The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1882-11-18
Our New York Letter.
Regular correspondence of ADVOCATE.


less than four case has it been followed
by serious consequences. A candidate
for alderman in the 6rst precinct Mr..
Battersberry. dropped dead on the eve
of election day. He had been suffering
from heart disease for some time, but in
tue active work of his canvass he had !
forgotten about his weakness. On the
evening before the 7th OF November he
was engaged punching his tickets when
he dropped down dead. Police Commits
sioner Nichols, one of the shining lights |
of Tammany Hall, is likewise i'll with q
fever produced by cold contracted !
while working for his party. The Fri
day before the eloction, Hubert Q, !
Thompson, the leader of the Comfy
Democracy, fell before on attack of brain
fever. The prompt and energetic work
of physicians, however, prevented the
disease from getting full hold on him,
and after week of anxiety to his friends,
he is now in fair way Of recovery. The
saddest experience of all, however, is
that of County Clerk Butler, who WAS q
candidate for reelection, but was defeat
ed. Those about him say that since
election day be las been acting "queer,"
and his intimate friends are urging Linn
10 go to the country for while, where
he may obtain that repose SO we'll des-
cribed by DR.. Holmes, when he says that
"silence, like poultice, comes to heal
the blows of sound
Herbert Spencer, during his stay in
this country, has kept very retired, and
but once ventured on the expression, in
print. of an opinion upon us and our in
stitutions, but if he had done nothing
else than deliver that homily on over
work which he presented at the farewell
dinner at Delmonico's on Thursday even
lug, Am ricans would ever have to be
grateful to him. lie thinks that over
work is killing the present generation.
1t makes them prematurely gray. pre-
maturely old, and is inficting its mark
on the coming unborn generation, In
sanity likewise follows in it wake, and
: thus the terrible consequences of impos.
ing more on nature than she is able tC
carry are apparent. Now, all occupa
: tions, next to damning devotion to the
ticker" which pulsates the feverish ebt
D and flow of life in Wall Street, there il
: nothing so ruinous to mental and physi
: cal life and well-being as politics. I
n requires, indeed, strong and well bal
o anced mind, backed by powerful will
l. to remain callous to its anxieties, man,
II distresses and few fulfillments of hopes
k and the irregular habits of living, necef
It ssry excesSes in drinking and compulf
W ory maintenance of late hours, are SOW
IS. ing the seeds Of early decay in the bodie
a of our politicians. The old and rapidly
n disappearing generation of men coul
y stand such transgressions Of the laws {
IS nature better than we can, but this fat
4, only proves that men at present have
Is take up q I'd pay the notes issued by the
l. ancestors against their health.
D. Friday was gala night at the AcaC
to emy of Music when Patti appeared
l. LA Traviata," wearing her new dresse
rs cut and made after the fashions whic
le La Mode has decreed shall be in vogU
next season. The announcement, tot
that the diva would wear her diamond
D. had the effect of drawing all the world
t. fashion. They came to see but they hear
Of Ns well. Patti was in wonderful voic
o. The crowds, the eager expectations of Il
i audience, as WI II as its brilliancy, seen
c. ed to inspire her, and she sang with
lie fire, purity and an enthusiasm whic
ic remindId enc Of the days when Marqu
te de Caux had not yet bli GIFTED her life, M
il Nicoliui could force the public 10 endul
h. his insignificant self for the sake of hea
r. ing Adelins. Fortunately for the publi
10 Nicolini was indisposed on Friday, an
st the acc mplished artist, Ravelli, took b
Of place as Alfredo. Palassi singing Ge
" mont, aud Menti appearing as Medict
IS These names are enough to show what
te treat opera goers had.
a. Mrs Langtry continue to h Id her owl
ie and it is next TO impossible to secure
Is seat for any of her performances. Nj
r Wyndham's engagement at the Umo
b Square likewise continues entirely pop,
st lar. He is one of the very best Englis
W actors we have had over here in lon
10 time.
rs The event of the week for culture
Y. thea;re-goers is the reappearance of job
es Mccullough, the eminent tragedian,
= the Fifth Av nne Theatre. His "Yirgil
le ius" is well-Anown creation, but Il
be oftener one sees it, the better it appear
G. for hcCulpugh, who possesses all Il
ed conscientiousnsss OF Barrett, keeps stud
Sc ing ard studying and constantly fnt
u means Of throwing new lights on b
IL work, which make even the finest nuanc
D, appear in strong relief. McCulloxG
ne paints with heavy brush, and on n lar
We scale, and his work never fails TO inspi
mt rs much as it pleGses.
,e- Much to the delight of many poor girl
u the time hcnored Bhck Crook is aga
IL being played iu this eity--this time
III Haverley's FouE,ecnt Street Theatre.
of advertisement on Sunday that one hu
le. dred girls above Il e age of sevente
ho were wanted as figur ntes, Ama2ons, et
lie. brought over three Hundred applicar
rat 10 the stage entrance. looked on fol
be tine while Il 9 host of applicants for t
nd siege army filed into the stage manage
he office. There was an unusually lar
as number of pretty snd neat women smo
all them, al lxious 10 earn the miserable s
ir. pend Of 1--WE or six dollars a week; b
vii when the wolf is at the door, or sicknC
nd in the house. anything is better tn
N nothing to keep body and soul togeth'
b. The lcn,, ,r;pta, avepipr,s ava Of ba,