Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, August 20, 1876, Page 13

THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SUNDAY, AUGUST 20, 1876—SIXTEEN PAGES. 13 RELIGIOUS. A Warning to the Irreverent *“Cadmus.” Archbishop Purcell on the Cath- olics and the Pablic Schools. Prof. Swing on the Sullivan- Hanford Homicide. Notes and Personals at Home and Abroad. Church Services To-Day. BEWARE. 4 REPLY To *‘ CADMUS. " To the Editor of The Tribune. Cmicaco, Aug. 18.—In reading over ** Cad- mus’* letter to THE TRIDUNE of Aug. 15 it is ery plaiuly to be secn hat be is neither a true (tizer nor a Chinistian, All through Lis letter {he writer seems to forget the solemn fact that beis blaspheming the Almighty God, for in his ridicule and abuse of one of God's servants he does not seem to remember that the Lord bas aid that it is the same as if it weredone to Him- sclf, and ia al) bis vain talk about a free and fn- dependent countsy where people can do as they plesse he should oot forget that there is One who s King over all, and to whom the nations of the earth are but 8 very little thing. Does the writer recognize who he is opposing and plespheming when he speaks iu such terms as {hose nsed of God’s holy word and day? He slsoadds “creeds ™ to these. Now the creed certainly is of no_vital importance, so long as e esch recogmize the fact that we are guilty Finuers and that there is only one way by which we may be saved from our just condemnation, gnd that that way is the Lord Jesus Christ. As Jong 8s we believe on and accept. Him as our Favior, what men tenn “ creeds ™ are of little importance. That the Roman Catholics reject the Lord Jesus Christ as the only meaiator be- tween God and man needs no proof, and_ conse- aently any one who, like Mr. Pa rst, does 21l in Lis power to save fellow-beings from these wicked and deceitful impostors, and who tries to make known tu all Christ’s words, “No man cometh unto the Father but by Me.,” may be certain of having God vn his _side, and con- sequently need not be troubled, thoush the whole country should, like ““ Cadmus,” criti- cise and ridicule him in his Master’s work. God says: 0, £san, Earth, Earth, hear the word oft he Lord! Hear the word of the Lord. O ye nations. ‘Seek e the Lord while He muy be found. Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous men bie thoughts, and Jef him return unto the Lord and He will have mercy upon him, ard toour God, for lle will abundantly pardon. For God so Joed the world that He give Ilis only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him xhallnot per- b, but hsve_everlastmg life. Verily. verily, 1 sy unto vou, He that heareth my worde and be- fieveth on Him that sent me hath everiasting life, and shall not come into condemuation. but is sed from death unto iife. As I live, saith the Pird: Ibsvemo pleasure in tise death of the wicked s ‘but taat the wicked turn from his way and live: Ternve, turm e from your evil way, for why will yedie? Bebold. the Lord'e hund is 1ot ehoriencd hat it cannot save, neither is His ear heavy that it ear: For the Son of man is come to_seek 2nd to save that which was Jo~t. This is a faithful sapinz, and worthy of all acceptation. that Jesus Chrirt camc into the world to save sinners: where- fore He it abic to s:ve them 10 the uitermost thai come unto God by Ttim, seeiny e ever liveth to make intercession for thew. But God slso says of those who refuse to subuit to Christ’s love: The wicked shall be turned into hell, andall the ations that forzet God. He that sitteth in the Leave 1 1a7gh: the Lord shall In i suail ile Ye serpents, ye generation of vipe shall ye eseape the dumuation of hell¢ j CURISTIAN. SCIIOOLS AND CATHOLICS. THE POSITION OF ARCHBISHOP PURCELL. Catholic Te'egravi, Cincinnati. For years theattitude of the Catholic Church toward the public schocls has been either kavwingly or igaorantly srepresented. By the press and in tie forum, in the halls of legis- Iation, ad i the pulpits of Protestantism, the Catholic Charch has been falsciv and foully ax- cased of desivning the destruction of the com- wmon-school system. With the faint hope of making our voice heard above the loud din of slander which meets us ou every side when the schol question is discussed, we bez leave to state categorically the position of the Catholic Church in relation to the common schools. Enemiesof the Catholic Cuurch assert that the Bishops and dlergy of the Catholie Church are hostile to the public schools of the country, and are Jewrued together to destroy them. Americans, read our declaration and learn our true gentiments: 1. The Cxitilic Bishops and clerzy have no Intention whatever to interlere With your public- school systemn. Build as many schools as you :-nsh;'“wlc will never say a word against it, and e will leave to yourselves the care of your own chitdren. ? 3 2 You wish your schools to be free from all religious infiucnee otuer words, you wish thew not to be sestional or sectarian in any sense. The episcopate of the Catholic Church iars, in this regard: Do with your children as Jou p)y;xst. 3. We Catholics, on the other hand, are under the conviction that ehildren are_sent to school not ouly to e formed iuto citizens, but also, 0 especally, to be educated iuto good men -"".lff""“ Clristians, and our Chureh believes, inall earnest, with Guizot, the celebrated Pro- {estant statesman of Frauve, that education can by o méaus be separaicd from religious jo- luence. -Therefore, while leaving your schools and their management, peacelully in your own we claim the rignt of having schools of our 0wy, fromn which relicion shall not be ex- dluded, but be alluwed Lo exercise its salutary flguun'ms on our youth. £ We claim the right on the plea that we are a,mh;xuqs bodv in this free country, whose nsLitution most solemuly guarantees the free 2xerdise of religious belief to all its citizens and the fulleat personal ircedom in regard to the dates of conseicuce. Now, there is nota 'i“hgr« essential or a more precfous liberty than 4 of parents to educate their children in the gllnn;r which they think witl make them lmpyy CQY Ume and for cternity. Therefore, the 4 l:\t.holu: people, with logical sequence, claim hf DProtection vt the Government so as not to ¢ niolested in their sehovls. - We say protection. No doubt justice and fuality would emtitle the Catholic people of ' country to exemption from taxation for the Support of other schools, or to a sbarc of the putlic fuud in propurtion to the nun DPils i their schuols. But eyen this are disposed to waive in your favor. 6. You can have no reasou to fear the eflect of 0ur §¥stem on the commonwealth, because ex- perience has proved that the students of our culleges, academies, and schools are 2s good and 1" uscful citizens as those who come out of your hlfamuuong. And if in every otber branch of -l'l}xan action you admit the “principle of com- P"h lon, and believe in its beneficial influence, n_e'r,fivl:._n:\ud yo;x (‘xdx{xdg it brumml rdul:lz\;lion. :x;.-ud ooTve vourselves of the benefit which emula- 4lon would produce? ‘- We sear Luat, notwithstanding this sincere, E:"}“C, and solemu declaration, there will yet o ound fanatical men and political speakers : 0 will endeavor to excite their Learers by as- “frting the imaginary opposition of the Catholic CIgy to the vublic schools of the country. It §oue of the misfortunes of this_world that it “anuot get rid of men who, like Don Quixote, Fe perpetually fighting against wind-mills, un- €r the plea of imminent dangers to their fel- % men. Such men do not kmow the truth, ndkumugh we repeat it a thousand times that © o not oppose their schovls any more than adore images, or trust more in the Blessed rein than in the merits of Christ, they will a usaud times renew the charge, and swear Fedo. We do not expect to. silence such 15 but we appeal to all fair-minded citizens 0 be led astray by the bigoted or ignorant ting of men who would blind them for their ) political ends. € ask no favor or privilege. All weask is letalone in following the dictates of our consciences, and you canpot refuse this out undermining the Constitution, and pre- g the way for the loss of the same freedom yourselves, mericans, we are willing to rally with you < the flag and Constituiion, and mainiain 1 with our blood, as we have done hereto- But we canuot help fearing that both are il while a large number of our fellow-titi- in and out of office, allow themselyes tobe snced by fanatical or self-interested politi- or by intidel or revolutionary foreigners ometo us with the proud pretension of teaching us what republican gov about _%lich they knu\\?nuumig o ayeay o we ask is, that you will not go to such men to learn what we aimn at, what are our sentiments. Give us a fair hearing, and receive this declara- tion us the sincere expression of our true prin- ciples, which we make before God and men, act- uated by no other motive than our desire for the zfillgfir;, s;x‘)ldhproi.:;esls,'. l;mvi gerpetuity of our y, such as the father: i i iatended o should remain # o omade lyann our sincere friend and tover of the Am Republie, JOHN B. Puncsu.iflm Archbishop of Cincinnati. —— ALEXANDER SULLIVAN. WHAT PROF. SWING THINKS OF ‘THE HOMICIDE. Ip the last number of the Alliance, Prof. Swing has the following editorial on the Sulli- van-Hauford homicide: The best cxglnnntinn of the deed which removed the excellent Francis Hanford from this life, and which in 4 moment made the respected Alexander Sullivan & murderer, must be foundin the old half- =avage philosophy that wounded feelings must be appeased by violence. The pride of Mr. and Mrs, Sullivan have been deeply wounded by Mr. Han- ford, and, therefore. Mr. Hanford must suffer in a physical manner. In all such cases it has been a habit of mankind that the ngFfierud party strike, beat, maim, challenge publicly, or asssil privately the alleged offender, and that 8 the account be balanced. Al history of rude and chaotic times is full of this form of human custom and human mad- mess. . Of late years both law, and educated, refined aentiment, have been toiling hard to make public men. und, indeed all membere of good socicty set- Ue their difterences at the bar of faw or of ‘intel- lectual debate, rather than on the field of the duel or by private violence. ‘The horse-whip, the broad sword, the pistol, have been slowly crowded back, and instead, bas come the fair encounter of mind ugainst mind. Preston S. Brook met his antag- onist, Charles Sumner, with a murderons cane. and by a ewift blow with a weapon which belonged to an Indin tried to tind satisfaction for a wound in- flicted by words and sentences. 1In seeine evident that in an evil hour Alexander Sullivan fell & victim to this old, low customn, and mstesd of meeting written words with written words. instead of balancing letter uguinst letter, he forgot ull hie culture and s rehigion, and ask- ed the quick blow of his fist and the fatal revolver touppease his passion. Up to this date there seems 10 'be no evidence thai: Al¥. Sullivan acted as a Catholic agsinst Mr. 1lanford as a Protestant. What may be proven when the cace shall come before the Criminsl Court is beyond conjecture, but up to this hour the case seems that of simply an angry man against a fellow. Wounded reefingu sounght satisfaction by violence. 1t was an awful error on the partof Mr. Sulli- vap. If his talented wife took any part in the seeking of the pitiable satisfaction found in the in- fliction of pain it was an awfal error also on her part. lnone hour with her pen she could have met the charges of Mr. Hanford, as mind meets wind. That these two hulnfd. talented and edu- cated and widely estcemed, should have ridden suddenly to the house of Mr. Hanford to find #atis- faction by even a single blow with an open hand is one of the amazing things of socicty. The tragedy confirms the pugun waxim that nothing is so cruel as anger. _ Theé deed 1s done beyond recall. There is no justification fo be found anywhere. Mr. Hanford has been robbed of Tife. Itwas dear to him. It was dear b nd all price to the wife and the chil- dren. Alexander Sullivan will coufess as much. What js just as tosociety and as to the offender must be souzht out by the courts and done. Mean- while let us pity tenderly the widow and the fatherless, aud pity also the hearthstone of Alex- ander and Margaret Sullivan, The ruin of their home founded only last spring secins complete. MAJ. COLE. . INCIDENTS OF IS WORK. The Christian of a recent date has the follow- ing anecdotes illustrative of the work accom- plished by Maj. Cole, of this city, who has for some time been doing evangelical work in En- gland and Scotland: Passing a-house one day, the Major noticed a pretty little boy running and jumpiug about, much 1o the delight of his parents, who were watchin: him from the porch. Maj. Cole held out his han to the little fellow, and “had quite a frolic with him. Then goinz up to his parents he said, **You Lave a sweet child here; you would hate to part with hiw. "™ **Weo should part with everything else,” the father answered, *‘before we could part with him.™ ++Ie scems to bifed well.” *‘lle gets ail he wants, snd the best in the house. ++1las he ever heard you pray?" No. ++And if he should die, wonld yon have the hope of meeting him in lleavens” “I'm niraid not. ™ ++And would it not be sad if he gréw up to be n man and lived and died in sin, and in eteraity anight say, ‘Father. mother, you never told me ubout Jesus; youtook good ¢afe of my body, but you lost my ~oul * Th ed the timely warning. n, coming across two laborers who are re- g 'the pavement of a street, Maj. Cole re- o -4ve beardof a pisce where they pave with W here's that¢—ths gold-diggings, maybe." it is in the Heavenly City. ™ uys the other laborer, “I'm going her “*1'n glad to hear you say 60, my friend. Now. couldn't you try to gét your friend here to go along with you." i And so they are left, talking of the things that concern the iing and ilis kingdom. "A bread vau is standing at the doorof a house, and its driver is just flling his basket from its con- tents, ice bread yon have there?” Yes. wir: od bread. " No better bread in Scotland. ™ Oh, yes, Lhave caten better. I don’t know whether ‘you have scen a notice of it or not, but it will oniy take me & minute or two to show you one.” Maj. Cole opens his pocket-Bible at John vi. 48- §—‘*1 am the bread of life.” etc. *¢ Dear friend, 1 am 4,000 miies from my native city. 1 doiw't think it was by cuance that we met just now, and before you carry that busket of bread into the nouse will you tell me if you have eaten of the bread of life?™ *++] have not." Will you take it now?" And the man's beart is open to receive the mes- sage brought to him in such simple forow. A mun lies on the sidewalk, drunk. + My friend, the devil is a hard master, fsn’t he?™" The poor man stammers out, **He is that.” But I know how you can beat him.™ You do? +Yes, 1 know a person who can give you some- thing that will keep you from drink.™ **Who is it!" By this time quitea crowd gathers round the Major, and while headdresses uls remarks to the drunkard, he prenches Cirist 1o ll as a mighty De- liverer, and tenderly urges the poor manio let Jesus eave him. Two or three men employed on the line are seat- ed by the roadside. +Good evening. ™ ¢ Good evening, " they answer. You are railroad meny” Yea. " Do you meet many accidents? No} not many.” : Upon this Maj. Cole begins to tell them of a railway accident that occurred in nerica; how over a hundred men were buried under the ears; how the wen tried to get out und could wot: and how the Jever was brouzitt and one ¢nd put under the cars, but the ground being soft it suni intoit. THere and there the ruilroad men would supply a word when the Mujor paused as if in forgetfulncsy, and soon they had forgotien the stranger in their nterest in the story. ile went on to tell them how atones were procured and a large rock on waich to rest the lever, and then the men who were free went on une end tof it, und how the cars were lifted one after the other, and the men who were undermeath— “Crawled out!" they shonted. +4Would you have crawled out if you had been ~¢\Well, so did they. But therc is a worse wreck, and you and all the world are under it. -There was alever, but it d:d not succeed till & Roci was brought from Heaven—the Kock, Christ.” The wen fisten eagerly while Maj. Cole tells them the +iold. old story © in simple words, and uncover their heads while he prays. Each onc is taken by the band and individually urged to accept Clrist before the servant of Carisi bids them govd-by till e meets them again in etermty. | B e evening ‘before he Ioft Perth, Maj. Cole met & young wan out walking to whom he felt drawn to speak. He found that though the young man's parents were Christizns. and he himself moral and well-instructed, he did not_know what 1t was to believe. I bold my canein iy right hand now, " #aid Maj, Cole, at the sume time con- cealing hit hands, ** do you believe me:" **1do, anewered the young man. ** You believe me who am quite a stranger fo you. and yct you do not be- Jieve God." The light broke upon the young men, and before they parted the Holy Spirit had enabied fim to see by Maj. Coles words how Christ had suffered in his stead. ARCHBISHOP OF SERVIA. A TRUSTED CHIEF OF THE PATRIOTS. The correspondent of the London Tdtgmyh of July 29, writing from Bulgnule,_ says: *1 have had an interview with the Archbishop. He dwells in a large house just opposite the Cathe- dral. There was another high mass yesterday for the soul of the late Princess. Having al- owed His Grace sufficient time to doff the robes in which he had been officiating, 1 went thither, accompanied by an English gentleman long resident in Belgrade. Several Popes, long- haired, pale, and bearded, stood inside the open doorway. Onehad his long black robe girt with & scarlet sash, others with a mere ceinture of the stufl. With that courtesy and readiness to oblige which I have nmever y.“ missed in Servis, they showed us up a low stair- case, very dark, which led toa broad corridor. Several persons, ladies among them, were wait- jng ap audience. A servant out of livery 100k our names, and told us that the Archbishop was engaged with the ex-Home Minister. A moment afterward two gentlemen caine out laughing, and without ceremony we were ush- ered into a small room opening directly on the corridor. His Grace came tomect us, bowing low and smiling. We imitated him as well as Wwe could, and shook hands. The farniture of the little room was plain. but neat. There was nothing ceclesiastic about it, saving a small pic- ture of a saint propped agamst the wall on o side table. The engravings were quite mun- dane—views and sinple scenics. The table be- hind which His Grace seated himself was cov- ered with papers and memoranda, like that of a business man. The Archbishop is still young— not more than 40, one would say. Tene long brown hair curling over his shoulders, and the ample beard and 1nustache, bave but little gray in them. His kindly face, also, and blue eyes show nosign of age. ~ Hewore a black robe down to his feet, lined with magenta flannel. Under the large siceves one caught a glimpse of pur- plesilk. Round his neck a double gold chain, to which bung an antique cross set with dia- monds. Whiile talking with us, in simple, Elen.snnc fashion, he told the amber beads of is rosary without ceasing. Speaking of the war, he expressed an anxiety lest England should interfere to protect Turkey. Nothing else seemed dangerous to him. The Serbs alone are quite able to fight their own battle, and all they dread is intervention. Such contidence scems to us rash, even among persons who can- Dot cstimate the relative strength of Turkey and Servia; but the Archbishop is a trusted chief of the patriots, well informed both of councils and cvents, and, unlikely, judged by his expression, to allow enthusiasm to master his commou sense. To all appearance, he feels as confident about this war as if his flock were on the march to Constantinople. The assur- ance that England would find the Turks no more money seemed to remove his very last feeling of uneasiness.” RELIGIOUS MISCELLANY. The Annual Assembly of the United Free Churches of England was opened at Sheffi eld, July 26. The increase of the year in members is reported to be over 2,000. The Assembly consists of 228 delegates, 135 ministers, and Y3 laymen. The Prussian Government has scized the property of the Archiepiscopal See of Cologne. The exercise of ail Episcopal functions is now forbidden, according to the terms of the law of 1874, As the Chapter refuses to elect a new Bishop, a Government administrator will be ap- pointed. The Scotch are evidently determined that no one shall be at liberty to employ himself as he pleases on Sunday, even in his own house, un- less, indeed, he choose to drink. An inhabitant of Glasgow, named King, having attempted to substitute for his orthodox pastime the lighter amusement of singing popular ditties in com- Dany with a few friends, was fined 21 shillings, with the alternative of fourtecn days’ imprison- ment. About the same time a bfnuksluith in the same place, having lost a child, took to solemn drinkings, in apparent oblivion of the fact that the death should, properly speaking, be followed by an interment. His wife at last obtained the necessary funds, but the bereaved father immediately spent them in drink. When the coftin arrived he smashed it on & wheelbar- row and again adjourned to_the public house. He was arrested, but got off without panish- ment, learning the lesson that it is better to break hearts than the Sabbath. In the closing debate on the University bill in the French Scnate, some of the moderate Re- publicans opposed M. Waddington’s amendment, which takes away from the free Catholic uni- versities the privilege of granting academic-de- ces. M. Challemel-Lacour said that * the Free Universities bill was regarded as a triumph of the Catholic party, that only liberty was asked for to-duy, but that to-morrow it would be independence, and the next day predomi- nence.”” He charged that the Church would be satisfied with nothing less than the direction of French education. Bish‘:flnDupauloup replied that the ministerial ames ent was only a pre- lude to other and more sweeping changes, and that the Catholic universitics could not exist without the privilege of conferring degrees. A powerful specch against the amendment was made by the Duke de Broglic, who contended that *“since the Church existed she had never possessed less power to oppress the State; nor had the State ¢ver possesscd more power to de- fend its rights.”” The amendment was lost by five votes valy. At the British Wesleyan Conference, which began its sessions in Nottingham July 26, the Rev. Alexander McAuluy was elected President. During the year the nuinber of day-schools has decreased by six. Four Weslevan'schools were ed”to the School Bouirds and twenty- four were closed. The Suuday-schools have greatly increased, the present nuinber of teach- ers being 113,000, and of scholars 725,312. The uestion of withdrawing labor still further from day-sehools was carnestly discusaed in the Edu- cation Committee. The Children’s Home was reported to be prosperous. It has four branches, three of them in England aud oune in Bamilton, Canada. Two bundred and fifty children bave already been placed In Canadian homes. There buve been during the students i the three theological schools, which bave an endowment fund of £50,000. The sum of £11,000 has also been invested as the begin- ning of an endowment for a_theological sclivol in the wmidland countics. The Chapel Fund Comumittee sanctioned, during the year, the erection of 135 new chapels, and the enlurge- ment of 93 others, at 1 total cost of £353,112. ‘The additional accommodation provided will be 20,210 sittings. Four large chapels and two temporary places have been opened in London during the year. The English Wesleyans scem inclined of Inte years to give up the gystem of | denominational day schools, aided Ly the State. The present number of their day schools is 884, with 173,379 scholars. A NEW CHINESE SECT. A very extraordinary religious sect has re- cently spruug into lifc at a place called Scaou- shan Hicu, in Che-kiang. 1ts headquarters are ata ruined temple neara small market village, formerly dedicated to a deity called the Wei-to Pu-sn; in immediate proximity with which are a few Louses, thatehed with grass, but scrupu- lously clean, where some of the leaders of the soviety reside. The movement is said to have had its rise in the ecstacies of a couple of old vomen, aged respectively upward of 80 and 50, who are the mother and daughter; these are the high pricstesses, or sibyls, and at_certain times beeome inspired by a particular P'u-su or spirit with whom they hold frequent intercourse, an whose utterances, through the medium of the women, are regarded as divine oracles. Passing by this neighborhood during the day time everything is quiet; there is nothing whatever toattract attention. At night, however, the scene is said to be most remarkable. The place is crowded with pecple, all come to consult the Pythoness, or to hear what it is all about— peoplé of- every description, men and women, Fich and poor, bad and good. The interior of the tempic is brightly lighted, and_there is gen- crally a_deal of cating and drinking, for this sect, unlike most of the others, encourages high Tiving and condewns vegetarianism. Seated upona high _dais are the two old women, with candles burning on either side of them; and the people worship them with incense aud joss- sticks as incarnations of the P'u-sa. Some of the eestatics pretend to have vision of this deity and all the oracles delivered by the priestesses are unswervingly obeyed. Oune”of the peculiar regulations of the sect is the abjuring of all silken clothes. Nothing is worn but the simplest cotton. The initiated are firmly be- licved to be endowed with magical powers and to be able to drive men i with incantations aud the admiuistration of curious poisous. The number of adherentsis rapidly increasing, and though the scct has only been in existence a few weeks, it counts already upward of 700 mem- bers. . RELIGIOUS DEMONSTRATIONS 1N FRANCE. From the Pall ifull Gasetle. Religious_demoustrations are still the order of theday in France. Recently a commemora- tive service for the repose of tue souls of mem- bers of the Bonaparte family; was held in the Church of Napoleon-Saint-Leu, when the Duc de Bassano_and a host of Imperinlist notabili- ties assembled to express dislike for the exist ine institutions of their country. ML de Saint- Prix, a veterunof 81, decorated with the St. Helena medal, distributed the consecrated bread to the congregation, and o good mzug officers bf the active army were present, thougl not permitted to wear their uniforms on the occasion. Nor have Catholics of the Legit- imist persuasion been idle. The pilgrimage ot Vezelay (Yonne) was re- vived on the 22d July, being the festival of St. Mary Maedalene, A portion of the relics of this much-calumniated saint once belonged to the monks of Vezelay, who made a present of them to Pope Martin IV. in the year 1251. His Holiness, who was a Frenchman, and possibly, iike some of his countrymen, did not suflicient- 1y appreciate the value'of such gifts, made the bones over to the Cathedral of Scns. There they remained till the revolution, when they were taken out and seattered to the four wind3 by a degenerate crowd. Somebody, however, is presumed to have picked them up; and now Monsignor Bernadou, Archbishop of Sens, has restored thein, inclosed in a magnificent reli- quary, to the Church of Vézelay. On the 22d accordingly 8 processlon of two Archbishops, three Bishops, a mitred Abbot, and 200 priests, with bunners and crosses, made solemn entry into the old Bergundian town, and deposited the relics with much pomp on the altar o1 the parich church. In the ‘evening the streets were illuminated, such ‘touchtug” de- vices—so0 the Legitimists call them—being visi- ble as **St. Louis, King of France, pray for us.” year 140 - It is difficult for the profane to understand the Erecise connection between Mary Magdaleneand ouis IX. of France. PERSONAL, The Rev. Dr. Hugh Miller Thompson, former- 1y of this city, now of New Orleans, has gone on & trip to Europe. The Rev. Dr. Perry will be consecrated Bishop of Iows, Sept. 10, at Geneva, N. Y., Bishop Huntington preaching the sermon. Bishop Clarkson proposes to endow a Profes- sorship of Theology in Nebraska College. He says such a department is needed to train mis- slonaries for the Territories. The Rev. Heory Morgan has offered $10,000 to the Methodists if they will build a tabernacle in Boston to accommodate the masses, aud several partics have cached subscribed $1,000. ‘The warm weather for the last few weeks has had a very serious eflcct upon the health of Car- dinal McCloskey, so that he will not assume the auties of his archiepiscopal office for an indeti- nite period. The death is announced of the Rev. Dr. Henry Nisbet, for many years a successful missionary at the_Scotch Presbyterian Church fn the Sa- moan Islands. In the year 1644 he cstablished the Samoan Missionary Seminary, which bhas sent out 600 native agents to do Christian work. The Rev. Dr. W. R. Hemphill died after a very brief {llness in Due West, 8. C., on Friday moru- ing, July 28, aged 70 ycars. The Rev. Mr. Bon- ner, editor of the Associated Reformed Presbyter- ign, was absent at the Centennial, and Dr. Hemphill was conducting the paperin his ab- sence when he was stricken down. . A good story is told of Spurgeon. His babit 1s to shut himself up on Saturdays. One Satur- day n man calied and insisted on sceing him. 4Tell him,” said the visitor to the servant, “ that a servant of the Lord wishes to see him.” The message was delivered, and the following returned: * Tell him that 1am engaged with his Master.” ‘The * Rev.” John Smidt, a reputed ex-Catho- lic priest from Rotterdam, Holland, lately con- verted and baptized in the Rev. Mr. Pentecost’s church in Boston, turns out to be not so much of a prize after all. The latest Inquiries and de- velopments made by the Tablet, of New York. show that he is an artful impostor and cheat, and that he spent a couple of years in a lunatic asylum withal. The nearest that he ever came to the priesthood was to study a little for that holy calling. Mrs. Margaret F. Breckinridge, widow of the Rev. Dr. Robert J. Breckinridge, now residing with her sons upon the tammly estates in Madi- son County, Ky., 10 miles from Richmond. is erecting at ber individual expense a house for ublic worship, now approaching completion. hiere is no botse of worship or church organi- zation in the neighborhood. She hopes to be able to secure stated public worship and a church organization in connection with the Southern Presbyterian Chureh, of which she is a member. Ex-Senator Revels, whois a Mcthodist Pre- siding Elder, refuses to accept the Presidency of Alcorn University, which has been tendered to him, unless it can be arraneed so as not to conflict. with his present duties. He says: ¢ And T will now inform all whom it may con- cern that I am, as rapidly as possible, tbrough burning heat and stiding dust, traveling over my large district and secing after the interests of the Church. And it gives me great pleasure tosay that the churches in my charge are, eve- rything considered, doing well." Dr. Everts, last Sunday morning, on the ocea- sion of the Seventeenth anniversary of his pas- torate of the Fifth Baptist Church, Chicago, discoursed on his own eventful life, from the time he was left fatherless, fifty years aco. He was baptized when 13 years of age, spent five years in various industries in~ the summer months, and at school in the winter. In 1331, being encouraged to commence preparation for the ministry, he went to Hamilton, studied there eight years, durine which timg he had many opportunities to develop his power in preaching, and thus prepare himself for his life work. After leaving torate was of the newly-ol amilton, his first pas- ized Taberaide years of successful labor and special indications of God's blessing, many hundreds have been added to these clitrches, his health gave way, and for o Jear Euve up preaching and went to Europe. Wheatland, N. Y., was his next loca- tivn, after that Louisville, Ky., for seven years, and Chicago seventeen years. BREVITIES. A thief in Evansville, Ind., stole the contri- bution-box out of a church. He evidently went there to prey. When a physician deserts his profession for the pulpit the inference is that he can preach better than he can practice. History class—Master: ‘ Who was the most famous clergyman in English history?’ Sharp boy (son of an actor): * The divine, William ! New York Dispatch: Amid the general busi- ness depression it is gratifying to the pbilan- thropist to know that no attempt has been made to reduce the wages of sin. New York Commercial: Wonders will never cease. A hackman hss become converted through Peter Dwyer's meetings. Of coursc he will no longer fee! his oats. Probably you have heard why a minister de- livering his peroration is like s ragged boy? Because he’s tor’d his close, you know. It is bardly apparalel case, however,.—Yew Xork Graphic, It wasn't 2 loaded Onondaza County preacher who recently said: ‘“Brezzern, szeasier for a ¢'mmil—hic—tgo shrough ze knee of an idol, —a rich man to live—hic—peazably with bis muzzer-in-law."” Atlanta Constitution: The following incident occurred at Oxford: A venerable divine was riding alonfi down the street, and saw a_youth- ful son of Ham groing down the street display- ing aflag of truce in the rear. The doctor, being neir-sighted, supposed the African was about to lose his handkerchief, and so called out to him. The negro looked amazed, but, catch- ing hold of the flag remarked: '““Boss, dat handkerchief is buttoned ’‘round my neck.” The doctor drove on, singing, *Jerusalem, my happy bome.” ‘Worcester Press: As the melodious notes of the church-hells are wafted through the sultry streets, calling the little children to Sunday- schoul, and the still calm of the Sabbath morn rests upon eversgbody, Mrs, Brown is busily en- gaged in cleaning the children’s faces prepara- tory to their departure to the Sunday-scnool, while at that very moment old Brown'is busily engaged with a wicker bottle at his mouth, at the lake, mentally uttering oaths at the fish who will not bite.” How various are the scencs of Ii{c in this world between tracts snd wicker bottles. Mr. Butler was tavern-keeper, stage-driver, constable, and factotum of the town. There was no appeal from his judgment in horseflesh. A dealer wanted to sell the Rev. Mr. McClure a horse. The dealer, the minister, and the horse walked over to the tavern to get Mr. Butler’s opinion of the trade. Looking at the horse, the tavern-keeper asked, * What is the matter with his knees!”” *“Oh! nothing said the jockey, “he seraped himself getting nlp." “Well, par- son,”” said Butler, addressing Mr. McClure, * I'Il Lcllx‘ou what it is, barked knees may be a pretty good sign for a minister, but it is a plaguey pour sigh for a hoss.” ANNOUNCEMENTS. EPISCOPAL. The Rev, Henry G. Perry will preach morning and evenink in All Saints' Church, corner of North Carpenter and West Ohio streets. —The Rev. B. A. Rogers will preach at 10:30 a. m. in the Church of Epiphany, on Throop street, between Monroe and Adams streets. —The Rev. Ssmuel Harris will officiate at St. James' Church, cornes of Cass and Huron streets, at 10:45 a. m, At the Church of the Ascensfon, corner of Elm and LaSalle strets, there will be the celebration of the Holy Communion at 7:30 a. m. and Choral Morning Prayer 0t 10345 8. m. —The Rer. Dr. Cushman will officiate morning and evening at St. Stephen’s Church, on Johnson street, near Twelfth. % —The Rector of the Church of Our Sa- vior, corner of Belden and Lincoln avenues, hos retarned, and will oficiate morning and even- ing. ZThe Rev. W. H. Hopkins will preach morning and eveming st St. John's Church, in Ashland avenue, near Madison street. . —The Rev. G. W. Morrill will_officiate morning and evening st the Church of the Holy Communiou, in South Dearborn street, near Thirtieth. _The Rev. W. F. Morrison, of Buffalo, will officiate morning and evening at Memorial Church, in Indiana avenue, near Thirteth street. REFORMED EPISCOPAL. Bishop Fallows will preaca morning and evening in St. Paul's Church, corner of Washington an An—n'r'r::efil:v'. John Ryan, of York, England, will B e, e D pathing. U The Rev. W. B Williamson will oficlste mora- ing and evening at the Charch of the Good Shep- herd, corner Jones and Homan streets. The R D W‘#BTHODIS’L e Rev. Dr. Williamson will preach at the Wa- bash Avene M. E. Charch, corner of Fourteenth street, at11 a. m., ou ** Christian Behavior in Business,” and 2t 8 p. m. on ** Games.™ —The Rev.C. M. Damon will preach morning and evening in the Free Methodlst Church, corner of May and Fulton stgects. —The Rev. C. G. Trusdell will preach in the Centenary Church moraing and eveniog. —The Rev. S. A. W. Jewett will preachin the First Church, corner of Clark and Washington atreets, at 1045 3. m. on **One Day In the Life of Jests.” —The Rev. T. C. Mazlock will preach in the morning, and the Rev. F. C. Winslow, of Free- port, ' the evening, at the Western Avenue Jhurch. —The Rev. A, Youker will preach morning and evening at the Simpson Street Church, i Bonfield strect uear Archer avenue. —The Rev. Joln Atkinson will preach at Grace Church, corner of Lusalle and White strects, Morning subject: **The Providenceof God in Murder.” " Evening subject: **The School Con- troversy. " —The Rev. Dr. wWilling will preach at the Lang- ley Avenue Charch, coruer of T'hirty-niuth street. Subject: morning, **Love for Zion;* evening, **Christisn Joy.” —The Rev. Dr. Tiffany will preach morning and evening at Trinity Church on Indiana avenue, near Twenty-fourth street. PRESBYTERIAN. The Rev. C. A. Hills, of Cincinnati, will preach in the morning and the Rev. (. L. Thompson in the evening in the Fifth Church, corner of indiana avenue and Thirtieth street. —The Rev. James Maclaughlan will preach in the Scotch Church, corner of Sungamon and Adams streets, morning and evening. Sorning subject: **The Bible in the Schoole. ** —The Rev. W. C. Young will preach morning and evening ut the Fullerton Avenue Church. —The Rev. E. P. Wells will preach in the morning at the Forty-first Street Church. No evemng ser- vice, —The Rev. J. S. Jenkins will preachin the morn- ing, and the Rev. Dr. Humphrey m the evening. at the Sccond Church, cornerof Michigan avenue and Twenticth street. —The Rev. Donald Fletcher will preach at the State Street Church, near Fourteenth street., Sub- jects: Morning, ** Proofs that God is the Author of the Bible'™: evening, **Harvest Lessons.” —The Rev. Jacob Post, pastor of the church cor- ner of Noble and Erie stfeets, will_preach in Hol- land in the morning and in English in the even- ing. BAPTIST. The Rev. W. W. Everts will preach at the Firet Baptist Church, corner of South Park avenue and Thirty-Grst etreet, morning and evening. —The Rev. W. L. Saunders. of Minnesota, will preach at the Fourth Church, corner of Washington and Paulina streets. No evening service, —The Rev. J. W. Custis will preach ot the Mich- igau Avenue Church, near Twenty-third street. Subjects: Morning, ** Thy Kingdow Come;” even- 'he Coming Destruction. ™ ing, —The Kev. M. G. Wodge will preach morning and evening at University Place Church, corner of Douglas place and Rhodes avenue. ~—Afr. DI W. Whittie will preach in the morning at the Tabernacle, corner oI) Morgan and Indiana streets. —The Rev. J. D. Burr will preach in the morn- ingat Immanuel Church, in Orchard street, near Centre. —The Rev. Robert P. Allison will South Church, corner of Lucke an streets, in the evening. UNITARIAN. The Rev. Brooke Herford will preach morning and evening at the Church of the Messiah, corner of Michigan avenue ahd Twenty-third street; and in the afternoon at the hall No. 879 Cottage Grove avenue. —The Rev. Mr. Gordon, of Milwaukee, will preach in the morning at Unity Chusch. ~Subject: d‘;fll’lr-\dhu for the Good, and the Good for Fara- o CONGREGATIONAL. The Rev. Daniel Lord will preach in the morning at 10:45 in the Oskland Church, on Oakland boule- vard, west of Cottage Grove avenue. —2Miss Fannie E. Townsley will preach at the Lincoln Park Church, corner Mohawk und Sophia streets, morning and evening. —The Rev. Dr. Northup will preach at the Union Park Church. Evening subject: *‘Weakness of Romanism.” reach in the Bonaparte MISCELLANEOUS. The Rev. M. L. Vorhees witl preach at 3 p. m. 1 ahall on Fifty-first street, just west of where the late tent-meeting was held. —The Rev. Dr. Hubburd will preachat the New Church lall, corner of Eighteenth street and Prairie avenue, at11 8. m.. sod at_the Temple, corner of West Washington strect and Ogden ave- nue, at 3:30 p. m. —H. G. McCulloch will preach in the Advent Tabernacle, No. 91 South Green streot, morning and evening, on **Prophecy. ™ —First Society of Spiritualists will have a con- ference at 10:30 2. m. in Grow's lall, No. 517 ‘West Madison strect. Miss Susie Johnson, trance witl lecture at 7:30 p. . hristians will meet at 3 p. m. in the chapel, No. 318 West Chicago avenue. —There will be & Friends’ meeting on Twenty- sixth street, between Indiana and Prairie avenues, at balf-past 10 in the morning, Benjamin Frank- land will be in sttendance. —The Disciples of Christ will meet at 4 in the afternoon at No. 229 West Randolph street. —The Progressive Lyceum will meet at Grow's IIall at half-past 12 o’clock. —The Kev. G. O. Barnes will preach in the morning, snd the Rev. Manrice Waller in the even- ing, at the Harricon Street Chapel (Christian), corner of Paulina street. —The Rev. Edinund Belfour will preach in the English Evangelical Church of the Holy Trinity, coruer of Deurborn snd Erie streets, at 11a. m. CALENDAR FOR THE WEEK. EI'ISCOPAL. Aug. 20—Tenth Sundey after Trinity. Ang. 24—8t. Bartholomew. CATHOLIC. 20—Eleventh Sunaay after Pentecost: St. Joschim, C., Fatler of the B. V. A. _St. June Frances de Chantal, W. 22_Qctave of the Assumption; $S. Timothy and others, M. 23St. Philip, Beniti, C.; Vigllof St. Bar- tholomets: Vigil of St. Bartholomew. Aug. 24—St. Bartholomew, Ap. King of France, C. D. (from Aug. 20); St. NIAGARA. 'd on reading in The Tribune G poem entitled fifugvessed oy The Wh‘l’.lpmnys Q/'.Vamre.ej By Natare's Ningars I wandered at midaight, When animate nature was lost in repose; Transposed wers the whispers of Michigan's wa- el Terrific in power, their accents arose. The music bewildered, enchanted, and awed me; And fierce were the features storn Nature exposed, Forbidding to pencil. or puetic fancy. This purpose of Nature, Divinely disposed. Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug. The twaters leaped forth inte tempest and thun- or,— A wonderfal Wisdom, in mighty display: The scene 5o inviting, when approached so defying, 1 cirristened my faith in their baptismal spray. My spirit secnied freed from Earth's mortal Inhabited Space, and saw Nature's great plan; Niagara, wrougit by the hand of a Master, Who fashioned the rocks when Creation began, 1 waited in Space, at the cataract offering, ‘And studied the Wisdom, the Power, the Scheme; Above and below, around and behind them, The elements thundered, a Power Supreme. 1 basked in the beams that Luna reflected. Which light-up the scene from the crest of the fall; T any and 1 prayed, I reveled in wouder, To think of Gud's purpose—this world is not all. T waited till daslighs, when Earth shonld awaken, ‘That animate nature might quicken the 8cene; What bezaty, what grandeur, what cternal long- ings, Inspired my soul with the morning's first beams. The sun gilded all, os the throng gathered ‘round, ome merry, some thoughtful. il uttering praise; ruptured, transported, I saw that bricht land, Faruway In the Ether; 'twas Heaven's repose. The day passed on, and noon decked in eplendor, From everzreen banks, the mad-running rive The izlinds with foreste, the village with spires, All mingled their ehadows in éilent endeavor. The puet stood frenzied, the painter sat palsied, While Nature's voice thundered, This picture is mine; No artist in sculpture, no lingnist in tongue, E'er ordered from Chaos; thut power is Divine. The evening appronched, and the sun, sinking low, Hung his bow on the brow, the circle complete; "The birds hied their perch; all animate clay Breathed & pray’r to their Master, and sank into sleep. Away Trom this scene, our sphere is yet mortal; 1 dare not presume on thi purpose Divine; Let’s profit by lessons 5o vividly taught us, Scek virtne 1n practice. be upright in mien. Cuicaco, Aug. 15, 1676. GARLAND R. DERBY. A Chinese Domestic Tragedy. Even among the Celestials, incompatibility of temper is the mainspring of domestic misery. A clever young Chinese lady married a youth who was no mateh for her in “accomplishments, and too lazy withal to make his own living. One night lic went home after a day of * genteel loafing 7 to hear his wife remark quite sharply that she had neither any rice in the house nor money enough to buy any. Never mind,” he replied very meekly, “I'll o out and borrow enough for supper.”” He came back with the rice and his wife got supper rather sullenly: but when it was ready she could not find her husband. Hour after hour passed, and there were no signs of him. 8he began to cry, and her howls reached the ears of an old woman who lived hard by. When she told her trouble the crone began to howl in concert, and their lamentations soon roused the neighborhood. Three days afterw@d, an uncle of the afflicted lady, hearing_of his nicce’s trouble, came in, suggested that the house should be search- cd. And there, hanging from a nail in the wall, was the miserable husband. Tke wife in an agony of self-reproach rushed out of the house and jumped into the river, but she was saved, and is now dragging out lier widowhood. The Celestial Empire tells this moving tale, but does not venture to point the mo; EUROPEAN GOSSIP. The British Royal Family as Seen by*Grace Greenwood. Disraeli, His Late Wife, and the Heir to His Title. The Paris Pantheon—Queen Isabelia— A Princess in Custody. ROYAL GOSSIP. Grace Greenwood writes from London, July 10, to the New York Times: The Princess of ‘Wales has happily got through with her two stupendous garden parties at Chiswick. On e occasion of the first we drove over from Hammersmith in a simple, unaristocratic vehicle, as became good Republicans, and saw & good part of the great company of thejelect, said to have been 5,000 strong that day, drive into thelong avenue leading to the extensive pleas- ure-grounds. At aq early hour came the Prince aud Princess in an open four-horse carriage, both looking happy and well, aud wonderfully fresh considering what was before them of multitudinous recognitions and presentations, and all they have gone through this season, and the dustand beat of the day. The Prince is far finer looking than his photo- graphs. His face is not only more refined and genial, but brighter in expression than theylead one to expect. Whenever oue of these younger Guelphs is brought to bay by that awful insati- able bore the photographer’s camera, it seems that all the dullness and doggedness and much of the grossness of the old George comes out in the victimized royal countenance. The Princess of Wales facca the prospect of the afternoon’s wearying demands on her strength and spirit with the unvarying, sweet, sercne smile which at. times must be the most tiresome of all her du- ties. Ifall be oot lovely in her private life, it such a life she may be said to have, her lovely facebetraysnohint of tears or trouble; if even storms visit that eralted domestic sphere, no faintest cloud lingers about her when she emerges into the common world. Opposite the august father and mother sat the young Princes, frank, bhealthy, joyous-looking little lads in sailor dress. Inanother carriage rode their sisters, five little girls, prettly and simply dressed—scarcely as Imfipy in expression as the boys, having ratier an air of constraint and self- consciousness. They have the open, Guelphic mouth, which gives them a somewhat vacant and listless look. We thought the little Tecks, who followed with their parents, handsomer, having nothing of the supercilious and base ex- %ression of children to purplest purle born. len came the Lornes, that blameless and bleached-out descendant of Rob Roy’s un- scrupulous old enemy, who has lately written a poemn said to be ducally dull, and the haughty young dame, who always writes herself down Princess before wife; and_ the Prince and Princess Christian, nice, home-like, not to say homely, people. ‘Fhese Royal couples go every- where together, and take the children, when they have any. Never was there such a Ccart for constancy and conjugality, for the morali- ties, and pruprieties, and all the family ties. It has raised houest respectability to an imperial digmity, and established the domestic virtues by royal Ietters-patent. Among the foreign notabilities, we that day saw the Prince Imperial, if that interesting adopted exile can be called a foreigner. A gal- lant young fellow he is, with something of his beautiful inother about the brow and cves,— that peculiar shadow of trouble which she¢ had, even in ber brightest days,—a sadness more prophetic than pusitive. On passing round to the railway station, we found our way blocked up by a crowd, waiting to see the Queen drive out of the grounds, and ‘were resigned to stop also and wait with them. It is not cvery day that one may encounter the sovereign on her own highway. We had seen the Queen of England befure, but not the Em- ress of India. At last she came, the plain, ittle, Christian idol, whose worship circles the world,—gentle, unimposing representative of Kingliest authority; supreme, imperial woman of her time: Quecn-mother of countless peo- ples. On this bright day the Queen was almost _brightly dressed, in modified mourn- ing, and looked exccedingly well and in the best of spirits, smflinfi. leasantly and bowing lightly right and left. They say that since her widow- hood her beavy face has seldom put on so much of a holiday aspect; that these are days when all the Guelphic humors scem to gather in it, till it lowers on_her loving subjects like a Novem- ber sky. Beside her Majesty sat her youngest daughter, Beatrice, the fair and proud, all in white and delicatest mauve; and opposite sat Prince Leopold, & nice_looking young gentle- man, who is always in delicate "health and most filily inclined. Finding that we had lost our train, we turned back and went home by Hammersmith and the Underground, and so we chanced on a second sight of the rest of the Royal family returning from the Gardens. The chlldren looked weary, —I hope with genuine Dpl:; of some sort,—the Prince heartily tired. ubtless he would pre- fer a tiger chase he jungles to such dreary sport as this at Chiswick. It must be nicer to hunt than to be hunted. Ouly the Prinvess sat ereet and alert, with her intiexible backbone and her inexhaustille graciousness—still Iavish of that smile which has bewitched a kingdom. At Dher second garden party she bad with her the King of Greece, her brother, whom a few morn- ingrs before she had met at the railway-station at G o’clock. It is her amiable and loving dis- Eosifion which charms even more than the eauty of this pale* Denmark rose.” The pho- tograph which has had the largest sale repre- sents her as carrying one of her babies picka- back. Itisapretty picture, but a little too consciously human and homelike. THE EARL OF BEACONSFIELD. The title of Earl of Beacounsfield, which is about to be conferred upon Mr. Disraeli, the British Premier, is derived (says the Philadel- phia Telegraph) from a little town in Bucking- ‘hamshire, which county he has represented since 1847. When he was about retiring from the Premiership in December, 1868, the Queen of- fered him a peerage, but he kindly declined anything for himself, adding that anything Her Mujesty could do for his wife would be more uc- ceptable to him than honor corferred upon himself. Mrs. Disraeli was, in accordance with this suggestion, created Viscountess Beacons- field, and it is probable that he will not be 28 proud when the coronet is placed ou his own brow as he waswhen he handed the Queen’s pat- ent to the ‘“perfect wife,”” to whom— and it is no disparagement to him to state that fact—many of his triumphs were due. His marriage took place in 1839, Mr. Disraeli being at the tiine 34 years of age, while the lady he married was several years his senior. After achieving notoriety at least by his novels, and being defeated twice in his attempt at se- curing a seatin the House of Commons, Mr. Disracli had, in 1837, attained the object of his ambition, and been elected 2 member for the conservative borough of Maidstone, his col- league being Wyndham Lewis. The latter died in 1533, and it was hiswidow with whom Disracli contracted a matrimonial alliance. Her maiden name was Mary Ann_Evans, and _she had been married to Mr. Lewis in 1815. Mr. Disraeli’s free style of living had resulted in involvinE him in pressing pecuniary difliculties, by whic his political progress was seriously impeded. Wyndham Lewis had been his most intimate personal and political friend while living, and his_ marriage with Mrs. Lewls brought him an ample fortune by which he was enabled to discharge all his pecuniary obligations, and to remain henceforth quite independent while in the pursuit of political honors and preferment. But his marriage with 2 lady much his senior in years was not a cold speculation. There was a deep and touching affection between them, and the romantic character of the match was the subject of uni- versal comment at the time and in after years, Mr. Disraeli being devoted to his wife, and exhibiting towards her all the gallantry that would have been commanded by one less advanced in years than himself. Throughout Mr. Disracli’s subsequent career, his wifc was more than a helpmate, entering into all his political schemes with great earnestness, and contributing Inrgcil_y by her counscl to his great sucress. he " happy _influence of fhe upion upon his character he has himself nckno\vlcdgegj) in the .grateful dedication of oneof his novels toa ** perfect wife.” Their devotion to each other was proverbial, and one incident is on record which shows how thorough it was on her part. Some years ago, when Mr. Disraeli was on_his way to the House of Com- mons laden with a great specch, his wife had afinger crushed by the door of her carriage. Her husband bad not noticed the accident, and bis heroic wife, though in perfect azony, refused to speak of it lest it should distract the attention of the orator from the subject on which he was meditating. This bappy union was terminated by the death of the Viscountess Dec. 13, 1872, ears. aiter she worn the title just tour Thflrnnn#o was not biessed with children, and Mr. Disraeli’s hefr is conscquently Mr. Con- mgs%lmsmli, the eldest son of his brother, Mr. h Disraeli. This voung man. who will in time become the second Earl of Beaconstield, is said to possess much of the ability which hai characterized his family. In June, 1575, he was appointed second dlerk in the Huuse of Lords, it being generally believed that he would soon be vromuted to the principal clerkskip. Bu) when he becomes the hieir presumptive to a cor onet, he will probably retire_from such a com- aratively insignificant position. The Earl of eaconstield, without any other titles, would not be well balanced, and so it is announced that Mr. Disracli is toreceive the supplementa titlesof Viscount Hughenden and Baron Disraeli. The first-named of these supplementary titles is derived from Mr. Disraeli’s country seat at Huehenden Manor, Righ Wycombe, Bucking- hamshire. THE PARIS PANTHEON. The Paris correspondent of the London Standard writes as follows: A batchof Radical Deputics, among them MM. Louis Blanc, Madier-Montjau, Greppo, and Naquet, have brought in a bill, the object of which is to changa the Pantheon from a church into a monument for the burial and memory of the great men of France. It may be remembered that the build- ing which is now called by some the Panthcon, aud by others the Church of Ste. Genervieve, wag originally built for Divine worship. It was be- gun in 1738, but owing to waunt of fands it waa tot finished till 1790. The Revolution being thau rampant, the character of the edifice was changed, and after the death of Mirabeau the National Assembly declared that it should be set apart as the Pantheon of the illustrious men of l{*‘e country. The following inscription was fortifith put on the frontispiece of the build- ing: ““Auz grands hommes, la patris reconndis sante.” “This inscription, strange to say, still re- mains in tact, in spite of the vi udes through which the building has passed since then. All the religious symbols were remorved, and re placed by statues of liberty, morality, honor: etc. The first great men buried there were Mi rabeau, Voltaire, and Rousseauw. Napoleon L restored the edifice partlv to its original desig- nation; it became the Church of Ste. Genevieve: but at the same time it was still used as a Pan theon for the great men of the First Em: pire. Then came the Restoration, with all itt religious and reactionary fury. The remaing of Voltaire and Rousseau were dug up and scattered to the winds, and the Pantheon bes came a church in the strict sensc of the word. The Monarchy of July and the Republic of 1548 made some {resh changes in the editice, but it Las never since been used for anything else than Divine worship. The Radicals of to-day, bitten with the anti-clerical mania, now want to turn it once more into a Pantheon pur et simple; they wish to turn_out the priests and put in their own heroes. Their bill proposes that the Senate and the Chamber alone shall have the right to decide who arc the grands homimes worthy of being piaced in the Pantheon, and what “particular form their apotheosis shall take. The bill, however, contains a proviso which is not likely to please all the great men of the day; it stipulates that the honors of the Pantheon shall not be given to any citizen until ten years after his death. This will certainly not suit the French character. First of all, in France a great man to~dayis # little one to-mor- row, and vice versa; sccondly, the delay of ten yearswould be noinducement to a Frenchman to aspire to the honors of the Pantheon; and, thirdly, the national vanity is too strong among the great men of both Houses to admit of their postponing their own apotheosis to what would almost amount to the Greek Kalends. But perhaps this proviso has only been inserted to make the public believe in the modesty and dis- interestedness of the framers eof the hill. QUEEN ISABELLA. Lucy Hooper, in a Paris letter to the New York World, says: Paris has lost one of ber royal guests. Queen Isabella, of Spain, has de- parted for her native land. She retains her sumptuous hotel, however, as she mentions in her letter of adieux to Marshal MacMahon. She is really a loss, for she was always getting inta some scrape or other, or being sued by hex butcher, her baker, or her candlestick maker, and so helped to keep things lively. She goes to Spain, it is reported, to negotiate a marriage between her son and his cousin, the Princess Mercedes de Montpensier, a match which has beer more or less talked of ever since the accession of the yonthffll Alfonso to the throne of his anceators. "The young lady (I saw her last winter at one of the Presidential balls at thc Palais de I’Elysee) is not in the least pretty. She is tall and thio, ‘with a tremendously long nose, but looks amia~ ble and intelligent. It is whispered that Queca Isabella has run through pretty much the whole of her private property, which” at one time was of considerable amount. She brought with her to Paris a fortune of $4,000,000, to which ths Cortes recently added a sam of $1,000,000 as indemnity for the chateau and palaces in Spain which Her Majesty ceded to the State, beside which o farther dunation of $150,000 was recently added. But the Queen is a bad man- ager and is very lavish, besides which her hus- band, Don Fraicisco, Iaid claim to and received from her private purse the dowry of $600,000 which was settled upon him at his marriage, and also an allowance of $100,000 for each of the infants. Certain it is that just before the accession of Don Alfonso Her Majesty was in snch pecuniary straits that she tried to dispose of her dinmonds. They were offered to one of the American bankers residing in Paris, who was In treaty for them when the revolution in Spain in favor of the young King pat s stop to the negotiations. We shall miss Her Majesty’s stout figure, not uncomely face, and showy toilets (she delighted, 'like most very larze women, in the palest tints of blue, pink, and pearl color) at all the fetes and first representa- tions in Paris. A PRINCESS IN CUSTODY. An amusing occurrence recently took place at Pottsdam, Prussia. The Carlottaburgenhot Gardens, adjoining the castle, are open to tha public and contain a remarkably fine collection of roses. Of course no profanc hand is permit~ ted to pluck the beaatiful flowers, and the sen- tries have the strictest orders to arrestany transgressors of this rule. On Sunday twe young ladies were walking in the fragile allees; when a sentry remarked that one of them was unrestraing gathering the roses. He called out * Halt!” but with no effect. A more ener- getic and repeated call obliged the fair flower-stealers to stay their lmnds, and one of the criminals said very qlf)ietly, 1 am the daughter of the Crown Prince.” For a moment the wearer of the picklehaube seemed staggered, but, seeing that the young ladies looked very merry, and could scarcely refrain from laughter, hé shook limself together and declared themn his prisoners until they could prove their identity. No expostulation would avail, and the young ladies were forced to ac- company the man to the castle lodge, where the orteress, fearfully alarmed, recognized the rincess Chariotte. Upon her réproaching the sentry for not knowing the Princess, Hans stolidly declared that according to bLis jnstruc- tions the members of the Crown Prince’s family were to be always known by their being aceompanied by a servant, and, as this was not the case, he naturally concluded he was belng imposed upon. He then saluted, turned right about face, and disappeared. MODERN WOMEN. It is a sad commentary upon our boasted cft flization that the women of our times have de- Eencrated in health and physique until they are literally a race of invalids,—pale, mervous, fecble, and back-achy, with only here and there a few noble exceotions in the persous of the ro- bust, buxom ladies characteristic of the sex in days gone by. By a very large ‘experience, cov-, ering a period of years, and embracing the treatment of many thousands of cases of thuse ailments peculiar to women, Dr. Pierce, of the World’s Dispensary, Buffalo, N. Y., has per- fected, by the combination of certain vegetable . extracts, a natural specific, which he does mos extol as a cure-all, but one which admirably ful- fils a singlencss of purpose, being a most posi~ tive and reliable remedy for those weaknesses and complaints that afflict the women of the present day. This patural specific compound is called Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription. The following are among those diseases in which this wonderful medicine has worked cures as if by nagic, and with a certainty never before attained by any medicines: Weak back, nervous and general debility, falling and other dispiacements of internal organs, resnlting from debility and lack of strength in natural supports, internal fever, congestion, inflamma- tion, and ulceration, and very many othesy chronic diseases incident to women, not proper to mention here, in which, as well as in the cases that haye been enumerated, the Favorite Prescription effects cures—the marvel of the world. It will not dobarm n any state or con- dition of the system, and by adopting its use the invalid Jady may avoid that severest of or- deals—the consuiting of a2 family physician. Favonte Prescription is sold by dealer3 in medi- cines generally.