Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, May 10, 1874, Page 11

THE CHICAGO. ‘DAILY TRIBUNE: SUNDAY., MAY 10, 1874 THE HERESY TRIAL. pen-Pictares of the Principal Pres. byters, 3 prof. Patten as a Heresy- Prosecutor. prof, Swing, His Demeanor and : Characteristics, Wrestlings of the Moderator with Cushing’s Manual, prof. Swing’s Counsel and the Rey. Dr. Patterson. A Glance at the NKesser Lumi. naries, Four bendred yearsago, the learned Eraemus, Fret s mork and efterwards reformer, wrote to 3p Archbishop tbo following words : YLt us have done with theological refinements, Thors 1 an excuse for the Fathiers, beczuse the hereuc Tooed them to dofine particular points; but every geasiticn i3 misfortune, and for us to persevero fu {ho fame wey1s shcer Zol'. . . . Amanispat Zamzcd because Lie canmot telh whiethier the Spirit Las fae prizeiple or 1o, 1Ias he tho fruits of tho Spirdt That iz tho question. Ls ke patient, Lind, good, gen: e, modeet, teraperate, chasio 7 Inquire i you will, Lot do not desize, True religion Is peace, and wé ¢unzot have peace unless we leave the conscience un- on obscure pointe, on which cerfainty is im- ack: Joscitie, Time wa \ien 2 man's f3ith was looked for 1abis ofe, zot in iclcs which ho_professed. e £ brought artices upon us, and ever since e Lave retined, ond re€ned, tll' Chixistianity has be- come a thing of words aud erseds, Aricles increase, . s awey, contention grows hot, and oid. Then comes in the eivil power vs, uud men are forced to profess e Eresmus has elept in tho Basle gravoyard nearly 400 yeare, but his words are'as true to-day sa when ho u'tered them, with the exception that Church and State are not now so closely in- terwoven that the civil power can come in with tie etako and the gallows. The formulas still exist. The bitterness siill exists. The beretie, owever, is no lopger the public enemy. On the ather hand, timo has shown most heretics to be public benefactors, for the reason that heresy pecessarily involves progress and helps tolera- tion. With this one exception, the words of TLrasmus are applicable to the pending trial of Trof. Swing for heresy. The spirit of intoler- soce egainst which Erssmus inveighs is the spirit whlch hasinspired this trial ; and the letter which Erasmas wrote to tho Archbishop might bowitten to-day with equal profit and perti- pence by Prof. Swing to Prof. Patton. This tnal—s0 novel in its bearings, go rare in its type, 80 cald ond bitter upon the ome eid, A0 werm snd entbusisstio upon tie other—has been watched with in- tense ioterest, mot only by the denomi- nation most nearly concerned, but by ail other denominstions, and by the general public; ond its progress has been as engerly noted a3 would have beon the reproduction of & tournsment of the middlo nges. For this reason, and because it mey bo a Jong time before ancther herotic cane be found, our readers should be made acquaint- ed with the principal actors in this drama. The centrai figuro is PLOF. TATTON, tho prosccntor. Ho is the representative cf deetrinel (anaticism without the uznal fanatical enthusiasm, as Prof. Swicg is the representative of latitudineriaciem without its usmal aimless direction. Theology is written all over him—in his pbysical contour, in his mannerisms, ard in his conventional whito necktie, whicn is ns strictly regulation orthodox a3 tho rod shoe ot o Cerdinl, He savora as strongly of his profes- elon as a reofer does of his tar-boyer. Men who oot from impulsss, men of broad s0d libersl caltute, men who eat good dinners, men who grow mellow in the sunshine, would give him & wide berth. They would s1zzle if he happened to como in contact with them. Heisic bis33h year, we bolievo ; but, of he ehould live to bo €0 he will Ls no older than he isnos. Hewill pot erystallizo nor intensify vith sge. Heis a very old young man, and Lie most fruit whica ripens prematurely, he is seid aod biter. Iu bis persoual sppearance, al- though lio lias been sonked in thuology until ho is watez-Jogyed with it. ho shows ali the charac- teristics of the student. Ho is thimn, spare, wiry, &nd pale-facad, with dogged determina- tiob marked in every linoamest, avd has the thin postrll, protruding chin, snarp facial angle, murow forchead, sud sioall, sharp oye, which denoto upusual koenness, per- seveiance, ond concentration of purposo. Ha was cut out by nature for a_prosocutor. He wold have mede an admirablo inquisitor. In phyeical peculiarities, indeed, ho very clossiy re- zembles Calvic. His dresy is conventionally Proger, fits bim perfectly, and is 28 mnch & part of hix as his voice. There is no limpness of Iinez, no creases, no turned-up edges, no owk- ¥erdacss of sajustment, no shiny spots. Toere i2pobLeresy in the iniment, no abrupt depart- wes fiom ecclesiastical proprety. His tallor td laundresn aro well schoolod and grounded. Nowwithstanding bis coolness and_impertuba- biiity and command of himeelf, ke is very ners- ous, and, while in repose, has the habit of most otker nervous people of biting his fingers. When sidressing the Presbyiery, ho alwa:s_advances . 1080 53mo spot, bolding 4 tittlo blank-book in bis right band, in which Le keops his owa record sud the Confeesion of Faith. He speaks in a uni- form tone of voice, sharp, clear, and penetrat- ing, without a particle of pathos, and con- -7 fimes bLimeelt to a_ single gesture with .the forcinzer of his loft Land, which * bo bringy down upon bis book to indicate his Pelats, fometimes emphasizing them alsa with tmotioaof his head. Under excitement or logs of temper, ke would be a weak wan, and ho thereforo keeps hunself well in check, knowiog 3hat thereby ho is etrong. Thenearest thathe bas come 0 losing Lis temper was on Thursday fore- Doon, when bo was taxed by Sne of the Prosby- era with having Mr. Goudy's professionel as- flsiaues, contrary to the rules. Even under sach op impntation ag this, which was the dead- Liest arrow that conld havo beon shot at his in- {elleciual pride and tueological capacity, Lo ouly Yavered for an instant, end theu was himself 3zan. Thia intellectual pride, which amounts 128 almoat intolerant arrogance, 15 reaily his Tesk apot, and, if there bad Leen any of the Presbstersztarp enough tosvail thomselves of it, Lhey would have plereed through Lis armor at bs looes joint. 1u manifested itself in s rejoinder to Prof. Swing's couusel upon one feczeion to tha effect that ho wonld not allow his jucstion o bo questioned. It shows itself in {e mauner in wauch bo closes every speech to the Diesbytery, loug or short, his invariable * * Ranuer being (o Jeave it to the common gcuse of © Presbyters, which ho does with s quiet sacer A tho aggrozate capacity before him. Whon et to & corner, or aware himself tant his ar- Tement may not be complete, come satirical al~ Teion fills out the weak spots. It is plain toses 8L foels himself 1ntellcosnally superior to s other Presbyters, and is raiher astonished % they do not cxpress any admiration for g"_ euperior quelty of Presbyicrian brain couzht all the way from New York to dazzle atern Tresbytors. ~mll':.xe Western Presbytors, however, don' dszzle o l but, on thie other hand, get in some very Tedgluts ina very sly way. As long ago a8 heduesday, it was evident'to even the most feuel obeerver that Prof. Patton was prose- fuing & lost caneo. Ho himeclf knew at, and he £ica that tim been simply moving pawnh wward aod losng: them, foF tho sake of sew Smbiosticos witn the larger pioces of tho e \~and this be has been doing very skill- e Ir. Atthe ame time, evers move has been LFl Fith au equally shrewd counter-move by the ads of Mr. Swing. Prof. Patton is & man xaep® Of necereity happiest in conflict. He 2 born ia Beraug, and has not set,recovered bf’m tho intiucnce of the storms “which sweep o U “the vezed Lermoothes. Prof. Patton 2 ©f necessity a hoirsplicter. He P educated by o Jesait. Prof. e i of mecossity an Ol School m:‘;flzmm He houds the McCormici Chair of 2enoiBS, and i8 the editor of Mr. McCormick's B EP;‘I;E;.h Prof. Swing is a New Ec!&nn! Pres- jog £ 100 €20 never work in ibe old j:arn 'E“S %0 his natural «srm:l, and sympathy, ] ets. For thia reason Prof. Patton hea been ©pon him, Prot. PEOF. SWING. _ i Brwing, the prosecuted, is in every con- le respest, physical and mental, tho antip- odes of the rosecutor, Two men more unlike, it would be calt to imegina, Both men ‘ars reverends, ‘both are Profetsors, and thero the rescmblance censes. Althongh Profeasor, Mr. Swing i8 not a'theoiogun. Althdogh o tev- erend, he weers . moue of tho. ministerial badges, ‘and ives 1o onmtward sign of bis_~ calling. o i8 of average Leight, suong end compactly mado, &nd ° closoly koit in testure. His comploxion ia a healthy bronze, his nose prominent anduliglitlyaquiine, Lis mouth full, Lis forehead broad and massivo, and his oyes full, clear and vory expresive, Such oves ueder such & brow denote tnat.union of etrength and graco, of clear thought and gracofal fancy, which are characteristio of the man in his eermons. {Tis hair ‘is fox, < binck;, loose and erratic in its teadencica, .B1s costumo has the easv, neglige style'of the scholar, and is typical of the man who wears 1t, .and his eoft felt hat, yery Ijable to have p dent in it, and his" easy, light-green’overcont, are justas charac er- istic of Prof. Swing 'as the fanliless necktio and prim wasteoat ‘are of ° Prof. * Pattom: In this'strong framo -thero beals a ' bdart. hs gentle end sympathiatic .as- & child’s,. and . bis modesty of demeanor is " alm Tlo" is thoronghly mostentatious and - unobtrasive. He thrinks from-al} fhis" riotoricty’ aimost: with terror. Conscions that ho is the target "of ‘huy-*| dreds of curious eyes, lie very aften - ezeapo them by getting iuto eome remoto oo He is nbt regardiess of the sympathy which .i fel: towards him, but bis efforts fo cstapo hG" publie manifestation of 4 > his Yeatlés undef'the operation”of receiving i TBoRo, good sister, arc sowetimed well nigh, aiiusing, | Although ot fearfol of-the-vesult, ahd 10! posed to ewerve a hiair's bre Aromt 1ot Y exlIRATOWthE 13 tions he has taken, and surigandad, by “hosts of fricnds, both in the Presbytory, and.-out- ot :it, it is- casy to e g af tliis” show, and _parade, § and noor 17 Cxcbodiakly: distasteful to iz, 'std ¥5at,tho Horesy:rial, is, dreadful borel "5 will bo a3 bappy 43 & ‘pria) er justreleased-from Tong durance’ when - 1€ i over. Of hig dofiieanor a3 & Par and tho most decply.intéres t, it is imnos: stble to say anything, from tha:fict that ho mans tfests litclo intercst, and does not up any more coniection With it L terested visitor. Ig fact, duriugithe larger part: of thie trial, a strager-Would'hite-takan him for a casual passer-by who biad \eivohed curioeity, and was'.rather diednist uow, He is nok evou-s constant & trusts much to bis frienas, sabistiad, that i3 caso is in good hands. . Taat bé will be'acquitted docs ot admit of a1 doubt ; -but, if the ‘case is, carriod up, und auothor heating'is ordered, thora is littlo prospect-thar Prof. Pacten will win nny new lsarels. If;in his present terper, Prof. | Swing will not be tried’ agaio, He-wit: 'quictly: step out, and Datton will fiud'hfmue%r-bdf co-tho: Syrod with.no ons-to proscire, - toless, b0 turns cud stings Liuisel, scorpion, m Evansicd, nsel" 1ot Prof. Swing. In wotidly vern , lie Would bio’ best_described as falr, siuare. min; and Lis la- bor for Lis cliént is both earnost ant horoest,-Ho - i8 not a bair-splitter’ like " the - prosecutor. Las no speesal briltiancy. in pléading, and it questionable whether lio Lias advisod hus clieut st much as hi3 clieus has adviged him.- -He. js+slaw in speech, but bis very candor of expression car- ries conviction with it. - Ho-is runmizsterial in_ his appearancs,. apgblir 2nd awkward in his manner, 4s looselt put'tdgether,aud'when ho' riscs to speak scemingly “FfSewa picce ab- o, time, and is a oo time puiting bimsalf together, -Ho- speaks in a very &low, -mmopotouous,; aad jorky manuer, 23 if ho 3010 pumpiog,up his wordy from a very deep -well, and hisicommand of -En- glish does nov disploy-“that: ‘rhetorical finish and flourish characteristic ‘6% thd" itor 5 * but what he says; when it i sid i o elegant, and dire it; *Hyg evidently. {feels his respon: ty and 18 striving to fultill it in & manly, straightforwaid, 1 I8y Ways. THE MODERATOR, . e the Rev. Arthur Mitchel e byterian Church, looks 3 miu very much relieved whenthis tiif isover, and” when he no longer haa to settlo points of-order end decide parliamentary rulings, with-which'lo is oot 23 familiar 88 be is with the Westmifster Confession. As most of tha Presbyfers are in the same distressed cpndition a8 himsell, hig poaition is often-tryingy buthas fardittle.cx- cephion has been taken :to's bi§ Vdeciions, - Tho' y troubio Lo bas bad baa bash Sibikly sro: ecutor himself, who liag mo¥o, than-once felt> it Lis duty to reply to quossiony it to the Modot- ator, aud to auticipzta ‘bis .dscisions . 'on . vexed quedtions, His elowness -im ‘this direction is evidently vesatous. to ihe im: pulsive prosecntor, .Lut . there are not wanting numerous ~Presbyters who taks n special delight in’ innode; nquiriSg: if Prof. Paiton is the Moderator, and ~wringing reluctant apologies from him. Hc follgws tlie procacdings very clozely, snd sometimes witlroves spainiul degree of attention, ‘as is” evidenced by the Lnitting of his brow wkon Prof. Pation’ out o stern Hno and'tows the Presbytery offinto the deap waters of theology, whers He'ts-most at home. He does not bring the impressivengss of age or the d:gnity of gray hairs to, 1S, positi but still manages Lo command the-reu Presbyters, aud .insure’ thg- restraintT proeecutor within “the’ limitg a7 * pafliame decornm, with the light dxceptiops .vwe intimated. Like m:mi; oihiers in the gathering, he does not savor of the palpit~In’ bis personal expericace. e is.young, smalls dark-com: plexionad, with elight godtecvadd mustache, and gives indications-of boivg cold _in- teme adherent of orthodox. doctrine,according to’ tho Presbyterian standard, aud: Teady,to;accept any results to which . it may lead: Lim, howaver: aptiquated or inconsistent>they msy appear in contrast with the prevailing gentiment of the worid. Those youug men and young damsels in Lis flock whoee inncies may now and then lightly stray to the pleasures of the world would hardly derive much comfort from his mibistrations, 20d, afier gaing to tho opers.cx the G Saturday ight, would undoubtédly.discoyer; the, nest day that they had beun singing aud daveinz” themseivos along towards a very warm- and un=> dexiruble locality, where allfogla whio go to tho opera and the' ootuzlly.-daind,—thes Iocality in which Socratesand - Penelope, and Joho Stuart Mill are at pre-ent, sccordiug to the prosecutor. THE BEV. BODENT PATTERSON is undoubtedly the strongest ‘man on the floor, 18 ho is the oldest Chicagg Presbitarian: - He,is virtaally, althongh not-officially, the connsel of Prof. Biring. His calmness of jadzment, disect- mess of purposo, impartiality "of -opinion, and Iucidity of statemeat; almort iivariably add great weight to bis opimious, zud no other man on the fioor is listened to withwo-muclr réspect. Even the prosecutor * treats hitn:with~distinished consideration,—a favor,” if it can be callied a favor, which he nccords to no one efsa. He i§ & npth, aad, slthough his sympathics ions are all .upon the side of Swing, thero i3, probably,” hardly Prof, Presbrterian who has”“atiended these ‘ses- sions ~ who " would ‘nat gladly bo'“mccoutted o heretic if Robert Patierson is one: Iis personal appearasca is 80 faz.iliar to qur readera that it hardly necds descriptios. “His tall, mas- evo frame, broad cheat, .stooping , shouldcrs, kindiy, geuini face, always as pleasant 0s a sum- mer's ‘maraing, ara kuown' to- every. ade.” His stainless Iife, his moral dignity, his manly bear- ing, and_is ‘great service and yelanble counsel during the last thirty Joure of bis ministry in this city, have kecured for Lim univereal respect. His fatbicrliness has combived love wich that respoct. There ars older men 1n the Presbytery than ho; thero are more acute wruoglors; there are fus: sier mon in_the fine pointa of thaology,—but none more solidly groauded. Mo stands among the rest like an old oak, with 1ts roots clinching the evelasting racks, conscions of his strengti, aod unwoved by such little gusts as are now blowing. g : ‘Wa havo now exhausted the " list of. the repre- sentative men in the Presbytery. 'There are, Lowever, somo “ o on= SMALLER LUMINARIES . s who deserve, perhaps, a passing potice.. Among them zre tho folloswing: The Iiav. William Dat- eston, Brotston, or Drobston—no one Seems to know how to spell bis name—sa withered-litfle old man, whose mission seems o bo to keop the rest of the Presbytery straight on the book, and who periodically pops up like a jack-in-the-box overy time he thinks Prof. Patton or the book is in danger, much to the chagria of the Professor, the disgust of tho Moderator, and the amuso- ment_of the Presbyters; tho Rev. J. M. Faris, the Financial Ageut of the ‘Seminary, who is happiest when the wind blows from tho direction of McCormick's resper factors, .who every day goes through tho farce of sceking to impress upon the Piesbytery tho fact that ne is unprejus diced and must have all possitle light thrown upon him so that he can ece to act-intelligently, and who is therefore strong'vn paints of order and a stickler for forms; the Rev. Abbott E. Kittredge, s littlo, round man, with spectacles aud sleox eide-whiskers. :tha has a rectorish Jook about him, eits on the Swing sido and Patton side slternately, and secms fo eajoy tho show and to be vers happy swingiug ai the fence; tho Rev. B. E. . Eiy, pestor of toe Graco Presbyterian Churcl, who has been four- teen yeats a lawyerand fourtcen years a minis- ter, tnd Las not yet succeeded in rubbing the marks of the law ont of lus face, who came from Sau Francisco and : seems to bé serving npon & vigilance committee, and who kes a bone o pick with tne Rev. ilcKaig, of tho Ninth Church (of which organization. his- ohurch is an offshoot), and who may, thezefore, be considered as in traiciog under Prof. Paslon for some futuro peramtent, tigid in purpose; «and-an -ivbexible | bout; Prof. Swezey, who does not trouble himeelt to eay much, as ho is evidently convinced the ‘case is_takiog yory good caro of itself; the Rev. J. H. Walker, who is pugnacious, who has given Prof. Patton somo side-winders which have told, and who would un- doubtedly like nothing bettor than to have Dr. DPetion 1ose his temper and then havea square stand-up fizht with him. These comprise the noticeable actors in the drama. The remainder, e bresume, are god sverags human beings, faithful pastors, and exemplary lasmen, most of whom, Lowever, are heretics 1f Prof. Swing is. If tho progress of the world had not abolished the forms”sud customs of Calviu's titue, Prof. Datton might bave 2'lively week's Bport in tho | fagot'ahd” torch’ businees. DBut tho forms bave ‘chadged o' spirit; bowever, remains, and to ithis epirit the words' of Erasmus are still ap- ‘plicabl’ + ey +,, Ariicles increise, sincerity vanishes away, conten- tion grows Loty and eherity grows ccld, I T e e : WOMAN’S WORK. iA Good- Movement Endangered 7 2 by Silly Conduct. T have thlked, and written, and pleaded for womas, in ‘every way that I knew horw, beesuse, being's womal myself, I had a fellow-feoling that medo mo wondrous kind. y I have thought, and said—with something, it may.be, 6f scli-consciousness in the belief—that +there was nothing too good for her ; no position +£00 hiZIfor hier to aspire to; no place whichshe might notccépt, or which she waa not capablo of* fillidg with credit to hersclf and honor to the udfzignt!shick placed hor in it. i L'still belidve this in s groat degree ; but I am 'inclined 'to moderate my enthosiasm and limit 'my* dencé. .I am disposed to say to the 0 courae sho can.do all this, and . skeptical, .| more’} "buEL find myself making this mental reservatibn,—that I wouldn't for the world spoak .aloud, = . | 1w suE wm | -Yesterdny I was out shopping. The day was .not " hice,~dark, dull, misty, sullen,—smiles minus,—tesrs and frowns abundant. Joe has remarkod cnsually, s number of times thia Epring; that times aro bhard; aud, remembering it, 1 didnot want to spoil my new streat-suit, -and, with- & waterproof over my old eilk, and a thick yeil ovor my old hat, I presume I wonldn't havo, beon suspected of boing the wife of & mille [ ioncire.. .. - Into ono of tho Iargest stores on State street T walked, dnd asked for plain Lem-stitched hand- lerchiofa. . A lady, who had already inventeriod and” get down tho valuo of the outer woman, Landed down some worth 121 cents apiece. * Surely you have something bottor than this!™ I oxclaimed, 25 1 held up tho tiny, coarse | strniners. Somo were prodnced worth 15, 18, and 25 cents.” " Ploaso show mo somothing 'gaod,” I said. 341 waot o dozen plain, decent, every-day handkerchiefs, worth about $10 per dozen. With & look of unfeigned surprise, ahe brought them forth ;' and I laid down the greenbacks and [ departed, - - . FOLLOWED BY THE LADY'S STARE. My next experience of & similar nature was at & house where laces wero a specialty. Shown to a counler, a smiling Miss took in the mrin points of my toilet, calculated thorefrom; and, with a diminution of smiles, asked what I would Like to' look at, - ¢I-want to see some guipure,—a narrow edge, [ worth not more than $Zor $3.” ‘Again tho pretty, pamted butterfly looked me [over, ns sbo rexponded, in & languid tone: - 3 Don't think we have sny. The class of cus- - tomers who ostly patronizo us, don't wear cheap laces,” Tn'turn, I measured the speaker; then enid, deliveratelv Iave the kindness to show mo the articls T want, or I shall send for the proprietor of tho stord; aud, as be ismy brother, that *’3qamT NOT BE AGHECABLE TO YOU." | -.A deepor crimson than the carmine already thera tinted bor cheoks as she lad out tho laces i silence. 2 In the glove snd hosiery department, a jaunty : blonde desisted from filrting with the handsome, gontlemanly usher, long enough to lay out the goods I asked for. 'but not to give any attention to selsction, or to tell prices, except when specially asised. After threo hours of hard work, I went home Tith a seoee of Lumiliution, defest, £ad goneraf demoralization,—not for mvself, but for those Wwho almost conviuce u, by their unwomanly de- : forfment, and their reckless trifliog with the sdvantages already given thom, that they will 3 NEVER ADAPT TAEMSELVES t to” moro responsibie positions than they now bold.. The errong prejudico which once existed ‘againyt woman in ooy but a_domestic sphore, ' | had'melted almost 1mperceptibly'; and tho most bittaz oppuneuts sho formerly mo: were begiu- siing to wonder whether, wero it only for tho eake of pence, they had ‘not batter vield to her hat the times, even mora than she Dorself, do- manded. There was, too, 8 more just and generous feel- “foward ler,—s dawning rscognition of Ler ability, of ber attainments and capacity; a sort of regretful cousciousuess tlat all bad not besn done for her that might bave baea ; that her posi- tion if endurably comforteble, was uot enviable ; 2ud cestuinly thoy manifested no desira to change places with her,—for whick we cannet blame them. “Tho nest step was s *{APOLOGY FOR THE TWIUSTICE,” real or fancied, whicih eho had so long and patiently accepled 2s o matter of courso, becanse - €ho was & womam, you know zod, comd mot help it; mot & spoken | apology for confessed wrong.—oh, nof—but it showed itself in looks, acls, tones, end demeanior, a8 if, in any way by which their prido or wanity might Lo spared, thoy would withdraw further oppasitioa, and tbus end bostilitics, leaving the victors to choose their own terms. #Not much of a concession! ~ AWl but ‘it wwas, though. The direct and in- direct, spokon, implied, and nuderstood teach- ings of 6,000 years, with the eviden. sanction and! ¢ncouragement of even Deity itself, wero not o be 1gnored or forgotten i a brief seasou. t.requires years to erase from the mind the error -of carly cducition; but when, for long ages, an anparent trath has nover been success- fully—if at all—denied or contradicted, it is not in reason to suppose that ono devial, or the de- nial of even a generation, will be safficiont to prove it falss in theory, cruel in precept, and injirious in practico to 'both pupil and teacher adilo ; bug having admitted this, do you not ses thap, when thoy withdrew their’ fortes, leaving the 'land open for her to go up and possess it, they did ¥ " ° ALL WHAT COULD BE ASKED FOR “tho first step? . Lhey did more than that, howerer. oy had rallied from tho first sbock, overcome Tho first surprise, rocoverod from tho first disgust; aud, from being, at the best, only not active foes, but mere passive lookers-on, who endured ishat {hoy did not roully desirs to prevent, were fast becoming eworn allivs and friends to the move- meat. - This is about'tho present position, but the confidence which a few _strong, good, sclf-cen- tered women, here and there, who work for their s2x, havo ingpired in the minds of think- ers, wil act ss the .lcaven which the Good Dook toils us Icavened ths whole measure of meal, if the eilly, consequen- tinl airs, and indifferonce to tho intercats of their emplovcrs, now so generally manifested by thoee who should take the opposite course, do not £ . BUIN TIE PROSPECTS OF THE MASSES, . We are pioncers to-duy, a handful at best, and bearing a respousibility o great that we mugt needs look weil to every step we take iuto un- known regions and unexposed fields of usefal- ness for those who will follow closely behind us. Erery move should be made cxutiously, and with. reference to 1ts infineuce and effect upon others; and every caro taken to ehicld them from reproach and censure. Whatever is dona ought t0 bo done well, 80 well 1 to recommend it especially as s women's work; and trifling and neglect, which bring discredit npon ber in aay new position or field, are almost_urvpardon- wble. GansET B. FRECWMAN, —_— THE ENGLISH TONGUE. Beyond the vast Atlantic deep, Far ua the farthest prairics sweep, 1 Where forest-glooms the nerve appall, Whero burza the radiant western fall, ‘Oue duty fica o ofd end young With filial piety to guard, As om its greeacst native sward, The glory of the English tongus, That ample epeech, that sutile specch, Ajpt for the nezd of all and each,— Sirong to eadare, sot prompt to bend ‘Wherever human feelings tend,— Proserve its force, expznd its powers; And through the maze of civic life, In letters, commerce, even in strife, ‘Forget not it is yours and ours, FonzsT, METROPOLITAN MODES. Analysis of a Kew Walking-Bress— The Glaries of a Bridal Troassean. The Abomination of Jet Beads---French Catering for the “American Harket. Blue and Yellow the Fashionable Colors =«-The Favorite Hats Described, From Our Own Correspondent. NEW Yonx, May 6, 1874, Thers is consojation in bemng ready for the season, if the sesson 1sn't ready for you; o, at least, thought tho contriver of a dclicate GRAY SILE WALKING-DRESS, when eho shook out the folds, the other day. It is Quakerish in huo and material, only the qual- ity is finer than those uuworldlings are apt to uso. The skirt—of reasonablo walking length— jast touched tho groand behind, and, by an in- genious ueo of tapes, could be raised even higher, A . fifteen-inch flounce, laid in two-inch box-plaits, with an equal space between, followed - tho bottom of the ekirt. The lower edge of the flounce was finished by & donble soft piping of silk, several shades darker ; and the three-inch band which headed the flonnce was similiarly pipad on both edges. The front breadth, above the flounce, was entirely of finger-wide puffings, drawn on cords, and ot vory fall. The lower edgo of this pulted tablier was leftloose, and cut in half- mitred points, falling over the flounce. The overskirt consisled of threo straight breadths, open in froat, with reveis of dark silk—the sawe widih from top to bottom—about fivoinches wide. The revers are supposed to be held down by simulated battonboles, and emhbroidered buttons of the lighter shado ; whila the bottom of tho overskirt and tho slash up the back aro finished by the eoft double piping of the dark. Naturally, where tho shape of the overskirt is &0 perfectly siplo, the effcct depends ou.tho draping, which 18 very graceful,. dravivg tho skirt away from the front, and lifted, oz the right side, by the inevitiblo eumoniere. Tho waistis > plajn jockey-bsque, a small aquare postillion back, aud two tabs in frcat, bordered bythe two soft pipiugs. The fraise is box- laited, sot down abous three inches from the Enck af the nock, and in front reaches nearly to the waist before meeting. Tho sleeves are of the darkor shade (this is supposed to prove the jacket slecveleas), with cuKs, a Ia Alousquetaire, of the lighter shado. Plain us this sut 1s, 1t 18 very elegat, and has the ** aur” 8o often sought, #o seldom found. It is economical, t00 ; nos re- quinng, for awoman of average Lcight, more than twenty yards, at the most. In that, BRIDAL TROUSSCAU, mentioned last . tuno is 2 black sills home-dress, s0 gimple and 8o pretty as to mako it extromely taking. Itis cut in the Princosa form, that we uscd to know as tho Gabrielle. In this special instanco, & fow variations reuder it apparently o new style. In the back, tho breadihs are cut off at tho waist,—le:nunating in a basque,—and they are then puited oo to crinolibe lining. The pulling—tLis is rozlly on'y tho sk, laid ia plaits elong the edges of the lining—ippears lkoa rall diasery bodind, and has 15 st fas look. The two straight back breadths aze arranged in this manner, and continus till thoy reuch the bead of & very deep Speaish ounce, surroundiug the bottom. The flousea s Dbiay, sud quite scent; but is headed by a fall rred bad six or seven inches wids. Across the frons is caaght, in a peculiar way, a square of silk,~tio substituto for an apron. The rizkt upper corner is fastened ou tho waist-line, about three inclies from where tho wais; clo: I'he lofs lower corner is thea secured in its proyer picce on the oppcsite side of the skirt, jus: above the flounce, ‘ben ths loft edgo is fastancd to the mirt ouce more, about six inches abova tha corner; and finally the left upper corner i3 turned over on the ont- sido, ghawi-fashion. Of courze, the fold of the squars of silk is then diagouslly across the froot, aud the shapo of thy apron almost trangalar, ‘The edges of thiy three-corncred ornnment aro borlered by fringe. The upper cormor, fustonod on the Tight side, is securod thero by book aud loop, eince 1t wonld Lo impossible to get in or cut of tho gown if this apron wera immovavle. ‘The eleaves of this drcss are coat- shape, with side-plaitad frills, 8o sot on as just to fall over the bottom, snd simaiate & semi flowing eleeve. There is no freisc; but a pe: little, darg, etanding collar finishos the o Among orher dreszes in this trousseau is a dainty WHITE SILR GRENA which promises ta bz oce of caa favorite mate- rialg for summer-evosing drosses. The skirt, Dapliy demi-crain, is & vory, sonaible leagth for a daucing hall. Tho trim:oing is, first, a knifo- blade plaited raflle tan iuches wide. (Hors, lot mo say for tho bemefit of the unknowing, that kuife-blads plaits are simply very nar- row mecting sido plaita; ths plaits usually being folded nof more than a quarter of an inch wido). Abovo thia first rufile is & fivc-inch staading rufllo, the plaits turning in _the oppo- eito direction. Between the tvo plaitincs is a very fall fringed ruche of white talers silk; producing much the samo effect s foather-trim: miog, azd mach moro euitable to summor- dresses. Then comes a twenty-inch tlounce, sunilarly finished 8t the top. 'I's brings the garniture considerably above the Lneo, where, m place of tae expscted overskirt, is o graceful ik At o g & Tezge upray of wood-flowers on the right side (one cad of tho sash being grenadine, the other sitk, fringed on the edge, and winds round the skurt, till it is loosely tied, low, on the opposito side. Tho weist i3 a gmple round besque of sils covered by cunding, Iaid in side-plaits and bordered by a narrow knire-blade rullie of grenadine snd ruche of silk. Tio neck i8 cut in 5 dosp V, with kuife-blade rafils turning each way, aod ruching betwecn. Tio aleeves, coat-shapo nearly to the wriet, have z desp knife- blade plaited caff, falling over the hand, aud formiug at once a sleeve more convenient than, snd cqually dressy with, the favorito elbow siyla. AN ORGANDY MTBLIN is another of these whito end bridal garments. Tho skirt (danciug leagh again, as if &ll tho world wore a_perpotual festival), has a dosp Spanish flounce round the bottom, having & tw inch hem and s half-a-dozen quarler-inch tueks above. Round the top, the ilounceis ehirred to the width of ~ o finger, =znd the shirs are lined with & ribbon of _brillisnt rose-pink. - The _ overskirt is long and full, and apron-shapedin front, Dfted high, aud Iooped, cn the right sido, under the coquettish little sumoniero of silk aund muslin, So muck for form. Yor materizl, the overekirt is mado of altornate siripes of bise muslin tucking and rows of revering, such as is used 1p mourning collars. Tho rows of tucking are about two-sud-a-balf inéhes wide, and the rows of the revering tvo inches, The unpleasant break whore the ecams of the breadths come is avoided by sotting & ro of rovering bstwecu. This_use of the revering is entirely novel, seneible, and protty. In tho first place, it costs about a thurd as much as musli inssrtion ; znd, where dozzens of yards are_cmployed, this 'is’ an imporsant itom. ~Besides, haviag s trifle more stiffuess than its rival, the garment is prevemed from “wilting” qu 80 800D Again, where 1t is doeired to wear it over a color, the color ehowa much better than theembroidarod insertion does. In thisspecial in- Stance, aross-pick ribbon is et under evers row of rovering, which readers tho robe very bright and flowerfike. The waist of this is made aaa short, slashed, almost-fitting sacque, of altor- Date rows of bias tucking and insertion, end worn over a low underwaist of fine tucked cam- brie, low in_ tho neck. Sleeves coat shzpe, and like the body. TUC TLEMISH IS THE WARDEOBE is o polonaise of black Spanish lace, exch leaf and flower of the pattern being outlinad with fine jet beads. Strilung, 2nd extremely fashion- able, and very costly into tho bargain, it has to bo endured. It 1a to be worn, not only over biack irte, _but over whits and colored slips. It is impossiblo to understand how womeu ciziming good taste and good soaso will allow themselves to woar garments which, were tbo cost unknown, would soem cheap, gaudy, and valgar. Tho mode of bead-bédeck- ing camo from Paris, it is true ; but it is not im- probable that it is a mode originated expressly for what the Freach cre pleazed to consid: barbarous American market. AenycS the sters- ling changes heralded as the ¢ latest things from Parie.” no well-bred French woman would dream of adopting. Indeed, sach stries Aare never seen in Pavis on any native. No won- der the French do us so great injustice. Taey o have rezson to know that our moaey is good, | but mare reason to doubt tha our tasts is. ° _ODDS AND ENDS, Dlus has to divida laurels with all shades of yollow, for the coming months, and bluo and yellow combinations are expected to take place of tho blue and pink of the past. The new extcnsion founco is really nothing but a decp plaited flounce ret on the Bkirt, and- the back breadths of the skirt then cat ont underueath ; tho fuller edge of the flonnce thuy givicg a wider sweep to the dress. The gainin this ia not very perceptible. Arabian mantles, and pelerine mantillas of plain ond jet-ombroidered Spanish lace, will.be more fashiooable than tho shawls and sacqres of thread and Llama. Nevertheless, tha foria- nate possessors of these wrappings will not lay them aside for any feeting fancy. Tho favorito hats secm to bo combinations of black and white; the ouly color introduced being in tho pale-tinted flowers. The models are white chip hats, trimmed with black lace, volvot, twill. cd bilk, and eatin, with faintly-colored buds and blogsoms ; and ‘hlack chips orpamented with whits twilled silk, white laco, and dalsies, haw- thorn, or ather whité flowers, Mechlinaad Valencicnnes lace is uaed as much on bats 1s aro blonde end Chantilly. This mere- 1y renders the modern head-covering consid- erably more oxpensive, withont materially add- ing to its beauty. It is fair to expect thet the next rovelty will bo ehade-hats, gracefaily cov- ered with Venetian poiut. IURBELOW. HUmMOR. A matter-of-fact old gentleman thinks it must be & vecy small baso ball that can be caught on a y. " —Question for naval esamination.—Q. Can you give any other name for a sbip's cutwater? A. Yes, A boa-saw, —A pugilistic Irishman in England, being bound over to kacp tha peaca on alf British sub- jocts, remarked: *The saints help the first for- cigmer I meet.” —A Goorgia psj “thriling cereal.” mako aa ozt of 1t. —A French cook.—Cook—*T ehsll want my throo evenings o week.” Mistress—* On, you Toally can’t bavo that.” * Cook (with deciaionj— mast! Irealy can’tthink of giving up my Fronch lessons 1" —The Milwaukeo Sentinel thinks tho worst featurovabout tho cremation business is that Bome winter moming. in a fit of philanthropy, your widow's second bnsband may empty your nshes on tha icy pavement for the beneiitof pédestriaas. —A terphog inducement—Checrfal agent for life aesuranco company: “The advantage of our company is that yon do not forfeit yoar policy exther by being hanged or by commuiting smicide! Pray take & prospoctus ! —XMaddoning—~Husband: “If, 28 I said bo- fore, Matilda, you etill cherish 'that feeling of aflection for mo which you once professed, my wish would be law to you. I repeat it, Matilda— Law!™ Matlda: “Lor!" —A lasyer in Bucyrus, Ohio, stated at s tom- rauco moeting that, having scen his father illod by the careleasoess of a drunken man, he took & solemn oath never to drink again, *Since that time," he continued, ** I bave never broken that oath, at lesst not very much.” —A literal-miuded youngster was picked up by & visitar of tha family, who, dandling him on hig kueo, eaid: I wish' I hsd this littie boy; I think there’s money in bun.” Lo which prompt- ly responded the child: *I know thore is, for T swallowed 2 cout when I was at grandma's the other day."—Hartford Post. —A New York gul got mud at her Kansns lover and exl!;rasaod him 1,400 love-letters. Rho got pluased agmin next day, and telegranhed him to Teturn the lettors &t hor expense.. —A Pennsylvania_wife has been cutting off her husbaud’s ears because he was tosolont, Bat, as ono of - our exchangea remarked s faw daya since, ** Man wants but iittle ear below.” —1he Norristown Herald sasa: A loving wifo in Bridgoport wants a divorce. She recently found pioces of ostrich plama in_ her husband’s beard of an entirely differout sbade from that onber own bat. He esplained that bits of ostrich feather sprinkled on the beard is the very latest style in New York, and it is not hus tault that the skado ia different from her own. —A friend at oar elbow says ha thinks it just 28 1eprehionsible for women to get_tight by lacing o3 for men to get tight by whisky. Both injure tho system. Well, it's nono of our par- ticular business nny way. Men generally ges tight 'canse its pleasant, and women ge: tight coraots nice.—Ohio State Journal. A Connecticut lady remained too long ona train to kiss fomale friends tho other day, sud, trying to get off after it had siarted, was thrown onbor faco. “If over I kiss anybody sgain )" she said 1evongefully, as shosross, **any wom: at least,” sho xdded, thoughttully, ** then it il bo when T sm crazy.” —* While journcying by rail,” says s traveler, “I witnessed the following 'incident: One night, jus: after 1 had scrambled into my sleop- ing berin, I “heard “loud =ad angry vo:cas pro- ceeding from tho rear of the car. ‘I toll yon is i o sud you can't come in withont a ticxet.” * Begorra, 1 had a tioket.” *Whereds it?" ‘I've lost it ‘If yon really bad the misfortune Lo lose your ticket, perhaps you can remembor your berth?' Thers was an interval of silonce, Paddy evidently employing Iny thinking powers. ¢Och, bo jabers!® hs ex clsimedat longzh, ‘I was born 0n the 26th day of October, 1526."” ~4bout 11 o'clock one night & policeman met anegro carrying a trank nfong tho street, and, thinking ho had discovered an item, ho coliared ths nezro and told him to drop tbat trunk and explain. **T kin do it, sah,” replied the stran- ger, a3 ho tut tho trunk down. ** De family +hat was boarding me hus been axing for monxy, and asdey was gawyme oat to-nighs, 1 thought 1'd 5it into sume family whar doy respected do panic.” He was allowed £o go ou. —A Parisian, who was known as a free-think- r met s Parisian fricnd tha other day, and, taking him by tho hand, said, * I have become o Christian.”” “I sm giad to hearit,” he re- plied : *“5uppose we now have a sottlément of that littlo nccount betwaen us. Payme what thou owest.” ** No,"” said the new-born child, turning on his heel ; * roligion js religion, and business is husiness.” ‘ —A littls follow, 5 or 6 years old, who had boen wearing undershirts much too small for Lim, was ong day, after having been washed, put into' s garment as much too largo as the otbers had been too emall. Oar six-year-old shrugged bis ehoulders. shook himself, walked around, out with: “Afal Ido feel aw- this shirt,” —A fow years 8go & hungry crowd sat dorn at the well-spread supner-tableof a sonnd-steamer, upon which one of the dishea contained a trout of moderate size. A serious-looking individual drew this dish toward hum, saviug, apologeti- y, *This is & fasi-doy with me” His nest neighbor, en Irish gentleman, immediately in- sexted hid fork into the fsh and travsferred it zo 1u3 owu plste, remarking : **Sir, do you suppose nobody has & 80wl to bo saved but yourself 7 —A County Cierkin a rural town bhad a pet calf, which Lo was training np in tho ways of an ox.” The calf walked around very_pesccably un- dor ouo ond of the yoke, while Alr. Clark held up the other ends But in an_unfortunate mo- ment the man conceived the idea of putting bi ovn neck in the yoke, to let the celf sea how it vould scem to work with a partner; this frightened the calf, and, elovating his tail and Tis voico, be ssruck 3 *dead run” for the vil- lage. and Mr. Clark went along with bia bead down and his plag hat in his hand. straining every perve to keep up, and crying out at the top of hin voice, ** Llere wa come!! blast our fool soula! Head us, somebody " —Al a recent Sanday-rchool servicsin a promi- pent church in New Haven, the Rector was illustraing the necessity of Chuistian profes- sion, in order properly to enjoy the blessings of Providence in this world, and, to make it sppa- reat to the yontbful mind, tho Rector said: “For instance, 1 want to introdnce water into my bonse. Ihaveit pumpel. Toe pipos and faucots and every convenionca aro in good order, but 1 get no water. Can any of you tell ms whv I did not get water?” Ho expectod-the children to sso that it wes because ho had nob made s connection with the main in the streat. Tio boya looked perplexed. Thoy could not seo why the water should refuse to run into his premisos after such fanitiess plumbing. * Can Do one tell me_what 1 havo noglectod 3" reiter- ated tho zood Ractor, lookiog over the flack of wondering faces, bowed down by the weight of tho problem., *1 kmow,” squeaked out a little 5-yeur old. y 1 r_promises to publish w Its xeaders will probably ‘“ You don't pay —Highlanders have thio habit, when talking their English, such as it is, of interjecting_ tho personal * pron ‘“he™ 'whera mot required, euchas “The King ho has come,” instesad of **The King bas come.” Often, in conscquence. 8 sentencs or oxpression is rendered suficizatly Indicrous, a3 tho sequel will suow. A gentlo- map eaye he had the plezsure of listening toa clever mag, the Rov. Mr. —, let his locality be a secret, and recentlyho began hia diecoursa thos: “My fiends, you will find the subject of “disconrso this afternoon in the first Lpirtle generul of the Apostle Peter, chapter 5 sad - verse 8, in tho words, ‘The Desil be goeth about Lke a roanng lion, sceking whom he may devoar.’ Now, my fniends, wath your leavo, wo will divide the subject of our text to-day into four heads: Fircily, wo ehall endezvor 10 ascertain * Who the Dovil ha was #'_Secondly, wa shall laquiro into his geo- grapliical position, nsmely. ‘Where the Devil he was?' and ‘Whero the Devil ho was going 7' Thirdly,—and this of & perconal chasucter,— *YWho the Devil ho was sceking ¥ And, fourth- 1y and lastly, we shall endeavor to zoive a gues- tion which has” never been solved yot,—¢ What the Devil be was roaring aboat '™ 5 TWICE MARRIED. When I married Eunice Morgsa, I was, in my OwWn estumation and that of many.of my friends, o rumed man, T had movey, talent, and critars, et a terible sorrow which came to me five yeara before, and whose mamory had never departad, had mads of me a nerveless, purposeless mis- notbrope. Yieldisg to tho salicitations. of friends, who thanght a fit companion might ro- store me to the warld, I molicited -the hand of Eunico Morgan, who had known me from early childhood, and she gave mo mot ouly herself, but restored to mo wy own dld self, purified, clevated, and strongchemed. With tho tact, affection, end character of the ideal woman in whom wo all bbieve, the-mads hfo sweoter to mo than the Jost life I had bemosned: and the sacrifics of her noble self which she had mads for me seamed to £ill her own existence with con- |- stant joy. A few years befors, while I was returning from the Continectal tour which . followed my- graduation, I met and worehiped Anita Lozatos, 2 beaetiful Cuban. My position in 80Cioty Was un~ exceptionablo, I was rich, and I pressed my suit with all the ardor of & warm young heart and a flneat tongue. S I was specdily accepted by Anita and her parents, and we wers soon mar- ried. In one of the charming villages near Now York I built for my bride an exquisite villa in & noble grove of old chestnut trees, and fornished it with everything which her desires.and cs- Prices suggested. Iwas still a studont, aod ec ardent one, bub thore were fow bours in the day in which I did not for s fow momeuta drop my books, and seek and adore my beautifal, my glorious wite. Slowly I learned thosad fact that Anita’s fond- ness for me was only & passiquate, fitful omt- burst, instead of & constant aection. I had mover in the cooler moments of my courtship expacted her to sympathize with my stadious tastes; but, when I comprehended that even my companionship was distaatetul to her, aad that 1 received her amiles only in exchange for such pleasures as I purchased for hor, Ibecame a very uohappy man. Trywg to gain her affections, it she were capableof bestowing such a sentument, 1 abandoned my stndies entirely. 1 devoted my entire time to the duty of pleasing my wifo. 1 spont without stint the money which_ had bean left me by a rich father; I filled the Honse with company, I purchased & city bouse, in which wo passed tho winter, and did all that s devoted and aoxious heart could do to win the love of the womao I held so dear. And I imagined, poor fool! that I was suc- ceeding, The painstaking and anviety of seva eral days dovoted to procuring her fome now pleasure were fully repaid by tho parting of ber ripe lips, the light darting into hor glorions eses, and the claapings of her besntiful arms, which alweys indicated my succosses. Tho tiresomencss to mo of a largo party of people who could only dance, drink, and eat, was always relioved when, after the last guest had deperted, Anita would draw mo down to ber and Liss me a dozen times, and tell me that I was her dear, debghtfal old boy. At tho closo of one of the most brilliant enter~ tainments I had ever given, I strolled restleesly through the drawing-rooms, the verandas, and the conservatory, looking for mv darling. . She had been unusually beantifal throughont the evening, and when I had c:nght her eye it had Soon g0 full of fecling and tenderness that I had longed for the moment to arrive when we might be alone, and I might for the thousandth tima renew my declarstions of afection. She had gone suddenly to her rooms, the servaats said, anfl hed loft word she would return in a moment. 1 continued my aimless strolling, when, ane tering the library, I found on ths open volamo 1 had last been roading a &lip of paper bearing & line in Anita's delicats hand#Titing, It read: I cannot love you, for you ara too great for poor little me. I Liave found ona I can love, God forgive mo and bless yon."” 1 fell, and knew nomore until days aftorward when I emerged from the delirium’ of & fever. Againat my will I recovered, but my spirits, my high aims and purposes, it seemed I had lost forever. I attompted to recommenco the longy course of reading and study 1 had determined upon when I left college, but I found myself de- . void of aim or encrgy. Far soveral yaars [ led & desolats lifs, never hearing of Anita, but halding her constantly and tenderly mnmy heart in spita of her faithless- ness. One day thers appearod ¢ my villa & rough-looking foreigner, who said fis was s sailor, and had been bandsomely paid to brin; me tidings of the death of my wife, who h: been washed overboard from tha deck of a ves- selin the Mediterranean. He conld toll me nothiog more about her, except that she was traveling alone at the time of “tho accident, and had left among her papers & note inclosing a large banl:-note to pay for intetligonce boing 8eut mo in the event of her sudden death at any time. . I informed two or three faithful frienda of the s2d fate of my wife, and they, who had been un- wearied in their endeavors to rally me, iasisted that I ought to marry again. At frst T utterly refused to listen to the euggastion ; but eo ekill~ ful and untiring were thoy that they finaliy pre- vailed upon me to re-enter society. Then, with an‘zpology, I offered to Euvice Morgan the re- ‘mains of my former self, and sho sccepted me as sweetly n3if Lhad beenin all of tho cheerful- ness of untroubled yoath. How ske unwmade and remado me I cannot tell, for X was acarcoly conscious of what was tuking place. But 60 fally did sha sympathize witl &l ot my old hopes and nspirations that I soou found myself a: my studies with an encrgy aud ability I bad naver before possessed. Tho con- stascy of bor sense and sympathy was oven ex- ceedod by that of her affection, which secmed nover to slumber for an instant. Finally, when, on my retarn from an enforced absence for a Tew days, Cunice, from hor conch, sweotly handed to ma a wee, warm miniature of horwolf, my cup of joy seomad full to overfowing, ‘As Eunice racovered, she spent most_ of har time in the grove and garden which urroandod the house, Thess, to gratify Anifa's tropical tastes, I had prepared without regard to ex- pense, and, now that all of the shrubbery had gained soveral years of growth, one coald roam apout for days and etill ind new and beautiful combinations and eflects. 'There, whenever [ ‘wearted of my books for a o, I songht my darlings, and always found in their socioty ex- actly the recreation I needed. One eveuing, a3 I wandered through the gar- den in hopes of suddenly sarprisiug Eanice aud her little nemesake, I suddenly emerged from 2 groap of shrubiery acd beheld a ecens that startled mo. Eunice, who was to ma the ideal of 2l that was pure, and faithfal, and noble, sat in & rustic chair, and at her feet, clasping ber hand, and murmuriog passionately, was a elight, handzome foreigner, whose features were strange to me. Eunice, my trusted wifs, was deeply affected—s0 mach 80 that tha cries of her little daughter, who had fallen tothe ground s fow steps_nway, vore unbecded. My footsteps startled them, and the mav, glancing hastily nt me across his shoulder, sprany to his feet and bounded hestily away, while Banico, still tecrful, maintainod & composuro which as tounded ms, and gave mo a soarching, pitying, tender look which completely bowildered me, For a moment or two I was speechless, and thon Tasked: o “¥ho was that man, Eunice?” “A poor beggar, Herbert,” sho replied, “Ha wes very finols dressed for s person in thet profession,” said L. The suspicion which for ths timo filled my mind probably betraved itwelf in my tone, for Eanics srose, proud, hand- some, and angry, and exclaimed : + Herbert ! do you doubt my word »” Never, in her most tender moment, had I seen Eanice 80 pecfect s picturoof purity nud no- | bility. 31’;- snspicions were disarmed in an instant, aad, thromg ™y arms about her neck, I begged ber pardon, and expresced my poni: tence in the fallest terms I could command, un- til with her own dear lips she stopped my ut- teranco entirely. From that diy there commenced s series of changes in Eunice's mauner, which by turna per- plaxed, omonr-assed, prieved, and provoked me. At firet Lattribuzed bher sirango manner to my grievous blunder in momenta:ily distrasting her; o was uncessing in apologics and in ray & deavors to make atoncment by shuwing evex more affection than that which seemed already to occupy my entire thonght apd timo. Buf, when ehe admitted that my mistaka bad been s fally justifiable’ one, I becamo coovinced that thers was a differsnt csuve for her change of demeanor. Thoagh more then over desoted to my interoats, Lopes, and tnstes, she secmed to shrink from ths cices ang tender companionship which had proviousiy ex- isted between ns, i e ehe withdrew herself from me, tilo mors thaa pcli Pretending that our mighs disturb my” rost by hor mevo Eunice arranged for herself apariments necar those which Anita bad occapied. Thess latter had been locked immodiate!y after Arita's de- casmally, that i oty fhat my wifo had an uausnal appetite Timo ntter timo I implored her to tell me the €A% of Lier s3dness a0d straugeness, but every time I alludad to tao subject she wouid look vo uautterably sad, and Teopsobiiterly, that out of Tegard for her I finally dessted entiraly. She taid that I nover made ber unhappy thut my love for her hat beon greater thanohe Lad ever believad could bo- shown hy man to Poman, and thet she had rather be my slave thon thessife of any other man in tha wo: But woen, movad by the passion of hor werds aod looks, I begred her, for her lovo's sake, to tell mo tho causo of her sorrow, and put i g:! r:nm:r ktu remove it if possible, she wanl urst into tears—evon my caressea R 1ot bor y Beamed to by As for me, my own lifo became uttorly mise zable. Tho'idea of dreadful sooter wrras in the life of the woman I foved a0 dearly was ine fupportable, yet thero was no honarsblo cacane fromit. Any privation from her socioty I wonld bave cheerfully endured if I ocouid have tooreby. restored to ber the bhappiness ahe seered to have lost completely, but the thought that oy suflering was fraitless of any good to her only added to my misery. I lost my spirits, my appetits, my interest in my studics, and Loalls my sbifity 10 sleep. (eht alter night I ut an’ the versads, or gloomily strolling an- dor the old chestnuts about the house, wfider- ing, boping, pryving, cursing,—sometimes al. most determined to cnd Eunico’s life and mine, and learn Ler secret aftar wo were both rid of lmohllsgung effects, 7 ne dark, windy night I was pacing dhe ve- rands, long'afeer midvight, when 1 wes staslod by 2 bright light appearing in the room swhich bad been Anita's chamber. I instantly deter- mined that thieves, bhaving heard tho story which cvery gorsip in_th village knew, bad selected this mght 1a which to carry away some of tiie valuablo contents of my poor, ernn wife's apartments. For vears her memory blg beon tome a thing of tho past, bur now the idea that rnde hands conld touch 2uything onco dear to tho woman I had loved, roused mo to the wildest fury. Hastily takiug a revolver from my desk, and snatching from o case of cariosis ties a two-pointed Malay davger, through a passaga which led to ibo Toom whars tha light was shuning. I stopped at Eunico's roomto wamn her sgainst unnccessary alerm but to my surprise Eunico was ot tuore. Conld ae be in Anuw's chamber, I wondered? 1 crept along tho passago, pausing at every stap or two to -listen. “Lhe door of the ion; -c[’nssd chamber stood sjur, ond suddenly I heard sounds which scemed to stop my heart-bonts. Iheard tho voice'of Ennico, and & voico which war howrse, rapid, eagor, aud with a foreign accant, In an instant I was almost med with jeslonsy. Tho well-dressed foreign beggar—my wifo's sorrow and her mysterions condact—her witha drawal from my companionsbip sud my cham. ber—her frequent indispositione—the bountifal menls consumed at ench times—her aversion to my caresses—ali that hvl happenod since tho day L hed surprised my wife and tho beggar, linked itself together in one strong cheis of damuing evidence sgainst my wife. She bhad loved the foreigner—shs had brought him iato thohouss of the man he was wronging—she hud secreted him in the rooms she know wero safe from imtrueion—she had even fed him from her Lusbaud’s table, A terriblo calm_quickly succeoded my fury, bat found me erual, Yoagetal, and. meroiees. t would karprisethom. I wonld quickly.and sare- 1y slay thom, and then, taking my littls danghter, 1 would fiy from the homo wiuch bad so territly diszraced mo. Hasuily I throw open tho door, but It turned noiselesxly on its Linges withont disturbing the occupants of tho room, and rovosled to e a sceno which struck me dumb. On tha pillow o th dainty conch of my lost wife lay thoe wor wasted, unmistakable” face of Anita Lonmr:l By tho bed.ide, clad fn_white, with her golden hair unbouad, aud rippling over her faco acd shoalders, stood Eanice. Her eyes were full of teare, witlo all the tendernass of. pity, sorrow, 2ad compassion heighoned ths besaty af hop pure features into somathing almost angelo. One of lLer hauds was tightly held by Anica; with the othar aho was pointing npward. * Forgive me again,” groaned Anita, boarsely, “for the pain my preseace has given you." “Ask forgivencss of God,” replied Eunice. +1 Liase ocly done my duty.” ‘I'lie yearu of pain I gave Herbert,” continaed Anita; “can he ever fargive—" 4l God,” sald Buico, sull pointiog upe ward. Ah, yes, my sister,” said Anita, “but T am not a saiat liks you. God had all Ilis nngels ta comfors Him when I sinned, but Hecbert waa alono with his orrow, Do you think ha wall for give my goul after it has left my body 7" * o mill forgive you now,” replied Eunice, “* Hia is a ooble soul, and bo is—your hnspand. * Let me bring lim.™ “ Ob, dorou! Idarepotmeet him! Bofcre T cauld tell kim all ha wonld cursp ms(” cried Anita, shuddering aod shutting her eyes aaif to hide soma dreadzal sight. “You do not kuow him,” replied Eunice. o is horor itself. Whataver ig pitifal, honor- sble, manly, Christian, that ia Herber. He shali forgive you I ““Ha will! " T cried, advancing to the bedsido. Eunics started; Amta, with & wild ery, bid her Tace in the pulovw. “Your wifo is dying,” whispered Eunico. “Sho has euffered torribly. Be (o hor all you cau in her few remsinioz moments.” And in an instaat Eunice disa Tenderly I raised Anita in my arms and kissed Ber brow.” Sbe opencd her cyes and guzed into mine with a look at onca glad zud implorivg. *Herbert," sko whispered, **I was infetuated cn that naful night, bat I repented before I bed got ontside thse’ grouads. I pursned my tempter as if I wers mad. I hurmed back to eecare my note before yon should uee it, but I arrived only in time to see you fall. Then I ren away—I kuow not where—bnt I pever dered to ‘come back to_yon. I was wwops ovar- bonzd &t sea once, and’ before I was rescuod I was emitten by o terriblo cold from which T never recovered. When I found I muose die I droeged myssif here, disguised in male eitire, £0 look &% you cneo more. Your noble wife rea- ognized mo, and I told her my story. 1 coulin’s help it—it 'seemed liks coafesans to s pure angel, Bho declared sbe would tell you; that 1 ehoutd have my lawfal husband, and she would lease you forever. I only prévented her Ly vowing to kill myself if she did. Then sbhe declared th Jive in taem; she forced mo to come; 1 did not want to. K46 has fed mo; she bes comforted me; sha bas been docior and priest to me. Baa —ok, God!" Anita etopped suddeoly; and strn gled for brestun. I gently brushed her heavy blac hair back from her temples. Again sko spoke : + Herbert, bear my last words ; thoy aro true, as1 hope for mercy. No lips but yours ever toucted mine—no arms Lut yours Wera ever sround me. Fora fow bours my beart forgot you, and for each hour I have paid & yearof suffering. as it enoagh? " Her great dark eyes strugzled against thew fato as thoy looked for my coring answer ; ke Ppale thin lips, once go rich aod red, now twitch- ed nervously. For an inutant 1 presscd bei teudexly to my beart, and when again I looked at Lier her ayelida wero drcopiug over tho eyesin which death’s dimness ccald not hide the love thero was there, while ber Iips wore hreakip inta the smilo which never agein Jeft them. moment later Aaita Lozatos t00d at the bar of the Judge who koew of hor atonement as well at her sin. Ivent in search of Ennice and found her eobbing on her bed. I kissod ber and whis percd : “Sha is dead, darling.” 80 15 my secrat—my terrible secret,” sobbed Euuice. With my own hands I dog her grave in a maze i rden, where sbe used to spend many £+ Tupico, self-forgetful, sain:ly y itz the dress it had dey. and togetber we laid hor iu ier laac eattuiy home. N Nous Lut Eunice, Axita, sod mysell how the key to the maze, s that one evening when L stola in to look at the gronnd where o much sorrow Lad found rest, and found tho grave covered with forzet-mne nots, I knew uuf Apita had taken with ber olf the misery that bed beeu poizoning Eunice's life. —New York Graghic. POETRY. ovtry, poetry averywhers ; i~ 12 the Gcwwara, e in the air; Teee it o tho busy straet, Tt greeta me fn the face I meet, Tuee it fn the ehining dew, 4 T sew it fn the waters 1 42e 11 12 tho morigz And bear iz in the 1 1 ferl 1t in tya gontle 1 foel it flnaticg from b X fesl it fn'tho Lg: , 1 feed it fa the thindacs crash, 1 re0 it 1o thy e5e %0 iid, I l:mr‘ll‘lnl!:e pra! 7 H&%g:flfl, 1 fe:l it io the geutls Of thioaa dear fiiends 1 love 80 much, partare, and had never been entered by aay one. Then, though azpazenily 1 tha health, Eanice complained of frequent indisp ticn, dariog which attacks ehe bhad her meals sent to her room, and our housekeeyor remarked, 5 doth g1l oar Hfe; T B etk ee, tia s0athes ilx atettag L i lifes us up from earth away, 74 ¢ And opes the door 10 eadlesd day. 7. oraxe, i - 50 rooms were mino: that I shouid .