Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, May 18, 1873, Page 6

'i873. ALIIAAAS. .. Defeots_in the Laying-Out of i the City. ; A Sanitary Objection to tio Krrangisg of Streets According to - the Cerdinal Points. © % Fearful _ Monotony and * Great Incon= -venience of Straight Streets.:. - The Parks---What Yo\li\ger Cities _May Learn from Our Ex- perience. From Mr, Cleveland's work on “ Landscape-Archileo- T Ty - burel - Chicago is situated on » vast plain extending . in every direction for many miles beyond the city limits. "fo . L T & s PROBABLY NO OITY EVER HAD . such an opportunity as hers to secure every pos- sible advantage which-the situation admits, by. the exercise of. judicioud forethought in the preparation of & design-adapted to the necessi-- _ties which were certain to srise. - Other cities heave grown up by gradual accretion in & long series of years, but Chicago has grown from & ‘mere village to an immenss city in tho course of _s single gencration, and many of her active sod energetic citizens of to-day have shot wild game where mow are located some of “her busiest thoroughfares. Her founders were always senguine of _her future - destiny, snd from an early day declared their conviction thst she would become one of the leading commercial citie of the conntry. They had the historyand _exsmplo of all the cities of theworld to teach them the necessities, and warn them of the dan- gers which mast ariso, and which nover could be rectified if not seen and provided for in tho originel design. The site was a dead level, offering no patural features to affect the design, ‘excopt_the Iake and the river, the formor coni- ‘prising the only object worthy of consideration for esthetic' effect, while the Jatter furnished a gecuro harbor for lake craft, and must of -course glways be intimately connectod with the business intérests of the city. - NO EVIDENCE OF SPECIAT, REFERENCE to thess features sppears in the original plan, 504 the only important provision which indicates the faith of the founders ir.the futurs great- ness of the city, is in the breadth of the streets, whichis generally from sixty-six to eighty feet, —n most importsnt provision certainly, and one “Iation of Iaboring poor that will dwell in their which' is B0 often neglected that it roflects crodit upon the-jnd gment of those Who exercis- ed such forethought, . - fe Within the present city limis sre comprised sbout—500 miles of streats, and, with the excep- tion of. ten or twelve whose course 18 disgonal to that of the general svstem, and ‘only” one of which comes within & mile of- the central business portion of the city, il the strects Tun due north and_south and east and west. :The town - haviog originally started ©on these lines, the great city has grown up by Simple projections of. the same, the diagonals being: ois country roads whoee convenience was too well established to admit of " their removal. Before going ferther, it is worthy of romark that the wrranging of ‘the Atreets ccording to the éardinal pomnts involves - < A SANITARY ODJECTION of no mesn import. .No fact is better estab- lished than the neceesity of -sunlight to.tho highest degree of animal health, -and 1o constitntion . csn long endure, without- ill effect, the _ habitual ~daily privation of §is. health-giving power. - City houses ab best ‘eas rarely be o well provided for in this respect 15 those which stand alone, s is. generally the case in the country; and it 18 all the more fmpor- tant that every facility should b afforded to se- cure a3 much 3 possible of its genial influence. But evary house on the south side .of -a- strost runping east and west mios ive its front Fooms, which are generally its s firely socluded from the sun during the winter, and for most of the.day.. during the summer. This fact, ‘coupled with that of the indoor life of American, and particolarly Western, Women, 15 enough_to.adcount fora very largs ghare of the nervous debility which so gwner:lldy revails, - If tho rectangular eystem must be ad- Pedto in city arrangemont, it would bo far better that'the lines of ‘streets should be north- west and gonthezst, and the cross streets at right angles with them, as now disposed. = - ‘- ho present city limita embraca an area eight iles in length by fivo in breadth, and, with the Hon'of the few diagonal stretts above al- to, the city is simply & vaat collection of-~ 4 BQUARE BLOCES OF BUILDINGS, frided by nlazight straets, .whose weary lengths ~'become ‘faarfully monowonous to ono.who is un- der frequent necessity of fraversing them. : Hero and there, at wide distanges .from ‘each. other, single squares have-been reterved:for public use, and in'one or 'two’ of ‘these squares = . FLABOMATS TFFORT AT DECORATION: ° hes been made’ by moans ul what 18 commonly. Jmown s landscape gardening, - Mountain Tanges are-introduced, ~which' are overlooked from the chamber windows of. the .surrounding ‘houses ; lakos of. corresponding size are created apparently to afford an oxcuse for the construc- ton -of—rustic - bridges; which-—ara ~con< spicious - af_..5 great nco than either . mountaing “or A lights ‘hase throe feet high; ons ‘Tocky promontory’ flie size of & dining-room table, serves: to. warn® tha ducks and geese of hidden dangers of nevi- tton, snd: this’ baby-house ornamentation is folorated in a grost city which aspires to an. ar-. tistic reputation ; the crowds which throngthese Isces in pleasant weather give evidence alike of- fim,poynlu, Tonging for reliof from the din and’ turmoil of the gtreete &nd of the facility with- which they might be made available for purposes of instruction by e truly artistic use of natursl beanty and interest. A little area-in the - south ksiown a— - : ve ELLIS PARE, - - 18 5 pleasing exception to the general rulo, ma jug no smcly display of wbsurdities, .and being ‘boautifully kept and tichly decorated with -fow-_ ers tastefally rranged in masses sef in a velvet sward. - Fow people, except those in tho imme-, diste vicinily, are awaro thatthe clty is idebted for tho posscssion-of this little gem tothe en- thusiaem of an amateur, who furnishes and watches. over tho flowers and-provides for the| wants of the frées.and grass, and finds his ro- avard in the gratificntionof his ruling passion and | mt.h” consciousness of the pleasure he confers on others, 5~ 4 e _If one Liss occasion to_cross oy iderable: portion of thie city on & line-diagonal to the uni- Torm courac of the streets; that is, -if he wishes 10 go from the northeast to the northwest part,. or from the northwost to the southesst, he must’ ‘ormecessity travel e . ' .. NEARLY ONE-THIRD FARTHLR than would benccesearyif he conld tako s straight” course. - The relief afforded by the few diagoral streets which exist is -but partinl, becsuse they are not gystematically arrauged to meet the ne-- ceszitics of the case, but they serve nevertheless to prove how valuable such & system would ba, * for they are always thronged, and the demane for business sites along their lines is far boyond that - npon--any of the streets: in_ their vicinity. _ Except - in"' the™ occasiopal in-- stances where these.. avenues ‘afford relicf, the traveler whosg conrse lies diagonally to the cardinal points must traverse two sides of the “great ®quaro which lico between his starting- Point and his _destination. - He may relieve the rmonotony of the straight streots by isking » zig- Zug course, * but he can in no wise asafe one job of the distance. e ' - | “Think now of the aggregate of T sthich must be traveled in the daily traffic of & great city (and a city which may be iermed & vast workshop, to which it may almost be said tiere is ¢ no admittance except on business”, the wear nd tear of ke teams, and the loss of time which might have been saved by a judicious sgetem of disgonal avenuos. 80 i8 DOW preparing dollars in eonstmctin‘;)g 3 - A EEDIES OF PARES, . 4 which ore necessarily very distant from the thickly-peopled districts of the city, becauso Iznd in those districts is too valusblo tobe se- cured in sufficient quantities for such a purpose. ‘The nesrest park of the now is between- four and five miles from the E urt-Honse, ' and £l of them are on. the open prairie, and as yet £zor beyond . the limits of any.semblance of city stroets.: They are situsted respectively north, west, and south of -the city, and aré to bé con- nected with each other by a chain of grand ave- gues orbpulevards.” baviog Tuadwars on each of the city;: to spend millions of objects of | slan, idn nf - ~—eadoulimsH adiux ofner Objects of at- tive interest. 27 s i D The argaments most_relied tpon by the advo- cates of parks have been that thoy serve as “lungs to the city,” byfurnishing s magazine of pure air to supply tho dedscly-peopled districts, while they provide also a placa of rasort and rec- reation for the inhsbitants, whers they may seek relief from the turmoil of the confined streets in which their lives aro passed in daily toil, and refresh themselves with the sight of troge, and grass, and flowers. But how do these conditions apply to the case we aro considering? Tho streets of Chicago are all sufficiently wide to afford ample ventilation, - There are no dense- Iy-peopled, narrow; winding streets, courts, or Innes; andif there were, what relief would they get from parks five miles off ? 5 Doubtless in time those parks will be enclosed within the city, which will gow around and ‘extend far beyond them;-bal iLwilF ‘be no popu- vicinity. The palaces of.the rich will surround and overlook them, and it will be only onan | occasional holiday ‘that the toiling denizen of the central business marts can afford the time or the means to go with his family to these dis- | : tant gardens. That this ansertion is not a mero theory, is proved by the following extracts from the report of the Central Park Commissioners for the year 1872, which has come to hand since the above was written : The largs part of the eopls of the city towhom, from the closer quarters in which they are moat of the timo confined, the park would scemn to promiso tho greatest ndvantage, cannot ordinarily leave thelr daily fras, ‘st tho ensllost, L1 after 4 o-clock s nor their Tomes, which in the mafority of cases aro yot south of —upne; iudeed, s law forbade them wearing - B0 much 8s a -single flowe by . day. ' The = fair Roman's practices t0 enhance the charms of nature were -the sub- jects. of many wilty eatires at the handsof Ovid, Juvenal, Horace, and all the poatic host of that nge. As our ladies in these days have liko measure meted ont to them by the would-bo wits, it may comfort them to remember thero i n{;thmg new under the sun in thisor anything else. g On no portion of the toilette did Roman ladies bestow more care: than the arrange- mont of their hair. Gray locks were an abomination, and a soap called mattisce, imported from Germany, was said to remedy the evil. Falso hairof slight hue, then s now, was largely used, but, a3 in- the caseof the Ttalian bosutics, In choveluro ronge, or Wwhat Rosalind calls * the dissembling_color,” (refer- ring to the tradition rogarding the color of the bair of Judas_Iscariot having been . red) was much admired; red or chestnut {resses were most fashionablo. fartial compares besutiful ‘hair to the color of the golden field ripe for the harvest. * To be withont. hair was a ground of reproach ; indeed, there is & logend which relates the priest~ Iy tonsure to have been derived from an insult offered 8t. Petor at Antioch, whon ‘‘they shaved him like & fool.” ) Fans and parasols wore signs of groat wealth and elegance jindeed, the exquisite workmanship and material uged in both mode them amost ex- pensive luxury, only possible to the rich. Rings seem, however, to have boen the most essential of ornaments, being, indecd, & sign of suthority, ancient as well as symbolical. ‘They wera worn in Egypt in Josoph's time, a8 weloarn -Afth streel 6. A vieit to tho park, E e e strcot cara, whic, with tns | from Holy Writ, and wora the badge of suthor- walk'toand from them, will occupy more than an | ity among the Persian rulers. The rings of the honr, -The street cars on all the lines spproaching the park ars at 5 oclock overcrowded, and most Thembers. of a family entering ' one _below Twerty-fifth street will be unablo to got s seat, Under these circumstances, thie pleasure of a short visit to thepark, especiallyin the latter part of ‘ot summer’s day, docs not often compensate for the fatigue and discomfort it involves, and sccordingly it appears that as yet a majority of those Who freguent 8o park ate peopls in comfortable circumstances, and Jargely of familics, the heads of which have either retired from business or are ablo to leave their busi- Dess carly in the dsy. Except on Sunday, and Satur- day afternoons, and general holidays, the number of residents of the city who coma to tiie parkin carriages s Targer than of those who como by street-cars and on And again: It is obvious from the great difference in the rela- tive numbers of people who visit the park respoctively in’ carrisges~and on foot on ordinary days, and on Bundaya sad holldays, that to tho great body of citi ‘zens it is yot too difficult of access o be of uso cxceps on specual occasians; a - large mafority of the visits of - ordinary ehort daily recrestion Leing made at the comparatively small number, who czn afford to use pleasure carringes or saddle-lorses, or of those from witosp houses & walk to it 18 easy and agreeable, ; That Chicago shonld oven-now provide for fu- ture certain wants, - evinces commendable.wis- dom’and excaqfionufi energy and_entorprise, but if younger- ¢ities will learn wisdom by -her ex- erience, and exercise an earlier forethought, ey may secure- resuits which are unattainable for Chicago by, having their ‘parks sod_boule- vards as intogral points_of the _city, instond of being mercly crnamental apps ges. i DRESS. Ats. Primary Xmportance to Womene= Toiletics in the Past. Carlyle declares we have made little advance in our costuming, in what ne calls the ! science of clothies,” sis “thé first ‘savage who thought of covering his body by taking a bag and cutting holes for arm and legs. By which * samo token™ we prove tho rugged philozophor never watchod awomsn® trying. to keop up to the modes=with valiant heart, but scant pattern, striving to make Inst. senson's - drees - look- the least bit like the thing for.present wear. . . - - It is utterly nseless to try to make anything of ‘human itk beliove that dress is not of primary importance, “that beauty .unadorned has tho sligiitest chance, because it is not true in feet, however excellent in theory. Let s protty wom- anneglect the amenitios of dress, leavo all’ tho accessorios of hair, Iace, orribbon adornment un- cared for, and go about limp, loose, and - dowdy- ish, with only her natural charms to counterbal- ance, and see how little chance she stands for ad- miration. A symmetrically cut, gracefully bang- ing dress; a bright knot, artistically dis- posed; s soft, delicale bit.of lace, makes all thedifference in the world in the effect a woman produces upon thé dnses. It iss remarkablo fact that while men make woman's folly in drees the terget,at which to lot fly their sharpest witti- cisms, it is for man salone that she indulges in these-extravagances. . Since.the far-away times of the As%afla;:;! (:’nd before, indeed), of the Liviss, Du. , Pompadours, et al, down to the representatives of Mother - Evo -to- day, women are what ‘the Pericles, .Al- cibiedes, Kings, - Emperors, and - poets - of their - périods -make .them. - Men _snd ‘women may exist for each other; but it isin-an fnvarso'ratio; women - living & great deal more for men than the converse.. To look one's best for-.some;-lordly .eye is the natural instinct of évery lovinglidart:~ To have's fair, Lealthy-in-- esring complexion: a round, Tull et pliaut Sguro;-soft, White ahapely, hands: giossy, well Seted forand fachionably arranged bair; are alt. of them as much necessities to & trua -woman as tha breath’she drawn;ithe food he eate—for in- dueg to be out of the fashion is to be out of the; world. LT S PO In the old ‘dag-up days of Pompeiian luxury e find, onmosaio painting and carving, evidence upon evidence,-like Ossa upon Pelion piled,” of how those physics! requirements wera felt, pro- foundly and religiously attended to. *- - The fair Pompeiian laved her body in’ warm; meented baths of asses’ or goats’ mllki’ Iying in Inxuriodsnéss for an -hour ;- nay, an' hour was the merest point of time. with. her.when go em- ' ployed’; oftann bath occupied the - entire- mo ing, _In consequence, hor flesh was, s de] cately: tinted” a ‘white 43 the inner loaf of & ‘pewly -opened tea-rose,” of “'as satin-like tox- ture 85 the petala of a calls: lily. Venas Aphro- ‘ dite, coming in all her lovely perfoctness from the "sea foam, was Ler cssential type. These samo Poimpeiidn ‘beanties, by the way, drossed; .wiilked, ‘talked, and strove fo be enchanting’| after the Greek styles as thoroughly as any of ,our own fair ones strive_to-day to. emulats tho seductive grace of ‘the Parisienne. “Next to the the belles of . that . buried sge, and - their Greek models also, wore a garment of cambric; thion - s "~ band - called " utrogh'ium; ~which . 'the ' bosom - without confining ;_since” - nothiny would have been coneideréd mors shoc) 'nsut’hnu straightaning up the figure in corsets, binding it up in whalobone splints I—the softly natural curves, tho undulat- ing swell, being thoaght the true line of besuty iriall sorts of artistic forms,” in lifo as well as stone.. The maker of the.strophium was as mich prized a8 the corset-maker of our day. - i ~Over this band was always worn a jacket, with ‘slegves, made of.the finest wool. Then came the graceful tunics, the length of which was ev- idence of the character of the dame it adorned. This .form of. dress was equally the custom among the Roman fairs, as among the Greekand Pompeiian: . ~ A’mantle] (the ariistic grace in the arrange- ment of which the most celebrated French | 16t, and thrown across the shaulder, Was ns un modiste 6f ‘to-day carinot equal), the manner of weariug which, under the right breast, over. the. | Tarjing as the color, -which was always whil ‘and which ons of their poots called “woven wi clouds,”- was the invariable dress. for ‘walk- ing. = How - tho “endless; variety of form, style, and "“shads . of to-day's. promenaders would have puzzied ‘and - amazed them. A rnude- Venus “on’ the "walls of Pompeii hos upon the head s band of gold, bracelets on the wrist, a heavy gold chain around the lovely throst, e0d the fingers aro_ loaded with rings, thus evidencing. how- attractive were jewels to the belles of that ers. ~Indeed, the fcrins, or jewel caskets;- discovered ‘in the excavations aho a wonderful love for these precions things. - Roman Jadies wero excessively fond of jewels in their hair, on the meck, to clasp the flowin, drspory at the shoulders, ‘over the bosom an: nbgng the vrn::t; bméfit.s, necideces, anklels, and rings,—they wore them everywhere, and of tho mos; laborats styles, & The jeweled comb and pins for the hair were®, of tho most varied character. - Venus chiseled in gold, her hair gathered in one hand, while the other - held - & mirror ; Psyche kiszing Cupid ; Ceres fondling & dolphin ; Bacchus wooing Aris adne—strango subjects for hair-pins—have all béen found in Herculanoum. . Nets of gold’ thread, others of stringa of precious stones were common methods of col ng the hair also,-| Nothing'- seems, however,. to havo been Wo fa- vored a subject for jewel ornament ag the snake form—rings, bracelets, armlets, and even head bands were 80 o. K £ But not alone did they love diamonds, rubies, pearls, opals, all “other precious ' stones unghf'm “meshes: of - gold;” but they were deyated: to flowera: e Roman beanties wore.chaplets of ithe :most. fragrant flowers.| :x%-;dnh“d' neck, mdjrm!fiin%::t for sg: g now _une: ed, B8V ihmn;;hnm some mfe?em:a tothe orgies practised at- the feasts of Bacchus,- no ‘decent woman over wore flowers in publio in the me: from the nose to ‘were skinnod, and tho skins sold for $20, - Roman lmight had their size dotermined by lay ;-thoy wero n part of tho insignia' of the %neatu of Jupiter, & costom which the Roman “Catholic Bishops seem to have inherited from them. It will bo remembered ‘that the Doge of YVonice always wodded tho Adriatic with s ring upon taking possossion of the kingdom. Tho Roman ladies weroiimited to two, a greater num- ber being considered a sign of immorality. ‘Tho Princess Strozzi, of our day, not long 8go appeared at her fancy ball in tho dress hich had ‘onco been worn by tho Princess Strozzi_who rcigned s Queen of lovo and beauty in tho fourteenth century, Lomisa or Lucia by name. Hersclf & poctess, sho was sister of tho colebrated Tito Vespnsiano, s pot of o mesn reputation, end mother of fatteo Bojardo, who wrots * 1'OrlandoInnam- orato.” This dress, presorved for centuries, was | 50 heavy with jewels aud golden cloth of damask that, immediately aftor tho arrival of tho last guest, the Princess wa3 obliged to chango it for & less weighty costume. fat) As we pause upon thestepping-stones made by tho centurios and review the sges ono by one, we find ovidences of fabulous prodigality in dress, both of men snd women.. Elizabeth of Eugland, for instance, when she said her ter- rible adieu to life, left eight hundred dresses be- hind her. - The, wonderfully erratic Princess Moetternich, of our own day, who is always doing something sonsational in the way of dress, npgomd afew years since at a Court ball, ina totlot composed entirely of .ostrich feathers, which is said to have cost the unheard of sum of -ovar $20,000. 5 From Milton down to the writors in our morn- ing's ‘puper—who fling philippics at tho weaker sex—it i3 ono and _tho same 'Eeh'e “With him they aro all ready to exclaim: * Oh,.theso women! these women! Thero is no living with thom becanse of their follies, and no living with: out them,—plainly becauso of their charms, And charme; confess yo all; men and women, is another namo for dress.’ For, after all, is not one much more disposed to fall upon ‘tho Imees of their heart before an exquisitely robed woman, arrayed in softly flowing raiment, ele- gantly:adorned, and yet seemingly nncorseious of her adornment, than beforo some aug femalo, severely simple i stiff alpaca and cot- ton lace ? - Does' not tho soft white hand crogfi: ing out from the delicate cobwebs of lacey frill goém mora likely to bring the bldssing of relief to your aching graw, oh, fellow-man, as its per- fumed. tonderness lies like a flake newly fallen Tpon if, than those angular brown fingors, which seem all bones, and which are too practical to be delicate, too removed aboye tho follics of womsun- 1y wezkness to b silly in & womanly way ?—A3lar- garet Ficld in the New York Mail. —_—————— BY THE SHORE OF THE RIVER. Throiigh thio griy willows the bleak winds are raving ‘Here on tha shore, with its drift-wood and ssnds : Over tha river the lilics are waving. .- Bathed in sunshine of Orient lands; Over the river, the wide, durk river, Bpring-time aid summdr are biooming forever. Here, all alone on the rocks, I am sitting, k —my comrades all gono— g - Sitling, and weiting. Shadows of mystery drearily flittin . Over the surf with its sorrawul moan, Over tho river, the strange, cold rivar, - AR must T wait for the beatman forever? Wife, and children, and friends, wers around me, Tabor and rest wero s wings to my soul ; ‘Honor and love wera tho Isurels that crovned mo ; Littlo I recked how the dark waters roll, But tho doep river, tho gray, misty river, 81 that T lived for 'has taken forever | - Silently cams a black boat o'er tho billows ; Stealthily grated tho keel on the sand ; - - Ruatling footeteps wero heard through the willows ;_ " Thers tho dark Boatman stood, vy o e ivers - RIS aearcat vtat Jeavo thes forever.” Sund that'were brightest and skiés thst ere Darkened and paled in th message Lo boro, Year after year-went thie fondest, tho trucat, ~Following that beckoning hand to the ahori - Down to tho river, tbe cold, grim Tiver, Over whoso waters they vanishod forever. s Vet not in the visions of grief heve I wandered; . Bill have 1 toflod, though my ardors Lave flawn, Labor is manhood ; and bfe is but squandered Dreaming vagus dreams of the faturo alane. Yot from the tides of the mystical river Volcoa of spirits are whispering ever, Lonely and old, in th dusk T am weiting, ~'TT1 the dark Bostman, with soft, muftied car, Glidea o'er tho wavos, and I hear the kecl grating, * Seo tho dim, beckoning hand on th shore, . Walting mo over the welcoming river ‘0 gardens and homes that are shining forever! ' P. Cranch, in the Atlantic for June. E An Uncommonly Lively Bear Storys . From the Osicego (V. ¥.) Témes. ;i Tho particulars of a terrific struggle with bears' ifithe town of Boylston, in this county, have just roached us, and are of s thrilling character. t appears that on Monday Iast a youug-man namod Jobn Bidwell, aged 19 years, with his fother, o onc-armed man, snd’ his brother, 8’ mero lad, wont into the wooda about four nifos eastof Smart's mills,-in Boylston, to gather spruce gum. - They- carried. no -weapons, and; beir only tools woro s common nail-hatches, and a dirk knife, for the purpose of cat- ting the gum from tho trees, and a chisel fastened to o long pole. _Tho latter was carried Dy the fathor. The hatckot had & handlo about four feot long, and made of exceodingly tough' wood, g0 that 1t might oven be struck sgainst s .| tree and bent half double without injuring it._ Thus equipped they wero proceoding turough the_woods sbout their work, whon John saw s bear track, and, following it ‘with his eye, ’saw sbout £wo rods shead of him s hole in the snow: beside & big hemlock log. Ha went to look into. it, but just a8 he roncked it slumped in the' snow, and foll head foremost_ almost into.the' olé, Tiis head barely escaping, the mouth of o Tmge bear, that was just emérging with his jaws distended. This was a critical liimn for John, .| aad . had ho sttemptod to run, as most men would have done in such circumstances, could | scarcely have escaped slive. But John was the *| man for the emergoncy, and the thought of run- ning never entered his head. He had barely" timo to draw back, and then brought the bear a, bIow on the nose with his hatchat which dropped hor. Ina second, howevar, the bear had sprang up again only maddoned by the blow, bt John | ‘was In time for her, and dealt ker o terrible blow botween the eyes with tho edge of his_hatchet, cutting, ss afterward proved, clear to the brain. The boar came for John & third time,’ but wes met by another powerful blow from the‘ hatchet, which finished her, and the bear - died in - the mouth of tho hole. Tt required s strong effort to pull the bédr out, -and John had ecarcely accomplishéd | it when the - cub, ‘pearly- full grown, appenrod.: Nothing daunted, Johnwent at him, nd, after & ‘brief struggle, served him as ho had served tho dom, but scarcely done with him when bear No. '8_sppeared, which proved to be the other cob. John struck at him with the hetchet, but misged him. The bear sprang upon him.and the hatchet could : no longer be nsed. But, with coolness and pluck- that never desorted him, John proved himself a match for bruinin sny slispe. “He drow the dirk-knife snd drove it'to the heart of his eavage foe, who immediately roleased his hold and expired.’ Of course, John fally rbalized before this time what he had struck, and now prepared himsel? for ‘tho he--| besr, but after waiting awhile, and thia momber ot the family not appearing, ho gave him up. During the entire fight the father stood by, but, having no weapon and but_one_arm, he was un ablo o lend his son any nid, sud feared that by interfering ho might injare his ‘The younger ‘brother, not liking the looks of things, had taken to a tree and watched the eavage encounter with not & liftle alarm. When the old bear was _her len, was found to be 6 feet e stern. * All' three of them THE JUBILEE' BALL. Cerfainty of a Strikingly-Brill- ‘iant Entertainment. Hint: as fo- What May Be Tastefuliy Worn on the Occasion. The Coiftare, Dresses, Flowers, Shoes, d Gloves, Fans, Jewelry, Etc Chicago this yesr asserts herself, and intends oponing -the season with an entertainment +as worthy of ‘herself as it will ‘exceed 'in magnifi- cence of conception and eleganco of detail the usual summer-hops of the varions fashionsbls Tesorts. To this event all the elite of Chicago —in fact, all the distinguished poople in the country—are looking forward with, expectation and delight. Among the fdir daimes, of course, the main question is, : H 4 WHAT SHALY, WE WEAR 2" For each and all realize that to be comma il Jautin dress is like the adding of perfume to thorose. Discussions of Harry's and Jack's eligibility or attentions are quite lost in the momentous debate of‘ the silire of these fair *Flora ~McFlirmsoys, "and boudoir ~ con- fidences for the mnext fortnight ,will consist principally of sentences in which lacs, #ilk, tarletan, fans, sashes, flowers, etc., will be the leading substantives, governed by the verb “ to wear.” Worth toilsttes will, of course, be seen in sufficient quantity to show that Paris is roally the shopping-resort of our fair Americans, and that to run over once or twice a yearto re- plenish and modify their wardrobes is a mere necessity.to many of them. To thoee, however, who Inck either time, inclination, or.any other requisite for these" little oxcursions, a few hints as to what will be in order and good taste for the Grand Event of the Season may ‘not come amies.. COMMENODNG WITH THE COIFFURE, thers seems at present to be a sort of interme- diste conditionin the matter of hair-dressing. Tho high style of the First Empire is gradually being “replaced ' by tha drooping chatelaine braids; -but these are rather - adapted for the promenade than for evening- costone. It may, therefore, be con- gidored that -the majority will still wear the bair. high, and’ covered with eithar white or blondé powdor. Theseare the two admissi- ble colors, the silver and dinmond articles being passe - and vulgar. Spanish combs, flowers, feathers, and jet-ornaments are the decorations which will predorinate, Veils aro also sdded ooccasionally,:;but have not met with the favor °| seribed by o rose trimming of their graceful besaty. would ‘sem to make it probable that they should. Jewels aré added, and slgo brilliant flied ordainty birds, . * Dresses. will * doubtless -be_in| variety. The newest fancy is for tho chaletaine bodice, de- scribing by its close fit the contonr of the form’; a total ebsence of paniers, and the fall Medici fraise'orruflf. A deseriptionof.;” ' - A YEW DALY, COBTUMES ‘may serve a8 hints to those wh definitely what may be worn: ! A dress of palo rose- fletri-faillo had three ir- regilarly plaited ~flounces - fround the . train, ‘bound with n two-inch band of a deeper shade, and hoaded by ruchings of lace, through which wero running vinos of wild clematis and -forget— me-notx. "-The front had vertical ruches of Iaco and garlands of. flowors, whilo the_qverdress, of whito brocado-Herneni, 'was cut with Josephino corsage, trimmed-with flowers, and draped- with sashes of faille and gauze in an incomprehensi- ble series of loopings, falling in long loopa’ and ends at the rightgide, - G - oo . An orange-blossom faille had bands of black volyot and fine jot" wronght upon thesilk, the velvet bands edged with point-lace, and theflow- ers large clusters of azaleas.”” o ":" - . - ‘A tea-roso gros-d* Italio Lud s pointed bodico, 1ace berthe, band-sloeves, and trimmings of scar- let silk, with scarlet geraninm-blossoms,—s Fig- &ro fichu of lace and Bilk completing it. 'A"dross of manve moire, for s matron, had & chatelaine bodice, cut heart-shaped in front, and trimmod with-.a. high fraise ‘of silk, and ‘wide wired ruff of Brussalsnet. Vufi]‘long train, de- , and the tab- Tier covered with ‘lsce flounces. . Long, square antique sleeves, falling néarly to the hem of the ish to- know 8. A Princesse robe, .from Pingat, was of such intricate manufactaro, and so. elaborately trim- med, 28 to defy description. - The material was of black Antwerp silk," faced and bound 'with pale blue, and trimmed with Chantilly and jet. “ It will bo gesn by this, - howevar, that . dresses msy ve made in-any of fi:s above styles, and yet Quite meet the: domands of . fashion. P round,’and: Me bodices ‘are_equally in go tasto; 1t thorost Of -the dress is in accordance.. Btill more.elaborato dresses are mada .. 2 IN THREE COLORS:®:.. . “i. ° White, -black, and.scarlet; limon, violet, and pearl; rose, pale biue, and white ; .and 0 on in varions conteasting:.or ~harmonizing colors. Whits - crepe-lisse has- superseded” the. Bwiss plaitings on_silk, while -the firiest seéd : fet and pearlis embroidered on ‘tulle, and then applied aa trimming. .. These are-mostly found in elabo- rate and expénsive French toilottes. “The dress: is .usmally of ' & neatral shade, whilo ths-wide sashes of the newdouble-faced - ribbon showthe two other colors, which are also :extended to tho flower or festhér garniture of therobe.. A white: dress embroidered- in bl ‘would have scarlet and whitn sashes, with ot flowers or ostrich- tips. A limon faille should have crepe-lisse flounces with violot ravers, headod by seed-pearl trimming, whilo:violet and limon sashes, and urigmfi pansies, -form :the- garniture;- White" and violet .sashes on palest . green, and blue and: black sashes onten-rose, are among: the 3 fancies, . Black tulle dresses are elzborately em- broidered in jot and straw, .with flowersin: great. trailing clusters or. vines,: as if thrown sround them, of. the dangling: bells of *tho oat- 1ears, for ornament.~ A pale'blue faille, nearly covered with white emibroidery: on: the {ablier: and side-breadths, had tho train . trimmed .with ery. A cropo-lisse overdress was trimmed with tape fringe, headed by garlands of roses, with satin uadh of pale Toso and white, edged with point-Ince.. Btill another French droes-of whito: brocade gauze, caught in three pouffes by bands' | cut is dee; o searlet and limon satin. . Pointed corsage, and ‘| tors of corn-poppies and yeliow jasmine passed from:the left-side to thecenire of the - back, and thence to-the :floor. - Corsage &nd coiffenr.| ‘bouquets of the same flowers. : -Dancing dreases aro better mada . - e - WITH DEMI-TRAIN; . . . .. ° ‘as,; excopt in. the : etatety. minuet-de-la-cour, ‘which- is_being revived in fashionable circles; | ‘court-trains aro decidedly & disadvantageto the| Zfair - Terpischoreans..” In; the. whirl . of round-| dances :it_requires an adeptin the art of man- | silver and copper-alloy. colors; s the -dress, or ‘else of pure white. In | French shoes we find the slipper of the dress- material, with bows of the colors that form the dress-trimmings. . 5 3 e - groves - S have as many buttons as the fair wearer can af- ford, and come nearly to the elbow. ~The new- est, however, have the part that covers the arm made entire, while & small slit, fastened with one ortwo buttons at the wrist, makes it easy to put on, and also adjusts it nicely. Very dolicate shades, harmonizing with tho .y~ bo ‘worn by ladies ; but, for gentlemen, white is do rigeur. 1 &mng ladies are wearing bands of ribbon or velvet confined by jeweled buckles in place of ' : * BRACELETS; ‘but, where the latter aro selected, the favorite style sems to bs the wido band of Roman gold, ornamented, with procious stones, and dosigns in - .. THE PAX . should also match the dress in color and trim-- miing; and many French suits have this coquet- tish addition to a lady’s toilette made to corre- spond. Silk of the shade of tho dress, with point-lace edgs of cover, will be most in favor, _and may be of, very-simple or. most elaborate ‘workmanship, as best suits the taste and purse of tho wearer. :* S A ¥ 8 . OHATELAINES of silver, or even gold, aro worn, and to these are attached the fan, ,pungum ‘mouchoir, and even the bouquet of the fair lady who wishes to assert her grace in the wavy, “undulating move~ ment of the dance. Quite s relief to her part- ner and herself. R e A 20ST ABSURD SIGHT, ¥ hitherto and not an unfroquent one, has been a Tather ponderous specimen of fomininity, with 8 huge bouquet, revolving about a ball-room with one of those slight, epider-logged spocimens of modern deterioration, looking as if she might overbalance the poor, tottering youth at any moment, while her bonquet stood out .like a threatening weepon of offonse. Why will wom- en who weigh 200, if they must danca at da 80 with little, tremulous, uncertain men, whose avourdupois curtlinllv‘ cannot exceed 1107 Yet they will, and keep tho wall-flowera in the same state of excited attontion aswhen wnuhlnuls some acrobat perform on the trapeze. Bho they ot have some mercy on the nerves of the wall- flowers and dowagers ¥ - There seems to be little more to be said upon the subject of what may be worn. I8 c % GOOD TASTE -is worth more than money at such times. The implest materials msy be made upinto the most artistic toilettes, if & sense of besutyand fitness presides over their creation ; while the most el- egant fabrics can be ruined, if this is lacking. - WHITE : will ba nnivauxui worn sgain thissummer, both .in thin and thick fabrics., For the most re- cherche watering-place toilettes, whito_silk will compose the skirt, while brocade lgnuzo in quaint colors will form the overdress. It would, there- fore, seom to be & matter of economy, for those ‘who care to consider- that old-fashioned virtue, to buy white for the Grand Ball. With sashes and trimmings in two colors, it can be made very elogantly, and then ~will answer for the regula- tion costume for such ashope to breathe the salt sca-air at Newport, the mountain-broezes of the ‘White Hills, or even contemplate a still more ex- tended summer journeying over sea. i TUnless gifted with fhat wonderful, inkerent “conception of the harmony of colors which sccms a spocial gift of Fronck modistes, we should not advise any ono to try " THE QUEER COMDINATIONS . o5k which foreign fashion-reports convey fo us as being . proper and desirable. Bluo and purple only harmonize in certain delicate and unusual shides, and very- few, ontside of the Capital of _Fashion, can attempt to use them together with- ‘ont making a glaring discord that startlos and ‘repels. Shadoa of the same colors that harmon-. “izo, however, can beused by almost any oue with vory pleasing effect, a3 may also many con- trasting colors. .. Limon, scarlet, and white can. bo combined very effectively for a brunette; “while white, pale tiue, and ‘black are in g taste for a blonde: ; ' YOUNG FACES AND SLESDER THROATS ' 1ook quaintly 28 thoy riso from tho broad Eliza- bethan ruffs and Modici fraises; but_Josephine corsages, voluminous eashes, garlands of flow- ors, and half-overskirta aro prettier for Joung girls than the more . stately chatelaine bodice and folls of lace. Dismonds for dowagers, and pearls or other jewels .for demoiselles, ese should harmonize, 8§ far as. they could be made t0:do 80, with the color of the oostume. ‘We might have described much more elaborate dresases, but we have tried to give A © PRACTICAL HINTS - - to thoso who may not send abroed.for tboll:rupar outfit. To such as employ Worth and Pingat, any anxisty about tho matier is- only such a8 may be consequent nY‘on the proper arrival of the desired steamer that, among all its_freight, Tolds nothing o precious, in. the consideration of the fair.expectaxt, a3 tho cartoon con- taining - that wonderfal dress. ‘ To those, however, ..who - must emj home- ploy talent, tho preceding -hints may nok-be amiss" Both young and pld woar powdered hair, and rouge nurf patches aro not the infrequest ac- companiments of it. : ‘That the scens G = AT TEE JUBILEE BALL “ will be strikingly brilliant, and, in the hands of 100 of our best citizens, be made an exception- ally elegant entortainment. in every sense of the word, is the belief of every Chicagoan. That it crope-lisee flounces, - headed by white embroid--|' 1aillo had the skirt kilt-plaited ; an overdressof |, of scarlot ribbon, finished by bows. -The front:|: oints, and fastened by Tosettes of |. sashes of scarlet and limon. Long trailing clus- | * aging the lengthy drapery to prevent its being .gs"';fim ot grief either to herself or others.” - . ¥OB THE YOUNG DEBUTANTES, s the robes are fairly charming. .They are ‘of .the lightest muslins, tarletans, and: gauzes, and look lifia woven snow-wreaths. or summer clouds, so ‘vaporish are they in their texture. The beaute du disble of fair 16 will' be more enchanting than ever in these lovalgnmd‘pppropm COg- tumes, They are made both with and without overskirts., A pretty one; of India musim, had a Bpanish flounce, kbaded with a blue ailk ruching. Bands of silk: were placed ‘round- it in wide points, and ruchos mot thom and passed upward to the waist. -Low, pointed cuxsngca with basque back ; and. trailing vines of wild- sweet-briar sssed from - the left side- about the shoul-* ders, and were camied . from the left gide down: to the waist, L where' they were held by a: cluster; and thence in broader- vines down thie back to, the edge ‘of -the skirt., ‘White dresses are always charming for young giris, and any color may bo added fo enliven them, if the pure white is not considered-desir- able. Sashes are draped from the shoulder, or ‘wound and fooped in intricate fashion about the overskirt, the end falling"st" the side. “Flowers are used in: profusion’; and, to those.who pre- for the fragrance and beauty of. Nature’s bios< soms, we can tell them that they ma; ; EEPT QUITE PRESH- for an entire evening. by the following simple method : Wind the nleml’_vgim_wnrsmg, which may thon be thotoughly moidtened, after which an old glove-finger may be drawn over . and this ‘concealed:-by. & bow or. knot of " ribbon.-| of gowtem are e Whole parures found in the sh also el hite, jet. should bo of ttie ~igmoms. it & sama calor, or combination of -{ mal will be the affair of - the season whllgcj: it will in- sugurate, - is beyond s-doubt ; - and. hereafter Eastern citioa will turn with waiting eyes to the Queen of the West to ascertain in what manner she will lead off in-the brilliant succession’ of summer or winter fetes that shall gladden the hearts of the fashionable world.. Therefore, prepare your toilettes, fair Iadies, consoious that you will lead off this season in & way that will reflect credit upon your city and yourselves.- < e GRACIE'S KITTY. -Gracies Kitty, day byt ¥ *. Moped beside tho fire, and * Would no longez {risk or play, “. ;. Orihe worsted ball unwind. - . Graclo coazed, ¢ Play, kitty, do1” . Kitty anoworcd sadly, Mew 1" ‘All in vain were dainty fare, Bread and milk all warm and new, .- Downy nest and tender care,—. . 5 er, weakir otill sho graw, Could no Tonger run or purr, Lay in bed, and wonld not stir. . Gracle tralled her long white gown pinea ht ; “Found poor kitty cold and dead Gracio made anotherbed = - Where the morning-glories climb; With red rose-leaves iincd and spresd, - And perfumed with pinka and thyc. | Rarely has & buman hoad. Found so eoft and sweat a bed. Gracio’s little tender hands . . . End at last their loving task ; Sobbing by the grave sho stands, Then she lifts her foco to aak. = °. ‘While the slow tears downward. zoll, 6 here ith kitty’th thoul 77 < —Elizabeth A , ] kers Allen in Young Folks.- % Sympathy as a Business. .. ' “AViennapaper relates an amusing incidert- ‘which occurred to's ‘great- lady just recovered:| from & long and severe illness. - Seated in her’| ‘boudoir, sho'was looking over rhe cards of con-' ‘| 'dolence that had been” Ieft’ for her while sick." { Among the names of-Counts, Barons, ‘and other! aristocratic pathizers émblazoned® with coro-- nets and " coats-of-arms, she came ‘across s sim- le eard with the plaininscription"of * Hermann rger.” " In vain the lady asked who Hermann' Borger-was. - None of her servants could give | her any ‘other information than that the individ- ‘been' s remarkably handsome young man. ‘The Iady's cariosity was excited; n.m{ 3N orders to admit the person in case he should call-| again. - The order was- punctually obeyed, and on the next.dsy ehe received. a really charming| young man, evidently appeared greatly embarrassed at .the honorof & tete-s-tets with' the still charming,” though somewhat faded beauty. “Ican hardly find words,” eaid the Iady, with'a blush -*‘ {o thank you_ for your s:mxathy ‘which you have manifdsted for u stranger.” * Lbog your pard gracious lady,” stammered tho fmdy, % put un}he agont of : Mesars. A. B., the undertak- et SRR 10, B0l ¢ —_— Boiling. Egge.. . A story is told of » negro in Virginis, whose master tareantened to give him a flogeing-if he boiled hia egzs hard. again. ‘Next morning the came to the table still harder than before, egl “You rascal” - shouted. the: enraged.-planter, et EoREs SOt P you to cook those-eg; *Yes, masea,” ald-the frightened ih “an’: Igotup at 20’clock dis mornin’, an’ biled ’em’ five hours, an’ it seem to me I-nebber kin get dese eggs eofter]” - . During the war one: of the’ Northern hotel-keepers was on a visit to Nor- foli. The eggs camatothe table!boiled -hard. “TLook here,” ssid the hotel-keeper, *Sambo, these eggs are boiled -too hard. - Now take my ‘watch and boil some thrae minutes by it.” ' He gave.the negro his splendid gold watch. In abont five minntes the freedman returned " with the egga and. watch on the same plate. -The watch was wet.. *What have'you been doing to iny watch?” asked the Northern.visitor. “‘Eh' it's.all wet.” -*Yes sah,” said-the: megro. . ¢ m&h&nhhwmdump All .right dis time, 2 °| gus X read the following werds:.. dressed in exquisite style, who |, " THE LATE MR. MILL.- His Home at Avignon, nnd.tl;é' Grave ef His Wife. ! Bomething more than five years ago a cor- respondent of Tme Cmoico TRIDUNE was privileged to meet the late John :Biuart Al in ‘his retirement at Avignon. ' Thefollowing letter, describing his surronndings, in the ancient city of the exiled Popes, which was published in our. ismuo of March 23, 1868, derives s new, though £ad, interest from his death : o 4 Aviaxox, Francs, Fob. 2, 1863, - Few American travelers pass through Bouthern Prance without.- seaing the ancient "City: of Avignon.' What, with her. historical fame ‘and the prominent place given foher in all the popu- lar guide-books, most ' ‘tourista from the other side of the Aflantio con- sider themselves in duty bound to pay. her a visit. Fortunately, the position of the “ City of the Popes” on the great railway that connects Paris with Lyons and Marseilles, and 88 yot forms the principal highway between. ZFrance and Italy, enables travelers to see what thers is to bo seen in the venerable place, with- out sacrificing much time or money. It is es-. pecially at this season of the year, when thetide: of American voyagers -moves from Paris in the direction of Italy and Spain, that the ondinary. doathlike quiet of Avignon is frequently relieved. by the sappearance of curiosity-hunters, . In- decd, at this tims, hardly sny southward train passes - without leaving more or less of these wandering people, anxious to behold what there ialeft of her whilom grandeur. - . .- THE ANGIENT AVIGNON. Althongh Murrsy’s Guide Book says Stop by all meansand see Avignon,” Imust record it asmy deliberate judgment that time spent upon either the ancient or the modern attractions of Avignon is little better than absolutely wasted, and I feel confident that all sober-minded obsarvers will #gree with me. Of monumental reminiscencesof tho past thers ate but few, and most _of what re- mains is of an inferior order of architectural merit. Thero.is any quantity of Boman rains within the limits of the city, but they are .s0 far gono that they represent nothing but shapeless | but of & most genial expression: ‘heaps of stones, tile, and mortar, . Every visitor mikes a boe-line for the old Palace of the Popes; ‘which stands on a rocky elevation in the centre of the city. But whois there among them that has not felt woefu}g disappointed upon- viewing the great, unsightly, trical mass of stone, withont s single fonture pleasing or_im- posing to the eya? The sight of this architec- taral monstrosity suffices to explain why the Popes were not anxions to protract their resi- dence st Avignon beyond two ~generations. There may be humiliation, to the mind of a Catholic; in_the thought -fhat the misshapen edifice in which the heads of his Chrrch resided onoe with all their princely pomp, is now de- -voted to _the profane uses of a military barrack. Bt to me it-appeared hardly good enough, even Tor the habitation of the red-lagged props of. Na-, poleonism. The recollection of the that the immortal Rienzi, once Iay chained in one of its dungsons, instoad of vesting the palace with ® certain romantio interest, ly stamps it in my eyes as & monument of the worldly and religious tyranny, of which the so- called * guccessors of - Peter " have always been -the cruel inatruments. The only pleasing remi- niscence connected with it is - the sonjourn with-, in its walls of Petrarch, b{ ‘whose intercession the ‘f tribune_ of the ple™ was - freed from his fetters, Besides the Pof& Palace, -there Aro two or three churches, whioh &trangers aro |- directed to visit. But they do not"prodace any' moro agreesble impressions than the former. In one of them Petrarch's Laura is said to be buried. myself to eome women who wers working iz adjo t they wers a8 igpom) L duals T had firet accoste jed- in - town. It. was: only when T expliined tq ‘thein_that the geptloman waa an Engly that they seemod to comprehend what 'f' wanted, “0h, ot Tanglais, Tdnglsis,” they all broge out at once, poin! simultaneonsly to 5 small nouse, the top of whichrosa shove the nmqnnd.l.n)gliflgh ‘walls, not more than 100 ya off. Mr. himself subsequently explined tq me, when I spoke of “the duficulty I had had in finding his place of abode, that, notwithstandi, his long residence-in- the" lacality, even L& nearest neighbors had not yet become scquaint. -ed with his name, which seéméd to ba somethirg nrfimr&{f:{y ‘l?e t!;eir t)‘!;rezmh cars, and that he continu 0 for them simply ** Monsieur As I r 2d at last the- amall, woode: painted gate in the middle of the il et 51':?3 . Off: Mr. Mill's property from :the .road, 3 young peasant Who was working in the garden ‘insidg ran up tolet me.in. " In reply to my question whether 3Ir. Mill was at home, he replied in the tive, and invited me-to follow him. Wa went in the narrow walk, bordered on. both sided by emall olive-troes thatledin & straight lino from the gate, through the garden, to tha house. . A more unpretending ** country sest’ cannot bo imagined. Itseemed to mse to be in perfect keeping with the simplicity of habits and fresdom from eu.rf.hl? IB{Iil'IflODS of the owner, ‘The #hole . éstata’’ is less than an-acre in ex« tent, and consists of the garden -already mene tionsed, and a very small dwelling-house. , : h Pessaat. showod Tio into s scial Y e young peasan owed me a B sitting-room nx}”fl:a lett of the entry, with's tils floor: and - the. very simplest of " furniture, and then left me to carry my card to Mr. Mill. . Ha sappeared in a few seconds and told me I wonl@ Mr. Mill in tho room on the other &idq of the entry. Stepping’into -this, I found myselt in what seemed to serve as-a library to the owner of the houge. In an-arm-chair, in front of tho fire-place, in which somo coals Were still burn- ing, notwithstanding the warm spring sunshina withont; there eat, with l’cstfinrrm‘ at his feet,) the well-known form of AMr. }ill. He rose as § entered, welcomed me by a cordial shake of the hand, -and invited me fo be seated. In avery little while we were engaged in s lively conversas on. 3 Mr. Mill's figure is of more than averag height, but he could bhardly be ‘called tall. His form is decidedly slender. " His head impressed one st once 88 the Bcat of intelligence of the highest order and the brightest sctivity. The upper portion s very broad,” but balow ihe splendi higx forehead the face becomesnarrow- festured. His eyes are grayish, and not large, nose'id thin and straight, and well proportioned. Tha features run out into & very eharp chin. The complexion of tho clean shaved face s rosy, - sod’ clearly indicative health. © The to&p, most bald; but lower portion is covered rith & g0od growth of sather curly light-brown strong, but of great clearness, nof R the delicate and almost womsnly gentleness o its-tones. Mr. Mill is a rather hesitating publio speaker. His ordinary conversation discloses e same defect, which is probably the result of 8 long habit of Weighing words befors commits ‘himself em, PR [Here follows a -conversation between tha writer and Mr. Mill on the principal topics then engaging public attention in Grest Britain—viz: Parliamentary Reform, the Iriah Question, Co~ operativo Industry, etc.] SN I was 80 deeply interested in the conversation that I was surprised to find, on looking at my watch, - after tom:glif upon the ll-n‘manfimeé subject, that m{ bad already extended to more than two hours, It was time formo to take my leave, and o I arose and bade good-bya tothe greatand good man, whose fame had spanned. two continents without making him known to his nearest neighbors. - I shall alwaya look back to my visit to Avignon as one of the most plessent and profitable incidents of mylife. r A WAR REMINISCENCE: . i ‘An old half-destroyed bridge across - the - River ‘The Battercd Vmct:nnl:'nnd the Good Rbone, built by tho Popes, with its'bold arches, and solid masonry, %as to me far more interest- ing than either patacs or churches. ; THE BESIDENCE OF JOHN STUART MILL. < - Btriking s balatice between the attractive and Tepulsive features of Avignon, I conld not have avoided nnuwerinm ‘whether my-visit been & paying investment .of time, but for what follows. Some of ‘rosders are m.myv aware thst the foremost writor and thinker of England, aud, perhaps, tho moat philosophical and practical reformer of his 2ge, spends a large portion70f every yoar at Avignon. . I refer, of conrse, to John Stuart Mill, of of ‘whose wise and earnest advocacy of the cause the people of the North during” the’ Iate_war the rebellion, invests him with an_especial inter- est 1n the minds of all loyal Americans. To find Dr. Mill in this retreat, 8o far removed from the busy scenes of his public- career, was the main purpose of my cuminf. J g In-view of the world-wide fame_of the dis- tingnished pbx!omghar and economist, I was Jjustified in supposing that every. man, woman, and child in' Anvlfnon would know all about him, and that I would not have the least: in discovering his abiding placs, -But vainly did 1 spend some time after my arrival asking ‘the natives whom I happened to meet for the resi- dence of Mr.-Mill, meg shook their heads and replied in the broad and almdst “unintelligible patois of thls?nrt of France, that they had never heard of such & person, ~It™ ‘was -useless for me.ta:radd to my inquiries: that ho Was ..o member - of .the English Parlisment. - It only _scemed: to p them the -more, - I had already determined to appli to tho palice for the. desired informa- tion, when it_occurred to me to sddress the often-repeated question toone of the waiters of the ic_restaurant .at whichI had taken s meal. ; Ho -happened..fo know the way to- Mr. Mill's house,- and volunteered to accompany me: We walked first for A coneiderable diatance along the public road, that, passes around- the city, just outaide af_snd el to the walls. - We tumed into a gide road,and’ after following.this for .lb&u:h a quarter of & miée, l’m&h od & ci'mm Lfimt led into the burying-ground of the ici en m; guide (014 T that b had to remin to theten: taurant, and. left me, after giving mo the neces- sary-directions to reach. Mr. Mlil's Jour |-will be powertal glad to get s drink of water, ngé to speak of s little suthin to mix with it.” “Thank yom, mum; but I.belong to the Daughters of Temperance, and can’t drink, mrie less 1t is a little in the way of medicine, and Ido feol very weak, as I have marched more than 40 ‘miles to-dsy.” i : 5 “Forty mile! The laws have massey! Haw could youdoit? :Why, it would kill my mule.” .. “Itis very hard; but weget usedto it. I wouldn’t have minded it, it Ihad anything ta eat.” 5 L3 . “**Sakes alivel’ Do come in and sit down. Pore goldier!” - = = Tho good old 1ady brought ont a black bottls, {from “which the battered veteran poured s toa~ spoonful intd a -glass of -water, and took a vige orous, pull stthe bottle when “her back wad turned. ' Then she. placed: before him a subs stantial supper of ham and éggs and. corn bread .l:dl coffee, upon” which he advanced in gallant ““And ‘you are. mighty young to be a ol Qierin',” she said, looking at him_benignantly over her spectacles, 4 - 2 #Yes, mum; I am the only son of my widowed mother; but my country called me, and my. duty féo m{__ ct'mnh'y izonly second to my dutyto my reator.” SR E ‘house, which was not far off, - - 5 R oL - ./i-. .. THE CEMETERY. OF AVIONON, . .. .7 Attracted by its’ g;msqne, beauty, I'tarned for a fow moments s cemetery. - I had not- walked far, when I cameupon : something which msade a very eol impression - upon my. mind.- Sheltered by a grove- of . ev: ens, I found - uare place, bordored by’ beds .of. flowers.. In- 801 the centre of it, enclos 08¢ & largo sarcoph: of ‘pure “white' marble, resting on a base of the ame baautiful material.: | At the head of the monument ‘stood a single ca-~: mellia, with exquisite white flowers. . Between the flower-beda and tho railing & small walk ex-" tended around.. In one of the corners of ‘thelot: ‘rose a simple stone bench,. serving as a restings |' place to the monrners. And who sleeps in thig. |: Becluded spot ? On the fiat top of the sarcopha-~: i by a low iron railing; | TO THEK BELOVED MEAORY 3 THE DEARLY-LOVED AND DEEPLY-REGRETTED WIFE ] OF JOEN STUART MiLL. " - '+ Her, Great and- Loving -Heart, G :~x«;fl§nbxzmu :d G i . - Her clear, poworfal, origirial and ‘comprehen: sive intellect, ade her the gnide'and B‘nm‘ 3 The instructor in wisdom and the example er, ¢ Ler influence has beer -found i many of 'the | greatest improvements of the age, and will bo in those still to come. - 3 S g ‘Were thers even.s few Learts and intellects like hers, this earth wonld already become the hoped-for Heaven. - -~ ° T | Bhe died, to the irreparable loss of gurvive het, at Avignon—Noy. 3, 1836: ‘The moving words of this apitaph,” or fall of | tender eloqudnce, tell not only what the noble Woman whose sshes repose. here has been to John Stusrt Mill; (and to the canse of humsan progress and reform, ‘but also the motive of the froquent -and protracted -sojourns t Avignon of the companion of her That he might *be’ 28 near as possible to her grave, 1 H years- 8go, fc::.ntry:h:::y dred 6 cemetery, where he devotes himself, not to fruitless lamentations ‘over - her. gmt, irreparable loss, but to the elaboration of 086 wise ‘and- elevating principles for the growth of which he is 5o much indebted to her onius..” His devoted- attachment' to the be- oved dead, and faithful prosecution of the work imr which she was his ‘constant- helpmate and in- spiration, is certainly ‘one of the noblest iilus- trations of his cter. . Lo 2 Leaving' the cemetery, I resumed my search for Mr.-Mill's residence in the direction indicated by my guide. I had not gone very far, whensI czme to sevaral houses to the right. and left of the cemetery rosd I was following thit stood in the midat of gardens closed by high~ walls, and seemed to be the modest suminer habitations of.some af-the bourgeois of Avignon:- Notbeing able to make out from the description given me’f which of them belonged to Mr. Mill, I addressed thenegalive,the- question | g .son that you are tired and - thirsty, and that yon | varicose ©Ola Woman of Fennessee, ... | . Carl Brent in the St. Lowis Democrat, - | Pore soldier 1 exclaimed a lone old widow in East Tenfieasée, 5 a battered veteran in blda appeared at her door, and meekly asked for a cap of cold water. “ Pore saldier! Iknow inrese *“Sho? Why, you falk as peert as a minister.”? =4 was utmé‘ing for the ministry when & wat broke out. 2 ' T had a notion that_the soldiers wero all 56 wicked;-but I'm glad to find out that they ain't. You have seon a power of fightin’, I'recken ?” . . -t A great deal, *mum; 1t 19 hard for & Chrisy tian to take life; but the enemies. of our couny try must be panished.” . £ “«Jess 80.- Have you ever bcen wounded 2" - “YVery often. I'was once shot through the Feartr Y- s _Biok: Hrongh £ +*Through the heart! Lawful'sakes! ‘Didn'f it Kill you % - #Not te. The ' intercostal muscle was penetrat itudinally and extrayasated with cose -veins; > the bullet rabged across the left lobe of thia arachnoid artery, producing a comminuted fracture of the anterior pficeu of the f:atelmum:niz and cauging a losion of the epinal viscers and the hspophosphates of the fi and that delayed my recovery.” 3 #You don’t mean to say that you lived thfoughy all that!” \ I was spared, mum, tobe an’ humble monu~, ment of the mercy of Providence.” ° T ‘8hould think so." What was that hoise?] 1t sounded like somebody down the céllar.”. . mad~ once, . “Nothing but rats. "Don’t be u!.nm:d!( defended tho house of a_widow when it was at~; am. I am here and will protect you. : tacked by dozen guerriliss, I was obliged to kill; seven of them, and the rest ran away.”-. Y 3 'é‘ Do tell! ould think you ought fo b an; officer.” i - H “The President hes tried to persuadoine o 8%, {cept & commidgion as Goneral, but I bavo. be<: ilieved that X can sérve my country batter - ; » mg, present sphere. “Thank you, I don't cate if 1dog * ul of that.” X must be going DOW, with many thanks for yout kindness. ~ It 8 neara{ Jy time for.cur evening prayer-mesting,: and I ‘must be thero to open it. Have you suc! e1-"| as a packet Bible to spare 7 Mine was dei mg{aé ) in thie last battle, by being strick by & bulletin; my coat pocket.. It was the Iast gitt of my, bes; loved mother, and it saved my life.” ) “TLawfnl sakes]. Which pocket 2" #The behind pocket, mum.” . = \ “4YYhat a bleased thing it is to have a Biblel: There is one that belonged to my Matilda Jane;, but T know that you will make a good use of .it-: i[fiwixlln Temember you in my prayers, pors o3 jor 5T i As the last raya of ‘the setfing sun hightedup, the facs of Lha{!‘bnthxed vez'nrs-n, they shoga: upon two big teats,. that slowly, trickled dowm) either cheek, making miniature ‘canals througha the dust that coated “his opidermis. He walked ¢ up the road until he was joined by several more] battered veterans, who came out from a cornat of the fence. Two of them bore keg, otherd carried tin buckets, others had their arms foll 0f : bottles, i “mve&ou got it, boys ?” asked the- veleran to whom the Bible had been presented. o o ¢ All right, my covey. Ten gallons of. peach ‘brandy, ‘g{x:,g of ‘epple-jack, and ever umfi' I&:héfg of blackberry wino. The old gal was well: od.r 5 i . “Youmads suchad—1 of » noise that she - wonld have smoked you if I hadn't been thers 10 1 throw her off the track. Let'sgo and divide.: T ought to-have the biggest share, asIhadtha ‘hardest patt of the work.” i “arzed .I:dl:df:hmthu patriotism and virtuo ml_v; W ! Charles NordHoff, the ' former mansgiog edito%.1 . of the New York Ecening FPost, isin the Sand=.; ‘wich Inlands; gathering Tostter for & wotk WHKH the Harpers will publiah, ¥ ¢ t £ b i