Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, October 31, 1880, Page 18

18 “MUSIC. An Imperfect Performance of ““Carmen” by the Mapleson Company. Production of Barnett’s New Cantata, “‘ The Building of . the Ship.” Correction of a Rumor as.te the Failure of Theodore Thomas. Musical News and Gossip at Home and Abroad—Vote Early on Tues- day Next. The performance of “Carmen” by the Mapleson troupe in New York last Thursday evening does not appear to have been a re- markable success. ‘The Tribune says: It must be confessed that the representation was not a very successful one. There are times in opera, as in pretty much everything else, when it seems as though nothing would go quite right, when the orchestra is out of time and the chorus out of tune, the tenor aut of voice and the prima donna ovLof temper, and Wednesday nicht appeared to be one of them. We bave hed performances of “Carmen” within the last two years of nearly every imaginubie shude of merit, but we cannot remember one which, ‘without being absolutely bad, was so utterly tlat as this latest. Campanini, on whom the success of this opera always depends very largely, in New Yorks at least, had evidently not recovered fully from his recent severe illness. His voice was still somewhat husky, and he sang with ef-- fort. and, though his acting was a: superb as ever, and did much to redeem the performance, be was clearly not at his best. Maile. de Beloc- interesting, im rsona- ca’s Carmen is not an ‘or her tion. The music is voice, and, while enough, there is a total absence of the snapand reckless spirit of deviltry with which the part ourht to be invested, and which coustitu' ‘one of. the chief merits in Miss fiauk’s performance of tho role. Even Del Puente scemed affected by the prevailing de- pression, and was Jess brilliant and effective than usual, though the Toreador song in the second act gaitied its inevitable encore. Mile. Vaileria was charming in the minor partot Micada, singing carefully and sweetly, and act- ing with much grace. The chorus and orchestra, a5 we have ‘hinted, left much to be de- sired. Much of the disappointment during the week has been owing to the indisposition of both Campauini and Cary, who have been laid up with the singers’ epizodtic. BARNETI’S NEW CANTATA, The new cantata which Mr. Barnett has written to Longfellow’s “Building of the Ship” was given at the Leed's Festival Oct. 13, and is thus spoken of by the London Times: f Longfellow’s “Building of the Ship” is not remarkable for dramatic power. It is descriptive in form and didactic in purpose. It ig, indeed, a distinct imitation of Schiller's “Lay of the Bell,” without, however. attuining to tho philosophic depth and the powerful expression Of that great poem. The parallelism is too strik- ing to require much explanation. In each in- stance the completion of a mechanical task is made the symbol of human life, with the differ- ence only that Longfellow’s view is limited to R much narrower range of thuught and inci- dent. The ship Union represents mainly the miarringe of the master’s daughter with his young helpmate, An additional reference to the union of the States in the original poem Mr. Barnett has wisely canceled. There are, ind other important omissions and a few different arrangementsof the lines,—the latter not always very judicious. Jz is almost needless to add that such a libretto has not inspired the composer witb music of the highest dramatic type, which would indeed be wholly inappropriate. Mr. Barnett’s talent is essentially of » lyrical type. He delichts in fluent melody, and never shocks the car by a harsh or uncommon modulation. A great merit which his music shows through- out is its extremely vocal character. Mr. Bar- nett has thoroughly studied the voice both in its individual state and in choral combinztion, and the result isa composition as pleasing and as meilifiuous as can well be imagined. . LOCAL MISCELLANY. The first reunion of the Amateur Musical Club oceurson Wednesday afternoon next at 152 State street, at the usual hour. Mr. Cari Troll, a violinist of distinction, who was for several yearsa private pupil of Joseph Joachim, has recently located in this city. The Hershey School of Musical Art has had the good fortune to engage him as a member of its faculty. ‘The New York Herald says: “Signor Liperati, the cornet soloist, wiil return to this city this week, after his long engage- ment atthe Chicago Exposition, where he has been playing to the largest audiences ever assembled in that city.” Go away from home to learn the news. The pupils of Mme. Christine Nielson- Rounsville will give asoiréeon Thursday evening next at the Paliner House. The pupils ‘who will take part are Miss May C. ennedy, Miss Annie Sherman, Miss Evelyn Matz, Master’ Julius Goldberg, Mrs. Celinda A. Carter, Miss Grace Beryson, Miss Anna Hurlburt, ‘Mr. Emil Liebling will give the first of his pupils’ soirees at No. 152 State street on Sat- urday evening next. Those who will take art are Mr. Leo Simonsen, Mr. William Nicol, the Misses Mabel and Beatrice Mc- Kenzie, Aglae Silva, L. M. Green, Adele Geiser, Rose Whitten, Florence Fuller, and Grace Storrs. Mr. Boscovitz will give a piano recital at Hershey Music Hall on Thursday evening, Nov. 11. — This will be the first of a series of two, A novelty at the first recital will be the Grieg Concerto, never yet heard in Chi- cago. Owing to the interest manifested in certain quarters in Mr. Boscovitz’s Chopin interpretations, he will play fifteen selections front he works of that master at the first recit On Monday evening last the music-lovers | of Evanston were treated to a characteristic display of string-music, prepared by the well- known violin teacher of this city. Mr. Joseph Singer, through the instrumentality of Prof. Locke, the energetic head of the musical conservatory of that place. The acquisition of-Prof. Singer to the musical life of Evan- ston, as teacher.of so important an instru- ment as the violin, is a fact that it should not fail to uyail itself of. The new series of concerts at Hershey Musie Hall will comprise organ recitals by Mr. H. Clarence Eddy; piano recitals by Mr. Frederic Boscovitz, and chamber concerts by Messrs. Boscovitz_and Eddy, assisted by Messrs. Lewis and Eiehheim. The first. con- cert will be an. organ recital by Mr. Eddy, and will take place on Saturday noon (be- ’ for them to form new ones. report an It isto hoped that this authoritative denial will finaliy set at rest this report, which seems to have been started for the purpose of annoying Mr. Thomas and the members of his orc! stra, who have naturally been greatly troubled by the prospec ‘of .. sudden termination of their en- it would be dificult ements ata time when tote etalniy be reccived with pleasure by the public, which is beginning to take a warm interest in these-con- certs, and to afford them a generous support. MUSICAL NOTES; Mme. Carlotta Patti was last heard of in India, concertiziny and en route for Egypt. ‘Miss Minnie Hauk has signed a contract with the French opera at Nice, whereshe will sing “Carmen” and “Mignon.” It is said that Aimee has just lost $100,000 in Brussels. She and her husband, Darcey, undertook to run a theatre there. Prof. J. K. Paine, of Cambndge, is to com- pose music for the Glee Club to sing in the Greek tragedy at Harvard next spring. Withelmj has signed a contract for the sea- son, together with Constantin Sternberg, the pianist, with Weber, the piano manufact- urer. {tis said that Mme. Madeline Schiller, the pianist, who bad such a large circle of ad- imirers among the Buston musical public a few years ago, is toreturn to this country and make her residence in New York City. ‘At the Opera in Rio de Janeiro the direct- or lately produced Mozart’s_ ‘‘ Don Giovan- ni,” but the music did not suit the Brazilians atall, At the tirst performance the work was coldly received; at the second-it was hissed, Mr. George Henschel, who has been sing- ing with much success in England, will re- turn to America in time to participate in the symphony concerts, but will settle perma- nently in London, where he 1s weil known. He is announced to be married in May to ‘Miss Lilian Bailey, of Boston. ‘The Handel and Haydn Society of Boston will give the “Messiah” on b, Me which owns the hall pronounce the pprounied and malicious fabrication. Dee. 26, Mo- zarv’s Requiem Mass and Beethoven’s “Mount ot Olives,” Jan. 50, and Bach’s ** Pas- sion Music” on Good Friday. An oratorio will also be given oneEaster Day, but it has not yet been decided which it shall be. Myron W. Whitney’s'son William sails for Europe Nov. 6, to study in Florence, anda second Myron’ W. is confidently. expected when the young man shall complete Is edu- cation. Miss ie LH. Maynard, soprano of the FirstChurch, Highland District, also sails in November for two years’ study abroad. A dispatch to the New York Herald says: «T have just learned that Miss Clara Louise Kellogg has concluded a four months’ en- gagement with the Grand Opera of St. Pe- tersburg, opening on the night of Nov. 10. Adelina Patti has also signed an engage ment to sing at Madrid during the months of December and January.” The New York Tribune of the 28th says: * Miss Annie Louise Cary has been confined to her room since last Saturday with a severe attack of bronchitis, and will be unnble to sing for a week or ten days. She was obliged on Tuesday to inform Mr. Mapleson of her inability to singon the foilowing even- ing in “ La Favorita.” She has asked Mr. Mupleson to postpone her contract to Nov. 1, wheu she hopes to be entire recovered. “Catherine” is the title of a new comic opera for which J. P. Sousa, of Philadeiphia, Musical Director of E. I’. Makay and Louise Sylvester’s Comedy company, has just fin- ished composing the music: ‘The libretto is by Wilson J. Vance, who has charge of the Indian affairs in the Department of the Inte- rior at Washington, and who has written one or two plays, besides other works. It is in three acts, the first. of which takes place in the White Mountains, the second in New York, ana the third ata fashiona seaside resort. It is the intention of Messrs. Sousa and Vance to organize a company and pro- duce the opera some time next January. Allsorts of reports have been in circula- tion as to Dr. Hans von Bilow’s illness, his having been partly paralyzed, and his having Jost the use of his left hand. The truth o the matter is that he was for a_long time last summer seriously ill in Munich, where he was staying with Aibl, the pubtisher, and that, though he is much better now, he is stillfar from well. He has, however, ranged to give a series. of seven Beethoven concerts at Meiningen in November and symphonies, several overtures, and perform himself concertos and trios. But it is still very doubtful if his health will allow him to fiulfill the engagement. NEW MUSIC. The Chicago Music Company have just issued two new pieces by home composers of more than ordinary interest: “Tho Wedding Polo- naise,” by SG. Pratt, and “ Florence,” grande valse de concert, by Emil Lieblmg.* Boston: Oliver Ditson & Co. Chicago: Lyon & Healy: “Deuxieme Bergeuse,” by. Rafael Josetfy: “Gypsy Wedding ‘in Granada,” for piano, by H. Mayluth: “Fresh Life.” march riltinnt, for four hands, by W. F. Sudds; “Orange Blossom.” piano duet, by Miron A. Ward; Boccaccio Fantasie, for tour bands; “A Thousand Flowers,” polka gracieuse, by F. Bebr, for four hands; “Die Flederman's Potpourri,” from Johann Strauss; “ Heidelberg March,” for aitar, by W. L. Hayden: “My Bright Lass,” by obert B. Reilly: ~Swiftly O'er the Deep Blue Sea.” bdarcarole, by Alfred H. Bissell; “The Watchman,” by Ciro. Pinsuti; “The Stiyer Bridge,” —. HH. Howe; Second Thoughts Are Bes' yy Alberto Randegger: “Jesus Still Lead On,” sacred quartet, by T. P. Ryder; and * Baby Darling.” by Mrs. Clara Tompkins. New York: R. A. Saultfield. Chicago: The American Music Company: “in the Gloaming,” py Annie Fortesque Harrison; and “ Twicken- bam Ferry,” by Marzials. HANCOCK ELECTED! For The Chicago Tribune. Methought last night an awful dreamt Possessed my sou! dejected, As Devils whispered in my ear ‘That Hancock was elected! A stokening light o'erspread tho land; ‘The sky was dark und cloudy; And bund in band there rioted ‘The Traitor and the Rowdy. The South spewed forth her dirty brood— ‘The North her filthy alties:" Aceursé] was tho soil they trod— Our glorious hills and valleys. ‘The land resounded with the yell Of Rebel hate aud malice, As, swarming into Washington, ‘They enterud Freedom's Palace. Down came the Flag of Stripes and Stars, Qn many a tteld victorious; And up they ran the Stars and Bara, Amidst a din inglorious}- Loved Liberty from off the dome ‘Three hundred fect was tumbied, As lightnings dashed across the sky ‘And Heaven's artillery rumbled. And in her stead, I saw a Fiend Forth from the lofty station, ‘With bicody eyes and snafy looks, Survey a ruined Nation. ginning punctually at 12 o’clock), on which occasion Mr, Eddy will be assisted by Mr. Carl Troll, his first appearance in Chicago. The program of the regular Turner-Hall concert this afternoon will be as follows: “Greeting to Leipsic, march,” by Graner; overture to Adam’s “Roi d’Yvetot”; “On the Beautiful Hudson, waltz,” by Bial; “Boceaccio’s Serenade,” by Suppé; “Ar addin overture,” by Hornemann; Koelling’s His finger pointed to the Nort! His looks were of the Devi Revenge burned fiercely on his brow— ‘A type of blighting evil. ‘Then came a silence as of death; Then rose a mighty shricking. On him the millions turned their eyes, For lo! the Fiend was speaking: “ Fly fast around, ye Northern wheels; Burn lute, ye turnace-tires; ‘Ave Maria”; Lumbye’s** Dream of the Savoyard”; Reinhold’s tpourri, “ Frank- furt Fair”; Faust’s “ ‘onig und Sinnig Gavotti”; and Strauss’ galop, “Thro’ Field and Meadow.” The program for the concert at Brand's Hall this afternoon, Adolph Liesegang, con- ductor, is as follows: Overture to “The Merry Winds_of Windsor,’ by Nicolai; * Reverie,” by Vieuxtemps; “ Traumerei,” by Schumann; “Love Song.” by Taubert; pot- pourri on ** William Tell,” by Rossini; violin solo, “I Lombardi,” by Vieuxtemps (Mr. Becker) ; “ Padre Martini’s Gavotte”: “ Ra- koezy Overture,” by Keler Bela; “Polka Mazurka” and ‘Polka Schnell,” by Strauss; and Gunel’s “ En Avant Marche.” During intermission at the rehearsal of the Mendelssohn Club, last Monday evening, Mr. HL. Cleveland sang two solos before the Society with great acceptability. Mr. Cleve- Jand has for some time been engaged at Dr. Lorimer’s church, but is now supplying Mr. Howard’s placein the Second Presbyterian Church choir.. He isa young man with a fine resonant tenor voice of extensive com- pass, and is possesseduf a smooth musicianly style of singing and an excellent stage pres- ence. Mr. Root, his instructor, regards him as among the most promising of the new tenors now coming into notice. A RUMOR CORRECTED. The New York Tribune of the 27th says: A rumor hns been some time in circulation among musical people, and yesterday found ex- wession in one of the morning pupers, that Mr. ‘neudore Thomas would not conduct at the Metropolitan Concert-Hall after this week, thut the concerts would be entirely discontinued. and that the halt would be used in future only for balls and. other eutertainments of tho sort. ‘This rumor proves, on investigution, to contain not a shadow of truth. Mr. Thomas himself exys that he has no knowledge of such design, gud several of the Directors of the Company ; Bend low your backs, ye vulgar herd; Ye mudill sons and sires, Plow deep the mighty prairies; ~ And the fisher on the sea, Let him brave the storm and tempest . _ For the tribute due to me! Toil on, ye busy tradesmen; Strike, strike, ye miners grimy; Sweat on, ye Lincoln hirelings, Bluc-bellied Yankees slimy! ‘Vain now your wails and chafing— drule your groaning land: Hear and obey the fiat— T hold ye in my hand! Toil, toil. forever toil and yitdd; Your is To Foryct! Toil, toil, and yield your substance To PAY THE REBEL Dept!" £ He ceased, and o'er the horrid scene ‘The midnight’s dark came stealing— Alike the Fiend’s exultant leok And Northern blush concealing. BER Earl Fitzwilliam. “New York Sun. é ‘The London Times says that at the ut his Irish tenantry Eur! Fitzwilliam fae detore mined to pass the winter in Ireland. He owns a large and beautiful property in Wicklow, and has always been in the habit of passing there a portion of cach year; put, having somo £100,000 a year in England. nnd the house reported to be the largest in the land after Windsor, he natur- ally spent the bulk of his time there. His dfather was appointed in 1195 Viceroy of Jand, but evinced a liberality of sentiment which the Government deemed too advanced: and. to the grief of the Irish (people: outside of Orange lodges, he was recalles a the day he left Dublin that city exhibited all the sirns of public: mourning. ‘The present Lord Fitzwill- ium’s eldest son, Lord Miltoh, spent much of his time in this country. and used to reside for months together, with his wife and family, in Virginia. He died about three years azo. ——<——— Rheumatism comes from inactive kidneys. Hop Bitters never fails to cure it. Readadv't. December, when he will conduct the nine: WILLS. A Curious Collection of “Last Wills and Testaments.” The Wills of Noah, Scunacherib, Virgil, Augustus Cesar, Saladin, and Rabelais. Eocentrio Wills—Puzsling Wills—Wills in Obsolete Language, and Rhyme. Vindictive Wills—Bequests ‘to Animals—Directions for Burial—How to Hake a Will. Appletons’ Journal, "There is an old saying that has come down to us from classical times, to the effect that we never really know a man until we have read his will; and the saying might be very greatly widened in its application without losing any of its truth, for there are certain phases of human nature which could hardly be understood in their full significance, save as illustrated in.a collection of “LAST WILLS AND TESTAMENTS.” One would suppose that in the most solemn act of his life—standing by forecast, as it were, in the very presence-chamber of death —a man would lay aside his foibles, and abjure, for the moment at least, his purely personal and egotistic sentiments; yet the record-offices show that there is nothing in which the weaknesses, the eccentricities, the passions, and the antipathies of men are more likely to be displayed than in those solemn transactions by which they anticipate the decree of Fate and separate themselves fromall merely selfish and earthly interests.. Tt is this which, aside from’ the entertain- ment to be derived from it, gives a sort of yalue to such a volume as that compiled by the author of.‘*Flemish. Interiors,” and en- titled “Curiosities of the Search-Room: A Collection of Serious and Whimsical Wills,” of the contents of which tha following is a running summary: * The custom of will-making appears to have been of very great antiquity, and long before the degree of civilization that led to their be- ing left in writing was attained, they are said to have been made orally. It has been as- serted by Eusebius, Origen, and ‘other patris- tic writers, that NOAH MADE A WILL; and Xilander took the trouble to translate into Latin the account of it given in Greek by Cadrenus; Philastrius, Bishop of Brescia in the fourth century, declares all persons heretical who deny the division of the world agsmade by the will of Noah to his three sons; and one writer even pretends to give the very words in which the deed was drawn up. These writers further declare that the usage was common in patriarchal times; but, if this be so, it is somewhat surprising that we do not find any such transactions recorded in the Script- ures. Some antiquarians assert that written wills originated, likeso many other of the sup- posed achievements of later civilization, with the Egyptians; and though no conclusive evideuce of this has yet been adduced, there are good grounds for inferring that the prac- tice of bequeathing property by will existed anorg Orientals as far back as the memory of manextends, The earliest authentic will cited by the author of the present work is that of Seunacherib, the Assyrian, which was found in the royal library of Konyunjik, and which bequeaths to his favorit son, Esarhaddon, “certain bracelets, coronets, and other precious objects of gold, ivory, and precious stones, deposited for safe-keeping in the tempic of Nebo.” - AMONG THE GREEKS the custom was well established, and amon the “ Wills of Remarkable Persons,” which constitute Part If1. of the work under no- tice, we find the wills of Endamidas of Cor- inth, of Plato, and of Aristotle. Still earlier than these, and-one of the most remote on record; is the will of Telemachus, cited by Homer, in which, lest they fall into the hands of his enemics, he bequeaths to Pir- aeus all the presents that had been made to him. by Menelaus; but headds, “ In case I should slay them and survive, you are then to restore them to me in my palace--a task as joyous to you to accomplish as to myself to profit by.” ‘The Greeks seem to have ex- hibited a conscientious regard for the .be- hests of-the departed, and, although it some- times happened that wills were forged and adroitly substituted for the originals, as ‘Aristotle tells us, yet they adopted as a precautionary measure the system of depositing them in a public office, and ap- pointing witnesses to the fact. Demosthenes mentions in one of his orations that, at the end of a testamentary document, it was cus- tomary to imprecate the most formidable curses on those who should attempt to yio- late the wishes of the testator. AMONG THE ROMANS, wills do not appear to have been known be- fore the Twelve Tables, on which foundation they were made to rest; but afterward the practice became greatly elaborated aud sys- tematized, and Justinian describes three dif- ferent categories under which wills could be made.. Of the Roman wills cited in the pres- ent volume that of Virgil is chiefly remarka- ble, because in one clause of it _he ordered the ““Aineid” to be burned, “Ut rem emen- datam imperfectamque.” “Being assured, however, that Augustus would never consent to have this yandal behest car- ricd out, he subsequently added another clause, in which he ordered that,.in case he should die before he had time to finish and revise his MSS., the verses should be pub- lished exactly as he left them. A long ab- stract is given of the willof Augustus Cesar, ‘which has an important historical as well as personal interest. In it the distinguished testator calls attention to the fact that he left to his heirs only 150,000,000 sesterces (about 36,000,000), although he lad received by testamentary donations more than five mill- jards of sesterces:(about $160,000,000) ; and adds that he had employed all the rest in the service of the state, as well as his two pater- nal patrimonies (that of, Caius Ovtavius, his own father, and that of Julius Cisar, his adopted father), and his other family inherit- ances. Besides those mentioned above, the section “WILLS OF REMARKABLE PERSONS” includes the wills of Saladin, Sultan of Egypt (1193): of Louis VILL of France 1226); Edward L of England (1307); of Petrareh (1370): of Johann Ziska (1424); of Christopher Columbus (1506); of Erasinus and Melanchtlion ; of Hans Holbein. itabelais, Mary Stuart, ‘I'asso, Cardinal Richelieu, Scarron, Dryden, Racine, Bossuet, Lord Chesterfield, Garrick, Agassiz, Cardinal An- tonelli, Ha Martineau, and two or three score others. Of these the most impressive, asit is certainly the mostoriginal and charac- teristic, is that of Saladin; and we quote it as summarized by the author: “ Interesting to record is the last will and testament ’of the celebrated Saladin, born in 1136; he died in 1193, after filling the two continents of Europe and Asia with his fame. Sultan of Egypt, he conquered Syria, Arabia, Persia, Mesopotamia, and tool possession of Jerusalem in 1187. His con- auests suflice to enable us to judge of the ex- tent of his power and wealth; at his death, however, he showed that, no one was more indiately convinced of the utter hollowness of the riches and greatness of the world and the vanity of its disputes. _ He ordered, by his will, first, that con- siderable sums should be distributed to Mussulmans, Jews, and Christians, in order that the priests of the three religions might implore the merey of God for him; next he commanded that the shirt or tunic he should be wearing at the time of his death should be carried on the end of a spear throughout the whole camp, and at the head of hisarmy, and that the soldier who bore it should pause at intervals and say aloud, ‘Behoid all that re- mains of the Emperor Saladin! “Of all the States he lad conquered; of: all the provin- ces he had subdued; of the boundless treas- ures he had atnassed; of the countless wealth he possessed he retained, in dying, nothing but this shroud!” MORE CURIOUS THAN THIS, and also more suggestive, as showing how much more surely: the passions are embit- tered by religious and partisan strife than by regular war, is the will of Johann Ziska, the blind. chieftain of the Hussites. He left a dying behest to the effect that immediately atter his death his body was to be flayed, his skin preserved and tanned, in order that a drum-haad might be made of i, “The | | were religiously observed. “will alone and have noise of such a drum,” said he, suffice to scare the enemies of the tribe, to preserve to it all the advantages I obtained for it.” 3 ‘In the will of the great satirist, Rabelals, is the following highly characteristic clause: - “T have no available property; Lowe a great deal; the rest I give to the poor. The remainder of the wills gt eminent per- sous are of a more commonplace character, though few are without some interesting featute; and it is in the other sections of the book that its more readable and piquant con- tents will be found. ‘The classification, it should be observéd, ig not very exact, but it will be more convenient, perhaps, to follow itas nearly asmay be. After the general in- troduction, the first chapter is assigned to no ECCENTRIC WILLS,” thongh, as the compiler_acmits, other wills equally abnormal are found under other headings. ‘This chapter begins with the will of a splendid Greek miser, Dichieus Dichse- anus, which is too long to quote; but the im- mediately following ‘* Will of adilted Bache- lor” is both brief and pointed: *A French merchant, dying in 1610, left a handsome legacy to a Jady who had, twenty years be- fore, refused to marry him, in order to ex- press his gratitude to her for- her forbear- ance, and his admiration for her sagacity.in Jeaving to him a happy bachelor life of inde- pendence and freedgm.” Worthy of bein placed beside this is the will of Licut.-Col. ‘ash, who bequeathed an annuity of £50 to the bell-ringers of Bath Abbey, “provided they should muffle the clappers of the bells of the said abbey, and ring them with dole- ful accentuation’ from $ a. 1m. to Sp. m. on each anniversary of his wedding-day, and during the same number of hours, only with a merry peal, on the anniversary of the day which released him from domestic tyranny ana wretchedness.”” eer A good example of abbreviated wills is that dictated by a North-country peasant dying in the’ year 1602:; “I, Willian: Apthorp, of Ald- boro’; soul to Almighty God; twelve shil- lings to poor-box; lease of farin, one corne ain, .and the wood cutt this yr, also yoke of oxen,. to sonne Robert; two black kine to my dau'r Alison, Between dau’rs Anne and Eliza three kine; to Anthony Robinson a stall. of four yr old and a met. of beans, and another met. to his children. Sonne Robert and three daw’rs all four exors.” But the shortest will on rec- ord is that proved in_the Lewes Probate Court in November, 1878, and consisting of eight ‘words: “Mrs. — to have all when I je. A will which may FAIRLY BE CALLED “ECCENTRIC” is that of Dr. Ellerby, who died in London in February, 1827, He was a member of the Society of Friends, and all his habits bore the mark of originality. In his will. are to be found some singular clauses, among them the following: = . “Item: I desire that immediately after my death my body shall be carried to the Ana- tomical Museum in Alderseats street, and shall be there dissected by . Lawrence, Tyrrell, and Werdrop, in order that the cause of my malady may be well understood. “Ttem: Ibequeath my heart to Mr. W., anatomist; my lungs to Mr. R.; and my brains to Mr. F., in order that they may preserve them from decomposition; and 1 declare that if these gentlemen shall fail faithfully to execute these wy last wishes in this respect, I will come—if it should be by any ‘means possible—and torment them until they shall comply.” 7 ‘Akin to this is the will of Mr. S. Sanborn, who, in 1871, bequeathed his corpse to Har- yard. University, and especially to the ma- nipulation of Oliver Wendell Holmes and Louis Agassiz. ‘This testator, who was 2 hatter ij (AND THEREFORE, PERUAPS, EXCUSABLY MAD), dwelt at Medford, Mass. a “Tn his will he eturesset his desire that hig remains should be preserved in the Mu- seum of Anatomy at Harvard, after having been dealt with in the most scientific an skillful manner known to the anatomical profession. “He further requested, after the example of John Ziska, that his skin should be converted into two - drum-heads, not for the same purpose as that inti- mated by the Bohemian chief, for the sake of frightening his enemies, but ‘to be- come the property of his distinguished friend and patriotic fellow-citizen, Warren Simp- son, drummer of Cohasset, on condition that he should, on the 17th of June every year at sunrise, beat. on the said drum the tune of Yankee Doodle on Buuker’s Hill.’ + “The drum-heads to be respectively in- scribed with Pope’s ‘Universal Prayer’ and the Declaration of Independence, as original- y worded by its illustrious author, Thomas ‘efferso! ‘son. ““*The remainder of my body useless for anatomical purposes to be composted for a fertilizer to contribute to the growth of an American elm,. to be planted in some rural thoroughfare, that the weary wayfarer may rest, and innocent children may play beneath its umbrageous branches rendered Juxuriant by my remains.’”” ‘The reader has often heard, doubtbess, of a woman being worth: her weight in gold, buta Scotch gentleman, having two daugh- ters, bequeathed to each her weight, not in gold, but in one-pound bank-notes. The elder seems to have been slenderer than her sister, for she only got £51,200, while the younger. received £57,344; but each was weighty enough to secure a. tolerably ample provision. Under the title of ‘A BIBLE LOTTERY,” we are told of a minister who bequeathed asum of money to his chapel at St. Ives to vrovide “ Bibles every year, for which six men and six women were to throw dice on Whit-luesday after the morning service, the minister knecling the while at the south end of the communion-table, and praying God to direct. the luck to His Glory.” That all the clergy are not equally serene in wait- ing upon Providence seems to be shown hy the will (dated March 26, 1874) of the Rev. Villiam Hill, Jate of Lansdowne Villas, Springtield Road, Cotham, Bristol, in which the testator directs— “The paymentof all my just debts, funeral and testamentary. expenses, 2S SOON aS Cun~ veniently may be after my departure to Heaven; but/as this is tobe my final public document, [shall here record my detestation of all State establishments of religion, be- lieving them to be ‘anti-Scriptural and soul- ruining. Lhave for years prayed the King of Zion to overthrow the politico-ecclesiastical establishment. of the British Empire, and leave the world witha full conviction that such power must ere long be answered. I thirst to see the Church brought down, the Church by man set up, for millions are by it Ied onto drinka bittereup. I desire all posterity to know that William Hill was a conscientious Trinitarian Baptist minister, and that he believed infant sprinkling to be from his Satanic Majesty, the keystone of Popery, therefore the parent of unnum- bered terrible evils; this delusion must also pass away at the divinely. appointed time, muiersion of believers, as plainly and the the Iloly taught by the Great Teacher, Ghost, and. the apostles, shall one day uni- versally triumph. Man says, some water in the face, and that before the child has grace, is what is meant in Jesus’ word, by being buried in the Lord. The deadly drinking customs of professors and non-professors are likewise doomed. Ueavyen dash ‘all error, sin, and the devil from the earth, and cause truth, holiness, and Christ everywhere to prevail, Amen.” The last will quoted among the tries” is “eccen- THAT OF A NEW-YORKER, who died during the present year, and who is said to have left the following testamentary directions: e **+T bequeath all my fortune to my nephews and nieces, seven i number. “They are to share it equally, and on 10 account to'go to Iaw about it, on pain of for- feiting their respective shares. “own seventy-one pairs of trousers, and Istrictly enjoin my executors to hold apublic sale at which these shall be sold to the high- est bidder, aud proceeds distributed to the poor of the city. : “t+1-desire that these garments shall in no way be examined or meddled with, but be disposed of as they are found at the time of my death; and no one purchaser is to buy more than one pair,” “As thé testator had always been more or less-eccentric in his ways, no one was much surprised at these singular clauses, which The sale was held, and the seventy-one pairs of trousers were sold to seventy-one different purchas-” ers. One of these, In examining the pockets, discovered in the fob a packet of some sort, closely sewn up. He lost no time in cutting the thread, and was nota little surprised to find a bundle of bank-notes representin a thousand dollars, ‘Ie news soon spread, and each of the others found himself pos- sessed of a similar amount. “CAs may be supposed, all were well satis- fied except the heirs, who could not. find res dress in law, this resource being prohibited.” ‘The third chapter is devoted to what are ealled : “ PUZZLING WILLS,” “ wills, namely, that are puzzling from vari- ous causes: “some froma careless, some from an ignorant, some from an untechnical mode of expression, sowe literally from the testators taking a mal us pleasure in ‘bothering’ their tors, and some from want of reflection in the changes and eventu- alities which time and circumstances are likely to bring about, and which may render jt ultimately impossible to carry out their be- hests.” Of these we shall quote only two, the first being that of amathematical testator who died in 1730: “A native of Strasbourg, Fortunatus Droy- nul, drew upa singwiar will:going back to the early age of 8 years, he stated therein that at that period bis grandfather had left him 24 livres, and that in sixty-four years this sun had increased to 500. ‘This amount, which he now proposed to deal with, he directed’ should be divided into five portions, to beinvested at the highest interest that can be safely ob- tained. “At the end of acentury, as he had calcu- lated, éach acemmulated portion might be computed at 13,000 livres, and when that time should have arrived, portion No. 1 was to be employed in reclaiming a morass near his native village. “No. 2 was to aceuniulate during a second century. when it would have reached 1,700,- 000 livres, and was then to be employed in founding eighty prizes for the encourage- ment and improvement of husbandry. “No.8, after a third century, would rep- resent 220,000,000 livres, and was to be applied to the establishing of ‘ Lomber-Ilouses’ to supply to industrious men loans without interest; also to build twelve museums and twelve libraries in different cities, each en- dowed with an income of 100,000 livres for the support of fifty scholars. ws “No. 4, at the end of a fourth century, was to be employed in building and peopling 100 new towns of 150,000 inhabitants each, the sum ot thirty milliards of livres being, the testator considered, sufficient for that pur- ose. “No. 5, at the expiration of 500 years, would haye reached nearly 4,000 milliards, and«was ‘tu be-used to pay off the national debt of the testator’s country, the balance to be applied to that of England, with a cosmopolitan feel- ing of gratitude for Newton’s beautiful work, The Universal Art of Arithmetic.’ ” ‘The other will which we propose to quote has obviously PUZZLED THE COMPILER OF THE BOOK, who, after describing the will as that of Mr. Smith Willie, of- Pennsylvania, immediately afterward speaks of the ‘above city”—evi- dicnily supposing Pennsylvania to bea city. ‘The will bears the date of 1880, and is tran: scribed as follows: “A somewhat puzzling task has devolved upon a real or imaginary body of men in the above city [some city of Pennsylvania], a Mr. Willie having appointed as executors of his extraordinary will a jury of honor con- sisting of all the householders in his native town, who can prove that they came honest- ly by their-fortunes; each to receive for his trouble the sum of $200. He computes that there cannot be above twenty, and doubts whether that number will be reached. “The will itself is thus indited: tere that I have no direct descendants, and that lam wholly unacquainted with those 1 may possess colldterally, I bequeath ny fortune to any one among them who, in the course of a twelve-month from the date of my death, may distinguish himself by an act of heroism worthy of ancient times. “*Tn case none of ny collateral descend- ants be justified in making this claim, I then leave all I possess to be divided between all the women who can prove that they have been my mistresses, be it for ever so brief a period.” Of the “WHIS IN OBSOLETE , LANGUAGE AND BIME,” Fil which form the contents of Chap. IV., the following is worth reproducing. it was proved in Doctors’ Commons in the year 1737: The fifth day of May, Being airy and gay, + Aud to byp not inclined, But of vigorous mind. And my body iu health, Til dispose o’ my wealth, And all I'm io leave On this side the grave, ‘To some one or other, And I think to my brothef. Becuuse I foresaw bat my brothers-in-law, If I did not take care, Would come in tor their share, Which 1 nowise intended, ‘Till their mannersare mended; And o't, Goa knows, there's no sign} I do therefore enjoin, ‘Aud do strictly command, Of which witness my band, That.nought I have rot Be brought into hotch-pot;, But 1 give and devise, ‘As much as in me lies, To the son of my mother, ‘My own deur brother, ‘To have and to bold, All my silver and gold, ‘As the affectionate pledges . Js Of his brother—JoHN HepGEs.” ‘We do not know what John Hedges’ pro- fession may have been, but hereis an equally abnorinal will, which we are assured was the authentic production of a London attorney named Smithers: : ? ‘As to all my wordly goods now, or to be, in store, I give to my beloved wife, and hers forever- more, I give all freely, I no limit fix: ‘This is wy will, and she’s executrix. Of all the varied contents of the volume, perhaps the most curious is that collected in the chapter on: “ Vindictive Wills.” ‘It seems strange,” as the author truly says, “that any man should deliberately elect to go out of the world bearing in his heart feelings of malice, hatred, and revenge against any ot his fellow-creatures, and leaving bebind him practical proofs that they. remain unforgiven. . . . fore us, however, lie incontrovertible proofs that there are jen who can and do act thus; and itis equal- ly remarkable that inthe majority of cases they try to mask their uncharitableness by assuming a tone of jocularity.” The most canjous example of this class of wills is that 01 PIULIP, EARL OF PEMBROKE, who lived amid the political turmoils of the seventeenth century: “J, Philip, V. Earl of Pembroke and Mont- omery, being, as Lam assured, of unsound health, but of sound memory,—as I well re- member ime that five years ago I did give my yote for the dispatching of old Canterbury, neither have I forgotten that I did see my King upon my scaffold,—yet as it is said that Death doth even now pursue me, and, more- over, as it is yet further said that if is my practice to yield under coercion, I do now make iny last will and testament, . - “Jn primis: As for my soul, Ido confess I have often heard men speak of the soul, but what may be these same souls, or what their destination, God knoweth; for myself, [know not. Men have likewise talked to me of an- other world, which I have never visited, nor do Leven know aninch of the ground that leadeth thereto. When the King was reign- ing, [did make my son wear a surplice, be- ing desirous that he should become a Bishop, and for myself I did follow the religion of my master: then came the Scotch, whoiade mea Presbyterian, but since the time of Cromwell Ihave become an Independent. ‘These are. methinks, the three principal re- ligions of the kingdom,—if any one of the paves can save a soul, to that I claiin to be- “long: te i! IF, THEREFORE, MY EXECUTORS CAN FIND MY SOUL, I desire they will return it to Him who gave it to me. “Item: I give my body, for itis plain I cannot keep if,—as you see, the chirurgeons are tearing it in pieces. Bury ine, therefore ; Thold lands and churches enough for that. Above all, put not my body beneath the chureh-poreh, for I am, after’ all, a man of birth, and I would not that Ishould be in- terred there, where Col. Price was born. “Ttem: 1 will have no monument, for then I must needs have an epitaph, and verses over my earcase: during my life I have had enough of these. _ “Item: 1 desire that my dogs may be shared among all the members of the Coun- cil of State. With regard to them. I have been all things to all men; sometimes went Lwith the Peers, sometimes with the Coin- mons. J hope, therefore, they will not suffer my poorcurs to want. ” “tem: tL give my two best ‘saddle-horses to the Earlof Denbigh, whose lezs, methinks, must soon begin to failhim. As regardeth my other horses, I bequeath them to Lord Fairfax, that when Cromwell and his Council take away his commission he may still have some horse to comunand. | “Ttem: Igive all my wild beaststo the Earl of Salisbury, being very sure he will pre- serve them, seein; the refused the King a doe out of his park. 2 my chaplains to I bequeath the Earl of Stamford, seeing he has never his employ; had one in having neyer known any other than his son, iny Lord Grey, who, being at the same time spiritual and carnal, will engender more than one monster. “Ttein: 1 give nothing to my Lord Save, and [do make him this legacy willingly, be- cause I know that he will FAITRFULLY DISTRIBUTE If UNTO THE POOR. “Ttem:, Seeing that I did menace a certain Henry Mildmay, but did not thrash him, I do leave the sum of £50 sterling to the Jaequey that shall pay unto him my ebt. “item: I bequeath to Thomas May, whose nose Luid break at a mascarade, five shil- Hi My intention had been to but all who shall hi seen tory of the Parliament’ will cons’ even this sum is too large: - “Ttem: I should have given to the author of the libel on women, enti- tled ‘News of the Exchange,’ three pence to invent a yet more scurrilous mode of maligning; but, seeing that he insulleth- and “slandereth'1 know not how many honest per- sons, I commit the office of paying him to the same lacauey who undertaketh the arrears of Henry Mildmay; he ‘will teach him to dis- tinguish between honorable women and dis- reputable. ey “Item: I give to the “Lieutenant-General Cromwell one of my words, the which he must want, seeing that he hath never kept any of his own. isa “Ttem: I give to the wealthy citizens of London, and likewise to the Presbyterians and the hobility, notice to 1ook to theirskins; for, by the order of the’State, the garrison of ‘Whitehall hath provided itself with poniards, and useth dark lanterns in the place: of can- dies. “Item: I give up the ghost Worthy of being will of Dr. Dunlop, made the following MALICIOUS BEQUESTS: “To my eldest sister Joan, my five-acre field, to console her for being married to a man she is obliged to henpec! “To my second sister, Sally, the cottage that stands beyond the said field, with its rden, because, as no qne is likely to marry er, it will be large enough to lodge her. “To my third sister, Kate, the family Bible, recommending her to learn as much of its spirit'as she already knows of its let- ter, that she may become a better Christian. “Po my fourth sister, Mary, my grand- mother’s silver sauff-box, thatshe may not be ashamed to take snuff before company. ‘To my fifth sister, Lydia, my silver drink- ing-cup, for reasons known to herself. ®To9 my brother Ben, my books, that he may learn to read with them. w“To aby brother James, my bigsilyer watch, that he may know the hour at which men ought to rise from their bed. “To my brother-in-law, Jack, a punch- bowl, because he wili do credit to it. “Ro iy. brother-in-law, Christopher, my best pipe, outof,gratitude that he married iny sister Maggie, whom no man with taste would have taken, “'o my friend John Caddell, pot, that, being afflicted with a siatternly wife, he may drink therefrom tea to his com- rt. i —. appended to this is the of Upper Canada, who a silver tea- “While ‘old John’s’ eldest son was made lJegatee of asilver tankard, which the testa- tor objected to leave to old John himself, lest he should commit the sacrilege of melt- ing it down to make temperance inedals.” nd, as a pendant to these, we cite the will of John George, of Lambeth, who died in London in June, 1791, and who PROVIDES FOR HIS WIFE AS FOLLOWS: “Seeing that I have had the misfortune to be married to the aforesaid Elizabeth, who, ever since our union, has tormented me in every possible way; that, not content with mak! game of all my remonstranees, she has done all she could to render my life miserable; Heaven seems to have sent her into the world solely to drive me out of it; that the strength of Samson, tha genius of Homer, the prudence of Augustus, the skill of Pyrrhus, the patience of Job, the philosophry of Socrates, the subtlety of Han- nibal, the vigilance of Hermogenes, would not suffice to subdue the perversity of her character; that no power on earth can change her, seeing that we haye lived apart suring the Jast eight years, and that the only result has been the ruin of my son, whom she has corrupted and estranged from me; weighing maturely and seriously all these considerations, 1 linve: bequeath and I be- queath, to my said wife Elizabeth, the sum of one shilling, to be paid to her within six months of iny death.” 3 Conceived in the same vindictive spirit is the bequest of an English gentleman, who hag. from his earliest years been educated in 8 MOST VIOLENT PREJUDICES AGAINST THE TRISH, and who came, when advanced in life, to in- herit 2 considerable proverty in the County of Tipperary, but under the express condi- tion that he should reside on the land. ‘To this decree he very reluctantly conformed, but his feelings toward the natives only grew more bitter in consequence; and at his death, in 1791, his executors were surprised to find the following dispositions: “Tgive and bequeath the annual sum of ten pounds, to be paid in perpetuity out of my estate, to the following purpose: It is my will and pleasure that this sum shall be spent in the purchase of a certain quantity of the liquor vulgarly called whisky, and itshall be publicly given out thata certain number of persons, Irish only, not to exceed twenty, who may choose to assemble in the cemetety in which I shall be interred, on the anniversary of my death, shal! have the same distributed to them. Further, it half oa my each shall receive by pint at a time, till the whole is consumed, each being likewise provided with a stout oaken stick and a knife, and that they shall drink it all on the spot. Knowing what I know of the Trish character, my conviction is that with these materials given, they will not fail to de- stroy each other, and when, in the course of. time, the race becomes exterminated, this neighborhood at least may, perhaps, be col- onized by civilized and respectable English- men. In another will of this class, we read of a crabbed old German Professor, who died in Berlin at the beginning of the century, and who, entertaining a great dislike for his ‘sole surviving relative, left his property to. him, but on the absolute condition that he should always wear white linen clothes AT ALL SEASONS OF THE YEAR, and should not supplement _them in winter by extra under-garments. In still another case an estate of sume value was left to his eldest son by a certain John Budd, oncondition that he shaved off his mus- tache and never allowed it to grow again. An inhabitant of Leicester, named Sergeant, left a large fortune to his nephews on con- dition that they should rise at 4 o’clock in the morning in summer and at 5 o’clock in win- ter. And, finally, a testator, whose name is ot given, bequeathed to his son and daugh- terone guinea each to balance accounts, throwing in his forgiveness, and the hope that Heaven would one day give them a bet- ter mind; while to his son-in-law he left one penny to buy him a whistle. ‘The chapters on “ Bequests to Wives,” on “Charitable Gifts, Art Gifts, and Gifts to Servants,” on “Wills in Favor of Dumb Animals,” and on “Disputed Wills,” all con- tain specimens over which it would be amus- ing to linger; but, after a paragraph or so on bequests to dumb animals, we must pass on to “Directions for Burial.” That £ PET ANIMALS should be remembered in testamentary in- junctions is not surprising, in view of the large part which they play in human life; but the eccentricities into which testators are sometimes betrayed in theic behalf would be scarcely credible, if instances were not so numerous and so well authenticated, Mme. Dupuis, the famous harpist of the seventeenth century, directed that if her two cats survived her 30 sous a week must be Jaid out upon them, in order that they might live well.“ They are to be served daily, ina clean and proper manner, with two meals of meat-soup, the same as we eat ourselves, but itis to be given to them separately in two soup-plates. The bread is not to be cut up into the soup, but must be broken into squares about the size of a nut, otherwise they will refuse to eatit, A ration of meat, finely minced, is to be added to it; the whole is then to be mildly seasoned, put intoaclean pan, covered closely, and carefully simmered before itisdishedup.” Among the archives of Toulouse exists the registry of a singular will, made by a peasant of the neighbor- hood in 1781, in these terms: “I declare that appoint ny russet cob [horse] my uni- versal heir, and I desire that he may beloug to my nephew George.” As may be sup- posed, the will was contested; but, strange to say, it was ultimately confirmed. An Italian doctor, named Cristiano, of the faculty of jurisprudence-at Venice, left by his will the sum of 6,000 florins for the main- tenance of his three dogs, but with the con- dition that at their death the sum should be added to the funds of the University of Vienna, A Mrs. Elizabeth Hunter, who died in London in 4513, bequeathed to a pet parrot an annuity of £200, to be paid uarterly, as long as the parrot should live, ‘Two cases are recorded in waich handsome legacies were left to pet fish; others in which monkeys are the beneticiaries; and many others in which dogs are provided for. But CATS APPEAR TO HAVE SECURED THE CLOS- EST HOLD upon the affections of will-makers, and noth- ing of the kind on record equals the legacy ofa Mr. Jonathan Jackson, of Columbus, 0., who died a few y ago, leavine - orders to his executors to erect & eats’ home, the plans. and elevation of which he had drawn out with great care and thought. The building was to contain dormitories, arefectory, areas for conversation, grounds for exercise, and gently sloping roofs far ¢limbinc. with rat-holes for sport, an “audi ” which the inmates were te na it daily to listen to an accordion, which ed be played for an hour each day by an Nas to ant, that instrrment being the ne; one proach to their natural voices, Aa st ap mary, to which were to be attached asi = and three or four professed nu: oo ttReon adjoin the establishment. ‘The testatynos 2 as his reason for thus disposing of ls : erty that ‘it is man’s duty, as to animals, to watch over ‘and pe the lesser and feebler, even protect watches over and protects” man's. “4 does not, however, explain how it ha; Mee tonrmotaer rate toes 0% consider a oO protect rat “, propensities of eats, rom the “sporting? Nothing in the volume mot i erates. the native wwhtuusealty an et human mind than i it in the ; the Instances elled Si BS _mimeeross FOR BURIAL jome of these are serio enough, exhibiting an alinost randy golem of the awfulness of the transacti Sensa others show that they are written anda bat. influence either of despair or of an irre re spirit of bravado. We ean find sp; eae fora specimen or two of the more pie Saly Allertfordshire farmerinserted inion. written wish that “as he was about Tota ae thirty years’ nap, hiscoftin might be sug me from a beam in barn, and by no ae ia nailed down.” Ile, however, permitted i be locked, provided hole were mude j tt side through which the key might be us so that he might let himself out whe; ed, awoke. Less solicitous for the reserva be of what Sir Thomas Browne calls » lump of mortality,” was Sir Charles H; ings, who directed that his body might coe be coffined, but swathed in any coarse sit " that would hold it together, and then pred in a spot designated by him; that the: gram should then be planted with * acorns, a that he might render a_ last "Sertice to his country by contributing to nourish some good English oaks.” “Dr, Mesrene ger Mouncey, who was once physician to Chelsea Hospital .Celleze, bequeathed his corpse for dissextion, ynd added that whe the surgeons had completed their "twas to be put into a deal-box, in which holes had - been made, and thrown into the Thanies in whinsicality, is Surpassing al nowevel i e Willofa New York spins dered that all the money she showta ae ie: sessed of should be employed in’ buili church in her native city, but stipulated tha her. remains e SHOULD BE 3MIXED UP IN THE MorraR use for Sans a first sone hi ‘ . characteristic example of tho: which an attempt is male to put shoe or jocose mask upon the grim Death is we followin mh i sve ats “ An individual exerei the conjuror at Rochdale, named Cla; oa ct wilfin which he desired that, ike Should escape hanging, and should dieanatoral death within two miles of Shaw Chapel, hig executors, of whom he named two, shonid of his Drop. assemble threescore of the truest friends—not to include any woman, nor yet man whose avocations compel him to wear white cap or an apron, nor any. man in habit of taking snuff or using tobacco!: Four fiddles were to attend, and the company were to make merry and to dance. For the refresh. men of ie Buests were tobe providedsits. wo spiced buns and twenty shillings’ of ie best am - : Wort “The body, dressed in his ‘roast-meat* Sunday) clothes, was to be laid ona ber in the midst. As each guest arrived of gorse, holly, and rosemary were to be tributed, and each was to receive a cake: then all were to make merry fora coupla at ours. : “The musicians were then to play, in lively time, the tune of ‘ Britons, strike home,’ while glasses of gin were being handed round to the company; after this thefiddlers, Tepeating the saine tune, were to head tha cortége, the guests to follow two-and-+two, the whole being closed by the curate RIDING UPON AN ASS, i for-which service he was to receivea feeot one guinea. Noone was on any account to indulge in tears; and, as soen as’ the cofiin had been covered over, they were to repair to the public-house at. which the departed had been best known, ang there tu eat and drink as they pleased to tha aniount of 30 shillings, to be defrayed by the ‘estate’? caer Before taking leave of a book from wl much entertainment may gotten, should not fail to add that it is not without - practical hints which may prove. useful to every one who has anything to do with wills or Will-making. To the uninitiated, nothing would seem to be more sinple or easy for a man to express his wislies as to the position of his property in such a way that there could be no question as to his inter tions; yet costly experience has taught tha world that few things are more difficul and that, in general, where there’s a will there’s a—lawsuit. Even a lawyer of such recognized professional ability as the late Lord Westbury left behind him a will which gaye rise to endless complications and putes; and Lord St. Leonards, who was pro- verbially minute in the precautions he upon others, left a will which became tha subject of a long and costly litigation. “IN MAKING A WILL,” : says our author, “much mischief maybe prevented by brevity, provided it becom ined with lucidity; it is a mistake tosup- pose that many words or many repel tend to perspicuity; on the contrary, with: these there is great danger of ‘elucl into obscurity.’ All ambiguities shoul d be avoided—my black and white horses) we have learned, does bear the same meaning as ‘my black and my white horses.’ Prepositions must be yigilautly watched: the smallest monosyla- ble in the English language used or misuseq in a will becomes a gigantic power, and “of! has before now been the cause of prot and expensive lawsuits. Families have been thrown into chancery for years, their prop” erty shorn down to minute ‘proportions, ‘law see enriched, and. sueceeding gene eggzared. by the omission or addition of half a word. ‘Child’ for ‘children’ has known to occasion the most harassi tion, and to have kept families w! 10 Were brought up to large expectations, and were entitled to colossal fortunes, s! for years under the law’s delay... + + h “When a layman writes his own will he had better take as. a model that of the ing nious testator of Lewes (‘rs.A— to oi all when I die’), whose Jaconic style mu have effectually thwarted all attempt oe terfere with his intentions. ‘When 1 pel need searcely have been inserted, and thet the will would have been within the nar est limits of brevity; but as it is too. oe evel swith them, we cannot but think he right in -making assurance dol Above all, let the layman avoid Je ser lest the law insist on giving them 2 ee interpretation of which the poor man Dé dreamed.” —— FOR GOD AND THE RIGHT. For The Chicago Tribune. ‘Aronse ye, brave Freemen! ‘The time drawetht near; toheart All the world stands in awe your answer ogo? Stall Tyranny triumph? Shall Treason Or stand ye up bravely for God and the Right? ‘The crowned heads of Europe now trembling awnit— fate: For thes in our future but read their wn thts Snall Kings rule, or People in God-given tray O answer for Freedom, for God, and the Your foretathors'spiritsscem whispering ag “ To the heritage left you, ray The lend we. have ibd for no treason sould ight: ” Then do your whole duty for God andthe BIshE Avvolce, us of thousands, comes trom battler jain: “See fo it, our brothers, we died notin vatnt 4, ‘The birthright of Freedom onr childrenyoP nr When manfully standing for God and the ght vie ‘The dear, dear old Flag, that seemeth, fo sighted The rainbow—God's promisc—and st sky, ‘Waves you prophetically on to the light Found duly in Freedom, ja God and the Right Then for your brave martyrs, the Land ye lov? well— Your banners, 3 your free schools, act dear Sa ith-bells, Spenk ealmis—speak bravely—O speak ' your ™! 17 ~ x the Right! For Garfield and Arthur—for God and Rector. —<—<———— Effect of Frizht on tho ‘3Xair- ‘The Gazctle des Hupitaur gave an account! ly of xsingular case of completo nlopecles sey girl, age 1s, who had always enjoyed good had one day a narrow escape from being Che oy by a toor giving way beneath her. She wi 0 much frighteneil, and the same mizbt next complain of headacho aud ebills. Thy tthe morning she felt restiess, aud hud itebing 0g scalp. During the few following duys no ening thavlé ly improved. with tho exception of the i One day, in combing her hair, she noticed UEt came out in great quantities. Three (ayn er she was perfectly bald. Her generitl Hewes fay gooa, but ber head continued bald, and Weer. i go when scen two yeurs later by the reporieh, —<——— 5 Winchester’s Hypophosphites will cure consumption, coughs, weak lu bronchitis, and general debility. ‘Establish twanttenne yea"