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simply 8 bird of passage from one boarding ‘house to another. What we need is a good plage to live in, where all our interests can ‘take root. The Education of American Girls. While it is true that no subject is more in- ‘teresting and important than the education of American girls, it seems to us that the women who put themselves forward as the champions of their sex in this and in other matters show about as much discretion as the celebrated knight of La Mancha in his great fight with the windmills. In looking over the whole field. of discussion of what in rather eu- phuistic phrase is called women’s right to -equal chances and opportunities with men, we mmust corfess to the singular lack of intellec- ‘tual force exhibited by the “‘strong-minded” sisters. In spite of their zeal in agitation they have not bettered society in the slightest degree—not even in the matter of the educa- tion of American girls—while they have done infinite damage in unloosing the old-fashioned notions of domestic happiness and virtue which ought to keep the first place in the ‘household. But for this we might laugh at their Quixotic zeal and decline to answer the fallacies of their teachings. These remarks are prompted by the singu- darity of the reception of Dr. Clarke's little ook on “Sex in Education.” The purpose of this book wasa simple one—namely, that if there is sex in mind a due regard must be paid to the conditions of sex in mental train- ing. But, strange to say, “the champions of American women”’ met it with the true spirit -of howling demagogism. If its reasonings ‘were sound it left no place for wild talk about ‘women’s equal capabilities with men in all the relations of life, and taught only the duty of imparting a generous culture, free from overwork and aimless ambition. Dr. Clarke ‘was at once answered by a dozen different women and the Heraup book table was almost literally covered with books and pamphlets upon the question. ‘We do not care to consider the arguments of these women, though there are some of them whose views are entitled to high respect. We prefer, instead, to point out what we con- sider a true education for American girls. “Women are necessarily the creatures of home wand of society, just as men are the crea- ‘tures of the workshops and the busy marts of trade. It is not easy to make either change places with the other, and even Gf it could be done, women would not find happiness in becoming breadwinners for the race, But the necessity of actual acquire- tents, instead of the old time cant about the value of certain unnecessary studies as a means of mental training, is imposed alike wapon both. German and French and a knowl- edge of art, music and literature are the true ‘basis of a modern education, whether for boys or girls, Beyond these are special studies in which only a few, as Agassiz and Huxley, and Herbert Spencer, and John Stuart Mill, and Mary Somerville, can hope to excel. But be- «cause Mary Somerville showed rare powers as an astronomer it does not follow that every girl must study astronomy any more than that the clerks in the Broadway stores should all endeavor to become philosophers. The true education of ,American girls is im acquiring the wmuch at home in Paris or Berlin asin New ‘York, and to rule in the kitchen with as much -eage as to reign in the drawing room. To add to it such acquirements as the capacity to speculate in stocks in Wall street or to write -cattle reports for a newspaper is to rob wom- sanhood of its chief glory and society of the ‘sweet but high culture embraced in our idea of ladyship. But above all our American girls need that education which is supposed to be meant when physical culture is talked vabout—an education which teaches them to desist from all labor in obedience to natural daws. Such acquirements, obtained without the prodigious efforts which so many of our *female seminaries” demand from their pu- pils that the poor creatures may shine on examination day, and productive of sound aminds in sound bodies, will make our Ameri- -can girls the best wives and mothers as well :as the most charming and beautiful women in the world. ‘The Condition of the London Poor. London is once again much exercised about her poor. Periodically the sanitary and social reformers discover that things are not as they ought to be, and there is a spurt of philan- ‘thropy, which lasts for a little, does some ‘good, and then dies away. Londoners are naturally proud of their city. It is the largest, ‘wealthiest, most cosmopolitan, most imperial city on the face of the earth; but it is also— and the good people of the British metropolis cannot close their eyes to the fact—the great- est nursery of vice and the largest home of misery. London is now in one of its philan- ithropic moods. The condition of the poor is again under consideration; and although it is | more easy to subscribe money and build model homes for the poor than to get rid of tho pauper classes the presumption is that something will be done on a grand scale to improve the habitations of the unfortunate and the suffering. For the fourth week in March, 1874, there were thirty-six thousand indoor and sixty-nine thousand out- door paupers, making a total of one hundred and five thousand. These are alarming figures, ‘The pauper population of London is equal to ‘the population of some of our most flourish- ing cities. When we think of the actual misery which this implies, and of the evil which must of necessity grow out of it, we do ‘not much wonder that the sanitary and social reformers should feel called upon to make a special effort to mitigate the misery, and, if possible, to root out the evil. It is really lamentable to think that within a stone's ‘throw of Regent street or of the Houses of Parliament or of Holborn or of Chancery lane there are buildings in which every room is a home for a separate family. In what would be considered a small bedroom by peo- ple in easy circumstances a father, mother and half a dozen children will be huddled together. In such a place decency is, of course, out of the question and cleanliness is impossible. Morally and physically such homes can be regarded in no other light than pest houses, and their ruinous effects on the rising generation are simply incalculable. Tt appears that the Royal College of Phy- siciana, fully alive to the evil, have addressed 4 memorial to Mr. Disraeli expressing the hope that the government would take into con- sideration during the present session of Par- ability to be as) Hament the possibility of improving the dwellings of the London poor. What plans this learned body is prepared to suggest we know not, but it it not unreasonable to con- clude that the presentation of the memorial will have the effect of arousing public atten- tion to the subject, and the probability is that, aided by Parliament, the city authorities will take such action as shall cause to disappear a few more of those still remaining rookeries which disgrace the British metropolis. The municipalities of Glasgow and Edinburgh have dealt successfully with the difficulty. They have bought up some of the worst dis- tricts in their cities under special acts of Par- liament; private enterprise has come forward readily to build other houses for the working classes, though few persons were sanguine enough to anticipate this at first, and the ulti- mate loss to the rates is expected to be very small indeed. The example of the Scotch municipalities will no doubt be fully con- sidered, but something great is naturally ex- pected from London, and the experiment, whatever it may be, will be eagerly watched by all who take an interest in the welfare of great cities. Mr. Howard Staunton on “Making the Horns”—Old-Time and Contemporary Acting. In a late number of the London Athenaeum Mr. Howard Staunton, the distinguished Shakespearian scholar, in pursuing his inves- tigations into the unsuspected corruptions of the great master’s text unearthed a very curious bit of the ‘‘business’’ of the old actors from the time of Shakespeare to that of Wycherly, fully a century later. Mr. Staunton, it will be remembered, first pointed out the fact in his edition of Shakespeare that certain phrases in the plays were always accompanied with a peculiar gesture. That example was where Volumnia, in ‘Coriolanus,’’ entreats her son to return to the Forum and conciliate the incensed people by putting on this action of humility :— Thy knee bussing the stones, The present case, which explains a pas- sage in ‘‘The Winter's Tale,’’ is of a much more familiar kind, the quoted extract being as follows :— Zeon, Camillo, this ‘great sir will yet stay longer. ee ou had mucn ado to make bis anchor old ; i When you cast out it still came home. Didst note it? Cam. He would not stay at your peusate made his business more material Leon, Didst percetve it? {Aside.] They're here with me already; whisper- ing, rounding, “Secilia ie a—so forth.” According to Mr. Staunton the stage business here used is the sign employed to indicate a cuckold—lifting one band to the forehead and spreading forth two fingers like a pair of horns—Leontes, in his jealousy, believing his subjects to be cognizant of his nuptial dishonor, and already deriding him with the gesture which denotes it. He quotes from Chapman, Massinger and Decker to sustain this view, and even points outa stage direction in Wycherly’s ‘Country Wife’ for ‘‘making the horns.” More remarkable still is the fact that this sign was often indicated by a letter, as in Chapman's ‘May Day,” where Fannio says of his master, Quintilliano, ‘As often as he turnes his backe to me I shall be here Vwith him, that's certaine.” All the older dramatists use the phrase “Be here with them,”’ to emphasize the gesture, just as boys nowadays cry, ‘‘Do you see anything green ?”” when they express incredulity by a peculiar operation on the lower lid of the right eye. All this has an interest of its own, as indicating the customs of the early stage; but it has a value, apart from this, in showing the utter worthlessness of stage traditions for the purposes of art. If a modern actor should make the horns he would be laughed at, even if the sign were un- derstood, though in Shakespeare's time its use was so common that it was employed by Roman heroes, Sicilian kings and English tavern brawlers. It would bea rare treat, however, if we could see ‘‘The Winter's Tale,” for instance, played exactly as it was played in the Shakespearian era, just as we now see “The Rivals” and “The School for Scandal’’ represented at Wallack’s according to the manners and customs of Sheridan’s time. But this we cannot hope for, and, in time, even what we so fondly call the old comedies will take their places with the pictorial drama, the poetry and wit of the standard plays receiving @ picturesque setting for an elegant delivery of the lines, free from all the conditions of old-time art. The realistic drama we shall always have—the actors of the mimic world seemingly enacting the realities of the world they copy—but the Juliets and Rosalinds of the future will be only pictures of the imagination. We all like Miss Neil- son’s “balcony scene” immensely, not because it realizes the Shakespearian realism, but be- cause it is the transcription of a beautiful ideal. None of us care to go beyond this poetic ideal for its historical accuracy or ita faithful- ness to the Shakespearian conception. It is, too, her laughing boy cf the period that we like best in her Rosalind. We have often said that Mr. Lester Wallack is the only teacher of old-comedy art now on the American stage. When he ceases to teach old comedy will be- come only stage pictures with splendid scenery, picturesque dresses and graceful elo- cution. Shakespeare's plays occupy this atti- tude already, as Mr. Daly tries to show us once a year in his Shakespearian revivals, and sooner or later all the old favorites will be put in the same category. And so, while we thank Mr. Staunton for showing us how the old actors made the horns, we shall not rob our higher and more poetic conceptions by em- ploying any part of the pantomime of a ruder age. ‘Tae Waorr Country is responding liberally and promptly to the cry of distress which comes up trom the bayous and plantations of Louisiana. Our Forrien Conresronpence this morning will be found very interesting. Those who study the crystallization of new Italy will follow with deep interest the admirable philosophic narrative which Mr. Trollope sends us from Rome. Mr, Yates sends us a sprightly letter from London. The English Court seems agitated upon the awful question as to whether the new Duchess of Edinburgh shall have precedence of the Princess Beatrice, The letters from Paris ore brilliant and timely. We have an interesting portrait of Rochefort, who is once more an object of interest in France, and also a narrative of the Christian Brothers that will be pleasant Sun- day reading, THE VETO. What Is Said ofthe Veto in Europe— American and English Opinion. Lonvon, April 25, 1874. Mr. Hugh McCulloch, in 8 communication to the Times, praises President Grant’a veto of the Ft ance bill and recommends a return to the policy of contraction which he pursued while Secretary of the Treasury. ‘Tue Times, editorially, says:—‘To British eyes the apparently interminable inflation of the cur- rency is @ hazardous proceeding, fraught with peril to the prosperity and even to the unity of the American commonwealth; but it cannot be denied that no other country tn the world could do what the United States hag hitherto done with its finances. It Is a law of American nature to ex: pand ana develop in every possible direction.” THE AMERIQUE. The French Unfortunate To Be Returned Home. Lonpon, April 25, 1874, The French steamship Ameriqué will leave Ply- mouth for Havre on Monday next, if arrangements with the salvors and underwriters are completed by that time. ENGLAND. Bailway Accident and Loss of Life. Lonpon, April 25, 1874. There were two railway accidents in England to-day, resulting in the death and injury, alto- gether, of twenty persona, OCEAN TELEGRAPHY. The New Cable from Europe to America. Lonpon, April 25, 1874. The steamship Farraday has begun to load the new Atlantic cable, which is to be taid direct to the United States. HAYTI. PHILADELPHIA, April 25, 1874, Advices have been received here irom Port au Prince, Hayti, to the 18th inst. CONDITION OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS, At that time General Domingue was expected hourly to arrive with troops from the soutnern part of the island. Under the prevailing system the Legislative Chambers elect the next President, The presence of the military under Domingue was expected to provoke a contest between them and the adherents of the other candidates for the Presidency. The foreigners residing in Port au Prince were sending their valuables the differ- ent Consular residences for safety, and numbers of them were jeaving the islan probable bloodshed. tt, Was de Every appearance indicated The American Minister, Hon. E. D, i. actively engaged in looking after the interests of resident Americans, A number of improvements ‘which had been in progress were summarily stopped. Among these were the works tor the supply of water from @ mountain reservoir, the superintendent of which was Mr. Henry F. Swent- zal, 0! Philadeiphia. Business was entirely prostrated, and the rainy season had thus fur proved very unhealthy, the mortality among the natives from fever being very PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE. peli Rona Nike The Emperor of Austria is about to visit Italy. Matthew Hale, of Albany, 1s at the Gilsey House. The King of Burman has despatched an Em- bassy to France. Bushrod D. Washington, of Illinois, claims to have George’s seal. Viscount Ebrington, of London, has apartments &t the Brevoort House, Sir Garnet Wolseley has but one eye, having lost the other in the Crimea, Bishop R. 8. Foster, of Cincinnati, yesterday arrived at the Windsor Hotel Prince Leopold, Queen Victoria’s youngest son, became of age on the 7thinst, Mr. Ruolee, our Minister to Switzerland, is sick with a lung disease in Geneva. R, 8. Spofford, Librarian of Congress, is resid- ing at the Fifth Avenue Hotel, Judge William McKennan, of Pennsylvania, is living at the Fifth Avenue Hotel. Congressman Thomas 0. Platt, of Oswego, N. Y., ig registered at the Windsor Hotel. General George J. Magee, of Schuyler county, N. Y., is stopping at the Motropolitan Hotel. Rev. Dr. H. G. Batterson, of Philadelphia, is among the recent arrivals at the Coleman House. J, G, Willie is the name of a Mississippi defaulter, His creditors sing, “Ob, Willie, we have missed you.” George Smith, an English hangman, has just died at Oaknam, Dudley. He had executed sixty crim- inals. r Lieutenant Commander Frederick Pearson, United States Navy, is quartered at the Hoffman House. M. Thiers has been presented with a gold medal by Roumanians and the French colonists of Bucharest. J. M, Walker, President of the Chicago, Burling- ton and Quincy Railroad Company, is at the Windsor Hotel. John Evangelist is a colored Wilmington (N. 0.) policeman, and his refrain is ‘Out of the wild’ ess” —of Judea, “He drove @ nail into his head and put on his seraph wings at once’! is the way a Western paper records the exit of a suicide. Postmaster Thomas L. James is lying very sick at his residence, in West Twenty-ninth street. He is suffering from gastric fever. The Duke de Broglie has procured the civil pun- ishment of the editor of the Union Repubticaine of Evreux, France, for defaming him. General Von Kauimann is preparing an official account of the Khivan campaign, which the Rus- sian government intends to publish, The Baroness Meyer de Rothschild intends to es- tablish at Ventnor, Isie of Wight, a Home for Con- sumptives, as a memorial of her late husband. An Albany lady is going to found a cat asylum, and her neighbors speak of her aa a very feelin’ ‘woman, worthy of Mr. Bergh’s encouragement. Andy Johnson will take charge of the Grangers in Tennessee. He was always credited with some grains of shrewdness until he deposited in Cooke’s bank. The marriage act between citizen General Bona- parte and the widow citoyenne Josephine Beau- harnais was recently sold at @ book auction in | Paris. Baron Porcari was recently seized by Sicilian brigands, and having been kept in a cave for eleven days, was released on the payment ot 63,000 francs as a ransom. A Parisian tradesman, named Lasseur, who was recently sick, having swallowed a fork, has now picked up his health, and seems to have forgotten the trident in his stomach. SIB LAMBTON LORRAINE. The departure of this gentieman, who has becn the guest of the city, and who in that capacity re- ceived the several tributes of hospitality which both corporation and individuals have bestowed upon him, took place yesterday. He was waited upon at the steamer City of Richmond by repre- sentatives of the metropolis and received a pleas. ant ‘send-off.’ In parting with his American friends Sir Lambton took occasion to say that he had found it impossible to return the numerous courtesies that had been shown him, especially such as under ordinary circumstances he would {eel s0- cially compelled to acknowledge in proper form; bat he would always bear in memory the many kind friends irom whom he nad received hospitality, and some day in the future he looked for an opportunity when he might show now cordially and sympathetically he could re- spond to the generous feeling that he recognized as ane the golden elements of pis reception in NEW YORK HERALD, SUNDAY, APRIL 26, 1874—QUINTUPLE SHEET. AMUSEMENTS. Miss Cushman’s Readings. Miss Cushman gave her second reading yester- day afternoon at the Academy of Music. Io spite of the severe downpour the audience was quite aslarge as on the first appearance of the great tragédienne, which speaks volumes for her popu- larity wich the wealthy classes who make up the audiences at her readings. The selections yester- day were not so happy as on the first Occasion, nor were they calculated to show Miss Cushman at her best. We have been so much ac. customed to associate this lady with the classic pn that we cannot help entering a protest st anything which appears like @ descent from the high pedestal on which we have be- come accustomed to contemplate her. The liter- ture of all countries suppiles enough that is noble and elevating to render tt almost unpardonable for & great artist to descend to make selections from literature of the “Heathen Chinee’’ order, Not even the applause of a well dressed audience ae ezenvent the taste of such selections nor justily Theodore Thomas’ Last Symphony Con- cert. A pelting storm and genera! uncomfortableness, in & meteorological point of view, did not prevent the numerous admirers of Mr. Theodore Thomas from testifying last night, at Steinway Hall, their entire confidence in him as the pioneer of clas- sical music in America, The programme consisted of Symphony, E flat, Mozart; 1, Introduction-Allegro; 2, Andante; 3, Minuetto; 4, Finale; Aria, “0 Pardon Me My God” (passion music), Bach, with obligato violin by Mr. Bernhard Listemann, Miss Adelaide Phillips; variations and theme, by Haydn, Brahms; Aria, ‘Dove sei amato bene,” Handel, Misa Adelaide Phillips; Vorsptel, “Die Meistersinger von Nuernberg, Wagner ; sym- phony, No. 7, A op, 92, Beethoven ; 1, Introduction- Vivace; 2, Allegretto; 3, Scherzo; 4, Finale. After the Wagner overture a very interesting scene took place on the gr A gentleman, rep- resenting @ number of Mr, Thomas’ admirers, came lorward and presented the eminent maestro with a handsome silver casket wrought in a yer artistic style, and containing in money $3,500. It Was practical and gracelul tribute to the mual- clan. Tne periormance was tully up to the Thomas standard, finished and thoroughly satisfactory, and the audience was correspondingly appre- ciative. It was a fitting close to a season of con- certs that in an artistic point of view has never been surpassed in America or Europe. Musical and Dramatic Notes. Wachtel will likely visit this country in the fall. Humpty Dumpty isstill at home im the Broadway Theatre. Di Murska and Campanini sing to-night at the Grand Opera House. John E. Owens, the comedian, is staying at Bar- num’s Hotel. Ristori comes to this clty about the time of the Christmas holidays. “rhe Lady of Lyons” will be presented to-mor- Tow evening at Wood’s Museum. Dr, Bulow will not come to America in the fall, as London seems to possess too many attractions for him. The Metropolitan presents a huge budget of fun for the amusement of its patrons during the engu- ing week. Miss Beebe, Miss Finch and Mr. Lockwood appear to-morrow evening in concert at St. John’s church, Brooklyn. John McCullough, the popular American actor, will appear May 4, at Booth’s Theatre, in the char acter of Spartacus. Thomas gives ‘Elijah’ in grand style at Pough- keepsie on Monday evening. Whitney will sing the part of the Prophet. “London in 1874,” one of the most interesting cycloramas ever produced in this country, attracts large crowds to the Colosseum, Herr Graf, the German tenor bids farewell to New York on May 8, at the Stadt Theatre, appear- ing as Tamino in “Zauberfidtte.” “The Hunchback” will be produced to-morrow at Booth’s, Miss Neilson appearing in the rdle of Julia for the first time in this city. The Worrell Sisters, in their burlesque, “Fra Diavolo,” will be the principal .eature at the Olympic during the present week. Henry Mollenhauer has a benefit concert to-mor- row night at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, in which many eminent artists take part. The Alice of Mile. Di Murska, in “Robert der Teufel,” will be the opening attraction of her sea- son at the Stadt Theatre in & week or so. A desperate effort willbe made this summer by some of our musical managers toinduce Strauss to take his band from Milan to New York. Miss Jane Coombs begins an engagement at the Lyceum on the 4th of Mayas Lady Teazle in the “School for Scandal,” which is now in preparation: Mr. Bergner’s concert at Steinway Hall on Mon- day evening will present such artists as Miss Herne, Louis Dachauer, Remmertz, Damrosch and Mills, The late engagement of Mr. and Mrs. Barney Wiluams at the Brooklyn Theatre proved in a very signal manner the lasting popularity of both artists, Miss Phillips sings an aria from Bach’s Passion music and one irom Handel at Thomas’ symphony concert to-night. The concert will be the last of the series. Mr. Strakogch proposes to bring out next season, at the Academy of Music, the principal artists who have gained operatic laurels under his brother’s management in Paris. The burlesque on “Il Trovatore” given at Bry ant’s, with tue merry Unsworth and Eugene in the cast, is one of the most signal victories of the tribe of Dan this season. Max Strakosch brings next fall the principal artists of his brother's company in Paris, with the best matériel in his present company, to this cuun- try for a long season of Italian opera. The last three nights of the “Veteran” are an nounced, Robertson's “School will take its | place at Wallack’s, Careful and eluborate prepa- rations are making for its production. Niblo’s offers a brilliant variety entertainment for the week. The periormers are all good, and the public cannot fail to be amused by the novelty as well as the brilliancy oi the entertainment. Eugene, Unsworth and Dan Bryant continue the attractions at Bryant’s Opera House. This home of minstreiay is the favorite resort of people who like to smile so that their neighbors can hear them. The Theatre Comique is overNowing with attrac- tions. Harrigan and Hart can only be removed by the interference of the Broadway squad, The per- formance this evening begins with “Ohio Women; or, the Drunkard’s Child.” Lydia Thompson and her troupe of blondes take possession of the New Park Theatre, Brooklyn, during the week. The opening performance to- | morrow night will be “Blue Beard,” specially writ- ten for the /air-haired Lydia. “Love's Penance” still holds out at the Park Theatre, aud the management express confidence that it will run successtully to the end of the sea- son, The rumored intention to supersede Mr. Fechter ts denied by Mr. Stuart, Little Bijou Heron has made a magnificent suc- cess, and the poor child of a few weeks ago has al- ready taken her place among the stars of the stage, and many older bodies in the constellation find their lustre dimmed by contrast with achild of genius, “La Marjolaine” bas met with sufMicient success, despite the bad weather, to justify the manage- ment of the Lyceum in keeping it om the bill for the present week. A play that stood the test of last week’s weather successfully ought to be worth seeing. Muzio’s benefit on Tuesday next should bring to the Academy of Music tie largest audience ever seen there. The attractions are, in every sense of the word, stupendous, Rossini, Verdi, Meyerbeer, Wagner and Auber can be very seldom heard on the same evening. Miss Edith Wynne, the English vocalist, who ar- rived yesterday in the steamship Calabria, 1s stay- ing at the Brevoort House. Miss Wynne is on the way to Boston to assist at the triennial festival of the Handel and Haydn society, which is to begin on the 4th of May. At the concert to-night in the Grand Opera House Mile. Di Marska, Campanini and Downing’s Ninth Regiment Band appear. As the tenor sails for Europe by the Calabria on Wednesday the oc- casion will no doubt be seized by his admirers to bid him bon voyage. “Monsteur Alphonse” ts the great success of the season—not even the wretched weather of the Past Weak conld keen the nublia away, The house is pightly crowded, and the audience is moved to alternate tears or laughter by the comedy of life rolled out before them. Previous to her departure for Europe Mies Netl- son will give two farewell readings at Steinway Hall, The first takes place on the evening of May Tand the second May 9 (matin¢ée). Miss Neilson sails on the Adriatic May 16. Her readings will be ber last appearance this season. A Very successful charity concert was given at New Haven, on Wednesday evening, tne distinguishing features of wh:ch were @ contralto and 4 pianist. Mrs. George F. Blinn sung the exquisite song fof Vilanova, “Senza Speme,” with a richness of tone 4nd intelligence that might be expected only from @D Operatic artist, and Mr. J.N. Pattison gave & brilliant rendering of his own “Polka de Concert” and “Air Rasge.” ° Oliver Doud Byron’s drama, a romance of Far Western life, and callea “Donald McKay; or, The Hero of the Modoc War,” is to be given in the Grand Opera House next week, with the advan- tages of beautiful new scenery, an auxiliary force of one hundred, assorted as United states soldiers and Indians, with the former marching to a real- istic battle scene behind a tull brass band. Mr. Byron agsumes three different characters—Donald McKay, Hero and General Arthur Bassett, The plece has been very success!ul in the provinces. ‘The Strakosch Italian Opera Company close their season at the Academy of Music on this night week. The programme of the weck is attractive to an unusual degree, Monday, ‘Lohengrin;’’ Tuesday, benefit of Muzio, “William Tell,’ second act; “L’Africaine,” filth act; “Lohen- grin,” third act; “Fra Diavolo,” second act, and Verdi’s “Hymn of the Nations; Wednesday, “Mignon; Thursday, “Lea Huguenots;” Friday, “Faust ;” Saturday, miscellaneous programme; Sunday, benefit of Mr. J. C. Fryer, sacred festival concert, Rossini’s “Stabat Mater,’’ with Nilsson, Lucca, Torriana, Maresl, Frida de Gebele, Capoul, Karl, Del Puente, Nannetti, Scolara, Sohst and other artists, On this occasion, the farewell ap- pearance of the Strakosch troupe, the great fea- ture will be the singing of the “Quis est Homo,” by Nilsson and Lucca, WEATHER REPORT. PO ad Wak DEPARTMENT, | OFFICE OF THE CHIEF SIGNAL OFFICER, WASHINGTON, April 26—1 A. M. Probabilities. Over New England the winds will shift to north- West and southwest, with clearing weather, FoR THE MIDDLE STATES AND LOWER LAKE REGION NORTHWEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS, RISING TEMPERATURE AND CLEAR OR CLEARING WEATHER. For the Southern States westerly to southerly winds and very generally clear weather. From Kentucky and Missouri northward over the upper lake region, clear wdather, lower tem- perature and light to fresh winds. The Mississippi River from Cairo to Vicksburg | continue sojwiy rising, and the Ohio at Pittsburg will rise. Cautionary signals continue at Cape May, Peck’s Beach, Atlantic City, Barnegat, Squam Beach, Long Branch, Sandy Hook, New York, New Haven, New London, Wood’s Hole, Boston, Portland and Eastport. The Weather in This City Yesterday. The following record will show the changes in the temperature during the last twenty-four hours, as recorded at Hudout’s:— 1878, 1874. 3A. M. 63 40 6A. M. 39 9A. M. 38 12M... 35 Average temp 3936 Average temperature for corresponding date TAS YOO... oe seer eesserseccess 455 Average temperatare for last week. 451-7 Average temperature for correspon: ek last year... see “ 445-7 THE STORM ALONG THE HUDSON. POUGHKEEPSIE, N. Y.. April 25, 1874, A violent northeast snow storm has prevailed along the Hudson to-day, and fully five inches of snow have fallen. This afternoon the storm changed to hail and is still im progress. All steamers Will be detained. SNOW 1N NEW ENGLAND. Boston, April 25, 1874. A thick snow storm prevailed at Boston and vicinity all the aiternoon, but the snow rapidly melted. NAVIGATION IN OANADA, MONTREAL, April 25, 1874, The tug Victoria, with three schooners in tow, arrived this morning. The ferryboat La Prairie, also arrived at her dock to-day. Fifteen or twenty schooners are in sight, coming from Boucherville and other ports below. It is expected water will be let into the Canal on Monday. ‘Would You Allow Your House to Burn fines fom destruction “by curing your coma Wilk HALE'S HONEY OF HOREHOUND. aNd Te be PIKE’S TOOTHACHE DROPS cure in one minute, A.—The Style—The Unquestionable and unmistakable style of HATS or peuremen this season is that manutactnred by ESPENSCHIED, 118 Nassau street A.—Creme de la Creme. “A SKIN OF BEAUTY Is A JOY FOREVER.” Every woman should be beautiful, just asevery man should he dutiful But no woman, however elegantly formed or splendidly developed, can be beautiful unless her “human face divine” ts tree from all spot or blemish. ‘And this is the case with very few women. Aclear, tte ie oe td rot is the rarest thing in ‘the most desirable. But there is now, Dr. T. FELIX GOURAUD invented his ORIENTAL CREAM, or MAGICAL BEAUTIFIER, no reason why any lady should not have @ complexion as clear and beighe, ise. ocr No quel inst rec tal imples, discoloration and Nar’ otner | species ra fecal Gistigurement | Tect, is. immediate. Dr. Gouraud has thou. distinguished artists, and many irom the Delles in the country, so that now the Oriental Cream has become an invaluable and, in tact, indispensable arti- cle of every lady's toilet. And tor that matter, no tleman’s toflet should be without it; for why should not a gentleman haye a clear, pure, pellucida complexion as well as a lady, esp ‘all the ladies will ad ny lady or gentleman submits tobe defaced by pimples, tan, freckles, &c., it must be attributed to ignorance of the magical effects, in all such cases, of Dr. Gouraud’s Oriental Cream. In presenuny fo the world the Oriental Cream, Dr. Gouraud feels tha he has done something towards car! ten 9 out the at and beneficent scheme of Nat . ir. Gouraud’s depot fs at 48 Bond street, where hosts of fashionable ladies congregate aud disctiss the wonders of his ,Oriental Cream. A-=<Dr. B. C. Perry, the Skilfal Derma- tologist. 49 Bond street, New York, cures, with special Prescriptions, all Eruptive and other Scalp Diseases; ‘also Falling, Lossand Prematurely Gray Hair, and Dry, Moist and scaly Dandruff. A—Dr, B.C, Perry, 49 Bond street, New York, devotes areful attention to the management ot chhidren’s hair, insuring in aiter years a healthy and luxuriant growth. bina sae bibehvs Rata | (lon tL wn Discolorations, ask your gist tor PuRie MOTH AND FRECKLE LOTION, "iets harm less gpd ice every case infallible. Depot 49 Bond strect, jew York. s on the Face, es . obtain of your druggist PERR PeOleD CONEDONE AND AMPLE REMEDY, the Foe akin medicine, or of B. ©. PERRY, the noted Skin joctor, 49 Bond street, New York. A.—For Pimp! St A etme acral Lexington event y ‘ 7 2 aiietines wid invigorates betore breaktast, refreshes an ve jlizes betore din soothes and tranqguilizes before retiring. Ladies, day and evening; gentlemen.every day and all night. A.—Brooks’ Boots and Shoes; the Largest assortment in the city; new spring style! meagured work a ty on Brooks’ Good and easy fits teed at BROOKS’ way, corner Twen' th street. phir diet uatleaeeine y Av-Herald Branch Office, ‘and Boeram stree corner Fulton rem irom 8 A.M, (0.9 P.M On Sunday from 3 to 9 P. M. Are You Troubled with s Bad Breath 1— Tt annoys your friends as well as yourself, | You would like to get rid of it, butscarcely know what means to adopt. We will tell you. Use the fragrant SOZODONT, Jt will cleanse ana beautify your teeth and leave your breath pure. Brooklyn A Great Medical Discovery.—Constipa- tion cured without medicine. The remedy sent, post free, tor 50c., or any Dr. BAOKE IT, 14 Waveriey place, New York. If not satistactory money returned, Al.—Barry’s Tricopherous Is the Only Preparation that can be depended upon to strengihen, cleanse, renew and beautity the human hair; try it. Sold by druggists every where. A.—Catarrh A Specialty.—The Most In- ases cured. Dr. DE KREMEN, 697 Broadway, ‘ourth street. Pamphlets sent iree. Rem A mA mA mm ArmA mA mA mA AeA Anything in the med ir surgical line sont by mail or eal o1 express at reasonable prices, Address Dr. DREMOND, box 1,911 Post ottice. A—Ra . Marsh Will Return aay ea then mag be pM) nf toome Nos. Sua feaay aireot, Astor Howse, entrance ov certain preventative | ‘cclebratad | lore him | ll ahspettonne ane ere t aESScaarht ease A--Hernia.—The Comfortable Elastic, PELE, 08 Broadway. permauently cures Rupture, Lr hy yo connate c., are out of = lke bem aes aed breeches and steel and, call at ESPENCHELD’S, Sei a cans A Low-Priced Thing is Sometim dearest. The best is alwats cheapest. TUN LINED LEAD PIPE is the best water pipe out, Price 1644 cents @ vound. Descriptive pamphiets sent by want frog : COLWELL LEAD C0., i8 Contre stroce hare ork. A-One Dozen, Plated Table 85; Refrigerators, China and Glass, 1. 41 Wye tite cart 4 received by mail carefully A ae ee ae Fes ca wills nadiirentt You are troub! a yreath; it anno triends and acqualntanoes as well as yourselt, You wont, like to get rid. ot it, but scarcely know what means adopt. We will tell you. Use the fragrant SOZsDONT, Tt wili cleanse and beautify your teeth and leave your breath pure and sweet. Accidents happen. Keep SPALDING'S GLUE. Angelique for the Teeth ana TIN: ee on Son, tafe, ow te Ie pole DrOpF ufectast his, ROBERTS # UO., Place Vendoue. Betchelor’s Hair Dye is Splendid. Never tails. Established 37 years, Sold and properly applied at BATCHELOR'S Wig Factory, 16 Bond st. N. ¥. Campo’s infallible Specific—Sovereign, Remedy for Kheumatism, Neuralgia, Toothache, &c. HENRY, No. 8 College place. McKESSON & BOBBING, 98 Fulton street Corns, Bunions, Enlarged Joints, Alt Diseases of the Feet cured by Dr, ZACHARIE, 27 Uniow ‘equare. Cancer Cured Without the ain, Chronic Diseases a specialty. By J. . D., 143 cast Twenty-sixth street. Knife or M, COMINS., Corns, Bunions Ingrowing Nails, &.— Cured without pain, by Dr. RiCk. CORN CURS, by: mail, 50c. 408 Broadway, corner Fulton street. Cristadoro’s Hair Dye Does Its Worlg quickly, harmlessly, splenaidly; it imparts the most natural shades and iseamly applied. Sold by druggiste, covet Sie eee uality, $7, at PA! ni ixth avenue, four Below Fourteenth street Dyspepsia.—To Enjoy What You Eat, secure the proper gastric action and digest your fo with facility and cointort. This desideratum is attained! by Dr. SHARP'S SPECIFIC. HARTNETT, Bible House.| Jersey Clty, MERMIER, 129 Pavonia avenue, corner Provost sireet. Depot—69 Fulton Street, New York—o! the Pleasant Valley Wine Company, of Hammondsp. New York,—Over 23,000 cases sold in 1873: the trade aup-) plied from their depot here, at the Company's a Tates, with freight and expenses added; while, for the} Purpose of a thorough introduction, families will be sa) biied for a few months with the STILL WINE at $2 por| Gil. Their SPARKLING WINES are finer than an} uropeau champagne and sold much cheaper ; they too! the Grand Prize Medal at Vienna. 4H. B. KIRK & CO.. Dunyille & Co., the Irish Distillers, Belfast, Ireiand, are the largest nolders of Whiskey in world. Their OLD IRISH WHISEEY 1s recommende: by the medical profession in preference to Frenc brandy. Supplied in casks or cases. United Stat Branch, 51 Broad street, New York. Dr. Fitler’s Rheumatic Remedy Post: tively guranteed to cure rheumatism, neuralgia an nervous diseases. Nocure, no charge. 21 John stredty and druggist’s, Electrical Treatment by Dr. Chambers LIN, No. 7 West Fourteenth street. Circulars forwarded., tholicon, In= ervo Gracfenberg Mars dispensable to women afflicted with weakness, ness and complaints to which the sex are pecullariy’ able. “sold by. druggists. GRAFENS:RG COMPANY, $6 Reade street. Henry Poujol, French Haircutter—Late with Vatet; prices moderate. 907 Broadway, opposite, Barnum’s Hotel. Missisquoi—A Fresh Sapply of thi wonderful water just received b; HN F, HENRY,| CURRAN & CO., Ro 8 College place. * No Cure No Pay.—Dr. James P. Camp= bell’s MAGNETIC RADIOAL CURE, for Neuralgia, Sclatica, &c.; never fails; endorsed by our first citizens) dopot, nm i: $l. Rei Charles Crandall, Esq, House, and 833 West 178 Broadway; hundred othe: ACO UMBRELLA is the best, the most durable and nd revs ws in favor wit ISAAC SMITH’S SON &C: atentees and sole make! Patience and Perseverance.—The aug ory, ® beaut jon for this pur. Discovery. 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