Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, July 4, 1875, Page 3

e —— I ——————" v e ——————— ——— THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SUNMDAY,: JULY" 4 1875.~SIXTEEN PAGES. e ————— e ——————————— T ———————— = AMUSEMENTS. e Prospects of the Coming Musical Season. ¥ew Organ at Plymonth Chureh—Conserva- tory of Musie. The Opera on the Continents:- Obituary. The Advent of * The Two Orphans” —Daly's Company, Theatrical Announcements for the Week. MUSIC. AT HOME, TER NEXT 82ASON. Alihougs the masical season is cloded, miove- ments are already on foot with regard to the pext bbs20D, abd the most important of these Jooks to tho possibilits of a festival next spring, yith Theodore Thomas at the head of it. It would be premature a8 yet {o announce any de- falls, but we sy state that Mr. Thomas bas peen i ecorrespondence for some time past with » prominent musical leader of the city, sad has ot only expressed his bearty desire to come ‘ut hes given his views in fall relative to the conduct of the festival from & musical point of view. The matier will undoubtedly come before our pecple in some shape before Jong, a8 if the festival is to bs given at all, the gerions work must ecommencs noi Iatet than September, and the baeiness organization and ties must be consummated before that fims. While it 8 sincerely to be boped that the. festival may take piace, those havidg it in should move carefully and considerately, sod the muelcians of this city should pe s unit in giving it their support ad earnest lsbor. Withont & cordial and unsolmons effort on the part of our usizess men to give it & financial support, and sn equally cordisl and upanimous endeavor upon the pert of all our sociedes and singers, botn American and German, it would be worse than' pseless to make the attempt. Better never have sfestival than to have s failore, From this point of view, in fsct. it may be etated that Nr. Thomes will not undertake the Work unless he ¢an huve the beartiest co-operation of all con- cerned. If we are to have the nsual crop of musical jeslonsies spring up consequent upon the sonouncement of a festival, the project had be drepped, and our Bocieties go_on Wwith their individual efforts a8 heretofore. But if all are willing to work together in the ranks, we can have s fertival next spring which may give usa simior to that now enjoyed by Oincin- peti. 18 Chucsgo ready forit ? THR LEDOCHOWSKI CONCERT. " The Chioago Conservatory Coacert Friday evening at the rooms of W. W, Kimball was an event that called together & very large audionce and deserves specisl notice. These entertain- wments bave always been enjoyable, character- ized aa they bave been by mauny excellent and we might ssy artistio features. This concert particalarly was prominent and more especially worthy of mention as it wes the occasion of the firee appesrance of two piano debutants, Miss Mortza and Mise Satterly. Of the former we mast say that it'is seldom that an audience is treatad to such an intelligent performance of dehamann, by so-called artiste, a3 was given by thus young lady, sud when we coomider that {his was ber firet public performauce we caunot bot regard it remarkable in s great degrea. Such itive falént as was evinced must cer- iy be attended with most flattering results. Mios Satteriy also is antitled to mucn eredit for the extremely delicate and careful performance of the ballsd, in G minor, of Chopin,and, like the former, bas & bright foture before her. The voeal part of the programme was s pleasant fea- tars of the evening, bat, had not the effect been marred by an overpowering accompaniment the resnlt would have been more satisfactory to the young ladies and far more pleasant to the audi- ence. Mikses Hoyne aud Lyon, and Mr. Csrl in, contrituted the yocal oumbers. 'The pharing of Mr. Ledochowski was, if posmble, in excess of his usual high standard, He is vo- doubtedly one of the most conscientious artists e have among us, and it is always a pleasure to bearhim. Thess entertminments should occur ore frequentiy. DEDICATION MUSIC AT PLYMOUTH CHURCH. At the dedication of the new Plymouth Church to-day (morning and evening) the following musie will be given: ‘The organ of the old Piymou hich baa Leen doing service of at St. Mary's, bas been removed to than.:;chnrahlnd baa nnder- a thorough repair restopping at & cost of ‘::e.rsl thousand doliars. Asits spacifications are v:r{lmnbexiflly changed, musicians will be glad to have the specifications on They are 20w as follows : . 4 i3 i i s ! i . i papppppr EEESepapmeppp BEEEomupn Clazi 3. Dtner 8 e b e s verao, 1. Open diapascn, 58 pipes L Hoot fiata, 0 § boot tate a.o&:,;':.' :%um mifi t'flnunn gpp& ¥ o e L Orupler grest to pedale, - i»lmfin-wslw ‘podale, < ‘Wumwwm & Sompler swell to choz, & Supier swell to great, 2 R rm ek S mmola. 1. Beliows alarm, 1 dayu o g EDALE NOVETR, lflfl':mblevvxhumm ! & Sraat organ £ & Svell g Foprer 7 4 Bwill organ piana. TEE UNITY CECROR COMCERTY. The wark of setting up the new Unity Church :’“"PNMK finely, and everything will 2 resdiness for the concert on the 16th inst. o> Cary, notwithstanding the fact that some ‘*‘Plymhvemmahnnflwnmvpedur— 28 the past waek: will be hero for the concert, At OFraame of which will be published here- = TEE APOLLO CLUB. . The next rebarsal of the Apollo Club will ooy b waok (T3 Tk The regul tendance both in numbers and time, 8 o'clocl tions are to be striot as hymmpt :t shatp being thié hour for rehiaarsal to commence, when every member is 63 ba in his Place. ¥ _ | MUNICAL COLLEGE MATINEB. A foatineo will be given at the Musical Coliege Saturday aftérnoon, comitiencing at4 o'clock, with the following programme : 1. Cintasis-Tiprompttl. ... .; = P Lowis, Ociteri, Choit thou that Killest” —(' gt, Aleg 7. Somat op. 20..., P . Louis Oevlerle. L 3Muss Carrie Parenport, 9. Valss GApHCe. ..obnniaenvaann - Rtibenatéin, Mus Clara fur Apropos of the Musical College, it wilibe & pleasant announcement that its director, Mr. Ziegfetd, who 8 now in New York, has struck & gebuine bohanga in the engagément of 3 ew Maliau voeal tescher, 7he has long enjoyed an envisble reputation n that city, and will come here with the highesr recomtnendations from Strakosch, Meretzek, and others. His name is Gmaapfs Napoleone Carozzi. He is said to0 be not Ouly s first-class teacher, but aleo a fine pistist, organist; And ‘cellist, -and has had large experience in the Italian opea business. Jennie Van Zaudt and other leading eingers havae been smong hié pupils. fis eugagement is for three years, commencing Bept. 18. Apparently, he will £l & place that has long been vacant in Chicago, _l?“: of a first-class teachér of the Italian echool. TCRNER HALL. The Turner Hall managers have arranged & Fourth of July progremme for this evening as follows : 1, Overture on American National Aird. 4, Grand Trio Eccentrio. The Prage 8. Duet for Mandolin and Ziether. 4. Potpou e, Wum’{' rr o 5 Fantasio— tar Bpangied Danner 7. 6. Tyrolean Soni ien Al ger. 7. * The Rivals” (for two violins). Cart and Hubert Frager. 8, 4 Traumarei”,. 9. Cat Duet.. o Carl and Itubere Prager. 10. Overture to “ Orpheus . 1L Thoussnd-and-One Nights elenis Quadrille. Mr. W. H. Branley, the tenor, bas been in- duced to remain in Chicago, having sccepted an engagement &8 tenor in Trinity Episcopal Church at a very large salary. Ho is slready engaged for several oratorio concerts during the next seagon; also for councerts ia Boston, Indianapolis, and Kansas City. On the 6th inst. he takes part in & concert at Sedalia, Mo, ey ABROAD. NEW PUDLICATIONS. In this dull season at home, musicians may liko o kmow what the composers in Earope are doing in new music, and for this reason we take the fol- lowing sunouncements from the Musikalisches Wochenblatt, of Leipzig, June 4, of music by the best known German writers: Five impromp- tns in waltz form fpr the piano, four bands, by Arnold Krog ; an arrangement of Chopin's con- certo, op. 21, by Refnecke; & prelude for violin, op. b. by Bivger; thres interludes, op. 3, and five choral prelades, op. 4, for the organ, by Piutti; two nocturnes for piano, by Recken- dorff ; * Buffer little children to come unto Me,” cantata for sopranos sod altos, by Behletter- er; mass in D for two choirs, op. 46, by Rich- tor; requiem for quartette, op. 84, by Rhem- berger; motette, * Why Art Thou Troubled, M Soul,” op. 44, by Jadassohn ; and a sonatipa in for piano, by Witte. ‘e are indebted to E. A. Samucls, Boston, for two new songs: * Darling Lillie May,” by ¥. J. Keller, and * I Think of Thee,” by E. Brooks. BAGGED EDGES- A lady who attended au amateur opera in Pittsburg sends this bombshell into the ranks of the performers : The physical degeneracy of the-men of our day has seldom been 8o fully dispiayed in pablic a8 during the two recent performances of the Bose of Castile by the Gounod Cluv. I was there on Friday night, and was astousbied almost beyond mecsurs at the exhibition of sbriveled limbs, bandy legt, and knock-knoes of their ‘male possessors. It was a revelation to me; far poor, untufored child of nature that 1 wm, I had supposed, from frequently Socing thess same young men on the strect and in the drawing-room, wearing elegant suits of fine clothes, that they wero shapely and comely in form, but the delusion’ was rudely dispalled by the anatomical display. 1 desire to say to tha gentlemen of the Gounod Club that, before they slng snother time in public, it wouid be well for them fo make arrangements with voma ylaning-zatil for n supply of sawdust witki which to All up their ontline, and tons down the ragged edges. VERDY'S REQUIEM. A dispateh to the London T¥mes from Vienns, dated June 14, says: The first production of Verdi's “Roquiem” at the Opera-House has been & great succoca, The house was fall, and the composer, at his entrance, was_received with stormy applause, such as has never been wit- Dessed tn the Opera-House since iis opening, The enthusissm, instead of diminishing, went on increis- fug. With such an orchestrs and chorus as the Oprra-House boasts of. and with such singers as Mee- dames Stalzand Waldman, and Messrs, Masini and Medini, who had studied their paris under Verdis guidance, ite representation was all but perfoct. Had the calls for an ancore been sttended 10, almost every number would .iave had to be repoated. This sucoess is 80 much the 7noro fatiering to Verdi, as the musical tuste of Vienna fnolines very mnch ‘Wagper, At the end of the performanca the Director of the Opera-House presented Signar Verdi witha 1surel wreath. AN INCIDENT IN WACHTEL'S LIFE. 1 send you herewith a touching little incident narrated to me by a friend in Leipzig, who was present on the occasion mentioned. The cen- tral figure in the story is one so weill known to your Ameriean readers that I feel sure anything about him must be of general interest. The Opera-House is thronged with an expect- ant sudfence, for Theodore Wachtel is to appear in * Der Postilion von Lonjumesau,™ and ali Leip- zig must hear um. Perhaps more than one per- son m'that assemblage is thinking what a fine :h.in;i]ithtobe a favorite sctor, and wishing that he could exchange placcs with Wachtal. The sudiepce even fency that he must be as im- patient as they . for the curtain to rise aud the opera to begin. While they are waiting, let us take & peep back of the scenes. Tns postboy stands at the threshold, snd the attendants look from one to anotber With -awe-struok fsces. Through the half-open door of a dreasing-room we see the celebrated Wachtel in an agony of grief, and can easily guess that the paper he has dropped on the floor is a telegram with bad news. In trath it 18, for it brings word that hus youngest oo is dying and wanis to see him. He cannot go ; the andience must not be disappointed ; ke must swallow the lump fhat rises in his throat till it almost choker him, and aesume sll the gayety of Chapelon, the Postilion of Lovjumean. At the end of the second sct, while the sudience i8 making the honss ring with applause, Wachtel is reading another tele- gram. g‘hh one tells him that his son is dead. At the end of the third act he thnills the aundi- ence a8 he singe * Gute Nacht, mein Herzliches Kind." They think the postilion i8 singing that song, bat we know that Theodora Wachtel 18 bid- ing his child a last good night.—Correspondence New York Eveming Post. OBITUABY. Julios F. G. Schuberth, the head of the great music pablishing firm of Schuberth & Co., of Leipsic, died at his Iate residence in that city on the gth ult. Mr. Schuberth, who did so much for the advancement of music, was born July 14, 1804, in Magdeburg, Where a¢ the ago of 15he began the study of music. In 1826 he began buginess a8 a publisher of music, maps, ‘and ‘books st Hamburg, and succeeded so well that he established a branch houss in Leipsic in 1882, and one in this city in 1850. In I853 ke trans- ferred the Hamburg establishment to his brother Fritz, and concentrated his wholesale business at Leipsic, where it has sivce continued, with branches in the princips] citjes of Europe and Amerioa, the house bers baing represenied by Eaward Schuberth & Co., of No. 28 Tnion aguare. 3 qm. Echuberth visited this coantry frequently, ‘having orossed the Atlantic a3 many a8 Sixty-8ix times, He came for the first time a¢ manager for bis friend, Ole Bull, He was on intimste terms with Vienxtemps, Sphor, Schumann, and other distinguished musicians and composears. He was & warm friend of the Abbe Liezt, and published the later works of that composer, such sa the Oratorioof Christ " and the ** Bhap- 0. Mr. Schuberth’s services met with “honorable recognition. In 1348 the King swarded him the gold medsl ‘of M;;and‘ix‘zhl‘s'mham of &:Gmflmnfl of arphestrs Waiiag, W ko sontarrad ob b it Qrdas &2 | sented to produce bis Merit. In his publications, he has left endnring evidence of his enterprise and taste, edi- tions of the gtest German composers are &plen- did wnr_lltu of art, and hia *“ Musical Dictionarr” & compil eat merit. He way : lent vl):ilinixt. mr]g;hycd also other i“;rr:":ex::: an acquired great werzlth. nndumn.-ed considea- @ property in this city a8 wel i —_ New York Tribune. i *aia Exrope 1t fo now sald bt Brsgnolt s now nignoll wi { jéns in‘Italin opera nexflmdn?l oot Lok Mr. Bess’ English Opers Troupe appeared at Maguire's, in San Francisco, on June 29. . Verdi's *Aids,” with Miss Hauck gs the hero- ine, has proved highly attractive at Pesth. The violinist, Wieniawski, by with the Cross of St ARao by the Huscas e peror. Mr. Myroft W. Whitney, the Boston basso, and M. Fred Packard, tho teror, 8aiied in the Ghina for Europe on Saturday last from New York. Mr. Gye, Who is of course ‘“‘short™ of tenors, bas sigoed a three seasons’ engagement with M. Capoul, commencing on the 13th ot June, 1870. Blg. Carpl was to replace Nicolinl in the Covent Garden version of * Lohengrin ™ on the 17th uit. The opera still maintains ite popular- ity in London. Ofienbach is .at present at Etrotat, where he is writing the music of his opers, ‘*La Creole," which will be theé chief piece of the winter ges~ £0n at the Bouffes: Gonnod’s *‘Romeo and Juliet” is produced in Paris, Mlle. Dalti singing Juliet Mme. Miolan-Carvatho, notwithstanding lier age, made a remarkable sucodss id the ¢haracter, Herr Johann Btranss, delighted with the stc~ oesd of ** Lo Reine Indigo " at the Renaissancs,. has promised to return to Paris in the autumn and write a new opera for the French stage. Herr Carl Erebs, the father of Miss Marie Krebs, tne pianist, celebrated at Dresden on the et ult, the Twenty-fith annivorsary of his ap- pointmens a8 capelimeister to the King of Saxony. Mr. Tracy W. Titus has arranged to givo comio opera at the ontipodes. He gailed from Sau cisco last Monday in the City of melbonrns for Australis with his new prima donns, Miss Emilie Melville. Mr. Tennyson; or his publisher, receives the handsome sum of $15,000 or 220,000 annually from composers who make a business of settiug the Laoreate's poems to music. The charge for permission to sot poem has beon fixed, at 325, and the applications average two or three a day. Mr. Springer's gift of £125,000 for anew music hall in Cincinnati will dndoubtediy secure that proposed edific to the city. The condition of the gift, that 125,000 more be added, is now certain to be mét. Of the desired amount 50,000 hae alrendv been raised, and the remsin. der is 28 good a8 promised. It has been Qetermined to hold a grand musical festival in the autuma of pext year in the new Public Hall at Glasgow. Prof. G. A. Macfarren has agreed to write n mnew cantata for the occasion, the ' subjéct being Sir Waltor Soott’s ‘Lady of the Lake.” 3. Gounod has also con- atorio, ‘*Calvary,” at the same musical gathering, and to conduct the work in person. The Duke of Edinburg has, it is underatood (the Athencum says), conposed. and iu private played, several pieces of his own,—solos for the violin and violonosilo, and duets for the violin snd flate, It is likely they will soon be published to the world. We learn that the most ambitious of these musleal novelties—a concerto (quintet) in E minor—hus racantli been playsd, in an poonymouns form, in many London draw- ng-rooms. Herr Doppe, of Berlin, a professor of music, has invented & cariond method of learning to play the pianoforte. Ho rases the piano by means of wooden blocks pluced under the legs to such & height that when the player sits on aa ordinary mausie stool he has to hold his hands on a lovel with his eyes in order to resch the keys. Herr Doppe_thivks this is the true positioa in which to cultivate_and acqnire strengtl. and delicecy of touch. He bas many pupile, and some Americans siudying: under hia direction write from Berlin that he has found the very secret of Liszt’s wonderful power on the piano, The manuseripts left by Dooizetti have re- eently been examined at Borgamo, and among them are two unpublished and unheard operas, with French texts, *“Le Dgc d'Albe’ and “Deux Hommes et nne Femme.” The libretio of the former (which is by Scribe) is to be trana- lated into Italian, and one acconnt says that the opera will be performed at Bergamo next seeson. Other accoants state, however. thal, owiog to the almast illegible handwnting snd the puz- zhing manper in which Donizett: generally noted down Lis music, & careful examiostien by ex- perts will be necessary before it can be deter- mined how these relics shall be given to the world. The Pall Mall Gazette of the 18th ult, sa) ““The performancas at the opers-houses have again been chicfly ropetitions. The principal novelty at the Roval Italian Opers has been the mppearsnce of Alle, Thalberg as £herubino in “La -Nozze di Figaro,” with Mile. Albani as La Contessd. The other parformanées bave been *“La Traviata,” ** L'Africaine,” ' La Figlia Reguimento,” and * Lohemgrin.” At Her Majesty's *‘Semiragide” has been twice per- formed, with Mlle. Titiens and Mlle. Trebell- Bettini, and “La Sonpambuls" with Mlle. Varesi. * Lohengrin™ is at last to be given on Satorday next. with Mma. Nilsson as Eisa, Mlle. Titiens a8 Ortrud, and Signor Campanini as Lo- hengrin.” The fuveral of the late well-known organist and composer, Dr. J. H. Wilcox, took place on chnemilgo last, from the Church of the Im- maculate Conception, in' Boston. The remains were_inclosed in s casket covered with black brosdeloth, with silver mountings, strewn with flowers, and rested on a catafalque in the centre aisle. The sanctuaryand altar, as well ag cata~ falgne and surroucdings, were chastely draped. with black and white cra] bat by special re- quest of the deceased the services were exceed- ingly simple. The muslc, a mass of Bchmidt, and s benediction by Wilcox, was sweetly ren- derad by a choir selected from the old friends and associstes of the decessod, under the direc- tion of Alr. George L. Lloyd, who presided st tho organ. At the conclusiou of the Bervices the remaing were conveyed to Mount Aubarn, Cam- Enridge, and deposited in the Chickering family mb. The New York hippodrome concerts are not, 2q perhaps it s hardly necessary to say, greatly favored by the musical. The fact is, 8 band i§ essentially an out-of-doors affair, and is inevit- ably coarse and rude under cover, however large the building. The New York Tribune says that there is a deal of the best music which it nover ought to attempt anywhere, thongh, it adds, “ Mr. Gitmore doss not admit tbis. He attempts *Lohengrin’ and ‘Tannhauser’ as confidently a3 a Strauss’ waltz or a soldiers’ march, aud he makes a bad mess of them both, and would do little with them were bis band much_better than itis." Mr. Gilmoge, the critic further declarss, does not indicate that he possesses the artistic instinet necessary to make a. fine conductos *There was a carious illustration of the da ciency of which we speak in the potpourri from ¢ Lohengrin,” the coarseness ‘of which was so marked—coarseness of conception, we mesn, rather than of exeontion—that at _least one pas- £age was very much as if the Knight of the Swan had gon® marching with a target company," e N THE DRAMA, i CHICAGO AMUSEMENTS, DALY'S COMPANY. Daly has ceased, and Hart Jackson tekes his place—more thap his place—for he brings us s drams 88 well a3 8 company. The play-going world forgets Daly and his *“Bonanz: thinks only of Hart Jackson and his *Two Or- phans.” Its ouriosity, merely, has. been grati- fied, and it turns its back upon the past three weeks in laoking forward to the next fogr. Like | Time, it " Ts like s fashionable host That alightly shakes his parting guest by the And, wish his arms outstretched s he would 8y, Grosps in the comer, Welcome ever emiles, And Farewell goos out eighing. Perhsps Mr. Daly would prefer to follow out the quotation, and infer the folly of the public in turping from his * Big Bonanza™ with one consent to praise the new-born gods; but the emile of welcome and the eigh of farewell will not be abated thereby onse jot or tittle.” He will be sighed away to Ban Francisco, to be-forgot~ ten by the worshipers who tum to tae strange gods. His reluctance to .do so wouid be lesa pogitive had- his profita been more marked, but after all be has dons fairly well—no worss than-his pieces deserved. San Francisco will give him the same welcome Chicagp 80 heartlly offered, and will be tréated botter. Ha will play soma of his “better pieces there, and show off his companyin ** Divorce,"” #London Assurance,” ‘ Man and Wife,” and * 4 Behool for SeandsL.” Then, too, he will have s company whose nfic;‘l:vy will be in- Toaeinen o2 Ve, pairyce, Witk otuad changes, - The Hooley dombination have worked the ‘‘Bopanza™ for all it is worth, and, though AMt. Dalf's atlists may possibly graesnl: the plece in & quaintér and more agreen- le form, S8an Francisco play-goers must be ueer peoplo if they can atand much more of it. +. Daly's company presented some new mem- verd a8 compsred with last seasoni, Mr, Har- Kins, who played leading'parts, has been keep- ing the * Bouanza " alive in New York, and & young Englishman, Mr. Maurics Barrymore. hag been pleying his parts for him, . Mr. Bartymors i8 » young man of only fair promise, but may gomie day make a good actor in panhtaloon parts; He evidently lacks experience and finish. Miss Jeffreve ILewis, - who takes the place of Miss Ada Dyas a8 leading lady, on the othér hand, hds a ripe and at- trsctive methiod, & dashing atyle, and a carrisge in which grace and strength are very happily combined. The two parts she has glnyad are weak (orshé wonld not have had them), and bave done little more than .introduce her to Chicago audiences. ~Miss Rigl has dispiayed some capacity for acting, but slie is very aneven, Mr. John Drewappears to bea young man of good abilities, bui ss ho bas been confined to the “Bonanga” it it is difficult to judge of his capacity. The compsny leaves the city this marning, plays 8 night or two in Omahs, and five weels in Ban Francigco. ¥ a “THE TWO ORPHANS." Tho great event of the season in theEsst is unguestionsbly the “Two Orphsns,” as the loading theatre of that city now Is undoubtedly tho Ution Square. The prodiiction of the piece i8 an event which'should be ths dramatic sensa- tion of the year in "this clty as it was fn New *York. I has run'for seven months in the metropolis, and was played longer, and made Mmore 'money than sny piecs, the ** Black Crook” alone excepted. It 1iag besn played by othar cotnpanies in other cltiew, Mr. Hart Jackson, $he adapter, reserving whe right for Chicago for the purpose 6f bring- in‘iit out himeelf, and with ‘the eame company which played it in the East. Hence, if we get it Iater than some of our neivkbors, we have the best of them in getting it at 1ta best. The Union Square Theatro has during the past two years tisen to the leading position in the country. Under the management of Mr. Sherldan Shook and Mr. Palmerit has becoms the most successinl gecqninrilg, and the most popular. ‘The rups achigved by ‘“Agnes,” #One Hun- dred Yesrs Old,” “The Geneva Croes,” **Led Astray," *“ Jane Eyre,” and ‘‘The Sphinz,” had proven that, while the company was second to none in New York, the judgment and taste of Mr. Palmer, the active apirit of the theatre, were remarkably trne. Previous to the production of “The Two Orphans,” much curiosity and aston- iehment had been aroused by an altempt to kill it in advance of its birth. An adaptation of it had been attempted already by a gontloman remarkable rather ~for his geuius than hls . principle, and. he - hed been compeiled o give it up as » hopeleas taek. An allusion to 1t in the public prints as & coming sensation gave this favored playwright & chance to condemn it a8 shockingly immoral, full of im- proyricties of the wost glaring deseription, and 8 play not to be tolerated by manager or public for a single'night. There seemed to be a spirit of persecution in the way in which public and players were prejudiced against 1t. Its construc- tion waa condemned, befors anybody but Mr. Jackeon, - Mr. Palmer, and " the players, had seen it; its plot was severely eriti- cised, although. the Eaghsh version of it had not yet been made knewn to anybody out- sde of the theatre. The public was g0 fully convinced shat the play was & failurs, that whan the piece really did appear, everybody wanted to bebold this ~ frightfal drematic ~deformity. Meanwhile Mr. Palmer paid no attention to these efforts to silence him. Assured of the ex- celleuce of the.piecs, he meraly waited for an opportunity, and while the ** Shaugraun” waa in the first flush of its immense saccessnt Wal- lack's, Ls produoed the *Two Orphans.” Press and publioc were alike delighted with it. The theatre was jsmmed nightlv, and for weeks the unusual sight 'was seen of two theatres gituated in the same block, crowded with immende audiences, and on many occasions ornamented with announce- ments of *8tanding room only,” and * No more money'taken.” Naturally the *Two Orphans,” which appealed to no prejudico of mationality, enjoyed the patronage of the best clags. Itis nob a safs thing usnally to pass judgment in ad- vance oo & play, no matter how highly praised, but the eulogies bestowed by the New York pa- pers on this plece were superlative. One fnflu- ential newspaper cordially recommended it to the clergymen and tieir fallowers who distrusted the stage and condemned it a8 an incentive to vicious living. Al praised the skill and abil- ity of the adapter in eliminating aven the faint- est suggestion of impropriety, and leaving D'Ennerv's beautiful story vivid, pictaresque, and sbsorbing. Besides these commendations are the indorsements of a seven-months' run in New York, an eleven-months’ run in Paris, and aron of e:ght monthsin London, where it is still playing to -crowded houses, It is dueto Mr. Jackson, whose pieoe it is, to ssythat he has paid Chicagd sudiences the compliment of ra- serving the «uight to play his own company here in precisely tue same roles they played in New York, He has sent on mod- els for the scenery, which have been faithfully copied, and will be used at Hooley's Thestre. Mr. Tom Maguire has been liberal beyond ex- pectation, and bas given Mr. Miller, who is act- ing maunger in his absence, carte blanche for eversthing required of him. Mr. Jackson’s en- thosissm has kindled him, and there ia s deter- minstion ali ronnd to make the engagement a most brilliant success. ‘The company is composed of some of the very best artiets in the country. Mr. Cbarles Thorne is not personally known here, but his reputation a8 an actor is known everywliore. On his recent visit to England he was spoken of in the highest terms of commendation by the newspapers, and ostablished himself: as s general favorite in & very short time. Mr. M:Kee Rankin is known in the city a8 - & gcod actor, and has many friends bers. Mr. Mackay is in many respects the most remarkable- actor in the country. Ten years or &0 ago he was playing st McVicker's Theatrs when McVicker's company was colebrated. He played eccentric old man and charactor parts, and thers are many confirmed play-goers in the city who will remember him as a brilliant, studious, and vereatile artist. His performance in * The Two Orphans " has been written about in New York by the column, has been tho theme of converss- tion atb the clubs and breakfast-tabies of the city. The public may be prepared to see Some vivid acting on his part. Mr. Coggswell is not unknown In Chicago, Messrs. Thorpe, Mont- gomery, Mathews, sod Morris wore selocted originally with a8 view to their fitness to represent tha characters of this vivid drama. Miss Eate Olaxton played in Chicagoa few years ago. -She was not much more than & beautifal girl then, with taleats which have since developed themselves, and which mark her as one of the most accomplished artists of the day. Miss Kitty.-Blanchard is also not a stanger here. Of Missa Fanny Morant thera is perhaps no necessity to speak. Mrs. Williems will be remembered by ber asgociation with tbe original Wyndham company, which was g0 cordially received here. Miss Ids Vernon and. Miss Stanton are strangers, The scene of the play is laid jn Paris at the close of the eighteenth centary. The cast will be as followa: Chevaller Maurice De Vaud- i weesseresees b . Mr, Charles B. Thorne, Jr. Jacques McEea Rankin Plerre M. £.F. Mackey AMr, J,' W. Thor, Picard . Tiovigomery Msrqui v, W. J. Cogawell Doctar.. Oftleer of the Guard. Lafenr.. tin. -Miss Rate Claxton Hittle B\;flchlrfl There will be two mat o ere 0 matinees & week, a8 at this theatra, W:dnudny and 'seamds;,:!‘!u- noons. . THE ACADKIY OF XUSIC. Just nOw we are in the thick of patriotic cele- brations,—between two fires, literally, Celebra+ tion began yesterdsy, and will not end until to- morrow. Consequently the thestres are mot looking beyond the holiday entertsinments as & ::::ie;d m:kén“_gn lll:nnnty Aftornoon ‘?uisfiav will t 8 of 90T i * xaslaied by bl trom . Qo erisas) Monday pight is the iast of Mr. Gardiner's drs- il cley Tha Dags of 76 * sad oo ar- hres hnd:edy pieces, ; st X'VICKER'S THEATRE, i 1t often happens that on ' the depsriure of & theatrical organization from a houss, a band of negro-minstrels ¢omes in to take its place. Daly’s company having left McVioker's Theatre, Haverty's Mipstrels step in. This company is known a8 8 good one, having jusé coacinded s gyl sapagenant 9 e Academy o Musid, In addition to the artists who played on the West Side there will be Mr. Billy Courtright, aclaver Ethiopian comedian who has become known as one of the inatitutions of the Adélpbi. There are 8¢mo new acts, the performance soa- cluding with Stanley’s *: comic opers " entitled “La Grand Jubilee.” Next week Duprez & Beriedict's minstrel company follow for a Week. has a strong bill for the week, with many new features of decided interest. JIORRISSEY AS A FIRATE. Actitg under instructions from Mr. Daly, Mr: James Morrissay, now in San Francisco, obtained the aesistance of two phonographers to take down Mr, Hooley's version of *Ultimo.” He took & proscenium box, and with a lady to dis- atm suspicion, followed up the plece for some time. They wera détected, however, and sum- marily ejected from the theatrs, upon what slender legal fiction we ars-not told. What Dely wants_with the dialogue of “Ultimo™ is clesr enough, Morrissey evidentiy supposes that muen of it {8 fdentical with ' Bzzanes,” and i8 preparing for & suit. PERSONAL- Madsme Janauschek sails for Melbourne two Weeks from to-morrow. Bartley Cawpiell was in the ¢ity yssterday, en route for Brooklyn, where he expects to open & new theatre. Boucicaalt is delaying.the production of * The Shaughraun” uotil July 12 in San Francisco, when he aud Ddly will be brought into collision. Montague is with him there. It is stated bn good authority that Mr. Leon- ard Grover will leave the city next week for Brooklyn, where Le will be associated for the summer with Col. Sinn, st the Park Theatre. Madanie Ristor{ sailed for Australia, Owing to the sudden death of Big. Cdsare Ristori, her party missed the steamer. Their absence was discovered in time, and after some little tronble they were safely embarked. A ROMANCE OF THE MIDDLE AGES. CHAPTER I Fatima wae the most beauteous of maidens: Her hair shone like golden threads in the sun- light, and oh! what soft, what mellow, what tender dreamy eyes, that would put to shame the luxurions Odalisque. Oneglance from theirdivine depths was worth & lifetime of sgony; her mouth was like the red rose, hslf open, ahowing ite honied sweetness. \Whenever a peasant saw her, he would exclaim: *~Ah, my God! how beauntiful!” *Twas eveoing; the radiant and fmiltng moon was nding _higgh up in the ethereal blze in her ailyer, car, and all nature was hushed intoa goft and dreamv silence, save now and then a bird of 'paradise filled the air of the perfamed groves with a Bong Of B8weet cadence, Fatima was sitting by a golden fountain, bathnug her lovely hand in the bab- bling waters. Hor dress wad woven of silyer and bespaogled with diamonds; her divine feet were encssed in slippers curiously wrought with rubies, eméralds, porphyry, and other precious siones; she wore s head-dress of fino gossamer which cost the sum of £1,000,000.000; at her side Iay a lute. Herface wore a sad and strange expression. She saddenly cessed bathing her hand, and, seiziog her lute, swept the chords in an impassioned manner, and poured forth her soul in the fullowing improvised song, after the style of Ossian : The heart of Fatima ia sad, Her cheek is pale as the moon, Qnce it glowed liko tho sun, How her stépe are trembling and wesk, 5 Once sha wus fleet as tho bounding fawR, « XWbyis the heart of Fatima sad 7 Tho cushat eadly coos for its mata, The heart of Fatima cries for a lover, As the last words of the “nfi died awsy she plac;ul her tace in her hands and sobbed convul- sively. 2 CHAPTER IL ‘While Fatima was yet weeping,'the melancholy tones of a lute were heard in an adjoining wood, and a deap manly voice broke out in the follow- Ing song : ‘Hamesh has heard the song of ‘Fatims, 1t thrilled his soul in effably. Hamesh is & rich Prince of Persia, ‘Ho has seen the beauteous Fatima, Once he was strong as the Persian war-horse, Now he {s weak with weeping. Why does Prince Hamezh weep 50 7 Because he has no lover, Fatima is Queen of his soul He will dis without her love, As the echo of the last words were sounding gadly through the dim forest, Prince Hamesh stepped from & thicket, and stood before the enchanting Fatima, CHAPTER mL Hamesh was gloriously beantiful as he stood before her; his hair was black as midnight, ten feet lung and bnng in & mass of glorious curls about his splendid shoulders: his eye was dark and piercing; he wore a golden coat of mail, and stel beots burnished till they outshone the sun. Whon tneir ores met each quivered spasmodical- 1y for 2 moipent, and then each exolaimed: I love thee! I love theel” and fainted. When they recovered Hamesh fell at her feet, and frantically exclaimed : ** Oh, beauteous Fatima, be mine, be mine! I lova thee. adore thee, wor- ehip thee! Be mine or I shall with my good sword run my body through, and end this agony! Ob, besuteous Fat—, ba! ba! ha! my brain whirls"— Alas, before he could complete the sentence he frinted, and blood moistened his palé lips. Then the fair Fatims wound her Bnowy arms abont his neck, snd kissed i s million times, and esid: him « Oh - Hamesh, Hamesh, beloved Prince |- of Persis, awake! awake! I am thine forever. Oh, Hamesb, swake! arise! or I shall die.” She tore the gossamer from her head, and wiped the blood froma his mouth ; she hung upon his lips, and criod out: * Dear Prince of Persis, awako | arise ! my Jove! my lord! or this bright stiletto shall seek my heart.” Hamesh opeped his eyes apd murmured : * Let mo die ou thy boeom, dear ¥atima.” And now, while they sat illing'and cooing and talking of love and silver alaces, a youth rushes up to them, and address- ing Fatims, says : * 8al, the old Governor says that mess pork bas gone down $5 on_the barrel. and he's busted and aint worth a d—m. Hes discbarged Mary, the bired gal, and waots you to come to the house and cook some pork and beans.” ‘*Avaunt, wretch! I know ye not,” gaid Fatima rising; and, turning to Prince Hamesh with a #ad look and deep sigh, she addressed bim thas: **Hamesh, we must part; farewell,"—and she drew a stiletto, stabbed her- self, and fell st bis feet a corpse. Hamesh, averwhelmed -with grief and despair, drew his sward, cat off his head and fell across her dead ‘body., The two bodies were putin a8 gold coffin and baried near the fountain, and over their ve & neat monument was erected bearing this gimple and talfihing lagtndi"mnd by an un- procedented in mess pork. HENRY VINCENT. —_———— A FRATERNAL SONG. OB now, with & sweet nspiration, Let us join in the pleasures of song; To those veeking man's elovation, ‘The soft strains of music belong: We strive not for selfish promotion, Our labors the thoughiful approve, And conscience rewards our devotion To Friendship and Truth and to Lovs, The virtues we hail for our guiding, Nor startling or new do they soand; Yot, once in fair Eden sbiding, ‘With hearts kind and troe still are found: Tha goad, mnce the first sonl's creation, ‘In sge o the syring-tide of y..um' ‘Have treasured esch sweet consolation Of Friendship and Lave and of Truih, 10 all conld thes bring thelr glad misaion, Oh ! countless the wronyw that would csase; The discords of strife and ambition ‘Bo lost in the antherns of peace The emblem of war's desolation, The esgle, give place to tha do¥e; Al hearts swell & joyful oyation To Friendship and Truth and to Lovs, We gather not here {0 » union 2t parts us (rom Joved ones ot creed, ‘But come o & clover sommunion Of souls in their joy and their need ; th “Good will to msn” waving o'er s, To speed is grand triumph we move, While Hops spans a fature bofore us Of Frl dahip and Trath and of Love. ——— Hlow a Telegraph Operator Got His Dinner. Bugiale Courier, Adsyor two since & clerk in one of the tel- egraph offices In town, being the laat to leave for his dinner, found the door locked as i8 usual, bat, 88 i8 ot usual, discoverad that he had left his key.in apother coat-pocket two or three blocks 'sway, at his hotel. The windows were two stories up, sud he did not exsctly see the point of an exif kbat way. And every minute his dinner was growing cold, aud his temper cor+ respondingly hot. He rattled the doar, tried to pick the lock with a shingle. pail, and repested goftly to himself choico extracts from profsue | history, bus there ha stayed, and retief seamed 8 plll;{ngly remots, He telegraphed to St omae, Can., had it repeated to Detroit, Mich., whenes {t waa returced, acsording to accompany- ing instructions, to the Atlantic & Pacific office here on Main street, the result of which was to ssnd & boy up to his room after his key and bring i) o big offioe to relepss bum. WOMAN. A Feminine Opinion of the Beecher-Tilton Case, Skirted Sorrow—Papuan Matrimony--- Talking Like Mamma, Jooosities Connected with the Fair Sex. A WOMAN'S OPINION. Huron County (0.) Chrenicle, Two women in oné of the passenger cara on the truin on Monday morning bad views on the Tilton-Beecher business. » will tell you, "’ began one of them, looking wise and fierce, I have my motions of thia hall buéiness, and have had for some time. " This tematk bestmed to ease her s little, and lubricate the hingesof her tongue, which had become a Litté rusty over Sanday. “Yes, 80 have L™ meekly responded the other. “1 told "em last fall, " Gontinued the energetic fomale, ** that, if you'd put the bull kit of 'em in bag, &nd shake 'em up, you conldn't tell which iut'o’z}ld come out first; and I don’s care who knowsa 8he shook her hesd and clawed the air, to ’u}xeuen& the shaking of the bag as it appeared 1 her. **Yes, so sm L" murmured her companion, with 2 meek and coatrits expression, - ** As I told the widder Smith, last fall, Beecher, an’ Tilting, an’ Moulting, aud the hull kit of *em, are all of the same plece, an’ I don't cars what the jury say, they can's mske me beliave any different, an’ 1 don't care who knowsit." She pansed here for breath and toadjust her bounet, which had pitched over on one ear. +Yes, 80 do 1,” again replied the otber, gently, but with 8 muth spirit as she could master. “Yes, I have all along.” ** D'you s'pose they cm1 make me believe he's innocent after all them letters an'—an'—an’— pehaw! As I tole mother last fall, you may put the whole kit of *em in 8 bag an’ sliake "em up, sud"twould be hard to tell which would come out first. I tell you, L baye my views of tnis thing, an' I don't care who knows'it.,” By this timeshe was terribly wronght up, and was manipulating her voioe very near the Ninth Symphony. The tumult of scorn that swept over her face was fearfal to contemplate. They were going to Toledo, but, st the rate she started in, it is doubtful whether she hald out the entire journey. A SKIRTED SORROW. A New Orleans paper has the following : A case of agony ocourred yesterday at the corner of - Chartres and Cana! streets which makes the heart sad on contemplation. A young lady came aloog, hermetically sealed up by abattery of pins in one of the new styles of walking-dress, whicH, by the way, has the quality of prettiness to recommend it, whatever may be the physiological objections toit. Atthe corner she happeued to drop her baodkerohief, and 8 man near by, whom the se- quel will show to be a veritable beast in disguise, made a forward movement to ofck it up. In the act of doing 80 he recousidered his resotution, and siocod up, leaving the handkercbief where it was. The young lsdy made an agovizing appeal with a pair of brilliant black eycs to the tantaliz- ing male, but he ungaliantly remained obdurate to the mute request, and laid his Spine sgainst the lamp-post. She then made three efforts her- self to pick it up, but failed. Finally she achieved a kind of semi-cirenlar spring, such as men make who run races in sacks, aud, pickiog up the handicerchief, left rapidly, while blushes ‘went away up to her hair. il PAPUAN MATRIMONY. The Philadelphis Press ssys: “ When the gen- tle Australian concludes to shake off bachelor- hood and become a married man, or, being al- ready married, concludes to do it some mors, he puraues a courss at once simple and expeditions. Club in band, he *lays for’ the woman of his heart, and, when an opportunity for doing so without being caught occurs, he caresses her with that weapon until she falls inscusible to his feet ; then he bundles her on his shoulder, car- ries her to his sncestral hut, snd sumbles ber down in & corner to recover at her leisure—and this coostitates the ertire marriage-ceremony. I'here is a cheerful unconventionality about this way.of getung marned, which contrasts very {avorably with the cambrous methods for accom- phshing the vame end in vogae in lands donom- inated civilized, and doubtless many an unfortu- nate Caucasian couple matrimonially inolined compelled to stand the tire of unmeaning ‘con- gratulations ' sod to bresst the Hood of absurd social customs, do greatly envy the freedom from bother enjoyed by their Papuan cousins in the far South Bea.” TALKING LIKE MAMMA. “Jack!" screamed s bright-eyed, golden- haired, fair-faced little girl, of not more thao 6 summers, to her younger brother, who had dumped bimself upddr the wall, where he was digging sand with s sirip of shingle; *Jsck, you good-for-ncthing little scamp, you are the torment of my life! Come right into the house this minute, or T'll take the very hide off'n you! Come in, I say !” “Wny, Totty,” exclaimed her father, who chancod tof come up at that moment, ‘‘what in the world are you saying? Ia that the way yon talk to your little brother 2" “Ob; no, papa,” answered the child promptly, and with an innocent smile. *We was playiog keep house, and I am Jack's mamma, and I was talking to him just as mamima talked to me this motning. I never really spack him, as mamms does me gometimes,” A SURE CASE OF TROUBLE AHEAD. Detroit Fres Press. See that fat man, don’t you, Jack P" queried a bootblack at the Post-Office yesterday; ** well, .he's laying up heaps of trouble. When you see & man named Johndon, for in- stance, slying around to the general-delivery window, and getting little pink envelopes direct- ed to *De Forest"he's standing on the verge of the grave. The first thing ha knows, his wife ') come down bere and get hold of ops of those urty little letters, and thon she will untie her nnet-sirings, snd mop her husband all over these fiags, and the pmblic’llup'rah for her side!" And Jack began to ponder. WOMEN ON HORBEBACK MAN-FASHION. Philadeiphia Press. The best horsewomen that 1have eyer met with are tho Hawaiian, The have no use for the side-saddle, riding with s grace and freedom which cannot' be very injurious or f{nsecure. Many of the American and English Iadies visit- ing the Sandwich Islands have adopted the Hawsiian fashion, and prefer it to the side-sad- dle, Infact,it would be a difficnls matter in this rough country for s lady to keep her seat snd manage her long habit if she had to ride in the nsual way. MISCELLANEOUS_NOTES. How to please lady—Let Ler do ss she pleases. & ‘Why is p woman liviog up two pairs of stairas perfect goddess ? Bacause she'ss second Flors. Davenport, Ia., has s girl who spella back- ward. Wenever thought backward wags hard word to spell before. The pull-back dresses are good in & gals of wind. It 18 not true, bowever, that they haveto grease them to get them on. Lady—*Such & besutifal cresiure muat be ood-tempered!” Hnsband—¢ Jnst what I hought when I married yor. my dear.” An Iliinois man broke into the house of s widow. She pitched him out of doars. A strik- ing evidence of the power of the widow's m{;hc. 1t is gaid thet Brigham Young has equired the title of General from baviug been called “* Briggy, dear,” 80 often by his numerous wives. Dr. Deema is & very sepsible msn. Hesaya: ¢ Remember Lot's 5:11“. a8 the Bible teaches, snd forge every other man's wife except ypur own.” i i girl, advertising for » husband, e B ot ot recommendations, ths she has had grest experience in fighting grasa- hoppexs. i wore sn additional ** weed 3 Bitgam Jouoe he lost a wife or mother- bi time fi‘-ll:‘:.h?l; lu::s%mnd his bat wonld have to be 27 feet high. Louisvil vl reports her first love affsir thoas e B ilander told me bo loved ms, 1 was mighty tok with it, aod cotioped Lo him di- rectly, he sat a-grinning lke & bsked 'mg‘.}, &4 you kiss your hand to th , why did d o the gentleman had tho infpudence to 1 kiss clear across the atl::g. s2d, of eau;:: ; threw it dsok indignantly! ' You wouldn't have me encourage him by keeping it, would you? " Most of thé Europear isdies at B Siath, have alpned & petitiou to the Kin;"glr::: ing for tee abrogation of the lew whicl ‘allows & man to pawn his wifein ent of o dedbt contracted by gambling. i 2 A Boston girl, just one month married, tpon meeting sa oid school-mate in the street, put on a very wiso look and remarked: ‘You cannot imagine the Iabor and anxiety incident ta the care of a family.” A Nevada lass, having received an offer of ‘marriago from & young merchant, who had heen In the neighborhood but a short time, raphied : “Well, Idon't know. Girls are scarce and high about here, What are you worth ?” x There was method in the madness of the 8t. Louis woman who, afier walking down to the river to commit suicide. suddenly remembered thas gho'd lefc the cat in the milk-pantry, and went back home on the flying jump. Ho soon someé women change their minds re- specting their husbands! Mra. Spinn was for- ever telling her husband that he wasn't worth the salt in his bread; but when he got killed in arailrosd collision she sued the company for $5,000. A Rochester wife being eaught by her husband with her arms about the neck of the landiord, explained the situstion in this way: ** You see. my dear, I am determined to force that man ta reduce our rent, and we weak Women, you kuow, must fight with such weapons 33 we have.” T tell rou there fsn't & thing under the sud that needs to be done at all but what a mman ean do better than a woman, upless it's bearing children, and they do that in & poor, make-shift way ; it had better ha' been left to the mep—it bad better ba' been lofs fo the men.—Barlle JMassey in Adam Bede. A cool matron of Philadelphis awoke oma . night recently and found a burgiar in ber room. Did she scream out? No! She just got him into an argument on the Beecher scandal, and thus detained him ustil daylight ana the milk~ man came, when she made her situation known, and the buarglar was srrested. “ William,"” observed s Daubury woman to her nusband, ‘*Mrs. Holcomb feels protty badly since the loss of her child, acd I wish you wonld drop over tbers and see her. You might say. that alt fleah is grass—chat we've ail goc to g0 the same way ; and gee if she is going to use her dripping-pan this afternoon.” A rhther singular scene occurred at the depob Fridav afternoon. A lady wss going by, when 3 entleman stepped out and said to ber: ** How'd 501 " extending his hana and smiling cheerfal- 1. *I beg pardon," she said, looking bard at bito. * you have the advattage of me.” Wi don’t 7 n knowme?” he asked, amazed. * 1 can't 1 -~ naver you,” said she. “th‘y, I nsed o be v ar husband—John Augnstus Henderson, you know. Sho remembered him. Mr. Blivans, an old bachelor of RBochester,who. is much sbsorbed iu politics, visized the widow Graham the otherday, just after reading Grant's latter, sud asked nor what she thought of a third term. Now, the widow had been iwice married, and In Tesponse to the question she made a rnsh for the astoniahed 3lr. Blivens, and taking b Ligltly iv her arms exclaimed: “O, yon dear, dearman! What & Lappy woman 1 am!™ At last accounts Mr. B. had locked himself in hiy woodhonse, and was endeavoriog to explain things to the widow through the key-hole. HUMOR. Shados of nigh:—Window-turtaine. At a recent spelling-match, ono man spelled i3 “pasnip,” and got beet. One awallow does mot make a apring, buba dozen swallows sometimas make obe fall. The Bnake-Bun Academyis the name of an Indisns school. The scholsrs must all be add- ora. « Why do you eall your dog Oak 2" asked Smith of Jones. * Because he has such scoarse bark,” replied Mr. J. Quills are things that are sometimes taken from tho pinione of one gooss to spresd the opiniona of another. 01d gent—“What do you wear specs for, boy?” Bootblack—*Cos I puts such » shiny shine on/gentiemon’s boots it hurta ma eyes.” “Can you inform me,” said a student (0 s booksellor, ** whether I csn find anywhere the bicgraphy of Pollock?” *“ Yes, I dare say you wflffind it in the Course of Tume.” #Will you haves emall piece of the light meat or a small piece of the dark > ssked Bob's uncle, 28 he carved the turkey at dinmer. I will take s large piece of both,” answered Bob. ‘We seo throngh it at last. The butcher sticks those miserable little wooden pins—erbich no amateur carver can contemplate without profane impuise—~into the rcasting pieca to I 4 skewer. A farmer complains that a hook-and-Iadder company has been organizedin his neighbor- hood. He states that the Isdder is nsed sfter dark for climbing into the hen-house, after which the hooking is done. A California octogenarian had buried three wives whose maiden pames wore Green. Grass, and Groze. He stirred up tce fire with kero- sene the other day, and now he lied in the oold, cold grave, and the green grass grows above him. A littla boy scoosted a gentleman on the street in Portland the otherday with, * Sister. can you fix things ?" ** Well, I don't know; L can 8x some thiogs. Whatis it?” * Can you hxmy collar ? There's a pin sticking into me, sad our folks are 8o busy abont the Cantennial they can't do it « What weslthy old fellows thess Knicker— bockers must have been,” said a stranger. walk- ing tbrough one of our ancient graveyarda.- "qvhy 50 2" asked his companion. ‘¢ Because. anawered the first, ** I see * Died-rich * insaribed on 20 many of the tombstones.”"—New Xork Com We haveall heard of Julins Cesar's *Veni, vidi, vici!” and Sir Charles Napier's *** Peceavi dispatch, The .1ast achievement in the line of epistolary brevity is the Czar’s dispatch, in an- swer to the proposal of Gen. Ivanof, command- ing on the Central Asian frontier, to aanex mora territory. It wass biauk, with the direction phoneticatly epels—** General I've enough.” +Here's a boy down here who wauts to lick. me!” exclaimed & bot;abluk ey upg;ou:hmh (3 olicemap on Griswold stree; yeaterdsy. * He soes. eh? What for?” *Says I fl]{“ hxg names, bat I didu't.” Are you afraid of him?’ *No, not exactly, but T don't want to fght. Qoe reason is, I promised my dying matner I wouldn't, and the other reason is 'cause he's big- ger'n Iam (" On teing asked by one of his fsir dsughters why the bulldog’s nose is placed 80 Iaf behind. his mouth, the very reverant gentlsman discov- ers another inatance of the merciful consdars- tion ever shown Ly—ahail =& say * Natore"?— to the humblest of her crestases, aud replies: ++My love, it is to euable bim to breathe mors comfortably while he is hanging oo ¢ the nose of tha ball "~ FPunch. There is & storyof » rich man—Iwil not vouck for ita truth—who 80me years S0 gave & famous party. He had u large circte of u:qu_smb ances, but he could not invite everybody. A Yo must draw the hne somewhere, you know,” ba 8aid, and be drew it bravely between wholesala and retail. The man whouold sosp and candies by the box was decreed 1o be within the * s pale” of society's most eloct. The man who soid toap and candles by the pound waa voted 3 wocial Pmrimna. A rich lady w8 aboub lw' e pary, sad called in & friend to talk overths question of invitations. After resding the useI the Jatter said: ** But I don't see the Blerstadts. Sorely you will invite the Bierstadta?’ ** Bier- sadi! Who's Dieratadti” * Why, the gieat paioter.” “Is he one of them ar’ Californis painters? Bacause, if bo ia, I won't have him. —July Sorilmer’s. —_— THE REJECTED LOVER. Badly snd slowly, with head bent low, Fomeward ho paced in tho svening giow, : o saw not the violets, purple and blus,— Insentient beings that Live ou dew ; Though clumps of them seatled low in the green, Yot be passed them by, uuplucked, anssen. 8aw ot the golden-tipped ding to bis weary feet ; * come frum that wber-tinted feid § ’n‘éflw, uncoactoud, icne, distzaughty He hee-ted nothing, wivhed for Saw but s lavely, duuy lane, That be bad wended ail 1n vain. Heo heard not now the low refratn oweliing frowm the sibrant gram § Heard not the uny brovklat's soog, alogg; Down sinking on Lis couch divina Wist not the Wayside rose in bloom. - Waa tossing bim s aweet perfame Heard but the beating, wild unres Uprising o his own ead bresst ; Heard but the verdict of her szarty The irreyocable * We aast part. * 8o, pecing slowly, Heart estranged, ‘He ouly murmured, # §hs bas changed. ™ 2