The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-12-13

course, causing the stem OF the latter's boat TO
come against his off-hand scull. The Londoners
finding that Chambers was the better man, run
their steamers close upon him, causing his BOAT
tO,settle SO much that the spectators shouted out
He's sinking!" Notwithstanding all these draw
backs, the race being virtually over at Hammer
smith bridge, Sadler arrived home only three
lengths ahead of Chambers, IN twenty-five
minutes and two seconds After all was oyer,
Mr.. ireland, the referee, without hesitation,
decided the race in Chambers favor who was
proclaimed Champion OF the Thames for the
eth time.-PHSbng Con'mercldL
Romantic Popularity CT an Actor,-Fdwln
Booth, who has just made his rentree before
the New York public as Hamlet" with dis
Gnguished success, seems to be more favorite
than ever He appears to have taken hold
upon the affections OF the community, as well
as TO have appealed to their sense of admiration.
No actor within our memory has been per-
sonally and professionally 80 popular in the
metropolis as the young and gifted tragedian.
His impersonations have grave faults, but they
either overlooked or lost in the lavish praise
bestowed upon him. The critics.do not criticize
him, and really where there is so much merit
there is little reason for fault-hndng. He has
personal gifts that no other artist of emmence
in his profession enioys-youth grace, and
COmeliness, and, added to these, thorough good
breeding, romantic history, unquestiona6le
genius, broad culture, and the power OF creating
sympathy. The women of New York have
most sentimental regard for him, and have, after
the usual manner idealized him into sort of
Hamlet" !" and seem to think him ever dying of
spiritual woe, too deep for utterance and too
subtle Tor appreciation by the vulgar world. He
ls the daily recipient OF numerous tender mis-
sives, and is assured of the sympathies of seve-
raj bundled fair women he never saw or heard
OF, 10 mis- knowledge. One of the secrets
OF the abstract alteration which women
feel for bm, consists in his perfect indifference
TO them. If they believed tomorrow he had
general iondness for the SEX more than half
OF them would be cured OF their romantic
Nta. Ia As.f tn how
terest save in his dramatic stu dies and, conse-
quently, when he is invited 10 dine by some of
our most fashionable women, and accepts the
Invitations, they find Hamlet has very little to
say. Instead of talking as Statira SAID AleXan-
der would, he sits silent, and looks mute melan-
choly. Poor, dear 2gentleman," say his femi
nine admirers, "what delightful things he
would utter il his soul were not too fine for
expression! He cannot speak OF his sorrows,
and ne is ten times as charming as il he ked."
No doubt he is to them. Women lose their
hearts through their ears. But men who are
believed beforehand 70 be eloquent, will advance
their reputation by preserving sience.-NeC
YOrk Correspondence Sp,2Hgtted Republican.
Te'egraphiDg sounds--A man in Frankfort,
Germany, invented, some, years since, an ln-
strument by which 1t is said that musical sounds
can be telegTaphed. II is we'll known that when
a rod of soft iron is placed in coil of wire, it is
magnetiZed when current is sent through the
COIL and dema9netized when the current ceases.
A distinct sound like a tick accompanies the de-
magneuzation. There is apparently no limit to
the rapidity with which this can be obtained.
Each break in the coil circuit produces this
tick however rapidly one may follow the other.
Refs places an iron rod and @ coil at the receiv-
ing station, and by means of tight membrane
made to vibrate by the sound of the human
voice OF other musical instrument at the send
ing station, he produces as many interruptions
in the circuit and ticks of the rods as there are
vibrations in the various notes. The repro
duced notes, though of the same pitch, are not
of the same quality as the transmitting notes.
They are very FAINT, and resemble the sound of
toy trumpet.
DR.. Mary Walker The Queens opinion -
'Our opinion Is, that DR.. Mary Walker has in
no way made herself or her subject acceptable
to an English audience. Women, in general, do
not want to hear about the advantages of pan
talettes;' and female physicians, present and
future, we imagine, would prefer having their
cause advocatedwlth more sense, IN a less public
and remarkable manner and by person re-
spectng whose claims to position in the ranks
OF properly authorized practitioners there is no
aheCtation Of concealment, and there can be no
doubt. DR.. Mary Walkers lecture was weak
and wOrdy. She, herself seemed unconscious
OF the righteousness of the appearance she was
making, and incapable OF appreciating the
In the meantime, we repeat that DR.. Mary
Walker does not recommend herself to the re.
gard OF English people,
Earrings without Ear Piercing.-A smart fel
low in London has discovered way to enable
ladies TO wear earrings without having their
ears pierced. The fastening is managed thus:-
The rosette in front OF the earring top is the
head of screw, which, by being partly with
drawn. allows the wires TO separate, and, on
being screwed back, when adjusted, presses the
wire ON the lobe Of the ear; the wires are SC
constructed that they do not uncomfortably
press the ear; in fact, the fastening, instead o
entering the flesh, clasps it. This ingenious Iii
Vention will recommend itself to those who are
prejudced against ear piercing, if they are no
fearful that the earring will be unsafe, thus
worn.
erritoriali2ipg Some of the Jacobn leaders
at Washington insist that the Southern States
shall be reduced to territorial condition. Have
they considered that one of the effects of this
would be TO destroy State debts, and also tC
release the people of the territories so created
from na9lhty TO taxation by the Federal Govern
menC Ierrtofles would not pay debts created
by states, and could not be fsrced to do so; anG
the policy and practice of the Government do
not allow citizens OF territories to be taxed II
pay the debts of the United States. Richmond
Wblg
DR. Dio Lewis Opinion.-The women of Anne
rica are falling into sadly dilapidated condi
Observation-Disclosures, nervous, with thin
soft muscles and general exhaustion Effort
are being made to restore them through gym
nastics, horseback riding, and other simdla
measures. But these means, good as they are
will never be extended to the nation at large
nor continue through any considerable part O
the life. Besides, the labor thus performed Il
non-DroductiVe, or at least reaches only the in
diVidual engaged in the exercise.
A Strike Ended.-The iron. workers strike O
the Tyne, In England, which has been protracte
for sixteen weeks, Is rapidly collapsing, and tn