Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, March 27, 1881, Page 19

THE CHICAGO TRIBUN SUNDAY. . MARCH 27, ‘1881 TWENTY PAGES. Pee Chureh st 10:30 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. wr Suet oc, -H. Keliogz will preach in Asbary oe on Kossuth street, at 10:30 a. m. and 7:30 er, O. H. Cessna will preach in the In- "Toe Rey Church morning ud evening. este Rev. W.'T. Hobart will preach in the zasgon Street Church morning and evening. es? tex, F. Porter will preach in the Lin- jp street Church morning and evening. con Se ttev. W. B. Norton will preach in the Mil- eee Avenue Church morning and evening. wake’ ev. J... Wheaton will preach in the Th ‘ é ‘Church morning and evening. sorte Sev. J. Keller preaches morning ‘and going in the German Church, No. 485 North {sbland avenuc. site Rev. J. Schell preaches morning end equing in the Emmanuel Church, corner Lattin GaNinereenth streets. tone Michigan Avenue Baptist Church Socl- < fill hold no more services for the present. #5 The Rev. Mr. Meyer will preach morning and came in the First’ German, corner Hickerdike oa ‘Huron streets. MTne kev. J. B. Sunth will preach morning paevening Jn the First Norwegian Church, ‘Noble and Ohio streets, come Rev. Jobn Ongman wilt preach morning gadevening in the First, Swedish, corner Ouk pi Sedgwick streets. : The Key. D. B. Gunn will preach in tho goath Lock Street Church at 10:45 a, m. and 7:30 po PRESBYTER! Ne Rev. Henry T. Miller will preach morning si evening in’ tho Sixth Chure, corner Vine Bing and Qui aveoucs. Slorniog subject * nes: Joule, I, 3. Collisson preaches morning cinenine in Fullerton Avenue Church, near ever Clark street, Morning subject: * Does saat ge Encourage Moderate Drinking?" ~The Rev. J. Walker will preach in the ie +) Par! urch, Leavitt street, at 10:30 a. p snd 7:30 p.m. - mathe The Rev. W. A. McCorkle wilf preach in the second Church, corner Michfizan avenue and Freatieth street, in tho morning. No evening ce. wre Hey. S. E. Wichard preaches moratus gievening in the Fifth Church, corner of In- Sus avenue and Thirtieth street. aprof. F. W. Fisk, D. D.. will preach in the porofug in the First Church, corner of India sreaueand Twenty rst street. Evening sery- feat Railroad Chapel, 1419 State street, con- by Prof. Fisk. The Rev. Herrick Johnson, D. D., will preach ening and evening in the Fourth Churct, cor- prof Kush and Superior streets. othe Hev. B.C. Oggel will preach morning gaevening in tho Westminster Church, corner Peoria and West Jackson streets. “The Rev. James Maclaugblan will preach pening and evening in the Scoteh Church, cor- pet Sangamon ‘and Adams streets. “prof. F. L. Patton, D.D., will preach morn tgandevening In tle Jetferson-Park Church, saver Throup and Adams strects. CONGREGATIONAL. Me Rev. Charles Hull Everest preaches morn- rand evening in Piymouth Church, on Michi- qazavenue, south of Twenty-tifth street, ‘~The Rev. F. A. Nobie will preach in the Tnion Park Church, corner of West Washington greet snd Ashland avenue, at 10:30 om. and 3) p.m. Morning subject: “Our Latest tragedy: its Revelations and Its uessons. ~The Rev. George H. Pecke will preach in the Jeavitt Strect Church, corner of Adams, morn- bg and evening. Evening subject: “Budd- ‘~The Rev. E. P. Goodwin will preach in the evening and the Rev. B. F. Leavitt in the morn- EI in the First Chureh, corner of Ann and ‘ashington streets. Evening subject: * Tho feripture Doctrine Your Judgment.” ~The Rev. Arthur Little preaches morning sod evening in the New England Church. corner Jearborn avenue and Park place. ~The Rev. C. A. Towle will preach morning midevening in Bethany Church. corner ot au- tax and West Huron streets. ~The Rev. Evarts Kent will preach morning mievening in the Clinton Street Church, cor- per of Clinton and Wilson street. 1 The Rev. E. F. Williams will preach morning nd evening in the Soyth Church, corner of Drexel boulevard and Foftieth strect. g CHISTIAN. @ Toe pastor, J. W. Allen. will preach at tho SS South Side Church, corner of Prairie avenue and ‘Thirtieth street, in the morning and J, H. Wright dothe evening. ~The Rev. O. A. Burgess will preach in the First Church, corner of indiana avenue and ‘Twenty-fifth street, at-1l a. m. and p.m. ~The Kev. Charies H. Caton will preach morn- @ tgand evening in the Second Church, Oakley f) sveoue, corner Jackson street. ~The Rev. J. H. Wright will preach. In the Western Avenue Church, corner of Van Buren street, in the morning and the Rev. J. W. Allen H vill preach there in the evening. UNITARIAN, 4 TheRev. Brooke Herford will preach in the Church of the Messiah, corner of Michiran ff menue and Twenty-third street. Morning ¢ mubject: The Need of a Weekly Half-Holidar in. Qicsgo.”” in the evening the Kev. G. C. Miln, of Taity Church, will preach. £ ~The Rev. E, 1. Galvin will preach in the Church, corner of Monroe and Latlin Preets, at 1045.2. m. ~The Rev. George C. Milnpreaches in Unity Curch,corner Dearborn avenue and Walton UNIVERSALIST. The Rev. W. H. Ryder will preach in St. } Pan's Church, on Michigan avenue, north of Eighteenth street, morning and evening. —The Rey. W. 5. Crow will preach in the Guren of the Redeemer at 10:30 a. m. ‘The Rey. William Ashmead Schaeffer preaches ‘Ris morning in the Wicker Park Church, corner Hoyne avenuc and Le Moyne street. ~The Rev. C. Koerner preaches morning and, svening in the English Church of the Holy Trin- ty, corner Dearborn avenue and Erie street, TEMPERANCE. A Gospel temperance meeting will be held in Avenve Hall, 159 Twenty-second street, at 4 bo. Mr. Charles Vanatta will conduct the tem- Ferance meeting at corner Noble and Ohio & nveets at ¢ p. m. *] The Woman's Christian Temperance Union hold dally Gospel meetings, Sunduys excepted, Lower Farwell Hallat 3 o'clock p.m. -En- ‘Mances 150 Madison street and Arcade court. The leaders ‘for this week are: Monday, Mr. LU MeLean; Tuesday, Mrs. Emerick; Wednes- sy. Mrs. M.S. Cummings; Thursday, Miss Lu- ta Kimball; Friday. Mrs. R. L. Higgins; Satur- Mrs. T. W. Miller. ~~ Hospel meeting is held in Good Templar 1 Hall 1386 West Lake street, every Sunday at 4 £0. conducted by the Woman's Christian Tem- Perance Union. All are invited. MISCELLANEOUS. Dr. E.G. Hirsch will lecture in Sinai Tem- Be,corner of Indiana avenue and Twenty-first fret, on “Religious Education.” —Central Meeting of Friends mect at 10:30 2. Riu the Athenscum Building, Dearborn street, tear Randolph. onat® Rev. H. M. Painter will preach in the Satin school-house, Union Stock-Yards, at 11 fa py Ptlse service will be held Sunday evening mentman's Hall, corner North and Clybourn The First Society of Spiritualists will meetin Tikbank Hall, corner of State and Randolph ts,atv:3)p. m. Thirty-third anniversary modern Spiritualism. Mrs. Cora L. V. Rich- oR trance speaker, will lecture; subject: pate Manhood of Modern Spiritualism: What wit it Portend?™ by the Spirit Band. Remarks also be made by Mrs. 0. T. Samuels, Bible tqepretations through Mrs. Itichmond in Mar- uk § parlor,corner of Wood and Walnut strects, 45a. m. All are invited. plbe reorganized Chureh of Jesus Christ of ane Day Saints will mect at Castle Hall, No. prea Luke strect. Elder T. W. Smith will Feach; morning subject: “ Tho New Birth"; “ening: “ Phe Day of Judement." te ASpirituuticts” and mediums" meeting will “f oe in Grimes’ Hall, No. 13 South Halsted 3pm. mediums’ mecting will be held at 3 p.m. Weg, West-End Opera-House, No. 453 West En ison strect. In the evening, C. W, Stewart ~Piae on Purposes and Duties of Life.” ‘Miam Cook, Seeretary, will address the 2nd jy Den’ Gospel- meeting, corner of Canal Ploy inzie streets, at 3:15 p. wm. All railway em- lsés invited. que Eclectics meet at No, 213 West Madison feet S3 230 p. mi. Leeture by Mr. Sorrell. Sub- <t; *Political Economy.” ral reunion at No, 213 West Madison of Rreet at 2:30 ps mi Jpest Side Gospel meetings in Gospel Room, West Ranguipt stroct, at Gand 7:45p. ™., COn- fou 2F Joun Smith” and J. 31, Carnie, from phorth Sid i 36 Ni Wey ie Gospel meetings at 436 North elssueet, north of Division Conducted by TH Tonga Ross at 745 p. ti. spent Side Gospel meetings in Gospel Hall, State street. Letween ‘enty-ninth and wfltth strecis, at 7:45 p. mr. fiat gathewton ‘will’ preach at, the Church iy 91 et, sd trasteren South Green street, morn: Pragt core N. Clarke will preach at tho agave arden Gospel meeting, corner of Clark ~na Buren streets, In the ¢vening. tte sr pkt Rew. Bishop McLaren will preach at Rae giitl’s Mission Gospel meeting, River- wie .W. Richards will preach in the he ‘Home Chapel at 3 p. 1. wee Disciples of Christ will meet at No. 229 Randolph street at 4 p.m. CALEXD an FOR ALENDAR FOR THE WEER. * EPISCOPAL. Mercy SoFourth Sundar in Lent. < e—Twenty-tl jay of Lent. yee Sokwenty- fourth Day of Lent, nt y-fAft! ay O! ent, feb 31_—Te y-sixth Day of Lent. 1i-Twenty-seventh Day of Lent. —Twent ighth Day of Lent. * CATHOLIC. jiarn ‘Si—Fourth Sunday in Lent, yereh S—Feria, arch Feria, arch 33—Feria, deen ust Feria, 4 Most Precious Bk 4o2-st. Franels of Paula Got ere } time, but the really g1 .. MUSIC. First Week of the Beauplan Opera Season, ~ : Remarkable Performances by a Remarkable Troupe.: Great Success by a Troupe ‘Without Stars. - What the Musical People of Chicago Owe to It. The Boscovitz Recital and the New Amateur Orchestra, The Chicago Composers Have a Day to Themselves, The Comley-Barton “‘Olivette” Troupe at Hooley’s. Interesting Leifer by Camille Saint-Saens—New York May Festival. THE BEAUPLAN OPERA SEASON. The first week of the Beauplan opera sea- sonhas finished. It has presented us a re- markable répertoire in some respects, for it is not often that we are vouchsafed in one week the privilege of hearing four such operas as the ‘‘ Huguenots,” the ‘“Jewess,” “ Aida,” and ‘ Robert the. Devil.” Thé-re-! maining operas, ‘ Faust,” ‘ Trovatore,” and “ Traviata,” might well have been left to lighter troupes, of the calibre’ of Her Majesty's. We can hear these operas any eat works which this troupe is capable of giving areso infrequently performed nowndays that we have a right to be jealous when the hackneyed operas are given by such a troupe. But it is not alone the repertory that has been remarkable. This troupe came here almost without previ- ous announcement. Its organization had buttwo artists who have ever been here, Mme. Ambre and Mme. Lablache, and not even the fame of the others had pre- ceded them. They were as unknown here as the troupes in the provincial towns of Europe, ad yet thess unknown people, none of thenr specially remarkable in voice, have produced these great works, even in their entirety, in a manner that has never been surpassed and seldom equaled here. It has give us a chorus which, though compara- tively small in numbers andsomewnat coarse in tone, has sung with surprising truth, and vigor, and promptness: an orchestra the largest and strongest ever yet brought here by a traveling troupe, and led bya director who, in, spite of some old-fashioned ways, feads his players with a vigor, enthusiasm, and care for details that are refreshing, In these days of careless leading it is pleasant to run across a conductor who thinks it worth while in the entr’actes to make sug- gestions to his pluyers to see that they are in tune and keep them in good form. However Frenchy or antiquated he may bein his man- ner, he makes his men play, and has some .concern for tone, tune, and time, as well as for expression,—qualities which are not considered specially interest- ing or desirable by many conductors who have been here. This troupe has also given usacareful attention to the mise en scene, scenery which is fresh and well painted, costumes in keeping with the demands of the operas, and propertics and stage equipments which have greatly hightened the effects of performances, and last of alla ballet, fair in quantity and quality, which has enabled the management to produce all the music of the operas as written. Coinbining all these points, and then considering that each and every one of the troupe, from prima-donna down to the feeblest chorister, have striven earnestly and honestly to do their best work, that there have been no jealoustes in the troupe, all working harmoniously together, no dressing-room squabbies, no artist waik- ing through his part because associated with some other artist with whom he was not on good terms, no pulling and hauling like the animals in a menagerie, the reason why this troupe, Which came here so modestly, with unknown artists, has succeeded so- muclt better than the high-sounding and fulsome- Jy heralded troupes which have been here Tately, becomes apparent. The “ Wfuguenots” has never been given so well here, and yet we have had great artists in this powertul dramatic music, The same cfaim can be made for the “ Jewess ” and “ Aida,” both of which are built upon the same dramatic standards. We have had these operas doue here with strong artists and powerful cho- ruses in numbers, and yet they have fallen far short of the performance by this unos- tentatious troupe. Much of this may be due tothe superior dramatic ability of the French, as well as to their natural spirit, enthusiasm, and dash, but much inore is due to their hon- est work and to the absence of that curse to opera—the star system, which dispirits every one on the stage and clouds every per- formance. Fine as the musical results of this troupe have been, it has not met with that patron- age which it so richly merits, though the au- diences have constantly increased in num- bers as the fame of the troupe has been noised abroad. Of course there is a reason for this. It is not Lent, for there never yet was anything attractive that the most de- vout Lenten observer might not see, if so disposed, nor has it been coun- ter attractions elsewhere, because there have been none. One cause has been the singular notion among some that because this is a French trouve therefore of necessity they must give operaboutfe. This, however, could not affect many. Much the larger number have staid away because it has not been deemed fashionable to go, it being the gen- eral rule that really good things are scarcely ever fashionable. Had this troupe been heralded with a great flourish of trumpets and preluded with silly stories of the doings, comings, and goings of its people; had it borne “Her Majesty ” for afigare-head; had it been headed by a military Colonel of pompous inien and a son whose occupation was_to “court an amorous looking-glass ”; hadits “stars” been a prima-donna capable of showering trills, shakes, and runs, and or- nate eadenzas in bewildering profusion upon an audience, and without any other special qualification, and a tenor spviled by his own. success, and degenerating from an artist to a yacillating singer; had there been elaborate descriptions. of toilets; had the old hackneyed, worn-out works of the lighter Italian school -been offered, and had allthis been mixed up with fuss, fur- belows, fritter, and humbug, society would have broken its neck to get to MeVicker’s Theatre. As instead of all this we have simply had a troupe here without stars, capalie ot doing great works, not dazzling, but earnest and honest, with no widely- advertised and bepuffed people, but headed by two of the best dramatic artists Chicago has ever heard, society has kept away, and there is little prospect that it will go. In its stead, the musical people of the city owe it to M. Beauplan and his excellent troupe to give them their patronage this week and en- courage them tocome here again another season. ‘The répertoire for the week has certainly never been excelled. It ineludes “Carmen,” the “Je 7 “Paust,? & 1 yieaine,’ “Aida,” ‘Romeo _and Juliet,” “Favorita,” and ‘William Tell.” What more can musical people ask? * THE BOSCOVITZ RECITAL. The Boscovitz recital at Lyon & Healy’s rooms last Wednesday evening was attended by a very large audience. The prominent feature of the program was the Mozart Con- certo, op. S4, for two pianos and orchestra, which has never been played here before. In its performance Mr. Boscovitz was assisted by Miss Mamie Boardman, a pupil, and the Mozart’s most melodious style, and made quite an impression, Miss Boardman doing her work very creditably and gracefully, the orchestra, considering the very short time it has played as a whole, also being entitled to credit.’ Apart from the inevitable crudeness which must attach to such ‘a body at the start, and the fault of getting out of trine oc- easionally, especially in the Andante, their work ‘was done well, and they certainly show no reason why they should not succeed‘un- der So careful a leader and intelligent a u- sician as Mr. Schoenefeld. ‘With the excep- tion of the Beethoven Sonata (op, 10, No. 3), “Mr. Boséovitz was at, his best, and played+ with an enthusiasm and intelligence that made a very decided impression. His num- bers were very varied, including the Chopin Barearole, oe 60, and. Valse, op. 42, the Bach Concerto in Italian style, the Liszt “Etude de Concert” in D flat, a menuetto by Mehul, Handel’s “:Airde Danse,” and Bull’s * King’s Hunting Jig.” The latter number secured an encore, to which he replied with an im- provisation. Mrs. Stacy, accompanied by Ar, Eddy, sang the “Dove Sono” of Mozart and two beautiful songs of Lassen’s, “Oh! *Tis a Dream” and a “Song Waltz’”-from. the eyclus of numbers Lassen has set to “Faust” in an admirable manner. The recital was a very pleasant and auspicious inauguration of the series, the second of which will take place April 20, PIANO RECITAL. Miss Lula Goodman, a graduate of the Chicago Musical College, on Wednesday evening last gave a piano recital at Apollo Hall. The audience was a very large and critical one. Ier numbers were the follow- ing: Prelude and Fugue, Bach; ‘ Novel- Jette,” Schumann; ‘ Will o’ the Wisp,” Jen- sen; Polonaise, Nocturne, impromptu and Polish song, Chopin; “ Die Forelle,” Ifel- ler; and the larghetto and finale of the tum- mel Concerto, op. $9, and asonata for piano and violln by Grieg. It will be seen that this extensive program afforded the young lady every opportunity for the display of her mu- sical abilities. into ‘every number she in- fused a degree of poeticcoloring, a, warmth of expression, and general artistic finish which are not often found in one of her years and experience. She is a lady of whom Dr. Zieg- feld, her teacher, may certainly feel proud. Mr. E. HWeimendah! played a highly interest- ing sonata—for piano and violin—by Grieg, with Miss Goodman, and was received with Joud plaudits, the manifestations of an audi- ence that wished to show its appreciation of so gifted and painstaking a violinist, Miss Goodman had the assistance afseveral ladies, pupils of the college. Mrs. Ilda Pryce’ dis- played her beautiful soyrano voice to the est advantage, and Mrs. B. A. Corcoran add- ed to the pleasure of those present by sing- ing two of Schumann’s most popular songs. Both ladies are pursuing. their musical studies under the instruction of Mr. 1. A, Phelps, the director of the veeal_ department atthe college. Miss Mollie Prindiville and Miss Kate Oesterle, pupils of Mrs. Hobkirk, read several selections, each in good dramat- ic style. SAINT SAENS AND RICHARD WAG- NER. Only a few weeks ago the Renaissance Musicale was established at Paris in the in- terest of the new school of music in France. Among a host of others, Camille Saint Saéns was designated as one of the co-edit- ors of the paper. Inaletterto the Renats- sance Musicale that gentleman ceclities the honor in the following true French style and manner: Among your contributors Isee thename of Richard Wagner mentioned, but in vain do IT look for the name of Gounod. In letters of gold you print the name of “'fauuhiuser” along- side with the “Trojans,” but you nave no room for “Faust.” Every one is aware of the fact that the composer of “‘fanohiiuser” was Secply insulted by the favorable considcration wit which Gounod’s “Faust” was received in Ger- many, and that the followers of the former did not attempt to hide their sovereign disgust. There was once a time, not too fur back in the past, when it was heroic, indeed, to be 2n admirer o: Wagner. Then Richard Wagner was misjudged in Germany and his name was even more booted at in that country than anywhere else. ‘Thon I regarded Wagner's name as tantamount to progress, boldness, 2nd a conflict with weari- some routine. This cause’ was the’eause of all those, who see, think, and hope. -His music was, in fact, the music of the future. But all of this has becu changed stucc. Germany has ab- sorbed, and claims as her own. the works of Richard Wagner; on all occastons they are re- roduced, and frow Germuny thoy are spread- ing all over the world. Frou all sections of the globe lovers of music traveled to Bayreuth to listen to the inusic and witness the perform- ances of Wagner's Tetralogy. Everywhere—to the end of sthe world—where Germans are to be found, Wugner societies are being formed who give concerts, collect funds for the Bayreuth Institution—tbus exercising u press- ure in favor of the representation of the works of the maestro on all theatres. If this should continue, the “music of the future” will soon be the “music of the past.” Hichard Wagner bas, therefore, conquered the world, but, us yet, he has not conquered France. Ican under- stand why he is inconsuluble over this latter fact, but the intelligent Germans will do all in their power to conquer France also. I shall not disturb them in their work, but to attnin their object you must look for other assistance than mine? Lum as much as you please for Warner us against Brabms, for Wagner a3 against Verdi, but for Germany as against France—never! My own peculiar musical inclinations teach me and will never let me forget the fact that art has no fatherland. but that the artist hus. It is not becoming tor the French school of music to hide itself in France under tho protecting folds of a foreigner. » SAINT-SAENS. THE CHICAGO COMPOSERS’ DAY. At last the Chicago composers have a day, aprogram, and a concert all to themselves, the Liesegang Orchestral Club having decid- ed to devote their regular Sunday afternoon concert to-day to them. That our home com- posers can make out a good-looking program will be seen by the following scheme, that gives promise of an unusually interesting occasion: 1. Mareh. 2 Overtur Serenude. 4. Scherzo ai 5. Overture, “Im W. Rohde 1. Maller te i Fruhling” 6. Waltzes... on Schleiffarth a Allegretto, Scherzando 7. 4b Entr'acte, from “An /-H. Schoenfeld Eastern Tdyil” .... + ho Visconti”...F.G. Gleason ul se tecee Katzsch ‘Otho Visconti”. .F. G. Gleason di. “Abend Gebet”’. z+ Katzsch 1, March........ -H. Schoenfeld A NEW ORCHESTRAL EXPERIMENT has been made by Mr. George Loesch, who is well known in this city as a leader in con- nection with theatre orchestras, the Turner- Hall concerts, and the Exposition music, and lately as the conductor of the Bijou Opera troupe. Ile has organized an orchestra of forty-five pieces, carefully selected, and will give a series of eight concerts every Thurs- day afternoon, at the Central Musie-Hall, after the Boston fashion, commencing on the first Thursday after Easter Sunday. It is intended to make the programs popular and consisting of eight numbers without in- termission. The concerts will be given by subscription, 2 season ticket costing but $3, or at the rate of 25 cents for each concert, LIEBLING’S SECOND CONCERT will be given next ‘Thursday evening at Fairbank Hall, upon which occasion he will be assisted by Mr. Charles H. Clark, tenor; Mr. Heimendahi, solo violinist; and other in- strumental players, The complete program will be as follows: Quatuor, G minor. ..............+s.0000--- Mozart Enil Liebling and Messrs. Lewis, Allen, and Liesc- gang. Vocal—" Murm’ring Breezes ssoee-Fensen Mr, Charles H. Clar! Violin solo—* Airs Russes"*. 2.. Wienlawski Mr. Ed Reime + Piano solo—“ Fantasie,” op. 28...... Mendelssohn Emil Liebiiny Voeal—“Loreley’ Bi ir. Octet, op. 9 (by request).. Rubinstein Emit Liebling, and Mexsrs. Lewis, Allen, Liese- gang, Kraemer, Oesterte, Schoeppe, and Schanz. THE BACH AND MANDEL SOCIETY will give its first concert. next Thursday evening at Hershey Hall, under the. direc- tion of Mr. Julius Fuchs, with the assistance of Mrs. Clara D. Stacy, soprano, Messrs. Knorr and Heidenheimer, Mr. Wey, organ- ist, and a small orchestra. The program isa very remarkable one. It commences with an overture in D’by’ Bach. The second num- ber is “The Flight into Egypt,” which com- prises the second part of Berlioz’s sacred trilogy, “The Holy Family,” for tenor, cho- rus, and orchestra, The third number is new amateur orchestra recently organized by } Liszt’s great dramatic song, “The Loreley ”; Mr. Henry G. Schoenefeld. The work is in and the program closes with twenty-three ’ . numbers from Handel’s “Judas Macea- beus”? which has never been given in this city. The Bach and Mandel Society is a young organization, comparatively, and: has heen in Dr, Fuch’s hands but a short time. It is expected, however, that his vigorous Jeadership will show to good effect in the work of chorus. THE OLIVETLE TROUPE. The Comley-Barton troupe, which has been doing “ Olivette” with such great success in the Eastern cities, commences a week’s sen- son at Hooley’s Theatre to-morrow evening, and will bring out this charming little work of Andraw’s in first-class: style, giving the original London version. ‘The three leading parts, Captain de Merrimac, . Olivette,- and the Duke, are cast respectively to John ILow- son, Catharine Lewis, and James Barton, and they will be assisted in the minor parts by: the ‘Srisses Uetty Tracy, Marie Jansen, aud Cleary, and Messrs. Armand, Cogswell, and Lennox, and a finely drilled chorus of fifty voices. The entire week will be de- voted to ‘‘Olivette,” and some rare enjoy- ment may be expected from these perform- ances. TALE NICE DISASTER. Among the names mentioned in connec- tion with the recent fearful disaster occa- sioned by the burning of. the Opera-House at Nice are two who are somewhat known in Chicago. One of these isthe young ‘prima donna, Donadio, a slight little lady with a very sweet and flexible voice, who was con- pected with one of the Strakosch troupes, in which were Albani, Cary, Carpi, and Del Puente. It played a season at McVicker’s in January, 1875, but Donadio only made a single appearance, in the opera of “Ruy Blas.” She issaid to have escaped, “The basso, Milleri, who was burned to death, was ‘ulso here once ina troupe with Gazzaniga, Boschetti, Musiani, and Orlandini, and sung in the first performance of “L’Africaine” as Don Pedro, Jan. 16, 1866, at Crosby’s Opera- Tlouse. Le was a good but not a great singer. 3 LOCAL MISCELLANY, Mr. C. E. R. Mueller has been appointed organist of the Sinaf Congregation. Prof. McCosh, of this city, has been en- gaged to conduct the State Musical Festival atCiear Lake Park, Ia, beginning July 15 and lasting ten days. > Miss Hattie Starr, of this city, has com- posed a new song, “ Anacreon’s Toast,” for Mr. L. W. Raymond, who was the Dick Deadeye of the C. C. C, Pinafore Compan There will be an interesting song-service this evening at Trinity M.E. Church bya male quartet, assisted by Mrs. Hasbrouck, Miss Chamberlain, Mr, Atwood, and the new chorus choir. . ‘The well-known pianist and conductor, R. A. Willenstein, who was a resident of this city for some time, has been chosen as Gen- eral Director of. the * Peninsular Singer- bund,” an association of the German musical societies of Michigan. Mrs. Watson’s Class Reunion took place last Wednesday at.296 Ohio street, and was a yery pleasant “musical event The Misses. Mary Hale, Grace Matthews, Lizzie Sprague, Wilhelmina Coolbangh, Josephine Houghtel- ing, and Nettie Schetfer, Mrs. Gardner, and Mr. P. C. Lutkin took part in the perform- ance of an unusually brilliant program. The regular concert at ILershey Ilall yes- terday noon was devoted to chamber selec- tions, the program being _as follows: Sonata in E, No, 3, by Bach (Messrs. Lewis and Eddy); Liszt's “ Loreley ” (Miss Ettie But- Jer); Merkel’s “ Andacht” (Messrs. Eich- heim and Eddy); the Chopin Viardot song, * Aime Moi” (Miss. Butler); and Dvorak’s ‘Trio in B flat, op. 21 (Messrs. Eddy, Lewis, and Eichheim). <\ concert will be given by Prof. Boston’s colored troupe,at Avenue Hall, 159’Twenty- second street, on Tuesday evening next, for the benefit of the first Red Ribbon Reform Club, This troupe has made a successful tour of the principal cities and towns of the West during the past winter. Mr. J. B. French, the only colored elocutionist on the stage, has won for the troupe flattering tes- timonials of praise on all sides. - ~ The public rehearsal of Mr. S. G. Pratt’s symphony, * The Prodigal Son,” which was written in Germany and produced there in 1877, will take place next S: Saturday noon at 12 o’clock, the program inelnding also his new * Antique Minuet and Pastorale” and “ Wedding Polonaise.” The works will be played by an orchestra of fifty-five pieces, aud, as they have never been heard here, there will undoubtedly be considerable interest among musical people to see what our home talent can de in the way of or- chestral work of the large kind. ‘Tickets willbe placed on sale at the music stores und at the door of the hall. a\ musical and literary entertainment was given on Tuesday evening last, at Lyon & Healy’s music rooms, by Miss Gertrude E. Moore, a young reader from Boston, assisted by Mrs. Clara D. Stacy, soprano, and Mr. Boscovitz, pianist, Mrs. Stacy’s numbers were Blunnenthal’s“ Message? and Bevig- nani’s “Flower Girl,” and Mr. Boscovitz played the Chopin Impromptu, op. 29 and waltz, op. 64, and Liszt's “ Etude de Concert.” Miss Moore read eight selections, widely different in character, among them “ Widow Brown's Christmas,” written for her by J. T. ‘Trowbridge, not ouly-in a manner that gave more than ordinary satisfaction to those in attendance, but showed also great promise and unusual talent as a reader. MUSICAL NOTES, Reports come across the ocean that Mme. Christine Nilsson is busily engaged in the study of Fidelio. ‘The news comes from England that Miss Thursby will return to this country next sea- son, and give concerts, supported by a power- ful conipany. M. Vieuxtemps, the great violinist, who has for the last three years, owing to the state of his health, been Jiving in retirement at Al~” giers, is sufficiently recovered to be able to resume his professional avocations, Herr Suppe, the popnlar composer of light German opera, has completed a new opera in three acts, entitled “The Gascons,” which itis intended to produce at the Carltheatre, ‘Vienna, in the course of the present month. Ttalian opera will, itis said, be given in Steinway Hall, New York, in about two weeks by 2 company of niusica) students who have never appeared previously on any stage. It is added that Signor Arditi will be the conductor. The second opera which Mr. Gye will promise in his prospectus is Mozart’s “Die Entfiihrung aus dem Serail,”” the opera ot which the Emperor Francis Joseph IL. com- plained, “ This is too tine for our ears; there are too manynotes”; to which Mozart gave gave the spirited rejoinder, “I-beg your Majesty’s pardon; there are no more notes than there ought to be.” ‘This opera, known to the Italian stage as “Il Seraglio,” and an English perversion of which, entitled_ “The Seraglio,” was produced at the old Covent Garden ‘Theatre under the direction of Kramer, in 1827, was the predecessor of “Le Nozze di Figaro,” and it will next year attain its centenary. The rote of Constance will, at the Royal Italian Opera, be under- taken by Mme. Sembrich- : Messrs, Gilbert and Sullivan are at present at work upon a new opera, which will be presented to the public under the title of “ Anastasia.” The opera has already been read and cast. It will pobably be produced in London during the Easter season. It so, it will be introducea here the coming au- tumn, The subject of satire in this opera is the prevalent iesthetic craze in England. ‘There is a rumor in theatrical circles that Gilbert and Sullivan recently had a fall- ing out and would no Jonger cobperate, but this is probably only the idle twaddie of Dame Gossip. Apropos. of the New York festival the Times of that city says: ‘The interest in the musical festival which {s to be given in May at the armory of the Seventh Kegiment ‘fs increasing not only among ‘the many patroos who are to take part in it, but incur the public. The Committee report that the “Dettingen Te Deum,” the “Messiah,” and “The Tower of Babel” ure now thoroughly pre- pared, and will only be rehearsed again with full orchestra. At the next joint rehearsal. which is appuinted for March 30, Berltdz’s Grand Kequiem will be sung for the first t!me by the severnt sec- tions {n concert, Each section has been drilled in it and is familiar with it, but it is anticipated that the effect of the combined body of voices will be one of the most Imposing features of the festival. In addition to the 1,700 voices of the chorus, there will-be necessary tho full or- chestra of 25 members and four small orchestras beside the organ. The Keauiem 4s a work of enormous difiicuities, which will doubtless uire & number of joint re- bearsais.even before the orchestra and solo- ists can be called upon. As to the composition of the orchestra, it may be stated that the serv- fees of the leading musicians of New York and of several other cities bave been engaged, and that tho force will be without question the most complete and competent y of performers ever cullected in this country. The principal solo parts have been nssigued to, and accepted by. e. Gerster, Miss Cary, Signor Campanint, and Whitney, a3 wellas a number of other artists. Mr.S.P. Warren will be the organist, and this announcement will of itself carry the Assurapce of strength and musical taste in the important.work he will Have to do. _ NEW MuSICc. Cincinnati: John Church & Co. Chicago, Root & Song Music Company: ‘Down Where the Cotton Blossoms Grow," song -and dance, by H. Paul Dresser; *' My Native Land,” for piano, by Albert Jungmann; “ What Answer?" song and chorus, by Leon Levoy; “The Haunted Mill,” for piano, by Cotefora Dick; “I'm deSergeant of de Coon- ville Guards,” song and chorus, by J. Sawyer; “A Broken Dream,” song, by Frank Kenyon Jones; * Hoping,” duet or solo, with chorus, by Will U. Martin; Come to Me Now, My Dear- est,” song, by Gilbert Breton. New York: William A. Pond & Co. Chicago: Chicago Music Company. “Poor Swallow,” Scontrino; :Lawn-Tennis Qua- o.W. Allen; “O Hush Thee, My by George Henschel: In Mem- ory’s * for piano, by L. P. Kleber “Guisepina Polke Mazurke,” by Lulgi Brigic ti; “Dem Golden Shoes,” by Henry Davis; ‘President Garfleld’s Inauguration March.” John Philip Sousa: “That Sweet Story of Old, sacred song, by Theo, Marziais; ‘Serenade, song, by M.S. Drions. Boston: Oliver Ditson & Co. Chicago: Messrs, Lyon & Healy: “ On Alpine Hights,” for piano, by Gustav Lange: polk: id waltz, for smail bands, by H. Maytat for piano, by Gustay Lan; tinn Mountains,” transcription for piano, by Robert Challoner; ‘Leaves of Memo for funo, by Gustay Lange; galop, from Von Suppe's * Donna Juanita " Lilly's Polka,” by Wiliam Smallwood; “The Spring Will Soon Be Here Again,” song, by G. D. Wiison; “Ab! I'm Dreaming,” new song, by Robert Franz; * Tho Buyler Song,” by Ciro Pinsuti; “Come, Come Away with Me,” song, by H.M.D.; “Waiting: for the Loved One,” song. by L. O, Emerson; “Voice of the Cedar Tree.” by Saint-Satns; “I'm Getting a Biz Boy Now,” as sung by Sol Smith Russell. New York: William A. Pond & Co. Chicago: Chicago Music Compuny: “Tne Chapel Choir,” & collection of uuthors for public and private wor- ship, by €. E. Leslie. CURRENT GOSSIP. THE WITCH IN THE GLASS. Mrs. Piatt in Scribner's Magazine “My mother says I must not pass ‘Too near that glass! She is afraid that I will see A little witch that looks like me, With a red, red. mouth, to whisper low. ‘The very thing I should not know!" Alack for all your mother's care! A bird of the air, A wistful wind, or (I suppose Sent by some hapless bos) a rese With breath too sweet, will whisper low, ‘The very thing you should not know! COTELETTES A LA POJARSKY. lise Generieve Ward in The Theatre. Many yearsago, sometime during the reign of the Czar Nicholas, the vast Russian Em- pire was ruled entirely by the will of one man, With the aid of the bayonet and the stick. Long before the vast regions between St. Petersburg and Odessa were traversed by railways the old post-road to Moscow ran through a village of some 1,500 in- habitants, called Ostashkavo, . between Spirovo and Torjok. There were two houses of entertainment for travel- ers in the village,—one, a wretched little log- cabin, of. whieh the proprietor was the star- osta, or head-man of the community, and which was a mere cabaret or dram-shop; but at the other end of. the village street there was a really comely, cleanly, tidy little host- elry, by the sign of The Three Golden Angels of Kiev, the landlord of which was one Fedor Fedorovich, who had a pretty little wife and a prettier daughter ofa marriageableage. The starosta who kept the dram-shop, and who was an unconscionable old hunks, hated Fedor bécause his house was clean, and be- cause he was sober, and industrious, and free, for Fedor had been a Crown peasant, who had served long in the army, and had made enough money as 2 Sergeant attached to the commissary to startan inn ‘at Ostash- kavo. Unfortunately his landlord was the noble absentee proprietor, and that landlord’s agent was the avaricious starosta. ~ Te began his plot for ruining the landlord of The Three Golden Angels of Kiev by allowing him to“ get behindhand with his rent, and even by lending him sinall sums at exorbitant interest. In the course of a couple of years nearly all poor Fedor’s possessions were mortgaged to his merciless creditor, who threatened that, on the first occurrence’ of failure of the interest due.to him he would seize upon Fedor’s chattels, send him_as-a prisoner to the debtors’ jail at Moscow, and turn his wife and child into the street. To meet these continuous de- mands, the unhappy Fedor was obliged to part with the few articles of jewelry in the ossession of the family. He sold his two horses, his pigs; and on the morning this story—this very little story—opens, the poor wretch had sold his remaining cow. and if, which had been driven off to the mar- ket at Torjok. . Three hours afterward, just, about noon, a cavalcade of horses and car- riages, escorted by a pulk of Cossacks, their lances glittering in the noontide sun, came pounding (if a body may use so sporting an expression) through the village street and drew up with a tremendous clatter before the door of The Three Golden Angels. Cos- sacks dismounted; couriers, aides-de-camp, orderlies hurried to and fro, and mmnidst clattering of sabres and. clink- ing of spurs, a tail, almost colossalffigur ina long, gray great-coat, and wearing helmet surmounted by a golden spike, alighted from a traveling carriage anc stalked into the inn, followed by a great crowd of officers in splendid uniforms, and all bareheaded, It was his Imperial Majesty Nicolai Alexandrovich, ‘Czar of all’ the Russias,. King of Poland, and Grand Duke of Courland and Lithuania. It had happened that. the Czar felt hungry at an unusually. early hour, and that his autocratic Will was to breakfast at Ostashkavo. instead of Torjob, where the Imperial repast had been ordered by couriers in advance. a The miserable Fedor Fedorovich felt as a man might be expected to feel who was go- ing tobe hanged when Gen. Count Contov, amicably seizing him by the collar, informe: him that he was about to appear in the Em- peror’s presence. Of course Fedor went on his knees, and thus awaited the lmperial.or- ers. ° ‘Is this the man of the house?” asked the Czar, speaking at Fedor, but not looking at him. “it is, your AMajestyy Teplied the gen- eral aide-de-camp, st{ll retaining his hold on the innkeeper’s collar, and giving him an amicable little shake, as fghe had been adog. “Tell him,” continued the Autocrat, “to pre- pare breakfast for myself and suite—cight persons—and to provide suitable refreshment for the rest of my followers and forage for the horses. As regards breakfast—omelet (there’s ‘no fish, I suppose ?) and veal cutlets for eight; breakfast to be served at 1 o’clock. General, take my stop-watch, and see that strict military time is adhered to. Let him pegone.” ‘Thus spoke the terrible Nicholas, whose word was law, ‘The general aide-ae-camp courteously con- ducted Fedor Fedorovich down-stairs, even to the threshold of the kitchen. “He had re- Jaxed his hold on his collar, and held him quite ina caressing manner. by the left ear. “Son of a mangy cur,” he smilingly ob- served, “you've plenty of time to cook a suceulent breakfast; his Imperial Majesty is particularly fond of veal cutlets.” “Bu gasped the unfortunate _inn- keeper, ‘there’s not $0 much as a bit of veal, in the whole ‘village; the last calf we possessed was driven off to Torjok this morn- ing.” ‘You'll particularly see to the ege and -bread-erumbing of the cutlet,”” pursued Count Coatov. “Bat there’s no veal,” whined Fedor Fedorovich. ‘Let there bea piquante sauce to the cutlet,” continued the implacable aide-de-camp, “But, oh dear! oh dear! Iean’t get any veal!’ sobbed Fedor, fairly breaking down. “And serve a lemon cut in slices with the veal cutlets,” went on the inexorable aide-de-camp; “and Jet it be very tresh veal!” Fedor Fe- dorovich sank on his knees? “ Mercy, mer- ey!” he cried, clasping his hands in Suppli- cation; “for the love of the Three Golden Angels of Kiev. merey! Oh, little father, take mutton, beef, purk (I can get some at the starosta’s,” he said to himself). “Oh, spare me the veal, for veal I have none.” “Omelets: and veal cutlets for eight,” re- plied the imperturbable Aidede-Camp, “at i o’ciock to the minute by his Imperial Majesty’s stop-wateh,” which he held in hishand. ‘Five minutes late, 100 blows of the stick; ten minutes late, 209; failure in any essential particular, especially as_re- gards the veal cutlets, the knout, brandin: on both cheeks, slittmg of the nostrils, immediate deportation to the mines of Siberia, there to be ‘chained to a wheel- barrow for the term of your natural life; and let the veal be very tender.” So greeting the, briefly narrate. what he di kneeling Fedor with a friendly kick, the general aide-de-camp . strolled away to Smoke a cigar titl breakfast should be ready, i niust draw a vel!” over Fedor’s feeling; 1 must not-say what ‘he thoughts Tcan only f r t . Atl ovclock precisely, “military. time .by the Emperor's stop-Watch, breakfast was served. Omelets, djsh of cucumber,.some small birds, a filet, some sound Crimean white wine, and his Imperial. .Majesty declared ‘that . the veal cutlets,. .with — piquante sauce, were the. very best that he bad ever tasted since. he had: dismissed Boustifaille, the Fr€ncli cook at the Winter Palace, for drinking too mueh dry Heidseek in the fore- noon. ‘These cutlets,” said the Czar, “ are fully equal to the proudest achievements im veal of Boustifaille, and I have a great mind to send the landlortl of the inn to the White Palace at Moscow, and appoint him one of my assistant-chefs. Let him be sent for that {may reward him.’? es Once more in the most amicable manner Fedor Fedorovich was conducted by the gen- eral aide-de-camp into the Imperial presence. “An excellent breakfast,” his Majesty con- descended to say; “the veal cutlets in par- ticular most toothsome. Let him be paid 100 imperials (an imperial is ten rubles); that will cover, should say, the whole bill; let him have my stop watch as a recompense for his punctu~ ality and good cookery.”: “The dog is in luck,” murmured the general aide-de- camp, as he prepared to hand over to Fedor the glittering horologe, which he had fondly hoped to keep for himself; for when sov- ereigns ever part with enything that is valu- able they rarely get it back again. But Fedor Fedorovich was above all things an honest man. Plump on his knees he went; and again raising his hands in sup- plication, he ejaculated: “Oh, my father! Oh, my_ Czar! | Oh, iy sweet lord and master—I cannot take the money, although Heaven knows Lneed it sorely enough; I cannot take the watch, although it would shine bravely at the waist of my wife. Let me have 500 blows of the stick; Jet me have the knout this very moment; let me be branded on both cheeks ; let my nostrils be split and my ears be Eroppeds send me to Siberia and chain me to the wheelbarrow—for I deserve it alll? “Is the dog mad?” exclaimed his Imperial _Maj- esty of All the Russias. ‘What does he mean?’ “Are you- madson of a measly pig?” asked the general aide-de- camp, pointing his interrogation with a kick. “Tam not mad,” blubbered the innkeeper; “T anv only an imposter andacheat, The cutlets were not made of veal; there was no veal in the house: there is no veal in the vil- lage; and the aide-de-camp said veal or the knout—vealor Siberia, In despairit occurred to my wife that the flesh of four chickens, carefully minced and arranged in the form of cutlets, with littlesham shankbones care- fully egged and bread-crumbed, and accom- modared with apiquante sauce, night serve ata pinch in lieu of the yeul cutlets de- manded by your Majesty, when veal there was none. But I am—at least 1 was—an honest man. I abhor deception. Your Majesty’s munificence disheartened me, and. Leonfess the fraud of which I have been galls. Now send for aknout and 2 wheel- arrow and have me executed on the spot.” But, to the astonishment of all present, the Czar did not even frown, Ie burst, instead. into a hearty ft of laughter. “A capital ruse,” he said, “and a most suecessful one. Let him have another hundred imperials for his honesty, and this diamond ring for his wife to wear on her saiut’s day, Whatis his name besides Fedor Fedorovich?? “Pojarsky, may it please your_ Majes- ty?" * Then,” continued the Emperor, “we grant him permission publicly to an- nounce his simulated veal cutlets as Cotel- lettes a Ja: Pojarsky, as patronized by our Imperial Self.’ Ten minutes afterward, amidst renewed clatter and bustle, the Impe- rial_cortége swept_onward, on its way_to Torjok, leaving Fedor Fedorovich Po- jarsky with the 200 imperials, the even- ing stop-watch and diamond rmg. in his pocket, for the moment probably the hap- piest man in Russia. Of course thencefor- ward everybody who. passed through the yillage of Ostashkayvo stopped at the sign of The Three Golden Angels of Kiev and par- took of cotelettes a la Pojarsky, O f course Fedor Fedorovich made a little fortune through the preparation of the delicate viands. Of course the price of chickens went up, while the price of veal proportionately decreased in the market. SOME HUNGRY PATRIOTS. Detroit Free Press. Patriotism is no doubt a powerful lever in urging a soldier to take desperate chances, but the late War proved that there were other levers of equal force. A New York Liouten- ant and thirty-four men held possession of a block-house, along the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, in 1862. Onemorning a scout came in and reported that a force of 150 Rebels was advancing to capture the post. “The Lieuten- ant ordered the men in line, ‘and thus ad- dressed them: “Soldiers, the enemy are advancing upon us!‘ He willbe here in half an hour. We shall be outnumbered four to one, but I ap- peal to your patriotism, to your love of country, to your respect for that dear old flag to defend this post to the last. Will you do ino” “ Leftenant,” said the Sergeant, as he stepped forward after an ominous silence, “we are too few and the Johnnies too many. We shall all be killed or captured, and the men won't stick. They go for evacuating right away.” - “Patriots and heroes,” continued the officer after drawing a long breath, “we have just received fresh rations of coffee, sngar, and bacon. We haven't been to break- ast yet. If we evacuate we have got to march twelve miles on empty stomachs. If we remain and defend the post Ill issue double rations as soon as the-last Reb is driven off. Ifyoudon’t want to fight for your country let’s fight fora good square meal.” Every hat was thrown up and every man cheered, and twenty minutes later, when the enemy appeared, he was greeted with such a hot reception that he soon sounded the re~ s treat. When the Union forces under Nelson made their stand at Franklin the Confederates had been tight after them for several days, and had been a march of empty haversacks. As the Confederates formed for battle many of the regiments had been without food for twenty hours. . Their first attack, after a patriotic address, was speedily repulsed. Cleburne led a part of the force making the second advance. As he rode along the lines he saw the men chew- ing leaves from the cherry and apple trees, and he said: Brave Confederates, there is the enemy. Behind those earthworks are cannon and muskets, and men who know how to use them, Behind those isa big wagon train with heaps of rations. We’ve got to lick the enemy to get this train, and if we don’t get his rations we’ll have to fill up on grass, for there isn’t a Confederate hard-tack within ve miles of Franklin, Follow me to and—rations |” glory Fr ‘They followed him to the earthworks and over them, but he was killed and the lines driven back. His men, however, were the only ones who mounted the earthworks dur- ing that desperate battle; and it isan open question whether any appeal to a soldier’s hunger won’t make hiin fight as well as an appeal to his sentitnent. FUR AND FEATHERS. At Milton, N. C., a very large eagle is re- ported as swooping down upon young Vill- iam Daniels through an open window, as he was eating breaktast, and snatching a fish from his hand. The boy seized the bird and the fight was a terrible one. The battle lasted more than half an hour, the boy being terribly punished, but he was finally success- ful. é Arobin with a broken wing fell into the hands of a 12-year-old New Hampshire boy. He took it home and cared for it in a vacant attic till it was able to fly, when he took it out in a basket a mile away in the woods and set it free. The next summer the same bird, with a little lop in its wing, came and pecked at the window of the boy’s house. The boy made a little shelf for it outside, in the middle of a win- dow. A nest was soon built by the bird on this shelf, and a brood of birds was success- fully raised thereon. In the Court-House tower of Norristown, Pa., a flock of snow-birds has fived for over five years, yet with every stroke of the bell announcing the hours as ey pi the birds have néver ceased to leave the tower in the greatest consternation, but maintain their position in the air until the Jast stroke has fallen, when they at once re- turn to the tower. Thus every hour has their rest been disturbed during the entire period, without, however, causing then to. seek another lodging. The bell weighs nearly 4,000 pounds. ‘ Otters are used in fishing at Pondicherry on the banks ofthe Matta Coily. Bishop Heber relates that they drive the shoals into the Ig nets and sometimes bring out the larger fish with their teeth: He saw at ‘Pondicherry a row of nine or ten very, large ard beauti- ful otters, tethered with’ straw collars and long strings -‘to bamboo stakes. Some were swimming about at the full extent of their strings, or lying half in and half out of the water; others were rolling themselves in tho sun on thesandy bank, uttering a shrill whistling noise, as if in play. Murdock McKenzie, of San Francisco, had a‘young bull that betrayed him by making & headlong dash-for him as he turned to Jeave after fecling him: ; <i favorit mare and a pet colt of Mr. McKenzie’s were quiet- -ly feeding some 100 yar sooner was the worthy gentleman struek by the vicious animal than both mare and colt were observed flying to his resene with the speed of the wind, and, charg- ing upon the bull, drove him_ away with hoof and teeth, thus enabling Mr. Mc- Kenzie, who had recovered his senses in the meantime, to stagger to the fence and climb out of danger. A New Jersey dog that was walking with some children noticed a boy pass them car- tying in his arms a poor, forlorn-look- ing kitten. There was a pond closo by, and a splash told the story of the attempted drowning __ of pussy... Quick as a flash the dog plunged in, swan. to the kitten, brought it to shore, anc took it straight howe to his comfortable kennel. There he lay down, and with the wet, shivering little pussy between his fore paws, he licked, and rnbbed, and turned it over and over, and polished it off, until from nose to tail it was dry and warm; then, curl- ing himself round in the straw, he tenderly pallu the little foundling in’his shaggy QuUIrs. A letter should always be carried write side up. Kind words are bald-headed. They’ can never dye, The postage-stamp is always getting upper corner on letters. Notwithstanding the bad effects of cold on the equine race, itis 8 well-known proverb that the gray mare is the better hoarse. A prominent lumber man had his coat-of- arms painted on the panels of his carriage with the Latin motto, “Vidi,” which by in- terpretation is “I saw.” x * According to the Boston Globe Vennor ap- plies a red-hot poker to the nose of bis cat and then predicts that “the spring will be backward.” When little Vennor puts a tack on his chair it will be early. sad, Play only by note,” said a pianist. “Seems to me you could do more execution if you would play by ear,” remarked Fogg. “Such 2 reach, yon know.” And the pianist reached for Fogg, who got himself out of the way just in time. i Atraveler of the most famtliar type to a seedy old gentleman ina railroad-car: “ But why, sir, do you not answer me when ad- “dress you?” “And you, sir, why do you ad- dress ne when I do not speak to you®? (No more conversation.) An Englishinan who went to see an Irish friend knocked at the street door and asked: * Does Mr. McGuire live here?” ‘Ife does, sorr: but he’s dead!” “ When did he die?? “ If he'd lived till to-morrow,” was the re- sponse, “‘he’d have been dead a fortnight.” aAvoice from the waste paper basket of Punch—Cynical and wazgish friend (to ed- itor): “I suppose you often get good things sent you?” Editor (incautiously): “ Occa- sionally.” Cynical wag: “Ab! but they never appear.” (Chuc! ea} Editor: “So disappointed contributors always tell me.’* {Exit separately.] ‘The other day the Galveston Recorder was grossly insulted by a prisoner, who is a regu- larly ordained chicken-thiet, for which offense he was being tried. ‘I fine you $10,” said the Recorder. “Jedge, ef you will take it out in chickens Vil let you hab dem chick- distant, and no | ens you missed last week at 10 cents less dan. de market price.”—Gulveston News. Hare and Hounds—Mrs. Miniver: “t How. exhausted they look, poor fellows! Fane: doing that sort of thing for mere pleasure!” Little Timpkins (his bosom swelling with national pride): ‘Ah, but i mind you, that we English are—what we are!” Bully for little Timpkins!—Punch. it it it’s all through - doing that sort of thing for mere pleasure, - Ladies, do Fou want to be strong, healthy, and. beautiful? TROPIC-FRUIT LAXATIVE. The Chief Characteristics of en use Hop Bitters. are its agreeable gual ties, mala properties, ab- solute freedom from tr- ritating cathartic action, subtile efficiency, and the peculiar merit it has of exerting and perma~ nently re-establishing constitutional regular yy. It is exempt from all the usual objections to drastic med- icines in the form of pills, liq-" uids, and powders, which are sold under different names, and. used for securing purgative ef. fects. 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