Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, August 6, 1876, Page 2

2 THYE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SUNDAY, AUGUST 6, 1876—3L ETEEYN PAGES. N — Colondl of the Fourtcenth Regiment, of Tons, THE COUNTY HOSPITAL. Continuation of the Investigation into Its Condition. Several Witnesses Testify to the Bad Condition of the Food. And to the Hordes of Vermin which Infested Them. One of the Doctors Tells a Damaging Story for the Institution. Col. Cleary Rises to a Point of Priv- ilege. The Hospital Committee of the County Board held its third sessfon yesterday in the investiga- tion into alleged mismanagement at the County Hospital. Quite an audience iooked in upon the proceedings. Besides the members of the Com- mittee, there were present Commissioners Bur- dick, Johnson, McCaffrey, and Ayars. Several of the medical staff at the Hospital and a num- ber of employes, male and female, either bad seats in the Warden's office or blocked up the doorway. The Investigation is an interesting jtem in the existence of most of them, and they very naturally hafled with delight any evidence tending to disprove the charges against the man- agement. Of this kind of evidence there were a few specimens yesterday, drawn out from the cross-cxamination of some of the prosecution’s witnesses. Altogether, thoughy enough was ais- closed to show that there had been negligence, incompetency, and even cruelty at the Hospital. Two or three more witnesses will be presented by the prosecution, and that side of the case will very probably close Tuesday. ‘The defense will have several witnesses to call, and will probably try to prove bad character on the part of the prosccuting witnesses, as well as to show that some of them arc weak-minded and incapable of telling a correct story, and therefore unworthy of belief. The investigation commenced ycsterday morning about 10:30, Col. Cleary, the chief inquisitor provided by the County Board, pre- siding. While rightcously indignant at the re- ceat gross and unwarrantable attacks made upon him in two obscure evenjng papers, one of which was ingloriously snuffed out Festerday, the Colonel was in his usual dashing good humor, and showed by his whole course that he meant to give everybodya fair chance. Ashe expressed i, “This ‘ere kounty, ma’am, is ’ere to—ah— 26t 10 the very bottom of this business, Mrs.— uah—Edgar, even if it takes all soomer, ma’am.” MBS, EDGAR opened the procecdings. She said she thought the county ought to gny hack-fare for the witnesses. She had been told by good lawyers that this was the duty of tue county, and Col. Cleary had as much as decided that the county ought to pay the expenscs of bringing witnesscs to the Hos- ital. o Mr. Conly thought Mrs. Edgar ought to bring her own witnesses. Mr. Bordick said there were no sides in this matter. It was the duty of the Board to con- duct this investigation properly, and examine all the witnesses. It they could not come, the Committec should send for them. This ex- amination was in the interest of the public fmd' and everybody who knew anything about t should be examined. Mr. Conly said if every witness who had hearsay evidence to present were sent for in a carriage, there would bea string of iages passing in front of the Hospital for a year. 3Mr. 5)'3!'8 thought the witnesses should be secured, by carrizges or some other mode of conveyance. Mr. McCaffrey was surprised that Mr. Burdick advocated any such expenditure of money. - It was something unheard of, that the county should pay for bringing witnesses to an investigation. Mrs. Ed employed any livery-stable man to go into this thiug under the idea that the county was going to p:‘\‘y for the expense, said livery-stable man would find himself left. Finally, Mrs. Edgar said she would send car- riages for the witnésses on her own responsibil- “, and, if the Board refused to &n‘{ the expense, e would see that it was attended to. IS SUMMONING WITNESSES, st Busse moved that Mrs. Edgar fur- T8 Yiet of all her witnesses, and that they be Bfli‘d‘r ed immediately. -~ pnly thought” that motion. improper. s could present themselves without oS- rey thought the prosecution would eirwitnesses were present with- ummoned. If the Committee n I\Irit.nessas for the defense, it. to disabuse Mr. McCaf- taken idea that there were igation. said the Committee d been d, be- en a5 well as openly, Tind the back ot _the. with knowingly permitt at th‘e Iéi)splmgl;l ot rrupt management Col. Cle: Mr. 1n'eharact rietic speech the chair, and fuvor of having witaesses on IQut squarely in in, whether by cacTiages or uot)\sides brought ference. Hewanted this inves] to the botted, and every opporty sccure this object. Final's Mr. Busse’s motion to sam,, nessos on both sides was put and carrien wit- Bosrd then took a recess tocnable ¥rs. EqThe o for sume of her witnesses and te take deposition of one. Col. Cleary actym Mrs. Edzar on ber trip, and the n, sat around discussing the interminable qlestion 3§y or ought not, as to whether the county uugl\tb - i = mge-rides. to furnish witnesses with g ol Cor. €1 o1 ¥ On the retWsf Gown toisten to the” tert the CowEen by the official reporter, of MRS. A. D. N, Dow living at the Home of the i Warden, his son, and some of the nurses. provided. The victuals, the tea and Home of the Friendless. Thi: Witness instanced cases of drunkennces in thts: Mrs. Keller was housckeeper, good roofi-i: coffee, | Persons really s a horse, but that wasn't the only reason he had come to the Hospital. Mr. Conly—What did you come here for? Witness—That don’t matter, anyhow. Mr. Conly—Yes, it doc; &.we have aight to oW, : Warden McLaughlin—Mr. Conly, we 1 let Mrs, Edgar get throu)glln her side first. We'll come to that after awhile. Witness further-stated that he had seen a bottle of whisky brought in, and had once seen the Warden’s son under the influence of liguor. CROSSEX AMINATION. i . Conly—Now please answer my question. W{I; \\'Src you broupghl here? What was the atter with you? mWine;s— t's on the books. You can find it there if you choose. Mr. Conly—Did you come here as a spy, or were you sick? What was the matter? Witness—I'll answer any other question but that. You can sce on the books. The matter was referred to the Chairman, who decided that he need not state his disease. The witness was then taken in hand by the ‘Warden, who failed to ascertain from question- ing him what had been the matter with him. Before coming to the hospital witness said he had been attended by 2 Dr. Johmson, of St. Louis. His only complaint was that he had not been given Kproper medicine, and that he came out of the Hospital covered with licc. Another man, called Mac, was lousy, and 8 man with a_ broken leg was covered with ants. Witness went hungry several times, and the at- tendants said they had nothing more tg give him. Others complained that they did not get enough to eat. In reply to Mr. Conly, witness said that after leaving t.(ie Hospital Lie was obliged to throw away every stitch of clothing. e got no doth- ing at the Hospital. 5 he Warden gave the wm}:c”h another ulm:l for the purpose of learning whether witness ha been o&red any inducements to testify. Wit~ ness satd he had not. Mr. Busse tricd his hand on the witness. He drew out of him_the facg that he had no money when he came in, and 3r. Busse was callous enough to say it looked B:rletty bad for a young man 22 years old not to have any mouey. Witness stated that if . Mr. Busse had gone through what he had he would have little money to spare. MISS M. KELLER was the next witness. Her sister had been a patient. She was troubled with hysteria and put in with consumptives. Her food was b: andunfitfora sickperson. Thewater<losets were in bad condition. The Warden and his wife did evervthing they could to help her sister. The only complaint she had to make was that her sister said that she had been beaten and black- encd by a girl named Tillic and Mrs. Garrity. She saw no onc under the influece of liquor at the Hospital. i - Under the cross-examination by the Warden, the witness .acknowledzed that her sister was ot of sound mind. Witness offered to pay for a separate_room for her sister, but there was no other place for her. Shebelieved her sister’s word cau{)d be taken when she was not under mental aberration. She was not aware that her sister had insulted Tillic, that Tillie struck her and was discharged by the Warden, while he Lept her sister. FPRANK GRELR, a one-eyed, half-crazy sort of an individual, who spoke broken English, took the stand.’ He was asked what Qiscasc he had when he came in, and replied that he was a machinist by trade. {Laughter.] He came in one Saturday after- noon with a shattered limb, and Lad no- atten- tion till the following Tuesday. He knew two cases where doctors received money, and the patients who paid received attention. His was clean as to clothes, but he had seen bed- bugs and louses. gLnu:!xter.] One nurse calicd him a d—d —— Tor asking to be allowed to keep a cup of milk until midnight before he drank it. They could get plenty of whisky if they had money to pay for it, and it was got. Witness got no whisky, but sent out for tobac- co. Patients did work for the nurses, and the laiter got pay from the county. He had bad food. ~ As sooy as he found out how the Hospital was run he di&n’t solicit his friends to come and see him. [Laughter.] Hehad some property on Hoyne strect—a half-interest ina $1,200 lot. When he came in he had $2 in his pocket. Friends brought him money at times. Nurses got drunk, nmlglnycd cards in the waterclosets. He bad asked for water sev- eral times and_could not get any. He was not given any medicine regularly. = Mr. Johnson objected to”the rambling mode of proceeding. Scveral persons had been asking questions, and the voluble witness was talking at random. Mr. Johnson would object to_the county paying a short-hand reporter for taking such a perfect mass of stuff. M\r. only made a motion that the reporter onl} Lskc the important testimony. It was adopted. !J;. McCaflrey said he thought the movers of th'zinvestizntion and the witnesses were Chris- tiau ladies, but he would show that Mrs. Keller was a woman whom he had lifted from poverty, and who was so foul-mouthed that he had to dirchargze ber from the Insane Asylam. If that were the kind of witnesses they were goin; examine, he thought the investigation had best close. These paticnts frequently come in with diseases of the mind and body, and their word was not to be belicved. One witness had de- clined to say what had been the matter with him when he came here, and be thought the Chairman should enforcc an answer. Ile was under the impression that people with private diseases were not to be admitted to .the Hos- pital, and he heard that this witness was in that Yrcdimmcm.. This subject might be inquircd to. o The examination progressed and the volubili- ty of the witness was frequently checked. He said he had heard noises at might. He had -never been in an insane asylum. Col. Cleary—Are you a sane man? Witness (abstractedly) — No! [Laughter.] Yes, 1 amof sane mind; sanc as you arc. {Latighter.] I know what I am testifying to, and fum not yet satisficd; I have more to tell. [Laughter.} Witness then continued and said hehad heard noises at night, and when bie complained he was wld to go tohell. Henever had good tea or voflee. Rivers was recalled by Mrs. Edgar and stated that he saw a sick patient taken out of ommudione;b s bed into the amphitheatre to be examined the students. Y hu had MR EDGAR en pat on the stand and examined by the to fill up the time while Mrs. Edgar was p witnesses. He stated that his wife visitinggen a crusader. She had gone around probablpgick ever since their marriage. She Visiring thab onc] or two afternoons & weck itals. ‘was called by WGGIE MITCHELL she had been a \Wosecution, and testified that merinmate of the Hospital. were £ood enough for anybody while she was at red 1 al S a was neglec sr want of care. She ']';h fi,g Dfm":!d’ “.;‘.}:f'“'—'h sowe patients in Ward | were :hgec‘;‘:l:e 3{ e nurse, and the patients hed sten sour obread was not sour. She | wasbad. The nurl,lelPelier. The food patients. k, but it was not given to [ petent from the fnf s Ol was incorn- Col. Glearyrose to what he called Fruard B wan noliiert (0 athe e and pulied oty L%, PRIV ILEGE, they wented. Mediom !, their beds for ‘what SR pulied out of his pocket what he called | larly. She had nerer\ 135 0b Fiven regu- T aisContained sevoral | usod, Witnoss wat mot &0, 20USITe lunguage He brilliant editorial scintillati, ing: ¢ No one but anl e insult defenscless Neaws man said he didn’t think the Colonel ‘written against hig protest. Col. Cl Col. Cleary had insulted her. had lived in the comimunity twent ‘Whenever he was 60 grossly attacked the follow- ignorant ruffian could 4 V'mde tracted vermin during her stay. but that he wasn't responsible for editodals Exua pURbecrimiued. testified that she bad receive Tiac food was abandant, but 3:1‘-‘{5.;"0‘,'2-‘.‘,'_.’“‘"” ©ons. Bad meat, bad bread, sud. dog, 5K Per- focs were the staple articies of diet, Mrs. OIw! the nurse, ;. and if they wereunablethey a Kell, ut up a job to get another girl drunk and lmv{ o au'chhamm n the cross-examination witness said sh came from Minneapolis. Had beentothe. “’omlsn’i Hospital first and then came to the County no m;immwm paper such base ckrges ap- | Hospital. She was troubled with a rivate pear - e disease. She was unmarricd. She b: done .tl\lu.fim “i'lnr i ted that, while she | general housework. She refused to answer # o onght Col. Cleary | disposed | questions from Mr. Conly in regard to her pre- - favor _the other side, “she pow | vious history, sullenly telling bim it was none exonerated him of any suct Wtentions, aud thought he was disposed to fsvoran impar- tial examination. The Colonel hat certainly said some queer things, but she ercusd them by nlludln&m them 28 probably intendel for jokes. Col. Cleary sat down as if a load had’ been lifted from his manly heart. The News man kept his coat on. but his hair, unde'recent dis- pensations by the barber, maintaind an unasu- ally perpendicular aspect. 6. Edzur called for the next witess, - HARRY RIVERS, Mr. Johnson was opgusefl to svearing wit- nesses on the Bible. It was not :ustomary in courts, and he didn’t think itras in order. Nevertheless, the Committee allowed the practice of using the Bible to go or. Harry Rivers, a former inmate'of Ward D, testified to the character and kind at- 1 ey Brooker, ht nurse. The r0d.” He had beemased to mood It might be called passble, but they didi't get enough to eat. "Wisn he enterv the IHospital he was clean. Wien he went out, the vermin almost walked awa' with him. And et they took baths twice 2 yeek. The beds were never overhauled while he was in the Hospital, aithough elean Beddne was supplied resularly, One man, with a fattered leg, was disturbed by Dr. Kauffman ad others so that he could mnot sleep. Thoe sick in bed fot better treatment than he rest. Witness thought he received better stention because be was recommended by Dr.iiller and had pre- viously worked for Dr. Pavell. He had not been compelled to dance. He never reccived any medicine except hot wrter, castile soap, and two pilis. |Lauglier.] ¥ehud been kicked by of his businéss. She was i the Woman's Refuge. ErBe e THERESA HEATHERCOTT wasnext called. She was staying at present at t.hc ‘Woman's Refuge. She had come from Kan- kakee, and had been an inmate of Ward H. She saw one attendant, Smith, the nurse in Ward E, drunk. She was not made to work when she wasnotable. Herfood suited her. The doc- l,og n&m all gentlemen as far as she knew. 'n the cross-examination witness stated that ehe had been in the Hospital veek: kmew of no bad tre:\lmcl?t. Hieewedisr Sl DR. HARRINGTON testified that at times _the milk was not such as it should have been. He did not think that, Mra., intended to interfere in the Hospital, He thought she was kind-hearted, but her judg- ment would not keep her from fnterfering wit the regulations of the doctors, He directed who should have Jemons, and it was an inter- {erence on Mrs. Edgar’s part to ask for lemons for patients, although he was compelled to ad- mit that Mrs. Edgar had gotten permission from the other doctors, and the woman was dying, so that a lemon could not hurt her. He would not state that the nurses were out of the wards most of the time. Hewould not believe several witnesses who had testified. He mizht have said that one patient, Miss Foster, had to leave the place or she would not live from the bad gir. le never saw any vermin in the Leads of patients. He had seen Allard drunk and Lad complained to the War- den, who inyestizated the matter, and said he would have Allard do better. But he did no better. Allard maltreated a patient suffering with rhenmatism. He never saw & patient 51 b was kind, but incompetent. Pa. ot | ents had 4o wait'on themselves. They were 0 asked Mrs. Edgar abont it, Bn%‘sh%dlenlci‘tgzn had ‘to leave. ~ Nellie Mack tald her Mrs. e Colond then k an started ont on a lofty philippie, stating .hat he sers, and e hedelt that it was his bounden duty to defend his daracter, fer for water. The food was not always good 28 arule; the bread was swect.. Probably some of the meat was tough. The trouble with the food was that it was not of that kind which a well or sick person would desire. On the cross-examination, Dr. Harrington said be had never known of Mrs. Garrity’s alleged cruclty. He did not know that any of her pa- tients had vermin. He had treated Mary Lane, and she got well under his treatment. He never noticed any lice on her, and she never com- glflned to him of bad treatment or the food. he was only allowed beef-tes, and no solid food. She was delirious at one time. He considered Mrs. Garrity o good nurse. He received a yor man (refes Ew Harry Riv- ers) suffering from syphilis, and he was well taken care of while under his charge. Miss Keller’s sister was under bis care. She was out of herhead o deal. The girl Tillie once struck her, and was dismissed. Maggie Mitchell was well treated, and did not complain of bad food. The nurse of Ward A, Allard, was not competent, and yet he was retained. The nurses hadn’t enough bed-clothing to make the changes s often a5 they should. The Dis- pensing Chemist was not the right man for the lace. He had seen him drunk, and reported Rim to McLaughlin and one of the Commis- sioners., The Chemist was incompetent, and never ought_to be allowed to dispense medi- cines in the Hospital. He had made mistakes in putting up medicines, but no bad results had IulYowad excent to delay the recovery of atients. Dr. Harrington had seen the War- en’s son drunk, but had never seen the Warden intoxicated. The Warden stated that he allowed the em- ployes a keg of beer on one occasion on condi- tion nb:;tcfixey would keep quiet, and they did keep quie Dr. Harrington said he had not known any atients to suffer for want of clean clothing or Rcd-clotheu. It was not always necusn.r{ to give patients with syphilis medicine internally. ‘The Investigating Committec then adjourned, and will take up the thread Tuesday morning at 10 o'clock. Mrs. Edgar complains that one of her wit- nesses, Bessie Turner by name, who was around the Hospital yesterday prepared to testify :against the management, was in some myste- Tious manner spirited away or prevented from testifying. The same lady desires all witnesses who have anything to say in regard to the Hos- pital o be on hand at 10 o'clock Tuesday morning. ————— PRACTICABLE REFORM. To the Editor of The Tribuxe. BosToN, Aug. 1.—It was with much pleasure that Iread the extracts from the pamphlet of Prof. Denslow, published in your paper, and the comments upon it. Belicving that the stepping- stone towards all reform with us is to be found in giving the Cabinet officers seats in Congress, and making them responsible to the country, I watch for every sign, and they are rapidly in- creasing in number, of the growth of this con- viction in the country. Such an article of faith would be a tower of strength, and give a_new lease of life to the Republican party, which is just now sadly in need of such an element. Bat it scems to me that the error with Prof. Denslow, and, if you will pardon me, with your comments, is in aiming at too much, in suppos- ing that, with the English principle, it is neces- sary to take the details. To give the Chief Justice the power of dissolving Congress, or even to contine the President to one term of cight years, would require a constitutional ?{nendmem, and such an amendment in this irection is almost physically impossible. It must be remembered that the main object is to put a check upon the majority by having some individual, who, even if not responsible for their action, does, by virtue of his office, know what is guin%l on, and can be forced the minority to tell. No doubt this is_greatly for the interest of the country, and in the long run for the party which stands mostupon principles. But majorities no more than indiyiduals know always what is best for them. A majority does not want a check from the minority. It wants to be able to hold it tight and gag it at pleasure. ‘The Democrats have a majority for the first time, and they are making up for fifteen years of suj pression. But they are just as eager in thei turn to suppress the Republican minority. To get such a sclf-denying ordinance through Congress alone, therefore, would be hard enough. But to get it through twenty-seven other Legislatares, cach with a majority equally greedy of power, and fully alive to the meaning of the change, is like Lrglng to square the circle or seeking the philosopher’s stone. To take the Government to pieces and recon- struct it upon a theory after the French meth- od, is out of the question here. The Anglo- Saxon method is to take one step at a time, and be sure of the safety and soundness of that be- fore you proceed to the next. Last winter, Mr. Caulfield, of Illinois, introduced a resolution into the House, which, if i had not been defeat- ed from the motive above described, would have done all that is necessary for & beginning. Con- gress does not want the Kxecutive to have any opportunity of being heard by or of appealing to the peonle. And so0 theyrefused to let the Cabinet officers havo seats upon the floor, where they could be questioned and take part in debate. What is wanted now is some means of giving publicity to events at the time they happen, and not months or years after- wards, when the only effect s to produce a pain- ful sense of disgrace. If Mr. Bristow had stood, in Congress during the whisky proceedings, Rot ouly would public opinion have sustained that course of action which appeared to be correct, but individuals would have been deterred by the certainty of immediate exposure from acts which they ventured ui:un in the hope of conceal- meitt or withonly a risk of ultimate discov- ery. The Sceretary need mot at the outset be responsible for a policy, or take the lead in legislation. He would act as a ** swift witness® to enforce responsibility upon others. The majority of Congress, of whatever party, will oppose such a measure, but all the more the Ecop‘e should insist upon it. Whether it would e necessary for the whole Cabinet to resign in case of a defeat, or what effect that might have upon the periods of election, can only be deter- mined by experience. To refrain frem doing anything till a perfect system could be elaborat- ed, would be lke refusing to go into water till one hiad learned to swim. G. B. ———— PARTED. From o'er the beautifal, blue sea, Your letters, darling, come to me, Their pages touched With odd perfames Of epicy winds and Eastern bloom. The words, ao full of tender thought, With loving counsel always franght, ‘Are dear to me. You tell me of the weary days And nights, that pass yon in a maze Of hannfing thonshts, and hearg-fed patns, And dreams of love, 8o vain, g0 vain, ‘And a5k me, o'er the rhythmic sea, 4 Do you, love, sumetimes think of me, And trust me still3 Like Dian's s, my thoughts of thes Come hither oft, unsought and frce’ When sighing winds arcund me blow, And Winter Wraps the world in snow, Or Summer's em’rald meadow gleams Acobureb sea of dappled beame, think of thee. When ‘*Morning, mother of the dews,” Al blushing comes, n countless hues,” {)Vrb“‘i‘e’enonnne'r:l’memh the stars, ile nortiovard gleam those silv'ry by $pilatrenks Oislumbrous light, m'c’;xxfi,r" ~ewardy Cud, and cafm, and still] <think of thee. Tlow strange our path: Thro' life, excoprby e‘r‘,?‘n’;,“‘"-{.“' mesh, Between us lies lonely grasc erc tangled vines and pracse And fragile. morning-glories flz?n‘g‘"‘ A pale, sweet oflring to the Spring,-. Emblers of Peace. We will not dream of fove or Yo trown Lites Tolontioes fast, e mtentment frof And live a surface-1ife of paun 0O We'll sift the months and fettersd years We'll glean the smiles and crash the tears, — Life's bittersweet. Mepona Cramg. ————— Cincinnatt Ladies Drinking “Red Oream " “L.'l Slaughter-Houses. ineinnatt Commercial, % ‘The habit of drinking blood is becoming so general among the better classes that it is proper to warn our readers of the fact that a mran who drinks 1ore than three becr-glassfuls of blood at a time will probably go bling. This glwll;estlug fact has just been brought to light Dy the experience of o “ short.well-bailt, pallid. uoking"mnn. who spoke German with o I?rv.nuh accent,” and who recently drank three such draughts of blood with tliis result at the fash- ionable slaughter-house of the Brothers Low. n. stein, on John street, near Livingston. Blood. dnekx S Zocs on at this popular resort like soda-w ter drinking clsewflerc. Between the hours of 2and 4 o'clock almost any afterncos the curious visitor msg observemany handsome- Iy drcvssen ladies and others enter the cleanly, well-kept establishment in question, and wait- u; , £12ss in hand, for a draught of crimson E l;‘ic( warm from the throat of some health ullock. Just as soon as the neck of the am{ r‘ml }s Severed by one rapid slash of the “Scho-~ chet's » long blade, glass after slass is held g the spouting veins ‘and quickly handed to tre MnwaAvkEE, invalids, who quaff the red cream wi signs of pleasure and dc{un tbf:l;ns:;‘"éll:ai‘:'i;flf GOSSIP FOR THE LADIES. A Peculiar Scene in the House of Commons. -Pole- Giving Him “a Big Wabble naise vs. Poetry. Contents of a Woman’s Pocket---A Cen- tennial Picture---Self-Sacrifice. LOVE AND MISCHIEF. One gunny da¥ Love chose to stray ‘Adown a rosy path forbidden, ‘Where Mischief deep in ambush lay, ‘And watched his snare 'neath flowers hidden; Love, tumbling in, bezan to shout For Mischief's aid lest he should smother: *You little demon, let me out, Or I'll report you to my mother, " Said Mischief, **I'll not set you free Unless yon share your power with me, And give of cvery beart yon gain One-half to joy and half to pain.™ Love struggled, but in vain, alast Tie was not born to prove a martsr, And, sad to tell! it came to pass He gave in to the little Tartar. Love flew to Venus in o pet, And cried, when he had told his story: 40 Queen of Beanty, never let. That little imp wear half my zlory.” The goddess. with a look sedate, Teplied, **I cannot alter fate, But you shall conquer atill, my boy, — I'l make lo\'e'sl}‘ulhl ‘more sweet than joy.” —Scribner's Montaly. AR, INDELICATE LADIES. A London, July 20, letterin the New York World says: Last night therc was enacted in the House of Commons a peculiar scenc—one, too, with a moral. That ‘most unsavory ot all subjects—the Contagious-Discases act—was to be discussed in the shape of a bill for its re- peal; and it was known in the House that a certain number of ladies, who entertain very pronounced convictions on this question, had assembled in the ladies’ gallery to listen to this discussion. Now, the discussion of this ques- tion fnvolves painful and repulsive details, and gentlemen do not like to speak freely about these things in the presence of laaies. So, be- fore the discussion began, Mr. Mitchell Henry asked the Speaker if he would not close the la- dies’ %allcry. The Speaker replicd that there were two galleries in the House for the usc of ladies. _One of these is under his direct control, and he had alrcady ordered it to be closed for the day. The other gallery was open to any who had a member's order; and, while he had not felt at liberty to close it, he had directed the messenger in at- tendance to inform all ludies presenting themsclves there of the nature of the subject about to be discussed. If, after that warning, they chose to insist on admittance, he could not help it. One of the Irish members then said he would resort to the old rule, and call the atten- tion of tne Speaker to the fact that there were strangers in the House. The Speaker replied that even if strangers were excluded this would not affect the ladies, becausc “‘the ladies’ gal- lery is not supposcd to be within the House.” Heretofore when a member “ espied strangers,”” the Speaker had no discretion, but was obliged to order the gallerics to be cleared. Last ses- sion, however, a modification of this rule was adopted, and the House was left free to vote whether the galleries should be cleared or not. This vote was taken—and as, even if it had been carried, the ladies would etill have remained} sheltered behind the bars of the bird-cage, no one voted for it; and the ladics, as well as the reporters and the ‘‘strangers,” were left undis- turded. T trust the ladics enjoyed themsclves duaring the two hours which followed, and that they relished the filthy and nauseating discus- sion which they had insisted upon hearing. It ended by the rejection of the bill for the repeal of the acts, the vote being 102 to 224. ¢“ A BIG WABBLE.” A young man (says the Atlanta Constitution), ‘born of poor but honest parents, went fto see his sweetheart on Thursday night. Iler young- est brother, during the “primping interval,” entertained the beau as follows: “§ig says she's goin’ ter shake you, she is!™ © Ah!" exclaimed the astonished young man. “Yes, sho is; she's got you down on the slate for a gran’ bounce, she bas!” L Bowoent “Well, now, ther ain’t no use for you to chaw dictionary ’bout it necther, ’cause ther ain’t no discount on sis—she’s a he ole gal when sne starts?”” “My goodness grac—!"" 4 She gays she goes out with you an’ tromps 'round jess as lonesome as some ole marrid cow, an’ when é‘cr treats i ain’t ter nuthin but cheap ole sody-water at 2r nickle a quart!? The young man sighed and reached for a fan. “She sez she wants a feller thet's got sum stile_about him an’ kin se: up a square meal ter hg,s’gnl when he takes her a gallavantin’, she does! ’l‘l}e young manrummagel for his handker- e . “Itell yer wot it is, bass, my sis ain’t no slouch, an’ when she getsa crank in her hed, dad sez she grinds it wuss aor our ole ricketty coffeemill. ~She’s goin’ fer ver an’ she'll tefl all the other gals ter shoot the miser, an’ yerjess bet they’ll do it, *cause theyean’t go back on sis —not much!” A e'I‘hc young man was climbing down the front steps. ust then sis entered, and Johnnie explained how he had “giv’ the ole duz-out a wabble.” But Johnnie’s opinion, since his ¢ daddy ™ let go of him, is, that, if he had been Sitting Bull during the performaice, he would now be sore in a different locality. POETRY AND POLONAISE. The lofty reachings of she average feminine mind are sometimes startlingly exemplified. Yesterday (says the Detrdt Free Press) an acci- dent-occurred at the resilence of a gentleman on Elizabeth street East, vhich not only aptly illustrates the fearful and wonderful architee- ture of the average femmine mind aforesaid, but gives new significarce to the idea erys- tallized In the phrase, ‘‘Fuling passion strong in death.” The gentleman had disovered an exquisite octic gem, and, in the delight of his discoverr, nvited the attention of two ladies toit. They listened with intent ear while the reader gave volce to the“fi}mfinz and graceful thoughts of the poet. en the readng was finished the gentleman turned to his companions for a word or alook of appreciation. He saw their faces aglow, their lips parted in an_intensity of feel- ing, and their eyes bright with—what? Shade of Homer! “Look, look there!” exclaimed one of the ladies with the utmost eigerness, * that wom- an”—pointing to a lady on the opposite side of the street—'‘has got on a polonaise buttoned up the back! 1 should tlink,"” addressing her companion, ‘‘she’d have a good time gefting into it when she wanted todress in a hurry.” 1 ghould think so, too,” returned the other, “but it hangs pretty—dor’t you think so?” The gentleman gave ané startled look, in which amazement. struggied with horror for an instant; he pfcked up hs hat and cane, and started off pell-mell to have a look at the polo- naise that buttoned up the back. Sl ARy JENNTE JUNES PRAYER. In her last fashion-letter, Jennie June says: For heaven's sake, whaterer we do, let us get rid of this mess of useless rubbish at the back of our skirts; of the indegant, inconvenient, untidy, long, narrow f{arnure, and adopt a style which, at least, doesnot destroy the fabric before it is worn, anddoesnot depend on a cat’s cradle of tapes and stitches for daily and bourly ad Lllls_tntxcnc. e is fora y prayer for those who are not conceined about their duily bread, would be tixfl% :inddn a_o)pos :h e ord! Thou hast freed the slaveand giv- en the colored man the right in common fl h his brethren to vote. Noother important aues- tion being now before Thee, may it please Thee to pay some attention to women; und first of all try to teach them a little commoun sense with rcfgard to their dress, and Thine be the praise forever and ever, amen.” et o isk CONTENTS OF A LADY'S POCKET. Philadelphia correspondence of Cincinnati En- quirer: They came waiking down the centre passage of Main Building at Centennial to-day —two beautiful and fashionable young ladics, over whose heads probably 19 or 20 summers had passed. They chatted pleasant'y as they passed along; and turned into one of the less frequented passages and sat down on a bench to rest, when one remarked to the other: ¢ 3in- nie, where is —— Sbufljpdplngi“ She said she had forgotten, hut would look, es she had the ad- dress on a slip of paper in her pocket. When the search commenced for that slip of paper, as it was somewhere in the biz pocket attached Ladies are always sure of courteor us tre at the slaughter-house, which in great gé:fi:: accounts for the absence of timigi ticgab) among women blood-drinkers. s‘;ty . i to her dress, out came a small 1l handkerchief, then a large linen o;ce‘: 8 broken bracelet, spool of thread, pocketbook, two false teeth (her mothers, prol- ablv,which shic was taking to the dentist’s toget fized), a picce of white flannel, small box of face powder, two craoked hairpins which looked as though they had done service a8 button-hooks, a thimble, one garter about 15 inches in ]cngm, paper of pins, a fan, broken comb, ivory en of parasol, knife, bottle of sinclling-salts, two Dieces of ribbon, three No. 2 sailed gloves, dif- ferent colors, paper_of bon-bous, cigar-holder, two buttons, and at last the slip of paper which she had been looking for. - We did not see any- thing more taken out of the pocket, so can't say whether it was empty or not; but we began to think it was like a magician’s magic bag. _After looking over the above inventory, who will ever dare again to abuse a small boy about the con- tents of his pocket? ' A CENTENNIAL PICTURE. Annfe 8. H. writes from Philadelphia to the Cleveland Plaindealer: A daring artist has sent one canvas at which all women want to look, and at which all masculine eyes do level their most critcal stare, while the ladies pass it with averted glance, and immediately scek some cor- ner from which they may regard it without de- tection. Of course I follow suit, but will some one please tell me why we may go among all the marbles, discussing their defects and excel- lencics, while this picture is scemingly avoided. and some of my food friends will '8! rug their shoulders because I mention it? It shows, in a dusky background, the eat pod Pan, sitting throned beneath embow- ering trees. Beneath him aret two Bac- chantes. One, half reclining, turns her back to us, and, indolently raising her hand- some head, watches another who stands—well, asEve did during ner firstday in Paradiee, simply clothed in her own loveliness; and this Bacchante is lovely, with all the ce of form and color which makes a beautiful woman the fairest thing under heaven. In her uplifted hands she bears a basket of grapes. This she offers to Pan, with alook such as Cleopatra might have given Antony when she dissolved and drank her pearl to show some hint of her boundless tenderness. For the reason afore- said I have not_given to this };icture the atten- tion its skillful painting so richly deserves, but half a glance will show how exactly the artist has caught the flesh-tints, and how exquisite a light he has thrown over the principal figures. The catalogue places its price at $10,000 in gold. — REMARKABLE SELF-SACRIFICE. ‘Phis (says the Boston Globe) is a true story. The happy circumstances occurred on last Sun- day evening. He escorted her to and from chareh, and upon arriving at her home their discussion of the sermon and the extreme heat suggested dn invitation, readily accepted by Charles, that they step into the house and par- take of a cooling glass of lemonade. She led him to the dining-room, and there found naughty brother Ben about to squecze the last lemon in the house for his own individual bene- fit! Calling him_ aside she induced Ben, by means of sundry threats and promises, to dissect that Iemon and make Charlie and herself a glass. A self-sacrificing thought struck her! ~ ¢ No, Ben,”. said she, “put the juice of the whole lemon into Charlic’s glass and bring me a glass of water. He won’t notice it,—there’s no light in the parlor!” Ben was making one good, strong lemonade, as di- rected, when Charlie ‘quietly slipped out and remarked: * I say, Ben! put the juice of your entire lemon in your sister's glass and bring me some ice-water,—there is no light in the parlor, and she won’t notice it!” Ben's forte is in obeying orders. With a merry twinkle in his eye he drank ‘the lemonade, then carried them cach a glass of water, which they drank with much apparent relish, asking each other between sips “ if it was sweet enough!” And naughty brother Ben, with the taste of that lemonade in his mouth, stood out in the hall and laughed till his sides ached, to hear them assure each other that it was ** just right ! “so palatable and 8o refreshing! THOUGHT IT WAS A TUNNEL. A young couple boarded the north-bound Kentucky express at Boston last evening (says the Cincionati Enguirer). It was at once ob- served by the passengers that they were “some spoons.” The young mau, evidently, was ac- quainted with the road, for as the train ap- proached the tunnel about 10 miles back of Cov- ington he prepared for business. Just before the road reaches the tunnel, however, it passes through a short, dark bridge. As the train shot into the bridge the young man, not to miss an inch more of the supposed oppor- tunity than he could help, threw his arms around the girl’s waist and proceeded to spread bis mouth all over hers. Just as he got prop- erly adjusted, had secured a moderate suction power about the girl's sweet mouth, and was tightening his grip around her shoulders till the bones fairly snapped, the train as suddenly whizzed into daylight s the moment beforc it rumbled iuto darkness. The young man dropped the girl as if she were poison. “To aggravate matfers still more, after they did met Into the tunnel some one in the immediate vicinity touched up a green light, and nipped another cembrace just about half way. 7 AN UNFORTUNATE QUESTION. They had company to tea (says the Danbury News). The table was set out splendidly. The biscuit were as white and light and fluky as snow, and the cake was just lovely. The company were delighted with cverything, and were enjoy- ing themselves hugely, and getting the modus operandi of making the biscuit, which were too lovely for -anything, when the infant of the houschold unfortunately whispered: “Ma, why don't f-uu have such a tea when there ain't company Simple as the query was, it “floored” ma. FEMININE NOTES. They pretend to have a young lady in St. Louis so kind-hearted and lazy that she will never beat an egg. Nearly all the Post-Offices in Texas are in charge of females. It works so well that the males now arrive and depart every hour in the day. A person who Was sent to prison for marrying two wives excused himself by saying that when he had one ghe fought him, but when he got two they fought cach other. Sixty-threc babies reported for duty at the Battle Creek baby-party. The careless report- ers assert that Mrs. — *‘furnished refresh- ments for the whole of them.” Young men are so searce at Long Branch this season that the girls have been known to hang a pair of pantaloons over the back of a rocking- chair, and gaze at them for hours at a time. On the Boulevard—‘ What afls you there, poor Ralph? You scem overpowered by sor- row.” ‘ Alas! my friend, I have been deceived by my sweethearts,—by all threec of them at once! "—Paris Figaro. Mrs. Henry says that John {8 just the stupid- est man in the world. She ate too much green corn, the other day, and got the colic; and what did the old idiot do but send for the corn-doc- tor.—Cincinnati Times. This is the season of the year to get off the old joke about the city girl who goesup to the cow-yard fence, and, drawing her muslin dress u? and about, says coyly, *“Oh, cousin John! which is the cow that gives the buttermilk? “What s that, darling?” asked a_young Fifth-Ward husband of his Hoboken bride. She turned the heaven of her blue cfyea upun him and answered: “That is one of m iters, dearest.” “ Ah!” he added softly, I thought it was a dog-kennel.” “Donald,” said a Scotch dame, looking up from her catechism, to her son, “what's a slan- der” A slander, sude mifllcr,"?uothj‘ouu Donald, twisting the corner of his ‘plaid. * A-wecl, I hardly ken, unless it be mayhap an ower true tale which onc gude woman’ tells of anither.” Croquet ts becoming every year more anpopu- lar. hat chance liasa girl of making a catch, when, just as she hasabout completed her con- quest, and is ready to land her fish, her whole womanly soul impeis her to raise a lump on him with a mallet, und call him a red-headed cheat of a loon. Fanny Davenport is said to be a very fine swimmer. Swimming is an art that all Tadies should acquire. It inspires courage, and it saves soap. Moreover, nothing is so uncom- fortable just after a stcamboat-explosion as to find yourself inthe water, with a frightened woman, who caw’t swim, clinging to your leg.— Brooklyn Argus. All the great problems of Nature are not yet solved. One of the most interesting s hoa'cn woman can hold her mouth fuil of hairpin while she is doing up her back hair, and at the ‘same time impart to her husband exact and valugble information, in aloud ‘voice, concern- ing the undesirability of his di i is cigar- asi on the carpet. % ropping his eigar- An extraordinary marriage took place at Jey- ington, England, the other day, —LEe ccmm‘)t‘:oenvy being performed by the Very Rev. Archdeacon Puilpot, in the presence of a large congreation. Thie married couple both belong to the parish of Jevington; but the singular part is, that the bride has uo arms, and the ring had to be placed on the third toe of the leh.nfout.. At the con- clusion of the marriage-ceremony, she signed the marrage-register, holding the pen with her toes, in a very decent * han.1.” .who bad been divorced from her EUROPEAN GOSSIP. The Homeand Servantsof a Turk= ish Grand-Seigneur. Unseemly Promotions in the Royal Family of Great Britain. Badness and Expensiveness of London Hotels—Female Models in Paris, A TURKISH PASHA. Albert Wolff writes to to the Courier des Eltats Unis: To understand the Turks it is nec- essary to sce them at home. The one who has astonished me most is certainly his Highness Mustapha Fazyl Pasha, brother of the Viccroy of Egypt. He is known to Parisians. They have seen his Highness either upon the Italiens, or at Baden, or at Hombourg. Withus, he was aman of the world, who amused himself; at ome, Mustapha Fazyl Pasha s o Grand Scigneur gmecd. His house is much the most notable in Constantinople. When I say his house, itis a figure of speech, for there is not upon the two banks of the Bosphorus a palace vast enough to accommodate the suite of this Prince without a throne, this Minister without a portfolio. At Candilli, on the Asiatic side, Mustapha Pasha has a palace of forty windows front, where his Highness lodges and feeds two hun- dred persons, men, women, and eunuchs. Three or four kilometres dlstant, on the helghts of Tchamlidja; in another palace, he has two hundred persons additional, meking four hundred, without taking into account the Egyptian residence, where the old domestics or invalided slaves end their days in a pleasant retreat. 1n all, Mustapha Fn'?l Pasha supports five hundred ‘persons every day, and over and above these five hundred, tliree hundred enrich them- selves in his service. To cite but one cxample, I will tell you only of a certain Nezir Aga.” In four years he has won more than 100,000 francs at the races in Egypt; his stables arc a terror to the sportsmen of the country. And do you know who this famous turfite re- allyis? Heis merely the second chief of the eunuchs of the harem of Candilli._ Nothing, moreover, is more curious than the interior of the residence of Mustapha. Within the vestibule you will find at all hours of the day twenty or thirty servants, and each day you will perceive figures not scen the day before. In fl}thr:re are fully a hundred attached specially to the service of the Prince, without counting Jean, his French valet-de-chambre, a fine fellow, who plays the hizhest stakes at Hombourg, as well as his master. ‘What can all thesé servants do about a Prince who, of all men on earth, is the simplest person Iknow? Go to; they earn their monow well. Three or four attend to carry a chibouk; and there are half a dozen to bring a glass of water; one finds the silver plate, another the glass, a third the carafe, a fourth the little silver spoon, the fifth groans under the burden of the'sugar- basin, while the stronger carries all with bent arm. £ You would naturally suppose that servants thus occupied would relieve one another many times in r.Ec course of 2 day. When one of them has borne a pipe, he retires into his family, and is served in turn by slaves; for all the valets have their own slaves, living also upon the lib- erality of the Prince. The married men have their " harems, which they support with the Prince’s money. They have their horses, which subsist on forage from the master’s stables. All these men live like lords, and it is always the Prince who regales them, There is among them asort of freemasonry; instead of prejudicing one another, like Euronean men servants, they sustain one another. When one of them has need of money, the others make it evident. For a week the same one presses the Prince un- til his Highness exclaims: “ Hold! Hold! my good fellow. You are, in- deed, sufficiently zealous.” Then the servant assumes a melancholy air and speaks of his wife ard children, and of the exceeding dearness of provisions for which he does not pay; and the Prince, who is quite cer- tainly the best man I know, smiles and pays the debts of his domestic. To-morrow it is the turn of another, and so on with the suite throughout the year. In the lot there are men who receive five or six thousand franes for carrying a glass of water, in the course of six months; but how dismiss them? If they are not old servants, they are children born in the house; the father has served the father; the son clings to the son; the master does not regard them as domestics; he has scen them grow up. They are compan- ions rather than lackeys, and one has some re- spect for them. If the Prince, in 2 moment of ill temper, should turn them out of doors, all these people would dic of hunger! Their master knows this, and, as he is an excellent man, he protects them all, feeds them, educates them, buys them houses when they marry, and when the servant rejoices in the happiness of paternity, it 1s still the Prince who educates the children. One cannot form an idea of all this world moving about this great npbleman of the Orient. No one knows preciselyi how many persons Mustapha Pasha fceds each day. You see wandering in the passages old serv- ants waited -upon by young ones, and young ones by little negroes. In “the great waiting salon you will find, at all hours of the day, a whole staff of young lorde, each of whom has his houschold, his valets-le-chambre, his stables, and his grooms, and it i3 always the Prince who supports them. A hundred and twenty horses which do nolhln%; forty dgondo]icn who do but llm%,'and two hundred servants who do as much! = This houschold amuses the Prince, who, for his personal service, wonld be contented, if need were, with a single valet-dechambre. Most of these domestics have been reared in the house; the Prince has'seen them grow up; he himself has grown up amid his servitors, and if you counsel him to dismiss them he increases their wages. I leave you to judge whether a like master can be adored elsewlere in all the world During my sojourn at Constantinople, the French tailor at Pera went one fine morning to Candilli to receive 100,000 francs, the amount: of a single bill,—3,000 franes for the Prince and 97,000 francs for the young men of his suite. —— A GREAT LONDON ENTERTAIN- MENT. 5 At the grand entertainment given to the Prince of Wales at the Guildhar! of the City of London, losses of jewels were plentiful. Among other things, the Duchess of Manchester lost one carring of the value of £1,200, and has not seen or heard anything of it since. Another lady had the pleasure of seeing her diamond comb, valued at £5,400, trodden into dust be- neath the feet of the dancers, without being nll:ls; tog‘%& sufficiently near to rescueit. A curious discovery was' made in sweeping th Lall after the dance. Some months gg}Lud; Dudley, the most beautiful Peeress at present llgm&),owns robbed of jewels to the amount of £50,000, which had been carelessly left in a case at a railway station. A beautiful antique e resplendent with diamonds and emeral s,wfu’ found on the floor of the Guildhall, and has since been recognized as one of the articles which were stolen from Lady Dudley. Sev- ieurzlth eawkwx;rd :gntretcmps occurred dur- i evening, owing to the plentif; in which invitations hgd been s&é’tr::rc(‘ll.l m;?:g; husband met and immediately went Extn ;t. the supni-umle, 0 hysterics. bearish young city man - sisted’in pushing against . Ligutenynnc in pt‘ilre navy, and, when the_ latter remonstrated, com- plained that {t'was the fault of some one else. At length the sailor received a push that he saw was intentional, and which caused him to hurt the lady to whom he was speaking. After finding her 'a_seat, he went in pursuit of the aggressor, and, with the exclamation, * Now, sir, ’'m_going 'to punish you,” he seized the :i‘gi,;c?;l:hf zhfl cu: Tit's ‘coat, and tore them collar, then un| i HERETAS 5 tied his cravat, and —— THE BRITISH ROYAL FAMILY. The London correspondent of a Dublin news- paper says: The promotions which are taking plnce in the Royal family have become the sub- Ject of invidious remark by the discontented, and one to which the old officers when gathered together at the clubs invite each other’s atten- tion is the recent appointment of the Duke of Cambride to the Colonelship of theSeventcenth Lancers, henceforth'to be called the Duke of Cambridge’s Own, in honor of himself, Now tire Duke of Cambridge is not by auy means in waut of the Colonelship, as, in addition tobis of- fice as Commander-in-Chief and Field Marshal besides, he already holds four Colonelships, —one of the Royal Regiment of Artillery, one of the Royal Engineers, one in the Grenadier Guards, and snother in the Sixteenth Regiment of Foot. Therefore, this last, but not least, nomination will makg his fifth Coloncley in the British army, so that Le may be sure that his orders as Commander- in-Chief will be strictly obeyed by every rews ment 5o honored. The Prince of Wales is un- dergoing much promotion likewise. e was already Field Marshal, Colonel-in-Chief of the Rifle Bflgmle. Colonel of the Tenth Bussars, Captain-General, and Colonel of the Honorabla Artillery Company, and he fs now gazetted which is henceforth to be known and offical] reported as “the Prince of Wales' Own,™ wiy| the enviable privilege of bearing the Brinyy plume o its sceond coloy The Duke of Cope naught began his service by being Licuten. ant in the Royal Engineers, and is now a Major in the Seventh Hussars. Princg Edward of Saxc-Weimar has been promoted to the highly remunerative office of E‘ummudxm of the Royal Forces. Prince Ernest of Lein. ingen is a Captainin the navy, with the pay buy without the responsibility of the office. Tinct Louis of Battenburg is to be promoted imme diately to a similar oflice on_similar conditions; ‘The Duke of Edinburg is already beginning tg show symptoms of & speedy promotion to the ofice of Lord High Admiral of the Fleet Meanwhile he has been placed in command of a ship . on which Ve becy spent in embellishments. = From the v first ~ this nomination bLas been Tegaral with much evil criticism in the navy, ang, 28 you know, navy men have not those sweet parts of conversation which distinguish the more refined half of our gallant defenders, and, therefore, their complainingsare bold and bitter in proportion. Every man who objects tg the Duke of Edinburzs appointment deemst that he has a better right to such hich commang than his Royal Highness, and that there wouldbe found a more fitting claimant to every one of the posts distributed among the Roval family, These posts are given away, not with reference to merit or long service, but _simply with a view" to adding to their alrcady large incomes, and giving them command over wiser, older, and more experienced men in the service, many of whom are popular with the people, and hayg served the country throughevery clime. MODELS IN PARIS. Lucy Hooper, in a Paris letter to the New York World, says: A great and growing dif. ficulty, of which all the artists in Paris at pres. ent complain, is that of finding good models, especially for the undraped female form. Tg find a woman sufficiently beautiful and sufi. ciently shameless who at the same time has not entered upon a career of vicious luxury, is aby” no means essy task. And by law & parent cane not force a daughter, if unwilling, to adopt the profession of a model. Hence a thriling scenc (which would make a fine subject for a picture, the way) and which took place in the atelierof s ctlz‘lfl}ratcd Parisian painter the other day. An ol him, came to him one day and informed him that she had a very beautiful daughter who would be willing to pese to him as a model tor an_unfinished mythological picture which he had 1aid aside, 2s it 60 happened, precisely for lack of a female model. He engaged her at once on the rcpresentations of the mother, and the mnext day she came. An alter- cation at onmce arose between the girl and the old woman, which, being carried on in their native tonzue, the artist could not understand. It ended by the old ‘hag selzing the girl and tearing off Ber garments by main' force, regardless of the nter’s re- monstrances, who had no idea that the proposal of the mother was against the daughter’s will. The poor girl rushed shrieking to the window; her cries attracted the notice of the police, and the unnatural parent was arrested and con- demned to seven months’ imprisonment. As to the girl, who was not yet 16 years of ag ghe has' been placed at a convent !uhogi and will probably become a2 good and respectable member of society. Not that the profession of a model necessarily excludes such a future, as it is a well-known fact that several of the most beautiful models of Paris are women of the severest virtue. But, as I be- fore emarked, tine female models are extremely rare. Recently a distingaished American trav- eler remarked to an artist while in Florence that s0 exquisite a beauiy as that of Titian's “Venus” was not to he found in modern days. **Excuse me,” replicd the artist, * we see. women of as perfectloveliness as that picture every day of our Iives, but among those that we can never hopa to have sit to us; they belong to the upper classes of American socicty.” —— LONDON IIOTELS. Mr. Jennings’ last London letter to the Nea York World pictures some of the miseries Amer- ican sojourncrs in the Enzlish metropolis have to endure on account of the .poor hotels to be found there. Such a thing as a good and cheap hotel, he tells us, does not exist in London, and it is doubtful if a good hotel can be fonnd there at any price. How it is that London, which is visited by so many thousands of strangers every day, should be so baaly eup- glied With® accommodation for travelers, Mr, ennings is unable to make out. But that it is about the worst of sll the large cities of the world for a stranger to get into thousands who have suffered from the exactions of London hotels and lodging-house keepers can sorrow- fully attest. 'Tne worst of it is that in_none of these hotels do you get the same comforts that are accessible to everybody in American hotels. Four-pence for a dip or two of ink is too hich a pricc. A bit of ice as_big as a walnut, which al- most melted away before you could capture it and put it in a tumbler, cost three-pence. You cannot wink without being charged forit. Thera is seldom a reading-room for the convenience of guests; in the coflec-room_there is one - copy of the Times taken, and if you ack for it the waiter invariably tells you itis *in ’and.” If you call for soda-water it is given you nearly warm. The resources of the table are cxtremely limited. At breakfast the waiter will offer you ‘‘’am and heggs,” and the wretched creature will o on doing so with sa unblushing countenance day after day, for weeks together. Ask him what soup there is for dinner, and he will refily Hox-tail ”; nor bLus it ever entered into his mind that.human ingenuity has at length succeeded in eonem:finf one or two other descriptiors of soup quite fit for human food. Suggest anything new to him, and he looks upon’ you with unconcealed disgust, as if you were a hairv man just escaped from the jungles. If you have a sponge-bath in our room, it is charged for extra. ‘The water s 50 hard that you cannot wash yourself with it. And whatever may be the charges for ate tendance in the bill, the chambermaid, boots, and waiter will all waylay you for more on tht Btairs 28 gou depart, and frightful will be theit looks and very disparaging their remarks if you send them empty away —— SEDITIOUS UTTERANCES. talian woman, who_had sometimes sat tq . Deschamps, the French comedian, visted St : Petersburg once to play an cngagement. He arrived in midwinter. . 4 ‘“Holy Moses!” he ejaculated, *but if's cold!” Five minutes later he was before a magistrate, ‘“ What have I done? Of what crime am 1 accused?”’ “You have been guilty Jof seditious utter ances.” 5 5 Seditious utterances?” ‘“ Aye! Did you not a few moments since ad« ‘vance the proposition that here, in the Capitalof his Imperial Majeaty, it was freczing cold! - 1did, and it is. I have chilblains, even.” Pr!sqner, do not make matters worse. time I will overlook your offense, but do mot repeat it. Understand for the future that it is not cold—that it has no business to be cold—in Russia.” 4y Thereafter, though the Neva was frozen solld, Deschamps did not fail to parade the streets in mankeen pantaloons. When he retarned to” Fx:a:nce{ ter narmating this incident, he added: Iplaved dominoes six years in one cafe at gt. ll;leu“bmg louble-six, and I never dared to for the missing domino.” i TO SARAH, It only thou conld'st know, in that fair 1and here Angels now do minister to thee, How yet I'mise the toach of thy dear hand, ‘That Dever failed to bless and comfort me: Tow yearn mine eyes to look upon thy f As when it firat was covered Jrom my lght,” %nd that the passing years conld not elfwe 'hy memory, or break the weary night That fell upon my soul when thon did’st l So white and still, within thy narrow bed, % nnhcegmimy exceeding bittercry, Unmoved by any tender word I said: ‘The first time T had ever called § ;{g%‘o’:’e’fgn,{‘:; unutterable mstn! me N r thee were daj zhts of pais, Rorany il would sir thy pennctir tamar Surely, sweet, disembox i 5 %}g:fl&nncogucinngusg‘ :;‘ :%Tl! v:;!hgc’:r!l is not eo, the, in Heav' Tn'sight of all ouf desglate despate o 0 sweetest soul that ever dwelt on earth, n woman's form divinely fair and paret The love thy Ereuencc gave such beanteons birth, Through all thy weary absence must endure. Thia ;x;:lch, dear Heart! I'd have thee know 04 As In‘veu part believing they shall be - Tend'rer and truer, for the sad ordeal, < ‘When they shall meet, 50 is it, love, with me, For it would dim the radiance of thine eyes To know how oft mine own aze illed with tears; hy swect voice tremble, ov'n in Paradise, Cculd’uel.“ thou bave heard my mouning ull thess years, Thon can'st not answer me, and I must bide God's time and snmmons to be worthy thee, Fit to forever stand at thy dear side, ~ - Nearest and dearcst, throngh Eternity. JULIETTE EsTELLE PRESCOTE Crtteaco, July, 1876. with a set” that hadn’t any -