Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, April 17, 1881, Page 17

As we then add the next store to our ~ muss as possible; so, contrary to our custom, advertised what we can’t shownor sell you, or not to come. One garment Kilt Suits, for Children 2 to 6 years old, made of Cassimeres, and Flannels, and Cloths, - former prices $3 to $8; until May 1 same goods at . $1.96, $8.84, $4.16, $5.12. >. Limoges Jacket and Skirt Suits, for same ages and of same materials as above, former prices $4 to $15; until Way 1 same goods at $2.14, $3.62, $5.12, $7.16, $11.63. FURNISHING GOODS HOSIERY. Full Regular British-made Hose, double Heels and Toes, for- mer price 28 cts., now 16 cts. Full line Fancy Hosiery, all colors, fine goods, former price 25, 50, 75c, now 16c, 3ic, 48e. UNDERWEAR. Gauze Undershirts (imported ourselves), fine goods, former| price 5c, now 36e, all sizes. Lisle Thread Underwear (imported ourselves), regular goods, former price $1.00, now 73¢, all sizes. J All Winter Underwear, of which we now have 47 distinct lines, 20 per cent off former prices. present one, $9.87, $14.99. $3.67, $5.16, $7.12, $9.16. © Children’s Melville (Coat, Vest,‘ and Pants) Suits, same ages and materials as above, former prices $6 to $18; until May 1 same goods at $4.12, $6.21, $7.87, Children’s Single-Breasted ‘School Suits, in. two pieces, plaited or plain, and for ages 3 to 10 years, former prices §5 to $11; until May 1 same goods at # Fisk, Clark & Flagg’ price $1.75, now $1.36. : Perrin Fréres’ French Undressed Kids, ,2-Button, stitched backs, former price $1.75, now $1.31. Numerous other styles equally cheap. SHIRTS. An All-Linen Bosom, Wamsutta Body Shirt, laundried, and made by best maker, former price $1.00, now 73c. Boys’ Sizes, same Shirt, 6Sc, former price, $1.00. CLOVES. s 2-Button Kids, stitched backs, former Jae, and $1.00, now all at 26¢ each. Boys’ String Ties 9c, former price 25e. , and are anxious to have as little stock on hand during the we quote: prices to accomplish our purpose; but we have not so by reading the following ypu can tell whether it will pay you Boys’ Suits, 10 to 15 years old, in Worsteds, .Cheviots, Cloths, and Cassimeres, former prices $5 to $20; until May 1 will sell at. $3.76, $4.88, $7.12, $8.99, $12.47, $14.61. - Childs’ Sailor Suits in Flannels, Cloths, and Cas- simeres, all colors, former prices $3 to $6; until May 1 will sell at $1.96, $4.32. SUNDRIES. ‘ All-Linen Collars, any brand, latest styles, 2 for 25c. All-Linen Cuffs, 4~Ply, 19¢ a pair. All-Linen Hdkfs., 9¢ apiece Silk End Suspenders 4S8e a pair. , AJl-Silk Umbrellas $1.31, former price $2.50. 100 doz. Rolled Plate Scarf Pins, 19¢ each. « Fullline Fashionable Neckwear, including. some imported goods; also sonie of Fisk, Clark & Flagg’s make; Yormer price 50c, ~ALL LINEN TOO. ART. IN. CHICAGO. Exhibition in This City of the Works of John R. Key. Chicago Development of Artistic Pottery Production. Gorgeous Easter Embroidery by the Decorative Art So- ciety. Sample of What Cheek May Do asa Substitute for Art. THE KEY COLLECTION. The exhibition at the O’Brien gallery this week of the works of Mr. John R. Key must surely have been an attraction to people who have been accustomed tosecing a few good Pictures bung with a great many bad ones, as-is usually dono here at most of the art sales. Itisa relief to feel that you may £0 here and safely admire and enjoy.this artist’s Jovely creations without being obliged to dick them out from a mass of rubbish. Mr. Key has received such unlimited praise from the crities. im both New York and Boston, where his works are well known, that we Were led to expect a rare treat, and are not disappointed. He was awarded a medal at the Centennial Exhibition uf 1876: for his . Mew of “The Golden Gate, San Francisco,” 2nd has exhibiteu other work at the National Academy, New York. At the O'Brien gal- lefy, the lighting of which is not all that could be desired for such pictures, Bainted, as many of them were, in’ the ‘open sunlight, are. hung fifty-seven examples of Mr. Key’s marvelous skill in landscapes, charcoal drawings, flower Dictures, and decorated panels. His charcoal drawings especially are frequently spoken of. ston as being the best ever shown there. hey certainly are the best ever'seen‘here, very different. from the dirty, smutty Joking thinss that ure often called. charcoal -aketches. ‘Two in particular, numbered on the catalog as 28 and 29, have the very breath Ofthe woods about them. ‘The artist seems to have caught the spirit of mountain scen- ery: his trees are especially zood, bi of light and ‘motion. It is imp 9 justice to this collection inva hasty review, ut of a pair of pictures, cataluged as/5 and & the first is so attractive as to demand spe-, Cal mention, It is ealfed 3 jew Near Sa- Jem Harbor, Mas: 27 and -is.a charming de- Saiption of a natural looking place. A proud Sweep of blue water with vessels in the dis- ee, the sails of - which. are illumi- Jast’ rays of golden A 3. Rreat rocks of red sandstone 7 right of the pieti prow their brill- fant, reflection into the s that curl up to enrving beach in the foreground; a deli- :Gate blue-green sky and a glory of’ sunset Over all, complete a fascinating picture. And - 1058 who love flowers, and wish to see them ‘ot merely: fairly copied, but painted with 2 alt care that brings them before you with alltheir grace and dewiness, all their per- theif aud boetry,—in short, the very soul of * flowers,— should uot fail tosee these. “ig “ARTISTIC POTTERY. The studio of Mrs. ¥. B. Jenkins is an in- : ing place to visit, for the reason that i ity to engage ich has be-, teaching a kina of work fomevery popular in Cincinnati, and which, t, Was first discovered by Miss Louise “laughlin, of that place—namety: under- Five paiuting upon pottery. A great many iemels were made in different parts -of TTpe to reproduce . the celebrated Yor tn faience, but it remained “and ao ametiean Jady of perseverance’ cat to aeconiplish under great diffi- iw¢s What sy many others had failed to do. Pottery club” was organized in Cincin- {iin 1879, composed of twelve. acting and : bel ‘Honorary. members, with Miss Muc- Spaeilin’ as“President, ‘and so successful ‘ id Wey been in establishing a reputation for their exquisit work that much interest has been aroused in other places, and many ladies go there for instruction in this fasci- nating art. Mrs. Jenkins took lessons in Cincinnati, and as the result of her studies exhibits in her work-room some fine speci- mens in both under and - over glaze. sides being obli; it for the different kinds of elay necessary for her use, she also Ixbors under the disad- vantage of having to return her decorated work to that city for firing and glazing, as there is no pottery here with facilities for finishing the work, although quite recently a.manufacturer of flower-pots and vases upon the WestSide has been induced to give the first firing, whichSufticiently hardens the clay to enable it to be packed for transporta- tion without inji to the most delicately modeled flower. ine of the jars and vases shown by Mrs, Jenkins have a‘ ground-work of rich dark green, into which is blended clouds of gold and gradations of more deli- cate colors, While a cluster of snowballs in high relief, or a face with veil drawn tightly overit, is the decoration, After the Ist of 3 his lady will remove to the rooms of the Decorative Art Society, where she will instruct the classes of that in- stitution in the different branches of china paiuting, pottery, and faience, EASTER EMBROIDERY. At the rooms of the Decorative Art Soci- ety during the past week skilled workers have been unusually busy with Easter or- ders, and have designed and executed some of the finest embroidery ever. done in this country. Itshould beaimatter of pride to every Chicagoan that the needlework depart- ment of this school isbecoming so renowned and can produce such work as was shown upon the magnificent curtains which were recently presented to Mrs. Hayes by the la- dies of the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union, and asis to be seen upon some of the Society’s late ecclesiastical work. : An Easter frontal for the altar of the Church of the Epiphany is so beautiful in design and so. perfect. in execution that it merits a full description. _Sented to the church to-day as 2 memorial by friends of a deceased member of the congre- gation. The ground-work of the frontal is of heavy cream-colored brovade divided into three panels by orphreys embroidered in heavy lines of red couching. separating grape- vines worked in natural colors, with gold stems and veinings. In the central panel is embrodered the sacred monogram in gold couched with red, surrounded by a triple eir- cle of gold, with Shadows of blue and gold: the whole surmounted by acrown of gold diapered with red and surrounded. with rays alternating with jewels of blue. The entire frontal is finished with heavy bullion tringe in the colors of the embroidery. The super-frontal of deep red velvet, finished with the sate fringe as the frontal, is em- broidered with a grape-vine twining through. the sacred monogram and cross, Which is re- peated eleven times. On one end of the super-frontal is worked. the following inscrip- tion, the name being in medieval letzers: In memory of Rovert H. Waker, Who Entered into Rest Oct. 5, 1880. This superb piece of work isnearly equaled in beauty, if notin size, by some of the ban- ners prepared for the Cathedral, and which ‘will be seen there for the first time this East- "The largest i ield-shaped banner h by two feet three inches in width, of olive green satin, the ec- cles 1 color, on which is embroidered in applied work of heavy gold satin, diapered, n-eross extending the whole length of the banner. Thisweross is wreathed’ by the erown of thorns, frum which — spring passion flowers, with their accompanying Jeayes, Duds, tendrils, in Eh ce uire of each flower isa tiny cross of gold forming neross the top of the ban- he stamen, Wl ner is a band of gold bearing the motto, “Pro Ecelesia Dei,” the whole finished, by heavy banner-fringe and twisted cord of gold and olive. Another and smaller banner is more simple, but equally chaste in design. Itis also of olive-green satin, upon which is worked the crown of glory, the star of child- hood, and snowdrops symbolical of inno- cence, While upon the reverse side are the words **Feed My Lambs.” it may not be generally Known that, in addition to creating many ininl designs, this Society of: Dec- ive Art spares no expense to obtain those ‘of the most famousartists abroad, which they adapt to their own uses. Very recently they it was to be pre~ purchased nine designs from the Kensington School, for which they 5200. -One of the most artistic dresses ever seen here was em- broidered for. Mrs. John MaeWilliams just beforeshe left for Paris. It wasa Canton crape ot a rather dark shade of ashes of roses. ‘The bottom ot the basque, the deep rufties form- ing panels at one side, the culls ot the sleeves, and the lining of the high standing collar, were all embroidered with a design of tea- roses, worked In two shades of delicate pink silk, and forming with the green leaves and. vine, into which a dash of red was thrown, a° study in harmony and color to delight the eye of an artist. Among other orders was a white satin fan, embroidered with orange blossoms and golden green leaves, intended for a bridal present, and to be sent to ‘Tifftany’s tor mounting, CHEEK Vs. ART. It is a great mistake to suppose that all are artist who live by art. he preteusidns of some of the cleverer sort of humbugs are apt to mislead those who listen very loug to their self-praise, or are undecided as to what is really good. But oceasionatly there ap- pears a charlatan. with such magnificent egotism, such audacious impudence, and sublimely unconccious ignorance, that nothing is left but laughter for those who have any sense of humor ‘about them. Of this latter sort is a per- son who drives frequently to the art furnishing stores of Chicago, accompanied usually by a Chinese man and woman, who are supposed to decorate the twenty or thirty canvases that she generally orders upon such an occasion with good Anglo-Saxon portraits done by their own Celestial hands. According to her circulars, which she dis- tributes freely, she is ‘ta thorough-going business-womiin, being of commanding pres- ence, tall, stately, and graceful, and brim- full of cnergy and vitality.” This shows a fair appreciation of her own qualifications and charms, which as a ‘* business-woman ” she could not fail to take advantage of. A little further on she Lhave brought from Europe oue of her most talented artists for operator und assistant-mun- ager in wy gullery. Ie hus had honoraple men- von in Dublin exhibitions. You will. find it hanging in my gullery. -T bave also prought direct from China especially for this establish- inent two of the most skilled artists in oil paint- ing that could be found in that vast country. While the gramuatical construction of the foregoing is a little unusual, the meaning is not to be mistaken, and itis cheering to know thatif you.do not choose to be portrayed by these almond-eyed artists, after the flat style now in vogue upon our fans and fire-screens, you can findin reserve an exponent of art not quite so far-fetched, but whose skill. is guarunteed by the * honorable mention” so conspicuously hung. _ , At is always interesting to know something of the personal history of remarkable peeple, So she goes on to sav: I started this business for my sister, who was left a widow witb two little boys, Her husband died of yellow-fever in the year ‘Then: her surrows began; misfortuue by fire, and every one seemed to take advantage te deprive her of: her rights. My healt being poor, I tok « trip around the Continent, and algo bud busineas in Hong Kong, China. Sty sister learning of my residence, and necded curing for, came to me and on the third day of iny arrival she died of hasty consumption, therety leaving me two orphan boys. This is the second tine in my life that such bus fallen my lot. and bud health and mis- fortunes have kept me from rexching the bight of. my ambition. My greatest desire was to be a hrst-class Artist in Gils, but these numerous drawbacks bave prevented the necessary prac- tice and work; so my next greatest desire isto see othors happy. After having thus excited your interest and sympathy, she follows with this state- ment; “Lmean to place before the public portraits in vil, painted from old tintypes and photographs, of peoplelong since passed away, that will astonisli doubt] ‘Under my personal super’ a faded pict- ure can be copied on canvas so life-tike and at prices that defy competition.” All this is not beyond belief, but the extravagant state- ment that she has also engaged a Japanese water-colorer gives rise to the suspicion that he must be connected with her laundry. ‘The last page of this remarkable circular is devoted toa poem whieh rivals anything ever written by “the Sweet h ran.” It is ludicrous because it was not in- tended to be so, but.was evidently written in. good faith, ana with a view to’arousing the sympathy of possible patrons. It is to be presumed that the “umbler” poplars re- ferred to in-the third verse is a local name for Lombard poplars: *' HOME IN CHILDHOOD DAYS. Ob, the old house at home, When young Loved and ruamed— J felt that [ must go and pass it by Berore writ. death should close my eye. “Twas in tho carly month of May, My heart so sad, so bright « day— No nother vame to meet ine at the gato And eald, “Ob Hatt, you come so Inte.” The liluc bushes, locusts, and‘umbler poplars A dense forest made: The old nouse stood {n solemn silence So lonely in the shade. Awe, seo thut strange dog at the door, Just where old Tige stood years before: He never ine and welcoined me As old Vij eo. I faneled I could sec our foot-tracks, And that just yesterday we played— T could not think it possible ‘That years since we bad strayed, Ob! the old sense of fecling Creeps o'er me still— My horses and carriage at the gateway, ‘They stood there at their will. ive did iu bis great And I looked around the lot ‘ Sust where ts children played, And fancied I could see the very spots and all the marks we made. But, alas! they walked uo more under the shudy trees, Nor bid or played behind tho old sod wall; Shadows and solemn silence and sudness Were banging over all. The birds sang in the branches Their sweet familiar songs, But the voices of tae dear ones ‘They all were dead and fown. So I wheeled my horses und carriace, Resolved no more I would see For in my heart was all I could manage Of that sad misery. Itisa fact that, out of a large stock of these circulars left at a prominent art store on Wabash avenue, not one could be pre- cured yesterday, so great was the desire of those who had heard of them to secure one as a literary curiosity. a EASTER-CAROL, For The Chicayo Tribune. A darling young wife in the parlor Was watching the weather without, Andanticipating ‘The while she was waitmge For solemn-hued Lent to be out. She dreamily thought of the trimming, The blossoms and buds, it would bear So gayly upon it, i ‘That love of x honnet— When in dropped her husband—the bear! Her dream of the future guick vanished, ‘The bright Enster-vision uas town~— For into her lap be With fling most unhapey Ris liver-pad rashly bas thrown. And thus he nddressed her—the heathen: “ Quick, Madam, your neodle and tly! The bleak winds go teartug, And L must be wearing ‘This pud tilt the Fourth of July.” ‘The bright checks were wet with a tear-pearl That trickled so silently down, While he sat a-poking The stove with the coke in ‘That costs tifteen cents by the ton. Ab! Lent is a season of sorrow, And liver-pads don't last alway; And that sweet Easter-bonnet, With bright buds upon it, Brute Vennor has driven away. >> Gambetta. Gambetta is the most rapid talker and writer among European statesmen. In public speeches he bas at times delivered 160 words 2 minute; und when he puts pen to puper—which {s rurely be writes at the rate of forty words a minuto. Stenographers tind it no easy matter tokeep up with bim. = Wouldnt Rave It A Berlin pipe-manufacturer recently present- ed Bismarck with a superb meerschium pipe, bearing the Prince’s.arms. : The Intter returned it with a note from bis ‘secretary, Saying thut when he wunted a pipe he could afford to buy one. ed Winchester’s fypophosphites will cure consumption, coughs, weak lungs, brqnchitis, und general debility. Established twenty-one yeurs. — A genuine Shaker medicine—Corbett’s Shax- ers’ Sursupurills, for diseases of the blood, liver, and kidneys. New-MAan. BASE-BALL. Winter Weather in the Mid- dle of April Interferes with Practice. Nevertheless the Chicagos Are Getting Along Well in Their Work. An Embarrassing Supply of Strong Players on Hand—Gossip of the Game. AT 1IOME. ‘The two days of snow early in the week broke in upon the outdvor practice of the Chicago team, and it was not until Thursday that the grounds got into condition again. ‘The diamond is still badly water-soaked, but only needs a day or two of sunshine to dry up the base lines and put things in fair or- der. It has been found necessary to dig out the snow under the grand stand, as the grad- ual melting of the large stuck there accumu- lated keeps the ground wet in the catcher’s territory. It is certain, however, to be in good shape by the time the first games occur, which will be this week Friday and Satur- day, when the Dreadnaughts are to play the Chicagos. ‘The former are a strong amateur team, with Guth as. pitcher. At each of these games Corcoran and Goldsmith will al- ternate as pitchers for. the Chicagos. Next week the Luke Views will try their hands with the champions. Five hours a day is what Anson thinks the proper thing in the way of open-air practice this time of year. That means work for pitchers, catchers, and fielders, and batting and base-running. ‘The members of the home team continuein the best of physical condition, and show an unusual degree of activity and interest in e, their field practi Pierey and Nichols, the eleventh and twelfth men, are developing so well in their practice work that President Hulbert. and Capt. An- son begin to feel an emban inentor wealth in the shape of available players. Both are capital fielders, clean hitters, and swift run- ners, and by the time the League season opens bid fair to have become well initiated into the style of ball-playing peculiar to Chi- cago. President Hulbert, who is not much in_fa- vor of selling season tickets at less than $21, or 50 cents per game, proposes to shorten the time during which they can be had at low rates. After Wednesi of this week’ the price will be ruised from $15 to $17.50, and after next Saturday to $20. Manager Bancroft, of Detroit, has been in Chicago this week conferring with. Spaldmz on the subject of uniforms, bats, and other necessary supplies for the season, Gossip OF 'rHE GAME. York has been engaged by Providence to play left field. Whitney, Boston’s new pitcher, is six feet one inch in hight. Providence beat the Brown University teain iS to 0 lest Thursday. ‘Troy. Providence, and Boston are to tackle the Metropolitans this month. Sullivan has reported for duty at Worces- ter, and hopes to be able to play. Last, ‘Thursday the Worcesters beat’ the New York Metropolitans 10 to 2. Jim White has rented his farm, and taken his wife to Buffalo with him, The Troy Club are going to sell temperance, beverages on their grounds this season. They are to have a sortof aclubin Cin- cinnati, though for what reason nobody has been able to state. 7 It is said the Detroits fost money on their Eastern trip. Of course they did; ‘and some prestige besides. : Some difficulty. has been experienced by the Detroit and other teains In batting Poor- mun. who is change pitcher for the Metro- politans. In oé game he. héld the Detroits” down to two hits, and struck out seven of them. J Chadwick, of the Clipper, has secured the undying hatred of Providence by ranking: the hatmpious as no better: than fourth this year. Whitey, Boston’s new pitcher, continues to baflie the amateurs, and has started in strong. He is well supported by Deasley behiud the bat. Warren White, of Washington, who ouce made a melancholy failure asa member of the Chicago team, is President of the new Non-League Championship Association. MeVey has given up ball-playing and taken to farming in Alameda County, California, ‘The agrieuitural guild gains a brighter orna- ment than the base-ball fraternity has lost. ‘Thereare five left-hand batters in the Provi- dence team,—Start, Denny, McClellan, Rad- bourne, and Ward, the latter having deter- mined to try his luck by change of position. ‘The Boston Ciub complains of the erection of stands on buildings overiooking the bail- grounds. ‘Ihe owners adinit people to them at 10 cents each, thereby keeping many a dollar out of the Club’s treasury. Burdock’s fall from the platform of a Bos- ton street-car resulted: in concussion of the brain, and it will be some time before he is able to play ball again. Cronin, a promising amateur, has been temporarily engaged to play second base. In last Monday’s eame_ between the Worcesters and Metropolitaus, in New York, the latter were Victorious by a score of 10 to 3. Stovey, of Worcester, made two “home runs,” but they were the result. of two tei Titic overthrows by Muldoon, the Metro- politan third. eIan. | The Clevelanders who were so stingy last season and would not pay 50 cents to see the games, but hired a 33 rig instead, so that they could stand on the buggy-seat and look over the fence, will have to lease the tele- graph-poles out there now, as the fence has been raised four feet higher than last’ sea- son. The Eastern Championship' Association Clubs will find hard sledding this year on the vent. admission and equal division plan. | Nothing hi been more clearly demonstrated by years of experience than that base-ball cannot be supported in good shape at25 cents, and that in order to suc- ceed financially each club» must depend almost wholly on its home games. Baker, of Washington, under engagement to Providence, will be promptly expelled un- Jess he reports for duty. He received vance money, signed his contract, and, 23-1: as can be learned, has joined the Nation: without asking personally or through any agency for his release. “The result: of his expulsion would be that no club expecting to play against League teams at any time dur- ing the season would dare to take partina game in which Baker should be a member of the opposing team. Bennett, of the Detroits, has been bracing upon his batting. In the game of April 9, between the Detroits and Metropolitans, he made three clean hits, the third being fora home run, and deciding the game for Detroit. Last year he was forty-second’on the Leazue list of batsmen, and 1879 eighty-sixth among the non-Leigue players. It. in addition to his merit as a catcher, he should develop strength at the bat, he would rank at the close of the season as one of the most valuable players in the League. f [The result of a practice game—12 to 0O—last Thursday between the Clevelands and an amateur team encourages the Herald to say: “Jt can be plainly seen where the present tewun Jays last year’s nine in the shade. Their batting is heavier, their fielding sharper, their base-running more perfect, and their coaching Is beautiful to behold. The only error was made by Purcell. who tmisjudged along fy ball. McCormick showed no signs of weakness, shooting them in livelier than ever. Clapp, he of Cincinnati, guarded the home-plate in a masterly manner, his throw- ing to bases being particularly noticeable, All the other members of the nine did well.” — Tho Far West aud ‘the Moon. . Mr. Richard 4. Proctor, the astronomer, writes: .* During my recent journeys across the Western States (from Kansas City, through Den- yer, Cheyenne, Ogden, und Sua Francisco, yid back to Cheyenne and Omaha. through St. Joseph to Kansas City) I was wuch struck bythe singular resemblance between the conticurution of the North American Continent and that of the moon's surface as seen with good telescopes. The journey from: the Missouri to the Rocky Mountains fs usually constdcred monotonous (30 “much 80, indeed, that one station near the west- ern border of ‘Kansas -has received: the sug~ ‘— gestive’ name Monotony). But. I-: found - Those widespread plains (not. strictly - Jevel, but slightly undulating) covered with prairie grass. as impressive in thelr way as the Rocky Mountains themselves. (Tue unduin- - tions. let me note, resemble those of n sea crossed. hy two or more series of wide nnd gentle undu- lations.) The rise from Kunsas City’ to Suernmn, $,23t feet above the sea level. is so graduains 10 be almost fraperceptible, except near Sberman, and the aspect of the cotmtry changes much less than one wonta expect. The chief change in the character of the more level parts arises from tho difference In the character of the Vegetation, the prairie grass beime replaced ut a bigher fevel by Buffalo grass, and that in its turn at a hirker level by sage brush. These brond. undulating regions, gradually slanting upward to the foot of tHe -Rocky Mountuins, strikingly resemble tho great so- called *sen3' on the ‘moon. bordered by ranges ins, beyond which lic the reztons of, t volcanic craters. ‘These lunar seas, with their prevalent dark Unts. are among the’ most striking features of the “moon's surtuce, and, rightly’ apprehended, indicate a former condi- tion of things on tho moon resembling that now prevailing on the carth. They show that the - Moon, though now arid, had onee seus such #3 our eurth has nt present. The slow processes of change by whien the lunar sexs were turned to dryland ure taking pluce now, though on a lurger seale (but even more slowly), on ‘the earth, The lunar surface much more nearly resembles thatof the New World than that of Europe, Asin, Africa, ustraulasin.”” DRIFTING. For The Chicugo Tribune. We are drifting away on no unknown sea ‘To the mist-clug shores of Eternity; . And our seaward progress no uid can stay— We suull lout no more where we're toating to- day: Drifting away, drifting each day, Drittng away to Eternity! O the sea sparkles bright in the morn of Life! diow the, Flud Waves laugh in their spurtive strite! Ss at But no sea-bound bark on its course may stay— We are drifting fast from youth's beautiful Drifting away, drifting each day, Drifting uway to Eternity! i In the noontide of Life, when the glad sea niles, We would move our bark by some beauteous ez But the breezes swell, and we may not stay— From that island bright we are drifting away: Drifting away, drifting ench day, Drifting away to Eternity! We may flont for a time by some friendly sall— We may answer back to their cheery bull; But tho breeze blows strong, and they may not stay Soon th zeny Drifting away, drifting each day, Drifting away'to Eternity! Maxwoon, April, 1851 N.A. Barnerr, on Cremation at Washington. WASHINGTON, Pa.. April 12.—To the Edlor of the New York Tribune: In the ‘Tribune of recent date there is xn article on “ The Progress of Cremation,” wnich gives au incorrect idex of the process. ‘curried on in Washington, . Pu.» ‘The “vulgar notoriety" which, according to this article, “bas always attended the rite” here, bus hud no existence since the first cremation, that of Baron de Palm. It was Dr. Le Moyne’s wish to bave the matter, which be considered an im- portant reform, brought prominently berore the public; and the body of Baron de Palm was chosen because those in charge of it did not object to the necessary publicity and there were . ho near friends to be offended ‘by it. “The cre- _ mation Of Mrs. Pitman and thut of Dr. Le Moyne, which. followad, received a shure’ of ublic uttenticn on account of their personality, ut the rite in exeh cuse was strictly privute, and as solemn and dignitied as any interment, Eleven cremations have taken pluce at Wish- ington, and they attract even fess attention than au ordinary funertl. iar cM Again, in regard to the cost of cremation. Dr. Le Moyne did hope to reduce the expense of, disposing of the dead, and took pride in the fact that Mrs. Pitman's cremauon cost oniy $15. However, tuis was only the cost’ of uctual cro- mation. 1t has been found more convenient Tor those who come to Washingtun from other places to Mave ull the arranyements made for them; and the sum of $43, mentioned in the letter (printed merely to lessen the inbor of answering numerous applications), includes the hire of hearse and curriuge, fuel, attendance of firemen two days and nights, and receptucte for the asbes,—leaving a margin of $10 for the cure ot the eremnatory und necessary repuirs, such a3 renewal of the retort and {fron crib, which are ~ worn out by the excessive beat. It would be un- Just to the trustees and fumily of Dr. Le Moyne tw aliow the iiapression to prevait that they wish to make 2 mattgr of * proilt* out of that which | is carried on from regard for his wishes, a3 well as the belief that it fy a reform in which some one must take the lead and bear the opprobrium. MAvELEIXE Le Moyne. - SE ‘That furred tongue, bad-tasting mouth and miserable feeling suys you neea Hop Bitters. ass from our sizht in the mist-cloud