Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, July 25, 1880, Page 11

MUSIC. Review of the Musical Season ‘of 1879-’80. The Normal Sessions at the Hershey School and Musical College, ~ Interesting News at Home and: from Abroad —A Budget of Operatic Gossip. * ‘The musical season at Last has come to 2 close, andin some respects bas been a remarkable one. “From June 1, 1879, to date there have been given 109 concerts, which may be classified as follows: Bivé-King troupe, 1; Williams College Glee Club, 1; Yale College Glee Ciub, 1; Germa- pis Miqnerchor, 2: Exposition Building con- ‘certs, 3; Sherwood recitals, 3; Mendelssohn Quintet Club, 8; Remenyi troupe, 8; Beethoven Society. 3, besides reunions; Liebling recitals, 3, pesides several pupils’ recitals; Carlotta Patti troupe,4; Apollo Club, 4; Joseffy recitals, 4; sppursby troupe, including the Ole Bullconcerts, 6; Blind Tom concerts, 8; Liesegang chamber concerts, 8; Musical College concerts, 8; Eady organ recitals, 11; Lewis chamber con- ‘certs, 11; Hershey School concerts, including Cgember concerts, pupils’ matinees, and popular concerts,29; miscellaneous,including church con- certs,charity concerts, testimonial concerts, etc. 4. The most important works which have been ormed at these concerts have beon Hiller's “Easter Morning,” Hoffmann's “ Cinderella,” Bruch's “Lay of the Bell,” tho ~ Creation,” the “Messiah,” Rossini’s “Stabat Mater,” Rubin- stein'’s “ Paradise Lost,” Bruch's ~Frithjof,” gndGade's “Erl King.” Three new cantatas by amateur composers have also been per- formed: J. Maurice Hubbard's “ Fisherman's Grave,” Philo Otis’ “ One Hundred and Twenty- ‘frst Peslm,” and J. A. West's “ Dornrveschen.”” jTbere bave been twenty-three seasons of opera, 28 follows: Aimée troupe, Haverly’s, ‘Aug. 20-24; Mabn's Fatinitzs troupe, Hooley’s, ‘Aug. 25-Sept. 6; Haverly’s Church troupe, Sept. 35-20; Sjrakosch troupe, McVicker’s, Oct. 20- Nor-1; Haverly’s Juvenile troupe, Nov. 10-15; Maretzck troupe, McVicker’s, Nov. 18-20; Hav- eriy’s Jnvenile troupe, second season; Dec. 8-13; Emma Abbott troupe, Dec. 15-20; Haverly's Church Choir troupe, second season, Jan. 5-10; Mapleson troupe, Haverly’s, Jan. 124; Grau French opera troupe, Haverly’s, Feb. DOsiey Curte opera company, Haverly’s, March 3-8; Oates troupe, Hooley’s, March 8-13; same, Olympic, April 5-10; Amateur troupe, Baverily’s, April 19-%; Peerless Pinafore company, Music- Hall, May 31-June 21; Bijou opera company, McVicker’s, June 14-19; D'Oyley Carte opera ‘compans, second scason; Havorly’s, June 14-19; Nathal English opera company, Hooley’s, June 14-19; -Mabn’s opera company, McVick- ers, Jone I-July 5; Daly’s New York sompany, Haverly’s.. These troupes have given %5 performances of opera, ‘which'may be classified as follows: “ Fatinitza,” 3; “Glrofe-Girofld,” “Le Petit Duc,” 5; © Les Brigands,” 2; “La Jolic Parfumense,” 4; “pn marjolnine,” 2; “La Fille de Mme. Angott,” ie Schoone Galuthen ” (new), 13. Der nator ‘Trial by nox,” 6; “Lucia.” mi 1; “Bobemian Girl,” 3; “Mat 1; “Rigoletto,” 2;" “Sleepy Hollow” (new), 9; to, “Pan! and Virginiu," 2; * Chimes of Normand, 4; “Romeo and Juliet,” 2; “Sonnambula,” 2: ~Linda,” 1; “Daughter of the Regiment.” 1; “Dinorab.” 1; “Grand Duchess,” 4; “La P = “*La Betle Helene,” ‘2; “Mme. Le Pre aux Cleres™ (new), 1; “La Pirates of Penzance ” (new), 16: ff “Hoyal Midd; (new), 8; “Spectre “Charity Begins at Home” gen. CP of Bocea ccio ” (new), 16; and “ Royal ™ (new), 16. ‘The artists who have made débuts sn Chica; during the year are Sallie Reber, soprano; Mile. Lu Blanche, soprano; Sig. Storti, baritone; a. Casielmary,’ bass; Mme. Singer, soprano; Mile. Helocen, sito; Sig. Petroviteh, tenor: Sig. Bal- danza, tenor; Herr Vogrich, pianu; M. Josetty, piano: Oscar Stelus, baritone; H. Ketten, plano; Cinmpi-Celiaj, baritone; De Munck, collo; Toedt, tenor; M. Adamowski;'violin; Franz Rummel, iano: Mi. Fischer, cello; Herr Behrens, bass; le. Valleria, soprano; Mile. Marmion, sopran Siz. Runeio,’ tenor; * Mile. Ambré, ‘soprano; Mie, Puola-Marie, ‘soprano; _ Mile. ie, soprano; Bile. Leroux-Bouvard, soprano; Miss Abbie Carrington, soprano; ‘Miss Amy Sherwin, soprano; E. B. Perry, piano; M. Brausen, tenor; ‘Mrs. Sherwood, piano. . ‘ ‘THE HERSHEY SCHOOL NORMAL COURSE. The normal session at the Hershey School is notable for the charming recitals connected with %t and the great variety. in the program per- formed. Prof. James Gill gave a song recital Inst Monday afternoon. ‘Drogram comprised jeethoven, Schubert, Schuman, Bu- dinstein, and Henry Purcoll, besides Bach's splendid arie, “My Heart Ever Faithful," us spantaneous an expression of joy jn deep re- ligions faith as ever fell from the pen of any composer, and Arcadelt’s “Ave Maria,” which, notwithstanding the centuries whioh have rolled over it, hus still'a strange power of fascination. Prot. Gill's interpretation of his chosen works ere marked by rare discrimination. . He was assisted by Mr. Eddy, who pluyed Bach's Toccata and Fugue in D minor, Tour's “ Allegretto,” and tie erdson Me Wid 3 Viid gave an organ ‘Tuesday atternoon, playing, among other works, Merkel's ereatest organ sonata, thut in G minor, and Thiele’ ‘immensely didicuft Chromatic Fan- tusie and Fugue. Mr. Wild is organist of Unity Church, and when we consider bia comparative yous ‘and the remarkable facility in org:in-play- to which he bas already attained, it is easy to see that he has a greatearecr open’ before him, Especially fine was his interpretution of Thiele’s Chromatic Fantasie and Fugue, whicn was given with great steadiness and tine appreciation of the effective puints of the work. On Wod: afternoon Xr. H. Clarence Ed- Sve! bis third organ recital. His most nota; rere tho 5} astornle ant massive Finale of CM. Widor's Symphony: Bach's majestic “ St. Ann's Fugue": liele’'s great Concerisatz in O flat minor; and Merkel's Sonata in D minor-for two persons. In the Inter he was assisted by Mr. A.B. MoCarrell, imsaist of Grace Episcopal Church. ‘The work one of grest power, and a grandeur bordering simoay upon sublimity characterizes some por- Hons, due not alune to the thoughts presented, ut also to a judicious strengtheuing of the har- manies by means of the four bands, which per- Ire berratersoope than ig attainable by only 3 ae howerer carefully written. | Mrs..0.. er son sang the aria “O Fatime,” from Web- On ope Abu Hassan.” and Gounod’s ballad ee we two were Maying,” in x very effect th ‘William H. Sherwood, the eminent Bos- Pianist, gave her third piano recital Thurs- {yr afternoon. ‘The excellant impression which beautte on the occasion of her tirst appearance in this series of recitals hs steadily deep- .tned,and her audiences have continually in- met ti pumas: ‘In her we Eeocuaits a Pian- culture, possess! a technique Squalto the demands of modern pianoforte fit- auf. and above ali an amount of refinemont Tinea ste which ig found in few artists. oe tbe. intrepreting Bach, Chopin, Schumann, Her ‘inter writers, she seems at home. nF Performance of Schumann's great Sonata Ip 222P minor was one of the most thorourh- able things we have heard in along Joachie Bh that and the “Suite in E minor by ga, am Raff are, we bolicve, novelties in Chica- is to be’ regretted recital Z, Ee we “to hee oftener hav op Portunity "oe hearing these. as.- well &s other works of the same Kind, which ‘are ch fuvorits upon the concert stage, Tarely. heard in America. Such a Tecitals as Mrs. Sherwood is now giving isin the highest degrep enjoyable 23 well 23 in= Sructi Clarence Eddy gave a chamber concert fternoon, assisted by Messrs. Lewis eim, presenting Boethoven's C minor Niolin and pianos: one of Mendels- ngs without Words,” arranged for iano; and Gade's beautiful Trio in F. one of iis tneer. pl works of lingly in melody, and fres! inharmony. ‘Ibis a work that can please. ate Alert F. ean ee “ Hear ye, Israel,” from. Sea ea a m the first le in "8 Sholicinperirte Clavier.” SOEMAL SESSION AT THE OBICAGO MUSICAL ‘Ths COLLEGE. rs Musical mer Dormal session of the Chicago dente, collece is attracting many musical stu- mi the city. During the week a number of itor ne rtuloments were given for the ben- Pupils, the most interesting being a 2. Haltstacat cory on the history of music. Mr. {alimaedt is an ante speaker, and presents his £0 interesting way. A concert wasgiven Fle ponte Supt ing Wocet Mtmbots P Dp! 10 vi xumbers, maniggitied to: the thoroughness of his a philittes a8) 8 . teach- Ic yee sang: Bevignini's "to the delight of a lange audi- Miss Nellic Wolcott, a débutante, fxcellent impression.” Hor vaice is a Of good ranze and power, Miss played the 8 ggg REE ER ERG Ce RESTEER nail w ‘Allegreto,* Grieg; gretto ‘Tours; “Rondo briliaute,” Weber: Ziszt; and the first movement of ea ORCETEO, op 5, in which Dr. Zieg- PTA eget rg ap feature of the en- cat was the fine Teading of Miss Eda ‘Mré. Anna Cowell-Hobkirk, who own in Chicago as an elocutionist and E He bf i THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SUNDAY, JULY 25, 1880—SIXTEEN PAGES. { teacher of rhetoric, Her pupils show plainly the thorough dramatic instruction given by ber. » LOCAL MISCELLANY. Mr. Emil Liebling is giving piano recitals at Jamestown, N. Y., with great success. Miss Zeljne Mantey, the violinist, will spend the summer in Philadelphia and Boston. Remenyi ‘gaye a very successful concert, as- sisted by Mrs. Stacy of this city,a few days ago ut j~ Saratoga. The music for the Exposition season will be furnished by Mr. Adolph Liesegang. He pro- poses to organize a first-class estra of thirty picces. M. Clement, Tetedoux, the conductor of the Gounod Club Fad one ‘of the most scholarly musicians in’ Pittsburr, Pa., will arrive here early in September and devote himself to teach- ing and to the general duties of his profession. There isa field here for a musician of his abilities, 4 Mrs. Jenny T. Kempton gave a musical re- ception at ber summer residence at Geneva Lake on the 13th. It wus very lurgely uttended, and among others sno took ed ip 16 prograin were the Chicago Quartet, Mrs. Kempton, Mrs. George B. ‘Gurventer, and Messrs. John McWade and S. G. Pratt. z Mr, Edouard Heimendahl, late first violinist of the “Bfendelssohn Quintet Club," of Boston, has located in Chicago and accepted a Profes- sorship at the Chicago Musical Cottege, Central Music-Halt. Mr. licimendabl’ is now ready to receive a limited number of pupils. He will ‘also play the first vivlin in the Liesegang String Quartet next season. s The next lecture‘by Mr. J. J. Haltstaedt will take piace on Wednesday evening, July 23, at, the Musical Coltege rooms. After the fecture, | the following plano numbers will be played by ‘Miss Zula Goodman: “ La Truite,” op.33, Heller; Suite, op. 31, Bargiel; Polonaise, ‘op. “2, Chopin; vocal ‘numbers by Mrs. Ida Pryce and Mrs. E. H. Denig: recitation by Miss Kutio Ocaterle. _, OPERATIC NEWS. Miss Emma Abbott's English opera troupe, in which Signor Brignoli is enraged in pluce of Mr. Tom Karl. will begin early in the season at Lead- Sir Julius Benedict has resigned the post of conductor of the Norwich Musical Festival, which he has held for the past thirty-eiht yeurs, and Mr. Alberto Randegger has been appointed in his place. : Miss Annie Louise Cary will. not be a member of the Munlcson opera, company next season, but will give her professional ‘services only in oratorios and concerts.’ She will sail from Liver- pool for New York on the=d of November next. The death is announced of Mme. Pisani,.the wife of Signor Frapolli, of ‘Mr. Mapleson’s Opera company. Mme. Pisani sang frequently in New York during the season of 1679 and once or twice undertook the part of Siebel in “Faust” at the Academy of Music. Mime. Gerster's feceptfon in London this sea- sdn appears to have been unusually cordial. On the occasion ot her frst appearance as Amina in “Lu Sonnambula” she won the most enthusi- astic applause from the audicuce as well as the commendations of the critics. The London h says: ‘*Rest seems to have agreed with the Hungariun songstress. It has Strengthened her voice, and made it, if any- , purer, as well as augmented ber physical powers. The result wus a complete success, every Part of the house joining in ‘applause and ‘The Strakosch and Hess Engiish opera com- puny will make their first appearance in New York .at the Fifth ‘Avenue Theutre Nov. 15 next, after a briof season in Canada, which is to open on the first of the same month. Among ment an- mounce are: “* Mignon, Boito' “Mephistophele,” “Fra Diavolo,” ar- men.” The artists already enguged by Mr. Max Strakosch are Mme. Mario HOze and Miss oso Hersee, sopranos; Mile. Stella Bonheur, con- tralto; Messrs, Byron, Perugini, and Monte- griffo, tenors; Messrs. Carleton und Braga, bari- tones; Messrs. Conly and Veakes, bussos. The musical directors will be Messrs. Bebrens and De Novellis. Mr. Maas, who was announced for several days to appear for the first time on_the Italiun stage at Her Majesty’sin tho role of Kdgardo in“ Lucia di Lammermoor,” refused at the lust moment to sing without first huvgz a_full orchestral re- hearsal. Jn this emergency Sigaor Ravelli, who had been in London. only four days, offered his services to Bir. Mapleson. ‘He brought with hin eredentials, having sung ‘with success at ‘Scala, Milan, and also ut the Imperial Opera, St. Petersburg. He was ready to undertake the role of Edgardo; rehearsed the first act with Mme. Gerster; sang the zreat scene of the last uct in presence of qualitied judges, who were unanimous in their upproval; was engaged us Prime fenore, ana five hours later hud estnb- lished bimsolt in public favor as a tenor of the ighest 2 MUSICAL NOTES. ‘The recent performancesof the Nibelungen” cycle ‘as Leipsic “have been immensely suc- Addmowski, the Polish violinist, and S. Lieb- ding, the pianist, will tion under Mr. Dudley B. Redpath’s management ‘the coming season. Wagner’s “Lohengrin” has been received with equal enthusiasm in Bologna, Rome, and Genoa. It may now be considered on the reper- tory of Italian theatres. : It has been erroneously announced that Mrs. Zelda Seguin was to be married in the full The denial of the report appears in a letter from the lady herself, which was lately published. It stated on good authority that Joachim will not visit this country, as has been announced. itseems that he hus an aversion to the sea voy- age, and does not sigh for new worlds to conquer. : ‘Theodore Thomas {s still in Europe. Advices from him indicate a determination on his part to bring over several first-class artists and re- organize bis orchestra in a manner that will make a sensation. Mr. Santley, the singer, says the London World, will, no doubt, be clximed among the dis- tinguished converts to Roman Catholicism, hav- ing recently taken a serious turn and obtained admission to the bosom of the Romua Church. A French journal relates the following con- versation between two friends: “ Yes; Lam w be married, my dear friend. The young lady is pretty and Very clever, yet she cannot play the pianoforte, that is her Only failing.” “ Why, I should cali that a biessing. It is certainiy no fault!” “Hear me through. She caunot play the nianoforte and yet she always insistson -Playing!” a cE ‘The London-Truth says: “‘3fme. Isabel Fas- sett is another new vocalist to whom a welcome may be given. She comes from America, with a rich contralto voice, and in both appearance and yocal style is curiausly like Antoinette Sterling. She made her first appearance in London at Mrs. Gould's recent concert. at which, by, the ‘way, Mrs. Osgood sung ‘ The Time of Roses’ ex- quisitly.” i é Mr. D. W. Miller; a. carriage manufacturer o: Cincinnati, has ‘written an oratorio called “Israel.” "The Enquirer says: ‘The work contains nbout a dozen choruses, ali of an interesting character, and several that re- veal true musicut genius, and that almost, if not quite, reach the pate of grandeur. The arias and recitatives for soprano, alto, tenor, and ‘bass are written with symmetry and intelligence, and are full of music. ‘ The following card is something of a novelty in the musical world: “To all whom it may con- cern: ‘The friends of Leopold Lichtenberg, now residing in San Francisco, Cal, his native city, will sustain bimin the sum of $5,000. United States gold coln, to play aguinst any’ person now fn the Americas, North or South; and in tive ‘years from date, viz., when he shall have become 33 years of age, they will sustain.bim in the sum of $10,000.10 play against apy person in tho ‘Sworld, accidents and casualties excepted. D.C, Goodsell, 427 First street, San Francisco, Cal.” Ir the above be genuine it is to be deplored. ‘The Boston Philharmonic Orchestra, under the direction of Mr. Bernhard Listemann, will give five symphony concerts nextseason, The orchestra will be augmented from thirty-two, the number last ‘season, to forty-two. Among the works to be performed for the first time in Boston are Liszt's symphony * Dante” (first part: “Inferno”), the same composer's “ Faust” symoph “Snite” by Tschaikowski, Dvorak’s overtui er Bauer cin Schelm,” Goldmark's overture “ Penthesileu,” Liszt's *Pesther Car- nival,” Wagner's * Waldeweber,” new ‘Sclav- onic Dances.” by Dvorak; Kretschmar's * Ab- endruhe, and Zopf's “ Idyllen ” for two orchest- ras. © wew were. 5 Boston: Oliver Ditson & Co. Chicago: Lyon & ony, 2 re * Di Beaty: “The Festival,” by Gustav Lanj it -You Have Nothing More to Tell Me," song, by Mme. Kothschild; **Rosenlied,” - Ee Sone by. ‘Polka de Concert," by Menri- * An Italian Song,” by Ciro Pin: i from The Damna- “Forget Me: Not,” ict.” song, by John Rend; or ‘piano, Us Heincieh Liclner; “Snow Hells,” for piano, OF Heliarich Lichner;’ “Press ‘Th; Sank upon My Heart,” song, by Salvatore Mur- chesi; Alexis air and variations, for cornet and iano; “The Bungli,” song, by J. L. Molloy; se- Fectio ic Hoa te Suppe; “Mountain Crag,” song, by Rubinstein. - New York: William A. Pond &Co. Chicago: Chicago Music Company: “The Violet Loves a Sunny Bank,” part. Song. by A. R. Parsons; + Jubilate" in G, by W, W. Gilchrist; “Song of the Sirens,” for piano, by T. C: eney; “ Gen. Hancock's Grand March,” by William P. Adams; “The Glory of a “Reunited Nation,” song, by & “ Birds, * “song, in a 0: by W. Fiske; “Jubilate” by. Alfred @- Hobsn: “Our Choir,” song, by enry F- +_ Boceaceio Potpourri,” by H. (ay iF Resurrection,” sucred song, by Albert J. Holden; “ Down Amid the:Clusi Hoses.” song and dance, by Reune Carte; udaxio from Haydn's tirst symphony, arranged by S. N- Penfield; “Souvents.” tor plano, by J- de Zieling- ski; “The Fall Moon: Union Quadsiile.” by De Muller; “A toi Waitzes,” by Emile Waldteuifel; “Toccata.” for piano; by. Frederich Brandeis; “ Babies on Our Block Schottische.” by H. May-~ Jath; “Belle Bocca Polka," by, Emelo Weld- teufel; “ Ye Tile Club Galop,” by Hattie won Roskirk; “Hazel Kirke Wal by_ Steele Heckaye: “Golden Marukar Gy C8. Bills; iiahistle Down Waltz,” by O-8. Mills. MARRIAGE-LICENSES. fhe Kecord for the Weck’ Ending : 2 July 24. The extreme dullness characterizing the matrimonial market-was exhibited Jast week, when only eighty-six couples took. out li-’ eenses. This is just about half the number of,the busy weeks. The alinost entire ab- sence of distinctively American names is most marked, while there are some ‘curious foreign ones. The license of Mr. Dector -to marry Miss. Jinsik seemed. an appropriate one. The oldest-man of. the week had yeached three-score years and ten, aid the oldest woman 54,-.The following: is.the list of the licensed: MONDAY. | Name. Age. Residence. Carl J. Newbecker. 177 Milwaukee av. Mrs. Maria L. Kind LEry. . Joseph A. Maurei Chicago av. Clarn M. Boon.... . Woodstock, Hk. Alfred Wilson. 174 West Indiana. ~ Anne Nubson... 33 West Indiana. Vaclav Hins...... be Rosaryje Bartykova.22. Edward H. Andrews.29. Abbie Stahl.: wd, ‘argaret Gel Charies Carey Cornelia Wen George Luther. jzzie Cornish. 7. Willlam HL Peck.....26. Cora Bell....... al,. Charles E. Wright ‘est Sixteenth. } nexpolis, Minn. “RLF ry. | ‘130 Soutn Clinton. eT Chieszo. Chica;so, Wm. N..Washbt niield, Mass. j Jennie E. Daniel, thicago. West Twelfth, 27 North Clark, 140 Indiana. et ard. ‘Chiengo- Kenosha, Wis. 3B. head a concert combina-*}. 24... 14: Townsend, Au. ‘Aun, Mery itetaecs vhiciaeracy. Hobe Hill. Ambrose H. Raftes. .22. Maggie Robertson « Jobo Lewerenz, Mrs. P. Ahrens. wd, 4 yoem it, Dyon....23.. Jennie Stallwood .. J Samuel Letter. Tina Samuels . Henry J. Minnled. Halston. Jumos Olson ... Dorothea Williams. § Charles Kiner.. Mageie Getzingei fames E. Eich... Orphia Jacobus. William Schilxe. Emima‘Kroueer.. Miebsel Loftus. cago. Chilton, Wis. Chilton, Wis. ry Bertha Rudolph: Edward J. spy. Fanny Muttby. . Leonard Weyiund :: Elizabeth Sauer . Chicago. : Murshalitown, Ia, &t West Water, Chicazo. Palatine, TH. ‘Palatine, FRIDAY. Charles G. Harper...28....Chicago. Hannah Willi: Chicuzzo. 7 twenty-second. 789 Michigan avenue. ~-U18 North Clinton, ‘Wheaton, HL Au Willtam Fitzgerald... Mary Moore... 19 .. John Vaboc ....... ‘Chicago. ue Broa. ter, 3 sunning Water, Neb 19t Zion place. Lake, IL “27.2.Chieago, T8122 Ghiengo. § Andrew White. Chicazo. {Johanna Hartiey: Chicago. : SATURDAY. James C, Lewis. re ..-149 South Halsted. — Hickey, 7 West Indiana, — West Indiana. ‘New York City. ‘New York City 22692 Ashland avenue. 24 Bradley. Zion place. 287 Twentieth. 2939 Wentworth av. ‘[Montreul. 25 Cros Englewood, Ill. iS1 West Vao Buren. Lake, Ul. Lake, Ub . Edward D. Smiti Mollie E. Geary. Framk ‘Sequerek: Rosa Schmidt. i TEX Go F. Swidersky. é 5 ry E. Nol Mrs. F. Rusterer. 1 A Moonshiner Who Wouldnt Eat or *Drinkin the Dark. | Moundsnille (WT, Va.) Corresponsience Wheeling Leader. “Since this Tanner business came. py” ead ’ Superintendent. Bridyes, of the Penitentiary, to me, “I've been thinking gbouta man we had here a year or so ago. He wis 2 tall, lank, cadav- erous Virginian, serving vut a short United Stutes sentence for illicit distillinz. His name was Begley, and he was cither from Itusscll, Scott, or Lee Counties—down “in that region somewhere, and # strange sort ofa person ‘he wus, too. He was 50 yenrs old, or upwards, and there was nothing bad about him, but be gave us | Jots of bother. He was ull the time getting into trouble fur breaking some rule or other, aud I re- peutedly talked to btin.. When accused of any un- ruly conduct he would make ao denis! orofferno excuse. Finally he became such a hopeless case that I was obliged to order him into tho dark celi on bread and water. He was lucized up, sndatthe end of the first day I was told that be had refused to touch either. The second and the third day passed. and ho still refused his bread and wate! = ‘“qwenty-four hours is nsuily as longasainan can stand that sort of punishment, isn't it?” I asked. “Yes: Proquentiy in less time thoy give in. Tt is only the most stubborn cases in which they hold out for two or three days, and even then they take their bread und water. But this Begley Kept itup, too, ina way that astonished us all On tho third or fourth day I had Dr. Bruce in to see him. The Doctor (pronounced him all right. The thiug went on til( he had been there a week, put he hadn't weakened. I begun to feel nervous. abouthim, and hnd the Doctor see him every yj He bid neither tasted bread nor drank swallow of water.” ~ Care “How did he look by this tine?” *+He was so gating; anturally, that we couldn't any fifference, 5 a eset fe wouldn't knuckle under?” Z . “Not a bit of it. He wouldn't acknowledge he had done wrong or premise to do better for.the future. Lwvasima quandary: ‘Thad never seen or heard of ‘such a case. If I did not succeed in breaking. bis obstinacy it was.e bad precedent and-an unfortunante ‘thing for the, prison discipline. .All this time his pulse was regular; his condition in every Way normal." “Did he ask for anything except the bread and water?” “ No. We finally offered him other food and triea to make him eat, but be wouldn't have it. He kept itup in a way that worried me more than a little. Day after day the food was taken to the dariccell,-he wouldn't touch it;he would beasked {fhe was ready to submit to the rules of the rison,—niways the same discouraging result; the octor would pay his regular visit,—always the Same katie ho hnd died on your hands>* ich That was what 1 was ate ald ok 1 was only doing my duty, and ¥‘ such a thin; doing my duty, ot outside. It was his own fant that he didn f ober thg rules; it was his own fault , n't et $ ett ne ow jong aid he finally hola out?" “He held out till I didn’t dare to keep him any longer. Lhad him in that cell fifteon days. During that time he neither ate nor drank. Tonly kept him tat Jong because I expected every hour he ‘would yield.” a ‘ bt "And so he submitted at Inst?" «Submitted! Nover. He came out ahead, Ho beat me. He is the only man ever had Icoulan’t subdue. When I took him out he at first refused anything, but hada chicken cooked for him, and swhen he found that be wus master of the situn- tion he finally consented to catit. Ho-came out ail right and went baek to bis Work in & day or Sifo'd make a good match for Tanner.” “Yes. and Begley would bent Tanner, too. Tanner takes water. This man took. absolutely nothing. ‘Tanner goes outevory day, takes exer- cise, and his surroundings are pleasant. You must romember that Bégley was in the dark cell, with not a nty of light and nothing but the floor to lio on. He would have stxid ‘there till he died.” 2 —— x FASHION NOTES, New York Sun. Long dresses are very little worn, ‘Tea-gowns preserve the Princess form. The Lamballe js the leading summer ficku. Sunshades are smaller this season than last. Yellow blonde hair is no longer fashionable. Fichus nre de rigueur with all dressy toilets. Mitts are of all colors, 23 well as white and black. i Large lace butterfly bows appear on Parisian tollets., a i Little pelerines of Jet are worn by very young ladies. . zat 4 Ladies on all occasions adorn themselves with! flowers. é = ! Kerebicf gowns are’ as popular as ever this’ summer. Red mitts givea brilliant effect to a black costume. 2 Paris theatre toflots are altays adorned with a bouguet. The fashionable collar at the moment ia tha; Dauphin. . a Amula is the popular tollet-wash for tan and} freckles. r i Tar-soap isthe French’ specific for incipient} wrinkles. ant Ashy blonde is the new shade of fashfonably-} ayed bair. t Spotted and small-figured fabrics grow in pop- | ular favor. . Nearly all skirts are “ ras de torre,” except for evening wear. _ > If balayeuses aré worn they must be trre- pronchably fresh. Zones pointed back and front are again worn with dressy toilets. , Roman and Greek dresses are worn at costume- -| parties in England. + Little bridesmaids at church-weddings wear the chapeau Cupidon- : White. cheesecloth makes a beautiful inex- pensive Greek costume. - Lace covers to fine carringe-sunshades remain in vogue seuson after season. = Black wood furniture and brass ornaments are all the rage on the other side. Cascades of lace down the front of the corsage appear on many dressy suits. = Gray} which has so long been out of favor in Puris, is revived this summer. Black toilets are as much worn at Parisian weddings as colored or white ones. ; Veronese surcoats are woven in all colors, and in black and white, to match costumes. Etching on terra cotta, porcelain, or delft is tho latest decorative-art craze in England. - When bonnets are small. they cannot be too small, and when large the larger the better. At the moment the fashionable polut for tho corsage boquet is on the left side of the neck. Ebonized wood, with lines of gilding and dashes of red, is the latest fashion {i furnitures, A. weult solution of carbolic acid in rain-water willcure summer pimples and simple eruptions. #"It is the fashion at presédt‘in Paris for. bru- netg.and medium blondes to dye their hair'blue nel . ‘the most fashionable parnsols are of Surah silk or satin, in uny color preferred, or black or white and band-palated.. ‘The Olga mantle is of white Hindoo cashmere ined vith heliotrope satin and trimmed with dentelle de Paris and white beaded fringe. Flaring “stand-up” collars, with lace ruffies within them, have been revived by Indies of the Sara Berahardt and Modjeska type of tournure. Reticules just like those carried by our grand- mothers are revived, and carried on the arm ut the elbow, not ‘swurg to, the belt as side pockets were last year. . Charity visiting costumes in England consist of a plain, straight skirt of dark blue flaonel and a jacket bodice of the same, made and fin- ished in “tailor style.” Tho most fashionable colors in millinery are straw color, bran_ color, ull the tussore shades, seal brown, Du Barrie rose, white, almond, bis- cuit, violet, hheliotrope, the cashmere (es, and r 2 Instead of the elastic’band and button used hitherto for closing the parasol, thery i3 now a circle of cord, ivory, celluloid, black butfalo, or imitation~ shell, whatever matches or, contrasts With the prevuiling color or colorsof the parasol. Tho Veronese surcoat is the Parisian form of the Jersey. It is made of a network of fine silk, and closely follows the dgure. It is woven of all sizes to suit various figures, and fits toa marvel. ‘Lo render it more dressy and xiso more mysterious it is embroidered with beads. ———>—__— THE HERON, Translated from La Fontutne Jor The Tribune’by Em- ma Stanley. One day, on his long legs, going—I cannot tell you where, : With long neck arched proudly, marched a heron * with haughty afr, By 2 charming river's side. The water was transparent, and the day was warm and clear; Some trout and pike were sporting there, with- out asinglefear, * Upon the silvery tide. *: ‘The heron could have seized a fish, and made a dainty meal; i zi But, Jonking: on the water, and pondering o'er is weal, Thought he would not be in haste— Later it would better taste. < He lived vy rule, and therefore only at certain hours dined; ive: But, when that time arrived, the trout and pike he could not find. ‘Then, in the water gazing, Lehoid! some carp were playing. Such common food be could not eat—better was in the brook. ° ‘thus spoke the bird, and/from them turned with a disdainful joo! id heron I! “Eat a carp ate er dic! But the loath- $ Parbleu! {would ru Pray what do you take ine for?” some carps were gone, And swiftly on the waters be saw a gudgeon come— Aiserable gudgeon— . Fine dinner for a heron! “Tshall not open. my mouth for you, may the sods be plone But he opened it for iess, and-a snail was gladly seized. That which is beut we find is often the easiest rained: For fear of losing all, "tis well that nothing: bo disdained. ed. It is not for herons only that this advice is duc— But, gentlemen, the moral, know, is equally for ed Lady Travelers. “A Ride in Petticoats and Slippers,” is the title of Cupt. H. E. Colvile’s new book of travels in Morocco, the novel feuture of which is that the author's wife accompanied him. ‘The Satur- day Ievicw says: “It might have been thought that the pres- ence of 2 lody must bave been a great embur- rassment. And soit undoubtedly might have, proved in many. cases; but Mr3. Coivie, like ady Anne Biunt, Lady Baker, and some others ot her sex, seems to have been born to exjoy adventurous travel. From the moment of her landing in Africa, as ber busband tells us, she took Kindly to handling firearms, and carried a revolver, with. a pair of ‘Deringers.’ Till she began to be familiarized, with the strange -incidents of night-bivouscs under -eanvas ‘in the wilderness, she was always ready to mount. guard over Her husband “and their property at a moment's notice. In reallty, the chance of an onslaught. by: robbers, which’ was probable enouzh in most ofthe country they traveled through, must have been sufficiently trying_to the nerves of a lady. But her hus- band found that her companionship was actu- ally of, service to him. 'And, considering the contemptuous manner in which the Moors treat their own womenkind, the courtesy with which they behaved to-Mrs. Colvile was remarkable. The dignituries everywhere dressed their faces insmiles when they came tnto her presence; and even the rade camp-followers consulted [, her. comfort obsequjousis, and jnvartably. dressed’ her in thy most respectful language.’ /u ~ GHOST-SEEING. The. Celebrated Case of Nicolai, the Bookseller of Berlin. Scientific Explanation of the Phe- nomenon of Spectral Illusions. New York Home Journal. Modern science has made us aware that the old belief in apparitions rested on noth- ing more than illusive fancies caused by some kind of physical derangement of the person so affected. It is important that young persons should be made thoroughly aware. of the fact that there never was and never will be any such fancy which is not eapable of being explained ‘upon natural - grounds.’ A person in weak health, though in perfect possession of all his faculties, be- gitstobe =. TROUBLED BY WAKING VISIONS of persons with whom he may be familiar, or. who may have been long dead, or who sometimes may appear as perfect strangers to him. The spectres who flit before him come like shadows” and “so depart.” They represent in the most perfect manner the reproductions of things that are or were,— utterly. intangible‘ creations. The subject -Of these visitations may’ hear the spec tres converse, -and they may .even talk inturn to him. He is perfectly aware of their visionary nature, and is as convinced of their unreality as is the friend who sees them not, and to whom the fantoms are described. No suspicions of insane delusion as to these ‘visitations can be entertained for a moment, and the question may, therefore, naturally be put'to the man of science, “Tow can these illusions be accounted for?” The answer is to be found in one of the siiplest. studies in the physiology of nerves and of mind, and shows us that these illusions have a material basis, or that, in the words of the -poet, “the shadow proves the substance true.” ‘To elucidate the subject of illusions within a brief space, we may give one or two illus- trations of illusive vision, such as have been recorded for instruction and edification in the pages of the physiologist.. One of the best known cases,—deriving its interest from the fick that the subject of the visitations in question himself narrates the facts,— 18 THAT OF NICOLAI, a well-known citizen and bookseller of Ber- lin, who read.an account of his case_before the Berlin Academy of Sciences. “We shall ive the account in his own words: “ Duz- ing the few latter months of the year 1790 I hid experienced several: melancholy inci- dents which deeply atfected me, particularly in Septeinber, from which time I suffered an almost uninterrupted series of misfortunes, that aifected me with the most poignant grief. I was .accustomed te be bled twice a year, and this had been done once on the 9h of July, but was omitted tobe repeated at the end of the year 1790. . . . Ihad, in Janu- ary and February of the year 1791, the addi- tional misfortune to experience several ex- tremely unpleasant circumstances, which were followed on the 24th of February by a most violent altercation. My wife and’ an- other person came into my apartment in the morning in order te console me; but I was too much agitated by a series of incidents which had most powertully affected mxnoral feeling, to.be capable of attending to them. On a sudden 1 perceived, at about the dis- tance of ten steps, A FORM -LIKE THAT OF A DECEASED PER- I pointed at it, asking my wife if-she did not see it., It was but natural that she should not see anything; my auestion, therefore, alarmed her very much, and she sent imme- diately fora physician. ‘The fantasm con- tinued for some minutes. I grew at length more calm, and, being extremely exhausted, fell into a restless sleep, which lasted about halfan hour. The physician: ascribed the vision to violent mental emotion, and hoped there would be no return; but the violent agitation of my mind had in some way dis- ordered my nerves and produced further consequences which deserve a more minute description. : “At4 in the afternoon the form which I had seen in the morning reappeared. Iwas by myself when. this happened, and, being rather uneasy at the incident, went to my wwife’s apartment; but there likewise I was rsecuted by the form, which, however, at Intervals disappeared, and always presented itself in a standing posture. About 6 o’clack there appeared also several walking figures, which had no connection with the first. After the first day the form of the deceased person no more appeared; but its place was supplied with + MANY OTHER FANTASMS, sometimes representing acquaintances, but mostly strangers: those whom I knew wera composed of living and deceased persons, but the number of the latter were comparatively smalL . . . WhenIshut my eyes these forms would sometimes: vanish entirely, though there were instances when I behel id them with my eyes closed; yet, when they disappeared. on such occasions, they gener- ally returned when Ioyened my éyes. . . « They ali appeared to me in their natural size, and as distinct as if alive, exhibiting differ- ent colors and fashions in. their dresses, though the colors seemed somewhat paler than in real nature; none of the figures ap- peared particularly terrible, comical, or dis- gusting, most of them being of an indifferent shape, and some presenting 2 pleasing ns- pect. ‘The longer these persons continued to yisit me, the: more frequently did they re- turn, while, at the same time, they increased in.number about ‘four weeks after they had first appeared. I ALSO BEGAN TO HEAR THEM TALK; soraetimes among themselves, but more fre- quently they -addressed their discourse to me; their speeches being uncommonly short and never of- an unpleasant turn. At differ- ent times there appeared to me both dear and’sensible friends of both sexes, whose ad- dresses tended to appease my grief, which had not yet wholly subsided; their consola- tory speeches were in general addressed to me when Iwas alone. Sometimes, however, I was accosted by these consoling friends when I was engaged in company, and not unfrequently while real persons were speak- ing to me. The consolatory addresses con- sisted sometimes of abrupt phrases, and at other times they were regularly executed.” Such was Nicolai’s account of the fantom- yisitors who addressed and consoled him in his domestic afliction. It is interesting to pursue still further his account of their dis- appearance, ‘The reader will recollect that Nicolai had neglected to repeat, at the end of 1799, the blood-letting in which it was customary in the days we, speak of for our forefathers to indulge. It was at last decid- ed that leeches should be used, and cn April 20, 1791, at 11 o’clock in the morning, Nicolai informs us, the operation was performed. No person,” he continues, was with me be- side the surgeon; but during the operation my chamber was crowded with human vis- ions of all descriptions. This continued un- interruptedly til! about half an hour after 4 o'clock, just when my digestion cominenced. T.then perceived that they began to movemore siowly. Soon after theircolor began to tade, and at7 o’clock they were entirely white. But they moved very little, though the forms Were as distinct as before; growmg, how- ever, by degrees more obscure, yet no fewer in number, as has generally been the case. . . . They now seemed to.dissolve in the air, while fragments of some of them con- tinued visible tor a considerable time. About 8 o'clock the room was Fi ENTIRELY CLEARED OF MY FANTASTIC * ‘stron. wehade a that time,” adds Nicolai, ‘I have fel pute or three’ times a sensation as if they were going to reappear, without, however, actually seeing anything. ‘Th tion surprised me just ore account, while I was:examining some papers relative to these " phengtugia, which I had in the year 171. 5 ony OW tam to consider the scientific explanation of such curious phenomenn in human existence. The causes of these illu- sions are not difficult to understand, since they in reality depend upon a. slight derange- jnent of the powers whereby. we see and hear in an ordinary and hormal method. To make our meaning clear, Jet us briefly consider what nies place in ordinary sensation when we see or hear the objects and sounds of every-day existence. The eye alighting on an object transfers an impression of that ob- ject to the brain through the special (optic) herve of sight, which Jeads from the eye to the part of the brain exercising the sense of sight. We, in -reality, do not see with the eye.. That organ. is merély_an* arrangement of lenses adapted to recive, focus, and other~ wise adjust the rays of ight streaming from the objects we see. . The function of the ere is simply that of adjusting and correlating the conditions necessary for the production ofan impression. ‘This impression is carried in seto a special part of..the brain due te It becomes transformed into a special sensation,—that of sight, We thus truly sea, not with the eye, BUT WITH THE BRAIN, or. rather with that portion of the brain which lies in direct relation with the nerves of-sight. The eye represents the lenses of the photographer’s camera; but the brain cor- responds to thesensitive plate which receives the image of. the sitter. and on which all gubseauent alterations of the image are ef- fected. Of the other senses, the same prominent feature may also be expressed— namely:: that. in, the brain, and not in the mere organ of sense, must be located the true seat of knowledge. The ear modifies waves of sound; but it is the: brain: which distinguishes, appreciates, and acts upon the information conveyed by the organ of hear- ing. The finger touches an object; but the seat of knowledge does not exist at the ex- tremity of the hand. The impression of touch is duly conveyed to the brain as be- fore, there to be analyzed, commented upon, and, if necessary, acted upon as well. On the appreciation of the simple fact that the brain is the true seat of the senses rests the whole explanation of the ghosts and ap- paritions which occasionally attend the foot- steps and meet the eyes of humanity. When we are conscious of looking at a real object a sensation of sight isformed in the brain, as wwe have seen. Such a sensation wecalled an ‘objective * one, because it is derived from a veritable object. So also, when we hear a tune played by a person whom we see, or of whose existence, even when unseen, we en- tertain no doubt, the sensation of sound is then called “subjective.” But there are MANY FAMILIAR INSTANCES in which the power of the mind to reproduce the sensations, sights, and sounds we have received is demonstrated. The day-dreamer can sometimes bring the scenes in which he has once taken part so_ vividly before his mental gaze that his reverie may actually be broken ‘by | the words. which unconsciously flow from his lips as his imagination ‘starts into bodily action.” Such a power of fancy and imagina~ tion is the beginning or faint imitation of a still more powerful means which we possess of- bringing: before ourselves the forms and scenes which have.once been objectivel: present with us. In the dream this power is illustrated typically enough. From the back- ground of..consciousness, so to ‘speak, we project. forward, in our sleep, the pictures which a busy brain is reproducing, or it may be piecing together from the odds ends of its fancy to form the ludicrous combina- tions we are familiar with in the ‘land of Nod.” And if we carry the idea of this same power: being exercised: in our waking mo- ments, to form the ghosts of science, the ex- planation of .the otherwise curious and mys- terious subject of illusive visions will be complete. ~~ ‘We know, then, that the brain has the or- dinary power of Yorming images which may be projected outward in_the form of the fan- cies of every-day life. But these projected fancies may grow into | PLAIN AND, APPAHENT SENSATIONS OR IM- AGES under the requisit conditions, When we hear *‘a ringing in the ears,” we know per- fectly well thatno objective sound exists, and, scientifically, we Say that the sensation of hearing in such a case is an internal or subjective one. When we see flashes of light which have no existence in the outside world on which we happen to be gazing, we explain: their occurrence in the same way. Now, on sucht a basis, the ghosts of science are both raised and laid. The images and fantoms of Nicolai, iike the sparks or flashes of. light, are subjective sensations. They arise, in other words, from some irritation of that part of the brain which would have received the impressions of sight had the objects in question had an actual existence, But the subject also involvesta reference to bodily condition and to memory itself. Primarily, it will be found that illusive visions appear only when the health of the subject of these visitations is in a weakly state.. The derange- ment of the health is the primary cause of these curious states. , ——____ ‘THE SUM OF LIFE. From “ The Ode of Life,” by the author of “The Epic of Hades” and “ Gwen.” Only four score of summers, and four score Of winters—nothing more— And then ‘tis done. We have spent our fruitful days beneath the BUN; We come to a cold season anda bare, Where little is sweet or fair. ‘We who, 2 few brief yeurs ago, Would passionately go Across the fields of life to meet the morn— ‘Wo are content, content and uot forlorn, ‘fo lie upon our beds, and watch the day —_ ‘Which kissed the Eastern peaks grow gradually gray. Snell Beare that Thou hast made our lives so fe And swiftly spent! ‘We toil our little day and are content, Though Time, the thief, Stands at our side, and smiles his mystic smile. We joy a tittle, we grieve a little while; ‘We gain some little glimpse of Thy great laws, Rolling in thunder through the voids of spaca; We guin to look a moment on Thy face, Eternal Source and Cause! And then, the night descending as a cloud, We walk with aspect bowed, And turn to earth and see our life grow dark. - Itisa pain a ‘fo move through the old fields—even though they lie Before our eyes, we know that never again, ‘Where once our daily feet were used to pass Amid the crested grass, Wo any more shal! wander till we die; Nor to the old gray church, with the tall spire, ‘Whose vane the sunsets fire, Where once a little child, by kind hands led, Would span tho scant memorials of the dead— Never again, or once alone, : When pain and time ‘are done. Ihave come to the time of the failing of breath; Ihave reached the cold threshold of Deata! Death! there is not any: death—only infinit change— Only a place of life which is novel and strange. Change! there is naught but change andrenewal strife, Which make up the infinit changes we sum up eC. Lifo! what is life that it ceases with ceasing of reath? Death! what were life without change but an infinit death? ‘ AsT ae oc my bed, and the sun, like a furnace of fire, fs Burns amid the old pines in the West, ere the last rays expire, : Can I dream be will rise no more, but a fathom-- less night all brood o'er creation forever, and shut out tho lig! + It is done, this day of our life; but another shall rise, Day forever following day, in the inflnit skies— - Day following day forever! Day following day,, with the starlit darkness jetween; Or, maybe in & world where dawn comes ere our sunset has been, Day following day forever! Forever! though who shall tell in what seeming or where— In ‘wit far-off secret space of God's limiticss ‘air? : ‘It marters nothing at all what we are or where se If asparkof the Infinit Light can shine on us yet, Life following life forever! UMOR, ‘Thé butcher who trusts loses flesh. “Talk is cheap.” Is it? Just hire a lawyer once. : - i The beginning and end of 9 chicken’s life Hatchet. “No, 1 don’t care for shad to-day!” said an art-patron, musingly. “Suppose you give mea bass-relicf.” * “Now fell me candidly, aro you guilty?” asked , alawyer of bis client. “Why, do Ya be, fool enough to hire. you if cent?” *. OW SUPPOSE was’ inno- “My cousin, whom Isent you last weck, Doc- ' tor, is an imaginary invalid, isu't her’ “Of? course he is. ‘the fellow bas a constitution which deties all our remedies.” s “You promised to pay that bill yesterday,”” i creditor to a debtor. .* Yes, the oters “but to err is human, forgotit” ° said an un; calmly repli to forget divine, and An Ichthyophagous Club has been started in. it is calculated to ruin the reputa- uon of any husband who goes home late at night : New York. and tries to tell where he has-been. * It is true, Epaminondas, you can’t make a silk purse out of # sow's ear, but that is no reason why you should go entirely back on the pie You can make mighty good souse of it, which is more than you can do with all the raw sili this side-of Lyons. - = Mamma seeks to console -her. crying “Why do you cry, John? What bas hurt you?” yesterday f fell down and hurt. myself.” Yes- terday! Then why do you ery to-day?” * because you were not at home yesterday!” An old lady recently visiting & prison ss one of tho attendants why the prisoners rece it was to keep - such coarse food: : He told pee nS tt when | asked what they would do if their blood was im- |] their biood from becoming pure,-he dryly responded, “Break out.” UES rT Pte ioe a ”” admiri ‘rem the beautifu: windows,. crowded with Di plants. “aby yes,” ‘replied O1dboy. nervously child: + “Ob! | ed | ived glancing ‘at 8 woman with her head swathed in « fonts the bird-Gog with a mopstick” “Oe yet amo] ~ Hi it's a regular hothouse.” is Shae In the Principality of Gerolstein: A gendarme arrests an unknown and suspicious-looking In- dividual. “Your papers, sirrab!”” -It isn't usually the custom to ask'a traveler for his pa- pers, is it?” “Not usually, but there are sa many people wandering up and down the coun- without means of subsisterce—" “3y name, then, isSchipmann.” “Ab! you are tha man that stole 200,000 florins last’ week.” “f have that honor. You see, Cap, that I am not without means of subsistence.” You areright. Beg pardon for stopping you. on.” FOOT-TRIPS IN GERMANY, SIXTH PAPER. Spectal Correspondence af The Chicago Tribune, Letzte, Germany, June, 18S0.—At Leis-* snig I could not sleep in the old castle; so I did the next best thing, and went to an hotel very near the castle,on one side of the mountain, Contrary-to my usual custom, I get upin time to take my breakfast on-the eastern balcony overlooking the river. It is airy enough, and indeed a trifle chilly; but for me it was something to see the sun risein the midst of so charmmg a landscape. Shouldering then my knapsack, and bidding the landlord good-by,—who evidently does not know exactly what to make of me,—I take a northwesterly difection, not wasting . any time now in-the cool of the morning, fol- Jowing the river downward a little way, then striking out across the country to another arm of the same stream. -It is cherry-time, and I find an old man up in the trees (one of the “early birds”), gathering the fruit, £ call him down, and buy two or three hand- fuls; then sit on the grass to eat them, talk- ing with him meanwhile. After leavinghim, I reflected that probably he had no business to sell me the cherries at all, having gathered them for his master. ‘ At noon I reach one of these fanny little “half-and-half” places,—neither country, for the proud inhabitants show you their market-place, guarding its ancient, weather- beaten statue of somebody or other, and a tumble-down attempt at a. town-hall,—point- ing out these signs of their city’s privileges ten times a8 majestically as any citizen of London could possibly show a stranger St. Paul’s; nor yet is it a city to our thinking, fora more awkward, pert, and rustic pop Jation you could hardly find anywhere in the world. There is nothing so thoroughly un- satisfactory.in Germany; to my mind, as one of these dirty country villages which has somehow gut the name of city without any further characteristic of a large place, Itis like a great, overgrown boy whose feet have quite got away with him, -and his arms hang out of his sleeves a foot or two, he not knowing what to do with his huge, un- gainly nands. I was one day so unfortunate as to call such a place a “village” in the inn where Isat, which so enraged the landlady that I heard more screaming and cursing from her tender lips in half an hour than ever fell to my lot before or since. Being naturally a timid man, [stood in fear of my life upon this occasion, and kept as near the window as possible. When I rose to go, she brought down a copy of_the city’s charter to show me, and the last 1 heard of her were the indignant words echoing behind me: “Weil, sir, will you not believe it isacity now?” “In making these remarks I have by, no means in mind such charming places as~ Grimma and Leissnig. My observations here apply only to certain little upstart hamlets [ have sometimes found, which have by some chance stumbled upon a charter, and whose magnates (if they have any) are generally great snobs. So to-day I go out of the wretched inn’ doorway, after eating an abominable lunch, find a path through the fields, ask the way, and am told to take the direction of a large brick chimney, which I do not yetsee, but am tocome insight of in course of time— and the man’s prophecy is soon fulfilled. I pass 2 large barn somewhat_ later, where the “mooing” of the cows promises a glass of fresh milk to all who care to enter. Sucha parn is very curious. There is an elevated platform running around on three sides. within, the cows being down below in the middle, so that a person who stands on this slightly elevated platform is on a levél with the horns of the cattle. A barefooted girl comes. to receive my penny, takes a glass, and milks i¢full forme. There is not much cheating about that. One could hardly get fresher milk. 5 Going out of the barn, I sight the chimney once more, and find that it beiongs to some kind of a mill beside the Mulde ina very pleasant valley which’ I am now’ entering. ‘rhe sun is no_ longer very high, and one can. searcely imagine a prettier walk than this up through the valley, seemmely shut in on every hand by the mountains, till one won- ders how the river ever got in,—the heat of the day gone by, with every prospect of a good supper and bed for the night, After awhile Lieave the Mulde a little to one side, but soon have to approach it a; in order to cross the ferry. Now, a Germancountry ferryboat, whatever other excellencies it may possess, is a most uncertain means of traveling. AS in this case, the boat itself is always on the other side, and you have to ring a bell, sometimes for half an hour or so, before you get sightof the boatman run- ning down from one of the fields to paddia ou over and pocket a groschen or two. Here T found, as usual, a wire running acrosa the river from a bell-pull om my side, ter-, ininating in the- boatman’s garden on the other bank. On the post to which the wire was fastened I. could decipher, in dirty yel- low letters almost effaced by: wind weather, these-words: “Ring and the boat will come.” -Now, a little innocent fibbi may be, perhaps, endurable, especially in ad-. yertisements; but: this placard lied down. right! The boat did not come at all, bub after I had tugged away at the thing until the bell would no longer ring, a formidable female appeared in the garden of the opposit shore, and gently told me to “Let that bell. alone, d—n youl? She said her husband. had gone off fora “Feierabend” (holida: afternoon), and would row me over the nex! day. I thought he would not; but, when she hinted, in slightly emphatic language, that 1 had better settle for breaking her bell- wire, 1 blandly asked if she would kindly step across and. take whatever she thought roper,—the worst joke Lever made in my: ife, and one which called forth anything but a blessing from the wrathful female, (Not all the Germart ladies. are sirens, although you will not easily persuade_a native poet of that, Idare say.) if ever I pass that wa: again and get safely across the river, I shall buy a bottle of the old lady’s best wine, and. think that will set matters right between us. .. The boatman’s absence, and my consequent failure to get across the ferry, gave me several tiles ‘of extra walking, and put me back an hour, all of which is provoking now that the. sun has set and Lum not very well acquainted. with the country about here. especially the field-paths. I trudge wearily (and somewhat angrily) back to the turnpike, andam fortu- nate enough to come acrossa man witha, pony-carriage, .who invites me to go a little; way with him. . Unfortunately it is not. far, , since the road he has taken soon terminates, ; and he leaves his brother there, whom. het wanted to take to the nearest railway-station... ‘The two. brothers kiss in true Gontinentsby fashion, first on one cheek, atid then on other. ue aralt a Hitle eae ae gee tne pony-catriage appear in the twilight; then the brother who is going to the station, and I, : ursue our way farther through the cathe darkness, traversing the meadows behinds which the moon has risen, lighting up the; shining stream, that seems following -us ; everywhere beside our path. fy companion isa t advantage to ine, as he knows the¢ way, particularly “short cuts.” Icould> never make out just what this man i pele ae pad a ee res pe tale : joo! and spoke 3% i ‘He appeared to like the railway, sald he wasd ‘very fond of “ riding in the cars,” aud had a long, long journey to take that nizfMt, , “namely * (a favorit German expression), tree hours. When he heard where I was. from, he said he supposed we had no rail-- sways in America yet. Thinking he was only~. trying to quiz me, I totd him our Govern-- ment was going to build a horse-railway next r, but.we were mostly afraid of -th! that went so fast. Seeing, however, that good man was in full earnest, I told him as much as I could about oar country, which ed eres ly to interest him: f Son iving at the station, we found that, Wke a prudent man, he had come in time for cee ee or ee a te as ceanover}. | bis train—with two hours. and thirty five. tes to spare. This, of. course, enabled Him to rar a glass of beer with nie, I then hunted up the “Red Lion,” got out of | the way of the terrible “Gaststube,” took a dsoupper.in a private room,.and then folled, a3 soon as possible, into a tolerable bed, leaving, the ascent of ‘the mountain for to-morrow. s Kt cpm Peta ‘This is in Rochlitz-on-the-Mulde. 2 2 “TXTER B. iG, Doctor of Civil and Canon Law,. 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