Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, September 21, 1873, Page 7

ETIQUETTE. The Question Seldom or Never Raisod in Good Sooiety. Small Places Generally Afffieled with Nu- mevons Arbitrary Rules, True Good-Breeding a Matter of the Heart, and Not the Head. The Dfference Between the Real Avrticle and the Sham, Tho question of otiquolta is one which . sooms ‘proporly to belong to only two clusses + royalty Itself, and peoplo not siro of thoir position, It 18 tho old story of thoe meoting of extromes. In counection with thoso fow chosen ones who are born to rule, we frequontly hioar that etiquotte proseribes such and such forms to bo obsorved in Tegord to thom, In being prosented at Cowrt, you may and yon may not do cortain things. Aftor that, each easte has its special rights, its special kbibboloth, Lo which its childron are Vorn, to which thoy grow up, aud which eustom mnkes second nature to them, that, iu all good socloty, questions of atiquoetio are SELDOA ORt NEVER BAIBED, There aro certnin minutin which oro a mattor of courso, and which the membors of that ro- cioty huve grown up to. They consider a fork tho proper-imploment to convey food to tho mouth; napkins a pecoesity; that tho guost whom thoy delight to honor should havo the right Linud of the host at table; that gontlemen donot keop their hats on in tho prosonco of Indies, nor fake their conts off; aud that ex- clsmatory language of tho intonse kind is do- cidedly Lad form outsido of & bar-room. Othor- wige, all such queations sottle themselves, or hovo byen seitled in the due conrse of civiliza- tion, 1t i ouly in small places thnt are Lrying to apo Jargze ones, or ymong little peopls who nro am- bitlous to secm great oucs, that there isany serious disturbance of mind regarding the pro- prieties or conventiounlities of soelul scienco, Qo to o country town, blessed with n clrculating libraty, where the rising genoration rend & groat deal, but Luvo verv fow opportunitics of mins gling with (he broad current of city-lifo, and you will flnd IOUE AUDITRARY MULES than you ever imngined before. You will bo subjectod to close questioning as to whether this or thnt is commo il fuut. It will be usclesy Yo nosure theso noophytes that you lave never thought of the mettor; that tho ques- tion of otiquette i8 not constantly dis- cusged among well-bred peoplo; and that thero rarcly arises an occasion in which auy deviation from the ordinary rule of evory- day lifo is requisite. Btill they will worry ; for it i8 a vital question with thom whethor thoy shall have two or threo kinds of enko on tho ta- blo; if custards shonld also be added ; and how mnny sorts of prosorves are admissibla ; also, in what order they sliould be passed. 'Thoy aro so unensy about it, that you catol tho fevorish feel- tng, and fail to onjoy the good cheor spread be- fore you. Such places ulso are gouerally rlod by certain 3 CONVENTIONALITIES OF THEIR OWN. On Bunday you must go to church, no matter it you do feol that, us the holiday is short, and the city's dusty ticadmill stopped but for & sin- gle tuin of tho wheel, you would profor to read your sermon as it is Writ Ly tho finger of God In flowors and leaves on the live greon aod, Tt is usoloss, Everybody goes to ohurch Sun- day, 8o you must. You would otherwiso bo os- tracised by all your friends’ trionds, and alko de- Prive thom of the pleasuro of showing you off in your cuy finery to their less-favored felloyw-, ‘worshipers, You submit, of courns, Thatisa purt of tho ctiquotte proseribed for you ; but, ~when aftoruoon comes, and you proposo & wallk out iuto the mendows, or a drive over the hills or plains, you ars mado to feel at once tho utter imposeibility of such a procedure. A boat lies st nochor on the littlo atream below the nhouee. How you would lika o lazy pull down: Btroam’ in tho Lwilight, or just to driftidly ot will. You hint at 1t, and horror oversproads the faces of your hoste. Ten o'clock strikes ; tho moon has rison, and all out of doors looks %o lovely, Youwowld ke walk, Dow't hope forit, Only tho vory vilo could be guilty of euch inquity, Ioncst, woll-meanivg peoplo go to bed ; v you sigh for the luxury in vain ; and, taking tho kororene-lamp which is offored you, meekly go to tho smnall, stuffy room allotted you, sud wish thers wero FEWER ABBITRARY LAY to govorn ono iu tho country. You 1i:~ for breaktast at 7 o'clock at tha vory latest. Noth- iny but illuess, and that 8o eovera a8 to prevent rising ot all,’ could pormit of a later hour for tho matutival ‘menl. Awful shiftlesy must bo the person who would think of lying in bed until 9 or10. Bo you return after a little, not quite 0 much rofresbed by sour outing fe you might have been. Tho otf- fquetto and conventlonalities by which you have been hnwpered have ucacly destroyed all the good hat tho fresh, puro airand change had guaranteed you, It is very seldom that questions of this kind arisa in tho broadar eccial expericuces of city- life, As rogaras one of its forms, howoevor, AN INCIDENT occura to ua which Lappened iu an Eastern city. A Indy, of whom it was not positively known whether an uncestor of hors had como over in the Maytlower, or been a friend of old Pater Stuyverant, moved iuto a cerfain noighbor- hood, and . was called wupon and intro- duced inte 8 certain clique. Chey ro- garded theneclves ns tho cromo do In cromo of kociety, und prided themaclves upon their por- fact kmowledge of all tho etiquette upou whicl good breeding wan euppoeably based. But wha s the now-comer? Was she a lady, or was sho not? She dressed well ; hor mnnnors wore tourteous, oven clegant ; there wag no grammati- aul imperiection m her langusgo ; hor conduct was proprioty iteelf ; sho had monoy ; and thero had been o My, ——; ro all the nocossary re- quiroments wero fullilled. 8till, this body of Luir daines Leenme unensy. Tholr fathers were merchant-princes, aud so wero thoir busbands; thoy didu't say much about thoir grandfathars, It wae a terrible dilemma to be placed in, and fhe question must bo solved. The how aud where ware decidod. A Juucl waa given, aud the lady was invitod, It was arranged fhat sbo should CUT AND AERYE A LENON-PUDDING and her eligibility to be accepled as a lady, or discarded au o voliody, turued upou the munner in whicl tlus was doue, 'Lha fatal wowent ar- rived. Al} eyen wore upon ber, Two impla- menty were before her, & kuifo aud gpoon, Jineh feminino heart throbbed high with Pmpo or fear s Lhoy wero sffectod toward tho fair cresture upon triul, Fortunnte womsn ! uho took tho wpoon ¢ #ho wus one of them. DBut, had sha ltkon tho kinifo, what would have leen the re- nlt? Dropped,—ignored,—forgotten by those aclf-olocted cousors, Now, with all duo respect for the obeervances of socioty, the scerob of true etiquotlo les far bolow auy of thew, It is amstter of tho heart, and not the head ; and ita whole oxpresulon lieg in the simple intention to hurt no vue's feolings, no mattor what their atation or position. 1lercin lies tho roovet of all true good-| medillr’.—lllu soul of all etiquotte. 16 truo lady will . NEVER FIND IT NEGESRARY ta bo arrogant or folf-arsertive, Hho will not fear o littie intorcourse with one whom she may account soclally hor inforior, bocnuse, sure of Lorsolf, of lier own pasitiou, it Iy usassullabla from any outside influenco, Bho can afford to be courteous at any and ull timen to the stranger within hor gates,—to tho tradosman with whom #he deals,— tho nervant who does her biddg, Bho does not fenr aggrostion from the ono, fa- milinrity with tho other, or biapertinense from the last. Hlio does not find it nocessary to go around suporciliously, nez en fair, and seem to be in a constant state of nseorling that **Thero is no such thing a8 Tecles,” Toolos doos uot trouble her, nlhmrll{ hie would not encronch wpon lior social uplora I an obugzlons way ; wo glio can afford to b hor own simple, dignitied woll, quietly pollio o all tho" Eeolases and erridges with whom she ma cotaa In coutact, becaure thia i sura of hersel. "Thero 18 no worry with hor about etiyuotte, Bho 1t folloss, thoreforo, - THE CHICAGO DATLY TRIBUNE: SUNDAY, S SEPTEMBER 21, 187 7 hus beon born to tho best, and, it need be, ean nccominedato borsolf to tho worst, Bhe rules #oololy, aud 18 ROT RULED DY IT. Buch a woman ean hardly be dofiled by any so- cial pltch with which she mnay como in contnct. It will not stick to her, and alio can aftord to livo hor lifs unhismperad by small conventionatitice, "[hioro {8 but ono othor class to whom this is pos- sible, nud that ia tho very poor,—they who hiave nafll'ug to lono, and who aro of no account in tho world's estimatioh ; who have boon born to u lito of hiardship nnd fotl, Not that monoy hins anvthing to do” with tho position of the trus Indy. 8o, too, may bo poor in worldly goods ; but sho ia rich {n ossnssing horself. In fact, thoso people who aro most unonsy in respeot Lo their conduet and appaarance are gou- orally tho nouveaus riches, who aro anxious to AYPEAR WIHAT THEY ARE NOT, Thay hiavo left tholr true atation and probably kind hearts bohiud thom, and aro merely super~ cillous shaws, bocauso they canuot roalizo much wiser it is 10 bo natural and true, Thoso aro the poople who arc afrnid of contamination. with whnt thoy are plensed to consider the lowor ordors. A fellow-feoling, instead of making them wondrous kind, makes thom wondrous ar- rogant and uncasy. Thoy aro impalod upon the' tontor-hooks of “whal thoy consldur otiquetto, aud are moro afrald of whal they are pleased to considor o solecism in good mauners than thoy aroof ocoinlug ingratitudo or being guilty of falsehood. They betray themsolvos iwhorover thoy go, and aro shoddy 1n soul, as well in pureo, ‘Thoy have not yet learned that tho first lnw of good broeding {s a. CONSTDENATION OF TIE FEELINGS OF OTHENS that tho simple dountry-womau, who has naver boen outsido tho limits.of her own village, may have more innato nobility of soul, may bo fur mora a porfoot lady, than Mra, Milllonairo, with hor peacock's plumsge. Therefors, do we sce how Jittls, after all, do couventional rulos have to do with porfoct good breeding, If a person is unexpectedly iutro- duced iuto n difforent sphore of life from that to whioh sho has boon nccustomed, if she is really a Indy at hoart, shio will not bo aggrossive or boistorous, but quictly watch thoso around hor, and accommodute herself to tha now cir- cumstancos, Modosvy, purity, and a cortain ro~ spoct for onc's neighbor, would thon scem Lo be TIE TUNDAMENTAL PRINGIPLES, upon which the charucter of a lady, or gentlo~ man i built; nnd not a few arbitrary, social rules, Nor is the lovoling procoss at all iccessne ry to establish this. ‘I'ruth 13a sine qua non, aud alsonn uttor abrogation of shame. Nob that it is necossary to ** wear ono's heart nupon one’s sleova for daws to peck at,” or to toll ouc’s private history- aud posaiblo daily encriflcon to ‘tho world ot Inrgo, The modesty of which wo spoko a8 & primary olemont woul& forbid that, but pro enco under any form nover confirmed position, When Harriot Beechor Stowe wag vited to meat corlain celobritica at dinver at the Duchess of Buthorland’s, she usked * if thora wero any special forms to bo obwervod which sho, in hor difforent sphere, would nnturally bo unacquointed with;"” and recoived for auswer that *“The rules of good breoding wete vory much tho snme ALL OVER THE WORLD," Bo far as rogards the moro forms of fluclut&. this s truo; bat, in wpito of hor high entate, in mpite of her being horn in the purple, the numorous evic- tions, upon the estato of the noble Jady in ques- tion, of holpless_tonantry, would nlmost lead ono to think that Hor Grace might be somowhat wanting In true womanliness,—~might not bo n perfect lady aftor our rule. However, that 18 asido from the subject, except in referenco to our ont thet no porfect good breeding can exist, no mattor how closoly the minutime of sa~ cial otiquette may be absorved, when o disregard of the Tights, or oven of the foclings, of the humblest, is allowed to obtain. Whou poople so far forgot themsolves as to bo obtrusive sud fm- portinont, it may bo nocessary to put them down; but the truo ludy wil do it quiotly. finn(ly‘ and with porfoct diguity, If it fulls to er Jot, as it niny to any one of us, to tell nnothor unpleagant truths, tho mannor will soften the matter, and the wound be healed a8 soon ag mnde. 8o We 8oe that outsido accessories havo % LITTLE TO DO with true etiquoite ; and thnt, whilo cortain social Iaws holp 10 ofl the machinery of lie, they are mot nbsolutely iudispensablo” to gonnino good breeding. ‘That is o matter of tha heart alone, aud all the culturo in the world will lerve a man a Auob in tho end, if ho has not sufiicient uelf-rospect to respoct othors. Tholittlo lady says “ Thank you” naturally. 'Tho_littlo goutleman protects his sistor or hor frionds, Solfishness 18 1ot consonaui with the title, and bas to bo somo- what subdued from its original notural propor- tions before one can be sure of cluimiug the position rightfully of a perfoct lady or genila- man. —_— Gaoll Hamilton on Clerky. From Hurper's liazar, A plain but perfectly dressed lady, with tho best blood of the world in her veins, and—wlhat is_more imposing to the habordushing heart— with plonty of money in her pocket, wont, not long sluco, intv & shop to buy napkine, Tho potentato of the counter showed ler such napery as ho thought suited to Lior social posi- tion. ~* These aro rathier coarso,” sho suggosted; “'hgve you none flucr 7" Olr, yes," said tho gentlemnn, “ but they are moro oxpensivo,” It is evor to boregrotted that the Indy turned in silence and left tho shop, becanso that clork will nover know that it was his own idiotic effront- ery, nnd not the expene of the napking which lost bim tho customer., A lady who nover mude any great figure in the world, nnd certainly not in & waterproof clonk on & rainy duy, was scoking a parasol, The clork showad hor somo vory common, not to say shabby, spocimens, which she declined. A littlo further down the countor sho bought a wholo piece of fina and costly linon, observing which the knight of the parasol came down and begged hor to re-examine his assortmont, of which he had contrived to uncarth on altogotler differont and botter colleotion. Blo, too, fell bolow the roquirements of the ocoudlon, and bought her parasol without enlightening Lim upon Lior di- coyery of liis stupid mistake, A Indy, large and lovely, n serons Quaker goddess, made somo Lenavolont casunl Temark to the clork with whom sha was traflicking, just as she wonld Lnve patted the head of & straugo dog who might have run up aud eniffed at her gown, and the little whippor-snapper clork followed her Lo tho door and—winked -at horl And while she stood staring at Lim in Lor first amazod coneclousncss of his individunl ox- istonce, hie winked again | Thus vacuous do tho goda muke » human skull, yot furnish it with all tho gaoglin of life, Huppy thoso morchants who can secure tho rifihb kind of clerks l—for aright wort thero is, 1 bought & table-cloth of him yestorday. 1 had forgotten to tuke tho size of the table, or a pattern of the color to be mutehed, Patiently ho ovolved my probablo needs from ny frag- montary facts, discussed plessuntly tlio pro- sumptive evidence, and scomed as much inter- ested in tho harmonios of my diving-ruom oa if Tio had expocted to eat thoro thrico a day auring the remainder of his naturnl life. Did ho do- coiveme ? Notabit, Iknowof asurety that my dining-room was no moroe to him than the Pnuuubswnd on the common opposite. Me and t hias Lo sirendy alike forgotton, Nono tho loss was his momentary and friondly, but not familiar, assumption of interest in me and mino u.ltogakhnr wiuning and encouraging; and doubtless also was it, for that momout, allogeth- or slncere, His sympathotio and relined na- ture does unquestionably aud spontancuusly ally ituolf for succor and fiaad cheor to all who appeal to bim, 1ay his kind heart, his welvoming face, and Lis engaging manners be & ming of wealth to himself and all bis employers aud dopondents, —_— 4 Tho Mennest Man,” It turns ont uftor all that the mcanost man {8 not the man wo referred to the othior day, who plit up his first wife's tombstone, Burrows is oven meanor thau ko, Turrows wan an invoter- ato tobacoo-chewor, but as his wite detostod the practico, and mudo Lomo tcmpestuous and stormy for him whon ho indulged in_tho habit thore, ho slways chowed when uwny during the day, and declarod to his wifo that ho had stop- ped permancntly. But ono ovening, upon eu- tering the front door and drawing ont his hnond- kerchiof, ha accidentally pulled out his paper of tobacco, and without noticing it loft it lying on the floor, Whon Burrows eat down to Lis ten, nis wifo walked in with the tobacco in her band, ond looking Durrows firmly fn_ tho eyo, enid, ~“Do you know who that holongs fo # With gront pres- enco of mind Durrows turned scowling to his oldest boy and said with a sevors voico: “Iin- mortal Mars ! Tu jt possible that you have begun £ cliow tubscco, you youny xeprobita Wher'd you get that nonfy stuff 2~ What d'vou mean by Buch souduet, you youn villalu ¢ Haveu't I told you ofton ouough to SM the tobneco slone ? Cowmiaere to we, or I'll tear the juoicot off of you." And as ho spoko the stern futhior madoe u grab ot tho boy aud diagged him out in tho entry, whore he chastized Lt with o cano, Thon Burrows thraw tho tolbuceo aver tha fence, whero Tie wont out and got it in the murning and on- Joyed It during thoe duy, * Mereiful Mosca! ho exclainiod, when ho told us about it, ' whut would I haye done [f my childron had sl been Fh’lfl ? It makos an old fathor's heurt glad when ho feols that Do has » boy bo can dopond on in such omergencies,” PARIS. Social Statistics---The Dend--- Foundlings---Dogs. The Butchors and the Abattoirs---Wages -=-Americans in the French Capital, Paris Correspondence of the Raltimors Amerfcan, BOCIAL BTATISTICH OF PARIS, The population of Paris, at the last consus, takon this year, wos 1,851,702 souls, or about six times aa many as tho City of Daltimore, and doublo that of New Yorl, This numbor is ox- olusive of strangors, o that tho whole popula- tion muat avorage nearly 2,000,000, Tho num- bor of deaths of males in Paria always excoeds | that of femnlos by soveral thousand, although the females aro most numorous. Thia i auch a marked featuro of Pavisiau lifo that famulica conslautly rosiding in Paris soon becomo ox- tinct,—that i8 to ray, the name dienppears on ac- count of the douth of thomalo children. Tho statistics, notwithatanding, show s considerablo oxcess of malo childron born In the city annu- nlly. The vital statistics of tho city show theso 1acts, which may probably be owing to tho looso ifo led by so many of tho young mon of therls- ng gonoration. The philosophors can give no entisfactory ronson for tnis snomaly, as the Tenlth of the city is undoubtedly good. Of tho population of Paris nearly ono-half aro roported a9 working people. 'Thore nrs nboub 80,000 servants, and 116,000 paupors. Nearly 21,000 pationts are always iu tho Lospltals, and four times that number pass through thom in the courso of the year. Tho cost of maintaln- 1ng tho hospitals, snd othor establishments tor tho roliof of the poor, during tho past yoar, is ot down nt the onormous sum of 23,846,000 franes. All publio places of amusemont poy tax of 8 por cont on thoir receipts towards tho support of the hoepitals, and a henvy tax for their support’ js lovied upon overy picco of ground purchased for tho purpose of burisl in tho cometeries. Private munificonce also contributes largely towards their mainte~ nonco. During the past year the tax on thea- tres ond places of amusoment amounted to 1,700,000 franes, With a population so large, o l:rupoflinn of which is murely ablo to make n iving whilst in liealth, it is neccssary to havo an ebundanco of hospitals for thom when sick. THE DEAD OF PATIS, Tho whole business of burying the doad,. and furnisbing coflins, carriagos, and all tho roqui- &ites for functal, f6 it thelmnds of an incorporat- ed company, no ono slse having the right to in- torfore with tho business. In tact it is, like tho tobaceo business, a large sourco of revenue to tho Govornmont. The monopoly is grauted to this incorpurated company under tho title of Eniveprise des Pompes Funebres, whoso prinoipal ofiico 18 at 10 Ruo Aliverl, whilst it Las braueh offices by encliof tho arrondisoments into which tho city is divided. ho oficors of this company {alto chargo of tho body aud preparo. it for tho funoral, jist upon such & scalo, and st Buch ox= ponso as the “"mlf' may desiro. Thelr schedule of prices aro_such ad'to snit the purses of all purties, aud they are required to bury the very poor gratuitously, A * fist-class fanotal” is sot down on tho kchedule ne costing 7,181 francs, (about $1,600), tho cost of ouch article su oxpunso being enumerated. Lhere aro nine other cluses, tho lowest costing 18 francs and 75 contimos, including tho roligivas coromonies. 'There are, however, no lagal limits to the cost of first-class funerals, as it altogothor depends up- on the means and desire for funers! pomp of tho family, 'Tho hiomses, hoareos, carriages, and drivers are all of & difforout charactor for each of these ton classes, tho difforence being in tho age avd apirit of the borscs, the good loons of tho drivers, tho quality of their clothing, tho hnnoss of the horses, tho anciout or modern build of the carringes, ote. The honrso is firaded_ from o splondid structure down to o inud-cart, and tho extremely poor aro morecly fwnithed with s baund-barrow to eunble tho frionds to carry the body on their shouldors to the grave. Tho quality of tho gravo-clothies, tho coftin, and everything olso is graded to tho price, as it may be ordercd, from oiass No, 1 to clags No. 10.” Bosides gotting the dead poor buried without cost, tho Government reccives from the Company 8334 por cont on tho produce of funeral ornamoents, and 16 per cont on, all articles furnished. Tho rovenuse from these sources is_quite largo, and, as tho cemotorica are nlso the property of the City Govornment, tho dend, a8 woll as the living, have to contrib- uto their quota to beautifving Paris, The dead poor are ouly ellowed to occupy tha ground for fiva years, whon thoir boues aro sold for agri- cultural purposcs, and the space thoy ocenpied given to somo new olaimaut for tho privileges of the oil, There aro three kinds of graves in the cometeries ovon for those who pay for the right of sopulture. Thero aro some who purchase the porpotual right for their frionds to ocoupy tho soil, but it is genorally concedod for five yoars or more, snbjoct to renowal. If not repowed, the bones aro taken up, and the ground prepared for lenso to Aome now comor. In the common graves, or, 48 they aro called, fosses communes, he poor are gratuitously buried four aud a Lnlf foet deop, in coflins and closo to, but not on top of, each other. ‘Ihis economizes spaco, as woll a8 suves labor in their removal when the five yoars hinve oxpired, This will all soem royolting to tho American roader, but it {s not half au vad &s the vault Bys- tom at Nuples, whete thore nro 865 vaults, one for ench day in tho i'mu'. One of thoro vaults is opeued every day in succossion, and the dead poor of that duy, ranging from twonty to fifty, uou, women, and children, tumbled in naked, hoad foromost, a cart-load of lime thrown upon them, and the round slab on the mouth of the vault sonlod until its turn comes again next yeor, Tho most rovolting sight wo eover witnossed was the throwing the bodics in ono of thote vaulty, the number being twonty-three, The; were brought out of the chapel, stripped naked, all ages and sexes, talen by the beols, and low- ered dowa, bead foremost, through the nerrow circular opening. In order to scatter them around in the vault, whilet suspended by the Leels, they were mado to vibrato back and for- ward, and when suflicient momentun had been obtainied to plnca them whero desirad, they would striko against tho walls with o dull thud, und the man would welk lelsurely back for another body. Ho aotunlly proposed to open snd allow a pesp into & vault that had beon closed two days fora franc, which wna respeotfully doclined. Tho sight’ ho desired to oxhiblt™ wag the revel of the rats among tho bhodies, which are said to swerm from ono vault to anolbier as soon as the new bodics have been deposited and the oponing sealed. Those Luropesn countries are bad locations for the poor man to live in, and wtill loss entisluolory for him to dio in, ‘Atong the item of city recoipts last yoar in Paris aré tho following : ~ Dues on burials, 690,- 000 francs (2120,000) ; Balo of lunds in cometerics, 1,546,000 francs (5265,000). Wo do uot, how= evor, find any return for tho sale of humen Lones, whicl' is probably a perquisite to tho grave-diggor. PARIHIAN FOUNDLINGS, The ofticial roturns of she hospitals of Paria show vhub of tho 55,000 birtha in tho city during tho past year, 15,360 were illogitimate, Tho roportion of Iogltimntes to tho number of in- \nuitants 18 not quito up tothat of Vionua, which has 9,000 for 1,000,000 inhabitants, whilst the populution of Taris 1s noarly 4,000,000, In va- rius parts of Pavis boxey called tours aro ow- tabliskied, which rovolve upou a pivet, and, on & bell being rung, are turned araund by the person inside to reevive any child that may have boen deposited in it, without nttomfi)ting to sucertain who the paronts are. ‘L'he child is taken to un lospital and cared for, and s0 soon a4 & nuLEL frow the country can bo procnr}d, s given in chargo of one of them, Nurses from the coun- try, of good charsotor, are always applying for theso infants, to whom are pa(d by the oity from 4 francs to 8 franes per \tonuth, accord- ing to the ngo of tho cbild, croo being taken to wssign tho childron to finrses liv HF L3 far s possiblo from their Dirthplaces, After 2 yonra of ago, tho mnurso uny glve tho child up, whou, 1 no other nurso can bo found for it, it is transforred to the Orphian Dopartmont, Somotimoes they becomo 8o at- tucnod to the cluldrou that they rotain thom, o mumbor of childron thus pinced out in tho country Lo nutse s about -1,006 annually. The abolition of this humane custom of rosolving thesa littlo walfs aud nsling wo quostions in #omo of tho dopurtmonts has cuuscd infanticido o bieome very froiquent, An for infautieido bu- fore binth, the numbaer i suid to have doubled and trobled In somo distriets, and risen to four and five fimes its umount in ofliors, The aver- ago uumber of foundlivgs waintained st the Turly Jowpieal Is 4,400, At thoe sgo of 13 the boys aro bound apprentices to sowo tralo at the expenso of thopity, A portion of 148 francs is awarded by the city to fomale foundlings whon they marry, provided thelr conduot has boen un- exceptionnbio thioughont. The Lionpico dos Linfants Assstes, founded in 1640 by Bt. Vincont of Paul,. iu for tho rocoption of foundilngs. Tor o ohild Lo bo raceivod at thin onpital, howevor, 1t iu noconsary that a gortifl. cato of abandonmont must bo produced, signed’ by o Commissary of Police, ‘Cho Commissary la bound to admonish” tho motlior or party aban- doning tho child, and to prooure for thom™ nssistanco ~ from tho houplital fund in caso_ of thoir consenting to re- tain and support tho obild thomsolves. Tivory encourngomont Is thus givon to thoso who relinquish the fden of sbandoning thelr offupting nud consent to support thom at home, , Of tho childron recoived nt this hospital thoso {hat aro henlthy aro flut out in the country to nurso, whilat thoso that aro: slokly aro rotained at the lospital ns long a8 requisito, Tho numbor of bads In this hospital ia about 600, and the num- bor of children aunually sent from It to the coun- try Iy about 8,400, Tho childron aro firat placod in o gonetal recoption-room called La Oreche, whero thoy are_visited in the morning by tho phyefclons, and sesiguod to tho different in- firiaries. In each of thoso infirmarios, as svoll n in La Creche, oradles are placod around the wally in rows, and Buvoral nurecs aro constantly omployed iu_ationdiug to them, An inclined bed {4 placed in’ front of the fire, on which the ohildren who requiro it are laid, and chairs are ranged i o warm cornor in which ohildren of nufl%ulnm nge and strongth it part of the day. Evorything is admirably conducted, and to all outward appearauces the childron are kindly and humanely cared for. . THE LOVE OF D0gs. All over Europe tho lovo of dogs among all sexce I8 remnrkablo, although thoy are made to work in Switzerland and soma parts of Gormany. Hore in Parin it is quito commonto soon mothor dragging hor aloiost infant child by tho hand, weary and frotful, and carrying adog in her nims, whivh shie will occasionally stop to kiss, or dispose of #o a8 to make it moro comfort- able, This trait is poeuliar to no one class, but all geon to have a atrong affection for the dog. "o sea o lady at hor door or window without n lnp-dog i o almost & novolty, whilast many of thow carry in tholr arms or lond thom by o ribbon iu tha strooty, Tho corners sre posted with handbills of bospitais for - dogs, whero the Lost modionl attendance cau be liad, and dog- medicines and dog-soaps aro placarded in all di- rections. On tho boulovards, at night, the denl- ors in dogs aro constantly porsmbulnating with two or three pups in their arms, and ladies will stop and bargain for thom on the public thor- ouglifare, They teach thom all maaner of tricks, and they aro valued nccording to tho oduca~ tion they biave rocoived and tho intolligenco thoy dlsplay. When thoy travel they take a nurse with thom to atttond to thoe wauts and comfort of tho dog, snd theso nurscs esn bo seon in tho public squares airing and exerciaing the dogs, sud leading thom by ribbons, Somo iden of tho extent of this dog manis may be judged fromn the fact that tho dog tax 6)ni(l Into the City ‘I'rensury last yoar was 420,000 francs, or nearly 100,000, Tho mon, nlko, havo thoir dogw, but not to such & gront oxtont as fomalos. Thoy aro mostly beautiful littlo Ruimals, as white as snow, and aro kcgt serupulously clean, more care being ovidently bestowed on them in this respect than many of the obildron recoive from their mothors, THE PARIS- BUTONERS. No slaughter-houso is allowed within the pro- olucts of Paris, and evon live poultry ia not por- mitted within' the city limts. Evorything brought to market must be dead ; bonce tho poople are not aunoyed by droves of cattlo, Bhoop, and hogs, s we of Baltimore aro, nor &ro there any foul swells from slaughter-houscs, There is no goneral moat markety in Parls, meat being sold from stores, which are scattored all over tho city. The bufchors’ stores aro among the most attractive establishments in the city, and many of them are fittad up with gront clegance, rogardloss of cost. 'Fhoro is oug on the corner of Boulevard Haussmann and Ruo Aubor, which fronts about sixty feet on ecach streot, and is a most boautiful wight, ornamontod with fountains aud flowors, aud even the wails, 18 well as the tables, of puro whito marblo, Thore is Krubnhly no_storo of any kind in tho city which has been fitted up in 80 costly a man- nor as this establishment, nor which proscuts a moro elogant appearance from tho streot. Tho snlesmon are all arrayed in pure white, and a cashior sits bohind a vory ornamontal dosk to ro- caive the money from the purchasers. All kinds of moent are for sale hore—boef, pork, lamb, and mutton, and are all dressed and arrayod in tho most attractive maoner; the logs of mution boing doue up liko bouquets, in Ince paper. ;Lhe sight of this mont-store is calculated to shiarpen » man's appetito—overything boing sweet and cloan about it. 'I'he smallor stores are all fitted up in the same stylo, and, during the warm weathor, have handsome ourtaius hung in front to0 koep out tho flios. Thero nro poultry-mar- kots, whero vegotables aro also so]d, but no ment-markets in any partof the city, Tho meat i8 roquired to be Dbrought into tho shops from 1iho abattoirs before 4 o'clock in the morning, and the mon engaged in killiug are not allowe: 10 appear in tho stroots of Pariu in the oclothos they wear at the abattoirs, 'Thoso storcs scll nothivg but meat, and are carried on by the butchers, instead of markot-stalls. TILE ANATTOIRS OF PAIS. Theso ostablishmonts are located on tho sub- urbs of the city, the buildings of which cover sixty-soven acros of land near the fortifications, botweon the Cauals do 1'0urcy and St. Denis. 'Tho slaughtering of cattle of all descriptious is required by law to bo done here, tho avelage por waok being 2,000 boeves, 800 cows, 1,000 calvos, znd 10,000 sheep. Thoro are, also, a good num- Dor of horsos siaughtered, their moat beiug sold to the poor, it having boen found duriug tho sioge to be quite palatable, Worn-out horses are fattoned aund sold to the butchors, the sup- ply from the oarriage and omnibus etalls beiuvg vory extonsive. 'he principal entrance to these eoxtensive slaughter-louses is by tho Rue do Flandre. It in inclosod by nu elegant iron railing, with eloven gates for eutranco and exit, and ita pu~ morous buildings give it the appearance of an inclosod town, Thoro are now eixty-four pa- vilions in active operation, some of which are reserved as stalls, in which tho cattlo await~ ing their doom are kopt, Tho others are divided into 128 places of slaughter callod ** ochandoirs,” The cloanliness which prevaila through- aut 18 admirable. Evory cchandoir is provided with abundance of water, and the stono floor iy sorupulously scourd evory tim an animal hoa been Lilled, and tha foul water runs off into sewora, Intorsocting the grounds in evory diroc- tion, The ventilation ia also excollent, so that, oven at this season of the yoar, there are no toul smells about this oxtonsive establishment, At tho entrance to_each thoro is & atrong iron ring immovably fixed in the ground. Through this ring tho Tope is mado to pass, which has pro- viously boen secured to the horns of the animal to be slaughtered, The rops is then diawn tight by means of a pulley, and when the victim's hoad has beon forced down as much an possiblo, it roccives tho death-blow with a heuvy club, T'horo are also on the premisos buildings called triperies, where tri{:o and calves’ foot are wash- ed and boiled, melting-houscs for tallow, with attics for drying ekius, lofts for foddor, oto. Cattle and shieop are kept here at the butcher's expouse. The glaughter-mon get from 1 frano to 134 francs for onch suimal, besidos tho en- trails, brains, and blood, The numbor of butch- or-shops in tho motropolis, which are duily sup- plied from the abbattoir, 18 869, which will give flnma ides of tho number kcattored over the city. WAGKS IN PARIS, From av officlal inquiry set on foot by the Chiamber of Comcierce of Taris, it appears that thore aro omployed in the various trades and wannfactorios 467,811 hands, of whom 800,000 aro mon, 120,000 women, and 47,000 children. Of thoxo thore are 60,000 males, earning from 50 contimes 510 conts) to 8 francs (60 coats) per day; 211,000 earn from 81¢ to 6 fruncs (05 conts to 81,20 per dny, and 15,000 from 6}4 to 20 francs Eeu.au to 24), "Of the fomales, 17,200 carn from 0 continien (10 conta) to 1 frue 35 centimes to 4 francs (25 to 80 cents), and 700 from 4} to 10 franca (90 cents to $2), T'ho wagos of childron are from 10 cents to 26 conts por day, Tho shoe- makers, carpentors, bricklayers, stonemnsons, and paintors aro among the 211,000 who rocoive from 05 centn to $1,20 por day, It is not to bo wondored that theso meclanics come to tha United States whonover they cun raise monoy onough to pay their passages, Our mechanics at hiome, by restrioting their own sons in the privi- loge ot loarning trades, always keep the supply short, 80 ay to provide firlweu for the foroign mechanlo whenever he is ready to como, ‘Tloy all dosorve loathor medsle for thoir philan- thropy. TARIA LOOAL ITEMS. The draught-Lorses of Paris are almost equal in rizo and muscle to those of Livorpool, The carts and vobiclos are poudorous aud broad- wheoled, belug whon empty a suiliclont lond for on ordinary horso. The coal-oarts hold threo tous, and ‘aro drawn by throp horsos tandem. Tho streols are so woll paved that: they movo slong with apparonl oato. The.o houvy oarts ure gonorally kopt off the streets covorod with naphisltuw, " which would scarcely stand the weight, "Iie fco cream nold at the Parls cafos is vory inforior to tho American article. Iudoed, It may be doubted whother thera I8 muything oxcept yory thin milk aud arrow-root used n its wenn- faoture. For onoe frano, presty nearly equal to & quarter of u dollar In our curroncy, ono gloss, containing about hulf as much s s ur- nished by Lautorbach for 10 conts, is served to you, Wo ynulurdn{llanl tho key of a trunk, sent fo & locksmith, who came to onr room, oponed tho truuk by taking tho busp off, carried tho truuk awny to his shop, monded it, made a now koy, and brought it baok, snd his wholo chargo wns & frana and a-half, or about 80 cente. ‘Lhis man waa cortaluly vory dishonost towards bimself, Mo bad aldo seoured, with new Dbrass nalls, - two bsaps that were looso on tho coruer of tho runk, . Tha dwellings in Parls scldom havo sny yards, tho Lousen coveriug tho entire Jots, Tho open conrts in tho contro for light aud air are gon- orally not moro thau 10 foot by 6. Somo of tho Targor houtes linve courtyards in tho centre with B earrisgo-way to dilve in, but thoy aro no largor than is nocessary forlight and veutilation to the windows in the high mfllu, which surround them on all sides, Tho entire washing and ironing for the better clasa of peoplo is duno at tho laundrion, which are vory numorous, 'Thoy gathor up the oloth- ing with thelr wagons, nud . deliver them whon finishod, % AMERIOANS IN PATIS, i The pun!flu of Parls aro astonished st the American invasion, They have not only fillod up all the hotals, but tho boarding houacs on Joulovard Hauseman aro thronged with thom. "Thoso who como to slay over a month or two Iuvarisbly abandon tho lotels and tako to the boarding-houses, whore thoy can live much moro comfortably and faro botter for halt tho exponse. Tho chargo at theso houses rangen from 8 to 12 francs per day, fu- cluding’_finoly-furnished chambers “and * tho uso of the parlors, planos, oto., with wine at dojeunor nnx dinuor. Mnn?’ Amorican familios aro locatod hera pormanontly, finding the cost of Jiving much cheapor than at home. Tor thros chambors and n privato parlor at Madam Foron's, No. 111 Ruo Newvo des Matturine, wo pay 36 franca per day, which ombraces overythiug, ine nlu(llnq the very plensant American company which {3 usually to bo found at thoso houses. Tho table is good, and tho attondance excellent, and wo havo no doubt that for a prolonged stay smuch lowor rates could be obtained, The papors aro filled with advertissmonts of rooms and apartmonts to let to Amoricans, ‘and ovory one, evou tho servants, aro inding the importance of sponking English, All the stores sro provmlu{; themsolves with English-spoaking olerks., Col- ored nnraes with American chiliren in charge aro quito common all over Paris, and tho Amori- enn citizon of Afriean descent walks up sud down the boulavards with his fivollow kids and ivory- Lieadod whalobone under ils arm_without boing any looger an object of curioslty, Americat dreasmakors aro invading tho precincta of tho famous Worlh, aud hnve their ostablishmontson Tiue Boville and Boulovard Haussman througed with oustomers, The Amorican Club room, tho Americau cafo, and & numbor of faucy goods ontallishments have been rocently startod by Atnericans, and four Amnorican newspapers are publislied In Parls. Tho Amorican flag is t) bo seon in various sections of tho city, and tho carriage-drivers as well as tho storekeopers are roapiug o rich barvost. The number of Amorl- cau ladios_Loro is unprecedonted, aud thero is o city in Europe in which thoy love to linger as thoy do in Parls, They all want to stay nntil the oquinoctial storm 18 ovor, novor admitting that the desiro for delay {8 to give timo to tho dross-malors to provide them with a moro elab- orate toitot. We heard an old widower, with a souug and bloowing wife, as ho scanned o throo- thousand franc laco bill, eay to his bride—' My dear, do you_ desiro all fhfs finory to charm tho eye of your husband, or is it to oxcito the ouvy of your friends ?" **Well,” she replicd. "I ox- pect tho Inst is tho strongast motive.” DO GOOD AND BE TRUE. Test, rest yo, weary child, Why will you strugglo For the glittoting toys of carth ? Tnowost thou pot, or bnat thon not yet learned, Wiicro happlsicss hns ita birth 7 Geaso your struggle for rordid galn ; Fix for yoursclf o higuer sim Loarus to do good ; learn Lo bo trua Do as you'd Huve others do to yoi, 1Thera aro riches moro truo than tho glittering gold ; “Thiero aro gews worth thy socking fu o mine thut fa otd, That will sparklo mora brightly, when brought to tho lght, Than I?u;l rghtest of dlamonda that gloam fa tho night, These goms avo the TnuTss that lo hid in the Wonp; Ta porsess, we must sock thom,—must kuow them ‘whot heard ¢ To cut, i8 to lova them ; to pollsh, to a4, The riohest of gems ure, Do G0OD AND B, TRUE, 3. . Guin, e =D o ‘Whnt Seme Wo Are Doing. From the New York Evemng Mail, Among tha impertinencos of which tiio census {8 guilty. touching fewalo secrots, one of the most notable is tho ungallasut rovelations it mnies as to the masculine occupations and em- plogments _selected by somo of our American women, Not content with wanting_and waiting for thoir half of the platform sud tho ballot- box, tho dear creaturos aro clbowing their way into a great many trades and occupations herc- toforo set doswn’ ag ossentially mannish, if not actually unsuitabla to the female sex. For ex- smplo, 873,392 of our women have eutered the flold, literally, and fitted themselves for sotive participsuts in tho Grango movemont, by outering thomselvos as agricultural Iaborers, and 16 evon have the tomority to sppear in tho census returns as horders of sfook and stook-raisers. The high and mighty guild of architocts haa beon invaded by 1 lon damsol; anothior voyagos over tha sea of lifo 8s a ‘iuloh; 2, making horses their hobby, aro onrolled a8 hostiors; 2 more, forgotting Lubin, aro not ashamed to appoar ss seayengers ; 4 work in gas-houses, probably do- voting thomuelves to rotorta ; 4 more aro en~ gaged in boll foundries, no longer belles them- golves ; another quartet, of artful pro- clivities, are rogistered among hat close corporation, tho sculptors; 5, not contont with fowmily jars, aro fomont- ing misery and discord as mombors of tho bar ; 6, more spirituelle in their aspirations, figuro sy dintillors; 8 brew alo and miscliof with equal faoility ; 12, whose cheok suflicos, mount the suctionoer's stand and, in the abseuce of bids for themselves, uttor tha doleful plaint, ** Go- ing, Going, Gone,” Then there are 11 who sup- ply'fast mien with fast horeos, a8 livery-stablo Teopens ; 10 who modestly onroll themaolves as oanal-boat hands, and drift along life on tho raglog canal ; 16 splurgo out into bankera and brokers—twa or throe of thom, s all the world Xnows, finding timo to mako things warm for evorybody by switching off into much moro unwomanly _ operations; 17 lhave turned tinners in despair of handling *“tin" in a more domestic way; 20 apposr as undor- takors, by wuy of baving the sweot rovengo of running into the ground the unsympathetio raco of maukind ; 7 have climbod to tho lofty elsva- tion of newspaper-carriors; 24 torture poor man 28 doutists ; 30 figuro as boat-hands and doubt- 1ess mon thoir vouueln aud trim and furl in true sailor-boy fashion ; 29, thinkiug it slow work making foot-prints on the sands of time, busy their hnnds ingtond with engraving on mora sub- atantial matorial, such ns wood, coppor, and atool; 85 ure set down as fishors, in sublimo coutradia- tinctlon from those angling millions who fish only for men; 83 aro unsmithis and lockemiths, serenely forgettin, that Jovo lsughs at persous of tho latior pro- fosslon; 98 call themselves carriage-trimmors, which brings to mind the many moro who do tho pame thing without dreaming of its boing a bit liko work ; 60 perform a sort of parental duty ns curriors and tannora—olLoit tho hidos they tun are uot particularly esusitive ; 67 minister at tho altar, not as brides, but in tho sacerdotal lino; 70 mako bricks, with or without straw, and, odd- enough, another 70 put bricks in mon's hats by attonditig burs, clonk-makers numbor 75, but, 8 tholr businoss is to oloak tho frailties of their own sox, such employmont ean hardly be termed musculinio ; 84 aro shinglo oud Iath-makora; 891 dovote themselves to that important political duty, whitewashing; 825 kill aud torturo Heopla ndor tho euphamisi of phyniciaus aud sur- geons ; 102 have become 0 forward as tocall themeplves brass-founders ; 1,178 aro taking tho bread snd_butter from the mouths of so many barbars and hair-dressors ; 1,186 eorve their day and gonoration as midwives ; 1,495 court the art prosorvative, and imprint themeelves upon 1men’s minds and mernories by moans of the com- posiny-stick ; 108 indulgn n s proponsity for handling the ribbons by drlving tesma and drays ; 6, only, flguro as charcoal sud lime burn- ors; 84, hnving failod to turn mon'a Lioadsjor carve ouy thoir own futurs in the matrimonial line, havo settled down futo wood-turuors and cary- ors; 1,865 practice nlcotinu-{»fllsoulu by mak- ing cigars; and, finnll{, 81,047 malo toncliors aro roudered de trop by tho inoursiou of that many schoolma'ams into thoir sacred provinco, ''hero, we have gone through the census, and if any woman bhoreaftor daros to eay the sox has 10 nim, or scope, or minsion in this wondorful country of ours, we need oaly poiut to the im- porishable and lustrous record and suk her to chooss for herdolf, Huroly, lere is varioty enough; und what woman hes done snd is doing, womua may do. S S That Inovitable Koy. ‘Fhe Pooria Jicvicwo anys 3 ** Tu vigorous chase after raty, LFriduy aftornoon, a hoy on Joiferson streot broke down a shotf in the cellar snd Im- molated #ix jurs of proserves. He gazod on tho ruing without s sigh, canght aud lulled the rut, lnid it smong the deorie, aud, dsubing his faith- ful dog's novo and logs with the fruit, sont Lim u[p stuire, while the boy hid in the coal shed, 1o heard feminine shrioks of disnny, ho hoard the wyathful objurgations of his sire, ho heard 1ho unsuspecting dug lod into the bagk yard and shot, sud, sproading forth his hands, ‘said polomnly, * Another victim of clmnmn‘nunll ovideuce.' " "z LOST AND FOUND. An Tnoident of a Trip Across the Atlantic, : How George Aylesford Returned to Life. i In tho yonr 184—, tho prodiction of' & nootur= nel oolipso, odeultation, or somo other celoatisl phenomenon, of the partioulars of whioh I have now no distinot recollection, attracted much ate tention in sclontillo_circlos, and at last roachod tho somowhat slow, but tolerably sure, onra of my Lords of the Dritish Admiralty. The Astron~ omer Togal' had, indoed, " fully porformed hia duty by notitying thelr Lordships, on gilt-adged fooleoap, of tho coming to ‘pass of tho beavonly absrration, and their Lordshipa had abundantly made up thoir minds to (hink about it, But, in the monntimo, the prena had begun to think about it, and bad sot tho public thinking about it} and no it was that, last of ail, éxtornal proa- suro proving of more cogoney than red-tapo, my Lords took tho matter soriously in hand, and thoncaforth sot nbout it in good enrnest. Now, as it waas apparent, from tho naturo of the cams, that tho necossary obuorvatione could bo thoroughly and eatiatactorily mado on this stdo tho Attantio only, A NAVAL EXPEDITION was dotermined upon ; and, 88 o matter of con- goquance, an able and oxperienced oflicer was to bo selected for its sommand. Her Mnjosty's steamship Corona (formerly a “16-gun brig, which bad boen cut in two, longth- eoned, and converted into a stoamer), thon in or- dinary, ¥Was at ouco commissioned, under Capt. Bowyor, whose long and briillant sorvico nsa nautieal sstronomor and marine surveyor bad givon him undoubted claims to tho distinction, Tho ship was, accordlngly, propared in every way for tho special sorvico iu which sho wns tobo employed. Capt. Bowyer was of high so- nfority in lus rank, and the unrestrained chofco of his officors was frocly accorded to him, Ab longth, everything, as well as overybody, was rondy, and in amplo time, and the skip was about ta sall from Plymonth Harbor, when Cormmander Herbort was suddenly taken 80 sevoroly It that his eailing was positively forbidden by the med- jeal authoritios, and he wos, much against his own wishos, branght on shore, I am hapny to 8oy that, after a long and tedious confinemout ta 1i8 bod, he oventunlly rocovered, and lived long onough to do his country gallant servico, and oorn for himself aud his family a distinguished namo. I had thon but recently been suffering from an atiack of inflammation of the lungs, and, when Capt. Bowyer, who was o most Iutimato friend of my fathor, came to our bouso to take leavo (for we wro then Jiving at the Hoo), hia 3uioklg dige covered the traces of my recont indisposition, aad, with the impulsive ‘warmth of hoart which g0 thoronghly characterized him, cordially, and in fact poremptorily, INVITED ME TO CROSS THE ATLANTIO in the Corons; and effectuslly drowned all abow of rofusnl by tho assurance that ho would make such arrangements, aud that, too, before I could say ** Jack Robinson,” as wonld entirely freo me from any thought of intrusion. He nomod the officers whom ho had solectod,—all of whom, with but ano excoption, were porsonal frionds,—and ovon urgod his siready-captivating offer a8 on thoirbehalf. o proffered the go- cupancy of the cabin, now rendored vacant by the Commander's illness, and the houorary mombership of the gun-room moss, which, as this was an oxcoptional service, ho hiad hitsclf determined to join, Who conld rosiat such a tompting prospect of rostoration to heslth, and tho gralification of tho young maon's spirit of ndventure? The requisite porsoual preparations for tho voyage wore mede with eagoruess and alacrity, The re- ception by my friends on board was overything that o guest could wish for; and, whon the anchor was weighod, I hardly seemed to roalizo that, before it should be cast again, we must reach the New World. While wo wero paseing, and admiring, tho magnificont brenkwater which protects the har- Yor, wo wero siartied by the cry of “A man overboard " which was no soonor bheard than ono of our young oficers loaped ke a frog futo tho water; and then emerging, spouting and splutteriug, ho shouted, * Whoro tho deuce is ho?” This was no other than GEONGE AYLESFORD AT HIS OLD TRICKS. He had already savod the life of & seaman at Gravosond, aud that of a - child who had fallen from s swoommg mothor's arma at Doptford. On this ocension, he had quite as much to do a8 the most export swimmer might desire, Tho man who had fallon into the water was a heavy- ‘bonod, brawny follow, and he know notiing of swimmiog. It was not till lus second hyfianrlmm at tho surface that Ayleaford reached Lim, and 1o Booner hiad he oaught him than the terrified snilor clung to his reecuer with such death-like tonacity, thnt both scomed for nmoment or two doomod to & walery gravo. A boat was low- ered in s jiffy, and, not 8 minuate $00 soon, both were fished in and brought to the ship. AB I Bhall have somothing moro to say of Aylesford by and by, Imay as well introduco him now. Ho was the eldest son of a wealthy goutlemen in Lincolnshira; ho hnd but just obs toinod bis promotion to his_present rank of Lioutenant, and was engaged to bo marsied, as soon as ho should attain his majority, to s young Jndy of bis own country, who had & large for- tune in her own ri;i‘ht and whom he would have dently loved if eho had not lind ove penuy. With puok brilliant prospocts, most young pooplo would bo vastly inclinod to give up the sea. Dut Aylesford really loved his profossion, snd had sl{ the charaotoristics of a truo sailor. Ho waa the life of tho mess, and the universal fa- vorite of all on board. Tho departurs was duly taken, and we BET AL FOR AMERIOA, or, aa it then presonted itgolf to my mind, to the Falla of Niagara; for, a8 far na mmnora NOW pere mits me to penotrate into my ohildhood, this wonder of Natura wag tho groat dosiro of my young lifo to soo, Our voyage was, in every respect, 6s ploasant as anticipation (so seldomn Toalized) hol painted it. The disciphiuo of the servico wad in no essentinl point abrogated; yot wo scomed liko a family of brothors on an pgroeable cruise under paternal direction. Wo mrived at Halifax eurly in Soptomber; ond, after a few days, 2ot out for Boaton, which, it seemy, Liad been seloctod Au the point of ob- worvation, and which wo reachod iu a vory short timo. Thore is nothing so agroeable to witness ag the courtesy shown by naval people of all na- tions, in iheir own wators, to tho ships of foroign Powers—whon at peace. The United States uhip Ohio was thon lying at Olatlestown, in Boston Harbor, beating the broad penuant of Commodore Dovwna. An officer, immediately on our coming to anchor, was dispatched from the Commodore's Bhip to offer us tho civilitios usual on such occasions; this was followed by tho meoting of the respoctive commanding ofifcors, and then TIIE MOBT TLEASURABLE INTERCOURSE was established between the two ships, Invita- tions to dinner and other houpitalitics were ex- changod, and the utmost cordinlity provailed, Ouno not glvon to look dogper than tho surfaca might really have supposod that John Bull and hiv Amorican oousin had never droame of the least *‘onpleasantnoss ” toward each othior at any time, but had ealled togother at all times and in all places, not only without & growl from those iron throats which presented themsolves in such formidablo array, but absolutely without tho thought of such athing. The obsorvations now bogan. Tho astrono- met at Cambridge was also Intorosted in tho mattor, and g0 doop wss the con- fedoracy Dbefwoen that functionary and tho naval poople gonorally, and so mystorious wero tho signnls which were concoeted and used by and betwoen them, and such o fancy did thoy nfl take to pyrotechuy and braes instruments, note-books and lead-pencily, and abstruse calon- Iations of the most unsociut oharacier, that thero was no gotting suy rational smusemont out of any of them until the thing, whatever it was, hod Leen quistly snd comfortably disposed of. Fhe skyoy cccontricity hml boen dotooted, and, I supposo, aftor s suitable roprimand, had beon warnod ‘‘uot to do mo again ;* for [ have not since heard of anything of the gort. _ Leaving tho ship in the midst of tho observa-~ tions, I hastened uway to roalize tha droams of my olnldhood aud look upon Nisgars, What rapuurous thoughts, what sublime apostrophos, and what _grandiloquent versos woro suggesto nt the sight of the cataract, I now suppress for tho randers’ good #ake, Lot it suflico to say that, linving sated my euriosity and admiration, I ro- tumed to Boston in timo {0 catch the ehip, which was now preparing to return to Lingland. A huaty, but by no meaus {ndiferent, leayo-tak- ing, aud wo woro away, At Halifax we sgaln mndo a short stay; and thon for the broad Atlantic, ON TIE BANRS OF NEWFOUNDLAND, wao got into & fog, which, It soomed to us, might hiavo boon cut with n kuife, so solld did it ap- poar. Ahl if tho grim gunn‘llnn of that sub- aquoous comotory might exhibit his list of ite oceupnuts, what an obitiary shonld woread! Nowndays, soina_procautionity mensurcs havo haon_takon to letiran tha danigor to the innu- morablo craft that ** occupy thoir businces in tho great waters” thera; but still tho year nover complotes Its eirelo without telllng 8 tale of sorrow with thoso misty reglons for 1ts scono. On our socond day In the fog our wholoe ship’s compnny wag thrown fnto utter constornation, which soon seitled down into gonuino grief, Aylouford, tho loved of officors and Crow, find beon unusually choerful and ' hilariows durlog tho © day,, aud had even, in hio morry way, chiddon us for al- lowing the univereal hum(d)ity toaffoct us in any degroo, Aftor & honrty lunclicon, he had loft us togoon dock orto hiscalin, and wo thought nothing of his nbaouca, By and by, it was his turn for duty, snd tho officer of tho watel sont for him to relievo him, DBut Aylesford ¢ A8 NOWIIERE TO JE YOUND, Good Hoeavon! can it bo that he hna fallers ovorboard 7 T'his thonght was at onco et down oy tho idlest of fonrs. What] Goorgy Aylesford, nimble as o kitten and tenncious ag & devil-lish, fall overboard? Our good Captain waited for no spocniations on 8o scrious o matlor. Bonty were lowered and manoed, and loaded muskots for slgunls put on bonrd, and ordera glven to soarch every inch of the ship's sur- roundings, and keop ihomaelves dircctod by tha sound of hicr guns, The exact momont of hie baying boon lust soon waa oagorly inquired into, and, whon {t was ascortained that at least ay hour must havo clapsed before he wos misscd, hopo bogan {o decline. BtH], everything that oxporience and humanily, joined to stiong per- sonal yogard, could suggest, was trisd with por- sovoring assiduity until oll poswsibility of his still living in the water was doemed to bo come pletoly aud entiroly OUT OF TIE QUXATION. s The gloom thrown upon the ship by this dig- sater ean far bottor bo imagined than described, Evory ono soemed to say, or to thiuk, **If it had been snyone Lut Alylesford ; 1f it had oven beou myaelf!" Neover was the logs of a compruion more sincerely mourned, In duo timo wo nppronchied tho shores of OM England, and_ aochored in Piymouth Iarbor. Nosoonor had wo come to nuchor thau newy cnme off to our fine old Captain that he Liad boen promoted, on tha death of his immedinta sontor oflicer, which happaned whilo wo worg nbroad, to the rank of Roar-Admiral of the Blue. Tho crown of his professionnl hopes sras now attained, and tho light of satiefaction showed its glenm on the face of the sea and wor. worn ofticor. Alettor to poor Aylesford’s friends in Lin- conshire had been J)mplrad whilo wo wero stil] ot sos, and had boon forwarded imme- distoly' on our coming into port. A day or two aftor, his fother como down to learn what ndditional _particulars he could obiain viva voce, aud to dwoll on hig grief with his denr boy's lust compamons. I ehall nevor forgot the scone, and I loavo it entirely to tho imagimation of my readors. A month_passod away. Tho special sorvico for which the Coronn had heen commissioned Lad been thoroughly cotnploted, and the result of the observations had been duly promulgated. Tho ship had boon poid off, and oflicors and crow had soparatod,—some 0 raturn to their fioman for a timo, olhots to re-ongage in activa uty. Ono evening, while essaying a more than usually glo\\‘in[‘l deseription of the Falla of Ningats,—for I bad in 1y audisuce a cortain falr ono whom I was most auxious to plonso,—1 recoived o mote which sbsolutely deprived ma for a moment of tlie power of utteranco. conned the superscription sgain and sgniu, and the more and more I felt convinced thut it way THE HANDWRITING OF AYLESFOND. 1 At longth I summoned nervo onough to open it, wud to loarn from its coutonts that Aylosford himselfstood at the door. I rushod to meot bim on the first impulso of joy, but, on seoing him, a feoling almost of superstitious droad cawmo over me._‘Chis ho was quiclk to percelvo, and, throw- ing his arms about me befora I was conacious of Lis movemont, hie sBoon convinced mo that I wag in tho grasp of no othor than flesh and blood. He entored the houso on the express condi tion that we should roliro ot once to n privato room, and that he should remain un- announced until I should have eufficioutly re- covered from my surpriso to listen to tho story of his strange disappearance and his wonderfui escape from denth ; and I was to undortako the duty of proporing his friends for the joyful newa which awaited thom, Ou the dny in question he bad actually fallen overboard in doing some madeap thing on the rall; but ho purposely abstained from M{;lvmg nay alarm at tho momont, thinking he had beon goen, aud that ho would amuso himyelf with awimming until a boat should be put out, 'Tha intensity of the fog wns groater than ho lad supposcd, Hardly had ho begun to throw out his arms when THE SHIP WAS TOTALLY INVISIBLE. Thon indecd ho uttercd n shout ; but, a8 na ainrm had beon given, and no suspiclon of dan- gor oxistad, the voico, if indeed it woro hoard at all, was unheeded ; and hie would haye become & victim to his own rollicking thoughtlessneas if ho find not, by tho most_singular gool-fortune, been picked up by o fishing sinack, which, as il wero, stumbled upon him when noarly exhausted. He biad saved bis strength by floating, swimming occasionntly on bis back, sud other acts which are praoticed by expert swimmers to pro- vont exhbaustion. Ho heard the guns, which every moment gave a more sud more distant gound, until he new that all hopo of roaching the Corona must be abandoned; but he nover for o moment despaired. He luow the banka wore covered with smnll craft pursuing their avoeation among the flshes, and * Why,” thonght e, “might not ono of thom run foul of mo 7 1n the following year I was not only a guost at the wedding of my lato lamonted friend, but an important oficial known ue ‘‘ best mau.” On taking leavo aflor the wodding-broakfast, ha snid, vory quietly, “*Good-byo, oid boy ; I'm off to tho (r}Yn(llLiuont: Bottor thon Davy Jones' lockor, {bn't it " J. Filscatorial. From the Altany Argus, Soth Greon, the Supecrintondaut of tho State Tishories, Las received by oxpross a shad frow Tidiouto, end with it & lettor from 1. H, Cum. miogs, & morchant of that place. Mr. Cum- minga states that the accompnnying fish was caught, with a number of others, in the Alle sy Riverat that place, on (lio 4th of Sop- ombor. The fishermon who took theso fish at onco rocognizod them as strangers in thosa waters and raised an inquiry, Honco this samplo was forwarded to Mr, Greon, o nt onca recognized it as o shad, and, for that mat- tor, any ono who is at all familior with that spocies of flsh would readily doso. This fish i thirtoon inchos and one-half long, and well developed. Tidioute, tho place where it wag taken, is about sixty miloa bolow Salamauca, and thoso shad were doublless making their way to tho placo whore thoy fiist found & Lome in tho river, It is provablo thoy had boen down the Mississippi, and, true to the labit of thoic kind, were roturning to the lace of thoir nativity 8o far as thoy woro able. gf shad will live in the Mississippi and its trib. utarios to the nge and slzo of these, the experi. ment of stackiug thoso wators may bo rogardod as uuocessful. A Victim to Sclencos Tho Berlin medical journals record the death from cholora, on Aug. 20, of Dr. Otto Oberi woler. Dr. Obermoior was in a fair way of gain- ing, and, indoed, bad to o considerable oxtens gainod, a high roputation as a elontifle invers sator of discase, Within tho lnst fow mouthe fio published somo futoresting roscarches on the blood in typhus fover (maculated); and, whon soizod with his fatal illnows, was ougagod in ro- searohios on cholera, Iaving too grent conti- denco in his pawer of rosisting infeotion, iu con- soquenco of having not taken fover during hix investigations on that discase, ho kopt in his Tiodroomn pathiologioal spocimons talon from por- sons who hud diod of ebolera, and it is beliovel that in this \\'A{“ha becamo infeotod. o was o dovoted to his Inguiry that, aftor bo had beconin aware of the condition in which he was, ho mada #omo iioroscopls oxamiuations on bin own blood, His doath ocourred aftor an illess ot sevon hours, in the 81t year of Liy age.—ZDrilish Medical Journal ——— Stophons? Overcont, A publishod stutemont that tho 1lon, Aloxau- dor kL tophous rocontly lost ouo_of his over- conts at Dablonogs, G, hay movedthe Augnain Constitutionalist ta voluto the fullowling: * Lhis onrsgraph rominds us of an aucedato about Mr. l‘ltup\l«m«, which Gon, Gordon tells with much unction, ' Gordon had it from Lrewident Graut at Washington, ¢ When tho threo Commisnion- orh mot us nt Fortrosn Mouroe,' says Qrant, * Mv. Stophona came swuddlod up from top tea in an enosmous overcoat. Lincoln oaljod mio aside, ae Mr. Stephons was dinrobing, and obsorved : “Grant, what doos that perfurmauce ot Bto e onw’ romiud you of ?' 1 answored him: *lr, Prosident, I do not lknow ; but what dooa it ro- mind youof? With ono of his quoor winks, Lincoln ewid: ‘It romiuds me of tho I)lfi:gox:( slnck off the smullest ear I over saw inallmy lite "