Evening Star Newspaper, January 29, 1876, Page 3

COLORED STOCK! be night before. Le Bra», who wos next } sled upon, gave with eq al clearness an & covr) ofeverything thattad happened o as An Idyl of the street Coraer. 1 « 1 bis mistress to vee Cowan to the momen: Pau ene of bis examination. He was s-arcted, and Sua wks a ponter ames twelve, there was found upon him tue key of tLe hall, where Lis pantry Was, and @ master. key, with large wards, which on trial was fot nd to open the coor of Madame Mazel'- ehsmber, upon whiea the lieutenant crimi- vel ordered bim inte cust dy. On putting on the napkin !t was fc und too small for bis head; they examine his bands, bui there ‘Were no signs of blool on them, nor on his clothes; nor were there on any part of his — any marks of that resistance which it was very evident the unfortunate vict!m pa And & slipper bumber two: Her ankle fire and fcot divine, Continuations plump, And innocent of cotton, that Made hearts of seers thump. Made these degenerate days of ours Not gone for legal tender, Some social Aaron, viewing her— Her—ankle, swelling, slender, surely toiled to model it, cunning mold, And set up for all men to see Another Calf of Gold. Alas! that many & maiden holds, As sadly knows the poet, That, if her foot is pretty, then Her duty "tis to show it Eliza was not one of these, ut modest as a sain te violet ‘neath a mossy stone who had killed her she had torn off, and still held clutehed in her band. Le Bran was _— examined in prison, aud neither on bis on nor in his answers was there the least cause to believe him the guilty person. They next examined the lodging of his wife, where vothing was found to eriminate him; however, they seized on his linen, to com: it with a Sbirt which most women war found sta! With blood in the garret, On way — oe ean hidden under some straw, (and which it was She shunned the publie street. et had ben worn by 'he And muddy crossings favored by Serassin,) And with the lace neck-cloth. Two Male connoisseurs in feet. of the female servants declared that this beck-cloth never had belonged to Le Brun, but said they remembered having washed it, or one just like it, for a servant named Berry, who dismissed from the ser- vice of Madame Mazel about four months before, he was detected in robbing her. No resembiance was found between the shirt and those belonging to Le Bran, nor in any inquiry that was made did the slighest cheumatance arise that tended w fix tne charge on him. On Jan. 14, 1609, M. De Savonnieras pre- sented a request to the Lieutenant Criminel in bis own name, and in that of bis two brothers, demanding that Le Brun should be declared duly convicted of having murdered Madame Mazel, and of having robbed her of @ quantity of ‘gold coin that wes iu her sSirovg box; and that he should be at the same time deprived and declared unworthy of a very handsome legacy which had been left bim by hisold mirtress. With such force was that latter point urged that it was plain- ly apparent that this same legacy was the real source of all enmity of De Sayounieres toward the unfortunate Le Brun. It fell upon an Autumn day Of bleak and biundering mood, Eliza was returning from Anerrand of great good; To « narrow, muddy walk she came, Where three bad young men stood. Now. these were very bad young men Te whom no themes were meet erse they did not treat of 1 hose and pretty feet. ese young men were betting men, ‘and wagers they would lay On any subject any man Might start on any day. And when Eliza they beheld Approaching modestly, Quoth Joves: “That her's are white and ret T'll wager thee a V.” Saith Brown: “Their bue is white and blne— ‘Let Smith be referee.” ‘The words the modest maiden heard, And her mind was torn apart With the fiercest passion that can rage In any fema’e heart. M. D'Aucour, who was employed as Le Dilemma dire she could not dodge, Brui advocate, showed conclusively that A double-horned distress; it was impossible he could be guilty. Tne Te show them or to show them not? To lift or spoil her dress? . But “hoping something might turn up’ Besides her garments. she Waiked slowly to that maddy spot Where siood the dauntiess three. The three stood calm and glient, And looked upon her feet— Are there no stones above but such As serve for the thunder fleet? Will no destroying Angel wing His way adown the street? Many the shapes that Fortune taxes! Odd are the parts she plays! Incredible her instruments; And wonderful her ways! The maid bad reached the muddy spot Her skirt was partly raised; With speculation in their eyes three bad young men gazed— When, lo! adown ihe muddy street @A young and fiery colt, A grocer’s wagon hitened unto, Came like a thunderbolt! There came @ burst of thunder-sound— Those young men, where were they? With broken bones, both brown and Jones In the muddy gutter lay. decensea had received above fifty wounds, and had evidently made great resistance, but the prisoner had not even the slightest scratch on his hands, or spot of blood oa his clothes; the towel twisted up like a cap was so much smailer than his head that he could not put it on. The knife was not his; the neck cloth was known to belong to another person; the shirt was not like any he pos- sessed; it was uplike not only in quality. but alse in size,and was made for asmal man, whereas Le Brun was talland robust. The misdirected zeal of the prosecution was strongly urged upon the court. Why was not inquiry made after Berry? Berry, who had once robbed Madame Mazel; who’ was Known to be an infamous wretch, capable of any mischief; to whom the neck-cloth was Known to belong; who was in Paris about the time of the murder, and had been seeu since witb an amount of money which he could not have honestly obtained. Why was no notice taken of the Abbe Poularu? an € uivoeal character at best; a priest who, after being in two orderr, actually belonged to hone; who had access at all hours to the house of Madame Mazel; who had been seen to enter at midnight—the hour the mur- der was committed—and who had an interest in thedeath of his benefactress, which Le Awa clod of mud with a fearful thad Bran (who was ignorant of we legacy left vo It struck the referee, him) bad not. Apd made him like to those heathen men The counsel on the other side Jali great Who have eyes but cannot see, And his sense misused was canceled like that Of Tom of Coventry. And so it was that Eliza fair, hat good ly-godly maid, those three bold, bad young men, 4 wicked wagers laid, eof them knew were they red or blue, Or white without a shade —— -2«+e-—___. The Case of Jacques Le Brun. Stress on the possession of the key,on Le Bran’s cxclamation “This is not apople but something worse,” and on the se louis he gave his wife to lock up, and w! it was pretended was part of the mouey taken from Madame Mazel, although no icentification of it was even attempted. Never was there @ clearer case. There was ho direct evidence eller way. A single cir- cumstance—the possession of @ master- key, of which a duplicate was known to be in existence—was all that could be urged agalost the prisouer, while tn his favor there Was & mass of circumstantial evide: Pp clear preponderating, and conviucing. His ac- quiltal seemed certain, but we who occa- sionally feel inclined to’ grumble at the per- versities of juries, would do weil Lo stu iy When a lawyer wishes to impress the minds of a jury with the conviction that extremely dangerous for them i convict any one on Circumstantial evidenee alone, carefully the history of Frenehb jurisprudence Tee erent hes carntdnct to be a delusion | 1@ ore the revolution. Poor Le Brun was ‘ fferent times before fifiy-tive bonne -~anemce s- srae thee n whose business was the triai of seed connie Se See Gane ani whon the knowletze mney . S tiien ne tee hich ‘comes from experience should have ee hn laserank of hn & San giteetodee eo uxhter But other causes were ut on which the rules of evideace are base!, in- | MOF the Mi Bist that direct testimouy only is to be re- “Ae garded as of any weight. The true bistery, these bodies whicn juries rarely feel. To their iniquitous dec'siors on maby occasions was largely due that intense hatred of the old system of prveeduie Whieb made its overthrow one of the earliest steps of the revolution. Of toe eleven Jadg:s who first tried him two de bowever, of the trialof the unfortunate Le Brun gives support to no such theory. On the contrary, his judges paid a prop=r regard to the weight of circumstantial evi- derce he would have been acquitted. Here @re the facts in the case, as sel forth by M. ——inb reat collection of Cuuses Cele- clared ‘that they re * - quired farther informa- eae Mazel verviing In Paris, had | Hon, two voted that he might be put to the torture, and six condemned him to death, and tbat, too, In the most cruel manner that could be cevised. Fassed the meridian of life,and was p's- sessed of anample fortune. She employxt &@ retinue of servants; two footmen, a coac:i- - vit On Feb. 22 his case came up for review, yuan, Jacques Le Brun, who had lived with | a \tentence was passed upon iin by twer? three female servants, composed her house. | t¥-twojudges. Two — of these demanded hold. A man called the Abbe Poulant live! | [Fher inquiry; the other twenty decided ‘witb her on a footing of Intimacy which did | j‘z {he torture, ordinary and on orate . Te honor to her reputation. In the course of ‘dful trial, but oa" the © Areal the summer of 1698 she had taken from Le ma tortures usted in declaring his innocence. ro in the pad ones tto the A te On the , twenty-two other Judges being Poulard his accommodation in coming | #S€tbled, two voted that be should be sent to the galleye for life, but the rest voted for an adjourned Inquiry of twelve months, dur- ing which Le Brun was to remain in prison, though bis wife was to be at er Le Brun, who @ll this time been kept in a = Without being allowed .to see any one but the jailer, was now allowed to re- ceive his wife, children and friends; but this alleviation came too i the violen im, for and going atallbours. Le Brun had a du- — key, which he continued touse. On November 2), 1698, being the first Sunday in Advent, Madame Mazel, who was very ous in the exercises of religion, went ‘vespers. She left her house attended by Le Brun, on whose arm she leaned, and the two footmen foliowed her. As soon as she ‘Was in the chapel Le Brun qguitted her and went to hear vespers bi at the Jacob- | torture had so reduced though a very ins, in the Rue St. Jacques. Madame Mazel ag te aa, man in the prime of upon her return supped, according to her tor i the had time td procure usual custom, tete-a-tete with the Abbe 7 _ Ashes a ~~ Poulard. At 11 o'clock she went to her | Tents. 2B rede in aol chamber. The maid, as was her usual cus- sonuae ai an phe 4 red tem, put the key ou the chair, after which Sate ee ae whee and chii they all quitted room, and Le Brun, who | S00 7 ——— ne ew him. went last, drew the door after him and shut a ‘occurrence informa- it. He then went into the Kitchen and took the key of the street door to lock it; he took it off the hook, but finding bi: cold, he laid it down on the table while he warmed himeelf, and, being fatigued—possibly, too, having drunk more than he was accustomed to—he insensibly fell asleep. When he awoke he heard the clock strike one. He ran up to jock the street door, which, to his surprise, he found wide open, and, when he bad done Bo, took the key wi tnto his room. So passed the night away. Madame Mazel usually rose at 7, and the Servanls, when & o'clock struck the next morning, €xpressed to each other their won- der that she not rung her bell. Le Brun had gone out early in the morning to see bis wife, to whom he gave seven louis and gome Other money, which Le bade her lock up. On bis return to the house he asked 1f Madame Mazel was yet up. Being told she was not, be expressed great bog nd and uneasiuess, The whole househol. by this time assembled in the kitehen, determined to awaken her; they went to her door and rappei loudly, but all waseilent. Some one suggested that she had an apopletic fit, another that a bleed- ing of the nose, to which she was subject, had caused ber to faint; but Le Brun remarked that it must be something worse. “Some- thing,” said he, “is wrong. Iam very uneasy, because 1 found the street door open last night.” The room door was broken down, and the servants entered. Le Brun went bastily to his mistress’ bed. She was assas- sinated and covered with biood. M. De Savonnieres, her eldest son, at this Moment arrived, ( lame Mazel liv. from her family,) and at once sent Lieutenant Criminel. In name felf and bis two brothers he laid a formal complatnt before that official, and surgeons were sent for to €xamine the body. About dea'er in horses, Without any visible means by which be could acquire money to support such @ traffic. He was arrested, and upon him was found a watch which was known to belong to Madame Mazel. Pro- cess Was instantly commenced agaiost him, and witnesses examined. Gacrat paecns swore they had seen him at Paris at the time Berry bad told him that they were made by @ cat which he had attempted to i. Pay ag od and eee ree were them with ese found upon hi oe Berry was put to the torture, when he con- fessed thathe had concealed himself in the carret of the house from the Friday to the unfay, feeding — bread and apples, which he had put into is pockets, that on Sunday morning, when Madame Mazel went to mass, he entered her chamber and crept ur der the bed, where he lay for some tine. A terdinser, when M: Mazel was gone to vespers, he warmed himself at the fire, and, finding his hat troublesome, made a bight-cap of @ towel, tied up the bell-cord, and stayed at the fire til! he heard the enter court-yard. Getting back into his pry gon he waited patiently till the old lady been in bed an hour. He then showed himself, and asked for her —— but on her commencing to scream he told ber tf she cried out he would kill her, and upon her still continuing to do so and at- tempting to ring the bell he struck her with a igi Sy Kept on stabbing her till she oo ‘were | ‘led. He then lighted a candle, helped him- puke "ner ‘hands, face, cop aE ce ‘and | S€lf to 6,000 livres in gold, took his bat, leav- throat, and these last, bavii occasioned a | ing the towel and neck-cioth he knew not great effusion of blood. had been tne cause | Where. ascended to the , where he took of her death, for nove of the wounds were of | Of his shirt, a ing on his coat went themselves mortal. In the bed was found a | down to the street » Which he found open, piece of a lace neck-cloth, and a towel twist- | 8nd so made his escape. ed up in the form of @ night-cap, which towel or benno an the wheel and the par- belonged to the house, aud was inarked with | lemeot of Paris declared the memory of Le an “8.” The cords of the belis were twisted Penhdr pti OT og ee common re te tae cate ean, | expertenend Sulges had dagteea tier the curtain-rod; in the ashes was found a kolfe, seven or eight inches jong, the handie of whieh had been of tortoise sheil, but it oe all burned = aon ebam! was not sea where the maid affirmed she bad putit. No door was broken, and the two which o on the back stairs were both shut and jeeked from the inside. The of the 6. clothes-press was found in lia resting- place under the pillow. On opening the the purse in which she kept her card for, like all old dot of that wri roperty of the Abbe Poulard.” ig there WAS 40 empty purse and red lea- ther writing-desk, ich contained all Mad- ame Mazel’s Jew +) the value of 15,000 cutting the apple, cut her hand. The beauty of Joseph had so dazzled them that they were unable to take their eyes off him. Itis needless to or ea ® general feeling wife was qui livres. In her poe! there was fonnd the | that Pot!phar’s ite excasable. The sum of eighteen pistoles in gold. Undount- | girl who ber hands uncut, on being edly some other motive than had | asked to explain, said that the fostant she caused the tion of the saw Joseph she felt that it was no longer The leu t eriminel questioned the | safe for her to hold the knife, and she there- two women who attended on Madame Ma- | fore Rnried it from her before the signal to zel; they related succinctly what had passey cut the apple had been given. nm felf from the time: f h'« going out with | bad made. Some of the hair of the ruffian | NEW YORK FASHIONS. | Nets are ually ing in fashion | agai wear wl the hair is loosely plaitet or coiled at the back of the head. These are le as a ger eral thing of soft, woven bral:is, inough the Figure nets of thick chenille of ; all colors areequally in style. The invisib'e | 1 ets. composed of hair and coming in all shades, 80 that the hair of the wearer can be | pr tfectly matched—to wear over the front of the hi are fast gaining ground as protec: | tors \o crimps cr frizzles, as the case may be, ta King iu large measure the place of the littie mask veils worn heretofore for this purpose. For bell and evening coiffures, feathers : r2 Popular, especialy white aud creme ones; | also, very pale tints of blue, mauve aud Tose; these are used both with and without white lace. High combs are vow placed | much on one side, instead of straight in the cer tre of the back of the head. Among the | novelties in hoods aud other evening wraps | jor the head, are white zephyr ones, em- broidered in silks of all colors; also, cafulets | of eru Spanish blond lace, forming a sort of ani finished with bows of biack vel- Vet, auc these of black blond trimmed with caidioal ribbons. Biack lace is rarely used for millinery purposes, but the white aud | creme assist with gold, silver and. steel | braids and bucbles, to further embellish the | nate and bonnets of the sea- son. Capotes are the very newest models in bonn¢ ts, and show, in very diminutive fora itis true, the anticipated curtains; these re- vived appendsges, while not yet_ popular, are received by the elegantes of Paris, and itis t! ought will grow larger when they are More commonly worn. In iilustratton of the cUrt@ned capotes Was Seen an imported bon- net of ecru fallle and green velvet, the green bei: g the new shade known as the “dead- leaf green;” its platted front was very much turiéd up, and was composed of ceru failie lined Wits the green, with a small double green ruching and a green tornade th under towards the ceutre, where the AS 4 handsome green bow with your loops held by asilver buckle. The crown was of puffed eeru faille, and the space between it and the brim fillec with ® wreath of large velvet leaves; the ecru curtain was edged with a ruching failing over a green bow. Hints for spring wraps are gained in the new cloaks, which fall to show short backs and long points, but are invariably long and round, « stylish model, recently imported, extends its back seams about six inches be- low the waist over the tournure, where the ogy egy oem on in two deep box-piatts or | in the Russian plaits. to make the mass hang the rest of the way full and long. Where the corsage and ihe siirt unite is placed a wide ribbon sash, which, fastened | on either side, tfes in the centre, to fall in | ends over the plaits. Feather trimming is disappearing from cloaks, but only to reappear as feather fringe on dresses. A pretty costume recommended for ttle girlshas its well fitting bodicé continued tn & sort of plain basque down below the hips; the skirt is fastened on this basque in full platts behind and plain in front; the garment 1s buttoned all the way down the front with buttons the color of the dress, which is usually gray or brown, and there are, lite aumoniere pockets on either sic tle girls of nine and ten years of age have their dresses made in. prir ape, trimmed with work of fine mohair bratd, o black silk-plaited bread with steel edgin or with bouillons, tabs, pipings, &c., faille, buttons. cs For S baving a i € plain cuirasse and skin plaited low down at | the back under a wide bow of faille. The | paletot is very short at the back, not coming elow the sash bow, but lengthened in Wide square lappets in front. This p: is trimmed all the way down, the fron & Guilling of cream cisnmere lace bon, matehing tn color the mat rial of the garment. The lace is continued in a double border round the lappets and abor large pocket p aecd upon the lett sive, Lace quil- | lit cs ane faille bows also finish the sleeves ‘The two styles most popular for little giris’ | outside Wrapsare the long, close-ftttng pas tot, end the one just deserited —short ia K, with long lappets in front. th The litte hats or bonnets match in color, at least, the costume with which they are associated. | The drawn silk and equally popular with felt hats. In fans, those of feathers mounted on | bone, tortoise shell, ivery, or smoked pearl sticks, are by far tbe most fashionable ones: though the felded ivory fan, painted and carved, the stlk ones on sticks of ebony and violet wood, ornamented with hand- painted Towers and the satin and silk fans, trimmed with narabout fringe, are equally in style. T er favs range in all prices from 5 up t¢ and $150, according to the rarity of the feathers and the value of the sticks em- ployed. Very handsome ones are seen com- pored of natural-colored marabout tips, | mounted on thin ivory sticks; also ostrich | Lips (natural color) on amber tortoise-shel', Amber and dark mottled shell are favorites for both feather and black lace fans. Lace | fans, by the way, have lost nove of their old favor. In white they are made of the com- bination lace so largely used now in all con- fection 8; one of those seen comprised point d'Alercon and Valenciennes; the duchesse providing the ground work for the medalions and other ornamentations of the two re- maining laces. Painted designs repre-ent landscapes ard figures more largely than flowers alone perhaps, and these cover the entire face ofthe fan instead of one coruer.— N.Y. World. Yelvet the capotes are | various-shaped A Irying Mr. Bilderback, sa the Burlingto' Hawkeye hi morist, will not attend divine service this mornings The old gentleman is, we are pained to learn, laboring under a very distressing frame of mind, being greatly incensed against churches on genera, in ciples. He doesn’t like to talk about the matter, but we learned all about it, despite his reticence. It seems that last Sunday morning be was dozing comfortably in his pew, in the church of which he is one of the main sleepers, when he aware of an ap} tion glidirg solemnly down the aisle With a collection basket In its Bilderback braced PP, in in his hand other pocket felt that the eyes of the ation were upon him. ‘aod that was all he felt, for he certainly didn’t feel any eer bock. He nodded the basket man to wait ® Second, and leaned over to the left while be felt in the Band inside pocket of bis coat, from which, in his increas- ing nervousness, he drew half a dozen chestnuts, which rolled over the floor with a rattle that sound ged in his hot gars like the unders e iy pse. made them hotter still. ‘Then'he leaued over the cud of | the pew and felt in the other inside coat | ays 2d and drew out a bundle of letters, a tof postal cards, a circus ticket, a pholo- graph of an actress, a funny story printed on & card, @ pocket comb, and a long string,and his face crew so hot his breath felt like & hot-air blast. Then he squared his elbows and went for his vest ets, and strewed the pew cushion with quill toothpicks, hewspaper scraps, streetcar checks, a shoe- buttoner, some lead penci) stubs, and erumb- ling indications of che’ » & bitof sealipg wax, @ piece of licorice root about an fi long, a1 Th he leaned forward, and stung to madness by the smiles which were breaking out all around that church worse than the measles in @ primary school room dived into his coat tail pockets, and drew forth @ red sili bhndgerchief, two apples, a spectacle case, a pair of dog-skin gloves, an overcoat buttom, and @ fine @ssortment of bits of dried e peel and tint. Then he stood up, devoutly praying that an earthquake might come along and swallow up either him or the which, and weet wa into bis hip pockets * wn 8 ets, from whieh he evolved @ revolver,‘ cork: * Piece of string, a mem- orandum ook, and @ boomer ei "By this time Mr. Bilderback’s face was scarlet clear down to his waist, and he was so nervous and worked up that he nearly shook off his clothes, while the man with basket could bot bave moved away if he had died for Staying. And when Mr. Biiderback, in for- lorn Gespair, once more rammed his hand ito the trousers pocket where he began the search, the congregation held its breath, and when Mr. Bilderback drew forth the very pocketbook which he had miesed in bis first careless , and had since all but stripped to find, there was a sigh of relief went forth from every devout heart in the house. But Mr. Bilderback only, dropped into [34 a ToNGUE EXxxeRcise.—C-h-1-s-e 1 was pre- pounced *“k1-+e)” ard &c-m-e “as-ma” at a poe match in the rooms of the Y. M. |. A., in west 2ist street, last evening. C-0-g-n-a-c was defined as a kind ef whisky and propoun “*kog-ni-ae.” The pronounc- ing match is the reverse of the = match. The contestant ts req »nunciation after ue to give the correct ve word has been spelied, defined and written ona blackboard. After struggling through host of such words as peau, mesne, heredi ament, &c., Miss Mina Stras! took prize, a riebly bound edition of “Library of Poetry and Song.”—{N. Y. Sun, a THE Story oF 4 GoveRness.—Johanna c. » having been a governess in the house of Panteleon Gaauri, at 347 West Thirty-fourth strect, since July of last year, — —— THE HORKRORS OF THE SEWERS How the Cities are Poisoned. [Prom the London Times.) SEWER GAS. To the Editor of the Times: Sir -If my own experience of facts conceraing house dratn- age is, as I belleve it to be, a reliable indica- tion of the serious risk to ‘health which the inhabitants of many convenieot and well- built houses are unsuspectingly exposed to, you will be, am confident, a true benefac- tor to the public by admitting to the Times ® short discussion on the subject, thus elicit- ing facts and Arriving at useful conciusious, wish first to tender @ brief statement of what has occurred to me personaily,or with- in my own knowledge: My friend A bought, jn a country town, a large house, which aj peared to be in thorough repair. After sick - nessin bis family, he himself fell ill with searlet fever, aud then, but not until then, the drains were suspected aud examined. Under the kitenen floor were found an open sewer pipe and @ pool of sewage. My friend B, retiring for health’s sake to salubrions watering place, bought @ newly- built house and estabilshed himself thereia Smells and sickness sooa su ted bad drains. Tearing rs the floor, It was found that a drain from the stable had been carried under the basement; it had burst and they were living over a cesspool. My friend C, having sickness in his fami}, and losing, alas, a member of it, caused bis house drains to be examined. It was found that under flags which seemed to rest on the solid earth, but which really restedon brick piers, an open pipe discharged sewer gas into the chamber thus formed, the gas percolatin from that chamber through chinks and floor boards into the house. Eleven months ago, assailed in in tempo- rary but very comfortable lodgings by occa- sioval quality, I entreated the good people of the houre to bave their drains examined. A stx-inch sewer pipe, broken through by age or rats in three places, was found lying di- rectly under the flooring of the hall, 80 charg- ing the whole house with sewer gas as at- mospheric pressure or what not urged up the gas from the main sewer. I write this letter from a house in a metro- olitan suburb, which Lhave occupied dur- ng some Months, andon which the land- lord spent a large sum iu repairs. He wrote. upon ny taking it, a kind and polite letter, hoping that I might enjoy in it many happy yeurs as he had dove. ‘He little thought ne was letting to me & house standing virtually over a cesspool. Yet so it was. had been unwell before taking the house, and, most perplexing both to doctors and patient, the illness continued long subsequent to occu- pation. So after atime it happened that [ Was absent a good deal, seeking health in change ofair, never suspecting the drains. Those who remained at home, however, complained, and I, on my returngcom- plained again and again of smells. We hit on all sorts of expedients and explanations. Now it was the bath pipes; next the wicked dealings of our cook with the cabbage water; again, it was ill-ventilated cupboards; final- ly 1L was the rats. At last, however, with sickness showing itself in almost every room in my house, I determined within the last few days on a thorough examination by a builder on whom I could rely. The secret soon came out. Under the kitchen floor was the open end of a three-inchdrain pipe, vom. iting forth sewer gas; under the scullery door @ small open cesspool; and hard by both, and all within the four walls of the house, @ choked, badiy-jointed drain pipe, which had flooded the sci! of the basement and made it a reeking quagmire. This hap- pens in @ modern houre apparently in tue nicest possible order. Jn my case, I am told, the drains once ran in another direction. and ignorant, clumsy, careless workmen, in diverting their course, eft exposed the disused connec. possibly my neighbors right aud Jef are in @ similar predicament. But Ihave one more persoual experience torelate. Sitting the otherday in @ larze room Of @ handsome new building, a saptie smell affected both throatand stomach. I found that pipes had been introduced b a skirting board, from which, in am difficult to ‘ac tons which had at procet ded. Now, tir, my contention is twofold:—1. there is ho absolute security when pS Are brought within a dwelling house. Itmay bedifficult—nay, impossible—in some case to do otherwise, but the fact remains— to be safe they must be external. 2 That even with external drains, there is still no absolute security solong &§% any housepipe, how: ver carefully trapped, commanicates continuously with the sewer. There must at tone point be a break, protected below and atove the break by any traps you please, in the continuity of the pipe. Then the exter- nal atmosphere comes into play, diluting externally gas which might otherwise fi its way to the lungs of the sleeping Inbati- tants witbin, and against whieh two or tire: inches of water is a poor and unreliable p o- teetion. These precautions taken, the only scurce of ¢fluvia within the house wil! sl ort lengths of pipe, aud the pans an Which necessarily remain. Tuese, with p: rcdical examination and the occasional use o! disinfectants, can no doubt be kept prac- Ucaily elewn. May I repeat in two words my two-fold contenti«bY—Aliow bo drain to remain Within the house at any price; break the con- Unuity ofthe house pipes if possible, and veutl ate within even larger pipes wherever opportunity offers. I am, sir, your obedient servar OpORATUS. (From the Report of Fitz John Porter, Commis- sioner of Public Works of New York Many of the sewers, when touched pairs, show need of many thousands of dol- 4,8 to be expended upon them, on account of decay, from age and other reasons, in order to prevent the sewage material settling in the ls making, under the streets and near cellars, secret deposits, only made known by sudden and alarming diseases. In some instances last summer these deposits ee cellars, and our defective sewers, am informed, have driven people from — houses in some of the best parts of the city. (From Engineer —— 9 4 Bureau of Sewers, New Yor! During every year many sudden and dan- gerous breaks occur in the old sewers, which, unless attended to immediately, me rapidly worse, frequently causing damage for which the city is Hable. Besides, many of the older sewers are in a broken ard sunken condition, which impairs their effi- ciency, and becomes @ source of unhealth- fulness, and boay vt they may hold together for a time, should be rebuilt without delay. A number of old sewers which were laid on marshy ground, without proper foundations, have sunken fora long distance back from their mouths, which are upheld by the bulk- heads through which they discharge, leaving elongated cess-pools which can not be emp- Ueda, obviously endangering the health of the neighborhood. entire sections on In some puis of the cit, the sites of ola ids and marshes have set- jown the sewers and pave- for re- », carrying ments together, and in excavating the street pavements have been met with at different depths below the surface. In the present coustruction of the Center street sewer an old pavement has been found near the bot- tom of the trench, and in repairing the sew- ers in Grand street and South Fifth avenue Mey were found to be laid on a former street surface. The unusual settlement produced great irregularities in the grade of the sewers, and they became mere traps for deposit; so that it would be ch in the end to rebuilt than to be constantly cleaning them, to say D ing of other advan ‘The old sewers were so slightly built that many caved in from heavy jars on th over them, or after heavy showers. In re building the sewer on 5th street, for several blocks, instead of brick &@ wooden botto:n was found. The sewers generally on the east side of the below 23a street, are quite old, and at certain times the region between anda Zid streets, east of Fourth avenue, is alfilcted With a most nauseous odor, which is ascribed to this sewer, and the health authorities have connected many cases of sickness there- witb. In sewers like that of 5th street, the wooden bottom will in time rot out, and the ts way into the soil, Which may not be con. fined to its original locality. THE TOWERS OF SILENCE.—The prince of Wales and some of his suite were allowed to Yisit the famous ‘‘Towers of Silence,” near assem: ffs en bodies of the dead are exposed were the first Ei 8 Who have ever been ‘mitted to enter the enemy, tals of is strange place of sepul’ towers are five in number, are circular, and are so requiring to of — stone sli cemented toget ’» the it cost £30,000. If it may be assumed that the four towers cost on an average £20, a ther o Wwe should have a tenth a= ited in buildi ofthe Parsee rigid exclusivencas, hat in due, no doubt, to. the ‘veneration with jon which the Parsees regard the cone rpeeshatt aweed seria pinooat ual venerated, Sand 80 1s tne mother 2 i Berle rane abr a ape can ite the elements. ‘burial His Leves at Venice. Prom Ousider’s Sketch of Byron.) ‘The friends who visited Lord Byron at the = Lay ~ ize ye ap ye form and his pallid face gave him appearance of & corpse, animated only by the brillianey of his fatally beautiful eyes. Pleasure was consuming his existence. Among his pass- ing affections was a lovely woman of dark ectmoplexion, black eyes and sanguine tem. rameut. Tall in statare, avd robust asa venus of Titian, she was sensual as a Bac- chante, but incapable of love and of self- sacrifice. This was Mariana, the mistress of the house in which Byron lodged; & married Woman and the mother of a family, bat ready to leave all for the sake of the ‘poet. Byron soon discovered that Mariana was both violept and jealous. One day, while he was as to the sister-in-law of Mari- ana, the latter came in and gave a blow to the poor girl. Another time she sold a jewel which Byron had given her, and which he purchased again, in order to present it to her a@ second time. Byron soon left the house and the lady, and went to reside in the Palace Moncenigo, about the middie of the Grand Cw aloft Venice. This was the scene of the adventures of Margherita Cogn}, the well knowa Venetian baker. There are some who have compared her to the Fornarina, but between the only love of Raphael (or at least the ferred love) and this fancy of a few days—between that fountain of inspiration and this source of disguet—there was an immense di (ference. Margherita was @ woman of the people, in the bad sense of the word; &@ woman who | could neither read nor write; a woman ac- customed to tyrannize over her family al- most in public, Who concealed peither a fold ofhersoulnor a throb ef her heart, aud consequently did not trouble herself to put any restraint upon her actions. Lord Byron sought with much anxlety a place among those lovely islands Floating along in his gondola, be went among the Venetian archipelago to choose a spot where to planta willow tree, of which the branches, drooping over the waters, shoul be ashadow over his tomb, erected under the azure sky of the south close to the Adri atic. But, as if wishing to hasten his repose in the dreamless bed, he gave himself up to the study of different races, to the plastic art, to the Intoxication of the earaival, to orgies without iniermission. Often, turning Away weary from a festival, he wandered among the lombs, and there met Margher- ita, who at this time exercised much influ ence on his life. The boiling Venetian blood flowed in her veins, and excited her passions. She was tall, her shoulders broad, and her arms robust her face was handsome and her head vulgar. her eyes seemed to consume like a flaming fire. She loved almost to folly, but was jealous to madness. She caressed Lord Byron, and she maltreated him. She met him with the emile of an angel, and st struck ber nails into him with the ferocity of @ tigress. The golden pin with which she confined her hair served her for a stiletto. She was a woman to bring forth a race of gladiators. She might have wrestled with apy vigorous ‘Englishman, and have woo the victory. Her peculiar elouqence was in- terlarded with sbamefal expressions. Her ideas were no clearer than those of a primi- Uve savage. Her passions were as ardent as @ giant voleano in eruption. Her character was formed by the wind of the lagoons, and her soul was opened by the southern’ sun; there was something grand in her whole be- ing, although 1t was a@ brotal grandeur. In the Palazzo Moncenigo Byron had collected borses. pumbers of eats and dogs, parrots and all kines of birds; and this woman—like aw ve in astrange paradise, angry with Adam, intoxicated with wine and pleasure. But, notwithstanding her v eracity, Byron deceived her. One day there was a terribie uFroar. The parrots uttered indescribable rises, the cats mewed, the dogs barked, the rniture flew in picees, the Vene prs Strewed with a rain of little pavement of the palace—ever commoti shaken by Marzherite, who had encounte: f and had with hera terribie pattie, which was sustained on both sides with vigor and hero. ism. Imagine the fascination exercised by that poweriul nature on the wasted frame the poet. Her glance put new fire in the coid blood of those almost exhausted veins. Her violence and her unexpected blows pleased him like @ food tasted for the first time. He laughed at the impassioned let- ters, written by a public scrivener for a charge of 12 sons apiece, and dictated by the bakers wife on her return to the market with ber basket on her head. One night at a masked ball, Lord Byron gave his arm to a lady of respectability Signora Contarina; he was covered by « drmino and was quite concealed by ‘his Margherita arrived, imsulted the nd with loud voeiierations snatched away his mask. On another occasion she guarreled with ber husband, whose flesh she tore with her sharp nails. In the middle of ihe night aloud Koocking was heard at the door of Byron’s house, when every one was Sleeping; at the same time Margherita’s husband appeared and demanded his wife. The police interfered, and the woman was brought back by force to her forsaken home But she soon left it again, and took refuge in the Palazzo Movcenigo with her lover. There she assumed command of the house- hold, but she exercised her power in @ most tyrannical manner. @ue tricd to copy the air of a great lady—wore @ splendid dress, a Parisian hat, costly jewelry, Flemish lace, and the train of a princess. And in this cos- tume, and wearing gloves, which greatly tn com: ied her, ste would caten up @ stout stick, and flinging about her arms, apply 1 all around, from the dogs to the servants, 1: was wonderful that she made an exception 4n favor of the master, though nothing pre- vented her from reviling him. The Gorgeous Time that Wales is Having iu India. ‘Russell’s Dispatches to the London Times. FNAKES, Jan. 5.—The Prince of Wales, attended by Sir J. Strachey and suite, after @ levee and reception of the Delhi princes, and various addresses to the estguarees camp, drove into Benares, and laid foun- dation stone of a new hospital, balting for a brief to hear the native pupils under the care of the Church Mission sing. Tne children presented some lace as @ present for the Princess of Wales, which was gra- clously accepted. The Prince then visitet the Kajah of Vizianagram, and inspected the town hall, which has been built by the rejah in commemoration of the Duke of Ed- inburgh’s visit. Thence the Prince ceed to the Hindoo temples, which been previously cleared of all = but the guardians to the Durga monkey. Every precaution had been tal that pradence bemsew we The people were silent, but very respectful. fore sunset the Prince embarked in a handsome galley, which was towed by a steamer to Ramnagar, four miles up the River Ganges, where the Maharajah of Benares recetyed the Prince on @ Cog and garianded landing stage. The river bank was blazing with the discharges of poooages, 6 which thundered from the para- pets, while the battlements were illumi- nated, The Prince and the Maharajan were borne in gold and silver % shoulders, up the ascent from the river to the castie gate, between lines of matchlock- men and cavalry. Elephants marched on the left and Sowar camels on the right, pre- ceded by mace! |, Bpearsmen, @ad ban- ners, accompanied by very wild music. Sil- ver flambeaux and tor were held b; people stationed op the parapets. The wails end ped banks were all iighted up as in broad day. Before the gateway the Maharajah’s in- fantry was drawn up, flanked by men in armor. There was also a grand line of ele- phants in the court-yard, tearing gold and silver bowdahs. In another court-yard were assembled crowds of officials and retainers. The Maharajah led the Prince up stairs to the Durbar, where, afvera brief conversation, the servitors many examples of gold brecaded Dacca musiin shawls at the Prince's feet. The M: conducted the Prince toaroom where other beautifal Presents were laid ou: for his accep’ @ third room @ banquet was laid out, which, however, was left untouched. The party then mounted to the castle par- @pet, where @ most marvelous scene pre- sented itself The Gav multitudipous tiny lam of the castle, as passing between banks enjoyed the <r Soeeen fights of 2 F 2 Pr] $ Este Hat : H 2! A BE : i Tet e i : HE i iit ety it Pad : a al i ASLEEP. Wee bands so meekly folded Across a tiny breast; Blue eyes of drooping beanty, All closed in peaceful rest- Sleep baby, sleep—lie calm and still, And dream sweet dreams, and fear uo iil. Soft hair all tossed and tambied gatount a simples face; weet baby-sraile so fal, And full of baby erase Rest darling, rest—grow bold and strong: You'll fod iife’s pathway roagn and long. . . . . . . Ob, empty little cradie And lonely little grave, Ob, heart all crushed and broken— Goa help me to be brave. Gone, baby, gone —but I know where; Tl trust thee to my Saviour’s care. (Ww Reanislay en ~s | Captain Barker's Kicktes Gan. |_ Captain Barker, of Danbury, owas a gan. The gun is a smooth bore maskel of vener- able pattern. The captain does not like to | Joan this musket, aud yet he has not the | strength of mind to refuse. As a sort of | compromise he loade the gua half fall, | using it bimeelf, and puts it up in w | for the next applicant. As may readi! imagined by the impartial reader, weapon is rarely borrowe!l twice by Ut: same party. The other day a man named Richards borrowed the gan lo go on @ bunting expedition. The captain hesitatet in his w way, but finally iet him ha cautio him ‘that itwas loaded. W Richards got outof town and was approach ing @ bit of water where he expectel to find something worth shooting, he dropped the ramrod into the gun to assure himself that it was loaded. The ramrod went down bat balf way. Richards gave it@ sharp shove but it did not move farther. Tue charge baif filled the gun. Richards was startie!, and as the thought of what might have been the consequences had be fired that charge, he turned pale, and instinctively felt of ‘the buck of his head. Then he recovered, and smiled to himself, and drew the load, aad went on his expedition. Getting ready to return home in the afternoou, he loaded up the musket as it was when he received it. It was about 4 o'clock when he entered the square on South street. Several mea were standing in front of Parkington’s grocery. The captain was among them. When Rich- ards came up, Barker said. “No luck?” “No; I ecouldn’t hit anytht “How'd ye like the mus inquired the captain, with nervous anxiety. “Weil, it rather staggered me at the first; bat I got more used to it ax I went along,” =. said Barker, quietly. ef guess?” he added. “There ain't as good a gan In this town,” said the captain, with a flush in his face, “Itdon’t carry w “if you only know how to use it Is it loaded?” “Yes,” said Richards, in a suppressed volee, passing the weapon with a tremble to his hand that the captain might have noticed had be on his glasses. “Now, lll teil you what I'll do, Richards,” said the captain. “You jast put up your hat agin that tree,” (indicating one which stood abort forty paces d aow, 1” “It's almost a new hat,” said Richards, if hesitating, although quivering in every nerve, “but I'm so sure you can’t hit it with that gun, captain, that I'll ran the risk.” * He put up the hat, and came back and took position back of one of the posts to cery's portico. Theeaptain was s¢ tin a “and I'll puta ballet clean Uurough crowd I care a cent for, orl might at suspicion to myself by endeavoring to warn them to get at a safe distance.” The captain secured the right bead, the company were looking on with interest, and then he pulled the t There wasa terrific explosion a chorus of terrified yells, and the coufident captain was in the middie of the road, flat on bis back, With the gun tightly gripped in an out- stretched hand, while the crowd stood mo- topless, with & ringing sound in their heads which for the moment deprived them of tbe power of thinking. The captain was the first to recover. H worked bimeelf upon his hands and kne and staring blankly around, his eyes rested on Richards, who Was getting over the fence With hishaton bis head and @ demure ex- pression upon his face. “Gentlemen,” he impressively observed. drawing a bend across his brow, “-tuis all seems like & horrid dream.” —| Danbury News. Eating Thirty Quatis. A little more than @ month since there ap- ared an article, which went the rounds of the city press, setting forth the impossib! ity of au apparently very simple accom- plishment. The proposition was that no man was capable of eating thirty qualis im as mavy days, eating ouly one quail a day, the bird tobe cooked tnany manner that he might desire. Among the instances cited to prove that such athing had never been done were many vain attempts in England, France, and America. The most striking case was that of aman in Cleveland, Onto, who wagered $109 could eat thirty qual. seribed, and lort. A certain Main-street phant in Louis- ville carefully took notes of all these state- ments, and becoming convinced of the trath of them introduced the subject while at din- ner in his boarding-houseoneday. The pro~ prietor, Mr. Bronnert, the French restaura- teur on Market st said he knew he could eat the required num! easily. Thereayon the merchant a & wager of cham- for twelve persons that he pagne su fouid pot. ir. Bronuert Teadily accepted the every quail Raney Rese. In order that no cheating could done, witnesses for both les were employed, who saw that the of wager were faithfully complied wiseacres, ‘them mi 5 during the discussion of the —. caught up various sugges- riment, and were free to de- clare their belief in the impossibility of the thing. Some went so far astosay that a man would die before he could devour the there discouraging and terrifying optnfons ese a: ig ing in Messrs. Bronnert and De Maret were look- ing as well last night as ever they did in thelr lives, and were inhigh spirits over their triumph. Mr. ‘was confident tnat he could eat thirty more broiled quails, and said he would not be afraid to try it, notwithstand- ing he has been toid by two ipa od that he will bave a vi severe spell of sickness tn less than sixty da: He said, however, that the feat was accomplished without @ great deal of difficulty and suffering. After the fifth day he became had sick, and it Was with the force that he swaliow- ed the sixth bird. From Christmas day an- til January 5th he great nau and each bird was eaten with equal difficul- ty and disgust. He said that if he hadn't £2. angry every time he sat down to his A CORRESPONDENT writes to the gist’s Circular, describing @ mode of ment for lime in the He says: “A unelacked lime having got ints tls “eye, uns! ime got That the ‘at ali lime must be neatralized I felt I ut in amea- | | }_ DRY GOODS. FROM AUCTION. 18,000 YARDS HAMBURG ETG | atome barf tp Tee! ae de at the following low 4 yards at § conte 8 © varts at 10 conte. ~e eekeicne ate \y for ase. “eked, aod the Shirt ts read: : dcsen Price, $1.25, or 814 per ‘1 Vabrowry Bee wit dalance of ont DEY GOO! ©. B, TOWSON & CO., De chused out af about cost Penns avenne, south side, 71h MARKET SPACE, GEO, 3, JOHN: jeatcotr_ S©O- Tir mates By 1014 SEVENTH STREET. 1014 PABGA BABGAINS © Pecial center counter devoted to Drew Goods, ey closing ott at —% yera en All wool Fi Teduced to The, worth | y,Gottons, cheap! Androscoggin. We ; 4 Shetines. ae Por fare Good White Wool moka, $3.40 per pate Sores: fast colors. és. Very best fo. WM. BIRD wre | _janis a in} Li not ‘wer. | PRY Goods AND CARPETS AT ABD BELOW OOrT PREPAT, rt tno om ‘ents: ye spel aving o men ot ney Detter than to Keep Dry Bote ul west year—benee these in want can #ave their money, as extra ip docements will be beid ent to sell WAMSETTIs BLEACH ED OUTTON, 12%. FRUIT OF LOOM—end all loading makes OOT- TON GO ODS—very | | 10000 yards beet Mournfug CALIOO, (remmante,) KRESS GOODS sacrificed to close ont |, ASSIMERES, FLANNELS, BEAVERS rednond SAWLs of a at cost BLANKETS aod CO. 2088 good Brown UC Law _ jenis-tr_ | JOHN T. MITCHELL, | 931 PENNSTL 14 AVENUB. Just recetved and now opening, s full lime of GOODS FOR EVENING Was, | In Light Fitke, Orapes, Tolle, Organdign, Ganse Chambrys, Muslin Overdresu ana’ Ststeene Lremes. npowe, Capes and Sashes. Casbmere and Spanish Laces. | Evening Costomes tn Stik mere 8ill find onr stock te this Hine eo Gturactive @uring he seasen, as we are aking Ohl BS One Price, frou which no change will be made. JON T MITCHELEA, jenls-19t 931 Penusyivanis evenas. | BRODHEAD « © OFFER AT THEIB BRANCH STORR, 1205 F STREET, Derween 127H 131s Sravers, (OLD 8TAND,) LYONS BLACK SILKE, @1 and ap. BEST PRINTS, 50. WAMSUTTA BLEACHED COTTON, 0. CANTON FLA EL, se. and ap. EWISS MUSLIN, dsc. and up. TABLETAD ES, 300. and KID GLOV SS, 1 Button, S00., (job lot.) KID GLOVES, 2 Button, 75c., (job lot.) KID GLOVES, 3 Button, §1 35, (ail colors.) FULL LINES OF DRY GOUDS, HOSIERY, UNDERWEAR AND NOTIONS, AT CORRESPONVDIAGLY LOW PRICBS, jen tr anemia tacit a e pee 4 ona SILA. store fo tne ci co BSOLLYS, cos on opposite Patent HED TIMES AND HARD PRICES, ‘B00 yarde of the very beet CALIOO, &M. caLitoe of the very Dest plaia oe yest el aed ee Oa Wk Sasa Ss eae sp ase ae oro Raphi ei te a Mps, coeaeress ey sy Seretersip wees COs CHRISTMAS GOODS. BUY USEFUL ARTICLES FOR THE HOLIDAYS. LADIES’ CLOAKS, 86.00. BHAWLS, 83.00, worth 86.00. CAMELS HAlB SHAWLS, all prices, BBOCHE BHAWLE, all prices. BILK MUFFLEBS, cheap and elegans, LINEN HaNDKEBCHIEFS, 6 couts, GLOVES im great variety. HOSIERY AND UENDERWEAE very cheap. BLACK SILKS, @1.00 per yard. BLACK CASHM BRES, 65 cents per yard. FULL ASSUBTMENT DRESS GO@DS, ot 6 Bo. 310 Tth street, near Pa. ave. Satara Cotaet at areca Pt ee eee HOTELS. UNION SQUARE HOTEL, cent tos ot Ss Fema at