Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, February 6, 1881, Page 18

1s” evening in the First Swedish Churcb, corner of Market and Oxk streets. —The Rev. Jobu Nigren preaches morning and evening in the Second Swedish Church ou North May. near Onio street. —The Ker. N. O. Westergreen preaches morn- fog and evening in the Third Swedish Church, corner of Fifth avenue and, Thirty-third street. —The Rey. M. Hansen preaches in the First Norwegian Chureh, corner of Indiana and San- mon streets. +. < ae rhe Rev. James Sanaber preaches morning and evening In the Second Norwegian Church on ‘West Division street, near Holt svenuc. —The Rev. S. T. Shaw preaches at Austin. —The Rev. ae ay Hardin preaches in the jews coe en ei taos WY. Patten preaches morning First Church in Evunsten. evening in the . aan Hee, ‘W. F, Stewart preaches in the Sec- nd Church in Evanston. - —The Rev. F. D. Hemenway, D. D., preaches yaorning and evening in the church in South Evanston. Ree —The Itev. F. S. Cantine preaches morning and evening in the church in Oak Park. . PRESBYTERIAN. <The Rev. Henry T. Miller will preach morning and evening in the Sixth Church, cornerof Vin- cennes and Oxk avenues. Morning subject: “The Doors of the Bible.”- =the Rev. L. T. Hayes, of Springfield, will preach this morning in the Second Church, cor- ner of Micnigun avenue.and Twentieth strect. —The Rev. H. M. Collsison preaches this morn- ing in the Fullerton avenue Church near North Ciark street. . “The Rey. James Maclaughlan preaches morning and evening in the Scotch Church, cor- ner of Sangamon and Adais strects. —The Rev. E. C. Ozgel, of Kankakee, preaches morning and evening’ in the Westminster Chureb, corner of Peoria and West Jackson strects. —Prof. Francis. Patton, D. D., LL-D., preach- es morning and evening in the Jefferson Park Church, corner of Throop and Adams streets. —Thegtev. S. E. Wishurd preaches morning and eveuing in the Fifth Church, corner of in- diana avenue and Thirtieth street. —The Rev. Herrick Jobnson, D. D., preaches toning and evening in the Fourth Church, cor~ Ber of Rush and Superior strects. - —Prof. Franklin W, Fisk. D. D., preaches this orning in the First Church, corner of Indiana avenue and Twenty-first street. —The Rey. Charles 8. Morton will preach this morning in the Hailrond Chapel on State street, near Fourtceuth. The evenme address will be Qclivercd by Mr. John V. Farwell. + NEW JERUSALEM ‘The Rey. E. C. Bostock will preach in tho morning inthe Lincoin Park Chapel, near the corver of Menomonee street. : 5 —The Rev. W. F. Pendicton will preach in Union Park Temp corner of Washington Btrect and Ogden avenue, at 4 p. m. ‘The Rev. L.P. Mercer will preach in Her- shey Music-Hall at 11 a.m. Subject: “* Walk~ ing the Waves; or, The Temptation of Faith.” . CHRISTIAN. s ‘The Rev. Dr. Matbewson will preach in the evening in the Advent Church, 91 South Green street. Yeurly covenant and business mecting at 10:30 a. m. —The itev. 0. 4. Burgess preaches morning and evening in the First Church, corner Indians avenue and Twenty-ffth street. —The Rey. J. H. Wricht will preach morning and evening in the Western Avenue Church, south of Van Buren strect. —The Rev. C. H.Catou wil! conduct morning eervices in the Second Church, corner Oakley avenue end Jackson strect. —The Rev. J. W. Allen will, preach morning and evening in the South Side Church, corner Prairie avenue and Thirtieth street. LUTHERAN. ‘The Rev. C. Koerner will preach morning and evening in the English Church of the Holy ‘Trin- ity, corner Dearborn avenue and Erie street. —The Rev. William Ashmead Schaeffer will preach this morning in the Wicker Park Church, corner Hoyne avenue and Le Moyne strect. $ TEMPERANCE: Prof. George E. Foster, of University of New Brunswick, will speak this morning in the New England Church under the auspices of the ‘Woman's Christian femperance Union. @3 Will be ‘continued every evening this week, commencing at 7:30 p. m.. in the room of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union of the South End, No. 8+ Cottaxe Grove avenue. ae MISCELLANEOUS. Mr. Donald Boss, evangelist, will Jecture at 3 Ki tm, and 7:45 p. in the Union Park Hall, 517 ladisou street. Afternoon subject: “ The Families of Cain and Seth.” Evening subject: “The First Adam the Type, and the Second Adam the Antitype.” a —A Spiritualists’ meeting will be held in aad Hui, No. 13 South Halsted street, at Pp. Dw. —A meeting for railroad employés and friends will be held in the reading-room, corner Kinzie and Cuna! streets, ut 3:15 p. m. : —Mr. G. M. Sloan will lecture to the Eciectics, at2J3 West Madison street, at 7:4 this evening. Subject: “ Efficiency of Prayer.” —The Latter-Duy Saints will yive two lectures mornime and evening in Castle Hall, No. 69 West JS.ake street. Morning subject: “The Doctrinal Tenets of the ik of Mormon” evening: “The Book of Mormon Sustained by Mythological, Hierogiyphical, Astronomical, Architectural, and Philoloyicul Evidences.” .--Dr.. Alexander Duncanson speuks in the Washingtonian Home Chapel at 3 p. ms —Christian worship according to Apostolic order wili be beid at 11a, m., corner Nobie and ‘Superior streets. —The Central Meeting of Friends will hold service in the Athemeum Building at 10:30 a. mm, .—Col George RB. Clurke will lead the Gospel meeting at the Pacific Garden Mission, corner of are eae Van Buren streets, this evening at 5:20. is —Mrs. Cora L. V. Richmond will address tho First Society of Spiritualists in Fairbank Hall, corner State and Randolph strects, at 4:30 p.m. Subject: The Flowers of Immortality by Spirit of Jabn Bunyan.” —Interpretations of the Scriptures through Birs. Hichmond in Martine’s Parlor, corner Wood and Walnut strects, at 10:45 a. m, —Dr. Blain will epeak this evening 2t the Spiritualist meeting in the West End Opera- ‘ouse. —The. ieciplee ce Jesus the Christ assemble at No, 229 West Randolph street at 4 p.m. —Gospe! incetings will be heid at 2:30 and 7:30 in the Call Bourd room, Board of Trade alley. ‘There will be 2 Spiritwalists’ meetipg at the West End Opera-House at3 o'clock and in the evening at 7:3 o'clock. Dr. Blain will speak in the evening. Muud E. Lord and other promi- nent mediums will address the afternoon mevt- CALENDAR FOR THE WEEE.. EPISCOPAL. Feb. 6—Fifth Sunday after Epiphany. Feb, i~Fast. * re ” CATHOLIC, ‘ Feb, 6~Fifth Sunday after Epiphany; St. Titus, B.C.; St. ‘Deroy, ve a : : Feb. {St Rowiuaid. Abb. Feb. &~St John of Matha, C. C. 9-St. Martina, V. M. (from Jan. 30); St. 2 Apollonia, V. AL Feb. 10~-St. Scholastica, V. Feb. U—Ferin, Feb. 2—Ferin. GRETCHEN UND ME GO OUT, . For The Chicago Tribune. Dook me dot papers, Shudge, und write dis ting about: it ‘Mine house he vas go crazy on ackound Gretch- en und me go out. For dwendy years already we lif so habby like der deuce, But now I dink dot’s besser, Shudge, of we vas lockt toxedder loosc. Dem marriage-tings mukes 8 man und yoomans one, you see; But der tuyfe! himself he don’t could told vhich vas der onc to be. 1dook dot voomans for besser, und she dooks me for worser too; Wo Jofed der odder pleudy vell; * ell, dot vas der ting to do. She don’d vas pooty for nice, Shudge, but she Vas bully fur shtrons, Und, ofer I hadn’t believed it, I don'd would seen some Wront: So Ishpeaks mit Gretchen a leedic times, und . Gretchen vas shpeak mit me, Und we vas make our seclusions up dot we nefer could agree. Who teh der matter? Vat? By chinks, I don’d could said. Der long years behead from dis go vlaindy hab- by sbped; But, odder of 2 somehow, dot ting got yoost . plaid out; Mine frow got a flirdation of ber heart so vorser dike der gout. Don'd been oxtonished, Shudge; T dells you dis ting for true; .Dem vimmens, efry one, could yoost make fool mit you. Dhere hearts vas got changes like der moon vay ub by dot shky, Und, efery time vas got a man in dot, how ub for dot vas hich? : Yahb! yah! dot’sso, und yoost make on der pa- “per vat I shpeaks mit you. Mine trow vas x pouty mcan voomans in some- dings, und meaner in odders, too. Lonly found me some oxcendricks out, yoosta couble veeks or dree: Und I dells you vat it is, Shudge, dots who ish der reason mit me. Don't look of me mit dot tone of voice, but muke down yoost yat I say: Tyants me lockt out from Gretchen, und dot, too, right avay. Bo? You vant to found you out who vas der rea- son of das? = ‘Yell, Shudze, dot vas a koorious ting, but you know how yourself it vas. Some odder feller vas got him, der lofe of mine Gretchen now. Vell, he vas got mine sympody und she could 3 deen his frow. Der old lofe vas all go died; dhem hearts vas culd like lead; ‘Und it's very seldom who ish der reason dis ting - Yas now go dead. But dots der vay, und, der more you lif, der * longer you tind itout, * Der oxcendricks of dose vimmens vas make you Init und shout. % But dot makes me nofting differences; I don'd villcry und fret, @Qnackound I yoost dinks dot dbere vas yoost so «good fish in der vasser as don'd got pulled fps eutyen Clb PRETZEL, fHE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SUNDAY, FEBRUARY. 6, 1881—nIGHTEEN PAGES. a ' MUSIC. Second Week of the Mapleson Opera Season, —~ The Scheme of the Theodore Thomas Concerts. Attractive Piano Recital by ‘Mine. Carreno. Remenyi and Troupe at Central Music-Hall. Beethoven Mass in C in Preparation by ‘ the Beethoven Society. Outlines of the Ambre Opera Sea- son at McVicker’s, THE OPERA. Tho first week of the opera has closed, and, averaging up, receipts must have yielded hand- some sum to the management. The Gersicr performances, * Lucia,” “Martha,” and “Sen- nambula,” have drawn the crowds, but the ‘off nights," “Aida,” “Sfefistofele,” and “La Fa- vorita,” have been by far the most enjoyable from a musical point ‘of view. Itis rarely, if ever, that finer singing has been beard in Chi- cago than Campanini’s in the third and fourth acts of “La Fuvorita.” It was the event of the week. This evening Rossini’s “Stabat Mater,’’. with a miscellaneous second part, will be given. Judging from the performanco of lust year, too much must not be expected of it: ‘Tho répertoire for this week as announced (at this writing) is as tollows: Monday, “I Puri- tani,” with Ravelli, Galassi, and Gerster; Tues- day, “Faust,” with Valleria, Cary, Del Puente, and Campunini; Monday, * Don Giovanni,” with Ravelli, Del Puente, Swift, Valleria, and Cary; Thursday, “Lohengrin,” with Gerster, Galassi, Belocea, and Campanini; Friday, * Carmen”; und Saturday mutinée, * Linda.’ THE THOMAS CONCERTS. Nothing new has transpired since lust Sun- day's announcements with rezard to the Theo- dore Thomus concerts. As the scheme stands now the * Damnation of Faust” will bo given on Wedneday and Thursday, the 23d and 2th. Ou Friday, the 25th, Joseffy will uppear with the orchestra and one of the Beethoven symphonies will be ph . On Saturday afternoon and evening, the 2vth, the orchestra will play two * popular programs. MME. CARRENO'’S RECITAL. The second of .the extremely interesting musical soirces at the piano rooms of Messrs. Story & Camp, the first of which was given re- cently by Mr. Pease, will tuke place to-morrow evening, Mme. Carreno beim the pianist. She will play the “Etudes Symphoniques” of Schumann, the ‘Harmonious Blacksmith” of Hiudel, Pagunini's “La, Campanetia,” the Bethdven Sonata, opus 27, No. 2, and Liszt's Eighth Rhapsody. She will be assisted by the Harmonia Quartet, who will sing Pinsuti's “Spring Song” and Mendelssohn's “Resting Place,” and in addition Mrs. Farwell and Messrs. Howard and Sloan, of the Quurtet, will sing the “Madre del Sommo Amore” of Catupana, and Mr. Balfour*tIn the Valley of Canteretz,” a song, by Pease. - THE REMENYI CONCERTS. Mr. Edouurd Remenyi, the well-known violip- ist, is announced for three concerts this week ut the Central Music-Hall, the firston Thursday evening and the other twoon Saturday after- noon and evening. Since Mr. Remenyl played here last his troupe has been reorganized, and now consists of Mrs. HR. B. Caldwell and Miss Henie Reignard, vocalists; Mr. De Celle, tenor; and Mr. Beale, ‘accompanist. jMiss Amy Fay, of this city. will also assist in the concerts. The program of the first concert will be as follows: 1 Organ solo, * Priests’ March” from “ othalle Mendelssohn Mr. 2. “Tell Me, Mary Mr. E le 3, Piano solo, *t Russes-Varies” euaaee, Nore ‘Thalberg. my Fa! 4 Aria, “Euce di Quest Abin”. Donizetti Miss Kenie Reignard. 5. Violin solo, Fantasia on “ Othello”......Ern3t Edovard Kemeny. 6, (Not announced.) 7. Violin solo, Andalusian’ dance, and dove duet... ...... --Remenyi ; Edouard Remenyi. 8. Piano solo, “ Spinning Song”. .+- Warner Miss Amy Fay. a. Longing (for violin 9. Violin solos only). b, Studio. Edouard Remenyi. THE BEETHOVEN SOCIETY. On Tuesday evening, the 15th, the Beethoven Society will give the second concert of their season, when Becthoven’s Mass inC., which the Society gave some ten years ago, will be per- formed. The program will also include Schu- mann’s “ Wanderer’s Song” and * Traumerci,” andthe march and chorus from Goldmark’s “Queen of Sheba,” with orchestra and organ. Young Michael Banner, who has made great Progress under Mr. Jacobsohn’s teaching, will also appear. The program -for the Beethoven concert at Brand's Hall to-duy will include the following numbers: 1. Overture to “ Egmont,” 2. Romanza in F major—Mr. E. Heimendahl. 3. March and chorus from “The Kuins of Athens.” 4. Concerto in C minor, No. 3—-Mr. Emil Lieb- . * Adelaide "—Mr, Charles Knorr. 6, Sonati, op. 27, No. 2—Mr. Emil Liebling. 7. Pastoral Symphony. OPERATIC NEWS. Among other novelties to be producedisa three-act comic opera by M. Frederic Clay, called “La Belle Normande,” at the Globe ‘Theatre in London. Boito’s “ Mefistofele “ fs becoming very popu- jar throughout Europe. It bas already been given in many of the musical centres, and will, itis rumored, soon find its way upon the stage of the Paris Opera, where it will receive at least a es spectacular representation. It isat pres- ent in course of preparation at one of the St. Petersburg theatres. The author of the work is occupying himself with the score of “Nero,” an. opera to Whicb Signor Campunini looks forward with sume anxiety, as_the title-rile is to be un- dertaken by him ut its first performance, and is writing a new libretto for an almost forgotten opera of Verdi called “ Simone Bocanegra.” Next to the presentation of Audran's “ Mas- cotte,” the music of which i8 pronounced far superior to anytaing yet_ published by this com- poser, that which primarily occupies the atten- hon of foreign musical journals, is the opening of the Scala Theatre in Milan, at which Pon- chielli's new opera, the * Figlinol Prodigo,” was given. Ponchiclti is ranked in Italy with Arigo Boito as n composer of the “new school,’—D; which Wagnerlsm is not mednt, but a distinct departure from Jtalian forms. The success of this opera cannot be pronounced, a8 critics nro atodds. Ponchiclli is the author of several Works more or fess known,—‘ { Promessi Sposi,"" “ T Lutani,” and “Lu Giocondu.” The details of the organization of the De Beau- plan opera: company, whdse season in this city egins ut MeVicker’s Theatre next mouth, aro beginning to come to hand. From official an- nouncements we learn that the following ure the principal artists: : ee and contraltos—Mme. Ambre, Mme. Lab! Iuche, and Mules. Lagye. Delprato. Lublache, Pilliard, De Meric, De Villeray. and Jullien. Lenors—M. Tournie, Armandi, Baldi, Pellint, Escala, and Corriveau. Baritones and bassos— M. Utto, Mange, Mussy, Fleury, Jourdan, Feit- tinger, Kussi, and Jullien. The musical director is M. Thomas. There is alz0 2 second chef- d'orchestre and three chorus-masters, an orches- tr of forty-five musicians, a large chorus and orchestra, and a full ballet. The re follows: *-Africaine,” * Al Devil.” Frey unand Virgin vy armen," Women v ethe Jowese rr 4 and Jiilete y” aod “ Faust * with TOCAL MISCELLANY. We are requested to say that it is earnestly desired and expected that every active member of the Apollo Club, including ladies and gentle- men, will be present to-morrow evening at 7:40 sharp, In programs .just received from Boston, we Notice that Mr. Licbling's compositions, “Le Meteore Galop” ana “Garotte Modertiec,” aro bemg played by W. H. Sherwood. ‘This is cer- alaly ‘ ean plimant to Mr. Liebling. The new y Mr. Liebling is now i1 publishers, and will appear soon. tas Rendsok The first rehearsal of the new amateur or-" chestral association was neld on Friday even Inst ut the music rooms of Mes: re fron Healy, State street. Afi the instruments requisit for full modern orchestra were represented, save thy oboe and bassoon. and the ability of the various amateurs may be better understood whon it is stated that one of the beautiful es honles ot Haydn, and the overture to * Don Sonn ” were both’ performed very creditably. ‘The rehexrsal occupied two hours, and the con- @uctor fecls that the success of Chicago's new orchestra is an assured fuct. The next soirée of the pupils of tho Chicago Musical Collexe will take pince nt tho Apollo Gtub’s rooms on Wednesday evening, tho 9th fnst. The pupils who will take part aro the Misses Lizzie Pratt, Lilie Buyer, Lena Weiss, Etta Stoltz, Alice Goodman, Jennie Adsit, Lilian Reynolds, ‘Lizzie Campbell, Mollic Prindiville, ‘Minote Gils, Matie Fiatt, and Gertie Hule. ‘The program for the ‘Turner Hall concert this afternoon will be as follows: ‘Festival March,” by Henscnel; overture, * William ell,” by Ros- sini; selection from tho opera “Prince Mcthu- by Strauss; overture to * obespiere,” olf; arin for string orchestra, by que for three violins, by Hermann; fan Lasie from the .“ Sicilian Vespers,” by Batatks ‘potpourri. “ The Frankfurt Fair,” by Reinbol polka, “ Pluechtige Liebe,” by Neumnon; grand gultou, “The Lion's Chase,” by Koelling. Miss Adel Geiser gave x musicale at her resi- dence, 218 Cass street, on Wednesday evening Inst, which was attended by a large number of musical people. . Miss Geiser, it will be remem- bered. is tho talented young pupil of Mr. Lieb- ling whose remarkable playing nas been no- tieed on several occasions in these columns. Among the numbers played by her on this occa- sion were the Chopin Concerto, op. 11, * Homage a Hiindel,” “Concert Etude,” by Joseffy, which ure suilicient to try. the strength and teachings of uny pianist, but Miss Gelser went throurh them ns it there were no difliculties in her way. On this occasion she bad the assistance of her teacher, Mr. Liebling, and-others. The meeting of the Amateur Club on Wednes- dny lust was remarkable for the brilliunt and intelligent playing of Miss Mendergon .aud the churning singing of Mrs. Robert Clarke, who sung three songs composed by one of our most talented lady musicians. ‘The songs breathe the sontiment of the words and show in every note the musical nature that conceived them, We understand there is a probability that they may be published before tong. They certainly de- serve to find a wider cirquiation than they can have Inid away in tho portfolio of the ludy who wrote them. Mr. Knorr sang two songs by Ed- ward Heimendabl, recently published. ir. Lewis pleyed a double number, aid these constituted the assisting numbers. In every particular the program was a most interesting out, The next meeting, two weeks, bence, will be the reunion, the program fot which promises to be out of the. most notabie in the history of the Club. WAGNER’S FUTURE PLANS. In the lust number of the Bayrcuther Blatter, the ofliciat orzan through which Wagner com- municates with his devotees, the Meister prints @ proclamation which gives an intimation of his plans for the future. He says: “The induce- ment to the announced resumption of the stage festal plays (Biunenfesgpicle), with the per- formance of ‘Parsifal' if the summer of 1882, came not so much from the financial ability of the Society of Patrons as froma recognition of the interminable delnys to which this resump- tion would be subjected were {to make it and annual repititions of the festival plays depend- enton the extentot the Soci reauth; and, indeed, in such 2 munner that it shall be accessible to the general public. r those who have been members of the Socicty Patrons up to the present tiie have been fully satistied of ull their righteous demands, the per- formances during one month—probably August —will be public-in the usual seose, und of this wide announcement wil! be made. It is calcu- lated that the extraordinary receipts which will result from these performances will not ouly cover tbe whole cost of this first year’s perform- ance, but also provide-meuns for the continun- tion of the festival plays in subsequent when—as in ‘fact in all the future— Pursital’ will be performed only in Bayreuth, The securing of means tor the gradual performance of all my works may then be made contingent upon the further success of the festival pktys,—at pres- ent condned to this one work,—and it would then be left to the loyul patrons of the festival pluys. to preserve, after the end of wy life, tho true manner (den richtigen Geist; of performing iny works in the Sense of their author for the friends of my art.” MUSICAL NOTES, An important orchestral work of Saint-Saens has been brought out by Colonne at one of his famous Paris concerts. This isu work similar in construction to Bizet’s * Koma,’”’ heard here of lute, and is call “Suite Algerienne.” It consists of four Re Prelude, Moorish Rbap- gody,, Evening everle, and French Military lareb. ‘The soothing effects of music are undergoing periment in Engiand, where an attemptis ufking to put small bands of music xt the dis- posalot hospital directors. This nas‘been tried at Leeds and one or two hospitils near London, the idea being borrowed from a favorit theory of Richard Warner. Tho costs are to be paid by private subscription. Mr. E. Mollenbauer's symphony, which is writ- ten to illustrate Collins’ *Ode to the Passions,” is to be produced in New Yerk City on Easter Sunday evening. The work bas been performed in Berlin, and us the composition of a musician who bas been long and favorably known in New York will be rezarded with interest. It is a choral symphony, and is said to be yery credit- able to Mr. Molienhauer. The Boston Transcript is responsible for the announcement that “ there is excellent author- ity for the statement that Richard Wagner is still cherishing the ideu ot coming. to'this coun- try for the purpose of bringing out some of his latest compositions. In a recent communica- tion on this point from his friends and advi in Germany, there is no mention of the $1,(00,000 demand whieh was received with. so much de- rision in some circles when it was made public last year. The officinl announcement of the Cincinnati Prize Coniposition is made that * the composers of the United States who intend to send in works to compete for the $1,000 prize offered by the Cincinnati Musical Festival Association aro no- ufted that all manuscripts im be in the bands of the Committee on Prize Composition, Musical Festival Association, Cincinnati, on or before Sept. +1, 1831, ns such manuscripts bave to be forwarded to Suint-Saens, ofParis,and Reinecke, of Leipsig, for examination of their merits, and return in season for preparation and stuay by. the chorus for the great festival of Muy, 18 Mathilde Mallinger, the great Wagnerian Tiina donna, is Dow yeurs old. She was orn in Styria, where her father wast pro- fessor of music, and her tirst pubtic appearance Was ut the age of 7, when she treated her play- fellows to a scene from * Norma” performed in the open air on a January day. Kneelin; snow, Sue was in the midst of ** Casta Diva ‘he her irate mother opened the window and called the nuughty singer into the house. Matlinger has around face, capable of much dramatic ex- es sion and a quuntity of soft, durk hair. IS tied ta the Baron von te and is quiet, domestic woma: employs in literary studies. Sbeis very fond of dogs, aud invarinbly reds adverse criticisms to her pet Tessi, who seems to understand her aud furiously barks at the absent offender of his mistress. NEW MUSIC. New York: William A. Pond & Co. Chicago: Chicago Music Company: * What a Maiden Said to Me," song and quartet, by J. Maurice Hub- bard; waltz from“ Olivette”; “Scatter Bless- ings as You Go,” song with chorus, by H. P. Danks; “De Cabin on de Mississippi Shore,’ song and chorus, py U. P. Danks. a BY THE BANKS OF THE MOHAWK, For The Chicago Tribune. O dark rolling river, go rapid and free, You bring buck the brightness of boyhood to me, When gasly I wandered, along your wild shore, With one I loved fondiy, who foves nie no more, By the banks of the Mobawk phe caturacts roar, Where we wandered in childhood Along the wild shore. The Song-birds have vanished; tho Summer is er5 ‘Tho roses have fuded that bloomed by her door: The elms and the maples stand leatiess and drear;” The snow!lakes nre falling: the Winter is here. By the banks of the Mobawk The cataracts roar, Where we wandered in childhood. Along the wild shore. ‘The hopes of her girlhood have flown far away; Her bright auburn trosses are faded and gray; * Her beauty hus vanished; her features, once airy Are suddened by sorrow and furrowed by care. *. By the banks of the Mohawk ‘ ‘The cataracts roar, Where we wendered fn childhood Along tho wild shore. Our childhood {3 zone; we are driftin; a Like leaves on the river, forever pone ae We are jeaving, the years; we are ucuring the Where storms never beat and no cat: ts By the banks ot the Mohawk TO" The waters muy roar bs Forever and ever : Along the wild shore! LAWNDALE, Chicazo. EuGexe J. Hatt, Xwenty-five Hundred iouses Burned. Yokohama (Japan): Gazette, Terrible as was the tire in Tokio, it was sur- passed by oné which occurred on the same day (Dee. “4) in the City of Osaka. It wasdiscovered At 2:40 o'clock a.m, and from that time until } .1:8 o'clock in the afternoon the tlames cou- tinued to sweep everything before them, ii spite of the exertions of » large and well-iis- ciplined fire brigade. - For eleven hours the city Presented the appearance of u vast sea of fire rolling with resistless forco towards the south. About 2,500 houses, seventy codowns, one police ground. Over 300 firemen and an unkoown uumber of citizens wero more or less injured, and several lives are known to have been lost. Seven thousand persons were ‘rendered home- Jess and deprived of everything they possessed. The urea devasted by the fire approximates ninety acres. : - LACONICS. Wisdom in Brief Compass, Bigotry murders religion, to frighten fools with her ghost. é Our minds are a3 different as our faces; ‘we are all travelingito one destination,—hap- piness; but none are-going by the same road. Sensibility would be a good portress if she -had but one hand; with her right she opens the door to pleasure, but with her left to pain. : Aun act by which we make one friend and one enemy is a losing game, because re- sense is a much stronger principle than grat- ude. Pride, like the magnet, constantly points to one object,—self; but, unlike the magnet, rit has no attractive pole, but at all points. repels, i Tho true motives of our actions, like the Teal pipes of an organ, are usually concealed, But the gilded and the hollow pretext is pom- Ppously placed in the front for show, ‘There are many books written by many men, from which two truths only are dis- coverable by the! readers—namely: that the writers thereof wanted two things,—princi- ple und preferment. ‘ ; Hethatcan charm a whole company by singing, and at the age of 30 has no cause. to regret the possession of so dangerous a gift, is a very extraordinary, and, 1 may add, a very fortunate, man. It would be most’ lamentable if the good things of this world were rendered either more valuable or more lasting; for, despica- ble as they already are, too. many are found eager to purchase them, even ar the price of their souls. % ope is a prodigal young heir, and Experi- ence is his banker; but his drafts are seldom honored, stnce there is often a heavy balance against him, because he draws Jargely on a small capital, is not yet in possession, and, if he were, would die. Love may exist without jealousy, although this is rare; but jealousy may exist without Jove, and this is common,—for Jealousy can feed on that which is bitter, no jess than on that which is sweet, and is sustained by pride as often as by affection. It is better to be Iaughed at than_ ruined; hetter to have a wife who, like Martial’s Mamurra, ckeapens everything and buys nothing, than to be impoverished by one whose vanity will purchase everything, but whose pride will cheapen nothin. We hate some persons because we do not know them; and we will not know them be- cause we hate them. ‘Those friendships that suceced to such aversions are usually firm,— for those qualities must be sterling that could not only gain our hearts, but conquer our prejudices. * As in literature we shall find many things that are true, and some things that are new, but very few things that are both trae and so also in life we shall find many men that are great, and some nen that are good, but very few men that are both great and good. “Hic labor, hoe opus est!” The Pope conducts himself toward our Meavenly Ma vish steward does te an earthly one. to the tenants, You may continue to neglect my Master's in- terests as much as you please; but keep on good terms with me, and I will take care that you shall pe on good terms with my Master. Men are born with two eyes, but with one tongue, in order that they shyuld see twice ausmuchas they say; but, from their con- duct, one would suppose that they were born with two tongues and one. eye,—for those talk the most who have observed the least, and obtrude their remarks upon everything who have seen into nothing. There are'some frauds so well conducted that it would be stupidity not to be deceived by them: A wise man, therefore, may be duped as well asafool; but, the fool pub- lishes the triumph of his deceiver. The wise man is silent, and denies that triumph to an enemy which he woull hardly concede to a ‘fiend, -# triumph that proclaims his own efeat. Adroit observers will find that some who affect to dislike flattery may yet be flattered indircetly by a well-seasoned abuse and rid- icule of their rivals. Diogenes professed to be no flatterer, but his cynic raillery was, in other words, tlattery; it fed the ruling pas- sion of the Athenian mob, who were more pleased tu hear their superiors abused than themselves commended. The awkwardness and embarrassment which al] feel on beginning to write, when they themselves are the theme, ought to serve as a hint to authors that self is a sub- ject they ought very rarely to descant upon. ‘It is extremely easy to be as egotistical as Montaigne and as conceited as Rousseau; but it is extremely difficult to be as enter~ taining as the one or as eloquent as the other. In answering an opponent, arrange your ideas, but not your words; consider in what points things that resemble differ, and in what those things that differ resemble; re- ply with wit to gravity, and with gravity to wit: make a full concession to your adver- sary, and give him every eredit for those arguinents you know you can answer, and slur over all those which you feel you can: not: but, above all, if he has the privilege of- making his reply, take especial care that the strongest thing you have to urge is the last. Some sciolists have discovered a short path to celebrity. Having heard that it is a yastly silly thing to believe everything, they take it for granted that. it must be a vastly wise thing to believe nothing. ‘They there- fore set up for free thinkers; but their only stock in trade is, that they are free from thinking. It is not safe to conten them, nor very easy to convince thein, since no persons inake so large a demand upon the reason of others as those who have none of theirown;asahighwayman willtake greater liberties with our purse than our banker. In the obscurity of retirement, amid the squalid poverty and revolting privations of a cottaze, it has often been my lot to witness scenes of magnanimity and_ self-denial as imuch beyond the belief as the practice of the great; a heroism borrowing no sup- port either from the gaze of the many or the admiration of the few, yet flourishing amid ruins, and on the confines of the grave: a spectacie as stupendous in the moral world asthe Falls of Niagara in the natural, and, like that mighty cataract, doomed to display its grandeur only where there are no eyes to appreciate its magnificence. It is not so difficnit a task. to plant new truths as to root out old: errors,—for there is this paradox in men: they run after that which is new, but are prejudiced in favor of that which is old. Jlorne Tooke obtained a doubletriumph over the “JIermes” of Mr. Hare ris,—for he not only extirpated old errors, but planted new truths in -therr place, He came to the “terra incognita’ of grammar, as the settler to. an uncultured tract." He A found the soil as dark with error and asstub-* born with prejudice as that of the forest with trees and with roots; he had to clear_betore he coukt cultivate, and to smooth before he could sow. . 7 There are three modes of hearing the ills of life; by indifference, which is the most cornmon; by philosophy, which is the. most ostentatious; and by religion, which is the most effectual. It has been acutely said that * Philosophy readily triumphs over past or future evils, but that present evils triumph over philosophy.” Philosophy is a goddess whose head indeed is in Hvaven, but whose feet are upon carth; she attempts more than she aceomplishes, and promises more than she performs; she can teach us te hear calamities of others with magnanimi itis religion only that can teach us to bear our own with resignation. There are a'yast. number of easy, pliable, good-natured human expletives in the world, who are just what that world chooses to make them; they glitter without pride, and are af- fable'without humility; they sin without en- joyment, and pray without devotion; they are charitable, noz to benetit the poor, but to court the rich; profligate without passion, they are debanchecs to ‘please others. and to punish themselves. ‘Tuts a youth without fire is fol- Jowed by an old age Without experience; and | they continue to float down the tide of time as circumstances or chance may dictate, di- vided between God antl the world, and'serv- ing both, but rewarded by neither.” <= _Pettifoggers in law, and empyries in medi- eine, whether -their patients lose or save their property or their lives, take care to be, in either case, equally remunerated; they profit by both horns of the dilema, and press defeat no less than success into their serv- ice. “They hold, from time immemorial, the fee-simple of a vast estate, subject-to no alienation, diminution, revolution, or tax: the folly and ignorance of mankind. Over this extensive domain they have long had, by office, and two schuols were burned to the [ undisputed usance, the sule management .that all our first pleasurable sensations of and control, inasmuch as the real owners most strenuously and sturdily disclaim all Tight, title, and proprietorship therein. Reform is a good, replete with paradox; it is a cathartic which our political quacks, like our medical, recommend to others, but will not take themselves; it is admired by all who cannot effect il, and abused by all who can; it is thought pregnant with danger for all time that is present, but would have been extremely profitable for that which is past, and will be highly salutary for: that which is to come; -therefore it has been thought ex- peaieot forall administrations which have ech or that will be,—but, by any particular one-which is,—it is considered,. like Seotch graves, to be very seldom ripe, and, by the time it Is so, to be quite out of season. The wisest man may be wiser to-day than he was yesterday, and to-morrow than he is to-day. Total freedom from change would imply total freedom’ from error; but¥his is the prerogative of Omniscience alone. © ‘he world, however, is very censorious, and will hardly give aman credit for simplicity and singleness of heart who is not only inthe habit of changing his opinions, but also of bettering his tortunes by every change. But- Jer, in his best manner, has ridiculed this ter- giversation by asking: * “What makes ail doctrines plain and clear? About two hundred pounds # year. And what was proved ed plain before, Proved false again? ‘Two hundred more.” A certain Nonconformist, having accepted. ofarich benetice, wished to justify himself to his friend; he invited him to dinner on a certain day, and added that he would then show him tight satisfactory reasons for his tergiyersation. fis friend came, and, on his refusing to sit down until he had produced his eight, reasons, our host pointed to the dinner-table, which was garnished by a wife and seven children. Another, on a similar occasion, attempted to exculpate himself by saying: “We must live? Dr. Johnson wourd have replied: ““Isee no absolute ne-, cessity for that.” But, if we admit this ne- cessity, it might be answered by another: that we must also die. Theory is worth but little unless it can ex- plain its own phenomena, and it must effect this without contradicting itself; there- fore the facts are sometimes assimilated to the theory rather than theory to the facts. Most theorists may be compared to the grandfather of the Great Frederick, who was wont to amuse hfmself during his fits of the gout by painting likenesses of his greu- adiers; if the picture did not happen to re- semble the grenadier, he settled the matter by painting the grenadier to, the picture. Dr, Darwin inform: that the reason why the bosom of a beautiful woman is an object of such peculiar delight arises from hence: warmth, sustenance, and repose are derived from this interesting source. This theory had afair run untilsome one happened to reply that all who were brought up by hand had derived their first pleastirable sensa- tions from a_ very different source, and yet that not one of all these had éver been known to evince any very rapturous or amatory emotions ut the sight of a wouden spoon. False reasoners are often best confuted by’ giving them the full swing of their own ab- surdities. Sone arguments may be_com- pared to wheels, where half a turn will put everything upside down that is attached to their peripheries; but, if we complete the circle, all th will be just where we found them. Hence , it is common to say that argu- ments that prove too much prove nothing. I onve heard a. gentleman aflirm that all man- kind were governed by a,stroug and over- ruling influence, which determined ail their actions, and over which they had no control; and the inference deducible trom such a posi- tion was, that there was no distinction be- tween virtue or vice. Now, let us give this node of reasoning full p aA murderer is brought before a Judge, and sets up th strong and overruling propensity in justifica- tion of his crime. Now, the Judge, even if he admitted the plea, must, on the criminal’s own showing, condemn him to death. He would thus address the prisoner: “You had astrong propensity to commit a murder, and this, you say, must do away the guilt of your erime; but I have a strong propensity to hang you for it, and this, I say, must also do away the guilt of you punishment.” Lady Mary Wortly Montagu observed that, inthe whole course of her long and exten- sive travels, she had found but two sorts of people,—men and women. This simple re- inark was founded on no small knowledge of human nature; but we might add that even this distinction, narrow as it is, is now grad- ually disappearing, for some of our beaux are imitating the women ih everything that is little, and some of our women are imitat- ing the men in everything that is great. Miss t Edgeworth the Mme. de Staél have proved that there is no sex in style; and Mad- ame La Roche Jacqueline and the Duchess d@Angouléme have proved that there is also no sex in courage. Barbarous or refined, in rags or in rufiles, at St. Giles’ or St. James’, eovered with the skins of quadrupeds or the costly entrails of an insect, we are in essen- tials the same. We pursue the same goods,, and fly the sameevils; we loathe and love, and hope and fear, from causes that differ little in themselyés, but only in their circumstances and modifications. Hence it happens that the irony of Lucian, . the discriminations of Theophrastus, the strength of Juvenal, and the wit of Horace are felt and relished alike by those who have. inhaled the clear air of the Partl \gnon, the skies of Italy, or the fogs of London, and have been alike admired on the banks of the Melissus, the ‘Tiber, or the ‘Thames, Men of great _and shining qualities no not always sneceed in life; but the fault lies more often in themselves than in others. Dr. Johnson was pronounced to be an im- producible man by a courtier, and Dr, Watson was. termed an impracticable man bya King. A ship may be well equipped, both as to sails and as to guns, but, it -she be destitute both of ballast and of rudder, she can neither fight with effect nor Hy with adroitness, and she must strike to a vessel less strong but more manageable; and so it is with men: they may have the gifts both of talent and of wit, but, unless they have also prudence and judgment to dictate the when, the where, and the how those gifts are to be exerted; the possessors of them will be doomed to conquer only where nothing is to be gained, but to be defeated where every- thing is to be lost: they will be outdone by men_ of .Jess brilliant but more conyertible qualifications, and whose strength in one point is not counterbalanced by any dispro- portion in another. Disappointed men, who think that they have talents, and who hint that their talents have not been properly re- warded, usually finish their career by writ- ing their own history; but, in detailing their misfortunes, they only let us into the seeret of their mistakes, and, in accusing their patrons of blindness, they make it appear that they ought rather to have accused them of sagacity; since 1¢ would seein that they saw too much rather than too little—namely: that second-rate perform- ances were too often made the founda- tion for first-rate pretensions. Disap- pointed men, in attempting to make us weep at the injustice of one patron or the ingratitude of another, only make ns smile at their own denial of a self-importance which they have, and at their assumption of a philosophic indifference which they have not. : Men whose reputation stands deservedly high as writers have often miserably failed speakers; their pens seem to have been enriched at the expense of their tonzues. Ad- dison and Gibbon attempted oratory in the Senate, only to fail. “The good speakers,” says Gibbon, “filled me_ with Gespalr; the bad ones with apprehension.” And, in more modern times, the powertul depicter of Har- old and the elegant biographer of Leo both have failed in oratory; the capital of the former is so great in many things that he ean afford to fail in one. But, to return, many reasons might be offered to reconcile that contradiction which my subject seems to myolve,. In the first place, those talents that constitute a fine writer are more distinct from those that constitute an orator than might be at tirst supposed: I admit that they are sometimes accidentally, but never neces- sarily, combined. ‘That the qualifications for writing and those for eloquence are in many points distinct, would appear from the con- verse of the proposition,—for there have been many fine speakers who have proved them- selves bad writers. ‘There is good ground for believing that Mr. Pitt would not have shone as an author; and the attempt of Air. Fox in that arena-hasadded nothing to his eelebrit: Abstraction of thought, seclusion from | popular tumult, occasional retirement to the study, a diffidence in our opinions, a defer- ence to those of other men, a sensibility that - Teels everything, a humility that arrogates nothing, are necessary qualifications for a writer; but their very opposits would per- haps,be preferred by an orator. He that has spent much of his time in his study will sel- dom be collected enough to think ina crowd, or confident enaugh to talk in one. We may also add, that. mistakes of the pen in the study may be committed without publicity, and rectified without huniiliation. But mis- takes of the tongue committed in the Senate never escape with impunity. “Fugit irre- yocabile verbum.” Eloqueuce, to produce her full effect, should start from the head of the orator, as Pallas from the brain of Jove, completely armed and equipped. Dittidence. therefore, which is so able 2 mentor to the writer, would prove a dangerous counselor for the orator. As writers, the most timid may boggle twenty times in a day with their pen, andit is their own fault if it be known even to their valet; but, as orators, if they chance to.bogele once'with their tongue, detection is as public as the delinquency punishinent is irremissible, and immediately Yoltows the offense. It is the knowledge and the fear of this that destroys their eloquence as orators who have sensibility and taste for writing, but neither colectedness nor conti- dence for speaking,—for fear notonly magni- fies difficulties, but diminishes our power to overcome them, and thus doubly debilitates her yictins. a xa +s $< THE JENKINSES. For The Chicago Tritmne. In 187 I lived about twenty miles from Wash- ington, on the Potomac River. Afthough so near that a drive of a few hours brings us to the city, we are entirely removed from its concerns and interests. No throb of the pulses of the great community rencbes us. Wo make our period- ical trip thither with poultry or gurden produce or wool, but our manners and customs are not affected py it. Wesce it externally only. The people are not modified by their prox imity to the American court. They are & sturdy, UnSO- phisticated race, resembling their English an- cestors as nearly as their brethren in any part of the Union. These are the inhabitants gener- ally. But there was one family near us who, 1s they represented a type of which they were them~ selves the only specimens I ever saw, were in- teresting toan observer. When I say family, I mean to include a large connection who lived ‘within a radius of a few miles. They all sprang from one pair of ancestors, who scttied here 2 long time ego, and now the ramifications of the different branchesstartle even themselves. The family name is Jenkins, and the prevailing name ofthe male members isSam. There are cor “Lite Saw,” “Young Sam,” “Long Sam, tle Sam,” “Stitf-Leg Sam, and others distingmshed by peculiarities of person and circumstance. Still others are “Harrison's Sam,” * Lize's Sam,” etc., ac- cording to the Christian names of their fathers. They .were a rough, unkempt, untidy set, but owned Jarge farms, and lived in a rude and boastful plenty. . * ‘The nearest habitation of Jenkinses to us was on the adjoining farm to ours, and though we never associnted with them there was an occn- sional interchange of courtesies customary with neighbors in the country. The public road ran close to the house, and as we passed by we were {frequently pressed to goin and dine, which we were sometimes unable to refuse without rude- ness. The ‘head and oldest member of this family, known far-and wide as“ Miss Nancy,” was 2 widow, the mother of five sons and one daugh- ter. She was a vicious old virazo whose tongue was aterror to enemies end friends alike. It was a whip of scorpions that scourged without discrimination aliko the just and the unjust, and there was none who dared brave her wrath. When in good temper, however, she was polite, with asuavity at all times unreliable, and which wus but a thin costing of ice that required to be trod upon very gingerly, It cracked incessantly during a conversation, and with the horrors of breaking through before their cyes, her: visitogs generally teft the bull of the conversation to her. To us, however, she was unfailingly polite, and ber hospitality was boundless. Sometimes, while out “shooting in the autumn, [ stopped in upon ker wide porch for water. She always came forth clad in one long garment, which was, however, not long enough to cover her bare fect, and with a by no meuns immaculate white cloth, usa larze us a small shawl, tied close about her fuce, the pvinted ends falling behind. I never saw her at home without this heudgear. * Howdy,” she would sa¥ abruptiy,— come in. Set down. How's yourma?” Then she would leave me for a moment, returning with a tin basin piled up with her celebrated apples, or 2 eracked white pitcher, the pride of her house- hoid, full of cider. When 1 would ext no more, sho stuifed every pocket about me with fruit, and. I must-have presented a very lumpy ap- pearance as [ took my leave. Lit were nenr 2 tneal-time, it was next to im- possibie to avoid staying to it, “Oh, git out! You ain't gwine home hungry,” she would say, and tatk on for some time, gen- erally ending with, ** You needn’t be too proud to eat # meals o' vittels in my house.” After this of course i could make no further objec- ti on. ~ “Why ain't your ma bin to see me?” she would ask, although my mother never had been and never intended to go. The question was partly intended a3 20 impertinence. and partly perhaps because she felt some slight concern. She would then proceed to a violent and bitter commentary upon the doings of some of ber neighbors until the arrival of “the boys,” who came strid- ing in from the flelds with slouching, clodhopper gait, but always greeted me with 2 polite and genial “ Hello,” that meant a hearty welcome. Dinner was then served in the large Kitchen, and tne bill of fure, though not always tempting, was abundant, and the food clean. Half bushel or more of sweet potatocs, a huge joint of bneon, corn bread and fresh butter in unlim- ited quantities, milk by the gallon, tea or cotfee without sugar, spoons, or saucers, and black molusses usually composed it, Then, if last nizht’s hunt bad been successful, there was one, or perhaps tivo, ’coons or "possums, which are considered an ‘exquisit delicaey, and sought. after with avidity. Asan honored guest I was always helped to a. ham of ‘coon, which looked as large as n leg of mutton in my eyes. Etiquet and x due regard tor the feelings of my entertziners forbade me tosay that L buted ‘coon; that bis flesh bas a rank, coarse Uayor extremely distasteful to me; that altogether I consider him @ detestable ani- mal, in uo way superior to the skunk. No tongue must vive expression to none of these sentiments, The reeking mass lies before nc. iam expected to cat. with enjoyment every morsel of it, it would seem-a borrid nightmare, except that it has oceurred so often before, that | cannot doubt its reality. So Lattack it, taking very small morsels in great gulps of milk. ‘This goes on for some tme, untilat last, from sheer inability to finish it, L push away the plate, with the greater portion remaining. _. When this became evident to my entertainers, it was reached for by my nearest neighbor, with the zood-natured remari&: “You don't know low to eat ’coon. If, however, Instead of "coon, this cacy bappenci to be ‘possum. no considerations of politeness could induce me to touch it. Like the man who could not invite his parents to the wedding, I felt that “the lino must be drawn somewhere.” I drew it at "possum. 1 shail never forget the sensation that this annouace- ment created. Miss Nancy burst lato a hoarse laugh; tho boys luoked at ench other as though stunned. “Not like possum?” cried “Little Sam" (who was only six fect two), as Soon as ke could speak, “What! Not when he’s fat?" It may he well to i:form those who are unfa- miliar with him that "possum is fat, or he 1s nothing. He knows no golden mean. Ile is either a wretched skeleton, the most hideous of all wrecks, or be {fs all fat. Thero is literally’ nothing of his abom- inxble person but fat. He sheds it at every pore; bis skin reeks with it; his hair is claiamy with ie is the superlative expression of the terin fut: a disgusting specimen of obesity that it mikes one shudder to contemplite. Yet he must be in just this condition to be rel- ished by the rustio palate. Brillat Savarin was not more particular for the plumpness of his ortolan than “Little Sam": Jenkins for the fat- ness ot his'possum; and the horror of the Duc de TOmlette when he cries tect oiseau je ses plumes, et quc tua servi sans papier!’ was not greater than his would be to see bis favorit served thin, If the possum when captured is sutliciently reduced to be uble to see outof his eyes, he is put in a box and fattened to the required degree with persimmons, chicken grapes, haws, and other choice food. Butidigress. During dinner the talk was of hunting and fishing; or. politics, in which they took a lively but benighted interest; or taxes, which they regarded a3 2 device of the Collector - for venting his spite toward his neighbors; or some new muchine orfurm implement, which they bated because of . its newness only. “Miss Nancy" was intense]y conservative. Sbe never would have n cooking-stove, although abun- dantly ubie to purchase it, and preferred the scorching heat of her great fireplace, where she might ut all seasons be seen, in the obscure lignt of the kiteben, stirring the pots that were boil- ing. like Hecate at her cauldron. - ‘he doors of her great windy house stood open agreat partoft the time, because Miss Nancy hated “Knobs an’ ketches,” and the pins or but- tons did not Work satisfactorily. Such was Miss Nuney, a strange mixture of pride, hospitality, meanness, generosity, covet- ousness, charity, malice, sfutternliness, brutul- ity. Atter her daughter Recky ran away and married again§t her witl, she received her back with ber husband and numerous progeny, and supplied them all with everything for a long time. But poor Becky suffered almost as much froin her mother’s variable humors as if she hud been a stranger and an interloper. In January, 1878, the news went abroad through the- neighborhood that “Sfiss Nancy” was “down With the newmony.” “Poor. old woman,” said my mother when she heard ft. ‘She must go gow, l'm afraid. What with incompetent nursing and stupidity, I don’t think she cun stand it.” : ‘Two or three days afterward a neizhbor came fu. She said she heard ‘the old lady taid very low,” and asked my mother ff she would go and sea her. My mother suid she would, and, ‘as 1 never knew her yet approxch u sick-bed emyty- handed, she sent down and ordered certain preparations to be made inthe kitchen, the re- sult of which was x buwl that felt very heavy, and had a snowy napkin ticd over it, with which we drove over the next morning. It was Sunday, and there was 2 cutting wind in our faces al! the way, but the distunce wre ecial deli- | short, and tho plein, dilapid: : house was-soow in sight. de tenet Tom In front, percbeq oe the rail-fence, were at feast twenty men in Pon Sun. day.clothes. We un al fitness of “Ant Nan’ was an exch ee so the whole connection had come os oe spend the day, ly 100 wlad of the excuse. : hey were having a very jolly time ly, with much taughter and profanity, wih mediately ceased at our spproueh, ond cee tho more adolescent Sans was sent to gate.".My mother received. many ree and hold a kind of prepara’ if and tha bows, for she belonged to what’ mereettul “quality.” We had leisure driving up t lane to Observe the line ofsitters upon the Nearest to us was “* Old Sam,” 4 Tangement in Payne's grey, so to 5] in fustian, a dry old rat, shrewd and kien remarks attained locul’ celebrity, and ans immortality of quotation” “which poet maht have envied him.” He made Suey, Servation.convcrning Miss Nancy's soning” Look at Steve, now. “He wouldn't care men had wo wives, so he badn’r; ‘Next to him sat “ Harrison's BRL,” a tion in Sepia, of whom tradition Jightly he had not touched himself with ‘water yo} urrily since be was a hoy. Once he wae Goat ut in a violent shower, within my memoe tt bis familly Tailed t0 recognize hile when he pes home. lwas slso sald to be one of this mane fence, idiosyneracics that he never took off but put on tt nevy suit over the old Dig Cloth in process of time came away in shreda, h Which weet William,” Ue Sum,” rather hard content ume” ue wil 1 sericed his chia. perhaps his sobriqitet of * Next him sat “Stitt-leg done in madder, looking goats would have been beard which graced or di: Beyond him ¢ ishmne perspective, S, Entering the house, the door of whi warped by the uneven settling of the lors number to the men, seated upoh eve: seat, ane everything that contd be Sac Upon the sufferer lay. ‘This bed was consi lower at the head thun'at the foot, and fe tress, all except ber high, thin nose, whic purple-pale into view; und the dingy pillog about and around her were hung keep ont the cold. The air was heavy and ¢1 number of people. Becky came forward and received us with ‘Mother, here's Mrs. P—," said she, way through the Homan sido?" ‘said the old wom: “I'm powerful sick, ain't I?” fan feebly, “L hope you'll sun be better,” said my mother, you might wish it.” ; “Thanky’,” sai the old woman. “Much most cverytaing a body could nave.” “Of cow But { think sick people often “Yes they do sometiwes,” said Miss Nz “ but they never was 2 sick ’ooman had wae an’ pie, and put-up gooscberries, un* what not. My mother looked at me. It was evident to was “putting on airs ae . “But if you wo take this, I think "said my mother. ae “Thanky’, I Naney. Ginny, fetch a spoon.’ who bad bowed with much dignity as we came in handed an infant dressed in pumpkin- She poured some of the custurd into a saucer, and the cunning old woman ate it with evident ‘Miss Ginny now entered into the conversation, speakin;: with great precision, and evidently “f thought the old creature was gone las! night,” snid she, tasting a tberal spooatul of pukin’ cum on about # o'clock, an’ I thowehtie would have retched herself to pieces. She ain't a little store tea, It seems ter me whens pusson is sick they can’t nourish anything. anything: but when 2 pusson is sick they’s sich things they can nourish,” concluding which spoon, Bills being recognizable all along found x collection of women, xbout equal { cluding a high bureau, and the bed upon which woman was sunk out of sight in a feather mat. eruimpled and knotted with ber tossing. Si tor the room was stnall and crowded with | the sone embarrassment. . making “Flow d’y"di “T brought this little bowl of custard, thinking obleedzed to se. But seems to me like Pye bad fancy something not made at hom I've had. Le'ssee, There's lemons, an’ both of us that, despite her illness, Miss Nancy would like it, S'pose I just as well,” sald Miss <\t thisexhortation 2 red-headedyoung woman colored tiannel toa bystander, and came forward. enjoyment. aiming at extreme elegance. the custard. “1 couldn't raise her no way, eut 2 thing before since yisty morning she drank Whena pusson iz well they can nourish most observation Miss Ginny again raised the to her My mother agreed to this sentiment, and B came in trom the kitchen witha knife and dish-cloth in her band. “ What rou think of mother?’ sheasked. “Dg you think she’s dnag‘ot “T think she’s very There are too many people arouud her here. The room ought tote quiet.” “Yes, I know it,” said Becky looking hel y ahout upow them, “but Ican’t help Will stay in here.’ i lips. a le “Poor Becky! [counted them. Eleven! And the men outside mude nearly twenty-tive peopi¢ todinner! [passed through the kitchen afters wards. The preparations looked like those for aregiment. Meat, potatoes, bread in enormous quantities. And she, a delicate woman, above the flerce coals of the fire. It made ine angry to see it.. Dinner came on while we were there, and of course, though very reluctantly, we were obliged to sit down. A table, over which was spread a clean sheet, was laid for usin a little room sdjoining the bedroom, at which Miss Ginny and Becky herself sat down with’ us. Isaw Becky go to a Jar for preserves, and use her hand for 1 spoon in dipping it out. T dectined preserves. ‘ The window at my back was almost without the boards of the floot rattled loosely The doors retuied i” ela: as [ walked over them. shut closely. The tloors were covered dogs, that could only be moved with kicks. «And these people were comfortable heres more, they were happy. Becky -was a pretty, amiable little woman. “I had known her all my life and liked her well cnoucb; but, after that episode of the preserves, I had a revulsion of feeling toward her. It scemed to me that when a woman trampled on the common decencies of life,as she had done, sne no longer deserved comuuiseration. : Afterdinner we went back to the bedroom. AU detachment of women filed past us to the kitchen, My mothers talked a little with the {n- valid. I sat by the fire. Presently the men began to come in and soon the room was full of them, each gong up to the bed and usking loudly, “How ar’ ye a’nt_ Nance?” as though she were, ‘deaf. It made no difference to one ' that she « bad Just luboriously answérea another io bis hear ing. He plicd his question alt the same, and she would probably have been offended at any nt lect. Her situation was critical, and they seemed to reulize it, They liked -and admired ber. She hud thatazgtessive, turbulent charac- ter that inspires respect in rough natures. They sat about her on the side of ber bed on stools, on tubs turned upside down, on blocks of wood by the fire. ‘They talked in low tones of hunting and fishing. w Presently one of them caught sight of the lit: tle silver bowl which contitined the custard. Ho Pieked itup. He held it to the light. He ex- ined it, It was & wortler, In’ gn instant y eve in the room was upon it. Then horny rs beckoned for it. Voices from every, where whispered cagerly, “Lemme sce it, Bi “Thana ir here, Lize.” “Pass it.this way, Sum, sad tt went stround the circle, every man touch- ing Jt reverentially. By the time this was over there was a clatter fhe full company came in wip! greasy mouths. hungry. pa out. cnught sight of Recky sitting Mushed and pe ing behind the door, withthe knife in her ae snatching a moment's breathing space. iat eyes were warm trom the fire, her hair’ ey heveled. Then {heara * Beeky! Becky!" ca loudly from the smoky interior of the Kitchens and she dragged herself away to walt upd them. 3 {could not help feeling sorry for her again but it was very evident that she was not 90! for herself. dine We did not wait for the conclusion of the din’ ner. : ‘We bade good-by to Miss Nancy, Who askedus to come again. %. ss ‘We saw Sliss Ginny covertly “nourishing ” the custard. We heard the clutter of the thind table Beeky ran past the dvor toa tia “safl stood in the corner, nodding wearily as 9 passed, the knife still in ber hand. So m9 150 thom in the same state of turmoil in which’ sovisettaney disappointed her irlends and & Miss‘Nancy disappointed her mies by getting weil. It bud been. decided OF her neighbors at the outset that she cout is cover. S ugh had recover. She was old, her pour fone sue sounded fike a “graveyard” Sor -eheless, #8 fered exposure and privation. he Jg well known, persons of her calibre “seldom die and never resign,” and so she came ent her usual health, and sent us many 8 Pro during the next spring of goose-egz3, 50! roar qte. The fast time 1 saw ber rwas at Becky? funeral,-and I never saw more genuine She now hus her daughter's children in ai goat and, itissaid, is an exemplary and indal grandmother. Jou McCarry PLEASANTS - a IDA. You ask me what attracts me 60 In Ida? Well, 1 hardly know: I feel, but cannot tell it. nce ‘There's comething in her merry plance That bids my timid flame advance, ‘Although her lips repel it. What can you see—then you inquire— 4 About her tending to iaspire z 44 passion so deep-seated? : You cannot call her pretty? She is but passable—so-so— : ‘And some may say conceited. - ey She may be, as yousay, o flirt, Andi ‘Palnged doth badly burt; Yet I more gladly serve her. | ‘ + Than were she fair a3 Venus’ selfs With all of Vanderbilt's great wi And wiser than Minerva. Why always at her beck and call? What find [in the girl at all, . You really can’t discover. ‘The reason why I think ner sweet, And soror ee foes ae Bee feet Ig simply—that 1 love hert- i PEN Crxcaco, Jan. 27, 1881. ‘B. H. GEOBGB« —— Care and Dr. Bull's Cough Syrui colds and couxhs. 25 cents a bottle. acaatasee ay ‘Take Hop Sitters three times a day, and you will have no doctor bills to pay. 7 Sort. Df ar. er, whose Enfos, ealoyed he stony Bary Sittd Fi if blankets tq * and ene « No | -y. , p will banks