Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, March 9, 1873, Page 8

8 THE CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE: SUNDAY, MARCH 9, 1873.- EQUAL EDUGATION. . Women’s Attempt to Enter the Fortresses of Learning. What Would Be the Result of the Suc- cess of the Effort? Greater Culture Needed by Both Sexes. 3 Indications of Barbarism Among,- Usess A School of Good Xanners 2 Suggested. Buch = battering away a8 thero is at the walls of certain old cestles! How lesitatingly the portcullis is raised and tho drawbridge lowered in some cases, and tho stranger admitted. . How closely they are kept securcly fastened in oth- ere, with stern determination not to yield to the besiegers, on the part of the besieged. “Ye caunot enter here,” written over every' gate, until, as a matter of course, each woman is in the condition of Blue Beard’s wife, and thinks she would like to know the sccrets of that mys- terions interior. Open your castles, Oh! yo . - barons who hold the keys of those FORTRESSES OF LEARNING wherein young men are trained to do good ser- vice with tongue and pen, and who quote Richelica’s comparison with sdmirable sppro- priateness, nnless they may have been matricu- Iated at Heidelberg or somo other German uni- cersity. - Do you think the army that are now hzmmering away so persistently will care to keep posseesion ? Byno means. A small garrison W Lly remein to keep down your exagger- sted pretension ; but the grand army, who really 80w care very little abont who wins, will GO PEACEFULLY BACK to their ordinary avocations of flirting, dressing, Jancing, or the domestic duties. ‘Won't'it be teal splendid when we can all go to college?” ex- claimed a young lady, in our hearing, pot long ago. “Very,” we replied ; but, when we mildly sogpested a course of English spelling- beok as being desirable before sho entered upon the moro sdvanced studics of the university, she informed us that she ‘*had studied an American one, 2od she didn't know what she needed an English one for ; somo of the worda she never could remexmber, os it was,” Having seen some of ber lotters, we admitted tho truth of her statement without a demur; admired her patriot- ism, and did not think she would prove & very dangerons foe in tho coming battle. Her text- books would never bo borrowed from any other sonrce then the ordinary circalating library, aud tho vory lightegt of its contents would suf- fice. s Still, when the mind eraves food, it will obtain it,—the principal tronble being that it is not or- dinerily huugry, wlule in both sexes the stomach takes the lead, makes its wanis known, and will be sotisfied. All the bolts and bars that may be drawn WILL NOT KEEP OUT the student who is determined to eater into the temple of learning, no matter what tho. sex or conditionin life; but, 1» most cases, there will be very little struggling for admission. Not stop- ping to discuss the relative comparison which one coustantly hears drawn between the men- . tality of the sexes, we wonld simply state that, sll conditions being equal, we have seen some women who knew more than some men, and vice versa. We do not pretend to say that, if women bad equal advantages of education, they would show the same force of mind and depth of thought as the opposite sex; but we think the men must be afraid of it, or they would not dis- ountenance it so complotoly. But, argue some of thess, 41T I8 NOT A WOMNAN'S PLACE to come before tho public in the pulpit, at the ter, or where the skillful physician's.nid is nezded. Her sphere is home, and she would neglect the duties of wifs and mother, it may be abrogate Eve's curse altogether, if we per- mitted this " Do you think so, gentle- men? Whois it that finds her woman's obliga~ tions fall the hardest upon her? She to whom knowledge has brought serious thought in re- gad to these matters, or the gay buiterfly of fachion, who, sipping the sweets from all life's flowers, is not willing to have the down of besuf brushed from ber wings by any of life's carea Moreover, do the majority of men seek fame or fortune in a professional career; and do those who have done so forget that they have homes to provide for those ambitions, and mistaken women to preside over? It does not seem so. OPEN THE CASTLE-GATES, THEN. The rush may seem like a tidal wave at first ; Lut Leep cool,—it will soon return to its original position. There will boa few whowill win prizes ; thero will ba more, perhaps, who will, like s Jarge_proportion of the other sex, pasa their days in aspiring to be something great and fa- - mous, but, owing to alack of mental calibre, they vill never get beyond the first letter of aspira- tion to the more advanced one of success, The great proportion, howeyer, wonld goon in the Way they always have. Blen would, &s they do oo, seck the Sluidcesb road to muierial wealth, sad women the speediest mothod. of utiliz” ing it. oman's saffrage might bo granted WITH PERYECT SAFETY, if not bepefit, to the nation. Unless primary elections become the fashion, like opers, wo are afraid, despite Miss Anthony's good examplo and Mrs, Sianton's teachings, that the averago sroman would not aiten She might vote while it was a novelly. ““ She would be open to Tnibery,” urged ond sstuto_individual ~After the recent Congressional investigations, we think the less said zbout that, the better. We are mpot urging the matier;. we only mesn to show that, practically, it would make very little differcnce in the gereral posi- tion of aifairs. Primary eloctions aremqh. - nlli:t_nttendad by any ono who hss npé £6me politi cal'end in view,—something to or- sonally; snd, as to practically asserting their right to the elective franchise, how many men aze_there who.will not. take tho trouble to cegister ; and, even if they do, how many will oot vote even then? Of bow many elections Lave we heard men say, “Oh! it is a foregone conclusion. It is no use voting,—waiting 80 long when I ought to be down town_attending ta incse.” At 2 large hotel in New York, during an exciting canvass, WE HEAED 6IX GENTLEMEN of wealth and position assert that it was *“of no use to waste time 50 ; that their candidate conld not be elected, and they should not bother.” They wero finally badgesed and bribed into it by B lnd{ who promised them a supper if they would go and ot least aid in swelling the returus to a_respectablo figare; o eho exclaimed, in triumph, “Any womsn who wants it is welcomo io her ono vote; Ihsve contributed six.” If those men are 8o ixdiffer- ent to their prh‘ile%e , how eoon wonld women grow even more 80! OQur teachers say that we &0 not understand the grest issues that ao st stake. Men aro eupposed to do 80, and yet what is _the result? “DBut we seel tomend these evils, and wo want woman's aid,” saythese good Indies, Very likely, but will you get it? Practically, no! Human npature craves what it cannot obtain. Grant the boon, and the sighed- for jewel becomes & bauble, thrown aside and trampled on. P - Bo for the cry for more widely-diffused educa- tion. | SET ALL THE PORTALS WIDE. There is just so much wheat in the chaff, and it will be winnowed out in some way, and you can neitber increase nor diminish it. Better ways of rifting the grain may improve it, and make it a& moro merchantable article; but you caunot incresse the_quentity. Whatev- ex may b the kpecial pecaliarities or privileges of nations, they all go throngh the same condi- tions of barbarism, semi-civilization, civiliza- tion, luxury, decay, and final extirpation. We have probably a long career to run ; for, if there ure indieations of luxury smong us, there are sarely ¢ QUITE AS MANY OF BARRARISM. Ve, at all events, have not reached that high Begres of culture that need make us fear imme- i‘mto destruction. In fact, we think tho pinna- sie of greatness is etill in the clouds. We are toiling "up the steep over very paths, ing our life with an ocersional flower, but, he most part, meeting with very obnoxions Listles, noitles, and other uncomfortable weeda £y the wayside. - - - XNow, if we may not have all ‘thoee longed-for privileges of which we have spoken, and which are supposed to smooth our way up that eteop hill-side which we are all climbing, we might bave some slight hopes of our own fuvention or appropriation. Would it be asking too much to suggest that s A CHOOL OF GOOD MANNERS might be instituted, or private lessons taken st home? That the young lady who had studied tho American lstpell.ing-noak might, without detri- ment to herself, study quieter manners, 5o that the young man who stares at her in such a pre- suming, impertinent way, may not, with certain appearance of reason, eay, “Oh! she likes it!" 0, that same young man might perhaps be better employed in hammering at some of thoso closed gates, and trying to get a fow additional idess in his brain, eo that the sum total might read nack-tie, meerschaum, plua. Would it be & ALTOGETHER OUT OF THE QUESTION, when one woman passes another, better dressed, poriaps, than herself, for the former to.stap a ittle to one side, just enough for the other to pass, and not go rushing on, carrying a goodly D eoRartin oF 5 sk dress. mreyon Lo ey number sevens, without aword ora look of apology for the raid? Does she feel any better for having done it, and thinking, “ I'm glad of it; she had no business to wear her dress long!" Did it never oceur to you, poor barbarian, that certain occasions require certain regalia, and that your victim was but conforming to the ob- Tigations entailed upon her?_Or, at fimes, where it is impossiblo for such collision to be avoided, would not a_doprecatory # Excuse me!" go far toward mending the matter, and, in such a case, proveto be the soft apology that ¢ turnoth away rath 7 Wi Would it be infringing upon the right of THE CHIVALEY OF CHICAGO if wo suggested that, evenif “The way was long, (and) tho wind was cold,” it is not an ovi- dence of the noblest knight-errantry to allow oven plain, old, and possibly upmj:ercstmg women to take that way alone at midnight, an for young women it might even be dangerons? While emulating Launcelot's vices, pray remem- ber that he also had virtues. Another little wayside flower of dgoml breod- ing, which might b plucked and add fragrance to the bougquet of life, i8 to be found AT THE THEATRE. Criticisms during & play, for the benefit of adja- cent hiearcrs, during the performance, are not 1nvariably entertaining, e:secillly if one would like to hear the actors’ words; and the rustle of Pprogrammes, the donning of wraps, the click of opera-glase cases, and the froquent rising and leaving just before the close, show that there is a chance yot for a good long existenco to many of onr cities. Notyet out of the barbaric ers, there noed be no immediate fear of destruction. Coutd that man also, WIIO IS 80 A¥RAID he will not get a seat in the car, be induced to pause in his® eager progress snd not crowd be- tween ladies, by that means separating them and leaving one for behind. No doubt the rail- way companies are to blsme fornot having better accommodations ; but, instesd of making it an excuse for being a brute, why not recognize in it a chance to learn gome of those little ameni- ties which sarve to sweeten life ? And you, Madame, do you need to go to col- Tege to learn that velvet and ermine ARE NOT SUITABLE for ordinary wearin an omnibus, and that, if you do thus commit yourself, it does not entitle you to two seats ? Your velvet may be crushed, and probably will, but, notwithstanlling, you had moright to look g0 unconscious that the gentloman who got in was lame, and Lad & right to the seat you had not paid for. He wes a gontleman, and did not urge it, and it was left for one of his own sex to notice the fect and yield his seat to the invalid. Wear your velvet and ermine in your carriage, if you have one, and, if not, don’t “buy it. Fine feathers may make fine birds, but ex- pensive clothes never yet made a lady. The surest indications of s gentlewoman are her rogard for tho feolings of others, and her quict dregs and manners, _ Your huckster is alwaya loud and pushing. He has to sell hia wares,with Dlatant voice and persevering intrusion. Fine broadcloth does not make & gentleman of him, nor silks and satins raise his wife to the dignity PBEDICATED BY CULTURE. There is & chance for o vast deal of learning that need not_be waited for until universities have thrown wide their hells to all classes and ‘both sexes,—little flowers only, and not useful roots such ss you might get thére ; but the flow- ars ara filled with perfume. They make life sweet, and help amazingly on the way up that steep hill which we are climbing. Suppose, then, one and all of us were to com- ‘mence, even with the A, B, 0 OF GOOD-BREEDING, and see if it would not be possible for this city to gain the reputation of being the best-mag- nered city on the continent. ‘There is a wide field, and & chance for all to join. The primary classes would be filled to overflowing, while the few who heve advanced some steps farther may at least, by patient example and encouragement, lead tho rest on to the graduating class. In its results we do not doubt but it would be quite 23 desirable as the mental culture of the colleges, or the franchise of the free-born citizen. Atall events, when tho time should arrive in which all classes would be mutuslly free of both these longed-for institutions, the preceding study wonld make these more highly prized, and more ploasantly available. Tryit! It's aprize worth the winning. H. —— A PLEA FOR THE WOMAN. My masculine friend, I hava tried in many ways to reach you, but have failed. To-night, surcharged with venom, I must bring my guns to bear upon you at short range. You won't take a hint ; you won't profit byall the poetry that is showered upon just such unfeeling fei- lows as you; you will plod mercilesely on, crushing, with savage hoel, the flowers of happi- ness before you, waiting to be plucked; yon will let that thick crust of bitterness crowd back all the goodness of your sonl, and you must take the consequences. Isaw you at tho playlost night, and, lost in the great human ses that surged around you, you were lost to self-conscionsness, too. Oh! Low tired and worn you looked! How the fur- rows hove deopened since I knew you for a genial, jovial follow! How, 28 in thoe intensity of intorest you watched tho mtmic play of ‘human passion, the real man came ont, and told of the gnawings that are every day maling the way hard for you! How, in spite of self, tho moisture would creep for 2 moment into your eyes, 28 you saw one madly thrust happiness from him; and then, ashamed of the sympathy that proved your fancied weakness, how flercely you pressed your lips together, and looked hast- ily cne side, to drive away the fancy, while the faco grew hard again! Do you think that, all- forgotting the actors and the stage, as I watch- ed you from my safo rotreat, Idid not know of ‘what yon were thinking? Do you believe that I, your old-time confidant, albeit you have thrown mo off nor, and Liavo troated - mo shab- bily since I told yon of your faults,—do you bo- liove that I conhf not sce the inner workings of theheart? Como back with me. Do you re- member the night when you told mo of the hep- piness_you hoped to gain, and how warmly you <[ ‘dull brain that fimxpod yhand es Ieaid, in reply, “She'sa ittlo too good for you, old fellow 2"~ Well, it's ali over now, and it may be a little cruel to ke the ashes from a memory you wonld prefer to have buried; but I claim to be doing you & surgical kindnees by tearing open that old wound, end utting now life into two hearts, if possiblo. ose fault was it, and who suffers most ? Yon meed not tell me alond ; I know every shade of ex- ression your face can Wear; #0 2100k will anawer. t was 5 ‘misunderstanding, and you partea in hot indignation, you two. It was Fears ago, but oh ! howthe heart aches_yot, if you will give it time. You try to think ler false, and she tells herself you were not what you professed ; but somehow, with all the coldness, snd contempt, and hatred you bear each other, an accidental meeting will make you both miserable for days. The recollections of the old heppy hours will come thronging in at the most unlucky times, agu\lmg alike for you the opera, the ]LE, and the Sunday service, leaving always behind the spirt of uoroat. _"Ah! yon are going to speak! You are the in- jured party, nn%mu dignity demands that you should not take the firat step toward rccnnciiim— tion, however much you may desireit; snd, on the whole, you don't know that you do desirs it. Nonsense! Throw awsy that bravado when talking with me. I know, as well as I know that {‘:n live, that you havens true a heart as ever at under broadcloth, and all these shams snd subterfages on bshalf of dignity are unworths your manhood. No, my much-respected frienc Tfortunately we are all alike ; weo must have human sympathy; we can't live without it; and, when we find one peculiarly fitted to_make us happy, wo desire intimate relations’ with that" one. Clouds may come, but it is not in our pature to forget. If, with the surgeon’s knife and unprac- tised hand, T have made ou cringe with pain, T am glad. ' You will thus be assured that others have sensibilities, and the fact may get into your the merry Im of " the girl you knew 'in the olden o " is of shallow birth. enough to see that, growing into herlife when womanhood was all before ggr, you took = place there that no other man will ever hold. Another thing you ought to have penetration encugh to sco i8, that custom denies & woman the privi- loges it grants o man ; consequently, she must stand and wait, else move at therisk of being unwomanly. T b ‘Then, a8 you are the trus man I believe ycu to be, with a robility of soul that stamps God's im- age upon you, prove your manhood. Go to her, saying nothing of tha past, it yon chooso, but, in'the old friendly way, tell Ler how long the years havo been, and tento one the next day you'll be counting tho cost of housekeeping 28 compared with the inconvenience of boarding- house life. VarsEY WEST. o e UNSATISFIED. Oh, heart of mine! you're a willful thing, And a trouble to me at best; 1 have taught you long, and tutored you well, “,l::l: x:uxli‘ 34 ae tiswss mt. ou want, you greedy gnome, * - “That you faown ke & child & fain? - 1L 1 crowned you monarch of roliing spheres, . . . X beliove it would be (n vain, Thave wronght in the midnight's starry hours, And on tiil tho morning gray : N 1 bave tofled in tho sultry tropics’ heat, Till tho ceasa of tho weary day ; My pen Lins brought you a measure of fame ‘Heaped up to the very brim,— . A name that shall live when canturles roll ‘Back into the ages dim, T have gathered you weslth that might dower & quecn T sve throned youin regal stato; ¥or you I wrestled with many 2 foe, Conquering even fato. : 1 have Imelt at your shrine like tho verfest slave, ‘With trophics from every land ;. 3 Gems from tho sc3, and gold from the mine, ‘Have been scattered with lavish hand, And honor unstained—oh, heart of mino, What is it you ask for more 7 = Enowledgo 13 thine; £ have sought it dut ‘From tho pages of ancient lore, Love! lore! my heart, that I taught 8o long 2y beart, that T crushed with o will 7 How dare you stir 'neath your silken robes, Moaning and frotting stil? ‘How dare you sk for imposaitle things, Ol ! viper that I have fed ? Why do you madden me, day by day, "0 T wish T might sec you dead. Love! never, neter, my traitor heart . So comfort yourself with pride,— Fold it royally over sour sharpest pain,— ~ For you there {8 naught beside. e RELIGIOUS. Eighty-three churches in Boston are Congre- gationally governed. . —The Pope, it is reported, is about to canon- ize Mlary, Queen of Bcota. —Spurgeon says it i not preaching that kills ministers, but empty seats and dead churches, —The nowlv-ny:}mintud Roman Catholic Bishop of Newark, N.J., Dr. M. A. Corrigan, is the youngest Blshop in the United ftates. —A most_extraordinary religious nwakéning has been experieaced in the various churches at Bloomington, Il. The accessions during the month of January amounted to 1,000. 3 —DBishop Payne, of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, signs his encyelicals simply *Payno.” A Chnstian Bishop (says the Inde- pendent) ought to hiave o Christian nume. —Thé Church Journal is of opinion that until sonfething is done to remedy the deficiencies in clerical support, it is useless to talk abont a so- cioty for the increase of the ministry. —It is snid that Father Burke, who has sailed for Europe, earned ”E his orations over £300,- 000 for religious and charitable institutions dur- ing his yoar's stay in America. —Tho Presbyteriana of New York City, who ave control of the course of lectures upon the evidences of Christianity, Lave chosen the Rov. Dr. Peabody, of Harvard College, & conservative Unitarian, to deliver the next course. —The Advocate oy Christian Holiness offers s premium of $25 for the best tract to demonstrate from Seripture the possibility of perfocted holi- Dess in this life, and the "editor of the Now York Observer offers $100 for o i —At a Methodist meeting in nights since, one brother, being considerably wrought up, closed a rafher exciting speech with, “ Why, great God, has it come to this!" when another brother instantly arose, exclaim- ing, **I object to Ipm(mm language.” ~'The Episcopal Bishop of New York, acting under the authority given him by & resolution of the late Diocesan Convention, has appointed a committee of fifteen to take meagures for the establishment, in the City of New York, of a Cathodral of the Diocese. —The London Fxaminer is of opinion that philology and comparative mythology have driven orthodoxy out of the assumption of special revelation to the Jews, and that no resort’ now remains to it but Mr. Gfadstone's “ conve- nient doctrino of a primeval tradition common to all people.” —Ono of the Presbyterian churches in Rich- 'mond Va., was recently closed for repairs. Im- mediately the Episcopalians and Buptista offered the uso of their houses to the congregation. Tho offer of the Episcopalians was made first, and was, therefore, accopted. —A touching incident has come to light in connection with the martyrdom of the English migsionary, Gordoxk in the New Hebrides. Just boefore he was killed by a native, he had been at work on the translation of the Acts of the Apos- tlos, and the last chaptor he went over was tho chapter on the stoning of Stephen. —Thelate Episcop: of Florids passed s resolution - condemning most emphatically all fairs, balls, festivals, con- corts, lotteries, theatrical ropresentations, and all such methods of obtaining money for re- ligions purposes, as lowering the standard of Christianity, and contrary to the teachings and spirit of the Gospel. —The Clinton Avonue Congregational Church, of Brooklyn, have appointed two Deaconeses to asaist the Dexcons in visiting the sick members, and doing such other things as are specinlly adapted to the peculiar endowments of women. The Pealter, responsive reading, and_chanting liave_ been adopted by this congregation, after full discussion. —Hore is the creed of the Rev. Mr. Corbett, the minister who was recently interrupted. for his “profanity,” at s recont meoting of the Methodist clorgymen in New York: “I say, preach dz;)ur:nt , preach hell-fire, hot damna-~ tion, scorching !fl.meu, and the devil, until the world shall bo awakenod.” : —A testimonial, consisting of a silver trayand 17,500, has boen presented to the Rev.: James Martinesu on his retirement from the -pulpit of Litttlo Portland Btreet Chapel, London. K pre- vious testimonial of $25,000 was given last sum- mor to the sume gentleman by his congrogation in aoknowledgment of his services as Primcipal of Manchester Colloge. —*‘Do you think it necessary for 8 person to believe in cternnl damnation in order to be a true Christian? Do you think a_belief in eter- nal punishment should be made & condition of membership in a Congregational Church ?” We know of nothing in Scripture or common senso that makes one’s opinion about a futuro -lifo condition of salvation or _church membership. Beecher in the Christian Union. —A correspondent of the Chicago Advance tells of hearing Dr. William Adams exclaim in a discourse to young peoplo sevoral years ago: “Young men, take it for & truth of God—tha only genuino untbmpomor{:hism is_theopnens- tio.” 'This was naturallyrather bowildering, and not wholly intelligible to the average hearer, but " he was nssured by a member of the congregation that this was the Doctor's *¢ usual style.” —London has had an immense meeting, in two halls at once, “mostly elderly laymen,” to protest the value to piety of the Athanasian Creed. Charles Kingsley, for iustance, oxpects of ihis creed ‘“a most potent and salu- tary influonce, not ouly on the theology, but on the ethics, and on the aciences, physical and motaphysical, of all Engliah-spesk- ing nations.” The Spectator treats the agitation as resting on the assumption of sacredness in mere words, making ‘‘an_incantation, ‘not & creod;” o “ formula of magic,” instead of an ex- pla.n;litgl of belief. dungile § i —A clergyman's daugbter, vriting in the Church’ Susilay Sehool Magazing, sags that in her opinion women should be appointed teachérs of classes of the Iargerboys aud young men, be- cauee “The love and reverence that young men foal for a lady teacher All up & gap in their livos at a very dangerous timo, and prevent them from falling 'a prey to tho enticements of bold and forward girls, who wonld mako them most un~ won%g wives.” . —Tho firet choral wedding ever celebrated ‘in Washington took place at St. Paul’s Church, in that city, recently. 'The bridal party, preceded by a processional cross _and twenty-four_robed choristers and the officiating priest,: marchad through the main aisle singing & wedding hymn, On arriving at the altar, which was surronnded with numerous lighted ’candles, the bride and groom elect knolt in silent prayer, after which the ceremony of the Episcopal Church was per- formed. Leicestershire curato becarae possessed of & religious mania recently and upon one of bis servanta to take ont his. right eye. On the mrvmtl;guing to him he discovered that his mester had cut off his right hand, and wasin ihe act of injuring hia eye..- Near {0 him, on's table, was found a prayer-book. and Bibl, the Iatter being open 84 tho paasage whers it s aid, If thy right d offend thee, cut it off,” etc. —The tide has mdoubtedly turned in Turkey. You msy possibly bo-sharp ‘Convention of the Diocese in epito of the growth of *‘modern improve- ments” at Constantinople, and of the warnicg of the Mussulman population of the European Provinces. On the Asiatic sido there has been a voritable revival. Within twenty-Gve years mosques have been built and repaired to an ex- tent unknown for a whole centary. The schools established for all denomirvations have been *| slowly but steadily mosopolized by the Turks; there hins been o great diminution of drinking and other infidel practices, aud a great increase of rigidity on tho part of all classcs in tho ob- servances of the Mussulman ceremonial, —A New York Roman Catholic journal is_sti; ring up the faithful to undertske a grand pil- firimnge to Rome, the object being to solace the oly father * while in prison,” to visit the tombs of the apostles and the stations of xlmnmpml de- votion in Rome; to visit the holy house of Loretto, and, on the way back to cee the grotto ©of Lourdes. ' Chevalier Hugh Manning, sn ex- pzpal zouave who hes shed his blood in_defenss of the vicar of Christ, and has been decorated by the hands of the pontif himeelf, offers to 1cad forth the pilgrims, and is eager to start by next May. - " —The Gld Catholic movement seoms to be still gomg forward in Europe, and to be making pro- gress in Austria, where at first there was only gne Old Gatholié Church (at Vienn), snd now threo now churches are reported at Xied, Steier, aud Teesdorf. Fourteen of theso churches have been established in a8 many towns in Bohemia. At Eonn, in Prussis, in the Castle Chapel, Jan. 19, the firet 01d Catholic worship was held. The Committee of the Old Cstholic Congress held Iast sear at Cologuo, have coma to o decision as to the appointment 'of Old_Catholic Rishopa, and promise to report upon the subject at the adjourned meeting at Easter. They are of opinion that there will be needed; One for orth Germany, ono for South Germany, and one for Switzerland. —An amusing story is rolated of M. Thiers, ML Grevy, and the holy-water brush. At the prayera which took place In the chapel of the palace at Versaillos at tho time of the meeting of the Assembly, the President of the Ropublic was reccived, of course, with all the honors due to his position. A priest was at the entry of the chapel, and held out a brush dipped in holy ‘water to . Thiers. The President seized on this, and set to work to sprinkle holy water over all aronnd him, making the sign of the cross, we are told, 88 if e was at a funeral. After baving thus officiated, M. Thiers turned .| to M. Grevy, who was just behind him, and banded him the brash, M. Grevy, a still grenter stranger than M. Thiers tothe usagesof the Church, but not daring to refuse to take any- thing offered him by the chiefof Btate, was much embarraased when ho found himself 'in posses- sion of the brush. He followed the President of the Republic, brush in hand, to his place, and there, being much oxercised 88 to what he should do with the brush, he discreetly hid it under his chair, whera tho sacristan found it after a long bunt next morning. —_— HUMOR. Voice of the night—S'cat. - —A Western paper speaks of a duel botween two ‘“ jackassperated individuals.” —Josh Billings says he never knew a dog of eny broed whatsumever to take hyderfoby artor hfl l:‘nl been thoroughly vaccinated with buck- shof —When sn Arkansas Sheriff has & warrant to serve on s desperado, he finds the only practica- blo method is tirst to shoot him and then serve . the warrant on his body. —*4 John Blanchard will please_stop Llowing hisnogo,” requested an Iows clergyman the other Sundey. Jobn quit Lis nose and went to blowing the minister. —A Cincinnati belle, upon being asked her father’s profession, sald he “embalmed pork, ehe belioved.” He was a hog-packer. -—A cynical critic says that Daguerre’s iaveri- tion has always been a foe to graphic art. —What is the difference between electricity end a fool? Ono is simply marvelons; tho other is marvelously simple. —The inmate of a boarding-house in Hoboken doscribes tho programme of his breakfest as “bells jangled out of tune, and hash.” —A negro was put upon the stand as a wit- nesss, and the Jusge inquired if he understood tno nature of an .~ “*For certing, boss,” eaid the citizen; ““if I swear to & lie, I must stick to him!” ~ The darkoy had evidently been following up the Credit Mobiliar investigation. —For genius equal to all emergencies, com- mend us to_that Wisconsin man who repaired tho chinks in his too well ventilated dwelling by pouring water into them and allowing it to freezo. —Punch’s notion is thaf s man of birth is commonly one whose remote ancestor did some- thing, and his immediate predecessors, for many centuries, nothing at all. —On rétiring from business, » wise old man said to his son and sucocseor, ‘‘Now, my boy, remember that common sense is tho best thing you can bring to bear on every affair of life ex- cept love-making 1" ) —The Boston Pos? thinks that the Christian Milk Association of that city will prove a failure. Likely enough. The trouble is, it possesses too much “ Christian” and. too little ** milk."—New York Commercial. —A Lsnsingburgh (N. Y.) man, thinking he was about to dio, endeavored to get a promise from his young wife that she would never marry ogain. The lady hesitated & long timo, but finally gavo her husband's anxious heart partial easo by u{ing, “T will promise uot to marry more than I'can help.” _ —An Irish physician was called to examine the corpse of anotber Irishmau, who had becn as- sassinated by some of his countrymen. * This porson,” said_ he, after inspecting the body, *Fwas g0 ill that if he had not been murdered he wounld have died half an hour before.” —When Shakspeare wrote about patience on & monument, did he refer to dbctors’ pationts ? No. How do you kmow he didn't ? Because you always find them under 8 monument, —A raw countryman, gazing at a garden in the vicinity of Boston, in which wore several marble statues, exclaimed: “Just ece whata waste! Here's no less than six scare-crows in this ten- foot patch, and any one of them would keep the crows from a five-acre lot!” —Onions are 216 & barrol in New Orleans, and when a woman, whose husband .refuses her & new dress, wants to indulge in & good cry, she is compelled (anlcss wealthy) to fall back on com- mon horse-radish. —A reviewer having said that a novel was written “ with o flowing pen,” an editor rejoins : ¢ Wo are ‘glad to learn that this authoress uses o flowing pen ; she shows her judgment ; if there is anything we despise, it's a pen that won't give ink readily.” —A Sunday-school scholar, only 8 years old, was _asked Y Dis teacher, “Why they took Stophen outside the city tostone himtodeath ?” The little fellow was silent’ for a moment, as though sbsorbed with the problem, when, brightening up suddenly, he re) gied : *Sothey could get a better crack at him.” —An unintelligont foroigner, who is quito nn- able to “understand and l‘pprecinhs American ‘manners, writes bome that ‘“when a- great man dics in tho United Statos, the first thing dono is 0 propose a fin statue'in his honor; next, t> forgot to order any statue; aud last, to wonder +what became of the money.” —The 3onng man with presence of mind re- sidos in Detroit. Just ashe was lifting his hat to a couple of youngladics on Woodward avanue, a boy ran s sled sgainst bis logs, and' tho fashionable young man turned half s dozen igeon-wings, end camo down on all-fours. icking wp his bat, without 8o much a8 & frown, e romarked 10 thé Iadics: “I am always sub- ject to these dizzy spells in wintes —A Gormsn pliysiologist bas discovered that tobacco-smoking by tha boys *interferca with molecular changes coincident with the develop- ment of tissues, and makes the blood corpuscles oval and irregular st the edge.” Any parent can thus ascertain if his boy smokes, by mercly taking out o handfal of his blood corpuscles and observing their odges. - —A Borlin photographer advertised tliat he conld take photographs o like the original that thoir dogs would rocognize them. He was put to the test; o gentlemen had bis picture {aken, which was then shown to his dog, and, eure enough, the canine critic rendered a verdict in favor of the srtist with many waggings of the' tail and sspirations to lick the photographic fea- tures of his master. The result was less satis- factory, however, when it transpired thet the ‘picture had been danbed with lar —An old farmer, noted for his eccentricities, had hired & man who somewhat resembled him- gelf, end whose vagaries exhibited themaelvesin ways most marked and unexpected. Going to his barn, one winter morning, the farmer found hia man had been before him, and had taken & Dalter and hung himself to a large beam, and wag already lifeless, Burveying the spectacle for a moment, the old man burst out: ** Wall! 1 wf??" what on earth that critter will do next?” d : —Every village near Portland, Me., has s bad reputation, whether honestly or not remains to bo seen. The Portland - Advertiser has the fol- lowing in evidence: A Portland gentleman who heard that (like the Marblehead boys who stoned _strangers who wore fiood -clothes) the Ferry village boys assaulted - Portlanders, made a tour of the place, and said exultingly to & Forry villager s = Well, 1o beon all. puor you place and didn't even see & boy1” ¢ Ah 1" said the rmxser; ¢ well, that's because allthe boys were at the other end of the village stoning funeral I” ‘do to o mad dog?’ KILL OR CURE. A Story of the American Civil War. “The Major is & capital fellow, Doctor,"” I said, a8 we sauntered out to smoke our cigars in the on, after on_eatly dinner; “but he ought to bo moro merciful to us wretched bache- lors. What with his charming wifo and that ox- emplary baby, he makes it difScult to respect the tenth commandment.” Yon admire Mre. Layton ?" ¥ e ¢ Admire her! If she wero not Charlic’s wife, I should fall head over ears in love with Ler. I have seen fairer faces, but for dear, pmttfi'r deli- cate womanly ways, I never meb her equal.” “You couldn’t” understaud a man’s thirsting for her blood ?" < “ Good gracious! A wretch who could touch one of her golden hairs roughly deserves to be crucifiod.” _ “And yet for many dsys she was in deadly peril of Ber lifo." “For her fortune ?" ¢ She had none.” *Don't tell me, Doctor, that an innocont crea~ taro like that could give any one causo for re- venge.” “No ; T won't tell you anything of the sort.” “I think I seo. Some one wes madly in love «with her ?” *‘If you were to guess till this dayout you would not find the cause,” said my friend. *“Let us sit down here, and f will explain. It® no secrot ; I wonder the Major has not told you.” ““Down hers” was on a rustic seat- that tho Major's pretty wife bad mado at the end of his len, close to where alittle rill, soon to be ost in the blue Hudson, tinkled its woy through his %cnmle. *During the -war,” began the Doctor, “I served in the army, in the same regiment with &n old schoolinate. He was aa fine & soldier a8, ever drow a sword. Hale, hearty, and sound in mind and body; esger tosee service—and he saw plenty. I thought thathe bore a charmed life, till one day he was carried into the hospital tent ina brd way. Aball had entered his shoulder, glanced on the clavicle (what you call the collar-bone), and had gone—someuchere. That was all we could tell, for thers wasno other orifico; but whether it Lad passed up or down, or taken somo erratic course round aboat, such ss balls will take, we knew not, aud no probing could find ount. Well, he recovered, went North fo regain ~ bLis strongth, and for nearly threo years I lost sight of him. When tho war was over and I bad begun to practice as & civilian in New York, I met him again. But how changed! He was a living skeleton, and I saw 1 a moment that he bad becomo habituated to opium. Do you kaow what that means? No? Well, throw & bucket of water into & piano, and then light a fire under it, and its strings will not be more out of tune than an opium-smoke:'s nerves are out of order. Ho asked mo if he might call on mo st my office, and of courso I sssented ; but it was days bafore ho came, and when he did arrive I knew that he had been preparing himself for & fight with him- sclf. Some foolish patients come propered to hide tho truth, some to magnify their ills. It is part of our business, in serious cases, to examine o man’s mind before wo ask about his body,-and, hardened as & surgeon must bo, I confers that the condition of my poor friend frightened me. There was an expression in his eye that Ihad never sccn in any sane being; aad what made this worso was the calm, business-like manner in which he spoke. He told mo that soom after he had (apparently) recovered from his wound, he began "to suffer from pains in his’ head, which increased in soverity till they became 80 sgonieing that he had ro- course to opiates to alleviate them. ‘Bat I have ot come to consult yon sbont this,Le sai “this Ican bear—must bear. Would to Go that they were always tearing me! Tho worat is when they are not.” " eavo you very weak? " I sug- gested. 4 ¢They leave mo,’ he replied, quite calmly, ¢ with g burring, all butunconquerable, desire 10 take human [ “I am not generally a mervous man, but I started, and looked round me for some weapon of defense. ‘Dou't be afraid,’he continued, with a sad smile, ‘the fit is not onmenow. I shonld not have come if it had been. Ihave been nearly starved once or twice, not daring to leave my room. I can- conquer my madness nmow; the question is, bow long Ican continuo to doso. I feel thatitis grow- ing upon me. I feel my power of resistance be- coming weaker and weaker—the craving for Dlood getting stronger and stronger. I am liko aman who has elipped overs procipice, and feels tho earth and shrubs to which he clings, slovly, slowly, surely, sarely, giving way with him. ~ T havo brought wretchod curs out of tho street, and killed them in my frenzy, 1 the hope to exhaust iton them. Itisnouse. I must havo human life." i ¢ Any human life ' I inquired, *or some one in particuler ?* “i\Whydo youask this, Doctor?' he ecricd, getting suddenly excited. 't No matter; go on.’, « Sometimes, ho resumed, ‘it scems that any life would do; and sometimes——Di A four days before Isaw you I met, upon a New Jersey forry-boat, & young girl. So pretty, so rofined and mice! I followed her to her home—the dovil, that has takon ~posses- sion of mo, led me. She went in, and soon came out again into her littla den, and tended her flowers—poor child! E’oxctur, if Thed bad a pistol with me I should have shot her. You may emile; but some day soon I shall take a pistol on purpose, and shoot ber.” 4 It was cloarly no o arguing with him. Tho to submit fo the restriction of an asylum till this fecling hag possed.” < “+ Tt will not pass. IfI woro to go to & mad- Tiouse I should sham esne. Sooner or later their vigilance over me would be relaxed. Then I shonld murder my keoper, and go straight for that innocent girl.” ““ Then leave tho country.’ “ ¢ Vell, that would save her; but, Doctor, one lifo is 2a desr to-its holder as another, 1f 1 don’t kill her, I shall kill somo one elso.” 2y dour fellow, I replied, in as light a tono 28T conld assume, *“these fancies are curable. Put yourself under skilled medical treatment. You aro nll to bits, physically. Getsound in body, and you'll get ll right in your mind." £0n the contrary, I am all to bits, s you say, mentally, and my body suffers through my mind. Hodical lreatmaent! T havo conanlted every prac: titioner of mote here and in Europo. Soma tnink T'm fooling them, some look wico, and talk as you do about “treatment.” All have failed. Doc- tors are no use to me.’ “4Thon may I ask why you have come here?' ¢To ask your advice a5 & friend,” he answe ©d, drawing his chair nearor to me} ‘and,’ low- ering bis voice, ‘to sk you one question as o frieud and o God-fearing man, and to which I pray you to give me 4 piain yes or no." ““Go on.” «¢Fecling 88 I feol, shall T bo justificd be- foro God in taking my own life? Will it be deadly sin for mo to do for myself what I wonld 1 repeat hia words almost as he spoke them. I cannot give you the faintest idea of the golomn deliberation with which he pat this awful ques— tion. For some moments I conld not ‘sey o word. Then I started up and told that I wonld not anewer him yes or no—that it was not fair to rsk De to take such u responsibility. Then he roso too, and said that he must resolvo it for himself, and I saw plainly which way it would go._ *Give me till to-morrow to think it out,’ I | whole case over atesdily. In the first placa, was s2id, dotaining him. A ¢+ To-morrow mey be too late’ he replied. ¢The fit may come upon me to-night for all I Lnow.’ 0 “!Come home with me; I'm not afraid. You won't hurt me,’ I said. I wonld fry very bard not to do so—but—T Imow mjeelf. I cannot trust myself. Don't you trust me.” *¢ ¢ will trust you; but I'll do more. You are not armed, I suppoe ¥’ 2 ¢ No,’ he replied, with a shudder, * not now.’ 4 ¢ Tl take care that you shell not be, and I'll carry my Derringer in my pocket. On tho first indication of tho homicidal mania I give you my word I'll shoot—and I shoot straight.’ I ssid this to satisfy him, poor fellow. In his weak state I could have Izid him downdike a child. It did satisfy him, and we went bome together. T led him to talk of our soldiering dsys, and grad- ually got-him back to his wound. . 1 made him describa the first sensations of pain in his head, and repeat all that his differont medical advisers bad said. I mpfemd to have a strong prepara- tion of hashecesh by me. I gave him adose, and whilst under its influenco T carefully exam: ined his head. Now, the head, you must knor, does_not fatten nor waste away in proportion to otber parts cf tho body. Btill his had become mere skin and bone; and this state, per- hape, guve mo an advantage over others whohad made the eame examination. Atlast I felt, or thought I felt, a faint twilching—a sort of ab- fi&mfl pflnl@n&—b:bant two inches above the t ear. It mi; merely nervous, but it mi, Ye caused by the ball, il might - “1I then set my mind {0 work, and thought the good care that your interesting you'd do oxactiy as alull will become “more than ever with lead in the usual form.’” that impulso to take humen life, of which my oor friend had spoken, really uacontrollable? For example, suppose that one day he did take a pistol ‘on purpose,’ and go to that lady's gar- dou—would ho shoot her?” To supposo that tho inszne mind never changes its purpose, or turas from the fell completion of ifs purpose, is_to eay in other words that the insane mindis stronger than the sano mind. If o man with a freshly broken leg wera to toll you ho was going to run a foot raco you wounld not be- liove him, becsuse your common - sense rovolts against tho ides of his running with aleg disabled, Buf if one with his brain digabled declares that he is going to do some- thing dependent upon the action of his' mind common scnee does not always argac o well, " #1In the second place, did my poor friend, with his impaired means of judgment, beliece that the impulse was uncontrollable? Becauso if he did the end would be the szme, 8o far 25 he was concerned. He would sacrifice his own lifo to protect_that of others, thongh they wero.in no actual danger. “In the third place, might not this story of the impulse be a mere pretense to oxcuse the commission of suicide? Now therezre noforms of madness more obscure in their origin, more difficult to detect, more persistent, and more {fatal than suicidal mania; and as thero have been numerous cases in which persons who have destroyed themselves have carefully prepared’ evidence tonding to show that their death as accidental, why should thero not bo one in which’ the fatal ot was to be (s0 far aa possible) justi- fied? *In the fourth place, granting that there was either real homicidal manis or fancied homicidal mania tonding to suicidal, or simply the latter— wes thero a possibility of cure? n “ As tho thres first questions rested for their solution on one set of facts, and the deductions to be drawn therefrom, I. considered them to- gether. A victim of suicidal manin rarely if ever .speaks of suicido. When a man says he is going to drown himself you may gonerally diroct him to the cars which will take to the river sido with the follest conviction that he will not break- fast with the crabs. 1If, in an exceptional “cage, snicide is mentioned, it will either be treated lightly, 8 an act thatis not acrime, or tho patieut will be very earnest in his eswurances that he wonld never commit it. Remembering my poor {friend's manner, I noticed that he spoke of toi- ing Lis own life wittrmuch more emotion than he evinced when he told me of the impulse to shed the blood of others. His words, ‘“I must have human life—if I had had a pistol with mo I sbould have ehot her—come day soon I shall take a pistol on purpose and shodt her—I should murder my keeper and go straight for that innacent girl,” wero spolen os calmly s though he said, * I owe five dollars—I must go and pay them,”’and at the same time with a tone of deep commiseration for the predestined victims. They were to dio for no fault of their own, but thoy were doomed to death—if ho lived. When, on the other hand, ho spoke of ssving their lives at the sacrifice of his own, his manner changed. No one afflicted with suicidal mania ever treatod self-destruction with the horror, the consciousness of its wickodness, and the religious doabts as to its being pardoned under any circumstances, with which he considered it. He had never once spoken of murder as & crime. *Aftern long sud careful consideration I came to the following conclusio ¢ He is not laboring under suicidal mania. is impulse is real, and will have fatal ¢ Confinement in an ssylum would have no curative effoct. PN “ Then I took down my books bearing upon the anatomy of the human Lead. O A R ¢ The next morning I addressed him thus: ‘¢ *Bofore I answer you a8 to whether you wonld be justified before God, under the im- £ulse you have told me of, in taking your own ifo to save that of another, you must snswer me several questions.’ 4+ Go on,” he eaid. “ ¢\When you consulted those doctors did you tell them ali that you bave told me 2" “*No, Idid not dare. I said that I had horrible thonghts and cravings, but withoat entering into details as to what they were. Once I went so far as to say I feared 1 was be- coming dangerous, and the fool smiled.” - “fGood. Did they ever speak of searching for that ball 4 4Yes, they said it might be the canze of my suferings, supposing it had lodged near the Dbrain, but that no one would take the responai- gfiy' of searching for it—so to speak—in the i Thoy were right—the operation’ might kill you, and the ball be not found afterall,” **He looked up, and .the dull dejected look that had become habitual passed from his face. “‘* And even if it wero found,’ I went on, ‘its extraction might cause your death all the same.’ “He laid his hand on my arm, and tried to speal, but ho conld not. “¢+Still it would give you a chanco—just s chanco of more than life.’” His grsp tightened. I could feel his heart beating. *And submitting to such an operation—almost hopeless thongh it ‘be—would not be quile suicids." +He fell on his lmees and sobbed like a child. “You'll doit? he cried, ‘God Almighty bless you! You'lldoit?" . x . * . s . -4 \Vell,” s2id my friend, lighting a fresh cigar, “to make my story short, I did it, with the ssistanco of o young surgeon whose nerve I could trust. We found that miserable pieco of lead near where I had suspected it tobe. It was just acase of touch and go. Had my knife ‘wavered twice the bredth of its own edge—had tho assistant been unsteady with the forceps—it would Liave been fatal. Idon't want to appear vain of my success, 50 I'll say no more than this —he recovered.” . * And hasn't killed anybody 2" . % No, and doeen't want to." “ By Jove! Iwouldu't be too sure of that. And so the girl he wanted to murder married tho best.way with such people 1s to admit their facis | Major and trv to work round them. 4 She &id.” % ¢Then, snid I, ¢ the only thing you can dois | “ Then if I wero her husband T'd take precious tient didn't come into the same State with her. s * My dear fellow, if you were her husband her Ausband does.” “ Docs he know 2" ‘¢ None better.” “ And doesn’t care ?" ¢ Not a bit.” “ Then he's a bruto!” ¥ You'd better tell him so—here he comes.™ “ Does she kow 2" * She does," “ And sho's not afraid " “Nos - * Ono other question. Does your interosting patient etill live in this country 7' ¢ He does.” “Tu what State 2" * “This State.” ¢ Near here? “ Vory near. #Then, with all possible deference to our friond the Major, T think he is very foolish. Wero Lin bis p ace I should say, ‘ My good sir, I ndmit that the ball from which you suffered so long cannot get back into your brains, but I am by no mesus sure that the ideasit engeundered may not return. At any rate your presence near ments_of this songster ere marveloaly trintg life; his litile bill opens and shuts nshe siigy, his head is tossed on ono side. znd his i gently finttor with oxcitcment. When the may cnds, the Lird bows sud disappears, and Lsiy Genosa returms to its placo, Tho name oftiy bird is not given, but lo unites with tho vie, of the nighlingale the Tersoral sppearancs o the most gorgeous humming bird. Tho reig, oo fn viich tie vocalist ncstics, hen notba, ore the public, is & pala i foro e public,is & palaeo of ol exquiiely —_— THROWING KISSES. Glzlle on the stairway, mother uj 3 Gislics eyes and sotuer’s fart os?;m‘x;r . Gérlios little dngers throw a horrying Koy’ Right to mother, loving, fearing not tb iz« Mother throws one downwerd t5 her golden bt Girlie crios, ““They'ra meeting, mother, in the at ¢ By-a0d-by the gillc stands all, ail Tooting el Soesiandaall e T Up the Leavenly stairway, Girlle s'sndlog serg /3 the Liother surely, surely must be gess throws her kisses up tho golden stair, Will they 1azek the mother’s half-way in theiyy —Young Folia for Yieie Conversation. As the subject of tho woatber haa beon ‘monopolized by eonversation clubs, n friend g gesta n substitnto to_bo used in couversaton iy should not arithmotical observetions by used in placo of thoss of a meteorological 1. ture, 50 s to render unnecessary such time-wary sud atterly useless remarks ag, 4Tt is very hot this evening, Mies.” “Yea, ir. I think it is hoiter than it.was iy morning +T really believo it is; but it's not ashot 1§ was fast might.” i ‘¢If it is as Lot to-morrow, I don’t knoy ¢ ut I don't think it is possibla for i Hoglr flau 1t maa yssterl!'l‘a}a." Aol ‘e have here something both novel andin. structive to_the mind.. Fox instance, peenss ordinary culture might thus convaree: ‘* Good moraing, Miss. Nineand eight mag seventecn,” “Yes, air, thoy do; and thres from seventesn leavo fourteen.” - ‘¢ nd one more will make fitoen.” **Yon, glr; but seven into Afty-threais v difficult.” S| i —A Trenton man's wife eloped from him fox teon years ago, nud ho has just started ogtto find Ler. He gave tho mattor maturo considen. my wifo is likely to make her nervous, and I a peal to yon as & gentleman to locate yourself in some ofber part of ‘the country. If you do so I shall havo'tho highest rospect for you; if you do not, and ever have the misfortune to pass within a mile of my houee, the interior of ‘our {ntimately 5 acquainted ““Very neatly put,” said the Doctor, *but our friend does not think of committing suicide now.” “Mercy, Doctor!” I cried, *you don’t mean to eay that the man who wanted to murder the Major's wife is—is—" “Tho Mejor himself. Yes, sir."—Temple Bar. 3 gl e Lirles THE WARNING. The morn was g bright as a morn'conld be, Biue glowed the aky, Lino laughed tho sear Bunshiine and flowers were met togother, In the joy and glory of summer wenther ; But the old man pointed where, far in the West, Lay 5 clond, like a sail, on the skry's broad breast And he said, as he Iooked at Ita ominous white, * “¢There'll bormist cre noontide, and storm ere night.” The dream was 8 bright 28 s dream conl Ho was 80 gullaat, so fair was she. <o A2 glad as tho suzshine they moved together, In thelr gracious love, through the golden weather. Till a riflo jarred on the sensitive chords, Biniles that were mockng, and idio words. And the old min eaid, “0 youth, take heed ;. The thistlo grows from the chance-sown seed.” The flueh of young love, and the break of tho day ; ¥iiat 180 Tale oF 0 Begt a5 they 7 ¥ Gathier the buds while the dewdrops shine, Garner hearts’ love, in it birth divine ; Trom doit and anger, rom careles fouck, ho can guard the delicate bloom too much'? For the love forgiven, the sunrise o'er, Renew their first glory, O, never more | A Unique Tobacco-Box. An Albany joweler has s very costlyand uniqus tobacco box, imported from Bwitzerland. Itis the handiwork of an old man now 70 years of sge, who hus spent his whole life in the mann- facture and petfection of mechanical noveltiea. On the cover of the box in question is & bae- relief about the &ize of a silver dollar, represen- ting in enamel the beauties of Lake Geneva. You touch a spring fust below it, when lo! the lake flies back and a beautiful tiny bird sppears and fills the air with sweet music. The move- tion, and came to the conclusion be will havehey again. o RATLROAD TIME TAPLE. ARRIVAL ARD DEPARTURE GF TRAIN Winter Arrangement. EXPLANATION OF oepted. * Sunday m? SMonday ted. epiod: ozcopied: 2 Slon i Five Sanday ac 0. me § Dady. ) oDl 14x CHICAGO & ALTON RAILROAD. Chicazn, Allon & St. Louls Through Line, and Loutviang SR (Jio.) newc short raute Frum CA Depivi, West Side, mear Mudisos Eansas Clty. | Gai Tridpe, e Leare. Arrize. St. Louls & Springflold Express, via Main Lise.. 152, |* R20p. Eaneas City Fagi e Jacksonviile, 11 Wengonr Laon, Washizais enoua, Lac: e (Wesiorn Dittiar, 3 ogrield Lizht, Line, andalsg Jetferson City re: Fone Keokok & Batia 10 < Dally, via ,\hinld.uav, and dally oxcept Satardsy, CHICAGO, MILWAUKEE & ST. PAUL RAILWAY. TUnlon Depot, corner Madiron and Conal-sts,; Ticket o e hson st and 5t Depass e O ZLeate, (*9:00a. m.1t7:08. m. 4200, m. "8, m. 9:29p. m.[*6:0p. m. Milwaukoe, St. Paal & Minnesp- olis Day Express... .| Milwaukes & Prairio du Chicn Mail and Eypress. Ali!wankee, St, Paul olis Night Express. # CHICAGO, BURLINGTON & QUINCY RAILRDAD. depots—Foct of Lakest., Indiana-ar., and Sixte . and Canal and Sizteeniis, Ticket ofice in Brigzs toe «_and at depots. . m{ m = m o. o m] m. Y Accom | . m. Dovwnor’s Grove Accommodation| m Ottawa and Streator Passengor.. . 13, ILLINOIS CENTRAL Depot foot af Laket. and footof Ticked office, T Canal-st., corn 3 rrise. SFUSPPPPPPFFSFSES CEEEERR R R R **0n Saturdays this trala will bo run to Champatgn. CHICAGO, INDIANAPOLIS & CINCINNATI THROUGH LINE. VIA KANKAKEE ROUTE. - Traina arrive and depart from the Great Central Raflroad Depot, fool of Like-st, For hroush tickets and sleepint} car berthe apply at Ticket afice, 75 Canalat., comer Gadi- 2on; 120 Washtnglon-at.; Tremont Louse, comer Congresss st, aud Hichigan-av.; also soot of Tizeniy-second-. Teave Chicago.... Kirive st Tadiznapoils Arrivoat Clacinati .. Tralns arzive at Chicagoat 1003, m. 830015 p. m. Only lino runaing Satarday night teaia to Ct Tho eatiro train Funs througa io Clncinoati. sloopers on night tratns. CHICAGO & NORTHWESTERN RAILROAD. Ticket office, 31 West Hadism. i St. Paul pres. CHICASO, ROCK ISLAND & PACIFIC RAJLROAD. corner of Harriton and Sherman-sts, Tickat ofice, & West Hadison-f. g ZLeate, Omaba, Leavenw'th& Atchisor Peru Accommodation... Night Exprass..... LAKE SHORE & MICHIGAN SOUTHERN RAILROAD. Depot, corner IHarrison and Sherman-ws. Ticket odeer, morthwest corner Clark and Rundolphats,, and souhecsd corner Canal and Madison-sts. M vis Afr L 1 Main Hpoa:tnh;la' ok Bepros, vl 5. Atlantic Exprows, via Alr Line.. Night Express, via Main Line Eifnan Acconmonation. CHICAGO, DANVILLE & VINCENNES RAILROAD. Passenger Depot at F., C. & St. Louis Depot, comer o/ nal and Kinste-ats, Freight and Ticket office 163 Washingdonst. * Arrice. 403, m. 0 p. .| L] CHICAGO RAILROAD. Ma,.. Bl WESTERN RAILROADS ¢4t . and joot of Tweniy-second-# Ficket ofice, 15 Canalat., corner of Naduon. MICHIGAN CEHTRAL & GREAT Depot, foot of Lal: ail (via maln and air line). Expy N Bt TN SCALES. TAIRBANKS, STANDARD SCALES n BIZES, .7 Emsgfv%lg: MORSE §C0 € WEST WASHINGTON-5T hse -3