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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-12-05

Trades unions have existed In China
for 4, 200 years. The Celestial work
man leyies toll ON every transaction ac-
cording to laws laid down by his trades
union and without for moment taking
into consideration what his employer
may consider proper.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-12-05
he Groom-Instinct! wha' 20 mean.
A Wonderful Actor.

You should see Strident in Love and
Woe"
Jinks-He can't hold a candle to my
friend, Mouther. Why. sir. he played
the heavy villain In ''Woman's Wrongs
so realistically that his wife sued for a
divorce the next week."-New York
Weekly.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-12-05
LucIxy Adam.

Little Johnny-Solomon was the wis
est man, but Adam was the luckiest.
Little EtheI-Why was he?
Little Johhny-'Cause when Adam
was a boy there wasn't a school house
In the whole world.-Street & Smith'f
Good News.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-12-05

The land of Mexico is held in feudal
tenure by about 1000 families. Patents
are issued to oil who ask for them, and
the government leaves the question of
priority to be fought out i'll the courts.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-12-05

Smith-No, ! never take the newspa-
pers home. I've q family Of grownup
daughters, you know.
Jones-Papers too full of crimes, Ell:
Smith-No. Too full of bargain sales.
No man or woman is altogether ad-
vertisement proof.-Art In Advertising.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-12-05

A Russian in Paris. who has made q
business of training rats, has built for
them a miniature railroad, equipped
with a complete passenger train. The
crew are rats, ard the passengers are
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-12-05

The Bride las they emerge from the
tunneD-Law's sakes, james! Yo' men
hab a natural horned instinct fo' kiss
ing.
The Groom-Instinct! Wha' 20 mean.
honey?
The Bride-Why, how In the worl' yo'
ebber found my mouf in all de darkness
OBJ dat tunnel is pas my undahstandin'
Puck.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-12-05
A knockout.

Youth ttremblingly)-I-I-I have
come to you. sir. for the hand of your
daughter.
Father lbriefy)-Which hand2-Do.
tyuit Free PresA
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-12-05

A late cleaner of Biblical curios says
that S%olonon's famous temple was only
107 feet long, 36 feet wide and 81 feet
in height.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-12-05

Edith thought you and Mabel were
fast friends.
Eelie-We used to be.
"And you are not now?"
"No."
What was his name?'-New York
Weekly.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-12-05

WHAT wa
Weekly.
The morning call., 1894-10-07

ago by making bet hat lie would travel
around the world In pyramid box which un-
der all circumstances shouId be sbipped as
Irelgnt. he started from Vienna and arrived
as Tar as Paris on his journey when be was ar
: Stea Iof oeaIlng the railroad, and was lined
IoO francs: Inc me was paid by lie Petit
Journal after which he travelled successfully
over both continents until he reached our wild
auu Woody western coun ry, where he met with
lnsuperaDle obstacles ia the way OF being side
tracked Tor days In oul-of-tbe- way places. and
occasional interviews with dangerous tramps
wDo, like him. eli, were trying TO down railroad
monoDolis $. He was finally taken for a train
robb T, and narrowly escaped becoming tar
gel without being prepared for slaughter by bis
invaluable builet-proof garment. He was com.
PEELED TO throw up the sponge and lose bis be-.
Zeitung says be invented his buliet-pr
Cloth TWO years before Herr Dove completed
MS, ana can produce programme 10 show that
he eAhlDNeu his coat in Copenhagen In April,
1892. Doves exhibition taking place in April,
1884. He Claims superiority for his cloth on
Inc ground that IL Is more elastic and Dliable
oesld D ing lighter aud more adapted for
practical service. He says that pitch. tar, sand
and cocoanut fiber enter into its composition,
but tie full facts of its makeup are, of course,
unknown 10 all but himself and his confidants.
Ihi, elo'h, as Will be demonstrated tomorrow
night at The Orpheum, can successfully resist
The penetrating power OF The bullet from rife
OF any ealib T. Champion Mark smap JacODy of
this city viii be on hand to show his skill in
breaking biscuits placed directly over
Zeitung's heart, with the shield. OF course,
between the biscuit and the vital part. ZetuDg
Will also be on hand. smillngly, TO show the
weakness or Jacoby's efforts 10 harm him. A
81. Al and 40 caliDer rife will be used and The
event promises 10 be most interesting one for
military men aud, in fact, every one for whom
novelty is recreation.
Luciano Tatali. Lillian Mason and Mons.
/. }. Bernier, all high-class artists from the
East and Europe, are down on the extraordi-
nary bill.
The morning call., 1894-10-07
Theodore Kremer's New Play.

"Church and Stage" Theodore kTsmer's new
society drama, is announced for production at
the Bush-street Theater on the 18th inst. II
has already arousf a widespread interest in
local eeclesiastic, social ana dramatic circles
because the whole scene of action Is laid in San
Francisco. The difficult role of the curaie will
be .aken by Mr.. kTemer, and the young act
or's success in London and Australia is sufi-
cient warrant that the part, though intense,
will not be ovrrdrawn. The rest OF the male
characters, including the rector, the arch
bishop and rabbi will be sustained by first.
class comedy company. Great expectations are
formed OF Miss Jeffreys Lewis, the eccentric
bus brilliant actress, who will assume The role
of ALBANIA, daughter of the rector OF Trinity
Church. She has taken up the part con amore
and il is looked for hat she eclipse all OF her
many recorded histrionic tIiumphs her cos
the stage settings shows the interior OF
Trinity Church on Sunday evening. The
attendance will no doubt be fun
and fashionable on this 10 efesting occas Ion
Members OF the Lyceum. Palo Alto and Oym-
pic clubs, in full evening dress, will attend.
"Church aud Stage" will therefore be usn red
into pubic notice under society as well as crit.
zeal supervision. The plot OF the play Is de-
cidedy startling, relieved by delightful bits Of
comedy. AS Tor IFS motive, Ii was suggested
by the words OF the late Cardinal Manning used
IN one of his sermons, III the church and stage
worked hand In hand IL would strengthen the
one and purify the other"
The morning call., 1894-10-07

are holding meeting TO devise means Tor de-
laying the compl ton OF OBrien's road until
the time allowed by his almost expired charter
elapses They TEN his Chief engineer and
foreman 10 New York and offer them heavy
salaries 10 quit work on he new line and bring
with them 1000 of UBrien's Iaborers on con-
tract at double wages for The established road
Tn success of this design would mean ruin
for the IRISH contractor. The engineer, now
ever, refuses these giittering offers and re-
mains loyal TO bis employer; and the poor man
happens To be no less person Than OBTlen
himse II in disguise. The Wall-street financiers,
thus foiled in their original plan 10 delay the
completion of the new road, get out court In
junction on some technical point OF law against
aUy further wor on il. They arrive at the
scene OF the Rocky Gorge and search for the
contractor ID order 10 serve him with the
rest aiming papers. AS OBiien Is nowhere o
be found. Id as time is W elous. the at orney
OF the rival road proceeds TO bride the work
men 10 sri e. The labOrer through whom tnis
scheme is effected happens 10 be The ubiquitous
OBnen. When tile strike among tie men
occurs 1t l. precisely at The period In which the
golden spike is driven. and which denotes the
laying OF The final rail and the finishing OF the
Rocky Gorge road.
Induer d by offers of high wages from the
enemy the labor rs stop WORK, but o Brien, dis
euised as a labOTer, eXclies the tlonal leal-
ousy of the two races, praises the IIlshman's
loyalty 10 thoS who have befriended him. heaps
coDtemptuous epthets on the 1talIan and
finally wins the day by calling on his country
men not 10 ueseT O'Brien OF Mulliugdr. The
Ilshmen grow enthusiastic under his eIo-
quence. attack ana fOut the Italians and go
back to work on the ties with such mpulsve
effort that minute before the charter of the
road legally expires the eloquent and patriotic
abOreT pulls of his false beard and in his proper
character of James OBTien calls for three
cheers for the cOmpletoD,of the road b GIN
ming October 10. Mr.. Suly VIII appear in his
new comedy drama. washington, ID. c." a
new series OF Living Pictures VIII be pro-
dueed, with entirely new effects, and which VIII
include Toby ROsenthaPs famous works.
Elaine" and The Vacant Chair" 1.-The Black
Domino" "The Fairy of the Alps" 1.-THE
Nymph OF the Stream" "The Storm" Love Is
Lghtest" and "Phebe."
The morning call., 1894-10-07
Crane Made Up as the Fat Knight.

ne nrst came TO San Francisco with James
" Neil, M. A. Kennedy, Miss Hawthorne and
=, hers. VINO opeDed in Shields Opera house on
busn streei, now the STANDARD. under the man
asement OF Richard M. Hooley. aud when Bart.
icy CampDeli, then poverty stricken play.
wright, came along as a sort of an intellectual
gulae 10 the party OF professional explorers.
Mhen with Robson Crane did. we believe. make
an essay win the fat knight. but being I'M
perfectly equipped failed 10 create the I'M
preston he expected
now, after subsequent years OF study, he
taxes up Sir John again az he appears In 1.-The
MeIry wives OF Wind sor," written. as Is said
0y Shakpspeare on the request OF QUEEN Eliza
petns VINO wished o see how the registering old
Don vivanf demeaned himself when IN love-.
BESIDES personal study MIR. Crane has striven
ny Iapoflous research to make bis production
nistoflcaiiy correct in every particular. Ii was
gtougnt OUT at The Herald square Ineater New
foik. and II newspaper comment can be relied
on Crane himself has been again only meas
uraoiy successful. The revival is quite as beau.
tiu one PAPER writes. looked az Il ON scenic
anu costume point of view, as mat made by
Augus!in DAILY nine years ago, but the New
hork Press OF September 80 says that Mr..
cranes faclal max e-up for thu part has not
peen happily conceived. HIS beard is inartistic.
~ resembles that OF the stage lrlshman
whom We see IN nautical melUdrar IL Is TOO
inlh ana light In color. ana the musiache Is not
clesIiy enough suggested. The false nostrils
ne mas used Is good wax pul in the wrong
piace. Inc popular as we'll as Shakespearean
ideai OF FaisIan is jolly, red-faccd knight,
The morning call., 1894-10-07
Origin of the Banjo.

A writer in Kate FIELDS Washington names
the town OF Banjoemaas. In the Dutch East In
dies. as the birthplace of the banjo; hence the
name OF the instrument. This sounds very
pretty, but heretofore The photographers have
agreed that the word is corruption OF the
Spanish 'sbandore," which has words OF similar
sound, spelling and Significance in many
tongues. The writer notes the spread OF the
banjo through The southern States, aud adds
that negroes Inight be found any plantation
who could make the banjo talk. Ii was over
only part OF the slave States that the banjo
was popular instrument among he hands on
The plantations. In the Southwest il was az
most wholly unknown. Carl Engel. in his "Mu-
steal Instruments" suggests that the SeDegam-
bian "bania" was the parent of the American
banjo. Ii is also held that as the actual tuning
In intervals implies certain degree OF culture
IL Is quite likely that the Arabs in their con-
quest by trade may have bestowed an 10.
strument OF the guitar family upon the negroes
OF Western Africa
The morning call., 1894-10-07

most sanguine expectations. Scheers system
is not new idea In this city. II is rather, he
revival OF an old one, but with ample elabora-
ton. He has gathered about him the best
musicians obtainable. who play with precision
aud the utmost harmony, and he is constantly
streng henlng and improving his staff. The
latest addition Is MI Bernhard Mol, -nbauer.
accepted as one OF the best musicians. He has
taken place as Scheel's first violin. Molten.
hauer was born in the old free city OF Ham,
burg In 1850. and was brought TO he United
his uncle were born In Thuringia, and, in 1S47,
BY their mastery playing on the violin, gained
the friendship OF MeEdelssohn and Schumann
at Leipsic. Richard Mollenhauer. Bernhard's
brother, Is composer aud coInetist. The
New YORK Sun calls Bernhard 1.-The poetic and
daSlIlng MOlleDnauer."
The morning call., 1894-10-07
Third Edition "Don Juan"

On Monday. October 8, the Tivoli manage.
ment will present the second edition of their
great success Don Juan" ad lib, which will re-
ceiye fresh edition Of songs and duets and be
generally frightened up with new jokes and
topical oddities for the fourth and last C?) week.
Oracle Piaisted Will sing the latest Eastern
success maggie Mooney which is said to sur
pass Annie Rooney" in popularity. Thomas
{. Learey's Introductory song will be "Look at
the style OF Him." He will also sing his latest
great success 10 the second act what Do You
IhiDk Of ioullhaD." new duet has been ar
ranged for Messrs. Hartman and Branson en-
tisedf II Didn't Think He'd Do II, but He
Di0" sbf Hartman will sing the hit of Eddie
fOTs geu trayesty. The Little Bunch of
Nhis<s5s On His Chin" John p Wilson Will
siDg ne latest plantation song. Little Ala
bamz CgeA" now being sung in .Aladd In Jr.'
Grace Plalsfec and Ferris Hartman have
new 0net entitled. That's Where She Left
Hin" W1tb this wealth OF new material there
Is no feoson why "Don Juan Cad lib)' should
mol continue TO be the overwhelming success
that IL hz. been for the past three weeks
After "Don JUAN" Monday, October 10,
The morning call., 1894-10-07

great success at MorOseo's Grand Opera
house last week as the leading man in ''The
Planters Wife" Commencing tomorrow even
ing he Will appear as the country squire. John
Langley, in the fouE-act spectacular drama
written by Wilson Barrett and Hall Game,
called "Good Old Times" The scenes OF the
play are laid In Cumberland. north OF England,
where the acIion If the first act takes place,
and IN Tasmania. Australia. when that part of
the colonies was known as Van Diemen's Land,
he first objective point OF The British convict
system. The melodTama II full of intense inter-
est and the dramatic pictures presented are
true 10 nature. We have The beauty aud
happiness of the homes or merry England on
one hand and the sQuaor and suffering result
Ing from wrong dong in the Australian ''bu>h"
on the other. They are lessons In lifr-whoe-
some pleasures for the good and pains and pen
..lties for the bad. Mr.. BuDket VIII be sup
ported by powerful company Including K. j.
Holden, Carl Smith, W. l.. Gleason, Charles w.
Swain. james Garden Jr., Lucille la Verne.
Nina Gleason, Julia Blaac, Sara stevens and
others. The Chs lstmas carols will be sung by
the Sycamore quartet
The morning call., 1894-10-07
Misery of a Lihrettist.

Here is Eugene Fields Illustration OF the
torlures which capable librrttist suffers at the
hands OF the comic opera composers and CON-
panies. This is his lyric 10 It's first estate:
There was Jolly bachelor
And when he DIED one day,
He wilied his money TO some maids
Who once had salt him Nay
Ana in his will he aid explain
The best thing OF Ills life
He fet,he owed TO those who had
Refused TO be his wife.
Chorus
For a bachelor hilarions
Has pleasures sweet and various;
His ways may be preearious.
But he has lots of fan.
He may show eccentricity,
Or firt with bold duplicity,
Yet he's bound TO Lave felicity
So long as shines the sun.
And This is what the author heard when he
took bis friends the first night:
The wuzza ioilapachcio-o-re,
nd weBnedide one day,
wiiidzemunny to sumnaids
Whowunce sodium Nay"
And inizwiily didex pla-a-in
The hes z-Z-z-Z-umiife
He feitoode 4 thu who ha-a-ad
Refused obet zwife.
Chorus
F-o-o-r, a b-ch-lorilaryious
ZZhw-sz yaryieus
'Zwaysznmzs de aryious
yan-do-do-Go-zHm.
Pmmashc ecceniricity,
Ofiummpty airy iccity
Um-u-u um br-r-r-licity
Solong9zshuins the zuu.
The morning call., 1894-10-07
European Musical items.

Translated from the Gazzetta Musicale OF Milan.
Sonzogno will open his new Teatro Lirico in
Milan with Spiro Samara's new opera, MAR
tire" "HAmico Fritz" by Mascagni and
81 MedicP' by Leoncavallo VIII follow.
A subscription has been started in Carlsbad
to raise monument to the memory OF the
second son OF the immortal composer of Don
Giovanni" Wolfgang Amadeo Mozart, VINO
bore the same name as his father, died in Carls.
bad In 1874. 1t Is said he was the image of
his fIinstrious father having the same voice,
the same gestures and expression OF the face.
He Inherited also some exceptional talent for
music.
season With Faust" and later Massenet's
-WeTther' was produced.
Bruneaus opera III Attaque du Moulin"
was represented in Breslau.
VerdPs "Falstaff" was an immense success
in Newcastle. Tie audience became so en-
thusiasIe that the name of Verdi 5 called
out several iimes This fact from public
which rarely gives way 10 demonstrations
proves the extraordinary success OF VerdPs
laIes work.
The "NiebeuDgen Ring" and Tristan and
Isolde' were given in Frank fort.
Smetana's romantic opera "DaliboF" will be
produced with German text in Munich in Janu-
airy.
on the LIST OF September, one of the hottest
days OF the year. To complete the misery Of
the public and the artists, some e7il-minded
persons had lighted the heating apparatus Of
ScbeldmanteI will sing "Falstaf" in Ferdfs
opera IN Munich.
Il Dispetti Amorosi." by Luporini, scored a
success a the Comunaie in Luccs.
Sir Arthur SuilivaE's new operetta Will be
given at the Savoy Iheater in London. i. G.
Burnand. director OF Punch, has written the
libretto.
Vavenrz. the Hungarian composer has com.
pleted two operas. which will be given at the
same time in Prague. "Rosamupda" aud
'R lcllf' are the names of the operas.
Among the autograph fae.smiies Of Meyer
be given 10 the Boletin Musical of Valenza
are four NOES which the COMPOSER wrote In an
album of Lefebure- Wely, and which accom-
pany the following words: The Lord be with
you, aud may God keep aud preserve you from
the albums
1t has been found impossible o continue the
Buiow orchestral concerts in Hamburg After
the death OF Won BuIow almost all of the old
subscribers withdrew.
Prince and Singer" an opera BY Felix
Motif, Will be given IN Stuttgart.
The morning call., 1894-10-07
De Koven and Smiths New onera

The latest opera given to the world by these
Industrious collaborateurs is called "Rob Roy,
ana was successfully produced at Detroit
week or more ago. The Mayor of Perth, his
daughter Janet. an old Scotchman, the towr
crier. young English officer, party OF High
land revers are characters in il. Janet i.
secretly married TO Rob Roy, but her caution.
father. IN order TO placate bolh the Scotch anC
English factions, eompels her 10 declare herse
The wife first OF The ole Scotchman aud second
OF the English officer, Captain sheridan. A
specimen OF tile libretto is this song sung b.
the latter:
Ready TO charge when the die is cast.
Ready 10 kiss every damse pretty.
Ready 10 laugh when the canteen's passed,
whether the lest be dull or witty
Wiling TO tackle 'em one TO ten.
stranger alike 10 care and fear,
Pm a dashing plucky,
Bappy-go-lueky,
Rolilcking grenadier.
Never girl in Scotia dwells,
Never q dauisel lives In Britain
Who, when the noble warrior tells
Ttdings of love. VIII give the mitten
Eager u rush on a craven oe,
when such an article is near;
Pm ranting. tearing,
DeviI-may-carlng.
Roliieking grenadter.
ALL:
one, two, left, right,
Primiy the goose-step marking;
The bugie slriH
Zach heart must thrill
AS his Maiestys defenders come,
one. two, left, right
The morning call., 1894-10-07

when she appeared in light farcica lpieces and
variety business. From here she went 10 Aus
tralla with her father, who was knewn as MT.
Williams. She Is we believe. niece OF MIR.
NJ. IL. de Young. lat dreciOr-general of the
Midwinter Fair. Although called the "CalifOr-
MA Diamond" Off impression Is that her birth
place Is Nevada. Since her early expert noes
In this city and State Helen DsHyray has trav.
eled much ana studied hard. Having acquired
thorough knowledge Of French. she played
a successful engagement In Paris some years
ago, aud Is, with the exception OF Niss
Eleanor Calhoun. the only American prof s.
sional who ever acted in the French language
In that gay capital By her present effort she
is Said 10 have made IN lnslanfaneous hit.
The morning call., 1894-10-07
excited more interest and given occasion for $

excited more interest and given occasion for SO
much adverse opinion as this work. II is risky
in its motive, in the haZy picture OF social life
it presents; surprise is therefore express d in
some quarters that a conservative dram tic
author such as Pinero (who was once an actor
in Henry Irviug's conn any WAS accepted 10
be should writ such play. and more generally
that Mrs. Kendall, who claims 10 DE ''ihe pink
of Drouriety," should have put Mrs. Tanqueray
the second into action. One writer says OF the
piece in neatly eupnemistlc way: 1.-The pur-
pose Of the drama will show social humanity as
it is. or it NIGH be under possible conditions,
suffering possible sorrows and striving for hap.
pness. The four acts are like crucial ordeal
in social ethicsU
The morning call., 1894-10-07
The Organs Solemn Swell.

H. j. Stewart. assisted by Mrs. Birmingham,
will give an organ ectal at the First Unitarian
Church on Wednesday evening october 10, at
8 O'clock. The programme embraces a concert
fantasii IN ID minor (Sir Robert Prescott Stew.
arp. "Israfel." sung by Mrs. Birmingham
tOiver King, prayer In 4 and scnerzo in
tFelix Alexandra GullmanD, fantasia In Il
minor. on. 134. in freem vie (Gustaye
Adolph Merke). vocal soil. sung by Mrs. Blrm-
ingham. ITO Thee" paul Lebron) and The
Quest" (Elenor SmiIh), prelude and fugue in
minor-the greater (Johann Sebastian Bachl
Communion in L. andanrr religioso dulles
Grisonl "Sehiller March,, laieyerheerl.
The morning call., 1894-10-07
Philo Jacoby Will Take a Shot at
Herr Zeitung'S BulIet.Proof Vest.

The claimant for original honors in bullet
proof devices Is Herr Herman zeitung, whom
the Orpheum management with their usual en.
ergy aud enterprise have secured. to open to-
morrow evening.
Herr Zeiiung was formerly tailor In Vienna.
and III physical proportions bears out the old
familiar adage that it takes seven thimble.
welders TO make man, AS he Is only feet
inch in his stocking feet. This famous little
man attained considerable notoriely four years
The morning call., 1894-10-07
StockweiI's to Reopen.

The Growers in double gala bill will reopen
The neat little SIoekweh Thea er on Powell
street Saturday evening, October 10. with
Leonard Growers adaptation of 1.-The Private
Secretary" and farce.comedy called "Joe's
Girls" that has been great success this season
in New York. In the piece first named Leon
ard Grover Jr. will play Robert Spaulding. the
real private secretary. as lie played it for 500
nights al The Madison-square Theater. New
York, and Leonard Grover ST., Mr.. Cattermole,
the West Indian, which he also played at the
The morning call., 1894-10-07

same theater for the same length of time. In
'Joe's Girls" young G rover Will personate Joe
Bagstock. and Grover senior Judge Singleton.
Both pieces are pregnant with the Il ne spirit of
iun and The actors named are fully competent
to materiaize that spirit IN such a manner as
Will surprise aud delight the audience. Prices.
10, 10, 20. 30 and 90 cents. 1t is small sum
TO pay for such an amount of honest laughter
as is guaranteed.
Care 10 our coffin adds nail no doubt,
While every laugh 10 sure TO draw one out