Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, November 29, 1874, Page 11

THE CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUN £ VATICAN' DOCTRINES. — olic Fobleman’s Reply to Glad- swone’s “ Public Expos- tulation.* P o Obnoxious Doctrines Mot " of Recent Origin. —— in Thi eiv the Church, in Things Receiv ed by i uri&‘ put Disregarded by lts Members. «(atholicism Ts Trotected from the (onsequences of Some Theories {hat Have Grown Tp with It.” TH §ath Times publishes the following “‘.lfsd,fiuy to Mr. Gladstone’s public ox- F‘:‘:;M by Lord Acton : e ArmexEoys, Nov. 8, g GLADSTONE: I will not anticipate -clp word the course which those who are 4 88 ocerned may adopt in answer to %:e. But there, aro points which I g0 ave overlooked, and which ma be Jmost fitly by thrse who are least respon- Toe question of policyand opportaneness Jre for oibers to_discues with yomw. B_ponk~ iathy open daylight, {rcm my own po.nF of by B B 2 Catliolic, born in the nine- in e e, Lcannot. object that facts which o & naturo to influence the belief of men S bebrought (OXPLETELY T0 THEIR ENOWLEDGE. 1 et s uaworthy of those things whioh gt divine and holyin religion, and, in Ll_lctse ~eg which are homan and profane, publicity 3 check. ui:::x::ufl your argurient to bo substan- gipasfollows:The Catholics obtained eman- i by declariug that they wero in every wiseof the term loyal and faithfal subjects of Sz, and that Papal Infallibility was not s e of their Comch. Later events baving shd one declaration, have disturbed the satiityof the other; sod the problem there- [ arises Whether the authority which has sn- i tho profession of -faith made by tho (ubobis would not be competent to change #ezconceptions of political daty. Tgis iss queation that may be fairly acked, 4t xes long since made familiar to the Fubaies by the language of their own Bishops. fhect them bas put ic in the following terms: Uoe suall we persuade the Protestants that vewe a0t actiog in defianco of hooor and good feh i, baving declared that Infallibility was t1a0 articlo of our faith while wa were con- wotiag for our rights, we should, now that o iore got what we wanted, withdraw i our publie declaration and * ailirm 4 7" The case is, prima facie. e roxo ONE. 10d s wonld be still more eerious if the whols puctare of vut liberties and our tolerations was [ounded on the d:clarations given by the En- lish scd Irish Bishops some yeais before the liet Lt Tooes docaments, intercsting and siguiticant a8 they are, are anknown to the Con- sintion. What 18 known, and what was for & generatioa purs of the law of the country, is Wmet_ing more solid and substantial than a Jeriea of unproved assertions, namely: the oath in whuch the political easence of thoso declara- \rs was concentrated, That was tae secutity stich Parlisment required; that was tne pledge by wnich we were bound; and it binds us no core, The Legislature, fudging that what was wiident for the Republicans was sufficient for 3 Catholics, abolisbed the oath, for the best teasans, Gome time before the disestablhishment af ttelrisb Church. 1f there is no looger a bond for the lovalty of Catholics, the iadue to tbe deliberate judgment of the fouee of Commons. After having surreudered " e only real constitutional ecuncy there seems Jeely .esson to lament the_depreciation of a ‘wssaletantial guerantee, which was very in- ftly counected with the sction of Parlisment, 9 einss virtually superseded by the oath. Emdmtnuu ‘egainst which you are contend- & DI YOT BEGIN WITH THE VATICAN COUNOIL. 4 Litietme whea the Catholic oath wasrepealed, Pope had the same right and power to ex- ewicate those who denied his authority to isweprinces that he posscsses now. Thewriters ¥deteemed at Rome beld that doctrine as ao 4 mssof faith ; & modern Pontiff bad afirmed tu it canoot be abandooed without taint of ko, and that those who questioned and mread his suthority in temporal matters w2 vorse than those who rejected 1t in i, and accordingly men suifered death friun canse as o:hers did fur blasphemy and wém The recent decrees have neither in- 1 ::d the penalty nor made it more easy to Tugie the true answer to your appeal. Your birwent would be more justif it was more xajlste. If you pursue the imnquiry further P wil find graver matter than sli you have mmumented, established by higher and more ¢ st wboriy than @ meeting of Dishops Lalt i Xy By \ century sgo, snd then I think you mill admit tbst your Cutbolie countrymen caonot fairly be aled onto account for every particle of a gys- lem which has never come before them in its Integrity, or for opinions whose existence among I&:u they would be exceedingly reluctact to e, Iwill explain my meaning by an example: A Pope who fived in Catholic tumes, snd who is Ano0s in history as the author of the first cru- e, decided tnat i is D XUZDER 70 XTI EXCOMMUNICATED PERSONS. L2 ruls wag inmg:med in the Capon lzw. Bibe revision of the Code, which ook place in sitteenth century, and produced a whoie 5 of corrections, the passage was allowed Qued. It appears in every reprint of the Juis." It has been for 700 years, and fig‘-‘nmw be part of the ecclesiastical law. frim baving been a dead letter, 1t obtained a Svapplication in the days of the Inquisition, Sdame of the later Popes has declared that the Exrder of » Protestant is 80 good s deed that it 2d more than atones, for the murder of Again, the greatest legislator of the Church 'Iaid down this proposition, Eeder) L uleginnce must not bo_kept with heretical 1 Ba—cum ¢i qui Deo fidem non scroat jfides sit This principal was sdopted | oo ] gacelsbrated Council, and is confirmed by Bt. T pyninas, the oracle of the schools. ieBrllabns which vou cite has assuredly nos greater authority 1o the Church than L4 Ceuop 1y o l:} i wand the Lateran decrees,—than e Third and St. Thomas. Yet these | g!sywa.-mweu known_when the oath was ued a8 they ate now. But it was felt that, i) ,:’,‘5,';‘ mhe letter of the Cnnounh and nml oL tho um:;xuuc:d laws, the Cathotic Bt [ RUBT BE HOSORABLY TRUSTED. " sy MUl pass from the letter to the spirit iy ¥ moviug men at the present day. It be- y&‘:‘m“fl! to the character of & genmne alans ‘not enly to guide his lufe by the 5 m:l cauonized eaints, but to receive witn S By aud submission tne words of Popes. e V., tho only Pope who has boen pro- fugg pL4DE for many centuries, baviug de- Nk lizabeth, commissioned an ascaskin to i fe; and his next wuocessor, on learn- o . the Protestants were being massacred prononuced the action glorious b e . but_comparatively barren of Ye- i aod implored the King during &,fim:;u, by his Nuncio aud bis the work on to the carry ::hfmp every Huguenot had recanted or [k Itis hard to believo that these things l-lnil: the bosom of the most fervent Ul- Ry that sort of admiration or ssseut [ ; LB iteelf in action. If they do not. g C2000L Do truly nflllfl that Catholics forfeit .II:’.?““M"- m or place thexrr duty at the 18 waste of power by friction even in " onstructeq machines, = XO MACHINE CAN ENFOBCE %ixir ubity and harmony which you ap- Bl b citile fellowebip or confidence is pos- g ham.m‘-’ who recognizes the common Merheo ol morality ns we find them in- the 8 mass of the writers of our Church, qu h“:::zh' on learning that the murder of 2 Bag o qp SOVereisn Lias been inculcated by a ""fidh, fl;lnnghter of Protestant suojects ap- *mmiu: tobey Bels himself 10 find & new in- Bigpyon for the Decalogue. Thero- is itile ‘W b,‘: from combinations between men Yubogyooich & gulf as rhis, or from the unity Qg whmpoaed of such antagonistic materi- Bipgreggyese thero is not union of sn_sctive 1646; 1ag g 24, there may be usity in_de- it 4 paesible, in' making provision _time of trial to the University. against the o of&ur. ue, to rromots and confirm the There has been, and 1 believe thero is still, £0me exaggeration 1o the idea men form of tho agreemeut in thought and deed winch authornity can sccomplish. As far as decrees, censarcs, ?nd Ppersecution could commit the Courtof Rome, it was committed to the denial of the Coperuican svstem. Nevertheless, the history of astronomy ehows a whole cateny of distinguished Jesuits; and, a century ago, a Syaniard, who thought him- eelf bound to'adopt the Prolemaic theory, was LAUGHED AT BY THE ROMAN DIVINES. Tho submiesion of Fenelon, which Protestants and Catholics havo sooften celebrated, is another instance to my pomnt. When his book' waa con- demued, Fenclon publicly accepted thejudgment ae the voico of God. He dectared that he ad- bered to the decreo absolutely and withouta ehadow of reserve, and thore were no bounds to bie submiesion. In privale he wrote that his opimions were perfectly orthodox, and remaiced unchanged ; that his’ ovponents were in tho wro_:lxg, and that tome was getting religion into ril. It is ot the unpropitions times only, but the very nature of things, that protect Catholicism from the consequences of some theories that bave grown np with it. The Inish did not shrink from Tesisting the arms of Heury 1L, though two Popes baa given him domnion over them. They fought against William LI, although tho Tope Lad gven bim etficiont supjiort i L ox- pedition. Evon James IL, when he could no: get a mitre for Petre, reminded Innocent that people could be very gond Catholics and vet do without Rome. Fhulip I was excommunicated and deprived. but he dispatched his army opainst Romo with the full concurrenco of the Spanish divines. That opinions likely to injure our position as loral subjects of a L’rotostant sovereian, as citi- zens of a free Stats, as members of a commu- nity divided 1n religion, bave flourished at va- rious times, and 1n various degrees; that thoy claim bigh sanction; that they are often uttered in the exasperation of controversy,and are most strongly urged at a time when there is no_pos- sibility of putting them into practice,—this all men must concede. But I affirm that, in tho fiercest conflict of the Reformation, when the ralers of the Church had almost lost heart 1 the struggle for existence, and exhausted every resource of their authority, both political and spiritual, the bulk of tho Englsh Catholics re- tained THE SPIRIT OF A BETTER TIME. You do not, I am glad to say. deny that this con- tinues to be true. But vou think that we ought to be compelled to demonstrate oneof two things: that tne Pope cannot, by virtue of powers asverted by the late Council, make a claim which he was perfectly able to make by virtuo of powers asserted for him before : or, that he would baresisted 1f he did. Tho first is superflucus. Tho second is not capatle of re- coiving & written demonstration. 4berofore, neitber of the altornatives you propose to the Catholics of this country opens to us = way of escaping from tho reproach wo have incurred. Whether there is more truth in your misgivings or iu my confidence the event will show, 1 hope, at no distant time. Iremain sincerely yours, AcToN. —_— THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO. T the Eitor of The Chicaso Tridune: Sm: Among the iustitutions of this city, our University is one of first importance. It needs, and it deserves, the earnest attention and support of our citizens. We know, in these hard umes which press upon sll alike, it is not expected that large donauoens, in cash, can now bo made to meet its wants and endow its Chairs. But 1t must not ba forgotten thess are the very times in which 1t makes the most powerful ap- peal. It must be romembered the finencial revulsion of 1657 weakened and crippled somo of the noblestof 1ts patrons, and made valuelees a large subscription by which its buildiogs might have been completed without the creation of any funded debt. The War of 1861-'5 was anotber It was sur- rounded by the camps of eoldiers and of pris- oners, and for s time occupied a8 a hospital. Tho Great Fire of 1871, and the recent finan- cial revulsion, have ngain weakened or crippled some of its most liberal patrops. And yot, in spite of all, it has made steady and constaut advancement. There hes been, lately, a change in the Presi- dency, and such an organization has been made 2s to relieve the Presidency of all financial da- ties, by the creation of a Chancellor, aud devolv- ing those duties upon him, whereby the whule energies and power of the President may be siven to raising etill bigher the standard of the niversity as an educational iustitution. It is a matter of great satisiaction to ba as- sured that the new President, Dr. Moss, is fuily eqnal to toe expectations formed of bim before he came. Among Lhe abie and learned men of Chicago, aud of the whole country, e stands abreast with any of his age. 1t is resolved by the Board of Trustees to raise, on or before the 4th of Julv, 1876, $5u0,600 to pay off_tho public debt of the University, eulargo its buildings, apd eodow its Chairs. At least one-half of that sum can, and ought to, be raised 10 Chicago,—not to bs paid immediately, but 1 good obligations, payable on or beforé July 4, 1376. Dut a_ portiou of that sum should be reised immediatelv. Are there not 250 men in Chicago who, for such a great public benefit, could, without embarass- ing themaelves or oflicting 20 injurv npon their families, pledge the sum of 1,000 each as a cen- teovial offering ? - Are there not 1,060 men who could prom:se $250 each fcr the tame purpose ? Are there not 1,000 men who could send their checks to Mr. Heory Grecnebaum, the new Treasurer of the University, i3 Sums rapging from $25 or less to $250 each, aud thus, with other means at its command, provide for the dis- charge of any liatulity, and enaow the Chairs of its President and Chaocelior 2 As to the thought, sometimes cxpressed, that the University is sectarian, it 18 but just to eay that, in its charter and. in all its sppointments, 1 the Board of Trustees and 1o its Regents and Faculty, itis less sectarian than is Yalo or Har- vard. Measures are in progress to secare the endowment of Chaurs, 80 that all denominations of Curistians, and all men ot whatever creed, who love the cause of liberal culture, shall be forever ropreeented in the Faculty. By the fun- dameuntal law of its charter, aad by all the acts and resolutions of its Baard of Trustees, it aims to bo an institution of higher learning,—broad, liboral, and catholic as Chicago itself, 1t hopes to become fullv identified with all the educational interesta of this great city, and to be to Chicago what Harvard 18 to Boston.—the soat and centre of iberal culture, where 21l desominations and all iboral men may feel at home. . Citizens of Chicago, let us taice hold of this in- stitution of learning, sud_make it the crowning alory of the ity that'now is andis to Le. e TO A DREAR-CHILD. Come to me in my dreams, sweet child! Come tome in Iy ! And the Ideal reigns. ‘When all the seases, by tho maglo 0f soft slumbxr, are beguil 0 come to me in The waklog is 1o me the dream Tus dreaming bath tho rral sseuing. Fatherless, mothc Chuldless and love: The empty hours dolay, And T loug for the desth of the day, That I may enter that enzhunted boaad Whiers the grand miracle of sight and sound, In pregoant sileace, its woudrous round. Heavenly harmones, Turilling with memorics Of uright duys goidea 1n fur umo oldzn, Repose in its slumberous air: Love whaispers a word, ‘Aud the fowers have hieard, And blush into being rare For, at Love's sweet cail, The flowers all Come forth in this land &9 fair,— Tuis land of the pure and ke beautifal,— Tuie Jand of the true sud the dutiiul, The blus of the skies 1s in their eyess Tho depth of theesa ‘Within them lies. There's a tender glow on the Incent =ir, Won from the goid of tuy lustzous ii.; Oa the Helzhts of X As when thy lovingues- fitxl cn me emtie: Come to my heart ugain, Leautiful child ! 0 geatlo spirit ! Wilt thou not heat ft,— Ay heart's low call 2 Waiting, 1 long for toee: Hoping, my soul to thes Flies past recall, Then to this myatic Eden uadefled, O come to me in dresms, my avgel--hild! Tnvelled, thy soul and mine All revercal meat; Thou, cradled 10 my heart,— 1,3t His feet: Theré, the timid burden Of my prayers hall be, That thy loving presence 3May forsake not me, METROPOLITAN MOBES. Thanksgiving Not Favorable to Dressing— A Thanksgiving-Dinner Gown of Exquisite Patfern. A Rich Evening-Robe—A Peculiarity of Cardinal Red, Children Torfured by Fashion---A Foolish Mother and a Wise One. A New Garment for Protecting the Innocents. From Our Own Correspondent. New Yonx, Nov. 26, 1874 Vo are trying our best to be thankful to-dsy, though, if it moro not Thanksgiviog-Day, it 18 quite possiblo we sbould not find much to be theokful for. After all, the boon that is bes: appreciated is the holiday itself; for we aro so scantily blessed 1n this way that every day of rest is reccived a8 a special benefaction. At tho most, wo havn't a dozen holidays a ysar, in- cluding St. Patrick's Day; and o every one is precious enough to be most devoutly observed. They whose old homes and friends are in the country have racked a valise full of their best clothes, and fled to pick their Thanksgiving wishbone thera; while they whose Lares and Penates cast shadows no farther than the tront doorsteps are observing the occasion in the out- wardly undemonstrative fashion of Manhattan. After ull, there is none of tho pleasurable ex- citement about this annivereary that gives tho mild zest to Christmas festivities bere, There are no hearty wishes ; no merry gatherings; no gentle oxpectanoy in - Tegard to gifts to be re- ceived; no sly motice of the recipients of your favors; no decorating with greens and berries; no pretty costuming for the gay. Not by this do I mean thatwe are content to devour our turkey in our evers-day gowns, and mako it an overy-day dinner. Notatall. Since the feast is the only festivity quite en reglo, we make the most of it, and they who can, present themscives in fresh, fair garmonts, But thero is none of the pretty, picturesque dressing which many ladies indulge in for Christmas, which partakes, in » degres, of the frolicksome time. The dainty Wattean and Meulen costumes that be- long by right to the winter-festival would be wholly out of keeping iu this plain, Puritan day. So, if we habit ourselves ricbly, it is aleo con- ventially, a8 is shown in a. R DINNER-DRESS made expressly for grand dinver-party to-day, and Dot in the lesst after tho pattern of the dresses of our Colonial ancestors. The ma- terials are velvet and elk of Cardinal red, aud white and red gaze do Chambers. The urain is long, 1 am sorTy Lo eay, because incon- veuiently-longthened skirts are growing in favor for evening. (1 suppose what wo are allowed to filch from our street-skirts must be added to our house-dresses, 80 as to preserve the balance of quantity.) Surrourding the bottom of the silk train is an 8-inch flonoce of veivet,—the flounce being edged by o doubled fold of the striped ganze, cut straight across the stuff, and folded 80 exact y even that it looks like & sing'e thick- ness of the gauze. Tho red satin strips of the thin material matches precisely the color of the silk and velvet, and. at a little distance, resem- bles velvet loops sowed over white gauze. Fora heading to the flonnce is a 6-iuch shirred bias and of sils. From the right side of the skirt, two distioct scarfs, of the gauze, are lsid in loose plaits (turniog upward), carried across the front, and rouna to the extreme back, where they sre canght, in separate and very bouffaut loops, with elaborate bows of silk and velvet. ‘fhe plain bodiceis of velvet, fitting like a cuirass, but forming a doep, rounded basque in iront. with a rounded and _slightly-plaited back. ‘The finish 18 & silk cord. The neck of tho waist is cut in a_nairow, but very low square, and vas a side-plaitea _kerchief of the striped genze,—n fnil of lisse Iying against the neas. The sleeves are of the gauze, bias, puffed to the eibow, and ending with a decp frill of bias gauze, Lined with the red velvet, agaiust which the arm looks like a lobster. It is rather a movel ides to lino a gauze flounce with velvet. eo differ- eot in texture and quality. Bat somebody tried 1t,—by chanco uo _doubt,—aud the effect is happy. Oh! Iforgot to say that the slceve- tlounces are cauglt up, n_small plaits, on the outeide, aud fastened agaicec the puffed part witn cunning bows of slk and velvet. This gives abundant chance to see the white flesh against the velvet lining of the under side of the tlounce. You would say—wonldn't vou?—that gar pets or carbuncles and pearls are the jewels for such a dress. Well, if you did rav 80, you would make a very grave mietake ; for th y aro oot the things at ad. This wondertul Cardinal red is so rich and absorbiug & shade that it spoils every scrap of the coler, 1 whatever material, bronght in contect with it. No: pearis and Giamonds answer for it,—but garnets, rubies, and carbun- clex, never. One of the EICHEST EVENING-DRESSES 1 have ever seeu, tuwugh 1 fancy onme would #oou tire of it, is 1p preparation now. It is sim- ilar in style to the dresses Ladv Teazle often wears ; wdeed, it might be worn by that lady without detraciing from her far-spread reputa- tion for taste and lavishness. The round pet- ticoat and round waist are of pale-pink satin. The petticoat bas threo flounces (graduated in width) of Eoius laco, headed primarily by & band of pink feather trimming, and, above that, by & wide garland of red aud yellow toa-roses aid Jeaves, wrought by hand in natural colora. Above the eatin dresg is & haif-Wattean over- dress.—that js, it has a Wattean plait in the back, and fits the figure emootaly to the un- der-arm seams, from which it haogs loose in front, though cut away sbarply from the square neck. Tais garment has a loug train, lined with white satin, and is made of & new, Boft gros- rain, ruse.pink, richly brocaded with silver. Tiis over-dress is cut pompadour in tie neck, and is only fastened ouce in front,—falling Lroadly open over the satin waist bencath, Tho whole over-dress, magnificent enough without auny ornamentation, 18, nevertheless, bordered by a elightly-frilled ruflio of point lace, hosded by & piok feather band. About the neck, a row ot lace stands each way, with a row of feathers between. The eleeves are of the brocade, us close as possible to the elbow, where they are terminated by & deep flounce of the pink eatin, over v huch bangs a tlouace of point lace headed by featbers, avd under which a full undersleeve of tulle falls over tho armn. Iought to mention, also, that a full tulle ruche is eov inside the point lace, Iving agaiost the neck. With all its rich- Dess and expensiveness, point lace is about the most unbecoming stuff that can be brought near the flesh. Consequently, wize modistea whouse it for neck and haud trimmiog place tulle—most- becoming of Jaces—between it and the skin. A PLEA FOR TAE CHILDREN peeds to be offered. Alas that there should be cauge to plead, for their bealth and comfort, to their own motbers! The most unsympathetic 2nd unobserving of mortals can hardly fail io sce thet tho present fashion—tor it 18 purely a lashion—of robing children, eepecislly little pirls, in thin cottou frocks and underclotbes, in the dead of winter, is not only imprudent, but positively sinful. To oxpect the ténder. sensi- tive, immature body of a little cbild f[ am mainly referiing to babies under 4 years old) to meet the violent changes of our cold season in cloth- ing in which we grown people should freczo to death, is a folly thut borders on crime. It is pitiful to see the poor, miserable little things in tbeir short ekirts of thin percale, with dresses covered by embroidery, but withont a sngle flannel petticoat. and a little low-necked under- sbirt of kmtted wool; their soft, round kooee, and sometimes half their littlo legs, bare and purple in the frosty air. Such stockings &8 they wear are little more than eccs of fine cotton, and their small boots are light French kid. What one of us would not fecl outraged at baving to go out for a singls hour in 5o insufi- cieat and unwholesome garments ? Shouldn’t wo regard it s 8 most-unheard-of hardship to be compelica to Lave our rowns cut off abcve the koee, and our stockiogs eo thort that from 5 to 10 inches of our legs, 1ncluding our knees (every one who knows anything sbout anatomy knows the knees to be specially ceonsitive), must bo coostantly uncovered ? And e, if such & cos- tume were preecribed for ns, we should have all our matured strength and vitality to combat its ill eTects with; whilo tho children, who are | forced to wear tnis drcss, necd everv atom of therr strepgth and vitality to sustain their rapid- 1y-developing bodies. A FOOLISH JOTEER. Itisonly a few days since a young motber #aid to me proudly, as if sbe had sccomplished 3 most praiseworthy action: * I keep my tbreo girls in white camoric frocks and white cotton stockings all winter; and they look just like lit- tle angels. You kuow white is so becoming to their pals complesion.” Ycs, 1 knew that whita was wonderfully becomiog to those little white cheeks, io which there did not seem a single drop of rich, red blood. And I remembered, too, how much nearer thoy bad come to looking like angels—as I believe, in consequeuce of the cambric frocks—when two of them nearly died last winter of membraneous croup; and the wholo three aro, as this moment, recovering from 2 nenrly-fatal attack of diphtheria. I dou't suppose anv argument could have per- suaded the blindly-sdoring mother that she was daily risking her children’s lifa through ber per- sistent effort to make them beautiful—nccording to tho mode. And that, to recder them really beautiful, she must help them to gain tho rosy rouudness and vigor natural to their years, by dressing thom'as warmly and hesithfully as she would diess herself. 1 think motlers are be- gioning to consider this somewhat, for I saw, IN FIFTI AVENUE, the othor day, eomo little girls just starting _ for s walk with their maid. Tho children were elaborately and expen- sively, but also seoibly attired. Their dresses were rich with embroidery and silk trim- mingy; but they were.mads of thick, soft drap d’ete; and, 88 one of tho small belles tumbled down in front of mo, I discovered that, though her petticonts were iavishly wrought, they were all of flannel, except » single outside one. The tiny legs were covered with pretty, fino stock- ings; Dut these wero of bright scarlet wool, and reached o far above the knee as to button on to the short tlaunel under-drawers. The tiny boots, thoagh dainuly made, wore of fino goatskin with doublo soles. - And o I thougt, as I waiked along, that the mother of those babies, while deching thew with the same extravagance that she probably decied herself, still had a germ of" sound sense about ber little ones which neither fushion nor folly could quite extinguish. A NEW LITTLE GARMENT. I am told that a hittle garment, sometbing after the manner of Mrs. Flyut's, is being made here for cluldren. Really nothing more nor less than 8 high-necked, long-sleeved sbirt, aud drawers, all together, it looxs a good deal Like & flannel night-gown. It isn't vory ugly, eitber; for the neck and sleeves can be finished with a Lttle button-hole work, or can bo bound with some soft. narrow ribbon. Over this is worn a similar cotton garment, ooly this is low in the neck, and shoit in tho sleeves. Above this is a flanoel pet- ticoat with a low waist, around the middle of which are sewed buttons that another shirt can be fastened to. If the pretty scarlet and blue woolen stockings before mentioned be used with these garments, and fastened above the knee, thechild js then awatbed in wool from feet to neck,—no gap be- ing open for cold to reach the tensitive flosh. Add to this a pretty frock of woolen goods, either white or tinted, flannel, drap d'ete, cashmore, or otber stuff, aad your caild may almost be war- ranted against colds and their consoquences. You may also believe then that you wro driving away from your child forever tbat bano of our clunate aud our nation,—neurslgt FURSELOW. NOV. 26, 1874. LINES READ AT A NOETHIDE THANESOIVING-DIXNER. The hurrying months have galloped round once more; We meet gain as we Lave wet vefore, To keep a custom zanctified of yore, To add one pleasant dinner 1o 9ur score, Aud say » yearly grace o'er busket, ecrip, and etore, As hero we sit, in double-serried ranks, The queation riscs, Wherefore zive we ihanks 2 We all have Jaughied, snd some of us have eried ; We all nave lived—for non of us have aled, So may we laugn, aud cry, snd keep alive, And meel and eat our thihks in eighteen seventy-Av You women, 18 we know, the yesr bave spent In serious duties, an great thoughta lutent. Notime bad you o waste on worldly passiony, On money-making, gaiety, and fastionn. Eiernity, Men's Fall, ond Woman's Rights, Have occupisu your dsys, and kept you upo’ nights. Wo men have tofled in much our old, old way. 1t secms 10 be the fashion of the day ‘To do = butiness big, for little pay. When fifty-two bard weeks thelr course have run, And round the Zodiac has climbed tne sun, If not worse off than when it was begun, Wo bail tne yesr, and sbout aloud, * Weil done! The work wo did, we did it ail for fun {7 ) But, all the same, it might ba full as funny 1f so much toil kad brought a little money, Such beavy service for suou smail reward, Or none at all, or less than uoue, is hard. Wa sadly take tho ledger from the akeif, Wo raefuily couut o'er our store of feif — DBat wh{{uted I diiste? * You know how 'is your- seu.” We've built some houses to improve the town 3 They’re not, so far as hieard from, yet burnt down. We'va Louglit soms things vy way of bed und voard,— Thiugs that are mostly paid for, thank the Lord ! We've helped 10 raise Chicago from ber ruins. We've lost sowe old friends, and we've mide soms new ones, When what we loved §s lost or proves uatrue (Be it things or friends), the best that we can do 1s 10 buisd up, forthwith, s love for something new, To éach of you some treasure-trove bus como, Sowe preity Jewel to adorn your home. Qursin diainond of pusest water,— A lovely, perfect jewel of a daughter ! A parzgon, & wonder, oue 'wongst mzny ! T'w sorry for all you who havou't any | Your fault, or your misfortune, as if may bo,— ‘For what {s home, forsooth, without & baby 7 We'd Luve 1o build a new cepecial Bethel To give appropriate thanks for litt.e Ethel. I suigut pursuc this theme, but where's the use? Wey should I bust your fecliags, Inry? or yours, ruce? Il sny s word for sou, girls,—only ome : The gresst of your biesinga ‘neath the sun I meution last: * The Lbuemann Fair is donel 1f sou're not Lhappy now, aud thaukful too, Thie fault is not tn Fortune, but 1 you. Thank Heaven upon your knees thit that job you've got through. And now perhape that same remark is true (Begarding gratitude) of me aud you, And all of us; which senumeut will do A+ moral for my rhymes; aud o Adfeu ! ere are the vidnds ready ! Courage, fricnds! fall to! A S e 11 LITERARY ITEMS. Messra. Jansen, McClurg & Co., Chicago, will issue, on or about the 5th of December, ** Mem- orics: & Story of German Love,” translated from the German, by George P. Upton. It is & charming story of ideal love, full of beauty, tenderness, and pathos, with just enough of plot to serve as a thread upon which to hang brief but very interesting essays on theology, art, literature, aud social Labits. 1t will be issued in very beautiful holiday-form, and will bo one of the choicest moderate-priced gift-books of the season. —A curions MS. hos just reached Eogland, from Rome. I:ig entitled **The Truc and Won- derful History of the Lamentable Fall of An- thoay Tyrrell, Priest, from the Catholic Faith, written by bis own band. Before which ia pro- fixed a Preface showing the causes of publish- ing the eame uuto the World.” Tyrroll, who way one of the witnesses against Mary Queen of Scote, was acon of the Vicar of Bray. He changed his religion thres times, but eventually died Loldisg Jarso profermentyia the Church of En- gland,” Tho 3IS.. which is now in_the Public Record Oftico, will, 1t 18 to be hoped, be pub- lished.—London Athenaum. —Engiand sends out _in books, says the Pub- lishers' Curcular, ®ix times tho value she re- ceives ; and 1t is ratber surprising to find that the United States absorbs nearly 35 per cent of the £4,500,000 worth exported. In the Conti- pental exchangs, Eugland, as theland of Lhe dear booke, gives less than she receives from Fiance and Germavy. From Holland she jm- ports but a balf of what she imports from Ger- many, yet & third more thao from the United States "(£13,560); from France most of all (£a0,958). Such,’ at lenst, wero the Custom- ouse returns for 1872, —The following are among the most note- worthy of recent additions to the manuecripts in the British Muscum : The antograph will, dated May 27, 1766, of Jean-Jacques Rousseau, and a series of lettera of Roussean, David Hume. R. Daveniort, L. Dutens, and others, connected with the residence of Rousseau in England, and his quarrel with Hume. Letter-book of Silves- ter Jenks, of Albrighton, County Salop, partly re- Iating to proceedings of the English Catholic Chapter, 1703-1707. A parchment-roll, being the Receiver's Account of the Duchess of Bucking- bam, 1474. Letters of Henry VIIL to Sir Nicho- las Garewe, Ambassador at Vieoos (1530), and other state papers to 1734, Some original letters of Camden, J. Donne, Lady Raleigh, etc. —An old Iady who lives in rural Maesachu- getts, and gets her newa second or third band, recently received a cail from some friends living etill furtber in the woods. After the exchange of gieetings came the retailing and reviewing of the eventa that bad occucred since their last meeting, each posting the other up for the past year. The elderly lady remarked to her vizitor, “] suppose youv's heard of the Willamsburg drouth.” No, she hadu’t. * Well, they’so had an awful drouth up thers,—not a drop of water for six months, except s Lttle brought into town by & milkman named Chenoy.” SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1874 SIXTEEN PAGES. BLOWN UP. from Once a Week. Cau't say, I'm sure, sir. Been used to bilers all my life; but working 'em's different to mak- ing'em. There's something Wrong, as you say, or they wouldn't always be a-bustin’. 'Tain’t ooce, mor twice, mor now and then, forit’sa thing as ia alxays a-happening ; and though I've never had more than a scald or two myself, I've seen some strangs sights: men all blown to plecan, 80 that they were picked up afterwards 10 baskets; men taken to the hospital with their flesh banging to them in rags, and there thoy'd lie writhing and tearing at the wrappings in such agony, that—there, I ain't above owning it—I've cried Like a child to &06 my poor mates’ sufferings. And there they'd e, duy after day, till a eort of calm came over them, and the pain weot, whea they'd quite smile if you spoke to 'em, they seemed o easy; and it would ba because s gentle hand was laid upon ’em, sod they w¥ere going into tho long sleep. Soms gets better, but not when thoy're scald- ed badly; for it's strange stuff, is sieam. Well, no; I'm not afraid, and never do feel afraid. What's the good? One's got it to do, and there's tho mouths at home to feed, 8o one can't afford it; and thon the odds are precious long ones against it being one s own bustin’. But now so many more stean eugines are coming into use, day by day, it semms as if something ought to be done in the way of mak- ing bilers stronger. Chespness is cheapness; but then, a thing’s dear at any prico that makes euch ruin as I've scen sometimes; so why don’t they try some tougher metsl than iron?— though, certainly, steam’s strong enough to tear up anything. But there soems to me to be somo fresh plan wanted for making bilers. I didn't work there, but I went and had alook d'reckly afier that horrible accident at the Big Works last autumn. Waell there was about an_ acre of buildings—rbeds and setrer—swept away a8 if you'd batter'd'em all down; great fire-bricks, weighing a huodred and a half, pitchod here and there like chaff ; sheets of lead aent flying a hundred yards ; tall chimoeys por- dered ‘down ; sud the big busted biler itself jumped rigbt out of its place ; while a8 to the iniddle of 1t, that was torn off, and crumpled up, and biown, like a sheot of paper. to s distance. Plenty of life lost there, and plenty of eaclrau 5 but what I took most notice of was the plates fozn off the biler—torn off, a8 I said before, like g0 much papor; while these sheots or plates of iron, had given way at tbe rivets, and looked for all the world like torn-off postage stamps,—torn off, of course, along the perforat- wg. “Now, then,” I says to myself, “that's a thing as waots sltering. You perforate the edges of your plates to admit rivets, and 80 takes balf their strength off,—p'raps more; then you puta, perbaps, hot rivets in, and, they 'r'aps crystallizes tbe iron,"—only p'r'aps, mind, don't eay to, ooly the raw edges of tho biler looked crystally and brittle. *“Well, then, some day comes a hextry pressure o' steam. and up goes your biler.—busted, and spreading ruin, 2nd death, aud misery around.” “Then how are we to fasten onr biler phhu," says you, *1f wo don't rivet 'em ?” _How should Iknow? I awm'ta ecientific man,—I ouly stokes. That's for you to find out. But you am't a-gong to tell me, are yom, that you ecientific men and biler-makers can't find no other way to mase bilers only by riveting them ? Say vou bends the plstes odges over, and huoks one into the other, like tin sarspan makera does their tin. They'd stand some strein that way, and you wouldn't weaken vour plates. I aint a 2 biler maker, or I should try tbst dodge, I think; but there, that's only obe way outof many a8 could be found by experiment. Seems to me, sir, 88 if we Euglish peoplo bates anything new, and always wants to keop to what our faihers and.grandfathers had before us. They went along and made their footmarks, and we go along atter 'em, puttiog our foots in just the same spots, thinking it must be right, come what will of it. Had to do with oogines many years. Stoked Jocomotives and stationaries, agriculturals and wanufsctories, and printing-oflices, and been down in the engine-rooms of steamers ; and that lat's about the hottest and worst of all. Killing work, you know, for anybodr, 'specially in & hot ocountry, where every breath of air that ccmes down to ¥ou is already roasted, as it were, and don’t do yoa po good. Dustins? Well, no, only one, and that was quite evonghb; for though it didn't hurt my body, it did burt my heart, and if you happen to be a father you'll understand what 1 mesn. Ic was dinner-time at our works,—a great place, whera theengine used to be going to pump \ater vight and dav, 80 that there were two of us: and one week I'd bo on daywork, next week nightwors, and 60 on. Now it so happened that our waer in that part was terribly hard,— water that wouid cover the insida of a biler with thick for in no time. But whether it was that or no, 1 can't eay; all 1 know is that one dinner-time I went out into the yard {0 wach my haods and have a cooler, when I heard a_ strango, wild, rushing noie, and felt something hit me on the back of the head ; aod thep, turmng round, I stood fized to the spot, for the air was black with tiles, and bricks, and laths, 2nd rafters, while the whole place seemod to bs_crumbling Tp to- gether, jast like as if you'dbmlt up a tall card Bou-o, sud then tapped 1t 8o that it fell, onecard on top of another, till there was o little heap all Ising close and spug; so that out of o tall building there wes nothing left but some smok- ing ruins. §knu\v it was not my fault, for I had looked at the gauge just betoro, and the pressure of steam wasn'tbeavy. I knew there was plentyof water in the biler, and the safety-valve was all Hight ; 0 that all I could do was o bo thankful for tho sccident happening at dinper-time, and algo for my own wonderful escape. And then, though I wasn't burt, something secmed tocome over me like a flash, and struck me tothe ground io an instant. When I came to, I felt horribly sick and deathly like, and I l.oked about from face to face, won- deriug whatwas the matter ; for I couldn’t make it out why I should be lying on my back, with people round me in the yard—ono holding up my flead, and apotber spriokling my face with water. Then it all camo back atonce, and I shuddered ae 1turned my head and looked at the rnined works; for Ikuew what it was struck me down to the earth. I said before it was like a flash, and it was—it was one quick thought which came gcross my brain, for I knew that, being dinner- time, my lttle polden-baired gal would have brought my 'lowance ticd up 1n o basin; and something told me tbat she had gone into the stoke-lole to find me when I had gone into the ard. . L Let me get up,” I eays; sud I ran towards the ruine, and began tearing away at the beap of brick rubbish, while the ciowd pow gathered together, hearing that there was some one un- demeatli, began tearing away at the rubbish like fury. By and by the polic camo, and some gontlo- mep, and something hike order was got at, and People worked mell to get down to where the stoke-bole had been. I bad said that there was some one there, but T couldn’t shape my mouth to eay who it was; and somo smd it was une man, and some anothier ; but whoever they named scemed to come directly back from his dinner or because he bad heard the explosion. So, by- and by, peovle began to look Irom one toan- other, and ask who it was. 4 Ak Wilum,” eays sume one; ‘‘he was bere at the time;” and some ope asked me. But 1 had no occasion to speak, for just then, atarmed at the cluld not going back as usual, the little gal's mother came sbriekiog out, and crying: “Where's hittle Patiy? where's Lttle Patty?” end then, when no one spoke, she gave 3 Hort of mtiful moan, and eaok slowly down Zfirst on her knees, and then sidewars on to o heap of bricks; and I remember thinking it was best, for I conld not find 1t in my heart to go to her beip, but kept on tearing away at the Dot bricks and rubbish. 1t was puzzling and worritiog ; for one could not seem to be sure of where anytbing Lad ouce stood, 1n the horrible confusion before us, One gaid the stoke-bole bad beea here, and another there; but even I, who had worked there two yeats, could not be sure amidst the contusion. Hour after hour wept by, and sull we worsed on; while, as every big rafter or beam was lifted and dm?gcd away, 1 was obliged to turn my head, for I fett sick, and tho place seemed to swim; for 1 expected to see Patty’s lttle bright curla torn out aod banging to the jagged wood, and tbat under- neath thero would be sometning horriole and crushed. T know it wasn't manly; but what cao T eay, wheu there was & little, bright, Llue-eyed cild in the vase—one of those Lttle thinga whose luok will make your great rough band fall to your side when raised in aoger, while the tiny thing can lead yoa sbout and do' wbat she likes with ou? P'raps Ia.n't manly; bus, eomebow, children always seems to get the uppar hand of me. And eo on we worked, hour after hour; men gatting tired end dropping off, but alwars lenty resdy to Sl their places; while 1 mever thought of 1t but kept 11 on tearing away till my hands bled, and the sweat ran down my fuce: hut I turned away ev- ery time there was something large lifted, for I eaid to mysetf, ** She must be uuaer that!” And then again and again, in my mind, I seemod to 886 the torn and crushed face of my darling, and her long carls dalbled in blood. 1In the midst of the piled-up. blackened ruins— bricks, mortar, tilss, lead, and ragred and torn beams, huge piecés of wood suapped and torn like matches—we toiled on bour after bow till the dark night came, when the gas-pipes that " bad been laid bare and plugzed were uustopped, and the gas lit, so that 1t flared and blazed and cast a strange wild light over the ruined place. There had been flames burst forth two or three times from parts of the ruius, but a fow sprinklings from the fire-engine in attendance bad put them out; and as we worked on the rub- bish grew cooler and cooler. . Bome gaid that the child conld not have been there, but the sight of her mother tearing out was sufficient, when once she got away from the people who had her in their houss,—a house where but part of the windows had been broken by the explosion,—and came running to where [ was at work, snatching at the bricks and wood till I got _two or three to take her back, for I couldnt bave left where I was to have saved my life. But I remember so_well asking myself why it was that women will let down their back hair when they're in a atate of excitement, and make 'emselves look so wild. = By and by some one came to_say how bad my wifa was, and that she wanted to see me; but I folc that T couldn’t go, and kept on in a fevered sort of way, work, work ; and I've thought since that if she bad_been dying it would have been all the same. However, I heard soon after that she seemed a little better; and Ifound out after- w that a doctor there had given the poor thing something that seemed to calm her, and she went to sleep. It would huve been 8 strong dose, though, that would havo sent me off to sieep, asstill on, hour after hour, I worked there, néver tiring, but hifting beams that two or three men woul d bave gone at, and tossing the rubbisk away Like 80 much straw. The owners were kind enongh, and did all they could to encourage the men, sending out beer and otber refreshmenta; but the beap of stuff to move was something frightful, and more thao once I felt quite in dospair, and ready to sit down and cry weakly. ButI was atit again the next moment, and working with the beat of them. « Hadn't you better leave now ?” said oneof my masters ; * I'll see that everything is done.” gave him one look, and he laid his hand kindly on my shouider, and said no more to me about going; and I heard him say * Poor fel- 15w !” to some one by him, as he turned away. We came upon the bier quite balf a duzen yards out of its place, ripped right across where {hio rivets went ; while as for the engine 1t was one curions bit of iron tangle—rods, and bars, and pieces of iron and brass, twisted and turned and bent about, like so much !“i!;?; and the great fly-wheel was broken in half a dozen places. This showed ms now where the grea collar- like place—the stoke-hole—was; and we worked down now towards that: but stilt clearing the way, for how could I tell where the child might be? But it was weary, slow work; every now and then rigriog up shears, and fastening ropes, and pully, and sheaf, to haul up some great piece of iron, or & beam ; and, willing as every one was, we made very httle progress in tho durk night. Once we had to stop and batter down a wall with a scaffold pole ; for the police declared 1t to Lo uusafe, and the Sergeant would not let us work near it till1t was down; and all tho while [ was ragiog like a madman at the cleck Bat it was of no u=e, and the man was nght. He was dowog his duty, and not like me, searching for the ltile crushed form of my derling in the the cruel ruins. The people made me worse, for they would talk aud eay what they thought, so that T could hear. One would say she might still be alive, another would ehake bis head, and 0 on: when I kept sloppiog, in spite of ail I triod not. listening to what tbey said, and it all soemed 80 much lost time. The engine-room was now cleared, and, in spite of my trembling and horror, a8 every big iece was distarbed, nothing had been found but all at once. as we were trying to clear behind the biler, and get down to the szoke-hole, oue of the men gave s cry. Icaugntat the man near- est to me, snd then lights, rubbish, the scrange wild scene, all seemed to run round me, and I should have fallen only the man held me up, and some onge bl’onfhl. 'me some brandy. 1 was myself again directly, and, stumbhng over the bricks to where a knot of men had col- lected, and & policeman had his bull's-eve lan- tern open, and they were &tooping to look at sometbing that lay just under a beam they had raised—to tbe left of whereI expected ehe would be found. “Smashed,” I heard eome one, with his back to me, say; and then some oue else, * Poor lit- tle thing, she must have run past here!” Thea, with my throat dry aud my eyes staring, I crept up and thruss two men aside. right and left, when the others_made war for me withont speaking, and, when I got close up, I covered my face with my hands, and softly knelt down. The policeman eaid romething, and some ona else spoke cheerily; but I couldn't bear what they said, for my every thought was upon whay 1 was going to see. And now, for the firet time, the great, blinding tears came gushing from my eyes, 8o that whea I slowly took down firat one band and then acother, I was blinded, and could 1ot see for a few moments; till, stooping & little lower, there, smashed and flattened, covered with mortar and dust, was my_old red cotton handiercher, tied round the basin and platethat beld my dinner, diopped nere by my little dar- ling. For a few moments I was, aa it were. struck dumb—it wna so different a eight to what I bad expected to see; and then 1 leaped up and Jaughed, acd sbouted, and danced—tho relief Was 80 great. . “Come on!" Icried agamn; and then, for an hour or more, we wera at it, working away till the light began to come in the east, and tell us that it wa= daybreak. Late as it was, plenty of people had stopped all the time ; for, Somahow or another, hundreds bad got to know the Little bright, golden-haired thing that trotted backwards and forwards every day with my dioner-basin. She was tao little to do'it, but_ then, bless you, that was our pride; for the wife combed, and brushed, and dressed ber up on purpose. _And tine sud proud we used to bo of the little thing. going and coming—so old-fashioned. Why, lots of heads used to be thiust out to watch her; aod seeing how pretty, and artless, and young she was, we used to feol that every one would try ana protect her; and it was_so, Time after time, that night, I saw motharly-looking women, that L did not knorw, with their aprons to their eyes, sobbing and cry- ing; and tbough I didn’t motice ii then, 1 re- membered it well enough afterwards— ab! and always shall; while the way in which some of the men worked—well- to-do men, who would bave thought themselves insulted if sou'd offored 'em 5 shillings for their niaht's job—showed bow my poor little darling bad won the bheartsof all aiound. Ofton and often since, too, L could have stopped this one ana shook bands with that one for their kind- pess; only there's alvays that shut-upness about aun Englishbman that seoms to make him all heart at a time of sorrow, and a piece of solid bluntness at every other time. Well, it was now just upon morning, and we were all worked up o a pitch of excitement that notbing could be like. We had been expecting to come upon the poor child all the afternoon and night, but now there could be no doubt of it. BShe must be here; for we were now down iu ihe stoke-hole, working again with more vigor tban had beca shown for hours. Men's faces were flushed, and their teeth get. They didn’t Lalk, oniy 1n whispers; and tho stuff went fiyiog out as fast as others could take it away. “ Enay, easy,” tho Sergeant of police kept say- ing, a8 be and two of his men kept us well lit with tho strong light of their lanterns. But the men tors op, till at last the place was about cleared out, and we had got to a maes of brick wall sloping against_one side, and s little wood work on the other side, along with eome rubbish. And now was the excitiug time, a8 we went. four of us, at the brick wa)l, dragged at it, and rawsed it, wheo some women up above ehrieked out, and we stood trembling. for it bad crum- bled down and lay all of a beap where we had raised it from. 2 # “Quick ! " I ehonted, huskily. Apa we tore the bricks avay till there was hardly a scrap left, and we etood staring 2t ono another, “\Why, she ain’t here, arter all! " eays a po- liceman. “I'm blest,” eays another. But I counldn’t speak, for I did not know what todo; but stood stanng about as if I expected pext to see the little darling come running up again unburt. * Try there,” sava the Sergeant. Then he turned on his light into a dark cor- per, where the bits of wood lay, and 1 darted scrosa nod threw back two or three pieces, when Igaveacry, and fell on my knees azain. For there was po mistake this time: Ihad uncoy- ered & little foot. and there was the little white sock all blcod-stained ; aud I felt a great sob rise from my Lreast 28 I stooped down and kissed the little red spot. +Steadv,” said the Sergeant; and then quick- 1y, a8 I knoelt there, they reached over me, and iifted picce after piece away, till there, in the gravligot of the morning, I was looking up the little motionlens figurf‘n,ving thoze wih et golden hair, as I had® fancied. dabbled in blood from & cus in her httle white forehead. where the blood had run, but now lay hard and dry. Cov- ered with blood and scraps_of mortar, she lay stretched out there, aud I feltas if my heart would break to see the little, peaceful face al- ;z:oupt rith a smile upon i while, aa if out of epect to my feelings, tha m¢ il 1 koelt e aitatea . o TN ack, now farup in the sky the i tho nsiog sun £hono, and it was reectad sann upon that tivy face, lightiog it up with slmost heavenly beauty: andas L knelt there in the :Lgnilinm::l;ce of that early mors, T could hoar aguin & half-gi ]a%{iing on alf-atifled sob from thoss Vith trombling hands I leaned forward an: raised hor head ; then, passing one beneath ha: I rose on my knee to bear her out, when I stopped as if turned to stone, thea lalt go, aud clasped both my raw and blesding hands to my blackened forehesd, s shrickinz out, iy God, she's alive!” I fell back insensiblo; for those little blue eves bad opened at my touch, and a voice, ike ‘the faintest aigh ot the wind in summer, whispered the oune word, * Father!” That's her, sir. . Fine girl she's grown, ain't sho? Bul she was beautiful asa child, Hair ever 80 many shades lighter; and, unless yon Went close up, you conlda's sen the Mark of that cut, though it was some time before tho scar gave over lookiug red. But really, you know, sir, thers ought to be something done about thoso bilers ; for the rate at which they're a-bustin’s fearful. HUXO A “put-up-job "—Buvker Hiil Monumant. —Tiance-migration of soles—Sleep-maliing. Slipped his zrip” is California for dying. —The oldest Western settler—The evoning sun. - —For the present, says the Rochester Demo- crat, will correzpondents please wiite on neither ndeID‘( L‘l:m;ihsel ? —If Carlos were to bo as epigrammatia Camear, his last dispatch would x:mslfl 41 clm:i I Afl? ’}mu." d —A Troy Alderman remarked: * Ar. Presi- dent, T have the {loor, and I maintain—" Puox‘, an ink-stand punctuated him in the mouth. —An Eastern paper intimates that Treasurer Spinuer acquired Mis haoit of profanity while learning to read bis own writing. —He was a_nice boy, and lived in West Chester, Pa. Ho took the bull by the horns, but the ball killed him—he did; boy gored.— Clnl:inmzfibTimes. —Au inebriate man, walking aloug the stres! regarded the moon with Basverelg% contemné *You noedu't feel 80 proud,” ho said, ** you -l'-ehlé‘!'l only onco & month, and I am every night. A gentleman was examining an umbrells, 20d commented upon it fine quality. ** Yes,” said & person present, *he fancies everything he seca.” “ And,” added a third party, “is in- clined to seize everything he fancies." —Probably no man ever so gladly consented to bave his teeth taken out a8 that Glens Falla man from whose stomach the surgeons removed a silver dental plate which he accidentally awallowed a yearazo, + —The London Advertiser says that the subjéct of christentog ships with botties of wine is about 10 be taken up by the temperance people, who asaert thau the rolling ef vessels at sea 18 mawnly caused thereby. —The Watseka Times recontly spoke of a re- spected citizen asoue of the ‘‘msin stays" of the place. The inteliizent compositor sent it out that he wasoue of the main stags of the Sinse. " : —+~ You've sowed the wind, and now you reap the whirlwind,” said the school-teacher, as he brought his cane down in a hurry on the back of artebellions boy. * Yes, 20d it's a regular hurry- caue, too,” aobbed the youngster, betwoen the whacks. —A gentleman at & public tablo, who had ex- ercised his jaws for some filteen minutes upon a small morsel of steak, turned to a peighbor and gaid: *“What a pity to kill this apimal?" “Why ?" responded bis friend. ** Becsuse,’ ro- plied the other, ** it wouid havemadesuch & good working animal.” —Abulition of second-class carriages—- Ara there any second-class_carriages on this ligs, Rogers *No, my Lord.” *Ah! then take two first-cless tickets, and two third.” *‘Beg pardon, my Lord; but is me and Afra. Parker expected to go third-class? *‘Gracious heavens! No, Rogers; not for the world! The tickets are for my lady and e !"—Punch, —Singular to relate, an old_sausage-grinder, & pair of hinges, a cracked gndiron, and a_baif- dozen pieces of scrap-iron were found in the cantre of & cotton bals at Macon, Ga., the other day. The articles aresupposed to have accident~ ally dfi;}med out of the vest-pocket of some dar~ key while engaged in packing the bale. ~—A seedv-looking chap, having on a straw hat and a verv thin coat, was meandering ths stresta Jesterday, and, whenover he saw s benevolent- Tookin face, he appreached the owner and re- marked in a smooth tone: *¢Aly dear sir, cir- cunistances over which 1 have no control compel ma to request the loan of 10 cents for about balf ‘The loans he effected would not buy .—Detroit Free Press. —A soung lad selljng papers around the City- Hal!, yesterday, had such s pair of black fest on him that they attiscted general notice. *“ Sakes alive! bat why don't you wash those hoofs 2” in- quired s gentlemau. “Wash those hoofs!” echoed the boy, looking down o them ; * do you suppozo a fellow can keep his feet clean and support his mother, too 2" —Brooklyn Argus. —On the Pacificslope the red man has a) peared as a stock-speculator. A tall and stately Piate walked into a banking-office in Austn, Nev., the other day, aud. approaching the desk on which the report of the San Francisco stock is kept, asked the clerk, * Howis it this morn- 1mg ?” * Down,” was the reply. “Down again 2" exclaimed the savage, ““heap dam! ™ —The other day a boy sbout 8 years old called at a house in the norihern part of the eity and asked the Iady for 10 cents, saying he was the so:0 cupporter of his mother. ~ Shereached after her purse aund inquired: *How old 13 your mother?” * She's 70 years old,” prompely re- plied the lad, and he wondered what made the Iads hustle bim out without gwing him sny ‘monoy.—Detroit Frea Press. —A North street man went off, Saturday noou, for a Lalf-dsy of fishw%. Wheu be re- turned he had waliced 13 miles, lost a $45 watch, sprained his thumb, epoiled an £11 pair of paats by sitting down on 'his_luncheou, aud caught t-pound mud-turtle, He got bick m time to Lelp the docior cut from his oldeat boy’s foot one of the several fish-hooks he had left at bome. He took & cursory view of the situstion, and went to bed.—Danbury News. —A liguor-dealer up in Coos County, N. H., ordered a barrel of whisky from Portland, Me., some timo ago. The barrel came, was tapped, andits contents freely drapk of. By and by & dance was given near by, and such inroads were ‘made upon the'barrel that the morning after the dsuce found it exbaunsied. Tnat evening tho gentleman roceived a letter from the Portland Bouse from whom he bad purchased, saying : “ Send back the barrel we eent you last week at our expense, immediately, By mistaka We tent you burning fluid inatead of whisky.” —* How much is your stick candy?” inquired a boy of & candy dealer on Tuesday. *“Six sticks for 5 cents.” * Six sticks fer 5 ccuts, eh? Now, lem'me see. Six sticks fer 5 cents, five fer 4 cents, four fer 3 centn, three fer 2 cents, two for 1 cent, one fer notbin". I'll take one.” And he walked out, leaviug the candyman in a state of bewilderment. - —A mau dressed in anilor-costume was up in our Crimina! Court the other day upon a charge of stealing 3 pair of boots. As he had no conn~ ecl, the Court appointed a young Iswyer to take charge of his defense. The lawyer opened the case with a speech in which be alluded to bis client as “* a chitd of the sad sea-waves, a purs- hug of the storm, swhom the pitilesa billows had cast, a forlorn and friendless waif, upon the shores of time, after a lifo wpent in fierce and heroic contest with raging clements.” Then the defendant was put npon the stand and toe fact waa revealed that b was cook upon a Suyder county canalboat, previous to which he had ped- led clams 1n Wilmington. _Tha nursling of the storm 18 now in jail for sixty days.—Danbury Dews. “S. C. CAMPBELL.” DIED NOV. 28, 1874 The earth ia silent in its snroud of stow, Pure, puse, white snow, o'ec all the landscape Iylng The trees are whisperizg to each ather low, And ail the winds are softly, sadiy slghing ; While Muic's seif, with bead and beart bowed down, ‘Stands where dumb Deata a waichful wazd is keep- ing Oer bim who lent to Melody rezown, And now lies there, 80 calmly, sweetly sleeplag. Alas! that L'fe should be but sowing-time ; Alas! that Death should be forever reaping. And ab! what pity that the tunefal Nine, Who e'er some hidden epell are atill revealing,! Could not have saved o us 50 rich a mizo Of truthful tenderness and depth of fesling. Perhaps the Master envious bad grown : “Thiat Earth should bave s0 fair and rare a dower, And 50 recalled what had beea still His own, To reproduce it. a4 the fieid the flower ; And sothe voice now hushed will *wake anon “To aing His praises in the Hall of Power. _BustLrx