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The times., 1899-02-05
FRIENDS OF LAST WEEK.

Somehow or other at n vaudeville show
there seems always to be present an ele-
ment that elects to look bored through
to laugh uproariously at the veriest rot
that follows. So it was that Garfield and
Carleton appeared to please a goodly num-
Der of people last week at the Columbia,
although their act was the worst that has
ever been seen in Luckett and Dwyer's
house. The sketch with which they had
been furnished was of the old variety or
der-one of the sort in which all the
laughs are Won by the property man.
From one end of the dreary affair to an
other there was nothing but q succession
of old ideas dressed up through the me-
dium OF horseplay and the worst sort of
nonsense. Miss Carleton cannot sing and
she cannot act, so that it is difficult to
imagine how she became identified with the
team unless by marrying its senior mem-
ber. Mr.. Canfield has no better voice than
has the woman in the case" and his
comedy is of a decidedly tenorish variety
Altogether nothing less enjoyable could be
imagined and it might be well to inform
Manager Hyde that on his next trip here
he may remember that Washingtonians
will not feel grieved if he dispeuses with
the duo named.
she is the best actress I ever saw"
remarked a coarselooling German wo-
man one night at the National Theatre in
speaking of the work done by Rose Mel
vile in the role of Sis Hopkins While
this utter disregard of Sarah Bernhard
Helena MOdjeska. Elenora Duse and Min
ME Madern Fiske can hardly be endorsed
wholly. it must be said that Miss Mel
ville's portrayal was one of the best and
most artistic ever seen here in musical
farce. The conception was in no sense
caricature, but a representation of such 4
character as one may see within an hours
journey from Washington-e detailed re-
production of every eccentricity noted in
many country girls of the variety imps--
sonated. Miss Melville's low voice, her
intense bashfulness and the facial express
sion thereof, her awkwardness of gesture
and her delivery of the witty lines given
her were all marvellous. Only once during
the evening did she overdo her Worthwhile
No one ever sung like the girl shown and
heaven be thanked-no one ever will,
Annie Buckley could give Miss Melville
points on this bit of labor. but in nothing
else that she did. From first TO last the
portrayal was an admirable one. 1t proved
infinitely better than anything OF the sort
May NokeS ever attempted-and Miss
Vokes is to star next season.
Some people have strange ideas OF
humor But how Frank Whitman. who
appeared last week at the Grand ever got
it into his head that he could make people
laugh by telling old jokes in bad English
and a boyish treble Is a mystery. II is
The times., 1899-02-05
The RiJou,s CONCERT.

The usual Sunday concert will be given
tonight at the Bijou. Manager Grieves has
provided what seems TO be an excellent
bill for the occasion, and an enjoyable time
is promised all who attend. A number of
clever people will appear and may be de-
pended upon to furnish an interesting pro-
gramme.
The times., 1899-02-05
NationaI-"The Little Minister

What is perhaps the daintiest, most fas-
cinating, and most refreshing OF all New
York's great successes, ]. NJ. Barrie's
charming comedy, THE Little Minister"
VIII come TO the National Theatre to-
morrow evening for an engagement of one
week. with Charles Frohman's star. Maude
Adams. in the role of Babbie. There is
nothing more remarkable or more gratl-
flying in stage annals than the triumph of
both player and play in this case. The
phenomenal run of 800 performances In
The times., 1899-02-05
Kernan,s-weber,s ~Dainty Duchess"

4 promise of something unusually bright
and entertaining comes with the announce
ment that Weber's Dainty Duchess" Com
pany will make its first appearance here
next week at Kernan's. The burlesque Of
fered, "A Hot Time at the Club" is said
to combine the rollicking fun of farce and
the melody of opera with the handsome
costumes and scenery of Partisan spec
tacle. "A Hot Time at the Club is sup
posedly an ingenuously devised compila-
tion of humorous complications. Among
the people to be seen in this presentation
and in the olio are such weIl-known per-
formers as Letta Meredith. the Burke
Brothers, THE Mimic Four" Allene and
La Rue, Montague and West, Hayes and
Bante. Raymond and Clark. Kessler= and
Kerrick, and twenty-five beautiful wom-
The times., 1899-02-05

Case, Thomas A. Wise, Edwin Holt, c ara
Emory, Flora Crowell. Harrison Arm
strong. and Harry McArdie. II is reported
that the piece is e!aborately staged and
The times., 1899-02-05
acndcmy-"Gn the wabash"

Charles Dudley Warner would probably
have enjoyed attending the rehearsals of
the Indiana play, "On the Wabash" which
the members of Edward Whites company
held last summer in New York under the
| direction of Joseph Arthur, the author.
They would have renewed his faith. 1t is
something over quarter of a century ago
that Mr.. Warner, in taking legitimate ef-
fort to task and exposing the ridiculous
acting of grandiloquent ranters wrote as
follows: ITO our eyes the legitimate dra-
ma of today should be the one in which
the day is reflected, both in costume and
speech, and which touches the affections,
the passions, and the humor of the present
time" Had he been describing one of
Mr.. Arthur's works he might not have al
tered word. "Cn the Wabash no less
than its predecessor. Blue Jeans" is a
mirroring of the period and reproduction
Of the dress. speech. and manners of an
existing community, touching with mar
velous deNterity the sentiments and SYM
psthies of people in our midst. Mlr. Ar
thur is not an up-tO- the-minute dramatiSt
in that he has no use for tinsel and tights,
fashionable sins, and society pzcadil.osS,
| in his plots. But he is up-to-date in the
living present of his scenes, in the ever
| old and ever modern struggle of honesty
and virtue, in the Photographic truthful
ness of his creations. These are the quail
ties that have endeared him to the public
and make the presentation of a new pay
from his pen a red letter event in the the
atrcal season. "On the Wabash comes
to the Academy of Music tomorrow night
for the usual weeks run.
The times., 1899-02-05

New York last season need hardly be quot
ed, for every reader of dramatic literature
is familiar with it. But it is fact that
great as was the success in the metropolis,
her hit in Boston and more recently in
Philadelphia, where an engagement of un-
precedented popularity just ended, has
been even greater
Never was there an actress more per-
fectly fitted with role. and never did a
heroine have such ideal depletion as in the
Babbie of Miss Adams. Her work as the
lady, so buoyant with girlish glee at the
comedy of her masquerading as gypsy, is
refreshingly natural. In fact. it has been
said that Miss Adams art is of so rare
and dainty a nature that it must find 4
new classification in the drama. She is
admirably supported by the company Sc
lected by Mr.. Frohman, and all the quaint
characters of Thrums, the elders of the
Kirk, the gossipng villagers. and the
Little Minister himself, are given in n
series of remarkably clever character
sketches. The organization and production
are the same that received unbounded
praise through the New York run.
The times., 1899-02-05

but "a Dog In the Manger." 1t is said
that "a Day and a Night gave less prom
Use than this when II was first tried, and
that if Mr.. Hoyt were his old self the
new work might be made hit yet.
But the playwright is not such a man
as he used to'be. And so "A Dog in the
Manger' is only the sorry end of giori-
GUS career that has closed all too abrupt
ly and left only pathetic remembrance
in the relics of genius.
In one of Hans Andersen's beautiful
fairy tales n fox excuses himself for hav
ing killed a cock by remarking that his
victim was a boastful fowl who always
crowed aloud. The animals neighbor re-
turned the information that the dead bird
had only cried out when he saw the dawn.
So it seems pardonable for The Times TO
complete the list it began publishing some
weeks ago-a list showing that the ulti-
mate fate of the productions given ini-
tally in this city has been just such as
was pointed out in this papers criticisms.
TWO more plays may now be added to the
roster. On Tuesday q review of "a Dog
in the Manger" appeared in these columns
in which it was said that ''it can hardly
be considered probable that the piece will
be Kept on the road And Just five days
later the effort was finally remoyed-a
failure.
The Times prophesied that THE Rev
Griffith Davenport would not succeed in
New York, and it has not. The papers OF
Gotham have condemned it with startling
unanimity. The Times remarked that
James A. Herne's effort was not drama,
but lengthy dissertation on n long-bur-
led topic. And the following is an exam
pie of the rapidity with which the review
ers OF the metropolis coincided with this
statement:
The Rev. Griffith Davenport is not a play to
be liatgEtily dismissed with the froztn word. In
10 1t are woven episodes that thrill and moments
mat moisten the eyes. In its texture are the
spangles Of truth and the glitter OF humanity
Bet you find yourself all the time uttering a
cul bono? What is it for? These questions
are not dramatic enough to delight the stage.
and not novel enough to form the theme of
your emotions.
Long dissertations on abolition, secession,
Abraham Lincoln, the South and the North
form the cloth of Mr. Herne's new play. Vir-
ginian gentlemen with extreme views on nearly
all these topics sit down comfortably and dis
cuss them at infinite length. None Of them ever
stand up 20 talk There they are-planted there
coziiy, setting forth opinions that have been
threshcd to the bare shred.
The 'Rey. Griffith Davenport to the iaded
palate Will contain much that is interesting. 1t
is occasionally a play. The rest of the time it
IS somebody's very admirable views very
admirable subject that has been most admirably
settled. All the rancor of those sad times hiss
faded away. Mr.. Herne TO that rancor seems to
give rather cruel twist, but-he means well.
These lines come from the pen of A'an
Dale, and are fair criterion of what
every critic in New York said on last We'd
| nesaay morning.
The times., 1899-02-05

Leander Richardson has Just suffered an
other spasm of Indignation at the acts OF
his brother-reviewers Every time Mr..
Richardson misses the keynote in
his remarks upon some New
York production he fills columns
of the Telegraph" with the ex-
preston of his disbelief in criticism of all
sorts and kinds. This time Mr. Richard
sons rage has been raised by the fact
that the papers differed in their opinions
of the new De Koyen-Smith opera. THE
Three Dragons" He argues that there
can be no science in profession the mem
bers of which cannot agree perfectly in
everything. Presumably this gentleman
will soon claim that there is no English
| language. because different people speak
it differently, and that there is no correct
way OF walking, because all mis- acquaint-
ances do not walk like himself Il has
| probably escaped his attention that three
experts gave the poison identified with the
| Cornish case three distinct names. One OF
| them was right, and the incident did not
| prove that the profession of medicine is q
| humbug Mr.. Richardson tempts one TO
| become slangy and remark that his theo-
| ries make one tired.
The times., 1899-02-05

When business men go crazy there is
often method in their madness, and a
careful review of the state OF affairs that
truth to the rumor that Washington had
been given seven vaudeville shows at once
because the syndicate was anxious to crush
the Grand Opera House. There is prob
ability that the story is a visionary one,
but it is certainly worthy OF consideration.
Even while it is true that the cancellation
of time booked for Mile. Fif'' and Henry
Miller was responsible for Hydes Come
dians" and by the Sad Sea Waves" this
these combinations made long jumps 10
get here, when there were a number of
other attractions which might have been
sent instead. Outside of Kernan's and the
Bijou, the Grand Opera House is the one
theatre in town not controlled by the al
legged trust. Aside from the hole this place
may make in the profits of the other
amusement enterprises. it affords an open
door for players not booked BY Klaw q
Erlanger, Nixon G. Zimmerman. Charles
Frohman. and Al Hayman. Man.festly the
nipping in the bud OF this new venture
would benefit the combine, and manifestly
the best way to accomplish this purpose
was to surfeit Washingtonians with the
commodity Burke & Chase have to offer
The idea is still 4 far-fetched one, but
there are reasons for believing it possible
that there was more than careless booking
accountable for the sameness OF last
weeks bills
The times., 1899-02-05

The initial production of "a Dog in the
Manger" on Monday night at the Lafay-
The times., 1899-02-05

Some people have strange ideas Of
humor. But how Frank Whitman, who
appeared last week at the Grand, ever got
it into his head that he could make people
laugh by telling old jokes in bad English
and boyish treble Is a mystery II is
The times., 1899-02-05

"The desire to be prima donna is re-
spoasible for the dearth o; con,raltos,' -
was the statement made last night by
Helene Mora. Every girl has an inherent
desire to sing high notes. As result her
lower register rises and there are hun
dred poor sopranos to one good cont alto
Harry Bulger was leaning back in big
chair enjoying 4 quiet smoke and ]. Shcr-
re Matthews was busy with Gustaye LII
ders, his musical director. when The Times
man found his way up 10 hotel room oc-
cupied by one of the stars last Wednesday
morning. He was cordially received and
rendered by the three gentlemen, respec-
lively cigar, 4 glass Of something" and
a seat. If you'll talk to my partner a
moment" said Mr.. Matthews. I'll promise
10 be through with this Job Immediately
Matt is writing a new parody" voluR-
teered Mr.. Bulger. Hes always at this
sort of thing-no matter when you find
him. We have trunk full of ideas and
other things stored away in the closet
The times., 1899-02-05

II was Big Bill" Devere who spoke. AMI
with an iily-couceaied attempt to keep tn
tears out of his eyes. he said: The pass
ing OF Charles Hoyt is the saddest chapter
in the theatrical volume Fifteen fares.
the brightest ever done-and now the man
who has made the whole world laugh i.- IN.
saddest person in it
Mexico weekly ledger., 1899-03-23
Women Should Know 1t.

Many women suffer untold agony
and misery because the nature of their
disease lie not correctly understood.
They have been led to believe that
womb trouble or female weakness Of
some sort lie responsible for the many
Ills that beset womankind.
Neuralgia, nervousness, headache,
puffy or dark circles under the eyes,
rheumatism, a dragging pain or dull
ache In the bach, weakness or bearing
down sensation, profuse or scanty
supply of urine with strong odor,
frequent deslre to pass 1t with scald-
ing OF burning sensation, sediment in
1t after standing in q bottle or com
mon glass for twenty-four hours, are
signs OF kidney aud bladder trouble.
The above symptoms are often at
tributed by the patient herself or by
her physician to female weakness or
womb trouble. Hence, 30 many fan
to obtain relief, because they are
treating, not the disease itself, but a
reflection of the primary cause, which
Is kidney trouble.
In fact, women a. well as men, are
made miserable with kidney and
bladder trouble and both need the
same remedy.
DR.. Kilmer's swamp-Root lie the
great discovery of the eminent kid
ney and bladder specialist, andis easy
TO get at any drug store for fifty cents
or one dollar.
To prove Its wonderful merits you
may have q bottle and book telling
ali about it, both sent absolutely free
by mail. Kindly mention the Mexico
LEDGER and send your address 70 DR..
Kilmer & Co., Binghampton, N. Y.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1899-03-23
70 AYuida Danger.

An coneede the danger 70 health
from the use of alum baking powder.
But how TO avoid Il? II Is diH1c1lt TO
Identity the alum powders and the
danger is increased by their close
resemblance to Q cre8m-of-tartsr
powder. Then the grocer, unaware
Of their true character, sometimes
recommends them because Of their
Low cost II is 3 startling tact that
brands Of baking powder which are
labeled alum when sold in those states
where the law requires alum powders
TO be 50 branded, are sold in this city
as pare cream Of tartar povdeai
1t is q safe practice to seleet q brand
Of baking powder Of well-established
reputation and then make sure that II
exclusively is used in the kitchen
me q. S. Government after elAb-
crate public tests, placed the Royal At
the head Of all powosrs for purity and
strength, and health officers and ply
siciaus who have used il In their fam
lies for 8 quarter Of Gcentury are ia
most enthusiastic advocates and
recommend it As the safeguard against
the alum danger.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1899-03-23
sleuy. Dali. ianguid


and morose, IL the way you feel when
your liver fails 10 do its work properly;
in consequences you suffer from indi-
g~estion, biliousness and dyspepsia.
You have q "don't care" spirit and q
"pIayed out" feeling, and everything
tires you.
To set the liver in action purify and
enrich the blood, and to strengthen
and vItAlize the whole system, take
DR.. PIerce's Golden Medical Disoov-
cry. Having . peculiar tonic effect
upon the lining membrane of the
stomach and boweIs,lt makes 9 lasting
cure Of ali stomach, liver and bowel
disorders. By increasing the blood
supply, as well as enricbing IT, ali the
organs of the body r strengthened,
and the nerves are fed on pure, rich
blood.
Neuralgia is the "cry OF the starved
nerves for food;D nervous debility and
exhaustion, sleeplessness and nervous
prostration are in most instances the
direct result Of q starved condition Of
the blood. The true way TO cure these
ailments permanently is TO take the
"GoIden Medical Discovery" which
was discoTered and prescribed BY an
eminent physician, DR.. r. V. Pierce,
at present and for nearly thirty years
chief consulting physician and special
list to the Invalids' Hotel and Surgical
Institute, Buffalo, n. Y. II you want
9 medical opinion on your case, write
him. Il will cost you nothing.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1899-03-23
Many Persons SOoE win be Out Of
Food-Reiisf Funds Gone

WASHINGTON, March % Consul
McCook, al Dawson City, semi the
following report to the State Depart
ment:
a9Tbe situation q TO persons who
will be out OF food In . few months k
becoming very serious Hundreds
VIII be 90 situated and viii have 10 be
helped out when navigation opens.
Many have gone out over the ice,
while more are remaining, In the
hope that they will be able 10 make
something OF; OF claims they owl
themselves, or out Of work on claims
1eased from others. Applications
come daily to this oflce for relief.
"Ths INDECENT sick % far have been
taken care OF by the Relief Com
mittee and by the local authorities,
the latter seeing the necessity Of tax
ing q hand In the relief work. Many
Of the sick are not paupers, in the
strict sense OF the word; but being
temporarily without funds, r com
PEELED to call on the Relief Commit
tee, and viii pay when they receive
remittsnces from the outside The
Relief Committee, at this date, Is IN
able to extend further aid, as all funds
collected have been exhausted and II
is some 5000 In debt. The greatest
evil, however, will be the large num-
Der Of people who win have exhaust
ed their supplies and who VIII fail to
succeed in getting paying claims"
Mexico weekly ledger., 1899-03-23
AN OPPORTUNITY
FOR THE
EARLY SPRING BUYER
That seldom happens
so early in the season!

On account Of being overssocked,
and We haven't the roon to properly
handle our immense spring purchases,
We have concluded TO reduce our stock
as fast as possible, and win movet them
fast. Below IRE . few Of the prices We
will make on different linee:
An wool Dress Goods, 80 to IS inches
wide, 90e per yard.
Plain CoveFts new goods 80 inches
wide, 25c per yard.
A new line OF plaids and fancy Dress
Goods, 50 inches wide, Csc per yard.
All wool and fancy novelty Dress
Goods, SO inches wide, 35c per yard.
Also q line of fan y and plain Dress
Goods. all coloFs q Vi black, including
all the new things, 4o-inch gocdss SOC
per yard.
We viii Also offer you the newest
things in Coverts, plain and fancy
wool goods, 40 to 50 Inches wide, at 75c;
other houses ask 81 and s1.2 for.
We have q complete line Of Dress
Goods in fine blacks from 81 to s2 pei
yard, and q new line Of SILKS for waists.
We win also sell our staple line al
the same reduced prices, but haven't
the Don here for the prices. We have
been told time and again we have the
best and cheapest line Of Mems Shirt
In this county. An the new styles in
Mems Hats are here. When II Gomez
to Shoes we can save you from 10 K
Is per cent. on your purchase, which
we have demonstrated before.
Watch this space and you will hnS
money-savers IN II every day il thu
week.
All parties holding tickets on on
ChinaWRre must bring them In TO
redemption on or before May 1, 1899
70 be redeemed. Don't forget rs
YOURS TRULY,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1899-03-23
Rrran Renhes to Inrerson.

KNOXVILLE, TENN, March BIN
reply to 9 newspaper asking for an
expression on Bob Ingersoll's criti-
clsm that Bryan Is a back number and
has no political future, Colonel Bryan
tonight wired that be did not re-
gard Ingersoll as 9 osPSsss authority
to speak Of his eligibility for the back
number list, mol upon his prospects
for the future, As COL %Ingersol does
not believe in q future.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1899-03-23
How TO HAvE coon ROADS.


JaTrezponAenco q ne Ledger.
RUEH Hn1s No., March 2Is-Tbsre
has bsena great DIAL Of talk and many
IDEAS &c TO what would make Mexico
iiourisb and what Il takes to make
good roads. Some say ons tAing and
some another.
1t seems to me IL ia q good time Jnst
nos 10 talk on the road question Is
they are almost impossible in places,
but ibis g The case most every spring.
The great trouble with most 81 rs IL
we travel them too much and ~ 70
KIN too much time when wssre work
ing them, and often the road overseer
is 70 blame. know Of roads In Au-
drain county that haven't been worked
for years, and poll tax payers that
haven't worked the roads or seer the
road overseer.
The main thing to have good roads
is q good o~versesr, and when you get
one hold 70 him for he understands
the roads and how 10 handle them. II
every road dbarict had Al overseer
like ouzs-Henry weber-there would
be better roads in Audrsin- We hRye
the best roads in our district Of any
in the county and they used to be the
worst on account Of them being % fat
Nov they are graded up and the
water runs on al once. Everyone
brnzs on our roads far and near.
IdfHer with my friend Nh. Hubert
IN regard TO working b roads IN thu
spring. Itwoad be . sacrifice to take
1s from our crops TO work our poll
tax. Then the bitches along the roeds
would be soft and the graders couId
not be handled As well a. when the
ground Is dry and hard Ny expert
ence IN road grading IL the dryer the
ground the better they grade.
Nov, IN regard to what wiz help
Mexico: Mexico is . city and q good
trading point, but she needs fixing
She needs the military school rebuilt,
shoe factory, an implement factory to
manufacture our plowss hATrovs5 corn
planters, &e., and ~ macy more as
abe can get Then she win flourish,
prosperity come, labor advance and
money come TO Mexico every month.
! No town or city al depend on the
, farmers alone; they must have MANN
| featuring industry then the merchants
sell on cash basis, put their goods
down and the farmer VII get to Mex
leo, good roads or bad roads-
Yours truly,
r n. PAINTER.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1899-03-23
IAtt Fnr the Nnrthuast

HE. Collier left Tuesday at noon for
Montana, where, II be lie eatisAed, he
viii locate for the practice Of law. II
Montana does not suit him be viii go
to Washington. Mr.. Collier lie 9
bright young man, possessingithe best
Of qualities which 60 toward making
3 good, honest citizen and q successful
T.--,