Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 29, 1872, Page 7

" may make mistakes, and tastes differ. - temporary - fdes THE KITCHEN. French vs. American Cuisines. How a Cook-Room Skould Be Arranged: Abclition of Blco Hentyy. Treatment of Servants. In tho days of the lest Empiro, when tho most beautiful of Spanish women queened it ab the Tuileries, and tho Nepher of Lis Uncle was only dreaming of “On to Berlin,” all Americans who conld afford it, snd possibly a fow who could not, rushed over to get & glimpse of the gay, wicked capital. Such & motley crew {—Madame, whose husbend had tho points on Pacific Mail, was in the comer on Prairic Dog, bad the inside track in the Erio Ring, or lme, in some mysterious war, tho iutentions of the Sceretary of theTreas- urr, and could meke bisdeal in gold eccordingly; the fortunatospeculator himself, Laving unloaded onhisfriends, indsmoney plenty and stocks flat, isa little unrerved by the excitement of thn contest, and takes Paris as s counter-irritant; tio legal gentleman, who has brought all his knowledge and talents, his most scut forensic ebilities, to beer upon the unravelling of some hidden crime, snd the conviction of the perpe- trator, that those high in aathority might have &0 opportunity to show the public that Eartkly powar doth then ehow likest God’s Wken mercy seazons justice. If the seasoring at times seemed disproportion- ste, why the best of cooks, even political ones, Murder- ers mey by them be considored as tho sauce- piquante to society at large. The learned Jndge to whom bribery is ** an offence so rank it smells to Heaven;"” the young litferatewr, who is to be & special correspondent; grave and revercnd clergymen, with failing health, or who consider it only just tlat they should have some practical demonstration that their theories of total depravity ure corroct, faith withont works ‘being rather at a discount ; the blonde belle of Fiiih Avenue, who thinks Getham quite too small o sphere for toe exercise of ber fascina- tions and, finding tho Emperor somewhat im- pressedwith her acknowledged beauty and amused st her total disregard of prescribed forms, greets the reiguing potentate &3 mon ami, carelessly and coquettishly, as she did her last partner in the last German she danced bofore she left America. These,withrepresentatives from elmost all other classes, filled the outgoing steamers, transacted their business, took their brief holi- day, or made Paris for a longer scason their bome. Many went. with the thot it wes chesper to live sbrosd; and fashionable Americans found that they could obtain & flel ou one of tho princ:psl boulevards, taking therates of exchange into consideration, for just sbout the same rent as they could engage simila: accommodations on Fifth- avenuo ~or adison squere,-in New York. Americans hove mever loared the * alpbabet of tiving chesply, but msny of them did get an insight into the luxury of a : TRENCK KITCHEN. This room is not infrequently much tho emallekt of the suit; has & tiled floor, anda porcelain range (an invention which we hope Bomé day to seo introduced and patronized in our own country). It does not heat through, like our cast-iron ranges; and, with true French. economy, each oven, or place for cooking, has its special fire araugement ; in which the hand- ful of charcozl can be introduced aud kindled and the saring degrees of heat necessary for different articles of food graded to perfection ; while a closet at fhe side bLolds the fuel. The presiding gonius wes usually a litte, old French woman, decidedly esllow, not over-comely, but immacalately clean, witlh spronm, collar, and cuffs of spotless puri She did the marketing, and never charged an exorbitant commission, but, of courso, considered herself cntitled to ber little perquisites. It was best not to look 0o closely into these, for they were rarely ex- cessive, And the resuls to our countrymen— especially the Now Englend portion, whose diet haod, in most cates, Leen composed of equal rations of philosophy end pic—seemed. almost miraculous, Grosser Gothamites, whoso busier, faster, and more cxciting lifo required mmore fare and less philosophy to keep them in good condition, and who had learned the initial letter of snti-dvepeptic cookery by the introduction of French bread, also revelled in cpicurean satisfacion ; while delegates from the BSouth and West wondered how tho same viands as they bad at home could taste so differently. Tho soups, sauces, and cntrements that this alchemist of the kitchen drow from her porce- 1sin crucible almost created a Voulecersement of the stoical ider that oue should ouly eat to live, and, growing Syberitic, pooplo wore in danger of finding it & very comfortablo thing to live to eat. Tut tomost people the holiday was at Inst over, and they biad to come buck totheir Ameri- can homes. If they could only have brought with them that oue little room and its presiding genius, it might not havo seomed so hard, but fliis wAs not possible. Housekeepors returned, therefore, to their AMERICAN KITCHENS and American belp. How many residents of Chicago and its priucipal suburbs.—such as New Yoik, Boston. Philadelphia, _Cincinati, St. ZTouis, New Orleans, and San Fraacisco,—when they have suffered different miseries from their differing belp, whether Scundinevizn, German, Hibernian, Ethiopian, or oven * Chineso cheap labor,” have looked back with regret to that Llack-eyed, clean-cuffed cuisiniere, and hoped most inteusely that they might be good enough, whex they should die, o Le smong the elect who should then return to Paris? Can thoro bo nothing done, however, toward approachinj that state of bliss even whilo we linger bere American women are not housekeopers by noture. How could they bo? It is 80 juharmonions with their frail, ethereal beauty. Such homely virtues may bocompatible with the more robust Englishwoman, the heavier German, the thrifty native of Franco, or even the sunty Italien; but discords aro unpardona- ble, and, therefore, is it not a self-evident fact, tupon the very faco of the thing, that culinary science must be banished from our educational system ? g Tiowover, 28 thero may be an occasional wom- o3 not too charmingly frail for the ordinary avocations of lifo, or who may possibly ioherit pome domestic proclivities, it might not be umies to discuss this most’ important room in the honso. Wo do not think wo exaggerato when we tell femininity in general that tho kitch- en and its furnishings ehould take precedenca of the parlor. All women Lnoy that the royal road to s man's heart is throngh hie stomach. Cater to Lis appetite, and _you may ssk of him any- thing, even to the half of his kingdom. Thed, how very necessary it is that the chamborwheneo all tho ammaunition is to como to carry on this all-important sicge should be carofully looked after, ond provided with proper machinery for Its preparation. Therefors, with the insane fow who fancy that housckeeping may bo preferablo to boarding, or that a nest of their own is better than crowding into that of somo other bird. we will havo a quiet little confab about tho mater, and see if we can fit up the household-armory in # eatisfactory manner. . Pierro Dlot says that the best flooring for s Xitchen is made of TILES. This can be kept ecrupulously clean: bm wo esn imagino Bridget’s disgust at_the “‘stono flure, with niver a rag of carpot on it, or even a it of oil-cloth, and whero yeos would be shtary- ed wid the cowld, intirely!” Btill, 88 it is to be hoped that tho Hiberaian sutocrat may mot alwayshavo s under hor thumb, when wo have learned & little _ something ourselves, might it mot bo well to think over this matter? What could look brighter snd cloaner than s floor of red &ud white tilos, geometrically arranged, into which o grease could soak, and from which every par- ticle of dirt could be immediately remaved ? It 18 at least worth coneideration, even in our in- Clement climate, although double windows snd doors might bo nocesssry to mako tho room com- fortable. Or there might bo & hard-wood floor, painted snd yamished; but carpetiug should Dever be permitted in this room. Witk tho ut- most care it will speedily become soiled, and Qetract from that scrupulous cleanliness which £hould be the first consideration in this apart- sbove all others. R bar suggestion of Blot's which wo would Jike to impress upon the minds of all our coun- trywomen is, that under no circumstances should laimary-work be done in tE 2 kitchen. How uni- vereally it is so connected, and the duties of both dopartments _entailed upon the same person, may bo resdily ascortained h{ the frequent ad- Yertisemends by which Bridgef form the public of their sbility and desire toun- dortake them. Tt is & combination which shoaid be rigidly ignored. In large establichments, whore a laundress is kept a8 one of the regular servents, and her work it douo in & room apart, it is simply a portion of the daily businces of £no houre, and n decided convenicnce fov those who can afford it. Whr the housekeeyer on smaller meaus ehould ever undergo tho isery o i) ¥ v. The interpolation of this extra work, the new basis upon “Which all domestic arrangements have to bo planned that day, the annoyance insepsrable from such a mothod, tho wear and tear of ono's patienco, and tho extra cost in fuel and necessary dotergents, paturaliy make one wonder that no wayhas been found out of the diflicalty which would bo uni- versally ndr;fl:ed In this city of numberless public ‘laundries, it wonld scem as though the Question might essily admit of & practical an- swer. Tho rates for simple washing are by no ‘means high, and, if the practice became univer- sal of sending all unclean Lnon to them, it ia very probablo that greater facilities and lower rates would very soon obtain, so that tho cost ‘would beno greaier thanif done at home. Nomore anxious, worried wives; crossLusbands who don't like picked-up dinuers, and so find it convenient to have business that detains them, laying per- baps the foundation of a scries of deletions that find their culmination in a suit for divoree ; fewer fretful babies, peevish cbildren, and im- pertinent servants ; altogether, & completoabro- gation of Blue Monday and a destruction of Sa- an's monopoly. We think that tho infinite gain inovery way would be so great, if the plan were onco adopted of sending awey the household linen to e cleunsed. the cost such a trifle, ifany more, that & pieon would nise from every hosrth- stone. The ironing, being clean, nice work, could readily bo done at home ; but, unless the haunds aro vory skillful, we woula suggest that the lord and master's shirts and collars had better be fin- ished .at the laundry, for thero is nothing like peace :in the houss, and badly-ironed Bhirts have been known to disturb the serenity -of Iis Royal Highness. He is apt to Do rather critical about Lis_linen, and does not always emulate Job if it does Dot come up to his idzus of potless purity, and exhibit 3 smoothly-polished surfaco to the world allarge; therefore, dear ladics, by all mesns have the Seignior's linen irmaculzfe. It is well to keep up appearances. liasn't Boston doue it, placarding its_trust in God on thoe ruina of its temples to Mammon ? Admitting, then, that tho ironiny, with {his exception, 18 to be done at Lomo, it shor!ll ba sccomplished in & room apart {rom the Lilchen. While Prefessor Blot very sensibly olijects to the fumes of unclesn suds being mingled with soupa and gravies, any ono with sensitivo olfactories will equatly object to the aroma arising from cooking as & porfame for_their clean clothing, permeating it so thoroughly thet nothing will overcomo it. It being agreed, then, that both wash-tubs and sad-irons are to bameked from our model kiteh~ en, lot ue cousider by what menns our cooking is o be dono. Thera is not much more probability of our having the porcelain range than thero is of our having the French human-attschment that accomnanics it, but we con call siestn, gas, and anthracite to ouraid. Gas presents itself a3 being tho cleanest and most Inbor-saving of these agents, and, once used, Tapidly grows .in favor. \Yhichever of these preference or neces- sity may induce us to decide upon, ono thing must always be kept in view: that no desirable result can Le obtained without & proper and sufti- cient quantity of COOKING UTESSILS. The inventive Yaukeo is consiantly filing pat- ents for wonderful mechines, thet are elmost aranteed to do the entire housewcrk unaided. We heve s Utopien expectation that the Lour will arrive when, in this ngmssive country, we shall merely baye to wind up some Luge piece of machivery, and the whole detail of domestic ‘business will be sot in motion, with a consequent erfection in result only to be dreamed of now. 1 i8 suid that a favored few have already accom- Plished this with s special golden key ; but their Instruments are human, and ours are to be strictly sutomatic. Granted, then, that,.whilo some of these inventionshave merely thoir flam- ing advortiscments to recommend them, others 16 really most desirable helps. Ignorant Bridget 1o doubt will object to them; Lut that satuto lady did not know what & epider was when sho arrived hore a few months ago, and was quite surprised to find it in an iron cooking utensil,—a sort of abnormal frying-pan. Neither was eho au fait on the subject of vege- tables, and probably &»Ared the boets prior to cooking them, boiled the watormelous for squash, and made s futile effort to serve sepa- ratoly the corn and beans which Liad been con- verted into succotash. However, Bridget is apt, learns quickly, and can be teught if thore is auy one to la;\rh{xer, the desirability of mechanical aid in her new ephere of action. Any house- keeper who can, should, therefore, seek out the best of theso and adopt them. Iruit aud veg- etables aro much better and more quickly pre- pared for tho table or the ‘)ot by some of thexa nachings than they possibly cau be without such gid, and the timo thus eaved can be utilized in the moro careful attention to the pro- ccss of cooking, and the greater variety of dishes which can be gotton ready. S0 we will have the various mechanical contrivances for paring, choppiug, and otherwise preparing our food, and, unquestiouably, we ehall have to learn how to use them, for, thcugh Bridget is vory “ tacheable,” sho neods & Alen- tor. With al] lier ignorzuce, however, she could hardly make a more Indicrous mistake than ber American mistress once did whou, in au excess of domestic virtuo, sho sbsolutely nasumed the +agk of ordering ber own marketing. Advancing to the poulterer's with o self-assurance worthy of tho largest expericnce, and daiutily touching bird with her gloved forefinger, slie queried, “How much is this turkey a pound ?” ~**That turkoy is o goose, ma'am,” was tho rather dis- coucerting reply. Neither bave wo ever known her to wasto nearly an hour in a vain attempt to balance that same domestic bird on its legs and wings, preparatory to placing it in the oven, thongh wo do remember of & youug American girl who was once unexpectedly left in chargo of the cooking, thus cmploging horaclf, getting slightly ot of temper _and very red i’ the faco beceuge tho contumacious bird refused to keep ‘its oquilibrium. The relief of that youag demoi- gelle was commensurate with her exasperation when one, slightly better versed in the culwary art, snggested the wisdom of turning tk:e turkey over on its back. Having thus hinted that tbe mistress may have eomothing to learn, as well a8 the cook, we will get back to our special flock of sleep. Cop- per stow-pans are, no doubt, tho most desirable of cooking utensils, provided they aro miways Xkept clean ; but, in our prosent syslem, it would bo almost impossible to have this done, and, to avoid the danger of beiug poisoned, we think wo must rocommend thoso that ate’ porcelaiu- lined, oven if they have to bo frequently re- Placed. There should always bo a marbis elab for moulding bread and pastry, and marble tables are much better and cleaner than wooden ones, if within the compass of one's purso. . Tho objection to them is, that they occasion a great degree of broakage, of which there is ordinarily & sufliciont quota. If wooden tables sre used, thoy should bo of plan, unpainted wood, which & nent servant will scour to enowy whitencss. Tach kitchen should also be provided with Bomo epocics of roaster. Ours are sll Laked meats, whather for funeral or wedding b: fast, and all the rich juices of our various viands aro dried away. Our grandfathers rejuiced in wide fire-places, with an attachment of crancs and hooks, In frontof theso thoy hung their poultry, venison, beet, or mutton, whils paus placod Deneath caught the drippings, and grand- mother's help (ocessionally just-breeched paps was detailed) gavo tho necessary rotatory move- ment to tho cooking food. Then followod & tin contrivance known s & Dutch oven, in which the ments were cooked boforo tho fire, till at last, in the general lovelling process, all varieties of flewh and fow] found their way into the close, dry stovo oven, {o havo their specific flavors blended into ono upiverselsamencss. The pres- ent generation of Americans have probably lost, to & great oxtent, that delicacy of taste which made each variety of food acceptable for its own special virtues, from. tho very fact that they hsve nover had it properly prepared. It is something like mixing o variety of wines, and, after accustoming a porson 1o such & boverage, expecting bim to become a_connoingenr of rare vintages or exquisite bonquets. lron &poons should nover bo used, for they destroy tho flavor of many thinge. 'Waoden oncs may take their placo, but ilver ie, par exccllence, the uten- gil to bo desired. Food prepared with milk should never be mixed with anything but silver. Above all, the kitchen should bo WELL LIGHTED AND VENTILATED, Tho_delicacy requisite for the proper comple- tion of mauy culinary operations 1z almost equi slent to more ecientific chemical_experiments and really the results, when cousidered as affect- ing the bappiness of 1ho great proportion of tho human race, aro 50 much more widaly diffused, that we think tho sister-science should at loast have an equal chance. Thereforo, lot plenty of light be admitted, 8o that any lack of euccess may not bo sttributed to the Powors of Dark- nees ; and, if this depertment is in the house (it is much better semi-detached), them, for the comfort of the inmates, as well as for the im- provement of the food, abuudant ventilation is necessary. Bouthern Litchens are almoat alwaye detached from the house, aud Southern couks of or Gretohen in- | Ethiopian porsuasion ~ ere not enly THE CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE: SUNDAY, DECEMBER 29, i873. the .:.best, but . " mnexceptionsbly the dirtiest. How well wo remember the delicious brealifast-rolls, light a5 a puil-ball, white 13 & snow-flake, with which we were once regaled by a cortain chocolatic-complexioned Aunt Chloe. How wa rolished thom ; thera surely nover was such bread made bolore: but some demon of cutiosity impelled us to look intothe cuisine one day. Aunty was moulding her dolicions rolls, and how such white bread ever came f10m off 59 lack o kncuding-Loard Lo xlways remained an uasolyed problem. Aunty must hovo been a coolk for over twenty yeara, and had _probably concocted thoso game delicious rolls daily dur- ing that long servitade; but wo are absolutely certain that the remnants of her first batch of dough formed the underlving stratum of that dingy formation, wluch had gradually assumed tho herdness and _color of very dry snd dirty pulty. We turned away, slightly sea-sick, if Buch & paradox is admissible, aud, strange to eay, though the rolls wero just as white and t as over, wo mever again felt our former Telish for therh. Indead, we would not suggest a visit to strango kitehens ss su ordinary ap- pelizer. It might come under the head of bit~ ters, but i is doubtful if it would prove a tonic. FITTINGS. While thore may be sbundant shelves for dishes, it is mot wise to mako drawers an ad- junct. They ecom to Lave an inherent propen- sify for getting into disorder, unaided by humanity, besides offeriug such admirable op- portunitica for the disposal of odds and ends— grocerics, old combs, hair-brushes, Llacking. stay-laces, twino, spoons, cutlery, &nd otlicr .emall wares hero being Lrought into most inharmonious juxtaposition, — Neither do we think o mirror o neccesity. It would be referable for cook, when she wished to arrange or coiffeur a la Rabagas, to retire to her reom for that purpose; and, while hor tins and coppers may be polished as reflectors, it would be rather better for hier not to be oncouraged tonso them 83 assistants to her toilette. Considering this, a thoughtful mistress will, if sho can, appro- priato & small apartment near the Litchen as a withdrawing-room for tho benefit of her scr- vants, or Liave their sloeping nccommodations such that they can_perform the mysterious rites of tho toiletio ith comfort and in scclusion. Capillary attraction, when spplied to food, being apt to prove & repelling force, such g disar- rangoment of the Iaws of Naturo may by this means be, to & _cortain oxtent, avoided. TREATMENT OF SLRVANTS. In a large houe, it is wise to give up all tho bascment to the cuisine and oflices for the ser- vants. If a butler is kept, his room might be here, and, while the maids could slecp in the attics, it would bo better for them to have o neatly-furnished room -whore thoy could sit when thieir work was over. 1t would bo much cloaner than to have this congregated bumenity in tho Xitchen ; would rest and rofresh them, teach them self-rospect, and, es the latter feoling as- sumed a healthy form, would resct proportion- ably, and manifest iteolf in increased Qeferonce to those whom they might serve, snd in better, more intolligent labor. No cliatelaine ever lost anything by considering tho comfort of Lir emploves. It neods a firm, unswerying band on tho household rein, but it should nlso bo light and gentle. Thero' ehould bo no sudden pull-nps, or impatient ‘goadings, aud then, if urgent cireumstances shonld require o sudden’ spurt, each individual will auswer to tho word “ Go ™ with the same good temper as yourhnsband's favorite maro docs, dear Madamo, hen Lo wishes to ehow off ber kpoed. So we will hope thet you will oxerciso the same care for your bipeds as he does for Lis quadrupeds, even if they are only Luman. At all ovents, it is worth trying, and we think you wiil find that it will bring its own reward. PSS e R REMINISCERCE OF TROY. It was tho ninth year of the Trofan war,— A tedious pull at best ; A ot of us were sitting by the shore,~ ‘Tydides, Phocse, Custor, and the rest,— Some whittling ehingles, and some etringing bows, And catting up our friends, and cutting up our fced, Down from the tents above thero came & man, Who took & camp-stool by Trdides’ side, He joined our ta'k, and, pointing to the pan Upon tlib cmbers where our pork was fried, Said he would eat tho onfons and {he leeks, But that fried pork was food not it for Greoks, “Look at the men of Thebes,” sald he; *aud then Look ut those cowards in Lo plains Lelow ; You see how ox-like are tho ox-fed meu; Yon ece Low sheepich mutton-eaters grow. Stick to this vogetablo food of mine, Men who eat pork grunt, root, and sleep, like swine,” Somo langlied, and somo graw mad, and Eomo grow redy < The pork was hiesing; but his point was clear, Still Do ouo answared bim, till Nestor said, “One inference that T would draw is hero: You vegelarians wko (hus educato ur, Tauus tar havs turued out vary small potatoes.” —0i2 ard New, RELIGIOUS. Cardinal Cullen calls on tho Irish clergy to provent the holding of wakes by the people. —Tho Rov. Dr. Tvnz, speaking of Sunday- gchool teachers who get tired snd leave their classos, saya everybody gets tired except the dovil ; he is a bishop that is nover out of kis diocess. —The Clinton Avenue Congregational Church, in Brooklyn, N. Y,, after n protracted debate, agreed to introduce responsivo soripturs read- ing by pastor and pooplo into their Sabbath Bervices. —The Mefhodist Recorder suggests that when the chnrches aro investigating tho merits of o csndidato, and inquiring whether he is * smart,” and whetber he can ‘‘draw,” it might be well {o press suother question, ¥iz.: “Is ho religious ? ” A correspondent of the Christian Era says that the Professors in all the present Baptist Qollegos in England favor open communion, and that mest of the ministers whom they train for tho pulpit follow thoir lead. —The Rev. 3r. Hepworth's Church of the Dis- ciples, Now York, is to bo_dedicated in January by the Rev. Henry Ward Beecher. Thestructure is o queer looking affeir, Luilt of wood, brick and iron—in sty!e, a cross between & circus en a gas-house. —Theo German membership of tho Lutheran Churen in this country iy nearly 800.000. The Beandinavinu mombership is about $0,000. —The Spanish revolulion of 1868 opencd the country to Protestants, and now thgre aro 10,000, and nbout 29 native clergsmen. 5 —The Rev. Mrs. E. Guatin, of Attleborongh, Masa., has accepted & call to tako tho pastoral chargo at tho Spruce Stroet Christian Mission Chayel, 1w Now Bedford. —A Presbyterian preacher in Nowark, New Jersey, refused to allow Mrs. Wittenmyer to lec- ture in his church in behalf of tlie ome for the i for the rcason that women should ot speak in the pulpit —The Presbyterian churches of Philadelphia raised over & million dollars for clhurch pur- poses, during tho past vea —Tho Roman Catbolic Bishops and clergy of TIreland, referred to in Justico Keogh's judg- ment and report to Parliament, including tho Bishop of Clonfert, Dr. Duggan, and twenty-two priests, have beon indicted. —Tho Rev. Mr. $purgeon, in 8 recent address, eaid ho was quite suro that a large portion of the ministers of all denominatious did not earn anything like as much as the men who laid the stones in tho butldings they were assembled in. —The Socioty of Friends are to Lave s now “mesting-house,” in Lawrence, Kansas, costing ovor 30,000, At tho yesrly meecting recently held in that city a thousnnd delegates were pres- ent from different parts of tho United States and Cauada. —At the late National Unitarian Asgociation a speaker expressed tho belief that the failure of th church in Washington City was owing to the preachiug of politics. —The Vieuna New Free Press cuumerates tho 01d Catholic priests, now declarod apostate from the Roman Church, in Germany aud elsewhere, finding the total number to be fifty-tive—namely, forty-two in Germany and Austria, and thirtesn elsewhero, —The Enon Baptist Church in Louisville is to be disposed of on the lottery principlo about the middle of next month. . —John Jacob Astor has given $50,000 toward the ondowment of St. Luke's Hospital (Episco- pal) in the city of New York. —The Colgates, of New York, havo prescnted to the Daptist cocioly with which they worship at Yonlers, N. Y., & fine church costing 200,000, ~The Marquis of Waterford is abuut to enter the Roman Catholic Chorch. TLo Aarchioness wout over somo mouths ago. In Touissy, Franco, twenty-five families have forsaken tho Catholic Church, and invited tho neighboring Evangelical pastors to minister to them. R ~The first thing the Elizabeth, N. J., Baptist Church did for its new pastor, " gher, was to givo his wife a $15,000 house, —Tho ealary of the Epiecopal Bishop, just elecled for the Diocese of Massachusetts, is fixed at £6,000 por annum. _The Unitarian body in this country sunports but one foreign missionary, who sbsorbs the wholo sum, , which is annually sot apart for foreign miksions. —A deputation of Americaus at a rocent audi- dience with the Pope exprested the devotion of the American Catholics to the Iloly See. Tho Popo made n fealing responee, and concloded by giving his blesing (0 his spiritual subjects in this couniry. —The * Free Religious Aseociation™ has just been holding a session in Brovklyn. They an- pounce no form of religious belief, but lezve tic individual Freo Religionist open' to hold any form of beliof or unbclief, &s he chooses. —Tho Lutheran Church within the lest twonty- five years has dismissed about forty ministers desiring to attach thomselves to other chnrches. —Bishop Cox, of Buialo, has gouo to Hayti to amit several colored men’ into’ the pricsthood. copul missionaries were fizst sent theze iz E 186 - —Tho Rev. William Hobart Iare, S.T. accopted the missionary Dishopric of Nio' rara, to which ho was recently elected. Tho consent of the majority of the Standing Committeo and tho Bishops having been reccived, the prosiding Bishop will now proceed to take the order for the consecration of the Bishop-clect, which will takio place, it is expected, some timo in Janusry. —The Rev. J. G, White, editor and proprictor of tho Profestant Afissionary, Jacksonvillo, Ill., is reported to have challenged Father Burko to o discussion on the principles and aspects of Roman Catholiciem, —The Presbsterian Board of Church Erection are greatly embarrassed for tho want of money. ‘They commenced the year with a deficit of $3,- 766, which hes increasod to $20,000. Unless lnrger contributions from the churches &ro ro- ceived, tho Board will ba compelied either to re- ject many applications, or greatly reduca tho mmount granted. —The Rev. Johm Hall's congregation in Now York has purchased a plst of ground on the northwest corner of Fifty-fifth stroct and Fifth avenu, for the sum of $350,000, on which they proposo to_erect a church edifice to cost-over £300.000. The church will represent tho archi- tecturo of tho fourtesnth century, snd will fur- nish seating capacity for about 9,500 peopla. —A sharp imitation of Prussian political tac- tics haa just been accomolished by tho Austrian Government, in regard to one of its very trouble- eome Provincial Diets. In the Tyrol, the * Cleri- cal” Deputios—that is, thoso who 1ook upon the -zacent policy of the Vienns_Cabinct in Church ‘matters as impious and abominable—have de- clined to take part in tho sittings of the Diet; and as, in that tenaciously superstitious moun- tain rogion, these members muster strongly, their secession docs notleave a sufiiciont, quorum to transact business. Dy order of the Emperor, therofore, the Dict has been closed. —1he following glimpse of Portland, Me., idiosyneracies is aiforded by tho Press of that city : ** A fearful nuisance, and one peculiar to Portland, is the hubit which young people have of going of & Sunday evening from one church to another, entoring tho building during tho servico and then immediately leaving if they do not find tho person they aro inwantcf. Indeed, most of our young mea Sunday nights secm au- gaged in a fruitless scarch for a swestheart who Bas taken refuge under the drippings of tho eanctusry. So much seok her, wandering about from church to church in quest of tho fair but fleating ona.” —The pews of the O1d South at Boston, which is fast beiug fitted up for Unclo Sam's ue, aro storod in tho ttic ready to bo put togethor again ot the end of the two years. Tho pulpit wi disposed of in a similar manzer, and tho mag- niticent chandelier has already found a rosting place in tho same spot. It has been suggested that the chandelier, which was originally given to the church, might bo yiven to somo country church which does not enjoy the blesaing of zas, 2s tho now chapel at tho South end will bo better illuminated by more modorn sppliances. Tha orgen, which was built by an Englishmen named Taylor, who camo over on purposo to superin- tond ifs croction, and is ono of the oldest things in the church, will bo placed for the prosent in the Freeman place chapol. —The decision of the suthorities of tho Church of England in favor of transubstantation has resulted in & number of clergymen leaving the church. The latest one, the Rey. Capol Moly- neaurx, bad beon in that church thirty-five years. —A literary parallel is pointed ont in connec- tion with tho death of Mr. Thomas Bilby, for more than & quartor of o contury Parish Clerk of Islington, who dicd recently at tho ago of 78. Ho ywas author of the hymn, *“Oh, that will be joyful.” The rarallelis fonnd in Mr. Bilbys ife_story and thac of the Scottish echoolmaster, Andrew Young, formerly English master in the Muadras Colloge, 3t. Androws. who wroto the hymn, © There is a happy land,” which has on- fored populasity second ouly fo that won by . Bilby. Both hymn yriters were &chool~ masters. —A Dill for the suppression of the religious orders, spplying to the province and City of Tome, bas boen presented to tho Itslian Parlia- ment by the Minister of Justico. Ita disposi- tions include the suppression of the religions orders, the whole property of which is to bo converted into Rento. Tho religious orders are Lenceforth to Lo considered and are to stand on thio eamo footing toward the lawa of tho State 08 all other civil associations. A reserve is mado in favor of tho orders for women, which are on- titlod to_houses for the exercisé of their mis- sions. The proporty of the suppressed corpora- tions will continuo to bo appled tothe charita*lo purposes for which thoy wero originally catab- shiod. —It is said that tho nomination of Dean Stan- Tey 88 ono of the Select Preachers at the Univer- sity of Oxford will bo streuvously opposod, tad maialy by the High Church party. Dean Goul- Dburn intends taking part in the opposition, sud in o frieudly letter to Dean Stanley ko oxplaing ashis reason for doing so that his brother of Vestminstcr isin the habit of throwing *tho wholo veight of his high character, is brilliant abilitics, and his emincnt position into tho sup- port of the rationalistic achool’—aschool against which Doan Goulburn holds it to bo tha par- amount duty of every Churchmen and every Cristian 40 protest whenover opportuity of- ors. —Tho death, somo timo sinco, of tho Rev. Sir Algernon Peyton, Bart., sealed the fato of tho most remuuerative pastorato in Great Dritsin, the living of Doddington. Tho yestly income of tho fortunate incumbent was $30,000, or twico the salary of tho President of the United States. TUpon the death of the Roverend Baronct named above. Doddington wes divided into scven parishes, which will still leavo comfortable in- comes for tho pastors, and brng the churches nearor to the people. —A fow years 230, Kenyon Collego bad, in President Stone, & chief ofiicer who was very poular with tho students. It was deemed ad- Visable by Bishop Mcllvaino and tho other managers of tho institution that Mr. Stono should loave his place. This course was sup- posed to hiave been adopted becanse of s sus- pected ritualistic leanings. His friends and ad- visers denicd that be bad any such proclivities, at least to any dangerous extent, and wero very angry at the * narrowness™ which could propoga to dispenso with 80 valuable a man. Tho wisdom of the act way vindicated a few months later by Mr. Stouc’s_ sdmission to the Roman Catholio Clurel, and by his publication of & book defend- ing the' change. It will bo remembored that this work was very amusingly and sharply ro- viewedin o little pumphlet by l.aonard Bacon, Jr. Wenow Liave to ndd thaf, on tho 21st inst., 3ir. Stone way_ordained s prict of tho Paulist order by Archbishop MeCloskoy, of New York. —_— A HEW-YEAR REVERIE. ithont, the moonlight, streami Casts 3 wierd, uncertain gleamin: While the night-winds moan and murmer fiko 8 spir- it's wail of woe ; And sround my lone heart clinging, ‘Are the mem'ries sad npspringing 0f a New Year, Happy New Yecr, in the peaceful “long. zg0.” From my windor oft I'm peeping When th shades of Night are slceping, And thio stars look down and glisten o'er Exrth's 8pot- nking, (Fancy unto fancy linking), Of & Now Year, Happy Now Year, in the peaceful “long Rt g0 "Foro my dim eyes i sweet faces, ‘Waile a nameless sowmething traces A form with grace all matchiess i tho firclight's ruddy 0w 3 3 And o white hand mino seems pressing With n gentlo, sad caressing, As it &id on lisppy, Happy New Year in tho peaceful “ long ago.” “ Eer thine 1" Thoeo words, token Of tho pledges made and braken, Seom agaip 1o breathe in faney their begulling muslo 0w ‘Whilo, for pleasures unroturning, Still my lone heart's ever yearning, As the passing years aro numbered with the feding “long ago.” OWEx M. Wizsos, Ja. g —Zngineer David M. Greeno, who was ap- poiuted Consulting Eugineer by the Stats, to decide upon the best plan for ths wtroduction of steam on tho cansls, is preparing s long re- porten the subject, which he will submit to the State Commission in January. It will give & detailed account of all the machinery connected with the soveral boats which have competed. It is eaid that the contost really lios Letweon tho Baxter, tho Nowman, and the Charles Homjo.— king is evon more profitable than paint- ing in Paris, The chiof cook at the Cafe An- glais lately bonght of Forturi a picture valued 8t 70,000 francs, b the ssmo time ordering anotlier for 100,000 francs. In the story abova the cafo ho haa'n colloction of paintings, includ- ing somo of the finest pictures in Paris. Ho also had & collection of curiosities from China and Japan, next to that of the King of Holland, the finest in_Europe. His finest picturcs aro kopt at Lia vills in the country. EUGENIE GRANDET; - om, Scenes of Provincial Lifo. Translated from the French of DeRalzac for The Chi- cago Tribune, XIV. Eugenic nasesled the letter. trembling. Thore fell from it 5 draft on the house of Madame Des Grassing & Corret, of Ssumur. Nanon picked it up. ¢ 3fy doar consin—" “Iamno longer Eugenic,” thought the, and her heart beat heavy. «Yog—n He once called me * thou.” " She crossed her arms, did not care to read the etter furthor, and big tears came in her eyes. “Jahe dead?” asked Nanon. “If ho wore, ho would not write,” said Engenie. Sie read the whole lotter, a8 follows : “ My dear cousin, you will learn, I believe, ‘with pleasuro, the succoss of my undertaking. You brought me good fortune. Ikhave returned rich,and I have followed tho advico of my ncle, of whose desth, and thet of my sunt, I have been informed by Mr. Des Grassins. The death of our relatives is in tho neture of things, and wa hiave to follow them. I hope that you aro now coneoled. Nothing resists time ; I_fecl it. Yes, my dear cousin, unhappily for me, the time of illusions is over. How could it be helped? While travelling through many lands, I have havo oft moditated on life. I left = child, T have returned s man. To-day 1 think of many things of which I did not formerly dream. You are freo, my cousin, and I am also free; ap- parently nothing hinders the carrying out of our little plans ; but I nave too much honor m -my. character to hide from you the eitustion of my affeirs. I bavo not forgotten that. Idonot belong to myself. I have always remombered, in my long wanderings, the little wooden bench—" Eugenie roso as if sho had been on hot coals, and went and sat down on one of tho Eteps of tho court : *— the littlo wooden bench, where wo sworo eternal love; the paseage; the gray sitting- room; my garret clamber; “and the night in which, by your delicato kindness, you made my futurg easier. Yes, theso memorics have sus- tained my courage, and I havo said to myselt that you alwoys hought of me, as I often thought of you, at tho hour we sgreed upon. Have you really looked at the clondsat 9 o'clock? Yes, havo younot? So I'domot wish to betray an affection ezcred to me; no, I mustnob deceive you." There 18 now under considerstion, ot this moment, an alliance for mo which eatisfies all tho ideas that Ihave formed concerning marriage. Love, in marriage, is o chimera. ‘To-day, my cxperience tells ma that it is neceseary to oboy all social laws, and in'marrying, to comply with 2ll things déemed proper by the world. Now, thero is_slrcady a differenco iz sge between us, which will perhaps Lavo moro influenco on your future, my deur cousin, than over mine. I will spesk Lo you neither of your customs, nor your education, nor vour habits, wiuch do mot at all coincide With Parisian lifo, and which, doubtless, would not harmonize with my ulterior schemes. It is & part of my plan to keep up an oxtensive estab- lishment, and to receive many people; and I think I recollect that you love & still and quiet life. No, I will be moro frank, and wish to mako you the judge of my situation; it is proper you should knoy it, and yon have » right to decide on it. I mnow possess ¢m incoma of 80,000 livres. This fortuno enables me to' ally mysolf to the D'Aubrion family, whoso ~ heiress, & young lady of 19, brings me in marriage her name, a title, plact of Honorary Gentloman of tho Chamber of is Majosty, and an_oxcoedingly brilliant posi- tion. 1 will acknowledgo to you, my dear cou- sin, that I do not love Mademoiselle’ D'Aubrion to the slightest extent; but, by ma.rying her, I insure to my children & eocial standing, the ad- vantages of which will some day be incalcu- lable; monarchical idess are dailly re- gaining tavor. Then, & few years later, my son, having becomo Marquis D'An- brion, with an ecstato worth forty thoussud livres a yesr, can take whatever position in tho State it Will buit him to choose.” Wo owo our- selves to our children. You seo, my cousin, with what sincerity I lay bare to you the condi- tion of my heart, ‘of my hopes, and of my fu- ture. It is possiblo thut you, on your side, have forgotten our childish actions after seven years of absenco; but I have forgotten neither your kind trestment nor your words; I remember them all, even those most lightly given, and of which & youog man less conscientious than I sm, baving & heart less vouthful 2nd less upright, would not even think. When I say to you that I think of merely making a marriage e _convenance, and that I still remember our childhood loves, do not I put myself entirely at your discration, make you misiress of my fate, 2nd ey to you that, if I must renounce my eocial ambition, Iwill gladly content myseit with that simplo and purc happiness of which you have offered me such affectiny; images ?” “Tan, ta, ta—Tap, ta, ti,—1iny, ta, ts,— Toun !—Toun, ta, ti,—Tinn, ta, ta,” etc,, hum- med Charles Grandet, to the tunc of Non pin audrait, a8 ho signed : ' Your devoted cousin, * CuARLES,” “God's thurder! I am taking a good deal of troublo about thie,” eaid ke to himself. Then Lo bad obtained the draft, and had added the fol- Jowing: “P.8. I inclosoin my letter o drafton the Louso of Des Graesins for 8,000 fraucs, payable to_your order, in gold, being the interost and principsl of the eum yon were g0 kind a8 to lend me. 1am expecting from Bordosux & box con~ taining some things which you will allow me to offer you 88 & testimonial of my everlasting atitudo. You can send back my dressing-caso v the stage, to the Hotel D'Aubrion, Street Hillerin-Bertin.” “y the stago!” said Eugenie, ““ A thing for which I woald have given my lifo s thousand times!” Frightful and otber disaster! Tho vessel weut down without leaving s Tope or & plank on the vast ocenn of hopes. Some women, when thoy sce themalves deserted, go and_tear their lover from the arms of & rival, kill her, and fiy to the end of the world, to the scaffold or to the tomb. Doubtlesa thisis admirablo; tho incit- ing cause of that crime is a sublime nesion which oOyerswes human justico. ther women lower their heads, and suffer in silenco; they go on, dyiugand resigned, weop- ingand pardoning, praying, and remembering, till the last sign. This is_love, true lovo, an- gelio love, proud_lovo, which lives on its grief, tnd dies of it. That was the feoling of Eu: §enie after she had read that terrible lotter. “be raised her eyes to Heaven, thinking of tho last words of her mother, who, liko some dying persons, Lad cast & dear and peue- trating glanco into the faturo; then Fugenie, remembering that prophatic death and life, took in her wholo destiny with one look. 'She had nothing left but to un furl her wings, aim st Heaven, and live in prayos till tho day of her deliverance. s “ My mother was right,” snid ehe, woeping. #To suffor and to dio.” - Bhe came with slow steps from her garden to tho sitting-raom. Contrary to her custom, she did not go through the pagesge; but she found the memory of her cousin in that gray old room, on the mantel-pieco of which was alwaye s cer- tain eancer, which she used every morning at Lier breakfast, as well a3 the sugar-bowl of old Serres. Thatmorningwasfated tobea solemn andovent- ful one for her. Nanon announced the Rector of the parish. This Rector, a relative of the Cruchots, tas in tho interest of the President Do Bonfons. Some deye beforo, the old Abbe had decidad him 1o speak to Mademuiselle Grandet, from a pure- Iy religious point of view, of her duty to marry. When Engenie saw her pastor, sho believed ho csmo for the thousand francs she gave monthly to the poor, and told Nanon to get them ; but tho Rector began to smile. #T-day, Mademoisolle, 1 have coma to_speak to you of & poor girl in whom the whole Gity of sSaumur {akes an interest, and who, through lack f‘f charity for horself, is not lesding » Christisn ife.” + My God, sir, you have found me ot & time when it is impossible for me to think of my neighbors. I am absorbed in myself. I am very unhappy. I have no other rofuge than the chuch ; she hes a bosom large enongh to hold all our sorrows, and 80 rich simpltbios that we can draw upon them without foar of exhausting hemo 5 “Well, Mademoiselle, while occupying our- selves with _that 5ir1v we will occupy ourselves with you. Listen! If you want to insure your salvation, you have but two paths to pursue: either to losvo the world, or to conform to its lews: to obey your earthly or your hesvenly destiny.” AR your voice spenks to me justwhen I wanted to hear & voico. Yes, God tends you here, sir. I intend to bid farewell to the world, and live for God alone, in silence and loneli~ noas” y ‘Tt is necessary, my daughter, to thick over this violent determination for s long time. Mar- n:;e is 8 life ; the veil is a death.” “*Well, death, death quickly, my pastor!” #aid she, with frightful eagernces. “Death! Dut you bave great cbligations to fulfil to sacioty, Mademoiselle. Aro not you the mother of the poor to whom you give clothes, wood in winter, and work in summer? Your great fortune is's Inan, which you must retarn, and you havo :olemoly ncepted it as such. For you to bury yowrself in & couvent wounld be egoism ; as for remaining unmarried, you ought not to. ' In the first place, can you manage slone your immense fortune ? You will perhaps lose it. You will soon have a thonsand lawsuits, aud you vill bo entangled i inoxtricable difficulties. clievo your pastor; & husbond ia useful; you should keep what God hus given you. I spesk toyounsto n cherished lsmb. You love God t00 sincerely not to win your salvation in the midst of the world, of which you are one of_the noblest ornaments, and to which it is your duty to get a holy examplo.” Just then, Msdsmo Des Grassins was sn- nounced. She came—broaght by revenge and & great despair. # Madamoiselle—" said she. ¢ Ah, hero is the Rector. I will bo silent. I came tospeak to you of businces, and I soe that you are having 0 important conversation.” “ Madame,” said the Rector, “Ilesve tho fleld free to you.” “Oh!” faid Eugenio, *come back in a little while; your support is verynecessary to me just oY, _‘*Yes, my poor child,” said Madame Des Gras- sins. *What do yon mean ?" asked Mademoisello Grandet and the Rector. Do not I know of the retnrn.of your cousin, and his marringe to Mademoiselle” D’Aubrion A woman’s wits aro never asleep.” Eugenie blushed and remnined silent ; butsho Qotermined to assume for the future the impas- sible face her father had worn. “Well, Madsme,” replied she, ironically, « doubtless my wits are nslcep, for I do not un- derstand. Speak out ; speak before the Rector ; you know he is my spiritual guido,” “ell, Mademoiselle, this~ is what Des Gras- sins writes me, Read.” TEugene read the -following letter : “My dear wife, Charles Grandet has returned from the Indics, and has been in Paris for & month—" * A month [ said Eugenie to herself, letting tho letter fall, After a pauso, ehe picked it up again : “1 have had to dance attendsnce twico before 1 could speak to the future Viscount D'Aubrion, Although all Paris is talking of bis marriage, and the bans are published—-" “ S0 he wrote to me at the time when—" sgid Eugenio to horself. - She did not finish ; ehe did not exclaim, like s Parisian woman, Tho coundrel{” ~ But, though not expressed, the contempt was none the less complete. * —— this marriago is fer from being made; the Marquis D'Aubrion will not give his dsugh- ter to the son of & bankrupt. I told him of the attention his uncle and I had given tohis fath- er's affairs, and tho ekilfol manmavres by which wo had succeeded in keeping the creditors quiot up to this time. And tns impertinent iittle fel- low had the face to mg;y to_mo—to me who for five years had voted mysell, night snd ‘day, to his interests and his honor—that his father's nfairs were Dot his. A referee would have a right to demand of him from thirty to forty thousand francs for fees, at 1 per cent on tho total amount of in- debtedness. Bat patience!—he is legally in- debted to the creditors to tho amount df 1,200,- 000 francs, and I will bave his father declared o bankrupt.’ I went into this business trusting to that old crocodile of & Grandet, and I have mado romisesin thonamo of the family. 1f the Viscount "Aubrion cares so little for his honor, mine in- terests me vory much. So I intend to oxplain my position to the croditors, Nevertholess, I have too much respect for Mademoisslle Eugenie, of sn_sallisnce with whom we_ had thonght'in happier days, to act until you bave spolen to her of this matter— " Hero Eugenie coldly handed back the lotter without finfshing it. * I thank yon,” said ke aaa}fi"ndnm' 0 Des Grassina, ‘‘we will see aboul “Your voico was oxactiy like your dead father's, just then,” eaid Madamo Dea Grassins, ““Madame, you have to ey o sight thousnnd one hundred franca in gold,"” eaid Nanon to her. “Thst is 0 ; be 80 kind ‘a8 to come with ma, Mrs. Cornoiller.” ‘The Rector left ; Mademoisello Grandet went to hor father's closct, and spent tho whole dsy there, not even coming down at dinner timo, in epite of Nanon's urging. Sne apreared in_tha evening, at tho time whben her usual visitors came, ~Never had the parlor of the Grandets beon as fall as it was that evening, Tho nows of tho roturn and of tho stupid treschery of Charles had been disseminated through ' the whole city. But, however attentive was the cu- Fiosity of tho visitors, it was not satisfied. Eu- genie, who had oxpected it, betrayed om her calm features none of the cruel emotions which sgitated hor. She nssumed s smiling face to reply to those who wished to show her their con- corn by melancholy looks or words. In short, £ho was able to cover ber unbappiness with tho evil of politeness. About 9 o'clock the games camo to an ond and the players left their tablos, paying their bots, and discussivg tho last plays at whist, o8 they joinod the circlo of talkers. When the assemblage ross in a body to leave the room there occurred a sensation which resound- ed _in Ssumur, and_ afterwards in tho district, and in the four surrounding prefectures. “ Pleaso stay, Mr, President,” said Lugenio to Monsieur do Bonfons, as she saw him take his cane, There was no ono in tho Iatge @i not feel an emotion st these words.” The President grow pale, and wns obliged to mt down. “The President will have the millions,” said Mademoiselle de Gribosucourt, “Itie plain thet the President will marry Mademoisello Grandet,” excleimed AMadame D'Orsonval. i b’;‘Thifl is the best play in the game,” said tho e “ 1t is n fine slam,” eaid the notary. Each one said bis'say ; each oné mnde his pun; alleaw the heiress mounted mpon hor millions as upon & pedestal. The drama begun nine years before hed _reached its denoument. To tell the President, in the face of “all Saumur, toremain, was not it proclaiming that sho wanted to meke him her husband? In small towns, the propricties arc g0 strictly observed that a violation of this kind constitutes thero tho most solemn of promises. 4 Mr. President,” said Eugenio to him, in an agitated voice, when they wWore alone, ** I know what pleases yon in me, Swear to leave mo froo during my whole life, and to remind me of none of the rights which marriage gives you ovar mo, and my and is yours. Oh 1" coatinued she, s8 shosaw him knceling, ‘I have not said 21" I must not deceive you. Sir, 1 have an in- extinguishable passion in my heart. Friendsbij will Lo the only feeling I cau givo my husband: 1 wish noither to offend him, nor to act connter to the laws of my heart. But you can possess my hand and fortune only at the prico of a grent pervico.” “You eeo me resdy for anything,” said tho President. “ Hero ar0 1,500,000 francs,” said she, taking from her busom & certificate of 8 hundred shares in the Bank of Franco, ‘'Lesve for Paris, mot to-morrow, not to-night, but immediatoly. = Go to Mr. Des Grassins, find the namies of =il my uncle's creditors, get them together, snd pay the full amount of tho indebtnoes of his estate, the principal With interest at 5 per cent from the day the debt was inctirred to the dayof paymont; then you will plesse have » general and cortified receipt mado out in duo form. You aro n magistrate; I trust myself solely to you in this matter. You are an honor- able man, a gentloman; I embark, relying on your word, to go through the dangers of lifo un- Ger the shelter of your name. We will have a mutual indulgence for one another. Wo havo knovwn one another so long, we are almost rel tives ; you surely would not make me unhapp, The President fell at the feet of tho rich heiress, palpitating with joy and anxiety. Tl be your siave,” said he to bor, “When you have the receipt, sir,” eaid she, giving him s cold look ; * you will take it, with gl the evidences of indebtedness, to my cousin Grandet, and give him this lsttor. On your return, I will keep my word.” The Precident fully understood that he owod Mademoiselle Grandet to an impulse of woundzd love ; 60 he hastened to perform Ler orders with the greatest promptness, 8o that there might ba no reconcilistion between the two lovers. When Mongieur De Bonfons had gone, Enge- nie fell into her arm-chair, and burst into tosrs. Al was over. The President took post-horses, and was in Paris the nextevening. On tho ‘morning of tho following day, he went to Des QGrassina. The magistrato convened the credit~ ors in the office of the notary whero the evi- dences of indebtedness were deposited, and not one failed to answer. Though they were crodit- ory, it is necessary to do thom juatice, they:wore prompt, Then the President Do Bonfons, in the hame of Mademoiselle Gfaudet, paid them their principal, and the interest which was due. The payment of the interest was one of the most amaziog events of the time for Parisian mer- chants. When the receipt had been recorded, and Des Grassins paid for his trouble tby the gift of s sum of 50,000 francs which Eugnie had Allowed hum. the Prosident Wenb to thio Hotel gathering who - D'Aubrion, and found Charles just as ho had re- turped to his room, crushed by his father-in- Isw. The old Marquishadtold him his dsnghter would not belong to him uniil all the creditors of Willism Grandet had been paid. 1 Tho Presideat first gat hifa the following let- or: : My cousin, the President deDonfons, has taken it npon himself to hand you the receipt for all tho cmounts due by my uncle, snd the papor by which I acknowledge baving received them f-om you. They have epoken to me of bankruptey; T.isve thought that perhaps the son of a bankrupt could not marry Msdemoicelle D'Aubrion. Yes, my oousiz, you have judged well of my mind and my ways; doubtless I have nothing of the world about me; Iknow neither its way of calculating nor its customs, and could not giveyou the plessures you wish to tind there. Be happy, according to the social proprieties to which you sacrifica our first lovos. To make your happinoss complete, T csn offer you only the honor of your father. Farowell; you will always have a foithful friend in your consin, Evozsie.” The President emiled at_the exclamation which this ambitions man could not suppress aa he recoived the logal document. _““We will reciprocally announce our mar- siages,” aid e to bim, AR ‘ are you going to m: genio? Well, I am Tad of ib; theinn g;:zrfi;ifl. °Bat,” continued Do, suddenly struck by a brilliant thought, * is she really rich?" “She had,” answered the President in & joking way, “nearly nineteen millions four days ago, but she has only seventeen now.” harica looked at the President with s stupl- fied air. Sovanteen—mi—" “Seventeen millions,—yes, &ir. We unite, Mademoisello Grandet and I, anincome,of seven hupdred and fifty thonsand livres when wre 7 dear cousin,” said Charles, recovering & little assurance, *‘we can help one anothez along.” “Agreed” esid the President. * Besides, hero 15 a littlo box which I am also to deliver only to you,” added he, putting on the table the ‘box containing the dressing-case. “Well, my dear friend,” said Madame the Marquise D'Aubrion, coming in Without paying any attention to Cruchot, ‘Do not micd whar that poor Monsiour D'Anbrion, whoso head has beon turned by tho Duchess DeChanlien, says to you. Irepeatitto you, nothing shall prevent your marriage—" *Very woll, madame,” repliod Charles, *the threo millions my father owed were paid yes: terday.” “In money ?" said ehe. i+ Tn thoir entivety, iaterest And principal, and 1 intend to restoro his memory.” “What o pieco of folly!” exclaimed the mother-in-law. ““ Who is this gentleman ?” 3aid she in Ler 80n-in-law’s ear, s sho sew Crachot. %1y agent,” ho replied in 5 low voice. Tho Marquise bowed disdainfully to Monsieur DeBonfons. Ve aro helping one another along slready,” £aid the Presideat, taking his hat. * Good bye, my cousin,” “ Thig Saumur Kafakona is laughing nt me. Ihsvea greas desire to give him six iuches of steel in the stomach.” The President_had gono. Three days after- wards Monsieur Do Boufons, having roturned to Saumur, announced his marriage to Eugenie. Six months later he was appointed Counsellor to tho Royal Court_at Angers. Beforo leaving Saumur, Bugenio had the gold of the jewelry which had 50 long been dear to_ber heart, melt« ed down, and used it, as well as her cousin’s eight thousand francs, for making gold osten- sery, of which she made a present to the church where she had prayed &0 much to God for him. She divided her time between Angers and Ssumur. Her husband, who showed devotion, at tho happening of a certain political event became President of the Chamber, &nd finglly First President, after the lapse of soveral years. He was impatiently awaiting the general Te-clection, in order to have n seat in tha &hmber. “Ho alréady coveted the Peerage, and en— “Then the King will be his cousin,” said Nanon, Grande Nanon, Mrs. Cornoiller, wife of ihe cfizen of Saumur, to whom her mistreas announced the honors to which she was called. Novertheless, the President De Boufons, for ha had at last_done away with the paternal name of Cruchot, did not sucoeed in realizing &ny of his smbitiozs idess. He diod eight days after he had been clected Deputy from Saumur. God, who eees all, and never strikes smiss, doubtless punished him for his calculations, snd the legal skill with which he had dravn upr accuranta Cruchot, his_murTiage-con- tract, wherein the future husband and wife gave one another, “in case that thoy shall have na children, the entirety of their property, movable and immovable, withont any exception or reser- vation whatever, in full ownership, dispensing even with the formality of the inventory, nor can the omission of tho aforesaid inveatory be plead against their heirs or sssigns, meaning that the aforesaid donation shall bs,” eto. «This clause may explain the profound respect that the President constantly for the will and the seclusion of Madame Do Bonfons. The women quoted the First Presidont as one of the most delicate of men, pitied him, and often even went 0 far as to ‘blame the grief and pas- sion of Eugenie, but as they know how to blame a woman, wWith the most crael consider- ation. “Madame do Bonfons must euffer a great deal to leave her husbaund alone. Poor little woman! Will she get well soon? What is the matter with hor? QGastritis,—cancer? Why does she not soe the Doctors? Bhe has been getting yel- low for some time; she ought to consultthe Paris celobritios. How is it poasible for her not towsntachild? They eay she loves Ler hus- band a good deal; then who not givehim an heir, in his position? ' Do you know that that is frightfol? and, if it is'due to a whim, it would be very blamablo. Poor President!” Endowed with that suro judgment which the zecluse exercisca through his perpotual medi- tations, aud the eubtlo vision with which ha approhends things falling within hia sphere, Eugenie, accustomed by misfortuno and hex Inteut education to diving everything, knew that the President desired her death in order to come into possession of that immense fortune, increased by the eatates of his uncle, the notary, and his uncle, the Abbs, whom God had seen fit to call to bimself. The poor recluse_ pitied the President. Providence avenged her for tho schemes and tho infamons indifforence of a husband, who respected, os the strongest of guarantees, the hopeless passion on which Eugenie fed. To have bad a child would Linve been to kill tho hopes of egoism, the doge of ambition, hugged by tho Firat President. So God gave hanps of gold to his prisoner, to whom old~ was indifferont, and who aimed ot esven, who lived, pious and good, in holy thoughts, and who constantly and secret- 1y helped tho unfortunate. Madame Da Bonfons wasa widow at 86, withanincomeof eight hundred thousand livres, still handsome, but with tho beauty of a woman of nearly 40. Her {ace is white, placid. calm, Her voice is gentle, and her mcnners simplo. Sho has tho perfoct nobility of sorrow, the holiness of a person who hasnotatained her soul by contact with the worls butshe has elso the stiffness of an old mai snd the close ways which the Darrow primev: life gives. In spite of her incomo of eight hundred thousand livres, she lives s the poor Eugenie] Grandob lived, lights a fire in her room only on tho days ‘when her father formerly allowed a firo to be made in the sitting-room, and puts it out con~ formably to the programme in force in her young yesrs. Bhe is always dressed 8s her mother way. Tho house at Saumur,—a house wilhout sun and without, heat, constantly shaded and melancholy,—is the image of ber life. She carofully snves up her Tevenues, and would per- ‘haps seem parsimonious if she did not give the lio to slander by & noble use of her fortune. Pious and charitablo foundations, & hos- pital for the sged, Christian echools for the children,” ond o richly- endowed publio library, bosr witness, every year, against tho avarice with which cortain persons reproach her. The churches of Saumur owa somo embellishments to ber. Madame De Bon- fons, whom thoy jestingly call Mudemoiselle, cnerally inspires & profound respect, This no- §lo heact, which best but for the tondorast emo- tions, had, therefore, to be subjectod to the cal~ culatjons of human interest. Money had to give its cold hues to that celestial life, and give $0a woman who was all fecling, distrust fo. feolings. “No one but you loyes me,” said she to Nanon. The hand of this woman binds mp tlo secret wounds of every family. Eugonie moves to- ward Heaven, accompanicd by an escort of good deeds. The graudeur of her soul diminishes the smallnesses of her educstion aud the habits of her early life. Such is the history’ of this woman, Who i8 not of the world, though in the midst of it; who, madoto be nobly wife and mother, has néither _husband, mor chil- dren nor family. Rocently, they have been talking of & new marriago for her. The people of Ssumur busy themselves about ker and the Marquis de Froidfond, whose family is Doginning to surround the rich widow, as the Cruchots once did. Nanon and Cornoiller ace, they say, in the interests of the Msrquis ; but nothing 18 more untrue. Neither Gzando Nanon l nor Cornoiller have sense enough to underatand, the corruptions of the world. [THE EXD.]