Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, November 9, 1873, Page 10

N3 N L] b b4 “ AR v ) P r ‘I * know tho resson. i i 4 ,. S R 5 ]0_ : 'HIS CHICAGO DALLY FRIDAY. An Attompt to' Eradicate o Supor- . stitlon, And How It Sucoseded. “ Rathernot eall, eh? Soud him up hors im- mediatoly." Mr. Bayles was-tho loading partner In the houso of Baylos, Bond & Oo., morohants and shipowners, of Hull,—a firm that has stood fast for genorations, and ssoms likely to hold out for moro, Now bo It romembored that Hull—or, a8 it {s logally desorlbod, Y HINOBTON-UPON-HULL— is a vory important sea-port, on the north shore of the estuary of the Humber; in fact, it ia acknowlodged as tho third In tho British King- dom.. Its piora are orowded with ships of all na- tions, Its dooke covor an aroa of not loss than 25 ncros § thoy are as completo ns matorialand skill zould mhke them ; and thoy presont a busy soeno of traflc mndeod. Tho Trinity Guild, which was tounded as oarly as A. D. 135D, for suporannuatod seamen and seamen's widows, still flourishes in ita elogant edifice of Tuscan architooture, sup- portod by a fand which now falla little short of £14,000 n yosr, Horo, too, 18 & &ochool for boys deslgnod for tho morchant-sorvico; tho Sailore Yustituto, with its brary and its comforts for the weather-bosten *toilers of tho sea,” is not far away; and tho Bothol fluf; attracts the mar- iner who has found out that thorais. f'a leak.in bis soul, and that he must man the pumps of salvation,” to tho floating chepel of a Sunday. The suburbs of Trippet and Sonlcoates, extond- iog about a couplo of miles slong tho Hull from tho Humber (which horo recoivos tho waters of the Tront, the Ousp, aud the Don), turnish forth many * a rude soa-boy ™ 'whoso first ambition is to hand-roof sod stoer, mnd thon to find his way. through the bawse- holes fato the Cabin, In'sucha thoroughgolog nautical place as X have deseribed, it must, of course, be inferred that & ek TONE OF NAUTICAL DISCIPLINE would bo lsrgoly present; and, when Capt. Deadeye, of the good ship Jano, to whioh he had just baon appointod by her owners, Bayles, Band & Co., sent word to ‘the liouso that he wonld ¢ rather not sail that day,” thelr astonishment way be considered as natural onough. ‘‘Oboy orders if yon breek owners,” is tho maxim of the merchant-servico ; and here was & breach of the very firat ordor raceived after promotion and * appointmont to as ataunch and lively a craft, to all appearance, as over * plowed the briny. * Bend him up horo immediately,” said Mr. Baylos, and In & tempor not to be triffed with. “ What's this, sir?"” eaid tho head of the house when the Captain appearod, ** Rather x:botts?-'lll, en? What the deuce do you mean by 3 *'If you plosso, sir," said Deadeye, ** 1T'8 FIIDAY, you know, and no luok ever doea come of eailing o o ship, instantly,” en give up your ship, instantly,” said Mr, Baylon, * 111 have o suck soivoling paporstition in our house ; " and Deadeye was forthwith dis- charged. A mnater was found that Yory day, and tho ahip, all ready a5 she was, commencod her voyage with . A wot shieet and a flowing se: And a wind that followed fas under as favorable auspices as a sailor could de- sire. ' ! THAT VERY DAY WEER, she foundered, aud the orew wero, by good fortune, takon' off by n pursing vecsel, stter much lees of snffering and privation than nsually attend such disasters. ‘ Strange, sir,” sald Mr. Vellum, the head- clork, with an open letter in his hand, * The Juue was lost ou Friday lnst. She was well in- sured, though, and it might have boon worae," “strango, sir!" said_Mr. Baylen. * Strange ! Why -strange, Bir? The ship foundered, and that s all wbout it, X suppase. Are you, tao, pussessed of thia confounded superstition " “1. bardly know, sir,” wald Mr. Vellum, scratohing Lis temple, aud looking puzzled ; but 1t does seem as if ¥RIDAY WERE AN UNLUOKT DAY, ll’%ia;)lfl."‘ e Vell W . oes 1t Mr, Vollum? Wo shall seo, sir; thall see." ey It was the aflornoon of Thursday. Mr, Bayles rotred to -his private ofiice sud rang the bell. When the bull of the inner room wae rung, it was geoeraily understood the establishuent th!éz sumething out of Il?: asual course of things was under consideration. The summon was obeyed, and the IesROugor Or- dered, * Bond Mr, Ohipps tome nt -once:” The- order was immediately oxeonthd, und tho master- shipbuilder was closoted with the magnate of o N Ohtppe,” bogan e mor *‘ Mr. Ohipps,” began the merchant, “I have dotermined to rnz down ttus eilly superstition which has lately engrossed 0 much attention here. i) TO-MORBOW WILL X FRIDAY X lay me the kael of & ship, and lot her bel: ot’lFriduymo." ship, and lot her belaunchod “D-d-do_you think it will bo 1-luioky, slx #” *Gooa gricione ™ uitored Alr, Bayles, mow tairly " xauporatods ara” yon " & infocted_"with thip distempess I ghve you five minates to ‘mske u| your mind, sir. Lay the keol, and_prooced as desire, or find e:fiploymanz elsowhero. Every gesalaring man in Hull will be domoralized if this nousensg is to be conbinued.” 3 _There were sovoral little Ohipps to be pro- ‘vided for, and the “old block " was convinced. ‘The keol was Iaid amid ‘ THE SUPFRESSED MURMURS of the peoplo of the yard.” Old *malts" wors present, aud witnessed the daring deod that was to defy the myaterious deoros of I'ate with half- sverted eyes,” * Shiver my timbera!” gaid tho voteran, Bob Cathead, in a pig'a whisper to his pestest neighbor on the unwontod occasion, "I'old man's gbifting his ballast, sure-ly." And tho neighbor, hitching up his ¢anvas-trowsors and turning Lis quid iu his choel, and with tie solemn exhibition of tho white of his eye which yas tho fuovitablo reault of the hewvenward dic fl:g é:; ’fi;m pupll, answered, like an ccho, . The wark, urged on by the repeatsd personal vigits of Alr. Baylos to tho yard,pprcgmupued rap- idly, and the ttmo for launching the new . sh i‘?w what a newspaper of the sistor-island calle * her native elomeut” was at band, Prepara- tions ware made o a large scalo for the ovent, & IT WAS FRIDAY. Lunckeon had bean ordered for the guests who were invited to bo prosent at the *‘ Christening,” and the “ hands " had not beey forgotten. 'The ways were liborally anointed, end the wedgos wora placed ready for action. Mr. Bayles came forth and addresised tho assomblugo. o was in ;x; :Blo:m%z;;mdou& i The llf.lmh aod gontlemen bformed, in his most eilvery tons to-dey was to witnoss tho LR WNVALL OF IGNORANOE AND SUPERBTITION among o class of ‘?enplu whose interests woro a0 ologoly oonnectod with thoso of _the goud old town In which thoy all lived, His plans haa baon Iaid, and were now about to be maturad, From thenceforth Lis would liberate iho Hou-go- ing portion af Hull's population fsom chatng Dot less d-xmd[ng than were thoso which their 7”“ townsman, r. Wilberforce, had removed rom the Woat Tudia Tslands. Aud moro wae said, but 8o jubilantly and rapidly that tho reportars (aled to catch meny words. Last of all, he callod on Miss Bond, the lavoly and aocomplinh- ed dsughtor of & distinguishod membeor of the g‘quuo, to perform tha coremony of namitug the ip. The signal was now given, and 1l ing bogan. \Who that I hews L ml‘::.:'u';"’fiok‘! Inciing. experionced tha susponso, and at I mgth the excitemont, 8t o launoh, whou the huge structure beging to move, can forgot it? A bot~ tle of wine hiad been suspended y » cord {.vom tho bowspnit. At tho mowent tho mass be, gan to plide on ts Iulined couruo, Miss Bond grivo- fully broke the Lottlo by striking it againnt tlve ship's bow; tho wine flowed gonerous): i Bna%y: smid broatlilous ourlosity and silouco, {ho shig, way nawed 4 +Thore S * There," sal r. Buylus, ‘|18 an e Lo of Fridays tarrors.s > ot 48 00, I bo'po, Hab ! what Is this ? s suddenly arrested, Flying “The Friday'a™ mo lon Mr. Bayles'turna § julo, to the- mastor-builder, he demand 4 to Mr. Ohippa cannot tell 0 g the momont. e will aco. Mounwhulo a cold s jyjver runs through the multituda of spootators , Ay, Ohipps soou discovers tho obstaolo it G yo- moved ; sod *'The Friday" slides lgi:.lu sirikes the wave, robounds, and rides it lke % duok, Mr. Bayles' color returns to his cheel s and he leads the way to lunchaon with tho pn”ufl con- :mouaneaa of having done s good 44 & noble ng. ‘The rl{gm now ply thelr cord Jhio painfers amasten Lor up; th g 2o, anasa # gtorors adr | at hor ear, Tivorything Is roady. BShe snils ior tho Modl tarmunnu’ & g ON FRIDAY. 4 o “Thoro, ngain,” enid Mr, Dayles oxprostvely. A fow wooks *dlapso, and Mr. Vellum hag opehed o lotter for tho tirm, It fsonrly, and Mr, Daylos {s not yot coms down to the oflice. Mr, Vollum's countensuce is nw it-had uover ‘Yeon buforo, Mr, Vellum's Ddelity to tho inter- oata of the houso fa undonbted, but his opinion of hin own judgment is unshaken, ‘Thero aro, a8 It woro, two countor-curronts meoting on Mr. Vellum's brow, . - At longth tho senlor and managing partner ontera, Mr. Vollum 18 grooted as usual, snd. ngled his nows, *'Borry to say, sir,—" . ** Borry, Mr, Vollum | What as liappenod 2" ;"‘IThu Friday ' mot with troublo on’ tho 20th ult,! . 1 Trauh);: 1, What 1s tho mattor 2" + “Lost, Bir, “ Wiy, holp mo, what day of the weok was the 20th ¢ v “ FripAy, Sinl “Good gracious!” said Mr. Baylos, and rished iuto tho Iuner office. et DIAMONDS. Thewt==Whero Thoy Como from-=Anccdotes, From the New York Graphte, Now York, said a dismond uxport, ia soon to Do tho grontest dismond morket in the world, bocauso Now York ia ta-dny tho largost rotail.| markot, ud wholeaalo doealers must follow tha sotof the curront. Over £1,600,000 worth of dismonds wore sold horo Iastyoar.' It s & soying in Europe that a lady without s titlo doos not Tvoar, them, but hero everybody wonrs them. Thoy do not even judionto groat wealth—maeraly tasto for that kind of jewelry. Boforo tho Prus- sinn sloge Paris wad tho contro of the trado. Juat now London {8, sasens vy . The best dinmoyds sold aro frem brokon sots In Buropo, from Bragil, anda fow seleotod stonos from Africh. The market ia 80 overatocked with large discolored Afrioan stonen that in tho Inst; throe Ealn thoir vsluo hay decroased 756 por. cont, the grontost ohaugo in tho prico of dia~ monds that haa over been reoorded. *The supp, oxcoods tho demand. Twonty-Gve million dol- lara" worth of rough diamonds wére found in South Atriea lant yonr, - oo By Sl Bomo years ago, durlng tho disturbancos that affected” simont overy part of Europo, tho dia- mouda of many of tho nobility were sold, and, a8 money was to be realized en them immediate- 13, it was found they sold more rapidly soparate- !{thm iu necklaces, bracelots, or other piacos. [hen, 80 per c tof our diamonds came from Who Buy this sourco, any s consequence, many fluo diamonds that onca belongod tb thio nabless fame illos of Burope are wora in New . York. Now, howovor, only about 25 por.cent of what wo se) aro from broken sots, . 4 1¢ wouldn't do for mo to givo tho names of persous who hufi oxpenaive dismonds, though I ibink Y could tell you vory interouting story it businoss intogrity did not provent mo. I know alady who woars o §50,000 necklnco, and could toll you anecdotos conneoted with diamoud pur- chages that would prove choice morsels for the gossips of tho clubs. Thoso only.who love dia- monda cou appreciate tho eingular fascination they possess. “A list of tho ownors of fine dia- monda could bo mads out without » -great deal of difiiculty, but thoso who are able to .do jt would feel themselves restrained by honor. }'varyt‘mnny dismonds are 8old to be worn in tho ol Ladios wonr more than halt of the dlamonds; i,“ moro gentlomen wear dinmonds than ladics. ndies wlio wear thom woar thom in sots. Gen- Lomen soldom wear morc than two or three din- monda.. Gentlemen now genorally wear & group of twa or thro in studs, inatond of & large soli- taire, e thoy did & fow yoars ago. Tho festuros of a’lady's jowolry now, however, are solitaire car-rings. Rings, algo, are worn on almost all of tho tingers. 'Aftor those may be raunked in feminine estimation pendants or lnckals, brace- lots, and nooklnces. ‘The lattor aro worth from 60,000 downward, Holitaire ear-rings may be worlh $20,000. Fino rings are usually worth $500, but may be worlh as many thousands. Tho fosture of Americon dinmond Wear, ns con- trastod with that of Luropo, is tho grost oxcoss of dinmonds over other goms, Thore, poarls and colorod gome—by which 1 mean rubies, em- eralde, and sapphiros—aro worn far morp than here, color boing regarded in jewelry as woll as in costume. Tho East Indis minos havo boen neglected for fifty years. In Brazil, the mines are almost all desertod, and to-day's dlamonds are highor at re- tail in klo than they avoin New York. Tho ex- port trado from that country bias greatly de- oreased. The samo fate may ba antioipated. for the South African mince, ‘Ihe fields aro giving ont rapidly, sud now onos have to be discovored. Already the South African fiolds extend over 3,200 mquore tniles. Tho reason for the rapid exhaustion of & new fiold may be found in the gevlogical tact that a dismond was - nevor found in situ, that is, in the place whoro it was formed. They ara always to bo found ln alluvial doposits, and mostly in conglomeratos of ferruginous sandstone, L'ho largest diamond in Now York is valued at $18,000, and is 0wnaod by tho porson who woars it. A reprosontative of the firm of 'Tiffany & Co., who recontly roturnod from Europe, and who had a peculiarly good opportunity to’ sso _tho Sbali's dismonds, says thut, notwithatanding tho mi ficence suggosted by their profusion, thoy aro all * oil-color,” irregular, lowsgrade stonos ; ot ono of them wonld bo considersd a_* gom * in New York. 'Chis inforiority is said tobo characteristio of oriental stones, whore reputa- tion deponds rather on tho poeta 'than on careful selection or the skill of lapidaries, "I'ne gon tloman in chargo of the diamond do- pasimont of a large Philadaiphia jowolry storo ad Boleotod & number of very valuablo dia- monds sometime ago, and had them sof in a neck- laco,which ho estimated to be worth £30,000. He wna 4o watchtal of it that he always look it out of its compartment in the safe and deposited it in tho'show-oase with his own hands. A lady, who was ono of the largest cuatomors of the house, saw it one day and becamo fascinated withif. Bho was very anxlous to buy it, but feared her hus band, who wan one of tlio wealth- iost mon in Philadelphis, would not sanction the oxpenditure of so much moner. Aftor roturn- ing to the store soveral times in tho course of & week, sho said sho would buy it, and if her hus- band objocted too strougly sho would rotura it, It was accordingly sent to hor honss, and placod inher hands. After the lapss of four days she brought it back, saying that hor husband would not permit her {g keep it. It romnined in tho storo two wooke, the gentloman who had it cone tirnoted taking ¢aro of it porsonally au hofore. Then it was sold to anothor lady, Throa days aftorwards thia second lady's hueband, a man of gront wealth and aboye suspiclon in point of oharacter, came into the store in & rago to re- turn the nocklace, declaring {hat tho stonos weropasto, A caroful examination proved that ho was right, snd the price paid for it was rafund- odtohim. o excollant was tho imitation snd so carofully had the necklace been resot with worth- les stones that, although tho gentloman who owned it had hanaled it overy day in tho interval botween its first roturn to tho storo and the seo- ond purchase, he was unabloto fool sure on Which occasion the fraud had been committed, and omployed dotootives to watch the move- menta of both ladies, and 180 evory moans in his Im“" -to digcover where and bf what lapidary e nocklnco was reset, but in valg, s gl T Stage Oustoms a Century Ago. The adimietion of spectators upon the stago, ‘which was .rmhibitm‘l in 1704, but nog wholly abollshied ¢ill many yoara later, was & serious an- uoyauce to the audionco before the curtain and 10 tho performers, who wero often embarrassod by the movemonts and loud talk around thom, which thoy sometimon attompted to still by die rocling their aating particularly toward tho of- fondote. Tho opinion of the priviloged spocta- tors not infrequently differed from that of the rost of tho house, aud » nolsy contest ensucd. At beneflts the orowd upon the stage was ab timed #o groat s toloave A spnco'no bigger than o tablo-cloth for tho sction of tho pieco. The sugpestion has boon made that, thoe impossibility of changing scenory undor’ such eircumetancos contributed to tho sadoption hy the Fronch of the law of unity of pleco. Men ahout town ({;Mlmrm on tho’ stago, more do- 1ighted,” sald Cibbor, “to bo protty objects themselvos than caprble of auy ploasure irom #io play.,” Chey ‘‘took thoir dally atands whore fhoy might best albow the actor, and oa-'me in for thoir elinro of the auditor's atton- tio n." As tho dross of the porformers fro- qu ontly closely rosombled that of the lsuullt ara und them, tho audlenco sometimes mistool one . for the other,” ¥ On attoudait Anguste, on, vit paraitro un fat.” In 1721 & tipey Larl croa ted the stago during the performauce to gpeak to & friend, Alanager Rich, who was sluotling. mear, told his Lordshlp that fa futur> Do wonld bo refusod sdmission bo- bind ' tho scones, Tho Iarl slappod. tho managa,™'8 fuco, Both drow thoir ewords, and thoir fx(a uds took up tho guarral, Aftor a livoly fight tho actors expolled their adversarios, who tlion rusihe, 1 into tho front of tho Liduse, lsch- ing econced and hnugluqu until they wera over- powored_ by ho onritables, Whon Garriok wes playing Lear fu' Dublln, a gontloman pub his orm around Cordella™'s walst, and stood Ho whilo she pillowad the old h'Ing's lioad in hor Jap, Who ox- Flusion of the pyln'lo from that city was bronght about by & }um-p‘;q]l}lu“'fi klasing ALiwo Bollae, Dly thyoug my's neck, as.sho orowded past him to talte hor place whoro hor part required. Tho Vicoroy, ord Chostortiold, npplaudod tho apirit with whioh tho motross reontodl tho dignity. A tio- tico, datod Now York, Decomber, 1761, forbld- ding npootntors to the stago, sliows that tho practico roferrod to had boon trausplanted to this country.— Galaxy ENCOUNTER WITH A BRIGAND. Despernto Fight with an Xtalian Oute Inw=sEscapo of the fobber Attor Kille Ang 'wo of Mls ¥ nors, Prom the Journal de Rome, On the 2d of Octobor two mon wore killed R{ o brigand (s nlmrhonl named Guiseppe ounl), who whs biding aé Nernaol di perda trova, botwoon Atzors and Villa Grande, Tho . Marshal of carabincers, holng in- formod of tho brigand's ~ prosonce , In Ahis locality, immediitely wont out with four carabinoera and olght rural guards. Tho brig- and snw thom ¢om ng, and, wien they arrived ab Abolit ninaty, vards from Narascl di pordn trovn, o commonced to fire on thom, no s to koop thom o o distence,” and hava time to oscapo. Pho Marshal of carabincera or- dorod his mon to. form .as largo a cbsin 83 their number would permit, and to sur- round tho brigand, but tho fattor profited by his timo to oscapo into o douno_copse, where it was impussiblo to seo anything boyond the dlstanco of a fow paces, ‘Tho oarsbincors aud police surroundod his Mdln&-.plu:n 28 woll as possiblo, but thoy could not discover hia whoreabouts, At $hia momont a man pssod with s largo dog, Thé Maishal of carabincors Lad tho ldoa of using tho dog o find tho brigaud's hiding- place, After lhaving oxoitod the o, thoy lot him go into the wood, Tho dog L hardly entored tho wood when his mastbr wan wottnded by a bullet, but not mortally. A mea- songor was sont to Launsci and Villa Grande to domand atd, Tvwo carablnoors, Francesco Pirng and Travorel, arsivod firsb from tho lattor ata- tion, Piras insintod on immediately ontoring tho W and did so in epito of tho warnings of his Mazshal; Lo wos followed by s Vice-Brigadior and a rursl gnard. Aftor having ponetrated some dli- tanco in the copss Piras found - himsolf faco to -faco with tho brigand, whom ho summoned throo times to swronder in the namo of the law; at tho third summons tho brigand shot him through tho hoart, On hearing the Foport, L Mamhal, followed by all his men, dashed into the wood. Foregost nmongst his men was ono Forrl, who prossod into thv thicket whare Mon- ni was hidden. At ‘tho samo timo _the whietling of a buliot was heard, aud For rall, struck in tho neck, foll dead by the sideof hio comrade, - Tho carabineera and rural guards fired a volloy into_tho thicket, buf Moani had disappearod into tho depths of tho wood, and, all soarches after him were frultless. A hittlo lator the carabinears wm‘nlo‘nnd by the troops of the line from Launsel, T and thoy wore obliged to relurn without captur- ing tho brigand. —— THE PARADOX. Once T sawa moth at nightefall (And its downy wings were free), Fluttoring about a candle— Just botwoen the Jight and me, Dazzled by the luring glory, Tt could nos bo tursgd avay, Aud, at last, all singod and helpless, At'my feot it panting lay, Thon fp pity did T raldo it, Bryshed the wax from’elther wing, And I placod it on s flower WIth the words, *¢Poor sflly, thing 1" But 1t only strugglod upwaiil Tl it reached tho atand, and then (Could you for a moment {hink it7) “In the candls went again. A Aftorward I mow a mofden : . And ber heart wan freo and light ; But & charmiug mustacho lurad her A3 the moth was Jurod that night, Dazaled by tho showy beauty, 4 ot bo tiirnod aiway, Aud, at luat, all crushod wnd hofpless, At my feet, she faintiug lay. Then in pity dld I raise her, Like tho moth of wonnded wing, Kisuing oft thio pallid featurea, With the words, * oo silly thing But X saw hor slowly rally, As tha motl Liad doue, and then {Wnnt a world this i for wonders 1) Into marriuge went anasn. —Bellg French in ths St. Louta Republican, L — Tim Ryan’s Paymoent on an Gld Debt. Tho pooy, Flanigan, and myself woro & good doal surprised to overtake a travoler. Bomathing about his nttire, and espocially Lis ‘* acute ” ex- pression, mado me think him "~ an Irishman who had returnod from America. And it proved I was right. My guido gavo him good-day, aud, with my periniusion, & soat besido Limsolf, ‘Wheroupon I ventured to ask him whoro he was from and where Lo was goiog. 1 bolieve itis o right peculiar tp Amoricans to ask that all the world over, % ‘¢ 1 iave como from Americs, -ma'am, and-am golug to soo my mother, who lives up in the mountains, by Cashls Bay back.” I was warm in my praises of hia dutiful cen- duct, Vith » littlo laugh, ho gaid, ‘I camo for that 2nd one othor littlo thing.” To be marvied, porhaps 2" s *No, ifl\u‘ honor, maam; it was just for a bit of skull-cracking. Indeod, ma'sm, savin your presonce, I'll tell you all about it. About fivo years ago I went to Spiddle fair, being then tho of going to America tho month after. It'a n graud. fair, with & groat muuy pig- Jobbera and cattle-dealers in it, and they'll drin] poteon liko wator, I mot & boy thero, ono Ma- ruw, Who flourished abead of the whole fair. wasn't balt his sizo, becauso ho swelled him- olf up with_his conceit, aud I kept mine to my- solf; but I could not boar to Boo him callin himself o botter boy than mysolf. Bo I dar him out, and I got the_greatest_beating I ever got in my whole life, Iudeod, T did not think there was a sound bone in my b”"{' But promised to pay him back with interest, evon if I was lcaving for America, and I havo dons it. In fivo years I got good work in Amor~ ica, good honlth, ~ouj money to the foro; 8o I moade up my mind to go to Bpiddlo fair this yoar to psy Magraw his interest, and thon tramp up the Lilis to the old cabin. It was the last day of tho fair when I arrived ab Spiddlo, but I lud not boen thore an hour when I heard a voico like Magraw's come from the door. of o sheboen. As soon aa I approsched, Magraw's head osmo out, and I tappod it with my blackthorn. stiol, and he dropped. I cried out, * 'Phat's the princlpai, and if you'll stand up Tl give you tho intorest,’ And "then half the fair gathorod round and cried, *'Iis Tim Ryan come from Amorics to boat Magraw.' And thoy mado a ring for us, and although I shonldw't aay it mynelf, ma'am, thoy told me aftorward that it was a4 protty a fight as thoy had ever soen. ‘Uho wholo fair was talking about it. Indaml' I did give him principal aud intorest, and ho's now Inid up in his cabin to count thom. So now L sm olnys to 800 my mother, and can then roturn to moriea with nothing on my mind."—From * A Zone VWoman in Ireland,” by Mrs. J. Lizzie Cloud, in Harper's Magazine for November. —_— Mother=Love in a Kat. Covington (Ky.) Journal, Ms. Bon Taylor, of ;fllor, Dunaway & Bros., lumbor merohants, on Iighth streot, botwoon ndison and Washington, relates an incidont of which ho was a1 oyo-wilnoss, ab Lis lumber-yard, on Thuruday, that strongly {liustrates that unit vorsal faoling, mothor-love, winioh o pervados all animal life that, from the highost to the low- o8t grade, all aro akin in that respoct. On Thursday mornivg, in romoving the lnet boards of a stack of planks, o rat's nest with nine young ones wag found underncath. The littlo rodouts wero aboiit tho size of mice, and were ablo to crawl about nt & lively rate, An old- fashionod wiro-trap was proourad, the young rats put in it, & woight put on the top, and'it was Joft on the nest and watchod, 'Who trap was a semi- sphoro, with a funncl-shoped ontrance in tho top and a lifting-door in the side, Aftor walting some balf hour tho mother rat mado bor appesrance, showing ovident anxiety about bor lttor, She hesitated somo timo bo- fore approaching tho trap, but_finally her affec- tion prevailed, and sho boldly ventured out, within twonty feot and in full view of tha watche erd, Bhio ran goveral times around the prison that contalued hor young, tried the wires with her tooth, and made many demonstrations of so- licitudo and distrous, - At longth, tinding thot sho could not got in to the young onow, she dator- mined to bring them out to her, ‘The mannor in which shie acoomplished (his showed somothing akin to that reason of which man is wont to Loast that Lo s tho only possoxsor, Placiug horuel! close sgamet the wires sha modo & pinullur. noiso—a kind of goutlo uquonk —which ilamediately attracted tho attention of her young. It was avidont to Lhe obmorvers that sho was endeayoring to ““bring thew to tholf milk,” Aud thoy camo to the familiar ocall, Firet ono little fellow put his noso botween the wiras, and balng o little oncoursged and helpod by the mother, who passed her own nose betwoon the samo wires, thus sproading thom a little wider apart, ho squoazed Liis hoad through. In 80 inatant she caught him by tho back of tho neek, and in spite of his squealing and erying undor tho painful procens, kho pulfed him forci- tho wires and reu off with him undes 'hoir help was now usoleas, - & pllo of lumbor noar by, Probably a minute olapsod boforo nhio reap e};rad‘ having depositad bor rosoned Y«mug ono f:. n plnco of cafoly. Bha was ovidnnl{’unconrn od l:e- hor enccean, and omboldenad Dy the fady. thak slio ind not beon molosted, and “procosdad ta rescwe ome afior anothor of her yonms, m the samo mannor, until 8o hiad takon aut ight. < Tho walchiers then lialf buried the trap in the loowa dirt, aud for & whila tho dovoted mothor was in gront dlslross about how to got ont tho Iast of hior litter. But sho soon found that tho littlo follow couldn't ranch hor through tho fop, and eho commonced digging down to him, throwing out tho dirt mgurriy as [t inclted to ox- tru oxertions by the Iamontations of lier 1ymum ouo, Blhie burrowed juut in front of tho lifting door, on roaching which sho {mmodiately on- tored, and to hor surprise found horuolt @ pris- oner. 8ho had sacriflad hor awn liborty to Lier mothor-love, and, ua tho ovont proved, her 1ifo alto, for sho was'killed, though hor labor and courago in bolilf of that fesling whioh ia in. stinct 1n all, and which is probably the mosb snored fmpulso of the human heart, should have won mercy from hor captors, and sooured hor from harm, EUGENE SCRIBE'S WIDOW. Flve Comeillos and Four 0Opern-Texts Loftby France’s Grent Planywrights Kdmund About in tha XIXme Me Tho othor day I wens to tho Iuo Passos-Tous, 1o call on tho widow of Eugene Soribo. 8ho is ald now—just; 70 yoars—and yot ke keops reen the momory of him who was doarest to hor Fioact, and who fias ‘made, in tho laut ifty yonrs, moro ¥ronchmon, laugh aud woop thau Moliore or Qornoille, Racino, qlnlt.nlm, or Viotor Hugo, Ob, what a loss that was to Franco, the doath of Kugeno Soribel Bungland mourned whon Willism Shakepeare diod—hos Franco dono tho #8mo whon tho greatest, the most brilliant, tho mostversatilo”of bt playwriglns loft' this worl Buch wore tho thonghts that agltated my mind whon I knockod at the door of Widow Botibo, A protiy little girl oponod it to o, . n miguon,” I snld to hnr‘ “will you ask Madomo Heribo if I oan sooher 2" . “Grandma Is in," roptiod the falr-taired littlo darling. I will {oll her." Well, “ grandma " did admit me. T bavo always notlced thiat grest suthors have wives that are not exaotly beautiful, but inter- obling. A boautiful womun, as o gonersl thing, will Liavo lost all- hor charms at 60; an futer- osting womnan will proserve hors, evon though sbie should live o bo a contonarian. 8o with Madame Boribo. Hor Lair i8 whito, but bor oyes are bright, Grandmotkor s sho in, bor wuist ia still slondor. ~Hor movomonta are quiok; hor manner animated. # Madatne," I sald to hor, aflor I had sat down in the very parlorin which, alnost ifty yosrs o, Suinte-Bouve sud_Victor Hugo had tried to pemsnado Lugone Scribo not Lo wiite any mora lays, because Iis Majosty Charlos X. did not ilte them—* madame, somo one Lias told mo that your lato Iamentod husband bins loft you goveral plays—" - Icould net finigh’ tho sontonco, fortho nico old lady said : . “Solodid. M. Secribo left mo five comodies and four opera-toxts.” * Four opera-toxts | I oxolaimed, in genuine surpfla;. “Whyaro they kept from the com- osors 7" e AL1" ghe sald, with a amile, '*Ido not know of any composor worthy to givo'thom to.” 4 \Vhat 1" 1 oxalnimod, * Verdi, homsa, Gou- nod, Wagner—?" ““\What aro thoy all, compared to Meyorboer 7" sho said, ‘‘And f;oi all of us are 80 HOITy that wa lot him have the text of L'Africaine!" # Why #" I asked, - ¢ Bocaueo,” said Madame Scribe, ‘‘ho fooled us along with it for seven years." B “Wall," I obsorved, ** Meyerboer ocoupled that nu‘xch time in composing tho musio of ¢ L'Afri- caiue. Madame Beribe langhod merrily. #“Ah1” shie said, ** thero you aro strangely mis- takon, Tho old man composod tho mumio in threo months, But he would not give the scoro out because ho had oxhaustod himself and woa unable to produco anything further thut was Worlby of hik previous composltions, u‘l‘xuow do you know that # " I vontured to in- 0. Vet me’ o Hlmealt ™ ghe anawered, “Moyarcor always was lizy. oL, yos, it my poor husband had lived, it would havo been oth- erwiso. Ho made Moyerbeer work. Leliove mo, *Robort le Disble and ¢ Les Huguenots’ would novor havo boen sat to musio but sor the impor- tunitics of my husbaud, Moyerboor,” . #ald Mad- amo Boribe, growing almast exoited, “ouglt to havo left mo two-thirds of his fortune ; and— will you behieve mo ?-—cg‘fu(fmaud(( did not evon attond my poor Lusband's funoral | 1 conld not help Inughing. *Moyerbeor, " I said, ‘* was notorioualy afraid ot am]fl, ‘nd, In consoquonos, hated o go to uncrals, 0D, yes!" sald Madamo Boribo, bitterly; # gud yot, when Le was dying, ho was glad to have mmby: his bedsido,” . But we were wandering from the subject. I wanted to hear all about the posthumous and un- protouding works of the groat playwright. v What are the opera-toxts ?'! I asked. * Monpsieur,” said the old lady, * you ara too lnqulfiil-iva. Are not you yoursolf” & drama- tigt ?' ** A most unhappy one,” Iropliod. * My last play was bissod.” - : We both of us laughod heartily. # Porhaps your play dosorved it,” she said, axchly. 2 1 om aure it did,”. I romarkod, philosophic- ally. : Fhero was another Isugh. U Burely,” I 8aid, **a hiszed dramatist can bs' entrusted with all the information you possosa concerningyour lnmonted husband's posthumous lays,” Maodame Scribe became vo? serious, “ Monsieur,” she eaid, * I have three grand- chitdron, I want to make all of them wall-to-do. Each of the threa shall have for its life-gift threo plays, Jeft me by my husband, They will not grow old, Poople aiill admire his geniua. His momory.is 88 groon as is the grass on his ave nt tho Pore-la-Ohaise. Those plays will Bo Worth money, ono day, to. my litclo daslings. You are surely not curious enough to want them to bo deprived of it 7 " What could I say ? Curioua enough I was, to ‘e Buro ; but who would have acknowledged it aftor such an sppeal ? a " 1 took Madame Beribe by the hand, and said to ors # You aro right. Ma; doed husband’s triumph. —_— A Lost Noto. From 0id and New London, An_extraordinary affalr happoned sbout tho year 1740. One of the Diroctors, & vary rich men, had ocoasion for £30,000 of the Dank of Tingland, which Lo was to pay as tho price of an eatate he had just bought.” To facilitato the matter Lo carriod the sum with him to ' the bank, aud obtained for it & bank note. On hig roturh home ho was euddonly called out upon artioular business ; he threw the note caroless- ry on the chimnoy, butwhen hocame back & fow minutes aftorward to lock it up, it was not to bo found. No ono had entered the room; he could not, therefore; suspect esny porson. At last, aftor much ineffectual search, he was por- suaded that it had fallon from tho ohimney into the firo.. The Direotor sent to acquaint his colleagnes with the misfortune that bad hap- ened to him; and a8 ho was known to bo a per- ?flflly henorablo man, ho was readily belleved, It was only sbout twonfy-four hours from tho time thiat hio had doponitod tho money ; thoy thonght, therefore, that it would bo hord to refuse this roquest for a second bill. Mo rocoived it upon iving an obligmou to rostors tho firat bill, if fi«nhould aver bo found, or pay the money hlm- nelf, if it ehould bo presonted b[vl any strangor. ‘About thirty years_ aftorward (tho Diractor Liay- Ing heon long doad, and his hoirs in possession of his fortuno), an unkuown porson prosented tho loat bill at the baulk, an: domnudndmga{; mont. It was In voin that they mention this porson the transaction by whioh that bill wea annulled; ho would not lsten to it. IHo maintained that it camo to him from abroad, aud insiated wopon immediate payment, The nato was payablo to boarer, and the £80,000 wore paid Lifin, T'ho heira of the Dircctor wonld not listen to any demonds of roatitution, and the sbank was obliged to sustain the loss, It was discovered attorward that an architect having purolinsed the Dircotor’s houso, and taking it down, in ordor to bulld another upon the same #pot, ind found the mnoto ina orovice of tho chimnoy, and made his discovery an engine for robbing {he bank. —— Conundrums in Every-Dny Morals, Fro the Buston Tranacript, . If you wero s barber,—somo of uy are barbers, —and » Dank-Prosidont In first-rate standing, who had alwaye been kind to you, called upon ou Lo meot him In privato, thon to shave off his Totich noxt to Ay hia hilr and eyabiows, and Instly'to sny nothing about it, giviug you & roll of bills which turuod out to bo a handsome gitt, quite lu advanco of your componsation, would you sposk of theso things, or ssy nothiug and watch tho nowspapers ? If you were traveling in the cars, and by ine advertently overlookiug a parly of your nelgh- Lors playlng oards, should discover what, bad you attondod to ¥our own affairs, you would youlive to witness your 873 linyo known nothing nbout, namely: that thoy woro playlng for money, and that thréo of the patly wore in leaguo to clioat tho fourth, wito Wan & ptrauger, nnd waa playing fairly, and los- ing all he rivked in tho hopo of rotrioving, would you Interforo, or lot them floca him? It you wora & wifbor child, and had a hushand or fathor who, had not uaod you well suduglh to claim your affeotion or rospoot, but_had rathor tought you to dread bLim, and.ho had hoon dos tectod. in orimo and liad flod from Juntico, and you_knaw whoro ho was without any confidencoe ol his, and In a way not ‘}mwing out of tho domeatic rolation, and the Btato waa frultlossly oxponding large sums of monoy to seonro the Eunilhmunb which you wore parstaded ho rishly losorved, would you or not disclose your kuowl« adgo of his wheranbonts P you wero riding in the oars with Iadics, and your party wore jolied by an fll-bred aod_man- nerloss aoqunintance,—for such paoplo will foin you,—aud ho succoods by hin boldtorous and un- coull bohavior in atiracting to tha party tho at- tontion of some half-drunken ronghs who are near, and thoso last hegin making offensive re- ‘marl, whioh your officiots Aoquaintance undor- takon fo rosont In » passionato mannor, which londd to a collision, what will you do,—leave him to Sl it out and' got tho thornnlzh poundin; which hio dosorves, or intorfore in hia bohslf, an try to provont, on the sooro of s friendship wrginh {a purcly nominal, and at the risk of your front tookh, tho castigation which you would bo delighited to administor yoursolf? 1f you wero confldontly lot in to thesoorat that }mumu woro ongagoed in fooling & personal riond of yours, not known to bo such by yonr informant, by playing choes or billiards with Dim for months, and allowing him to boat thom gonorally, and shink bimselt ' groat player, and bpoalc of 1t ab tho olubaud olsewhoro frooly; thint ho usually beat a1l theao oxcollont playors,—all thia for the ealie of dlsolplining Lila concelt svd taking him down, ns tho phraso Is, ‘oxposuro at the end,—would you put him on his guard ? FASHION, From the New York Eventng Mail, Eufuuln has added purplo to her mourning. ilimmel sold .£30,000 worth of perfumos at tho Vionns Falr. —Worth 1 sald to domand pay in advanco from Amierican oustomers, —Jnpsnene sashos aro the Iatest, They are finudy and anhnr in pattern, but very rich and andsomo iu quality, —'Che Ulator coat will be popular next winter. Those vory Loavy garmonta are obly suitablo for travoling, = —Bomo ladies aro wenring daggbrs of silvér or ot fn tholr bonnots, sewed on s small black vel- Vet or ritbbon bow on the sido. —Tha English fashion of wesring feathers in the hat on fnll-dross ocossionu has been adopted by many of our fashionable matrons, ~—Tovoreiblo Eliaabothan raflles aro the Iatest. They aro worn with any costume, and are Jined with light-colored silk. —Dr. Dio Lewis is authority for the statomont thiat a dlot of bonoa is bottor for the complexion than all the powders and creams ever manu- facturod. —Work-baskots and bird-cages combined aro new. They are mado of willow, the cago hang- ing from an atch above the baskot. 3 —Thoold fashion of wearing beads around the nock hias boon revived. Jot bends aro uded in- atond of the largo rubbor ones 88 horotoforo. Four timos arouud *tho neok is, we bolieve, the —Brown corduroy jackots, msde doublo- Dronuted; with deop collar and reverso, will be faghionnble noxt wintor. Thoy have mo trim- mln%nvu » double row of large bronzs buttons, —Velvob walking-costumen imported this fall o vary elegant. tho redlngoto style, an: foathers and rich laco. - —Artificlal flowers are now usod to decorate ball-rooms, patlors,, and halls, on fostivo ooca~ sions, They are chesper than nataral exotics, look quite as well, and Lave not su oppressive perfume, p —Wax flowera are now oalled into requisition to trim the new wintor bonnets. The large red roses worp are all of wax, —A new style of collar, said to bo intonded for gentlomen, 18 the nearcst approach io the kind worn by ¢ end-men " in minstrel companies 'wo bave seen, —Purplo will be one of tho moat fashionabls oolora for outdoor costumes noxt wintor, both in aill and volvet. A silk costums of purple, with volvot rovers, cuffs, and underskirt of tho samo color, ia vory olegaut and atylish. —A now style of wall paper for dining-rooms has medaliloms of game and birds, real skin and real feathers boing used. Tho figures aro raised on light background, which is very offective. Flowers are also introduced of wax and linen tiod m;iuthnr with bright-colorad ribbon, —TImitation oatrich-fenthors appear to be quite a8 fashionablo this antumn as the genuine. Tho formor are very admirably-made, and almont de- ty dotection. Ostrich ** tips " are Bo reasondble in prico that manufacturers ssy there is no in- ducement to put imitation on the market. —Ear-rings made of English sovoreigna are ono of -the Iatest noveltiesin jowelry. They hong from tho oar from a fino gold ohan fag- tened to tho hook, and are quite protty. Neck-, lacos of sovereigns are also introduced, also bracalots of tho same, the coins being wowed on: & wide bond .of black volvet, —The oxodus of New Yorkors to tha Banth niext winter promises to be nnusually great, and will commanco in carncet as oarly as noxt month. Floridn will ba the rendezvons, and, we undor- stand, the domand for "board is constant, A Nortliorn winter bas groator terroxs for our peo~ ple overy year. —In Paris, black silk costumas for the housa are made with pointod waist and a single trailin skirt, - On this and tho waist is raised embrojd- ery in orauge silk floss, reprosonting pine-apples and agorns. This new stylo of trimming drossos is said to be vory beautiful and effectivo. ‘» - —Tho new London nole-papor is of a coffca- color, and folda at the top iustoad of at the side. At tho head of thesheet 18 & blaok orost or mono- gram, surrounded by s plain black circle. The envelopeia equaro, aud bay tho samo embollish- ‘ment on tho fold. Parchmont note-paper is also fashionablo this songon. —Tho newest omTings aro of bone. They are out in the form of many-pointoed stars tipped with differont colors. A small star fastens in the lobo of the oar, lndalnrgor ono hangs un- dorneath. They are very odd and very pretty. The first made were exuihited at tho Vionna Ex- position. - —Somo of the young ladies who habitually promenado Fifth svenue are wearing small bou- quaots of natural flowers stuck low in the hair on the right sido, The presont style of bonnot per- mita this fashion to be scon to advantage, and it {a withol a very pratty one. ¥ —Laco shades ara ngaldly supergeding linon for tho front windows of fashionable domiciles. The now atyles are i elegant, copies of atatu~ ary being woven in the lnco, surrounded by wroaths "of flowora, Monograms aro algo ‘diu- played, and black velvot squares sro sowed on tho ineido, that tho effoct may bo battor seon from thp stroet, —Tho preaont style of wearing tho hair is to liave a singlo narrow chatelaine-braid down the back of tho head, with two or three soft puffs on top, and » crown braid in front. The back is sufi"cnmhnd up from the nape of the neck, g;lt ita bare look is takon away by tho chatelaine | corract stsle just now. Thay oro made something in the trimmivg is usnslly —_— A Late Discovery at Pompeiis From the London Athenum, The form of another human body, which bad beon impreasod on tho ashos of Pompeil, has ‘boon preserved in plaster of Parig within the Ist few dayn, Tho cast is said to bo_extromoly boautiful, and far superior to any which have ‘hitberto Loen takon, ‘Tho hoad is & porirait, the noso 6 long aud decidedly aquilino, the lipa full and half opon, the ears onormously large, Thera is no musoular contraction iudicative of a vio- Ient daath, and the wholo person, wlich is in tho pomo of one who slocpa & placid sleap, shows that this ushappy citizon of Yompeii diod of asphyxin, He 104 on the loft eide, rosting the Losd on the right hand, whilst tho olhor arm, bent under tho breast, i8 almost concealed ; the lega ara drawn up uunoqually, tho loft more than ‘the right, which i siretched out naturally, Around tho loine was & lmen covering, which conoealod & emall portion of the logs; the broast was naked, withont the shirt, unless thero be some appoarance of ono undor tho loft armpit ; but the foob were nakod, and these have boen orst mamlmvnn“y. It is worihy of noto that this body was found at a romarkable hoight, almoat ou the lovel of tho sacond atory, aud neur it wove a fow nlooouot monoy in bronze and silver. ‘Thuo auother interosting addition is made to tho casts of human forms now in tho museuwm. 'Tha firut exporimont of the kind was mado *a long time ago” by the Commendatoro TFiorolli, now Dircotor of tho National Musoum, in the presonco of your corrospoudent,- 1t oroatad a great sensation at the simo, aa woll it might, for it brought to light, if not to life, some of the viotims of thal groal eruption which burled a wholo oity beneatls its aulies, and pro- sontod us with types of the race who onoa poo- pled the atreots of that now silent olty. ———— Fnots About Snnke-Bites, Dr, . Druitt writos from India that o Ma- drag, in 1870~71, tho number of human lives srid to havo been dostroyed b{ beasts of prey and polsonous suakes was 3,325, and tho number of oattlo, 5,814, Tho rewards paid for killlng tizors, &o., amounted t0 £2.0611, OQuly £32 148, by a dreadful. wos opout In' rowurding’ tho dostruction of suakos, Dut an oMolal rolupt for tha yosr from Aprll 1, 1879, to March 01, 1873, ufioWns & vory afnatstit atato of things, 'In Maroh, 1872, may- onty-fonr anifita wexo dmmtoa 1 the wholé Prosidonoy, and tho feivtrd of twoaunns, or 8d, yor envn polsonous sanko Auiduntsd to18a 8d, Thatmonth by mouth tho spepontiiaal e o tho popylntion was moro and more arouaed, 4l in nfnr L, 1870, u:f nuwberof snakes dostrpyed wiis 435,067, nnd tli6_ rawsrds not logs than £6,018 48 13¢d; Talking the yast 9n a wholo, tho ‘nninbor of inaltos dostroyad i tho Prenidoioy was moro tiAn 1,260,000, and tho mioucy pnld {n ras wrards was £16,743 10s 9d, which numbers woull invo beon-trobled lind, Svory pnt of s Prosl- donay boon equally zoaloun, Tho Madeas Gov- ornment scoms (o havo ropanted o ita lborality, and fo havo thouplht thateven enakio-killio might bd too doar; thiorofora, bY an ovdor data Moy 28, 1873, thay havo rentrlotod tho ravard, to cobrag/only, and iave fixad It at one auna, or 134d; por cobra.” It was alloged that someof the natives usod to broed cobras on purposs to got tho rowards ;-but considering tho immonne quaatity of Iund whiol sooms not to bo oultiviabio profit- ably for humau food, and which {a covorad with prickly poar and othor wild plants, thoro realfy soom# Lo bo uo limil Lo the numbor of snakes whioh might bo captured, Very few cssoa of snnko-bito in India aro sdon by Europoau or medical authorities, Tho = pulson s too rapid. “We get, adds the Lon- don edical ~Record, from which tho abovo detaits nre takon, * an incidantal glimpso oceasfonally, from indircot souroos, of tho datails, Tor Instance, in the reporl of tho Bocloty for tlie Propagation of tha Gospel, & poor Cristian thus desoribos the death of his daughtor : ¢ Thraa montha aftor hor marriage, in o flold in tho wil- dorness, a snako bithor, Her husbsnd dreggod hor toward liome ss far ag he could. Hor logs wers cut by the stonos, and blecd- lnF.- When he oould carry hor no Ioniur, ho Inidher noar o thickot, and fan for help, but the ants had begun to eat her fage before he conld return,’ I must i candor be enid that some authorities conslder tho accounta of the nam- bers of men and animals dostroyed by snakos very much exsggorated, and afiirm that mag men and women sud othors who are murdered, aro sald to have died from soako-bite, On this point we can offer no opinion, Certain it is that gfit‘blug is more raro than to hear of Europesus on.” THE PRAYER OF LOVE. O] Teava me not, desrost one, frlendiean and stricken, While Ifo's gurgiog river runs durk at my feot, 0BT ey, for thy prosence my apirt doth quiokol, And speak fo mo tonderly, lovingly, sweot ; AD{ dstk i my path, snd afill darker Lifo's aeeming,— “The blsck ahadon fall thictdy whorevor I gos Thien atay, for thy smilea thraw » light on miy dream- ing Anflfluhlul 1he shadows of sorrow and woe, Then loavs me not, dearcat ono, lonely and weeping; Blor Fata cantaa cloud g'or fay vitton to-day; Ol bo than my angel-guide, faithrully kesping ‘A-watch 'or my soul on Life's woarisome way ; Tor domething atill whirpors that, when wo ars paried, ‘Hope's Inst ciesrful raya will depart from mo too; , Yot still, whilo I wander alono, brokon-heartod, 1 will pray that no sorrow come, darling, ta you, Omoago, - ¥ Caniite, HUMOR, 5 A handsome thing in lodies’ hoso«—A neat lit- o foot. —A Dubitquo banker droppod a two-cont picco in the contribution-box, and took out & cant for “discount.” | —1Tho man who spent most of his time at the +illago tavern was not quite well—he was inn- disposed. —~'Ia tho Colgnol herse?” shonted s man, sticking his hond into & Kansas City stre #Ho Is," anawerad thirteon mon as thoy rose A photographer in Gloncostor has’ boon tonishied by & young woman who came to ask, ‘moskly and innocently, How long doos it .take to g:'c' & photograph after you leaye your moas- ure —A supetlor quality of champagne is now made with petroloum as the. chiof ingrodiont, The manufacturera claim that ic is the bost that Lias over benzibe. —Tathor Bovle, of Washington, addrcesing school on the subjeot of Laster colobration, & young mius asked him : Father Boyle, what is tho origin_of Vaster oggo?” A hen, o no doubr, miss,” repliod the fathor quietly. —Cbioraft frequontly romarks in conversa- tion ; * I nover Lillod anybody ; it's their own weight as doea ut." —Moral reflection for the young man of the period—Diseipated acquaintancos are not to be confounded with Inst friends, —What is tho differenco between an old has on a stick and monoy with & spond:hsift 2 One Bearos orows, tho other grows scarce. Lo Pittaburgh_Commercial says Saxo and Holmes ars two of tne wittiest of American poota ; but thoro i ono who is Wiittior, puts in the Boaton l'ost. nuoh more fuss ls mado about this Chambord busnesn, thoro avo those amongst us o will bogin to think the whole afair a real 0ro. - —Just because » youug mon in Evansville conghed up a gold doller tocontly that he swal- lowed soma tiwo ago, the citizens of that place spoak boastingly of thoir * coughera of gold." —A passonger on an Ohlo railroad, arousod from soreno slumber by the tooting of a whistle, exolaimed potulaatly:” “The train hascanght UP WILD C108S uistblo agaln ¥ - —At & recont’ ton-party in the Highlands, & young man who had beon rolating e more than ‘wondorful oxploits in various parts of tho globa was not a little set back by tho remark of axu old travoler: * Young mou, ‘ain't you ashamed to tatk 8o when thero are_ofder liars at tho tablo?” —‘“Yon needn't como on Saturdasy night, or any other pight,” was. the .soothing remark written in delicaty fowmsle charactera on n postal~ card which wingoed jta- way through the Leaven- worth Post-Otlice tho othor day. —A good lady, who 6n tha death of hor first busband muarried bis brotbor, has n portrait of the former hanging in her dining-room. Ono day o visiior, natising the puinking nsled, “*Is that & momber of tho family?" 'Ol lkgn'l my_ poor brother-in-law,” was tho' ingenions reply. p—b:klflunurl %Lr], on her wodding-day, sold hor piano =nd bought & sewing-machine and material enough for a euit for hor husbaud and horuelf, and at once ot to work making them up, Her husband blowed it. In two weeks ber four siaters wore nll married. . —Tlio propristor of young ladies’ academy in Ilinois has utterly ruinod his business by causipg to Do insortod in a large number of papora & picture of the building, With two girls standing on tho balcony with last year's hata on their heads. v —An absent-minded.man entored a Troy shoo- storo the other day, and wanted his hoy mease ured for a puir of shoos, +‘But where's the boy?” eekod tho doaler, Thundorl” said the man, “I've loft tho boy at homo; Y'li goand ot him ;" and off lie started for bis houss, six glooku ASRY. —A lager-beer house in Hudson County, New Joraey, was formerly a charon, The shrowd ‘Teuton who now keops it was about to erase an ingcription painted ovor the door, but on second thought he loft the last lino untouched, Ibie: * Lot him that {s atiurst come,” ; —Tho latest phaumlogical ditcovery ia that the human liver distily slconol from the food as it pasees through tho systom, ‘Ihisis something now in theso parts, sure enough. Wo know of soveral distillors who are good livers, but we nover heard of & liver that was a good distiller beforo,.—Frankfort Ycoman, —* Gontlomen," #aid an auoticnoer, who was solling & picce of Jand, * this is_the most do- lightfut lend, It istho easiost land to cultivato, it is 8o light, 6o vory light, Alr, Patker will or- rohorate my statement ; ho owns the noxt ’m!ch, and he will tell you how eusy it is worked. * Yes, gontlomon," said 3r, Parker, ** it {u vory Bnl[vhto york, but '1; fu o plagguey wight ensier to gathor ho orops. —A xl[:wldndly rough-looking individual applied for a liconso us a tosciter of o #chool not fur from ‘Tyoy, rocently, * Do yon think you can maungo o achool #” inquired the oxamiuor, “Woll, T guous wo," snid tho applioaut impor- turbably. “1f Ican't, L oan kuock the spots out of tho youogsiora,” ‘Tho vacanoy still oxiuta. — Jlow do.you got along 7" said a devoted wife to her husband, & down-town morchant, in the midst of tho panio, * Ol I ghall wonther the storm, but I wish I had ouly a fow hundred dollars moro, It would be very convenient, to #ay tho least,” * Don't you with you had - mar- riod a rich wifo ?" said bho, in & tensing way thon rising and golug to hor room she rul.urun(i with rathor more than the amount raquired in United Btates bonds, * Why, where in the world did yon i this 7" gail the bewildered husband. *** Woll, my doar, yon went to o cham- DAgne-sUpper KOVOD YOard ago, and on your re- tura, fluding navigation avound tho room rather ditiioult, dugmuun hat, shoos, gloves, and a Iargo roil of Lunk-bills on the darpet. I put it away, nud waited thres weeks for you to inquire it 1'had seon It. Whon Auding you wera inhln:ml to do wo, I fuvosted It ; aud horo yon ave it." g Famine In Ohlhuahun, Moxico. Lreps thy Kt Puiao Eantinel, Oct, 18, ‘We loarn that an ordor has been fssued by the suthorities of Chibuahun, prohibiting tho ex- Eorlnuon of vorn,wheat, und beans to the United tatos, The caurlo of this aotion upon the part of the suthorities la said to ba the socarcity of these articles, and almost complete fuilure of crovs in tha intarior of the Biate, aod appreliens slots of a famino during the oomlnq winter, Thy Btate Governmont, hag ordored all agelsultural products brought Into partiolar placos and ntorod, whora it whi b reccivod by an azont and. peid for in alivor ab curront rates, It will be sold durlng tho winter ab tho samo pricos to QIUzuus of tho Blnto in small quantitios, THE MERCHANT OF VENICE. Shillesponrenn Injustice. Trom the Cineinnatt Gasette, Tho immortal Willinm, as $ho Germans eal ‘i, aimed no higher thau Lo suit the hnmor of tho time, Tic frealy Inid hiold on projudice and injustice to sorve his rlnywflghunm ar to pro- dure royal favor, This trait may be soon in his cdtran traventy ot the just popular complaints presontod by Undo, with great_modaratlon, after an important 7irtary ovor the King's adhorents ; in b fmpossibld onstor, Richard wha fifobably waa not worgo thar hia rivals; in his dull atid stilted piay of Honry VIIL, written to Vornish the bd ohamator of thas tyrant while Lis daughtor rolgrcd, and as & mere introduction to & most fulsemo patit 0 to stull tho ears of Lho abominable * Good grunn Boga;" and in his Sliyloak, whioh panderod to tua flerco projudice againgt tho Jows,-by making all it§ bumor turn ou tho abueq of one of that race, Because 8hylodk wan s Jow money-lendor, he in dlnncflhcdm fooling this way, to - toniot §hy, How like a fawning publican he looks § X hiate him, for he is » Qurlatian 3 Tut moro, for that, in low simplicity, Ho lends Gat money gratis, and Lrings dows "The tato of uaaiicn hara with ua {n Voticar £ T oan catch him once upon the hip, 3, will focd {at the anclont gradye I bes him, o Linton our s Eren whidrs meralinla mont do congr e On me, my batgains, and my wellwoa thrl ;{mlit'h \;‘n’edx:ll itcrest, Oursed bemy tribe forgive him. Tha play ia a succsssion of orwol Injuries ta Shylock bysmst of graceloss scAmps, yot the intont {8 to carry the sympathies of the audience sgaingt him, and make them delight fn his men- :;[I !ortflt:fl ;nd ln“i‘ rain.’. Almi this brutale n the play ia sucocssfu ' Tho only thi ng’.ne od againat Shylock Is that: ha is & Jow, and that ho lends money at intorest. DBocaung hé fa s Jow, lils' humen feoling and arontal distress aro mado a profitablo -subject for Bhakapearoan mirth, while s set of Christians; who, in any otherjrolation, would scem disreput~ able, ara accoptod aa nxcemflnlflg good. Thers is Daenanio, & spondthrift, who has squandered his own eatntd, sard botrowed hearily of bis sofb friend, Antonio, and whio now proposes to bor- row more in order to fit him out aplendldly for a fortunts-hnnting marringe advengure, ~ Antonio is a dashing Jim Fisk kind of morchant, who hos had womo good Iitek and has Yrowu prosump- tuous nimngn + who associntos with spendihritts, and allown thom. to borrow his money ; who ssemato o fooding tha wiiols gang of Dassaalo's hangora-on; who la now. embarrassed and: anxious by tho oxtent of his ventares, but who- consents fo bo botind for tho loan tor it out Bas— eanio with falso protenses. To this end ho comes as & sultor_for & loan for tho Jew-lie was wont to rail at and spit upou in the mart. He is desoribed as carrying it off in e Chriutian, high-apfrited way, in asking the mau Lo had treated as wotno than a_dog to lond Lim money, and a8 affcoting & shabby independenca in it by telling Bhylook that though ho borrowed of him, hie might spurn bim 08 beforo, and tha he might consider hé lent to an enemy, and, thorefore, conld the mora cértainly exact the onalty. The spectator s expoctad to think" at, beeanso Bhylock was a Jow, he hated An- tonio boocause Le was a Chirtatlan, and becaure o lont monoy withont intoreat, o Lad reagona enongh in Antonlos publio abuse of him, but the hearsr is supposad fo soo iu this only a Christisn’s 11:ropm- treatmont of & Jow, and & chivalrons thing for Antonio to do, Bhylook, ‘bolng a Jew, is mpposod to bavo & miraculons . vision, by which ho soes that this groat meroliant will break within threo months, eo that ke will not be abls to take up a bill for 8,000 ducats ; and that 1f he can, under pretrnse of a troliciome mood, get bim to give & bond for & pound of - flesh, he shiall havo the Jowieh satis- Taction of cutting it from the Chrinlian's body. The use made of this borrowed moner irus onough to drive s Obristian to desperate veu- poance, but tho mudience ie oxpectod to enjoy Shylock's agony and to_sympathize with the act B of profiigates who conépirs against him. The fun begius when Bassanio, with the money bor- rowed of Bliylock. gives o farewell m{mar 'to his¢ oirole, and “n:t' B‘I:yln.ak. in mdux"x oa l;laogi(?; renzo an opportunity to carry of ] daughter an l}:fi:yms{ml. and take their flight: on Basgauio's ship. ‘Thio Shakspontenn bumor regords {his robblng: a Jew of bis daughter aud bis Jewols au a capl Joke, and it sotves up this Jowish father's agony in a most ludicrous mixture of ejaculstions over bis daughtor's abandonment and exclamations over tho losa of his money. 1¢ would be enough to drive a Obristian father to dugmrnllon and to relantloss vengoance ; but & Jow's distress at 6o orushing o calamily is a subject for Shak- wpearean mirth, If it wore any but a Jew father this irotment by s danghter would bo most wanton, hoartioss, unnatural, snd absndoned. But Jossics, who ipostatizes Trom tr religion, abandons Ler race for one that despises i, and botrays and robs her fathor to fiy with a profli- gato Whorovilos him, ia_thought 8 nico young wamu.l‘_l who haa served her father right for be- ing a Jew. * E'wn of thin sot of reckless rakes mest Shylook: in his very agony aud taun. him with his daugh-- ter’s elopement, and with tho success of Ihu_L))nl by which he was dupad, 1f & Jow were ontitled tofeel aa a man, Bhylook had reason for reven;o as floroe as'he is describod as then concelviug. But his desporato feeling {8 made a vehicle to carry atill furthor this pruotlcal joko by denying bim'justice in » Ohristian court, and choating him out of his bond by a_paltry trlok, aud thed mnking it & roagori or wholly atripping Lim of his proporty. Tho crushing of ‘Buylook with all this weight of calamity and in{‘uullcu. is - mog, {toous; but the Shakspearcan hiumor makes i {’Lm very some of Olristian fuh over the fit sorv- {ng ont of aJow. It has made Shylook’s name & byword, whilo these prastial jokers who robbod ab unoffending Jow of sll that made lifo endur- ablo are regardod as capital fellows, and Jousics, tho wanton dnnEhtor, a8 having somchow been ‘begotton with the nature of & Christisn. Thue play is considered_and cxacutod in the most eavage spirit of the anciont prejudice against the Jews, and it has dono mack to per- potuato that injustioco, It is s spirit which iz unworthy of expression in_standard literaturo, and its fostoring in ‘this play bins no rndueminF featuro. Its effock on an audicnce s brutnl- izing. A fathor's’ angnish at hia daughter's abandonment s mado & subject for jesring. A st of profligatos aud ‘' doad Dbeats ™ are proe soited a8 commondable beoause thoy torturo, and pluok, and erush’ into utter despair a Jowish father. “The play is umvorzhg of perpetuation. It is onae of tho examplds thavShakeposre had no aims above the humor of the timos, and that ha waa ready to geise.on inhuman Swjudma aud cruel injustigs where thoy would furnish ma- torials for & popular drama. Xllustrations of the Sun’s Light, Klont, h and Distanco. Fyom R, A. Prootor's Boston Lecture, W will noxt conaidor, continucd Mr. Proctar, the sun's light, This we may compare with the oxy-bydrogen light, which lias but 1-146 of 1t intensity, or with the electrio light, which is but one-tlird_ss intonse, Tho hoat by sun is alsa comparable, Tho estimates of its total Lieat are very variable, but that which it furnishes to the earth wo are ablo to messure and to arrive ab exact results, Bir John Herschol hias found that the heat which falla npon one square mile, whon the sun Is in tho zonith, i capable of melting in one hour 26,000 tous of ico, ' Thero are 50,= 000,000 square milos on the surfaco which the sun shines upon, sud the heat whioh it recolves would be sufficiont to raiso an ocoan Alxty-six tules deop i oue yoar from tho troczing to tha bouling point, That roceived by tho cartn is buk a small park of tho light cmitted, for 72,000 earths could bo placed in tho onrth's orbit. The planots recoive only tho 227-millionth part of it. What, thon, beoomes of tho rost? The stars, which aro also suns, ara giving out larga amount of heat, only & portion of which falls upon thoir planots, What becomos of all this heat’ whioh ia radlated into space? That is question which is yot unanswered, Dut (o ree turn to tho sun, Tho hent which is aclually given out by one equaro yard is catimated to ba squal to that ovolved by eix tons of coa! burnt i one hour. The light aud heat of the sun traval at (ia samo rato,.and probably tho mag. hotlo powar also, 'yob. it (kkoh olght minutes for it to pass tho spaco Lebweon us. If tha sun gave ont mouud, and it undoubtodly does five vut wound, it would tako thirtoon and onor all yours to bring 16 ta ud, Bus thero is, strangely enough, ngap whioh it canunot pass, If thoso old hesthen who prayed to the ann could have known how many, many yoars would hinvo olapuod Lefore thelv potitious ‘would huve beon head, if it wore poasillo for tho wownd te huvo pacsad that gap, thoy might have dosisted from thoir devobiows. If a rod of motul wore conacoted botween tha earth and nun, it would take 800 daya for & sound to be transmitted from oue Lo the othier. Thers was a vory nice illustration of the distance botwaon us which had been given by an American whom ho did not know, but which-1s based upon tho raplaity with which a #cosntion fa transinittod in tuo body, Ho gald it & baby at {ts birth had an arm o lon, ::u& le oould touol m‘nt-un.l :lm ovell i&l ‘Slt l.l‘lm iroo-Roore-yenre-and-ton 1t neyver would know {hiat its fingary were burnt, notiou ; and he rails,