Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, February 9, 1873, Page 5

THE CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE: SUND. , FEBRUARY 9, 18 BOSTON. Radical Club, and Its f rhe Small-Pox FPanic-~The s Chief Weakness." Wendell Paiilips---A Noted Newspaper ian. The Bazaar of All Nations--Emily Faithfull--What Comes ] The Heeting Between Tymdall and Next? 97 Trisune. ~Bpectal Corvespondence of The Chit Eeb. 5, 1873, Bosx fho New Lngland papers outsids of Boston pave been t2lling great stories all winter about THE SMALL-POX PANIC, god the consequent tearcity of visitors to the Fcb, 2nd dzmage to business, ‘until one would guppose thet the city 723 a ecenc of general dis- tresa and deeolution. It is very true that the Alaermen, who bad, it scems, until quite recent- Iy, the wholo power of action or inaction in 3 gnitary matters, . were otstinstely neg- lecifal both in sceing and doing their iy, eand the diecass, theroforo, got wther’ - wide spread, fto 6tart with. gine. Through all the so-called panic, the social life of the winter has beld its way, and, at the pres- mttime, though large parties are rather infre- quent—and this special infroguency is sother direct result of the fire,— tho current of regular reception-cvemings, dob-meetings, and the various etceteras which fubble oat to cheat conventional formality, was pever at fuller tide. And, speaking of the clnb-meetinge, the famons meeting of TIT: RADICAL CLUB s s little dull as to diecussion, though, in ;' Dr.Dartol's essay, which was all sbont science Y i religion, aud how much and how jifle we owed to traditional _religions, ihera was certainly enough to have pro- wied & smart discussion, if only the aatagonistic element had bcen prosent. though_Mra. Cheney, and Williain Lo Garrison, snd others of thst ilk, were on the spot, 3 Quaker meeting of silence seemed to 1ollow for several minutes after the essay ; and when, at last, two or threa found voice, it was searcély Bo much in discussion sswhat might bocallsd that kind of qualified acquiesconce which I think Emerson meant when he spoke of ANUSH OF CONCESSION. The whole animus of the Doctor's estay may te gathered from the following: ¢ We never recover from cur desire fora leader. T notice that those individuals who are loudest against Iewdership 2r6 never doae talking about Socrates ed Jesus, 20d we aro never done with what we continue to taik sbout. All religions have had their incamatiocs, Jesus did not say: ‘Let e see, and, with my magio lantern, throw a reflection down to you;' but, ¢ Como p to the Fummit of the mountein, and eee for yourself.’ Ido not acinowledge him 28 n mediator. I shonld like to see the man or thing that would stand between mo and God, us if 1 were not on speaking terms with God.” H SARCASXNS. In listontng to such sentences a3 these, how- sver, a listener might scquiesco, it was impoesi- ble, for the present listener at lcast, rot to recall 1he witty words of enother listoner last year. It s after a spocial scason of Christian or nn- Christian protest, when the wit declared that “Christ was on the defensive up on Chestnut saset.” In going out, the other morning, from {his last hearing of the Radical protest, I ovér- heard one young woman eay to her companion, “What was the subject, anyhow?” ~The reply came quickly and s.lxnrpllfz “What the subjects usually a~e at the Radical Clubs,—2eand Jesus.” Tho bost of it is, that both of these speakers weradically sympatbetic, 20 nobody las any right to find fault with the spparent sarcasm. Dut, if I should tell the truth,—which I think I sy ure on ot this safe distance,—I should £y that the chief weakness of the Radicals is ot in thair disbeliefs, but their sonsitive unwil- lingueas that theso disbeliefs should get into cewspaper reports, Their excuse for this un- willioguesa is, tho danger of misinterproting fheir heterodox sentiments. Amopgst them- selves, there is the shaipest shooting of satiro d FLYING TO ARNS, tnds general encounter. All the newspaper- ludms world knows that it ended in the news- fepers’ favor. It would ecem that one of the s out, ontaide of the familj-circle, there is 8 goo deslof Pateven then, at ita worst, thero was not much gxiernal show of & panic, if one.might judge 4oz tho crowded thoroughfaros, tho overficwing porse-cars, and rsstsurants. Tho smaller at~ pecdance s tho theatres snd the coacert- qoms for a timo was much more at- trhutable to the firo-losses than to the emall-pox panics and the business differences sy bo as directly traced to the same cause. Tbo wey in which tho recently-appointed Health poard have gone mbout their work is already weting to the panic-pulse of the timid; and, a8 Rings now ook, the huge placards in the apoth- yearies’ windows, proclaiming, in large lotbers, #Carbolic Tablets, s Sure Proventive for smllPox,” will very soon disappear. How so0n the tablets will disappear from the pockets THIN-SEINNED TENDERNESS 42d shrinking from criticiam, and this special fear of being misinterpretod, ' As if,” said one tright newspsper-man, ‘““any reporter could makgont 2 worse case than they make out for themselves,” For myself, who_am not by say reans radically unsympathetic, I should say that * wydoctrine that won't bear reporting is, to rpeak mildly, in a feeble condition. Bat, hap- E‘Z. ell the Badicals arenot thus feerful and 20 carry the day, and make ‘¢ g fair field and ofavor” of the Club-meetinge. But this field #1510t won without battle. Last year, the fear- ful proclsimed war upon &l roporters, and Dr. Hmi'u, inthe Essayist's chair, thundered out Ihe fierce notes of this war-cry, axd there was general tirongest erguments against the arguments of the Fearful was in thoe fact that men like Thomas Hughes, tho English Tom-Brown-at- Rugby man, wrota on an earnest protest againet g the mewspapers, and_thus the distant blic, from theso matters of radical interest. 100ks as 1f no very serious misreporting hed done. o speak a little slangily, it looks Just now, however, as if all this Badical brain- halk was in more dungor of being & {EUN INTO THE GROUND" & bysnover-dozo than anything olse; for not ualy has a gecond Redical Club sprang up, but sriain delightfal * evenings,” which bade air to bo s very fino rallying point for the finest social life, hhve bocome an avenno for the read- 2’; of papers on &cience, philosophy, and other of the credulous it will not be so easy to doter- topics. As thess come oncea wook, there is, a5 I say, a litle dangor in_sunning the bnin-moeting into the ground. But there is & feneral notion, here in Boston, that people must haves set programme for every Social pithering, instead of trusting to the enontane- s combuation of the bright wits who form the pathering. Tho intellectual tondency is the up-~ wad tendency, it is truo, but we don't vt to get Jost in the clonds. In this fofererca -~ to spontaneous ~ combustion of bright wits, X_am reminded of a meeting in the Chestnut stréct parlor, a few weeks sinco, which had all this charm of spontaneity. It was the mesting between TYNDALL AND WENDELL PHILLITS. Er. Tyndail little, not for Inck of h“ihx:!um, but,_for lack of lelsure,—his flmmg country being_a more gerious matter of g oty belog tures, than that of tho usnal English visitor, ¥ho seems to make locturing o aecond:;y thing. Bat o had 5 groat visited ve: in connection with his scientific lec~ the scientist proved that 2 beart for gomething clse than science when, in Bomidst of his pzoss of work, his sccumulat- 15 engagoments, 16 made known to the femi- fo genins of Chestout strect, who holds the 17 toall the lions’ done, that ko would be glad g meet Mr. Phillips on a cortain evening that qu Enatch from his work for that purpose. feminine genius was_equal to the occasion, :fim the specified ovening the great English hn"‘fl“mi the great American orator clasped badds. Those who saw Tyndall's foco light, and h'*fl the earnest tones of his voice, as he aid ¥ Mr. Phiflipsa “Your name is o household hm in England,” will not soon forget the scene. 1 8 conversation that followed around the i 0al tea-tablo was worthy of this meeting. &m - eversbody knows by exporience Deculiar “charm, tho powerful magnet- :\,fi-—wbfi Edward Everett Hale would fbe “ atmosphore,"—of Wendell Phillips' eace before an «_dienco, and & great many have felt this magnetism socially. But nowhers does the pocalicr power of this magnetism mako itself felt so orcibly a3 on sore special oceasion, whero some special individual interost is the moving lever of the hour. Tyndall, who had never met Alr. Phillips before on zny occa- sion, oxpressed nrterwm{7 a delighted apprecia- tion of this remarkable charm and power. 1Itis a pover ikat carrics his opponents, ns well as his sympathizers, quite out of themselves at times. In tho famous political fight, threo years 2go, when Phiilips gave his memorable political lecture, where ho flung his Iance Tight and left ot Governor Claflin, znd the rest, ono of this very Claflin and pacty, who, at that timo end aftorvards, was itterly opposed to Mr. Phillips, declared’ that he had rather listen to him when he didn't be- lieve s word that ho was saying, then to any other man who spoke the very gospel of truth . And this brings to mind ono of the mostpro inent of the Clatlin and Bird men, who has r. cently lost his offica in the State Houso through his_sharp newspspor-vriting in this and other political filghm, which all belong to the samo chaptor. I speak of 3 ¢ WARRINGTON," of the Springfield Republican, who is unques- tionably one of tho brightest and bravest of newspaper-men, though the roughness of his styls, ‘perhaps, would suggest that hia apparent courage is simply Iack of sensitive- ness, and no special virtue. His pn‘{mlnnw 08 & newspaper-man is pretty woll proved by tho fact that over thirty journalistic offers have becn made him sineo his loss of office. As the £pring approaches, and the lectures ara coming o a close,—** those oternal New-England lectures,” as some one says who has suffered from the over-doze I have alluded to,—thero is o groat buzz of talk and preparation about THE BAZAR OF ALL NATIONS, which the Young Men’s Christian Union, or As- sociation, is to bring into being. All of us who remember the beautiful pageant of the French Fair and the Homaopathic Fair hero can fancy what the oxperience brought from those mir- ecles of tasto will accomplich with still wider avenues of interest. And 80 the winter graduel- 1y comos fo its last days, in tho almanac ot least, \mth hints of & busy fpring.’ Just at the pres- ent, EMILY FAITRFULL is, not the lion, but the lioness, in strong-mind- ed and reformatory circles. She lectures and vis- it8 with eyual heartinees, and shows & good and smart faco to the curious public, albeit it is a lit- tle too bluff and English for American idens of feminine fairness. The Woman's Club make much of her in receptions and tea-drinkings, of course. Indeed, she may bo said to be the sen- eation of the Woman's Club during her stay. What the next sensation in tho way of foroign lions may be, has not yet transpired. But bliss- ful whispers aro beginning to be heard in {fashionable feminine circles of Royal and Impe- rial guests. MMay we all bo there to sce! GaBETH. ——g U PROTECTION AGAINST FIRE. To the Editor of The Chicago Tribunc : Sm: A fire-proof city, inan age and conntry like this, is impossible. We are minus two ol- ements necessary, time and money. If we had the time, wo have nct got the money. This be- ing the case, the first thing for a carefnl man is to appreciate the fact thatLis own building is not fire-proof, and thet thoze about him are not much better than first-closs kindling-wood to give his & succeseful start. When this is real- izod, the next thing to do is to get an Insurance Company, for the tompting reward of cash down of s large porcontage on the cost of your build- ing, to divide with you the chances of yourbuild- ing being destroyed, and leaving yoi to insure your ovn risk on them, that they can or will pay in case of loss. A five-proof city, or & city of fire-proof build- ings entirely, is substantial theory, but would make a doll and cheerless abode for men,—a city of brick vaults. Chicago, for many years, in destined to be a light-built and combustible city, besutiful but dangerous, and a fat place for eolicitors of insurance, but speculative for companies insuring, and costly to the ownersof roperty, under the present system of its Firo Peartient, which fa o8 geod 5 eoy other city's, but, like all, s delusion and & snara, though costly. The time to put ont o fire is bofore it gota headway. The present way of doing it i8 to send 5 stinlns: to the fiee a6 soon a8 possible, and great gkill and encrgy aro ghown iu doing it; but it is usually eatisfactory if the firemen save adjoining buildings and prevent a general confle- gration. Chiongo needs no arguments to prove that the Firo Department as organized is per- fectly holpless and useless in case of & fire got- ting beyond ordinary ssvnn‘ifi.fi In overy room in everybuilding thero is either fire, or what will make fire, at short order; but, in many buildings, and most upper stories, thore i8 no water, Here lies the trouble. Here is the problem: - How to supply every building with more wator than fire %elking now only of & lo- cality like tho burnt district of Chicago, espec- inlly the business pert), and to_have the water available in overy part of & bigh building in- stantly, and in suflicient quantity to extinguish any fire; to be able to contest its progress from room to room, from cellzr to garret. Now, in case of fire in an upper story, the water has to be forced up in'a feeble stream, and with great 1abor and danger, and with small results. Now, I propose to supply every building in evory bus- iness block with water in sufficient quantitios to extinguish overy fire that may start in any build- ing where tho system ia applied. To atart with, there is plenty of water. To mnke it available is the thing to be accomplish- ed. Wo havo sufiicient pumping capacity, if used ot all hours, to flood every building in the city. To utilize the entire, or & sufficient, quan- tity of the umpin[i-powar ‘alroady ours for firo purposes, i8 what I propose also, This is tho system proposed to utilize our vast supply of water, and vast outlsy for pumping-works and water-pipes, which now convey water to_every house, and, even while the city bumed, tho pipos were full, but gave but little aid. propose that the city be divided into districts, to comprise from one £o foar blocks or squares toench district ; that, in each district, thero bo erected o large tank, or reservoir, like the one on Adams street, (exceptas to gize). The tank t0 bo built as high as any building o its district shall be allowed to be built, which shall not bo higher than water could be forced by the pump- ing engines of the city. Al of these tauks to be connected with oach’ other, and each connected with the supply pipes of the water works, so that when the engines were not wozking to their full capacity in supplying water for usual use,—say st night,—it should be a part of their work to kecp all of the fire-tanks full, and, as they would not be drawn from except in case of fire, they would be easily filled, and, once filled, would be Xept full eesily. Esch tenk to be conndeted at the bottom with & main pipe to randown to the ground, _thence under g;aund, through the alloys in_the resr of buildings in the district. Each building to have & water- pipe of large sizo, sy threo inches, running 1rom basement to roof, up through the centre of tho building, with“plogs and couplings for & kose-connection on each floor; for isrge build- ings, more than one -npply—p:ge could be put o5 the expense, compared to the advantages and safety, wonld be tritling. In this way tho pipes would always be full, ready for use on the in- stant, and, 'in cass of fire, the entire contents of all the tanks and all {he pipes in othor buildings would be sveilable; and, in case of emergency, o pumping-engings could ba put to flling the tanks while large fires were in progress, if such & circumstance could be with such ready and zbundant means to prevent constsatly at hand. Tho public cost of this arrangement in each district would not be as much as the loss of & single fine building, a8 each owner of & building ‘would be required to make his own connections, and the expenso to each ownor would bo noth- ing_compared to the firo arrangements pat in by J. V. Farwell & Co., Field, Leiter & Co., and otbers. The main itoms of expense_are already mado: the immense pumping-works snd the water-mains. The great tanks once built, they would lnst an_age, and, being fire-proof, thoy would stend like great ssntinels for ho protec tion of the city. ‘The present fire engines could bo used in the residence portion of the city. The police of each district could also have charge'of auy building in case of fire, and, a8 this system would largely reduce the risk, and con= sequently, cost of insurance, more police could Dbe afforded by the city for the protection of the citizens. i Mr. Editor, I bave given .this snbject much thought, and havo consulted other practical m who sgree with me that this is o feasiblo an practicable iden’; and, I think, by giving iy idea ublic notice, that ultimately something of the Ei.nd will be found to be the thing to make prop- erty more safo, and consequently add to its value; to reduce the risk, and conscquently the t of insurance. Iespectfully yours, 5 cost of insurance. spectfully yours, o Cr1caGo, Feb, 7, 187, e . Mrs. Charles Sumner is occupying_her time in Europe chiefly in doing good to others. lore than one Amoriosn family, fo whom dire disease has come in foreign lands, has found s faithful and officient nurse in Mrs. Bumner. In ono in- stance, she travelled from Florence to Vienna to nuree gaveral members of an American family of ‘whoso serious illness occuring &t tho time &be had heard. . HOME TOPICS. A Few Words with Our Housekeepers. ilints Regarding Diving-Room Ilat- ters, The Service and Exercise of Hos- pitality, Ete, Queint old china, double damask nepery, end cut glass, wese among tho articles that gladden- ed tho hearts of Lousckeepers of & former gon~ cration, and although wo reject many of the ob- ligations which ourmothers accepted, still tothe truly feminine heart'these objoets are yet dear. How different is tho ontire dining-room furni tuzo of to-day from what it was when these gray hairs of our mothers were still o sunny brown ! The polished mahozany and ebony of those days have given place to the unpolished walnut and oak of tho present. The massive old sideboard is roplaced by the lighter buffot, and tho fin old silver by eloctro-plato. The latter has its advantages, for it is not only made in oxquisitse designs, but it is not epecially alluring to those nomadic gentry who step softly and do not ring the bell when they make you a cell, but whosa caltured tastes aro in hmmony with yours, and who . pre- for the genuine articlo, Wo must plead guilty to the sumo penchant, and can woll remoember the horror in our mothsr’s face and voice when, snatching a German-silver spoon from us, she exclaimed, *Jane, do yon mean to poison that child?” It must have been an erroneous ides of hers thab tho baser motals wero injurious, for many people board, but thoy etill live. Starting, then, into our dining-room, the first considera~ tion should be the {able itself. Most people have the storcotvped oxtension, for uiost houses are like most other houses. This, no doubt, has its advantages, ospecially whore boarders are Lkopt, a8 it can be stretched out indefinitely; but for a private family, particularly if a small one— and the great proportion of American fami- lies aro small—porhaps something else might ho suggested that would be better suited to their wants and the mesgre hospitality of tho presont day. The times are gono by in which paterfa- milias counted Lis children by the dozen, and the latch-string was metaphorically always out for any guest to pull and enter. It littlo mai- tered then who came, for the table was like an omnibus,—thero was always room for one more. How changed it all is. What smsll ways we have got into. Mrs. B, laviehes all she can get upon her parlor, and hos it just as near like Mrs. C.'s 28 sho can, but pulls a long faca if Mr. B. meets an old friend and brings him home unexpectedly to dinner. ‘‘Provoking man ! he might have known better, there is no soup to- day, and only stewed boef and carrots. I am so vexed and ashemed!" Poor, foolish woman ! No doubt you would have proferred to have sorved that recherche littlo dinner that you bave 60 often contemplated, and pro- tended that it was jyour usual custom thus to live, but you see you cannot. Despise the sham and think a moment. No doubt the stew is savory, and you thought it sufficiently good for yourcelf and husband, Aro you, then, 80 much lower than your guest ? Have you coarser tastes, grosser apramc: ? “No, indeed,” you answer indignaatly. Pray, jow comes it, then, that the mecl is not good endugh for Lim? You are not iruc, madame ; you do not_respect yourself ; you wish to live a lio, and 50 husband and friend are lett in tho comfort- less show-room, the latter growing norvous, the former realizing it, until you join them at din- mer, disgust them with ‘apologies for your simple, wholesoma meal,~quite tho best von can afford, especially gince you bought that tapestry carpet for the show-room out of the monoy you scrimped from your table, when you had no bisi- ness to get anything but an ingrsin. What & com- fortless meal! How unhappy you all are, while & courteous welcome, o plessant emilo, andgra- cious words, without any roference to tho plain dinner, would have made the simple feast reslly a feast, and husband and friend, instead of part- ing coldly, with s fecling of almost estrange- mont, would have smoked their poab—gmnflul cigars i tho_jolliest mannor imaginablo, and *Boch a wife as B Lns got” would have been the friend’s unfailing enioginms upon you ever after. TIenot only could havo bonght & dinner with all the courses rogularly served at any ho- tel, but could have seen tho animals feed at the same time without extra charge, but he could not have bought thegenuine welcomo, tho leart- felt interchange of thought and rominiscenso that in memory would have apotheosized that ‘material beef and carrots, and madeof it epirit- ual pabulum indeed. o extonsion-table was no doubt to blame to a cortain extent. The leaves wero all out, and there was only room for yourself and B. Let ua suggest another sort,—en ellipse, about five foot by soven, which may be made in the old- fashioned way, with leaves to fold down, and need not always stand in the centre of the room, .but where one's means are emall and tastes suf- ficiantly cultivated for them to be indifferont to tho existence of & show-room. Tho same apart- ment can thus answer for both reception and dining-room if need be. If you lay the cloth youreelf, or leave it to your foreign hindrance, lways have an extra plate added. (Your tsble, if of the kind sug- gested, will sccommodate eight, and may bo of any wood, from pine to ebony.) The comfort of that oxtrn plato will never be realized until you have tried it. You are Srepnred then {0r any company, from the Presi- cnt down to your husband’s old amnt, who comes periodically, takes nuff, and bogs old stocking-lega to wear on her arms as a producer of caloric. Al\uflu give the last touches to the table yolurself, whoever seta it, for this, like the rest of your {nmiah.iniu, should bear theim- press of your individuality upon it. Never epol ‘ogize for your food unless it has boen spoiled by caroless cooking, and then we are not ure that an old sea~captain we knew was not right. If snything wes very bad, the bread honvy, the vegetables burned, or the meat underdons, ho invariably Janded its excellencics to the extent of his power, and grve, as his reason, that good food Smi“d itself ; it was only poor fcod that needed laudation. Any good housekaoper will keep herself well provided with table-linen of the best quality she canafford. For the wealthy thoro i8 nothing handsomer than fine doable damask, and large furnishing-houses alweys add a pieco of very heavy bleached canton flannel the size of the table to be used under these fine cloths. It gives them a much richer look, and displeys_ the out- lines of the figures to a much greater advantage. A novelty has been introduced in lace-edged cloths and napkins, but it seema rather & cater- ing to valgar taste and extravagance than a sign of increased culture. Mrs, Shoddy once gave a party, and had her table-cloth of white velveteen edged with gold billion fringe (why she did not have velvot one cannot imagine), and eves ieco of china was bemonogrammed 08 if it ha gelangud to a hotel and she fearod some of her guests might ateal it; but early educational prej- udices and the effects of association will cling to one. _ As crowned henda in Europe, however, find linen damask servo their purpoes, it is possible that it may do for sn American citizen. Don’t indulFe in lace cdges, however, but let it be plainly hemmed, and have your initials worked in it, not stencilled. You can add your crost if you like, providing you heve one, and if not— why, they can be bought cheap. However, we think tho initisl will answer. A certain red ‘and white worsted abomination has grown into a modicam of favor, but it always reminds us of tho 0ld woman who bought brown eartbenware in preference to whits chins, because she wanted somothing that wouldn't show dirt. We aresorry to say that the protty pink and buff lunch cloths aro becoming passe, and 80, of courso, will soon lose fayor with many n}:eople- They were yery protty in their particular place, sud we hope they may Dot be cntirely cast sside. Next, after the cloth is leid, of course comes tho dishes, and herg there is vast scope for the exercias of taste, If abundant mesns permit, the most exquisite china may be bought. I may be in quaint design from China, or of ex- quisite Sevres, cach fiah, game, and dessert plate haying on it an appropriate design, like a fine painting on ivory. ‘This, however, can only bo the property of tho very rich. Plainer people usually select white ware, whether of china or iron-stone, because it is essily matched when broken. This is no_doubt wise, but s table should never be set without some color about it. It may bo morely a dark red vase holding a few flowers, or a Bohemien-glass pickle-jar or sugar- dish, but the crude white should always be modified in some way. A faney for Mujolica ware - has obtsined for ~some timo past, and contre-pieces for flowers holding small dishes at the sido, which were used for gll:mau and fruit, were considered quite desira- o, + Noxt in order comes the glassware, acd hero, 88 with tho china, tho amount expended need Dnlg bo determined by the length of one's purse. 31041“5 ltl;‘d‘hunhlars intvnri:ty ghais]:mng in eir crystal traneparency tempt one. The portl; Hyte el s yavery Voot G, Tk prtty pacity held thrico tho Tiquid that the slendor, elicate recoptacles of the present day do, are 8een nc mere, and as, oxcept ot large dinnors, wine drinking is a thing of the past, it i8 probable that the modern decanter is large ~ enough to answer all purposes. Fingor-bowls are the next vitreous articlo to select, and their bright hues add much to the looks of the dinner-tablo. Lot us here, however, oxpress & i terence for the English bowl over the French. he former is a firger-bowl, pure and simple, what Bridgot will probably designato the “purty little wash-bovls," when she finds out thoy are uot a varioty of drinking glass, With this one simply moistens his lips and rinses Lis fingers, whilo tho French bowl has insido of it a glaes, from which, after one has properly laved ‘his fingers, he fifls his mouth, ringes it, and ejocts tho water into the bowl. It always scemed to us that o tooth-brush would 'be a proper accompeni- ment-- to_that kind of lavatory arrange- ment, and it suggests tho thonght that-tho Efivwg of one's dressing-room might be a more esirable place for thoso pelit souis of tho toi- lette. Therefors, our sdvice is to select tha simple bow}, and add to tho water cither a slice of lemon or a ulight flavor of peppermint. Dining-room furniture is in grest variety, Entire suites are of oak, walout, black and French walnut, and ebony. Thoy coneist of a buffet, lounge, two large chairs for each end of il table, thie lord and master's rather ovartop- ing the 'liege lady’s, while a3 mony ss_one lozon of less pretension, but still cushioned and with arms, mako up tha fauk and file, In many cases theee are uniquely carved, while the curi- ous grain of the French welnut is- inlaid in its plainer American” representative in such a man- ner s ‘to reprosent quaint devices, not unlike the grinning .gargoyles on sncient churcher. A very elogant house had tho dining- room farnished in ebony and gilt. Tho table was polished to & mirror-like perfection ; tho pic- tures on tho wall hed corresponding frames, as dia the largo mantel-glass. Tho tiffets wore most_uniquo, end, like tho mantcl-piece, were built in the room. They wereof black marble, and were three in numboer, each at different sides of the room. The chamber itself was lofty and exquisitely frescoad, the wholo, though meroly tho dining-room of an American merchant, snf- ficiently elegant for the nse of Royalty itself. Hovwever, thoro was nothing tawdry abont it ; no velvsteon tablo-cloths ever disgraced the noblo board, but altogother, to mse s phrazo .which we bhave heard not ixxlrcq;:autly during the Inst fow months, and which seemed to cxpross the superlative of commendation and approbation in the different speakers’ minds, it was *‘real clegant.” Can Iangusge farther go ? We think not. But is the schoolmaster abroad ? But one more suggestion. Always, if possi- blo, add a few flowers, a3 an ornament to your table, especially st breskfast-time ; and, when you invite company or give a grand dinner, Dothing is “moro scceptablo than 3 tiny bou- quot at every plate. Years ago, s botel on one of the fashionable drives out of Gotham always obtained a surplus of dinner guests—not that its moals were any bettor sorved than many oth- ers, but becanae each lady guest always found a charming bouquet beside Lo was at liberty to carry away with her. A DROLLERY IH MEDICAL PRACTICE. Ever since the detsction of *Seratching Fan- ny,” who ingeniously imposed upon ail and enndry as the * Cock-Land Ghost,” tho kil of oung femsles in playiog off _tricks, and_simu- ating maladies, out of & epirit of mero mischiof, aften to thir own dotriment, has been a well- recognizod fact in the modical profession. In snch porformances, boys fall far bebind. Mirac- ulous woundy, or miraculous cures, do not suit the boyish nature. Girla posseas the truo inveative facuiiy and power of endarsuce for gomo secret purposo. Yot, with a full know- ledge ot these qualities in the young female pa- tient, physicians ore constantly imposed on; and for that inatter, magistrates t00, a3, for oxam- ple, when, us has occurrod, some soung lady sustains & fancifal complaint of being iraprop- erly treated in a railway carringo. ong ago, when almost everything unusual was ascribod to supernatural interforence, clever young females, with o relish for deception, re- Borted to s very protty knack of astonishing gimple-minded people, by making mysterious noiscs, scratchings, tumbling about articles of houschold _furniture, throwing stoncs at windows, derauging flower-pots, ond per- forming other outrazeous sntics. - In 1 book, * Satan's In- that doligh!fally amusin, vigible World Discovercd e Lave a vazioty of incidents, all assamedly supornatural, and very perploxing to the ecclesiastical sathorities of the period, bat W <harp London dotectivo would now kave a3 onco traced to some clevor but vory innocent-looking girl, who enjoyed the exquisife plossuro of throwinga wholo neigh- borhood into thak stato of utter consternation which resulted ia ua sppes 1o praers and exor- ciems. A love of daveption by such fresks sometimes excoeds all imaginable = bounds. Belf-accusation, and oven solf-torture, are well- Imown phases of this curious disorder of the fomalo mind, for such it really is. A story is told of a lndy patient who was in the habit of thrusting needles into her foot, and then submitting to a surgical oporation for thoir removal. Bat this instance of self-inflicted tor- taro was {5r outdono in a curious case which oc- curred at the Carlisle Infirmary, and is men- tioned by Dr. Priestley in a_leotura delivered at the Middlesex Hospital. Wo popnlarize it a8 follows : One day & young woman applied =t the in- firmary to bo treated for an uleer having a very ugly appoaraace, and which was spreading et & great rate. Suspecting that the patient was secretly causing the irritation, the doctor in_attendauce csused the port to bo -covered in auchk s way that she could not got at it. The result was that, by = courgo of simple ireaiment, the sore waa speedily healed. The girl did not Jike gotting woll. In o short time she tried a new trick. This was tho contrivance of a gathering at the end of her fingor, lesding to tho bone,—a scemingly bad ca80, nocossitating 2 eurgical operation. To this she wonld on no account consent, and loft the_infirmary. Slo aftorwards, however, went to Liverpool, and thore submitted to an smpu- tation of part of the finger. Taking care that tho wound should not heal, the case be- came 20 bad that tho hand bad to be am- utated. This did not _satisfy tho mor- id desire for suffering. Btill she kept the wound in a slate of irritation, and smputation above the elbow was resorted to. With the stump nearly healed, she quitted Liverpool, and re- turned to Carlisle, where by-and-by the wonnd ulcerated, and she was ag: tted to the infirmary. ain an amputation—this timo, the arm off by the shoulder-blade, The poor wraich was still uneatistied. After being s little time at bomo, she presented herself with the wound in a bad way ; at the same time producing two pieces of bono as having come awsy, but which the doctor saw wero only two pieces of bonethat had been taken from a leg of mutton. To pro- vent any frosh manauvre, she was placed in bed with hor remsining arm tled to her side, and in threo = weoks the shoulder wes perfectly healod. Now sbout to be discharged, sho foll on ' new dovico. Her loft oyo appearcd to_be bsdly ewollen, and, on in- spoction, it was foand that she hnd picked & pieco of lime plaster from the wall, and placed it under tho eyelid! Dismissed from the infirma~ 1y, she afterward affected a new malady, but waa 100ked on with euspicion, aad died withont ad- mittingther decoptions to any one. The girl who perpetrated these oddities is ot spoken of 23 having been insane, and the medical man who relatos the case eays that the motives for self- torture are not to be divined. The only rational conjecture is, that she derived a pleasare in suc- cestfully pleying off these ridiculous tricks on ber medical attendants.— Chambers' Journal. OR HEARING A FAVORITE SONG. Oh | sing that song, that blessed eong, agein, Whose gentle cadence breathes, in numters low, Of hopes that flung their radisnce o'er Life's way. When Lave was naw, within “ the long 2g0,” Then breathe sgain that well-re member'd strain ; "Twill cheer the darkness of a lopely besrt,— Tocall the brightest of Youth's vanished charms, And soothe a sad and weary epirit's smart. Ob 1 sing that sweet, that clden, song once move ; It mellow'd echoes fall liko bloasings now ; . Tlovd it well inhappler, fairer hours, ‘Ere Timo and Sorrow tonched alike my brow, Nay, sing it once, if only once, sgain, r foud it beams & mémory of the Paet, The fadeless relic of a “summer dream,"— A dream that dawned 0o beautifal to last. To-night the lips that once its strains awoke Aro pale and chill, 25 wordless as tho tomb ; et comes to me her spirit when that song. ‘Breaks star-like thro’ Life's ever-haunting gloom. Then sing that song, that blessed pong, sRaiD,— ‘Whose flute-like murmurs bresthe, in numbera low, Of hopes that flung their radiance o'er my w3y, Whea lova was new, within * the long 8go.” Ciicaso, Feb, 6,167, Owzx 3, Wizsox, Ja. late, which ehe_ THE STORY OF LA VALLIERE. Few Kings have experienced tho folicity of being loved for themselves alone. Of the many cxceptioml blessings bestowed upon tho Grand Monarque, that was ono of the rarest,—court- love being nsuelly o compound of vanity, av- arice, and ambition. Apidstthe pomp and bustle, tho brilliznce and artificiality, of the ngo of Louis the Four- teenth, the story of La Valliere comes upon ns like eomo strain of soft pastoral music suddenly breathed among the drums, and trumpets, and clashing cymbals of & grand overturs; a3 though, while wandering among the stately mognificence, tho artistically-planted groves, geometrieally-cut tress, and exotic flower-beds of Versailles, we came unexpectedly npon somo forgotten ndok, nnspoiled by art, where the gTasa grew unshaven, and where the sweot fleld tlowers revelled in wild freedom, and the luxu- risnt trees, ignorant of the pruning-knife, threw forth their arms with all the fantastic grace of untanght Natare, Of che threo victims of kingly love over which romance cast_its most roseato hues,—Fair Rosamord, Jane Shore, and La Valliero,—tho Intter is ths pureat, hor story the most pathotic, Fow smong even the most rigid of moralists have casts stonoat her. Ifor youth, hor sim- plicity,, her all-absorbing love, her resistanca, the almost impossibility of escape from the ef- fects of ‘her passion, her agony of remorse, the total abeence of ambition and liking for display, and, ebove. oll, the long, dreary yeais of 'ustera ponitenco that cloced Lor life, hiave gained for her the tears and sympathy of every gentlo heart of all succeoJing goners- ions. Louise-Frengoise de la Baumo le Blane was the daughtor of tho Marquis de Ia Valliere, snd was born at Tours in the year 1644, Her father died whilo sho was yct an infant, and, after a while, Her mother remarried with B, de St.- Romy, comptroller of tho houseliold of Gastor, Duc d'Osleans ; and ot Blois, tho residence of that Princo, Louiso pagsed her girlhood. It wasin the year 1650 that sho first beheld the King; bs stopped at Blois for a fow hours whilo on his way to ciaim the hand of the Infanta. Louis departed unconscions of her esistonca, but from that hour Lis image was graven upos her heort, never to Lo effaced until it was cold indeath. But this love was 0D, unac- knowledged Lo berself,—it was dreamy, not pasionate; she would sit for Lonrs together, recalling tho fones of his voico, the lincaments of his face. Ab! if sho conld but live forever in his pres- ence, to gazo upon him, to heer him speak, al- though 1o word to Ler, shecould bs happy. Such was the dream of 15. Not long after this the Due d'Orleans died ; the establishment at Dlois was Lroken up, and M. do St.-Remy was deprived of his office. But 8000 afterwards, through tha influesce of Mad- ame de Choisy, Louiso gained admission as lady-1-wadting into tho houaeold of the Prin- ceas Hecrietin, and took up her abode at Fon- tainoblesn. It was impossible that her yoath aud prepossessing appearance should long es- capo the attentions of the libertine gallanis of the court. The Counut do Guiche made advances to her, bat, too preoccupiod with one image to admit the shadow of atother, she quickly ro- pelled them, aud thus converted bis love into cumity. In the meantime her eyes were fre- quently blessed with the paseing vision of the idol of her drezms; but the idol was still uncon- scious’of the prosence of & worshipper. Tho eecret Was rovealed to him by a romantic incident during the marziage festivities of Madams, Among other magnificent entertain- ments given on the occasion was a splendid bal- lot in which tho King appeared as Ceres.* Ha was then in his 23 year, with a face liko An- tinonsand 2 figure like Apollo, the very boau- ideal of Justy manhood. 'he Ureek dress dis- played his noble form end handsome features to tho finest advantage, and gazing upon his glorious vision Louise drank in new draughts of love. After the banquet she and two other 1adies, one deatined to bo hor rival, Athenais de Mortemar, the future Madame de Montespan, strolled into the forest ihrough tho soft, sum- mor twilight, and sitting down beneath & large old tree began to converse of the events of the day, Tkeir movements being observed by M. de Beringhen, ho laughingly proposed to the King, who was standing near, to fol- low them and listen to their conversa- tion, waich _ would doubtless tum mpon the gerits’ of their favorite gallants. Entering fully into the spiritof the frolic the King eagerly assented, and, after following the Iadies at o safe distance until they were seated, tho two gentlemen contrived to eneconce them- selves behind the tres and hear tho whole con- versation that passed. M. de Beringhen was corzect in .his conjecturo. Two of tho ladies began oo animated criticism upon tho appear- ances of the different gontlemon who had prom- inontly figured that day. The third, who wes Louiss, remained silent until she was appealed to. “Hier reply thrilled tho heart of Louis with pleasure and gratified vanity. It was to tho effect—that sho wondered that any other should be noticed while the King was present. This reply was of couree hailed with a shower of witti- cisms from her companions. Overwhelmed with confusion 2t having 80 openly expreesod hor thoughts, vet still uuconzcions that thoy deserved the meaning imputed to them, she added that a crown could add nothing to the gifts which Na~ ture had lavishod npon him—it was rather a safe- guard against the prosumption of too ardent an adiairation. ‘Eager to recognize the spealer, for it was now nearly dark, Louis made 8 movement forward, and thus betrnyed the prosonce of listenors. Greatly torrified the Iadies sprang to their feet, and ran away 80 swiftly that they regained the company before their parsners could overtake thom. The sarcasms and jeets of her companions rovealod to Louise the secret of her heart. In the eolituds of her chamber she esked of herself the question: Aro their imputations true? Is it then lore? and Lhor beart answored, “ Yes.” The revelation was terrible to her, for she was wholly pure. She prayed for strength to subdue her passion. She wept tears of shame lest her secret should be braited sbroad, and for two days, fearful of en- countering the ridicule of such a discovery, she never quitted her room. DBut however long she might put off the evil hour, it must como at last; her duties must compel her reappearance in public. It 0 happened that at tha very time when, atter her seclusion, she first entered the apart- ‘ments of her royal mictress; the King was there. As he passed down the Toom ho addressed a fow words of compliment to each lady. Louite was the Inst he approached. As with downcast eyesand trembling voico she made some brief réply to his gallantries, he started snd fixed his eyes upon her. -He recognized the voice. This, thon, was the Indy of the forest whoes words had so thrilled his heart. Every ovening, from that timo, he joined the circle of Madamo Henrietts, and never failed to hold some conversation, however brief, with Louise, This attention was quickly marked by the courtiers; but, as he was suspected of a passion for the Princoss herself, it was thought to be only a mask worn tho better to con- ceal other designs. And. thiy interpretation Louis, for a time, preferred to humor. Dut 38 his love grew day by dsy, he eooa cast sside a1l disguise, Ono iy thesomins great hunt in the forest, Whileall were seated at a repast that had been hastily improvised beneath the trees, a terrible thunder-storm came on, and the rain descended in such torrants that every one, regardless of rank or etiquotte, fled to the nearest shelter. Blinded by the rain, Louise unwittingly took refuge beneath tho samo treo a8 the King, and for two long hours, with tho pouring rain pattering upon the lesves above, and often dropping upon his bare hesd, the King held converse with her. The words wera ‘Tnheard, but ber blushing cheels sud his earnost manner spoke & langusgs perfectly intelligiblo to the béholders. In future, when the ladies of the court took their evening drive, Louis, as goon as he had paid his compliments to Madame, sttached himself wholly to the carriago which contained Lonise. Not content with these continual meat- ings they kept up a daily correspondence. There is a somewhat Fnflicrnu anecdote told of this correspondence. The letters of the King were 80 beantifully written that Louise, who pos- sessed but little telents and no briliance of wit, despairing of being able to produce adequato re- lies, solicited the assiatance of tho Marquis de Emgu.n, s gentleman remarkable for his ac- complishments, to_indite her letters. This brought about the discovery that he, the Mar- quis, actually performed the same offica for Lis royal master, and was the real suthorof the epistles she had so much admired! The King epjoyed & good laugh over the expose. A etill more marked and open proof of the King's favor was the presentation to ber, in tho presence of the Princess Henriotts, of a pair of ‘magnificent bracelots that he had won in a conrt Iottery. In the meantime the Queen waa entirely uususpicions. *That confidence was sad mis- fortune for us all," writes Ln Valliere, * One tear from her would have saved me ! ‘When the nights came and she was alone with her thoughts, ahe trombled with fear as ahe looked beck upon theeventsof each day and saw herself drawing nearer and nearer to s gulf of shamo and infamy. With streaming evea she prayed for deliverance from temptation, and vowed she would fly the daugerere it was too late: “Louis the Fourteenth waa in tke babit of appearing in character and dracing in baliets until his 36th year. But with the morrow came bending over her that form and face which waro o her a5 god’s, that entrancing voice bresthing soft words of passion into her ear until her soul swooned with the ecstasy of hor adoration. All resistance melted awsy; let death come—destruction—all, so that she might exist but that ono hour to gaze and liston, hier being absorbed in his. Bhe hzd power to resist tho faecination no moro than the moth the flame that will devour it, the ehip the whirl- poal that will engulf it, tho Indian the eye of the rattlognal 5 thet will enfold him in its deadly coils. Dut no sin had stained her as yet. N Louiss de 1a Valliors was now scarcely 18, fair comploxion, tinged with the bloom of ‘the car- nation, flaxen hair, blue eyes, full of aweetness, features slightly marked with the small-pox, figure under tho middlo height, gracefal, bat gomewhat marred by a slight lameness. The Abbe do Choisy say in his Memoirs, “in child- Lood wo have played together a hundred times,” and lio thus describes her: “She was not one of thoso perfect beanties tht one often admires withont 1nv1n§; she was very lovable, and the words of La Fontaine, *a grace moro beantiful aven than besuty's self, ssemed writton for her. She had & beautiful 'complexion, fair hair, a syeo. smilo; her eyes woro bluo, with an expres- sion #o tender, and yet at tho same timo €0 mod- ost, that it gained hoth our heartsand our csteom at the same moment, Iler charm. was inexpress- ible ; her voice so melodious that while reading the verses of Racine they. scemed purposely com- rasnd to guit its tonos. Further, shg had but ittle wit, but that she did not fail to cultivate continually by rezding. No ambition, no _inter- eated views, More taken up with dreaming of him ehe Joved than artfully studying to please him ; totally absorbed in her passion, the only ona of her life,” Referring to a later period thau that at which we bavo at present errived, ho writes again: ‘ Preferring honor to all things, eud exposiny Lerself moro than once to desth rather than al- low her frailty to basuspected. Sweettempered, liberal, retiriog; never forgetting that sho Lad erred, hopiog clways to return to the right path—a Clristian feeling which has drawn upon her all the treasures of pity. and imparted o holy calm to a long life of &1 tero ponitence. From the timo that she knew the Ring’ love she had no wish to see hor old friends, nor even Lear of them, for hr passion held tho Elue of all.” 4 Even tho shield of tho King's love did not Emfecl her from the advances of one libertine— ‘ouquet, tho colebratod Minister of Finance— who offered to placo two hundred ~thousand livres ot her disposal. “ Were it twenty mill- ions I would not stoop to such degradation,” wag her indignant reply.. On_ hearing of this audacity Louis’ rago knew no bounds. Soon~ after this came ihe splendid feto at Voux—a feto which, in costlineas and magnificence, far surpassed those of Fon- taineblean. The ground upon which the palace nnd gardens of Vaux stood for- merly sufficed for three villages, which had beanrased to make room for them. Their for- 1wmation cost 10,000,600 livies. Fountsius—then almost unknown, oven in the King's grounds— cast their waters, brought from o distance of five leagues, into enormous basins of marble. Ver- seilles was pot yet Luilt, and Fontaineblusa was Lut a poor abode to this. *‘ Facheux ™ of Mo- liere was on this occasion represented for the first time. In the ovening there wasa ball and a d display of fireworks. The fete coatthe inister 15,000,000 franca. This monstrous os- tentation filled the moasure of tlife King’s wrath, which had long been gathering against the Min- ister, and but for the entreaties of Louise he would have arrested him there in his own dwall- ing ; eho saved the life of her insulter. i’fin would her roval lover have loaded her with jewals and costly gifts; but, like her suc- ceezor, De Montespan, for these she had no lik- ing, and persistently refused them. Fetes of ‘unexampled aplendor were given in.her honor. In oll these the Kinirtnnk part. Inone he led tho procession, his dress and the housings of his horso blazing’ with jewels. After Lht: psges, en_feo equerries, &c., camo & gilded car oj high, fiffeen’ wido, and twonty-four long, representing the chariot of the sun, This was followed by representations of £ho four ages of gold, silver, bronze, and iron, the signs of the zodlee, tho season, snd the hours. When night came the banqueting tabla was lit up by four thousand torches, and two hundred attendants, attired as dryads and wood nymphs, waited on the guests. Two persons, representing Pan and. Diana, approached tha royal cirelo on the summit of & moving moun- tain. A vest orchestra was erected as if by magic. Arcades, lighted by five hundred chand~ eliers of groon and silver surrounded the ban- queting hall and theatre, and ‘o _gilt balustrade enclosed tho whole exterior. The fete lasted eoven days. During this time the first thrce acts of “ Tartuffe” were produced ; but theplay waa prohibited, es bearing too herdly upon tha religions bodies. La Vallicre was now at the height of her fa- vor ; sho had become the mistress of the King ; but from that moment remorse never ceased to aw ot ber heart. At length came a terrible low ; Anne of Austria diemissed her from tho Court.* Overwhelmed with shame, she took refage in Ler chamber and abandoned herself to despair. The King, finding her thus, ques- tioned her as to the cause ; but, fearful of cre- ating a sceno which could but add to her con- fuzion, she would not tell him. Provoked by her silenco, ho lof: her in high displessure. Utterly prostrated by this double blow, feeling hersolf abandoneda Ly all, and tormented by remorse, who can deseribo her sufferings ? But all conld not conquer tho snxietyof hor love. Hour after hour through Ler cobsand groans she listened eagerly for the returning footstops of her lover; but they come mot. Miduight sounded, and still Lo returned not; and then came the awful thonght that he hed left her for over. She sprang from the floor upon which sho hiad been Iying ; £ho could no longer remsin within those walls, and, deliriona with despair, fled from the placo into the derkness and the eilenco of the night, Eazly the next morning tho erlight, and, Lalt mad with g himself in seerch- of her. Certain information directed him to the Convent of Chaillot, and there, Iying insensible upon the cold stones of the courtyard he, found the fugitive. She coma £o tho gate whilo tho nun were ot thor do- votions, and thoy had refused to admit her until thoy had finished. Prostrated by fatiguo, sho Lied swooned, and thus the King found her. Kneeling down beside hor, he raised herin his arms, acd his passionate’ kieses soon restored her tolife. Clasped in his ‘fond embrace, her ‘hezd pillowed upon bis breast, all was forgotten —remorue, shame, suffering—all, in the blisa of that reunion, in the joy of recovered love. From that' moment hor cmpire over him was stronger than evor. Intrigunes wero set on foot to exasperato tho Queen sgainst her, but he thwarted them ero they conld bo put In action, or openly crushed theia in thoir birth. Ho ox- cusod hor _from further attondance upon tho Princoss Henrietta, and obliged his mother, Anne of Austria—who had retirod to the con- vent of the Val de Grace—to receive her. Fain would L Vallier bave foregone such triumphs, which she felt were truly only humiliztions; but Der lover's voice was law, nmi; devoted as he was to hor, sho dared not gainsay him. In 1666 Anns Maria, of Bourbon, afterwards Princess of Conti, was born, is was her Eccond child ; the first, a boy, hed died at tho ago of 10 months. Youis now created his mia- tress Duchess do la Valliere, and legitimatised the children she bad borno or_might bear. In 1667 sha gave birth to Louis de Bourbog, created Count de Vermandois. & ig child was educated by the wife of Col- bert, and by that means La Valliero was brought into an intitacy with Madame de Mon- tespan. The latter, united to & maushe did not love, had already begun to throw ont lures to attract tho King. To advance this object she attached herself with much seeming ardor to Louise and her child, and always contrived to be with her during Lonis’ visit. La Valliere was noither witty, well-read, nor nccomplished, Mad- ame de Montespan waa all these; La Valliero, ever a prey to remorse, often met her lover with tears; Madame de Montespsn was ever ling with gaiety, and moreover was exce beautifal. Tho King was not long in contacs with guch graces of mind and person withont ‘being moved to admiration ; during his visits he often passed the whole time conversing with her; and tho wily beauty lost no opening_ that might serve to advance her interest and undermire that of her rival. For this purpose she songht every opporfunity of =~ embittering the Queen against Lonise, and her labors soon bore fruit. Tho Bpanish war was on, and La Valliere, in sttendanco upon the Quoen, momfimied tho Kini in tho campaign. Goaded byAfontespan tha Iattor heaped such insults upon her rival, at one time causing every seat at the dinner table to be filled o that there should be no_place for her, that she, La Valliere, determined to return to her children st Compiegne, and was already on her way when ehe was overtaken by a per- emptory order from tbe King commanding her g discovered ef, wert forth * Thero aro soveral vornions of the canse of her flight, One given by Madame La Fayette, an authority D me mommrmoelinbler s 1o the oot that (b 1 #1gue between the Princess Henrictta and the Count o Guichs hd been revealed to Ls Ve by Mad- emolsello do Montalals with strict injunctions to se- cresy. Now it hind been agreed beiween herself and Louls that neither should have asecret from the other. The remembrance of this sgreement welghed upon ber mind, until the King, remarking her strangeness of mannet, queationed her ; 8o refased to tell him the catse. Holeft her in anger, did not retwrn, and tha fled 16 Chaillot, to return, TFearing, from the sternness of the mandate, that her onemics had been poisoning his mind with false- tales, she Was now moro esger to rerun to him than ever ke had been to lonve. When she arrived ot Guise the army had departed. Withoct s moment's dolay she again started forward. Urg- ing on the horses at a furions pace over a plow- ed field, the carrisge was overturned, and in the crash herarm was broken, Dnt, heedless of pain, and possesscd only with the thonght of overtaking tho King, eh3 pushod on, and, driv- ing @wp to the Queen's carrisgs, wie Iooked through the window. It was done without thonght, In the excitement of the moment, but no eooner done than repsnted of. ‘The King, whose lovo was chilling, recoived her with an anf reslrxoof, and turned his horse's hoad in ther direction. Bat, soon repenting of his harshnicss, he returned to her, and, upon finding how soverely sho hed been hurt, overwhelmed hier with affectionato attentions. When they moved forw: Lo insisted upon her bearing tho ' Queen _company, and upon _ her being received info the Queen's circle; onco more the sycophsnts of the Court, who had deserted her when her influ- enco seémed upon tho wane, fawnod and- flat- tered and crowded about hor as beforo. But day by day ths Kiog's infatuation for Madame de Hontespan increased, znd La Val- liero had soon convincing pioofs that enother mistress had usurped her placoin hor lover's atfections. Tho disagreement of the royal fa- vorites agitated tho Court, and at last, nnablo to endure the torturing sight of a rival's txinnifnh, Loni=o once more fied to the Couvent of Chaillot, and, thro\vln}g-‘ borselt at tho feet of tha abbess, poured forth hersad history. ‘The avbosa received her kindly, and vnllmg‘H vouchsafed to her the shelter of her pescoful abode. Bat no peics camo to tho soul of the unhappy Louise. Not the coldness and falsehood of bLer lover, nor tha anguish and remorso of hor own heart, conld ag yet crush her love. No sognish was go. terrible 25 being absent from the sight of him whom sho still adorad =s erdently as when on that stormy day they stood together beneath the treo in the forest of Fontainebleau. Would ha come once more and tako her back, as he did in times goza by? Would sho again bo aroused from somo paroxysm of despair by tho pressuzo of his arms, the warmth of his kiszcs ? Such thoughts ever mingled with hor tears, ber remorse, end ber prayers. R One day ehe heard tho tramping of horses’ feet in the court-yard. Fer heart leaped—hes alo faco flushed crimson. "I'was he—'twas the Ring como to take her back—Eo had not forgot- tonhior! But eho was decelved—it was only Colbert, who bore a letter from Louis requesi- ing her to roturn. Ho Lxd pot forgotten her, ‘but—* the last time he came himsely’!” sho mur- mured; and at that remembrance her heart sank nad its joy fainted. Yot the letter was loving, and although she felt that tho old passionato love which bad betrayed her to remorse and sin was 3 bliss ehe conld never know again, still, even to live within its shedow was to ber & happiness which naught else om earth coul bestow.. So sho went with Colbert. Bat with a prophetic boding of her coming fate, she gaid to the good abbesa at parting, * Farewell for s time, but I shall 800 return to end my dsys among you.” Her mesting with the King was on affecting one. 'Tho old love, although fast dying, blazed up for 3 moment with =il its_old fervor; and, 28 he folded her in bis arms, he wept gepuine tears of joy at their reunion. 3fadame do Mont- espan_was warm in her gratulations, but she Imew her own empire was sccure, and that the King's ardor wes but the evanescent excitement of the moment. 4 4 And go it proved. - A little while, end ever in- creasing coldnces and neglect smote her heast with the conviction that the old love was dead, and that this world had to her died witn it. She would have rotired to her estate ot Vanjours, but this Louis would not permit; neither would he allow hor to enter the con- vent of Chaillot; ho could not as yot roconcilo himself to her perpotual absence from the Court. But this cliriging to the mem- ‘mories of the past daily grew wenkor. The an- guish of her mind brought on s dangerous ill- ness, and for a timo her recovery was despaired of. Asebe lay upon her sick bed eho formed the resolution, that should God spare her life, sha would devote tho remainder of it to His service, and pass it in prayer and penitenco for her sins. To this conrso ho had long boen counselled by Bossuet, who bad latterly become ber spiritual director, o8 well 8s by the 3{arquiss de St Bemy, her mother, who had for _some time -been partly reconciled fo her daugh- ter, but who Lad ever regarded et conuection with the King with profound horror. Louis camp to her daring ber illness, and would fain have dissuadzd her from her resolve; but, athough sho loved him a3 tenderly as over, she had conquered the weakness of hor heart with ks knowledge that that love could pever more bring aught but misery {0 hes. As soon #8 her streagth would pormit, she went to the Queen, and on her koees implored hor pardon for the wionga sho had done. her. That much-injured woman freely forgave her, and shed tears over their parting.® Her last meeting with ‘the King was on tho das that he departed for- the Flemis] campaign (1674). Mass was performed and prayers offered up for the success of bis arms. All'the Court was present; and when the holy service was over, Louise advanced from an ob- scure part of tho chapel, where she had been offering up her fervent presers for his succesa and safety, to encak the fssf words of eartily farewell to him who bad boen to iier the lifa of this world, Her face was deadly pule, bar limba trembled so violently that shostaggersd, and bor voice died away in kicr throat ag sh tricd to speaks the last bitter words tict ever those lips would ronounce for him. DBut those lips, which hzd een once to him the rarest trezso.of all hiz regal wealth, snd upon whase zccants ke had once bung &0 fondly, b3 lost their charm. His voico was bLard, it trerabled with no emotion, " there was no tenderness in its cczants. Had he at that moment spoken ono word whoso tomes would have recalled the love of cld times, it might have melted all horcold resolves :- the might kave fallen wpon Lis nock, and beea his elave again. Heppily for her oo euch word was spoken. His farewell waa cold and formal; perhaps he felt something of bitterness at the thought that she- could lesvo him. Yor the last timo ehe raised hor swimming eyes to that adored face, and 23 he lurned to leave her the gushing tears veiled him from her sight for ever. The convent she chose_was a Carmelite, the ‘most austera of oii the zeligicus orders. Hence- fozth sho was known as sister Loaice do la 3l sericordo. Madam de Sevigoe, who visited her in 1680, thus writes of her: - “Sko had in my eyes lost nono of hor youthfal charms. Bho has tho samo eyes, with thiossmo expression ; neither hard diet nor lack of sleop has sunk nor dimmed thom. Tho uncouth drosa cannot mar ker grace ormien. Her modeaty is not groater than when sho gave to the world 3 Princoss do Conti, and yetitis enongh for = Carmelite. In truth, this drees and tho retreat beatow dignity upon her.” Her children, of whom thres attained the age of meturity, and to whom from first to last Lonia was devotedly attached, became great and owerfal. After a eeclusion of thirtr-gix years, oniso died peacefally at the ago of 66, in the_ arms of her beloved dsughtcr, thus atonirg’ by nearly two ecore years of penitence for those youthfal eins which” bad resulted rather from the overwacning sensibility of an ardcnt, poetic eoul thoa from moral deformity of mind; sine which have beqneathed to poserity ono of the eaddest love-stories that fiction or Listery boa recordod.— Temple Bar. * Nothing can testify more elognant’y to the n:xm= goodness of La Vallicre's dispusition than thi the Queen never manifested any Listing Te nst her, Put, when unbiased by o malicioms promptings of xc chemies, treated hier with uniform kindncss and cons!deration, e LORELEL. Translated from the German of Heingi 1 knos Aot what {ll it pre:ages 3y fancifal szdness to-day ; A fable of bygone sge— It will mot be roxsousd away, Theair ia cool and it dazkles, And calmly flows the thine ; The mountain summit sparkles In evening's Ias: sanshie. , 0n a cliff sits the loveliest majden, Her facs is wondrous fair ; ‘Her golden jewelsare flashing 3 e combs lea hair ; With & golden comb she combs it, And sings o the cchoes sround A 'rong fuil of witchig, alluring, With strange and powerfal sound. In his akiff the spell-bound boatman Sitn, listening with delight ; 0 seea but the baunted Lelght ; And boatman and bost will be swallowed, . 1 think in the billows ere long, For fatally sweet and resistlezs Tx Lurline's magicsf eorg. GERMAN TEACHER O HIGH-SCHOOL Cresssy. Cmeago, Feb. 4, 1573, —Instesd of Inviting their lady acquaintzncas to go “cossting,” in Canada, the yoang med asls the girls to go * tobogganizing.” Tho toboggas, in its highest development, is six or soven fees long, and twenty incheswide. It is mado of light, tough wood, perhaps three-cights of as inch in thickness, and faraished with cushioag, w)ni/ledpunt. gilding, & lampor a string of bells are added, acoording to the owner's taste. In this kind of a sleigh young gentlemen and young Indies go coaating down the steop hill-sides.