The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1885-12-05

wonderful feats. But the glory of the
circus was over now, and poor decrepit
old man was crawling on toward the
grave.
One day while wandering about
London, | met James Anderson, the
tragedian. In the zenith of his fame he
was the best actor had ever seen; but
his day was past; the world had drifted
away from him and he was forgotten.
The other day / saw a man who, forty
years ago. was famous rope dancer
with the Ravels. At that time, as he
stood poised upon his rope, he was u
model of physical beauty; and now he
was drifting toward Shakespeare S
seventh age, sans teeth, sans eyes, sans
taste, sans everything.
New York is full of impccunious
actors. The season, which appears to
have been disastrous to the barn
stormers. As | prognasticated months
ago, BARLEY Campbell, who made a
fortune, he hardly knew how, by the
success of few of his pieces, tempted
fortune once too often, and lost. If the
poor author, who could not have given
security for his lodging and dinner ten
years ago, could have rested content
with 500, 900 he might have sailed down
to old age with plethoric sack; but
having achieved 100000, he saw no
reason why so smart fellow as himself
could not make a million. lie tried it
and went under. The man whose
check was good for 100000 last
Thanksgiving, this Thanksgiving had to
spar for his turkey.
We are in the midst of the art season,
and as usual the National Academy of
Design leads off. In point of age it an
tedates every other existing art associa-
ton in the United States, while in ar
tistic standing il represents the entire
aristocracy of American art. You go
through the galleries and you notice that
the pictures Of the old Academicians
have the most prominent positions, and
many innocent people ask "why is
this?" The answer is very simple: Be
cause they paint the best pictures. The
exhibition of this year is fully up to the
standard of past years. / must defer
until another letter a critical review of
the pictures themselves, but the fact
that that conscientious artist Secretary
G. Addison Richards is at his old post,
is guarantee that nothing not worthy
of place in his beloved Academy has
escaped his lynk-eyed scrutiny.
Thanksgiving was heralded by one of
the severest storms of the year. The
tides have been the highest that we have
had for fifty years--the amount of dam
age and inconvenience being almost in
calculable-many streets in the lower
part of the city were flooded, and in
some neighborhoods business was en-
tirely suspended.
Alderman Sterling of Brooklyn, is
finding the way to official preferment a
| hard road to travel. He was appointed
weigher by the Collector, but was i'm
mediately after suspended by the Presi-
dent, and was knocked out in the first
round by civil service reform. This
week he was appointed Port-Warden by
the Governor, and his honor was vindi-
! Gated and Modified, as the office was
worth double the one he was ousted
from, but when ne went to demand his
place-the incumbent refused to get
out, and Mr.. Sterling is confronted by
an expensive law suit, and a hostile SEN
ate. What shall be done with Sterling5
The Mugwumps wont have him at any
price. The Republicans say his charac,
ter is shoddy. The Democrats have
Knocked MIN out Wltn CIVIL service re-
form. What shall be done with Ster
ling? He is bigger White Elephant
than Barnum wonders, or our late min.
lister to Italy or Austria, Mr.. Kelly
Mr.. Kelly relieved the administration
from its embarrassing position by re
signing; and Sterling has done almos
as much, for he swears by st. Patricl
that he would not accept an Office from
Cleveland at any price. Brooklyn car
vindicate him, it has done so before, by
accepting my suggestion last week, ant
make him an alderman-that would fl,
Sterling and relieve the administration
Governor Hills act in appointing Ster
ling Port-Warden, whether he gets hi
place or not, will be gratefully remem
bered by Brooklyn Democrats, if Cover
nor Hill ever comes up for President.
Our Good Samaritans gaNe the poo
their usual Thanksgiving din)ler, not ;
bootblack or a newsboy was forgotten
Mrs. Astor, "God bless her." gave he
annual liberal donation-and thousand
were made happy by her gift.
BROADBRIM.