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! e e e s ——— R ————— e ——————————————————————— prob- | me and evening in the First Charch, cornerof | Church, corner Dearborn avenue and Delaware EUROPE AN GOhS]P- the morning, beef and ham; thersy To jgriorant and untanght people, To people survrised in 3 singie crime, . To men that die yonng in their natural follies and foolish lusts, ‘To thase who fell into 2 tudden gaicty and ex- cessive ljn)‘- i Ta all alike, infinite and eternal, Eren to unwarned people; ~and that this should be inflicted by God who in- finitely loves His creaturce, who dies for them, who lons easily and pities readily, and excuses much, aud delights in onr Leing saved, snd would Dpot.have us di¢, and take littie things in exchanze for great. 1L is certain God' mercics ure infipite, and it s also certain that the matter of eternal torment cannot be understooc and when the schiool men go about to reconcile vine justiceto that ecverity, and consider why God Punisbes eternally a temporal ein or a state of evil, bey speak variously, and uncertainly, and unsat- ayingly. regard to the duration of future punishment Jeremy' Tarlor does not regard it us necessarily cternzl, bul rather complete aud final; that is to £8y. not Livine for 20 age in Bell and then restored, after the view of modern restorationists; not living anage in Hell and then an zge in Heaven, and so on forever, after the view of Origen; he ratber in- chnes 10 the view of Justin Martyn, and thinks perhaps God deal more mercifully with man than with apgels, and will pot **a period to bis emart,” but will never restore him to leaven, ARTHUE SWAZEY. DELUSION AND MORALITY. WuY SEEE TO UPSET THE BELIEF OF OUR CHILDHOOD? To the Editor of The Tribune. CH1CAGO, Jan. 15.—I am one of at least 25,000 of your readers who believe in the moral value of established religion. I am led to say this from having heard the paper of Mr. Stroug, upon *The Moral Value of Delusjon,” noticed in your last Sunday’s issue. Iam free to con- fess that I never before heard a more candid and able discussion of a subject which is daily growing in social and political interest, and 1 am disposed to do ample justice to the general Jogical soundaees and scholarly character of the argument. Notwithstanding all this, 1beg your permission for a word of sincere and respectful ‘criticism. “Thc epeaker postulated two zeneral propositions. Firat, That want of uniformily in the application or operation of any moral Iaw iz evidence of im- ‘perfection in the eystem of law to which it be- ongs. Second. That any belief which implies moral imperfection on the part of the Deity is mnecessarily of an immoral tendency; which con- <clusions were fortified by historical illustrations from various religzions sysicms, both ancient and modern. Then, however, came the broad sund capdid admission that, notwithetanding the evi- dence of an authentic miraculous revelation, that ‘must now of meceesity rest wholly upon historical parrative, and therefore may not be convincing to all minds, and_notwithstanding the belief in the Divine authority of such a revelation, may be re- gparded by them as delusion; yet as the religions eystem founded upon that accepted revelation makes the hithest morulity a sine qua non, such 3 eystem must upon the whole be favorable to the morality of the maszes, and a sonrce of satisfac- tion and happiness to its believers. confess 1 was greatly impressed by the picture which, in the lecture referred 1o, the epeaker drew - of thedeep and carnest attachment of the Roman ople to their religion fn the last centuries of the ’azan worehip, and of the great conservative mor- al value of even that defectivesystem. Now, i this all be 80; if established religion be, upon the whole, such a moral conservator, why seck o question or discrealt the possibly somewnst -erroncons theological doctrines of the confessedly 1nost perfect religions system the world cver saw? ‘Why do such men of admitted candor and benevo- Jence as Mr. Strong, Mr. Swing, and others of their Xkind, seck to shake the confidence of the people 1n their childhood’s faith? Ivis, however, eome sat- isfaction to know that the ablest and best men of ‘whatever school, including also Mill, Buckle, - Spencer, and Leckey, whatever their theologicsl © the Kingdom of their Father.” Why opinions, are unanimous in defending the supreme wmoral value of the religion of Jesus Christ. Crouecm NO HEADES. 'WOODMAN, SPARE ‘HAT TREE! To the Editor of The Tribune. CHICAGO, Jan. 19.—Will you kindly allow me to saya few words in favor of an ancient and Tevered institution? 1 sce with deep regret that some of the doc- tors have agreed upon baving no Hades, They may be very great men, but how little they un- derstand the intricacies and true inwardness of “the female heart. No Hades, indecd! In thatcase I should like to know what is to be done with that woman? ~“the woman who wears a scal-skin cloak while Y wear one made of cheap cloth; the woman who rides in her own carriace while I walk, who am so much better fitted by nature to fill and adorn that carriage; the woman who goes to balls and parties all ablaze with diamonds, while I stay home to mend the family stockings; the ‘woman who thinke sbe knows 5o much more than do; the woman who enubs me; the woman who fliris with him; the woman who tells **stories’ abont me; the woman who is, oh, **£0 eweet,"” £0 **de- Voted ™ to cversthing! soaltogether vain, affected, and hatefol ! the woman who— But there are 50 many of her that I cannot men- tion them all. Taking them collectively, I ask 2 : What is to be done with he: Tntil now, I have known exactly what to do with ber. Inthe foll assurance that there was a place prepared for her, Thave frecly forgiven all her &ins, and left her in the' handsof that Higher Power who knows how to temper mercy with Jus- tice. And not only didI ‘-forgive,” but grace wae aleo given me to **forget,” with & complete- Tiess of forgetfalness that hasseldom becn equaled. Thus, gently prsuing the even tenor of my way. X was living &t peace with a1l men and nearly all women when, likea thunderbolt, came the words: -No Hades!” 1If this be true; if there is no rewsrd for the ‘wicked; if that woman is never 10 be punished— then, alas! what must I do? Muost I take back my forgiveness? Muaet T re- ‘member the misdeeds of that horrid, contemptible ‘woman? No, no; it cannot be! This blow would strikeat the root of all generous impulses, and cardle the amilk of homan kindnegs. - It would make heathens of ug all. . Sadly, yet gladly, will I give up the most cher- {ashed beliefs of my youth: the Garden of Eden, Adam and Eve, the serpent and the apple, —even George Washington and the little hatchet. But 4cave me one thing to believe in, and let that one thing be Hades. ‘Therefore, 1 humbly pray, good woodman, spare it tree— That ol familtar tree. O spare that aged oak \Row cowesiag 1o the skies. A WOMAN’S VIEWS, QEE MODERN TOWER OF BABEL. To the Editor of The Tribure. CmcAco, Jan. 15—I am & younz woman, Wwith no claim to a finished ecducation, and thercfore it is great presumption on my partto address you; acd if I am repulsed as one would tThoot at the harmless barkof a little * Fido * it {ill not be more or less than I expect. But I ilave been deeply interested in the arguments gthat have appeared in the columns of Tng 5 UNE by different honored Doctors of Di- -¥inity upon this most interesting subject to one ‘and all, “Is There 2 Future Punishment?” 1 !find many knotty questions filling my mind wover these differcuces of opinion, and [ have turned with a wistful longing af- fter' trath to the laneuage of Christ, given in His own pure and beautiful toneue. “Fivery one will acknowledge that ““He spake as uever man gpake,” and the words He uttered ‘werc more precious than gold many times re- fined; words that cannot be galnsaid, and, as ibey fell from his divine lips, bore the grandest icance. We are admonished f any man add one word thereto or take one word there- from the penalty follows: “God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this Book, and shall take away his part out of the Bpok of Life, and out of the city, aud from the thinzs that are in this Book.”” So the question arises, Why did Clirist admon- ish His disciples *‘to w0 out fvto the world and preach, saving, The kingdom of Heaven is at hand.” “¢‘Behold, 1 send ‘vou forth as sheep in the midst of wolves; be ye wise as serpents and harmless as doves.” **And ye ehall be hared of all menfor Y eake.™ And ** Fear not them which kil the body. bat 2re not sdle to kill the sonl; bug rather fear Him which ic able to destroy both soni and body .in Hell.” And why did Christ afirm **That it will be more toleradle for Soaom and Gomorrah in the day of judzment than for theev' And, following this, He thanks His heaveniy Father that He bas bid these things from the wise and prudent_ and revealed them unto babes. 4*Even go, Fatner, for it scemed good in Thy eight.”” Why docs Christ cive us the parable of the sower and tares, and explain it so full; S of Man shall send forth His angels and shall make snch a great distiuction between the just and the unjust? To thy just Hesavs, **T have bought you with a price.” **Iwiii save yon and redeem yomw.™ **All that my Father liath ziven me I shall gather out of His Kingdom all things that offend, und shall castthem intos furnace of fire; and there ehall be wailing and gnashing of teeth,™ “Then shall the nichteous shine forth as the un in i “Why does -*lie £ay unto you scribes and pharisces, hypocrites, for ye compass Iznd and sca (o make one proselyte, »nd when he is made he is two-fold more the child of Hell than yourselves,” We have but to follow -Him throughall His preachings and teachings to . His disciples, and the question will come for < was found no id Christ, ‘*the man in whom guile.” ~ ‘‘the beloved Son in whom_the Father was well pleased,” tind it a necessity to ssy all . these cruel, dread- ful _ things? And why does Christ losc nothung but raise it up at. the Jast day.” ‘‘ will give unto them eternal life, and they shail never perish. ™. Is not this promise enough to draw Wwhat reason .THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SUNDAY, JANUARY 20, 1878—SIXTEEN PAGES. our hearts'to Him, to make us grieve for our sina, 10 force uswith penitential tears tocry, ¢ Lord, if Thon wilt, Thou canst make me clean™? Then when we know all this, why cannot we_ trost the future to Him? Why cannot we simply lay our burden at 1is feet and lean upon His etrong arm, trusting, confiding, and prayerfully whispering, *‘Lord, I believe; help Thou mine unbelief.” To this cry He will never turn away anhecding, for we are told, ** When we pray believing, we shall receive,” and whenwe arein possession of that new life which links us so close to Ilim, what care we for death, the grave, and eternal punishment? He £ays, **1will never leave thee nor forsake thee, ' and, though my children violate my law, I will visit their transgressions with the rod, nevertheless will Itakeaway my Joving kindness nor suifer my faithfuln, to fail.” " O what a Savior! Who can help from loving Him? Who can resist the sweet assurance that He died that we mizht live, and that He is 3o tender, so lenienl, 8o patient with all_our shortcomings and human frail- ties? ** He knoweth our frame.” lic disciplines us as Heaves we need, and will_give us no suifer- ing without He gives us_strength to bear it. low great is our Comforter! Our Prince of Peace! We are told when the soul sakes its flight, the body goesdown to the grave, and ‘*dust untodust™ it retarns, while the” soul is clothed in immortality, and we' assume the likeness of Christ, **for we shall sec Him a3 He is.” Ob, is not this assurance beantiful—to feel that we shall be fashioned Christ, and be allowed the glorious privilezc tolive k upon Ilis dear face forever? " That was what le came for, cred for, was crucitied and roge on the third day for—to crown us poor worms of the earth, for whom He has such tender forbearance—with that eternal homo which is to endure from everlasting to everlusting, and from which “-neitber death, nor prucipalities, nor things present, nor things 1o come, can zeparate ns.” On the otber hand, how does Christ_deal with the un- just? Itis eaid many will go to Liim when it is too late, crying, **Lord! Lord!" but he replies: “-Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting unisiment.” Note what distinction Christ made tween the thieves. To the repentant one : **Thou shalt be with-me this day in Pa 80 {ise.” Yo the unrepentantone there is 1 promise ven; but he died reviling Christ, and bidding im if Te indeed be the Son of God, save Himsel and tbem from that ignomuhious death What did He say of Judas who be- traged him? **Wou unto that man; it were beiter had he nover been born.” _ God claimed that He baa o rizht to barden Pharoat’s heart, to show forth both ifis mercy and power, and following that declaration i the exciamation: *'O man, who art thou that repliest awinst God; shall the thing say o hita that formed it,—why hast thou made me thus?? Then does this mot prove we have no risht to question God? Ilis wisdom is greater than man's wisdom, tnd there are_hidden Inysieries we are forbidden'to drve into, with the admonition 10 be contented, for +* Ye_ghall ;know the reason of all things hereafter.” Thed why cannot these mysteries be left with GodY Why cannot our ministers do as Christ_commanded the Apostles? **Feed my lambs, Feed my sheep. Preach the Gospel in its purity. BDe instant in Tel] us of the riches and glories and tender mercice of Christ. ** Preach to us Christ aud Him crucifed.”” This is the food that our hungry hearts are starving for. We ' goto church and hear this arzument and that argament, with its ** first, sccond, and thirdly,” done upina fing, oratorical style, and we come home hungry and fasting for the bread of life, the sweet manua 10 appease our starvation, and before our hearts can gef satisfied we have 10 turnto Clrisl's Seruion on the Mount, or the Apostles’ sayings, to find that food for which we are huungering. nd then our appetites are satisfed by the pure milk ana meat of the Word. No bickenings and no ditferences of opinion to appall, mystify, and mislead us, and no strange and bew rizuments 1o frigliten us. There we find ** God i , "' ¢+ Christ stanaeth at the right hand of God interceding for us, **Christ the hope of glory,” **The Alpha and the Omega, ™ **The beginning and the end,” und unto whom we can cry like Esau, who was robbed of his birth- right: **Bless we, even me also, O my Father!" To wmy mind the Christian world is in as much con- fusion as {t was at the time of the building of the ‘Tower of Babel, ‘*when God confounded the tongues of the people, that when they called for brick and mortar the lanzuage had been changed, and it could mnot be understood that the Luilders wanted brick ‘and ortar.” Aund now. there are so many different tongues 1o speak, o many interpretations of our Tloly Word, all clsiming to uphold the trath; that it is no wonder that more than half the world are mystified, and_do nut know what to believe. Oh! that they would go right to Clrist with their doubts and fears, pour all of their tronbles into His will- ing car, seek earnestly and prayerfully to kuow the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but ‘the trath. He is just as able now to hear the sick, epen the eyes of the blind, unstop the deaf eare, 28 He was in the day when Hle trod the earth s threc-and-thirty years; and He is just as willing to say. **Thy sins are forgiven thee; go, and doubt no more, " a3 He was then. We cannot turn aside from that golden promise: **1f we obey lis com- ‘mandments and walkiu 1lis statutes, He will be our Goa and we-ehall be Iis people.” No ifs or may- bes about it, but a stern will and ehall. Now that we have this assurauce, we have no need for doubting, o fear for the future, no torment ahesd, but we shall be ‘*safe in the arms of Jesns, " safe in the poseession of eternal life, eafe from sickness, pain, and death, and **God will wipe away all tears from our eves.” And now if we will look beyond with the ¢ye of Faith and behold onr Savior with ouistretched arms and a pleading look in 1 ,_how can we but hearken to the thrillingly beautiful music of llis voice, **Follow Me ! Dew-Dpor. GENERAL NEWS. ‘The United Presbyterian Ministerial Associa- tion, Pittsburg, congemns cburch fairs as a 'means of raising money for church purposes. In the State of New Hampshire petitions are in circulation for the restoration of Bible read- ing or some religious service in the public schools. In Carson, Nev., at an Episcopal church fair, there were several billiard-tables in charge of the ladies, at “‘four bits” a game. The nov- eltv might be introduced here, to take the place of grab-bags and rafiies. St. John's Reformed Episcopal Church, Hyde Park, has just received an additional renovation to the one given it last spring. ‘I'ne walls have been frescoed, the chancel cnlar: and the general appearance greatly improved. Three cx-priests are now ministers of the Presbyterian Church in Canada. Three others have recently renounced Romanisni, and two more have written expressing the desire to cater the service of the same Church, thus making eight in all. The New Haven School Board has voted to discontinue religious exercises in the public schools. As there are tifty-five churches in the city, or mnearly one to every thousand of the fpopulation, the Bible ought to be in no danger of dropping out of sight. ‘The New York Obscreer is displeased because 4 the secular newspapers bave taken up the dis- cussion about Hell. It wishes that these papers § wonld leave such subjects alone, because, as it alleges, they kmow so little about them, and the information of the men who write for secu- <lar columns is geuerally so imperfect. 1t sup- gests that the Hell question be left entirely to the relizious press. Lord Shaftesbury has withdrawn from the Society for the Promotion of Christian Knowl- edge on account of two books which it has pub- lished, containing views contrary to his. One of these is on Geology, the other on Prophecy. The Geology book intimates that possibly the whole work of creating the world was not per- fected in six twenty-four-hour days. The Prophecy book admits that parts of Denter- onomy may biave been written in the later days of the Jewish nation. Shaftesbury says that such teachivg will sap the foundation of the orthodox faith. A sharp controversy has prevailed among missionaries in China for a lonz time over the term for God in Chinese, which, of several words, should be adopted in translation of. the Scriptures: The American Bible Socicty has approved of a speeial report from the Commit- tee on Versions, to the eflect that in the present, state of opivion amoug Missionaries and trans- lators unanimity among them secms at present to be impracticable; and, therefore, while Tien- chu is preferable to any other term, it is inex- pedient to take any action requiring that it should be- used in all translations made at the expensc of this Society. . Anextraordinary relizious movement is tak- ing place in Sweden, where a petition, signed by nearly 25,000 persons, has been presented to the King, praying that “the use of the toly Communion may be free, like the use of God's ‘Word”; or, in other words, that the celebration of the communion may take place also out of the churches, and that the celebrants may be other than persons in holy orders. The Ecclesi- astical Court at the Cathedral Chapter of Up- sala, to whom the wetition has been referred, has reported against such an innovation, which, in their opinion, would eventually destroy the Church.” The Government will probly refise the prayer of the petitioners, and the conse- quence will be a serious split in the Swedish Church. Until very lately there was no relic- ious liberty in Sweden, Roman Catholics and dJews, for instance, being unable to exercise their relizion publicly,—the consequence being that even at present ‘the total number of Jews in Sweden barely amounts to 1,000 persons out. of a population of nearly 4,000,000. PERSONAL. The Rev. G. A. Arnes has resigned the pastor- ate of the Baptist Church at Northrille, Mich. The Rev. Daniei Merriman, of Norwich, Conn., has accepted a call 1o Worcester, Mass. The Rev. D. W. Fisher, D. D., has received a call to the Sccond Presbyterian Church of Mad- ison, Tndiana. The Rev. Josiah Curtis, of Wheeling, W. Va., formerly.a well-known Presbyter of the Pro- testant Episcopal Diocese of Virginia, has joined the Reformed Eptzenpal Church, and T ably assume the’ Rectorship of the parish at Wheeliug. The Rev. G. 'A. Pollock has aceepted an in- vitation to the pastorate of the Mendota Presby- terian Church. . Dean Stavley has placed in Westminster Ab- bey a stained-glass window in memory of his deceased wife. ‘The Rev. C. C. Hartranft, of New Branswick, N. J., has accepted a chair in the Hartfor Theological Semipary. ‘The Rev. R. R. Kendall, of North Bloomfield, 0., has accepted a call to the Congregational Chiurch at Angelica, N. Y. The Rev. A. 8. Fiske has resigned the pastor- ate of the Howard Presbyterian Church in San Francisco, but will supply it six menths. The Rey. Heury Keigwein has accepted a call to the Presbyterian Church at Harrodsburg, Ky. He has already entered upon his work. The Rev. Eleazer Smith, Methodist Episcopal, of Concord. N. H., has just celebrated the fif- tieth auniversary of his entrance into the miu- istry. The Rev. John H. Walker, a Jate graduate of the Chicago Theological Semivary, hus becn ordained, and was installed pastor of the Church at Avoes, la. The Rev. Dr. Judah Wechsler, for five years Rabbf of the congrezation Mishkan Isracl, of New Haven, has resivned because his salary was reduced from $2,000 to $1,500. ‘The Rev. O. H. Spoor, of Dowagiac, has con- cluded not to go to St. Paul, but to remain with the Congregational Chureh, of which heis at present pastor, whereat his people rejoice. The Stamford (Conn.) Cizurch has very gener- ously granted their pustor, the Rev. Dr. Lathrop, a leave of absence for six months, the s:ate of the Doctor’s health requiring change and rest. The Rev. J. P. Scott, of the United Prosbyto- rian Church of Detrolt, Lius reccived a strong call from the Presbyterian Church of Monticel- 1o, N. Y., and his ptople are somewhat alarmed Test they should lose bim. The Rev. J. W. Dulles, son of Dr. Dulles, of Phiiadelphia, has accepted an jnvitation to sup- Ply the pulpit of the First Presbyterian Church of Nebraska City, and has cntered upon his work with mueh acceptance to the congregation. A Baptist council at Paw Paw a few davs ago examined and ordained to the work of the min- istry Mr. 8. ). Wilkie, the Rev. Dr. Mo Kalamazoo, preaching the sermon. Mr. Wi was reared a Methodist, and graduated at Adrian College, but subsequently joined the Baptist denominatioun, of whose ministry he is one of the youngest and most promisine mem- bers. DOUBTFUL DIVINITY. Hymn of the mortgaged church: Kimball paid it all, All the debt I owe.— [¥orcester Press. 1f what Mr. Beechier says is true, we've been good all these loug years for nothing.—St. Louis Journal. Since this thing started there have been sev- enty-three different kinds of Hell discovered, with several Theological Seminaries yet to hear from. Mother Eve sct the example of turning over anew leal. Aslong as she stuek to the leaves, all was well; out when she got to biting fruit the whole thing was busted. The British Bible Society reports an astonish- ing demand for the Bibie among the Cossacks. Over 60,000 have been distributed within the last few weeks. The excellent linen paper makes the best of gun-wadding. and thus the Gospel is spread among the Turks. Said a college Professor to a notorious lag- gard, who was once, for a great wonder, prompt- Iy i his place at morning prayers, and at the appointed time, *“I have marked you, sir, as punctual this morning. What is your 1se?? * §-s-sick, sir; and couldu’t sleen,” was the re- ly. High Church Parson—‘* I am sorry to see that yi:u 1,x,avc given up attending churel, Mrs. Mau- os. 8 Mrs. M.—* Well, sir, 1 hain’t bin latel; see, thiey do tell me You have given up com- nosites and took 10 Roman candles, and I was allus afeared of fireworl '—London. Fun. Charlie May had been taught by his father that God made all things. ie began to inquire in detail in rezard to various objects. Couni out one day where his father was at worl set his bare foot on a thistle. “O! Papa, what is that?"? **That is a thistle, Charlie.” * This- tle! Did God make it?” ¢ Yes, Charlie, God made the thistle.” +Well, he whittled it pret- ty sharp, didn’t he?” Oune of the tenderest acts of kindness perpe- trated by the churches at Christmas time is to feed poor children on candy, bought at 1S cents a pound, and when the little cherubs die with their stomachs ull of warble-dust—tendered to them by economical pastors as sugar, and caten by the innocent lambs with all the simple faith and exuberant appetite of their age—they will goaloft carrying with them, as it were, thefr own tombstones. *Ten dollars’ fine for driving over this bridge faster than a walk.” * What does that mean¢” asked a little Indianapolis boy, who was riding with bis father. Father explains: “If we whip up and go fast the policeman will stop us and take us to the Mayor; and he will not let us o till we pay 310.” Silence in the carringe. Medi- tating boy speaks: “Papa! if it warn's:for the policemans and for God what lots ot fun we could have, couldn’s we¢” Sankey’s songs have been pressed into all | sorts of service, and in every instance they an- swer their purpose perfectly. A certain Jand- Iady, whose habit it was to overtalk and under- feed, was surprised to find that her boarders were one by oue foldiuz up their tents and_qui- etly stealing away. After the last one had dis- appeared she sat down to the piano and sang, with a sigh, the song which described just what had occurred, * Nothing but leaves.” A minister who preached poor_sermons to a 1ot of poor farmers in Northern New York, had an experience of poor pay, with considerable difliculty in making collcctions. One farmer offcred to settic his subscription by giving the pastor a buck or $2 in cash. As bucks were overstockiug the market, the pastor took the cash. Another said to him: ‘1 subscribed $10 to your wages. I will zive you a cow and call it square. She’s an awiul poor cow, just like your preaching.” The pastor gratefully drove the cow home, and found her hopelessly dry and tough. Heisopen toscall from some other ticld of labor. CHURCH SLRVICES. EPISCOPAL. Cathedral Free Church. SS. Peter and Paal, West Washington and Peoria stracts; the Rt.-Rev. W. E. McLaren, Bishop; the Rev. J. 1. Knowles, Pricst in charge. Services morning and evening, —The Rev. Samuel S. Harris will ofticiate mora- ingaud evening at St. James' Church, corner Cass and Huron streets. Communion at 8 a. m. —The Rev. E. Sullivan will oficiate morning and evening at Trinity Church, corner of Twenty-gixth strect and Michigan avenue. ~The Rev. Francis Mansfield will ofictate morn- ingand evening at the Church of the Atonement, corner of Washington and Robey strects. —The Rev. J. Bredberg will preach in St. Ansga- riusg’ Citurch, Sedgwick street, morning und even- ing. The Rev. Stephen T. Allen will officiate morn- ing and evening at St. John's Church, corner of ‘Washington street and Ogden avenue. —There will be eervices at the Church of the Toly Communion, on Dearborn street, near Thir- tecnth, morning and evening. ~—The Rev. Arthur Ritchie will ofliciate morning and evening at the Church of the Ascension, corner of LaSalle and Elm streets. Communion at 8. m. —The Rev. Charles Stanley Lester will officiate morning and evening at St. Panl's Church, on Hyde Park avenue, near Forty-ninth strect. ~—The Rev. B. F. Fleetwood will officiate morn- ing and evening st St. Mark’s Church, corner of Thirty-sisth strcet and Cottage Grave avenae. —The Rev. G. F. Cushmanwill ofticiate morning ond evening at St. Stephen’s Church, on Johnson street, near Twelfth. —There will be ervices at 4 v, 'm. in St. Luke's Mission, corner Taylor etrect and Western avenue. —Sunday-school will be held at 2:30 p. m. at the Hope Mission, No. 885 Milwaukee avenae. —The Rev. Luther Pardee will ofliclate morning and evening at Calvary Charch, on Warren avenuc, mear Oakley ‘street. Communion at 8 a. m. —The Rev. T. N. Morrison, Jr., will officiate ‘morning and evening at the Churchof the Epiph- ony, on Throop street, near Moazoe. —The Rev. W. J. Petrie will otliciate morning and evening ‘at the Church of Our Savior, corner of Lincoln and Belden avenues, —The Rev. Henry G. Perry will ofiiciate morn- i ind evening at All Saints' Charch, corner of Carpenter and Ubio streets. ~There will be services in the morning at the Good Shepherd Mission, Lawndale. —The Rev. F. N. Luson will officiate moming and evening at Emmanuel Church, La Grange. . —The Rev. J. Stewart Smith will ofliciate morn- ing and evening at St. Mark’s Church, Evanston. Communion a2 7:30 p. m. BAPTIST. T, B prpeds e mors vehing in the West . Eng - 2 No. 431 West Madison strect, e kel The Rev. W. W. Everts will preach this morn- “ington strevtd, on *‘the School of "Thisty-first street and South Park avenue. —B. E. Jacobs will corduct the Gospel-meeting this. evening at the Tabernacle, No. 302 Wabash avenue. —The Rev. J.W. Custis will preach this morning and evening in the Michigan Avénue Church, near Twenty-third strect. - Morning subject: ** Heav- en. The Rev. R. De Baptiste will preach this morn- inz and evening in Olivet Church, Fourth avenue, near Taylor street. —The Rev. A Owen will preach this morning andZevening in University Place Church, corner of Douglas and Rhiodes avenu _ —The Rev. L. G. Clark will preach_this motn- ingand evening in the South Church, corner of Locke and Bonaparte streets. ERTI —The Rev. J. 0, Henry will preach this morn- ing and cvening in the Thirty-seventh Street Church, Thirly-seventh street,” near Dearborn. Moruing subject: *¢Evidences of Christianity. " —The Rev. Galusha Anderson will preach this morning and evening in the Sccond Church, -corner of Monroe and Morgun streets. Morning subject: {*Eternal Punishment™; eveninz subject: **Rahab, the Harlot.” —The Rev. D. B. Cheney will preach this morn- ing and evorine 1n the Fourth Church, corner of Paglina and Washington streets. y —The Rey, C. Perren will preach this morning and evening in the Western Avenae Churclt, cor- nerof Western and Warren avenues. 5 _ —The Rev. E. K. Cressey will preach this morn- ing end evening in the Coventry Street Church, corner of Coventry street and_Bloomingdale road. —The Rev. C. E. Hewitt will preach this morn- ing and evening fnthe Centennial Church, corner of Liucoln and Jackson streets. —The Rev. R. P. Alligon will preach this morn- ing and evening in the North Star Churen, corner of Division and Sedgwick streets. —The Rev. E. 0. Tayior will preach this morn- ing and evening in the Central Church, Martine's Hall, Chicago avenue, near Clark. —The Rtev. J. C. Hasclhuhn will preach this morning and eveuing in the First Germzn Church, corner of Blkerdike and Huron streets. ~—The Rev. . A. Reichenbach will preach this morning and evening in the Nordish Tabernacle, corner of Nobie and West Olio streets. —The Rev. John Onginan will preach this morn- ing and evening in the First Swedish Church, Oak street, near Sedzwick. —There will be morning and evening services in the Millard Avenue Church, Lawndale. —The Rev. W. J. Kermott wiil proach this morming and eveningin the Halsted Street Church, Halsted street, between Foriy-frst and Forty-sec- ond streets, 5 —The Rev. C. Swiit will preach this morning and evening in Evangel Church, Rock Island car- clhiops, Dearborn street, near Forty-seventh, —The Rev. 1. ML Cafr will preack this morning and evening in Downer's Grove Church. —The Rev. C. £, Kimball will preac this mora- and evemng st the Enclewood Chutrch. —The Rev. F. L. Chappeliwill preach this morn- g and evening in the First Church, Evanston. The Rev. 1. L. Stetson will preach this morning and evening in the Lake School Church, Winnetka. “I'he Rev. . K. Wheeler witl preach this morn- ing and cvening in the Anstin Church. ~~The Rev. . Blackburn will preach this morn-+ ing and in Temperance Hall, Onk Park. " C. Marstor. will preach this mora 2 in the Norwood Park Church. 1. L. Stetson will preach thiy morn- nz1m Tmty Church, Wilinette. ing and even u ..The Rev. L. W. Olury will preach this morning in the Hyde Park Church. METHODIST. The Rev, George Chase will ing and evening in the Winter ner of Forty-fourth. —The Xev. John reach this morn- treet Church, cor- Atkinson _will _preach in Grace Church, corner of North LaSalle and White stzeets, moruing and cvening. Subject in the eveninz: ** Degrces in Rewnrds and Punish- ments {n a Future World.” —The Rev. W, F. Crasts will preach this morn- ing and evening In Trinity Church. Indiana ave- nue, near Tw 5 nty-fourthstreet. Evening subject: e Neutrale. " S 1. Adams will enne Church, cornerof ing and evenin: —The Rev. V. A.Spencer will prench this morn- ing in the First Chnrch, corner of Ciark and Wash- liction.” In the_evening the Rev. M. M. Parkhurst will preach on **Hell o N —Mrs. Willing will preach this mornine jn the t Church. Dr. Thomas will preach this morn- reach in the West- lonroestreet, morn. i in tie Centenary Church, Monroe, neur Morgun street. —Alr. A. J. Bell will conduct the morning, after- naon, snd evening gervices at Emmanuel Ghurch, corner of Hurrison and Paulina strects. ~The Rev., Dr. Wiiliams will preach in the Mich- igan Avenne Church, mear Thirty-sccond street. Morning subject: **The Bible.” Revival mect- ing in the evening. v. T. C. Clendenning will preach in the at 30 : +‘Charms of the Gospel There a Personal Devil?”" —The Rev. C. G. Trnsdell will preach in Grant Place Church, coraer of Larrabee street, in the morning, and the Rev. T. P. Marsh in the evening. The Rev. S. JcChesney prenches to-day at the Park Avenue Church, his evening sudject being othier Gospel. ' —The Rev. S. Laturop will preach this morn- ing, and the Rev. A. W. Patten this cvening, at the Wabash Avenue Church. —The Rev. E. M. Boring will preach this morn- ing and evening at the State Street Church. PRESBYTERIAN. The Rev. Arthur Mitchel! wiil preach this morn- ingin the First Church, corner of Indiana avenue and Twenty-frst gtreet, and_ this evening in the Railroad Chiapel, corner of State and Fourteenth strecta, —The Rev. J. Monro Gibson will preach in the Second Church, corner of Michigan avenue and Twentieth street, morninz aud eveninz, —The Rev. B. A. Barrett preaches tnis morning 2t the Westminister Church on wing an: H"’;-’”fl':'- " and this eveming on ‘‘The Rack of Age: ‘g—'l‘hc Rev. James Maclaughlmn will preach on *¢Samuel " this evening in the Scotch Church, corner of Sangamen and Adams streets. Mr. Cul- morning. Walker wiil preach this morn- c in the Reunion Charch, West inz and eveni Fourteenth street, near Throop. —The Rev. E. I. Sawer will preach this morn- ing in the Cnelewood Charch. Sisty-third strecet. The Kev, Walter Forsythe will preach on * Tem: perance” in the evening. —Zhe Rev. 4. M. Worrall will preach in the Eightn Church, corner of West Washington and Robey strects, aL10:30 o m. and 7310 p. w. Jacob Post will preach this morning nd lsnzuage in the churel: corner of Noble anq_Erie streets. In the evening he will preach in English, The Rev. Charles L. Thomnson will preach in ifth Church, corner of Indiana avenue and Thirticth. Morning subject: ** Future Punish- ment.” Lecture on the parables in the evening. REFORMED EPISCOPAL. The Rt.-Rev. Bishop Cheney will preach this morning and evening in Christ Charch, M n avenue and Twenty-fourth strect. Morning sub- jeet: A Plea for llome Influence”; eveming, The Saver "~-leing the third of th¢ course on *¢The Tabernucle and Its Types of Christ, ™ —~The Rev. M. D. Church will preach this morn- ing and_evening in St. John'’s Chnrch, Qakwood, near Cottage Grove avenne. Morning subject? *+Useless Discussion”; cvening, ** Gregory the Great.” —r. R, I Borke will couduct the services in the Immanuel Church, comer of Centre and Dayton streets. Morning subjoct: *‘Uave You the Spirit”; evening, a specisl sermon for yonng men. —The Rev. Dr. Gurney will preach thisa morning und evening in St. Paul's- Church, corner of Max- well street and Newberry avenue. —Services will be held this morning and evening in the Church of the Good Shepherd, corner of Jongs and Homan strects. »- —The Rev. R. 11. Bosworth preaches this morn- 1ng and evening in Grace Chureh, corner of Hoyne and LeMoyne streets. Ile also preaches in Trinity Church, Engicwood, K this afternoon, Subject: **Is Morality Salvation -—Prof. Loardman will preach this morning in St. Paal’s Charch, West Waghington street, near Ann. The Rev. Dr. Swazey will preach in the evening. CONGREGATIONAL. The Rev. E. F. Willlams wiil reach this morn- ing in the Forty-seventh Strect Church. —The Rev. Charles 1all Everest will preach this morning and evening in Plymouth Church, Michi- gan avenue, between Twenty-Gfth and Twenty- eixth streets. —Prof. James T. Hyde will preach this morning and evening in the Onklnnd Church. Morning sub- ject: **What Nex —The Rev. D. ‘andeveer will preach this morning at the Union Park Chuorch on the ** Para- ble of the Leaven,”and this evening on ** Wicked- ness.™ iy s —The Rev. George W. Pecke preaches morning 2nd evening in the church corner of Leavitt and Adams streets, 1lis_eveninz subject is ‘! Re- ligious Zeal as Shown in the Life of Jezebel.” Tt i3 the second of a course of lectures to young people. —The Rev. A. L. Frisbic, of Des Moines, Ta., will !‘JIERCh in New England Church morning and evening. 30 o'cloc CHRISTIAN. . 4 . the Rev. ML N. Lord will preach this morning. and the Rev. O, P. Badger In the ovening, in the Central Church, Campbell Hall, corner of Van Buren strect and Campbell avenue. . —Elder James Hemenway witl preach this morn- ing and evening in the Advent Christian Church, 91%outh Green strget. Morning subject: **Three Phases of Manhood "'; evening, ** Future Punish- meat armonized with the Attributes of God.™ —The Rev. 0. P. Badger, of Indiana, will preach this morning, end the Rey. Dr. W. . Hopson, of Missouri, in the evening, in the First Charch, -cor- ner of Indians avenue and Twenty-fifth street. . —A.'J. White will preach this morning and cven- ing in the Central Church, No. 997 Van Buren street. Evening sul rofit and Losa.” ITARIAN The Rev. Brooke Hereford will preach this morn- ing and evening in the Church of the Messiah, cor- ner of Michigan avenue and Tweaty-third street, Morning sabject: **Keep thy Heart with all Dili- ence, for Out of It Ara the Issues of Life”; even- ing, the second of the serics of lectures on **Books and Reading." Subject: **The Word Made Flesh, and the Word Made into Books. ™ —The Rev. J. T. Sanderland will preach this morning in the Fourth Church, Prairie avennc and Thirtieth street. The Rev. J. L. Jones, of Janesville, Wis., will preach in_the evening on **The Reason Why Unitarians Do Not Eeep the Week of Prayer.” 3 —The Rev. J. L. Jones will preach at 3:30 o'clock this afternoon beforo the liheral societies of Englewood in the Old Scnool-House. He will preach in Union Hall, Evanston, in the cvening. —The Rev. Robert Collyer will preach in Unity place. morning and evenini‘ - = —The Rev. T, B. Forbush preaches this morning at the Third Church, corner of Monroe and Lallin streets, on ‘‘The Function of Religion.” AtS o'clocic the Rev. L.D. Mercer lectures on **Eman- uel Swedenborg. ™ NEIV JERUSALEM. 4 The Rev. L. P. Mercer will preach this morn- ing in the Union Swedenborgian Church, He: Busic Hall, 83 Madison strect. Subject: Gullt Transmissible - —The Itev. 0. L. Barber will preach in New Church Hall, No. 18 Prairie avenue, at 11 a. m. Subject: *~The True Nature of Sacrifice.” —The Rev. W. Pendleton preaches at 3 o'clock this afternoon in the Temple, corner of West Washington street and Ogden avenue. Ue preaches at S o'clock this evening in the New Church Chapel, corner of North Clark and Menom- inee. streets. Subject: **Where and What Is Heaven?" INDEPENDENT. * Mr. C. M. Morton will preach this morning and evening in the Chicago Avenue Church, corner of LaSalle street. - —The Rev. G, W. Mackie will preach in the South Park Avenue Congrezational Church, cotner of Thirty-third street, at 11a. m. —du Layton will preach this morning and evening in Calvaly Tabernacle, Ogden avenue, near Harrieon strect. —The Rev. D. R. Mansfield wiil preach in the church corner of May and Fulton streets. Evening subject: ** Everlasting Panishment.™ The Rev. A. Youker will preach morning and eyening at the West-Side M’mma. coruer of orgsn und Indiana streets. UNIVERSALIST. The Rev. Dr. Ryder will preach in St. Paul's Church, Michizan avenuc. near Eizhteenth street, morning and eveninz. Subject 1n the evening: **1s Punishment After veath Endless?”” —The Rev. Dr. Sage, of Sycamore, IlL., will {»cuh in the Church “of the Redeemer, corner of -| Wushington and Saugumon strects, morning and evening. LUTHERAN. The Rev. Edmuna Beifonr will preach this morningand evening in the English Evanselical Cimrfh, corner of Dearborn avenue and Erie straet. MISCELLANEOUS. Dr. Reynolds, the temperance worker, will speak at 3 o'clock this afternoon in Central’ Hail, comer of Twenty-second street and Wabash avenne. —The Progressive Lycenm meets at 12:30 this afteruoon i Grow's Hlall, 517 West “uaison street. C. G. Trucsdell will preach at 3 fternoon in the chapel of the Wash- me. Temperance experience meeting ociety of Spiritualists will meet in 17 West Madison street, ut 10:45 r. Mra. Cora L. V. Richmond 3 g subject: +*Creation, D intezration. and Laws that Pertain to Life and Death, ™ by the spiit Phenix. Evenine: **Tae Incomlns Tide, * by the spirit of ‘Theodore Tilton. —Disciples of Christ will meet at No. 220 West Randolph street ut 4 p. m. George WV, Sharp. of Oak Parlk, will preach Mission Chapel, Fo. 389 Third avenue, at 1. aud 7:50 p. m. : Ider J. M, Stephenson will preach in the hail No. 221 West Madison street at 10540 a. m. Sub- ject: **Do the Scriptures Teach the Ltérnal Pag- Ishment of the Impenitent —Florence McCarthy, chapel of the Bri ell.™ —4 medinims’ and Spiritualists’ meeting will be beld in the partors of Mr. Richardson, thinl floor of No. 239 \Vest Madison street. at 3 p. m. dlums’ und Spiritaulists’ meeting will be n the parlors of Mrs. Kete Bryan, tiird (loor Milwaakee avenne, at 7:30 D. m, will be 9 meeting 1t 213 West-Madison Seats frec. mperance meeting and praise serv- - R Whoeloci) will bu held at the at trance speaki r:\‘i“ preach in_the 5. 3 a Subject: 12 p. om. 04 Cottage Grove avenue, Y. i CALENDAR FOR THE WEEK. EPISCOPAL. 20—Second Sunday after Lpiphany. 25—Conversion of St. Paul. CATIOLIC. 20—Sccond Sunday after Ephiphany; Feast 7 the o'clock to: Jan. Jan. Jan. e years old, Nine tales told of Natnre's year: Spring, the morn, with April showers, Balmy breath, and violet fower: Golder noon, with Summer sk, leadows' bloom, and streamlcts dry, Ttipened eheaf, With toiling wen, Lowing herds in fleld and gfen. Gracious eve, with loaded vine, Applesripe, the luxious pi Rtosy cheek on peach and pear; Perfumes rich delight the air. Autumn-leaves profusely strown. ds with r blown: Autumn-rains, with chill and sleet, Mar the path, impede the feet. - Winter, night, with enow and cold So nind roanas the stery's told, Since Luln, pride of onr to-day, Birdic sweet, in eradle lay. Lulu qear! like gentle dove, Never lose that first sweet love; Never sourwith chiiGhood-ilis; Drov in love each cup it fills. Love! how sweet it scasons up tier drots in cvery cup: Jnd how warm her mantle thrown “Round each darhng one at home. Crowd away the selfish heart; Gaodies spure o each a part; Whatever comes, remember this: Ne'er outlive dear Papa’s Cuanrortz C. WILDER, Cmicaco, Jan. 8, 187 ———————T—— IN DUBIO. Perchance the fanlt—if fault there were—was mine: *Twere foolish, sare, to deem thec mere than buman, . For to be constant was u vain endeavors Yet, afterall, thou hast been only woman. side And so I ret forgivingly sex, and mute The fault inherent of 1l 3y lips shall be 1o condémnation, for - Not thine's tie sin thon st provei but ** Dead-Sea ruit.” So it has taught e one more of the Iessons Life holds for us within this world of ours In Plensure’s fields for a orief time I strayed, And fm?m.l but weeds where I had hoped for lowers. And g0, maybe, the fault was mine, for I Had blindly Joved thee—deemed thee more than wman: Poor fool, indecd, is he swho hopes to find Aught that 1s constant in the fove of woman. **THE MArLes.” Owex M. WiLsox. —————— SOMEWHERE. Somewhere the sun is shining: Somewhere the skies are oright; Sowmewhere the silver lining 1s gilding the clouds to-night. Somewhere the flowers are resting, With sweet lieads lying low, Till Spring, with tender careseing, Sall bid them ewake and grow. Somewhere in cach life lies sleeping Hopes buried from mortal eyes; Aud we wait with bitter weeping For the word that shall bid thém rise, Someswhere shall that word be spoken; And, cometh it soon or late, Somewhere, for the heart that is broken, Doth the vanished blessing wait. EDNa C. JACESON, APPLES OF GOLD IN PICTURES OF SILVER, “ A word fitly spoken is like abples of gold in pictures of silver.” When the body becomes diseased, the mind is thereby necessarily in- fluenced. National wars, State dissensions, neighborhood broils, and family differences, are more frequently than otherwise the result of diseased and disordered constitutions. When the body is suffering, the mind, acting in sym- pathy, will become irritated and perplexed. When the physical system is in health, the mind percelves things in their true light, and the dis- position assumes a very different phase. Noth- fug more directly tends to destroy the happy, cheerfut disposition of a woman, and render her peevish, nervous, and fretful, than a constant endurauce of uterine disorders. The diseases peculiar to woman take awaw the elasticity and buoyancy -of health and reduce her body and mind to a merc wreck. Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription 1s a real peacemaker in a family. No woman suffering from uterine disorders can afford to be without. this remedy. The Favorite Prescription saves unnecessary doctor bills, pre- vents divorces, wards of saicides, brings back buoyant, joyous feelings, restores the woman to health, and her family to happiness. 1t is old by all droggists. - nalistis A Couple of Noted Parisians Who Gamble Desperately. A London Restanrant---The Dukes of England, Scotland, and . Ireiand, How a Duchess Gavo Away Her Villa--A Bulgarian Way of Making Comverts. MEN WHO BET DESPERATELY. Paris Carrespondence Witkes' Solrit. ‘There are some very peculiar characters among the Parisian clubmen. In a former Jetter £ had afew words to say on the subject of young Marquis de Castellane, who, during the last féw years, has gained rather an unenviable notoricty from the numerous scrapes he has fallen into. Castellane isa most inveterate gamester,—one of those men who would play with any onc for enything. Not content with being one of the heaviest turf speculators, his entire exist- ence is passed at his club, following the phases of some monster game of baccarat or ccarte. From his seared and coloriess features, his nervous, irritable manner, one can tell, without any very searching scrutiny, what viee it is that possesses him. At a single glance one can see that his days and nizhts are passed at the zaming table. A few years ago Marquis de Castellane went in for political honors; he was named a Deputy, but even when this coveted distinction was obtained he was unable to give up his petted foible, but scemed to piunze into pFny with a greater zest. It has often been re- mavked that the men who are devoured by this intense love of gamblinz are the most unfucky, aud the more they lose the more they become attached to their Tatal I: It was so with Marquis de Castellane; his losses were fearful, but fie went on playing wore heavily than ever, i i i aud his eatate, uuntil his ¢s selves called upon to inter- fere. As the French phrase is. he was placed under the supervision of a judiciary council, ‘That is to say, zuardians of his fortune werc appointed, and his associates were forbidden to play with il on eredie. Such a terrible show- ine up as this, if a necessary check to the gam- bler, was a severe blow to the Deputy; aud, of course, his political adyersarie fairly reveled in the scandalous dis- closire, and Tharped so pitilessly upon the painful theme that at last the pa- tience of Marquis de Castellane could hold cut no longer, and he challenged one of the mnost agaressive of the hostile seribblers. The aflair weat off in_smoke. Lowever, and the younz Deputy was permitted to resume bis nightly fttle games ™ unmolested. He [s still one of the inost assiduons hab:tues of the gambling clubs, and at the races may always beseen maiing a heavy book in the ring. He had a “areak of luck” lately. He was “dead” on the Frencii horse Jongleur, who easily won the Cambridgeshire, with odds of, forty to one, an_ offer agaipst him up to the start. Marquis de Castellane had in- vested 200 louis on the crack, at forty, so he won §,600 louis, or 332,000. This R t little winnivg m its way, but the Marquis rather disgrusted than otberwise, to think tiat he had bet sumack on the horse, and had missed the chance of etting a million or two at a single coup. Compared 1o, Castel- lane’s previous losses, his zainson Jongzleur were a mere drop in the bucket, just enough to whet bhis appetite for more. Since bis Jucky *¢haul”? e has plunged into card and turf speculations with ‘a new zest, likeagiant refreshed, and probably his pallid, wasted face will be con- stantly scen this winter around the rouge-et- noir tuble ut Monaco. Another of the Parisian saming notabilities is Albers Wolff, a curious character in more re- spects than oue. Wolff is now one of the chiei itics of the Figaro, that witty, flippant, all u sheet, and is considered one of the cleverest men of the French oress. His lively articles, dashed off with ready, trencbant pen, are eagerly read whenever he deizas to throw them o pitper, between while, during the short intervals when he is not engaged in some beavy came. As bis name indicates, WoLE is 2 German., He came to Paris some twenty years ago, [ricudless and peouiless, bave- Iy acquainted with any other lunguage than his own, but dcterivined to force his way into some position. He thought jour- notoriety the most easy of attainment, and strove for several years to becomea sue- cessful litterateur. Those only who know by bitier experience how narrowly exclusive, bow lacking in cuterprise and Initiative is the French press (aud I truse such unfortunates are few) can appreciate how bitter and dishearten- ing must bave been the reception of the young German; bow rude bis rebufls and bis repulse, For sever: Wolll suffered all the pangs of asensi crushed by the Larshness and indifference of those who had arrived, to use the picturesque and expressive French phras i ibat he almost sur- v? doubi and dis- s wire stceessiut, Iace among Paris Journalis prillizucy and wit which he has since sustaned. soon as Wollf 1elt that' Lis position upon the press was seeured, le manifested » taste for the za cties of Parisian life, which was probably fo: tered during the long period of disapnointment. ana_privations through which he iad passed. Uigh play was his chief vice. He soon became o frequenter of the gambling clubs, and passed his whole time around the ‘ereca doth. Wollf posscssed all e i3 and he soun the reqt es of afirst rate card player. cool, wary, and observant; bold in gain, and pradent in loss. Like many of his countrymen. he has rather a mathematical turn of mind, so he soon completelv mastered the rules of the game in vogue at his clubs, and applicd them with a peculiar skill and daring. For a number of years Wolll has been renowned 2s onc of the best card players in Paris; he was constantly s good plarers generally are, and won laree sums very frequently. Not very long ago Wollt was kuowa to have won some 5,000,000 franes {u two years, and he should have foresworn play “when he found bimself such a large gainer. Three millions is a laree fortune, even in these days of high exvense and extravagance; and in the wildest dreams of his youth Wolfl can never Lave imagined himsell toe possessor of such a sum. But even this cool, cautious German was unable to resist the coustant, never-allayed cravings for gain which always lead the gambler to his ruin. Wolll lived for several years in the finest style, almost gave up journalism, and went in for speculation on_a large scale in stocks and shares, The fluctu- ations of the market were unfavorable to the lucky player, who _lost at the Bourse a portion of the suin_he had won at the tapis vert. The cards ran against him, oo, for a while; and a short time azo Wolfl was obliged to betray how great had been the iuroads upon Lis gambling gain, when nie had to request a short. but siz- niticant delay in the payment of 160,000 francs, which he had lost in one night at baccarat. Wolfl - produced the sum without any _great fficaity, however, and has since had a return of his old luck; sev- eral thousands of louis have come back 10 him, and he is once more the terror of his set. ‘Thouzh be devotes his entire time to cards, Wolf occasionally pens some brilliant criti- cism or witty review; he shows in all his arzicles the possession of more taste, thought, and power of observation thau the other men of the Figaro can lay any claim to, and it is certainly a pity that he should prostitute his talents to zambling. A LONDON RESTAURANT. Edicara King in Boston Journal. There is the vastness of the old baronial hall about some of the popular restaurants of Lon- don. At the *Criterion,” for instance. a gizan- tic caravansary, there is a hall in the upper story where dinner is every evening served to some hundreds of people. The ladies lay their boonets aside before they enter the dining- room; a waiter steruly exacts the gentleman’s coat, hat, and the ever-ncedful umbrella; and sixpence is the fee which this functionary expects. You cannot take your hat with you; you would find no place'to put it. The dinner, hich cousists of a brace or two of superfluous- 1y neavy courses and several badly-cooked for- eizn entrees, costs three shillings and sixpence. The wines are charged extra, and are generally charged with spirit soasto destroy whatever bouguet they may have had before their impor- tation. One discovers that the enormous size of cverything in the establishment extends even to the prices. Itluminated gas-jets pro- claim that “The Baron will be served everv Thursday at 2 givenhour. Now the * Baron " is a joint so mighty that the silver cover under ‘which it reposes is worked by apulley and chain, ana the functionary who carves has the propor- tions aod somewhat the air of an exccutioner. Around the hall statues are grouped, and there are ornate gallarics, from which spectators may look down upon the scene. There is no noise; people are subdued, seem half inclined to whis- per their thoucshts, and besides devote: them- sulves very steadily to tne business of cating. ‘The quantity of meat eaten in this country by those who can afford to pay tor it is really alarming to a foreign = judgment, In a combination for you; at the oce tide, beef, kidneys, chops, stcaks; at gin, beef, kidueys, fowl, and ham (vou rarel; b,“_g. chance hear an Englishman speak of a chi )! and at supper, fowl, fowl, fowl,—and by Notable restaurants there be, where the mog succulent of vegetables, the best of game ypg entrees not ruined in the kitchen can pe hag: but these are few and far between. And, one enters the real, unadulerated Enelign rag. taurant of the sccond class,—the gloom! Iy i better imagined than described. THE DUKES OF GREAT BRITATY et York Sun. ALY, Al things considered, the Dukes of Efighnd' Trcland, and Scotland, twenty-eight in pum| are decidedly above the average twenty.eigy gentlemen in point of character ang attaly. ments. There is only one now who is r as a mauvais sujet—the Duke of Newcasgle , ruined gambler, whose estate is in the hands of trustecs, appointed under his father's will, anq who subsists on the fortune of his wife, heiress of the Jate Mr. Hope, of the great Dut] house, His cousin, the Duke of Ramilton, naving sons 2 plentiful crop of wild outs, has married s g, ter of Lord Mandeville and turned overg. new Ieaf. The ablest of English Dukes is probap his Grace of Devonsbire, a high wrangler of Cambridge, 2 consummate man of businesy, and perbaps as much respected by men of sorts and conditions as it {s possible for mey to be. The Duke of Richmond is solid ang scosible, and fills his ‘Dlace in_the Goyens ment very respectably. The Duke of Som. erset is o man of admitted ability, who has fitled very responsible positions with ereqr;, ‘The Duke of Sutherland is devoted to me cal science, and the finprovement of his et by its means. The Dukc of St. Albans is ey bright. - The Duke of Cleveland is regarded gy a man of very high character sud a. remarkably clear-sighted politician. - The Dukes. of Noret, umberland, Westminster, and Bedford are- pr mirable country gentlemen, and always amepy the forcmost _ in _assisting any g and liberal work. The Duke of Byck. ingham is a bard-working, conscientiops oflicial, and the Duke of Marlborough 15 the same, ' The Duke of Norfolk is a deely el ious (but not_bigotea) and munificent sonof the Roman Catholic Church. Of the Seotey Dukes, the ablest arc Buccleush and - il The former manages his vast estates .wi;L' judiciousness, kindness, and sagacity whigy have made bim the idol of - his tenantry, and tny Duke of Argyll's ability is well known toal] educated Americans. The two Irish Dok Ly ster and Abercorn, are, in widely differeaf ways, superior men. A ROYAL GIFT. Faris Letter. The Duchesse de Galliera bas made a preseny. of her mansion in the Rue Varennesto the Comte and Comtesse de Paris. Itstandsing garden of eleven acres, on the grassy partof which Brittany cows graze. This is how the Duchess came to think of giviog her town resg. dence to the Royal pair: They were regretting to her the impossibility of holding lage receptions in the suite of rooms whith the Duc d’Aumale assigned them in the Hotel Fould. Said the Comte de Paris: ° @ What we want is a villa' somewhere within the fortifications, standing in spaciots gronads, in which we could give garden partfes. Ty garden party is an admirable institution., So. ciety bas grown unmanageable, One can re- cerve a crowd ona grass lawn which would be insupportable in & drawing-room. Vith sun. shine, flowers, and a musical band, a little lizhy refreshunent goes far. There is no dearading scramble at the buffet. One’s heaith is pop wasted by turning night into day. The upper and middle clusses can be ‘brought tozether without the former feeling themselves too much shuffled up among the latter. Garden parties may help to restore the mouarchy.” ¢ Then take ‘wy house and gar- den,” eried the Duchesse. ““In all justiceit belongs to you. Was it not the propertyof your zunt, Mme. Adelside? and it woeld now belong to your family but for the iniquitons confiscation” of the Orleans estates. The Dz de Galliera bought it far too cheap. Thesale of it to himn was a disgraceful job. I neveren joyed an_ hour’s happiness in it. Mayyour tebancy of it drive away the curse which hag lain over all the years of mv occupancy. A NEW WAY TO MAKXKE CONVERTS, Capt. Burnaby, author of ** A Ride to Khiva,* in the course of 3 communication published in the London Times, says: “From Adriauople I proceeded to Philip- popolis. In that town I met Capt. Fife, ber Majesty’s Military Attache in this part of Tar- K Our conversation turned upon the events which have recently happened in Esid Saghra. He informed me that he had questioned 2 missionary who was in that placs a to W had occurred therc. ‘The reverend gentleman replied to a_question as the Russians bad committed dny atr the town, ; but the Bulgarians were let loose, and they did so.”. Capt. Fife had alsc visited Kechi Dere, pear Kazanlil Here some Turkish women bad been seized by the Cossacks. The trousers of the ‘ladies hai been takeu trom toem, aud the victims were then told that thewr nether clothing would Dot be restored untul such tine as they cor sented to_be baptized and embraced Chris tianity. Now, if there is one part of her body whick a Turkish woman dislikes to be exposed more than her face, ivis her legs, and, fright- ened at the outrares perpetrated upon them, several of the ladies consented to become Christians. Their trousers were then restored, and the ladies were marched in rear of a mili- tary band to a Bulgarian church, and there pad- liely baptized by a priest. In the meantime the mosqite in the village had been burnt tathe ground.” 3 = A ROYAL TERTAINMENT. Cerrespandence Recue Dritianique. BERLIY, December, 1877.—King Louis of Ba variz, who, no doubt, will be known in history under the name of the Solitary, has lately given an origiual festival in honor of the CrownPrince of Austria. It was, s usual, the night time that ihe Royal lover of the moon chose to give, in his winter garden, an entertainment to his guest.. A method of lighting of the most inge~ nious character produced all the appearance of a tropical sky. Luminous balloons, of all colors, gave a soft lizht to the cntire mardes, while an immense_star shown in the midst of them like a sun. In a kiosk, richly decorated, a table was spread with exquusite around which were seated the King, the Crowa Prince of Austria, and the Princess Gue_{e and her husband. From this spot the outlook over amass of lilies cmbraced the whole extent of the garden, at the extremity of which was& column surmounted by a laurel, and standingio the midst of a fountain of sparkling water, Upon the sides, on the right aod left, wers paths ornamented with statues, invitingtoe guests into groves filled with musicians. A feast fi““ by Louis of Bavaria without music would have been sbsolutely impossible. There was, therefore, scattered among the trees the quartette of Walzer, the double quartette and the chorus of the theatre, and the band of the Second Regiment of Infantry. All these musical partie: 0'I;w:x-mmu:u vigoruuslg, while now and then a flood of electric lizht added to tbe enchantments the fantastic character Wi comes from that kind of illumination. THEY MET. They met—'twas at the garden-gate; The moon shone bright—tbe hour was late; No prying eyes were round to see— Am? He was there, and so was she. They wandered throngh each well-known walkh They talked the talk all lovers talic. . The mounoeams peeped throngh bash and tres= And ehe was there, and so was he. +4Thou art my life, my sou’, " he cried; ¢+ There livey not on this world so wide, An angel without wings like thee "— And be was there, and 50 was she. Anad from her lips these accents fell: *+ 3ty Jove for thee words iail to tell "Tis boundless, dearest, as the sea And she was there, and 60 was he. Swect moon, "neath thy inspiring raya Iwhat pranks mysterious Cupid plays; A moonshine little god is he— ‘And he was there, and 50 was she. ¢ Hector—good do?l * tke old man said, Yon maudiin fool should be in bed. My noble hound, L'li cut thee loose; 5 ‘We'll cook yon midnight-wanderer's goose. Adolphus, fiy! " the maiden cried. Here Hector, with mouth open wide, And eyes that low like balls of fire, Comes, followed by my wrathfol sire.” He shook the dew-drops from his boots; Like meteor throuzh the afr he scoots; But Hector rushes like the wind, ‘And grabs the fiying man behind. A growl—arip—ah never, never, Did pants from ties so quickly sever; Freed from his clothes, Adolphus stacty, And o'er the fence like lightning darta. The modest moon still brightly shone; Such sizhts she oft has gazed apon; il;edh %lgh!a. :'hhflc 'L;‘lme l;:;n!n!, -:::u see—=- she was thert uL w) was 2 5 i 5 e-’?‘“‘“”‘-; T

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