Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, July 18, 1875, Page 3

g0sSIP FOR THE LABIES. Young Men, Bven with Comfort- sbla Incomes, Do Not Marry. . Diplogues at a Sume pomestic mer-Resort. by Wosing—Chinese Proverbial Phifosophy Jlow Courting Is Dene in Califoraia. } Bittsburg Dam:el Disagreeably Sar- prised—A Parisienne’s” Penitence, Relstive to the Better Half of ol Humanity, THE REASON OF MANY BACHELORS. B » writer in the Clucimnatl Qazerte: Ttis “flgu.rpnlln& tnst young men, even with artabie incamas, fear to marry fashionably- sad girls, whea the immense amount pec- fi s wben into copsiderstion. Whs,” ioue young s, *£0 bo sure I bave an in- "o of 620,000 a.sear, but what is that when gatclass estadlishment and expensive wife are inquestion? 1 }ive at the club, bave my horses ks vazioty of equipages, ean travel where and vben 1 plesse, snd have my pick of the gida to vhom L can psy ©Y devoirs,—always carefal, of cqurme, DOL Lo be to0 pointed in my aitenlions (ouy perticulsr star. 1 ¥ marvied in my wall o ifs, 1 mast take my wife to an establishment earesponding 40 the one undor wkose Toaf shs foa aivays been loruriantly sheltered Her febax Wil give ber & maguificen: tioussain. o &ess i vbich will cost $100, and Twif be expected to malntsia this extravagsui Juo of Lviog, o, if powsitle. to suryase it. R, for oseaee, Slies —. Well, ¥ sdmire P tennely ; think she is beauriful. accom- fabed, sud anspciied Ly tue world, but she is e most extravagaut litlo crestures I frer came acrose Sbe bas been juxariantly reared, and really thinks. tbai money is of no. zoce vlue thap §0 much paper, except as & mo- G uherewith to gTatify one's varrous whime \d faocies. She mever purchases anything, en to perfumerics, witlout paying the moat eorbitans poces therefor. I accompamied her e shopping oxpedition ane day. Sho gave &b foes buon-book, 210 foras many droys of sttsr of roses, €99 for fine srk stockogs, £25 for & fin, 45 for_® prestv bandkerchicf; and 9100 exponded in & pacel readily cairied every- tiog u inner coat-pock- ‘2nd thess expen ‘ cumencs. Her dresses all come trom Pare; & Foeh grensd.ne snd an cvening dress, ordered from Worth's, ¢ over $60, exclusive of du- tes. How cunld I maiotain such a Princess on 0 aseir? Iduwed a Germsa with tho dear creagare (dcar 1 every eenso of the word) 1B ctber evenivg, snd L commented upon tnd beaasy of her dress.—beautital becsgze of iis Aipplicity,~a ) nre white tulle, with wiite iscs almost buried amid its softoess. *Yes,’ she re- pied, with animabiop, *18i¢ o< lovals ?—and 80 {expenive; oniy §135 for ihis equisite Hully tolle, I bed the whia sitk. aps thought I wouid turz over 8 iea! in dumestic ecouomy, aud have 10 0id dress rejuveasted! Am Inot getrlog to be quite s mamsscr 2" she added, white her face was sofftmeed with a smile of satisfuction.” - DOMESTIC DIALOGUE AT A WATERING PLACE. Leston Commercial Luttin. ‘Hatiloes of the summer hotels and watering places will recognize the fllowing a8 a cotrect specimen of the domestic dislogues which tako plice while paterfamilias is waiting for the om- nibus 40 drive up to fue front piazza, or his bug- v o take him to the rteamboat lsuding, or for the whistle of tho expected locomotive : *“Yoa have got the paitern for the muslin. my daar " “Yes? “Apd you won't forget Chaeley's slippers and 1wy bathing dress in the lower bureau drawer ?” “Na. daxing.” *And the co,@ cream snd csmphor from the tpper sbeif in the clover, 20d to biing ns some. :?Iu fram the. libeary, you know, and a bottis “Yes, ves." *nd Baby’s cape, yonknow, sadtoll the dress- miker shout having my dress seot by express, fwlwant 1t for the hop. And do ssk Aunt :‘aflm send my diving gaunélets; I forgot “Aqsthing else .%o, darLug, nothing, only if you could step ¥2rio ma's and aak her to lend me that purple i Bood, and bnog me down & Dew SUD WM~ beia, 20d my Isdia rubbers to wear when we oot in the boas, 1t 16 80 damp that—"" “Biop, darling! T've just thooght af some- fiiog I want Lo do o - What s it, my Qesr > “Why, 1 want fo ron in mystors for five Disutes for B¥ own busmess, if thore's sny kime W afres trapeacting yours.' Lot now. Charles, I bove you ore not going w be disagrecable abont a fuw Ditle errauds, I'm re.” Comles— Ob. 1ot in the least, caly¥ haven't ?u’u £Ot ussd: 10 this expresa husiceds yet, and 40 ouly g:ve Dina-teaibs of tha wma o ik this summer, tiet's all, tooteicoms—there’s the eu- v, dear; don't forget the™— Bus the rest of tha Bentenco was lost im the w"flfl"h-duhnbau Charies on bis way to oy . A WOOING NOT LONG A DOING. Lis told thay Aberwethy, while sfiendings Indy mm wceln, obeervad those admirable qualitie o bar dsugbtar which he troly esteem- ¢dto ba calcuiated to render the married swate + bappy. Accondingly, o 2 Saturday, when kaling lesve af his patient, be addressad her ta the fol- loviag purpori: ‘“¥ou wrenow 8o well thak 1 ;nted nat ses you sfter Moudsy vess,.when ) | akall come and pay you my farewell visit. Buk, 10 the meantime, I wish yoo and your dsughter |Sttioms.y to consider the proposatlam aboumt {fomla. J: is abrupt sod uaceremonions, I am Avue; bt the exceseive occupakion . of ™y tme Ly my professivval duties Zords ma nalewsure to accomplish what I do- isreby the mure ordmiavy course of a:tention Wheitarion, My annual receipts amount o — md ! can settls — on my wife; mf ar I8 geserally known ta the pablic, 80 4 Fou Jay readdy ascertain what it is, I Seen your datghter atender and affec- child. gu sesidnous and carefal narse, Peutie and lady-like member of & family; 2 periou must te A, that a hosbsnd covets, lofer my nhand and futune for her ace Monday, when I call, I susll ex- Yoar deturmination ; for L seally bave uos for the romine of ip.” In this the Jadv was wooed and won :and. we- e o moy add, the union was felicitous in Tespect. CHINESE PROVERBS ABOUT WOMEN. Harper's Magazine. |The Chinese are 8 peopls of many proverbs. of which sre extremely acute aad neatly ed. “Hawho finda plessure in vice and I Virtue is 8 povice 1o both,” wonld be so- M warantad. by experience. Bat mark Wovarbial philasophy of the Chinese with i women : * Listen to sour wife but “ beliese her,” *To cultivate virtus is the '0c¢ of men ; to renounce science is the vir- women.* “The happiest mother of 18 ahe who bag sons- only.” *1f one sl or stupid, what & position s that of -inlaw ! It with s wife and daughter- " 000 hasalso msters snd sistars-in-law, mecce, ome ought to be & to ba aula to hold out™ *The of womea araof quicksilser, and their Of War.” “Ths most curions women cast down thelr ayes to be looked at.” tougues of women igcreass byail toay ke from their feet." - When men are they listen to one another, but women els look at ono snotber.” *“The most 81 hus courage enough o talk scandal” A DAMSEL'S SURPRISE. damsel bad 8 very singular sur- the ather day. She Isy down to take » nap diner, and when ehe awoke ber hatr wag _EM bad & beavy soit of beaudifol gAx bair, which waa be crowning glory, the b4 ot her maloe friends, and the envy of ber ‘Wsociaten, of course. She perfumed it Wweels. traived if in ringlata, sod let it in the hreeze and shimmer in the moon- flhh-du-m“z L‘::hnl n-xu; o waa! ; from ber Like a dream, and hm wae 24 & sleep alter sheanug, and fels by the wiss of the most advanced coun-, | 28bare a8 a barber’s pole. Bhe looked | much an if eho had nothing to wear. The crop 'was evidently gathered by the hand ofan arist, for the stubble was even as the nape of velvet. The 1sdy’s watch, and puree, and jewelry were all Teft in sight on the table, where she had laid them. Itwas not money or trivkets the thief was after. It weasimply thas resplendeotly benutiful head-gesr. The lady was dombtiesa drugged and plundered. Bhe now fear to go to sleep, for foar of accidents. HOW THEY DO IT IN CALIFORNIA. Almeda County (C:Iglndaam& The following actually ofurred in our vicintty this week. The parties thereto are well known and respectable ; the lady is 55 years of age, and the gentleman five years her sepior. They had frequently heard of exch other throngh mutusl frieads, but had never met notil a few days ago, when the foliowing cquversadion took place: Gent—** Madam, what is your pame 2" dy— :* My name in —" Gont—* My pame ir —. I tive in Livermore, where Iown a ranch. Ahem! how would yoa Jike me for & husband?” Lady —**Well, reslly, 1 dou’ know. I've beard your name, Mr. —— but how wonld you Jike me for a wifez" Gen{—' Madam, the sight of you more than does justice to what I have heard. ‘Will you be my wifor” The lady assented. The gentleman went immedistely to Oakland to get & hicepse, and twenty-four bours after thew firet meetiog the couple were man and wife, and by this time are on hus ranch av Livermore. ) THE PENITENT PARISIENNE. A Paris letter-writer eaye: ** A Freoch woman in Lent may be truly said to be the very opposite of a French woman during the Carnival, From Ash Wednesday to Enater Monday she drawe her veil closo abont her face; her dress becomes sombre ; her bovnes ia loss coquettishly perched on her bead; her high heels tresd the pavement with )a?portncsn than usual, During the forty days which tollow the Carpival, sho walka as thongh-bowed bencath ongrossing reflections ; eba proaches inwardly to herself; she oxpistes the 8in of having lent.a ready ear to mundave proposala; she feels twinges of conscience as sha throksof how manv waitzes sho has induiged in; she docs not show ber tacth 80 mauch when 8he langha; and a minute ohacrver might be as-" tonished to sec, when she takes her seat in her tox at ths opers, that the body of her dress has heightewed ia propostion to bes repentance.” . "GIRL-BABIES AND MATRIMONY. Hudlanapoliedleraid. An upsophisticated magazine writer says: *Whan & yonug gizl reaches the age of 15or 16 years, she beging to thivk of the mysterious subject of matrimony, a state the delights of which her youthful imagination shadows forth in the most captivaticg forma.” If this writer were to sit down on the curbstone sud listen, just after school is dismissed, he would not only hear givls less than 9 years of age talking about mairiage, bat he woud actazliy hear them di- cussing the day of the week most anspicious for utting their absurd littla beads 1nto the yoke. 'here pever was @ time in the history of the world when woil-conducted convenis were se Necessary as now, and o very Jarge proportion of all the femule babies should be put into them thirea weeks altor birth. STOCKINGS FOR WOMEN. Adsica to the ladies (rom the Boston Traveler : “Women'shoald nob wear striped stockings, as they vatao their procious legs, for the analine dres nsed in producing eertain colors are poison- ous, s0d cause the worst kind of malignant sores—and of sll nuisances sore legs. most ba the wort and most deetructive of beaaty. Strength, grace, and good looks ace walked away on Buch lez. A great American genius, the late Mr. Hawthiorne, bes said that a white stovking is tinitely mose effeckive thaa a blsck ono; and, certuinly, white stockings, and Dttle, low biack sboes form & chanssure that has no equal for Tezanine feot and legs, and that is far superior toone_ tbat has all the colors of the rsinbow. Striped stockisgs on women are as much ouf of pizco = striped shoes would be on mon.* MORMON FAMILV-PROBLEMS. Sl Lke Irivune. If the third-of-s-bustand talkB to one wife. then he is uader obligation to talk to snother just as much: orif all talk togather, the wives are liable to differ and bring in the husband as umpire, aod it is mach safer not to talk at all. He can't suug up to bis wife apd promise her womething mice, nor tell her ehe's the protiiest woman in Wie Terntory, aud his own sweetest, desrest. O, no, thut wouldn’t begin todo. A man can’t have' tvo Sweetests, dearests; that's sestled. Buperiatives of that nature are utterly out @ place 10 a Mormon family. Aed thea if be lesves. bome, how does he manage about writing? Do all the wives resd escn Jetter? ‘What 1f ha shoald forgot and begin with: My doarass wife "2 , HOW EXASPERATING. A Codfish-Hiller saye he accideotally offended his wife recently. When he sat dows to supper he posiced thak she locked weary, andbe asked what ghe had been doing. She said she should thiok ho could see. He said he couldu't. Bhe said, ** Look at the 1oom!” He said that be conldu’t pee as the room looked: any dilferent tvap usaab. ‘Thew the mfe broke out in tears avd went away from tbe table with her faco | vuried in ber calico apron. The truth is that room bad been thoroughly cleaned that sffer- noon,—{le capet taken up, ebuken, snd put down again ; all the raiut washed, aud ali that, sud tbat stupid man couldo’t see the least change. What is the nee of & woman working Retuelt to deatb, anshow ? BEAUTY THE . Virgin (Sev.) Enlerprase, ¢ A fist-fight took Dlace the other dsy near the Warm Sprinzs, Punsea, beiween s body of twenty-five or thirty Indisus for the possession of a squaw. A party of Indians are encsmpsd there, 8ad a party went from Pioclie ta obtain possession of the squaw. After considerable knocking. broken poess, ete., the Pioche patty were viezarions and bure away the. woman. Dor- ing the meloo all the 8gquaws were seated on the uifiaide, and a8 every kuock-down oceurrea they exhibited their inteuss delight by yelung, langh- ing, and screeclung. MISCILLANEOUS NOTES. Matchlesy maid—The kitchen-girl out of lnci- fexs. . «Pghaw on vour new motive power!” says 8 Green Bay womau : *‘D’ye ses that tongue, mister ¢ Wisdom for women : *It is better to love & mag that ¥ou can mever wary thad 10 MAITY 3 maa that you cas never love.” A Bosion man’s second wife basr hud him acrestd for using ber monoy 10 Luy his first wite » tombstoos with poetry on it. ¢ A young lady in Msssachnsetts cancelled her marriage-cngagement becsuse *“Dad_belioves 1bat we have a goid-mine on our farm.” Brooklyn school-girls who failed to get ** pro- moted,” taid year. astnibate tueir mufortans fo time 108 in zeadiag the Doeches-trial proceed- ingd. Tho question ib asked how a lady, working an affghan, keeps connt of all the knits. The only ;\:uLppm'Hmm, that she must carry them in her PRIZE. Msany a pretty girl of homble exiraction has risen far shove ber station in life. Wiy, even Venus Berself came of the very scum of the ocean. Miss Clara Rose, of Philadelphis, had $7,000 expended on betr Latin. Freugh, and Germzn education ; and then marned & man who has to buy his butter half & pound at a time. ~ How fond yon seem of that eternal old doll of yours, Mabell” * Ob, aunt] it bas besn the deaire of all my Life to hide it from herthat she's adoll. Ihopeshe didn’s hear you!” The click and clack of the croquet-bsll are heard again in tho land, inconnection with, “ You did not!” #Feay [ did!” *Yonr horrid cheat[” * Ob, for shame!” **Mal mai” A New York gervaai-girl, out on theharbor ina baat, the other day, for the p of committing swcide, saw 8 red-headed eatlor, fell in love with ‘bum, and was marnied instead of drowned. The Shah of Persis has a crogs-eyed dsughter who will receive & dowry of £500,000; and bau- dreds of nobls young men declare thst her eyes are ssvbeluu'lnfll diamonde and a8 straight a8 & hoop-ofe. ® 4 Human nature. The other dsy, in Stewart's, New York, » 1sdy actealty burst into’ tesrs at finding that a novelty in drese-goods, for ‘whith sl had paid §3 per yard a few weeks ago, was now seliing for ¥1.50. A gond deed never gees unrewaraed. A young 1ady, m rocentiy abanded the use of chewing &2 “a besutiful creature with bionds scarlet imaginstion.” “Housemaid (just engaged be shown my yoom, m' hairand s *+ . sbould like to o am 1" Lady of the house (startled)—* Oh! it youw like. You'llfisd it & Comfortable—", - Hogsemaid— I .. shogld lixe w’ Xiow if" il's large” enough for my pian, w'am ™ -of artistio preiensions pubiisbed in tiss counkry, mevtioned in & dasnion jourmal | ] THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE;TSUNDAY JULY 18, 1875 —SIXTEEN "PAGES. THE FINE ARTS. Art Periodicals---IIow and Where to Get Them., Death of Barye, the French Anima Sculptor-~Works Ordered by Congress. Noted Pictures for the Next Exposition =-Art Letter from Xtaly. ART PERIODICALS. ‘The variely of artistic periodicals is now so great, both in the matter of price and of quality, that the wants of all olssses of subscribers ought to be supplied. An account of the principal publications of this character will be uselul, giving brief in- formation with regard to their prices and where 10 get them, and some judgmont of their qual- ities mere impartial than their own prospectuses and advertisements. ) A roview of the more importantart journals will be compressed into the shozt limits of a sin- gle article for the purpose of securing the ad- vantages of direct comparison. We publish from time to time fuller accounts of single num- bers of the differens journals, There are ILLUSTRATED PAPERS OF EVERY DESCRIPTION, the better oues, like Frank Lestie's and Harper's Weekty, boraering upon the field of she art journals. The cnildren’s St Nicholas is charm- ingly illustrated a8 well as charmingly edited, and tends directly to foster a wholesoma artistio taste in its yonog readers. “TRE LONDOX GRAPHIC," though not climing to be an ard periodical, i8 an excellent illustrated week- Iy journal of twenty pages, of which folly balf are davqod to illustrations, with frequent supplements.’ The price in England is sixpence 20@ the postage to America is 2 cents, the price here 30 cents st retail. Some of the plates of this paper are reproduced almost every week in Harper's ar Frank Lesiie. Not uncominonly tho cuts, ospeatally tha rapid illastratious of currant events, Lave excallent grtwtic qualities. ‘The character of the paper sy bs made ont from the following tanle of couteuts of thadasue of May 16: g Topien of the Week: Our Illustrations; Scraps Moty #n> amy: Bt George and St. Michasl, a cou- imae st ory, by George M Donsld ; The Reader (book notices); Notes om tae Royal Academy, New Novels, Theatres, Now Music, The Court, The Gpurch, (Gaud Sporuing Intelligence, ete, s illustrations of gtire same nuinber are: Tuo Manchester Horse 8ho Purizait of Henry Bessemer, tha wyentor; To J forson Borden Mutny; Toa Arctic Expedition; Trisl Trip of the Basemer; Swnor Vends Be- quiem (portraits of Me. Stakz, Mlie, Waldiauu, snd Siguors Atssiui and Medini); St George snd St. Mi- chiaet; SRetches in an Barly Newspsper Train; Tue Lust Master; Venetiag 1diers ; Seuing Floec Frozen Iu; and 8¢ Pauls, trow tos Bacdinac's Sttlond There are THREE PEINCIPAL MONTHLY JOURNALS ‘The AkLne, Appieons’ Arl Journal, snd the Porifoko. 'Tue first is pucely au American pub- lication, the others English journsis repub- lished bere. Applelons’ Art Journal coutsiug she plates of ihe London Art Journal with changes and additions suitable to the Americza marget, The Lor{folo is mmply a repablica- sion. - They are all of about the Form of the old Ari Journal, with gray pspcr covers. : “"IHE ALDINE. which claims upon 1its cover tobe ‘‘TheArt Journal of Amesica,” bas o strong flavor of basineas abont it, a dozen sagencies, advertise- meats of & vamety of **Aldino Scrap-booss,” *+Aldine Passe-Partouts,” etc., sod allurements 10 subscribers in the olfer of gitt chromos. 'Too chromos, it mus: be said, have been bad enongh for tie last twa years to condemn aoy journal in discriminating eyes. Iv is published by the _Audine Company in New York, and_the Chicago Agency is in the hands of George Drant, Br., 26 Bouth Ularx - street. 'Iha price is .36 8 year, psyable avoually or o mouthly install- ments at the subseriber’s option. It i8 a folo of mbout tweuty pages, freely illustrated with woadcuts, fariely landscapes, Bometimes good a0d sametimes bad. ‘Izking the Juné number as s specimen, tho illustrations are: Frontis- piece, & mother aud child zpoarently of the period,” by am umimown Laad; “BSormont on tho Honze” (oval lsndscape), E. Puttsort; Wateifall on the Pyrenees,” Albert Rieger; «Tpe Heron's Rock,” E, Puttaert: *The Help- ing Hand," and ‘*Saved and Lousl, artist nos given; *The Stag at Eve baa Drank His Fill," sartist ot given; “‘Lhe Battle of Buoker Hul,” Jobn S. Davis; three small illus- trations of Durbam Catbedral ; small portrait of Lucher B. Wyman, of musical note. Three of these are fali-page engravings. 4 The toxt is se.dewbat miscellaneons, * The Fall of Kichmowd,” 8 atory 1 two purtg; “The. Butdle of Buuker Hill; " ** Picturgsgae Karope— Three Gems of Southern Sceneiy 01d Per- sonal Ressmblances,” L. ; **'I'ne Balden Duiical- ty,” & story; ** Germantowa nud Its Eovitons;” Toe Cross Amid the Sea” (accompansing Iwo bighly sensstionat and fanutul pictures of women Clinging to crosses in the midst of raging goas); ** Lha Spur of Mosmouth,” 8 contiuued tale ; * Duthsm Catazacal;” hotes on Ari, Su- wic, and Literature; besides half a dozeo posms intarspersod. In gensral the reading matter is of no conve- quence 1o people of taste. The woodcuts, how- ever, frequently are good, and furuish uwsefat stadies of rustio and wood Bceuery, and give somo wnoticn of tie works of distiogmsned artists. ‘The publishers anpear to have a habit of making contracts with particalar artists which Jezd to too great nambex of specimens of sigie henda. Thomas Moran, J. . Woodward, aud J. A. Hows farnished & lasge proportion of the pictures Jast yeor, ten aptece, while J. 8. Davis sapplied five. ''he numbersare of rather un- oqual merit, the Juno number being rather bo- low the average. Névember of lust year was oue of the best, and December one of the worst. APPLETONS’ ART JOURNAL in its present form bezap with tie beginning of tho present year, Kach uumber Las abont fhurty pages, snd contains three stes! plates and pumerous wood Allusurations, The letter-press is very fine, in two wide columns.on toued aper, and it is. said that the American edition 18 Bupo1ior In this respect to the English. Tue following is tha tablo of contedts for May: Steel plates : ** The Infant Jesus' and St Jobn the Buptist,'” ufier Rubeas ; * Mary Qaeeu of Scots Led Lo Exeoution,” fram a_puinting by L. J. Pott i and Astwmn,” from a Las-ratief by Wilismeon. Tna Stuaies and Bketches” Ly Bir Edwin * The ludson River 5 ' Art Under tha ch architocture) ; * Mefal Work Among tho Hindoos”; * The Corcuran'Gallery of Art in Wast- iugtan ”; ' The Bryunt Tesumonial Vaso™; “Thg Blately Homes of England”; *Toe Botrothal” (de- scription of s picture); * Amerlcun Art Collections in Parls®; *The . Nutlonal * Academy of n # Spring Exhiliton of the Boston Art Club "3 ita- aryn pencer, of the National Acdemy); ond M otes® i - All these articles, a3 far 58 “ The Betrothal,” are liberally illusirated with woodeuta of o very exceltent character, this number containing no Jesa than forty, whils the Juse number has thurty.- The woodcats of the studies and sketcbes of Sir Edwin Landseer have beeo con- tinued from the begioning of the sear, &nd are 10-every way fine aod interestmg. The illustra~ trations of the Hudson Kiver and the “Homes of England” sre of the de- scription with which * Picturesqus America * has mads the public familiar, cats and vignettas of rustic scenery often surprisingly aristic in their management, and well eugraved. <Lhere are fiva large views of the variousdesigus for the Brysnt testimomisl vase presented by the differ- st artists, the subjecis intricats and elaborate, aod carefully and finely engraved. A full-page woodeut of The Betrothal is from s pictmie 1a the Balon of 1874, and though it has no especial . interest, conveys very well the atyle of the mod- ern French school. Ihe other il:nstrations are & view of the Cor- coran Art Buildiog, some Hindoo vases, some piaces of medieval woodwork, etc. The steel plates are good, with something of the ordinary tendency of eteel-piate engravings to lapee into the umnterssting style of the gift-books of the “"Drawing-Room Companion " siyle of tho Iast generation. The woodcuts are the most valus- Blo pare of thie magazine, and the pictares gen- eraliy of mora permapeut valup than the:text, of which = fair idea may be formed from the ta- bie of contents sbove. = The Art Journal is sold only by subseription, the price being 89 a year, w’:mi pumber by pumber on delivery, if the subscxiber prefers. It 18 published by D. Ap- pleton & Co., Net¥ York. and the Chiicago sgent is Moses Wacren, 103 Siate street. This magazine on the whole comes praity neazly up to tne idesl of s popular art jouroal under the present limitations of eograving, prntiog, and expense. THE PORTPOLIO is su “srtistic peiodical edited by Phil Gilbert Hamerton,” publistied monthly London, Paria, ~ Brus ¢, and Now . York. It aims st the _highest arsistic guality, sod’ makes no effory to farnish » great quantity or & widely popular Va- ! tiety of matter. Tbe Juns number has ninetoon ‘pages, including plates, and the table of contents 15 as follows : National Gallery~Sir _Joshus Reynalds’ ¢ Ieads of Angels,” by B, N. Wornum; Gerome, by Reno Menard ; Willy Lot House; Etty, by P.'G. Hamer- ion; Driwing by Aloracht ;' Dazes ia the British Ma- seu . W. Com: 3 Tiateattins~Heats of Azgels, by 8ir J. Beynolds, stched by L. Richoton ; Alrican ‘Hounds, by Gerame, fic-simile engraving ; Willy Lotts House, by Consts- ble, etched by R. B, Chattock ; Pigure and Group of Swine, fram A._Durer’s engraving of * The Prodigal Son™! Distant Landscape, from A. Durer enyraving of the's Virgin with the Buttarfly.” The Portfolio is sitogether out of eight of the other jouinals in the roputation of its contribu- tars. Tha editor, Mr, Hamertoy, the anthor of the “Intellectusl Life,” “Painter's Camp in the Highlanda,” * Etching and Etchers,” etc., ia perhape, next to Mr. Ruckin, the best known living writer upon fine arh, besides being a0 ac- complished painter and etcher. Reue Slepard is the editor of the Gazelle des Boaux Arts, and contcibutes 1o the Portjolio this ear nouices of contemporary painters of the French school. T'ie Technical Notes have fhe assistance of the moet distinguished sriiate—Calderon, Hol- ‘adema, 'msn_Hunt, Leighton, Lewis, Alma T: Wyld, etc. = iph N. Wornum, Bsq.. furnishes notes pon the etchings frem pictures in the Natioual Gal- le:fi.' he being tho Keopor and Socretary of that gallery. The nsmes of Prof. Colvin, Mr. Champneys, and Beavington Atlinson are also. among the contribrtors. No illustrations are admitted ex- cept sach as are supposod to have some peculiar interast for parsons of artistio tastes. . Etching 18 the strong point, and every l_vvpmher containg original otcbings, often by the Yery best living etchers, such as Flameng, Rajou, and Jacque- mart, whose single etchings sell for & considera- ble price iv the art stores. A photographic pro- cees of Messrs Gonpil ia this year applied tothe reproduction of pictures of Freunch artists. The result of this array of talent is the production of » thin magazine of a dozen wide-margined pages of text, a couple of etcoiugs, & ‘¢ photo- pnmre." aod two or tbree smsll wood-culs. The averagp business man would by no means ‘gea the moneyin it," for it is the highest priced of ail the journals,—%1a number. or £12 8 yeur,——and the least showy. It'ia neverthe- Jeas a prent Gorl more than worth the money to persous of special artistic tastes. The etchings are valuable as single pictirea and every page of the text is worthy of a permanent place in an artist’s hbrary, There is no agency in Chieago, aod tho publisher writes, somewhat plaintively, that Chicago i the **only pla of_sny magni- tude in the United States where I have not, flm- lieve, a single subacriber.” Numbers are some- times to_be found at the bookstores (seldom, however), aod the best way to gec it is to cor- respood directly with the publisher, J. W. Bou- ton, 706 Broadway, New York. Tho prices and the aims of thass journals arp #0 different that thero would be 1o fairoess in pronouacing ono unconditionally better than the others. The Aldine has the adwntage of being the lowest in price, the mcst “popular” in character, and of presencing tha greatast pro- portion of wood-cata of scenery. I'he Portfolio has the most value for persons whose specialty is 1o fiae art,—the arti.t snd the amatenr,—but its flight is €0 high that even cativated people, uniess they have especial artisti tastes, would scarcely find it interesting. Its sudience is lim- ited in the Bamo way Witk the audence of bighly clzBgical music. . Having in view the most common class of subscribers—intelligent families made up of persons of varions ages and cornisponding de- graes of cultivation and attainnents, hterary rather shan artistic in their tase, Applelons' _Art Journal may be unhesitalingl; recommond- «d as tha most satisfactory of our artistio pori- odieals, P It may be worth whiie to refer & the TWO PRINCIPAL PBENCH ART DURNALS. Tha ** Qazelte dog Beaux Arts” isited by the well-known Rene Menard, and the subscription priceis 82250 & year. “ L'Art" isa new weekly jouroat_slzeady doscrbed i thas columas, ighly literary and artistic, with Tine, Rensp, Flameng, Gilbert, eto., among its contribators, sud M. Engepe 'Van_zon as edito. The eub- scription price in this. country is about §32. M. Hamorton is the only Englishnan, and Dr. H.N. Powers, of this city, the only smerican, on the staff, 8o far aa we kuow. . ART AT THK EXPOSITION, The following corresr.oudence exylains itself, and gives evidence of the exeriious that the Art Committee of the Exposition ars making .to secure a fine exhibition tnis fall. Important historical pictures ara g0 few ia thiscouatry, and these so valnable, that art-lovers ix the ~West onght to feel nnder obligations ta the Messra. Leavitt for a_ favor which piclurs-Ovners are often reluctant to graat. 2od 0 whBh thage gontlemen havo been 1mpelled by the moat gen- erons of motives—the wish to promotetood taste among their countrymen: Caicaco, May 15, 1875.—Hon. Davis Leitt: One of tho strongest educations! infuences at vork In the Northweat is the annual Industrial Expositon in this tity. 1ts ari~gallery is visited by bundres of thau- sands of persona every -yesr. The galiery o this sea- som 18 to be of uniqus excellence. For ihe firet time in this country, & comprehensive collectionof Ameri- can art will be shown. The grest artisia are hearti- Iy aidipg us; we trust the grest patrons of will do' the sime. You ap the for- tunate of Leutso's two masterpeces, “The possessor Batila of Monmouth » and Tho News fpm Lexing- ton” In the interest of popular educatior, and a8 & means of giving an impstua to the art_dew opment of the whole Northwst, wa sk you to allow the exhibi- tien of these two famons pafitings in thi gallery: of th n yerx. - Vary respectfally yours, Frangriy MAcVeact, Chairman of Ar: Cinuittet, + TuOoMAS DSUMMOND, U5, Judge, T B Blatebt Judg . 8. Judge, H.D, Corvs, Major, & Simos Bator tcoues, T P21 el %’E&%‘ Chicsgo T . 3 o 9.M. Warrez, - President G, B, Q. B. B Grrar BARRIYGTON, Mass., July 4, 1875—John F. Stagord, Esg.! In veply to the requist of rour Chair- man, Ersuklin MacVesgh, Esq., Judge Irammond.. Judge Blodgett, and others, as well as your 0w personally o my father for the loan d Lentze's “Dattle of Monmouth,” I bave to express Lis regrets, and.those of the members of hia family, tht circam- etances peculiar to our household this auminer (whioh I trust I explained,to your satisfaction) reluctantly declde us to_decliie your requost. IHovever, my sistr, ¥rs. Fisher Howe, plsces at your wsposition her two paintings by Leutze,—* Tho Firat Tews from Lexington,” ond his amaller *Battle of Mon- mouth.” With the lutter AMr. Leutze took a8 much pains to fnish as with the luger oné, You will please confor with 3frs, I, Howe, care Brooklyn White Lead Company, New York, in relation $o the insurance, nos only agsinst btal loss, but against any d: .," Tn the absence fron ths city of Mra, Howe, youragent will plesss obtain possestion of the paintings from elther Mr. 8., Goodwiz, or Mr. L. Sheldon, & Maiden tane, New York., Alow meto add that M. Bierstadt has re, ly urged upon my fatber the [oan to your Society of these puintge, sud f they prove a maberial ncquisition o your exibition, pleasé award o him the credit, Trusting your per- eonnl efforts may recelve the sticcess they merit, I am, snd on behalf of my father, yonre rescostfally, EDWARD LXAVITE, . ODD§ AXD EXNDS. The new Chicago Directory contains thirty- four'names under the head of ** Artists. * Y Mr. W; W, Story is elisd‘:&'he the suthor nf‘; aries of papers, “In a " now runnir Blackwood's Magazine, o E ‘The musenm at Philadelphia is likely to possess the chief worke axhibitedp in the P!ril sslons of this year. The Director of the museumia at present in the Frenoh Cap.tal. . Article I of the Constitution of the * Ohitago Literary Club " reads as follows: *The otject of this Clab sball be literary and msthetic cul- ture.” Literatyre bss so’ far oversbadowed =athetics thet out of a membership of over one bundred there are only one artist and one sculptor. The works of art ordered by Congress durins the last sesciun are .mu..i.,x s%nlnmnl, aga follows: Au ainnhiln stacue of Gen. Nathaniol Greene, by K. K. Brown, in bronze, 330,000 ; pedestrian statue of Admiral Farragut, by Wimss Vinnie Ream, in bronze, $20.000; pedestrian statue of Gen, Baker, by Horatio Stone, in marble, 310,000 bust of Chief-Justice Salmon P. Chase, by Thomas Jones, in marble, £1,000. The statue of Archbishop McHsle was an- veifed at Dublin Juoe S. p" is 7 feet high, of Carrars marble npon a pedestal of Portlsad granite. Bishop Nulty propounced » panegyric upon the great Irish Churchman, asserting that everythivg of mind, of education, and of virfue ‘which the Irish people posssased was i defissce of British law, Hoe alluded to the Archbishoy’a connecsion with 0'Coanell, and described him sa tho'right arm of the Liberator, and advised the people to ba hopefal, for no just claim whith :\;e _:::L T:&a met m & refuss! more doggad il than iven - olic Emancipation. BYeAs R Cu M. Barye, who recently died in France at- the age of about 80, was the most celebrated model- er of anumale jo the worid. Many. of the famuil- isc bronze groups of lions, dogs, deer, and asi- mals of all 80rts for parlor ornaments are from bis hand. Of late years he has been teiching comparative ari-anatamy in the most thorough and praciical manaer, delivering us lectures in tbe Jard:n des Plantes, n the midat of the mals about which hewas lecturing. .. Barye waa nat. only & squlptor but & metal-founder, s water-coloriat, sud a1 oil painter, and lived & most indaatrious life. The Carooran Axs Galiery a5 Washington bas a large collection of his works, seventy or eighty bronza groups. sll of & miaia~ turo gize, which will now take on o new valge. Mr. Page, who, sver sincs his return from Eu- Tope Inst sutumn, has been engaged on & Lust of bis Sbakspeare, fias been engsged on the work &0 long, has stadied it from every point 80 pro- foundly, and is so abaolutely certain of the truth of his cooclusions/that, even by persons skeptical as fo the facts, it will be recogaized that he has made a very important cousribution to the hiatory and theory.of Sbakspesre. For oarselves, wo think bim more competent, per- hapa, than any astist living to jndge o prants of sbsolute snatomical and_physical structnre, eince he has bad an oxceedingly wide range of study nud experience on these points, bosh as & portrait paloter for fifty years, and s very pro- found stadent of the best works of all the other aruae.— Applelons’ Journal. 5 LETTRR FROX PLOBENCE, JUNE 13, On going about_the city and calliog on the various sculptors, Italisn, and others, the other day, we saw 8¢ much bad work asit-would be easy to eo in the same spsce of tims. Atonly oneor two stndios did we fiod even tolerable work. Oue of these was the Italian's whois at the bead of the Academy of Desmign. Ho is & young man_of pertaps 35, though he loaks younger, His works show a lifo that I have ‘very seldom geen equaled. - His statues are all realistio to the extreme, aod they live sud breathe. His statue of Cavour, a seated figure, possesses this quality in a superlative dsgree, and looks like the man himself. Itisthisquality of life, I thiuk, that stnkea peopla so in the 4 Marble Faun " more than the limbs and pro- portions of the figare, in which, indeed, I ‘was disappointed. I have been anatonished to gee what wretched work is sent ouwirom the studios in Italy as good art. And while I am in the ruoniog-down - etrain, let me may thai I bave become more and mora convinced that » number of thé statues of the muddle ages that are praised to-day might just as well never have been msde. One of these is Cel- lini's ** Persens” in this city. I expressed my opinion of this statua to a well-snown scalptor; be cfniatlv remarked that he thought Cellini ould bave dooe well to stick to. his silver and smaller work. Then thera is Donatello’s David, s great ill- formed boy, who would never have besn greeted by the danghters of the Jand if he had slins dozen Golisths. There, that has relieved my mind. Probably when I write again I sball have shified aboat aud think these atatues are of the finest. WHAT BECAME OF HIM. T Fosty years ago, alittle slip of paper was pass- ed to me as I sat wearing out a thres hours ' ex- amination with the rest of my college clsss at St. Jobu's College. I knew, by the queer twist of the scrol}, that it came from my crony, Ralph Ives, and tho sentence on it had the customary twist of an idea which Ralph's thought slwaya seemed totake. It resd, asmearasI can re- member ite phrages : - 4 When' doss & man begin tobes collegs ex- aminer? end what are they made of? What blight comes upon a juicy fellow by which ke is destived for that use in the world? And can you look around you and point out the man who is predestined tosit in one of those chairs and examine our sops ?™ I must have made some jeating reply. I have forgotten, and shounld hardly have remembered Tus words, had they not, like some iuvisible writ- ing which a drom of acid brings into distinct- Dess, come jnto my memory, oue day last sum- mes, by & circamstance which started all the old juica, in my dry frame. For, by dint of Leiu, before the public a8 s clergyman a gencrution or 50, T was looked upon by the authorities of my alma mater a8 & fit subject o be uet in an exsm- iner's chair, and made to Btrike either terror or curiosity into the bressts of tha youog rogues on the benches. We settled to our task. The President, at 10 bia box, rubbing his hands sofdy over his thinly- thatched hesd ; the Professor first in charge. looking like some disgnised executioner behind his green goggles, took ap the catalogaa and be- gan skipping among its names for victims ; while e, farniehed each with a catalogne, studied the obtects of curiosity bofere us, thess sixty yonng fellows, who all had names and answered to them. I was reading the names of the.class in the catalogne, whe= 7 nsima to ana of Iyen. Ditan Datore th Sorty years I had eeen thst neme, snd had heard it witbout thougbt of Raiph, forit was & commion one in my saction, and balopged, in- deed, to severalin wy own parish; but here, 0a these deats, T could ot read i¢ without my hesrt Jeaping up sud_tbreatening to break over all ‘boupds of propriety, ay, even to sending tears ont of my eyes. s * Candido Ives, San Antonio, Tex.; . C. 17.” was the eataloguo_entry, and I waiched for the young msn witk interest, just becanse of thal ‘Burname, that was starting 80 many old memo- ries, joyful, mysterious, and profoundly sad snd distressing. The name was called fically, and & yoath rose from bLis seat near me. I bad nob Seon Lis 1ace before, 28 be balf inclined in 8o indolent way sgainst a piller; but now as he rose, and I was aware thas the class was sligbtly Imagnouzed by his presence, I saw & handsome Teliow, with qlive comploxion sna dark, curly hair, and o face that Iconld liken to pothiog but that of & sorcerer. Yot Ishouid be false to the inmpression it made upon me if I leit that wora unguarded, for thiere was no trace of wa- ligmity sbout it ; simpiy the look of one whose pature hos sudden turaings, and who inevitsbly suzzests dark and secret_thoughts, or, if ouo will have it 8o, dealings with dark spirits. 1 was fasciuated by bis face, and, lookiog ab it with that other face of Ralph Ives in my memo- 1y, I was possessed with the notion that the friend of my boyood wss reappearng bere, stratoed throggh some mesh not known to ma. § thrust away the Tancy, jor it was painfully inter- esting. Nevertholess, my o-es azain and agaio raturaed to his face; and, as if he wished to feass me, thero passed forth gleams of reljem- blance that I co: Id not l;el;‘: Doting, tonds of volos that eounded 28 if they came acroes & 1spse of foriy years with all the heattineas and sympahy of my old comrade. s fiiend, the light of my eve, had gone out in utter darkness, made more wretched to me by 8 thick cloud wnich couid be fel: evenin the night, o reappear pow for the first time, thirty- Bever yeurs aftor, in the handsomo yet enlgmat icai forin of this yonng man. Had be, indesd, saswered the 1mpassioned cry of Shak-epesta, and *lived twice,” making bim “ snother self,’ B0 \ender helr might bear ki memary T We had possed through college sogether, grow- ing into a firm alection, although I was gober sod quiet, while ho was exubersot in spirits, sud possessed of an ingenuity of mind. which soemed perpetusily ou the point for some queer, ides, and s quick spirit, which blazed wth roar- in@ suddennees into & devouriag fieme of morel indignation at aoy baseoess, Quick-tempered aud generous he was, indecd ; fertite in expe- dients, foremost in every frolic, but honorable and keenly senaitive, superbly cast, indeed, and offering, Iyn(wn thonght io my speculations ss to his disappearance, just kind of ns- turs which would be wronged and taken prey through its very pobleness, —diadainful of traps, and unsuspicious o: ‘lfl! subtlety of evil that i heme against it. O teg, I to travel fur two years before beginning my theological studies, he to enter on the study of his profession, medicie. Que thing alter snother kept us spait, until at l_angth_hn wrote me that he was to have a master's oration at the -coming college commencement, and begged that we migit be together then. I be- lieve masters’ oration are out of date now—I am pot sure—but in those days the class that graduated came upBo college, threo years siter, to take, such a8 choss it, and cculd pay the fee for registration, s aegree of Maater of Arts, and two of the number were selected by the Faculty to propounce orations. Every one was glad that Raiph was to be oneof them. He waa poor—poorer thau I quite knew then; for he bad not merely a pride that buttoned over bia poverty, but a true contempt for poverty &8 for something that should never stand betweea him and any friendship be might form or aim he Tmight set before bimself. Es would not let so base a thing 88 shame at the sbsance of riches mar his pleasure in all 1astiog and worthy things ; and 8o it was that he made me foret his pov- erty, even when the evidence of it stared mein theface. .. - . I wrote him when Xshonld be at St. Johns- bury; and he, coming from_another direction, promised to moet me when I srrived. He waa- there. with the same hearty, swinging grasp of the hand, with a trifle more seriouspeas in his face, I thonght, but with the old sungy smile ‘bresking over 1t and deepening into a atrong, seif-reliant, snd resolute glow. Of conmse, we kuew many of the seniors, who bad been" fresb- men when we gradusted, and we enjoyed the easyeuperiority which they cordially ailowed ua. As we were passing ope with a word of recogni- tion, Raiph suddenly stopped s0d said : I gay, Treat, can you spare us s. couple of comfortanles? Ehrné" (that was my nickneme) “and I are going to aleep ont to-night, and aa I have to speak to-morrow, I want a muffer.! “Carfainly,” said be; “cams round 0 my 3 ra;:'n: in East College after tes, and Delp your- eif. *1hat 8 cepital ides! ™ gald T, 1T ‘wonder. I had oot Lhought of that ;” and I remember how 1 Iaughed at Rtalph's off-hand way of making the request and telling me of the plan in the same breath. Iknew at once where we should go—sn old h‘“&‘é Pulpit rock, » bowlder on & hill-side. which had been the silens Wwitness of many a busst of eloquence in rehearssls for public per- formances ; «nd there we went that July hight, lugziug our two comfortables up the bill, and lsughiog as the figures we cut—such swhkward birds, with such clamsy twigs for their nest, 3 Ralph said. He was to 8'eak on the morrow, snd go we fell to talking of Lis oration. It olt depends,” eaid he, ‘*on the way T pro- nounce my first souteuce. If I can get through ‘that with the right inflection, snd sll go well; but if I fail to get mv audience op that first sen- tence, I never shall get them at ali, snd I shall be like » map runving after s stage-coach—the only effect will be that I sball keep my audience s Little longer in sight than if I.nfioypad 28 s000 8s I lost them. Now, bear me!" ha added, standing theatrioally on the rock, *‘and seaif you know what I mean— ** *Thought is the devil.' I say, Shrub, how do yon feel after that? You ought to shiver and catch your breath for ‘l’-l;.a"naxt sentence, or it's no use for'me 0 go +*T've shiverad,” eald I: go on.” “* * Bat the devil himself was sn angel of Jight before hefell.” Now, you see, I must be medita~ tive when I begiu. 1 must come forward on the stage in a thoughttal, downcast way, like s BE. Jabn's Hl,mlu{—hu! lift my eyes and ejaculate ¢ thought,” saif I had come to the conclusion of the whole matter, and then come down hard on ‘devil,’ a8 if [ had banged him down on the stage. Then, in & sort of allegretto movement, you gee, 1 announce the complimentary phrass, and my theme is fairly before the stariled peri- wigs."” Eow often—how very often—I have gone over his scene. and repented our conversation, for a clow to after-silence, g0 that his words sre doep- ly embedded in my mind. Itis nesdless to giva our talk. We roljed onrselves into our comforta~ bles, and lay side by side on tbe rough rocks, looking up st the gtars. The heavens looked kindly down, they scemed to boid e fair futurp for us both. We talked of college-days, “ut not, so much 28 of days to come, The night crept on, and our talk grew more infrequent. At length, 88, I felt drowriness come over me, I heu‘t}i h\)‘j voige rg:l thg lnl(: tu:;hmz = * Good-vight, Sbrub, Everythil “ ¥es, Ralh. Everythiog?® “Yes" It was an old formuls, eternally ending quar- rels or differences. Read in full, it meant, ** Do you forgive everything I hayve said or done that ias untair or uokind7” and many a time since, when wearied with doabt and speculation con- cerping my lost friend, I have whiapered to my- self, ** Evarything, Ralph ?” and so bave striven to banish every poesible injustice to him from my mind. I went fo sleep, and slept sonndly, too, waking once, sud then only to feal Balph’ pand npon mé, a5 1 thought, and to sleep azait 1 awoke at last as the eky in the east was broad. ening with light. . ++ Good moruing, Ralph,” said L. There was no suswer. [turned. His com- fortable lay there, and he had evidently thrown it off on the side facthest from me. He waa ot there. 1 nover saw my friend again ! The exercises at commencement were shorien- ed by the absencoof oue of the masters’ orations. No explanation was given upon the Btage, and little snrprise was felt in the audience. My own clagsates, soch of them as were there, were both pigued and acnoyed. Thev had countea much oo Relph's oration, and they conld not un- dervtand either his sudden absence ofmy mlence in vegord to it. I carried back the wraps to ‘I'reat’s room, sud Was questioned by him aad by others where lves had gope, apd “why he had gone eosuddenly. 1 maintained s reserve whick, eovered ap aching heart. Whather he had gone, Iknew not. Why, was equslly au_enigua to me; but there was one fact that sealed my lips against the disctosure of any of tha circamstan- cos af his disappesrance. When I arose, that morning, 1Zound gy watch and my parse had both been taken trom me. Always that hideons fact yose upic mockery whenl recalled the 1mage of my noble friend. I conld not explain ic away—I could not lay it bate o the impert- inent gaza of half-interested persona. id it aimost {rom myself, triviog o make the fair presence of my friend light spough to extio- ruish this blot. I succeeded in part. That is to say, X held to his memory mith loyal affection, sud, while I could not forgut the damniog spot, 1 rofused to lec it soread through my epeculation uutil it stained all his character. T could not explain it, yet, throogh sll my vears of - Hieclt ¥on basty condemnsiof i s cogstant explained it and vindicated my friend's character, it oonetantly came forward to arrest my judg- ment when dis; to mete oat some reward of condemoation. **Wait and see,” I had af such times said. So have I waited these many years; 80, at Iast, I see. % i m For three days I watched the faces and studied the characters of the youog men whom'I was as- sisting to examine, but chiefly I kept my eyas on thin young Caadido Ives, who fascinated ms not only by the resemblaace to my friend that Iurked io his face and bearing, but by the half- indolent power which sesmed to lurk in his pa-~ tare. Ilewaas keen, bot his kesnneas was not the sharp inquisitiveness of the North. but a cartain stiletto-like thrust coming unaware from a soft band. Inskedthe President once more about «He is a strange fellow,” e3id he, “snd has strange tastes. He slways scems out of place here ; he makes enemies of every one, yet some- how be 1» the bead and front of every enter- priss. We never bave caught him st nn{l.hmg mean or vicious, yet I think he is as subtle as— 23 the devil!” and tbe old gentlemsn bromght out the word with an emphauis which straogely reminded me of Balph’s osn pounce ubon the samo word i the oration which he never deliv- ered. Tho more I puzzled over him, the less ia- clined 1 was to try to sclve the mystary by spesk- ing to him. Apd then—and then~—though I loved Ralph, and had long vuried the mystery of bis leave-takiog, the one blot wonld come blackly to mind, sud. in my Gowardica, if it was coward- ice, I would not hsve that explained lest &' worse thing should come—some unmistakable evidence af dizhonor. %o, I would rather leave it ail a mystery than bave auy terrible clearing- ap. "So it came sbout that I staid through all the éxercises, and went back to my parigh. Yet the imago of that-young man followed me and haunt- od me. I was glad to accept of 80 goodl an excuse 18 Commencoment for making another visit_to £t. Johusbury. Iwent and took my piace with othera of my class and classes near mine that marched in ‘the oustomnilfl‘nviug line from sast College to Alumi h: ‘where the Com- ‘mencement exercises were held. It chanced that my old friond Treat (tbree classes my Eiumm') auasac pext esch other in the hall,” He, too, had comoa up after long absence from the place, and our tak was mainly of cur con We looked over the programme for the day. “The old names get repeated.” said he. Tnere isAmes, We hac an Ames, you know, in onr class. Habbeil. Wonder if he is any relation to Peter, who lived in that litsla hut by himseif on New gtreet? Ives. Look here, Butler! Tas Tialpb turoed up again? _ Well, You were singu- Jarly mum about him. Just look atdhe subject of his orstion: *Murder Will Out.’ That's acu- rious topic for a fresh young fellow to choose.™ 8ohe ran on, While oy own eyes stared at the title of Candido Ives’ oration. "I felt & shudder, 88 if this young man were to stand chero sud dis- close lus ather's secret before the whole au- dience, and before me! 1 waited feverishly for Tus speech. It waa the Jasu of the orations be- fora the valedictory. When his turn came the young man stepped forward, hislithe fignre snd dark, handsome face fixing the eyes of the old and youog alike, He was greoted with s faint appiagee, which plainly did not come from the -leenu. and by s buzz of expectatior, which was more complimentary than any amount of ap- plause would bave beea. S + [ don’t see any likeness to Ralph,” whisper- ed Treat to me, bt Le Jeft his cyoe oo him. The oung speaker wors the academic gown, 83 did he others, but it was noticeabls that he did nat treat it as they did. 88 some unwonted and rather dignifying robe inwhich their boyishness was for & fime concesled. On the contrary, he nsed itus if it were & part of his speech ; Dow fliog- ing it back, now wrapping it steruly around hit, now throwine an end over his shoulder in a0 audacious manner. 1t would have been meraly melodramatic in otbers, but 1o him it seemed g0 completely in keeping with his naturo and his words, that I Iou’nd mynelf :loms&;‘mg; under & kicd of an e o oves fixed upon that zobe, all alive with the speskers magnetism. His theme was the common one of the Llil;vlh_ble::; 8 t deeds st spms lime, in mm’aaor e instance after instance, some way. il discovered evidently by barrow- L O allerisa of erime. At lsac be dark wrapped his cloak about him, walked D iowa the stago until ho atood almost balanced npon the outer edge, looked fixedly B on bis audience, sud continued. in words thet ‘od themaelves iato my memory— “Thirty-seven years ago.on this very 27th day of June, in this very precioct, the other side of That frowning mountain, which csts its shadow over, s smiling plane, snd bas cast it from all eternity, io ‘darkness of nighs, before the dawn bad roused mea from thelr slsep, & mad was slain! Wesksaftarward, his bodswas decaving by the raadeide, DRt ths maniore o not found. Thirty-seven years have paased of birth and death, and n0 wad bas yet fonnd the doer of that deed. y-90ven yesrs—thirty- seven yearal Qur fathera were thon here, wish- in th‘na walls; their son3 axe here now. Thewr 800" Bon8 mav come and go, yet tre ia & dim light traveling. 1t may be, from eome diziaut star, that will fall upon that dark spot, soma day, some hour, some minate of time. and ali wil! ta revesled' As he said these wordy, their cadensa in hia musical voios sounding ks the tothuyg of, 8 bell, ha laid sside tho folda of Lus’ rube, ona aiter the other, a3 {f the gecret were even uow o be Isid bare.’ Then he bowed s melaucholv Amile, turned and feft tho stage. At firab thein was a ailence ; theo the whalo sudience, s'udents sud all, thraw off tho speil by a storm of clap- ping and poundiog, whicn woald uot cease until Candido stepped bsck upan the stuge, ths tima with a light boud, and au almost dancing meas- ure, smiliog and bowing guvly, as if he hat nevor thonghy of anything somaer, For myself, 1 was seized with 8o inoxpressibla restlessness. Ia vain I made these words of TIvds only idle, boyish declamstion. They hatnt- ed me, they drove me to desperation, and § de- termined no longer to live uoder this shelter of my ouwp formiog, Treat turned to me while the band was playing, before the naxs and lay( spéak- er should come i, and sad : “That was a curions fact the voung man braught ogt at the epd. True, too, but how did be happen to ferret it ont? I sappose he was struce with with the faos of its baviug como upon this very day. . I remember tho fact per- fectly. It made a great-stir at the time, but was an oosolved enigma Suspicion rested upon 8oma oue wao disappeared ut the time. I havo forgotten kis name, Butitnever was cleared up. Iconfess, this young fellow made me, oid 25 I am, feel rather creepy.” Ilett the andience toseek the air. Attha moment I left the door. young Ives passed down the walk. With an impu:se, L stepped up to his side and made as if { would walk with him. “That was a singular fact,” said I, abruptly, “that you closed your oration with. How did you ges hiold of it ? ~ It eapecially interested me, because it happened lo_my college-days, or, rather, just after thom. I wasof the clise of ‘thirty-four?” 1 looked quick'vat him, Ho smiled and #aid, in sn ingenuous way: . 1 came npon the story in one of iny walks the other side of the mountain. I have o liking for saoh stories, and I tried my best to get hold of some clew to it, thinking it would be a fiue thing for me to discover it. In fact, if I had discov- ered 3t, I meaot to disclose the wholo story hars oo the btage. It would have madea sensatian, eh? The ooly clew I conld got was a very inter- esting one,” be added, with sang-froid. * The pereon last seen with the murderad waan, snd Dpever seen afterwara. bore the samo nume that 1 have—Ises. What is more, he bore my {ather's name.” My mouth grew parchod, my tongue noved belplaasly. I could ouly look at him 1 if he had accnsed me of the crime. ** His namo was Philip Ives,” he addel. I huntdd him dows as well #8 I could, but thirty- seven years cover up & g0od many trifles, anl [ could find nothing concerning him.” Ho wont on to tell me of bus experience in forreuns out thig tragedy, and my head grew clearer. A laat 1could myself speak - * Where is your home ?” I askod. ¢ In Pexas, in San Actonio. My father and uncle were Btate people; my mother waa Spanish.” * Yoar uncle ?" I managed to_ssy, bat could not tryat myself ta sav mara. Ha lquked &t me curiodbly, deteeting some unexplained emotion in my tone. 4 : ¢ Yes, my uncle. Nothing :tnnglo in that, I suppose. My father died whea I wasa cluld, 20d my unclo has always been my gusrdian.” « Pardom my inquisitiveuers,” I eaid, ** but I gace had a very dear friend, a ¢l here ab $t. John's ; his name wag B.llgl; Iyes.” g “ That is mv uncle's nume, but I never heard of )11'5 being hereat St. John'’s. I mustlookinte * Very likely they wers _two entirely distinct persons,” said L Ives is not at all A tncom~ mon name.” * What washa like ?* demanded my compan- ion, ** Deacribe hitm to me.” 11 your nucle was my friand,” said I, “‘ ba wowd have grown out of his old likeness. Iesn f:lgiuy that I thought I saw a Jikeness in yom o « Bo ever:bmllmnn Come, I believe I am getting at something.”, f “ Do you go back to Texss at once? " T asked. That ia just whatIamon my way to find out,” said he. **I sm going in hers, o the past~ , office, now; T've been avery dsy looking J;o: - letter.” I was perplexad bevond measure, I felt sura that z rould dotormiug, without dogbt, . wi_shiar of not Lls uncle and my friend were ono, but, it they were, it was plain that for some tason Ralph hed conosaled the facta of his oasly them . his nephew, and had I a right a reveal at work npon BHfbPEX 4ot this young inquisitor office together. I asked for lettars. “HaRdutha his post-office drawer aud opeued it. I could at belp casting my eye over his shoulder. Yes, there was the handwritiog of my old fricad; it muat be, it could be no other. Caadido read it rapidly, snd his face kindled. He and @aw mo with my eyes fixed op him. “ Good ! " said he, as if talking to & friend, « T'm going to Europe! My uncle writcs mse t0 goatonce. Hp will joio me in New York.” . Thoped that the excitament would hold bia ‘mind and make bim forget pur previous conver- sation, but in s moment be added: “Seo if the bsndwriting is familliar.” I glanced at the lester. » “ Yes,” 1 Auid, a8 carelessly as I conld, it might b8 his.” Then Isdded : “ Yoz will sea our gaclo u & few days, I am not,far from vew York,~at Bloomfield, in fact. "Give him this card.” I wrote upon the back of & vigiting~ card, “ Thought is the devil! ™ aad bsnded it to Candido. ** That is a piece of nopsanse,” said I, Jaughing it off. * 1f your nncle is my friend, ha will npderstand it,” and I lefe bim. I bad actod impulsively. I dared oot go fariher with him. 1 felt that { ought to leave it to Ralph to do what be would in this case. A week after, I satin my study. I was read- ing my morning paper. My eyes foll upon the lisc of passengera in oue of the Atlagtic steamers. -1 saw the names of Ralph Ives and Candido Ives. I mpghed: 8o it could nob have besa be. He never wounid have reiused the recognition.” Yet I remembered tbat be Liad kopt silence for thirty-seven years. Why shoold he break it now? I wondered, too, that Candido had not written; vet I knew so Litle of him that L saw my wonder came from my own uet- work of speculation. It was with & heavy beert that I tarned back tomy work, The mystery sesmed darker for the littls light I bad begun to fancy was thrown upgp it- 1 longed for wome sign that ehould show me the worth of worth- lesancss of the speculations which had inenta- bly beeu forming 1n my mind. I was not left long without thus si The next day came & Jetser, which I held long 1n my band before I could’ open it. 1t Bore the old fsmiliar hand, changed only as age would chsuge it I sm not ashamed to say that I could not opea iz , till I had first dropped on my knoes snd asked conrsge to besr whatever message it brought. It was without date, withont signature. It read: “Since 1 sent back that scrap of writing by Pbilip, that swiul night, telling you 1 would wnteas - 00D 88 it was possible, theso years have paased, ana stitl I cannot explain it, cannot comato you. My nephew Wrote me of your being an exaimin- or, inoocent of the sharp pain that would roa through me, It filled me with uneariness, 'nnd I have resolved to take him for several yoars’ stay in Euroj His motner 18 desd. His father ia GeaaFam alona with him, God knows all. My lips aze tealed forever. Should Idie, aod he return and seek you, be bis friend, ob, be his friend; but do mot tell bim that we knaw each otber and loved each other.” ' The letter fell from my bands and the tears roiled own my cheeks as T agun dropped on my Knees and bieseed_God that be had given me back my friend. Yes, be bad giveu him back, though I should mever see him more,—given hum ilck without stsin, and with all hig old nobleasss glorified in the light of these years of grand suerce. It was all a8 t:lelfi tgmn :&w. n:;a fiagments came together, and I could see the e bofora me. O that night when Ralph {ay beside me, happy snd hopefnl, bis brother bad slain 8 mao, sad, fleeing, had sought tis young man for refuge. He bad found him and drawn him away for couufel. Ralph bad seat m back with the n which he neverlett, but in place robbed me a3 I siept. They had left, thia stroog young man, throwing his brotherly srms around the weak and emug ope to ssve him for a botter fife. For him he kad given up ove ing,—friends, home, bopea ; bad sought the outlaw'a Iand snd lived as an outlaw ; had geen his brother marry, dre, leaving to his care thia boy, and ever since be bad gisen to the boy what he had given to the father, the sacrifice of gilence, that he might grow up true and honor- able, ignorant of the c¢rime whose shadow had been cast before him. I could. undersiand tbe coursge and sensa even of high duty which should lead him to_send Candido %ldt to the peene of his father's sin, and his dwn happy, ligntning-struck life. I oquid understand, 100, the undden fesr lost all bis protection of the boy's life should be suddenly swept away. 5 friend of my youth, it was & noble life that ou led, given frankiy and fearlessiy for others. E’he deep grave of thbe uuplanted ses holds yon and the youth for whom you sacrificed yoursolf uewndfin;a. “l:‘lm m&:vnymlhn:h fldmnhuu-&nm,a. ta dpplalons’ ]