Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, April 12, 1874, Page 11

THE CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE: SUNDAY, APRIL 1874. 12, AMONG THE SAIL-MAKERS. 4 Department of Lakor in which Woman Is Appreciated. T The Work, 1he Wages, and {he Character of the Operatives. easure to look on fho Lright eide f s eubject, afier being compelled to sco only fedsiker ehades; aud, after viewing the ead- ey aspects of womau's labor, it is very choer- & find one department where womsn is op- :’,ij,.,:d, a0 is on & parvaluo with bor brother Jpis = real pl B fage which form 60 couspicuons part of ery procession, end float from windows snd {is tops of dwellings every Toarth of July; the o bepners which aro part of anarms's equi- . the awnings that scroen the windows and 8 orsof the mercbants” estublishments from 1he scorching Ters of the nooa-day sun; th‘e verings of th goldier’s tent and tho emigrant's agon; rod the sails of oar fast-flying vessels sariver, lake, and gen,—aro ¢ PRISCIPALLY SOMAN'S WORK. Fihensier portion of the libor upon them is dormed by pion, butall tho Lighter work is Jone by women. Tt is no triding matter to bo able to sow on se besvy cloth used in sail-making. To sow it Sty sad Tapidly requires long and patient ctico; &0 tho use of the needlo in the manu- Yeture of sails is scquired only by plodding, emevcring self-denial. This needlo is round for » short distanco from thie exo, about one- pird of its length; tho remainder is throe- rded, shaped like 8 three-cornered file ; towards 1he oint theeo sides ere sharp, to facilitate the fting of the needlo through tho coarso, heavy foth. Tho sail-maker wears & band of leather found thohand; in this band is a hole through " ehich the thumb pacses, and which keeps it in . gixe. T that partof tho leather which rests . Pehtho pmm of tho Land isa thimble, by ¥ the operztor pushes the mecdle through Fecenvas as far as possible, and {hen eeizes it +ib tho thumb and forefinger to pullit through. 10NG FRACTICE IS NECESSARY i order to do tbis rapidly and without injury to the fingers; for, if the operator seizes tho needle S0 near tho point, it is apt to cut Lier finger. A tined sail-maker, who has become used to the edle, and whose fingers are mot quite so Yaderand susceptible za are thoso of a begin- zer, will draw the needle through without in- jury to her hands. . Wherever there is s seam, the edges aro 1ipped over ench other, and each edgo is Srmly smed, making two rons of stitching at each team; this renders the work strong and dura- te Tho cloth is hold in place over tho lap by #hook, but in euch o way that it does not neces- Fiato stooping over tho work. The operator gisin an upright_position, and, as sho com- mences her work with a thread six feet in lergth, her arms aro pecessarily thrown back- wards fo their full estent in drawing out the thresd stitch by stitch, which has tho effect of expanding the chest and giving the lungs full Jy; the marked effect of yhich is, thst sail- Eakim aro peculiarly excmpt from consumption. | i' i i A o vl Fuid ono firtn, when speaking upon this subject, “Tehave never yet buried one of our girls; pobooe of them Las had consumption; but thoy all zotain A TIGH DEGREE OF HEALTH." Avniogs, flage, tent and wagon-covers, are semally made on tho sewing-machine b};‘gf'ixl:, although soms prefer to Lave these made by hand, 8 the work is considored much stronger than that done by machinery. Sewing-machines wero introduced to facilitato the work, but it was observed that those girls who worked constantly on the sewing-machine were not in such regular afiendsnco upon_their work as formerly. One would be absent because sho_did not feel well ; anotner would be reported sick ; and the discov- err wea made that the sewing-machine was an injury to the girls who worked in a sail-making establishment. This was, however, obviated by % the usc of steam. The work dono by machinery { costs 23 much s tho work done by Liand, 5o tha { nothing is saved by the use of the sowing-ma- 1 chine cxcept a little timo gained in a burrying 4 semson. Half of the girls employed are s0 ox- i pert at their businces that they work equally well i A A Ut s b, 3 dither with the band or the machine. 1t is not tothe interest of the cmployer to have thom j work too many hours together on the machine, ssitis detrinientelto their heslth, and thero 0 sofew well-skilled sail-makers thst a vacancy is hard to fill ; therefore it is tho interost of em- ployers to look after the bhealth of their girls, EadKeep them in @GOOD WOREING CONDITION. The averago wages of these girls is $9 a weok; % agizl who caunot earn $7 & _wock is not wanted, 1 sho is not & profitable hand. Some girls, in busy times, working by tho piece aud taking work home, oarn $18 per week. The work that s equally shared by men and women is equally ? emunerstive, the women receiving as much as themen. Thv most steady, industrious, and ro- lisble girls are hired by the year at $9 per week ; 10that, in dull times, whon' work is scarce, they e not without the means of support, ag they tave s stesdy income of €9 a week. How many men would havo been glad if they could Lave so- sured by their labor an income of that amount forongh the past dreary winter ! During the War, the demand for the gocds of the sailmakers was far in oxcess of the supply, wd sdvertisements for girls were inserted in the newspapers. At the end of one weok, ono of the lewding firms had 200 girls who wero' trying tolearn tho business ; at the end of two weeks, they bad 400 who had applied for a chance to 1earn, and thres of their best men were detailed to gite them instructions ; but the girls found the work so difficult, and madeso little beadway, that thoy becamo ntterly discouraged, and were abont % give it upin disgust, when the firm, which waa then £0 muck in want of hands, prom- ised them, if they would have patienco and try fo learn, they would pey them $3a weck whetl- erthey earncd it or not. It did not pay the firm to bire them at these low rates, so much prac- tios and perseverance does it require to become A competent eail-maker ; 2od how meny of our Fuls possess tho necessary gualitics to make them guccessful in this branch of industry ? The girls engaged in this work are EIGHLY RESPECTED BY THEIR EMPLOYERES, *hoare not backward to speak well of them, Enng_ them the best of characiers for industry, tegrity, and high moral worth. Theyare also neat in their dress, not given to ot~ ward dispiay. enving of their earnings, and ara einently sitted to take tho piace of help-meots 4 sober, industrions men. - Tken one of these girls leeves the businoss to £kerupon the duties of the maried life, ber esa i5 always kept at the office, and, when Yorki plenty and nands scarce, au_application for help is sent to her. It is with women as it i ¥ithmen : they are looking forward to a botter toodition in life, and they know that s better condition is dependent upon money ; and thoy Irequently take work to their homes, where they bavs hashands who are both able snd willing t0 f2pport them, becauso they are glad to eamn & e% dollars to add to the pile thoy and their hus- ds, by their industry and frugality, are sc- comlating, When their husbands meet with Ritfortanas, gre disabled by sickness, or called my by death, and they ave left to strugglo e, they have a good trade to which they can um and still BUPTORT THEMFELVES IN COMFORT. Moct of theec sail-makers {Horeign extraction. Very few American girls e business, it is at present left mostly to g Rho come from a country of steady habits {3 plodding persovorance, with a determioation make themselves independent. I wa8 hoped, when Slavery was sbolished in {agountry that itg sbolition would give added {3ty tolabor, and that the man who worked f what he bad would bo hield at least in as high fovemm 85 ho who consumed the fruits of others' . Among men, tho dignity of labor is being @ fully acimowledged ; end the time is com- g when the laborer Limsclf wili foel that it adds la self-reepoct. When tho dignity of lnbor ballbe something more than & mere sentiment, it fotbe s poser that will rake atself falt, os tho vi:xm are now proclaiming themsolves live, ‘ae-awake, men, with duties to perform an ehts to secrre, I 8 Women will have to_wheel into line, and %2 1p the strain of tho dignity of labor, and Ve it 1, AL WORK FASIIONADLE. 1% it 13 atylish for a young lady to wear dress Shicy the bas carned hereelf, »s proudly as that y been earncd by her father or her b1k, e may hopo Lo £¢0 more of our women the S0 eam & good eupport, and not obliged to ‘€ 0ut zn existenco on starvation wages. . Tho mu‘mn-l\_ex-n oarn good wages, because they have m:"flsnly lesrned their business. A dress- 5 %50 has learned to cnt and fit, anduager- s eversthing pertaining to_that branch of of :‘-’"}'._cumm:xué: f‘md pay. The sameis true S illiner. A girl who Las learned overy des furtment of honsekecping, and is ablo to per- = ber dutics well ns housekeeper, is alwa: L3 domand, and can alv et positon. 3 ways eecare a good position. ViadLisctian 5 q i L AR A A nite object in life, unless it is to provide them- selves with husbands, who shall furnish thema support; and, if they are not fortunate enough to secure busbands, they are compelled to turn thoir attention to carning their own livelihcod,— & position for which their former training Las unfitted them ; but if, like our boys, they learn the different trades and professions, and bocome adepts in their business, they have the means of living in their own hands, and ARE PERFECTLY INDEPENDENT. They can afford to marry for love, or to remain single, whichever they profer. It they enter into the married lifo, they do not feol thiat ser- vile spirit of dependence which is too common among the women of tho present day. If they lose thewr husbands, and are once more thrown upon their own resourcos, they are not worse off than i¢ they had remained single, 55 they havo their trado to fall back upon, and the memory of yoars of bappiness, spent with one whom thoy loved, to ssweoten the romainder of their exist- cnce, with the hope of a blessed reunion after the froubles of this life aro over, _ Look at it from whatever standpoint we may, it geems desirablo that girls should choose an occupation a8 well as boys ; if they never need it, the kmowledge of it will be no burden to them, and if the time of dire nccessity shonld come, whien they do need it, its bevefits can hardly be overestimated. The high esteem in which thoso girls who work at sail-making aro hold by their employers, and the glowing tribute thoge employers paid to their goofi character and high moral worth, are an cvidence that workin, girls aro respected by men of good senae, pre: their services are appreciated and well paid when they are ekillfuily rendered, Afns, D. WYNE0OP. S —— HUMOR. The way to mako a firo real hot is to keep it thoronghly conled. —An English wag asserts that machinery is the most modest of all things, since it almost al- ways travels in cog. —What is the difference between a window- glasa and a sharp toothacho? Ope is cut in panes, and the other cutting pain. —A 1asnion critic says that the new bonnets are the old ones sat down on for half an hour or 80. —There aro_two reasons why some people don't mind their own business. One is that thoy havn't any business, and tho other is that they bavy't any mind. —1It is plensant to scoa young creature come into a horse-car, scat herself for admiration, look happy for five minntes, and then wake up to the dismal consciousness that there is & rip in the middle finger of hor right glove. —Grace is a modest girl and rofuses to wear low dresses. * Mamma,” she remarks to her maternal, ‘ that is more than I can baro.” —A Louisians Justice sextenced a man to pay a fine of fifteen days in jail or to go to ten dol- lars, and then promptly licked a man who said he was drunk. —A story is told of a Minnesota boy who, to save oxprese chagges, packed his father’s dead body in an old dry goods box,; labeled it * veni- son,” and sent it East. What's the difference between the side of & right-angled trianglo and an old maid's tespot ? One is 2 hypothenuse, the other a tea-pot-in-use. —A Hoboken editor, being challenged, sent wox\ili(n reply: “When I want to die I can shoot myself. —A female bill-poster_is doing an extensive ‘business in New York. The sex was always good at running up bills.—Bostos Post. —She tied the halter to her waist, and led the cow to water; the brute took fright, and gave & twist—" My daughter! oh, my daughtor!” —Aman writing postically of the wenther says: * The backbone of winter is broken, but its tail wags yet occasionally.” —XHorw to becomo practically acquainted with the “Rulo of Three”—Live with your wife, mother, and mother-in-law. —An Indianapotis father ehot six times ata snspusnd burglar, snd was amazod to hear the fellow ask: *¢ Whazzer mazzer, fazzer ; whazzer doing ?" —An English Judge, Baron Alderson, on be- ing asked to give his opinion as to the proper length of & sermon, replied, *Twonty minutes, with & leaning to the side of mercy.” —Bald Mountain seems to have quieted down now, and some of the people around there are beginning to fear tbu{‘ got religion a good while before there was really any necessity forit.— Louisville Courier-Journal. —4Did you_exccate this instrument without fear or compulsion from your husband ?” bland- 1y asked the Judge. ¢ Fear! Compulsion! He compel me! Youdon't know me, Judge.” —A tolegram aa sent : * Fort Wayne, Ind. Dr. Howard, Wellsville, Ind.: Como at once prescription. Cage of cérebro spinal meningitis. As received : ¢ Come at once to 60e procession of Carrio Spencer’s menagerie."” —r. Greeley did not invent the phrase “ Go West,” a8 is_generally supposed. The original of the remark was when Ruth said (many years B. 0.): “'Where thou go Weut I will go.” ‘—Jones presented his wife on her 188t birth- dny with o besutiful silver service. She was thankfual, but said that ono piece in the st wag wanting, for the proverb says: * Ope good t-urn deserves another, 2 —Tho ruling paseion strong in danger.—An alarm of fira was the other day given in & New York hotel. *ZLandlord,” said & guest, “is the Uz ,m” 8re t00 often raised without any defi- I housoon fire?” *Yes, sir.” “ Well, givo us one more drink, if you please, and we'll get!" —+ Bertha,” 'pothetically observed an Ohio saloon-keeper to his wife, ** these crusaders are just like the dog in tho manger; they won't arink themselves, snd they won't let anybody else drink.” _Tho average Burlington (Ja.) saloon- keepor must bo bad, indeed ! A lesrned divine in that city recently addressed one of them as follows: ‘‘Wretched man! If thebed of that river was bank-high with the suds of salvation, and a June riso of piety coming down from the mountains, there wouldn’t be enough to wash your feet. —As T am arather particular man,” saida gentleman to s man Lo was about to engage as & conchman, ** I shall expect you every evening to como to zay house for a quarter of an hour to attend family prayer. I suppose you do not ab- ject 2 * Why," anawered the man, “I don't Bee much tosey agawst it, and I hope you will consider it in my wages."” —An old lady hearing some ona reading sbout a Congressman-at-large, rushed to the kitchen door shouting, ‘* Sarah Jane, Sarah Jane! don’t you leave the clothes out all night; mind, I tell Jou; for there's a Congressman at large!” A good lady of Columbns, Ga., was *struck all of & heap ” by an old colored woman ehe met tno other day. She beamed all over her face 18 she said, in the most ngpmved Georgia style : “ Howdo, Aunt Maria ! The aged negrees raised herself erect, placed her arms akimbo and Temarked, loftily, Jooking sidewise, ** I ain't yer aunt, and I ain’t yeruncle ; I'so yor ekal” —A darkey was once sttempiing to steal & goose, but a dog raised an objection, and Ssmbo Toti The noxt night during a thunder sbow- er ho attempted it again, aud just as_he was on the point of getting away with his fow], the Tightning _strack clogo_by and tho_noise noarly frightened the poor fellow to death. Dropping the goose, he started away, muttering. *’Posrs ter me der am a mighty lot of fuss made "bout & common goose.” —The Sandy Creck Newssays: A newmethod of compounding drugs was_proposed to one of our druggista & fow days since. A well-knowyn bummer entered the store and asked for s pint of whisky. The proprietor eaw the point and was dotermined that the bummer shouldn't see the “pint.” ‘I musthaveit,” saya the latter, @ T've eaten more'n » pound of camphor, and must havo tho whisky to dissolve it.” ~ —This is what may be called sympathetic: Im- aginativo Undergraduste—2ly unclo has just died, sir, and I sbonld be much obliged for a few days' leave to attend his fuveral. President (who thinks the caso scarcely suficiently urgent) “Nery well, Mr. Elank, you may go—you may go—but I wish it was s nearer relative! A Baptist clergyman_rolates as his early ex- perience that Lie engaged to preach for a society for §50 & year. Upon & settlement at the end of tho year, he found that the Committes had an item of 20 charged to him for the nse of the ‘pulpit to practice1n. Ono of the Doacons, how- ever, by way of sympathy for the pastor, pro- gonted him a pair of boot-tops. — Bottlabury, of Camden, will never dive into the creek to save another woman from drown- ing. Ho saw ared-haired girl nemod Sparks tumble in the other day off a boat, end he in- stantly plunged in after her, caught her by her dress, and swam to the shore with her. Assoon 38 they weroon dry land Miss Sparks gaves hysterical scream, flung her arms about Lottlo- bury's neck and fainted. Just then the father cemo up, with the reet of the family, and_perceiviog the situstion, he dasbed up to Bottlebury, grasped his band, and said: * Take hor, my boy: takeher! 1tis hard to give her uv; it wrenches bhor old father's heart; but she is- yours, Bless you. my children—bless you!" Then Mrs. Sparkscried, and said sbo hoped Har- riet would be happy. Tho little Sparkses mani- fested their emotion by climbing up Botilebury's logs and pulling his_cost teils. ‘Then Harriet came to, and, laving her head on Dis shoulder, Whispered, **Kiss me, darling.” Bottlebury, amased and indignant, toro himself away and fled. He was arrested that afternoon on charge of breach of promiee, and op the trial the jury gave the broken-hearted Miss Sparks $200 dam- ages. Bottlebury has intimated to his confiden~ tial friends that if any other warm-haired woman intends to fall overboard near him, she will find it to her advantage to learn to swim. FASHIONS. Nature’s Spite Ageinst Easter. The New Bonnets-.-Flowers, Au- monieres, Ties, Fans, Ete., Etec, The first Council of Nice, which was held in the year 825, among other theological matters, settled the date upon which the feast of Easter should thereafter be celebrated by all good Christians. No special day of a special month was allotted to it, but it was decreed that it should be celebrated on the Sundsy following the full moon, which falls either on the 21st of March, or some ono of the days following until the 18th of April. Should this day, however, be a Sunday, then the Easter festival would not take placo until the succeeding Sunday, or the 25th of April. We thus find that Easter Sunday must fall between the 21et of March and tho 26th of April, and directly after the full moon. Whether the pioty of the early Christians was a8 conspicuous in their outer apparel as is now tho castom, is & subject we have not had timo to thoroughly investigate. Presumably not, how- over. Or was it already in condemnation of thair love of dress, or with & prophetic eye to the fature with the peculiar climatic effects, that the great festival was decreed to bo held at such AN UNFORTUNATE SEARON of theyear. Itisregulated by the vernal equi- nox, and from our earliest days we have been tought how that is nsually ushered in. It is, however, uudonbtedly owing to the lunar chango which then takes place that Nature seems al- ways to act as if she was an sggressive cnemy ol all the distinctions of revealed religion, A pleasant Eastor is an snomaly, and the good clothes that are prepared for a full-dress show- off on that occasion usually bave to be Iaid aside for & more propitious day. So thoronghly has this fact become recognized, at least in thia climate, that, if Easter falls in the earlier part of the time in which it must be celebrated, many Iadiea forego the luxury of new array until really settlod weather comes. Nature is 80 unreliable, aud it doeg seem as if she was willing to do her best to aid those scientists who are imsisting that she is the ruling deity of the universe. Her spite against the Trinitarians’ Easter is only equaled by the tricks she plays with the Quak- ers’ General Assembly week, They bave chauged the date of it two or three times, but still they seem ever to be grested with copious tears by “besutiful spring.” Their dove-colored dresses are usually spoiled ; and, as for the rest of fom- ininity, when Quaker-week comes, in New York, at loast, during that season of spring-meeting, they lay their good clothes aside and fasten um- brellas to their chatelaines. We_don't know what to think of Natare on the whole, but must admit that she ACTS VERY DISREPUTABLY, and as if envious of the gayer garb of human- ity. If she scts in accordanco with fixedlaws, we aro afraid she has a breadth of interprotation connected with them’ that would do credittoa Congressmap. Last Sunday was no exception to the rule. There had been more or less piousshop- ping during the provions week. Fair dovotees rnshed away from the melancholy chants of the ‘Tenebrm, dried their tears after the Good Friday service, and scarcely had time to proporly assist at the ceremonies on Holy Saturday, becaunse of tha.;raper regalia_for Easter Sunday. The drei in Miss Smith's mind lest Mies Brown should get her new bonnet and ehe should not was pitiful, because the said Lonnots were late in arriving; some of them, through the utter megligence or lack of proper veneration upon the part of some of the ‘millinery caterers, were not even announced for readiness until after Easter. Don't theso peo- ple know that, after the sackcloth and ashes of forty daye, tho feminine world wants something little more festive? Lent falls conveniently, we will admit ; and sackeloth, in the way of an old black alpaca or cashmere, or half-worn silk, is mot so hard to bear during what i8 ususlly & very changeable &nd often very sloppy ecason. As the fasts ob- sorved by one branch of the Christian Church are certainly of physical benofit, so is tho wearing of robos of penanco healthy for the wardrobe and tho purse. But, as self-abnega- tion descrves a roward, so do we expect on Easter Sunday to be ablo to exhibit ours to an admiring world ; and then Nature turns nasty, and, if we haye no carriage, we must either stay at home, o in the old sackeloth, or, mako an offering—not a burnt, but o drenched one—of our festal attirs. Wa think we have a right to grumble. What aro Hunxley, and dall, and Darwin sbout? If, instead of upsetting all one's ‘Ppreconceived ideas, they would 8o manage to get 8t the secrets of Nature as to find the crank which turns on the pleasant days, and manipu- Inte it properls on Eastor, wo of the feminine persuasion might see somo use in their re- searches. Well, we have had our little gramble, ard now we will talk about - THE NEW BONNETS. New York fashions are filled with talk about the various stvles of bonnots, and discourse learnedly about the Directoire, the Rabazas, the Charlotte Corday, and such titles. Don’t believe a word of them. Thesomay apply to the cheapor goods and the home-made fabrics, but each im- ported hat is unigue. It has & stylo of its own; i# in harmony with a certain provailing rule, but differs from it in certain porsonal pecaliaritics, ai1 one member of o family does from another. That is one charm of French invention. It nover repeats itsolf; but each robe, each bonnet, dif- fers, in some degree at least, from all others. As & genoral thing, they bave & compact look, and are properly ornamented with flowers, At present, soft, black chips provail, to give was, whenwarmer weather comes, to lighter ones, tho ‘white and ecru. “ Ono charming soft, black chip has s sloping brim, and turns up at the back. Tho garniture consists of upright loops of Boft silk with & broad binding, fastened with 2 cut-jet-buckle, horse-shoe ebape: a band and loops of jetted Iace finish this portion of it. A lisse roche in- side,—just o_single fino plaited band ; roscs of the ‘mew sulphur color, dark foliage, and s wreath of astors passing from the back around to the front, make & charmiog hat for the pres- ent season. Avother in brown straw has o rolled brim, sloping outward, faced with a silk to match. The trimmings are & band and loops of the samo. Two loops and an end in front, with & plaited band possing across them. Sulphur-colored roses at the back, and a beautiful blush rose and buda on the crown, just touching the face-trim- miog. A hat for full dress 18 of jot lace. Thishas a turned-up brim, much higher on the right side than the left. Thecrown has a design in jotted lace. A fall of the samo droops over the brinlxl while the gracefal trimming behind has smal ‘black ostrich-tip, with two roses, & desp crimson and & pale blush, with their accompanying buds and foliago. Another black chip, tarned high at tho side, is trimmed with bands and loops of silk and jotted lace; & wreath of rose-budsand tiny whito flowers under the brim; while o jot dagger fastens the loops in front. Stull another, of differont shape, with more flaring brim, has the trimming of the same ma- terials, with sprays of jet and an exquisite wroath of half-blown blue asters acd dari leaves, with s cluster at tho back, and a jet dagger. o' the cheaper goods aro Chbarlotte Cordsgs, untrimmed, in chip, $3; trimmed ranging from $Sto 215, 'A new turban-shape, named Madame D'Estells, has o high-rolled brim, cut off bohind. Still others are designated Henry VIIL., Mignon, and 0 on in endless variety. THE FLOWERS are simply lovely, mvaling Nature herself. They are no longer hideous caricatures; and, though that remarkable botanical production, & blue rose or & green pansy, may occasionally meet tho eyo, it1s the exception and mot tho rule. Mounfed on flexible rubber stems, they fall 88 gracefully and with more pliancy than the real article. The roses are perfect; eome fully-blown, snd as if reedy to fall to pieces, and you can pull them open petal by petal, until you reach their golden hearts, withont injuring them, 80 £oft, and delicate, and yielding arcthey. The 'pansies’ were picked this morning ; tho bluc-bells still bave the dew on them ; while the now sulphur color, which is extremely distinguo on black, has, in its Toses, primula, and astors, a memory of old gardens and country hillsides. Blue flowers for young ladics still vie with the roses,—vwreaths of forgot-me-nots snd half- openod asters; while sprays of lilac, that make one look sbout for the branch they wers picked from, and bend to inhale that early breath of spriog, ere a source of intense satisfaction to those whoso hair requires no powder to give ita sllvery gleam. Feathors will rest for the pummer from the lsvish display which they have been making during the past wmnter; and, excopt in isolited cases, whero a gin- glo fip may bo used, they will cede their place to the flowers. Snspicions of ruches, in a nar- row crimping of liese, which just perps from under the bonnet-front, makes us wonder if we are going back to tha daya when unlimited blondo was the requisize for face trimmings. New York also tells of ADMOXIERES. Ghormley and Stonghton, and we presume many others, made them all last wintor, to match ail kinds of dreeses ; all the leading bouses had thom for ealo; snd now no petty fancy-shop is completo without an amay of them, in all the colors of the . rainbow, spread out on counter or in show-case. Bridget wore a pink one with her groen dress on St. Pat- rick's day: Gretchen has o bluo one for her Thursday out; whilo Chl'os wears as large o llow one as fashion will allow, whenever bo requests do pleasure ob her company for a promenade. Thar these pretty littlo orna- meants, just largo enough for the purse, are made to match the costumes, is nothing particaiarly pow; but a month sgo wo described a particu- larly-protty ona in_silver linod with blue silk, that was a recont French importation, to maich an oxquisite blug camel’s hair polon THE NEW TIES are, as already said, nearly all white. Crope de Chine embroidered, in tho straight, long shape, are worth from $2.25 to $2.50. 'These are somo- times replacod by & squaro handlkerchiof, costing from &7 to 89. Alternating with these, however, and more: generally becoming, is the' blue sillk handkerchief. Few complexions can bear so much denad white io such close proximity. Many ties nro in plain colors, with polka-dots, and these are drawn through a ring, gilt, silver, or oxid- ized, spherical in shape, and 8o piorced as to al- low the ends to paes through it. Ties with edges stitched on of a darker shade aro not especially new, but are certrinly very protty. Any finish for the ends of ties that does awsy with the soft fringo, £0 protty to look at, but 8o readily soiled and tangled, is a desirablo thing in the ‘oyes ot tho faic sex. FiNS are decreasing, Noxt runumer it is quite prob- ablo that an audienco at theatre or concart will not look so much like s ficld of feathers abont to bo ground up by a kuperfluity of windmills. Did Augustus try, from his seat in the dross-circle, to 600 Angelina in tho orchestra, ho gota glimpse of two foathers and o sort of shield. Ab, well! the flowers are to be fastened closely; there will bo no stresmors ; and the fan is to b 80 far sub- duod that he will Lo able toeco the tip of her divine nose. Bilk and satin fans in medinm gizo cost from $4 to 88. These aro in the same designs ns lnst year, witha epray of flowers at the left hand, and n bee or butterfly sailing toward them from the centre. Fino fansin pointlace or Chantilly, with beautiful pearl sticks, cost from $50 to §75. The market is filled, not only with auraonieres, but also with all those PRECTTY TRIFLES in the way of simulatod veats, revers, and Schus, that make the plainest toile:to dressy. With the aid of one of ‘these, & black or scif-colored eilk may be changed inan ivstant from a simple houso-dress to a robe for receptions, Some of these aro very tawdry, while others are exquisite. ‘both in fabric and ornament. A blue silk revers finished with crope-lisse flutings ou both edges, a0d & tiny bouquet on one side, costs $7. A vest with roche aud standing coliar, made in pink gilk and trimmed with Valencionnes lace, costs €30. Another revers with standing collar is worth £8. In fact; thago articles range in prico from aboot 85to 30, and even higher when tho trimmiogs aro of expensive lace. chemisetia of puffed tulle for a Pompadour dress costs &2.75. ~ Canton crepe bows, in eets for neck and hair, trimmed with little jabots of Iace and with dainty little field-flowers or rose-buds, are worth from 82.50 to 84 tho set. Cropo lissa ruching for the nccks of dresses is worth $1 a yard. Bilk tulle with chenillo dots is tho sama price. Itis aleo shown with lace and beaded edges, but nothing is #o soft and pretty 2s the fine plaitzd crepo lisse for mice dressos, whilo Bwiss and organdy will be used for ordinary wear, Flowers will be conspicuous as ornaments, with bouquets in tho bair, nt the throat, a3 5 bontouniere, and to grace the aumoniero. While theso will be mostly urtificial, they arc 8o lovely that one cannot find it in her heart to quarrel with tlis artificial product. Moreover, o can woar ferns, Marguerites, violots, and s~ ters bonght from a Frenchimporter at nice gold- en prices; but don't dare to pick the same weeds by the waysides another summer and presume to adorn yourself with them. That would be horribly vulgar. The new lace searfs, which are to be worn in lien of furs s the sengon advances, aro exhibited in Spanish and guipure goods at {from 10 to £15. Thanks are due for information to Madame Stoughton, Messrs. Field & Leiter, IHK ‘g:bficr. S P MARC ANTONY. [The following poem, by W.W. Story, the American nculptor, suthor of +* Antony and Cleo- y patra,” was 1nclosed iu » lottor from MrT R. P.'Tanecy, President of the Knights of St. Patrick, with whom the author is in correspond- enco relative to the ercction of a monument to Daniel 0'Connell in this city. This poem is pub- lished for the first time.—St. Louis femocrat.] "Tig valn, Fonteius ! As the half-tamed steed, Scenting the desert, lashes madly out, And straine, and storms, and struggles to bo freed, Shaking his Tattling harness all about ; 8o, ficrcer for restraint, here in my breast Hot passion rages, firing evory thought For what is honor, prudence, intcrest, To the wild rtrength of love? Oh best of life, 3y jor, bliss, triumph, glory, my soul's wife, My Cleopatrn ! T desiro theo'so Taat all restrafnts to the wild winds I throw, Como what will, come Lfe, come death to me [ h 1 Octavia, Thus Iying gails me, and 'tis worse than vain] Life 15 too aliort to waste in lovo's pretense, In the bleak shadow of indifference, And you—rhat are you but a gailing chain! 1 bato sou that I cannot hate you mare, Even hate for you is only cold and dull— Cold s your heart, nd dull as is sour scnge. Were you but savage, wicked to tho core, Less plous, prudish, prudent, made to rule, T night have loved or hated moro; but now, Nolhing on earth seers Lalf £0 deadly chill A your insipid emilo and plscid brow, Your glacial goodness and proprietics, "Tis equa), if ogain T look on thee, Away, Fonteius! tell her that T rage With madnces for her, Nothing can sssuago The strong desire, tho torment, the fierce stress That whirls my thoughta round and inflames my brain, But_her great ardent eyes—dark cycs, that draw 3y being to them with s subtlo law And an slmost divine imperiousncsa, Tell ber I do not live until T feel The thrill of her wild touch, that through each vein Electric shoots ita lightning; and again, Tear those low tones of here, although they steal, 'As by somo serpent-charm, my will away, ‘And wreck my manhood Tell my dear serpont T must ses her, All 2y eycs with the glad light of Ler great eyes, Thogh death, distionor, anything you will, Stand'in tho way1 Ay, by my soul | disgrace To better in tho san of Egypts face Than pomp or power in this detested place., Oh! for the wine my Queen alone can pour From her rich nature!” Let me starve no mors On this weak tepid drink thiat never warms Ay life-blood ; but away with shams snd forms | Away with Rome! One hour in Egspt's e5es 15 worth a score of Roman centurica. Avway, Fontelus! Tell her til T sce Thosé cyes I do not Lise—that Rome to mo Jo bateful. Tell her—Oh! I know not what I— That every thought and fecling, space and spot, 1a like sn ugly dream, whero she 19 not ; ‘All persons piagues, all doings wearisome, ‘All talking empty ; all theso feasts and friends— Theso alaves and courticrs, Princes, palaces— This Crsar, with bia sclfish aims and ends, Hin oily ways and slock hypocrisies— This Lepidus; and, worse than all by far, This muwkish, piotls, prude Octavis— Aro bonds snd fetters, tedious as diseaso— Not worth the parings of her finger-nails, Oh for tife breath of Egypt! the soft nights Of the voluptuous Exat—ihe dear delights Wo tasted there—the lotus-perfumed gales That dream along tho los £hores of the Nile, And softly futter in tho languid sails! O for the Queen of all—for, the rich smile That glows like antumn over ber dark face— For her largo nature—her enchanting grace— Her arms, that aro away 80 many 3 mile ! ‘Away, Fonteius ! Iosc no Lonr—make sail— Welgh anchor on the instant—woo a galo To blow you to her, Tell ber I shall bo Close on your very hecls across the ses, Praying that Neptune eend me storms s strong ‘As passion is, o sweep me awift along. "Till the white spray eing whistling round my prow, And the waves gurgle neath the Leels sharp plough. Fly, fiy, Fonteius! When I think of her My soul within my body is astir ! 31 wild Liood puises, and my hot cheeks glow! TLove with its madness overwhelms me 80 That I—oh! go, I say! Fonteiue, go! CONSTANCY. Just o'er the dead-black crest Of the bare hill one star has rest, And sparkles in the hollow, yeliow west. Almost the night hias como Long sweeps of reody marsh lie dumb Below the gull’s fight and the gray guat's hum. She stands sgainst the sea,— Watches the night about to be,— Watches the breakers break, tnd form, and flee. “01lovo! where'er you bide, I know, with happy, thankful pride, You yearn to linger at my loving side, “ You yearn to seo my face, In whatsoever strange, fair place You dwell, and gird me with your glad embrace.” So, bound with love’s dear bond, She mnkes her murmur proud and fond To bim that tarries lesgues end lesgucs beyond. And he, In far warm lands, t cypross stands, », two alim, brown hsods, F:llznfi 7 Anpictons’ Journal. “Ed of the wall until ke arrived by the side of tho THE BRASS CCCK. A Story of Red Tage. Concerring the early history of onr hero (let me here explain that the recollection of its gub- sequent career leads me at times into epeaking of the brass cock as an animate object)—con-~ cerning the early history of our bero, I repeat, I am totally in the dark. I cannot even throw any light on that period when it firat became the property of Her Majesty, and underwent the painfal operation of having a broad arrow and & W. D. stamped upon tho emall of its back. All these intoresting littlo details are wrapped in profound obscurity; but, doubtless, the brass cock performed its duties in connection with beer and porter barrels just as any other brass cock might have done. When aftor many years of homo service, in which its constitution bo- came much weakened and impaired, 1its broad arrow and W. D. nearly obliterated, and its pow- ers of leaking highly matured, it was, with many other worn-ont articles, drafted out on foreign Bservico. i Its deatination was Hong Eong, where, I can state, it errived eafely, 28 I mysolf saw it there later on. Here it made & stay of some duration in the military stores, until, one fino dzy, tho Barrack-Master at that station discovered that the services of anarticle of this description wero required. Then did this offictal sit down to his desk, and, with a few stcokes of his pen, seb THE WONDEOUS MACHINERY of the system in motion. First of all, & requisi- tion was sent in to the Fort-Adjutant of the gar- rison, who should have submitted it to the Com- mandant, who should have forsarded it to the Deputy-Assistant-Quartermaster-General of the station, whose duty it would have been to have laid it beforo tho General, from whom, ap- proved of or otherwige, it would then have re- turned through tho same stages to the Barrack- Master. Now, all theso officials, in the natural course of their duties, would have complicated mat— tera ; but the complication was greatly increased by the Fort-Adjutant mislaying tho first requisi- tion, aud_tbo Commandant, when another one camein, in a fit of absence, lighting his pipe with the eocond. The Barrack-Master waited patiently for somo time, and then, wondering at the eilent contempt with which his not very ex- travagant demand for one brasa cock had been treated, sent in a third requisition, which hap- pened fo arrive at the garrison cflico just after the first had turned up under the Fort-Adju- | tant’s nose. * Halloa 1" soliloquized that intolligent young officer, ‘‘bhere’s old Barracky wants two brass cocks.” Then, clothing his thought in more of~ ficial language, ho thus addressed the Command- ant, who sat at the opposite side of the table. +'Hero aro two requisitions from the Barrack- Master, sir, for two brass cocks, dated different days.” The Commandant took the requisitions, and looked at them very sternly. “ WHY THE DEVIL can't he gend in one requisition for the two?” ho irascibly remarked, a3 if e had detected snd nipped in the bud a fearfal conspiracy with in- tent to defruud. i Tho Fort-Adjutant, stifling a glimmering which just then dawned upon bim, that he himsolf might have mielaid the original requisition, di- verted the current of questions the Commandant was about to put by stating that tho Barrack- Master w28 *‘anawful ass.” This opinion the Commandant not only indorsed, but added that hewas a **d—d fool,” as ho ecribbled off on the two requisitions, Forwarded to the Depnty-As- sistant-Quartermaster-General for the considera- tion of His Excellency, tho Major-General com- manding.” After this the greater part of the ro- mainder of the morning was spent in proving to and agreoing with each other thet all the offi- cials in every office but their own were * infernal fools;” on occupation which in like manner was carriod on pretty briskly in tho other official dens. At 'midday the Fort-Adjntant repaired to the regimental mess for tiflin, and here ho met tha Barrack-Master, to whom ho jocosely remaried, “Hallos, old fellow! what thé douce do yon want with £ brass cocks " % Who the devil says I want two?” indignantly acked tho Barrack-Master, smarting under tho delay to which he had been a victim. The Fort-Adjutant’s suspicions with regard to his having mislaid the original requisition re- ‘ceIvea cunirmetiony-aa ha thraw no a ligtle bat- fory of officiat rosorve, and rotirad boping it “\WHO SAYB I WANT TWOZ" repeated the Barrack-Master, gallantly storming the battery. 4 Why, didn't yon vourself 2 askoed tho Fort- Adjutant, with an alimost unconditional surren- der. “No, T didn't,” was the reply. “I sentins requisition for one, and, not bearing anything, I thought you couldi’t have reccived it ; 80 I sent in 8 second, with the same result a3 the first; thien at Jast I sent in a tiird.” “Well, wo've got tho firat and the third,” enid the Fort-Adjutant; “and thoy're gone on to the Geveral. 1suppose the second must have mis- carried altogether.” Nor, tho resuit of the above conversation was that tho Fort-Adjutant went back to tho garri- sou-oflico, and, finding that the requisitions had not yet been forwarded, destroyed tho first ono ; the ‘Barrack-Master returned to Lis office, and, to provent mistakes, a8 hie thought, wrote & let~ ter, bogging to withdraw tho last-dated requisi- tion, ‘wiich latter tho Commandant received, next morning, during the temporary absenco of tho Fort-Adjutant, and sent it on to the Deputy- Assistant-Quartermaster-General, who, on ro- ceipt thereof, anathematized the brass cock and & old Barracky for not knowing his own mind,” and toro up tho last surviving roquisition; alt this presented a very striking instance of hosw too many cooks INVARIABLY EPOIL THE BROTH. Days, weeks, roll on, and tho Barrack-Master hears nothing of the brass cock. At last he pens an cpistle tothe Cfimundnnt, bitterly complain- ing of the way in ¥hich all his attempta to pro- cure one of theso usoful articles have been frus- trated, “ Damme!" I +t here's the confoundod brass cock again.” The Fort-Adjutant giggled,and atlast even the Commandant joined in the laugh. . One can't help laughing, you know ; but its really devilish annoying that fellow tho Darrack- AMaster won’t do his work properly. First of ail he says he wants two brass cocks, then he eays he doesn’t want any, and now he says heal- ways wanted one. Write hima Erelly Btiff let- ter, apd ask him what tho dovil ho does mean.” On this tho Fort-Adjutant sharpened his pen, and then commenced & paper warfaro which, be- fore tho mystery waa cleared up, exailed a fear- ful amount of ink-shed, immortalized the brass cock throughout the garrison, and occupied much of the Fort-Adjutant's valuable time, which might otherwise have been dovoted to the con- samption of fall-flavored cigars, and the dovel- opment of a natural talent for the game of bill- iards. At last tho tangled ekein was unraveled, and the Barrack-Master wad informed that if he now sent his requisition in due form it would be attended to. . In it came. Tho clerks tittered; the Fort-Ad- jutant grinned 25 o handed it to the D. A, Q. M. G., who smiled a8 he submitted it to the Gen- eral, who frowned, and remarked that a great deal of the public time was being wasted in the matter, a8 he handed it back to the D. A. Q. L. G., who returned it with “*approved” written on it fo the Commandant, and #0_on, through tho different channels, until the Barrack-Muster at Inst found himself authorized to demand from the military-store department “'ONE DRASS COCK COMPLETL." Now, this last official, etill smaruing under all theso delays, was determined that oversthing should now be dono * according to Cocker;” 1o, in o form headed * Urgent gervices required to bo performed by the Royal Engincer Depart- ment,” ho requested the Fort-Adjutent to re- uest the Commandant to request the D. A. Q. §l. G. to “move " the Gereral to direct the Com- manding Royal Engineer to detail 8 man of that sciontific corps to fix the brass cock in a water- butt. Ina rotired and secluded spot near tho sea-shore, 2t tho back of the military hospital, our friend now led & quiet and uneventful life. Its duties were light in the extreme. Often, for days together, it was mot even ‘ turned on” once, for the water-butt into whoee portly side 1t was inserted was far from the busy baunts of msn, and ont of - tho beaten track of hospital or- derlics and coolics. 3 TIn this state of affairs it was not long before it presented a melancholy appearance of dirt end neglect ;-and it soon took toitself & goodiy coat of verdij Yet, even nnder these disac ges, it etill retained some powers of fascin Bsgeinst which the eordid mind of John China- man was not proof. Negiected and unnoticed by others, it had not been o by him. Ho bad saen it, bad mentally appraised its value, and marked it for his own. But there were obsta- cles to the consummation of his desires. Adja- cent to the water-butt & sentry ** walked hia 1onely rounds,” and John Chinaman waited long and oft without an opportunity presenting itsclf. At last, one might, he put his dariog plan into excleimed the Commandant, axecntion. Creeping etealthily along in tho shade | ¢nscozced himeelf until tho sentry Liad reached tho furthest point on hie beat. Then, with s dextrous wrench the brass cock was drawn from tho bunghole, through which there trickled o fow inky drops of rain- water, a8 if the watcr-butt were shedding bitter tears at the separation. Unluckily for John Chinaman, just ss he was meking off with his booty, the sontry caught Bight of him, and GAVE CRASE. Then began a serios of doubles and slips and grabs, commingled with a curions jumble of Chinese and Milesian. *'Hi-yah!™ from the Celostial, as ho ancked just in time to save him- self from being canght by the nape of the necks; “Bo jabers, I'vo mitsod the divil,” at the ssme moment from the sentry, 2a ho wildly clutched the air just where the Chinaman’s head ought to have been. Backward and forward, round and round, diving, ducking, gasping and cursing, they both went, until the gams was brought to an end by the Chinsman becoming so terrified at the unearthly noizcs mado by his pursuer, whoso imprecations grew more and more hoarsg and guttural a8 their ntterer became more and more blown, that in o penic he gave himself np, and quietly eubmitted to the indignity of being held by hig pigtail. ‘- Ah, yor thaving baste!” exclaimed Private Denis Aiagrath—such was the sentry's namo—as watcr-butt, be | the two stood panting. * Shure I've got yor!" Thea feeling rather at a loss to lmow what to do with bis prisoner of war now tnat he had got him, ho brought one of his hoboailed_ammuni- tion boots into violent contact with John China- man's person, just by way of not betrsying any eymptoms of indecision, and also of impressing bis priconer with a propor sense of his captor's power and hus own helplessness. Notwithstanding that this proceeding indicated a cortain amount of cnergy and vigor of charac- ter, our Hibernian friend exhibited signs of ir- resolution. . _* Divil a bit uv mo knows what I've becn run- nin’' afther yer for!” he exclaimed. ‘But, be- gorra!” and here he raised bis voice to a high pitch, “now I've got ser, I'll kape yor!” With theso luzt words, ho g2 the pigtail a hearty pull, just to show the Chinaman tho tight hold he had of him, when, horzor ! the pigtail CAME OFF IN HTS HANDS, and its late owner bounded off like an arrow shot from & bow. Private Denis Magrath stood aghast for some mo:nents, looking by turns st tho pigtail in his .hand snd_the fast-receding form of the Chinaman, and, with each look, opening his mouth wider and wider, until he ap- runrcdu if about to go_through 'the unparal- elod performance of gradually turning himself insido ont. At last it closed with a anap, and then the following words were heard to pro- cced fromit: * Holy frost! I'vo pulled tho tail outovum! Bure, I've had enough runain'; ye may go, and the divil burn ye!™ and upon this he threw tho tail in the direction the Chinaman had taken, and rosumod his welk. The brass cock, after having been ruthlessly torn from tho bosom of its water-butt, bad been thrust into the breast of the Chinaman’s jacket. where it had nestled until in the scuffle it had dropped on the ground, to lie for a long time unnoticed. “Halloa ! g8id the sentry, at last catching sight of it, and picking it up; * here's something that thaviog baste's dhropped. Shure, it's a brass cock ne's stole out ov some bar'L.” Then a tinge of melancholy shaded his featuros, and & soft light came into his cyes 2s be Eoliloquized, with deep pathos: * Maybe thersh good liquor bein’ washted somowheres, this very momont, whilsht I'm shtanding here a5 dry as a bono. Maybo,” he added, in & tone of nlmost passionate fervor, “‘it’s somewhers quite cloge.” ‘The suspense of the moment was too much to bolong endured, and in order to settle his hopea and fears a8 soon a8 possible, he subjected the brass cock to an examination in which nose and mouth took part. “ watner! ocm, roon!" he exclaimed, in tones of the deepest disgust. “Let it washto!” And hero the brass cock was vory nearly being pitched contomptuously away, bnuk on second thought it was put into his pocket. The next morning, sfter coming off guard, Private Magrath botook himsolf to his quon- dam mastor, one Licut. Thorner, who was &lz0 Acting-Adjutant, and to him he gave tha brass cook, together with a_most elaborate and detailed account of how it had come into his possession, which, with all apologics to Ar. Ma- grath, we have taken the liberty of reproducing in these pages. “ You should have taken it to the Sergoant of your guard, and he would have entered the circamstance in his report,” said Lieut. Thorner. * Iowever, put it down, and I'll see aboutat.” Now when a man, with nothing particular on band at tho moment, says he'll **sce about”™ a 1hing, instead of doing So then and there, the odds are very much in favor of his never trou- Dling his head in the matter. This was the case with at. Turner. Ho dismissed tho subject from his mind, snd tho brass cock lay for days, idlo and unheeded, on his table, until on his being suddenly ordered away on detachment, to- gether with Privato Magrath, to place we will call Choofow, it wes packed up with the rest of that young officer’s goods and chattels. Ilere at Choofow it shone in quite & new sphera. Licut. Thorner's quariers were somowhat bare of articles of vertu, and the brass cock, cleaned of, its verdigris coat, occupied a prominent position 28 o chimney-piece ornament. It was not long, however, at_ Choofow before her Pritannic Ma- jesty’s Consul at that port saw it, and, recollect- ing that he had s beer-barrel in want of such an article, bogged it of Licut. Thorner, who, having quite forgotten its previous history, presented it with all due ceremony, and it was forthwith INSTALLED IN TOE CONSUL'S CELLAR. In the meantime, stirring events had been go- ing on at Hong-Kong. A fow days after tho de- . partare of Liout. Thorner, the first rumble of the coming storm was heard in the office, which is already known to our readers. There sat tho commandant, looking stern and soldier-like, nod opposite to lum sat the Fort-Adjutant. A letter was banded to the latter, who opened and read it, whilo the commandant awaited the communi- cation of its contente. “A brasscock stolen from the hospital, sir, and the Barrack-Master, in a private pote, says it's the same thera was all that bother about.” “D—n that brass-cock !" said the Command- ant, in his awfulest tones. # Curee it!" muttored:the fort-Adjutant, who saw looming in the future moro corresgondenco on the subject, to the detrinient of his accom- plishments as a billierd-player. “ Aggemble & Board,” gaid the Commandant—a military expedient resorted to in every trifling little difficulty. *‘At once!” he continued, in tones fully botokening tho importance of the matter. A Board did’sssemble. It consiated of a Cap- tain and two subslterns, who, failing to obtain a vestige of evidenca to show how, whon, or whero the brass cock had gone, took tho liberty of stat- ing so. Thiswould neverdo. Evidenceof some gort must bo taken and recorded on tho proceed- ings, and a stinging memorandam to that effect was gent to the President of the Board. Under it pressure, the Board obtained A VOLUMINOTB MASS OF EVIDENCE, which, though it threw no light whatever on the disappearanco of the braga cock, still mados very good show on half-margin foolscap. Then, after the trio composing the Board bad made three copies of this mighty effort of their com- bincd genius, and affixed their signature there- to, the **proceedings™ were sent to the com- ‘mandant, who waded through them, and sent them on, through the prescribed chanbel, to the General, From this last personage they wero returned as worthless; not because they con- sisted of a mass of irrelevant matter, but bo- cause & mere Captain and two subalterns were cosidered inadequate to investigate 8o im- portant & subjoct. A field-officer as Presidont, and two Captains and iwo subalterns as mom- bers, were to constitute the Board. So ran the awful mandate. Under these instructions, a naw Board wasim- mediately directed to asscmble, a Colone! of the Royal Engineers, to the best of my recollection, presiding. Notes were taken, clonda of wit- neescs examined, quires of foolscap experded, orderlies exhausted, otc., aad, although not o spark of eyidence was elicited which shed tho tiniest ray of light on tho disappoaranco of the brass cock, the new Board succeeded, after many adjournments snd many days of research, in producing s goodly pile of closely-written fools- cap, which much delignted the eyes of the staf, and, with its concomitanta of red-tepe ‘sud seal- ing-wax, was_triumphantly dispatched to the War-Ofice. Here it must have found favor in the cyes of the mightyofficials, rs thev expreesad themselvea resigned to the fate of the brasscock, and the aw/ful eentence fell on the ' public” that it was to “BEAR THE Loss.” The military mind at Hong Kong had hardly been calmed down by this soothing ssaurence, when Lient. Thorner arrived on a ehort leave of absence from Choofow. ¥ * Well, Thorper, hava you heard of the infer- nal shindy we've been having all about a' con- founded old braes cock, thatany fellow in tho garrison would have paid for five times over sooner than have had all the botherit's given? " asked one of his brother officers, #a & number of them eatin the veranda, sipping sherry-and- bitters in the cool of the evening bofore mess, * I wish to goodness,” said & young ensign, T had all the money that has been chuoked away on ths bleesod uunrg.‘ in the way of chair-hire for members of Boards, native witneeses, postage, paper. ote. I'd havea jolly lark, and present government with o gross of brasa coeks into tha bargain.” “I've heard not! “What's it all about # ““Oh, only & brass cock wae lost—stolen, I sup- pose, from the hospital; and thore's been tha devil to pay in the skapo of correspondence ard Boards, until every one in the garrison was heartily sick of the Bubject. ‘““When did it all first bezin ?" asked Thorner, 28 if following up a train of thonght. “About a few days after you left, I should think,” was the reply. *Oh, by Jove, I'sceit all! p IT'8 AS GOOD AS A PLAT!" aid Thorner, 88 ho threw himself back in his cane cb&u’,_nnll indulged in laughter loud and long. *‘IP’s as good a3 a play, and I and Privata B:igrl: Magrath bhove been two of tho principal ** How 2" was asked on all sides. Then Thorner related in & few words his share of the transaction. A genorallsugh followed, but every ono agreod to lot the thing * alide, and eay nothing about it, as there was no know- ing what difficulties this denouement of the brass cock myall.lrg might have led to, and none of them relished the ides of more Boards. In conclusion, I can only trust that theeo rove- Iations will not resucitate the subject, and that tho brass cock will be allowed to re<t in peace. Bhonld the War Office authorities, however, be once more put on the scent, tho brass cock wil} be ablo to say to them, in the words of the old song, *‘ You may go, you msy go, you may ga to Hong-Kong for mo ! for when wo last heard of it. it bad rotarned to that qnarterof tha British possessions.—Tinsleys' Afagazine. e U S THE RUBY AND THE ROSE. Heo was the Lord of Merlintower, And T was bat of low degree; Bhe Liad Ler besuty for her dower, No other treasure needod she ; Ho came, when hawthorns were a-flower, And strova to steal my love from mo. OBi! she was swester than the wind ‘That bloweth over Indian Tules; As April bright, than June more kind, Fawn-wild, and full of winsome wiles. And I als3! hadlearnt to find 3l only life beneath her amilea, Ho sont my love a ruby race, ‘might have griced iznperial 0 GumPad L. T6 deck hes pate T T sent her—but a simplo ase. And prayed ker, cn 3 night, to wear The gift of him whoso love sha chose. * Come, queen of all my heart's desire ! Grown mo or slay | My soul 18 stirred To ckallengo fate. - My palses tiro Of fear's chill tremor. Sings the bird Of hope for him who darea axgire ? 7 A lover's scroll, and wild of word ! We watched her coming, he and I, With utter drend my beart stood still, Tie moon’s wan crescent waned on high, ‘The nightingale had sung his 6ll, In the dim distance eeemed to dis ‘The echo of his latest trill, The flower-trailed gate, our tryst of old, Gleamed whitely neath the clustering Lloom 0f the dusk-starring jasmize, Cold His shadow fell, a ghostly gloom Lurked where it Isy, Oh heart o'er bold I Hast thou but hastened utier doom 1 A stil] cold smilo slept on hin face, That all my tope to anguish {roze ; Th“ln.gn fi&nhlllngca of lhedulu i Ve heard her flower-pled porch uacl And—inber halr ik soft cl::‘r.‘.m? - era nestled warm a ripe-r 1 — A the Year Round, " o e —_—— A Royal Umbrsita, Lient. the Hon. H. Wood, Tenth Fussars, Af2 de Camp to Sir Gnrnet Wolseley, has presented to the Queen the Royel State umbrella belonging to the King of Ashantee, which was takon from the King's palace at Coomassie, and sent homa for presentation to hor Majeety, by Maj.-Gen, Sir Garnet Wolseley, ‘‘as a humble tribute of dutiful respect and affection from her Majesty's military and naval forces thaltook part in the g of it,” “snid Thormer. RAILROAD TIME TABLE, ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE OF TRAINS EXPLANATION OF REFERENCE MARKS.~—t Saturdayre ecpted. * Sunday oxeapicd: 3 Monday excopted: | Are Tive Buinday 453100 e Datty, o exeepted. TAx MICHIGAN CENTRAL & GREAT WESTERN RAILROADY Dot Ty G !, et ey ¥ peconts TEolce W CLrk e, soblealt cornir of, Bandoluhs Mail (+1a wain and air 1ine). o and alr Itne Mornin, Maming Exprs B.m.*8:30p. m, 1 910 p. m.|* 60a. m HENRY C. WENTWORTI, Goneral Passeager Azents Eieage;, & CHIC;GCI&!“LLDS RAILROAD. 0, Kantas City and Denser Short Line, vfa . mas k0w, and Chicage, <yrinaAeid, dliom e Sx Fart Through Line. Union Depat, West Siide, near Yadisomesty Bridge. Ticket Ofices : At Depot, and 121 iandolph.s drrive. Kaneas Cit; 3 3 Kasas Cit: ,éxx,gr?:lfl'fl SastEs 3 ‘xprosa.. Peoria, Keokuk & Buriinzto: Chicago & Padacab Railroad Streator, Lecon, Washington K Joliet & Dmignt Accommodstion, _CHICAS0. MILWAUKEE & Sf. PAUL RAILW/AY. ion Depot, corner Madisom awl Camid-tta.” Tyriet 83 Soutis Clarlest., oppoite Sherman Houss, and at De Milwaukee, Green Bay. Stovens' Toint, Brairle du Chiea, & 1 Crosse Dav_Express,... Milwaukeo, Groea Bay, u;mnlknlnél Pa & M| esnkeo, Sty Paul & Siaseip: olis Night Expross.. 2 $:30a m. *5:00p, m.|* T35p. m." 110:00p. m. {*4:15 p. m.. 11002 m." DR I%lNOlSCENTNALKA]LHDAD. Leace. | Arrive. £t Louts Expross, St. Louis Fast 1 Cairo & Now Orle; Calro & New Orleaus Ex. Springfleld Expross. (a) Gliman Passongor: Dubagque & Sions City Dubuque & Sloux City E: (@) Runs to Cnampalga on CHICAGO. BURLINGTON & DUINCY DertisFoat s ket ninains and S and Canal and Sizteenth-ste, Ticket dfices, No, at., Grand Iacific Hotel, and al depots, Teave, Malland Express. Qutama sud Gired abuqus & slpaz Gt Pciic Fast Line, for Omaiss Kansas City, Lodvenworth, AL Ghilson & HE. Joseph 1 p.m. 2 m. a.m. : am Dubnaue & BiouxCity Eb. m Pacific Night Exp, for O; 3 Konsas Cily, Leavoaworit AR chison & 5t. Josaph A m, . m. 2lm! am; *Ex. Suaday, Ex. Monday, T CHICAGO & NORTHWESTERH RAILRDAD. Gity offeer, corner Handutpl wnt LaSalle-sts., and T5 x o corner Hadionest "1 224 T8 Canale Leare, 3 Green 8 i’al:l"éx rosa.... arquetr Brpres. Madison & l':lrfl;‘ I“‘ “a—Diepot corner of Wella s b= Depot cornee of Canal znd Kinzto-ata. W. I STENNETT, Gon. Paas. Agsnts COLORADD. KAMSAS & MEXI2 tal Inducements. Great Now Howia. Ae T. FoR - WETWERS, et CHICASO, ROCK ISLAND & PACIFIC RAILRDAD, Dewot, corner of Van biuren and Sherman-sis, Tickat offey” Grand lacise Hotels o Loave. | e, Qmata, Loavenw'th&Atchlson E: ccomms NiZht Exprosseeessens LAKE SHORE & MICHIGAN SOUTHERY RAILROAD. Depot, Van Buren-it., oot of LaSalie-st, Tieckot ofices, ncrthwest corner Clark and Kandolphate, and eoulcest - corner Canal and Hudlson-ste 3 400, m. e S 0al m. 6308 mo 5:00 p. 141040 p. m Arrive, yped.“.ll o Aliantic Exprow. Night Expross. Soth Chicago Accominodsit CHICAGD. INDIANAPOLIS & CINCINNA' B RENIA kandhuEE Bolie, THRoUSA Iyom the Great Central Ruilroad Depot, ool of Lake-st, l Teave, | arrh g e §8%n m iifi;:fi o Ao T