Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, October 20, 1877, Page 10

10 and all throngh that ferrible nicht their cheery crica of * All's welll”" resounded from poing to 10tnt In the fort., The place seemed alive with ruldiers, and thé Iroguofs decided over their council-fire_that the fort was too strong to be captured while such vigilance was maintained in ita defensc, At1 o'clock fn the morning one of Made- Ieine's sentinela called out that the remnant of cattie left by the Indtans was at the gate. Mad- elrine, used to the tricks of the red mex, feared this might be a ruse whereby they hoped to get within the pnlissdes. However, with great precaution, ber two brothers standing b tho entrance with guns ready cocked, she fnally opened the gate and let in the cattle. With the return of daylight, the hopes of the besiczed party revived. Nevertheless, the encmy were still present, and there could be no relaxation of their watchfoinese. For forty-cight hours Madeleina never entered lier father's nouee, nor did she pause Lo cat orsicen, bnt remained st her post on the bastion, or naced from the fort to the bluck-house to ree that her people wereat their duty, and behaving with proper epfrit, For n week the froquols kept the fort in con- stant alarm, tmt at last rellel was scnt, and a Licutenant sith farty men artived fn the night, e tame sllently, fearing that the fort had sur- render Ono of the svldiers, hicaring o stzht nofse, eried, *Qui Vive!" Madeleine, wornwith fatizue, was dozlng, with her head resting on a table atd her gnn Iyine across her arme,. The rentinel roused her with the report that he had beard n volee from the viver, nnd the girl urrnux 10 the bastlon. * Who are You1" she anxiously called. The glad response came, *We are Vrenchmen: iU 18 La_Monnerle, who comes to Drinig vou help The pate was opened, adclelue stationed a sentinel at the spot, aml went down to the river to meet her deliverers. © Mourieur, T surrender my arms 10 you," was 1 iz to the Licutenant. On hls entrance ted the fort, and found everything In order and a sentinel on each’ bastion. Y71 ik thme to relieve Lthem, Monsieur,” coolly sl the youni il s * we have not been off our Itions for a week.' And thus enda the story of Madelelne of Verclicres, Oneof the brothers who nssisted hier fu the defense of Vercheres waskilled at the nttack of Haverbifl tn 1508, sixteen years lutor. A penaon tor Ife was hestowed upon the hero- e ol Vercheres, throush the fnterposition of Maudnne de Ponchartealn, wife of the: French Minister. Many veara after the occurrence of 1he incndents here described, they were written down from the re:ftal of the elnel getor, by the wrder of the Marquls ile Besuharnals, Goyérnor ol Canada. ART-NOTES, A spedal eatalogue of the engraved work of Hans Sebald Behamn is belng compiled by Mr. Loltir, Beham was one of the most skilled of ‘he Little Masters of Germany. M. Vietor Schoelcher [s making a catalogne of engravers Irom the heginning ot theart. It s eatimated that the llst will fnctudo about 12,000 fnall, M. Rchoelehier has in Wis own collection epecimens of the work of 8,000, and {s coustant- Iy adding to the number. Anwlbum of photogmphie reproductions of 1einrich Aldegrever's ornamental deshns for golilsmith's work, book-decoration, and other 3 lntely been published at Munlch, Al degrever helonged to the class of “ Little Mus- ters” of Germany, s0 called becnnse thelr work, though good, was fnferlor o that of Albrecht Durcr and the few great masters of the art of engraving, The firat, for the current neagon, of the monthly art-receptions of the Unlon League Club vas bictd in New York on the evenino of the 12th of Uctober. Fifty palutings and five or £ix erayon and pencand-Ink plitures adorned the atlery of the Club. The exhibition was smaller an usunl, us many mbers of the Socet not yet returnea from thele summer-stud- Ies, wnd thelr natnes were missing from the st uf contributors. The birthplace of Rubens seems to be not yet Qetinitely rettled. The last Intellizeace states that a rewistey of his baptism has been foumd at Bows-le-Dues “in - Hollamd, dated 1004, which wenld ake him 17 years old at the tlne. Fhotld (s prove correct, sava the deademy, it voottld teil nzalust the cisims of Autwerp, or, If Rubens lind been born b that town, he wonld probably have been buptized there, aceording to custom.” And such wouli also hinve been the likelibood divl bis birth taken place at Slgen., sre, [Turd & Houghton have published o Atiantic portralt of the venerible poet, ttier, who completes his 70th year s The portrait [sife-stze, and, to who nave not known Whittier, conveys the ftapresston of A truthful likenees, 1t §s the work ul Mr. . I, Haker, the artlst who exe. cuted the tvo previous portraits futhe Atlantle pallery,—those of Uryant und Longfetlow, The Gualitiea distinmentahing the picture are sirengih Blemted with soltnese. The engraver lag evi- dently done [ull Justice to the orlzinal work, M. C. Doussault, o French architect, hias pro- sented a paper tothe Academie des [uscriotions, 1t which he relates 8 conversution hield by him fu 1517 with AL Brest, the Consul at Milo at the time of the discovery of the famnous Venus of Milo. Accordiig to his stutement, M. lrest uitirmed that, nt the frst rafeing of the Venus, aw the two arms fying the grownd, any tried to it them to th statue, Ono of thebands bield an npole painted wreen, and the otlicr a rtlon of drapery. ‘This report of a conversa- n occurrine thirty years ago witl undoubted- hie sutijected to a'scarching luvestigation. A catalogue of the ctehings of Legros, Slade Profesror of Art ut the University of London, lias recently been publishied ut Paris. The works raf ovor o perid of twentv-lwo yoars, | carliest ™ betng exeeuted — before etching had become @ popular art, In the opinton of a crtic in the Academy, it 18 the conception that domiuates in Legros’ ctehings,—the execution beme uneer- tain, now excellent, and now halting and incon- plete. Hamerton colncides In this judiment, umt vet ravs of Lezros: ul this art{st's work are always nobly serious, and must seem strangely 8o to those who heileve In the universal levity of the Freuch tempera- ment! Lo Mort du Vaqubond, La Mort ef le Liucheron, und La Savant Endormi ure regarded asamong the finest cxamples of M. Legros® PUWEE us un elcher, TIIE GREEK ATITLETES, Prof. Matafly laa published an article In Macwillan's Magazine on the Greek Athletes; from which we guther that the feats of thess uncicnt wrestlers and ruuners were comnmon- place atfairs iu comparison with achlevements in the same ficld by modern champlons of mus- cular exerclse. The competitors in the Greek rames wera fed upen o strong oeat diet, and, says Prof. Mubully, “Wehear of thelr com- pulsory meals of lurgo quuntitics of ineat, und their conscruent slecolness and stuggishness Iu ordiuary life, In such a way as to make us belleve that tho Greeks bad missed the real sceret of traluing, and sctually thought that the more strong nutriment a inan could ubsorb the stronger e would become. The quantity eaten by athletes Is universally spoken of as Far exceeding the quantity eaten by ordinary wicn, hot considering its heavier quafity,’t The seack which the Ureek runtery coursed was only L5 yards long, and thelr habit of accomplishing Lhis distunce was with the arms violently swlng- iug and with continuous shoutings. So much turce waa wisted Ju these efforts that the apeed of the runner must huve been greatly fnpatred. ‘PRe wrestling of the Greeks was actually ears weas aghiting: wad the breaking of un opponent's Bugeww was considered u legitimute act, « Jump- aw ®ua performed with dumb-bells in the haud, e wus probably * stundiag jumplng.? I 68 sout that Phayllus of Koton made & jump of Bity tect on level groumt; but this s grossly wprobable. ‘The distance is twice that uf the wurest leap ever recorded of a horee, ‘The box- ix of the Greeks consisted of fghting with ckle<dusters, or with welghitsinthe hand: and ihe blows were probably delivered downward ar from the shoulder, “after the manuer of snall boye; for *a boxer was not known as s siau with his nose broken, but as a man with 3ia ears crushed.” ©The violent prohabllity 2" remarks o reviewer of Prof. Mahaily's slietels, “that Tom Bayers would have thruslicd v Gireek boxer in five minutes, thay Capt, Wewh would have drowned him [n an hour or iwo, aud that O'Leary would have heaten bl n uul walk or run, though the speciulty of the priek junuer was endurance. . The human tame bag vot decenerated, but improved; and wivutitlc medicine Las taught us buw to traly, douihi it bus not yet taught us all the secrets o endursnce known to the lower races. Lurkish hamal lifts wewhits that would ki)l an Euzlish porter; and o Peruvian would, we anagine, witbout tralniug, but 2 valk Weaton oF O'Leary.r 0 "itB cocsy out- SPARKS OF SCIEN FLORA ROUND ABOUT CHHICAGO. Tus AMARANTH AND THE Brekwuear Fay. Liks.—It s mostly an msscablage of w l-forwed, unslghtly weeds that present them- alves beforc us i the two lamge groups of \maruutacew and Polyguoacem. Aud yet it ls + kecn, pure uleasure, which noue but the bot- suist fully understacds, “to win the ssaict of | Vweed’s plaka lcurt.” The tenw Amarasth fs sssocluted with o *The mental quallues,| beautiful flower and n most sncred sentiment, The fadeless, everlasting blossoms to which the name Is familiarly given, suggests the idea ol fmmortality, and are fit emblema with which to decorate the graves of tho dead. Jmmortelles the flowers are called in France, where it {s the custom to place fresh wreaths of them an- nually on the tombaof the honored and tho loved. In Roman-Catholle countries the Globe Amaranth, Gomphrena globoss, is cultivated for ndorning churches in winter,—its shining purple balls retaining their beauty for years unfupalred. The plant is a native of tne trop- fcs, its original home being Indla. Several other plants rometimes seen fn calth vated grounds are repreeentatives of the Ama- rantacem, Tho tall herb, with long, thick splkes of dark-purple flowers, and the romantic name of Love-his-bleeding, Amsrantus melan- cholicus, is one of these which has been brought from Asia, The Prince’s Feather, a hypochon- driacus, with flowers of similar form and hue, ts another, which comes from Mexico. The Cockscomb, Celasia erixtata, with flowers In wavy crests, 18 also an Amaranth, and a native of the East Indles. A number of varfetics with fantastic modes of Influrcacence liave been reared from these species, but none of them hnve heen made to_wear tho charms of refine- ment and grace, These are orleinally watnting to the Amarantacem, aud no amaunt of cuiture wil develop gifts the gmerm of which has not Leen implanted by Natare, There are three snccics of the genns Ama- rantus in our florn, and all are_conrse and ugly. The Green Amaranth, A. retroflexus, fs common in waste places. It has an aspect similar to that of the cultivated speciee, but its stif, homety aplkes are as preen as are its leaves. The A, alhus, with whitish stems and greenish lowers, 18 oceasionnily secn along the iake-shore, nnd in a few other localities, 'The Thorny Amaranth, A, spinosus,has heen introduced sparinglvalong the lines of the rallroids, The dall-green leaves of this_species have a pair of spines tn their nxlis, and the towers are small and yei- lowisli-green. Qur only remalning Amaranth Is the Monte- 1ia tamariseing, n smooth, tall herb, with alter- uate, long petioled fenves, and amall elusters of preenfeh flowers crowded Into panicled, inter- rupted epines. ‘The entire tribe of Amaranthe Inhabit deeos late, barren spots, and neglected cornera and horgers. A few of them find thelr veeds best served in salt marshes, They are inore abind- ant In the troples than elsewhere, and espectally In Equatorial Ameriea, They are all herbs or aliritbs, with stniple leaves, and flowers in heads or eplkes, The chilef use which they serve is as pot-lierbs, thelr follage possessing ‘wholesome, wucllazinous rrulll!cs. A few of the specles are esteemed in the land of theirgrowth as remedies (n cases of dlscase where an astringent {s rcauired. The order embraces about 500 species in all, . ‘fhe Buckwhieat Famuly, Polygonacer. in- cludes about the same uumber, aloost all of which are’ humble lierbs. Thelr leaves are ol- ternate, with stipules clasping the stem, and their flowers are otten arranged in racemes, The order is wide-soread over the carth, and cverywhere Is content to crow alome ditehes and hedges, and in waste grounds, Plants which woull searcely be suspected of an alllance are erouved fn the tribe. The most important is the Buckwheat, Fazo- pyrusm excnlentim, which s a natlve of the ba- sin uf the Volua, the bordens of the Casplan Sea, and many parts of Ceatral Asla. Next to this may lie ranked the Rinbarb, Rucwm, which tor aucs has ylelded a valuable medteine. ‘The plant origlnatei In Central Asla, and was probably in- traduced Into Europe by Arablan phyalclans, The Tthubarb of commeree I8 derived chicly from China or Chinesc Tartary,—the drur being oltuined from the rout of the plant. Attemnts lave been made to eyltivate Rhubarb in Burope fur the sake of its roots, but the me prop- crties peentiar to the plant ure ped in thelr full strength only in the heat of Asia. Tt 1 not kuown whet speclea of Bhenmn produce the Ruubard broughit from China. The leaf- stalka of the plant contain an abundance of cit- rie und walic acld, which causes them to b muel 1 in turts, puddings, and pies,and as o o & The D which are classed In the sane tribe, aleo contain the aclds that areso copluis fu the Rhutarbs, The Sheep-Sorrel, Rumex Acetoeella, which §5 0 Dock, and a well-known plant hiers and everywhere, sbonnds in oxalie aeld, The Great Water-Dock, R. urbleuluris, and the Sheep-Sorrel, are the only spe ol Rumex which have been noted in our vidalty. The seed or grain of these lierbs has the trian- gular form of that ot the Buckwhent,—s form churueterizing Lhe seeds ol wmost menbers of the family. . ‘The remaluder of our representatives of the Polyganaver belong to the wenus Polvgonum. hose herhs are generally known by the name of Smartweed, tram the “serld principle which pervades thent. . ‘There are twenty-two different species in the Bastern and Southern United Btates, and twelve of them are found in our fora, The Water-Persiearla, I amphiblum, grows, as ita namo gdicates, in shatlow water orin wet sulle. [t Das denso and catlier long splkea of bright rose-red flowers, Virginlanutn grows [n thickets in rich sofl, and expands Into a large, handsomeherb, from two to four feet hich, with Howers disposed in long and sleudersvikes. The Joiutweed, ¥, articula- tum, an inhabitaut of dry, sundy solls, is com- mon ot Michlgun L‘hi'. 1ts rose-colured flowers are crowded in panicled racemes, and the fruit s anjooth and shining, “‘The Black Bindweed, P, convolvulus, is one of th twining species, with halbert-shaped leaves, es of pale-tinted fowers. Tt is ershle and Calumet, The Climb- ing False Buckwheat, P dumetorum, var. Sean- dens, Is found slong certain rallrouds entering Into the ety This and the preceding species bewr u considerable resemblance n_follago and blusrom to the trae Buckwheat, The Urince's Feather, 1% . Orlentale, o specles with long, droopinie spikes of pink flowers, that is fre quently vultivated in gardens, has b somo Jocali- ties encaped to the waysides and taken up un ngependent exisience, "The plant is muum{ the {urfi igners that have found thelr way to us from il The T, Pennsylvanicum, a species bearing flesh-colored flowers anid bristly-stalked gluuds along the stems, has sorung up abundantly on Archer aventes and with it may be found the P, incarnutum, The Lady's ‘Thumb, 1% Per- sicarda, Is & common specics, growing, lke the two just named, In wet situations, [ts leaves are usually marked by a dark spot near the middle, uml its tlowers are u greenish-white, The Water-Pepper, P hydropiper, occurs at Graceland§ as dues uleo the Wild Water-Pepper, " h)'droulpcrunlm. ‘The leaves of the first of these are 80 nerid ns to act ns blisters, but they loae thelr strength on drying, The plant will dyv woolen substances yellow, The Knotzrass, or Doorweed, T, arfculare, is o prosteate Lerh, appearing universaily in yards and waste places, ‘The variety Krevtum 1s oo casfunally met with alonz the Iliinols Central Hallrowd. The Arrow-Leaved Tear<Thumb, P, sagittutum, I8 o rure member of our flora, but has been emthered at Miller's Statlon, Its pale- colored flawers are crowded In heads, and the plant ftself Is very slender, ‘I'he genus Polygonum comprises a multitude ecies, and, although none aro strikingly hundsome, they int it the herballst deevly. One of the great aclights of the study of How- ers s the dlscovery of specific differences in plants Inclosed In the same gonus, and this gratitication {s wmply afforded in tho examina- tion of the Polyzoniime, Before one hias learn. ed to obrerve cloaely, the varlous species will quite probably be reizarded ns mere varleties of one and the saime plunt, owing thelr differences n fors ang tint to ditfercnees (n situatlon. Whun, as the reward of careful examination, it 1s found thut what were considercd aceldental and temporary diversitivs are really persistent and charncteriatic dlatinctions, the kuowledge is a8 pleasing ua it s surprising, The Polygonum tinctorum ylelds a blue dye almost equal to fndigo, and lngx gely cultiyvated, In consequence, In France llld'illtllldl:l'l. The leaves of P bispidum are used iy Bouth Auicrlea 28 » substitute for tobacco. Several Brazllian Pulygoutins are employed as astrine gents. Tho Coccoloba uvifera, or Scuside Urape of the West Indies, produces violet-colored, currgut-liko berries, that are pleasantly acid, and palutable. The plant vields an exceedingly astringent exuct, und {ts wood furnlsbes & red aye. The Mulileubeckla udpressa, su Aus- tralian spocics, Lears & aweet, cdible frult. The root uf Culligonum Pullusia, o leaticss Bibertan shrub, when pounded sud holled atforas a zumy, nutritious substance, which ths Cal- mucke resort to in scasons of scarcity, The acid branchies and fruit of the pluut are chewed to allay thirst. e BRIEF NOTES. More than 200 towns jn France possesses cach a lNbrary wumbering from 10,000 to 20,000 volunes. The Naturhistorfsches Vereln of BMllwaukes 16 the only Natural-History Socletyin tho United Btates, 6o fur us known, whose members uro ostly Germans, sud whose proceedivgs are published 1o tue Germiau langusge, ‘The death of Mr. W, . Fox-Tlbat, the in- ventor of the photograpbic process koown as Talbotype, occurred tho 1Tth of Bentember. Mr. Talbot coneeived in 1833 the idea of luvent- Ing some provess for giviug permaneuce to thoe ‘tures exhibated in o camern-lucida. He gue- treded [ his eltort at about the saie thue that Duguerre brought bia process to a conclusion, bubdid uot vublles by wethod unth wier toe Iatter had done fo, {n 1830, In 1840 Mr. Talbot made the discovery which “lafd the foundatlon Lof the photorriphie art fnlts present formn,” and In 1847 was awarded the gold medal of the Rogal Socfety, The preliminary work for the draining of the Zuyder Zee Is belng accomplished with enerzy. It Is eatimated that the entire enterprise will occupy sixteen vears, sand cost $1,000,000. ‘The lanua rescued from the sea are expected to :fmrn more than the sum expended to draly hemn, It Is stated In the Nafuralid that, on the 0th of July tast, one of the civil-enlneers of the Central Pacitic Rallroad Company came across n rattleanake which wns entirely jet- black, not & shade of white appearing even on the under parts. The snake had ten rattles, and measured three fect in lengtt. Fxtraonlinary varlations of temperature have been noted by Prof. Pabmicrl at the Vesuviua Observatory during the past year. An ui- precedented degree of heat, 34 dege. G, has been reached; and a greater derree of cold, =7 deg. Ci, than has heen observed since the observa- tory was established, twenty-five years ago, A note (s maide in Jardwicke's Seimee Gossip of the growth of three perfect leaves from the summit of a lower-spike of the Plantain, Plan- tro lanceolata, This traneformation ot bravts Into leaves showe that the former are bhut moili- tlext forms of the latter, aud, under certnin cie- cumatunces, revers to their original condition. The sea-rontie to Siverla, opened to commerce by Prol. Nordenskjold, has been traversed by several vessels durlng the past scacon. The steamer I . which left Bremen for the Yeneeef, July 28, returned to Hamerfost Sept. 24, Scpl. 16 vessel arrived at Vardoe after o paseage of twenty-one days from the nouth of the Yenesel Mr. E. W, Nclson records, in his recent * Cat- alogue of the Blrds of Northeastern linofs,” 410 species, und severnl ndditionnl varfeties, ns oveurringz in Cook and Lake Counties, “I'bis s g larger number than has been noted In any other locality of equal cxtent in the United States. Mr, Nelson mentiuns, among the interesting facts contained In the Catalopue, the discovery of nests of the gnu-bird, or wieht-heron, on the cround In the Calumet narshics. The nests were situated In dense patehies of wild rice. JUDGE HILTON. Iiis. Views on the Fall Trade—American Gonis=Chenpand Pretty—Clerks at Lunch ~The Seligan Aftr, Neiw York Sun. Tnroply tos question concerning the retall trade, at Stewart's store, Judge Hilton sahl, yesterday: *The hot weatherol the past thtee weeks las kept people from buying. 'They found they hud three weeks' unexpected wesr ot of thelr summer clothing, aml kept away. ‘I'his change fn the weather i benefiting us, s it will )l others, But the fact is, a man can't huy 0 310 if lie has but §1 i lus pocket, aud that’s what's the mutter with the people.” “ 1low (v you manae, theni" “vell we have to cut down and ent down, to meet the times, There's no use in trylug auy othier \vuly. Manufacturers understand that, and wo alf work together.” # Are yot inanufacturing much now 1" #Q0ut of thirteen mills we nre running but eleven, Some are on slow time, and rome are on fust, but if we have un oxtra demand we can, hy spurcing up the cleven mllls, turnish the uumly‘ and thus save thu cxpesse of the uthers." “1n what lines ‘do you iind & necessity of cheaper manufacture!” - ] wilks und_carpetsl We can ecll a better American silk for 3L50 a yard thun can be loneatly imported for §3.1 “ What flo yout imean by honest importationt” s why, 1 niean that siiks are still smuggzled to an u‘:\rlllhlg extent. They find thelr way mto suction rooms and the market, and we huve to compete with them, 1L it wers not for swugglers the demand for Amerlean slka would be cuormoualy nereased. The colors are as good, the body better, und tho finish perfect, We Gnow when thesd contruband Kouds are olfered for sale.” Do you tiem (" “Yeu, bulin the samo way you know the charaeter of the ncurlu who live In your nelgh- horhow now who smucles and gets 1t would be hard to offer fegal proof, 1 yoit ure tmorally certain,’? . ¢ tho tashlon pavers say the ladies will 1ot wear seal skins this winter,” »\What bosh! The fashlon papers, and all tho rest of the pupers, are far behlud the trade, T graut you this; scul skins will be cheaper, and, thérefure, mwore commnon this winter, but nothing can ever drive them out of the mnrket, "The way the presa’ treat trode Is very amusing, 'l‘hu{ scud, for instance, a reporter tous, Wo usk if be Knows anything about dry jroods, e says hic doesn't, nnd then writes anarticle.® Weo cun't affurd to cottrovert or correet his state- mont, and so It goes. Really, 1 dun't see how they dure do it.” Do you tind American-mado carpots grow in favory” "Ducldm]l{, and why not! They ore Just as good and guite as durable, hesides being niuch clieaper. ‘There are artists in Parls who devote their whole thue to the desiguing of palterns. Nome of them are very beautiful, ‘The Ameri- can manufacturer hus these dustcns on bis table just us soon as his European rival. He stands 1 with him. Aiud t's the samo with sllks, mada up Is 65 cents on the dollur, 1 see, 13 a largo ltem, Wo cun ke Just o8 uod u stk and save the duty to the customer. Judgee Hilton, went through the fmmenne car- pet department, poluting out what to his mind are special nerits sl beanties, and exhibivng a familiarity with prices, patterns, and details that scemed surprisinig, ind ded to the question, »ifow du you comg tu kuow about these de- tollsi" He laughed and said: s L don't know why I shourdn’ and of them fur twentv-five - ye und uoholstery departusen ftes of wine. 1 bought ey W] ‘The fuct b3, except Ina friendly way, [ dldn't give him uny advice for years before s death, You don't suppose e expected me to curry ot bis business witbout knowiug all about It, du you!" Within a short timo they have opened a re- ception room for ludies. Ivis not availuble to everybody, hut s especially for the well-known customera. ‘I'he walls are hung with palntings, sone ot then very cholce, Antique vases mn[ Jupanuse bronzes of vast size und great cost adors the place. Books of patterns and ex- pensive costumces ure displayed on tables aud dummies, [t seems a queer gem o the sewing wuchine setting whick surrounds it. ‘Chis appears 1o _be angawe of imitations and of vheapness, On one of the upper floors, where the upholstery (s stown, thero are some radfeal fndications Of the progresa of urt and the change fn taste of the preseut veneration of manufactures und customel Lave curtalus aresold ot 316 a pair, made by wmachivery sud durable tor & lifctine, which in other duys, made h/l' liand, would lave cost not less thu $30U, The patterus for coverings are of the vew queer colors, combining Oriental and an- clent figurings with wlhat scem outre arrange- ments ol -mfnuncm of color, Amont other cur- taius Is o palr used Ly Mrs, Stewart In Saratogu, Experts volued the pale at $600. The retall nrice s $25, No ordimary description of the Jupaness work on these Freach ifmitations would convey more thun' = hint as to the tex- ture and qualutness ol these hungings and cov- erings, Judige Hilton suys they are the fushion here and elsewhicre, uml he scened to believe that that fact was evidence of a beulthy growth of the love of urt, “ {low muny people have you at work in thls storef" Threo thousaud, all told.” #1low ubout lunch 7 The Judge Jud the way to an jinmense loft, at aue sidu of which wera two lonie lines of tablus, Young glrls were buslly arranging thew. *There, said he, ** we accommuodate 500 at a time. We furnish tes and coffee, and they brivg for lunch whatever they chioose, Thoy have balf un hour for thelr meal, and seem to Mke dt. We are rather proud of our saleswoumen, und tuke good cars of them.? Are you ulrald of theed " . “Notatall. We have had each elevator linea with tiu, una the basement uul cellar ure palnt- ed with aslestod. Thun, the police wWatem fs per- Tuct, and there L no possibitity of dre?* A s (urther fllustration of 'the dewnand for nbcnl: wures, Jude Hliltos showed w glove which looks like undressed kid, vald to be destr- able, aud goes ofT like hot vakes because It {s half the price of a regular old-fashioned glove, Buyers want the appearance of expense, sud the reality o econu ‘y. Ihe store, like all tiie ereat storesn that vi- culty, was thronged with customers, but b tukes lunwer to acll u bifl thau it used to; not Hecauso there I8 auy baggling as to prive, but lunger comparisons wre wade, and winds are d.ulm;fid nium readily, 1 the clevator sut two Hebrew ladies. they letty Judee 110ton s sbed wics waslier uctualzesult of his Scllcioan row. He said; “ Thero uever should bave Leen any row st all, 1 futended none, ‘Yhe wistake wud wads whea they ade it a question of race. Thero are dirty Christians us well ua dirty Jews. 1 dou't want citber i my hotel, sud D'won't bave them. Be Mgwan buppeus to be ouo of a kind 1 don't lse, ust's all. ‘Tho hotel never dud better, [ ecau'y say I am sorry the affair bappeued, but it reall; way unpecessary. 1 certanly shall uover wsf Buy of them to guto the hotel, aud other hotel l;rurrlu»ns were very glad to follow my wake t rld us all of an offeusive and truublesowe st of peoglat® 4ve been In 8. 'The carpet were always fuvors mill Mr. Stewart item, a vletim of the Inquisition dyine at the stake In flames of torture. This illed 1hren Illl"”l‘ of the canyas; but the last outdid them all in Tribune, Sun, and World, three bours, LAWYERS. RAMSGATE. £10), Atem—Writine Jong and apeclal letter to Snperin- tendent Tneaeance, une hour, €10, Tiemna -Five of thew —Iteading and making analy- ain of tentimony for briefy six hours ench, 160, ‘Then folluw ftemna for writing brief, for dictat- ing brief to stenographer, for reading atenog- rapher's nfnutes of brief, for eorreting sawne, fur having it copted, and fnally for dellvering it, making the cost of this bLriel rome $700 or 500 ‘Then we have items of car-fure, 10 centa; messenpzer, 50 centas and tnally the following: Some of the Disreputable Prace ““The Magnificent Saloon-Ship tices of the Profession. Eclair"==«Deal. TRAGIC POWER. It ever the territle reached sublimity, ‘twas there! The snbject may atrike you na slight y wnelear, but that ul.()m ua was quickly meriga fu n svmpathetie trifl of horror at tho slgut of that female writhing [n the coils of the gizantic rattieanake (on the right), while n tribe of fiend- iat savnyzes on the left, wholly dsregarding the How Large Estates Are Consumed ‘‘Hom = v by Their Rapaeity. e, Sweet Home'---Fete ot Ou Lady of Boulogne, re fuity of the repliles, calmly intent o Ttem- ‘The peeullar character of the cane, am the Manghtetin {k in g g & genteel-looking band of misslon. The Judges Obliged to Take Severe | Charies!have felbit my duty in the couree of the arles; and & scopper-colored Indjan dn. ) n in the com- U o Messures to Roform Abuies. ity ‘nke againet menatill puwertul In the come | A Frencht Falr-o-Horrors of a Thealrlcal | centre (clefly aftired In somo’ war-paint dune t lny In thetr power to fnjure me, And will doubtless continue thoir efforta, For the addi- tunal time consumed and responaibility incurred a4 abuve, [ ask as compenaation §1, 000, But here {s the ltem that for plaln and un- adutterated audacity and Impudence challonges e entiie legal fratermiys llem ~T'ne above charces rofer to matters ape- etfcally In the conductof th foference, where st tinct aid defintte ends trere soughl by each tuter- view: besideathese, thiere hiae been for the last Ave months a coustant interraption o my isiness by reporiers, palicy -holders, aven strangers in pecn- ninry ntereet. occupying my time in talking over the case, lettern from all parts of the couniry, amounting to eeversl bundred, have Leen recelyed any had 1o be read and answered, No definite charge {a made for the above in- estimable services, the modeat attorney doubt- fean preferring to trust to the generosity of Lhe Court. it think of a man making a - definite charge every tine he npened lns lis to elther hia client, the court, or anyboiy else, regarding the case’hie has in hand, and Onally charging $10 for haviug to make out his bill, But Mr. Moncs runs through 240 items, of which those 1 linve transcribed are falr samples. It was upon this pulnt that Jidge Roblnson was ex- veedingly severe in atiother case, e sald that when a cllent engaged an mnrne; to luok alter hla cuae he expected to pay him Iairly for seryve fve remlered, but not to he charged” for everv casual retnrk he happened to et fall tu the parties fn Juterest duringe the progress of the case. 1le Intimuted that such wagnificent item- Izine savored strongly of the pettifogger aml “shiyster.’ The othier bl | huve referred to, while not ftemized to so fine 8 point as that of Mr. Moscs, Is equally outrageous. The UNBLUSHING AUDACITY of these grasping lawyers, when they have a tolerably rich mmmr belore them to despoll, is something to be ! xlh-l{ posted a3 a warnin to all persons Lo beware of bevoning entaneled lics of the luw., Kedfield & Hill set arging as & geucral retatlning fee 0003 opinfon as to puwers ad duties during the pending action. eapecially reluting to polley- holders, &3 uvpinton upon the length of duties, $250; conlerence with Superintendent, $300; preparationof points, ete., $2,500; argus ment ol motion, $1,000; long consuliation with Superintendent, &3 to services extending through several days, $1,000: consultution with Rocelver, $500; general vansultation fee, §1.500, Work of Art. and a hatchet) eatisfactorlly performed the op- eration of acooping out a lady's lungs. He had already done some scalping. Blowl streamed from cvery point of this truly ghastly picture. It lay in elotted pools where the devoted mis. stonaries had fallen, and gushed Co}fluusly from the gaping wound of the unhappy female. Yot it was platn, from the sainted expreasion of calm upon the martyr’s brow, that slie had died Diessing her wruesome and gory butchers! Ttat [ must leave the morhid” pleasures of the Fair, and take a step farthier_on, to the Cattes siral. The Church of Notre Dane de Boulogna Is tinely situated on the sumimit of the hil), »m whence it averlooks the Upver and Lower Towns and the channel. On a moderately-clear ddny, ns yor stand at the windows of the paitry. Tooking. nlume] guu may sce Folkestone and Daver Cltifa with the nsked eye. . The interfor of the bullding fs a bastard ‘imitation of 8¢, Paul’s, not intercetlng enough to call for g lengthy dercription. In the tnorning,~Sunday,—on golng out to djenner, 1found the Urando Rue, the Quavs, nnd the strects lemding to the Cathedral, alivg with people prepared for the great event of Boulogne fetes,— TIHE PROCESSION OF CTILDREN, All nlong the route chosen for the paseage of thte pugeant, old Jadies were adorning the hogiees fronts with narrow bands of bine and white calico, mencrally stretching from the ground to the wiiidows of the lirst Goor, and studied hiere and there with flowers At 2 In the afternoon f;”u might have seen knots of little gitls and oys gathering together in differt parts of the town, carrying banners and flowers. Most of the girls were dressed in while, and wore wreathas of roses. The hoys - had donned their Suuday beat, Bome wore plain black; others liad got thewmselves up In complete eallor's rig, Sturdy little fellows they looked lu thelr bravery of blue blouses and white ducks. Mast of thein can hardly have been older than Gor 7, Gradually all the seattered groups made thele ity up the hilt by diferent roads to the Catlie~ dral, where they were gut into llue by their re snective leaders, the curca and pricsts of the various parishes. By half-past 4 everythivg was rendy, and the Procession started onits journey, wreceded by an advance miard blowing trumpets. stood in front of the gray old ramparts to ree it pass, Just in froot of me frowned the grim tower® and nrches of the Parte des Duncs,— Some Model Bills Presonted by Allaged Houorabls Attornoys—Mon Who Think Their Words Are Poarls, to Bo Paid for Accordingly, The Procession cf Children—Is This the Nineteonth Century ? Bpectal Correrpondence of The Tridwna, PaRis, Oct. 1.—It was 4 in the alternoon as we stepped on board the Eelalr lying snuaty under the sheltering inasonry of Ramsgate Lier, The *‘magnificent saloon-ship Eclalr? they called her in the advertisements, thongh, as a matter of fact, n more rotten or unseaworthy cockshell, perhaps, does not cross the Channels The Calaia boats are cheerless and small,—no needd to tell any ove who Lias biad the misfortune to travel by them that,—but they are pleasant to the Eclatr, which was never Intended to do more than earry Uockneys up and down Lheriver o (ircenwich or Humptan, sni woulil beatitting subject for Plimsoll's next Investiuations. Ilalt an hour passed In getting up steam and tnking In passongers, allowed us the opportu- nity of enjoying a good lovk at THE IPANOHAMA OF TIIE TOWN, fta two white cliffs, west and east, and the tusy Hands which we had just lcft, with the station of the Chatham & Dover Railway stand- ing in utilitarian ugliness at the cutrance w the tunnel fu the chalky sca-wall,—marring a plet- ure which, viewed from & distance, was passing falr, and ever reminding tho hapless excursion- Ists from the sad metropolis that the preclous clght hours of escape from toil are druwing shorter, IV's very well to nbusc the anoblery of places like Ramgimte, but what an incaleu- lable blessing and hope they are to millions of those suftering victims of the grim London Moloch! Let us live und lot lve. Al “pactial 1" {s not “universal good,"'—it never willbe, —but the discomfort of the iIndividual inay very well be the comfort of the mass, and Ramegato thus by hidden ways further the mysterious ends of Providence. Honting np Contestants far Dead Men's Wills.w Their Estales Made {o Pay for an &t tempt to Prove Them Insane While Lislag, Epetial Carrespondence of The Tribuna, New York, Oct. 8, 1577.—Much prominence lias been given of late tathe manner in which estates are robbed by the Jeqal fraternity, sev- eral of our Judges having given vent to thelr rizhteous {ndignation when called noon to take vognizance of these extortione. Surrogate Cul- vin, Judge Robinson, of the Court of Common Pleas, and Mr. Ketchum, Recelver In Bank- ruptey, hava recently distinguishied themaelves in refusing to sanction some of these legal (hut unlasful) charges of Jawyers, and by asdminis- tering scathing rebukes to the persuns nttempt- ing to perpetrate the frauds. In a recent pro- ceeding In bankruptey, Receiver Ketchum de- nounced in unmeasured terms the bill of alaw firm, which was intended to consume the entire nssets of the bankrupt, thus defrauding the le- gitimate creditors vut of the awmounts bonestly thelr due, Surrogate Calvin did a sinular thing recently when a greedy hordo of Iawyers sought to cat up an estate upon which he twas adminis- tering. But theso are regarded ns spasimodic exlibitions of virtue, forced by public sentjuient and newsvaver exposure, for Surro- aate Calvin, at least, 1s vot sbovo suspicion of having himself participated in little jobs of a slinflur character. One of the cases animad- o verted upon by Judge Robluson s worthy of | And so it goes i to ugrand total of $16,8E8.50, that noble vestigo of anothier age. Another Toto a8 & sasle of this atplo of bupiuess. | #IINg with tho statement thiat this DI docs | NOW tho steam was up, The asthmatlc | asal What was I assingl, Mot these Some time nwo, Kenyon, Cax & Co, made nn | Nt “‘eover or waive any cliurges for, survices | engines began to crenk and wheeze; four-and- ! i e long to the nineteenth centuryl Are theso little ones with Lhe tinsel supel -wlnin. and ail those tiny counterfcits of Christ and His Apos tles, part_of a show possible in the year * grace, 18775 or am I watching tho passage of A MEDIEYAL PAGEANT} ‘The tourlst-suits in the crowd round me srea sufliclent answer; but It nccded that visible as. surauce of clyilizatlon (3) to convinee me. Certalnly nothing else In the scene would have been ont of harmony with the Middle Ares sinca the present Hecelver wus appoluted.” How much more ground can be covered by a supplemental bill, Heaven only knotvs,—that is, 1 Hueaven knows anything at all sbout lawyers. It s very = evident, however, thai, when the lawyers and the {vsur- ance “abarps ' get Cthrough pleking - the bones of the moribund Continental, there won't be cnough of the carcass left to bury, Ilun- dreds of thuusands of dollars that shoild have twonty nssorted banners fluttered from four- and-twenty points of the deckeralling; three discordant musiclans,—a harp, fiddler, and cornet,—stationed at the fore, Lurst Into a morblid aisarrangement of the natlonal anthem; and, amld much waving of handkerchiefs, wo ;!uwly pussed vut of the barbor, en route for ance. rl’.lgulllnxno lics to the southeast of Ramsgate, assignment for the bonefit of their creditors to Williatn L. Scott. Some months ago one of the creditors, John F. Tracy, havinz a clalm for $1iH, petitioned the Court to compel Beott to make an accounting. Scott camein and avptied for permlssion to make s finat accountiafir, and the Court apoointed a Referee to audit his nc- counts. The Referce inade his report, to which rove Lo fiquidate its oblicutions to 1s policy- | distant some forty miles, We steered stralght wo objeetiun wis'niados ut Jidge [tbhinsn oldere huve. aiready Alisappeared duwn tho | eces ihe Front oF beaweel Hay,—home of the | tbe lmages of tha Virgln and Ghild FEVUSEDTOCONVINAG Lag greedy maws of the [awsers and thelr kindred | Potted Shrimp,—and, after an aigrecable run of {"'": u’f'mr'l""k:" "'EF,.,,,‘,’:,';‘, “',',‘:,z‘“,y' H,","d on the pround that some of the lezal charges an hour, touched at B R liere o aid tho Nlueon: ,{I':" blood-suckers, the insurance men, and the prob- ability 1s that nothing will beleft. But it is about the Surrogate’s office that the disreputa- laris" blue-and-white hangings on the houses; that Il luininated plcture of the Immaculate Mother were outragcous and extortlonate. For i stance, the Referca bad allowed Mr. Tracy DEAL PIER-IEAD, whence we had.a finc view of thu old-fashioned, Tawyer $100 for prosceutiug s clalin of $1:4; | M brectices of' the lawyors uro eapeclully no- | drowsy towniet, witl Is shinely wetclh any | og tho wll behind me; the paintad wonls be- - ceabte. There scems tobe o swarm of them | listiess, leisurely rroups of holiduy-visitors, 1 v X th lawyers of tho Assiunce wero aflowed $10,+ | |yinetn wall for the preschtation of wills In ot. | Know no placo, Hless it bo olil Canperbury hard -| Tieath, You sre all beautifyl O Mary, al the first stain wus not on you, O Joyjot Jerusalem 1" 000; a wan who had acted as a apecial trustee «smack little of the skeptic colduess of our mod- previous to the assigninent, and whose law- der to contest them {f any amount of property Rest worth fizhting for is involved. 1t has pot to by, which so lmpresses o with & sense of a% Deal. It is too fur out of the pleasure-track o ern world. Oncame the Liliput army, stagger. ful commisslons wore E3,520, had been al- | thstpoluttiat oo for, tha;onlisary gxcursioniet. - There 18 | jug under the welght of holy e s, Towed $6,000; the Asstgnee, whose Tawful fees T 18 NOT BAFE FOR A MAN 70 DI8 . | nothing for him = to sce fn the whle | pron tune to timua nalt would bo made, and the sound of dreary hymus aud prayers of ad- oratlon be heard” Issulng from the lips of young children or aged scamen. Then ihe procession would pass on sgain, Loys and u'lrl-, golden crucifixes, and sllken banners, till another stoppage cawe, and plous company {fow“md tho bymual strajus. There must have cn Kentlsh priln surrounding. The God-forsaken, ompty streets of Sandwich ara repelling to the most adventurous; and fn Deal the only attractions he finds are the shaky pler, partly destroyed In the poles last year, and a rara concert at the Assenibly-Rooms. 8o 1t Is lelt to dreamers, idlers, and other people of tastes as quiet and odd us itscif, to whom it Isa very Hayen of Refuge. Nut far from Denl we saw n truly English scene: Walinor Cadtlo standing In fcudal state among broad vassal tields, dotted with sheaves of thie LWHght yellow corn; a visible record of proaperous and peaceful centurics, It nade a preity pleture with the golden sunllght and the blue rippling sea,—a pleturs i he has accumnutated any |irurert{v which he desires to have preserved in bis famity, It seeims s though certuln lawyers had an in- tuitive knowledge when a wealthy man lies upon his death-bed, aud are fully prepared to at once contest his will, It is not a difficalt matter for them to fnd some dissatisfled rel- ative of the decensed who will consent to huve his name used tn the proceedings, provided ho is not asked to Incur any expense in the mat- ter, As thu Courts have, 1 wmany instances lately, nwarded to the contestants of n witl the amount expended by them in the lezal pro- ceedings they bhave Instituted, tho lawyers aro lxruuv well assurcd of getting thelrfees whether lic ¢ass goea for or agalnst them. In tho case were $11,302, had been allowed 840,000 in con- sideration of his **laborious dutles.” Thero were mwmerous other cJaims cqually ex- tortionate. Iu refusing toapprove the Keferoc's report, Judge Robinson sald: * These clalma ure in each lustance startling, and sugzest the ace quisition ot fartuncs of thousands of dollars in 1ho happy aecident of an employment o the course of the exccution of auch an assignment.’* fie held that “The mere employment of at- torneys toald an Asslrnee haviug a milllon dollars to administer doea not entltle them, froin the magaliude of the sum, toany in- SEVERAL THOUSAND PEOTLE In the show, I lmngine. 1 watchied flling slow- 1y past mo foy more than an hour, til tho last Huttering pennon had vanished, with the cceles slastlc pomp of the robed pricsts and mitred Bishops, who brought up tho rear. When all lnd gone, ¢ turned ‘my back upon the ta and walked vatnor thoughtfully crvased compengation for thelr services beyond | of tho Miss Danser will, who, at her | worth storing up In the memory, worth luoking | Era¥ SHpan S what thoy would bo_entiti=d to when tho fund doatly - distributed Il‘lu:; realth e | Tk to for comfort in more ev! 'nlr.ul darker wo- :{;I‘I\,V,",}gikflf ','.,".';"‘1:‘,‘:1'2;" 3 Bewcelvod e grol was small, The services aro to be remuncral uther ad uccumulate n gamblin cnta, Haj Fnlan Merry England once, i o w Hinong corlain religlons. aui charltablo sttt | e e 4 sam lrltiah excursianlate were singuic |lidle accurding to a falr estlmate of thelr worth, nat depending on the extent or character of the fund.” Judwe Robinson sent the matter to an- uther Refereo for ndiunlmem aceording to the principles which ho lald down, A man who was cxeeutor of sn estato valied at $00,- 00 wns brought beforo Surrogate Calvin to sliow cause why he should nut be punished tar contempt in not having pald certalu clums that had been ordered, In exvlanation of his defunlt, the exccutor stated that, being wuable to ohtaln from Lhe estate as much money s he thought bo was entitied to for hisservices, ho Diad arrauged with a lawyer to get the Surrogate to atlow hitn (the lawyer) 85,000 for services, the clafn to be approve: b‘y the exccutor, the money then to be divided between them, e explalned that the lawyer had obtatned tho al lowance, but had appropriated it entire to his own uses, consequently he (the exceutor) had been unable to pay the claims ordered by the Surrogate. Burragato Calvhe denounced the i {n a proper manner for having nade o cor- rapt barguiu with an unprincipled lawyer to fleece the catate of which be was executor, But the mont fugrant case of LBOAL HONBERY that has been made public is that of the Conti- ucntal Life-Insurance Company, This Company jot into trouble bout & year avo, aud cver since there has been lvely strife among cers taln interested persous ns to who should gobhle up the greater portion of what was left, without any teference to the rights of tho policy-holders. Mr. Anderson was ap- olnted Receiver, aml the plundering began. 'his was carrled on unblu 000 and $50,000 of aas by luwyers and fustieance men, when it begun to be Alh!lpt!l‘“!ll that Mr. Anderson was tn collusjon 1o s the song thivy struck up presently on board reminded me, Thoe musie, softencd by the dis- tanco between e and the fore, just suflicient to dull the fulso nuvmgaulmnm of the barp, and yet let mo distingzuish tho refrain of “The mer of merey, merry England,” completed the huppy harmony of aca, earth, aud sky, sightand souund, "The hours slipped away right cheerfully. At8 we made out tho Hashing lamps of BOULOGNRE I'IEN, and could glatinguiats tho brightly-ituminated windows of the handsome Etablissement. As wa drew closer to the purt, the pnssengers on tho Eclair guthered torether umidships to sa- luto the crowd waitlugr forour arrival at the landing-stage. ¢ Rule Britannla ™ gave plnco to the * Marselllaise,”” and then to the hack- neyed, yet still moving, pathos of * Home, 8weet Home,'" 80 dear to the wanduring Briton wherever he ncars It: . Home, aweot home! There's no place like home! *Twss an_ccho of our ownsong, from the throats of the hundreda 0f Britons ‘In the ex- ectant crowd on the pler. Right heurtlly the Relair reaponded, There's an untailing well ot sentiment_ideep down In your Londoner's bosom. The alngers were yulrar Cockney men and women, who drop their 1's, and ure other- wise objectiouable; but, at the sound of familiar words (why should I not confesa itf), o feeling stirred my heart such as I huve felt when pass- ing by (it may bo glter a rough and weary Journe: ?lh-t Totty Crucifix at Dieppo Harbor, prompting ne ta bure the head and tearfully ive thanks for the great Love that has knit us nto soinc semblance, at least, of Brotherhiood, Another moment and the lmpression wus lost Tritannia, Britunnia rules the waves;" while the steward quictly got out the crockery. And, asT contraated tho spectacle before e with that [ had been looking at up on the Cathedral bill, I heard the sound of hymns, and, turning, saw tha Child-Procession threading ita way through thecrowds on tho Harbor Quay. HARAY Br. Micmat, A LESSON. o5 My son, (f sinners enlice thes, contens INot ot Troverdi, 4., 10, A gaunt-iooking splder hiaa built him a nest In a corner of my roomj "7'|n o beantiful wark, yota trap han been set Which wiil prove sonio poor straggler’s tomb: Yet I perbaps may a lcwson learn whilo [ wakh some unwary ono's doom. tious, a relative of the old gambler was bunted up vut West and induced to contest tho wiil. A large nuinber of lawyors were enirazzed n tho cuse, represeuting tho varlous socleties iuterest- cd o the result and thocontestaut, and the ease dragged alung for many weary wonths, Finally, tho validity of the will' was sustalued, but du uward was made out of the estate to pay the lawyers who hind been contesting {t, That'ls to ray, tho dead Miss Danscr was made to pay the lawycrs who sought to prove that shewas lnsane, and to that end paraded hier father's sins before the world, and held icr asareliglousmonomaniac beeauso she belleved that the mouey her father had gained fn such a dhru?mnble manner should be expended Incharity. But years before her death she had made her” will to this effect, ond alt attempts to break it were nnavaillng. Yet bier estate had to dpuy thousands of dollars to the lawyers engawed fn this unworthy under- taking. Other cqually flagrant fustunces of in- Justice might be citeds In fact, scarcely o week husses that some dead man's cstate is not mwly lu puy the cost of an attempt to prove that he was elther insune or an imbedle, And theso lawyers may be sald to be possesaed of CANNINAL INSTINCTS, for they are qulite us ready to feed upou the re- malus ns uny other, There waa the case of Mi- chuel Connolly, “the Big Judee," as he was called, who wi lawy hud heen s Polive Mayistrate for many years, and wus a Demoe cratle polltician of wueh nfucace, But be dled one duy, lenving property valuod at about $100,- 000, which was divided by will among certain relatives to the prejudice of a dauchter who had uirried ageinst bis wishes, Forthwith this daughter was fosplred to contest tho will, and, There's & 8y hovers near, and [ see, by the way “That it lingers near e spot, lA‘ I:l I:Ll.'l:l: hlllrlclsll hc’ l[lg ihis diaplay, at it has prudence forgot: And Iaen do T pity thue pooi’. silly Ay when I think of its terrible lot. ¥ have tried to prevent it, yet did not succeed, ¥or, although { drove it away, Tt woon had returned, aud morostubborn it secmed? 8o 1 thought that I'd c'en let iL ot Y, And waich ita curcer, for certain 1 folt that sooa Tfor its folly "twould pay. And soon 1t began to draw nearer the goal Than it had gnl ventured before; While, watching in patience from out of his hole, Tha spidor this quizzing all bore, Welt Lnbwiti that there was no hope of cacape for s iy, should Lis web 1t explore, In order to iuvallilate ft, It was ueccssar, 7 v la secmed In no hurry bis victim to lure, with the plunderers, aud fio was removed with: | tn Druvo that the o Dig Judga hud | 1Bihe strukele \ith thocs birds-ok-prog, phe | 01T \mow fhabut i o woutd z{{nn.;.,. - out any compensation béing wllowed for his | been & hopeless drunkard = for ycars We lind the good Juck to arrive just at the :ll":&eflgfl‘cml;:fl“v‘fir::mmc“x“-a" pare before his death, and conscquontly Incapable of waking o will, The public was treated for days to the revolting spectacleof u daughiter o thy witness-stand Icmlymf tu Lhe fact that her dead futher, during bis llfctlne, was In the habit of bLecoming fuloxicated, However, Lo- fore the case had Leen fully developed, the woman died, aud thercupon’ the will of her futber was admitted to probate, o justic@to the memory of the daughter | should state that 1 have been Informed Lhat she did not yolun. tarily becomne a contestaut of her father's will, but wag furced to pursue tho vourso she did by those whuet {nflicnee over her wus too great to be resisted, und who hoped, through her, to make something for themsclves out of the es- tate of the * Big Judge.” Thero buve been so many Instauces of late of the disreputable prac. tives auiony lawyers that the entire prolession Is e rupldly brought luto dierepute, While it is kuowa to coutaln many bonorable and able e, the chanees of eucountering thede are su slight that scnsible men will Keep out of tho clutches of the profefaion as loug as dmull:le. ANHOLL. services, Then Williamn it Graco was appolnted Recetver, and duringz his threo wonths’ Incum- v distributed $40,315 between six law trms, Mr, Urace knew nuthiug about juwurauce, but Dired an fnaurance man Lo run the business for hiw, vaylug him $400 8 month. Nevertheless, Mr, Graes put In a bitl for 815,000 for his threo monthe' services. Then Mr, O'Nelll was ap- futed Receivery sud the plundering tv betieved have recelved a severs check at his hauds, There have, however, been persistent attempts made to have *him wlow certain lawyers' elalms, .und upon his refusul application bas been made o the Supreme Court to compel hlin to do so. Amoug these bills I8 one l:reseulcd by Ihxh:cl J. Moses, Jr., for $5,084.42, and another by Redfiela & il for $I5,5EL70, These gentlemen are lawyers, rep- resenting Lwo polieyholders, thess latter cluite fnig to Lo working i the Interest of all' policy- bolders, ‘Thicse two bills ure unlque specimens, and, would spave permit, thelr publication cn- tire would prove interestivg, The fuaurance dge hus given them In extenso, mvuujlng soveral columus of that journal, The bill'of Mr, Moses embraces 20 distinet items, aud Tor Lis labor (u preparing Ity and wuar and lunr of brain_In - venoting i, he charges the wodest sum of $100, Everything, appareutly, that he could think of hus licen entered as a separato item, Hechurges for every paper be had 1pade out, for attend- ance ln court, for attendance before the several Refurees, for trips to Albany, f r (are, for clerk-hire, for stenozrupl for every tims a vlerk weut of an errand, aud even for consull- atlon with his owu ciieuts His own lime motment of the . ANNUAL RELIGIOUS PETES n honor of Our Lady of Boulogne. They are the most important of the sort in the norih of France. About the tiine Hxed for them, thou- sundd of country-folk flock m from all sides. On the might of our arrival, the town, never very dull at the worst, was anlmated in the ex- treme, It was tou late to do tmuch till themorn- ng. 1 atrolled {oto - the Casino for an hour, tosce the dancing, but found the muxnlflu.-ul hulk-room su paorly patronized that 1 beat a re- treat to the Cale Wallon, where 1 had sumesup- pers and at the neighvoring Hote! de P’ Univers wus soon slecping the sleep of & just inu whuse day has been woll apent! Apropos, th _have a churming way of ecorulfn;; Lhe fronts . of the Boulogue cafes with Howers, Not, mind you, with the rare and grudiong show of the catetiers on the Boulevard Montmartre, but so liberatly that the bewutiful, thick profusion of 1n:uh-hml:llln¥ planta and ferns completel ahuts lu the hot rovins behiml, where bllliand- bulls clivk continunlly, and the same old geutles uiew, with Lald heads and {retful tempers, meet ulght alter nl;tln 1o wraugle ovor thelr eternal partle de piquc , "There Is & tolerable theatre ju Houlog They were plavinig.Victor Masse's last sucveds, S Punl et Virginle,” with a ceat which did not secin Inviting coougl to induce me to pay the entrunce-money, Not that [ foat much by uoy going in, Ub the hitl, umder the ancient ram- purts, auy amount of drumatic eutertulnment could be bad for a nere trifle. Yeta fecling of sorrow canto over me then, forl well kuew the tempted must dle. The fly bolder grew at each turn that It made, And it sung a 1oad tune full of glec f:-l. mfl:‘mthul 'u'mn'"da"'n'ff"m cunrage dlaplayed, o A e enid would soou be, AR TWalted Gl thon, for 1t had &t tue e & very atrange hold upon we, And it came, The fiy strarled to Joosen the chaln “Thet held 11 in such an embrace, Aud then, like soms others who freedom dlsdais, Boughit tu'gain it, but then 'twas too Iate, Forft heden it not all of my warnings, and bsd secuied but to welcomo its fate. The apider came forward to feed on hia prey— ike & glutton ho came to the feast: Not & look of compassion or a word did he say, Or offer bls captive releans And | thought, by tho way he hie viclim parssed, there Wwas more that was human than beast. For Is 1t not thus, in (his great world of ours, Thot & man witl oft wander away, Nor heed good advice till ‘tis out of his power, O)r repent 1it) oo 1ate |d Lhe day? For, when men give way to lcmptation, there are many 1o lead them setray, Cuicauy, Oclobe W. G, —————— THE TEN LITTLE GRASSHOPPERS, Boston Saturday Fvening Gatelts, "Fen little grasshopotrs Sitting un & vine; One ate oo much green corn, Theu there wers but ulun, LS SR ' GOD KNOWETH BEST." Father, bless the little ones Thou has kindly given to mej Send Thy loving #pirit dowo— Let it round them vver be, Nioe littla li;n-hnpmu. u g Just the size for bait] AT TUB ¥All. that lead fs fuvariably ecstimated ot $10 an hour, Alittle boy went tebin’ I have described & French fair before, and have )n_ny&muumdnn at Y whether in attendsace on court, re- ‘'hen there wero but elght, have descrived & Lre €, and Far beyond the mollier's caro; celving. ths vists —of s el o 1g! little to add. ANl French fuira are alike. Glveto s losow good serdy quarter of a mile, hall & mile, or a mile of little bouths, accordivg to the limportance of the fete; ut which you buy pretty kulck-knacks, gamble ridiog In a rullrord car, A few ltems will show the character of thcse charges, and serve us cx- amples for the ristng youns lawyers of tho West Eight little grasshoy Slayed uat after evens Look Thou adowu their future years, A white frust nipped ouv, wpecify to cach & - And place; tolnitate: Then thera were scvea. fue™ maccisoens, o) 8 raows, “fit{;‘r:':‘lg mlvl.',.u:flm|:&5‘x,;.;u-g:‘h.;‘:e‘.“n£s tears, Mem—Thies Noaréat furAstbelatina eximinisg Seven little grasshoppers tho later _ &n fuhocently-unremuncrative Ll i Lived betwoen two bricl ‘There cawc 8 burricape, Them thera were slz. Six little grassboppers Found o old bee-bive; Ove found 8 busmble-bee, Then there were ve. gawe, that costs & penuy o shiot, wud vrings in o protits. ‘Fhen there ure alwuys two or three roundsbouts and swivgs, a couple of rifle-gul- Terica, severalsomnumbuilsts, o * Macic Mirer,? showing ladies and gentlemen the fultnful like- ness of thelr future partuers, sud, lustly,—finls corunat vpus,—oue theatre at least. Houlogne Falr, belug spectally noted in the land, boasted iwo. Uutside one of them wus » work of art uuverln‘z about tifty square yards of cunvus, and professing to give a fueble votlon of the * Tour du Moude eu unlrv-v(nfil Jours," new and po- culfar edition, with additional norrors. Bul- arian nmch‘u are nothing to the startliug ncideuts of the drama to bo scen withiu at the petty outlay of 15 ceotimes. The work of art represented four scenes of the story only, but they wers scencs with o vengeance] “If the per- 1aws and yrermnu brief of case, . lew—Confereace with client fur veriSication of petition, one Lour, §10, Ttem—Clerk’s making two coples of petition and afidavits, time three hours, 83, Pecvonal sttendance In Lrooklye (o ex- plication to Judge P'ratt, aud obtaining oz~ hour and thirly minutes, $2:2.50. crviug pspers on Andureon; called per- i conference with LMl ; one hour, §10. Iteni—=Writiug 1. Swmith, $2. Item—Elaborate argument beforo Judge Pratt, four hours, $00. Item—Altending court in Brooklyn, wsde open- fng arvument aud motion, then adjourned toensble Judge Fullerton to purticipate, two bours, $30. Lust Moses shuuld be bsundent be at times goes into explanstions as **claborate’ as the arguments for which he chargcs soliberally, As for lustance: ++Glve!l give!" 1ask, and yot ask *¢Give: Alvl.wrnk.fll Tleaven's rich stors, 1 crave its best Lo help Lhem live, ‘Aud ask Thee o'vr sud O'or. And yet I know my anxious care Anil yearning londerness Can never with Tline own compars, ‘Whose joy It Je Lo bless. 1 will leave it all with Thee} B“n,'.nx{unl- eart uhl fe L may ¢ 3 el Vot Kooty Beat. = WatkuLao, Is. M. F. Romxgox. e ——— DAYS THAT ARE GONE. 1 muse upon the faded past. e e ek e 230y 100 frent to last— Five little grassboppers Hoppiug vn the tloor; Pussy tovk oue for & woass, Than there were four, Four littic grasshoppecs Found & green peag 1iad a fight sbous Ity ‘Then there were theee. Three little grasaboppers o 8ighed for psaturcs new; formance foside even approuched the promise | ¢, t with present fonuliuesa, N v A vty By g eed 1o croas the Fiver, outside, 1t was, dirt-cheap at e money. Tho | St wdebthe dream of bygon Lapoindast wrders sud submit to nie, 8ad the whole Lo be seut Thep there were two. neral tone of the entertainment might per- | But, when I wake "‘r‘m l‘lcl:lr:::m reauis of thee, e el LT T o b b e g e b sizcd changes, twd houss. $20. A turkey-gobbler passed 1hat way, tho work of art. Tt showed you lu four mur- | Fhoa wertmy all and L was Mo Bl b rests A e Bliars Napiiion that putfle Theallerd was ous: derous pictures: Item, o ‘bunter fu the | Augweil 1 knew, when [ should cawe awsy, My Five through the. Oue little grassbopoer suow-clad Alps, sttacked by ferocious.| flow dark sod desolate wouidl be the day. morulnxjnnu’m 80 &3 Lo cowply with that of it order sathorizing suy panty latarested to at- teud the examination, [ arafted otice and made coples, aad sttended persvnally ab the ullice Leruld, 1t cuwne at faat—1 tread llfe's path siousd e i b reddd 1'itive und tourn, nor cannok say, God's will bo done. nd 8sld he'd come Dext sumuvr, Witk nige aiillous wors. rigsuds; ften, s shipload ofi sailors bluwn ioto mid-alr by ‘:n exploolon, with a0 eruptlon of Vesuvius fu the background