Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, October 22, 1876, Page 12

AMUSEMENTS. A Barren Season at the Chi- cago Theatres. Activity in New York--- Green-Room Notes. Approaching Opening of the Musical Season. Musical College Soiree-—New Music Received—Local Notes. Hess English Opera Company in Trouble---Operatic Gossip. THE DRAMA. CHICAGO. MR, JOSEPH MURPHY AT M'VICKER'S. . A treatise on the drama in Chicago during the past week can be written in short order, and, Wwhen finished, cannot fail to resemble the cele- DLrated chapter on the enakes in Ireland. There was no drama in Chicago last week. Mr. Mu_r— phy’s piece, in which the dove and the horse lie down together, is Dot a play, but a show. 1ts zoological features avowedly constitute its chief claim to public attention. Thcdovrs_ are ehown Defore the theatre every day in gilded cages, and passers-by are informed by placards that these imported birds zre used every Nghtb, Mr. Joseph Murphy in “The Kerry Gow.' Tower thin this the érama in Chicago canuot descend. Even the cducated-pig exhibitions would not be worse. When: the imported dove Decomes the most - conspicuous actor in the principal Chicago theatre, it must be that the crisis bas_come, and that henceforth the cneral drift of dramatic affairs wili be towards Ezwer things; for progress in the other direc- tion would involve total destruction. There is o peculiar offense in the employment of “im- ported " doves. Cannot American talent pro- duce doves good cnough toappear on the stage? The American drama, it is well known, is yet to come. Is the American dove to come also? The American horse_has arrivea already, and it was showing an invidious preference not to ex- hibit him in front of McVicker’s Theatre during the engagement of Mr. Murphy. Whether the native dove comes or not, we do not believe auything worse than Murphy and his “Kerry Gow ™ can ccme. Neither the play nor the acting is redecmed by a single graceful or artistic trait. The story is full of the wildest improbabilities; the moral is bad; the dramatic construction is ewkward; and the dialogue is incxpressibly stupid. COMING EVENTS. The present week will be no more noticeable in dramatic affairs than thelast one. Bfr. Jo- scph Murphy with bis “Kerry Gow * remains at McVicker's Theatre, the two minstrel com- panies offer their usual enterteinments, and the Adelphi a vdriets bill. At the last-named place also a local ‘“sensational” drama entitled «Nemesis; or, The Brigands of Chicago " will be produced.’ The tollowing paragraph in an Eastern papgr indicates the disruption of the minstrel com- p;uy now playing at Haverly’s Theatre, and the! beginning of the dramatic season at that place. It is kmown that a number of stars have ‘been engaged to play at Haverly’s, with sup- ort obtained from neighboring cities. THE TRIDGNE warns the management beforehand that an inefficicnt stock compeny can soon ruin the reputation of that theatre, which is at pres- ent excellent, and well worth preserving. The paragraph referred to is as follows: **Billy" Emerzon has secured a lease of Hooley's Brooklyn Opera-House, for a term of five years. e will inaugurate his sesson there on or about Nov.12. Mr. Emersonis very desirous to estab- fish 2 permanent wminstrel organization in Brook- 1yn, that ehall tske rank with, and equal those of, New York and Philadelphia. TIIE OUTER WORLD. NEW YORE DEAMATIC GOSSIP. Kate Patnam is to play an engagement at the Oivapic Theatre in * Little Nell and the Mar- chiouess,” beginning to-morrow. The Olympic is 2 variety theatre. Miss Rose Wood, an accomplished actress, formerly a member of the Park Theatre com- pany in New York, bas been engaged as a mem- Ler of Watlack’s company. The death is fannounced of Miss Kate Hol- land, daughter of the late George Holland, and 8 member of DA.R"S company. rs. Henrictta Dyo‘t, of the old Park Theatre, also died re- cently. Messrs. Jarrett & Palmer have_bought W. 8. Gilbert’s play called “Dan’l Druce, Black- smith,” and will sooner or later bring it out at Bootl’s, with Mr. Lawrence Barrett in the prin- cipal role. B Shook & Palmer have purchased the latest Parisian success,—* Fromont the Youneger and Risler the Elder.” Tt is said to be remarkably nasty, and will want a thorough revision before it can be produced in America. It is noticed that Miss Amy Fawsitt, the Ed- °| glish actress who was added to Daly’s company at the opening of this season, has been retired on account of a common and vulgar indispo- sition,” so frequent and embarrassing in its vis- ftations as seriously to impair ker uscfulness. _Mr. McVicker’s scason with 3Mr. Booth at the New York Lycenum Theatre will last ten weeks, after which the company will travel with Mr. Booth ten weeks longer, while Mr. Jeflerson oc- cupies the Lyceum with another organization. Miss Clara Jennings, a clever actress, has been engaged as leading lady of the Booth company. The principal dramatic novelty in New York Inst week was the debut of Mrs. Pomeroy as Juliet at_the Lyceum Thcatre. She showed much ability and natural force, but was ad- Judged imr{cc})na:c to the responsibilities of the part. The other programmes were: ** Forbid- den Fruit,” at Wallack’s: *“ Life,” at the Fifth Avenue: “Baba,” at Niblo’s; *Sardanapalus,” at Bouth’si “The Two Ors ," ot the Union Square: “ Uncle Tom’s Cabin,” at the Grand Opera-House. “Sweethearts and _“Tom Cobb™ were brought out at the Park Tuesday night. These two new plays are by W. 8. Gil- bert. They were produced last season at Bos- ton and Philadelphis, but had never before been performed at New York. Miss May Howard made a Lit in * Sweethearts,” and Mr. Thomas Whiflen—another Chicago favorite—was much ‘sdmired for his impersonation of Tom Cobb. GENERAL AMERICAN NOTES. Anna Dickinson’s engagement at Cincinnati last week was a fizzle. Madame Janauschek's cgagement at the Bos- ton Theatre begins Oct. 30, Adelaide Neilson is billed toa the ‘Walnut, in Philadelphia, Oct. 30, i ~“ Maggic Mitchell has produced a play ealled “Becky Mix, " by C. V. Tayleure, it Providence and Washington. 1t was not much liked. Of the Mesers. Kiralfys’ new spectacle, “The Lucky Star,” produced at Boston last week, the Journal says: ** It is characterized on the bills as “ the success of an entire sexsonat the The- atre Chatelet, Paris,” but was characterized last nizht by an amouat of dullness which kept ic far short of success.” Anna Dickinson and Fannie Davenport were at Cincinnati last week: George Fawcett Rowe was at St. Louis; Rose Eytinge at Buffalo; the Florences at Cleveland;” Charles Fetcher and Mrs. D. P. Bowers at Pittsburg: Boucicault at Boston; Stuart Robson on the New England eir- cuit: Ben DeBarag Baltimore; AMaggie Mitchell at Washington; John E. Owens_at Louisville; Totta and Frank Muyo at Philadelphia. FOREIGN NOTE3. Erncst Blum, tke guthor of “Rose Michel,” ‘hasa new comedy,'entitled L’ Avant-Scenc,” in rehearsal at the Palais Royal. 4 The Duke’s Motto,” first produced at the London Lyccrm in 1863 bas been revived at the Olvmpic without success underthe title of “The + Duke’s Device.” Mr. Wills’ play on the snb{]cct of Jane Shore, . in blank verse and five acis, has been produced i ot the Lendon Princess’. It iscalled by the Times “zn indifferent play Indifferently acted.” HUSIC. AT HOME. THE SEASON OPENING. . Aswill beseen by our advertising columns } this morning, the musical season is about 10 i commence. It will fairly open next week, with { 2 scason of Italisn opera by the Strskosch 1 troupe at McVicker's Theatre. The troupe in- cludes quite an array of artists. The prima donne are Mme. Maria Palmieri, of Milan; Mlle. Persiani (alto); Miss McCulloch, well known here; - Signora Martinez, a new comer; Frida ai Gebele (alto); Signor Brignoli, whom everyone knows; Siznor Palmierl, a new tenor; Tom Karl, the favoritc English-opera tenor; Albert Law- rence and Gustavus Hall, baritones; Nicola Barili and L. G. Gottschalk, bassos. The latter singer, it will be remembered, was here last winter with the Camilla-Urso troupe. The season will commence Monday cevening, Oct. 30, with “Norma,” which has not been given here for many years. The cast will beas follows. ..Sig. Barberei -A{me. Romanos FIRST REUNION OF THE BEETHOVEN SOCIETT. The Beethoven Society has prepared the fol- lowing programme for its first reunion,— postponed on account of the illness of one of the performers,—which takes place Friday evening, Nov. 3, at the First Methodist Church, corner of Clark and Wash- | ingrton streets: Rubinstein’s Sonatain D ma- jor, for piano and ’cello, by Messrs. Wolfsohn and Eichheim; the Beethoven concerto in' C minor, to be played by Miss Bertha Burge; the Beethoven romanza, F major, by Mr. William Lewis; and the Rnip trio in D major, No. 4, by Messrs. Wolfsoln, Lewis, and Eichheim. Mrs. . A. Bond will sing the “ Addio” from the « Africaine”; Mr. Dexter, Beethoven’s “Ade- laide”; and Mr. Bergstein will sing Balfe's Hostess’ Daughter.” As the members must present their tickets at the door, it is advisable that they procure them as early as possible. CHICAGO MUSICAL ‘COLLEGE SOIREE. The first soiree of the season by the students of the Chicago Musical College will be given carly next month, with a programme including Wagner's Centennial March; Rubinstein’s ar- rangement for four hands; romanza from “Robert the Devil;* Chopin’s Polouaise, op. 22; duo from “Martha™; Becthoven trio for plano, ’violin and cello; Venzano arfa and waltz; Chopin’s Concert Allegro, op. 465 Cava- tina from Mercadante’s “Elisa ¢ Claudio”; Cavatina and chorus from_Donnizetti’s Pari- sina”; and Thalberg and DeBeriot’s Huguenot Fantasie for piano and violin. FEW NUSIC. Wehave received from Oliver Ditson & Co.y through the kindness of Lyon & Healy, of this city, the following new music: Vol. 1. No. 1, of «“The Organist’s Relinnce,” being a collection of easy arrangements for church or eabinct or- gans, by Eugene Thayer, and including such picces as the March from *Judas Maccabeus,” a Serviee Preludé in G by Naumann, Largo in G by Haydn, Andante in G by Beethoven, Andanté in F by Mozart; and also several sers- jec_preludes by Rink, Keller, Hatton, Hesse, and Lefebure-Wely; also, two numbers of Mr. Thayer's “Album for Organists,” containing Handel’s Sixth Concerto and Mr. Thayer’s own variations on ‘“Auld Lang Syne.”” For the violin and piano, Julius Eichberg has arranged twelve casy pleces, of which we have *‘ The Wild Rose,” *“Hongroise,” a _sclection from Sullivan’s :operetta *‘Cox and Box,” and a canzonetta. For the piano alune the list in- udes: _* Minute-Men Quick March,” a_galop arranged from “The Rose of Castile,” and “Good By Sweetheart Galop,” by J. S, Knight; fi" *St. Cloud i «Versailles Polka,” ¢ Vesper Bell Galop,” and_the *‘Murscilles ymn,” as a march, by Georges Lamothe; ‘‘Flowers of Autumn®” and ‘‘Reminiscences,” by Gustay Lange; *In the Free Air,” one of Joseph Low's admirable *Tooe Picturcs,” for young players; * O Mio Fernando,” a transcrly» tion, by C. Everest; *‘Sounds at Day-dawn,” anidyile, by W. Grand March,” by Carl Wendelstein; ¢ Dramatic Lancers,” by Ssmuel H. Speck; *The Beautiful View,” by C. E. Pathe; a ‘“‘Lan- ciers Quadrille,” for four hands,) by L. Streab- bog: and auother of Emst Perabo’s fine “Ten Seleetions,” the Rubinstein ¢“Berceuse.” The vocal ‘ylcces in the list are “My Sweetest Song for You,” by J. A. Beatley; “La Vez- zosa,” a canzone, by E. Bevignani; *To Our Redceemer’s Glorious Name,” arranged by Prof. Lull from Wilson’s well-known “ Sheperd Boy' 5 “The Old Love is the New,” by Frederic H. Cowen; “The Lord is My Shepherd,” an_alto solo, arranged by Hattie A. Hale; ‘‘Swhet Rest Beyond the Stars,” a sacred song, by Gomez-Thomas; “Thoughts of the Past,” hy I. M. Russell; “ When Shall I Win Thy Heart,” sercnaxfc, by L. C. Elcon; and the always favorite canzonetts, “‘Mia Piccirella,” from Gomez’s **Salvator Rosa.” Mr. 1. Clarence Eddy, our well-known organ- ist aund teacher, has accomplished a very im- portant work in the translation from the Ger- man of August Haupt’s “Theory of Counter- ‘point, Fugue, und Double Countérpoint.” The original work was prepared_expressly for the Royal Institute tor Church Music at Berlin, of hich Haupt is the director. It has long been a standard authority in Germany, and its excel- lent and scholarly translation will now bring it before advanced students of music_and pupils in counterpoint in this country. Mr. Eddy was a . Sudds; “ Ihdclfldcn:c ateur private pu‘)il of Haupt, and, being an adinirable German scholar, his work has more than ordi- pary merit. 1t Is published by Schernier, New ‘orlk. . Oliver Ditson & Co., of Boston, have just is- sued an excellent book for_singing classes by L. O. Emerson, called * The Encore.” The first fifty pages contain the usual singing-school course, or course in musical notation. There are about seventy-five exercises, tunes, airs, and solfeggios, most of them furnished with words. After them there are nearly 100 pages filled with harmonized songs, glees, etc., all easy cnough for singing classes. Thereare also about fifty pages of sacred music and about 100 pieces, in- cluding pselm tunes, chauts, and antbems. LOCAL MISCELLANY. Mr. W. C. Coffin, the tenor singer and teacher of music so well known here in musical circles, has been engaged as dircctor of the chorus choir at the Second Baptist Church, Mr. Thomas Goodwillie, the basso of the Church of the Messiah, will sing this morning Himmel's # Battle Prayer,” and this evening Stearn's sacred song, 0, Holy Father, Hear Our Prayer.” n Mr. John White, the o Church, gave his fourth re ing with a_programme embracing sclections from Bach, Hesse, Guilmant, Merkel, and Buck, Mr. White proposes to forma classin vocal musie for the study of cantatas and smaller oratorios. A concert will be given on Thursday evening next at the Methodist Church Block, by Mrs. E. F. Cooke and her pupils. The programme will include vocal and instrumental numbers, to be erformed by the Misses N. Cooke, J. Cooke, Nellie Foley, J. V. Lothian, K. Klassen, Ellz Baker, J. Snell, Ida_ Coyle, J. Allen, Miss_St. Clair, and_Messrs. Morrison, Pratt, Allen, Ran- ney, and Cashin. ‘The programme of the Turner Hall conc this cfternoon includes Hamm’s “Pru:nr§ March?; overture_to Thomas’ * Raymond ”; second finale to ** Lucrezia Borgia *'; potpourri ou Dicthe’s *“Opera Glass”; Lumbye’s * Al- hambra Waltz'’; concertino for two trombones, tobe played by Messrs. Helms and Braun; overture to Suppe’s “Pique Dame Grand Duchess Potpourri; and Strauss’ ‘“Eldorado Quadrille.” z The Chicago Musieal College witl give a d concert in January, the principal nunbers being Chopin’s F minor concerto, Moscheles' G minor concerto, a concerto by Hiller, and Reinecke's concert stueck, all with orchestral accompani- ment. Signor De Campi, the new teacher at the College, is meeting with great success. A class in reading music at sight, which mects Thursday mornings at 10 o’clock, has’ been establisied under his direction. The class is free to all. Mr. Robert Goldbeck has been winning new Iaurels at the Worcester (Mass.) musical festi- val, which occurred during the first week in this mgnfla and at which Miss Kellogg and the En- glish Glee Club were the special attractions. On ihe two programmes of the concluding day, Mr. boldb‘eck Wwas represented by three numbers, ¥iz.: ¢ Three Fishers* (part sone), ** Morning (vocal septet), which werc given by the Glee Club, anda trio, * Autumn Song,” In specking of which the Spy characterizes them as the gems of the occasion. We also notice the name of Mr. J. R. Nilsen, an old Chieago favorite, whose singing is highly commended.’ ABROAD. MR. IESS IN TROUBLE. A special dispatch from Philadel, i phia, Oct. 1f to the New York Zimes, says: 'h, 5 Miss Clars Louise Kellogg and C. eling as the English Opere:Compane. by 4125~ iff 's summons served upon them while enguged in the performance of ‘* Lucia di Lammermooz ™ at the Acamedy of Music this evening. Thisis no- tice of a suit to be brought by some twenty-five persons who aver thut ther were engaged as the chorus of the opera company. and were summari- 1y discherged. It eeems that about the 17th of Au- gust lzst one Arthur Thamms came here as the sgent of C. D. Hess and engaged sbout sixty per- sons to act as chorus singers for the operas for the season of 1876-'7. Written contracts were had, und in some cases individual contracts were made. anist of St. James tal yesterday even- ‘but the majority of the singers sigheda paper bind- ing themselves 1o sing with no other troupe. On 1€t Saturday, it is alleged, Mr. Thsmms guve no- tice to all but eight or ten persons that their serv- jces would mot be:needea, making a8 an excuse that it was not thonght the .sczson would be good - enough to warrant them in having such a large chorus. The contracts guaran- teed to the choristers pay for at least four nights in a weel, at the rate of S4 per night, the season to Commence this evening. As & resultof this sudden termination of their engagements many of the cliorus urc left without money and deeply in_debt. One young lady resigned ber position in the Church of the Immaculate Conception, on the strength of the engagement; several gentlemen came from distant parts of the countryin August and have paid their bosrd here since, forsaking their business, and all have atiended- rehearsal three times a day, each paying for their own music and their pro raia share of expenses for the rent of the hall at Sixth and Archstreets, where they prac- ticea. Itisalleged that Mr. Thamms kept them together under the most profuce promises, and even last week would not hear of any of the com- pany goingelsewhere, After being disposed of in this manner the members of the chorus engaged the Hon. John Goforth as counsel, and euit will be commenced at once. It will not interfere with the company's engagewments, a8 Miss Kellogg and Mr. Hess are provided with bail for all the suits, MUSICAL NOTES. Blind Tom is in Philadelphia. Mme. Madeline Schiller s in Boston.- The Irish critics like and praise Emma Ab- bott. Itisreported that 8ims Reeves is going to Australia. Ole Bull’s first concert in Boston is set down for Nov. 14. = There is talk about a monument to the late Car! Bergmann. Thomas will soon perform Robert Goldbeck’s ¢ Idyl ™ for full orchestra. The last concert of Nilsson in Sweden was given at her birthplace, Wexio, for the benefit of the poor. ' Alle. Heilbronn, who failed here, opened the Ttaliau opera season at St. Petersourg with suc- cess; John K. Paine, of Cambridge, Mass., has written an overture suggested by Shakspeare’s ‘A3 You Like It.” The Duke Ernest of Saxe-Coburg has written an opera, “ Diana of Solange,” which is soon to be produced on the stage. Mme. Di Murska is now en route for Califor- nia, where shewill beheard in opera next mouth, under the management of Signor De Vivo. Before her departure-for Europe the highest remuneration received by Adelina Patti was §50 anight. Strakosch says her price for America now 15 $2,000 2 night. Miss Kellogg’s season of English opera at the Philadelphia Academy of Music commenced last Monday evening, when “Lucia® attracted an overflowing audicnce. Mazzoleni, the favorite tenor of Italian opera in this country ten years ago, is back again, with Mme. Mazzoleni (nee Ortolani-Brignoli) and a boy pianist, who is said to be a marvel. Miss Laura Schivmer, an American vocalist who sang in chi(‘fifil) last season_with the Bos- ton Philharmonic Club, is now in Vienna, and is sald to be possessed of a phenomenal voice. Mme. Otto Goldschinidt (Jenny Lind) has just presented 40,000 crowns to the Stockholm Acad- emy of the Liberal Arts, of which she is a mem= ber. With the interest of the said sum an ex- hibition is to be founded for deserving students. And they were right. The women in the chiorus of the opera in Prague struck because the manager put them on the bills as “female singers,” instead of “lady singers.”” Thead- jective ©female” is odiods, and the,sex are ‘entirely justified in repudiating it. : The Bayreuth performances have, it is official- 1y stated, resulted in a loss of nearly £3,000. The municipality of Bayreuth have taken the debt on their own shoulders, and intend to re- coup themselves by the procecds of a fresh se- ries of performances next August. The Revue et Gazette Musicale states that the medical advisers of Mme. Adeclina Patti, who is in Paris, have prohibited her from going to St. Petersburg again to sing. ' Yet the lady is seen at oue of the theatres every night, so that it would not appear as if shé¢ were afraid of catching cold. The Neue Zeitschrift fur Musik states that Frau Materna has received aletter from Wagner, addressing her as the **Treueste unter den Treuen,” and once more thanking her for her devotion to his cause, and for her performance as Brunnhilde. 1t isadded that numerous en- gagements haye been offered to Frau Materna, from Italy, England, and_ Russia, especially for performances of Wagner’s operas. . The Philadclphia Times says: * Mr. Hesshas evidently organized his troupe this season on a new plan. He has no prima donna capable of filling Miss Kelloge’s place and no tenor capable of making %ood Mr. Castle’s abscnce. Besides this, as has been intimated, both the chorus and orchestra arc too small. This will lighten the expenses, but it will also diminish the receipts and injure the envisble reputation which Mr. Hess has established and which should be capital which he cannot afford to sce decreased.” —e————— THE REAPER AND THE FLOWERS. There is a reaper whose name is Death, And, with s sickle keen, He reaps the bearded grain at o breath, And the flowers that grow between. *+Shall T have nanght that is fair?” said he, “¢Have naught but the bearded grain® . Though the breath of these flowers is sweet tome, I will give them all back aguin.” ‘He gazed at the flowers with tearfal eyes, e kireed their drooping leaves; Tt was for the Lord of Paradise He bound them in his sheaves. 443y Lord hath need of these flowerets gay,” Thic reaper s1id, snd smiled; +*Dear tokens of the earth are they, Where He was once a child. “4They shall all bloom in ficlds of light, Transplanted by my care; And raints, npon their garments white, The eacred blossoms wear. ™ And the mother gave, in tears and pain, The flowers she most did Jove: Shie knew she could find them ali again In the fields of light above. Oh! not in cruelty, not in wrath, The reaper canie that day; *T'was an angel visited the green carth, And took the flowers away. —Longfellow. s THE OCEAN. On, itis oy Without alloy, Musing where nanght can annoy. Down at Cape May, Some sunuy day, Watching the high-dashing spray; Listening to the Sweet melody Made by the deep-enrging aes, Solemnly grand, = Ovor the rand Swept by the Almighty Hand; Listening with wonder Whilst the waves thunder When madly bursting usunder Where the rocks slant; Then slowly chant Music which ever will haunt ‘The raviehed eonl ‘Whilet the years roll On to Eternity’s goal. il el Dangerous Inventions. Many years ago, a gentleman in a subordinate department of the Bank of Ircland discovered 2 device more useful than hair-splilting, though of tfic like nature; he found out a way of split- ting bank-notes, so that each note became two, aud to all appearances were the same as when they were one, including, of course, the water- mark and all the rest of it. He was an hone: man,and informed the Government of the re- sult of his ingenuity; whereupon, on his solemn promise of never revealing his sceref, they made him governor of the bank. Another gentleman, but who unbappily is a rozue, has lately made his appearance in London; he has invented a certain acid which causes the writing to disappear from the check, and then he fills up the blank space according to his aspirations. His modus operandi is the following: He pro- cures a good check, drawn by 2 good name, for seventecn or ninetcen pounds; the word “pounds” is obliterated so completely that no trace of the original writing can be discerned even under the microscope, and the words “hundred pounds? inserted in its place; two ciphers. are added to the figures, and then the thing is done, since all the other parts of the document, including the signature, are quite correct. 'This ingenious plan is causing great consternation in_ London, and the gentleman who invented it could get 2 good round sum to retire from business. E. M. ——eC———— The extensive authority of parents under the Chinese laws is well known. A Chinaman of 20 years, whose aged mother flogged him every day, shed tears in_the companvof one of his frinds. “Why do you weep?” was asked. Alas, things areqiot ‘as they used to be!” an- swered the devoted son. ‘“The poor woman's arm grows feebler every day.” Beecher's Flock Invited to Stay Away from Church. A Pretty Actress and Her Government Bonds. A Bank-President’s Daughter and Her Profligate Suitor. Wealth and Wax-Ends---The Ad- mirable Romeos. A Verdant Green’s Elopement Case--- A Girl’s Pranks. Special Correspondence of The Tribune. NEW York, Oct. 19.—Members of Beecher’s congregation will stand a creat deal for their pastor, but it is doubtful if the request they re- ceived last week to absent themsclves from the church during the remaining Sabbaths of Oc_ tober pleased them overmuch. We have ail heard of pastors urging their penple to attend church, but this is the first- recorded instance of 2 congregation being asked to vacate. The reason of the request is that Beecher has becn et up ag part of the Centennial show:and of the many thousand strangers who are here a very large pro- portion rogard it as a solemn duty to hear him preach. The consequence 1 that the crowd around the church has so largely increased of late that the very street in front of the building has been block- aded. Oue of the pewholders is anxiously inquir- ing whether there is to beany reduction in the Tenta on accountof the enforced absence. It is only just to say that this extraordinary requesthas thus far_been generally complicd with, and the Beecherites overfiowed the other churches last Sunday quite generally. THE BONDS OF A PRETTY ACTRESS. ‘Writing last weel of Aimoe’s diamonds, and the trouble they have caused her, recalls the expericnce of a pretty actress attached to Au- gustin Daly’s company. She is or was the own- er of five $1,000 United States bonds, and had them in her possession not long ago, when the ‘house wherein she boarded took iire. She soon se- cured them, and for safe-keeping placed them in the vanlt of the Bond Street Sfl\’ln%u Bank. That bank failed, and she was in a terrible state of Lrep- jdation, lest her bonds were endangered, but they were all right, and she again took them into her own keeping. One night she misplaced themina trunk, and, on searching for them the next day, was terror-stricken that she could not find tnem. However, they were found the same day, and this time the advice of 0 gentleman friend asked as to 2 proper place of deposit. He said he would take them down-town to a safe-deposit company, and get a_receipt for them. This was the last she saw of the gentleman for four wecks, and in the interim her mind was wrought up to fi state of frenzy about the missing bonds. Laet Saturday the gentleman made his ap= pearance again and handed her the receipt, but rhe was incredulous about the safety of the bonds, 50 & carringe was procured, and, in_company with her friend, she went down town to the Equitable Building, and once more feasted her cyes upon the bonds, and ascertained the conditions of their safe- ty. She is happy now, and thinks that her bonds are in a safe place. OW TO MAKE A FAITHFUL WATCIMAX. ‘Expericnce has shown thet the employment of a watchman to guard particular premises at night is by no means a sufficicnt security cither against firc or robbery. The late A. T. Stewart was as afraid of being robbed by an inside watchman as by burglars, and many cases arc cited by the police where fircs have occurred upon premises in which watchmen have slept. The owner of a well-known stock of merchandise in Chambers street, this city, has hit upon o device’ which he believes beats all the watch-clocks aad other automatic contrivances for making jatch- men faithfol ever heard of. His ~present watchman_is & German who has been in his employ nearly twenty vears. This German has deposited in his employer’s hands the sum of $500, upon which the Jatter pays his 7_per cent interest annually. He has en- tered into a regular contract by which the watch- man sgrees that if 2 fire originates upon the prem- ises during the hours of watching from dark_to daylight, or_the store is burglarized, then the $500 ‘before mentioned is to be forfeited, upon the watchfaluess of the Germun is marvelous. (e is the embodiment of vigilance, and go long. a8 he has $500 at stake there isno fear that he-will ever be otherwise, _Several other cmployers have Teard of this experiment and are shout jriitatingit. HOW A MISTRES3 WAS REVENGED. There is a certain young fellow, well known in the lower part of Wall streets, who has been noted for his spendthrift habits and reckless extravagance. \When he was flush he was guilty of keeping a mistress, but when bis pocket was touched by the hard times lie senstbly concluded to do without this expensive luxury. He had Deen living with a female who profeesed great ad- miration for him; he had fitted up handsome rooms for her comfort mear the Academy of Music, and simply told her on leaving the last time that he should withdraw his support. Last . summer this chap met a young lady, daughter of 3 Bank-President, at one of the watering-places, and made loveto herin the usual fashion. e asked her band and was referred to papa. The Iatter happened to be_one of those cold-blooded, worldly men who distrust appearances, and he fancied the young man in question was nota proper match for his diughter. To make sure of his ground he employed n_detective to investigate the young man's habits and antecedents. It wasnot ong ere the detective found theabove facts regard- ing the cast-off mistress. The investigation then tock another turn. The woman, judging from in- quirics that something was- in the wind, likewire employed a detective to ferret it ont, ~Her detect- ive epeedily got the clew to the sitnation, and dnly reported to her the facts. When she heard the truth, she called a carriage and proceeded to the residence of tne family whose daughter her former Jover had been courting, and exposed her intimacy with lim, acknowledged her own shzme, and wamned the girl's mother against the proiligute youth who had sought to become one of the family. Since that_call the doors of the house have been . closed against him. A VICIOUS STSTEM AND ITS RESULTS. AN merchants who have bought goods in this market are aware that in almost every line of trade there are various discounts allowed upon price-lists, according to amount purchased, time of payment, kind of goods, etc., ete. In many | branches of trade there are combinations among maunufacturers to fix discounts so that they will be uniform, but there is scarcely a shadow of doubt that there is 8 wholesale system of cheatingin these -discounts which places the dishonest npon a better footing with purchasers than the honest. This is Qone in various ways. Recently 8 manufactarer was asked by the Supply Agent of a certain railroad to make a bid for & particular article of hrrdware. He gave his price, which was the lowest allowed by theterms of 3 compactbetw een all the manufacturers of the article required. He was told that another ‘merchant could gell it at a less price, and, on in- vestigating the matter, found thatit was true, though the bills were made out at regular rates. The trick was to give credit ** by error " go much, and thus reduce the price. Again, in another case, % dry-goods Hrm was detected in payinga cash commission 10 o buyer after selling the goods at an apparently low-dosn price. The manufac- turers who enter into combinations often find that somebody is cheating, and the cheating is always traced to the discount system. A RICH SHOEMAKER. 1In the taxables of Brooklyn appears the name of aGerman whose annual payments for taxes exceed thosc of many of the so-called princely merchants who live on the Heights. He pays taxes yearly upon real and personal property assessed at $250,000, but worth probably double that smount. Yet this man works hard at the bench every day, and if he spends a dollar in recreation for his wife and children on Sunday he thinks it lsa big thing. Hehas no help, bat_works for afew customers, doing all their work and cm’mfi nothing about any of them. 1f they are displeased with his way of doing things e simply says they can take thelr work elsewhere, and he sorely tries their patience by bis habit of disappointing his customers as to time. This man collects his own rents, buflds two or three new louscs cvery year, and from his frugal habits promises, if his life is long spared, to be one of the ealthiest of all the Brooklynites. His yearly in- come from real estate is not less than $15.000 per anoum, but he regards idlences as & eln, and ‘works away every day upon boots and shoes ‘as regularly as if bis bread and butter were in Jjeopardy. A MIXED CASE OF ELOPEMENT AND EMBEZZLE- MENT. Onec of the clerks in the Cheapside dry-goods store of Ridley & Son is involved in a double case of clopement and cmbezzlement, in com- pany with & designing female, the wife of a man appropriately named (it should have been Verdant) Green. The clerk’s name is Akers, and he first met the woman in the capacity of & purchaser for her store in the village of Rhinebeck on the Hudson. She dealt with Akers, ‘but whether she captivated Rimor e captivated her, is a mystery, bt it is certain he shipped Iarge amounts of goods belong- {ne to his employers to hur address, without charg- ing them on the books, and also clandestinely vis- ited her. Recently they visited the Centen- nial togcther, and stopped at a boarding- house 03 man and wife. Akers has a wife. and children of his own. and pretended that he was compelled to visit Philadelphia upon busi- ected somet] ong, and. ?c(umed to Rhi ck, accused her of uni ithful- ness. After some pother, she admitted it, ;:2 told the story of how Akers had begulled her. husband proposed she should return to_her moth- er's, to which <he congented, but first visited New York and had a farewell Interview (she suid) with Alers, Then she went back to Rhinebeck, and, packed her trunks, to retire to a nunnery with her relatives; but itappenred inthe eequel she met Akers by appointment, and the two are now enjoy- ing the fealts of an llieit love together in Canada Net result: 0 miserable victims of their own passions, a defraud- ed mercantile firm, and o bafled Sheriff who has been hunting the embezzled property. PRACTICAL PENANCE WITH PEAS AND PINS. There are a few families who are associated in a religious sect 25 a branoh of the Free Method- ists, who reside near New Rochelle. They hold meetngs ina school-house, and the Presiding Elder is named Paul T. Parker, who is famil- farly called **Old Pens,” not because of the allit- erativeness of his name, but by reason of the pe- culiar views he holds as to doing penance by put- ting dried peas in his shoes and torturing himself for hissins. Parker i3 a sHioemaker by trade, but is very earnest in his preaching, and evidently sin- cere. He has recently been interviewed, and frank- Iy admitted that he beligyed that the flesh must suffer for sin, and that self#nflicted pain is thetrue sign of repentance. Once, hé said, he took a ham- mer and drove nafls through each of hisfeet. Ttwas summer time, aod_he walked about wita the nails in Lis feet until they festered, when he drew them out. He tried to persuade a lady to_do the same, but she could not; so instead she stuck her arm full of pins. Parker thonght this punichment was not at all adequate to her crime, a8 she had been %umy of gundineas in her attire, Wwearing bright ribbons anda gold locket! Another memberof this go- Ciety isn Mrs. Weatherwas, the mother of seven children, who was also interviewed, The amusing oint in hier conversation was that she had tried Enrd to convert her husband to her views and put peasn his boots while engaged in his work; but he could not see it. ‘There are thirty or forty honest people encaged n this delusion, and some horrible stories are told of their methods of self-imposed puniskment and penances. A REMAREABLE CASE OF TRANCE. A very extraordinary case of suspended ani- mation was revealed at No. 137 Delancey street, in this city, a few days ago. The victim of it is o Swedish girl, aged 22, named Anna Froben. She was taken suddenly, while at work, witha stroke of what was called paralysis, and fell dead to the floor. The alarmed family called ina phy- sician, Dr. Lindenborn, who examined tHe body and pronounced the girl dead. Her relatives were sent for, and a brother soon arrived. By this time the 2irl's face had turned blue, afdl there was évery evidence that she was a corpsc. But, to everybody's astonishinent, the brother declined to believe it, and declared that she was only in a trance d had been eubject 1o such fits for many cars. The friends of the eirl were indignant at this statement, and sent forthwith foran under- takéer to prepare the body forinterment. The man ~¢ coffins and shrouds arrived and joined with the physician in pronouncing the girl to be dead beyond possibility of doubt. He proved it by dropping hot sealing-wax upon the breast, and asthe body gave 1o sign of hife it was concluded that the undertaker was right. The body was placed on ice for the night.” In the morning the undertaker retarned to complete his preparations, when to hishorror the girt suddenly started up and exclaimed - *‘Iam 8o cold, "—a natural resuit of being on ice all night. Sho tvas taken to a fire and in a sbort time was able to converse. She said her brother waa right and once before she bad been laid out for burial. _The physician was recalled and pronounced the case a very remarkable one. A PRETTY WORKING GIRL'S PRANES. ‘There was an unusual scenein the Fourteenth Precinct Police Court a few days ago, when a prepossessiug young girl named Jane Weisnér was arrested for wearing men’s clothes on the streets. ‘The girl’s appearance forbade the idea of her beinz a disreputable character, and she was aliowed to tell her story to the Judge without hindrance. She explained that she was employed in a musical instrument factory in Crosbystrect, in which o portiof of her work was furning out some emall fron frames, which were made ata forge. Once her dress took fire while so employed from the parks, and to avoid a repetition of it she had puton boy's clothing during working hours. The other girls had complimented her on her rakish ap- pearance in masculine garments, and one day in aspirit of banter one of them offered to bet »'wmall sum that she did not duce to appear on the The effect. streets in her male costume. She accepted the wager, and whilo carrying it out was arrested. Two witnesses confirmed bher etatement, and the proprietor of the factory testified to her nnvarying rood character, 8o tho girl was released. In the Course of the evidence a police captan stated that there are from fifty to sixty girls promenading the streota nightly inthe garments of the other sex, and that, while the police were aware Of It, tuey could not catch the women while in the act. A JXW WHO TAKES MANT CHANCES. Uvpon Cedar street, close to Broadway, there is an old Jew money-lender, who by his tastes and habits reminds one of those cold-blooded, passionless creatures described so vividly by Dickens,—the beau idcal of " a close-fisted Jew who inhabits the lanes and obscure alleys of old London. This Cedar street man is in fact an En- glish importation, although he has lived here for many years, Iils especial businessis discounting paper with or without collateral for merchants and fast young men., He is opposed to the Usury law of course, &0 he takes good carc to inclade his - terest charges in the principal of the obligations he takes. He seems 1o know whom to trust, and t is said that in ten years, upon loans aggregating $500,000, he has lost barely $500. The pets of this note-shaver are younz men who are living beyond their income, upon whom a certain amount has been settled for life, or who are residuary legatees of eatates left them by fathers or mothers with a life interest of some relative only in the way, or whose patrimony will only become payable when the minor heirs all reach their majority. This man now holds the ob- lizations of one of the Fiftl avenuc fast youths for 75,000 as 2 len n his half interest in an estate worth $500, 000, which must be divided next year when his younger sister turns_her 20th year. "For this 575,000 the Cedar street Jew paid but a trifle over $30,000, but he hus the papers drawn so tightly therc 8 no escape from payment. TO THE MOST ADMIRABLE ““ ROMEO.” Apropos of the return of Miss Adelaide Neil- son from Europe (she is'on board the Celtic, and expected to arrive on Sunday), 2 good story is told by a dramatic writer of two calls he re- cently made on well-known actors. The first was your old Chicago favorite, James O'Neill, who has recently been winning golden opinions from the New York press, Mr. O'Neill showed the writer o photograph of Miss Neilson, inscribed, m her own handwriting, **To the most admirable of Romeos.” This gift from her fair hand was very much prized by Mr. O'Neill, and very justly 8o, too, ond it would be considered invaluable were it not that the same dramatic crit- ic called upon Mr. Lewis Morrison, and saw like- \ide in bis poasession o photograph of the same Jady. It, too, bort her x\ututflflpl.\. conpled with these words, **T'o Mr. Lewis Morrison, the most admirable of Romeos.” Now, the question which will occur to most minds is, how many other ¢ most admirable Zlomeos ” are there in the list of Miss Neilson's friends, and is she in the habit of handing around her photographs thus inscribed in & promiscuous manner? Her speedy coming has caused the critics of the city press toInvestin “new swallow-tails and other fashionable toggery, #o s to be presentable when they pay their rcspects to the Jovely Juliet. A POLICE RAID ON ROBINSON'S HALL. The so-called Parisian Varieties, in Robinson’s Hall, on Sixteenth street, near Broadway, has been closed by the police. It is a great surprise that it was allowed to remain open so long, with its shameless women and shameless pieces played before shameless audiences. The so-called performances were neither more nor leds than in- decent cxhibitions, and the police could not claim ignorance of it. Since the raid, the managers came forward and claimed that they repcatedly asked the presence of the police, and de- sired to be informed if anything objection- able were offered, Fifty-five performers, four- fifths of them females, were arrested and lockea up for the night. They made night hideons at the station-house by singing ribaldsongs and indulging in other noisy demonstrations. The nest morning some of them were released on $50 bail, and others on $500 ball, while the least blameworthy of all " were sent to the House of Detention as witnesses. Among the arrested were Minnie Hall, Aimie De- vere, und Rose Fielding. There is an_ample ficld for further arrests in some of the low-down variety rhows on the side avenues, and if they are not troubled the Robinson-Hall affair ought to be apol- gized for. A RIPE CHERIE PEBUTANTE. A vprivate entertainment was given at the Union Square Theatre recently to afford an op- portunity for Miss Adelaide Cherie to make her debut. This young lady comes of an aristocratic family, and starts her theatrical carcer witn more- than ordinary advantage in the partiality of her friends. She is by R0 mesnsa very young lady, but bas a good figure, pleasant but not hand- gome face, and fair delivery; but if she i3 per- suaded ehe is destined for o great actress she is sadly mistaken. The piece chosen for the event was -*Camille,” and she hss been studying for several months under the tntelage of Miss Matilda Heron. Mer first appearance, if in any public theatre, would have been pronounced a failure. but she had hosts of warm friends present, und they tried to manufacture success for the occasion by zorously ap[])lnuflm}.' every time she opened her mouth. As this ripe cherle is bound to ** ster * it by appearing only in leading characters, you will hiear more of her anon. BeavTr, ——— Beware of false teeth with gutta-percha fix- inzs. Master Alec (who isg?andpu( dogs): “There is no mistake about you being thor- oughbred, Maj, Bumblebie.” Maj. Bumblebie (not displeased): * And how’ did you find that out, my boy#" Master Alec: “ \Why, ’cause you've got'a black roof to your mouth.”’— Punch. Two broken-hearted families, two- The Most Expert Horse Sharp in the City. An Exposure of His Busi- ness Transactions. Big Prices Received for Broken= Down Horses. Smarc Horsemen Often Beaten by the Rascal, "But They Dislike to “Squeal” and Be Laughed At A considerable portion of the disrepute which has of late years fallen on the turf, on horse- men, and.on their sports, has come from the actions of a few men who haveused the horse as an accessory to a confidenc game,—noton the track, but in the stable, and with much the equipment of confederates that characterizes the bunko-room. A repotter of TRE TRIBONE Was asked the other day to find out something about these sharps and their workings, and on attempting to get *a starter ”” from a gentleman having to do with the turf he was met with the answer: «Look in your own paper; look in ToE TrIB- RNE, in the small advertisements, under the head *Horses and Carriages,’ any Sunday, and almost any other day for the last year,—yes, for the last five years,—and you will get on the track of the game. Youwill find all sorts of horses “sold as ‘the property. of the late Mr. Smith,’ or whatever the name may be; hunt almost any one of them up, and you will get on the track of ONE OF THE GREATEST SCOUNDRELS who ever had a holter in his hand, when by rights it ought to have been around his neck.” The answer was full and complete enough, and the reporter looked over the advertising columns with care, and found, sure enough, & reat number .of aonouncements of ne pairs and _ fast _ trotters, ‘‘the property of -the late W. H. Willson,” and other men supposed to have departed this life, and all of them to have left fast trotters or stylish coach or road horses. ‘*The late Mr. Willson " seemed to have left his ‘‘span of 6- year-old bay mares ' at a stable in rear of No. 302 Michigan ayenue, néar Eldridge court, and another lately deceased” had left another tine specimen or two in the rear of No. 515 Wa- bash avenuc. ON INSPECTION, the two places were found to be identical, and the emissary went around to look over the stock. The stable was closed, but a neighbor- ing hostler said that it was owned or leased by Mr. Jackson, and that he _ could be found at No. 19 Harmon court. He was found after a search, and proved to be a stout, rather rotund personage, very well dressed, resenting the general appearauce of 2 well-to- o Englishman, rather on the swell lay. The negotiations to buy a horse fell through, and the reporter sought to ascertain from persons who had traded with Mr. Jackson . SOMETHING ABOUT LIS CHARACTER and ways of doing business. From conversations with some twenty differ- ent fiuph:, many facts were extracted which will be of interest to the public, but which had better be put in concise form rather than spread through a lot of conversations. It will then be in order to say, first, that Mr. Jack- son is a swindler, a confidence man, and, gener- erally, an obtainer g&noncy on the falsést of Tfalse pretenses. X His business is_to rope in young (and some- times old) simpletons, and to sell them un- sound horses at_prices which would be exirava- ant if the stock were what the seller warrants t. Thereare of course a certain proportion of all the horses in the country which are afilicted with some disease which really disables them from use, though it may not affect theirap- pearance particularly. Under this head cowme ihe windbroken, bid (iI the eye docs not show too badly), and balky, the kickers and cribbers, those afflicted with heaves, and, above all, the “ dumbies,” or horses which GO CRAZY ONCE IN A WAY. : Anyand all of these classes are the capital in trade of Jackson, who rarely or nmever has a sound animal in stock,—in fact, a sound, whole beast would be a disadvantage to him, because e could not, after the animal was ance sold, get it back again; for it should be borne in mind that the essence of Jackson’s trade is to sell ahorse assound, and for asound price, and then buy him back, after the pur- chaser has "ascertained his character, for what he really is worth. This last sentence is the whole secret of the trade as carried on by Jackson, and all the rest are, merely appliances or extrns. Inthis latter clads comes the con- federate; or sometimes two—the skillful groom and doctor—who can show s horse at his best. THE AVERAGE CASE commences with an_advertisement, like the one. the reader is quite likely to find in the advertis- ing columns this morning, and when the ave: reader sees that, and notes that the horse is left in care of “John, the groom,” he is very lkely, if he wants a horse, to go down to look at the mimal. e finds the groom, and, later, sees Jackson, who shows him the animal in sach tg erent ways, as the necds of thecase demand; if he issellinga wind-broken beast, he u’mn& get & wagon to give him a trial, and the purchaser must be satisfied to look him over; if the horse is afflict- ed witha disposition to go lame aftera few minutes’ driving, he is tried half a block and back; and so on through the catalogue. = IT GENERALLY HAPPENS, while the trade is being canvassed, and especially if the purchaser seems to fapey the animal under consideration, that a young man rushes in and says to Jackson that Mr. Jones has sent him over to say that he will take that Torse, and that if he will send him over he can haye the price agreed upon. Perbaps the con- federate may rush in with a note which has - been left for Mr. Jackson, and in which’ Mr. Smith Mhtifies him that he will take those horses. The effect is the same, and the man bites and is landed. He takes his animal and goes o his wa‘yi rejoicing. Ina day or two he comes back an g =0 DEMANDS SATISFACTION, which he by no means gets, 2nd the matter ends by his selling back to Juckson the horse at some such figure as $25, or perhaps $50, which is from one-fourth to one-tenth what he paid. Very few men have the courage to acknowledge that they have been swindled, and in almost every case tliey swallow their loss and go away. This, ‘perhaps, grows out of the fact thata considerable proportion of the young bloods have in some mysterious way acquired the belief that they know something about & horse; from this class come the largest class of JACESON'S RECRUITS, and it would be out of the question for them to complain of being sold, whercfore they swallow their losses and try to keep the matter quiet to prevent being laughed at. It is almost entirely this fear of being langhed at which has enabled Jackson to go ou for so long a time in this city without getting himself behind thebars of some institution sustained by the public. Whenever a customer acts in an unpleasaut manner, and threatens the law of the land unless he can have satisfaction, then there are two ways out of the trouble; the first is to inflict, or threaten to inflict, i “‘;xzm:h BODILY INJURY on him unless he shuts up. For thi one of the conledemwsp!s n.h\'nyslf\ }l))‘::gf: show the means rted to, pul n}fuinst a repetition Some little time ago a gentleman who likeg %ood liorse saw an advertisement purportin, p: e - from a farmer, and rfi,o & and to warn ths : stating tnag he and his~horses could be foung at No. — State street. The intending purchaser visited the number and found it a small i, such as German farmers stop at. The. hostle was frthe stable, and, being requested, calle “:the far 77 who was nonc other than Jack. son. Noshle¥ eeted that time. A boukkeeper in a prominent position calleq in answer to an advertisement, and_met Jagk- son, who explained that he was an Englishman whose father Lad just died, and who was desfr. ous of selling out his fine stabie before returning to England with his widoweq mother. He would, therefore, dispose of the chestnut mare cheap; she was sound, and war. ranted so. The intending purchaser discovereq that the mare was dead blind. ~ A WELL-ENOWN DENTIST went, in answer to an _advertisement, to apri- vate stable and met Jackson, who sold him g fine-looking little mare for$160. The purchaser found out, before he had gone two blocks, that his purchase was - wind-broken and couldn’t g0 much more than a mile 2n hour. He returney and sold the mare to,hcfi on for $25¢ A young fellow on th Trade boughy ti g trotter”? from Jackson for $225, and found out in one day that he was crazy, and quite apt at any time to rear up and fall over into the buggy. He took him back to Jackson, and thay worthy replied as to his question how mueh hy would give back for him: “Well, now, blast my bloody heyes, you know; since m; haven’t squealed, Pll give you 30, and thaty $10 more than I gave tne last time, you know Mr. G., a youny man about town, went up to a private stabla o see about a fine bugey, vifer- evf cheap. He tound Jackson, of course, and was shown * a first-class top-buggy, made by J, B. Brewster, of New York.” He vought it ‘and sold # again after discovering that it Was made by * Bruester.” “But itisn't always thatthe young fellows alone cateh it; quite often the “shrewder old heads get taken in. It isn’t long ago that ROBERT HILL, OF TUE MATTESON HOUSE, one of the sharpest horsemen of this or any other city, called at a private stable to buy out the stable or the late Mr. Wilison, sold by the widow on account of leaving the city.” Itscems almost Incredible, but Mr. Hill bought of Jack- son for an aggregate of nearly “8300 four animals that the snarper had picked up at an auction, and which cost him $35, $30, §2, and $18erespectively. * The stable of the late Mr, W." was too much for 2 sharp man that time. Another hotel man went to see *‘a beautiful and fast Hambletonian bay, who made better than 2:40 last year,” and found Jackson with a big, fine-looking horse which he really admired, and was about to buy, when the confederate rushed in with the statement that Mr. Sholine said he would take that horse. The purchaser “dropped” at once, and told Jackson that he Some time ago a man named Brown was e ed in that mpwlflon Jackson's staff, but at pres- ent Barney Aarqn, the pugilist, ete., etc., is said to be ‘in_company. He is allegedto be a partner of Jackson’s, or in his employ, and to be hand and glove with all his transactions. The second way of getting out of any trouble is for the garty, when threatened, to shut up the place where they then happen to be entirely, and to go away to another stable fora time, or gz;rsl to close up business altogether for a few ANOTHER BRANCH OF JACKSON'S B ot before referred to is the sale of bu\z'sng;.ssA n:mker in this city gets up a stylish-looking, well-painted and finished buggy, with rottey Wood, cheap tron, inferior leather, and unskilled labor. Thesc he can and does sell for $140 o $150. Jackson does a pretty comfortable busi- ness In this class of goods, advertising them as made by J. B. Brewster, of New York, a stand- ”b% maker. Any man who knows ouly a little about a bugey might be easily takenin with ZDE of the shams, and when Jackson offers bo ae}l him 2 first-class Brewster top ,Xug,"y for $200 or $225, they might be pardoned or buying. But if the buyer were to look n[m_r the_maker’s name-plate, he would find notJ. B. Brewster, but J. g Bruester, or some- t.imu . P. Breuster. By this device the maker :\fi:e’i :l"etar ?i‘ éhe hl?' or hopes to. Of course counterfeits are by no means wor 325 which thev are often A he reader can by this tim ] - derstand the genurzyfl idea o!e Bt ., JACRSON'S NODE OF SWINDLING, snd it only remains to give some instances to had better sell the horse to the man who was so sharp after him. < If space would allow, many other instances of Jackson’s style of doing business might be ad- duced, but enough has been said to show HIS METHODS OF CHEATING, and, it is to be hoped, to prevent his carrying on his course as openly in the future as he has in the past. It is pretty doubtful whether he will be brought before a court, for the reason that people who have been swindled in a horse trade prefer, as o general thing, to stand and take it rather than complain. The only way to close up the confidence zame in horses is to leave entircly alone all such offers as come from private stables unless they take with them some man who knows Jackson and the whole brood of that name and character. ————eT————— QUAKER MEETING. ‘How manifald the temples raized to God! From great St. Peter's grand mounstic pile, Throughall the grades, the ornate and the crude, By every sect, the plousand the, vile. # But from the lowest home may worship rise To Heaven, more worthy than perfected art; For He, who rules the azes and the skies ‘Declares His temple is the creature’s heart. Near by the country-road, severely plain And unpretending to the Inst degree, The Quaker Mecting-House, obscure, is scen,— Remotest link in church-diversity. Enter within. Here worship peaceful Friends In garb that antedates the gray in years: No modiste’s eye the matron here attends, To note the fashions, or who fashion wears. But wonld you know who is beseemly dreased, Canformedin love tu the New Testament! Look on these humble 01K and bo impresscd; Here is no "broidered robe, or raiment blent With gold; no taper, jeweled hands, half-gloved, Exhibiting the brilliaut diamond prize; No bracelet-clasped arms artfully moved; No heads bedecked with fairy phantasics! The peace that sways their hearts is from above; Their ornament a quiet spirit is. In meditation silently they love To seek the Master's will; He owns them His. Their silent worship suits their humble mind; Bat, should the Spirit move to vocal prayer, Some uweet Madonna-head is low inclined, 1n spirit and in truth, to worship there. Or when some saint, revered in age and mien, - Chants gravely forth the Spirit-breathing wor, Their hearts 10 sacred oracles incline, — Responsively they bless the risen Lord. Let him who worships look to God alone! Let those who lightly scoff repent—be mate; * By faith and works secure the fadeless crown; The Master judgeth, still, men's lives by frult. OcToszR, 1876. C. B. CaxtEn. #In_this country, confined to a sect (the Mor- mons) whose practices are, by common consent. go characterized. SVEND THE. VIKING. Down the rocky coast of Xorw:lrn Svend, the Viking bold, was sal While'behind him, eastward, westward, Hanging low und darkly trailing, Came the Storm-King's rushiny legions From the vast and frozen regions Where, unchallenged in dominion, Raules the Storm-King, rales forever. As a bird on rapid pinion Cleaves the foamy-crested river, So the boat of Svend the Viking Cleft the storm-swept, surging billows; While ita masts beut like the willows That & furious tempest, striking, Bendeth low with might unfailing. And the wind went wailing, walling, Through the shrouds, went hoarselysighing And the birds, ill-omened, fiying O’er the boat, were screaming, diving, On the wing-ed tempest driving, Powerless 'zainst the Storm-King's power. O'erthe watery waste thore flashes, From Lhe threatening clonds that lower, Glittering lightning, upward lesping In its forked tongues of fire, Like long, lambent fiames that, sweepiag Through vast, stately pulaces, 3 Cramble low each tower and Spix et still southward Svend the Viking Sailed away, yet cver sailing; And the lightnings, heaven-scaling, Shone on beetling crags extending Right before, and e’enr 1mpending Q'er the vessel speeding 'neath them, While the carling sea-waves wreathe therd With their quivering silvery tresses, Folding them in sofi caresses: A, ‘#ni'flg; storm wm‘shlo his liking. — . Lridgman in (he Springfi ‘publican. PR (Mass.) Tee MY HILDEGARDE. For you it isa prétty name, and nothing more; For ine, it paints a dainty pictare, all compiete, That my fond, loving eyes may rest on O'er _o'er,— A picture ‘of a amiling My Hil As bntcukgronnrl to the face, an ancient Germas wn: A Ducal palace rising in the distance clear; Sun-gildéd windows and deep arches, weather- ‘worn and brown; Fairer than all, that face so charmingand 80 dess,— My Hildegarde. In the foreground. on the icy, glittering river, A changing crowd moves 1o -nd_m.gw masic's girlish face 50 sweet, egarde. ‘melody; Tscem to hiear, the ewinging rhythm and the ‘merry laughter quiver. And'mid it all Bekold that face, s0 gy, 50 falf L] Bee,— Ay Hildegarde. The sun goes down; the twilizht chill is ronnd =€} All'my fond fancies iy like birds to rest: And I remember that the ocean doth surround mé, And ;fip&{nm me from thy longed-for face, 50 eat,— My Tildegarde. Carcaco, 1876, e e WEIGHING THE WORLD. Tweighedthe world to-day,—its golden tressura Its gleam and glitter, allyiu éple%\?lid show; 1ts pride, its fame, —in most unstinted measure; All its allurements that do tempt me s0. G- Iput them ina balance, altogether, Against one heart—but one—yet sarely mine. 1 wished for once to know for certain whetber This way, or that way, would the scales inclias Then slowly rose the piled-up, shining mass As slowly, surely, did that one thing fs So have I weighed, and thus the verdict passt Ifind that one true heart is worth them ail. Erres P, Aul