Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 5, 1875, Page 3

N 4HE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SU'NDAY; 'DECEMBER 5, 1875.—SIXTEEN PAGES > was the wonder and admiration of all the guests. 20s5IP FOR THE LADIES. A I oman of Warsaw (Een- e e More Wedding- & Anecdotes. it St atifal Literary Women : Brs. HMrs. Norton, and Lady Blessington. e garh of Herodias--An International Courtship-=-A Marriage that pidn’t Take Place. » Bea! flfl"wy, AN OF WARSAW, KENTUCKY. f Yhein | by triumph ceased awhile g mmylLtu‘y,ouud ‘with thee to amiie, LB L s goods-men, afier Southorn wars, kT robes costly a8 bazsars, o i riboans in the Lroezo of morn, out ik st bustands s in scorn, brooded o'er vach maz, Jomuitacas borror . THE WOM e woman grievously sirveyed D e own) 3 pie of lls unpald, TR\ e cried, T busting busband save! O cmmp'ion here toshield the brave ? B R destruction swcep both draxer and tll, plol Fus | Ease up on every bill " B2 trwad word ebe waved a elilrt oz high, ssdeware Ey 120 for it to die. - 1 and o a clothes-line high errayed enth 20 Cla. oug in the rag-bag 1aid ; = s ow, 8 horrid {rant they form., b i the calm, but dreralal in the storm. L the cried, * ahall Bustzzd be xalave, e dry poods hint im 10 Lie grave. e ugbt, though Lencefurth in the suds B F days 3 wishln' f old duls!” ‘fi‘ “ied that dame omnipotent to charm, T i wesbiub plunyed ber clowiug Az, lo i ore"sbe cried, Tl purchate from the store +re govoa or bounets, Dow or evermore. £ Eofen giaghauas will | walk the stroet 3 eo Jatherd Thoen 111 clo.ie these dainty fest ; T ltat(rows this row for doliars thres B comouie wander zye shll be s 45t patd for—not ome rag on trust | e el TLl; 111 dot, or 17 bust 1 ¥, abaa! ip vain, tais mad to do, 550 od bigh the slipprs oapsuds s, S et pictur in the Book of Time ! 1z] yumes woman, slipping in the slime, ke, with red face all awry, % & ber mouth and oap within ber eye, £ from her graap the mronaceous club, 70 her brgt eyeand cussed that blamed 'Y B geton. forever bade the world farewell S i sbriek “Thiere's some one at tha bell 1" & e York Graplic. “washe MORE WEDDING -ANECDOTES. Appicions’ Journal continues its wedding- secdotes, a8 follows : As & general rule, minis- 4 ind, on the principle that “a bird in the sod s warth two in the busb,” that it is always seeder 1o take the fee 2t tke time of the wed- g than to wait for any efter-judgment of the patier. A certalo clergyman to this day besrs s srumet New Jersoy because a Jersoy- zm, after his wedding. asked 1f he shonld pay wthe time or settle when he came for the cer- s, The modeet minister said, “*Ob! when soa oome far the cernficate.” And that man pusperer come yet. Tharsscems to bo a strangs atmosphers of pisakes shout the wedding-service. Even the pristers foin fo this. An English edition of the “Prsyer-Book " came out some time ago with Ibe following misplazement of a singla letter: Wit thea love, bonor, and cherish,” etc., sto., ugpd, foreaking all others, keep thes only nnto raslongas yo both shsll ike"—sa chauge fom “live ™ to ** hike,” well snited to the chang- ehabits of the rresent matrmontal fife! et VETY COMMON mrstake smobg ignorant perple, who want the Epiacopal service, is in the Miarazive senience : ** To_bave and to hold fow thi6 dav forward.” 1know a clergyman who sseres ma he very frequently has it ren- dured, “'To have and to behold from this day Toe nervousness of the parties to be married vy often acconnts for soms of theso mistakes, A pretty-well-frightened groom o one occasion, lsbog that he must be brave and speak up well vhen the officlatiog clergvman asked any ques- tizp, bolaly replied to the question sddressed to Lafather of the brude: ** Who giveth this woman fobe mfiwl tothie man:” * v sponsors in m Ancther frightered youth, remembering. in e prascoce of some beautiful bridesmsids, the rswer o 006 of the questions in the order of iwptism, replied to the questioh: ** Wiit thon fave this woman to be thy wedded wife ?" I maounce them 111, and, by God's help, will en- fes7x 0ot to follow nor be led by them 1" ‘Basders of Thomas iardy's story, ** Far from & Medding Crowd,™ will remember the scene Rvhch Bathabeba, on (eking charge of the - bm,inquires how it came to pass tbat Mrs. Bl over consented to name her son * Cain.” Tasgh Poorgran and the others explain that the *wn” womap was flustered st the time of iieaing, and got the B:ble brothers mized tha her mind, and thought at the moment “ubow it was Abel what killed Cain, and not fuber way; bowever, they tried to soften it b 2 bit bycallinq him * Camey.'” Ou'the mw principle, in England, at ‘s wholesale pash wedding, where some dozen conples wers % wited en maese on a Sunday, & shy sort of smo got crowded in the wrong place. next to 2 g, bustliug woman, who bad likewise missed a2 man, and. before thev knew it, they wers tamied, 15 was alkothe odd couple vumber two. Bssupen the shy man made 80 bold as to teil o minister oftbe mistaxe, and, whilo be was #lating in his own mind wlhat was to be done, 2old woman exclaimed, ** Sure, snd let it be; ®Yitfarall round, atter all, and ien's oue 2045 good a8 the other ? The devil & bit'a -the eays Bridget McShane !” THREE BEAUTIFUL LITERARY WOMEN. Cowden Clarke thus writes of thres beabiful ¢ blue-stockings™: Mary Wolestone- &t Godwin Shelley, with her well-shaped, rliem-baired head eimost alwars s little bent i drooping ; her marble-white ehoulders and msstatuesquely visiblo in the perfectly plain Sk valvet dress, which the customs of the e sllowed to be cut low, and which her own ‘s adopted (for neither she nor her sister-io- koow grer.ware the conventional ‘ widow's Vadi"and ¢ widow's cap"”); her thoughtful, | ®axiepen; ber short upper lip and iotellec- talycorrsd month, with a certain close, com- e anddecisive exvression while sho listen- 4 d e relsxationinto fulior redaess and mobil- Tahenspeatang ; her exquisitely-formed, whibz €apled, ‘smali hands. with rosy palms, s &mflv tommenciog fingers, that tapered into slender sod delicate as thoss in s Vandyke m&—;l‘lmu remain pal| |blybhnxmnn v0 mounrv. culianty in Mrs. Shelley’s hand was ‘flé:.sum teuhm;ny. which permitted ber bend- Sgher fiigers back 80 a8 atmost to approsch the dbull:m above the wrist. She ooce m mmhmng_ and repeatedly, to amuse the vl w88 noting its whiteness and plizocy, X20 pow, as au old woman, records it ro- .mt besuty. To my thinking, two other laing ozly, among those I have seen who were Sizhed for personal beauty 28 well as for h“h"‘! twinence, ever eqasled 10 these respects 'y, y: one of these was the Hon. o, tho other the Countess of Bless- P but these two latter-named stars 1 ey beheld in a famuliar sphere,—I merely be~ o in ther box at the opers, or at the "iaiong 3. Norton was the reslization of would imagine a Muse of Poesy would P Sakbaired, dark-oved, cleesic-browed, e ."‘-fl_“te-nll‘e;u?x.;dfin the extreme, withs.-l » R eminme grace and re Pcisamnsen; Lsdy Blossigton, farr, ford: "y eparkling eyes and white g_firhnfl. tbove which per bright brown tnhN::mu:ly braided beun:h?fijghs and "M!m“ c8p, in which were & few touches b tatio nbbon that sivgularly weil be- mm‘;flmx off her buxom face and its “ THE GARB OF HERODIAS. :&"“‘ maganne, giviog sa scoonnt of Py of Judean belles 2,000 years ago, s88 2 ® wirdrobe of & Hebrew Iady the most "wmm of clothing was the turban, for Rl could afford c. The poor people had a3 L‘fid with winding a piece of cloth ®e e bead, and fixing it as well as they T turbans were of various colors, o fy in different wars; some of them 2 & high tower, Shoss aud stockings figag 297 but moles of leather wers v g T8 t¥o latchets. The ladies, -':“fl" lorury into overy department, Sty h:.;flppesed. evenin tha preseut day, Rlggq i indifferent to & nice, est boot, and df“:‘l:flt had their shoes, or rather s Back b latchets, made of colorad e sud purple wers fevorite gy ankies wars decorated with hrsce- ber,dinty ailve: chains and rings, with acttacnegs Htir-nets and hesd-bands were The latter were made of gold i fE or sl and worn under the nmetf, extending from ove ear io the other. Esr-rings were much thought of ; we are told of soms that wmihad a thousand seven handred shekels of gold, and were =0 large that & men couid easily put hus hand through them. Some of the women wore several rings with little bells attached to them. They were generally made of horn or silver. But the most popular ring was the nose- ring. The left nostril was pierced for the pur- poss, and a ring made of ivory or metal was put through it. Bracalets were favorite ornaments, and wero generally worn on the right arm. Bome of them were exceedingly large, so that they reached up to the elbow. Rings on the fingers wers worn ; chains of fine gold, or strings of pearls with little silver balls or small tinkling bells, wora around the neck. A COURTSHIP, M. .. B, in & New York letter to the St. Louis Republican, says: The Detroit Free Press describes s Texan courtsbip, but it is not half as funny a6 one that is carried on twice a week in afriend's kitchen. Her cook I8 a German named Louisa, and she bas for a beau a middle-aged Yankee of small pretensions to intollect. Oope report of one conversation is & verbatim account of the whole courtship. Smith knocks and enters. Louisa says ¥ “Vell, Smitt, how you goes *" * Patty well, Louisa,” drawls Smith. Then silence for five minuies, when Louiss Eays : ““Yot vas the veader oudside?” . “Pratty fair, Louisa.” Another intermiss:on. *Did you bring your razor mit you, Bmitt?* * Yes, Louiss.” . Thea he proceeds to cut his fair insmorata’s corns—a solemn ailence brooding above the pair. About 9 Smitt ventares to remark : I’ must be going, Loasa? ™ d iss replies : ** Voll, likely as not it vould be batter.” And the door closes and the courting is over, This has been going on for four years withous s cingle accident. Twice a week this minglin, of soul and sentiment, this cutting of corne. -nfi exchange of saffection, takes place. Probably this_winter the marriage will eventuate, and Louisa will get some one olse for a corn-doctar, since it's against all natore that a husband £hould be, for & moment after marriage, what he was 25 a lover. . CIDN'T COME OFF. A few days ago, a Detroit widower (ssys the Free Press), who was eogaged to a Detroit widasy, each having two or three children, and both being well off, determined to test her love for him and st the same time discover if she sras actuated by mercensry motives, as somse of his friends had asserted. He called upon her at the usual evening hour, and after a while re- marked : . “My dear, you know I have two children, acd to-day I had my life-insarance policy for £35,000 changed to their sols beoedt 1n case of my death.” “You did quita right, my darling,” she promptly replied. **I have turop children, a8 you are awale. Assoon 8§ wo were engaged I bad every dollar's worth of wmy property 80 se- cured that they alone can have the beneiit of it.” He looked. Bhie looked. The marrisgo didn't come off at the time set Isst week, and it may nevar occur. HANS ANDERSEN'S LOVE-HISTORY. It was on Anderwen’s journey through Zea- 1and, Funen, and Jutland, that be met a young girl with whom he fell deeply in love, but who, unfortunately, at the time wus engaged to another man, and, =s Andersen never meb another woman whom he could love as he loved this girl, he remeined- nnmarried ell his hfe. Many years Iater, s peaeant girl, who had heard about him pa » great snd world-renowned poet, whom all men honored,—snd who, I believe, had also read some of his stories,—took it into_her head that he waa the one mau she wanied to marrs. So she started out for Copenhagen, whera Andersen_was then living, went to his bouse, and told him her errand. Yon can imag- ine how astonished he mist bave been at being told by » gmnz handsome girl that she wished to marry him. I should be g0 very goad to yon,” eaid &he, “‘and always take good care of Jou.” **But, my dear girl, 1 don't wishto be married,"” answered be: and she departed as suddenty a8 eke had come. COULDN'T SIT DOWN. * She can't sit down,” sad a female Custom- House Inspector at New York the other day, as she observed a lady who bad just como off & Hamburg steamer standipg on the whbarf. The neéw arrival was pretty, but she looked very weary. They took her, protesting againet the ouirsge, into a dressing-room, and, penetrating the mysteries of her make-up, they discovered that from her waist down ehe was 3 solid mass of smaggled bair. Luscious golden treeses twined tiemselvefl around her dainty limbs, and surged up to her walst, mingling -with raven Jocks and suburn ringlets. The officers stripped ber, and she then was able to sit down. She was imporsing the plunder for & fashionable Broad- way buman Laur-dealer. MISOELLANEOUS NOTES. Albany pavers deny the story that a girl of that city, out walking with her lover, threw snuff in his eyes while eha could pull up her stockiog. A girl with three arms is attracting attention in Teseslo, near Jalapa, Mexico. , Whean that girl gets her twoarms around ber husband's neck, gho'll etill have one to flirt with the other feilow scross the streat. Since Brigham Young's releass from confine- ment, he acts like s changed man. Itis only necessary for any of lns wives to hint that the fire is low. snd be will trot out to the wood-shed without a murmar. A tyranpieal Eentucky Judge has decided that, Do matter how anxious a farmer may be to push his work forward, he has no right to harness his wife to s plow. They had better justice than that & bundred yesrsago! «Charles!" she murmured, ns they strolled along the Tremont-atrest mali the othor even- ing, sud Euarl upwards at the bejeweled firma- ment, **Charles, dear, which is Venus and which i8 Adonis ?"—Hoslon Globe, A lady :pEb'ing for admission to the junior class of an Eastarn semunary, being questioned bythe President =sto hor gualifications, re- plied, ** I ain't much of an arithmeticker, but ; 4 am an elegant grammarist.™ Mrs, Livermore says girls are not partioular enough about the men tbey marry. Mrs. Smith, of Omabs, is o particular about the man she married thst she takes her sewing to his office and sits there all day—till he is ready to go home. A colored womsn 1n Macon, Ga., wrote to her husband in Soath Caroliva: * You rote me ward inn was comin’ ham eoon, and you have pot am. Soiam korting now; iam goin’ to gib mamid. and goin® awa' from Goorgy. I remane yure wife."” An African Prince once offered Du Chailla his choice of a wife among 850 girls. To prevent jealousy, he took them all. ~As he couldn't hiro apartments for such a crowd, be was obhiged to camp out with them, snd he says it surpassed any strawberry-festival he ever attended. A New York man, who has been rising from his seat in the Btreet-cars for manysears with- out getting one solitary feminine * Thank yoo,” vehemently writes to the Post : “If T had ten soun, I1would instruot them to keap their sests as lopg 28 the ordinary woman's dignity over- rides her politenesa.” Two ladies got hooked together by their clank- ing chaina in & street-car the other asy. ** 1t is of no consequence,” said oce, as she struggled. +Don't mention 1t,” said the other, as she grew red in the facs, pulling to get free.. Then the chain broke, the padsengers laughed, the ladies smiled & Bmile of hatred, and the car moved on. A ymz-;i'hdy from the rural districts entered = dry- tors tne other day, and asked for & peir of stockings. The cletk politely asked her wnat number she wore. “ Why, two, you blasted fool! Do yon suppose I am a centipeds, or have got 8 wooden lez? How many do you suppose a two-logged hair-pin Lke me wowd wear ?" A decently-dreased but hard-f-atured lady was left standing at the depot at Newark a few daya ago. She wasof & party of three. but some- how didn't get on the tisin fast enough, and it off withont her. Ard every married msn on board langhed 80 beartily when the conductor-| . jied homs to eoter the army. passed the word that she was s Dewly-elected mother-im-aw. She was 28 pretty a littlo bundle of cslico 38 the Hiil City can boast, and as modast 28 a vio- Jet withal. So, whan ber lug cousin, thruwing bis foot over the back of a chair, said saucily, «You can't do that,” ehe blushed with embar- rassment. But after he went out she nearly ripped her pineback in trving to make ber little ter-boot form. s paraboiz over the back of 1 chair—and she susoseded, t00.— Ficksburg . EUROPEAN GOSSIP. How Mr. Isaac Butt was “ Ovat- ed ” by Irish Studeuts. Dr. Strousherg, the Ex-Millionaire of Three Empires---A Wonder« ful Man. The Pigeons of §t. Mark’s, Yenlce--;Di's- b agreeabilities of a Winter in % Italy. THE LIVELY STUDENTSIOF TRINITY COLL EGE DUBLIN. A letter dated Dublin, Nov. 13, to the Pitte- burg Gazetle, saya: On Wednosday the sonual ‘publio meeting of the College Historjoal Society, of Trinity College, was held. A Thia is always & great night for the students, who hava fixed upon it as one which is peculiarly their own, and when they, to a certain degreo, defy the pro- seribed decorum of college life, and the mild despotism of the Junior Dean. In the absence of the President of the Bocloty,—Sir Joseph Napier, the éx-Lord Chancellor,—the chair was takpn by Dr. Ingram, ono of the Vice-¥rasi- dents of the Socoty, & Fellow of the Col® lege, and the sathor, in tho daya of his youth, of that spirited and famous poem, “Who Fears to Speak of '93." The platform was, as ususl, m—nwdm_i withi{a throog of distiogaished invited guests, in all the re- spectabulity of evening dress olothes. ‘he hall was packed, a8 usual, with 2 moro motley assem- biage, inclnding many students bent upon good- natured mischief. Dr.logram iotroduced the “orator of the evening, a8 usual the aunditor of o Society, thia year the Rev.Mr. Campbell. When the cheers, shonts, whistlings, and blow- iog of horns had subsided, Mr. Campbelt began his oration. 1t was the ablest that I have yeb heard from an auditor of thoe Historizal Society, and was clearly deliverod, and listened to with & 1air amount of attention, with anly occasional- interruptions in theshape of chaera and yells. Of course, at the closs thers was a period of wild, chaotic noise. Then Alr. Gibson, M. P. for the University, peformed his part, which was to mako & epeech, rowiewing snd prais- ing the oration saud orstor, and proposing a vote of thanks. But the crowd grew more turbulent, aod the other speeches were scarcely heard, and when r. Ritchoy, & respectable Queen's counselor. tried to make the fourth and concluding speoch of the even- ing, the etudents wonld have uons of him, They, hootod and groaned, cailed bim blue-beard, ap- Bu—enu_v because ha had a long and very red -ard, and shouted londly for Butt, for they saw that distinguished orator and Fataer of Ilome Rule occupying & modest seat among the o5t8, f 'Of course, Dr. Togram performed the part of the respectable Chairman in the usasl manver, snd with well-feigned surprize expressed his rogret that such conduct should take place ut the meeting of & grave eociety like the Histori- cal. Of course, bo said he was quite sure that no student of the Caliege would ba guiliy of such rudeness, snd hoped that they would, for their own Buise, expel the base iu- truder, who was trying to brinz disgrace upon their good name, It was e‘fbm]ly a matter of courae that this address shonld bs greered with wild yells of mock approbation, and ope emall ana quiet lad was scized upou ond ignomini- ously ejectea. Attor this the noige became more furious than over, and several crackers were exploded, in addition to oll the other means of making the night hudeous. Tha socioty prizes for oratory aud skill in debate were distribated, and then the occupants of the rosjrum attempt- .ed to beat & timely end digu:fiod Totreat, amid & good acal of jostling. I belava thoy all ac- complished this,—tbat i3, all bat the unfor- tunate Mr. Butt, aforasaid, mpon whom the studenta Lad fixed as the object, or rather the victim, of sn_‘‘ovation.” As he was delcendini; the steps, his middle- aged and respectable lega were scized by a8 maoy vigorous bands a8 conld lay hold upon them, and, amidst a tempest of cheers and howls that would have astopished a Sionx Indiag, ‘and surrounded by several handred apparently dis- tracted students, he was ¢ chaired ” out intd the great front quadrancle, thenco into zud_all around ¢ Botaoy Bay,” whers he was deposited upen an elovation amid lond demands for & speach. Twice the valinnt prisoner declined, but each time he was, after another roand of s chairing,” again callsd upon. snd at length sucoumbed. He thauked them for the ovation, which was & complete surpriie ; he said he had enjoyed the evening’s proceedings in the hall very much, and that the present proceedings ro- minded bim of old times, when he himself was & wild young student within these walls. This produced renewed excitement, and fhe truly-to-be-pitied gentleman was again seized and s wild rush was made for the main gates. These wore, of coarse, closed and barred, bat the students ordered them to be opened, and, when the porters demurred, they opened them themselves and rushed out into the stroet. There they found Mr. Butt's wodest broagbam walting for him. This was at onoe taken posses- sion of. the norss was taken out- aud given in charga of the coachman, who was removed from the box, and the stout zod panting orator was placed insido. 'Thenthe crowd touk the carrisge and rashed with 1t down College Green, twice around the famous statue of King William, and then, all the time yelling, they proceeded, at a tromendous pace, through Westmoreland and Sackville streets and iutland square to Mr. Butt's house in Eccles strest. Thers they de- sited their burden upon his own steps. At t, the people in the hionse, afraid of riots or something dreadful, refused to opea -the door, and Mr, Butt was again compellad to gasp out w9 few words.” Then the door was opened, and the dicheveled +* Father of Home Rule,” now, no doubt, also an advocata of University reform, escaped within his own dwelling. n . DR. STROUSBERG. A Berlin correspondent of the Cincinnati Gazetle writes: Dr. Stronspberg is in many respects sn exceptional, wonderful, and re- markable man, snd his business traneactions and weaith have run up into incalculable num- bers. As yot ho has declared himself bankrupt only 1n Austns, sod his creditors in Prussia bave so much faith in his ability, they think if he were only at liberty all would be right; if he capnot bring order out of the now geething | chaos, Do one liviag can, for he alove holds the terprices. He never had s partner, trusted no " one, asked uo advice, brooked no interference. For years evervthing he touched turned to gold. His resl estate in Prussia amounta to 60,000 acres, 1n Polaad 90,000, and in Austris the es- tats of Zbirow alone contains 80,000 acrez, and with the improvements is valued at 1,800,000 thalers. This eatate has an historical interest. On it +stands a castle long inhavited by dana Theresa. For years the Austrian’ Government sought to gell it, but no purchaser could be found able to pay tho enormous price demanded, until the sll- powerful Strousberg glanced in the monetary horizon. He bought the estate of Zkirow, and de- veloped its resources until it has become one of the richest portions of Bohemia. He has worked its mines, built upon it a railway, erectéd saw- mulls, wagon and car factories, and his last im- provement ié tenement houses, commodious and ample for 3,000 workmep, & emall town in itself, withall the necassary bakeshops, provision storeg, aund osher factomes iequisite for the wants of his tenants. Dr. Strousberg had goue for the second timo to Russia to negotiate ai an epormons interest for the sum of 6,000,- 000 rubles, where he, with the director of the bank, was impneoned, whbea or why no onesyet knows. Madsme Strousberg, on receipt of tho news, immedistely left Zbirow with her children for tha estate in Prusais, - where sho arrived without cven s change of olothing. In s lottor,to & friend she says: +We are here without-clotbing or gervaats, and thie morping made our oWk, beds, thankful that we had a shelter.” Strousberg’s first iroubls care st tho outbreak of the Iranco-Pruseisn war. At tl C hat time hs was nnder Lesvy bonds to fin- ish within a certain time o rail¥2y in Roumpaniz. The workmen were all Germans, and sere all 1o consequence he could put fill s contract, and the Austrian Government Torced him to cancel his bonds and ho was obliged to psy dows 6,000,000 thalers. In order to raiga the sum withont 1ip- teitering with his business Arrangements Be sold s great of lus persomal propert, among the ret the contents of bis picture-gallery in his palatial - residénce, in Wilhelm etreet, perhaps the finest private ook Jection in Germany. A friend who spant some weeks during that deadful summer with she family in their country homs says Iir. Stropsbarg During the breskfast-hour he waa the life of the table, and at the same time dictated to threo secretsries, on as many diffsrent subjects, his momentous iostructions, Dispatch after dis- patch would come in, in regard to the Roumanis affairs, each of which, a8 he read, would make the veins in his forehoad swell like whip-cords. An snswer would bo sent off, and he resamed his conversation. All of his business was thod publicly transacted. When completely worn ons and obliged to sleep, he wonld say to bis chil- dren, ‘“Come, now, have & good romp, make a8 muich noige as possible, while papa takes a nap.” In this way alono could his distracted mind find rest. In half anhour he was up againas freah 28 ever. 5 3 = Mra. Strousberg is 8 cultivated English 1ady, and the mother of an interesting family. The charping little story related some time ago of tho four girls who sent the Emperor on his ‘birthday four beautiful bouquets united in one, 2nd which so pleased him that he gave orders to leave no means untried to discover their names, and, when finding who it was, returned them his ‘portrait with pleasant thanks in his own handwriting—these were ‘Dr. Strousberg’s chil- dren, and the incident will doubtless be & happy remembrance to them in their days of poverty and trisl. The family have not s groschen st their dispossl. Dunng the Roumania rouble Mrs, S. deeded all the proparty set apart for her ‘back to ber husband, and io this country & wife hss norights whatever § she does not even hold her perzonsl wardrobe. Her husband atill holds pmngnificeutly{nmisn:d house in London for which he pays & yearly rent of £3,000. Whether anything from this can bo saved for the family is et doubtfal. The mOrning paper states tbat Mg, S. has received & dispatch from her hus- bandin theso words: * Bear our misfortunes with conrage.” THE PIGEONS OF ST. MARK'S, A lettor from Venice to the Philadelphis Bul- letin Bays: The Plazza of 8t. Mark is where @ stranger finds Venice, not “+at home,” but** cher elle.” The Piszza is a vast salon. Fine build- ings with arcades surround the vast squars. There scoms to be no ingreas nor egress. Aronnd the sides of the Piazza aro rows of tables and chairs ; in the centre & band plays several even- ings of the weel. The place is briliantly hight- ed, and high and low, rich and poor, go thera to Jounge, to walk, to git and eat ices and drink coffes or sherbets. In the day-time flooks of the historical pigeons come wheeling and sweep- ing down into the Piazzs to be fed, and you soon catch the pretty babit of mcattering corn and grain to. thess henutitul birds. The famous pigeons of St. Mark's have a fine old history. The public care of them dates back, =o runs the legend, to tho taking of Tyre, in 1134, The people of Tyro usad carrier-pigeons 33 bearems of dispatches. Tna Venetians, who wers besieging Tyre, noticod the birds going and coming. One day they caught & pigeon. It came from Damaecas, and had a letter under its wing, which was from the Suitan, who urged the besieged to keep up heart and cottinue their vigorous defense, 8 & power- ful sid wae- oloso ot hapd. The wily Venatians romoved the letter and repleced it by suother, which told o different slory, that the Sultan could not send them any help, as ho was also in 8 Bore sirait; he, likewise, bad been attacked by an enemy, and nesded all his forces for his own protection. This false letter they tied to tho pigeon, released it, and 1t flew straight into the city. Woen tho Tyreans resd it they were so discouraged that they capitulated. From that time, it 18 eaid, dates tho pigeon partiality of the Venetians, and eser einca these birds have been protected and supported by the pub- Jie. They give the hall- Piazza 8 cosy homo look, and it is wonderful bow much they add to the architectaral decoration of the eburch and ducal paiace. I have sicod mavy & balf bour watching them, as they flaw in among tho carved foliage and heads of the cornices ; especially at ‘the hour of - sunset. Their soft-hued plumage assimilates most barmonioualy with ihe old atone caryvings ; their greew aud purple vack feathers -flagh out in & stray sunbesm reflected down, and look a8 if they wersrich old mosaics. Children are especially pretty when they are feeding tho St. Mark's pigeons. One of the most charming sights I have seau 1n Venice was s little girl (the daughter of one of our officers on board the Congress, by the way), about 3 years old, seated on the ground, suirovoded by pigeons. She bad corn and grain scattered all over her; ‘the {Jlgwnl were huddled one over another in her 2p, on her shoulders, piled up oo ber head ; andout of this fluttering mass of Boft plumagze paeeved her sweet, solema baby-fate. Texpected e\-ug momant £o bee her Lifted up and borne off - on the beautifal pigeon winge into Hesven. WINTER IN ITALY, A letter from Milan to the Boston Globesays: Give me s warm climste in winter for being. miserable, Icanmot withstand the opportunil of putting in & word of advice to those who in- tend coming abroad with the mistaken ides of escaping winter. - To bo sure, such places may be found, but in neither England, France, nor Italy. Onemay escape biting.cold and frost, but not a damp chill, that ix nearly or quite as trying aa our own severo climate, though there are not such marked changes of temperature. One can bardly reconcile himself to the possi- bility of suffering from cold in & climsate where some winters tho roses bloom in tho open air all through the Christmss holidaye, but be assured you cen suffer with cold in such a elimate’ quite as severely 2@ in one whera the thermometer ¥iries from 85 above zero downward, In these countriea thoy pre- pareand protect themselvas sgsinst the heat, and litt]e thought is given to the cold weather. Indeed, the people seem to ignore the fact that thers is any necéssity for preppring for so short a seazon of cold freather. More especially in Italy (the favorite resort of Americans in win- ter) it is particularly necessary to ngrov‘xde the warmost clothing, not forgetting double flancels, —buying thém always two or three sizes larger than reqnired to allow’ for brd washing,—flan- nel bed-wraps, and Iodia-rabber hut-water bot~ ties, to insure against damp beds and clammy linen, All Ttalian houses seem damp and chilly, which fact is sccounted for,'mo doubt, by tho mapner in which thevare built. The ‘thick, solid walls aro ficished inside _withons thread that runs through all his numerous en- { scantling or lath, but plastered on to the solid masonry. The floors are of marble or cement, | and no carpet, hawever thick, can keep the chill from the feet. The rooms are larga aod very high, ranging from 15 to 25 feet between ceil- ings. The “excuse” of & stove 18 generzlly & small porcelain affair, bwit across one corner of the room ; very preity, indeed, all upholstered with velvet, fringe, and ‘gimp, and very con- venient to use instead of & what-not or bracket, for placiog orusments -and ‘* bric-a-brac.” Don't flatter yourself that it will add to your comfort. An open fire alwass looks cheery, nowaver, aod, indeed, it bas it advantages, forit calls into action any amount of exeraise for your ingeomty, miscle, aud patience. The fires are_generally ready to light in all the rooms. The three small sticks of wood get up qn end (for that isall an Italian tove can bs made to accommodate) are tucked full with little ‘buudles of the lightest of little sticks and braoghes, and a most fascinating blaze leaps up, provided it does not pooh-pooh at you (which it renerally does); but, alas! like all fascinating things, it vanishes ali too scon, for you general- ly find that when yon turn again to it three bara steamung sticks etanding upright, with no more intention of burning %hw it they had just come from a bath, 1 bbre give a Lint that is not found ‘in the * guide-book™; the only ono left opt, I' think: When you first enter 8 hotel, “fréeze™ st onca to sl the candles that may be in thecandle- sticks.. If you are reslly ambitious to reduce those three Buicks to cinders, you may ba able to do it with the aid of the candlos, and any stray love letters that you may have about you. Hold tho candle 80 it may gently and graduslly, mels over the three gticks. ~ (It is to be hoped you are not fastidions about the odor of burning fat.) I have several times sncceeded with such aid in getting up quite a “'gizzle,” but wheaevér I have met with such success, { 'have generally found an item charged 1n my acconot. to pay for new velvet and gimp, which 1 psy cheerfally, of course. . If. any mention is made sbout the can- dles, assare the landlord, with great indignation, that you are not supposed to have eaten them. * SIMILES. . . Beneath the cons, snow-capp'd and whits, Through which the smoke 80 dim!y creepetd, The lava meits in rings of lignt, . And burns §n redness far from sight, - A sinewy Titsn in its might, ‘Whils all tbe valley sleopetb. The sheeny ico abreast the stresm * Binda down and fetters all its madness, = Yet waters flow still s & dream,— T ey '8 501 Seem Asi it held candansed 1t gladness. The heart may trim ita pulsas Jow . . ‘Tocheat the eys of outward scanning, While in ita deep recesses glow, ~ ’ , Like heatod coals, the ruddy Sow, .. 'Like motinted flames that rise and go Pusbed by's tempest's fanning. ¥ ' mestic life, . possess great advantages. HOUSEKEEPING IN PARIS. Searching for an ‘‘Appartement,” and Some of the 0dd Quarters : Encountered. A French Kitchen an Amazing Place to American Eyes. Economy in France vs; Extravagance in the United States. ZLuey H. Hocper tn Lippincott's Magazine for December. Suppose that one geta tired of the boarding- bouse and botel life in Paris, and wishes to set up his or her own vine and fig-trea? Wall, there is nothing easier for those thathave a long purge. For them are prepared the loveliest snites of apartments, or, if they. will, whole houses (cnl!ed here hotels), charmingly decorat- ed and farnished or unfurnished at will, at rents varying from $2,000 to $10,000 per aonum. For them are reserved such delights ss gas, and water, and bath-rooms, and bells, sad other in- ventions of a later civilization. Bat, to persons with 8 limited purse, the case is difterent. Lez us, therofore, imagine a family, compelled to pay due regard to economy, on the lookout for switable quarters wherein to begin housekeeping in Paris, Three bedrooms ars required, the mit- nation must be ‘central, snd the location musk not be at the very top of & six-story mansion, ‘where most of the low-priced apartments are to be found. With tpese goneral ideas, Pater- STARTS OUT UPOX A SEARCH. The usual preliminary step is to go to one of the three or four English and American house- sgents who are to be found in theleading Amer- ican business-quarter of Paris, namely:'the Rue Beribe-and the adjacont thoroughtares. Gener- ally, however, the best plan for the apariment- seeker to pursue is o take a carriage by the hour, and traverse the streets of the quarter where he wishes to reside, stopping wherever the placard of **Apartments to Let” may meot his eye, suepended to a balcany or protruding at tho side of & porte cochere,—the yellow placards indicating furnished apartments, and the white unfurnished ones. The concierge, wio usually, has charge of all’ maiters connected with tho renting of the apartments, and who gots a per- centage -upon thelr price, bas charge of the key, and will show the would-be lo- calgire througn the rooms. Usnally, some re- duction on the rent stated by the concerge may be procured, as the prospect 6f the percentage aforesaid aots as a strong incentive to that func- tionary to make tho sum demanded a little be- yond the actaal rate. The number of apart- ments actually to be inspeoted will not be found on trisl to be 50 graat as oue would naturally imagine ; for. the number of bedrooms and the E:Ace being once decided upon, only those need examined tbat suit in both particulars. For & good uofarnished apparlement in ® central situation, with tbe number of bedrooma afcre- said, from €500 to $600 per snnam will bo charged. . <% IF OFFERED AT A LOWEE RATE, something will invariably be found to be the matter when the rooms are inspected. Thus, an American genileman was lately oered an appartemeni on the third floor with three bedrooms, in tho Rue St. Hooore. half a block from the Rue Cas- tiglione, the continuation of ihe Rue de Ia Paix, for 836C per aunum. He weat at once to exam- ine it, aud foaud that tho entrance to it was *up 2 winding stair.” and o back-one su tbat, The rooms lovked out upon the comrt-yard of tho building, end were bright and cheerful enoagh : they were spacious, tov, and freshly papered and painted. But, in addition.to tho disagreeable qualties of the appronch, the kitchen was sjtu- ated on the floor above, acd the only way of reaching it was by a narrow, perpendicalar flight of staini, a8 ateep a3 a ladder, and ot one whit wider. From tnis peculiarly-situsted room aa actasl ladder led to & loft ovérbead, whither the servant was expacted to climib 1n order to reach hor bedroom. Tlus cause of the phenomenally- small rent was thws explained. AMONG OTHER ODD QUARTERS * jnto which our Jumericau's search introduced him was the hom: of au artist and bis family. Thers were four bedrooms, besides dining-room, parlor, and kitchen, in the snite, which was sit- uated on the fifch floor (the sixth according o Amenosn reckomng) of.a_iarge buildihz in = leasant street behmd the Paace of the Elysce. gt was literally a garret, with the sloping part of the roof partitioned off, giving to sachof the front rooms two small closets, wnich were crammed full of oldgprints, books, musical instruments, otc. The furniure was of the oldest, ghabbiest, and most dismal description; but the walls of the principal rooms were bung with fine 03 taplstry, and adorved wita quantities of rare old ohins, And thera were pictares,—pictures everywhers, on the walls, oo floors, and in the corridors,—paiutings and euri- osities enough to have set up the whole eatab- lishment with ecarpets and curtains and the fresheat of new furmiture, had they beeu sdld and the proceeds so expended: BSach a gueer, comfortless, picturesque abdde can hardly be imsgined,—with Sevres plates against the walls, and not a shred of carpet on one of tho floors ; with the dirtiest of cheap paper on the walls of one room, and priceless old tapestry draping anotber ; it was such a place as one meets with in books, 20d buz seldom in rea! life. ‘Then there was another suita of spartments where dwelt A RADID BONAPARTIST. There were pictares of thie late Emperor, andof the Empress Eugenie, and the Priuce Imoerial, on every sude, and in every style, and of all di- mensions ; thers was an Imperial eagle in gilt wood over the m-ror, and another i brooze on the mantelpisca, aud bees and violets scattered profusely in the guise of decorations wherever Puch devicescould find & place. And, strange to say, the appartement, which * was under the charge of & young ladv, was full of cartridges ; they were strewn over the tables of the princi- pal rooms, and were Elcd,in heaps in the dis- Dsed apd deserted kitchen ; and the young guardian of the sbode was hard at work making others ip her own btedroom. There wag & scant as of coups delat snd political _coospir- acies in the air. Dut perheps, after all, the -owner of the rvoms was merely pre- paring for the.huntiog sessom, the opening of which was near at hand. Another appartement shurn ‘was the quongam residence of on8 of ¢ i CES DAMES, 3 wherein piok gatin and gildini;lmtzglzfl agaiost Jirt aod disorder ; where the fine Turkey carpet in the dimng-room was all splashed with wino and spotted with gresse; and whers the satin hangings had been twisted awry and soiled by rude and careless hanas, A profusion of mir- rors everywhere, 8 scent of patchoult and music in the atmosphere, rude ecratches on the flock peper in the drawing-room, snd initials soratch- %d on tho window-panes with undeserved dias monds,—guch were tho characteristica of that abode, which *did not suit ” at the firat glance. 1t one wishes to pay a fow rent and at the same time to secure pure air and modern coa- voniences, the best quartars to inaect are to be found 1n tho pew strects and aveuues diverging from the Arods Triomphe, such as the Avenuo d'Eylau, the Avenune Josephne, the Avenue du Roi de Rtome, ete. But there ate TWO DRAWBACKS TO THIS QUARTER ; one s its intense nnd awfal qmelnde, and the other its great distance from the hotel and the- atrical and bosiness centres of Paxis. For any one who wishes t0 lead a hom&kee;ilng and do- or who csn afford the lusury of & carrisge, this quarter will doubtless be found to But, to_so ecouomi- Cal goul, the cost in carriage-hire wilk mora than counterbalanca sny trifling diffaremce in the way of rent. An_ experienced Engliisn lady, for, many years a residect in one of these up-town atreets, estimates ber carrisge-hize at 8400 per apoum above what it would be did she.live down town. And the lonelinesa of this ppast of Patis, outside of tbe Champs Elssees, ia perfoetly gtartiing. At night Dot even a socislly-minded ost ventures to perambulate thw) deserted thoroughfares, and the suwble’ af & Bray CAr- Singa sounds in the distange -like Zmt-off thun- or, * : 7 " A French appartement slways reminds me very much of a childd - pnzile,—eery “piece”. in_is to .;pu.k poth lisrally and figaratively, being g0 apted as fo fit' into every other.one. A eingle entry twists, snske-like, ronnd among the rooms, giviog (064G . & Bapa~ reta and distince entrance fron the others. -~ A PRENCH KITCHEN . is an smazing place to Amefican eyes. uenally a tiny roam, not .much Iargar than a good-sized cnina-closet at home. ' Tlie old-fasn- 1oned French fourneauz have the top dlivided off i ‘compartments, each of which will f-a-dozen Emsil lamps of coal, sod the- compartmeiits as she iuto] bold bt cook lights only 8s mauy a bas” dishes to prepare.. ‘The _ ssucopans, of which quite' » variety is used, are of ' cop- per,-. and must be "thotoughly scoured to ‘them from carroding aod becoming poisonons. In old times thers used to be an inspector of saucepans to each quarter of the city, appointed by the Government, whase function 1t waa to see thas nobody ran the risk of beicg killed by the neglect of an untidy cook to keep these dangerous utensils in good order. Idonot know whether this important and asefal functionary sill exiats or not. These well-pol- ished pans salways hzng in a glittering row against the kitchen-wall, as a sort of testimanial t0 the oleanliness of the presiding suthority. We will imsgice onr American fairly installed, and then comes a HOST OF QUESTIONS that make & swift appeal to his inex- ik For h:s:a:t;o, it thers is no ‘water in the apariment, he must purchasa » huj filter, and that must be filled daily by somé s stde functionary, usually the coal-man wno sup- plies the house with fuel, and who receives & sum varying from $3 to 88 per month for bring- ing up the requisite number of pailfuls. Then such stores as groceries need not be faid in in grandiosa quantities, as st home, but are pur- chased when wanted. Housekeeping in Paris, on anything except the most gorgeous scale, is a matter of bits and morsels, not of pounds and bushels. The wastage of an ordinarily- profuse _American household would keep s French. family in ease and comfort. The system of ~having two breakfasts’ is a 6ad_ionovation, socording to most Ameri- ean ideas,—breaking in, a8 the Jast break- fast does, upon the most important part of the day. To calt on your banker, your Iawyer, or aoy business-man with whom you tmay have im- ‘portant affairs to transact, betwaen the hours of 13 and 1, and to find that he has gone out to break- fast, is & rather exasperating hindrance to the speedy completion of the matter in band. Many business-men in Paris make a serioua affair of this second breakfast, devoting no less than two hours to it, namely: from 11 to 1,—snd never less thau one entirs hour. The queation of MEATING AND LIGHTING has already becn tonched uron. Yet it isim- posaible to take entire leave of the subject with- out spesking of the peculiarly-exasperating character of French lamps, which require to bs wound np two or three times in the course of the evening, else the light expires amid much smoke and & noisome odor,—an accideat which i8 very apt to occur at parties, where the hoats and the Bervants are alike otherwise engaged. Then thoy are Liable to ges out of order, and re- quire continual repairs. The carefully-calculated expenditurs of & Fronch hotsshold on an economical scale AFFORDS NO MARGIN FOR UNEXPECTED GUESTS. Tne presencs, in fact, of evory additional person makes itsclf felt at once, Not only has ths ex- tra food and wine to be provided (for the oid saying, “ Where there is enough for two, there is enough for three,” was never written of Frénch housekeeping), but the extra washing, Where every, piece bas to be paid for separately, becomes a consideration, Thera is mo room, exther in the purse or the anpartement, for free- Dbanded hospitality in accordance with American idess. *“Comehome and take pot-luck with us " is an invitation hardly poesible in the care- fally-gauged prgidmz of a French housekeep- er, where even the amomut of bresd re d by each individual 1s calculated baforehand. Hence come the abseace of bother aod the possibility of econemy 1n Parisian housekeeping, ~even st the present high rate of provisions. It is the fasbion at home to wasts ; here wasts is considered the height of folly. A glance at the bucketfuls of half-esten potatoes, bitten apples, bread-crusts, cold batter-cakes, etc., which go to fatten Mile- sian-kept pigs in American cities, would make the hair of a Parisian housekeaper stand straight on end with horror at the useless extravagance.. And we ars exiravagant in our households a% home,—extravagant in space, inplenishing, in ptoviding. For the sake of the unused rooms and the useless halls and staircases of our bouses, wo burden our souls with upnecessary servants and uncailed-for cares. Till we learn to copy the trim compaotoess of & French ap- riement in_our house-building, sod the wise pa ‘economy of & French hoasebold in. our house- | Keeping, American matrons will continue to be worried¢ to death with rampant servant-galism, and American purses mnst suffer under uncalled- for depletion. "BLUE SATIN BOOTS. They hiad been sitting opposite each other soma time in the street-car, the sbabby litile girl with the soft black eyes, and Simon Holt, the youog,farmer from Ducktown, who has journeyed all the way to New York in search of 8 newly-patonted plow, with which he propozes to experiment upon the arid soil of his native farm. Ching! goes the car-bell, there is a movement amon ; the passengers, and the ehabby litele gurl is gone. But there on the seat is & brown paper parcel. Bimon catches it up, rushes wildly from the oar, and finds bimsslf on a street-corner, no ahabby little girl in sight, snd himself unsxpect- edly the poseessor of 3 mvaterious bundle, the contants of which he is ignorant of, equally with the whereabouts of its owner. For half an hour he goes up one strest and down another, peering anxionsly under the boa- nets of every female he meets, in search of hose black eyes, He Ia jsered at by amall bova, who expressed their disgust at his brand-nesw overcoat, followed suspiciously by policemen, comes near getting into & fight with an inebri- ated fellow-creature, acd finslly goes discon- tentedly back to his modest hotel on Fourth avenue, the parcel still in his possession. Once in his soom, he turns the little bundle over. and over and npside down in search of an address, and finally bethinks himself of opening it. With the opening of the bundle Simon opens hia eyes, His hard fingers have come in contaot * with somethiog 8o soft ana delicate ; and there, disencumbered from their wrappings, stand the canpningest, daintiest, Dattiest, listle pair of blue satin boots that ever were made. Simon scarcely dare touch them, for fear of ‘soding their delicate white embroid- ery, but he puts them on the table, where they incontinently tumble over. Then hs rights them, and they poiee themselves on their little French heels and dainty toes, their spangles glisten, the silver fringe around the znkles dances and trombles, their tassels wave, and they look st Simon with s self-conceited, impértinent sort of air, 88 much a8 to eay, * Thiok wbat a pair of foet it ought to be that deserves to goin us 1" Then Simon falls to wondering what on earth the shabby little girl could be doing with such & pair of boots as that. The problem is too much for him, and, while he is still revolving it in his mind, his eye lights on a letter from his grand- mother. And this is the way the letter runs : My Dean Graxpsoy : You are meking your first visit o the great metropolia of your country, I hope you will enjoy the many wonderful and beautiful things it has to show ; but remember, what St. Paulhas said concerning the * perils of tha | city.” Remember that where you are thers are alwass smares set for the feetof the unwary, Bewaraof the seductiona that encompsss you. Let mot the child of Christian parents, who are at rest with the Lord, suf- fer himself to bs led astray. Always your grandmother, ‘PrsciLia N. HOLT, Simon looks at the boots, and sbolutely blushes. He is thinking what Grandmotber Holt wonld eay to such an evideace of the pomps and vaaities of thie wicked world repos- ing on his table, At this moment ons of the boots, as if resenting the thought, tumbles over, and then Simon sees insidp the flap where the bution-holes are the followidg sddress : Miss Coralio Dumont, . No, — Worth street. Presto! graudmother’s latter goes flying-un- der the bed, the boots are enveloped again in brown paper, and Simon is the street. The policemen recognize him on the corner of Cen- {re street, and become quite certain the countri- fied-looking young man ia ** ng to something queer,” the emall boys repeat their attentions, and Simon finds himszlf knockiog at s dilapi- dated door on the third floor of a tenement- house on Worth street. : What a dismal httle voice it is that says «Come tn!" Bimon sees the black eyes again, streamiog with tears thistime. But they stop 80 juickly that he doea not even got & chanoa to seo how this new phase becomes them, for Miss Coralle springa forward with a bound, the little French face lights up with ecatasy at the sight of the pascel, and Simon wishes that the busi- nesaof life wasreturning blue satin boots toblack- eyed owners. *‘The boots! the boots!” 8he has got the boots agamn ; and then Aliss Corahe proves beiond all peradventore thasshe does not know bow to behave herself, for she seizes fimon’s sunburned hsod in her own Hhttle one aod kisses it. And Simon— Wait until we have & whole new vocabulary of words, and I will tell you how Simon felt. ‘After this it did not tske them long to get sc- usinted, and io lesa than two hours lictle Cor- Efifl has told Simon her whole history. Facet, there is Mrs. Muggioa. Mrs. Mugeina fives on the first floor, and she is the good-natured old *Iady " (dare to call Mrs. Muggins saytsing but » **lady” snd yoa wiil show a3 _ooce your igno- rance of social propriety in Worth atreet) who haa brought Coralie up ever since the broken- hoarted mother died in the old tenemsnt-house.- and lett her Lisile daughter to the kind-heasted Irishwoman's care. Then thers is M. Alphonss. He lives in the top story, and is the third violin at Niblo's. In France he was a dancing-master, anc now he is tesching Coralie to dance, and she is going to make her debut 1n the new ballet in November. Tnen there is Paps Brown. He is employed at Jeffers’; g0 ia his ; sad they bave made the wonderful blus satin boots for Coralia to wear on_that occasion, snd it is quite certain no other danaguse will be 8o magmfi- cently shod. Bat M. Alphonss is at home, ana e must be introuced to tha kind gentleman wha haa bronght beck the lost boots. So Coralie trips off, and Simon is left bewildered at the so- ety into which he has fallen,—a ballet dancer and a fiddler belouging to Niolo's Thestra. Now Bimon knows very Lttle sbouts theatre, only that it i8 one of those snares of Satandenounced by grandma ; a sort of wilderaess of sin which he bas never liked to ahock the old lsey’s preju- dices by expioring. Then M. Alphonsa comes in, and Coralie trips off to tell the story of the boots to Drs. Mng- gins. The littls Frenchman beams enthusiastio~ ally upon Bimon. **Ze leetle girl 18 scharm, de- light, ze m'sienr ees so goot to fine ss boota.” en M. Alphonse, growing confidential, gives him some particalars of Coralie's simple atory. It the simple-bearted Frenchman could have known what Simon's_early edacation had taught bim to think of the Terpaichorean art, be would never have given ths young man sach & pathetia hmtor{ of his efforta to teach Coralie to dance. ¢ An’ I can do potting wit her, m'sieur. e can not dance. No, 8air, not vun bit. At this pomnt M. Alphonns would tear his hair aad look pomi~ tively wret:hed. But Coralic came in direcily, and then the old man’s faca lighted up with pleasure, and somehow tha reflection got into Simon's face ; and when the small dancer in em- Dbryo made him a cup of coffas, thres people in Worth street were ridiculousty happy, and sll about notbing. When. Simon went homs that night, ha fels that his feat had wandered into strange places. Avd the worstof it was, bis feet kept wandering ihere. The smali bovs gotused to him, and ‘when the policemen found they had no occasion to arrest him, they gradually assumed s friendly look. AL Ajphonsa began to play the part of chaperon with an anxious air, but Mrs. Muggioe winked her eye, and said it was ** all right. So time went on until the night af Coralie’s debut. Now Simon had never yei entersd the theatre, but when Coralie purred and coaxed, he consentad to go, M. Alphonses procured bima Litle ticket that would admit him at the stage- door, and then he waa to watch tho ballet from the sidea of the scenery uutil Littls Coralie bad finished her part, when he and Mra. Mugmoa were to bring her home. Thua it was that Simon found himsel? ata theatre, and not only that, ‘but behind the scenes. What Simon felt when he found himself smoog that wilderness of ropes and wood-work, how he blushed when be obearved the cartailed pature of the attire worn by the coryphees, I cannot attempt to describe. But when Coralia executed a pironstte befors him, and ssked hi «1f she didu’t look nice,” his bair stood on end. The music begins. The premiere danseusa comes upon the scene and receives an enthusi- satio welcome. Then abe stands first on vne toe and then on the other, and finally oo both. Now she flies back and forth and round sboat, in waves, and curves, and circles, and jumps, and spriogs, sud prances, uotl Simon feals avery bone in his body ache in sympathy for ber. Al last the great lady has exbausted herself, and retires to the back of the siage to get het breath. Then the coryphees coms forward, each one i8 to execute a little pas seul, and Co~ ralie is the second on the list. The first one does her part creditably and falls back. Now comes Coralie. M. Alphonse grows pale in the orchestrs, and growss to his mustache, +¢S'e can not dance, noc vun bit.” Nor does she. BShe bows to the audienco, and bows too low. The gauzy skirts descend to the foot-lights, » tiny jet of Hama seizes upon them. Simon 18 the firat to sea the cataatrophe. Quick- er than thought he seizes a picce of canvam that once represented the forest of Dunsinane, wraps 1t around the shrieking girl, rushes through the scage-door into the streets, snd runs helf & block before he knows what he is about. Now thero can be no more embarrassing sitaa- too 1n life to & basbful younz man from the conntry than to stand in the middle of a crowded city street with & bundle in his arms consiating of & young lady in tarlatan and tights, wrappod ina canvas forest, with two blue eatin boota protruding from tho truni of & tres. But Sumon {8 & man of resonrces. A pasalog cab-man is 8oon hailed, and our young country- man retires to the depths of the vehicle with hix charge, while.cabby grins and drives to Worth strect. Then Simon makos a discovery that ap- patls him. The whole world is shrouded in dark- ness because Lwd black eyes refuse to apen. *Very soon Mrs. Muggius srrives, breathless, followed by M. Alphonse. Tne blsck eyes are openad by the nse of alittle salis of ammonia. and the debulante is soundly scolded and pat ta bed. “Yatsall [do? vat ssll 1do? " groaes M. Al- phonse. ¢ §'a is goot for nosing—gook for now- ing. iow Simon begios to talk. Ho has evicently got something to eay, but he blushes and staxm- mers until M. Alphonse ia nearly driven oat of bis senses. **Vat s foolsmad ees who can not apeak hoes own lsngusge!” thinks the poor Frenchman. But Mrs Juggins comes in, and her femele intelligence springs to the root of the matter at once. Iu fact, 3he has seen itall along. Twso days later STmon writes letter to grand- mé. Ob, wily Simon, what an amount, of wick- ©edoess New York has taught you in two montha ! He is going to_**bring a wifo back _with bim ta Duckeown.” Then he tells grandma the name, and pute in & sort of collateral suggestion about the good old Huguenot families of Franca. Then he proceeds to insinnate to grandma that it is a very childish littlo woman he will bring back with him, and that she will need a groat deal of patience and instruction from tha good grandmother as the old farm, . Now grandms bas always dreaded that her , reign might come to an end wuep Simon’s wife came to the homestead, and the idea of & sim- ple little girl, in whose Veius runs the blood of merand women who suffersd and died for the Protestant faith, pleases the old lady, who would*hava been a gentie-hearted woman it so much of her life had not been an snxious en- deavor to discover and thwart the wiles of Satan, Coralie was now perfectly happy. Bhedid not bave to stand on her toss while M. Alnhouse scolded. There was nuthing to do but to run sbout Central Park with Simon, while Mrs. Mugging made purchases of dismal-looking dry- goods, and them made up 8o plainly that, when Mr. and Alrs. Simon Holt tioally got into a railzoad car bound for Duckzown, the bride might have been mistaken for a Quakeress. ly two years after these events the investl- gating fingers of an irrepressible baby pulled 3 blue satin boot from the depths of s bureau drawer at the old farm-house st Duocktown. Graadma could not believe her eyes, and when she measured the length with & cei pair of ghoes belooging to AMrs. Simon, ber consterns- tion knew no bounds. Then the whoie story cameont. But what conld be done? Coralis had beea s faithful little member of the grea Congregational Church for a whole year, su¢’ Simon explained so grandma that she bad never danced at & theatre, only tied to do so, und sel berself on fire. She w2 a brand placked fronm the burning,” you see. On this view grandm: could be reconciled. ' But who did the plucking i Simon thought he did it: bot Coralie lsid bar little hand on the great Bible, and said it wa ¢grandma.” re t what was to be done with the blue satin boows? Alss! they were to be sacrificed. A great fire was made in the kitchen, aad the hol- ocaust was prepared. Simon protested, but ail in vain. Only, whan the gorgeous little boots were laid on the fismes, ons tassel was misaing. 1t certainly did seem s pity to destroy so mach besuty ; but Corslie insisted, and Simon lay down on the old_kitohen floor and watched the flames anse. When the lsat spangle had disap- peared, he gatbered two littla shoes into his great hands, and though it was & very undig- nified procseding, I must coofess that he kissed them. . Now T thiak the holocaust was ths right thing to do; for if blus satin boots are ool & gratification of the.** sinful lusta of the flesiy,” ‘what are they ? But that one tasasl still exists, and it goes to church every Bunday in the - bmwpoc&eh of simon's besy coat.—Harper's FAITHFUL. As earth recedes from sight, nhdmfle&u&dhm lppe;r. jow 8 ht, by faith fawrought, ‘That Heaven llo::l - 1 O trusting sonl 1 b glad. Thou'st keps thy record trus. Bejoice! for know thou need’st not go To Heavan ; will coms to you. -~ For thee no dartsome way. Hark!| bark! ths joyfal ery: 4 Be of good cheer! 1o danger fear | Thy comfortor 18 nigh ! . Btretch forth thy trembling hand; Lean firm upan the rod: Thy Savior see ! ledve all with Me, - , And gently go to God t* AL H, English painters report with great disgust sub- scnptions amountmg 1o $23,000 for » statue to ¥ Americsn Girl, Columbia's fasesita -mare.” Boquicwoas in Pace.™ ., £pigad s