Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, October 31, 1875, Page 3

_THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE SUNDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1875.—SIXTEEN PAGES. 3 - SECRET SOCIETIES. ¢ Grand Ledges of Ohio ni g and Kentacky. {gembly of the Knights Templar of |, Massechusetts and Rhode Icland, id-Fellow Statisties in - Kentucky~-- Grand Lodge of Dakota, [me Project for an Asylum-—-Eansas — Personsal. AMASONIC. GRAND LOLGE OF OHI0. aqye Grand Lodge of Ohio closed its seesion at w;abns by the clection and appointment of e following offcers : ‘orand Yastr—C. A. Woodward, of Clevelond. Gty Grond Moster—William 3. Cunninghim, of ‘f.:‘,ffr Warden—Lewis Kl Williams, of Russtliville, b I ap.cinThe Rev, A. G, Byers, of Colum- L3 " grend Orator—Stith M. Sullivan, of Dsyton, ren Warsai—A. M. Ross, of Cincinmati, G Grand Lnacon—dawmes Bindley, of Cincln- - o Grend Dracon—John G. Norton, of Taledo, i fyier—Jscob Eandall, of %3mesviLle, Tpe Grand Lodge resolved to hold a special Mariotla on the 24ta of psson 85 Juse, 187 (St Jobu's day), to cele- o the ope-hundredih anniversary of e establishment of the American Union wwh\mrumin the American army juring tho Rovolution. The bistory of this is very interesting. It was organized iosg the officers of the American army abont peadence, under & charler obtained from the Grend Lodgo of Maseachusetts. Much of its cark was at West Point. After the close of the nr & brave Revolutionary officer, Maj. Hart, sho wes the custodian of the charter, was or- fered to Fort Harmar (Marietta), and tbere imencan Union Lodge wes reorganized and sontioued nnder the old charter, —being thefirst \olge instituted ‘‘west of the mountains.” Maj. Bart was subsequently ordered further fest in the wars with the Indians, and was {fledin Darks County. American Union Lodge tas flonrished st Marietta since 1790. KENTUCKY OBPHANS' HOME. The Graod Lodge of Kentuckr, in session at Lonisvilis, has bad an elephant on its bands in the shape of the Widows’ and Orphaos' Home, 104 bas now adopted the following plan: el busth “The Grand Lodge directs that the Board of Directors of e Hmnh:h“'ldfll'l' lng’ & 4 E‘o;l*l‘md In- fomary issue their bonds e amonn! 1 1:i bonds to be for sums of §100, $500, and ‘3:‘”‘" dna thirty years after date, but redeemnable after five ytira st plessure; thess bonds be made to bear7 &5 eentum per ennum intercst, principal and interest malie st the Masonic Savings Bank in the Oty of [avite, Ey., the interest to e paid_nemi-sonmally, {o: whi:h cozpons ehall Le attached to the bonds. “The Grand Lodge indorses said bonds, and assumes 2e peyment of the principal and interest. 1In order to meet the bonds o issued, the fol- lowing by-Isws were adopted : 25, That in addition fo the dues alresdy paid to this Grsnd Lodge by subordinate 2D agseesment of lodges, #) cents on esch member of subarainate lodges o this jurisdiction (except wministers of the Goepel) 18 Dereby made payable by said lodges at the samo time 12d in the same manner as the regular ducs from taid %5. The Grand Treasurer, out of the funds arising fram tne asgeesment provided for in by-law Nao. 25, thall pay the interest of the bonds on the Widows' and Orphans' Home, indorsed by the Grand Lodge, eemi- sunually ss it falls due, and ahall invest the surplus wch year i come safe interest.] securities, in mu;da‘.mhlmmdwmmmpfindpuo! ¥ASSACHUETTS AND ENODE ISLAKD KRIGHTS. The snoval assembly of the Grand Comman- dery of Knights Templar and the appendans or- ders of Masenchusetts and Rhode Isiaud was beld in Masons’ Hall, Providence, on Wednesday, Qet. 27, A large number of Sir Enights were in Rtendance, and the proceedings were harmoni- oae. Special mention was made of the desth of the Iate Dr. Winslow Lewis, of Boston, Past Graod Commander, and oneof the most hon- aed and weeful mambera of the body. Sir Coarles A, Stott, of Lowell, Maes., hav- ing served a8 Grand ander t0 years, re- tired from office, and was succeeded by the Rev. Buory W. Raze, pastor of the Church of the ediaor on Cranston street, and ths Presideut of the Bchool Committee of Providence. This dutoguished body of Templar Knights was founded in Providence in the year 1805, through the exertions and_personal infiuence mainly of Smith Webb, who, during the first twelve years of its existence, presided over i1s eliderations a8 Grand Master. Its original style 2d title was “The Grand Eocampment of mgnhh_nd azd jurisdiction thereunto belong- %. It is claimed to be the oldest existing l"l:lg Body of KEnighthood in the United Ststes” Its mssemblies have been regulatly | e Aud and its records have been continuons and toimpeized. Its past officers number some of domost distingmshed Masona of.the present sntwry, while 1 the high gsrsonll character, tightly bearing, and loyal devotion to the Or- dor, of eent members and officers, it is st by any similar organization of men BAmenca, Its eubordinates number forty-one. EANSAS MASONS. The Grand Lodge of Kaveas A. F. & A, ML, in ®ession at Topeka on the 218t inst., voted to bold tbenext seasion at Emporia. The only sction A ivterest ¢o members outside the State was the allowing : e, ut thought it _ehor I8 based different plan. Toe word ona “Mason Bould be left out of the plan. ~ Instoad of maiing as- emment oo occasion of death, the roceipts of which Bould goto the beirs, 3t recommended that certain Total, $33,011.01, ecaints, [ $2,943.34 3 5,508, Weeks for which allowances weze paid, 403, ASSEYE, Lowms : Value of regaliss, Cash on band. Widows and orphans’ fan Carh on hand Oct. 1, 1874 Boceipts during year. Cash on hand Oct, 1, 1875........ ... At the session of Wednesday, the following officers were elected : Grand Master—H. A, AL Henderson, of Frankfort. Deputy Grand Master—W, McCresdy, of Loutsville, the subordinate lodg cent meeting at tinnation of the list : 12, Is a member in arrears, 50 as not to be entitled P. W., and mot beneticiary, entitled to funeral benefits under Art. X., Sec. 9, Constitution ? ‘member not suspended for cyuss, or dropped N, P. D.,is entitled to faueral benofits, which to the S. A. Dbecause be has not pai sole purpose of pa; o ‘ber may such case? the nsual manner. ZIL97 5 to orphans, §607.11; for funerals, $5,815.20 63 ; perecntage of Grand Lodgs, fana, of widows and orphans’ GEAND LODGE. Grand Wurden—W, Grief, of Paducai. Grand Secretar.—William White, of Louisville. Grand Treasurer—G. W. Morris, of Loulsvills. Grand Representative—W. W. Marris, of Lonisville. _The Grand Encampment convened in Louis- ville Wedsesday. An uuusnally large represen- tation was present, embracing delegates from nearly all the subordinate encampments in the jurisdiction. The reports from the varions en- campments were exceedingly gratifying, and io- dicate that tlus order in Odd Fellosship was in 8 very prosperous condition. Large acoessions o mmben?i;:h have libeen szafila flgnng the past . D. Caid vear, while thonsands of dollars have been ex- er—Flsvius J. £Lillipd, of Georgctown, renrhsd to relieve the widow aod orphan, and & rge tnm of money has been paid to sick and distressed brethren of tho fraternity. The following oftivers wore elected for the ensuing : H. Raneon, P, @. R., Covington, Grand Patriarch, A W, H. Goddurd, Louisville, Al. E. &. I P, ! B. Rogers, Louisville, K. W, G. W. L. 0. Cox, Owenton, R, W. G. J, W, Willfam White, Loulsvills, 2. W. G. §, George W. Morris, Louisville, 1. W. G, T. L 8. Dowden, Lexington, G. Rey. G. L. U. B GRAND LODGE ORGANIZED. A convention of grand representatives from es of Dakota convened in 0dd Fellows' Hall, Yankton, Oct. 13, 1875, for the purpose of organizing a grand lodge of 0dd Fellows. Six lodges were ropresanted. The following officers were then elocted Joat mooths befors the Declaration of Inde- | pointed: P2 G. M.—F. W. Miller, B W, Clapiain—. H. Mngofin, Aarshal—J, Curtia, Conduclor—F, Schuaubar, Herald—F. 8. Clair., Guardian—)L. P, Oblman, P. G. W. L. H. Oweag, well known in Chioago, ;u introduced and reccived the Grand Lodge legreo. TLLINOIS DECIBIONS. One week ago Tue TmBUNE printed a portion of Grand Master Shermau's decisions at the re- Peoria. Following is the con- may be xpriied townd paymmant of “ faneral expeascs, 13, Can a Lodge legaily onact s by-law providing that’ in case o brother, non-beachcisry by resson of arrears, hall pay such arrears, he shall not thereby be rendered beneficiary unti shall have elspscdl Answer—No. When dues sre paid mp in such case, the brother becomes * benefi- Ciary” at once, uniess be ba sick, in which casa he can- 1ot become beneficiary s0 Jony aa that sicknesa con- tinues. See Art, X., Secs. 7 aud 8, Consitution 1374. 14, Can s member ot eititisd to'tho S, A, P. W., 2 tho dues, ete., of the last past term in full, be adwmittod to the Lodge-room? Ansurer —The N. G. may order bir fo bo admitted, for the ying hisarrcars, But he cannot sit in the Jodge-room tili he haa done 80, This decision is made on tho ground that the Grand Zodge U. S, has remited th matter to State Grand and Lodge has not_decided that brothera without the password can st in Lodge, Cap charges be preferrcd against 3 brather drop- P. D. and he bo tricd and punished? A nawer— until 2 certain time the that our Grand 15, d, a8 under our preseat low, 16. Chargos are preferred in Lodgo Ansner—Lods The case is ODD FELLOWS' ASYLUM, The Trustess of the Associstion formed in Now York for the purpose of accumulating the necessary fund wherewith to erect and sustsin an ssylum have recently msde a report from which it appears thet they have on hand $4,186.43. A committeo has been appointed to report on the several proposed localities, and it i8 proposed to purchase s farm st S0ma conye- nient and accessible place during the coming sear. g The affairs of the Associstion are managed by a Board of fifteen Trustees, five being selected The fands are rawsed as followa : Apy lodges who desire to join tho Association, and thereafter each member, contributes a cent per Week for the purpose which is called asylum dues. John Medale, Grand Represencative, is the President of the Association. EANSAS RELIEF. The Relief Committes L O. 0. F. of Kansas who distributed the contributions of the frater- nity to their brothers who suffered-from- the grasshopper scourps has concluded ita labors, and reports that the entire amount received was %7,436.60, all of which was used as the case re- quired, most of the same being expended for corn, potatoes, wheat, and other gram m ach yesr. or seed by the farmers. ‘The careful, methodical, and ssusible manage- ment of this cbarity reflects great credit upon the Committes who had the maiter They are Frauk H. Belton, Grand Master, Grand Treasurer Mayo, and Samuel F. Burdett, Grand and dropped mem- inay, while & crimiual {n the Penitentiary, de- mand, “znd 8 N. G. must, on payment of §1, exacuts and deliver a dismissal cerfificate without a vote of tha Lodge, it is not only the right, but the duty of Lodgea 10 try and expel any dropped members who have be- oome notoriously disrepatable, A, and change of venue taken to Lodge B. Can Lodge A appeal from decision of Lodge BT How shall appeal be taken in ige A cannot properly appeal againet B, althongh anch infornral appeals have been passed upon by the Grand of venue from A to B, after triai and findings by B, papers, ete., with notice of findings, ete., are returned Dy B t0 A, and the judgment of i bocomes the judg- ‘ment of &, acd is entered on ita records, A muit in- flfct the penalty, if any, fixed by B. for purposes of ap; e. Incase of change 2aif no change of venuo had ever been taken, and any member of A may appeal in A must send up therecopds io Grand Lodge acconding to Law. : eeded in charge. EUROPEAN' GOSSIP. The London Cat-Show---Five Hun- dred Pussies on Exhi- bition. The Prototype of Offenbach’s “Fritz"- Treasures of the Dresden Piet- ure-Gallery. Rossi as ““ Othello”---Carpeaux, the Cele- brated French Sculptor. THE LONDON CAT-SHOW. Col. Fornoy, m a. late London letter to ths Philadelphia Press, describos the cat-show at the Crystal Palace: * This season thers sra no less than 213 exhibitors. The Crystal Palace itself is familiar to Americans. The centratran= 8ept, at once a beantiful promenade and a de- lightful resting-place, was crowded yesterday by the visitors who came to see the cats in cages down each side, Each cage contained a cushion for pusey, s littlo saucer filled with milk, ete., while the prize cats were distinguished by a blue flag bung from the top. Bomeidea of the enter- prise of the authorities atthe Palace may be gathered from the fact that about 180 prizes wore offered for competition, from £5 to 15 shillings, while marky of distiuction, which are equally coveted, sadh a8 ‘‘very highly com- mended,” are also awarded. In certain classes, where thero is o great competition, snd only, say, three prizes, those catswhich are high- 1y commended have a good chance of carrying off ihe firs: prizes at local shows or exhibitions, where their standing would bo more completety recoguized. The best tabby cat received a silver cup, For this prize there was a genoral rivalry; there were thirty-six caudidates, and, as they wore all first-class, the decision of the judges was not made nntil after much discussion. The prizeman at last appeared in Maater Shuckard's “Tommy Dodd,” aged 9 yoars, and valued at £100 (8300) ; the winner of tua second prize was also held at the same amount, while tie walue attached to others in the samis class was never betow £5. Miss Shorthousc’s cat, * sge unknown, possesses a tabular pedigree for six generations,” aud is valued by its owner &t £10,000; but in face of theso substantial arguments Miss 8.'s favorite was mot among the prizes, ouly receiving 8 high ‘“‘commendation,” Other of the candi- dates were wmcgnificent creatures, gracefal in their movemente, their furs shining with gloas resembling the richest velvot, These cats were the bess in the show, and were specially consid- ered by the judges to b a superb class. The avarago weight of each was about 16}4 pounds. One of the prizes was for the ‘‘heaviest eat in the show,” and this wae won by aspecimen weigh- ing a fow ounces over 18 pounds. This gentlo- man was §0 overcowe swith joy at the honor ha had won that he gave himself np fo amusement the whole day, glad to engage in a game with the first youngster that came along. Few out of the 500 pussies showed bad tempers ; the exceptions wore amongst the black cats, which, for the most part, seemed discontented. Very different was the conduct of tho long- baired Angora spocies, with' their splendid coats white as suow; their pink eyos, and fiery appearance, forming one of the most interesting features. The crowds of cluldren who shwosf, in these days, live at the Palace, make their choice without regard to the decision of the judges, and their jaroriles avo at once exalted among themselves, The juvenilo favorites yes- terday were tiree kittens belonging to one fam- ily, of the Angora Lreod, strikingly beantiful, and a lady cai, the happy possessor of eight kit~ teps about two days old, all, like their mother, perfectly white and quite andistinguiehable from each other, Another bpecimen had grestoess thrust upon. lum, because, poor fellow, he had tho misfortyne to be bora without forelegs. This gentleman geta about after the fashion of the kangaroo, and lus maoner of getting over the ground is certainly curious if not graceful. Tuis ‘unique spectacle is under distingnished auspices; 85 usual, & titled peraonage beads the list of pa- trons, which closes with tne namse of Charlas Robert Darwin, tho renowned philosopher and natorshst. o - OFFENBACH'S Says & writer in the New yors Mercury: A ghort time since, as I am informed by & private Jetter from Paris, » number of literary Bohe- mians were sssembled at Jacques Offenbach’s cozy little sitting-room in the French Capital, talking sprightly of everything in general and nothing in particular. Gradually the conversa- tion driited into a sort of argument to the effect that the miost popular incidenls travestied on the comic stage were really based on some sctual occurrence in life. This was doubted by some, 2nd one introduced the character of #'rilzin the +Grand Daochess ™ a8 so ridiculous and absurd, especially his being run through all grades of military ‘promotion to the highest ‘in five minutes, that. anything remotely like it could never have really happemed. Of- fenbach dmiled at this mssortion, and: cat tho debate short by eaying that the incident was . taken from actual life. This waa & stanper to the company, who all asked for the proof, which Offenbach at once gave by telling the following story: Years ago, he said, he was examining the treasures in an antiquarfan’s store in London, when a work attracted his at- tention, bearing a title like tho following : *The Life, Habits, and Manners of Peter the Great, Czar of All the Russing, with Many Truthfal Anscdotes Never Befora Printed.” This book, he raid, was published in London nbout the middle of last century, and Was now very rare. He bought it, and in 1t is told the very incident after which the affair of General Frifz in the “Grand Duchess"” wss patterned. year g ol ter then, Ouoe day, so B2 ahould be colisoted st i 4 then at death o ne:u;?u? ?‘fi:&”%.“;’,fi”& Becretary. runs the suecdote, & young recruit was standing i, 1f Masons want to foin the socicly DOW in ex- ITEXS. guard before the door of the entrance to Peter's Siore % G. L shiould fnterpose oo objections. It | John W. Carter, P. G. Rep., of Ohio, died at | privato chamber in the palace of St. Peters- Sering & sy, Cheap insurunce, and closed with | Cincinnatirecently, burg. had reccived orders to admit o As he wag slowly passiog up_and \cering » resolution, a substance recommending the :-:E;::nunm %o the Lramerbood of the Imeaiog it 12 Lo conducied Lonorably and by Th KEN10HTS OF THX RED CROSK. e fourth snnual conclave of the Grand Im- E:lcom:ul of Knights of the Red Cross of *Pu? 0d Canstentine and_Knights of the Holy the Asylum of Apollo Commandery N Asyly ry No. 1 K. T. M thia city Oct. 26, The following officers were fected a0d insiallod by Sir_Loval Levi Munn e Grand Rovereign: Sir Robert Bingham f2dth, Grand _Sovereign: Bir James Hodge m"-“flfl(innd Viceroy ; Sir John Carson Smith, £0 Semior General; Sir Nathaviel Bl _Boberteon, Grand Junior _Gen- gt , bert Broce Miller, Grand Bt ‘&late; Sir Levi Randall Jerome, Grand hflfl\lflee“ux; Sir Erastts Noys Tucker, o] Treasurer; Sir Jonathen John Freach, | © Hgh Pecorder; Sir John Dickerson, Grand S dAlmnncr; 8ir Gilbert Wordsworth Barn Gnag Amberlain: Eir Benn Philip Reynolds, i~ Architect: Rir Thomas Henry Agnew, Bir Charles W. Dan- g‘"fl Btandard-Bearer : - ma Marshel; Sir James Andrew Haw- Gring B finif..mn 8ir John Porter Ferns, S S ODD-FELL OWSHIP. The XENTUCKY GRAND BODIES. ¥ Grand 11:1(;. of Eentucky L 0. 0. F. met < o Tuesday last. After a grand pro- eaminn the Iodge was welcomed by the Hon. e W. Morris, of Lonisville, and the re- Foae dll'nandd:y Grsod Master J. C. Welch. - uvered the anousl report of Singy, from which the following extract is CuaTPOTa of al the D. D, G. Masters show that P iges bave boen added to the misterhood Tast vear. They are ail eligibly focated, tn m‘m #nd under the care of zealons Odd-Fel- Oriey gl abor 10 promote the welfare of the "2 their reepective nelghborlioods. tingle suggestion, 1 ahall procesd at once {o 1 euggeet tbas the Grand Lodge will at this ecesion i regard to the Com- "respendence, 35 1o mako it one of s eficient’ Committeea of the Order, dane by haring it sppoisted by theinl 8 Macter, with suthority to act during 28 make it olligatory upon the Grand them with the of sis- received by him. With such_infor- 1 they canzot fail to report “ prog- sessian, in approvod methods of legis- uesiions of {mportance o the Order ia Grand Secretary's roport gi Secr 3 art gives thy follow- xfif&“"’*fllfls the progress and atatus of “’fm““ sdmienion per card, 223¢ refectad, Bis; ext eaths, 1033~ Pest 9.4 Rt pre ppy g 5595 g F{f h 11 i The 0dd Fellows of Ottawa have nearly ploced nes ball, which is to bs dedicsted with the usual ceremonies st an early day. 3 Rainbow Lodge No. 400 propoee to do the ‘handsome thing, by returning the recent visit of Fort_Dearborn No, 214 A weel from Tusaday 70 of the State of Iilincls was held at | €vening is the time fixed upon. ‘Hon. Jacob Krohm, of Freeport, M. W. Grand Patriarch of the Grand Encampment. was in the city last week in consultation with J. C. Smith, Grand Seribe. The Grand Patriarch proposes to wake up the patriarchal branch a little darin the coming year. Henry Savoy, an expelled member of Amity Lodge No. 132, Murphysboro, Ill., is said to be traveling and obtaining sid, under the repre- sentation that he is in good standing. His lodge ay he is 8 dead-beat. The Hon. John Lake, of Rackford, was also in the city and caifed on E. B. Bherman, P.G. M. Mr. Lake has been o prominent member of the Grand Lodge for many years, and during most of that timo Chairman of the Finance Commit- tee. He is known popularly in that body 88 ++ 0ld Fioanoe,” a figurstive expression designed to be anything but uncomplimentary. The Grand Lodge pass any bill or scconnt which he sanctions withont debate or question. IN OCTOBER, Days that are lighted with rosy ra; Mar'. with n‘:gtcglu&rl:oo;; S trees agninst the +ky stand, o ondad far the towb, 2 By tho roadside the leaves flame ont § The breezes pause and listen To murmars add chirpiogs in the grass; And tho golden trec-tops glisten, 'The bloom of the heavy-sosntad wood, ‘The crimson of the eun,— Why should thoy take my sad Eeart back To a day that has long been done; Adag tn Jums: a low, wild wood ; W ., br By rearlet pleams among the green,— The vivid Painied-Cup 1 - The red cap of my heart I held, -~ ""And poured the precious thing Low at your fest—your careless ufloring. Broken indeed, but proudly stil, 1t holds its vetals up BUill acarlet is the trampled flowps, ‘Buat—empty is the cup. > foat je " Butstill & day of sobrit indun, Or a picture that w2e made By heavenly dreams snd artist hands, Or mnsic saftly glayed, e Or flowers,—whstevar lifts me up .Totbeholyandthetrue,— , . . . Will take me back to the low, Wild wood, And e Paintad-Oup, nd ok, pra T R L one. down before the door, Prco Mentchikofl, the favorite Minister of tho Czar, approached, attempting to_enter., He was sto by the recruit. 'U'he Prince, who had the fullest liberty of calling upon his master at sny time, sought to push the guard sside sud pass him, yet the young man would not move, bub ordered his Fighness to stand back. “‘Yon fool!” ehouted the Prince, ** don’t yon knowme?” The racruit smiled and said: * Very well, your Highnoss, but my orders are peremptory to let nobody ass,”” The Prince, exasperated at the low fel- low’s impndence, struck him a blow in the face with his riding-whip. * Strike away, your High- ness,” £aid the soldier, *“but Icaonot Jet you go m.” Peter, in his room, hearing the noise out- gide, opened the door and inquired what it mesnt, and the Prince told him. The Czar was much amused, but said nothing at the time. In the evening, however, ke sent for the Prince and tho soldier. As they both appeared, Peter gave his own cane to the soldier, saying : * That man struck you in the morniog, now you must return the biow to that feliow with my ptick.” The Prince was amazed. * Your Majesty,” he gaid, *this common soldier i8 to strike me " “Imake him a Captain,” easid Peter. *‘ButI am an officer of your Meajesty’s honsehold,” ob- jected the Prince. *‘I make him a Colonel of my life-guards and ap officer of the household,” said Peter, again. *‘My rank, yoar Majesty koows, is that of General,” again protested Mentchikoff, i“Thaen I make him a Ganeral, 8o that the beating you get may come from s man of your rank.” The Pringe got a sound thrasbing in the presence of the Czar. be recrmit was next day commis- sioned & Genersl, with the title of Gonat Oromi- Zoff, and was the founder of a powerful family, whose descendants aré gtill high in the imperial sorvice of Russia. ‘‘This recruit,” said Offen- bach, **is tha original of my General Frikz.” AUGUSTUSDJHE STRONG. AND THE DRES- com- N PICTURE-GALLERY. A Dresden letter to the Boaton Journal esys: It is an old proverb thatitisanill wind that blows nobddy good. 1n the beginning of the sighteanth century there rcigned at Dresden a huge profligate, called Augustis the Strong. He seemed to think ‘that the people were but com- mon food for Kiogs. - 'His oppression and 1 rapacity knew no bonnds. He was called the splandid as well a8 the strong. He would out- shine Solomon. It is stated, a8 veritable hisiory, that he loft behind hun three hundred and fifty- wo childron. . His magnificence was wanton. A gypey party at Muhiberg cost six million dolars. He brilt the Japan Palace for one of his mis- {rogses, the floors of which were covered with parpets of the rarest features. He“sold »° Tegiment 'Of & thousand men, with Liorses and bamess and .armd, for.a few choice - vases the celebrated gresn vaults of his paisce— oL curious . feghion; . His wprivats :treasury—. was crowded with precious stones aod gold, wronght isto grotesque figures; with ostrich eggs decked ont with blazing magnificence iato fantastic shapo; with musical clocks and hun- dreds of other toys, cotlected at untold expense. 1 never saw diamonds untit £ saw them n these same gréen vaults. Thay eeemed a8 plentifal as the pebbles iu the sirests, Thare ia a bronze room, and an ivory room, sud a mogaic room, and a gold and gilver room, aud a room of prec- jons stones, and a regalia room, each thronged with varions ornaments sod objects worth mill- ions, but a5 useless, most of thew, as children's plasthings. There 8ro caricatnres formed of epormons posrls. There ars the throne 2nd Court of the Grand Mogul, Areng Zeb, consisting of the monarch himeelf on a golden throue. sur- rounded by his guards and courtiers—altogether 132 igures—in gold aud enamel. There 18 precious bric-a-brac enough to stock & dozen palaces to repletion. I wearied of it utterly before I had paseed a fourth of the distauce through the rooms. ‘Chie larger share of this useless mng- pificence was gathored through the extortion of this profligate Augustus. Bat even he managed to do a worthy aad useful thing. . The formation of the Dresdon Gsllery of pictures Is largely owing to im. If you caonot with historical verity say the formation, at least the great ex- tension of it is his work. In tbis gallery are collected 2,400 pictures, many of them tho finest mastar-pieces. And now descriptico fails, Itis aight alone which can disclogs the richnoss and the wonder of this gallery. Of conree the crown of the collection is Raphaels Madanpa di 8sa Sisti. had _beon often iucredulous before when 1 had heard people break into much Tapture about this picture. DBut Iam one of the swe-stricken ones hence- forward, now that 1 have almoat knelt before it. No copy of tue picture that Ihavo ever seen— and everybody has seen multitudes—even ap- proachesit, There are s power, and s beauty, »0d a kind of divine shining in it which 1o copy- ist has ever captared. The pictaro arands, as 18 most fitting, separated from every other, in a room by itself, alone. I noticed what others have 80 often spoken of, the involuntary hush +which sccms to fall oo people 83 they enter and lift toeir eyes toward it. A spell overcomes. The tread softens. Lho yoice subsides to whis- pors, or there is no specch. Ina macred silence whicl you dave not break, you gaze upon that ‘mother and that child. ¢ will not_bo wondsrful if, in 2 little, you find yourself looking tlrough &'mist of tears. i Of the other pictures I will not try to write. Every one of them ie in shadow after the Madon- padi Sao Sisti. And yet what revelations of beauty and power crowd the walls. Cario Dolce’s Chirist hangs thore,—that one in which He is rep- resented iu the breaking of the bread. You feol the falling of the agouy as_you .look upon it. Thero is aiso the exquisite St. Cecelia, by the game arcist. The wonderfal Magdalea of Bal- loni is also in this gallery.. Nothivg can ezgesd tho union of beauty and penitence portrayed in it. Here also is Correggio's Holy Virgin, where the light breaks altogether from the Child Jesus, unbearable to all about except to tho mother. She beads rapturously over hor babo. Apd it is in ibo light from Him that her beauty is disclosed. It 18 a truer pictars than many of theso Romish ones, where the Virgin is sapreme and the Lord Jesus but mecessory. 1 noticed in tne pictures by Panl Ver- onese that peculiarity which Ar. Ruskin points out somewhers, that everywhere under the shad- ow of the Clrists he paints, you can find the pictares of bis own little children playing with their dogs and toya. I remembered Mr. Rus- kin’a bosatiful renderiog of the peoulisrits. How it might seem at first irreverent to paint the Savior thus, bat how, on deeper thonght, ths babit really sat forth a very precioug doctrine that yoa could bring everyt! . even things 80 slight as a child's toys, and tind them blessed and sanctified in the Lord’s presence. . ROSSI AS “OTHELLO. " Luey Hooyer writea from Paris to the Phila- delphin Telegraph: Rossi, the great Itolinn tragedian, has giv~ en two performances at tis Italiza Opora-House during the past weck, playing Ofhello on both occasions,, Having the roocollection of Salvini fresh in my mind, I could scarcaly imagine that any other actor could ever 8o personate tha cbaracter .8 to give me the slightest pleasure, but ere the play. was hal¢ over, I was forced to yescind my decision. It was & great perform- anoce, wondsrfaily powerful, pathetic, snd origi- pal. Inno one respect did Roasi imitate his brilliant countryman, ond he proved bimself to be fully bhis compeer in point of ‘genius. He is not so handsome a man, though of edually powerfal physique and noblé prosence, and his foatures are won- derfolly mobile and expressive. He represents Othellonot 8s a dusky, crimp-baired negro, as id Salvini, but as a Moor, with_copper-tinged complexion and straight locks. ln the first two acts I liked him less than I did bis great rival. Ho is less noble, less dignified, more of the sol- dier and less.of the proud and stately Oriental, and, above all, he is less of a lover. Shall I ever forget the meoting on tho Island of Cyprus as Balvini renderad 11; the joy foo great for utter- ance, the love too deep for words, the broken phrases, the intense paseion of the accenta that 10ld of emotion too overmastering to be expressed by speech 7 Batiun the third and fourth acts Rossi rises to equal tragic heighta. The scream ot fury with which he clutehed fago was thrill- ing in the extreme. He did not pronounce the celebrated farewall with the pathos which Sal- viui infuses into it ; it is rather a cry of agpuy, not the wail of a broken hoart. Strange to say, his version omits the scene whore Othello ssia Desdemona for the handkerchief, though in other respocts it ia far closer to the original than ‘was the transiation played by Salvini. In the last act he was magnificent. When, after the revelation of Emilia, he rushed to the bed, canght the dead Desdemona 1o his arme, aod stroked back her disheveled bair, lamentiug over hig slain Jove in accents of euch uout- terable woe and pathos that there was scarcely 8 dry oye in the house, the pain of the moment’ was almost _beyond what mimic pad- sion should excite. His success was immense, the applause was perfeotly frenzied, and after the third act and at the end of the piace he was summoned again and again before the cartain ood greeted with esthusias.ic eries of ** Bravo I and the waving of hats and handkerchiers. His troupe is very good, particularly the representa- tives of fago and of Desdemona. ‘The latter is 8 delicate, girhsh little creature, and she plays the character with innnite sweetness and pathos. Her fragjle, childlike sppearance sdded greatly to the offect of- the great scenes of the last act, ona seeming like s very toy io tho strong. merciless grasp of the infuriated Moor. . CARPEAUX, THE SCULPTOR. Bpealing of Carpeaux, the colebrated French scolptor, who died a few weeks ago, the Paris correspondent of the New York Times says: I need uot give a catalogue of his remarkable works, consisting of many groupa aud busts of prominent men and women, but come at once to his sharein the decoration of the New Opera. His group entitled ““La Danse” is alone suffi- cient to make him famous. I well remember the time, during the latter days of July, 1869, when this group was given up to publio curiosity, 2nd for many weeks it was scudied by thousands of Parisisus, who thronged the place at all hours of ‘the day. The journals began to discuss’ its merits, and in & very lively man- per, the Church orgabs denouncing it as h:?iviously obscene sud dovoid of alj artistic merit. They took great pains to point ont the amorous ecstasy ot the principal figare, which, they said, was enough to make & blueh 'rise to the checks of & d’i'sgann. _Tho figures in the other groups were treated s so many pieces of marble; those of Carpeanx wero discussed a8 if they were flesh and blood, sod fall of life and animation. The clergy be- gaD to clamor for its removal on the ground of immorality ; and a priest wrote to one of the journals to ssy that it wonld requira but ona small spat of black to make the group absolutely obscene, The next morniog, the 27th of August, the stalue was found soiled with an ink-gpot, and at ita feet lay & broken bottla which had contained Guyot's ink, known as the Encre de la Petie Vertu. The journals were fall of the affsir, the Jesuits being accured of haying committed the act, and ail-Paris flocked t0 seo the eight. In all the shop win- dows photographs of the group, fore and after the soiling, were exposed -or goid, aod 80 great was the oxcitement that a judicial inquiry was begun. The priest who had written the letter in question was ar- rested, but there wasno proof of his having inked the statue. A month later the ink-spot was removed, and ever since the group has been Justly sdmired. A PEoof of itsartiatic pomer 15 found in the fact that it impsasioned an en- tire community. When the Emperor was in Al- geris ths Em&ma sent for Carpeaux to model the bust of the Prince Imperal. He puf in Nero, the £mperar's favorite powter, & msg- nificent daiethu all frequenters of the Tuileries will remember. The yoang Prince became inter- ested a8 a sitter, and asked to try his own hand, aod, under Carpeaur’s idirection. hs m “A Laocer on Horssback” sod two busts, which were presented to the Emperor on his re- turn. ‘They are.very tlever, considenng the age of the Prince. It was from Carpesux that be got his taate for drawing, and he i Xen(g“ and very skillful artiat vgnh the pa‘:c":!?" & A CANTINIERE. At No. 15 Rue Vandammo, Paris, now lives, in comparative obscurity and poverty, at the age of 52 years, Annette Drevon, the canfiniere of tha Second Regiment of Zonaves, who for thirty years has followed the changing fortanes of the French army—~in Africa, fn the Crimes, in Italy, s0d on the banks of the Rhine. Her history iy curious, and the story of her adventures woula fill'colurans. - 8he has given in several instances proof of courage and patriotism worthy of the greatest praise, At the bloody battle of Magenta 8l gucceeded in the face of & sovere fire in saving theflag of the regiment, which some Austrian _soldiers were carrying off, and for this glorions feat she was decorated with the Crons of the Legion of Honor. During the war with Prussia she followed the Thirty-second of tholive. One day, after the armistice, and in the neighborhood of Thionville, she was grosstv insulted upon the public road by two Bavarian soldiera. Drawiug her pistol, in one short mo- meat the foremost La; O'er which the raven fll'ppedyhl.l %‘:egnl ‘wing. The other abandoned the field at onge. She was 8oon arreated, taken to Mets, tried for her life by a drum-head court-martial, and sentonced to death. She was ssved by the efforts of Princa Frederick Charles, who was then at Metz, and, hoaring that a woman was to be Bhot, sent for and examined the papers connected wit tho case, demanded and obtained her pardom, and gent her to Pais, where by hard work she now enras & scanty living. 3 BISMARCK’S BRANDY. “‘Bearcely a day pesses,” said a Frenchman to the Paris correspondent of the New York .Soen- ing Post, “that the Prince Lismarck does not receive a present of some sort. Butthen be has & mauner pecaliar to himself when he wishes to have sometbing and doesn't care to pay for it The last day of the sossion of the Reichstag ha goes to meet the members from Nordhausen, a locality where they manufacture s brandy whith it is said * witl make the desd speak.’ ‘dentlo- men, delighted to see yon,’ sayn be to them with 8 hearty welcome, inquires about the health of thoir families, and regreta bis insbility to visit them at home. ‘By the by, Low goes busioess ? Do the famons dustilleries of Nord- bLausen sustain their ancient reputation ? I once drank 2 brandy that came from there, of mag- nificens bouquet and limpidity, the memory of which atill choga to me.’ *Your Excellency.’ eagerly raply the members, ¢ we hopo very soon o prove to you that we still march iz the glori- ous steps of our aucestors, and_tiat the famous brandy of Nordhausen has not lost its unrivaled roputation.’ Two dsys =fter s smail barrel of bravdy is placed in ths celiars of the Prince, and a letior from the leading dustillers of Nordhausen bega tum to accept this fecble mark of their ad- miiation and sympathy.'* THE STUPIDITIES OF AN ENGLISH HOTEL. “An American Traveler in England” speaks of tne hotels there as follows: Napkina are to be furnished and ueed 88 a matter of course at dinner, but not at breakfast. Butter is to be eaten at breakfast, but not at dinoer, save per- haps with cheese. You are required to sloep on » feather bed in tho warmest day of July sad | August, but it 18 the fashion to be dressed with- out drawers, no matter how cold or chilly the weather. The night air, they tell von, is bsd for you, and, therefore, when you retireto your chamber st night you find the doors and windows are all carefully shat, and often doubie curtpivs drawn, 50 by no possibility s pura breath of air may be drawn from the outside; and the air witbin may be poisoned aa 8] lily 83 poasible. Percontra, gas is not allow the hotel cham- bers, lest, forsooth, the air be_injured therebs. The idea of having a window up an inch or two while sleeping, to obviate this, is not thought of. After s night thus spent in & eort of * Black Hole of Calentta,” breathing a tainted atmos- phere, you are expected to go to the hoget break- fast-room, and wish the tuermotneter ofteu ss tow as 56 degreea to 60 or G5, sit down snd waib for 2 mortal hour, with draughts of cold air all sronnd you, chilling your bomes to the vesy WArIoW. 4 PRINCE LEOPOLD AT CHURCH. Alach amnsement (ssys a London letter) scoms to have been furnished to Privce Leopold and his suite m -the Kirk of Renfrgw. When tho denizens of that littls burg becamo aware that His Boyal Higbness was likely fo bo 2t the morning servicé with his host, Col. Campbell, of Biythswood, there was instant preparation with 8 baby not yet sprinkled to have it snb- ccted to the ceremonial in the prescnce of the rince. So, when the sermon came to an end, His Royal Highness was at first vastly smazed, and finally: no less smused, at the wholesale baptizement of the bairns” they were cuHod tpon to wituess. When the minister was heard giving the name of ** Leopold ” to the first taby. a broad smile lit up the countenance of.-the Prince, and traveled along the roval pew, DEATH'S REVENGE. Wand'ring aimlessly on through the dismal street, Al reedleas of suow snd the icy sleet y Beating down on her shelterless head; . ‘Hopeless, starving, dsing for bread ; Drifting helplessly om, With s vacant staze, No one asking or caring where; ‘Hands clasped wildly over her breast, Teoth cloks set, and Jipa tightly prost, " As i 0 kecp ba ck the stifling mosn, 8till too proud for cry or a groan st would reach the ears of the heartless ‘That once, long 8go, bad before her bowed, Rapt, entranced, by her beautiful face, In which éven now you can plainly trace, Despite all the marks of grief and sin, Tl:”l‘ovdinun that must have been When innocence shed s tender glow O'er those pallid cheeks, and brow of mow; Yhen purity shone through thote hopeless eyes, Gentls 23 hesven then, blue as the skies, Now, standing there in the lamplight’s glow, Looking wildly up at the falling snow, Covoring hor there like still, white pall, fiex tiodghts wander back her tempter and fall— Where was ho now, on this wild, stormy night 2— Out in the darkness, or under th light Of some peerless beauty’s stately home ? The hands clenched tighter; the wild eyes shone; And muttering low, through her stifled cxles, *If I knew it, I'd kill him before hier eyea! «¥7ith the words of love on bis lips, 1'd take Tholife he was swearing that, far Acr sake, “ 8hould be hereafter davoted to good : 1 would seal tho vow with his heart's warm blood {* She ratsed her eyes, full of wild, fierce hate: “ Revenge, come 8oon, or ‘twill be too lata 1" The wind still howled, and the snow fell fast, Whitening the form of o man going past, With head beut Tow to avold the sléet, The ice and auow, sweapiog through tha street, Not heeding or seamg the woman there, ‘Now standing just out of the lamplight’s glare ; ot seeing the eyes that, full on him turn ‘Hsd he met their glance, must surely have Dovwn through bis soul, though calloused by aiz, Down to the guilty heart within, . Such 3 look might hava shone in Lucifer's eyes When S&nw‘ ‘hmighl hurled him down from ths skios, Her breath cames stroggling hot and fast: G Goat iy rovange, Has Jf come sk Last 17 - A shrill ery rang on the midnightatr. The man stopped, Full in the lamplight’s glars, ‘Whits 25 the snowflakes filling the street, The woman was Jying dead at his foet. Macaroni o Pftalienne. * Olive Harper writes : * When you once eat of macaroni aa 1t is prepared in Italy you find it like the Tarkish coffee,—something the sonl de- lighta in. Why don’t we have macaropi cooked in the same way ? We havo an insensate way of tumbling s haodfal into & basio of soup, which comea out pasty atuff, good for nothing. 1 took the pains to get an_suthentic recipe for cookiog macaroni, and for all who wish a most delicious, easy, cheap diab, I write it = Take threo pints of bee soup,clear,and put one pound of macaroni in it aud boil fifteen minutes, with s Jittie galt; then take up the macaropi—which shotld have absarbed nearly all the: liquid—and puciton & flat_plate, and-.sprinkle, grated cheass oyer it thickiy, and pour over sil plentifully s sauce made of tomatoes, well-boiled, stramed, aad it S T S refer & sess o if 3 lpt w?l; t%a (mnp::u as well. If anybody doot Like that when 1t is done it is because hs don't know what is good.” urned F- GOSSIP FOR THE LADIES. Man’s Incivility to Woman : An Answer to Miss Dickinsen, A Lady’s Toilet in the Time of George IV,-~~The Champion Shopper. A Scene in the Mammoth Cave--The Begum of Bhopal--- Come, % Birdie, Come !? MAN'S INCIVILITY TO WOMAN. M. Quad, in the New York Graphic, saya: 1 have great respeot for Miss Anna Dickinson. True, ahe can’t bake a loaf of bread, dama 8ock, put down a carpet, or sift pumpkin, but on the other hand she refuses to weara bustle, is not affected. and agrees with ma that goats are s great nuisance in cities. Isaw the other day an assertion by Misa Dick-~ ineon that the present generation of men, both married and single, was a terribly selfish genera~ tion, and she added a complaint ot a general lack of civility taward unprotected fomales. Ydon’t want to deny thqt I am a man, nor yet deny Miss Dickinson's assertion. I want to explain. ‘When I got into an omnibus in Chicago one evening uot loug ago ta change over to another depot, some one’s maiden aunt was my fallow- passenger. She had three or four bundies and s trunk to come by the baggage-wagon, and she was not.2 handsome woman nor a young woman. If T was to be put on oath I'd swear that ghe was one of the hometiesi women I ever saw, and Pve been all over Nu.. Jersey and Indiana. 1 knew the women bsd.to change cars, and I knew sho ought to be_glad of a littlo help, 8o I slid along the seat and asked, ** Going east? ™ She didn't reply, and, thinking she might be s little deaf, I called out again: * Going gt ?” - She whirled around, gave me a look of rage and Ie:l,::empt. and hissed ou&: At I know you, young man! and if you mpeak to me sgain I'll bave you jailed! " ‘There I was, trying to be civil zad abliging and to disprove Alws Dickineon's assertions, an the woman took me for a pickpocket or & murderer! I made onother elfort when wo Teached the depot, eaying : “Madam, 1 pm golng east, and if you take tho eame train 1]l cheerfully show you to the ticket office and help you to get your baggaze «checked.” “T'll help you if you don’t go away from me! " she enarfed, and she added that if justice were done I'd be in State Prison. She go: confused in the crowd, failed to find her tronk, and, when the train went oat, she ~was canteriug around the depot with & certainty of having to wait thers eight long hours for another train. Icould have had her aboard the :train with five minutes to spare, but she wouldn’t let me; and I oxpect she will some da; publish an assertion that men are uncivil an selfish. * ‘When the clouds gathored the other night amd the rain came pouring down, I had.on nmbrella. This may seem incredible to umbrella-owners, but I sm on oath. Remembering Mies Dielin- son’s assertion, end overtakiug & lady with a naw hat and choico raiment on, I said : “Aladam, T shall be glad to loan you my um- brella. You can send it to me in the moroing.” "]Y_u, 1 know you would!" she soarfed n roply. “ Take it, please, and save your now hat.” She Lalted, turned sronnd, and then sud there resnarked as foHows @ - *+ 1t's nons o’ your business about my hai, and if you don’t leave me T'll hava you arrested.” 6w, I may bo ugly in look, but vhe conldn’t have secn it ?;: lmfim o&:ha darkness, snd go 3 to judze eople's motives by S el or lowtkered e et oo b ewil #nd obliging: and woald cheerfuily have snfesed rheuinacio twinzes iu order #o save her raiment, but sie wanldu's et me. Two or thres wee! asIsatin a passen- gor-conoh, with & von~ - Indy in the eeat mext 200, T suddenly Tex...shered that the mogazioe wiich [ had finished 2 Lodr befare migut heip to reliove the monotooy of her journey. 1 pags- ed it over with the remark ¢ i s ‘t,uhxpl this may heip you to while away the me. : She turned sqnare around, her eyes flashed, and ske spitatoliv hissed : ¢ How dare vou speak to mo ?” . 2 There T had it, but I am saturslly obstinate, and I replied : § & *I merely wished to be cogrteons.” She turoed aronnd again, and again her eyes flashed as she said ; “If you speak to me again I'll teil the con- ductor.” ¥ g Now, then, I assert on my solemn osth that the girl bad over 700 freckleg on Lir face, o stub- nose, red hair, a loug, bouy neck, and two of her front teeth were gous, She couldn’t have rezsoned that I was struck with her beauts, or wos about to propose an elopement, or intended to follow ber znd carry her off to soma cave, just as novelists have mwrates and brigands do. " I'n lie Mius Dickinson to explain why she wouldn’t let me be obligiog and civil. These aro not the onty cases. I've beon e- buffed 8o often that how when I see & woman galloping around the depot to fuil over sxichels and run over trunks in her wild efforte to find her mixging bundles 'm gacratly glad, and oar- Destly hope she'll miss the train. If I sitina car and hear th:m anxiously ssking each other if it _is the righs train I hope it isn’t—hope they'll get carried a thousand miles out of their ronte, If I notice ong trying to put down the car winaow and it ref@es to budgs, I look ths cther way. and hope tha cold stzeam of air will give her the quick consumption, and dovastate a huppy hearthstone. Lot liss Dickinson remem- ber that I wanted to be courteous, civil, and obliging, bet that her sex drove me into being selfish and meau, . A LADY'S TOILET, TEMPO GEORGE IV. At 10, alter her *dish of Bohes,” as it was called. generaliy taken bofore rising, the lady srranged herself in a muslin peignoir, or wrap- per, sud had a regular reception of her friends, while, with her hair disheveled, sho was submit- ted for the first time in the day to the hands of ber bair-dresser; for usually she dressed’ four or five times & dsy. Her hair, dragged off her face, covered with powder, plastered with poma~ tum, and frizzled in BHf curls, was raised, by means of gauze, feathers, snd flowers, into an edifice often equal to her height. Four ells of gauze have beon contained in some of these erections, with butterflies, birds, and feathers introdnced—the last of the most prepostarous height of, it is recorded, about s yard, After an hour's plastering and {frizzing, the hair-dresser’s task was over, and a weary one it was, though enlivemed by the ani- mated converestion of the viaitars. The re- mainder of the toilot was finished, tbo most im- portant of which was the arrangement of tho patohss—a point of great interest. These Wers made of blaci silk, gummed snd cut ioto atars, creacent, and ofber forms. Patches had origi- nated in France under Loais XV., with a view to show off the whitencas of the complexion. but tbey were never worn by women of dark skine. Great .was the ‘art in plac- ing these patches near the eye, the cor- ner of the, mouth, the forshead, and the tem- ple. A lady of ths world wonld wear 8even or eight, and each had it special designation. She nover went without a box of pacches to replace any that might accidentally fail off; and these little-boxes, goneraily of Battersea enamel, finely painted by some eminent artiar, had nsually a tiny looking-gisss inserted witbin the lid to help her to repair the accident. Nor was she rouge- Pot forgotten, rouge at that time being an indis- nsable sdjnnct to the toilet—so indispensable, hat when Marie Autoinetta came over to France to marry Louis XVL, and begged to dispense with wearing it, & family conclave was held at Versailles on the subfect, followed by a formal order from the King to put it on—a command which she had no siternative but to obey.—Lone don Sociely. A CHAMPION SHOPPER. Bhe swept into our largest dry-goods atore (ssys the Baltimore Gazelle) with that easy grace that belooda as & birthright to Baltimore's fair daughters, stopping st the glove-counter. The polite elerk rushed forward to wait oo her, with » note of interrogation in each eye ; she ssked for kid gloves. **Yes'm, what gize 'm ?” A gor- geous pullback passed her, sud she turned to Jook a¢ it, and then ojacnlated, *Kid gloves!” * Yes 'm, what size " *“Why, Miss Bue, how Laven't eeen you for an sge.” etc., 3 bye.” and a3 she turos to the pa- tient clerk snd Lranafizes him with 8 stony etare. agaio demands in an inLnged tone, “Kid gloves!” *Yes 'm, what gize 'm " asked the now' some- what excited clerk. ** Oh! why, fiveand three- ’b&o" taining six dozeo of !‘:erycon‘ e box, contai ce?ubla sxl'mie. is plfi&d “before ber. Carefully she looks at each one of the seventy-two pairs, draws some seyenteen pairs ous of their various packages, burata the bands that held them in dozens, and then remarks, * Why, I wanted black gloves.” The bnx contaiving the black kids 18 produced, s similar process of disarrang- ing the stock is gone through, and & pair is finai~ Iy selected. *‘How much are they?” chirps the fair ane. *One dollar and seventy-five cents, " replies he of the yardstick. * Ob, mv ioua! Tefl sells them for fittv cents.” Yardatick explains that the goods would cost three times thal sum, etc., eto.; goods must be dsmsged to sell at that price. ly admucs they are somewhat damsaged, but just as good; gets mad, and flounces out of the store. 2 “LIGHTS ouT!” During the visit of one of the recent touriog parties to Mammoth Cave (ssys tho Nashville American) a scene was witnessed that was not down upon the programme, and which, from its peculiar pature, has jus: leaked ount. It was in the Star Chamber, the star of all the sights ta be seen. As soon as this diviaion was entered there was the usual cry of * Lights out,” and, with s few exceptions, all eyes were turned ta the vault overhead to witness the grand specta~ cle. Those foweyas that shonld have been look- iog tipward were of tho kind that belonged ta people of an inquiring turn of mind, and glanced to observa the manner in which the light wat thrown on the ceiling. A3 they did so, they san distinclly outlined “between them and the light beyond the forms of a gentlernan and adv. She was standing upon a rock which brought Lier within easy reach of bis arm, which encircled ber wast. Gently he would draw hex to him, press his lips softly to hers, apd thonehe would draw hastily back. Ooe and ancther of the party wers nudged, and ceased from the con- templation of the stars overhead to observe the tablesnx below. When the lights were repro- duced the yonog lady was seated upon the rook where she had latsly been standing, and both she and her affectionata escort looked as innocent &8 if ‘‘they bhadn't been doipg nothing.” Itcansed the party no little merrimeat, aod the climax was reached when some one, after they bhsd left the cave, approaching the swain, ssked him, in the presence of the party, which Scene in the cavedid he enfoy most. Ho promptlv replied, **The Star Chamboer, of course.” The Jouc laugh that followed cansed him to turn as red as s beet, and explained to him the frequont allusiom thereafter to *‘lighta out.” THE BEGUM OF BHCPAL, Tet the scoffers and deriders who have nw faith in the administrativecapacity of the gantla sex (says tha New York Tribune) read tne story of the Bagum of Bhopal and vail their sbashed faces. Bhopsalis a small and obscure State af Central India, and the Princess, its ruler, buzzes sbout it like a bee in a bonnet. Bhe indulges in no fashionable laziness st the Capital, nor doea sbe permit the existence of n‘::i Ring govern- ment ; on the contrary, she es tours of in- speotion through her domains and metes out punishmens - aod affords redress with her own tinted hands. Under her unfaltering eye the procers of Bhopal bave an excoedingly bard time; their weights and meaaurea are tested, and, it they prove defec~ tive, the Government destroys them and kindly provides new ones, and Messieurs the grocers Tay for them. She exerciges stern discipline in all other matters of morals; she has neaxly paid off & natiopal.debt of 700,000 rupees; and she contemplates the bnilding of a railroad. Tho name of this remarisblo woman was linzeer- ogl-dowlaa Omrow Doolab Baku Mabomed Khan Sahib Buhadoor, bot ke who shared those -grace- fud Jittle titles with hex died nader their woight, £nd eha is now Princess Synd Mahomed Sudeek Hossain Khan Sabib, “COME, BIRDIE. COME {” 3 Oo a Woodward avenue car yasterday (savs the Detroit Fres Press) su oidish man with.a beak- ish noge and hawkish eyea changed seats.to get besido a woman abont 30 years old, and trying to Emile teoderly he inquized Sle you.be my duck . “W-b-a-z!” she exclainiad, moving awl “ Will you ba my mogning lark " he inguired, swilin all over. % W10 aro You: dir2” eha prsped, looking from bim to thie other bwo fuisengern. 24 ‘*Name's Higby, ma'sm ; and will you be my 8parro ** Protect mo, sir?"” she agked of oneof the other passengers. Ln“‘lf you -;ymw%d[;.nr word to that Indy T'll knock your head off I, exc: cd the pasgenger, donbling his fists, ik R *'Nota word—not snother word,” repked the beak-uosed mam, waving bis bsod. *If sh doesn’t v.ant to bo mv jaybird that sottles it, aw she can be an old id and love a yuller-oyet um& AndYua settied back, wiped his nose, and scemsad slezpy. F - NO CHANCE. An Atisnts youh (says the Constitu‘ion), got- ten up in the lotess styls, left & West End car and tripped across to a house whero a liitla boy a8 sitling oa tho front ateps, whittling with s new Barlow knife. The boy looked up and said & 5 . I eay, young man, yer don't want tar.be com- ing aronud here auy more, yer don’t ! " * Why, Charlie, what's the matter?” : : ‘’Cause thero’s 3 feller what wears » diamond bres-pin and rides in his own horse and bugey & comin’ here to see 8la now, and a fallow fign you, what bas ter ride 'round in a bob-tail street. kyr hain't got no abos, 'capt t takie & front aoad on the back fénco and watch 'em fixin' things fur the weddin'!” ‘The yonng man turned away looking iike a sWeel-potato vine after a black froeg. _ _RENEWED INTEREST IN LIFE. A Vicksburg wife (says tho IHerald) informed her husbaod the other morning that sbe was working herself into the grave for the want of & bired girl, and, as ha went out, she leaned back and fell to weeping. The children were making anofee’in the hall as he passed out, and he called out : **You want to atop this racket! Your mother won't live a week, and, when yon get & Btep- motber here next apriug, she won't put up with any such fooling ! When be eame homs to dinner his wife met bim with a emile, and said : * Lsn't ours & sr home, Richard, with only our own little family to look aftec z” MISCELLANEOUS NOTES. We are told that nothing was made jn vain. Bot how abous & fashionable girl? Isn't she msiden valo ? “Courtship fs bliss,” said an ardent yonog man. *Yes, and matrimony is blister,” snarled an old bachelor. ‘Why is a fashionabls lady oo the street like & neat chambermaid? One is tidy around above, ‘while tbe other is tied around below. * No, dolly,” aaid a littla girl to her chins ba- v, a3 8he waa goinz aat, ** I tan’t take 'au dowa town 'id me,—'ou ain't dot no ‘ pin-back ! *™ An old lady in Detroit, hearing that American Girl was dead, remarked : * I've allus ssid thag this tizht-lacing would Iay 'em out some d Another *brillisot wedaing.” Ths yomog mao with a flower on his coat is to marrv the young woman with the hsbit of saying * The ide-yah ! Shoo-dealar: *I fear we have no number elavens, miss, but hers is a largs pair of nines.” Customer: ‘“‘Nmes? D'yon taze me for » Cindereller 2 And now approaches that delightful sexson to the young and ardent, when coal-fires are utart- od in the parior, and ths old folks grow sloepy st an early hour. An enthusinatio correspondent. writes tkad *The woman-suffragists muhwhmlu aze atripping for the coniest.” 1f that is true, they aze likely to have plenty of followers. A young importer down town remarks that, whux:l_lj:_o ne::’ i * ot”l’::u m;tnn dressed in the prevailing style ion, her 8 @ inva- risbly reminds bim of ** a dnnbmkw“::mmw,’ A little girl in & public school was told to pat tbe word *‘year™ in s sentence. After & mo- ment’s reflection ahe anuwered: **Laat year my nater was aod this year she has » baby.” There arayoung men who csnnot hold a skein ot yarn for their mothers without wincing, but will g:su: xfi poluntgn of ::za($gaoflng famits \{ar th part of the night with a patie ocale Hty that are certainy phenomensl - > o A boy employed in & market in New Bedford, whare some appies of the Maiden's Bludh varis. ¢y made a tempting show, bem; asked what kind they were by a lady, replied: **I can’t remembet —I betieve they are the Widow’s Bmile, or some such name.” &vfi:flr day _nf\‘lr_:gbm-xwi‘?wan: into the e oo a visit, without aa; aoything 1 ar leaving wérd for, ber busbiad: Hs was ua’ easy on returning home; and msde inquiries among the naighbors. ** Gone ! —missing " ex- claimed one womaa ; ** why, Ishould think you'd be uneasy about her!” *‘I am,” he replied, wearing & sorrowfal look, ‘‘for soms one hes got.to split the wood to get breakfast with 1™