Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, February 11, 1878, Page 7

1= b pEpmappp ] F B . o o FEEFEEPBL BilsrrrEEE = 1P | e E e IFEEF-EPEFEL | Il LlerEs IFEEzel | oo berd LSy R | ST L TRE e i BT mERAT CAT E Y RT e E - o T TH CHICAGO TRIBUNE MONDAY, FEBRUARY I1, 1878, 7.4 SPAL The Duc de Montpensier, King Alfon- so's Father-in-Law. ’ Annanl Fair In the City of Malnga—Cnri- ous Scenes on the Alameda. How Obristmas Ts Celobrated—The " Naoi- miento " and the ' Sambomba.” A Practical Joke at the Expense of the British Consul Speciat Corresrondencs of The Tridune, ALAGA, Bpaln, Dee. 81, —S8panish soclety Is much agitated upon the question of the ap- proaching nuptials between the King and the Dona Mercedes. The name of the Duke of Montpenaler Is In every mouth, thus reeailing to mind the in- tenso excitement produced by the killine of his cousin, Prince Enrique, in a duel,—a duel oc- caelaned by polltical animosity, and which ean only becompared in Importance to that which fook placo hetween Hamilton snd Burr. ‘The Duke was not popular before, and the geath of Don Enrique made the Throno of 8pain an impossible reach for his outstrotched hand, although hie has tho name of being one of the " ADLEST INTRIGUERS IN BUROPE. e then turned the welght of his Influence {n favor of his wife's claims (shc is sister to thoex- Queen Jsabelia), and tried to buy Republican power. They accepted his monoy, but slipped {n their own candidate; 8o agaln he was dlsap- pointed. Now, however, his daughtor Is nbout to be made Queen of all the Bpains, and ho s sup- posed to be happy. But his happiness falied to open his pursc-strings to the satisfaction of the deputation that bronght him tho autograph let- ter of the King asking for his daughter’s hand. With the letter they presented dlamond brace- fets and o minfature of his Majesty act in brill- fants, but received only meagre gifts in return; and the grand alnner to cighty guests, and the ensuing svlendld ball, when more than a thou- gand et in his spacious palace to make merry over tha betrothal, were nol suflicient to eraso the memory of the presents of minimum value. Tno people rather grumblingly enumerated his visibio wealth, commenciog with his magninl- cent palace fn Beville, whose garden alone yiclds #3000 worth of orangos annually; then his palace {n Madrid, his palaco in Parls, and his palace in Bologna. Mo {5 supposed to keep them to INSURH A PLEABANT RETREAT {nono country or another, as political tides may. force s movements, e has already quitted Spaln eeveral times, promfeing not to roturn; and, when his love of Intrigue was montioned na a serfoun obstacle o bis duughter’s marringe, he promptly nssured the King's ndvisers of his willingness to occupy his palace in Italy. * The dellght of dreesing his-daughter s Queen Toosens his hold upon gold, aml Frenchmodistes are permitted to couault thetr wiklcst fancles, The resnlt 8.2 white satln dress, with a train six yards Jouiz of velvet spangled with silver, TUpon the feant {s embroldered in secd-pearls the shlelds of Sehin and France, Nluminated with clustering dfumonds. . A Spanish mantllia of point-lace cofupletes the costume, worthy of a talp:0f the, Arablan Nights, as the Spaniards sy, ‘fhe Dona Mergedea is Reald to ba Intensel EBpanish, and guitc resented tha ctalm of her rel- stives, whedgecently visiting Parls, who in- slsted : that .aho wus half-French, ~ Whother licy or youghful enthusiasm for her lover and i&'apparently brilllant carcor dictated her ex- iona, whio can tell} [Maulaga, In°s modest way, has had her fote and tho publle. promenade’ has been a aceno of great, lh‘cllm;gfil he post week. 118 ANNUAL FAIR has been hy l—n ?"{f of ‘-ildeu lumc“ ‘::Mln egpla. Wey owed {hrce days to sell their Hd‘.flh fax or lieense,~and the country- ople have' come {n from every direction, roging tho produco of thelr farms to scll on the Alameda. Great plles of golden oranges, rosy-cheeked apples, ruesct-pears, green melons and grapes, yellow dates, and glossy-brown nuts were thrown in rich profusfon upon the strect, eniitting sptey and fragrant odors: whils thelr owneis stood In the inidst, shouting in a loud tona bt volco the excellenco of their products, aud calliog for purchasers, For a few fuct of spaca each vendor {schargod £3, besldo the tax for the privilegs of Lringlng his goods within tho clty Himits, The right of tenting the street 18 sold at auction, and this year it brought 32,200, Bo thu poor countrye pepple, who patiently walk beeldo thelr lnden donkeya—men gnd women allko—somo twenty ar thirty miles, hava to pay dearly for the priv- flezo of selling theirdfrult, and, bon gre mal gre, 01l the coffers of the rich, A peaple more unlike our farmers could scarcely Lo, imagined. They live In_primitive slinplicity and=—dirt, A towel or wash-basin is, Tam told, an unkuown luxury. Their dress is inexpeusive, BCT PICTURESQUE, particularly the men's, for, as among most un- cultured or savago people, men give more atten- tlon to dress than women, They wear the oddest hats; ono hat alone would pleture a civilization—shall I say a bur- barism {—that fs utterly unknown toourcountry, Their shoca nre made of untanned leathor; also their legglugs, that button to the knee, which ore surmounted by white pantajets and dark pantaloonsthat aro slashed on the sido aud loose- 1y laced with cords, whoso tassols dance with cvery footstep. A broad red sash is worn alout tho waist, giving a band of bright color to tha Gtherwlse somewhat sombro costume. On colit days, as o Bpanish clonk s altogcther oo expensive, one s quickly constructed of Erotesque appeara hry uklnfi: 8 blauket and cutting a hole in the mbldic, through which the cad Is passed, and, beholdl a cloak that the wearcr CAUNIZS WITI DIGNITY AND CONTENTMENT, In the ovening, each little party lights a fire in the centre of 1ts small square, aud ail cluster eround i1t gypsy-fashion. ‘Chen perhaps a com- panv of men und women como along with kultars, und stop and sing in tho Heht of the Hlarlug ftammes,—making o pleture worthy of the band ‘of a Rembrandt. They do not beg, but Wauder about the strects singing the comlug of Christ and the Blessed Virgin, * Except yo be as little ehildren,” About 11 o'clock the strect becomnes qulet; the farmors atretch themselves upon thelr bags of nuty, or lean agzaiust he houses, and take what slecp they can get. Ruln or shine, they must gl by thelr goods and protect them from thicves, LClirtstrias-Evo Is the great fete. Poor peoplo rave frum their carnlngs during the whols year to sccura u izood dinuer on the Nochs Bueno, and ? representution, however rade, of Lhe Nacimien- o, or Is mado BIRTIE OF CHRIAT. D 38 I8 brought, upon which are ranged duukeys, cows, sheep, aud asses, with the heads Fevereutly turned towards a cradle with an bm- mense head-plece of gulden glory, A wooden Yaby Tica in the eradlc, and on clther alde stynd, In gorgeous robes and golden crowns, Joseph and Slary n adoratfon of the Infant, ‘lo givaampie space for the decorntion of Mary's Tobes, ahe 13 gencrally dressed with hoops! Ruile as this fs, if they have not tho means to decure this reverent pleasure, thoy feel thelr hiect puverty to be lnueed mlsery, 0 thie houses of the wealthy it ussumes ole- Buit proportions, and {u the theatres bas an lhbora‘lu represcotatlpn, portroylog the fliche from Egyt, the Slgdghter of the Inuocents, the adoration of We Much, uod all that per- "':l;:l- to the story of the life of the ln}unt csuy, ry A Spanfurd of unusual culture and iterary ents spoke to muimos: enthusiastically upou the subject, ylclding to taese observauces tBe wurmest sympathy, Fo sdd: It {s our ta0st cheriak lief, dear to tho heart of e¥ery Chnstian)? ‘Teurs filled bls eycs, and, Vlacing his hund upou bis heart, a3d looking up- ard, "he continued: *Tbe lucsolicabio, tho 'e0d mysteryl" Emotion seemed to choke Utterauce, and silence cusued. )hnly booths of playthilngs deck the squares, 854 plies of primitive tumbuurlies, with bits of vlace of bells, cumber the lh‘lw&llfl: sud TUR BANBONBA meets ono at everyturn, ‘This sambsmba is the :Ldlm lustrument inaginable. It caisists of h“ cartben pot, liko s tdower-pot, whiva large n&-‘u In the bottom. Over the top'1s svetehed a cc of gkiu, iu the centre of which s placed u ‘Fo8 reed, with tiny bells attached to the top, © player wets bl hand, and rubs it up und WU Lie reed fu s kind of rhytbwmic neasure, 8ud the most doleful sounds fssue. ‘hey are Used ouly on the ANoche Bueno, and aw sy hfltd to be the sawa the shepherds had nearly llllleluun buudred years nzo, when & gluy fell Afosud sbout them, aud they were told 4 seek 'mlut;nt whowus Lo bring peavs aud good- bl Bo, ou Clislstimas-Eve, roups of jeople Vot armed with those lustruments, with 4l they wark the tie of the pastoralathey sing, proclalming the promiscs of God and the virtues of the Bleased Virgin, At midnleht thebells ring for mass, and the more devout of tho singers wend thelr way to the Cathedral, ainging as they go. Soon the bullding Is crowded, pearants and Iadies jostle ong atothier, and kneel side by sido; prayers and fine orcheatral tnusic sucered each other UNTII, 2 0'CLOCK IN TIE MORNING, The streefs ara more crowded at midnight than at midday, and_cvery one scems mcrrly nnd gleeful; no drunkenness, no dlsorder; afl mingle, and sing, and laugh, and dance fn legit. fmate pleasure. Christmas-morning fa dull, every one befng tired and sleepy from the merry-making of the previous night,” Few go ta church, and the clt; daes not seem to fairly waken until the band commences to play on the, Alameda, when the clite appesr In rich dresecs and airy mantilias, atlended by pallant cayalicrs in graceful clonks,—ona polnt. um-)em‘v thrown over tha shoulder 8o us toreveala bit of vivid plush linlng,~and promenade together, keeping timo with the musfe, or sit in chelrs under the trees where they chat amid a flutler of fans, as though they werc in & private drawlvg-room. THERE 18 A GOOD STORY told of n practical joke played by some English- men—who, bereft of ordinary amusement, wera ready for any mischlef—upon a simple-minded and somewhat austcro Scotchman, who at that time represented thele Government here. The Engliah Consul-General Is at the Jiend of the Conaulates In_ Malaga; and, on occaslons, of rullfiluus Ienuvlues.‘fim Governor of the city fnvites the Conauls to bo present at the Cathe- dral, where they are given a conspicuous posi- tion near the high altar, The first time the Bcolchman was {nvited to appear {n his offielal capacity happencd to Lo one of theso occasions, and liepresented himsell in full gala dress, prepared to sustain the dig- nity of the Consuiatc, and to ncquit himasell worthily of the respousibllitics of his position, Hewas cutirely ignorant of Spanlsh customs, and _had been du{ fmpressed by the young Euglishmen with the imbortance of closcly ob- serying the strivt forms of Buanish etiquette, and_had been told thnt tho officlating pricst would probably address to him certalu compli- ments as chief of the Consular service, and o must bo prepared to grgeefully acknowledue the same. When the priest turned at the “ Downlnus voblscum,' the Consul, thinking the moment had arrived when lie was expected to nnknnwlmlfiu tho compliment, grandiy rose and waved bfs lian I with stately dignity towards tho ricst, and sald slowly, disfinctly, and graclous- yy & Beso lo mano dé uated** (1 K138 YOUR WORSIIT'S TIAND), The effect upon priest, Governor, aml congrega- tion can be imagined. Bome resented it an a ridicule upon their religion; some gazed In wondering surpriso; while others lsughed ot his ignoran:e,—awmong them the Englishmen who perpetrated the joke. ‘The Consul was too intent tpon the proper fulfillment ot his duties to observo the congro- eation, and, each time the priest turned to- wards him in the service, he rose, and, with the same atately dignity of manner aud gracious cexpression of countenance, clearly counclated, ‘$ fleso lo mano de usted.” During his realdence in Malagn, the Governor never again invited him to to o rul]l@iul}u scrvien, U IH NEW YORK ART NOTES. Fino Art nt the Academy of Design—Elov- enth Annual Exhibition of Water.Colors— The Choleo Productions of Forelgn and 1lomo Artiata—A Boclety Whono Y'rogress In Apparent from Yenr to Year. From Our Own Correspondent. New Yong, Feh. 7.—Tbe collection of water- colors nt the Academy of Design makes a thor- oughly interesting exhibition. Three rooms and the corridor are filled completely with color, and a fourth room {s devoted to work in black and white. The members ot the Ameriean ‘Water-Color Socloty are to bo congratulated on the progress shown as a body and {ndividunily. ‘This is tho tleventh annual cxhibition, and it ia better artistically than was the tenth. Sotho tenth was better than the ninth. The Boclety is in n siato of advancement,—the “stato hope- ful” for artists andall others. Mero than o thousand plctures were sent in to the hanging committece. Nearly 600 appear on the walls, and but a few out of this large number nced show cause why thoy demand notfee in sucha place. ‘Thero Is somotting wonderfully attractive to mu in agallery of water-colors. It may be un- Jjust to say that tho peopla generally do not ap- preciato this class of paintings, and give undue preference to oll, but so at thnes it would seem. Many will tako a poor plece in ofl rather than an arcistic ono In water. ** Water-colors are so thin,"” was o Joud comment I heard the other evening, Well, art does not consist in thick- ness, The paintings,~unusually fine ones, by the way,—which aro presently to be sold at auction by Leavitt and Kurz, are scarcely ex- peeted to bring prices necording to the amount of plgment Jald on the canvas. This kind of huying s relegated to (@ victims who get caught in the vurious auction-shops, open all the year round, where they scll oll daubs turned out per yard by tho men who decorate cars and omulbuses, and framed in falso gilt, which xlistens but endures only for o season. WATEN-COLOUS arc not as thick as oil, to bu sure, but here are some gems and beautics of art, nov cas. Tako this study of bluc-birds, by Miss Fidelin Bridges, who fs o loving_student, ns you may plainly see, of birds and tholr leafy bowers, What could bo more delicate and lnll{lf\ll than this, both fu drawing and color? ‘There is nn effeet of color here that canuot be reached in oll—a cortaln fineneas amd sucgestion which re- call that urtistio expression of Dante Rossctty's, in his description of *Jenny," whers Lie speaks of her . . . Eyelldsbluo, An If xome sky of dreams shone through. Thero s In this coloring ecmething of tho same sucgestivencss of under-hues, Therois no zood reason why a good water-olor should atriko the vyo ns thin, and mauy pictures lu this collection rofute the chargo. ‘The growing inclluntion of artfsts to paint in water was remarked lost year. A few names of tho socloty members, with the yumber of plet- ures by cach, wiill indicate the timo they are devotlng to it, If not the quality of thelr work: A, F, Bellows hos soven pl » A, Abbey, six: A, T, Bricher, tour; Miss Bridees, of Brooklyn, six; Walter Brown, five;’ Sumuel Colmau, five; J. M. Faleoner, teny Henry Farrur of East Now Yark, eloven; R, Swain Giltord, sevens James F, 1Hind, of Paterson, six; Willium Magrath, seven: J.'C. Nicoll, six} Granville Perkina, seven; Praufshnikott, of Harper Brothars’ cetablishment, three; C. 8. Relnhort, five; Walter Batterlee, six; henmu F, Bhelton, elght; R, M, Shurtlefl, scvon; ¥. A, Bilva, clghts. Jumes D, dmillie, Prestdent, sevens F, 1L Smith, fourtcen; James Bymlug- ton, Y nine; Kruscman Van Elten, nine; A, 11, Wyant, tiyo; 'C. P. Crauch, of Cambridge, soven; T, C. Farror, of anfon, threo; flarry Fenn, Egypt, two; Willlam T. Richards, of Ger- mantown, four, ‘There was a promlse, 1 I mistako uot, of a larger number ot pleces from the artfsts of other clties. Chicago was to be among tho con- tributors, but vo slen appears of herfutorest. 1t inay Lo that the artists of your city prefor their own market, It canuot be duller ‘than this {s at present, onid probablois not nearly so over- stocked, Baltimore {s furnishing ‘us private collections at suction; flnancisl pressures are compelling home connolsseurs to disposs of what arc ¢lassedus non-| ;rwucllwlnvu?gn‘un; and altogetier, what with the rago fos the com- puratively cheup and beautiful colored photo. graphs, there seoms littlo fuducoment to. the bringing out of new palntings. Despite which, nrll‘nuu artiats are tiourlshing, and the easels are atl {n use, TIH FOREIGN IICTURNS, Of the picturcs now Imngln§ at the Academy, a dozen are by forefgn urtlats, anq strikiog. Meyer von Bremen is re[-n'lech by two gems, ‘The finish is aimost us tino us that of an fvory- tyve. Onc—*Preparing tor the Bath'—pot larger than a cabluet picture, shuws the figurcs of two maldeus at the water's edge, witha reach of woodland bebind them. The foremoat wnald, whuso face iv fuformed with sweetncss aud wodesty, {s thrusting ber foot into the water, evidently hesitating whetlier to complete hier disrobing aud take the delicious but shiver- sowe plunge. ‘The second, busled fu unknotting Ler shocstring, pauses to look up with amuses ment and interest, her facu plainly asking the important question, *Is 1t coldi " There iy no word but gem to' apply to this exqulsite aud dainty plece. “Tho Shepherdess™ 1s a com- lon plece, sud wot leas cxpressive. Von reinen’s faces are a study with constaot re- ward. Tlls petito luss, with her gentle, win- ning face, scews to brighten by her suuny atr tho lees-liviug portalts around her. Kuoudier & Co. turuish a bright plece b, Luclo Roas), called a *“Chauce Meeting," courtly company of Lilifputians bave wmict ln tho grounds of sume summner palace, sud the gultants exhibit equal pleasure with the fuly aud fuwery ladivs, unmindful of the susplclous !;lum:vl of tle elderly noble in the chalet on the hillside. ‘The brilliaut costumes sad the court glamour reuder tbls number very attractive, IDEAL 8TUDIOY. ‘The eame gentlemen preseut two large works by Bourzolu, *The Stualo of BerneeBellecour,” sud “The Studio of J. G. Vibert." 'Thess sbow perbaps wore fully than avy other vuw- bers [n the callectfon what can he accomplished in water-colors, he the treatment on a large or small scale. As for the studios, they are an artist's ldeal, and it {8 not casy to bellove them representations of reality. The studlo of Vi- bert, whose paintings sre smong tha most bighly valued of any owned or sold here, is the more palatinl “and elaborate, That of Berue-liellecour has one of tho large red-hrick fire-places, with all of thelr sugzeation of com- fort aml home, A feature of this work s tie Imitation of mother-of-pearl inlay. The fllusion I8 mo perfeet that aftern llen(l{ look It Is ditil- cult to belteve the truth without touching, which you will do at your peril. A rare plece is a sketch of dogs, by Sie E. Landseer, presented by him to a fady of this city. It {s wonderful what expressfon lies in n few touches and strokes when & moster makes them. liere, in the spaco of abont four to six inchies, with tha foweat possible touches, are five dogs, each with distinet {ndividuallts and refleetions,~—for these are the doga which know, One'of Detulle's figurer, a *Cavalryman,” In much admired, as_anything fromn his studio fs ltkely to be. Mention of the forcizners may properly close with Claya, who displays a charming scone on the coast of flolland, * A Calm.” " Four or five vessels Iylng becalmed on the surface of the motlonieas water,aml 1 bit of const rluut virible in the hackground, that Is all, But the volor put into this simple perspective, the real calm of this llmgld water, Is the feas ture, and docs not need to be described to those familiar with the fine work of thin artiat. 600D WORK AT HOME. ‘Therg are many large numbers, but the work 18 not slurred, and ths effect in tnany Instances is unusuglly excellent, Mr. Mageath takes place among the more ambitious members of Lhe So- cluty, and has two noticeable pleces, (nthering “Kelp™ and 4 At the Threshold.” The firat Is an admirable study of an irish maiden, ruddy and comely to sce. ~Ivau Pravisholkofl, tho Russian ‘who exhiblted somé fino pletures lost scason, mives a taking sketeh o Uis Birthday,” A Russlan subject is whipping his galloping horse 1ike mad, while the cclebrating party stands fn the " rear of tho wagon, ~ holding up Bis bottle and looking thoroughly “*boozy.” Tha other m-cu;l)nuts, three woinen, iaro -holding on to tho sides of tho wagon, whoso wheols are In periious proximity to the diteh. The wholo voncern, to speak plafnly, »looks thoroughly **tipsy,” and the artist, with (this in view, lax succeeded beyond disonte. **Seraping Acquaintance® is another smusin, ‘plece, by F. 8, Church. ~ An elephant, chained, s stretching body and trunk ta the last depree :in tho attewpt to reach an entlcing apple held by a girl who Is timld as the animal 18 cager. “Quimper Cathiedral " {3 the largost number fo the collcetion, snd shows Mr. Colman's carelul exceutlon. [t belones to what are called architectural paintings, and by many dlsregard- od becauea they tell of the architect rather than the artist. Mr. Gauch's *“In the Harbor of Venice” Is execllent in color and 1n catching thu water- clearness, Tho chatices to gayly adorn the Ve- netian sails make - this harhor 8 favorite with thoso who like water scoues, Another fiue pict- ure of this elass of subjects 8 “ Guthering Sult Hay," by Granvilis Perkfue. “Got a Bito’ furnishes Mr, Chumpney with & water view, and with an Interesting bank attackment in tho nlm{m of tha cager small boy whose eyes dilata 08 they watch the hohbing of the cork. Bricher's *Ina Tido Harhor ¥ is one of the MOBT ADMIRED NUMDERS, and owes {ts favor to the beautiful shadings of the lmpid waters, and the rich color spread over tho samo by the soft Jght. Miss Terces Tlegg furnishes two fine picces, one of wild flowers, the other of grasses, Amone the more pleasing Iumlam":cn are A Reminlscence of the Conncctieut,” by Mr, Wynnt; * Beptember " and *October," by Mr, Shurtleff; *0n ‘the Wav. Home," by Mr. Farrer; “Beene In lolland,” by Mr. Van Elten; “A Day in Early \\}Inler," hy Mr, George Bmillle; " and “ A New-Englund Home- stead,” n very Jarzo number by Mr. Bellows, AMr. Glfforid's *On the Lagoon, Venice, fin any admirers, by reason both of ita rich colors and artlstic groupiog. * Aunt Merey,? b{ Mr. Drown, shows ncomfortable New-En- gland kitehen, with fireplace Jooking as warm na tho sunt docs hospitable. **Nancy Lee,” by Mr, Batterlee, showa & loan woman on n picr {tuz(nz far out toward the ship on the sca which s bearing her bopes away. *Spilt Milk,® by Mr.. Dickinson, Is agreeably treated. X bright-faced - girl, wholly ~ intereated in somcthing unseen, is uunconsclousl feeding s gratefnl cat with the mli which overflows her pall, while o recond cat Ia racing up the path toward the delicious drop- piufil‘ Mr. Fenn, who 18 In Egypt, scnds n view of ** The Soko, Tauglers,” o uot over-dnviting subfect. Tho same may be said of * The Cob- olers of Boufarik,” by Mr. Tiffany. ‘Tho pleco ehowa carcful labor, but s ugiv all the same, and ugly subjects do not belong to beautiful art, ‘There are many cxquisite flower pleces, among them ¥ Autumn_ Flowers,” by Miss abriella hite; * Marah Mallows,” by the same nrtist; ** Hollyhocks ,v-\lr- Van Doren; ** Blossoms, " by Miss Hepe * Junc Roses,” by Miss Acucs Abbotty and “Golden Rod," by Miss Eilen Fisher, Miss Jennie Brownscombe presents an 4 Ideal Hend,” an additdon to her list not so clmrmlnx]- as some of {ts predecessors But 1t Is impossible to do individual justico to a collection which contains so much nierlt, and I micht ns well stop hero as anywhere, though tho room of etchings and fine plates has not been touched upon at all, Etching f8 becoming more and more popular, happily, aod the study of {t appears to fine advantagoe In the cholce illustrated catalogues which, onca futroduced, are now demouded as a nccessity, oG, —— A 0. U W Spectal Correspondence of The Tribune, OTTAWA, 1IL, Feb, 8,~The Grand Lodge, A, 0. U, W,, of Illnols, closed its aunusl session to-day. Following are the ofticere elect for tha cusuing year: Fl'. d. M. W, E. C. Palmer, Lodgo No, 5, Rock alls, )l(’:. Ml; W, Alexander McLean, Lodge No. 29, acomp. a F., Georgo R. Wells, Lodge Nu, 7, Strea- . W, G, Morrls, Lodge No, 16, Moline, (. Hecorder, E. P, Beach, Lodge No, 80, Spring- fleld, llo. dl!ccalver. E. Krell, Lodge No. 0, Rock sland. .G, Gulde, J. B.' Longenecker, Lodge No. 70, ney. G, 'W., D, llofftman, Lodge No. 1, Chicago. ‘Trustacs—Three years, o, L. Millton, Ludge No, 98, Springtield: two yeurs, Thomas Kavanaugh, Lodge No. §), Chicago; one year, W, 8, Willcox, Lodge No. 8, smllng. Hepresentatives to Bupreme Lodge—E. W. Boyn- ton. "Lodge No. 4, Jock Island; Ienry Coffun, Loigo No. 16, Moline; O, P, Titcomb, Lodge No. 1, Yock fatand. The retiring Grand Recorder, Mr, G. A, So- lauder, could not bs presailed upou to retain the position toncer, having held it from thu time of the inatitution of the Grand Lodee. A public address wus delivered i the Opera- House, last evening, by the Ifon, E. M. San- ford, of Jacksonville, seiting forth the benetits of the Ord e m—— CONSISTENCY A JEWEL—-'"ON" SOME- . TIMES, To the Editor of The Tribune. MARSBRALLTOWN, la., Feb, 8,—A short time since I had the curlosity to laok througha ‘column of brief uews items in tho Chicago Times, tho moat of them referring to transace tlons or events of the previous day. I found by actual count that the wonl “yesterduy? oc- curred in that column twelve times without $on " and nine times with {t. Now, the quea- tion ariscs, How soon, with such an incomlst- cocy between heory and practice, can the Zines hope to succeed fu the great tngulstic re- form to which at ono time it suctued to havo do- voted all its masterly energiesi Its Influenco as & reformor will be likely 1o prove about us @reat a that of tho tcmporance: sdvocate who should be found drunk fwelve doys in three weeks and sober only nine, w. Y, ————— Justlce in 1 Fork Tribune, Justico In Russia socms to be halt and lame, 84 well as blind and deaf. Nearly 200 persons, who were accased of -yrnrnlhmng with revolu- tlonary movemcuts, and imprisoucd four years R0, bave been waiting all thess weary montiis for a chance to be beard fo court. In the Inter- val some of thein bave died, others bave cou- trantedd chronlc diseasey, and several of them bave blcome fusane. The whole number of arrosta amounted to ucarly a thousand; but u large number wers liberated after short’ terus of Imurisonment. A young glsl wus srrested becauss sho hud learncd sone fucts from s letter of a certaln Dabouor{. A man of that name was among the accused, and the suthoritivs st once leaped to the concluslon that the young person fu (glecltlon bad been In correspoidence with members of the supposed sceret soclety When she bad been {n prison for two or thres tor, a. yeurs It was accldentully dfscovered that o writer of | the Cletter was not the Debogory who been arrested, bLut 8 uewspaper correspondent of the &ate nawe, aud that the letter hud appeured in oue of the L\.u.lv-ylncu. A young doctor who bud been comprowtsed four years ago, but bad been allowed to rewain ut Hoerty ou condition of appearing wheu rummoned, was recalled from the army and placed in the dok. A young girl was arrested suwe ‘v'un B840 sud was likewise Jiborated on bail. When she bad probably tuegotten all about Imvlnf read revolu- tionary puubnhlcu aud talked sedition, it she was ever euflty of such things, and wben sbe wad already & married womsn with two young cluldren, sbe wus sguin antested and placed awong the uccused. PARIS. The Very Latest Gossip from the Tteatres. Alphonse Daudet and * Aristotle "’ at the Opera-Comique. $Le Char ..M, Polse’s **Surprises de PAmour ¥~.French Libret- tists, Special Correspondenes of The Tribune, PAnris, Jan, 25.—That venerable hut remarka- bly dry ofd gontleman, Mr. Aristotle, now haply wondering smdly In the Elysian Flelds, and horing every one with extracts from his Logle, wanld be considerably astonished it he knew of the Irreverent violence that has been done to his dreary memory by the nuthors of the “Char," at the Opera Comique. But verhaps philotophers don't mind being noked fun st—when they get to the other sfde of Bigx. On thin side they manage sumehow to confine the philosophy to thetr books, generally showing a fine amount of sensitiveness If any one brushes thefr philo- sophilc hair the wrong way, or otherwise dlsrc- gards thelr claims. to universal notlee. This Mr. Aristotle, however, was such a very dry creature in every respect that he had some hopo of escaping the fl-treatment and defamatory liconso of MM. Alphonse Daudet and Arene, who are jointly responsible for THR LIDRETTO OF *LB cnan.” Tt's a little too bad of Daudet. 1 suppore, thongh, that, since the iminense success of his # Nabob,! hie considers himsell & “chartered libertine," and expects us to look upon any mad prank . with o certain Indulgence. If he had been content to check his facctious fancy sta polut suitable to the rather mild character of the Opera Comique, there would be less reazon for reproof. Aristotle as a serious basso-cantante would pass without comment; and, even as a tenor, a youthful Aristotle might be allowable. But really the lino wurht to be drawn somewlicre, as how can wo expect schoolbuys to have ang reapect for antiquity? At all eventa, {f one of the moat respectablo old bores of the pre-Christian era must be turned fnto ridicule, the authurs might lisvo addressed themselves to Jacques Offen- Wich for tholr musle, instead of Zotthg M, bes: sord to waste bis graceful talent upon so grace- less o subject! This by the \nq;. The story of * Le Char," slight though it s, 18 Irresistibly funny,—fnr too funny for the Overa Comlque, where wo are uscd to dalntier fooling, [Perbaps I'm like the man who complaived that the bride wos too pretty; bub no matter, The whole thing turns upon'the rivales of the vencrabie’ Arisfafte and his good-for-nuthing pupll, Alerander, twho are cqnally enamored of 4 fair, frall siave from the woods of Ggul, nanied Hrids, Of course, at the opening of our history, §dlerander hal not yet begun to dream “ef conquers ing new worlds, " Such dremns ns he had were still litnited to conquests of pretty prirls and holldays—pretty uirls for choice.” Now, Hriscis—tho fulr Jirisels—was desperately pretiy, Not even the wise man of Atlicus was proof against ber. 8he didn't care one bit for Logic, and, Indeed, rather dellehted in deriding 1t in the person of its Nlustrious’ oxpositor. As for him, bo PLUNG PRILOSOPHY TO TIE WINDS at the slght of the beguiler, There's no fool lke an old fool. JMrisels plays upon the age in an outragcous abner. Poor ol fellow! Tho “Is so badly used that, but for hls philosophy, you could almost l’"" hime That, however, scttles him, Phl- ogophers have no business to be played the dence with by pretty slaves. Sothinks Hrisels, for she determined to teach tho Muster a rude Jesson. She pretends to humor the affcetion of her phitosoplier, and when, by delusive conces- slons, sl has led him atmost to belicve his suit suceessful, sho takes o sudden freak into her head, Will her dear Arfatoly give her a rldel Qive ther a ndel of course he will; but where are the horses to come froml O never mind the horses, says the artfal Dplels, Here's a charlot, there's tho harness, and her dear, darling old Ary shall pull her Wnself t All the philosophy of all the Phflunnphcrn ot Qrecco takes fire nt tho thought—but, well, there's nobody looking, and, after n struegle, theinfutunted creature consents, When Aristotle puts the harness on and tuakes bis ape wearance fn bllukers, with little bells tinkling carrillons over s head, and tho crucl Lrlarly, taking her stanil in the charlot, cracks n whip mercilessly about his shoulders to make hlin prance, TIE ACENE 18 OVERFOWERING. You laugh till you "f’ To add to tho comical- ity of the situstion, the sage preseutly ets so warmed to hls work that he beelns to like st and eapers nnd caracoles, In his ridfeulous Llink- crs, like n battic-horse. At this moment his pupil, who was secretly cnjo{lug the juko from behind o treo, emerges and jumps up bebind With Zrisels, Words are too “weak to describe the cmotions of Aristotle, when, turning round in astonishment at tho sudden weight of his tir driver, be flnda himself faco to fuco with Alezander. He, tho austere apostle of virtue and phitosophy, to be discovered fn such a osition! Aud, to complete his confusion, o oud flourish of trumpets announces tho ap- proachof King JAitip. 1t doesn't sult Alexauder ouy more thau his master to be caught philan. derine. “Tho chaoriot la pushed uside’ in _haste, the harness and bells disappear like o flash of Ilvt'lun(ua. and In o mowent the hopetul pupil s at work at bis logie ngafn, under the watchful eye of the yhitosuplier, But in that brief mo- men®. Lriseis has found the opportunity sho watched for, and, by threatouing to reveal the whole affalr to the King, has obtained her fibe erty, At the fall of the curtaln, she i rru paring to “refoin Ler treacherous sistor in Gaul; the trumpets are heralding tho ontry of JAllip; and, as for the lovers, they are both freling re- markuably foolish, I should say, but thes arc looking remarkably wise. ‘Tho muele to this madeap trifle {s delightful. Tt 4 u grent dead better thun previous attempts of M. l’usnnl.?nd leads us to hope for many more works [rof tho satne pen, Lo Char" is glven with M. POISE'S “RUILILISER DX L'AMOUR," and o revival of Mouslzuy's # Deserteur. Tho first {s by fur the pretticat thing I have heard this many a long d.u{. What o plty it (s M, Curvalhio aid not think of M, Polso before wounting “Cing-Mars™! Ouly a little while nfi(u It wad cm(umnr{ to Indulge in jeremnjuds about the death of French opera-comlque. There Ia Httle fear of it dylniz while we huve musiclans -who can write works llko thy YChur" and “Les Burprisea de I'Amour,' The = Mbretto to the last has been adapted 1o verse from Marlvaux by Charl Monsclet, the witty and epleurcan chronigueur of the Lwnement, Wight well bas hu donu bis task. Youcould listen over and over aalu to the pretty vonceits pressed into thelibretto, and drink deeply of the cuarming music without wisbing Jt"to ceuse. If Lo Char” fs all grotesquencss and merriment, this I8 jts very opposite, dlezander and Lruew uro gross beulde the sentimental Lello anu tho .Marqulse, or Arlequln and eupriclous Cotom- bi You see from tho very namea in what a world the churacters move, or rather in what & no-world, for Lelio ana the Jl‘miulu bad never any existence _out of tho graceful fancyof a Watteau or a Greuze, It §s an exquisite work of art,usfravile and beantiful asthe tinest porcelain; but the plot defles analysls, for, properly speak- ing, there (s wo plot, o “Surprises do PFAmour” fs o long, unrcal badinage, Lello 1y in love with the Marquise, aud Arlequin with Co'ombine. More than that you dow't care about. The details are of an importance alto- gether supertor o constderations of plut or de- uouement, While they laat, you float fu au AIRY REALM OF LOVE AND LUEAMS} aud, wheu the curtalu_shuts you out of the cet Puradise, aud the last tender notes of wmusle buve dicd away, everything round jors upon yuu. Your nelghibors secem coarse and in your way; the box-opcuers secin even more ob- noxious than usuali and, while you inwardly sigl to return to the pleusant scenes that cn- trunced you, with your outward lips, may be, you growla curde “at the geutleman on your right for treading on your fect—or leus, Galli-Marie, the hiimitable Mignon of the Opera Cowlque, plays Columbine to perfection. Her chanatng siter, Irma-Marie, ts the love- sick Margulse, Nicot 18 Lelio, aud & new-comer, M. Morlet, uodertakes the funtastic role of Arlequin, 1 buyo often been struck, as I dare say mnnz mory bave, by the extromc miunutencis witl which tho names of all tho parties to a theatri- «al work are mentioned (o the programmes here. It wot euough to gwe the musiclan’s uame In the case of su opers,—we are told who is tho Mbrettlst. In the case of the ballet lately produced st the Opers, wo wera pven foforied who the ballet-waster was. ‘There wre vountrics in which hbrettists are more wodest. In Eugiaud no oue cares a bulf-penoy for the libretd, but here the writer of the words is ou the sawe fevel as the composer. An mmusing fllustration of the MOUBID VANITY OF SUMB LIBKRTTISTS oceurs Lo me. ‘Two geatlemen werd enguged fn couyersation at @ brasserie-table of the Latin Quartler. The taik fell on & new work (of fifth- rate importance) which was beins olayed at s sixthrate theatre. 0, K. sid one, “I collaborated in that,” In- deed,” replied the other, “did you write {t1" ¢ No, not cxactly, you know; but I av0 tha other fellow the pian of the thing, you £ee, and he wrote varlations on i1 ¢ Aud how much do you hope the pleco will bring you in1" ¢ Oh1'" satd the modest creaturo, ** about 50,000 francal " 1t was withrawn from the bills & week after, Hagry ST, MICHEL, CURRENT GOSSIP. 1IOW SHE DIED. Tnto the rosy, glad santise Bhe tarned her aching, siecple ‘The morn, as yet, seemed gray to iie, Bavs for that one blnsh in the sky. No eonnd oppreased the eflence, til] There fell upon the window-siil oyes, Home dry, dead lesves, not fair lo see, From off thelr dreary hold set free. And then it secmed alr weg etirred A moment, while th j’m hea Bearce Jouder than a g breezo Might shiver through the lonesome trecs: * Reat your sweary and aching head } e ta dead, littls one—~he is dead I" '*Ah! dead! Ah, yea! For thie poor beart, No rest untll the grave shall parg!" Bhe turned her face away from all ‘This grand, gay pomv to the gray wall, 4% Close your eyes, that from watching arered ; Ile te dead, little one—he te Md 1" Eyen filled with pain she closed, and then— Al woll! they ne'er uncloscd nagain! Littie M, Strenipos, THE BA¥FLED BOY. New York 2imes. Acrarding to tho best scientific authorities the rmnll-boy liccomes n boy at the age of 10, At that age he ought to put away small-boyish things, and to put un the bashful awkwardness of semi-intellizent boshood, At all events, he ought to know that his presence Is not deslred by young men who came to see hia siater. Wo do not expect this amount of lntellizence In tho small-boy, and it Is often necessary to bribe hin with candy or to persuado bim with clubs before ho will cousent to treat his sister with common humanity; but tho 10-year-old boy usually percelves when an area of courting, accompanied with gradually Inereasing pressure in the reglon of the walst and marked depres- sfon of the parlor gas, (s about to set In, and ‘tlhureupnu discreetly, even euceringly, with- raws. Master Henry T. John of Warrenshurg, Iil., I8 8 boy whio has jusg reached the perfod of boyhood, ahd who Is reharkably clever in the invention of trape. If you were to nsk him to moke you any varlety uf trap, from a rat-trap ton umn-trnr. lie would satisty your demand with promptoess and skill.” His father's premises, both fnside and out, s infested with traps, and tuere [s nostyle of antmal Inhabiting Warrensburg that has not been caught o one of theso trups. One morning, carly in Jan- uary, it is cunfidently asserted that no less than two cats, a tramp, o small dog, six chickens, oud three amall boys were found in Mr. dubin- son's yard 1o the close embrace of & vorrespond- ng number of traps. The truth Is the boy has real mechanical gentus, avd It {8 o great pity thot he is so totally lacking in modesty and a regard for the rlzhts’of wthers, .nst fall & youngg man who had met Master Johnsou's sister at a plenfe and escorted her home, was seized with a great adiniration of Master Johnson's traps, and evinced a great fonduess fur thut ingenious boy's socicty. In fact, he enzaged tho boy to rive him n scries of Icssons fn trap-making, and scemed Lo throw his soul into rut-trups, Gradually this pussion began to fade, and the young ninn, instead of studying traps in the back yard, formed the habit of resting himsell—as he called jt—in the parlor with Master Juhnson's sister, The boy, of coursc, tould mnot consent to lhurt liis 1riend’'s feelings by abandoning him to the eovclety of a” mere girl, and, therefore, followed Wim into the parlor, and monopolized the conyersation. After o timu the youne maon opeonly abandoned traps, and only visited the houso in the evenings; Lut Master Jolinson, mindful of the laws of hospl. tality, always sapent the ovenlug fu ths parlor, and mnore than ouce apologized to bis friend for the silence and guneral uselessucas of lus sister, 1lis nstonishment, when on one eveutiul cvan- v the young man, with the full approbation of his stater, dellberatelytold bim to ** get out," and informed bim that if ho had vot scusa enmxfih to knuw that howas a nuisance, he woutld try to knovk acmso into hfin with a bases ball club, cannot be expressed in words. Not only dia ho wonder at the unscientltle fdea that sense can be lmparted with a base-ball ciub, but he could not comprebend the yuung nmian's sud- den distike of his-ouce-courted soclety. How- ever, ho promptly withdrew, aul devoted him- self to schemos of swift and deadly venzeance, For the next week Master Johnsou speot o large part of his thno fu tho parlor with the doors Jocked, aileging that he was perfectivg n new {uvention, aud that his fntelleet could wot work except in quiot and seclusiun. Strango as 1t may appear, he told the truth, Ho was per- fceting a new kind of trap fntended for the beu- efit of the rude vouns wan and his wunatural slster, The former was nccustomed 1o #ib fn o large casy-choir and the latter {o a amall and fragile rocking-chnir ou the opposite slde of thy room. To each ol theso chairs the boy atlixed a moat ingenlous trap. which was concealed un- derneath tho seat, and was so coutrived as to bo sprung by the m‘lnm of_auny persun who might st In the chalr. If "the young man, for cxample, were to sit dJown (o his accustomed chalr, he would bo instantly clasped around the walst by a palr of fron arms, while twe other ~ fron clasps would selze him by the ankles. A like result would follow any atiempt of the sister to seat heraelf in the rocking-chialr, aud It was Master Johnson's tention, after hoving caught his gome, to leave them in closo confinement, and to then ruad them o severo lecturs upon thelr rudeness, ‘Tho young man wasdue on the next Saturday evening, ail Master Johnson set his new traps at precisely 7:85 po m. At 7:40 the young man arrived, and Master Johnson ostentatiously marched out of tho front gate just as the younsg man rang the front door hell. ~ An hour passed, ana the revengeful boy returned and listened at the parlor-duar, expecting to Loar low walle of agony, Oun the contrary, be heard what scemed to hiin the outward cxprusslons of much con- tentment on the part of the young man, and he therouoon entered the room full of fear lest his revenge had miscarried, 1o found that the ll'llJJ which he had set for the rude young man had fullllled its miasion, and that he was lield 1o the frm embrace of the Iron bands. To bia unutterable surprise, his slater wus also caught, although her partlcular trup was unspruvg and Ler chair unoccupled. Ung valr of fron urs clasved both the victius, and one mala and one femule ankle were held fu close confinement. As the sstonialied boy cn- tered his sister faintly struggled, but soon re- slgned hersell with Christiun paticuce Lo her bonds, while the shameless —youuir man plessantly remarked, * Thuuk - you, Johuny! This trap 13 wort all “the others you ever made, and we wouldn't bo let outof ft for more than £6,000,000." Master Johnny listencd to thege tauntiog words; liat~ encdalso toa rencwal of the suunds that ha had securately Interproted as ovidence of con- tentgnont, and then, angrily ovening the trap ana smashing it to Plerel, withdrew to weep in solitudo over the fallure of his revenge. s shows that wickedness often overreaches itscif, and that to sct two distinct traps for one's slater and ber private young inan is as useiess as was the superfiuous hiole which Sir ITanac Newton cut for the kitten, ke baviug pre- viously cut a larger one for the eat, ——— | TURKISIIT LAWS, From Hamlin's ** Amang the Turks." Bedition is s capital crime. 3urder in tho first degreo fs capital, but to almost every kind of homicide the price of blood and lnprison- ment are allowed. A man may murder his wife, his chitldren, and his slaves at s cheap rate. But tho full price ju ordinary cases, when vne of tho fuithful kills another, is tue payment of 100 camels, or thelr value, and the manumission ot & female Mussuliban slave. In all cases of lovoluntary, sccidental killing, the price of blood, for # man, s about §1,500; balf of that for aceldontally killiog 8 wuman, and for slaves, accordivg to their value, about one-flfil ol one-slxth the pepalty for a wuwan. Always some explatory ’;fin 0z tho shedding of blood WSt socow ) Much of Pl.lfll luw of homicides, and that of wounds aod wutllstions, s spparcntly taken from the Jewish law. Those gullty of sdultery are to be besten with 100 blows for the free” and ity for slaves. 1f the gullty wre Moslems, marricd and of sound iud, they are Lo bo stoved to death; the man bouud to & stake, aud the wowsn puried ju the earth to her waist. All injurious lungusgo sddressed b anotber’ls punlabed to the awount ol one to tweuty- four blowa. The Turkish language, howover, Is #0 richin depreciatory terma that the law makes 8 wise distinetion. It you only call n man *a beast, an ass, & dog, a monkey, a pig, 8 calf, & #nake, A miser, 8 buffoon, an fgnoramun, or & demon,” thess are not worthy of personal chas- tsement. But If you ¢ man *an fofidel, a heathen, a thief, a drunkard, a bastard, or a usurer,” you will receive from the hand of exact justice & fustigation of twcnlr{our hiows! 1f two persons arc together gulily, the two shall receive each the exact penalty: hut if they be hushand and wife, the wifo slone shall to punished. The clghth chapter i against faise witncss, The perjurer, in criminal cases, shall anffor cighty biows; nnd it his testimony has caused death, he ahnll pay the price of blood. In other cascs his penalty shall be the lnhmlzo of riding an_nss through tbe city, faced about, halding the animal’s tall n hia hand, the publlc crier going before ana crying, ** Yalan shahtdin hall bou dur"—"Ihis 18 the fate of false wit- nesseal” False witnesses are very abundant, hut the nenallics arc very rare, The law azainst drunkenness asslgns the ven- Al({ of ewhty blows, But to delnk wine publicly in Ramazan shall he punished with death. " The bigh officfala and the inhabitants of scaports are more or Jess guilty of Intem- perance, but, taken as a whole, the Osmanlecs are fi;obnbly the most temperate people in the world, FRENCH NEWSPAPER WIT, Kew York World. Dialogue hetween two Bohemians: * Wonld, O would that I had fifty thousand a year. [ know what I'd do.”* * What!"” *Nothing.” Tho neat-handed Phyliis lets fall a beautifa) and costly Japancee platter that (praised be the gods!) is not smashed. ¢ You were lucky," says tho mistress, ma'smn; it was the dish that was lucky," says the mald, “Ycs, mamma, I took three lumps of sugar out of the cupboard,' says the little girl, con- tritely, *“That woa very naughty, indeed, but a8 you have confeased 1t 1 ahall forgive Fou. Uo,and eln no more,” *“Theu give me the athier Jump—T only took two." At dinuer thie host {ntroduces to the favora- ble notice of the company s splendid truflled pheasant, amid murmurs of admiration, *“lan't it 8 beautv 1" ho eays. *Dr. Bo-and-so gave it o me—killed it himself.” “Aw, what was he treating 1t for (" rays one of the cuests. A gocs round tewn loudly complaining to everyhody that B lias called him an nss, an 1diot, and so on. Evervhody Focu to B to lcarn whether this Istrue, “Trucl” sags. B, “why, ccrmlul{ it fs true, but I calicd him all that n the strictest scereey, and [ thought he biad aumm:xvn; scnse of honor o keep my confle ence. The theatre was crowded, and the Journalist asked of the box-keeper to find hin a scat wherever she could. “#T've yot It," ehe snld, ruddenly: * jist tho thing. There i a lady all nloue; T’ “kive vou a scas by bher," * But,” objects the journaliat, **I have not the honor of the lady's m::iunlnl:mrc. and shie imav have some retuctance abiout—""" 40 Lord, nol 1'll an- swer for you; I'll tell her you are my brother, Gustave Brion, the clever painter, whodfed not long ogo, was fn the duvs of his youth as hard up as many of lis craft have been, and onve upon o time arrived at the Cafo de Fleurus In attire that was far from belving his poverty. ‘*Sec here, my dear boy," sald a friend, taking him nalde, “do you kiow that tho clbows are clean out of voitr overcoat!’ 0, 1 know," eald Briou, with a bitter smile, but genius, you knaw, always makes a hole for fteclf.” As they were tuking thelr oysters, the Jady ravea litle acreum of ravture, and detached from one of the bivalves that hiad fullen to ber ehare, a pearl. *'1 wonder,'" she rald, as she exaniined it closely, *if It 1s worth anvthing, There duea seem to be s llaw in it Her lord and master Inspects it closely and returns it with 8 saplent shake of the head. *Hogus, surc,” he savs: *‘they couldn't afford to give reul pearls with oysters at twenty-fivo cents a dozen."” His friend was rathier surpriscd to sce him In a box at a performance of **The Strancer,’ ac- companied by an elderly lady who was weeplug A quart a scene, wherefore he safd unto hin us they returned, chewinz cach a clove, “ What In the name of the forty and nine fmaums brings you here!™ 0O that's my mother-n-luw," he replicd, * who s as tender-bearted at the thes- treas she fsn't at home, so I humor the old ludy by bringiog ber here,™ * But {sn't it roth- er tmonotunous. for youl" %0 noj I have the pleasure of eceing her cry." Dennery, the dramatiat, the other day sume moncd a hack and bade the coachman drive him ta such o place. Ultimately they arrived there, but alter many stoopages and u” journey madoe at a snall's pace, * My friend,” sall tho author gently, u_should “have told me that that horse was N, (1. “That horae N. G.1'" wrath- fully replicd the conchman; * why, 'that's the best horse on the stand; 2:14 on a plank rond or uo sale.” *40," sald the dramatist, meekly, “then the horse ought to have told mo you were N, G.,"” and ho calinly entered the hause, leaving a petrificd hackman outside. Conceruing women and relizion: Religion (s the only form of the romantle that certaln ferminine minds can appreciate, wnd the only dosc of it they can stand,—The man who finds adorable fn & ‘wothan the chlldishness of her naston shruzs her shioulders at what he ealls hie [:ur.rllllh:n,n! his superstition. What seemcd 1o hin quite natural when he was the ubject becomes sheer mndness when God fs.~—Rellzion oceupies the life of the devotes more than her Lieart; just the contrary with the plous woman, —Civil marriuges! Poor lawmakers who could vot understand what an nbyss there must be for a woman’s heart hetween u sacrament and a formality I—How little a woman ktows of theol- ogy! 8he makes (God tne confldant of her errors, and forgets that all the while e was the wituees of them, —— OLD ST ON ROUND DANCING, Atlanta (Gn.) Conatftution, 0ld 81 read an article on the **Danco of Death," otherwise the waltz, and remarked ; * Dey's kickin' up er moughty rumpus *hout cr Httlo awingin® o corners In dis country!” “Well, what s the matter now{" 44 All dis hysr boorah "bout fokes pattin' juba an’ sasshayin’ 'round--now whar's de harm in dati" “Why, they sav it g unhealthy and sinful.” *Yes, I aces dat; but ar' hit oithealthy when cr ole 'oman waltees 'round st er cutnp-mectin® wid fo' presidin’ elders exervisin’ dur mussel tryin’ ter hold her on the ground (™ “That is not the question.” * Dat’s de gueschin 1'so puttin'l An' I wanta ter kuo' cf hits ainful fer do parson ter put his arm 'round de gals an’ o in washin® wid ‘em at deso big ereek buptisin's " “Are you in favor of waltzing, and balls, and such unchirstionliko proceedingst’? S0 wn't nelder 'gin ner fer hit, dat 1 kno's on, but my tlatforin ou dat is dis: Ef folds "I} koup dera boys vut of dese grocorles and bille yard shups, aud dore gals offen du streets so nuch, but make 'em stay at home, work fer dere bred, prance ‘round Indo parler ez much ez dey pleeze, and wot shout *glury hallellog tell dey means hit, dar'll be 8 bl coflushun in ruliglon in dis country “ore loug, Yer hean e S s QUILS. ‘The great difiiculty In skating is to maintain uuanimity among your feet. T. (neetlng & nowly-appolnted raliway con- ductor)s ¢ Ab, good mornlng, Mr. Pop-pp- punct, how fs J-J-§-judyi” * Reaching after: the uuattaioablo "—A man fecling up under tho back of his vest for the cud of & parted suspeader. Archle—t¢ 8ce, old man, bow I'm hunted after; all those are invitations,” Friend— * (ood gracious! all invitation Invltations towhat!” = Archle—* To call sud settlc their secount, We hear of an ¢ explodiug dlsh of chawder," wa-ub doughaut and a busted cup. {lhlux is daugerous but powder; d Uav Fawics bavo Dologua saussge upt—Graphic Fuwlly Maduess, Dubugue (Ja.) Telegraph. Oung of the strungest oceureuces on rocord touk place a few duys uko sowe wilce west of Jumestown, In Gruut County, Wis, A Gerusu farwer numed Mat Johudon, weethor with bis wife sud brother, Johu Johuson, all beeume ju- sane at the sumo time. Johu .fuhumu. who ls also & marrled wap, reslded at somu Jittle dis- tance trom bis brother Mut. The latier first showed dangerous symptows ut night, whew both binself sud wifauros, dressed thoimseives fu their beat clothiug, sud weut futo their ticld to pray, ler cuntivued tuls for a duy or two, negleciing thelr stock and their five little children, Fiually thelr coodition was dis- covered by neigbbors, who endeavored to qulet tuem, but Mat srwcd hlwself with sn axund tureateocd to kill auy ove who csta ucar, - His wother sud wunfi:r, brotbers tried in valn W coas bim to be quiet or perwit them to care for bis cobldren und fumlsbing aulwals, His wife, though less violunt, wis 810 a ruving wanuw, and d wot the slightest mtteutlon to ber children, who were eryiug with colduud hua- ger. Fiually & lurgs nuwber of thenelibbors col- locted, disarwed Jouuson, took the children to Iriends who would cure fur thew, sud atteuded ta the horses which had heen stabled for days withoat either food or water. Jonnson, when at liberty, inalsted on keeping ail the windows. 10 bis bouse apen, and on baving 8 lamp burn- lni al the rame time, ’ ) 5 Mra. Johnson has been taken to the home of her father, Mr. Hugo, who resides near Dickey- ville, Wia. 1ler husband s so violent that it 1s necensary to keep him tied all the time. Both Mat and"John Johnson have been pronounced insane, and will bo sent to the Asylam at Madi- Aon. ———— LIFE-INSURANCE., o the Editor of The Tribune. CricAgo, Feb. 9.—In this morning’s paper Mr. Shufeldt admita that on an average the helrs of each polley-holder receive 84 for évery #1 pald in premiums. He claims that, out of thirteen that fasuro thetr lives, twelvo let thelr policles lapse. Nearly all the policies now fssued are non-for- feiting, securing In the end at least the pre- miums paid, snd more In most cases. ‘The theory ls,~as time goes on and the aver- age apge of the policy-holders increaso, losses wiil nlso Increase,—that, whilo it required a small percontage of the income some yesrs agq, and say 20 per cent now, to pay death-losses, & will take a larger percentage fn the future, and should no new members come In the losses will Le as great as the {ncome, trench on the re- serve, and oxhaust It In paying the polley-holder, The Iaws of Iilinols hold companies dolng busi- nees In this Btate to the above standard, The foliowing statement shows the business in this country alone up to Jan. 1, 1877} Preminms recelved from policy-hold- Pald polley-hold - $314,701,451 r paylug ail expenses 51,781,562 Asscts, i ... .$300,483,033 These asscls (surplus) ns a rule are first-class and have stood the shrinkage of hard times with little Joss. They, with the future pre- miums, will be the means to pay clalms. Will Mr, B, please explain how bic can fosure himself{ Nosam, ——p—e THE WORKINGMEN, To the Editor of The Tribune, Citicaco, Feb. 10.—In your rcporter’s state- ment of the proceedings of the meeting of the Workingmen's party of the United States Cen- tral Committee, an crror was committed by him ‘inreference to the name of our party, and, as we don't desire to have any such reflections ag are at prerent attached to the so-called Work- ingmen’s Iduatrinl party, who were so willing- ly crucdified by the Democracy last fall, whilo worshiplng at the shrine of Mammoun and we sk in justice 10 ourscives and our Trlends that 'you will pleass fnsert this are Iu your worthy puper. W, J, ToMas, - One of the Central Committee, W, P.U.S. —— “FHOOLEY’S THEATI E-~=0PERAs QUINLIN & HOULE: Praprietors and Mansgers. GRAND ITALIANAND EXGLISH OPERA, MAX STHAKUSCH, Director. TO-MORROW (MONPAY) EVENING, Feh. 11, Oret time this seasun, Atmbrolse Thomia® Staster: Work, n 4 Acis, MIGINOIN, With the following dhitrihution of characters: MISK G L [ APLLE SARIE | MISS A, KELLOG( , jvan TR ‘s 2 ¥liloa. Miguon, Federloo, Tom Rarl, Coniy. Gotischalk, Bariil. n the othier principal rolex, Girand Chorus nod Orchestra. Musfcsi Director.., . Dehrens, Tuesday. Feh, 12-Debut of }Miss NANNIE LUUISE ORSIA. BAR WEDNESDAY, Feb. 13, N GIOVAINNI. MILLE MARIE | MIKR LR Foviih H W Elvii Zerllna, Feb. 14=A] ‘eb. 13-BENEFIT MINB C, L. KEL« FAREWELL OPERA MATI h () Hescrved Beats, . Fally Circley 75 N & .\ $1.0 1, according to loeation, i secured At 0% ULICE. rettos for ailo at Hox Ofce, HAVERLY’S TUEATRE. 210 HAVERLY. . AL tor and Manager. LAST WEEK OF THIS GREAT ATTRACTION ! Now in the very midat of Its wonderful suceess. Miindreds nigtly”eomptiled 1o Teave s theutro fo want uf room. erfet furore e by - ve Amorlesn artiste. MIE McKEE JTANKI 4 lms KITEY BLANCIAD, o Mr Soapuin Millers Deauttful snd cusrningly purs Anierican drawa ot THE DANITES, amstated by ME, LOOIS ALDRICIL 341 C. T. PARS. LOE. Vinlng Howers, Miss Dura Guldihwaite, and a wonderf: Mating COLISEUM, NOVELTY THEATRE. The Dramatic Event of the feason. First sppearanca n Chicago of New York's Favurite Comedian, A. F. SEHEBELDON, Supported by Mtas NELLIE SANDFORD {0 their reals istle rensation Drams, I four acts, WEALTH AND CRIME; 01l ESCAPED FROM THE GALLOWS, Also, irat Appearanice this season, the Wonderful SIEGRIST MIDGETS, 3 with & Mammoth Vaudevills Entertafament. NEW CHICAGO TUEATR Clark-st., apposits Blierman House, MOXDAY NiG FEB. 11, ONE WEEK, NICI lmll};l(r{'a' NIGHT, FEB. 11, NICE HUMPTY DUMPTY Pantomiwme and Epecialty Troupe, comistog the fole Jowing Artlate: GRISLALDL, the test Trick Clown I the World, Chas. Altnonte, Wim. Kunier, Gio. Almosie, T. & I R S i ied se Jenhlo Mlaco. and Asliton: Chud. ani_ Carrie Austin, aeeteicd by & Briljane rps of Auxiliaries. Ctufuiol matogal. Mattaes ovory day, Admisslon, Atailhoes, 2 eeuts, Children, 13 feats, “MEVICKER’S THEATRE, (OMEDY, DRAMA, FAROE—THIS WEEK, +No. 67 Clark st MONDAY, .8 | f W s |PAUL PRY, TINEE, Romeo Jaffler Jonkins, JOEN DILLON na! B2 i umer seostan Thursday=T] LANCASHIRE LASS~JOHN DILe LON &+ Purty by the name of Jubnisou, Week~|:lalorato production’ of the popular WO OUPHANY. " ERKENBRECHER'S Bon-Ton Starch Is absolutoly odorless, aud Chemi« oally Pure. It'is snowflake whito, It is susceptiblo of the highest and most lasting Polish, It possesses greator strength of body than other trade brands. It is paoked in Pound Parcels. Full Weight guaranteed, It gosts less monecy than sny Starch in the World, Itis manufaotured in the heart of the greatest cercal region of the obe. It is Sold universally in America b§ Grooers and Doalers, ts snnual consumption reaches Twenty Million Pounds. . ANDREW_ ERKENBRECHER, Erbanbrachirs Worli-Pusmos Goth: Sreh for bad. o UCEANSTAMSI®S. NATIONAL LINE OF STEAMSHIPS, New York to Queenstown and Liverpool. IN... ., 198 p. m. §ibk [T N o Loudon. CANADA.... «Tha o Jan. 34—0l§ 8. m, gurtencys slesrage, 830, - Drata SRR sonb i North German Lloyd, ers of thia Conpany wil sall every Batur- e AT O SR8 RO SPE TR et Mphoken: Les of jo—¥rom New York o Bautbampl o Eatrener Sor freiant % cyprency: %Yo OELRILits 40, 2Bowliog Giees, Now Yorks Csbla. 830 o # m'ufiwudg-t dog, Uavre and br cabla. $A0, guld: stecrage, and pasiago BppLY L0