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12 THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, SUNDAY, AUGUST 11, 1889-TWELVE PAGES. LETTERSTO EMINENTPEOPLE Bill Xyo Makes a Generous Financial Of fer to Count Ferdinand deLesseps. Hill Reproach for the Snthf rland SistersHe Challenges John L. Sullivan to a Bare Knuckle Fight in La Eelle France. iCopyrfsht, 1 W9. by X'.dirar W. Nye. Somewhere, Aucc. 1, 18SO. lion. Ferdinand rte Le.'weps.raris, France: Dear Sir 1 have some shares ill the canal "which you Lavo been working on and I am compelled to hypothecate them this sum mer in order to paint my house. I see by a speech of yours, made the other day, that you have great faith in tho f ntnre of the enterprise, and so I will give you the first chare on this 6tock of mine. You have suffered so much in order to do this vork that I Tvant to see the stock get into your hands. You deserve it. You ehall havo it, Ferdie, if Dc Lesseps at Bis Daily Task. you will send me a postoffice money order iy return mail, covering the par value of the live hundred shares. I will lose tho premium because I am a little pressed for money. The painters will be through next week and will want their pay. As I say, I want to see you own the canal, for in fancy I can see you as you toiled, down there in tho hot sun, as you floated your wheelbarrow down the valley with your prespiration. I can see you in tho morning with hot, red hands and a tin dipper pail going to your toil with a largo red cotton handkerchief sticking out of your hip pocket. So I have decided that you ought to havo control, if possible, of this great water front. Besides, you havo a larger family than I have to support. When I heard that you were the father of fifteen little chil dren and that you are in the sere and yellow leaf. I said to myself, a man with that many little mouths to feed at tho age of eighty, shall havo the first crack at my stock. And so if yon will send tho face value as soon as possible, I will say bong jaw mcssue. Yours truly, Bill" Nyk. To the Seven-Haired Sisters. 'Steenth Street, New York: Mosdames. Mamsells, and Fellow-citizens: I write these few lines to say that I am well andhopo this will find you all enjoy ing the same great blessing, flow pleasant it is for sisters to dwell together in unity and beloved by mankind. You must indeed have a good time standing in tho window day after day, pulling your long hair through your fingers with pride. When I first saw you all thus engaged, for the benefit of the public, I thought it was a candy pull. I now write to say that tho hair promo ter which you sold me at that time is not up to its work. It was a year ago that 1 bought it and I think that in a year some thing ought to show. It is a great nuis ance for the public man who is liable to come home late at night, to havo to top dress his head before ho can retire. Your directions involve great care and trouble to a raan in my position, and still I have tried faithfully to follow them. What is the reaultf Nothing but disappointment, and not so very much of that.,? You said, if you remember, that your father was a bald-headed clergyman, but one day, with a wild shrieK of "Eureka," he discovered his hair enconragor and the rest of his life filled his high hat with hair every time he put it on. o said that at first a tine growth of down, like the inside of a mouse's ear would bo seen, after that the blade then the stalk and the full corn Vnt the Uair That lie Longed for Xrrer Came. in the ear. Iu a pig's ear, I am now led to believe. Fair lut false seven-haired sisters, I now bid you adieu. You havo lost in me a good, warm, true-hearted ami powerfnl iriend. Ask me not for my indorsement or my before and after picture to use in your circulars. I give my kiud words and photo graphs hereafter to the soap men. They are what they seem. You are not. When a woman betrays mo she must be ware. And when seven of them do so, it is that much worse. You fooled mo with urn ile.s and fa lw promises, and now it will be just as well for you to look out. I would rather dio than bo betrayed. It is disa greeable. It sours one and also embitters one. It also causes that tired feeling. Here at this point our ways will diverge. The roads fork at this place. I shall go on upward nnd onward hairless and cappv, also careless and happy, to my goal in life. I do not know whether each or either of you havo provided yourselves with goals or not. but if not you will do well now to se lect some. Tho world may smile upon you, and gold pour into your toilers, but the day will eoiue when you will vearu to wrap the drapery of your hair about j-ou and lie down to pleasant dreams. Thtn will arise the thought, alas! Then You'll Kcnieuibcr lie. I now closo this letter, leaving you to the keen pangs of remorse and the cruel jabs of unavailing regret. Some people are born bald, others acquire baldness, whilst still others have baldness thrust upon them. Some are bald on tho outside of their heads, others on tho inside. But, oh. girls, beware of baldne on the sonl. I ask von, even if you are the daughters of a clergyman, to think seriously of what I have nafd. Yours truly, Mill Nye. CoL John L. Sullivan, at Larpe: Dear Sir Will you permit me, without wishing to give you the slightest oflense, to challenge you to fight in France, with bare knuckles and police interference, between this and the close of navigation! 1 havo had no real good fight with any body for home time, and would be glad to co-operate, with you in that direction, pre ferring, however, to have it attended to in time, so that I can go on with my fall ploughing. I would also like to be my own tteacholder. We would have to light at 1G5 pounds, be cause 1 cannot train up to that figure with out extra care and good feeding, while you could train down to that, I judge, if 'you begin to go without food on receipt of this challenge. I would ask that we fight un der the rules of the London prize-ring iu the opera-house in Paris. If you will de cide to accept. I will engage the house now r.r.d put a few good reading notices in the papers. i would expect that a forfeit of r.000 bo put up, so that in case you axe in jail at the 1 time I shall havo something to reimburse luo for my trip to Paris and the general up heaval of my whole being, which arises from ocean travel. I challenge yon as a plain American citi zen, and an amateur, partially to assert tho rights of a simple tax-payer, and partly to secure for myself a name. I was, as a boy, the pride of my parents, and they wanted nie to amount to something. So far, the results have been different. Will you not aid me, a poor struggler in tho great race for supremacy, to obtain that notice which the newspapers now so reluctautly yield! You arc said to be generous to a fault, es pecially to your own faults, and I plead with you now to give me a chance to share your great fame by accepting my challenge and appearing with mo in the mixed pro gramme or tue evening, in which we will jointly amuse and instruct tho people, while, at tho same time, it will give me a chance to become great in one day, even if lam defeated. 1 have often admired your scholarly and spiritual expressions, and your modest life, and you will remember that at onetime I asked you for yonr autograph, and you told me to go where the worm dieth not and the fire department is ineffectual. Will you not, I ask. aid a struggler and panter for fame, who desires the eye of the public, even if his own be italicised at the time! I must close this challenge more in the naturo of an appeal to one of America's best known men. Will you not accept mv humble challenge, so that I can go into training at once! We can leave tho details of tho tight to the Mail and Express, if you will, and tho champion bolt we can buy afterward. All I care for is tho honor of being mixed up with you in some way. and enough of the gate money to pay for arnica dud attendance afterwards. Will you do it I know the audience would enjoy seeing ns dressed for the fray, you so strong and so wide. I so pensive and so flat busted about the chest. Let us proceed at once. Colonel, to draw up tho writings and begin to train. You will never regret it, I am sure, and it will be the making of me. I do not know your address, but trust that this will reach you through the press, for, as 1 write, you are ou your way toward Canada, with requisition and the polico reaching after you at every town. I am glad to hear that yon are not drink ing any mere, especially while engaged in sleep. If you only confine your drinking to your waking hours you may live to be a very old man, and your great, massive brain will continue to expand until your hat will not begin to hold it. What do you think of Browning? I would like to converse with you on this subject before tho fight and get your soul's best sentiments oil his style of intangible thought wave. I will meet you at Havre or Calais and agreo with you upon how hard we shall hit each other. I saw at a low variety show, tho other day, two pleading come diennes, who welted each other over Sutliran and Xye Heady for the Entile. tho stomach with canes, and also pounded each other on the head with sullicient force to explode percussion caps on the top of the skull, and yet without injury. Do you not think that a prize fight could be thus pro vided for? I will see thrso men, if 3rou say so, and learn their methods. Bemcmber, it is not tho punishment of a prize-fight which I yearn for, but the etlul gent glory of meeting you in the ring, and having the cables and press associate my budding name with that of a man who has done 6o much to make men better, a man whose namo will go down to posterity as that of ono who sought to ameliorate, and mellow, and dessicate his fellow-men. I will now challengoyoti once moro with great respect, and beg leave to remain, Yours, very truly, Bill Nye. Midsummer Noon. A subtle silence nature sweetly fills. Lulled by the cricket nnd the droning bee; Tho dull leaves scarcely rust le on the tree. The sky seems blended with tho distant hills. No bird upou the wayside nldertrills. And In the wheat, a crinkled olive sea, The poppy brightly flames, while merrily The woodpecker the drowsy apple drill. These sunny moment softly slip away. Like unto dreams that all our cures release. While fchecp bells tinkle in the dusty fold. Oh. perfect calm o'er nature holding sway. Making tte day a utoore of shining peace. White na a lily with a heart of gold. It. K. Munklttrick, in Harper's Weekly. Dialect Stories Unpopular. W. J. Bok, In New York Graphic The day of the dialect story is nndoubt-' edly over. This will not be the most cheer ful news for dialect writers, but my in formation comes from one of tho largest New York publishers, who has several books in dialect on his list. Said this pub lisher to me the other day: "Wo are de clining everything of a dialect nature, especially the manuscripts in tho negro dialect, which is the most difficult of all for the public to read and enjoy. Our experi ence is, that tho reading public positively refuses to read a story or novel in dialect, and tho aversion is growing stronger each day, until now the fact that a book or story is in dialect is a sure indication of a popu lar failure. Novel readers aim that they cannot enjoy a story which often requires them to lose the thread of a narrative to stop-and puzzle out the meaning of a word, and I must confess I think the objection is a good one. I cannot enjo3 a dialect story myself. Why do 3-011 nee them in maga zines, then! Simply because the editors bought nnd contracted for them when tho dialect rage was at its height, a year or two ago. But, believe me, an editor hesitates now when ho is tempted to take a story in dialect. No: the dialect rage is a thing of the past, nnd the sooner our dialect writers realize this fact, tho better it will be for them." Prize-Fights In Foreign Countries. Baltimore American. Tho prize-light is not an American institu tion. It is English, and ought to go home, where growing boys are still trained to light brutally with short, thick clubs, which they are at liberty to use over each other's heads, arms and chests, according to certain well-known rules. The Spanish tight with knives is well shown in the fiht between tho two lovers in Carmen. But the Danes havo a form of lighting which outdoes evcr3thintr else in that line. It is called the "beltes-pannere." The two fighters first agree as to tho length of blades thev will use. measured by tho width of a linger, as one, two, three, four or five fingers, according to tho will of the parties and the f eriousness of tho encount er. The remaining portion of tho knife blade is carefully wrapped with a hand kerchief, and any attempt to lengthen the blade by slipping tho handkerchief is a foul, and calls for interference. When all is ready the two lighters are belted together by a strap or cord around their waists, tho' one belt tightly encircling both men. At a signal the struggle begins, and tho result is frequently fatal to both. Ills Only Escape. riiiladelphla Inquirer. McCorklc And so youre engaged, Mc Nichol. Do tell us all about it. McNichol Yes. it's a go this time. You see. Isabella audi were out ou the beach. McCorkle Yes. McNichol And the mosquitoes were very thick. McCorkle-Yes. McNichol And I wanted to get in. McCorkle Yes. McNichol-And Isabella, for eomo reason, wanted to stay out, McCorkle Ves. McNichol That's all. It was proposo or be eaten by mosquitoes, so I proposed. There Is Fleuty of Authority. Kington Freeman. If merchants want Bible anthority for advertising they will find it in Numbers, xxiv, H: 'Behold, I go unto my people; come, therefore, and I will advertise." LABOR AND ITS INTERESTS A Workingman Says Competition Fixes the Value of a Wage-Earner's Skill. The Local Unions Earnestly riuhin Amuse ments for the Labor Day Demonstration The State Federation to Hare a Meeting Notes. . T have heard a great deal,n said a man recently, who is well known in labor cir cles in this city, "about competition in our work. Some certainly have a false im pression of its merits, according to my way of looking at it I believe it is one of tho greatest mistakes of the day that working men make when they try to avoid the cities. There are men to-day skilled in their special lines who persist in laboring in the smaller towns of this and other . States. While I do not want to bo con sidered as trying in any wa3 to discourago men who oppose competition, I believe that they make a mistake in acting from the stand-point which they claim is right and proper. Tho idea that tho competition met with in large cities is injurious is wholly false. A man is valued in Indianapolis m proportion to the skill with which his work is done, and that value is regulated to a great extent by competition. After all, what does any laboring man work for! To be sure, maiiy( aro satisfied with simply making a living, but that, I believe, is not true of them as a class. There is a growing sentiment in labor circles in favor of skill and ability. Men are begin ning to realize that muscle is convertible into money much easier when the brain is brought into active play. The laboring classes will be, it seems to me. on the evo of great events when they awake to tho in terests of one another, and see that the hand and intellect must be partners in ac quiring success in life. Livel3 honest, spirited competion is at the bottom of this. In a metropolis where the trade justifies it this competition places a man in a position where he must stand or' fall on nis own merits. Ho is thrown in a class of co workers by whom his faults are more quick ly shown while his powers tro made equal ly evident, by an increased rivalry. No workingman need fear competition. It is the one gTeat factor in his life that will place in him those two most necessary qual ities for perfect manhood caution and self-reliance." Labor Day Demonstration. All arrangements for Labor day celebra tion at Hammond's grove, ou Sept. 2, have been made, with the exception of the se lection of speakers and the line of march. That part of the programme will bo finally arranged to-day. It is said that tho deta onstratiou will exceed anything of tho kind ever held in tho city. Tho following organizations aro represented on the com mittoe: Central Labor Union, Typograph ical Uuion No. 1, Typographical Union No. 14, Brick-layers' Union, Plasterers' Union, Hod-carriers' Union, Hair-spinners' Union, Molders' Union No. 17, Molders' Union No. ."Mi, Carpenters'" Union No. 209, Carpenters' Union No. 440, Carpenters' Union No. CO, Federal Labor Union No. SCGS, Clerks' and Salesmen's Union No. i5C24, Cigar-makers' Union No. 33, Furniture-workers' Union No. 13. Stone-cutters' Union, Wheel-makers' Union, Hotel-waiters' Brotherhood, Paint ers' and Decorators' Uuion and Varnishers' Union. Col. B. M. Gosney, of the brick layers', chief marshal of the day, will be assisted by ono representative from each union. Five bauds will bo in the procession, and tho line of march will end at the Union Station, where a train will be in waiting to take the crowds to the grove. Special trains will be run during the day. At the grovo there will bo speaking in German and English, music, dancing, boating and other amusements. The fure for tho round trip, including ad mission to tho erouuds, will bo cents. Kvansville and Fort Wayne will also ob serve the day. The eight unions of tho first named city have appointed a committee on arrangements, of which Emil Levy, presi dent of tho State Federation of Labor, is chairman. Tho day's programme will con sist of a parade, picnic and open-air con cert. At 1 ort Wayne an eflbrt is being mado to secure T. V. Po wderly as one of the speak- crs Federation of Trade and Labor. The Indiana Federation of Trade and La bor will hold its fifth annual session in this city at the Central Labor Union Hall, No. 1152 East Washington street, on Wednes day, Sept. 4. Tho object is the transaction of such business as may pertain to the or ganization and to ofl'er to the representa tives of the several trades au opportunity of coming together for the f roe expression of opinion and thought. Labor Notes. ' Minneapolis has an Industrial Exchange. The Paris Carpenters' Union is GOO years old. Representatives of 270,000 miners demand eight hours. Pittsburg plasterers want lathing dono by plasterers. Railroad superintendents havo organized at Kansas City. -Little Rock, Ark., qnarrymen get from $1.25 to 0 per day. Some Buffalo boss painters aro breaking the nine-hour rule. Brooklyn has a woman blacksmith and a female undertaker. San Francisco takes the most interest in the eight-hour day. Of New York's 1,500,000 inhabitants 1,100, 000 live in tenements. Detroit cigar-makers work eight hoursjand make S and $9 per week. Birmingham (Ala.) brick-layers demand an increase from 4 to $4.50. There is aStato Retail Merchants' Pro tective Association in Iowa. Machinery has not yet entered tho manu facture of French clay pipes. Kansas City Council has passed a law raising hucksters' license to A Hartford firm makos all the leggins for United States soldiers and sailors. The Detroit street-car emplo3es now work thirteen and fourteen instead7 of fifteen hours. The Syracuso Boss-tailors' Union does not allow oue boss to employ more than forty hands. The boy bakers in San Francisco's indus trial school mako bread for all tho public institutions. Tho Kearney (Neb.) new cotton-mill will employ 1,000 persons and supply tho trade as far as California. Detroit trades-unions refnscd the offer of the Knights of Labor to join them in the labor-day demonstration. The Carpenter advises all union carpen ters to keep away from New York ou ac count of the dullness in trade. In New York 50,000 persons walk tho streets at night for want of a home, and as many more are not sure of their breakfast, Lowell's Co-operative Association sold 531,500 worth of goods the past year. At Lawrence $150,000 is taken in for the 700 members. Chattanooga brick-layers get 40 cents per hour. The stone-cutters get $3.50 and $4, and want ten hours' pay for nine hours on Saturda3. A Boston railroad works its enigeers and firemen 127 hours one week and ninety-two the next. They get $15 aud $11 per week respectively. B. & O. hands at Mt. Clare, Md.. now work eight hours. Skilled men avcrago $10.iSO per week, and tho pay is from 12 to 'J) cents per hour. Every rolling-mill in the 6ixth district, from Toledo to New Castle, said a member of the Amalgamated Association, Saturday, is in operation. Roanoke, Va.. citizens are trying to in duce McCormick & Co,, the Chicago har vesting machine manufacturers, to establish a branch factory there. Massachusetts factory laws are being en forced. Children are not allowed to clean the machines, and girls must tio up their hair to avoid being scalped. The House-smiths' Union of New York, has adooted a rule that all its members must eitner be American citizens or hold their first papers of citizenship. Members must attend the union's meeting at least once a month under a penalty of 25 cents. The union has established a benevolent fund. Ninety per cent, of tho patent leather used in the United States is manufactured in Newark, N. J. Thcro were 1.SO0 stock companies or ganized in London alone during the first six months in 18S9. Tho total capital stock was about $575,000,000. It appears by a report of the Brooklyn Carriage and Wagon-makers' Uniou that nearly a score of the bosses iu Brooklyn havo adopted the nine-hour system. The Central Labor Union of Boston has made a formidable protest against the ac tion of the park commissioners in prohibit ing public speeches in Franklin Park. There are to be two labor picnics on Sept. 2, the one at Hammond's grovo and tho other at the fair grounds. The latter will bo exclusively an atlair of the Knight of Labor. Tho tallest chimney in the world is at Glasgow, and is 454 feet high. Tho tallest in America is at Kearney; N. J. It is &5 feet high, and was put up by American workingmen. During the first half of this year the Silk ribbon Weavers' Union of New York spent nearly $2,003 in strikes to prevent a reduc tion in wages. The union has ordered all shons having ten or more of its members to send delegates to its meetings. C. B. Rouss is a New York millionaire who hunts for drunkards to employ them. Ho says they are good metal. He had not a cent thirteen years ago. He sleeps on an iron bed in his 6tore, closes his place when au emplo3re dies, and furnishes carriages. Since May last tho United Brotherhood of Carpenters has gained over 1.000 mem bers, ft may bo taken for granted that the peace-makers willyet combiuo the four rival organizations of carpenters in New York the United Brotherhood, the United Order, the Amalgamated Society and the Progress ive Union. From a long roll of reports in the July number of the Carpenter it is learned that tho pine-hour 83'stem has been adopted by that trade in very many parts of tho United States. But tho length of tho working day for carpenters varies throughout the coun try. In afow places It is eight hours; in others nine; in others ten. and in others lifty-nine hours a week. Next year then is to be an attempt to secure tho general adoption of the eight-hour system in tho trade. TOO MANY TOLL ROADS. A Tax That in the End Falls Upon tho People of the City Purchasing from Farmers. Last Sunday a wa3rfaring man drove from Indianapolis to Camp Actou, a distance of thirteen miles. Tho journey was over tho Michigan road, and the driver had hardly started before, on the very outskirts of the city, ho was stopped by a toll-bar, where he mado a contribution of two cents. His pocket-book had scarcely got ensconced into its resting-placo before a second toll gate loomed up before him and hero he was relieved of fivo cents. This second road agent had scarcely faded from sight before tho driver saw in the near distance the gray outline of another toll-bar tilted up against the blue sky like tho sweep of tho moss-covered well of his childhood. Tho driver began to fumble in his pocktt for tho copper currency that ,ha.d been given him at the first toll-house when tho demand came to stand up and deliver. Here he paid 10 cents, making a total of 17 cents for driving over a stretch of road not more than eleven miles long. The last end of the journey .was over a dirt track branching off from tho main road and load ing to Camp Acton, while the Michigan turnpike continued on its way, dotted by numerous toll-houses, where collectors, in turn, relieve tho traveler of bis small change. So tho round trip to Acton from Indianapolis over the road costs 34 cents, four hours' time to the driver, and a serious fracture of the commandment which con siders the lot of the dumb creatures of God's creating. He heard some good preach ing, however, at tho camp after ho arrived there. This turnpike, in its charges, is as all others in Marion county, the rate taken being a lawful ono, and the road itself being kept in good order. There is no more objection to this road than lu tho other toll-roads of Marion county, not one of which would to-day be private property had the County Commissioners done their duty, bought them and made them free roads. The tax of these road&uponjarmers and gardeners who aro compelled to uso them is very burdensomo to a great extent, though they manage to recoup from those who buy their produce by adding tHo toll to the price charged for their? commodities. After all, it is tho peoplo of Indianapolis who pay almost the entire amount received into tho treasury by these thrifty gravel road companies. There are only two or threo roads by which a person driving a ve hicle can get outside the city limits and en joy a drive of four at five miles without being halted by a toll-bar. One of thego is the Churchman graVel-road and another the English-avenue Toad to Irvington, which parallels tho National road, and re lieves tho collectors a that highway of 6orao of the currency that would otherwise flow into their coffers. Tho succeeding trustees of this township have for years tried to do away with toll roads, but they have received no encouragement from the County Commissioners a.Mdhave about given over the cfi'ort. THE T11EATER AND ITS ATTRACTIONS. Fine Effects In the Improvements of the Park and Grand Opera House Sfcige Gossip. Tho finishing of the many improvements at the Park Theater was mado last night, and the formal opening will tiiko place to morrow afternoon with Joseph .D. Clifton, the young character actor, as iMro first at traction. During tho past two mouths a large force of workmen has been engaged about tho building, and tho interior has been greatly changed and improvi'- It is. perhaps, ono of tho finest theatea of its kind in tho country. The manageme nt has been very liberal in an effort to niavk 0 tho Park a model place of amuserient. The work has been dono with strict regard for tho minor details so necessary to bi ing out the best results, and the general oil ect produced rejects much credit upon EV. H. Shaw, who had charge of tho decoratitWis. The walls and ceilings have been pape d haudsomcl3', and the wood-work has ujv dergone a great change in paints and gi4 trinimiugs. Much tante has been shown in arranging the various shades, and tho har- mon3 of the whole is very pleasing. The plain window-glass has been replaced ou all sides by expensive cathedral glass, and the effect from this alone is noticeable, lleveled-edge glass to tho proscenium boxes also adds much to the appearance of tho surroundings, while a new and beautiful drop-curtain is. another feature. The latter is said to be a lino pieco of work. Tho scene is that of a chariot race in tho Circus Maximus, Rome, of Nero's time. The art ists wero John Howell Wilson, of Phila delphia, and Isaac Godlove, of St. Louis. These gentlemen havo been engaged on tho curtain for several months, and are greatly pleased with their work. There has also been some change in tho seating arrangement of the house. Tho size 01 the parquette has been reduced and on each side and immediately back 130 new 6ofa chairs havo been put in, some of these taking the places of what was known last season as the opera chairs, lu the dome of the building has been placed a five-horse power electric cooling apnaratns, which will change the atmosphere of tho house every minutes. Altogether tho Park is one of the most thoroughb'-equipped theaters iu the country. Notwithstanding the many improvements, the prices will remain practically as last season. The onl3 change will be a reductiou to the sofa chairs at the matinee performances. Last season the price was 50 cents at all times, but only 30 cents will bo charged for the choicest scats this year at the mati nees. There have also been many improvements at the Grand Opera-house since the season closed. The interior ot the building, as well as the entrance, has undergone a general overhauling and now looks as fresh as fine decorations can make it. Tho Banie deco rator that did the work at the Park has had charge of the Grand, aud the same ex cellent taste has been shown. The walls and ceilings have been finished with the richest papers and colors that could be ob tained. The wood-work has received extra coats of paint and the gilt trimmings to AMUSEllENTS. PARK THEATER 1889 SEASON 1S90 GRAND RE-OPENING Of THE PARK. Remodeled, refurnished, wonderfully im proved, and now the handsomest hous& of amusement in tho West. Resplendent with glittering goM and glistening glass A house of beauty, and a model of convenience and comfort. EEK OF A.TJGr"tXST 13: . Tho eminent young actor, MR. JOSEPH D. CLIFTON, Supported by a 6tronpr company, presenting 6 RANCH KING AND LOVE AND HONOR MonSay, Tuesday and Wednesday. "THE RANCH KING;" Thursday, Friday and Saturday, "LOVE AND IIONOll." Matinees daily. ( SCALE OF PRICES: Sofa Chaira (for. opera chairs).. .50 cts I Dress Circle 20 cents Orchestra and Orchestra Circle.. .80 cts Gallery 10 centa riNo extra charpre for reserves. MATINEE PRICES 10 and 20 cents; 30 cents for sofa chairs. .A. LAEGE LOT OF DOLL Slightly damaged in transit, at less than half price. CHARLES MAYER '& CO 20 & 31 West Washington Stroot. NATURAL GAS SUPPLIES Tubing, Casing, Pipe Cordage. IU Irons, Drilling Tool. nriMOtyxU, MaUebKOilraalrelaa l Cut-loa Fittings. Complete lino of Homo-Fitting (or Ntar&l G is. GWSOTIGKE .A.. TELEPHONE 3G4. match give It an appearance decidedly rich and attractive. The harmony of colors and the newness of designs all comhine in making the Grand a very attractive and cozy house Tho entrance has been fin ished in lincrnsta ebony and gold with a Uenr do lis frieze in copper relief. Tho main walls aro in Indian red and the ceil ing in cream colors. The regular season at the Grand will not open until early in Sep tember, but Thatcher, Primroso fc West's minstrels willjiivo a single performance at this house on Thursday night of this week. Tho cotopany is now on its way from Cali fornia. Thatcher is with the company and will appear hero. ' Stage Gossip. Digjby Bell nnd Laura Joyce Bell have been engaged for tho Dulf Opera Company. Rhea's next tonr will open Sept, 2. at Buf falo, when she will test her new historical play, "Joittrphiue." Tho Donazetti's, seven in number, who are startling and novel acrobats, have been engaged for "Kajanka." Tho appoaranco of Robert Mantell in "The Coriiican Brothers'' will be one of the interestin g events of the season at the Fourteenth-street Theater. New York. Fanny? Davenport will remain in Califor nia unta late in September, recuperating for her next tour, which is to begin at Kochester, N. Y.t Nov. 7. A. M. Palmer writes from London that there is at present a singular dearth of strong plays. Ho will return on the now steamer Teutonic, early in September. Lawrence Barrett is still in Germany and writes that his health was never better. He expects to return to New York about Sept 10, when active rehearsals for tho new play of 'Gnnelon" will begin. Oct. 14 will be an important theatrical evening in New York, as on that date Booth and Modjeska will open at tho Broadway in "Hamlet, aud tho Jetterson-Florence com bination will be seen at the Star. Walter Matthews's repertoire for next season includes "Richard III." "Othello," "Hamlet," "Macbeth," "Hichelieu," "Mer chant of Venice," "Duke's Motto," "Romeo and Juliet," "David Garrick," and his new plaj "A ramie, tho Master Mind." Miss ituth Carpenter, of this city, has been en gaped as one of the members of Ro land Heed's supporting company. She is attractive and ambitious, and whue she has never been on tho professional stage, she has in amateur performances given evi dence, of an ability that will achieve suc cess. "Hands Across tho Sea" will bo one of the important melodramatic productions of tho present season. The play is in live acts, di vided into twelve scenes, and in each scene there is an episode of interest, so that the drama does not depend for success upon one or two exciting situations. Though the pathetic elements predominate, light com edy is so prominent a feature that the wrongs which the hero of the story under goes loso their poignancy with tho audi- ence. The School of Music. , The School of Music has just mado a Contract with Mr. John Towers; of Man- clk ester, who is one of tho leading vocal tochers of England. Mrs. Towers's ill hoaJth makes a change of climate neces saiY Ho studied with Ciro Pinsuti at the Roy a I Academy of Music in London, and af tei- rard in Berlin. The serious illness of Mr Ha rtman's mother lias necessitated his remain 'up in Germany for the Present. Richart'- Balch s been secured to nil his place ii the school. Mr. Balch was a pupil of Leoit-ard and an intimate friend of Joachim i with hom he has often played. 1 le in at vresennin Paris, but both he and Mr Tow. V will be here before the opening of the sch ol, 011 Sept. 16. A ml t New York. Baltimore Air Tira New York Vaaled to keep her promise and erect a monu'ft at to General Grant's mem ory. She ha to call to her aid the whole country to sei ire a pedestal lor Hartnoldi a statue and sb ha9 ,Meu unable to collect sullicient fundi to build even the centennial arch planned tr "th such a nourish of trum pets a few mo Dtl ,s. ago, and yet she claims the Colnmbu l 01 debration because of her millionaires. TU ty-hrst Congress will see through tills. Their irat 8U5I1U7 Different. Mnnsey'a Week or. "How do y du like he Moonlight Sonata!" "Oh. well i mongh,.k ut I don't think it is quite up to C jilmor ft 'Combine. Galop." I don't tnniK l evii urnru mm." "Oh. you on't know what you've missed. Thev play i'l at Cone v island. It has the Boulanger March, 'ifei k-a-Boo Chopin's Funeral Ma rch and Lpsi en to the Talo of Woo' going all at the s urn e time." 99 DOLL EICHAEDS. 77 South Illinois St., Indianapolis, In.l 0)ATeR3TSHI CALL ON OH ADDRESS C.&E. W. Bradford, 16 ao 18 HutBARO Block, Smj X INDIANAPOLIS. IND. ... rr INSURANCE DIRECTORY HENRY COE. 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