Evening Star Newspaper, December 14, 1881, Page 7

RECOV Some ING FOR DAMAGES. Noteworthy Cases Injury. |from the general superintendent — the poss” was authorized to employ a physician or surgeon, aud also to engage reasonable board | while the foot was being treated. Board and care while one is suffering from a wound are within the direction “to make him comfort- able.” And it was not necessary to wait fora for- mal letter signed by the superintendent; a tele- | cram was sufficient. When an employé goes to a telegraph office and sends a dispatch to his superior, and ina short time receives from the saine operator what purports to be an answer froin the superior to his dispatch, he is war- of Personal gS RAILROAD COM cD, AND WHEN THEY LIABLE. MULT! NIARILY ARE NOT PRET ad Gaze onths ago a Kansas ¥ liable for injuries which out a disused turn-table, its ve condition. Prema ieceet 3 rs that the right | ranted in presuming that the dispatch received of smail t in Kansas to play about the ' genuiue, and in acting according to it. y | aay eee railroads is net without limits. Near a ‘The Deserted House. station was a switch track 290 feet long, | 144 on ene neadtand inwicnde, waa ms -adland it stands and inclined four and one-half feet in that | pre woodbine clasps it with tremulous hands, distance; so that a car switched off upon It | And the scarlet leaves through the windows blow, n to be © it would run down | And the waves are fierce below. the grade. The ears were nsnally fastened by | Bare and dismantled {t 13; ut the boys of the place | The sunlight creeps in through the crevices 2 con- | 28 Over the stucco and walnscot plays iz upon the cars. loosen- | ‘45 it used in other days. aking atree ride down. | = i 6k thal ents But then its glimmering tone - . i ‘Through curtains of muslin and lace-work shone, len. One day @| Over satin-bound chairs and draperies, And pallid plano keys. contrary, boy, while takin sea And now the casements are clear af gpetimels and was | Ofait save the tendrils that utter here, on that. it had hot faved OF Some weary bird that questioning thes ason that it had not failed | ‘ro the sill with mild surprise. the track no the cars out of repair. This boy was | The rain has soddened the floors, anemployé; he had no right | 4 ws tue King doors 1, while my feet are free to go the mansion low. bupon tie ears, but was amere tres- As toward him the company was not » faste: any partic ‘The walls they will tell no tale ad fas suticiently Of laughter and cheer, or of mournful cept ¢ sing them | Xet annot speak In this house of gloom, pt one ‘using them | 15 ne could In modern FoI. All ove bound te mes from Pennsyl- So I press the keyless locks, - yy, and was accustomed And Standing again on the headland rocks and forth on the trains to sell | Look over the Sea that reaches so far ission from the | With neither limit nor bar. es Of | There ts the wasting away, n- | Art given over fo blight and decay: ® | Here is the freedom of God, with the great € | Glory of nature’s estate. ed under his Why ever wonder again haben eo over | What mingled story of pleasure and pain rk * te Legesirse nine ‘that Was written within the bond of these walls won'in effect mace | Where the sunlight faints and falls? 1 the conductor | Why question? It stands, has stood he court said that | In its place for evil alone or good, iductor to | And naught that Is left in form of man re, which leave is | C42 lighten desertion’s ban. rules of the company, | J pass down the cliff; no more for the fare, and the | Shall my fingers move the shivering door, er it from him by an action, No soul has the solemn right to intrude the rights of a passenger while | On such ancient solitude. But tis boy rode back and forth, | sometime tt will fall and lle He was | Unheeded by thought or by human eye, The company owed him no } While woodbine and asters and golden-rod except to retrain from apy willful injury, | May shield it trom all but God. Damages could not be claimed for an or- | —James Berry Benset in the Boston Transtript, dinary railroad casualty by which he was hurt. | +e. ______ A Kansas woman put two little girls aboard a | A _Plam for Perfecting the Race. train of cars, Intending they should ride to lowa | From the Philadelphia Times. Point. One of them was less than 5 yearsof age, | among the many who are wise and the still the older, bat weak and sickiy. They were | sise it i Pot phactd in any one's charze,nor wasany money | Seater many who are otherwise it is difficult to | given them to pay fare. It wasthe custoin of the Set the place for the Institute of Heredity, which | Company to allow mere children traveling with , met in New York Wednesday. The philanthrop- | adults to ride free. When the train reached Iowa | ists making up this imposing sanhedrim have | hese it bis atlas oe) oe menue to no less a mission than the perfection of the known until too late that the stopping-| "man race. The assembly held for motto: | was Iowa Point; at any rate they did not | “Generation before regeneration; no more Gui- hh the car platform to quit the car until the | teaus.” Now nothing can be plainer than the train was just starting. However. they tried to | ysefulness of a society capable to engraft the | alizht. \passenzertriedte help them. Theelder | human race with new blood, as it were. The | one succeeded, but the younger one, w tute of Heredity consists in all those who feet touched the platform of the station, | believe that men and women derive their ten- a ace from conditions existing before their rth. The speeches of the Hereditists were full of a would have en ot have been hurt. but she had not presence of mind for this, and herstrug- startli hot to say sensational, interest. It gles brouht her feet upon the track and they | was the drift of the wisdom contributed to the | Were badly crushed. Meantime, the conductor | meeting that all the sins that afllict the flesh had no information that the children were to | are inheri Jeave the train at lowa Point, or that they were | dered traveling by themselves. And when the acci-| jnfelicitous existence in Paradise, Adam and = Lire pepo le rated by the passen- | Eve were in the state described ‘by the poet: siving contradic’ signals to le engi- | « o _ Beer. The court iweld that the company was not | —_Ljke"maduesy oiUnor orn love doth. work gh - cable with ang neglizence whieh ee | All men impure by inheritance or vicious by | rely t tee ri Me oleae idatt ee ake tendency—also inherited—should be deprived | feet Adit ape Mito kaow that the enita | ofthe tight of marrying. As none but the brave | Leaner vor Ryserdborgdiy pee Point unless that wish | deserve the fair, none but the truly good should ; Wi eabaibated by aiviac uotice teat ¢ conduc, be Permitted to form the marital relation with \ Yor befarchand oe aining notice to the conduc: | the truly good. Upon these themes, whieh the | the train stopped. It was the tardiness of the | seri nating reader must confess amply sug ~ : : : si gestive, the venerable fathers in heredity mai ee en Taek eee et ge te teainmen, | pungent and elaborate arguments. That hered was dangerously in motion. Nor were the are. mes eee ae Fern cotiusaite Be ae wn wera | cally admitted as the moving causes plos » bound to know that the children were | of human depravity can be seen from the vi- : yacious argument of the prime apostle of hered- 'y. J. Storer Cobb, who subtly reasoned in this | fashion: --You can't make a race-horse out of a plug by putting him in a fine stable and feeding <f, | him high, nor a game cock out of a heavy, low- and excited passengers confused the engineer | (red, Brahma by putting him in a cage and by injudicious signals. The affair was an acei- | ‘atin him with every attention dent which could not have been anticipated. A | which one side showed that ainistere cone were his Sees cust | Silluence the utmost transgressors, it was agree: = He iyi ee te road: its lability must’ that mankind should take measures to prevent sph sian pc hi fained a | the marriage of young persons whose minds and sy im alent train wat | limbs do not give promise of brawn and brain. in al ighting. ted ih ed | This, it was agreed, is the only manner of put- ee ‘dowae a aS 2 the ting a stop to the Guiteaus an other criminals | \ pecs ; | who desecrate the human form. Fathers and lowest step of the car she advanced her left | © : foot foremost to the ground. keeping her rit | Mothers will therefore take note and stop the foot on the step. While she held that position, sons of suspected parentage and daughters and without any apparent cause, her right kn . P nee fades Cap snapped and was fractured. There was no | fun”, mothers were guilty of the lightness of z or stumbling, no blow or force of any eee te a he brought suit, ascribing the casu- | aity to strain attributable to the step being Pare CREE try om the Seago, rantly high from the ground. The | From Yondon Truth, November 24. that, for example, Cain mur- Abel because, at a certain stage of their the little girls to alight was a person in whose charge they were. The company was not in fault because a good-natured passen tried to help the children off, nor becaus The as euled” that the step w Mrs. Langtry came forward arrayed in an un- ly high, and said that the pretending pink dress, and, with her arms full could only be attributed to some con-| of flowers, she sat down at a table, and then stitutional weakness of the lady's knee: and proceeded to act as thoush, instead of this being they brought a witness or two to show that the the first time she had ever essayed her skill on lett knee-eap had previously been broken almost @sunaccountably. The court said the jury must | 8 Staze she had been playing lively young widows decide as well as they could whether the injury and other such parts to critical audiences from Ses siren to aay Seetiecnce on the part "her earliest childhood. Whether she was nery- of the company; if it was fortuitous “ifit could | gus or not Ido not know, but there was not a not have been anticipated and provided against i Tereenn there was no liability. But in a case like this | (ution ye aaa Cane Teeed. Bees eee st ee amummatively proved. There and by-play perfect. I was never more surprised Bs NO ETO De pr i rockin ne i my life. It is difticut to judge of anyone from ata stand-still, there was no jar or breaking of | q'sinyle performance, but if Mrs. Langtry can Machinery, the lady was alizhting without any Diay other parts as well as she does “lively interference from the company, and, if the step young widows,” she would, were she to adopt Sppeared too high, she might have demanded | the stage asa profestion, e's fortune to any : . theater if she were brought out by a manager A car on the Northern Pacific Bek left ie to fulfill a great want—according to the well- alone: one OF known phraseology of prospectuses. It is far more easy to find actresses who can rampage in fonitl righty yore iv 1. he | tfagedy than who are able to act in comedy as Nouia a bab re have Seen ll 7 Jake » he | though to the manner born. This Mrs. Langtry, 1 re- | to judge by herdebr ickenhi < mained in the car. The company urzed that the | (oJudee Os herdebut at Twickenham, seems ex Injury was clearly his own fault. But the court eae Gd said that the wisdom of jumping in such a case | is not to be determined by the result. The pas- | The Cause of the Excellence of Our Senger inust judge of the comparative danger | _ Trotters, of remaining still or attempting to get off by | From the London Field. the circumstances as they appear tohim. He! The excellence of trotters descended from has to act upon the probabilities at the time. Messenger, the sire to whom almost all the ae Gases plate - plane Nak: | American trotters trace their pedigree, is some- hary prudence might dounderthecircumstances, times attributed to the fact that. this famous it does not prevent the passenger from recover | sie had In him a strong cross of Barb, as dis- ing damages, tinguished from Arab blood. The Darley Ara- Two recent cases have occurred of injury toan | pian and the Godolphin Arabian—whose blood employe occasioned by bis be Knocked from | appears in all the best En: the top of a car by a bridge over the road. Both the last century—were in realit have been decided in accordance with previous | arabianse they” came from Barba decisions. that & company is not bound toward and not from Arabia and Avia’ Barbary employes to ees ep meee bch enough t0 rough, stony, hilly, intersected with ravines and adm et acarunder- covered in many places with prickly bushes. Reath. | Injury from a low bridze is one of the ‘The districts of Asia in which the purest Arab os ee pet montis horses are bred present, on the other hand, flat = Lrcerips bait meusses the effect of a or stightly undulating surfaces. with scanty yee pote a Kb eel nk re rote act: vegetation, while be the Ens leks they are Ville and was left standing on the track in such the meen Tete maabie fo gain with safety, | position that the middle part of the — stood accustomed himself to the trot, as being the Opposite a street, and thus the cars obstructed | safest aud easiest zait under the circumstances, any one in crossing. This street was the and the adoption of this action forces him to natural passage for persons coming to! bend the knee and to develop the muscles _ Alemgig item res Ppt a Sl axe thas brought into play. In other 4 . words, "3 v i aner had net done so. Mr. Sykes, approaching eatieg. Detanee eaten ieee Sige tires with intention of boarding an expected train. | necessity of adapting their action to the ground found himself hindered by the freight cars and | in the midst of which they are severally born. self by to the platform and jumping off. He ry and Africa, on the sidewalk, hesitating how to cross. " ‘The conductor called to him, “Come on under you will have plenty of time.” Thus encour-| Since the war between France and Germany aged Mr. Sykes tried to creep under the freight | ended the growtn of the two countries in popu- ars, but at that moment the engineer started | lation has been curious in its contrasts. Ger- a them, and Mr. Sykes was fataily injured. The many has increased by 4.500.000 souls, but court said that = conductor pb ‘unlimited France by only 612,000. Births in France in authority to invite persons to take risks, and a | In 1867 were 26% in every 1,000 inhabitants; but traveler or nger is not justified in doing | in 1873 they were only 25}¢ in every 1,000. The what is evidently foolhardy because a conductor | figures which correspond to these in casey tells him to. But. under circumstances like | a'e 38 3-5 and 38%. For 1867, the excess of these, the py might well consider the company | births over deaths in France was 140,600: in as doubly te: 1, for fault in not dividing the | 1878 it was only 98.175; Germany, on the other train; 2. for the conductor's invitation. The | hand, shows an excess for 1869 ‘of 428,000, and | able.” The court held that by this tees | THE AMERICAN PIE-EATER. Astounding Pie Statisticse Webster defined pie “as an article of food consisting of paste baked with something in it, or under it.” Not fully satisfied with the “something” mentioned in the definition, a New York Star reporter, for the better understand- ing of what pie Is, asked a street gamin, who said, “Oh, pshaw! pie? Why, pie is what every one collars, for it’s just bully; that’s what pie is.” Not yet satisfied, a descent was made into @ Printing House square restaurant in search of the required information. “Oh, come, pie’s pie; what kind are you're going to have?” said the waiter, and from him | to the proprietor the writer turned, seeking the information: “Pie,” he said, “you know what it is as well asIdo. It’s a good thing to go alone on or to top off with. Them’s pies there; all kinds in their season.” Turning to one of the 600 con- sumers of pie, who every day make the demand for ple in this small place alone run away up to 200, he was told not to question any of Webster's definitions, as he was an authority. “It is an article of food consisting of paste, with a some— thing—now that something, which so annoys you, is the best thing, both in the make-up of the ‘definition and of the ple, in my opinion. Why, sir, so toothsome haye they made pies, that we, as a nation, have become famous as pie-eaters and pie-makers. It is a national indust: Interested in the mental calculation of the amount of money expended in catering to the taste of the pie-eaters, the figures reached such an amount, passing into the sixth decimals, that the writer was unwilling, without facts based on official author gleaned after a patient hunt and inquiry from the leaders of the trade, to make his calcuiation known. Yet he was be- low the amount ofiiciaily given. In the estimates which follow no mention is made of the small bakeries which bake pies for neighborhood consumption. Only larger bake- ries of the score which make a specialty of pies, and which distribute them to coffee-and-cake saloons, and groceries and eating-houses, are considered. In this estimate, also, the trade done between the Battery and Harlem river bridge alone is taken into account, and no ac- count is taken of the many bakeries in Brooklyn and Jersey City which find ready and quick sales for this dyspepsia-breeding dict in the me- tropolis. ‘The pie-eaters of Brooklyn and Jersey City, except the distinguished persons of those places who will be mentioned, are not noted. The curious who desire to know what is the consumption of pies in the three cities will add one-third of the New York account to the city’s consumption, and they will have the full and total figures for the three cities. In the weekly consumption of merchandise used in the manufacture of pies sold from wagons to restaurants and lunch rooms, there are of flour, 500 barrels; of apples, 500 barrels; of suet and butter, 160 hundred weight; of sugar, $6,000 worth; of milk, 36,000 quarts, and of eggs, 12,000 dozens. In their season, of course, an engl ‘88 amount of small fruits and berries is used. The principal bakery in the city of the class referred to which distribute from wagons is the New York Baking Company. The buildings occupied by this company are large brick houses, and it isa busy hive. The information was picked up as the reporter went from one depart- ment to anothe Peering into the capacious cellars he was tol “There are stacked in there now over $40,000 worth of canned fruit. “Is canned fruit good?” How does that pie taste you're munching on.” Yell, its made of canned fruit. But just tackle that one there that you're looking at.” While the tackling process was going on he continued: “We make apple pies from green apples as long as they last,but at alltimes we have to bake a standard article for the class which has a high educated taste. We are a pie-eating people. There is no one particular class or crowd of the people that take more kindly to the pie than an— other. The rich and poor, the high and low,the dignified statesman and the horny-handed ton of il, alike tind comfort in the consumption of this culinary mystery.” how about mince?” “Well, all I can say about the mince is, that in this establishment it is composed of meat, cider and spices, as pure as gold. We cannot afford to adulterate it. The people would not tolerate it. We are known by the quality of our Bies and we keep up to the standard we have hich are the most popular pies?” “First comes apple, then mince and lemon. These are the stand-byes all the year through. Of course there are others, and they rate on our list as follows: Apple, mince, lemon, custard, cocoanut and pumpkin. In the season of ber- ries and fruits there are blackberry, cherry, cur- rant, cranberry, gooseberry, grape, peach, plum, raspberry, rhubarb, strawberry,’ squash and whortleberry.” “Will you please write down about what is the amount of money expended in thecity every year on pies?” “I cannot tell; but I can give about the amount we and the other bakeries spend who do the distributing business. The amount is close on to $2,000,000. As the reporter withdrew from the shop he overheard the man saying: “Well, that young man is a pie-eater, and ranks with Beecher of Brooklyn, and Mayor Taussig, and Congress- man Hardenbergh ot Jersey City.” Before closing his round in search of informa- tion, the reporter accosted_a bootblack, asking: “What kind of ple do you like?” “Apple.” “Why apple?” “Cause we knows apple, and can tell what we're gitting. When we're gitten’ apple we ain’t gitten’ left. Besides, apple’s fillin’ and it ain't got so much of the bullet stuff in it that hurts yer wid der gripes.” eee: =. Pleasing Habits of the “Boomer,” an Old Kangaroo, ‘From the Montreal Star. Lamblike as is the face of the kangaroo, ten- der and soft as are his eyes, he is by no means as gentleas he looks. Like the heathen Chinee, his countenance belies him, and there are few more exciting and withal dangerous sports than kangaroo shooting. To the hunter seek- ing for some new sensation, a visit to Aus tralia in search of kangaroos can be recom- mended. It requires a fleet horse to run an “old man” down if he gets a fair chance to show tail, and strong, well-trained dogs to tackle him when prought to bay. soft, dewy lips are strong, formidable teeth, which can bite severely. His forepaws, weak a8 they seem, can lift a dog high in the air and crush him to death, while, when lying down, his favorite fighting attitude, he can kick with his powerful hind legs in a manner that rapidly clears a circle round him; and woe betide the man or dog that comes within reach of these huge claws, which can make a flesh wound deep enough to maim the one or kill the other, Of, course, we here speak of the great kangaroo, the boomer, or old man, of the colonists. As a matter of fact, there are some thirty different kinds of kangaroos inhabiting various parts of Australia, and one species peculiar to New Guinea, ‘They vary in size from the tiny hare kangaroo of South Australia, the most agile of its kind, which is but little larger than a rabbit, to the several giant species, whether black, red, brown or gray, some of which stand nearly six feet high. ———+e-—_____ An English Guiteau. According to the London Standard, the mur- derer Lefroy was mentally about on a par with Guiteau. Says the Standard: ‘Lefroy was a weakly, miserable, stage-stricken youth who believed himself a genius; who was under the impression that he could act and write plays and novels, but who, in reality would have found it difficult to earn an honest living in any ordinary calling. Itis to be hoped, now the trial is over, that we shall have no further at- tempts to stimulate idle and vulgar curiosity. Some of our contemporaries, of whom better things were to be expected, have not thought it unworthy of them to pander to a morbid eu- riosity by supplying minute details; and we have been told how Lefroy has dressed himself. what he has eaten, what he has drank. what he has said; how he has expressed his conviction that the case against him must inevitably break down; and how he has thrown out mysterious hints as to marvellous revelations which he could make at once were he not prevented by his high sense of honor. We have had enough Reglizence, if any, attributable to Sykes, was | for 1878 one of 556,508. With these figures as a fon efight to defect an action for damazes: | starting point, it is intimated that at the end of The question has often been discussed what | thecentury, provided emigration and immi- agents have authority to bind the company by | tation do not interfere with conditions as they ¢alling a physician or surgeon to treat a person | How are, France will have scarcely 40,000,000 suddenly injured by a railroad accident. A | people to the 60,000,000 that Germany will have. Iaborer on the Atehison and Nebraska railroad ‘Ma, haven't I been a real good boy since had his foot nearly cut off by some accident with | I've been going to Sunday Sehool?” “Yes, my the machinery in use, and the “boss” of the | lamb,” answered the maternal parent fondly, in which he was working telegraphed to | ‘And you, trust menow, don’t you, ma?” “Yes, Picecat superintendent te know if ie might | darling.” “Then,” spoke up the little innocent, Le doctor for him.” The superintend “what makes you keep the preserves locked up in answer: “Yes: and do all you | in the pantry same ageyer!”—New saye the foot and make him coi = b Dimes. ‘ Per gp of this Newgate Calendar literature, and the less we have of it in future the better. Realism | reaches its limits in the apotheosis of so sorry a villain as Lefroy.” ee. College professor_—‘‘Can we see an intai object?” Pupil.—*Yes, sir.” Professor. eh? t do you mean. Cite = authorities.” Pupil.—‘“‘Shakespeare, sir. ¢ Hamlet's ad- “First rate, fresh and sweet as a home-made | Inside his | IN THE PROMPTER’S BOX. The Half Turtle Shell That Covers a Multitude of Sins, SIGNOR GILLARDI'S EXPERIENCES AS A PROMPTER OF FAMOUS SINGERS—HOW HE PROMPTS IN CON- CERTED PIECES AND HOW HE SAVED NILSSON. From the N. ¥. Sun. On the stage of the Academy of Music, di- Tectly in front of the desk from which Signor Arditi conducts his orchestra, is a greenish-gray wooden arrangement resembling the half shell of a turtle, on which the conductor wraps sharply with his baton just before the curtain tises. While the performance is in progress, hear an occasional whispering or humming from It, and sometimes see a finger sweeping through the air above it. When a concerted plece is being sung, the singers range them- selves around it, and now and then glance at it inguiringly. Occasionally, too, an artist who is singing near the wings will gradually sidle over and to sing louder and freer than before. This Season some of the artists appear particularly interested in the turtle, as is the case whenever the company contains a number of singers not born in Italy. This turtle shell covers, so to speak, a multitude of sins, for it is the prompt- er’s box. In it he sits with a score on the little desk before him, giving the artists their cuea, singing soffo voce a phrase with which one or the other should be more familiar, or helping them along with the text. The box is a yery simple contrivance. From the passage through which the orchestra players reach their seats another | passage leads to a square hole-cut in the stage, large enough and sufficiently high above the floor of the passage to allow a man to sit com- fortably on a chair and the upper part of his body to protrude. The turtle shell prevents him trom being seen by the audience. “The prompter’s position,” Signor J. Angelo said the other day in the office of the Academy, “is second in importance only to that of the con- would hardly suppose that Signor Gillardi’s du- ties were so important.” When Signor Gillardi, who was speaking to Mr. Croft, heard his’ name mentioned, he stepped up. “He has been rehearsing @uil— taune Tel all the morning,” Signor Angelo sald. “Do you attend all the rehearsals of a new opera?” Signor Gillardi was asked. “Yes, signor. And not only the rehearsals of & new opera, but all the piano rehearsals of old operas with artists new to the company. [must know on what points they are uncertain, so as to take care of them when the opera is on.” “Tf you attend so many rehearsals, you must know by heart all the operas you prompt?” “TI do; and, what's more, I've sung in a good many of them.” “He used to be a capital buffo,” Signor An- gelo broke in. ‘He had a tine, sonorous basso voice, and a keen sense of humor. “But, signor,” the prompter continued, “the voice all went away about 1866.” “Where had you been singing?” “At Milan, at the Scala. I graduated trom the Milan Conservatory, where I studied piano and eee “And did you then become a prompter after you lost your voice?” “Yes. “ Occasionally, though, I am able to sing. Once after I became prompter, a buffo artist was suddenly indisposed, and the man- ager thought he would have to change the opera. I happened to be in voice that day, so 1 offered to take the part. We had no longer the same manager under whom I had formerly sung. and you should haye seen his surprise. But I tossed off a rollicking song for him as glibly as of old, and the result was that, for the evening, I was buffo and prompter simulta- neously. People thought my love making very ardent and continuous, but. you see, our prima donna that evening was a foreigner, who needed prompting yery s0 I kept near her.” “L suppose you still sing sotto voce from the prompter’s box?” “Oh, yes. Sometimes I see that an artist is uncertain regarding the note to be intoned. Then, of course, I ve to hun it.” “And don’t you have to occasionally indicate when they are to come in?” “Very often, I point to them. Sometimes, too, they sing out of time, and then I beat tem- po with my finger.” “How do you manage to help them along separately when they are singing duets, ter- zets, quartets, and” complicated concerted pieces?” “I can manage that more easily than you would think. Some artists are better musicians than others. Suppose they are singing a quar- tet. Now, an artist like Campanini needs no prompting. Another may be so well up in the part that he ouly needs a sign at the moment he is to come in. Of the others, one will probably require a sign half a bar before the quartet be- gins, and the second a little sooner orlater. You. see, I can dispose of them all at different inter- vals.” But how do you manage to prompt them separately when the quartet, or whatever the concerted piece may be, has bezun?” “Ah! That. of course, is more difficult. But, you see, for that reason I attend the rehearsals. That enables me to ascertain the points on which they need prompting, so I can be ready for them.” ‘Don’t you find that some artists need more prompting than others?” “Certainly. When I began prompting, at Milan, you could lay it down as a rule that the more celebrated the artist the more trouble he or she gave the prompter. It was the same in Cairo, where I prompted ‘Aida’ on the opening night of the Khedive’s opera house. But it is different with Mr. Mapleson’s companies.” “Why is that?” “Because many of them belong to a new school of singers who are finer musicians than many famous singers of other days. Campanini and Galassi often sing at classical concerts, and operas like Lohengrin and Aida call for greater knowledge than the old Italian operas.” “I suppose singers like Campanini and Ga- lassi rarely require prompting?" “Never. You see, they are Italians, and there- fore can remember the text; and then they are good musicians. Now, Gerster rarely requires a musical hint—so rarely that I never think of giv- ing her one unless she makes a sign to me—but occasionally she wants to be helped along a little with the text. That is always the case with a singer not Italian born.” “How about Nilsson?” “She sometimes is so carried away by the ac- tion that she forgets herself and don’t take the word. Once, in Rossini’s Othello, she became so excited that I was atraid she might get lost any moment, so I rapped sharply two or three times, and that recalled her to herself.” dshe said,” Signor Angelo put in, “‘G lardi is the best prompter I’ve ever known. 0} can go to sleep without fear If he is being around to prompt.’ ” “Does Minnie Hauk have to be prompted?” “Not at all in Carmen; a little in other operas.” “I suppose a good deal depends on the con- ductor?” “Oh, yes. The six years I have prompted under Signor Arditi I have had less promptin, to do than before. Formerly I sometimes had to prompt the conductor.” “What opera do you most like to prompt?” “Lohengrin. It is the most difficult opera I haye to prompt; and that is the reason I like it.” “Are all prompters’ boxes alike?” “No, signor. — In Italy we have only a hole in the stage, and the audience can see prompter giving signs to the artists. It is very ewbarrassing to the artists, I assure you. The public often laugh at them and hiss them.” Just then Signor Arditi entered and carried off his prompter to a rehearsal of Guillaume Tell, amid numerous “adios.” a Georgia Pastimes. From the Macon Telexraph and Messenger, Dec, 10. One of the most amusing entertainments per- haps ever given in the city ‘the “pie-biting” in East Macon last night. ily two hundred and fifty young people from both sides of the river were in attendance, and:‘all really enjoyed the occasion. Mr. Amos Subers, at whose resi- dence it was given, did nob SS RF 80 fyla gathering.and hispreparationsfell far short of the quirements of thecrowd, Still-there was agood slice of pie and glass of cool milk for each and enjoyment ruled the hour. .» he feature of the occasion-was the test bite. Prizes were offered for the largest and next largest moons from @ whole pie. At’ 9:30 the company formed in squadgyof a dozen and marched to the supper root ere the carni- val of fan was held. ‘The nae its were nu- merous, and the erstwhile sepene coun! were any, disfigured, buseoden event mm yids rete BN 8 Don’t Get Married in the Summer, ‘From the New York Star. - Itis said to bea fact capable of demonstra- tion that two summer marriages end in divorce vice to the players where he speaks of thuse who saw the air.”—Cleveland Sunday Sun. am : eet ee ‘Stakes will be lovated. a to one winter marriage. Hence probably the wisdom of society in evincing & Meee te > the marrying season. r At Petersburg, Va., Monday, James Stanley was feng is third Conviction, by: law goes for those who sit near enough to the turtle shell | to it until he gets directly in front of it. Then | he begins to gesticulate with more assurance, | ductor, A ou! not versed in operatic matters | 2 eee mee FAMILY SUPPLIES. GPEANULATED SUGAR, 100. BEST A SUGAR, 100. CUT LOAF (Old Style) SUGAR, 1c. POWDERED SUGAR, lle. ‘New wiven to every . © Ase? i. iL LIGHT BROWN SUGAR, 8, 9c. eae cre ion to Chravchtt the Taeacuatens FINEST MINNESOTA FLOUR, $2.50, 49 Ibe. wactaecty POUND Le taheseeeninors oD! WITMER'S, EDY & CO., FINE GROCERIES, . (Established 1800,) as 1918 PE A AVENUE. ene * ON DECK WITH STEKL, TIN PLATE, THANKSGIVING SUPPLIES. ENGINEERS, MACHINISTS, COACH SUPPLIES, BUILDER'S HARDWARE 606 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE AND 007 B STREET. N. B.—Store closed at 6 p.m. i 2 : E E Table Raisins... New Languedoc Ai Genuine Princess Paper Large Fnglirh Walnuts, Extra 03 ady for use. (Send for ) islied to Builders. A full stock of AR- ES always on and. GEORGE RYNEAL, Jn., 418 rn StREET Fresh Chocolat Fancy Red Apy Half ton Bix Pineapple, in can: Pineapple, in can: Bartlett Pears, in cans. Red Cherries, in cans. . Estimates justin. | estimate ited'supply. 8 “aelicieus, | whole. } m30 ORTHWEST. White Cherries, in can: % L MARTIN & C( PULP MORTAR Gages and Pluins, in cans. c ice, | se BL ‘ Extra choice Preserves in glass. all kinds. 's Use, For Brickiay Where Black Joints are Kequized. Best in the world. Only black that tever fades, J. Ht JOHNSON & CO., AGENTS, 12th street Wharf 2nd 1202 F street northwest. HOUSEFURNISHINGS. OGERS & BROS. PLATED WAKE. Pompeian jars filled with Choice Preserves; new, ornamental and rare. ELPHONZO YOUNGS, Grocer, 504 97H STREET, between E and F streets, Opposite ** Critic” office. _ - M. GALT & CO. apat a | A CARD FROM W! First preminm for the best barrel of flour made from ring wheat this day awarded to entry No. a ion 28, class 25, depertment 26, to Wu. Witness our hands, at the National Fair District of Columbia, this 14th day of Oc J. M. WHARTON, R TABLE CUTLERY, best makes, German Students’ and other L. 5 WEEPERS, STE} Ww. JOHN D. WwW NN, Attest: JAS. S. EDWARDS, Marshal se \RDS, Novelties in JAPANESE and CHI Ps ¢ above-mentioned flour is CERES, the cele- | brated Minnesota Patent Process Flour, which waa | 1y Presents. awarded the Firet Premigim against all other competitors | at the National Fair in 1879 and 1880 (gold medal), and | in 1881. ‘The competition in flour was cer- | tainly a very liyely one this year, andthe premium was well contested for, but it was stmply an irap ility to deat CERES, and the premium Just awarded is only ad- | diny another triumph to the msenificent wticorsw this 80 celebrated Flour has eained in this conmiunity: We would respectfully mention the fact that Andet receiv rst premium for the han A WARE for Holi- GEO. WATTS, treet, 5 doors above Pa. ve. »30-Im 31471 NEW Goons. a DECORATED DINNER SETS, DECORATED TOI. JAPAN i SETS, ‘E PORCELAINS, SE] LOU! which is only another proot i s | stands A No, Lamong the best Minnesota Patent F.ours DECORATIONS known to the trade. For sale by all first-class grocers. W. M. GALT & CO. Corner Ist STREET AND INDIANA AVENUE, Ar Exrmene.y Low Putoss. Ail kinds of COOKING UTENSILS and KITCHEN FURNISHINGS of the best class. WILMARTH & EDMONSTON, Who are also the sole Wholesale Agents for the Dis- | n19 709 Maer Spack. trict, of Hecker’s celebrated Self-raising Flour and SS RS Buckwheat. asl Tr YOU WANT A HEATING OR COOKIN Besren MARKET. STOVE, ‘Do not fail tocail and examine our large assortment of both. Avents for the RADIANT HOME HEATING STOVES AND FURNACES, | PHILADELPHIA CHICKENS AND TURKIES, CHOICE BEEF, GAME, ‘The best of their kind made in the country. Also, LATROBES, SLATE MANTELS, GRATES AND ‘GES, FRESH FISH and BRICK SET RS NORFOLK OYSTERS | Please call and examine our stock. RECEIVED DAILY. . 8. JE o12 Porter-house Steaks. Best Surloin S & CO. ‘RKET NORTHWEST. -20¢. per Ib. 18 Roast Beef. strom 1234 to 18 cence Eg z 3 TEA SI “Mutton. = LEON SCHELL & CO., DESSERT AND TOILET SETS, | n18 woot IN ENGLISH AND FRENCH CHINA, OF OUR DIRECT IMPORTATION, AT LOW PRICES. J. W. BOTELER & SON, ‘aa (CARLSBAD WAFERS, RUSSIAN CAVIAR, CLAM CHOWDER, BRUNS- WICK SOUPS, CRESCENT OLIVES, CAFE NED FRUITS, ALKETHREPTA, SARDINES SANS ARETES, 5 NICKEL PLATED, h Dairy, Edam and Pine- SE, Enylish PLUM FUDDING, DUN- DEE MARMALADES and JAMS. GEO. E. KENNEDY & SON, __1209 F STR NORTHWEST. O uD STAG PURE RYE WHISKEY Nonfchatel LARGEST SIZE, nif WITH NEW IMPROVEME! ONLY $4.50. ia unequalled for smoothness, flavor and purity, and for the sideboard and kickroom is unnvallea. J. W. SCHAFER, 1020 7TH STREET, HUME, CLEARY & CO., nt Apove New York AVENUE. STEAMERS, &e s™ AMER “MATTANO” A) Leaves ith-street wharf at POTOMAC RIVEK LANDINGS as ays for Nomiint; on Thursdays ing (Machodock Creek) and Mattox Creek; on Sundays for Mattawoman and Mattox Creeks; retu on alternate ya, tou at intermediate given landings ing and returnin siops at Mattawoman Creek ae : Tang FHGAYSUP. G7. JONES, Agent. exe ae RSE AND FRUITY, NEW YORK SWEET CIDER. Also, Delicious; in color, pale amber, CRAB APPLE CIDER, Superior as a beverage to the juice of any other apple. For sale by HUME, CLEARY & Co., m8 807 MARKET SPACE. HAT SPLENDID MINNESOTA FAMILY flour, favorably known as the SOVEREIGN, Yields, in perfection, white, sweet and wholesome bread. HUME, CLEARY & CO.. _807 Market Sp 807 Manxer Space. 7 o'clock a. m. for follows:—On Tues- Nome FOR POTOMAC KIVER LANDINGS. On and after NOVEMBER 3p, 1881, the steamer ARROWSMITH will leave her wharf, foot of 7th street, at 7a. m. every MONDAY, THURSDAY. and SATUR- DAY for all river landings. “On MONDAY as far ae Nomini Ferry. On THURSDAY, Nomini and Currio- man. On -SATURDAY, Currioman and Leonardtown. = = Se 0238 30OHN K. WOOD, Agent. ‘UHN R. KELLY, z ji J Draven my Finst-Ciass FO® NORFOLK, | PORTSMOUTH. | FORTRESS ’ v MONROE, PINEY POINT AND BEEF, LAMB, VEAL, MUTTON, &c. CORNED BEEF MEE LORDTE Stalls 628, 629 and 630 Center Market, 9th street wing, | CONNECTING WITH THE and 206 and 208 Northern Liberty Market; or Address DENCE, Box 71, City Post Oftice. Marketing delivered freo of change to all parts of the n8 iE BOSTON AND PROVI- STEAMERS IN NORFOLK. Steamer EXCELSIOR on TUESDAYS, THURSDAYS and SATUEDAYS at 5 p.m. ARKET, 7 c FALL AND WINTER ARRANGEMENTS, BEGIN- pase MING OCTOBER ist First-class fare to Norfolk and Fort Monroe. fare to Fortress Monroe and N: First-class fare to Piney Point and Point Lookout. Second-class to Piney Point and Point Lookout. :-. Corner 14TH STREET AND New YORK AVENUF, FRANK J, TIBBETS, Proprietor. ‘Tickets and staterooms for sase and information tur- nished at B. W. Reed's Sons, 1216 F street northwest: B. & O. Ticket office, 1351 Pennsylvania avenue north: west; St. Marc Hotel; Rooee’s Siands. at pein : H B. Polkinhorn, next to City Of- fice; and at Company's Othee, 7th street wharf. ot Allkmnds of MEATS, FRUIT, VEGETABLES, BUT- TER, EGGS, etc. Everything the best. a3 __BOOTS AND SHOES. __ cipal Hotels: GEORGE MATTINGLY, WM. P. WELCH, Agent. ‘ORFOLK AND NEW YORK STEAMERS. STEAMER LADY OF THE LAKE her wharf, foot of 6th street,ev MONDAY, 2 Excursion tickets will be iasued an follows: NTE! RANGE! & ‘to Fortress Monroe and Norfolk. $3 fortress Monroe and Norfolk. $1.50 it . 1.50 Say alge cig st DAYS and SATURDAYS, at four o'clock p.m. ohne aaron, ont pot at ener EW YORK STEAMERS TH GREAT CLOSING SALE STILL CONTINUES AT SINSHEIMER & BRO.'3, 808 SEVENTH STREET, BETWEEN H AND I. ‘We will offer from Friday the following additional * GREAT BARGAINS: Ladies’ Goat Button Shoes. -at 95c., worth $1.50 Ladies’ Kid Button Shoes. at $1.15, worth $1.75 Ladies’ Kid Button, worked holes, at $1.45, worth $2.25, GIBSO? ©. KNIGHT leave Pier 41, East Ladies’ Pebble Button, worked holes, at $1.45, worth $2.00 | ivan, New dork: every SATURDAY: witene Otlocene An elegant line of Boys' Enxlish Walking Bals., at m., and fown every, FRIDAY, at 7 a.m,” Kor beeen nie Sore Gaiters, uizes 2 to Seen ey an ‘AGP ED 2 ee which are cheap at $1.50. eR) Soe een ero Rees aE sels About 75 pairs Men's beautiful Toilet Slippers, the C UNARD LINE. choice, at $1.20 Men's Bi i 1 NOTICE! . LANE ROUTE. We still continue to sell Cousin’s Cur Kid Button at | THE CUNARD STEAMSHIP COMP: ANY LIMITED, BETWEEN NEW YORK AND LIVERPOOL. FHOM PIS 40, Nos NEWS ‘Wed., 7 Dec. | Gallia. 14 Dec. $2.69, and Cousin's French Kid at $3.75, in fact every- thing we have at ACTUAL COST, as we close business by January 1st next. If you wish to save money call at once, as our stock is still complete. This is an opportunity seldom offered. ‘Look for Name and Number. SINSHEIMER & BRO., ‘ORK. Wed. 43an. 1 Jan, marked * do not carry 808 SEVENTH STREET, BETWEEN H AND I. Steerage at very low rates. Stecrage from Liv- no ipod np Ousnaotowa ad all ther parts of ea BULBS SHOES FOR GENTLEMEN Baa At wach a a coher actoon the Contino or Mediterranean ARE THE FINEST MANUFACTURED. ports. For freight and passage apply at the Company's sh Oe Fo ane MEMES Se aa TON IS tie CORRECT STYLE. TIS BIGELOW & GO., 605 a gus ‘Tth street, Washington, Bart's Hand-sewed Cloth » Lon > be ue ESS VERY NICE. VERNON H. BROWN & CO., New York; Bart's CON Gare a eputtenGalter is elegant. + Orto ‘Mesars. OLI8 BIGELOW & CO., Bart's Perfect Fit Off ia Boots. _Janl2 =a = OS ith street, ‘Washington. Tadlen Prevels Rid Stioes, $3,60 t087- ‘ORTH GERMAN LLOYD— Ladies’ Kid or Gost Button, $2 to 96. Sreamsuir LIne Berweex New Yous, Havar Our Paris Boot for Ladies is the prettiest n the United Loxvow, 80) ba by aay. Ottis sbove goods cal anys Pad seg, pay co ‘cabin, $100; moose é ietgueee pene to '& 00. eee 605 ae AVENUE. ie ine, Greeny ‘New ort % (CHS. be i ‘HE TRADES. Washington. — s eat AS) Tare Pecans... et] P45" CLs WINDOW AND PLATE GLASS. Cream Nuts and Pilberts, new | Fine Oranses... i | Gholve Malazs < S KALSOMINE and MASURY'S LIQUID f| DECORATED DINNER, TEAand TOILET SETS | tor Brick Houre Land- | \ The N | ington, a } — | (QUNNINGHAM, TRE WEL € halle H. MANUFACTURERS OF ORNT SUESADDOAH VALLEY KaLLoaL The Luray © fied this Company 7 areon eale by cont JOSEPH H. Su 6.:05-—| 16: For Ni a ALEXANDRIA AND FRE! AND | ALEXAND! E WANT Deter Shirts for the mu CAVERNS into the Caverns, and thes | the aid of this a NO OTHAR ar THE EAST AND THE Wh DOUBLE TRACK! BAL = Pom! 10:00—BALTIMOR! College, Beis YORE E 20- Lis nat shen ve LEMEN’S G SHIRTS. SHIRTS, SH TO REMIND Yor aakent (lian tat ths TER, ix Stik HATS LERY, FLOCESSOR TO Remeuber dhe nai OODS. ARTS. THAT WE SE 1 aay other cote if PUBREULL BROTHERS, FINE DRESS SHIRTS S FURNISHINGS. THE ONL ROUTE TO oF Con EI ' cent, ILLUMINATOR BEL iuminated uunly beatiful, at Lert LURAY INN CHAN a. SANDS, tence town, LET WEEN TIMORE EXPREs». tof Kocks and Parlor Cars to New TON AND VALI own and ut Po ver.) BUKG, CHICAGO, ©! LOUIS EXPRESS. 12:10—Baltimore, Ellicott City, Annapolis and Way Statiom -Ow Sunda —BALT! ay ghly for Baltimore MORE EXPRESS, itimore ana Way Stations, ( 3% LSS, oli Junction.) 44:40-—Balumore, Annapolis and Way 14:45—roont of Way, Nes 10: 8:00, 1d 10:15 pi For Pope's Cretk Line, 6:40 a.mand 4:40 p.m. daily, Yam. and 4:40 p.m. daily, except DERICKSBURG RAILWAY, WASHING’ Somuulted daily at to¢and6to8. All Fe Paint of Roc 45 — Bats fe aie york and 100 and 10:15 5 ppt hi polis, 6: City. Patients iedted “at any Ue y ORE, HYATTS Pi a Kocks, F W is only.) ore and ESS. bse. ‘tinore, ilieott City, and Way Stations, 5 more Aumapolm” and Way (Piedmont, Sraaburg, Winchuster, Haeretown, and Way, via la geratown und Way, vis Relay.) Miite AND via Belay, 1112 F Sruxer Nortuwest, Waswixerox, DQ. 2.08 = THE LURAY. spany have note the NG ADRQUATR re known elsewhere, No Caverns: ‘elec yy the aid of elee- flects produced fully meet the anticipation, and idl present to the eye viklons re unattainable under the for the illumination by the furnisned free, as usual, will remain open at ail weasons of Che year, and visitors way feel axwured of procuring superior abd tunet-claa acccmumodstions ROUGH TICKETS, nig roads. PATCH, 8. ‘Gen’ Pune'r As cent, Puiladelphia. "5% BALtnrone & OHIO RAILROAD THE MODEL FAST, AND THE ONLY LINE VIA WASHINGTON, Way Stations. DELPHIA, NEW YORK AND BOSTON EXPRESS, (oon- ciut of Mocks for rederick.) 39:000n Sunday only, for Baltimore, Annapolis and E EXPRESS (stops at, Hystieviiie, Laurel, Annapolis Junction, INCINNATI AND and Way. ‘Winchester, Fred- LAUREL, at Anuap- ) Stations. (tn Suuday 10 Bout of IMO! E£APRKESS, (Martinsturg and via tislay. a et Hyattaville aud Laurel.) nd Way Staton. ALLIMOLE, HYATTSVILLE AND LAUREL SBURG, CLEVELAND and DETROIT LADELPHIA, NEW YORK and BOSTON ee} SS. Sieeping Cars to New York. MCAGU, ‘CINCINNATI and ST. LOUIS EX- Jet off paaseraers and Annapolis ue 3 Por Pittibure Vest, Chicago Lintted Ex- pres of Pullman Hote! and Sleeting Cars at #00 auly; 10:30 a.m. wth Care rom Harrisburg to Gineinn: Chicago: 9:30 p.m. daily, with’ Palace pure. BALTIMORE AND POTOMAC For Uanan Rochester. Buffalo, aud ‘Cars to RAI Niawara, at 6:00 p.in. ox- és Lock Haven and Elmira, st 10:30 a East, p.m. On Sun exp > 500 a.m., 1 cara, New York city. Le Sn Sindag, 30, 8-40, and 00, RIA AND _MEDICAL, &e. 10:80 a.m. 2 #3 vee it daily, ex- and 2:00, 9:40, 95a, 10508 TON 7-20,9:20, apd 11-30 a.m.. 4:20, ad 11-80 eau, On Susday ak 30 a.m. and 8:20 p.tn. J)®. LEON, THE OLDEST ESTABLISHED AND , most reliable LADIES’ PHYSICIAN in thecity, ily at 455 Maswach usctts avenue, POM ‘emale. ints and Irryniari- retreatment, Sevaratn reome ties quickly cured. Promp forladtes. 26-haw R. AND MME. SELDEN, PROFESSORS OF MID- wifery: over 20 years successful treatment; elewan' ites ae n12-3m_ BROTHERS IS THE OLDEST ESTABLISHED Ladies’ yaician in Wi Phy: ar ys. Consultations office, Welueedays and Sarusday 56 C street northwest. Baltimore. from 2 to 9 p.1m., Refers, to the” YorTT'S , 1019 PENNSYLVANIA AV, /YORK ROTTERDAM. sain tua Fea) Boao He Best of is ‘The fire:-siass Steamers of this Line, Sedona Salita by mall prompuy atiendea to: 26 | “aM . AA SUROETEN,» IBSON_BROTHE) “"P. CALAND,” “MAAS” G PRACTICAL BOOK AND 30n ranerens, a, rockin, regulary, on WEDNESDAY. rat wt sevecaity: Snawion DS | First $50, Steerage, $26. Ww. H. WREATLEY'S 3 STEAM DYEING wil and, ‘WORK the Dis- | (} Seine, goon wectlrs of aacrees, and toil parts of the Sountey, . 8 (Gp 1) JEFTERSON STREE ole Bao oa