Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, May 17, 1874, Page 7

Panlins Lucca has been engaged to sing during the Fest. Twenty-tive aoci_fltieu have signified their intention to be in attendance, among them the_Orpheus end Germania, of Chicago, the Yormer ander Hane Balatka end the latter under oOttoLob. Carl Bergmaun will arrive bere in choat two weeks, to rehearso tho Festival songs S tho Chicago socictics. On tho 24th inst. the Germanis, will give a concert ut the North- side Torner-Hall, 8t which they will sing the fol- Jowiog Bongs, in which they will take part at Cleveland : Sener Truehling (New Spring). L e ius cum Besponsorium C. Reinecke Palcstring SEN Doubie u)nrt:uz. S leben (Gipey Life). Schuman i ¢ Morgeplied (icrning Song alfus Reftz flimacht (Oznipotence Liest 5. Die MmO and solo. 8T. PETER'S MISSION. n entertainment is to be given in aid of 8t. pater’s El iscopal Mission Wednesday evening, 3t Stsn Hall, corner of Michigan avenue and Thirtcenth street. The programme is as fol- Jows = PART L do—For two pisnos, L RO B ¥, Huddud 9 AStory... £, solo— w5 T ey « on (G EIT Emil Licbling. Lifelime: an Eventng ia the World of » Lifetime; sfi‘g:;cu:'immd“dng the Masters of tue Occult & enes, vrof. H. Reloocs, the Man of Mystery. . Tiitz, tho Monarch of Wizarce, Tiokets are only 50 conts. THE TEXKESSERANE. e o troupe of £able singers known as theTen- ngehnans. fia were here in February last, will ve three of their characteristic concerts at Me- O enick's MusicHall, Monday, Tucsdsy, and Fincedsy evenings of this wock. They are g0 wull nown biero that they hardly need any fur- ther introduction to the public. THE MUSICAL COLLEGE. Themanagars of the Chicago usical College bave made arangements to havo their organ pa- jila_practice TPoD tWo Iargo organs, one on the Fouiti and one on tho West Side. This arrange- ment will prove of great advantage to pupils. The Collego Directors have also awarded two ele- ant gold medais to Miss Nettio Roberts and Mr. "\ Phelps for merit in musical study and gon- e progress—a compliment to which both theso deserving sbudents are richly entitled. CONCERT COSTUAES, That onr resders may havo some ides of the vailing_ style of concert-costumes. wo print The following from the Boston Saturday Evening Gaztle: Quite n little flutter of interest waa noticed among {50 fuir ex, Jost week, in regard to tho costumes worn Ty the lady soloists st the Handel and Haydn can- crts, Although Miss Edith Wynnoe has received a Tirge amount of moxey for her gervices, ot least half :¢ fum must havo been paid for the beautifal droeses which she wore. One s of rich white satin, degantly modeled, and trimmed with lace and {ringe. another, of dolicate soa-green’ silk or eatin, trimmed ‘ezvily with point. A third, of white silk, was rriped with pink satin. With a royal purple silk skirt she worea white sk overdzess, brocaded with purple, 2ad » beautiful turquoice blue ilk was trimmed with straw-tinted silk. All her concert dresses are low _iz the corsage, and the slecves are short, displaying 3 forely neck and besutifaliy rounded arms. It has been remarked by many that Miss Wynnoe dresses much more becomingly, 50d sppears 1o better per~ eonal ndvantsge, than during ber last trip to erdca, Miss Annie Louise Cary dresses Yery independentls, as msual, Onmo very pecu- Yar costume worn by her is of white corded sk combined with Lrown velset, =nd trimmed wtih pink silk on the front of thie ekirt, snd with Lrown rilbon bows sud & decp netted fringe, Avotlier, of light biue silk, was cut low, snd with short Bloevea, * One of salmon silk was trimmed with garnot valvet, and was arranged in 3 werles of pecliar folds at the back of the ekirt,~ Mrs. H. M. Smith wore a bright corn—colored eflk, low in the corssge, and with short sleeves; n low bertha of white tulle, falls of old lace from thie elecves, and littlo garlands of red and pink Yoses vpon the siirt and bodice, completed a beautiful costume. Miss Adclaide Phillippe appeared in a light ealmon silk poplin, trimmed with gamet velvet, and 2ire. Houston West wore black ellk, with pink sashand irimmings. At the Ssturdsy matince, Miss Wynno ap- peared m o peculiar drees, of wine color and_ lightest s3go green combined, sud rs. Smith woro a beautiful blue silk, with pink gash and trimmings. Intbe even- iug, Mrs, West was dfssed in sky-biue silk ; and in yrominent view in tho front balcony Mies Wynps was Doticed, in full evening toilotte of pink and white silk, with flowers of the contrzsting colors in her air, It is #aid that this lndy brought thirty-six elegant costumes with her Lo this country, of which we Lave a5 yet seen bat & very few. THE NTSTI STMPHONT AT BOSTON. 0Of the production of Leethoven's Ninth Sym- hony at the rocent Boston festival, the New York Tribune sass Musically considered, the Ninth Symphony must, by thia time, Eave lost much of its enigmatic character, Whother wercgard it as the Wegrerlies do,ns the corner-stone of the 88 yet incomplete edifics of n * muic of the futurc,” or 25 the theme upon which the “pew musicis merely 2n extended znd diffuse commentary,” ifs quondam obscurity, its spparent want of fori, its challenging unconventionaiity, are no longer disturbing its mueaning, is as clear now 43 is that of the grest C minor, Tho often perplexing and unsatisfactary instrumentation of the work has of late yeara given riseto much digussion, not unmixed ith vituperstion, a8 to whether Beethoven's original seore ought in every cise to be unsworvingly adbered . Richard Wegner has proposed some alzerntions in ihe kcoro. Some of the changes which Waguer has Introduced into the trumpet parts of the Ninth Sym- phouy were mado for the first time in Boston, fn this yrening's performance. The most striking instance, perbiage, was {u the ehrieking presto introduction to e recond or choral part. ‘Tho farious tintomarra of ke trumpets did indeed have a quessionable effect 5pon the quality of fone, One of the paesages that has always given the most trouble, fs from tho elghty- tecond 1o the ninety-cighth bar of the scherzo, where sbe themo on the flutes and reeds is completdly cov- Eadup by the figures of the strings. Wuger has wded to trumpets. . A CORRECTIH The Harmonic Bociety of Cincinpati will bave 1 festival this month, under the auspices of its sxcellent conductor, Mr. OttoSinger, aud among Mber works will bring out * Elijah,” where- spon the Commercial, of that city, grows Jabilant, 2nd says it * will be performed for the Eret time in this country wost of the Alleghe- nics.” Excopt for thefact that ‘ Elijah " bas been given eoveral times in Chicago, the Com- mercial is Tight. NEW MUSIC. L. W. Helmick, of Cinciunati, has just issued ¥Wonew songs in connection with the Temper- ance Crusade, by Jean_Le Croix: ¢ Don't Go Near the Bar-room, Fatber,” and * Father Drinks No More.” They are illustratea with handsome vignettes, which, in fact, are much better than the music. Keichardt, the well-known composer, has writ- ten a new gong to words by Willism Heoderson, In memory of Dr. Livingstone, called * Dreams f Home.” which has been sang with great suc- tess by Antionette Sterling. The rong is dedi- rated o Stanloy, and will undoubtedly becomo very popular, like nearly all of Reichardt's works. 8. Brainard’s Sonms, Cloyeland, bhave just Issued a bateh of new and populsr music, which are thefollowing_ picces: * Fille de Madame Angot Galop,” ¥ Pureas Snovw,” *Man- dolinato,” *¢Vienns Bloods Waltz,” * Aida Blarch,” and * Chorus from Lohengrin,” all of which 'are simple arrangements of well-known !?’-“"m for the piano, by F. Larmo; also, Nellio Darling,” song and chorus by J. Tan- penbaum; “Keturn of Love,” morcesn for Pizno, by Mattie Edwarda; and the * Rogistar ™ Aud * Souvenic” Polkss, by C. B. Hodge. PERSONAL. e, Imogene Brown, of Chicago, was #n- Dounced to ging in *La Traviata™ at tho Drurv Lane Opera, London, on the 5th inst., under the professional namo of ITmogena Orelli. She was Yo be snpparted by Navdin sud Galasai. . . CINCINNATI'S NEW OPERA. Cincinnati has got a new opera called “ Ali- dor,” written by Signor Janotta, the overture &nd first act of which were given a for ovenings 830. The papers are in ecatacies over it, and e Gazlte sayg Cincinnati may be pardoned for bossting of the dis- tinction of having. rxg)duoed inits upen.xfmsc an op- £ compored within the city, upon 3 libretto written Eycao of ita citizens, and rendered by amaterrs and Frofessionals residing within the city and vicinity, Alidor ™ is & Cincitmati opers, and o sucooess of Ibe procuction of the overture and first act lzst night Poght to stimulate further efforts in the same difec- Ui 1t 1; certainly to be hopod that the whole Opera 15 be 00n put on the stage. 4 The opera is of a light pastoral character, a Prince o behepherd, » lady snd ber maid attending in dis- £ m: 2 May festival of shepherds, and falling in love, form the compass of the events portrasud. Thero 18 i emotion, no sirong acling required. The in kecping with the libreito. The first move- ent of the overtare, which elaborates, emong other g%, the theme of the opening chorus, which, by it 3, 8 tho most striking melody in ibo opera, is iZlofbesuty, Iis splendid rendition by the orches- 1\ warsiy appreciated. Tho ocnciuding portion .6 opura ia Ioss pleasing, (hough more comprelien- 5% ihe st nct it is eufliclent to gsy that the music tbe firat chorus, already roferred to, is one of the of the opers, especially the concluding strains. ‘€ FOprano and contraito duet is likewise a notabie Rr.uun. thougk it hus 5 pecullariy abrupt conclosion. {kn tenor ariay sud tho soprano arias are well writ- {a.the later being xichly embelished. The con- {toeolo fs, perkaps, the most nnsucceesful part of o opera, "The finile, quartet snd chorue, is MEssition of most pleasing strength 2nd sweetaess T L R 0 y cornot plsyer, was pl ab lasl Yecounts at Manchester, England. e p&mminmu probably return {o the United ~lfes_ for the operatic season of 1874-"75. It is wettled, beyond all question, that Mr. re Thomas is to give six classical sym- 'y concerts in Boston next geason, Upon the same plan he has obeerved in his symphony con- certs given in New York and anklynxz il Johann Btrauss, with his band, is spending the month of May in flomo, giving c’oneegt‘:!. g Tho marriage of Mr. Strakosch and Mias Car; will, it is rumored, take place in June. gid There is some possibility of Mme. Poschka- Leutner coming to” New York in the fall, o sing At some monster promensade concerts, _ Rubinstein and You Bulow, the great pisn- mtn‘.eam at present in St Pe:ax{murz,g;ivin; con- ceris. . Wo lesrn that M'lle. Tima i Murska will re- main mn this country, and will frequently bs neard here next season, possibly asa concert singer. ‘When Teresa Tietjens dies, Besthoven's * Fi- delio ” will probably fimnppe:} from the operatic boards at the same time, as she will leavo no worthy enccessor in the role behind her. - Of the many new singers who have appeared in London this season, enly three seom 19 bve been vers successful,” namely, Herr Behrens, tho German basso, Sig. De_Keschi, & baritone, and Sig. Bolis, the tenore rabusto. ; Alberto Randeggar's cantats * Fridolin " ia all the rage in England. There is not onl‘:societv of note which does not perform the work. It crentes an onthusissm, they say, not equaled since tho production of Meudelssobin's “ Elijab.’» Mr. Perkins, our _native basso, has mado his firat appearance in London in opéra as tho priest in *‘ La Favorita.” His voice i3 highly spoken of, but his intonation is said to bo sery defeat- ive. The oratorio “ Christus,” by Herr Frederic Kiel, produced st tho Gesm;{r{rein, in Berln, under the dircetion of Herr Starn, is pronounced by the local critica to be the most important work of the sacred school sinco Mendelssohn. Adelaide Phillippa is having vory flattering re- ports from Ttaly of the progress of ber sister Matilds in musical education and reputation. She is already an scceptod and favorite prima donna at some of the theatres of the provincial cities, is much praised by the critics, and well paid by managers. Under tho heading of *‘A Singular Coinci- dence,” the Paris Figaro cnnbeu%]‘:l that the libretto of M. Offenbach's ** Orphee aux Enfors ™ was suggested by one of the light pieces written by Mr. Disraeli, s classical squib, & translation of which, by M. G.de Franciosi, was published in 1835 in the Hevue du Nord de la France. Franz Liszt, the pianist, has, according to the ZEastern Budgel, lefv his wholo collection of cariosities, works of art, otc., valued at 400,000 florins, to the Hungarian pation. Among the curiomties are Eecthoven's American piano, Haydu's and Mozart's harpsichords, and a num. ber of decorations and other articles presentod to Liszt by lus admirera, Brignoli is singing at the Italiens, Paris, and the papers guy him sadly. Hear the Figaro: One gees this tenor who, in opening his large month, seems a8 if he wanted to ent his nose ; one hears lamentable sounds of amorous cats, and strange gurglings peel one's cars, and one longs to fly far, very far, into & country whero Brgnoli never bas penctrated, and nover will. Oh, Strakosch, thou who art director of Vouta- dour, deliver us of Brignoli! Tho New York Tribune says: “The competi- tion for tho Parepa-Rosa scholarship, founded by Mr. Carl Rosa, in connection with the Royal Academy of Music in London, took place on the th of April, sud the successful candidate was Miss Anne Elizaboth Bolingbroke. The judges were Sir Sterndale Bennett, Mr. F. R. Cox, Mr. Walter Macfarren, and Bir. Albert Randeggor. We may tako this opportunity to correct s current mistake in regard to the con- templated American Parepa-Ross scholarship. Mr. Rosa bas merely expressed his intention of establishing such a foundation in this country at his death, and we trust it may be long before nis liberality becomes available.” Only & few yoars ago it was that Theodore Thomas, 8. B. Mills, and one or two others, gave recitals of classical music in a small ball in Now York before even smaller audiences. Mr. Thom- a3 was too poor then to live in New York, and might have been seon almost any day trudging over towards his house in Elizabeth, N. J., with his violin under his arm. At one time Thomas becamo so discouraged that he had almost de- termined to give np his concerts and go to toach- ing, but bmfies they becamo better patron- ized, and ly his orchiestra was organized. The Requiem Mass, composed by Verdi for the snnniversary of Manzoni's death, will be per- formed on May 22, nt the Church of St. Mark, #Milan, nnder the master's own direction. A hun- dred singers and the same number of instrumen- talists will take part. The. soloists announced are Meedames Stoltz and Waldmann, M. Cap- poni and Mzini, all of whom were in tho original cast of *‘Aids.” The movements of the new work are a8 follows: 1. Requiem and Kyre, for four solo voices and chorus. IL Dies Ire, in ten movements, IIL. Offertory, four solo voices. IV. Sanctus, for double choir. V. Agnus Dei, duet for soprano and contraito, with chorus. VI. ZLuz elerna, trio for contraltd, tenor, and bass. VIL Libera, solo for soprano, with eborus. Tho Baltimore Bulletin doesn’t think much of Mr. Edwin Soguin, s member of Miss Kellogg's English Opera-Troupe. At least the following criticism of that gentlaman's performance docs not strike ns as particularly favorablo: ¢ We must do Mr. Edwin Seguin tbe oredit of 8o- knowledging that he aid not sing & note ; the quartettes that ho participated in wero triok, the trios duets, and tho duets faintly interrupted solos. This wos justas itshouldbe; he was very amusing, fall of good by-play, and when it was absolutely necessary, made tho most excal- lent and judicious uso of the two notes of which his voico consista.” Tho Italian opera is ot an_end, unless in spas- modic irruptions, for months to come. Stra- kosch's complimentary benefit at the Academy, Tuesdsy eveniog, wasa rouser. Much comment. has been excited by the fact that Nilason did not take part, and the rumor has gained currency that ehe and tho manager fisve quarreled. The causo is reported to bo thab she refnsed to sing unless she was paid a fabulous price, and that, 28 pearly all the otber artists had cheerfully vol~ unteered, Strakosch refused to give her any- thing, or even to urge Ler in the slightest. 1 ‘have no mesns of knowing whether this story be true or false; but it doca not seom improbs- ble, judged in the light of some of the Scandi- navian's characteristics. Thg month of Marcly renertoire at tho Tmpo- rial Opera-House, in Berlin, will make music- lovers wish that they were in tho Prussisn Capital. The works performed wero, the *Don Glovauni” of Mozart; the “Iphigente en Aulide” of Gluck; the * Africaine” aod “ Hu- enots” of Meyerbeer; the “Joseph® of ehul; the * Freiechutz” of Weber; the “Meny Wives of Windsor” of Nicolai; the +Czar and the Corpenter” of Lortzing: the ¢ William Tell” and ‘‘Barber of Beville™ of Rossiui; the “Don Pasg.ale” of Donizetti the * Romeo and Juliet ” and “ Norma " of Bel® lisi; the “Ballo in Maschera ” and * Trovatore ™ of Signor Verdi; the “Faust” of M. Gounod; and the *Flying Dutcbman,” the * Tannbauser,” the *“ Lohieogrin,” and the * Master-Signers” of Herr Wagner. Here is & total of twenty operas, bosides throo _ballots, *Aleddin,” * Flick and Flock,” and * Fantasea.” e . A POEM OF ROBERT BURNS. [Hitherto Cnpublithed.] “he trout in yonder wimpling bura That glides, a silver dart, And rafe benesth the shady thorn Defics the anglec's art : My iife was once that careless stream. That wanton trout was 13 But love wi’ unrelenting beam Hau scorched my fountains dry, That litls flowrets peacetul lot In yonder clitf that grows, Which, nave tho linnet’s flight, X wot, No ruder visit knows, Was mine, till 1ove Lind 'er me passed, 'And blighted »" my bloom ; And Row beneath the withering blast My youth and joy consume. The wakened lavirock warbling springs, “And climbs the carly 8Ky, Winnowing blithe his dewy wings n morning’s roey eye; A5 little reckt T sorrow's power, Until the flow'sy sosre 0 witching love, in luckless hour, Made me tno thrall o' caro. —Erery Saturday. frus AN = % A Remarkabls Recora of Family Lon- mevitye i Last woek thore dred in Philadelpbis an elder] 1ady concerning whom somo vers peculiar eir- cumstances hnve coma to light. “Her name was Mies Katherine Gesr, and st tho time of her demise she had attained the remarksble ago of 106 vears. Nor is this all, for an exemination of tho recorda of the fsmily ahow that all the members have approximated the sume advanced “Bge. 'Tho lady 1a queetion was of German de- ecent, but was born in Philadelphia 1 1768. Trwo years ago she lost & sister who was 90 years and eho leaves behind her two other of age, t w_ame-a,' one of whom aitains her 80th birth- _day during the present month, while the other is aged 86. Miss Katherine Gear died after a brief illness, and up to the very hour of her doath her facultiss wers comparatively unim- _paireds o ng i “ METROPOLITAN MODES. Mid-Summer in May --- Happiness Dependent on:Coolness. The Ideal Warm-Weather 6own—The A¢- " tual Gown's Incapacity for Re-ereation. Airy «Fabrics of the Season ... Their Tendency to Multifarious Blossoming. Parisian Novelties - Becoming=~ ness the Product of Chance. From Our Own Correspondent, New Yors, May 13, 1874. You have found out as well s we, of courso, thiat we rre to have no spring. It isn't much of a disappointment, because nobody here had ex- pected we should-have. Evory one predicted we should have summer-days close on the heels of winter ; and, for once, every one s right. Al- though the 1stof May was plessant, suow lay on the ground ; and, & week later, the thermome- ter, without word or warning, quietly betook itself to 67 degrees in the sbade. Long experience has wonted us to this sort of thing; and, besond & change from durk fragments to light, and a passing * I told you 80,” no native pays any attention to it. DBubit is » never-end- ing source of astonishment to the arrived and coustantly-arriving English travelers, who find 1o words to express thoir amazement at our cli- matic peculiarities. The first hot day is mors depressing to the modiste's bueiness than all the rest of the year. Every woman fecls that happiness—enothar name for coolness—is only attainable in a wash- ablo wrapper, and, having that, nothing further isneeded. In July and August, when we are used to warmth, and discomfort has grown etale, we may rise to think of more important matters of tolletta; but, with the first gasping for broath, fashion and fripperies fade befora comfort and common sonso. If thoy would ounly stay faded, or if they would ouly give place to, or set the seal of mode on, plain and practical forms of Bummer- garments, what pleastre, and health, and good 1ooks, mipht be gained from a possible enjoy- ment of our bricl play-spall ! THE IDEAL GOWN for sultry weather is one that we ean walk in, sit in, loange in, lie down in, thoushtless or care- 1ess whether it is soiled, or mussed, or rendered unwearzble without & trip to the laundry. It is one that cen bo consigned to the washer- woman withont fear ~that it will -retarn in remnants from her hands. Itisone that shall not tempt us to wear it au_instant longer than it is immaculate, through mistrust that the bill for its doing-up will be more than the cost of the fabrie. Alas! how far have wo departed from thoideal ! Tt positively gives one a headache to try to solve tho riddle of the new dresses in muslio, and linen, and lawn! You can discover al a glance the usclessness of hoping that they can ever be re-created in the hands of oven the most skillful French laundress. It is time ihrown awsy on her part, and money on yours, to attempt to im- rove them sfter tho manner of their kind. fLet their first freshness go, and they are zano forever. Nobody could expect but that skirts whose front breadths are ebirred, whose side ‘breadths are plaits or folds, whose back breadths are covered with all devices of intricata and in- comprehensible flounces, should resent the in- dignitios of the wash-tub, and rofuse to be re- newed. MANTUAN RON-BOXS. The delicate and seasonable fabrics aro really tnrned into what might be called mantuan bon- bons, 5o pretty, and seductive, and unservicea— ble arethey. Idon't supposc there is a femi- nine creatare on the Island who, in_Ler secret soul, doesn't sigh for at least one of these trifles light as air. You wouldn't be above it yomr- gelf, if you should pause for five minutes before an organdie, or mull, or Swiss, put togeher a8 only French fingers can put things together. Many of the daintiest robca are of palo-tinted lawns, instead of white. Pink, btue, green, rose, mauve, gray, lovender, bufl, and ecru, are all seen, and make very dressy and grateful con- traats to the provalent white of former seasous. Not that anything can bo g0 delicato and charm- ing 18 white ; but & room full of women all hab- | jted in colorless garments is too suggestive of a ghost-party to_be perfectly artistic. A dashk of color, now &nd then, helps wonderfully in the tout-ensemble of & warm-weather gathering. The combining of wo shades, or of one color and white, continuos _even in thin fabrics. Of course, it isn't wise to pat two shades into snything likely to be washed; for the chances aro, that one or both will run intoand streak the other, and ruin tho dress forever. Bat whoever beard of wisdom in the head of fashion? It will, thorefors, bo quite 83 common_to ses pink and blue, blue and buff, ecrn and green, tea-rose and rose-pink in the same costume of lawn or muslin, 88 in gros-grain or taffeta. Thon, for thosa who prefor » dreas of one kind, there aro inch-wide striped muslins of colors and white. The skirts of theso are often looped in the back in psunier-puffs, while the front breadth is shirred from belt to knee, below which, and reaching round the skirt, are ono or two plaited flounces, the plaits laid o a8 to bring the colored stripe on top- The old-time Gubrielle, modernly ¢alled Prin- cess, form is one of the most popular for all stuffe intended for the house. Indeed, dressy organdies over gilk elips are frequently cut thus for eveninga. A NEW FRENCH MODEL for this style is in this wise: Dllain Gabriolle elip of pale-blue_taffeta, cut very low, beart- shape, in the neck ; the Kleoves nearly tght to the arm, and reaching only to the elbow. The overdress organdie is cut exactly the same in form ; but, before the mushn is cat, it is laid in box-plaita an inch and & half wide, with aa equal space between, Thus, when the bresdths are put together, the robe 1s entirely composed of the piaited muslin. Tho unpleasant look of the plaits, joining at the seams in all maoner of directions, is avoided by inch-wide bias banda of tine_tucked muslin inserted in exch seam, sod bordered by pawow #rills of Valenciennes lace oo each edge. The bottom of tho muslin robois finished by an eighit-plaited flounce of the muslio, trimmed with Valenciennes. Tho_flounce, instead of being set ap on the ekirt, is placed upon the ex- womo edgo, eud the plaita spread prettily over the silk stip. The front of the orzandie dress is elosed by cupning bowa of silk like the slip, in eacl: one of which a pink rose or half-open bad is caught. The slceves of the overdrcss are of plaied mauslin, and fit closely to the sifk sleeves fo the elbow. below which they terminate in double juffles of muslin bordered by lace. On the left sloeve, half-way between shonlder and elbow, 2 blue bow snd rose-bud aro coquestishly caught, The neck has an upright_rufle of orgaudie, lace-edged and with lace-ipsertion, and " inside a chemisette of Valonciennes. A little sumoniere of mudlin, and lace, 2ud silk, and rose-buds, hangs at the right side, and holds the delicate hzndkerchief, lnced to the dress. THE USE OF FLOWERS is & distinguishing_characceristic of the new summer-costames. You ce them everywhere : on the azoulder, on the sloeves, on the pockets, on the little bows peeping out frowm every possi- ble cormer, fold, or plait,"on the meck snd on bem. The . fiowers upon the robes by modistes, naturally, are artificial; but, when the gowns are worn, these will, in many instances, give way to the genuine, sweet-scented roses, and violets, and Teliotropes, and caruations, which Nature has prepared for the duintiest adormment of kerfair- ast children. A NOVEL NOTION 35 to nsp the lovely French foulards for slips un- der muslin, and forskirtsunder white polonaises. Itisan excellent ides, becauss fonlard is light and cool: has a delicate luatre, softer than that of taffcia silk, and more intensa than that of gros-gramn; is pearly, if Dot gunite, three- Quarters of & yard wide, and ranges from &1 to S1.50 & yard,~rendering it posmble to bave an tskire for 915 or $18, when s silk one s good would cost at least a third more. The one fault of foulard is, that, if Toughly nandled. i witl pull apart; buf, as it is hardly adspted 0 ‘wearing in gfi:‘ woods or on pedestrian tours, it is, for all its proper purposes, perfectiy durabie. THE 6TORY OF A HAT- A difficolty is experienced in finding tie roper point of ul]&:minlllgt L!rxa new bonnets to their owpers’ heads. iy of my scquaintance pur- chased and charmingly trimmed a straw bat, the other day; but, trying it on, was mnch displessed THE CHICAGO :DAILY: TRIBUNE:. SUNDAY, " MAY 17, 1874 ki withita want of becomingnoss. She tried it in all ways, as she thonght, without satis- factory result. Feeling sure she should always detost the thing, she put it on and wore it to'the theatre for the first time. No:bing but stronp interest in theplay kept her thoughts from the nngrateful head-gear, aud, on her way home, she mentally decided to give the hat away, and try to get another with better result. As she was about to take it off, sha gaveitan accidental tip up behind, which becamo & ti downin front. Lo! the wrong was righted. The hat becamo not only endurable, but posi- tively becoming. The owncr could hardly be- lieve her senses. She pushed it into its original position, and jt was s ugly as ever : she pushed 1t back intoits socidental place, it suited her faco at oncs. Now ehe is bappy, and thinks no more of other hats. So, ye despairing, who have long decided that your bonnets convert yon into perfect frights, and that nothing csn bemore batefully hideous than they, you must push, and poke, and bend, and success will doubtless be yours in tho ond. THE MORAL OF IT. There is more of & moral in this than appears at a glance, Do mnot most of the ills of life coms Decauso we are not_sadjusted to it; becaase we have not dropped into or grown into suitable positions? We need a poke hers, a push there, to put us in our rightful places. Sometimes chance gives us tho needed impotus ; sometimos we fing 1t for oarselves ; génerally it does pot como at sll, end we go on, not bocoming the world as we should, because we do not touch it at a proper angle. But who ever heard of tying morals to ribbons of fashion ? FURBELOW. WOMAN’S WORIK. A Defense of the Shop-Girls. 1o the Editor of The Chicaoo Tribune : Bia: In your last Sundny's paper I goticed an article under the eaption, *‘ Women's Work,"” and 1 feel mysels impoelled to reply to it, because the writer, herself & working-woman, has thought- lessly done injustice to & clags of women who, of all others, need the help, patience, and consid- aration of their own 8ox, since thoy work harder, have longer houra, and obtain Iess pay for their services, and have more responsible situations, than any other artistes, 88 they are required to be intolligent, oducated, moral, lady-like, pro- posseasing, and well-dressed, at an averago of $8 aweek to pay board, buy clothing, pay for having it made, feed their starving educated tastes, and help support & younger sister or an invalid mother. Alldsy long thoso weary girls—for they are nover rested—atand behind the countor, and wear smiling faces, society-masks; while Ars. Poppinjay—berself 8 woman and 3 sistor— looks at them with bard, ‘cold, unfeeling eyes, and orders them to drag down everything on the shelves, all of which must be ~immeaiately restored to their places, to avoid 8 reprimand. 8he does not cara for the weary foet and break- ing back! Why should she ? “They are paid to wait on her. She loils back in her carrisge, and does not trouble herself with other peoplo’a woes, unless she finds them recorded in violet ink on tinted psper, in which case she wecps little hypocritical tears, till her sharp noso is as pink a8 her pet poodle’s. It is npon such women tuat the shop-girl waits all day, and every day; women who have good bearts, but are thought~ lees; wamen who do not care to know that any-~ body in the world is starving, while they are woll fed ; and women who have no hearts at all. ‘Thoy pass in long procossion by the counters where these girls wait on them,—young, old, and remi-old,—and they are hung with rich dra- pories, which Garnat B. Freoman herseif must respect. The Millenniam is 8 Jong way off, s0d, just 15 long 88 wo bave bodics, we give all defer- ance to the auter and, if we wero not, every one of 13, working for the luxuries of life, along with its necessanes, we would all stop, and sit dowo in sackcloth and ashes to bessail what we had done. Now, I believe I know the shop-girls of this city a8'a class, and I am just a8 sorry for tiem sometimes 18 I can be ; bat I think T can con- scientiously say that I never Inid a feather of additional burden on apy one of them ; and, if I was ever snubbed by one, I was so obtnse as to fail to eoe it. I have waited till my turn came. more than once ; but I never was treated with premeditatod radenoss. 1 Inughed when oncs o pretty blonde turned her back on me aad per- mitted me to finish my speech to the air; but I Torgave her, because she did it to il her mouth withh chocolate-caramels, and Thave a weakners for them 1ayself. I have seen tiem, possibly, with curinine on their cheeks ; bubit was done to hide the pallor of ill-health, to make them- selves frosh snd sitractivo to the very women who derido them for it. X never saw them flirt ith gentlemen ushera ; for, a8 a rule, there ie s fierce war raging batwoen them, rather than the civility of flirtation. 1 think, after all, thero is & mistake sbont the waterproof and old-bat business,” The grest average of regular custom in stores comes from tho plain, unfashiopable women; and I have seen the quaintest, queersst people, in tho most fantastio of costumes, waited on with a doterance Defitting a Duchess, Even ths rogulation water- proof presents itself overy hour in the day, and surely, if a lady wear it, will command proper attention, though all human pature msy be quicker to eee & palace than a coitage, & eilk dress rather than & serge. What then? It is not & personal insult nor a premeditated sl it is simply one of those ugly, trescherous fiaws of character,~such 8s you or I have, dear modam, in common with all,—coming to tho surface when for & moment we are off guard. From 8 in the morning till 6, 7, aud oven 9 in the evening, those shop-girls—young ladies— many of them brought up in afluence—the Jaughters and sisters of Senators, clergymen, doctors—stand at their post; and I have been froquently told that they conld not eat or rost when they got home, until they had bathed their tired feet in cald water: and that, night after night, thoy dreamed over the dsy’a work, and arose'in the moroing, unrefreshed, to go the same weary rounds. If they have no homo, tney are at the merey of any one who can boar them for less than their food costs. A fow of them are pleasantly situated,~they are young and hopeful; but the older and more expe- Tienced kuow that they caunot have time for either pleasure or recrestion, withoat taking from their hours of eleep, and sapping the life- forces, aiready sufficiently low. 1t i8 always to tho interest of clork to send in the iargest amount of checks, and to sell the most she can. If she is not able to make for her employer overy day asmuch 5s_her wages come to in & weck, her head, figuratively, rolls into the basket. The matural antagonism of women to cach other may account for au occasional lack of in- terest on tho part of the female clerk to a female customer, and it would be a most desirable foa- ture in the dry-goods stores ta give every Jack toa Jill, and vice versa, Thore is & megnolism in the suggestion. Mns, M. L. RATNE, A Gingerbread Faire . The Parisians havo beon enjoring a pilgrim, age to the foire au pain d'epices—giorerbread {air, whichia held at the top of the Faubourg St. Autoine. To appreciate and enjoy the foire au pain depices, ono shoutd go there jat uight. ‘The orowd go to the fairin family parties, the mothers carrving babies in_thair arms, sod in some cascs wheeling them aloug in perambula- tors, Every dozen yards or eo there aro carts, like those of costermongers, stored with ginger- brend, and surmounted by s large whoel. tuge gibgerbrosd figura is put up for rafiling. Tickets, & peany eaoh, are delivered to all comers, and when thirty or forty bave been sold, ronnd goes the wheel, and the holder of the ticket whose number comes ot finst walks off with the prize. Thess gingerbresd lotteries are lardely patronized, moreto than the elsbo- rate etalls in tho Place du Trone, whers prices ars highar, and tho excitement of gambling is wanting. In former days gingerbroad figures were supposed to represent political person- ages, ‘Last year M. Thiers was the favorite. This year the censorship vetoed the zale of the homme eminen's efigy, and Gambetta and Mar- shal Mncy!inhnn Iwu: nlnl? pgnhmi::t}.“] bThf erhre: eople had, therefor ack B e R e ahack as the Crumean War. Gingerbread, howaver, is not the only attraction. There were 0o less than fifty whirligigs end merry-go-rounds, and _thoe numi- ber of wo-up men aud women that seemed 10 take delight in being whirled round on woodan horses was something amazing. Theo there were circnses, booths, tumblers, professional wreatlers, shooting gulleries (chietly crossbowa), and “ American waxworks,” tha awoer of which was not afraid to tako in vain the name of the great Bumum. Theso waxworks coutzined an affigy of Marshal 3facMahon, after Sedan, sup- ported by Gen. Wimp(lon. 8 seems to have escaped the Iymx-oyed censor. who objected to the Marshal being s0id a8 gungerbread. There wos 8130 the ineyitable ball, which wes not large- 1y patronized. TLe mos: popular entertainment next to the w igs wo6 & booth whoro several champions in shocking bed condition chalicnged all comers. The champions invarisbly allowed themselves to ba beaten, and i iately after- wazd sent round ne hat—a very ‘cuze idea, which certainly paid. ST e s The Itsltavs are about to eract & status to Lord Byron in Venice. Thig moldering city by the sea is celebrated in many of bis songs, and xas the placa of his residence in_Ifaly, notil the charms of the Counteas Guicciol atiracted him to Ravenna. and placed fn the oven ag A NOTABLE INDUSTRY, Visit to 8 Manufactory of Tin. ware.' How Frait-Cans and Tea-Caddies Are Hade. The Pleasant Relations Between Employers and Employed. ‘While certsin kinds of business andoubtedly bavo suffered from the pamc, and given rise to gloomy forebodlngs concerning the future of Chicago, a visit to some of our leading manufac- tories and wholesals houses would convince the croakers that the Garden City is all right, snd going ahead with aa mach rupidity as ever, with a doterminstion to eclipse all Other Western citica. It is now tho centre market for fruits of all kinda, from the oranges and figs of the Sonth to the pears and grapes of the Pacific Coast; and, in return, she sends out her fruit-cans to all these different localtties. I recently paid a visit to one of the busiest firms in tho city engaged in the manufacture of tinware, who make s specialty of fruit-cans and fruit-can tops and bottoms. The gontlemanly proprictor conducted mo through the building, which is 50 by 159 feet in extont, and is filled with machinery. Ho pointed out tho different machines; and de- scribed their uses, which may be interesting to the readers of Toe TRIDUNE, 88 it shows to what perfeciion the utilization of the different forces of Nature has been brought. The first procesa is cutting the tin tho size required for the sides of the can. This is done by boys, who git at steam power pressos, and hold the tin to & certain gaugo. When tho ma- chine descends and cuts it off, 1t falls into & box which stonds ready to receive it; and, as the machine movos at a certain steady rate, it keeps the boys busy with eyes and hands to supply the necossaryamonntof tin. It brought to my mind the guillotine, which was kept in motion during the French revolation, cutting off the hieads of the poople, and which rolled into tho basket as thoy fell ; only that was an instrument of death, while this was an instrument of life, as it far- nished the means of sabsietence to those who superintended it. Other machines wers man- agod by boys, which rollod the tin, after it had boen cut tha proper size, into & circular shape, when it was ready for the solder. There are other presses which, at one descent, cut out of & picce of tin the top or bottom of & can, and tum up the edye, when it is ready to place upon tho can for which it 18 dosigned. As thero are as many machines 28 thero ara different-gized cane, some idea may be gained of the number of ma- chinea in use, all of which aro worked by com- paratively-unskilled Jabor,—boys and youngmen from 12 o 20 years of age, Who eara {rom &3 to €15 per week, hile watching these boys cat out the 1ops so dexterousty, I inquired if they did not some- timey, by mistako, got their fiogers uader tho macline. 1t is very seldom an accident occurs. Occa- sionally, when a boy is not 80 caroful s Lo ought to be, he pays the penalty of his carclessness. This boy,” s0id the proprietor, pointing to one at work, ** unfortunately brought his Sugers too near the keen edge, and two of the ends were missing, Show the Iady vour fingers.” The ‘boy held up his baad, and showed the iudex and middle fingers somewhat shorter thun Nature in- tended them. “I took bim to a physician,” continued the proprietor, *who amputated and dressed the stumps. Tho brave little feliow could not be persuaded to take chloroform, but submitted quietly to the operation, sud bore it like a hero.” Caus for spicss, baking powder, or a3y sub- stance that is not liquid, ae uot soldered around the bottom. They are made almoat wholly by machinery. The end is placed upon the can, when it i8 put nnder the michine, which, a3 it rolls the can, presses the edges of the ends firmly upon the sides, snd renders it sufficiantly strong to hald any dry, powdered articles. Another machine 19 used to cut and form ears for tin pails. 'These are made out of picces of tin too small for otber purposes, which woald Ofhorwiao bo wasteds bit, by stfict economy, not 5. particle of & is lost which is large cnough to form one of the tiny ears which adorn the emallest tin pall. The tin, cut and rolled into proper shape. ia now ready for tha men whose business it is £0 sol- der. These men sit at a beuch, through which ran tabes connected with the gad-pipes. On the upper side of the bench, vo rubber tubes are attached to the one running through it. Ono of these tubes contains air, the other gas. They both centre 1n & soldering copper, where the air mixed with the gas prevents the too rapid con— sumption of that expensive article. \With the burning gas tho copper is kept-constantly ot the required beat, which facilizstes the work. Tha operator teked the tin intended for the can, folds one edge over the other, draws down an instrament with acid upon 1t, then applies bis golder, and tosses it 10toa box which is kept for that purpose. All this is done with sston- ishing rapidity, almost inconceivable to & ‘mere spectator. But the most wanderful process ig soldering the bottoms of these cans, The «onds are placed upon the sides, and a piece of golder inside. Tleyare then fized upon ma- cbines, which are Leated by jets of gas burning under them. That part of the machine with the can npon it revolves rapidly, and the centrifugal force causes the melted solder to seek the onter rim s0d, a8 the can rovolves, it flies around and 4ills up all the interstices, making a perfect joint. Veryfow of the cans soldered in this way leak, and, 48 every one is tested beforo it leaves tho facsory, s leaky can is never sent out. Ths tops and bottoms are purchased by the retail tinners, who make them up into caus. During the sea- son of 1872, this firm alone sold 18,000 groes, or cnough tops snd bottoms for2,592,000 catis,—sup~ piyiog most of the wholesale trade in Chicago, St. Louis, and the other principal Western cit~ ies. Last year being very unfavorable for fruit, Dbut little was done. 'This season they are mak- ing preparations for a large trade, a8 indications ats more fasorable, They are already sending cans by the car-loads to Kansas City. They seud them also to California, to Utab, and as far East a5 Albany, N. Y.; and they eell nothing except goods af their own mavufactara. This, be it re- membered, is one house alone. Other business- honses of the same kind may be doing equally ell, and we caonot believe that Chicago is losing avy of ber trade. In fact, it is impossible that sho shonld lose it with such enterprising men to canduct it. We wonder if any other city can make a8 good & record; 8nd, wifdn we conwider tho great calemity throagh which ehe has passed, 1t becomes truly marvelous. Another brauch of tho trade, in wluch this firm does a large business, is_in cans for paini- dealers, and japanned caus and caddics for gro- cary, 20d tes, coffeo, and enico deslers, Several ginls are employed i tis depariment.’ They are Taid according to their experienco snd alility, nd the work they perform. Someof these mrls receive $6 per week for their eervices, while others are paid 212, the prices varying between thoss two sums. The work of a portion of these iris is to peiot the pails and label them,—the f;{lom are stenciled with bronze ; while others are engaged ob_the mora fanciful cans and esd- dies for coffce, te, sad spjges. Great improvementa have Deen makh in this department withia the last three years, moro especially in the application of the comparatively new art of Decalcomanio, by which most of the work 16 ornamented. Tho ornaments and pictures are chromo-lithographs, prepared in such s way that they can be iraus- ferred from the sheet on which they are printed to the object to be decorated. Very tina and &z~ tistic pictures, consisting of landscapes, bon- quets, fruit-picces, Japanese and Chinese fig- nres, are produced in this way at 8 emall cost. The pictures and desigus are all madsin Eurcpe, 28 they can be produced thera cheaper than in this conntry. This firm have had veverad de- signs made speciaily for them. Tae lettering of pames for teas aad_ spices, which they formerly did by band, they have had prepared by this $ransfer-process, snd they recently gave & or- der for labels for 32,000 epice-caddies. The proprictor beiug now called away, he Kindly directed ms to oae of the vonng ladies, who, he said, shonld give me sny information I wished. I foaund her busily engaged in the tasteful work of ornamenting the caddics. After » fow moments’ conversation. I saw thas the wes an intelligent and iuteresting young lady ; and 1 learned from her that tho cacs and cad- dies were just painted, then baked in an oven epared for the purpose. They were theo :’e‘izad, after ion he Jetters and ornaments wers ‘transferied to them, when they were dryipg-room. Afiwer they were varniabed This heating again- placed in the P e sumciently dried, tho process bronght out the bright calors, and gave them the peculiar sluning appearance whicf all jn(‘:mvure has. k, Tinquired if she could make s comfortabls living at her business, “E go more then merely make & living,” she od. * Do you like your occupation?” I asked. * “T like it vers much,” sbe replied; and, in the course of conversation, she £aid : ** Thres yeara since, I cams into this city, alone and fricndless, with but §2 in my pocket. I was 80 fortunate a8 to obtain employment from this firm. Whilel ‘v:m@ lga.mmg 1 did not make much; mh:il I rained experienco, my wagea wero gnd increased, until for some timo _past I bad $12 por week. Tho panioc did Dot a fect mo at all; every week this wi ter I received 212. hava much of my wazes a3 I could, ana now, instead of being friendless and penniless, I huve both money and Iriends. If women,” she added, “wonld learn & trade thoroughly, and work steadily at 1t, they could make » living 33 well a8 I can, ~ All the girls here have beon working for this firm for a long time. Our employers trcat us with tho greatest respect and consideration. When work is slack, we talk and joko with each other, and make [ife as cheerfnl a3 pofsible, and, if we'are s littie late in & morning, or leave early in the afternoon, no notice is ever takon of it. Of courss we know enough, when ordery come in fast and work is pressing, to put fortn our Dest efforts, and o work over-hours, if neces- sary." i T thought, while she was mpeaking, of the number of timos [ bad beard workiagmen sy, “T'It not work a minute past 6 o'clock. If Iam five minutes behind time m the morning, I have to lose & quarter of = day ; but, if I was to work | during my dinner-hour, or until 7 at night, I should never got any credit for it ; and I'il never take a stroke after G, no matter what the circma- stances may be.” This firm must have stadied Luman pature, 2nd knew how to deal with it. Thoy treated their help like human beings, and the employes in retarn mnde the intorests of the firm their interast. I found, upon farthor inquiry, that the relation betwean empioyer and “Ploved was of the sams plensant character oughout the eutire institution. in thess times of strikes, and difficulties betweon em- ployers and employed, it is very checring to find a largs factory ke this conducted in such aa agrecsble manner. “Finding my way to the office, T had tho pleas- Tive of 8ecing somothing new,—not,new proba- bly to my readers, but new to me, and that§was the telegraph at work in tho office. Tho sample- and-sale-room is eitnated 1a anotber portion of the clty, from which & measage had come to the factory. About eighty persons are employed in this fac- tory. The wages paid run from S8 to 324 per week. The lavor is dome by piecework in ail cases where 1t is practicable ; but, as this 15 im- poasible in Some dspartments, a porsion of the honda are paid by the week. The wages are paid every Monday, and they amount, In the agpregate. to sbont 9700 per week. Very few chnnges in employea aro mede, Tho modt of them have been with tho firm ever since they ‘begxn businese, which was in Jannary, 1871, ‘The nmount of yearly salos which this firm make is about 200,000 Surely, this is an fmstitution of which any clty might be prond, not only on accomnt of the char- acter of the firm, but the amonnt of business they transact, but also on account of the charac- terof the emploves, and the pleasant relations oxisting between them and their employers. Mns. 3L D. Wrxkoop. All About Blind Man’s Buff. From St. Nicholas, Al of our young readers liko to play blind man’s buff when thav can; and so do many of the older reAdera, for that maiter. Rut every one may not know that the game is more than 800 years old, and that it wns & favorite amase- ment of gay courts and_merry-making Princes and Princesses before it becamo the favorite holiday pastime of boys and gids. Blind man’s buff isono of the sports that came over to England in the train of William tha Conqueror. It bad its origin in Liege, ono of the fair provinces of France, in the prosperoas days of Robers tho Devont, who succeeded the famous old French monarch, Hugues Capot, in the year 995, _In the year 999, Licgs roceived, among her valiant chiofs, oue Jean Colin. He was almost & giant in acrength, a Samson among the Liegeois, sod nearly shared the experience of Samsoa of old, s you shall presently hear, Tiis grim war- rior used to crush his opponents with a mallet. It was considered desirable to honor him with a titlo which should follow his pame. What ghould itbe? Not ‘“head-ltfer,” of courze; but the poctical designation, Aailiard, or Jean Colin.of the Afallet. 3 Fends were of perpstual occurrenco in those dark old times, and Jezn Colin's mallet was kept constantly busy in quelling them. Terrible be- came the name of Jeaa Colin Maillazd. But Liege had another vahant chief, Count de Louvain, who, when Maillard had proved himself superior to all of his other opponents, continued $0 bear arms against him. ‘Wa cannot sy whether or not Connt de Lon- vain learned lus war lcssons from the conduct of the enemies of Szmson, but, as he was ambi- tious to avoid the tapof Jean Colin’s malletupon nis own head, he formed tho plan of puttag ogt Jean Colin's eyes. A great battls was fought bélween the two chicfs and their forcca. A tho very first onset Count de Louvain succeoded in his gurpu:a of piercing both the eyes of Maillard, and he looked apon the field as wiready won. But the lsttar, with o spurit like that of Dlind Samsop, dotor- mined that his_opponents should perish with him, and ordered his esquire to take him to the thickest of the fight. There ha brandishod his ‘maliet on either hand, and did such foaful exe- cation that his ercmies fell around him in such nambers that victory soon declared itself on his side. But, Samaon-Mke, though blind, he dealt Buch blows as never fooman felt ; Toshun them wers In vam. This way they fied, and that they run ; But, of an hundred men, not ode Ere saw the light again, Robert the Devont of France, whose troubles with Lis wives you may have readin history, wad very fond of deeds of valor, and tlat of Jean Colin Maillard kindled his 2dmiration. He lav- ished honors on the victorious blind man, and ordered the stage-players to bring oat a panto- mime of his contest with Count do Lonvain, for tho pleasure of the sourt. The court were de- lighted with the play, for tha terrible mallat of aillard, and tho warriors dropping down hero and there, almost without knowing what had hit thom, was all very exciting; and _people in that ruds age Jiked what way sousational even ‘more than fhey do now. The children began to act » eingular play in the strests, onoof the ghyax‘fl, more strong snd active than the rest, eing blindfoldod and given #stick; and thus * Blind Man’s Buff * soon became the popular diversion of theyoung in Franceand Normandy, where it was known under the name of ‘ Colin Maillard.” This name it _still hears in France and on the continent of Europe. ow TInfidelity 1s Punished fn Chinm. A Ningpo newspaper says : * Yesterday morn- ing, March 19, the presidivg Magistrate of the wet city of Chinhai was aroused from his reamy slumbers by tae appearance of o wifa-de- ceived and evenging busband, who produced from a cloth wrapper two human heads, which represented his wifo end her guilty companion. * Ono version of this tragedy runs thas : Tho injured husbaad had. through bhis employment npon a steamer, been absent from home for loug parieds of time, during which the causo of ‘evil was contracted, sud at the cloza of the old year, the husbaud returuing home to enjoy th® menal feativities, found bis neighborbood all alive with the story of his wife's unfaithfulness. These live coals of taio- bearing gave additionsl heat to his avger; but he contrived to conceal his feelings from bis wife, end burriedly left bome nuder the pretcose of going to Hankow ; but, instesd of leaving, be, with & few trusty friends, secreted them- seives in the neighborhood, prepared to obtain & cruel redrewy before the fire of his anger cooled down. The unfortunate man, ignorant of the fatal trap, entered the houso of the woman, and, both being surprised, were secured by the watch- ers, who speedily revered their lieads from their bodies, and carried the former to the District Magistrate. Thera will be & trial, but the whole picce of lepislation is & mockery. *The guilt or innocence of the murdered will be decided by a test. Both heads will bo pat iuto a large tab of water, and #et in motion by vigorous stinting. If the heada meet face to faca. Dbahold & clear proof of guilt! 1f pot, theo all tho worss for the avenger. Such is the power of custom—cnstom more cruel thao Iaw, for it demaads tie death of botls. It is 2aid that if tho msn had but killed the in- truder, he would be liablo to punishment for marder ; but having effected s donble murder, escapes with a mere formal whipping, and re- ceives n reward of 20,000 cash. . “The district, to purga iteelf of such evil destroys the hodies of the doad by cremation, 20d tho very plece of ground rendered unclssn by the evil must be plowed up Lofore tho virta- ous will veuturo to dwell there. —A Western stump oratcr, in tha course of one of his kpeeches, remarked : * Gentlemen, if the Par-sy-fix Ocean wor an inkatand, acd the hall clonded esnopy of heaven and the level ground of oar yearth wor a sheet of paper, I couldn’t begin t0 write my love of conntry onto iy ABRIVAL AND DEPARTURE OF TRAINS. ecpted. * Sunday exc odm ed- Copiady Tive Sundayacs e mo § Dal stangs.—F Saturaarae Monday excepted. Ar- MICHICAN 5 j“C«E’NTfll: :ER'E:{ WESTERN RAILROADY oty Jo% o Tecatparcou-. e hce, 57 Clark s, sonthmort oormer oot and 55 Canalet,. comer o dudione CHICATO & ALTON HAILROAD. Chicage, Kansms (icy and Deneer Short Line, ta_Lowisi. and Chicas Springiehd dikm and 3. Loeic A Line. Union Depot, West Xile, aear Madisangt, Ticket Uzices : 4t Deyots end 123 Randalpiot CHIGARD. MILVAUKEE & ST. PAUL RAILWAY.. Gusen Lt corner Mariiron wnd. Cangiwsts,” Tuciet Ofice R Clariisley opgosiis Sherman Houte, atd at Depate Milvankee, Gress Hay, Stevens’ Biint: Si, ¢ Midnenpein, *9:30 8, m. t. Foetbisrn Taway Mafl. Milwaakes, St, Paul oliy, Night Expross. ik 'ILLIHOXS lljfl'l’RAI. HAILROAD. 4 (@ Enns t CHICAGN. BURLINGTON & DUINGY RAILROAN. Depnto i ket It gy avd St 4 gl e Ciart. e Gl Pattye et aa s gt T -t Leare, Downer's Grovs aceoumolsi Doy s Xeoonmmodatios|! Texas Express. : “Ex. Sundss. thx. Fawrdsy. (ks Monda. CHICAGO & NORTHWESTERN RAILROAD, hy affes, 6 Carkes, (Shermun-Hotesy, end 75 .y corner Haudiionat g & Marguetta Fapr 3SR o—Depot caraer of Wells aad Klaris s, S Dipot sorner of Uanal and Rinsie-sta. WU ST RETT, Gon. Pase. Agont. - CHICAGD. ROCK ISLAND & PACIFIC RAILROAD. Devud, sarucr of Van Lureu usd Shermeinae, Ticket Graud Buciic fotele e Lewe, (A, Orsaba, Teavenw Peru Accommada: Nignt Express.ie... LAKE SHORE & MICHIGAN SOUTHERN RAILROAD. Depet, Vun Duren.tt., fomt of LaSalle.st, Tieket ofeet, northwes comer Claré and a0y aud southised curner Cunal and Yuriron-sts 5 CHICAGO. -INDIANAPOLIS & CINCINATI THROUSH LIHE. VIR KANKAKES ROUTE. From the Great Central Kailrowl Depol, oot of Lakesty , Leass, T Areire. Bz | iz m 580D, m. [ #8300, m. STOCKLOLDERS MEETINGS. (e of Chigaoo & Norlbweslern Railmay Compay, 52 Vallst Yous, Adpril suniers a 20, e s trumsaction of nar butlass 23 10y came bofore 23id meeting, will be huid ¢ 1 oi%ca of tho Compsny. 3 The city of Cheagn, on Thareiay. tia At day of Jaoe moxt, 8t oGlock g m. | Boadisoldars will authanticate cheli right to vata by priwendlon tasie soting bondsat tha ofice of the Company, <2 Wallat, New York, fur rogis- o om o before the & af 337, proximo. ALBRKT KEEP, Proaident. 2. L. Braxs, In., Secreary. QFFICE CHICAGQ, ROCK ISLAND & PA- CIFIC RAILROAD GOHPAHY. Agril 2, 174, The annnal meeting of the Stockhalders of the Catcaro, Rock Island & Paciiic Railroad Coinpans, for the el of Directary, pursusat to law, othor business e iy come before thom, will bo bold at the otfice of tha Company, In thocity of Chicsgo, un Wodneadss, the third day of Jana mext, at 11 o'clock a. m, JOHN F. TRACY, Prusideat. F. H. TOWS, Becretary. OCKHOLDERS® MEETING. 3 Notice i horsby mire:rr that the 3anasl meetl S Gt eito soih Branch, Dock Com: oy will el Biockholders of thy Chi 7 for tha eleoticn of Dirsctors of ald Comta ebiotary of Chicago Somth Branth PROFESSIONAL CARDS. Dr. C. Bigelow, 79 S, CLARK-ST., cor. Van Burenat,, CHIGAGO. 2 T kawes by all soxiimts of the papers (hae Dr. (- Do s tharidest sstablished piys(ciaa, Artiag b et tora i EBcag fof a0 last 15 yisrs of bia Lile, hav= EiF devatad 20 yosrs pariaciiag, mmedioa (hat wiilare e thia wort ‘cavs ol CHIONIG DISEASES Boih e, *Graiiemen of thiscity, of th hichaat ro apoctabiiity, and membors of the me aculiy now practicins (n Chicazoy arp wiliog aod. roady to atiott lue SOL Itead his MEDICAL TREATISE. Sent to _azy dress in realod en PAKATE PARLOUS fo3 ope. il Fetimen. - Call: yuu sm-onty The Coctor. Addrasa all oztors, inclostag stamp, to Dr. C. BIGELOW. % 1 SHOULD FAIL to resd DR A, T G. OLINIS great work, 2 Thiry 1 1\ Yourn Amung the Atllioted-* Toca- i nca Ty nds ‘ssved from 1 early grare. ity Lactares, eapech eang Mo, 13 hok form. aelivered botoretho GHICAGO SIEDICAL INSTITCTE. Price ©18a Post pald tics, 18T Wi t02-5t,, Call or write. T Chieneny Commultation, Tree. providod with boned s Dr. Kean, 360 SOUTH CLARK-ST.. CHICA raalls oc by moll feov ol May bo erasalted, per- a3y, dars from Y 10 12, ARRIAGE. Havg!lhlial for Young Men from the effec's of Ermrs and Abuses in narly lifp. Manbhood iesiu Tmvoul Tusats to Serriage removed. — New mothod of treatineat. Now sad remarkabla remedies. Boogs and Clreculars seat. Address HOWARD ASSOCI- No. 3 Buath Nisth-at., Philadeiphia, Pa.,—sa tiun Eaviag a bigh repulation for bonorable con= 1 dact sad proissetonn) axill. FAIRBANK® BTANDARD SCALES OF ALL S1ZES. FAIRBANKS, MORSBX 00 111 AND 13 LAKE-3T. FRACTIONAL CORRENCY FOR SALE AT TRIBUNE OFFICE,