New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-02-20
General Garfield was not born to be talked to
death-that is clear.

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death--that is clear.
There was some complaint made at the last Phil
harmonic concert in the Academy of Music because
portion of the volume Of sound made by the chorus
was absorbed by tho canvas walls ana celhne
around and above the singers but there was no such
remarkable effect produced as is recorded OF choral
performance many years ago IN an EdlnOurgh
theatre A ScOtchman had been placed in the
flies to sing the echo 10 certain producEEIG ~;
When the chorus sang in stentorlan tones fJle les
aWayp there was sudden pause, ana cleaT auu
distinct came back the echo from above, fleeS
awaW
Fresh contemplation of the bewildering Whitta-
ker case has driven the public IN large numbers
into the position taken several months ago by Gen.
eraI Butler Il think" said the General at that
time that Whitaker bit his own ears"
The strides which art is making in the Cincinnati
College OF Music assume the dimensions OF a
bOomr No other word will do justice TO the mar
vellous developments which are untoded before the
gaze of an astonished country by telegraph. The
coming Opera Festival, the latest official bulletin
informs us. will be held in the presence of ten
tbonsand wards of canvas. which have been con-
vertcd into scenery, 10000 feet OF rope ana Z0O
pulleys II art does not reach the t0pmost pinnacle
with 40 900 feet of rope and $50 Duleys for hoist
inQ machinery, and Colonel Mapleson to pull, moth
ing will ever lift 1T there.
A case of the ruling passion strong in death hap
pened not long ago in a New-England city.
venerable man Of letters who had all his life been
DISTINGUISHED for his love Of literature and his
nice sense of the use Of words upon his Death
bed For forty eight hours he had not spoken, but
had lam in a sem-conscious state being so absO-
lutely quiet in his breathing that the closest ex-
animation was necessary to show that he was still
alive The doctor called and gave the nurse some
directions about the administering of medicines,
saving nj the close Are You sure you can remem-
Der the hours am AFRAID You VIII MAKE ms
take. Better put it down on that paper" For tne
6,st time in two DAYS n sound was heard from the
ontjeut and when the doctor turned in surprise
isward tho bed he heard feeble voice saying |:
Doctor Brown. accept piece OF adylce ron a a
diving man. Don't say pat 1t down. say UF'e IL
down" lie never spoke again.
A brute of a man, who has evidently been Tilted
both AT Mentor and elsewhere, says the women have
begun to visit General Garfield in delegations and
slncly. and that they tire him more than the men
do. because he can't get nd Of them so easily Il is
an undou bted SANDER and II the name OF ITS author
IL forwarded TO this Office shall be sent To the next
Women'l Suffrage Convention for comment and re-
buke.
Cincinnati is in the throes Of bonnet agitation.
Whenever there is festival of any kind in that city
the newspapers take IL upon themselves to discuss
the proprety of the ladies appearing in the audience
room glorified with bOnnets Hitherto it has been
argued that the view of uuobtrusive male auditors
WAS INSTRUCTED by these embellishments and the
ladies very properly decided that that was not
matter of the slightest consequence This year the
attack is more subtle, and is ably led by writer in
The Inquirer, who salutes the fair creatures with
column or SO in tins strain: Think of an audience
of nearly 1000 people, half, or more than half Of
them ladies and the Great Creator the only mlllner
Thousands of heads covered with uncovered glory
for the glory Of woman is said to be her halr-lke
the fields and the flowers and the leaves, Hinged
with the tints of nature! What wonderful va
rietyi What Kaleidoscope view How bowitch-
INC The Impression p That ought to settle it.