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10 : SFTHE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SUNDAY. DECEMBER 15, 1878—SIXTHEEN PAGES. and fine as to Dbe a constant sur- — « Oh, scores and hundreds. Serersal times this aper has heen on the very verge of destruction. fdidn’t see where another dollar was coming "And then I would ask God to take carc of his own if He thonght the property worth faving or the cause worth serving,—and some- body would send somo money right in to tide over the trouble.” s '« Wouldn’t they have sent in the money if vou had not prayed "’ I inquired. ="« No, I am sure they wouldn’t. God tells us 1o yray and e will give. He knows what Heis about, and keeps His word.” “Do you offer your petitions at any set times?” «Q, no; whepever I fell weakest or wost grateful. 1pray for you sometimes, and 1 pray for Howard Crosuy, Dr. Duryes, 2ud my other contributing -editors, that the Lord wiil move 1hen Lo great service of Him, snd sanctify their talents to the extension ot His kingdom, and tl e unity of His Church.” “Do you get help every week that yon attrib- ute to the Lord’s goodness?"” *Whr, ves, indeed! I don't know where the paper 18 coming from this weck to print the $hurch Union ou, or the money to pay the Dands; vet am I pot cast down. I know my Jord wiil care for me, because my cause is fis, 3ie will send money for the Church Union it I work, He will bless my efforts.” And as I withdrew sne started out to get an sdvertisement for a new fire-proof sufe’that had heen promised her. Tuis little “bundle of energy,” 88 somebody called her, secms to be qulte a phenomenal character. A FAILURE. STE ROMAN CATHOLIC COLLEGE AT KENSINGTON. A London correspondent of the Cincionati Gazette writing under date of Nov. 24, says the Roman Catholic Colleze which was established a few years azoat Kensington has Iailed, and there is reason to belfeve that its brief existence will be rung out by next Christmas bells. The failure Is softencd to the Catholic breast by many theories, the chief befnz that it was not jn the rizht locality and that it will presently reappear at Oxford. But the resl difficulty yas that this college could not prepare young men for any degree whatever now given in this King- dom by any university without instructing them in heretical books. The works of Lyclt, Darwin, Tiuxter, Tyndall, Haeckel, and such men arc used as recular books of study at Uxford, Cam- bridge, Edinburg, Glaszow, Dublin, and Loo- don; they are mnot oplional, but provided for ' by “the autborities, and Do man can_pass cxaminations without them. It 45 idle for a college to attempt to gel on with- out preparing youth for degrees without which 1o one can become a pliysician or a professor, and which is becoming the readiest way of sue- ceeding in the law. The Koman Catholic Church, while steadily gaining fresn strength from one side of the English Chureh, is really out of harmeny with the present strong tenden- cy to physical, nolmcal, and_social sciences found in all educational institutions in this country. Their collere at Kensington had in it Powerful men—St. George Mivart, Mer. Capel, Cardinal Manning, aud one or two other highly- caltivated men—bat they had been educated as Protestants and seceded from the Ensglish Church. They did_not put forth for their col- Jege any list of books to meet the examinations of the degrecconferring upiversities. Conse- quently the youth, even of their own body, who aspire to Enelish carcors, could not venture to yun risg of wasting their early years by entering there. . > 1If, indécd. a rumor I have heard but do not credit should prove true, and a Romau Catholic college be established at_ Oxford, it would be in picturesque.. coincidence with ~the founding there of a college for women. Inthat monastic city, where, under its ancient regime, the ap- ‘paritfon of a pretty zirl would, in any moment, have, idéhtified her with Satanella, a Catholic college’ would now find its twin sister in a femalc college. Your correspondent has the pleasure of belonging o an association just formed which is to meet at Oxford on the 3d of PDecember and found this institution. Many of the most active Masters and Professors of the University—High Church 2nd Broad—have united to carry through a scheme which began with 2 lady havine offered £1.000 to start the matter. Next vear the lectures and classes which will prepare giris above 18 to pass the regularOxford examinations, without reserveor Jimit, will begin, For a time, the girls fioma ‘distance who attend wili be lodred in houses, whaich a committee of ladies will buy and secure. 1In this the laaics will - begin just where the old pilerim-students did, who lodged where tbey could and gradually clubbed together in what were -called halls (some are so called yet) aud afterward grew .nto the statelier buildings of eolleges. BIBLE REVISION. BISHOP COXE'S VIEWS. The followiag paragraphs are taken from a Jetter recently written by Bishop Coxe, of Western New York, to Dr. John A. Todd, con- cerning the revision of the Bible: . “J am sure you agres with me in cherishinz a sincere veneration for experts fn criticism. As 1 have no time to make myself one of them, and must avail myself of their industry constantly, 1 fee! my obligations to them every day. God bless them! “Bat our friends the experts, like alt spectal- ists, scem to me out of place when they leave their specialty, which is to give us a pure texe. They should not auticipate result by no means attained, in dictatiog alterations of the received English versfon. By the confessions of Tischen- dorf and other ‘princes’ among them, & pure textis yet far off. Thescience of textual criticism is_vet in its infancy. And the ground 1 bave taken, and which obe can hold, 1 am sure, is this: Until the text of the originals is, by the ugreement of critics, in a highly developed state of perfection, touch not the version. Pos- gession 13 mine points of the law. Either the proposed changes are trivial or they are serious. 1f trivial, why make them prematurely? If se- Tious, let us interpose a wise delay and insist on {urther research. “In view of the fact that the greatest critics arc constantly receding from positions which they have previously defended. I hold pothiog cau he more reasonable than that non-experts chonld insist on such concessions to their pious jeslousy and fears of arash bandling of the Ark of Inspiration. The end for which experts exist is Lhe edification of the people, and this they 100 frequently formet in their scientific jeoiation. Now, { am one of the people, identi- fied with my flock. 1t is my duty to sce that their sacred confidence in Holy Writ receives no damage. - 2 “ A to 1 St. John, v.. 7,let meadd that I have never used it to confirm faith in the Holy Trin- ity, though I have preached on the docirine every Trinity Sunday for thirty-seven yeass. hizve no need of it; there is & torreni of evi- dence independent of it. But hefore Iiould consent to exclude it from the version (which is a very different thine from introducing it) the ‘Ante-Nicene and internal evidence must be counterbalanced by something very different to the partisan outeries which bave too zenerally prevailed against ‘nine points of the law, through that fanatical desire to appear * liberal” which so often makes men liberal in giving away ‘\i\'bnt is not their own, A trust must not be so ealt with. from. Teddmgton. The new scheme recently set forth by Bishop Grr.%' of Southend has no sanction from the Reformed Episcopal Church, 28 now existing gx dtn? Tnited States, Canada, Bennuds, and Great ain, The expedition sent cut by the, Loudon Mis- sionary Sociery to found a mission at Lake Tanganvika, Central Africa, reached its desti- nation Aug. 23. The letter aunouncing the Tuct reached London in seventy-cight days from Ajijt, the auickest mail communication ever wade with Central Africa. A camping site on a hioh Lill near Kingoma Bay has been chosen. The members of the company were in excellent lealth, and had lost nonc of their goods. The annual meeting of the South Side Sunday School_Assuciation will be_held Tuesday even- ing at 7:45 o’clock in the Trinity M. E. Chureh, Indiana aveoue, between Twenty-third and Addresses will be made by the Rev. John Peddic, pastor of the Second Bantist Church,—subject: *Children in the Home?'; the Rev. Arthur Little, pastor of the New Epeland Church,—subject: ~ Visitation by the Teacher, and House to House Visita- tion™; B. F. Jacobs,—subject: “*Our Ficld.” There is_to be sometning like a **preachine down™ In Walcs. Canon Thyune has ventured to publish a deoreeatory paper on the ability of Nonconformist local preachers. This bas moved ihe irc of a Weslevan minister, who writes toa loval paper that he caunot stoop to write or arzue on the subject, but will chalienge the Canon to preach sgumnst bim. As betting is scarcely cousistent with Gospel irork, he pro- poses that a text shiall be selected, aud that each contestant shall write a sermon and gend it to some competent theologian in London, a strau- er to both partiss, who shall decide which is the better of the two. The minister, if e loses, is willinz to pay $25 to any Cornith charity if Canon Thynne will consent to pay $5 it the ver- dict is acainst him. Five to one is certainly louz odds. It is notstated if the arbitrator is to bave any percentage in the stakes or in aty pools that may be sold on the event. The number of those who are * under vows " in Catholic countries is simply immense. In France there are 200,000, not {ncludiog the 45,- 000 regular pastors who arc in receipt of pay from the State. Of these 200,000 only a little ‘over 80,000 are men, and of these only 2,410 are engared o “purely relizious” duties. About 40,000 of the women are engaged in teaching, the rest being devoted to *‘purely religious” daties in nubperies. Nearly 30,000 establish- ments are reported to accommodate this fm- mense number of devotees, all but about 900 of which are “authorized,” which means subsi- dized by the State. Allof this 200,000 are of course non-producers. Yet France is taxed directly and indirectly for their support. .That she can bear this immense burden without even fecling it to bea burden simply proves her to be one of the wenlthicst nations in the world. Few countries could be subjected to so steady a drain upon_their producttve strength and not become evidently weaker for it. Martin Luther’s will has been—not admitted to probate nor contested by disgruntled heirs— but critically examined by a committec of Jearned experts. After comparingevery word of this mapuscript with 2 number of orizinal letters in Luther's hendwriting, they have unanimously agreed that it is the genuine handi- work of the” Reformer. This pecaliar treasure was the_property of the learned theologian, Johann Benedict Carpzovius, and passed into Huopary with his other manuseripts, which were purchased by a wealthy - coilector, J. Jankovics. The * Testamentum Lutberi” o Iascinated the Archduchess Maria Dorothea that she persuaded its owner to seilit to her for a Jarge sum, and she then presented it to the Evangelical Church of Hungary, in whose ar- chives it has ever since been preserved. * These proprietors have never dared to_assert its au- thenticity, whilo they have until lately feared to submit it to A rizorous probarion by com- petent scholars, dreading lest it shonld be de- clared spurious. A SILENT SERMON. New York licrald.. The Imoressiveness of silence can searcely be better realized than at s visit to a deaf mutes’ church. Yesterday sfternoon a [era'd reporter entered St. Ann’s Chureh, in Eizhteenth street, which was about half filled with un attenrive congregation. _Silence surrounded him on every slde. The Rev. Dr. Gallaudet occupied the pulpit, and was evidently grcachinz. butnot a sound eseaped his lips. is hands, however, moved with speaking resture. The reporter seated himself near the middle of the church ana grazed attentively. He could almost under- stand the dumb eloq}unce that flowed from the preacher’s fingers. Up iu the front scats sat the inmates of the Home for Aged and Infirm Deal Mutes. Tos reverend was the view of these hush'd heads Lovking trunquillity ! g PDown by the door sat some dozen or morc boys carrying on a lively though silent conver- sation. Boys will be boys, even under such try- {ug circumstances. Thev were just as happy as though they had been blessed Wwith the zirt of speech. At times they zot quite excited intheir arguments, and again something funoy, told by 2 ‘mischievous - mute, would raisea repress laugb. Mereand there, among the older mem- bers of the conerecation, a hand could be scen communicating some bit of news to a comrade on the other sideof the church. But not o note of speech broke the silence. Now and then a Jate arrival with creaking poots tip-toed up the aisle, and here the difference between this and other congregations was marked, for not a head was turned io the dircetion of the sounds. The constant haoging of the larme door and the lauehter of some young men in the vestibule of the church, though it annoyed the reporter ex- ceedingly, was unheeded by the congregation. After the benediction was pronounced the wor- shipers knelt in prayer, bnt, instead of closin their eyes, fixed them on the pastor, who praye as he had preached. There was no musice, for it would have becn wasted upon this andience. PERSONALS. The Rt.-Rev. Dr. Boring has resigned the Bishopric of Durham. Lord Thynoe, o). D., Canon of Westminster, has just passed his 80th birthday auniversary. The first American saint was a colored woman, St. Rose of Lima. There is 2 church in New York dedicated to ber, and aunother in Staten Istand. ‘Twenuv-fourth streets. The Waterford News says that the Marchioness | of Ripon was received into the Catholic Church by Father Coleridee, the Jesuit, brother to the Lord Chief Justice. A “The Rev. J. K. Burr, D. D., of the Newark Couference, has been obliged by ill health to re- tire_temporarily from_the ministry. He has settled in Trenton, N. J. ‘Tbe Rev. J. W. Hatpcoce, formerly a Moth- odist minister of New Jersey, havine become a Baptist, bas been reordained and installed over the church at Easton, N. d. The Kev. J. B. Vanmeter, Chaplain in the United States navy, has_been appointed, tem- porarily, pastor of Mount Vernon Place Method- ist Episcopal Church, Baltimore, the charge re- cenly left by Dr. Peck, now of St. Jghn's Church, Brooklyn, E. D. Dr. Musgrave, of Philadelphia, has described a circle of fifty vears as a preacher of the Gospel ot Christ. A few Sabbaths ago he preached in the pulpit of the Arch Street Presbyterian Church, Philadelhia, and precisely fifty years belore he had rendered the same service in the 1t is important to understznd that this ‘re- vision ? business, started by the Province of Canterbury without a due respect to sister provinces, has ceased to bave any ccelesiastical character. It is now a mere work of private scholars, worthy of all respect under the high patronage of the universitics and the enterprise of the booksellers. As such, I am quite sure you will wish well to it.” GENERAL NOTES. The Methodist Episcopal Bishops veport that of the 10,300 preachers not one declined to zo to the church to which he was sent last year, nor did a single congregation retuse to receive the pastor the Bishops assigned them. Another bit of Bible-revision will be, accord- ing toa writer in the Universalist, the substiti- tion for the *‘God forbid!" so often found inthe episties of Paul, of some phrase nearer that he sctually used, which is literally translated by the words *Let it not be.” The General Synod of the Moravian Church, ‘which meets once 1n ten or twelve years, is an- nonnced to meet at Herrnhut, Saxony, May 26, 187, Both the American Proviuces lave elect- cd delegates to it. Important matters relatiom 1o the peculiarities of the denominatiou are to De considered. Mr. J. D. Severinghaus, of 447 Milwaukee - avenne, writes: *+It would be entirely proper if Tae :nxn?t hm w&nm warn the Cin- €ago community, es) y the cleray, against a mfl;&'?unnps Sehmitzler, who i3 now on a vl uc roun ourcity. He has been carry- ing on this business for m{ny years.” It scems that there has been a fallinz out among the Reformed Episcopal bretbren of Enrland. Bishop. Suxden, who, it will be_re- membered, was a Presbyter . of the * Free Church of Eneland,” and derived Eplscopal or- gsr‘s‘ alsa:co sth:ad‘rém dBlshopB Grezz, to whom nointe: oadjutor-Bishop, h: uar\; Tollowing ndreruscenenl.: iaop, uas teeved ciormed Episcopal Church €ressed 1o the Right Reverend Bishop Sugden, same place. The Rev. H. A. Wales has received a call to the parishés of Saco and Biddeford.. Mr. Wales was formerly au “orthodox™ minister, but, embracing Universalism, received a letter of fel- lowship from the Massachusetts Conventlon, and his settlement in Biddeford is his first over a Universalist parish. About two years azo the Rev. John R. Jones, of Belleville, Unt., while studying and preaching agninst skeptism, became a sképtic himself. He resigned the minlstry, and studied faw in Detrol Mich. Torough the labors of Dr. Pearson, ol that city, his doubts have beenremoved, and he now returns to the ministry. De Witt Talmage enjoys a salary of 37,000. Any eatitnate of His eotire hcatie Zor this ‘year 1s between $10,000 and £12,000. Next year, how- .ever, lifs salary wiil be $12,000, and his fncome will be probably from $15,000 o §20.000. Tal- mage has a zood conctption of values, and it is predicted that he will be a rich man in ten years. > . The Rev. Phillis Brooks continues on his way regardless of rubrics and canons. On a Suonday evening recently he preached at the Shepard Congregational Church, Cambridae, Mass., using no part of the Protestant Epiacopal fg&flic,chann‘g flxy the ;:l:u:k gown, and mak- ervent, though brief, n prayer after the sermou. R © Mr. Spurzeon has written to Canada that work at_home would not_permit him to lcnhv!§ England. When he quits it it is to scek absolute repose, and he *could not get thatin Canada, for when he sces tne eagerness of the people to bear he must preach, and to refrain from doing- 80 is a'areater strain than to deliver his soul. Hence be could only go to Cauada when he felt able to work bard, aud that alsois the time hen be has most desire to be at howe.” ‘The Rev. Orry Shipley, one of the very Hizh Cliurch dergymen of England, and whohas just ;igng &\'ei’; (flu R%me, #ves his reasonsin a in the London Zimes, {rom whicl - lowing is extracted« 5 el ehe Ic? ' have long held, T have long taogh Catnolle Gockeine 50t chualty demtca oy e Aneiy an_formulance, and have accepted and, helped to revive nearly eyery Catholic practice not. pasitive: 1v forbidden. In short, intellectually and in ex- ternals, go far as I conld a3 a loyai English ciergy- man, I have believed and acted ns a Catholic. All T T have held and done. as I now vercelve, ona wronz principle,—viz., on private judgment. When 1 became convinced that. the right vrinciple of faith and practice In roligion was anthority; when 1w clearly that it is of less moment what one Delleves and does than why one accepts and pric- nices, then I had no cholce a3 to my courae. The onlv epiritusi body which I could realize that actanlly claimed to teuch -truth upon anthority, and thnt visibly exercised the authority which shie clnimed, was the Church of ome. . For the lost timo 1 eercised .my private jndvment, a8 every person must exercise that gift of God in some way and to eome extent, nnd I humbly songht admis- sion Into the commtinion of the Catholic Church. SAINTLY SMILES. Inquirer—No; Talmage's sermons are pever preserved. Nobody can can can't.—Graphic. The godly pebble ‘of Brooklyn are agitating thé subjett of closing Talmagze on Sundays.— DBoston Post. N il . Some think aiphtheria is of recent origin, but it isi’t. The Baptists have had the dip-theory ever since they started.—Cincinnati Saturday Night. « Are we drifting toward cremation?” asks the Louisville Courier~Joyrnal. Of course you are. You can’t expect to live forever.—Norris- toun Herald. A Dinghainton lady recently remarked, ata discussion on future punishment, “£'d just like to b Bob Ingersoll’s wife for a short timo; T'd miake him beliéve there was o hell—see if I ivoulan’t!” The company smiled ** blas,” -but didn’t pursue the subject any further. ,%f am glad,” said an illiterate preacher, tithat “the Lord has opened my mouth to speak.” “And well you may be” was the rejoinder, * for he tiever did such a thing but once before.’; * And when was that?” asked the preacher. “In Balaam’s time,” was the conclusive answer. Afterall, Colonel, Moses did agreat deal better than the most of us. He made such accurate mistakes that it has taken the world several tbousan years to- discover ivhat they were, Spealang Of Mosvs, the reason why the Lord buried him where no man cquld ever find his erave was to prevent the Ohio medical students from running away with the body before it was cold.—Hawkeye. There is a revival goinz on at Dry Creck, Kau. Oue of the ministers, an unmarried man, went around and talked very pretty toall the young misses, and got them in turn to et up and say, ** I love Jesus.” There 'was, one who was overlooked. She eri felt slighted, and rising, satd very snappishly, at the sawe time bringing her. fist heavily down on the back of the seat, “‘Ilove Jesus, too.”. Ministers should be careful and use all the sisters alike. Many of the congrezation made it a part of thelr religion to twist thelr neeks -out of joint to witness the entrance of cverv person who passed up the aisle of the church. ~Being wor- ried one afternoon by this turning practice, Mr. Dean stopped iu his serinon and stid: 4 Now, yon listen to me, and Il tell you iwn,o the people are as cach one of them comes n.” He then went on with his discourse until a gentleman entered, when he bawled out like ar usher: . l,),eacon A——, who keeps a shop over the way. Ile then went on with his sermon, when presencly another mau passed into the ais and he gave his name, residence, and occupa tlon; so be continued for some time. At length some one opened the door who was unkaowa to Mr. Dean, when he cried out: A little old_man, with drab coat and an old white hat; don’t know himj; look for your- selyes.” The congregation was cared. CHURCIH SERVICES. PRESBYTERIAN. The Rev. Dr. Swazey will oreach at the Forty- fifth Strecs Church, corner of Prairie avenne, this morning. —The Rev. S. Rederus preaches in the Holland Church, corner of Noble and Eric strects, in Hoi- 1and in the morning. and in English in the evening. —The Rev. J. H. Walker preaches at the Re- anion Church. ~Morning subject: ‘*Waiting on God." Evening: ‘*Donbts and Difiiculties.” —Tha Rev. Arthur Mitchell will preach at 10:50 8. m. at the First Church, corner Indiana avenne and Twenty-first street. Evening service at the Railroad Chapel, No. 715 State street. —The Rev. J. Munro Gibson wiil preach morn- ingand evening at the Second Church, cornmer of Michigan avenue und Tiwenticth street. —The Rew. E. A. Kittredge will preach at 20:30 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. at the Third Church, corner of Ashland and Ogden avenues. —The Rev. F. L. Patton wiil preach at 10:30 a.m. and 7:30 p. m. at the Jeflerson Park Church, corner of Throop and Adams streets. —The Rev. J. M. Worrall mal! preach at 10:30 2. m. and 7:30 p. m. at the Eighth Churen, corner of West Washington and Robey streets. —The Rev. James Maclanghlan iwill preach morning and evening at the Scotch Charcly, corner Sangamon and Adams sirects. Communion serv- ice In the morning. : - —The Rev. John Abbott French will preach in _the Fourth_Church, corner Rush and Superior streets, at 10:45 a. m. and 7:45 sadjeet: **The Church in the Catacombs. —The Rey. Henry T. Miller will preach in the Sixth Chureh. corner of Oak and Vincennes ave- aues. a1 10-30 . m. and 7:30p. m. Morning sub- ject: **How Men Get Along.” The Rev. G. L. Raymond, of Will Mase.. will preach at 10:30 a. m, and . a avenuo and at the Fifth Church, corner of Indis Thirtieth street. Evening eubjecs: **Some Char- acteriztics of Christian Manhoo CONGREGATIL The Rev. Charles Ifall Everest preaches at Plymoutk Church as nsual. Evening subject: “"The Mountain Expericnces of Moses, "™ being the third of a scries of scrmons. —The Rer. E. P. Wilhoms will preach at the Forty-fifth Strect School-House. —The Rev. G. E. Sterlinz, of Daston, O.. preaches at the Union Park Churchi, morning and eveninz. —The Rev. Georgo IL.' Peeke ill_preach morn- fneand evening at the Leavitt Street Church. Evening subject:_* Antediluvian Life.” —The Hev, A. Litfte will presch-at 10: 50 a. m, at the First Church. Evening sermon by the pas- tor, the Rev. E. P. Goodwin. —The Rev. C. A. Towle, pastor, will preach nt 10:45a. m, and 7: 50 p. m. at Dethany Church, corner of West Huron and Paulina strects. —The Rev. B. F. Leavittwill preach at10:45 a. m, and 7:30 0. m. ot the Lincoln Park Church, comer of Sophia and Mobawk streets, - 4 EPISCOPAL. x Catiedrai Free Church SS. Peter and vaul, cor- ner of West_Washinzton and Peoria streets.” The Itt.-Kev. W. E. McLaren, Bisiop. Tho Rev. J. H. Knowlos, priest in churge, Choral morning rayerand celebrationof the Holy Communion o [0:30 2. m. Coral evening prayer st 7:30 . m. —The Rey. Sanuel S. Harris will oificiate i St James' Church, corner of Cass und Huron strects., t10:45a. m. and7:30 p.m. Holy' Communion at a.m. —The Rev. E. Sullivan will officiate in Trinity Church, corner of ‘Tiwenty-wixth etrcet and Michi- £an avente, at10:45a. m. and 7:30 p. m. Scats free in the evening. - —The Rev. Francis Mansfield will officiate i 8t. Audrew’s Church, corner of West Washing- ton and Robey sireets, at 10:30 a. m. and 7:30 p.m. —The Rev. J. Bredherg will oficiato in St. Ansgurins' Church, Sedgwick street. near Chicagh avenue. at10:30 2. m, and 7:30 p. m. —The Ltov. Clinton Locke will officiate In Grace Church, Wabash uvenue, ncar Sixteenth street, at Ila. m, and 7:30 p. m. loly communion at 8 2. m. - Seats fres in the evening. ; . —The Kov. Arthar Ritchie will officiate in the Church_of the Ascension, corner of LaSalie and Elm streets, at 10 5. m. and 7:30 p. m. Holy Communion at 8. m. —The Rtev. B. F, Fleetwood will officiate in St. Mark’s Church, corer of Cottage Grove avenue and Thirty-sixth street, at 10:30 o m. and 7:30 p.m. ~The Jtev. Luther Pardee will ofticiute in Calvary Church, Warren avenue, between Oakley streetand Wesicrn avenue, at 10:30 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. Holy Commaunion at 7:45 2. m. —The Rev. T.N. Morrison will officiate in the Church of the Epiphuny, Throop strcet, between Mouorov and Adams, at 1t a. m. and 7:30 p. m. —The Rtev. W. J. Petrie will ofi¢iate in the Church of Odr Savior, corner of Lincoln and Delden ave- nues, ar1l a. m. and 7:30 p. m. —The Xev. Henry G. Perry will officiate in St. Stephen's Church, Johnsen street, between Taylor and- Twelfth streets, at 10:30 a. m. and 7:30 p m. _The Re. Charles Stanley Lester will officiate at 8t. Paul's Church, Hyde Park avenne, between ;nfirnlmh and Fififeth strects, at1la. m. and :30p. m. k BAPTIET. The Rev. W. W. Everts will preach in the First Chareh, corner of SouthPark avenne and Thirty- first street, at 11 8. m, and 7:30 p. m. —The Rev. John Peddie will prea ond Chiurch. ¢orner of Morgan and strects, at 10:30 a. m. and 7:30 p. . —The Rev. L. G. Clarke will preach in the South Chareh, corner of Locke and Bonaparte streets, at 1la.m. - —Tho Rev. J. Q. A. Heory will preach in the Dearborn Strect Church, corner of Thirty-sixth strect, at 10:30 2. m. and 7:30 p. m. . ~The Rev. E. B. Hulbert will preacn in the Fourth Church. corner of Washington and Paualins streets, a¢ 10:30 2. m, and 7:30 p. m. —The Rev. C. Perron will preach in Western Avenne Chareh, corner of Warren avenue, at 10:30 4. m. and 7:30 D, m. —The Rev. E. K. Cressy will preach fn the Coventry Street Church, corner of Bloomingdale road. at10:30 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. e —The Rey. C.'E. Hewitt will preach in the Cen- tenmial Church, corner of. Lincoln and Jacksun N?E‘g’c nLBID‘:IAO a. m. and; 7 B0 Do Mmc Rey. R. P. Allison will preach, in the in tho Sec- st Monroe North Star Church, corner of Division and Sedg- wick streets, at 10:45 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. —The Rév, J. W Costis will preach in the Michi- Avenue Church, near Twenty-third street, at a. m, and 7:30 p. M. —The Rev. R, De Daptiste will preach in Olivet Church, Fourth avenue, near Taylor street, at 11 a: m. and 7:45 . m. : & The Hev.. A, Owen will preach in Universi- ty Place Charch, corner of Donulas place and Iihodes avenue, 4t 10:30a. m. o0d 7:30 p. m. 3 1 —The Rev. E. 0. Taylor will preach in the Cen- trul Choreh, 0 Orchard street, at 10:45 a. m. and 7:50 " The Ttew, L. G. Clark will preach In the Twenty-fifth Street Church, near Wentworth ave- nue, at 7:30 . m, - . REFORMED EPISCOPAL. TheRev. F. W. Aumne will preach at Masonic Tall, corner of Ciark and Centre strects, this morning, - Subject: *-Shall We Know our Friends in Heaven? " —There will be. preaching this morninz. in the evening the Rev. lison Awill speak on **Tie Eastern Qus Prophecy, of ftusaia and the Restoration Lesadl —The Kev, R. 1. Bosworth preaches at Tillot- son’s Iinll, Enalewood, moming and evenine. —Bishop Cheney preaches at Christ's Church, corner of ichizan avenne and T fourth street.. Morniug subject: ** A Rare Offer.™ Evea- ing: **The Fentures of an Old Portrait. ZThe Rev. Alex. Fisher, of Chatsworth, TIL., preaches atthe Chureh of 'the Good Shepherd at Z3ir. R. IL Burke il preach a1 10:43 a. m. and 7:30 p. . at Grace Church, corner of Hoyne and Le Moyne streets. Morning subject: **Charity. ™ Eveping topic: *TeLif¢and Character of Dan- jel.” “The Rer. M. D. Chnrch will prench at10:45 a, m. 4nd 7:15 p. . at St. Jonn's Chureh, Ellis ave- nue, near Thirty-suventh street, SETHODIST. Dr. Williamson preacnes at the Michizan Avenue Ciurch. Morning suoject: ‘' The Absolute Se- curity of Those that Love Jesns. ™ aes. ¥. d. Willing will preach at Emmanucl Church, corner of Harricon and Peulina strects. Yloming suvject: **assurance. " Evening: **The amily. " 6. Rev. J. M. Caldwell preaches at the Wenleri_Avénue Church, morninz and evenine. —The Rev. A. Walkeman preachies at the Jack- son Street Church, morning and evening ZiThe Itev. E: M. Borinz will preach morning and cvening at the State Strect Charch. —The kev. . I1. Alling will preach at Simpson Church morning and_cvening. Morning subject: ““The Famity of God. “Evening: ** Knowing —The Rev. 8. McChesney will preach morn- ing and event ing subject: ¢+ What Wo Shall Read.” ZThe Rev. R. D. Sheppard will preach at Grace Church, cornér of North LaSaile and White streets, this morning. upon **The Prodizal Son,” and in the evenine upon * *The Shipwreck of Faith." —The Hev. Clendenning will preach this morning upon **How Is Christ the End of the Law?" and this eveningupon ‘*Remember,” at the Langley-Avenue Courch, corner of Thirty- ninth street. —The Rev. S. H. Adams will preach morning and eveninz at the Ada-Strect Church. between Lake and Fulton strects. Evening subject: **The Tulente. " o —The Rev. W. F. Crafts will preach at10:45 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. at Trinity Chureh, Indiana ave- nue near Twenty-fourch strect. —The Rev. Willinm Craven “will preach at the church No. 778 South Halsted street, worning and Rev. F. E. Cleaveland will preach in the Grant Place Church, corner of Larrabes street, morning aud evening. . UNITARIAN. The Rev, Rovért Collyer will preach this morn- inz at Urity Church upon: **Meditations on My Rirthday.” Iu tue evening Miss Mary J. Eastman will speak on ** Immortality. " —The Rev. Brooke 1lesford will preach morning and cvening at tae Church of the Messiah, corner TPwenty-third street and Michigan avenue. Morn- :_ *-Chriat's liclo’ to the Religion of “The Myatery of dtan, " —Tic Rev. James Kav Apviebeé, vastor, will prenchat 116, m. at the Fourth Church. corner Pruirie avenue and Thirtieth street. Subject: **XNature and Extent of God's Kingdom. " UNIVERSALIST. The Rev. Dr. Ryder will preacn this. morningat St. Panl's Church, Micmzan avenie and Sixteenth street. In the evening will be given tne sccond of 3 conse_of yermans on foreign travel. Subject: Y Para —The Rev. Dr. Ryder will preach at 3 p. m. to- day at the Old Peoplc’s Home. ~ The Rev. Sumner Ellis will preach this morn- inz and eveninzat the Charch of the Redecmer, cornerof West Waspington and Peoria strects. ing snbject: *‘Ingeréoll's Campaign Against Tictigion." INDEPENDENT. The Rev. N. F. Ravlin preaches at No. 381 West on strect. Evening subject: **What 1s Christianity’ —3ir. Georso M. Sharp will preach at 11a. m. £nd 745 p. m. ot Burr Mission Chapel, No. 359 "Trird avenue. M. Ssmmis will lead the rospel meeting this evening at Urion Chapel, No, 97 South Despiuines street. - Mectings daily ot 7:45 p. m. “'The Rev. A. Youker will praach tis morning at the West Sido.Tabernacle, corner Morzan nnd Indians eirceis. Evening eermon by the Rev. Georze Chaso. - at §t. Paal's Church Col- M. and of the CHRISTIAN. The Rev. W. D. Owen will preach at the corner of South Park avenue and Thirty-third street this morning. * —The Rev. J, P. Barnett, pastor, will preach at 10:45 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. at the church corner of Western avenue and Congress street. —Elder M. N, Lord preaches tais morning at the Second Church, corner of Van Buren street and Campbell avenne. - LUTHERAN. The usual service will be held at the Church of the Holy Trinity. corner of Dearhorn avenue and Erle street, at 11 a. m. NEY JERUSALEM. The Rev. L. P. Mercer will preach at Hershey Mustc-1alt at 11a. m. Subjeci: *‘Realizine the Second Advent.™ Evening service in the library- room. MISCELLANEOUS. The Progressive Lyceum teets at 12:30 in the. church corner of Monroe and Laflin streets. Mre, J. A. Kanouse preaclies in the Charch of tke Woman's Gospel Temperance Arsociution, cor- ner of Noole and Ohjo strects. =t 4 v'clock. —The Rev. R. F. Shinn oreaches nt the Wash- ingtonian Home at 3 o’clock. —_A Liberd] reunion meeting will be held at No. 213 West Madison street at 0. M. —Dr. Mathewson will preach at 1 a. m. and 7:30 p. m., at the Tabernacle. No. 91 South Green street. —The Hon. J. M. Pecbles will spoak ot 10:4% n. m. and 7:45 p. m., to the First Society of Spirit- natists, at the chorch corner of Monroe and Latlin streets. Morning subject: ,**Christ, the Ouly Savior.” ~'— A meeting of Spiritaalists and medinms will be held at 3 p. m., at No. 408 Wesr Madison strect. der W. C. Thurman will preach morning and evening at the corner of West Ohio and Car- penter streots. Evening subject: **The Holy Ghost.” A Central Meeting of Friende will be held at 10:30 a. m., at Room 1, No. 50 Dearborn street. The Rov. James Kay Applobee will lecture at Hooler's Tlicatre in the evening. —Subject: “‘Tennyson's *Idyls of the King'; Their Moral and Religious Significance.” TEMPERANCE. The Woman's Clyistian Temperance Union holds dnily Gospel temperance meetings at 3 p. m. at Lower Farwell Lall, The leaders for the week are: Monday, Mrs. Prof. Iaven: Tuesday, Mre. 3. . Nuting; Wednesday, Mrs. Charles Goodman; Thursday, Mrs. M. L. Wil day, Mrs. R. II. Decker; Saturday, Osdel. —The following meetings are to beheld this week: —Every dny—Lower Farwell Hall, No.150 Madi- son street, 3 Q m. —Sunday—Norwesian Church, corner of Ohio and Carpenter streeis, 3 p. m. : Norwegian Chnrch, corner Peoriannd Indinna streets, 3 p. m. ; Tem- perance Hall, No. 381 West Madison street, 3:30 p. m.: Temperance Church, corner of Noble and Ohlo’ streets, + B Union Temperance Hall, No. 780 Cottaze Grove avenue, 4 . m. ; Methodist Episcopal Chucch. Monroe street, near Morgan, 4 P. m.;. Hall at 87 Townsend strcet. near Chicago avenue, - p. m. ; club-room, cnm‘i Wabash ave- nue and Twenty-sccond street, £:30 p. m. ; Ad- ventist Church, No. 318 West Chicago avenue, cor- ner of Chase street, 4 p. m.; Tammany Hall, cor- ner of Tndiana and Lincoln_streets, . 7:30 p. m.; Washingtonian_ilome, 570 West Madison street. 7:30 m.; Reading-room, 664 West Indiuna street, 7:30 p. mi, “Monday evening—Union Chapel, No. 87 South Desplanes street; M. K. Church, Lincoln avenue, near Twenty-second street; Bethany Chapel, No. 436 Western avenue, near Polk street; Mission Tlatl, No. 224 West Polk street, near Halsied. —Tuesday evening—Temperance Hall, No. 381 West Madidon street; German Church, cormer of Thirty-fifth and South Dearborn streets; “Club- Room, corner of Wabash avenue and Tiwenty-gec- ond street; DBaptist Church, Lock street, mnear Thirty-first street; Reading-room, No. 06+ Weat Indjana street. —Wednesday evening—Temperance Church. cor- nor of Noble and Ohio_streets; hall at No. 87 Townsend street, near Chicago avenue. *_Thursday evening—Ilall at the Union Stock- Yards; Norwegian Church, corner of Carpenter and Ohlo street3; Baptist Church, Lock street, near Thirty-tirst;_hall 03 No. 213 West Madison street, Tabernacle, No. 91 South Green street. —Friday eveming—Temperance Church, corner of Noble and Ohio Etrects, in the Holland language: ball at the corner of Union strect und Canalport avenue; Temperance Hall, No. 381 West Madizon street; ' Bethel Lome, corner of Lake and Des- plaines streets; Norwegian Church, corner of Pe- oria and Indiana streets; Union Temperance Hall, No. 789 Cottage Grove aveonue; Adventist Church, FL?. GLIS West Chicago avenue, corner of Chase Bree —Saturday evening—Norwegian Church, corner of Carpenter and Ohio streets. CALENDAR FOR THE WEEK. EPISCOPAL. Dec. 15—~Thira Sunday in Advent. Dee. 18—Ember-Day—Fast. Dec. 20—Ember-Day—Fast. Dec. 21—Ember-Day—Fast; St. Thomas, CATIIOLIC. Dec. 15—Third Sunday in Advent. Dec. 16-St. Busebius, B. AL Dec. 17—Feria. 8 .- Dec. I.S—Expccmdoz of the B. V., M.; Ember- Day—Fas Dot B¥5et ot st. Thomas, Embe ec. 20—Vigil o jomas. Ember-Day—Fast, Dec. 21—St. Thomas, Ap.; Ember-Day—] nul.“ . af the Park-Avenue Church. Even- DECORATIVE ART. Some Additional Notes on the Society's Exhibition. Dresden Pottery, Oriental Em- breideries, Carved Wood- worlk. Paintings by Healy, Bougereau, eand Meissonier. To the Editor of The Tribune. CnicAGo, Dec. 14.—When you accepted, with kindness, v last letter, you remarked that T would have to write again. Such, certainly, was not my intention; but it was not known then, if even suspected, that Ih two short weeks the Exhibition wotld grow out of its first propor- tious, besutiful as they were, into the latzer and more magnificent proportions it has now at- tained to. And, what is surprising, contribu- tions are still arriving at the Exhibition rooms; and still offers sre coming in, of alt sorts of carious, and rare, and besutiful things, for which tberé is no room. From near aud far, the amiable and worthy President Is daily grected = with con- .ratulations upor the alfeady’ known success of the undertakinz. The Decarative Art Socle- tv Is undoubtedly to be congratulated upon the interest it has succceded in diffusing fn its work and the influence that is beine visibly ‘exerted on the public taste. Itis in the hope that somewhat I may say will help in the same directfon that the following 1s submitted. Bub let no one take anything that mav be said as intended ro dictate to any one what to admire. The - sole intention is to present in an array, as bright and faviting as possible, us many leading articics in this Exhibition as can be convenient~ Iy named. I will pursue no fixed course through the Tooms. ets as they would naturally pre- sent themselves to the eye of thq visitor shall have attention. Beginning again, therefore, at the south end of the room, the fine Dresden gurccl:\ln cabinet owned by Mrs. Marshall ield is worthy of particular notice. It is al- most too delfeate s plece of furniture to be in this place, and for this reason is not hall so beautiful s it Is, doubtless, in the apartment in which it usually stands. _For fitness of any ar- ticle to its intended use is n large clement in what constitutes the very idea of beauty. Here this most delicately beautiful cabinet is sur- rounded, neccssarily, by heayy brouzes, massy woodswork, and other incongrious thines, and is seen to disadvantage. s, there is nothing in the whole collection that can compare with it for exquisite beauty, both of, form and finish. The catalozue describes it in brief as very larre and elaborate, illustratiog the paloting, rellef, fizgire, and style of the Jast century. Indeed, it i8 S0 large that, In order to support itd weight, the legs and fect are made so thick that in any other material they would look clumsy. A cen- tury or two ngo, when timber was cheap and skilled labor scarce. furniture of all Kinds was ade beavy and cumbersome. That was before the ace of artistic desizn. Now the eflort is to use as Httle timber and as ‘much skilled labor as possible. According to -our present ideas of beauty usnd form, ounly so much strength of the legs, for instatce, of a table or a chair, as will fulrly suffice for a superstructure that_is barely adequate, is al- Towable. This Dresden cabinet, tuerefore,—and Iwould not be too didactic,—illustrates per- fectly a foundation principle in all arc forms in furniture. If it were possible to convert this cabinet as it stands into wood, every dea of beauty we have of it now " would vanish utterly. Tt would have a top that could be supported by the four iegs of a common chair, and a bottom that would bold up a ton’s weight. Fortuuate- 1y no such accident can happen to it. Some of the figures that are at present placed on it do not pertain to it, and, in facs, do it aninjury. Its columins ar= fine, and the small corner fizuresare a help. The painted medallions in the style of Watteau, on @ blue ground, with eilt borders, areeraceful and brilliant. A pair of vases owned by Miss Edson Keith, also Dresden, stand near, and are truly lovely. They are tlask-shaped, and wound round with branches of flowers in relicf. All about one is a variety of things to awaken aclight. There are Egvptian products of the loom nod the needle, emblazoned screens, and * cups of that frail crrstal, whose hues change like those of the pigeon’s plumage.” Mrs. Leiter’s large case in tne centre of the room contsins, among other thinzs, some ancient nnd modern Oriental embrofderies, newlv-arranged rugs, gilt lacquer stands, iron- wood tables, vases, and a screen whicn scems to contain an atmosphere of its own, and in which flowers _actusily blussom, and birds of gold, and silver, and scarlet wings ere flying about. Digectly opposite fs o smail case, filled iwith ity tea- pots, in all sizes, shapes, ‘and styles of decora- i tion, belonging to Mrs. C. J. Barnes, They ure ncurions study, snd justliy this lady’s de- termination to bring together examples of all the rare and valuable tea-pots in the world. IN CARVED WOODWORK. the collection is exceedingly rich. Mrs. . C. Rew has an Italian casket, with classic subjocts on pauels in high relicf. Thereis another beau- tiful casket, Italian wood-carving, lent by Mrs. E. G. Asay.. Also, lent by the same lady, an escritoire of Sorrento (inlaid wood), hizhly finished and exquisitely decorated, with many compartments and ~ seeret drawers. It has been exhibited before at - the Lon- dou Exhibition of 1862, and was wiven the prize. . A corner cabinet in the old Duten style, inlald, which deserves to be examined, is coutributed by Mrs. A. N. Eddv. A fine specimen of Chinese wood-carving is 3 book- stand owned by Mrs. E. W. Blatcnford. A rich- Iy-carved Chiese circular screen, ironwood, Teut by Mrs. C. P. Kellogz, looks at a little distunce, so yery rich i it, like a shield of Achilles. Mrs. H. C. Ayer sends an oid carved chest, of date of about 1650, a very, rare and valuable specimen. There is from "Mrs. John B. Sherman a curious light stand with foldinx top that had a century ago, when it was in the fashion, a dozen uses. Mrs. Scammon has example of - wood-carving an interesting from Bobemin,—a copy ©of an historical statue. There is a8 carved mahogany frams containing photographs of carved work done-by the ladies of the Cincinuatl School of Desizn. Mrs. John N. Jewett has.two pieces, very fine, representing arched entrances to the Alliambra. Mrs. E. M. Hale hasa maodel. also beautifully carved, of a window of the Alham- bra. An article in ebony and hollr, that may be used as a cupboard, a hangingz-cablnet, or a jewel- case, is the work of Mrs. Ur. Pierce.. From Mil- waukeg there are & oumber of articles, the work of Miss Johnson. True. it is not carved work, but in some respects it resembles the Sorrento, thoush far superior. There is some exquisiie dr;u:'lin: and beautiful painting on well-polished wood. A rearrangement of the paintings enables them to be scen to better advantage. Thoush they are not. with some few exceptions, yery imyortant, still they are interestiny and valua- ble, especially for the opporiunities they afford for study by ‘comparison. . The one great artist Chicago has given to the wurld‘ aud whom the world ackuowledges—Mr. G. P. A. Healy~is represented by two works, fair examoles of_his style. A porérait of the late Mr. John B. Tur- ner shows the man in all his compactness of framne and solidity of intellect. A full-length portrait of the Princess Elizabeth of Loumania was a gift by the artist to Mr. E. B. McCagze, and is & replica of the onc he painted for the Princess’ husband. It is an out-of-door dleture, the landscape being the actual seenery. of that wild couutry. The costume, not the 1cast valuable part of the picture, is that of the Jadies with whom tIdS German lady has made her bome. It is picturesque, and beautifully paioted. The pose of the figure is firm, vet easy and gracetul; - the hands are overlying one the other; the head is a little turned to oueside, however showing nearly a full face; while the expression is one of centleness and of benevo- lent thought. The bands look thin eod pale, a. contrast that, perbaps, needs cxplanation, to the full and rich flesh of the face. Alr. Healy has in recent years exageerated his early methods, and.paints more broadly, it would” appear, and' with more power, as he grows older. Seen too near, the piclure secms unfinished, almos®. coarse, but etand back a few paces, and it all comes out, and you sce 2 ptet- ure of great strengthand beaufy. Mrs. Pull- man’s new Bougereau, fortunately for the pur- pose of contrast, is close at haod. Examples of the dashing and the painstaking, the broad and the minute, the smooth and the rougt, styles of painting arc here side by side. Few visitors, 1 fancr,fail to return againand again to the Bouge- reau; drawn less, perhaps, by its superiority in technicalities tban by what It tells of maternal love and baby swcetness. trast the methods of “these two peinters. Healy with one dash of the brush produces an effect, and he does not repeat or alter it. There is something analagous to this in the best poets. Spenser sneaks of & lily as the Lady of the Gar- den,—that is an ample phrase for bis purpose. Bougeredn tonches lightly ana many times re- peated, smoothes, and glazes, at fength pro- ducing the most charming effects. Like, azain, apoet who, wishing to describe a lily, counts its parts, takes -an ioventory of its shades of color, and o in the resuit gives a lovely *Layd of the Garden.” Mrs. Marshall Field’s water-color, ¢ The Out- post,” by . Meissonnier, i3 so Con- ; perfect | oo e e e T e e e e G e . iRt S A e s SR SRS RS S SRS A R IR S W SRR e rise. Action could not be better, where orse and man arp represented together, and yet there is no mdtion. It is the readiness to move that one is impressed with. Horse and rider ure both and equally intent on duty. The tone of the picture is_admirable. A wide land- scave with new-made rouds, furrowed with army-wagons; a dull, “cold atmosplere: an uni- form Jeaden sky,—tho horse and his rider stand there alone, both with keen eyes and quick ears. The force and direction of the wind is shown by the halrs of the tail and mane, that are blowa Lo one side. It is not great artists, only. little ones, who neglect the small particulars. ~Let me ask any visitor to the Exhibition rooms to compare the horse in this picture with the gray (which is the best) borse in - _ THE PICTURE BY HERRING. Mrs, Judee Skinner has a fine picture, repre- senting quaint old architecture round an iuner court, with some circumstances to_eive life to the scene. 1n an angle, where two bouses quar- ter-tace each otter, in an upper - story is scen come perilous love-making. A lover, in rich last-century costume, stands, one foot on his own window-sill, the other on a cornice under an open window, where is a lovely female, who Teceives on the tips of her fingers a hasty ki Mrs. John C. Black sends a water-color that wonderfully fine. It s by A. \V. Wecden, and is a scene in Wales. You will not soon aeain see so zood an cxample of the Eugclish school. It _is. in fuct, grand. Tne swell of an upland country, browu and wild, 3 water- course that is impeded by rocks, and then de- zcends in a cataract, treated in such a wmanner that you feel yourself standing there alone with Nature, It is impossible to Jispute that this is a true work of art. Evidently it is not a mere studio picture. There s such s feel- ing of out-of-doors about it that, just as when reading the ‘¢ Complete Angler 7 you khow tharoia Waiton actually strolled and fished be- fore he wrote,—so ulso you gnow that Weeden traveled and sketched before he painted. Some additions to local art have been made, notably o panting by Mr. Bigelow of a village strect in Vermont. It was the order of Mr. E. 8. Isbam, and iocludes the house where he was born. the best thing this artist has done, which is saying a good deal in its praise. The subject isa capi- tal one. A wide street, white with stone dust, and whiter where the wheels have left tracks, on either side 2 grecn wall of trees, the flagired sidewalks partly grass-grown, the trim painted fenecs, the seant but pltasant erounds, the ng rows ol houses where comfort is, the d plum, and chefry trees in the rear, apule, and back of these bills sloping up and away un- til they become mountains. Looking st that hill to the left, I am reminded of a circum- stance of enouzh interest to bear relating. It was on the side of this hill that the boy who has erowa up to be the possessor of this picture aud of many other goou things, pecu- niary, artistic, and iutellectual, used to “slide,”—and when, on one cold, sunshiny 8ay, he tried his sled on the glistening snow-trost, the slippery way crashed .in, and the sudden suspeusion of the sled’s motion sent him head- long and surawling adown the steep. On his white wrists were observed some - slizht red seratches, and on the_ purcness of the frosty erystals some thin, edgy streaks of blood; that wasall. : Mr. Spread hbas a portrait of Miss 3ay Barnard, which, both in respect of treatmeut and the subjeet, isa very noticesbiepictare. The young Iady is a brunette, with britifant color and strong feztures, & subject well adapted to the artls’s strong brush. The figure i3 weli posed, showing much grace and solidity; _the draperies are ex- cellentiy painted and disposed. Mr. Spread’s own little eirl is the orizinal of a small picture, beautifully done, which is also to be here seen. Mr. Frank Green’s claborate still-life picture finds many admirers, and there is much that is good in it. ~But compare Mr. Green’s piciare wita Mr. C. G. Dyer's historical still-Jife, and mark the distance in poiut of merit between them. But then, Mr. Dyer's isas zood as any artist living could paint 1t. Miss Earie has a smaull water-color, very. simple, but extremely brilliant. “There are some fine examples of painting on china. Mrs. R. G. Goodell’s is equal to much that comes from Enrope. Mre. E. M. Davis has disearded, for the most art, roscs and violets, and paints scencs from oricinal sketches, or from superior paintings and engravings. Mrs. ¢ W. Higrinson’s work has long been known. Mrs. H. W. Kaig, Mrs. Brackett, Miss Clark, Mrs. Preussner, Miss Kreigh, Mrs, A. B. Rite- cock, Sliss Bell, Miss Guthrie, and Eugene Egan cxhibit interesting specimens. There is 8 long vase of oid manuseripts and autographs that are too mach neglected. . To wmauny ivdividoals it is known these things have a ureat value, and to any one of ordinary sensi- Lility some of these autocraphs should be enongh to give o lively play tothe fancy. A great man’s sutograph brings one nearer to the soul of him who wrote it than anything else can. A verse from Milton has been copied and printed a thousand times,—and in the beginning it was conducted. from the poet's brain to asheet of paper by an amanuensis. How remote and intangible is the idea of Milton’s person- jty, when one peruses his lines. flow different with his autograph! Milton’s brain moved Milton’s hand, and Milton’s hand moved the pen that traced the letters of Mil- ton’s name. An_autograph. then, iz a thing of peculiar value. Of some of the more important in the present collection, Mrs. Clinton Locke contributes two,—one of Jean Paul Fredsi Richter and one of Alexander von Humboldt,— not mere autograshs, either, but letters as well. ‘Fhat of Humboldt was written to Mrs. Locke when' 2 child, it having been made known to him by the scholar aud poet Gleim, an ancestor of Mrs. Locke’s, that a littie wirl of the fawmily was 1 America. One seotence of the letter is, stiflly transiated, * Names nave often that charm and power to call to mind pleasant memories from our carly youth, and closely united domes- tic circles.” 'These words sound comwmonplace, but they were never before printed; and I am able to give, also, a sentence. from Richter that has not until mow deen in print. He closes a letter to bis friend, Christian Otto, with, *L should like to know whether to-day on Ash- Tuesday in_this Ash time, there is somewhere great public sport.” There is nothiug to ex- plain the allusion, bat no doubt the friends ea- joved it. This letter has been preserved in Mrs. Locke’s family, and at last has corae to be her possession. Nou common man could write $0 UNCOMMONLY BAD A HAND. Among Richter's voluminous writings are “Selections from the Papersof the Devil”’; and this manuscript looks as though it mightbe one of those identical selections, unedited. Mrs. J. A. Eilis_ contributes the ~ nutograph of Ladv Mary Wortly Montagu, in a large, bold, queenly hand, as one would ex- peet; also one of Merle d”Aubicue, author of the Iistory of the Reformation.” ~ Mrs. Eben Lane sends the autograph of Sir Walter Scott, Mra. M. \Y. Beecher that of George Washington, Mrs. Abijah Keith that of Hiram Powers, the sculptor. There are tyvo autographs of the noy- clist Thackeray, oue lent by Mrs, Samuel Ap- pleton. and one in a letter to Mr. John Crersr. The Rov. Robert Collyer has one of Charlotte Broute, and there is one of Mrs. Lewes (George Etiot) in a note written to Mrs. H. O. Stone. And there are a hundred besides. Here I tind myseli at my Hwmit, as regards space. Much lias been overlooked, all, per- haps, slighted, but really vou must go see for yourself. One class of articles I-certainly in- tended to notice, but have not. I refer 1o the china, old and Dew, of which there are great quantitics. Standing in the quarter where most ot the specimens are, I feel as in.a sort of hollow square, with jugsto rizht of me, jugs to left of me, jugs in front of me—yes, and jugs in rear of me,—all very interesting, no doubt, and immensely valuable. But let me be honest for once, and confess that I know nothing at all about them. One article there is, however, in this department that 1 can ap- preciate and will describe. It is. a remars- able Cat in Faicuce, contributed by Mr. Herbert .C. Ayer. ft is a laree cat; but the sizc i3 wot what makes it remarkable. It is a yellow cat with blue spots; but it is not the color that males it re- markable. It is squat on its’haunches, its tail curled smartly around, and stands ercct on its forelegs; but that is mnot what makes it re- markable. 1t hasgreen, big, bulging eyes, and uplifted ears; but neither is that what makes it remarkable. It isall and several of these circumstaoces that combine to render this cat trulya maryel of its kind. The macuiacture appears to be almost new, althougzh it was im- ported from France, and it cannot be supposed to have =2 history. But, accordins to the principle that was laid down in my last letter, where we havenot a history, we must nceds invent one. -As this work of high art could have been designed no otherwise than by a direct moael- ing trom nature, it is the model, the live, purr- ing, mewing cat that the imagination must deal with. Well, then, O reader, this cat, of the 1nale species, was born of poor but respectable parents—(according to the standard of respecta- bility that obtains among felines)—as near as can be ascertained, in the City of Paris. The exact spot of its birth was a parret in a smail but comfortable house mnear Mme. Dijon’s,—cclebrated, as all the world kuows, for the Anicrican breakfasts bad there. One fur- ther particular 1s weil authenticated, that it was in the middle of a warm, windy pight, that our cat first saw the light—tfor it was born with its eyes wide open. It soou became the plaything of a litule girl, the chance offspring of a domcs- tic. It was very hardy, and only oncein six montbs half-mooued ftself around a hot brick. But let us omit some months, and so get on. Onc nizht when in bad company, on the roof of a neirbboring house, ke was seized by a hand that was stealthily extended through’ the sky- light, and thrown over the water-cutter, down, down, down, theee stories to the pay Let us take another jumo—a long u::, eifi'fi; Tom was about ten years 81d. as he was obsery. ed to be a’robust specinen of his race, he was caught by & porcelain manufacturer, ang seut to his factory 10 strve as a model. He there, however, soon fell into dissolute way aud one night, when out *vira laris”? he met 3 rival right under the window of a rentieman’y bedroom, and caterwanled, soit, seratehed, to; when suddenty the window opened, a shot wt fired, and old Tom—aias! was never, more seen alive. I need not take np the space to draw the moral of this tragic stors. It is too obvious, Zsop employed animals’to illustrate, by their dispositions, human crrors and mistakes. Ho. garth reverses the programme, and has ilins. trated by a buman *“Rake’s Prowress” the lifs and fate of our anhappy cat. The moral reager will no doubt thank Mr. Aver for contributing, in so impressive a way, to the moral improve. ment of our people. F. A, Easny, MISOR ART NOTES. There s quict at the Academy of Design, o quiet, however, the officers say, which precees greater =activity ‘than has been manifesteq since the process of recopstruction began lsst spring. A week from to-morrow the upening reception of the holiday extibitivn s to be heid. 1t 13 not expected that this exhibition wiil bs extensive; indecd, the rooms of the Acalemy preclude an exhibition of such size as the Ex. position annuaily presents, but no effort will e spared to make it attractive, and the riception, i:fis.hopcd, will be quite a select and elezang air. ) T'he pictares enzazed in New.York have not Fet acrived, and no partictlars resvecting them can be given. The members of the Academy will no doubt exert themscives to be well represented, and those who are interesteq practically or theoretically, in art education will look forward with interest to the exhibj- tion of students’ work, which is likely to ba more extensive than any made before. It is understood that this is the beginning of a new and vizorous campalen on the part of the Academy, that an effort will be made to main. taina permanent exhibition, that chanees of the pictures will be made ana receptions held from time to time, and all Zood citizens will have an opportunity to become annual sub- ers, and enjoy with their families privilezes W it is intended 1o wake well worth their price. Mr. Spread is at the headof the Exhibition Committee and Mr. Cochrane of the Reception Committee. * > A larze proportion of the pictures in the ex- hix!wltion, both Eastern and - Westera, will be for sale. . Frederick Keppel, of New York, who for the past three or four holiday seasons has charmed the connoisseurs with hisJarge collection of line engravinws from the studios of the old masters, arrived iu town a few aays a2o, and darine the coming week will exhibit at Jansen, MeClure & Co.’s a well-selected dispiay of cngravings and etchines, by Edelinck, Naoteuil, Drever, Wille, Raphael, Morgan, Longhi, Foschi, Rembranat, Durer, aod others, whose names will be remem- bered by those who devoted any time to the study of the old lioe engravings. ‘The Jocal artists have clubbed together for s sale of pictures_on the 20th and 2lst, for the benefit of the Lydian Art Gallery. Several pictures have already been placed on exhibition, aud it is expected thatareally meritorious display will be made. ————— MY POEMS. You ask me to write you 2 poem That shall gleam with the pearls of thouzht, That shali glow wih the jewels of fancy, With the pure goid of wisdom inwronght. So graceful and sweet must the sons be, All'hearts shall accord 1t thelr praise, And say 'tis the fairest and brigitest, , The sweetest of poetic lays. So, silent T&it in my chamber, ‘And think what thix bright song shall be, The while I am woolng the spirlt To smile on my strain and on me. 1 have the fizet linc of. the poem— "Tia dainiy, 'ti8 fair und completo— When, lol to the dour of my chsmber . . _, Comes the hurry and rush of small feet And widely the door is flung open— Tis the little ones in from their play, For out in the besutiful sunlight They have sported the long, gleefnl day; And now. when the shadowa are failing, Like the birds they return to their nest— The hitle hearts weary of pleasare, % The httle fet willinz to rest. . © : B So I wash of the grime that has gathered On the faces 30 rosy and bright; Then boside me they kmecl in the glomming, And whisper to God their Good-night. O bearts of the lonely and childless, : Can son dream of the exquistte bliss “That Gescends on the heart of the Sthe With the dew of her littie one’s kiss? Can yon dream of the di:y in the cvening, When the toils of the day are all done, When the cares that have fretted the spirlt Take their flicht wita the wane of the sun, When tue dear iittle children all gather To bask in the firelight's glow, And the heart of the Mother is gwelling. Witk the joy that but Mothers may know? Then away with all thought of prim me Tese, these are the poems for me— ‘These dear little snowy-robed anzels That are clustering now at my knee. On! 30, n the years that ate coming, May they ever find solace and rest, When tue trials of Life shall beset them, In the cosy, love-lizhted H Nt FURS! Clearin;-aut Sal_e $100,000 WORTE FLADIES AHD GENTLBAERS Hars and Robes At prices lower than ever known of before. All Fresh Goods, and man= ufactured expressly for the RETAIL TRADE. 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