Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, March 19, 1876, Page 3

] THY UHICAGU TRIBUNE: SUNDAY MARCH 19, 1 NEW YORK GOSSIP. plerciless Vice-President of ] o the Old State Bank. Gllscting Postage-Stamps—Big Prices Paid for Confederate Stamps. Bowen Part in the Beecher= L Tilton Scandal. fow Some Congregational Ministers Un- ‘Zertook to Play Deteetives, 3 Petticeats on Promenads—More Ex- pensive Tom-Foolery. speciel Correspondence of The Chicago Tribunc. yew Youg, March 16.—A groan went up from ome of 106 01d mopeyod aristocrats of this city T Toesday last when it was announced that tho od Bank of he §tate of New York had suc- ecibod to the inevitable reeult of internal mis- pensgemment. The groan was not entirely csused by the Jossee sustaived by the parties, but be- aaseof tho old associations of the bunk with past graodenr af tho eity. It was at one gimotho beadquarters of &n hopored snd soloct ereloof representatives of old families, and they, rrrather those loft smong them, are mow la- paating the downfall of tho instittion. Of foureo your ncwa columns bave printed the suries of personal mismanagement atiribuied tothe Vace-President, Richard Patrick, and how s Joaned mopey on collaterals which were com- ively worthless. Tho papera have failed to bowever, that this man Patrick is one of the aostcold-blooded, sordia, mercileasmen that ever wlda position, To-day it was publicly stated {iat he aliowed bis veuerable father to disina blie poorbouse when ho could have relieved s pecessities by & stroke of the pen. Hehss J vegjous tites been a biard-hearted creditor of sorhy debtors, snd always exacted the last pound of flesh. Richard Patrick, Vice-President of the oid State Baok, received the homago of parrowers. To-day ho is carsed by depositors, sackholders, and disectors alike. Scarcsly, suy ap of positiun, not & pablic official, has fallen fas0 low aa estate as this tiap, who hss in his fimemade it so hard for otbers. Sywpathy is msiedon him, LOGUS POSTAGE-STAMP MANIA. Erery- schoolboy knows that for msny years pest thers bas beon & mavis among boys and 1en on the subject of collectiug postage-stamps. ghis practice, which s¢ first was & mere amuse- gent, Lies become an Activa husinoge, supporting smonthly journal called the Phalatelist, and an mmumersble nesortmout of poetsge-stamp \bums, costing from §1 to 820, The amount of sovey expended by amateurs. and professional sllectors of old aud Tare stampsis fabulous. fhete are ecveral ostablishments devoted to iheir sale in thie city, and oue of thom, on Bassau street, hos astock on hand estimated to Seworth in cash £20,000. Think of that—S20.- 0 worth of old and merw postage-stamps of ail mations! The demand for rarc stamps bas pro- dueed 3 erop of base imitations, shica requiro an_ espert eyo to de- lect from the gepuine, One curions thing f:bat the demsnd for old Confederate stamps ns bocome so great that these siamps are now woch mose valuable then they were while the Coafederacy lived. The local &tamps issued in the eaxly stages of the Confederate struggla by the Postmasters of such places a8 Athens, Ga., Columbis, 8. C., Macon. Ga., Nashville, Tenn.. Hanisvillo, Aln., if genuine, ate quoted at £10 apiscs, aud the general 1ssue by the Confeder- s of two-cent stampsis now resdily sold at $leach. These prices have tempted counter- feiters, and quite s crop of local elamps from un- fesrd of Uonfederato. localities has_recendy pruog up. The copnoisseurs in this business, towever, are not cager porchasers unless the emmnepess of the specimen is well anthenti- hted. There is a man named Tifany, in St. Louis, who his a standing offer of $23 for a sin- 3le stamp of rare quality. X0 PORTERAIT, ¥O LIBEL. A capital illustration of the absurdities of pic- forial jonrnalism. in this city was presented in o tecent libel suit sgainst the well-kmown publisher, frank Leslie. The trial took place a few days igo before Judge Van Nomst in the Supremo Court, the plantiff being Benjsmin A. Whito- man. Tho cage grow out of an illustration and wory published io the Day's Doings, which ro- vensed the positions of tke participants in an sfrsy which ocenrred in sn Amity stroet board- ing-lionse, 1t was a racy scenc, and theillustra- tion made it all the racier. The test of the of- fensive articlo was copied from the orld, and it made no differencefthat some two weeks aftor the World bad retracted the nrticle, it appeared {lnstrated in the Day's Doings. Frauk Leslie’s Iewyer suggested one point in the defense which jerather ch. Ho claimed that tho likenosses of the participants in the alleged aflray were 60 far from correct that there was no possibility of dentifying any of the parties, and hence there msnolibel. The jury thought otherwige, avarded the plaintill $4,500. THE BOWEN PABT IV TIE DEECIER CASE. Beecher bas this advantage in the present Sage of his bontroversy with the public on the mbject of his own innocence. A fow people beliese Beecher is not guilty, but nobody can be Tound to believe anything that Bowon has to offer, His Jast appearance bofore the Plymonth Investigating Committee was pitiable. He vir- tuallyconfessed he had nothing upon which to baso his chargo ageinst Beecher eave the con- fession made to him some fifteen y6srs 650 by & ledy 38 yet unnamed, and whom he esy8 ho will Rever names. A funny part in the casa is that a gory was teported to Bowen lately, Ly Brooklyn dressmsker had stated tbat acertain lshionable cnstomer told her that eho was expecting fanda from Alr. Beecher with which 1 pay her bill. Bowen traced tbe story by means of w doteotive, and escertained that the party anmed Beacher was s New York real estato »wner and commission merchent, and not tho Plsmouts pastor. So Bowen hides his head, and bus reatty fallen where all men who try to carry water on both shouiders must eventaslly fall— betwoen the two! The fact is, that, until the Tilon Beecher trial, Bowen was notoriously cur- Iying favor with both sides; he tickled the Til- %o eympathirers with stories of Beecher, and i Beschorites with staries of Tilton's . ies. It was only when driven to take kia choice botween the two that he arrayed him- Jlf against Beocber, and even now it will be 3beerved hie ruther recites his own thsn Tilton’s Imerances. ADVISORT COUNCILMEN AS DETECTIVES. Graduslly it is coming out that varions mem- bers of tho Advisory Council which recently sat In this city essayed the role of detectives aud in- lerviewers. They interviowod Mra. Tilton, Mrs. Houlton, Mr. Moulton, Mr. and Mrs. Richards, d othera. The most extraordinary picce of smatenr detoctive work was following up a story alleged to hizve been told by & hack-driver, to the #ffect that ho had driven Mr. Beechar to a bouse ot illfame. The statcmont, asit was first made. Was that o reputable geotleman in Oravge. N. 7., Ind indisputablo evidence of Mr. Detcbor's foending & night in & bouse of prostitution. of the Roverend gontlemen (one of them from Iilinois, by tho way) proceeded to Orange, Wd gearched for the * reputable gentleman, ho then gave the hackmun's story, The back- aa found, he denjod teilng suy. such story. On boing confronted with the Orauge narty, the ter astoniehed the Advisory Councilmen by *mitting that ho had repeated the story for itry.” The clergyinon being stout believers in Boecher wero delighted with this tineco, but it is donbtfu} if they over essay the Tolo of de- tives again. So we aro as faras over from the mych-wisked for, and, &5 Bowen &sys, “'the Painful, bottom facts.” FIIVOLITIES OF FASHION. - Btriped gtockings are passe, and red ?elncalts ealithe rago justnow. It is considercd en Fegle for every woman who wears one, snd wn_lku Wy, whether the day is raivy or ¥y 10 show a red petticost—aunder $he hem of her This is the ralejand seelnga woman ¥ithont one 18 the excoption. Lixe everythiog ©lse wlch is considerod ltra fashionablo in this Breat city, tho red potticoat is aped by servant #irls, snd on Sundays you meet the Bridgets re- Wraing from mass in the morniog sparting tue Ted undergarment, and the imistress gowg Lo ehurch marked by the same scarlet edgiug below Berblack dress, ~ Apother frivolous fastion is e tring of front-wingow lace curtaios with Tride carlet ribbous, ‘The trick is to make a Low abont the siza of &_young girl's rAsh-baw, 23 let tho onds sppear in sight. The ladie3 810 2l on the tiptoa of expactation now con: 8 T cornin, the openings of next week. It is l:amicmu'.h;;l';j givanout by the leading milimers thst o profu- €100 Of the finest French lowera arc. o bs wsol ou the new Lonuets,—put on in a careless exylo, :f::ln:lfuv 1[;-;1 been lowded in a gun und shot af i 04y, —or, 88 the boys w Iy s ys would say, ' Iyimg MORE OF EDITOR BENNETT'S EXTRAVAGANCE. Probably your readers have already boen fa- vored fi-ith the nows that young Bennett is now arroogiug another of his lightning-trun excar- sions—this timo to Ban Francisco. It i3 de- 8ignea to be 2 speciat the wholoe distance, and to be ran through as swiftly as the road will admit. The ides is to make the quickest time on record between the Atlaotic and Pacific, and to sston- ish the Californians by showing them whata live New Yorker, and not s Lousnza Prince either, can do in the way of unnecessary ox- travagaoce. The “‘true inwardness™ of this notion is o desire to do something to gratify (strange creaturs sho must be) his Indy-love by novel expericncos very much ik $be same Way an ordivary mortal would ask Lisintended to take a bugey ride to Centrst Park. Ever sinca young _ Bennett became spoony on tho idol "o "his present affections, o s cought 16 distinguish bimself by providing her etouning amusements, Riding gamea (norse- back croquet, tho boys call it), parlor skating parties, coaching, yachting, theatre porties, Caoadian railway picnics, uight visits to news- paper oftices, and club parties,—all thess have bean tried, and still new conguests in the ling of stuuning bvents are sougbt for, A young lady friond of Mr. Dennett's fiancen Iately asked bLer what would remain in tho wuyof novelty for = bridal tour after all theso ingenions de- vices to amuso had been exhausted. Sho an- swered: **Yon trust Mr. B. for that.” ROMANTIC DISINTERESTEDNESS. Acurious case of love, courtabip, and mar- riage culwinated in wedlock a few days ago. Last epring an up-town belle, tho danghter of one of our millionaire princes, 8 prominent Union Leaguer, weil known in socie- ty, astonwhed her parents by informing them thet eho wes cogaged to 3 young man conpected with 2 mercantile firm on Wortn street. The ludy was known for hor excessiva vivacity, gayety, and love of company. The young man was equally known for his reti- cence, his greed, and dislike of company. Tho match plessed nobody but the parlies thom- solves, and friencs and relatives joined in op- posing it. The most earncst opponent, bowever, was o widower brothor-in-law. The young mzn was indisposed to take his intended %0 operas and_balle, Lut the brother-in-law sup- plied the deficioncy by excessive afteotion in that line. The offect wss natural. By comparison the accepted suitor seomcd duit and epintless, aod the engagemont was broken off aftec a lapse of ooly a few montls. Now the brother-in-law seemed more attentive than ever, and on Monday lnst the twain were married at tho Church of the —-, on JMadison avenue, to the eutire satisfaction of rarents, relatives, and friends, and evervbody give the rejectea suitor. THE RESERVE STOCK OF DEBUTANTES. Nest Monday evening it 1s aunounced that a new candidate for public favor will mske her debut at the Union Square Theatre in the new play of **Ferreol.” Her stage name 15 Ida Jef- freye; her real pamo is well xpown in sociely, and ono of the evening papers refers to her a8 5. #society belle,” which is only measurably troe. This young lady is gifted witha fine figure, bandsome face, and ias manifested rare talent in smatcur performances atthe Union Lesguo Theatre and elsswbere. She has been under careful training for several months, at ap ex- pense of vearly £1,000. As she does uot assnmo at first 8 stoctly leading part, ber success 1s almost assured from the beginving. Nearly ail the promment managers of this city bave & num- ber of debutantes who are studyivg for the dra~ matic profession under experienced teachers. When tize promise of talent is reasousbly fair, mapagers, on certamn conditions, will advance eoflicient mopey to pay for tbo educstion of young ladies, but it 18 a bsrd bargsin ou their psrt, aod one which insures plouty of work for #mall pay. Mrs. Dutior, wee Roso Estinge, has acquired considerable fame as a teacher of young espirants for dramatic honors, and it'is reported that, on_her cortom- plated tour to California and the Weat, she will be accompanied by a rustic beauty nos studying for tho stage, remarksble for her talonts “and capabilities, znd one who, when ghe barsts apon the pablio as star, will create a sensation. A NEWARK NOTION—XO0 WIEE, NO NONEY. A very nch affair ia reported from Newark, N. J. It eppears that, two years apo, the only sur~ viving parent of a young man died, leaviog bim tho bulk of & hendsome fortune, coupled with the condition, however, that ha must marry a +wife accoptablo to his fathor’s executor befors he attained the ago of 23 years. Otberwiso ho was to lose one-half of the ostate. As it amonnted to considerable, and the details of the will were printed in & Newark paper, the young man st once bounded to the position of su object of interest to scheming mammas snd romautic young ladies. The party most inter- ested was youog, wealthy, acd accomplished. Ho bad the entree of the verycrome do la creme, sud was not beckward in coquetry and flirta~ tion. He had s round of eocia} engagements, and somehow it was ramored that Thuraday, the 9th 1nat., wos his _twenty-third birthday, on the completion of which ho was fo lose one-haif of his patrimony if he romained eingle. A few dsys before hio announced a grand reception for that ovening at his own house, and confidentisl- Iy 1nformed soveral young Izdics that on that oc- casion she shonld be preferred above all others, Dbut that for bis esko she must gain the good graces of Dbis father's executor. Forthwith the benevalent old man who occupies that office wss assailed with attentions from various girls and their mammas, which was lit- erally a gamo be did not understand. _The even- jug came, So did tbe company. The young man received all gracefully, and the company passad a pleasant evening. ‘loward tho closo he whispered to his particular {ady frivads, in strict confidonce, that, owing to & discovery. T cently made that this was his twonty-second in- stead of bis twenty-third birthday, R‘l; had wln.- cluded to postoone for ong yoar ''tho event” in which be had intended asking them to act & privcipal part. He told this in & gentle voicato about _ten young Iadics, aud soon after the com- pany dispersed. ~ The uext day (Isst Saturday) e started for Evrope in a White Star steamer. By Monday it had leaked out that tho whole af- fair was & sell, snd if the young rascal should now return to Newark he would be inmore dan- gger of losing his head than his heart. B BESSIE TURNER LN BROOKLTN. The Bessie Turner who i8 lecturing in the ru- ral districts of tho West isa fraud. The real posseasor of that patronymia is living in Brook- Iyn a8 quietly and uoobtrusively a8 any person can who, whenever ehe appesrs on the street, is subjected to the rude gaze of svulgar men and curious women. She is supporting herself by tenching and writing, and deserves creait for her eofforts to screen hersolf from the public. She was recently interviewed on tho sabject of pub- lic lecturing by the reporter of & morniag paper. She disclaims any idoa of lecturing, and wishes %o be let alone. Alfter the interview sho becamo Eolicitons of its suppression, aud wrote a simple and courteous note to thie editor of the pager re~ ferrod to asking that the accouat of the intor- iow be suppreased. 60 58 to save hor name from further potoriety. The request was mado 80 ear- nestly, and evidently 80 honestly, that it wos complied with. The story was nover printed. AY MARRIED WOMEN TEACH SCHOOL? Brooklyn must bave a peculiar senm!tmu.nt 8l times ; and, a8 oausl, thoro is & woman in the case. Novw tho agitation is on the ml.bject lllpw- ing married women to teach gchool in that oity. e Jocale of the agitation is tha School Bflm:d' but the people are taluog eides up:lm it guite . Last Monday night 8 regolution was fit‘:::!gd into the Doard requiring the Law Committeo to report whether the rule declaring vacant poeitions heid by young ladses who are «ongaged” to bomarried also applios to mar- ried women, ‘Ihis 8eems & very cheap agitation, but it 18 because the School Board has commit- ted & blunder, and the people are anxions o re- taye lts:mvurr—fiuu:. WAGES QUESTION. A healthy digcussion is in progress in thia city an the subject of wages paid to gervanc girls. Itis srgued very juetly that when eversthing clso bas come down—dry goods, provisions, rents, millinery, wages of every other kind— that tho servant giris ehould abate some of thq_:ir preteneions &3 weil. The pricea paid in thia city aro eimply outrsgaous. Twenty dolars {9: Sooks, vevanteen ot cighteen for up-etairs work, ana prisileges nopumbered are regulatly de- anded and paid. The men are largels 10 blame for permittivg it, and for willingness to pay tuese prices rather than loes good servants. Coneert of action on this subject smong 100 Joading housekeepera_would eflect tho desired reform. As it staods Biddy ia boes of the nonsa, an(d it3 ownors—tha serveats, Bravrs. CEN. WEBSTER. Leading the Pionrcer Chicago 14 "Troops to Catro, ©l, Fears for the Safety of That Point, and the Hcasures Taken to Pro- - teet Xt. The Ozganizations, and Some of the Men, Who Weat on That Memorable Trip. How They Reached Cairo, and What They Did There. To the Rdiwr of The Chicago Tridune: Cmcaco, March 18.—The great Joss sustained by Chicago as well as the natiou in the death of Gen. Joseph D. Webster is fully appreciated, and i3 one which can bardly be repsired. The press and the palpit have not overcstimated hia wortl, nor paiuted in too vivid calors tha purity of bus character. Ilis aaily lifo was & stwging rebuke to every spocies of overreacbing and sen- timental hypocrisy, or what has bocome known and passes currout for sbarp business tact, which is nothing, wheu etripped of its false coveriug, but simple cheating. In tho midet of the general grief at tha boreavement, it would not be ubscemly to recall some of tho gcencs through which our now dead friend pessed with o handful of partislly raw recruits, when, at the roquest of Gov. Richard Yates, bardly before the tocsin of war had resonnded throughout the laud, he occupied Cairo, the most gouthern poiot in 1linois, Thero are oth- er coneidorations why this westion of those per- formauces should be 0, and the most promi- nent is the fact that thero1s no record extant of the doings of the Nlinois pioncora in the War, 2nd no organizatiou now in oxistence containing any considerablo number of tho participants. They have and aro passing rapidly awsy, and soon il will have jotned their lato comrade. THE ALARM ROUNDED. ‘Thero was great excitement 2t Iilinois® Stato Capiial in that sunoy and showery, Jaughing and crying, April, 1861, when ono morning Gov. Richard Yates reccived information from an ofiicer of tho Ulinoia Contral Laliroad Compsny st Cairo, sapported by the convictions and fears of prominent citizens of that burg, that 4 move- ment wes on foot ut Momphia, ‘Tenn., to send & steamer with a body of artned men to take forci- bie possession of the piace and the railroad proporty. Tho scheme was plausiblo, and showed foresight in the onginators, 28 subso- quent ovents proved that, as 8 strategic point, Caro was of the first imporiance, and for the Robels o get a foothold there at that time would havo beon of great advantage to them, and hase precipitated the socession of both Kentucky and Miseouri. Our good Governor took in tho situa- tiou st once, uud gaw that prompt action was necessary to deteat the objects of tho treason- able oxpadition, It required only o vory short time 10 Impross upon the Executive mind tho POVERTY OF HIS MILITARY ESTABLISUMENT. Look in what direction bo would, Lie sa% no way out of tho dilemma, untl bis eyes rested ou Chi- csgo. Ho had an indsstiuer recoilection thac Cliiezgo once hind somemilitary epirit, and, upon malking tho Recossary inquiries, lesroed that tho Maosropolis of tha Wost had two batteries of light artillery, Companies A and 1, the Chicago Light Guard, tho Montgomery Gurds. Llis- worth's Zouaves, and one or iwo Geralan com- panics—all private orgunizations. The Esecu- tive cranium was Still farther penetreted with the fact that portions of these organizations had once done the city some_ servica, when the Hes- inmtes of & former dey had defied the law, marched on the Court-House for the purpose of enforcing thoir demands, aud, failing in chat, to capturo the city's Mayor, Dr. L. D. Hooue ; tnat at tho raquest of that oflicial they took posdes- sion of the infected district, planted their canuon in frovt of the Conrt-Homse on the Raudolph street side of the Shormen House, and so dis- posed of their smal) force, znd kep: such com- plete surveillancs over tho riotous mob through- out the city, that grest Joss of life was no doubt provented,” sud the rioters were forced to dis~ perso. CHICAGO TO THE RESCTE. The patriosic Governor's mind was greatly ro~ Tieved on learniug these facts, angd, acting with Promptusss, &s was bis wout when ho eaw his Way clear, ho dispstched o privato sud trasty agent to Chicago, who gonght oat Gen. Webster (ttien Captan), and placed iu lus hauds $20,000, o be used iu organizing what force be coula get, with all the information from the threat- ened pant, aud to occupy Cairo 48 800n 28 pos- sible. 'Thoe Governor’s fival iojunction to Web- ster was, ‘Anything but_delay!™ The ageut 8lso conferred with R. K. Swift, who held a commission a3 Brigadier-Ganeral of mulitia, with a requoss that he co-operate with Capt. Webster. The ratelligenco that tue State of Illivois would orobsbly bo invaded soon by a Kobel force was not long ian resching oll parts of the city. Mavor Julisn S. Rumvey called & meeting tho same evening of members of the ‘military oreanizations and citizaus. Thers was not much talk after the Governor's informatiou Lad bean made kuown, 88 actios, prompt sod vigorons, wea what was wanted, The mesting was largo and eathusiastic. Volanteers. both from the military organizations and civilians, earolled themselves in large numbors,—soma of the former tendoring their entire membarship. Caps. Webster acd Gen. Swift worked barmoni- ously together, the lstier gontleman, although e occupied a high State military position, yield- 1ng with good tasto to the formor's military edn- cation and experience, and secondod and aided all the arrangements, Chicago's citizens wero ot found wanting in their zeai to belp on the expedition, end contributed in food, clothing, and arme genorously. Evarsthing wene along £0 £mouthiy and quietly, o jangling nor hard words, that many bardly reslized the chauges going on until on the foilowing Sunday night, April 21, T SIXED AND CONICALALOOKING CROWD wera closely packed in_the Lliinois Central cars, waiting for the iron horso to carry them' Cairo- ward. ‘Tho scenes outside and in the cars were varied ; some wero cheerful and jocular, whilo others woro anxions countenances, seeming to forbode disastor, 88 many never roturned ahye. =Moth- ory, wives, and gisters, wero thore bidding, as they imagined, & short good-by, for no ono bud ovon & suspicion of whiat wss to ocear in tho ter- riblo fature. All thought a fow weeks—months at most—would end the trouble brought about by a handful_of crazy fanatics. Iow fearfully were thoy mistaken! Character always cxerta itself and is felt, for good or for evil. It now began to show itself in Copt. Webster. Wiih hig quiot ways, even temper, and gentle speoch, he Roomed tn _eassure those who wero Ioft bo- hind that, with disaster, those who were in his chargo would be kindly looked 2fter; and to the boisterous and _impetuous voluateers his pres- anco always had 8 soothing effect. Hig worth from thet night impressed oll who camo into his preseacs. SOME OF THOSE WHO WENT TO CAIRO. Al the company records and lista of names of pertics who composed the Cairo war pioucers, nod other informstion of valge in relation to that early movement, were destroyed by the preat fire, and the nomes of thoso here given who responded to the Governor's call aze trom ‘memory alone : i mmander~Brig-Ges. B. K e Sta—Capt, Joseph D. Webstar. Inopector—Silsn D. Baldwin, Al und Adjutunt—William Hemstreet. Compuny 4, g"“}’.’l’; = (B‘A&dbflic‘n‘rlvm;ld. St ; Lioutenants, Char] i faans Bl Moo Sobn W. Bumeey, S dead), Jobu K.’ Latsford, e hore; Sergesnts and peivates, Petet P. Wood _(afterwsrds Captainl, E. Y. White, Frank _ Morgan, George _McCage, K. P Tobey, Fred W. Young, Hoxie Hutmas, Wiltiam Af, Pratt, Edward Mendsen, Uenry M. Hagdy (uow ‘Handy, Simmons & Co.), Thomas Powell (now with Mung)u.r, Wheeler & Co.), H. S, Foot (with Goodrich Trapsportation Company), Edward Russell (killed at Stilol), Denjamin L. Cleaves (late Coroucr ~and Sherifl], A, k. Abbott (sttorney-at-law), Jolin Flanagan (killed at Shilob), Josepb L. Morrison, F¥red Dean (afterwards! Lieutenant in Michigan battery, now Sead), Chiarles Kimball (now with Taloott & Singer), Guorsa Cooper, M. Lamb (now with Hale Birothers), Cornelius Rendal), Onuywrosu-.r (bugler), W. L. South- , Horrs Morgan, of "nl“ltax;dmg‘::’ L‘Dmfmnrmd ‘Harding, Charles F. Colby, Jomes Faulkner, James 1L liaynie, Mort C. Shner, D, A- Cunningham (dead). .~ . Zouaves—Company A, Capt. Hayden (desd); B, ot 5ohm It. Closbaiirn (dead): G, Capt. Joseph Seart (ed from wounds); Edward een (now with s (Cooko & Co., Alfred Spink (dead), James Dex- ead). e (den fus—Copt. Mibalotry (Germans, foll com- ¥.) pm;’bcm wero also detachments of one or two othier German urgu\\!lunons;p ! Nevans' mlitary drum corpe. ! Itis p:qner to etate that a large proportion of thie mombars of the nitillery compsuy became otlicors of it, as woll ua oflicers of other military organizations. Licut. Willard, who becae Ma- jor of the First Regiment of Artillery (Web- ster'e), was State's Atcoroey for this circuit just previous to the Nebellion. ONTHE RAIL. . Midoight fonod the heayy trsio still in tho Gopot, but socn. after the iron-horse made bis appearanco, and it proceeded southward. When daylight broke. the nngaiuly spoctro caused con- steruation among the Beople. In fropt of the eagiuo on two platforn-cacs were four of Com- pany A'S guue, with smaunition-boves and can- n0n-ball3 i thoir proper places, under muard ; in tho centra of the train"wers the volunieers, wiose arma wore visible ay the windows ; at the car-dcors scntinels wore on guard. snd ia the Tear wero box-cars for tae artillory horses snd platform-cars for the gun-carriages and cais- 508, No onp ou the train felt inchned or bad been enjoined to siloneo, and jmparted no in- forwation, and this reticence itensifiod the ex- citoment. Although tho good people of Chica- 0 biud smply suppliod the neceusary provisions, and & bountitul amonat of delicacies, still tio boya thougnt they could not ge: along without & squate, hot meal,” and a8 military giscipline, even tn u miid form, had not beeu” attempted, Capt. Webstor complied, and telegraphed to Centralia for the desired sproad, RUMORY—CAUTION, At Contralia tho officers of the Railroad Com- pany hod lenrned that the Big Muddy bridge, & shaky affair, aod in what was supposed to be & secosh community, miebt be tampared with. Tvory precaution was taken; the plat- form cars in front of tha engine were double- guarded, and all wes ia readiness for aotion ; tho bridges wore examinod, sud the Big Muddy fonud ul right. As o Dracaution, Capt. Hayden and o detachment of Zouaves wore left at the fatter to guard it. The train procceded, and reached the suburbs of Cairo lute at night. We wore in time. Chicago hsd got there ahesd of the expectod piratical steamer. AIRLFING BAFELY AT CAIRO, the ospedition was warmly welcomed by the rail- rond people and tho * sotid * citizous, but it waa plain as the noonday nun to every ono that the tloating portion, which was large thore then through the disturbod condition of the locality, wore not ploaged with the uew-comers, and ex- pressions to that effact Wore indulged io frooly : but then Compsuy A's four barkers looked ugly, and whon they wore mountad on their carriagcs, and the men with their pecaliar juanty uniforms and arms took their positions, and the well trained artiilery horses were in their proper places; and whon Capt. Smith gave the ringing order to move forward, it looked like business, and 1t meant busioess. Following the artiliery marcbed the **troops.” ‘There was no troubls, uo demonstration was made, and wo farther marked expressions of disliko at tho conrse things were taling. 3o tho first military organ- izaiion of the State of Iilinois 10 tuke part inthe stirriug scenes which followed forwed a camp at Cuiro, a point of subsequent military opera- tions of great importanco iu the Southwest. THE PIRST GUN IN THE WEST. Military giecipline wea rradually moldiog the raw voluntoer into the soldier; guards wore rogularly posted, aod s strict watch was kept on the river. I'ioro bad beea Do steamer from be- low for: several days, aud comwmunication with any of the cities down tho river was impoasible, 18 the telographic wires had boon cut across thio Ohio in Kentucky. Thera was somothing wrong. Tho continned suspoose bogan io be painfal. Reliof camo at 1sst. .On the second or third day smoke was socn isguing from the tree-tops be- w the city, indicating the approach of & steam- -, belioved o be tho expected piratical craft. All the necessary preparatious wore made to ra- coive tho vessel, Whether it bo of 5 warlike or of o pacific charactor ; thore was no question about that; tho iutent wag pi Ono of Company A'sguns was placed o s platform-car on tho bauk of the river. Tho steamer cawe up slowly, but. buggwg tho Kentucky snore, it wes ap- parent that n Janding was not intended. A sbot neross ber bows from the 12-pounder secned to change thoe programme, for tho stoamer imma diatoly headed for the Illinois shore. She proved to be the Baltic from Memphis. A thor- ough search vas mado, but nothing nunsosl was discosered ; ber officers were sulion, unc ommu- picative, apd suspicions, but they wero allowed to depart. 1t was cloar, from what was learned aflterward, that the boat had started for Cairo cn some suspicions undertaking, but, learning of thie military arrival there, bad becoa:o {righten- ©d, aud absndoned it. SOLDIERTNG. After tho steamer cpisode, the pioneers went to work with a will in laging ont and cloaring up their company quarters. Capt, Webster placed Company A two miles up tho Misgissippi, 8t a gharp bend of the river, with the Liucoln Rifles 88 a support. It was rn important position, Hore half n dozen reeoluts menn one night conld have destrosed tho levecs,flooded the cits, sud rendered ita further occapancy impossibie, Twmenso trees wore fellod, tho debria of years' collection landed thero by freshets, which they buroed, andinafew wecks they had laid outa beantiful camp, ail the whilo keepinz @ strict guard, with their support, on the river. Tho Zonaves and Harding's company were in camp furthor down tho river. In tho mesntimo Bat- tery B (Taylor's) bed arrived, but Lad been stationod at Bird's Point, Mo., opposite Csiro, and Barker's Chicago Dragoona. after remaining 2 fow woeks, were ordered to Virginis. A BUATTERING, Troobs wero now reaching Cairo daily from not ocly lllinoia, but from Iows and Wisconsin. Swift, genial and gencrous, a good militia officer euough, but no disciplinarian, had beon ordered home o giva place to Prentiss, of Quiney ; Web- ster superintended the_building of the fost &t the coutluonco of the Ohiojand Mississippi , and the defenses at Bird’s Point, Fort Holt (Ken- tueky), and at the mouth of & small river below, with Jonny aud Waterman as sssistants ; Bald- +wio, who, a8 aun organizer, bad noequal, and performed an immenso amouat of work, bocame Colonel of tho Fifty-aeventh Illinois Infaniry ; Hemetroet served on Prontisg’ atafl ; Gompany A, with Willard 1n commsud, went to Paducah, KY.; tho Zouaves and Harding's company wont to Soringtield and formed tho Nineteonth Illinois Infantry, with Turchin, Scott, snd Hardiog as Colonel, Lieut.-Colovel, and Major, respectively, while many of the Chicago volunteers were in the secrot service, visiting rebol stronghiolds in many directions, and one even penetrating their lines at Memphis weoks after commuunication bad bean cut off, getting sway and brioging im- portant information. CONCLUSIOSN- , 1t would be impossible to follow the pioncers of Cairo wheraver the fortunes of war seat them. Their paths lay in many directione, they fought on many fields, and did honor to thewscives s wall ag to the city that sent thew. ‘Lhrough the Siborian frosts of Dopelson, tho pitiless storms of Shilon, the sovere aod memorable rasrch to the sca, and until the dispersion of that little mutual admiration party which mot st Appomat- tox, it was the sama : they nover faltered in their duty, to do which was over paramount. In this respect thoy profited by the examplo 8ud ho cariy leasons thoy recaivod from oue over whose grave the turt ig etill green in Rosehill. —_———— THE EXILE’S DREAM OF HOME. Take & brlght shall feam ita home oa tha les, And wherevor 1t goas 11 will ging of tho seal o take & fond hoart from its hame and ita bearth, “Xnd "twill toll of the foved to tho oad of the carth. My heart ts fu my nativ land, Tienoath my nativo 8y, Thiough bounding wavas in maddening farce Arc towering wild and bigh. 1 #ec apsin my own loved home, By Laland-home so green, And long o'er all its £bades o roam, And be as T hase boen. For evcry old and time-worn path O'er mountatn, mead, and lea, For ruin old and fairy futl, Are 6till the same to me As when 1 roamed, & reckloss ehiid, With senoolmatcs’ hands in mine, O'er primrosa-banks and violet-beds, ‘Beneatl the calm moonshine. Then give mo back my childhood's home, nio my beart so deaz, 1 cannot join the bollow mirth ‘That now surrounds me hero ! The sunny felds, the greon, gréen hills, Let me but sce ouce more, And each dear gceno that I 40 oft In chlldhood wandered o'er. pot beloved by me air, tragsient day; ¥t waa a sloping, shady grovo Tuat d'er the Tiver lay : 'y uften scattered flowers npon "Phiat ktreats, in childieh gleo, And fancied cach EUCCESKiVO TAVS Would bear them back to me. QU they, ales ! wers emblems of Brigot hopes £ had: but. when Once acattered on life’s stormy wave, Could neer return again, X Bat give mo back my childbood's ome,~ "Tia all that now X claim,—~ And 1 will be a child aguin, 1f it bo but in name. Dawsx F, CoLLBERT, The Centenuial Legion. The Centepnial Legion, which_ia to parade st Philadelphia next Independence Dsy, a8 escort of Iho Prosident of the United States. 18 composed of one military company from each of the orig- inal thirteen States : ‘New Hampshire—Amoskesg Veterana, Alzeenchusetts—Boston Light Infantry. Tthode Island—First Light Infantzy. Conpecticut—New Laven Grays. Now York—Old Guard, Ner Jersey—Phil Eearney Guard. Pennsylvanis—State Fenciblus. Delawure—~Americon Rides. Marylsnd—Fifth Marylaod Infantry. Virginis—Norfolk Lizbt Arillery Biues. North Curolina—Fajextevitlo lufles, outh Garolina—Varhingion Light Infaatry. Gecrgla—Clinch Rifies, 3 Each command will soar its own npiform snd carry tho fiag of its Stato, and & medal commem- orstive of tho occasion will bo presented to each wmember of the Legion. l GGSSIP FOR THE LADIES, A Matrimonial Inucident: How * Polly ” Was Sold by a Fean Stranger. V/hose Valentine Are You ?—-A Tale of Love and Ezgs. A Misunderstanding About Lingeriese- Recorded Cases of Quintnplets. PARADISE. A Hindoo died; 3 Bappy thing to do When t\fty yoars united 10 a shrew. Teelcaned, ke nopefully for entrance cries Before thie gutes of Lrahmu's paradise. “ Hast beon turough kurgatory 1" Brabma sid, Lave been married 1" and Le hung Lis bead. Couw in, cotne in, and welcome, to0, my son; Marrisgo und Purgatory are as one.” In Llisk extreme he outered Heaven's door, And know tng bltse he ne'er had known befora, Me scarce hiad entered n the gardens falr, Another Hindoo asked ndmixsion there. ‘The self-same question Brahma zsked sgaln; “Ha beon (irough Purgatory” *'No.' What e 4Thou canst not enter!” did the god reply. “1ie who went in was there o more than 1.7 “AIL that is true, but e has married Loob, Aud 89, 0n warth, has sutfered for all ein.” “Married? Tis well, for I've boen rvied tice.” *Begone! Wo'll havé no fools in Faradise.” A MATRIMONIAL INGIDENT. o nice old people. man and wifo, sat in the Detyoit & Milwaukee Depot yesterday (says the Free Press), baving cowe from Canade, and waiting to go further West, Sho called him “*Geargo " 88 shie ardered him to look nnd see if that one-banded eatchel was safe, and ho called her * Dolly " £s he reported that that *ere satchel wa8 a8 safe a9 if spiked to a tree. Ly-zud-by he wanted to emoke, and he went out aud lit his pipe, and strolicd into a barber-shop. Left alone in . strange town, the wife became nerv- ous and fidgety after a few minutes, and, walk- iog over to where s sericus-looking chap sat resding & paper<covored novel entitled *Tho Busbwhacker's Daughter," she agked : *You don’t think my husband bas got lost, do you?" * I3 your husband of phlegmatio disposition, ma'am 7 Lie asked In reply. Sho looked at him iu a puzzled way, and then bositatingly said : * He's good-natured, and I never heard him §wear, 'copt tho time when I forgot and left s boots in the oven.” * Are vour conjugal ties still tender and senti- montal ?' ho asked. **I'm Lis lawfal wife,” she replied, looking rather indigoant. *Yes, yes, I know; but perhapa vour husband Bas cogont reasons for desiring to sever bis con- Jugal ties +* Jugal what " ehe asked. « Hagn't it occurred to you, madsm, that your Linsband may have run away 2" “Good gracious, no " “ 1t bus to me. I was studying both of you before ho wens out. I saw that ko was of phlegmatic temperament, while you are viva- cious.” “ Good land ! “ Yes, ma'am. 1saw him lookingat yon as you were lookivg 8t the lady who tends tho eat- ing-stand. 1 could nimost rend his thoughts. 1 saw bim sigh. A look of decpest 80rTow crossod his face. L saw bim draw awey from yon, as if your preseuca was disagreeabla.” *You did 2" Aund I vaw him elevate his nose."” ¢+ Did bo gtick up Ina hose at me?” ehe de- manded, “ Yes, and as he passed me going ont I heard him whiepering to himself : *I'll Jeave the old jade sud huut me up & blooming wife.” I am gorry for you, ma'am.” ++Yon needu't be," sho slowly eaid, drawing off her yarn mittens and buttonming up her waterproof, “‘So he stuck up his nose, el ? And bo kinder drow off, en? Catled moan old jade, did be2 " It is a ssd case, ma'am,” continued the stranger ag he saw her eyes snappiug, *but of course you can’t do anythlug about it.” “I cau't, eh?" sheroplied 3 sho began stecking up the baggnge. “No, ma'am. Al you can do is to pawn your jewelry, sell yon baggage, and return home.” 4 Stranger, will you keep au eys un them things ?” she 2sked, pointiog o the bagasge. * I will, ma'am, but 1 hope you will tako my advice. You don’t want to make a public sczu- dal, do you 2" * Watch them things,” sbe said, waving her ‘hand, and she went out upou the strcet. Nothing was to bo seen of **George.” Sho startod up the_etreet, looking very puio around the mouth. He sat in the window of tho barber &hiop, smokingawsy and reading & negro minstrel programme. She 8aw him as_she was walking past, and she softly slid in and hed him by the i before he looked up. . “\What on eartu—Dolly—why Dolly!” he yeiled in his sudden surprise. “Yes, it's your old jada !” she hissed, trying to get hold with the other hand. too. +* What's this—who—hold on!” he exclaimed. “For do Lawd's sake! What's all dis yero menn >” called the barber. ¢+ Jound that young snd blooming wife yet 2" ehe sncered, bolding bis heald sgaiust the wall. ‘; \g.u:u wite—what ails ye—sre ye crazy ?” ho elle “ Now, dew stop dis yer bludahed or I'll call oat de polica!” added the barber, waving his Iather-brash around. “8peaked in here in hopes I'd go, did you?” remarked the wife. *Woman, are you mad>" asked tho man. «1If she hain't done gone crazy as & fox, don I pavor seed a "possun ! ™ pat in the barber. * Georgo" returned to the dopot with her. The beggage was there, but the man witha uyovel wasn’t. Sbe sat * George" down, sat down beside bim, aud, in reply to his oxpiaua- tion, she pressed her lips and s2id : *¥ou sot right where you are, or there'll b brokou bones! ™ *But, Dolly—— “You lot Dally alone! We'll be aione bime by, 6ad you'd better got ready to shiver ! " The stranger was A mesn man. **Dolly " will pever peliove thero wasn’t somothiog in it. WHOSE VALENTINE ARE YOU? Tt wes night—Tuosday night after Valentine's day (snys the Kansss City Times)—and tho night [ winds lifted up the dust on the sirests, and whigkad in the faces of four pedestrinps. Theso four were divided into two conples, and each couplo consisted of ons mala and oue female. They walked closely and rapidly, commenciog their tramp on tho corner of>Fifth and Main streets and striking a bee-line toward the sonth. The two men wers marriod, bub they bad loft thoir homes an hour beforo to attend o mecting of their creditors, and their wives rematned at homa to solve the problem as to how the ex- peuses of tho family might be cut down in order to moet the stringency of tho times. Tho four pedestrinus continued their framp. At the junction one of them turnod awsy. Where thoy went no one can guess now. The other two kept on, their faces turned sonthward. Whon they had arrived’ at the corner of Twelfth and Mnin streets they paosed in the shadow of & chareh epire «nd ha said : + Whose valentine are you ?*' And she put her head on the lappel of bis coat and eaid in & low, eweet way, ™ Yours.” He dido’t eay aoything for a minute, and then when the minnte had vanished, he did. He said ¢ * Come to the masquerade next week. Look for the Heathen Chines. I will be that one.” And she said, I will bo the peasant girl, coming through the rye.*” And bo sgid, **Woo't it be nica 7" ‘And she said, I hope 80.” And he asked her again, eaying, **Whose val- eoting are you 2" | And she said : T am your vatentine.” Bne nover got any further with the sontence. She wont away ad if she had been burt. He pet both of hig hands up to his eyes and wiped the contents of throe or four egg-shells out of his eyes, and combed his bair with bis bauds. Then wheo be looked around he was alone. Ho walked off ss thongh a miracle had been per~ formed, and looked around the corner to see if he could 8oe auybody he ever saw before. Then Le weat down town to the river, acd washed his face. Tten he went up town and took a drink. Then he tried to persnade himself it wasall a dream. Then he went home ceutiously, and when he got at the gate he whistled to wake up ho dog, to make sure be was at the right pince. Tha dog waggod his tail and she master went in. He kisaed his own babes 38 they lay in repose ith the angel smile upon ther. He looked around to sea if his wife was asloep, and gbe was, £o 1ar 86 he could gee. Then le warmed nis toes, disrobed, and crawled ejlently inlo bed 80 a8 not to disturb the partper of his joys. Just 23 ho was going to slesp, he put his band cautiougly overer side of the bed to eatiefy .| bimself .she was there. Sho never moved ““That's all right,” bo mnttered to himeelf, and straightened vat. Then ¢he gor up, silentls. She weat into the puotry, and camo bsck. $ho had somothing in a sk, e turned up tho light. Ho tura- ed up hus face, and she hit um botwsan the exea With an epw. iio pat his arm ap sad said, * Deare. what's tho matter 2 Aud she tarned up the light a liitle more, and threw another ous. Tt caromed ou his nose. e dodged undor the cover and held it down. Sbe wevt to tho foot of the bed, lifted it up, and *bilf " went another ezg. e jumped out of bod, and said, " Why, darling, what on eacth—" Tlen eho put her hands an her hips, aod looking him ia the fate, said, with emphasis on the first word, “ Whese valentine are you, anybow " Ho a3t ap the remainder of ‘the night, rocking the children. Ho knowa who threw the oggs at the corner of —th and Main stroet. And he won't §o to the masquerade, either. A MISUNDERSTANDING ABOUT LINGERIE. A very singular incident is told of 5 St Louis gentleman (aoye the Republican) who, one day Jast weok, fonnd himself pleced in what must bave beeu most distressiug circumatances. Tha gontleman mentioned i3 activaly oogaged in businees, acd even when at home his attention i4 80 occupied with thoughts of hia affairs that Dbo is frequently absent-minded and forgetfal. ‘Cho other morning his wife did what wives ehould never do when they can avoid it; she burdened him with & commisgion whon he start~ cd down town elter breakfast, telling him to go to a certain Iadies’ furpishing store sud tbere obtain some of a particular kind of trimmingeho described. adding. incidentally, that she wanted to use it upon * linze: ‘fuo obedient bus- baud received the commission, made s meutal note, and started off, redolving that ho would mako the purchase immediatoly apon getting down-town, lest during tho day bo might forget all about it. In tho stroot-car Lo met a friend and engiged in an animated debato upon Bel- kuap’s case. When finally bo stepped ont of the car on Washington avenue Lo had forgotten all of Lis wife’s instructions, save that tho word “lingerio” recurred to hil He hedn’t any more idea of what “lingerie*” was than bis wifs Tight have of solfer the month,” but be dsshied into tho fumisbing store, thinking it would bo all right. DIl get her somo lingeric, and get cnough yards so she'll be satistied, anybow,” he thought. 1o the etore a diguitied rouug lady sd- vaaced to wait upon bim : T want some af your best lingerie,” he said. “Yes, gir. Whatshalt I show you 2” “Somo lingerie. I want soms liugerio.” Tho voung lady blushed and fooked fndignant. “But what particular article do you wieh,” che demanded with some aspesity. The man began to_get indignant. too. Ho thought the young lady was trfling with him. He assumed his best business air, 28 he ro- ‘marked brusqaely : *There i8 no occasion, miss, for any misnn- derstanding or delsy. Givemo fiftecn yards of tho beat lingerie you have iu thestore. Do it tp and Ill pay for it and send up a boy to get it. Never mind the cost.” Then ho added flatteringly end soothing: 1 like to 8o pretty Lngerie gn 4 young womun. ‘Tuet's nico of yours,” guzing admiringly ins general way on the young lady’s dresa. *You old brate!" The saleawoman's faco was gearlet 28 sho disappearcd. snd then the proprictor of the stora csme up from snother dopartment. He wanted to know what tho cas- tomer had ingnlted the yourg lady for, acd ho sent 2 boy for a policeran, who cace in, with’%s big club in his hand and blood in his eye, on the instant. Tho explauation Insted balf sn hour, and ovon then wasn't entirely eatisfactors. “Therais ona iady in townnow who can’t go er- rauda with her husband. QUINTUPLETS. A the xear Bound, Quintaplets—{Lo shortest name we can devise for five children at a birth—ara of course very rare ; but, if tho recorded statements are reliable, justancea have actually occurred. The Glole Dewspaper, somowhat uador twenty years ago, rocorded tho fact that the wife of a railway guard ot Birmingham had five infzots at a birth, threo” boys born alive and two girls still-born. Jr. Thom, it i8 well kmown, has for many years been indelatigable in ferreting out the trath concerd- ing contevsrianism, and has made woful havoc with many of the stories, showing bow numer- ous sro the ways in which exaggerstion takes placo in tho estimates of the ages of very old persops. We d2 not know whether he kag takaen up. in & similar spirit, the statements_relating to specially prolific birth ; Lut a search of an analogous kind was made by » gentlemen into the trath of the Birmiogham story; and the resalt came outin this form: that thie children born at once were throe instead of fiva; oud that they were all still-born. The Laneet, in a nctice of medical gossip some years ago, etated that an Italian womau at Rovigo bed five fomale chitdren st a birth; o we tind the statemont, and 60 we leave it The Elgin Couran{ just sboat tho eame pariod Lad recorded {hiat Elspatt Gordon, of Rothes, had quintaplets, two girls still-born aud three boya who lived & few hours after their birth. The celeprated discovorer of the circu- lution of the blood, Dr. Harvey, in a letter to Aubroy, spoke of “one AMr, Palmer's wife, of Kent, who did besre a child every dsy for five daics togather;” but it is mot clear from the context whether Harvey gave it a8 the result,of his own knowledge and investigation, or merdly rapaated & rumor. Southey, in an srticlo in the Quarterly Retiew, quoted a atatement from Hakewill's Apology ta the effect that an epitagh in Dunstable Church records the deathof a woman who bad bad quintuplets twice, besides triplets three times. We can only a8k, “ig thera such an epitaph now, and does it epesk tho truth, tho wholo trush, and nothing but tho truth?” When a lesroed collage believes o statement of facts coming within tho range of its own special subjocts, we usually feel that there mast bs ** something in it.” On this gronnd #0 notice a efatement to tho effect that the Royal College of Surgeons, in Lincoin's Inn Fields, is said to contain, pre- served in spirits, tha bodies of five femalo in- fants, children of Margarat Waddington. a resi- dent of Darling, near Blackburn ; the five girls worre born at once, threo etill-born, and two died soon afterward. Ooo more instance. Quin- tuplets are recorded as having made their ap- pearzaco at a villago near Sheftiold, forty-six years ago—one born_desd, one that died befors bemng bsptized, and three tha: outlived that ceremony. FEMININE NOTSS. 1 clasped Lier fair hand in a rapturs of blias ‘And thought, oh. Low biessed our fates ! THLT tooked o the gloves that encircled her wrist ‘And found tha, alua ! they Wera * eighes. The wives of India no fonger burn themselves to denth when s husband dies. Christianity toaches them that it is botter to settlo up the es- tato and go for another man. “Don't como fo sco me any more just yet, Jobn ; father bns been having his boots bait- soled, with two rows of nails srogad the toes,"” wrote & guileless girl to ber agorer. ITho latest articlo out for fastening up ladies’ etockings has « clasp, an Which appear tw¥o ser- pent's heads, with little raby eyes. Sort of *+ garter smakes,” you know. T'bo eyes can't soe.” When s Baston girl bresks her cngagement with a man ana hor friends expastulate with her, ghe only has to say his views ca tha theoophic doctrino of cosmogony aro Joose; and thoy real-] ize at once bow impoasible it i3 for suy trus: ‘woman !o risk her happiness with such a person. ;; —Norwich Bulleti -| * Economy, my dear, economy,” said he. *It's !l right for you to have plants ond all that, but there is reason in all things, sud there isn't a particle of sonse in paying 50 cents for o floer- pot when thero are & dozen empty cigar Loxes about the house,” and, taking the last “ Havana" from another box, he handed hor the box to pot an oleander in, lighted his cigar and weat out. & Lady Customer—~** Have you & nice book all covered with red leatbier, with gold lotters onthe back?™ “Bhopkeeper—*‘ Yes, madsm; ws bava_De Quincey's works, three volumes, in Ruesis; or Gen. Sherman's *Memoirs,” two volumes, in calf.” Lady Oustomer—*I don't want ansthing sbout Russis. Give me the book about the dear littie calves; beaide, it was made by & General." Yeaterday morniug a womsa living on Benton street callea st tho City-Hall Station to ask if any of the polica knew anything sbout her hus- baad, who has been misaing for the past four woeks, Nong of them did. snd she Chiof conldn’t give her any consolation. She didn't siand in need of any, however, remarking, s b0 was ready to go: “ He may hiavo run awsy, or he may be dead. If he's ran eway he'll soon be_writing home for money; if he's dead. i'm going to every steamboat excarsion this summer, and uy and take some comfort,"—Delroil Free Press. Now, the nnearthliest, funniest thing abont a man dresyed up in woman's clothes is alwars his bustle. He nevor, never gets it on right. Not a single one of our male women on Matdi-Gras wore Lis bustle with the flowing ease and poeti- ca) grace which only comes of loog practico. Qur fellows either hed the bustle away sround upon oro hip, or, when it wasn't that. it wss a good many 1nches tao low down, and in overy caso it bopbed abont fesrfully; and tho man Lopt putting his hand timidly around every min- uto or two, and feeling behind to Sao if he wasm't losiug his besile. Unoasy is the msn thot wears » bustle. Ho isn't used to it, you see.—Lincinnati correspondence Toledo Blade. HUMOR, The people waut the gaslightcompanios not only to make their dwelings light, but theiz bills lightor. “{‘;: Tould sive i? to know :zot\‘v the peans kes of frosh maple-sngar get fly-specked— Rore Sentinet. T L A rogue lately advartisad that for 31 he wonld send to any addroas o _handsome packsgs con- taining 109 preseats. Each package turnsd ous to bo & paper of pins. 'Whataro you—confidenca operato: aid 8 grul old fellow to two little &;ga& rls wha l‘s:sifiuxdc{::r alwa, '“Nfi" eir,” snid tho smallest, arming simplicity, ‘“*no, sir; billisih 4 plicity, no, sir; butwe At 4 little gathering the other evening, some- ?dy 8¢ked a man if he was fond of the opora. Lb:t?;’;‘l!::’hw“ggulflm“ely' o always liked vhory g j throagh e & p: ly rides around aod jumps Litte 4-year-old playing with ber dolls. ‘; an’.' sou lay there, my dear, and you lay tere.” Mather: Wy, Edto, you kuow thst isn't night; you should’ ssy lie.” *Qk o, mamms, 1'm playing thoy are chicken: An 0ld colorad woman of Atlanta is said ta Lavo Lved for yoars by going from houss to Louso smoug ler friends, aud stopping at each adayor two at & time. She must by this time be & most accomplished Dinah-out. A man in Providenco, who was recently bit- ten by a mad dog, las paid oll bis bills and wade his will. It may bo very wicked, but some of tho tailors and shoemakers in Pravidence ars now prasing that large oumber of the yonog x:mn of tho placo may be bitten by mad “dogs, 00. Thanks, zod a thousand of them, to the un- known geoius who intrusted s truak, with a hiva of bees 1u it, to the tender merciea of a Syracuso Uaggago-smasher the other day. Tho Compzny ‘will pay for the beay, and the doctor thinks his paticnt will Lo around agsin in 8 fortnight or so.. —dlbany Express. _ When 2 man gots both his lega mashed, ron- aering bim_unablo to work for three munths, there's nothing that chieors him up so much, sod 80 eifactually kecpa tho wolf {rom the door, as for his feliow-workmen to pass a series of reso- Intions prayingz for bis apeedy racovery, and or- dering a1 engrossed copy of the Samo to bo pro- eeuted to his faniiy.—~ANorristown Herald. = A Banton Couunts man hid 2600 in the epare- room stove. The naxt day his wifo's mother came dowa duriag his absoiice fora threo weoka® visic, and that spars room was warmed up for the first time in 300 years. And they eay you cau pick up shreds’ of that maa’s hair and clothos, where he clubbed himself aroand the country when ho heard of it, anywhero within 10 miles of tho house.—Burlington Huwkeye. *“Every man," eaid Jtark Lomon, one ovening at higclub, * has his pecaliaritics, thozgh I think Lam as free from EMOMm 43 0SS men ; &% auy rato, 1 dou’t know swhat they ara.” Nobody contra- dicted the editor of P'unch, but afiera while Albert Suiith askoed, * Whigh hand do you ehave with, unclo#” “With my right band,” replied Lemon. “Ah!” roturped the other, **that's your peculiarity; most pcaple sbave with a Tazor.” . How to kill time: Tirat catch your time—by the forelock, it pussiblse. Then hold him tight, ‘Uben pinch lum weli. Tben give Lim one for his nob, and 16t the one bo » good one. Then knock him down. Then maks faces at hum. Thsen puil his nose. Then sit on s head. Thenask him if he's had cuough pow, or will be wait tiil he gets it 2 If ho don’t answer, you s conclude you have killed him.—Nvw York Coms mercial Adrertiser. A certain man who lives within 00 miles o1 Dogion has an impediment 1o his voice, auvd it othorwise not exacily like othor men. ~He had the misfortune to loso his fathor, who was very nich. Soon after thia sad event tho son was in- vited to & public dinner; acd a friend, fesring that he would shoek propriety by accepting the invitation, yeutw ' th agk him if ke really in. tended goiog, . bis father had beon dead only 80 gu0tt & taus. ** Why not?” replied the son: “I fhall cat only the d-d-dark meal.’— Harper's Magazine. Welately met an okl negro tradging along, with & heavy side of bacon that he hsd bougit wiogiog over his shoulder. \We noticed that he wag migeratly clad, and wo felt sorry for Lim, for & cold wind was blowing. We remonstrated with him: *Why do you spend your money formeat? You'd better buy a cost.” The old man stopped, jooked us full in the face fora few moments, aod eaid, in the most eolemn tones: *Massa, when I ax my back for_oredit, it gibs it ; whea I spesk to dis (laying bis hand npoa his stomach it calis for do cash. "~ Southa ern paper. An Indisn opened a barber-shop in 8 Kansas town, but e is not makinz a fortane. One day. while shaving a white man, he permitted his mind to wander back to the bappy days of his childhood, and, bofore you conld 8ay the multi- plicstion table backward, he had his customer’s gory scalp dangling at his belt. Of courso ha apologized when he fully realized the conse- «quence of his absent-mindedness, and offered to glue the sealp on at his own expenso; but this white man wouldn't listen to reason, and lefc tho shop swearing that he woald never ga bzcl:'L there to got shaved. And he bae kopt his wor —_—— THE PILGRIMAGE TO KEVLAAR. Translated for The Chicago Tyibu the German, ¢ SorThe GHlons By /rm didenne L The mather tood at the window, The sick aon lay tn bed @ “* Wilt not rise up, dear Wilhelm? Thero goea & procession,” she sud. “ T am too xick, O mother, « 1 cannot hesr or seo; 1 think of my dead Gretchen, And my hesrt i3 a pain to me® “Rieup! we'll goto Kevlaar, Will book and rosary tak The Holy Motber will hesl thea, Thy siek heart whole aho'll make® Tho churel's banners flutter, ‘The choral hywns arcas 3 It is to the Virgtn 1n Keviuar “Chat the procession goes. The motber joins the pilgri: o slek o osdet tae Both singing in the choras, * Dleassd be thou, Alarnia ™ I Tbe Holy Virgin at Eeviaar Puts on her best array, - For she will be right busy With the sick wko come to-day. For yotivo gifts are offerd ( Fcom the sick i al e Lands,— imba all from whito wax And wazen feet and mh.m And ho who & wax hand offera, s Land will be froe from patn; And who 8 wax foot offers, ‘Hin foot will bo well agatn. . Themother took a taper, = Bring this to the Virgin Msry, ‘And sno will heal thy eraart.” The ron takes, sighing, the wazen hosd "To the boly imags Liere: Tears from his eyea are bursting, ‘A3 ho falla on his knews in prayer, “ Thon, the most highly blessed ! God's purest bandmaid thoul ' 0 Holy Queen of Heavon, Hear all my sorrow now ! 1 Hved, alons with mother, At Cologne, s the town, Where a: And ebapels of zenowp. @ And near to us Iived Gretchen, ut dead 13 Gretchen now. Mary, 1 bring a wazen beart s My hasrt's grest paio, Rosl thou {7 In their httlo ehamber slopt ‘Thare entered the Holy Mother, ‘Boftly o the bed she stepped, over the Fick boy bending, A eat amiling, on bia Deart Her Lands sbe lsys, 3nd Kinsed himg ‘Then quietly ahe docs depart. The mother saw all in dresming, And more in her visfon still; IIL The sick son and his mother ] Before ber lay extendod 1er son—snd b6 was diad: - O bis pale cheeks wan playing The early momning-red. Her bands the mother folded, Bue feit abe know vot howi Bofuly sbe sings, devaudly, “ Mary, ob | praised be thee §®