Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, September 30, 1877, Page 3

PO, __“_ THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 3), 1877—SIXTEEN PAGES. 3 PARIS. The Funeral of Louis-Adolphe Thiers. Impressive Scencs on the Road & to Pere-la-Chaise. The Orations at the Grave—Text of the Speech of Jules Grevy. The Political Situation as Affected by the Death of M. Thiers—Bonapartist Malice. Special Correspondence of The Trivune. Paris, France, Scpt. 14.—Whether Madame Thiers was well advised or not in refusing the state honors offered her dead husband by the Marshal, T should not care to decide. At the first blush the refusal wore an air of positive ungraciousness. When we learned that it was prompted by political rather than private mo- tives, it scemed uncharitable and ungraclous bath, The decree commanding the official funeral service at the Invalides had already appeared, and the Marshal was prepared to associate him- self and his Ministers with the Nation in a great and splendid act of homage, when it was an- nounced that Madame Thiers—scpresented by M. Bartholemy de St. Hilaire and other friends of her husband—had virtually declined her sane- tionto the intended ceremony, by attaching to it conditions evidently unacceptabie. Willing as the Marshal was to have the funeral-rites colebrated at the Madeleine iustead of the [nva- lides, be could not consent to allow the 363" to take precedence of the Corps Dip- comatique, or of tne Ministers and otber State dignitaries. in the provession: nor could he with decency or dignity have permitted Madame Thiers to bear the cost of the ceremony, as she insisted on doinz. So the original plan had to be shandoned, and the widow was left free to bary her dead as she chose. Perhaps the Re- sublicans would have been wiser in agreeing to join hands with \their encnies for one moment round that open grave. Doubtless it would have been bitter 1o them to sece men like De Fourtou ehedding official tears over their leader, whom be hated: but friends and foes might surcly have been united by the thought that all owed the departed patriot the same debt of ratitude for the liberation of the territory and the re- generation of Frauce. The Anglo-Saxons can- not casily understand the fierce jealousics, the fnextinguishable hates, the merciless rivalrics, of French politicians. Autrs pays autres meurs. What would be thought in America of a man who could write and publish such words as these, from the pen of M. PAUL DE CASSAGNAC? Some are weeping; others lamenting miring. . . . For onr part. we_are diegusted at thie sham or- row, at these Simulated emotions, 8t this foolish and impolitic pity. We thank Providence londly, very loudly. for hgving done tardy justice, and Tidding France of one of the men who have been most faral to her. This man i€ no more. >0 much the beter! This is the only time he really and truly bas liberated the territory ¢ They invite us to the fete: they ask all parties 10 unite 1 3 tribute of justice and gratitade! e hima funeral at the espense of the many ad- No* no! We will not walk behind this funeral- car. wWe will not salate it!_Our implacable hatred £hall follow to the very tomh the man whose bunv. wealened arms had wished 10 bind and throt- Te monarchiet France, relizions France (12 France crovantel, and to deliver ber over to the cternal Republic! Let others beng the knce: Jet him drag behind him the fonoble popalace which forms the army of the {6 that army whieh . heled, and which. under his einister midance, was get- ting ready to rnsh npon honest France. . Tambetta will he feen ndingin his carriage, evers wheel of which cost France a milliard. Jules Simon will be cecn. e who denied liberty ean afford to walk with lum who denied au- thority. The Left Centre will be cen there in censterna- tion. the Republican Union in mourning, the Ex- treme Left recretting its prey: the Noumean rioter and the er-adorned man of Purfjament, the rile Fleuseand the Academic palms: fut sou shall ot wee there those who love relizian. ‘who Jove France for berself, sho wiuld eave hers or. if hy chamee o few should e met upon the road behind the cortere, they will be th:ore 1o assure themsel e hat hein wailed down, and will na myre issue Jorth for tne wisforture of the country! The writer of these wolfish insults js a Bona- partist, and M. Thiers elorified Bonaparte! THE FUNERAL. On Saturday they bore the little great man ta bis Jast eartnly home. It was rajning heavily in Paiis the greater part of the morninz. The crowds in the strects lookea dejected amd wretehed as they stoud patiently waiting for the procession to pass. Early in the day the Plae St. Georges, and all the streets adjoining the house of M. Thicrs, were occupied hy strong de- ta hents of meunted troops and police.” M. Bartholomy de St. Hilaire was visible on the ¥teps of the honse.rectivinz the persons invited to attend the service in the church. MM. Gam- betta and Jules Favre were amonest the earliest arrivals. They were svon followed by Drin Orloff, Mr. Adams (of the British Embas: Khali Pasha. Midbat Pasha (who was at first refused admittance), and by the leading mem- bers of the Republican party, including the famous 363 en masse. As the house of M. Thiers s small, there was soon no_room for the numerous friends and deputations insidé, and many were oblized to stand in the garden. The body lay in the improvised chapel on the ground- floor, awaiting_the Learse, which presently ar- rived, drawn Ly six horses and magmiiccutly draped with biack velvet and silver. Four e:ble rlumes nodded sadly from the dome- d roof, which was eupported by four aile- r'e silver ficures. The two first horses were sled Uy servants of the Pompes Funebres, on foot. At a quarter to 12, the drums Teat, clarions sounded, and the troops prescated arms as the corpse Was burne outreverently and jlaced upon the opon hearse. Flowers and caths junumerable quickly hid i from v of a town in France was unrcvrcsented in some shape.—hy ¢ross or crown. wreath or nose- gar. So mumcrous were the floral offerings that no room could be found for the half of hem upon the car. though tbey were piled h upon the coffin and bung from every avail- able corner, Amongst those tuching emblems of regret might be read many inscriptious resti= friuy to the sorrow of far lznds and uatioms. Wreaths from Austria and Hungary lay next to crosses from Marseilles and Cherbours, the Arentine Republic and Rowe, Versailles aud Dieppe. On cittier side the hearse hupy an im- mense_wreath of pausics, or pensees 1o use the beautiful French name One had the in- scription, +A M. Tbiers, la Jeunesse de Paris,"—“The Youth of Puaris (o M. Thiers” The other had been sent by the Republicans of Nimes. A superb cross of roses and daisics was_consplcuons at _the end of the coftin. Two cards were attached to it, - those of Mr. Washburne and Gen. Noyes. It must, I think, be gratifying to all Amcricaus o know 1hat they were not unrepresentated in the ani- versal homage. At last alf was ready. At noon precisely the funcral procession started on its melancholy 3 preceded by four Masters of the Gere- i ‘ng the varions decorations of the dead statesman upon velvet cushions, and escorted by a large detactment of troops. At the head marched a squadron of Republican Guards. Then eame the Corps Diplomatique, the Senators, ex-Ueputics, the different deputa- tions, and finally tbe relatives and private friends of the deccased. Detachments of the One Hundred ani Nineteenth and Fifth Reui- ments, the Cuirassiers, and a batters of artil- lery. brought up therear. Al along the roadto the chureh, which stands at tne footof the strect in front of M. Thiers’ house, soldicrs lined the pavement and kept back the surzmng masses of spectators. Every window on the route was fifled. - The rouls even were covercd with sight-reers. Just as the cortege approached Notre Dame de Lurctte, some confusion ‘was ereated by the arrival of a wedding party at the church! The bride and bridegroom were of course politely requested to o elsewhere for the puptial benedictiyn, aud presently-drove off to the Trivite, secmingly much astonisbed. The ceremony at Notre Dame de Lorette did not last long. Inside and out, the church was draped with heavy folds of black and siiver, studded bere and there with the imtial T. Durs ing the service the coffiu rested under a lofty Black catafaique, richly decorated withi sitver, Numerous candles threw a weird lizht upon the coflin and the, mourning congregation. When tue procession neain slarted, the rain, which' had been fulling bearily =l the morning, bappily gave over and the crowds in the ircets arew denscr. P’robably 700,000 or 800000 people were sta- ned aiong the route to Pere-la-Chaise. Cer- tainly the number Qid not fall far_short of this cstimate. Such a_grand manifestation bas hardlv ever, if ever, been seen in Paris or clse- where. Deepite the multitudes abroad, there was not a sign of disorder. Here and there, as. some popular Deputy or Scnator was recog nized in the procession, a ery of # Pive la Repnd- n}vc.’” * Vive Ganibetta ™" or * Vive Victor IHugo " would arise, aua be instantly represeed by the bystanders. Of the threatened disturb- ances of which the Government affected so much dread, and to suppress which such osten- tatious military preparation had beeu made, not a trace. Tndeed, there never had been any danger of disturbance. On leading Notre Dame de Lorette, in the Rue de Chatcaudun, the cortese wound slowly through the Rue Le Peletier. Here it was joined by a deputation from Belfort, bearing a plain black banuer, with the simple word ** Bel- fort ™ traced in silver letters upon it. Many a Trench heart swelled with emotion, manya Freuch eye was dimned by rising tears, as that mutely-cloguent symbol passed by. recalling all the noble efforts made by the patriot to. pre- serve the devoted fortress to his country! Truly, as_u native of Belfort who was in the crowd said, if Adolphe Thiers had done no more than save that one town from the invader, he would bave deserved well of France. ~ . On the Boulevard aes Italicns the secne grew grander. Al carriagecirculation had been stopped since the carly morning. Troops lined the road, and the footpath, broad as it is, could ill contain the peovle. Sadly the procession -passed along. At its approach heads were bared, and necks cagerly stretched to catch 8 glimp:e of the receding hearse. Many of the £hops were closed,—* Pour cause de deuil na- tional,” as the placards on the shutters an- nounced. Three cordons du poelewere held by M. Jules Grevy, Admiral Pothuau, and Jules Simon, M. de Sacy, of the Academy, was to have held the fourth; but his extreme age made it impos- sible to bear the fatizuc attendant. In the first mourning-carriare sat Madame Thiers and ber sister, Mile. Dosne. Oceasionally you might ar the cries of Vive Gambelta! Vive la ique! but, as a_rule, the serricd ranks of spectators preserved respectful silence, in def- erence to the express request of the Republican leaders, anxious to give no faintest pretest to M. de Fourtou for having recourseto the armed force be would have been so detizhted to make uscof if he had only been allowed a chance. Faras the cye could reach stretched the black, eileut arny of mourners. Nothing rose abuve the flat sea of moving heads but that solitary banner from Belfort, and the funeral-coaches. The procession reached Pere-l2-Chaise at about 3 o'clock. The open space in front of the cemetery was ovcupied by troops and by 200 police, who sternly forbade access to the patient massesof workingmen and women who had heen_ waiting since morning. Notwithstandimg the harshness of the officials, and the vatural disappointment of the public at being denied the poor boou Qf liberty of sight, order was uniy disturbed by one man, & rebel lious stone-masou, who veatured to argue with a serwent-de-ville, and was summarily marched off to the nearest police-station for his pains. No one unprovided with tickets was permittea 10 enter the cemetery. When the cortage ar- rived, the troops presented arms, drums beat ain, and the hand of the One Hundred and Nineteenth Regiment played a funeral-march as the hearse passed on through the sombre al- leys of the City of Death to the Avenue des -acias, where the grave was waiting to receive its illustrious guest. . THE FUNERAL-ORATION T will conteut myself by giving you the speech of M. Julcs Grevy, to whose utterances peculiar interest naturally attaches since his elevation to the successorship of M. Thiers: nidst the concert of regret and rixinz on every side above the tomb of the reat citizen whom death has just struck dovwn; whilst_so many *s vie with eachi other in celebraiing ke magnificent career of M. Thiers; his wonderful mind, ~o broud and penetzaz- and full of charm: his admirabie s that mistress-quuilly of 3 states- hix incomparable eloguer-ce; his treasures of recious fruit of ma knowledze and experience, the s1xty years of study, enlightencd and ripened by Jong direction of public aifairs: his ardent love of his country. the memaratie serviees which he has could I tell you that would not ho of the immense acclamationY ur attention fora moment that which will bé in history the grand featur the pol'tical life of M. Theirs: I refer to his acces- ~ion 10 the Repautic. M. Theirs Jong 1 od to that _school of Constitutional Monarchy which ihres vo bright a lizht upon the frst haif of thi century. Like almo-t ail the men of his genera- tion, he huned 1o find in this institution the realizs. tion of the povernment of the nation by iiself, — that unconquerable need of modern peaples. 1le fancivd bie could tran<piant Englieh ways of zoy- ernment to our countrs: not reflecting that in France Time has forever destroved the focial ele- ments on which this Government was originally founded in England. and thar, in & Jand which reached the Democratic state, this tardy Importa- tion was su anach-onism. Later on, the siznt of our misfortunes made this clear o this vreat mind, when, looking back upon the events which 1n the space_of three-guarters of a century have cansed eizht Governments to fall, destroved by violent revolution thing nnheard of in the anmals of the world,—lie eaid that these frequent distarbances and (hix extraordinary insta- ity were due 1o the fact that France, having be- come a pure Democracy, could not’ endure the Menarchical Governments which were continually thrust apon her. Ile saw, too, that the dymastic parties, the mel- ancholy leracies of those revolutions, holding cacn other 10 check an_nentralizing each other, yone of them would Bencoforth be able to yrasp power and old it. Tt must have been hard to this illustrious veteran of the Monarchist party to abandon a canse to which nd to woich he was But 10 sacrifice was tao great for his natriotizm and his love of truth. IIv did not hesitate to declare sol- —and only a few duys azo he repeated it— hat ke foepublic is the only Gorernwent possidle in Franee, . . . ‘The Repnhlic has in o great measure to thank M. Thiers for havinz conquered the trostin: adhesfon i and tor huving convinced Eunrove that it ix a Governmenut of Order ana Peace. But. on the other hiand. it is tnanks to the force of Republican Thiers wax adle fo raise “ters with the promptacss and succees, which have astomshed the world. The Foundation of the Republc, and the Res rance, —theseare the tiva ureat ser h M. Thicrs was fortanate enough to render bis country. _These will ve his noblest tities in the eves of posterity. Ry them his name will be made immortal, and the grutitude of the French nation imperishaote. What other services could he render® As we have b, let us at least treasure his exampte and teadition, Let us etrice to xhow, as he did, that the Renub- Tic is a Government of Urder. of Peace, and of Liberty.—tlic only Conservative Government for our country and onr time, becanse it alone i enit- ed to our interests, our needs, and our focial state. ‘Thue shall we honor the memory of M. Thiers, and serve France MM. Jules Simon, de Sacy. Vaitry, and Ad- miral Pothnau al made speeches of more or Tess impor . While Jules Simon was speak- ine, Lie was frequently interrapted by vursts of When all were concluded, and the be a mere f Yet T would draw applanse bod been lowered into_ the grave, the spectators quictly dispersed. So ended a mem- orable aud imposing ceremony, which has tatrht nov the Jeast of which is this: veen vilitied. The funeral of M. Thiers shows us that it knows on oveasion to m, diguificd, and to respect authority, 1 that authority be of doubtful origin. i in a simple family-vault in the bearing the nuwber 71 The monument has (he forin of & square chapel, and is entered by a plain jron _gate. over which is the inscription, * Famille Dosne—Thiers.” M. Thiers lived as a buurgesis, and died as & bonrgevis. buurgevis. THE POLITICAL SITUATION AFTER JIS DEATIL as doubtless the blow o Repub- Tican France when M. Thicrs died, it was not, I hink, so heavy as {o materially endanger the many, that Paris b Success of his party at the coming elections. It was a sad error of judgment, o less than of rood taste, lor the Republicans to have put ent themselves in direet opposition to the Pre on the question of the state funeral. of this = and rers, who will be eure to fancy t sve in it signs of a departure from the moder: tion that has hitherto marked the bearinz of the Republicans. It will not, however, iu all wrobability, vrevent the utter discomfiture of ilhe Fourton-Broelic Cabinct on the 14th of Oc- tober. Possibly, though, Marshal MacMulon wilt personally gain sometbing by the chauge in the situation. 1 should not be surprised to find him governing France two months hence, with the aid of a Dufagre-Renault Ministry. This would be virtually a return to the state ol mat- | ters existing before the’ 1ith of Mav; but, if Jules Sinou were excluded frum the “Cabinet, the Marshal might be willing to accept the com- promise, and. at some loss of dignity, save his reputation-for loyalty by bowiug to the unmis- takable wisnes of the eonntrv. And so things may jog ou tneasily till 1330, when there must come a final settlement. M. Gambetta said very trulv that the political knot can only be cut in oue of two ways:. by Submission or Withdrawal, —*3e soumettre ou sedemettre.” A return t the Lett-Centre Ministry, with Marshal Ma: Mahon as President, would be perbaps the bet- ter course. Wil it be taken! Hanny §t. MicneL. ———— MORE PLAGIARISM. To the Bditor of The Tribune. DURAND, Wis., Sept. 22.—In a recent issue of your paper there appeared alittle poew, over the ature of ¢ Mrs, B, F, Stauffer,” eutitled My Brother.” Ifind, upon reference to the orfginal copy, now in my possession, that the Tady has copicd the poem admizably, with neer a mistake until the signatare. when, bv soue unfortunate misckance. shie has afiixed her oo nanic, instead of that of the author. The poem, * My Brotber,™ was oue of my first literars ventureg, which, With a companion poem, My Sister,” was writien exprussly for, 20 published and paid for by, Prank Leslic, to whose periodicals I have been for scme years a contributor. Of course the authorship of such a poem as My Brother”? is not a matte- of great mo- ment; but, as it is destined to appear I my forthcoming volume of poems, it wWill perbaps make a rutaer bad showing for Mrs. B. F. 8. If you doubt the truth’ of my statement, T shall take great pleasure in referring you to Frank Leslie, who, I doubt not, will be able to get the matter right,_at once. 1 sineerely hope that the little mistake may be explained, and that Mrs. B. F. S. has not intentivnally been fuilty of so gross a breach of literary ctiquctte as the aporopriation of an eutire poem, trifling though it be, from a sister-writer. a Yon will confer a favor by publishing ** My Sister.” Very traly yours, Lizzie Crauk HARDY. MY SISTER. Who was it climbed the tallcst trees, And tore her frocks and grazed her knces, Which did her teacher much displeare? My Sister. Who was it stole the lemon-ple, Hid on the poniry-shelf 8o hixl, ‘And gave me half upon the siy? My Stster. ‘Who was it in the millpond fell, And lost her thimble in the well, ‘And cried for fear that 1 should tell? Ny Sister. And who at last long dresses wore, ‘And bad of beaux a half--score, ‘And votea boys a perfect bore? A My Steter. ‘Who coaxed me once to £o to bed Decause she hind an aching head, ‘Aud then sat up with Consin Fred? : My Sister. Who sews the buttone on my clothes, And with me to the opera zaes, ‘And then neglects me for the beaux? My Sister. Wio always scolds me when I 6wear, And doce 3 nobby pull-back wear, 11 pleated, looped, and puffed with eare? My Sieter, Who brushee, dusts, and darns my clothes, And all my httle failings knows, ‘And kisses me before her beaux? - My Sister. And who, with all her erimps and curls, Tier silks and velvets, rings and pearls, 1s just the jolliest of girlsY My Sister. —Lizzie Clark Hardy. To the Editor of The Tribune. CnicAco, Sept. 25.—I was glad to read your notice of 8 poem stolen and seut to you for pub- lication as original. I accidentally came across the Inland Magazine for July a few days ago, and saw a_poem, * Flowers,” “by J. Smith,” but in reality the beautiful words of Longfel- low Your voiceless lips, O flowers, are living preachers, Every cup a pulpit, every leaf a book, cic., and familiar to every reader of any scope. It seems to we s0 foolish a theft to take from those so well known as Longfellow, Moore. He- mans, sud others. If a person must steul, why not steal 50 far back that the poems have bocn forrotten by those who read, if such could be the case? READER, BUT NO POET. POLITICAL. NEW YORK. Special Dispatch to The Chicaga Tribune. New York. Sept. 20.—The Republicans of this city are thoroughly out with Senator Cunk- ling. and propose to show hirh their repudiation of Lis Couvention proceedings, and their allegi ance to President Layes, by holding a grand mass-meeting. In this way, while supporting the Rochester ticket; they will make it known that they do not recognize the right of the Con- vention to speak for the great majority of Re- publican voters. The movement is inaugurated by the Union League Club, whose members are united in their deounciation of the coursc taken by those oppused to the Admiv- stration. Judze Noah Davis, Juckson 8 Schultz, William E. Dodge, and other like prominent men are on the Commi teeof Fifty appointed to-night to arrange for the meeting. Similar results are_being achieved clsewhere Dy the declarations of Counts Conventions, and it is hoped that Scnator Coukling, while. he has roined himself politically. may prove to have incited bis party to greater efforts than would otherwise have been put forth. 2 imes €ays: A statement concerning Mr. ing was related at the Union Leazue Club- lall to-night which made an_additionally un- fevorable impression. It was stated that it had been proposed to Mr. Cur- tis before the Convention to mect the Senator, and that Mr. Conkling had consented to the proposcd conference, with a view to vom- aring opinions. Mr. Curlix was said to have cen rendy up to o late hour on Tuesday even- ing to mect Conkling, but the latter finally re- fused, sayiug he belicved every man ought to £y what was in his mind. ‘Tine members of the Union League Club, almost swithout exception, take stroni grounds agaiust the mauner in which the State Convention was conducted at Rochester. While they are willing to aceord to overy Republican the largest frec- dom of spcech, they are outepoken i denouncing the sclfishness or m: would permit such Iamentable wasti opportumty to strenerthen the party, and are determined to_do sowcthing toward recover- ing the ground lost. There is no disnositi evinced to make the offenders feel that. they were to be “ driven out of th rathier to couvinee them that they had mist the seutiment of the mass of the Republicans throughout the State and the country. To the Western Associated Press. New YoRK, Scpt. 20.—Repubiican merchants and bankers propose a mass meeting to make what is termed a public disavowal of the State Convention's attack on the Administration of President Hayes aud its Republican sugporters. OI110. Covumnus, 0., Sept. 26.~The following lot- ter was received to-day by the Chairman of the tepublican’ State Commiittee, and explains itsel! TuEASCRY DEPARTMENT, Wasnievoy, 1. C.., Sept. 21, 1877.—70 (ien. JJ. 5. Robinson, Colum- bus, G.—DEAE 1 am eo decply impresced with the importance of Lhe campaign in Ohio that it makes me unea<y and restless that 1 cannot pac- ticipate in it. What a masnificent chance the Re- publican party in Ohio now has. nat only te place iusel€ in the vanguard in the Cnited States, bur to do this conntry a service ae great as apy victory won by the Urion army durinz the War! Here it is demonstrated by the cordial reception of the President in the South, by his hearty indorsement in - Massnchusctis, and by 4 pub- lic sentiment mow prowing and specding with amazing rapidity, that”in his Southern policy he bas opened up the means of order. eafe- 1y peace, and secnuity in all the Southern States. Now, when it is demonatrated that the -difficnities in theway of resumption were myths conjured up by the phantasies uf demazogmes. when our notes are worth within 3 per cont of old, when Provi- dence has favored us with boundless crovs, and Drosperity is coming upon us aftera dreary time of distress and Lrial cansed by inflated paper money, why is it that we cannot " sec all theee thinzs and avail ourscives of the advantage they eive us in our political contest? It scems to me that we ought to carry the State by an overwhe majority, and, if we do 0. we will -estub- lisn the beneficent principles. of our party beyond the danzer of overthrow by reaction, and we will gecure a peaceful and_orderly development of in- dnetry withont a paraliel in our vrevious histo Iwish it were inmy power to impress every Re- publican in Ohio with my carnest conviction abont this matter: but here. cousjantly occupied by oflictal duties, I can only remain watching and waiting in anxlons euspense lest the advantages we posse s shall be frittered away or_Jost by inaction or mistakes. 1 know you will-do your utmost for enceeas, and only write you this to show you_ how esrnestiy 1 sympathize with yon in- your ciforts. Yery truly yours, JouN SHERNMAN. BOGY’S SUCCESSOR. St. Lotz Mo, Sept. 20.—Col. David H. Armstrong. an old’ citizen of St.Louis, and wheel-horse of the Demoeracy of this State for the past twenty-tive or thirty years, was ap- pointed United States Senator this evening by Gov. Iheips, to _fill the vacancy caused by the death of Lewis V. Buwy. Col. Armstrong is at present Vice-President of the Board of Police Commissioners of this city The vewly-appointed Senator was serenaded at the Planters’ House at 11 o'clock to-night by = large pumber of friends, and made a very rief speech, in-whien he said he had not sought the oflice, bug did not state whether be intended to accept the appoimtment or uot. Several speecnes were.made by gentienien present, all ‘Thighly eulogisticof the new Senator. CROSSED INTO' MEXICO, New ORLEANS, La., Seof ~The-Galveston News' special says: - Lieut.” Bullio,” with 100 men, has crossed into Mcxico, near Sarugosea, in parsuit of horse-thieves No particnlars ro- cefved.” . A tramp applicd toa lady in DesMones for something to cat, and fo the. inguiry why he Gidi’t £0 to work, sakd there was notany chiatce to work at his trade now. - what: his trade was. “Shoveling, snow,’ waa the contident answer. He got bis dinner. The lady asked him- GOSSIP FOR LADIES, Dressing the Baby---Papa's Dif- . ficult Job. A Test of Affection—A Woman Who i Meant Business, Female Gambling-ouse fu San Frameisco-..y Front-Steop Episode. JUST LIKE A GIRL. Terity, Consistency, thou art a jeicel.” Stop! You forget yoursclf—and me! 1 do not care to listen — No/ And it is No for once and all. You shall Not tortare and torment me s0{ 1 told you at the very flrst That we would be but friends; and now (Just like a man) you rail and rave about A fickle beart and broken vow! * It 1 had promised anything, Or given any cause for such Denouncing, 1 might care; as things have been, 1 do not mind your anger—much, Why could yon not be satisfied? Let us forget this folly, and Be friends acain, just 08 we were. Come, T Am ready; won't you see my hand? Gone, Tdeclare! Gone! Nota word! 1did say **No ™ tiwice, I confess; But then he might have known that T was on The very polnt of saying **Yea™! CuicaGo. LuLo M. W. DRESSING TE BABY. Phitadelphia World. When a woman goes Lo work o dressa2-year- old child she does it in a systematic, business- like manner, and without suy noise or fuss; and before you know it the youngster s slid out of her hands with his face washed and hair combed, ljis clothing in ship-shape order, and a $10 chromo under his arm. This all comes from knowing how. With a man it is different. fle makes elaborate preparations and puts on the air of one who is getting an eighty-four gun ship ready for a two years' cruise. He collgets the youngster’s duds together in a heap, gath- ering them up from pretty much all over the house, and after a great deal of Lawling ivr this, and sharp, snapping inquiries for that, and an unlimited amount of getting down on his knees and looking around under the furniture for the other (all of which comes from his hav- ing undressed tbe chitd the night before), he at length sits resiguedly down in a chair and, with a feehle attempt at good-nature, say: “Come, Freddic, come to papa, and have your coseson.” | "The child, who is just then traveling arjund in his night-dress, and playing witha damp towel and a stove wrench, makes a bee line for the door, full of ajdesire to escape into the next room. “Come, Freddie, come to papa. like a good boy,” says the father, witha brave effort at natience. “The child keeos on his course. “Fred!” This sounds so much like business that the youugster stops, turns, and tacking slowly up 10 the now stern-browed parent, eradualiy gets within reach, when a sudden grab of bis arm brings him _into position where the damp towel flaps around on the father's clean shirt front, and the stove wrench plumps solidly down upon the yery top of his boot. « [minortal Juiiug!” le sereams in acony, pursine his foot with one hand and shaking the joor innocent with the other: whereupon the innocent sets up an sccompanying yell. A voice from below, where the wifc and mother is busy with getting breakfast, joius in the choras: “ Olmstead Molleson, what on earth are you doing with that child?? 0, you be darned " goes back the quick re- plv, in ashort, uzlydesperate, grow] that silences all further inquir} Then the father, after rubbing his foot and Ganing awhile, squares the child round aod fir rins the process of dressing him, which is ‘mostly made up of dreadful struggles between umsy fingers and smooth porcelam buttons, a a zencral misplacing of garments hind-side be fore and up-side down, scarches after the nis: ing articles, and talk like the following: Turn around!”? Stand stili!” «Hold your arm up!” «Thunder and lightning! Can’t 5ou lat things be?” 3 “Slol:l reaching!” 4 «]lold your head up!” «Up, [say!” « Can’t you keep still?” «\Where's that other skirt?? “Shutup!” “let gol!” «Blast that button! " «Now, where in blazes is that pin?? “Stand up!”’ &There! by thunder!”? «{Why don’t you tali down and be done with it “Stop your howling! " “Stopl «Ouch! Devil take that pin!” “Let that be!” “Pehave!” “ Great svot! ™ «Sav, why don’t you have four or five thousand more buttons on your clothes?™ “Naw, where's that stocking?” “Keep your foatstill!” “Say, keep—your—foot—stilll " «By Jove in Jerusalem! ™ “Gimme rhe other foot!” , the other??” 't yousee! netified Solomon! what do you want to spread your toes all out fort How do you sup- pose 'm zoing to put your stockings ou with your foot in that shape?™ “Stopit +Stop it, Lsay!” “Prow wow!e—e—u! Who stuck that vin in that way?" “Yon, of course,” says a cold, thin, cutting volee; and he glanced up and secs his wife Jook- ing down on him in a tuunting, exasperating sortof way. ‘“I'd beashamed of mvself,” she continued, “to go on in that way and get out of patience with a Jittle bit of a baby. “You've been making noie enoush to wake the dead, and his elovhes look as if they'd been thrown on with a pitebfork. Gimme him.” And he getsup sheenishly and sullenly, and after slanming and stamping around the house after the liniment bottle, and banging doors and making as bir 2 noise as he can, ho works him- selt up into siach a state of meanuess and morti- cation that to spite himsclf he goes off down town without his breakfast. TEST OF AFFECTION. Jfax Adeler in Pidindelphia Bulletin. Mr. Thorpe*is a middle-aged widower, and some time ago he paid his addresses to Mrs. Botts, 2 widow on the shady side of forty. Thorpe is rich, and after the widow accepted him be began to fear that maybe she had taken him for his money, and so be coneluded to test her to ascertain 1f sherealiyloved himself alone. So one evening when they were sitting together in the parlor, he said to her: « Haonal, I've somethiog important to teil you, but I am going to do it because I consider it right that youshould knowit. Hanuah, what would you say If 1 informed you that one of my knee pans is wong, and that I have a pat- ent hinge on that lex?” + I shouid gay that 1 care nothing for that, my dear; 1 bave only one toe on my Jeft foot. he others were frostbitten off, and” the ankle is all twisteil around erooked.” “ You don't tell me!” said Thorpe, “ Well, but Pye something worse than that. ¥ might, as well confess- now that the bald pl on top of my besd is not really my scalp; Pye beea trepanned, T have & silver-plated eon- cern st into my skuil, a kind of skylight. You can 1ift it iup and sce down on {he iuside of et “ I'm glad you mentioned it, dear,” said the widow, “for it mives mecourage to tell you that 1 haven't a hair of my own on my head.” I'm as bald as a chaudelier-globe.” *1s that so? Gractons! Tnever should have expected it. But you will be surprised to learn that one of my feeth” aré natural. AU fulse, aud besides thae 1 have to wear an India-rubber thinzamisiz on my patate to keep it from drop- ping down.” : it o i T'm very sorry for you, John, but it's some comfort that all my teeth arc falsc, too, and that 1 am perfectly biind in my cight eve. It louks like a good ¢¥¢, but ‘it absolutely ain’t worth a. cent.”” * Great heavens! Why didn’t you tell m eof this before?”? exclaimed [Iborpe. *But while weare on the subject, I will say further that I have chronic torpidity of the liver. How docs that strike you?’ 0l I don’t mind it,” said Mrs. Botts, “be- cause I've been bilious and dyspeptic for twenty years, and beajies 7 Pl g rorirugl s broken in 2 railroad accident, and the doctor had tocut it out. I’m subject 1o fits too.” *This is horrible,” said Thorpe. * Mrs. Botts, Ithink you ought to have mentioned theso things to me when I proposed toyou. Iim- agined that 1 was addressing a woman, a com- lete human creature. But whatare you, Mrs, Botis! Mrs, Botts, you abpear tome to be a (hlng'dnted old wreck, Wwith not more than half of the nsual machinery about you. It's a won- der t[o me you don’nhhh to picce&y‘_' [ awm no worse than you are. You said y: self that you had a trap-door in the top of y)?:ur; he:tdi and I? L{un‘:'-v:lm;r.i'cJ palate.” “Yes; but these things ain’t true” g Thoroe. “T ooly told sou about therh o s if you really loved me. I'm as sound as a_dol- lar; no inactive liver, or_silver-plated skull, or anvthing. But you scemed to be kindof strine together, £o's if you should knock against any. thing you'd scatfer around over the carpet. I think you ougbt to let mc oft.” “Very well, sir, 8o I will. Bat let me tell you that I've got nothing the matter with me, Cither. only fnvented those stories to try you, because 1 knew you were playing a ganie over me. Now I kuoiv you don’t love me. You can go, sir.”’ “ Hannah, I take it all back. I do love you.” “Do you, really? Then I love you more L!nfin—” - ut no; the curtain had better be drawn right bere. The cold and selfish world has no bgsl- ness with such scenes as this, They are to be consolidated early next month. SHE MEANT BUSINESS. Detrois Free ress. There is no reason why the inventor of a rem- edy to “cure the worst case of catarrh inside of five minntes ? shouldn't feel it his duty to place abottle ot the same in every person’s hand,— “price, 25 cents; no cure, no pay.” Therefore, the long-lerged chap who puiled a door-bell on John R. street yesterday had none of that tim- idity in his bearing which characterizes rag-buy- ers, lightning-rod men, and solicitors for the fire-sufferers. He had s good thing, and he knew it, and he wanted other folks to know it. When the door opened and a hard-featured woman apout 40 vears of age confronted b ¢ pleasantly went Lo business, and aske ¢ Madam, is your husband ever troubled with the eatarrh " ** Can a man who has been dead seven years hi:_ n]'unhled with the eatarrh?”? she grimiy re- ied. v But the children are linble to he attacked at any hour this season,” he remarked. * Whose children?” “ Yours, madam.” ver had any, sir! What brought vou Wiy do you come usking those how? questions?” “Mudam, T_have compounded a remedy for the catarrh, It is a good thing., I’ll warrant it to knock any case of catarrh high-sky in less than five minutes.” ’ “Well, sir, what’s all this to me?” “Why, madam,-—why—1" e stammered. “Do Tlook us if T needed any catarrh reme- dies?® she demanded, as she stepped out on the platform. “Madam, T would not for the world have you think that I thousht you bud the catarrh, but [ suppose the fair and lovely can be attucked as vell as the strong and brave,” And what have I 2ot to do with all that riz- marole! Who are you, sir, and what do you want? “ Madam,” he whispered, backing down one step, *“1 have compounded a remedy for the catarrh.” Whose catarrh, sir?” * Madaun, I am selling my eatarrh—" “Whereis your catarrh—where is it?” she interrupted. ‘ He ot down on the sccond step and softly hewan : Madam, T have a sure cure for the catarrh, and [ am selling lots of it.” “Well, what do [ care! Must you ring my door-bell to tell me that you are selling lots of cat_rrh mediciue? " He got down on the walk, clear of the steps, and he tricd hard to look beautiful around the mouth “ Madam, didn’t [ ask you if your husband was ever troubled with catarrh?” “Yes, sir, and didn’t I reply that hewas dead? Do you want to see his grave, sird” “XNo, madam, 1do not, I am sorry he’s dead, but my catarrh remedy can’t help him . Good-ly, madam.” g Here, sir, hold on a minute!” she called, ©whnt was your business with me?” *Why, T ¢ a remedy for the catarrh.” id before.” you if you didn't want to purchase and- You are a falsifier, sir; you never asked me to purchase ! “ Do— you—want—a—bottle?” he slowly asked. Yes, sir; give me two of them; here’s your money! Next time you want to kel your ca tarrh remedy dou’t bezin to tafk around abour the discovery of America. Here you've both- ered me fiftéen minutes, and_put all my work bebind, and it’s good for you 1 didn’t bring the broom to the door!” He retreated backwards through the gate, his left eye squinted up and his mouth open. {le shut the gate, leaned over it and looked long at the front door. By and by be said: ; » ‘l‘)'aru ’em! You cau nevertell where to find em ! A FEMALE GAMBLING-HOUSE. San Prancisco Correspondence Boston Journal, In one of the most fashionable and resnecta- ble quarters in this city, near Market street, stands a large nnd elegant-looking house. The nhundreds of people who daily pass it think it is a private residence, little dreaming that it is a female gambling institution as it is, and in which thousands of dollars not infrequently change hands nightly. Lt is patronized by men and women who belong to the wealthy class, and who moe in aristocratic circles. Cards of invitation are issued bearing simply a mono- graw, which give admission to the possessor. The names of some of the patrons would aston- ish the community were they known. No ve- hicle of any kind is allowed to stand in front of this house, and those who frequent it must keep Aheir carriages at least two blocks away. This is required in_order to avoid suspicion. The frong part of the house is always eushrouded in quictude. At pight - dim lights are burned in the front rooms. The upper half of the iuside window blinds are thrown back, and to ihe passer-by nothing is to be scen to arouse the slightest suspicion of the true character of the house. The manager of this institation is a woman who came here from St. Louis about & year ago. At one time she figured in Washington as a lobbyist. She is a lovely brunette, of queenly anpearance, and dresses” clegantly. On your entrance to this abode you are generally wel- comed by Madame in a back parlor, brillinntlf' lighted and hendsomely furnished, into which you bave been ushered by the colored servant ho has answered _your bell call. From thence you are conducted” into the salon of the cstab- tishmeut, down-stairs. - This apartment_is o~ peously furnished. The carpet is of an elegant Dattern, with heavy curtains and havgings to match, wile the furniture is rich and massive. The walls are adorned with beautiful pictures, and articles of verta are to be scen in profusion. In this npartment, night after nizht, into the wee sma’ hours, are_to be found leading mer- chants aud stock brokerswith the wives of some of their business associates, all engaged in piay, which_is only Interrupted between the hours of 12 and 1 v'elock by a Tuuch of cake and wine. The principal games played by these fashion- able cansblers are faro, Boston, and whist. Oc- casivnally roulettcand ronge et noir are plaved. “The dealer at_the faro-table is 3 beautiful look- ing blous for the step-daugthiter of Madame the manager. She enerally dre: in u white lace wrapper, with & Tustrous diamoml ring sparkling from an cxtremely white and delicate shaped hand. She is au adept with the cands, if_one may judge by the way she handles them. There are “other females. elexantly at- tired, in atfendance, who are comneeted witlh the establishment, and'who are always ready Lo take ahand inany of the gamesof chance that is propused, and o which th roficient. Vhen not engazed the: away the time in playine billiards in-an Adjolning room. “The fascination and excitement of garbl sneh that svery night the establisment patronized. Tt is understood that Mad X backed by several heavy capitalists of this city. A FRONT-STOOL EPISODE. Concord (. IL.) Monitor. Last evening onc of the many devoted lovers with which our city abounds was sitting ou the steps of a School-street mansion Wwith a fair young damsel by his side. The hour was 9. The old folks had considerately gone to bed. She was gazing pensively into the depths of the starry firmament; he looking tenderly down fn- to the depths of her starry cyes, and speaking in low, sott-toces of—but why particularize? Every one knows what_young men say on such occasfons. Suddenly the young lady noticed a pause in his remarks, and, glancing at his face, discovered it “paic and unreal in the moon- ight.” At the same time bis lower limbs drew up spasmodicaily, shot out again likea catapalt; Tiis arms joined in action with his legs, and flew wildly about in all directions, the fire flying briskly from the stone steps. :msohle gooc-'r:eschxz d ¥ aroun C e B e hears hurt yYou!” (Therd the Dears beeu cating pears.) The only reply she zot was more desperate plunges :m’d Ki % and in a moment more George succeeded tn dislodging from his trouser’s leg a larze-sized rat, Which had evidently come from under the steps, and for some unaccountable reason had made a lad- der of the young man’s shin. FEMININE NOTES. Domestic pets—Matrimonial sulks. An old bachelor explains the courage of the Turks by saying that a man with more than one wife ought tobe willing to face deathat any time. A manhid in & public doorway, and jamped ot and kissed bis wife. Shealidnt whoop and yell as expected, but remarked: “Don't be so bold, mister; folks around here know me?” ‘Threc arc a mob, according to law. This Is what a young fellow thioks when he and an- other chap are courting the same eirl.. A model wife: She never wasted a solitary ;mng.h Let a cat die around our house, and the irst thing yon knew Mary Jane’d have a muf® and a set of furs, and I'd begin to find - pies on the dinner-table. s Marringes are not as plenty as usual. “The young ladies,” says the New York Vail, “ ought toget up astrike for their altars. The strike for the fires can come in afterward, when the question of building them egines up.’ A discreet French citizen ‘ecently declined the offer of a suitor for his daughter’s haud for the following conclusive reasons: “The youus man I:Ifone {xi:‘, past alt hope; for he hasno mbrella, and Le cuts open the Ieave 5 with his fingers.’” s R She woaldn’t stand to have s tooth puiled for onc million two hundred thousand doliars, she said, and yet she ‘walked the street in tiny gaiters two sizes too small for her, and thouaht nothing of it; but then nobody saw that tcoth, and several saw the paiters. Nothing is more touching than man’s depend- ence upon the Tove and sympathy of a woman, “ee what you have brought me to,” remarkerd a Western man 2s, on his way to juil, he passed his wife, whom he had tried to kill because the flapjacks were only browned on one side. Customer (to proprictor of a large establish- meut)—¢ I want a mourning suit, please.”” Pro- or—“What is the hereavement, may 1 k7 Customer—¢My mother-it-law.” Pro- prietor (to distant shopman)}—“Mr. Brown, show this gentleman to the ‘light atilicvion de- partment.’ It was a little hard on the boy, for he meant well and had a sincere admiration for the girl. They were sittiug at the tea-tuble with a com- pany ot others, and as he passed her the sumar he murmured in an undertone, “ Here it is, sweet, just like vou.” The compliment was a little awkward, to be sure, but he meant it: and it seemed more than cruel when 'in a moment ster shie had the occasion to pass the butter to l;:'r::,"unu drawled, * Here it is, soft, just like SIIE UNDERSTOOD HIM. A pensive mood came o'er me: 1 remarked, with many a sich, *+The fro«t and cold will soon Be here, The landscape chanee to brown and sere, And all things green will die.”™ She looked 8weet and sympathetic, And the tears stood in e eye, As she murmured in voice divine, Placing her lify hand fn min *+I'm sorry, but—good - m— SECRET SOCIETIES. Recent Session of Grand Lodgaof 1. 0.0. F. ‘There was very little new legislation . of im- portance. Strong efforts were made by a respeetable minority—including the representa- izt the current ex- ses by reducing the allowance of mileaze and per diem to members, but without success. The Grand Secretary by pruning his voluminous correspondence aided somewlhat in the direction of cconomy. The practice of presenting a sct of the bound journals of the Grand Lodge to cach new representative was discontinued,there- by saving about $1,000 per annum. ‘The following resolutions adopted modify existing law reganling dropping for non-pay- ment of dues, and are of interest to every Lodge: Renolred, Thatamember of aSubordinate Lodge or Encazpment, who is in arrears for weekly or funeral dues more taan thirteen weeks, is not en- titled to the term password or £0 Yote in the Lodze or Encampment, but 1 a_contributing member unti] suspended, dropped. or expelled in sccordance with the requirements of the constitution. and as such is entitled to visit his own Lodze or Encamp- ment. He cannot, however. become entitled to benefita until he shall have paid u in full all dues aud fines ywevkly and fuperal) that have acerned acainsg him up to the date of payment, if the b laws of the Lodge or Encampment sball so side: nor then until the expiration of such time thereafter as may also by the Iaws be provided as a penalty. Resolred, Thata Lodze or Encampment cannot refuse to receive in full or in part the dues of a metnber prior to his susvension, and no member can be =nzpended or dropped from membership in the Order for non-payment of dues unless at the time of his susuension ne shail be indebted to the Lodge or Encampiment for one year's dues. Kesalved, Thai, when any member of a Lodge or Encampment shall nezlect or refuse to pay the ducs fixed by the_laws for the space of one year, the Secretary or Seribe shall report the same fo the Noble Grand or Chuef Patriarch. and. unless the Lodze or Encampment otherwise direct, such memoer shall thercupon be suspended, -he havinz heen first notificd of the action that would be taken, a record of which ahall be made upon the minates, The mere fact of a member being over twelve months'in arréurs does not constitute him a suspended or dropped member. To render him such the Lodse or Encampment must formally de- clare him to be suspeniled. Dropping for non-payment of dues is discre- tionary with the subordinate body and not com- pulsory as heretofore. It was decided that a Grand Lodge might per- mit its subordinate® to make by-laws requiring dues to bepaid in advance, provided such require- ment shall not work any forfeiture of rights now suarauteed to members by the laws of the Grand Lodge of the United Stat The amendment to the ~constitution, making sessions, was deferred till next session. A mo- tion to postpone indefinitely was lost,—52 yeas, 3 nays,—shiowing a growing sentiment in favor of the change. MILEAGE AND PER-DIE: The amendment, givine Past Grand Sires mileage and per-diew, was lost,—34 yeas, 05 nays. he amendment changing the name of the Grand Lodeeof the United Statesto the Supreme Lodee received 73 yeas to 61 navs, not a three- quarters’ vote required to amend the constitu- tion. The following resolution was adopted, and is an important modification of former legislation in the matter of special funds: S Wurieas, The primary object, without which no Lodge of Odd-Feilows can exist. fs mu- tual nid 20d fraternity: that a system of ducs and a treasury for the security of the former are the neceseary adjuncts of_our system: that all other Decuniary benefits are simply inciaents which maturally flew from the duty of mutual'aid; that, therefore, the whole of the assets ana property of lodges are trust funds, equally to be protected,and of ¢qusl sucredness: therefore s Resolted, That when, from any canse, any sepa- rate fund of a subordinate Jodge'shall oe found un- necessary, it shall be lawful to otherwise appro- priate such fand or to merge it. inwhole or in part, in the generul funds: provided thyt the object con™ templated by such special fund be otherwise fally protected and secured. And provided, further, that provision be fully ‘made to return any dona- tion made to the said demanded by any _donor .who insiet upon its being dovated 1o the object for which it wax do nated: provided, farther. thit nosoch aporopriation shall be made unless the same shatl first be anthor- 12¢d by the Grand Lodge o which such subordi- nute may be sttached, It was_decided that State Grand'Loidges may not require members of subordinates to pay dues or assessments for the establishment or support of libraries. APPEAL CASES. Many Interesting cases were decided, but few 1 involve any new priniple. The appeal Eames from the decizion of the (irand was dismissed. This devision reveraed the former decision in the case of Zim- merman, better known as the Kennedy cases The aopeal of Orendorff from the deciston of the Grand Lotze of Llinois was gustaived, and that of Bross, from the same, snktained by e Committee, and laid on the table'by the Grand Lodge. STATE OF TIE ORDEN. TRepresentative Shermau, of ilinols, for the Committee on Correspoundence, reported on the status of the Order as follow 3 The correspondence discloses the fact that while the nomber of imtiations has diminished aboat 10,000 as compared wilh the previons year, snd The revenue about a quarter of 3 mullion, and the Hmber dropped for non-payment of ducs has in- Creased abont 5,000, yet there lins been 3 small ir Sreaec.in the total membership. and the financial Sondition of the Oriler is sound and healthy. - The femporary cessution of the rapid_increaxc in mem- borenip and_revenue which hay becn observed in former years, is doubtless dircctiy attribatable to the continued serious depression in the business Interests of the country, and to this cause alone. It ia cortainly a matter of just pride and _gratu- lation that the Order not only kuill deserves, but receives. the commendation of all intelficent men, and that it 6as been 6o slightly adected by four yeurs of financial disaster so scvere and wide- 2pread_as to destroy to a conshierable extent the gantic industries of our couniry, 1o annibilate undreds of ¢ milliona af inreatsd canital. and to apecial fond which may be: make the millionairesof yesterday paupers of to- y. To understand the reason of our contined pros- perity, it is only necessary 1o recollect that var membership is almost exclusively compored of the industrions and frazal portion of the widdie class, the artisans, mechanics, aud laboring peop'e of aur country, and who, Witil the exception of & few can- tious eapltalists, ere the last and least affectea by financlal revuisions. It i+ 1o pleasing fction or extravacant self-Jan- dation €0 'say that 1n these truablous times the peace of the nation and the #tabiuty of our Gov- ernment have been rreatly consersed by the sitent vet potent influences of our Order, perm’ating every tissue of our body politic, snd tendinz te neatralize the poison of Communism on the one hand and the areed of unlawfal gain and oppres- sion on the other. SESSION OF 157S. The next session is to be held fn the City of Awstin, Tex. This remote piace of mecting vill necessarily eutail an additlonal expense of 35,000 or £,000, 9 THE GRAND LODGE OF ILLINOIS will commence its session at Belleville on Tues- day, the Sth of October, and the Grand En- campment on the same day and place. The Tiinois Central Kailroad will sell round-trip tickets for one aud oue-fifth fare from Chucago. lSDEl’_ESD ORDEK OF FORBSTERS. Court Brisco, No, 9, was instituted Thursday night at the Masonic Hail. No. 12 North Clinton street, by D. D, H. C. Ranger Kilpatrick. Tacy start off with sixty-five members, The follow- ing officers were installed by the D. D. H. C. K., assisted by the State H. C. R. and C. R., of Court Excelsior, No. 5: L. K. Whitcomb, C. A. E. Houdley, M. D., V. C. K.; John L. Parish, Sce.; Charles 1. Gastfield, Asst. Se T. F. Flavin, Treas.; J. P. Horn, 5. W.5 Witk iam Luty, J. W.:' Charies D. Jadd,'S. B.; B.; A. E. Houlley, C. P. How the Manufuctore of Dresden Ware Is Carried On. Blackwonrs Maaazine. The clay from whick Dresden china derives its fincness and delicacy is found about hour’s journey from Meissen. When it arrives it issifted and pulverized several times. till nothing but the linest and purest part remains; in this siate it looks like very finc flour with slieht yellow tinge. It is then mixed with feldspaiz (a kind of flint),—which is ground to powder,—eypsum, and water, made into buge balls, and kept in zinc-lined boxes,to be served out us oceasion requires: There was nothiny in the molding of the commoner forms, or in the chirling of plates and bowls, etc., in any way differing from the ordinary method pursued in every china monufactory in this country, and this is therefore not worth describing. (na very long gallery—rouud two sides of # square, and into which opened the various work-rooms —we saw the most extraordinary collection of - molds; bodies guiltless of heads, legs, or arws; right lews, Jeftlegs, with and without shoes; birds, animals, aud fishes, ready to be filled at will. In alarge aud well-lizhted room sata perfeet army of workmen, to whom the con- tents of tliese molds e given, after one baking, and while the clay is still plastic. Tak- ing & body, they joined arms and legs and bead with inconveivible rapidity, passinga camel’s- hair brush dipped in to make the mem- bers stick on. With simall agate tools each be- wan to_bring thesq molded fiures to periec- tion. The workman wave the eyes expressi he deepened an eyelid, softened the che rounded an arm, marked the fingernails, patted it on one side, then on the other, tillit stood be- fore usa shepherdess complete. Nothing was nwre marvelous than the geutleness and dex- terity with which the fragile thing was handied, amd “the wonaerful auickness with which he manipulated ch smallest detail. Next to this room in poiut of interest was the one where the raised fruits and owers are made and’ ar- ranged pn each vase or jug or hasket. There i3 no molding here. The most delicate leaves are rolled at the oint of the accomplished ting- ; leaf is added. to leaf, everv bit of the s curled, patted into shape, and stuck into_its place, tll° it grows before you intoa perfect rose. . The tinicst petal of each diminutive forget-me-not is made by itself, and put in its place by the aid of daintily-beld pin- cers, that might belong to fairyland. The iniature flowers on the lap of 4 dunems wirl areall madein the sume way, and, seclnx the time taken, and the care required, it made one understand why * raised china” cost so much. The pérforated edges of plates and baskets are warked in the molls, and cut_out with s pen- knife afterward, then carefully rounded and smoothed by the inevitableagate tools. Indeed, in all casésthe mold gives the forms very roughly, and much more skilled labor is re- l‘\'lircfl than we had imagined—S50 people being the resrular staff, which does not include artists, sometimes specinlly engaged to_undertake the painting of particular orders. When the chine is ready itis taken to be baked again, ther glazed, then painted, then baked agaln, ‘some cases being baked no less than six times, and breaking to pieves in the sixth bakivg. These accidents, however, are mich Jess trequent than formerly, asthe deeree and distribution of heat are all much er understood now. The ovens ure buill in circular chambers, and_we stood In the centre of one, finding the heat less. than wehad expected. All round were recesses, in which trags of lovely china were placed: and. in the lower, and, as we supposed, the hottest ovens, molds (looking in their closed form ex- actly like 5o many Stilton_cheeses of all sizes). were deposited. The apparently carcless way in which the workmen wmoved sbout with tray- Joads of exquisite cmna madeonea littie breath- less—no baker’s boy with a batch of rolls could bave lookea fess anxious than they did; but we wercassured that ao acident hardly everoccurs; and the china after one baking {3 S0 brittle that onmy admiringa basket, and wishing in my igmorance to buy one, the Superintendent, with a smileof superiority, pat_itinto my bhands, where it crumbled to bits immnediately. The only part of the manu acture they would not ¢ piain thoroughly was the glaziug tub, into whi eversthing is tll?uml', and our German fricod sald “that some improvement in this giaze or enamel is thousht to be a secret. When the glaze is hard, the china is taken to the various painting-rooms; and, 38 most peo- ple in these days know, the colors then are bug dingy and often fulse, to their after-sppearance, the old, which is adull dark-brown on going into the oven, comes out looking much the sume, and the china is then taken to the bur- nisting-room, where a_great many wouien snd sirls sit with agate tools of various shapes, anid quick friction turns this dark and dusky brown to gold that glitters. In the room devoted ta the finest_painting, we were introduced to an old Frenchman with two pairs of spectacles on. He was celebrated for his child figures, and was painting groups in . the centres of a set of dew sert-plates, ordered by onc of the imperial family of Prussis. Children cuiltiess of ¢lothes were swimming, bathing, making flower wreaths, riding goats, tatchinz butterflies, ete. Each sroup was different, and the grace and beauty 5f the fizures were perfectly” wonderful. Ha Dail painted there for years, but had never Jearned German: he had never tried, he said, with a Httle shrug. He also told us ke seldom painted flowers. ““ Any onecan dothat,” ho said, with a fine scoscof bis own uvrivaled talent; but, looking at the flowers, we could not agree with him. It isnot givento *‘any ouc’’ to paint such flowers. The biue and white ching, called, par excellence, Meissen china,” is of conrse made here. The difference detween it and Dresden china consists in its being paint- ed in cobalt before it is gluzed, amlitis not baked o often. Besides the reproduction of beautiful old shapes inthe finest cluy, this Meissen chinais made more coarsely and trong- Jy in cummoner shapes, when it is much cheaper and very strong. 1t is also hand-painted, but is very quickiy done by meansof a perforated paper laid over plate or cup, when powdered ‘obalt 19 shaken over itout of a thine exactly like a small pepper-box. This leaves the pattern ‘marked, and lads, with a tine brushand a littlo water, stipple in the color. It is then baked and glazed. Some of the old shapes withi perforated edees were very beautiful. When the china is ‘xamincd by the Superintendent, and he consid- ers it perfect, he affixes ou cvery picce the well- Known cross-iords before the kst bakivg. Every bt with the slightest Imperfection in pattern, shape, or transparency. Is macked imperfect and sold for less than hali-price, cither at the manu- factory, or, morc frequently, at a small shop in Dresden, near the Frauen Kirche, which gocs by the pame of ‘“the refected shop.” This mark of imperfection is simply a small white Jine drawn through the crossed swords. gt sstebanisoii Grentness in 3 Hovel. Corresyondence London Tumee, Gorny. Studen is a wretched_village of a few hundred inhabitants, the Turkish quarter beinzs ou one hill and the Bulgarian on the oppusite heicht. The former is deserted by its proprie- tors und the houses have been unroofed by soldiers to get at the wooden rafters, fucl being searve in Northern Bulzaria. The only bulldinz remaining in this part of the village Is occupied by the Emncror of All the Russias. It is built of unburnt clay bricks, and its low roof coyercd with roush tiles. Here in this hovel the auto- crat passes bis days and nights, axivusly await- I_lrm_! news from his % 'here {5 no pomp SUrrous 3 dence; twopghcushm of the Guard with drawn' sahres were when { first saw it all that 5t.0d be- tween the Czar and the ontside world. A short Qistance irom the house is a large tent, where the Emperor dines_at 6 with his staff and in- vited guests. On the opposite side of tue littie Street or road Is the tensof Gen. Ignatlefl. idd; she does not see anything so very hclx!olc ’h:a ;y:»I!' - a rampart: She has scaled mans a sheep'siscad, aud that's about the same toing.