Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 26, 1873, Page 5

THE CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE: SUNDAY, JANUARY 26, 187 AMUSEMENTS. Review of Drawatic and Musi- cal Events. . “Kerry"” and “The Phantom” at McVicker's. Mr. and DMrs. Albaugh Engaged at Aiken’s. _" Attractions.at the Academy, Myers', * Hixon’, and the Globe. g THE DRAMA. - “Thesecond yeek of the engagement of Mr. “apd Mrs, Boucicanlt and 'Shiel Barry at McVick- er's Theatro has been only modorately success- fal in point of attendsnco, though the quality of the entertsinment offered might reasonebly be axpected to call out an unusually large patron- ige. For the first three nights tho bill consisted of a short farce, followed by Mrs. Boucicault in one of the most charming of chasactorsin * Milly, ‘the Maid with the Milking Pail,” and concluding with “Kerry,”. Mr. Boucicault’s masterpiece, “both in construction and action—his most suc- ~cesaful effort 88 & dramatist, and his best imper- sonation a8 an -actor. Tho illness of MMrs. Boucicsult during the last three nights necessitated the withdrawal of “Milly” and tho substitution of “Arah-na- Pogue,” with Miss Julis Blake 18 Arrah, a part which she essayed 60 successfully that in nany cases tho change was not perceived. A gentleman, who eupposed he was spesking of Agues Robertson, was overheard to remark: <« How well ghe bears her nge. She really looks younger than she did fifteen years ago.” _ Tor this week there is to be a mixture of at- tractions, and between the two all sorts of tastes hould be suited. | The parformance will begin - with “Kerry,” affcrding one hour of the most delightful enjoyment, and after it comes the celobrated drama of ' The Phantom,” the most weird, thrilling, and intensely sensational of all Mr. Boucicauli's plays. Anideaof the charac- ter of the pieco may be derived from the cast and the eynopsis of scenery aund incidents, which are appended : PERIOD, 1645, -Dion Boucicanlt ‘Scene 1—The * Hoslelry of Bethgelet,” time of Crom- well's desth—Lucy PeversVs Tryst—The Mountain Btorm—How she found a noble escort fo the ruins of Raby—The Terrible Mysteries of tho old Castle. -Scene 2—Tho Ruins of Raby Castle—Camping Out— Waiting for Roland—The Supper—Lord Alfred’s Ghost Blory—Tho Arrival of {be Birangor.The History of 1l Lords of Raby—The party éeek repodo for the night—Lucy and the Puritan—Tho Double AMurder— Tho Oath—Tableau, The Pexks of Snowdonl The Body of the Puritan expossd to the frst Tays of the ‘Rusing Moon that touch tho Earth. ACT I—PERIOD, 1750, ~Dion Bouelcault -Agne Scene 1—Hall of Raby (Iately restored)— Arrival of Colonel Baby and His Nephew—The Heirass and Her Strange Physician—The Claimant—Her Rival vers. Scenc 3—The Armory. Dr. Rees Discovers a Strango ‘Proscription—The Defection of the Phantom, Scene 3—The Library, The Spell—The Challenge —The Phantom Defeated. Scene 4—The Mountain Tops. The Duel—The Doom of the Phantom. » AIEET'S THEATRE. “Poverty Fiat; or, California in 49" & dramatization by J. J. McCloskey from Bret Harte's poems, is to be the _attraction this week 2t Aiken's ‘Theatro, with Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Albaugh in the leading roles, and with Measrs. Lawlor, Mordaunt, Howland, Pierce, Deanc, etc., in the cast. The piece will be given with extra attention to its ecenic ::&mxamenm, and among other fine stago effects will bo & stream of “:fig;‘luing from the extreme height of the i Afmes and her opera bouffe company are to give a special matincenext Wednesdsy afternoon at Aiken's, stopping over on their way from Mil- waukee to Cincinnati. - “Perichole” will be the opcrs. G HOOLEY'S OPERA HOUSE. % ‘With the sensational drama holding the boards ot the other theatres, it will be refreshing to Icarn that comedy, pure and unadulterated, and of the finost description, is to be offered at Hoo- ley's. ‘1t is to be a Dillon and Cline week, with the former in his great roles of Paul Pryand Wellington de Boots, and the “latter in the rol- icking specialties which have made her such a favorite. On Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday Dights, and at the Wednesday matinee, tho_bill i be ¢ Panl Pry” and a popular farce, and for thorest of the weok, .including the Saturday matinée, * Everybody's Friend,” preceded by a farce. - - - ! MYERS' OFERA FOUSE. g With the exception of “‘Arrahi-no-Brogue,” sn entirely cew pro e is announced at Myers' Qpéra House, including = firat part full of taste- 1ol ballads and entertaining comicalities ; and, in tho second part, Mackin and Wilson in their own peculiar line of songs and dances; ‘& vocal uartette by Surridge, Lang, Tyrrell, and Sayno; “Tho Black Pockst-Book By Kemble, Arfington, and Cotton ; o banjo solo by Clarence Burton, one of the cleverest of boy performers; “ Blinks and Jinks,”- by Rice, Arlington, Sur- ridge, and Fostelle ; and ¢ Arrah-no-Brogue " at the last, with its beautiful scenery, the prettiest, of its kind, ever displayed in Chicago. - - ACADEMY OF MUSIC. A dramatization of Charles Lever's famous “slory, “ Charles O'Malley, the Irish Dragoon,” to be produced at the Acadomy of Music this week, in & stylo of remarkable eplendor, i we msy judge from the announcements mado, and from the fact that there have been engaged- for the ocoasion Mr, James A. Herne, Miss Louisg Bylvester, Harry Montague, and the entire corps of Mulligan's “Zouaves. - Preparttion for this’ event hag been making for_soveral wecks past, e are promised somo beattifal scenery by Ineder, Hodges, and White, musical arrange- ments by . ‘George Laesch, etc. The dramatization of the novel is by Edward Fal- coner, Egq., of London, where it enjoyed a run of oue thousand nights. -It.was subsequently brought out in splendid stylo at-Fisk's Grand Opere House, New York, where, dlso, it created & genuine hit. It is now to be produced for the &ocond timo in America, the design being to make 1t the event of the season. * Next week, Miss Carlotta LeGisrcq, a beatti- ful and accomplished actress, plays an engage- ment’ at the Academy, appoaring as Galatea. in the London success, ““ Pygmalion and Galatea.” Miss Fanny Horting, an actress who has be an actress who has been- fmown to tho Amorican stag for wany years, begins an engagement this week at the Globe Theatre, sppesring 88 Julian, the Cabin Boy, in “The” Csbin ‘Boy; - of, Sailors Afloat an ashore.” .- - § - GENERAL GOsST®. - Charles Resde haa dramatized - his 4The Wandering Heir.” . E. L. Davenport’s Macbefh is pronounced the best on the American stago. Maggis Mitchell crossed the Mississippi in a sliff 5.\0 night before Christmas, = AMiss Jennio Hight is still confined” by “illness 10 her residence in Fort Wajne. McKee Rankin has beon doing Rip. Van .‘mkle at Columbus, Ohio, during the past story of 1t s stated that Joseph Murphy has offered 1dr. Boucicault $10,000 to write him a play. . Joseph Jefferson's share of the recei ipts of four performances in Baltimore_reachied i £8,000. - _A 8t Louis critic went so far s to ssy of Charlotte Cashman's - Meg Merrilies that it ‘Was capital.” s R It appears that Lucille Western has recovered her health, as-she:was announced to act at _ Trenton, N. J., on thé 11th inst: - It is pleasant to kmow that a play besring tho fitlo of “Threo Men After One Woman” was burmed in tho Fifth Avenus Thestro fire.. A Mre. F. 8. Chanfrsu bag offered Watts Phil- ’;:;’fi' the English dmmafii]at, a large E’Sm to mi%: &n original emotional -drama, and it is prol able that he will accept. s The New York Z'riburie: £ays of John-Dillon, that he ““has won 8 good deal of praise for a performance of Jeremiah Beelle, in ‘Tho Babes in tho Wood,' at IHooley's Opera House, Chi- cago.” Edwin Booth, lest woek, revived the tragedy of “Bratus ; or, the Fall of Tarquin,” by Joln Howard Payno, ' which was played in Bootl's Theatre for the first time in New York for over six years. 3 . _Barney Williams writes to Florence, the come- dian, from_Florence, Italy, that he will return home in May, first appearing professionally in Birmingham and other English cities. He will ‘o accompanied home by his wife and daughter. The Boston Gazelte says: *‘Miss Carlotta Le- clereq'a exquisite personation of Qalatea stamped itsclf upon the minds of all who wit- nessed it as ono of the most eful and fasci- nating of all her many admirable assumptions.” ‘This Iady ended an engagement of several wacks at the Boston Globe Theatre on the 11th inat, During the performance of ‘“Romeo and Juliet ™ in Syracuse, ._on the 16th inst., Romeo (Mr. Joseph F. Wheelock) serionsly wounded Tyball ('f\n-. aurico B. Pike) by a sword cut near tho eye, requiring the suderer to “‘make up " with & bandago for the rest of tho season. In his farewell gpeech at the Gaiety Theatre, Dec. 14, Charles Mathowa said: I promise you that the moment I feel conscious of decay, I will 8t once rotiro from the stage, and will not inflict Tpon dvi“ the melencholy spectacle of = light comedian upon cruiches.” Mr. Mathews gone to Nice to spend the winter, intending tore- ?ppau at the London - Gaiety on tho 9th of next une. v & The announcoment that Mr. Stuart Robson would take a benefit at the Boston Theatro, play- ing in tho late Mr. Craig's “ Burleequo_ of - lot,” was accompanied by the following letter: To the Right and Woralipful Master, Len. Jonson: Burbage was secne by mee last night to play yr Hamlett, whyche was writ by me—he played note ‘welle, but a8 if to compensate for my disappointment whyche was sore, T deemed that in centurlo 19th, there would be borne a youthe ¥f of rare conceet,’S. IRobson by name, who woulde kuowe morc about ye Dane thane T doe nowe. WILL. SHAKSPEARE. The Saturday Review says: Much criticism consists in running fine ncedles into tender places. _ A little oxperience shows, however, that some of theee'tender spots are not so tender as thoy seem. Others, on the contrary, which one would not have espected to be very sensitive, cannot be pierced without serions resulis. In $Le region of the moral sense an suthor may be inseusiblo to the longest and sharpest probes. ‘all him immoral, snd he will bo rather gratified than otherwisp. But to accnse him of & triflin; dofect of accuracy, or to suggest in the romotes way that he-ia not always entirely free_from dul- ness, is to give mortal offence.” Mr. J. M: Bollew gave threo farewell readings st Edinbhrgh, prior to his recent departuro for America. At a presentation festival, in his honor, lately given in Dublin, Dr. Bellew made somo ‘remarks, from which the following is an extract: “I tlunk every man who loves our great dramatists and our great comodians—who remembers the names of tho English Shakspenre and the Irish Sheridan—evyery man who loves their names and prizes their.writings must ro- ‘gret to see our stage of the gresent day too much occppied by mere tinsel show, appealing too much too the oye and too littls to the ear .and the brain. trust that a better day will come.” 3 Mr. John E. McDonough. has delivered a lec- tire on * Dramatic Literaturo”—a_protty largo fleld to be covered in one lecture ; but Mr. John E. McDonough is an actor of prodigious menfal grasp, and we doubt not he rose to his fultheight in this fine effort. Alr. McDonongh is reported 1o have gatd ** that the failure of tho legitimate drama was owing, in a great measure, to the public taste running wild over the sensational lays.” The Ballimore Gazette thinks that Mr. onough found this out by carrying * Tho Beven Sisters” and the ‘‘ Black Crook” all over the country,” and expressos_the hope that here- after he may be found “{following his own teach- ings in the advancement of the legitimate drama throughout the country.” There is s difference of apfnion_concerning the reported death of Alice Kingsbury. The originator of the story was a lady who claimed to have been present at the burial, while a gentleman in New York says that hois “in re- ceipt of & letter from Alico Kingsbary, dated Natchez, Miss., Dec. 19, 1872. Going on three years ago she married Colonel F. M. Cooley—of the United States Army, I believe—then of Vicksburg, and now of Natchez. She retired from tho stage some months before marriag, to devole herself tu the siudy of sculpture, in which she has nchieved several very creditable successes, especially in a bust. of Dickens. During the last .ecnson on the stage she played the fitle role in Chandos Fulton's drama of *Jenny Wren and Her Friends,” which he wroto expresaly for her.” - American subjocts aré beginning to_ongage the attention of Eargpean dramatists. Sardou's % Uncle Sam” we have spoken of alroady; and now Mr. Szigligeti, the chief dramatist at the Nemzeti Szinhaz (National Theatro), in Desth, has written a new comedy entitled “ Az Ameri- kai” (““The Amorican”), which has mot with euccess. Besides, the Jaulois has printed an unacted play, which is called ““The Almighty Dollar.” This is a very droll piece. Frenchmen re roprasented us being 69 populax in this coun- try that the belle of New York sees one of them in the streets and immedintely tells him that if he wants to sco her again he must call at-the New, York Hotel, whero she resides. Any Frenchman who will try the experiment may be- come a sadder but & wiser man. This, however, is not the lupgiesh thing in the play; for o Beioto, in the State of Ohio, the play biings to- ether the waters of the Scioto and Red Rivers. 5?6 are not informed whether the latter isthe Red River of the North or the Red River of the Bouth ; but either will do. A New York paper eays: ‘““Even the hands of the Briarean Boucicault are affected with the Darwin epidemic. We understand that next. Benson, at the Olympic Theatre, in this city, & play is to be produced founded upon Edgar Allan Poe's grotesque horror,- ‘ The Murders in the Ruo Morgue,” and In\jing its principal char- scter, therefore, interprotod by an educated spe. There is & q anous propriety in is. Humanity yearns after its original ele- ments, and we listen reverently to the echoes of apehood in our consciousness. If we are only & littlo lower than the angels, o tho otherhand wo aro only s little higher than tho apes; and Mr, Boucicault,. having sucked all tho meat out of the sgg of French drama, having, in ‘Kerry’ and ‘Bhaun the Post,’ created Irieh characters that Erin will not willingly let die, and having, in ‘Formoss,’ given us speaking likenosses of the Cora’ Pearls and Mabel Groys of Paris and London, does wisely in turning his industry into anow channel, aud codosvoring to elovato us by placing before us our despised ancestor in the light of a new dramatic sensation.” Mr. P.T. Barnum's_ intentions, hopes, and fears are thus reviewed : Shipments'df wild ani- mals and of other curiogities for Mr. Barnum's travelling show are alreody arriving, altlough it is less than & month since his menagerio was burned. The steamer Hansa, from Bremen, on Thursday, .brought & monsfer double-horned rhingceros from Abyssinia. Mr. Barnum hes also received four large African lions, six Bengal tigers, & pair of Ieu&uds, besides white bears, sea-lions, yaks, elands, gnus, zobrap, ostriches, and a ‘“wilderness of monkeys.” Among the rarest animals is a large-eared dwarf elephant from tho_East Indies, which weighs only 140 pounds. Mr. Barnum baa also purchased a fine pair of giraffes, but will not trust them to the perils of the deep until May next. Mr. Barnum says that the Directors of all the zoological Enrdens abroad sympathize with him, and un- esitatingly consent to part with any animals which he may require for his new enterprise. A suggestion for Edwin - Booth’s future is offered by a Now York paper as follows:, Thewubject of Mr, Edwin Booth’s futuro appear- ance in London has often been broached, but it is not likely that that gentleman will All a professionnl.en- gagementthero for several, pérhaps many, years to come. When quito a young man ho acted there, unap- precisted, as Shylock, snd it is only justly retributive 1hint London ehould now suffer for the indiffercnce with which she treated him. That Alr. Booth, were ho Pproperly managed, would create a furor in' London comparable only to what Mr. Booth evoked in this conntry wa do not doubt. What Alr, Booth might do, with plessure and profit, we should think, would be to make some character—like tMkt of the First Napoleon for instance—ss emphatically and _ex- clasively - own 88 “Rip’ Van Winkle” 15 Mr, Jeflerson's—and so creafe o new sensation. He wfldulld mfll‘nup wflndela‘nuy well ag ;ha First C?“Thlar 2nd in 3 play t 0 varying fortunes of that wnndzcm? hero in !ugmthinx of mxa style in which, in 4 Marie Antoinette,” Paclo Giscometti, its author, pic- tures the pleasures and agonies of that ill-fated Queen, Mr. Booth might posslbly become fust s renown abroad as he 15 at home; and as Risior is all the wofld over. 2 - About half past 3 o'clock on the morning of the 15th inst., the residence of the late Edswin Forrest, at Broad 'and Master streets, Philadel- phis, was discovered to be on firo in the library, a dofective flue being tho cause.. The Shak’ spearean library, 8o highly valued by 3Ir. Forrest, was destroyed, mothing being eaved but the fourteenth - volume of ' well's edition, the Isst ome read by the great trac edian, which was on a table . where he Emileft it. Tho greatest lass incident to the fire was that of an edition of Shakspears, com- plete in one volume, published in tho year 1632, and valued st the least at §5,000, 'This book, of which there is but one or two copies in the world, was the greatesi of Mr. Forrest’s treas- ures, and, eo;inher with & painting in the art gallery, hud boen left in thoe especial care of the executors by the deceased. 0 library was ono of the most complete of the kind in the world, many of tho copiea of Bhakspeare gon- tnining marginal notes made by M. Forrest during his wholo lifetime of study. The fire did not oxtend boyond the library, and the groater portion of -the books, as'well as tho E;mt and art galleries adjoining, were saved. 0 loss is estimated at from 15,000 to 920,000, and the insurance on the library alone was $10,000. 2 The version of ““Monto Christo,” to: be pro- duced at the opening of Fechter's Lyceum Thea- tre, on the night of the I3th of February, has been adapted from Dumas' novel by Mr. Féchter ‘himself, and will differ very materially from any dramatization before producedin Now York. The principal character, Edmond Dantes, will be per- sonated by Mr. Fechter, and is of that romantic and picturesque character peculiarly adapted to Lis genius. Intho engaging of his compan; Mr. Fechter has been rather unfortunate. Z number of very clever actors and actresses were engaged by bim in London, last summor, when it was oxpected that the theatro wonld open in tho following November. The long delay at- lendant upon its completion, however, has caused those engagements to. bo can- celld, for the present season af lenst. . Among the artists already en- gaged for the performance of * Monte Christo” are Mr. George Boniface, Mr. Milnes Levick, Mr. Charles Leclorcq, brether of Miss Carlotta Loclercq, Mr. Arthur Leclorcq, -Mr. Frank Bange, and Miss Lizzie Price, from Philadelphia. Mr. Arthar Leclercq is the stago manager, and has been superintending the erectionof the theatre from the first. Mr. Mollenhauer, Jr. iathe leader of the orchestrs, which will be of unusual size and greatvariotyin its instruments. ““Monte Christo” is expected torun up to the end of the present season, when a very fall snd efficient company, including many new faces, will be engaged for the fall scason of 1873. *‘ LA FEMME DE CLAUDE." * . The following is a sketch of tho new play by Alexandre Dumas, Jl}.\rfiresenfly forthcoming at the Gymnase,—with Mle. Desclee, tho original Frou-Frou, in_the chiof part,—and called **La Femme do Claude Claude 18 an ardest searcher in the realms of acience, and he ia at work upon a gun which, by the perfection of its mechanism, will prove superlor to the fire-arms of any European power, and thus the supremacy of his beloved France will once more assert itself, ILis beau- tiful wife is frivolous and vain, and Claude, after for- siving hor severnl cscapades, Fesolves, in order to oc- cupy her mind, to give her employment {n his labora- tory. This arrangement suita. tho vicious beauty.ad- mifably, because the nephew of her husband is also engaged in Claude's dusty workshop, She re- 0lves to master tho secret of the gun, which she intends to reveal to a rich foreigner, whose pres- gnts and money will afford her tho means of grati- fying her inordinate tasto for finery and dress, Claude, generous, and good-hearted, euffers cruelly, and, although ot first he Las no desiro to punish his Rostaer, his patriotic feelinga 870 {00 strong fos ‘when the trath dawns and it becordes frightfally spparent that his cherished invention will not only cause the destruction of his honor, but will at the same timo be known to ths Government of another country, Driven well-nigh crazy by the weight of {hese sgonizing thoughts ho rushes to tho window of his study, and secs his wife hanging on the arm of the nephew, 'who, carricd away by her foscioating wilos, has betrayed the secret of the inventor. Claude takes dowa his famons wespan, only Just fnishod and never yet used, and with deliberate alm fires and kills the wretched woman, * o Music, . . Tho week which has just closed has been very full of music. The principal event was the first reception of the Apollo Club to its associate members, which called together probably the finest audience ever assombled in Chicago, and the most delighted one. Its.associate member- snip, which is limited to 500, is now nearly fall, and the prospects of the Club are, therefore, very promising. As it virtually has the field to iteelf, has its exponses guaranteod for & year to come, and a handsome fund to expend in mrusic and ontortainmonts, its members may look for- ward to some very pleasant reunions. The Club has some admirable music under rehearsal, and bag sent to Germany for the latest songs for male voices, which it will bring out at the closo of tho semson. Opera bouffe, during the woek, has done & handsome business. It i8 no better, perhaps, nor no worse, than other similar representations of this sort of musical swash. The English Opera concerts 6n Tuesday and Wednesday were given at an ill- advized time, but although they were financially uneuceessful, they were very ploasing from & mausical point-of view. We are now to have a ‘weelt's respite, and the time will undoubtedly be spent by opera-goers in getting ready for THE ITALIAN OPERA, 3 which commences at McVicker's Theatrs on Monday, Feb.8, the season lasting two weeks. It is & long time since we have had Italian opera, so long that it seems almost a myth. It is fortu- nato that we ehall resume once more with a tronpe headed lyhtwo such groat artists as Lucea and Kollogfi. at announcement alone ought to be clent to insure the smccess of the geason. The rest of tho . com- any are all newcomers here, but ring with thom a good roputation, £nd, 8a the avebeen rebesraing a long time. In' Now York and Boston, they are now nudonbtedl]f prepared to produce their repertoire in an excellont man- ner. The chorus and orchestra are large and effective. The troupo has long wanted to come fo Chicago. Lucca has wanied tocome. Xel- logg has always been o favorito horo, Maretzek cousiders Chicago his right bower, and has strengthened all the weak spots in his tron) for our behalf, and is disposed to make the serson o gals ono, snd notable in the operatic annals of the city. The first four operas will be “* Favorita,” “Trovatore,” * Faust,” and tle charming “ Linda di Chamougix.” Lucca will appear “Fayorita” and “Fauet,” and Kollogg a8 Leonora and Linda. Itis yet too early to give the completo casts, but we have as- surancos that thei will bo made'very strong, and thatmothing will be wanting in the mounting of the operas to make the enssmble compléto, - The theatire in which thoy are to be given will add much to the general effect. 1Its large and lendidly-equipped stago, with its perfect me- cBonical worlangs ond elogant scenery, its brilliant auditorium, and the cosy nearncss of the nudience to tho stsge, will heighten tho general offect, and tho old and plensant oporatic associations which cluster about oVicker's will be revived _ again. 1t is time, therofore, that the operatic kids, and clorks, and hats were got in resdiness. Ohicago bhas arisen from her sshes sufficiently for the Italio, and it will groet ivin o right royal way. Immediately upon the closing of the scason, - THEODORE THOMAS, with his orchestra, will take up the thread and five two coucerte, iho firet on tho 17th, at tho inbism Avenuo Baptist Church, and the second at’ thoe Union Park Con tional Church on the 18th, Miss Annic MNehlig, tho delightful pinnist, will uccomdp:my the orchestra, and o new golo violinist and violoncollist wil also be brought. At the commencement of tho opers £ea8oD, TIE BOSTON SEXTET CLUB 9 will also sing here, appearing for the first time Feb. 3, at tho Michigan Avenue Baptist Church, and the following evening at the Union Park Congregational Church. i THE GERMANIA CONCERT. The Germania Band will give itsregularS8unda; concert thig afternoon, at Vorwarts Turner H; with the following programm. 1. Chismpion March, 2, Overture— Tho N 3. Waltz—* Carnival 4. War Potpourri 5. Bolo for cornet. ‘Hr. John, 6. Nighttngale Polks. . 7. Overture—* King of Yoetol 7. . ....Adam 8. Finale from * Il Guiramento ".. lercadante 9. Quadrillo—* National Airs”".. .Behener 5 - MUSICAL SOIREE. f Mra. Chas. Wetzler, one of tho teachers.at the Chicago Musical Academy, and a vory excollent ianist, will give a. concert st Orphous Hall, eb. 8, thedetails or which will be noticed here- after. 7 2 e TURNER HALL. , Thie regular Tarner Hall concert will be given this afternoon, with iZefollowing programme : 1. Turners' Entry March - Qverture to * Pometheus’ 7. Potpourrt 2 8. Festival Overture, (No. 9. Quadrills, ATUSICAL NO‘L_’&S. J Brinley Richards, on Christmas, organized a: chorus of colliers at Aberdare, Wales. - “Herr Jaell has just {erminated & prosperous tour through Holland. Mr. Ernest David has oomplet‘:d & French work on “Alueic Among the Jows." According to the Milan Gazetle Musicale, fifty- one new operas were produced in Italy last year. Of these forty-nine weremore or-less Tailures. i3 - * Wachtel has applied to the Emperor of Ger- many for a leave 1'3;_ sbsence, whi wd} enable; bim to visit America next season. T.annold-Auer has been elested violin GO],%AE, a8 the successor of M. House, 5t. Petersburg. A negro violinist, M. Claudia Brindis, has lately played with success in o concert at Shint- Quentin. ol Paulus, the leader of the band of the French Garde Republicaine, will visit America with a new musical organization. Mre. Charles Moulton’s physicians have warned hor not to attempt tosing for some time, and have advised her to pass the remainder of the winter in Havans, Carl Wolfsohn is giving orchestral matineea in Philadelphia with. eome enccess, Oneof the anm of that city calls him “the Key-stone omas,” whatever that may mean. 3 Donizetti's grand five-act opera, * Don Sebas- tian,” hiaa just been revived with great splendor at the new Opera House Vienna. g A piece by Prince George of Prussia, undor tho nemo of & Conrad, .entitled * Christina of Sweden,” has just been - played at™ the, Berlin National Theatre. . The overture and seyeral morcequz wero composed by Theodore Bradsky. The whole was well recéived. g A new opers, ** Harold ; or, The Last King of . the Saxons,” has just attained a great success at . Ecenigaberg, in Prusais. It is tho first attempt of a young composer, Gustave Dullo, who has openly avowed himself a declared adversary of @ system of Richard Wagner, ieniawsli, at the Opera The Aondo Artistico, of Milan, speaks in the highest terms of a now tonor, nOw appearing in Italy unaer the name of- Ugn'l'ul‘b long known in the best London amateur circles as Mr. Hugh Brennan, . . X, De Vivo, the business mansager of the Aimee Opera Boutfe Company, is in Havan-, arranging with ‘Camberlick for bringing the Havans Com- pany to tho Academyof Music in April and taking the Aimeo Company to the Tacon at the same timo. - 5 ' The Iate Emperor of ‘Austria, when Liszt had playod before him, went up to compliment him. “I" hayo heard Liszt, and- Thelberg, and Chopin,” ho said, gravely ; * but I havo never seon any one perspire like you.” ¥ Madame Adelina Patti, baving recovered from 8 sovere throat attack, appeared at 8t. Petere- burg on the 9th, in Meyerboor's * Dinorah,” with Bignori Gardoni and Cotogni:+ Madame Nilsgon-Rouzaud is at Moscow. At M. Gounod's firsl choir concert, no less than eight of his compositions will be perform- ed for tho first- timo, including o pater noster, & requiem, & chorus, *Omuoipotent Lord,” bex sides secular works. M. Charles Lecocq, whose * Cent Vierges” as goue the rouud of musicl Enropo, save England, has bad another decided succoss in Brussela with his comic opera, * La Fijle do Madame Angot,” produced st the Fantasies- Parisiennes. £ The Licderkranz received during tho last year £49,805.47, and lived up to it right royally. ox- pending $49,656.48, leaving a balanco of £148.77, searcely suflicient to pay s thirty minutes' commers. The officers for 1873, just elected, aro: President, William Bteinway ; Vice Preei- dents, Theodore Heidenfield, and-Dr. H. BEaot- zendorff ; Troasurer, H. Uhl; Secretaries, H. Mosenthal, and A. D. Goepel ; Librarians, Julins Bfoyer, and F. Eisenmann ; and Musical Leader, " aur . g The London Times of Dec. 24 ssys that the £ Teatro Massimo,” as Ban Carlo 1a called by the Neapolitans, opened wide its doors a few days previous for a crowded audienco. There was a tugh to hear “ Don Oarlos.” Verdl, too, was thers to superintond the performance, mnd as ha had been unremitting fn his exertiors for a month or more, everything went off in a most eatisfactory manner. The performers did their very best, and were greatly npflmded, all but one unfortunste whose voice was not equal to the ‘* Massimo,” and tho popular maestro was loaded with honors. Thirty times he was called for by sn audience enthusiastic almost to madness, and on his re- turn to his hotel crowds u:cam?lniarl him, while the road waa in a blaze of light. . Piccolomini was the freltesl impostor that ever presumed to present hernelf before an in- telligent musical audience a8 a prima donna. 8he had not an ides of the meaning of singing. Bhe oould no more sing & scale tian she coni\ move the monument. - If it had not been an in- ealt to common sense, whenever she came in contact with a difficnlty, the manzer of her shaking her little head, making a dash atit, and then eccrambllug holter-skelter through it, would have been ging. Thare was ono g, however, very diuch to her credit—that sho never donied her incapacity, but rather honestly and conscientiously admitted the fact. On one occasion was she known indced to Lave eaid, “They call me little impostor, and they give me bouquets, and applauses, and moneys; why not be a ‘littla impostor 7' " The Gazelle dei Tealri of Milan has the fol- lowing plensant paragraph concorning 2its Bon- son, & sister-in-law of A. M. Griswolc, of Cincin- natl: “Ross Bonson i the name of & young debutante who came to us from America to study ginging in Milan, under Professor Bingiovanni, who has no need of praise from us, o well is he known to be one of the few masters of unsur- assed reputation. - Miss Bonson wil make ber st appearance ai Loree,Italy, in ths opera ‘Lo Bonnambula,” and there is no doubt but that ehe will have such success as her merits desorve, and of merite she has msny. Beautifal in. per- son, blonde as Febo, with a sympathotic voice, fine education, intelligence, sho_Eas eversthing to arrive at that goal to which all sspire and few obtain.” G The birthday of the Crown Princese of Russia 'was commemorated two weeks sinco in Mescoyw, on which occasion it was announced that Mile. Patti_wounld take her farcwell bensfit at the Grand’ Opers, Moscow, and the thoatro wns brilliantly illuminated for the occasion. Befare the ormance commencedall the Bussian and Italian artists, including Mlle. Patti, cam for- ward in fall dress to sing the ‘¢ Russian Hymn,”" which was encored.; The heroino of the evening then appeared a8 Amina, in_*La Sonnambula,” hor+entrance being the signal for a perfect ovation. A corbeille of flogers, contalning & casliot, in which was a gold circlet, ornamented with & starf diamonds, ~was presented to her, and the jewel placed upon her head. From tho clouds appeared to fall showers of bouquets and other presents, the stage being litorally covered. e finale was redemanded, and during tho per- formance the popular prima donna had to return neatly a hundred times to bow her acknowladg- ments. The night's recoipts which foll to Mile. Patti's share amounted to about-£1,4€0. Bhe has now made her renirce in ‘‘Dinorah,” at the Opera House, St. Petersburg. Lord Lytton’s Domestic Fnfelicities. From the New York Herald. Lord Lrtton's married life, like that of several of his illustrions compeors in literature, was rendered unhappy by the ‘distarbing influence which is prettily termed the incompatibility of husband and wife in every case whera the parties are of high station. Ho was married in 18?71'1 when his literary lifo had just been tinted wit] tho first flush 0f, appreciation. She whom ho selected for a wife was also known in literaturo. The interest excited by the -union of two such gifted persons was much enhanced by a morbtd eentiment, caused by the knowledge extant that both of them were i delicate heaith. The de- scription of tkem written at the time by L. E L.” (Letitia E.Landon) incroased this seatime: Lord Lytton was descrfbed as pale and fascinaf ing,” and tho bride was depicted as surpassingly lovely. And there. came to many read this an’ entrancing vision of two beautiful |- belnis liding-through life, reluctant to leave the 'uEt of each other's presence, and made almost unaware of tho approach of death by the love that possessed them. But as time paesed and the weak couple grew in strength, thepopa- Iar interest in them, except as author and au- thoress, departed, and was only reived by the story of their noparation. Sir Edward had lost his ‘“pale and fascinaling” oppearance, and tho tender tints of leg ZLytton's cheeks, that bad been described at her. marrisgo as ‘ like rose leaves crushea on ivory,” had spread over her countenanco and givon- ber tho florid_com- plexion of a healthy matron, when, in 1886, taal event was_announced. The attention that was thus called to the lifo of the intellectual couple was short-lived. = Lord Lytton settled on his wife an annuity of £400, and she retired to privacy while he continued to tread the slippery waya of politics.” Soon Lady Lytton found that her expenses pould not be met with her income, and s her husband advanced in worldly pros- erity she begen to ntter complaints, to which gs gaveno attention. . Becoming angered at this indifference toward what she deemed her sufferings, she began to nse “her pen agaiust bim publicly, and ghe issued several novels and pamphlets, wherein he was depicted in any- but pleasing colors. _This course was continued for years, but ite Iack of offect toward her desired objoct urged her to adopt differont tactica. In the g of 1853 Lord Lytton became a Cabi- net ister, and his seat’in Parlisment for Hertfordshire becoming vacant, it was neces- sary for him, in accordance with custom, to ‘meet his constituents there in order to be, rechosen. Lady I.ytim-xl.“e then residing in ' Taunton, erset,- aring of 8 intention, determined to confronthim bafore his mgporum. charge him with his umelz to ll!ré and thus dofest his re-election, She o 0. Ho was’ hond-bills sonouncing her intention, and thus glvfl his friends_opportunity to defeat ber in it. She arrived in Hertford eurl&’ on the morning of tho clection. Having asked at what timo the hustings would tako place, sho was told at 12 o'clock, when the_ proper fimo was 11 o'clock. This misinformation was given to her by her hosband's friends, who wished to avoid a fean- dal. an:eql;.findy Hor Ladysbip did not reach the hustings till the election was over, and Lord Lytton was. just_closing his speech with a fer- vent tribute of admiration to the womanly beauty exhibited in the carriages abont his stand. Ad- vancing toward him, she caught His Lordship's eyo. Ho immedistely left his station and went' to tho house of & friend. As_ho disappeared, 810 cried out, “ Coward!™ and, turning to the peopls, for fifteen minutes rohearsed Ler snfferings on accont of his ac- tion. This circumstance was nupleasant in its coneequences to herself. It engenderod o belief that she had becomo insano; and eo, shortly aftor tho incident, sho was convoyed to 4 priveto asylumfor- the insane, at the'instanco of ker husband, m:flnim;dur the advice of physicians, It may be that Lord Lytton was deceived by these doctors s to the stato of Her Laayship's mind. It is charitable to believe that he was ro deceived, and, as ho acted almost entirely under the’ direction of his solicitor, thero is some basis for the balief. The incarceration of tho lady ex- cited much indignation among hor frionds in Taunton, who were surc of Ler sanity, and a gront dogres of interest throughout {ho” King- lom. An investigation of her mental state was immediately made, and, having becn pronounced Eerfacfly sano, sho wag allowed to reside with er son. —_—— CLED LIy LI A Yewistr Wedding in Algeric—The Stemning, Scrubbing, Dressing, Un- dressing, ¢ Washing,” Pialn.Sing= ing, Ete. From the subjoined eletch of o Jowish wed- ding in Algeria, extracted from_ the recent work of Lady Herbort on ¢ Algeris in 1871," will be scen what a fearful and wonderful thing tho wedding-coremony, as practised_at tho present day in that countsy, is. Particularly hareh is is 1t npon the poor brido ; so much go that our Amorican maids would doubtloss declare, almost loa man, that, sooner thun endure all tho steaming, scrubbing, famigating, parboiling, dressing, undressing, hallocing, psilm-shiging, and miscollancous torture described by the fair tourist, they would remain eingle all their born days. "Tho account runs thus, ta Lady I.'s lan- guage : “vo paused in our. eight-neeing to go with Mme. do C— and her beautiful daaghter to see-s Jewish wedding, for which ehe hed Lindly obtaincd ns an invitation. We were reccived in an alcoved room, where & breakfast of swcot- meats, cakes, and-swoet wines wero set out, tho -brido and her paronts being scated on o divan st one end, dresscd in rich Jowish costumo, - After a ehort time, wo'wera told to pracede the young lody to the Moorish vapos-bath, which is the nozt part of the ceremony. Such & marvellons scono as thore met our eye I despair of ropro- ducing on papér! About fifteen young Jowieh girly, from 121020 years of ago, whose only cloth- mfix\l‘m ascarf of %uld or silver gauze ronnd their Ioing, with their beautiful dark hair all down their backs, and their lovely white nocks and | arms covered with necklacos and bracelets, wero scen dimly stending in the water' throngi a cloud of steam and incense, waiting for tho ‘bride, and when she appeared received her with shrill'crics of * Li! Li! Li!” in s continually asconding acalo. Among thége girls wero hide- ous negresgeq equally scantily clothed, and ono ortwo of them with their black, woolly hair Gyed bright orango color ; theso wero tho Dbath- ing women. They scized us by the arm and wanted to force us to undress too, which wo stoutly resisted, and took rofage on ' tho" raiscd marble slab which surrounded the bath, and ‘where the pretty little bride, with her mother and sunts, was standing waiting to to bo unrobed too. Thoy took off. her heavy velvet clothes, znd she appeared in a bnuufifu.lrgoldAfigme auze chemise and some’ lovely short red-and-gold druwers; they thea led her, with the same cries, .into an inner room, which was stifling with wet vapor and stoam, and hero the poor child, who was only 13, remained -for two mortal hours, the women pouring water on her head from picturcsquo-shaped gold jars, and evory kind of cosmetic nnd sweet scont be- ing rabbed upon her. Reingunable to stand the inlense Loat and mertn' 7 crnall s Lam we escaped, fota HaE nto he open air, but re- turned aftor about an hour to find another bride going through the samo coremonics. Bome of the bridesmaids wore_ very beautiful; one especially, thoogh a Jewess, -had regularly golder hair aud bluo oyes! 'And the wholo Scene was like a ballot at the opers, or rather & eet of naiads or water nymphs in a picture ; not liko anythingin real life. Their glorions bair floating over their shoulders. with their beauti- fully modelled arms rounded in gratefal curves as thoy diaported themselyes round the bride would have driven a sculptor or paintor wil with delight ! BatI could not gef over tho in- delicacy of the whole thing ; it was a ecene in the nude with a vengeance. S 4 At half-past 8_o'clock the following morn- ing, we got up and went to the bride’s house for tho conclusion of the cercmony. A great crowd of men and musicians wero grouped in the lower court. Above, the bride was eitting in stato, in the decp rocess of o bandsomo Moresquo room,, veiled in white gauze, While o red-and-gold -figured scarf hung in graceful folds behind hor head. -On either sido of hor were two venerable-looking old men with long, white beards, and in front of her another, holding s candelabrum with three candles. Thoy wero rabbis, and chanted pealms alteruntely with ougs of praise” about tho dovo with the beautiful eye,’ etc. ; in fact, & sort of -canticlo. All this timo the minstrels in tho quadrangle below were ‘making a noige, while over the carvod gallery above, looking down upon them, loaned a variety of Jewish women, all beauti- fully dressod in Lrown velvet nud satin, with stomachers snd girdles-richly brocaded in gold, nd gold-embroidered lappets Langing from the ‘%lmck silk head-dress; which is tho invariablo costumo’ of _their racc. Thia weat on for hours, till the poor littlo brido look- od quite worn out. From timo to time spoonfula of soup were put into bLer month, which ehe strove to resist; and then she was conducted into the court below, whero tho samo ceremonics werc gone through, except thata Bpecies of buffoon -danced before her, and was rewarded by ten-franc bits put into his mouth, which ho kept in his cheek while drawling out a queer kind of song, which wo supposed was witty, as the audienco wero in fits of laughter. Everything was done, both up-stairs nnd down to make the brido lvagh, cven to chucking snd pulling hor under the chin, But sbe remained impassive, it being a part of her business to Jook grave, and Lo prove bylLer demureness that she was old cnmough to married. All of & snddon the samo unearthly cry or yell of ‘Li! Li! Li! was heard in the outeide court, caught up instautly by every ono in and out of the housc. I thoughtof tho words, ‘Behold, the ridegroom cometh?' o exactly were tho old traditions preserved. A very o ing yonth, in a frock coat and rod foz, accord- ingly made his_appearance, and then tho women covered their faces with fheir ganzo handker- chiofs, and the men, who nover cossed cating and drinking at intervals during th~ wholo night, formed themsclves Into & proc..sion ¢ while the bride's father (a venerable-looking ol Jow, with & long, whito beard, white turban, and crimson sash) led her to the carrisge which wag to take her to the bridegroom's home, we all following, and tho women's cry of *Li! Lil Lil résounding through the nafrow etreets.” . S o e A Coming Picture Sale. The London correspondent of the Manchester \Guardian writes that o very extensive aud in- *legesting sale of engravings by dnd aftor Turner istocome on at Messrs. Christie's in Marck. The engravings number considerably more than 20,000, and include thousands of copies of the Iargor and more_expénzive plates. Tho plates themselves are Jikowiso valuable, many bmnf in oxcellent _condition. This property has lai for twenty, years uncarcd for in tho house in Queen .Anno etreet, where Turner's studio was. This house, tenantloss, dirty, literally -Totting away, of which the neighbors eaid it was o disgrace and an eyesore to their etreet, contained the treasures which Messrs. Christie are abont to “offer to the world. Death has lately removed the man who wea -ostensiblo custodian of the property, andafter his death there were found piles of engravings of =il kinids reaching bresst high round-the room. Blatea bad fallen off the roof, the water had dripped in and wes actually standing in_tiny 15 on some of the heaps of prints, and the oors had £0 far rotted that some of them ap- peared unsafe to carry a eingle person. - By pur- “chaso or by - desth ~several of the claims - on the perty ‘have become ex- tinguished, until it i3 now .vested jointly o hands of two gentlemen, distant relativea of the painter, one of whom bad toba fetched from the wilder parta of Alabsms to estab-. sh™ his identity and his gl thess be:s\{res The sale will idclude quantities va?in {rom - - about 400 to 600 esch o e larger and more pop- ular engravings, such es * Caligula’s Bridge,” + Dido nad ) n;&ht to & share ess,” “ Mercary 'aad i Mercury and Herse,” and “Crossing the Brook;" morc than 500 sets of the England and Wales series, and lerge numbers of smaller book latos illustrating the works of Scott; Byron, Jilton, Campbell ‘and Rogers, togethor with those done for the Keopsakes, Annual Tours, £0d otler works. Of the published plates of Libor Studiorcm there are few or no good ex- amples, but collectors may enrich their folios from the etchings, of which thero are more than 700 of the published series, and more than eighty of the rarer -unpublished. A number of the copper-plates of tho unpublished part of that work were found lying henped in a cornor of some old cupboard, where a charwomen had pitched them out of the way. CHINESE PROVERBS ON WOMEN. Which are Quoted Here, Not as Being of Any Preseut Value, But to Show Eow the Sex ¥as Come Forward Since Confucins® Daye Gonfucius eays: Woman dopends upon tho man; thereforo, she must not presumo to med- dle with governmental affairs. Thero aro throo classes of duties for her to fol- ow : At homo (unmarried), sho must submit to her father, - 4 Having been married, ehe must submit to her husband. If hor husband be dead ebio must submit to the sou. - Bhe may not dare to follow her own will, Command her not to go outside of the female apartments. g Hor business consists in preparing food and such like domestic duties—nothing more. Thereforo, at theago of puttiog up tho hair (=t the marriageable age) sho must keep within the femala apartments, and may not go a han- dred 4 to attend a funersl. (She may not go far {from li\omu, oven on the most important ocea~ &ions, i In business matters sho must not zssume re- sponsibility. In going abroad sho must not go alone. Havings taken conncel (learnod witat is best), lot ber diligontly porform. TGl Having proof suflicient of what sho_is ‘about to say, then'she may spealt. T During tho daytime sho may not walk in the prblic hall, and going about tho Louse at night sho must carry light. By mcens of theso rules ehe may fufil thel ronnd of woman's virfuous actions. ‘The Book of-Wisdom and Profit says: Thero are four classes of fomalo virtuonsactions which aro to hior praise. Thoy aro, 1st, womaaly vir- tuo; 24, womanly counteuance; 8d, womanly speech ; 4th, womauly employmeats. _ As to woman's virtiious actions, they do not roquire oo uncommon display of falent and bril- liancy. As to ber countenarce, it is not neces- sary that she be excoedingly handsome. AS to her spoech, it is not necessary that sho have & mouth for discussion, and & sharp, rapid deliv- ery. Asto her works, she necd not excel other péople in cloverness and skill. She must bo choste, innocent, sober, and economical. She must mind her own business, * and bo neat and orderly. In her, personal con- duct she must preserve modesty. her work she must havo rule and order. Theso constitute femals virtue. i Bho must - carefully choose her words, and then speak.’ She must use no improper: or un- timely oxprcesions. When it is the proper time, then she may speak. Lot there be noocca- gion for others to bv offonded with what sho Bays. 5 These are the rulos for woman's conversation. Let her wash and dust her clothes, and let her koep bright and fresh, Let her bathe at proper :gmca, and prescrve Ler person from all impuri- ics. ‘These are what ore required with regard to npgemmcu. # of b diligently spin gad oave, sad ot hor not be inordinately fond of savory food and wine. Let herin perfect order prepare savory dishes to sot Leforo tho guests. . - " his constitntes woman’s work. These four virtues constituto' woman's great ‘and essontial duties ; they. aro vory easy. Lot her uso the utmost: diligcnco to continue on in inary-look-" this straight road, doing sccording to these di- rections. ¥ This ia tho 6am of woman's virtuous conduct. Tai Kung said: The rulesof proprioty for woman requiro that she epesk with gontle voica; to walk slow ; wken she stays her steps, to stand erect: in her appearance, to be sedato’ and re- spectfal. - Her ears must not -hear too much (must not be eaves-dropping) ; her oyes mush people’s affairs). Abroad she must not wesr the countenance of a flatterer. Sho must ot steal” glances over tho. wall. She must not peer through the lattice. . She mus rise early and re~ tiro late. Sho musf not fear Iabor or suffering. Of:broils or quasrels sho must bo eepecislly cau- tions. She must live in constant dread of bring- ing any possible disgrace upon the family. THE MURDERER OF THE PERIOD. [4 fter Bret Harte and Joln Hay.} Yes, T shot Kim. What of it 7_You make 3 great Tow ‘About a small matter, I think. Tho oyo flashing fire and the cloud on the brow “Threaten vengeance; but why should T shrink? ¥ou public that Tages, you journals that rave_ " ¥hen a dog’a day ends quickly, liko this, Phuy save your sbarp words for. some busineas more e Dorlt warlo your hot breath in a hiss! X was mad when I shot him—a minute or twos WWill was lost, conaclenco blind, ressan hlank, . Will you punlah tho deed that a than must do? ‘Didme the mill when the fates turn the crank ? True, T kne it was coming—this madness; I thought 1 T met him be surcly would dio; So, lest Hell miss its prey, the good pletol was bought, #T'was the Trenzy that bought it, not I, But what, after all, is the pother about? A man (or o dog, 535) is dead, * s 18 a dog or 3 man worth this tumult and rout? ‘How much are they worth by the head 2 In the etruggle for life, 8o the sages will ssy, One man bas gone down, that is all; But 'tfa atways the fittest gursive the affray, . The weakest get pushod to the wall, = Here was live protoplasm, six quarters or s0; Now *tis dead protoplesin, hat more? No force g been lost, o4 the chemists will show; “The world is as rich sa before. . _ All thie atoms are here, all the builders are bere, ‘And better work waits them, nodoubt, ' ¢ You zealots, who clamor for vengeance sovere, . Do you kiiow what you're talking about . Pray what have I done? Thero are forces that play 'And tizsues that wasto fn the brain ; A Samo acetous ferment waked the passion to siy— "Tiran the same, very likely, with Cain, 3 Will you iy In the fuce of a kingdom of lawa 7 Do you call a secretion & sin T Ts thc stecl when it rusts, or the snow when 4t thaws, A criminal, too, of mykin? Do bethink you, good peorlo! Mear feason at last, The vengeance yon ask for s vain ; Yon are haunted by ghosts of a day that is past, . -~ Moro Glms of & fataons bran, Gullt, crime, obligation—euch words are.outworn On'tho ear of true sclenco they ar ; And you surcly can't know, 4n your anger and scors, v unscientific you are! 5 —Iazlangton Gladden in the New York Indspendent. The Ludizrous in ’atents. The amount'of misapplicd talent engaged on inventions that can never bo used is as wonder- ful aa it is prolific, and there is a ludicrous elo- mont in many of the patents, and moro of the applications, which is well worth investigation. Wo extract from the records of tho Patent Of- fico an ncconnt of somo of theso, that show more genins than common sense, and have pro- uced more laughter than profit: i In 1870, the owner of certain bee-bives, irri- tated by the loss of his honey by the bee-moth, asked for a patont for a combined hen-roost an beo-hive. He had noticed that the boc-moth trav- els at night, while the.busy bee works bidnv. Tisdesire, therofore, was for a davice that should admit the worker by day, and keep out the thief by mght. This his ingonuity effccted by the erection of a hon-roost pivoted upon a bee-hive rovided with gates. The beea were expeated to P thoir colfa just beforo dusl ; =tho hons, lighting on their roosts, were then to closo the gatesof thehive,ond keep them shut all night. The early rising of the fowla would automatically open tho gates again, and return tho bees—their Bomoy. all b flowers of earth. He received his patent. - Another applicant asked for a Fu nt right for an artificial moon, that should light each town that used it without expense. His eyo had often becn struck by the reflection of distant windows at sunset, and how far the lifht travelled. He therefore proposed a balloon foreach town, suffi- raise s huge reflector that was to evenitfi;t dusk (about the time bees). The reflection ciontly large be hoisted ev the hens had shut in of thoeun's rays, cast downw n tho village, was suro to light it through all tho darkness of night. Fortunately for himself, this inventor prosented kis application through & patent at- torny, who told him it was doubtful if it could Le obtained. . : % In the fall of 1871, & gentleman, ' California, applied for and recoives 0 building houses on wheels -or rollers, so that, in casa of earthquakes, they might rll’ forward or backivard, but not be shaken to pieces. Oply -threo years have passed away sinces very ingenius gentloman from the districts applied for o patent to prevent cows from switching their tails! He presented two models, —one shaped like a bottls, around the neck - of which the cow’s tail was to be curled; ths other consisted of & square block, with a hole through tha contre, wherein the tail was to be put, and then tied in & knot, 80 that the animal could not withdraw it. On the presentation of tho sppli- Brpbably from a patent for 8afe—to the airs of heaven and the' cation the official examfiner thought it conld nos be granted, because of a similar dovice in * Don Quixote,” where Sancho Panza, trying to slecp in tho hay-loft, was kept awake by the braying of his donkey below. His wakefalness gaso Sancho time to reflect, that, when riding tlLe donkey, the animal always switched his tail when he brayel. Descending hastily from tLe aay-loft, the 8quire tiod s block to tho dunkey's tail to prevent him from braying. Dut o3 thi: device originated with a Spaniard, and had never been repeated ir this country, tho ofice decided to grant the patent. Our readers will, thore- foro, romembor that they cannot tioa cow's tail to prevent its switching withont a payment of rogalty to the otvner of this privilege. Another gontleman nppliefi for “a patent for heating canals by steam, so that boating could g0 on in winter as woll 8s in summer. Theofice lecided that thiis invention was wortLy of pro- tcch'mh‘nnd gave him his patent. s Another applied for 5 combination of clock and bed, g0 micnionsly contrived that, when tho clock struck, the bottom of the bed dropped out. He claimed that this plan would probably awaken the aleepers. N Bpeaking of the combinations, he must have come from Missouri or Kansa¥l, who asked for o atent for a combination of cinnon and plow. For this purpose he filed threo applications, making the elongated bandles of the plow hol- Iow, 80 as to form two cannon. _ These were to be kopt loaded until the guerrillas were after him ; tho cannon were then to be firod, tho gue Tillas shot down, and tho farmer to go on kis way rofoiciog. d he, £00, must have come from tho borders who asked for a patent of a combinstion trunk and . house. Tho trunk’ wan mede witht riplo sides, moving up and dovn. Doing duty’ all “day in guarding <clothes, whken night came on, and no cabin near, the triple walls elovated into one, nnd the bo- nighted traveller safely honsed. Another asked fors patont for the invention - of tho generatione of steam by boaring a Liole i tho ground until he reached tho waters thzt ara boiled by the internal fires of earth. Ho sot forth, nmong tho advantages of bLis plas, that there would bo no danger of explosions, no ox- penee for fuel, no necessity of engincers—all of which statemonts are undoubtodly trno. It muat have been o relative of this last gen- tleman, and onc eqnali’jv‘ acquainted with tho Iawa that govern the hidden heart of this planet, who applied for a patent for boring tha earth . for artesian wells for purposes of irTigation. He gravely got” forth that he had made the dis- covary that quicksilverwas heavier than common earth. Ho thereforo proposed to start hole, and to cmpty into it a littlo morcury. By the lawa of Natare, thet mercary would be sure to work its way downward till it struck water, and. the water would then Le sure to work its wa; upward till it struck air. + x Should it bo said that sach patents a8 this, last, as that for the prevention of cows' uwitchx ing their tails, for artificial- moons, for plowi doing the work of cannon, etc., must be jokos, we can only reply that shrawd. Yankees are noj * wont to pay b evon for practical jokes, and that none of theso designs have culminated inta patents under less than that sum, and, when ut- torneys were employed, nndor double and quad- ple that.sum.— if. R. Hooper in Appleton's Journal., < HUMOR. - Chairs should never be covered with silk, but sat-in. . —Tho difference betwoen truo and false doc- trine i3 often only the width of & bair,. I sce. And vet, tho faleo dactrino ia tho horosy. —Dennis O'Shaughnessy advertises as followa in the Columbus lican: - “1 hereby give notico that my wife Bridgot haslaft my bed and board, and that I will not pay her debts, as wo aro not marriod.” —Incredible as it may scem, many of tho rich- est planters in Jamaica live on coffee grounds. ~—*‘Mrs. Jenks,” said s littlo red-headed girl ~ with apugnose and bare feet, ‘‘mother saya will yon_obleege her by lendin’ her . a stick of fire-wood—All this criet with vinegar—puttin’ a little soft-soap in this pan—and Flnuu not let your turkey-gobblers roost on our fence.” " —irs. Partington wanta to know why some of * the eewing-maching advertisers do'not call their machines the Ceres. Her nephov, who ig learn- ing the heathen misogyny, tells her that Ceres firat taught sowing. —Young Iadies who lace themselves too tightly when dreseing for dinner evidently pre- for grace baforemeal, _ -, ——. geuss ¢ he's. The same is 0 of Lheir rospoves ing of cheese and cheating of he's. _ —Woman was made from & rib-bone—she loves rib-bon(e)s to thisday. . . _ - - —A romping 4-year-old boy had beén denied some trifling gratification by his mother, but it did not seem so trifling.to Lim as to her. 8o, striking an attitudo before her, he aaid with tha utmost® boy 2" the gravity, *Mother, were you' ovor a Z_The Chineso have an aphorism very similar _ -to our * Man proposes, but God * disposes.” Tt is: *Jen schwo, soo-tre! soo-tre! - Ticn- schwo, wei-jan! wei-jaul “Man says, sol so! Heaven says, no! no!” —Josh il.fings ives ds. one of his “ Good Tezolushuns for 1873,” *'That i wonb advise enny body, until i kno tho kind ov advice they aro anxious tew.-follow.” 3 —A rural gentleman, standing over s rogister in & Danbury store, altracted general altontion to himself by observing to his wife: * Mariar, T guess I'm going to biuve s féver ; . I feel such - hot streaks arunn'n’ up my legs.” - —The patron of a cheap eating-house, who complained that they gavo only one potato with his meat, whereas they formerly gave him two, was mollified by the waiter’s explanation that tho last lot of potatoes” thoy purchased was co ‘bad that no gentloman counld eat more than ono of them. —Judge—I fine Tim Larry 85 for nasault and battery on Pat Malone. Pat—Bat, your Hoaor, I want more damages. Ho blacked me eye, aud if ' I had been invited to o tea-party I couldn’s have gone. Judge—The Court knows nothing abont consequential damages. Youmust carry your case to Geneva. —In-Arkansas & man was -gentoncsd to bo hanged, but all the carpenters in_the ncighbo hooi refused to build the scaffold. ' As tho co: demned man was himself & _carpettor by tra the &herif! tried to induce him to put up the gal- lows, but ho steadfastly declared Lio'd be han, irhodid. . 4 < s —A sanguine young Atchisonian had faith in his ability to make himsolf the rcceptuclo of four pintsof raw_whiskey within fiftecn min- utes. Ho wagered #25 to that eifect witha skeptic of the neighborhood, and mado o suburban bar-room the sceno of the perfornuancs. - Upon his neat and ornamented tombstone, cow in process of erection, will be inecribed tho eim- plo mupb, 4 He srdiled and died.” “ What do yon call that " indignantly aeked o customerat cheap restaurant, poiniing out 2n object that be bad discovered in bis plate of hash.” * Wristband,withslecve-button attached, gir,” gaid the waitor, briskly. ‘-Well, do yon consider that & proper thing for o man to find in $ia" linah 7. askod. the gnstomer, i wicth “ Good heavens, sir 1" cried tho waiter, ** wonld ou expect to find » €10 silk umbrellain a fif- {een-cent plate of hash ?” j Tho Danbury News gives sn sccount of” the viciesitudes of life as experienced by n young man in that place. He went tosee & young lady, _previously just having been’ to an oyster supper. K.u he neared the house Le.gaw har father stand- ing on tho steps and hailed him: *Helln, cld Tadpolo; z'at you? Whereieh my lovely zelle? Whereish my lovo now dreamin’z” The wanted something, placed his band sadly on bis shoulder, turned him around end filled tho spaco under his coat-tail with leather. The youy, man don't go there any more; ho says small pox is hereditary in the family. —Dr. Willet, lecturing in . Boston tho othez night, told a droll story of himeelf. Ho eaid that at ope time, when he was a codnoissenr in Dird-stuffing, o used to criticise other people’s bird-stufling eoverely. Walking with a goutle- man one day, he stopped at a window where & gantic ol was exhibited. * Yon sce,” srid he doctor to his friend, * that there is o magui- ficent bird ntterly ruined by mnskilfal stuting. Notice the mounting! Execrablo, iun't it? IN¢ living owl ever roosted in that position. Aud the eyes are fally & third larger than any ow] ever posscased.” At this moment the stuffcd bird raised one foot and solemuly blinked at Lis - critio, who eaid very little more “about,etuffed that afternoon. e sernonntravelling on tho roadtoGothama ins thgwngnn were smoking cigars, from tle fire of which some straw at the bottom ignifed. The flames soon drove them from their sents, 2and while b uxfingnishiumhn firo, a country- man who had been for some time following them on horseback, alighted -to asaist them. I have been watching the emoke for some time,” sa Le. * Why, then, did you not give us uotic asked the-iravellers. "*Well," responded ths rustic, ‘*there aro o many new-fangled noticna now-a-days,I thought you were going by stezm."” —The recent consecretion of an Episcopal cathedral at Victoria, British Columbia, was at- -tenlled with & curious and unhappy controversy onritealism. Archdeacon Reese, who pren the sermon, took occasion to advocate the ad tion of ‘ritualistio practices, and denounced i Church of England as dead. - When he closed, Dean Cridge arose and protested against s ionovations ; and the congregation applauded bim . with clapping of hands and athar demon- strations, father looked at the young ma, and tluuking Lo