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10 THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: “SUNDAY, “JANUARY 4, 1880-SIXTEEN PAGES. “ EDISON'S NEW LAMP. The Sensation” of the Hour at = New York. ‘ The Old Platinum Lamp Thrown Aside and Abandoned. Bison Takes Up the Old Idea of Carbon and Aston- ishes Himself. A Beautifol Lamp Produced Which Is Behaving Well. No Certainty, However, that It Is a ° Solution of the Problem.~ Special Correspondence of The Chicago Tribune. ‘New Yons, Dec. 31.—There isa new sensa- tion at Menlo Park this week, and this time there is more reason for it than on previous occasions: Edison has invented a new lamp, and has forty-five of them on public exhibi- tion at Menlo Park, and hundreds of the best business men of this city go out every day to the sleepy little village where the phil- osopher has established himself to see them in operation. They are not concealed from the public, as all previous experiments of Edison’s in this direction have been, but are boldly exhibited to all who come, and there is a rush tg see them such as has never before been known in this vicinity. Business men, politicians, members of the Legislature, ex- Governors, grave and reverend gentlemen now occupying seats in the United States Senate, city swells, and farmers with tumble heads of hair, gather every day‘at Menlo Park in eager swarms and overritin the shops and talk with Edison until the philosopher is hoarse with speaking. Five hundred per- sons were there this evening. ‘The holders of the 3,000 shares of stock in the Edison Company are frantic with delight. The new invention is to them a lamp of Aladdin. ‘There is not a man athong them who is not now expecting to accumulate boundless wealth from their investmentin this concern. ‘The shares of stock are worth at par $100, but there have been many sales since the present excitement broke out, a week ago, for $3,000 a share, and a few sales have been made at 33,500. 5 . ROSCOE CONKLING, thé Senator, has bought shares within a week for $3,000. August Belinont, who is an eager buyer, is paying anywhere from $3,000 to $3,500. Drexel, Morgan & Co., who ate reputed to be the largest owners of this stock, take’ all that is offered, and pay the above prices. There has never been anything like it in the history of stocks in New York City. The truth is, however, that none ex- cept the small holders of Edison stock are now selling, and very few of them. They are all wild with anticipation, and even 3,000 per, cent seems too smalla premium. They are holding their shares for quotations of 5,000 per cent premium. F: That which has created the present excite- mentis a new departure by Edison, which has resulted in that gentleman producing, , for the first time, a lamp available for practi- cal use. It is well known that Edison has been experimenting@for a year with an elec- tric lamp, in which the lightis produced by the incandescence of a coil of platinum wire inclosed in a vacuum in a small glass globe. The coil contained seventeen feet of wire, and yielded a light equal to one or two gas- \purners. Edison supposed that it would be spasy to remedy all the defects of this lamp, and- he accordingly has allowed Amos Cummings, of the Sun, to make startling an- nouncements evéry few weeks in regard to the perfection of this lamp and the wonder- ful economy of using it. These announce- ments were never justified, because Edison has never been able to perfect the lamp, He never could regulate the current of électric- ity sufficiently to make the lamp reliable. A slight increase in the current always led to the formation of 2 voltaic are between adja- cent parts of the coil, and this always caused the coil to melt instantly. The inventor had so little confidence in his platinum lamp that he would never, exhibit it publicly, and he never has so exhibited it. About twomonths ago the inventor was ina state of great de- jection about the electric light, and resolved ‘to see what could be done with carbon. Ft was A : “NOT AN ORIGINAL IDEA. with him, but he knew that W. E. Sawyer, of New York, was making progress with a Jamp wherein 2 pencil of carbon was made incandescent in a vacuum, or in ‘nitrogen gas and he did not wish to be left behind by -that or any other inventor. He accordingly threw aside the platiguin Tamp, and aban- doned it. He took up carbor instead, and this was his new departure, which has re- sulted in the production of a valuable lamp and in reviving. the drooping spirits of his company, and in turning the heads‘®f some of the soberest capitalists of this metropolis. It all came about in this way, the story be- inga very interestingone: Edison wasmanip- ulating some lampblack and tar one day, about the Istof November, those materials bein used in the preparation of certain parts o his telephones. Rolling some of the stuit -between his fingers, he found that he could draw it out into a slender thread; and_ that suggested to his mind the idea of making a .fine thread of carbon, which would impose a “high resistance to the passage of -an,electric current, and possibly make a good burner for an electric lamp. He considered the matter for awhile, and then, making up his mind, }|- he plunged into an elaborate series of experi- qments with the new idea. His company gave hiin all the money he wanted, and there was not a moment’s delay in testing the merits of carbon lamps. | -It ought to be said here that no inventor cwas ever better supplied with the means of :eiving a ha apy thought a practical test ‘under favorable auspices than Edison was when he took up this new idea. In the first ;Place, he had the apparatus for producing an almost perfect vacuum. He had been em- ploying for some time one of the air-pumps «nvented by Crocker and perfected by Spren- gel, Which’ will empty a glass globe of all rexcept one-millionth part of the air it origi- inally contained. He had learned how to ob- tain with it the most perfect vacuum ever cemployed in an electric lamp. Sawyer never ‘had the, advantage of securing such a vacuum, nor any one else. Mr. Edison was also fortunate in having secured the services o' A VERY SKILLFUL GLASS-BLOWER from the famous Geissler Works in Europe, This person, a young man by the name of Bolin, came into the laboratory one day, ooking for work. Edison employed him, and soon found: him to be a_ powerful rein- _ forcement to the personnel of his corps. He “qvas able with his blowpipe te produce of aany size and shape at a moment’s notice“and. ~after the air had been exhausted, to seal «them up with the blowpipe, so that the air ‘was absolutely and forever excluded froin ‘them. Mr. Edison had also learned that platinum wires could be carried through -giass and sealed perfectly, the coefficient of dexpansion and contraction of -the two ma- terials being the same, whereas in copper and glass, or iron and glass, the expansion ‘was So different that no perfect sealing was possible. “Armed and equipped with his -Modern apparatus, and a legion of facts ‘which his experiments during the previous year pad developed, Mr. Edison went at the new task, t The first thing done was to make a lamp consisting of a Small lass globe, taller than it was thick, into which a carbon thread, made of lampblack and tar, and held between. platinium conducting wires was introduced. ‘The air was thoroughly exhausted and the Globe was sealed, leaving fhe platinjam fons ting wires sticking out throu; 6 glass. "has 1a ‘a beautiful lignt when the electricity was turned on, but the incan- -descent carbon burner could not be depended upon. It would be ruptured by a sudden in- crease of the current, or it would melt and disintegrate. It occurred to Mr. Edison’s ‘mind nm, Why. not use regular cotton :thread, carbonizing it by converting it, into ‘charcoal in a retort. This would give: him sa slender carbon for a burner, and as the “thread would have a fibre it would (ea less. Dikely to rupture upon an excess of current, . oe think was to act, Mr. Edison tried all eorts of thi ieces This lamp gave read and twine, converting f each into thread-tike carbon, by inclosing hem inan iron) rahe and subjecting fen fe -the intense. of 3‘muffie ce lamps were | promptly” made.- with short i} haved better, but they were very - When mirrorii pieees: of this carbonized threa¢ into the electric circuit, These carbons brittle, the texture was too loose,:and they were liable to. accidents’ of all kinds. ‘They did not answer the demands of a damp for practical every- day use. Then eamg into Edison’s mind the successful fdea, It was only a stepin advance of the notion of carbonized thread,yand was suggested by the experiments with, thread. It was the idea of trying slende slips of paper instead of thread. Paper co: ins the same fibre as thread, but is betterfbecanse the texture is closer. Bir. Edison flid not know that he-was Pa ON THE BRINE OF A DISCOVELY, but he was following up a general principle, and pushing his research as far as possible in order to ascertain exactly what value there was in the principle. Several kinds of paper were examined, and finally Bristol board was selected, as being freer from clay sizing and impurities than other varieties, Slender strips were cut off by hand from a sheet of Bristol board, being scissored ous in the form of delicate horseshoes. These slips were car- bonized in the muffle furnace by being*placed between sheets of tissue paper, tightly flamped between pieces of cast-iron, and sub- feet to intense heat. They were mounted in glass globes, as before, and tested. ‘The first experiment with carbonized paper horseshoe-burners wasmade only two orthyee weeks ago. To the ‘surprise of Mr. Edison the first lamp worked very well. Thedeli- cate horseshoe carbon was not at all brittle, It was actually flexible. It could be pulled out nearly straight without breaking. This was the first good point.”. Then, on being earefuny sealed up (in‘+ a vacuum and acurrent being passéd through them, they became brilliantly incandescent, giving out a light equal to that of a very bright gas- burner. The first ones were tried several, days, and withstood use so well that every man in the shop was astounded. A current of greag intensity was turned into one of them, ald the incandescence raised to a pow- er of thirty gas-burners before thecarbon gave out. As Mr. Edison does not care to produce lamps having a greater brilliancy than one, two, or three ec burners, he came to the conclusion thafa carbon which would stand a current strove enough to give a lisht of thirty gas-burners.could be depended upon for a light of two or three without ‘suffering, | danger. He then tested the paper carbon with reference to its liability to rupture. He detailed a man to turn on and off the current in one of the paper carbon Jamps 5,000 times, calculating that that would be about the num- ber of times the gas would be lighted in a gas-fixture in the course of ten or twelve years. The lamp stood this test also; and Sfenio Park could suppress its feelings no longer. The most. intense exhilaration and astonishinent reigned, and a week ago the reporters were sent for in a hurry to give the news to the world. Itis an interesting fact that the persons most astonished at the suc- cess of the new lamp are Mr. Edison and his aecistants themselves. They very frankly admii ~ r. Edison now has forty-five of the new hofseshoe . _ LAMPS IN OPERATION at Menlo Park. ‘Three dwellings are supplied with them, as also the Edison shops and one or two'of the streets of the village. The whole of the available force of the shops is now employed in producing more lamps, and Mr. Edison that he expects in five weeks to have 800 of them in practical use at Menlo Park and vicinity. Wires are to be run down to the village of Rahway, four miles distant, in order to ascertain the loss of power in dis- tributing lamps over a wide area, and a thorough practical test is to be made of the whole system. Some of the lamps have now been burning for seventeen days; the rest of. themovera week. So far they are doing well. The lamps can be made for: 25 cents apicce, and they give the light of one gas- yurner. . It must be confessed that there seems to be something practical in Mr. Edison’s new idea. To be sure the idea is not a new one in pring ciple. Inventors have been striving to main- tain carbon in an incandescent state ina yacuum for over thirty-five years. But no one has thought of a way to get_so delicate and slender a carbon before. No one has ever before been able to produce so per- fect a vacuum ina glass-tube. And, strange as it may seem,no one has ever before thought of the simple plan of, sealing up the tube’ with a blowpipe after the vacuum had been obtained. Sawyer uses some kind of wax. Edison, with his moremodern ideas, seems to have accom- plished, half by aceldent, the one thing after which all have been striving in the field of honsehold illumination, At the same time the new lamp has not been tested long enough to develop its defects; and the proc- lamation made a. week or ten days agaythat the victory had been finally won, must cer- tainly be considered as premature. Alread: afew of the lamps appear to be a little dull, a little less brilliant than at first, What does that mea, now? Can it, possibly indicate thata change is going on in the slender cat- bons, scarcely larger than hairs as they are, and that’in a few weeks they may actually lose their power to become brilliantly incan- descent? Perhaps so. If they should grow ‘any duller in the next few days, it will cer- tainly indicatecthat. The lamp then would be rfailure after all. * MR, SAWYER INSISTS * thateven if there is 1-100,000,000 part of the orig- inal air left in the sealed glass globes, the carbon must be consunted in time, especially if they are very’small ones. at to be the fate of Mr. Edison’s horseshoe carbons? Time alone can tell, but the contingency is so probable a one that it would seem asif common prudence and a sense of responsibil- ity to the public shouid have restrained Edi- son from bringing this lamp out into public notice until he had. given it a test in private. of the most thorough character. At any rate, it is not time yet to say whether thenew lamp is to be a success or not, It appears to be all that is desired. Itis all that is desired so. far as the beauty of the light itself, the simplicity of the lamp, and its ornamental character as a piece of furniture are con- cerned. -But will it last, and is its light to be cheaper than gas? To these two questions positively no answer can now be given, and the public should understand this fact. The one only thing which can really be said in its favor at present is that Mr. Edison has confi- dence enough in it to exhibit it to the public. Ishould not myself advise anybody to get tid of his stocks in too greata hurry. If stocks go down, pamans he had better buy, ifhecan. It will be many months before ib will be known that the Edison lamp is a suc- cess,—if it isto bea success,—and it will be years before it can be introduced to such an extent as to affect the. consumption of gas. Stockholders in'gas companies should do, nothing rash simply because Mr. Edison is” «experimenting in a new direction. S ODE TO EDISON. Ihear you’ve fashioned an electric burner ‘That throws Duboso’s and Browning's in the shade; And makes e’en Jablochkoff appear a learner, And not an expert at the lighi trade! "Tis sald—indeed, ’tis ‘‘ you yourself has said it,” That-“you have minced the bright electric “ And” (very soon, [ hope, to save your credit)! “You'll fighta thousand lights in Menlo Park.” ‘What most I marvel at, is your new wrinkle, The dessicated cardboard horseshoe wick, ‘That makes the Jovian current glow and twinkle ‘Than first-class stars more luminous and thick. I'm told you put your film in crystal prison, (Tbe vacuum tube of Gessler, as I guess, Of new device to me unless it’s his'n): In which the horseshoe burns up nothingness. Now, as I ponder it at this great distance, "a cant help thinking that your wick’s “ too 5 in,’ Forhalf the many hundred ‘‘ ohms”’ resistance— That would avail to keep its radiance “ in.”. Iknow Fou play at 3fenlo the enchanter— To a pe achievements Merlin’s were otfea] iP S35 To make a man you'd count an easy banter, bs And then to make him—lie, you’d somehow fix. But, ‘spite of phonograph and tasimeter— ‘Two pretty things for scientific play!— Your fume, { fancy. would become completer If you would fix that “ exhibition” day. The public chafes at multifold postponement, And laughs at your new promises, alas! Though it should find in these some Ught atone- ment, .’ In tumbling gas stocks and in cheaper gas! Yet, after all, I trust that with remorse you ‘Will be seized and turn it to a joke; Since if you realize your carbon “ horgeshoe,” I shall sustain so grate a loss in coke! | 5 THE BEAUTIFUL RIVER. Isee it now—that river clear as glass, Where I have spent so many huppy hours. Its wooded banks, of greenest-velvet grass, > Are richly mirrored with their verdant bowers. Its sunny bosom is a sparkling blue— The mirror of the tranquil Summer-heaven; Or richly glowing with a rosy hue, its splendors morn and even. see it now in fancy, and ance more - ts cool, blue crystal laves my weary feet, . ‘As, couched in fragrance on its blooming shore, it lulls me with its murmuring low and sweet. Ohappy, happy time, beyond returning! * My heart is dying with a hopeless yearning. . "| Sxoux BrupaKer: MUSIC. The Recent Performance. of “The Messiah.” we The. “Thursby Concerts at the Music-Hall. - Details of the Mapleson ..Opera Season. | ‘Pinafore at Anchor Here Ai News from Home and — Abroad, i ‘The principal musical event of last week } syns the performance of “The Messiah” by the Apollo Club. It gave us at the time an opportunity to say that it was well done, as far as the chpruses were eancerned. “At the same time, We may now say that it was not ag well done as itshould have been. When the circumstances of its production are con- sidered, there is little room for fault-finding. It was only decided to give it about a fort- night before Christmas. The opportunities for rehearsal therefore were limited, and only a “scratch” orchestra could be pro- cured. As a rule, “The Messiah” is, or should be, perfectly familiar, to any choral organization, but. in this chorus, as in any other, it happened-that there were some sing- ers to whom it was new, and these had not sufficient study. In referring again to this subject, however, the point we wish to make is this: As the Apollo Club has decided to, make “The Messiah” a regular feature of the Christmas holiday in the future, there never, should be any circumstances to be considered. If ‘The Messiah”: is worth doing at all itis worth’ doing at its best. Hereafter the choruses should be completely prepared. Time enough should be taken to secure a good orchestra and to rehearse it thoroughly, for even the best of our players need careful rehearsing. The soloists should be as strong as possible, -which was not the case last week, Mr. Ru- dolphson being the only one at home in ora- torio. Itshould be made the event of the year. We are not writing in a spirit of fault- finding with the Club, for,in the limited time, all was done that could be, but in the future no pains should be spared to give “The Messiah” with an ensemble worthy of it. : ‘THE THURSRY CONCERTS. ‘The return of Miss Emma Thursby to our concert stage after her exceptionally brill- iant Europeastour may be regarded as the most prominent event thus far of our mu- sical season, and we make no doubt that she will be greeted by a host of her friends and admirers, who will welcomegher, not alone for the pleasure she has given them in the past, but for the success which has crowned her as arepresentative American singer in London and Paris,—a success which amount- ed to an ovation in London and a furor in Paris. She has fairly earned the right, therefore, not only to a cordial but to an en- thusiastic welcome from all those who-take apridvin American vocalists. It certainly is not necessary for us _to introduce Miss Thursby to our readers, for no singer, per- haps With the exception of the lamented Pa- repa-Rosa, has been so popular with concert- goers, nor is it necessary for us to copy the glowing eulogiums of English and French erltics. The public know her qualities, and Jong ago fixed her place as a vo- ealist, and will unquestionably crowd the | Music-Mall give her not only the award due to her musical ability, but something that is still better, that warm personal greeting -which is due to her asa most estimable lady. As might have been anticipated, so great an artist has associated with herself an array ofzartists worthy to appear upon the same stagé with her. Franz Rummel will be the pianist, an_artist whose -fame has long preceded him, and whose pres- ence will be enthusiastically greeted by mu- sicians especially. - The violinist is Adam- owski, whose best introduction is his success at the East, even after such players as Wil- helmj and Remenyi. The cellist is Fischer, who comes to this country from Europe with the reputation of being one of the finest play- ersin the world. The baritone is Ferranti, that jovial, rollicking buffo, whom every one knows. _ The concerts willtakeplaceon Mon- day and Wednesday evenings of this week, the program for the first being as follows: Concerto in G minor (andante and finale)...... err. Grand March from “ Tannhauser,” Liszt-Wagner Herr Franz Rummd. @ Larghetto..... D Danse Espagnol “Ads Fische “La Calandrina” {Tho Little Bird-seller”) | (composed in 1750 by Nicoli Jomelli) t fias Emma Thursb) Invite Aredaiizu (‘Invitation to Solo Violoncetio{ ance” Traventi Violin Solof laamrowants saints @ Romance........ aens Solo Violoncello 13 Czardins Hongroise..Fischer . Ad, Fischer. “Why Are the Roses Red?” Miss Emma Th @ Nocturne... jat. b Grand Polo Herr Franz Ri Rondo Finale from “ La Sonnambula : ‘Miss.Emma Thursby. ComicSong... ° Sig. Ferranti, THE MWANCHETT RECITAL, Mr. Henry G, Hanchett, of Boston, gave a ianoforte Yeeital at fletshey Hall ‘et Fri- lay evening. The audience, though not large, was composed of musicians and musi- eal people, and was quite enthusiastic. The recital opened with a short fugue of Rhein- berger in G minor, followed by two numbers from Schumann’s “ Kreisleriana” in B flat major and G minor. Ther'two- Jatter were especially well played, showing that the pianist had become thoroughly imbued with the poetic focling of his selections. The Fantasie of Schaefer in E flat minor was new to us, and made a pleasing impression, though itis by no means 4 great work.. The Saran “Fantasie in Sonata Form,” has never been heard here, but proved a delightful ac- quatntanee. Viewed from, the standard of i Sonata it was lacking in continuity, but for a Fantasie it was strkingly coherent and consequent ‘in development. It is very melodious throughout, full of beautiful thoughts ‘and striking effects of har- monization, gqnite in accordance with the methods of the modern school. Its duration was about thirty minutes, and we think itwould have been better if the author had shortened it somewhat. As it is, Mr, Hanchett condenses the work by the omission of several pages of repetition. The romance is extremely rich_and charmingly eolofed. The Scherzo in D flat major, and the Etude in E major of Chopin, gave appor- tunity fora fine display of Mr. Hanchett’s admirable technique,“ an opportunity of pnleh “ne was not slow to aval hhuself, though some passages were given with rather too much vigor. Liszt's “ Waldes- rauschen” and Rubinstein’s Etude in C major perhaps displayed the performer’s powers to the best advantage, as he seemed perfectly at ease -in the difficult-passage work in which these compositions abound. .| In the rapid octave passages of the latter es- pecially he displayed great powers of en- durance and self-control. Behas a beautiful touch, which. is shown especially in works which require exceeding delicacy of manipu- lation, and whatever may be lacking in his in- terpretations is clearly due to his having had no opportunities for study abroad. It isa cheering sign when. an artist can arrive at such eminence by means of study in Amer- ica alone, and proves that the day is not far distant when an American education will be amply sufficient. dl THE MAPLESON OPERA SEASON, The Mapleson opera season will cémmence at Haverly’s Theatre Jan. 12, lasting two weeks, and the subscription sale for the sea- son Will open at the box office on Tuesday morning at 10 o’clock; the sale of single seats on-Thursday morning at 9. We shall give the details of the season hereafter, but in the followi be Known at present as to the organiza- ni -tion and repertory of the troupe. The works to-be given the first week are as follows: ~) ° Monday—“Muyta": Lfonello, Signor Campa- nini;- Plunketto, Herr Behrens; . Tristan, Signor ‘Tepnldi; Nancy, AnnieLouise Cary; Marta, Mile. Alwina Vallerias , Tuesday—*La Sounambula”: Etcino; Signor Mendelssohn | schedule will be found all that* Canrp: ‘Rodolphe; Signor Del Puente; Teresa, 4 Mme. Lablache: Amina Mile. Marie Marimon. Wednesday—“ Linda.d! Chamouni”: Carlo, Sig- nor Buncio; I Pref ta, Herr Behrens; Antonio, Signor. Galassi; Bjerpite, Annie Louise Cary; Dinda,Mile. Alwing Valleria. } ‘Thursday—“Lu Bigija del Reggimento": Tonto, Signor Runcio; Sulpizio, Signor Del Puente; La rehesa, Mme. Lablache; Afaria, Mile. Marie Ma: Au Ata Signor Cat lay—" Aida dam: Signor Cam- anini; amanastro: Sie eats Ramjs, Herr ehrens; Amneris;; Annie Louise Cary; Aida, Mme. Erpilie Ambre, -,. 2 Saturday afternoon—Matince, in which Mlle. Marmion will make her third appearance. Saturday Evening—'Faust": Faust, Signor Runeio; “Mephistopheks, Signor ‘Bel Puente; Valentino, Signor Galassi; Siebel, Annie Louise Cary; Margherita, Mile. Alwina Valeria. Sunday evening—Roasini’s “Stabat Mater.” The company is now in Boston, and the papers, without. exception, are enthusiastic in_ their accounts! of the successes of Mile. Marimon, Signor Campanini, and Signor Del Puente in “La Sondambula,” on the open- ing night. In view of the well-known beauty of this performance, the comments of the Boston critics are not to be wondered_at. ‘The Advertiser says of Mile. Marimon: “ Her yoice is aremarkably pure, fluent, and brill- iant: SOpTANO, exceptionally strong and abso- Intely homogeneous from one end to the other of its large-compass. In the sympa- thetic quality it is much above the average.” Sig. Campanini comes in for a large share of praise, and is said to have been received with all the lonors awarded toa favorit of the Boston Public. ‘The Herald says: “The incomparabie Campanini must have felt him- self at home agnin,-the audience greeting him, upon “his entrance,'with a heartiness seldom.gratited other. than resident artists, and this favor was repeatedly shown him during the evening, all of his leading num- bers being generally applauded, and very de- termined but unsuccessful efforts being inade to have him repeatsome of them. He shared the honors of the evening with Mile. Mari- mon, : THE MUSIC OF. CENTRAL CHURCH. To the Editor of The Chicago Tribune, Carcaco, Jan. 2—The Trustees of Central Church have for four years depended for their praise-service upon cohgregational sing- ing. Now, as weare to occupy 2 larger and pleasanter hall, and expect.in due time to ave j suitable organ for the place, and as the désire of the regular attendants, so far as the writer knows, is unanimously in favor of a good quartet, it is to be hoped that this general feeling will be duly heeded by the Trustees, and that important acquisi- tion to. our exercises secured as soon, at . least; as the hall’ cor- poration provide the auditorium with an organ, * It cannot be reasonably claimed that the ‘opening musical exercises of Central Church are attractive or even interesting; nevertheless they may be as much soas exclu- sive congregational singing ever is, but no one who highly estimates the inspiration of food music. in worship cares about starting for our church service any earlier than is- necessary to secure his seat,—j. ¢., by the close of the second hymn,—hence one-half ihe seats are unodcupied until about that me. Itseemssurprising that our Trustees over- look the great advantage of excellent music, notonly to draw the congregation together earlier, but to add’ to the attractions of the exercises, and thus increase the demand for seats. When Central Hall is provided with a fine organ, why should not Central Church be favored with the best talent obtainable in Chicago to furnish and conduct the music? The amount necessary to be added to the $1,000 now paid the precentor,and organist to secure @ combination of musical talent de- sirabfe would easily be met by additional sale of seats, Centran Courcn Meaper. + LOCAL MISCELLANY. The Auburn (N. Y.) Advertiser of the 2th ult. announces that-Mr. I. V. Flagler, for- merly of this city, hgs recovered sutticlently from liis injuries (rect ived ina runaway) to resume his organ concerts. Mr. J..A. Mack has taken the management df the Haverly Church Choir company in place of Mr. Davis, who goes in advance of the Mapleson , opera ‘troupe, The company will be in Chicago this week. The Miinnerchor of the Apollo Club will meet for rehearsal to-morrow evening at the rooms of the Cub, in the American Express Company's Building. The ladies’ chorus will not have any rehearsal until further notice. Mrs. Lizzie Bagg, so long the contralto-of the Plymouth Church choir, has resigned her position, and it is understood that Miss Jessie artlett will have the plece. Mrs. Bagg, who ig very well known in our musical circles, has sung for the church-during the past four years, and given universal satisfaction as one of the best church altosin the,city. Her re- tirement will undoubtedly be regretted by the entire congregation. The Turner-Hall program for this after- noon will be as follows: March, ‘ Auro- ra,” Zickof; ‘Overfure, ‘ Pique Dame,” Suppe; waltz, “ Wedding Sounds,” Bohm; “ Divertissement,” Resch; concert overture, Killing; serenade for string instruments, Haydn; fantasie from “Fidelio,” Beethoven; “Pair at Krachwinkle Damorseki,” Schrein- er; “Turkish Patrol,” Michaelis; and galop, “Tornado,” Herrmann.. The second of a series of chamber concerts, given by the Liesegang Quartet Club, came off on Monday last at Brand’s Hall, and proved, like its predecessors, a source of real enjoyment for a large and very appreciative audience. The organization showed _in the production of such works as the Raff Quin- tet, op. 107, and the String Quartet, op. 18, No. 2, by Beethoven, considerable progress and a near approach to perfection, which entitle rer to the thanks of all friends of classical music. F : : The Church Choir ship “ Pinafore,” after her long voyaging, has once more cast anchor inthe home harbor, and her crew will give a series of a week’s performances, commencing to-morrow evening. ‘The cast has been changed somewhat since the com- pany was here last. Mrs, Ford, of St. Paul’s Church, Cleveland, will be the josephine during a part of the week, Mr. Philip Fried the Ralph, and Mr, Walker the admiral. Otherwise, the_cast.will be the original one, Miss Bartlett, Miss Somers, Mr. McWade, Mr, Raymond, and Mr. Liverman remaining in'their old. places. Mr, Buisseret will lead the orchestra, and the ‘chorus is the old one. | THE CINCINNATI FESTIVAL SOLOISTS. _ The Cincinnati Gazette prints the follow- ing dispatch from New York: The Colege of Music at Cincinnatl is still too young to provide the soloists for the grent bien- ninl May festivals; and, though New-Yorkers may envy Cineinnatians’ their stirring musical activity, they can contegppiate with some satis- faction the circumstance that the Enst is called on to contribute many factors to Cincinnati's great fests. New York will huve a large repre: sentation next May; for, besides 100 “Philbar- monic musicians, she will send several soloists. All engagements are not yet made, and there is some difliculty in finding a satisfactory principal soprano... Miss Thursby -has been negotiuted with, but her figures ure too steep. Campanini has signed, and wif be at the disposal of Mr. Thomas for seven concerts. Mr. Harvey, the New York tenor, has also been enga on ‘the recommendation of Dudley Buck. He isa young man, and, in Signor Er- unui’s opinion, as good as.any Jogi tenor. Mr, ‘Thomus desires a double quartet capable of singing in the Beethoven Mass, so that quite a number of engagements are still to be An attempt to secure Signor Galassi, the buri- tone of the Muplezon opera company, fuiled, be- Pes of the conditions of his contract with-Mu- pleson. - i Miss Cary and Mr. Whitney will doubtless sign. - One of the soprnnos will probably be a young Australinn singer, Amy Sherwin, who has x pure, high soprane voice, and bas hid excellent nu- sical instruction. She has sung in opera in Australia and San Francisco, and has won the hearty approvul of Mr. Hassard, of the Triune, it the recent performance of ‘the oratorio of “Elijah,” where, however, she sung the minor art of the youth, She will sing “Ah! Perfido,” y Beethoven, at the next Brooklyn Philhar- mionie concert, under Mr. Thomas’ conduct. .,, MUSICAL ‘NOTES. It is announced that -Herr Edouard Lassen has been appointed successor to Dr. Hans Von Bilow as. conduetor at the Opera in Hanover. et ‘The composer Strauss has just completed & new operetta, “La .Mantille a Bentille,” which will be performed at Vienna after Christmas. . ML. Massenet has conipleted’a new opera, in five acts, entitled “ Tiérodiade,” and is now engaged on another “opera, the libretto of which is founded upon Goethe’s “ Werther.” Annost simultaneously with the disappear- ance of Mr. Mapleson’s opera. eompaly from the Academy of Music; Mr. Max Strakosch, with his Grand Italian opera company and abundant repertoire, appears upon the scene at Booth’s Theatre, Mr. Strakosch announces the opening of his New. York sgason (of two weeks only} on the 19th prox: ‘The sixth Gewandhaus concert at Leipzig brought forward a posthumous overture, “Fran Aventiure,” by:Franz von Holstein; Beethoven’s “Pastoral” symphony; his concerto in G, played by Mme. Clara Sehu- mann, who also gave golos by Brahms and Mendelssohn; and vocal piecesby Herr Blau- waert, a baritone singer from Mons... | - Messrs, Breitkopf & Hartel, of Leipzig, have just issued a prospectus of 2 complete edition of the works of Robert Schumann, uniform. with their editions of Beethoven, Mendelssohn, ‘and’ arte copy- made. | right of Schumann’s work will not expire Germany till 1886, it will -be at: least seven years before the publication will be complete. Anincidentat Her Afalesty’s, on Monday night, Opera,, “Don Giovanni ”:. Violon- to conversational old gentleman in the front row of the stalls)—"* Why don’t you talk less and Pay more attention to the mu- played a little: better I should not talk so much.” Collapse of violoncellist—London Examiner. The basso of the Mapleson opera com- pany, Mr. Conrad Behrens, has received an invitation to sing at the Cincinnati May Fes- tival. Behrens, an excellent artist in_ora- torio and German style of music, would be a valuable acquisition to the Festival, but much depends whether his manager. will give him mie permission = Femain in Amer jaim his services at_ the beginning o! the London season in April. fe Part of Saint-Saéns’ opera “Etienne Mar- cel,” which was brought out at Lyons with brilliant success in January last, was given recently by M. Colonne at one of the Chatelet concerts. The parts selected for perform- ance were the finale of the first act and six little orchestral pieces which form the ballet music of the work. The finale was disap- pointing, because, being written for perform- ance on the stage, it lost vastly by transporta- tion to the concert-room, and, even though Faure himself sang, its success was question- able. But it was altogether different with the ballet-music. Here the richness of fancy and variety of coloring, combined with mirable science, which Saint-Saéns_shows in all his symphonic joems Were used with the happiest e! ecb id. every number was hailed with great enthusiasm, and had to be repeat- ed. “Musette Guerriére,” a “ Pavone,” and a waltz are especially commended. ———— THE NICARAGUA ROUTE. ——_ Capt. Bedford Pim’s Lecture on the isthmus Canal—He Favors the Amer= ican Route. London Morning Post, Dec. 18. At the meeting of the members of the London Society of Arts, John street, Adelphi, Capt. Bed- ford Pim, R. N., M.P., read @ paper on the sub- ject of “The Panama Canal.” The chair was tuken by Sir George Balfour, M.’P. The lecturer first adverted to the conclusions recently ar- rived at by the Paris Congress, when the route for a canal across the Isthmus of Panama was selected by a majority of the delegates, and then discussed the varied interests involved in the formation of such a connecting link between the two oceans. He thought, however, that the Bay of Panama was unsuited for the enter- prise on account of the persistent calms which often effectually barred ita approaches to sailing ships, and in this opinion he was borne out by muny, persons eminently qualified to decide upon the merits of the question. After giving his own experience, derived during off- cial employment in Central America, Capt. Pim mentioned in detail the variéus schemes which bad been propounded for canal transit in that region, and said that there now seemed no rea- son todoubt the choice would ultimately fall upon Nicaragua. He thought that we should do wellto accept the decision which had been recorded the Americans infavorof sucha route, with the proviso only that the Nicaragua canal should be absolutely neutral territory, open to all come: and entirely unrestricted us to a “ highway of nations.” In offering a few suggestions to those who might be engaged in the construction of a canal through Nicaragua, he would say that he con- sidered that. the difficulties which the sund bars of Greytown presented were sufficient to make it impossible to form a harbor at that place. Undersuch circumstauces, it was desirable to suggest an alternative route, with very different dimensions, for the canal, and a consequent diminution of cost trom that now soa Starting from Monkey Point, now called Pim’s Bay, on the Atlantic, and forty miles north of Greytown, he would udyise the formation of a canal from the inner part of that bay down to the Rama River, a distance of about tenimiles. This river carried deep water for about twenty miles into the interior, and the re- inaining seventy miles to Lake. Nicaragua would traverse land which offered no particular diffi- culty. Then, from Sun Miguelito, on Lake Nica- ragua, by wuy of Tipitupa, to the northern shores of Lake Managua, there was nothing which an engineer would consider a difti- culty in these dr and the remainder of the canui to the embereadero of Port Kealejo, on the Pacitic, could scarcely be said to afford a field for engincering skill, the only diffi- culty being the supply of water for the canal, Dut, inasmuch as. Lake Managua was 133 feet above the Pucific, that was not insurmountable. ‘The en distance by this route would be about 200 miles, and, at say four miles an hour, would occupy a vessel three days. In the scheme he proposed a deep-water canal was not thought of, and a depth of eight feet would be amply sufficient, as the ships passing through the canal would be raised on pontoons by a pores which had Ween for years past successfully in the- Victoria Docks. The cost of the cons@ruction of a canalwould be materially reduced by the adoption of this plnn,and by a preliminary opening of a system of railroad and lake steamers over the route further advan- tuges would be secured to those engaged in the canal works. As _an estimate was always a delicate matter to deal with, he would not attempt to go into detail us to cost, but even at the outside sum of £40,000 a mile for the 150 miles upon which outlay would be required, the total cost would amount to some six millions. There would not, he thought, be any difficulty in raising this sum in America, England, and Frynce, if only a land warrant for a five-acre lot were given us a bonus with ench £10 share. uta work of such mugnitude should not be left to private enterprise, and a guarantee of 1 per cent each on the part of the three na- tions he had named would fusnish sufficient in- aucement for the money to be subscribed at once, and would aid-in the consolidation of and friendly feeling between the people of these countries far more lasting and binding than could be effected by any treaty merely guaran- teeing the neutrality of the route. In the course of the discussion whick followed satisfaction was generally essed at the re- vival of interest in a scheme of such world-wide importance, and the desirability of a careful survey of the country to be traversed was re- marked upon, and, in replying tothe remarks made, Capt. Pim said that we should come to terms with the United States before we had any- thing todo with the practical building of the canal, and {f “we did that we should be likely to become the joint proprictors of a very useful work, available at all times and conducive to the national prosperity. A yote of thanks to Capt. Pim, moved PF the Chairman and sec- onded by Mr. C. Walford, concluded the pro- cee : TO MATTIE IN HEAVEN. Long and weary years have fiown Since lust I on thee; And sorrow o’er the ‘past hus thrown A gloom thou canst not see. ‘Two lives had tlown together long > - Beneath the sunshine’s glow, And purest thought and happiest song ‘Were mingled with their tlow. They parted. Thine, through endless day, Its light and song retains; And mine in gloom, bereft hope’s ray, Only its truth remains. Yet, ever through the darkest storms, My soul in faith looks up, To tied the gloom that veils God’s smile, While draining wo's durk cup. With chon wings and prailid’brows ‘Have passed the darkened years Since last [ looked on thy dead face ‘Through grief’s first bitter tears. Ab! radfant hopes within my heart Since that sad parting died; Hope. wailed o'er Love's untimely grave— Then faded, leaving pride. ) Yet still there glowed within my soul “Sweet memories of thee,” * That e’er could calm the wildest storms That lashed Life's dreary sea. And still [look with living faith To that not distant end When, softly ‘neath God's fadeless smile, Our streams of life shall blend. DECEMBEL, 1879. MAGGIE A. COYNE. $$ * A Musical Phenomenon, London Telegraph. ‘The age of youthful prodigies in music has not yet passed. it is true that at present we have no Mozart und no Mendelssohn, but only a few weeks have elapsed since Master Maurice Den- Fremont. astonished connoisseurs by piaying the fiddle at 14 like a master of 40; and now news comes of another wonder-child, who is a year younger than Dengremont, but quite as expert upon his particulur instrument, the pianoforte. ‘The latest marvel happens to be both deaf and dumb, and this will not tend to lessen the inter- est tuken in bis performances. A pianist una- ble to hear himself play occupies, if he belong to the “higher-deyelopment”™ school, a posi- tion of special advantuge. He cannot be harassed by the wrong: notes inevitable from the gymnastics of his profession, nor can his soul be harrowed up by the remarkuble com- binations of sound and fury that must needs pass with him as music, We do not know into whose hands the deaf and dumb marvel has fallen; but, if the agonizers of the: pianoforte possess him, it is clear that Nature has shown herself careful to equip the Jad for his ial work.- ‘What if this should be the beginn! of one of those conservative measures which the “Great Mother” is never loth.to devise for the of her children? Whenever the skin of the body is exposed to contact with rough sur- faces, it invariably thickens and hardens. In like manner, may not deafness superyene upon the continued assaults of modern * pianism"? By and by,:perhaps, we shall find it spreading among audiences whose oniy consolation in li: will then be to run after pianoforte “Ifons” and retlect, while witnessing superhuman strug- gles‘with the key- upon the happy fate which has made inaudible the accompanying noises. Conversational Old Gent—“If you - Some Further Facts Regatding the Muddle at Hart- ford. An ‘Alleged Misstatement of Facts Which Fails to Pan Out : Well.” The Horses that Have Trotted in 2:21 or Better, and Their Driyers--- Track Talk. THE HARTFORD BUNGLE. Last Sunday Tax TRIBUNE published an ac- count of how John Splan was held up for $100 through the combined efforts of Secretary Vail, of the National Association, and the officers of the St. Louis Jockey and Trotting Club,—being compelled to pay $400 entrance money claimed to be duc the Hartford Association on account of unpaid entry fees of the bay stallion Briga- dier and the gray maro Rose of Washington. ‘This money Splan was compelled to deposit with the St. Louis concern before he could start his horses at the fall meeting there, although at the time he knew (and, had Mr. Vail attended to his business, the St. Louis people must also have known) that the alleged claims against Rose of ‘Washington and Brigadier had been paid in fall. He was obliged to put up $400, however, the money being at once misappropriated by some officer of the St. Louis Club, instead of forwarded to Secretary Vail’s office at Hnitford, so that when he demandéd it of the St. Louis people, he was and still is unable tocoilect a cent. It was a plain case of money being col- lected twice to satisfy one debt, and a more out- rageously unfair proceeding, or one that de- serves greater condemnation and thorough pub- Keity, it would be hard to find. But there is one feature of the affair which has not, thus far, been alluded to, and that isthe fact that Mr. Vall had no right to suspend Splan in connection with Rose of Washington, since her entry at Hartford was not made by him, be stating to Mr. Loomis, who was solicting entries for Hartford at the time of' the mecting here in July, that he (Splan) bad nothing to do with the mare, she simply traveling with his horses. That her entry at Hartford was~made by her owner, Mr. Sinsabaugh, is proved by the sub- joined: letter from that gentleman, who also ives ome facts which Mr. Loomis, of Hartford, invited to contradict, Mr. Sinsabaugh’s letter is a8 follows: To the Editor of The Chicago Tribune, WASHINGTON, Ia.. Dec. 29.—In THe TRIBUNE of yesterday I see that you have undertaken to ventilate the manner in which the affairs of the National Association ure run by the Secretary's office at Hartford, and am very glad to see such a@ move made, asitis one that has long been needed. In to the entry of Rose of Washington atthe Hartford meeting and her subsequent suspension the facts are as follows: Di the trotting meeting at Chicago last July Mr. Burdett Loomis, one of the officers of the Hartford Association, solicited and obtained the entry of Rose of Washington, on behalf of the Association he represented. In her race at Cleveland the following week she injured her- self, and J did not enter her at Buffalo, being in. hopes that by laying her up she would be uble to fulfill the balance of her engagements in the circuit. Butin trotting her race at Rochester she hit -herself again, so that it wns evi- dent to everybody that she would not be able to trot for some time. Mr. Loomis was in Rochester at the time, and saw the mare inher stall. Hether sald it wus no use goin, any further with her, and, in the presence oj Messrs. Splan and McDonald (the latter gentle- mun being the owner of Brigadier and Col. Lew- is, anda man whose reputation is of the best), said that he (Loomis) would agree on behalf o! the Hartford Association to compromise my mare’s entrance, $100, one-half the amount of the entrance-fee. Mr. Splan had the money inhis pocket to pay the claim, and of- fered to do soright there, but then Mr. Loomis went back on his agreement, and refused toaccept a settlement. Still supposing thata great institution like the Hartford Association would stand by any agreements made by its of- ficers, I entered Rose to trot at Chicago in Sep- tember, not dreaming that she was suspended. On the day the race here was tobe trotted Col. Conley made his appearance at the track with a document which called for $20, which must be paid before any more could be allowed to start. I suppose the extra $20 was added for the bonelitof Mr. Vall. I paid the money, it being just $120 more than Mr. Loomis had agreed to take in settlement of the matter. Now, sir, sucha style of doing business is pretty’ upon-poor-horsemen, and not-many of them are able to stand that Kind of racket. I would like to see what that great institution, the National Trotting Association, has to say about this matter, as | consider it robbery. Iam aduily reader of Toe Trruuns, and would like to see you keep on in your work of ventilating the manner in which the affairs of the National Association are managed: WILLIAM SCYSABAUGH, ‘Owner of Rose of Washington, AN INTERESTING TABLE. ‘The following table, showing the horses that have trotted in 2:21 or better, the year of their best performance, and the name of the driver, will be found of interest and valuable for refer- ence. Those horses that have dicd are desig- nated by a dagger, and those retired from the turf for other reasons by an asterisk: Name, Time. Driver. Pr St. Julien... Hickok. —. -. --—{1879 rus*. Splan....— aa Goldsmith Maid*. Hopeful. 2 Luls*. Smuggle of Lueille Golda American Girlt.. Darb; George Palmer*.|2 Bodine*,. Mambrint Fleety Golddust* Muy Queen*.. Little Fred... TWipisiowivwieis Castle Boy*. Clementine* Gen. Garfiek Susie*.. Gen. Grant.*. King Phillip*. White Stockings. May Bird*...... Banquo... Indianapo! Lady Pritchard. Lucille. Scott's Powers fichard joty.. Voltai Castleton. NO MISTAKE ABOUT IT. In the issue of the Turf, Fieldand Farm which reaches here to-morrow appears the following editorial article: “It is charged, by Te Crrcaco TRrsunz, that the St. Louis Jockey and Trotting Club collected 400 from John Splan last fall, on official notice troneSecretary Vail, and‘ used the same to pay the debtsof the Club, instead of sending it to Hartford for proper distribution. The argu- ment is then made that the St. Louis Club simply acted as tho. agentaf the National: Trotting Association. and that cousequently the loss a the National people, a3 8 mutter of SHO Q- called harsh names by the Chicas course those who understand the rivairy teh, two cities are not grieved thereat, Te of Chicago wade into St. Louis on the) PSs pretext, and the St. Louis papon 2° slsus to return the compliment. !the thunder pt ‘TRIBONE, it would seem, rests upon a sit dation of facts. Weare officially aiu™ tas - the $400 put up by Splan at St. Laaig nee! shipe of a thirty-day bond by RC. Bes fay fore the thirty days expired, the Gj’ formed thatthe money had pre tS collected from Sphin, witl on. the ree, ™ tes cxunccled ak information it sent Mr. Pai Hartford, where it now is, We sheeple been very sorry to Iearn that the {auld kr stated by THE TRIBUNE. The S-Tg hte was unfortunate, but it did ule of applying National . payment of its debts.” Both the Turf, and Secretary V; its information was obtained, Aas mS wrong, although not to blame, ag the me never been represented in-its proper hott Mr. Vail by the officers of the St Louyét® Tho facts in regard to the bond are fey simple. When the St. Louis people deny! that Splan should pay the $400 entrance g-> claimed to be due from him to the wet track, Mr. Pate offered to sign a Dond for amount in order to protect the St. Louis Club; til atelegram could be sent to Mr, Vail, andy truth or falsity of Splan’s statement that, money bad been forwurded to Harttony tained. When the St. Louis meeting cameg: end Mr. Clark, the Assistant Secretary of the © Louis Club, sud that he had telegraphed y Vail, but received no answer, and that he x still hold the bond. Inorder to relleve Yr. of any further responsibility or troubieiq matter, Splan paid Mr. Clark $100in curre e the purpose of ‘redeeming the bond, Ga. agreeing to give the document to Mr. Pte. omitted to do_so. Splan took a receipt f Clark for the $400, which he now holds ets than this, Mr. Clark bas distinctly und ine ing admitted the payment of the Shu, andi stated over his own signature that it bad” turned into the general fund of the S. Int Jockey and Trotting Club, and used to papi debts of that institution.—so that there exe no doubt of the fnct. When the Turf ssyut St. Louis Club “did not go tothe length ot plying National Association funds to the pe ment of its debts,” it tlutly contradicts the who writes that he did use the money in that way. THE Tripvune bas no Spite to inthis matter, but simply wants to know ity National Association is responsible for the of its members and agents. and whether, iney these agents misuppropriate funds intrusted: their care, there Is any punishment in storefy em. TRACK TALK. George: Lorillurd thinks’ that Sensation y; stand triining next season: ‘The trotting horses Chaunecy M. Bedle, recog 2:30, and Planter, record 2:2 are to be solde. auction in New York next Friday. Abe Perry, who trained for Mr. J.T. Willy’. last year, will have chargeof the raco hore belonging to Powers & Son, of Decatur, Il, sey season. The'race horse Edinburg, 5 years, by Longta low, that has run successfully for the past thy ei has been sent to“ Uncle John” dt Detruit, and will be used in the stu. bes The Utica Park Association has elected ty’ following officers for 1880: President, Charles ¥. Hutchinson; Vice-Presidents, T. R. atan M. G. Thomson; Secretury, Benjamin A. Treasurer, M. Thomson: sg Os Charley Green, after an experience of tz eur a8 lessee of Prospect Park, has tired of ty usiness, and will start out in the spring with: stable of trotters, hay gone back tohisa home at Babylon, Long Island. Bend Or was the best .2-y last season, ¥ every race in which k five in number, ind capturing S40t5 stakes.’ Sensation was America’s crack 2yew old, and also won all his races,—seven. His wir nings were about $20,000. Secretary Aldrich gives notice that the amy meeting of the Central Park Driving Associate for the election of tive Directors, and the tras action of such other business as may comen, will be held at Owsley’s Hall, Madison and Bote streets, Monday evening, Jun. 15. 5 The first race trotted for money in thisor: try took place in 1818, when a bet of 1,00 ws made that no horse could do a mile in three m> utes. The wager was accepted by the ownersd a. nag called TFosto. a Blue, who performed th feat in 2:53. This .was regarded 23 a wondatd performance, and for nearly thirty years then ‘was no record asfast as 2:00. © 4 If Proteine recovers sufficiently to stand tra ing she will be driven next season by Jie Biggs. Last June, during the Toledo meetix, she began to be troubled with a shoe boil, whict steadily grew worse, until it is now of enormos size. e Inare’s “ game” ler was fired in At gustiast, and her owners hope that she mi Tound-to sufficiently to trot afew races. ~~ ~ At St. John, N. B., on the 9th ult., the Custom House authorities sold at public auction a tm ting horse called * George Barker,” for the now payment, of the duty on him, for $150. Thehow evidently a , and is said to be a Bost trotter, capable, of trotting anywhere in th twenties. - He has been trotting during the sux mer, throughout the lower Provinces, under ts assumed name, and:thas made considerahs theougt being entered in the 2:50 and other hig ear-old in Engiu! Mr. George H. Bailey, who keeps track oft Performances of Maine-bred trotting-horss, Fie that during the season 1879 that Stateco tributed six that went into the 2:30 list. Te gray mare Emma B. obtained a record of 224 at Buffalo. Pemberton won ao heat in 2:2 Hartford. Dispatch trotted in 2:25 at Provideoc early in the season, and subsequently came Wet asa“ringer,” winning a heat in 2:24 ats Louis. Black Pilot hus 22:30 record. Judgmet bas finally obtained a record of 2:30 after tot ting more heats without obtaining a record thst any horse that ever started for money. Tels is Kitty Morris. Volunteer now stands at the head of all 1d ting stullions. At the close of the season of 153 eignteen of his gut had trotted 390 heats in 23 or better, and Inst year 8 heats better than 7:4 were added to their credit, one being the 2:24 of St, Julien. Volunteer is the sire of St. Juliza 2:12; Gloster, 2:17; Alley, 2:19; Bodine, 2:9% Amy, 2:2904; Driver, 222044: Huntress, 2204: Powers, 2:1. Volunteer is the only sire that bs four representatives with records better tha 2:99, no other sire having more than two. bietonian bus Dexter and Nettie; Walkill Cid bas Great Eastern and Dick Swiveller, and Knox has Lady Maud and Camors. QUESTIONS ANSWERED. E. Ne C., INpranaporas.—c ed Douglas, be horse that started twice at the crutting meetias at Chicago last fall, in sound health, aud fs he 12 Chicago? Ans.—He is in tho best of health, 12 wintering atthe stables of bis owner, Mr. H.¥- Bemis, 19 South Park avenue, this city. E. F. S., CHICAGO.—Cnn you Inform me wast I ean obtain the time mide by fast trotting horses since 1860, und also how much it will oot Ans.—U'he annual Trotting Register, publi by The Spirit of the Tines will be issued abot Feb. 1, and will contain the information you sire. "The price is $4, und by forwarding that sug to Mr. E. A. Buck, the editor of the paper: Chambers street,’ New York City, a copy will sent you. SHADOW AND SHINE. With emptied arme and treasara r020 less Thee, while my days go on! - 7 ONE. B, Browns ‘What need I to make me glad, o Or lack for a spirit gay 2 - One glinpse of a fair-huired lad— Just seven years old to-day. g Sweet bells swing up to the sky On silvery links of joy; And, listening here, I sigh For the laughter of a boy. Yet this morning, when I heard Xoung lips by un oath defiled, My mutinous son! was stirred Yo solemn thanks for my child. And yesterday there recled by ‘The wreck that a man may bez What if his mother were i? My sturry-eyed darling, be? Ah, yes, it is better sol No haunting feur of a snare i For the feet that, so long azo, , Climbed up by the Golden Stair. -., Yet, Peter of Galilee, What doubts shook even thy breast When first on an angry sca Thy timorous feet were pressed, ‘Though One walked with thee Whose will Cradles the terrible deep. ei a Loni, say to our storms, ** Be still!’ ‘Bid Peace rock Sorrow to sleep! Aye, sweet bells, gleefully ring! * While, putting our gricfs away, Bravely, whatever be bring, _ + Year, to-day. . Greet we the New : Jas. 1, Isso. Maouawt BEATRICE Drash. a ———$§_ : Ladies in the Galleries of Congres® + To Mrs. Langdon, of New Hampsbire, #9}. busbund was a member of Congress, am ty ludies indebted for permission te listen Woy debates and proceedings of that body. To. had been originally excluded from the all but when the famous Jay treaty Was a home there were heated debntes in the Bis, One night #) Ter Ninos at Setachuserts, that she Om not hear the arguments, especially bis pares ‘Mr. Ames mulantly replied that he Knew tag son why ludies should not be permitted to0% the debates. “Then,” suid Mrs. Janrend?: en, you will Iet me know when you next! t Speuk, I will make up a party of ott eg uy ‘will go and hear you.” It was done, ani leries- have always gince been gruced presence.