Evening Star Newspaper, January 31, 1880, Page 7

GRANT'S CONVERSATIONS. {From Part Eighteen of Around the World with General Grant, by John Russell Youn) “On the ‘ht before Lee's surrender,” sald Gen. Gran! had a wretched headache —head- aches to which I have been subject—nervous prostration, intense personal suffering. But, suffer or not, [had to keep moving. I saw Clearly, especially after Sheridan had cut off the escape to Danville, that Lee must surrender or break and run into ‘the mountains—break in all directions and leave us a dozen guerrilla bands to Nght. The object of my campaign was not Richmond, not the defeat of Lee in actual fight, but to remove him and his army out of the contest, and, if possible, to have him use his influence fn inducing the surrender of John- ston and the other Isolated armies. You see the war was an enormous strain upon the country. ich as'we were I do not now see how we could have endured it another year, even from a financial point of view. ** So with tnese views 1 wrote Lee, and opened the corresponcence with which the world {s | familiar. does not appear well in that cor- responde1 ot nearly so well as he did in our Subsequent interviews, where his whole beanjag Was that of a patriotic and gallant soldier, con- cerned alone for the welfare of his army and his state. I received word that Lee would meet me at a point with'n our lines near Sheridan’shea2- quarters. I had to ride quite a distance through amuddy country. I remember now that I concerned about my personal appearance. 1 had an old suit on.without my sword, and with- out any distinguishing mark of rank except the shoul ps of a lieutenant general on a woole! I Was splashed with mud in “MY LONG RIDE.” “T was afraid Lee might think I meant show him studied discourte: Jeast I thought so. But Th 1 within reach, as Lee’s letter found me away from my bas 5 I kept on riding until I met Sheridan. neral, Who was one of the heroes of the campaign, and whose pursuit ot Lee was perfect in its generaiship and energy, told me where to find Lee. I remember that Sheridan was impatient when I met him, anxious and suspicious about the whole busi: ness, feared there might be a plan to escape; that he had Lee at his feet, and wanted to end the business by going in and forcing an abso- lute surrender by capture. 4n fact, he had his troops ready for such an assault when Lee’s white flag came within his line. “IT went up to the house where Lee was wait- Ing. I found him in a fine, new, splendid uni- form, which only recalled my anxtety as to my own clothes while on my way to meef him. I ex- pressed my risret that I was compelled to meet im in sO uLceremonlous a Manner, and he replied that the only suit he had avatiable was one which had been sent him by some admirers in Baltimore, and which he then wore for the first time. We spoke of old friends in the army. 1 remembered having seen Lee in Mexico. He Was so much higher tn rank than myself at the time that I supposed he had no recollection of me. But he sald he remembered me very well. He talked of old times and exchanged inquiries about friends. Lee then broached the subject of our meeting. I told him my terms, and Lee, listening attentively, asked Me to write them down. I took out my ‘manifold’ order-vook and pencil and wrote them down. General Lee put Le bious on his glasses and read them over. The con- ditions gave the officers their side-arins, private horses, and personal bagga: I id to Lee that I hoped and believed thi CLOSE OF THE WAR. “That it was most important that the men should go home and go to work,and the govern- ment would not throw any obstaclesin the way. Lee answered that it would have a most happy effect, and accepted the terms. I handed over my penciled memorandum to an ald to put into ink, and we resumed our conversation about old times and friends in the armies. Various oM- cers came in—Longstreet, Gordon, Pickett, from the south; Sheridan, Ord and others from our Side. Some were old friends—Longstreet and myself, for instance—and we had a general talk. Lee no doubt expected me to ask for his sword, but I did not want his sword. It would only,” Said the General, smiling, “have gone to the Patent Ofice to be worshipped by the Washing- ton rebels. There was a pause, when General Lee said that most of the animals in his ea and artillery were owned by the privat he would like to know,under the terms, whether they would be regarded as private property or the property of the government. TI said that under the terms of surrender they belonged to the government. “General Lee read over the letter and said that was so. I then said to the general that I believed and hoped this was the last battle of ‘the war; that I saw the wisdom of these men getting home and to work as soon as possible, and that I would give orders to allow any sol- dier or officer claimning a horse or a mule to take it. General Lee showed some emotion at this— a feeling which [ also shared—and sald {t would have a most happy effect. The interview end- ed, and I gave orders for rationing his troops. ‘The next day I met Lee on horseback and we had along talk. In that conversation I urged upon Lee the wisdom of ending the war by the surrender of the other armies. I asked him to use his intluence with the people of the south— an ipfluence that was supreme—tobring the war toanend. General I it pain in Virginia ance which the s¢ that T might h: F counter isolated commands here and there; but there was no longer any army which could MAKE A STAND. “ told Lee that this fact only made his re- spon-ibility greater, and any further war wonld eacrime. T asked him to go among the south- ern people and use his influence to have all men ‘under arms surrender on the same terms given to the Army of Northern Virginia. He replied he could not do so without consultation with President Davis. Iwas sorry. I saw that the conicderacy had gone beyond the reach of Pres- ident Davis, and that there was nothing that could be done except what Lee could do to ben- efit the southern people. Twas anxious to get them Lome and have our armies go to their homes and elds. But Lee would not move Without Day!s, and, as a matter of fact, at that time, or soon after, Davis Was a fugliive in the woods. “Lee was of a slow. conservative, cautious nature, without imagination or humor, always the same. with grave dignity. I never could see in bis achievements what justities his reputa- tion. ‘The filuston that nothing but heavy odds beat lim will not stand the Ultimate light of history. I know itis not true. Lee was a good deal of a headquarters general—a desk general, from what I can hear, and from what his officers Say. He was almost too old for active service— the best service in the field. At the time of the Surrender he was 53 or 59, and I was 43. “His officers used to say that he self, that he was retiring and exclu: that his hcadquarters were dificult of Yemember wien the commissioners throu; nes to treat, just before the sur- ne of them remarked on the difference b-tween our headquarters and Lee's. Talways Kept open house at headquarters, 30 far as the army “My anxiet nefore Hictias uid be the as concerned. said the General, ‘for some time 1 fell was lest Lee should aban- con it. My pursuit of Lee was hazardous. I ‘Was in po-!:1on of extreme dificulty. You see I Was maredits away from my supplies while L Was fallin: buck on Lis supplles. If Lee hi fight another day I should have 1 the pursuit, fall back to Dan- Tuilroad. and feed my army. So e concerned, I was almost at When the surrender took place.” Sturdy Emperor. [Pall Mall Gazette. } hal an imperial way of meeting dan- ma i straight upto them. One day arket riot had broken out, and had risen against the inspec- tors and the “men tn blue,”or gendarmes. The Czar juimped into his sleigh, drove straight to the scene of the confllet, harangued the maters, and calied won the ringleaders to give them- he ringleaders surren ed with- and "were probably all trans- zat Was ho sentimentalist, and gnanimity in dealing with reb- Occasion Nicholas heard that a professor of ¢ niversity of St. Petersburg was Conspiring scainst his life, proof of this offence having been obtained through letters seized at the post oftice. ‘The Czar wrapped himself in his furred cloa d set out on foot to call upon the rofessor, Vo almost swooned at the sight of im. “Shut the dour,” sald the Emperor quietly, me who your accomplices are and give sa¢ all your papers, or I shall have you Knoutes.” A Sovereign of this sort was Quite ff to Hold Lis own over a nation of slaves: and itis no wonder that the homage bestowed ‘upon him was always most fulsome. The Rus- Jans felt that they had in Nicholas a ruler who did not fear them, who knew ail their weak points, and ‘was, in fact, their master. Alexanc unfortunately for himself, be- gan his by estranging the nobility; ‘and when he himself popular with the Jower class y the emancipation of the serfs, he tried reconciled to the aristocracy by keeping down the people. This vaciilating policy dd nobody; and now the Czar ts ‘trust r by the upper nor the lower class. The former think him weak and the lat- ter disingenuous, whereas hes simply bewil- dered; and yet the name of Czar has such magic 4m Russia stil! that if Alexander IL. had the Rerve to show that he did not care for assasst ns the attachment of his le would probabl afford him a better gust agninae the ae than any which the police can furnish. It all Comes to this, that_In a despotic state a sover- = aust prove that he sets light store by his. life; when he self-confident’ his people will confide in him; when he trembles or appears to ca bis subjects will feel their faith in him shakeR, and will not think his cause worth Serving, since he himseif seems to distrust it. G@"A young girl. at s: into the oftice of ustald old dame pee and said that she had hts Off Hage, wough be hadnt mateany. * g@-There is uo rivalry between ‘Isior kidney pad ond the regular liver pad ae well euough tosay that the ona ake Is mI maust give way entirely, or take a back seat, AN ANTIQUARY’S GHOST STORY. Atheneum.) {London Little more than’ two§ months have passed since own nal lenee of mental my perso! phenomena was strikingly enlarged by the oc- currence with which the foliowing narrative deals, already I find that round the orig!- nal story there has gathered a bogey ace cumulation of the mythical element, and that I myself am in danger of becoming a hero of ro- mance in more senses than one. As I object to be looked upon as a kind of medium to whom supernatural visitations are vouchsafed, and, on the other hand, do not wish to be set down as a crazy dreamer whose disorganized nervous system renders him abnormally liable to fantastic delusions, I have vielded to the earnest request of some who have begged me to make public the following paper. Iam told that there are those who busy themselves in collecting similar stories, and if it beso, it is better they should hear the facts from me than after they have passed through other chan- nels. The narrative was written, at the re- quest of a friend, not many days after the event, when all the circumstances were fresh in my recollection. On the 10th of October, 1879, I drove over from Norwich to Mannington Hail to spend the night at Lord Orford’s. Though I was in per- fect health and high spirits; it 1s fair to state that, for some weeks previously, I had had a gieat deal to think about, some little anxiety, and some considerable mental strain of one kind or another. Iwas not, however, conscious of anything approaching weariness, irritability, or “fag.” 7 arrived at 4 p. m., and was enzaged in pleasant and animated conversation till it was time to dress for dinner. We dined at seven; our party numbered six persons. Of these four at least had been great travellers. I myself was rather a listener; the talk was general and discursive, and amused and Inter- sted me greatly. Not for a single moment did it turn upon the supernatural; it was chiefly concerned with questions of art and the experiences of men who had seen a great deul of the world, and could describe intelligently what they had seen and comment upon it sug- ively. Ihave very rarely been at a more nt party. After dinner we played a rub- rT. We “left off as we began,” and as two of the guests had some distance to drive we broke up at half-past ten. GThe main object of my going over to Man- nington was to examine and take notes upon some very rare books in Loi Orford’s lbrary, which I had been anxiously wishing to get a sight, of for some years, but had never been for- tunate enough to meet with up to this time, I asked leave to sit up for some hours afid make transcripts, His lordship at first wished me to let his valet remain in attendance to see all lights put out, but as this would have embar- rassed me and compe Ine to go to bed earlier than I wished, and as It seemed likely that I should be occupied till two or three in the morning, it was agreed that I should be leit to my own devices and the servants should be al- lowed to retire. y eleven o'clock I was the only person down-stairs, and I was very soon busily at work and absorbed in my occupation. Theroom in which I was writing is a large one, with a huge fireplacefand a grand old chimney; and it is needless to say that It ts furnished with every comfort and luxury. The Mbrary opens into this room, and I had to pass out from where I was sitting into this library and get upon a chair to reach the volumes I wanted to examine. There were six small volumes in all. I took them down and placed them at my right hand in a little pile, and set. to work—sometimes reading, sometimes writ- ing. AsI finished witha K I placed it in front of me, There were four stiver candle- sticks upon the table, the candles all burning, and, as T am a chilly person, I sat myself at one corner of the table with’ the fire at my left, and at (intervals,“as I had finished with a book, I rose, knocked the fire together, and stood up to warm my feet. I continued in tuts Way at my Stask il nearly oneo’clock, I had got on better than J expected, and I had only one more book to occupy me. Trose, wound up my watch, and opened a bottle of seltzer water, and I remember thinking to myself that I should get to bed by two after all. Tset to work at the last little book. I had been en- gaged upon it about half an hour, and was just beginning to think that my work was drawing to a Close, when, as I was actually writing, I saw a large white hand within a foot of my elbow. Turning my head, there sat a figure of a somewhat large man, with his back to the fire, bending slightly over the table, and spared examining the pile of books that ad been at work upon. Tbe man’s face was turned away from me, but I saw his closely cut reddish-brown hair, his ear and shaved cheek, the eyebrow, the corner of the right eye, the side of the forehead, and the large high cheek-bone. He was dressed in what I can only describe as a kind of ecclestas- tical habit of thick corded silk or some such material, close up to the throat, and a narrow rim or edging, of about an {neh broad, of satin or velvet serving as a stand-up collar, and fit- ting close to the chin. The right hand, which had first attracted my attention, was clasping, without any great pressure, the left hand; both hands were tn perfect repose, and the’ large blue veins of the right hand were conspicuous. Iremember thinking that the hand was like the hand of Velasquez’s magnificent ‘Dead Knight" in the National Gallery, I looked at my visitor for some seconds, and was perfectly sure that he was not a reality. A thousand thoughts came crowding upon me, but not the least feeling of alarm, or even uneasiness; cu- riosity and ‘a strong interest were uppermost. For an Instant I felt eager to make a sketch of my friend, and I looked at a tray on my right tor a pencil; then I thought, “Upstairs I have a sketch-book—shall I fetch tt There he sat, and I was fascinated; afraid, not of hi aylng, but less he showd go. Stopping in my writing, # litted my left hand from the paper, stretched it out to the pile of books, and moved the top one. I cannot explain why I did this—my arm Vey ‘din front of the figure, and it vanished. was simply disappointed and nothing more. I went on with my writing as if nothiag had happened, perhaps for another five minutes, and I had actually got to the last few words of 5 figure appeared again, exactly in the same place and attitude as befo1 T saw the hands close to my own; I turned my head again, to examine him more closely, and I was framt sentence to address to him when I discover that I did not dare to speak. J was afraid of the sound of my own voice. There he sat, and there sat I. I turned my head again to my work, and finished writing the two or three words I still had to write. The paper and my notes.are at this moment before me, and ex- hibit hot the slightest tremor or nervousness. I could point out the words I was writing when the phantom came atti when he disappeared. Having finished my task, I shut the book and threw it on the table; it madea slight noise a3 it fell—the figure vanished. Throwing myself back in my chair, I sat for some seconds looking at the fire with a curious mixture of feeling, and I remember area: Whether my friend would come again, and if he did whether he would hide the fire from me. Then first there stole upon me a dread and a suspicion that I was ginning to lose my nerve. Iremember yawning; then I rose, Ht my bed-room candle, took my books into the inner library, mounted the chair as before, and replaced five of the volumes; the sixth I brought back and laid upon the table where I had ‘n writing when the phantom did me the honour to appearto me. By this time I had lost all sense of uneasiness. I blew out the four candles and marched off to bed, where Islept the sleep of the just or the guilty—I know not which—but { slept very soundly. ‘This sa simple and unvarnished narrative of fac <planation, theory, or inference I leave to others. UGUSTUS JesserP, D. D. THA AMATEUR FLUTE. Hear the fluter with his flute— Silver flute! Ob, what a world of wailing is awakened by its root! How it demi-semi quavers ‘On the maddened air of night! And defieth all endeavors ‘To escape the sound or sight Of the flute, flute, flute, With its toctle, tootle, toot— With reiterated tootings of exasperating toots, ‘The long-protracted tootelings of agonizing toots Of the flute, flute, flute, flute, lute, flute, fiute, And the wheezings andthe spittmgs of its toots. Should he get that other flute— ien finte,— Ob, lwhiere a deeper anguish will its presence insti- oot! How his eyes to heaven he'll raise, As he plays, All the days? How he'll stop us on our ways its praise! And the people, ob, the people, ‘That don't live up in the steeple, But inhabit Christian parlors Where he visiteth and plays— Where he plays, plays, plays— In the cruelest of ways, And thinks we ought to listen, ‘And expects us to be mute, Who would rather have the ear-ache ‘Than the music of his flute— Rnd the tacking ofits foot e tootinags of ite i Of the toots wherewith he tooteleth its agonizing Of the flute, flewt, fiuit, foot, Phiute, phiows, Dal ¥ 00 ot RTE Pog, Fi WHEN THOMAS BUCHANAN READ was in Lon- don during the first yearof the civil war he was invited one evening to meet Mr. Tennyson. As soon as they were introduced Tennyson to speak of the war, saying, “I have had much sympathy with your country, Mr. 5 Dut I have withdrawn my sympathy now. ‘I feel bound to tell you that your country goat to rdition, and I don’t mind it either, England, ir. Read, is not with the north tn this barbar- ous struggle.” Read, nettled b; “You need not dist You're i yourself unnecessary uneasi ties = ir. Tennyson, we Americans of don’t care a —— about you Englishmen, ane the — ou eae it the more trouble will 88) Carry ness,” remarked: . ease Tennyson. He was very BOB’S DIARY. tout of Bob's. Before giving it away she Sought the usual. assurance there was no! in the pockets, and in the search she felt something between the coat and the linin, just under the inside ket. After some dimi- culty, she succeeded in recovering it through a hole in the aforesaid pocket, by which, doubt- less, it had found its way to its hiding-place. It roved to be a little black-covered book fastened ogether by a tongue and loop, having on the back, in gilt letters, “Diary, 1830.” Opening it, She saw, on the upper right-hand corner of the Utlepage, the words, “Kobert Cummings, Jr., from Uncle Joe,” and then she remembered to bave seen the book before, about the first of January. Below is an exact copy of its con- tents: Jan. 1, Thisis New Year's Day. Uncle Joe any me this diary to-day. I am going to write it every night Ace before going to bed. Every boy and girl ought to keep a diary, so when he gets a man he can see what he did when he was aboy. This is New Year's Day, and there ain't no school to-day, andI have played with Billy all day. Billyis my goat. I Pee up and ate breakfast, then I harnessed Billy and went around and saw Uncle Joe and he gave me this diary. He says it is the best ae a boy can do to keep a diary, but he says it is the hardest thing a boy can do. I don’t see where the hard comesin, I like to Keep adiary. I let Jimmy Green drive my goat while Uncle Joe told me how to keep my diary, and he let all the boys drive him, and they broke my sled. I ain’t a-going to lend Billy any ‘more. I ate dinner and then played with Billy some more. I showed all the boys my diary, and they are golng to ask their fathers for one, too. ‘I ate supper and played dominoes with Uncle Joe tll eight o'clock. Tam going to begin to write In my diary every night at eight o'clock so I won't get sleepy. Itis nine o’clock and I am a-going u co bed. Jan, 2. Got up this morning and ate breakfast. Come tothe conclusion to leave off the “1? in my diary. Don’t see any use of it. Went to School in the morning, and didn’t have my fee graphy lesson, but the class {3 so big I only had one gue nan to answer, and Jimmy Green told me that. Showed my’ diary to Jimmy Green, and he showed it to Johnnie Barlow, and he showed it to Georgie Steiner, and teacher came hear seeing Georgie reading it. Ate eon and played with Billy. Then wrote in my diary. I am going to bed. Jan. 3. Concluded not to say I got up this morning, because I get up every morning. Jimmy Green and Georgie Steiner have got diaries, Johnnie Barlow had one, but the teacher tcok it from him and threw it into the stove. He was awful mad, and says his father will make the teacher pay for it. Ate dinner and went to school in the afternoon. The teacher said we must all write compositions for to-mor- row. Am going to write about diaries. Must stop now and write my composition. Forgot to say Late my supper. Now for composition. Jan. 4. Concluded not to say I ate my break- fast, dinner and supper, because I do that every day. Went to school this morning. Johnnie Barlow has got another diary, but he don’t let the teacher see it. Went to school in the after- ternoon. Read my composition on diaries. The teacher said he hoped other little boys would keep their diaries at home like Ido. Iam glad to-morrow is Saturday. Jan. 5. Played so hard I’m too sleepy to write What I did to-day. Perhaps I will to-morrow. Jan, 6, Went to church this morning. The minister's text was Matthew 230th chapter, first verse. ing to put down the text eve: Sunday. Went to Sunday school. In the atter- noon read my Sunday-school book, which is named “The Boy who Saved the Life of an Angle Worm.” Am going to try to be like him. Went to church in the evening. Can’t remem- ber the text. Neither can father and mother. Jan. 7. After this when I say I went to school I mean all day. Went to school. Wrote in my diary last night ull I was too sleepy to learn my lessons, and had to stay after school. ‘Too sleepy now to write any more. Jan. 8. This is written in school on Jan. 9. Concluded to go to bed early and write in my diary next day. Went toschool Did n’t do ‘hing much. un. 9. Guess I'll write every other day. This is Jan. 11. Did n’t do anything much. Jan. 10. Went toschvol Did n't do much. Jan, 11. . . . . . Jan. 12, 5 . é : Jan, 13, se what I did yesterday and day before. Will finish this to-night. dan. 14, . . . . . Jan. 15. . : . . Ss le an. 16. . . 5 . . Jan. 17. Going to walt till I’m sick and then catch up. SAMS ue sw WAN es Oe Jan, 20, . . . . . soe Jan. 21. : Jan. 22, Sick to-day. But what good ’s a diary anyhow? Skipping three white pages in the little black- covered book from whicu we copy the above entries, we find two pencil sketches, which after long and ciose examjnation, we conclude to have been intended for "portraits of Bob’s school- iuaster and the goat, respectively; and that is all it we can find in Bob's diary for job will not resume his task until next ee eg Discouraging a Youth. (Detroit Free Press.1 A cltizen whose best weight never exceeds 120 pounds was the other day buying a couple of hens of a farmer on the raarket, and before the bargain was concluded the two became quite friendly, and the farmer said he had something on his mind to communicate. One of his boys had a passion for theatricals, and was desirous of becoming an actor. The idea was so Sirong in him that he had become worthless aroun the farm, and the father was in a peck of trou- ble to know how to turn the boy’s attention from the foot-lights to the plow-handles. “S'pose I send him to you, and s’pose you make fun and ridicuie him and let nim see how foolish it 1s?” suggested the father, and the cit- zen agreed. Asa result of their plan , the boy walked Into the citizens place of business, on Congress street east, next morning. The father had called him a boy, but he weighed about 160 pounds, stood nearly six feet high,and had a pair of hands as large as a chromo of the Yosemite Valley. His arrival was expected,and after a few words about the weather the citizen querried: “So you think you would make an actor, ¢1 “Yes, I kinder think so,” was the reply. What line would you take?” “Well, I kinder like tragedy.” “Tragedy! Why you couldn’t succeed in tragedy. Look at your hands! Look at those fect! Remember your voice! You’a be hissed off the stage. Don't never think of i “How would you do in a drama?” asked the or boy. “Not at all; in the first place your ears are too |: Then your heels stick out too far. Then your hands would hide half the other actors. Don’t try the drama, for you would be a dead failure.” uld I do anything in comedy 2” oLathing. The sight of you in comedy would be the same as the sight of a hearse on the stage. All the facial expression you have 1s behind the ears.” Ive thought some of being a nigger min- observed the boy, after a long silence. ‘hat’s the worst of all. I tell you, boy, you'd better stick to the farm. You are not cut Se for an actor, and you want to drop the lea.” uldn’t I act as usher?” ), Sir; you are too stisT in the knees.” uldn’t I take tickets? . Your hands are too big for that uldn’t { shift scenes 2” “ No you are too big and unwieldy.” ‘There was a long and patatul silence. Then he boy rose up and said: “Well, ’m bound to go into theatricals. I Ican’t be anything else I'll be the feller that Stands at the door to raise a row, and I'll begin on you! Comeover here!”* He hauled the adviser over the table, clutched him by the small of the back and spun him around, med against the wall and dropped him to get a better hold. When the curtain rose on the next act there was a strictly | toes conversation going on between “Ham- lev” and the ““Ghost;” and the ghost’s coat was eee up the back and his collar torn open. ay on “Hamlet” suddenly demanded in a loud voice: “Caitiff! do you declare that I cannot act?” ‘Then th host” dodged around the table and replied: ? “No, I don’t! You are all right—you are a splendid scrae yon can’t help but win!” “And you'll tell me father so?” “I will—you bet I will!” “It you don’t ——1” Here “Hamlet” took three steps forward, two back; scowled his fiercest, and the “@host” jumped behind the stove and vowed that he'd even pay $50 for a private box on the night of the debut. “Tis well!” said “Hamlet,” and he went over on the market to see if he could sell three pecks of onion sets for cash down. The Atmosphere of Colorado. The Lert tag og of Colorado is pecullar and It is difficult for the traveler just entering it to estimate correctly we the eye distances. The oft-repeated story of the two English tourists is & clear illustration of the deceptive. started for a morning's walk before fast for the foot-hilis. wa of them started com to a creek, twen' jpanior disrobed himelt waded across. Journeying along still further they asked a ope Bay, the dis- eee: a the mountains, and chagrined at “ Well, stranger, them er hills is jest ftteen ’ to walk oy you'd bet- work, Col nces., break- i I | a sing “TIMBER AND TECHNIQUE.” High (01d) Art Criticism on the Patti : ele Francisce Critic who ‘Wanted Ten Per Cent Soul. The critic of the San Francisco Post thus writes of a recent performance of the Patti troupe in that city;—On arri Opera House, the other evenii.g, we Were pained and st at bang refused a private box, and handed some back seat in the gallery in- st ‘The circumstances at once shook our faith in the success of the enterprise. How in the world Signor Chizzola expected to score a success without reserving all the best seats for the deadheads is, indeed, remarkable. Things are coming to a_ pretty pass, truly. It was with sad forebodii there- fore, that we took our seats behind tvo Jewesse- in crimson silk and wearing schooner- vigged Duchess of Devonshire ts, and next to an Italian who cracked peanuts all the evening without offering us one. Mr. Toedt led off with a stunning hit to first—we mean he sangin Sood style a Ronianza by the late Dr. Liszt, whom we gathered from the reverse of the ug en to be an employee of the Chickering Piano ractory, or something of that sort. Mr. Toedt 1s a young—a very young— man, and if he takes the advice of one Who has practiced eyery Tuesday night with the Ala- meda Glee Club for two years, he will get_ over his bad habit of shutting one eye while he shakes out his low notes trom the lings. It looks like he was taking aim at the gallery, and creates much nervousness in that section. Besides this, he slants his rowades a lite nor'west, which gives a_ throaty quality. to his voice and which painstaking artist will be the first Tegret_ when his salary is iowered. Mr. Ketten followed with a Nocturne Espsgnoe. Mr. K. ta us much lauded on ring, which we cannot understand. It is ii, o-color cluster, and can hardly be seen as from the back seats. He hammers his tunes out with much vigor, but has an unpleasant way of eas about two yards from his piano, as thou: afraid it would claw back when h> treads on its tail. He has also a queer habit of drifting up to windward and betting the living Caylights out of the loud end of the instrument. His ‘school has been much praised, but we should think Mr. K. could make more money playing dance music for the “Jolly Ten Sociable,” the “Heliotrope Club,” etc., than by teaching school. By collecting his coin before the dancing began, he could be sure of $5’ most every night, pesides supper. We Will speak to the society man of the Cull about it tn the morning. He should learn to play more gently. His hands are said to resemble those of the catcher of the Red Stocking nine from the vindictive manner in which he whacks the keys; and the fact that the damage done to the plano used is taken out of his salary after each per- formance probably accounts for his attenuated appearance. Signor Clampi Cellaj is a gentle- man who took advantage of having two parents to appropriate both their names. Signor C.C. ts, a baritone with an expression indicative of an unsuccessful wrestle with one of our regular hotel patent rubber sirloins. ‘There ts lots of wood (the French call it timre) in the Signor’s voice, but the effect of his sing- ing is ractically destroyed by the siugular hungriness of his appear- ance. He resembles starvation set to music, as it were, and the simple minded coun- tryman who shied him a meal ticket from the gallery last evening should not have been fired out. Most any kind-hearted person would have done it. Mr. de Munckey—or Mr. Patti, as he Is best known—did some good sawing on the bi; fiddle forso small aman. His phrasing is muc! co broad, except in staccato passages, where it narrows somewhat and becomes sharp at bovh ends. If it were not for Mr. Patti's unfortunate bibulary weakness, which compels him to stand on a cracker box, so as to be out of the reach of the rats and things while playing,he would have a bright future and coin money on most any ferryboat. It is this tagging around on all night moonlight serenades that ts just ny ing the deuce with most of our best tlddler-, and that’sa tact. Of Carlotta Pattl herself we Tegret we can say very little in praise. Her first number, a symphony in B—gorrar, by dear old dim Beethoven, was given with much apparent: nervousness. In fact, this well known soprano (we think she is a soprano) seemed to realize that she stood in the presence of one of those cultured and critical San Francisco audiences we read about, many of whom had walked in from Hayes valley and Laguna street a purpose. ‘The result was that her knees knocked together with such force as to throw the accompaniment out several times. Her voice has several para- mount faults, and we will endeavor to render our meaning clear to our unprofessional readers: by using as few musical phrases as possible. In the first place her technique 1s_ bi besides being too smal When a bran bew technique can now be had for $3, and a Second-hand one, h@d- ing over two quarts, for $1.75, there is no excuse for this. Of course we all know—all we critics— Unat there are no tears in Mrs. de Munckey’s Voice, which 1s the real reason for her having to wet her whistle so early and often. There is a marked deficiency in breadth and depth and thickness in her upper register, which does not admit the air freely in consequence, and a far off nearness, a sort of inanimate aftertaste, so to speak, in the diminuendo of her tats, partic- ularly her French flats. Her singular manner- ism of eee her chin lopsided during her G ups is in bad form, and the first thing she knows one of her sharps will come out edgeways and cut her throat. Then, she opens her mouth too much and too often when she sings, which makes her chest notes mouthy and her mouth notes chesty. 1t would be much better, to say nothing of more artistic, if she were to open only one side of her mouth ata ume. ‘This would save wear and tear of her tceth, and at the same time give the other corner time to rest and brace up, She exerts herself too much in her trills, and it would save both breath and expense if she had them hereafter done bebind the scenes_by a boy with a dog whistle or something. Her method 1s admittedly good—we refer to her method in ree an exclusively usher encore—but, probably, atter all, her chief lack is soul. We regret to say it, and thereby cut down her wiges one-half, but Carlotta does not sing from her heart, nor the liver, elther, but altogether from the lights—the foot- lights. This is sad, and C. P. (we mean the singer, not the R.R.) had better take something fer it at once. On a two-dollar Ucket we ought to get at least ten per cent. soul. Iler repertoire is a singularly small one for the time she has been in business, and we looked in vain on the programme for “Whoa, Emma,” “Johnny Morgen Plays the Organ” and other eos San_ Francisco society airs. ‘Though we since understand that she has hired an inside compartment at the Safe Deposit Com- pany in which to practice “Grand-father’s Clock,” ‘Her Front Name was Hannah,” and otherreal gems. This {sa step in the right di- rection, and in the hope of a decided improve- ment we shall st our final decision until we find how Chizzola 1s going to pan out on complimentaries and fore anon, The Chair Carried the Point. {From the Detroit Free Press.] ‘The Secretary of the Limekiln Club announced a communication from Hannah Lee, a colored widow in Racine, who said that her husband was for a year or’ more an honorary member of the club. At his death she was leit with noth- ing but a feather bed and a dog. She had braced up and tried to get along without asking any favors of any! but just now she was ina ore She wanted a hat to lay back on her ead and a pair of club skates, and after pass- ing several sleepless nights she had timidly de- cided to appeal to the generosity of the club.3 . “De appeal am not well taken,” promptly re- plied the President. “It dat woman doan’ go Skatin’ ull we buy her de art’kles she won't break doun any miil-ponds dis y’ar nor bust any hearts wid dat lay back hat. De ideah itself am positively disturbed.” “‘J presume de Cha’r ment absurd,” remarked the Rev. Penstock. “De Cha’r didn’t mean nuffin of de sort, sah! De Cha’r said disturbed. Do you want to dis- turb de meetin?” “Oh, no.” “Den sot down! Dis am no place to try to show off your Latin. On varus occasions you has sought to ’krect de language of dis Cha’r, an’ your conduct hez bin open to sharp cul- churcism.” “You mean criticism.” Brother Gardner drew himself up seven feet high, bent forward about four teet, and the Rev. Yenstock wilted right away under that one awful look. After a long silence he said: “Sound de triangle an’ we'll maintain a dis- persion fur de interval of one week,” |?Squire Bray’s Courtship Spoiled. ‘Squire Bray, of Caswell was hunting another wife, but his son Bob, a wild blade, knocked himoutof it. Inthe capacious breast pocket Of the ’squire’s great coat reposed a pint tick- Jer, well tliJed, that he only proj his way back from seeing the wiaow Brown. Now just before he started Bob Ge ger the tckler out and put in its place a small alarm- clock, carefully wound up and set for 11 p. m. The ’squire bad sat the fire out and was well on with his overcoat, cams Sheed widow’s hand at the door and putting in Sweetest licks for the last. “Yes, your first husband, my friends, and we'll visit his Hannah’s grave, won’t we love?” g widow. pc goca woman: was Dut there’s a living one just as sweet,” sald the he was drawing her to him for a pm age r-wiazer-hizzer-ti1 A TERRIBLE ENCOUNTER. ie was fresh ‘The fol is from an interesting Diograph- ical notice of Alexander H. Stephens, of Georgia, in the Now York Times: oa a a and pen campaign 0! e return from W nto Georgta Washingto. trom the great debates on the acquisition of Caliiornia and New Mexico as United States ‘Territories, and for having taken, against the wishes of a majority of the southern members, @ most prominent part in opposition to such ac- quisition, he was met with much adverse criti cism. Judge Cone, who was at the time one of the leading ee ee! of Georgia, was particu- Jarly severe in his comments upon Mr. Stephens’ action, and was reported as having publicly de- nounced him as a traitor to the south. Hardly had Mr. Stephens reached bis home when these and similar reports were conveyed tohim. Atfirst he did not credit them, but as one kind friend after another informed him that Cone had called him traitor, and advised, in the true southern spirit, that he owed it to himself to demand what js callea “satisfaction,” the fires of poenaey, in his nature, which are al- ways smoldering, biazed up,and he declared that if Judge Cone would admit having called him a traitor to the south he would “slap his face.” Not long after this he met the Judge at a numerously attended whig gathering, and go- ing up to him quietly, said: * Judge Cone, I have been told that you, for reasons of your own, have denounced me as a traltor to the south, and J take this opportunity of asking you if such reports are true.” “No, Sir,” was Cone’s reply, “they are not true.” “Iam very glad to hear you say so,” said Mr. Stephens cordially, and in the same friendly tue continued: “Of course, Ido not desire to be in any way offensive to you, Judge Cone, but tn order that we may have no further mts- understanding through the misrepresentation of others. 1 think it right to tell you that [hay Said I would slap your face if you admitted having used the language attributed to you.” Upon this the judge again disowned spoken disrespecttully of Mr. Stephens, and for the time the affair ended. It was the sul ject of much disc ission all over the state, how- ever, and the general verdict was that, Judge Cone, a very powerful man by the way, had shown the white feather to “Little Aleck Ste- phens.” In such a community, no public man resting under such a charge could hope either for poiitical preferment or popular respect. Cone, of course, Knew this, and, very much heated and annoyed by the comments which were being made upon him, wrote to Mr. Ste- phens demanding an immediate and public re- traction of his threat. In reply, Mr. Stephens wrote that the threat of slapping the judge's face had been made contingent upon the trath of reports regarding him which he (Mr.Cone] had pronounced to be untrue, and that such being the case, there could be no cause for offence or angry feeling on eltherside, Unfortunately this letter was not received by Judge Cone. Three or four days after it was written, however, he met Mr. Stephens on the piazza of a hotel in Atlanta, and disregarding that gentleman's filendly greeting, said, In a very offensive tone: “Mr. Stephens, Idemand that you make an immediate retraction of your threats regarding me.” Sick and weak though he was, Alexander H. Stephens could allow no one to speak to him in the fashion described. Judge Cone was a very giant in size and muscular development, yet the frail man whom he addressed, with aggra- vating politeness and without hesitating a mo- ment, replied: “Pardon me, Sir, I have alrea written you fully on that subject; I must de- cline to discuss it further.” “Am Ito take this as your answer?” asked Cone, excitedly. “Itis the only answer Ihave to give you,” was the calm reply. “Then I denounce you as a miserable little traitor,” cried Cone, mad with excitement. The last word had hardly left his ps when a light cane wielded by the quick hand of the man he had insulted left its red scar across his cheek. Wild with pain and passion, without uttering a woid, he drew a keen-pointed dirk-knife an made one furious thrust at his weak little ad- versary’s heart. Instantly as he did so, how- ever, eens seizing a stout embrella which he held in his left hand, interposed {tas a de- fense, and was able fora moment to hold him at arm’s length, The knife fell short of its mark. nce more It was thrust at Stephens, cutting a deep gash in his arm, but reaching no vital point; elghteen times it cut deep into his breast, arms, and body, but still he did not fall. Then he could hold out no longer. No courage, no spirit, however firm and unyielding, could long Withstand such an attack. Cone was deter- mined to finish his work. He threw all his great weight against the umbrella which held him away from the man he had determined to kill; it broke; Stephens, half fainting, fell upon his back. The giant Cone was at hls throat ina moment; his heed, by a grip of iron, was held agalost the cruel floor; the keen and blood-drip- ping knife was held aloft. before him ready for ‘he last fatal thrust, but still the poor pale face of the little hero was set and deflant—his black eyes still flashed undauntedly, “Retract or Pl cut your cursed throat!’ issed Cane. “Cut! Wii never retract!” gasped the almost: Ufeless Stephens. Like a flash the knife came down. With an almost superhuman effort the prostrate man caught It in his right hand! Clean through the muscles, tendons, and bones of the hand {t cut, then stuck fast and reached no vital part. With desperate strength, Cone tried to wrench ft free, With a grasp almost of death, the horribly- mangled and mutilated hand still held it fast. In the struggle Stephens was once more drag- ged to his feet; the blood was rushing in streams from lis many wounds; his held upon the knife which sought his brave heart began to relax; he was dying. But even when he belleved the next moment would be his last, strong men came to his relief. The madman Cone was se- cured and held fast. ‘Then quickly the wounds which Mr. Stephens had received were examined. It was found that one of them had penetrated to within a Sixteenth of an inch of his heart. An inter- al artery had been cut. The doctors de- clared that he would surely die, Happily their predictions were not verified. His life was saved by the unremitting care of a surgeon, his devoted friend, who, as good fortune would have it, happened to be in Atlanta atthe time. When he recovered, with a magnanimity of which few men are capable even of understand- ing, he refused to prosecute Cone, and that per- son, iustead of getting his deserts in the dark cell of a state prison, was fined $1,000, and with his “honor vindicated” was allowed to go free. To this day Mr. Stephens speaks of him in terms of consideration and forgiveness. Not long ago, referring to the terrible struggle I have at- tempted to describe, and showing me the great hole in his mangled hand, he said, with a quiet and far away look in his deep, dark eyes: “Poor Cone! I'm sure he'd be sorry if he knew what. ee Ihave to write with these stiff fingers of mine.” American =< English Types of Ye eant, Forney’s Progress says: “Comparison between American and English styles of beauty, or rather between English and American women, invariably give the palm of superiority to the daughters of Columbia. It is alleged, however, that they are as fragile as they are fair, while the Englishwoman retains her beauty for a comparatively long period. Mrs. Langtry and Mrs. West are said to be the only representa- tives of the American type of loveliness who would not be particularly noticeable in this country. Hawthorne is quoted as authority for the theory that the English girls are homely rather than pretty, with a deep, healthy bloom, which our American taste is likely to poem fitter for a milkmaid thana lady. A late writer alleges that “an English beauty grows homely as one approaches; an American grows en- chanting with nearness.” An American lay is quoted as authority for the distinction that “the English face is molded; the American is chiseled.” In regard to mental characteris- tics, 1t is alleged that “the American woman Says More than the English woman, is easier and more alert in conversation, has a more delicate irony, responas more readily to a sug- gestion.” While there may be more or less of truth in these generalizations, we have in our own country so many distinct t; of beauty, and the surroundings amid which the ladies of different, portions of the United States are reared vary so widely, that it would be very difficult, it not impossible, to unite in herself ‘a thorouzh representation of the most attractive qualities oft the women of all portions of this antic Tepublic. The difference between the ladles of our different sections is scarcely less marked than the differerce between women of diverse races or nationalities, Arthur Sullivan Teaching the Girls to Hop. ‘The ‘‘Pirates” is a charming composition in every way, The libretto is very clever, and full of those im) ible and audacious situations in ilbert delights, while the songs and Srey dees excite great amusement. I hi he fatisfaction of witnessing the when the author and composer were givin; “business” and music their personal supet and interrupting the performers from time to lume, When the % wards in daughters of a major-general the malldcmannered pirate ten in the of each, and their fair = sons bala: ‘00 one foot, 1¢ was Mr. Sullivan who showed them by precept and exam} Be bot £0 eames ar Sime won and Rouguiteright. ‘Thisis the wsy that youshould doit om ._ Not Ro! Wat {oF tho chord iow, % again!) Ant That's Now once more Ait very en gecaeoae ev 4 ‘dress, an a a we very G : But, then, one must in loco. He cannot always be Festival ‘Te Deums or “] Sons.” —[. in Bos- ton Advertiser, Dainty Tableware. (Phils. Times. | The Royal Worcester, Miaton, Copeland and Wedgewood wares lead the trade in fine china for daily table use. In these there ts of course wide range, fron Pcetty decanted dinner aad tea sets combined as low as fifty dollars, up to the wonderful service designed and executed at the Minton potteries for the King of Siam, which cost a comfortable forcuna ~The rarest talent 1s devoted to the production of porcelain for use and ornament, and a large china store 1s a veritable art gallery. Even tae simplest and cheapest pottery is in artistic shapes and colors, so Unat the plaimest table imay be arti: ly spread, while peopie with plenty of money may revel in beauty at will. ‘The designs are infinite and the coloring suii- clenty varied to suit all tastes; thus one b. iul dessert set is tn royal blue and gold, wht another style has simply a narrow band of soft gray framed between golden threads. Havi- was dessert sets take high rank. A favorite d:'s gn in these has each piece decorated with a fruit or nut, a bird and a bouquet of flowers aud grasses, each piece being diiferent. Among inexpensive dinner sets 1s also one of his de- Signs, the ever-popular wild roses in various cviors, the well-known pink predominating. ere is a decided fancy for delicate decot tion, ornaments which must be closely exam- ined to be appreciated, and itis quite en 7 at a fashionable dinner party to study-your Plate as though it were the pieture which {t, Oiten, really is. An exquisite dinner and te Sel combined has a narrow band of Russian grven framing every piece, with delleate vines aid leaves in crimson and gold traced upon this bund so lightly as to be scarcely visible at a short distance. The same idea is repeated in less costly ware, and pretty yet Ineapensive tea scts come with barrow bands in every color, with Gaisies running through the pattern. The fashionabie craze for rare and costly cht slows no sign Of diminution, and choice tots a eagerly bought up by wealthy people. Thus, « stuall importation of old Chinese med ullo ware TecenUly opened at the Grand Depot, (he “hole, over a thousand dollars’ worth, Was sold withi less than twenty-four hours, while a chocolate set of old Sevres, decorated with scenes from domestie life, was. reely un- packed before it found a purchase FANCY PIECES OF CHINA. It is no longer considered necessary that china should match and many beautiful coffee sets have every cup and saucer different, both in color and design, unity being preserved only in the shape. An old dish or quaint cup is a trea- sure, much greater if be an hetrioom, while a odd pieces are availabie. In view of this peop! of refined tastes and moderate means tind it the most satisfactory plan to purchase plata, pwht! porcelain and then give color to the tabl adding various fancy pieces of majolica or other colored wares. The cost of the white porcelain is inconsiderable, a fl! set—dinner, tea and des- sert—being procurable for thirty’ dollars, any piece when broken may readily be replaced, a Hot unlmportant consideration, as the posses: sors of handsome china have often learned to thelr cost. English majolica is the popular ware for odd pieces, and in this the variely Is infinite. Piteh- ers of all sorts, shapes and sizes, beaten low as twenty-tive cents each; fruit plates, Ini vidual butter plates, in leaf shape, lilies, p siesand allother quaint designs; with little fishes for handles to the cove dishes and dishes for everything else for lobster salad has a great red lo! T sprawl- ing on the sidc, while the handle to a nut trayis asquirrel, with tail curled upward and paws raised, cracking nuts: Dainty dishes for fruit or dessert are of twin banana leaves, while smaller trays for cucumbers are in the shape of a single narrow plantain leat. Trays of painted porcelain, with cups and tiny spoons also of porcelain, aré shown for 5 o'clock tea seis. A novelty in decoration for costly cups and vases has the ground overlaid with platina, on which the design 1s painted, giving a very rich effect. ‘The old willowware is reproduced in inexpen- sive China, so perfectly that one must be a con- noisseur to tell the new from the old, and many Japanese designs are copied faithfully, both by English and American potteries. ‘The Awata ware 1s much liked for table use as well as forpurely ornamental china, and its soft yellow shade and quaint ornamentation lends agreeable variety to a table. Salt stands, menu holders, ice pails, etc., are among the pieces shown in this. Every year porcelain is more and more adopted for ornamental purposes, and many articles of table ware which were formerly of piate are now made of this, Epergnes of Dresden china are considered as handsome and are often fully as costly as those of sliver, while the most elegant lamps of the day are in porcelain, with engraved crystal globes. Fashion demands these lamps, as she calls for decorated candles and candlesticks, and indeed they form no inconsiderable orna- ment to a supper table, apart from the almost perfect light which they diffuse, The English custom of a separate service for each person grows in favor among us, although it can scarcely be carried out thoroughly except by wealthy people, to whom the first cost of the china ts a small matter and the dishwashing of no consequence whatever. Not only individual butter dishes and salt stands are shown, but cream jugs, sugar bowls and peppers as well, until each plate has a squad of tiny dishes coe around it, and a novice in such matters s ata loss what to do with them all. NOVELTIES IN GLASSWARE. The latest novelty in glassware Is hang- painted—a gal id Of flowers encircling e: plece. This is less expensive than handsome cut glass, and a set of sixty-two pleces may be bought for thirty dollars. Another novelty is the threaded glass,with the lower half pink and the upper crystal—a design which is particu- jarly eflective for an ice cream set. The amber crackle Bohemian glass, with decoration of ma- rine plants and animals, introduced during th past year, has taken strong hold on public favor. It is made for use as well as ornament, and pitchers, finger bowls, cheese dishes, pre- serve trays, ice cream sets, ete., are shown In It. Like the word jet—as applied to beaded trim- mings—the term amber is retained, although the glass fs now manufactured In others as well as in this, its original color. There is a revival of the fancy forthe old English eut glass in facetted surface, so dear to our ancestors; and this is among the most costly of styles. Punch and liquor sets of giass are in all man- ner of quaint and artistic designs, One is a Dresden china water-carrier with crystal wate bartels slung across his shoulders, the glasse: hanging on a semi-circular rack around him as he stands. Another {s a donkey with a water- cart, and yet another an iceberg with punch- glasses also in frosted crystal. Carafes are of Blass, plain or engraved or of iridescent glass ike crystallized soap-bubbles. Dainty milk sets are of ‘the same brilliant tridescent glass, with pitchers in old-fashioned shapes, gold rimmed and with straight up and down glasses. Decan- ters have the name of the wine they are meant to hold er pie on the glasses, or else are fur- pos we Uny silver labels to hang around the neck. Totlet sets come in the same wares as those fortable use and the prices are in almost as wide a range.°A handsome set in English china, Minton or Wedgewood ware, costs fifty dollars, while a neat American toilet set, deco- rated, may be bad for $5. Indeed, American poreelain every year grows flner, and it ts dimti- cuit to distinguish the plain white French china manufactured at ‘Trenton from the imported ware except by the trade marks. An American Sketch. His heart is all of English oak, lis trowsers all of English kersey, He always rows the English stroke— ‘And yet he came from North New Jersey. ‘He docks his horses’ flowing tails, He drives an English cart, with Buttons; His beard is like the Prince’of Wales, ‘His eye-glass like the Earl of Muttoa’s. His satin scarf is Oxford blue, And cutaway his Engle! is, English too, is. And when he speaks, o1 The difficulty in his throat He calls his cousins’ dresses “frocks,” les upon an English nai To hounds—although the English fox Isstarted from a pudding-bus. J. Edmonds-Jones he writes his name; And yet, if you'll believe me, sirs, he Vas known as * Jim" Jones when he camo _Some years ago from North New Jersey. —Seribner's. Liszt’s Cheek, Liszt, the composer, has always been remark- ae ae his social independence When he was ye early ularity, some 30 or 40 years he visited Vienna “the celebrited, Passes uae ternich, wife of the great diplomatist Metter- nich, was the chief of society; her salon was the great one of the day. She was a brilliant, Uvating woman; clever, full of fine society a0m; one of the jast of the race of grandedames. ‘The bluest of blood How They Die on the Stages A MANAGER'S RXPRRIGNOR, a0 (New York Star Interview.} : “That's what you're after,” said Mr. @. As Haver- 3raver, the courteous st: manager v's Brooklyn theater to a Sur reporter, it many calses, or jooting Scenes young: inexperienced actors will fall before you see the — fash or hear the report of the ptstol shot, stand without flinching while a pistol fs almed at you is not very easy. In our early days we. fired cork balls ‘at each other to overcome our nervousness. Shooting accidents are numerous on the stage. I need not remind you of the latest. fatal case In Baltimore. Once we took six musk~ ets from the property-room and found slags im every one of them. é 7 “As to myself I have suffered all manners of leath, years, his is the first season in that long riod that lam not acting. There were hea Pleces in which I had to die every night for weeks. I do not approve of Salvif’s death Scenes, nor of the hospital atmosphere on the Stage. Death from corrosive poison ts preceded: by excruciating Rains, Are they aft sul for illustration? W. Goodall personated at num’s Museum a drunkard suSering from deli- rium tremens. He was seized with spasms and Was carried off the stage, utterly exhausted. — His representation of his celebrated character of Edward Middleton, the Drunkard, was too realistic and repulsive to the audience. ‘onsumption on the stage has not much on this side of the Atlantic, Clara Morris © b Is her pec uliar cough as Lady of the Camellias, Matilde Heron surpasses her ln that character. In “Jack Sheppard’ occurs a scene where a cloth: is thrown over a man’ and two ruflans — club him to death. The clot with blood. The an exhibition, anc work off the pectators objected to so brutal now the bludgeons do their Of a dozen men shot tna - play, eac! act and die differeatly, : At the old Park theater, under Mrs. Conway's _ management, I swung from the limb of a tres on the stage and prevented the commission of a murder. The villain in the — plecs has invelgled a girl into a mountain where he hi: ready dug a grave for .” Lhear her cries for help while standing om Uhe top of a clit twenty feet high, and grasp the limb of a tree I swing down, rescue the ¢ and with a teriftic blow of the spade, pad the back, kill the villain. AU the rehearsal I Qe covered a defective spot in the sapling, which: to enable the rescuer to make ‘his de- St. pointed out the weak part to the carpenter, who entered {nto an argument and claimed tha’ the hickory was strong enough to hold an ele- phant. ‘To put it toa vest, J ran up to the clit and swung down. The ue did break at the point I had tndicated, and I fell down, but landed salely on my feet. Next Ume another sapling snapped, and Colin Stuart broke his arm. Death by hanging 1s a frequent occurrence om the stage. I was led to the gallows mary times, for instance, in the ‘Carpenter of Rouen’ and im ‘Jessie Brown,’ by Boucicault.” ——— AUTHORIZED BY THE COMMONWEALTH OF KY AND FAIREST IN THE WORLD. 17TH PorpULAR MonTHLy DRAWING OF THE Commonwealth Distribution Oo., AT MACAULEY'S THEATER, In the City of Louisville, on SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1880, These drawings, authorized by act of the legisla furs of 1869, and sustained by all the courts of Ken- tucky, occur regularly on the last day of month (Sundays excepted), and are supervised attention to the grand o} eee Scere the stat ——- ae tunit resented of obtainins, for onl) any of ee ET antag 10;000 | “20b'do.7'60 eash 10: oo 5,000] 600 do., 20 each 12,000 10000 1,000 do., 10 each 10,000 a 81,000 each ‘500 each rier-Journal and New ticket-holders. draft iblished in Louisville = ‘ork Herald and mafied Soe Send all orders by money or in letter, or by express. “Order of es nd upward by express, can be sent at our ex; "addres K.'M BOARDMAN, Oourier Jourme 2 building, Lo Ky., or at Ne. 168 Broad’ ville, way, New York, or to J. 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