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Year: 1877

The THEATRE To-NIGlIT-MISs EMMA
ABBoTT.-The concert to be given tonight
at the Theatre Will be Il great treat to all
lovers Of music. The widespread and en-
viabe reputation which Miss Abbott enjoys
as a distinguished American prima donna,
and the unqualified manner in which the
press throughout the country praise her
vocal powers, lead us to recognize her as an
artist OF the first order. In speaking OF
Miss Abbott in concert an exchange says:


Last night she sang 'Roberto toi que
Tamie." from Meyerbeer-a selection that
not only allowed her wonderful voice full
sweep, but also permitted her dramatic
culture and taste to have fair display. She
delivers her scores with more fervor and
with trucr art than any singer on the con-
cert-stage, except probably Miss Nilsson.
Before She had more than half finished her
first number the audience was enchained,
fairly holding its breath. Her vocal power
is wonderful, and her dramatic ability OF
very high order.


She is assisted by Signor Brignoli and
Signor Ferranti, both old Richmond favor
ties, who need no introduction here. The
Theatre will doubtless be crowded, as our
people are always ready to recognize and
appreciate true merit.
Year: 1877




1t is told of Joaquin Miller that
he was too modest and bashful to be
present the first night of his display
but after success Was assured he went
to see it, and TO avoid notice he stole
intothe top gallery among a bevy of
colored people. 1t was hot there and
he took off his coat; the play delight
ed the people about him and he shar-
ed their merriment so heartily that
the policeman punched him three
times with his pole for being too
noisy.


PRESIDENT VANDERBILT has Just
ordered five per cent. advance in
the pay of all the employees of the
New York Central and Lake Shore
roads who were affected by the ten
per cent. reduction of last July.
This goes into effect Nov. 1, and is
in pursuance of Mr.. Vanderbilt's
promise to restore the old wages as
soon as business justified.


Colorado had no State ticket to
elect but Chief Justice, and both
parties united on Judge Stone Demo
crat. In the unimportant contest
for county officers the Republicans
hold their ascendancy in the State.
The woman suffrage amendment to
the Constitution is defeated by a de-
cided majority.
Year: 1877

The following good thing is from the Utica
IN. Y,) Observer


The insanity of DR.. J. G. Aver, of Lowell,
affords terrible warning to advertisers
Here was man engaged in the manufacture
of pill. not differing much from hundred
other pills that may be obtained at any drug
store. In an unguarded moment he made up
his mind that he would advertise, not in the
picayune style of the ordinary dealer, but in
a comprehensive sort of way, by which he
He started with the idea of devoting half of
his profits each year to advertising. The
result might have been foreseen. He accu>
mulated money SO rapidly that he did not
know wha. to do with it. When he had
rolled together fifteen million dollars and had
vainly striyen to find some outlet for his ever
increasing profits, his mind gave way under
the absorbing cares of his vast business and
he is now patient at an asylum for the in
sane. How easily this calamity might have
been averted. If he had stuck to the cons
servative methods of many of our merchants
aud refrained from advertising, he might have
been passing quietly through bankruptcy now
instead of being loaded down with his un>
counted millions It is a dangerous exper-
iment for a man who does not want to become
rich to advertise. Or if ho advertises at all
he must advertise grudgingly and at long in
tervals, lest his profits should grow out of all
proportion to his requirements, and he should
find himself burdened with wealth. Adver-
tisiDg, conducted on the principle of devoting
half the profits of business to it is, we re-
peat, dangerous experiment. prccipitates
fortune upon the advertiser so suddenly that
the chances are even that he will not know
what to do with his money. The multi
tudinous pleasures of bankruptcy, insolvency,
and ''shiuning around" for the wherewithal
to meet note are permanently denied in tho
man who advertiscs. There never was in
Europe or America great advertiser who did
not accumulate great fortune. Let those
who desire to 1.-Two unburbened by the cares
of wealth take warning.
Year: 1877

New FREIGHT TRAIN SIGNAL.-The
Pennsylvania Railroad Company has recently
introduced on freight trains new signal
1t consists of flashing light fastened on the
rear car, that indicates the speed and distance
of train, and shows whether il is at rest or
in motion This light is of two colors, one
of them being red and the other white they
are placed on what is known as the "eaboose,"
so that they may be seen in both directions
on the line. A simple device for hiding the
light at intervals is affixed to each lamp so
that it may be made to Clash" or alternately
appear and disappear, and BY suitable gear
ing this is connected with one of the axles
of the car While the car is at rest the lights
are steadily visible when the train moves
the lights fash once for each revolution of
the wheels, and thus its movement and actual
speed can be easily estimated as far as the
lights can be seen.


= One of the most agreeable materials for
curtaining windows is coarse unbleached cot
ton. The irregularity of the thread and the
roughness of the surface gives its soft fold
much the charm of Russia crash, and its
hue warns the light of cool windows almost
to the glow of sunshine.
Year: 1877

One of the greatest trials of the newspaper
profession is that its members are compelled
to see more of the shams of the world than
any other profession. Through every news
paper Office, day after day, go all the weak>
nesses of the world all the ysu;ties that want
to be pufed !; all the revenses that want to be
reaped; ell the mistakes that want to be cor
rected all the dull speakers who want to be
thought eloquent; all the meanness that
wants to get its wares noticed gratis in the
editorial columns, in order to save the tax of
the advertising columns; oil the men who
want to be set right who were never right;
all the cracked Drained philosophers with
stories as long as their hair, and as gloomy as
their fnger>nails in mourning because bereft
of soap-all the bores who come to stay Eve
minutes, but talk FIVE hours.


Through the editorial and reportorial rooms,
all the follies and shams of the world are seen
day after day, and the temptation is TO believe
in neither God, man nor woman. It is no
surprise to me that in this profession there
are some skeptcal men l only wonder that
journalists believe anything.


De VIII Tdlmd7e v
Year: 1877

National Associated Press to the Star


HARTFORD, CONN, Sept. 1l.-At II :3O
O'Clock last nigh. desperate attempt at
su eide was made by Robert l.. E'py,
recently sentenced to Imprisonment foT
life for the murder Of his wife.


Since sentence he has been confne d
at the jail pending transfer to the States
Prison at Wetherstieid. He has been
confined in double cell in company
with another convict.


While his companion was asleep he
took knife from his pocket and first
attempted to stab himself to the heart,
but the blade, striking rib, broke off,
and halt an inch was left in his side.
He then attempted to cut his throat.


The knife being dull his companion
was aroused before he accomplished his
purpose, and his cries brought the Off
GERS OF the prison to the scene, and Espy
was secured, but not before he had in
fl cted terrible wound five lncnes In
length.
Year: 1877

to admit that her name is among the
brightest a the jewels which adorn the
brow Of Old South. What other son OF
daughter Of the church renowned as many
Of them are in history, has proved a greater
blessing to mankind, or secured the bene-
dictions Of 50 many hearts She is to
the new world what Santa Claus is to the
old. Let us hope that the day is not dis
tant when a memorial statue will be cree
ted to this venerable lady in one Of the
parks or squares of Boston. Let it be an
appropriate symbol of her and her blessed
ministry. Let it stand where the children
of the city may gather in their daily sports
trundling their hoops and carts about it,
and singing their dollies to sIeep in its
motherly shadow. And on it should be
the following inscription


Elizabeth Foster,
known in the Literature OF the Nursery as


"Mother Goose


Was born in Chaflestown, Mass, 1865;
Married Isaac Goose, of Boston, 1892;
Became a member of the Old South Church,


1897;


Was left a widow in 1710.
The first edition Of her Melodies was


Published IN 17l9.


She died 1851,


Ht 92 years.
Year: 1877

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Diminishing, Md.


When man has borne the burden and
heat of the day, he lies down weary at
Oventide, on his resting place, to gather
strength for renewed labor but there are
t,co places of rest, in which man is laid by
other men, aud these are the cradle and
the coffin.


The former is the place of rest at his
entrance into the world the latter, at his
departure from it.


However different the cradle and coffin
may be, they have nevertheless much sim
ilarity with each other, in regard to their
destination.


The cradle is prepared by the loving
mother, that the babe may stretch out its
tiny limbs and rest. On its face beams
the peace and heavenly joy of an angel.
1t knows nothing of the misery of this
earth, and the cares Of this life.


What kind of resting place is the
coffin 1t also receives man for sleep,
the sleeper rests also in it, free from the
hardships Of earth. Only this sleep is
sleep of long, long duration, and no earth
ly morn rouses the roster to awakening.


On the cradle and the coffin are shed
the tears of the bystanders. On the cradle
falls the tears fjoy of the parents, and on
the coffin the mourners' tears. At both
places of rest, prayers are offered.


Trust in Gods mercy chases care from
the mother heart at the cradle of the dar-
ling, and the same trust dries the tears at
the coffin of the departed ones.
Year: 1877

While my proposed plan was in the high.
est degree distasteful to my family and
friends, the commencement Of my search
was by no means satisfactory to myself
1t is all very well to make up your mind
to find out woman you have seen only in
dreams; while many of my readers may
think that such case demanded strait
waistcoat; but it is not so easy to know
how to make a start. The world was all
before me, but where was | to 60?


recurred naturally y to the doctors part
ing words. He had not laughed at me; he
had humored me, whether with any belief
in the dream or merely to give me some
thing to occupy my mind, l could hardly
tell; at any rate his words had impressed
me. He had said, "Try and realize the
locality indicated in your dreams" Even
that was not easy. But at any rate it was
some place by the sea. So | need not
trouble myself about inland towns and vii.
lagos. 1t had look too thought, of
foreign watering place; so l decided to
make for the Continent, and then, wander
slowly through the principal places on the
French seaboard


l dreamed of the face of which | was
in search the night before | left England;
and don't know whether | was feeling
rathersout of spirits myself, but it was uu-
deniable that, as far as | could Judge, it
looked somewhat sadly and reproachfully
at me- But had become so full Of fan
cies regarding it, that was afraid to trust
myself to draw conclusions, and dismissed
the idea from my memory, and crossed the
Channel.


| had not been more than a few DAYS in
France when l became conscious of
curious change. | had been to one little
village on the coast, and was going on to
another, when | remembered that during
the whole time had not had one dream,
that is to say, not one in which | saw her
face. 1t was strange; for although the
visitations were by no means continuous,
still an unusually long time had passed
that too just when l was thinking more of
her than ever, and scanning each face l
met with painful curiosity. The fact
therefore, made me rather uneasy, and |
was eager for the night to come to see how
l should fare. Again there was no special
dream, though my thoughts were so full of
her that | don't know how could have
avoided dream filed with her presence
under ordinary circumstance lam aware
that some people hold that you do not
dream of what you have thought much of
during the day, but rather of things only
brought incidentally under your notice
but such has never been my experiences.
| can almost pass from waking to sleeping
and carry on the same train of thought,
though of course it is most fantastically
changed in my dream.


Night after night passed, and still she
never came. Full as my waking thoughts
were Of her, she seemed 10 have Withdrawn
herself from me; and uneasy as l had been
at the first recurrent appearance, l now
became still more so when they ceased to
exist Was there ever any one so unrea.
sonable? argued with myself; | had
long wanted to cure myself Of what most
people would call pure'delusion; and yet
now, when found II disappearing, I was
angry and annoyed at il. But still |
would continue my search at intervals, and
| settled to stay four months in France at
Year: 1877




Frost bite is the result Of blood becom-
ing SO cold as not to circulate. When
limb or any part Of the body is frozen it
loses all sensibility aud the skin becomes
white; as soon as this is noticed, rub it
gently with snow; the next best is ice wa
ter, for that is slightly warmer than the
frozen part and thus changes the temper
ature by very slow degrees; keep it in cold
water until the feeling returns, and for
two or three minutes later, then add lit
tie warm water, and in two or three min
utes little more, rubbing tho part gently
with the hand SO as to promote the circu-
lation. If q person seems to be nearly
frozen to death, remove all the clothing
and cover the whole person, excepting the
mouth and nose in snow; if this cannot be
had, use ice water containing Jumps of ice;
after remaining few moments, long
enough to have some sensibility, take out
the body and wipe it with cloths dipped in
cold water until the muscles begin to re-
lax, then remove to cold bed, cover the
body over, and with warm hands under
the cover patiently rub the whole surface,
for hours If necessary; two or three per-
sons might be rubbing at the same time,
in order to get up circulation If signs
Of life appear, give an injection Of cnnphor
water and put few drops Of spirits Of
camphor on the tongue. As soon as the
person can notice things, give teaspoon
full of strong tea or coffee, and after a
while give half cup hot, at time; not
only parents, but all young persons ought
to know these things. Two winters ago,
a young gentleman advised young lady,
who was returning from skating with feet
benumbed with cold, to put them In warm
water as soon as she returned home; she
did so with one foot, which had to be
| taken off.
Year: 1877

In all Buddhist temples tall and broad
leayed lily stands directly on the front of
the altar. Its idea is as beautiful as its
workmanship, 1t represents that just as
the pure white flower may grow out Of
the mire and filth, and blossom into love-
illness, so may the heart of man raise
itself above the wickeduess and corruption
of the world unto a state Of spotless purity.
Year: 1877

NEW ROUTE. - We understand
there is to be an effort made to start
the little steamer Phantom to run
ming up to Snohomish City, returning
via La Conner. This is a good idea,
and the owners of the boat seem to
have hit upon the right plan. There
has been a serious want felt for some
time in regard to the travelling and
transporting facilities between this
port and the Swinomish country. No
doubt the route, if established, will
be q paying one, as it will increase
the travel, and afford greater facili-
ties for shipping produce from way
ports. There seems to be no reason
why the produce raised on the rich
fats of Swinomish, and about the
Skagit and Stilaguamish rivers might
not be shipped through Port Town
send as well as by way of Seattle.
In fact, this place seems to be the
natural and inevitable outlet to for it.
Let the Phantom be started by all
means to scare up the ghost of a
trade; and undoubtedly in a short
time the business will grow to pro-
portions so extensive and material
istic that larger boat will be re-
quired.
Year: 1877

HER father was q western farmer,
and her hands had been muscurlarly
developed by working butter and
hoeing potatoes. When cooking
meals she occupied the entire north
east corner of the kitchen. They
were sitting on the parlor sofa-he
and she-after having celebrated the
Fourth. His hands stole neryously
near her side, and he took-yes he
took-hOr fingers-two or three of
them-within his grasp. She blushed
and felt that the grand turning point
of her lie had come when he articu-
lated in low, melodious tones, "Oh,
If this hand were only mine J"
"WhyT she managed to say, after a
delicate pause, made almost painful
on account of the wild hope that had
sprung into existence down into the
capacious depth of her bosom. "Be-
cause--because," said he, "if it we're
] could kill beeves with it without
the use of a sledge hammer" The
last seen of that young man, he was
trying to climb over the house, and
If his grip on the waterspout had
slipped, there is no telling how the
tragedy would have ended.
Year: 1877

The drift of President MacMahon's course
Is steadily toward the Bonapartists. He may
not now desire the return of the Imperial
Prince, but ere long unless marvellous
change comes over the spirit of his dream,
he will be plotting for the restoration of the
empire. Unless he wishes his administration
to be an utter failure he must have a strong
party behind him. The Republicans hate
him as heartily as they hated Louis Napoleon,
though dreading him less. The Legitimists
from the very necessity of their position can
give no support 10 a government whose
right of existence they deny. The Orlean-
lists entertain profound distrust of the mar
shal. The Bonapartists alone are in hearty
sympathy with his measures, for they clearly
perceive to what those measures must lead !;
and into the arms of the Bonapartists he
must throw himself. An attempt to govern
without party must be failure,as it always
has been in tho history of parliamentary gov
ernment. 1t has been repeatedly tried in
this country under the most favorable condi-
tions, and has always resulted in disaster.
Even Washington could not do it. In his
first administration he held the balance even
ly between the warning Federalsts and Re-
publicans, but almost at the beginning of his
second term he had to make his choice. The
experiment he failed to carry out can never
be attempted in this country with any hope
ofsuccess; and the experience of our states
men is but a repetition of the history of all
free governments.


Nor can the Marshal-President build up
new party. There is no issue upon which to
make one, and he is not man who can com
mand large and devoted personal follow
ing. He is neither great statesman nor
great general, nor even a great demagogue.
He does not possess that confidence of the
people which would lead them to turn to him
as saviour from real or imaginary ills. He
must fall back upon the support of one of
the old parties. and the party he selects must
be the Bonapartist. Neither Legitimists nor
Orleanists will support his demand for dis
solution. He can only succeed in carrying
out his mad scheme-mad for him but prom
ising for the Imperialists the aid of the
adherents of the young Napoleon. When
he does that the other parties will unite
against him. France will be called upon to
make her choice between the Republic and
the Empire, and when the issue is squarely
put before her she will not long hesitate to
make her decision. The memory of Sedan
is too fresh in her mind. In time there will
probably be but two parties, for the Orlean-
lists will from the necessities of their position
drift into the Republican ranks, and the Le-
gtimists, the impracticable men, will hold
aloof from all parties and cease to be of prac-
tical account. When that day comes Mar
shal MacMahon may well bid goodbye to
the French Presidency.
Year: 1877

The effect of the passage of the silver bill
will be to demonetize gold.


The opponents of reputation in Virginia
are pretty solemn over the triumph of the
"readjusters' in forming the Legislature. If
they had been solemn enough during the last
campaign to call things by their right names,
they would be more cheerful now. 1t does
not answer to meet the talk of Iepudiator
with sweet phrases.


Stanley Matthews is enjoying another brief
run through the newspapers, such as it is.
Mr.. Matthews has playful way of suddenly
coming up through trap-door, brilliant in
silver spangles, surprising everybody with the
successful execution of some difficult feat not
down in the bills, and then melting away into
nothing; the public then loses all run of him
until he gets the cue for another trapdoor
shoot.-PhiladelphiG Times.


The London Economist says that remark
able rise occurred in the United States four
and half per cent. bonds as soon as it was
known that the President and the Secretary
of the Treasury insisted "upon the pursuit Of
an honest course in the payment of American
bonds in gold;' "the faith of investors" it
adds, shaving been much shaken since the
proposals for using silver in the place of gold
were agitated." 1t evidently is not informed
of the repudiating tendencies of our Senate.
General Ewing joins with Mr.. Halstead in
the professed belief that the President is
liable to be scared out of his stand against
repudiation. The General has discovered
that careful reading of the Message shows
that the President did not say he would veto
the Bland Bill, and he is of the opinion that
the Wing training of the President will tend
to make him chary of exercising the veto
power. In fact, the General is pretty well
convinced that it the bill passes by decided
majority the President will refrain from veto
ing it. This. is startling indication OF the
demoralizing effect which steady talk in favor
of financial dishonesty has upon the human
mind. If the President were to do what
Ewing suggests, after his plain words in his
Message, he would be beneath the contempt
of all honest men.-N. Y. Tribune.
Year: 1877

THE result of the Boston city election is
highly satisfactory. The city has been re-
deemed from Democratic misrule, and in the
person of Henry L. Pierce mayor has been
chosen who is a credit to the metropolis ol
New ENGLAND.
Year: 1877

IN Washington circles there is feeling
that Secretary Evarts wants fight with
Mexico. He believes that he would be as
successful in war as he has been in politics
and there is no doubt that he would.
Year: 1877

We do not read anonymous etters and communi-
cations The name and address of the writer are in
all cases indispensable, not necessarily for publication
out as guaranty of good faith.


We cannot undertake to return or preserve com-
munications that are not used.
Year: 1877

The capture of Plevna by the Russians did
not apparently, attract much attention in
Boston. The capture of the Hub by the Re-
publicans is looked upon as an event of far
more Importance to the world.