i-J-!'
. h,A4qP3iaCw'
' -"v-3.
y-t
'"
.-r
tvV
LANCASTER DAILY INTELLIGENCER, SATURDAY. FEBRUARY 21, 1880.
Lancaster Intelligencer.
SATURDAY EVENING, FEB. 21, 1880.
The Oil Producers' Surrender.
The Oil Producers' Union'accempanies
its surrender te the Standard oil company
with a pretest which shows that the
Union feels that it has net done a very
noble thing, and that it needs a place te
put the blame of it. It declares
that it throws down its arms and accepts
the Standard's terms because ;the state
administration of Pennsylvania, in its
legislative, executive and judicial de
partments, sought te thwart its efforts te
bring its enemies te justice. The "Union"
declares that the attorney general of the
.state has net acted faithfully in the inter
est which the law put upon him te
defend, but that he delayed the
taking of testimony and the prog
ress of the suit against the Stand
ard. They charge that Governer Heyt
purposely " failed for many months te
either grant or deny the requisition for
criminals indicted for crimes within the
commonwealth of Pennsylvania,f ugitives
from justice te ether states." They say
that some of the judges of the supreme
court by extraordinary action delayed
and prevented the trial of an indictment
for misdemeanor in a lower court against
the Standard people. And they attribute
te the alarming and dangerous influence
of corporations these impediments thrown
iu their read by the servants of the state
in every department of the government.
They answer that the result forced upon
them by these influences was inevitable
and net te be successfully fought against ;
but while thus declaring they say that
the contest is net ever and their object
net attained ; and that they will continue
te maintain the subordination of corpor
ations te the will of the people and te
denounce the system of freight discrimi
nations, which they have just agreed, in
their compact with the Standard, shall
be continued by that company.
The allegations thus presented against
the administration of justice in .Pennsyl
vania are of the most serious kind, and
if there is fair ground for believing that
they are well founded, the people of the
state must be aroused te the rottenness
of their government. Just think what is
charged ; it is that the representatives
of a great industry in the state have been
unable te secure theprotectien which the
laws give them, by reason of the interpo
sition of the governor, the attorney
general and some of the judges
of the supreme court te protect
accused criminals from the punishment
for their crimes and te bar the recovery
of damages due te unlawful acts. It is
absolutely fearful te contemplate this
wholesale indictment of the machinery
of justice in Pennsylvania, and te feel,
moreover, as we have geed reason te feel,
that it is well founded. The suits of the
oil men have, we all knew, suffered delay
after delay for which no geed reason
existed. There should have been the
promptest action taken te remedy
what was an existing evil of great
magnitude ; and it would be disgrace
ful te the cede of procedure in
Pennsylvania if it was net possible
for an earnest attorney gencr.il te have
obtained a decision in this matter be
tween the state and a corporation in less
than the two or three years that it has
been pending in the courts without hav
ing get beyond the initial proceeding of
taking the testimony. That the gover
nor has failed te act upon the demand
made for a requisition for some of the
criminals we also knew ; and that for
this there is no probable justification.
That the supreme court, through
some of its members, has interfered
with the trial of accused criminals in'a
county court, is a fact ; the only question
being as te the motive of these judges in
se doing. The effect of their action cer
tainly was te favor the accused ; that
it was unprecedented action is also
true; and that the supreme
court, as te some of its members,
is under grave suspicion of being under
corporation influence, is net te be dis
puted. It may be that it is wrongly ac
cused. It may be that the governor and
the attorney general are wrongly charged.
If se, let it be shown, in heaven's name.
These grave accusations are grossly li
belous if they are net true. Let the
Producers' Union be required te make
them geed. It offers its service in a
continued fight against the encroach
ments of corporations ; but its offer,
coming after it has just thrown down
its le'aded gun, pointed at a cornered en
emy, is net of the most valuable kind.
These men are after money, which they
love mere than principle. But if their
bold talk is true talk the people will fight
out the fight without them. Let them
prove their words.
The stake that the Democrats have in
unseating "Washburn, of Minnesota, and
putting Ignatius Dennelly into his place
thus securing a majority of that state's
delegation in the Heuse is a big one,
but net such a one as will justify any
subversion of the popular will, nor in the
end accomplish any advantage for the
party. It does net seem likely that Don Den
nelly was fairly elected in a state se
strongly Republican as Minnesota, nor
against a man se popular as "Washburn.
If he was net elected he should net be
admitted, Republican precedents te the
contrary notwithstanding. The policy
of the proposed oust of "Washburn is
worse than the principle. He is the most
popular man in his state, and his exclu
sion from a seat te which he was electe
would create a deep resentment and wide
spread indignation. Dennelly is unpop
ular and very much of a blatherskite ;
he is, of course, entitled te his legal
rights, but te no ether consideration.
Anether victory for the machine has
occurred in New Yerk city, where the
delegates te the Republican state con
vention are reported te be as solid for
Grant and as potential te control the
Utica convention as the Philadelphia
delegation was able te control the Har
risburg convention in the Cameren in
terest. Pennsylvania, New Yerk and a
solid Seuth will settle it.
When" the dozing muse of the Intel
ligencer's bard wakes from her leth
argy, and especially when moved to"con te"con
cord of sweet sounds)" by such a theme as
her favorite ground-hog's prophecies, she
can reel off poetry that the "Pirates of
Penzance " would be glad te steal.
The Examiner denies that $2,000 was
the amount sent by Quay te Lancaster te
help Demuth's election. It may have
been $1, QUO. "We will net quarrel with
our esteemed contemporary ever the $10
difference. Its authority is about as re
liable as its statement that " there is net
a Democrat in the city who does net
knew, and one-half of them publicly
glory in it, that they wen se largely by
the lavish and criminal use of money."
MINOR TOPICS.
It is proposed te remove the Lutheran
theological seminary from Gettysburg,
Pa., te Harrisburg.
"What has become of Billy Snyder, late
Greenback candidate for the Legislature,
and mere recently Republican watcher at
the Eighth ward polls, and prospective
chief of police under Mayer Bering's ad ad
minstratien '.' His down-town fiiends
haven't seen him since Tuesday.
Theme's mere trouble brewing in the
Ninth ward. The '-Rough Diamond," the
Era's favorite, secured a vote for Bering
and the " fleet-footed Andy " by premising
te send the free and independent voter a
barrel of potatoes as seen as the election
was ever. The potatoes have net yet been
received bv the voter, who premises te
make things lively for the " Rough Dia
mend " if they are net immediately forth
coming and they must net be small pota
toes either.
Tin: Ejiiscejml lleyister says : " There is
nothing mere dangerous than the habit of
seeking the exact lines of demarcation be
tween lawful and forbidden indulgences.
The object of the Christian should be
'growth in grace,' net present enjoyment.
Mere especially in this holy season of Lent
should all the energies of his mind and the
affections efhis heart be directed towards
these things which will promote his spirit
ual life, se that the business and pleasures
of this world may net receive mere than
their due share of attention."'
The Sunday Scheel Times says : " A re
cent traveler in India, in describing an
elaborate heathen temple ceremonial of
which she was a witness, notes only two
facts about the musicians present that
they were ' dressed in most gaudy red
cloaks,' and that they 'made a most deaf
ening noise.' These two characteristics
of the leaders of temple music arc net
wholly unknown in Christian countries.
"Why net give te the pagans a monopoly
of the ideas that loud singing and geed
singing arc synoirymeus, or that choirs add
by the conspicuous style of their dress, te
the devotional effect of the hymns they
sing .'''
The Xalienul Baptist says: "It can
hardly be tee deeply impressed en the
Christian and en the worldly, that it is net
necessary te take any positive and active
steps in order te ensure the most lamenta
ble results. The parent need net actively
mislead his children ; the teacher need net
positively inculcate error ; the pastor need
net preach false doctrine ; it is only need
ful te neglect, te keep silence, te let things
take their own course. The Christian
neighbor, the Christian mechanic, has no
need te de any harm te neighbors, associ
ates, fellow-workmen ; let them alene ;
neglect them ; and they will surely be
lest.
PERSONAL.
Madame Taixe, the wife of the author
has, is is reported, just died.
As the Grant men have carried the pri
maries in the bailiwick of Geerge "Wil
liam Curtis, he may net be a delegate te
the New Yerk convention.
Miss Eads, the daughter of the Missis
sippi jetties engineer, is te be married
next week, in St. Leuis, te General Haz
ard, a prosperous American living in Liver
pool. Ex-Congressman Daxfektii, who was
injured in a railroad accident near Bcllairc,
Ohie, and whose wounds were reported te
be of a fatal character, was indeed sc sc
rieuly hurt about the head, but net fatally.
Scner Castelar receives his friends
every week at his modest house iu Madrid ;
but according te Spanish custom no supper
is offered. The guests simply sit round
the room of the great orator, smoke their
paper cigarettes, and listen te his sparkling
wit and brilliant conversation.
Hen. Clakksex N. Pettek, having for
many years done legal work for Union
college, New Yerk, which, it is estimated,
has saved the college $250,000, and having
refused pay for the same, the trustees
have made an estimate of the sum he has
earned and set the money aside for a
Clarksen N. Petter scholarship.
Queen "Victeria, in opening Parliament
in late years, takes en the appearance of
robes of state but net the robes themselves.
She wears her ordinary widow's dress and
the royal robes arc outspread upon the
throne. After she seats herself, it is the
office of the Princess Beatrice te pull the
corners of the robes ever the skirt of her
mother's gown.
Dr. Evans, of Paris, the famous Ameri
can dentist who took it se ill when Mr.
Evarts goed-naturedly alluded te him as a
person " te whom the greatest potentates,
usually se reticent, had freely opened their
mouths," has just been consoling himself
by plugging and boring away at the teeth
of the Crown Princess of Germany, in her
villa at Pigli. near Genea.
There has been no creation of a peerage
in Lord Beaconsfield's administration
since Lord Norten's in 1878, nor efa
baronetcy since Sir Andrew Buchanan's in
1870. There are new 577 peers or peeresses
and 805 baronets, making a little ever
1,400 persons who are possessed of heredi
tary dignities out of a population of thirty
odd millions.
Mr. SeTnEnx has been among the most
generous of theatrical donors in the Irish
relief cause ; he sent $500 with a simple
line stating the fact, and naming his
address, that he might knew that the
check had been received. "Ged knows I
would have given much mere, " he writes
te a friend, " but I couldn't iu justice te
ethers. "
Bennett the yeunger.as he is still called,
is nearing middle age. He dresses plain
ly, but with care. His complexion is of a
lobster-like redness, and he has a cold,
suspicious blue eye the eye of a canny
Scot, reserved, and distrustful. His hands
and feet are cold small and aristocratic
the result, in part, of the great care that
was taken of them in his childhood by the
direction of his mother, who was very
proud of her little son's geed points, and
saw that he was always properly shed.
A grand banquet was given in Paris at
the Continental hotel in honor of General
Lucius Fair-child, the newly appointed
minister te Spain. Nearly one hundred
and thirty guests were present in the
superb Salle des Fetes. Nearly half of
them were ladies. Mr. Hitt, charge
d'affaires, presided in the absence of
General Noyes. On his right sat General
Fairchild, Mrs. Lucy H. Heeper, Mr.
Richard II. Daua, Majer General Reynolds,
Paymaster Rocker, United States navy,
and General Read. On his left were Mrs.
Fairchild, J. J. Ryan, chairman of the
executive committee ; Senater Feucber de
Careil, Dr. Evans, and Dr. Johnstone.
Dr. Bexjamix Bhandketii, the propri
etor of the famous " Brandrcth's Pills, "
died en Friday at Sing Sing, in the seventy-second
year of his age. He was of
English birth, and came te New Yerk ip
1833. With the pittance in his pocket
book he purchased of a chemist te make
of the pills which have since become iden
tified with his name just enough te fur
nish a dozen boxes, which he peddled off.
The notoriety of the plucky young Eng
lishman who peddled his pills, and the
favor which they found, seen enabled him
te open a small office. He determined te
appropriate a portion of his profits te ad
vertising purposes. Net long age Dr.
Brandreth estimated that since the date of
his first advertisement he had expended
$1,000,000 in his advertisements through
out the whole country.
opposed te the thikd tekji.
Republicans In Philadelphia Organizing
Against the Grant Movement.
A halt in the third term business is
about te be called in Philadelphia which,
if disregarded by the Grant managers, will
prove a rock upon which the Grant party
in the state will be stranded. An
anti-third term organization has
just been formed there under the
name of the National Republican
League. Its members cemprise many
of the wealthiest and most intelligent Re
publicans of the city, and it is their inten
tion seen te call a mass meeting at the
Academy of Music of Republicans opposed
te a third term for Grant. At that meet
ing steps will be taken te put an anti-third
term ticket in the field. This ticket will
embrace candidates for each senatorial
and legislative district in the city ; candi
dates for district attorney, comptroller,
coroner and clerk of sessions, an anti
Grant electoral ticket and anti
Graut candidates for Congress. At the
election Tuesday Independent Republican
tickets were run in seven of the twenty
six wards that elect ceuncilmcn. These
Independent tickets aggregated about 8,
500 votes, and if the same result were
reached iu each of the thirty-one wards in
the city it would give the anti-Grant
ticket 35,000 votes next November or
fully half of the entire Republican vote.
The anti-Grant spirit is aroused in Phila
delphia, and unless Grant is set aside
there will be a political funeral, at which
the only mourners will be the third term
conspirators.
A Story of Henry Clay.
Bosten Traveler,
"When Henry Clay ran, for the first time,
for Congress, he was billed te address an
assembly in the open air. A vast crowd
had convened te hear the young orator,
and conspicuous above all rose the tall form
of Jim Burnim, a rough, with an unenvia
viable reputation and a great personal en
emy of Clay's, owing te repeated defeats
sustained by him from Clay in his political
aspirations. When Clay had commenced his
address Burnim placed himself directly
opposite te him in the crowd and annoyed
the speaker continually by interruptions
and personal remarks, but chiefly by hiss
ing every geed point Clay produced.
Ne matter hew smooth and lucid his
streams of oratory might be, or hew forci
ble his argument, Burnim was ready at the
finis with his insulting hiss : This con
tinued until Clay could stand it no longer
and when, after a particularly pungent
thrust at the morality of the Anti-Federalists,
he was greeted with the indomitable
silent howl of Burnim he turned savagely
te him and with flashing eyes delivered
this cutting speech :
"Mr. Burnim, when your last hour has
come and your evil, sinful soul has sought
the dark shades of hell ; when standing
there before its sulphureus gates, your
spirit, charred with sin, awaits admittance,
Satan, glowing in his crimson majesty,
shall ask vassals gathered around him
who it is that, stands outside his portals,
and when he's told that you arc there he'll
rise, and, with a leek of dark disgust, cry
te his waiting menials : ' Ge, take the
slave and burn him till he hiss ! "
LATEST NEWS BY MAIL.
In Atlantic, Iowa, D. T. Gilman & Ce.'s
grain elevator was burned with 00,000
bushels of com. The adjoining crib, with
CO, 000 bushels, was also consumed.
Hanlan offers te put up $2,000 that he
can beat any man in the world five sec
onds in a five-mile race en Terente bay,
the race te take place in June or July, and
has deposited $500 forfeit as an earnest of
the genuineness of the offer.
A call for a national convention of starch
manufacturers has been issued, te meet in
Cincinnati en March 3. It will be attended
by all the principal starch manufacturers
in the United States, representing a capital
of $100,000,000.
The miners of Piedmont, "W. Va.,
demand an increase of sixty-five cents per
ten, and have refused te compromise. The
miners are receiving letters from the Penn
sylvania coal regions urging them te stand
by their demands. Indications point te a
general strike en Monday.
The contract for the building of another
fifty miles of the Texas and Pacific railroad
extension west of "Weatherford has been
let. The iron and ether material, and a
complete outfit for the telegraph line from
Fert Werth te Weatherford, is en hand,
and trains will be running te the latter
place by the first of April.
In Cincinnati a fire broke out in the car
riage manufactory of Jehn Roberts, Ne.
132 Race street. It caused a less of $10,
000, covered by insurance. Victer Burn
ham & Ce., occupants of the adjoining
building, were damaged te the amount of
$4,000 en their stock of wall paper, etc. ;
insurance, $4,300 in the Londen assuiance
corporation of Londen.
A large Broadway warehouse near
White street, was burned last night, and
the reef fell in while the firemen were at
work upon it. All but two escaped, but
their cscape was the narrowest possible.
The two who lest their lives were plunged
into the mass of flames raging in the inte
rior of the building. The total less of
property if estimated at $850,000, a large
part of which is covered by insurance.
In all the districts of New Yerk except
one delegates te Utica were elected last
evening. Of these forty-seven are believed
te be for Grant and eight for Blaine, with
one doubtful; but it is impossible te
classify all with absolute exactness at this
time. Delegates were cheses in seven
Kings county districts ; all of these were
for Grant except in the 2d district, where
there was a contesting delegation. In
Queans county four Grant delegates were
elected. Delegates were also elected in
Lewis, Cayuga, Chautauqua and Essex
counties. Mr. Blaine if the favorite with
most of the delegates from these coun
ties. Wm. Terriu, aged 79, a pauper at the
town farm of Corinth, Vt., was murdered
yesterday morning by Aaren Ferrin, an
other pauper, aged 70, who nearly severed
his head from his body with an axe and
afterward cut his own threat. Ferrin was
evidently insane. He left a note saying he
had te kill Terrill because he received
mere attention that himself, and that he
must afterwards either kill himself or be
hung.
About a month age the residence of
"William "Worrell, near Claysville, was
burned. The fact that it was an incendi
ary fire was evident then, but ether par
ticulars efa startling character have lieen
developed recently. It seems James "Wor
rell, son of "Wm. Worrell, was engaged in
Washington county, but net having the
means te marry en, he undertook te de
stroy his father and sister that he could
come into possession of the property and
realize his wishes. Before setting tire te
the house he locked his sister in one room
and tied his father in another. Fortunate
ly a servant discovered them in time te
save their lives. Yeung "Worrell is twenty
one years of age, highly educate d and the
family are highly respected.
STATJfl ITEMS.
Between Easten and Bethlehem there
are fourteen completed blast furnaces, and
one in progress of erection. Of the four
teen finished stacks; thirteen are in blast,
the Bethlehem iron company being out of
repairs. The new stack is being erected
by the Gleuden iron company.
The Produce Exchange, of Philadelphia,
intend te push dealers in oleomargarine
who sell the stuff as pure butter. Yesterday
warrants were issued for the arrest of
thirtv wholesale dealers, many of them
prominent in the produce business. They
will be arrested te-day and given hcar
ngs en the charge of violating the law,
which provides that no article having the
appearance of butter shall be sold as such
unless it is genuine.
Judge Pearson, of Dauphin county,
under the act of 1834, has concluded te
exercise his discresieu in the matter of
granting tavern licenses from and after the
January term of 1881. After the April
term of this year is ever the court will fix
the number of houses they will license iu
narrisburg and Dauphin county, and
grant none beyond that number. But for
the fact that most if net all the applicants
had made their leases, he would have en
forced his discretionary power this year.
T. D. Hoever, a delegate te Cameren's
convention from Fayette county, who was
instructed for Blaine, and took part in
supporting the Grant pregramme, lias
been recommended by the collector of in
ternal revenue for the Fayette district for
appointment as a storekeeper, a position
worth about $5 per day. Gentlemen who
were present at the convention say that a
number of federal officers were there,
prominently among them the collector of
the pert of Philadelphia and several col
lectors of internal revenue, who, it is un
derstood, agreed te carry out any agree
ment that might be made te secure such
delegates as might be inimical te the
Grant pregramme.
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.
SCIENCE VS. SUPEKST1TION.
Philosophy and Poetry Combined.
During the early winter and en the first
of February, many notices appeared in the
papers te the effect that roses, pansics,
dandelions and ether flowers were bloom
ing in the open gardens. When Candle
mas came, cold and clear, superstitious
peeple prepared for six weeks of cold
weather because "the ground-hog had
seen his shadow." The fears of these
people were, te some extent, dissipated by
an able paper published in the Intelli
gencer entitled, "Ground-Heg Philose
phy." This was supplemented by a state
ment in the newspapers that blue-birds,
potato-bugs, grass-hoppers and butterflies
had appeared, and that the crocus, snow
drop and ether spring Mowers were in
bloom. These evidences of spring seemed
te entirely dispose of the ground-hog su
perstitien ; when all at once, comes along
another Arctic wave and snow storm, and
with them came the Pirates of Penzance,
and the following poem, net written by
Mr. Gilbert :
l round-Heg Philosophy.
BY ARCTOHYS MOJfAX.
Le : the mercury, descending near te zero
Near te zero !
Tells of frost that chills the hluc-hird's cheer
ful strain
Cheerful strain!
While the Colerado beetle, dead as Nero Nere
Dead as Xere !
Lies a hapless cer.-ie upon the frozen plain plain
Frezen plain!
And the hopper-gross, with legs se long and
and slender!
Has learned, alas ! tee late, he came tee seen-
Came tee seen !
And the butterfly, with wings of gauzy splen"
splendor :
Is grieving for his ulster his cocoon
His cocoon !
And the crocus, and the hardy little violet
Little violet !
And thcsnow-diepand the "lily of the plain"
Of the plain!
They arc sighing for some sunny Southern
islet !
Where they may bloom and "fructify '" again
Fie,! again !
The silly Jehnny-juuip-up and the daisy
And the daisy !
The sturdy dandelion with yellow-bloom
Yellow bloom !
And a dozen ether upstarts', vain and crazy
Vain and crazy !
Sought distinction and applause, and found a
tomb !
Found a tomb !
But the ground-hog early sought his winter
euarters
Winter quarters!
Fer he knew the Arctic wave would reach our
shores
Reach our shores !
Se he dozes in his hole, with sous and daughters-eons
and daughters !
Ner cares a fig hew long the tempest roars rears
Tempest rears !
Fer when the blustering Ides of Starch are
are ever!
"And nature shall accomplish all the
Spring"
All the spring !
He will leave his hole and revel in the clever
In the clever!
" While blossoms blew and birds in bushes
sing"
Bushes sing :
Collector Appointed.
A note from Rev. T. N. Allen, pastor in
charge of the Zion A. M. E. church, states
that Rev. Matthew M. Diggs is authorized
te collect funds for the benefit of the
church.
Police Cases.
Alderman McConemy committed this
morning for ten days each, two drunken
and disorderly men, ne of whom hailed
from Coatesville and the ether from Philadelphia.
THE OPERA.
"Pirate et Feasance " at Pulton Hall.
Very naturally the production of a new
work by Messrs. Gilbert and Sullivan was
hailed with a vast amount of popular in
terest, and the first query that was likely
te suggest itself te the average mind ea the
announcement that they had given a new
opera te the public, was, " Is it as geed as
'Pinafore ' '.' " Te satisfy themselves upon
this point an audience that almost filled
the lower part of Fulton opera house as
sembled last evening te witness the
initial production of " The Pirates
of Penzance" by a company organized
by Mr. D'Oyly Carte, the business mana
ager of Messrs. Gilbert and Sullivan, and
under their express direction and authority.
These gentlemen, profiting by their experi
ence with their earlier work, have reserved
all rights for the production of " The Pi
rates" in this country, and will be likely by
this course te reimburse themselves for the
comparatively meagre pecuniary return
that the voyage of the "Pinafore"
brought them, owing te the piratical pro
clivities of the modern American manager.
The conclusion forced upon the unbiased
spectator and auditor of last night's pre
sentation of the new opera is, despite the
claims that have been made for it iu the
metropolitan press, that it is never going
te attain that peculiar popularity that
made "Pinafore" famous. At the
same time we are free te admit that the
possibilities of the work, neither in its
music nor its humor, were fully developed
in last night's performance. The libretto
of "The Pirates of Penzance" is irresisti
bly funny, but withal its humor does net
seem te be of the spontaneous character
that distinguished its predecessor. By far
the greater portion of last night's audi
ence, m all probability, lauirhed mere after
they get home and thought the matter
ever than they did while witnessing the
absurd scenes being enacted before their
eyes ; while thii could net truthfully have
been said of "Pinafore." which convulsed
the average audience with merriment dur
ing its progress. The satire of "The
Pirates" is subtler, the humor deeper, and
it was exasperating te observe that
many of the brightest points with which
the new opera sparkles from beginning te
end appeared te be unnoticed by the audi
ence, who were, however by way of illus
tration net slew te catch the point of a
neatly carried out pun en " orphan " and
"often," which they accorded the commen
dation denied te manyjfar worthier com
panions. Leeking at the new opera from a
standpoint regarding its merits as a musi
cal composition, it is at once seen that the
numbers will never become as popular
with the "masses" as the bright, car-taking
tunes of "that infernal nonsense
Pinafore," as one of the characters last
night described it. AVhy, a day after the
little nautical opera had its first produc
tion every gamin in the street was
whistling the "Buttercup" song with a
gusto calculated te astonish the composer ;
while there is net the slightest reason te
believe that our ears will be saluted with
the youngster's shrill and piercing notes in
the policemen's chorus, which met with
such an enthusiastic reception last night.
The music is bright and pretty, the
"Ilynm te Poetry," and the ode te the
"evening breeze," and the love duct, with
the "weather chorus" accompaniment,
and half a score of ethers that might be
named, being notably beautiful; and
though net se "catchy" as the "Pina
fore" airs, there is no questioning the
much higher order of the music. Mr. Sul
livan has given broader treatment
te the score, and the orchestration is at
many points of a quality that would de no
discredit te grand opera. While it pleases
the ear, it skillfully avoids the eli'ert te re
tain it in the memory long enough te be
able te give it an exact reproduction. One
may hear the opera the first time without
being immediately seized with a burning
desire te have a performance of it in one's
own parlor and by one's own particular
"set."
Much of the humor of the piece is in Gil
bert's wildest and most cxtravagaut vein.
Nothing happens that could possibly have
occurred iu actual life, and yet it is all as
coherent as though it were true, like some
ridiculous dream, which doesn't seem a
bit ridiculous while you are dreaming it.
The very title shows the boldness of its ab
surdities ; the "pirates," who are declared
by their king in his opening sole te be the
" mildest-mannered men that ever cut a
threat or scuttled a ship," being
supposed te have their lair iu one of the
pretty towns en the west of England coast,
where Majer General Stanleg and the
British army arc quartered. This latter
personage is a sort of army dupli
cate of Sir Jeseph Perter, and one
of the funniest things in the opera is
the song in which he shows himself te pos
sess every kind of knowledgo except that
which is necessary te the fulfillment of
the duties of his position. This is what is
tecnnicauy Known as a "patter" song,
that is, a song in which the words must be
spoken with inconceivable rapidity and
distinctness. Hew difficult the words arc
te enunciate in this manner may be gather
ed from the following verse :
1 knew our mythic history, King Arthur's and
Sir Caradec's.
.1 answer hard acrostics, I've a pretty taste for
lummox ;
I quote in elegiacs, all the crimes of Hcliega-
balus.
In conies, I can fleer peculiarities parubelus.
I can tell undoubted Kaphacls from Gerard
Devv.i and Zeuanies,
I knew the creaking chorus from the " Frogs "
of Aristephanes.
Then I can hum a fugue of which I've heard
the music's din afore.
And whistle all the airs from that infernal
nonsense " Pinafore."
1 can write you out a washingbill in Babylenlc
cuneiform,
And tell you all the details of Caractacus's uni
form. In short, in matters vegetable, animal and
mineral,
I am the very model of a modern Mujer Gin
cral! The policemen's chorus achieved an
instantaneous success, likewise. The latter
are a band of doughty individuals, whose
conversation in unison and in unchanging
monotone is very funny. Prier te starting
en their enterprise te destroy the pirates
they indulge in a sole and chorus, the ser
geant singing the alternate lines, and the
ethers coming in with a deep bass refrain,
using their clubs as trumpets, which they
raise te their mouths with military pre
cision and appalling solemnity. Here is
a specimen verse :
When the lereinan bears his steel.
Ail (trumpeting) Tarantara, tarantara !
We uncomfortable feel ;
All Tarantara !
And we find the wisest thing.
All Tarantara, tarantara !
Is te slap our chests and sing.
All Taran tara 1
Fer when threatened with emcutes,
Axl Tarantara, tarantara !
And your heart is in your beets,
All Tarantara !
There is nothing brings it round.
All Tarantara, tarantara !
Like the trumpet's martial sound,
All Tarantara t
The swing of this number is extremely
pleasing, closely resembling the celebra
ted gendarme chorus in one of the bright
est of our modern French operas. It will
doubtless become ene of the popular airs
of the opera. Anether of the same kind
achieved an immediate success and was
imperatively re-demanded. One of the
verses runs as fellows :
Sebe. When the enterprising burglar's net a
burgling All net a-burgling ;
Seke. When the cutthroat isn't occupied in
crime
All pied in crime ;
Seru. He loves te hear the little brook a-gur-gling
All. brook a-burgling :
Seue. And listen te the meny village chime
All village chime.
Sere. When the cester's finished jumping en
his mother
All . en his mother.
Scieg. Ue loves telic a-basking in the sun
All in the sun :
Sep.e. Ah. take one consideration with an
other All with another,
Seue. The policeman's let is net a happy one
All happy one !
As indicated at the outset of this article
the possibilities of the opera were net fully
brought out. The only individual voice
which we feel at liberty te unreservedly
commend is Miss Minnie Walsh's, who, as
Jfabel, was as pretty and engaging a here
iuc as could be desired, and her voice is of
excellent compass and texture, here stac
cato notes being true as a bell,
and her execution of the difficult sole
in which she first appears en the scene
bringing down the house in a deserved en
core. She scored the success of the even
ing. Owing te the sudden illness of the
lady cast for the part of Hut ft, the prac
tical maid-of-all-work, the manage
ment were compelled te make a substitu
tion for that character, and it need only be
said that it was an unfortunate one,
and en several occasions came
near mixing matters hopelessly. Mr.
Browne, as the Pirate King,
only moderately geed, and the
Mr. Paxton, as Frederic,
was
tenor,
found
hard work in meeting the requirements of
the score, owing te the limited compass of
his voice. Mr. Jenes, as 3iijer-Gencral
Stanley, gave a satisfactory rendition
of the part. The chorus was strong, accu
rate and well-balanced, and the female por
tion of it very pretty and picturesque, at
tired iu quaint old English style, in
swiss dresses and such hats as Sir Jeshua
Reynolds used te paint ferthe lovely English
women who sat for him. The scenery was
excellent, and taken all together the pro
duction of the opera constituted a very
pleasing event in the present amusement
season.
OUITUAKY.
Death of Jehn Styer.
Jehn Styer, one of the most prominent
and popular residents of Earl township,
died at his home in New Helland this
morning, in the 75th year of his age, after
a severe and protracted illness. Sonic
years age Mr. Styer was stricken with
paralysis, which partially disabled him
and mere recently he suffered from stran
gulated hernia which finally resulted in his
death. Mr. Styer was born in East Earl
township and passed the greater part, of
his life in the vicinity of New
Helland. In his early life he
was a successful cattle dealer. Later
he built the Styer house in New Helland,
and for many years was its proprietor. He
was a capital landlord, kept a first-class
heusc,and was a great favorite with all his
guests. He was one of the most active
workers and liberal subscribers te the fund
for the construction of the New Helland
and Waynesburg branch of the Pennsyl
vania railroad. He was always among the
foremost in forwarding any project for the
benefit of New Helland. In all the rela
tions of life, whether in busines, society or
the family, he was a large-hearted, unsel
fish and exemplary man. He was twice
married. His last wife, Mrs. Henry Bru
baker, nee Sprechcr, and several children
survive him.
SUDDEN' DEATH.
Apoplexy Corener's Inquest.
This morning between (5 and 7 o'clock an
elderly German named Antheny Yoes was
found dead in bed at Geerge Kirchcr's
hotel, corner of East King and Lime
streets. Corener Mishler being notified,
empaneled the following jury of inquest :
Jehn G. Heed. Wm. Compten, Jehn C.
Meiers, Jehn B". Snyder, Paul Weiss and
Rudelph Musscr. The testimony offered
before the jury was te the effect that de
ceased was a native of Wurtemburg, Ger
many ; came te this country many years
age ; was a shoemaker by trade ; served
in the Union army during the late
war ; received a pension for disability ;
for a number of years past was engaged
in peddling in Lancaster county, and,
when in the city made his home at Mr.
Kirchcr's ; yesterday he seemed te be in his
usual geed health, and was found dead in
bed this morning, as above stated ; was
about Ci years old at the time of his
death, and has no relatives iu this country,
se far as is known. He was an honest,
saber man. Ne money was found en his
person, but some papers in his possession
showed that he was entitled te three
months' pension at $8 per month.
The coroner's jury returned a verdict
of death from apoplexy. The body was
removed te the almshouse for interment.
The Tobacco Trade.
The past week has been a brisk ene
among tobacco men. Immense quantities
of leaf have been delivered at the city
warehouses, hundreds of hands are busily
engaged asserting and casing, and buyers
arc still actively engaged in securing the
comparatively small portion of the crop
that yet remains in the hands of the growers.
The full prices are maintaincd,ranging from
10 and for low grades all the way up
te 20 and e, 23 and 5, and in one or two in
stances 28 cents for choice wrappers.
Dealers say that, per quality, the prices
are as high as at any time during the sea
son, and that by the first of April the crop
will be bought up mere closely than was
the '78 crop at the s.tme date.
Net less than G00 cases of 1873 tobacco
changed hands during the week. at private
terms. It is understood that there was a
slight advance in prices.
A Peer Man's Heuse Horned.
On the north side of the ridge lying
north of Quarry ville steed a frame house
formerly the old "Winter Hill school
house," which was owned and occupied
by a hard-working, honest man named
David Hcrsh. On Weducsday last, dur
ing the absence of the family, the house
took fire, and together with all its con
tents, Including 3"UU m bant notes, the
proceeds of Mr. Hersh's tobacco crop, was
entirely consumed. It is net known hew
the fire occurred. An opinion prevails that
a rebbary was committed, and the house
set en fire te cover the crime. Much sym
pathy is manifested for Mr. Hershy, and
liberal contributions are being made for
his relief.
THE ENDURING STABS.
NINTH MEETING OF THE STAK CLUB.
Heart el Charles ' Herenlce'sHalr "Dia
mond of Virge " Morning Constella
tions Outside Membership
Light and Eclipses The
.uicroitcerie, ttc.
The regular meeting of the the Star club
was held last evening. The addition te
the list of stars and constellations was net
se large as usual, but was perhaps of mere
than usual interest.
The Hunting Dogs of Boetes (Canes Vo Ve
natiei) are new above the northeastern
horizon by 7 o'clock in the evening. The
Bear Driver holds them iu leash as they
forever pursue the Bear around the Pele.
The constellation is net a prominent one,
the only conspicuous star being Cor Caroli,
" Heart of Charles," in the neck of Chara.
the deg farthest west, a star named by Sir
Charles Scarborough in memory of Charles
I., of England, who was beheaded A. D.
1649.
It will he remembered that, as the han
dle of the Great Dipper is the tail of the
Great Bear, the dogs must be looked for
immediately behind him, tiie charts repre
senting them in vigorous pursuit. Te fix
this star, extend a line from Benctnasch in
the extremity of the handle of the Dipper
te Dencbela in the tail of the Lieu, Ne.
104 en our list. Divide this line into three
equal parts. At the first point of division,
that nearest Benctnasch, we have Cor
Caroli ; and at the second point, nearest
Denebola, the beautiful cluster of faint
stars known as Berenice's Hair. A line
from Dubhe, one of the Pointers, through
Phad, produced nineteen degree farther,
will aise fix Cor Caroli.
Cema Berenice's, or Berenice's I lair, is
a very interesting star group. The story
of hew it was named is often repeated and
familiar te many. Berenice, the queen of
Egypt, alarmed for the safety of her hus
band, premised her beautiful locks as a
votive offering te the goddess Venus should
he be restored te her unhaimed. The
king returned and the vow was paid. But
her hair seen disappeared from the temple
of the goddess, and te shield from punish
ment these who had it in charge, the
astronomer Conen declared that Jupiter
transferred it te the heavens, and, in proof
of this statement, he pointed out the con
stellation, known ever since as Berenice's
Hair.
The address of the astronomer s-aved
the lives of the priests from whose
care the locks had been stolen. But.
as an old-time specimen of high-grade
adulation high as the heavens at first
glance it seems only less stupendous than
the ciibit of the Latin poet. Lucau. who,
in an address te the Empeier Nere, prays
him, that, after death, he may net cheese
his place near either of the poles lest his
weight should disturb the balance of the
universe. When we lcmemher what Ncie
was, and try te realize what the universe
is, Ceuun's story becomes a modest com
pliment and Lucau .stands matchless for
ever !
We began our work iu October last,
with Boetes sinking rapidly in the north
west. His dogs weie already out of sight.
Disappearing before their master, they, of
course, rise before him. Their present po
sition has just been indicated. Aicturus,
the bright star iu the knee of Boetes, is
new en the horizon before nine o'clock in
the evening and before 10 o'clock the big
Y is in full view. When we saw this
bright star sink in the northwest, it was
placed at the head of our list. ::ud new as
the Earth moves en iu its course around
the Sun, our Ne. 1 comes again into view,
te remain in our sky until late iu the au
tumn, being eight months of the ear
above the horizon and four months Li low
it.
Having new three stars of what is known
as the "Diamond of Virge" namely, Den
ebola, Aicturus and Cor Caroli we com
plete the figure te the southeast with the
fourth, which is Spica in the Virgin. This
does net rise in February until after nine
o'clock, but by ten o'clock the entire fig
ure may be easily distinguished. Spica is
the only bright star in the immediate vi
cinity. It is iu the ear of corn in the left
hand of the Virgin. It is thirty-live de
grees from Denebola, and, when en the
meridian, about fifty degrees, almost due
south from Cor Caroli. Nearly midway
between Spica and Bcrenices's I lair is Vin
demiatrix, in the right arm of the Virgin.
It is nineteen degrees from Arcturus and
about the same distance from Cema Bere
nices, thus making an isosceles triangle
which points southward. Zavijava is in
the top of the left wing of Virge, thirteen
degrees south of Denebola. A line from
Arcturus through Vindemiatrix, and ex
tended as far beyond it, will indicate this
star.
We have then this evening, continuing
our numerical list : Ne. lle Cor Caroli, in
the Hunting Dogs ; 114 Cema Berenices
or Berenice's Hair, a constellation ; 1 1
Spica, or Arista, lift Vindemiatrix, and 117
Zavijava in the Virgin.
It is interesting new before day-break
te see the stars and constellations in
the cast which a few months age we saw
set in the west. At ft a. in. we have Her
cules. Serpentarius and the head of the
Dragen nearly en the meridian with the
Harp, the Eagle, the Swan and the Dol Del
phin conspicuous in the eastern sky. The
bow of the Archer is well up in the south
cast, but Vega, Altair ami Deneb, in the
head of the Cress, are the three brilliant
star-points that arrest the attention of
even the caielet-sebteivcr.
The newspapers also announce an inter
esting event for the last day of February,
when, very early in the evening, the
planets Jupiter and Mercury will be in
conjuctien. They will be very clet.c to
gether, but little mere than half a degree
between them, a distance about equal te
one fifth the Belt of Orien. Mercury is a
planet that cempartively few people have
seen. It must nc looked for, it it is te be
identified, and a geed opera glass will be of
use in fixing it.
The list of the members of our Star club
in regular attendance is large, but it is
gratifying te us all te knew that we have
also a membership, large and widely dis
tributed which we never scehi these scats.
Through the courtesy of the newspapers,
reports of our meetings are scattered far
and wide and the work doing outside of
this room, through the influence of these
reports, is perhaps twenty times that done
within it.
Among man3 a lady of intelligence
writes from far away Mentana territory te
her friends in Lancaster that they shall
net fail te send her all papers containing
our Star club work ; that she has followed
it along from the beginning, and has traced
the constellations and identified the stars,
finding the task at once easy and delight
ful. She claims membership hcrcand we
take pleasure in admitting the claim.
Anether lady, principal of the leading.
II
i
r 'I
!
1
i
j
.'
jf
VI
f
,.' ..