The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-03-12

The New York Herald of Sunday thus
describes the statuette presented .Mr.
Boucicault. at Wallack's Thealer, New
York: The work chosen by the CON-
mittee for presentation to Mr.. B0uci-
cault is Rodgers new group OF the
Snaughraun," which is destined to Ii
val in popularity his "Rip Van VIM
kle." AS an artistic production the
"Shaughraun," is the more effective Oi
the JwO. 1t has more action and appeals
more directly to our sense OF 'humOr.
Conn is represented seated on the stump,
OF a tree teaching his famous dog "rat-
ters" to 60 through the manual OF arms.
The dog shoulders the bow of Conn's
fiddle, which instrument that amusing
individual holds in his left hand. HE
dog is seated on his Launches and list
ems, with comic gravity, to the in
structions OF lis master. The artist
has caught, with great happiness, the
expression Of Mr.. Boucicault's face as it
appears when planning something mis-
cnleyous. AS a composition, it ls spir-
tied and effective. The statuette was
placed ON Il neat base OF Irish bog oak,
which was simple and tasteful. A large
silver plate let into the base bore the i'll
scrIptIUn, ''From the lrish-American
Residents of New York, i'll recognition
OF the services his literary and artistic
work have been TO Ireland and the Irish
seople."
Mrs. Tilton never looked so we'll In her
life as during the past lew days. She
made a few visits i'll Brooklyn on Friday,
and looked blooming as u rose. Wheth-
er this will be JOY OF regret, or to whom
to Tilton or Beecher-remains to be
seen. Within the past few days she has
received numerous letters OF sympathy
and support. The tide OF sympathy in
her benalf has risen to great degree.
Even orthodox people who have hilher-
to held aloof and deemed 1t the proper
thing 10 visit on the head Of this woman
all the moral or immoral odium of this
wonderful legal imbroglio are beginning
to draw in their own horns" and to
keen q little mum with respect to the
subject of the trial. The Plymouth
Church people all affirm that Mr.. Beech
er remains i'll excellent tone, and they
call attention to his elegant illustration
of how a man should behave under dill
ticuliies, get over them, in the narration
of now Paul and Silas sang themselves
out OF prison. This, sir, say the faith
tul, indicates that the great preacher is
! Just preparing TO perform miracle, and
| this again, sir, ii he should lake to this
sort OF thing, Sir, 1t will prove his apos-
tolic commission and send up the price
of pew seats i'll Plymouth church with
| rush and throw Tilton "higher than a
kite."-N. Y. Herald.
Here's a chapter of operate mi for
tunes. The manager of the Apollo,
Rome, announced Aida" for the OPEN
| ing OF the season, but Mile. SAM, who
| was to represent Amneris, was taken i'll.
The bill was then changed to Lies HUI
guenOts," and that had TO be postponed
on account of the sickness of the prima
donna. "La Forza del Destino' was
brought out, with Nine. Stolz and Masini
in the cast. The prima donna was COM
PEELED to leave the stage through indis-
position after the first act, and the tenor
following suit In the second, the audi
ence received back their money and
went home grumbling.
In Schaghticoke, Rensselaer, county,
N. Y, is an extensive gunpoWder manu-
factory. The successive buildings in
which the drying of the powder is uope
have been blown up at the rate of one
year for ten years. Three men are re-
qured to operate this part of the works.
In the ten years five men have been
tkilled and seven mangled by the eXplo-
sions, the last accident occurring a lew
days ago. Yet notwithstanding the dead
| ly risk of the employment, more men are
constantly offering their services than
are needed, and the wages are low. The
fascination which danger has for some
temperaments is the only explanation Of
this strange TACT.
A new parlor ornament is the "self-
acting perfume fountain" 1t is a large
basin of some peculiar composition,
from the center of which comes spray
of perfume about three feet high. This
tails into the basin and is ''worked over"
again by means of a curious little
pump underneath, wound up when you
expect companyll like clock. 1t is al
together unique and pretty, and just the
thing for the nousemaid to'wash her del
icate hands in when she has finished
busting the parlor furniture, and COM
pleted her daily inspection of the fam
lily photograph albuml
| Mr.. George Smith has discovered,
among the Assyrian tablets in the Brit
fish Museum, the legend OF the building
OF the Tower Of Babel. The discovery is
IQuite as important as that Of the tablet
Irelating to the Deluge. made known