Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, February 3, 1878, Page 13

! U AE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SUNDAY., FEBRUARY 3. 1876—SIXTEEN PAGES. i EUROPEAN GOSSIP. dalous Career of th Scan TheMother of the Present . King of Spain. e i je's Black Pearls---What Cost palikao Her Friendship, and the Empress Perhaps Her Throne. ; ictor Emmanuel---Anecdotes of the Late Eing of Italy---The Mi- ! rafiori and Her Brood. 25 LS OF QUEEN ISABEL~ £4E SCAXII).?\*S CAREER. New York 7"11”;‘; s s <born in 1830, and three year: T, bf::,“(.:ncr's death, was left a baby Queen un- ger the Tegemcy of her mother, the ex-Queen hristine, ¥ho speedily solaced herself for the fcsso! her husband by espousing a soldier of the Roral Guard named Munoz, whom she sub- taacotly created Duke of Risnzeres. Local agd apparently competent authorities pronounce this lucky soldier of fortunc to be handsomer bon Godos, the favarite of her predecssor, but ot so hsndsome as Marfori, the favorite of her With such a mother and such a daughter. fatber, such a danghter was at least probable. When the intrigues of Lounis Philippe, i, it 1s sid to sy, were abetted Gulzot, upon whose long and noble life that b G tho solitars blot, resulted {n siving her o dand whom she detested, although she but a maiden in her tecis, she as- :::::gc:t once a resolute and characteristic atti- fade, Itwastbought that the impotent and balf imbecile Don Francisco d”Assis would not b likely to beget an heir to the throne, and that. it would, therefre, come, by right of descent to the heirs of the sister of Isabells, whom it was apart of the plot to marTy 1o the Duc de Mont~ 3 bcer, the vouogest son of Louis Philipoe. at Tsabella dectared thiat she would show them she could bear an heir to the throne. In en- desvoning 10 thwart that consummation by so insdequate an expedient as providing her with i otcnt huebend, thes demonstrated the 1 Tt “they did mot know the family.” Tielresses, and finally heirs, appeared without sonable aelay, and it cannot be denied that e aitutully tulifled the resolution which he sonounced. Her reigm, from theg_'crlod of her marriage in 1645 4l her flight in 156S. was a reign of tumuit B ndal, Mipistry_succeeded Ministry in Frift succession; one, familiarly known as’ the Lishtoine Ministry, lasting but twenty-tour e “She seemed o bo neither feared, joved, orrespected by her subjects. ~ Aithough regi- Gde wat an unknown crime iu Spain, an attempt as made upon her life. Quiroga, in London, after the mTuunonal defeat in 1523, was told 0 cminchit personage that if the Liberal 2ty bad dealt with the King, her father, as Ledrsmed. they would bave saved their coun- 1ry from oporession and themselves from death wdesile. * It may be true, sour Highness, Quirago replied, * but killing ‘Kings has never Lien & custom in Spain.” In 1845, while E: “was Regent, the Moderados aud their Firach allies spread the impression that the In- {oatas were not gafe in the hands of the Pro- rresizs or Liberals. Guizot sald Fraue Fould regard gs a cause of intervention anv tempt todo violence to the Royal persor <y e sponee Don_Facunda Infanta, o v & 0 Constitutionalist statesman, arose fo* —‘“5“ 8 saf Ead: = The quondam profer ¢ Cortes ern bistory §s ignorant, pernaps.+ % hed ‘;“"d' fchword es_ regicide 1n our - A3 there s no tins which it sizifies is no* SCCHRIATT. )‘l'fl o and we have no use < RO In our is- Y Thyassault 0% tio name 1n our Yerd by Merina,a o 896 upon the Queen, Sarlv extabiished £p J2batic Cariist monk, had Jecicons. She was « it a placein the Spanish e heatof 1he - Jesving the Royal Chavel, at e et her 2 ST Slaircase, baving just aiged Ber (dfane daughter Tibella to the toeling a - Duree, Merino approached, and, rehed TR0 tendered hera petition. As she e bt band to takeit, he rose sudden- Bear , 2038 &rceling position, and struck at ber o ¢ witzadaceer which lie had conceated, = 203t e hand to her heart, starerered agalnat 2ewzl, gnd all could see the blood flb\ring £xnhe wound, and _crimsoning her white rai- 1z¢ot. Berfirst word was a cry for her child, uand a tal balterdier held 1t above the heads of %he crowd, that ehe might see it was un- ‘njurel. Her wound, aithough scvere, was met dangerous, and she sooh recov- wed, but the occwirence left upon Serminda profound and hauntine dread of assassination which even her dethronement and exile are sajd not to have entirelv extinguished. Her assailant was executed and burned, 2nd as t}c latter part of the work was not named in the law of his duties, the public executioner re- fused to perform it. and it was donc by some re- spectable and loyal citizens who volunteered their services. On his way to exccution Merino wmmented ou various indifferent matters, ob- #erving, for instance, of a church that it was off the perpendicular, and was likely to fall. He axpressed much surprise but no reerct on learn- iz that his blow had not proved fatal, and that the Queen was likely to recover. On the 30th of Scptember, 1868, the railway sation of the little seaside town of Biarritz was thared and uarded oy eoldiers, and there were © WM the siens which portended the arrival of wme personage of unurual distinction. Shortly alter, the Emperor Napolcon and the Enipress, ixompanied by the Marchioness Javal Qiunto, apeared, the ladies taking refuge in the wait- @-roum, whils the Emperor walked to and fro wooz the platform. In a few minutes a tin rolls in from the southward. Un the trlcony of the saloon carriage stands the fugi- tie Queen, behind her Marfori, ‘wearing e broad rivbon of the_ Order of Charles IIL, and still behind, the King Don Francisco Asdis, looking pale, sbsent-minded, and out of place, in curious contrast with his sturdy, resalute spouse, whose _presence betokens shrewdness, obstinacy, and courace, and whose volee, when she spcaks, S as harsh and dis- cordant as his own is plaintive and cffeminate. &‘ 1his janctare another train from the opposite wrcmgon rollsinto the station. It is crowded 5 ith Spanish exiles and refugees, who have card of the revolt of the fleet. the revolution, ;ndvlhe flight of the Queen, and are hastening vllc_A to the bomes from which they have been bsnidhed. Assoon 2s they become aware of lhc.u_mpborhnod of their tugitive sovercizn o v air rings with their curses aud reproaches. 4 rectingeo ctern and violent from her cour- &‘;:5“ and tormer subjects, herself on the frs <hold of that bitter exile from which ey are returning, moves even ber res ute countenance to an _expression ol wth ¢ ond crief, apd her eyes fill th tears. When the train bearing the return- fi'flmmms has departed, she descends upon |:| Dlatform, followea by the King, Marfori, mm_}a{hcr Claret, her confessor, when she is mnl‘nu welcomed by the Emperor. The Royal <) ;ne then enter the waiting-room, but e they duor say there has mot yet been I inered into the ear of the muse of history i llflllst have been an unsatisfactory interview. m?“ y lasted fifteen or twenty minutes. When 'S emerged the Empress was in tears, and the Jieen, though she refrained from iweeping, el Yilu: mournful and hopeless expression of us'w 10 had rested all her hopes on a single s tand bad lost it. When sbe resumcd her m-ce on the balcony of the car the Emperor founted jt to give her a farewell kiss, and as mfll}[fl rolled away she stood barcheaded, as n§ rench custom in the presence of death. t was the final chapter of Ler lifeas Queen. ¢ drdet and the orb of eovercianty which had itk and surmounted her head seemed to fade hucd!?‘“ as that-mumorable interview with the has gi tary foe of ber house was concluded. She et lived, perhaps, more happily than be- re.in the etafe of 2 private persoc, and only 3 wilet '}"5 ago was brought into court, like the d%& 2 tradesman or shopkeeyer, by her maitre o i who gucd ber at law _for an arrcarage of 0 _m}r: She has always hated with a cordial o the entire reneration of the Moutpen- i and was bitterly opposed to the marriage She oy, Son with the Princess Mercedes. filh“ thouzht to have inspired her daushter the I?P!muu onposition, wnich the father of '_ruunncvss overcame by a gift of mouey, ;llon ¥ 10 the rage ot the mother, who there- ibon l;;;smwed an unusual degree of amisbility tarse Y Carlos, the Pretender, at that time fimeutly resident jn Paris. of u:ac' Queen is still in the prime ot life and e liminished physical vigor, and it would be “HES‘:‘ Provounce that the tale of her adven- b mlg yet concluded. She still scems capable lms'_.mn_"\xe and of tne milder form of political the d(‘fh _Iu addition to ber disappointment at g lection of her daughter and the marriage e T son, she has had recently to bear the um:l of a fresh scandal which connects. her b with oue of the Secretaries of her m:v ";d out of which a duel pade fair to “ow- She biud also been eeriously grieved by o Fhe deems the mesalliance of some of her Apeomen. One of bher niecés married an gy attache of the Legation at Lisbon, eridns, who was subsequently put in Pe for default in the paymeat of hi who i ouse keeper. This errant kinswoman, reluhys & catse of so mach g to her Royal nce yii 85 herself the offspnog of a mesalli- Which occasioned great scandal st the = “1 Spanish Court u quarter of & century azo. She, is .| a public laughing-stock. Was the dauglrter of onc of the Infantas, wh,y ran away with and married a bandsome Pol sh adventurer named Gurowski, brother of the Count of that name, wh Enown i Ameflm.e’ 0 was afterward 60 vwell EUGENIE'S BLACK PEARLS, Correspondence New York World. Panis, Jan. 14.—It is well known that, al- though the recently doceased Gen. Montaubt.n, Comte de Palikso, was a Bonapartist, he was not on good terms with the Empress, or rather the Emoress was; not on good terms with him. It used to be swpposed that the Empress bare bim some {111 on account of his share in the ;:"‘ ;n‘l ;5"’ attending they overthrow of tho pel yn?.sty, and that she considered him to have beeo wanting in energy, it “not in devo- tion, when _.uu held almost supreme command in the interval between the first disasters of the war and Sedan. Another cause was, how- crer;iasslznnd byPalikao himself, who has given a curious account of the misunderstanding i his k{ou‘i cntitled ‘A Ministry of War of b'gmfl and- l‘wem{ days.” ‘The Empress, be scemed o think, disliked him because he made her a present—a curious reasou; and he tells a story ot 2 pearl necklace of Eugenie only less re- mackable in some of its details than that of the pourl necklace of Marie Antofnette. When he returned from the China expedition, there was grent talk of a present he was bringing home for the Empress from the spoils-ef the Sum- wmer Palace. [wasa necklace of bitck pearls (sothe rumor ran) worth some millions of trancs. It turned out to benothing of tiie sort. The Empress had éhared the-error of her credu- lous subjeets, and she never forgave the inno- cent author of her disappointment. -But it would be as well to hear the story in the Gen- en‘fl}s own ngrl;lsi “I can attribute to but one cause the little benevolence which ber Majesty the Emp:es! has cver munifested to me and my family. This cause Wwas quite voluntary on my part, and the_annoyance of the sovereizn ouzht mever to have been laid at my door. When I was mamed commander of the China expedition the Emoress received me and the officers of my stafl at the Tuileries, aud was good enough to show all the interest which she took in the suc- cess of this distant war. Her Majesty added that she would not confine herself to mere wishes in our favor, but that she would make due provision for the outlit of the ambulances, and this was done. . . . Wishing to show her Majesty some marks of grati- tude, 1 brought her back a chaplet which T obfatned in the following way: On the occu- Dation of the Summer Palace, o commission, composed of three English oflicers of high rank and three French, was named for the di- vision of the prizes, Among the latter were many mandarins’ collars, which were distrib* ed to the army as being objects Of DO ot Salur. The commission was g0 zood a3 | 5o me three of these collars for my wifr, gayey® two daughters, and 1 had them - 0 M chaplet by Mar. Monly, Bisho' of Pekin whom Ihad Just restored the fyyoom 10 Catholicworship. Tbegeed ) ¢ (dthedral for s first benediction to this e uiSuCur fo give high personage to whom °, ,aroiel, Taming the ashing Bim &t the 4 Weant to give it, and il e fach tha it - e o cerliftits offiln, fitst benediction 7 2\ been the object of the T could not for = z¥°D in the Church of Pelin. of intrinsic v 2 dtoment believe that its want fie would abate anything of its real worth s O piety was fu the eyes of a sovercian wnose howeve 80 well kpown. The simple present, jon¢c <6 Was soon rumored to be wortha mill- we _-aaccount of the ‘flnc pearls? of which it ¥ _scomposed. There was nota pearl init; « was made of small balls of green jade, each 1o larger than a cherry. It neverthe- loss went on increasing in value aceording to popular report, and soon it was worth 1,600,000 francs. The pearls, it was &aid, were of cxtraordinary rarity—they were black ones. From 1,600,000 the price ran up o 2,000,000, and it was next whispered that the pearls were alive! I must here confess my formorance; I,did not kpow, Idonot know to this day, what was meant by the ‘living pearls ’ of which everbods now bezan to talk. Yet these extraordinary reports were cagerly de- voured in the capiial of a population that is ac- customed to boast itself the most intelligent in the universe. Ou my return from China L went to Vichy, where the Emperor authorized me to present the chaplet to her Majesty, then at Fontainebleau, I gecordingly went to Foo- taincblean, and there. in_the presence of the Count Walewsld and the Countess Walewskd, 1 offered this religious souvenir of the Chinese expedition {n iomage to the Empress. £1 have always thought that the fuss made about this simple matter—not altogether with- out the connivance of my enemies—had given prreat apnoyance to her Majesty'; and that, with- out being altozetber conscious of it. her mind Teverted with pain to an act wbich, on my part at least, was but the expression of a sentiment of gratitude.” This way have_been the origin of the Em- press’ mistrust of the Count; but more recent and more_serious events, of which the writer seems to have taken no accouunt, tended to strengthen the feeling. The Bonapartists have always thought that he did not do enough in the supreme hour of the dymasty. “The General Comte de Palikao, Minister of War,” says the writer of “The Empress and the Fourth of September,” “1was always within the chamber when he should have been with- out,—not scated, but on horseback; not with a pen, but with a sword in his hand.” In fact, they are clearly oi opmnion that, if he had ven- tured one more coup d'etat to check the grow- ing discontent of the capital, the dynasty might bave been saved. If the Empress had reccived her present more_eraciously, Iimmps the at- tempt might have been made. The precise con- pection of cause_and effect vetween the Impe- rial tiff and the loss of a throne may be added to the already swollen list _of minor prob- lems of bhistory. The Empress secmns to have inspired every fecling but enthusiastic devotion in those by whom she +was surrounded. Perhaps no person else ever fell from so exalted a position Wwith such a poor show of voluntary companions of misfortunc. The very servancs of the palace began to plun- der her as soon as they felt that the luck had furned; and, a8 every onc knows, she was de- pendent on forefgners for the means of quitting. France. Itwas M. de Nigra, an Italia, who handed her to ber cab fand diverted the atten- tion of the crowd; it was an American who ad- vanced money for her versonal expenditure after she had knocked in vain at many 2 Freuch- man’s door; it was an Englishman “who gave Ter the,use of his vacht for the Channel voyage. The Count, de Palikao's story may tend 0 cx- plain why she inspired so little attachment in those who knew her best. VICTOR EMMANUEL. Rome Correspondence Philgidelnhia Ecening Dulletin. The deceased King and his son bave had no intercourse cxcept in public and for appear- ance’s sake gince the King married his mistress, the Mirafiorl, ninc years ago. At that time ‘Umberto left his father’s room, although every one believed him dying, because he would not countenance by his presence the disgraceful marriaze of his father with the abandoned woman who had ruined the domestic peace of his mother and sent her to an early grave. Morcover, all through the King's late illness there stood beside his bed one of his_illegitimate sons, the Count de Mirafioriz_this person remained there until after the Kine's death. The sight of this man ¥as naturally odious to Umberto, who remem- pered the suferings of his mother; Queen Ade- Jaide. In his childhood King Umberto had itnessed the numberless outrages his father committed toward his wife. The King planted the Mirafiori and her brood in a villa inthe royal park near Turin, which villa could be seen from the Queen’s windows, and when she walked in | the park she was subiected to the constant in- sult of mecting the Mirafiori and her children. The notoriously bad character of the Count iis brothers dves mot entitle de Miratiori and ois o him nor them to any sympathy. Their vices and extravagant expenditures have given the ine crest distress. For them he needed money s for them ho has sacrificed his politi- cal honor. The anguish of the Kiny in bis Jast moments was very great. e went into a delirium, and_his _principal ‘\'n_rd_.fv—lndc!:d;, fhe last ones on hislips—were “L figti! LAigli! (the chiidren! the children!) ‘The miserable off- spring of an adulterous intercourse have kept his Jater years in a most wretched state of agi- tation, and_ have added agony to his last mo- We read that The way of the truns- ments. & 5 gressor is hard.” Somctimes the transgressor’s and we ecoms very brilliant and easy wonder why it is s0;_but, as theItalian proverh Savs: 1T fempo ¢ galant "wwmo ¢ fa giustizia™ (Time is an hones Icliow and does justice). fnnchester Guardian. ( Of Victor Emmanucl, as of ail ‘popular Kings. 2 ercat many ancedotes are told. People take an interest in ever, even the slizhtest, pe Jiarits of such sovereigns, and the late Italy bad a great many pecaliaritics. He never ate in public, for instance. He sat ot all State dinners at which he was obliged to be preseut with his hands resting on the Eilt of his sword, without tasting anything, except perhaps some Irifie at dessort. His lonrand superabundant ustaches were the cause of this public abstemiousncss. He made up for it, however, B te, when he could bind up_us_obstruc- tives on cach side of his face without becominz He was no gourme, and his contempt for the art of cookery was a constant thorn in the side of the Court cordons bieus, which, tor them, deprived lite of onc-hall of its attractions. - Nothing more depresses an way artist than not to be {l)aprcdnted at the value ho sets upon himself. ictor Emmanuel's meal consisted of meat dishes, and of those he pre- ferred eame shot by himself, contrary to the proverb which says'that le chasseur ne mange Point de son gibeer. Fruit and native wine com- ‘leted the repast. In the Palazzo Pitti, in Flo ence, he allowed the state apartments to remain empty, and installed himself in a couple of rooms on the ground floor. Il did the same at Rome fa the rinal, where the whole palace was at_the entire dirposal of inquisitive strin: mers. In spite of his \ell-known physical brav- ery, he had a suverstitious dread of the Quirinal, the former dwelling of the Popés. The first night after his Government was transferred to Rome he dared nor sicep ih the Palace, but went to passthe night incognito with a-friend in the country. Ile smoked half-penny cigurs, those cigars which the French boulevardier calls sonta- dos or infectados, and which the Italians pretend gnflon the air uf their country. They have cen named after his greatest Minister, Cavour. IIe was frequently seen in the streets of Turin, Milan, Genoa, Florence, and Rome. As it was understood that he was out _incognito no one scemed to recognize him, though every child knew him quite well. Like Haroun Al Raschid, he went by night and alone into the poorest and most distant quarters of Turin. There he heard with his own cars the opinions of his subjects, and admired unhindercd the beauty of “cven his most lowly countrywomen. We cannot close these _reminiscences without givine the story of the English correspondent who some vears ago went prowl- ing around the Palazzo Pitti anxioust o zet into the King’s apartments and write a description of them. At lnst he went up to a gentleman who was leaning ogainst a side door smoking, and asked hin Row he might be able to get a sight of the King’s rooms, # Come in,” said he gentleman, who bowed and explained every- thing to him. e then invited him to sit down, offered bii 3 cigar, and, on his departure, shook hands “varmly with him. [t was only some time'=lier he had left the Palace that it dawned iipon the correspormdent that the King himsclf had been his cicerone aud entertaier. A SAD SECRET. You sce it rarely happened that any of us cver entered the kitehen of our boarding-house. Not that we were forbidden, indecd, but be- cause something about our heztess led us to believe we were mot wanted there. The little Dird, called ircuition, whisfiereg as much to us; just asitt.qlsus We mily not enter some peo- ple’s 1or,m3 without knocking, and ot others we may omit the ceremony. So, being duly in- for mod, we dared not intrude upon Mme. ‘armitage on penalty of belng considered too frec—though she was always so kind, in her cold way, and so polite. But this nizht there scemed no possible help for my making a raid upon the Kltchen department. Either it was too much Rochester jelly cake the evening be® fore, an extra picee of lemon pic at dinner, or a sudden, ache-producing change in the atmos- phere, which made the raid necessary; it is dif- ficult to tell which. But our family became in sudden need of a mustard plaster, {u the sleepy hoar hetween 2 and 3 o’clock that night, and I was dispatched in hot haste to procure it. So, leaving my patient groaning in a tone of agony between o bass and a contralto, (his voice hadn't beencultivated up to any particular excellence, poor fellow), I hurried below. All was dark and quict in the different rooms until 1 reached the little etry to the Kitchen. Then I discovered that somebody was before me. That somebody was Muc. Armitage. I cannot tell why I hesitated there, gazing through the half-open door, but [ did; and that moment of Desitancy is the reason our family did not get o wustard plaster that night. In my haste I bad come down in those old, time-wornslippers, known since our first parents, and had made no noise, so I stood a few mo- ments unable by surorise to cither advance or retreat. A fire had been lighted in the stove and Mme. Armitage was cvidently preparing something over it with great care. Had some- body else caten ton much jelly cakel I asked myself. Then who could it be? And' my mind’s eye ran rapidly over the different occupants of the building, as I thought. But the reason of my surprisc was mot in her act, but rather in Mme. Armitage berself. You would never have known her for the handsome, distinguished hostess of our aristo- cratic boarding-house. I forzot even my groan- ing patient up-stairs as I looked at her. There was something so wierd and strange in ber ap- pearance, and she looked 5o tall and ghostly in Ter trailing light wrapper, thut my heart began beating too fast for thought. Her long hair, that was ouce black but now sprinkled - over with gray, hune about ber in almost Mez Mer- rilies confusion, while her face looked zhastly white in its irame of darkness. Iler broad fore- head, where the blue veins showed themselves €0 plainly, and from which she every now and then pushed the hair ina weary kind of way, Jooked as if it might have ached sadly during the night aud was_tired with pain. Her aristo- cratic nose looked more thin and sharp than ever,—for all the world as if two tiny spirits of care and trouble bad been npon cither side of it while she slept tugring away to draw the skin tighter over it. Her brilliaut dark eyes had a keen, furtive expression, asif they werc standing guard over something. They gleamed in the shadows, as some wild creature’s might have done: full of a dread, an anguish, or malignant fear, I couid not tell which, only they frighten- €d me with their ficrceness. Once, sceminely in a moment_of uncoutrol- 1able feeling, she threw her hands over her face and then above her head, wringing them to- gether and groaninz, like one bereft of reason, or ratner—as L have since believed—like 3 Rachel for whom there was no comfort. r With the shuck of sceing her do this, the speli which held me as an eavesdropper was broken; and, waiting only long enough to sec her hurredly pour some liquid into a china bowl and start for 2 back-stairway, { turned and fled tomy own room. And theuching victim there was only doctored up that night with Jamaica ginger in cold water. I think it must have seemed warm, though, for my trembling hand tipped the bottle a good deal more than was strictly_nmecessary in administering the usual dose. However, as it diau’t kill it cured, and L Was Ieft to my nwn thoughts. What could be the matter with Mme. Armi- tage. ana what was she doing! I asked myself n sleepless, breathless amazement. Sugzzes- tions of insanity dodged back and forth through my mind until I got up and moved the burcau and tbree chairs against the door in sheer frizht. ‘Then I thoushtof Septimious Feiton and his vile concoction, and began to tremble lest we should all be dosed with some horrible, death-dealing elixir at breakfast. But, my dear friends, give me credit for one thing, if you never do for anotber: I, a woman, kept all Ty fears and forcbodings to myself, and never lisped a word to any of- the boarders of the strange events of the nizht. Partly, it is true, because I felt in honor bound to keep to mysclf the sight which I had stolen; but then, too, I pitied _the proud. forloru woman whom I had scen for a moment behind the veil, and de- formincd, come what might, not to offér her up as a subject for the desectine-knife of gossip. T was full of pity and sympath; The next morning, howerer, 1 could not har- bor such 2 feeling_ for my high-atrung, inde- pendent hostess. I dared not patronize her with so much as a thought of mty. With a <irht of lier my fears were allayed, thiough, per- haps, my surprise was intensificd. Sne x!p;x:m’cd calm and pleasant as usual, and answered our careless talk in the same dini- fied way tnat she always did. I began to think my own wits were ** wool-gatbering,” and that the night—the Jamaiea ringer and all—had been only » dream. My confidence jn myself returned, howeves, when the other ladies began 1o get an inkling of thefact of something—they knew not more than I—heing out of the general order. How, Iam sure 1 cannot tell; but they are excelient ferrets, these ladies. It took only alook of depression here, a little unnecessary Baste there, and they were all talking about Mine. Armitage being, at the least, *a little kind of queer!” It didn’t take Jong—not more than one short hour of worsted work and talk— for us to convince ourselves of the personal magnitude and importance of the ““something ”? e knew nothing whatever about. For you will bardly believe me when I tell vou that in even less time than that the what-ever-it-was had gotten up an_electric communication with every boarder in thie house and bad ©shocked cach individual, one of the twelve with a curiosity which has never yet been equaled out- side the charmed cirele of a ladies’ boarding house. * ‘What were we to do, Indeed, with the gentle- men all off to business from early in the moru- ing till a late dinner at. nizht, and some of them absent even lonzer than that! Say, what were e to do when our hostess was queer and things didn't seem to ran as smoothly as they should have done? There was a secret—a screw loose —in the machinery of the domestie aflairs, and its influence reached_evers room in the house. How could we have done otherwise than to get ourselvesto findit and put things to rights agaiu—we who bad plenty of timet ‘There was pretty, lazy Mrs. Mollic Prasyte. 1f no nne had been electrified in the aflair but herself we should all have known that thige was something rather stimulating in_the wind, for she had been down to breakfast for four consccutive mornings on time. That was enough to set us all to watching her, and when her janguid blue eves seemed to be taking in more than was réilly zood for them we set ours to work to help her. But then, pretty Mrs. Mollie knew much more about the subject than we, having known the Armitage family all her life, utid when she beeame enlivened up enough to tilk she told us a good many interesting facts ‘éonterning them. 1 think Mme. Armitage suspeeted this, and, withal, did not love Mss. Mollie as devotedly as she might, sithough she was always scrupu- Tously polite and cven solicitous about her com- fort.” As to that, however, so werc we all. Mrs. Mollie was only a bride, hay- ing gloried -in_ the ~ honorable prefix to his name but a short six months. Then she was a soft, Juxurious little body, and it came easy to Indulge and pet her. Sowedid. But it is my opinion that it should always be so; for, if there is ever a beavenly body that shoutd cash o tender brightness—an unnatural radi- ance, if vou please to call it so—it is the honey- moon. The clouds and cyclones of domestic life come soon cnouch to dispel it. But, as I was saying, even our stately hostess was indulgent to our bride. Iam firmly con- vinced that it was from no personal reason— not even for the fact of ap intimacy having ex- isted between her daughter and Mrs. Mollie. But merely, as I bave since understood, to keep hidden a littie more sceurely that skelcton in ner closet with which we shortly became ac- quainted. So she covered it over with a pleas- ant manner, hoping thus to keep curiosity away. But then Mrs. Mollie had her cloak of pleas- antry too, and she also_had “anax to grind”’ in its genial shelter. - How people will cut each other sometimes in such processes! ‘Mollie was bent_upon finding out something about her former friend Marguerite. but in all Der tittle arts she fdiled. For, though she did unbend to o considerable degree for "her, Mme. Armitaee never allowed that name to pass her 1ips, and the subject was not.even alluded to in her vresence without bringing a severe, un- motherly, and forbiddinz frown upon her face. « The hatetul old dragon!” Mollie would say, after a whole merning of unsuccessful mancu- verinz. “To think, after I was so intimate with Marguerite, that she will not tell me any- thing about her! I belicve that irl is being shamefully persecuted somehow. —Her mother is evidenty *down’ on lier for something, and has cast her off into nobody knows what poy- erty and trouble. They used to have their quarrels, T can tell you. You see, Mme. Ar- mitage is so horribly pious and uprizht herself that there isn’t room cnough in her make-up for azill of human sympathy. And Marguerite found that out, poor girl! She used to be as ofraid as death of her mother, and for pood reason cnough. I should think the old thing would: be ashamed to face me,—my knowing the facts in the case 80 well,—and act a she does; but it is an~ otber proof that what I suspect is true. Only a woman who could cast off her only daughter __a mischievous. light-hearted girl—could act 80 brazen-faced about {t.” ‘And, when we went down to dioner that day, we all thought a good deal as Mrs. Mollie did, only 1 had my reasons for believing that there was a little lunacy mixed up with the woman's hardness. But, when we reached the table, there sat the cruel mother, of whom we had been talking, dispensing the different things at the table with the stateliness of a queen, though with such generosity and with such true politeness that it gave us a relish for the meal; St the same time,—although you will bardly belicve it,—there_was not a_bit of stiffness about the table, It was part of ber politeness to make us perfectly at howme; but how she did it in her unbendiug strle I huve never been able to understand. She wore an old-fashioned black silk and ex- quisite laces—rlics of past afiluence. Her hair was perfectly combed, and a small diamond ring sparkled in mimic zrandeur upon her third tinger. flashing its little coor light in our 1aces Wiienever she raised hier hand in waiting upon us. We began finally to look upon it as the watchful eye of her cold, fliuty heart. She was so vleasant, however, that once during the meal Moliie venturcd)upon the tabooed sub- jeet. ~ haven't heard you speak of Marguerite in 50 long, Mrs. Armitage,” she said, wnile care- (u]l{ buttering the edges of a slice of bread. T along our spinal columns. We scemed to bear the chuckle of Jack Frost In our aut-zlass gob- Jets. Then Mme. Armitage answered, in her coldest and hardest tones: “ Probably because I have not found the sub- ject necesary, Mrs. Prague.” But, immediately after, as if possibly toatone for the slight; or, perenance, in fright lest tne tiny arrows in her answer might have poluted out the said skeleton, she added, in her’ kindli- est tones: “ Let me give you a little more of the salad, Mollfe.” 'And Mrs. Mollie meckly passed her plate and took it, just as 8 kitten ralses an car that has just been boxed to listen to an invitation to a saucer of milk. But the claws were nervously working themselves back and forth in her pret- ty white paws. « 1] find out where Marguerite is yet, see if I dom’t,” she aid spitefuliy, onc cold, dark moruing, when we were having a comfortable chat around the hall register. “{Who knows but she may be fmprisoned someswhere or wearing her life away in a private madhouse—Tor they say insanity is in the Armi- tage blooa, though I guess it’s only queernes: At any rate it’s my duty to find out about Mar- fuerite (she was all right), and I've written to ll the girls who knew her, ana_among them I guess I'll manage to get some information. TWe'il sec, my imncnetrable hostess, who is smartest in this matter!” and she nodded her little head triumphantly. - “Why, thiok of it! It's less than a year since shedisappeared! When 1 last heard of her she was passing a gay winter at_Groveland, 8o ac- knowledzed velic. (One of our class—Josey Clarke—Tives there. That's howil know.) All of n sudden she up and left, and now she might as well be dead and buried. We'll see, hower- er! But why, in the name of comfort, don’t they keep better fires?” she added, as we all dreiv u little nearer to the register. 'There, some one is poking it at last, thank Heaven!" and young Mrs. Mollie _put oune of her slippered féet right over the big tin pipe that communicated from below. 4 ‘As she did 50, and we all _leaned forward to catch more of the reviving heat, we were star- tled to cateh with it the agonized tonesof a voice,—a mother’s voice. And the next mo- ‘ment, when we were perfectty still, there were borne up to us on the heated air these words in tones of deepest griel: Oh, my, darling! my child! Would to God you and I had never scen this day!” “And following them was a groan—a mother’s roan—that the traitorous Leat bore up to us perfect plainness. Then all was still but for the crackling flre below. e turned upon eacn other with pale, scared faces, each ooe as puz- Zlea as much as the other. _ For once, however, we were too much startled to talk. We simply looked at cach other, then disappeared to our sitting-room up-stairs. Mollie only casped out, *What docs it mean?” as she sank breatblessly into my rock- er. (Shenever yet was so surprised as to sink into a straight-backed chair.) But there we we were Luddled together lovking biz-eyed enough. ‘What did it mean, to be sure? We not un- maturally expected some developments at Junch, but we were disappointed. s Mme. Armitage was turning up the tiny china teacups as we entered, and simply asked us if we would bave some tea. That was all. She were the same biack silk, her hair was crimped carefully over her temples as usual and her lips wore the customary precis¢ cx- pression. Could those agonized words have come from that cold, set mouth? It scemed improbable in the extreme. From whom, then, did they come? That was the question. The more we thought of it the more we were puz- zled, uptil we actually became enigmas to our- selves. That night our sleep was disturbed by the sound of footsteps in the halls, and of voices, in hurried consultation on the stairs, as the fect seemed to pass and repass each other. It was daybreak before they were hushed. ‘Then we turned over in our beds wonderingly; yet, the next moment, We, Curiosity & Co., were comfortably taking another nap. Ican only say that we oversleot ourselves that morning, for there was no ristog pell; and when we at last arosc and went down for our morning meal we found the lower rooms de- serted and no breakfast prepared. We had hardiy recovered from our surprisc when Dr. Sands, the gray-haired village physician, came burriediy into the room, where Mollie and I were standing, and, lavinz a haod upon 3 shoulder of each, said in a low tone: “Come with me, pieuse. I have something for you to do.” We foilowed him without a word. As we passed Mme. Armitage’s room he simply said, * She_is unable to leave her bed this morning,” and went ou. Up the attic stairs he took us, and only stopned at the door of the sky-light chamber, which we had i always supposed to be uninhabitable. Jocking tue door he led the way into along, Jow-cellinged room, comfortably, and even ele- gantly furnished. An invalid’s easy chair, in one corner, engaged our eyes the 1irst moment and o splendid sleepy-hollow sofs the next. Books and plctures were everywhere. The sun- shine from the sky-light was shut awas by gracefully-looped damask curtains, and only the wind brongh:%gnt into the room ss it fluttered against the curtains of two little garret win- dows. Between these and tbe farther end of the room was a bed with a beautiful Jomssy ¢ atmosphere chilled at once. We felt it 1 canopy and with the snowiest of counterpanes. To this the doctor went and gently raised the cover. We looked, and the blood about our hearts secmed to stand still with the shock of our astonishment. 2 ‘There lay the white, still form of Mattruerite Armitage. In the embrace of one &fm and nestled close to her side was the tiny waxen face of an infant,—like a rose-leaf that had fluttered down to wither in her bosom. The doctor needed not to tell us what there was for our women’s hands to do. He simply went away aad left us there. Then very gently and timidly I performed the duties that ap- pealed to my hands to be performed, and watered them with my tears. I say I, because after the first surprise Mollic gave herself up to her griel and contrition, and through it all lay sobbing upon the sofa. The dead girl lovked so exquisitely fair in her sleep that I laid a spray of white lilics in her hands, but they faded and lost their whiteness sosoon in the chill of her fingers that I cast them aside and simply put onc of the baby’s little haods in their place. So we left her~as I have always been glad to think—in the balo of a mother’s love, a moth- er's forgiveness. The pictures smiled with it upon the walls. Choicc books, with leaves turned down on the tablos, scemed to have parted their bright covers, like sweet, red lips, totell usof it. The cushions of the sofa, the cushions of the invalid's chair, bore mute wit- ness of a mother’s tenderness, and even the dolicate tidiesupon them had theloving impress of amother’s hand. Sowe left her. But, as we went down the stairs, we thought very deep- 1y of how that love had sat day after day at our table in the guisc of severity and plain black sillk. And we thought, with a rising sob, of the mother’s heart that was throbbing and breaking while we were watching the mimic grandeur of the diamond ring, gs it flushed in and out among the teacups. There was no dinner in the house that day, and no supper, and before nightfall all the twelve had flown but Mollie and I We staid in the stricken household till all was over—till the precious clay in_the upper chamber was carried away, and until Mme. Armitaze had awaken- ed from her long, delirous sleep: Wé saiv the first glimmer of her reason return, saw her guze inquiringly about the room, ask plaintively for Marguerite. Then we saw ber eyes fall upon us. With the sight she seemed to recall the Dast, and turued ner face to the wall. That was all. We knew she didn’t want us any longer after that, 6o we hired a nursc, who would be o comfort to her proud beart in not Kknovwing anything of that sad sceret. ‘Thea we wentaway. Heracknowledgments ofour services were ziven with all ber old queenly, unbending courtesy, and very coldly as was hér habit, but my tears fell fast as I weént down thestairs, and. Mollic and I bave eried together a good many times since 1n thinking of it. It has been a good many years since I bowed myself out of that sick-room, but it is all very freshin my memory. [ metMme. Armitage in o distant city not long ago. My hostess In- troduced us andwe exchanged simply the arcet- ings common to fashjonable introductions. She offered nothing more. So I knew then that she wished to blot out of memory the old bourding-house days. But I knew, too, by a q‘\’xivcr Which passed over her pale, firm face that ehe was"thinking, as I was, of o grassy mound in Bellaire churchyard and of a marble slab which bore the simple name *Marguerite.” Laura B. Maznsm. SnEBOYGAN, Wis., Jan. 26. e BOVEE. To the Editor of The Tridune. Chicago, Feb. 1.—During the month of July Mr. Marvin H. Bovee called at my office soticit- ing my subscription to his book on *‘Capital Punishment,” Desirous of haviog a book in swhich arzuments were adduced in opposition to this mode of punishment, I~ subseribed, and gave him $1. He stated that the book was then in press, and would be_ready for delivery in two montbs. As vet, Ihave fafled to receive my. hook. uor liave I heard trom the gentieman. Ts it possible he took this method of obtaining a tew dollars? 1f the ramors are to be credited he hes mot the best of reputation. Perhaps others have been similarly flecced, and I start the ball rolling by relating my experience. Dr. WELLS ANDREWS, 1014 West Lake street. ————— THE ANSWER. ¢ A question lies hiding, my darlizg. Decp down in those dark eyes of graz, While, in the fair glow of youth’s sunshine, Beside me you're sitting to-day. ol "ht keenly yon've read me, wise Auntie; What I fain would learn from sou i thi Of the joys and the blessings Earth save you, Which yielaed the richest of bliss?™ Over her face a radiance heamed, "And filled her eyes of blue— The exes that Age but served to make More tender in their hue. Fondly she kisscd the earnest brow, %nd smoothed the golder: head, Praying the web of Life mignt be Woven of shining thread- +43fy Iaugh was once as free as thine, 3ty heart o3 biithe and gay: My brow crowned, too, with shining locks, Time since transforimed o gray. The world ite sup of pleasure served, ; 1 quaffed it oft and deep. 4 And dreams that Earth beid higher bliss Filled not my happy slecp. +¢But soon I met a noble conl, Esrnest. sincere, and strong; Slowly it drew me to its side From ont the giddy thronz. Then rang aloft in cadence clear Pure Friendship's cong of joyi Ah? never felt I greater blise— ‘The bliss that cannot cloy. 41t blest my life, that tender Love, Restinz in God's own heart: To noblet objects Jed the mind, ‘Where Earth hefd greatest part. 1 will not say that skies c’er smile: Clear and undimmed above; For Love has storm-ciouds, bitter hours, More bitter for the Love. Bat then, one tender word ot deed From one we cherigh here Will more than balance all that bronght The heart-ache and the tear. 4 The waters rippling 'round my bar¥ Arctinged with sunset-light; The shades of twilight fas They'll soon be merged in nizht. And, when my Savior softly calls, L'l bless Ham for the Love 1lc sent to guide me in the way “T'hat led to llome abose. There, amid all the glittering band, T'll seek the friend of vore, And, sonl to soul, he bound by links Death's hand can break no more.™ Gently the young girl stepped away, Leaving Old Age to muse The cherished friend that filled Life's sk, With eoftest, tend'rest hues, A hiopeful light creeps up her face, ‘And nestles in her eyes: dreamy enile plavs ‘round her lips— ‘Slowly the sanset dies. e —————— At the Stadt-Theatre, in Leipsic, Herr Ed- mund Kretschmer has just produced his second opera, in four-acts, founded upon the history of Heury the Lion. MT. VESUVIUS, Should an cruption oceur in this voleaao, and cause the destruction of onc-half of the inhab- jtants who live in the vicinty, the remainder, +who barely escape with their lives, immediately move back upon the half-cooled lava, and there live in constant fear of another eruption, fool- ishly fancying that the only tenantable portion of the carth rests within tbe shadow of the great voleano. This fairly illustrates the force of habit, and the persistency with which people cling to opinions when once formed. For exam- ik, Dr: Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery cures incioient consumption, coughs, colds, and all affections of the liver and olood, yet some still depend upon physicians and remedies that have naught but repeated failures to which they can refer. Aud although Dr. Plerce’s Favorite Pre- scription is sold under a positive guarantce to cure those weaknesses peculiar to women, and potywithstandine that thousands of. women bear testimony. to its efficacy, and_the_ truth of ail statements made concerning it, many yet sub- mit to the use of caustic and the koife. Again, Dr. Picrce's Pleasant Purgative Pellets, no larz- er than mustard-secds, will positively cure con- stipation, where it is dependeat upon drspepeia or rorpid liver; yet some still depend for relief upon the “Dbhue pill™ or buge doses of drastie cathartic medicine. 1n the face of such factss ‘DELIS. can we wonder gt the blindness of the pooK: Itarans? il S THE TREIBUNE BEANCH OEFICES, ACCOMMODATE OUR NTMENOUS Zhou! 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Collars. 20 cents each. or $2 per dozen; cuffs, 35 ceita a pair, or 3 pair for Sl re- Fersibic styles. - These are fhe very dnest and lazestatsles, Glve us o call hit week: betore buying eTe; . **Lona Star™ S| - s Deathorn s, dear Possofiens, . oL Com OIt SALE—=ONE J. BAUER & CO. Nt 5 ifme aad [avery remect oot asnews mustecl o1 Account of depariure for Callfornta. and fo 5 cash pur- Shaser vl ielgo for ek han bl T cou” Eanbo e St Dauer's Muslc Store, comer State and Monroe-s A hano belonR fo Weds o o oo R SALE—THE *LONE STAR™ SHIRTS ATE the best in the world. Try them, at 1S3 Dearborn~ ., near Post-Ofice. = R SALE—FILE OF CHICAGO TRIBUNE FROM Octoder. 1871, to date. 1itA HOLMES, 83 Wash- ington-st. FOR SALE_& GORRD OF TRADE NEMBERSHIT: Aairesa 720, Telbunootmee. R SALE—A $200 LADY'S GOLD WATCH AXD chaln: will take frat-ciass talloring or farafiure. ‘Address 7 13, Tribuge ofice. OR SALE—A NEW SET OF TINNER'S TOOLS: good opportniity, for any one siarting businesss wiilwell all oF part. Call at 134 Dearborn-st., 1ioom 3 any day between 11 aad 1 o'clock. O SALE—AY ELE( ! great sacrifice. A il ANT OFFICE DESK AT & Z 44, Tribune oflice. ERSONAL—WIL ADY WHO SENT NOTE Frals EET o o e opdienen proing Dotat1n contdcnced Tomas thergy 1 D sud 3P PERSOSALZAN 2—iTIE ACQUATNTANCE OF ‘an azreeabic young lady. Address A 62 Tribune. OR SALE—IMPROVED LOT IN GRACELAND AT yalio Of ot witlioat improvereat. D. M. WELLS, FORREE AT IR sooce” CUAPIA & v1og, suitable N GORE 73854 75 Soaroe-st. A ERSONAL—2 YOUNG GENTLEMEN, STRANG- ers in the city, desire the acqualntance of two oung Indles not over 21 fond of smuserents. Address 8, Tribune office. OUND_TIHURSDAY AFTELNOON ON TWENTY- irst-st., alap-robe. Inquire at 27 Uakwood-av. OR _SALE — TWO UPRIGHT SHOW-CASES (rath. with sildtng.windows and dvors, cheaps sultable for millinery or fancy-guods. 200 and’ 202 East Randolph-st. 01i_SALE—A POOL-TABLE AND FIXTURES. East Ohlo-st. JOE SALE—18-FOOT COGNTER AND DESK FOR sale, at 151 Twenty-second-st. 0ST—SUNDAY, 27Tl GOLD AND CORAL EAR- on_ecithér Cottage Grove or “Randolph-st. jFinder wi be rewarded by recurning HNESDAY AFTERNOON. COMI o Rennvencn Dopot. on Miwankee-av.. . Findor i Tew: e Combea, AGar HbyDet o ki TOR SALE-LEASE AND FTRNTTURE OF THE most_elfxible oflice on the North Side; corner roomis; fine locatfon for a doctor or dentist: cheap. Address A 30, Tribune office, OL SALE-WE MARE SHIRTS TO FIT AND guarantee themn to piease you o every redpect, at the Jowest prices consistent with fine work- _Lone Star Snirt Factory, 139 Dearbor: near Post-Oflice. “OST—GOLD BRACELET, BLACK ENAMEL, name inatde. Finder will be rewarded by return® ing same to 346 West Monroe-st. OST ON EAST MADISON-ST., BETWEEN STATE ‘and Dearborn-ats., a gold Tocket set with cameo. Please return to Tribude efilce. T, OST_LAST SUNDAT EVENTNG. & MINK B0, on ornear Webster-ay. Finder will be rewarded by returning same to 494 Webster-av. OST—THURSDAY EVENIX Tidge-court and McCormick fasses. ~ The finder will be rewarded ce of CHARLES GOSSAGE & CU. . DETWEEN ELI fall, a pair of opera: by leaving at of- J701t SALE_LAGGE DIAMOND STUD. FORSALE ‘cheap. Addrezs A 31, Tribune office. OR SALE_BUTCIIE! our portzble Axture up. Tagls and machinery & CO., 78 West Van Buren-st. OR SALE=TWO MILCH COWS AND ONE SPRING wagon. Apply fo PROSPEK MAYEL, on Evans- av., firat cotta, th of gt ALL AND EXAMINE nd fce-houses before Atcin; all kinds. MATHESON [FOR SALE BARC HE BANK COI ter and glass partition of the German American Bank of Chicaco. - Inquire of L GOLDSTELN, 61 «;g&;fi{fo#g;[m ‘_mgop.’\'vrmfi\.\(sm}'s'r - on Peor(a or Vausuren-sts. - Dlease address 3iiss LIZZIE FARR, 273 South Wood-at. = 0ST—ON NORTH SIDE LAST THURSDAY, A ‘purple-colored plush -.ack cushlon for sleigh. The finder wiil please leave it at Wright's Livery Stable, 250 East Kinzle-st.. and be patd for troubie. 7 OST—SATURDAY MORNING, ON EITIHER MICH- L4 igan, Wabnsh- or State-st.. north of Twelfth, or while crossing over to one of those streets. a cuff Containing o button, amethyst setting. The fuder wilt be liberaliy rewarded by returning it to tne owner st 1toom 3, 177 Lasalle-st. JLUST - SHALL DBLACK-AND-TAN DOG: HAS ‘ears clipped: coliar on with owner's name: and No. 5 oa plate. Tzecurn to 1439 South Dearborn-t.and recelve reward OST—WIITE IVORT CATHOLIC PRATER-BOOK on 5:15 train from Hyde Park; suitable reward il be pald Onder. Keturn to Tribune office or 152 Thirty-tirst-st. OST—ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON, A PAIR OF fur gloves. Returu will be proverly Tewarded at m 2. 33 Clark-st. DAY AFTERNOON. AT MANDEL'S ‘or on State-st., & Russia-leatiicr pocket-hook Teward {f renrned to owner, JULIA L. COURTNEY, 483 Carrol Los‘r— TLL THE PARTY THAT FOUND D. B. “[hompson's pocketbuok lust Sunday morning ieep the monev and send e note to75 North Peoria: 8t 3 will conier a great favor. P 30 AND 40 EAST KINZIE- st., a bunch of keys. The finder will be liberally rowarded by leaving them at No. 30 East Kinzte-st. "0ST — L/ RGE _POCKETBOOR, CONTAINING K 1 papers, etc. The finder varded by leavh v at 690 Fulton-st., or 125 Wil he re and 127 South Clark-st., Loom 39. one g 3 T B COTEC S Whbtwonirans - Drinma entekens. OB SALE-cHEAP-OT EX Stores suitable for store of factory: hate beda Teas than 50 days. Address A 77, Tribune ofce. -FUR SACK. MUFF, AND BOA; ALSO chaln, bracklets; cheap for cash or part trade. Callat 1 Tubbard-cou FOH SALE—BAR cheap. ot 22 La PR L TR I A g T s, Trice. 75 cents por gallon. 100 LAFFIRCOTE. 7 East Hamolph-ner socond Jobr. GE—3 FISTORES AND LICENSE Ok SALE-BLACK A AN AND SCOTCH ! “terricrs at 253 Clark-st. Ears ekilifully trimmed. TS OR SALE-THE BEST SHIRT THE WORLD PR0- dnces made to it you at £2.25 each, or bix for 313: good shirt for $1.50. We use only rellabic gnods, 3ad suarantee cvery shirt to give entire satisfaction orre- fund the money. Tryus. ' LONE STAR " Shirt Fac- tory. 183 Dearborn-st., near Post-Office. ;Oft SALE—I HAVE A FISE HEAVY CASE Howanl zold watch, nearly Dew, in pawn for $30. 11 sell for $30. _Address A 50, Trivune office. Froit SALECPELTZERS CITY ATLAS, WITH appeadix; bound complete, Tresh. and ciéan. Ad- dress'fs 6, Tribune offic FOk SALECCUEAR-OXE STANDING AND ONR sitting-desk. C. P. OVIATT, Koom 14, 143 La- Salle-st. TOR SALE—A PAIR OF FINE SOLTAIRE DIA- ‘mond ear-rinzs: price, $225; cost. $400. Koom 71 Washiogton-st. OR_SALE-GOOD SECOND-HAND TINNERS' Tools, safe, shelving, and stove platforms.” Addres B9, Tribune off §5 REWARD-LOST, THURSDAT SORNING. A ©) lurgy Newfoundiand dog. with rope atached to Gotlar; answers to name of Captain. Answer 205 East Lake-st., or 53 Warren-av. ~ REWARD—LUST. ON FRIDAT EVENING, ) 25(h ult.. pair of gola spectacles In a moroced Fie. The anaer will receive S5 by leaving them at the business ofice, Post-ofice. +] () REVARD AND ¥OQUESTIONS ASRED FOR L) the return of the memorandum book and con- 134 Monroe-st. Jap, 19. tents taken from trunk af GEORGE METZ, 147 State:st. S R1() BEVARD LoST-A GOLD BRACELET. o The finder will please return toC. D. TOWEi:, 105 Somh Cilnton-st. MUSICAL- OR SALECCTLINDER DESKS, OFFICE CHAIRS, ofice relliny. partitions. counters finelodnzes fine_extension-tables, beautiful In desfn and taish: warranted at moderate price. MILLER'S Desk Face tory, Lake and Jeferson-ats., up-stairs. OR SALE—AT COST OF GOODS, PLUM-COLOR= ed dreas, on account of golng {nt6 mourning une: pectedlys has never been worn. Address A 81, Trl Ogt SA‘{.E—CUBA??O E lT:\YIi()é!"nS II‘ZAVC‘Y o haron por oF, 0¥ Aie, Frinding, & . VIR Room 14, 145 LaSaiients © o SALE—A FINE DIAMOND RING, 3 STONES, coat §75, prics €30, 183 Deasbort it shirvatore, oL SALE—A LADY'S FINE GOLD WATCH FOE '$20; cost $45. ¥ 86, Tribune office. TREMENDOUS SACRIFICE-ELEGANT BRAND A new 7i4-octave rosewood pianoforte, with agraffe, and all improvementa, handsome carved lega, ana lyre. only $175._R. T- MA 154 Stute-st. R BROS. PIANO! DR ek BRADBU 05, 1ANOS, - AND THE UNRIVALED O & stk - ESTEY ORGAN: Over 500 first-class instroments for sale, reat, or ex- clll?nflzbuwn[l)l!mml%st {Tkl'onble terms. t bargal e clty. e g ETORY & CAMP, 211 State-st. TR ek, (ARE OFFEIINGEAT GR BARGAINS the following planos. slizhtly nse 1 flauer plano, Toscwood case. 755 Oct. 1 Knabe plano, rosewood case. 0 ieinway pianos 1 Taines rog."piano, In e but few weeks. 1 Boardman & Gray plano. 1 Nunns & Clark. And others. 3ost of these Instruments were taken {n exchange for new oues, cuabling us to sell them out at exceedingly fgures. A JULIUS BAUER & CO., Corner State and Monroe-sts., Palmer House. OR_SALE—CHEAP — ELEGANT PIANOFORTE, 71§ octaves; cost $5 has overstrung bass, ele- Zantly earved ciso and lezes; made by one of the best Hiakers: 10 use but a few months, sad (4 fuily equsl 1o Wabash-av. JFOR SALECA VERY NICE YOUNG COW AND calf. good milker; would trade for ahorse. ~ 213 Twenty-sccond-st. R SALE—_TWO NEW SAMPLE TRUNKS, TRE very best make, very chesp. W. H: FORBES, 131 Twenty-second- JrOR SALECAMERICAY WATCIL CO.'S_STF3I- ‘winder, first quality, 80 dwt. 13 k. cases, for 3120z also, Jurgensen steu witder and fne cluster dlamond: ring ata bargain. _ Room I9. 143 Dearborn-st. OR_SALE-TO MOVE. TIE DWELLING-TOUSE on comner Bishop-court, and West Madison-st., 1 ooma and In good order. F. G. WELCH, Koom 2" 142 Latalle-st. OR SALE—A 10-FOOT HEAVY SILVER-PLATED ‘show-case, cost $10, price $25; also 17-foot coun- for, cow 550, price $35: blio thice yery, da ofl palnt- fngs (small size), cheap. 188 Dearborn-st. (Shira Store). OB SAL for S11! “LADY'S ELEGANT DIAMOND RING oniy }4_the value; also centleman's gold watch and cfinln for 54; areat bargaln; waut moaer. une s , Tt e BOOKS. e SBQOIEDS o rrmmmmmnccnnn A UCTION SALE OF & VALUABLE LIBRARY OF old_English books, compriaing about 2,000 ¥ol- uimes, bound in calf and other strles of binding. Among the colicction are many rare miscellancous, theologlcul, sclentlilc, 1 6 Dooks are now In the Custom-ifouse. and will be re- _will sell cheap for cashi. _Call at 1167 ofvod by s 10 a few duyy The sale will take placo 01t SALE—OR TENT-HLLLETT & DAVIS PI- | Tutsday, Feb 12: catilbucy ready gih WA & o, G- J. ADAMS, 60 Dearborn- BUTTERS & CU.. Auctioncers. SALE—CHEAP FOR CASI—PARLOE OR- nine stovs, knee swell ~PROSSER, SALE—A DBARGAIN—ELEGAXT FIRST- fano; very casy terms; will rent cheap; Privtlege of buylns. - Address A 83, Tribuae office. 7Ok SALE-CAEAP-FOR CASIL, Ol TO EX o for any kindof houschoid goods, ‘o ¥ery kering plase. Inquireat L. GOLDSTELN, Q0% class new p chang clegnt Chicl 61 State-st. FOR SALECA 1 TILTON GUITAR: ¥ ‘been used ot to exceed s(x months. aud 18 now as 83 news cost $50: will scll it for $35 cash. Ad- 2AYOND, Jackson, Mich. Ro0¢ dres 11, A. 70T SALE_TGITION TICKET AT CIFICAGO MT- G31. 243 Sta 10N TIC] sical Colleze. W. H. VAN ORN te-st. Fm(’sz;ia FINE PARLOR PIPE OKGAN AT ONE- third c Call st 170 Thirty-arst-st. W PIANOS AND SOMENSE STOCK ELEG ORGA: GREATLY REDUCED P SECOND-HAND INSTRUMENTS TAKEN IN EX- CHAN T. MARTIN, 154 State-st. PIANps FATIED TN EXCILANGE FOR EQUITY ‘In brick dwelling on West Wadhington-at. A good ‘bargan. _Address Z32, Tribune office. PIANOS AND ORGANS TO RENT AND FOR Sale: reating napeclaity: instruments tuned and Tepaired. WAL R. PROSSEL 5 State-st. STr_l WAY SCALE UPRIGHT AT A GREAT BAR- cost S50 Lwo yeriio; S350 caah wil faice 1L, o will take dlumond o lady’a gold watch, balaoce cash. Address Z 47, Tribune oflice. JV ASTED_PATLOR ORGAN, NEX; OR NEARLY 50, medium in price; mustbe good and cheap for cash. "Address, with price, Z 25 Tribune ofice. YVANTED-TO RENT ZA TIARE, ALSO, IN- ‘structions on harp. Address, stating terms, 03, Tribune office. __ = VW ANTED STEINWAY WPRICHT, FIANO, LIT- tie used; cheap for cash. A 84, Tribune oflice. =A WILL BUY A SPLENDID BRAND NEW () parior organ, with stope. swell. eic.. warranted for ive years. R. T. MARTIN. 154 Stat $100 NEEATLA RENAT OFORTE, 154 State-st. STEUCTION. IURIEREE.. S LD LADY WILL TAI?E POPILS IN ELOCUTION. A m9%e (vocal and instrumental),” and languages, Address X 18, Tribune aflice. COLLEGE AND GERMAN AND FRENCH UNT- G fucaied gentieman wiil fnstruct in French T for board or by the hour. Address Z 09. “I'ipune office 1 ~J0 TAGGHT 1S A FEW LESSONS Ané]l' I:d slmple method. Terms, $5 & J0n S TURNEL, of the Coliseum Theatre, 10 Coltseum Ballding, 87 Clark-st. L PHONOGRAPH CULLEGE, 234 MADI- ULLOX S fom 3, sorner Peorla: Frenich system, complete i five lessons; taught by Icsson If desired. {RENCH LANGUAGE TAUGHT Tu YOUNG P e fa privatc famlly: method ensy and ettlc Zient: Serms moderate. Best referemce. ELLIS KNTGUT, No. 8 Sangamon ITAN INSTRGCIIONS GIVEN —BY PROF. GO TR G0N ousetenting. performer and teacher In the world. Terms Teasonable. Stadlo 160 North Clark-st. DIVIDUAL INSTRUCTION BY A PRACTIGAL T booukeeperat the Chicazo Commerctal Institute and Select School, &8 LaSaile-st. 1N LANDSCAPE PAINTING.— Tuesdays snd Thursdays. Drawlng beginners Satundays from 2 OA. Room 30 American BY A course. Loom 4 D.m. Express Monroe: T. DERTHIER WAGNER, FROM French. Best ADAME, ) Sives thorough Instraction 1 references. - Resldence 1159 Pralric-ay. PIASG ASD TOCAL LESSONS. &2 A MONTH ‘cach, by competent lady teachers; practice rea- ndy 200ms 7 and 8 Farwell Hall. PIANC AND GUITAL MADE EASY—A NEW nethod of teaching by which o comlete knowledze of elther Instrament cin be obtataed in twenty lessona, Sitsces GREEL, 250 West Lake-at., and 57 East Wash- e ] ST e PO s B8 i FIRST-CLASS STORAGE HOUSE FOR ALL hotseold or other gooas. With casn advances If ¥aated. 200 to 206 Raudoipb-st. [RE.PHOOF WAREHOUSE, 160 WEST MONROE- ‘for turniture, merchandiae, carriages, eté. Loansto cgal tnterest. Cash _for stocks of TN IDELITY STORAGE COMPANY, 78 AND 80 VAN D S Tatrcased fachities for atorage of furni< ture and general merchandise at lowest rates; bugeies- $1per month; advsaces 3 curTeasrates; sxtely VAl sonabie. “infton-st. any amoun! A LBUNS AT COST: DIARIES 1878; GEOLOGICAL 00 vo;umes of - Survey of Ilinols, ? vols., SS‘J: ”fion ‘Catalogues sent upon a; ow stairs it SILLET dison-st. (" S| AID FOR BOOKS—STANDARD WORKS always bring good prices. Defore you sell your Abrary see CHAPIY. corner Madison and Dearours-sts; \OR: SALE — HOG ARTH COMPLETE. UNBOLND— First five vols. Appleton's Encyclopedia, Arst edi- tfon, cloth: highest offer takes them. Address Z 85, “Tribune office. Fon's‘.u. 5 VLS, APPLETONS AMERICAN Cyclopedia; price, N3, Tribune otlice. : never been used. N hee. RIES OB SMALL LOTS OF BOOKS WANT. ‘ed; highest price pald. = Address or call at SMITILS Cheap Book Store, 101 Madison-at. TTHE ALDINEFOR 1578 AND 1870 WILL BE COM- pleted 1n 24 parts at 50c cach; mone are authorized fo collect In advance for the wark. It will be delivered Dby the carrier moathiy. den of sadress will bo einployed to take ordérs in Tllinot: Indfana. lows. and Siinnesots. Apply at once to MOONEY & SMART BROS., 145 South Clark-st., Chlcazo. EWGATE CALENDAR~A RECORD OF TS ‘exploits, trials, etc., of the most motorlons minali of Eagland, Hiistrated by, 73 cacioos cofper: latc engravings (very rare), 7 vois. old sheep, Sl4. B TonT. “a. licile efective, B8, = BARTLETT'S Book Store, 132 South Clark-st. VWASTED-TO, PURCHASE A CUMPLETE SET OF “Appleton’s New American Encyclopedia; price ddress stating price. Z 43, Tribune. must be very low. A ANTED — second-hand books, magaz! purchaser at hizhest price, by ade £()() FIECESOF CHOICE 50 oot dressing cheaps Great bargal ks and stationery at cxceenflnix id_for Webster's Dictionary. Iz E‘".BEHT, 21 South Clar} PARTNERS WANTED. RTNER _WANTED-ACTIVE OR SILENT, él(l.n hyo?n 3,000 to £6,000, 10 extend an established anufazturing busioess; profits on 200.t0 200 per cent, and which sell 84 fast as wnanufactured; investigation solicited. Y 58, ‘Tribune office. P £30. iished trad Pk fueace Dess {n grain, eic.. wants a 000 to work It up. £8.00 Address PARISER WASTEDLY & RESPONSIBLE Party with $2.000 t0 $2,000. Something new ia the ‘Address Y B, Tribune of turniture Jine. ibune of PARTSER WANT] i{ GAPITAL TS GRAIN ‘and provision commlssion business. are chanca CER WANTED—WITH FRUM $20,000 TO 000 1n & wholessle jewelry house With cstab- ddress A 07, Trioune office. WANTED—A PARTY WHO TAN IN- conalderable Tecefving nad shipya busl artner with $6.000 to 8. Tribune office. Tor party with $5,000t0 $10,000. Address A 5. Tribune. . ARTNEE WANTED—WITH $15,000 TO_$20.000 ‘capital to assiat In the fnnnclal inanagement of 4 frst-class manufactarinz business in this cley. | Prodta large, and business capifal guarantecd. Reference re- quired and given. AddressZ 23, Tribune office. PARTSER WASTED—WITH 8300 TO ESTABLISH 'an office for the cure of rheumatism. Moaey taft. ‘Address DL, 5, 833 West Monroe-st. PABTNER WASTEDUIN THE START OF A ‘manufactory where the profit is large, sale sure, 2nd no cumpetitfon. ‘This opportonity i extraordinary. For intormation call on C. 5. ENGLE, Boom 6 Metro- politan Block. NTED—WITH $e0u, IN A MANU- ARTMER VW2 taple articic; monopoly; rare facturing business chance. Address A 24, Tribune ottice. 53 A ARTNER WANTED—WITH $500 OF $1.000. an eatablished produce_ commlisalon busincss. kood chance o right man. 2 52, Tribuno office. DARTNER WANTED—I¥ FANCY. AND STAPLE Kroceries; youns, 8l ‘man with $500 or $600; best ioeation on Weat Sige. Weat Sadison, cley. ARTNER WANTED—! $000, TO TARE A P AR Untercst dn & good cash grocery: atock new 30d no Axtures to buy. _Call at 1248 State-at. ITAL, IS _COM- Tribune ofice. P'Sm-\ ANTED— ‘misston business. Address C3u. CHEAIRVOYANTS. ASTIAN & TATLOR. 160 E. ADAMS-ST., MATER- jallzed full-form seances every ight.cXcept Tuesday e Chairvoysat sittings daly trom 11 10 3- N AL CLAIRVOYANT M APAE S8 SATERE, CEANERIASE ‘State-st..noar Thirty-frst: establish A 0S5, FORTONE-TELLER, 127 FOURTH- M;Lv..gfiésfls;n 7. lirlfl‘flv 25¢; gentlemen, 50C. TERHUNE 1S THE WONDER OF T VT, JERE 5, T TR in. "R ‘Hubbard-st.