Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, February 26, 1879, Page 12

Moilhae's New Comedy, " Bamnol Brohl"-—The Plot and the Intorpretation, —a e Helihac and Taless's *“Lo Mari do la Debi- - foote”--Nile, Legauit ths Real **Debulante, PESSEEEEE L #Romeo ot Jnlictte” nt the Chatelot ==sCapoul and the NMaxquis A'Ivry. Bpeelar Correspondencs of The Tritune. Panis, Feb, 6.—Following quicklyin the wake of his fcllow-manager at the Vaudeville, M. Duquesncl Jast week presented ua o dramatized verston of M, Ciwerbuliez's charming novel, MSamuel Brohl & Clu.—which deserves, though unfortunately it ecoms hardly destined o have, 08 euccessful o earecr at the Odeon ns “Ladislas Bolski? nt the boulevard theatre. After sceing such plays ns * Jogeph Balsamo ! ' und * L'Assoinmolr," oo 13 well ablo to appre- clate all the difficulties that besot the pathof the ploywright who attempts to trousfer the plot of & popular romance or novel to the stage, Too often the result s disnstor,—to the play, usunlly; to the book, almaost mvarlably, - M. Melltine, however, has once more proved the ex- ception to thoe general rule. “BAMURL BRONI," as the Odeon comedy Is called, is brilliantly conspicucus by the absenco of all the faults that so frequently mar simlilar worka, It re- quires no previons acquaintance with thie novel to cojoy it. 'The plot is simple, fnteresting, dramatic; the dinlopue sparkling, yot unforced ; the denouement natural. You have not to keep ottention on the rack to understand the connection between the varfous fucidents of the wtory; for the Interest centres rather fn the con- trast of characters and the opposition ot human ‘passions, than in artiliclal stage-tricks and con- yentionntity. Yct there 18 no lack of “in- triguo™ to ndd plquincy to the Intrinsle attrac- tlon of the play, though it could well alford to dispense with such small embeliishments. THE BTORY of *8amucl Brohl” mizht be told in a very fow linea: The hero {s a Galliclan' adventurer, who owes hls cducentlon to the charitable caprice of aRusslan Princess. laving obtaned oll he wanted from his benefactress, he abandons her, and sets ont to sock his fortunc in his own way, Assuming the namo and titlo of a certain Pollsh Count with whom Jie hiad been ncqualuted, hio sticeeeds fn winnlng the affections of a romantic young Freach Iady, residing at a pleasure-resort in Switzerland with her father, an eminent sovant, and an clderly lady-companion, even moro romantic than Lerself, The marriage 1s on the polnt of belng celebrated, when, by the timely arrival of the Russtan Trincess who had ‘Dofricnded him, the falso Count Larinaki is dis- covered to by AN IMPOSTOR, and tho too-trusting young lady rescued from o disgraceful maten, - danie! Liroh! disnppears n search of “Iresh fclds aud pastures new,’ after making one desperato attempt to retzin the Jove of Mlie. Moraz, ‘That deluded viethn—ler eyes opened at Inst to the real charncter of the per- gon whom sne hud taken for o Polish hero—fors gets her love in passionate seorn aud anger, und, b the fall of the curtain, it scems probable that she will speedily transfer her nffections fo o tmore worthy sultor,—a certoin Camilde Lang's, to whom she “awes the recovery of two com- promistng letters and a portrait” which she had given the Qalliclan adventurer, ‘Nothing; it will bo seen, vouid be simpler than ali this, licre fa neither scneationallsm, exae- ferated romance, nor maintul reullsm, Yer * Satnuel Brobl ™ NEITIEN WEAIUINS NOR DISATTOINTS yuu from beginuing to ¢nd. No character in e *camedy ' (comedy-drama would defins the work more fitly) is tvo” angelle to be real; no villaln too dinbolie, Byvkt himsell i3 merely o very semouotly, clever, and unserupulous comedian. Trom centinunily uctiie o false part in the world, hie has como glinost to chicat himself futo an oe- vassional beliof {u bis own honesty, No matter how unpleasunt o sftuation, he continues to re- talo the borrowed dignlly and reficement of o entleman; while, by one plece of apparently isinterested generosity, after his detectlon, hu manazes o win o falr share of the spectutor'a I{;mputhy. AMde. Moriaz, again, chorming though she be, i3 not **a creature too bright or good for human nature’s daily food.” Alve, Moisseney, the companton, I8 g sensible and retined middle-need spinscer. Ier only fault (if fault It be) Is Ler slightly extravagant admiration for the uncommon. ‘Lhe old serv- ant, agafy, {8 well nlzh perfect. Tenevolent, kind, indulgent, be bas but a single faw (i flaw f be): he has too little adisliation for the nn- comon, This probably disposes bim to favoer the suit of Camilie, who, by bis vwn contesslon, fsa deeldedly ordinsry, though thoroughly re- Epect-worthy, youne tuan, N It would be difiicult to praise TUER INTERPRETATION % of the new comedy foo Each role I sustained to perfection, and the ensemble cowtd scarcely bo surpassed outslde the ‘Theatre Fruneats, Indeed. §t may bo doubted whether = finer, . more Ainished “performunce conld be witnessed even In the closele ™ House of Mallere.” The play has been carefully mount- ed, ‘The costumes in the Proluguo ure, I be- lleve, falthful reproductions of Thoss worn in Galliclus and the scenery Sllmuqll not the mar- wvel it has been proclaimed) s sulliclently elab- orate for the purnose. Marais (in the thunklees part of the hero), RPufol (U, Morlez), Mlie, Marle Jullen (Antoi- netle Moriaz), und lastly Mme, Pleava (us the ro- matle companion), all deserve unstinted prafse, A more reflned or careful plece of cliaracter- pointing thau thut shown us by Mme. Pleard, especiully, it would be hard to volnt to, Mile, Autonino us the Russian Princess must not be Torgotten either, She ucls us it 4o the manner born i and her costume in the Prolowug—n triumph {0 graszand-cinamon saglu—is ulono no trfling attraction. A, Meithae und bis tldus Achates, M. Ludovie Talevy, ure jolntly responsible for MIRTH-PROVORING PANCICAL COMEDY produced this week at the Palais Roval with de- clded success, 1 must reeerve detafied mention of the play—which {4 entitled **L¢ Marl de fa Debutante—for another occasion, ns it conld hardly be done justice to within the Hinlts of thy present lotter, "The honors of the Interpretation 3all to our old favarite, ticotlruy, und to a new- comery—tew ot the Paluts Hoyal at least,— Mile. Lewault, the daiuty lttla netress wiho 111l intely toole the leadinz” fugenue parts ug the Gynminase, Sho 18 vot exuctly pretty, but her youth (sho_can scarcely be 20, 1 should thing) und her spiels won her the favor of the house nt onee, CcoNCERT. i I have beon extremely sparing I iny remnrks sbout thu cancerts for koo thime, 601t muy be us well to devote o paragraph or two to thivm, Well,~to proceed un the ganie prineiple ns Van ‘Troil in his famous chapter cunvux‘u‘ng S Tho Bnakes of feelutd,”—I wiil suy of the Consvrvas 1oire Coneerts,that thero has Hieen 1o concert at the Conservatatrs for o fortuleht, At the ong 10 be piven next bunday wo ure likely to mlss Uie presence of nn ursidiuous patron of thess incotnpurable entertalmupents,~Mme. de Mace Mubou, till the othier duy (by courtesy) the first Jady m Frauce, HECTOR BLKL102'8 “NOMUIO ET JULIBTTR" BYMIMIONY— & work which deserves Lo bo rouked next to the vompoger’s musterpiece, *Ln Damuution (o Faust," und the ~dywmphonfe Fanta tgue e wua revived, as I mentioned In another fetter, ub the Chntelet Concert lust Sunday, Colonue first tad the couraze to prod ruperb though uce this unequal cumposition sume four _yeurs ago, ut o time when name'b! Hector Berdivz—universully osored in Germany, und well known to Aweirlea—was in Lrauce sssocluted with everyibing wild, ridien- lutid, wid unmelodions, e then! (enfe thouks to the emrfiy it fuith of M, Colonne Berliuz bas tnken bis proper placa fu the hearrs of his countryimen, * Lomco ¢ Jullette™ {3 - nover lkely o Le us popalar s the * Fausg ' musle, bat it contalus beauties ¢ uisite und yure, sucn as the ¢ Love duv,” the 9 Pety ug {he Copulets,” und the % Queon Mub " geherzo, | have so far fulled to wuderstand the!* Romeo ot the Tomd seene, und an deeldedly of opinlon = that this awnd the Funern) of Juliet" movemgut ore doomed to reinain #cayiara to the gencrul ™ for loug. Apart trom these exceptions, the symphony (which ia chorul a8 well as {nstrumental) {s worthy of “lLa Damuation de Faust' und the other works of Berlioz,—~the greatest, und ¢t Jutely the most obscure, of Fretich compuscrs, ‘Sulkiwr of the Cbatelet, there I§ o rumor floatiug about, to the ofieet that UAroUL futends taking it for n short scasqu. He 43 sup- vosed to Le’ desitous of alring the Murquis 4'1vsy's opers, “*Les Amantsde Veroue,” these, . WHE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY 26, 1879—TWELVE PAGES. hema would of cou but that would not ‘matter greatly—to the manager, s the noble Marquis would” pe thera to make mood any defleit, However, 1 doubt tho truth of the rumor myself, * Ianny MELTZER. SCOTCH JUSTICE. ‘ The Glasgow Bank Trinl=The Cloaing Scones in Court—The Verdict and Sentence, Corvesnandence New York Tribune, EDINBURG, Feb, 8.—The result of the trial of the City of Glasgow Bank Dircctors has prob- ably reached you by cable, It is worlh polnt- fng out .that the excellency of the system of administering justice according to the law of Scottand Las been fully vindleated, Within four months of the exposurc of ono of the most gizantic frauda of the age, the officers of the Crown hnve studied n moss of evidenco that might have paralyzed less able men, havo framed an indictment In which the slightest flaww was certain of detection, und have carried the case through the llign Court of Justicinry— after a trial extending over eleven days—to n successful fssuc. On the twellth day sentenco was pagsed, and within a few hours of it deliys cry wns in course of execution. ' Whatever may bo thought of thie sentonco itsélf, it cannot bo #ald that Scotch justice moves: with leaden wings. A second point to be noted s the extremo im- partinlity with which 1ho prisoners were trealed, and Lo this may be ndded the remarkablo sclf- restraint of the people who have suffered at thelr hands. Naturally, when the extent of the wroug first revealed itsclf, there was a cry for vengeance, fu which both press and’ pulpit jolncd. Tho appesl was mnde to the law to punish the men who had perpetrated a wrong thatin its results was practically houndicss, ‘Thero is not a town or village 1 have visited fn Beotland where ITdid not hear of some pitiful case of a swift descent from aflluence, or at least, from confort, to begrary. Retired professional men have been compelled in their old ago to re- sume the battic.of life,—n battle they won turough thelr own {ndustry and lost through others' raseaiity. In one particular case n plys- fefan upwards of 90 years of aze was obliged to choose between rcturning to practice or pleading for assletance from n brother nearly 08 old ns himeelf, und who hlas moreaver, to bear the responatbllity of twenty- five bank sharee. Near tho Intter was a poor widow who was living upon the interest of two or threo shares und the rent of a small cottage, Young men have not only lost their savings, but fond themeeives saddled with o mountain of debt which they have no possible mmeans of removinz. The fallure, in short, passed like n bilght over Scotland. Whether It has done mora than nip the national hohor of Scotland I am not {u a position to judge, but it bas cer- tainly blasted the homes of mony of the Seoten people, In view of all the bitterncss engen- dered by the conduct of the Directors, it was notural that there should be a ery, burn of sor- row, pity, and anger, for’ the punish- ment of “the offenders, but the appeal has bod no apparent eficct upon the ad- ministration’ of justice. It was, fn faet, rather the expresslon of a natural fecling than the resuit of any Iack of confldence in the law. This {s shown by the fact that, as the trialdrew near, the ery wis smothered. ‘The paners I have secn reported the proceedings without muking any comment until the trial was over, ¥ one appears to have taken it a8 o matter of course that justice would move both swittly and eurely. Within the Court a similar anxi was manifested to keep out prejudies, ‘The sumo caution to the jury to forget nil that they had heard outsido’of “the Cuiirt fell from the Lord Advoeate i his speech for the prosecution, from the counsel . for the vrisoners, and from Lord Monerelff in making his chavge. 1u the ease of the two latfer this was ot remdrkable, but that the prosceuting counsel should not only avold, in au uration ro calin and dlapassionate ns to be nimaost fudicinl, any appeal Lo the prejudlees of the Jury, buv should eetnally o out of his way to warn ihem against external influences, was an example of Brun:uslmml tmpartlality and of rdspect for the 1ind goddess for which I must confess I was nog mrevared. Within the court the scenc on tho cleventh day of the (rial was both affecting and fmpos- ing, 'The bufldinz stands bebind the Cathedra] of Salnt Glles, und tn runth:uiz it T stepped upon, before notieing it the small square stone mark- ingz the spot where Join Knox was burled, All the space between the Temple of the Church and the Temple of the Law was thronged by a mass of people, comoosed apparcntly of about cqual portlons of auxious speetators eager to hear the verdict, und of [dlo loungers. Merely throwing a glance ot the ereat Cathedral in whlch atone stood forty of the altars that Knox overturned, I entered o door to the rlsht of the square, and, crossing o small ante-room, wos fu the great hall of the Court of Scasfons, The members of the old Scots Parlfament who nxseubled here, untif ke Union of 1i07 brought ~ the separato Natlonat Pucllament ~ to an end, have piven placo to B crowd of advocutes, writers, and clerks, ‘Plie ndvocates lounged about the hugh fireplaces or promenaded the all, und, judging from the Luzz of conversa- tlon wnd an oceaslonal Iaugl, appeared disposed to pass their letsure pleasantly, ‘Fhely costume Is rathor amusing, ‘Fhegown might bo aceepted cven by ons unuscd Lo anything but the plain simplicity of an Ameriean court, It Jends dug- nity and ‘stateliness to suine wen who naturalty are nejther dizuitied nor stately, Bug the wiy, horse-hair frlzzed and curled, 18 a Britian insti- tution 1o be proiested ogainst in the name altke of cowfort, appearance, and common scnse, Along neorridor leading from the south end of the hall Hes the way to the Conrt of the Jus- tletary, Every eyo was bent upon the Lord Justice-Clerk ns "he dullvered his charge, and every ear was turned (o eatels the words of one whose reputation as an urntor, us o stutesinan, and g lawyer {s equaled by that of no man in Scottand. “He I8 the samo Moncrelt who repre- sented Ediuburiz in Parlinmentbofore the reform electors of the * Modern Athens " cultivated thelr renco for o successful dry-ggoods merchant with a taste for flgures, i tones thut were luw bat elesr, and with an _admirable distinet- nees of enunclation, ho addressed - the j\lrf',n mujority of whom could render a verdict,” ‘they listened with breathless attention to the words of the Judze in sttitudea that gave abundant opportunity of observing them.” Ouo did not ruquire to be told that they wero Scotchmen, ‘Thuar fuces of the strong Lowlumd type, thelr general aspect ol determination, thefr fook of eatravious intellizonce thoss of men with ability to arrive at u con lon, und with cour- age enough to grive it exprosston, The prison- crs—Stronach, Potter, and the others—pre- sented o marked contrast,—a body of old men mostly feeble, howed with the disicrace of their posttion, and_suvk apparently in despaiving resienution, It was hardly possthle to belleve (hut thess wers the mun upon whom all Seot- Jand had estled down ' vongeance, o thnt these were the men whose actlve or pasgtve erime had wrought the raln under which thele country grontied, Attvoeates filled the place allotted to them,— Jooklng wonuerfully uliko fu thefr curions head- ddrese, ulikeIn ngo wnd expressiot, From them the Lord-Advocato wnd . Bollettor-Gencral are dlstinguished solely by wearing gowns of sk, thejr oflietal brethren Lelng contined to materiul iescmbling binck alpaca, 'The Juages, un the other: hamly wore magoilicent robes” of seaclet and white, All, however, wesr the Wik, which has provably the effect, on the one hund, of puulu-.i old leads upon youug shout- ders, and upon the otherof consolimg Uie aged with the thoueht that whatever way be (he fact, the world can detect little difference letween Ahem s the youngest memoer of the faculty, The Solleltor-tieneral f8 Mr, J, H, A, Macdon- ald, who wilk he remembored as hov Darny Captatn of the Seoteh riffe team which visied Awmcerlea, Tint hetween his apocarance ot Creedmaoor nnd In the tigh Coure of Judiclary there I8 a difference so vast thut to many Amerl- can visitors to the seat of" Scottish law bis fdentity must be doubtinl, (ho tharge, bowever, was finished, und the Jury retired. For twe hours they deliberaten, wd on thelr retuen the verdier was iven whicl) Ted the Lord Justice-Clork on b fallowing morning to condemn Stronach and Potter Lo clebteen months® fmbrsonment, nud Stewart, Salmond, Taylor, Tuglls, and Wright to etght mouths' imprisonment. The vewdict fell upon Luglls und Pattor with terrible welght, ‘They droppedd inlo thelr seats with urms ontstretcheu aeross thy rail upon which their icads wers Buwed, us thought they bud been struck w erush- ing Llow, ~Sora Moncreut wis so much nffected thiat for some miutites he appeared wuable to spesk, and his volen quivered os be suld o few words of direcilon as ta the form of the verdict, It scewed a vellef to hin whon he aunouneed Lls futention of delivering sentones next doy, and the Court rost, 1t uust have been a fearful nkeht for the prisoners. When they touk their places in the moming they seemed tare work und jaded than ever, ~ The suspenne Letween the otfixhng of thefr guilt und the Kuowledzo of the measure of thelr punlshment had told with fearful effect, und us they erept up for the Inst time futo thelr places in court it wus fimposetble to feel for them anything but pits, ‘Lue Lord Juitice-Clesk pertarmed his duty E;ulckly. Ho merely voiuted out to stron- Yead 10 financlal fall- | acts and Potter that they had been found gullty of mllfflnfi and fabrieating the balance-sheets of the bank, ant to the others that they had been found guilty of uttoring nnd publishing 1lic balance-sheets knosing them to be false, be- fore in cither case he poased sentehee, Inn yery short time the trial was over, und the prig. ondrawera taken from the dack, I il con- clude by saving 1hat th#ye are fow to whom tho’ sentence as given sntisfactfon, LADIES IN THE MINT. Amusing Scenes at tho Resnmption of Coln. ing In New Orleans—Ex.-Gov:" Foote's Catlers, Neto Orleans Pleayune, Feb. 10, Abont 1:30 o'clnckt yesterdny afternoon the first sllver dollars in eighteen yeara were struck off at the New Orleans Mint, A few moments previous to thia time a reporter of the Picayune arrived at the mint, but found that Mrs, Myra Clark Gaines und nbout a dozen other Indics were {n the ante-ronm for the purpose of paving n vist to the Superintendent of the Mint, The reporter wos admitted a fow moments befors tho ladies cnfered. Qov. Foote, the Superin. tendent, was engaged In conversation with Mrs. Jenks and Mrs, Virginla 8mith when the report- er was ushered fn, Qov, Foote cordially wele comed tho rooresentative of the JLieayune, and fntroduced him to thcse ladies. The former had dispensed, for the timo belng, with the hat-streamers - of silk. on which the porgeous plumes of the peacock wera represented, and which had become ns muzhin part of Mrs, Jenks in the scveral des seriptions given of her as the votse of lier liend or the contour of her features. There was something about Mrs. Jenks yesterday, as sho sat emiling and demure upon the sotato the right of Gov. Foole, that detracted from her personnl appearance, and that something was tho jaunty liat with the flowlng silk streamers of the peacock’s plume. Otherwise Mrs, Junks was the Mrs, Jenks of otlier days, self-controll- ed, neatly dressed, sharp and witty fu conversa- tlon, aud of n quict, inodest, Jady-like appear- ance, Mra. Virginin Smith, who sat upon a chalr to the left of Gov. Foote, was dressed in o tghtly-fitting black silk velvet bosque, lghte colored dress, nnd hondsome lat. This lady ap- yeared Lo be about 23 yeurs of age, and was ihe 6371l apolieant for o position in the Mint, The J’oor faclnir Gov, 'oote opened, when the Indles, preceded hy Mrs. Gen. Gaines, entered n Indinn_file. Gov, Foote, who ot thy flrat glanen evidently only aaw tivo or threo of them, and did not immediately recoznize Mra, Galnes, gald, ** Walk iy, Jadies,” And the ladies walked in, and continued walking in to the surprise of Mra. denks dnd Mrs. Viezinla Smith, und tothe unutterable surprise of Gov. Foote, who con- tinund sllently Lowing until slx or eleht had entercd and more srero at the doors when, peer- Ing over his spectacles, the venerable ex-Cioy- ernor recovered his volee and_exclaimed, “ God Liess mv life, walk im, ladies™; and rising, “Walk in; Lam sorrs 1 have itot gents sufliclent to offer you—to what honor—*! At this fustant Mre. Gnines, who had made the clreult ot the room, passing round a long table {n the eenfre, und followed closely by the ladles, onc aftst the other, stood fn iront of Gov, Foote, and, selzing bim by both arms, rangz ont her merry Inugh, and_sald: * Why, Go, Foote, don’t you know me? 1've brougiit you o few appointments to ML Aud the Hitto lady's rinzing laugh again pealed forth, the Governor joining in this time until. his lone white locks shook around hils shoulders, Hlaving guined her llral{!ulnl in getting Gov, Foute In o good humor, Mrs. Galues ehanped the subjeet by asking Gov. Foote {f ho was golng to the Mardi Gras Ball, Gov. Koote—Naot unless you will nllow me to cscort voit there, Mrs. Galas, und will prom- Ise to dance with 10 one else. AMra, Galnes—All right. But no round dances, Gov. Foote; Inin opposed to danclng round dauces, you lknow, Giov, Foote—Al, Mrs. Gaines, you are-nlways right. n.’\lrs. Gaines—AN, Gov. Foote, you know 1 am. After Mra. Galnea had introduced to Gov. Foute the twelve ladies who aceompanied ler, and nreently pressed thelr claims und used her {nfluence to” haye tiem apnalnted fn the Mint, Gov, Foote throw n wet blanket over the whole purty by informing them that while ke had no doubt of the nbility of the adies to il the positions for which theyapplicd, yet having tiled nreviousty 657 applieations for uppolutment to fill six positions now vacant, he could not do otherwise than promise to do the best ho could under the circumelances. Gov. Faotu turthermors told Mrs. Gaines und the laaies who necompanled her thut Mr. Davls, the coftier, wits the persun to whom they must ap- as the appointment of ludles n the udjust- ing-room wust first coma from him to tho Su- erintendent, whose duty it was to forward the rln. to Washington for approval ‘his wns n “Marzers wove all” to the coluer’s room, Mrs, Gaines taking the lead ns before, nud fotlowed by the twelve ladles, Mrs, Virginla Swith, the "two or three other ladles who had ealled upon Gov. Foute during the fu- terview for the same purpose. r. Duvls, the coiner, courteously received Mrs. Gaines and the fndics, and heard their ap- pead, Counting those present, he said: * Ladics, there nro now 649 applleations to Ml six posl- tions—only one In 110 ean e apnointed.” Mrs, Uafues to Mr. Davls—Your sex 1s a fail- ure; thero will never be prosperity 1u this coun- try untli women vote and are elected to run the Guvernment. Mr. Davis—Well, Mre, Gaines, we’ll send you to Congress to beeln with, Mrs. Golnes—Of one thing 1'm certaln. If women were in the wajority in Congress, there would nut be so ml\ur extra seasions. 'To prove to you that your sex 1s afallure, when God madu man, 11y repented having done so, but never re- puated having made wowan, "I'he subject reverting nwain to appolntments 1n the Ming, one lady ubout 45 years ol nze soid sho hoped her anplication woulld. be suceessful, althonzh sho bad but just presentod it ‘'he youngeat nwd most handsome lady pres- ent saitl sho was afrald there was but little hope tor this applicant, ns sho hersel! had filed an ap- plication for I)osmuu six months ago, apud there appeared’little or no bopo for her under the eir- cumstunces. Ons Jady sald thero was norelative in_tho world to aasist her in obtaining a livellhood, Mr, Davis said there were scores of cascs that were most cdeserving, und whers it woulld Le an aet of charity tp ussist them to a posi- tlvn, as several depended upon thelr lndividual work for subsistence, Ony of the applicants, My, Davis eafd, bad five other people to sup- port, wil amonyr these one was blind, ono wus paralyzed, and voo was au idlot, ‘The lady who lirst presented her application yesterduy observed thut this was a caso of out- side charity, Aund the ludles walted and apvealed, innr- ently hoving against hope (hkut they nMizht recelve an appointinent, loath to leave without obtatning an netual vroinise, which conld not be given them. Alter remnining in the Mintabout oiie hour they (lnally left for their homes, ‘Ilhie work al colniiig the first sliyer dollars in elzhteen years then commenced, M, V., Davia, Esq., conducting the representatives of the press and visitora to the countlng-room. Upon 4 truck were pinced eight or ten boxes of round milled pleces ot silver of tho required form and weleht. ‘Fhio hopper was filled with thess pleces aud the machiuery sut i moMon, whon—lick, click, click—unul the first. siiver Uollars, brielt sod nuw, wero colned {n the Nuw Orleans Mint at thy rate of eurht per minute, ‘fhe machinery wus in excellent working order, und fn i day or 1wo anuthey press will be ut work, when bath, (b 18 hoped, will be kept coutinundly runnhyg. ‘The wilver pieees are moved forward from the hopper under 1he lower and upper dies, aud the weight of elghty-iive tous makes the Impression with o searcely pereeptible pressure, which coms pletes the colning process, and the dollar la rendy for pirposes o trade, Lictween §10.000 and 250,000 will bo colned Le- fore the present supply of sitver, prepared os ubove deseribud, {3 exhausted, nwd as bullion is g Lot this mavket in large quuntitics from 0 awl Honduras, thero is u prospect ot peedily setting ull the colulng presses ut work, when it (s estimated that from 5,000,000 to 10,000,000 siiver dollurs per year will ba votued ot the New Orleans Mint, “fo s fow days Uov, Foote will proceed to Washington for the pur- poce of expediting the business of the Mint, Returning to the Buperintendent’s otllce at 8 o'cluck, the reporter found that Mrs, Jenks had Jeft, und that Mrs, Virglois Smiin nud ono of the ladics who arrived attenMrs. Gatues und ber party, bad reappeared und wers preseing thele applications for appointment, pon e Buperlitendent’s desk were cusit or ten ladics’ curds. One of thess cords' Mrs, Busith was looking at when oy, Foote, taking up a eard with a black edue, sald Lo the report- er: %The lady who presented thia card Is ouy of the most handsome wonien 1 over saw, with beautifal auburu halr,” 7 Reporter—A widow, Goyernorl tivy, Fuute—Yed, Reporter—~Ars you a widower, Governor? Gov, Foote—LR! ob, dear, noj 1didu’t mean that, Blcss my sonl, of couree I'm not o widower, What did you ask thut question forf Reporter—Al Gov. Foote! Aud while the ludies were laughing heartily ab the venerable Buperlutendout's discomtiturs tlie revorter bado hita good siternoon. GOSSIP FOR LADIE i ON IROADWAT. o New York Sun, | Beal Young Ametica, his sctivo arms With buridfes tadon, 3 ' _E!G:rlllzlh'n alipshod kind of way Totty thaken, ! bnm{' she Grops avan of two behiad Beforo he's mired her. Ab1 bee rolationsbip 1s plalo— Tila steter, y And clos6 tieting the coaple wa have sosm Apnoenrs dnolher, . A young man witljn yonerable dame, r‘v'.'uf“.""" h,?ng.‘xk;l: it For e har wi trunizing ate g b RN o And Tils bt e ot ar Tre Hoometany v ° Rhick sho was dmare Annther palr, who, w‘niflny-rgm, o Scornconveration— ' B! e arelng all (he vonng and blodmink giels With ndmiration; PN . 8he, with o weitry ulr, and loaded dowa’ With guods o should have careled,” | o ‘Beema flited with care; nlast tho fact le'tlesd, Theso to are mareled. . i "W Ona conplo mare—thelrhands are slyly clasped, They seem dovoted. The giances of rardonic passers-by Ara all unnoted. or eyes—the color of the radlant sky 8o bright above ua— Look fondly Intdbls. Come, let us go, These tivo are loverat ARE THEY KLEPTOMANIACS! New York Sun, Btartling storics are told in anlect soctal clr- cles up-town of recent cases of mtataken Identl- ty fn clothing thut, mauy ladies think, nppear like downright steallngon the part of eertain women who tnove in rood soclety. It s sald that a lady cannot leave a valunbla onter garment In the dressing-room, when she attenda an cvening party or n *‘tea at the houss of friend, with nuy certaluty of finding it on her return *from the drawing-roont, In ita place she very often (Inds o garment of the same weneral textuire mud pattern, but shabby and un- pleasantly venerablo with wear and aize, This ul resemblance, however, In the event of the nerson who tnade the substitutlon belug discoy- cred, ts mado tho excuse for (he substitution, and the lady eets her own agaln with many avolagics, 8o frequont are thiese énses that it has heconio positively unenfe to leave vaiuable shawls or sacques even under thy surveillnoce of metely the maid stationed to ald Indles in thelr tollet. An instance I8 known of a lndy, whose namo nearly every reader would recognize were it printed, swho left a §3,000 camcel’s hair shawl {n the dressing-room ol a handsome house on o fashionablo thoroughfare, where n ten was being glven by n hostess also well known in the soctat world, © On retiring the Indy found in placo of her new expensive shawl one faded and worn, with the frlure torn tu places. On dis-overing the substitution the guest sought the hostess, and, with inuch_emphnsle, declared that, as the shawl had been lost in the latter's house, sho would hold her responsible. Nerved to despera- tion by this ultimatum, the hostess colled upon that one of her znests who sho Letleved from 1he deseription furnished by the mnnld in at- tendance {n the aressing-room had exchanged her old shuwl for Mrs. X.’s new, She explained Nier errand, and, while affecting to assume that tho exchanze had Dleen a voluntary one, spoke with an assurnnce that argued cntiro lnowledge as to the identity of the perpetrator. The nceusod woman nt once admitted the pos- albility of n mlstake lmvln{: been made, one of her dauchters coming to 1he reseue with the as- sertion that, onleaving the tea, she had won- dered what inade her mother's’ shuwl ook 8o much newer and fresher than usual! Mrs, X, i ngaln the possessor of her £3,000 shawl. Another story fs that n young lady, who I8 the very opposite of Mra. X. na rezards decision ot character, found that, during - her absence from the dressivg-room, an old and dingy sncque had been substituted for her nandsomo fur-tived cloak, Being unlike Mrs. X., ste sub- mitted to the sltuation fn sllence, and meekly und nildly went homo fo the old sacque. The purson whio took her fur-lined cloak has not yet discovared the mistuke. THAT MA'TCO IS OFF, e was a Philadelphia young man. He loved her todistraction, but her stern and vigorous pa could not tolefate the young man, so thetr troubles from the vory start scemed alinost un-, boarable, Ho lived on Weat Walut street, aml parted his halr straight down the mitdle, was mallant nud guod-looking, but lie was ungodly and profane, and the stern parent, who was Hike- wise o deacon, had forbladen bim (he house. But, for her sake, on the first of the year he forined such resolutions as converted ‘him {m- medlately Into n saint, und 16 was n source of great solacs und pride to her to catechise him every evening al their stolen meetings, to learn from Iis owa lips I3 cluse obscrvance of his new-mnde vows. Last nlzht lie tonk her liome Trom clirel, and they were ghivering In the cold, durk entry, when sho azaln questioned hlin about bis new ohllation, * for,” suld she, *ywhien pn learns that you have given up vour bad liabits, nnd do not say naughty words, [ think be will relent— “Jutia he replied swith warmth, squeezing er delleately-molded hand with fervor, ** Iam true to my w “The fellows sy Lam knuek- ting too much to your vencrable dad, but blow the fellows o loniz a3 you are happy.” ¥ Georee,” gald # reproachfully, “isn't your conversation tinged with cxpresslons not exuctly nangity, vut Just a littlo slanwy? iy dear,” he onded: lor your saka I would not be gullty of words that nre re iarded as off, i3 nobs, your dizzy old dad, s a queer olit cove, md I3 about four slzes too stufly for modern times, For you I have butred on the bovs and settled down’ lke a brlek, It he don’t come down und recognlze twe, und pers mit mo to visit you decontly, then he's un okt Dlue mugs—"" The pound of gum-diops which he was nbout to present lier fell i o shower in tig atecet, "The dose of “blue muss? lifted Wi lorizon- tally fifteen feet, und, ns he turned the last timo Lefore Huhting {n the gutter, ho saw the dexter log of Ner vizorous pa lihtly descend beside its mate, When ho recovereil his ecnses, and crawled ncross the rondway on his brulsed knees, ho thousht ho heard her siro exclaln: **Julla, I thluk this matehis oft] "—Eechaage, AN OLD STORY REVAMPED. Charlotte (Va.) Obaserrer. Bhe was a very dark-skinned Jaay, and, for all the world knows to the contrary, the blood of o thousand African Princess might lave coursed {ts way through ber volns, She walked gracefully into o city dry-woods store und asked” for flesh-colored stockings, ‘Fhio young mun bowed, smlled, und went to worle looking aver his stock In - trade. Tlnally he brought forth the box, took the top off, und Alspluyed o fot of stockings as bluck a3 the hinges of miduleht, which by warranted to be alt wool. "The colored lwly lovked at him, and, With the fires of liberty beaming out of both cyee, she exelaimed: “Look here, younz man, what do you meani” ‘The clerk’ responded, * Busiuesr, modam1? % Do you call them flesh- cotored stocklngs ™ asked tho femnle custome er. * Well, they may be a shade or two off col- ory but, ni=hut, uh—I should judge trom your complexion that they ars about the thiug, sad the elerln % Look licre, youni man, 1 wanut you to understand dat when I buys flesh-colored Btockings I buys "emn ltke a white lady; and I want you to understand, fudder, sir,” dut you are not de fwdge of dis case. Pat dem things backy wnd 2ive me soma Atockings avording to de white [olks’ grade It was ot long botoro sl luft the store satistied. THE MANICURE. osion Heratd, . Our Indles, who sre wont to extol the superior advantages of Burapean culture, aro [ust now"| conzratuluting themaelves unon the udvent here of the mistress of the peautlar deviees of the toilet kuown as the manteurd's art, v@o'visit o munfeurs ¥, wo ure toldl, embraced, in the regy- lar order of things, followed by e ladles of al} the prominent foreurn cities, Consequently, it can saareely be wondered'pd bt the followers of fushion lievo ahould heve welconed the mis- slonury who coms to wa' s for 1o other reason thun to place them on o plane with their Now York slaters, who havo thus fur clalmed the only practitioner of this kind the country of- fords. A naturally flue bund is made inors beauttful by vare, nnd @ haud ot so greatly fuvored 8 much tmproved, without doubt, by extra attentiun, A visit to the munieure results iu o trestinent merely preparatory, ‘The bands d fon abbut teiy minutes in a lukewarm flesh about the nalls 13 thus solt- ened, und fs thew shllllull( ralsed from the nail s cut close with o pair of elvculur tlesh-cutters, ‘The naits are then covered with o deep rosa. tinted vourade, whichy.thoueh wushied gently off o wtnute or two,,r- ves Us blush behind, ‘This {5 succeded by o grayish powder, which, tn tury, i rubbed off Jkeicly and amhlyl:_vuhu ur or wash leather pud, giving o live polish to the nall, Laustly, thogpall 3ips aro tiled juto the pulnted or " round'shape, accurding to in- Aividual fancy, ‘The princlpal crrors to bd avolded, ssys the manfeure, In the caro of the nails §s tha nse of the kulfe or sclssors either cleaning or cuttlug, The walls should deed, would you wear diamonds when you are washlng dishest—~ZLowisville Courier-fonrna', A Tloston lady, who was presented at thp Otta- wa Court lately, displayed fowels of untold value, Fnct, If sha hnd” told the valuo, every one \&?uld haye known they werg paste.—LBoston Traveler. g f One day T was compounding a aimple cough- remody for my litsle 8-year-old, who had a se- vere cold, He stood watching the process, and nsked If it waa ¥ ood.” On letting him ‘taste, ho exclaimed: * It's awful good, mamma. Let's keep 1t all for papal'—Editor's Disrer in Har- per'a for March. nover be ent, but always filed, and never clenln&d exceptwith something hard and nmmnhX \ L] ivory, thich caanot etuse tho protactive lining of thonall.: Of course, the nafls anould not e «hn.lcn’—ncnrcol{ ‘any ono addicted to this !fi,r" sous nnd viigar hnblt uceds to ho told this, me}' «should also bo guarded against bruiscs, whicli ~ara the “ausg of the unsightly white nuatsi ameither should *the flesh about the natls bo e [ #hy ono's self, ns very soro fingers may be causo My carelessnoss {n this particutnr, ‘Tho nofls In lTflmu conditlon ahanld’ bo carved, nod vot flat; angand narrow, with the delicate white cres- vent ontline nt tho base, rosy In Liue and giisten- ing 1ike n mirror, Hero then s the standard which the regular patrons of tne manieure upb- hold, and more or leas of tha points conatitut. Angz which 1ny bs nehfeved by each Individual Down shoe want - With swift descems Upon the ico, " * That atripod stocking . };::f;l:.lmfl: the expense ot some caro and Tt & Tont :‘fry“_";nflfn" & 4 e -Hackensack I"mutl'bl‘:gzln“ oy TUTTI-FRUTTT. 0 i T The Professor sald that he would {liustrate Dis lecture with Uie spectroscope, and show his ciass the subiimity of the wheeling planets, and the silent maveh of the stars, Then he had the blinda closed, amd laid an embargo on the sky- light,js0 thattho blackness of darkness enveloped everyching, Suddeuly through the gloom came n whisper, which, thotirh falnt, voleed the wnl- veesal | thoughtt “Oh, what a co-education racket this would be!” The gas was turned up. ~Acla Columbiana THE PRESIDENCY. Letters from Znch Chandler and YV, ML ° Grosvonor, Cinctnnati Enqutrer. Privato Dalzell has recelved the following let- ters, which cxplafn themselves: LANSING, Mich., Fob, 17.—Dear 8in: Yours of tho 11th is at hund, Please aceept wny thanks for your cungratulations and expressions of friendslyp, My eandidate for the Presidency will be the candidate of the Repubtican party, whother it ho Gruut, Blaine, Slierman, or some one else} Lut [ prefera candidate who has a uational reputation, il whose fldelity to the princlples of the Ropublican varty eannat be atestioned. Aboye.all, we want a candidate who can be elected beeauss possessed of he qualities thnt the peoplo can heartily fndorse, Very truly youra, 2. menmq. Moston Gaseste. This suspenso about panters is terrible! Sapphire-bluo Is the coming, though not be- comlng, color for thespring. Good-by, Garnet! sorry your littlaconflagration is put out. Home ladics, not content with thelr own beau- tiful lace pins, have eaptured the fanciful searl- - pins now worn by gentlomen, and stick them wmanfully in thelr Jace jabote, Rk shioes nud socks, and other small articles of [ l.u,(zm. are inclosed fn pastoboard ogs docorated. by hand, when presented to the molher 0 he expected baby. Quaint*IKUe.lnca cans aro worn as head dresses Wit HUR evening toflots. Some lndies laye thus utilid taete costly polnt-ince hand- kerchlefs when the'c0inurs aro rounded, The manin for old furnitura and china I3 hav- ing its eifect on ehildron’s names, for it is now considered the thiug to be called Polly uud Betty, instead of Muinle, Lily, or Besste, It costs about $1,000 to glve o rosebud party in New York. Some of the little itema for Mr: lzgins’ smashing lunch, the other day, wer Flowers, 80503 uale, §50; huneh, £3500; cnr- riape-calter, 8105 cxtra pgus, $10. ‘The same thing can Yo done here ut less expense, thank goodness! It the now bonnet-shance sent out as samples for this scason nre not relegated to that Paris from which they are subposed to come, women hud better adopt the Ctnnese fushlon of wearing flowers fn_thelr eluborately-Uressed halr, an carryfug pnrasols and unibrellas, rather than inppum- inoneof them for five minutes in pub- ic, ‘There will have to be a vast amount of ccon- omnizing golng on this subuner to pay some of the dressmakers for this winter's show, Five lundred dollars for one ball-costume is & mere pluch, If report may Le eredited; and one atern parent with o daughter just *out™ hns had the felleity of sigaing two checks for §1,000 each, for gowos. ‘The bevy of young eirls who hLave * como out ' this geason redecin Boston's reputation for want of beauty. They are cach and all pos- sessed of many physical charms, wnd those “atd girls” who have been in society for two or thireo acasons without finding & market are con- sequently in despair. A cyniesl observer of social 1o snys there has been a desperato con- Hict hetween the old and thu new belles all winter. 5 P A birthdny partyhas been riven forn pet Skya tecrler (n New York., 1is fdiotle mistress sent out fity invitations, and the dacling * received hifs compnnioas in arms, ntnndlu;i on a sky-blua satin cushion, with a dtanond Jocket fasteved to tne sky-bluc ribuon tied around hla august throat. Great decorwmn was nraserved until luncii was served, and then some traly ** sweet pets” lifted up thelr mnall voices in howls and yella of delight. What nextd Nrw Yonk, Feb. 18, 1870.—~Dean Sin: Per- Aoually, und not as in- any way connected with the Tn‘}mnl, 1 must answer you 1f at all, nnd you have no leavo to use any reply othierwisethan that of nn Ind{vidua!, apart from any newspaper connection. 1am decldedly not fu favor of the nominntion of Gen, Grant for a third term; and yet I am bound iu fairucss to sav that 1 can concelve of contingencies in which I would muost. Leartily support him in ooposition to n Dem- ocratic candidate, As loni 08 the Democratic party continucs to assall the oublle credit as it has nud_does, I" shonld certalnly oppose it, whether Gen, Grant wero the nomlueo or on; other men who ean with reasonable possibility be numinated. But I do not belfevo that he will bo earnestly rrancd for the nomination for eevernl repsons, I the tinancinl question is the prominent one in the next campalyy, 08 it secms to me it Is lkely to be, no other inan deserves and vo other man 15 Hkely to command in & greater degree the Itepubfican support as Secretary Sherman (Pres- {dent Hnyes himsclt belng ot a caudidate), Secoud, If the Southern uestion be judired by any at thut time the one of cantrolllig import- nucn,lx‘wlll be remembered that the Reoublican party, tinder the leadership of Gen Grant und his ‘Tricnds, lost control 1 nll the Bouthern States, und 1 think reasonable Reoublicans wili not expect that the intluence of the party can be testored in thut section by o return to his policy, On the other hand, tlint polley, witlo losing thosc Btates, also vost the Republican party much of {ts strengzth at the North, [ do not think that the retiirn to it will strengihen the Republican party in New York or Ohfo. It 18 enid, and I bopo with truth, that, sinco his retirement from the Presidency, Gen, Grant -hns ndonted new views In respect to hisrelations with public men and affairs, und that i ne were chosen a third timo ho would surround himself with differcut sdvisers, ‘The country has no evi- dencee thug this 1s so. Iut I confess thut for one it 1 werc at liberty to consider only a feeling of curlosity I should lke, {u that ovent, to seo Gen, Grant clected a third time In order to sce wnat sort of o Presi- dent he In person mizht make, In aword, thereare at least o dozon Ropub- Heans, In my opinfon, who ‘would command a lurger popular support I tue cveut of thelr noimination, sud who, it scoms to me, are more likely to be nominated, unless the unexpected and fmprobable coutingencics already referred to should arise. Very truly yours, 1 W.'M. Grosvexon. HUMBLED BY MATRIMONY. New York Sun, s In the lmited divorco suit of Anna Marin Swith agalnst Johin W. Smith, which is pending in the Brocklyn Gity Court, the foltowing afli- duvlt was offered by the defendant in resistanco of n demana for 250 week alimony and $:250 counsel fee ¥ ** Since 1852, In the month of December, when I was married to the plalutiff, my only study has heen to suppors her and my rapldly Increasing family, L have nover lost a day by sicknoss ex- cept when my finger was cut off. [From the year 1858 untlr 1676 L worked for one firm, that uf 15 H. Garbutt & Co., wholesalo grocers, do- Ing husiness nt 40 Paric place, New York, In 1870 tns flem faifed nad I lost my place., In 1808 I took out a life-Inaurance polivy tor 81,000, for the benefit of my wife, In the North Aun&‘m Life-Insurance Company. In 1877 13 Coampavy fafled and I lost my policy. Iaving saved 8500, 1 hought, In 1669, o house und lot at No, 67 Kosclusko streot, mud paid that sum down, At diferent times therealter 1 paid 3500 more, During my whole marcled lifo ' plaintift uever asslsted me fu anything except in the In- crease of my family. My oldest child {8 o male und 21 vears'olil. His hund is nzainst me, and s chicf study 18 to encourage his mother fu crossiug me nud mnkh'xF my Wfo unbearable. On the morninwot Aprii 12, 1878, my wife, moved Dy 2owe evil househotd’ splrit, fell wpon wo be- cause I could not pay the interest on the inort- gage, tastoned ler hunds in my beard, and clawed iy face to disflzuration. Bo violently aidd the piaintiff acl that the furrows made in my countenniee on that occasion nark the places where the plaintiff sowed tho seed of discord and reaped the hurvest o€ mnrital misery, ‘“In spite of this vivlence I continucd to strucels in the conjugal traces, and supported 08 best I could my [arze and belllcoso family by neripatetically vending tens, colfees, and aplees, Twenty-six yenra of married Iifo had taught me great meekness and forhbearance. Isuffered fn silenco untfl June 12, 1873, when upon return- tngg home I found that mv wife had deserted my hearthstony und deported to parts uoknown, and with her were gono the calldren und the only tenont in my house, I wns all alone, mas- ter of myself—(iint heritoge of bllss. I beeamo aware i few days that plalntilt intended to indutge in the Juxury of a lawsmit, wd that £ was to pay o large amount to 1 & tle whecls of the luw i1 motion. I am a bruken-down wman noar in_apielt and bankrupt in haupiness, nnd financialiy skeleton. 1 nave 1o income ex- eept that derived from uulllmi teas, cotlees, aud aplees, which L carry around In my hand. “This income Is founded upon the ?nlekmmh of pub- lie favur and poor fawilies' pounies, “and amounts to from 85 to $8 aweck. My wilo can haye my louse und everytbing that I possess, All Iwiglils peace, which I have not experl- enved fu 8o long thut It passetn iny understand- ADVANCE IN IRON. A Rlsa of Fifty Conts s Ton Within a Week=Tlho Produstion of the Mills Sold for Months . Ahend. Phladelphia Record, Prices in {ron aro ndvancing, There hos been a goneral riso of $1.50 per ton durlng the last two months, and au advancoof 60 cents within aweek, Thodemand has Inercased s0 much that producers say they could sell five tons for every one which they are tucning out. Al the rail-mills ta the 8tats aro full of orders, whila structural Iron §s In such demand that many of the larger wills are engoging other inills to fill thetr orders, % ‘Ihe demand for steel rafls has induced the mnkers to take a more independent stand than they have occupled for some time, aud this of jt- aclf has atendency to maintain and push pres- ent prices. Most of the mills in the State nl- ready bave thefe production eold for many montns ahead. Ona of tho mills o the State has had to dectine nearly 20,000 tous during the lust fow days, although prices would have bocn sat- isfactory had they been able to executo the or- der, Orders arceIn the markot for several thou- sand tona of fron rafls, ‘I'ie Thomas tron Com- pany have sold one-third of their yearly product, while the Crane Iron Company are so well sokl up that llm{ declino furtheér business except on the basts of $18 for No.1, 1o structural frona contract for 250 tous of beams has been received bya firm in: this city, and the samo house hos been ' awarded o contract for 1,000 tons of plates and shaves for Haltimore. Inquiries are numerous for all descrip tlons, nud it ks antlcipated that the demand will be lully caual to the capacitics of the mills dur- Ing the summer months. Large sales of sheot {ron for fmmediatodelivery are being made, ‘The denand for Lar fron 1s very strong, and dealers anticipate that hizhor prices will soon provall, Au order for $,000 cars for the Central Railroad of New Jersev hus been given out to different firms, and {,m;, in connection with orders pre- vluun'l)‘ onhand, has brought a large detnuud for Lars, axles, ute, “ Obc of tho largest machine-tool estnblish- ments in the city are nuthority for the state- ment that the demand tor heavy mnrhlnora' Is greater than for several 'yum past. - This firm Las on its books orders for cightuen machines, tho cost af each onu of which exceeds $5,000. ‘This fact Indicates a future hieavy consumption of iron in cstablivhments roquiring the use of powerful tools und machines, Altogether, the outlook of the fron trade s a must ‘promlulng anc, g h’lxe plalntiT is the mother of tielve children. She was allowed §2 a weelk altmony. e LOVE AND I'IGEONS. Littte Joanny tn the Pirs Jervta Journal, My sister says no _snan wich * shoots pidein. matches shol marry her; but no man wude want to marry her, 1 rrucss, ns long as the pldgln- shootin held out, cos that would be fun coufl. Wen sho sald it, her yunz man got red Ike a beat, but diin’t eny nothin.. Nex dayle ast my Uuele Ned did iio lkno enybody wich wude Ik to bl jam-up gaod shot-zun. Uncle Ned le sufd: W Ido llke to bl It my own seit If it was o goad pldgin-zuu, but I guess it ain’t, coy ft hns come ity n ml‘lu o muteh” Some pidging carry letters, sumo as the postotlice; and one thne, wen wy sister's yung wan weat away, ho cot one of our pidgius wnd toolk it u long for to feweh back o Jetter to her, jest fora fher. Noxt day, wenever thut gir] herd tho dore bet ring, shio was Jest wild, cod shio thot it was hor Jetter come, tor her idee wus that the piduin wude Teava it ut the postollied, for to be doliver by the lottercareyers, Bty won my mother tolé her the pldgin must tume thru the winder, sho went nud_ thru uy evry winder in the hous, nud it was o calo dayybid Iranky, that's ‘the baby, took —_—— HUMOR, ‘One touch ot nature,” obsorved the inebrl- ate as the ground rose snd atruck him, Counsel to wlitness—* Yau'ro u nico sort of fellow,you aro!"" Vitness—*'1'd say the samo of you, sir, only I'm on my oath,” ‘I'he surface of the Piiladelphia riok s absa- lutely porfeet, and yet, strange contradliction, it is a8 asphalty as it can be.~Phlade!phia Chron- icle. Professor—* Mr, H—~, what are you eatingi" Mr. Il—(fecling in his pocket)—* Very sorry, Professor, but that's all I've got."—Student Life, H $47Thero ara no birds in last year's nest, " Dut when you tnd [n last year's vest A dime, 10 what a \numm vu' 1t makea you foel all through —Loulsrilie,Uourier-Journal, colu und ¢oIne mwiLy near peteria out. | TEMININE NOTES, J¢There's musle fn the heir,”” says Jones. Jones has a brand-new baby at his hiouse, There {s w lady living in Clhicago so superati- tious that she will not wear a No, 18 shoe. A Counccticut man recently sald, * Lend ma- ndollur, My wifu Las left e, und I want to x(u]drcnlllzm thut & wm not rosponsible for her otits. ‘The Boston (F'obe can't see any ressou why o ru day, woman shouldn't have the bailat-box If sho | Ssreastic Tutor—*So that's a goherieal so- wabts it, atter the election {s over aud thero {a | ment, ch? Then I must confess I don't under- no further use for it, stand your disgram,” Checkv Fresh,—0 The dairy-mald pensively milked tho goat, And, touting, slio paused to multers **1 wash, you brute, you wouid tura to milk"; And thonnima) turuod to butt her, A dry-goods clerk, wha speaks with the afrof onu whiv has hud expericnce, eays that ho Knows of no “counter-ireitaut ™ equal to the wowan who ghops with no intention ot buying. Wa know not, O we cara not, What Joye uwalt us thero— 1f women only hold tholr tonguee, And gists don't bang thele bair, Careful housewlfo (liftlug a ehoo from the soup-turcen)—* Lal who'd & thought baby's #lvo would turn up (n the murl But I knew fo wusn't lost. [ uever losu anythlng! ™ Iu this beautiful land thero is ot least ons J:0ur woman who is in solicitude sore und dubl- osity dire. Her case ts ono that will excito the syaipathy of all tcn:llwiwaplo. 8ho would ilko to ask, §1 It would not Le vonsidered an intrusion *—sho would be extremely gratided to learn—she would regard it as o very high favor I some ono would sdvise her—that ‘ls, seally now, ouil fne don’t youl Well, conie around ofter tho hour nnd § wilt explain it to you." (Scnsatton.)—Acta Columbians. ) When s youug tobacco chewer, who boasted that hia failier used tho weed up to the day of Lls death, was asked If ho didn’t think it short- euod s days, repiied: Notat all, Euchouo of Lis days wud twenty-four hours jong, just the same us if his hadu't used tobacco, ¢ They begged him to play a little, o scemed to feel bashful ot first, but after a while begun to paw the ivory vigorously. ** What power!" sald a listener to thu owner of thu plane. *Yes,” exelaimed the latter fu slarm, “he scems to have considerabls muscle; but ho ouzht to know thatthis {an't 8 gymoasium,?— Andrews' Dazar, o . * How wmuch do you ask quired agcustomer of a wurket-woman, ‘*Beven shilllugs for the two,”" replied the woman, - But 1 want only one,” eaid the customer, “1 can't help it ‘unswered the womong 41 oln't a-goln' Lo sell ono without the uther, To r that goosc!” fn- my tertain knowledgze them °, R’c‘m :?ug;llluir ‘l)ur mare'n ooy oo ,{:,‘{5 i) (' 0 bo 80 unfeelln’ as 1o ncmr:nln "m& It thero 18 ever atime in 1) woman when her hieart fs ::x]x!lrg %ul’:”“h"' do3, 1t 18 whon sho tinds n dinmond piy y unwashed shirt of the young man who : w" n ,\Imrl’v\'nnh-‘hlll. Then she laughs u: hm 2 Tl enet’ SOy thnt Tl b el UKy casm Ahia bicle ne siro ¥ namo fa Matflda Jagew ** What maken th wmt eyl Grai 1 1o mar: makes Iiin den o Anil eiten this Joly mmorrss® ol ssh Be atill, my boy, " hin fathier iy, Ho atlil, and biame bim not, * For crnol fate hina aet him doyg Upon n curner lot, ™ —Ilton Times. — ELL PERKINS IN EGYPT, How Sennter John Logan the Robs of Jacksnn Cou Toarbon Domacrat, Correwondice Cincinnant Engy Eorer, Jackson Co,, Tty l-‘nb’:n'.;l‘,”l'!’fi‘ = been spending the day In the old houné n" 8enator John Logan used to live, down I “m |, physboro, IH. ‘The housc is now n hotel, u;uu :1 the Logan House, and the landlady o o too) Is n sister of Gen, Logan, Just wulnne' hero {s Williams Couaty, the county that % ceded from the Union and went with the !w‘x: during the Rebellion, nnd cast of here s Hamy. ton County, whera two brothers-in-luw, m. Methodist preacher, shot and killed 1he’.\lom: brothers a week ago, This killing Lonnsboro. S ““What kind of 8 boy was John Logani" asked an old citizen of Murohysboro, “Oh, John was always a good boy,~better than tho boya averazed nround here, e likeq fun Jike all Irish boys— ** What! {s John Logan an Irishma rapted. **Yes: John's tather was an Trish doctor nd horse-trader, Hls erandfather's brogue Wasso thick that I never could understand hym, Ho dicd bero tn Murphysboro afew years ngo," “But our Scnator Logan ean’t talk Irish, cop hol" “0h, no; John has gone back on lus Telsy lately. IHe'szone and jolned the Methodts Chureh, and when ho comes back here ha won'y sit around the sntoons, famillar-like, and swesr nud chesy plug tobaceo, as e used to, Lipipe 1o Washington, and assoclating ith (:anmm." men and., fovelgn Ministers, has spoiled John for Jackson County,—Just rulned him for the Loys down in Egvpt.”? It was differont oncel' I sugeested, “Ishould sny! Why, Joha wed to ride gt teen miles to a horae-mill with a bag of cornbe. hind him, nnd come home and swear, nnd dance, wnd play the flddle all night with the boys oray tho fadle! Sonator ‘ ** Play the fiddle! Senator Lozan plag gddle!” I {ntecenpted, tn xmnmsfiman‘l’.‘ 0 Yo, air, Jack Loran could fiddlo like sn But it’s all wone vow. Washinaion has rutned i, I'm gorry for Jahn, such a fddler as he was, too! Then I remember how Jonn used to rlde hories at the ruces. o rodo agint BIll Anderson onco and Jim Dunahoe, Jack Logan could Just ride a race-horse betier'n any boy in Jucksun County, Oh he was o aalsyona race-horse, Jack wasl?? **The boys all liked blini » “Of conrss we did, Didn't we make him Covuty Clerk here before lie had a latr bn bis face? 'Then, after ho studied Inw with Uncle Jenkins here, didi’t wo send bim_to Congress) Joln wns a good Rebel then, Ia hated the Black Republleans and hated o nieser, but Wast. ington spoiled him, Lsay, and vow he rather looks up to the nigeers o8 2 superior race. But *twouldn't a been so it John Logan hat stoyed here with tho boya. Wiy, he camo back here last summer so chanzed we didn’t know bim. e went at bis brother Tom and got him to stop swearin'y and now I bear ‘Tom wunts to sell bis four race-lorses and wear a_red ribbon in his button-hole, like the dog-on Murphyites. I tell youit's rouch—how John Logan hos gone betk on fundamental pnn- ciples!™ nnd the old Egyptian took a fresh quid of tabacco. *Who did Senator Logan marcy?” [ asked, “ Well, ho married Mary Cunniigham, dsuche ter of Johu Cunningliun, over at Marion. Cun- ningham moved to Snawneetown in 155 Sir. Cunninghom went to the Mexican Warwith Loguy, und when they came back Marywass beautiful girl, and John married her, 3ha was a beautiful girl, I eay, nnd 08 sinart as chaln- Tightuing, It was Mary who made John Sen- ator the other day up at Springileld,® * How came Gcn, Logan to go fnto the Warl? I asked. “Well, he got demoralized up thero fn Washington, When we sent him there he was a good Hebel, but fiest wa knew he restoned and came back hero, and safil he . was culng to raleo a reglment. Oue boys afl expected Lozan would rafse a regiment for the South. In fact there were o zuod niany Rebel tronps recruit over {nWillinmson County,nnd even Mrs. Logan's prother went into the Rebel army from there, 8o when Logan camo to Murphysboro [ sald: s 8 \Which side, John 1 . -4 Union,' sald ho; *wo can’t fight the od flm‘. hoys! * 4o can't, hey 1 Wall, by gosh, I can,’sald I, ‘You can’t get me to fizhe ogalust my native Jand.! W ‘:‘Vlmt. do you call your nativo land I asked Logah, s Lrypt and Jackson County,’ eafd 1, ‘and 1"m not’agzoln’ to fight agin’ ber) Lord! Jono Lotan could have “ralsed a_regiment here for Jull Dayis in two days, aud ho ougbter 8 dua et “ But he didn’t?" i “No, Ho went back on Jackson Couatr, Joln Lozan did. Lord! but ¢idn't it make the buys howl, though? I tell yon. when Logan first begzun talking in the Court-Ilouso about nmnfi nresiment to fliht the South (b ralsed the devi ?(Ill over this section,—from here to the Missourt ver, %DId the Republicans have falth in Iim?" " “Nota bit of it. Loganhod been waking secesslon specchies liere before hio went to U ington. Some ot tho Republicans were ralsing o regimont at the same time, and they sald they wouldn't trust Logan anv quicker than they would trust Jeft Davis. I remcmber ouc night Logan was making a apoech in the Court-House to et recrulte, aid ono of the old Republicsns ¢1t's o dogon shame for this Rebel Loza [ uit mgn i Murphysboro for. Jell QM& He's o d—d traltor, Lozon is. Ie'll mardh regiment over to Jefl Duvls, sure.! | et “Lord! you oughit ter-u-seen Logan's bro! lull‘( ‘Tom. _Ho safled into that Unfon wan, uud Killed hiw, o - iy brothier,! sald Tom Lozan, ‘wis 0 TRebel, but he's for the flag now, and d—0 man who says ho it 2 “.Logan raiged his reglment i 1 asked. Bk “Of course ho did, und made Ja “lolu County and all Bgypt o for the Unluxl.nm went into the army and fought ke a | o even it ho wos a Black Itepublican. e mflaou throusmh the arm at Fort Duuclaon, but e up the wound nnd went in_and fuught nm“ AL Acaln he was ghot through the IllxxE:l]. “hea stuyed und fought titl Leo eurrcndercd. o Jio cume home & Mufor-tioneral, wllh..limnl s nlngham, his own father-In-law, 3 Colonel uo°f der him.? % & {aw did the ncople recelve blm! i less 4 Why, all Beypt just got up an lts hlm(uuul and howled. Condemn .l\rstlknm‘ Al mysel shontin for John Lozau aiid 0y flagg, too. We like a flznting man, wo to Ve i Erypk A clergymun Ilcru‘\\'lmmb‘\;"‘ll shoot o man who ingulted bim ,m.m‘l ' iialey Curlstian down here, Why, If Proacties g who shot one of the Morrlo lm_\nv\‘ti ity Leansbaro last week, lived here lu‘ 3 |”r e boro weld seud him to Congress. ¢ :‘ Toha man, heis; he's shot his man. A-“qur o Logan would come back to .\lur{{nll)! 'glv} N ve up lis Methodist notlonx, take fiw %ol ndly again, give up his plaeer :I pFerd swvoar, aml tako his poudle out Icw \thsuro with the boys, why, we'd leep bt S0 the town for life. ‘Throwin' politics bt o/ Logan man myself!" Lt Daukts Why an Juventor Profers Americs: New York Tribune. M When, Prof. Qrabam Bell was o Londod %y was usked ot ho aceounted for “wumd rom lario proportion of new ln\‘uullmlfl Wt *the United Staces, and how it bu : Meated st tiatbo, o Scotchann, born abd SILE tome. aliould elect to o wud WO Ly and dato his discaverics thenees Lo Pt the fact was, 10 bis case,—amd WO KT Fould difficulty was felt with otheri= Matices hot casily Vit the Went Tael Nty~Tallc vty o 01" L inter. obtaln (0 England thos¢ applhtlecl which his work requireds strument-aker und ordt‘t;::l! .,“fimh-nlllff- L the usuul way, ho was met I confounded hy andy when these were over, o Wwas the cost. In Amerleay ot the Ot {ostrmment-makers und w: o aelyes ou specfatly to secure 1 b enstn 0 ventora, 'They will go mit touny fucouscnivncs ft i rauging Iilclr ordiuury p'mfl-' Y they do not do this purely it sclonce, ‘They flud thelr n'm:( ot 1o o . they seeuro siiould the fnven! oa ghad 10 [ a practicability. ‘They aro alVals now tdeas, oF ba thenizelves U