Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, October 14, 1876, Page 10

. 10 THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SATURDAY, OCTOBER 1id4, 1876—TWELVIE PAGES Mrs, vell k L | dl bronght to the home of the decensed n forchead, and I tonk his ¢ and tils own Klss 441 have done your errand, Esther.! it by even a single word of Joult RADWAY = 5 VARIETY KOWS 1‘::.,‘{“:‘;:?:;’;";}ugnlll;::‘s;l“fl-rlc‘t; "A':::':q' Lc?rlbl;(l‘cr:(;lfilllml. and the wife who was left to seal dlt'mnny fnzer, So we turned away from “"\“u\\ lwve 3’1:!.'"—‘\'0\1 hava scon Roger Ivuy ft an Importance areater that o e s i announccd—Sam Devere, Bob Ilnrt, Scanlan | mourn his sudden loss was nearly distracted, ench ather, and staried on the long paths that | Vanet could reasonably “obtaln elther from the How the Business Has Improved in This Country. _The Pretty-Waiter-Girl Excrescence Bloughed Off---The Actors and Their Salaries, T Adow Jooley aud Havesly Fought for Bob Marte The *“Biz Ring ™ Ameng (he Managers, .. £ine Cliaracter Actors in the Businessess Good Work Done by a Few Managers, o S I o e B . Snecial Correspondence of The Tribune. Nrw Youk, Oct. 10.—Within the past few years the varlcty-show busiucss hus grown to immense proportions. Not only hns {ts growth been very much extended, but it bas grown up- i, - word as well,—out of the sub-cellars und *pret- i" ty-walter-giel * saloons into the utmoephere of ». fineart. Ten or ifteen years ago, the varlety show was n synonym for coarsencss, vulgarity, and positive Indecency. To-dny {1t takes rank with our first<lass amuscinents, is patronized Dy the best of amusement-lovers, and finds recognition In the eyes of our severest critics, In New York nnd Brooklyn there are a dozen or more theatres devoted, wholly or In part, to ‘what {3 known as the variety bubsiness. Having ‘been at some Lrouble to get some facts relating 10 this clnsa of amusements, I here place thun on record. ! TUD VARIETY ENTERTAINMENT 18 OF BNOLISIT oRtaIN. In London, and other large cltics in "Great Britain, slngers and brief delineators of charac- s ter have long been used as auxiliary to there- ‘7, tall liquor business, They have formed attrace ! tions In ale-house and I tap-rooms, 1o Induce patrons to come fn, spend the cyeniog, and drink their llquor belween the acts. These acts wero Tong drawn out for the purpose of holding customers s Joug us pos- sible, while here the acts are performed in rapid succession and as quickly #s possible. The first varlety enteriainments In this country were given In connectlon with drinkiug-piaces, They were found to be profitable, and competition be- came lively. From these sprang the * pretty- walter-girl aaloons,” where, In addition to a cheap variety show, scanu‘lly dressed females ‘were employed to seryo bad liquor and woreo - clgnrs to the guests. At one time these were »oovery pu{mlnr. and there was ecarcely a block In tho bustusss portlon of the city that did not have its © pretty-walter-girl * saloon,—unother nume for romething worse, Lvery c{!y of any importance became afllicted with them, and they were found to abound In lmmnmmf'. The ? 1lce made frequent rafds on them In New ork, and finadly | substantially abolished them. Of vourst, the “men and ‘women participating in these en- tertainments had but little talent, and no morals to speak of. Oeenslonally 8 good mu- slcian, in Impecnnlous efrenmstancer, war found who preferred heating a plano in such a place to slarving, but the actors and sngers were gener- . ally more noted for thelr conrsencss und inde- cency than ability to act or sing. Ihit out of this disrepntablo and contaminat- ing atmosphiere has grown o business which is ol onlv entirely resnectable, but which requires talent of high order to mako {t suceesstul, and from which have eradunted actors and sinzers, of both sexes, whom the world delights to hon- o, The legitimate drma was, for hundreda of years, under the ban of respectable people, und uetors were proscribed by law as * varrants," who might be arrested and thrown into prison But the drama has approwcheld position to which 4ol on the c¢omplaint, of any one, not only survived, but comewhnl 1o the Diah it I3 cutitied, The varlety business hms been under o cloud ° for nmoy yearg, and [s ouly just emerzing into the ligh of popularity, If has its place nud its Jegittmate functioss, People require to be amused, und . they muat bo amused within the scope of their intelllgence. An uncducated lnborer or me- chanle, whose tuteiligence {s not squol to a just uppreciation of Shakspeare, is nevertheless ns muich entitled Lo hls amusement as the most Jearned Shakspearesn felolar of the age. Fur the amusement of the seholar and the eritle, for 1he educated and highly-cultured, we have the theatres and entertainments of thebigherorder; for the laborer, the mechanie, the. uieducited, we have the varlety shows and minstrel per- formances. Tt all these can be kept free from that which Is fmpure, and made to convey in- atruction as well us nmusement, o great good i accomplished. IN TUE VARIETY THEATILES OF TO-DAY there {s quite us much of zood asin the tem- les devoted to the ‘lepitimatc™ dramn, But there ure different varicties of va- riety theatres, as there aro of those clalming to ho legitimate. While thero ure several fnNow York and Brooklyn which are of the * cun-can sort, there aro others, nnd these the majority, where the performances aro ns free from anything offensive s Booth's or Wallack's. Thry cater to fun and jollity~—Mo- mus §a their patron saint—and yulgarity und in- decencey form no rnrt of true fun, u fact too of- en overlooked by even popular dramatiste ut even the variéty buainess is striving to bet- ter dtsclf, and at soine of the theatres devoted tolt short dramas sre intersporsed in the va- riety programme, Up to 1801, tho variety busi- Tiees was confined to tho “pretty-walter-girl " paloons. In that yeor Col, W. E, Biun opened Cunterbury Hall fn Washington, resolved to conduct s pleasing and cntnnnln!ngr yaricty per- . formance without the objectionablo waltor-girt feature. 'The onterprise wus n great suceess, and crowds assembled nightly to Jisten to thoe nhfizlugul’ good alnfim, to kes grood dancers, and to Jsugh over the short, quivk ucts of ecccu- 1 triccharacter actors, To be sure, o greater intls ¥ tude was at first permitted to the audience, !, which, owiug to tho war times, was mainly com- i, posed of men. Smoking was allowed, anit beer i ras scrved to those wanting It In their scats, After a time, howover, there was a demand for [ performances {or the amusement of the ladies, + uud matinces were futroduced. Thess wers crowded two days In the week by ladies and children. Then came **ladles’ nights,” when, Tor two nights in the week, ladles came frecly, amokmng and drinking were prohibited, and ex- eellent entertainments wero provided, Other managers took up the idea, and soon, in every «ty of any prominence there was ‘n yarlety theatre, unaccompanied by the objectionable Ywalter girls,” The performances at theso ylaces of amusement canslst of singing by male und femnle singers, danclug, ban]o—plnflugl. ma #ro cccentrivitles, Duteh and ris! nlngers and character actors, gym- ustle exerclses, acrobatie performances, short burlesques, extravuganzas, farces, cic., cte. The actsare required to be guickly per- formed, and must be Juughable and tull of fucl- dent, while the songs must be well sung, and ¢ the delineutors of character must make thelr Hpolnts? clear and well-defined. Everything i st gooff with » snap—*‘onu down, suother reome onM—there arc no delays,* no long “waita" bLetween acts, with nothing but a dis- mal drop-cuatatn to stare at. The stage must '+ bealive for the full term of three hours, which §s the average length of the varlety entertalu- wment, A programine which I havé before me uupounces ten distinet vuriety acts, after which s promlised a legitimate two-act drnml. which is performed by u dramatie cumruny which 1s entirely distinct from tho varlety” company. ‘There "8 something In the bill to please ody, and naothing to offend any one. clishman, famillar with the varlety . shows of Lomlow, recently visited one of the . varivty thestrea of this city, Belng usked how he lked it, he replled,* 1t' tip-tap, you know; but 1 had to gos kccond time to see it. The fist night it went orf so blareted fast, you Ynow, 1 didn't sco barf of it,and 1 'ad to go + agaln, They don't give & chup thue to cateh lils breathbetweenacts—beforooue gets fairly off an- othier comes o, But e mighty good—beats our variety shows, und I ulways thought they ‘were bang-up." NOVELTY THEATRES, Out of the variety business has Brown eomething & liule better, which s desiguated as the Novelty business. ‘This Is n comblaation of the varlety shiow und the legitimate. The Park Theatre, of Brooklyn, Is, perhaps, the best llustration of the nuvel\y {heatre to be found. It fs mauaged by Col. W, E. 8inn, of whom I bave before spoken. He is ulso the manager of the Olymple, in New York., Every night the performancy consista from ten to twen vnr!etf unets, and o Tegitlmate druma—somethlog well kuown und }mpnlu.r with theatre-goers, The varlety per- ormance {s leogthened or shorteued to sult the cquirements of the drains which has been de- :‘X‘Xcd upon. But there Is always more or lesa of the “legitimate " interspersed with the varlety busincss. At the Park this past week, for jns stance, Oliver Doud Byron, with his popular plays, has coustituted the dramatle attsactlon; during the scason, Daly’s Fifth Avenue com- pany will pluy for o week; Duvenport will also play an eugagement; so wll Frank Chanfrau, Mss. D, P, Bowers, Lucille Weatero, and Cronin, the Robluron fawily, and many others. In fact, variety and novelty are cs- sentlally the characteristics of tho Park Theatre, as they are of all slmilar establishments, Cer- tainly, no complaint can bo male ns to the character of the entertalmnents glven by the actors I have named. They have acquired well-carned reputations for ‘catering fo the publle amusement, nor need Mr. Davenport, or {re. Bowers, or any of the dramatic stars, turn up their noses at beln,i named fn the same pro- gramme with Sam Devero or Scanlan and Cronin, for theae Intter arc as thorough artists iv thelr specinlties as are the former In thelrs, THR VARIETT ACTOIS, The actors who go to tnalte up a varfety enter- taloment Dave thelr flield as clearly defined o8 does the specialty actor on the “leglthmate” stage, or the speclalty law- ser. They sometimes graduate Into the regular Uramatle profession, but they never, under any cfrcumatances, descend to tiie saloon stage, or the *“diving-bell” concert-room, he{) ATe striving, a8 all humanity Is striving, to botter thelr conditfon, and If oceasfonnlly one falls by the way he but lllustrates what Is characterlstic of humanity In general. Many of the actors are married, have familles of children, and do by them ahout as average mortals do by thelr familics. Not unfrequently the wife and chil- dren are algo actors, and are assigned parts in the bill with the head of the family. Their sala- rles vary nccording to thelr abitity to draw pa- trons to the hiousc. Here is o leaf from the sal- ary bouk of the Olymple Theatre In New York, the salarles being for the week: ‘Two negro comedians, character aketehes.. One Irishman, singer ... Two Irlshmen, singers and ch Two children, son, Troupe of dogs. Lady vocallst, Negro stump-zpeake Two gymnasts,.. ... Two song-and-dance men. Hanjo player....... .. Femala negra_fmperson Stack female negro {nipersu) This salary-book shows that the runnlug the Olymple last week was £3,000 This s n larger sumthan {s - pald by the average thentres by $1,000, At the best of the novelty theatres Lf;n dramntic company 18 entirely dis- tinet from the varfety comvany, but In the va- riety theatres the afterpleces are geuerally played by the varfety actora, Some of the actors reccive ocensionally even larger salarfes than those mentloned above, 1€ two or three managers want the snme uctor ot the same thine,they not unfrequently bid agalnst cach other, much to the actor's advantage. For Instance, HOOLEY AND HAVERLY, of your clty, hoth wanted Bob Hart, who Is o favorite In’ Chicazo ond always sure to draw good houscs, Thoy wanted him so tnuch that they got up quite n competition over Lim, and Jack Haverly finally ot him for six wecks at S§160 per week, He had just concluded an en- gagement {n this cily ot 8§75 per week. But Hob Hart {8 worth nore fn Chicago than he s here, for the reason that hie Is a local favorite, and thero {3 less com;wutlnn in his specialty. Marrigan and Hart. who are now mavagers of n vorfety theatre_ liere, 8 few years ago plaged for 876 per week, but, growing in popularity, they advanced thelr prices, and during the last %igngcmcnt the; rlnyml here they received $300 o week. An hey are worth It anywhere, beeause they always draw full houscs. THE ‘D10 RING.T The varlety buslncn, like all modern fnstitu- tlons, has its * ringa.” These are composed of managers in differont citfes who * play luto each othier's hands ™ by controlling desirable talent for the theatres they represent. The largest of these combinatfons, known s the * Blg Ring,™ includey the Proprlclcm af tho Olymple Theatre, New York, the Park Thentre, “Brooklyn, the Adelphy, Chieago, Howard Atheneum, Boston, the Nolltday Street Theatre, Baltintore, the Ameriean 'Theatre, Philadelphin, ‘Theatre Com- S(quc, Washington, ~Adelphi, Buffalo, Theatro Comlique, Bt, Loufs, and Bidwell's Academy of Music, New Orlenns. ‘The managera of thesc camblishmnnln keep up active correspondence rearding the merits or demerits of thelr nctors, thelr ability to ““draw,"” ete, aml keep each other thorotighly inforined of aft matters of in- tervst regarding the business. They exchange prrogrammes dully, 50 each may ses what the other is doing. If anactor employed b{ ono gems drunk and breaks bis engagement, orif his uet s badyorif hels notworth the money pid him, or It he fulls to please the public, il the other managers in the “ring” are notlfied, and the actor's engage- ment with them {8 canceled. To be tahooed b one of the “ring? is fatal to the actor who fa thus unfortunate. While it is not obligatory for one manager to refect what the other con- deming, thelr rellanee upon each other’s judg- ment gencrallyimpels thiem to do so. As ihese Mring? manaisera are in the habit of engaging actors for eacli othur, it [8 to tho uctors® lnterest to-keep on good terins with themalle 1f, for Instunce, the mauager of the Chlengo Adelphi flnds o novelty in the shape of un actor who performs nn aitractive act, and for whose ser- vices there i3 competition, he suys to him, “Come with me, aud 1'll make engagements for you in all theatres In our eombination.’” ‘Thus the actor fs sceured a feason's business, which {8 2 good thing for him, and he i kept awny from rival mnnagers, which I8 a good thing for the “ring” Ho, ir the ring manager Liero sees n degirtble nttractlon whicli e cannot use at present himaelf, owing 1o othier engage- ments, ho ucverthelesa selzes upon ¢, and ships it off to some other wmember of the ring, til he s ready for it himsclf. this way he Prevcnu his rivals wearing out an_attraction which he {8 not in & position'to handle, There are other rings among mnnnFers, but none which have the capital and prestige of the Bl Ring.” Dramatic sgents also make a good thing ont of varlety actors. Such an nctor, out. of an engagement, goes toa dramatle agent.and pays him $1 as a booklug fee. The agent entors into correspondence with managers seeking un cngagement for his elient. If ho succeeds in plaving him, ho 18 entitied to 5 per cent of the actor's earnings from such engagements, Man- agers, however, are usually shirp cnough to se- cure what talent they want without the uter- vention of drimnatic spzents. TIE ENTERTAINMENTS. The entertainments glven at theso varioty theatres are usually satisfactory to the audience. 1t {8 natural they should bu 8o, for the actors maoke alife study of their apeclnities, and are enerally as perfect In them' us possiblo to be, looked §n at the Fark ‘Theatre at a mmatinee yes- terduy, The house was filled with lndics and children, and un insignitleant minorlty of men, I uproarcous laughter I8 an indication of cnjoyment, then was the Park Theatre andicnce eneay[n itself. Thelr shouts of faughter und loud appluuse could be heard In the streets, and frequent encores were de- manded aml promptly responded to, Negro character nketehies, stump-speaking, Irish songs, aud Duteh oddities seemed to give the grunlul wmount of satlsfactlon, althuugh the tencmonte liouse scene, as acted by a Blddy and her hus. band, wes o’ it of character-dellng so notural and so fullof fun that it would “huve done ecredit to tho stuge of the best ' legitimate ™ theatre In the country, It Mr. D,;]_[v can in- troduce such a ecene i oue of his soclety plays, his fortune v made. It takes an average of eighty persons to plve n week's performunces at the Ulymple or the Park ' tros, The smaller varfety places will gevalong with half that nume ber, for thiey do not attempt to present regular dramas, Tpity Pustor, Hart and Harrlgan, Hitche cock, Josh Ilurt, are all running trstloss and wholly respectable variety performunces, while Col. Sinn, ut the Olymple aud - Park, hos zone u step hiptier, us I have indicated, and fucorpoe rated first-class dramatic performances with the variety business. All the genttvinen named are entitled to great credit for thelr efforts to, purily and clevute Lhis cluss of eatertainment,’ a8 are also those other nianaggers in other cltics who haye co-operated with them. They found the variety businoss in the slums ol the city, surroundéd by vice and erime, entleing young wen by thouseuds into disreputable haunts, where they were made fumlliur with scenes of drunkenuess and liceutlousness. ‘They lave lited it out of the subterranean ‘‘dives,’ shaken off the “pretty waiter-girl » fucuin. brance, and pluced it upon respectable stages, given {t creditable scttinws,. and surrounded 1t with respectubility, They have applied the sealpel to those eéxcreseuces which were de- stroylug it, and, by Infusing wew bloud, havae given It Ulo " and vitalty, Perhaps the varlety busincss {s not e‘ct all that an wathetictaste would demand, but if it has turned away from the rum-shop and brothe a few hundred of our young men, and rrovmed a decent enjoyabla amusement for the housauds who must be smusced, and who might be Induced to find_{t {n less reputable pla.es, it hus done a good work. Respectable variety entertaluments have certainly driven to the wall those dens of Injquity, the * pretty walter-girl ¥ waluons, and are duaerving of a oo word and of 1lberal encouragement for that if uothing clse, But, so far us [ have seen, they are worthy of such cncouragement be- cause of their ‘awn intrinslc merit. Quites nuber of dramatle % stars " whow- I could nawme are graduates of these varlety theatres, ‘That others will yet appear; having the same wrigin, 1 do not doubt, DUTTON. — Idppy Elfects of b Dresm, Luserne (Pa.) Leader, The terrible uccideot at the vuilroad bridue at Pittston br which Robert Heliue was almust fu- kitled, Is of 100 recout s duto to bave stant} been forgotten by our resders, The sorrowiul -scorn. For in the woods beyond TFor many days after her husband was burled alie contfoued to deplore his death, and went nearly wild whenever shie thought of it. ler nights were passed in restless ravings, and her | days wero gloomy aud cheerieas, It wns feared by her friends that her mind wounld become dis- cased {f hier grief was not In some way asstinged. At last she (Iraw‘:c(\ to nleep otie sutiny niters noon, and while this at rest she dreamed that her husband was coming back to her, and, bend- ing over her, Implanteil o kiss upon her brow, She_nsked hiin to remaiu with lier, but he told her ho could nat, that he was too Iu\rpy where he was, but that they would meet agaln hereaf- ter In the better world, The vision pussed nway and ahe awoke. Since then lier thoughis have been at rest, and ahe {8 thoroughly {mpressed with the bellef that her husband is bappy and that she will go to him when sho comes to llo down i the grave beside him. ESTHER CHILLINGWORTH'S RING. Ladies Magazine, Such a queer old riug! 1 picked 1t out of the old lacquered cablnet, where Aunt Lucinda’s oty and ends of family rellcs—mementomoris, antique trinkets, and souvenlrs of the past; her past, that scomed 8o very, very old; for sho was my mother's aunt, not mine—iero stowed avay in rows of tiny drawers, packed in goft Jeweler's cotton, and smelling swect and strong of Tonka Ueans, It wasa ring of old yollow gold, curl- ously dressed with the jacinth cut crescentivlsg and et In tiny sced-pearla and the jewels and sotting, as in many old rings, opened at the conxing of a finger, and showed a wee space for batr—whose? T asked Aunt Lucindsy but she was hurrying to shut up the cabinet, and only sald: % Remind ma to tell you about it In the morn- ing, child,” for it was late, and sho wanted to send me off to bed. ' Can't { keep this, just to wear while I'm here,—it 8o pretty,—and I'll take such good care of It, Auntle?” # Well, put it on," eald Aunt Lucinda, *and then run away, for ' past 11 o’clock, To think of you keeping mo up talking untll this late hour!” So I went away to bed, slipping the narrow band of fretted, carven, crusted gold over my firat finger, and watching the rich, warm flake of light in the heart of the jacinth—like a drop of clear honoy. Ialept nlou’u at Aunt Lucinda's, in o quecr old room, with an open fireplace and brass and- Irons, and with o great, high-posted bed, durk with flowered chintz curtains, and a high and al- most Inaccessible mountain of feathers, futo which I usually leapcd with the aid of a chalr, when I had blown the candle out. I nlways went to sleep drowsily speculating upon ‘the ancestral personago who had reposed {n this old ark of a bed, under that auclent red silk quilt, and wonderluf {f any of thelr forgotten dreans lurked round those flowered curtalns, to creep {nto my Lrain when sleop sct ita gates ajar, T dld not trcam that night, at any rate; Tam sure of it, for I had not slept ten” minutes by the old alabaster clock on the mantelplece, when 1 was awakened by the pressure of a hand, It was not Aunt Lucinda's handj even in sleep I knew the difference of the touch, They were young flngers that slid coldly over mine, —=goft, round tips, that left a damp chill upon my fieeh where they crept along, As my aenses awoke, gradunlly, T felt theso fingers working at the rings on my left hand, and felt a cold breath on'my forehead, llka a little pufl of night alr. F tricd Lo strike away the_hanil, but it fasten- ed clingingly on ming, and a moaning volco Ml“l?'l pasatonately, and yet piteously, ltke ahurt ehitld © Let me have {t—let mo have {¢1" Whoate you! Where are youl What (s 11 1 gasped, nmzszllu to sit upright in tho deep trough of the Ieather-bed. ‘‘Aunt Lucindat” The dark, still folds of the curtains wavered and moved, the streak of light between themn widened, and_then they were pushed quits apart. Then 1 eaw the moon sl Mning on the tlour, and the fire dylug on the bearth between the brass andirons, and a figure standing by the bed,~standing right in the’ arch made’ by tho xmr‘cd curtains. When I tell this story,—my one solltary ghost-story,—or when I even think i€ over in the silence of my own mind, Iean feel again, fust ns 1 did thei, the cold aiF striko my face, tiko breath from a damp vault, blowing straight from that motionless figure, 1t was n woman, und 1 saw her just as lflnlnly a8 I sce at this moment the words written by the pen in my hand., Icould tell you every item of the dress she wore, even to tho edyini of lace on tho tight sleeves that reached her el- bows, and the littlo blue damask figure on her pray gown, Ior sacy was vory pale and quict, and there we > Heght in her eyes; they werd heavy and duri., and the llds were reddened us 1t with erying and waking; but she was beauti- {ul for all that,—besutiful 4 gome old dim plet- ure with o story in ft. There sho steod her faco and neck gleaming duil-white, ko old marble, above the gray gown, and oto lock of her bizck holr twisted round her throat, like soft necklace, and her lttle damp, cold hand Jying ot mine, and her Ups moved yot, as I 8o were saying over sgain: “ Lot me have (t.” *Who ary ‘)'unl" I cyled, trembling and hardly breathing, ©What do you want?? ™ “My ringy—mino and Roger's. No other woman can weatr my ring. Look! don’t you see the blood on it Aunt Lucind's ring! There was no stain on it when she took It out of the old casket; but T saw [t now in the mooullght,—a dash of ue) red among the crusted carvings, I tove it off n}y finger, and fung it away as if it were a coal u {Ire. “Who are you? I erled once mare, Aud the answer came softly and slow, llke o sigl 8 her Chilllugworth.”? « I atarted up st lier breathlessly, “ Look at yue,” she imurmured. *¥This §s thoe face that Roger Vaue loved nigh 200 years agos this is tho hand thut wore his ring,—~that sent it back to bim from Balem jail when he cared no longer to remember how lie slipped it on with Jisses. They suld I wus very fair to see In those duys, Look'nt ie, A I comely nowl” ho swept back her long halr from her face, but without displaciug the lock that curled liko u suake arountd her thront; and then, as Ilooked at hier, she bruke into a low walling cry: “I hind the fairest face in Salem,—old Chil- Togworth's daughbter! “The grass withereth, the flower fadetln’ The parsou used to tell me it was but a vain show, und 1 ln\fxfillxzd him to ein, when I wus picklnez May-flowers, and rustling uakle the brown leaves to find thelr pink and white clus- tered stars, I mes Roger Vune, and he told men swceter tale than the preacher koow, And Ilet hinu kiss iy mouth, for he called it ‘most Bweet—yen, ‘altogether lovely,’—swecter than the bredth of May-fiowers, O'theSalem woods! O my love, Roger, Roger{™ 1fcr wall swept by ke » gust of clilling wing, and the folds of thu curtuins stirred and trems bied with {t; but s never stirred,—not even a hatr of her hiead was alinken os she stood there, “Jie was brave, and l'uumz and haudsome; and he cune riding {n [romy hcnon. and rode down the strect of Sulom that spring-day, the goodlicst day I eversaw, In old Englind, or in the new, bleak codutry, thers were none to compare with hin, in m%ui'uu: and so I loved him, And he stayed in Safem, and [ saw bhim day after day; and none knew (b at first, for we strayed far oway In thuse green woods that were Just ‘Pulting on thelr leaves, and looked for May-flowers, and, later on, for tho blue violets thut erept up through the rustiing dead fo lage of last year, And ut last he came to my father's house; but Abcl Chilling~ wurth was old and stern, aud I feared him,, and I had no mother; and s0 we kept our seeret—Itoger and I, 1 feared nothing, asked nothing, lumy love; I dralned the cup of each day dry, and was coutent with lta full druught of joy, and never dreamed, with sumnmer aud the roses round me, of winter and decay, ond duat und ashes, until one day came when wo met lu the Salem woods to part, ,“*No lears, my little "Aay-flower,’ Roger Vane sald, softly, as he held mo thers within his strong, kindly arms. ‘[ bave never scen the drops I those swees cyes of thine before, and I would not have iy lust sight of themn so marred, Itis only for o lttle spoce, sweet- heart, T shall cono back to steal away my littla Parltan mulden befare tho first Jeaf has furned red‘ b );cr lnl‘hcr’ndl‘onr.' 5 T " hy—why will you go, Roger erfe as 1 cung round him; aud uigkedn.nnl_v o hiear ovor ugaln what I knew before quite well: how Qov. Winthrop,' whose blood-relatlon he was, had sent Lim hers, and now recalled hlm, on busluess of the Commonwealth, and bow he must obey ; leaving me only for a ‘Httls while—*n very little while,' 1 inadedifin whisper over .and ‘over, with my arins about, his ugck. And then he pulled trom his finger that riug, with Ita dark-yellow stone and the little brlq it pearls, and slipped it over mine, 4 ig8ee,' he sald; ‘{ou shall wear this 28 iny pledge of love and loyalty; there isa lock of my own halr under the stone, and you shall filvu ma onp of those precious dark Jocks to icep uud kiss when we are parted; and in two little months I vow to exchange our love-gilts bt:lf uguln, hiere fn this very wood, my sweet- esL.! 44 1o took the lock of bair that curled by my . mether aguln,~ncver any maorol led our lives apart, and never drew them to- Touzer Vana rade back Into Boston town, and I stole radly to my father’s house, Lo mourn awd walt for lilm, with his ring hung roundd my neck, low down, by my heart. “'The summer crept om and tho ot days rhortened thelr flereo flres, and the August hazo was in tho sky; the golden-rod shovk out its plumes afl nlong the dry, dusty roud, amd the ragged white thistle-down blue here and there. Iwatched for the first chango ‘slong the dark borders of the woods,—~for the red Jeaves, and for Roger; but onoe inorning I woke up and saw the white froet glittering on ome blacken- ed, droopluer vines around tny window, and o broad splash of scarlet, 1ke blood, dashed across Llie mnple-trees, and 1o Jover came riding down the road, or struying through the Salem woodd to find me, “Never, never morel 1 Tiad liad the Iast kiss on my lipa for eyer, for none touched them after Roger Vaue, The leaves turned crbimson, and golden, and russet-brown, aml withered and -lrnp}\ml from the bare trees the dark Novem- ber duys glowed over the land, aud my lover never eame. No word had T from lifin,—no slans 1 knew not if ho were mumuf the living o tead, nutll Gldeon Giles, coming home fn the early winter from n week’s Journey to Boston, tolme, ns he sat in tho ‘clbow-chalr by our hiearth, that lie had seen gay voung Roger Vane, “¢You remember him, Mistress Eathier? A well-favored yoyth, but something light-mind- cd; and yob [ saw him nmong goodly compuny, coming out of the South Chaireh mpur meeting, and with a fair yuun;rnlmly on lis afm. e huil no eyes (oruu{ of thB worshipers hut her, and 1 got no speech with hitn, else T wight have braught back a kindly messare for his [ricnds in Balem, and for you, Mistress Esther,’ $1le looked at'me witha keen, eruel glance, and I remembered how once hie had crosaed omr puth as we loltered n the wootls, Roger and 1 1t he scarched for any tell-tale aign fnmy face, it was In vain. I hail the pride of the Evil One who fell through pride Irom beaven, and 1 only Taughed under bis keen old eve. 80 I knew thut Roger Vatie was living, and had forgotten me. I could have burne lis death, I conld not bear his scorn. The bitter- ness of hell crept intomy soul, and taught ma hatred of all mankind, L shrauk awny from thy sight of human fuces, amd I gloom and solitnde ate wmy own heart away with brouding upon “its despalr. O iy vain brauty —0 crucl ° dower that® Dbrought my fall] Two soft months of carly summer, against the” loug, drear winter's cold—the warmth ol kisses n green, §luuclnz woauls, and the fey walls of Satem Juil,—the crowd on Witeh'a Il the strangling rope, the dorkness of the denth-struggle, awl the trackless nbysses of eternity,—tlicse thinuzs mg fair fuce brouzht me,—ine, old Chillingworth's proud daughter!® Wint a c\? she gave! In the dead silence of the night {t clove sharpand shuddering, and seemed to frecze my senses within me,—turmn mo cold and dumb ‘with fear. The ghust-uirl wrung her white hands, and flung them hich abovo her hiead, and her shadowy ligure swayed and waved fu the arch between the curtaing, ns the wo alinoat two centuries old shook Lerwith thic strenpgth of yesterday. “I had 1o fear of God or man," murmured on tho volce agaln; “and my mouth wus full of bitter words, and I defied both In my heart and on my lips, “In the glass I saw my benut,\'\ruherflnp{ away, as if ten yoars had sped since Roger and I plcked the carlier flower together; and yet tha Mny-flowers bloomed only vnice sinee then. I wandered out to find them one April day in tho | old placo where he and I had walked; and, ns I swept away the heaped brown leaves, I crled alond to the merciless poworsabove mo—to God or Satan, to whom I wonld have sold my sonl that hour only to have Roger back agaln beside me. And there was one in the wood that day who heard me. “ The land was all_astir with crics of witch- craft, and Parson Mather was at lis bloody work, in the namo of God. On the long, low hill beyond Sslem villaze stood the glbbete, where old mistress Nuvse had_suffored, am goodwife Corey, und the old and frall, and tho strong, young limbs had swung against tho sky for pitiless mobs to gibo at. Thero wers erucl tongues In Salem that whispered azainst me, and brouglit me hefore the Jmlzen—me, Esther Chillingworth, 10 years okl fn that wretched April—whomn Rogér Vane had loved! ‘Thore were those who swora to bitter threats that T had made, and strange utterings and walllngs heard when I was alone, and prayers and erfea that had another mname In them than God's; and it was sald that 1 stole out In the forest to meet mimul master, and worthy goodman Giles had heard mo call bim to my side, as be strayed through tho troca near me. Anda child whom I bad pushed from my way, 68 1 walked down Salem stroct, had fallen In, and erled, In its strange fNts, that Esther Uh(hlngworth tormonted him; and iny old father's honor and hls l|zmy hlrs could fiot eave me, nor my youth, and my poor, fading beauty. Thoy dragged me from lis liouse and cast me into_Salem jall; thoy locked the heavy door, and drew tho creaking bolts fust, and “left me crouched under tho “grated window to sture up, in my hlind anguish, nt the glimpso of tender sky that had no plty for me,— none. God, like Roger, had rorgoaen me. *Then camo the crowded court-room, day after day; the solemn, untlinching foces of the gray, old Judgo; the hot, stifiing alr, aud the sunghine throngh the glaring row of windows, and the jeering, crucl women and merclless men} the writhing children, who, in thelr lying fite, played like devil's babes with my 1ife, nng Mung it away: the sereams and cursos lifted up against me; the slow, vold yolees of the wise old men who were ;{Ivlng o to death for an okl wife's tale; und then the dark walls of the jail —the danmip, the ley chill, tho silence, and the denth-in-life. 8o, day after dny, I camo and went, and asked no merey at their hands, ‘“Fherc was one face fn the crowd that had a ]'»ltvlng Jook for e, thongh it was only n ioun ad's,—young Martin Brown's, whom had counted a child ouly 4 yoar spo, but who had fmwn of lato to lovk with a man’s eyes at me. saw the hot rage und tho bitter tears on his foco as ho stood with the crowd in the court- room, and lstened, and could not speak tn mo; and ono night—a wilg, reiny night—lho stole un- der the window of the Jail, whero 1was press- Ing agalnat the grated bars, and whispered my name. 44 Wgther! Eather! do yon hear mo!' ho said, softly. *Esther, will you answer mef? #4.4nd I spoke, and the poor lad poured out o passion of ;irlux. and pity, aud anger, with the 1outtering of the wind and rain, #4They say -there s no hope, Esther, lie sobbed up to'me from thodark. O, {f I could but faye you—you, so innocentt O Uod) what can I do agninst all this cruel persecutioni You are no witcl, Eather]! You nre purer than any soul of them all, and I must stamd by so help- less, and see you die for thow wicked aport 1 4 Martin,” 1 whispered to him, clinging to the bars, *{f you cannot save r*~will you do for me what you eani’ $4Dfe for you, It [ may, Lsther, with a boy’s own eagerncss, ‘And [ reached up and pushed my hand threugh the window-bars, ont to meet him, SV you urrinmcunga from me to ong in Boston, Martini I have none but you that T 1y trust to bear it, and iy father Knows not, Martin,will you find Roger Vave for met “I listened, und held my breath till he an- swered, ‘Then [ heund hini say, softly: SO wllly Kether,! “iCarry this to him,’ Isafdy and, as I felt his warin Iyuun&: hand, wet with the rain, touch mine, I slipped the love-gift Inte his palm. ‘Taka it to Roger Vane, aud tell him that Es- ther Cuillingworth lica In tho juil in Salem vile luge, charged with witchernft, and that she sends him back his token,—no mure than that, Maurtin, Go, for the pity of God! Hurry, an tako no rest till you flud him, or it will be too late—too late for me!! T felt tho boy's lips kiss my hand, and his {?u?g,fidnur vole catue up ugain, witha trems e Inlt: ¢ Aye, Esther, that I will, My father's mars I'in the stable, and this very liour I will utart, and take no rest till [ find Roger Vnne’ and put your ring in his hand, God nelptng me, 4 EGQud bless you, Martin 1) I whispered to him as he went; nnnl, haylng blessed & human creature for the first time (i this bitter year, it neemed a8 If peace stule into my heart, and ten- der tears Into iy eyes, and “hall the weight rollod away {rom iny wretchied bosom aa I knelt on the cold, bare fluor, . and I went for the W1 counted two days by, 1ast thine from the jall to the crowded courts room. On the daywhen I looked for Martin back apuln, they “told me that I waa to die, And, whtle the volees clamored all' sround ms for iny lunovent blood, and from beyond the witidows the shylll cries rangdn, [ curscd them all as [ stood there,—all, gray old Judges und youug children,—and cast uy murder upon hielr heads for cvermore. [ luy h{ the grated window all the rest of the long, slow afterncon, all through the open twikight, aud waited for Martin. My blood was hot with fever, und thero’ was madness fu iy brain, 1 alnost belicyed, s { crouched there, that all these tales were true, and tuat deyvila biad crept into evurx Im!:o that beat in my hot head, und whispered ln m{'l cars as I clinched u:‘y hunds over ft. At last T Leard my name called, !r:t:‘\lvn‘)lcu tlhnz was I'xluln;’uuh u.nld yet wuklm{ —0 pitiful volca sounding uuder my grating: ‘E-lherl Esther? it “1 gpravg up aud answered Wm, T pressed my face to the barg, and, in the growluy atar- lght, I suw him standivg thero—bartin—ell wlone. I could only speuk bis pawe, aud all other sounds, died in my dry, parchud throat, Yo crled, its largest type, and 1 have secu hilm, “iAnd the ringl? 1 gasped out. “Ifo scamed to hang nis head lower and lower, as if he feared to meet my eyes. ""I' put it Into his hand, Estlicr, as you bade me, y. W ¢And he eafd—whnt did e say? Are you dumb, Martin Brown1' I crled, stamplng ‘my foot wildly. *\Why cannot %uu answer me{’ ‘¢ L ecaise—~becausa Tahill break your hemt,! the boy erled ont, hrc:qdms intotenrs. *Esther, he will not come to yol,—~ho {s cruel and false, and deserves not ong sigh that you have apent for him!, fleis to he ‘married’ to-morrow: he cannot hreak away from his bride, at Gov, Win- (hlrl“»p‘s grand house, to keep a tryst at Salem ) “That was all T heard. The place whirled round and round with me, und the roar of great waters was in niy ears as. 1 fellon thestone floor, scnscless while yet alive. But that waa the bit- terness of death what cared I for the resti Ta- morrow came, aml the April sunshine glinted falr over the ecarth, and _shone on the bride In the streets of Boston town, and on the wltnh-[:Irl climbing thy cursed hill to dle. I heard the shouts, and Jeers, aud hootings of the rabble riving the tender spring alr, and 1 satr, 08 one In o dream, the aca of Linteful faces uptarncd to me, and the black gallows drawn against the sweet, blne,sutny aky, ana I felt the hangman’s hands touch me and tarn cold the biood in my veins, and I flung out. my last breath in a curse that shonld cling—that has clung—to all women harn of that woman, down through unnumbered generntlona—down to you, who trace your lin- vage throngh Mave! Danfells and Roger Vanel In that curse my soul wavered and fluttered out,—sprang free, and laft, swinging between the black earth and the sky, on Witeh's [, the fnir form that crept closo intoa lover's arms fn the green wood long agol™ She stood over me.—this ghostof Esther Chil- Iingworth,—and tore the cull of dark halr away froin her necks and, (n the faint, inisty moon- light, 1 2aw o d rendful eireling miatk around the fuir, white throat. My bloodl curdled with the larrorof ity and I hid my cyes, cowering niway in the pillow us she hung over ine with a lang, maaniug sub, lke the last breath ot the dying. 1 think that terror made e (nsenaible as'T Iny there; [ heard no more, nor saw my strange vis- itant vanish with the giimipse of the moon; but when 1 opened myclvu again, the room was light with down, and s quite alone, with nothing mora ghastly than adail old family portruit to watch e’ between the parted cur- atns, A dream,” I thought, shuddering, s I rubbed my hands across my eycs. 5 Esu;er Chillingworth’s ring was gone from my nger I don't know tlie exact story of it," safd Aunt Lucinda, at breakfast, *The legend goes thab it Dbelonged to a sweetheart of our ancestor, Roger Vane, who was hune for sitcheraft—the girl I menn, not Roger Vane—in the Sulem ex- cltement of 1063, “That was what my geand- mother used to tell me. Slie never wore. the ring, for she said {t was unjucky, the wu". you hoven't ot it on, have you! Y don’t sco it on your fnger." i *“Auntle,” I sald, solemnly, with my eyesns round as the saucer hefore e, “it was taken awiy from me last night 1" ‘*Taken mway! Nonsense,” sald Aunt Lucin- do. “ What are you talking about, childi” So I told her, ““Tut, tut] salil my nunt, de- risively: *you've had the nightmarel” Tho ring Tws slipped off your finger in bed,~it was a size tuo loose for you, Susan will find It when she Is dolng up {uur room, I'll enzage!" And so ehe did; but iy faith was in nowlao shaken, nor could any skontical arguments de- atroy my firm bollef in the ghost of Esther Chillingworth. Aaid, to thiy day, Aunt Lucindu adinits that “It wns an odd colncldence about the names, that's certain.” e et A LEGEND OF OKEFINOKEE, ‘Thero was once a frog, And he lised lna ho}fi On the banks of Luke Okefinokea; And the words of the vong That he sang all day long Were, **Croukety, croakety, croaky." Sald the frog, **1have found That my life’s dally ronnd In this place is exceedingly poky; S0 no longer I'li stop, But Lewiftly wiit lmg Away from Lake Okefllnokee,™ Now a bnd mocking-bird Dy mischanca avorhoard Tho words of the lmxiuu he apokeey And ho aald, **Allmylifo Frogand I've been at'strife, As we lived by Lako Okefinokes. **Now I scent s Elun:o 1lcre's & capltal chanco For to play him a practical Jokee; Bo I'll ventiire to say That bo ahall not m.mx Go nway from Lake Okeflnokeo, " Sa this bad mocking-bird, Without aaying a word, Flew off fo tree that was oaky; And londly e sang, 'T'ill the whole forest rang, *+ Ob, croakety, croakety, croaky," As he warbled thia song, Master Froz como along, A-(fllling his nipe for fa smokos; Aud huthought, One more frog 1faa cucaped from the hog 0f Okelinokes—fnokee, *1am filled with ameze ‘To hear ono of my race A-warbling on a’r of an oaky; Tsut, if froga can climb trees, T1nay st find some ease On the banks of Lako Okefinokee, ™ So he climbed up tha tree, But, alant down el lic, ARt Iy nd his lovel reen necl ‘wae brokee; And the sad truth to ray, ' Never mora did he stray From the banks of Like Okefinokee, Then the bad mocking-bird Sald, ¢ How very absurd And delighttul a practlcal Jokeat" ut, ohlsorey to say, He wae drowned the noxt day In tho wuters of Okelinokee. —Laura (. Richards in the Nursery, — A Grund Potlatoh, Britiah Columbdia Colontst, Seot. 30, ‘There was u mlghlfi gathering of Indiang at Saanlch yesterday, Upward of 8,000 redskins, In 275 canoes, were present. ‘The occaslon of the assemblage was a graud potlatch of aver £15,000 worth of . goouls buing glven away, En- glish blankets to tho value of $5,000 were thrown from the top of the lodges to be atrame blud for by the natives below, who stood artned with long poles stuck full of nails at one end, to sccurd thy prize as scon as it fell. In addl- tion to these, somy curfous ** percecees,” mude by the uatives themselves from the wuol of the tnountain sheep, were also thrown, Threo hun- dred guns, amongst which were some very Une double-barreled — pieces with percussion louks, wera then “thrown ddwn, and caused weerica of tremendous struggles, which lusted in somo cases for nearly au hour. Pleces of hoard representing suis ranging trom $100 to 500 were then scrambled for aftor the same fashfon, Thres brothers gaye 3,500 blankets ua thelr contribution, which had ail been pald for b{ the products of the vhase. The stock of #ifts belng exhausted, tho natlves all got Into thelr canoca and left, thus ending one of the largest meetings of the kind which has taken place for some ycars, and probably the last of ary magnitude which will “occur, “as the rlsing Reieration of Indiuns seem to curo little abou perpetuating the customs of their forefathers, and thls,as woll as many other frncucel wlll soon be numbered amoung the things of the past, Al was conducted aubcr)Y and the Ins dlan Superintendent, Col, Powell, aud Polive Superintendent Todd, who were present, wero both struck with the ahsence of any sign of in- toxication, ———— Supplanting of the Turkish Sultan by the Dake of Edinburg, Priladelphia Press. Thers I8 o jentle n’&llluun in England just now, the oblect of which is either to abolish the Bultan of Turkey-in-Europa, or at least to form a new Kingdoni, consisting of Herzegovinl, Bosnla, Bulgaria, and some additional odds an euds of terdtory, Mr, Mundella, M. P, for Bheittcld, was the first to name the future suy- ereign, and Mr. Mouutstuart Grant-Dutt, 31, P, for the Elgin borough, followed suit {n & lour letter in the Londun Times of the 11tk of this month, in which, though he forbears to name his nan, lie plainly ‘Ildh’nttl him, Mr. (irant-Dutf proposes that a certalo Englishman sball sup- plant the Bultan in Constantinuple, assisted by an Anglo-Turkish Mindstry, Who s the per- son to supplunt the “Bultanl The indie vidual agreed upon is H. R, H. the Duke of Edlnburg, Queen Victoria's second son and the Emperor of Russia’s son-in-Jaw, He is 33 yeurs old, und a Captain in the British navy, Mr. drantDull entlustusticlly declares: that “ulthough he i an Englishman, bis sppearance at Bysautium_would, Ipso factu, realize the dreais which Russia has so long cherished of npluln%. through Russlau handls, the Cross on 8L, Sophld, aud the grandson qf (Ae Cear would ruldin the new Roms, Albelt Le is sn English- man, aud most cluscly connected with Russis, he 8 also most clnacl{ connected with Germany, and that both through the, Iinperial house through the minor Princed” 'Tho fact that the leadiug journal of Eyrope has printed Mr. Grant-Dufl’s proposition fu full, dsplayiug it in not repl g abllity or status of its wriler. An Ewglish Prince on the throne of Othnan would he a surpriso cven in the present era of eventful changes. How it is to be effected 1s discreetly Teft to the fmogination, A ['arls correspondent aflirms that, & Jewcler of the Ruc 8t, Martin, wha fs ncn-‘mllly atronized by the Twperin fumlly of Russln, hos actually” gone to 8t. Pe. tershirg **to scenre the order for the crown regnant’ and the crown matrimontal of tho fu- tura hend of the Lower Empire and his Impe- rinl apouse, the Grand Duchess Maria,” Wien a German Prince Is sovercign at Athehs, an Anfi)ovflermnm grlnm night do, [t s thought, Jyzantium. Besfdes, in'the event of such n charigre, the daughter of the Czar would be en- -abled, for the rest of her life, to take precedence over her English elaters-in-law. e et ———— L JONN L, ROUTT. The Lifo of the Contennin} Governor of Col- orada, Bpecint Correspondence of The Tribune. » Broomixaron, 111, Oct. 13.—Jolin L. Routt, Colorado's new Governor, was for many ycars s res{dent of this city. He moved to Titinols from the State of Kentucky in the ‘year 1812, Tlo was then a very young man, a wcre beardless youth, filled with the spirit of adventure, ana amblitipus to better his fortuns by dolig any lhonest worle that he could get to do. Bloom-' lngton was at that time a very small place,—~n little countryvillage, with an energetle and thrif- ty Western population. Young Routt thonght there was a bright future for the town, and at once concluded to make it his future home, e was a smart, actlve young fcllow, and never would sit around waiting for something to turn up, but would o and turn that something up himself. He would work nt anything, and no matter what kind of work he engnged to do, it wns done with the same cnergy and perses verance which has charncterized his political career. e worked in the saw-nills, chn‘mvud wood at 673 cents per cord, and shoved the Jack-plane whenever he was fortunate enough to obtaln promiscuous jobs at carpen- (urinfi. Mrmern of the "old landmurks fn Bloomingfon show evidences of his excellent workmanship; many of the liouscs which he ereeted belng to-day In a good State of preservation. When' bullding was done le would sonetimes “”'li the merchants, and mado avery creditablo clerk and bookkeeper, _Like a Inrge number of the early ploneers of Illinois, youny Routt q FELL IN 1.OVE, and married 8 Western girl whose name was Hlester A, Woodson, Shewas a clild of pov- erty, and was compelled to work hard for herown living. Routt at this time was only 19 years of Auit:, and commenced married 1ife upon o vers small stock of worldly goods. They marric beeauscthey thought themselves suited to cach olher, an_ old-fashloned reaton to Lo sure, and oue somewhat fallen Into disuse, In 1854 he waos clected Alderman of Bloomingtlon, and shortly afterwards tricd the lifo of a farmer; but, after one or two erop- fullures, he roturned to town and resumed lils trade 18 a carpenter, and working in tho mills, In politics he took o vory lively Intercst, and was originally a Whig, but in 185 became # Re- publican, and has remained so ever since. year or two_later Routt had eucceded In aceu- mulating a little mouey, and, in common with many ofhers, began to speculats in Western Jands. In 1850 and 1857 the grent financial crash me. But a more scrlous disaster resulted to Routt. e had purchased lund on the hank of tho Migsourl River, but the shifthue cur- rent chanred fts course, and all of his domain becameo the bed of the river, and his rich sofl was washed away to add ta the nceres tious at tho mouth of the .Ilanlnslfim. In 1863 Routt resigned the oftice of SheriiT of McLean Couuty aud entered the nrm{. and was glocted a Captalnin the Nimnety-Fourth Regimentof Illinots Volunteers, which he had assisted tu recruiting and organizing. e fought bravely at the BATTLE OF PRAINL OROVE, ARK. and distingulsed himsol? as a brave sofdicr in other hard-fought battles ot the Robellion, and obtalned tho rank of Coloncl. On arrlving home from the nrmy in 1865 ho was clected Treasurer of McLean County, which position e filled for threo successive terms to the smi- nent satisfaction of both political partfes. At the commencomont of Gen, Grant's Adminlstration, Gen. Giles A, Smith, of Bloomington, was appointed Sccond-Assistant Postmaster-General, and_Col. Routt was se- lected ns chiof clerl: of this burcau. Ho filled this ofllce with credit until he was appolnted United States Marshal for tho Bouthern District of Illinois, JIn the fall of 1871 Gen. tmith was obliged to resign his position on ae- count of falling liealth, and Postinnater-General Creswoll fmmedlately sclected Col. Routt os Smith’s successor. The Colonel resicned his office as Marahal, and at once entered upon his dutlcs ns BECOND-ABSISTANT POSTMASTER-GENERAL In Octobor, 1871, This position he continned to fill until he was lfl-}nln ed by Proaldent Grant 28 tho Governor of Colorado. Iu personal appearance Col. Routt Is u!lfihny below the medium height. Ho e stoutly bullt, has a Inrge, weil-shaped head with promineut forehead, Dlack balr, dark-lazel eyos, and strongly marked features. Io §s conrtcous and very agreeable, though firm and dectded, and has a plu:usluF addreas, which wins him friends whereyor he goes, His political cont- mon senss cnables him to g'rna? a sublect and compreliond 1t at oncs in all its bearlngs, and his decislons, always promptly made, are neyer- theless ore than ususlly snfo and correct. Ho reads hwman nature with remarkable accuracy, aud seldom has oceaslon to rovise fis first estimates of character. e is over ready to lend o helping hand to tho worthy and deserving, but has a thorough con- tempt. for all protenders and shams, whether the shams be men or measurcs, Routt has al- ways beon an active politician, and when a res- ident of the Stute of Illinols there*was not to be found within her borders a more outspoken man, upright citizen, or slncers friend than the new Guvernor of the Centennlal State, STARKIEN BTANLDY. —— TRUANT SUMMER, Budden I missed the Summer. Swift * 1 run and called, **0 Bird! O Beal Which way went Bummer? Did you sce? Jted Hosc, thy silent potals lift, And by & gesture point to me Which way went truant Bummer freol 1lee work undone, hor promles brokon, 0, fcklo Bummer, of falye token)" R'en while T lrulw the bee fell dead, Frozen to death; aud vanishing 1n Southern wky, on panss| wing, 1 saw tho awallow as he fled, Cluse to my feet eank ahiverin; Tho rose, a1l white with su..ering, And, na | tuened, the skies wore wnowlng, “I;;ul ‘l;y“ whistling winds wera blowing. e ——— The Gl makor's Fate. ZLondon Times, In a “Bool of Curioaltics" wa rend: " Thers was an ertificer in Rome who mado vessels of pluss of 50 tenutious a temper that they were as little lable to be broken as thuse that sre wnade of gold and sllver, When, therefory, he Liad mado a vessel of the purer sort, and such 8 he thought u present wortliy of Cicsnr alone, he was adinitted into_the presence of the then Emperor Tlberjus. The gift was pralsed, the ekitlful baud of the artist appluuded, and the douation of tho giver accepted. Thoe artlst, that he might enhance the wonder of the spec- tators, and promote himsell yet further in the favor of the Ewmperor, tovk " the vial out of of Cesar's haud, and threw it with such forca aguinat the door that ths most aolid mctal would bave recelved some damage or brulse thereby, Cwsar was not onl{ amased, but ailrighted with the act; but the nrlilt. taking up tho visl fiom tho ground (which was not broken, but onl?bnllw(l together, as §f the substunce of the Blnas had put on the temper of brase), drew ont on instrument from Lis bosom and best 1t out to its foriner Higure, Fhis doue, he Imagined that lie hud conquered the world, as believing that he had merfted an acquaintunce with Cwsur and ratsed the admiration of all the beholders; but it fell out otherwlse, for the Emperor In- quired If uny other person Lesldes bimscll wad frlvy to tha like tempering of glass, When he old” him *No, ha commanded his attendunts to strika off his bead, saylug, *Shbould this artifice come once Lo be known, gold and siiver would be pf as little value as the dirt in the Bbreet,! gz after thi 12,y In 1010—we read that among other rare presents then sent from the Sophy of Persla to the Kiug of 8patu, wera six nlrors of malleable glass, so exqulsitely terupered that they could not be brokeu.” ————— ietaria Dritish Columbla ngus Mucdonald, of Colyille, has arrived dowu from u tour in Northern Montana aud the Rocky Mountalus, 110 says that much smolder- @uardian. Mr, ds of iuterfor fng excitement &xn:vnlla in' the minda of Indiuns concerning tho Sloux wi The Bioux bad reported to their camps that they hud killed slnco lm WAr begun up to the uiddle of July 400 or 500 men. BIE Rajp was the Chief who killed Gon. Custer, but his body was not man- giod beeauss he wus clad 1 a hunter’s leathern suit, whruge they took him te be some brave aveldental stranger out with the troeps, Whilo Oen. Custer was runutug his second man through tho body with hils ‘aword Lo wes alot by Big italy, the Sloux Clief, ia the hesd. 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