Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, November 24, 1872, Page 5

THE CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE: SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1872. PARIS. ow Thiers Treats Napoleon--Holding Eugenie's Property Responsible for Her Husband’s Dehts. iThe Late Count Brassier de St Si- { mon, and His “ Royal Mixture.” £ orge Sand at La Grand Chartreuse ---I, Bigot's Works of Arte-- Chicago People -in the French Capital, izp Million Dollars Worth of, Hats for German Troops---Sales of Pro- ‘visions--.The Last of the De Coureys. | From Our Own Correspondent. < Paz1s, Nov. 4, 1872, | M. Thiers is notorionsly & shabby person,— " ehabby every way. When he was & private citi- =zen, his dinners .were not only extremely rare, but wretched. He chffered over everything. Vain 88 & peacock, he never forgave any wound given his vanity. He always considered himself the very-foremost man of his age, andalone equal to the government of his country. He ‘hated tho Empire intensely, because it relegated him to private life, disdainedhis advice which he gave Prince Louis Napoleon before the lat- ter's election to the Presidency, December, 1848, imprisoned, and exiled him. It is therefore not to be wondered at that he should be guilty of PETTY AEANNESS TO THE EX-EMPEROR, who, whatever may have been his faults (they were many and grievous, yet the comse of events since his fall, and the probable current of coming events, seem likely to excuse many of his faults), never was mean. You kmow the crushing revelations of Mons. Juled Favre's private lfe which have been mede, and which exposed him to be sentenced .-to the Penitentiary. The Emperor had evidence of 21l these things in his hand, and was urged tomske use of them when Mons. Jules Fayra anscrupulously attacked him. Napoleon ITIL disdained to fight with such foul weapons., The Emperor, having lived in the Elyzee dur- ing his Presidency, was sensible of- the annoy- ance given by the b - HOUSES EAST OF TEE PALACE. They abutted on the latter, and nobody could walk in the garden without being seen by every- ‘body in thoes houses.. The house next to the | I Palace raised too painful recollections. It was Marshal Sebastian’s mension, and the scene of ihe Duchess de Praslin’s murder by her hus- band. The Emperor destined the Elyses to” be 1he residence of the Imperial Prince (how many &lips there are betwixt cup and lip!),’ sud lav- ished immense sums-of money to make if worthy of its destination. i, Moreover, the Emperor—certdinly the Empress—hat affection for the Elysee. He had lived there during his Presidency; he there plotted and ex- ecuted the coup d'etal; he there mat IMlle. Eu- genie de Montijo, wooed and won her, and spent itk her there those delightfnl hours, which fiy away g0 swiftly and 80 slowly, between the en- sagement snd wedding. No wonder the cyphers ¥ 2nd E, most lovingly interlaced, are to be seen In wood, in iron, in'glass; gilt, silvered, bronzed, on every portion o1: the Elysee! One of the first steps taken to improve the Elysee wasto buy all the honses east of it, and to demolish thém. On their sites & street was opened. As the old nuisance would return were no precau- tion taken to avert it, care was taken to build all the houses on the side of this street opposite the Elyses wall of a height which forbade their ing inquisitively into the Imperial ardens. e Emperor built- all- the ouses himself. o - .seems to have had snother- object: to introduce %o the French the comfortable American and English style of house. People in Paris live ‘o Tiats, each family sbove the other, like tiers of herring in & barre!, without privacy, or quiet, or freedom. Esaca must besr his neighbor's noises; all arennder the dominion of the jani- 1or at the foot of ths common staircase, and who collects all the zossip of each story or fiat to re- tail it to the uther fist. Those wealthy families who do_not live on- flats havs houses of their ovn. It is impossible to conceive more DISAGREEABLE DWELLINGS FOE DIVES. . They are separated from the stréste, and from tho front ym:{a of thelr neighbors, by two-atory \uildings, which contain the offices, stables, crach-house, janitor's lodge, and the like. nThis front yard is paved or covered with gravel; & ‘glocmier place conld not well be built, On the gide- of this yard farthest from the sireet is the mansion. On the ground floor are the dining-room, parlors, and smoking-room. The sun never penetrates the front:yard-or these yoome. In the dog-dsys they are damp, and an Amernzan entering them feels a8 if he was enter- ings vault in some cemetery. On the story 2bove are the drawing-rooms and bed-chambers. Back of the mansion there is what is called & garden, but whst really i a grove, for it con- Zaina séareely anything but trees si:nmfl close opothier, and grass. It s vepy cold and damp. This strange misconception of the trne arrange- ment of gro is to be found everywhere in France. All houses in town or country, Which bave ground around them (the majority even of country houses have none) are chilled by too many trees too thickly planted. The Emnglish alone know how to lay out unds, The Em- peror wished to see the wealthy abandon their gloomy, humid, prison-like abodes, and to dwell 1o our cheerfol, cosy, healthful houses; 8o he ‘built all the houses in the Rue de 1'Elysee ON THE ANGLO-SAYON MODEL, with several judicious improvemients. If m? of your substantial men think of building & block of dwelling-houses, lot him consult a plan of these mensions in the Bue de I'Elysee. The plans are to be found in any of the architectural iodicals published here st the date these Bouses wers built. The Emperor gave ail of these houses to the Empress, who lent one of them to her mother, leased one to the Amstrian Ambaseador, another to the Duke de Mouchy 'who married Princess Anpa Murat), one to ons. Bouher, and one to Mons. Pietrl. lfons. Thiers i HAB OBDERED BUIT TO BE BROUGHT inst Mesers. Bouher and Pietri to recover rent for the houses occupied by them. The ‘Emperor resista these suits, and has brought suit to htg:: set %fishflla n;ttnflcflhn:e‘:let! issued sgainst this property ; he contends it belongs to bis_ wife. g'he French Government rej&im: Whén you were dethroned, your debts amounted to £1,440,000. Tt is true that 81,04 000 was obtained for the sale of your wines, ci risges, horses, silver plate, porcelain, linen, lass, household and lkitchen furniture; and gut the mansion in the Rue de Courcelles which you lent to Princess Mathilde is worth $360,000, ‘maybe more; 80 thatall your-debts will be paid. But these are not all of your debts! When you quitted Paris for the war; -you drew: three Hionthe’ selary in adyance, sad_down to Sedan- on continued to draw your monthly salary. Yon consequently owe the Treasury the amouit of three months’ & . The Empress Eugenie's property is responsible for all your debts, be- cause there Was Do marTiage-contract between you; and, by the French layw; where there is no ‘marrisge-contract, the wife's whole property is ‘responsible for all the husband's debts. FESTIVE YOUNG BAG-PICKERS. A patrol of dotectives, while exploring the nasghfimwd of Buttes Chaumont (that pictur- esque public garden near Pera 1a Chaise Ceme- tery), were considerably astonished to hear mandlin laughter and songs from the cellar of = house being built. The detectives entered, and found six young reg-pickers feasting. They were seated on their rag-baskets, and were de- vouring pasiry and cakes, which they washed ‘home with Madeira and claret. They had only one glass, and no were 80 astonished by the sudden appearance of the glt:nl that they at once confessed . that they ‘had broken into a pastry-shop, and had stripped it.- They were at once arrested. The eldest of them was not 16. - A CAPITAL STORY {5 told on the late Count Brassier de St, Simon, who, for many years, represonted Prussia at the Coutt of Turin, and who died at Rome the other day, past 80 years, as the Ambaseador of Ger- many. He gave two or three state-dinners a year, which were the terror of the Diplomatio Corps, for the cooking was bad, the wines were ‘worse, and whoever carried an appotite to these dinners waa sure to bring away from them's dys- Pepsia. . One day, when the French Minister was dining with- him, as-his butler proffered two £orts $f wine to the Frenchman, Count Drassour de St*Simon bent_over to_him and whispered: My dear fellow; Tofuse tho-Mistro Reale-" The | French- Minister asked:< “Wherefore, I dear . host? - And pray_ tell, mo whenco comes that, brapd; 1 have 'nover before “heard: of it.” My dear fellow—=but come, you must pledge me word- of honor never 10 betray me—T'll roveal the mystery to you. My wine-merckant ‘at Bordesux sent-mo.two cavks of excellent wine two months ago.- Asill- Inck would bave it, they spoiled on the way: I could" not_afford to lose two casks bf nsive wine; o I keptmy own coutisel,” bought two casks of chesp. Sardinian wine; and mixed to- gether the contents of ‘the - four. casks, and & omed the stufr-* Royal Mixture,’ Mistro feale. 1t is delicions,—so delicious T never tonch it my- self, but kecp all of it for my friends. You,too, had better leave it to them, iny dear fellow.” - ¥ s IN A BAD'WAY. = 2 While Mons, Emilg Ollivier is' in Italy, writ- ing a book to prove Raphael to be a greater artist than Michel Angelo, the Duke de Gram- mont, the Minister of Foreign Affairs in the same_ Cabinet, is- dying of mortification and. ~vexation, and Marshal le Beeuf is expected daily tobe confined in-a lunatic asylum, so excited has he become. i <5 LA GBANDE CEARTREUSE AGAIN. I mentioned in & recent leftor the Duchess do Berry's visit to La Grande Chartreuse, .George Sand tried to enter it some thirty-odd years ago. In those days she always woro masculitie attire, and looked like s xice; short, palish young man. When she tried {0_enter- the -mongstery, with -Alfred de Musset, Chopin é:hs pianist),: Alfred s Vigny, and Charles-Nodier, -the friar~janitor #aid, in his most_conrteons way: *A thousand pardons, Monsieur, there is no admittance here éor!adxes," and George Ssnd was left atthe 00T, N i o BIGOT 5 WORKS OF ART. The Courts-Martial at Versailles for the triel of Communard prisoners’ saw two lawyers Tall dead during their sessions; both of these law- ers were Kadicals, 'The effects of one bf them, ons. Bigot; have just been sold. Ths most curious article among them was a drawing in lead pencil by Courbet, with. this inscription : “ My dear - Bigot, receive my best thanks. You spoke like & man with & big heart, and, as the common people sy, you emptied my eyes of all their tears.—~GUSTAVE CoURBET.” This drawin; sold for only $18.60. A Mignard, 8o it was ai to be, representing & woman, evidently & family portrait, was knocked down at $11.U0; and & painting which depicted” Mirabeau in the Gon- vention was sold for $12. Poor Hfons. Bigot doubtless thought them all masterpieces, worth thousands of dollarserch. ¢ o= JULES FAVRE. A new volume, the -third, by *Mons." Jules Favre, i8, t0 be published in s day or two; it subjectswill bs the Treaty- of Frankfort and its antecedent negotiations; the conclusion of eace between Germany and France, znd La moe. ~ Mons, Jules Favre has just re- turned to Paris for the winter. - GHICAGO PEOPLE 1IN PABIS. These residents of Chicago are in Paris : The majority of them are ‘registered st Messra. Draxel, Harjes & Co.’s bank: Perking Bass, Mrs, J. F. Bass, Miss Gertrude Bass, T. F.. Bass, Mrs. 8, 7. Bosworth, J. A. Cutler snd family, Chasles Daley, Mrs. John C. Dore, G. L. Dun~. lsp and family, C. V. Dyerand family, A. Fisher, 7. Magill, Brs. Magill, Charles o ham, Mrs, 8, M. Nickerson, H, H. Porter, Mrs. Porterand child, J. M, Richards, iMrs. Jobn L. Rogers, Miss’ G. C. Rogors, " M. Ryerson and amily, Mrs. H. M. Singer, Miss M. F. Smith, J. 5. Dow, Miss A. E. Hobart, and Mrs. H. H. Pester.: GEBMAN EXPENEES. The forts built by the French Government for the German troops in-the four- counties which are to- be occupied until the last sou of the $1,000,000,000 war-indemnity (31,000,000 in 5f. pieces were sent this week to Germany on ac- count, and $2,000,000 in 20f, gold pieces have been Sent within fhe last two days to London on the same account) eball have been paid,—these forts havecost §4,800,000. How confoundedly expensive an amusement war is | AN OFFICIAY, PUBLICATION is in proparation, at s cost of 830,000, of the names of the 300,000- inhabitants of - the ceded provinces who have clected tozemsin French., 3 SALES OF PROVISION: Official statistica give the sales in the Central Markets of Paris, from Jan. 1 to June, both incinded, 1672, to be as_follows: 25,894,738 lbs of fish, worthi “$2,094,035.45 ; 543,181 Bead of me or poultry, §2,691,939.53 ; 145,662,825 egga, £5127 599, 9,644,455 b of butter, £2,930,001.75; 4,355,985 cheeses, sseséums. Seven bundred plais, kmifo, or fork. Thes: ed fitty-four thonssad L:;s %rsggk;, 1,040,052 s of e or poultry, 1,829,456 _eggs, 2,699,5!251‘;: of butter, and 3,171,392 Ibs of Cheese, wers.gold in_Paris, during, the seme eriod of -time, elsewhers than st the great mar- EBLE, Batcbers’ meat and all necessary articles of food have fallen from 10 to 14 per cent in amotnt since 1869, and articles commonly pur- chased by the wealthy have fallen from 20 to 25 per cent below the amount sold in 1869. COMMUNARDS. Thirteen transport-ships have slready sailed for New Caledonis, carrying Communards sen-. tenced-to transportation; the fourteenth sails on Bunday, with 960 more. ~ e POLICEMEN. There are now in Paris and Verssilles 1,300 policemen more than the Empirs found sufi- cient to maintsin order; moreover, the mounted and foot- Muficipal Guards ‘haye been. tripled since the Empire fell. Fifteen hundred police- men form the central brigades ; 850 keep Watch over the Natiopal Assembly-and M. Thiers; 5,051 keep watch over the twenty wards of Paris. BULLET-MARES, Paris shop-keepers have been *invited” (de- cline that “invitation” if you dare!) to remove bullet-marks from their -shops. A grest many shops which received no ecraich during the Commune had their® establishments - marked by “artists in bullet-marks,” to attract cnstomers. Heinrich Heine died in Peris, and_wes, buried in Xontmartre Cemetery. . His body has this week been removed to the family-vault at Ham- burg. DE cOURCY. Once upon a time, the De Co was_one of the noblert and most powerfol families of France. The motto of their coat-of-arms’ was : Y am no King; I disdain being s Duke; I am de Courcy.” The last “descendent died a few days here; he was —one of the municipal street-sweepers! Among his rags were found his cortificate of birth, proving him to have been Robert de Courcy. As families begin, 80 théy end, too, in obscurity! oscoLo. | No Woman Punctual. A paper called' the Civilian, edited by some wretch, has the audacity to say thatno_ lsdy is ever punctual; that no Jady ever yet had the re- ‘motest ides of the duration of five minutes, or an hour, or.any other longer or shorter space of time, Indeed, the supreme indifferonce of woman in a matter in -which men are taught to regard as of -vital importance at ence stamps the superior sex' a8 above and beyond the control of mere conventionsl rules. Time never enters into her calculations, or.occu- always late when she keeps an appointment; she Jevotes pre-ious hours to dressing, and will any day 178 a train for the sske of puttng on her gloyes. The odd “hing is that sho never thinks of the irritation which she canses by her disre- gard for the rules of punctuality. A gentleman who grumbles because -he hss had to wait an ‘hour while the fair object: of his affections isput- ting on ber-bonnet is ‘s brute.” The aberra- tions of the faminine mind, like the movements of the spheros, admit of some approach to- cal- culation; andalthough- the most- experienced observer may sometimes fail to tell what portion of her orbit alady may occupy at any given hour of .the -day, he may make & protty accurate guess sometimes by the = aid - of - the useful rule of . contraries: An sllowanca: of an hour or two-to admit of the fair comet -coming to her right _place /in the social firmament in the evening wflf usually be a suffi- cient margin, provided she has riot™ -particular ressons Yor being verv much behind, You - may alyways prodict with absolute certainty that :she- will be quite réady-togo to the theatra when tho Ehx is half over, and that you will blunder with er into the concert-room juat in time to, discon- of going shopping -with his wife.or sweet~ heart, he will understand what we mean. -You are always dressed and ready a few minutes after the fatal expedition has been- arranged, 2nd you stroll about the room, killing time as_best you may, until the 1ady “appears. -You kick: your heels, and swing your wnbrells, until the Zatal truth breaks upon you that you- have sacrificed. the best portion of an hour. - ‘When the fair ong appears she always has to put hur gloves®on in’ 6 lobby, while you etand with the door half- open in your hand, and if - you - grumble about delay, she protests that shé .has not been five minutes over her toilette, The Queen Out of Doors. The Court Circular: says the ' and drives: are not confined viqi‘):?:“ h‘erwfi'{: policies ; she_crosses thie Dee almost_daily, snd is quite. 88 often ‘seen on the opposite side of the river. She always uses anopen carriage, but not alwaye-thesame.. Sometimes it is a wagon- ette, sometimes a I ny phaeton, No guard of honar sccompazics e 1052l equipage, how- ever.. -Her tristy sttendanf, Jobn Brown, sits pies » single momént of her thoughts. She is | cort or annoy the finest Eoprano “on the plat- |- form. If the réader has ever had the pleasure |. on the box beeide the coachman, and when there s not.oom for him there, e rides on horseback by the sideof the carriage: No fuss attends the Queen. An outrider s little in advance of the | roysl: carriage cleara the road, and the Queen goes quietly on her way, with a smile and & nod for -anyone who chances to meet her. But; ag’ a rule, Her Majesty is not intruded’ upon ‘when_she ventures' beyond the Toyal domaing, unless on Sunday, and then it is stran- gers only who run after her. The cottagers do Dot anxioy her, and she comes and _goes withont molestation. ‘Indeed, they make a point of keep- ing out,of all way when the white horse of the outrider appears in sight. Should the Quecn, -however, happen to- come unexpéctedly on her “subjects’ by. Deemded she is deferentially ac- kllo\\'le!lgcd: _The Queen and her ladies fre- quently “ picnic” in the woods, or on - the hill- eide, should it be handier. Materials to make s fire and cooking utensila are taken in the car- risge, and téa 18 made on the green sward and handed round in ristic fashion, without.any ceremony. At these afternoon “tess,” the Queen has no special chair of honor.” Her scat i pretty often the climp of a tree, with her cup in'her hand, or any other casual resting-place that turns up copveniently. Excarsions sre made also to varions places of interest, and eyery- corrié and glen within reach has been visited by the royal family. ~ HEATHEN POETRY. From the Pall Mall Gazetle, Recent regrets as to the temptations of heath- enism seem to have been anticipated in Indis it~ gelf, for we find in the Friend of Jndia of July -18 Balf & dozon verses from translations of Ta- mil poetry, which are confessed to be (*besuti- il "—the quaint comment being sdded:- ¢ The above, we regret to say, are .all heathen.” :The extracts thus referred to were taken from. two papers on ¢ Tamil Popular Pootry,” contributed (- 1o two recent numbers of .the Jndian Antiguary ombay), by Mr. Cardwell, of Madras, wherein o writer nndertakes to discss thie characteris fics of Tamil poetry, and to prove by ample illus- rration. that *‘Tamil popular:postry. ,containg gems of art of which any Eutopean langisge might be proud.” “Here i8 a specimen of a pop- ular T: ‘poet : " THE SHEPHERD OF THE WORLDS, (& detached piece from the poems of Sivavakkiyar) ‘How many various flowers & Did I in bygone hours Cull for the'god, and in his honor strew! In Yain how maay o projer I breathed into the air, with many forms, obelsance due, Beating my breast, alond How oft I called {or the crowd village car, How oft I strayed In‘mancod’s prime to 1ave . Bunward the flowing wave, And circling Siva's fanes' Iny homago paid, - But they—the truly wise— Who kniow and realizo Where dwells the SHEPHERD OF THE WORLDS, will neler To sny visible shrine, As if it were divine, Deign to ratse hands of worship or of prager. Such is the tone of the most popular of, Temil oets egeingt whet is called gross idolatry, not imilar to some praises of ‘devotion nearer home ; suchis & ghdosnphy among the peas- antry of India, and altogether underived from what is called Western civilization. ~ o From about thirty stanzas by the same. post, given in Tamil and English, by .Mr. Cardwell, we select the following thres, having & like theme with the preceding * 5 Fools ! with continual sesrching, “The gods, the gods,” ye cry; Even the way yo know not To geek for them whereby. Tell me, is it religion Ta say *‘ The are three ¥2 To attain to God, within you Your search for him must be, "The tethered ass, becomes it A wan if God's adored 2 Ye sinful fools, can Sive Become the one true Lord 2 A wholly spiritusl oblect In the Henceforth he stands ; “The Origina, the Endless, Whom 1o tind understands ! Not Vishgu, Brahma, Siva In the Beyond is he; Nor black, nor white, nor ruddy ‘This Source of things that be, Not great is he, notittle Not female and not male; ‘Bt stands far, far, and far beyond All beings’ utmost pale, And also the two following, on religious symbol- ism—a subject the solution of which seems to be quite a8 carueatly and intelligently aimed st and as hopelessly missed by the Indianas by the European intellect. To devotees thus: ‘How many your devices! Although ye mortify ‘Your bodies, go through mantras, - To temple-clioultries hie, “You will not know The Splendor “Who bath in space his seat; They with minds cleared can'only Reach the true Siva’s feet: - My thoughts are flowers and askes, In my breast’s fane enshrined ; My breath, too, is therein it * A linga unconfined ; My scases, too, like incense . Rise, and like bright lamps shine, There, too, mysoul lesps ever A dsncigg-god divinel Mr. Cardwell says the drift of this last stanzs, And made, To drag the whick, in his opinion, is one of the _finest_ever writter ivavakkiyar, is a8 followa: “Yau popular Hindus have your temples; you have your flowers and sacred ashes; you have your hallus or emblem of divine creative power; you 576 your incense and Jemps, and you have your divine dancer, Siva. " I, too, have my flowers and ashes; but theyare of the mind. I, too, have my linga; but it is my breath or spirit. I, oo, have my incense and lamps; but they are my five senses. I, too, have my deity, leaping indivine sport within me; but that is” my soul. In a word, mine is the true spiritual worship.” From the ““lamentations™ of the same poet, 2, elect the Englih version of tio second. ‘When, ah! when Will the blest time of bliss attained arrive ‘When I annihilate theso senses five,- Buppress my Pride and my fired being steep In that existence which is sleepless sleep? Whex, ah! wh Cleaving through all thts birth's Wlusions valn Bhall T fo my last spiritual etato attain? When, ah| when, ‘Burning the Shastras, decming the Vedas four Mers lies, shall T the Mystery explore, ‘And perfect bliss for evermore? . ‘When, ah | when, Laying aeide, bound fast, the Shastras' lore, Wholly distrtisting, too, the Vedas four, - Shall X the Mystery know and grieve no moro? When, shl when, Though I the Vedss four may hoarsely shout, The secrot of the Heavens shall I find out? .2 When, sh ! when, Bhall this poor soul within this body set, Disquieted like fishs ithin a net Find the True Priest, and offer, 5s is meet, ‘Perpetual homage to His sacred foot 7 When, ah when, s Wil all my carnal lusts have utter end 3 And 7, with eyelids dropt, to Heaven ascend, And with God's being my owa being blend 7 okttt Sl il g Puns, _ From the St. Louis Democrat, . The underscribbled does not propese to go into definition or an snalywis of wit, concerning ‘which too much nonsense has: already been writ~ ten, but will simply state, 28 & positive individual opinion, thut & good plsy upon words, if if is not t, is 80 _closely allied to it is that ia not worth while to s)guc hairs over the quéstion. A-prfect thing of its kind wal that which was run-upon Horace Greeley during the Scott campaign, when the philosopher declared that he execrated and ;Jnt upon the Whig platform. It was & Western ‘New York editor who remarked that.if Greelsy. 8pit upon the Whig platform, he conldn't ex- pect-to-raie a8 5 Whig. -Thia is confidently re- corded hers .a’ being the best jeu de mot within ‘the memory of man. 2 3 2 Similar, bt not 80 good, was ‘one concernis Golonel Asper, of. this State, who wasTeported, at one time, as being 'indignant because he was not returned to Congress. TR « Ig the.Colonel angry#” one of his friends asked another, - -~ "7~ ) o og‘ course,” was the reply, ‘‘he is ex-Asper< 1t might have been added that he had lost his Asper-rations, B i ‘Botter than. the last was one_perpetrated by Billy Hume, of side-show notoriety. Billy was prone to drink of ' the cup. that cheers, and fre- quently inebriates, and . was _too fopd of swing- | *round the circle of the bar-rooms in the towns he visited. Once,-when -he. was .on one of his’ “periodicals,” ho- was. approached by, an . s~ quaintance, who took him' to task for his be: havior.'- i 5 B 5 You will kill_yourself, Billy,” ho said, “if you continue to g0 on.in this way. Yot odght fo: quif it entirely, and join-a femperance so- #Temperance Society be. blo\ud(' replied illy, ¢ I belong to & better society {han that.” “hat society ?” " o2 9 «Rhould think you might . guess—the Hume- on-a-taresian society.” e ‘When & horse dies of the prevailing epidemic, might not the inscription on his tombatone be properly termed an epizooitaph ?- with some degree of plensibil ‘Spealing of Indiag summer, it msy beargued o ity e»'r'flifé Ini u.z_:unmmmproceedmg_. bair is an - comparison,, was nnsblo to detect any difference .| prave the solidit; - THE- POPE AND THE CONJURER. Whex Torrini, the magician, hed been: giving exhibitjons it the'principal I{alian cities, & the beginning of the present century, he decided to [ to Rome, in'the hope that the patronsge of is Holiness the Pope would give, eclat to his reputation. In this he was not disappointed. Pius VIL., who wes-then the reigning Pontiff, having Lieard of his performances, did him_the hanox to gommand his atfendance af the Vatican, Being informed thai his andience st thig “ex- hibition would comprise all the dignitaries of the Ohurch, the magician devoted unusual care to the selection of his tricks ; -but, after fixing on his best ones, vainiy racked-his brain to in- Teat something worthy of his illustrious spec- ors ‘ “Whilo ho was thus perplexed, chance throw in his way the mewns of aceomplishing his objoct, Ba&iemng 0 be in the ghop of . one of the bext watch-makers in Rome the day before that fixed for the performance, he heard - & lackey, in rich scarlet fivery, who had just came in, ask if His Eminence the Cardinal de —'s watch Wwere xe- It willnot bo resdy till this evening,” re- plied the’ watch-maker, “and I will do myself the honor of _personally carrying it to your master.” o After the servant had gone, the tradesman said to Torrini B - e “This is o superb watch. His Eminence, the Cardinal, to whom it belongs, values it. at more’ than 10,000 francs; for, as it was made to his or- der by the celebrated Breguet, he naturally sup- poses it tobe unigue. of its kind.. Curiously enough, however, it is only two days ago. that a young fellow belonging to this "city offered me a precisély similar watch, made by the same-ar- tist, ford,000 francs,” These words made an_impression on Torrini, who, having formed & plan of operations, said to the watchmaker. o Do you think this Pmun_,is still desirous to disPDw of hig watch ?" o tor . T have no doubt of it,” was the reply. ., # He is yonng prodigal; who, having spent ail his fortune, 16 now obliged to s6ll his family jewels, and - will ‘be very glad to obtain & thousand “Buteannobefonndz 4 Easily enough—in a gaming-house, where hé pasag All Hotine 10 5" € i “YWell,” gaid the magician, “I wish to pro- cure the watch, but' cannot” wait -longer than to-day. Please buy it for me as 'soon a8 pos-: sible, and engrave on it his Eminence’s arms, so ‘that there shallbe a precise resemblance be- twaen the two watches, and your 'profit shall be proportioned to, the- discration wWith which you conduct, the transaction. N £ The watch-maker, who knesy Torrind, probably suspectad hia, object in seeking. posseseion of tho watch, but, being aware_that the magician’s discreet management would be, assured by its - necessity to his success; had” no” hesitation-in' . complying with: hig request. v < ] only, take s quarter ‘of an hour to- go to the gaming-honge, and I am confident of ‘being able to procure it for you." *In less, than the time named the dealer came back with the chronometer in his hand. “ Here it is !” he_exclaimed, with an air of triumph. . ¢ My man welcomed mo 88 & provi- dential yisitor, and was g6’ eager to dispose_of the watch that he gave it to mewithont counting . the monsy. Everything shall be ready for you to night.” . £ That evehing the watch-maker bronght two chronometers to “Torrini, who, after a careful between them. “The magician now felt confident of making a decided hit with his trick, the pre- [parations for whick were flmad%expounive. The next dsy he went to the Pontiff's palace, snd, at & signal given by His Holiness, came upon the etaga. Though Torrini had ap- gfleamd before crowned heads, he had mnever en in’ the presence of such an august as- sembly. In the foreground sat Pius VIL him- sel, in a largp srm-chair, on & dais, while near near him were eatéd the Cardinhls, and behind them were the prelates and_dignitaries of the Church, , The nervousness that the performer naturally experienced in the presence of ‘Euch exalted parsonages was 'allayed -by the benov- olent expression on the faco of the Pope. = Re- ume_g, by ghis kindly. glances, JTorrini fcom- menced: " ° S : - “Holy Father,” he gaid, bowing respect- fully, “T am sbout to show you Some experi- .ments_to ‘which the name of ‘white - magic’ has heen most unjustly given. ‘This_title was invented by chariatans fo impress the multi- tude. bat it only signifies a collection of ‘clever decet.iions, ingenionaly contrived to amuse’ the imagination, 3 Pleased with the favorable reception of his address, Torrini commenced his performances in excellent spirits, which were incressed by the Aatterin, comflhments of the Pope. In one of his tricks—that of the burnt writing, which consista of a sentence or two written by one of the com- pany, who, after hurning the paper, discovers it intact in a sealed énvelop—hehad the satisfaction of procuring an sutograph from His Holiness. On 'being’aolicitsd to write a sentence, Pius VII, indited the following : FE = “Ihavemuch pleasure in stating that Signor Torrini i5 an amiable sorcerer.” 3 The paper was buned, snd the skill with which it was made to nplgmin sealed envélope 'was apprecisted by the Pope, who gave the con- jurer permission to keep his autograph. It was now time to end the performance with the trick which the artist had invented for the occasion, o crown his other-exploits. Among the difficul- ties that he had to contend with; the -greatest wasto oObtain the cardinal's watch without di- rectly. asking him for it. o overcome this he had recourse to a ruse. ' Roguesting the ‘loan of # watch from the company, several were handed to him; which he returned, with the ex- cuse, not_without truth, that none of them had any peculiarity of shepe- that would make it ensy to identify the.one selected. Ho then aaid : 2 “I any Eanuemm among you has a watch of rather large Bize (this was the pe- culiarity of the Cardinal's) he will confer & great favor by lending it to me, as it will greatly facil- itate my experiment. ‘I need not say that I will be extremely careful of it. My objectis to prove ita super ority, if it has any, and, if Dot, to won< derfully improve it.” 4 E ¥ All eyes wore now turned on the Cardinal, ‘who; 28 was well known, f:rizad his chronometer on aécount of its unusual size; the lurge case, a8 he seid, allowing the works.to act more free- ly. He hesitated, however, to pert with his treasure, till Pius VII. said to'him ¢ : “ Gardinal, I fancy your watch will suit exaots 1y; oblige me by handing it to Signor Torrini.” His Eminence complied, though not without numercus precsutions. When the watch was- handed to him, Torrini aseumed to :be absorbed in admiration of the works and beautiful chas- ing, to which he drew the ‘attention of the Pope 2nd the Cardinals. He then asked the ovmer some questions which elicited the bigh estimé-~ tion’in which the Cardinal held his chronomater, which had been mado to his. order by .the cele- brated Breguot, The enthusissm of His Emi- nence amused the Pops, who looked on atten- tively as Torrini, sfter faying: that he should and excollent qualities of the atch, suddenly let it fall to the ground.” Every- ‘body was amazed at the boldness of this act; and the Cardinal, unable to restrain his iudignation, ve}ge}x{nenuy sx¢ imed 5 "% You aro’ playing s verry sorry jest, sir.” - _« But, monsexygneur," crgmlyr.rgeiflefi the ma- gician, * there 18 no.cauee for alarm. Ionly wish to prove to these gontlemen the-perfection of your watch; and you mey- rest asanred that it will not be injured by the triala to which I shall. subject it.” yel = ith these words, he stamped on.the case crushing it into & shapeless mass. This act sf further excited the ire of the Cardinal ; but the Pops, 'who took amore sensible view of the mat- ter, turned to-him and #aid : . 2 = Come, Cardinal, have you no confidence in our sorcerer ? For my part, Ilaugh like s child at it, being convinced ‘there hias been some clever substitution.” g G e s "Torrini, who.was delighted with the success of his trick, essured His Holiness that there had | ‘been no- substitution, and appealed: to the Car- dinal for identification of Lia watch. The latter, after examining -the shapeless. fragments, and finding his ‘arms engraved’ inside- the case, acknowladged that it was indeed.his beloved chronometer, and: added, in a stern voi - 14 I do nofeée how yo can-escape; sir; you should heve tried your dangerons éxperiment o some object thet could be replaced, instead of & unique watch like ming.” . - - -+ There was -finite space forever. The magician, after declaring thab this circam- stance gave him additional satisfaction, 88 it-en- hauced the.credit of his performance, asked the Cardirial’s permission to proceed.” -But the Iatter 8aid, that a8 he-hiad not been consulted :in the destruction.of the watch, he did not care what becamo of its fragments. " © ¢ n - .0 _ Having establithed the identity of . the Cardi- nial's chronometer, Torrini's next object was, to pase into the Pope's pocket the’ one' he had ought the prévious evenin, this could ot easily bo dong whila His Holiness remained seat- ed, the msgician hit upon & pretext to make him rige. Placing a brass mortar, with an enormons pestle, npon the table, he threw.in the fragments ofthe watch, and Legen pounding. farionsly.’ Suddenly a s! %F: defonation was heard; a lurid flame shot: _\IE m the vessel, into which Torri- i gazed with an expression of profound . aston- ighment., . Respect for the Pope prevented tho sudience from rising ; but His fiolmeu, curiond tosee:the causeof the conjurer's interest, - ap- Pproached the table and looked into tha mortar. - 1 do not know,” he said, * whether i¥iabe~ ‘ero hat _cause tho light dazzles my eyes, but I can dis- tinguish nothing.” PSSR Torrini then begged him to come round the table and choose s more fiyorable point’ of ob- servation; and, a8 he méved, dexteronslyslipped the rve watch into -his pockei. The Cardi- nal's chronometer had now been reduced toa small ingot.* Holding it up before the spécta- tors, the magician gaid: 5 #Ywill now restore this crude mass fo its original shape, and" the transformation shall- take placo during its passago g tho pockos of & person who_ canot bo- suspeted of complic- “ AT 1" gaid the Pope, with. an expression of. j $‘that i promising -a good Honl. What ahouid you do it T asked yoq to select my pocket ” ~ o g “Th orders of your Holiness shall be obeyed,” said Torrini, who, on receiving on assenting signal from’ the Pope, took the ingot in his fingers, showed it'to_the company. and ‘uttered the word “Pags!™ when it instantly. disap- peared. Pius VIL, with an incredulous expres- sion of countenance; put: his hand. into his pocket. He had hardly o0 50 when ba showad signs'of confusion, and, drawing his hand out, Dbrought with. it -the watch, which be-<muickly assed to the :Cardlnal, a8 if afraid of burning is fingers. g dignitaries of the Church when His Eninance, on examining the watch, declared it was the very ‘one that had’ been mzde’ for -him_ by Breguet, and whichi they had seen crushed to pieces by the conjurer. . The mystery was in creased when Torrini dedlared that k' had ful” filled Hia promise, and 'had only" tdsted - the su- periority of the chronometer.. . . . The next dey tho Pope tent him a rich dia- ‘mond souft-box, With thaiks for the pleasure his performance had afforded. _ His famo was now at-its height. Attracted by tho news of his’ wonderfil exhibition, crawds fiocked to sce the magitian who. had accomplished such marvels, - They did not, however, have the.gratification of witnessing the famous trick of the-broken watch,” for the expense of tunderfaking an' ex- periment which-could never sgain be. repéated under such favorablé auspices,” wonld be~ war- ranted only-by the’ circumstances which: origi-" ‘nally brought together the Pope and the conjur-. er.—Applelon's Jour il NOVEMBER. Y BEV. PEOF. W. . DLANCHALD, No more the warbler's grateful song. I8 heard tho forest-aisles along; - The nightinglale, with, pensive strain, Sings not from bawthorn-hedge or plxin No lark, with note high o'er tho lawn, - Rises t8-hail the early dawn; - & The red-breast robin far has flown; The gaysome awallow s trill’s unknown; , The cuckoo'smellow voice, g0 dear, 1s heard in distant hemisphere;; s s Carols that illed the josous air™* E ; Arenumbored now with things that were. Sweet hues of. Summer fade avway; . Tis Autumn’s stern, its Tigorous day. Sere, dark, and cold; tho Jonesome ground Shadow and Larrenness surround; - Yet 'en stern Autumn hath its pride; In crimson robes and garments dye With stresming lustres, glozies granc ‘Blazing long vales, o'er mountain-land, With ruby, gold, with scarlet rays, 1t decks, adorns the shortening dsys. * Aurora fides hor blushing car,— . Flings o'er the North her burning lair, - Though the sweet sougsters all Lave fied, The world in grandour lifts its head;—" ‘Unspent ita power, its living fores, * Nature imperial holds her course ; Imporial draperies shrond her form, Warmed by the sunshine, purged by storm; Flaming her disdem shines afar, Maguificent with orb and stary With prophet ken, glances her eye,— Tells, though the vernal sweetness die, And ghostly Winter's desolate train Bweep ruthless o'er ths land and main, New Life, with resurrection-power, Sball soon return, wake smiling flower s Over all the empire of decay; -~ - - t chase the darkne Thre openin; it uu,( x]n ;“y; ough tes of pearly moIm, The werld In auabine be 2ebarh, Hature renew her. triumph, reigh, And all be bloom and lovesgain ! SELECTIONS. BY DUFF PORTER. We may charge God with the inevitable; not with the unavoidablo. ¢ ! —True religion is simply God first, and’ self, ‘behind. : —Wa develop just sufficient for the size of onr locality.-. - 28 ; - A1l Jiving things arebut developing monsds, at whose base slumbers what will one day be an imperial human soul. ; g ZEvery duty we omit obscures some truthi we should have known. : 2 —There is nothing that so_convinces.a man that thore is truth in religion o8 to sed true re- |° ligion in Christiana. z Al words ara broken hints, which life ad- Justa to a significance. - —All thin, 6 governed by law, from the hl!ling ‘of an “avalancho- to the growth of a violet. © - . £ 2. —It is nothing to die ; it is s frightful thing not tolive. s E : RS —The music we het X ‘passes ont of hearing, and itslife —He 'wha would enlarge the field-of human Jmowledge must stand upon the limits of the Imown before he can expect toenter the field of the mnkmown. ;G vt - —The mere lapse of years is not life vitality to the mechanism of existenca., - —Thare are times when. duty is worth more | than life. . *To the poor man, poverty greiter. than his | own never ngpefls in vain. . N —1I think God hears us when we scrapé the bottom of-the barrél. - - ¢+ o 7 el —Our civilization i not yet nearthe meridian ; Touo only at the cock-crowing. and the morn- gstar, - SR U AL N —Some forgiven Magdalen: or Lazarus, made rich by the love'of -God, may. wear crowns of glory when those who corn them are not known on the record: - R Yo —Nature d.ro]iln back to solitude 28 easily as man to peace ; how little this fair world would’ ‘miss mankind. ; : 3 —The nearer we got nearer we get to God. PE : ~—The _smoothing of acclivities is the whole po] ‘% G : e ot fioc 1t T admiro most in_Christopher Colum- Dbus is, not his having discovered the New World, but huk having gone to search for it.: * Water on the go,is nobler- than water stand; reckleseness may bo s fatal’ tion, but it is more heroic. - —He that has enexgy enough to root out a vice should go a little further, and try to pladt & virtue there. 1 e : —The Maker of our bodiea has decreed per- petual change within aa well a8 without theém. —Progress id life's business, life's duty,- life's end. : - R —The character 6f sman is his principles drawn 6ut and woven into himself, * v h—For & dead opportunity there iano resurrec~ 0 - gt —1t {8 not in the bright dsys, but only in the solemn iight, that other torlds'are"to be. seen shining in the long, long distances. - - —Tho pupil dilates in the night, atid-at lust finds daygn it;even so_the -goul dilates in mis< fortune, and at last finds God in it. o Caicado, Til, toa divine simplicity, the on the stagna- Ancestor of the Stove-Pipe Xat, TThe anicestor from which onr present chimney- ot hat takes most of its characteristics is the road-brimmed, low-crowried hat, With ‘&n im- mense plume falling: down to -tha shonlder, which was worn during the reign of Chbarles IL. At the'end of the soventeenth, and during: the sighteenth century; this‘hat was b omission of the plume, and by giving of the brim various ‘‘cocks.” .That these ‘cocks’ wero formerly merely tomporary is shown by Ho- | garth's picture of ‘Hudibras : beating" Bidrophel, and his man Whacum, . where' there 18 & hat, the] brim of which is butfoned up “in ‘front- to the’ crown with-three buttons. - This: would be & hat of the saventeenth . century. Afterward, during the eighteenth century, the brim was bent up in two or three Plncefl, and notwithatanding:that. these ‘“‘coclis”, became permenent, yet-the hats still rétained the marks of their .originin the button' and straps on -the right eide. - The cockade, I imagine, took its name from its being & badge worn on one of the “cocks.” , . The modern cocked-hat, apparently of such an anomelons shape, Proves,.on examination, to be_ merely s hat of the shape above referred to ; if eppesrs, further, that the right side'was bentup at an earlier date than the left, for thd hat'is not | 2 3 LB ‘symmetrical, and the “cock " on the right eide. forms a straight crease in thé (quondam) brim, and that on the left is bent rather overthe thus, ‘making- the right side of the ‘rather straighterthan the left.. The hat- band here remains in thé shape of two gold tas- sels; which are-just visible within the two points of -thie cocked-hat. s ‘A Biahop's hat shows the fransition from the three-cocked hat to out present chimney-pot ; and because sixty years ago : beaver-fur was the fashionsble material for hats, we must now Deeds wear a silken imitation, which could de- ceive no one into thinking.it_ fur, aud_which is bad to resist the effects of weather. . Evenina Iady’s bonnet, the elements of brim, crows, snd g;md sy - be = traved.~—Popular " Science gent satonishment smong tho- o | hand; edge, truth, love, faithi, goddness aldné can give ! as varied by-the | PECULIARITIES OF HANDWRITING. Thirty years ago Edgar 4. Poo_published in .Graham's Magazine o series of ** Papers ou Au- tography,” in which he msintained, with bis usual'brilliant originality, that the character of a man could be dotermined by his Hendwriting. To establish his theory, fac-similes of the auto- graphs of more than oné hundred American su- thors were given; and the conclusions be de- duced were convineing, if not in &1l cases cor- rect. My friend Mrs. Anne Craus Seemuller, the author of ** Emily Cheeter,” mity, " etc., is 2 firm believer in the affini ing be- tween cberacter and haundvriting. She pos- sesgen the gilt of boing able to reada po son’s character by his. handwriting. ‘fhis power I have often tested by showing Hor the wriling of peoplo whom she did not Kuow, snd asking her to_givo mo o _description of them from fheir chirography. She never failedin & singslé instenec in furniehing a perfectly carrec description of their character. Chesterfield, whose handvwriting displays that graceful clegence we might expect to find in the mostpolished gentleman of the eighteenth con- turyrdeclured Fuat **every man who has the use of hils 6yes and right hand can write whatever hand'he pleases.” . This is going & little too far. 1f Byron, who liad “ the use of Lis eves and his rightlinnd,” could have written “ whatover hand he pleased,” is it natural to suppose that he would ' hava vritten his. wretched school-boy serawl? or_would Macaulay Dbuvo written his spravling hand? or would Napoleon I. have written the worst band _on record—so bad that his lstters; tp Josephine from Germany were somatimids mistaken for mups of ‘tha seat- of | war? ,Theyhad not the ssmo reason for writing badly 2s that given by a. college student to his ardian, when reproved for his ‘chirography. Tt 1a all very. el to. toll mo to- write.botter -said the young man, who found more pleasure in using hiahand in bato ball than in writing, ““but, if T wore to write better, people would find out howd spell” . . 5 Thero aro _national peculiarities of hand- writing, ‘8§ thers ere national peculinrities of phyaiognomy. - The vivacity of the Frenchman, the dalicacy of tho Italian, and the pride of thd Spaniard, are as. perceptible in theirhand- writing a6 tho slowness -or_the phlagmatic Ger- man and the reserve of the Englishmanin theirs. So true is this that it has béen obaérved of Eng- Tish boys educated in Franco -that they naturally cling to ‘the English manner of writing. The Americans, being made up from all nations of g earth, havs o nation pecaliarity of hand- ~wrting, - & e - . Nntgto be able to write st all was once the boast' of knights and ‘gentlemen. - From the | ‘original Magria-Charts, - which is presarved in school-teechar run that morning. Mr. 8. about this time stepped in, and overheard the remark, and said: *‘Yes, I did run, but I'll not do it again.” Mr, Darby then started towards him, aund as he did e0, Jr. Sims drew a pistol and fired upon him, shooting him throngh the right srm, infiicting ® peinful wound, This terminated the difliculty.. Let thia be a warning to every- body to spell correctly hareate: RELIGIOUS. There sre’ seven_organized Presbyterian churches among the Dakota Indians, all” under the charge of native preachers. —The number of communicants in the regular Baptist churches of tho United States ig as fol- lows: Regular Daptists, North, 495,051; Regu- Inr Daptists, South, 917,844, Total, 1,412,405, —The unification of “the various Moethodist bodies in Canada is not_considered doubtfal or distant. The body will be known a8 the TUnited Wesleyan Church of Canada. —The salaries of the Methodist prezchers of California Conference for the year 1872 range from £240 to 3,250 gold. . —There is said to be but ons Unitarisn church in the Stafe of Conuecticut, and that is in the Village of Brookline. 3 —The fortioth anniversary of Dr. Camming's Eutgmu has just been cclebrated in the City of ondon. —A large Gothic iron church for Lima, Peru, has been shipped 8¢ New York. 1t cost, with . the accompanying organ, over $100,000. —An English correspondent of Zion's Herald suys that only about a qustier of the English ‘Wesleyans are “Abstaigers,” anda still less numbar take any ective interest in the temper- ance movement. —John Wesley preached 42,000 sermons, at the rate of fifteen'a w:el. He nover- was troubled with clorgyman's sare throst or needed o year's leave of absence, with all expenses paid. —The population of Rome'is 244,494, of whom 232,675 are Romanists, 3,793 are Protestents, 4,619 are Jews, ang 3,409 ato members of othor raligions. - G —In the City of Naples there are 405 Catholic churches and 5,000 ordained priosts. —2lore than a thousand conversions were re- orted as resulting’ from the cemp-meetings eld on the Atlantic seaboard during tho pase geason. —The New York Catholic Review_expresses the hope that_the prayers of Victor Emanuel's grandmother, long since dead, and soon to bo canonized, will convert her unfortunzte de- scendants. 2 2 —Tho Upper Yowa Conference of the Methc- dist Cl at its - late sesaion resolved not tc receive any minister who ses tobatco, 2nd re- quested the Bishop not to transfer.to.thas Gon- ference any one who had nsed tobacco within the British Museur, it wauld appear that neither King John nor aby of his‘nobles could sign their | own names: Indeed; at-a much later period in | England it was considered tha sign of & gentle- | Tman to write a bad hand. This_sbwurd nofion; | however, only ?reva.iled among the -silly court- | fops and .* curled_darlings of: fashion.” The | statesmen of England have generally written ! excéllent hands? Canning’s was exquisito; the | Duke of ‘Wellington's clear and noble; Sir | Robert Peal's was very logible, but too _mercan- tile for bésuty ; Lord Derby wrote & besutifal Lord Palmeraton’s. handwriting was & ‘model of penmanship; Earl Ruseell writes vary | | find; William Pitt wroté s very fowing hand; Mr. Gladstone writes s beautifully meab and regular hand. - 2+ R2s While Queen Elizabeth was Princess,shiewrote a beautiful hand, clear and regular. After she hed been queen some time, a melancholy chauge took place. The letiors became thin and spite- ful; the lines irregular—an ugly, ‘old maid's ver- sion of her former.haud. Mary.Queen of Scots wrote a fine, graceful feminine hand, indicating sweetnoss and nobility. - Anryone looking at the swriting of thesé two Queens would very readily . know which belonged to thecruel Elizabeth, and which to the_ gentlo Mary. Queen Victoria's signatire is beautifally formed, with each lot- ter clearly cut. In marked contrast are the signatures of the three Napoleons. The first g wrote a miere scrawl, no words completely written out; the second wrote 2 fair, , handsome hand; while the_thi Napoléon writes'a neat, running, éasy, and very legible hand.- Cromwell wrote & 0, bold, and _steady hand. George IV. wrote a magnificent, sweeping hand. " Hetiry VIII. wrote & strong, bold, and- detérmined hand, while -that of ! Charles II. was s Tunning scrawl : _ The poets have gene: i y written charasteristic ‘hands.” °Gray wrote with elaborate neathess and arity; Leigh Hunt, with. the utmost _grace and_beauty; Rogers, who corrected. his verses until the polish nearly were out the thought, | wrote's careful and finished hand; Tom Moore, 2n essy, rp.nn:in%r?md; ‘Shakspeare's handwrit- ing, liké his poetry, is the most remarkable the world hes éver seen; Wordsworth wrote a very rdinary hand (it hes long been my private opin- . thit ho wrote very ordinary postry—thir opinion T now take the liberfy of maling pub- lic); Walter Savage Landor wrote s bold and vigorons hand (his middle pame indicated his nature);” Efgar ‘A.’ Poe's - handrriting - was strikiogly besutiful, and as clear, regular, and legible 88 paint (to his handsome penmanship he &B& in}ie\}!eg fo;bgs’firaianccessliln literature, '( e:prize offered by a-Baltimore literary paper | for the best tale having been awarded to [ | “the firat of geniuses who had written legibly" T. Buchanan Read wrote a-picturesque :and pleasing band, combining the grace of the poet ; with the freedom of the painter; N, P. Willis wrote & careless, dashing aml;"h'eata' hend- writing * was .bold, - but . rather clorky, and meither, -beantifal nor . picturesque, ~ as we' might” “expect from ‘the -author- of |'the - exquisite"- “Eve .of St. Agnes;” the nhirafrnphy‘of Six Walter Scott wiil disap- point all lavers of his' delightful compositions— i is utterly devoid of-character, being formed - jin enxlfi.lpmhmd by. flxinghw:pzpug. = 2 "0t living poets, Alfred Tennyson is mni- versally rogirded ag'the first, His handwriting ig chast and . classic, exhibiting_the same l elaborate finish that is 80 characteristic of his poetiy. Tohigfellow’s handwriting displays vig- } or and poetical! beauty; - Bryant’s ‘penman { sould make the fartune of a merchant's cler] ! ‘but it is not the graceful hand we would_loo *for in 80 fino & poet; Aubrey de -Vere-writes 2| very gentlemanly hand, neat and elegant, buf wanting in vigor &nd strangthi; Psul H. Hayne writos & most dainty hand, - with many quaint and curions little flourishes; Father Eyan, fu- | |.thor. of ¥The Conquered Banner,” Writes a charmingly gracofal hand, mostplessingto read; Ralph Waldo Emerson's haudvwriting i8 sprawl- ing, illegible, decidedly -bad; that.of Oliver ‘Wendell Holmes, thie genial “ autocrat,”- is re- markably finished, with .& graceful and pictur- -enque quaintness. - - i 4 e handn g i inoffably bad, ‘Among these I will mention that of J. Fonimore Cooper —it looks as if written with ablunt pen; that of. Reverdy Johnson, which isan illegible, unfored | scrateh; rivalling Napoleon’s in badneds ; that.of Horace Greeley, which ia remarkable. for its il- legibility... In this pre-ominence for bad hand- sriting, James Hogg, the Ettrick Shepherd, must not be forgotten ;-he wrote like one more famil inr with the shears than thepen—in truth, s vile hand. Dickenswroteé avery poor hand, extreme- | 1y illegible—what-printers call *bad copy.” * Washington -wrote o° firm, dignified, manly hand. Franklin’s handwriting ‘was large and bold. -Edward Evereti’s was exceedinigly beauti~ ful ; it blended the deliberation‘of the statesman with the grace and cultivation’ of .the scholar, Washington Allston wrote a-legible and pictur- | esqueband.. Chief Justice Chase, when ayoung i man, wrote a hand of remarkable beauty ; 1thes, | of late years, lost something of its original force snd grace. With-him, 8 good bandwriting, a8 Chesterfield said of good manners,, is the best Jetter of recommendation, I know of & young | | man who was appointed private-seeratary to the. | | Chiet Justice on acconnt of the excellence of his. Dindvriting, Fortunately he possessed sl the | i other' requirements for the positiom. - General . Robert E. Les'wrote an'open, frank, and:noble + hand. Femininé handwriting lays little or no 1p P I i i!lvlividfl&litg - a-painful uniformity of style has | | long been tl e,g‘x: g characteristic of femalo | chirograph e elder Disraeli, in a paper on | “Antograp n the * Curiosities of.Litera- ture,” Bays : ©A-bovy of besntigs will now write sach fac-similes of each other that, in & heap of Jetters presented to the most sharp-sighted lover to select that of~his mistress—though, lika Bassanio amoug the caskets, his happiness shoild be risked -on the choice—he . would despair of -fixing on thé right one, all appearing | tb have -come from the. game .rolling-prees. There are, However, & felr = brilliant - ex- : ‘ceptions” to -this- genmeral rule. L. E. L. and ' the. - Hom, ~Mrs. . Norton .sre. re- .markable for the beauty aswell as the originality of theif handyriting’; that of Charlotte Bronts, though small, was very legible and exquisitely i neat.. Mrs, Hemans wrote a greceful, running bold; strong Hapd ; Augusts J. Evans writes s Hand, like & man.—Appleton's Journal. B bt e ol A Question of Orthographys " Fiom the Marietta (Go.) Journal.-~ - Mr. Sims, & school-teacher near Ball Ground, Cherokeo- County, one day last week, whilo hearig & recitation,” differed with & young Iad: ns to the correctness of spelling a-word, Ea persistently. insisted that the other was” in er- ror. The young lady’s brother, Mr. David Dar- by, learned: of the difference of opinion, and visited the echool-teacher, and, in an encounter, put him to.flight: At s corn-shucking that night at Mrs. Carpenter’s, s large crowd assem-| bled,.' and among - them' Afr, Darby, Who was seated. in_the house telling bow.he made the otters formed, no |- -two.years previous to the trensfer. This action the editor of the Christian Advocale denounces 58 illegal and revolutionary. - 3 —The Rev. John Tonner, D. D., of Canton, Ohio, is the only local prescher of the Methodiss Episcopal Church in the United States on whom the degree of D. D. has been conferred. —A Geneva paper says that Dr. Merle'd'du- bigne bas left two yvolumes, almost complated, on the Reformation, in which the history is cars ried down to the death of Luther. —Congregationalism is elowly gaining. a foot- hold irr the South. The churches in Tenneesco, Georgis, and_ Alabama, constituting the South Central ' Conference, have three colleges 2nd - seventeen church organizations. —A bill is to be introduced into Parliament, at the next session, providing that o clergyman of the Church of England shall be subject to.any penalty for nof saying the Athanasian Creed on the days specified by the Rabric. —The first Christian church built in_modern times -in Constantinople was erected in 1864. There are .mow in Tarkey 76 churches, many ! of which sre self-cupporting. - There are four.- ‘Evangelical Associations.in the Empire—one at ‘Harnoot, in Mesopotamis, with 26 churches; another in sonthern Asia Minor, 23" churches ; - third “in central Asis Minor, .with eight churches, and the fourth in Bythinia, with 11 e Honry furerly o Congrog —Rav. Henry Powers, formerly s Congrega- tional orthodox ministor, and eettled at Ms.'ifien- eaguo, has accepted the pastorship of the Unitariar Church in’ New York, formerly nnder _charge of Dr..Osgood, who has become Episco- alisn, and Istely presched to by Rev. Mr. %npwort who has moved over to orthodoxy. - Probably fhe Bociety thought it wise to take s man who had gotten through his moving. The Scotch covenanters wers: famous for long church-services, but the Erglish ritualists are besting them.: At least we judge so from an. snnouncement among the London religious ad-" vertisements, whith says, (speaking of-'Bf. James's church,) that “‘on. Sunday next the af- ternoon service will commence at ast thres, and ¢ontinneuntil further notice.” - We Dbave seenno subsequent” notice stopping this service, and hence infer thatit is still gging on. —A correspondent of the Journal de Si. Pe~ tersburg describes: the magnificence of an illu- mined copy of the sacred writing of Buddhs, i the language of Thibet, Which is exocuted for & Mongol prince. - It will consist-of 108 folio vol- mes, of which 80 are completed, all in letters of gaid, and bound in embroidered silk, with silver cfups, 'The copyist is to receive $25,000 for the work. - - B M e —Archbishop Manning_ attended s large tem= perance meeting on Clerkeniwell Green, upon & recent Sunday. - Five thousand - persons wers present, and several hundred. worki en women -took the pledge, kneeling, from the ‘handi’6f the Archbishop. =S, Easuic s ‘While upon the subject of death, many ; quirios are made s to what Bishop.Whipple could havemeant when he uttered these words over the remains of General Meade: ““Faralittls +hile his body will. eleep in the ‘ acre’ of God, and his &pirit wait in the Iand of Parsidlsa for the coming 'of his beloved ones, and then he will be:satisfied when_he wakes in tie lieness of Jesus.” Unless the good Bishop.has been incorréctly roported by the press, one says; he evidently believes in an. intermediste- p where -we wait for those we love to join us. Another gays he is a Sg:imflist. and’ it’ bas created much talk as to what he really:did mean. . —Desecrated churches in England form the subject of some curious’ correspordence in tho London® Qhurch Times. One-.writer gives the Story of en aged priest, who told him that in the . year 1800 he was sent fo & certain church in' thig West Riding to perform - ¢ the -monthy duty;” ‘but that he Was peremptorily . warned away by the churchwarden’s wife, who ' réfused idhave service performed that day becsuse her turkey 'was gitting.in tha pulpit. On another occasion in enother church, the service was susponded because the farmer’s wheat was - stacked- in the riave, and ho_had forgotten that it wsa :church Sundsy. A parish churchat Heene was bit by bit allowed to fall into “decay, and wasfinally pulled dowh because of its- danger- tmpi%s,imfl sheep. . The stone. - of' this _chapel _:was worked fp into_the sdjoining bulldings Jobui Rayne, Vicar of Biyth; mm&him that there is & Yemriant of s-Bonedicuine church, near his own, which has beon shamefully despoiled. the neigh- boring proprietor having carried off-a bay of tha .nave and converted itinto an sviary for. parrots, cockatoos, and .canaries, Herg is. something éven worse: At Crawford in Middlesex, the church, a8 often happens, is situated in-the park. ‘The following notice appears at the gato: i This road i3 only public. to the parigh church for the performancs of Divine- service, and per- gons trespaasing at any other time will be prose- cuted.” ~And now, to wind up this paragraph, it may be mentioned that & c!urs;vman, aged 71, formarly Rectar of - Alarstone,, died._ Iately. from. starvation at Camden Town, his landlady testify~ ing that he'Bad only tasted food onco in the Iast two'months! - - i F —There has been _considerable excitemént in church circles in England of Iate -consequent of an sttack by s London- incumbent mpon ‘the Church Hymn Book, entitled “Hymns, Ancient and Modern.” This compilation of bymns which, by the way, i8 extensively used in this country 25 well as,in England, yvas denounced as “full of the errors of Popery,” and alleged to have teen designedly introduced into- theChurch of Eng- land to-serva the purpose of Ritualism and Ro- maniem, This declaration excited the ire of an- other well-known clergyman- of-the suburbs of London, and, after a great deal of small talk, 2n open :discussion was arranged. The eventful evening came; and, after-soveral volleys had been fired, the- mesting,” We are told,: “‘closed with £myer,”fi¢qgt accomplishing anything. —A Paris letter saya: In all parts- of France one hears church legends so wild -and -improba- ble that pne stands astounded.befora the parrs- tor. Down in Auvergne therd is a church with & beautiful silver chandelier banging in-the cen- tro, hofara the altar. ‘The legend of this. chan- dalier ig repeated everywhere. A lady lost s child the exact ithage of ‘oneof ‘Rafael's cherabs in the altar-plece. Sho'wss devout and re- solved to ssk a. miracle. Kneeling. beforo the Blessed firgin, “ghe prayed that - she might :be turned “into a. lamp;. and : hung forever _before the imsge of - her . child _After an entire night spent in fruyer. “her wish “was-gratified; -and this devont ady, or this eil- _ver lamp,” was- found .hanging thare the.uaxt morning. Nntnru.u& the first idea which strikes *he mind is, thet this man ° who “tells. you the story does not believe.it himself, but 2§ the firss word of doubt be silences you by his carnest~ ness. - Not~ true,” Monsieur! - I've - see: Parbleu - Isaw it with mylown. eyes!” - my ;o\li,lmnd,,’lh * "% did you see 2" saw the lamp, parc v “sunt of argument could e that man’s faith.;inC the legend re- E{umd}nhxm—by M:le Cure from his infancy. 6 belisves_firmly in the ¢, &nd, more- over, he'had seen thie lamp. * Tamal o es, Wt