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Year: 1875

AFTER THE MATINEE.-TheD Day
ton stage will hereafter wait in
Virginia every Saturday afternoon
until after the matinee at the Opera
House, for the accommodation of
those who are unable to attend the
theatre in the evening.
Year: 1875

She has rot on torn dress, hitched
up at one side sufficiently to reveal an
unbuttoned shoe; there are flakes OF
whitewash in her hair and on her chm
her dress is wet, her fingers are par
boiled. and her thumb has been split
with A hammer, but her eye Is as clear
and bright as that of MajOr-Generai
on field day. She picks up handful
of skirts and skins through the apart
ments. seeing five hundred things which
should be done at once, and trying to
do them; and every time she comes In
reach of the dresser, she snatches look
into the glass, and shoves fresh hair
pin into her dilapidated coil. And thus
planted on the debris, like a queen on
her throne, she unblushingly asserts
that Its an awful job, i" Every thing
is in wretched shape;" :" III be so glad
when this is over;'' g 1t does seem as if
nv back will snap in two;" ''I'm a
good mind to say III never clean house
again so long as l live" And then her
mind unconsciously scars heavenward,
and she wonders if there will be a
house-cleaning season there, and if not,
how heaven can be made of IT. 1t Il
this speculation which gives her that
dreamy expression when she is cutting
your bread with the soap-knife.
Year: 1875

These have become the most popular
of large musical Instruments. There
are now about two hundred and fifty
makers of them in the United States,
who produce more than forty thousand
organs per annum. Most of these are
very poor instruments. This is natur-
ally so, because there are few articles
in the manufacture of which so much
saving can be made by the use of infe-
rior, improperly prepared material, and
inferior workmanship, and yet which,
when finished, show so little difference
to the average purchaser. The impor-
tant parts of an organ, made as well as
they can be, cost two or three times as
much as if made rs low as possible.
Yet, when the organ is done, it is not
easy from casual hearings to tell the
difference between the best and very
poor one. Especially when shown by
one who knows how to cover up defects,
to one who has not special skill in such
matters, it is not difficult to make Il
poor organ appear a good one.


The temptation to makers, then, to
produce, at fraction of the cost, an or
gan which will sell almost as well as a
good one is almost irresistible. Hence
the fact that so few good organs are
made and so many poor ones, and that
the country is flooded with peddlers and
dealers selling these poor organs, which
pay such large profits. The buyer OF
the poor organ does not fail to find out
his mistake after a while. The thin
reedy tone of his cheap organ soon be-
comes offensive, it works noisily and
roughly, is constantly out of order, and
becomes useless by the time a really
good instrument would have been get
ting into its prime A good organ ought
to last a generation, at least; poor one
may last five years, with considerable
tinkering, or may break down much
sooner.


There is one safe way. Get a genuine
production of one of the very best makers
and YOU cannot 90 astray. Among these
undoubtedly stands pre-eminent the
Mason & Hamlin Organ Co., whose
organs are so well known that Other
makers are generally content to claim
that they can make as good an organ as
the Mason & Hamlin. They invented
and INTRODUCED the Cabinet or ParlOr Or
gan in its improved form, started will
and have always closely adhered to the
policy of making only the best work
have shown such skill as has given then
organs the highest reputation, not only
in this country but also in Europe. Al
the Great Exposition at Vienna, in com
petition with eighty of the best makers
in the world, they obtained the highest
medals. To enumerate the competi'
tions at which they have received sim
liar honors would be to give list of the
fairs at which they have exhibited; anc
to mention the prominent musicians
who recommend their organs as unequal
ed would really be to give a very gOoC
list of the most illustriOus musical name;
in the country, with good representa-
ton in Europe.


One who obtains a Mason 4 Hamlir
Cabinet Organ need have no doubt that
he has the best instrument of its class
which can be made.-Ne1C York Inde'
DenRent
Year: 1875

The recent introduction and extended
use of colOred OF striped stockings, and
the evil effects experienced by the wear
ers of them, have served to direct the
attention of the physician and analyst to
the question of the dyes used in coloring
them. The Pail Mall Gazette, in nOtic-
inc the evil effects of wearing cOlOred
hose, cites several instances where in
tense irritation in the skin of the feet,
swelling, and an inhamed appearance;
then an outbreak of watery blisters of
all sizes, from groups of the size Of II
hemp seed to single blisters on the sole
of the foot larger than a five-shilling
piece. This condition was accompanied
by general feverishness, rigOrs, loss of
appetite, and a sensation of pervadlng
IaaldiSe. In a severe attack the patient
was rarely able to walk for three weeks,
and after one attack passed off it was
often followed by another of milder
type. In one case a gentleman was
obliged to wear cloth shoes for upward
of eight months; and with other patients
the system has been so impregnated
with the poison that blisters have reap
peared at intervals, not only on the feet,
but on the hands, ears, etc, for more
than three years. There was no doubt
as to the cause and method of this blood
poisoning, for the blisters first came in
stripes corresponding to the colored
stripes on the stockings, and the laun-
dresses complained of the irritation and
infamed condition of their hands after
washing these poisonous articles \
Scotch lady who suffered from like
cause brought a successful suit against
the firm which supplied her with the
goods, and it was formally announced
Bv them that henceforth the use Of
arsenic in the composition of the dyes
would be discontinued.
Year: 1875

On Saturday afternoon, about tht
time the frigate Repulse was getting un-
der way, large fish was seen by the
natives of Waikiki rapidly approaching
the bay. As he neared the reef he
cleared it with one leap of fully 200 feet,
and skinned over the shallow water
inside, until he landed high and dry on
the sand-beach, directly in front Of Mr..
j. w. Pfuger's seaside cottage. Here
he was seized by a native, who, hOWev-
er, was unable to hold him, and the
huge fish floundered about till he final
ly got into the water. A crowd of ma
tives cOrralled him, and the water near
shore being too shallow to allow him to
use his fins to any advantage, they soon
killed him with an AK. 1t proved to
be aspecies of the sword-fish, measuring
eight feet in length, while his sword
measures thirty-six inches. The latter
may be seen in our office. He appears
to have been frightened by the Repulse,
and shot like an arrow through the water
and over the reef, with such extraordinary
speed that he could not stop till out OF
his native element and high on the land.
Those who witnessed it say that it was a
most exciting scene.


These sword-fishes are very powerful.
We remember of Capt. Stone telling OF
an incident which occurred while he was
running the brig Josephine, between this
port and Jarvis Island, about 1858. The
brig was an extraordinary sailor, and
while going at her full speed, ten miles
an hour, she was struck directly under
the stern counter with such a shock as to
lar the whole vessel and to awaken the
captain out of sound sleep, who sup
posed that the brig had struck a whale
or reef. Immediately the pumps
were started, but there was no water in
the hold. On returning to port the
brig was hove out, to find the cause OF
the shock, when, near the stern-post,
imbeded in the thick plank, the blade OF
sword-fsh was found, fully twenty
inches in length. To have hit the brig
under the counter, the fish must have
been going in the same direction as the
vessel; and one may imagine the speed
with which it moved to have plunged
its sword twenty inches through the
planking. 1t must have been going a
the rate of twenty or twenty-five miles
an hour, and evidently intended to hi
the brig, supposing it to have been
whale. From this one can get fain
idea of the fights which take place
among the monsters of the deep.-H0
! ,,oI,,I1I Cy0zeffe
Year: 1875

charge.


HOW GREAT FORTUNES WERE MADE. {.


If there is any thing in example, then
we are brought by this question to see
the power of little things. Here is the
pedagogue Stewart transformed into
the merchant prince by the very same
rule which made the once poor boy
Stephen Whitney the possessor of ten
millions. The Goelets, the Lenoxes,
the Vanderbilts, the Shorelanders, and
the Rosevelts all commenced small.
The principle on which they began was
one that insured success. Jay Gould,
the present magnate of Wall Street, was
once an obscure leather dealer. 1t is an
astonishing fact that no great estates
have been made in this city since the
extraordinary prevalence of fashion.
Permanent success is impossible when
the great object is show rather than
substance
Year: 1875

The greatest merchant in the world
bears one exceptional mark of peculiar


character l will explain by saying that
4. T. Stewart never was a clerk. He
was. in fact, not bred to any business,


but came to America an educated young
man, whose expectations were to be-
come Z teacher. He found employment
in this business until he was Instructive
" led to the dry goods trade, which he
has pursued to his present greatness.
Clafin was a clerk near Worcester, and
Subsequently became dry goods retail
er in that thriving town, whence he
came TO this city as a partner in the
firm of Bulkley & Claflin. As Stewart
never had any business education to pre-
pare him for a mercantile career, we
see more wildly the power of his ge-
MUS in creating vast business, and or
daining a system of government such as
the world has never seen equaled. 1t IS,
perhaps, because Stewart has never
been a clerk that he has so little SYM
pathvwith this unfortunate class. He
has the reputation of being a very hard
task-master, and / have been told that
one of his rules is never to give employ


ment to any one who has ever left his
Year: 1875

Away up on the hill that overlooks Ma


Piles stands the Carthusian monastery of
San MARITIME. The monks who onceinhab-
tied the glorious paIace-for it is moth


ing less-were men Of noble birth and
vast fortune. The church is now one Of
the most magnificent in Italy. Agate


jasper lapislszuli, amethyst, Egyptian
granite and fossil wood, together With
marble Of every tint, are so blended in
mossics that line the whole edifce, and
the carvings are so rich and graceful
that the interiors of some of the chapels
seem like Eden bowers transfxed by a
miracle and frozen into stone. And in
this spot lived o brotherhood who came
from the first circles OF society and
buried themselves in this gorgeous tomb,
for it was little else. The monks took
vow Of perpetual silence, lived apart, ate
apart, and met only for the unsocial
hours of prayer, when each was wrapped
in his own meditation, and no one ut
tered syllable. Each of the little cells
where they slept had small window or
closet communicating with one Of the
corridors, and in this closet was placed
the frugal meal which was then taken
into the cell and eaten in solitude.
Every quarter Of an hour bell struck
to remind the listeners that they were so
much nearer to their death. In the
garden the railings are ornamented with
marble skulls, and the only sounds that
used to disturb this splendid solitude
we're the tread of sandaled feet, the rus.
tie Of long white robes or the clang of
the bell that tolled off their solemn lives
in brief moments, that yet might have
seemed long to them. These monks,
like most others in Italy, have been
driven from their retreat and all their
treasures confscated by Victor EN-
manuel.
Year: 1875

TalleyFand as an Eater and Sleeper.


The Prince de Talleyrand was not only
by nature, but by habit most extraor.
dinary being. 1t is said that be tasted
of food but once day, and then at din
ner time, when he ate enormously. To
prepare this meal to his liking, ten men
were regularly employed in his kitchen
Among them we're four chefs-the rotis-
seur, the saueier, the patissier and the
officer. The business of the last was to
superntend the preparation of the des-
sert, the ices, and the confitures The
dinner produced by this staff of skillful
artists was not only exquisite in its ma
terial and appointments but every dish
was chosen with regard to its special
adaptation to the Princes health. The
essence of everything that was nutritious
was presented in the form most d.
gestible by an in6rm stomach. The
prince was accustomed to taste Of every
dish placed before him, following each
mouthful with sip of the finest wine.
1t was said by those who knew him that
the prolongation of his life was owing to
the talent of his cook rather than TO that
of his physician. The prince was pos
sessed OF an immense fortune, and the
expense of his living was unrestricted
His cook was allowed to spend an un-
limited amount on the table, and was
frequently asked why no lerger sums
were used. The prince was the only one
of the whole French nobility able to
maintain the luxury common among
them before the revolution, and his table
was unequaled in France in cost and
elegance.


The capacity of Talleyraud to live
upon one meal day was matched by
his ability to do without sleep His
pulse regularly intermitted, pausing at
every sixth beat, and to this strange cir
cumstance he ascribed his habitually
slight need of rest. Two or three hours
at most were all that he gave to sleep
His bed was made with deep slope in
the middle, rising equally at the head
and at the feet. At four he will 90 to
bed, sitting nearly bolt upright in his
bed, with innumerable night-caps on his
head to keep it warm, as he said, and
feed his intellect with blood, bat in fact
to prevent his injuring the seat Of
knowledge if he tumbled on the ground;
and he sits upright from his tendency to
apoplexy, which would no doubt seize
him if perfectly recumbent, We may
remember the newspapers stating he, was
found few years ago, his head having
dropped from his pillow, so drowned in
blood that no feature was to be seen.
Although he goes to bed so late, at six
or seven at latest he wakes and sends
for his attendants.
Year: 1875

"aiohspurB NMO.l NeWs,l


Yesterday morning Messrs. Riley and
Straight determined to test the cooked
locust question, in regard to its adapt
ability as food for the human stomach,
Without much waste Of cere-
mony there were FIVE persons seated, and
we we're helped to soup which plainly
showed its locust origin and tasted like
chicken soup, and it was good. After
seasoning was added, we could distin-
guish delicate mushroom flavor, and it
Year: 1875




A Commercial reporter saw at the estab-
liShmeut Of NJ. Shultz, No. 10 Plum
street, yesterday afternoon, a street car run
lot by horses, not by steam, but hy air.
Ii Is the invention Of Mr.. J. II. Rice, of
Clark county, Kentucky, and has received
considerable attention from, our street rail
road men.


The motive power is compressed air,
acting IN the same manner as steam upon
any ordinary engine. The seats Of the car
are the air reservoirs, doing away with the
expense Of all the bottom framing of the
car. 1t Is calculated that with a pressure
of one hundred and fifty pounds the
car may be run over the entire line
of any street railroad in the
city. The engines. two in number.
small in dimensions, and working at right
angles, can be stopped quicker than a horse
can be halted. Running at a speed of 800
strokes a Minute, they can be stopped with
IN three Strokes of the driver. The air
pressure will prOpel the car up any grade
lhaJ 10 dr horses can pull it, and on the
doWLI grade seventy-fiVe per cent. Of the
pr essure is recovered. Instead of applying
the ordinary car-bTake TO the surface Of the
wheels, On down grades. a racket-eccentric





thrown ont Of gear on up grades, and re-
placed on descending grades, acting upon a
pump on the bottom Of the car. at every
revolution of the ca wheels the pressure to
hold the wheels is discharged into the re-
ceiver Ohe seats of the carr 10 order that it
may be returned TO the engine as pTOpelling
power to be used again. The apparatus is
intended to be applied to all ordinary street
cars, and takes up no more room than the
driver occupies on the horse cars. The
machinery is very simple and can be man
aged by any person Of common intelligence.
1t would Of course very materially reduce
the expenses Of Street Railroad Companies.
The question is whether it viii do as well
on the street as it does in the shop, and
whether it will not frighten horses. 1t is
claimed that it will make no noise, but
those who know ali about animals say it is
not the noise Of escaping steam that sCares
animals, but they don't like anything to
come toward them whose motive power
they cannot trace TO brute force.


We understand some Of the Street rail-
road men are negotiating with Rice for the
purchase Of the invention, and will give it
a public trial on one Of the downtown
lines some night this week.
Year: 1875

In a paper recently laid before Par
lament, the Secretary Of the British
Legation at Rio Janeiro mentions a
fact Illustrative Of the influence of for
ests on rain. The gradual growth of
that city has resulted in the destruc-
ton during the last thirty or forty
years Of extensive forests which for
merly surrounded it. The result is
that the rains which used to fall nearly
every day from December TO March,
have almost entirely ceased, and the
yellow fever is much more prevalent
than formerly. Now the people of Rio
are planting trees in the hope of bring
ing the climate back to its normal con-
ditiOn,
Year: 1875

The report that Secretary Delano
had been requested to resign is stirring
up a great deal Of denial and explana-
ton. The reported misconduct upon
which the rumor was based is not de-
MED, however.
Year: 1875

OSHKOSH, April 19.-TO-day was the
time set apart by the Second Adventists Of
Oshkosh for the world to burn up, and
much to their disappointment the perform
ance did not come off. One woman be-
came so excited over the matter that she
has gone crazy,
Year: 1875

The rumors in regard to the starting Of a
Democratic daily here have at last taken
shape, a formal announcement being made
this afternoon, that such paper will appear
as an evening journal, between the lst and
10Th Of next month.
Year: 1875

There are TUmors, which seem to be of
more than ordinary significance, to the ef-
feet that Attorney General Williams will
leave the Cabinet in a short time. The in
formation in this case comes from gentle
men who pretend to have received it from
some government officials in New York
City, with the further statement that a
very prominent lawyer in that place is to
succeed Mr.. Williams.
Year: 1875

a railroad Is very different thing
This is essentially private corporation,
and through aid has been extended
in the past to such, 1t has been
given under the auspices Of q party
which has shown ere7y indication OF
desire to break away from constitutional
safeguards, and centrahze the govern
ment. We will not take time to reason
about such matters as the evils which
these subsidies have produced, such as
the Credit Mobilier, &c,) nor the adj
dition to the public burdens in case the
nronosed road should tail. Certainly ifit
will pay us handsomely as the promoters
of the scheme assert, private capital can
readily be raised to carry it on, and there
is certsinly this great principle (call it
Bourbon ifyou will to be met Can
Democratic House consistently vote for
such a work? That is the important
question to be answered.
Year: 1875

The Southern Pacific Railway Con-
vention assembled according to our dis
patches, yesterday in St. Louis. The OBJ
iect of SAID Convention is to construct
railway along the 32nd. parallel of latl
tude to the Pacific Coast, to connect
with certain Eastern lines under the
manar cmcnt of Colonel THOMAS A.
ScoTr. The obIect in constructing said
road is said TO be to develop the Southern
States, and the chief object of the con-
venton is to get up an influence to induce
Congress to guarantee the interest on its
bonds. We notice that many southern
newspapers are opposed to the scheme
iuasmuch as they declare that the road
will simply skirt the South, and so far
from doing it good, will work a positive
injury in drawing trade away from that
section and building up northern cities.
On the other hand, it is claimed that the
road will be of great aid in developing
the immense resources of the southern
states. and thereby the whole country
will be greatly benefited; that the South
impoverished by the late war rs unable
of herself 10 take an active part IN the
enterprise, and therefore the Govern
ment ought to help her. We are not
prepared TO state how far any of these
arguments are tenabc nor do we pre-
sumc that the construction of this road
would confer more than II general benefit
upon West Virginia, But we can
not Cor the life of us, see
how Democratic House can be
expected to vote the enormous subsidy
$4,000 mile we belevel for this i'm
provement. One of the basis principles
ot the Democratic party is opposition to
works OF internal improvement by the
General Government. Democrats are





position of that party, that this sort of
action is unwarrauted by the Constitu.
ton inasmuch as it places too much
power in the nands of the
General Government. 1t is regarded
by some as stretch Of that
instrument f,r the Government to
improve the navigation even of its
rivers; but these being natural water
courses, and means of Interstate COM
merce which cannot very well be classi.
fed under the general head of works Of
internal Improvement, we can under
stand how they can come within the
province of the attention of the Govern
ment st large But the construction of