1892-01-12

If you desire II make your Eastern
friends happy on Xmas and New Years,
send them a ticket over the Burlington
Route and have them come out and
visit you.
, 1892-01-12
Boys. Here's Your m,nnsl

Not oniy TO get way up" work done,
but also to get your darn,ng. patching and
buttons sewed Cd without extra charge.
CHEYENNE STEAM LAUNDRY.
, 1892-01-12

Taken tn tinse,
even Consumption yields to the
wonderful effects of Dr.. Pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery. It
won't make new lungs-but it will
make diseased ones healthy when
nothing else will. There's reason
for it, too. Consumption is Lung
scrofula. For every form of scrof-
ula, and all blood-taints, the Dis
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the most potent strength r~estorer,
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It's especially potent in curing
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Goitre, or Thick Neck, and Enlarged
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Great Eating Ulcers rapidly heal
under its benign influence.
, 1892-01-12

Tho Owner OF jay Eye See.
One of the most noticeable characters
tics OF the late j. L. Case was the fact that
he not only admired the many fast horses
, 1892-01-12

Go to Germanis Hall if you want n
good. pure and undulterated 5.year-old
Stonewall whiskey $l.00 per quart.
, 1892-01-12
. eREAI MUSICIANS WEE.
FRAU seidi Is n True HeIpmeet to He
Distinguished Husband.

Rrau seidi Is n True Helpmeet to He
Distinguished Husband.
A vital. scarcely recognized factor in the
Wagnerian movement in America Is re.
vealed In the personality Of the handsome
wife Of New York's famous orchestra
leader, Anton Seidl. Striking, picturesque
and powerful as are the personality and
gifts of the successor Of the lamented DIR.
Leopold Damrosch and the inimitable
Thomas, It is to his1Soung wife's sympathy
and devotion that Anton Seidl largely at
tributes his success in converting metro
politan audiences to Wagnerian apprecia-
ton
Born in Austria, Frau Siedl at eight
years OF age was a vocal prodigy. In the envt-
ronments of Baireuth her girlhood passed.
While absorbing there the atmosphere of
wagner under the tuition of Won Richter.
the OF the Royal opera house at
Vienna, she met in a fellow pupil of the
maestro the picturesque, poetic, gifted
young Hungarian, Anton Siedl, who had
already become a member of the Wagner
household. in which he remained for sew
eral years.
As Miss Krauss she made her debut Mt
the Vienna Royal opera house, and then at
Liepsic sang many successful seasons, tax
ing leading soprano roles In Wagner's Cd
eras. As her husbands fiancee she was a
frequent visitor at Wagner's home, and
the genius Of Wagner and the c-leverness of
his wife are the most inspiring memories
she treasures in the New World. The hon
, 1892-01-12
HE MADE THOUSANDS HAPPY.

A Glimpse of the Life of John HIaddIsop
Morton, the Late Dramatist.
1t is probably safe to say that there is
not "A theater in America, England or
Australia which has stood five years and
not had some farce from the pen Of John
Madison Morton performed upon its stage.
, 1892-01-12

The smelter Is AT assured TACT, but not
so much so as the new passenger service
put on by the BURLINGTON Route Oct. II
, 1892-01-12

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, 1892-01-12
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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-02-08
7Blr NEW sTlR NEAR CHI LCLIGIE.

From The Boston Journal
While all the world is more or less ineieStca III inc
IT, anpcarancc The H,elest satisfaction is expert
cnccd by Professor Pickering and his aSsGclnts at the
Harvard College Observatory Tor, mn VIII ANY ,r,
not the honor Of the discovery, they alone can PROVE
and have proven. That II Is u discover ,, nh o
A, Journal readers well know; The pno'ographlc
host every night and each glIttering point records
Itself on their plates. Theo is no escnp,, Tor any
olcssor Copclands dispatch YVES r"celved at .ah III,
Of clear sy at twilight Professor lfckerns. with an
pcia glnss. caught glimpse Oh md lon scr,aS Of
cbservatlons was taken. Messrs wendell nnn h h
with an opera glass; NJ Veneer w. ,a T,. With tie
mcclellan photometer-a put IN busy night ana
Mrs Fleming the Orehteyed CHEZ of ronph,ss muo
Reference to the Photographic Library r,snlted In
the most striking Illustration Of It's value Eighteen
irh@n h.Iweom Xoycmbcr D. 1888. and November,
isoI' and ON none 81 them doe! this star APPEAR.
that lis mncnud, was inconsiderabc In other words
that it Is not "A variable star ON me Plates W.nrn
bear the dates Of December ~ anu .co n nmd j.
20 ana ~, the image Of he 't"t Is RECORDED ana II
was Then nearly as bright as at tie present Tine
But no one noticed ii. ..o. 10, ,ho t,-,r,i, nbot,
meter which measures the brightness of stars, and
keeps every comdlesS Fight register OF tncnl. Inc
new star was not found by ths Instrument pcvlouS
10 December / bui ON December 10 Il was present
This brings the date Of It's appearance down Dstweea
bccember and Deee mo- star ~ was at It's maximum
6rightness January 30 and has since been slowly d.
creasine. ILL .o,,,,u. and pumar,,,
prn 81 both he star and the spcc rum VIII be taken
There has been great desire 10 ob.,n s spectrum eur \.
Is nniane' No o,hsr star shows such spectrum. II
IS like that Of the ordinary r us rs dnr
with bright edges toward the red. In other words.
tho visitor is not within our view OF us own volluon
II Is wrapped In whwa Nth some @s aant or6 OF
nethcrm0st space.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-02-08
iGirysT SUyDIY LIOvOR SELLING

meeting was held last evening IN the Scotch prcsoss
terian Church. Fourteenthst, near siNh,ye t. oppose
the nassnc OF bill, before the LEGISLATURE open
barrooms on Sunday break down TIE restrictions
placed upon them. The Rev Dr. David o. wylc pastor Of
the church. presided There large audience pres.
ent and the various addresses listened with
closes. attention. Dr. Wylie delivered the opening ad
dress and then introduced the other speakers among whom
were the Rev. Charles S. Robinson, Rev. Charles
s. Harrow Central Methodist Episcopal Church; the Rev.
Dr. W. w. Atterbury, New.York Sabbath Committee:
the Rev. r. w. Kdd Seventh Avenue United Presby.
erian Church. the Rev. D. Steele First Reformed
Presbyterian Church.
Dr. Atterbury vigorously denounced the bill iniast
.ous In tia PxtgeTas
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-02-08
SMALLPOX IN 4 yET-JERSEY TOWN.

BordentOwn y. J., Feb. lowing to the discovery
OF five persons suffering from smallpox here YESTERDAY
the Board OF Health and the township physicians held
meetings here last Night The Board ordered that the
infected house be Quarntlncd red flags displayed on
tho building and a guard posted to prevent persons
passing in AMI out. Medical aid and provisions will
be furnished to the poor OF the city and township, and
those applying for the same will be vaceinatct VI
eha
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-02-08
PRESIDENT RaYueyDS AFfIIcTIOY.

Mddletwn. Conn, Feb. t-pec'ai).-Ruth. tue
fve-y ear old daughter OF President Raymond of IVES
eyan died this morning OF dphthera. after IN Illness
Of about "A week. She buried In the a1erHOoh
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-02-08
WHY SPRINGER HALTS.
OVER one HUNDRED REVENUE BILLS PEND
ING.

EVERY TARIFF SCHEDULE EXCEPT ONE At
TACKED-NISETY TARIFF BILLS ALREADY
oFFERED-No METHOD IN THE
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1892-01-22
Hot Springs, Ark.

The season at Hot Springs, Ark, will
soon be open and Americas noted
health resort will once more assume its
usual winter gayety.
To those who 60 either for health or
pleasure word of advice at this time
is not out of order. It is we'll known to
most of us that unless we start right we
will beset by troubles which seem inev-
liable to follow bad beginning. All
this can be avoided by selecting = line
fol the journey whose reputation for
caring for the comfort of it patrons is a
matter of record,
'The Burlington" is rre.eminently
the Hot Spring line from the northwest
and you will make a coed beginning by
purchasing your tickets via its Missis-
sippi Scenic route. Only one change
of cars. Excursion tickets, limited to
three months, on sale daily. ASK your
nearest ticket agent, or address w. J..
c. Kenyon, G. p. A., st. Paul.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1892-01-22
Editor Kellogg, Of the Jamestow

Editor Kellogg, Of the jamestown
Alert, is running what he calls a
serial of chow it prohibits in North
Dakota. That is all right but why
don't the Alert publish both sides of
the story. Here is little piece that
he can stick in his serial if he feels
like it: We believe that prohibition
results in the suppression Of the
liquor traffic to a great extent. We
are honest enough to admit that the
way the law is carried out it does
not entirely prohibit. We will also
admit that cur drug stores sell a pile
of liquor, ETC., but at the same time
we believe that not one-third as
much intoxicating liquor is sold even
under these circumstances than is
sold when we have open saloons.
We have lived in North Dakota long
enough to have tried both and
know. Probably prohibition never
will entirely prohibit, but it will
muzzle the wholesale drinking of in
toxicating liquors.