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and entertainers are beginning to see the ne
ceSsity of complying with it. Living rates
and full houses are better than high prices
and empty seats.
Miss Lotta's new play is Zip" 4 Bal
timore paper speaks Of it As - play in
which a fashionable lady picks the banjo to
entertain her friends at lawn party, and
who amuses herself by dancing n breakdown
with footman in her own parlor, may be
fairly considered a somewhat extraordinary
production ofeyen the modern stage -
"The Wandering Heir Mr. Charlie;
Reade's cieverly-wriiten and vigorous story
Of last century life, has been dramatized and
brought out in Liverpool with Mrs. John
Wood As Phihppa, the very charming but
somewhat over-yiyacious heroine. 1t is said
of her that she '.sustains the part with ad-
mirable grace, and makes the best Of the
equiyocal positions in which she is OCCASION
ally placed. Full of tenderness at times, at
Others she displays true feeling and pathos.
aai again at others much sly humor"
The report that Mr. Stanley had been en-
gagged lor another musical tour in the nited
States is contradicted
fhil DuihN- AiF EEfs+t 'tftAilil li44lili@t. HIS
accepted an American engagement for next
spring.
IN Indiana editor attempted to write
notice Of a concert in his town, which he did
not attend, by looking over the programme.
His paper came ont with a glowing notice Of
the singing Of "the gifted Young vocalist,
Ann Dante.
The Jubilee Singers, when in Eiinbargh,
Scotland, were entertained at dinner by the
Lord Provost at his residence. \ select
party Of ladies and gentlemen Were present.
The So9fotnIqH says that the singers mixed
freely with the other guests. who were all
charmed by their intelligence and aAability.
Encores take novel form in Dublin.
Three or four hundred citizens recently fol-
lowed a popular singer to the Shclburne
hotel where she was staying, and demanded
that she should repeat on the balcony the
airs which had 50 captivated them at the
performance in the opera house The artist
refused to DO 50; whereupon the people
smashed the hotel window with paving
stones and caused $500 worth Of damage
Louis Lueheck, the celebrated yiolonccllo
player, has within few days past arrived
from Europe under engagement to Theodore
Thomas. and is appearing ar series of con-
ccrtS in New York
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VOL XVII NEW SERIES, VOL. Xxx.


1t is question whether the economy Of
heaven makes provision for the man who
cuts the leaves Of your magazine with his
thumb
The public IS patiently waiting for the ap
pearance of the Jay Cook neek-tie.
''Is water more damned than whlskey ?''
Is the problem our lycenm will attack
next.
In answer to 4 complaint Of the price Of
eggs, q White street grocer took occasion to
explain that it was on account of their scar
city because of the panic, and upon the Gus
toner, protesting that she could not see the
connection between the two, he further ex-
planned that owing to the general depression
the hens were running on half time She
took the eggs.
We have received a request from an anx-
ious mother in Brookfeld to write some YER
ses about her little daughter who is very i'll.
We should like 70 do it, but we can't write
poetry. Besides, we don't see what benefit
our poetry would be to her sick girl, unless
she thinks the reading of it would induce
the patient to look more hopefully upon
death
very prudent man in Dnnhury provides
himself with an extra hat for the month of
November lie carries it in his coat-tail
pocket. and when the wind lifts the one
from his head, he straightway jams on the
other, and then puts after the first, and thus
not only saves much chatting from the unre-
generate, but actually gets credit as n phil
anthropist-the general impression being
that he is in pursuit of somebody else's hat
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Baltimore new S30o.0oa Academy of
Music. on North Howard street, near Cen
ire. will be finished this winter. 1t viii
EAT :. 900 persons comfortably rhelront l.
uf brick. faced with Ohio Gree~tone. 4 large
number Of private boxes viii De placed in
Lferent parts of the auditorium.
The main current in theauioal- has set
.eadily in the right direction. Our actors
ua longer invite apoplexy by the violence of
their simulated passion; We can listen 90
U.t without being shocked by ohscenity We
ODD longer tolerate startling incougruiticS of
costume and properties; We require the same
lt,orum in orchestra stalls that We preserve
100 church peW-.- and in this regard We have
possibly gone q step TOO far. We have ban
shed the b5mba-tic defamation. the meas
arel tread. the formal gestures that furnish
ID much of the stagine~s of the stage Soci-
eJy NO longer lrowns On the members of the
theatrical profession. and in countless other
respects the advancement made. even IN the
histrionic art and its accessories, Is as mark
Sd as it is gatifying.-Bo0oH Advertiser.
Miss Ia Jeunnes-e (Nlme Alban) who
formerly resided in Platt-hursh. y. Y, has
recently made an engagement to sing five
weeks in St Petersburg. for the modest sum
q 100 GOO francs (S20,00o)
Mis- Nelson told the audience at the
Walnut street theatre. Philadelphia, on bid
ding them farewell. the other evening. that
~he should have fountain erected in some
appropriate place as testimonial Of her
gratitude and warm feeling toward them.
After the conclusion of recent perform
ance Of Richard H.. at the Boston Theatre,
q lady from the country was heard to re-
mark that The play was splendid, but it
was too bad that they couldn't get anybody
but humn-lacked man ~ take the place Of
Richard.
Rubin~tein i- ta la-- the winter in Italy.
The latest extraordinary song~tres~ is a
Russian girl named Mlile Belocoo. She is
astonishing European musical circles. and is
aid to be equal to the Patti or Nilsson.
salyini is said 90 succeed in comedy.
John $. Clarke. the American actor, is
till in London, PLAYING his well-known
round Of charactors.
Victor Emanuel. while in Vienna. decor
ated Johann Strauss with the Order Of the
Crown Of Italy.
ofenfach has composed an 0peretta called
la Jolie ParfameuSe.' for the Renaissance
Theatre, Of Paris
Nile Fernando Tele-eo. the young violin
.,'' has played with considerable success in
lhe western cities this season
lhe financial panic is aeutely felt by
eneA5rical and dramatic troupes The de-
nsno Is general ior q reduction Of prices,
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IEN. ID. ruE SETTLEMENT uluE uzrwEzN rus
SECRETARY o. STATE ANu The SPANISH ENVOY.
tn. r,1i,,,-r.,is tb, +.~.,- o.. ..r,,,..r
'"1 W. ''''' -
spanish EayoE, and lalI before t1n-rt---
Prlet,c5, Of the ConErc1,e held nj -bs
Degartmcrt Of State az Washington. on the
2ath Of November. I--3. between Ilm..,oa
Fish. Secretary Of Ste-e. and Rear AdmiraI
Don Jose Polo lie Blrnab1. Envoy Extra
ordinary and Minister Plerias.sgtilrv IF
Snain
The UNDERSIGNED. having r,st f,r the p.r-
pose Of entering into "A definite agreement
respectiur the case of the steamer Nirrinius
which while under tle al-- OF the United
States was. on the 3l-r dav oiOct0',r last
.9o.-r,,i o, the hi0h -el hy rbe Sparish
rnan-,f-tyo~ Tornado have rea.i,.5 r,e fol-
f9vyin- .,arlu.i,p-.
So.fr ,n her mart --1r.',t,- g.. restore
forthwith the vessel referred 10. and the
survivors Of lar messengers and crev- ana
ON tie 2jri. ttvof December r,vt O., s,fUrs
ths far of thc l-Bitei STATE. II b,weyer
before .hat date Solin -Loull pr5y. 70 the
satisfaction of the Government of the Uni
ted States that the Nirrini1s was not cnti-
tied 70 carry the Aas Of the United States.
and was carving It at the time Of her cap
ture without right, and innropcrlv. the
salute will he Spontaneously dispensed with,
As. in such case. no; necessarily reouirahle
Bat the United states Will cxpect in .lch
case. "a disclaimer of intcn. nr inli-nitv {,
its H1r in the act which wa. con,nitiel
Further,n0re. If on or beiore The 9Th of
December. ls13 il Shall be nadc :, ,7rear
to The satisfaction Of the United STATE. that
The Virriniu, ala not rirhtrllly carry the
American flr. and was not entitlei to
American papers. the United STATE. will in
.titute INQUIRY and atopt pr,,.r,. limos
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In letter from Denver. Colorado, tiTac-
Greenwood has the following reference L.
the late John c. Heenan: lam convinced
that consumption, in its earlier stages, can
not only be arrested. but cured. by a resi-
dence in Colorado but consumptiyes in the
last stages should by no means be sent out
here. Sometime they lingcr z little longer.
but more often the end is FASTENED. especial
IL If the patient comes alone The sir OF
Manitou, ever 50 balmy to me, was too
slrong for poor John C.. EIeenan, depressing
his magnificent chest and producing hem
orrhages. 1t seemed TO all who saw him.
that he might live if he could only keep up
heart-but he was utterly cast down. His
sickness comparatively sudden, the rapid
decline Of his splendid physical powers,
seemed to him so mysterious, 50 unnatural.
that he was subdued and frightened. There
was in his look the mute. pathetic helpless
ness Of some strong animal stricken down,
but not :" consenting unto death" Il am
glad to have it to say that Mr.. Heenan sx-
pressed to his physician great regret and
manly shame for much Of his past career,
and humble desire to i've, that he might
" lead better life." Coffin never closed
over a more superb human figure than his
was all chance for " a better life'' buried
with that abused and wasted body?
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IHE NEW Boston AND LOWELL STATION -
This new magnificent depot at Boston
which was commenced over two years ago,
has been recently opened to tho public 1t
is 696 feet long and 100 feet wide. with an
immense roof, supported by iron arches
which spring from the sides, as is that of
Nanderbilt's Grand Central Station in New
York, which, Is the only depot in the coun-
try that exceeds it in size. IL is lighted
mainly from the roof and at night fourteen
large gas pendants are ignited by electri-
city, after the plan adopted several years in
the Capitol at Washington. Its main front
is on Causeway street and presents a dis
tinguished architectural appearance. The
walls are of brick, trimmed with Nova
Scotia sand stone and terminate in three
lofty towers, which average l2j feet in
height. The main reception room, whose
dimensions measure % by 80 feet is he
chief attraction. with its marble tiled face
and its high walls Of ornamented ashwood
rising to height Of seventy feet, and a
ceiling of tinted glass. Opening from this
room Is the ladies and gentleman 5 apart
ments, spacious and elegant, in the lightest
and most attractive portion ofthe building:
also restaurant, ticket Office. news counter
and barber shop. Around this magnificent
room are galleries communicating with the
Offices OF the manager, superintendent,
treasurer, and other officials Ia the man
sard roof story is the kitchen connected with
the restaurant by dumb walters. The whole
building is finished throughout in chestnut.
no painted woodwork being found in the
interior. The apartments are all well ven
tilated, and heated by steam. The archi
teets Of this splendid structure were Messrs.
L. Newcomb & Son. who built the passen-
ger depot at st. Albans and other fine build
ings in that village
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ART MOTIFS.

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, N'i',t" h,leIy i,t "Ioo'' 'io 44'0IH Va
'oIhioiofe 'Andefo.ii' mas li'ue an "-teSo-
I1'', ~ uc9.5h o. ,'ie H'a'i7 lH'a'e9 vi 'li'
~ ii"ts'H' nc proposes ~ '''9' III "lo.i11
''i'v' - ''Ie 7''.'' ma
~ o''r'.ie i1r ''.' '"'','ei''ii' D'oi'IS G'
.-o l"P oi s-'' T'I'.' ~ % '9"H a.
~heIe 'anaer'l!t Is reir'Ser'gu e win i.iS
.''',N 'ii, si''- '''''i ' i'''.'7 N'I
nler the head O. in >ti'i' cog marnie
the Boston AiiF Il"H" Say> Mr. y. u.
Perry, YONG sculptor ''ot crescent note,
llorneriy oil S"anion, \t) leaves New
YORK IN the steamer tuna' on the -otn ms
iant' i9r Italy, Tor the purpose oil reproducing
IN marble "a number oi plaster casts winch he
has taken ol Well-known citizens fromi-
nent among them are hustS OF Harvey y.
Parker and Thomas Mack and wiie, and II
they are a@ faithfully reproduced III the
marble, a- they now are IN the plaster. ana
oi Waicl we have not the slightest d'nht,
their execution wi!l stamp Mr.. Perry as the
coming scalp ior knowing well the sub
JeeIS o' these nl-l-, we can bear atte>tail1n
to the baeIiy with winch every Imeameni
OF the originals are reproduced. In their
treatment there i nothing in the least Sey-
ere iAtrc are no Lard lh,s. nat over All
Soitncss that is Us artistic as it Is natural
The strong seuiality. kindness and so5d-na-
turc, which are ~lcl marked features IN the
pleasant face If our friend Parker. are caught
as if by inspiration. and the sculptor has
been equally happy in eat hing and trans
mit;iu- ON his casts the features Of Nr. and
Mrs. Mack. The hu~ts Of DR.. Wiuslow
Lows and Alr-. nr. Gay have found many
admirers. and in an artistic execution these
new efforts viii De in no way behind them.
4 beautiful little IDEAL OF Mr.. Perry is q
work which he entities Merry Christmas
Ii is If life size and represents child six
years Of age who has tumbied out of bed
and made clptare of lis -i,cking which was
hung Hp tile night previous to receive the
contributions Of Santa Claus. lie Is in lis
night clothes. the empty stocking lies by
his side. while he holds up one Of lis p7e~
ent~ 80 THE light and views il with mingled
expressions OF woadermcnt and surprise
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-12-12

ANECDOTES or PUBLIc WoRTHlS. George
Washington One day, in a fit of abstrac-
ton the juvenile George cut down Bushrod's
iayorite cherry tree with hatchct. Ills
purpose was to cut-and run.
But the old gentleman came sailing round
the corner of the barn just rs the future
Father of his Country had started the re-
treat.
look here, sonny" thundcred the stern
Old Yirginian. "who cut that tee down.
Georgcr effected moment. There wasn't
another boy. or a mother hatchet within
fifteen miles Besides. it occurred to him
that to be viriuous is to be happy. just as
Washington senior started to 20 in and get
his hor=ewhip, our little hero burst into
tears, and nesting among his fathers coat
tails. exclaimed. Father. ! cannot tell lie.
1t must have been a frost.
My son. my son, hammered the fond
parent as he made pass for his offspring,
.'when vou get to be first in war and first in
peace, Just cover your back-pay into the
Treasury. and the newspaper press viii re-
spect youi'
Abraham Lincoln. Early in the war 4
party Of distinguished gentlemen from New
England called on Mr.. Lincoln 90 urgc the
post Of ouarterma-ter. The President. who
was amusing himself by splitting portions Of
the staircase of the White House into rails,
received them cordially. They stated their
GRAND in an earnest respectful tone. and
calmly awaited his answer. Mr.. Lincoln,
drawina himself up to his full height and
i clapring the spokesman Of the party on the
shoulder, began to Tell story about dog
fight Ac once saw in Kentucky.
By-anlby it had gradually grown dark
/ several hours had passed away, and neither
/ dog appeared TO get killed or to gain adyan-
/ tage over the other. One by one the party
/ had dropped ont, till the leader (who did
/ not wish to disturb Mr.. Lincoln's hold on
his shoulder) was lett alone trying TO con-
ceal yawn and to look interested. Sud
denly. Mr. Lincoln. with that peculiar smile
on his countenance which Mr.. Carpenter can
talk ahoat but can't paint, remarked. by
the way, my friend, I'm sorry for Brown,
but gave that appointment to the other
man yesterday
Daniel Webster. The following anecdote
of the great Massachusetts statesmen has
never before appeared in print
| One gay. Clay, Webster, and Calhoun met
| upon the steps Of the Capitol. Mr.. Clay
yen;ured to remark. in the most afiable style,
| that it looked like rain Calhoun looked
wise, but said nothing. Evidently he took
/ in the whole situation a 4 glance. 1t was
/ crisis Tor Webster. Carefully laying his
thumb behind the third brass button Of his
blue coat. he gazed from out of those cavern
ous eyes and grandly uttered these proph-
etic words ''No, gentlemen, the American
people VIII never forsake the Constitution
/ We shall lave fair weather"
And SO it proved.-LipPinooR's Maga-
,iae.
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MURDER NEAR BESNINGTON.-On Monday
evening, Mrs. Shay a respectable woman
living az Wallo0m-ac, y. Y, got on board
the cars at that place 70 60 to the State Line.
Her appearance gave the impression that She
was either drunk or drugged, but she paid
her fare to the conductor. and in doing so
exhibited a large roll of bills. At State
Line she arose to get out, and in doing 50
fell over against the stove, She refused to
stay in the car until the other train had
come in. and started back for Walloom-
sac, followed closely by man named
c. Green. Nothing was thought of the occur
renee until the next day, when information
WIS sent the coroner at IIoosic Falls that
woman had been found frozen stiff near
Burgess bridge, by some labOrers, and that
the body had the appearance of having been
outraged. On examination it was found to
be the body of Mrs. Shay. The post mortem
examination at North Bennington indica-
ted that she came to her death by choking.
Green has been arrested on suspicion of
having caused her death. lie has a bad
reputation, having been concerned in several
disreputable affairs before this lie, how
ever, strongly claims his innocence. This
woman has been employed for several years
in the Walloomsac Paper Mill, was never
known before to be drunk, and it is very
likely she was the victim Of design or the
part Of some one who dragged her and after
wards committed the crime Green's face,
when arrested. was badly scratched. which
he claims was done by dog
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1uH NORTH PolE TiIE ORIGINAL GARpFN
OF EDEy-Amouy the many Speculations as
to the size OF the garden of Eden, the dwell
ing-place OF the first human pair. according
to biblical history, almost every other spot
of earth has been suggested Us to the abode
Of primeyal innocence and bliss, but no one.
until now, has coniectured that the true
Eden was at either pole. Now n Dr. Hard
niger thinks that be can give good reasons
for his belief that the grand old gardener
and his wife" had their first situation and
lost 1t. in the region about the North pole
Several considerations led him to this con-
clusion. In the first place, the North pole,
hard as it is now to get to it, was originally
an easy place to get away from in all direc-
tions: from no other could it be so easy, and
hence the dispersion Of mol to all parts Of
the globe Is more rapidly accounted for. DR..
Hardinger finds, what most other modern
archaologists have not, abundant evidence
of the identical origin of all races Of men in
language and in religious beliefs and rites.
The Hebrew Scriptures say, as lardinger
interprets them, that Adam and Eve after
leaving the garden went TO the southeast
and dwelt there. In Siberia, therefore, we
should expect to find evidence of the earliest
residence of an intelligent and cultivated
people. Such evidence there Is in the tradi-
tions of several eastern nations that their an
cestors came from the north, and also in an
cient remains of implements, burial places
and mines worked and abandoned, many
ages ago Besides these considerations
which make his theory plausible, DIR. Hard
niger has others which he calls theologico-
scientific proofs. Accepting the nebular
hypothesis, he admits that our earth was at
one time an ineandescent ball, which only
by gradual cooling and other changes became
fit for the abode of man. The poles, now
the coolest part of the surface, must at first
become habitable, and therefore probably
first inhabited. Moreover. we are told that
when Adam was driven ont, an angel with
n flaming sword was set to guard the gate
and prevent his return. The Hebrew word
1--WE trust the doctor for this etymology) for
ilaIne or fire is "esh, which is evidently
allied to our ice. The flaming or icy guard
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s.lf like any well-bred engine the first two
nights, but on the third the watchman heard
strange noises issuing from all parts Of her,
noises unlike anything he ever heard before.
This continued every night, and was heard
by his brother. who came to keep him com
pany in the uncanny place. Then the story
got abroad that there was haunted engine
at the shop. and believers and unbelievers
began to Aock around. The noises continued
to be audible. There was n rapping, now
in the fire-box, now in the boiler and anon
up in the smokestack, as though some per-
son inside were strikin- the iron with muf-
fled stick, and hollow nd dismal reyerba-
ton followed Gael. bloy. The most careful
and thorough examination failed to disclose
any triekery or the possibility of any, and
the impudent spirits would keep up the
racket even while the scrutiny was going on.
People 20 to the engine house and stay nights
to hear the manifestations, and it is related
that one young man who was making un-
seemly tests about the ghost suddenly grew
deathly pale and fell in n swoon When he
recovered he said he saw a ghostly figure
glide out Of the engine and point its bony
finger at him. There are divers theories to
account for the business. Some say that it
Is the ghost of fireman whom a former en-
gineer wckedy thrust into the fire box to be
consumed, and others talk Of men ran over
by the engine now returned in spirit to lrisk
around the wheels that crushed them This
can't Dee. however for the engine never kill
el ANYBODY Possibly il is the oh Indian,
Canonchet, for whom She was first named,
who is angry that she has been renamed \
gentleman from Pittsburg, who knows all
about iron. and locomotives, says it is the
molecular action Of the iron, striving TO re-
turn from the artificial ijrous state, as seen
in wrought iron. to the granulatcd, or pig
iron state. The believers in the spirit theory
floor him at once, however, by asking why
the noises are i5adest on alternate nights,
and why they always occur between Q o'clock
p m and q. IN. It is queer case all
around, and, if caught, the spirit should be
severely punished for pazzlins people so.-
Spriagfsd Republican.
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a Hs--'NAi.t i1 i',, t----A' f-i--''-i
fe7l 'n'oH, '' ''e "L'g'"., ."a@ aIIli
l!ul'1'e' ','7 '.'''' vi f"y y'''',- 7''''''' '''
''S '''' Oh oar y ''''l'.,'' l'''.i,
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''-'"e-'5i- me! '4nil'- "ur7t i''if ,,''D
rem 'T NalA " mic N.''o"t i''-'e- IH'i
a.. 1ie .,'FiF Oh e'n-G'Al 'i'n' of iinseF 'F,A5h
NE the 'i'l'Al~ 'i nervous diseases l0Hr
men are s.'H' ana i'' eil-i In 'lle4I1nge'
lhey are IAe Aie1i'4i' OK 1t-I l-il' ana ~s.'et
t'riure~ from 1caycI ieeih ana aehins
heads. \ hale, hearty cd man Is rarity
IN America and here paralysis ami apopiexy'
"lnch m Ear'pe attack only the old ana the
mpr3,iieni' strike down young men whose
thm cheeks and .llnd.e-ie-- ought o. snran-
tee them exemption from that terrible d!'-
case
Not only are w. deescne-aiins physically.
bHt morally hat ha~ become " the c'9r
age ihat yoa inherited from hnEi;-i aaees-
'"rs;
lou lJuSAt Wei during the late ci'i WAa!'
| admit but did not both side Stane their
prisoners murder rickets, and commit other
acts that characterze umld and seml-nar-
haroa~ nations: Aoar moral tone Las sal-
iered as well ~ Your moral and physical
courage, IN fe"iins the new 1ork papers