Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, July 12, 1874, Page 2

e THE CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE: SUNDAY, JULY 17, 1874 SHOPPING. of the Women Who Shop. Some How Clerks Are Sometimés Worried by Customers, Apd How Costomers:Are Somctimes Neglected by Clerks. Hardships of Women Employed in Stores. One feels eurprised that, with the thermome- ter ranging from 90 to 100 deg., anybody should have the courage to g0 0n & regular shopping- expedition ; but, under ihe stimalus supplicd Ly Inen or oroquet parties, .or the necesaity of gotting ready for summer-travel, we find even very delicate young ladies quite equal to the tosk, Theve is, perhaps, nothing in whicha woman SHOWS HER TEMPER AND DISPOSITION more plainly and undisguisedly than in this gamo business, We ehould aimost advise any younz man thinking of marriage to try aud see, Limself ungeen, the Fair lady of bis choice when ;0 is prchasing the various items of her sum- nier-outfit. How and what does sbebuy? in ezecrdance with her position, or with Iavish ex- vugance, or, worse if it can be, with o nar- ruw, pinching ecouomy of material, which chows a grasping peparionsness of char- scter? FHow does she treat thoso who wait uwpon her, and how is ehe treated by them, especially if those who serve her are zleo women? Does it ever occur to her how hard :hat poor clerk’s lot is, compared with her own? How evary yard of ribbon or Jace un- wound for her plexsure must again be rewound 20d restored to its place? That, from morving wotil night, these girls must stand on their feet, let ihem ache as soroly us they may? While she is ezill enjoying the pleasure of a morning-nap, or rising early for a ride or drive, they are hmry- ing through possibly an insufiicient breakfast to <t to some ehiop or store, which they may not l:ave agzin until dark, or even later. In some piaces it is customary to allow the employes an Lour at noon, and also o close businees at 6 o'clock; but, where shops are kept opsn until vvening, thers 15 & prolongation of weariness tlatie TIBES ONE TO THINK OF. The humbleet howme in which the occepant has the privilege of neing up aud sitting down vihen she pleases, seems #0 much more endur- zble. The clerk may look ou: 2t the busy crowds and long to be with them, but ehe can- ot get away from her treadmill. Vie bave often keerd young girls with & love for besutifal things, but whose circum- stances placed then far Lavosd any necessity fcr labor, say they thought it must bo 30 mce to. measure off ribbons znd laces, or maich worsteds, or do something of the sort. Perbaps, forzn Lour or fwo; but, after it hed growm mpnolonous, and the tame wearyiog round had 10 be gune thzongh whetlier one would or not, what then? If a lady, in purchesing, is not treated with the timost civility by the clerks, & is offended, not allogelber witbout cause; but it has sometimes ses:ncd a miracle to us that 1her can even epeak at all, pleasantly cr crossly. ought to be made % A YUNIASADLE OFTESSE if ‘any person emplosing women as clerks neg- leets o provide soma Lind of Lench or stoolupon whiich they can rest for a few moments ceeasion- ally, when an opportunity oceurs. In answer to £n ergument wflmh we have heard advauced, that they would be in the way, it would only bo necessary to have & place under the counter where they could be pushed aside, and rocom enough behind it for easy passing backward and forward, if tho exigencies of busicess should de- mand it It may answer well ensugh for men to stand from moming until mght, measur- ing tepe and selling thread; but it is ruination to the heslth of 'tha strongest woman. She conld with Jess injury walk 20 miles than to be thus kept in 2lmost a single po- extion for the entire day. The relief of sitting, if ooly for 3 few moments, under these circum- etances, is indeseribable. And, if injury to health Is the natural result to those who have inherited perfect constitutions, Low sbout the majority, who have hzd entailed upon them the various discases which seem to_bs s realization of tho curec npon these who have hated Him? The stzong, elastic spirit of youth may bear up for a time, and keep up the weak, perhaps diseased, body; but eventually the long confineraent will tell, not unfrequently fatally. We know that there ere generous men, Who ee the necessity of thus relieving their employes, éven though they c: not comprehend why it should bo & necessi but there are others who regard evers momeut iu which a girl pauses o rest as so much of their time wasted. Thoy provide no meaus for these giris tosit down at all, end, when they are not Waiting upou cusiomers. they must be arrsuging ordusing the stock. Itis Sach men a8 these who require STRINGENT LAWS TO Fo: 3 to provide proper aud uecessaty moxus of occa~ rivial rest for their esvistants. The look of weariness we bave geen on the faces of some of tiese guls, during tho rosi week, has led to tuis discussion of the ' question. We have asked meny of them, * Do sou get any tima to rast ? Cun yousit fora few mmutes if you w 4nd tho replies wero varioue. Home enid : “*Xo, unless now in the middle of the day, when there are few peoplein.” Others: * W might, but there is no place for usto do £o, and wq Liave to fix the stock when 1o one is to be waited on.” Ona: “Yes, once ina while for & fow minutes, and it does belp s0.” We asked one oung grl, whom the uusfortanes of & season ad thrown from a comfortable home into ona of thoe places where no eitting down is allowed = “How doyou stand it?” **My feet acheso I cannot sleep at nights. That troubled me most st first; but now it is making wy back ache go. If Icould only rest just two minntes every hour, I think I could bearit."” Yet tacse girls are expected always to be polita, no matter how weary or 1l they may feel, no matter Low many yards of Jace or ribbon a person may pull over just to look at, withous buying a “epuy's worth. Undar thess circumstances, do you wonder ibey sre sometimes Liurqué or disobliging? Nothing can_excuse inaticniion, and yet it has o2en our experience thut the Lién Who £re em- ployed in ary-goods or fancy stares ara FAR MOBE DISQBLIGING then the women are, and much more wft to be taken up with some- tang clse than their customer. An inetauee wiiich Lappened in oue of our largest dry-goods uouscs avt long 8go will serve to show what [ A voung ludy—potan old oue, remer- one of these adolescent counter- > for somo embroidery sitk. ITe was so n tzlking to a fellow-clerk that she had ifficulty in making him pay any atteution Finally succeeding, he brought ont the box containing the required purchase, and walk- 2d off to rcnew his conversation, which ran follows : *“Did _you see ber? She just came in. Your .girl, you Luow,—ih2 oue you admire so much. She By st gone wup in - the ole- § vator. “Lhere ale is coming down again”; and joon, ed nauscam, abLOUL an exuavagantiy- dreserd miss of 167 while the other youne lady, 5o hud evidently not found what she wanted., waitcd outil ehe was tired to try and ask this Fonth some other question, and then walked out M thestore. Agul mizht bave been equally exmached " (that is the proper slang, I believo), g Bave managed 1o Live waiched N AN L b S iuity and have waited on COTLDY'T ROMETHING EETTER DS FOUND e vouths to do thau selling glng:s and Doa't the Grangern want :bem, L the experimental cremationiats 3 ery much of the custom of « store depends u the clerks, and vary much of the atteution to castomers, cxc:gtm such instances as vouslis suove quoted, depends mpon them. A womzn wio bas madea list of wiat ¢ vants, krows what it ought t0 cost, or what can afford to pey, and bave very little difi. choing. Are thore mew goods ia thy ariet which she may havo read or heard of, ¢ will have litle difficulty in ascertaining all wul them by a few direct questivns, even if ele Cues not wigh or is not ready to buy. Such » veman ks no tronble in getting waited on. wastes her owl nor any other’s e can buy for & houseliold all that is eali; necessary in less time than another wonld get & dress, . Once in & whils a clerk encounters A REALLY HABD CGSTUMER. For example, the woman who wants to get & new dress, and who is unwiiliog to trust auy one else, and yet knows very little about it horself. Somo one else witl get cheated, or pay a penny or two more on a yard than she intends to. She looks over about’ fifty pieces of goods of all kinds, prices, and qealitics. At last she pitches mpon’ a cerain piece, and iuforms the clerk that - she *‘can get it much cheaper up town.” She has been over s hour already. He informs her that **it is the lowest they can afford to sell it; that is their price; aud, while he should La very happy to sell Lior, he cannot take anything off.” Sho waits a few minutes, turns 1t over, ravels the edges, puils the dressing out of oue end, and then asks: ¢ How much sball I nesd for a dress " Youug man informs her. Isn't it touching tho confines of the Valley of Humiliation when a man can tell a woman how much slpacs, serge, ilks, it will take for her a dress, with overskirt or without, ditto polonaise, ditto flounces? An- other of 'the wrewhod prerogatives assumed by the sox, Susan, whick should be looked to. Do you kuow how much it takes foramaun’s | o coat and extensions? OId lady, loguitor: “You throw in_the linings ond thread, of courve?” “No.” Party must Le from the | m country is the mental deci “Well, to be sure now. How much be they going to cost 2" (Couutry sure, aud Yaukee at that) 3Moro malo ngreesive information. At Inst the whole matter gcems to be satisfactorily concluded, when ebe suddenly decides that she will go up town where 8he can buy it cheager, and, to tho intcuse disgust of the clerk, | o leaves him with lus fifty pieces of unfolded goods and bis two hoars’ wasted timo, znd nothing to show forit. If that voung man used a few ualf-audible remarks that savored of tho Tropice, who cau blame lum? But this woman, | g with her unfashionuble bounet, is not the only person GTILTY OF STCH PETTY THEFT; ! for theft it 1s, if time is money. At the ‘opposite | is counter gits » wowau dressed in rilk and dia- mouds. &he is curning over rich laces, and for a balfl hour bas pondered over a singlo pieeo, evidenuly deep 1 somo meutal calcalation. A oung girl with ber has been fidgeting for the samo length of _time, and at last eays to the older woman, ** Well, Maria, 8¢ you seem incliued to stay bero all day, I will £ und make & call, and stop {or you ou my way ack.” The elder woman protests that she 1y just throngh, aud tho younger waits another ten miuutes and then goes off. noarly two hours, aud, dropping in again on bor | o return, finds her friend or relative still oz tho eame counter, piled Ligh with laces, but ponder- ing over the orizinal piece. deal to give; she would havo it seat Lome tud lot ber busband sos | - it. Now, wo Lappeucd fo_ Luow the parties in question, and the mau knew enough about hemp or Munilla goods, butlcs was uot | m ac ailin Lis five. He might grumblo about the | fo price when ho iad seen just as wide, aud t Lt thinking just es good. lice for 25 csuts a yawd, | - but nevertiseiess bis wits meaut to Luve it from the ficst, aud, aftor & week's time spent in look- ing a it evcry day, Goully boughiit, Where was tho troutie? we quericd mentally. Wasit bocauge nlw hoped to yard was a goa Lated to pare with the money, or what? At all events, we wonderod ut THE PATIE] OF THE CLERK, The customer, however, was woulthy, ead, draaiug teath, or evun tian having them filled, sull it wes worth ng in the end to the firm, oud 80 an empluye’s timo bad to bu pleced at ber disposal, The other exirems is secn in tho womsn who th uys, just for thesake of buying, overylbiug ghe seés nud takes & fancy to, cven though she may weers of it ina short time and throw it aside. Her patronnge 18 eagerly sought ; for she neicher cures what sue puys, nor takos any time in de- ciding. Soms 0f thoss wio weicoa ber envy her, and think how delightful it must bs to get zuything one wants. Uudar certain eirena- stances, yes ; uuder otbers, no. There may bo 2 8ung under all thas sepming brightnass, which invessantly hurts. Av sl evouts, these nro a fow | I8 of the plases that hava come under our special obssrvation, and msy serve as hita to employer end customer. s PARIS MODILS. \What They Get, and Who They Are, Faris Correspondence New York Heraid, There are about 1,000 modeis in Paris, who go th rcgalarly round to pamtens’ and sculptors’ £2ud105 asking for work, Tieir names, nd.dre es, and good points are inscribed in tho wrtisi's reference-book, and when he wauls them he scnds for them. I'bey are mostly Itelians, and there is a grent deal of jealonsy among thera, The prices of wodels 1u I’ari3 are sbout double | the prices of models in Rome, and the cost of models is one of the faw advaniages which ltaly has over France. Mals and fewele modelsin Paris receive the samie rote of paypeot. Itis fixed at five francs a sitting for a model of the best class, and inferior models charge one franc an hour. 'They often strike for higher wages, but collzpee in about two dsya, begging earnest- Iy for work again, with thac Lalf-pstiiotic, half- ludicrous power of entreaty which is peculiar to the Southern races. Thero are uot a few highly respectable models. Ouo isa phvsician’s daugi- ter, who eupports a fumily of thirteon persons by permittiug the chestencd eyos of ars 10 upon her exquisite loveliness and to mako it mortal; one is an English watcbmaker, & very W Tha demand for this kind of beef by the weaithy inhabitants of the South Side keeps up tho ric in T #al ch our market is largely suppliod. driven many miles to market does not mako them any fatter, or render tho meat any more juicy or tender. Bid ing to pay the'l signecs, on the Teplic you k inferior qnalicy.” cl were it not for" that unmity dog. oyivl nouneed the doy en abomination, and prol:bited CORNERS. A Little Research Into the Beef-Trade. The Jews, and Their Knowledze of the Science of Wealih, Why It is Possible to Get Up a Corner in Any Commodity. The Law of Supply and Demand. Bect has become an article of such prime ne- cessity, and has attained such s bigh price, that littlo EESEARCH INTO THE RELF-TRADE ay not be uninteresticg to the readers of Tur iou of the looker-on. | TrisusE, inswmuch a8 it euters into the daily consumption of slmost every one, vegetarians excepted. In the Great West, where graes grows abun- dantly aud tho winters aro mild, where cattle need but little care and attention, stock-raising made a gpecialty. In those regions, where the cattlo feed mostly on grass, and rosm round oo the prairies alter their food, they do not ac- quire much fat, ae the amount of exerciso they ke does not tend towards the sccumulation of tuat substance; and, while their flesh is perfect- 1y wholesome, it is lean, tough, aud bard. Such with which Having to be the character of the Texas beef TFarmers claim that they can take cattle of any age, and feed them oue year, whou thoy will grow fat ; and, no matter bow old they are, this one year's feeding will render their flesh tonder and juicy,—a delicious morsel for the palate of Ste is gono for | tho epicure. The Cherokeoa undorstand this ethod of making good beef. They feed their cattlo destined for the market for ono sear, as they have discovered that it pags; the result is, She had not quite maae up bermiud; $20a | that Cherokeo beefis much better than thot d brought from Fexas, and it commands a higher ice, Tho Texas beef is not unwholscme be- cause it is 1oen, but it is not quite so palatable as oat that has undergone one year's preparation r tho shambles; neither is it w8 expensivam thio raising, end it can ba furnished ai cheaper tes. Spoculators—men with money who desire to tragle with their money aud add to thoir gains— go through tho North and West, and buy up the saper, or thut she | ooy 1 "Theso men aro wealthy, and they are ablo to hold them whon moat is chesp, whick Iessens the supply and results n an increased demand. Meat then, following the common law althoush drawing her custora was worde thatl | of gl things, rises in prics; and tho cattle- deslers, huving accomplisnod their euds, eond tueir goods into the market now AT INGREASED RATES. ‘When thoy aro jbrought 1uto the Stock-Yards, e bost ot tho cattls are selected and sent on to New York, Boston, and other Enstern cities, only o few of prime quality being retained for the stocratic dwellers on the Avenues, and others 0 can afford to eat the bexstin the market. tha: portion of Chicago: wiile, on ths \West beef of an inferior quality 13 sold at 2 or 3 er pounl lower to those who ate not will- exi price. Ou the North Side, e majority of the mbisbitants are uot 8o particus lar about the quaiity as they ure about tha prico; neequently the poorest beel s pold thero, at o lowest rates. A person iu moderate circum- moving from the North to the West de alinost mvariably says, when Lo makes his t parchase of meat, ** I can buy it cheapar cth Side.” To which the moat-dealor know you can buy it for less money ere, but not 23 goud beef as this. Tho meat e been sccustomed to buy was of an In all probab:lity, aser Guew mot believe bLim; butb it is true, thiel The same shing oceurs in movig e West o the Svuth THAS VEFF, ted nuikance, tho Doves wes 3 wies legivlator when ho pro- e price of oue being carried into the senctuary. Hsd onr legislators hi wisdore, human lives, as well 23 one of our grear commercial interests, would rot be offered up in sacridce to tuat animal. » From the fact of cattle-epcculators holding on to their pur Tates; the cost of transportation ; Talfing and dr aud selling only at ligh the prica of sing; the protits of the whole- lo deeler, and the profits of the retail mer 2ot, we need bn at 0o loos to understand why aves, beet is high, and likelv to continue so. in existenca. studying from worthy man. Dut it 18 the custom of all pro- feseions in our day to aliow muddlomen to pilfer & greater part of their earuings, and, thorefore, of course, eet of greedy farmors of models iS Model-farmers ofton have differences with a magistrate, for thoy aro in tho habit of enticing children from home and pocketing thoir gains, Ween they are cought dealing sbarply with o minor, the law interferes and gives them some trouble. ‘e model-farmers usually &40 a year to each of their live stoc good model may easily gain €3 a day in Paris. Tt ie, therefore, ouly right that a_business which 1ias uch largo profits rhould ais risks atien ut; it. Thus Suisse’s school for ife, on tho Quai des Orfevres, was cloeed in consequence of alleged sharp prac. tices, ond M. Suisso was arrested. Some Englisl models, with whom a model-farmer who supplied 1. Suisse had unfair dealings, were sent back to their friends, and several pictures for which they had given sittings were thus rained. The Dean of tho modelsin Pans is & curious character. He was a friend and fellow-papil of e:stobier, and gava some promiee of ¢ a8 un artist, when his career was spoiled by bis being drafted for a soldier. Now Le worksas s ‘modeltwo days every weelk, and paints on the other five, Frouchmen not being very conspicuous for Tespect to the Sabbath day. TLis old gentleman bas a funny little bouse. It is oniy one-story high, & marvelous thing in Paris, where land i3 89 dear. His little houso is barred aud grated liko castle in the Middle Ages. He will not open his door till the vi him gends his voice thro y about while & haye some celleuce r who comes to £co o slit in the panel, Notwithstanding the bigh price of beef, tho profits of the retail meai-deslers are mot so large na formerly; the wholesalo prico s eo bigh that, in order to sell, the retail merchants aro obliged to cut down their profics to as low & murgin as possible, and_even then they do not sellas much o8 they did, on account of the scarcity of money. Said one merchant, * Many familes now buy only & pound and s Laif of meat where they used to take four pounds.” They, t0o, like tho grocer, have to contend with the credi-system. Said ove man to whom 1 apphed for information, **T'he credit-systom is breaking us up entirely. We find it impossible to collect our bills. e enall either havo to shut upshop, or to refuse to let auother pound of meat go out without the money.” ‘The difficulties with which the retail merchant has had to contend is tenching bim tho THRIFT OF OLDEE COUNTRIES, and he is learning to gutber up the fragments that nothing be lost. The bones which be used to throw to the dogs Lo now puts into a barrel, which he sells to fuctories, where they are boiled down, aud from which boilsd mass aro extracted the tallow, the glue, aud the gelatiue of com- merca. The bones aro thon burued, and used ng fertilizors. The demand for meat is greatest in the winter. In the spring tho supply of good beef 1 somo- what exuausted, aud prices rauge bigher uatil the natural growth of grass on which cattls feed is suflicient to fit them for tho market, when the supplv is grester and prices again fall, Thus, as has been bofore stated, beef follows the Iaw of all marketablo products. © Whon the sup piyis greater than the demand, the price will fall ; but, whon the demand is greater than the and replies to all inquiries respecting his name and business. The Dean of the models delights to astopish Dbis neighbors Ly giving currency to the ramor that Le is' s great artist. Ho beseeches his clients to call upon him i carriages or oa horso- back, that his neighbots may Lo enticed to com- pliment him on the rank of bis admirens god the splendor of Lis renown. When his clients do come on_horseback, which is not seldom, for sorry to humor the weakness of sn old man, its ider is much taller than his house. Stiil, the little hiouse 15 the Dean's own property. He pays taxes for it, and has au upright look about him when showing his receipts with the Government | al stamp upon them, and talking, a8 Frenchmen | laf will talk, of his landed estato. . The Dean of the models has many vain foibles, which are but as many eafcguards to his Lappic furbished up with a_loving care which must have cost him infinite time and patience, Then a gepial-tempesed artist, who loves the werry, honest deau, and possibly respects his weakness, good, will aek him. “Whore did you get this | * beautifal thivg?” Tho Dean rephes, with a sidelong giance o assure himself that hie is not baing emolked, * Ab, my young friend, that is & selic of my former magnificence, You sce I have preserved eome wrccks of o great fortune,” Lakewise, whenover he is cogaged us o model, bie makes a formal contract. or, to say, leases Limself out upon coaditions, as becomes a land- | ti owuer. He stipuiates that fio shall Lave half his time freo to jmint, himself. His zmbition is still Righ; ho hopes yet to become 8 Michacl Angelo. Ho is only 60 years old, and—a model, of mine, and my frend had s pimplo on Lis neck. Twill fix that pimple,” said the model, abrupt- Is; 80 ho wnipped outa lancet with alarming performing an operation onhis employer. This model was & physicisn. 1o talked Latin, and #howed ho wasa scholar of high attainments. In fact, he was & Neapolitan, and the * K 8. houest man,” had_ overturned him, as his JMaj esty sirueyled up to tlho crown of Italy. Thero 8o many other varictiea of models, somo droil onough, others who make ouc's keart ache, they can look over hia chimuey, for & Lorse with | ceeded Jews" Lias pacsed into s proverb. chanco, nor tuck, nor fate in thi have simply obeved the lawa which, 1n £pito of Tuey wi}] gramblo and theg will, neverthcless, buy. promstitade, and could hardly be refrained from | of saeo, by Hhia: bt supyly, the prics will riso. t is claimed that tho speculators in :attle, who bave contributod to tho hizh price of meat, are mostly Jews. a fact, for the Jows, more than auy other people, understand It ie not unlikely thae this i THE SCIENCE OF WEALTH. From the earliest periods of thiir histary thoy n : Bave been a commercial people ;.and wherever oztists are kind-hearted gontlemen who are not | they have been, 1 a kiugdom of their own or among other nations, they huve mvasiably suc- in amassing wealth, until *as rich as There is no matter ; thev | Governmontel reculations, always'have regu- ted and always will regulato commerce,—ono of which lawa is that of supply aud domand, and another the exchaugo of perishable articles for imperishable ones: ~# the Jews of the United ness acd honor, both thercby being preserved | States, England, France, or Gormany ever do ro- very bright. He 18 foud of bringing forth from . | turn to Palesting, and withdraw their wealtho ook or cupboard some gucient bit of trumpery, | which coosisia largely of mones—from any of thoso countries, thoy would strike a blow at their prosperity from which they would not recover for a long time. If those who grumble at the hish prico of 18 Eeius ever Teverences tho failing of thé | meat aud call the speculators in cattio “ siacks. " cuttbroate,” and eumilar pot names, would turn their attention to the same study, the science of wealth, they might learn to best them at their own game. theso men for increased demand, cut off the demand altogether by corn-meal, oat-meal, pottoes, vegetabies, until the speculators shall aiake ta When cattle 1s held by ving for awbile on wheat, or suy other be fact that they are beaten in the contest, that meat is a drug in the market, and they will be obiiged to el at auy price that they car got. Wiy 19 it possible for men to get up & corner 0 on any commodity? Simply bectuse pooplo. A dangerous modelsat sometimeago fora friend | WILL BUY WHAT TIET nAvg BEEN Accwr;-ogan T0 TSE. growl at the price, but One man, or a set mev, buy up the bucterand holdit. Tue suauply in the merket is small, and the prico rises. the maricet at increased rates, growl; but, notwithstanding they pay the price for the buiter, for they will have it,” no matter how high it is, latur cares notbing about what thev have to 8aY; they have bought bis butter, and he has realized The epeculator in butter now puis it in The consumern their growling, The specn alarge sum of money in the transaction ; and that 5 all o cares aboat tho matter, = Much has been #aid concerning *‘ corners” on marketable commodities ; their dishonesty, im- morality, etc., have Leen discussed again and agnin, They aro_sa_old &s Joseph, Who estab- lished a corner” in Egypt on corn, and charged for 1t such upexampled b&h rates,—taking from tho Egyptiana thoir cattle, their lands, and even their right to themselves, in exchango for the corn waich ho had * cornered.” Those Egyp- tians probably were aware of the prediction of the coming famine, and conld liave prepared against it as well as Joseph ; bat they lived on a8 careless and reckless ag ever, while Joseph was buying up the grain and preparing for a {* corner.”” And yet mo one blames Joseph for the courso he pursued, or for eelling at such Digh pricen; in fact, he probably saved tho Egyptians from death by starvation. ‘Lhus oue man’s earcjossness or recklessnoss tends 1o auother'sbenefit. The man who STUDIES CAUSE AND EFFECT, who believes that all material things are gov- erued by certain laws, nod acts accordingly, will succeed betier than the man who trusts in luck, lava down no rules for his guidance; the man who looks to chance is always at tho mercy of his better-regulated brother. While we live npou earth, and are dopendent upob earthly things for comfort and bappiness, wo need an earthiy education to instruct us how £o secure tho blessiugs which a kind Providence has propared for ws aud intended for our uso. If our children were educated alike in the acience of wealth, taught the luws of commerce, tho true pature of supply and domand, the great aud everlasting truth of man's brotherhood, that men aro dependent upon each otber, and that 1o one clasa of men can suffer without all other classos syffering with them, we might- hope to arrive, at some fature time, at the Millcanium ; but_men, and womon too, will go on with their old wants, which must be sup- plied &t any price. aad, s new discoveries and Tuvention are made, new wauta will bo formed, which must be met. The unthinking will, at any cost, purchaso tho supplics for theso wantd, even if it keops lie purse copetautly drained; while the student of poliical economy will watch the drift of thangs in goneral, and, by Lis saporior knowledge, gaiu tho coutrol of the market end ADMASS GREAT RICHES. Theso things are not regulated by blind chance ; they obey certain fixed lawe; and to euy *That man is a lucky man, everything Lo touches turas to gold,” moans that he is quali- fied, cither by uatural or acquired talent, to form a Lrue estimato of the stute of tho market, and bay or sell accordm, While, in these hard times, the price of meat i8 high, dress-goods nre extremely low. Jen have come to thiuk that they cannot hive with- out meat. The man who works with his musclo Bays he must bave it to give him strongth; tho man who works with his braiu says his labor ia more oxhausting than manual labor, and it is an_actual necassity to him; and, while men ciwim it is onc Of the necessitios of lifo, they will purchase it and keep up the price. ‘With dross 1t is diferent. Ladiss can live with- out as much dress as formerly, and that they do 20 18 evident from the fall in’ dress-goods. = No etting up a coruer on that now; it could not Ba doe, for the supply is large aud tho domani small. Thrifty housewived, who bave a Lttle spare money, would do well to INVEST JUST NOW IN STAPLE DRY-G00DS, when they can buy at the lowest figures. With a renowal of business therc will be more money in circalation, peopls will forget these pinching times, ladies must have their usaxl amount of draperies, and prices will go up. Once in a while the papers report cases of trichiun: spinalis, and tho public aro afraid of pork ; they will not use it to any great extent ; the 'domond ceases, and down gocs the price. As soon as tho scare is over,—for we are, 89 a nation, such pork-eaters that we will not stay scared long,—the demand for pork becomes active, and prices are agam higher, until we Lear another rumor of dissased pork. Thus does everything that 13 bought and soid foilow the same law of supply and demand; eod, if every perzon, expecially those of moderata meaus, would make it a study, and invest thuir monny accordingly, much xuffering would be saved, and 8 “‘corner™ be next to au impossibi Mas. i D. Wrxsoor. — o Champagne- From tre Journcl of Apphed Science. The Chanitagne from which the wine takes its name was an ancient provines 1 Frauce, of this only the pretectures of Epernay and Rherms produce good wine. The grape generally grown for producivg champagne 1s tue black Bargundy, it beivg & vingular fack that this wine, which is perliaps the whitest of all wines, is mado from a blask grape. Only zboat one-fourth of the o8 grown in the Champagne district aro con- verced iuto effervescing ine. 'The rest arc miade mostly into red wine by & process rimilsr to that employed in Burgundy. “The grapes are picked early iu the moming, ‘and are carried 1n baskets to ihe roudside, wlhere thsy aro carefuliy sorted, all unripe and unsonnd berries being cut out by scissors. They arethen packed i paniers, which sre piaced on dounkeys to be carried home. Here they are emptied directly into prestes clogely resembling tue cider-jress used Inthis country. The wine runming from tho press wheu the power is first applied 18 consider- ed the best. After it bas stopped lowing the follower s raiked, the edges of the cake ure cut oif and thrown inio the middle, and pressure sgmn applied. This is ropeated sevoral timas ; Liit tho wholo process must Lo completad befora the grapes commeuco to ferment, because tho siightest fermentation during the pressing will extrace the color from the husks. The must ruws into largo ¥as, where it stands from six to twenty hours, duncg which time it throws up a {roth, and deposits other impuritics in the bottom of the casky. ‘Flio must 18 carefolly drawn off from these into barrels, in which it undergoas the firat fermentation. It remains in theso barrels until avout the 1st of Decomber; it is thew cloar, and is then drawu off from tho lecs. The tirst step in the manufaciure is to mix the products of various vineyards 80 as to produce a wine which sball resemble some particalar brand, such 2s Sillers, Eperoay, or any orier that may ba popular at tho time. The wine is then fined by 1mnglaes; it takes from an eighth of au ounce to a quarter to each barrel. 'T'his occupies about o month. If at tho end of this time 1t is mot clear, it isdrawn off fiom tho lees aud tiued sgam. The wine during tis process of fining is also treated with eulphur vapor in order to make it as pale ns possible. It is then drawn off, botiled, snd corked. As goon as tue botles have been corked, they are carried into the cellans and put into immense piles, some houscs filling every year several hundied tirousand bottles. As tho temperature in the cellar inoreases with tue ap- Rm‘ch of summer, tho wine begins to fermeut. lhis i the critical time with the manufacture. Aluny bottles burss from the prossure of the dis- eugaged gasea, but, if the breakags doos not ex- cced 8 per cent by the end of August, bo par- ticular messures are tukeu; if, however, 1t much exceeds this amoun, the bottles must ba un- corked .and_ recorked. This is & dangerous condition, since oftentimes the bottles explode in the hands of the workmen. The con- stant Dreaking of boitles sounds Like a suo- cession of pistol shots, but this entiroly ceases by the end of the summer. When tho fermentation is finisbed, tho stacks of bottles are ovorbauled, ail the broken botiles are re- moved, and thoso in good order are re-stacked. ‘Those e then alowed to remaw at rost until the ycast has eettled at the lower side of the bottle. Aud in this state the wine remains until it is rendy for sale. It has yet to be clearod. Tor this purposo tbe bLotties are placed neck downwards on long; benclies pierced with holes in which the necks fit. The deposit gradually settles upou the cork. Tbis is then romoved by shilltally withdrawing the cork, and sllowing the froti which escapes to cairy the yeasy with it. The wine is now reads for hnishing. As above prepared, it is dry aud somewhat deficient, in flavor; to import” eweetness and flavor, a_ certain quautity of ligueur must Lo added. This bs prepared from tugar and somo very fine flavorod old wine for the betier quali- sios of champagne, but from brandy, wine, and sugar for the moro common kinds; but every manufacturer has his paiuicular recipes, and tlio liquour also varies with the conatry to which the wine s to be sent. Thus, Eucland requires Irine stzong in sicohol and not too sweer, while in Russia a very sweet wine is. preferred. After the liqueur has been added the bottles are again corked, the corks tied down, the bottles washed and dried, Iabels attached, aud the corks cover- od with tinfodl. The botties are then wrapped Making. INDIAN VS. JESUIT. A Legend of Onondaga Lake. Of the boautiful chain of lesser lales with which the central portion of the State of New York is o richly ornamented, none, perhaps, will be found of more intereat to theintelligent tour- ist than that LOVELY SHEET OF WATER whoso pame has just been presentsd to the reader. In extant, indeed, it is much inferior to fts Bisters of Onelds, Senecs, Cayuga, and others of liko expanse,—being limited to but 4 or5 mileain length; but, for genuine pictur- esqueness and traditionary story, it must be ad- mittad that ic transconds thom all. Lying about 30 milos from the great Lake Ontario, which its waters reach througn the Senecn and Oswego Rivers, it mingles, at- the mouth of the latter, with the grand sieries of ‘Americun inland seas, and thero con- tributes its modest quata to the gigantic stream of the &b Lawrenco, which, aa their common outlot, supplies the ocesu with more than half the fresh waler of the whale globe. It was throngh the river and lake system of this region that civilization first penetrated its primeval forests, until then inhabited by the Indiaa in his wigwam and the wild beast in his lair, and the traveler of to-day, who luxuriates in the aleo- gance and ease of the drawing-room or palace car, wonders, as he reads of the comparative facility with which distant points are reached and active communication kept up’ through thege aquoous highways, and of the indomita~ ble energy that utilized them, nearly throe cen- 250, TOW A FAIR CITY flourishes on the banks of tho rivalet which, do- scending {rom the noble hills some 18 miles away, pursues 1ta to:tuous course, bere leaping, there gliding, through n valley of Tare fortility, to be absorbed in the concave which has given it its nome. Woll, indeed, may Syracuse ba gladdened in the possesion of such » weany of bealth and Fecreation as the Lake supplics; and whilo, of a summer’s day, Oponuaga’s bosom may be seen dotted with the white eails of pleasure-boats, and miniature steamships, goily decorated with buntiug of divers colors, and plying here and thers to some attractive point, soon to be de- scuted for another, lst us abduct a comfortablo little party of our own,—choosing, from the gleam 8ud gisre of the gay acene, to bold converse for & time with gentle Clio, who, for the nonce, has foregone Ler visit to Helicon. hor bath in Hip- pocrene, snd the celebration of the choral dances around the altar at _the mountain’s top, to awd us in a tale of daya that are gone. For is £he not Uistory's Muso? TUE JESGITY' WELL. Tn the year 1611 A. D., the Jesuits, or Society of Jeaus, fonnded by Ignatius of Loyols bat Little more than half & century before, estap- lished their first micsion in the Fronch posses- sions in America. Here, in the wilder- ness, & number of them had coio to fal- fill their vows and carry on the great work of Chr‘istixmlm:g tho heathen. Three of the Fathers, attended by a suflicient staff of babitans, or Freuch-Canadisn settlers, had set out from Quebee with the intention of reaching the yarious 2od poweriul tribes of Indians who wera known to gather in the Ouondsza terri- tory. The river was successfully ascended from Lake Ontario, and the landing was made at a point on tho northern shore now included in what is known as Bradley's Farm. A roug chapel was constructod in the 1mmediate neigh- borbood of a natural well of sweet water,. still known es * The Jesaits' Well.” Commuaics- tion had been opened with the Indians, and the Gospet-meseago had been proclaimed to them. But the red-man LOOKED NOT KINDLY on the pale-faca who came, as ho thought, to Lring dishonor to the Great Manitou, and blight his Bopes of fature beat:tude inthe Happy Hunt- Ing-Girounds whither bis brave father had gone betore. No efforts of the pious and toiling ecclestasuics seemed Likoly to ba fruitful—no overture to be reciorocated. Still, thesa efforts were unwearsingly repeated aud coutivued, and still no hope of success appeared to dawa on the indefauigable solicitants for their epiritnal good, JMeanwhila tho Indians slowed no pronounced hoatility to tho habitans, and intsrconrse nimost friendly had sprung up between them. Hunting and fishing ex%cdltious had taken place, in which the Jatter had been permitied to joinand to carry off their ehare of the game. Bnut, in these enterprises, it might Lave boen koticed that Bap- tiste, voung and athfetic though he swas, bad not latterly been often engaged. Aud when the braves, around their camp-fires of an esening, recouncd to their own peopla deeds of activity or of nerve ther bad noted among the whites, 5 deep blush might bove been oi:en'ed on_ the check of young Kluna when the name of Dap- tisto was counled with some remark expression, in the curt phtass of the rod-man, of the want ol epergy aud courage which his absence seemed to suggest. So then, in this wild ecene of fores: and lake, now first ocenpied by an uuwonted company of prieszs, and braves, and hinds, what but THE OLD, OLD STORY was being enacted, and Love, who speaks all lan- gusges, sud it the court, the esmp, the grave, in Lis silsen ebains two roung hearts had bor ra to Lezt beneeforth but for each that oilier, So illy, at length, sped the effarts of the good mikylonaries that a fecling of absolute animosity towards them and their whole party began to grow in tho Indiaus’ brests; and to B0 greata degree Liad this feeling now come that an indis- crimiuate massacre of the srhite men was, after due deliberation, fully resolved on. Klana, who bad entirely escaped the euspicion of her' peo- ple, heard the dread sentence with feoliugs which none may ventura to descrive; and Bap- tinte waa soon informed of the fale which await- ed bim. Nor was bo slow to communicato the terriblo intelligenco to tho priests. B3 » most fortunate coincidonce, the slaugh- ter was not to take place till a certamn number of days after the next mooo should have fitled her horns, This gave the Jesnit futhers time to look about them. Among tho stores the sacerdotal party had brought with them from Quebec was a~ quantity of ruin, which they bad not yet produced, aud even its presence had, most fortuuately. ‘not been announced. This had been inton to bs given in mall portions to the red-men, and so to be meado iustrumental in gaining their good will. But #o undisguised had been the distaste for friendly relations on the part of the savages, that no one had as yat dared to_adviss its pro— duction in thoir hearing. A plun of escape was at onco organized. The Indians were invited to partake of FAST OF FIRE-WATER on tho very night of the proposed massacre, which, as thoy had po thought of Kluua's hav- iug disclosed their foli design to Bapuiszo, they bad sugposea was strictly a secrot among them- selves. The caincidence might have affected oshers’ leas phiegmatic, but tho bravos would not be balked of the fire-water ; and the cut- ting of the holy fathera’ throats, together with those of all their followers, might as woll, thought they, be postpoued till another, per- haps the day. 'he invitation wes §Xsd[y accepted, and the outward appearance, 1f not of geouine good will, at least of iuactive meutrality, was well preserved. 1In the meantime, the fathars closed the chapel from all observailon of the savages, and set entira concourse of their viaitors, together with that of the daughter of one of their braves, had fsllen upon them with alarming force. Butsu- perstition and conscious guilt sgon showed tham the way out of the mystery. * The priests and their people,” said they, * have been taken into Heaven, to be saved from our murder- ous designs, and our daughters has. been taken from us to punish us for our intended crime.” And eo strong became they in this be- lief that tho migsionaries who came next after the former found the labor of their conversion to be comparatively light. A certain portion, however, of the Onondagas BTILL REMAIN PAGANS, and are by that name distinguished in their tribes. They perform their Pagan rites with much ceremony every year when the green corn it ripe, and sacrifice 8 white dog with undimin- ished faith in the value of the immolation.” J. GAMING,. How Xt Was Carried On Inthe Olden . ‘Kime, From ths New ¥ork Timen, Poor old Dasauix! And pray who ever heard tell of you? We wonder how long you have re- mained uncalled for on a _ghelf in the Astor Li- brary. right are you in marbled calf, with no end of gilding on yonr back. Red-sdged are your leaves, aud you are altogether as smart and Tresh as whon you left_the pubushers in Paris nearly 100 vears sgo. Did you ever -get into a secoud edition 7 Your titlo, De la Passion du Jeu, recalls period In. Franco when gambling was at its height ; when gallunt courtiers, all in ruffles, with e heels ang snuff-boxes, and dia- mond-hilted rapiers, showered down- their gold on the green cloth, and when grand ladics, in hoops and patches, with trains a la Watteau, ot only pledged thetr moncy but their repatations at the gagblipg-tables, z A story of the end of the eighteenth century, showing how tho msnia of gambling had per- vaded men's minds, is wortn preserving. A Marquis and a Fermier Gencral wero famous gamblers. One day, in s alley of Versailles, the Aarguis met thie financier. ‘T have met with a terrible loss, said the Fer- mier General. “* How much, may I ask ?” inguired the Mar- quis. “ My wife s dead,” reptied the other. ‘* And pray, woat did you lose Lier at, faro or Inu‘aquanet 2" sympatheticully inquired the Mar- quis. - There was tht good King of France, Henry IV., who was not only an inveterate gambler, but even a Yery meun one. Now onecan under- stand how & monarch, with magnisicent disdain may throw on the gambling tablo the riches of a rovinee, indifferent 88 to whether he won or ost. Bat Henry of Navarre was inean-spirited abous it, aud evidentiy pliyed to win. Beesom- pioro eava: “The King never hal courage enough to attempt a grand coup, and when he lost his money ho lost his temper, too.” For- tunately for the honor of his court, there were pleuty of gentlemen who knew how to uplold the dignity of France, cards in hand. Thers was my Lord, the Duke De Biron, wuo would fake any bet offered, and who thought nothing of losing 500,000 ecos in & year, aud Biron had many followers. Among them may be counted the young D’Aubigne. * My son Con- staot,” said his reapeoted father, * lost at one sitting exactly twenty times more money than he pousibly ever could ba worth, and according- ly, in ordar to better bis coudition, changed his religion.” Italans, followers of Cainerine Da Medicis, with jewels In their. ears, were the hawks of this gambling era, and they grew fat as they battened on the French pigeons. Tuere was Pimentel, tho grandest rascal of them all, the most fascioating of blacklegs. His yoarly play netted him & million or o of livres. Oa the turn of a single card, a lady’s lap being the improvised table. he won 100,000 lisxes from his Graco, the Duke De Guise. In such a briliiant galsx; poor King Henry showed himself both poor-epirited aud even vulgar, The great Sully, who aloue badgered the Kiug, though groaning &t umes when paying the King's gambliag debts, s said to hava told Henry * that be played cards like & fish-woman.” The stern Richelicu frowned on card-playing in court, at lesst at public exhibitions of gambliog, but whon the oily Mazarin came into power, the flutter of cards and the rattiing of dice wers beard once more. It was in the time of Louis XIV. that cerd-playing again be- came a Royal craze. I havo seen,” saye Mme, De Sevigne, “ in the Royal bouses, 1,000 lonis at & time stuked on a card.” Nocounters were used. Ordinary pools amounted to 500, 600, and 700 louis. The Versailles game was immense. To play Hoca in Puris was pupishable with death, Lut &t Vereailles it wasa different thing.” It was during the Regency and the period of Law thnt matters became worse. There 18 3 story of tnis period somewhat as follows: A court gen- tleman loges his father, goes to the grave-vard, and buries him. On his return to tho house of griof, all draped in mourning, he engages in & game of cards, and wins, end says: ‘At lastI 1ind true consolation for my afiicted faelings.” Another story of tams love of gambling, per- Liaps exaggerated, neverthelsss fairly deplotsthe munner: 6f the ago. A roturier, suddenly en- riched by speculazion, is riding in his carriage. The footman behind somewhat disturbed on sc- count of the non-payment of his wages, putting Lis hoad throngh the window at the back of the coach, begs his master not to forget to pay him his dues. ¢ How much ia it, La Fleur?"” asks tho master. *“One hundred and twenty-five livres, may it ploase Moosienr.” “ Allright; here 1t is,” and the master spread the paper currency of the period on tke cushions of tho carriage. * Now, La Fleur, Lavo you a pack of carda with you * Certaialy,” replis¢ the obsequious lackey, producing the cardsat once. “ Yery good, Now, I will be banker, and yon shall play against me. I shall ake the front Seatitha Eank o wilk serve for bar table ; you can look through the back window, and we can havo a cozy game;” and so the card-playing commenced. Luck first turned for the master; little by lit- tle the footman’s hundred and twonty-five livres went, until they wero Teduced to five; then capricious fortune took the opposite oourss, and La Fleur won all his master’s money. Piqued at his losses, the master now wagered a honie, which the lackey won; thea the pair of horses, nest the harpese, and lastly the carriage. The footman won everstlung. A “My watch now, it you say 80,” eaid the master, *‘ngainst o horse in the stable at home; orif Ilose, you eball take my placs insids the carriage, and I will get mp bolund, Agreed! Tha king is for me—tha queen for you. . I bave lost. Got in, La Fleur. ~You sball ride, nod I will get np behind ;” and the exchange of places was made. ‘[he tast of the ra_vl.ldgnmblerl was undoubtedly Maria Antoinette, and her unforttuat= love for cards may have alnost prompted Dusaulx to hava written his book. A very curions series of papers have just beco cxhumed in Austria, and pub- lished in France, which throw 2 flood of light on the times just preceding the first French revolution. Maria Therces of Austria, whether from motherly affection, or from a desire to bo per- fectly acquainted with every action of the Conrt of Versaitles, oot to put too mne a point on it, emploved a cortain Connt ercy-Argent:au, a Vorsailles, whose duty it was fo scquaint the Empressin Vienna in regard so even the most secret movements of the wife of Louis XVL. If thechastiby and honor of the beautirnl Queen of France has remained puro and unscathed, that shie was s gambler, and a desperato ooe, seems to be proved beyond a doubt, Men and women, Kings and Queens, aspart and parcels of human. ity, are allamenable to the tame laws, and, when cursed with this peculiar vige, tha bitterest of all phrases mnst be applied to them, *On cop- mence paretre dupe, on finit par etre fripon." This is what Merc? tells sbout the Queen: themselves to work most diligendy in building therein A SUFFICTENT NUMBER OF BOATS by which to eccure their safe and speedy de- partare. Hardly had their preparations been completed when the time appointed for the feast wao af hand. Accordiugly the demure aboriginal warriors gathered themselvea round the Well, and awaited with well-assumed patience the commoncement of the long-expected festival. nor was their paticnce long tried. The supply bad been provided a: Quevec in an unstinted quantity, and, having been_ entirely untouched Litherto, was now found to be ample for the pur- pose to which it was to be applied. in paper, packed in boxes and baskets, and are ready for market. Thero are four va. rieties of champagne: first, the non-effer- vescent, which was the original wine. of the Champagne, aud may be either red or waite; second, the creamy, or only slightly effer- vescent ; third, the effervescent, which will ex- pel the cork with a modernts report, and gently Tise over tho mouth of the bottio; fourth. the strongly effervesceat, which expels the cork with alond report and immediately overflows the bottle, and a small quanticy of which, when poured out, niil aleo fill the glass with foam. These varictics aro known as non ‘mousseur, cremant, mcusseux, and grand moussevx. It is as useless to expect to get good champagne at balf-price as it is to buy gold or silver for haif its value. The lowes: price in champagne is about 178. per dozen, and a good quality can be bought thers for about double this figure. The lowest quuhéyt‘{‘on!q coshh;:x least 50, in this country, and_ there ia no limit to the pri the best quality. LI Who can paint the scene that followed, or give, indeed, the most fecble description of the wild orgies, the hideous revels, the diabolical caronsal, which ended nt last, eince eversthing must bave an end, inthe most brutal insensi- bality 2 Aud naw was the time for action. While tha red-man lay in stupor, the chapel was opened, cho boats, which bad just been constracted there, were bronght forth and launched into the Iake.” Kluns, with excusabie tears, joined the return expedition, and, having received the thaoks of the good tathers for tho saving of their lives, she was TNITED IN HOLY WEDLOCE to ber beloved Baptiste, with whom, we are as- sured, gte lived happily, and became the mother of a loug line of descendants, who yet keep her memory green. _The “surprise and consternation of the Tu- disns, when the effecta of thowr debsuch had been dissipated by aleep, may well ba imagined. The toal and inéxplicable disappeaiance of the “‘All of a gudden in 1776 the Queen oxpressed a desire to play at faro. She asked tho Kimng to allow the Paris dealers to come to Versaitles. The King remarked that thero existed certain rules, which would not allow games of chauce to be played, which even prevented Princes of the blood from gambling. and that it would be a ter- rible example if allgwed in Court. Bat with his usual kindness (sa douceur ordinaire) he added thau perhaps it might lead to nothing, providing play was only alloved for a single evening. It was on_the 30th of October that tho dealers came. They played all night and unatil 5 o'elock next morning, and the next evening the Queen nad the game commenced afrexh, and gambling was kept up until the 1st of November, which was Al Baints' Day, when the Queen played until -8 o'clock in"the morning.” The trounle about it was that the gambling took place during & solemn festival, (savs Mercy), aud there was no end of talk about it. The Queen treated tho whole matter as a pleasant joke, and eaid to the King, ‘‘that he had given her his permission to play, wichout precisely statiu how long a sitting would take, and that sho ha only prolonged the gazae soma thirty-six hours.” Poor. Louis XIV., who was good Lumor and sweetness itself, smiled, and laughingly repliod: It is well; Bm take you nlf together you amonut tovery little." Marie Antioneito Jost somo 500 lonis, and had to call on the King to thero, An Englishman, Smith by played with the Queen at Fontamn: " said to have hurvested soma 1500000 5, "™ Mercy, as a careful sorvant, gave all the 1: o the Emprees-mother, and, in 1777, she ueu = havo written to Marlo Adtoinetts, warec™, daugnter of the cousequences of gy T8 2& i i this g vive, and prophesying that. Iribly work ber ruin.” 5 gsmbling gogy Versailles was, however, prott; tomed to theso things. Thers ey Poyedar Montespan during the reign of Tonig xra il Dot this fascinating woman once play 1y pistoles, about $135,000 of our money. og cards, and when she came down wit ' 20 me stake, and ever oue Was afraid to tal Laver she not scold about it, and the King, dig ot &l not got into & rago. bacause 8o Listg piney 1% shown by the gther gamblera? -Poor yuit Antoinettol What & temibly pacpidt w‘%ixe: you. 1 i ‘o have only cited fnstances of French bling. The story of royal gamesters (oot gland is well known. The reign of - Gagp, 2 was one card orgie. "I will bst m, ?,,U' orange,” eaid the merry monarch gy game.” “If your Majesty will bmha&f‘a?' will tako 0u," replied Rochester, Jrgeiih] Bo likiog 1ot carda,nor ad tedgs ough in subsequent reigns bling out ux;finsiveiy asl Court. - S¥Bbling czoppe Moralists of a later period los 3 commenting on tho vion of fay aecasion of clovoriy Gay putsitin the “Begear Hoy when bhe makes the unforttnegs peyonrc™ pointing to Capt, Machealh's pistoly, siqpol are th? mfluh; ofa mml L’é’"""‘ cards and gis are only fit for cowardly cheat dhle renda” 5 MO prey ey Who does not remeinber how Engl; men pleyed deep and loug, and E:n Sates. Beanclerk found Fox atter ha bed_guyy night 8t faro, quietly reading Heradony Greek? " What would y0u havo mg 5513 asked Fox, nuively. ** I have loat every shillin, I Sophocles said that Palymedes inveted 2, to serve instead of f0od sad leap, 45 forit! duced men to cara for neither, Fox displayed was 'wonderful, playing for éwenty-two hours and loving £3pe Bour, with th regularity of clock-wark, Ty period of the French Empire was one of gaibip A gu.rely military life induces men to siyhy both their fortunes and their lives on the targ of acard. Napoleon L hated cards, and never played, thoagh at his Court tha vice of gan, wwas prevalent. Let it ba said to the creds of Napoleon III. that ho despised cards, and nerer plaved during his reign. In every Court ip Fy, rope, however, at all festivities, cards ars much a part of the performances as the dancing, There is always a cortain number of whist-aibigy en permanence. It happened ouce, during the period of the late Empire, that the writer of ths ariiclo was on inimate terms with aa_equarmy, attached directly to tho person of the Emparo, Mesting this gentleman one day, and inquiring if he was on duty for tho evening at the the following was tho reply: I am, unfortg. nately. You remember some old wretch, Taley. rand I think it was, who said: *You doa't knoy how to play whist, young man? Vhst & wrotched old age yon will have!’ TWell, going to the palace, tho master of coremonies hu just =aid to me: *Monsieur, 8 fourth is wented at o whist-table. I am informed that you are a brilliant player. Their Pxcels lenciés, the Ambasaadors of A: of Ru and the Minister of War, want to play together, They are all noted card-players, and oo Sl ter of Wer complains that their Excellencies of Austris and Rusgia have been beating him out of gome prodigious sums. I have been requested 10 find them a fourth, or at least some one who is capable of plaving the game with thas degrea of skill wuch will make the chanceseqnsl. You wiil ba in attendanco at 10 o'clock to-night. I know you are no gambiar, and that you would ot like to embarrass youmall, You will pls. their game, no matter what i is. Ba goo) euough to ask the usher in sttendance whea yory. enter in for a sealod envelope with your nama’ We have a private purse drawn on ‘the cont y+ gent funds for such cases.” * But shold 1 w¥ Wwhat then ?' I asked this important fuactionars- ‘ You will keepit.’ Snould 1 lose 3’ *Wa wit pay it Now," said the equerry, *ftuw cago is of the most disgusting character. T neves gamble. I play whiss three or four timess week en famille; have the reputation of being good player, but I think I never lost more thm 100 trancs at any one sitting in my life, for 1 never play for more than five francs. ‘This Ame baseadors’ game is & jeu denfer—ten Napoleont a point at sbort whirt, with all kiads of euot- mons side bete, which I am bound to take i offered. IfIwin I shall feol humiliated, and if T lost 1,000 francs I should want to throw my- self in the Seino. Play I must; but I swear that, shonld T win, tho master of ceremoniey shall take every sou of it back, and give it fo some charity.” 5 Next doy I met the equerry. ©Did youwin?® “Confound it! no. I uever had worse luck. I cut in with the Minister of War every timo. Ea may know how to maneusre troopa, but thirtesn cards in his hands are twalve too maoy for hum Austria and Russis got together most every desl, Anstris was a faic spprontics playor, b Russia was saperlative—a Philidor of whist, quoi! esva » member of the Reform Club, the bext plaser I ever met with, It cost the imperial casselle just 26,500 francs, aud 1 am glad of it. Thank g ness! I read in tho Monifeur of to-day tnat Rus- sia goes back 10 St. Potersburg. Ho intimated a8 much last night, when he invited me to call on him at Moscow. He was good enongh to eay to mo that he would introduce me to two other lajors at his palace, who, he said, werd Eis masters. Anyhow, my honor was not lost; tor, though our Minister abused my game, the Russian Prince said I played, for a young man, with perfect judgment, and that whea I w33 5 1 micht become distinguished. T hLave bes wondering, by the was, whether the Minister of War denved his money from the private cassei, Ishould not be surprised. As wo settled up (b game I happened to look at some of the fresh and crisp bank-notes of 1,000 francs we had to Dband over to Russia and Austria, and I am vey much mistaken if tho notesmy partuer drew oz of his portemonnaia did not bear preciseiy tis same geries of numbers as did mine. Fa! & is a coincidence, Confound Court manners s customs ! Buch things utterly demoralize mea and rwo women., I wonder how all this will exd some day !” —_——a e Anecdote of Moscheles, We arrived late in the evening st Tetechen, bungry and tired to death, and ordared suppst in our own room ; but oh, misery | the sound of 2 pinno snddeuly breaks upon us. Just imsgise only a thin door between me and Waber's * In~ vitation a la Valso,” strummed by an unprastised hand, and drawled out (to quote Mendelssohn) as “a slow Presto.” I tang the bell, and tright; cned tiro abigail with: *Who ia playing thero? “* O, only a young man who, heing cngaged dag loug in basiness, usually plays for s coupls of "hours of an evenin, A delightfal pros- pect this,” thought I. I tried to eat, bat thst swas imposiblo, &0, withont saying a word tomy astonished family, I seized my hat, rushed 013 Luocked at my noighbor’s door. The *come in brought me face to face with the innocens do- linquent. Assuming aa air of feigned polites nesy, I began the convereation: * Your plasicg bas allared me, a parfect atranger, and I veatar® tocall. T play s little too, nnd hn%:cn to_hsva studied that particular piece ; would you like 1o my reading of it?"” I went straight to k8 piano—tbe young man, quite abashed, way for me—anad withont waitiog for his soswet, I dashed through the piece In tho witdest strle and at a tearing pace, introduocing double octaves wherover I conld get them in ; his i its effoct. ** Alas! " hosaid, with a eigh, ** I ebal never play it like that! ” * Why not?” rem I “it you work hard, but—good evening td you.” 3y object was attained; my cigbil tormeator became mnte, whether forever . con't eay—at all events, I conld eat and sleepis peace. My wife and chuldren, with their ‘;kn alose to the wall, listened and enjoyed ths joke immensely.—From Recend Music and Musicians by Ignalz sloscheles. ooy The Mordaunt Case. ZLaondon Correspondence of the New York Tribunt. So now we are to bave the wiole matter nflz again, and when the case of Mordaunt sgeios Mordaunt comes op, tae averago British pews paper will be about s good family reading 33 the novels of the lato M. Feydeau, or rather | 80. Society, as_usual, is divided in opimios- There 18 a Moncrieff party—Lady Mordsant #8 a Monerieff, and her fatber, Sir Thomas Mote criefl, was made her guardian for the purpoeed of the suit—and a Mordaout paziy. I sz afraid the majority believe that Sir Charles bsd £00d couse for divorce. One, at least, of the co-respondents faled to apper to defy l’:: charge of adultery with Lady Mordaant, and least one other person impl.cated who did 8P pear, is thonght to haso regarded ratber b8 Iady's repatation than his oath, I heard of @ curious conversatioa that took placcat the tims —it waa between o lady and gentleman a$ & ner-table, 60 nobody need to skip it 1 fear impropricty. ~As thoy had just been introduceds they fell naturally upon whae was then the moe! common topie. Said toe lady: I think it w88 so pluciy of the Prince to go into tho box. 23 testify as he didl” **How do you mesd plucky 2" queried her companion. ** Why, be settle_her debt, who, withont a word of reproof, ;aid it from his private purse. From the gambliog which took placa on this occasion commenced ‘those ‘etorics; more or less true, which rau their courso all over Europe, Ver. sailles was represerted 38 a_gambling-hell, and knavery and cheating were said 10 haye fourisnod might have siirked it altogecher inatead of e nring.” ¢ Sbirked it,” responded the gentles mao; “Shirked what?" +Oh, of course,” ¥ the answer, * averypody believes that be W& you koow.” Anansser of which the grammat may be dificult, but tho sensa will be & mysserf i0 nobody. 1. . 0T LR e e T T T T A e U S } 25 il Bl }