Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 8, 1878, Page 10

SUNDAY. DECEMBER %, 1973—BIXTEEN PAGES. praserand celetration of the ‘Uoly Commuaton at $0:503. m. Choral evening prayer st 7:50 p. m. wmuel 5. arcs wili oliciate 1n St. James’ Chasch, corer of Cas and fluron srecte, 110:15 5. m- apd7:50 p. . Bioly Commusion st Sa.m. The Iter. E. Sullivan will oficiste in Trinlty Chureh, corner of Twenty-sixt gtreat and Sichi- avenve, at 10:35 2. m. avd T80 P M. Seats Sree m ihe even; e “irbe Rev. Fraucie Mansield will oficiate in st. Audreww Church, corner of West Wzehing- 1of: and Hober errecta, at 10230 a.m. and 7:20 P, Zthe. tev. 3. Bredberg will ofitiute ju b Anszsrine' Chinrch, Sedgwick street. near Chicas e, 33 10550 2. 1w, and 7:50 . 1w." Phe Rev. Chnton Locke will oficiate in Grace Church, Wabash avenne, near Sistecuth stieet, st . aa 7:20 p. m. lioly commumion 3t 8 Seats frec in the evenin ev. ‘Arthur Rytchie will offictate in the Chateh of The Axcension, corner of LaSalie and ‘i streets, ab 10 u. m. aud 750 p.m. Noly nunion at 8 3. m. = ¢ Rev. B. F- Fiectwood will ufficiste in S > Chureh, corer of Cotiage Grove aven 2ma Thirty-sistl strect, 2t 10350 . m. snd T80 B 3 P e gtov. Lutber Pazdee will ofliciate in Calvary Chutel, Warren avenue, between Oakley streetaad 0 2. m. and 7:90 p. w. : will afficiate in ke hof the Ep “Throop sireet, beiween ud Adains, ot 10:50 3. 0. snd 7240 p. m. e3%. 3, Potriewill officiste tn 1he Churct iz, corner of Lincoin and” Relden ave- w. snd 7:30 p. m. r Lestor will officiate benween RECORMED EPISCOPAL. tev. 3. D. Charch will preach in Christ ‘e, cornor of Mictizan avenue and Twentv- 3 2t 10:45 a. . Dishop Coene: 7945 p. m. Subject: *4he F . Burke witl preach at 10:453. 30 v m. at Grace Churcy, coruer of cMuyne streets s Gy will preach in St. Jon's venue, near G hirty-gcventh street, The Rev. 1. D. Church willpreach urch. Ellis s 1453, m. 7145 P, B 3y Che Rev, R. T Bosworth will preach in Trin- jty Church. Englewood, Tillorson's Hall, worning znd eventne. 5 —Tie Rev. 1i. M. Collisson will o: wui's Chursh, comer of West Washine enter sirects, at 1030 8. m., and 7:30 p. m. 1 eabjece: - The Turkisy Euwpire, or the ~teru Qucstion and Prophecy.” < The Hev. ¥. W. Aduws will preach in St tiew's Church, Masonic 1all, coruer of Noril ri 2nd Centre streets. at 113.m. Snoject: “Advent, God's Arousing Voice 1o the Soul. GNITARIAN. , Brooke Herford preaches at tae Church susject: **The Spiritof ““The Mystery of Na- ¥ « in } Fhe Rev. Rovest Collser will preach to-day at ity Chureh, corner Dearborn averue and Waiton Worning suoject: **The Greal Commanl- Evers Dolton Abbey in the Qiden Time.™ ALIST. 1 officiatz at St Paul's ichigan avenue and Sixteenth . In the evenne wilt e mvea tie firstone of 3 course of four Jectures « foreren travel. Subje London. " the . Hev. Sumuer Eilix will preach morning 4u@ evening atthe Churchof the Kedeemer, cors ver of West Washinzton and Sangamon strects. CHRISTIA UNIVER The Rev. Dr. Ryder ¢purch. corner of 3 ‘mornine and The Rev. W. D. Owen will preachat the corner ot I e and Thirty-ihird street this morn- fng. - "% Te Rev. J. T. Barrott will preach at 10:43 2. m. and Tn. o\ the church cornes of West- Zrp avenue and ongress street. ere wili be servicesat1la. m. at the First ehnrel, comer Ingiuna avenue snd Twenty-ith No evening service. _ er M, Lord will preach this morning at the Seconu Cuurch, corner of Camplell avenue ata Van Buren street. SEW JERUSALEM. The Rev. L. P. Mereer will preachat 113, m. at he Ceaon Church (ilersney Music liall, upon = of the sceond Advent.™ Evening service Mbrars-reom. - 11SCELLANEOUS. . _The Liberal Reanionista meet at No. 213 West Madion strect at 2330 0'clock. 2 Ehe tton. chles lectures before the Firet jiritnulists, morning and, evenz, AL e o Monroz and Latlin atreets. T Frogressive Lycenm meels a1 12:30ac the ame place. ¢ Rev. X. F. Ravlin preaches at No, 351 West Madieon strect. . Evenimg subjectz **The ‘Truth 2s 1t 1s in Jern: —7The ltev. Dr. Doncsnson will speak at the Washingtonian Heme ot 5 o'clock. , —The Hev. Alexander Mouroe preaches ot Tnion Tadernacle, corner of Ashland avepue and Sdunroe atrect, worning and evening. ‘Tne Sisth Bioie:reading of the course will be aiven by the Rev. J. Monroe Gibson in Farwell §ali ot 430 p. @. —Tne Disciples of Christ will meetat4 p. m. at 29 Weat Handolph street. ritustists’. and mediums’ meeting will be it Ro. 406 Wes: Madison el < e~ lhe Rer. Waztron Tranter, of Covington, Ky., will preach at the River Forest Church™ at 1 PED - Ger . C. Wurman will preach morning and evening at the corner of Ohio and Carpenter Tev. James Kay Applebee will Jecture at Jlooley's Theaure, Subject: iyt the Man and His Work." Ad- 0, 10 cents. .’ NMathewson will preach to the Advent Christians at Green Street Tadernacle, No. 91 Soutn Green strect, at 10:45 2. m. and’ 7:50 p. 1. Moringsunject: *+The Transfizuration. ” ~_Yonn E. Sorris will preach morning and_even- inz ut iterean Charch, corner of Fulton and May el George W. Sharp will preach at 11 a. m. m. at Barr Mission Chavel, No. 389 Thizd avenue. ~“The Central Meeting of Iriends mect for wership at ltoom Ko, 1 Athenenm Building, Dear- . bora street, 8110:39 2. m. TEMPERASNCE. W. 0. Lattimore will lead 1ne Gospel Temper- = at Lower Farwel! 1all at 7:30 this Supg Service at Farwell Hall this after- noon will be made attractive by the singing of the Llirs Choir uncer Frank B. Williams, and the chioiz of male voices under Prof. C. C. Casc. “—Tue Woman's Christian Tempcrance Union holde daily Gospel temperance meetings st 3 p. m. -at Lower Farwell Linil. ‘The jeaders for the week are: Monday, Mre. Gearge Rounds; T car. Mrs. 3. . Barker; Wednesda; Clendenutngs Thutsday,” Mex. C. B Alton . V. J. Kermolt: Saturday, Alrs. VW CALENDAR FOR THE WEEK. EPISCOFAL. Dec. S—teocond Sunday in Advent. Dee. 13—Fast. CATHOLIC- Dee. 8—Second Sunday {a Advent; Immsculate, Cancention of tbe B. V. Dec. 9—0f the Octave of the Immucnlate Concep- tion. Dee. 30—O0f the Octave; St. Melchiades, P. 2L Jrec. 1315t Damascis, P.C. * ;- Dec. i 1be Oy Diee, 338t Lucy, Dec. 14~0F he Octave. ————— "~ TILL DEATH. We wandered down a qaict etreet, Just where the fown and country meet, One lone-to-be-remembered day, 2 uluma-jeaves strewed 21t the way. ¢ tive yellow wrass there erew. A shainty fluwer of faintest huet You plueked ity saying, **Let this fower Jicinad you of the pabpy hour 1 won yoir grace.” And when you took my finver-tin ‘And pressed thewm gently 1o yourlips, My preoned heart eo wildly deat 1 Gidl mot dare your eyes to meet, <1 son shiouid read the secret there, nd know 1 ield you passing fatr. ur s, snd Dride, face, 1t could not be. Before the day were 10 bear e jar 8y “with sweetest face, heart reluved in my p t-—ajas? waat tears 1 shed— The dsy yoa told me you were wed: 1 hiad nut yet the lesson learned Tiut s the chad that's lizktly turned faintest breath. ce, = my path in Hght haslaja, bt Of SOTTOW, C3re, OF pain; orightest sdn, 3 is quickly doge; ‘Yot oft a well-romnemoered Jook, An Antawp-leaf, a rauning brook, . 11l send thirough throbbing heart and brain That anforgotten Crusting pam— % And will nill death. Chrcavo, Nov. 50, 137 . Lavns UNpenuzzs, - A FAREVELL. - The farewell words are spolien slowly— - Glear and cold your dark-brown eye; But for me—U Godl—haw lowly 1 my heart my brigat hopes Al my heartstrings rent aeunder, All w3 Iife o barren waste: Would Fon care 1o know, 1 wonder, Of tiic bitterness 1 tasie? ¥or T've loved son wholly, wholly— Al my soul wae lost in thine: ! You zlone the power had. solely, Ave to lignt this life of mine. > Bt farewell! 2ud O remember, -1 slony life's rugged way, ave made m iife December en_yoa mighi buve made 1t May, Cuscavo, Dew 3, 1678, -~ Praut PAINe, BOSTON. The Monday Lecture of Luigi Monti upon Victor Em- manuel. The Irreverend Joscpa Cook Brought to Book for Some of Bis iisrep- resentatidns of Gther People Calling Names, and What Cld Dr. - Putnam Thought of It- Thaclk- eray’s Opinion of Dr. - Patnam. From Our Ouwn Corrrszondent. BosTox. Dec., 4.—The Rev. Joseph Cook no lonzer pas a monopoly of Menday *lccture- ships” this winter, for at the Hawthornc Eooms, on Park street, at procisely 12 o'clock, the same hour thet the Cook lectures commence, Luigl Monti, formerly Professor of Itatian at Harvard Colicge, rises 1o tell a small, but very select, andien®: an Jtalian patrict’s story of bis jellow- putriote. Thbe course of these lectures, arrunged Dby some admirini appreciator of Prof. Monti, are justaltoo bigharate for popular attend- ance, the price of single tickets being 1, the course tickets a trifle less. But when I went in yesterday und heard the story ot Vivtor Em- manuel told with such picturesque simplicity, it seemed tome that, given the opportunity of lower urices, hundreds of people who sannot afford sueh high rates would be glad to avail themselves of this i RARE ADVANTAGE of hearing from reliable Itulian authority the story of Traly told through the lives of Gari- Daldi, Cavour, D’Azestia, Mazzini, Foscoly, and Victor ‘Emmanuel. OF course the skefches of these great heroes and statesmen are only sketches; there is not time for ¢laborate history and full detail. But how vivid, low forcible, how exuct, is the sketel in its every touch. Prof. Monti himseli §s very uniike the ordinary jdea of the Italian, mnd his style is as little ro- mantic as his persona’s. Instead of the dark- eyed, dark-haired, slender aud smart Sienor which we fmmediately exnect when Italy is men- tioned, we see a rather stoutish gentleman, with more of the German or the Austrian type of facc than the ftallw, a full face, with ouly a soldierly mustache, and a pair of keen eyes looking out Yrom beneath dark brows, while the bald head gave the forehead that bold sweep, aud the eyes the NALS-FIERCE. SOLDIERLY LOOK which one sees ‘in the Bismark photagrapbs. The full, orotund voice, the close, concise de- livery, without any of the ornate flourishes of excitement, the intensely simple, dispassiopate manper from beginuing to end, was very - marked, and at the same time very impressive, for its very simplicity. beld greater acpths of carnestuess than one meets in the usual lectu- rer’s motes and wethods. Everybody interested iu the Ttalian struggles for liberty is more or less familiar, with the po- fitical carcer of Victor Emmanuel, from the momeat of his father’s defeat in 1340 at the battle of Novers, and consequent resignation of his crown to his son, throush all the foHowing years of that son’s splendid and suecessiul strugele against Austria and the Papal powers to make ltaly fre Prof. Montl, rapidly sketching all this, touched the passing events with a vivid light ot close description ak certain points, which scemed to make us one with Italy and her ereat King whose title of *honcst man” was the on above all others that le vrized. But it was the latter part of thelecture,which treated of Victor ‘Enunanuel in private life, that was most eazerly listened to. For myself, who had been latcly reading up all the history I could find of Vietor Emnanuel, and with renewed interest and erowing admiration, with an_instinctive protest and disbelief 1or the sovial sins that some of his Liographers.have insisted upon, tiis showing of Prof. Monti’s of the privaie life of the Kmg was specially gratifying. *You have all heard,” e said, “of the . VARIOUS SCANDALS of . this burly Kiug, but of what yon have heara believe ouly the most fnfinitesimal portion.” Mr. Monti then went on 1o say that Victor Ewmanuel was of all men the most likely to be scandalized in this mauner, as he was so entirei unconveational and independent. He would as soun step and talk with a flower-girl or an actress as any one, but that he was the im- moral man of excesses such as gossip has repre: sented was utterly false, as those who ku him pest could testify. e wasa manof no cxeesses. He bated courts and kingeruft, and was wount to say, *“Oh, this disagreeable busi- tiess of a King!” Heate but onee aday, and then plenteously of the ordinary narional dishes. When obliged to attend state dinners, he sat with his hand upon the hilt of his sword, tasting nothing, conversing with those abvut hiw, and not concealine his impaticnee and enuui of the form and ceremouny thiat was so tastefal to him. After the death of bis Queen, savs Monti, he madea morganatic marriags. His Queen, a Priocess ot the house of Austris, was & weman al such siweetness and nobiiity of churacter that she not_only held her husbund’s heart, throngtiout his life, but won the love and respect of all ltaly,—that Jtaly that at firse IATED AND DISTRUSTED HCE because she was of the hated Austrian race. e adored his Queen, said Monti, but hie also dearly loved the ladv whom he married after- ward. The part taat he assizoed to Victor Em- nanuel was not onty that of a zood soldler, but of a remarkable statesman, 1t has been gener- ally supposed, especially of late ~years, thar % e burly King” was sitnply a courageous sol- dicr. Helwas pot ouly that, but z clear aud aeute thinker and actor upon politicel matters. Mazzini, and Cavour, and the rest of the statesmen who have becu put before the world as the real liberators of ltal{. Wwere not 50 sagacious as Victor Emmanucl. Me. Monti Tt deseribing his personal appearance, said that e was stout sud robust ol fizure. with a blafl- ness of aspect, prominent eyes, and a retrousse nose; not a plessing but remarkable Jooking man. Beneath this as‘)m there Jay the kindest and tendereat heart. When he came to die, all 12::1,- from the highest to the lowest wept for bim. 1n everything that Prof. Monti‘sald, in all the facts that he mive, there was strict refutation of such stories and deductions ns Justin M¢Carthy gave in bi: cle four or five years ago, But Justin McCarthy made a brillisut paper ous of his prejudicial stories,— PERUALS UE BELIEVED THEM HIMSELF,— bat. it scems odd that heshould have blundered iuto the sheerest fuconsistency, and drawn von- clusions thav historic fact coutradicted in many cases. Most of the gossip sbout Vicror Em- mauuel and the hard jodgment has come trom British peos. Mtalians, so far as I have known, speak of him with invariable love and respect. Ar. Cnauncy Langdon, an American writer, also does full justice ot only to the soldierly uat o the statesinanlike qualitics of the Jate King. Prot. Mouti did not hesitate to say in referriug to the stories of Victor Emmanuti’s excesses, * They are false, absolutely fatse.” It certainly is time tbat the American peonie. knesw the truth about this- matter, for Xuglish tongues and Enclish pens bave dobe their best to make the greatest hero and the greatest King lat italy ever Knew WORYE THAN CALIGULA JUMSELF TN 1S VICES. “The little hall of the Hawthorne Rooms was o very plessaut place to listen to these eloguent words of the Kiug thst Mrs. Browning once called *“Kiog of* us all,} but ope “cowld not but - resrer thay sotne larger hall bad not been chosen, and o duferens and more Tizorous arranmgement had brought theee charming lectures belore a Jarper public. The same morning the Rev. Josevh Cuok was thundenng away for his own and his audience’s . admiration in Tremont ’lemple. While sucka man as Mooti carefully collects his facts, and, though with a rich aud varied ex- verievee of Nis owp, modestly rafrains from: his uvsupported opininos, tbe Rev. Juseph pours out without stiut y perfect cannonade of per- sonal opinion witd a sublime contempts for I_nc:s. He is runuing against fact so cqustantly that evers now and then it becomes necessarily a persondl matter . AND SOMEBODY GETS MAD, cu and don’t hiesitate to calf Mr. Cook that very Baughty story teller which is spedied with ant ‘177 One of the'last of these pettormances is Tis ideatification of the National Liberal Leaszue’ with the Frze Relizious Association. It.was in an artack tbat he made upoa the late Conven-. tion at Syracuse of the Natioval Liberal League in rezard to the circulation of obscene literatare through-the msils. The - Literary .Iforld _of Boston taiies tbe matter up out of a seuse of justice. and sars, iu connection therewith: The Lrlerarl! VWorld is not set for the defense of *Liberal es,” nor does it wish anything ‘but the utmost success of all just aud expedient measures for preventing the circnlation of ob- scene literature. But it does like fair play, and 1t Is_to bé regretted, we thiok oo all aconnts that Mr, Couii was'nut more exuct in his repre- -irreliglous. -Sa sentationsof this Conventfon and its actlon. it scems from this that * i THE REV. JOSEPH JIAS BERN MISREPRESENTING the Liberal League in its proceedives. Then he waes_on and wixes up the Liberal League with the Free Relizious Assoclation, when they are entirely distiuct aud different associations, and have nothine to do with each other. Hecharges in this tirade ihat a mevting In sympachy with® Mr. Heywood was hetd at Faneuil Iall by Free Religion mfidels.” The Literary orid goes onta coatment ou this thus: ‘¢ Infidels these sympathizers may have been, but that any one o peakers dt that meetiug s any promi- inent conneetion with'the Fi ciation. as such language would fmply, deniied on the hizhest suthority." Last year Mr. Cook took it “uvon ‘Thimself to male certain statements about the death of the Radical Club and the cotlapse of the Free Relis- ious Associatfon, both equally untrae, and be never loses an opportinity of falsifyine and vilifylog both of these Socicties. He is very fond of usimy the word fufidel in speaking of the members, and_ altorether his frritable attl- tude is that of asgressise fealousy,—the jealousy of a mind that uneasily clamors’Torsu- premacy and: frets at._the consciousness of en- other’s superfority. The contrast to 1S, BUMPTIOUS JUDGMENT of men fulinitely berord iim in scope and cul- sture with that of the late Dr. Putnam, of Rox- bury, whose sermons have been reeently pub- fished by Houehton od & Co., Is worthy of _congidering here. Dr. Putnam was what is called w coiservative Unitarian, whon nos even the irreverend Joseph woutd think of cailing Says Dr. Patuat: We mnet be carefnl how we brand this or that mental pozition with the name of infldelity in its bad sense. I coufess myscll not so elearas what real infidelity s Iscoso many good and pure men, and spiritaally-niinded men, ‘oo, swho nave that pame applied 1o thom, snd wre them- selves rendy to bear it, that it kas almast ceas be A term of repronch, and one mizht esteons it an honar to bear it if he could lave the huart and character thut 20 with it. We are noy calh 10 judse if, but to take care that it do before the bar of God, a..1 find us wa By the way, 1 heard o pressant fact the other day in relation to Dr. Putnam. James T. Fields ook ‘Thackersy when - was liere ta hear the Doctor. T eray, in commentlng siterwards to Mr. Fields upon_his pleasure, romarked: 1 have never beard auy presching before.”. This, 1 thiuk, will do to take the taste of the frrever- end Joseph out of our mouths and to finlsh this letter. r. TUROPEAN GOSSIP. NT-MAKING IN CHARENTE. Coryesnenttence New TYork Tribune. La RocuzrLe, France, Oct. S.—The annuai viptage scason, that carnival which attracts to the vineyards throughout this sunry seetion of grape-growive fame all the superfluous unem- ployed labor of the cities, aud males the land- seape re-echo.for the bricf period of u week or W .two with merry jests and lzughter, Is drawing toaclose. It isindeed a pity that every bottle of wine that finds its way from these vlueyards to American’ tables could wot carry withf it, in its generous fragrant fumes, a visfon of the soft, sunny scenes in which it has been formed and nurtured. Pictures, whicn Cleude Loraine might bave envied might thus be conjured up to please and entertain the epi- curean cve. Upon such a scene it was iy for- tune yesterdny to. lock. Non ewmnvis contingit adire Corluthum, and certaluly to few Amerl- cans has fullen the guod fortune of a more thor- oush inspection of the process of wine-making than thatwhich was yesterday vouckisafed your correspondent at the hosphable Chiateau Godet, situated in the environs of this city, and not over three miles distant. Picture, if You please, o wide streteh of open, undulating, thorougrhly cultivated country. In front, the soft blue waters of the Bay of Biscay, stretehing away to where Napolean Vendee atd Brittany are faintly visitie in the distanee; in the rear, on the one hand the city surrounded by its gruss-grown Dbattlements, itseif holf hid- den - amid o wreath of foliuge, but with its Cathedral tower, its_spires, aud its inasts of shipping traceable: in every line agatnst the castern sky; on_ the other, a landscape doited ¥ith chateans and fann-houses, and occasioually 2 villoge, with here aud_there o clump of trees, ora platoon of aged willows murking g water- course} shining down upon all this peaceful scene a eenial October sun completes the pict- ure, and gives to itarichness aud warmtn of coloring which no painter could hope to repro- duee. Where twvo cart roads interseet each other in about the centrs of M. Golet's vineyard of 150 acres, the vintagers, a motley eroup of men, wormen, and Imfs, are taking tneir noonday rest as we approach. Ope caunot but recalt the pictures he has_sten of a 2¥psy bivouae, so un- consciously rich in color are: the costumes of these fifty laborers, gathiered together mostly at random by the proprietor, from the crowds who have offered their services. Great tubs stand_fulltooverflowing with teinpting clusters of white grapes, and a lad, picturesquely clad ina rea shirt and flat biuc cap, presses thein down with a club, merdilessly mangling them in a commou mass of pulp and juice. Scattered around uvou the gruss, stretched at Tull length, sowme upon their faces with their heels hizn inwir, others upon ther backs and sleeping soundly, lic the men, wearied with buviug Jabored since 4 o’clock in the morning. Mos: of the women, too, in their wl short skirts, and -hideous wooden shoes, lie nestled away in some grassy nook with ereat blue wabrelius standing over them to protect them frow the sut. A solitary dog keeps watch at the ousposis, an ill-favored cur, who al ottr approach beats am iznominious retrest, and devotes himself to the sundry boncs and crusts with which the vintagers’ middsy meal bas strewn the adjacent sod. A . pleasant sceng, oue would aims and 8o it was. Yct these vintagers, dreamivg away their noonday hiours, and eare- less of the morrow, have, alter all, no casy task. The stooping posture which the gathering of the grapes from’ the vines, not over two feet in height, entails, is pot the least wearisome feat- ure of their labor. Beginniug, too, before the sunrise, aud working until dusk, ther laugh the eight-hour law, it will be scen, to “scorn. A faithiul worker will in aday pick grapes enough 1o make 125 gallons of wine, and that, too, for wages amounting to ouly 60 cents and bis board. ‘This is the highest: price naid, The averame male vintager receives only 45 cents, and the “'um‘\z:n receive 35 cents per day, together with board. From his vineyard of 150 ucres M. Godet will realize . this season 250 barriques or casks of allons each, Tis is a fair average quudal yield. In Tact, i this region, wiich has not been at- tacked seriously by the phylloxern, the erap this year prowises at least to equal that of 1877 The greatest care fs required in_the protettion and nourishment of the vines. No vine is pro- duetive until its fifth year; on the other hand, some’ vines hear their best grrapes ab the awe of fifty years. The phylloxers, in anticipation at Ieast. has proved a suurce of scrious anxiely 1o vine-growers in this Charente-Interieure Depart- went. A single one of these insects willy in one scason, reproduce its Kind to tac number of 30,000. Fram the vineyard at evening the day’s vintage is carried in_wagon-loads to the press- louse. There it is first passed through a puip- ing machine very sipilar fu style ton luee- #ized Yankee clothestwringer, whichi completely destroys every vestige o its original symmetry, and_delivers” up a weltering mass of stems, sceds, puip, and jufce. The conglomeration, or “mush.” 23 a distiller would term it, is piled apon the floor of a press in the form of a pyra- mid flatzened at the apex, and then, by eithor hand or horae puwer, an _immense ‘pressure is applied from above by a flac wooden surfuce, descending on a spiral. The processis very simifar % that gcen ©in o zood old New Jersey cider mill. - Under tho tre- mendous pressure thus applied, . the grape is divested of every drop of juice it ever possessed. The precious jluid runs off intoa astu, thence into a trough lined with copper to prevent absorption, and is thence delivered into the grreat hogsheads wlieh stand waiting to, re- ceive it. ‘The fermenung pro then begins; in about two weeks the Wwine is drawn oif inte othcr casks, leaviair behind it any impuritles it may have collceted durine its manulacture, and is thereafter ready to be pul away into the cel- lars and held for any requisite time to be ready for the market. As may be inferred, the wing and braudy trade of this section nccessitates thie use of imwense quantities of casks and bar- rels. Asaconsequence the cooperage business of La Rochelle is uot unimportant. .Nearly two million barre! staves gre imported here annually from Northérn Europe. . FRENCH IMMORALITY. Parts Correspondence New York Ttues. ‘The old Persian apothezm that a woman is always at the bottom of every intrigue, how- ever foreigu it may appear to ber interests, re- ceives s ‘daily verification. Who would have thought that when Monsieur X., the prominent Senator of the *“‘Left,” was missing from the late clection of Jife members, it was beeause bis mistress had so punched his head 1o ber elegant boudoir of the Rue Moscon that he will be for wecks unpresentable in public? Nor ‘was it then knowa how avotber conscript father of the same political persuasion had so emptied his purse- for a #loved but lost one” of mercenary proclivities—she was originally a chambermaid, but has within 4 counle of years won pame and fame as-a \‘amphc‘—lhar e was driven to ex- ce Religious Aszo- pedients. They are not new, nor yet delicate, and you must have rleh relatives in the back- ground if you would escape the Police Court on such a charge as this: Promissory uotes for 105,000 franes’ wortli of Australian wool; sale of the same for 60,000 francs cash’ and 20,000 frenes of v silky final disposal of this Inst for 20,030 franca. Tt is quite as bad 43 Senator Jacotin's eard-sharpine: but Senatar Jucotin bad to do with pentiemen who would not take hash-money, wheress the present de- linquent coutd brive nlytov lad to aecept a-solution already accompanicd by ellent profits. So poor Jacotm was foreed to reslgn, while Monsienr Y. will zo on and lezisiate for his fellow-citizens, ali because his famnily is wealthy ‘and he himself lea pillar of thic dominant faction—the Republican majority. 1t 15 byguo means my Intention to undervalue fthe inealenlable Hiessings of a republican form of government; bat, as we sec the French Re- public’s great megicine-nen, and hear of their acts and sayings, we are Iain to exelaim, HGod help the nation!? Never has morality been at so low un ebb; tales ot robbery and nrson, murders, and rapes, and suitides GL~ one-half the columus of the daily pid¥iers, when thess dere to speak the iruth.. Nor 5 enmo confined to the prole- tarigns; they do pretty well at it, but they find mitators in a caste where once the family name would have been a guarantee of honar, it not of immaculate virtue.” Up in the Avenuc ——, 1o matter for its nyme,—thie house Is not 200 vards from the Arch of Triumbh,~there is a sumptu- ous dwelling, dating from the lucter Gays of the Second Empire, and now the property of a fash- iopable kete ra. There are two rivals for the heart and favors of this Jovely beingy ove/an elderly Lotharlo, has been at Jier feet for years; the other could grive a stonc away to Othello, in jealousy. I dom’t know low he manazed it, out by some means this last got into a ward- robe, Wus presenr uniu to any onc at a lons visit from lover No. 1, and after his de- yarture_emerzed from concealment, like the wronged husband in a drama, and forthwith vroceeded to strang'e theantaithful fair. Mite. X.—nu relation, notwithistanding the similarity of the initial, to the gemolished Sevator of the Ttue de Moscou,—shricked for help, the assassin was bundled into the street, and the young woman fled for'refnire to the shielter of ¢ frie Iy roof, where she remained for forty-eight Tiours i strict scclusion. Bue her old habits were t0o strong Lo resist longer separation from the dear dozs,” so, on Saturday niziit, she crepe up her back stuirease, “buade her servants close and bolt doors und windows s thouziNhe had lert Paris, and wens to bed fo fancfed secu- rity. In the small hours of the carly ‘morning she heard a noise, her dogs beran to howl, and parely had her screams bronght down the coach- man with a club, when Monsiear Z. ruehed up stairs with a knite. There wasastrugele, much invective, more recrfmivations, but John was too many for the intruder, Who was held at bay unul the Serzénis de Ville took him iuto cus- tody on a charge of *wrenehivg off a bar from the basement windows with the intention to connnit burglary.” And so ends the romance of a deseendant of the erusaders, who has loved . uot wisely but too well. Yesterday there wasanother * drame dela jalousfe,” as the uewspapers call it but this one was 2t Montrouge, and the attors belonged to ihat supposed-to-be-respertable elase, the bour- weoisic. Charles I'. married Louise S. about 2 fortuight agos the bride was remarkably bean- tiful and aged 19, addinz to her otheratirue- tions a dowry of 100,000 Irancs, which went into Charles’ business, Cuarles being in the whole- sale grain trade. But besides belng a corn-geal- ery Coarles was k5, jealous-minded crea- ture, who, on the faith of that invention of the desil,an anonymous leser, foltdwed his spouse 1o Longjnmenay, where, throurh the kitehen window, he espled Louise with 4 8-months-old baby in her arms. 1t was not aa encouraging spectucle to a youuz Benedict, so, without as! ing for explunations or even making a scene, he forthwith veturned to Paris, bought 2 revolver on his way, rushed into his futier-in-lag’s dining-roonm, where the 8. Tamily were at breakfust, und ‘““tired free.” Monsicar 8. reeefved two bulflets, one over the eye, which Tuckily glanced, the other in his left breast, and got under the table, whercupon Cuarles, supbosing the old gentleman to he dead, went for LLe other-in-law, who in the wcantime had barricaded herself in a closet, which he prozeedeq to demolish. “Then old 3. crept out and jumped, with the maid-of-al work, upon the azeressor, who was fiv, dis- armed and brousht to terms, on congition that e should hear nothing farther about his wife or the scene. ‘The boune was sworn to seereey, and the parents, althoazh one of them will be maimed for life, promised noi to prosecute. But murder will out, and the Montrouge clectors found out all aous it, and were greazly shozked ta seen Police Commissary with a_tri-color sacir aronud his waist swoop down like a hawk on-the fotd of ouc whom they were proposing among thenselves as a fit candidate at the com- ine cleetions. The statistics of the assize and_police courts show a fearful jncrease of wickedness and im- morality. Itis true that theve is an,apparent numerical decresse in the cases brousht up for trial, but, upou examination, it appears that this decrease is in misdemeanors, while in crimes such as murder, rape, and infanticide, the in- crease ranges from 9 to 15 per cent. A ¢ CRECHE.” Paris Letter 1o san Francisco Calt. . In'the French Educational Deparunent is the model of a “creche” in working order. A wcreche® is an establishment where working mothers may leave their infants during the day to be cared for. It keeps during the hours of +work the infant of 15 days to that of 8 years of age. The “creche ' is visited daily by o phys cian and lady inspectors. No infant is allowed to pass the night in ove. No infunt is admitted if sick. There are over thirty “ereches” in Daris, and several in the suburban towns. They ac- commodate from forty to 100 infants daily. Some are gratuitous; others require a small fee. Each “creche” is covstructed after a certain fixcd model, and contains a garden, covered yard, play-room, diniug-room, kitchen, linen- Toom, provision and toilet room, und sleeping or_ciadie rooni. The creche was first established between thirty apd forry-live vears awo.- 1 visited oue yester- day. 1 found it in all respects as represen! thtoretically, a most dusirable refuge for a poor wother’s mfant during ‘working-oars. Every apartment was thoroughiy neat and clean. It contained accommodutions for forty children. About twenty were in charze during my visit. The care of these devolved on Lwo attendants,— 4 man and womun. The majority of the children were in the cov- ered yard, and about seven erving. They did 1ot seewm’ particularly hapy )f" Dut that was not” on account of suy imperfection in the fittings of the estubiishment. It is doubtiul if any child of 2 years is_ever happy, unless it can mouopolize somehody’s whole time and strengzth in carng for it. 1lean sometimes to the theory thae the old Adam of perversity, peevishuess, and general Dare cussedness is more rampant at this_age Lhan any other, aud that many infaiits veed only the due physical strensth to” murder their mothers, did they know how to set about it. Beside, nt the are of 2, or even 3 years, children derive little pleasure from compauion- ship with cuch other. Here were fiftcen 2-year-olds in the covered yard. The ground was covered with mats, on which some were sitiing, some standing, and some toddling sbout. Of course, ut this uge they conldn’t talk much with each other, and the facultics badu’t ripened sutliciently to de- velop any regular plan of amusement. They looked like children of poverty aud toil: but they were clean, and “all wore ™ pinafe oi a coarse clieck, which I presume are furnishied at the creche. Their copdition was certainlv far beiter than if left in cbaree of the nest older sister. who grows up one-sided from lugging the baby month in and month out on one "hip, while the pair aré always seen on the street- corticr, both on a plane of equality in the mat- ter ot dirty faces, uncared-for moses, {rowsy heads, sticky lingers, and ragred dresses. 5 We visited the slecping-room. Forty iron cradles swung on supports of the same mate- rial, all supplied with clean beds, sheets, and pillow-cases, oceupicd one side of the room. It sas very toy-like in its furnishing, The little Tow table and scats are arranged in two concen- tric circles, so the chitdren go in at one cud of the benclies 20G comne out at the other, thus preventing any crowding or confusion. The children are also furnished with voys. o SARAN BERNIIARDY. [Puris Corresnondence New York World. Sorab Berphardt objects strongly to the im- putation of singularity, and yer, if it were not rude to contradict a lady, one would have to ad- mit that she sometimes daes eccentrie things. Herlatest proceeding is to have herself photo- graphed in ber coffin! The coffin has long been a part of the furniture of her bome, and a very beautilul chingitis. It is enough to make one loug for death. [t was originally a present from a friend, who has spared no pains in mak- inz it-worthy of the lady’s scceptauce, and it bag since been Jargely embellished by the recipient. | 1t was a fantyof bers, which site shares. or migiis have shared, with the Jate Admiral Lord Nelson and with athers of “the great, to bave her last lodging constantly in view, and, as it were, under repairs at the hands ot the prospective tenant. Whenever she has had a bit of Ince- to spare or a mew idea in quilting or embroidery she has put it into the coflin, For = loug time she need it as her -bed; out that practice was fumlls abandoned, at the carnest solicitation of the doctors, as tending to hasten the moment when she would bave to taks it forgood andall. Musing of late on that moment and its incideuts, it ozeurred to her that 5 would be & good - thine to leave explicit direetions for the manner of her funcral, and so she forthwith [nkt bLersell out with exquisite taste and called in a photographer to * fix” her in pictorial black and white for the purpose ot exemplifyiner her testameniary fnstractions. The man ¢fd_hig office, and there she lies, as Mrs. Gamp might put it, “the sweetest corpse.” Only four copies were made.—~for strictly private keoping,—but if the public eould se oue of them. which it never will, it would insist on there belug o thousand, ‘The collin s halt mothered in fowers and branches of palm, most artisticaily urranged, and it is placed ouan incline, $0 as Lo permit you to have & goud view of the oetugant. She lies ‘on o pillow of white satin; she is robed in black cashwere, and her bare arms are erossed meekly over her breast,— Uphelia golug ta her grave. Theevesare closed, and all the features beawrifully composed. Everythinz is done 1o earry out the idea that denth is but a lons, dreamless sleep. Ask me why the greatest actress in France, and the most admired, 4 woman who has won ber way 0 n throne of genius, stould have such fanc and T must frankly admit 1 cannot tell you. “Chere s only this to be said, I think, her very dclizht n her present glory makes ber morbidiy sensitive fo speculationsas to the future. Death is ever in’ her thoughts, but not go much the death of the body a3 the death of fame,—thas terrible forgetfuluess of o great and once popu- Iar name of which she has seeh so mauy ex- amples in ber vheatrieal career. THE GAME OF CHESS Al communications for this department shouid bo addressed to Tix Tuinexe, amd fadorsed ** Chess. CHESS DIRECTORY. Chirgago Citess CLUD: 30 Dearhosn street. Citoano Caesd_Assocrariox—Haisen & Wineh's, 1 siroet, opposte | e Suliding. Chess: 3 noet dally at the Tremont lonse (Ex- clange) and sherman House (Busament). TO CORRESPONDENTS. C., Buston,—We sball he very bappy to ex- T'roblpm N The correct solutlon recelved from C. A, Perry and E. Darie. T.—[t s nest to an tmpossfbility to fecure o: acenracy [0 the pressuiation of gmumes, times 1aughable wrrors erzep 1. o8 i our lest sfne. . $,—In Problem No. 156, i 1..Kt takes Pch, momld play K to K 7. The White Bodkat R2 cusabje. _Your appreciation of No. 158 {gweli deses X0. 155 hes proved 2 poser to nrany besfdes yoursel PROBLEM NO. 157, 1y, CHICAGO. White to play and mire In thre¢ moves. SOLUTION TO PEOBLEM NO. 155, white, il Tiac: Ktto Kr 4 0134 QtoQ7ch o Ke3 Qroydch d..Ktoid Qto I: 7 mate 11 t0 Q3 dts o Qto X deh Jito K 3mnate 1o K6 dlsch taies B ch 10 K 3 mate 3..8 Interposes -Ktto B3 TKttuQ5en 3.lany move NOTES. The chiess columa in the Loston Weekly Glabe, for- ety coutticted by Mr. . X. Latson, but which was direoutinucd abouc yar asv, sill be recommenced in tie 1egue oOf Dec, 11 under the etinrge of Mr. W. W. Carran. A llitle **unplensantness™ having ocenrred bevween an Eastern cheas-edizar and a Western dirto, the Iatter fives ¢ parting shot cs follow: We wra our rolica of eharacicr, and 1958 02r licd au hig ungentiemanly fitugs. Tnc_Cless dournal for Sovember 15 a deelded Im- provement upon previous fumbers, and contats line collection of Interesting 03 and problems. it also fesues a prospecrns for jts first prowlem tourney, the conditions ot which will be found beiow. 3tr. Ifackenzfe was fn St. Loufs a Inst acconnte. Be- shdos simulrancons and ogfier eames with amatenes, e nad 1 afttings with M, Max Judd, the locai clism- pion, 1ho tutal scere of wisleh Bashot yét come w hand, A, Mackenzie wiil probuil: direct to Montreal on the conclusion of his visfuin St. Loufs. Mr, Loy annuunces that **the last page of hiy work on troni Compusition s Bow In the hands of the Dressnan. The Ut of the volume Ix **Chess Strat- om thie *peclien pages which we have seen We belteve that 16 wijl be ons of thy most. terestl and vl ahle werks of the Kind ever tsued, und siould e fn every chess-player's Hbrary, ourselves m in contempt ** A charming White. Kinzaeq Kt acch Tishop ut K Kt ifth v at Q fourth i at b 1 secand awn ik K Pawn at § Coird awn 0z RERXIL Tawn g G foarth Pawn at ¢ £ fourtn - Fawn at § Kt sccond White to play and draw. OURNAMENT OF TIHE “AME! FIKST PROBLEM T b 104N First Prize—Volume of 5 Second Prize—Vohume of * Chesw Straté o Third Ameriean Chiess Juurnal® and **Ciwss Strnie; Fourth Vrize—t*Centenntal Problem Buok™ and **Glhess Stratexy. " Tifth Prizo— Chess Stratezy.” © FEWNH OF CONPETITION. 1. Free toall the world. 2 Cownosers arc invited 1o read a iagle probiem (with !Olu'.iunl) W] h iaay be 1o Two, Lire tour, or five moves. which shouid be addressed 7o the Onles of the ** vmerlean Cliees Journal,™ 68 Conrtland strock New York, and must de malled Lrior to Feb. 1, 181, a3 We siiall encvavorto £1ve the award In tie lasue for that manti. 4. To glve cotpetitorsa fuly and equal cliance, we will'explain that ke provlems will be graded seeordin:g 10 shelr uchwdl diiieully, the HumiT uf Moves, and how pueny picces are employed In thelr constructio: 4. Vivery problem wii UG solved by a caminizes, wiil Kcepa saparate record of the thne consumid on each problem. One Bith of this w1l be dedneted for ehels piece employed n the constraction of tie problem. The averice balance of the deveral records Of the Solving Committee WHI ive the rating of each ave computed that a three-move problem hould be Xz tizes &4 diflicult 28 8 LRO-uGYer: & four- mover fiur fimes as diiticnit s a three: and a five- moayer Jics times 88 diticalt ws a four. A fve-move probiem should be, thwerctore. as dlicult as one hun- ddred and tiventy Leb-mave problems. T'a make the competition tore Interesting, the rating of each problem wiflbe eiven at the Ume of 1ts publy- cation. DESCHAPELLES AND LABOURDONNAILS. Mons. Delannoy. the French vetoran. glving to the Hartfora Tiies come of 1is reminis e e varly davs of thie Cafe de la Liegense, fud yKeicies of some of fts ficquenters, narrates the followlnx intercsting aneedote of Peschaprifes und La Bourdonnals: ““Phen_came Deschapeiles, 1 mnn Of 51 metho, witl extraordinary aptitnde for every game involg fig ealeulstion—trio trac, whist, billiards v a8 well us cligss: hut excessively, aimost. ridiculous Conceitud. e traversed the Liedenes with the alr of & monarch, dldaintuzs to ston aid lcok on_cven nia really fatere: regarding amateurs wi mere bl and sacictage, and [fBe ctunsed Yo et dron an o byervation, he expecued {6 46 be of Tecessity takey for nalittle. ne 1 was, however, not always calised the loss of in a ‘moeh by - cormespondance | becween ™ the French aud English amateurs fn 1eg, - After ail, 116 Whaa great master, bt by no means @ lovebls pinyt er. In the hey-dny of bl4 glory, there oue duy appear- edanew aliivte, pinfn TS manners, witty. amustug, {?\'hl. 1ively, auil full of Imastieatfon. This was La onrdonnals, anid be chatienged t! reat master, ‘A e Luser piny or - Forty francs, 1f sou Be e 07" and the ad- oipel. iis ndvice aine chullenze, sir! Areyou aw: Iess than 34 francy (34) @ gane? 1tkce,” replfed La Bourdontals. versries tovk thelr pisces. **What words can descriue the amazement of the {roquentersof the lteponce st {itis stounding nows. Had etse cafe been capable of cobtalutug the wilole itu- nan race, the versea of Volinlre mikiit have found a new application: ** Parle, le rol, T'armee, et Tenfer ctles clous, - Bt 6 ComUnE MTGRCrS Bvient B¢ 166 SoRs. **Parls. the King, the army. heaven and hetl, Teearded with Hed GRze that CombaE s *Agame for 40 franes when the highest o stalip 5T e o e Dus 5) GURUMAS Anc 10 Aach 1o chnlleno Deichapeiles, wiio gave uge picse (o orery Gnch Tooh, poolt! - THls How-comer ek e crss, i for Charentuni—~the French bedlam—indezd! i The gaie began. Deschapelles, en maltre, offered the st move to s adyersary, wao nccepted ft, and snowed by the Impetuoslty of ifs attack and the way in. which he paratyzed the pleces of lifs anzazoniet, that he was not suchd Junatic o5 had been tupposed. The physlcgnomy, mannecs, and bearing of La flourdonnals #patily encared the svmpnthics of all present, sad, In particular, thost of the Chevaller de Barnoville, a ver dls:inguished and puther wealsny zentleman, <1 bac 1 Nounlonrials for 600 traucs, erled e, *Done,” re- plicd Deschapelles, Over-excited by the . ap- plause of the gallery, La Bourdonmals, glviaz tnil scope fo ~ his {msgiation. did " wons ders; but hls expericnce was dencient compared to that of his adversary. The son of a cregle moglier, ¢ blood dowed Fith tropical ardor, and he Iacked ihe calunesy and patleuce suich constitute the princizal cloments of success, and, notwitustandin the brilliancy of his combinatIGng aud the streauous ef- 1 fue made to retafn a o Jost that st zame. Sl b ** Deschapelics’ utterance on the chavacterisifc of ihs man. g S Tt Srorans Young man, You don't play badiy; study for o few sears,and theh tome gacic aud a2k your revenze.” *To- morrow.* cried the Chevaller de Barnevills, *and [ double the siake? Neienapalics pretanded ay engaze- nent for the uext day, which he could by *l_cak; znd, afler that, he precendcd ('.\lnilwhgwfifi vace, but always fn priv: never ezactly kag el to play pubiicl equtyalent Lo ag at thie latter.™ Desshapelles rofused In toe it 1,3 Bonrdonnals, which way wiledzment of the superlority of CHESS IN UTAHL Mr. . K. Zlmm. of Donslas, Ui agteution th the e S gl for {ercme In the Stefitan Gause, not notteed (i tie books, AS LUt NEW DIOVE RpDERrE (0 POSSUsY )0t 1nerit, we giveaspechinen game, 13 played beswesn Mr. Zimw sud 8 frlend: 8 3 SICILTAN GAME—** HIALE'S DEFENSE." M Territory. calls NOVUmDT 108 N, 0 S0 it ‘Kol A 2 ks R el $.0 cares i Bieck mates o slx morves. (a) ‘This [s the new defense referred to, ** irst noticed awd played by Mr. e CHISSS IN BOSTON. ae zamnes (o the mutch Jately played between and Keyes. * SIEAVOW HAY " OF White—3tr. War Black=lr, Keyes. Oneof Sesers. War [ White mates fn four inoves. n_accoust of tts noyrits. ates that ** Mr. 3 seetn fie bas found an opent eyually sound () for the attack aad for e - ———— FRENCH HOUSEWIVES. To the Editor of The Tridune. Nonrros, Mass., Dec. 2.—Away off here in the infide} eud of Massachusetts, perinit e to be a skeptic £o the fulminations of your correspond- ent ‘¢ A, o rostrum, pulpit, press, or family thuoderings could make me vote or wperil my neck” in an infatuation for the Atnerfean housewife. Yet there may be mauy £ood ones. 1 fear your correspondent when abroad (for I take it for rrauted that she has been in the land of the best cooks in the world) has scen only one ¢ide of the French housewife’s home. Hav- ing an experieope of tiventy years in France and cleven in Amenta, and having lived in town and country fu bvefif, forces we toa fecble protest against much of what she suys. st let us start with the understanding that the helps in both France and America Is equally inefficient. This * A. A. A.” may not admit; but did she ever sce in the provinces of France ¢hie raw Alsatian, woman just arrived in the well-ordered French home, to be enlightened in the mysteries of their * boiled and bolted and boiled beef”? In that howe, with this servant her only nid, there is a housewife whose (dishes are as suvory, whose table-linen is as white, and whose service s -as faultless, in jts way, a5 the Cafe Auzlais in Parls. , She is o teacher as well 3s a misctress of the art of cooking, hasing the executive abilicy of her American sister in acouniry where her art 18 a stuay, and where themasters of that art have always Hyed. . Certainly A, A. A7 wiil own that'she fo this latcer bas the advan- tage, 03 she wonld sfimit thay the best voice in _America necds the school of the master in the- country wiicre musicIs in its bighust sphere. As to I'rench honsekeepers' work, certainly the fiats are no advantage (unless one i3 on the frsc floor), constdering ail onrmodern improvements. Leg us think of the fuel, provisions, water (ina Jaree city 10 small item) to pe carrizd to what- ever height your purse has loeated you. This, T think, aeitlés the master of stalrs,—vide. the ‘American sister In the New -York flat. Small ‘wazhine is done evers week withont the facilt- ties of stauonary wasn-tubs, with hot snd cold water at the hand, floors 10 be rubbed, lamps and candlos to be attended tos ete. Only in the large citles can’ the cooked meats be obtained, and this i8 a small jtem compared to the innumerable hot dishes of meat served ou the Krench table. -Let A, A. A remem- ber, besides the other similar dutles of both housckeepers, the French wife is often book- keeper in ber husband’s store, attending to his Dusiness when he is away. Alas! {vis too.troe the American sister does overioad her table. The food is there, and there dysoepsia is also. 1 pray she will pot in er troable for a remnedy for budiy-covked and wasted food gu to another extreme, and give her husband the French workingman’s fare, although it mizht be a stc in the right direction for pocket, stomach, an brajn. Lt them racher give a menu of the mid- dlg class, as fvllows: Breakiash, the cup of coffec mentioned, with the delicivus bread and sweet fresh butter. For luncheon, or what the YFrench call dejeune a la fourchette, let the husband find (in scason) radishes, cucumbers, tomatoes, or olives, cittier meat_satad, cold sausage, pressed neat, or sardines. Serve hot, juicy, tender chops ., surround by the Usual fried potatces or cressess change with stew or raguut de mou- tou; or fricassec cold cuts, ete. Egzes should certainly bea part of this wmeal in some forw, after which fruit, and the coffee * to wash a!l doien.” For dinner pot au few.—~not a chead rench or Yaokee restaurant iinitation, but the real fam- ily article. The boiled” beef is served whole, warnished with the carrot, turaip, Ieek, and enb- age lor those who like it, leaving the poor lit. tle onton with its Jost fiavor to die “ unhonored and unsung ¥ in the pot. After, always u baked, Droiled, or boiled fish with a salice par cece’icuce and potatoes boiied. Then serve the roost with one vezetable cooked as only the French or their puplls know how to cook vewetabless asalad after with omelet souflice, or custard and fruit, checese and coffe < . “A. A, A suys ucopt her meagre bill of fare (who ever heard of n little water to wash down a Continental dinper!?) with the indispensables of clean livea aud flowers thrown in, aud il wilt be wefl. I say udopt for a motto, “ (ol made the food and the Devil the cooks,” aud all will- be well. Yes, throw fo the dozs the misery put out on clean linen with its flow- erg, snd five mie bappiness overa perfectiv- cooked artichoke, \with ragout or saline, beer. salad, and coffee. What we_ ueed is o teacher for Biddy, anda collere snd taculty, if neces- sdry, ta teach Biddy’s teacher. ‘Then we shonld 1ot ask the reason why sweet wine and fish are incompatible, and it would Le unnccessary to teach our *ford and master” modesty aud con- tenvment. AN AMERICAN SISTER. —c— THE PRODIGAL. Once, long ago, I said unto Thee, Lord, **1 hayo grosyn weary of the narfow wiy; Tlenceforth Il taste of life the sweets alone, # “'hrow care aside, be joyous while L may. " Inmy conceit Lxid, 1 pray Pocs, sive Me all the zood thinza that fall 1o my shares No Jonver wiil I cloud the m of I Nor fif my days with watching ond with prayer,"” And then T wandered far from paths of -peace; 1 quite foreot Thee a3 the daya passed & Istrove to fill my beart with toi For the things of Heaven ceased (o sizh, But afterwhile Eartlys gifts, lice Dead-Sea frait, TFell into dust within my ea%er hand; P The palaces I dwelt In crumbled, too. ‘And drear and desolute gresw ull the Jand. The flow'rs I looked for withered in the bud; The fruits taat oromised fair fell erc their primes The sun went .down while yet the day was Young, And clonds hune low wheresun was wont to shing. When Garth proved fraitless, then I turned to Thee, Abashed aud humbled at my decp disgrace; 1'pleaded to lie humbly at Thy feet: Thou raised me till I saw Thee fuce to face. And then T'sad], **Henceforti, or shine or shade, T'll welcome bgth, since both are sent by Thee; - 10 Larvests fail me, it will matter not— I cannot want while Thon dost succor me.™ And then—shere least I Tooked or watched for om — swve:h lllnwcr: %prang and -Giled my Dath with lcom, Fraits fell into my hands, expected nor, And.golden sunshine lighted up tis glogm. . FaITi WALTOS. Bismarck’s Drinking Capacities, 1t particular delizlit Busch enumcrates the immense quausities of wine sud beer consumed by Bismarck and his trusted seryanls. Fgom his uplversity days at Gottenzen Bismarck was evera copions drinker. He enjoyed relating his astonishing feats in- drinking, accomplished 28 & “corps biirsche,” and “regretted that the cid practice of 1S to intoxicate thejr, plenipotentisries previous to important neoty ations liad zone 01t of wse. € the enston o existed, Bismarck would 1o doubt rarcly gt his mateh. e is never particular in the chojeg of his veverazes: Rhein wine, ety and Bu:a undy vary with champazne, braudy, care . aud other. fine liquors. “Beer, hield responsiby b thio Chaneallor for a ceriafn Tassitiite tn g German peonle, was somewhat scarce at me morcw’s headquarters. On the whole, he pr ferred porter mixed with champazne 0 Gmg) Nosmali part of Buschs reminiscence: Hled with descriptions of “the eatis ang ing atBismarck’s table. To judue’ from drin the menu of the 234 of December, preserv Basch, the Chancellor had 10 reson tooms plain of the poorness of his Iare, for o duy onio; up, With port wine; wild bm: v‘rfi German beer; lrish stew, with Rhenish wine. turkey and sweet chestauts, with champazns g discretion were serval. The dessert consiated § pudding and ‘* exquisite™ apoles and pears. 9 THE GAME OF DRAUGHTS, Cormmualcationslatendat for T: stiould b adde Citleego. 1. For Pullisher's price-113 of st1alard works o game, address the Draught Faltor. e CHECK! LAYERS' DINR-TORY, Athenaum, No. 30 0 :arbora stracs, PROBLEM ND. 95, ¢ By I. F. Swakrzget, T7eLL: Lafyetie, Ind. Dar3uT Enrr: 24 to 0. D. ORRVIS, Ph-0. Bax .'12‘ By E, 1L DRvas, Warer ek men o %, 1. 15 15 51, 25 T e, 24, Whitc men on 1 32 Klugs, 4, 10,0 S5 Am‘hmlg gi)m?lisro. DENTS. 1D, tany thank Rt i =y sikals taz the'seurs,. Repus A Brown—Try 18—16 1017, 21-14, Y1~1 e AR R O Y or st 1. W, Pomeray—At 13th move of var. (3 fntead of 2624 play which b o ' e Divara i D ugt It data D, Parcells James liced. Jr.—Letter recelved. Allow us to con- ategou. . L. B, 5. Wl do as you sa5. GHECKER CHATTER The players of Glasow, Scatland. are e BlAT e Centea Gl R s v B £ Sl \Welie vislted Larkhala shor: e azo, whers te plaged thircs-one gemes, out of Hhich be w . 15 ‘ani drow aie . e tcid, the Ayrshire champlor, pald a v femes, winmiag twents, losing nont, and seved games Sere draws. M. G. V. Denrborn, of Lawell, Mass.. visited Do ton recently. and coztested twenty sames with htr. C, . arker, with the folowlnz result: Barker, o; Dear- O, =3 and 10 gAmes deawa. Another checker plager has been promoted to a posl- tlon of trast. M. 1. Spasth has been aypolaced 1 urerof the Cornell f.ead Company. of Bufialo, In swhoss enipioy he has been for screral year.— The Reed-Priest match st Pltsbare for o see of S Ehe ChAMPIORLE{L PURRSFIvAA kas Aaishe ot Nov. 23, Fesulting in (avor of MF. liced by the ful- owlig score: Teed. I Priest, 6: drawn, 2r. Totl, #hgames. 5 The Chatiam (Dtatlo) plagers hure ormaslied o drzughts clu. witich_Opens w{th the stroae memler- Sltip of forry-one membera, Following are the elncred Gfilcers: Presidont, W. P. Daker: Vice Prealient James Taimdle: secretaryand Treasurer, F. W. Lobert: Kew corder, €. pacterson. rank A. Fltzpatrick, Leavenworth, Rax., wetted: **Thero fano pinyer { St Lonlsby the namy of Prof. Langsworth,and 0o piayer of any sirencth was outof the city ag the tm Labadie plased bis maich, honee the -+ Profcesor s must have halied from soms othier city. Labadie would not have been sble to beai S °Louik piufers (u that siyle, L e.. for S wonk, § mean.” % Mestrs. Adsmeon and Swan, the noted apaiysta hary worked 0ut nearly 100 variations of the ** Nonsoeh "o N osor ™ opening, which will be pubilstedis our yaluahie contemporary, the Glasgow Weedly ferall, e *Switcner. . - Sfagle Comer,” and ** Bl < wore admirably ireated hy thess tw celebrtiss, and 12 {30, & Roved tat e~ Doctor * will isobeorily ancicd. 'For the sake of preserving the cofrect ideas, sy ihe Boston Globe, we make 30 extract from a letier of Xr. Janvier s, whlch was seldently noy {ntended (orsu Hcatdon: ** Bowen's book 15 certalaly very correct,coa- Sidering the undixested mass of plag he 1iad 10 F0FKon. After comparison with my mana: 3 1 only find fozr st gamics omiteed, esidus Seears' Aive, siahe tely e he didnt have Seers book. Liks maoyotasm. i was much d| pofntsd with McCailoch’s Anderwn. and am shinkiag ot calting wn vaizion of Aerons Voras tnyseit. Sy {dea is to pusdich alt of Aadenont Tirsi. recand, and thind cdltions, together with ailpabe fished correérions and sueh orixinal onesas I ean 9z e Ay {0y OVr A rearrangin: the piay of thedf: Torent. oditioun and those contribued by otiers: (e Whioluso combined as to E1v6 evary varlation of Ander s0a, sound or unsound, but, at the same thoc, o ive the soundest play toe frss place,so learners caniol por Sy woasray, 16 will make 3 000k of between 1,50 To 2000 vasiscions. T will, 1f 1 can, securc the proms ) (n subscriftions. 1 want names only unifiide Tanuscript (8 i press. The book Wil nos castover 3, possibiy notover $2." SOLUTIONS. ' SOLUTION TO PROBLEX ¥O. B4 Sco Game No. 4. SOLUTIVX To POSITION 30. 0k By Henry Giyon. 15— 710 -1 11~17 21—1i W=7 _D.. Reelssilte, Iod- -2t 16 osel2 15% (1) 11| 14 ) 11—18 3ibly draw. and. althouxh § am 1ot e lay. It 19 safe Lo 887 ‘more. £iv: iack may at presenttu give conclustte 255G e best play for Wikltes at stazed inz Blagk the Tahorinic oar a [t daes, and lcaving dogbEful whether there i3 a draw for Blackafter 334, taken, asin var. S_’fivw;’l’(l'lll Authors.. =26 (2) | 2120 1 ()] 2521 (©) ‘G—“(),l‘;—lfi 2630 A Fla e ‘Biack wiet. v Pellotferallows o draw. A 5 ) 19—, 2114, 1510, Black. 798 I~ 0 {e) Losing move. (1) Hefter's draw (lowew's Authors) as 5 fine wins probably () Soluclon to Probie m Moo @ =8 (=7 (- e 18 30—z 5 -9 #eid inck: 223 9-13 Wins; where: L=, 514, tlon 159, * First, White loses at permitsa draw 'at (1) by playl Wilteslose agaln at tonrth mov . i 31— 6 18 . ) In commenttag unon “cCuliochs variatioa G238 PR S ket e Adalr's varfation. e positions buing b e batn wsmes at 4th more. Tue ‘niay foowing B teuded to wasialn the wia: 18 [ge—p [1z-wy jz-me WREE i bra g e | e B 13-17 1722 2623 6—10 [ 1413 18—19 10—-2% zoid o8 | o0 Fote=II the hoys pick any holes in 0y wingls aaderake. to Teurn the favor it