Evening Star Newspaper, February 19, 1876, Page 6

THE VeOracr emer fare an* nights eo still, #0 stil? — ‘Deelers satis har g Cappteg st and tow, end cor cur talpens will toe! * tkoow ; ke car the srtcog winds bow the Wot, wee ann fret. ae in the Beat, thy nee teen: a aS After that flourish of trampets so appro- late to the circumstances, Chopin took iszt's place at the piano to cry sing the echo. le composed then bis impromptu Opus 66, if we mistake not, and he played, | for the first time, some sages in G iat, which are in the midudie of it. That trans- rent Lolian music placed Chopin above imself, He bis mysterious con- Versation with tne spirits of the valley; tr | was between them and him a strange dia- ships and small <> gliding & Acker fearful aye we: ark avd cold— swift wanes mock abd leno on ev ry sida; FOreter teers: be mast DoT epar can po'd, fe thir k wo ear comid hear na if we cried: fe think God won'd not miss us ff we died: fe seen Soa sen. Spt plues,, ons logue, fall of whisperings and marmurings, erbat oar exes aed do not even pray. | Which resembled a magic incantatio int pewter | mistress of the castle was obligsl to snate Serbo clone Oerea kc iee | bim from the piano. ‘The fever hat come ond the body’ Shall we ever cease upon him. After him Pauline V_ sang ato- amile that through ench het ard siliy strife | mance, so tender and so native, of “La Ma- e* Thet dounte end fesrscould grow #0 | linsto” Theatr was admirably chosen, tor . | each phrase, composed of two notes only, we con'd fail to eee how God's cood band | Was echoed and re-ecboed fiom rock to rock ‘auchorir gs and our drifting planned. | With @ clearness which was ravishing to all. —see> a The niece of the lord of the castle next sang, REUNION OF ARTISTS. With @ voice fresh and vibrating, a popular air, which was @ grand success, echoing and Liszt avd Chopia. Teechoing with a particular pleasure. It Was two o'clock in the morning when re- fe have been aceustomet. for many years, | freshments were served. and they sang In hear Liszt and Chopin, but never have we | chorrs to send alast adien of gratituue to ors their playing as during the year | theecho. The dawn was already whitening . Itwas during my sta) at Castle B. the right bank of the Noir. The mis. of the castie, an tllustrious woman, en- D all by her genins and talents; but was loved more than admired by those | ho knew her, for her supreme goodness of . She was, at that time, entertainin | the horizon when we separated, buraing with emotion, but happy in keeping the | emory of that night ab ineffa erbie sou. ventr. “O where are you now, days of you nh ard happiness! Where ars you, glorious artists, so good,*o artless, so tnduls | yonrgrandeor?’ * * © Alas! the g hopin, and she had posi ly snatched | part are dead; with two exceptions, all are im from the vale of dea She turned | like the shadows of the past!—[ /[ume Jour.wwl. pm her maternal cares to . and it is to | - = “ influence that we are indebted for those Compositionsef that genius, so pure and Human Lougevity. “Ifyou want to know how you will live. fal emi actitioner, ‘go ait comsult the grav t ¥ bs | tors.” There cau be little doabt tnat inuer: ed qualities are widely manifested in. this 8S well as in other Vital pheromena La | tact, the physical improvement of facnilies | | &hd Faces would be difiealt to effect i the laws of inheritance are set at naug’ beantifal. There was, in that year, a re- fon of artists at the castle. {szt came, mpanied by @ star from the Parisian . @ hoble lady, as spiritnelie as she was atifnl, there called Arabelia, and who sinee, under anott eld a dis nbiime ea | hand, was there. who preserves, to | - bape gahe pre Fravklin relates in hie : gt eg any ance clei bed Fo completely those of one of his au ifter the children of the lord of the cast | Bronkiin'e piste thesititoretee: i mand daughter, wore A niece a: Franklin's birth,that 1(1L, ag A ee le caseol transinigratiou of sou young @nd en- | striking like . char: r of the | rs, Khas: ts at the Castle of Noir. We were hos. | brothers, Khasi bly entertained, and our itherty was ab- | 101 2 ate. There were ev dogs for those from ja os . distinguished Kaa-ak, | Segal boon poe osnss genrcl Weanekle £9 | the elder bs three years, nsuully resided 1a reed cies Spe rit ee gy st pterab sat offen trivel & Plomenate—every cue did what he Petersburg a tou es Liszt and Chopin compose anline V. : died her reve of the Pre nist ess e | the castle wrote a romance or drama, and x | otbers amused themseives clone. | py at (eo m. t6 o'clock all assembled for dtd rt en para Hi epi Cesc Me next | ond Lort were transraittet tall ¢ | ning. We wil nesey- | and Ts ee went | improvise the time | a ns ries Of 6 | m rt ort. etly of the ei bpecel © aa C8, | above all, of the rival pianiats, | Condon, eauiline nose, hese = | cy. aus Can ice Of perfection: Be | honse of Aust poitsh prin | ing in the world would tempt bira y ee known fis Ww } @ medivere style. Liszt. on the coutrary, | 10 | ways played, whether he played weil or | e | One night t nbled the great ¢ 8 Were ope tacen flocl- Ht the rom witha ehi; aud eongs of | enightingale and the perfnme of migno- | tise state Ma I require no te were borne on the breeze | y mi said, | am, I req t | zt played a nocturne of Chopi | Gicse ite a = a4 srs to your i ius | Mingto his custom, be enta ie fone | ch were not in the pearly = hundre | everal Limes Chopin sot im pr hey { ence. At last he approached the piano aad | fons & ; d to Liszt, in grave Euglis! “Will you co me the hover Mine as it is written & right to change Chey at the sigi wonderfully was he Vi e Pout contitet his tin nod apparition, lay a piece | hopin M On, well, play yourself, ject, who told him, si = sing from the piano. t : 1 Willingly,” said Choy > that, ia At that moment the light by a large moti, whic. | They wished to r the light A Hen of Character. fowls, wi early, le to ddeserib w seoner than ar made for turifi and was & marvel of d to breathe hed, ail exen were Pr yellow bill in thy ing her eyes in thank small “quark” pot to sham ity whieh most attrac’ her extreme embonyo stream giving and givir satisfaction, which won + You are e works like thine are +a pro- While other: anions bad an and bur ich Wes only bidden when thes the sun and dust, k earth thr nd with their ty je Yoursel P in C sharp slo’ Der, b: e—play | bask y Aud Seriously, as you cau When you | clears piu Silbis soul | breasts Liszt piayed the Adagio wt pdall his will. Then he mantfested to the | stan i fence anciler kind of emotion. Tox ith many seets, pt, they groaned. But they wer j and suggested fine pickings everywhere, opin bad caused to flow; through yard acd fe Curious to learn cruel tears, of which Othel Melody of the second artist did speaks. ot touch Why rh ch +sbould rule the roest for wealth of Tms, we noticed her habits with @ quc heart as ¢ St had done; itwas like the | tioning watchfuluess. The co:k, wlio, Ww pthrustofa poivard. it was no longer | hos scarlet rounded eye, saw here an elegy—it was adrama. In the meantime | a little yleliing spot, clu hopin thoug!.t ke had ecilpsei Liszt that ad of it, saying, “iow be Liszt understood him, and de- be avenged, spiritual artist And here !s what be impro- announcement of bis di. er him ail his eager fleck; they, fe hombers, got one eced, or luckily, by scram in | | bi three or four, leaving the rich, swe pets that they hud t found, to ran in eager ed. Four of five days after, the company | chase tor something new. Our hea was wiser. | all assembled shout the same hour—a | Even when he crowed, ant called, and time before midnight.” Lisztentreated | fretted, not an ich would she budge. ‘Hav- opin to play. After a great deal of persuad- | ing once found a little lump of grain, or consentet to play. Liszt thi de- | small, dropped head of wheat, or scatteret ded that ail the lamps anu tapers id | corn, no entreaties of her lord could make extinguished. They put down tue enriains | her leave them. Industrious and thrifty, d the obseurity was complete. It was a | every grain sue picked up carefully, and jee of the artist, and tiiey did as *- | then, with long-drawn, gentle squaks,#aliced At that moment Chopin we at the piano. Liszt whispe in his ear, and took his place. Chopi if from dream icg what his comrade wished do, seated himself, without n eighboring arm chair. Then Lisz Al the compositions that Chopin ha:t playe $ the memorial soiree, of woich we hav en. Eat he kvew bow to play Ath such exact imitation of the st sanner of his rival, it was impo deceived; and, indeet, they Bived. The san motion! When the ar @ quic! ted the tapers at with ber matronly tread from spot lo spot her friends had lett bebind, making of their | leavings her rich harvest.—(The Golden | dude. —____.. Sending Hares by Post. The arrangements of the post office are !n forme respecis inimical to private enterprise and it was but the other day thal a pe Tesiding at some distajce from Lantz) | Jug been requested by tue proprietor of a | Menagerie in that town to forward two hares to bis address, und himselfeon rontei by & postal resulation forbkiding the transic sof live apimais by post. be piano. Tuere Was & cry ol surprise red to him to chloroform the hares, ssemmby. calculating the dose 1 rier that “What Might remain in ao insensible condition u L the train was late, side ia out next 1 s were ver g room to be sex st thou?” a ‘aut pare sortin poughi it was Accord A sorter entered U 3 “Then seest t dawn, rough the letters and hea he wish and Missed “168, two * He look iezt r them high and low, bat in vain. disappearance seemed inexpileabie; the i of the deor was + the window burret Sometin. ard the w nanimously deslar fovised a that the par 1s | Westie thea before. “As tn ames; they ed roond the # are lece i dis by bin t ptors tmprovi of w cas hopin comp visit farted oul al toe laced at Was loo much for t pvered with er. Who wimost fell Pius, Who ent Quel herrer; a twect the iit “al wou mig | [ the 2 HS to exp the oo Reset i ere gitied vy r the expected consigom 1 DOWIE & ne eirenmstances. [tis $ operas. s¢ 1 198 and bis compantous ade tie Since their hurried ex i ~| Pals Mall ¢ Aporron Til, AND His Ca jent of the Lt Emperor Na agit isso strc acteristicofhim. It was his ¢ ment during his last Liness to muse ov covlection of caricatures of himself wite! bad been published during his relgn and after his fail. The writer thinks he was so mise: able that he found pleasure only ta nursing Lis sorrow: but there ts another ex! a possibie. The Emperor, who had lived much With artists, kuew that caricaturists, 1 | pumerous, rarely fail to caten a man’s inner weakness, and was studying the collection | to discover the quality In himself waich he be repeated three or four times. The | ought, in the interest of his dynasty, to have often amused themselves by mak- | suppreased. Unfortunately, his first def sounds in order to hear the echoes. One | were such @8 no caricaturist catches. some one suggested the itea ofcarry- | ther Cham or Tenniel could show that Na- ‘there to play some fragments of poleon disiiked mental ability, and enjoyed tie music, in order to hear It re | before ali induigeneies the meditative iucr- in the valicy. The idea was acented | tia which the Arabs call hep. acclamation, and very -on thefrients | castie took the magnificent Erard DR. Lropo.py Damroscm has arranged piano on their shoukicrs and carried | for three grand festivals to be given in New to the esplanace. York next July, in honor of the Centennial. under sim atthe end of overlooked esplanade, wiie: the , Which Was paved with marble. Tuey alle Placed there a tabie, with chairs and sofa, and it was surrounded with aa | railing, to prevent the children from ig into the ravine below. That passage for its wonderful echo, which was @ night in June. There was no! Hayard Taylor bas hak sag emir’ ated pent re but the sky was burntog with stars, ¢« osipg of the music to whieh is open for @ir was calm aod Sorocs. The competition among our resident and wative was openel at of the valley, composers. $500 being the award oifered for Liszt struck, with i. ‘og bands, the bestcomposiiion; all to be sent to the Simirabie “Hunter's from | Arion society before the 14ih of March. The which you al! k Nat- frstof the performances will be given at » he stopped At the fret amd second — Giimore’s garcen, Joly 2, with @ choras of to the retywnse of the echo; at the | coo voices, under the direction of Dr. Dam pause we were al! seized with trembling; | WSs & ew porm, an 'mmense ideal. The phrase was too long (o hear tive first second echo clearly, but the third and rosch, assisted hy Gilmore's band of one hun- g@red performers. nn s7-The Hartford Times says: “In various Jourtb,cr the echo of the echo, was re- ts of Connectiont bluebirts and robins Without losing @ single note. Liszt, have been beard tn the leafless orcnaris, at continued to aecelerrte the move. | different times in January aod Feoraary, What coukl we say? Each pnrase | and the farmers have done ood deal of ® subject cf anleut curiosity, and of | winter plowlog.” And @ Carabridge corres- Attentior | pondent of the Boston Advertiser thinks {i |, Bbow | withont precedent that a namber of night chanced wader the | Lerers ou the Charies river have not yet “vy Recent; bat | emigrated south ward. SAPID DAMES ABD GIRIS. The sae, be be woo he may, says he Lon- dou Word, who first developed the motern creed tbat it is the duty of woman to ren ter bevel the companion of mau by sharing his every pPUTSBIL. LO ma'ter at what cost of prong (it to herself or to him, has mach very Eyagh, to answer for. The evil infa © ce ons doctrine bas been incalculavle. Like #1) theories it sounded passing well, ter were to be sotened and refinet by te ir fiver: e ard the constant companionship of women while the latter were lo have their tLought- ennobled aod their minds enlarged » Uke oly ing Couversation of tue superior ex Ali those Woo mivgle much in the fashionable society of the day Kuow tolera- bly well how these fair visions have been ized, bow, in toeir impatience of the re- straint thus attemptel to be liuposed upon their maorers and weir conversation, meu have broken bou: altogetier, and, inate sd of curbing thetr speech iu deference to the Women who thus thrast themselves upon them, bave taught them to use @ siaog and to speak of subjects of which their mothers World not have urderstood a syllable. It is noi the meu who have bees softened; It is the women who have been coarsened and emtoidened to @ piteh that forms a sad sab. Jeet of contemplation to a thoughtful mind. The average Woman of the day is never hap- P) Oui OF the soctety of men. “Formerly giris inet young men at bails or parties, or when riding iu the paric, always uuder proper sur- Veillavee and chaperonage; vow from early doWe they are in exch Other's company, sheting uncha peroned tu the morning riding attend ouly by a groom, avd jolued by any f.vored eavaliers, and entertaining the same ne ateont ential kettlecram tea, or, if in Le country, are Walking with the guns, row- iru in the bouts, or riding to hound: But the constant manionship of the day is all too Mittic. and the more enterprising Sprit: bow deny their ale friends a resptte | from ther presence even tn the smoking room. Atfirstit was ooly Ue very fastest of tesky matrons who ventured ou this som: what Getermined act of aggression—ia- eed, so Imskly were they as to be inbabi- tants of that Cebatable ground where fast- bess ant fautiness are convertible terms, accoidipg to the ar imus of the speaker, and even they were oniy able toaccomplisa their wishes acd exhibiv their superbly embrotd- ered dressing gowns in exceptionaily fast acoally It nezaa to be feit dames could Lot be allowed on Of Ut © #1 Exception inarried wom acl, and then grad- lous Spirits into what arely muse vougt nally seme amone the girls found their w hereiefore been eonstdere te syniposdum— che | to the per resent the numereu terpritt SurCOL iC ht of the agonics th by their tors tor teve hab to Tank's ¢ is not ex-y forge’ he, and every other diseor + borue with ahero- ism Worthy ota t and firm pos- bof Uline of defeuse has atiained must be allowed thatithas uot yet be- wot 10 be eon- Wiany houses where 1g room they do t the know- pase, that wor- Tress Of th faiigued with the enutertain- ment of her frie: ing Wrapped in the ¢ just b: fore her lively guests have ves with ; and jends @ st thetr gor! rhaps tn 1 greater ment of seeree. to the enterta Ke to Know wh dames tink sus) ee! a fast woman of ever ding anytuing t t they i Was commend themseives to t adin ration of their nm: on thelr fast the eLeorrer of ) QoL see the | harm; bat bint at Jolie » doing tae | very at e regard | t | It free} mented on; lated tor comme pever 1 tnvariably com camaraderie being snbati- | Tespeet, Tony matiers are Opies of conversation tuat shouid ch &® wemnt’s eur, ana also how Ube lotruders are voced a nuisar ras _iinpossib D persua tual they ean ever be in tit ake (hem understand that bay 2, TOWed, played at bil | f with them ail the lawful vurs of the day i Ox he lett to thi a Society aud their ni nversation for one ni the twenty-four. We fear net properly @ppreciate tn 1 impiled in their fair friends? | 3 #\voWel Gisinelination to live with. stir cor stant compatonship, but are #plico account for it by the irreverent ob- servation Uh women are stupid, and bore ee ter.’ It bas become seo much tae with ae ain class of writers to tj ure! ine gatherings, and to co the dullness ble from the when alo those whe do not happen to ve the courige to think for themselyes Imagine that It would be an evidenee of Irivolity to admit that they were contented in the suciety of their own Bex, and are wont to resh Into the opposite extreme of never, if they can avold it, talking to any one but men. They would be wiser if they remem. bered that “variety is charming, and left their male friends oecasioval Intervals of repose, from whieh to return with renewed zest to Lhe delights of their society. Dor’t scowl: it spoils taces. know it your forehead will resemble a small Teitroud way. There is a grand trunk line how from your cowlick to the bridgeoefl your ore, intersected by paralleied lines running and weet, with curves arebiog sour eye and obt how much older you look for Scowllog Isa habit that steals upoa us frown when the ght is too When itis too w Ue our knot when we king, and Before you Ht waen we cannot ng there are plenty Phe buby in the « when so thing falls to sait— lonut scowl,” wesuy. The little er who it ron his bread aad butter s bis troubles fn the same way | when von ke of | Cross,” we | a and “worrlea to | and as for our- we must. Its s unbaypy; for xlad-teon, or hing toolefsome sort, and straighten | eTenses OUE OF! it fae s before they be | imtelibly e aved upon our yisage — | tiauat W | A_ Nassnow tAPE FROM Beran ALIVE A lar med Woods living tu While Pigeon, Ind., came very near having & funeral, the other day, before they had B corpse “A Miss Woods, aged 19, was imid sutin erave-clothes and ‘plac din @ coffin, Her gyave was dng, anda chureh at White Pigeon was opened for the purpose of hold- tig funerat services. The hour e«me for leay- ing the house, and with it eame the under- taker with bis screw-driver. He looked at Miss Wood's face, and thought he saw signs of life fitting thereon; he thougit this so trongly that he refused to screw down the coftin-lid. It was arranged that the coffin should be placed open in the hearse, and that the funeral procession should move to the church at White Pigeon, so as to lose no {me and not keep the minister and grave- divgers waiting. At the church the coffia was taken into @ private room,accompanied by We parents of the girl and two or three friends. A doctor had been summoned, and he came. After @ short examination It ap- peared that the four mile jolting on the way to the grave had stirred wp a good deal! of life Jy the young lady, and It was very evident. she wes not ready to bury. Thedoctor called jt @ trance or @ case of suspended animation. The parents told the preacher to pocket his fnneral sermon. the grave digger to fill up the grave and the hearse and coffin and nn- dertaker to go their way rejoicing, while they went home and gave their daughter a dinner ot ber own “faneral baked meats.” Al last accounts the Woods family had not bad thetr faneral, and the parents and child were doing well. 87-A Utica paper ealls Seth Green “the father of fiches.” If he is he has an excessive Jarge family to whale, and the blabbering Must be something tremendous. #2" A medical lecturer says that thin solea are the worst propagators of disease amosg wome Why don’the go farther and say what are proper gaiters for them to wear,— (Rochester szyrees | & wealth: j Mme. Maree! clety. “The presiient,” sitd the duchess lost in the most de-pondent antlelpations of the future. Tl echambers wi! ake | | &@ movement towal monk irerybody @ year ae John D. is, & well-KooWa merebant, was thrown ie = litve more than from his carriaxe and killed while driving. His wealth and business success, not less tan his eccentricities, threw an air of ro- marce around bis carcer and speculations Tegarding his lineage were rife; buteven the city in which he was born was known to only one or two of his most intimate friends, and the reason for his reticence in that respect Wasa mystery even to them. His personal intimates were selected from the cierks in Be » & Cos reiail store in Catherine Street, Jn which he was a porier and after- wards @ clerk thirty-five years ago. They krew him as @ bright, active, diligent, per- severing ycuth. without advantages of edn- cation, ard with a browner complexion and eurtier bair than was advantageous, in view of the prejudices then existing against taint of pegro blood. Rather through force of his pleasant manners than through bis own as- sertions of purity of race, his peculiarity of complexion came to beattributed to Moorisi: or Indian intermixture, and with those en- tertaining this belief, at ieast, he was re- ceived as @ social equa. After serving as Clerk an? salesman with E. & W. Cock & Co., and with several otter dry goods fims, he formed co-parsiers)tp with two fellow salcsmen, Jobn G. Haviland and William H. Lindsiey. He proved ts be an exacti gand suspicicus partrer, ard-oon association with him becamealmost stilery | ble. In personel expenditure he was layis), He pever married, but kept up an expensi bachelor’s establishment, fr quepting D Monico’s and other expensive pige + of j- sert, where it seemed to be hisanhition 'o exceed all others in wastefulness of 1 or But business prospered with bem ait grew wealthy rapidly. His tact ard abit as a salesman Were ack: owledged 10 Se rare, but bis unjust suspicion in bus.iess rejs tlons made parthersbip with him undesiratie. The firm's i ame w anged from Lewis, Haviland & Co, to Jonn D. Lewis & Co,2nd When the latter was dissolved the senior Partner was able to tum his attention to Teal esiate and gereral e eos) from | Which he largely increased bis wealth. In the early history of the first-named frm Lewis absentcd himself for a short time, | and rocte knew whither he had gone. Ou lis return he mate one of partners the | repository of wmost the only confidence of | his life respecting his family. It seemed that he bad core to visit his mother, and the | partrer was informed that the “oid lady | flobbered to much over him because he had got rich” that he did not intend to visit her Reain. His social history was emphasized | by several breach of pronilse suits. | «Lewis bad a pariow escape from a | felons cell. He bad quarreled with his part- | 1ei8, and was negotiating witha merchant | Lew well knewn in the dry goods trade for mission into his fim. In tome way Lewis became persvaced that the gentieman was | fieMmpting a breach ¢f promise euit agals him, and ove night three cesperadoes were arrested near # house where the merchant wes visiting. They declared that they had ecm bircd by John D. Lewis to assassin. the merebant, und Lewis was according! arrested on thé charge of conspiracy to mur der, He was lodged in the old Eldridge street jai d there hei@ until he had undergone a prolonged examination. After his death, a paper drawn in his own | handwriting and purporting to be his will, was cflered for probate. His property was Valued at $250,000. At least twenty five yourg women inspected the documentin the Surre gate’s office d went away in sorrow, their bames 1 ot being mentioned In it, The Cceument gave to Franeis Wilder, formerly Lewis’ porter, $1f.44;, Lewis Lake, a bame- | sake. Lewis Cock, who waa alsonamed | for the testa ‘or, $5.000; Daniel T. Walden, an ex: cutor $100. The will continu | “ALL the vest, residue and remainder of my | estate, 1 direct to be mvested by n « tors, and the Inierest and income be paid by them to Miss T lawfully married, ren at her cca 18 pro rata share to | j then, after dire purchase ofa Greenwood Cemetery and the erection a#ble monune At 4 reasonable cost, the testator continues: “In the eventof Miss a. lor dying betore she ts lawfully m eher interred In my plot in «apd then L destre the rest, resid TOL my estate to be spent " we ure buried terays of 1 OF tl whe: rot wy benesi her ch ies only in case she rema ix the clause upon which good caine convinced that a consangnineos r might successfully contest the wil Miss lor is @n inmate of a convent i: Westchester county. It oceurred toone of | Mr. Lewis’ former legal advisurs, on loc the | un into the will, at Mr. Lewis, wuile pressed under exarination asa wi Ove of bis breach or promise suits, admiite having been born in or near Toronto. A Personal was inserted in a Canadian news- paper asking toformation of the next of kin to Jobn D. Lewis, of New York, and thenee it turned ont that Lewis was the son of a Woman who was a slave near Wheeling, Va. She was more white than black,vutuer e husband was a@ full-bleoded negro. By him She bad two children, Henry Lewis and Mar. Lewis. Her slave husband was ciai # fugitive and returned to Kenta Saran 3 led with her children to Simcoe, r She there becaine the mistress of Canadian, and he was the father of John D. Lewis, ‘Tons Henry and Mary Lewis have become the contestants of John D. Lewis’ will, claiming as the legitimate children of Sarah Lewis, who is dead, ——$<—<——— Madame MacYaneon. She is a dark, florid, stout person, Mme. MacMahon, with the merriest clear gri eyes In France: and, faith! these are her onl} beauty. She is the despair of her mliliners, for Ler stout, short figure defies the graces of her art. She has @ passion for pinks and greens. But, by good luck, because she 1s very broad and not very big, peopie insist tbat she Is @ motherly soul. “Look at that back and shoulders,” whisper people at re- ceptions. “How homely, bow motherly!” Audas the buteher-women lean far out of lheir monstrous swaying carts to spy her grace As sbe enters a Shop from her carriage, “Mon dieu! y ery, “what a fice nurse for her marmots!” “But she has the merriest eyes, the pleasantest laugh in France, that is certain. She is always ina good humor. d she might, with great truth, say, ike Letebre: “Lf and my mar- esterday, to t nett rsi al president Nad th in these trying times io give entertainments. However, people in society had persuaded tem, 21d they bad announced four bails for Javvary and February. Tiers will be alsoa public dinner, and after thata reception once | @ week through this mouth. This will please the shop-ke make a littie move mentin the present pitifal, languishing s sha B. a person who she vor t the coostant broils in the eat depu The president r numerous letters asking for M. flret- Pasquier as premier: but he de uke; whoooes’ We esteem M. best. minister stuce our trou- | sis the way MaeMahon | Alludes to the war of 157 sides, our | dso the ehu No! tue tent Wout part with him without r ce. And as for me, you know, m finy,” says the duchess, “that people cail me # leelinnist; well, then, way should I not furey & minister who, f am a | fhares many of my sentiment Mine. de MacMahon ts content minister, you may be sure the Fresident will be also; that the gentlemen In the cabinet will try bard to be; that all the Cowagers, dapper aides-de camp, tough, old, yellow princerses (the household troops), ana the comb-and- brush gentry surtout, wil! hasten to salute the fashiou; so will the bankers, “ihe bakers, the ' candlestick- makers,” be content; and, finally, the press al east the seventy-five suppressed jour- nals, which are recently become free to succor an enslaved republic—will recognize this brilliant merit. M. Butfet, like the Bonapartist M. Rouher before the empress, makes it a point of honor never to pronounce the duchess in the wrong. And ‘tis, perhaps, owing to her patronage that the adroit courtier finds all bis acts applauded.—[ Paris Currespondenceof Boston Post. Hex Love Hap WANED.—They came ont of @ Michigan avenue grocery, he carrying o big jug, and as they reached the walk he sai “Now, Dolly, you the jug and give me that quarter of a pound of ten.” “I'd like to see myself” she replied. “Dolly, do you want to see your husband lugging an old brown jug throug the crowd ed streets of the metropolis—do you wan’ others to see him?” “Come along with that jug!” she impa- ion of molasses in Uently exclaimed. “Dolly, there’s a here, sud we know it, put everybody else will think it's whisky [f I carry It.” “Let em think.” “Dolly, if you loye me you will carry the “I won't ” “Then I won't! I've got twice as much character to sustain as yon have.” “Sustain itthen,” she said as she started | for the wagon around the corner. He called to ber, but she did not answer. Giving the big jog a terrific swing into the air, he let go his bold and it came down wiin an awful crash. Las+es ts nothing to principle!” he ex- pisi: et to the Littie crowd, and then followed on after Doliy.—(Deiroit Free Press. this able marshal- A actin is cf Madras tnctatine the Basie of variens divisions of which It is com. | hed, extends the coast from nort. to ». th for a distance of nesrly nine miles. it Olt ers from all other cities of maritime im- ag ce from the fact that it has no haror, be: wav Tho arricop at Macras ts quartered, e jomt Read, abo the tair other the ivd the thre 1 Ine tronta directly upon the sea, and ihe es. which sometimes rice to the remari- e beight of fourteen feet, break tmiaeli ately under the walls of the city. shore headin; Along the from the cantooment of ort George, where tho Engli xtends t & beauiifal shaded avenue ut sixmiiesin ieneth. From this road most attractive view of the city is ob- ed vpon the one hand, while upon te ention of the Vis}tor is coustant- Tawn to the beauty and peculiarity of suri 8s it breaks In ridgesof curling foam ¢ Lunered yards from the shore. Tras to uring tbe Visit of the Prince of Wales to | ja be Wis a witness of the remarka>is spectacie known at Madras as the © iljamin- ation of the surf.” This wonderful display of ar is accomplished by the cischarse of rockets | from the shi togetber with are | abe tive mat €: ts tidclal lights among the frothing waves around, and from the piers, scores of colored lights whieh @ltached to the life-buoys and carried ulin catamarans propellid by the na- * Many of there ligt ts are meade from jerials t are ipextirg and © are with rhe, donpon the sort, aad bura ct that appears almost ange beaury. errespongeat of the London Times —+ Never bas been s¢ y beautify render homage + and a enor, the Prix to prepare fe rong to the Ge Ried. And the triumpt Uived with lanteros, aud bore stars 1 device es the ¢ lard mil 5. aS WE the city, Alig aes at the fort, which uad bee: &s the best point for viewing the jilumina- ions of the whole esplanade as weil as the fire wor the royal party walked to the end ef the pier, wi preparations for (heir The rene wh! Sou turk ans. The Serapis, Osborn were it wd onter darkness and the beach the moo: a then re’ KK objects x lows. ih At ori bad been made. Seats wore placed Prince, the Governor, his fam the siit,outof the reach of tt buikiings along the beach, es, and iricmphal arches, ali br minated, formed a g ch rese steeples, column hward, where the ground lers Swept uy f na: falling on the biti the me ibe Prince arrived at the commander tn-chtet there was nurge from the Aaleigh, weeom- ht of WW) colored roc It reemed a8 If Voleanoes were ernit i umes of colored es. Presently 1 fires here and there seaward, aniids' ves drifting landward, like fre-ships from atar. There multiplied, dipping, gow & then through the waves, while occasionally came a light from the other side. It had ax immerse efeet. Suddenly from the beach dashed the * forms of Masouwan boa and catamarans, which, amidst the wilde: yell <dinto the serried rar ks Toam-erested breakers, and dark « ward were revealed, aS th lently on the outer ridg Th: never was sneh | Armidst a sea now black as ink. now lik g)islering jet in a eream: TAN men Were SWeEpt ¢ their crafts or were swe There for | the bine-lights, the rock } surf, remained almost u neve wa tt thou: He ui man quite enough for him that his eost nordinary spec To the visite €fleet of tne nt by throw ot Ube cases of ms Give fish Traits ns Seen by folu Pant. sntton Letter to N. ¥. Trituen American cx and disagreeable as rborn if he sets out w tention of being g Le eustom of the y Pas toa be. You will notice, however, the Erglisbman, unlike our peop! 1 scems 10 have # kenge Lhat he is in any making himself ricieulous He will se} © most absurd things with ine a asair of those who do good b; would blush to find fame. s America be is never disiurl by the ght that people may be faughing at hirn. ever Seeks oUt a tallor at once and de- ds to be dressed like the natives; it is be that which wa3 considered the correct. thing in London. If not like unto that worn in the ¢ on tt these his ¢ m as bh of gigantic ew York, it is equally unlike that worn in rapital of Ashantee; and he falls bacic »€ reflection that tt is not bis fwult that countries are as yet less efvilized than own. Hereat bome, too, Le puts on pretty h what he pleases and does very maca © elects to do. He mounts an ulsier plaid and striking color, sweeping the ground, perhaps. and with a Scot cup on a kidney potato, on p that even low bh So wh x in th umd) thir and lose r some pu char; is wa mich Sebi bis 1 that he gets bis rights not oue of bis sturdy y will with ch cap that Les on'bis head like an acorn » ROS calmly out up- farade, Noone laugis at hime the lata any one could do so never occurs to him; the small boysof the strect do not fol im and ask where he buys his clothes. 1 he sets out for Switzerland, in tour- nme, With wal&ing suoes whic nd strange shadows over th t, & lit box 1b ore hand he other, bis bath tab unc relia sirapped to his back, over bis shoulder, and # cotton hat ir idea that he cuts a q shis piaeid mind, and b with ali Lis bundles and station with all his mi, King of nothing but being comfortab! troubled by the thought that he may Satire the whtle houlner and shout in An American on the hand, setting out on such a joursey, d Sooner leave his sbirtat home inan rad isk of being laughed at by; angers for Sa, loo, the city mereh: ofa penny. fok bin“Small,” may imagine that asting time in pursuitof a penny t ht better be employed in making ing, he cares not at all; prominent in Hind stands forth ovly the single idea # Briton ts being detranded, and antil $ 78 him, for there Is nothing more saere1 he stir. And bystanders all sympatt 1» a Briton’s mind than a pesny—uniess ti bea fully dems drop br the ki.gdom. back thinks to be ri the for 1 only pow, you wou this after drivin; re sixpence, And before be will be wi Kept cut of either he will resolutely «nd it with extended haud till the hand 8 powerless by bis side; then he will bis wrong before a lord chief baron of And I rather like this falling on what one individually knows or ht, regardless of the jeers of rowd—dea! lo Jeers if they be uttered, hat matter. For we are very apt to imire any quality which we do hot our- Selves possess. A. sacrednes Standing round—in the cabman's aj when you tender him the shilling to to me there Is & peculiar particularly if there be a crowd ppeal, whieh entitled: +Look a here, go to treat @ man like son 80 far on such a morn- il t if I'd a brought ye, if he is legali. dnt would ye? know’d { A NEvApA Rannit-Hunt. — Another grand rabbit-bunt—the secout of the sea fon—came off last week in Grass Valley. John Guthrie, propri letor of the Sonoma Ranch, having determined to rid the viciul- ty of und vegetsbles for him last the pests which destroyed acres of grain season, had pro- vided ammunition and provisions for the attock on the enemy. Ten guns were mus- tered into service, and the hunt ¢ mtinued four slaughtered. One hundred were fired during the ern is 6 the r than medi wre tolerably well thinned ont now, hope: day in which time S53 rabb ts were ands of shor le,and Gathrie tisfied with the result. According to record kept by the boys at the ranch more 3,000 rabbits have been kitted in its im. ate neighborhood since last July. They 'S Gre entertained that their depre. Hops will be less extensive next summer than neres of pa Oh last, when they devoured about 60 ides potatoes and other yeectanie. “a ‘y le see ge rion a rs “reg farmcrs in many parts of the couutry Last year as the rs were in Kansas and Nebraska.— [Silver Slave, Jan 19. 22” Motto for the girl of the period: Vert gia back vile refrorsum—Don’t step on ail ~( dtostom Globe. riipsriga i ‘The Bon: psa Wanta tn Sav Francisco, [San Froneisce Correspondence Phila. Buw'tetin } The pecple here are crazy on t= eadject of Blocks. Mov, women wil child ea wil deat In them Yo ster into a corte lisbn ert and as the dark s the mad it he rem ar k= < op, sah. Quite 4 brdce x” You cen stock from 25 cents up ios ever; beds from the richest ma Cows to the newsboys, evn | an ) estate the eate to whieh th cts all classes of peop He inel tent wh cwn observa on. Pacific Hot The w | Soup to frontot the gentleman oppo-tie mo, & Promin ni stock ® OKer. whem we will call Smith. As he put dowa the plate tae walter remerkeu Ww go you think of Nevata, Mr. go the darkey, t for me iu the morning. Fish, sah.” “Yes, bring me some s@a buss.” She ish warfbrought, and tLe conversation continued «What coyou think of Oph’ “Weil tthinkitwil it up toss toatay Se got Efiecn shares of dem dat Ibeld a | £004 Wille. 1 bougut ‘em ats. i guess you can fell UC $@ too, And 0 ti wi per. Wilh een cours or ve © Blo t List shares ds na 1 gnees y 4 rT. sah” BAND sors ret them he fads seme or that he bas been bucking against i tbecn swailowed up. At krown opern : and Wlose apartm jt came downs to & days wrote ares in @ certain m ht morn: the ¢, Of course the woman told one or twe mate frieuds, they told others, and as soon as the ne bor fil Ubey coud pat up margins the ring began’ t stock. The stock bad been watered and oatshiers | swindl Some say that the operator whe foxtneered the thing relinbursed his badly Irtnd, while of grace io do that, | fortune bere he at ater. OF course among the hotels, | but beantis | Shape of a bow window to ew | Ite decidedly eruptive xppoara | terlor is bolas eieganily fio tosapy nol at all compare w The room and in u = respect does mer Housein nutortat fay nt OF Op. she te Bes ed, ist the ¢ veh a in, or mn Lucky Baldwt @largehotel, witt Ir any one cise we oP gevery bedty would pr esti . with beth hotels £8 every thing this man tone to gold; I euppose it will ay. ‘The Centeuniat Iattaa fuyasion of Amt rica For instane of the Christ arpertivg to form a 8 Artistic association w eAPELILON to tuere Ameriea,” gjoar. gives jowlng Sim and workin The grea’ mMoration of the cent« tec on of independence In of America, which will tak ost imy e Inters to be Gpened aL indas' umber of travel wrica Will be tumense” “article has evidenily & sav opinion w country 6 contain visitors 1 10 One city.) “but the cistaces to be she language so lite kaows am wi the jour: ing sullable accommo? to pay exorbitant prices, cll Ltted to deter asd stucles ULote Whose means aod leisure we ancertake t les To dissipate these fears and to guide tert enterpris F Unguisbed et stituted it in- toa committee at Milan lo promoie, direct, and facilitate one or more expeditions which are to be cumposed of young and old desirous of instructing themselves or of fishing thelr education. These persons will embara on first class steamers, chosen for this object, ut Genoa, and will travel to Philadelpuia iirect. Sach expeditions will take place be tween J acd August, the time of year bestadapted for the voyage, and the com. mittee, which bas already found imitators in Liverpool under the name of William Penn Society, and in Atasterdam the Knick- erbocker Soclety, calls oa all italian iov: of science and progress to join these expedi- Uo: inevery city of any importance in Italy there is an office establisued to facilt- late arrangements, and these ofices will mein open Uli the end of this month, Janu- ary, "There ts a@ certain comicality #bout the plan which willatoncestrike you, and it is well followed up by the manifesto itself, Which bas these expressions to set at rest any fears of Invasion which America | might possibly entertain: “That me p pal cl ject of this pacifie expedition ts delicate wi sympathy *, deing @ demoustration of A very large- i Americ pedition or cor » Hieket ts Only 1,2 he extras being asilver mei coostitute the distinctive pher Columbus.” A Mysrexy EXPLatNep last summer some litte © caused in th borkued by repeated, Wat a strange water mouster bad been 8 sug the islauds at the head of ke St. Francis, by Indians and o! a Smaliman, of Du d scen it several t trance of Saimon River, itit invariably disapp mult in tne water. Sor h eved that it was A Seal tout had f ne Lower St. week, howev noibivg i nd its way Lawrenes. With’ T, Ube mystery has been solved. Happenice tocell at Mrs. Night's, on the st Front, on Wednesday last, Mr. Dicklx son, of Cornwall, was hurriedly called to the river side by young Mr. Night to cee some Strange aniinals that were disporting on t lee near the foot of Coruwall isiaud, Dr. Dickinson procared @ feld giass, and imme. lately came to the couciusion that the aui- mals were genuine seals, enjoy the liber- ty which au air boleiu the ice bad ted . Bow these animals got up the rapids igs puzzling, except on the hypothesis tnat they mace at part of the Journey by 1 fo Their presence even in very limited nambers among the is}ands below rawall may be held to account tn @ large degree for the ab- sence of good fishing of late years, and the scarcity of We larger descriptions of fish like the muskinnonge, which is now seldom caught in our waters.—[Corawall (Can.) Ga- zeite. s7-The newest thing In twins Is the pro- cuet of Giasgow, Ky. They ouly weigh two pounds and a halfeach. and wouidu't make &@ moderate lunch for @ Fiji Islauder.—{ Hart- ford Post. SF The lovgest night in Norway lasts Ubree months, and, when & young inia goes to wee his girl, her mother, before retiring, tells ber uottoruin her health by sitting up more than two months.—|Cricayo Zri- bune. ea Young ladies can now be seen oil! the gate hinges. They dox’t do it for feeling of love for the gate; they do it to vent the hinges from “singing” when family is wrapped in sluimber.—| Hartford Post. 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