Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, March 21, 1875, Page 7

4 rd HE CHICAGO TRIBUNE, SUNDAY: MARCH QI : 1875.--SIXTEEN PAGES, . : eee Yegarded as nothing else—has awakened an in~ digvation among the most prominent of the Professional nines that is apparently more in- tenge than that felt by the nine which nas the mort cause to complain. the White Stockmes have abandoned all efforta SPORTING NEWS. The White Stockings Settling Down to Their Work. Jimmy Wood’s Verdict Con: cerning the Boys. Btetistics of their Height, | Weight, Etc. What the Chicago Turfmen Think of ; the Palmer House Consulta. tion. | Sketch of the Tolleston Club-—Its . Grounds, my Progress of tho Billiard Tournament—A_ Card from Slosson, General Items. BASE-BALL. ‘THE CHICAGO NINE, ‘The members of the new White Stocking Clab for the season af 1875 are all here, most of them having arrived in the city Jact Monday. Among them are eoveral of the oid faces familiar to the patrons of the game a8 members of the team of 1874. Hines, Glenn, old Zettiein, Deviin, and Petera will reappear in thenew nine, probably in their old positions. ‘They are all glad to get back ' to Chicago, and sincetheir arrival here have been | welcomed by many friends, whom they agsure | they iatend to make it sultry this season for all ; the clubs East, West, and South, There are vaveral new piayers among the nine who are not known to Chicago except as they have occasion- ally appeared in rivalelubs. Higham, tLe favor- te pitcher of the Mutuals, Warren and Bielaski of the Baltimores, Hastings, with whom Chicaco bad apart acquaintance through bis connection with the Forest Citys cf Bocsford, and Keorl of ! the Maple Leafs. though in the carly history of ' the game he once played with the Chicago Ex- celsiora, which went to precezat the hands of the Nationals of Washington, and was for a very short time a member of the Chicagos of | 1870, come here comparative strangers, They have bad no reason to complumn, bowever, } of their treatment here thus far. cordially met by the old Chicago players, and ' siuce thefr’arrival have been putin the way of | making many friends. Bat their reception by . * the geveral public altogether depends upon their | conduct on the ball-field, If they are earnest nd painstaking, no audience in the country will wpore freely accord them praise and applause | and more baartily glory in tbeir victories. If theyare not—well, Chicago is a hard city for ball ¢elubs remsrkable only for the numbers of thar Gefeats. Chicago at present believes that tho | new nine is an excellent one, and bss every rea- son to think it will secure much more praise thay censure. . 2 Manager Jimmy Wood is preatly pleased with bis team. The bards, bealthfcl appearance of ' the men, their cordial greeting of each other, fhe harmony and good focling which prevail among them, lead him to believe that they will work togethor effectively, and form the strone- estcombination tuat Chicago haseverhad. He says the men are etrictly temperate, are all first- ; lass ball players, and’ witl enter the fiold with- ont any of the petty jealousies and ill-feeliogs ; that weakened the nine of last year. One characteristia possessed by the aime which { Jimmy thinks great!s to their advantage is, that allof them are young players. They have not been in the base-bail busicess long enough to | ose their zeal and interest in their games, None of them are base-ball hacks who play just well enough to keep themselves in & jop, and care for little élse than their jsalnries, Ali of them, witb the excepzion of Zéttiemn, are fresh in the professional ranks, none baving been paid- Pissers more than four years. Manager Wood counts more upon the harmoni- ous wo:king of the club anything else. With » nine that pulls well together, whose plavers back up and support each oiber'and are not solely bent upon keeping up their individual records, the defeat of cl:ibe, individually etrong- er, but without this discipline, 13 most probable. The importance of it he fully recognizes. He thinks that the condition of the nine in this % is a very hopeful sien, and he is quite | : Nationals, ‘They were | : are neceseary to complete the series. This ix an The managers of to avail themselves of tricky David's services. They really feel like congratulating themselves that they Lave got ndof a man who is vastly overrated, and whose pregence in the Blub would ‘undoubtedly introduce a serious element of dis~ coutent. They are somewhat incensed, how- ever, at the treatment they have experienced at the bands of the Philadelphia clique, and will prctably unite in the attempt which is certain to be made by the prominent clubs to bar Force from further privileges as a professional ball- player, i ‘The action of the Judiciary Committee involves 8 rinciple of great importance to all profession- al managemenis. It really relicves players of all responsibility with reference to any contract they may be pleased to make. It doprives man- agements of all power to hold plasers to ther agreements, and, iv trath, gives every profes- sroval base-ball map an opportunity to scheme and violate contracts as Force has done. There is not aclub in the country except—of course, those interested iv keeping Force in Philadel. phia— which doubts m_ the lesst the justness of tne Chicagos’ claims in the case, And they also feel that it throws off all safe- guards with referenco to securing players’ ser~ vicea in the fature. ‘the Boutons, the Hartfords, the Mutuals, the New Havens, and the Chicagos will therefore unice in a determination not to pisy with the Atbletica if they iasist upon retaining Force, and in an effoit to hava him excluded from tho Nationa! Association, THE NATIONAL AYSOCIATION, Besides this sentiment which the Indiciary Commities’s course bas excited, it has awak- ened another, which is, if anything, of still greaterimportance. It bas moved the clubs to recognize the fact that the National Aszociation ism the handa’of the Philadelphis clubs, and that itis manipulated in the interesta of that city. A glance at the members who compose this body will clearly establish this. ‘Che West bas a representation in the Association of four clubs, the Chicagos, the St. Louis, the St. Louis Rod Stockings, aud the Keotuka, They | ‘have but a single representative upon the Com- mittee. New England, with ita Bostons, Hart- fords, and New Havens, has none. The Now York dis:rict, with tue Mutuals and the Atlantica ‘ has one. Waanington, which sends ont the is without representation, ‘Ths - Athletics, the Philadelphias, aud the Conten- niale cach have a representative upon this : powerful Committee; that is, they have three out * of the five members, a sufficient nomber to con- stitute # quorum, carry all measures, and decide : “all points. The injustice of this composition 18 tbe more apparent when it is stated that tho Paildelphias aud Coutenniais are co-operative cluts, and not in any way interested in matters affecting professionela. The Bostons, Hartfords, Mutuals, and Chioagos, , between whom will lie the great contests of the 83980, are somewhat alarmed at the character of this body. Taey are not without fears that ite rulings, which raturally will lean towards tho Philadelphia vinos, as all of the clubs are united on the score of local feeling, mav seriquely im- , pair their nghtg if any ael cals questions aifect- the chamtion-bip arise. Philadelphia will gain the penvant if possible, and the Commit tee, judging from its late action, will assist it by : every means in iis power. Harry Wright, of the Bostons, is in corre- ; spondence with other clab managementa oa the t matier, and the prominent nies alinded to feel that something ought to be done to secue a ' More équal roprescutation, and thereby guar- ' antee their rights. The subject is arousing con- : derable digencsion, but it is bardiy probable that a remedy for the evil can. bo found before next sesson. In the meantime these clubs will strive to avoid Leing involved in avy difficulties wnich will necessiiate the arbitration of this anc- sided Commitee. f THE NINES OF 1875. . Thirteen clubs Lave entored the aren for 1875. In case of each cln' rofessional ' baviog to { play one game with every other club, the total number played would be seventy-eight. If two ; games, the total would be 156. and, by adding * sevents-cight to this number, the total for three games would be reached, viz.: 234, aud so on up to the whole number of ten games. Therefore, in order to eecure the completion of the full © sertes, 5 total of 780 games vill have to Le pinyed. Last year, only 232 were actually played. In 1875, more than treble this number + impossibility, and it 1s very questionable if the yy half the clubs in quota of six will be reached. ‘the areva, All clubs which fail to play six 8 games with every other club wluch doe play six, wil not ave their games counted in the championship rezord at ell. ‘Tho ninesare as follu iy to predict their success over clubs waose players’ names make # sbowing of grest Hrength. aan : Bemdes possessing this essential to successful . phasing, Jimmy thinks thoy Lave certain charac- | teristics which make “hem individually stroager than any other club iu the couptry. One of them lstneir sloll in bas-runuing. Hastings, Bio- laaki, Warren, Peters, Keerl, and Higham are the lastest baso-runoers in the ranks of professional slubs. Hastiogu and Bielaski are noted for their ~ flcetness. Pelers iast season astonished every- body with the rapidity with which ho darted from one base to another. Higham among the Mutuals was noted for his rauving,- md Keerl is ssid to -be as swift. tsa coyote. Wood attaches much importance tobase-runping. Ho says that balf-s-dozen su- Perior base-runners can rattle almost auy cinb. « The baténg strength of the new nine is excel- - ent. Hastings last year led the score of the « Hartfords ; Devlin stood second in’ the White Stockings; Higham was second in the Mfutuais; Warren held the same plece in the batting score 8f the Baitimores : Hines, Glenn, and Peters are 88 atthe willow. Koerl’s scorain tho Haple-Leafs last year was equal to that of any. Profesmonal player. With the exception of Zet- fein, they are ail very heavy batters. 7 The general feeling is that the nice will Sefeat the St, Lonis Club without much trouble. Few are inclined to take a great deal of stock ' ia the strength of that organization. It hay too ; many amateurs, all think, to be very success. ; fal, atany rate the first year. ~ Miller, Bradlyy, j . and Waite have never plared in a pro- - mal nme before. Batin played one ses- ‘ ton with the Athletics, and was allowed to leave : them because he was not asuccers. Fleet is s Sombarative tyro and *‘no good.” Pearce an (man are the only players who have had : iuch professional experience. The Chi boys pers practicing occasionally ' With dumb-bells and Iudian clubs, though they have :not yet obtained a gymnasium. They Bt first, of getting the Exposition building, which would give them ample room to throw ball. ‘Shey could have obtained it had it Rot been so filied up with show-cases, booths, ‘and exhibitors’ apartmenta, which the managers ought might be injured, As the spring promises to be 60 backward that there will be no chance for practice here before the professions! season actually opens, the club Yil be taken to Louisville some time in April to femain two or three weeks, after which, early in Kay. they will go to St. Louis. 4 Mr. Wood states that Devlin bids feir to be- Wery valuable as a pitcher thiaseason. He hasa Fe underband throw, which, as he swings arm < perpendicularly st his side, mast, under the roles, be regarded M fair, He ‘bas practiced all winter, oaks ball just where he manta it ‘pee practicing at catching ‘ely. Hs finds that he can 0g to him, though they coms through like cannon balls. It is thought as clange-pitchar with Zettlein, Devlin will bother must batters, The position of the men has not been definite- : Rrdeaded as yet. . It may be stated a8 cortain ‘Eat Peters will play short and Keerl secord. 2 VITAL STATISTICS. _Mavager Wood has recently weighed snd va- Rouely measured the men of bis nine, and pre- Fated’ ihe following table, which sufficiently - itself : i} Hage kin. Movi le Ree |New York. THE FORCE MATTER. The Athletic steal—ror the action of the 55gi80 38 0 oe dase is Tudiciary Committee of the National Base-Bsll Asocdation in assigning Force to that Club is } id - called “ Charhe Fresb,” and Hange “ Martha ATHLETION ATLANTIC, BosTox, t Clapp, c. Barlow, c. ‘White, e. i McBride, p. Rocemen, p. Spalding, p, Anson, let b, eeu et b . Tnes, Schaffer, 3d b, Bs G. Wri; s. Hal hf. Leonard, ff. Eggler, c. 2. HB. Wright, f° i Richmond, rf. MevVey, rt. j CHICAGO. HARTFORD, Beetines, c. Allison, c. i Bertin tb, Sine’ dst b. | svlin, Tet ‘f j Pony be Burdock, 2d b, ! Warren, 34 b. b, Ferguson, 3db, + eters, Bs. Holdsworth, 6.8, Carey, 8. 8. ‘ Bieta, Lf. Sommervile, i. f. Yorke, 1. f. i Hines, c.f ‘Timmons, ef. jen, C. Highsm,r.f, ‘Mason, r. f, ‘Cummings, r, f. MUTUAL, NEW HAVEN, _PHTLADELPHU, | Hicks, Enddiffe.c, Snyder, c. | Mathews, p. Nickols, p. ‘ Start, let by Gould, Tat db, j Nelson, 9d b, Geer. :db, ; Harfsld, 22b, —_Doe-ber, db, i Gerhardt, *,5. Jackson, &. 8, ' Gedney, |. f, Ryan, 1. f. i ‘McGee,'c f. ‘dinper, o£ Booth,'r. f Lug, rf. RED STOCKINGS. BT. LOUD, j Somard, Builes c Dillon, | Tien, Dehlmnah ist b, : Mulhall, 4b, Battin, od b, i MecSorloy, 2d b, Fleet, 3d b, H Redmon Pearce, 8.8. H A. Biong, |. f. Cuthbert, Lf, Hi E Blong cf Fike of ! Morgan, r. f. lapman, r. f. i! wasmmntaro3, | ancker, 6. Ressler, 2d b, Fy De Duy, sdb, Parks, c.f. ‘Terry, iat b, Bay, 8.8 Holly, r. £. GossIP OF THE GAME. 1 Itis reported that Geer has signed to play | with the New Haven nine. Matches under the ten-men rule will be legal this season for exhibition games. | ha base-bali books containing the rules, eto, ; will be issued in a couple of weeks. He In all probability George Seward, the catcher | of the Empires, will bs put on the St. Lous nino ' as change catcher. The Hartfords and Atlantics are booked to be- ; ‘gin trouble about the 24th of next month, which will be the first game the former play. Bradley, the pitcher of the St. Louis nine, has received the nick-name of “ Chartie Ross,” from the habit be bas of losing himself. Waitt is Washington.” A player who will verbal one—is not r¢ twoagreements, taking money from two parties, should be expelled from the Aasociation.—New York Clipper. The St. Louis team are trying to arrange a series of games wilh the St. Louis Reds, to come off early in April, Itis their intenticn to play the Empires aud a picked nine some time this month, if the weather is good. ‘The underband throw was not ruled out at the | Tate Convention of excited bali-togsers, as some ; of the papers bad it. Alla man has to do ia to | deliver the ball below tho hips, and auy man can ; do that without throwing over-handed. The-Western Club of Keokuk, Ia., haviug se- cured Halliban, of the old Kelionga nine, their team will be about as follows: Golden, p. Barnie, Simmons, Ist b.; Joe Miller, 2d b.; Balliban, s.8.; Goldsmith, 3db.; Quinn, r. f. and change catcher; Al Pratt, o. f. aud change | pitcher; “Baby” Joues, 1. f., with Riley anc one other 88 subs. ? ond THE TURF. THE INDIANAPOLIS COMADTTER. The Committee sppointed atthe recent Turf Convention at Indianapolis to confer with the National Board of Appeats relative to the ap- ' pointment of a Westeim Board of Referees, met Wednesday and Thursday at the Palmor Housa, where a lengthy telegraphic correspoadence was carried on with tie National Board, which was in session at the ssme time in New York. Nothing final was accomplished, but it is quite probable that the demands of the ‘Western turfmen who have moved in this mat- ter will meet with some concessions. Whether they will be able to obtain ail that they ask is doubtfal, but probably modifications in the working of the Board of Appeals, in case tho appointment of Western referees; js refosea, wil be mode which will form | ibe basis of s satefactory compromics. i ‘The National Boarg concluded tte answers to the various telegrame sent it with a promise to eend delegation to Chicago which would constitute ; bgeak an engagement—even Biable; and he who eigns | i ! 1 & quoram,.snd be empowered to transact final business, to meet this Indianapolis Committee, whose intereat this Committee acts, claim that they have. rej resentation — and that ia is roo to their exclasion and detriment. They also say that arbitration is rendered unnecessarily expensive. They have to jou-nov 1.000 miles to have their casos brought toa hearing, and points are fonbonslly, settlement, stances, cannot be obtained. a Board Southern | States ficulties of which they pow complain would be removed, With euch a Board, referee from each Western and Southern State represented in the Association, each of whom would ba aithorized to reader final decisions in turf disputes, they assert that much trouble, time, and expense would be saved, every other. While the Indianapolis Convention showed that there was much dissatisfaction with the National Board among s certain class of horsemen, nearly all of the turfites of this city are opposed to the desires and purposes of the Committee. They are well enough eatistied with the present Serves the interests of the tut. They alloge that this movement originates among a clique of horse-breeders not directly terested in track events, who wish to secure referees from among ‘man power, and would much rather have their : interested. The reduction amounts toa peiuton , by imported Soverciza, who 18 said to be located ' Saturday, Feb. 27. The causo of death was azo- : ; 1858 by Mr. Merry at Doncaster, been returned mnusold from the ; Sales. | objocta of thar Kni ; Milligan, BL B- Milter, } D. Peacock, | Ghirtes B. Ray, W.C. Reynolds, P. Shatfolas, | Tewksbury, E. I. ‘The men who meet at Indianapolis, and ju not been allowed s sufficient in the National = Board, in Eastern interests, arising which requiie immediate which, under the present ci:cum- ‘They think that, if Referees for the Westem and were appointed. the dif- of composed of one There are two sides to this question, as to Board, and state that it best sub- their frieude, Among the prominent turfmen of Chicsgo the appointment of a single referee from this district would meet with much diseatis- faction. They are not disposed to trust to one- dieputes arbitrated by the full National Board, of whose fairness they nave never had reason to complain. The two Committees will meet at the Palmer Honee on the 25th, when the matter will proba- bly be brought to a settlement. HORSE NOTES. Mr. Ellis Dillon, of Normal, McLean County, TIL, is now in France for the purpose of making snother importation of Percheron horses. i A meeting was held on Wednesday of last week at Kanens City, for the purpose of errang- ing @ trotting cirenit for Omaha, St. Joseph, Kansas City, Lawrence, Sedalia, and St. Louis. ‘This will make a strong combination, and onght to call out all the best horses of the West. It is roported that Mr. Harria, of Upper San- : dusky, has suld tho trotting mare Kate Camp- ¢ bell to Mr. Humphreva, owner of Judge Faller- , ton, for $10,000. Mr. Harris bought her io the - autumn of 1873, and was very sick of bix bargain for several months afterwards, but her perform- ances of 1874 proved her to be a great trotter. | She has a record of 2:35}4. The well-known Irish sportsman, Mr. W. Dis- nex, of Lark Lodge, Dublin, who, for upwards of baif acen:ury, bas been associated -with the Trish and English tarf, died at his residence on Feb. 10. He brea andowned many distinguished - race-horses during his career, among which were Bon Mot (the winner of the Liverpool Cnp io 1839), Movtague, Captain Grant, indian Wartior, Knight of St. George (wiover of the Doncaster ‘St. Leger iv 1854, and eubsequentiy imported m- + to this country), and Insh Bird-Catcher. The Pacific Jockey Club, of San Francisco, | to my piace of business have tatediy asked me if T : Cal., will give their annua! purse of $30,000 (an next. In connection with this\ colossal purse, the California Confederacy for the Importation aud Improvement of Thoroughured Horses in this Stato, propose sending their agent, William { have teen wiven to uoderstonpy the management | that my entrance would scareine other players off | to the Horests of the tour- Shear, to Europo, abont March 2), to purchase a | flyer Lo compete for the prize. It ia to be hoped | the enter;rise will meet with all the success it desenves. Pat Ottawa, II, a fow days ago. The eight | brought 10 the aguregate $17.200. The were as follows: Nestor, to Aaron Hartford. of Grundy, Ia., for $1,910 ; Bismarck. to Frank ; of the extensive marshes of the Upper Calumet. Theee marshes are upon both sides of tho Calumet River, ilo’ to # mile-and-s-balf f wiih.” tuo” whole of the duet ij OW Carlyle and Tennyson © massged to get on terms of intimacy, and pro- : pizaly Satlsted covered with, mnoumeable -sloachs, barous, Look. Bote a paige gcenoeld make some sakes 2d | priesthood has 2 di nd-tioles € an endless vari ? : fication to amuse the children, Ehape' and eize, intocepased with fields of wild —_—__ | offer was accepted, the eakes were made, and | *! fs : . Brigitte managedto pataome of her phospliorus { iY Fem@ains without rice and caae, bogs, ly-pods, and muskrat houses, snd it forms mallard, woodcock, b: number of the members; many of whom are ac- companied by their fadilies, who remain there enjoying the shocting aid tiebing as long as is located on the north bank, nearly in thecentre and ‘10 miles in length favorite resort of the -goose, and snipe. Every season the camtis visited by @ largo EUROPEAN GOSSIP, A French Confidence-Operation and an Alsatian Murderess, Bismarck as an Orator—--Queen Isabella | j paste which he said would auswer. the 8° | taches ; Just as well—and it did—thongh not in omer i : the anauspecting chemist intended. She then ' called on Madame Schaal, with whom abe had | paste into twoofthem. These ware, of course, j Siven by the beautiful Alescionne to the wife ;Of her lover. At first she declined to ‘ eat them, bnt her little boy pressing { her, and tellingher * how nice they were,” she ve way. The next morning Madame Schaal was ‘ound to beill, and Brizgittee volunteered to tand catue, One of the oomi sketch of St. Peter under “Why, you | to s:and i with Hegel.” 7. “Go home and shave yourself,” he aid, eieraly ae thea me vat se? about it.” The .° Knowing “congregation to be equally eatistios with doctrines, ead bis beard, Joe tee as te Oriental i Ways shown itself towards ; Shearing Popes, and the little Eatheraa) commu- { 8 pastor unc the question j can be wettled by some higher auchorty—-tne Overkircheorath, I su:pose. This inadent bas become a fertile subject for lampoon and cari- ic papers gives usa the hands of the bar- ber. A colleague aska the meaning of this. gee,” the reply is, “it would nut do they can exempt themse¢ves from the cares and Lote ear Susiness fe. The Ciub is con- and Her Daughter. “Napoleon i her. The doctor was called in, and was on the stantly growing in itsmmberahip. ‘The club- LUf?s Son j Point of curing her, when the ‘Alsscionns pro- AN OSSTINATE LION. house will contain numoous tenants aa soon a5 : | fared another «remedy ” in the shape ofa mix- | The management of the Theatre , the shooting season open. ea ; tare for killing flies, which she pat in ber vie ae management a! eatre da Chatelot, ‘The officers of the Clu! are as follows: CARLYLE AND ; fim’s medicine, and ‘finished by killing her ont- | Paris; is Just now in s rather unpleasant fz, 7 TENNYSON, ‘right. The doctor, however, suspected the | OWing to one of their dismiesed performers hav. L, L, Palmer, billiard tournament bepa in this city ou the | second Mondsy of nextnonth at the. billiard table manufactory of fe J. M. Branewick- Balke Company. Tho atements for ite ac- seats and supplied with gi fixtures. ! fon was made by a commico called for tho pur- 1 op, as was orginally inteed when it was the London Preaident—E. A. Howe, | Carlyle gues on the even a1 Vice-Premdent~B. SM. Fot Treasus ‘Moore, j Secretary—Edward Starr. Brecutvce Committee—C.\ Peck, W. . Thompeon, | esque suburb of Chevown ——_+— BILLIADS, THE TOURAMEST. The Western and Somwestern professional Mary Carlyle Aiken, has k Brartau eimplicaty. ing his regular Chelsea strecte, sometim Froude, Buskin, Moncure Conway, very old felt hat eekew commodation are all mad{ the waroroom of this firm having been fittecup with comfortable. Out of the total of neteen applicants for admission, twelve bavo bam selected as the con- testants who will enter. hey are as follows; Moller, Maggioli, and Ea, of New Orleans; Shaw, of Tedians ; Bovigh, of Michigan: Macafee, of Davenport! Livermore, of La Crosse ; Carter, Gallaghennd Honing, of Ohio; and Rhives and Parkor, OChicago. “The selec- } tion of a street urchin, so of a wholl sallow and. glassy, 8 rough, white, all but bere brown ; his form 1s ben! poae, consisting of Tom 'oley aud two other gentleman who wish to benknown in the mat- ter. The nineteen nats were considered and discussed with psch dehberation, and tho bost was done to ture aclasa of play- ers who will make the trnament interesting. | gloomiest apparent in It will be geen thet seven utes are cepresented, ! about him, If the twelve players namegnter, the games wil! | scaram study number of participants, tro will bo 200 points ; a friend, he 1 ble homies about the iit jesien to restrict the plays to ten. into classes | Carlylo was right to declin ‘The prizes have not bet divided syet. They aggregate $100. Snyder and Vermeulenrere thrown over- ' board, much to the resreof the Committes, who relt compelled to do if make rocm for the strangers. . io Parker and Rhines, in wm contre the local ivterest 1n the occasion, apracticiug steadily, and making decided impmment. Thoy givo practice games at Doty & Ines’ every evening © Walk, that he needs fame. . elegances of this He lives in correspondence of the Boston Post: of hia way in the vory commonplace and unpictur- years in 8 very plain house, on a small aide street, called Cheyae Walk, the interior of his home being Pisin to almost Greariness. Since his wife's death bis accomplished niece, Mra, old philosopher’s creature comforta, which aro few, for Ife lives with a Puritan-like, Thave often seen him tak-, afternoon walk through the : or our own countryman, but usually alone, with gray head; and a more gloomy, cynical-looking old man is seldom seen. Noone could. pass him without takine pote of him; his face would attract the atten: | uousual character is it. Hoe is ve! hollow-cheeked ; hia eyes, dail and are deep sunk in their sockets; be wears short, tangled beard and mustache, and there s gray streak of and he stalke on in the “Ae ome Be occupies a haram- at the of the hi be limited to 150 pointses, If thraare a ess | the day; of this, sometimes, when acer tine . , he makes a bear garden, iied pacing of the floor and bis bitter and vola~ : Grand Commander of the Bath; Yery incongruous ornament for euch ag he. despieing society ashe does, and knowing well ‘0 superticial gilding ta his golden - a | TENNYSON is by no means so induferent to the comforts and , Symptoms of his patient, and insisted on s post- nd rather morose tenor | Mortem examination, which led to the discovery | of the crime. Briggitte did not attempt to screen | | herself, but confessed her guilt in the calmeat ; and most candid manner. ‘The police cow : thought that this was not her first achievement , in the art of poisoning, and ordered her deceased | husbands’ bodies to be exhumed ond examined, ; { wise frases of baison {rere found In both of , Place, ‘them. The prisoner did not offer any excuse : tiving \ for her triple'erime, of “4 Ho bas lived for many that the jooked after the grim not to say : Smile. {clusion of their _ _ BISMARCK,AS AN ORATOR. ; Cages. Berlin letter: The first time that one hears | of them, ; this extraordipary man he is struck with aston- . bas proved ; tonishment at the contrast which exists between ; HO will stay where he ia, : a °B ; bis organ of speech and hig physique. Ouatof: on his thick, stubby, his heroalesn body and immense poitrine iesues | Unsocial, | a little thread of hoarse eound hardly percepti- | to bo} ble. The greatest ile chamber in order hear him, and no orator presente in speaking a more curiona spec- tacle. He aaizes the nearest object with his Tight hand, passes it over bia left one, manipa- Jates in a nervous manner 8 huge pencil or ; Swan's quill from which hispensare made. For- | merly Bismarck had anew pen for each day, but | ™020S agreeable ex- the porters of the Reichstaz sold them to'En- { Gtish souvenir-hunters,and whenthe Prince found | itout he put an end to that species of trattic. | If he fails to find bis pen when he begins his discourse he seizes uron his sciseors, or those of his secretary, or he grasps a report or amend- ment, making it iv a roll, which he brandisnes like a baton. “After the work of hand hegins that of his body commences. Ho fairly puffs with heat, like a steam engine. His head forms a curious study. One fancies, in looking at it, to be able to follow tne laborious working of his brain, Every nerve ia in action. His look gleams with feverish brilhancy. This man evidently takes into consideration jes with & friend like - pos temptation even the fresh have had singularly expressive erence to the world I saw him, Bfal A stranger, dari with bis bor- Amid the crowd ttleness of mankind, 6 to be gazetted as a it would be a of my sleep, And led mo thro’ the dun blows have had any effect. likea his roomy quarters and them for his cramped little traveling-cage. Not of sundry large pieces of Poser to allure him forth, ce at his master, eo ennst pervade tho | a ee nitee eo fo It will be neces- « and getting crogser every day. | sary to starve him out by placing all hia food in | the little cage. But meanwhile the director of _ - j the Chatelet is forced to endure the iacumber- ~ | ment of the large cage behind the scenes, and the presence of this very recalcitrant aud by na ember of bis company. THE STRANGER, ealy once,— and proud,— 4s down the iamp-hung room, we swept, A stranger, whose calta, soul-It eyes (Dark walls of rayst!zy deep) Eta now do often begiti on me In vialons Iknew him not; yet, when he cams. Ob! hew my timid heart Shrebbed ‘neath Those etrange eves’ thrilling glance ; And when he spoke, in tones that werd from 7 to 10 o'clock. George Sloason has sent munication, which expiaintself: “To the Editor of The Chicagtrivune: t Norman and Perchcron horses were sold | {lowever, Curcaco, March 20,—As mj friends snd visitors | avenues,and lnwos; it is the mansion of a rich amto play in the fortbcomingistern tournament, to ; 7 i j whicb-q ntive increase of $5,000 over last year) in November { auswer'I herewith submit forir benefit thabestine estion I have teen Wie to give = formation on the subject that h in possession of, Thave epplied for ndmissiomad, while such appil- cation has had Do positive stance or-refuaal, and work injury esno, and andas in the short tournamdg, ed to player who ball _pa i the following com- from a chance ut thdnpting cash prizes, « ! jarme I might en- ; pair of deen, sales | Counter defeats, I nish to stst@ough your te | thet Iehould be pleas: colamns match with any pste thghout the comin ; Picturesque country msusion, rich in ita archi tecture, and lavish and tastefal inits adornments | and kuick-kmacks, ‘There are about it terraces aod fountaios, greeneries and flower parterres, | turns and returns it, seeking until be finds the exact repression of his ! thoughts. By this means he says only just what | he wishes to'say. He intersects his phrases, ; and sometimes his words, with s sort of disa- grteeabie hiccap. Yet with all these defects no orator in the world produces as great an effect as does Bismarck. One quickly forgets his an- attractive appearance in the keen desire to hoar ; What the orator has to say. i heis always admirable. : ment never hears anything superior, He is ma- ‘and feeling about 1 man of high taste and culture, Here for the most part, bota summer and winter, the most + eminent of England's posts passes bis time. It is , Tately that he appears in the London streets, | : and more rarely that his presence is obtained in | 1: the hosritable housea of the West End, Burl. have caught occasional glimpses of him inthe : “city” and the book-store quarter of Pater- noster Row. He is tall, gauvt, shaggy-hairod, The German Partia- pament, If my name skd not sppear in wiih A re .j the list of those accep) the above ex. ; With a ragged-looking beara, aod long, straggling . fier % | flenation “wil tocount br’ its” absences, | locks of alight brown, very much tioged ‘with Iicions and ill-natured ss one ean be, and bo pos- if am to be debarredm representing Cai- i Bray. He wore a big slouch hat and cloak when ; ix te pre gree the socent af disaain that in I Inet row bim, and, were it not for a‘ ea his specialty... ; Wit, commis 1 Eothtow ia tae tease Steauas eras, este would be ; Sometimes be evokes peals of laughter, such as , doed, he is almost shabby to the outward oye ; | ue only hears in We Vellore. Theatre whaa Hel- : bis manner shy, aud bis spparent endeavor is to + K pisys. ly Bismarck delivers bis W. Eddez, of Cook County, for $2,000; Ba- rnoment, and I alldim the odds of J zaino, to: Galloway, of Macon, Mo, for $1,875; | points in6.6 fora otskoof frops) to 459) a aide, , D288 iuthee and thither quite unnoticed. Tear ; POO, Mots ith the ‘most carcless manner MacMahon, to Mr. McPhergon, of Story Conuty, ; This challengo will remain opin:il the tournament , that heis greatly bored by people, iu larga de- | p Het ere bce ae penOmY. more im- for $2,225; Thiers, to E. Badd, of Kendall ' commences, sng any, player Yong Ho sezept tf can ! greo Americans, 1 am gorry to say, who go down ' as if not at all co S: y asa, cir County, for 2,015; Perox, to David Dong. ; © upon or address 2 pBGE 2 Shawne, y. fo bie couatry Ronse and insist on seeing him, . £9 save, He finge bin ws Phos’ sane jovatan Bey peu do ‘Lom Thumb or the crown * soor instead of “in the air—to give tho Ghember lass, of LaSalle County, for $2,600 ; Esmall. (o | Mr. Galiowsy, of Macon, 3fo., for $2,075; Houri, | to J. D. Vaughan, of Kankakee, Ill., for 82,55 A general rednation in tho odds uffered by Mr. | Morrissey in hie books ugtinst the more promi- ' tween thecrews of Oxforda Cambridge Tni- " nent entries tor the Withers and Batmout stakes bas produced some little sensation among those Aristides, two each against Voleano, Joe Cerus, aud Saugara, five each against Gyro, Warwick, Leiaps, xaminer, A'ton, Probability, ant Douglas, while Aecot, by Enquirer, out of Hinda ia one of the most prominent stables belonging to New York, has been reduced twenty-five . points. Several other horavs, uot heretofore quoted, have found backers, ‘Thormanby, another of the fashionable racing ' stailions of Engiand, it 1g learued by recent ad- vices, died very suddenly at Newmarket on plexy, produced by over-excitemeut. Thorman- by was purchased privately for brite y a. yearling e As a year-old he* had a lut of work to perform, running on no fewer than fourteon occasions, and winning nine times. After bis brilliant form as 9 2-yoar-old. be be- came & prominent favorite for the Derby in : 1860, and though there were thircy starters for , that evant, Thormanby won easily by a length and a half. ‘This victory gave Mr. Merry up- {| wards of £80,000 in be:s, which, with the stake, worth that season £6,200, and over £3,500, won by Thormanby asa 2-year-old, made up a nice little forrune. The best of ‘Thcrmanby’s early ! stock was Plandit, who was the <irst conquerer of Achievement, but doubtless the finest son of _ easy victory for the Oxford jr, ‘the horse was Atlantic, the winner of the Two , ; Thousand Guineas of last year, pea ee THE TRIGGER. THE TOLLESTON CLUB. Daring the pring of 1871 some of the sports- men of Chicago, who season after seagon hed re- sorted to the marshes of the Littie Calamet, near Lolleston, Ind., for duck and snipe shoot- ing, fofmed an association under the nameof tho ‘Lolleston Club, and purchased, for their private accommodation, the Vander Naillen farm of 60 acres, lying contiguons to the marshes. It was not formed for trap-shooting and the rival contests which engage the attention of the Kennicott, Prairie, and Gun Clubs, and is not in any way a sporting organization in the sense in which the word may be applied to those organi- zations, It was designed solely to anito ip an association the gentlemen who found pleasure in hunting the Calumet marsies, and to fro- vide meapy there for their sccommoda- tion. It is a club of hunters, and composed entirely of men who never shoot for } prizes or money, or with,any spirit of rivairy ex- | cepttbat which may inspire members of 8 band of hunterr to bring down the most game. The : ao8 are oot tame pigeons cr snow-birds, but ibe wild fowl! which inhabit tho grounds to which they resort, ‘THE OBJECTS OF THE CLUB, i i ‘retary, J. Executive Committes, Wiilifoote, A. Gor. FQUATI THE ENGLISH UNIVERSIGSNUAL RACE. Lonvon, March 20.—The que! boat-race be- | 8s wert versities took place over 4 the Thames this afternoon} for the ring the morning @ banks of the + of coziness and elogant taste, aad ions, lined with | which he loves, are described as benutiful and i amass of poople. All the ning the avenues ; Well kept. ‘ The weather was favo! though rather cold. Beitin; was three to ove on Oxford, ‘Thames wero, as on former leading to teriver were pe vehiotes ard nedesttiara, a The spectators of the rece ly numerous, and included n} and distinction, The Cambridge boat took but Oxford soon overtoox won the race by ten lengths, When the boats took wal ri crew rowed a quicker opponents,’ and led theto ‘Tree, i mile and urlongs from the ‘starting-point. Here ford made spurt, aud drew up level on, was a length ahead. es’ terrace, § ‘ time, struckupa friendship, and the stranger is furlongs from the siake-bothe dark blues , was invited ta breakfast, The intimacy went on | See ane nee tdcaaad: wih. white tice rere oes ake, Atom point tha dis- for a few dave, tho two going to the Cafe dela! and wore an aizrette of diamonds in ter | Sad the ‘Outonis sae inne by 10 pea Paix afterward for coffee. While there a man baie. The Countees “ Girgenti “was in i it i " came to a table beside thom end called white puffed tulie, with a scarlet scarf | amid deafouing sbonts of | friends of tho for | aa Heanaverdely’ " cross) ther bert: “ona ‘The Cambridge boat was bateared through- out the race. STRAY SC! Ira Paine’s pigeon-shootingunds at Baby- i th: insh. with a handicap match of fourteen es for a Grant lon, L. I, were opened on breech-loading gun. ‘The reguiar annual meeting the St. Lonis esday night. The election of officers for thpuing year, be- ing the special order, was pied with, and the following waa the result: |ident, Thomas Cricket Club was held Inst Essex ; Vice-President, Harr] Sharpe ; Sec- W. Jeffries; Trex, F. Jt don, Peter Adair, 8, M. Gi Lycett. The National Rifle Assoc} recently re- ceived 8 communication | Mr. Adam Smith, houorary Secretary c@ Poona Rifle end E. H. } Glnb, Poona, East Indies, ith he said he }@ great iater- ' had just received intalligon national rifle-coutest betwede Iriah and Americsn marksmen Iast ygnd said he should be glad to know if s Shneous match could be arrauged between thb which he represented and an American |to take placo daring the coming fall, on thawing terma: ‘The teams to consist of six cht marksmen ; ,, distance, 220, 400, and 500 yardslshota at exch f range; rifles, 577 emooth-bore. Asocond match, yards, with “recreation and relaxation from the cares, ' | anxieties, and wear and -:tear of business life, romotion sna cultivation of the th, and the maintenance of a ro- yeical hi more particularly bunting and fishing, tends so Jargely to coutribute.” 173 MEMBERS, among whom aro the following, are among some of the best business and professional men of Chicago: F.J, Abbey, E.8. Alexander, 8. C. Baldwin, A. J. Baxter, Edwin Bean, Jo- seph_ Bonfield, - Andrew Brown, Benja- min Bortop, A. 8. Burt, D. W. Coon, George L. Dunlap, N. K. Fairbank, W. 4. Fitch, J. H. Foster, N. T. Gassette, Amos Grannis, D. Gaod- mao, John C. Haines, J. N. Hardin, Joseph Harns, 8. B. Haven, M. Heath, L. D. Hoard, J. N. Jewett, Sam gonneioms Ae ice Jones, ce ‘a. ke ker, Jobn Link, Clar! ipe, W. F. aay 8. A, Moore, W. 11, Nur- E. 8. and D. H. Pike, or, W. E. Strong, John Button, W. J, eee ye Tisha, V. C.. ‘Carmen Edwin Walter, E. 0. Walker, F. A. Wheeler, Alex White, W. C. Whitney. ; ‘THE GROUNDS. Upon the farm mentioned tho Club has erect- ed a tivo-story clab-honse, containing 8 large re- coption-room, with ample and elaborate conveni- ences for kesping guns, ammunition, drying boote and clothes, and for the social entertain ment of members. The houge also contains s bathesom, a se Sining-room, kitchen, and family rooms for the keeper. forty beda, and a ladies’ parlor with ball-room off for tho use of families of members. ast, hardy, and generous manhood, which a ju- { dicious and reasonable application to field-sports, (De Vere, in “Leaves from tht i | | t There are some ; A largo, two-story bara has been built on the | place, alzoa well-airanged ice-bouse, together with dog-kennela, pigeon-coves, etc. | The bost-honse, which tates andconvenient, is furnishec. with forty boats, fishing-tackle. eto., and generally all the conveniences and comforta . 6,000 servauts of both sarei of the hone and premises as a first-class | 300 cooks, 300 hunter's lodge for gentlemen are complete. Bat, notwithstaudiog the luxuries and. com- forts of the camp iteelr, HUSTING-GBOUNDS THE 69,0 constitute tho chief attraction. Tho club-honso { cer,they call him tho Bick In {urope. Ps ae * on the following aay, at 809, 0 according toon article in its constitution, are - ie hee match rifles, apy position, ‘The matter was referred to i THE BELL OF GRINIALD. felis the story of the Bell of Grinki, te ilasnate the fact that all inorganic matteh falls within and, after a tires again to the ‘The skies grew soft o'er Grind| And summer-bivte its peaks ‘Wile, ‘neath the sunshine’s g An anthem dim and sweet we, From newly-wedded mount ‘That, to the warm midgum: Awekencd from their dreamle: And sprang to life, and Im ‘The sun shone on, and ‘The stolid glacter’s ice-bain: ‘Till chains were loosed, anc frields * O'erwnelmed the groves md Ht And, at the foot of Grindelyal * It covered, in its cold emora: Through many long and stent ‘Lhe chapel that had marled ‘The warm-lippod Summentcar went ‘And warme, scfler, gto Ube? Above the spot where lay ator, “The chapel and its dreantesa, And lo! ke some heart's Lrigam, ‘That drifts up by come zratdl, ‘Thero rose from ont the giciemust ‘The o'erwhelmed chapel' aiid, And, on this sun-crowns Is echoes break in Titer i ‘Through silent groves ‘And all the aff with =a, ates? For pious hearts, with revint vis ae eae, era, from its moss. Tr telis each Sabbath“or fe 9 ee Cricaco, Mrs, Br. Jon. — The Grangr Tho Suitan of Turkeympin his palace ive and fords leners, £4 “ } more to do odds and endab noua, Ts feed these people and wir fers-on, 1,209 sheep and 2,000 fowls aréillgery day, and 000 francs for lights arexpid. No won- Taco, ally choked with jt noon London presi d appe: . presented a deserted appear! F naacaauled ! gentleman from Boston, who hts recently mar- Pergons of rank | lesdat the start, | was coming ont of his banker’a office, Rue passed it, and | Beribe, the Cambridge | bim and asked sf he was Mr. Munroe. On being «society. Queen Isabella, of Spain, aod her © than their | told thst be was oot, the stranger msde bis ex- ; daughter, the Countess Girgenti, occupied one tha Crab | cusex, and said that he wished to deposit a largo , of the prosceuium boxes, cud at Hammersmitly bridedarloopscetnet | stranger at bis hotel. ‘They conversed for some | old xod is immensely stout, shows that she does folian ; } +} bills, and with¢bia friend went to meet the mill- : | jewels, He geta bushels of letters bogging : Bi | Latocraphe: ae be ae oy eens tee the fan of picking them up. But the German fs rt y . dsputies are not always uimble fn doing that. | enoueh gre 22 ,caid to, hava remarked chat : ‘Hemost roruish once gi-a the signal fos lanai | wigs wpmnctioal (anti ‘i Those che | te® only after some seconds; the others take it : be To Tecelvad at tee poste reas . for granted that eomathing fanny has tanpened, lowin [se on Hie and the hilarity rises from bench to beac, even hoapitadicy, Adin sometimos 2P to the tribune of the journatists, who | ‘ven't ‘almost childlixe phyfulness. He is full of | {cards word, and at once begin asxing, -What anecdote, aud likes to talk of bis own lit BILE cis experiences. His library is eaid to hoa mode ‘The Chancellor's discourses are often enamel- bis gardens, 1 Greek, for he knows the classics, He has tho : tepatation in Germany of putting into circuls- ; tion quotations sometimes anknowa to savant, A FRENCH CONFIDENCE-OPERATION. Discoursing, be drinks enormously of sugared Paris correspondence New Yok Times: + water—at least sdozen giassessn hoor. On re Times: A: fold days,” when the section Is ‘umesuay ftormy, he drinse double that number. Z QUEEN ISABELLA AND DAUGHTER, Paria letter: The Opera House was crowded when a well-dreszed man stepped up to ' With the very creme de Ia creme of Parisian ried a second wife, and como abroad for a tour, | ; was stopping at the Athenee. One morsing he ' Her Majesty bas s sum of money, The two talxed for some time, | taste for very light colors and youthful styles in and in the evening the old gentleman met the , dress, which, considering that she is growing | not pay much attention to the fitness of things whisky, When it was brought he saidit was | jot the Irind he wanted, and in s strong Irieh | | brogue began to talk to the waiter, who did not | understand a word. “Excuse me,” esid the jdrishman to the two near him, “TI { ; bear you speak English. Will joa be good enough to explain to the waiter that it is Insh whisky, and not tho Scotch, thatI want?” After this there was a long con- versation, and the Irishman said that he bad just had 8 fortuae of several *millious left him by an uncle, who had, made oil in Pennsvivania. There was one condition in his mole's will. It forced him to give $300,000 to: the poor of America, which he was very glad to do for the old man’s sake,—a mere bagatelle in comparison with the sum left bim,—aod he had already seat over $100,000. He wanted to find one or two Americans, who would take over and distribute, ; Say, $50,000 apiece for him. ‘The stranger : modestly offered bis services, but said that some guatantees would probably be required. “Oh! { of course,” ssid the Irishman, ‘1 want men of | position and property.” ‘I don’t know how to | 1 prove that I am,” replied the other, “except by ! showing that 1 bave sn equal’ sum at my baoker’s.” “Ob! that will do,—bring me fastened on the shoulder with a scarlet rosette. H She bad on a superb necklace composed of five rows of large pure pearls, which fell nearly to her waist. ‘he Conntess 1s as thin as ber Royal | mamma is fat, and ss cross-looking as Queen Isabella is good-natured looking. Rumor whis- | pers that she possesses a perfectly diabolical ! temper, and that she actually worried the un- | fortunate Count Grgenti into committing eni- cide. Queen Isabella, on the contrary, is uni- versally credited with great gepiality of diaposi- ; tion and kindliness of beart, notwithstanding her peculiar code of morality. N. B.—Spell that lat- ter word with anim, It is aid that there are negotiations pending for the marriage of King | Alfonso with his cousin, the Princess Mercedes, { : thedaughter of Duke De Montpensier. Sheisa | } tall, aristocratic-lookiog girl, with a very lung } nose, plain as a pikestaif, batreported to be (as is usval when girls are undenisoly ugly, be they | Princesses or plebiang) are markably agreeable ! andintelligent girl, * THE FRENCH PRINCE IMPERIAL. London Times, Feb. 17: Yesterday's field-day and distribution of pnizea tothe Woolwich cadets a brought the career of the roung Prince Louis , 850,000 as a proof, and I sball'be satisfied.” The ar; H money was brought; the Irishman took the ; Napoleon at tho Royal Military Academy to a | | bundle of bills and began to count them, | logein a mauner extromoly honorabie-to—His. | walking toward the door, He stood there, as if { Imperial Highness and most gratitying to all * for more light, son monnents; {then came | who have watched his progress during the last wi mney, gave it op, ani i pronommeed) the pasrantiestaetislent: ee ) two years, ‘Tho first class of gentlemen cadets | then the tura of the dupe. His check-book was | BO have been undergoing the severe examina. ! at home, but he could bring the money in the ; ton for commiséions in the Royal Engineors aud + j morning, ‘There's no hurry,” eaid the Irigh- | Royal Artillery were thirty-three in number, and | | man; ‘iv fact, this gentieman might take over | 200g these “ Corporal His Highness the Prince | ! the whole $100,000, but he is not going to Bos- | Pen Sree eee nr an Onaet ot mend and | wa i bave ba e } ton.” The old man drew ont $10,000 in French i pe sR Ate: somin sion 2 cther the Rove { ! ionire. -He banded over the money, and the :& Engineers or Royal -Artillery—a free. | | Irishman proceeded to count it inthe same fash- fom Of choice | reserved ict, Sadetal la ién, walking toward the door. Ashe did not : he ig) it io _ thirty or forty come back as quickly as on tho previous occa- j 7! Pi sDay pees” Ee renpeperer Whether 1 sion, the old msn went to the door to look for / 88 Prince or as mere gentleman cadet, His High. inm, and, on coming back to say that he had | 2¢88 has really done wonderfully well, when we | gone, found that his friend had siso slipped out | ‘Member that he was handicapped at etarting by Sf the mde door. ‘The old ‘gentleman enw af i Jack of the prepetarion nedestary for the Wook, | once that he had been swindled. His wife want- | Wich course of atady and by an imperfect ac od him to say nothing abont it, preferring the | (™sinfance with the language in which ho waa to | loss of the money to the ridiculo, but a etate- | be taught. Ho was also eleven months younger than the average age of the Commission Class. iene was ae tee police, rg peaeory Novertholess, Hie Imperial Highness came out | h zeveuth ia the goneral list, and wo are informed Boch eyidlee a5 tie sre of {nok that Thave al. | sat in mathematics he passed sixth, and seventh . in fortification acd in artillery. His ohysical ready noted five in a single month, ‘powers seem to bave also developed to pyieters 1 A FEMALE POISONER. | sbove the average, for in gymuastica he ranks | | Paris correspondence of the London Tele | graph: A young woman whom she French, with fifth, and in horsemanship fret. In this last accomplishment, indeed, he hsd the advantage | all their chauvinism. would. probably;not like to claim as acountrywoman, bas just been tried In thought and style ! ing even puns without winking, | ed with quotations from French, Latin, and even ! the full value of hia discourse; he knows that oan the herait of Oneraa each of 2a, marda wil io a fow moments, be 5 tte! ie moonlit ground we strolled, ain evne | gent at peace or wa ‘What could I do bi Sreat laxury, in a poetically | jis ig the province of his speci alee mee ay eee account for his total lack of facility. He attacks Besid3 the marble fount wa stood, ; 8 phrase two or three times, reattaciing it, Whee Leos, oe the Cape Hespoke ot trighter s:enea 00 — spoke o: ter genes than the Of France, the German Rhlne, And of fair Is'ly’s peerless skiug, ‘Where the étara more sweetly shine, Trance-bound, enraptured, listan’d I To the glowing tales ie ‘ae Beside the fountain’s mellsw gush, st ‘In the moonlight pale and cold, i _He told me, too, of Venice, { Fair “* City of the Seu,” } ere ers’ love-ditties fost O'er the waters, suit und free, He sald Ais home, all dewlate, Loomed on 8 distant shore; That from its halls cUi life bad ‘And Joy reigned there no mora, Ieswhim, Mabel, onty once ;+ Ant 22%, though dead t0 ime, magic name keepe lingering ony== “The Stranger "~-Loderick Les, { We parted e’en as we had met, : Taos friends of but a night, {But with him weut all joy of mine, t Of my young life the light, -* { . And so, when Mem’ry wandera back ! On Funcy's anowy wi + And from the tomb of vanlahed Joya : ‘Tears sll unbidden will arise, And shadows cloud my brow, ; As oXr Time's boundless depth do come i ‘Sad thoughta of "Then and Now.” : a3, Owes M, Wreso, J, i —_—_+_—_ “Little Dano? : Detroit Free Presa, { You sea, the people at the Post-Office acon | recognize faces aud names, and after a man or j Woman bas appeared at the general-delivery wivdow three or four tunes they are pretty weil koown, It is a real pleasure to hand oat lettera to some, while the clerks care little for the calls of others to get bold of them epistles. * One daya yearor two ago 8 fanny-tooking little old woman, wearing taded garments, bat uaving 8 tidy look anda motherly face, appear. ed at the window and asked fora letter. There was oue for her, sent from «distant city, and any one could have told that an unlearned boy directed the eavelops. Thore, wag a little a" in * Dewoit,” with a big “T”’ to end the word, and it seemed wonderful that the letter ever teached its destination. ‘The oid bare felt get that, tears in her eyes and yet trying hard to smile, she pa ha fto tbe window and said; = PabBet “Thanks! It'y from my bov Dan, and don’t know how much good it does mei” The tady dolivery clark rosa ap to look after the old woman, and when a secocd letter came she was looking and watching for “mother” 4s whole day before the latter was passed out. - “It's from my little Dan again,” cried the old, in Buffalo, learning a trada. Gey only a bit of boy, sud there wasn’t a show for him in Detroit and besides, he was running out nights and gO- ing to the bad. Isent him away and he’s work- ing hard and trving to be good. Goud bless my: Dan! I'ma lone widow with only him to love, and I hope he'll be good |” “T hope £0, too, " added the clerk, and after that the two were friends. Sometimes the letters were far betwen and mien the old woman would worry over the delay, an eo big teara would fall, the lady would almost shed tearn with her, “Mother” would open her letters at the window, and if Dan was fealing brave-hesried and gettin; wong well both would rejoice, while both still be anxious if he complained and was dis- couraged. Almost every week fors year and » half the old lady recerved a letter, aod just ss regularly she came to post an answer. She ‘wrote ina quaint old hand, but the boy conld make out every word, and once when he wrote that ner | writing was improving she felt all the pride which a shool-girl could have shown. He im- proved as well. By and by he wrote ‘ Detroit” plain and fair, and he took extra pains to com | mence bis—*Stcer mother ” with a grand flourish, and to add something extra after the words: “Your Son Dan.” N ‘Those letters were fcod and dink to the old Indy, and she seemed to actually grow yonngers Little Dan had many friends in the Post-O! aud had the mother been ill auy carrier would bave buntoa till midnight to find ber and hand her the looked-for letter. or four weeks ago when she opened her letter ehe wert and siniled as ovcr the first. Dan wrote that ha was coming home for a week, and her heart waa full. She said she'd have the cottage looking like new for bim, and she'd be at the depot to weicome him firet of all. Everybody folk glad with her, and the Isdy clerk ‘was to go up some evening aud bave tea with ber and see little Dan and praise and encourage him, for tha more kind words a boy can baye the better will he seek to do. There was no letter the next Tuesday, but the two excused its absence by saying that Dan was getting ready tocome home, That was early in March. The next Tuesday there was s letter, but the handwriting was not little Dan’s. Ii ‘Was 8 strange, business band, and the clerk felt acbill go over ber sa abo turned it over. It might good news, but she feared not. “Mother” came in at the regular hour, and sha turned pale as she. took the envelope. Her. fingers trembled as she opened it, and she had to wipe the mist out of her eyes before she could decipner a word. She hadn’t read over four on five lines when she uttered a moan and of early training. On the Monday night, after | for poigoning at tho Strasburg Assizes. Her the ususl bail, the Prince had to undergo the ordeal of “chairing,” with which the cadets take farewell of the most popular mombers of name is Brigitte Barckel, and she is descnbea | *B¢ Commission’ Claes, 48 8 pure Alsacienne, possessing all the beauties ‘THE WICKEDNESS OF A BEARD, of her race. She appeared in court dressed in the traditional costame, which bas become so popular in Paria since the loss of Alsace. Berlin correspondence of the London Tele- graph: Germany is, on the whole, a conntry of Briggitte seems to have been vory fond of married life, but unfortunately does not appear to have rational liberty se regards the adjustment of hair and beard. In this respect, every man, as a general rale, be he soldier, Iaxyer, magiatrate, met witb a buaband entirely suited to her tastes. | tinker, or tailor, is allowed and exercises his full Her first venture was with an honest laborer | right of private juigment without any sort of pamed Hochatatter, ant died beforo nthe honey- | ;nterference fromabove. Dat Herr Consistorial- moon was over. She next married a young é Freneb soldier on bis return from captivity in | th Heel, on to the. great philosopher, has 1871, 20d he also died a few months after the ‘wedding, Bhe then looked oat foy a decided that the line muét be drawn someshere, and has accordingly drawn it at parsons, over third husband, but failed to find him, and in sf order to console her second widowhood, made whom alone he can claim any species of an- thonty. A gentleman, lately elected as a pastor the asintaace of a tradesman named Schall. Bat was married, and his wife was in the by eome Eutheran community, presented himself way. Briggitte secretly resolved to get rid of a few days ago, according to law, for the neces- sary ratilication before Mr. Hegel, Covsistorial her. Ske went to a chemist's, and asked for some arsenic “to kill her rate,” but the chemist Councilor for the Province of Brandenburg, refused ; however, he gave hor a phosphorus who -at once refused to tender the oath to the applicant on tho ground that ha wore mous- sank neht down, like one crushed by somo ayiah Tent bfted her uo pod toox her ome, the lat elsaped in ber, stiff fin; and, though she came out of the faint ahr Re Bee: heart was broken, and in a week sho wag in if grave. Dan was dead! The letter said thet be had been taken suddenly ill, and that cathing couid save him. The biow was too heavy for ona with her gray hairs asd chilaish beart, and hor litsle old cottage 1s without a tenant. No more lettera commencing “Dear Mother” come for the dead,‘and the trembling hands whicb uséd’ to “fondly over the wei “aly dear bos.” Den, "Bre folted over # life- ious breast, thera'to rest till the angels unclasp em. “Here you've been snd bought an Ulster overcoat, rey, when the wipter’s most over ;’ and you're all the while wbintuget me Lecauso Tm ae economical.” Sn, dearest! dou’ you seo I can pawn everything elue but m: and nobods"ll notice it 2” . yi ootey The fond past backward brings, so ing réfased to quit the theatre. As the perform- erin question is the largest and fiercest of the six lions which recently appeared in th> “Pi ules da Dinble,” under the managemen: uf the j Yioo-tamer, Pezon. it wil be ssen that tio posi- tion Je anything but a2 serenlle one. It seems ong are traust from plice to eachin a small, separate °: eid noe oker any. ézcase | 1 ne Chatalet they were one in asingle D sentent er sé normous dimensioas, wherein thi to death. She received the jodgment with | Comparative freedom of motion. Oe the. cone angagem a | undertoor to. replace “them tn On ar- On the con- i peak e ama He succeeded admirstly. with five the sixth and largest one of sil rebellions, and practically vows that Neither coaxing or The bnge beast rofnsea to leava Woman 8 she noted the superscription. “He's - February, and be was to come about the let of -