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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-10-28
LAWRENCE BARRETTs FAREWELL.

Mr.. Barrett's engagement at the Star Theatre
ended last night and large and brilliant audience gave
him farewell greeting such will long be remembered,
and such ms may well have gladdened the actors heart
At the close third there three recalls and nc
the last Mr. Barrett forward alone ana with evident
deep emotion addressed the house Much OF his speech
could not be takent spoken with such quick ferVor
and In accents broken with incpres,be feelings. It
is seldom that stage address has thus from
the heart or been uttered with such sincerity ana grace
Mr. Barretts illusions to Miss Mary Anderson Ain Eng
land and Mr. Irving and Miss Terry in America. were
made and received in happy and generous spirit and
his reference TO his career ana To MS assOcl
alton with Edwin BOOth-o whom he referred as one of
the great actors of the world evoked an enthusiastic
response The significance OF this Of tragedy ~
American authorship the main point OF Mr. BarrcttS
excellent address, success think more largely que
To the actor the play but not the less credbe
10 the practical appreciation OF the American puhhc'
Mr. Barrett retired amidst cheers and other plaultsi
and the performance proceeded to brilliant close.
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MUSIC AND The DRAMA.
ITALIAN OPERA AT TWO HOUSES.

AT the Academy of Music and at the Metro
politan Opera House the performances OF opening
night were repeated yesterday afternoon. Mr. Maple
sons forces were unchanged and La SOnnambula
with the people and in the same brilliant manner as
on last Monday. The audience was a pecu-
liarly impressiOnable one, and several times IN
the afternoon Madame Gerster reused it to
high pitch OF enthusiastic excitement The
house was crowded as II has been all the week. Mr.
Abbey was less fortunate as TO his east. Sgnor Cam
panin injured a foot on Wednesday and unable to
appear as FpuSt. He replaced by NJ.
Capoul, who acted the part with passionate
feryor and sang OF 1t very acceptably That bis
voice is not equal all the music l. fact that has long
been recognized To see Madame Nilsson and CapOul
together in the garden however revived pleasant memo
res OF their first opera here and the tenor vocal
shortcomings easily pardoncd for the sake Of tho
memory. The performance moved more smoothly than
on Monday night and Madame Nilsson did her part with
splendid power The audience next in size to that
of the first night. 80
follows:
Metropolitan Opera House-Monday, ~ Purtani
with Madame sembrch, Signors stagno kaschmann and
Mrnbella in the cast; Wednesday, Mgnon,' with Mes
danes Nilsson Valera and Scalchi. NJ Capoul and
Spnor Del Puente; friday, Lucia, with Madame Sem
brich SignOrs Campanin and kaschmann.
Academy OF Music" Lucia" with Madame Gerster,
and SirnoTs Ycini Calassi and LOmbarde Wednesday,
" n Troyatorc" with Mcsdanes Pappenheim and Comma
Tiozzo and Sgnors Nicui Gaassi and LOmbaTdcli Fri
day Faust" with Mile Pattint Miss Josephine lOrkc,
and Slgnors PerugnL Chcrubini and Sirori.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-10-28
PHILISTiYISM IN AMERIC I.

The drift of the answer To Mr.. Matthew Ar
mold in the last number of I he Century seems
to be tina, while he is theoretically right in set
ting up Il standard Of culture attainablc only
BY fortunate few, he is practically wrong in
wasting his rare powers in flute criticism of the
Philistincs After all it is the Phistincs, that
is the practical men, who must do the worl,
of the world, and carry our civilization to what
ever point it may be given It's to reach. Mr.
Arnold " does not feel for the lower classes a.
they are, but he wants to make gentlemen of
fhem." And this the writer in The Cenh,y
thinks is great mistake. The men of intel
lcct and culture ought to accept the Philstncs,
make the best of them, come down and meet
them on the basis Of their common manhood
Lord C0lcridgc uncOnscously replied to this
in his speech at Yale College on Friday. He
had been defending classical studies on prac-
teal grounds But do not wish il to De sup
posed" he added, that | defend them on low
practical ground alone. | say that God has
" given lis hearts, minds, and intcllccts as well
" as bodies and that it is just as much our duty
" to cultivate and do the best we can with the
mind that He has given III as il is our duty to
/" do the best we can with the bodies lie has
I" given u.s. tits orr duty then, if We can, to COM
"munc with the greatest thoughts of the great
lest men in all times, and he will be the best
"man at the end of his life who has made him
self most familiar with the thoughts of the
greatest men of Greece and Rome. who both
" in thought and in language have been unpar-
"alleled in tho world Here we have, except
for the special reference to the classics, almost
precisely the definition of culture given by Mr..
u 4 lnn,vleHfra nft ba bept fhot ,o. -.
thought and said in tho world" The Philistine
is not the practical man. but the man naccessi
bic to ideas, who applies himself TO immediate
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-10-28
LIWRENCE BARRETTS FAREWELL SPEECH.

Lawrence Barrett last night closed his engage
mcnt mt Theatre where he has been playing for
the last nine weeks. He called ont repeatedly at the
end the third and, I'm reply 20 the demands for
speech made the following address which repeatedly
cheered:
II ever there was an excuse for artist, I'm stepping
aside from his assumed character to speak In his real
person. might be afforded by occasion like thlStho
close engagement which has lasted by your suer
ance patience and support for nine weeks-an engage
ment devoted To an American tragedy which has hhl
n career unexampled, 1 believe, in the history
OF our drama. II has been genuine sue
is much that ought TO say In the way of thanks bnt
said which I'm cancr moments should recall This ven
tre has entirely my own trusted entirely to the
support of the New York public carry forward ana
the result has boon gratifying in the highest degree M
Lester Waack, keu trile artist has done moro than NC
promised, and the respectable press has forwa
In the most loyal spirit to sustain TINS
effort 10 advance the cause OF American
dramatic literature To these aud 10 all give hearty
thankshe thanks of artist who has ab0red perhaps
unsuccessfully but sincerely to forward the dramatc
literature Of his country and who proud and hon0red
labor In that service, -
This occasion has something more than an ordinary
significance 10 may tell you that before sna nave
the happiness OF coming before you again, shall appear
before foreign audience What the result may DO no oo
tell but feel fUll or hope trust that In coneo
ton with this you VIII pardon me II refer 10 my eno
Mr. Henry Irving Engands distinguished artist, WIZ
will follow ths stage. He IL supported by ennen
artists from the Lyceum Theatre Company, who're oa'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-10-28
PERSONAL.

Judge Adds, of Vermont, n few years ago built Il
house in Washington at q cost of $4,000. He has
now sold il to General Sheridan for $i2 900.
If Ex-Governor Boutwell,, of Massachusetts,
speaks in next years Presidential contest he will
have spoken in twelve such campaigns. He first
spoke in 1910, and has been upon the stump every
fourth year since.
Wilhelm Icibl the German peasant-panter is q
man of herculean strength, but of refined, though
exceedingly reserved, dcmeanor He has had only
two pupils-Munkacsy, and John Paul Selinger Of
Boston.
A curious incident of Mr.. Gladstone's recent visit
to the Orkneys was that while all the shops save
one in Kirkwall were closed in his honor he and
his party literally patrOni2ed that one the keeper
of which was stern unbending Tory"
On state occasions the Emperor Dom Pedro wears
a long cape made entirely of the breast feathers of
q rare South American bird. These feathers are
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bright orangecolored, wonderfully ne and glossyt
and it takes the breasts Of one hundred birds "
make cape.
Professor Alexander Graham Bell has had an adj
dition made to his Washington house containing
large room in which he WILL for an hour each days
receive deaf mutes and teach them to speak. La
this good work he will be assisted by his wife,
whom in the same way he taught to speak years
ago.
Postmaster-General Gresham's Office is on thu
third floor Of the Post Office building. His desk Is
so placed that the big pier-gass, between two win
dows, is directly behind his chair. He sits In q
common cane-seated chair, and gives visitor a
seat at his side in leather-covered Turkish
cushioned chair, and all other furniture In the room
is walnut, leather-coyered The floor is covered
with plain mating. In writing-sgning his name,
simply, all his correspondence being dictated TO
secTetary-Mr. Gresham uses plainsteel pen.
cit Is pleasant to know says The London Times
I" that Burns has still representatives In the flesh
who cherish his memory His third son, Lieutenant
Colonel James Glencairn Burns left daughter by
his first marriage, named Sarah, who married DR..
Berkeley Hutchinson, of Cheltenham, and who has
a son and three daughters. These are the great
grandchildren of the poet and are his sonly direct
and lawful descendants James Burns LII was Twice
daughter who is still Miss Burns, and who resides
at Cheltenham with her half-sister."
Mr.. Howard Kretschmer has made, for the Union
Veteran Club Of Chicago, clay model for marble
bust Of General Sheridan, which is said to be cap
ital likeness. The club had hard work to induce
the General to sit for the sculptor, as he said lie
was tired of being caricatured, all previous at
tempts of sculptors and painters having been un-
satisfactory 1t is, indeed, related that once MIS-
Sheridan became so thoroughly disguised with
portrait of her husband painted by an artist not
unknown to fame, that she drove to the Generals
Ia,- 1Yrrfn
entered his private Office, and with paint-brush
completely Oblterated the features.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-10-28
TILE CHOLERA GERn.

The discovery of the sO-callcd cholera germ
was recently announced in TIE TRIBUNE'S
cable dispatches. DIR. Koch's report to the Ger
man Government shows that his investigations
have not passed beyond the preliminary stage.
The Scientific Commission reached Alexandria
only short time before the disappearance OF
the pestilencc and consequently had only u
mcagrc opportunity for microscopic work. II
succeeded, however, in identifying character
istic parasite in n large number of cases. This
bacillus il described rs bearing Il close rcScm-
blancc To the thrcad-likc bacteria found in con.
ncction with CHAMBERS in horses. No trace OF
these minute organisms could be detected in the
blood liver, lungs, spleen and kidneys of a
choleraic patient, but in the intcstines colonies
of them we've invariably found in full activity.
the malignancy of the disease being in proper
ton 10 the abundance of the germs The Com
mission has been so greatly impressed with the
Importance of this discovery thatit has obtained
permission from Berlin to conclude its iuyeSu
cations in India, where genuine eases of Asiatic
cholera are always 10 be found.
The discovery of this choeIaic germ has been
prcmaturcy announced because VI. Pastcur and
other Investigators are AZ work IN the same Held
and DR. Koch could not take the risk OF being
anticipated in his scientific quest. Indeed, 1t Is
by no means certain that an actual discovery
has been made The parasitic origin OF cholera
has been suspected for many years Members
of the British Medical Service have succeeded
in analyzing certain organisms swarming in
cholcraic discharges, and it is possible that DIR.
Kocb's thrcad-l like bacillus may prove to be 4
prcyious revelation of the microscope The
originality of his investigation will soon be
tested in India Certainly his bacillus has not
been cultivated if it has ever been seen before
and il is in this branch of science that DIR. Koch
has won his great reputation in Europe HIS
official report states that he and his associates
were unsuccessful in their attempts to obtain
the bacillus in pure state and to communicate
the disease by means of the cultivated germ to
rabbits, glnca-pigs, dogs, eats and other AMI
mails. In this respect DR.. kochs experiments
were less remarkable than those conducted with
the tubcrcular parasite. Indeed, there is no
uo,itiyc evidence that the cholcraic bacillus is a
destructive agent. 1t may prove to be the effect
rather thar tho cause of the cOntaglon. In
order to demonstrate the fatal activity OF the
germ il will be necessary for Or. Koch to scpa-
rate il from its natural conditions and by intro
duciug il into the bodies of animals to produce
the disease When that is done it will be time
to inouirc whether it is possible by causing Il
mild and harmless form Of cholera to yaccinatc,
if we may use the word, the Oriental world and
prevent the rayagcs of this dreadful peNtlence.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-10-28
TILE WEEKS, CONVENTIONS.

Last week was filled with religious conven-
tinns. and the air was burdcncd with discussions
more lively than was to be expected from the
crave bodies i'm council. The Uniycrsali.tS met
IN Washington and at the outset fell upon
srbicct of contention in the matter of woman
prcachcrs. Whether the worthy youth " who
were urged by the Board of Trustees to turn
their attention to the ministry meant worthy
Young women rs well ~ men was the question
which was debated with heat and acrimOny
and finally adroitly cyaded by adopting the
words worthy youth " unaltercd and leaving
if To time and future conventions to settle the
ourstion of sex involved in them. dcclara-
tinu of the fundamental doctrine of the sect
was more easily agreed upon.
The Evangelical Church, whose membership
lies principally among the Germans, held "a
National Conference in Allentown, Penn, while
the Disciples of Christ popularity known as
Campbcllite Baptists are in congress in Cincin-
nali. This is Il religious body whose meat and
drink is argument. Beyond belief i'll Christ andin
Immersion every man is at liberty to fOrnulatc
his own creed, and ~ the brethren are usually
clear headed, shrcwd students of the Bible, and
each of them charitably Jealous in urging his
own creed on his ncighbOr, their conferences
are never drowsy.
The abors of the Protestant Episcopal Gen
cral Council are just ended Not that the work
laid out for them has been done, or half
done. Some of the most important questions,
such as the permanent alteration of the Prayer
book, Mexican affairs, Ritualistic innovations,
etc, being left unfinished until the next General
Convention.
This habit of evading crucial points of differ
ence, OF sliding them off on to the shoulders of
future councils and synods, is becoming u
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material objects, and closes his mind against O
knowledge of the best that has been thought
and said In the world. V0byiously the measure
of our civilization is not to be filed by thus
class. Even for his material pursuits the prac-
teal man needs to know the best; and that
society will be the most prosperous as well as
the most civilized In which the culture that con-
sists in ample knowledge of the best has been
most widely extended, and has done most
toward "making gentlemen of the lower
classes" To do the best we can with the MIMI
God has given us is as necessary to a successful
life as to do the best we can with our wheat
fields and railroad companies.
If we understand by the Philistine the man
who shuts his mind against ideas, and especially
against the idea of the practical utility OF har-
monOus all-rOund culture, we are confident
that Philistinism is much less prevalent in the
United States than Mr. Arnold and his critic
seem to imagine. Culture no doubt Is very
imperfect among us, but the desire for culture is
growing. very strong. Nobody can watch the
currents of American life without seeing that
along with much aifectation Of refinement
which is a mere trivial and insincere following
of fashion, and much that springs only from
NulBul loNc VI ulSpldy, IHtIt 10 hi"ihS" WIN
ency toward higher ideals and an increasing
comprehension Of what we may call the business
value of intellect. Y The fondness for criticism,
which is sometimes cited as an indication of in
tellectual decay, is often in reality sign of
awakening intellectual life. 1t is so with us at
the present time. What is the questioning and
analytical spirit noticeable In our recent lit
erature but a desire to discover the last word of
culture, the best thought of the best men2 1t is
the function of criticism to do this; and the art
of criticism in America has risen during the past
ten years to an Importance which shows how
highly its practical value is rated. The char
acteristic tone of all our best and most success
full periodicals is distinctly critical; life. man
ners, philosophy, letters, the arts, are all sub
jccted to profound and acute examination; and
even the literature which owes most TO the Great
i've impulse--especially cActiOn and poetry-is
filed with the critical spirit. In the present
state of our civilization, when we have only laid
the material foundation of national greatness,
the critical habit is of more advantage 10 lis
than activity in original production. At any
rate the tendency il inconsistent with Philistin-
ism. II shows that whatever the defects in our
culture, the cause of them is not inaccessibility
o.,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-10-28

TROLLOPE md CIVIL SERTICE REFORM
1t is of some interest that just as we are be-
ginning our Civil Service Reform experiment
we should read in the autobiography of An
thony TrOllope, who was for more than thirty
wears an active and useful member of the Brit
ish Post Office service, a sharp criticism of the
system of competitive examinations. We Dor
rowed our system from the English and it may
cause some little dismay to find practical Eng
hsh official cutting the ground from under their
feet in this way. In fact, much that he says is
calculated, at first sight, to give aid and
comfort to those of our statesmen who have
persistently ridiculed the idea of appoint
ing to clerkships only those men who
passed the best examinations in ordinary
school studies. Mr.. TrollOpe thought it doubt
full whether by the competitive system "mOre
harm has not been done than good" and the
good, he thought, might have been done with
out the harm. The rule of the present day is,
u that every place shall be open to public com
"petition, and that it shall be given to the best
@amOng the Corners object to this, that at pres
I" ent there exists no known mode of learning
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-10-28

FoREIGN.-The Bulgarian Council has decided to
dismiss all Russian officers In the army. 60 Lord
Iorne and the Princess Louise sailed for England.
- The battalion guarding the Ministerial Build
Ings in Madrid has been disarmed. 60 A number
of exiles TO Siberia made attempt to escape
- Cholera has reappeared in Egypt. - John
Bright denies the report that he is coming to
America. - A draft of a convention for the pro-
lection of cables has been signed by the Interna-
tional Conference.
DoMEsTIC.-There was a sharp advance in wheat
ut Chicago yesterday. - In the Georgia ku
Klux trial eight persons were found guilty. 80
The iury rendered verdict for the defendant in
the Carroll divorce suit. 80 In the suit against
Warren X. Blodgett in Boston, the jury decided
virtually in favor of the Armstrong estate. -
The Princeton football team defeated the Rutgers
College team. - John A. Graham died In Chi
caco on Friday. 80 Wandering, Heel-and-IOe,
Bob Miles, Hilarity and Gath won the races at
Pmlico yesterday.
CITY AND SUBURBAN,-The Lotos Club gave re-
ception last evening to Henry Irving; the actor,
Mr. Depew and General Porter were among the
sneakers. - A reception was given to Matthew
Arnold at the Windsor Hotel. - Lord
Coleridge sailed for England yesterday. -=
The Board of AppOrtiOnment considered
the estimates of the Departments of Public Works
and Charities and Correction. == The Oelrichs
Cup was won by the New-YOrk Lacrosse Club. =
Trinket defeated Majoca in three straight heats.
- The record for a mile walk was
beaten at the New-York Athletic Clubs
games. - Stevens Institute defeated
Columbia al football. - John Fleming was
appointed District-AttOrney for Queens
County in place of Mr.. Downing. --
A Genesee County farmer arrested for big
amy. -= Mayor Low spoke at GreenpOint. ==
Gold value of the lega-tender silver dollar (412l2
prains), S5.68 cents. Stocks opened dull and
declined; later they advanced on a small business
and closed irregular
THE Manufacturers local observations in
dictate partly cloudy and cloudy weather, with
higher temperatures and chances of light rain late
in the day. Temperature yesterday Highest $50 !;
lowest 45e; average, 50a49.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-10-28

The registration In TINS city yesterday reached
44.492 names-which shows that good many
more citizens than usual improved last chance
TO bring themselves within voting conditions.
The total is heavier than for any fourth day in
the last three years. In 1880 it was only
29.O77. The total number of names registered
in New-York City this fall is 1872 44. This is
$4,000 less than in 1882.
The Board of Estimate and AppOrtiOnment
cannot scrutinize the estimates OF the Depart
ment of Public Works for 1884 too closely.
Commissioner Thompson wants half million
more than he had last year. Possibly it is
needed possibly it is not. Unfortunately Mr.
Thompson's says-sO does not necessarily prove
the business Of his estimates; which is why we
remark that the Board should examine them
carefully. The business methods and the man
agemcnt of the Department of Public Works
are so bad that taxpayers do not want to see
any more money than is absolutely necessary
voted over to be mismanaged and misspent.
The baleful influence of the shooting of
Dukes, the murderer, by the son of Captain
Mutt, his victim, is now beginning to be felt
In New-Orleans yesterday young man named
Coffey shot and killed the convicted murderer
of his father, who was on his way to court to
receive a life sentence. There is of course
much less excuse for COffey than for young
Mutt. Dukes was not only acquitted when
plainly guilty of heinOus crime, but he courted
vengeance by impudently paradng the streets
of the town where the people he had injured
lived Coffey's victim was about to be punished
for his crime. The South has often, and some
times unjustly been blamed for the little value
set on law and order as compared with the
pleasure of personal vengeance. But if this
man Coffey, who took the law into his own
hands yesterday. is properly punished, the State
of Louisiana will ward off much unpleasant
comment.
The Russian generals in Bulgaria, who smiled
when they saw Austrian influences driven from
Bulgaria by the Liberal Assembly they had
themselves forced Prince Alexander to call,
hardly think the situation so amusing now. 1t
appears that they must go also. Prince Alexan-
der, acting undoubtedly under pressure from
his Prime Minister Zankof, has decided to dis
miss all Russian officers from the army. The
resignation of the Secretary of War (also a