Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, February 26, 1881, Page 12

THE CIMCAGO TRIBUNE: 26, 1881—SIXTEEN PAC Ks, THE HOME, Polly Phomus Has Some Coimpli- menis for Eta Bota Pi. with Great Boa Sho Thinks Ho Writes Foree, and Must Nice Man, A Correspondent Who Puts ina Plea for the Orerworked Mothers. ‘Mr, Ecott Advances Some Reasons as to Why Cortain People Do Not Marry. A Fine Selection of Toetry by Onr Own Bards— Latsn and Greek with Poblie Schools. GOOD-BY, GOOD HEART. For The Chicagn Tribune, Good-by, Goud Heart. pool-by, God bless Your innocence aad tenderness? Tam at beet 1 chhid, and seo In him who nsks to trenehery My Ife fs with him. Muay he be . ‘Tho oul of all sincerity. Gund Heart, good-by, Without regret L part with you; and-yet, and yot, Some littie doubt of what may be Comes like « shadow over m0, And not without some gense of pain 1 stop to question once again, Shall 1ove be true; shall love bo bleat, Beyond all change, all wild unrest? The dew-drop in the lily’s cup Is placed where ft may drink it up, And fose Itself in that it fed, And kissed, amd loved, and. seorshinpeds And so, Goud Heart, your fite’sball be God grant ho nity be true to me, Gooil-by, Good Heart, no longer mine— Oo takes Tvl resigns And only trust the and Divine WII day by day tove's strenzth renew? Will keep tive tender through the new And changing pathways we pursue. Avoustus CunnEy, POLLY PHEMUS-. BNE SMILES ON ETA BETA Pl To the Editor of The Chicago Tribunt, Ciicaco, Feb, 7—Last Saturday evening brother Joe catne home with an awful broad smile on his usually careworn countenance, anid as he tossed ‘Ine Trunk into ny lap remarked: “Polly, you're a brick.” Acomplinent from Jove of this character Js something unusual. ‘To say that 1 was aw- Tully astounded would not adequately ex- press my feelings at that memorable moment. Tpicked up the paper, which In the means time had fallen upon the carpet, and hurled it back at hin with the somewhat undigni- fled reply: “ Joseph, you're another.” “Yon don't exactly understand me, sis,” he responded, witha wide grin of fraternal satisfaction. “Why, Polly, you are getting tv be famous.” : “Famous? Shot Why, how you tal!” “ Famous ts the word, Polly. On my way + to business L heard a half-dezen full-grown men snickering over and making running comments on Mr, PI's plece about you, pub- lished in ‘The Home this morning,” Iclenched my litte fists ina moment and prepared to act on the offensive. “Softly, seftly, now,” laughed brother doe; “don’t betoo iimpulsiyve and foolish, Mr. Plhasn’t hurt you any. In fact, my good girl, you appear to have made a com- plete conquest of him. Now, look here; I don't want you to lead him into any foolish- ness by your wiles and excessive sinart ness or aifected simplicity. He is too decent and honest 0 fellow to be trilled with.” “Twender it he's amarried man, and if pa woyld be suited with him if anything se- tions should happen.” “Dont know, Polly; Thayen’t the honor of hisacquatntance, and probably he wouldn't eure to more closely cultivate yours unless you make you! f personally kKnewn to hha. You see he tnkes you to he ainanof 40 or thereabouts, ‘That's good, Hal hal hal And then he counsels you to cultlvate the ne- quaintance of the ‘Aristotelian’ of State street: You'd cut a pretty tigure, wouldn't you, Iusuch company? Porhaps T lind bot- ter {uvite bin to call: round for an futery in regard to the fare business, Bad as he looks, he would bo an improvement on seme of the society cubs that persist tn hanging about here, Danged ff Lean hardly step out of my office and walk a block without en- countering some of them, who have the cheel to offer me bad clzars and the binpude! invite me to sinile with them at some cons yenlent “store.” This all comes of having 0 Fout-lpokins sister, Pol, Lam proud of you. lere, glve ns a kiss, and Pin ofl.” My big, good-natured brother here pulled me-over ou to fils knees, gave me a goad sinack, and, before 1 could box hls ears, ture rivd out of the house, Lpicked up Tin Trmune from the place where it had fatlen upon the floor, and, turns ing to The Home, read Mr, Pi's piees to the ent almost without pausing to take breath, and T ie toll you It made me feel perfectly splendid, ‘There is nothing more dellelous to a young girl in pursult of fame than a few words of true sympathy and honest praise, except, pers haps, 0 pecuniary consideration, How many? unfortunate ones there are who have str. * Ged for yenrs in Cutite endeavors ta obtaln literary recognition, who have wort them- selves out In tiind and body to please an ex- acting and ungrateful pubic and to enrich a thrifty publisher, and at last, when hope aud physical vitality have failed, have glided ane nator Into the obscurity from whence they eaine : Such fs the fustiee that Is accorded to most ‘ah and women of genus durlig thelr Ife- Ne. Mr. Pl, you have serntehed my back where ititeched awfully, Lshould be guilty of the grossest meanness did 1 not delightrully seratch yours, How can 1 fluid Inngunge to express my thanks for your thoughtful and considerate words of confidenco and enthusiast Your: compliments possess a trebleyalug: first, you fre not acenstomed to beslobber everybody with excessive and duslicere praise at ever: available oppart alt (Cespuelally the whine jato” as Eugene Pals ald Quater tn pay, sald in the “way down Kast’ de. alin? society). Second, you haye battled inanfatly aguinst what was false, Indecent, frreligious, and mentally oud physlenlly de- moraizing, ‘Third, you have always been found upon the right skle, as every fare aniaded mab and woiwan aust adinit and ale Jow who las thoughtfully perused and pone dere upon what you have carefully and , conselontlously wrltten, Though your dimagination hag Ted you somewhat wide of the ink ts tomy age, appearance, and occupation, aud thaugh pu and ina have laughed themselves almost to pleees aver the preposterous idea that Dam a worldly-wise gentlonian of 40, Laan none the Jess grateful to you for your appreelatlon, Sreadly uotice, and critickin, 1 know not what your persanai appearance, ge, or oce cnpation may be,—whether youre leh or poor, married or single,—but 1 jasdnetively Tent Lat you must be a man that tb bs a pleas- wre and a privilege to know, and that aay True-hearted woman may tind worthy of her trast, confidence, and tove, Twill therefore believe thy words that-you have 30 generous: Jy written until by some unworthy netion you fortelt my friendship. my confidence, wud my esteen. PoLLy PHEMUS. THE MOTILERS, THEIR TRIALS AND CARS, To the Eitttor of The Chieago Tribune, Henny, IIL, Feb, 2.—L have Jong been an Interested reader of ‘The Home, and haye somuthues wished to make ong of the mie ber who contribute to it, yet lacked the cour- age to present nyself. Tf on this first at- tempt Lam allowed to Joly them I shall con sider ny self fortunate indeed, It ls not strangs that Californls should be lost tn wonder at the necessity for asking the orizlial dutention of The Home. 1 have found not only “amusement, pleasure, and Instruction" in Its columns, but also cncour- agement, and cneamagement ts what many readers ot ‘The Home most need, ‘The beutiful letter from iris in Tue Tip. uni of Neu. t2 has suggested the few thoughts lattempt to pen, She very truly observes that woman's pome-life will become mere drudgery without the variation ef read- Ing und thloking, and of occaslonally express- / Sng thelt thoughts Jn speaking and weittng, fer counsel to women Is nest excellent. They shout look out upon the gr Of Hern tidy Ts events as well ¢ of Uie Tamaediite cirete whied SMrromids ae We nerd mental food te qnenel the fe scitistiness and narrow-ninidednn vil.” We need something to rad: ve tho mechanieal routine 9: day household adairs, ARhows this must be-dofe, that should not be left antdone, Ki fs ditlenit ia make Snnevations where things hive become fixed by habit. | When the wheel gets tite the wort rut it Is hard to form a tew track use the wheel is in the rut fs ne re forever renntin- ing there, Lt may r te lift Ry yet and ¢! Hones atul, with cour aavermmee, Wourlerttl es Muty be wrottal No woman should: resign herself tobo a and she will not ifshe have true spirit, She should guard against auy sueh tendency, whether Uhrough her owi tinduess or ‘the thoughtlesuess of other members of the tantly. “As u former writer of Tho Tome has expressed herself, sha should require certain duttes of cael mem: ber ofthe Gunihy, thus cividlag the cares of the household. "Phis Isa zood discipline for the children, and beneficial In every. way, oven though there be efficient servants in the house. | The mother who assumes all the care ond responsibility of the household, as T have known some ‘to do, Is sure to be cralehinlts XE not entirely annihilated by the arden, TL have observer that in some households there is one member whose rlichts the rest of the family do not seem bound to respect, ‘The husband would ne doubt be indinant to be toht this, as algo would be the ehlldrens and yet {tis really trae, ‘The mother has su long ylulded her likes and wishes to her dear ones, that without fitended unkindness Uiey have come to require Ib Papa lias his hours for tooktng over. Tin Trinusn ant renting the latest hook; the time is: invlo- late: heimust uot be disturbed. ‘The hoys have thelr thine set apart for preparing thoir lessons. They must net be interrupted, ‘The daughter has two hours ut least for plano practice; the thine must not be inter: red W Engh one’s tine ts exclusively thelr owt Tlow ly ft if the mother elatms a little time asherown? Perhaps she ls a womnn of re fined and cultivated taste, and before tho family caves had so aectunulated hud been font of books and proticient In usie, She now has tro thne for nnsie, yet enjoys hear- thoweh them may fing ber dauihter bhi, often awaken Inter heart a nameless regret. Site has tittle tine for keeping posted In, the Nivrature of the day, and renlizes that she ls gradually daughter, and thateven the boys are overs taking and will soon piss her, She may strugzle agalast this, and resolve to devote'at least une hour each day to read- Tng, come what will, She makes a beginning, and is strengthened and encouraged even in the attempt. ‘The time saved out of the duy Is Ike an oasts In a ces Leistre is what she has longed for more than nay earthly. goulk—lelaure for doing whit she likes, that which suits her taste, But perhaps the daughter, finding “ana” absorbed ina book at diferent times, and after’ conveying some way by her manner that mother is. not doing quite the proper thing, says: What is ina trying to. do,-hnprove her mind?” Pape suys: “Writing x book no doubt. Lsee she is taking notes.” And the boys are overheard to say, * Ma is study- ing history.” 4 Sho asks herself the question, Why should not tue study htstory 2 Why should) nut ma write a book if she can? Why cannot ma have one short hour out of the twenty-four @ ively her own? She pnts away the book tn silence, yet with a grieved, hurt feel- ing she cannot entlrely overcome, She doves not quite understand why this showld be so, but las din idea that her tinie In some wn explained aud Incomprehensiole way belongs entirely to ler famlly; so she will strive to do ber duty and putaway ambitious thoughts for herself, After this mais notseen reading history. What. she does taward “ lupreving her mind” is done stealthily, ag If it werg an ims propriety, She has so lowe yletded her rights that she has come to LeHeve herself an exception to the rest of humanity as to hny> Sugany, The chains have been drawn 50 gently that the ecuptlve was scarcely ‘made aware of them, The seeret of this fs selfishness. Tho hus- band cannot bear that ils wife should sit ab- sorbed ina book when he fy ready ta talk, though she may sit silent the whole evening nt the opposit side of the ‘Hbrary table aecu- pied with her sewing and her thoughts while els * going trough the papers. Mother may benr the sound of the piano although her head does ache alimos! when daughter fs done ber pre she likes mother to talk with her vot the last concert, or the evening party, or whatever subject may Interest her at the the; and Is not pleased Hf mother dues not seem as much futerested In what she is saying ns in the book the mother Js tryiug to rend while her daughter [Is tatkhy There is na reason why the mother showd not have thae for reading and mustes or for drawing and painting, W she has taste for these. She eau, with proper management, arrange to have nimiy pleasures and privi- leges, and that, tov, without In any way neglecting her house or fauily. ‘The mother of whom the ebildren are proud exerts double the Influence over them than does the mother who eannot command the admiration of her elildren, and she lg loved Just as tenderly, Tremember with what pridt Lonco heard a yottns lady speak of her mother: “ Mamie is lovely, although ber halrls gray; and she plays the plano beautifully.” Yova, TUB UNMARRIED. ANOTHER REASON Yor IT, To the Buitor of The Chteago Tribune, Cutcaao, Feb, 22.—Mrs. M. H. Krentner and Gawk haveopened tp an Interesting sub- Ject. Many enuses have been assigned by an overanslous soclety for the prevalence of old maids and oll bachelors, cruses which stir tho zeal and compassion of the moral physi clans to whom hitinnity of auy kind 1s sont trnctlye that they are prone to presupposo tant te tinagine those to be victlis who ure not, but mercifully spared. Why has it never ovetrred to these oficious well- wishers, who know but one remedy te pre sertbe for all human Ils,—marriage,—that answer, while there may De same celibates of both sexes who are. single because of whe requited alfeetion, or disnppointiyent, or the vol-Appenrance Of the iden), or beeause they are Roman Catholles or Shakers, both of which sects tke St. Paul fiteratly, tha Shakers carry hig: ft to the utmost consistency, —thers are judiaputably a tew—to speak whthin | bounds,—who remain unmarried from choles, strange as it inst appenr, There ure uilnds so constituted’ that, tho thatchtof a noose, very ensy to elip lute, and wellenPh hnpossible to get out of, isa tor- ror, to: be escaped at all buzards; there are others given to observation, whom we sieht of tha married lives of thelr friends dous not stimitate te go and do tkewlhse; others, to whom the vestal time at love, 6 bupturauisly deserlbed, Js too tik stall candles on Clit ig and anit presvnts are falrly bestowed, ‘There are wonien to who the symphonle calendar of the average home, Washi ranieeday, Mendig tay, BWVeun fng-tlay, baldng-day, and ehuret-day, with the rattle and clantot, ane bang and swash of the domestic fistrinents, jantlentarly the tnabated wind-lustruments of the Inevitable cherubs, isso fur from enticing in an arestle pont of: ylew that even a husband is but slizht compensation for so mueh wo; and there are men to whom this same recon siruetion of the days of the weeks, elbulant: ing quiet and the hope of quiet, would render life such a burden that no helpuate, even tie the shape of 2 wife, could suillee to lift It or relleve le inany dezree, Men and women, reasonabty happy apart, plunged into this andsery it they county together) With all the fertility and Ingenuity of the many forthe und tngentous bralns Unit have blessud this wretched plinet, no one fas ever happened to think that marrige and domestlelty, whith fs tho: comprehensive epithet for all the hor- rors of the Internal imachtnery, are not necessarily Indissalutle, "To have a liusband or a Wife, some one to lave, soni One Who AL heart seems altogether perfect and nile mibrable, some ane who kiudles the noha res of enthasinsin and devotion and exalted feellng, is one thing, but mare rlage with a house and a servantgirl thrown In is quiteanother, ‘Phe number of people whe look before they leap inte any sueh Unlng fs sald to be ont the Inerense; statist claus note the fact, philosaphers comment Upon it, the tender-hearted grieve, “The ane tarrled person is conselous of bela an ol deet_ of commiseration wherever he or she Muay KO. Speetutors of the abnormal state of: these victiins—they must be vietling: areaing that itis never too late to ment, re iterate the one adyley, urge the one imnvase ure: fmated ts better than not mated at all, Setting aside the advantage derlved from mutrhuony by women frequently and by inen oecustonally,—a home and a sappurt— Whatls the partiealar gala in tla loveat trais- uctis A partner? Yes, for better or for worse, Which has wn omlnuus sound at the Eto splitting, but tlee she Ik vistning t when the falling behind her husband and: outset. Love? Perhaps. Cousesiallt Doubtfal, Compaitonship? Seareely an the woman has her domestle cares, tha nun Nas iis business, cach Tavelying jours of separabon, which 1 tee the pleas. st th after nH under the etre What is the certain loss tn ton? First, one’s freedom, bn this reedot hrs come to be valued with an Intellectual and spiritual apprectation; one is is loth to part with ft te be deprived of Tt fs nat only uneomfortable and irksome, it fs the depth of limuiliation. Second, one's tastes and avcupations, if these be mentat If vnan or wont wishes to paint, play an tnstrinment, sing, write, Invent, thitk, tar Hage Imposes a thousand hindrances, sovlety ndinits reluctantly: that "stich peo ple” (ott the depth of scorn tn these two words) had better remain single, they are not titted for how es, f some reformer, philanthropist, gentus, can ever sueceed In severing martinge from the ugty apparatus that new goes with ft, it whl hecome tho paradise that we dream of, and then two will be much happier than one ever ean be, Gunaup E, Scorr, OUR OWN BARDS. SOME OF THEI MUSIC, ‘The following povms were written espe- elally for Tur Tris : MLACK DAN Onward rushed the swollen torrent With a suilen, gurgling roars Dashing, foun-wreathed, over Istands, Wourtity off the curving shore. On the Driixe, that groaned beneath ber, Stood a thay, Calr-hatred child, All unconscious of the danger, Watching that commotion wild, Inn cottago near tho river For thoclild a mather sought, Till a thought, hor brave hurt chilling, To the flood her footsteps brought. Crosh! the bridue was torn asunder t hud stood the cunilfet well, Bat the mother's enver glances tho eblid before ft fell. One dread moment's breathicss guzing, ‘Thon she saw the ehtld ones mure, Ciingityy to a stony pili we removed from elthor shord, Well she knew that fratl foundation: Might be turd nt anee away, And the fear ber ehtid to stietie Provod that bour bor only atay, Crowds were closing fast nroun* her, Drawn to view tit seothilyz Spee Strong men stood appalled and helpless— Pity looked trou every fave, “Oh, my child! can ne one save hor?" Ituse the mothor's anguished ery, “You are men, aud can von thus sand Walle the weak wnalded diey" Ttushing past her mocked tho water, THI nt tust ont strode Black Dany And be plunged tn far beyond thom Where the eurreut smootbor ran. + Outcast men among dis kindred, Witte a visage daric und rough, Lawless Din contd not be manted By the gossips black cupugh, Now with striining eyes thoy watched him, As tho current swept nlongs Ag be renehed the mutdencd whirlpool, Battling with a cournse strong; But at length he hell that drenched form, ‘Then he vanished out of slebty ‘at oft Ranin seemed conqugred: 8 rushing inignt. But tho mother’s prayers were answered, And thoy cheered alm with a will Whon be landed, torn and blecdlug, With the chill unwounded still, ‘Then the love that dear one gave bim Somewhere touched the heart of Dany And, the deed his Itfe ennodting, : Muised to blyber wims the mui. Louisa Lona. YOUR PLAYING. For The Chey Peibuae, Ablwhen you play with touch and grace 80 churinings My sbownhys oat out upon the stratus Bo veut— ream-lands, whoro F rest contented, Thinking uy tie with every good replete, Then; when tho tears drop slowly through my yers, Be sure ‘tis to the past my memory clings: Aye, trig it fu, that * Sorruw’s crown of sors row WIL always be remembering bapplor thidys. ¥es, 1 can hear you play and never weary— Lis fur too Bou the moments puss away, For when | tiston It cotnes not xo keenly — ‘Tho thought thut darkens for me ntany a dey. Peon, 1. JE. BABY CLARE'S MEMORY, O baby funds that lipped from mino— O bitby head that vanished Beneath the mold! ‘he world again Worl not be sweet, though firipned of pain, Were your sweet memory banished, ‘The world was bright because of you— de yet, while yeu tre sleeping. But there wre thoray ways, my sweet, Tdally burt my wourled feut— Some duys ure aad with weeping. O little one, whose tender fect No teinpter is misleading, Tsmile bi 3 tho unguls Know And chose swortest things for you, And gave my feet the bleeding, Martip PEARSON BMITH. ALONE, T’ve been thinking to-day of you. darling, and wondering where you nay be, Are the skies bending olden nbovo you, and bave you just one thought for me? r. Ralee niles tho warm clasp of your hand, Sweet, Though anothor'’s hand claaped my own, a\re you South, with the birds singing o'er you; Or North, i the forests wlone? Ab] the timo hos been long since wo parted— You grave, and Feiniling und gays For E thought we world ineet soon agaln, while You know you were gong awny, — CATERINA, EDUCATIONAL, LATIN IN ‘THE PUBLIC SCIIOOLE, to the Editor of ‘The Chicago Tribune, Inpevenpence, In, Feb. 2.~In 9 Uttlo city In the central part of Lowa a discuasion lias been going on in regard to the study of Latin In the public sehools, ‘She writer lias not had opportunity to lnok Into the question y dvenly, but de- sires to express his conyietlons upon thig subject with what ilttle knowledge he DOSssesses, The public schools aro established for the benefit of the rich and the poor alike. ‘The mnajorlty of the boys and girls attending them at the present tlie must completo thelr edu- cation before they reach the azo of 18, What do the majority of thom neod inthe way of education? ‘They need a thorough English education, No more and no lus, If they study from tho age of 7 to that of 18 the English branches thorongily, how much fine wilt they have ta devote to Lutin? Wit fay good will It do them if they do study It? ‘They can cortatnly ydt only a smatterin: pil which could net benellt them in the east, if tho boys and girls Jenvo school with a goo Engilsh education are they hot as well auallded to taht the battles of Vite and: sic. ceed ag if they had studied Latin or Greek In nuldition to te Engtlsh branches ? One gentleman th arguing fy favor of Lath Pd “The prisons are full of the uns educated. Two-thirds of the inuates of prisons can neither read oy write,” Granted. But what, has that to do with this question? Would not a good English eduention bo as Heint in suppressing erhne as a knowledge of Latin or Greek ? Give the boys und ales tn the publle schools a thorough education in the English branches, but do not foree thom ta study Latin or Ureek when, tt will take all of thelr time to acquire the English, OLAR ———— Rrlo Cannl to Hy roo of Talin. ALUASY.N, Yo Fabs r. Foster offered u HH in the Senate w concurrent resolution v Mag foran amendment to the seventh ire Ulu of the Constitution ti gueh a mannge that the cus shat! hereattor bo free trom tolls and ‘bo supported by taxation. it rend thin: dkean ved, Uf Uie lxariauly concur, Chat Seo, 3 of Art. TOF tho Constitution bo amended so us to read wa follows; Sve, U. The tirst uni secoud sections of this articls huviug been fully com- plied with, no tolls sept hereatior he binnosed ow persons of property transported on the cantly, butall boats navigating the canuls and the owi und misters tercef shall be sue Jeet to such laws and regulations na buve beets or may hereatter bo enacted —vonveruing tha uuvigution of the canals. Tho Leyis- juture: shall unanialty', By equilable taxes, make provision for the vxpenses: of tho superstrnerures nog repairs of the canis, The eanal debt contructed under tho section hereby amended, wiieb on of Osta. ber, Wed, aininted t 0, shall cuntinue to be known ne tho pul debt under Art. 7, Sve, a, of the Constitute und tho sluking fund applicable tothe payment thereof, togethor the contributions to be made thereto, sball tinue to bo known ta the 'Canul Dobt Sinking and praicipal und toterest of suid debt shail be t ud provided in tho fifth section uf this article, Alt eontrnets for work or itu terial ou any cans stall be made with the pers gon who shill otter todo or provide the same at the lowest price with adequate security for thelr performuuce, No extra compensution ainll bo quude to any guntractor, but if fruin any unfores geen easy the tern prove tobe utust and eppressive the Canal forrd ouiy, men the applicqdon of the emt tractor, ener] . © shall ually be tapos gid tevied ates whieh halt he sitetent aaterest arbt oxtfiggielsh the principle of the enunl debt mentioned in the third scetlon of this article as tthe same shall become tend payable, and the proceeds of auch tmx shall to ly Hail very tu aie nted aid set upiet Cor the eink ine find eonatl> forthe payment ot the prinelpat and of tn Webi Hat the Loulshe ton fapose for the facal Helnalig on the Ist or Ostober, Ahn x onameh dolar of the vabiation or the y of the State, whieh tnay by Law ho thes kubject to taxation, at with the aecwule Jadions of the stile 1 npplieable thereto, To pay On ILO the principal and interest of the canal debt before mentioned, and the pro- ceeds of auch tx shall be appeopelated and get apart fer the aipking find constituted for tho: ot the prin and Interest ofankd debt, mnt ot such setton by the Legidatura Ww Leyrtslitira shalom the hw dieses tng Paden ANG levy of stteh TAX, tke sen prot for the re! ment of the ennnl debt ng tt shail wm cyittable and Just to tho creditors of the State, Reanteed, if the Aaximb'y concur, That See. 6 of Art. 7 of the Conatituttou be amended so na to reat ns follows: “See, d. ‘Tho Legislature stall not sell, ben: pe other diapers at the Erie Canal the Oswego Catut, the Champlain t: and the Ci si 3 or the Mack River C Mi tho property of the St its mannzement fore All funds that may be derived from any louse, sile, ovather disposition af any enual shail bo appiler_on paytent of she enant debt mentioned in the third seetion of this article, Resolved, if the stasemibly conenr, golng ameniinents bo referred to tho Lesistt- ture ta bu ebosen vt the next general seution of Senntors, tn conformity with c Lot Art. $2 of thoConatitution, whieh may be published for three inonths previous to the time of such elec- td. CURRENT GOSSIP. LESSON IN ‘TE Aa A dot and dasi Tew aA dash and threo dots, 1, Cree Two dotg, t space, and one dot, D~. A duah und two dots, D. bon One single dot Ia E, R-,. For F, a dot, dash, dot. a=. Two dashes and a dot for G. HL, four dots you allot. ‘Two dots will stand for I. A dash, dot, dash, dot, J. For K, a dush, dot, dash, you try. A long dash b awa M-— = Two dashes M demands. Adush and lot for Ne A dot, and space, and dot, O stands. Five dots fur P, nut ten, ‘Two dots, dash, dot, are ‘A dot, space, two dats, He. Fors, three dats will always do, Ouc dngh is 'T, thus fur. ‘Two dots, nosh, for U. Throo dots, wdnat, for Ve Dat, tivo dashes, Dot, dush, two dots, X see. ‘Two dots, spice, tiwodata, Y. Three dats, spnco, dot. ire %. & Adot, space, three duts, & desory Perlod..— —.,A paried Is UD, A NEW REFORM. New Yurk ‘Times. ‘The Western mind 13 eminently practical. While Eastern inven are disenssing new theo- ries of improving the spelling of common words, the West has percelved that the most Important reform that can be made fs to re- form the spelling ‘and. pronunciation of its States and towns, The people of Arkansas, fur example, huve for years sullered from the inconvenienca of not knowing where they live. Some of them are inclined to be- Hleve that they Hive tn Arkausaw, and others think that perhaps they live In Arkansiss. ‘This isa most unfortunate state of things, It renders it diMleult for any one to cherlshia spirit of pride ti his State, and as there are thousands of people who aveld montloning the nae of Arkauans for tho simply reason that they do not know what its reat name ly, the Stato Is kept in the back- ground and falls to receive the atten: tlon that ft deserves, Now, however, Arkausns is to reeelve her rlehtful po- sition as an tntetligible and pronouncenbly State, Its Legislature has passed a solemn resolution, which Nas all the force of a stat. ute law, to the effect thut the State shall herenfter be eniled Arkans: Tho old spelling Is to be, for the present, preserved, but everybody Is to understand that the flnal “sas? is tube pronounced “siw. ‘Thus, the Arkansns cltlzen will henceforth know where he lives, aut wilt be able to shoot with diserlmtuation when he hears the name of ils State discusyed in a promiscuous ns- sembly. "The reform begun by the Legislature of Arkausis wil undoubtedly be fusitated by otfor legislative bodies in the West, where State and city nomencliture {s In 9 most chaotle condition, ‘ho ‘people at the mouth of the Mississtpul will navy find out whether they five In New Orleans fn four syllables or New Orteans tn three, ‘The doubt whleb has always existed In thelr uilids as fo this ques: tion has probably had wueh te do with the unhealthiness of the elty, "The man who did not know the unime of his elty, or who was coustantly compelled to defend tis view of tt father people, was natu | t the view pe fina fe suann ally sh and mieasy state, and so vasily fell x prey to yellow-fover, fhe condition of the people of St. Louls fs ularly paluful. ‘They know neither the ye name of thelr city nor that of their State, Many of them finey that thoy five In St. Lowey, and that) the fatter Is situated fn the Staww of Missourl, while others Insist that they lve in st. Lewls, and that St. Lewls is the ehlet elty.of Mizourah, As there is ne standard by Which the trie nates of the city: and State rive Uxed, there can be no calm and lntulligent argument on the subject, and this ts why the ardent elizen at ot. Lawis aut the protd son of Mizonrah often Mads it necessary to support his thaorles hy pound= ing tis opponents, “Cho Missouri Lets ture has only to follow the example of the Arkansas and all ground of disputes will dizappent, S Between the Cincinuatinn and the New- Yorker there fy bitter fund. ‘Phe New: Yorker Insists that the name of the clilut porelne and musical city of the West ta Cli- cinnatty, while the resident of that eharm ing place Is confident that he lives th Clnein- battth, dy he is right, why does he not alter the spelllng of his ity and make It confor to bls pronunelaton? THe ust know that Chicago, which Knows how to spell and pronounce itself, ards Claelie nath with distal asa olty whieh either oun Hot spell or cannot pronouuce ts own nane, Adlngle resolution of the Common Connell of Chaelusatd will settle the questlan forever, and Chneiunath will become Cinelnattah both In theory and practlee, Th what Stite ts Chlengo situated ? In this part of the country we hold that It is thochlet yot (Hino, but the Chicazoun hhasolf saya that he tives In ney. | Doubtless he thlnks that Wnoy de the Brench methot af pronounelng Milaots, aid if this delusion 1s any consort to hin there byt wun Why ho should not be parmitted to retain It, Stil ve ln Hillis, why does he wat botdly say so tu writhig as well as In speceh ? Tilinoy would voto the samo teket as WMinais, and would challenge aur re ad Shue having the courage of Its pronunciation. ‘The Kime difference of aplnton oxtsts as te the vy whieh hamediitely adjolis Minos. Enstern people call it Indiana, while ils own peoples fondly allie to it old Dajeanny.” No one knows whiets ft really ts, ‘Phe Wast- ern man who eumes baat tram Lnjeanny soon bezina to have donbts as ta where he tives, nnd is this made unensy and wretehed, While the New-Yorker whe goes West soon learia tostlile his convictions nnd to deny the ex fstence of any such State as lidiana ‘the ense uf Lowa ds ot nich bette Bone Jowans will tell fae that they Ilve lu Toway, and athers will efaii to live ih dolwas, ‘All this uucertainty would vanish wore tho Leg. dslatures of Uinols, Ludiana, sad lowa to tix, the mi of their respecthye States by law ant to pel their written names to cons fort to the pronunelation, Jn the East we have few differences, of oplaton as to the names of our Eastern focal: les. ‘To be sure, the Pennaylyanta Denis erat iy apt to assert that fo tives di Pennsyl- vany and tho Assumbly nian from the western partal New York State is never quite clear ns to whether hers golng to Albayny or to Allbenny. ‘the South is worse olf than we fre, though itis stil) much vearor certulnty fn \ty names than fs. the is thy vnanimons oiitan oft all porsons living south of Virginin that the States of Mloridy, aAlabamy, and Cautalanny border on the Gulf, wills the two Carolinys separate the Gulf States trom Virginny, As to these States there fs no difference of opliton, and thelr names ought at oneo lo be spetled as they ate pronounced, aud vot as Nurthern Bet emissarles have hitherto persuaded the peo- ple to write then. DOGS THAT AR Now “Phe fashion hed Foster, the faneler, “changes from yenr to year, tha same as hy women's dresses, [ should name asthe most fashionable dogs at this thine the rough-coated St, Bernard and the English pug. ‘The St. Rernard dogs are rave, but there fs ademandt for them reach- fog as fares Colorado. ‘The pups aro worth from $40 to $1,000, ‘The English pug fs a dog that wont and came, Ile has undergone vleisslinites, ha has, Neara hundred years ago there wast a fashlonable Indyts coach In England that didn’t have his singularly wely muzzle poking out of It He had been brought over by a sailor from Japan, ‘The first straln’ imported was very black, aud went to Lord Willoughby; the sec om, Hzhter, was brought over by tho same sailor, and wentto Mr. Morrison, Dy these names the two strains of pugs re still known. ‘Ten years ago they were almost une known heres how, fat and sleek, they inay bo sven by the score wadding with hidles: tit FASHTONADLL, it, said Mr Dan Brand way and looking out of curtained wine r ws in Pitti avenuie, ‘Thay coat from $25 to Weach. Col. Sellers bought one, a inale, ab the beneh show some years ngo nnd made the inistake of calllug it Clytemnestra, The pug hus no voles, He is worthy on‘account of his ustiness dnd aifvetion, “Thon, for a searce and fashtonable dog,. 1 shoultt name next the King Clurles spaniel, Tle first came to Enighand as a present to Charles HL from King Charles of Spain. £ pretend to have a supply of logs but T ows only asligle palrof those, wht eh Lkeep for breeding purposes, ‘The male weighs tive pounds aud the female seven pounds, ‘Che ain ts blak and tan tn eolor and ts worth from, S100 to $209, “Then comes tha sll black-and-tan, 1 common luly's pet, with a bark so bie that ttshakes hh all overs he ts worth from 325 to $125, according to his size and marklag, ‘The sinall bull and terrier ts a net of tes. Jonnie nen. He is pure white, and [3 worth from 350 to $250, And the Japanese pug fs 0. remarkably fashionable dog. He rides in earringes that have coats of arms on their panels. Hoe is rough-eouted, and ts black and AUG OF yellow and white, and he casts $100 anc 200, Did you ever,” continued the fancter, re- Tanging Into the region of soul, “seu a Seatel colly? Me ls ag soft and beautiful as am, He's got eyes Hke a anatiden in fle is very rare Amerign. Mr. doe Jefferson, the actor, had one, and T presume has him new, that was n beauty, A colly at from $50-to $300, the list, tho Tien LE shall name, to clo: Q Ttatlan grayhound, whieh ts worth from S23 to $150.” But,’ continued the faneler, °F must sayea- word ahout my two noble dogs, Wallace, an Enulish “masthf, and Monk, my St. Bernard, who ig dead. Watitce [sy a ble fellow. who is as well trained ns most servants, and more faithful, He can feteh and carry as well as anybody, He would do for a bake messen- get. Te will eo shopping with a fads, and Istralned to Keep strangers and tramps at bay. Mr. Samuel J. Tilden is negotiating for his purchase,” added the fancler swith pride, “and Tam pretty sure he will got iii, Tf he does, it will cost Mr. ‘Tilden 3800, “ Monk,” continned the fancier, relapsing into profttnd melancholy, “died fn Decem- ber tast, Dbrought hia over with my the August previous from tie monastery of Gothard, Ie was the finest dog that stepped, and as to his money. value, bo might have sold him for $1,009, “Ie only lackest speech to have been a hiunan being, a was theanly dog [ever really loved. He imensured over six Feet fram tip to tail, his head was the most sagacious and maguiiicent that was ever set upon canine shoulders, and when he dled the tid sent mounniug cards inserlbed, ‘Alas, poor Monk !?? SAM WARD. Washtnaton Correspondence Phiudelphta Ther, Sam’s culinary reputation rests on a ham bolled with three red clover heads, and when put into the oven to “ brown’? was treated to a baptisun of champagne. Thethreehends ot red clover have been proved to be a fraud. Nothing was evor served on Sain’s table that was halfus delleious as biinself, Ho is famtl- Sar with nine ditferont lnneunges, three of which hu speaks with all the fluency of tis mother tongue, Ie has been seen to put his arnvarounla foreign Mintster with all tho grace and affection with which a lover em- braces his sweetheart, Is it strange that this man became an idol to the puulle wen Whose constitutions were inpaired by the dyspeptic dinners of * high sovtety? extremes nivet and over-feeding is far moro disastrous in lis remote results than a mild course of atarva- tlon, Sam Ward managed that his guests should never be satlited, ‘The oyster tles, Hke a Uttie woman, would be so perfect, though stall, that the next eaurse would be: ausiously awalted “Two dessert spoonstul of soup, With a thlinbletul of chateestshorry, that is my foundation for a dinner,” says the innnortal Sam. Only people of ability were permitted to gather around his board, and it was the briilianteonversation more than the viands that made ft appear “a feast fit for the gods.” If a dinner was to be given to the Spanish Minister the proper niniber of agreeable people who speak Spanish enn al ways be found for a ginal party, Could any- thing be more grateful to a stranger tn in strange fam than to hear his home Janguage spunen by his host with | the ease and finency of a natlve; to have the econversntion adroitly turned to the subjects which Ilo neni to the Spanth hearts to drink the bloot of the grape brought nll the way trom Castile or Arragon ? Tsita wonder with Sam's arm around hls diplomatle watst that he would feel as did Mungo Mark In) Atviva when he heard the hegre wouran sing uz tt the foot of the treo that sheltered hls "No wife to eateh Tim fist aut grind hin corn?” When anv of the fovelners dled itis sul that he teft San Ward a fortune. Lf his eulsine was not sl. ways portect, the host hlinself mide up tha Jnperteetion, Ilo hal the power to throw his guests ont of thelr shells, aud by ‘this Means adding any amount of heat to, the soetal atmosphere. “Tho last thig Sin Ward wits sown ho was marehing across the Capltot rotunia, tis short, full arin arotuid anothor auan’s walst, looking a9 nuioh Hike fat Phu nilelphia. eapon as Charils O'Neill, His round, chubby, boyish feo and duck lezs bore not the slightest resamblance ta, the Jobby, He fs the brother of Julian Ward Ilowe, the nuthor of the “Battle ym of tho Rupublle,” NO GILAN Detvuit Bree Hess, Aman on whom the burdons of winter had Jolt thelr mark entered mi ofllce on Griswold street yesturday and promptly inquired: “Do you wanta cashter?” “No, sir? “Ora private accratary? "No, sit? “ Want a porter?” * No, wie? “Want anybody ot tho house to take cara of your horsas 2” “Haven't any horses," Want any coul brought in?” * Don’t use coal?” “Want any wood sawed ?? “Nos Lboard’! “Shatt 1 swoup out your office for a quar- No” 4, Gun, you recommend mo for a job 2” a Ket Ike lending mo 10 cents?” a “Goa nickel on mo? wh Give me that stub af a clgar?? Noy Pun smoleing that.” “Think there's any cance for ino in Do- trol?” “Allright; Dl tenve it within half an hour, Gaod-duy, sie? Aud ho walked out us atlif a3 0 poker, 4 —_— Quins, ‘Tho boy who {3 well shingled by his parent will shed water, Keep your stovo coaled if you would keep pour houses warm, 5. “Serlous charges agalnst a Chicago deal- er” iy tho head-lino of a dispatch in the daily papers. Me probably had three aces tn ls Doot.—Bostun Cominerctal Butletta. a Frenchman fs abont ta be beheaded. Under the ull lone & peluat approaches nhin and says; “Aly friend, have you any last wish to make?” ‘The wish af a dying man ts sacred,” Yea," replied the doomed man, *T want to learn English,” The night-cditar of a Noya Scotla journal Wrote the followlng, headline to one of his cable dispatches: "he British Lion shak- In bls Shane.” He was unuble to eat hig reaktast next morning when he found the printer's version of the matter starkag him in the fa Male,” An Qlean farmer tina had patnted snd post- ed up he bis poultry-honse a large sign bear. Ing the inserlption? & Eyes 50 cents a dozen.” (We also keeps tigtits burning all night to pre- vent the hens front going to roost. “Ma” anki foun tmpudence at brenk fast “this la the fast ple you made, ain't it? “Yes, my song why??? 8 7 guess you had to paint the stating in with vbrash, b's aw ful thin.” Sentenevd to ro pretess inti) he ean euldlyate a proper spirit of appreelation, thus: “The British Lion Skating in GEORGE WASHINGTON. Tho Tributes of Two English Hixto- rinns to the Supremo Worth of Tin Character and the Grandour of His Life. Batract from a tecture on the * American Wer" writ Ten in INE hy Wit Sinytin, Prafersor of Modern History tn the Cnteeratty of Cambridge, Einglant, Tinnst conclude my account of Washing- ton by observing that the buhavior of France ninite It necessary for Amarien to disturb this great man ones more in his retirement, and to place hin at the head-of her military torce. Washington Indeed expected that favorable alteration in the conduct of France which aflerward took place; but he lived not to soe tt, dying ln December, 17), after a short Hiness, and resigning hls. spirit with a eal and tntroubled mind to tho disposal of that Almighty Being in whose presence he had acted his Important part, and to whose kind Providence ho had so ofton connultted in many an anxious moment, in the Cabinet and In tho field, the destintes of ils beloved country. ‘He was not,” he sald, “afritid to dia? ‘To tho istorian, indeed, there aro fow characters that xppear so little to have shared tho common frallties and imperfections of human nature; thore are but few partleulars that can be mentloned even to his disadvan- tage, . . . Instances may be found where, perhaps, tinny be thaught he was tuctsive lo a degree that mrtook of harstiness, or ven Ingres; but how innumerable were the decisions he liad to makel how dintealt and how buportant through the eventful series of taventy years of command, in the Cabinet, or the feld? Let it be considered whut [tts to have the manigement of a vevolution, and ufterward the imualutenance of orders... ‘The plaudits of his country weru contintally soundiyg Ur hls ears, and neither the jus. inent Hor the Virtues oF the man were ever disturbed. Armies were led to the fletd with all the enterprise of aero, and then dis- nissed with all the equanimity of a philo- gopher. Power was accepted, Was exercise was restened, preclsaly at the moment atid tn the way that duty and patriatisin divected, Wi was the difictity, the trial, the temptation, or tho dang there stool the soldler and the eltizen, rally the sume, without tear and without reproach, and thera was the an who was not only at all tines yirzuons but at all tines wise. The merit of Washington by no means ceases With bls crmpiigns; it becomes, after the peace of 1783, evermore surking than be: fore, tor the same man-wio for the saice of liberty was ardent enongh to resist the power of Great Britala, and hazard everything on thia side cho grave, wt a lates period had. to resist the sume spirit of {borty when ft was. mistaking Its proper objects nnd transares- sing [ta appointed limits, ‘fhe Amerlean Revolution was to approach lin, and te was to kindly in the getieral thie: the Mronch Revolution was to reach hin and to consuiae butteo wang of his. countrymen, and hls “own atheredl mold, Inenpable of stain, was: to purge off the baser fire victorious”? But all this wns done; he might have been pur- doned Chotuch he had talled amid the entiu- slagin of those around Aim and when tberty was adelusion; but the foundations of the moral world were shaken and not the under- standing of Washingtow . 6 + Aga ruler of mankind, ho may be proposed ag no model Deeply fmpressed with the original rights of hitman uature, he never forgot that the end, and meaning, and alin of all Just government was the hapuiuess of the people, and he never exereised authority tel he had first taken care to put hhnself clearly fn tha cizht. Hs eundor, his pativnce, hls love ot justice were unexampled; and this though naturally he was not patlent—miteh otherwise, highly irritable, fle therefore deflberated well, and placed his subject In every point of view before ho decided; and hts understanding being correct, he was this rendered, by the nature of hls faculties, his atrength of mind, and his prin- ciples, the man ot all othors to whan the hiterests of lily fellow ereattires inlght with most contidenee be Intrusteds that iy, he was the first of the rulers of mankind, Bietract from." Che HUtury of the English People,” by John Hich.srd Greer, Me ue 2390, ‘Tlic Congress of Dele from the Colo- nial Leglstatures at once voted measures for general defense, ordered the levy of anariny, and set George Washington at iis head. No houlur (igure ever stood tn the forefront of 4 nation's ite. Washington was grave and eourtwous In acdtlress, ls manners were shuvle and unpretending; his silence and tho serene calmness ot hls tomper spoke of a purteet selt-masters. ut there wits Ilttle ln hiy outer bearing to reveal ue grandeur ot gon) whieh lifts his figure with all the simple majesty of an ancient statue out of the sinalitr passtons, the meaner linpulscs of the workt around bin, Wht reean- mended hin for command was siinply his welstit, among bis fellow lnnd-ownurs of Virgiala, and the experience of war which he i gained by service in border con- tests with the ‘French and the Indlans, as well.a3 In) Braddock’s Inekiess oxpodi- tion against Fort Duquesne, It was only a3 the weary fight: went on that the eol- ontats discovered, however slows aud Lnpor- rly, the greatness of thelr leadle a fe fy lids cieay judgment, his heroic endurance, Ils stlence under diffenities, his entimess In the hour of danger or dufeut, the pationee with wileh he wailed, the quickness and hardness with whieh he struck, the lofty and serene sense of duty that never swerved from Its task through resentment or jealousy, that never through war or peace teit the toneh of 0 manner anbition, that know no alm save that of garding the freedom of How-eoun: trymen, and no persaaal longi saye that of returnalig to hisowr fireside whon thelr frea- dom was seoured, 1b was stinost aucon- avlousty thrtinen fearned to cling to Wash- ington with a trust nnd fall such as tow wen have won, and to regard hha with a reverence which stifl husles us in the pres: ence of his memory. Hut even America hardly recognized his real greatness while he lived, It was only when death set its seat on hin that the voice of those whom fio had served Ko long pro- slalmed Iii the man first fn war, dest fn peace, nud fst in the hearts of his tellow- COUMLEYNIGD, # { WONDER, For The Chicago Tripung How do thoy Iva, wonder, Who hear tho Jur und etrifo, rie rhythine render, ho liltat Lite: Who hour tho initlewheel whirring, ‘Aud tho troabled wounda nt Burthy But never the laughter atlerine The Corast-luaves with mbeth: Tlow do thoy Xo, T wonder, Who soe tha World's dull dyes, Tut miss [ta tints of splendor, And the dawn's supremo Kurprisog Who weo Life's salon duties, Who sea i auat and ite Wy But never its pulsing beauties, Nover its waruth and glow? Mow da, thoy live, T wonder, Who feel 11fo's wear aud strain, Dut nevor a throv of its rapture, Novor ity Joy like paling Who teet Ita sorrows and unyers, And ita Hite trints und ils, Bat vevor tte fires wd died Novor Its throvs and thrills? WL ENVOI. I know of tho truo word * Living"; My beurt Hada moro jn wday ‘Than wll the yeurs aro giving ‘To those who extat that way. Riad WHEELER, oo Singular Death of a Cow, A corruspoudeut of tho Knoxvilto (Tenn.) Chrouivic tells this singulur tule of the death of a cow owned by W, LL Fraker, of Know County: “sume tine in Pobrunry, 187%, Mr. Charles Cox went from my bousy to eburgh, and ny wifo wave hin a durning-needie, Some tiny in tho thorentter, my cow abawed ay mptouie of aud Ubelleved trom her manher that rhaps abe bad lnat ber cud, wknd shu had sev- erat epells siney, anid why would swul} up od hee breathing wig labored anid anude a noisy as a peal with iby pathivie, und on Deo. $, 168), vhoe bromzht ate cate and oiised welt for about. yo weeks, und nbout abe becunie unwell wean, and keps be owe hear the eatih, wid appeared. ty ablyer ay If suiteriag with lutense cold. ‘fbus ehe won died. *¥eehug desirous ta luarn tho cause of bor daath wu cut her open, and thersupon wo found tho same durning-nvedic, whick hud pissed througl ber Beart Crom sida ta side. aud the polnt was out ubout ualfan inch. Her heart was fully three thoes as linge as it would ordl- puaely dave been, and when pressed witha kutfo- was found to be futi of corruption. .'he west alugulur thing avout ber was that x the time tha neadle wi uct, which was nor ty Uk, and oniy we 08 In hor are Your A, aha we ltiet Wry HOU ie ween tees (31180, Hine mart had brow id browuht from he Ann ahe supposes st waa Hrustiad eat tthe, fito thu alup ad fed to tho cows ———— SAVED FROM THE GALLows A Father, Mother, and sony 4, Sparcd=A Brother's Wendten oy Sv. Scnonasrigun, Canada, Bel murderers in the Nurbonn pupal! hope of their commuted. ‘The seatfold wag or yard, ready to lannch tts vie nity. ‘The prisoners repented sincerely thatrerling and were prepared ty te te the requisition of Father ‘Tassa a farewelh Interview took place between them on Mon day at o'clock, On secmy exch other ik the first tine sivee thelr condemnation they all burst Inte tears, Jean Baptiste fell at th feet of nis father and mother, and jstd obs and sheleks begged their pardon for the crime he had done and the inisery i had brought on the whole funily Tha father told him to rise, saying it Ww 4 for himself to beg his son's pardon for Hot bringing ha up more Christiauly, and ton ordering bh to coninlt site an awed erin, ‘i Tho suother sald they were indesd vie guilty, but that the atonement they were tong to make was so great that she hoped God would have werey on them. Overeotne wit} tears and grief they couldn't spear any more and after ebracing: exch other they parted with the promise of having unather sal int terview on ‘Tuesday ato o'clock. The Sherlit got news that thelr sentence was commuted to life biuprisonment in the Penitentiary, Hg inumedintoly ordered them together, and aye nounced to them the good” tidings. ‘The three prisoners barst, int tears, and, falling on tiely Knees, loudly thanked God for Hig All those present were weeping also, ‘This morning at 8 o'clock the three prisoners came out to the village clureh, where they ecard mass and 1 ved the holy commento in the midst of 0 e crowd gathered to seq them, ‘They aif seem, well and perfectly te signed to theirfate., They left this afternoon for the Penitanttan Fail J, 33. Nurbonné was found guilty Wednesday, the 1th of Janunry, of the mw der of hg brother Dan five years ago. Oy that day he was put-on the stand asa witness against bls father and stepmother, whe were on trial as nccessorles before the act. He stool the cross-exnosluntion for a tine and then bra down and told the whole story, Its mother and father had urged him io shoot his brother for the latter's money, whieh he had given tito the keeping of his stepmother, Narbonne shot bis brother through the heart when asleep, and, when ke satup, clubbed him over tho head with hls gun, He then buried hint near the hone, Ils father and stepmother were found guilty, The old man, Fraugols Narbonne, and tho woman, Genevieve Lailenr, have lived to gether cighteen yenrs, They were married only two yenrs ago. ——— THE BURDETT-COUTTS WEDDING, Puck thus speaks of its cartoouon tho Buy dett-Coutts wedding: No spring that ever dawned on carth could throw its sweot Hlusglon of passiouste romance over Uhat honeymoon. Folly on the one side, self-interest on ‘the othor.—what a ry Of Wo narrhizo is thist Mr. Ashmead. + Lurdett-Comtts ig an Aimerican: but, in viean (dion, wo don't hone after tin, If tand yearns for bis allegiance, Emeland ean nye it, (No, It ls of nu use, yor sweet wentl inentnlists, to nttempt to throw a halo of honest thotgh abnormal ulfectlon over that. pitiful welding, Wo bave all pozsible sympathy for the generous, siniple-minded old women who bus made a laughingestoulke of herself tn tho eyes of all the warkl. Her life hay been 4 blessing to wt around her, Sycopkants aay strew) her werlding-path —kncee dogp with flowors; but their purtume will Htt ns better offering to Heaven thangthe fragrance of good deeds with which her yours have beea inada sweet, No flattery cun gloss over her folly so fully ng tho unspoken thantes of countless poor, “Phe ghurity diat can cover a mualttole of ulng iniy well excuse ong pleco of foolishness, But tho man? Ani that is a pany dierent atfir. Please don’t come here, Mr. Gush from Gushvilte, to tell us that. tho young min really loves this poor old woman with a husbands Inve, His netton proves that he does not Grant that ste might woll insplro a warn alec tion ina who for years hud known ber goodness, even her simpleness of heart, She could, Many © man might love ber dearly; many a young man, even. Wut hla love, if it Were honest and sincere, could only be tho love of aslevoted son. Remember that her que sett her apart, from what aro .called muarrtugeabie Aven Mie, e ae casa had tence bie veto tn tty thus Into eter. women, Remember that this very aye wives bet a title to respeet which even the otter af s bus bans love Insutts, What puro-minded nao could think of faylug such w monstrous pragion atthe feet of this tan nt, prontly aid’ raul? Grant even that a min could full in tovo with a, worunn of 70 just ag bo might have fallen In love with nwomon of 20, What then? What do soa think af a lover who Intilets apon bis bride the torture of n harrible notoriety —who exposes het © public comment. —who makes her the nbject of ridicule? Wouid love do thist Would re, spect do this? ls anything but yreed capable ot such gelttstnesss? ‘Phere Is ane phase of the sorry business which is humorous, Wo frankly admit it turnt tho tables on Amerien ino Ainerican soctety hua long nyo t upon tho Beith nobility ag compan tang pirt of needy fortine-hunters. ‘The English my well reply to us_ now that the [ttle ants made by ponuilesa Honerubles und Haronety and “sclons of noble bauses " In general. da nol altogether. approach the magnitude of thishuge “take.” Tht is mercenary met rimonty on a colngsnt senlo. [tia sohome of consalitanod so big that we should be wabanied of our heme fnanglors ff Me, day Gould bud not, recently mide his little deal with Mr, Vander! U.S. STANDARD Scales! 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