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[Notick.— For want or space, many questions received
remain unanswered for some time. Each query, if le ritl
mate, will, iu its turn, receive proper attention. we must
request our correspondents to write plainly and state their
wistiesconclseiy, it they would receive concise answers.
Many notes that are received are so nearly illegible that
they find their wav at once to the waste-basket. 1
Old Timer. —“ln this week’s issue of
the Dispatch you reply to ‘Chicago’ in reference
to tha Alton riots in Illinois. Now, might I, as an
old reader, request from you a br.ef sketch of the
Rev. E. P. fiovejoy who was muxdered there?’*
Yes. The following we glean from a biographical
mention of him in Gree.-ey’s “ American Conflict.”
E.ijah P. Lovejoy, son of Rev. Daniel Lovejoy, and
the eldest of seven cniidren was bora at Albion,
Mo. on November 9, 1802. His ancestors, partly
English a.id partly Scutch, all of the industrious
middle class, had been citizens of New Hampshire
and of Maine for several generations. He was dis
tinguished alike for diligence, zea 1 , and success in
the acquisition of knowledge, and graduated with
high honors at Waterville College, Maine, in Sept.
1826. In May, 1822, he went westward, and in
Autumn found employment as a teacuer in St.
Louis. In 1827 be became editor of a political
journal, of the “National Republican” faith, and
was thence actively engaged in politics of the Clay
and Webster school until January 1832, when he
was brought under deep religious impressions, and
the next month united with the Presbyterian
Church. Giving up political pursuits he engaged
in a course of study preparatory lor the ministry,
entering the Theological Seminary at Princeton, N.
J., on March 24th. Next Spring he received a li
cense to preach from the secund Presbytery
ot Phi adelphia, and spent the Summer as an
Evangelist in Newport, R. 1., and in -New
York. In the Autumn of 1833 ne returned to
St. Louis, and at the urgent solicitation of
a circ.e of fellow - Christians estab ished and
edited a religious paper in that city, they furnishing
a capital of $12,600, and guaranteeing him, in writ
ing, tue entire control of the co »cern. It was a
week y, was called tae St. Louis Observer, and was
first issued on November 22d of mat year. There
is ne evidence that it was commenced with any in
tent to war on s av'ery, or with any expectation of
exciting the special hostility of any interest but
that oi Satan. Its first articles concerning slavery
were exceedingly moderate iu their tone, and favo -
able rather to colonization than to i nmediate aboli
tion. Even when the editor on Avril 16, 1835, first
took decided ground against slavery he still a.-
flrmed his hostility to imuiediat •, unconditional
emancipation. He wished some Sou.hern born man
of high character wou.d take up the subject ol
slavery iu a proper spirit, an 1 show the people
practically what taey ought to do with it. In Octo
ber be Idxt to attend a meeting of the Presbyterian
Synod, aud directly after his departure excitement
ran high in regard to his strictures on s avery, and
the proprietors of the p ;per by threats of mob vio
lence, issued a card promising s leuce on the sub
ject until the editor’s return, and later declared
themselves one and all opposed to tae mad schemes
of the Abolitionists. A mulatto wao bad effected
the escape of two quarreling sailors, aud killed an
officer, was taken from the jail, taxon out of town,
fastened to a tree and burned to death, and his tor
turers were justified, and discharged 1?y a Judge
named, appropriately enough, Lawless. On this
Lovejoy commented unreservedly, although iu that
issue be announced his decision to remove the pa
per to Alton, Illinois, believing it would be more
useful and better supported thare than in St. Louis.
His first issue at Adon was dated September Bth,
1836. His press was destroyed as it lay on the
banks oi the river, but a number of citizens volun
tarily p edged themselves to make good the loss, be
assuring them that his journal would be a religious
and not a political one. Going to Cincinnati du
business he was taken sick, detained a week and re
turned still very ill. The paper was issued regu
lar.y until Aucust 17<h, 1837, discussing slavery
among other topics, but in a spirit of dec dad mod
eration. A meeting was held, the ed.tor remou
stratod with, and he replied by claiming the liberty
of the cross, and repudiating the right of man, or
any body of men to question him as to toe exercise
of it. On September 21st his new press was taken
from his office by a mob, broken into pieces and
thrown into the river. He preacued at Sc. Charles,
a few days later, and was mob >ed at the home
bt his mother-in-aw returning from church, from
whence be was obliged to hastily taka flight, going
back to Alton. In October be attended meetings o
the Presbyterian Synod of Illinois, and also meet
ings of an anti-slavery convent.on in upper Alton,
and meetings were held to discuss the propriety oi
allowing him to continue the pub ication of the Ob
server. It was known that a third pr?ss was now
on its way, and it was to have been .auded at Alton
on the morning of November 7th. It was stored in
God rev aud Gilman’s wareuoum, and that evening
the mob came and demanded it. Mr. Gilman re
fused to give it up, saying that they were author
ized by the Mayor to defend their property, and
would do so with their lives. Two or three guns
were fired into the building, but no one hit, but
the fir? was returned, Killing one rioter and wound
ing several others. The mob then tired the house.
They were several times repulsea by Mr. Lovejoy
and the citizens who supported him, but the form
er having shown himself at the door was shot, he
receiving five balls, three of them in his breast,
probably each mortal. The press was again taken
out, broken into pieces and thrown into the river.
Ignobamus.—lst. Thauatopsis means
a view of, or meditation on, death. 2d. The ques
tion of who invented the compass has never be.en
decided. The Chinese appear to have been acquaint
ed with the property of polarity in the loadstone,
and in the iron or steel magnetized by it, and to
have been the first to apply this. Some affirm that
they employed only the loadstone (magnetic iron
ore), floating it on a piece of cork; and that the
magnetized needle is the invention of Flavio Gioja,
of Amaifi, who lived in the early part of the four
teenth century. Dr. Gilbert, in his “DeMagnate,”
etc. (London, 1600), states that the compass was
brought to Italy from China, by Marco Polo, about
1295. But there is evidence of its having been used
in Franca about the year 1150; in Syria about the
same period, and in Norway previous to 1266. 3d.
To “ box tue compass ” is to name the points of the
compass in their order. 4th. Chloroform can be
obtained by the action of hypochloite of lime
(bleaching powders) upon numerous organic sub
stances, such as wine or wood alcohol, acetone,
salts of the acetates, volatile oils, acetic tartarie,
formic or oxalic acids,and other boJies; but the on
ly practicable method for its production on a large
scale consists in the distillation of alcohol from
chloride of lime. Six parts of chloride of lime,
twenty-four parts of water and one part of alcohol
are mixed in a capacious still, and the temperature
raised as rapidly as possible till it reaches 180°F.
The distillation is then continued until about one
part aud a halt has passed over; the products, con
sisting chiefly of chloroform, accompanied by wa
ter, collect in two layers in the receiver, the chlo
roform constituting the lower layer. It is decanted
from the aqueous portion, and agitated with oil of
vitriol, in order to destroy traces of volatile oils
which accompany it; by another rectification it is
obtained in a state of purity. It is a colorless, vola
tile liquid, of high retracting power. sth. Mor.
pbine is a vegetable alkaloid extracted from opium,
of which it constitutes one of the narcotic princi
ples. Its salts are much used in medicine as an
anodyne. 6th. Chloride is a comp mud of chlorine
with another element, conseque itly chloride of
lime is a compound of chlorine an 1 lime. 7tb. The
railroad distance from New York to San Francisco
Is 3,252 miles; the time oi travel 168 hours.
Roby O’Mobe. — “ Will you kindly give
me whatever information you can of the famous
Irish artist, novelist, vocalist, an ’ ooet, Sam Lov
er ?” He was born m Dublin in 1797, his father be
ing a stock broker in that city. He intended biin
for commerce, but the natural predilections of the
young man frustrated this design. At a dinner
given to Thomas Moore in Dublin, in 1818, he
a song, the music and words of which "ere his own”
in honor of the poet. He contributed to tae peri
odicals, and about 1830, published a volume of “Le
gends and Stories ot Ireland,” of which a secona
series appeared in 1834. Meantime, he had adopted
the proiession of a portrait and miniature painter
In 1*839 he published “Songs and Ballads,” comoris
irfg “The Angel’s Whisper.” “Molly Bawn,” “lhe
Four-Leaved Siamrock,” “Rory O’More,” etc.
Some oi bis brief sketches of Irish character, and
even his songs were subsequently expanded’ into
elaborate fictions, such as “Handy Andv (1842)
“Rory O'More” aud “Treasure Irove” (1844), and
he also wrote a number of piays, exiravaganzas, and
operatic pieces. In 1844 be commenced to read and
sing his own works in public, and after a lucrative
tour i-n the chief towns of the Um ed Kingdom he
came to the United States, and win highly success
ful both here and in Canada. He returned to Eng
land in 1848, lectured on his tran latlau’tic experi
ences, and then retired into private life. In 1859 he
published <• Metrical Tales aud Other Poems.” and
during his latter years received a pension of one
hundred pounds a year. He died on July 6th, 1868.
Mbs. Jarley.—lst Rose plants which
have been potted for the purpose are forced into
growth by the florists in ear.-y Spring, and cuttings
are taken of the young and slightly hardened wood
another set of cuttings may be made from the ten
der shoots formed by roses in the open ground in
August, and still another from the r pened wood in
October, setting them iu a cold irame, and when
freezing weather comes on covering them with
leaves; the majority oi such Cuttings will be web
rooted in early Spring. 24. Grape v.ne cuttings o'
the last season’s growth of woou, removed in the
Autumn pruning, with two or taree huds upon
each, are buried in a dry place until Sprint and
then set out m rows with one bud at the surface o
the ground and the others below. 31. To make to
mato catsup, take perfectly ripe tomatoes and set in
an earthen jar in an oven; keep them there till*
quite soft; then separate the skin from the puln
mix the pulp with capsicum vi. -ajar and a few
cloves of garlic pounded. Add powdered ginger
aad salt to suit your taste. White wine vinegar aud
Cayenne pepper may be used in p ace of capsicum
vinegar. Keep in bottles, well curbed, in ‘ a dry
cool place.
Anxious.—lst. “I am anxious to travel
and would like to go to Texas. Do you think that I
coukl work my passage there, and could I join anv
party of hunters or rangers?” People have
found their way to Texas by wo -kin r it, but we
fear you will find it a tusk of great difficulty unless
you can get employmeat on some of the steam line*
running to Texan ports. Once in Texas we have
no doubt you coirtd easily jo'iu the rangers, though
we are not aware of any organization on their part
2d. “How much does a man bettor helping to carry
cattle to England on the Great Eastern, and do they
hire at present?” Tue Great Eaaccrn is not iu the
cattle carrying business, uor is it at piesent run
ning in this direction at all. 3d. • What is the pay
of a r.mjer?” A ranger of the kin I you have refer
ence to has no sure pay as a- nerd thing, but
merely ranges around as a matte.- or speculation
Your.in.nd us somewhat Oi the I. .sbmau who went
to Australia w th the expectation of getting a gov
ornmeu, appointment as bush-rau ar.
J. A. H. — “About one year ago yon
in i-.i) answer, said that tno fastest’iime made across
tne A- antic, from land to land, was by a steamship
of t-c Ga.way Line, commanded by Capt, Haipiu
If not ioo much trouble, please refer to your tiles
and see if you have not so decided, and oblige an
oid subscriber.” No such answer was ever given in
the “ Notes and Queries ” department of tue Dis
patch. Every subject, be it ever so trivial, is care
fully indexed and marked for reference, aud can be
found at once. If “J. A. H.” has such a remarka
ble memory as to put it a 'aiust our index, he Is wel
come to all the advantages he may derive from it
We are afraid he has conxused the matter in his
mind with some other paper.
J. J. G.—ibis correspondent wrote us
as follows: "Will you please iuionu me the year ana
month in which a building fell in Twenty-tbird
street, between Filth and Sixth avenues?” We re
ferred the matter to Mr. Samuel T. Webster, the
chief clerk of tue Department of Buildings’ who
courteously replies as follows: “I regret to state
that no record of such an occurrence is to be found
in this department,Jbe accident having taken place
as I am informed, some six or seven years prior to
the organization of the department, in the year
1860.” It is just possible some one of our old read
ers may remember the occurrence, and if so we
would be obliged for date or any particulars con
wiWi it.
G. L. B.—“A, B and C are playing
Forty-five. A having the deal turns up the five. B
robs, strips the decs head and plays the five, taking
C’sjack. B wins the first three tricks, A being
forty, and in winning the fourth trick claims the
game. C objects on the ground that B had no
right to strip the dec: head when he only held the
king, lor by leadiog the deck bead he took C’s jack
when otherwise if the game had oeen played prop
erly C wou d have got his jack, and probably more.
Is C right?” The rule according to Hoy.e is as fol
lows: “Any p.ayer holding tae king of tramps,
must, when it comes his turn to play, lay out a card
for it; and if the ace snould not be in p ay, the
trump turned up is his. Should the ace be out, the
turned up trump belongs to its holder, aud he, who
holds the king takes up the card belaid out?” B
had no right to strip the deck as he did, but should
have put out a card, and waited to see if the ace was
our. Then if it were not he could take the deck
head, not otherwise. In this view the deal or hand
would not count, and must bo played over again.
Edwabd L.—lst. “Does a person de
siring to open a private detective agency in this
city require any authority, and if so, of what kind ?’’
They require to get appointed as special deputy
sheriffs. 2d. Yes. That is the authority oa which
Pinkerton’s men work. 3d. If appointed special
deputy sheriffs private detectives have power to
mike arrests. 4tn. The habeus corpus is the citizens
writ of right in cases where he is aggrieved by ille
gal impiisonment; and for the personal liberty of
individuals the habeas corpus act is nextiu impor
tance to the constitution, for, so long as tfiis statute
remains, no citizen can long be detained in prison,
except in those cases In which the law requires and
justifies such detention; aud, lest this act should
be evaded, by demanding unreasonable bail or sure
ties lor the prisoner’s appearance, it is declared by
a subsequent act that excessive bail shall not be
required. stb. There is no regular cost, all depend
ing on the lawyer to whom the case is given.
Aabon. —The battle of Pea Ridge, Ar
kansas, was fought on March 7th and Btu, 1862. On
the 6th, General S. R. Curtis held Pea Ridge. Sigel
was seven miles south, at B.ntonvihe. Upon Van
Dorn’s advance, Sigel joined Curtis, and the next
day Van Dorn attacked. The result oz the first day’s
battle was indecisive. Tne Coniederates, victorious
on the left, bad been defeated on the right, aud
Generals Mclntosh and McCulloeh had been killed.
But the supplies of the National troops were nearly
exnausted, and the enemy had gained a strong posi
tion in their rear. From .this position Van Dorn
was driven on the Bth, after two hoars’ fighting,
and victory rested with General Curtis. The Con
federate forces numbered 20,000, one-fifth of whom
were Indians. Curtis had four divisions on the
field. The loss on either side was about 1,000.
H. H. J. —Date your bills as follows :
Ist. Vauxhall Garden, Thursday evening, June 25th,
1840. 21. Bowery Theatre, ‘-Tfireo Guardsmen,”
Saturday, November 24th, 1849. 3d. Sime theatre,
benefit of the dramatist, Burton as Billy Lackaday
iu “Sweethearts and Wives,” & Wednesday, Jan
uary 15tu, 1840. 4th. Winter Garden, “Cool as a
Cucumber” and “Cinderela,” Friday, September
13th, 1861. sth. Same theatre, Mrs. D. P. Bowers
in ‘-Lady Audley’s Secret,” Tuesday, October 30th,
1866. 6cb. Niblo’s Garden, benefit o; W. A. Moore,
Friday, March 20th, 1857. 7th. Wallack’s Theatre,
“Romance of a Poo.* Young Man,” Friday, March
16th, 1860. Btb. Broad vay Theatre, “Dick the
Newsbov,” Ac., Monday, October 17th, 1853. 9th.
Laura Keene’s Theatre, “Sea of Ice,” Saturday,
December sth, 1857.
Inquisitive. — “To decide an argu
ment, Kindly inform ue whether tne sun, as the
centre of our solar system, has not a dominant
power over the orbital motion of the earth? I
maintain were it not for she power of attraction
exercised by the sun in compelling our glooe to
revole around it, the earth would fly off into space,
owing to tne absence of a governin ' power.” We
agree with your view of the matter. Lbe motion of
the eirth is governed by the two for: :sj centrifugal
and centripetal, the formdr being caat force by
which a bony moving in a curve te ids to fly off
irom the axis of motion, in a tange .. to the peri
phery oi the curve, aud the latter t at force which
draws or impels a body toward somo point as a cen
tre, as in case cf a planet revolving round the sun,
the centre a: the system.
T. T. —“ What is ths meani ig of 1 God
win’j Oatb,’ or what has the commo.i sjyiug refer
ence to it ?” The caution, ‘ Take ?c ire you are not
swearing Godwin’s oath,” to a person taking a vol
untary and intemperate oath, or miking violent
protestations, had its ri e iu the fo.mwing c.rcum
stance, related by the monks: G. Iwin, Earl of
Kent, was tried for the murder o: Prince Alfred,
brother of Edward the Confessor, and pardoned, but
died at tie King’s table waile protesting, with oaths,
bis innocence of the murder; supposed by the his
torians of those times to have been choked witn a
piece of bread, as a judgment from Heaven, having
prayed it might stick iu his throat if fie was gui.ty
of the murder.
Lexington, Ky.—The system of pre
paying postage by means of sma.l a lhesive labels,
to be soid to the public, and received by the post
office in evidence of payment when attached to let
ters, was first advocated by Rowland Hill in 1837,
aud was adopted by the British post-office in 1840,
the stamps being first used on May 6 .a of that year.
They were introduced into the Un ted St ites iu
1847. More varieties of postage sta nos have been
issued, and a greater number have been in use at
onetime in the United S.ates tha i in any other
country. Thus the total number of varieties is
sued is 162, while 127 have been in use at one time.
Only 32 varieties have been issued by Great Britain
and 60 by France.
W. J. H.—lst. A motion to adjourn is
always in order, but it is not debatable and is im
mediately voted on. “2d. Is a motion to adjourn
a meeting before roil call and collection of dues and
fines, iu order ?” Yes, but chose opposed to the ad
journment could vote against it. 3j. Yes, the same
reply applies to this. 4th. When tha president
said “Gentlemen, are you ready for the question?’ ’
it was probably through force of habit or custom.
The first answer also settles this. It you do not ap
prove of this arrangement your plan is to have the
by-law amended. There is no other way.
Poker. —“I would like to know if
money lost at poker can or cannot be recovered at
iaw.” Here gambling is prohibited, and therefore
it is held that one cannot recover back money lost
at play, because the playing itself is illegal; and it
makes ns difference whether the praying is honest
or cheating. But a loser may recover iiis money
from a stakeholder by demanding it from him ba
iore he pays it over to the winner. It is also held
in New York that playing to see who shall pay for
use of the implements, as, for instance, a billiard
table, is not gambling.
PiroPHiLB. —A correspon lent, some
time ago, sent us the following as a good plan lor
cleaning and coloring a meerschaum pipe: To color
it a nice dark brown, place it in boiling coffee, but
do not let the pipe touch the bottom of tue vessel
containing it; then let it dry thoroughly. To boh
it in wax, get clear white wax, suca as is used iu
laundries. Melt the wax slowly Lu a large tin cup,
and when it has come to a boil place the pipe in the
liquid for a few moments, then take au oid piece of
linen and rub in carefully.
Constant Readeb. —The theatre which
stood on Broadway near Broome street was first
opened by Mr. John Brougham es “Brougham’s
Lyceum,” on December 23d, 1850. Ic was afterward
rented by Mr. James W. Wallack, Sr., named “Wa 1 -
lack’s Theatre,” and opened as such on September
Bth, 1852. Gustavus V. Brooke never played in it.
The “ Broadway Theatre ” in which he played, was
situated on Broadway, between Pearl aud Wortfi
streets. Mr. Brooke also played brief engagements
at Niblo’s Garden and the Astor Place Opera House.
Survey.—We do not know of any such
expedition at present contemplated, though survey
worx is constantly going on in some part of
the country. To join a survey pariy some slight
kuowlegde of civil engineering would be requisite,
unless for those who go to do the minor work, and
no influence would be requisite. The salary de
pends entirely on the circumstances, and the life,
though rough and tumb.e, is enduraoie. Your plan
is io watch the papers until you see an expedition
announced, ana then follow the instructions given.
Theatbe. —lst. Your query arrived too
late for complete reply this week. John Banim’s
play oi “Damon and Pythias,” was originally pro
duced at Covent Garden, London, in 1822, Macready
and Kemole repies.eutiag tno title parts. In our
next issue we will give you full particulars of its
production here, with, if possible, cast, etc. 2d.
Gustavus V, Brooke was born in Dublin, Ireland, in
1818. He was lost at sea on the steamsnip Loudon,
while bound for Australia, in January, 1866.
Bbick Top.—Yours is a very bad case,
and one you cannot afford to trifle with. Abstain
plenty of good healthy exercise, such as walking,
from liquor henceforth, be careful iu your diet, and
take bacning, etc. If you can, by ail mean smanage to
have the advice and care of a good physician. We
cannot express opinions iu this co:umu of physi
cians or professional people of any kind, where such
opinion wou.d partake of the character of an adver
tisement, nor do we know anything concerning
either of the parties or their produces.
California Subscribes—Red Men.—
A correspondent, signing himself »‘W. J. H.,”
xindly writes us, stating that on application to W.
H. Davidson, at the rooms of the W. J. Hodge Asso
ciation, No. 49 Broome street, the address of the
meeiiug-rooms of fifty different lodges of the Im
proved Order ot’ Red Men can be obtained. Either
write or call after 7 P. M.
T. G. T. —Ist. We have no means of
knowing whether there was a man named John Gal
lau, who died in Pittsburg, Washington county,
Penn., in 1831, leaving money and propertv. For
such information write to the county clerk of Wash
ington county, Penn. 2d. Washing .on, the capital,
is the only town of importance in the county.
G. P. E.—Miss Emma Abbott did ap
pear as Marie, in “LaFigiia Del Reggimento,” or
“The Daughter of the Regiment,” at the Academy
of Music, ou Friday, February 231, 1877, aud on the
afternoon oi tae following day. Tais is the last
performance of it wc remember. She was support
ed by Signor Brignoli and a snap company.
Bessie.—lst. The children are your
relatives of the half blood—that is they are your
naif brothers aad half sisteiw. 2d. You are en
titled to a full share in any propertydeft by your
mother, but not to any of your stepfather’s. 3d.
George M. Robeson, of New Jersey, was appointed
Secretary of the Navy in Juno, 1870.
Frank. —The only expression we can
give in connection with the affair is that we have
heard of no charges or complaints, if tue charter
is run out, though ws do not know such to be the
case, they cannot draw; but we scarcely think they
wou.d try to do so under such circumstances.
C. A. W. —We can find no record of
Lucille Western having played in#« The Child Steal
er” at either wintis now tno Globe Theatre or the
Tneatre Com : q io. She played in it o.i Broadway
though, at eitner Wood’s Museum, Niblo’s or the
Olympic.
Terrible Sufferer. —Place yourself
at once under the care of a good, reputable physi
cian. Avoid charlatans and follow faithfully the in
structions given you. This is the only way by which
you can expect to regain your health and strength.
Constant Readeb.—To exterminate
fleas, sprinkle chamomile flowers about the floors
of every room in the house, and also in the beds in
the Bleeping apartments.
T.—The fact of your being convicted
and sentenced, incapacitates you irom appointment
on the police, regardless entirely of your fine being
paid.
R. C.—O’Leary was born in Cork, Ire
land. He came to this country very young, and
first trained out West as a pedestrian.
Gil Blas.—A typographical error in
our answer to you of last week, made the’year of
Le Sage’s birth 1868 instead of 1663.
John and Eliza.—To clean the ivory
articles referred to, use water in which some aui
to difiSQlved.
NEW YORK DISPATCH, SEPTEMBER 29, 1878.
Navy Yabd. —Ist. The members of ths
Graud Jury get no pay. 2d. The sailmaker, we he*
lieve, takes precedence of the carpenter m the Navj
Yard.
R uder. —The proprietor of a hous<
can dispossess a tenant on May Ist if the lease doee
not go beyond the year.
P. B.—A person under twenty-one
years of age cannot hold the position of poll clerk
on election day.
jjmsm
CONTENTS PAGES.
SECOND :
CONTINUATION OF “ WEAKER THAN A WOMAN.”
SAVED FROM HERSELF.
HUMOR OF THE HOUR.
THE HUMOiIS OF MARRIAGE.
WAKING UP THE BABY.
MERRY TRIFLES.
WHAT IS TUCKING f
THE LAST STRAW.
Tmnr> t>aok s
MASONIC INTELLIGENCE: The Story of a Week; Pet
Pictures of Living Masons; Personal; In Membrlam
European Letters from Rob. Morris; Sorrow; Lodge
Music; Honor; Eastern Star Notes ; Commandery
News; Questions and Answers.
SIXTH TA-OE :
BALLAD.
IN A TIGHT PLACE.
THE PREMIUM WOMAN.
HE LIKED LAWSUITS.
SAVED BY A DOG.
IRISH TRIALS.
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A STEAIGHT-OUr CITY TICKET.
Our State Convention haa done its work well.
Shall our City Convention do as good work ? is
tho question which is now of paramount im
portance to city Republicans. Shalt wa have a
straight-out Republican ticket or a hybrid one ?
Shall the Republican party again be made a
tail to fly the kite of the Democratic sore
heads? We are for a straight-out ticket this
Fall aud all tho time. We have elected Demo
crat after Democrat in opposition to Tammany
Hall, and what has been our thanks ? Have we
not been insulted by those we spe.> f time, mo
ney, and labor in electing, and liavo not the
Republicans on the hyb.id ticket boon, with
few exceptions, treacherously do sated ? And
have not the Democrats elected, in consequence
of their blatant opposition to Tam nany, imme
diately on their taking their offices, crawled
back into Tammany ? Is the groat party of
this country, in its metropolis, to continue to
play second fiddle to dissatisfied Democrats?
We decidedly object. Had we n :ver made a
combination with any of the Democratic fac
tions, our party would be mu-h stronger
to-day in this city than it is. Had wo
always run straight-out tickets tbore would
have been no organized Demo :ra tie oppo
sition to Tammany, and those Democrats
dissatisfied with its arbitrary di-miplining of
members, its favoritism to office-holders, and
its truckling subserviency to one man, would bo
compelled to vote for tho ticket which wo put
in the field. So long as we continue our suici
dal policy of endorsing this and tbit faction ot
tho Democracy, we cannot expoct to gain ac
cessories from that party to our ranks. For
heaven’s sake. Republicans, let us a - t as a great
party, not as a mere, temporary si le-show. If
our convention will but put iu tha field a city
ticket of unexceptionable ability oni honesty,
wo may not win, but wo will certainly aid the
State ticket and givo the party pr .utige for fu
ture campaigns. Will not our cit z convention
act with as much discretion, patriotism and
wisdom as the State convention ?
HOW IMPUDENT 1
The loaders of tho Anti-Tammaay party talk
just now in a manner so arrogant nnd impudent
that they almost deserve to be laughed at.
Hero is John B. Haskin, a chief of one of the
numerous factions of tho Anti-T immanyites.
He boastingly talks about the st.-enth of his
party, and takes it for granted tha: the Repub
licans will form a coalition with it. And what
thanks are the well-organized Republicans to
receive for such a coalition ? Mr. John B. Has
kin magnanimously and condosc mdingly in
forms us that the Republicans may have the
City Judgeship, and that Anti-Ta..nmany Hall
will take all the rest ot the officials 1 Was such
cheek ever witnessed ? “Whatwi Anti-Tam
manyites especially want,” declares Mr. Has
kin. “is the Mayoralty and the District Attor
ney’s office.” That is exceedingly modest. The
fifty odd thousand Republicans are to draw
from tho fire the chestnuts for a f otion,which,
even if united, could not poll th rty thousand
votes, and of which we know noialng except
what is treacherous, corrupt and venal.
There is one thing we are at a loss to under
stand, and that is why the Time;:, in one ot its
ponderously dull editorials, ins sts upon a
union between the Republicans a.id Anti-Tam
manyites, and why that journal, even in ad
vance, goes so far as to declare that any Re
publican opposed to that sort of coalition, was
an enemy to his party. Such talk i.< the merest
twaddle—rubbish not worth listening to. The
Republicans of New York will refuse to act as
oats-paws for the Deinoarats who a Tammany
Hall has discarded.
HARMONIOUS REPUBLICANS.
Harmony and concord reigned among the
Republican delegates at Saratoga. Let the
same spirit prevail among all tho members of
the party during the eventful campaign that
has been so auspiciously opened. Let all pri
vate animosities, all petty jealousies bo buried
daring the impending momentous political
struggle. Let ns only bear in mind that vic
tory is now within our grasp if we meet the
Democratic hosts as one man. Our triumph in
November would inaugurate a new era in the
history ot the United States. It would scatter
to the winds all the reprobates and idiots clam
oring for an inflation of the currency, and for
dishonoring the good name of tho country. It
would amazingly strengthen the hands of our
foully assailed Administration, it would be a
wholesome lesson to Southern fire-eaters, and
reasonably secure a Republican triumph at the
Presidential election in 18S0. Let us make the
very strongest nominations for Congress and
for the Assembly, and that without unnecessary
delay. Xf the Democrats postpone their nomi
nations, let us pay no attention to them. Our
candidates should forthwith take the stump,
and expound tha noble principles of our Sara
toga platform. What can tho ridiculous argu
ments of the Greenbackers avail against them ?
Or the fraud platform of the wrangling, brawl
ing, discordant Democracy?
A DISAPPOINTED STATESMAN.
Poor Prince Bismarck has sulkily retired to
Varzin. It is certainly more agreeable to hunt
deer and hares in the beech and oak forest of
that quiet the Baltic t'. an to quarrel
with a hostile majority in the German Parlia
ment, and to have all one’s pet schemes of pub
lic policy mercilessly voted down. Bismarck’s
antl-Socislist bill has met with this unpleasant
fate, and its virtual defeat has naturally exas
perated the great Chancellor. The truth is
that that anti-Socialist bill contained many too
oppressive features. At first, under tho excite
ment produced by the crimes of Hoedel and
Nobiling, there was a good prospect of tho bill
being promptly passed as soon as the new Par
liament met. But, since it was ascertained be
yond a doubt that those two bloodthirsty
scoundrels had absolutely no accomplices what
ever, even Conservative voices were raised
Against the adoption of the law. It must be
certainly gratifying to the whole German nation
that no organized band of political assassins
existed in its midst. The fortunate discovery
of this fact has saved that country from a ma
terial abridgement pf its liberties..
e ATHLETICS IN COLLEGES.
ry The young gentlemen who are attending col
lege are beginning their studies for the season,
and it would be well for them to keep in mind
53 the fact that their principal duty as collegians
is to acquire learning, not to become noted
athletes. We believe in collegians taking all
manner of healthy exercise, and think they
should take all means of acquiring strength,
and at the same time that they should not neg-
• loot study. Ot late years too much honor has
been paid by even professors of our seats of
learning to those who have proven themselves
exports at the oar, while too little has been
shown to those who have won honors by their
attention to their studies. This is wrong, and
cannot but in the end prove injurious to the
students, and may, possibly, bring the institu
tions of learning into esntempt.
Healthy exercise does not mean running
, n foot-races at the highest rate of speed for king
i; distances, lifting heavy weights, or rowing
? e races. Indeed, we doubt if those d> net injure
r the health of a dozen young men where they
aid that of one. These are all violent exercises,
requiring too great an expenditure of muscular
power on the part of very young mon, some of
whom have not reached anything like maturity
in physical development, and violent exercises
are not healthful even for the matured. So
shrewd an observer as Wilkie Collins pointed
out this fact in his novel of “ Man and Wife.”
We remember a gymnasium in this city where
those who became the most expert gymnasts
were tho shortest lived. In their anxiety to
excel they injured their constitutions. Beside
the violent exercise attending foot and boat
racing, there is also intense excitement of the
brain, which is no more beneficial to tho mind
than the former is to the body, and should be
most carefully avoided bv students, especially
- those of phlegmatic temperament.
If gymnastics are to become a part of eur
( college exercises they should be put tinder con
trol of men who have knowledge sufficient to
enable them to judge to what length each stu
dent’s physique will permit him to go without
j injury, and all racing should be prohibited, as
the parents who send their sons to college, and
bear, what is too often a severe strain on their
finances, the expense of their tuition, do not
want them to turn out champion runners, boat
pullers, or athletes of any kind. If that was
their desire they could get their wish in a
much cheaper way. What our colleges should
g do for the students, if they acted'wisely, would
be to turn them out mon of solid learning, of
j good morals, of manliness, fearless rectitude,
•> and lit to take their fair part in the b i ttle of life—
in fact, fit to be the leaders ot men not only in
intellectual but industrial pursuits. The man
j who either knows but bow to row a boat er to
mumble a little Latin or Greek is likely to be
. f shoved to the wall by men ot more practical il
3 less elegant knowledge.
3 THE DEMOCRATIC STATE CONVENTION.
i The Democratic State Convention, at Syra
-1 cns'e, passed off in striking contrast with the
a Republican Convention at Saratog i. Tho pro-
- ceedings of tho latter were conduc.el through
-1 out with gentlemanly dignity, while rowdyism
f and blackguardism were prevalent at Syracuse,
i The conduct of ex-Senator Laning, temporary
? chairman of the Democratic Convention, was
i partial, mean and disgraceful. His brazen rul-
■ ings in favor of Tammany Hall clearly indicated
t the close alliance ot the Canal Rm - with Tam
many Hall. But after all John Kelly did not
1 accomplish his purpose, which was to deal Mr.
• Tilden a stunning blow, and to u .terly shelve
s him as far as the nomination for the Presi
’ dencyin 1880 was concerned. All that Kelly was
! able to do was to defeat the Auti-Tammany
3 crowd. In consequence, tho real result of tlie
t Convention was only to render tho local split
■ between the two Democratic factions in this
t city more hopeless than over. The Anti-Tam-
■ manyites will now be more anxious than prior
to tho Syracuse Convention to form a coalition
1 with the Republicans in regard to the munici
f pal ticket. As both Tammanyites and Anti-
• Tammanyites will vote for tho candidates nom
, inated at Syracuse for the Judgeship of the
3 Court of Appeals, we express the earnest hope
■ that tho Republicans give the Anti-Tammany
i ites a very wide berth. We need not repeat
! what wo have said in former issues of the
Dispatch about the treachery of the Anti-
Tammanyites toward our party in 1877. The
Republicans of New York are now in a splen
did condition to make a successful fight for
t the recovery of the State, and they should strug
. gle the more earnestly for this, as the platform
i adopted at Syracuse contains some outrageous
planks. Especially false and impudent is what
i the platform says about the obsolete “fraud’
■ business. For this alone the Democracy of
New York deserve an overwhelming defeat.
How Rufus W. Peckham, who is a respectable,
• man, could lend himself to report so mendacious
■ a plank we are at a loss to understand. The
only redeeming feature of the Democratic plat
form is the financial plank, which is quite
1 sound, and not “rotten to the core,” as Otten-
■ dorfer’s Staats Zeilunj foolishly declares. The
■ Democrats of New York evidently have no very
■ high idea of the Greenback Labor Reform Par
-1 ty. They deserve credit for this, the more
' so as it seems quite probable that the Green-
■ backers will draw their principal strength from
I the ranks ot the Democracy.
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AUSTRIAN MENDACITY.
i When the Austrian Emperor, Francis Joseph
i on the afternoon of the disastrous battle of Sa-
• dowa, in the Summer of 186 S, reached the first
. telegraph station, he sent the following despair-
■ ing dispatch to h:s wife :
i “My whole army has run away. It is an ut
terly-disorganized, panic-stricken mob. Vienna
is at the mercy of the enemy. Take the chil
’ dren and flee with them to Pesth.”
The Vienna cabinet ministers, by proclama
tion, admitted likewise tho magnitude of the
disaster, and the people of the capital were
paralyzed with terror and despair. At that
time the Austrian Government told the truth,
3 but now its reports about the occupation of
3 Bosnia are utterly untrustworthy and evi
f dently mendacious, the chief object of the
t ministry apparently being to allay popular dis-
- content by lying dispatches about Austrian
I victories. At the beginning of last week the
1 official telegrams from Vienna reported that all
• organized resistance on the part of the Bos
-3 nians had ceased, and that the so-called insur
i rection was virtually at an end. And now we
3 are informed that the whole host of the Bos
f nians is concentrating at Novi Bazar, where it
• occupies a most formidable position, and that
t the Austrian army is compelled, on account of
t the inclement weather, which has already set
r in, and of tho difficulty of obtaining sufficient
t provisions, to make a retrograde movement 1
I Now this simply means that Gen. Philippovitch
3 has obtained no real successes during the whole
3 of the campaign, that he has rashly and reck
l lessly advanced into a country of mountain
! fastnesses, and that a single important victory
■ of the Bosnians will compel the Austrian army
’ to evacuate the province entirely.
, What a strange light all this throws upon the
- blindness of the Austrian government in lend-
- ing a willing ear te the tempting suggestions
‘ of the German Chancellor, and how strikingly
• it displays the imbecility of the Austrian gen
erals! The truth is the whole old Hapsburg
monarchy is rotten to the core, and a deserved
retribution now overtakes it for its past mis-
> deeds.
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f ENGLAND’S PERIL.
1 The British Government, whilepretending to
- adopt a policy of energetic hostility against the
- defiant Ameer of Afghanistan, is in reality hesi
-3 tating as to the proper course to pursue under
t the circumstances. A war in those remote moun-
- tamous countries is no child’s play for a Europe
s an power, as England found out 'to her cost
> mere than forty years ago; and no modern im-
- provements ot warfare justify the belief that
1 British soldiers could capture Cabul without
1 enormous sacrifices. Hence the English Gov-
- ernment has deemed it prudent to call upon
- to recall Immediately from the capital of
y the bellicose Ameer, its wily emissary, who is
- not unjustly believed to be at the bottom of the
I whole trouble. For a long time past it has
e been believed by careful observers of Eastern
a politics that Russia, at an early day, would do
s its best to involve England in serious trouble
y in Asia. What is now happening in Afghanis
,- tan confirms this belief, and there is reason to
Vclioye toai Bussla will ppi Umely yjejdl tp
British threats on thia occasion. Lord Bea
consfield’s prestige has not increased since the
adjournment of the Congress of Berlin. If ho
J should commence blustering again, he will
} probably meet with less attention at the hands
I of Russia than he did in the early part of the
I late year. The diplomatists of Russia have
7 probably been astute enough to cover up their
tracks, so far as Afghanistan is concerned, and
. they will assume a very innocent air when
j called to account by the British Government.
f ROSCOE CONKLING.
}
j We have been no unqualified admirers of Sen
ator Roscoe Conkling. We have often bad
[ occasion to animadvert upon bis peculiar meth
-5 ods of maintaining his ascendancy in our great
. State. Hence, it affords us the most sincere
pleasure to express our admiration for the
r splendid oration which the Senator delivered at
, the Saratoga Convention. In that remarkable
, address, which cannot but add greatly to the
j fame of Mr. Conkling as a sagacious statesman,
r a brilliant speaker, and a truo patriot, he point
ed out in the most convincing and most un
answerable manner ths ground which tho Re-
» publican party should occupy in this moment
ous crisis of our national affairs. To maintain
intact the credit and good faith of the country
( at all hazards, and at any cost, no matter what
noisy demagogues may say, to plant ourselves
• firmly upon sound hard money principles, and
to demand the preservation of equal rights for
all citizens in the Southern States ; such is the
, paramount duties of the Republican party at
the present time. Mr. Conkling, in his speech,
; set forth these great principles with ccnsum mate
skill and irresistible power. By so doing he has
not only promoted his own glory, but deserved
the thanks of all intelligent, thoughtful and
patriotic Americans.
Mimi
ar w w . —
Is He Crazy ?— Mr. Oswald Otten
dsrler’a recent vagaries in the Stalls Zeitung
justify the question, “Is he crazy?” After
calling for months the Greenbackers all sorts of
hard names, he seriously suggested m Thurs
day’s issue of his paper if it might not be best,
after all, to vote their ticket in order to accel
erate a thorough regeneration of bath parties.
On Friday Ottendorfer praised tho Republicans
enthusiastically, and called the finanoieil plank
of the Democratic State platform “rotten to
the core;” and on Saturday he naively expressed
his surprise that no other journal io this city
had made that wonderful discovery except the
Staats Zeitung. Ottendorfer has a regeneration
of parties on the brain, and preaches day after
day about it with parrot-like dullness. What
ideas the large circle of Germans woo read no
other paper than the Staats Zeitung. under the
latter’s stupid teaching, may form about our
national politics we are at a loss to understand.
Thar paper needs a regeneration and an infu
sion of a little sense worse than an thing else.
Under its present management, it u not worth
reading.
Poob Voorhees.—The sun of that
great luminary of our politics, Daniel Webster
Voorhees, of Indiana, seems to be about set
ting. Well, we think it was about high time
for the people of Indiana to relegate to ob
scurity such arrant demagogues as Voorhees
and Blue Jeans Williams. ’The latier’s fate is
sealed. He has been detected in selling cattle
to tho State government at exorbitant prices,
and that is an offense for which the farmers of
Indiana, to whom he is indebted for his elec
tion, will never forgive him. As for Voorhees,
it is amusing to say that the very adherents of
tho greenback spectre, which he conjured up,
are irreconcilably hostile to him. That is a
very just retribution, no matter what Henry
Watterson, who- clamors in double-leaded edi
torials m the Louisville Courier-Journal for
Voorhees’ election, may say.
Assembly Nominees. — Republicans 1
in making nominations for Assemblymen, do
not ask if the best and most popular man you
can select is a Conkling or Administration man.
Ask yourselves if he is a steadfast Republican,
an honest man, and popular with the voters ;
and if the answer is in the affirmative, nominate
him. Wo must have control of the Assembly if -
possible. Let us defer Conkling and Anti-
Conkiing, Administration and Anti-Administra
tion contests until after the election. The loss
of the Assembly means the loss to the Repub
licans of a United States Senator. Tho Repub
licans who would endanger the election of a Re
publican successor to Conkling—whether it be
the Senator himself or another—in consequence
of personal feeling, is not a true, loyal, nor
faithful partisan.
A Poon Opening. —The theatrical sea
son throughout Germany has opened in a most
unpromising manner. This is true of all of
the prominent court theatres as well as of the
minor stages to be found in almost every town
and village of the fatherland. The same would
be the case in France, but for the Paris Expo
sition which has drawn such vast numbers of
strangers to the metropolis. The pause ot this
stagnation of the theatrical business in those
two countries is the fact that business is re
covering very slowly, and that meuey there is
scarcer than in the United States. During the
flush times ptevailing after the Franco-Garman
war in Germany the theatres were flourishing,
in France they were not. Now they are worse
in Germany than in France.
Butler’s Poor Prospects. —This ar
rant demagogue has evidently ma le no pro
gress in his ambitious schemes during the past
few weeks. The refusal of the real Democratic
State Convention at Massachusetts to endorse
bis candidature was unquestionably a serious
blow to his aspirations, and tho decline of the
Greenback movement has caused him to make
a change of base, and to devote himself exclu
sively to the discussion of State issues, is an
other confession of weakness. We have never
believed that the State of Massachusetts would
disgrace itself by placing such a man as Benja
min F. Butler in its executive chair. The signs ,
of the times are auspicious. There seems to be
no prospect of Butler’s ambition being grati
fied.
New York Beer in Europe. —A great
many of our New York brewers are naturally
anxious to find a market for their beer in Eu
rope. We wish them all success in their laud- 1
able ambition, but we desire to draw their at- 1
tention to one fact, and that is that only such '
of them as brew pure and unadulterated beer 1
can expect a permanent market for their pro
ductions in the Continental countries where
most malt liquor is consumed. All beers there '
are scientifically analyzed, and persons selling '
an adulterated article are criminally pun- '
ished. That is exceedingly proper, and if there
are in New York brewers that drug their beer 1
let them be warned in time. i
The Court of Appeals.—The Repub- (
lican candidate for Judge of the Court of Ap- (
peals, George F. Danforth, is a lawyer of ;
unquestioned ability and learning, and a gentle- ,
man of spotless reputation. He is well known 1
to the people of the State, having been a candi- i
date on our State ticket before, and though at
the time his record was scrutinized with severely
critical eyes, nothing was found to mar its ex- 1
cellence in the slightest. We should elect none 1
but tho purest men to the Court of Appeals. 1
George F. Danforth is fit to sit in the company of 1
the purest and ablest men on any bench. !
Dr. Petermann.—The death of this ’
truly great geographer is a serious loss to sci
ence all over the world. He died prematurely i
in consequence of his incessant application to
the advancement of his favorite science. Dr. ,
Petermann was in many respects a most re- (
markable and wonderful man. He was, in fact, ,
a living geographical cyclopedia. There was (
no place on the face of the globe whose loca- ,
tion, population and peculiarities were not well
known to him. His death will be widely de
plored in every civilized country in the world. '
A Vigorous Canvass.—The Rapubli- ■
cans of the Seventh Congressional District 1
New Jersey, are preparing for a vigorous cam- 1
paign. Hon. James Gopsell, formerly Mayor of 1
Jersey City, is being urged to accept the nomi
nation for Congress. He is an uncompromising i
Republican) and Jhe.natipßal. '
conventions of 1868 and 1872. He has always
been reluctant to accept nominations for elect
ive offices, but it is believed he will consent to
, have his name used m tho coming campaign.
Best Thread for Sewing Machines.—
The jurors at the Paris Exposition agree with
the judges of the Centennial, and decide that it
is the “ Willimantic.” It appears from the As
sociated Brass dispatches, and from the lists of
awards published in the Paris newspapers, that
the jury on cotton textiles, yarns and thread at
the Universal Exposition, have singled out tho
Willimantic Company, of Hartford, Conn., for a
special distinction. They have decreed to that
company a gold medal and the grand prize for
* 'spool cotton especially adapted for use on sew
ing machines.** Out of more than fifty thous
and medals and awards, there were only one
hundred grand prizes, and, although all the
great thread manufacturers of the world com
peted, the Willimantic Company alone receives
the grand prize for spool cotton. This action
of the Paris jury agrees with the opinion of
tho judges of our Centennial Exposition, who
decreed a medal, and strongly commended the
Willimantic thread for its surpassing excel
lence. But perhaps the most significant in
dorsement ot this spool cotton is that by the
sowing machine manufacturers and operators
themselves. Mora than fifty of them, after
having used the Willimantic thread on their
machines during the Philadelphia and Paris
Expositions, on all kinds of work, have signed
certificates declaring that the Willimantic is
tne *• best thread they have ever used on sewing
machines, on account of its strength, evenness,
elasticity, finish and beautiful shades of color.*'
The concurrent opinion of so many experts
ought no longer to leave any room for doubt as
to which thread is tho best for sewing ma
chines. . It is not of British or foreign manu
facture, but an American product, and made at
the Willimantic Mills.
atttl
A TERRIBLE NIGHT.
We arrived home tired out, the other night,
and determined to hive a good night’s rest.
We went to bed early, and had just dozed off
when wo beard a singing. It was not like an
gel’s voices, nor yet did it resemble the melli
fluous notes of the evanescent Thomas. It
came from the throats of a small band of ani
mals of the mosquito gender, and they were
evidently holding a convention or mass meet
ing.
After the meeting had been called to order,
the temporary chairman took his seat on our
nose. We determined to break up the meet
ing, although wo are in favor of working men.
We don’t believe in working them in that way.
We mashed at him with our open hand. If we
hadn’t been there we’d have sworn that some
body had hit us with a biick.
The chairman changed his seat to a point
immediately under our eye, and again we ob
jected. Again we were hit with a brick. I# a
second the restless leader got on our nose. We
made a swipe at him. Then there was a yell.
We had knocked the baby up against its moth
er’s head, and she got right out ot bad and sat
on the trunk and cried.
We arose, lighted our candle (we don’t use
gas, because we’re afraid baby will blow it out
some night—baby is nearly a year old), and
hunted around the room for nearly an hour, but
we couldn’t find even a mosquito’s eyelash.
We supposed that they had all flown out of
tho window, and we blow out tho dip and
again retired. We hadn’t been in bed a second
when the meeting was again opened. The next
time we came down on the mosquito our wife’s
nose got under our hand and almost broke it.
Then there was more yell.
We had heard that mosquitoes were not par
tial to smoke, and we arose and lit a cigar.
If they were not partial to smoke they were
certainly not afraid of it, for as quick as a tail
could wag its dog they surrounded the fumar
and tried to get it away from us. When they
ascertained that wo were the strongest one, of
them sat onthelitghted end and laughed, and a
big bull mosquito raised a point of order in our
ear.
Things were becoming unbearable, and we
jumped out of bed, grabbed wbat we supposed
to be a quilt and started for the parlor sofa.
They must have run ahead of us, for they got
there before we did. They began to serenade
us and sang all the latest hymns.
Then we got under the cover. The night was
warm and we soon felt as if we had gone to
sleep in a reservoir. Heavens, how we per
spired I Aha 1 a happy thought 1 We would
cut a breathing skylight in the quilt and then
baffle the dastards. We did so. In less time
than it takes to tell of it fourteen billions of
them were on our nose playing cribbage. In
two seconds there was a nose as big as a mock
orange in bed with us. Then we got up. put
on our clothes, and studied astronomy all night
from the back stoop.
Next morning our wife started for her
mother’s on the first train. Instead of cutting
a hole in the quilt we had perforated her cam
el’s hair shawl in sixteen places. She bad a
black eye, and we have to get on a chair in or
der to get our meals under our nose.
SMALL CHANG 3.
We are in receipt of a piece of poetry
entitled “Darling May.” It runs after this
style, and its autnor is Alfred Tennyson Socks:
“ Meet me in the gloaming, Darling May,
On the afternoon of Saturday,
■We’ll together have a pleasant time,
And together read this little rhyme;
Nobody shall see what we will do,
Nobody excepting me and you;
We will taih of nothing ’eepting love
As we watch the little stars above.”
Ah! go drown yourself. What are yoij giving
us ? How are you going to look at tho stars on
Saturday afternoon or on any other afternoon,
for that matter ? We’ll bet four dollars and a
half to a brass monkey that you don’t know
what a “gloaming” is. It’s some kind of a
house, ain’t it ? You must think that “ Darling
May” must be a mush-head to wander through
a furlong of poetry of which the aoovo is the
be?t verse. Why don’t you get a position as
driver of a dirt cart, and not spoil respectable
paper with such bowlings? We print tbo above
lines to inform May’s old man where there’ll be
good gunning on Saturday afternoon, and if
Alfred Tennyson Socks anymore such stuff into
this office, we’ll make him prove it.
Oub cat crawled through the stovepipe
of our cooking-stove, one day last week, and
didn’t ascertain that she had got into the wrong
pew until she had arrived at the top layer of
fire. When she backed out sbe hadn’t any tail
worth mentioning, and some of her other clothes
were missing. Whenever anybody lights a
match around the house now, she puts a fur off
look on and takes a trip to the cellar, and we
don’t get a look cat her for several days.
The time is fast approaching when the
festive watermelon will be far, far away, and
instead of having the cramps the city youth
will be gracefully gliding ovor the icy surface
of some duck pond, and bo whispering loads
of lies into the ear of tho object of bis youthful
adoration. And then ne will come house with his
pants split all the way up to the part in the
back of his hair, and a gash in his cheek as
long as the twenty-second of June.
“Mbs. Eliza Brown, an Albany wo
man, left home last Winter because her hus
band refused to purchase her a set ot iurs, and
has not returned since. Her husband, who is
a farmer, hasn’t done a stroke el work since,
and it is feared that his reason has departed.”
Oh, no 1 He’s only made up his mind to drop
the fur-til-’Liza returns.
We are surprised to hear that Mr.
Goodaxe, of Troy, has climbed the golden stair.
We have always, even from infancy, labored un
der the impression that good acts could never
die. Maybe the compositor made a mistake,
and the man’s name was Broadax, or Hatchet,
or Carving knife, or some such sharp and cutting
name.
The Eagle asks, in a head line “ Who
own John Haley’s property ?” We suppose and
wore just about to state that it belonged to
John Haley. Bat upon second thought, and
rather than hurt anybody’s feelings, or make
any disturbance, we’ll condescend to take it, in
asmuch as it’s only worth about $5,000.
“Nothing but leaves,” as the butcher
said when ho saw Ja dog going down street
' yvith a kniiclde-bpae of pig ahead of him.
| When you cannot go to sleep a good
way to summon Morpheus is to obtain a Web.
ster’s Unabridged Directionary, and count all
the words. Try it. If at first you don’t suc
ceed, try, try again. It is sure to bring on the
desired result in time, and all that is required
is a little patience.
Newspaper editors are great institu
tions. One of them down street recently,
merely because ho got full, kicked over the
chairs and tables and fired a spittoon through
the window. Some mon are awfully precise.
A faib for the benefit of the yellow
fever sufferers is to be held in Brooklyn, at
which kisses are to be sold at 25 cents apiece.
Tho Brooklyn girls are; notoriously pretty and
we hare a press ticket.
“ The House of Blazes ” is said to be
kept by a woman named Hol-en. From this
we imp-ly that tho devil is pretty generally
raised there. Has this been Satan any.othei
paper ?
We all loved little Mike,
But ha mads a heavenly slrUe
Yoaterueoa.
He had tbo meningitis,
And now the little boat is
Near the mso.i.
The Greenwich street elevated railroad
track is rather shaky. Is this any reason why
people should speak of it as rotten instead of
rapid transit,
Charley Ross hasn't boon found in
nearly a year. Where are tho detectives ?
Ring the bell gently there s scrape al
tho door. Conductors take notion.
Who knows Bill Board ?
M UNIOAL.
Steinway Hall. —Wilhblmj Concerts.
—Herr August Wilholmj, ono of the greatest of liv
ing musicians, and, in the opinion ot many, tha
very greatest violinist of tbo day, made big Ameri
can debut cn Thursday evening, at Steinway Hall,
before ono of the most critical and select of au
diences, and his guccegg wag complete, pronounced
and immediate as any we have ever witnessed. Per
haps one-half of those present were, in some way or
other, connected with the musical by profes
sion, the remainder being people ot decidedly high
musical tastes and knowledge. An ovation was ac
corded the distinguished, artist on his appearance,
and so great was the expression of welcome that it
was some minutes 1 e ora he could proceed. Hig
first performance was of Paganini’s “Concerto in
D” (first movement), a most delicate and difficult
piece of instrumentation, abounding in all sorts of
varied movements, and on y capable of effeetiva
treatment at the hands of a master. Such, however,
Wilhelmj proved’h mself at once to be. and after lia
tening with patience and delight to his mar
velous playing of the piece, his hearers
actually were frantic in their expressions of
admirat on and deiight. There wis no affec
tation about ether the man or the artist, but
the greatness of tho latter at oace asserted itself by
the combined ease and perfect on of his playing.
A.nother furore was created by his performance of a
paraphrase by himself on Walther’s “Preisfiel,**
from Wagner’s “ Meistersinger,” aud this was still
further increased by his playing of one of Bach’s
airs and the “Airs Hongrois” of Ernst, the excite
ment and enthus'asm being und minished to the
end. There was but one opinion as to his position
among violinists, and that was, at the very top of
the list. He was assisted by the accomplished pi
anist, Mme. Julia Rive-King, who played splendidly
the first movement of Beethoven’s concerto in C
minor, a cadenza by Reinlcke, a prelude and fugue
by Haberbier and Guillmant, axil Miss Kate L.
James, soprano—a rich-voiced, pleasing vocalist—
sang Verdi’s “Ernani Involami” and the jewel song
from Gounod’s “Faust” with great eject. The or
chestra was conducted by Dr. Leopold Bamrosch,
and was in every respect a superior ono.
Herr Wilhelmj’s next grand cons ri will be given
at Steinway Hall on Wednesday evening.
Steinway Hall—Marie Rozj-Maple
son Concerts. —The musical season will ba o pened
in rare style to-morrow evening, at Steinway Hall,
when the first of a ser.es of grand operatic combi
nation concerts will be given by the Marie Roze-
Mapleson great company. The grand orchestra,
under the direction of Mr. (3. Cirlberj, will per
form the overture to Cherubim’s “Anacreon,” and
Mendelssohn’s grand march from “Athalia.” Mr«
Ferdinand Ducken, the famous pianist, will play,
with orchestral accompaniment, Mendelssohn’s
second concerto in D minor, bis own “Canon eu
forme de Marche,” and Padre Martini’s Gavotte
(1706-1784), with original intermediate movement
of his own composition. Mr. Lou’.s Blumenberg
will give, as a solo for the violoncello, Servai’s “O
Cara Memoria,” a fantasia with variations. Mme.
Marie Roze, the prima donna of the troupe, will sing
‘•Robert toi que j’aime,” from Mendelsson’s “Rob
ert Le Diable;” Arditi’s waltz song, “ L’Arditia,”
composed especially for the late Mlle. Titiens, and
with Signor Brigaod.a daetfrom Donzetti’s A “Don
Pasquale.” Signor Brignoli, who has been long
absent, will reappear, singing Arditi’s romance,
“ Cold Nativi Ct ri,” from “Lo Spia,” and “Salva
Dinora,” from Gounod’s “Faust.” Mr, William
Carleton, the popular English baritone, giving
Barri’s song, “ L’Ombra delta Croce,” (“The Shad
ow of the Cross”). This programme, it will at once
be seen, is immensely rich and should attract a
large gathering of New York lovers of operatic mu
sic. The prices will be popular, one dollar for ad
mission, reserved seats fifty cents extra. They
can be procured at Steinway Hall, Schirmer’s, No.
701 Bread w a y, Schuberth and Pond’s music stores,
Uaion Square, and Bullman’s Ticket Office, No. 11l
Broadway. ..
Steinway Hall—Operatic Concerts.
—The Alhaiza Opera Concert Company, under the
direction of Mr. Rudman, will begin their season in
the United States at Steinway Hal!, on Oct. 14th.
As a preliminary to their first appearance, tho
management announce what is aptly termed an
“audition musicale,” at the same place, on Tues
day evening next, to which the press, the leading
musicians of New York and representatives of our
best society have been invited. The company is an
exceptionally strong one, and if we are to judge
from the criticisms of the foreign press, is destined
to created a decided sensation. Mme. Aline Al
haiza, the soprano of the troupe, is reputed to pos
sess a voice of the purest and most flexible quality,
and has the added advantages of youth and beauty.
Mlle. Tomasi has a mezzo-soprano voice of exquisita
pur.ty, and is, like Mme. Alhaiza, a laureate of the
Royal Conservatory of Brussels. Signor Luberti,
the tenor, and Signor Boniveri, the baritone, are
spoken of in the highest terms by the European
press, while Franz Runmel, the pianist, brings with
him the reputation of an artist of the first rank.
The company will supplement their season in New
York by an extended tour throughout the country.
Gilmore’s Garden.—The grand bene
fit given in aid of tho yellow-fever sufferers at Gil
more’s Garden on Monday evening was completely
successful, both in an artistic and a financial sense,
the place being crow led and tho sum realized near
ly SIO,OOO. 'lhe attractions included the perform
ance, by Dodworth’s band, of A. Dodworth’s march,
“Our Home Guard,” selections from Bristow’s
“Rip Van Winkle,” and Bishop’s serenade, “Sleep,
Gentle Lady;” by Thomas’s orchestra of Wagner’s
overture to “Rienzi,” Raff’s march movement and
Leonore symphony, Vieuxtemp’s “Fantasie Ca
price,” and Strauss’s waltz, “ Publicstein;” and by
Grafulla’s band, of selections from “L’Africaine,”
and a bouquet of popular airs by the director, Mr e
W. C. Bowen, of the band, playing, as a cornet solo.
Levy’s “Maud” waltz. Mlle. Ima di Murska re
appeared, afvO? an absence of many years, and
aroused the audience by her singing of Giorza’s
waltz, “Per Sempra,” in response to the applause
for which, she followed with “Luce di quest an
ima,” and again with “The Last Rose of Summer.”
Signor Tagliapietn smg in his very best manner
Faure’s “Las Ramoaux,” and Mr. J. Levy played,
to immense applause, h’.s “Alex s” aud other airs.
On Tuesday evening, in addition to an orchestral
programme, Signor Tagliapietra sang Ala a’s song, '
“Noel,” and ou Wednesday the annual Fall exhib
ition of tne New York Historical Society was opened,
continuing day and evening over Thursday and
Friday. The display was most beautiful and inter
esting.
The farewell performance of the season was given
last night, when Mr. Thomas’s orchestra gave a
grand programme of instrumental music, and Miss
Sallie Reber and Signor Tagliapietra were the vocal
ists. At one A. M. to-morrow morning the noted
pedestrian, Daniel O’Leary, of Chicago, and John
Hughes, of this city, will commence their great six
days’ walking-match for a purse of SI,OOO. There
will be music day and night during the week, by
Leopoldt’s military band.
Crook’s Band Concert. — The last
grand open air concert of the season was given by •
Crook’s famous Amateur Cornet Baud, at the Mall,
Central Park, on Friday evening. The crowd was
a very large one, andi the music of the talented
amateurs was listened to with attention and thor
oughly enjoyed. The selections included George
Wiegand’s quick step, “Calico;” medley, “1877,”
and College airs; Titt’s overture, “Dor Tambour
Der Garde;” Pesch’s gavtote, “SeoretJLoyej”
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