Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, November 10, 1878, Page 3

: . ) . THE 'CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SUNDAY. NOVEMBER 10, 18%—SIXTEEN PAGES. . 3 . T STEWART’S BODY. o arching Investigation to Dis- cover Its Whereabouts. [ A Se the Point at Which the . of Dsrery Left the Cemetery. ° - Ghouls fives and a Blcodhound Believed to e Be on the True Scent. < onk, Nov. .—The police are arresting 3::«::;\': thieves in the hope of ;_u.-mug a T obbere of the Stewart family vault. d;‘“flcfiibg examination was made to-day 9[ gpe vaults of St Mark’s graveyard, Judee Hil- {hinking that perhaps the thieves had not o sed the remains of Mr. Stewart out of the "m:,m-_ The body was not found. The po- mM“ found tiaces of decomposed flesh on h;:,mu fence which bounds the ‘Tenth street of the churchyard. The marks of the which bad probavly contained the body, e found pear the fevce. Tlus discovery, it i daimeds proves that the body was taken the churchyard. “Te offer of reward for the recovery of the is stimulating detectives as well as hese attached to the Police Department as e detectives. The police believe they have giscorered the AT taken by the thicves 1o get out of the cemetery, and to-day made a clos; exumination of the interior of a house, 1:'{9 Easf Tenth street, which is occupied by Miss Newton 453 bordipz-house. It immediately adjoins the churchyard at jts southwest corner, the farthest extremity of the 1nclosure from the gewart vault. It sets five feet further lro_m the street than the stone-coping in shich is tixed the iron fence of the cemeterys and when this feuce Teahes the little yard in front of the house {t js made to bend at right angles and runup to e coner of the residence just at the point whore the lower brown stone and upper brick ions meet. Just in this angicis a tin leader o raip-spout. The tovs of the spikes which constioute the iron fence reach about two inches shove the edge of the balcony, ruuning under the parlor windows. The brown-painted bricks of the house aud fence on the side next the church are covered with mud, while the water- spout and six of the upright iron ecast- jogs snd top bar which constitute the rounded end of tue balcony are as comoletely covered with mud as if it bad been painted on yitha brash. The lines are drawn upward, sodfn the direction of Teath strcet, at an suple of 45 desrees, just as if some heavy boay in smuddy covering bad peen dragzed from the ground by some. one sanding ou the balcony. Iu the examination of the ground to-day, Police Commisioner Nichols was accompanied bya thoroughbred bloodhound, which became estive aud began baying and snifling about as opened. He L2 soon as the pgates were soiffed acain and again about the tase of omc of the columns where tbere were some dark stains. Kneeling upon 1 handkerchiel one after another, the gentle- men themselves smelled of the spots, which pive off an unpleasant odor. It was probably jere that the robbers had laid tbe body temporarily in the shadow, while on their way Irom the vault to the street. Inspector Marray believed he could see the traces of muddy foot-prints leading acrose the eharch porch, and a1l were agreed that tne men Iad escaped to the street by the balcony of Miss Newton's poarding-house. v It has been suggested that the body may have een carried to New Jersey. Isasc W. England reports that he perceived a terrible stench in the Cortiandt-street ferry-bost while crossing 1aJersey City on Thursday night, and Eugene Wratt, an apotbecary in Ridgewood, XN. d., mikes 2 similar report concerning the ferry-bopt which left Cortland streer at 2 o'clock Thursday morning. The agent for 3 specific which, jt is claimed, prevents decomposition or arrests it even at an advanced stage, has given the police the descrintion of a person who desired to purchase a quaotity of 1he stuff about the time the first attempt was made to steal the body. This agent says the description of the man who bought a shovel and lantern in Chatham stregt tallies exsctly with tlat of the person who visited bim, and detect- ives are now after him. 1 ‘' BULLDOZED" MASSACHUSETTS. To the Editor of The Tridune Cmicaco, Nov. 8.—That Mr. Wendell Phillips should, in Philadelphia, say, * Lf there was ever 1 5tate bulldozed in an election it was Massa- chusetts,” may be natural as a disappointed _man's utterance to strangers; but for Mr. B. F. Butler, from his own doorstep, to assert that in the Iate clection * intimidation of working- men and employes was vigorously used,” was a gross {nsuit to the men whose cause he pro- fesses 10 champion. Letus jog the memorics of these friends of the poor man by a bit of reminiscence. About thirty years ago, when Mr. Phillips was already well known as a smooth-tongued orator, and Alr. Batler as a canning manager and hlat- 1wt demagogue, the secret dallot was tried in Massachusetts. The voting in the State had been, up to that time, absolutcly opco, tne ballot being deposited, withiout folding, in . in open box, and untouched by any officer fism the n‘fiifiu cfl}l;nl. The” change le was as follows: Envelopes, precise! tiike, and bearing no mark gi'ccm. t).uya Buate arms, were distributed by the State. Yoters could 1ake them home to put in their bailots, and thus absotutely conceal their prefer- ences, i they wisied to do so. The sealed eosclope, utterly undistingnishable from its fellows, was_placed in the ballot-box by the Yoter lamself. This form of truly secret ballot ¥a3 compulsory; it was toredecm labor from Toers 'as'go;mm-dbl“ha‘ was the result? reeptible chan i Part of the State. s oftvatsinany i ter one or two years’ trial of the com- '!Dry form, the ontion of scaled or apen bal- & ¥asgiven to the voter. The writer was ‘Mnkllfing in Worcester, among its thousands of. finedfl]nn'al whom the shoemakers, the men - named by Butler as the “intimidated,” m:;! the most numerous trade. When the b u_a;elbcweeu secret and open ballot was of- Whn this home of the oppressed, not one 1 8 hundred used an envelope. inderenorkingmen of Massachusctts are more Ter k‘;‘;"m 0w than then. Phillips and But- - tm“"h to believe themselves that et officers were set to overawe l{“r T ——— “ THE EVOLUTION OF RASCALITY.” G To the Editor of The Tribune. s"M“C:(R'.t. Nov. 8.—Your able editorial in last {‘fl ;Pmmz entitled “The Evolution of xasm“m whi"; skirts a topic one of the most impor- Coniud h social science presents for investiga- take debate to-day. I go not propose here to b :(D the giscussion of the theme, the rela- ot mpdern education to crime, but merely seem ::d emur to one of the inferences you onthe ‘n‘:‘!e‘:_Lnnd to suggest a thought or two ‘i&‘fif'fi:flwmz how crime ecems to keep pace clasges ireuce and education, the cultivated whose gh ishing their full share of rogues, o I1l in rasality is in_proportion to the Stance ol sdvantages they have Lad, You in- Victed of ause of sevgral men recently con- membe, igh crime in & nefghboring city, ail m;zof some of the learned professions or other ot of college. . You also refer to many el er recent instances of meu of superior role of fh L0 promiuent piety eacting the ) nme T2scal. You then inquire whetherwe times ok, D2de 3 mistake in these modern the mg ?rdnz the intellectual and ignoring tha “b? part of the student, anrd insinuate school, unctog the Bible?” from the common e ;x"“ Lad sometlnng, if not a zood deal, N th this Jamentable state of affairs. “bonn;:»:fl‘ understand it, the Bible has been thislang from the schools in so few places in 1nthe dlunardl;tobouul.imb!e. Iuisstiliread The o hl 0015 of almost the entire country. On the poner haod, wherever it has been “‘bounced abiy, ot ufl]mg has been within fifteen years, prob- ol ¢ most. These cases of educated de- vy therefore, that you refer to, were de- i under the old ortkodox, hirhly maral, fing: lht'imxs svstem of Bible education. Your 0% therefore, at Libernls and * Bible boune- 2" I5 quite a non sequitur. u'u: my opiuion, oneof the chief,causes of el::monz the educated classes lies in our nzwh;' no: that thev do not give enough Bible, k:k‘u‘ tuey db not train students to love and Torit bor as a means of livelihood and fiz them * We are taught from our childhood that Tabor H wag bestowed upon man 2s a carse, and it s constantly - inculeated that _the chief object in securing an education is to have an advantage over others, and not be oblized to drudge at hard maoual labor. The lad, as he plods’at bis books, is stimulated to press on, 50 that he can be. a lawyer. a doctor, or a clergyman. or, if not these, an ed- for or a_ bank-President. He s always pomted to some lme of life ocontaminated with manual toil, where zood clothes and eenteel respectability - reipn. He is not taught the diznity of labor, and that Lis education, if brogerly directed, will make the role of greasy mechanic or honest farmer 28 noble and respectable os man need to gspire to. What is the result? Why, there is a vast and general scrabble for that which afilicts and dis- mays us, Let the scholars in our schools and the chil- dren at our hearths be taught that labor is bonorable, and that education can win distine- Mon, ample competence, and the most assured independence on the farm and in the workshop, and then et the training be adapted to fit the pupils for their chosen life, and we would soon see less of this educated rascality. HercuLes. EUROPEAN GOSSIP. TIIE ARGYLL ROOMS. AL D. Coneay in Laltimove Gaszeite. The famous Argyll Rooms in London have been suppressed by the magistrates of Middle- sex. Yor several years the anuual license has been obtained with increasing difficulty, and this year the petition against it (which was headed by Cardival Manning and Archdeacon Jenuingg) prevailed - by, 2 vote of 33 agaipst 16. The ground jon which license was refused was that’ it Is the resort of prostitutes. So much was indced admitted, but, on the other hand, it wasazrecd that every- thing was conducted with the utmost decorum. The place was the scene of a ball every even- ing, and outwardly there was tv difference be- tween thac and any fashionable evening party, except that the Argyll dames were much less decollete tilh is demanded by that general socicty in whose interest ‘they have been dis- persed. It was claimed for thé defeuse that it was better that these peor women should gather in this. way, so lonz as they were orderly, than they snould loiter about the strects. But this view aid ot pre- vail. 8o passes ayay the last of those fine public ball-rooms whose orginal was the cele- brated Vauxhall Gardens. At those Gardens, and the one or two similar resorts of old times, the monde and demi-monde mingled in o way that has long beeu out of date. The Cremorue Gardens, g’hiull nearly resemble them, lasted until thew were suppressed, a few years ago, by the- same process which has closed the Areyll Rooms. Cremorne, however, was fre- quented entirely by the demi-monde class. There was also the Alhambra, which, after struggling against similar opposition, Wwas turned into a theatre, and it may be scwe such destiny awaits the Argyll Rooms, which repre- sent the iuvestment of £30,000.- Those who fre- quented them were not of the lowest class, but fust denizens of the West End, many of whom \ drove to it in their carriages. A policemau, called as a witness, designated Belgravia and other fashionable quarters as their places of residence. An Alderman testified that disorderly houses had multiplied around _ Cremorne since those gardens were suppressed. It is hardly doubtful that a simllar_result will follow the suppression of Areyll Rooms. There are always diversities of opinion as to whether more is lost or gained for morality by driving such thinzs out of sizbt. ‘fhe sixtecn magistrates who voted to license the Roomns believed that it was best that such assemblies, inevitable in such a place as Lon- don, should be under control of the police and subject to an annual investization in the inter- est of decorum. The averace attendance was about 700 every evening, and they are amply able to carry on jo_secret gatherings whose 1m- muaity from inspection will turn them to orgies. The event of yesterday, however intercsting as an illustration of contémporary sentiment, is of little importance as regards the morals of London. Despite a great mauy suppressions of a similar Kkind, stretching over many vears, the statistics of prostitution aud ille- pitimacy have steadily maintained their pro- portion to the increase of pupulation, ex- cept that the ratio of prostitution has been rather larger than usual of late years. The ex- cess of women over men in the Ringdom is now nearing a million. These women, for_ whom husbands do not exist here, must eafdl their liviug. The upper classes exclude them from the profersion, and the lower classes, by their trades-unjons, are excluding them from the Jucrative%kinas of work. Many of them are driven to choose between Areyll Rooms and the Thames River. . 1f they select Argyll Rooms, itis hardly more than might be expected in acountry where more than half the marriages are bargains of convenience. Where every marriage in the Royal family is made by a uegotiation for public ex- pediency; where contiguity of estates or other interests determine most aristocratic betrothals, —marriages for fortunes enjoy a repute which they hardly deserve in a community so sternly virtuous toward the humbler negotiations of the Argyll Rooms. These grander resorts are ‘mainly established by and for aristocratic and wealthy gentlemen brought up undercalculating standards of marriaze, and not finding much charm in homes so formed. It is to be feared also that club-life in England is far from befng of -unmixed advantage .to socicty, especially since the growth of more extravagant ideas of Jiving. A youug man withont family may live like a Prince at a fioe Pall Mall club on half the money # hich would support a small family in mere comfort. Such attractions offer premium on bachelorhood. The club system of this coun- try being vast, the host of the husbandless 15 {hins materially inereased bevond that rendered jnevitable by the formidable difference between the numbers of men and women shown by the census. Y CUSTOMS OF TOE CYPRIOTES. ZLondon Standard. Many of the customs of the Cypriotes are gov- erned by the rules of the Roman and Greck Churches, and even up to the present day the Greeks of tee Island foterweave with their Mariolatry various superstitions, the origin of twhich may be traced to the old rites of Aphro- dite. As, for example, the custom of offering doves to the priests. Out’ of a popula- tion of about 180,000 inhabitants, about two- thirds are Christians, and ratber less than one- third 3Mohammedan. The latter, of course, scrupulously adhere to the precepts of the Ko- ran, sod in the study of this, their sacred volume, find reasons for those customs which have a religious character. Thus, st the birth of a male child a little salt is put into itsmouth, and a few words are repeated from the Koran, ihe meaning of which 18: “*May the blessing of thy existence render dear to thee the name of Gad. to whom thou oughtest always to give lory." y ) F‘:)yr cight days, Mariti tells_us, preceding the ceremony of circumeision, the family hold a grand festival, when they indulze in every kind of vleasure, and give balls and various kinds of entertainments, at which all their relatives and friends are invited. When the eventful day ar- Tives the child is clothed iu_the richest attire, and is conducted through the strects on a horse Taost maudily caparisoned, the standard of Mo- ‘hammea being carried before it. A band of musicians follow, and the friends and relatives close the procession. On reaching the mosque thie people engage in prayer, and the ceremony Itsell is performed amid universal rejoicing. Their marnage customs are similar to those practiced generally by the Turks. A wife, we e told, may demand a divorce if her husband does not give her enough to eat, refuscs hcr money to o to the bath with, or absents him- sell from her. Female slaves are only allowed to clain separation on the ground of depriva- tion of the common necessarics of life. The women, Mariti narrates, are guarded with every possible strictness before marriage. Theirlovers often indulge in all Kindsof extravagances, such 25 passing twenty times a day before their win- dows, and, in order to attract tbeir attention Sud excite their sympathy, they publicly wound themselves with the poignard they carry as a token of their devotion. s s Referring to the burial customs of the Cypri- otes, we may mention that Gen. Cesnola found iha tomb at Alambra._which is about twengy minutes ride west of Dali, sorme little figures, which he considers to be purposcly placed there to indicate the profession or the sex of the per- son burled. These consisted of models aiter tie image of the Cyprian Venus, in the earliest style of art, harsemen, warriors with shields, ‘and chariots containing men and women. ‘There were also spear-beads, dagirers, kmves, hatchets, mirrors, necales, and circular bowls. -~ Speakingz in_another place of their ancient modes of sepulture, he teils us that the deptbs of the tombs averaeed from only five to eight feet; they were all of one shape, and measured about elsit feet in diameter. Moistencd clay, mixed with titurated straw, was used to con- solidate the walls and roof of the cav 50 as o preveat the earth from fallingin. Aplatform made of suun-dried bricks was then built roundits inuer base, upon which the dead were plaved, wwith their heads turned in the dircetion of the entrance. In’some cases a reversed plate, made of carthenware, was placed under the head, evi- dently weapt asa pillow. The Cyoriotes are ot without their superstitions. * 1o some parts may be found the Lignum Cyprinum, called also the rose-wood, from which they obtain fine perfumed oil; this, and the wood oo, they be- leve fortifies the heart and brain. The common people cut off the wood and bark together, toast it in the fire, and then suck it, as it is regzarded as a sovereign specific agaiast fever, and is sup- posed to have a miraculous effect. Among the venomous animals there is a,ser- pent which the Greeks call kophias, from a no- tion that it is aeaf; bat this, says Mariti, is by 10 means the case, for the mowers drive it away v little bells,which they fasten to their scythes. ‘here 15 a Greek family in which the power of curing the person bitten is said tobe hereditary. The plant ladavy (the Cistus ledon) is believed to have magical properties. ‘The peasantry carry it in their hands and smell it, under a notion that this will serve -ss n charm asainst the plague. The smoke of it, too, is consiuered good for the eyes. THOE PARIS GRISETTE. Qeorge Augustus Sala’s Paris Lelter to London Tels- grava. What has become of the Yarisian grisctte? Paris, we all know; is a city of ephemcra; but the erisette should not be considered as an evanescent personage, for La Fonuaine, in some of the daintiest of stanzas that French poet ever penned, sang hier praises more than 200 years ago; and in my own Parisian adolescence 1 was habitually and pleasantly aware of the risette. The good-temperea, saucy, hard-work- ing, harmless little body! How fond she was of flowers; how she stinted herself in her own scant rations to feed her much-prized cat; how she went without sygar to her own coffee in order that the due lump might be thrust through the bars of the cage of her pet cavary. Few sorrows had she of her own, that little prisette, when work was not slack, and she cauld get cnough to eat. Elle se contentait de peu. Her coffee and plenty of milk—oh! she must huve plentv of milk—in the morning; a hunk of bread, a bunch of grapes, a morsel of fromage de Irie—we Stilton of the’ poor—for breakiast; and for dioner the pot au feu—not much more than so much hot water, flavored with a little 1at and some vegetablesand bread—with perbaps an appleor a pear. She was conteat with lttle. A pennyworth of fried potatues from that well- remembered stall on the Poot Neuf,—therc are no stalls on the Pont Neuf now,—or three-half- pennyworth of ready-boilea spinach, strained and pressed so smooth that 1t lool din the Jiuitier's window like so much ireen paint, were Quite a feast to her; but on high ddys and holi- 's she regaled herself with some tiny kick- aws of charcuterie. Butcher’s meat she scarce- Iy ever tasted. -1t ste had a little money left after the stricle necessaire had been J]mvidcd for, she regaled berself with roasted chestnuts, or with a slice of that incompurably greasy and _ toothsome — galette ‘which they used to sell at an open-fronted shop in the Place de 1'Ojleon,—a galette which, without fear of contradiction, I contend to have been more succulent than the flimsier and higher-priced article sold at the * Renommee de la Galette” on the other side of the water. ‘Tne grisette was as fond of galettes as Loudon bovs are of the pecnliar forin of suety pudding with plums in it kuown as **Spouted Corey.” Not **Spot- ted Duff,” mind you; that is quite another cidos \of the pudding” species. Amateurs consider it all the more delicious for a soupcon t‘t pork gravy, and the most “ Jumping " pennyworth of the dainty is to be obtamed at ashop in Longacre. The grisetle took a tiny modicum of wine, largely diluted with water, at her breakfast and her dinner,.—a teetotal Frenchman or Frenchwoman would be regarded as next door to a lunatic; but in those days a very decent ordinalre, either of Bordeaux or Burgundy, was to be had, costing 10 sous the litre,—a quantity shgntly exceeding an imperisl quart. At present aquart of the vilest petit Dbleu cannot be obtained for less than 16 sous. Outside the octros barriers quite drinkable wine 1as to be had for six sous the guart; and tic haleyon Lime of cheapness is commemorated in a song beginning Pour eviter la rago De la femme dont je suis I'eponx, Je trouve duns le vin a six sous L'esperance du veuvage. Yenez, venes, sages et fous. Venez, vencz. boire avec nous Le vin a six sous. The song 1s sung no longer, and the guingette, where the wine at six sous used to be sold bave been pulled down; and the octroi bar- riers having been enlarged to give Paris more elbow-room,§ hare blocks of houses five stories higly have been. erccted in. the place of the humble but joyvous hitle taverns where on Sandays and fete days the zriscttes and their sweethearts came to enjoy them- Eelv(s.%o dance to such strans as_those die- coursed by the king of itiverant (ddlers, te Menetrier de Aeudon. Pleasaut little guingetles. You fancied that the bonnie buxom hostess sitting behind . tne counter was *‘Madame Gregoire,” that it was the “ Petit, Homme Gris” who had just ordered another choping, and that it was the “Gros Rower Boutemps” who was playing at tonneauz in the garden with Lisette. From the beginning until the end of the chapter she was &_grisctte,—notbing more and nothiyg less,—and | want to know what has be- come of ber. Up to the present, in new and re- generated Paris, I hase only met with - b tawdry, baggard, and fitful mhost, in an travagant toilet, very high-hceled shoes, with brass tips, and_visage much beplasterea with with white and red paint. Can this be Riwo- te! Can this be Amauda, *la brave fille,” Who carned oue trane seventy-fivea day, and was content with littiet Can this be Lisette? A QUEER OLD PEER. _ London Truth. The Ear! of Dysart, who dicd last week, led a curfous life, Like the Duke of Portland, he was averse to being scen. Hehad lodezings in Norfolk strect; no one was ever admitted into his room, and all correspondence with the outer World was carried on by means of 2 small slit cut in ‘the door, through which messages and their answers were passed. As he was rich and peourious bhe managed to accamulate 2n emormous sum of money, a large portion of which he bad invested in the debenturces of the London & South- western Railway Company. The title of Earl of Dysart was originally granted to one Wiltiam Murray, who was the whipping-boy of Charles 1. Toe lad rose to be a Gentleman of the Bed- Chamber, when a committee of the House of Commons memorialized the King to ““remove that vile person from his councils.” William Murray left one daughter, who received a put- ent as Countess of Dysart from Charles IL., and warried Sir Lione! Totlemache, sud, on nis death, . the Duke of Lauderdale. The lady used to boast to her second husband that she had saved his life, when taken prisoner by the Parliamentary forces, by ** subnitting to the famiiarities of Uliver Cromwell.” Betore I had heard of this, 1 confess that I had never thought of the great Protector in the light of 3 flirt. ~ The father of the Earl just deceased was eneaged, before be inhereted his peerage, in some curious electionecring practices, He bought a number of small bouscs at Ilches- ter, which then retured two members. Ifn 1802 most of these tenants were bribed to vote against him, 80 he pulled down 240 bouses and erected a workhouse, in which their late occapants were leded. But in 1318 a majority of the remaining electors voted against bis candidates, on which he turved 160 of the inhabitauts out of his workhouse in midwinter fnto the streeis, pour encourager les autres. At the next_election-there was still a majority against his ¢anaidates, when he gave up the suugele. His will s to be contested on the ground that the late Lord - Hubthgtower made a will during Lord_ Dysart’e _lifetime bequcathing al he could to his illegitimate -family. The law of wills is somewhat cowplicated, and it woula require & dozen columus of this jourual to explain why Lord Dysart’s will should be at- tacked beeause of the testamentary dispositions of Lord Huntingtower. Everyday Lord Dyzart had sent to him in Norfork sireet the numoer of cabbages cut, of peaches on tie trees, of cggs 1aid, and of chickens hatched on his estates. He made his investigation through an aced domestic eervant. One day an old lady walked into the Southwestern Railway Company’s office and asked whelber there was not an issue of some sort of guaranteed stock. 7The clerk said that there was. ‘- Quite safed saia she. ** Ob, yes, old lady; you oeed ot be afraid of your mo: Do vou want to put your qusrter’s wages 1a it#? ¢ Well,” she answered, **if you please, be good enouch to give me £60,000 worth of it, and here's the money”; and with that she untied a big pocket from under her dress coniaining nores to that awount, and ented the pocket to the clerk. A year or two ago his Lordship thouznt that he would o out, a.thing that he bhad sot done for manya long day. _“ Bring me my boots,” he said to the agea domestic, She brought him the only pair tnat he bad. Theywere Hessiavs. “Now call a hackuey coach,” he continued. When he went down and found a cab before his door, driven by a man with s large cane, he a'state of ugter amuzement. He direct- ed self to be taken to llampstead. when he reached Regent's Park he iosisted that the driver was poiug the wroog direction. * This is not the way to Hampstead,” e sad. *“Where are the covers in_ which I used to shoot pheas- ants?’ Sad and sstounded, he, returned to Norfolk street, from which he never again cmerged olive. GOSSIP FOR LADIES. THE LOVER'S QUERY. er hair was yellows strands of gold Tell o'er her snoulders, fold on fola; ler.eyes were of a heavenly hue: She wore a number seven shoe. Tler taper fingers, taper waist, Were fasnioned to the averaze taste; Ther nose was high, her jaws were strong, Tier nuils were sharp (perbaps too lunz); ‘And, though not youne, & comely maid Was she when in her best arrayed. Thoogh many praised her yellow hatr, ough village poets called her fair, Yet in the heaven of her eyes At times there shone such stormy dyes Thiat never lover left her door But what this onestion probed him sore: +*Tlow would 1 fare. if thious went wrong, Within the reach of natls so long? 5 1 she ot mad, what could I'do ‘Against o numboer seven shoe¥” —Ezchange. AMERICAN BEAUTY IN PARIS, Puris Correspondence Raltimore Guzette, “What a pity it is tbat we could not have zot- ten up for the Exhibition an exhibit of Ameri- can beauty; for if there is one point on which we far excel all other lands it is the loveliness of our ladies. It is hard to tell whicn of our leading cities can carry off the palm in that re- speet. Baltimore, New York, Buston, each has its peculiar tyoe, and they arc all exquisite. If one’s cyes are dazzled at any of the oflicial balls at Paris by a sudden vision of loveli- nesss, be sure that the vision aforesaid has come straight across the Atlantic.: Nol, our giris at home arc prettier tban pinks and peaches, but once let them come to” Paris and Iet their natural taste in dress receive the linish- ing touches of Parisian style, and tbe resuit is —well, it is just bewildering. And it is really amusing, if sometimes a little aunoying, tonote the sensation that one of our radiant damsels will create in any place of public resort. A lady friend of mine, with her husband, took a little ‘American beauty to thut quiet and strictly moral theatre, the Opera Comique, 2 lew niglits awo. ‘I'be young lady was quietly though stylishlv dressed, and was a perfectly well-bred and mod- est-mannered girl, but when the party went to promenade between the acts, asis the custom bere, the people reatly walked round and round the dazzling little American, gaping at her with open-eved nstonishment wnd adwiraupu. Yet she was simoly a very pretty little brunette, with a complexion whose cream aud roses owed none of their lustre to pearl powder or paint. So, if a_sugzestion of mine, made before the Exhibition was opened, had been carried out, that each of our cities should send a ion of portraits of its famous belles, 1 trow that the exhibit would prove the most popular one in the Champ de Mars. WOMEN’S RIGITS IN EGYPT. Lohdon Seics. We are not perbaps accustomed to think of ancient Egypt as a very advanced and liberal country. It is certain, however, that ladies had no cause to Inake one of the complaints which is often beard in modern Euglaud. Women might uot only bold property, but they often absorbed all the wealth of their husbands. There is in the Egyptian museum of tbe Louvre a collection of Tegal documents from the time of Alexander the Great to the twenticth year of Ptotemy En- etgetes. These documents, which are famil contracts, wills, deeds, etc.,, have lately been deciphered by M. Revillont. He bas traced the legal existence of several gencrations, and thrown great, perhaps unexpected, light on the Iistory of female property. It seems that hus- bands"always ceded ail their wealtb, real aud personal, to their wives, who disposed of it in turn to the children of the marriage or to uephews. . A widow was thus left in-a comforta- ble und even commanding position. Let us take the case of Patma, who, on his mar- ringe with o lady named Taoutem, made her a bridal gift, perhaps answering to_the ** morpivg giit” of the Germans and the Hin- doo gift by the nuptial fire. Re also promised to.make Taoutem a small yearly allowance, on the security ol his “property. Three years later we find poor Patma deep in his wife’s debt, and he promises to yield up all he bas, if be bas not cleared himsell ‘in three years. A later papyrus shows that Patma bad to sell all his possessions, which are carefully inventoricd, and that he satisfied the claims of his wife ot this alarmiog sacrifice. Ex- amples of this knd are common. Husbands were ruthlessly * sold up,” ‘and property was coucentrated o female bands. The busband, poor fellow, otten inserted a clause in the mar- Tiage contract, by which he stipulated that his wite should maintain him in his old age. dorus Siculus, we belicve, mentioned these facts, but it was supposed that it was oniy Dior- dorus’ fuu: a mere traveler's tale. Thenew papyr demonstrate bevond all doubt that man hasoften been in times past a wronzed and submissive being. NCIENT HER HUSBAND’S LETTER. i Detrous Free Press. A middle-aged woman had a letter handed her at the general delivery in the Post-Office yesterday, aund she sat down ou the window-sill to read it. Herinterest was intense from the start, and she spoke up and sald: “lle calls me his little darling! good!” ‘After reading o few lines more, she said: “ And he misses my society so much !’ Half-way down the page siie spoke again: “And he calls me Lis sunbeam—his guardian angel!” She elimbed up on the sill a lttle further, turned the letter over, and mused: “Ana he’s lost three poungs of flesh worry- ing about my health! IIe's just a darling— that’s what be is!"? Snhe reached the top of the fourth page, and exciaime: ““What! Going East, eh?? Kurther down she growled: & “And be met that red-headed Widow Kern- shaw ou the cars, eh¢ DIl sce about that! He probablyXidu’t tell her he was married.” She got down to the . §.,” glanced overa uple of lines, and then yelled right out: « Not coming home until uext week! Trains not runping! Great press of business! DIb sec whether he Isn't cowming! Boy! where's the telegraph cffice”” 9 And she run across the street, and sent her busband a dispatch which made the operator’s bair staud ap as be received aud read ft. That's PNEUMATIC DISPATCHES. London Court Circular. ‘This is the kind of a thing that results in Paris, says a cynical Frenchmau, from a habit the telegraph adwinistration there hus of seuding the orizinal manuseripts of dispatches bodily by the pneumatic tube. A married lady has a lover who is a friend of the husvand. This lady meets her Don Juan. “My dear,” says' he, ‘“remain with me, and we will o .and dive together at the restaurant.” “But my husband expects me.” “Tell him that ou will pot return till 10 o'clock. “\What pretest can L give 1 “Send i telegram, saying that you are dming your friend Bertha; as stic is in our confidence, weshall have nothing to fear.? © It is a good idea.”” They o into a telegraph office. The lndy, to save the trouble of taking off her gloves, begs her friend to write the messagre himself. The dispateh is sent, as it is, by the utmospheric tube.“I'he husband reads: ** Dear- est, do uot wait. 1 dineat Bertha’s. Shall re- sturn at 10 o’clock.” And the unfortunate hus- band recognizes the writivg of nis best fricwd. “The scene, adds the narrator, nay be lmagined; and ' should rather vhink 1t might. LADIES IN CLUBS. There arc two clubs in London to which raen and women have equal rights of membership. “The Albemarle, in Piccadiily, is governed by a committee composed of equal numbers of both gexes, and the members, rather over 400, are maintained carcfully in the same proporiion. Lately a difficulty has arisen ju the manure- ment. No smoking-room had been allotted to the ladies, so they were ariven to carry their cigarettes into the zentletien’s room. Lo this the gentlemen more than agreed, rather encour- asinz the invasion, as the rest of the house was 80 triste in its dignity. One day Mrs. Gruu- dy came to know of these pleasant little even- ing meetings, and now on the walls of the cor- Tidors appears a notice informing ladies that they are forbidden to ¢ross the thresbold of the coveted apartment. The Ruseell Ciub, in Ke- ent street, is proprictary, the memoers baviug no responsibility bevond their subscriptions, ladies paying half that of sentleman. The apartments on the ground flaur, reading. bouaoir, drawinr-room and dimpg-room are public rooms, used by ladies aitl geutlemen aliki Up-stairs are bithard aud ~ smoking rooms, sacred to the stronwer sex. Ladies here do not emoke at ali, as their apartments resem- ble more the coffee and drawiug-rooms of a large hotel. ~SHE WOULDEN’T. A fair dame ot Eureka, Nev., threatencd to sue & wealthy gentieman for breach of promise- Rather thap have lis fellow-men suspect that Be was oot a man who lived ap to his word, be offered to marry her, and procured a license from the County Clerk. At the hour appoint- ed for the cerewony the bride and groom were upon the floor of a hotel before the Magistrate, With' their hands joined. The bridezroom promptly made his responses and prom- ised to protect ana cherish her. The Magistrate tarned to the bride with the ques- tion: “Will you have this man to be your wedded husband?” The respouse came quickly and angrily: *“ No, I'won't;” and, teariog ber- self away trom the bridegroom, she sailed out of the room under full head of steam, with her mother in tow. The bridegroom -was stunned for » moment, aud thicn, recovering his self- vossession, accepted the congratulations of the wedding-zuests on his Unexpected deliverance, and ordered up two baskets of champagne. = TWEDDING-RINGS. A curfous incident lately occurred at a mar- riage at St. Mary’s Parish Church, Dover, En- cland. -~ A French couple from Calais, having been staying in the town a suflicient length of time tohave the banns published in that church, came up in the morning to be married, and the ceremony proceeded satisfactorily until the Jjoining of hands and the putting on of the ring, when it was discovered that the Frenchman hud po ring. . There was an awkward pause; no one in the company could lend a ring for the occasion, whereupon the olficiating cler- z‘ymnu scut the verger for the church-door key, the eye of which instrument was said to bave been used in other placesinsimilar emergenci The bridegroom searched his pockets again, and brought out 2 bunch of keys attached to 2 ring. This ring, with its appendages, was placed on the book, from thence it was transferred to the bride’s finger, and wita the steel ring of the bunch of keys theceremony was duly completed. MOTHER-IN-LAW. . Loutsrille Courder-Journal. Out in Towa old man Gilman’s thief-trap, in the shape of a gun loaded down to the guards with beans and planted one evening in point- blank range with the finest watermelon in his vateh, went off a little after daybreak the next morning, ard who of all the world should it Lring down but his own dear mother-in-law! Of course she wasn’t shot dead iu her tracks —beans being almost as innocuous when administered by hyperdermic injunction as when taken with too much pork internally—but to tell her that the trap wasn’t set cxoressly for her was simply to add fosult to injury. Peace affrighted fled. And now old man Gilman doesn’t know which of two things he is most sorry for, that his mother-in-law was shot or that the beaus were not. though sometimes greatly tempted to give the beans the benefit of the doubt. THE DIFFERENCE. Not lone ago, as an elderly couple were out watking, a lady on the opposite side of the street tripped and fell down. The old gentle- man rushed across the street, raised his hat, and offcred to assist her In any possible way. " His wife fotlowed him across at a slow pace, and, witnessing his devotivn to the stranger, she got mad and shook her fist at bim. * It%s all right,—it's all right,” he whis- pered. © Yes, 1 know it is,” shg, hotly ex- claimed; ** here an unknown woman stubs her toe, and you plow across the street to eat her up with kiuduess. The other day; when {fell dowu-stairs, you stood, and laughed, and and tickled your ribs, and wanted to know if I was practicing for a circus.”—Ez- change. < ¥ FEMININE NOTES. A press gang—Young ladies after ferns. 1t is heauty’s privilege to kill time, and time’s privilege to kill beauty. She—** What age do you think Tam?” He (zallantly)—*I don’t know; but you don’t look it The right kind of a man will always have his life insured. It pfses his wife’s second husband a start. Pulling a husband’s hair and leaving him un- protected at the polls is known to jurists as wigamy. A West Hill woman calls her busband * Dark- est Hour,” because he comes just before morn- ing.—Lurdette. ‘Women are funniest whea they say nothiog, Women are scldom funny.—.Afisogynic Kemark of the Graph c. o " “I love men,” said Queen Christine of Sweden, *‘not becanse they are men, but be- cause they are not women,” When a boy becomes ashamed to sit on his mother's lap he is probably in business for bim- self—holding somebody else in his lap. “Let me kiss him for his mother,” is the un- spoken wish of many a fair girl, but low_few boss ever want to kiss a girl 1or her father ? A toosensitive lover in Burke County, Georgia, has broken off his engagement beeause his sweetiieart named her pet calf after him. A fellow says: tome with a scoldinz wife and an upset - bee-hive are one and the same to him, as in eitber case he gets tongue more than he wants. The woman2and all of the sex do—who glances under the bed at night before retiring, evidently hus in mind the proverb, * Look be- fore you sleep.” Do not marry a widower,” said av old lady; « g ready-made family is lize a plate of cold po tatoes.””” * Oh, 171l soon warin them over,” re- plied the damsel, and she An editor with nine unmarrivd daughters was recently made justly inditmaut by toe miscon- struction bis _contemporaries put upon his able leader on ** The Demand for Men.” “Love is blind,” and that’s the reason why it can get along with one small hand-lamp, turued down aslow asit will go, as wellas nudera blazine chandelier of filty burners. Coachmen in the emoloy of millionaires have not been doing verg well this year in marrving the rich and romautle youne danghiers of the family. and wages will probably go up.—Detroit H'ree Press. Good at o bargain. Doting mother: Yes, T shall be happy to give you the wages you ask; but I shall expece sou to love the dear chil- dren.” Nurse: **1shall be:very happy to do su, ma’am; but, of course—thatl would be an extra.”” A very ugly woman, toying with a pug dog in front of ncaic on the boulevard, said to Rusty: *‘Kiss me and 1 will give vou this plece of suzart™ A strect Arab passing over- Liead exclaimed: “Don’t she ask a bign price for her sugar?'—DParis paper. Nine women of Burlington banded themselves togetber last week. Dy 2 solen vow, never to speak of other womwen at al, if they could not speak well of them. And their tongues have grown 50 Tusiv lrom disuse that they bave o Iubricate them with machive-oil before they caz swallow.—Burdzute. Dr. Peterman, the noted geozrapher, com- d suicide to cseane the malevolence and. mi persecution of his first wife, from whom he divoreed last year. Itis only the man who Kuls himsell the day before beis to be married who appears to be entirely safe.—Clincinnati Saturday Night. fer name. you know, wus Nettie; her face and form were pretty; Tier Lousiana lover raid she was his only pet; They loved to desperation, but his partiag mvoca- on. as, -* Meet me on_Sunday eveninz at the point 70 the bayon. Net."—Utica Otserver. The women of Prague are shoutivg the battle ery of freedom. The local Board of Health 1s attempting to enforce measures of dress re- Torm. It has issued an edict prohibitinu the fair sex from wearing long_dresses.” Consid- cring, say the dociors, “that trainiog robes fise & dust in the streets which is higiny preju- -dicial to the public health, it is hencefortn for- bidden to wear the robes in question iu the pub- lic thoroughtares.” There are vague appreben- sions of a rivt, ———————— THANKSGIVING. To the Editor of The Tribune. CmicaGo, Nov. S.—* A joyful and pleasant thing it is to be thaukful.” For several years this beautiful city bas been afflicted with a gricvous plague famitiarly known os the * Bridgeport smells.” People have suffered aad grumbled with equal paticuce and perseverance, and if the letters and essays written . on this odious subject were bonod to- gether they would makea hundsome volurne of Bridgeport literature. & S "And people were rieht to complain, for ‘the «smells? were simply horrible, aud there was so much solid hody to zhem that even the pentlest woman could not help wishing for &g dagger.” But now some one has arisen and sluin our giant plague; our atlliction has-departed; yet -mot one word of thauks has been said to the brave eianu-killer. Does the fear of saying too miuen keep us mute? ‘ A few montls awo o geperous. citizen trans- formed 2 wide river of mud into a_street, and, by way of thaoks, some people with an astro- nomical turn of 1nind, made the discovery tbat he ** wanted sumei hing lor it.”” Tet iz not be so now. Let us not slauder the poble side of our human nature by _returning evil for zoud. Let us do 2 joyful and pleasaut “e :ohmg to ourselves by being grateful, and saying Thankseiving-day is dfawing pear. Shall we Dot express our thaoks, even if only with a few fragrant flowers ! Who will “gecond the motiun "1 THANEFOL. CURRENT GOSSIP. 0 A BAD CASE STATED. St. Louis Journat. A gentle Miss., once seized with chill, Was feelinz most infernal 111, ‘When came an Md. for to know If N. Y. service he could do. *40.," cried the maid (for scared was she), **Do you Ind. Tenn. to murder Me.?"™ **La.," said the Doctor, *41 Kans. save You from a most antimely grave, 1t you will let me Conn. your cuse And hang this liver-pad in place. *¢ Ark. I ™ shricked the girl, **T4l Your postratos ave N 9o oo gt o "0 Mo OLD TUNNELING PETE. Virginia (Nie.) Enterorise. 014 “ Tunueling Pete’ is what he was always called, and it he had any otner name it was never heard on the Pucific coast. It is said that he was from the lead mines of Galena, i1, where they to this day tell how he bur- rowed his way through the limestonc from cave to cave in his scarch ior ‘mineral,” making the cave last found bis abiding-place. Even in those days be was nearly always under- eround. How he managed to endure the light of day long enough to cross the plains bas al- ways been a mystery,to all who knew him. Some assert that he traveled only during the night, and others that be wore a huge pair of oveles of bluck glass. Od Pete landea in California in 1919, and, as soon as he struck the golden soil, took pick and shovel and went out of sight beneath it. During the ten years he mivned in California he was under the” ground most of the tithe, only coming out to the light of the day at night, asa son of Erin would say. Old Pete was 2 regular ground-mole, and, like that little animal, appeared to hate the lient of the sun, which kept him wiokivg and blinking, even when his eyes were half closed, as they alwayswere when he wasonthesurface. In Cal- ifornia Old Pete mined thezravel banks Mexican fashion, running covote holes in them till they were a greater puzzle than was the famed Inbyrinth of Crete. What he did with the gold he found no one ever kuew, as he was never seen to have apy in Lis possession, nor was he ever scen to porchase either food or drink. It was the same in the lead wines, and a story came from Galena that he was not:a human being, but u guome in disgrace in some shape with the beings of his race. He was scen here, on the Comstock soon after silver was found, but strajehtway disappeared under ground. No one saw him on his way hither or kuew he was coming; the. first intimation had of his migra- tion was when he was seen herc. There were those among the prospectors of that day whno swore that old Pete had merely extended one of his California holes, aud so *‘come square throuzh the Sierra Nevada Mountains.” It 15 reported that after the day of his arrival he was not seen for over two years, when he finaliy camg out near where the” Town of Sutro now stands,—sowe now say that Mr. Sutro followed in ou * Old Pete’s hole* when he aug bis tun- nel, otherwise he could never have found his way to_the Comstock. The story zoes thut when old Pete’s head popped out throush the ground, down Dby the verge of the valley, it was daylight, aod when he saw the cottonwood trees along the Carsun River be is said to bave been in a terrible raze, as he had supposed he was deep enough 1o pass under the channel of the Carson aud get be- neathi the biz peuks of Como. All day he sat winking and blinking and cursing and swearing in the mouth of his hole,—for old Pete was fearfully wicked,—aud at nigit he gathered up his drifting-bar, pick and shovel, and crossed over the hills to Flowery District, where he set to work, and was out of sight under the base of abir hill long_before morningr. He was seen on the surface, in the twilight and of mounliztt nights, two _or three times each year by the miners of “Flowery until about three yems ago, when he seemed to have disappeared for good. No one cared mueh whithér he had grone, for be was an unsightly old man and excébdingly snappish and disagreeuble. One morning about six montns ago some: Indians rushed joto the villawe of Flowery in a terrible Iright, suyiugthe *devil® bad appeared in their ‘camp. A few miners went with the Indians aud fouund oid Peie sittng in the middle of their rancheria beside a big hole, throurh which it was evident he had just risen. ‘The old wan’s eyes were mlassy and his gray hairs were matted with clay, like thoseof a badzer just dragged from his bole, and it was easy to see that he wason his last legs. He said he bad come to the surface to get 2 mouth- ful of fresh airin order thet he mighc have strength to die. He haa just lite enoush left to say that " he had been away up under the roats of the Comstock during the past three yeare and had toere seen more wealth than Fair, Mackey, or any miving millionaire of them all had ever dreamed of. * They will nevertind it, though,” chuckled he; “they will never findit! ‘They will never o down to where it 1. They will become discournged far above, up umong-the uwistine clays and cross-courses aud faults and great horses of porphy I mast die now, but. none of them will ever find what I Lave scen— no,never!” So saying theold fellow suddenty préssed his hauds to his breast, 4 rattling cane from his throat, be fell back upon the ground, gasped and clutened the gravel with s bony finzers, a tremor passed through his frame, he straightencd out and was dvad- HOME-MADE ANTIQUES. Virginte City {Nez.) Chrouicte. The general stawnation of busiuess recently prevailing in Justice Moses’ Court was cousid- erably relieved yesterday by the trial of oue William N. Hendricks, coarged with obtaining moncy under false pretenses. The prosecutiug witness was Henry Wilkins, a youug man irom Gold Hill, who appeared boiling with raze and impatieut to pour iuto the ear of th: Justice the story of his wrongs. He stated that he pos- sessed a taste for the antigue and rare in art, and was especially Celighted with choice souvenirs of distinguished people. As he ex- pressed it, ** A tender flower from the tombd of some inspired poet, a bit of wood from sowe areat cathearal, or a delicate twig from some famous historic spot, is to me s source of ex- quisite delight.” Hethen told how the de- fenaunt had sold him a cabmet of rare curiosk 1ivs tor $100, representing at the time tl were a collection from thic Old World, wheu in reality everything in the lot had been'fouud or picked up in Storey County. He covsidered his feclinzs, tastes, aud generat love for the asso- ciations of the past outrazed by the eruel con- duct of the. sed. Mr. Hendricks then took the stand. Head- mitied all that _had been cliarged awainst bim. He bad found - Walkins a man With an abnormal Tove for curiosities, o man continually huntivg for old autogrupls, rare postage-st: s, faded flotwers, anaold piecesof tree-vark from famous places. - He had accordingly manufactured a lot of these relics. \ The articles sold to Wilkins were bere pro- duced by Mr. Drake, the prosecuting attorney. Mr. Drake (picking up a piece of old irou)— What is tms! Witness (erinning)—That, sir, isa picce of the cannon-ball tnat wounded Napoleon at Waterloo. Mr. Drake—Where did you get it? Witness—At the Fullon Foundry, on the Di- vide. (Laughter in court.) ~ Mr. Drake—ilere is another relic, labefed «St. Paul’s Cathedral beforg the oreat fires” Where did you et thst? ot Witness—From my wood-pile. [ stafned.it, with fodine, to give 1t age. Ar. Drake—And this? Witness—Twig from the grave of Victor Hugo. Mr. Drake—But Hazo so’t dead. Witness (much. astonished)—Ls that so? L thought le kicked the bucket last year. (Loud lau:shuer.) Mr. Drake—Here is a brick. Witness—From the house ot Oliver Cromvwells gotiton C street. That buuch of grass you have there didn't really grow un the trrave of Mary Queen of Scots, but I made Wilkios think 50; and got 34 for ft. L gathered it down by the Dbonanza reservoir. All those uther traps picked up round the town and Jabeled "em vroverly, 95 your Honor cap sce. Those auto- eraphs of Washiouion, _Garibaldi, Linculn, Walkes Booth. Lafavette, Talleyrand, Voltaire, and Marcus 1. Boruck, | wrote myseif, and then 1aid em away in a damp place Lo give eut ag Mr. Drake—Did you ever fool anybudy else on these relics ¢ Witness—L solt 2o old ofl-nainting to Hank Smith for 3259,—a sketch by Hoparth, 1 told him. Asa matter of fact, it was an old Vine- gar Bitters oicture, so smirched up you conldn’t see it, He paid we $100 down, and I never went after toe rest. (Tremendous werriment, sup- pressed by Constable Norton.) - Tne Court—Ain't you the chap that sold me |- an orzival etenue by Rembronede, leat summer? § Witness (coully)—Yes, sour Honor, aud also * 3 that the nes More merriment.f:|' the pen that John Randolph signed the Declara- tion of Independence with. - Here a howl of laughter went ap, and even :hc Ismlid features of Coustable Norton re- axed. s The Court said that it had beard testimony enough and reserved its vecision. Justice Moses is now huntinz lor some law which can be so constriled as to consign the defendant to State Prison for life, PARIS NEWSPAPER WIT. Scene in a prison. Visiting clergyman: “Tell me somethiog xbont your past 1ife, my cood friend. Tell me what it was that brought you to this dreadful place.” Prisoner: ** A peeler, Sin “Aren't you ashamed of yoursell, Joliat You've scarcely been here a week, and here vou are stealing from: me alread, “I'm very sorry ma’am. lbeg you to believe that I'd buve deferred it if I could, but it was absolutely impossible. A policeman, seizing a man who is about to blow his brains out, cried: ** Unhuppy, what are you,Zoivg to do?? * “Kill myself; my misery is two great.” *But reflect, then! 1f you com- mit Suicide now, what will you do if “times be- come worse ¢ ! A youn fop said to an Academician, Quzht L to say, ‘Fetch me the water’ or * Briog me the water,’ if | wanted a drink?? * Neither,” sponded the philologist, with a sweet swiles 4 you ought to say, *Drive me to the water,’ or “Lead me to the water.” ”? . As the happy couple were leaving the chnrch the husband sald to the partoer of his ircaded life: ** Murriaze must secm a dreadful thingto u; why, you were allof a trembe, and oug ‘oulu hardly hear you sav *1 will’?” “I-will have more couraze and. say it londer mext time,” said the blushing bride. _How beautiful is science! A few days siuce an Academician, rising in his place, made in a tonc of the deepest caruestness the following aunouncement: *Gentlenien, it is wita an- speakable satisfaction that I have the honor of intorwing you that, thanks to the most perse= vering efforts, M. P—, our correspondent of the Maritime Alps, has succeeded in fnoculating 2 map with the mange of the dog, a_cutancous disease_wbich ‘thus far has scemed wholly o~ compatible with the human tewperument.” [Prolonged enthusiasm.] “*Cbam,” the caricaturist, is a fanatical nd- mirer of dogs. One of his friends, who thouzht of marryirg a voung lady, went to the artist (who was acquainted “with her) to obtain some information upon the important subject of mademoiselle. *Cham® sang the lady’s pralses very loudly, but the inquirer feiz that there was somewhat of a luck of convictivn in {t all. *‘See here," he finaliv said, * the haopivess of my life perhaps depends ou this. Answer me candidl Would vou trive her Fida's paw in marriage if she asked it#” *Cham™ shuddered and fled, clu‘t;ihiug his beloved doz to his bosom. No cards. VISITING IN ENGLISH COUNTRY ITOUSES. London Currespondence New York Commercial Ad- certiser. Some people would think that for a sinrle mau, or even amarried one without children, this country visiting would be 8 very cheap way ot passing life. But such is not the case; for the feeiug of the servantsat great houses is something tremendous. 1t requires a wounder- 1 amount of brass to be able to face a string waiters and chambermaids ov - quitting a hotel unless you intend to fee them all, al- . though why one should do so, considering they have done nothing for oue, and their attendance is all charged enormously for. in the bill, is 'mot so clear.. But to leave 2 country house witlout spend- ing a small fortune in fees is quite fmpos- sible. In some cases the servaots take the place because they kpow their master will entertain and they will reap a great harvest.. Alter o good day's sport £5 is considered the smallest sum that cap be offered to the gamekeeper. While on leaving, atter say a week’s stay, ho butler expects abont two ruineas. It there are ladies of the party, 10 sinllings each wust de given to the upper housemaid, while; of course, the footman must have something for the boots, and the groom, if you bave ridden; also, the coachman, for taking you to the station. Eo 1 one_changes one’s quarters, as some do every week, tins, however pleasant, is by no. means an ceonomical way of spending the off season. By the by, I forzot to ‘mentiun the couutry church on Sundays, where a collection is always YK aud veryoften a private service I the deawing-room in the evening, when it s hinted ulpit or font wants just abont £10 to set it all right, and a little voluntary takBa place immediately. Anutber delicate re- minaer is generally performed by the gardencr, who sends to tne ladies on their departure a nosemay of flowers or small basket of choice truit, shich one has to pav much dearer for thuu in Covent Garden. Al this, tozcther with the fact that one has to be very well 2nd appro- priately dressed, should show that these with very low purses ought not to attempt a rosod of couutry house visits. QUIFP N For The Tribune. * A bosom triend: The baby. A mien man: The photographer.. An old mzrch: The march of Time. You cannot ke s poivt clearer by strainiaz it. Tt is superfluous to tell a toper to ** pull in his horus.” Men of eye-dears: Loafers who stare at pretiy women. $ A loan wowan: One who bas money out at interest. v A private ‘tooters A recruit who plays the tromboue. Tgw to make a nolse in the world: Strike for a blacksmitn. 5 ©The last of his race,” said the man when his horse fell dead upon the track. Poor man, indeed!” she remarked of one who had lost the faculty ot smell; * he hasw’t a seent in the world.” 4 Weight for the wazon,” observed the fann- eras be helped his threc-hundred-pound wife toa seat m the vehicle, An Evanston woman, whose husband’s front name Is Peter, calls him Yeter Doubt, because, she savs, he is 50 compietely used up. « Time is mouey.” - We know a bunk where the wild thyme grows.” But, if money, We are not gog totell were tuat bunk is. i A woman_ou West Washington street, who has several marriageadle daugnters, calls them £ wuting, maids,” because, she says, tuey aro wuiting for husbands.” « ope I see you well,” said a physician to a former patient.” But he dido't see him well; so e adjusted his plasses. ‘Then he saw him bet- ter, at all events. - « Is Lialin?" inquired a fellow poking his hesd fn at the door uf a prining-oflice. ~ ** Liat queried the boss; **what Lial ¥ » Belial,” re- phied the mup. He was referred to tne cevil. . «WHl this apswer, doctor?”’ asked the sur- geon’s assistant, producing au insirumient froo toe case. Pomwting to his fair patient, the doe- tor replied: *Of course Il lance’er.” And it did. ” On the North Side may be seen # slgn bearing the solitary inseription: -+~ feadquarters.” We suppose that gentlemen who *Jose their heads ™ are provided with new oncs at this estublisi ment. p w3peakinz of mzors.” sail the obsequtous barber, as he tendered change for a quarter, * I belieye. Adam _snd Eve were the first raisers, weryLhoy not#? The customer ratsed his Cain, and demanded to know if Le was Abel t wake anothePjoke like that. «Papa,” said a little West-Side_boy. “fishes wet erazy sometimes, don’t they?? b+ Crazy " exclatmed the astonished parents *what do you mean, chila?? ** Notbing,” replied the embry- ouic paragrapher; *ouly, when canzht in a rit, ent they in-seined” Papa said his hitcle boy Was getunyz ulooz 100 fast. wWhat’s your Hrstjname, Bub¢"” inquired a man of +the industrious Arub who was puttivz s putish on his boots. ** Mark.” replied the boy. 4 (uess you won't Iive o great while, th turved the man. -~ What makes yer Lhin] Capt” queried the pamiv. - Because * Death loves a shimng Mark,’ you know.” ‘The bov said he reckoned he’d “Jast till his blackin’ was gooe, anyhow. il ATTEMPTED SUICIDE. E Epecial Dispatch to The Tridune. B JACKSONVILLE, [IL, Nov. -Au auctioneer thyme 15 . pamed Williate Lupton made an unsuccessful . attempt to commit suicide this eyening. He went into a liquor szloon, drew a knile trom uis pocket, and deliberately stabbed bimseif just below the neart. Tle wound i3 not likely to . prove fatai. Financial embarassmest 1s the anly cause assigned. —— The King business isn't reaily safe nowadays. —~Commercial Advertaer. ‘That’s why we always play Lhe ace.