Evening Star Newspaper, December 27, 1873, Page 6

And keep in the glen— As patient as anhumble bee, And busy asa Ob. rest beneath it bow'r, vette oe RE ele etn; Come, smell the gentle caulifiower And cull the mangel-waurzel vise. ngs! ‘The pea shall wind magic shell As Fcho plaintively prolongs The warble of the pimpernel. Beyond the vermicelli row T hear the ball-f gh again— ‘The eackle of the Daraam ewe— ‘The beliow of the Berkshire hen. Ob, come, love, come! morn is fair; 1 celebrate the day with thee; Wl merrily dig the Bartlett pear, And shake the ruta-baga tree. Ob! buf&p yourself, my lovely Poll, And in the cause of Anti-monop ‘We'll maich the turkeys in the fall, And graft the long clam on the hop. My sweetest! I am fond of mush, nd thou wilt set some out for me; We li early sow the currant bush, And tap the cranberry-jelly tree. We'll pull the woo! from off the calf; ‘The cottonwood its fleece shall shed, So at the winter will we lau And gatly weed the oyste: We'll blithely hoe the winter wheat; We'll chase the eggs the squirrels lay: And when the bantam hog «hal! blea: We'll feed him with some elover hay. '¥ game to thee I'll bring; The burdock knows my spear is sharp. I'l shoot the dolphin on the wing, And hit him in the pericarp. ‘Then come, my love, and live with me And beastify my lonely « As patient as anthambl~bee, And busy as a setting hen. “THE BHABRIAGE OF FIGARO.” A Comedy that Shook a Crown. (From the St. Louis Republican.) careless laugh amid the snowy passes of _, —_ has been known to setin mo- avi che which carries devastation ude vast consequences is by “ trifles light as air.” precipitate ‘The French revolution of 1749, though pre- eeded and prepared by the grinding t ny of . Was Unquestionably haster by two seemingly insignificant things,—a little co: and a great swindle. The comedy was the ge of Figaro.” the swindle was the Diamond Necklace. We propose to-day to tell ‘the story of the first. Pierre A’ Caron was born in the Quar- tier St. Denis of Paris, January 24, 1742. He was the son of a watchmaker, and, after re- eeiving an it edacation at the College ef Alfort, was set to work to learn the Ffofession. | But work—at least of the physical ind—was hot to his liking. While at school he had imbibed a strong love of music and a for company, neither of which fitted him tor the dull routine of the shop. Nat- urally yh, the father and son had divers disputes on the subject, and, being unable to agree, they dissolved partnership, and the son was rather unceremoniously driven out of doors by the old man. “This climax seems to have Drought the former to his senses, for he soon ‘weary of wandering about with no money iB bis pocket and no certainty of board and lodgings, and entered into negotiations for a return. The parent did not intend to be vexed | by an idle apprentice a second time, and so laid down certain conditions which Pierre was bliged to sign before his repentance was ac- @:ptrd. . One of these we quote : “You will give up your unlucky music alto- gether, and (above all) the society of young people. I will tolerate neither. “Both have | your ruin. However, out of consideration for your weakness, I allow you the violin and | the fute, but on the express condition that you zl no neither till after supper on workiag- jaye. and never in the daytims; and that you not cisturb the repose of Our neighbors or or my own.” ‘So young Caron went back to the bench, and | ‘@ppiiest himself so thoroughly that in 1753 he in- vented a new escapement for watches. Speak- ing of this and other improvements, in a me- morial dated June 16, 1755, he says “By these means 1 make watches as flat as they are called for, flatter than they have hith- erto been made, without in any respect dimin- ishing their goodness. The firsi of these simpli- fied watches is in the bands of the King. His Majesty has bad it for a year, aud is quite Bat. infiea pun ie. 1 ave also had the honor, within ese few days, of presenting a watch to Mad- dame de Pompadour ot this new construction, the smallest ever made; it is only four lines and @ baif in diameter, and two-thirds of a line in thickness between the plates.”” ‘bis document is signed Caron fils. Horloger du Koi. His position of maker and repairer of time- pieces to the royal family of course brought bim abondant custom, ard his business increas- ed rapidly 2nd promised him ample fortune in prest ec: Butour horologicai hero was bold, Bando nd ambitious. and anxions toobtain & footing a" court, feeling sure he could tura ali these juslities to his own advantage. It was his geod looks "hich piace? him on the first round pery ladder. He repaired a watch for e ycung wife of the old confroleur clerc dof de id moron du Rei. The lady was struck with his app: arence—being adecided improvement Spon her leg timate “ord and master. An in- trigue followed, and the kindhearted husband, after sanctioning the i'licit connection for several months, sold out hisoffice to the iover of his spouse in consideration of a liberal annuity. | Behold. then, Caron f’r—Nov. 9, 1755—installed byreyal brevet deputy clerk of the royal kitchen. i@ now dropped his original name, assumed that of De Beaumarchais, and blossomed out into an accomplished and impudent courtier. ‘The barp came into fashion soon after the kiteben clerk was inaugurated, and he notonly i, learned to play that instrument with great Re but introduced some changes in the réhgement of the pedais which inereased its power. This attracted the attention of the daug! ters of Louis XV., and he was speedily estabi.-bed as professor of music to these Prin- See Performed in the pres- ence of he King and (@ueen. He was now on the bigh oad to s1ccess, and traveled that road with the 1 onchalant grace and ineffable assur- ance which to adventarers of his class. But we have neither the space nor the incli- Bation to ac.omp.sny him in his various pere- sand the tastes and habits of that era in French Bistory can afford toomit the careful reading of Beaumarchais’ memoirs, and the innumerable 3 5 i i 13 8 4 i & i : f anecdotes told of him by conte: porary writers. t Sufficient for our pr purpose to say that ia | Sddition to huis schemings, his apeeniations and | ues, at im Itterature, and afi several Interiee cues reduced, in 1775, the | , the famous “Barbier de Seville,”—a tolerably goo passport to immortality. This piece had a great in Paris, and the author, encouraged by the hit, resolved to foliow it up by a second and the second attempt resulted in iagede Figaro, ou la Fuile Journee.” written probably im 1775.76, and Boau- hale says: «It remained five yearsin my portfolio. The players knew / had it, and they tore it from me at last. Whether they have done wellor ill for yy yo wil — * ° wing @ extraordinary eulogy that the: made of it, all classes of soviet eaaned to be come acquainted with it, and hence I was | obliged to eng ‘ quarrels of all sorts, or | yield to universal requests. Thenceforth, also, the powerful epemies of the author did not fail to spread abroad that he assailed in this work, religion, government, morals, ali ranks of soci- ety. According,to them I had only shaken the State im the ‘Barber ot Seville.” ‘In this new ‘The censorship of the drama was more severe at that time in France than it ever has been wince, and as the *: Barber of Seville” had con- tained nag pony hits at mon- = Fiasco was fair to was open to the same eb) ‘authorities, therefore, by orders of the King, refused permission tor tt per- formance ,—which, < course, only stimul: this Sewell as bis own vanity, Beaamarchete ~8 Feadings to select circles. Each of these with @ short address, himself to @ bashful it lovers at a iH fl i Ff ft inn 5 4 8 made that it would be play 4 of Beaumar- chais_or admirers of his comedy— determined to put it on the boards at all naz- ards. Ai = te were effected a proprietors Theater Francais, arta were distributed, rehearsals iad, the d: the performance fixed, and a vast number of tickets sold and given. So had the ness been conducted, that the king heard noth- ing of it until afew hours previous to the open- ing of the doors. He immediately signed an order of prohibition, and the m who carried it found the streets leading to the thea- ter crowded with carriages and a large audience already seated. The dissatisfaction and clamorous, and then for the tiret time was it openly charged that Louis \ VI. bad “‘attack- ¢d public liberty.” And go it came to pass that a comedy written by a watchmaker, the deputy clerk of the royal kitchens, started a movement which was destined to pull down the threne and deluge it in the best blood of France. It is no exaggeration to say that the “Marriage of Fi- garo” sharpened the axe which a few years later fell upon the neck of the unfortanate king who knew not how to be either a coustitutional monarch or a fearless tyrant. When Beaumarchais heard of the suppression of his piece, he exclaimed, “Well! gentlemen, he won't suffer it to be played here in this The ater Francais; now I swear it shall be played— perhaps in the very choir of Notre Dame!” An ominovs prophecy,—for that venerable caths- dral witnessed afterwards dramas so impious and horrible, that, compared with them, the flum+y comedy was the most solemn of sermons. The event# we have narrated occurred in June, 1783. Later in the same year the King, was informed by M. de Vandreuil, a member of his court, that Beaumarchais had expunged all the objectional p: , and accordingly per- mission was granted for the performance of the lay at the country house of de Vandreuil. ‘hose who attended were astonished to find all these objectionable —— retained,but being in the position of guest, not feel willing to expose the trick. Indeed, the King wastold that the alterations made by Beaumarchais had taken all the life out the comedy, and if represented in public it was sure marily damned. Laboring under this delusion, consented to i morning could tind places; forced their way tn! turowi the doorkeeper. It is im) tain @ favor at court than were our young men of rank to secure a place at the first representa- tion of Figaro.’ More than one Ibuchess deemed herself too happy on that day to find in the bal- conies— where decent women are seldom seen— @ miserable little seat by the side ot ladies of the demi-monde.” Three persons were crushed to death in therush for places, and the piece, instead of being damned, was received with tremendous applause—for it was played as origi- nally written, and not in accordance with the be yo edition. he King wasexceedingly angry at the decep- tion practiced upon him, but the mischiet was done beyond recall, and the piece ran sixty- eight consecutive nights—drawing as largely at the last night as at the first. Beaumarchais be- came involved in a newspaper controvers: about the merits of his comedy, and in his last communication made useof an expression which Monsieur, the King’s brother, construed into a persona! insultto himself. Louis, most unfor- tunately, was induced to arrest and imprison the offender in the prison of Saint Lazare, from which, however, he was shortly al re- leased. But this imprisonment, together witb the first prohibition of the public performance, aroused among the people the bitterest animos- ity against the King and the governm nd prepared the way for that earthqual ich Swept crown and country into a common ruin. The French revolution could not have been prevented—it might have been postponed to a more convenient season, but for Beaumarchis and bis “Marriage of Figaro. “= +20e- Carnoric Actp Nor a Distwrgctant.—The Southern cities that have suffered from yellow fever, or been threatened with it, this fail, have of course, resorted to a profuse use of disinfec- tants. Principal among those used has been carbolic acid, which, according to popular con- rent, is the most effective of all the remedies inst infection. Now, however, Prof. Coch- ran, of the Alabama Medical Coll. jong letter to the Mobile Register, efficacy of carbolic acid is questioned—ni more, covdemued as being conducive to the spread of disease rather than its suppression ‘he Provetsor says, after watching the effects of tals of Mobile and New the facts and examples ‘ail to establish the efficacy of prophylactic against yellow fever, but without any violence, and without any ‘sophistical interpretation, go very far tow the establishment of the suspicion that its influence has been the very reverse of pro phylactic; that if it has not contribated to in- crease the extension of the disease, it has at least added to its malignuity and increased the mor- tality to a fearful ratio. The experiment has been made, and it has failed; it is due to the cause of truth and sani and the ipterests of the public health r, that no false misleading estimate of wat it has ac- complishedshould be allowed to fasten itself on the public mind. ‘Txetixe a Mepicw.—There is a gentleman in Binghampton who desired a communication from deceased uncle, and recently took measures, as he hoped, to secure one. He bought a folding slate, fastened it to- gether with screws sealing-wax, so that no mortal hand could impose upon him by writing on the inside, went to New York, where he presented himself to Dr. B., a famous medium. The doctor and the Binghamton gentleman seated themselves by a table, the uncle gave his consent to the inter. view, and the slate under the table to the shade of the old gentleman, who was low- ly eee oor preferred to sit at the feet of the medium. neil was heard eee yo the slate, and in dee time it was handed k. As the oy was supposed to be on the in- side, the document remained sealed until the Bip, ton gentleman arrived bome, and was in wesence of his family. Then he found that bis precautions bad been effectual, and that no mortal hand, or any other band, had written im his slate. It is not use he enter- fains any hard feeling toward his uncle now that he proposes to off correspondin, with him, but it is because he does not like the postal system between bis uncle’s country and this—Binghamton Republ A Hvsranp’s Grost.—For a wife to be driven from home by her husband ts nothing unco mon, but the husband who does it is general aliveone. Mre. Sherman, of Buffalo, has, it is said, been obliged to leave her resdence by the unwelcome visits of her dead spouse. Mr. B. F.s! was nt of the American express ‘oc- Firs ey é f I Jan * that the general adoption of the in- Hoy ia a ! i i: i E | ‘ Hl i ! ; i i E fe : ErEE (Loud cheers.) ind @ poem just now whieh is familiar , familiar to everybody. And what purest, and sweetest of all poets says: “Woman. 0 woman!—or— Wom—"” —(laughter)—however, you remember the lines; erses rise up the ideal of a OW, a8 you con- arvel, your homage grows into worship of the intellect that could create so fair a thing out of mere breath, mere words. And yen call to mind now as I speak how the poet, with stern fidelity to the history of all humanity, delivers this beautiful child of his heartand his brain over to the (rials and the sorrows that must come to all sooner or later that abide in the earth; and how the pathetic story culminates in that apostrophe —so wild, eo regretful, eo fail of mournful retrospection ‘The lines run th —and soon. (Laughter.) I do not remember the rest; but, taken fare. weg it seems to me that the poem is the noblest tribute to womsn that human genius has ever brought forth— (lsughter)—and I feel that if I were to talk hours I could not do my great theme completer or more graceful justice than I have now done in simply quoting that poet’s matchless words. (Renewed laughter.) The phases of the wo- manly nature are infinite in their variety. Take any ae of woman, and yon ghall find in it something to respect, something to admire, something to love. And you shall find the whole joining you heart and hand. Who was more than Joan of Arc? Who was braver? Who has given us a instance of relf-sacriticing devotion? Ab, you remem- we, yon remember well what a throb of pain, what » great tidal wave of grief swept over us all when Joan of Arc fell at Waterloo. (Mach laughter.) Who does not sorrow for the loss of Sappho, the sweet singer of Israe!? Who among us does not miss the gentle ministrations, the softening influences, the hamble piety of Lu- cretia Borgia? (Lanignter.) ‘Who can join in the heartless libel that says woman is extrava- gant in dress when he can look back and call to mind our simple and lowly mother Eve arrayed in her modification of the Highland costume. (Roars of laughter.) Sir, women have been sol- diers; women have been painters; women have been poets. As long as language lives the name ot Cleopatra will live. And not because she conquered George [II_—(laughter)—but because she wrote those divine lines— “Let dogs delight to bark and bite, For God hath made them #0.” (More pokes.) The story of the world adorned with the names of illustri our own sex—some of them sons of St. Andrew, too—Scott, Brace, Burns, the warrior Wallace, Ben Nevis__(laugiiter)—the gifted Ben Lomond, and the great new Scotchman, Ben Disraeli. (Great laughter.) Out of the great plains of history tower whole mountain ranges of sublime women—the Queen of Sheba, Josephine, Semi- amp; the list is endless—(laugh- not call the mighty roll, the e8 rise up in your own memories at the mero suggestion, luminous with the glory of deeds that cannot die, hallowed by the loving worship of the good and the trae of all epochs and all climes. (Cheers.) Suffice it for our pride and our honor that we in our day have added to it such names as those of Grace Darl- Ing and Florence Nightingale, (Cheers) Wo- manisallthatehe should be—gentle, patient, long-suffering, trustful, unseitiah, full of gen? erous impulses. it is her blessed mission to comfort the sorrowin, encourage the faint is of Plead for the erring, purpose, succor the dis- tressed, uplitt the fallen, befriend the friend- less—in a word, afford the healing of her sym- pathies and a home in her heart for ail the ruised and persecuted children of misfortune that knock at its hospital door. (Cheers.) And when { say God bless her, there is none among us who has known the enobling affection of a wife or the steadfast devotion of @ mother, but in his heart will say, Amen! (Loud and’ pro- longed cheering.) Odd Scene on a Highway. BEATING A DROVER AT HIS OWN TERPSICHO- REAN GAME. The St. Louis Globe tells the following: The setting sun on Thursday ‘afternoon threw a halo upon a vast drove of hoga, sedately march- ing down the Olive street rock road, attended by two gentlemen, one garnished with a stick, and the other embellished with a black-snake whip. It was rather chilly—in fact cold, and as the gentlemen walked along in pleasant con- versation, sometimes addressed to each other, and sometimes to the hogs, they began to feel the influences of the raw atmosphere, the effects of which they tried to overcome attne bar of every tavern they fell in with. Encow with their success, they became hilarious, and in their good humor poked each other and the pigs in the ribs, in that familiar manner which characterizes good fellows charmed with each other's society. He of the black snake cracked his lash until the air was full of snaps, and shouted and yelled in the flac exuberance of his spirita. As his enthusiasm arose, pe pined for loftier deeds, and told him of the stick, that the next traveler would make some fun for the party that even the hogs would enjoy. But afew more drinks had been concealed, when they met aman ina buggy, a man who bad been hunting, and who had some dangeroue imptements in the buggy. With a spring he of the whip ped the reins and brought horse, man and buggy to a sudden halt. “Stranger,” said the man inthe buggy, lean- ing forward with his elbows on his knees, “Stranger, I wish you'd let that horse go.” “Partner,” said he of the whip, “I ean’t. I can't let that borse go. I want to know, part- ~ where you've been and where you are go- ing.” “Stranger,” noth the man in the buggy, “I don’t think that's any of your———business. you, partner, bat yon Really { don’t,” “I don't want to hurr: must answer my question, or you must siide outen that ver buggy, and dance a fling for ua, right hei and he snapped his whip ancom- fortably close to the buggy man’s countenance. “You see, stranger,” said the man in buggy. “I don’t think Lcan dance. My boots are too beavy.’”” “You can take your boo!s off if you want to, partner. I ain’t ‘modest, T won't min your bare feet; but I say, partner, you wants to be quick, ’cause these hogs and this ver friend 0’ mine is getting mighty impatient.” “Well, if you want to sce @ dance mighty bad, partner; I reckon T must accommodate you. I’ve got some light boots in here. and when I get ‘em on I'll show you how its done,” and he fumbled under the bugzy seat. In'a moment he arose up with huge revolver in his “How will that do for dancing, strang- ez The next instant he was onthe ground, his left band comprehending the throat of Black- snake ard the pressed tight to his fore- head. The hogs lorked ut each other with raised eyebrows, and were all the more aston- ished when they saw him ofthe stick hoisting himself over afence and sliding for peace on earth and good-will among men behind a neigh- boring barn. “Stranger, would you be so polite as to dro that whip? si " = He beg? ond it. “Now. ger we'll have that dance.’’ “Well, partner, Idon’t know but what it’s time that dance began.” Just then Sam Ecker drove up, and the situ- ation was expisined te him. Samuel being a devotee of T: shore himself, gravely cor I~ nce should go on without more 8) “You'll find it more comfortable, stranger, to ‘without those boots, and I think you bet- vif eotisate you! right that, ‘tner, you're, about that, partner,” natted Macitesaks and disrobed took off his coat. those who saw him that Black- snake isan excellent dancer. He has a keen Scan of the fine points, and has a way . Stinging bis fees thet many masters of the art ave not a juired. “warm, ain't it, or... Black-snake conceded it was a little oppres- naive, as he resumed his habilaments, after five minutes” — hard work. ve, “Good ; Sy, partner, don’t — this lit thing in Lucas Market, will But, somehow. it was mentioned in Sam's , and at Billy Beck’s, and for a day ortwo Black-snake found ‘Re peace save in Of his hogs. deters? rm % pore cards in the church.” soldier, what have you to say for yourself?” “Mach, sir, I hope.” «Very good—it not I will punish you sovere- “Thave been,” said @he soldier, “about six weeks on the march. I have neither Bible nor common prayer book; I pack of cards, and I to satisfy your wor- ship of the purity of my intention.” Then spreading the cards before the Mayor, be be with the ace: ««When I see the ace it reminds me that there is but one God. “When | see the deuce it reminds me of Fa- ther and Son. “When I see the tray it reminds ms of Father Son and Hely Ghost. “When Isee the four it reminds me of the four Evangalists that preached—Matthew, Mark, Luke and Joh: ‘When I see the it reminds me of the tive wise virgins that trimmed their lamps. There were ten, but five were wise and tive were {vol- ish, and were shut out, “When Iseé the six itreminds me that in six days the Lord made heaven and earth. ‘‘When I see the seven it reminds me that on the seventh «lay God rested trom the great work which he bad made and ballowed it. “When! see the eight it reminds me of the eight righteous persons that were saved when God destroyed the world, viz. Noah and his wife, his three sons and their wives. «When I see the nine it reminds me of the nine lepers that were cleansed by our Saviour. Ee were nine out of ten who never returned thanks. «When I see the ten it reminds me of the ten commandments which God handed down to Moses on the table of stone. «When I see the Queen it reminds me of the Queen of Sheba, who visited Solomon, for she was as wise a ashe was aman. She brought with fifty boys and fifty girls, all dressed in boy’s apparel for King Solomon to tell which were boys and which were girls. The King sent for them to wash. The girls washed to thefelbows, and the boys to the wrist’sso King Solomon told by that.” itenee Ley! et Mayor, ‘‘You have describ- every card in the pack except one.” ‘what is that?” “The Knave,” said the Mayor. “I will give your honor a description of that, too, if you will not be angry. «] will not,” said the Mayor, “if you do not term me to be the knave.”” «The greatest knave I know of is the consta- ble that brought me here.”” “Ido not know,” said the Mayor, “if he is the orga knave, but I know he is the great- est fool.” “When I count how many spots there are in a pack of cards, I tind three hundred and sixty five, as many days as there are in a vear. “When I count the number of cards in a pack I find fifty-two—the number of weeks “I tind there are twelve picture oi pack, representing the number of months in a year, and on counting the tricks I find thirteen, ihe number of weeks in a quarter. “So you see, a pack of cards serves for a Bible, Almatiac and common Prayer Book.” Fox-Myth: In offering a slight contribution to compara- tive mythology, and to a knowledge ot the Jap- anese people, we cannot do better than describe the fog-myths which are such characteristic produchons of Japan. In Japanese literature the fox is as standard an element as is the fairy in our Aryan lore. Iu the grave volumes of what calls itself history and fn the tiny novelette and story-book for children the exploits of the fox are described, his character portrayed and his evil influence deprecated. In comic, serious, didactic, amor- ous and moral literature the foxes apoear in every guise andin every condition in life; now wielding baleful power, and playing harmles: practical jokes, and rarely exerting @ beneti cent influence.’ Picture-books and the pictori- a] broadsides #0 common in J seven ages of Reynard—hi marriage, prime, old age. arial, with bis tomb. The fox's courtship is a favor- ite subject o1 the popular artists. Beginning Frith the gay and festive voung Kitsune, or ax the meditative student who in his walka meets two lovely lady foxes, the melter ofhis heart and her maid, it passes up through all the stages of ‘stern parents,” anxious mammas, the wed- ding, bridal veils.’ presents and wedded blias, to & happy divorce or @ good old age. Again, the fox appears as a troabler of domes- tic blis. Many astory is told of a fox trans- orming herself into a Tare and radiant maiden wooed and won by @ Japanese lover and mar- ried. Husband and wife live happily together, and children are born to bless their union. Sud- begin to go wrong. The husband pect the truth, and one day is thun. seeing his wife I! hia children turn into foxe y to disappear h I have heard exists an illustrated book which rep- Feaent a young man setting out on a fourney and met by a fox who appears as his tempter throughout, transforming himself into all man- ner of alluring and frightful shapes. Through all these various forms of evil the youth man- ages to pars saftiy, sometimes by learning, some- times by finessé, sometimes by courage, till, becoming a Buddhist priest, he secures victory and rest by cutting off the tox’s head. ‘The re- semblance of all this tothe general outline of Bunyan's immortal allegory needs no comment, and furnishes interesting matter for reflection. From **Jopanese For-Myths,”in Lippincott’s May- azine for January, 1814. Iw Bostow sewing has been introduced asone of the occupations of the girls in the public schools. A thorough trial was first made, and the report was that it was a most gratifying success. The children bring their work from home. Says the Boston Advertiser: It was a: first thought that the two hours cduld not be well spared from the regular studies, but the result shows that the children have their los- sons even better than before the occupations of their hands giving needed rest to their minds. But, as only their hands ate occupied in their work, the teachers fill the time by readin; aloud to the children something valuable and inetructive, and at the same time entertaining. In the four upper classes, beside simple sewing, cutting ond iitting are tanght, there being fn the exhibition hallatable and implements for the pur} In this, remarkable ress has been made. The patterns are given de- signs on the blackboard. Tn this, thé tisé of the study of drawning, as pursued in the Boston public schools, receives a practical application, for the pupils would be hadly able to receive their instruction in cutting were it not for their knowledge of industrialdrawing. The patterns are drawn from dictation and geometrical drawing. The pupils thus not only receive benetit from an industrial standpoint, but their perception is quickened and an impetus is giy- en to other studies, for, as the teachers say: [t 1 practical arithmetic and gcometry to them. A pumber of the girlsin the > yen classes have already become accomplished cutters and tit- soy and are of much assistance in teaching the others. A Banp or MAskeD PLUNDER A Hovse.—Eleven masked robbers on Monday night gained entrance to the house of Mr..J. Ewmet, at Pelham, near New Kochelie, N.Y., handcuffed the family and ransacked the house. Drawers, bureaus and desks were broken open, ard failing to obtain the key of the safe, where they supposed money was to be found, the rob- bers attempted to blow itup. They were able, after working three hours and a half, to make a hole three inchee in diameter, and through this they removed the few valuables it con- tained. “Taking such plate, jeweiry and money as they could tind, rome articles of clothing, they left the house about six o’clock Tuesday morning. The value of the articles stolen does not exceed $7/0. As soon as the Emmets were able to free themselves the alarm was given, and quite a large party started in search of thé robbers. ing them to the shore, they found &@ number of tied to the Fic which it is e tide having h w ‘on the rocket fire to enter the village of Essmen, no one was in it but a little child, afterwards taken care of by one of the officers. It was about field outside the village, where some little shade could be obtained from surrounding bushes fifteen feet or more high. The village > seton fire. The flashes and explosions ofthe powder stored in almost every hoass, and the blazing of the rom created a light and heat that were perceptible even under the blazing sun. Nothing had been remoret - the Ashan- tees, in the firm belief that it would be impossi- ble for white mento reach it. The heat now becoming every moment more intense, ribse as it had been thronghout all these oper: tions. In about an hour the march was resumed. Scarcely had it commenced when arties of Ashantees again made their presence in the bush felt by firingon the column. They were, however, immediately driven back, and shortly afterwards the march was again de- layed for @ short time in a village ruined in the native war of 1870. When in it was resumed it may be judged with what relief all passed along @ pathway shaded over by overarching branches which partly broke the intense sever- ityofthesun. After @ march without incident, the sea-| h was near Amquana. The village was found deserted, but the stores of powder and rum had not been removed, and the whole was soon blazing, spurting, cracking, and sending off bursts of deep black smoke, which were, like those of Essaman, visible for miles along the coast.—Correspondence of the London Daily News. A Marder by Indians. A most horrible outrage occurred near Camp Supply, about sixty miles fr m Fort Dodge, one day last week, that for brutality and cruelty has not been equaled since the days of Craw- ford and the early Indian troubles. The per trators of the fiendish act were Kiowas, who, for some time past, have been causing consid- erable trouble in and around their reservation. From A. G. Hanback, route agent on the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe road, we gath- ered the following particulars of the crime: Ic seems that a 'y of English tourists arrived at Camp Supply a few days ago for the purpose of engaging in a buffalo hunt. At Camp Sap- ply they purchased a cdmplete outfit necessary to carry on the bunt for several days, and hired a wagon and team, with a boy seventeen years old as driger. After being out several days their provisions gave out, and they despatched the boy back tothe town for another supply, expecting that he would easily make the trip in three or four days at furthest, the distance being about thirty miles. ‘The allotted time had passed, anda day longer, and the hunters, becoming uneasy at his ex- tended absence, started back for Camp Supply. Here nothing had been seen or heard of him since the departure of the party. A party of hunters and scouts was immediately organized and set out in search of him, taking the trail towards the hunting grounds.’ The second day out they suddenly came upon the boy. He had been captured by & band of Kiowas, the wagon taken apart and piled in a heap, the boy tied to the stack, and probably burned alive. He had also been scalped by the brutal cowards, and his charred remains left on the ground with all the proof of how the devilish act had = committed. The horses, of course, were stolen. The excitement in and around Fort Dodge is intense, aud the old huoters and trappers in that vicinity say that, it the government does not inflict summ punishment upon the in- carnate tien trey will take the matter into their own hands and commence a war of exter- mination. Col. Bristol, in command at the fort, says he has the 5th infantry and two companies of cav- alry in readiness, and only awaiting orders from the War department. The Kiowas have about 2,000 warriors on their reservation.—4(cinson (Kansas) Champion, Dec. 1. ‘THE NAPOLEONIC SARcopHAGUS.—The _— nificent granite sarcop! presented by Queen Victoria to the Empress Eugenie, as a receptacie for the remains of the late Emperor, bas arrived at Chiselhurst from Aberdeen and been placed in the Mortuary chapel. It issim- lar in appearance tothe mausoleum of the Duchess of Kent, and somewhat resembles that of the Prince Consort at Frogmore. It is en- pss of masonry—externally of Bath stone, lined with stone brought from France. The carving is very elaborate and handsome, especi- ally the capitals of the pillars, and the root is grained and arched with much elegance, the de- sign of the whole edifice being Gothic. The little chapel has a carved altar and canopy, and at the opposite end is a private doorway forthe Empress. Above the door is a rose window, and there are three other lights on the south side. These are temporarily filled with plain glass, but the windows are all to be stained, and an artist, who has recently completed the windows ofthe Emperor’s church at St. Cloud, has been to Chiselburst with designs. The sstcophagus will stand oma tessellated pavement in the cen- tre of the new building, and will be approached from the interior of tue church by two steps through @ double bay, divided by columns of jasper. This approach being always open, the tomb will always remain in view of the congre- gation. The work will be completed by Christ- mas, and the coflin will then be quietly remov- ed across the church to its new resting place. ———————— Wat a “Map Stone” gas Dore.—Miss Mary.J. Graves, oy age Henry Graves, esq., from Layton, Essex Co., Va., passed trough our town yesterday, accompanied by her brother, to take the boat for home in Essex, having just returned from Richmond, Va., where she sought relief from pain, having been bitten by a mad- dog on the 6th inst. She found a mad-stone in the porsession of a Mrs. Hix, on Firstat., No. 410, Richmond, Va., and had the stone applied to her thumb five times at a cost of #15 tor each application. The stone has to remain 12 hours each time, and on the first application aftorded her great relief; and she is now in good spirits, and fee: no pain or inconvenience whatever from the iité. The stone is about the size of a hickory nut, was formerly owned by Mr. Humphry Sale, of Caroline county. After bis death at a sale it was bought by a Mrs. Harri- son, of Richmond city, who still owns it, she having paid 61,600 for it. Miss Graves was in- formed that this stone had been applied te over 300 persona, proving entirely successful inevery care, no person ever experiencing any trouble afterwards from the bite—PVirginia Star. NickeL.—The demand for nickel, the metal used with copperin the manufacture of one cent pieces, and In the three and five cent pieces, has considerably exceeded the supply, andthe manufacturers of the alloy known as German silver have petitioned the Parliament of the German empire not to still further in- eresse the demand by the introduction of nickel money inte that country. The cost of German silver, which contains about one third of ita vol- ume of nickel, has gone up hearly $12 per 230 pounds within asingle month. The Snnual product of nickel (exclusive of the American product) does not exceed 600 tons, of Jcst Waxtep to Krow.—On thi train from Alben. recently, was bound for Westfield, wi fur ae Beee my ites f¥ebicr 44 ue le | STEAMER LINES. i Ory n2e ont, eter DAY pone = ourly tween’ Wesbineton sot Alexanders Fil gommence at § «. mn.; tent grip wi EDN Ger! Supt. W4tuineros, Sob BOSTON amD ‘The fne Iron Steamer OF TRE LAKE, Boriehe, will leave beter bar! "ost ze b Geurral " corner sth stand Pa. ave. > EROHANT'S LINE OF STEAMSHIPS WASHINGTON NEW YORK. peter er salad. eerve six persons. If there be any one gastronomic delicacy for which our goodly city of Penn enjoys a wide re- nown it is surely the CHICKEN CROQUETTR; which is one of the most complex and yet delect- able of all the dainties that grace the cold col- lation of the table of the evening party in the world of hospitality and good liy ing. After many trials and not a few vexatious failures, I at last attained entire success in the following formula for their preparation; it is for a large pair of fowls, weighing, when dressed for sale in the market, ive pounds, or tor two pairs weighing seven pounds the’ pair. Choose al- ways those baving the largest amount of breast meat. Boil a sweetbread for three minutes, put it into celd water and after an hour take out and drain. Boil a calf’s brain for five minutes and set aside to cool. [Bou also half a pint of cream, with the same measure of fresh bread crumbs, sifted clean of lumps and crust. Cut off from the chickens all the brown meat and reserve for use either to fricassee, to stew with gidlets, or when boiled and mixed with an equal bulk of roasted veal, to make into break- fast worms. Boil the chickens till tender, in just enough water to cover them. When the broth is cold, skim off all the grease, pour off the clear por- tion and boil itdown to half a pint. Remove the skin, fat and tendons and the white meat as finely as ible, with the sweetbread joll-tr Cesane LINE, orice, ‘With the view of diminishing the evanoss of solit- ston, the of this Line will, henceforth, teks @ specified course for all seasons of the year, On (ue Outward Passage from Qucenstows to Mew York or Boston, crowing Meridian of 0 at 3 Lt., or to the north of @. On the crossing the Meridian of 60 at @ Lat., or nothing to the north of @ jylé-4m AND NORTH AMERIOAN ROYAL MAIL STEAMSHIPS, BETWEEN NEW TORK AND LIVERP: CALLING AT CORK HAR: FRoM NEw Fons. FrRoM Wed) dau. ti | any Be: Se ~ 5 io : Saf sea av ‘Wed, Jan. 2 | Parthia Mat, ‘And every following WEDN. DAY from Steamers marked thus Rares oF Passacx.—Oabin, @m, ). 9100, and $180 modation Nd, eccording to scoomt ‘ete to Paris, #15, gold, additional. fess Ag terms. ‘eurrenc and brain, frst ‘a {ablespoonful of chop- OS t aim id parsley, the grated rind and the juice of’ . i lores lemon, one heaping tablespoonful of salt fickets from is 2nd Queenstown, and haif a teaspoonful each of powered mustard mace, and white pepper. Cup fine two shalotes or one small onion, fry with four ounces of butter, add a tablespoonfal of flour and stir till smooth; transfer it quickly to a saucepan, add the chopped meat, stir brisk- ly, and as soon as hot add the yolks of four tresh laid eggs, remove from the when cool enough to handle braise in ® chopping bow! to a paste. Then spread on a dish and put into the ice-box to harden and stiffen. gz Terk. » Washington, D.O. nortow: After two or three hours mix thoroughly and mould as follows: sprinkle a moulding board with sifted cracker-dust, take a heaping table- spoonful of the meat paste and form the cro- qnette in the shape either of a small sugar-loat or aroll. When all are doné dip them one by one into well-beaten eggs, roll in ‘finely-sii bread-crubs; after an hour roll and dip again and set in the ice-box till wanted. Lastly fry in enough hot lard to float them to a golden brown color, turning carefully, while cooking to keep them shapely, serve ona napkin with sprays of parsley and water-cress. Very acceptable croquettesare made by using all the meat of the fowl; in that case a single chicken weighing six pounds will be reyuired; but when the white meat only is used they are much more delicate. r ‘This receipt will make abont one and a half BAN KERS. dozen croquettes, which will cost, with chickens BANK OF THE EpPUSLIO. at 25 cents per pound, and deducting the value of the brown meat, about one dollar and a hal/ per dozen NITED STATES DEPOSITOR ¥, Southwest cor. of 7th and D sts, Washington, a. Collections taade on all parts of the Untied Otwion, LORSTER CROQUETTE® a are also very delicious, and are made in all re- | ROM! 100,000. FITZHUGH COOTER spects like the above, substituting the tlesh of | CHAS ERY: Oasbier. (oct? toh Pree lobsters for an equal amount of the chicken meat and the green ana white fat coral or roe peaman Ames for the sweet bread and crumbs. Orvontes san Penne Excellent croquettes are also made of any kind of domestic or wild fowl, lamb, veal or any firm-fieshed fish. But the daintiest of all, the croquetts par excellence, is the chicken cro- quette.— Germantown Te A Frightfal Encou! A RENTUCKIAN KILLED BY A P % Through the courtesies of a gentleman who came from Spencer county yesterday we are furnisbed with the Particulars of a desperate tight betwen a human being and @ panther, which occurred only four mules from Taylors- ville on Monday noon last. It appears that the people living in the vicinity of the Uat hils bave known for along time that there was a ferocious panther prowling through the woods over the hills, and the beast has frequently been seen, but by some means has to“save its bacon” by quick movements. On Monday last aman, named Richard Holt,came acro=s the panther while out a hunting, and thinkin, that bad a splendid chance to slay it, fre two charges into its side, without fatal effects, however. This tended to enrage the then infu- riated demon, and in less than two minutes it had landed upon Holt and was savagely clawi' g s him to death. A little boy who was with the unfortunate Holt of course became frightened at what he could not help but witness, and see- ing a clear road abead, ran fast and succeeded in getting away. He potified a p: ot men who were working ina field about half a mile from where the incident occurred, and as soon as these men could arm themselves they hastily egw to render relief tothe unfortunate jolt; but when they reached the spot they found bim Sak, ee torn almost into 5 Entil 8 p. m., to receive deposits only im Interest paid on deposits, Oollections made, and RLY, V. Prew't, ENTISS,Geab'r. R REEDMAN’S SAVINGS AND TRUST COMPANY BANKING HOUSER, 1607 PENNSYLVANIA AVERUB, (Opposite U = Treasury.) ALL PROFITS paid to DEPOSTTORS, as tute Test, not exceeding 7 per cent. per annum INTEREST upwards, from fa. - on One Dollar and a pen from Satardays. dep: rita . tater . Pay ot oficers in the Army canhed im advance, o™ BIGELow, Banker, 663 D STRERT, near Soventii, Pays INTEBEST ON DEPOSITS, makes OOL- LECTIONS, and transects all businces connected with Banking. ont-y shrecs. The beast, after killin dently eaten a portion of the body, as there were large — of flesh torn out of the body that could not be found anywhere about the spot. Our informant did not know anythin, about Mr. Holt's family relations, but that he was afarmer, very fond of hunting, was brave to & fault, and was very ventare- some. The pone, in the neighborhood, since the above ‘ible ly, have organized FOR PUBLIO OO EETV ATE RESISEN BES themselves into a uni force for the pu of hunting down and slaying the monster ofthe eee ache wags woods. Itis said that ideous yells of the = Pig rete tah can be heard every night, bat that the a people are afraidto pursue it’ after dark.— Bowl? MAREBT yo, Louisville Ledger. oe 7th and gh rhoor Aweino marek ht eugé-tr” REMOVAL. as, FOR PRIVATE RESIDENCES, REMOVAL. PUBLIO BUILDINGS, MANUFACTURED BY M. G. COPELAND, 643 LOUISIANA AVENUE, CAMP MEETING TENTS ond FLAGS for seis or rent. + eer PlLomeine ABD GAn-FiTTING. DEVLIN&CoO., HAVE REMOVED WM. ROTHWELL. TUMION, CARPENTER, BUILDER, TO THE anD SALOON PARLOR AT ‘inh street, below B st. northwest BING, | Ga8-FITTING AND SEWEB! pad iB, Practical Piomber, Wo: Cine tii cee 1106 F street. Bové-tr CUPS Rae Tar ae Q mors @| ERE aa ee FURNACES, BANGES. LABGEST AND BEST SELECTED STOCK SOUTH OF PHILADELPHIA. =, I. GREGORY, copt-am 63 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUB. STABLISHE ConFS Gas ores, owe re eee Pebehenbistaktavineeed [FSF GUNS, FISHING ‘AED SPORTING fetes inte ot ‘warned |