Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, April 22, 1877, Page 9

.AV Dull We The Andacions o Yellow {fa Gmcsle Colors THE CHICAGO TRIBUN SUNDAY., APRIL 22, 1877-TWENTY PAGES. 9 THE WORLD.. —_— App an End ok in Local Society Matters. - roach of Summer Putting to Club Parties. P Mocking Mandarin All the hage in Paris. e al Drift Toward the §tyles of the Bevolation and Empire. —_— Mixed ss Outlines and Glaring in Loud Profusion. e .17 Bonnets and Hats in New York ~.An Imported Monstrosity. CHICAGO: STIMSON—BARTLETT. aiss Allce W. Bartlett, d €. Burtlett, legz, Bery Afair took pl ‘latchford, wis No. ceremony belng. ldt Toe bride and 3 C Curie Rice, Ao Mesars. Stimson, greet, 80 Baird The bride wore & and sk, entraine, b Tre cir, and Eunhxy 8l Indisna avenue and Twenty-first street. ‘President clect arried Thursdsy evening to Mr. imson, of Minneapolis, 1 o ace at the residence of Mr. E. W. North LaSalle strect, the 35 performed ughter of Prof. 8. of Dartmouth Col- Miun. The by President Bart- groom were attended by Miss cream Miss Kittie Laroed, Miss d Miss Helen Bartlett, and L. T. Chamberlain, Brad- d E. J. Bartlett. Messrs. W, W. W. A, Bartlett acted as ushers. -colored gros-grain igh corsage, and demi sleeves, gurnished with pointlace, Luife-pleatingsaround m;::‘:mnony was witnessed only by im- ‘ediste friends. but the reception from 8 to 10 odock was sttended by many society people rom all parts of the city. The couple Jeft the same evening for a Euro- pesu tour, and expect to Teturn ju sbout six montks. MUSICAL RECEPTION. A very enjoyable musieal reception took place Thursday evening at No: 20 St. John’s place at {heresidence of Mr. C. E. Leonard, of the well- uownfirm of Knight & Leonard, the occasion beingafurewell to Miss Hattie Leonard, who Jeaves soon for the East to remain several moaths. Among the puests present were Mrs. Watson, tbe contralto of St. Paul’s Church: ir. Schulize, the tenor of the same choir; Miss Aatts Brewster, the talented soprano of tbe Ceteonut Choir; Prof. Gili; Mr. Liebling, cel- eratedasa pianist, Mr. Freeman, of the Avol- 1o0isbmd many others well known in musi- al drdes. ‘The nuwbers chosen were well dptadtoshow the best qualities of the per~ Sormers, and were well exceuted. Miss Leonard acgaitted herself in & way that would have been ceditatle to @ professional. All present ex- erted themselves to contribute to the pleasure oibe evening, and succceded to a degree that surprised themsclves. COLE~—LOWY. weddi of Miss Fannie Lowy, of this 3fr. Lewis Cole, of Aurora, took place ternoon at Sinai Teraple, corner of The prsents were extraordinariiy costly, including 1 trostory and basement octazon stone front Bogse, situsted at 27 Ellis Purk, from the bride’s {uher and wother, Mr. and Mrs. H. Lowy; also fornisied bouse v Aurora, including an ele- gt upright Steinway piano, from the same; 1 Leautifu} diamond ring and luecket to the bride from the groom; an elezant pailor set from Mr. m.fmn theirarmo; Al 27, and Mrs. Cole, and 8 great many others of the ‘st veluable kind, : MILITARY RECEPTION. Company F, First Regiment, 1. S. G., have empleted arrangements for their reveption, to . ryon Lake street Friday eve, W. W. Potnd’s full orchestra will be et and amarch hasbeen composed ex- presely for the oceasion - and dedicated to the ompans, Oneof the wiil bethe The e features of the evening nce of the Harvard Quartett 2 20 exhibition drill will also take pQL':Le. % ADDISON LITERARY. third rezular meeting of the Addison Literary and Debaring Socicty was heid last evening £33 eitedof a dec fagof “Qur P a Adlison by Falls i at the 7 by Mr. residence of the Mesers, Eaton, st Jackson strect. The exercises con- lamation by Mr. E. Hookins, read- nev.r Ar. A.'W. True, essay F. W. Lustis, and reading of Twain's humorous description of Niagara by et , Wednesday evening. THE THALIAN CLUB E&Tnesdn teres ’flflL:?.u musle, To will iy S R . J'e—alte Jollowed, 3any Mr.G. H. Crall. ~ The next meeti be in the rooms of the Societ; are antly situated in the Bishop , which are Court Hotel evemug at the residence of Miss Dodge, 49 Sonth Curtis strect. A very programme was given, ipcinding ete,—concluding with * The T Which music and dancing friends and members were The next programme eatertainment b given at the residence of Thomas A. number of Yarmly reccived i 5 Taylor, Ly, A, and Special Eocxromp, Buttery, UTie Buttery, Hic Fepp 50 ol Thurgg C. Hosjer Wy g . and Mr, Mamje 4 lone bridal veil e P2, 5 Smen M, e 5 Mhh:mb : Mr. A7 eve; g g oy ade o, 235 d:y.u,;&ho' 235 South ‘nitarian Ch Mr. and’ Mrs, r. and Mrs, gon ot Thom € Bockford Gas orth, Mr, Leavitt street, Tues- 4 RECEPTION Tuests by Mr. Mrz, Evans, - a0d Mrs. Wilson, F. Church, Mr. Baldwin, Stanton, Mr. aud Mrs. the Rev. and Mrs. Sunderland fn urch Friday evening. A. ‘were present, who were them were J; :ml e 1od . . Chos Mrs. Sunderland. and Mrs. Wilson, and Mrs. S. Mr. and Mrs, Mr. and Mrs. Bar- Mr. and Mrs. Darl- Mrs, Cushling, Mr. and, Mrs, and 3rs. Svatford. M e Mr. and Mrs, H i Coling, o 68 i Chadwick, ey Wasor '3 doams, i Clary, e blossoms. heaf, 31 and Mrg, C. Thoj wife, Nr. and daughter, Jemmj umm, Atiss Helen Siine, our, Misg ’befi‘cf;k' ‘x‘md B3 e Mrs, J. B. Lyman, H. Kecler, Mrs, Sovereign Sheaf, Stin Mrs. Gray, Mauniug, Miss fiss - Wilson, and others. BLTKIK\\'OKTM—&’KLCH. L, April 20.—Mr. Cnester W. as Butterworth, pro- The Tridune, Works,was married cameo pink silk, fastened by a The bridesmaids 2 fs Liz:wF Butterworth, cker, of reeport, and , of Rockford. List of guests Butterworth, Miss and Mrs, Felch, Miss mpson and wife, Dr. Me- L the’ Hon. Gilbert Kerr, wil Wood: Mrs. Herne Allen, Mrs, Carpenter, rs. Harry Parker, Mr. and . James Moxley, Mr, and_Mrs. Chicago, Mrs. Mix, Free- e, Freeport, Miss Wik Don[.\ur: Haines, Miss rorman, Miss Beary, Wi Efin:‘% i e M Teeport, Ed M. Pent C Iy oriags, h:h sfi:sv;-{, c‘m,m%‘}flfifl: nedy, Wi Flohoe n:;,. Will Woodruff, S Nary Hggeny Aiss POINIER IR LOSTER, sham, Howes, Miss Allic Miss Annie P. lora Sawtelle, Bert Howes, Chris Fisher, llrg wwere married Miss Hattie . J. Poinler, at the :i oue, bride’s sistor, Mg B, B et i€ avenue, Bishop Chiarles ¢ ceremony, s SR} n Magpe o RISE PARTY mflfg ) '”-:g‘ AL Derby at his parents® &Fi usic. for s orohg nvc‘nuc, Friday estra wi e 85 pres- W Sharn A S | Watson, E. Ha; ward, 8. Cross, K. Mead, Meach, O. White, F. Moran, M. Dobbins, M. Dobbins, L. Marshalt, B. Marshall, A. Willlams, Misses yward, D. Huoter, G. Walker, E. Dewey, F. Derby, A. Dobbins. IN_BRIEE, Mrs. W. K. Nixon, No. 156 Rush strect, gave a reception last evening. The Utile Dulci Society met, yesterday even- ing at the residence of Mrs. G, B. Marsh, No. 906 Indiana avenue. d Monday evening a farewell reception was given to the Rev. Dr. and Mrs. Tiffany in the parlors of Trinity M. E. Church. A soclable was given by the ladies of the Oak- land Methodist -Church y'l’hlxridn‘; cvening, at ‘which 2 farge number of persons were present. At the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Haywood, on Ellis avenue, a socisl was given to the con- gregation of the Oakland Congregational Church Thursday evening. Tuesday evening Miss Ada Frost, No. 25 Wal- fln:xt hsfrlfcr?d‘sm? toe recipient 7!{}: sla:prlsl: party t the hands of a company of friends accompa- nied by Fitzgerald’s orehe.’slra. i Mrs. E. M. Scott gave a coffee-party at her studio in Doe’s B!ufi? Tuesday am?mu{udto ner artist friends and others. She was assisted by Miss Ada WyckofE and Miss Rose Clark. A strprise-party was given to Mr. Charles Cushing” at_Lis residence on Thirty-sevvath street, near Cottage Grove avenue, Friday even- iue. Many persons were present, who enjoyed dancing, and music, and a supper. The residence of Mn M. F. Kelloge, No. 173 Calumet avenue, was the scenc of a very pleas- ant party Thursday cvening wiven Ly Miss Mamie Kellogg. Dancing, games, and refresh- ments comprised the evening’s cntertainmnent. Among those present were the Misses Kelloeg, Mamic Haryey, Phila Barrett, Jenny Reed, Kato Brown, Ada Walworth, and Mcssrs. Laflin, Reeve, Brown, Gridley, and Iiersell. Among the noticeable performances last weck Was an entertainment given at Campbell fHall on Thursday evening for the henefit. of Mrs. Millic C. Pomeroy, the poctess and reader, anid Miss Mary Hewsey, a youny comedienne. ‘The beneficiaries were kindly assisted by Prof. Will- iam McFarland, the clocutionist, Madame and Miss Hildibiddie, of Hershey Hall, and other prominucnt “talent. The performance was well attended, aund the occasion was a highly en- Jjoyable: one. PERSONAL. Miss Alice Caswell, of Troy, N, Y., is visiting Miss Belle Jansen, No. 607 Wabash avenue. Miss Nellie A. Morey, of Waukesha, is visit- igzkl‘sex sister, Mrs. Fred Smith, at Nu. 21 Ellis ark, The Rev. Dr. Tiffany and family left Tuesday for New York, and will reside in future at 239 Fourth avenue. Mr. and Mrs. C. Follansbee are spending a few weeks at the Hot Springs, Arkansas. Mr. F. Haskell started for the Springs last week. ON DIT. The marringe of Miss Chappell will be cele- brated Thursday evening. ‘Lhe ceremony will oceur at the Sccond Presbyterian Church, and a reception will follow at the Grand Pacific Hotel. The marriage of Miss Sophie Flentye, daugh- ter of Mr. H. Flentye, to C. R. Stevens of New York, will be celebrated Wednesday evening, April 25, at the resigence of the bride’s parents, U14 North LaSalle street. Wednesday evening, at 5 o'clock. Miss Carrie A. Boardman, daughter of J. W. Boardman, Esg., will be united in marriage to Mr. Howard C. Woodrow. The ceremouy will be performed at tne Woodrufl Hotel. A large number of in- vitations have been issued. The marriage of D. B. Cooke, Esq., with Mrs. Augusta Ayer vill ve celebrated Monduy, April 80, at the residence of the Uride’s fattier, Levi W. Parke, Esq., at Hinsdale. The place of res- idence in tlus city will be No. 106 South Park avenue. The wedding will be a strictly famiiy affair, ANNOUNCEMENTS. Company C will give the tLird complimentary reception Thursday evening, May 3. A fancy-dress juvenile exbibition was given Friday evening at Bournique's Academy, on Twenty-second street. Company A, First Regiment Tllinos State Guard, will give a reception at their urmory on the evening ot May 7. The Accuiel Club, of the North Side, will hold their fiith and_ closing reception Ior the ‘fson at Lincolu Hall, Friday evening, May I A calico party will be given by the Ladies’ Aid Society of the Second Universalist Church, Wednesday evening, at Martine’s West Side hall. Prof. Carr will be tendered s testimonial re- ceptiow’by his_friends and puplls nest Friday evening, April 27, at lartine’s West Side Academy, There will be a sociable in the Scotch Church, corner ot Sangamon and Adams streets, Thurs- day evening. ‘The programme deserves a large attendance. St. Stephen’s Guild will givea calico party Friday, at the bLall corner of Clinton and Twelfth streets. The Guild is 8 new organiza~ tion, and this is fts first party. A meeting of the members of the Pall-Mall Club will be held Monday evemmy at the Tre- mont House. A full attendance is requested, as business of fmportance will be transacted. The first grand complimentary ball of Com- pany G, Second Regiment, 1. §. G., will be given at Central Hall, corner of Wabash avenue and "Twenty-sceond street, Friday evening, May 4. The Second Universalist Church Society have completed arrangemeuts for a calicoparty, to be givea Wednesdayevening, April 25, at Martine's West Side Academy. The Academy Band will provide the music for the occasion. — < The Choral Association of the Sixth Presby- terian Church will give a grand concert Thurs- day evening, May 3. The concert will be con- ducted by Joseph Silvers, the choir dircctor, and will embrace in its list of performers the Philadelphia Quartette, consisting of Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Kuorr, Mr. and Mrs. G. T. R. Knorr, Miss May Lester, and Miss Martha Pardoe; Miss Mary Wishard, pianist; Alexander Grant, ac- companist. The sclections are very choice, and will embrace seven pieces by the full chorus. SUBURBAN. ENGLEWOOD. One of the most brilliant social parties of the secason was given by Mr. Peter McGurn and lady at their residence, on Arnold street, on the 17th inst., the occasion being the celebration of the twelfth anniversary of their marringe. Atan early hour their pleasant parlors were vocal with songs, games, and merry jests, which invoived all present in & perfect whirlpool of enjoyment. At alate hour the company adjourned to the dining-room, where the tables groaned beneath their Joads of substantial and delicate refresh- ‘ments, and the floral decorations were most pro- fuse and beautiful. . After the guests had enjoyed the *flow of soul ” until they were fully impressed with the substantial nature of their host and hostess’ hospitality, Mr. P. J. O'Connell asked the at- tention of the company to some remarks that Mr. P. T. Barry wished to make. Mr. B in a short address, on behmngyfhuse assembled, presented to Mrs McGurn a beautiful gold-lived, silver cake basket, and to Mr. McGurn the complete works of Shakspeare, Milton, Pope, Burns, Moore. and Rollin, bound in library style. Prominent among those present who contributed to the en- joyment of the occasion were M. Barsaloux and ivife, Capt. Kehoe and wife, Mr. Van Fleet, Mrs. F. McNicholas from Englewood, P. T. Barry and_wife, Mr. Atkinson and wife, Mr.” M. B. Hicks and daughter Lottie, Buffalo, Misses Maggie and Miss Freney, )¢ Mary. j\chu{'n, Messrs. E. McPhetridee, W. S, Proudfoot, Barney Drake, P. J. O'Connell, J. McCombs, George Danforth, and Mr. Maroney. Miss Clara Brown entertained a few friends at ber home on Friday cvening. Music and dapcing were enjoyed until alate hour. _Joe A. Blain, well-known iu Englewood socle- ty, starts next,Tucsday for South East Penn syl- vania to bring back a bride. The fortunate voung lady is Miss Mary D. Chase, of that place. '}'hc ceremony will take place at the resigence of the bride’s parents on Thursday next. After a short stay in the East they will return to Engle- wood. Another prominent society manof Englewood will soon be lost to the weckly meetings of the “boys.” Sodiety met Friday evening, The Nondescript Society et Fri 2, April 20, at Mr.chorgc Woodland’s, No. 1141 Bowen avenne. A very entertaining programie was provided, and pleasantly enjoyed, particu- larly the unigue burlesque on the Quintetie Club, composed of performers on combs, and executing_such airs as Mozart’s Twelith (Sour) 2Mash, op. 1162, and others similar. 4 ‘The worthy Treasurer, Mr. Murray R. Walls, was presented by the President. Mr. Johu L. Benuett, with a testimonial, in bellf of the Society, for_lis meritorious efforts in enriching the balageein the treasury to minus nothing, a beautiful volume entitled *‘Brown and His Mule.”? Tya% given st the residence of ivate party was given aof s Mf. pxr:l:la i(r‘z’i. Onklejf on Drexel boulevard, corner of Forty-seventh street, Friday cvening. cm};\r;,;&:dnuu_mer u(‘l sruests werer present, whro yed dancing and a supper. The guests left at’aJatehour, pes Spusatnls NEW YOREK. SPRING TOILETTES. s Special Correspondence. of The Tribune. New Yogg, April 19.—By degrees real spring weather has come to us at last, and in consc- quence toilettes take on brighter and lighter tints, and are of thinner fabrics. Since, however, velvet and woolen materials are to be so largely worn this scason, there ‘is after all but little difference. That portion of the dress which most distinctly announces the advent of a new season Is the bonnet, and this now displays & beauty and freshness which could never beloniz to winter or the crisp autumn days. There are not many cautirely new shapes, but there are several moditications of last winter's styles that are very pretty and elegant. The charming “*Marie Stuart” has been revived, and there are few faces that do not derive an added grace from the becoming brim gud the coquettish little point in front. An exquisite litile bonnet of this shape s of finest white French chip. Three yows of fine - pink silk-cord- ing are inseBa between the three out- side lines of chip in the brim. The face trimming is of delicate pink silk puffs, overlaid with white illuslon. The crown is en- circled by a lovely wreath of white leaves deli- cately veined with licht green, while well to the back isa cluster of varicgated berries. Hand- some barbes of point jace are held at the back of thebrim by a clasp of gold and steel, and being brought forward are fastened on the breast by a bunch of berrics and leaves. THese barbes, while very attractive and becoming, are quite an item in the cost of 8 bonnet. Those of plain net, black or white, edged with a tiny vine of embroidery, range in price from $8.50 to $7. More claborute ones, burdered with deep -embroidery and buving a cluster of the same at the end, are proportionately dearer. Barbes of thread and point lace are very costly, and are unobtaineble save by the lew. “An exceedingly hundsome barbe recently siiown me was ~ of richest Point Duchess in a pattern exquisitely lovely, ~ It measured 2% yards, and cost $i5. This is no more than the” average woman can pay for her entire spring bonuet, barbe and all, Indeed, I know an unfortunate female who is limited to two-thirds that amount for her whole spring outfit. Very tasteful meutonnicres for black bonnets trimmed with one of the many yellows are of black Brussels net, about two vards long, threc-cighths in width, A very fine line of embroidery may be done In floss matehing the yellow on'the bounnet, and the de- sign i3 often tiny sheaves of wheat or diminu- tive coru-flowers. The rage for yellow continnes unabated, and the gorgeousuess of milliners’ windows is almost painful. Handsome huts of black chip, net, illusion, or lace are certainly improved by a tasteful mixture of rich man- darin, pale lemon, delicate tilleul, or palc cream, but the combination of bright blue with vivid orange, -pink with brilliant lemon tints, and scarlet with a rich, deep yellow, cannot but be revolting to a 'PURE, CORRECT TASTE. A bonnet displayed at a Iate opening exhibited a glaring contrast between decided orange and pale rose. The bonnet itself waus of white chip, and had a face trimwing of shirred white satiu, over which were falls of full skiort frinee of pink and orange. The crown isgbanded by folds of pink brocaded silk, and at the left is a cluster of loops of mandarin satin and pink silk,#ith a long, trailing spray of nasturtious, the exact ghade of the satin. Barbes of white illusion, brocaded svith botn colors, completed this fan- tastic head gear. Before it for days and days congregated a.crowd of exclaiming admirers, be- cause the monstrosity was placarded “fmport- ed.” To what length will not our Jove of outre-mer fashions carry usi an _exquisite relief to all this glare and color is a dainty Leg- horn hat, with drooping brim caught upat tne right. Here are lopps of cool, fresh, moss- green velvet holding a cluster of pink and white daisics or small snowballs. Loose folds of vel- vet encircle the crown, and' end in graceful loops at the back, where o hand- some buckle of mother-of-pearl fastens two short white ostrich tips. This is an exceedingly dainty and_becoming hat, and well worth the §39 demanded for it. It cannot fail to be pleas- ing information that tells of the B REVIVAL OF LEGUORN. Itis sucha lovely materiul, is so elegant, re- quires such simplé trimming, that it will surely become, ag it once was and always deserves to be, the choice of refined taste. Another liitle bat of Leéghorn, vers charming, was a broad, straight-brim with 4 moderate droop at the edges and around the erown, 2 plain smooth band of black velvet-ribbon, about a flnger wide. Over tliis is o wreath of small glossy iy leaves, below which fatls a thick fringe of "lilies of the valley. At the back is a bow with long ends of Dblack velvet. This bow with its streamers ex- hibits a new and clegant style of velvet-ribbon; itis the finest varicty of silk velvet, while the reverse shows a handsome white satin ribbon. Thisis iwported inall the new combinations and contrasts, some very lovely, others unquali- fiedly hideous. Althougn it is carly yet for purchasing linen aud cotton dresses, these materials are shown in great variety. They cmbrace all the dark colors in plain sorts, and show these in tasteful plaids, stripes, and checks, with all the lighter colors. Cambrics aud other wash fabrics are more desirable than ever, as_ even the cheaper varieties do not fade, but will stand any amount of washing and boiling. The finest “are very handsome, closely resembling silk and * fou- lard.” Very light tca-colored grouunds show pretty running vines, clusters of blossoms or foliage, or odd and pleasing designs. That which resembles foulard is oftenest in fine checks or “polka dots” in white aud blue, or brown, black, and white, black and scarlet, blue, with fawncolor, etc. These are fully a yard in breadth, aud cost but 35 cents. cy inake up with trimmings of Hamburg embroid- ery into extremeiy stylish costumes. A very pretty material isof linen and very thin, It comes fu squares of light brown; also of fawn color, with the alternate squares in open work. Later in the season it will _prove most accept- able for polonaists or overdresses, to be worn over black or darl silk skirts on the strect. PANS. T haveseen two beautiful fans, of which I wish I coula give an adequate description, they are so exquisitely dainty., One has lons, trans- pareut sticks of motber-of-pear], which are so beautifully iridescent that they look like pre- cious stofies, These are inlaid most profusely witha lovely design in pure gold, each mosaic cousisting of picces excessively minute. The upper portion, which is but a fluger deep, is of finest white sili delicately painted with the beau- tiful faces of beautiful women. The reverse shows a ship at auchor resting on a sleeping sca. Both are done by emiuent artists. The little clasp holding the staves together is studded with recious stoues. The sceond fan, equally lovely, 8 embossed in A larger iand bolder design in both gotd and silver.” The upper part, of white silk, bears a cluster of flowers so real, 50 beau- tiful, that one fuvoluntanly draws a long breath to inbale their fraerance. | A liandsome dinuer dress is of olive eflk, the front of the skirt ornamented by a double- bow pleat of oak-brown brocade. "Acros: Dack of the skirt is a decp Spanish flounce. T sleeves are of the brocade, while a scarf of the same fs disposed to form a graceful drapery. On its lower edge this is finished bg'oa deg, fringe headed by a galloon containivg both col- ors. Another very stylish dress was of striped silk, two shades of slate coior. A decp pléated flounce in frout reaches from the knees down, and seross the back coming to an equat height are siY gathered ruffies. The waist has revers of pale blue satin, cuffs, and fancy pocket of the same, and the back of the tight basque is ornamented with small Dblue satin bows and smooth silver buttons. An extremely hand- some _toilette worn by a lady with whom the Grand Duke has lunched and dined since ns sojourn here is of myrele-green velvet aud til- Ieul silk. The dress is "of rather s nonde- seriot shape, combiving features of the Princess dress, the polonaise, the basque, ete. It is. of velvet, with an inserted frout of tilleul tinted silk. Over this pass bands of velvet fimshed at the lower edge witly a rich .chenille ana silk fringe of both colors. The velvet sleeves arc Inced over puffs of the light silk, and a pocket shows a mingliug of both. The back breadth of the robe is left loose, while another is inserted in its place. The loosc one, which fs one yard longer than the dress, is lined with tilleal silk, and is so draped that it réveals equal portions of silk aud velvet, This|is rather a peculiar toilette, but withal it is elegant and not in bad taste. Though there are so many cheap materials of excelent quality at inoderate rates, there is a cerfain class, and in spite of hard times it is not a small one, who buy only the richest and costliest fabrics, and of these thereis an immense variety. Brocades, matclasses. easbmere silks, velvet, ete., cost as much as ever, and yet in an hour’s promenade the tollettes of velvet owe meets are not so few 0s to prove exceptions. In this clegant material only the darkest shades are admissible for street costumes., OI these dark colors, mavy blue, myrtle green, and plum-color seem tbe favor- ites. sud certainly a richer costume cannot_be imagined. MarTis 8. PARIS, EASTER FESTIVITIES. Special Correspondence of The Tribune. Pamis, April .—Last Sunday being Easter, all Paris scemed to abandon itself to revelry and exitement. after a rigid observince of the last few days of Lent. As the sackeloth and ashes disappear, pleasure holds high carniyal, and rushes forth like the pent-up fires of a voleano blazing into life. The most astonishing toilettes come forth at this time, aud as the bad taste which prompts such & conspicuous display at certain perfods also regulutes the styles for such occasfons, they are at tota! varisnce with the simple eleganceof thetrue Parisisn. In the soirees, at the theatres, on the promenade, fash- fonable yellow was scen last Sunday in all its cffrontery. This yellow so audacious, so mock- ing to retined taste, which is more than a men- ace and less than an insolence, would even have amazed a Marquis de Conches, whose love of finery was so proverbial at Court. Tinsginea beauty of Paul Veronese painted in such colar, or that eternal wender, the Antiope of Correggio, dressed in yellow! But it is the fash- fon, and that is varamount to all other consid- erations in the estimation of the world. Mast assuredly we arc drifting back to the flaunting styles of the Revolution and the Emuoire, with their stiff and graceless. outlines and their glar- ing colors mingling in confusion. Oh, the charming times! Such a union of THUE GROTESQUE AND TUE ANTIQUE, when velvet was worn in summer, and no incon- gruities were displeasivg. In the passing fash- 10ns of a period there is often o dignity of con- ception which permeates all surroundings and challenges the admiration of. posterity, but with all the teachings of the past we now accept de- generite aud vulgar styles, no matter whence therr origin. The art of furnishing is also equal- 1v expressive of the character of individuals as that of aress, snd, whilst admiring the grandotd furniture of the chevallers, with its ok pauels hardened iu fire like their armor, we ornament ours with gilt and paint, and encourage tawdy display. A visiv a few days since to an old his- toncal chatean sroused these thoughts, and the rich mandarin satin hanings in one of the aute- roums, looking so regal in” their clezance, are impressive in their teachings of the fitness of all'things. The pictured dames looking down from thosc jolty walls would have recoiled: whilst living to have scen thut Maudurin hue used for tollettes by guests wlio trailed their dainty robes through those spacious halls. For curtains it is mugmlicent, but hideous in per- sonal attire; buz, nevertheless, it is the fushion, and even hats are seen formed eutirely of BUTTERCUPS AND LACE. - These are similar to those formed of violets and other swall flowers which were worn last winter at theatres and concerts, and sometimes for ceremonious visits a voulure, but on no sccount must these chapeaux de flenrs ever be sccompanied by a parasol. ‘I'hey are not suitable for the street, where the most subdued elegauce is required, as the toi- lette a pied must be correct in every detail, gracefu! and simple, without protusion of trim- minz or pretentious displuy. Therefore, no chapenux de fleurs are tolerated in promenades Ly persons endowed with good taste and who know how to appreciate true refinemeot. Among summer noveltics, large collurs of batiste are seen, ornamented with goipure, Valencien- nes, or Malines, with nssorted cuils, which are tu be worn over the slecve und not beneath it as they have been of latter years. It is mot an- ticipated, however, that they will become gen- eral for some tune, as the linen collarsand cufls will be difficult to supplant. Among summer dress materials the foulards a jour sre among the newest, and modistes are even rendering their novelty greater by making them into the short-waisted and full-flowing robes, of which the Countess Bebhagues and other aristocratic ladies set the example at the first badl at the Elysce. This mode will also remain exceptional, as popular taste still demands the tight-fitting skirts o the past season. The pretty little Princess Blanche de Nemours ap- peared at a recent reception given iu honor of the <’ PRINCESS OF WALES in a rosecolored sik, made with infant waist and full skirt gathered in a waistband; a sash of lustrous material tied in front, was the only trimining on this dress so charming in its novel simplicity. MUSICAL AND THEATRICAL. ‘The most interesting theatrical news.to com- municate i3 that Albani still remains In Paris, unexpectedly renewing her cngagement here, which will continue almost to the very day of her promised appearance at the Royal Italian Opera in London. Her farcwell performance at Les Italiens is positively announced for next Tuesday evening, when she will sine in three operas, and the following day bid adieu to this gay Paris, which hus literally gone wild over the clmrming songstess. After repeated postpone- ments, *“Cinq Mars” is finally announced to be placed upon the stage of the Opern Comigue next week. The Director, 3L .Carvalho, has expended large sums in preparing this late pro- duction of the Maestro Gounod, and regarding which the greatest interest prevails. The Theatre Francais, has just reproduced with eat cclat, “Lé Joueur? of, Regnard. De- auny and Coquelin have therein proved them- selves admirable comedians, the former having broken the tradition and represented Valere in a character morc in accordance with our mod- ern ideas. Coquelin assumes the character that formerly was Got’s, and well sustains the broad humor of that celebrated actor. MATHILDE. — ———— MARAH TO PAUL. .take the trouble to make more than vne. 0, butto feel thy dear arms twing _Around me once n: £ almost eems that kiss of thine - “Mizht sootlie this pain—might soothe Tufs dull, cold, Licavy pain. —@race Greenwood. *4This dall, cold, heavy painl" My heart Hath borne the burden long: Though in the world I took a part, Tts Ianghter, dunce, and song, ‘Abmel my heart ré-echo’d ne'er its song. And now 'tis pressing wearily; my life Draws near its welcome close; The heart that once with joy was rife Now secketh but rep Poor heart, long sighing for repose. But, ere into the Eternal Sea My shattered barque 18 driven, My spirlt sigheth wearily Yor one blessed word—Forgiven. To hear thoo say, ** DeaF hestt, Tuva Tt for- given.” 06— To feel the pressurc of thine arms, my head Reposing on thy breast; Frongput my Leurt the fear, the dread, Wollld fade, and, truly blest, Y'd pass to God, to be forever blest. But no—too firm in pride thon art— Thou ne'er wilt bend to me: And peace unto my troubled heart 'l meet upon the Sea ‘Whose voice I hear—upon the Eternal Wes. Blest voice! it softly breathes of rest— A rest for cer unbroken— Of joys supreme. Adown the West Life's sun sinks low; my weary breast Yearns for the Joya unspoken, Joys all relinguished. Thou, too, art Dissevered from my soul; ‘Thou form'st of other lives a part— Of minc thou art the whoie; Hope, light, and life, thou art the whols, farewell! The dresm Is past— d, illnsive dream: The scenes of life ure fading fast— My lone barque leaves the stream Of Time, how fast, how fast. Farewell ‘The Again farewell! farewell! O Death, Thy pang within my heart Makes not the bitter azony Of the dreary thought—we part: So fraught with deathless wo, we part! Mancu. Macoie A, CoYys. ———— A New Wheat-Country. There is now in Texas quite a lively agitation of the question whether that- State canuot be developed iuto one of the great wheat-growing and food-exporting sections of the country. The suecess which bas apparently followed the ex- periments of raising wheat during the past few years, and the great favor which the grain rais- cd in that State is said to have guined among flour manufacturers, “have raised hopes among the people of Galveston of mak- ing their city one of the principal cain aod flour marts of toe world. During the War a small quantity of wheat was grown in the northern counties of the State, Dbut since the War cotton has been the princip: crop raised, until a few years ago, when atten- tion was turned once more to the cultivation of wheat. The section now devoted to that cereal is said to extend into the centre of the State. Thirteen counties produced last year 7,500,000 bushels of wheat, valucd at $5,000,000. It is cstimated that wheat could be grown in 170 countis, and that the annual value of the wheat crop could be raised to $575,000,000. ————————— Steam- Cars on the Paris Boulevards. New York Sun. The steam street-cars in Paris are reported to be unqualitiedly successtul, although they run alonz the grandest boulevard in the city, and through some of the busiest streets, turning sharp angles and climbing and descending per- ceptible grades. The cugines draw_crowded cars from the Arcde Triomphe to the Bastile, a distance of seven miles, at a speed of cight miles an hour, and no one has yet been hurt, nor are horses frightened by the sight of the engine. Thelatter are like the dummies ou Market street, Philadelphia, noiseless and smoleless, and steam-power is said to have proved much more economical than horse-powers 4 EPIGRAMS. What Is en Epigram %---Various Defi- nitions, Snmplesvfrom English, French, and Ori- ental Sources. bk Londnn Spectator, THE EPIGRAMMATIS' A SELECTION FROX TRE EPIGRAMMATIC LITERATURE 0P ANCIENT, MeoievaL, axp MopExx Tives, By the Rev. _llls.fil’. Dodd. London: George Bell & Sons. Drink to me, only with thine eyes, And 1 will pleugte with mine; 5 Lut in the cup, And I'll not look for wine. The thirst. thut from the soul doth rise, Doth nsk a drink divine; But might I of Jove's neciarsip, 1 would not change for thine. Tsent thee, lute, a rosy wrenth, Not 80 much Nonoring thee, Ae giving itu hope that there 1t could not withered be. But thou thereon didat only breathe, And sent’st it back to me; Since when {t grows and smells, 1 swear, Not of itself, but thee. ¢ Excellent good, *I faith,” and wit may ba couched, if Barrow be believed, in the lusty hyperbole of the final couplet, smacking a littiec as it does, perhaps, of the excess which would add a perfanie to the violet. ' But the song Is a zood song, albeit a translations for the most yurt, and'is quite in its place in _ Mr. grave’s ¢ Golden Treasury,” and would be's®) evén it that admirable and popular little book were, as its compiler fondly imagines, a collection_of all the best lyrics: in the English tongue. But by what law, we ask, of Unuatural Sclection does the Rev. Mr. Dodd, of Pembroke College, Ox- ford, place this song in a collection of epi- grams? Again: ' Ere sin could blight or sarrow fade, Death came with friendly care, The ounnlm{ bud to Ifeayen conveyed, And bade it blossom there, is a very pretty “Epitaph on an Infant,” and Coleridge was quite right in declininr to omit it from his pocms at Lawb’s haif-jocular sugges-. tion, althourh the man of Islincton may per- haps- bave had some dim forcbodings in his prescient mind of— f 1f 20 soon as this I'm done for, I wonder what I was begun for. But surely the asrcement of these critics would bave been as wonderful gs any ever seen upon the stage, nad the volume of poems in which this epitapl appeared been given to the world asa volume of eplgrams. Yet we tind it here In Mr. Doad’s selection, and cheek by jowl with it we find Porson’s or anotber’s pleasantry: ‘When Dido saw Eneas would not come, She mourned in silence, and was Di-do-dum. Now, if onc of these things is an epigram, the other two are ot but as a matter of fact, not one of them is. The first is a lively song, the second a tender conceit, and the third a fourth- rate pun. What, then, is an epigram? The original meaning of the word is clear ¢enough,— it is simply an inscription, and when Theseus set up a column on the Istumus of Corinth, and inscribed u?un one side of 1t, * Here is Attica, and not Peloponuesus,” aud upon the other, “Hereis Pejoponnesus, and not Attica,” each of these notices was literally and exactly an “‘epigram.” The distance between suen an “cpigram * and an epigram by Martial or « la Francaise is vast indeed, but "upon the counec- tion which links together things so diverse the true defiuition of un epigram will be found to depend. ‘The elucidation of this connection is duc to the celebratea Lessing, whom Macaulay justly styled the tinest critic of modern times. his' acute thinker took exception to Vavassor’s argument that the original meaning of the word was ol no vonseyuence, since every one admitted that this meaning had been lost, and its place taken by anotier. True, said Lessing, but use, in language, is rarely, if ever, entirely arbitrary, and, when a word orizinaily applied for obyious reasons to one thing vomes to be restricted for reasons less obvious to an- other, there is, or must have beeu, at some time or other, some counectiom between the things themselves. What Is the connection in the pres- ent fnstance? Scaliger thought that he had dis- covered it in the brevity whiuh is, or should be, the characteristic alfke of cpigram and inscrip- tion. But if brevity, and brevity alone, be the essence of an epigram, then any couplet, how- ever absurd, “Oid_PBillycock sate upon Pilly- cock’s hill, and if he’s not gone he sits there still,”” for fnstance, will be an epigram; and the caustic Spaniard was in the right when he asked whether any man could be so stupid as to be un- able to make one epigram, or such a fool “fif to Nor w;‘us Lessingz more satisfied with Boileau’s defini- tion: N - L'Epigramme N'est sonvent qu'nn bon mot de deux rimes orne, Nor with Battenx's. that 1t is an ingenious thought, happily and tersely expressed; for from neither definition do we ‘get_the slightest inkling why a certain class of small poems have received the name which was originally and properly given to an inscription. Lessing’s own definition is this. He contends rightly enouzh that it is the form and mot the matter which constitutes an epigram, and he says that an epl- gram is a short poem which, like an inscription, atonce raises our curiosity and gratifiesit. A truc epizram, then, should consist of two parts, —first, the raised cxpectation, and, seeondly, the satisfying fulfiiinent. It is very casy to understand them from an example or two, and we will choose the bricfest possible: Ci git Piron, qui ne fut rien, Pas meme Academicien. The first line here raises our expectation. Why should Piron tell us he was nobody? and if he was, what then?! But the second line makes the witty writer’s meaning clear, aud we are pleased and satisfied, as by an inseription. Ci it ma femme. Al! qu'blle est bien Pour son repos,—et pour le mien. Here the raisiug of our_expectation ends at Tepos, and a very mild one it seems. “The Greeks themselves knew nothing of the distinction which Lessiug draws between epi- grams proper and other short pocms. The ** epi 57 in thelr famous Antnology are as far removed, for the most .part, zs possible from what modern taste and usage demand in an epigram, and indeed the French call any short copy ot insipid verses an * epigrammea In Grecaue.” The true founder of themodern epi- gram was Martial, and, to borrow a phrase from Macaulay, Homerisnot moredistinetly thefirst of epit pucts, nor Boswell the tirst of biographers, than Martial is the tirst of epigrammatists. § Lessing’s definition should always be kept be- fore the eyes of any one at the preseut day who sets himself to publish a_* Collection of Epi- grams,” and we haye'no hesitation whatever in suying that the so-called ** Venetian epierams of Goethe are not ¢pigrams at all. How far Mr. Dodd would agree with us is suother questioan, Tor of the following poem by the Khaliph Radui Billah, * To a Lady, upon steine her blush,” he says: “This is one of the most clegant epi- orams to be found in - apy language, and de- serves particular attention™: Leila! whege'er I gaze on thee My alter'd cheek tarns pale, ‘While upon thine, sweet maid, I see A deep'ning blueh prevail. - Leiln, shall I'the cause impart ‘Why such a change takes place? The crimson stream deserts uy heart To mantie on thy face. . ‘Why, it is 8 conceit, a mere, conceit, awl as frigid as it is false, and we are not fn the least cousoled by being told that *‘the K. R. Billah was the twentieth Khaliph of the louse of Abbas, and died in the 320th year of the Hegira, f.e, A.D. 95" Such pastc-and-scissor work, —but we have no epigram ready to fliug at. Mr. Dodd. Non ragioniam di lor, ma guarda,e passa. Here is something better, though: Froude informs the Scottish youth That parsons have no care for truth; While Canon Kingsley ioudly cries That hustory 18 a pack of lies. What cause fos judgment so malign®— A brief retlection solves the mystery, For Froude thinks Kingsley a divine, ‘Aud Kingsley goes to Froude for history. But is this an epigram? We are inclined to say that it is not. Kven were it as true as Lin- gurd and Newman would dare be sworn it was, we doubt if it deservesto be called acything better than a clever lampoon. We like the fol- lowing much better: The town has fonnd out different waza Fo praise ita dillcrent Lears; To Barry it zives lond huzzas, To Garrick only tears. AKing? Aye, every inch a King,— ‘Suck Barry doth appenr; But Gatrick's quite anotuer thing, He's every inch King Lear. This, we take it, Is a genuine epigram; for although as personal, in one sense, as the last, it reads a lesson, and a not unkindly, or, be it said, unnecessary lesson to all actors, even the best in the world, who would fain be as welcome to thelr audiences as he whe played the King was to Hamlet. It has been disputed how far a play mpon_ words is is in an epigram, and within due limits it up- questionably is permissable; but such rub- Dish as the following transgresses those limits still more unguestionably; it was written on three doctors, viz., Dr. Wall, Sir C. Pegge, and Dr. Bourne, and is entitled: THE OXFORD MEDICAL TRIO, I would not cail in any one of them all, For only **the weakest will go to the wall The second, like Death, that scythe-armed mower, Will speedily make you a peq or two fowers While the third, with the [ves he so silently carns, 1s the bourn whence no traveler ever returnd. 4 o0 In fact, we may make the rule absolute as re- gzards puns uflgm proper names. But there are some puns which ure so neat and good that they are strong enough to be used as corner-stones 10 an epigram, as this, for instance: Tom praie'd his friend, who changed his state, For binding fast himself and Kate In union so divine. !¢ Wedlock’s the end of life,” he cried. *4Too true, alas!™ said Jack, and llghed,— *'Twill be the end of minc." Dr. Dodd subjoins to - his selection a formida- Lle list of books connected with epigrammatic literature. That he might have made his own book worse by making it bigser we can well be- lieve, but that he has omittéd many agem of purest ray screpe we are sure; for even in the case of a poct so well known as Burns he omits he fierce, bright couplet which glitters and bites like an adder: That there is falsehood in his Jooks, I must and will deny; They say. their owner is & knave, and sure they do notlie, CURRENT GOSSIP. TWEED’S CONFESSION. Atlaet, likea fate, the old Boss has arisen, And thus he epeaks out from his cell at the prison: Now just sec some virtuous gentlemen scatter When light is let in on this Tammany matter. ‘oo long have I given myself to save others; Too long have I suiffered, 35 brother for brothers; ‘Too long kept the seal of my seerets unbroken; Too lung, sir! 1ought years ugo to have spoken! They'llsay I have ‘squealed’—they will say my surrender Wil injure my pals; but I do not feel tender _Towards chaps that took money—took all they could gebble— And went buck on mc when I got into troable; As lively as crickets to share in the plunder, And ruther more lively to get out from under; Who, after the grab, let our enemies rend me, And never spoke word or raised hand to defendme; Who, when, for their plunder, thecity beset me, Sneaked out and pretended that they never met me; Who joined the wolf-pack und denounced me as . vile, and - Deserted me when I went up to the Tsland! No, sir! 1don’t feel that— * Just here the bland Sheriff, With a masical voice and a smile Jike a seraph, Walked-in and remarked, **The Commiltee's in session, And ready to hear your delinquent confession; The State will be grateful for services done h And, afterall, justice is better than *honor." **Come on! I'm all ready ! said Tweed, and they started; *PNl yet make the white-livered liars down- hearted; That paywment of May, that divide of December, The virtusussconudrels! I'll make 'em remember. '™ —New York Graphic. WASHINGTON AS A HUMORIST. ** Remniccsnces of Washinyton ™ in Scribner for May. The following letter is a gopy of one from Gen. Washington to his brother-in-law, Col. Burwell Bassett, of Eltham, Va. Col. Bassett married Auna Maria Dandridge, the sister of Martha Dandridge, who was ficst Mrs. Custis, then Mrs. Washington. This letter has been treasured by Col. Bussett’s grandson, who, until now, has refused to allow it to be published. It is the only letter we know of in which Washing-" ton {ndulred in anything like humor: AfousT VERNON, 28th Auznst, 1762, —DEar Str: 1 was favoured with yonr Epistie wrote on a cer- tain 25th of July, when you onzht to have been at Church, praying us becomes every good Christinn 3lun who has as much to answer foras you have— strange it is that you will be =0 blind t0 trath that the enlightening soun:ds of the Gospel cumnot reach your_Ear, nor no Examples awaken son to x -sense ‘of Goudness—conld you but behold with what religlous zesl I bye me to Charch on every Lord's day, it would do your heart good, and A1l it, I hope, with equal fervency—but hark'ee—I am told you Thave lately introduced into your Family, acerialn production which youare fost in admiration of, and’spend g0 much timie in contempluting the just proportions of its parts, the case,und conveniences with which it abounds, that it is thonght you will have little time to animadvert upon the prospect of your crops, etc., pray how will this _be reconciled 10 that anxious care and vigilance, which i3 50 es- cenclally necessary at a time when our growing Property—meaning the Tobacco—is assailed by every villainons worm. that has had an existence since the daye of Noah(now unkind it was of Nvah. now [ have mentioned his name, to suffer sucha brood of Verwin to zeta birth in the Ark!) but erbaps you may be as well Of as We aze,—that is, flm‘n no Tobacco for them to cat, and there I think we nicked the Doze, as I think to do vou 1if you expect 2ny more—but not without a full assurance of being with a very sincere regurd, . A D Sir, Yr o Afect. & Obed., Go. WaSHINGTON. P. S. don't forzet to make my compls to Mrs. Bassctt, Miss Dudy, and the little ones, for Miss Dudy cannot be classed with smail People withont offering her great Injustice. I shall see you, I expect, about the first of November. ‘To Coln Dassett, at Eltham. ‘The “new production,” so much admired by Col. Bassett; to which Washingion jestingly al- Iudes, was a baby son and heir. Two dauchters had preceded this infant, and as the estate, be- fore the Revolution, was entailed, a son had been ardently desired by Col. Bassett, who was the sole representative of his family; his father, Emnd!athur. and great-grandfather having each ecn, like himsclf, on only son. ** Miss Dudy 7 was Miss Judy Dijes, the duughter of a neigh- boring fariner and remarkable for ber size and strength. She had, on ence uceasion, becn in- auced to wrestle with a young man, a guest at Eltham, on conilition he would treat Ler with all due respeet. The trial of strength and skill went on for a while fu perfect good-nature, but the young gentlerman, on finding that ‘- Miss Dudy ” was gretting the better of him, lost his ‘temper, and toughly handled his amazonian ad- yersary, whereupon her spirit rose, she tossed him on the floor, and, in spite of all his efforts, tied him hand and foot to await senteuce from Col. Bassett. RUSSIAN SECTS. George Cary Eguleston in Avpietuns Journal for Nay. Many of the sects Lave persons among them whom they believe to be Christ, incarnate for the second time, and the Virgin. One sect was founded by n peasant-soldier, Daniel Phitipiten, sbout the middle of the scventeenth century, and s now strong in many parts of the Empire. Philipiteli’s doctrines, as reported by Mr. Hep- worth Dixon, who has made a special study in Russia of sceret and curious sects, were, first, “TamGod; second, *“ThereisnootherGod”; and third, “Therc is nothing new.” He guve nive preeepts to his followers, Which I quote from Mr. Dixon's text: *‘Drink uo wine. Re- main where you are and what you are. Never muarry. Never swear, or name the devil. At- tend no weddivg, christening, or other feast. Never steal. Keep my doctrine secret. Love cach other, and keep iy laws. Believe in the Haly Spirit.” 5 Another soldicr has recenily established a new religion winch is so secret that it has no name, cven amony its discipies. He pretended to be Christ, dnd chuse 2 woman for Virgin-mother. The accounts ziven of this scct represent its doctrines and practices to be unlawful and blas- phemous. - The wembers are said to insult the church in their meetings, and to treat sacred things with the utmost indignity; and yet when the authorities undertoos to punish the heresy the men who were arrested established by abun- dant evidence thew perfectly good behavior, aud proved even that they were in all respects especially exemplary citizens and subjects; that they paid their taxes, abeyed the law,performed all their dutics, Suber lives, attéuded the services and participated in the rites and cere- monies of the Orthodox Chureh, went to con- {fession regularly, -partook of the sacraments, and conformed strictly to the requirements of hurch. - Enough was proved, however, to ¢ it certain that these men have a secret re- rion of their owu: and an emissary of tbcryo- lice, who had attended their meetings, testitied that they mocked the sicraments, spat upon icons, and, #ave other expression of their con- tempt for the churcis, which in public they treated with ostentativus respect and venera- tion. This scet slso hasa Virgin aswell asa Jiving Christ. g Mr- Dixon tells us of another sect in Moscow who regard Napoleon as the Messiah, and wor- ship his fmage. They belicve that the French Emperor is still alive, somewhere in Asia, and that in duc time he will return and conquer the forces of the Czar. I bave wentioned here only a few of the many sccts which have been described in Russian officiat records. The list might be extended al- most indefinitely if there were space at com- mand. One sect, whose practices are not proper matter to_be described in this place, boast that even the Emperor Alexander I was a memoer of their communion. This is extremely unlike- Iy; but it is certafn that the Czar was deeply in- terested in studving the doctrines of the arder, and for that purpose went among them in per- son, and questioned them of their belief and practice. THE AUTOMATON CHESS-PLAYER. In 1763 a revolution broke out in a Russo- Polish regiment at Riea, headed by a Pole named Worouski. The Poles were eventually defeated in a pitched battle, and in the rout Worouski hiad boti: his legs stattered by a can- non bull. He contrived to throw himself into 8 ditch, and at night drageed himself to the | nelghboring house of a surzeon pamed Osloff The surgeon, moved by Lis suflerings, attended him, and concealed him in his honse. Both legs were amputated, and Worouski recovered, con- trary to expectation. Dr. Kempelen came about this time ona visit to Osloff, and ‘to him wus confided the secret, and his assistance begzed to get Worouski out of the country; for Lud he been found in his house the consenuences would have been serious. It happened that Woronski was a fine chess:player, and the idea oceurred to Dr. Kempelen of concealing the mutilated man in a box,so that the contrivance should be passed off 0s a chess-playinz automaton. In three months the automaton was Snished. It has been so often described that .it will be soflicient to mention here that it was n lifesize figare of 2 Turk scated at a cfiess-board. The machinery of the interior was attached to hanging frames which could be gushed back so that Worouskl could conceal imself in the body, notwithstanding it ap- peared to be filled with wheels, cranks, pulleys, ete. While the lower cupboard was being ex- awined, Worouski crept into the body, passed his arms and hands fato those of the fj , and. his head into the mask, whence be could see the chess-board. In order to give room for the pas- sage of his head, the neck was _encircled with a large collar, so vontrived as to hide the holiow space necessary there. The spectators having, as it appeared. thorourhly examined the inside, the doors were closed, and the whole wachinery having been wheeled about the room to show that there was no connection from bepeath, 3 small door in the thizh was opened and the au- tomaton was wound up. The windinz-up wasa mere blind; at each move the noise of the ma- chinery in motion was heard; the noise was pur~ posely introauced to drown the sound of the movements of the performer. On Oct. 10, 179, the first rehearsal was held, the fieure gluylng 2 game with Osloff. A month later Worouski was sufliciently perfeet in his part. He was hid in alarze box, which had to be moved very slowly on pretensc of fear of breakine the machivery, but in reality to pro- tect the inmate. In order to avert suspicion, it was agreed to give performances on the road at all towns passed throngh. The travelers got as far as Vitebak, on the road to the Prussian frontier, without_interruption, when the Em- press Catherine, having heard of the singular powers of the chess-plaser, commanded its presence at the I:;Ferinl palace, where the pro- scribed rebel actually played with the Empress. It is said that she attempted to cheat by mak ing a false move, when, Worouski’s temper gretting the better of him, nearly caused the whole conspiracy to collapse. The antomaton upset the picces with a blow of his hand, and the clock-work stopped as though injured. The Empress took it very zood humoredly. possibly because she was not'sorry to have saved a lost game. Sheat once offered to purchase the automaton, and insisted on its being left in the palace library at night. Fortunately, Dr. Kem- pelen managed to smaggle ofl Worouski in the big chest, and next day he told the Empress that the tigure could not perform without him, ond therefore it was no usc his sclling it. A UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE. The philologers may take a back seat, with all their schemes about improving or reforming our English language. A youth of barely 24 years has invented a universal language—no less— “ for all nations of the worid,” his ¢laim reads. It is not like Stephen Pear] Andrews' ** Al- wato,” which few men, considering the previ- lent shortness of life, will ever look into se- riously enousch to see whether or not it bas any merits. This is a sort of language that one may lcarn ‘o read in four weeks and speak in three months. It consists of twenty-four sounds, with a letter for each; no sounds are used ex- cept such as most natfons have in common; the difficult consonants are omitted—uo Germun ch, uo English th, uo Sclavonic cz. Every letter is pronounced exactly so; there are noirrezu- larities and no exceptions. Passiog to wurds. there will be no declensions, all rela tions of case to be expressed by prepositions; plurais are made by adding s nere are three genders,—masculine, teminioe, and neater. There is but one conjunction of verbs, and tenses are largely formed by auxiliaries. Al substantives, ana verbs and adjectives are un- changeable; comparison' 15 made by modifying words. The roots of this absolute languace are drawn from all languages, but particularly from the Latin. To exemplify onc run of words: For- tan, to be fortunate; fortuno, a fortunate man; fortuna.sfortunate woman; fortune, aorthe for- tune; fortuni, fortunate. Few words of thislan- guage will bave more than three syllables, most ‘will not exceed two. There is no rule where to ‘put any cumgon at of a sentence, but every oue who writes the * universal lanzuage” can nse its words according to the order of his own. This scheme i3 the invention of Julius Bordollo, of Philadelphia, who, tirough the columns of the Universe, anew journal of that city, asks co-operation.—£zchange. NONSENSE ALPHABET.- ¥ tumbled down, and burt his Arm szausta bitof X said, **My Boy, oh! do not cry; It cannot do you cure the arm. ™ An’ Egic beat up with milk would qulckly ‘make him well. . T satd A Fish. I broled. might cure, if only by tho el {3 i > Green Gooseberry 001 the Dest of cures T sald. **1lis Mt should be kepton, to keep him ‘troms the cold.” T ui¢,;Some ice upon his head wit make him better svon.” J e, * Some Jam, if spread on bread, or piven in nld.m_uu'ugmu 18 here—this picture let him ], ®oidy JtA Eamp pray Xeep alight to make some =1 lerry or two might give him satis- iéi oy D e h;;‘x’\x sald. **Some Nauts, If rofled about, might be 3 o ht attraction.” +dn Owl might make him laugh, f only it P sald, ;‘ S?gll:l:tl"_l?etrymlnn: baread aloud to make ’tlglncu I recommend—sa Quince, or elsc 2. me Rats might make him move, If fas- ‘tened by thelr tall.' d, Song shoufd now be suug, fn hopes to o avall, If aliced or cut lu "An Urn, with water hot, placed underacath his coin,™ v uml,v[“;{:ln stand upon s char and ovlay a ome Whisky-Whizzgiggs fetch, some me arbles and & ball.” Some double XX ale would be the best of al sald, **Some Yeast mixed up with salt would make a perfect plaster.™ 7, s > Here is o Vox of Zinc! Get tn, my s ‘We'll shut “you up! We'll nall you down! We Wil ny littie master! ‘We tulnk we've ail heard quite enough of this ur yad dissster.” —Edward vear. A STREET-CAR MYSTERY. Detrott Fres Press. There were five passenzers on a Woodward avenue car going north yesterday,~—four women and aman. The man was long-bodied and his eyes had a squint, but yet no one suspected him of being a fiend. Tt 80 haopencd that one af . the women sneezed, and the man made a dive under a paper parcel on the seat and then held up & glass-eye between his thumb und finger. * Who sneezed her glass-eye out?? he blzndly inquired as he look from one to the other. ere was an awful silence. The women turned red or pale, and cast sly glances at each other and then at the false eye. “Which of you sneczed!™ softly mquired the man, while he held the eye half way across the aisle. I didn’t,” replied one, and in a minute all denied the act. *“Well, I bave two natural eyes, as you can all see,” continued the man, ‘“and of course I Lad no use for this. It seems to me that the owner should claim it, as she may tind it_very difficult to procure another as good. I will leave it,on the cushion and turn my back to al of you.’ *“And T will Jeave thecar!® excaimed onc of the women as she pulled the strap. They were all of the same miud, and as they walked away from ecach other cach one looked back and wmnused: \] “I wonder why on earth she didn’t claim it1” A SALAMANDER LIZARD. Hayacilie (Cal.) Avpeal. We have always considered the popular myth- {eal legend or delusion in regard to the salamun- der's being able to go through fire unscathed as one of the most preposterons of mythical de- lusions. A gentleman of this city, bowever, re- cently related to us z story in regard to the lizards of Nevada, which seems to confirm the possibility of their cnduring intense heat for a short tiue, at least. - The black lizaras of that sagebrush State are very easily domesticated, harmless, sociable, and intelligent. This gen- tleman had several pet lizards, one of which lived near a furnace where he burned retorts or molds for silver bullion. This work required a very hot tire, which he had made open at eack end. ‘The lizard would sit on the tree near by watchu him, and his dog would frequently chase ventured to the ground and compel it to take to the tree again, T‘requenuy,hnwever. the lizurd, apparently for the sport of the thing alose, would dash down from the tree and induce the dog to mve it 3 sharp race, when it woald run right through the furnace, coming out of the other end like a flash, unscathed, while the dog in his eageruess, wonld be burnt at the fire ‘be- fore hie could stop. This would ve o daily oc- currence, and the lizard actually seemed to enjoy the jokeon thedogz. The tinie that the lizard or salamander was in the fire was yery sbort. and it doubtless could not have remaised tuere very long. f