Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, August 6, 1876, Page 9

THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SUNDAY, AUGUST 6, 1876—SIXTEEN PAGES, ~ ANUSEMENTS. qhe Pastor Variety Company’s Good Luck at Hooley’s. Evidence of a Depraved Taste Among Habitual Theatre-Goers, John Dillon to Fuifill an Engage- ment at Hooley's. . Green - Room Gossip at Home and Abroad. The Facts About Miss Emma Ab- bott’s Debut at Florence. ¥osic Doring the Vacation---Operatic Notes in Enrope and America. THE DRAMA. CHICAGO. A DEPRAVED POPULAR TASTE. Afr. Pastor's varicty company played at Hoo- 1ev's Theatre during the past week to the larg- st andiences of the season. We have heard it gaid that the performances were vulgar. Of course they were. Vulgarityis an essential part of the varicty business. But itis not true that the company was below the average of similar oreanizations in respect of decency or geueral good behavior. The inquiry naturally suggested by a success won by such means is, What must be the present condition of the ypopular taste? Vulgar or not, Pastor and company sttracted more people to Hooley's Tueatre than the Union Square Company did dur- ing eny single weck of the recent engugement. Theindications are that a 1aajority of the peo- pleof Chicago, if calledupon tochoose between pastor and Booth, for instance, would record their votes in favor of the former. The popu- Jar feeling, of which the Pastor engagement is ouly corroborative evidence, has bLeen for a Joug time drifting away from the legitimate drams in the direction of negro-min- gtrelsy and buffoonery of various sorts. The fact indicates a dcbasement of popular taste. This is manifested not only at_the thea- tres, but at the libraries as well. Musicians bave to contend against it constantly, whether jt comes iu_the shape of ignorant” sneers at classical music or in the more substantial form of patronage bestowed upon the comic music of Otenbach and Lecocq. The reasons for this yulgarization of popular sentiment. are complex, detving rigid analysis or exact statement. Some of them, however, are not far o scelk. The bard times partly account for the state of feel- ing referred to. _An experienced and intelligent manager remarked the other day that seasons of patiic always bear hardest upon the best the- atres. Whether it be that the most intelligent people at such times become the most provident, orthat the masses feck relief from anxiety in the coarsest forms of avowedly-bumorous en- tertainments, the fact is doubiless well estab- lished. Cultivated people are more cxacting in their demands upou managers than the uneducated. They have resourees berond the theatre, and are_consequently the - last to resort thither. Dramatic verformances which please them are of the most expensive Qeseription. In seasons of financial'depression, therctore, the best class of theatres begin to 1ecl the pressure first and suffer from it~ long- est. Onthe other haod, thereare many in- stances of marvelous suceess among the lower “lass of theatres during periods of serious finan- cial distress. Another cause which operates to the advantase of tle variety show is the sudden growth of a rich and fnorant class in conse- quence of thie War. Many persons who before the War were struggling for bare subsistence now find themseives the possessors of compara- tive afiuence. Their tastes all run in the direc- tion of negro-minstrelsy and the comic charac- ter.acting of variety performers, and they have few resources at home. The class of ignorant rich in America is so large that this country has become the favarite resort of variety actors of sl nations. English and Irish actors who find their Loudon level at the concert-saloons rise to the top-wave of pularity here. The consequences of ther 1hver which vulgar cntertainments have ined the American people are apparent in the wide qiffusion of slang in_mixed conversation. There is o teacher of slang more persistent ti:an the stage of the minstrel show or the vari- oty theatre. The inventors of slang are them- scives e of themost limited education: many of them czn gcarcely read or write. It fullows, therefore, that the slang itselfis generaliy sense- less. The pernicious etfects of the cateli-words thrust upon the world by the variety actors do not cease With _the defil- ing of the English language. They extend even tothe habits of thougnt of thic people, casting their fdeas ina few grotesque noids, and preventing free and original development of inteHectual forces. We speak of these facts more i the !{)irit of an observer than {n that of amoralist. They carry with them their own ap- plication to the condition of the theatres in Chi- cago, which every frequenter of thewmn can com- prebend. | NVOTES AND ANNOUNCEMENTS. Hooley’s Minstrels reopen the New Chicago fl:hum to-morrow night. Messrs. Rice, Hart, Kuwgnt, Kayne, Hall, Ashton, and other favorite performers, are included in the organization. “The Corsican Brothers” will be presented st the Museum every night this week and at the matinees of Wednesday and Saturday. At the other matinces “ The Guumnaker of Moscow will be repeated. g Mr. John Dillon will fulfill an engagement at .Ff_oo)ey‘s Theatre this week, appearing in * The Victims™ and “ The Irish Doctor Monday and Tne_sdny nights; in *Married Life” and “To Oulige Benson ™ Wednesday and Thursduy, and in_“Everybody’s Friend”” and *Paul Pry” Friday and Saturday vights. The company si) gumug Mr. Dillon includes Mr. Thorias Whif- in. Mr. Russell Soggs, Mr. George Stoddart, and sther well-known actors. Mr. Leonard Grover authorizes the statement b at his new comedy, ¢ Our Boarding-House,” i a5 been accepted by the management of Hoo- ley’s Theatre, aud will be produced there a week ;mm to-morrow, with John Dillon and_other n\'o'rlte actors in the cast. The play is well #poken of by those who have been privileged to bear it, and it would be no surprising thing if a yerson of Mr. Grover's experience and ability should do excellent dramatic work. Mir. Edwin Booth has been staying in this city for ecveral days pust. He received a telegran Jast Wednceday informing him that Mr. McCul- lough would meet, him in Chicago and make the proposed trip to California with him. A special air has been chartered for the 15th inst. The i(}mey will be made by easy stages on account of i]uxe delicate health of Mrs. Booth. The party {‘;itlki'flge\'enl dass in Salt Lako City. Mr. M:— s conf to igi cment doea ot l:om- the original arrange; A THE OUTER WORLD. AMERICAN NOTES AND GREEN-ROOM GOSSIP. Daly is to have two traveling companies next 3eason. The Grand Opera-House in New York is offered by the Receivers of the Erie Railwayat a weekly rental of §500. Mr. 1. 8. Murdoch, an old Chicago favorite, 1510 be a member of the Brooklyn Theatre Com- pauy the coming season. Mr.Sothern has been cngaged to createa in a new play to be produced at Daly’s Theatre the uumln§ sv{xson. Ly n’fl:e mun of “Evangeline” at the Boston useum was the only dramatic event of im- Portance in that city last week. George Sand was the great granddaughter of Adricntie Leourrear, whom Oteatord Das made ;lll:};crome ofoneof the strongest of modern 5. While the Chronicie and Alta, of San Fran- Ertiag zpuh: in lhe“ Wn.r(mjeul ‘f.!?rns flf ziss‘_ ) ’s impersonation of Zose Michel, the Bu ldtin is wldlypcriflml- Layrence Barrett, E. L. Davenport, and{F. B. Warde, are tlie Jeading membors of Jarrett & Falmer's Julins Cresar * combination engaged \ ig&ext season to play sixty nights in the prov- Mr. Louis James bas heen gathering laurels 'Y bis impersonation of Danid Peggotty in sup- {»ort of George Fawcett Rowe at Baldwin’s -House, Ban Francisco. The Chronicle says Hiat L fairly divided the honors with the star, and that he has proved himself during his cnt enragement an artist of a very high nprx;]e:; of t::u t. Mr. il{mx:;.-s hlms been engdged to play next season at Mr. T. Ford’s Opera-i ¢ Next sexson obn T. Ford’s Opera-ffouse, Miss Addie V. Va 2 e an Koenig, who latcly made Merrilies"at the Arch Street Theatre, Philadelphia, wil cl b ug’tuur e rl:’ am- will shortly enter upon a and Crown,” written Bartley Campbell. new picce, entitled “ Cross expressly for her by Mr. ";_rpmgmmx‘ne at the Cali- announced as follows: Mongr aud Torldnss ;‘l_m:s(fi) “'5‘“;; ug;chbtzm»k;" Wednesday and Saturday, Faulive, o Fria, Beatrice; Miss Kate Claxton, supported by x : ¥ Mr. C. A. St, venson, Mr. Theodore Ilamilton, Mr. James O'Neill, Mr. Frapk Peirce, and Mr. J. B. Ever- ham, produced “Conscience™ last week at A\hlh"flllkflé, Toledo, and Cleveland. The com- perm is billed to ns:pn:u in Buffalo the first half of the present week and in Detroit thereafter. We believe it is no secret that the businessjin Milwaukee was extremely bad. Emma Waller played Mg Merrilies at_the Walnut in Philadelyhia ast week. Jobn Brougham and N. C. Goodwin will uppear at that theatre this week. * Our Boys®' continued at the Chestnut, and # The Lucky Star” at the Kiralfy Palace. The spectacle receutly pro- duced by Mrs. Drew was a failure, and her t&m tre was consequently closed. McKee Rankin rendered “ The Two Orphans ™ at the Museum. Anna Dickinson is toappear in the Arch Street Theatre, Philadelphia, during the last weok iu August, in “The Crown of Thorne.” Miss Dickinson, according to the Pittston (Pa.) Lead- er. is staying in that place, and writing a play, but it is not for Katherine Rogers, but. for her- self. Morcover, it will not relate the persecu- tions of a Jewess, but its incidents will be drawn entirely from an eventful period in modern his- tory. Tt is reported that Mr. Rodgers, husband of Miss Charlotte ‘Thompson, is” to be business mauager of the Brooklyn Theatre. Miss Maude Harrison, Mrs. Farren, and Mr. Thorpe are en- gaged at the Brooklyn. Miss Harrison isto play Manuella in Stuart Robsow’s picee, and Henriette in the “ Two Orphans,” at_the Union Square 'Theatfic:bn&nr whic{; shlel\ggflll do the leading uvenile business in Brook! aying Ophelia to Laoth’s Hamlet, et T PTIOE Ot Miss Tone Burke, a favorite New York actress, belonging to Wallack’s Theatre, has suddenly disappeared from the theatrical firmament. She was engaged in the cast of “The Mighty Dollar,”” now being rendered at Wallack’s by the Florence IHaving obtained her salary in advance on Friday week, she gailed on Saturday for Europe with_her husband. It appears that she married in London several years ago, and that in consequence of the union her husband was disinheritea. His stern relatives have now relented, and ““Miss” Burke and husband have gone to enjoy the fatted calf. Mr. Sothern wade his reappearance in New York after an absence of two years at Daly’s Theatre last week. The play was “ Our American Cousin.” Owen Fawcett played dsa Trenchard, Miss Ada Gilman Mary Meredith, Miss Jeffrys- Lewis Florence, Miss Linda Dictz Georgiana, and Mr. Davidge Murcott. The New York crit- ies seem to agree_that the support, generally speaking, was bad, all the parts but Dundreary in the remodeled version being intended for sticks in the country. The receipts were 32,006, iinee Levick has been playing at the Museum in New York. The Florences, with “The Mighty Doilar,” remain at Wallack’s. The new company for the Cincinnati Grand Opers-House is annuunced. Mr. Harry Eytinge will be the stage-manager, and will appear dur- ing the season in the leading characters of classic- al English comedy. The other members of the company, so far as engaged, are: Miss Gussie De Torrest, leading lady; Miss Julia Dean Han- chett, juvenite lady; Mrs. Edwin Price, sou- brette; Miss Emma Stone, old woman; Miss Pauline Hall, responsible utility; Frank Roche, leading man; George Morton, héavy man; Wal- ter Lennox, first Tow comedy: Harry Vance, second low comedy; Edwin Price, juvenile; J. A. Meade, character; Thomas Hawkins, respon- sible utility; Harry Barton, waiking gentleman. [EUROPEAN NOTES. Joseph Jefierson has been making 2 summer tour to the Highlands of Scotland. At the London Vaudeville “Our Boys” is running beyond its 500th performance. A * Boudoir Shakspeare, arranged for read- ing aloud,” is in course of publication in En- gland. % "1t is said that the eminent tragedian Salvini, having revovered from his recent illness, bas decided to retire from the stage. Mme. Janauschek says that she has decided not to aceept any engagements in Enzland, but to return to America thé'first week in October. Rossi, after his engagement in London, com- menced a fowrne in the provinces of France, and we hear that he is well received everywhere. The Odcon Theatre, in Paris, will reapcn the ensuing season with * Les Danichefl.” * Jo- seph Balsamo,” by M. Duwmas, will be produced later on. Buckstone's recent great benefit at the Lon- don Drury Lan netted him over $6,000, and the money bas been handed over to him by the edit- or of the Era. Edwardo Majeroni, the leading and admirable actor of the Ristori troupe, has lcarned English, and now acts withgreat success iu our lanzuage. 1is accent is said to be very slignt. Mr. Charles Matthews, who has been playing in “My Awful Dad” at the London Gaicty, withdrerw Saturday night, July 22, and the fol- lowing Monday Mr. Tool¢ succeeded bim in fa- miliar pieces. The Odeon Company and Mme. Fargueil left London with “ Les Danicheff,” not, it appears, for want of popular success, but becausc they had engagements in the French provinces be- ginning at Lyons. A mania for Russian pieces np{mars likely to be the result of the success of *“ Les Danicheff.” MM. Sardou and Nus are now said to be occu- ied with the arranzenient for the Porte Saint g[:u‘fiu of a romance of M. Lubowmirski A drama entitled “Chateaufort,”” by the Countess de Mirabeau, has been produced at the Paris Gymnase, and has encountered a failure, by all accounts deserved. Itis describedasa tioroughly nasty play. The American Kegis fer says of theplay: * We find ourselves from the very beginning in a sickening atmosphere of vice.” Lucy Hooper writes to the New York 1¥orld: “The ‘Rome Vaincue’ of M. Parodi will not be produced at _the Comedie Francaise before September. Mlle. Sarah Bernhardt will Imr— sonate therein « blind and aged woman; Mile. Reichemberg, who, by the way, is one of the rettiest blondes on the French stage, is to per- orm the purt of a vestal virgin who permits the sacred lamp to expire, and Mounet-Sully that of aslave in {’ovc with somebody, but who that somebody is as not yet been announced.” A bright little one-act comedy, entitled “The Five Daughters of Castillon,” has becn pro- duced at the Paris Gyinnase with success. The five daughters are sprung from a lcfi[)’{pn DA who will not hear of marrying off one of the younger sisters till the elder ones are disposed Of in marriage. M. Puygayrand falls in love \ith the youngest of them all, and busics him- self in finding husbands for his four future sis- ters-in-lav, s0 us to win papa Castillon’s consent to his own union with the object of his affee- tions. He finally succeeds, though not with- out much trouble and several contretemps, which lend brightness and gayety to the course of the comedy. MUSIC. MISS ABBOTT. A CORRESPONDENT INDULGES IN SOME RE- [FLECTION To the Editor of The Trivune. CHICAGO, July 30.—Secing in your issue of this morning a letter by F. B. C., who appears to be misinformed on the®subject which he treats, I beg you to insert this correction at your carliest convenience. 1 know nothing positively of Miss Abbott’s early carcer; Ihave only heard rumors, on which, of course, no onc can depend; but I was present at the concert given in Florence last winter for the benefit of the American Union Church, and which F. B. C. mentions as_origi- nated for an entirely different purpose, namely, that Miss Abbott might *sing with several rival candidates for the part of igiom."” To my certain knowledge the part of ifignon, to be sung st the Pergola, pril ncipal opera-house of Florence, was engaged in the autumn of 1S75 by the one who later made so great a suc- cess in the role. Far from paying for the part, she was paid monthly, even before she had made her first appearance, o fact which I know not only from the lady herself, but others who wit- nessed the payment. While she was waiting in Florence for the opera to be put upon the stage, Miss Abbott ap- peared, and offered the! fmpreseario, 1 man noted forhisunscrupulousloveof moncy, acertainlarge sum of money for the privilege of buying off the former ¢pgagement and taking her place. 9 The impressario accepted, without, however, ais- missing the one to wiiom the part belonged. In this stare of affairs the concert above metioned started, for the purpo: suflicient monéy to buy an onman ior the Union Charch. The Teatro Pagliano was hired for the evening, and soon every boxand chair was taken by the Americans, anxious to forward the scheine; the upper gal- lerics alone contained any mentionzble number of Ttalians. The concert progressed with nassa- ble success until Miss Abbotf came forward to sing the English hymn, “Nearer, My God, to Thee.” With constderable stage action, Lardly appropriate to_the theme. she commenced her song. The Italians, always bored by & concert, and angry at an English religious air belng chosen to sing iu onc of their theatres, hissed and mimicked her with most aunoying per- sistence. The Americans were_extremely in- dignant, and, as the song endud, applauded heartily to drown_the uproar in the galleries, whereupon Miss Abbott came forward “smiling. 1y, and, we could not but think, with great lack of tact, threw kisses in every direction, even to thosé portions of the house” where the hissing %accedufl, und this continued without inter . {'he nest morning the impressario of the Per- gola broke her engagement, and, upon her de- manding her moncy, gave it without a question, Mr. Lorimer Gruham, United States Cousul,who uccompanied her and fricnds of ours, seeing it paid back franc for franc. One more correction. F. B. C. remarks that a Lomlqll correspondent asserts Miss Abbott to be married, and “ that, Kkeeping the fact a se- eret, she has since -her marriage been living up- on the bouuty of Dr. Chapiu’s Church,”—¢n statement it its insinuation and reflection of Miss Abbott’s character which is false, shame- ful, and unprincipled.” He continues that “her marriage was publisked in the papers at the time it oceurred,” etc., ete. This ay be true, but it scems to me doubtful in the face of fucts which I am cognizant. Friends of ours knew Miss Abbott intimately, both in Paris aud Florence, and whercver she went, socially as well as artistically, she was known under the name of Miss Abbott, her cngagement to Mr. Wetherel being alone an- nounced. A gentleman with whomm_we were well ncquainted, and who also kuew Miss Ab- bott, traveled for several weeks with her, and never knew Wetherel was other than her fiance; not until a few weeks _ago, after her debut in London, wzs the fact made known that she had Dbeen married all these years, and that she had Kept the matter seeret 60 asto be enabled to use the churcl’s money and appear more un- trameled upon the stage. For the correctness of these statements not only I, but many others, can vouch, and I trust they will gain credence and establish the truth. Very respectfully, BEULAH. AT HOME. THE VACATION SEASOS. There has bLeen mnothine stirring in musical circles since our last review, and the immediate future holds forth no encouragement to hope for improvement. At various “ pavilions * and gardens music has been provided by bands of uncertain reputation; but, with the exception of the entertainments at the Exposition Building, all these so-called concerts rest upon a founda- tion of beer-mugs and pretzels. The Exposition concerts deserve to rank by them- selves. They are not ambitious in their scope, seeking rather to afford pleasant diversion than to arouse enthusiasm; and they answer reasonably well the purposes of the {:rojmors. The garden is cool, the company which frequents it highly agreeable, and the music not bad. No clement is wanting to make the Exposition Gar- den a delightful piace of summer resort. Dur- ing the present week the German Military Band, returning from Philadelphia, will participate in the concerts. MUSICAL NOTES. Mr. C. A. Havens gave an organ concert in Fredonia, N. Y., July 21. The occasion was the opening of a large two-manual oggan, built by Hook. & Hastings, of Boston. Mr. 1. 8. Perkins arrived in New York on the 25th ult. from Europe. He will make a visit of several weeks to Boston ana vicinity, after which he will turn his face Westward. The closing concert, of the National Normal Musical Iustitute at Towanda, Pa., was an- nounced to occur on the 4th inst. The faculty emuraces Dr. George F. Root, Mr. F. W. Root, 2ud other well-known musicians. The house was all sold two days in advance. The first part of the programme Wwas the oratorio of “EIL” The sccond part consisted of vocal and instrumental selections by pupils and instruct- ors. Dr. Root is put down in the programme fora selected song. 5 ABROAD. 3(USICAL NOTES. . A Russion opera-house {s to be cstablished in Paris during the Exhibition of 1878. Christine Nilsson presented the prizes to the successful students of the Royal Academy of Music in London on the 21st ult. Mr. Fred A. Schwab, musleal editor of the New Yorlk Times, has arrived in Paris on his way to the musical festivities at Bayreuth. Verdi's “Aida” has been translated into Russian, and it is intended to_produce it next season at the Marien Theatre in St. Petersburg. M. Picrre Dupont, well known as a song writ- er, committed suicide at Marseilles recently, by swallowing ecther, the act being attributed to physical suffering. The closing_representation of the season of opera under Mr. Mapleson’s management in London took place on the 25th ult., when “ Don Giovanni” was played for the benefit of M. Faure. Despite the excessive heat, the Grand Opera in Paris was at last accounts still open, and active preparations_were making to produce Meyerbecr's “ Prophiete” with o goraeous mise en scene. Mr. Mapleson has replied at length to certain aspersions of Mr. Gye on the plan of the new Nationul Opera-House in ~ London. The quarrel has heen a warm one, aad rather gra- tuitous on Mr. Gye’s part. Mr. James W. Morrissey has taken the man- agement of the Forrest Mansionin Philadelphia, and will begin a series of operatic concerts there this week. His attractions are Brignoli, Fer- ranti, S. B. Mills, Miss Drasdil, andan orchestra. Mr. Gye’s policy in the next opera season in London is af; dy foreshadowed. Hewill vro- duce tirst Mr. Rubinstein’s © Nerone,” with Pat- ti in the chicf role, to be followed by the pro- duction of Wagner's *“ Tristanund Isolde,” with Mlle. Albani as the teature. Richard Wagner’s Centennial March was given its first performance i Germany at Cologne, on the 1stof last month. It was rececived with tumultuous applause. The sccond performance was given at Weisbaden on the Sth, and the third in Vienna on the tith of July. Mlle. Chapuy, late of Drury Lane, who retired from the opery a few weeks since apparently broken down in health, is reported at Paris sud- denly convalcscent. Kumor states that she is about to marry and retire from the stage per- maneutly. She did not appear ut all at Drury Lane. Herr Flotow's new opera, “I1 Fior di Har- lem,” will be produced in the autumn at the Vittorio Emnmanuele of Turin. This work, the Tibretto of which is based on a novel of M. Alex- andre Dumas, was_origiually intended for the Opera Comique in Paris, and entitled “La Tu- lipe Noire.” (Gounod was lately refused by the Archbishop of Paris permission to have his heroic cantata, “Gallia,” performed in the Church of Saint Roch, on the ground that women could not be allowed to singin achurch; but it was subse- quently performed in the Church of Saiut Pierre et Saint Paul. . AMadam Nilsson and her compatriot, Conrad Behrens, will malc a tour, during next month, among the principal towns of Norway aud Sweden, at the head of an opera troupe. Tt wiil Ve Madam Nilsson’s_first visit to her native country since she left it to complete her musical studies in Paris. * The Lyceum Theatre in London will be open- cd on the 11th of September for the perform- ance of operas in English, under the direction of Carl Rosa, who will produce the new opera by Mr. Cowen, an English adaptation of Wag- ner's “Flying Dutchiman,” for Mr. Sautley, and, it is also said, * Tannhauser.”” . - Myron W. Whitney recently reccived an invi- tation from the Birmingham (England) Choral Society to sing at their performance of the “Messiah,” Dec. Mr. Whitney has sung the Christmas solos in this oratorio for this Society for three years, but he was obliged to decline, this time, because he has decided to remain in America the present year. The London Atheneum says of Herr Aifred Granfeld, the phenomenal _Australian _pianis “His gift of improvisation will recail the brill- iant eseays of Mendelssoln xnd Moscheles. He does not” producc 2 mere variation on one or more themes which may be given to him, but his combinations are higuly artistic. The man- nerin which he fugucsa motif is most pras- terly.” The New York Tribune says: ‘ Mr. Theodore ‘Thomas has returned to this city with bis or- chestra, the Philadelphia people having failed to appreciate his music suliicicntly to support tion enough : is ab The London dcademy says: *The well- known English Lasso-profondo, Edwin Rans- ford, is no morc. Had there been a permanent National Opera-Honse, and hai his remarkably fine voive been cultivated, he might have taken a higher position than be has ovcpied; but the public-dinner system, which ruins our young and fresh voices, besides vitiating their ‘style, Fmvcd fatal to himg, and his spedalty was con- ined chietly to the singine of Dibdin’s nautical songs. JMe was in his 71st year, and was a mus- ic publisher as well as 2 vocalist.”” The venerable composer, Dessauer, whose s0ngs were on every concert brogremme in Ger- 0, aid still retain their wvor, died {n Vienna on the 7th of July, and was buried on the 10th. Dessauer, vho was one of Schubert’s most inti- mate friends, was one of the most distinguished soug-composers in Germany, and his were among the first German mclodies that ecame popular in Paris and France generally. This may, however, have been owing tothe fact that Dessaucr lived for many years in Paris, was 3 favorite umoug the artists of the gay Capital, and that many of his best melodies—vomanzas, boleros, and songs—were wedded to French words. The_six performances of the week ending July 15 at the Royal Italian, London, were ex- clusively repetitions, comprising * Aida,” “Fra Diavolo,” ~“Tannhauser,” ‘711 Trovatore," ®La Sonnambula,” and “L'Etoile du Nord.” The second, fourth, and fifth of these were an- nounced rcspcctivcly gs for the “benefits” of Mlle. Zare Thalberg, Mlle. Albani, and Madame Adclina Patti. The London Zimes adds: **On Saturday night, whenthe scason was brought to an end by an effeetive performance of “Etoile du Nord, Madame Patti scemed to be having a second ‘benefit,’ so Tibcral were the demon- strations of approval bestowed on her efforts, in their way unique.” There was a crowded and brilliant audience, and among the occu- pants of the Royal box were their Royal High- nesses the Prince and Princess of Wales, with ]th.h- muest, His Majesty the King of the Hel- cnes. P e ——— BELVIDERE IN TROUBLE. A Barber Who Will Shave People on Sun- day, and =2 Liguor Case in Which There Huve Been Ninc Triuls. Speclal Correspondence of The Tribume. ROCKFORD, 11l., Aug. 3.—Excitement is just now running rather high in our ncighboring town of Belvidere. The corporation are in a di- lemma fn respect to what shall be doue with two troublesome individuals who, for the past three weeks, have been harasssing the authorities of In spite of this order, an Irishman named Char- ley McLain kept on shaving. He was arrested and fined $5, and still he kept on. He wasar- rested a second time, and fined $15; and still on the Sabbath the Knight of the Razor plied his avocation. A third time he was arrested, and fined $20. But ericnce did not teach him wisdom, and two weeks ago an oflicer *“ yanked him out " in the act of shaving a customer, and, assisted by another mun, carrfed him to jail, where he was left elght days. In the meautime his wife was contined, and no provisions had been made for the event; and other accidents happened which made Charley feel damaged to the extent of £10,000, for which sum he now sues ‘the City of Belvidere. He has sceured the services of Jos- Iin, of Elgin, to prosccute the case. In the meantime, the plucky barber keeps his shop open all day Sundai', and defics the corporation ot Belvidere to molest him. NINE JURY-TRIALS FOR ONE CASL. The other individual who is giving Delvidere considerable trouble is John Waldork, a brewer. Having squelched the saloons, the Council forbade Waldork selling his beer in any quantities whatsoever. Waidork, however, continued to sell in gallons and upwards. The Council arrested him. Ile called for ajury, and, after two days’ trial, the jury, failiug to agree, were discharged. This cas¢ has mnow been tried nine times, each time with the same result. The last time, sixty men were called before a jury could be picked. And now the joke is, that there cannot be found a ju in all Boone County to try the case. Waldork continues to sell the Teutonic beverage, and I had almost suid the defeated corporation con- tinue to swear—Dbut they are not that sort of men. Rumor says the Town Council intend to step down and out, as they cannot brook being thus defeated by a barber and a brewer. A S — THE WHIPPING-POST, Special Correspondence of The Tribune. LitTLE ROCE, Ark., July 81.—A great deal of excitement was created in this city recently by the whipping of a couple of colored boys by the Chief of Police and his Sergeant. ‘They were arrested and tricd for assault and battery, but a packed jury “hung? after nearly twenty-four lours® deliberation. Rather than submit te another trial they appeared before the Judge, pleaded guilty, and threw themselves ou the mercy of the Court. The Chief was fined S10 and costs and the Sergeant $5. It is unncces- sary to s:\{ that’ they arc Demo- crats of the Southern stripe, and considered it no more yrong to “lick a nigger ' than to kill a enake. In evi- dence it transpired that even Police Justices had authorized the whipping of boys, and also that it was considered a sort of pastime—something Mke a rat-pit or_bull-ring. In the case under consideration, the local editor of a daily paper was present, and enjoyed the fun amazingly, according to the evidence. It also transpired in evidence that Sergt. Morrison, a six-ind-a- half foot policeman, bucked and held g‘)}e while boys, who were stripped naked, Blocher, the Chicf, applied _thc lash. About 150 lashes were inflicted, and the back of oncof the boys was fearful to be- hold. From the shoulders” down was one con- tinued mass of weits and bruises. It was affect- ing in the extreme to hear the testimony of some of the negroes. One old man said he had been a slave for years, but, in ail his experience, be had ‘“never scen a nigger whipped like that.” But both Blocheraud Morrison are men of education, family, position, and Democratic proclivities, and consequently wormed out of the scrape as stated above. I'am free to say that, in a Northern city, sucn an action would have called into requisition the nearcst lamp- post and a strip of Lraided hemp. Their fine was merely nominal, but _they pledged them- selves to abolish such sport in the future. e DON'T YOU GO, SANMY, DON'T GO, CALDWELL, O., July 31, 1876.—Z%¢ Hon. Sam- wel J. Tilden, Governor of New York—DEAR SiR: 1 have the honor, on behalf of the Executive Committee of the Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Na- tional Reunion, to ask you to be present and address the soldiers at their pext annual en- campment at Caldwell, O., Sept. 5 next; and as a special reason for inviting you, wouldadd that the newspaper press presents you Lo the soldiers 5 the author of the famous antiowar plank of the Chicago Convention of 1864, and the aider and abettor of the resistance to the Government in New York, so pre nd so damaging to our cause about that time. We desire to afford you an abundaut opportunity to vindiete your- Self in the présence of the soldiers, and show {hese chiarges to be true or false os the case may be. Hence this card. Yours, cte., J. M. DarzeLr, Chatrman_National Execntive Committee Suldiers’ National Keunios i RS BYZANTIUM : 1876, Trow of King, 1 i ‘Aud the horror in the And the fail Stirred the palsied plotters not, ‘And dixhonor smeared 3 spot On them all. Nearly twice two hundred years, With a glut of blood und tears, Tave grown weary wi That was ziven to And the Greek And ve il dishonor's plazuz-spot, clings To the plotting priests and kings, Growling nigh. Like hyenas, rohed and crowned, Round » prey which they have fous ) Till it die. Would God that, when it dies, Frow the very corpse might riee, Lixca plantom, welrd and vast, a The o!t{'mun tney deemed killed, The oid valor tiwy think dead; Aud the blood the Turk has shed Since its fall - Seal Byzantinm's crown again To a kingdom of true men, F¥rom them all. —William Osborn Stoddard in New York Eten- 1 ing Poit. 1 will welome | that city. On coming into power, the corpora- tion proceeded to shut up the saloons. This accomplished, they = turned their attention to the barber-shops, and ordered them all closed on Sunday. { what was represented as sherry. NEW YORX GOSSIP. 1 i ifot Weather a Death-Trap to Children. The Lovers’ Telegraph---An Up-Town Hotel Sensation. Abduction and Recovery of a Lady Soprano. Veritable Vampires in the Sleeping- Rooms of New York, Sharp Trick of a Young Lady in Newark, N. J. Some of the Wealthy Orphans of the Dletropolis. Ome of Mr. Beecher's Lady Champions in Pretty Deep Water. GENERAL GOSSIP. Special Correspondence of The Tribune. New Yomk, Aug. 3.—Nothing but compli- ments can be said of the weather for the past week, although on Sunday night it was sochilly, after a hard rain through all the day, that extra blankets were in demaund, and at the seaside fires and steam-heat were estcemed luxuries. Still the memory of twenty-eight days of torrid heat reconciles us now to a few degrees of cold, and it must be admitted that we are en- Jjoying magnificent weather. The effect upon the health of the city is almost miraculous ; the deaths have fallen off 33 per cent, and the mortality among the little oncs las decreased one-half. The true benevolence of pruviding the poor children of this city with free excur- sions during the summer scason cannot be over- estimated. A ride through the crowded tenements fronting on the East Side avenues and the district between the Bowery and East River below Third street will reveal thousands of little ones secking fresh air, and excite the pity of the hard-hearted to an unlimited degree. The continnance of the terrific heat of & fortnight azo for another week would have made the city a veritable death-trap for children, and it is in this light that the provalence of a few daysof cool weather is & positive blessing to bumanity. . WHAT AN ENTERPRISING BOY DID. At this scason of the year the boys out of schiool are taxing their wits to the utmost ten- sion to find something to do to. procure pocket money, if not to assist their parcnts. One of the happiest and most original devices for this end that it has been my chance to hear of is that of a lad who invaded Brooklyn, and, no- ticiog the unusual number of kerosene lamps in use in that city (as a result of a practical war on the gas companies), he solicited the job of taking care of the same for several store-keepers. His price was modest,—10 cents per week for cach lamp,—for which sum he agreed to trim and keep clean the lamp, brush out the chim- ney, ete. His successsurprised him. He soon got {ifty lamps to look after, 2nd then his work increased s0 that he engaged an assistant, paying hima stated salary, while he as ‘*bogs™ took the orders. This young man has the care of several hundred lamps on Fulton strect slone, and employs two other lads to help him. Tlis weekly income and protit amounts to $25, which i3 far better ihan running errands or attending stores, us many lads do in this city for a pittance of $2 or $3 per week. The idea lias proved so succeesful that it is quitc likely to become an established institution in Brooklyn, and will ultimately cross the river to New York. Here is something for the eaterprising youths of Chi- cago to imitate. THE LOVER'S TRLEGRAPTL. The latest kink in the tay line has just made its appearance. Strangers wonder what the young men on Broadway mean by selling long pink strings with tin cylinders in cach end. ‘These things are called the “ Lover's Tele- graph,” and consists of round tin cylinders about 2 inches in diameter, with a picce of bladder skin drawn over one end—the other being open. Drawn through the bladder-skin is a pink cord, reaching perhaps 15 or 20 feet to the other end, where there is a similar contrivance. The idea is tohold ono-cylindor tothe ear while a. per- son spcaks in the open end at the opposite end of the string. The sound travels along the cord, the effect of the tight ekin, and can be plainly heard at the other end, even amid the din of the Broadway omnibuses and similar noises. This so-called telegraph is especially recommended to silly peo- ple who wish to converse from opposite side of the street, and is an improvement on the old style of using handkerchiefsand faps for flirtation purposes. The inventor pretends the cylinders and strings are highly magnetized, but whether this is true or the toy mogetizes hundreds of persons daily, and being sold_at the moderate price of 10 cenis each, they sell like liot caker, Asa mesns of commuhication with your next-door neighbor the lover's tclegraph has the advantage, provided you know to whom you are talking. A nine-day’s wonderp rohubl{, which ina month hence wall be for- gotter. It recalls theextensive strect eale & new sys- Tem of sccret cypher had last_winter, —a very sim- ple process which, however, defies dctection. Day after day it appears as if everybody wanted to write in secret cypher, and the boy who sold the charts made moncy rapidly. To-day it is doubtful if there is one to be found in the city for rale. SENSATION AT TOE ROSSMORE. Last Friday a rare but not unparalleled scene occurred at the new fashionable Broadsway hotel in this city—the Rossmore. Earlv in the after- noon a handsomely-dressed lady called to sce “Mrs. Huntoon, the reputed wife of J. E. Huntoon, well known as agent of the Cleveland {Ohio) Lightning-Rod Company. The two wom- en met in the public parlor, when the stranger asked the other how long she had been married. "The answer wag **two weeks.” The strange lady then informed the bride of a fortnight that she had ‘been married to Mr. Iluntoon for twelve years, and had five children by him,—a bit of information ‘which quite disconcerted the professed wife, but she hastily withdrew her claim, Learning that her unfaithful eponse would return in an hour, the real wife proposed to wait for him, and persunded the false wife to take her to her room and wait there. The two repaired to a luxurious apartment on the parlor floor, and in a little while Mr. Hun- toon returncd. ‘The proverbial brass of the lightning-rod professora did not desert him on this occasion, 1l greeted his true wife cordially, asked after the chilaren, and then caoly proceeded to his toilet. He invited his wife to dine with him- self_and Lis mistrese (for such she was, and knew it all the time), which was indignantly declined. She asked him for $200 and the dizwmond pin he wore (a_ birthday gift from berself), xnd the man complied with thesc reoucsts as complacently as 1f he were swindling a customer. The sequel will be a divorce suit. it seema that the frail creature made the acquaintance of the wicked husband in Loston, and he at once became infatuated with her. _He sent his wife to the oid home in Benning- ton, Vt., a short time ago, and has been lavishing silks, laces, and diamonds on his mistress so ex- travagantly that it reached his wife's ears. On her wrrival in this city she tracked the gmilty pair to the Rossmore Hotel, with the above resait. A PRIVATE THEATRICAL ADVENTURE. One of the high-priced leading soprano sing- ersof this city met with an adventure a few wecks ago which would have had publicity long cre this but for a desire on the part of her friends to save her good name from public gos~ sip. She has been partially identified with 2 private theatrical club for several months, and has won quite 2 rcputation as an amateur act~ ress. In the club she met a man who professed great admiration for her character, and, in short, made love to her desperately. Unlucki- 1y for him, she did not reciprocate his affection, and, while treating him civilly, songht by every means in her power to let him understand her own feelings. About six weeks ago she took part in a dramatic entertainment at a well-known mansion on West Forty-ninth street, and upon its cenclusion desiring toreach her own home prompt- )y, accepted the escort of her admirer. He pro- cured a carriage, snd they started. She com- plained of fecling faint, and he stopped at a drug store to obtain some stimulant. He bought her Evidently it was drugzed, for after taking it, she remembered mmniflce ting great drowsineas, and on waking found herself inan unknown room in acountry hotel, undressed and in bed. She was weak and hardly conecions, but managed to get to the door and give o good hearty scream, which brought the hotel people to her relief. The story was ashort one. She had arrived there carly in tie moming insensible, and accompanied by the mzn. Ie represented her as his wife, who had suddeniy fainted away. After placing her in bed, and re- moving her clothing, the Jandlady suspected some thing wrong, and biuntly told the man her suspi- cions. The man wasalarmed, and, on a pretext for going out doors, left the house and never re- turned. - ke as discppeared from the city, andit faise, in supposed is hiding somewhere in Canada. The wirl soon recovered from the shock, and returned o her home, gratefnl to the honest conntry land- lady that she nad hees dfrom a worse fate. The p are well knoven, brt preserving her name from Police-Court scandals 1t is doubtful if the rascal is prosecutcd even if he returns to the city. TOTEL-KEEPERS’ TRIALS. The old saying, ‘“ he can’t kecp a hotel,” has more real significance than most persons im- agine. The trials of hotel-keepers at seaside botels this season are unusuallygreat, owing to the hard times and the necessity of strict econo- my. One of the prominent Sarstoga hotels has changed stewards three times already, and good, first-class persons in this capacity are in demand. Last week oncof the Long Branch stewards took one drink too many, and ail day Sunday (while it was raining in torrents, and everybody wascooped up in the house) kept the waiters, Kitchen-help, and proprietor in an uproar. The man became abusive, the cooks refused to work, the waiters were penicky, and when he drew a pistol and threatened to shoot the proprietor, the engineer and porter had to interfere and disarm him. Another hotel-keeper presiding over a magnificent hotel on the Sound found himself the other morning minus cooks, chambermaids, and waiters. The help had been on a spree the night before, and, it being pleasant, engaged the owner of a #loop to take them 3cross the Sound. ~ Getting over was earyenough. When they undertook to return the wind had fulled into a dead calm. and they were powerlees to move. It was § o'clock in the morning before they returned, and the indignation of the landlord may be imagin- ed. Far from having an easy time of it, the hotel proprietors out of the city are so dependent upon their help that it is a source of continual anvicty with them lest their waiters or cooks shoald fail them. Most of the botels have standing urrange- Taents with intelligence offices especiglly devoted to hotel service to send them a force of waiters at a few hours’ notice. Add to this the dread of bad Inck in drawing boarders and a poor scason, the summer boniface is to be pitied. A TOUGH STORY ABOUT VAMPIRES. Every child who has been in the country any- where around this city knowns the fiying “bats* which flit among the trees about twi- light, by appearance. There is a sort of nurses’ tradition among children that these bats are veritable bloodsuckers, and if they once fasten themselves in the hair, they will suck the life- blood from a child. Probably the tradition is used to get young children into bed by early hours quite effectually, but receatly these bats have Leen seen in the city. This is a very rare oc- currence, but there is a neighborhood in the vicin- ity of Twenty-second etreet, between Ninth and Tenth avenues, which hay been for » fortnight past panic-stricken about vampires. Now a vampire is simply an enormons bat, and though it is reputed to be a sucker of blood from human beings. no cases have been reported in this city. Still s respectable family tn the locality just numed was aroused onc night last week by the presence of some unknown object m the room. The gas was twice lighted and twice ex- tinguished by the unknown object, which appeared at first to be a pigeon, bot it finally flew ont of the window and was lost to view. A little girl com- plained of having been bitten by it on hertoe. An examination revealed a red pot, but no sizm of a bite. The next evening another family in the same block had a similar experience, save the al- leged biting. The same nigut o neighbor discov- ered something unusual in the room, turned on the hall gas. and discovered whatlooked like a rat with wings fying around. He knocked it down with o stout stick, when it proved to be a bat measuring 18 inches from tip to tip. The body was of the size of a rat, its tceth were numerous, and there ‘were four incisors in each jaw. Various other parties were disturbed in like manner, and ig- norant people in the vicinity have been telling enormons stories of their experiences, and every insect-bite is now attribated to veritable vampires, which they believe exist in the neighborhood. A SHARP WIDOWER OUTWITTED BY A WOMAN. The Newark gossips are intensely amused by a recent adventure which befell a popular society belle,—Miss L., of Broad strcet. It appears that about six wecks ago, a widower named Jenkins joined a Sunday-school s u teacher, and made himself particularly agreeable to everybody. Among those whose acquaintance he made was Miss L. Hc sought her company regularly, and finally, sbout a week ago, pro- posed marriage. 8he liked the map, and was pleased with his attentions, but ber sense of propriety forbade that she should marry any man on five weeks' acquaintance, and she declined to give him an answer on the spot. In the meantime ghe had interceted some relatives in the case, and through their help ascertsined some of the man's anticedents. The next time he called she resolved to play & joke on him, and get rid of his attentions at the same time. She told him when he renewed his proposal, if he wonld accompany her to a cleirvoyant's and have his past and futare told in her presence,— if everything was favorable she would marry him. He cagerly accepted the proposition, and the next doy the couple procecded to the clairvoyant's. The seeress hod been posted us to the man’s pre- vious life, and told him what she saw: *‘A man sick with fever lying on a bed in a room in New Orleaus, attended by a womau, a little girl with her. Now the scene changes; the little girl and woman are beggars; they wander to a dock in a scaport in Anstralia. She sees there a man on a ship with another woman not his wife; she leaps into the water in despair. The next scene is the ship—the man and woman on deck—a splash and tire woman is overboard—it. is not proved he threw her over.” Jenkins interrupted the eceress, and asked what this had to do_ with his story; but when ghe proposed to tell him, be dashed down- stairs, and has never been zeen in Newark since. This was an exaggerated story of his life, and 3Miss L. preferred thismethod of informing him that she knew it all. He was completely outwitted. LENGTHY LEGAL BATTLES. In 1855 James P. Aliaire, founder of the well- known Allaire Iron Works, died in this city. He had been married twice, and aithough in his lifetime he had been very liberal to the children by the first wife, his will provided that most of his property should go to his second wife and her child. The will was contested, and three New York juries in succession disagreed. A considerable amount of the property was in New Jersey, and the contestants began a suit there against the widow. The first trial was in favor of the contestants, but on appeal the verdict was set aside, and on a new trial the widow gained the case. ™e Court of Errors aflirmed this resnlt. In the menatime the New York proceedings were stuyed with the understanding that the case here would abide the result in Jersey. Now it is tobe re- opened here on & motion to dismiss, in accordance with the stipulation. Thus eightcen years of liquidation are almost at an end unless new com- plications ariee. Many of the oldest legal firms, like Dencdict & Benedict, Graham & Tilyon, Charles O'Conor, and others, have cases yet pend- ing which have lasted many years. One firm hus bad 2 suit in equity on hand for twenty-eight ears. The amount Involved is large, and the ezl fees and expenses have aiready nmonnted to $50,000. but the plaintilf and defendant are both rich, and both resolved to fight to the bitter end. Several trials have taken place, and once the case has been before the Supreme Court of the United States and a decision in the State court reversed on Constitational gronnds. CHILD MILLIONAIRES. The simultaneous death of Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Garner leaves three little orphan girls to the tender mercies of their guardians. These chil- dren are aged respectively 8, 5, and 3, and are undoubtedly the richest children of tender age in the world. They are estimated to be worth $2,000 cach, and if their property is judiciously managed, they will at their majority be worth greater fortunes still. There is a child present in a private boarding-house with her guardian at Saratoga, who is the eole heir to a fortune of $1,500,000. She is the only granddaughter of a millionaire. Her mother was alco an only cbild, and inherited the whole of her father's estate. The child’s fatb- er was debarred by her guardian from handling any portion of the income belonging to his child, but was allowed an income, #o that he conld travel in FEurope and gratify his dissipated habits withoat infinencing his child. Among the child-portraits atMora’s on Broadway s that of a boy whose year- 1y income, now paid to his_guardian, is nearly 860,000. i ardian is 3 Bank President, a wzn of the strictest integrity, who predicts that when this boy (now 10 years old) arrives at his majority his income will be at lcast $100,000 per annum. HOW AN ACTRESS,SEIPPED OUT. Last Satarday, about 4 p. m., Mr. Floyd, the stage-manager at Wallack’s Theatre, discovered that his leading actress, Miss Ione Burke, for that evening’s performance, had suddenly left for Europe. He was st his wits’ end for a short. timeto find a substitute, but at last found a young lady who assumed the part at a notice of twe hours. Miss Burke is one of those lively % misses” who owns a husband, and her true name 18 Afrs. James Hurlock. She performed on Friday night as ususl, and gave no motice or warning 1o the mansgement of her intended de- partare the next day, bat condescended to write 8 note from the eteamer, directed to Mr. Mose, the Treasurer, informing him that it was her hosband’s wish she shonld accompany him to Enrope, and likea good wifc she obeyed him,—a Teason regarded as ridiculons by those who know how small an infiuence he had over her. _This skip- ping-out business closes the doorsof Wallack's r the sake of | against her next sesson, and injures her reputation considerabiy. a¥a faith-keeping wom: A MANAGERIAL DEPAUL Votwithstanding the agreements among the mavagers not to pay over a certaih percentagq tostars, itis carrently reported and belicved that Ben De Bar and others have closed contracts with Aimce and her tronpe on lier own terms—far above the prices the managers agreed 1o stand out for. Bravry. ANONYMOUS LETTERS IN BROOK« LY. Spectat Correspondence of The Tridune. BroOELYN Heients. N. Y., Aug. 3—A fortnight ago the Eagle, Mr. Beecher's home organ, contained a sensational statement to the effect that Mr. Frank Moulton, finding that anonymous letters were being written to the Boston relizious papers about him, coufronted Mrs. A. S. Barnes, in her own home, in the Rev. Dr. Budington’s presence, and cnarged her with writing them; that she indignantly denied the base allegation; that Mr. Barnes (the wealthy publisher) was farious that his home should be invaded for such dishonorable purposes by per- sons claiming to be gentlemen, and threatened to call Moulton to account; and that the Rev.’ Dr. Budington had exposed himself to the gravest censure, and perhaps dismissal, for aid- iug and abetting Moulton in insulting a lady in the absence of her natural protector. The partisans of Mr. Beecher were highly in- censed, but ““ not surprised;” the partisans of Mr. Moulton waited in patience and contidence for an explanation, which they felt sure would justify the prudent and courtecous * Von Moltke,”—and they are waiting yet. Mr.Moul- ton has refused to say anything about it, except to one or two intimate friends, or to permit any correction of the Eagle's story to be printed, al- though it Liad been copied all over the country. 1 buve to-day learned the exact truth from a third party, and do not fecl obliged to suppress it in the intercst or at the request of anybody. The facts, then, are these: Two or thrce doys before the Eagle’s version of the matter was published, 3r. Moulton stepped overto his deserted residence on Remsen street, Brooklyn, and got such letters as had accumulated there. Among them was one from the Reverend editor of the Boston Congregationalist, kindly in- closing to him an anonymous letter from Lrook- Jyn defaming Mr. and Mrs. AMoulton, al- leging that they were no lomger consid- ered respectable in Brooklyn, and making infamous ullezaiions against members of his fani- ily. The edilor suid he did not publishanonymons letfers, and aent it to Mr. Moniton because it con- cerned him, 2nd he might Brooklyn people were saving abont him. ‘The next day Mr. Mouiton showed the letter to some fricnds as 3 gpecimen of the libels to which he was subjected. One of them, a lady, exclaimed, +*\Why, I know that handwritinis; it 1s Mrs. Barnes'; she i etury of onr Society; I could swear to the writing.” "Wherenpon Moulton start- ed to find Mrs. Bumies and ask her aboutit. When nearly to her door, it oceurred to him that he way acting hastily in calling upon a lady alone on #uch an errand, in the absence of her bosband, so he dropped into Dr. Budington's, rehearsed the m: ter to him, and asked his en gaoy fo the homse They wonl iogether. . Barnes reccived them in the parior, and, belng confronted with the aucomfortaple let- ter and questioned, she blushed, stammered, amd denicd polatblank that the knew avything abons it. Xfr. Moulton expressed himeself satisied, und retired with Dr. Budington. On his way Lome, however, Moulton dropped into Barnes’ ofiice, told Mr. Barnes that he was being anonymonaly tradreed, and suddenly pro- duced the anonymous letter. © **Why, that's Mrs. Barnes’ wnting!" exclaimed the astonisiied pub- lisher. At Moulton's request he then read the contents of the tetter, expressed his mortidcation that she ehonld write such things to anybody oc about anybody, sud started rignt home to ‘‘sec about it.” ) The resulting domestic scene must be omitted from this narrative. What happened during the next few hours beneath the Barnes® roof is o part of the drama that will probably mever be known. Suflice it that we know the sequel. The next day the postman carried a_manly letter from 3fr. Barnes to Mr. Moulton,—a letter explanatory and apologetic, —rehearsing how Mrs. Burnes had been tewpted by her strong partican feelings to ‘write the anonynmous letter; how she was. com- Rletcly taken by surpsise and not a little alarmed y the call of Mr. Moulton and her late pastor (she goes to Beecher'snow) ; how she wax driven Uy her emotion to temporary concealment, bat did not intend to deny the trath, etc., etc., etc. “Thix is the whole story. Mr. Moultos 1l pro- tests arainst its publication, becaure it involves the question of o lady's veracity and contains roofs of ber family's Lumiliation; but, when he keeps silence in the face of rencwed slanders and o falsidcation of the afiair for the very purpose of defaming him, his friends feel that he is carrying his chivairy aliogether 100 far. JEROXE. HUMOR. Accommodating a friend with a $50 noteis an ex-Lelent way of getting rid of mouey. “I wish I was a pudding, mamma.” “ Why!" #1Cause I should have such lots of sugar put into me.” An Indiana man has just been neatly scalped by a stroke of tightning, and Le speaks of it us a very wigged performance. Soliloquy by a tippler: “The pablic always notices you when yuup have been drinkin never when you ure thirsty.” ‘The Turks are trying to com{:=l the citize: Bucharest to take an oath on the Koran. S here! Isn't it about time togivethat Bucharest —Graphic. “ You arc a nuisance. I'll commit yon,” said an offended Judge to a noisy person in Court. *You have no right to conunit a nuisance,” saidt the offender. % At the name of Georze Washington, fellow- citizens,” said a Centennial oratornot a bundred miles from Boston, “tyranny trembles like an Aspinwall leaf.” The Judge the other morning asked a prison- er charged with drunkenness what be intended todo. He replied, frankly, that he wasw't Lis own boss this morning.” Another man, whose memory ought not to be ermitted to perish, is gone. He lived near ‘redericksburg, Va., and his father wus kicked out of a water-melon patch by George Washing- ton. Mr. Bulger bought his first thermometer last week, ana having read that, when the ther-. mometer was under 75, the weather was very pleasant for comfort, ke pasted a big ‘75 o 4. 3" on the wall, and hung bis weather indicator under it. But it didn't d0 a bit of good, he says.—Nor- ristown Herald. A very sympathetic gentleman went out to the County Jail yesterday, and, while locking about among the inmates, he saw one fine-look- ing fellow Whom he piticd most_sincerely. i tlow came you here?” said theS. G. to tue jail-bird. “Ob! I came in here to get out of the crowd,” replied the tender youth. A Chinaman’s teeth began to chatter over the ice-cream. He buttoned up bis jacket and swallowed another mouthful. That scttled it. He jumped up from the table and started to where thye sun could skine un him, exclaiming, “Whoopee! Plenty cold b! No covkee nuff! Flecze belly all same like fce-wagon.” A simple disciple of Tke Walton, while stroll- ing along the river’s side the other day, cumno upon an old straw hat and an empty whisky- bottle close to the water’s edge. He con- templated the touching relics a few moments i silence, and then peusively murmuored, & Another Tilden man gone.”—Brooklyn Aryus. Py exclaimed Elmathan Dorkins, Jr., to his respected sire, ** ém, ‘what's the difference itween a elcphant and a tree ¥ Mr. Dorkins said something about both having trunks, but was scoraully ‘interrupted by his otlspring, who shouted, *’Canse the tree leaves in spring and the elephant leaves when the menagerieleaves.” * Why do you walk go crooked, Jobn?” said Mrs. Henry, with sarcastic intonation, as her husband came in from the *Club.”” *Boots tight, my dear.”” ‘“Humph! if the boots are Lalf as tight as you, John, they’ll be quite will- ing to go to bed with you,~and I rather think they will.” * There’s a gal for you,” muttered John, as he struggled up stairs. * Cau't fuol her (hic). Gesh sne knows where them bootsh goin’ sleep.”—Cincianati Times. Deny no longer that animals have reason. On one of the strects near the Bourse is a wise old dog who for fifteen years has roamed the side- ‘walks without a muzzle and fearing no arrest. When in the dog-days he perceives that a po- liceman is eyeing him, he trots away to the hy- drant and takes a drink of water with great relish. *Ah!ha!” says the officer, *thatdog basn’t the hydrophobia, anyway,” and he passes on. Thercon the clous anitmnal spits out the water, because if he should swallow all he lapped, ;_fi:ould unguestionably die of dropsy. aro. —Paris Fig An archzologist is sketching a Roman ruin iy Brittany. A spectator becomes interested in hia cccu?ation, and asks to sec his papers. He hasp’t them with him, and the rural policeman conveys him to the guard-house of the nearcst. village, where he is questioned by the’ 2fayor. “You are a Prussian spy; that is evident. What is your name! Whatare you doing here’” )y naine is X., and I study Koman History.” “Ob, no! you study the history of Rome, do you! How many volu are thiere of it An- swer me that!” “You are jesting, sir.”? I knew it. You are an agent of Bismarck. Therc are five volumes of the History of Rome. k have the work at my house.”’—F{garo.