Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, May 18, 1873, Page 10

10 THE CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE: SUNDAY, MAY 18, 1873. METROPOLITAN MODES. The Strang-est. of -Seasons--- New Head-covgri:ngs. Everything -Tendjng to Straw— Shapes, Prices, and Trim-- - mings, - Modc Hats, and the Latest Dece orations. -, From Our Own Correspondent. - New Yomx, May 15, 1673. “Was ever such a season known 7" is the ex- This combination, which was really more appro- priate to autumn than spring, was yet 60 damnti- Iy perfect in detail that, by & natural conse- quence, it transferred itself, through the medi- oF wbride thongh ol met caras 1 sy | of abride, thou, ill not appear early S@ptembe}. s B TEeT ~PP . " £ 2 . ,OXYDIZED SILVER o ornaments. are, -thanka - to the flash of wisdom that sometimes illamines ‘the . most fashionable milliner's mind, but sparingly.placed on bats and Bounets, Hia "abanriity of 5 pable cialn being of a yard or 60 supposed .to. support. 8 : X?Jflm’ ding to 1 Hrd thery spray of met: retending .to fasten a feal Sonvolbalt whick only silken threads Toald Beep in place, seems to have appealed even to themo- dl&g trimmer's sense of the ridiculons. STRAW DECORATIONS have not. been so prominent as was expected early in tho sesson, but nio doubt they will be ap- plied largely to black lace hats, to which they aro ‘particularly suitable. Net-lace, wrought with fine eplit' straw, is, so ‘‘they say,” to be a favored material for summer hats.” This is such a becom-. ing sombination to almost every onc but ash- ‘blondes that it will probably be one of the sea~ oyle- in solid <clamation of everybody in Gotham ; and, forget- ful of past -moteorological dissppointments, everybody answers, ¢ Never I” Weare ina mo.!t truly Ingubrious frime of mind hero,—that is) those of us who haye anything new $o wear,— far, during the last month, ithad stormed, or threatened to, five days out of every week ; and, while tho other two have bsen dazzlingly bright in the morning, tempting us out in our finest feathers, they -have invariably clouded in the afterncon, driing .us home through fear of damaged plumage. We endured this sort of thing patiently for a time, then with suppressed indignation, and now we go so far as 2o declare that never again shall the delusion 1hat wo have & spring among onr seasons cheat us into the folly of light drésses and lighter bats. Modistes may suggest, adviso, entreat, almost command; but, until Old Probabilities promises us o really vernal period, we never shall be inveigled beyond a black sille welking- dress again. For where is the use in hanging up your money and your {aste on a row of pegs in the wardrobe, with no prospect of. delighting 2n odmiring world by the exhibition of them? Money—just now, at asny rate —is = valuable commodity, aid taste even rarer and more yaluable, and we positively cannot afford io Iay by 8o mach of either as we bave been compelled to do this year. The solitary eatisfsction in the wkhole thing is, $hat we can wear our . NEW BOSNETS, unless they are 8o delicate as not to. be really ‘fitting fot the promenade at any time. v TIvis rather a eingular circumstances that brogn etraws,—everything in the wayof hats and bon- nets is straw this season,—which, from the fact that brown is & favorite color for suits, are con- stantly called for, are the most difficult to ob~ tain; thers bsing apparestly but two kinds— tbe heavy .English braid and chip—in the markef. Chip is the favorite' of the tour, and then comes in brown, black, whits, olive-green, various thades of gray, and ecru.or unbleached. It seems possible to match almost any hue in them—till yoa try. But thoy match ‘sufficiently well, and the chiof difficulties are, that they are very, sxpensive, and vot very dura- ble; two troublescme considerations if you want igeveral, and do mot want themfo cost much, - Chip htts and bonnets—indoed, I believe ali etraw hats do—range about the same in price, “being from £3.50 to 310 or $13, untrimmed; the _medium quality coming at €6 or. §8, and being Smost used. Now, $6 or $8 for the mere baais of = modern capital structure is too much for the limits of an ordinary purse, and it is the persons of ordinary means who buy hats in original . bareness. 3 5 English and Belgian straws_are most used for traveling and back-sbout, They azre strong, firm, and can ba re-pressed or dyed another year. : The main objection to them is their waight, which is elightly suggestive of headache when the hot weather comes. They raunge in price from §1.50 to 84 or &5, and come in biack, brown, white, snd occssionally in gray. . Dunstables, soft, nseful, becoming, beloved | of our youth, ‘aro scarcely worn 8s_yet, thongh ¢ yumor has it that in another month they" will . usurp the place which chip has held for fuo greater part of two seasons. ‘In pries, . the fow 3lready seen come between chip and the Englich ; . but, as they are serviceable, one does not grudge the dollara for them as for chip. Neapolitans will be worn gy certain middle- aged 8, fashion or no fashion ;_sothey come in what aro callod_bopnet shapes, but_the deli- cacy of vision required to distingnish them from hats is 80 grem.s&a wero it not for tho strings, : the unnitisted might be led into the error of supposing them to be one and the sume thing. - 1 ' " Loghorns are cheaper than usnal this year, be- © cause they are not quito so stylish according to the millinery code; and very pretty flats, with broad, low—in comperison with most—crowns, " | cau be had for §2.50. Every womsan knows 80 well the worth of them that it is unnece: to : chronicle their virtares. A certaln. lady lere, Tong 1o i, a0 ot Pomaly seans king for them,. goes ou ly every ‘ pring; with the words: I ehall buy some- ing besido & Leghorn this yesr, for the sake of ty; but, as she as regularly returns with o in her hand, it has bocome & source of jost her friends. ' This year she has it trimmed “* with many Joose loops of bright light blue, snd ;& wreath of clemalis that o seems almost to exhale i its natural odor, so perfect is the simulation. The hatis tied down over the ears, and has & : face-trimming of thickly-plated blue tulle. i EUAPES, . ! which seemed tobe numerous early in the season, ibave resolved themselves to two or-threo fayor-. +ite ones for bonnets and two for hats. The most I worn for bonnets are those with s sort of up-, iright visor, and another stylo which lies” almost ‘iflat on the head in' front, with a . rather Ihigh, flat erown. ° Ladies who find jthe ' present bonnets , too umbocoming ifor toleration frequently apply strings to round . bats, which then Berve every purposa. | The hats are a kind of turban, therim, of which 1, burns up in front znd’ turns” down beliind in & ‘scrt of rounded point; and another has rather a high, flat crown and a narrow hfim, that on the ‘left side is shaped into a round point, and fas- tened up against the crown. “This is an extrome- ! Jy prettysnd coquettish shape, and peculiarly fitied to young faces; but tho former is mora universelly becoming. W b ;8 EAT-TRIMMINGS . - wll seem fo partako of one or two s¥yles, though'’| of numerous variations. The rolling rims and pumed-r;g eides ‘are’ all either “smoothly cov- zred with silc the principal shade of° the dress, or covered- by made folds of tho same Ehade or alternate shades. .These two ways of finishing ‘seem to be indispenssble to perfect bats, since one or the other appears on them all. Another feature is massing the bulk—I use the word advisedly—of ornamentation on the left side or bel Theo front and right_side of a hat are of no apparent value'save as a balance, .+ Jo the rest, They are disrogarded, and ignored, and ruthlessly put aside, as if_theyhad no busi- aess to be at A!In aud were only tolerated from 3ecossity. - I Lace is sparingly used on hats, baing confine 15 it should be, 1o bonnets, which are supposed. 0 be intended for moro formal and important sccesions. " Ribbons, about twoand 11111? inchea ide, sro used on.both kinds of hesd-gear, and oog sdpmys snd wresths of leaves .,;§ flowers ‘eander meaninglesaly down bekind. There i * jeither good taste nor good senso in the mass of itreamern placed on hats, and thoy are incon- fenient to an untald degreo. One is always for- tting about them, and sitfing up against them; ‘nd jamming the flowers (bow fortunate thal zushed flowers are the mode!), and pulling oft ‘e hat till it oosens all one's back hair, and ‘ne’'s temper becomes irritated,—all of which dre conseguences might readily be avoided by ‘pmo inches less of ribbon and an abbreviated | the practioe must ‘anch of flowers. 1 Vew fow H MADE HATS . ave yet been chown, and the few lkf bave ap- cared are chiefly of tullé over silk. Aechlip ille is used in preferenca to French tulle, ‘eer and light like tho other. . {A charming ant, of blue tulle over blus silk, 18 made in the roal old-fashioned jockoy style, € a8 it | mind would rise to ‘2s more body to it, and lasts better, while it is ( It is dificult to son's successes. 2 FEATHERS, ; with the single exception of willow-plumes, are banished for thé time. I do nob remembor a time when theyhad so thoroughly gone out. Evon ostrich feathers, standby of standbyes, are not sean except on tho hats of the fow women who dare exercite their omn judgment asto what is suitable and proper for their own wear. 1t seems best, however, siice we have nothing heavier than valvet and feathers for our wintor wuse, which of necessity we have to put on early and kesp on late, to lay them aside wholly dur- ing thobrief torm whon silk, and straw, and lace, sad flowers will serve our turn ns well. Let s, of sll things; have variety in wardrobe, if not in weather. FURBELOW. RAMES AND THEIR INFLUENCE. In the amusing opening of Lord Lytton’s pos- thumous novel, ‘* Kenelm Chillingly,” there are some admirable remarks on- the moral responst- bilities of parents for the names they give to their children. Sir Peter Ohillingly is vory hatd "~ on his own name, and ascribes his ‘mediocrity in ¢ messure toit. *Poter,” he eays, to the assembled family conncil, .¢ has been for many “genorations, a8 you are aware, the baptismal to which the eldest born of our family has been de- voted. On the altar of that name I have been sacrificed. Never has thero been a Sir Peter Chillingly who has in any way distinguished himself above his follows. The name has been & dead weight on my intellectual energies. In the cataloguoof illustrions Englishmen thore is, T think, no immortal 8ir Peter, except Sir Peter Teazle, and he only exists on the.comic stage ;" and Bir Poter Chillingly might have added that Bir Peter Teazlo is immortal only for the amuse- ment he affords to others, not for any intrinsic capacity. Oneof the family council, however, suggesta * Sir Peter Lely,” on which Bir Pater Chillingly replies with unanswerable forco : “ That painter was not an Englishman, He was ‘born in Westphalis, famons for hams. I confine my remark to the children of our native land. I am aware that in foreign conntries the name is not an extingnisher to the genius of its owner. But why 2 other countries its sound is modi- fied. -Pierre Corneille was a at man ; bat I Pt it toyou whother, had he been a0 English- man, he could have been the father of Earopean tragedy as Peter Crow.” "And Sir Peter might have added that Peter the apostle got his weight from his Hebrew name, Cephas. Cepbas gives the impression of & rock; Peter the 1mpression of commonplace respectability, with a wavering turn. Now, Lord Lytton, in touching this sub- ject, touches one of the most real grievances Which children havo, against rash parents,-and he touches both sides of it. He not_ only deprocates the names' which stamp a child with mediocrity, but ne deprecates thoso which stamp him with an impress of absurd and indecent arn- Dbition, A crusty cousin had suggested that Sir Poter's child - should be called Hannibal or Charlemagne, 1 order to give him adventitious grandour, on whick: Sir- Peter replies, with great temper and justice': -**“ On the contrary, if you inflict on a man‘the ‘burden of one of these names, the gllory of which he cannot reasonably expect to eclipso or oven equal, you crusk him beneath the Wm It a poet were called John Milton, or Willlam Shakspesre, he would not dare to publish evon a sonnet. No, the choico of = name lies between the two oxtremes of ludio- rous insignificance snd ?Esr&!aiva Tenown.”. Thisis very just, and should bring remorse to many o parental heart.. There is no more indel- iblo mischief done to a child than either a grandiose or a mesn name, The moral influence of names must be admitted, however, to depend in very groat degree -on’ gomewhat arbitrary and a'nbeectira intluencos. We have heard a man doplore having been called *‘James,” with the, utmost pathos, ssserting that it had to somo extent made a flunkey of his very soul sgainst his will. That man, of course, had been a student of Thackerny, and.the sub- jective influences which worked mpon his mind were of the .Jeames de la. Pluche order. Had he instead been steeped in.Sir Walter Beott's ‘‘Lady of the Lake,” and fall of the chivalric associations with the Knight of Snow- don,—* And Normans called me James Titz- ‘James,”—he might have regardod his name as injurious to him, if st all, only through its too noreal, romantio associations. But who conld have idealized the nickname Jim? That is, if not eo flunkeyish as James, much more irredeem- wbly descriptive of a zoul at the beck and eall of eociety. Itis to “ James,” even under its worst aspects, exactly what the footboy is to the flunkey,—and implies that respect or awo to the owner of such & name is simply impossiblo. Any one who bad » tasto for lipping . good-naturedly through the world, and m—iaing familiarly treat~ ed by overybody ho met, might not objact to bo .called Jim. * Ttis an honest sort of name, and a ‘passport, a8 it were, to kindly treatment. But it puts ‘dignity and power -beyond the reach of tha most sanguine hope. A man gezerally kmown' among . hia scquaintances - aa_ * Jim ™ might be very popular and have great influence of the conxing kind, but it is impoesiblo he conld take up any position roquiring observance and reyerenca. 5 5 3 It is worth observing that thé shrewdnoess of the world has given s certain elasticity to tho ‘moral infinénco of names, *by inventing. & good many different modifications of them and modifi- cations with varions nuances, -especially in tho cag0 of women. You can'’t hnvo s much wider range than - -is contained, -for - instance, in Elizabeth, Eliza, Betty, Botsy, Bessy, and Bess. Elizabeth with'a z, again,. being renlly dis- tinct in mornl effect from Elizabeth with an g. No ome would dream of spelling the name of Bt. " Elissbeth—Mr. ' Kingsley's heroine— with a 2 the hard, grinding sgund of 2 would be altogether inconsistent with her “essence. ' But Elxan_'.h beth “:I:xk;:m ;::é)‘uld be fxu:Il and feminine, with something, perhaps,- alittle secrect an brooding in her nature. .On tho other hand, Queen both’s name ehoald always have the £,—both for the sake of the hardness and imperi- ousness it gives; and for.the. sake, somehow, of the touch of awkwardnoss and ' coarseness it throws i, This is the direction in which it hag Bty R fonmor uy, Dot St , the former clumsy, but shrewd, homoly, and trustworty ; the latter loud and fest. Lady Betty used to be a eommon name enough in the aris| 24 one time, but it must have tended to make all its owners talkers and mana- fim. And_just a8 Elizabeth was degarded into Betsy and Dcfli,m Elisaboth was familiarized into Bossy and Bess, both' fond names, the for- mer suggesting s touck of wealkaess, the latter, truth were known, might it not be discovered that the noble novelist himself, whoso poathu- hes given rise to these remarks, got a little mystified- among * the redupli- cated-Lyttons and Bulwers of his earliest name, and that it waa the bad effect of this conlnamg impress upon his'literary” character which "le him. to deal somuch as a novelist in grandil- oquent my(‘er‘v and capital letters? We are dis- od to mainfain that -gimplicity in paming is the right of the great as well as of the amall. As you may smother & child in'luxury, 80 you - mls, smother him innames. No rasalist in art_conl ever have come ont of Sir Edward 'Earl Lytton Bulwer L{(non. Did anybody ever write a reatly great book yet, who had been cmbarrassed in childhood by the hen\z{ armor of & complicated name ?—Zondon Speclator. ; INDIANOLOGY. The Red Skins--Their Habitss=Lan= gunge—Nodes of Huniinge-Tortures Etc. A lecture was delivered inSan Francisco a few evenings ago, by Col. John,0. Carmany, upan the subject of Indianology, from.an Apacho stand- point. The lecturer spoke in colloquial style, referring partionlarly to the Apaches, and iner- spersing his remarks by many amusing anecdotes, which kept the large audience in excellent humor. A grest majority of voters, he said, ro- sided in the older Btates, where Indians Lad not been seen for a hundred years, and the Govern~ ‘ment policy of treating with Indians was dictated by men who had never seen them. . Within the past ‘hundred years the Government had ex- pended more than $500,000,000 in Indian warfars, and in sddition has sacrificed tons of thou- eands. of valusble lives in a _futile at- tempt. to civilize them. There is in the general Indian character & certain style or type which pervades all tribes; ‘that is the grest dislike of labor. All tha duties of the wigwam are imposed upon the female. A boy st the age ©of 6or7yearsis freo from the mother’s re- straint. The lecturer had seen an Indian bo; drive a sharp spear-head into his mother's fles! and sho daro not resent it because he was a warrior. And boys are early taught to shoot grasshoppers, buttorflies, worms, etc., while the fig}s amuse themselves in making mud puddings 0 the white girls. * An Indian would rather risk his life in stealing for tho necessaries of lifa thau to labor. It is the nature of an Indian to attack at disadvantage, and robbery with him is the only incentive to fight.. -The -Indian is not naturally a fithiug man. - He fights only for the purpose of plunder. The greatest man among them is not the warrior; but the most successful thief and robber, for it is he who. best vides for his family of many wives. . The. Indian, like tho Mormon, is fond of a.multiplicity- of wives, and each new wife lightens -the:burdon of the others, Tho language of the Indisn.tribea is very difficult to scquire. That of the Apaches spproaches civilized lsnguage: It is full and ex- pressive, all the verbs_being carried through with great regularity. While scarcely any other Bavago race can count over forty, the-nativea of Australia no more than_five, tho ‘Apaches count to thousands. No Indian boars a family name, ‘All obtain & nnmoe from some circumstance of their Tifo, which is often changed by somo brave act. Girlsare onlycalled girls until thoy be- come women ; when they are called women, un- leas thoy do something to entitle them to dis- tinctive names. They understand who is spoken to by tho volce and Ipammer of speaking, names given to men and women have a signifi- cation of particular meaning. The lecturer gave illustrations and examples, interpreting the meaning of many of their namees. Every young qirl is at liberty to refuse a suitor for her hand. [he father, mother, and_brother are prohibited {rom interfering in hor choice.” - Her person isat her own disposal. After a briof courtship the lover makes a_formal propoeal by offering so many horses. Horsesare a standard of value among Indisns. - As the squaw does all tho work horses are accepted a3 an equivalent for her’ Iabor. When & young warrior becomes enam- ored, he fastens his horse near tho wigwam of the squaw whoao hand he seeks, where ho is left’ four days. If sho fails to feed and water tho horse during that time, the master is - rejected; - but if she accopts his offer she groomsand kindly cares for the horse, and thon ties him to the wig- wam of ber lover, &5 much as to say, “I am will- ing to be your slave and do your work.” "At the marriage tho sages and sachioms meot together ; and the bride is not unfrequently loaded with forty to fifty pounds of silver and copper -trink- els.” After the ceremony. they disappear, no one knows whare, but at the and of a week they roturn, and she adyancea to camp baokwards with her finger in her mouth. They. have bean to some secluded spot which he had pre-: pared for_her recoption. From their earliest infanay, children aro taught the art of torture. They chase birds, benting tlem from bush to bush until at 1ast one is caught, when its foath- ars are plucked out ono by one, then tho oyes, and finally thoy are slowly burned- to dcath. When wo seo such teaching fo the young,- it is not surprising that adults should become oxtrav- like all monosylable words; suggesting a want of atmosphere about the. r.hnmtgg; bué‘ also im- p]fln‘gn: certain prmé?;fll brevity and decision. enormons stfing .of names which royal permonages usnally assume a sort of way of as- gerting for themaalve that their dignity shall bo indopendent. of .name,- by. providing a channal and opening, 2 it were, for any poufi:ls charac- teristic in some lpg.mprilke name ? Wo suspect Ve originated from the kind of !ael.h'fi ‘which made some . American theologi- an (Dr. Horace Bushnell, we think) exult in tie Athanasian creed, on the ground fhat the more contradictions you could acccumulate in the sttempts to express the infinite, the noarer your conception of the infinite. imagine -any other - conceivable reason for *burying s humsn bei gsem for Buriog s, bunen being i seen 8 King of Saxony, “Jesn-Nepomucene Marie. ith a round, eoft crown' and perpendicular Joseph-Antoine-Xarier-Vincent-Louis-Gonzagus -im, just such as babies wore tw "ears i :ly the baky who wore it =rofes this time was eofi:’- lix-Damans.” hat mature, It had a loosely-knotted scarf of such a name could be to prevent any -Francoise-de Paulo-Stanislas-Bernard-Paul-Fe— The only conoeivable motive for possibility Ik and tulle, with a ‘bunch'cf white lilacs so | ‘of limiting the development of the royal charac- i w the chin. This is one of the 5T s s ks meaoine ooping brim behind. ~ The visor i t yehat: aband of folds went round thi | minaling on Lhe left sida (of conras) in & Ain. 3 large, soft loop, knot, and one searf-like end { d s superb wreath of scarlet woodbiue-leaves, i i b { i simplest, most | royal quslities, expunsive dress- | thata good deal of the - actual mediocrity of 1< fine Iapping folds of crspa the exact shape of | mome -for in one single dircetion, by providing an - dofinito. number. of zhoral - conduit "p for - the . conceivable varicty “We suspect, howaver, reigning families is due-to the labyrinth of name gnin; Poem in chip | in which the byby is hidden, like & moth in a sill turban, with | cocoon. It takes more mental energy than most was covered | human'infants have, to break your way out of verbal palace-orison as that. It must bs very like being born in a wood, to find yourself at the core of such a name as the Baxon King's, when you come t6 the possessionof the very limited conscionsness of infancy. Indeed, if the agantly ndvanced in the art. The Indians pay more attentlon to their prophets than to any. other men. But every Apache is in his owvn right a sovereign master; each camp has nleader or chief for the time being, but any one or more is at liberty to leavo when he wishes. This is tho reason why no substantial treaty can be made with these people. There is no chief of the nation with whom to concludo s troaty. While prosents are distributed as a condition of & treaty, the men will be murdered within 7t of the camp. This is the treachery-of In- disns wherever they exist. They are tanght to remember the vengeance laid up against tho white man. The lectarer gave examples of- the power of prophets among the Apaches, derived from personal experience. He also gave an in- teresting description of the Pimos and Maricopaa in Arizona, who have lived peaceably in alternate villages for & hundred years, making no war upon thoir neighbors, each tribo furnishing its gil:‘(‘)h for defense. They do not speak the same lect; and can hardly understand each other. The lecturer read an_article prepared by him- eolf, and published in the Overland Aonthly, upon the life and character of the noted Chief Cachise, who, ho said, had sct st deflance all the 1aws and strongth of tho Governmont, &nd who had already cost the peoplo $10,000,000 in war- fare, until Gen. Howard concladed a tem- ‘porary peaco by permitting himto select his own reservation, one of the garden spotsof the- Union. Cachise meant wood, and he obtained the name from his'mode of fighting by taking to the woods, and making a stand only when he finda cover. - The latest advices from all parts of the United Btates show that we are on the vergs of the greateat Indian war known since’ the days of our forefathers. All over the Union the.Jn- diang'are on tho.war-path, . It ia well to be pre- gmd,;fl&%mfi:xsn wu:hefiaot‘:;)n disarm. an In- a0 0 ighting qualities will find, too laf that he has mistaken his foe. & A PARODY FOR THE PERIOD. The rate of Gold was rising fast, As through o Wall strect panic passed ‘A youth, who Kept na cool s ice, Devoted to the one dovice— ss : Mars Greenbacks] (IR _ His brow was old ; his knowing eye Gleamed with a spoculation bigh ; And, of n!;u misslon said or mung, ‘This, o 8W BOT tongue— 7' ' More Greenbacksl 1In home, that once was his delight, . Ho saw but what secmed mean to eight Beyond, the dream of Fortune shones His soul he'd riek, to call his own. i Moo Greenbacks 1. ! Boware the end I” his elders said, Wt “Woe hannts the pathwey you would tread; Dark perils lurk on every side I” curt, to all, his volce repli -7 oro Gresnbacks 1" - 4 0, stay,” the maiden said, * and b Rich in the love I givo to thee {7 Bhort was his anawer with the faunt,” You're very flat t T want : ‘More Groenbacks | . % Bowars the certaln finel crash ! - Doware tho banks and brokers smash {” This was the wise man's caution vain— From * corner camo the grim refrain, . Moro Greenbacks ! . . * At break in Btocks, as, threatened hard, - The pious Drew threw up the card Hed played to many men's despalr, A voico came like & dying prayer—, ‘Hore Greenbacks | A bankrupt, in disgrace profound, . . . Har Trd tn e oo was found, 8tll gaaping—0), the feartul price s 1ifo had paid for such devicaf— ore Greenbacks | Thers, in his youth turned wan an mzfi{ng“. Filcide, he Ty ad EmY, And, at the grave, the sexton old Bighed, 38 he banked the verdant ‘mould, 2More Greenbacks ~—Orpheiza C. Kerr, in the New York Graphte; _ Bubeidy Pomeroy has at last accept i uation, s now givea out, on it sebresmr (7 :1]% has got through with politics. Sensible Sub- Iyl 'The chances are that he will soon thake :‘:;l g::b :(l’ ufignhxfnlkxlnm from his feet,and ew. York, - i i Tem Bloryimlll , -Whero, according to his en “*importan i - tion” nfleu?i him, £ sua !m.:::mv. M | to tain oan do much constantly on the bridge. We were ready to JOURNEYING BY SEA. “"How to Alleviate Its Miseries: fle Proper YVessel to Be Chosén---Sea- - Capf j---Sea-Sickness---Its Pre- ventives and Remedies. Brest (France) Correspondencs of - the ' New ' York Tridus ne. Fifty thousand Americans expect to visit Europe this year, it is said, and of thess there are 40,000 who will cross the Atlantio for the first time. To these 40,000. unfortunates, who have yet to make their firet acquaintance with the sea, I have s few words of advice to offer, | The other 10,000 will not be ‘interested. They Imow well enough that 'there is little romanca or enjoyment in sn ocean voyage; that it is 8t best & wearisome, uncomfortable ordeal, which requires patience and fortitude to endure, and that'at its worst—in stormy weather —}t inflicts an amoant of misery passing descrip~ tion. Theso experienced voysgera have learned how to alleviate a3 much 88 possible the suffer- ings of sea-siclmess ; they know what things are comforis and what incumbrances, what clothing it is best to wear, what staterooms are best, what ships are steadicat and most seaworthy, and oth~ er like information, of which they make good use. Some of this sea-wisdom cannos be im- parted, and is gained only by sctual experience, but much of it can and ought to be acquired by evgry one befors embarking. : CHOOSING A BHIP. First choose your ship. If you have any friends who have crossed the ocean, get their sdvice upon this important point. - As arule, & large steamer i more comfortable than a small ono, because itrolls lessin a_heavy ses. The most comfortable ship ever built was the Great Enstern, for the reason that her immense size made her 8o steady that the clumsiest landsman could walk her decks almost as easily as be could promenade Broadway. It was scarcely possible to be sea-sick on board of her. It is & great pity that the telegraph - companiea . monopo- lizo her. Shomight do splendid” service this year, with her immenso capacity, carrying " the crowd of people whose heads have. been turned the accounts of the coming wonders of the ienns Bxhibition, and who are bent on going abroad. The size of most of the steamers: that run from New York to European ports-is abount 8,000 tons. The largest meesure 5,000, and the smallest 1,800 tons, Don’t ga on a small ship it you can halp t. A ship of 4,000 tons will pllet or roll enough to make you thoroughly wretched in a sea that wonld not trouble you at all if foo wore in one of 8,600 or 4,000 tons; Tha long, narrow vessels, which it is the fashion to build of lato, aro bad_sen-boats. They roll {frightfully in & gale, and are apt to'ship & good deal of water amidships. Many of them are old orafts cut in two in the middle, and lengthened. They:aro painted to lopk as if they. were new, and have new names to deceive the public. Be-\ ware of them. . Their length is too ¢ for their breadth of and some day one of them will ¢ n " up a big sea and break in two in tho middle, where the new piece was put in, snd not'a soul will be left totell the tale, The steam- ship companies have discovered of ‘Iate that a long, narrow vessel cau be run with about: the same consumption of ooal as & shortor one of the . same breadth, and thoy are -disrogarding all the ‘well-established rules of proportion in naval architecture to gain & fow hundred -tons of car- rz'lng onpui?, building ‘- now ' ships of about the shope of 'a lead pencil, and sltering tho old- ones by plecing them out in the tmid- dlo as I haye desoril The strain’ on the central portions of a stoamer constracted upon this new model is dangerously great. Her heavy machinery makes the weight greatest | there, and her length gives the seas that strike. Ter. at-the bow and stern & powerful leverago to break her.. Avoid a vessel in which the state- rooms are below the main deck:- Half of the comfart of & Yoyage is in being able to open your port-holo occasionally.to get a whiff of 1resh air in your room, and clear it of the abom- inable bilge-water smell, which appears to be in- geparabl from a ship of any kind, If your room i:gelow,tbn chances are that yod cannot have tho port-hole cpon. at all during the voyage withont Tisk of & stray wavea lictle higher than ita fel- Jows comiug in upon o ‘and giving -you an un- welcome .salt bath. most steamers, 88~ loons and state-rooms are at the stern. aro mover forward—why, I can't imagine. The forward partof the ship 18 much the pleasanter, because very little jar is felt from the machinery there, and tho smalls of. the cooking and of the oila used on tho erigine all go aft. If the state- rooms are’ amidships, as on two or three linés, be careful to 'select one ' well ‘remove from the engino or you will be sickened by thé odor. of greass and distracted by the noise of the machinery; but don’t go too far aft, for the motion is greatest ‘st the stern, and be- sides, the jarring and rumbling made by the BCTOW Aro. BXCO Ely~ disagreeable.- -In - yonr- sick fancies, 28 you Lie half awake, nervous and exhausted in the dismal night, you will think the horrid thing is turning around in your vitals in- stead of in the water at the storn. Don't beliave the steamer-agent when he tclls you that an insido: state-room is_as good -ss an cutside one. 'An .inside room opens into the saloon and gives you all the smells, of .the victuals, or npon s dark, narrow corridor, and in eifher caga youhave no wholesome air or light, The ordinary state-room has two' berths on one side and a .cushioned . bench on’ the.other called & sofa. This sofa is a poor affair, but be sure your room has one, for”it is'a great relief when you are sick to change your position to it from your berth.’ ’ For safety and comfort the ‘upper or spar deck ought to extend finsh- with tbe sides of the ship. I crossed once on & French steamer where the aaloon, --kitchens,-- and: -other offices were on the main deck- and the stale- Thamd:vhu :u pussage be:vroan these upper works and the ship's side ‘not cov- ered byl,&s ar deck, and protected by. high bulwarks. ‘?e had an.ugly. northeaster that -1asted five days, with a very high ses,-and- av:? hour or two a big wave would alimb up the;: bul- ‘warks and come tumbling down - into"*this pas- eago-way, and go swashing back 'and forth sa the nh?p Jurched for several minute d " before it ran out of the scuppers a .good. deal of it would leak into the . state-rooms . and . passs below. - One day an immense white-capped fel- low came sboard in this unceremonions w: broke down. the door of the. engine-ropm a d nearly drowned the engineer, smashed in half & dozen of the windows that lighted the pessage by myroom, and came pouring in: like & cataract until'the water wns ankle deep. .The women screamed and the men swore, &nd everybody. _who had never seen the ocean in a rage before thought we wers - going_ta-the bottom. There- was no great harm done, but some of the state-- rooms did not become dry until the yoyage- end- ed, and thelr occupants had a hard time of.: . i .. ABOUTSEA-GAPTAINB. i~ . - . - H'amancould choose his Captain as well as .his sbip, I would venture some lt’i\'we 8 to the sort of manto pick, but can’t. do this very. well.”” You - must take: whoever. the company aee: flt;rb: trust téuu' propert C:nd' your_life. with. - There are Captains a \ptains, - e oo, akiifu v ampkditol, B i e i o _other Cap- S tow;rd mb!:wxmaglfhmc‘nhn' -voyage easy to besr. Iremember n cerfain Cap- t&i{z gn onay of the steamers of the .Guion lino, & blaft, hearty fellow, with a wholesomo flavor of the sea about him, whowas always so cheery and chatty that it was ‘impossible to feel low- irited!in. his presence.. He would coms into 6. cabin from his post on the bridge, m the midst ‘of & howling gale, drenched with water, and with s merry laugh would. assure the fright- ened ladies that it was not much of a blow, and ‘that_it was time enough'to get scared when they saw himso. He had been twice wrecked and once washed sshore on a spar, aud I dare say he kept cheerful'all the time, and Isughed at ‘these mis- ‘haps 88 5000 a8 they-were over. Incontrast with this Captain another comes fo mind with whom 1 crossed four years ago from Liverpool to New York. - Ho was cross .and {ll-my ed, .and, what was worse, was badly given to As soon as the Irish coast f: away in the east, hetookto his bottle, and kept hia sf 00m mosf of the voyage, coming to_the tabls oocasionally in a stats of manifest intoxication, to growl at the waiters -and swallow. his - food : like a surly dog. He was probably a‘y:od ssifor, and when we had & blow in the Devil's Hall_he ‘wza sober and at his poat, and again in & thick fog on the Banksa ; but ks never should have.been trusted with a ship. Btill another typs from my observation was a Captain who was sa reticent that he never volunteered a word to a passenger ed a question, exce] or anawers quet s est manner poasible ‘watched - his " ship with never-failing vigilance, inspecting it: Jeom tem to atarn every day.. 'During &' se. el s, that lasted five days, he never once’ o Lt Sokin for i macals! bk et Kics Thoy | give bis silence when we saw how faithfal he ‘was to his duty. . i 55 P _. < PREPARATIONS FOR THE YOYAGE. An ocean steamer ought to be in some sort a °| Liopital. - Thers - ought mbe}rmvmon for the care of the sick, as well as thefoeding and trans- {:rhfianbf, the well; but t.homjg not. - All e - arrangements contemplate a condition of health and appetite on the part of the passen- equal 0 that of the officers and crew. ere are nc easy-chairs for peonle who ache in every Limb from lying on their backs for days, and who would beceme well if they could only be encouraged fo ait up by the offer of .a com- fortable seat. There is no food fit for weak and deranged stomachs,—nothing but greasy meats asid vegotables and indigestible puddings, ex- cept water-gruel. Yo, must pass at once from the gruel to the meat and puddings or starve., 3:8“’ cannot even g:é! B p:acja ltlxl toast, or a fresh. or & spoonful of - jel or a elice of Graham bnm'f When fout-ifihs of tho passen: gern are sick in their berths, the cooks are kept at work grspmn four meals = day of hearty, heating, ‘bile-pr: the Oaptain and perhaps a_dozen_passengers 'whose stomachs never fail them. Persons who are not gea-sick for the first four or five days often get the malady in the end from over-eat- ing lack of exercise.. What ono needs ot Beais cool, farinaceous f well cooked, and this i just'what cannot be obtained. I hope our new American line of steamers thatis to begin running in June will reform this abuse, and set a table that will not make well- p;gflla sick, and provide some delicate, healthy 08 for pas- Bengers who cannot come to the table, or eat more than a mouthful or two at & time.- As you cannot get what you will want to eat when you are rick and convalescent, you should takea box of commissary etores with you; secure . n few crackers, a dozen _goo oranges, 88 many lemons, a tumbler of acid jsllu{, & little tfea, which you can have made for you by feeing “the chamber- maid (the ship's' tea is wretched stuff), snd above something ealt,” if it 8 onlya herring or s plece of cod-fish. And ts and salt meat are about the .only kind of food that ses-sick poople can eat, - By all means buy s reclining cane-seat chair and take it with you. Itcan be.left where you land, and will serve for your return.” Take an abun of _shawls, - rugs, aud other wrappings, 80 that you ican it . or lie on deck as much 88 possible.. Even .in midsummer the nights 2nd mornings.are’ often : quito cool at Bea. Wear a suit of old clothes, a cap, and & pair of stout ghoes, if you are a man ; if a woman, don't" bo - go foolish "as to encumber your state-room with useless dothing. Wear o plain, warm, ser- vioeable dress the whole way over. Simplifyyour X g : as much as you can, and be pre- gentable, and arrange your clothes sothat you can'dress and undroes “with as_littletroubla a8 “pack “away ‘your ~hat, ‘ and- wear r.a nubis, or something -of " tho 0 t is's good ides to tsko B few . simple. medicines with you. Therd is the ship's oc&r, be sure,.whose duty it is o physic you. gratis; but he is generally a stupid youn fellow freah from some Scotch medical school, who isnot fi%od‘for much except to flirt with the’ young Iady .passengers in fair weather, in ‘which .occupation_ he is first assistant to the purser. Unless you foel yoursolf to bo almost in_articulo mortis, I would not advise you to call ‘the - young. apins ° away - from his divetslons. If you do, hio will probably do nothing but g1ve a nasty pill ss big as a boy's marble, and toll you that thero is nothing the matter ‘with you but, su-sickness, as if that were a trifle - TOE TERRIDLE MALAYYOF THE £EA. - Don’t hope to escape it. Dun't bo-deluded by the stories of people who fourn{ the ocesn a8 smooth as a Inke, and were nv: sick s day. You will.have no such good luck. The sensi- ble thing to do is to expect to be Sick and to mako preparations for it, for by g0 dotbe you cAD m( te the severity of the complaint 801~ what, and perhaps shorten its duration adxd‘}m o Don's bo deluded by the two ax three dive .of still weather, after you leave Now York, into faneying yourselt proof against illness, and rRing yourself-upon the -four or five meals a fi:yum “will be put beforo you. You cen't toll whatkind of & voysge you will have until the steamor has got out of tlie fog and on the banks of -~ Newfoundland. Then you come _to what the sailors call * Devil's Holo,” andif you, : are, not buffoted there by ad- Yerse' winds™and_furious seas for two or three days, it wili bo o pieco of good luck that sou ought to be thankful for; and the worst of it is ucing food for the benefit of | men and boys on her shoulders, and carriesa pound gun as easily a8 the ordinary woman il coning woman Tk Brither Jonatian: - the coming woman" lil Cr- will “lick all ‘creaton.” In that good time, Woman will have her rights because she will hive her! mtiacle.. “Thea,if thers aro murders..and playful ben(:'i:fin tetween husbands and. wives, the wives will enjoy all the glary..of: crima. Wkat an outlook !, ‘And what a sublime cansola- tion tolhe present enfeebled race of wives . that aro - having their throats cut-and - their. eyes carved eat merely because their bicepshave not 000 int raining | Bamnum's female gymnast an example to hersex. What woman has dona, woman may do sgain. Mothers train. up your daughters in the way thoy should fight, ‘and when they are married they will not: depart this lifo. God is on the side of the stontest muscle as-well a5 of the heavieat battalions. It is per- fflc%nfleleas for Miss Anthony to talk aboutthe {* equality of the gexes &8 long 288 man can stran- gle his own mother-in-law, 5 'THE LACES OF A PRINGESS:. A Russian Wandcrer’s Lawsuit in a Court in New YorkeNecedlowork Two -ond ‘a’ 'FIalf Certurfes Old— $200,000 YWorth of Woman’s Drcs - In a Single Trunk. 3 - - From th New Tork Sun, May 12, The guit of Madame Olga do Maluta Fraloft against _the New York Central & Hudson River RBailroad Conpany,” which was first- begun in February, 1f70, 2 the United .States Circuit Gourt in the Bouthern District of New York, is 8gain on thezalendar for trial. This case pre- sents some- points of singular and romantic i terest. It naybo remembered that the plain- #iff’s nttorneys, sued tho railroad. company for $75,000 damagos for the Joss of cerfain laces or Jace dresses taken from the trunks or baggage of tho Baroness de Fraloff whileon a journey from Albany to Nisgara in November, 1859, The case was tred but was not decided in February, 1870, the jury dlsagreeing as to the amount of dam- ages which should be’ paid by the company, ’:!l?&idm'wg'u?{&vor Dl’ni;ha foll m‘mlgl claime © p an¢ varying in’ their o] from $1,00 fo 95,000, el ~Madam¢ Fraloff left America before the case was callod in February, first making 3 visit to Washingten_and obtaining AL, Caf dorsemont before returning to Europo. The Russian Consul residentin New York and the ex-Consul sppesred in court with her attorn: and gave their testimonyas to her idontity oad ocial position. Mrs. Carter, tho ball expert, also gave hers in epen court with the Russian Consuls. The remeinder of the testimony was taken In written depositions. ; tacazy’s en- |, Witness to prove the valus of the lost Iaces the Praloff case, our raimrtar Obtained the con- necting lnlg and sequel of the story given low, extracted from the original dsgou‘monu which are inthe sice of the United Sta Gommissioners in Clistubers stroet, snd Fiich ‘were: pol furpishod for inspection 3 John A. Shields. = aetimly DEPOSITION OF THE BARONESS maiden name was Manzirefl. ' I am s resident of Russing and have estates in different countries. My busband is in the sctivo army of Russis, Colonel of Dragoons of the Cavalry of the Duchess Catherine. I think he has been made & General Iately. 21l my estates and financial matters. of my six landed estates are: Pokrowsld, riino, Nechaeoka, Danilowka, Sccroquosk, ani Chostor. They were all worked by slaves before the act of emancipation. My husband collects the- money and sends mo all I need. $16,000 in the hands of my bankers for this jour- 1oy to Americaé about $2,000 in bank bills with me.. Mr. Ernaf von Weber pays the bills and ren- dors an account to me as my charge d'affaires. My husband is now stationed in- the Government of Tamiboff, in the southern part of Russia. ‘gzx'mmm is Michel de Maluta Fraloff. He may- mobiar, who lives there and has charge of daughtle, who lives with hernnderhtrhse care of gmw BOVeregges, I lhave butono child living. nve had thie ;o arg dead. - ‘Iamof the sugheat and oldest aristocracy of Busain, of the Irgos of Tartary. - T am the 0] a1 er ol LD, i3 puny, owdisd. 1 inher i00es Kansitol 2y tates, and POESesSions ; alsCe: ynoco’.of threo othor aunts and my grandmothdr.®g ‘of 1ree isit this country by the advice of my_; ician, Dr. Greyfreth of London. 1 had providdsicial that, whon you get you get out of this stormy “Hole,” you have only jumped from tho frying- pan Tutbo.fhia fire, 2or 305, come straight 1t th _*“Roaring Forties” (40 degroes Iatitude and 40 longitudo), and Liere you-will get s shaking up, if nowhare elso. You ¢an ' count ‘mpon a threo ..daye'. - hard- blow hero, or in tho Devils Hole, and it wil take two days moro for the sea to go down afterward, £0 that the ship will become tolerably steady lga.lnhlnd youcan go on_deck without gelting drenched with spray. . Usyally for the first thousand - miles ' of the voyage and the Isab thousand the weathor is fair and the sea tran- quil. Itis the middlé thousand that you hava 4o dread. There you are almost certain to have for- rough weather, and of conrse you will be sick— dreadfully sick—for sea-sickness must bacounted among the most severo of all trials that poor human nature is called mpon to bear in this world. Itisa complote g:.n‘l;sia of the will, s fading out of all hope, & bowitching of the brein which kceps it from finding any comfort in memories of the' past™or expectations of the future. A deathly poison nspem to have been infused into every nerve and muscle. - The good, solid earth seems & faint vision of some’ other planet. ' and thero is no reality but. the' bittor, tossing waves, the lurching, groaning ~ehip, the fierce wind shrieking in the cordage, the dull, gray, pitiless sky, snd the torturing malady that has posses- ston of you. Dante nover could have been at zes, or he would have had in one of the circles of Inferno a ship in a northeast gale, full of soa-sick souls, longing forever for land. I said that one counld mogemta the severity of the ill- nesa and perhaps shorten its duration. To_ do this, dlet for a fortnight beforo_embarking, liv- ing chiefly npon .coarso bread, fruits, and lean meat; to'get rid of any superfinons bilo that may be -lurking .. sbout your system. When youare sick, don't force all sorts of trashdown your sto _baczuss . -your: friends ssy such and such things gave them rolief. What helps | one manhurts another..- The- only proscription Iknowof thatis of general application is—pat ice. Have a glass full of- pidces of ico ab. hand at all times, and _eat all yon want, Itiss very light diet; butitis about all yon will care to put in your poor suffering stomach for a o, - As tofnoé):nd‘drink, trust your own in- clinatioms rather than anybody's advice. Some people will find relicf in‘apples, others in cham- 0, and others in salt fish or baked potatocs. 5‘:?0:: deck cwheniever-the weather is fair, and if you can't walk get somebody to carry you up. ‘And, ‘finally, X' can: only repeat the advice-the '| French: doctor gave me the other day when I- called him in after six-days-of misery, in the faint hope that he could do_comething ‘for me: “ TN faut supporier volre maladie ‘atec patience ; #in'y a pas d'autre remede.” -~ - “* % - «The Late Chicf Justice as a Poct, . - . From the Cincinnati Commercial. . [Mr. Chase even dalliéd with the Muses, and wrote posiry, f.hou{g:efrum the examples handed down to us, it may be considered fortunate that his ambition in that direction was quenched by a more mature judgmont. . But it serves to illus- trate the activity and. -fullness of his mind, that st a time when he_was_pushing his way at the | Bar, compiling tho_statutes.of -Ohio, writing- Tpon biographioal, - historical, and scientiic sub-_ Jocts for newspapers -and - periodicals, he - also -found time to write verse.and_recreate himself in translations’of the Latin poets’ into English.” This specimen -of his poetry is as fair as we could select :] AT 2 e Mournfal thy beam, pale star | Shinmg u‘:r with ;n‘lguy light, Though hosts sround thee ‘ara : Decking the bosom of tlie blue midnight. ps gl i tor, 1L rete s TL‘&":‘:’ fi“fin;g"flm. each radiant sphere, Elfi-h:, m! Was ]_oy'nlyvln llu: bdn(‘l prime. And still thou art the same! -5 beautifal and fair as then thou wert ; s if thy virgin fame - p "Had power Time's wasting influence to avert, * Ehin awhils; thon stz 1 2 ¢ Yot aball fuy brightnest fade in endless night ; Boll on thy dismond car ! -~ Full doox'thy flery track will not be bright. There shall a stararisel - star far loveller than night's brightest gem, ehine in Kes— 1S in the short- |- mhdd::r:ln:lou Star of Bethlehem. The Coming Woman. - “From Eals Field's Critique on Barnum., - - Since my introduction to Barnum’s female gymnast—s good looking, well formed mother of afamily, who walks shout unflinchingly with ited ey ital of Earope, and had trave. alio ‘In ‘Asia and Africa,” 1 ws threatonik. _with the loss of eyesight” from nervous de- bility,' and _was adviset travol aod take long e s - comploto chango of Bcoms; icu- larly was I recommended in London o fake the voyage to America.- I first intended to go to South America, to Rio de Janeiro; but waa toid. that there was an insect in Rio that destroyed Inces, soI determined to_eail for New York. I always take my laces with me to wear on occa- eiona of Ambassadors' dinners, court receptions, balls, to the opera, and on visits of coremony. 1 voyages and seek ny arrival in New York, in towels around Dands in my trunk, the faster. toold the cars for Nisgara. then. “When we arrived 'at Niagara:I gaw my trunk my che a!,:eck, a gentleman—he wag an_American—said robbed." ‘Then I noticed that. been torn off. ~ e e - “Weloft the trunk at the depot all night. Tke conductor tried to make us take it, but we would not. He would not let me examine the contents of the trunk - until check to hold while I opened the trunk before him.. He saw himself e | Gl e or. 04 by [ and all my D | that night, and the next day we returned to New From the lace export who was called in a8 s | hare in [ pot. _one alse then, for I was -2 | looked honesf. . He ask Oub ta te8 | meal. . my comparimes o bng,pnnd beaides, T meals.. Th FRxrqpp, # My namo is Olga de Maluta de Fralon: . My | e it I might smoke in the ~err, ; Saps all smoke, but hs eaid ‘No.' Another . = 3 | gentieman also spoke tome about the richness - of my fura. I think I told Mr, Withaus abous. my fine Iaces. I am not sure. My cousin afier-. - _ 8o I have heard. He mansges | ward saw Mr. Withaus on Fifth avenue and fol-~ The names | Jowed him into his house, a very flne houss on . Ma- | that street. He was then saro was a gen persons who stole my Jaces.” o Mra. 1had | Broadway, ostined ihat she weaver, | N English laces in various paris of England, and -, studying antique laces. Bhe Fraloft’s statements a8 to the kind, value of her losses, judging by e were left. The 4t present on s visit to St. Potersburg to my | brogght into court, and mainly on Mrs. Carter's my | tegtimony was based the valuation admitted by the jurors. In conversation with the reporter Mra, Carter said = found travellus ‘from cabin mountaing of Eastor Kentucky, beai g the o?nfl‘inly esy eversinco I can remember seeing a “I came to America with my cousin becausy could- not-travel -alone:. Previous-tatearetizg— with Mr. Weber I employed a. physician to_take ‘charge of my affairs 'and money while travaling, I paid my fll;ysimm"&fi,'oflo & ‘year and hia 1 and’ treveling expenses. _I_thought it an mm. necessary expenso, and 3 Mr. Weber desired to come to America, and had been here -before; m husband wrote himfrom St.- Petersburg, and P from London, to come from Dreeden, where hs lives, and has s Knight's- estato, to join me i London and be my cl ,u-%a, d'affaires fo America, *We left London for Havre, and sailed from there last Soptemborin the Wesfphalia, Tbronght . - , & pazeport from the Russian Minister m Tiondon; = : Pm:oa fl;mg’ aé-& 3 ‘“fi;,g to !u. Catacazy, and one . Peabody. ede lefters were from Prinice Orloff and Mr. Tuckerman, . - I did not present these letters to any one on 2 a3 I w88 sick and, thought it unnecessary. = They were stolen with C - . my laces frommy trunk on the . way to Niagara. Only one trunk waa broken opari—the one shih contained those letters and my finest laces, the Iargest pieces and flounces which "I ~had packed 8 piece of bluo muslin and.then_ tgit, g them with my own” runk, and having'Alr. Weber fock trunk, which had two ‘locks; and was hard to myaelf, first in ‘T gaw ¢hat trunk at Albany fust-before we It was not broken ain, and, fortunately, before I gave u 6‘& for it:d' AsIwas about to glvi.np fl;g s ; ¢Do not take that trunk, ou have been Lot.lr locks hag. til T handed him the- tIhad been robbed ; contents of my trunk were in compléts : My lettors and passport were gome, * beauntiful laces. - I was very unhappy . or! : s 2 ““As soon as we arrived in_ the city I wrota to ° the Chief of Polics of Paris sbout the loss of the _Eucs, 80 they would be on the alert for. them in - e have pid 8300 to detedtives. to “try sma | find my laces; also to try to find a Mr. Withaus, * with whom I entered into conversation ‘on’ the way between Albany and Niagara: my. compartment of the car. It was a drawing- room car. He said: ¢ Madame, He came into" » H é\m are a Rus- -1 eaid: *Yes, I am.’ He said: *You the most beautiful furs I ever saw.’ Iwas- afraid to ccnverse with him' nor with: any: everybody: . .me why I did not go ept dinner when ths cars toppod for that wum?'beeam 1 had some birdsin | ok s 5 E7eat deal of Jowelryin © wero_ alwaya: ~ gnusas 107 :{‘ Mr. eber. also eTsEu-— - with the . conductor, -asking him 3 28 Rus- that M. Withaus tlemsn, aud know nothing about the Carter, of No. 917 was a Honiton Iace- all the The Isce studied the art of makin also lived two years in France and Ital; confirmed laces which were Ileft were not * Madamo Fralofl's Isces were the finest and rarest specimens of antique laces I eversaw. I - !alllmfilrl say they were worth over $300,/ name, titlo, es- | famili 000, and day I have handled the laces of the royal s of England and France. Ihavemads and remodeled laces for Queen Victoria, and she had none to_compars with Madame Frak hT‘h&ywmmlmm two “centuries to two and & hThe 0] learned from Madame Fraloff's ofT's. conturies old.”. . 5 wyers that she wiil most probsbly arrivein rica this fall. Large rewards have been of- by my physician to H {‘;:D,JJ ez and by tho rilzoad compay for e o Incos: : e D — ‘Jolkes of ~.; g13 Preachers. From the Ne The Presiding Biatiopdy,{Ind:) Ledger. S . ; % tho Episcopal in the United States, Bishotesn o, T8, in tho ealy yeary of hia “bapr s ely £0 “tabinin the wear them on all occasions, which may seem | Message of his Master w. yhq i strange to you, but as matfer of conrse to me, | taineers. Now, the Bishop is ‘éfiq; j fond o Thoy go with me wherever I travel. tea, and his taste and judgment fn rekyY (9000 “Those laces were inherited by me from my | cup Which cheers without tqebmtm&ia 9.t grandmother and my four sunts. ~ I did not pur- | thing to prise the tge!uhflan{ar i flo:ag chase any of thom. They were all antiques: | Kingdom. “Btore o e ot ‘“kno Sy None were of ‘s mesh or pattern now made, [ in ;irx:r!e _r:gig:!mna “]g‘;d;i.;w Mm o8 zaal They were 21l from two to two and a half centu- maxhnt, tiat bo jed orith him, in his ssddle~ ries old. 1 always packand unpack them myself. I acked them myself in my trunk befors I left Row York- T taok only part of my baggage with me to Niagara, leaving the balance at Mra. Horn's, whore I had ‘taken rooms. Thoy wera $o be sont to me as soon as I arrived at Chicago. I did not know where I would go after I arrived in that city—perbaps, to Washington, or Bt. Louis, or Now Orleans. This may seem strangs to you, but not to me. Idonot know whers I may fancy to go when Ileave one city for an- other. I had resd of the prairies of the ab ‘Wost, the birds and forests and flowers of Ame: ics, und I wishied to seo them with my own eyes. It was a little vanity, perhaps; but I had seen Earope, Asia, and Africs, and no Russian woman ©of my rank had 28 yot visited America ; there- fore, I was pleased when Dr. Groyfreth advised me to make tho voyzge and traval on this conki- nonk. - 2 I left gix of my trunks in London, snd ‘bronght six with me. I had many valuables be- sides- my jowels, such as cashmere shavwls, fur cloaks, Siberian Eables, a toilet of ermine furs, and ono of astralmm, 5 white cashmere open cloak embroidered with gold, and twelve or four- teen hats from Paris, dressea of velvet, of silk, and.dresses of muslin. Boveral handsome silk dresses, mado in Pans, resdy for the laces to bo sewed on them whon worn. My dresses were al- ways made in that manner. . T also had six dozen pairs of drees kid gloves, and four dozen pairs of ding avd traveling gloves. I 'wore my laces last at an entertainment giv- - en in' London by Count Gluchen, & cousin of Queen Victoria. . . - 4] also woro them while thers to operas. It was_in the summer, and they were Wworn onm tarletan muslin’ dresses that did not cost more than 250 or $60 apicce. After wearing such a dress:to an entertainment, or to_tha opera, I would rip the laces off, aud ‘give the dresses to the chambermaids. -1 prized these laces so-highly, and was so proud- of them: Because they had been made by my ancastors, not with their own figers, but on their estates, and for them they bad received old-fnedals. from the Czar ‘of Russia. 1hese [ace manufactories or schools were not for profit. The_laces were not made for sale, but for our " family uee; aud {o encourage our serfs ufi;i‘foor relations in_producing them, just a8 we: bad our own cerpet wenvers and our own pack of 500 hounds, and our orchestra of 100 musicians. I yalued my lacos at over'$200,000. ' Indeed, I did ot suppoge they had any market value. __%One night t a conrt reception in 8t. ‘burg the Empress said to me, * Madame Fraloft, - ou have a kingdom on your person.’. . Thosa loft in Now York at Mrs. Horn's I valued at $20,- 000, I had fhe laces complete for five different. dresees. Each set peculiar, and all ita Iaces com- plete for the skirt, coreago, bair, and mantilla, and r{i;r. somo tunics, an for others, points or zearfs. | 2 ‘ * My bridal dressahed three flounces. Each flounce was two feet in width. It was of Mech- lin lace; sometimes through mistake called Tegency Ince. I donot mean it was madein Mochlin mesh, antique Malines it is sometimes called. ' There wagin this set all ' the laces for the corsage, the hair, and mantilla. “The seeond dress wasof old point d’Angle- terre. Two flounces, a cape or fichu, and some smaller Iaces. It waa of tho Elizabetfian period. The Queéen of England is the only person inthe world who has any lace like it.- - . . - “The third dress was of Flemish -lace, also very old, two flounces two and a half feet wide, algo laces for'the corsage, mantilla and hair. The small laces of this set were very valuable. “The next dress had five flounces of point &'Alencon, mot modern point, mor the point which was revived by :Eoienn L, but an antique Iace made two hundied years ago, first in Alencon. = - 4The fourth dress was of some Russian laco, like that made in the lace schools of Bussia established by Peter the Great. “The fifth dress was of Flemich lace, and the laces of the sixth ‘dress were eimilar, but I am ‘Dot sure they were'of & Flemish stitch. “Yon' ask me how long I have been fn the Dabit of sceing’ and indging of ‘finelaces. I b a quan Bi‘f;:m reached a lonely hutin a 3m-§nof the ‘mountains, and as night was near. at a 8a the next cabin was some miles before him,- he was fain to ask entertainment for himself The cabin was weathe and a string of fox and wolf scalps hung from a gre peg on thecorner of the honse, to awail the. r- | Dext vigit of the mountaineer to.the distant “Brother B.’s discourse, in season : s Petors- | immedintely Mr. B tity of tea.. One evening the good d, and and provender for his tired horse. With the - ‘proverbial hospitality of the men of the’ moun- tains, he was was at his disposal, and the Bishop dismounted. thist the best in the houso with* foz-akins, county town, where the skins would be bartered for ammunition, and the scalps would bnng BO much apiece, hard money, in the-way of State bounty. . A fresh deer skin, hung across a pols, and the invariable hominy mortar sssured the : Bishop tha’ the usual fare of the mountains would be offered him. Sometime before the evening meal, the Bishop took from his saddie- ‘baiga abont two pounds of tu‘omd politely re-- quested the lady of the house to make him some .. tea. The woman took the tea, and the. Bishop enjoyed the luxury of . anticipation. : When. sap- .~ r was served tho astouished prelate beheld, to Eis Infinite regret, his tea, the dalight of his . heart and the expected solace of a long- scjowrn in the mounteins, swelled to the measure ofa half bushel, carefolly drained, and served on an immense wooden diah. Isay, Mister,” remarked _ tho landlady, “I've done biled them greens for * ! & mortal hour, and thoy'r bitter yit.. I nevar-' seed sich .” Tho Bishop dr: mountain . spring water that night, and cut his visit to the - mountaina.short.. .. . - £33 The Rov. Thomas Bottoinly, an old and highly respected minister of :the ‘Methodist Eplma&:nl 2 urch, was distingnished alike for the breadth of his learing and his l;l'fl]g;h.mmphfiu WES out of all proportion, and, like the ** Poor man’s - lase, was from year to year.” When brother B. laughed, which was all the ‘time,. when he was. not praying, preaching, or sleeping, his face pre- sented one yawning abyss ; snd when'heshouted, - the astonished beholder could see nothing of hia face,—brother B. having opened his mouth, lett. nothing visible but 2o infinite expsnse of jaws, the top of his bald frontal, and & tuft dogny hiair ander each -ear. The favorite xjm fl season, was: the Divina Omnipotence; and.on ...." thia eubject ho wouwd interview the sumer - wherever ho &fimdtn meet him. “In-one of . Nothing was impossible with God; ould ¢ anflhh;‘g, #nd no creatare was abloforéaist Himm, &c.- The backwoodsman, .leaning on.his axs, hod been guietly scanning. Mr. B.'s features, as - that good man’s mouth opened its--enormous gates in the utterance of his exhortations, and . . -. ‘when'the month, and the sermon, " ‘closed, snswered and said: ‘* Waal, stragger, t! ’s two - s God Almighty can’¥ do. tain, 2 & aaid tha brothe, confident of & vietory. # Waal he can’t make.two hills . without . & holler. atwixt 'om, nor he can't make. your -mouth sy . . bigger withont settin’ your ears further back.”. Brother B. will shako his ‘sides and’ open Lis month {0 ita fullest extent, when, ho"fells’ this_ story, to this day. . | Eestoration to Life. - The New Orleana Times is responsible for following statement : 2 A “ The most curious instance of resuscitation - recorded in our annzls happened last Thursdsy on Prytania_street, near Terpsichore. A child 8 years old died early in the morning, and was - duly laid out for interment ; a competent physi-- - cian certified to the deceass, and {friends of the f assembled to solemuize the funer- al. Late in the afternoon, the body baving been - coffined, and the funeral carriages waiting at the door, a thunder-storm arose, It will be remem= bered that _there were some unusually violend reverberations during the bref term of its prev- of the most the - alence. ' Simultaneously with one X deafening of these claps, the child recovered ita animation and resumed all the functions of ex- - istence. 1t is now ently recovered. There i8 no doubt of the facts in this case. . - Madam Elvgt oso Which e b aro . - - o ] e