Evening Star Newspaper, January 31, 1880, Page 3

> THE VILLA POTTIER. A STORY IN TWO CHAPTERS. CHAPTER I. “ As for that,” said our notary with a shrug, “there are Umes in all men’s lives of which they do not care to talk—periods of failure and de- pression—and in the same way we French are a too fond of talking about the late war; so Ict us pass to something else.” We had been dining with our notary and were now taking our dessert in the garden, a rougit, unkempt kind of place, but. picturesque, too, in {is wealth of roses and wild, tangled creepers. h the heavy wooden gates you caugat a of the Seine, calm and placid in the en light of a summer's even ing. Beyond broad expanse of river ta'l poplars caught ast Tays of the setting sun, and between band of purple Suggested a distant far away hills. ‘The last glass of 1X, rivaling in color the glowing the sky, Was abotit to disappear. Rost cleat bonne, stood behind us hugglag coffee-pot, one man was rolling up another tighting a cigar, whil ie acigal notary’s hand instinctively sougat ‘his aid one of the giv urning to have beeu ta alking of the 1 these gentlemen a few thiag: u told monsteur of the with our master’s they burned tn the n » Prass! nee andl the Such are the impressioi great events ordinary rind eried the notary, Abd ts it not Ue Sate us?” In my ewh nina t tira of the war occupy less space than Uhe Insignificant part played by ul r that In spite of his alleg-d ice TO al about the war, the worthy y had a story on his mind, and tt require 1 pressing om the part of his frleuds to ‘It was quite € rel not Att te ebeit it. asad, dull time,” he began, “as most “uber, the time of the Prussian occil- pation. ‘The tuture was wrapped in gloom, the present hideous with the perpetual’ sense of humiliation. In my own profession there w little or nothing doing; no. n age contracts, no transter of Jands. If you would borrow there Was no one to lend; indeed, coin was almost unknown among us.’ Our banker had ted to Paris, and was there shut up; and thos + who had money buried {t in the ground. You will remember, Pottier,” turning to one of his guests, “the cireumstances under which I con- fided to you the whereabouts of my own stro box.” Pottier nodded gravely, and held out his hand to the notary, who pressed {t warmly. 'S in those days or sadness,” “I took refuge from the ntemplation of my country’s misfortunes t: pursuit of studies, partially suspended fro.u the pressure of more urgent. busin Tbegan to prepare a long-delayed monograph on the geological structure of the basin of the Lower Seine for our local society. I doubted very much whether our society would ever mect agaln. I thought it most improbable that my paper would ever see the light, but I went on, ‘ndly, hopeless! on. ‘Two younz Prussian officers we e might have bee Prussians to me—and as indi ing to complain of in them, guige fluently enough, although with a vile nt, and the left my only brother, almost a son to mé well-loved moth pn her death-bed h futed him £9 tm P had ju about to become an pherese, “the charmin, daughter of M. and, indeed, the necessary notices had Pottie! been given at the mairie for their marriage, when the progress of the Prussians necessitated postponement. I had purchased a substitute for him in the ranks of the arm thing per- mitted in those days—but he had thrown in his lot with those who were fighting for their conn try, and madly, as I thougitt, had joined one of those trregular bands of frane-ti who, to say the truth, were almost as formidable to their countrymen as to their fo: Not a word had come to me from him for many weeks. “The Winter was fmghtfally cold, you may remember, and the river was almost cove with tce—ice in huge masses, that went down with the Ude, jarring and clash dismally. Never such a desolate hen upon our quay. il npoa ver, not a boat could v nture out nor were faces in the street, unless under a T sat one night’ in i 5 sti tite still, except the measured a OL ase ulry outside. ily u on me, that Sel m: rom a Sen ence. The step approa in the distance, with a beat of a pendulum; and then when the pendu- Tum had reached thest limit T heard a Low tap at my lbr low tap, such as my brother used to give ¥ ming home ate, he would find the house ‘looked up and every light but nine *f opened the windo to be seen but fox, Ly me this mes- ss vold without, Sof the past can Lt of what Tnad sles nl aby til she now Durst In. of that young woman ii have dreaded the inva- awkward! pile of books h foot into the mid: uscripts + Will you be gone?" I re almost terror, or dand dark flashing other, © When the first but subdued t to reproach omworthy iewed by 0 would be no hope for one thas alunost $ fessed a spy. “I know, h you Inno Gibe than ; the —I borat ing 1 me in t r 1 b3 “but T could hin. m not losean tnsta Was frightful and 1p w words how he til position. Mise 1 had found Prussian to be placed in this f. false informatio tive aped. great self time, €: country about, and antry, to whom he was most: little band he and > good Wilt of Lire pois y well known ved to elude pi suit. And ni nd refuge in o those sunken paths that here and the Sect the forest, and close to which began the extensive grow; Of the Villa Portier, the residence of bis tau And then Ern forth from the provisions and future route. and deep, ine pools and qui guard nd, & circle of tt arbot the tite WIth the so sad the vari T it earnest e river—in a narrow ra- a stall stream—the i idly halfway across on thes—and at the rurther e awater mark in ihe form o! on this island had been Luilt a simul It; Seto NK the channel, rk with a wooden hut for the lightkeeper. ‘There were no pee in the river now, and the lignt- house staff hud been withdrawa; but the Pras- slaps bad not thought Nt to occupy the little island, which had seemed too insignificant, per- haps, to attract their attention. Ernest anxious- iy look the bearings of the lighthouse from the confluence of the littie stream. He saw that it | Hana in es | whom dep the Ss | will draw out the ¢ and live for our sa | me they are lost. | uselessly to ‘bring severities upon the pe: * they could only reach it unobserved they might ‘be able to cross the — channel beyond. A raft couid be improvised quickly from ‘the tim- bers of the hut, and once on the other side of the river—a sort of nextrulzone not yet inelu- 2 Served rch. to reach our “ Sen armye ses ma: “- Yes; that is our way,” sald Ernest; in me the chart of the river, that I may com ny comrades, who are hot accustomed to pilett obedience . And now, my dear brother, T I taust find my way to the Villa Pottier.’ He con- cealed the chart on his person, and wrung my band with emotion. “At this moment the outer door was flung violently open with a great clatter of military accoutrements—my two German oiticers comt int Ernest cast a hasty burning giance aroun and snatched up a knife that lay on my tabie, a curious silver-mounted Circassian Ty which had been given me by one of my trav- eled friends, and which I commonly used asa ay er-Kuilfe. ‘Tlush,’ I whispered; ‘they will not come here; they will go to their own rooms.’ ~ But to-night, of all nights, my inmates de- arted from their usual Paes They had en Supping. with comrades, and were merry and excited as if with wie. The ie usually Pai forthem tn the passage had been acci- entully extinguished, and seeing the glare from my room, they advanced and stood in the doorway, peering in with an owltsh expression of go d-hature on their blonde stolid faces. “"Sews for you, worthy cried the elder ‘Ver ture not out to-night; for after the hour just struck al! circulation ts forbidden except with a special pass. ‘The sentries are doubled, and all 2 eon the alert; fora nd of assassins—francs- treurs. call themselves—are lurking in the forest oe thought ‘that the aaa of Ernest's eyes: from under his capeline, bustlly pulled over face as the Prussians éntered, would hav trayed him; but our foes were ina happy. eriiical frame my compenion at the tirst moment, dazzle the glare of my lamp; and When th supposed Susette, they ex! began to laugh furtively. unconsciously assumed leaning over my a servant. An un broadly atout Suseite. “He Favst,’ cried one; ‘the sage turned into t trayer of innocence.’ They saw that I gered. and only laughed the louder, E ind me befling with rage, and ready ia ment to spring upon them, “We are two for two,’ he muttered, under his breath; but I held up a warning finger, T' thing was madness. In the extremity of su: pense and danger, however, I found a luminous idea; a way of averting the present danger and placing my brother in comparative safety. ““Messfeurs,’ I sald gravely; ‘I am glad you ¢an amuse yourselves with such a childish joke. My servant here, about whose presence you are pleased to make merry. has brought me an ur- gent message from my friend, M. Pottier, of the villa on the heights.” “Ah, we KNOW him! Prince L. 1s there, and some of the headquarters staff. ‘There is a charming daughter, too. Ha! ha! our Princess know how tochoose their quarters. They share the penchant of savants for the rustle of a pet- un- of mind. They had not noticed he stood © familar for Again Ithought that Ernest would have flown at them; but I warned him with a glance to be patient. “My friend, M. Pottier,’ I sat ‘will inform the Prince of the mottv, to him.” “Oh, no, no!’ cried the Germans; p ‘ay don’t vords; we were only jesting you have had your j ” T sald, re- my good humor, ‘perhaps you will giv. our help. madame Pottier is dangerously ill, a requires rey professional assistance to rrange her affairs. It is a matterof urgent sity. Susette will aceompany me to the with alantern. Kindly give me the con- tries safely. young men became instantly grave and sobe:ed. ‘What you askis impossible. It is forb dden to tell the password; but we are anx- ious to obige you. Come, we will ourselves acccInpany you, and pass you to your destina- tion, “This was a favorable turn of affairs on the whole, for the presence of these officers would insure us a; inst detention and awkward ex- aminationus. Truethat when we reached the vilia they might see the real Susette, and thus detect the false, but sufficient for the moment were itsown perils. I extinguished my lamp at ones, and went out into the street, I holding fast by the supposed Susette on the ‘pretext of We passed a Ine of sen- Iciting challenges at every moment. At zh One post we were stopped, and a low sation would ensue Detween' our con- on duty. The word passed on, our hearis be- ing to beat once more. ‘AS we Cescended the hill we emerged from the fog into a clearer atmosphere, and were soon in sight of the house ot Pottler. The lower rooms Were briliiantly lighted up, and the Strains of musie could be heard—clarionet and ho:m—Iin a gay dancing measure, with the rush of dancers’ fect, the mtirmur of volces, and the hi making Merry over his country But aS we approached the ¢ Through the long windows we »] a number were been un- Of that I it seemed two swor aive of rank inherent in 1 to intrude upon them. T w aid walt, on the terrace, and begyed me to lose no time.” notary brok with her arths fv seeing Rosalle ap- of bottles and jars of “Rosa- CHAPTER I. “Yes, try the Kir s ze notary; “the only reininder of the German occupation thatis not altogether al? S tried renounced good, and our host, having hi swallowed a glass of the compotind, and m v wry face over It, proceeded with iis story treshed. me one had been waiting for us at the Poitier, for when we reached the st deor_the great door had ben abandoned to tue use of the Prassiin Inmates—it was opened quickly and nolselessiy. I received a soft warm pre nd —not intended for me,alas! a pressure that made me for the moment feel en- Vious of my younger brother, even in his pres- ent plight. "Therese had been waiting at tae door liste! est’s foatste “tor the younger iid not altezether trusted, 2 i who was known to be zs poor St though. fy e by the troubles adiul time, The ; yin his awn prop: holding her er e let him go— his A Upon ppluess of two fainilies, Should ded the ha ence of i begay broken voice, ‘m teetion of her moth her in the troubles her, Here we a T fcned to-night, and to- aot. uf have a protector. hiurtnured Eraest; Therese tomorrow: Olt, tay dear belle ince But my comrades who you tempt me sore it in the forest?” “T own that I forgot for amomentthe claims of honor and patriotism. I thought mM deceased, recalled only her tt bg the ‘much-loved Son to my Remain here, » Teried; ‘remain here in the name of our dead parents Ibid you remain; your comrades shall be warn But I am thelr leader,’ he sak ‘Tell me, my frien asylum be found for them in this pl: “We looked at each other, but felt that it was e them. With every house TS, and a strict wateh kept upon all, to attempt to harbor this little ba: would bé only to lead them to destruction, and | ble inhabitants of the town. Ernest we could He 8 Dut tu rest must save themselves. saw the answer in our faces. “Then I must go.’ he ered, “Speak to him, Ti ” i said to the young rege, girl; ‘remind him of the rights that you hav: Quai him. | Forbid him for your sake'to throw “Y watched her face anxiously, the ingenuou face of a malden who had hardly left her moth er's side since in: fancy, who had known no worl! except that of the affections, and whose softly- os passion had been engrossed by on» alone. He was ali the future to her now, thi bright young lover, as her nts had been ai her past. Surely, the mother’s votce would fin! an echo fn her. 100, would bid him to stay How could he resist her voice, the gentle ap re of her tears? for tears rad unheeded dow her cheeks, while her soft, swimming eyes wer fixed upon him. A sob quivered in her steade throat, and her Up trembled like that of a cht in deep tribulation. But her voice was clear and firm as she cl her hands on his shou!- der and said, leaning against his breast: “*You must go, Ernest. If I have the right over you, as they say, still I must bid aon $0; itis ter'to die with ‘honor than live dis- graced. ““We all wept like children, for we felt that ing iin fort to seta eat “0 PO% send- The merry Le er) Prarie now broke out house shook in wild and the Sry a whi eee a we gal Stealthily together and in silence: and eet eng sera “That eT lay in bed, but tlle or with clothes on, indeed, and a cloak de me, to throw over my shoulders. It was a cruel night—real wolf-cold, and I thought bi - terly of poor Ernest in his miserable bivouac bring release or death. At three o’clock the tide would be 3 ee S' 2 ‘ E z é LU hour fixed for the attempt to steal through the es, As the clock struck three I rose | and went to my window, an u) window which the river. fog had cleared away and the ing a htly. The frost had co! led the JF, everything was covered with a Ww tte shroud, By the soft diffused light the land- scape was visible in a faint, filmy way, but I strained my eyes in vain to make out the = where I knew the lighthouse to be. _I could se. nothing distinctly, although the frozen part. of the river showed all ghastly white with a dark channel os deep water winding through it. “Then I heard a shot—a second followed a moment atherwares and then 2 rattling fusiliade all along the line, fearfully distinct in the still night, and rolling back from the hills In thua- ceTous echoes. - A trumpet rang out a call to arms. My inmates were at once on the move, and in a few moments were off at the double to the place of assembly. The town was now astir, every house gave forth its complement of sol: diers, and the peaceful inhabitants, aroused from their slumbers, peered cautiously out from behitd shutters and blinds at the gathering troops. Something had happened, and hope whispered fondly, something wroag for the Prussians—zn evacuation, perhaps, follo ving some crushing disaster. We dreamed of sucn things then—of armies breaking through our fron bonds, of victorious legions issuing forth from Paris e dreamed of ch thiags, to awake to realities ot a woe and disaster. “After awhile the excitement subsided the troops returned to quarters. Also came b: my two inmates. They did not go to their roi ‘They stopped at my door and Knock=d gen With a swift presentiment, of misfortuae 1 opened to them. ‘ What is the matter?’ I asked “‘Nothing, we hope. Asmall band of your. countrymen ‘tried to break through our lin 's and cross the river. One.was Shot by a man of our: company, who hastily searching him, found is map.” “«The chart was there before me—the chart that Ihad given my brother the night before! It was all tooclear. The poor boy “had fallen. I cae away that our ene:nies might not see my grief. a moment, we notice that your name is stamped on one corner. You lent it to a friend perhaps?’ “To my brother—my only brother—whom you have killed.’ “The two murmured some sympathetic sen- tences, with looks that seemed to say, ‘Do not think us to blame.’ Then the older went oa to say: ‘The map we must deliver up to our supe- riors; but the name upon it, leading to the in- ference that {t had been lent by the owner to one of these irregular soldiers—would {t not be an act of common prudence to cut itoff? See, here is a knife; we will turn away.” “No, I would not avail myself of the chance, It was not for me to disown my brother in his hour ot deata. Let them do what they liked with me. Still, I was touched with the good feeling of these two young fellows, who p haps risked a good deal to Serve me. We ev £00: a shook hands, a thing 1 had never thought to do. ‘They were brave fellows,’ they wats; «whatever happens, do not’ blame us. part friends.’ “T slept after this, quite worn out, a heavy unrefreshing siumber, broken just at daybr2ak by a tramping of feet’‘past my window. A de- tachment of Prussians was hurrying past, and in the midst a stretcher borae upoa men’s shoulders, the burden hastiiv covered with a soldier's great-coat, but showing the rigid lines ofacorpse. Was it Ernest? I hastily prepared to go out and see, “dust as Iwas going out a was a loud knocking at the great door. I opened, and there siood a sub-officer with a guard of sol- diers. They hurried me away with scant cere- mony, and in spite of my protests at thus being made 'a victim of barbarous force. People Whe were going to work looked back at the proces- sion and murmured: ‘Ah, there goes poor M. Brunet. May the bon Dieu be merciful to himy just as if it were my funeral. And this I felt it to be. “TI was marched into the Loss hall of the Mairie, and there I found the Maire, dragged from a sick-bed; also the worthy Pottier, and the rest of the Municipal Council, each under an escort of bayonets. It was thea, by the way, as wwe waited in silence ana suspense our fate, that I intrusted to my brave friend the secret of the exact spot where my strong box was buried. Soon after a fierce white-headed General ap- peared, and snapped out a rude address in his native tongue; rude and malevolent we felt it to be, and even when softened by translation into our own language it appeared sufficiently trucu- lent. Last night, or early this morning rather, it seemed that a sentry had been killed at ue post. The culprit must be found, and han i over to the miiliary authorities with suffic evidence to sastity his being shot. ‘ Disper: and use every effort to discover the doer of this d eadful crime, and meet me li the culprit, or by Him in shall dle for It—setile amo: lay, stiff and stark, a knife driven in! f ver-mounted dogs: priated. “Man of peace a3 I am, a bak Whom arms arc} ae ul, Lielt a fe ce throb , joy a3 Isaw this provt ormy ».o! He had not ¢ Pitter + now formets justity the deed take Ube burden of It. “epell your Generil? turning to the oMicer who had us tn eaarge, ‘that Ektiow the man who did the deed; he was ny brother, bit it tides no assassination. bat a ow straek > lives of tive good Frenchmen. The knite that did the deed Is inlue, and if anozher vietim is required ‘0,’ cried the brave Potter, my son; it 15 my right to “*Settle it among y roughly. “And we were thrust into the street, with orders to come back at noon precise! Potter walked back with me to my house. there sve saw two female figures, tn deep mourning, and closely veiled, waiting for us in the passage. Madame Pottier had Tisen from a bed of sic less to bring her daughter down to visit. the of her flaneé, which, owiag to the kindness Se my German friends, had been brought to my nou she was mine, m.” lad to hear, dear brother.” waispered Therese, who bore up witha forti- tude quite marvelous In one so young, ‘that poor Ernest did not sfcrifice himself in vata, across the rive lunge Into a 2 forest beyond. _Aisposed ome one the press, to uncover the face of the corpse. Ernest’s—the face of a bray v ‘The tive others got safely were seen to “They ha Tewas not Sternly coin- in death, Dut no! had follow “ey armed te Th a is not bi into the iT cared now; I contd pie the future. Ernest and hls wife—thelz chil clustered about them, as he tells them the st of the good oid uilcle wio was Killed Be wa Prussians. ‘The sacrifice was not all, but I thought a little regre finished monograph —how It would p among the rubbish of my lib ned to perdition, And I wondered Iay favorite spot just below the Villa Pottter, where a sweet panorama of hills and broad plains and winding river gleamed softly under aray of winter sunshine. Farewell to all. this? “At noon I presented myself at the Mairie, passed through a file of soldiers to the grand salon, and found that my colleagues of the mu- nepal council—all except Pottler—were al- ly assembled. My resolution. to offer my- self oe a victim, if one were demanded, was generalfy ee and a resolution accept- ing it passed without a aissentient voice. It was promised that my name should be inscribed on the records of the town as one of its noble- est_cilizens. Ail very weil, no doubt, tn its way. “There was a general crash of arms as the General entered the saloon, accompanied by an officer whom I recognized as the Prince L. Pot- ter, at the same moment, slipped in behind us, and, gave my arm a reassuring ring squ ee7e. “There was no victim to be offered up, after all. Pottier had appealed to his distinguished guest, Prince L., telling lim the whole affair, ona the prince had spoken to the General and the latter now announced in somewhat suriy, ais- appointed accenis: * That, the penalty of death toa Municipal Counellor was commu to a fine onthe Commune of twenty-five francs.’ “soon after we had news of the armistice and in a little while Ernest was on%e mor: among us. Lucky fellow, to have a Thérds2 t+ welcome him home and fete htm as the greates hero of the War! They were married soon afier and removed to Pi where Ernest is now [oars atthe Bar. It seems that it was not if who killed the sentry, but the brave fellow who was shot, to whom Ernest in- trusted the chart Log ene Knife. it would have done the same, he says, had he been in the Way of it; butI think. Therese i3 rather gla7 that tt was not so. I hope I shall never see my two German friends again, although we parte task Seemed ¢: ousind on excellent terms, ey acce; from me @ case of cham) asa erie — Idid not care should tion of my humble di ona th ie he other ner day I had tn return sundry bottles of the veritable Kirschenwasser of the oe which, T hope, 1s to , your taste. us talk about the Ex) position. "-—[.alt ti tne % Year Round, Morel: the tica Herald Maier eee ya elections to the U. isin, | 7 on — Geach a higher 6 nigher oie. ore crete ones | Alleged Exploits of a Swindler a } on to the end, by whieh p HUNGARIAN “CHEEK.” the Centennial Exhibition. {London Telesrayh, Jan. 14.) the renowned Hw ‘swin- dier whose ex! fi in America has ras | : eri | aWalting the approach of the hour that was to | el traondinary career ica recently been interfered’ with in a manner which will sec'ude him from gifted maces igri to come, must be aman sn r pluck and self-possession ce Mate ine Stor iis exploits be founded on fact. Accordit «cur Magyar contemporary, Pesti Halts a the Ihiladelphia exhibition was the scene m more han one bold mystification on his part. few minutes before the time appointed me the opening ceremony. Sc- moskeoy, Agate in Hungarian national cos- earing the star of an Austrian order on_his Jeft breast. drove up to the Palac= of Industry in a splendid eq caulpage. Passing with a dignified mien through the lines of attendants, he entered the Ds ooo hall,where | the Exhibition Commissioners, headed by their chairman, were drawn up to receive the tilus- | trious personages invited to take part in “the festive celebrations of the day. He then os vanced toward the Pree and accosted hi With the words: * Sir, Tam Count Veyezey, me Royal Hungarian Commissioner.” ‘The chairman bowed and held out his hand in welcome, but cast a perplexed glance toward the real repre sentative of Hungary, who had already arrived, ; and was standing hard by. The latter stepped | forward, and speaking in the Magyar idiom, ob- | served: **1 beg your pardon, but [ am the Hun. arian Commissioner.” Somoskeoy stared at im contemptuously, and replied in. English: “Within three days you will re°elve your recall Meanwhile, be good enough to :. :nember where you are, and speak English!” Just at that mo- to ment te President. of the Republic entered the | bnilding, and his arrival diverted the attention of the puzzied Commissioners from the rival representatives of Magyar-land. With unbea: d-of audacity, Somoskeoy kept 113, place in the fe grou of dignitaries gathered round the commission; and, as soon as the President had been duly greeted, the opening ceremony comaisneed with the delivery of several lonz speeches. Finding the official oratory somewhat tiresome, Somoskeoy soon slipped out of the cir- cle, and contrived to make his way to the grand entrance, at which the Foreign Secretary was stationed, to reveive certain expected cts of imperial and royal rank. To this portal the En press of pea resently drove up; whereupon Somoskeoy, ing aside the Secretary of State, racetully’s ideisted fer im me Tial Majesty to alight mn her carriage, and offering her his arm with a profound obelisance, led her into the build- ing. Ii is positively asserted in the account of this amusing adventure, published in the Pestt Hiriap, that the American offic2rs, not wishing to run the risk of alarming the Em- press, and desirous to avoid a public scandal upon so important an occasion, forbore from all interference with this prince of impostors, and that lie acted as her majesty’s cicerone during her whole stay in the Exhibition Palace, which Tasted for several hours. Upon the imbroglio Dee ute mages explained to the Empress, she rted to have sald that, “judging by the manuiers and conversation of the person who had accompanied her through the Exhibi- tion, ske had imagined him to be some European arSanae of exaited rank.” It would appear, indeed, from evidence given by foreign diplo- matistS and American Statesmen at his late tria, that Somoskcoy, as far as his outward bearing and demeanor are concerned, is a re- faed aid polished gentleman. ‘The Polyphone. LFrom Scribner's Monthly.? Professoy eek Jones was very wise, And woré green goggles on hit eyes— Or 'twould be better, I suppose, ‘To say he wore ’en: on his nose— Apd was eo very tail and slim street boys made a Jest of him. aa to his garments would attach A label: Here’s a walking match.” ¥et this ungainly friend of ours Made daily gain in mental powers. each coming moment brot Some thing of moment fact or hott And he cond bid the boys defiance ‘When rambling in the paths of science. For many weeks, Professor Jones Made study of the laws of tones Of phonoxraph and telephones, And megaphones, he had a store ‘That filed up halt his study floor— ‘The number of his toole, indeed, Wou'd make a work too long to read With any sort of satisfaction ; , much intent On meking a new instrument Which should, by means of sound vibrations, Makes both * “transmissions” and translitions, Said he ‘* For speech, reuse have tone, Aue every language own— (Our high-toned English sach-and-such, And so-and-so the lowest Dutch)— Its given rules to guide inflection In some particular direction. ‘There's philologic evidence ‘That all our languages commence BLACK K EYES. [Ban Francisco Chronic’a) Itis Docerextraunineey event in the life of the average man to become, by some of the nun rous accidents which ‘are constantly Oc curiing, the unenvied possessor of a discolored it oftimes happens that the undesired | @ qu sition of this chameleon- a characteristic | 2 ‘one’s eyes is superinduced by wen rene { #1 n of one’s strength or nowledge o the manly art of self-deferse. The with whch door hinges swing their — brance a}: r, after the sun’s rays = the of night Lave disa) and th sence of any regular eee as to the velocity and direction assumed by flying chips, have no Goubt caused many “an ano ving eye anda Gisivheriting countenance.” ‘To remove this | Stain of battle, or to whatever exterior causes ibe *caik and revengefui eye” may owe its o-igin, has for along number of years occu- pid the attention and science of the medical | p ofession. Nature has often deluded sufferin; | acd disfigured me p with What the untnitiat | Loa fondly belicved to be eftic: cious reme- 1a he mclluscous bivalve has often strained | its elastic ligaments and destroye? Its palatab'e | qualities in’ vain endeavors to remove the Tapidly-congealing blood under many a swell- | ingeye. The cotylaid worm has oft, with its triangular mouth, made a stitlate incision on a | vrut and rapidly darkeving organ, and there remained until its symmetry of form vanish(d with the usefulness of its mission. | Butit le Speirs for the deft fingers of man to do sll i the medical profession and ani- mal kingdom have failed to achieve, for now, S)remun¢rating bas the :c’ence of {eye paint- ing Leecme, that some half a dozen arusts lo- caved in this city are slowly but surely tread- ing the path to wealth and winning the laurel or ike p! anthropist. It was the fortune of a member of the Chronicle staff to {call—not to } solicit | rofessional service—unon one of these useful mr mbers of society.2 from whom he gleaned the folowing information: Artist—Oh, yes, I paint agreat many black eyes. Times are a little dull now, since the helidays have (Saget but they will brighten up as soon as the Bionic season commences. I tell you, that is our fifteen or twenty Diack after every Sunday excursion. Repoiter—What are your charges? Artist—Well, if it's not a very bad eye, we don’t charge more than fifty cents; we gener- ally get a dollar and a halt. for painting both exes; occasionally a swell gives us twoand a halt. Rep.—How and with what ingredients is the operation performed? Artist—Oh, that is our secret, and it ain’t much ofa secret either. We just take some oll and rub it around the eye until the skin be- comes soft, for it is originally hard and feverish after receiving a thump hard enough to blacken it. We then take some paint and experiment on their cheek or the back of their hand until We get the right color of their complexion, and then With a finger—for a brush, you see, won't: work it into the pores of the ‘skin—we’ paint the eye until no one can sce whether it’s black or not. ts ps the paint withstand the ef- fect of water? Artist—Afier it gets well hardened, one may wipe his face with a damp towel, but tt won't do to use warm water; or, ifa fellow has lots of crow-feet in the Jcorners of eyes, it will cause the paint tocrack. I had an English- man come here one day, just after his arrival from Australia. He was mistaken on the | wharf for “the man that looked like him,” and | was struck in the eye. Of course it was a_mils- take; but he had Re sulk eye all the same, and, after T had finished the Job, he went over to a bathing establishment and took a hot bath. and that washed all my coloring off and lefc the other fellow’s there, so I had to pe his eye again. He said to me: “This {s a——of a country; a man get ‘it in the heye as soon as ’e puts 15 foot on the blawsted wharf.” I don’t think he liked American ways. Excuses, did you say? Well. I should speak of it. One'man willsay he ran against the door; anotner had a chip fly up and strike bim in the eye; another talis down, and occasionally one tells you he hada fight, but generally it was “only sky- larking With a fellow harvest; FO. {From mucens penny) ler's ‘Life of Peter ie Great’ Scribner's for February.) The pstuscov! ite ideal ot woman, founded on the teachings and traditions of Byzantine the- ology, was purely a monastic one. The virtues of the cloister, faith, prayer, charity, obedi- ence and Industry, were the highest virtues of a woman. ‘The life of the cloister was best suited to preserve her purity. Socially, woman was not anindependent being; she was an inferior creation, dependent on her husband, for except as a wife her existence was scarcely recognized. Of the theoretical position of woman, abund- In some lost parent tongue; each root Each nation modifies to suit ; ‘And languages, ‘tis clearly found, In no way differ but in sound. Now, diaphragins may well be trusted, If once they are properly adjusted For language A and language B, Accorging to the phonic key, Aud then connected in a circuit BY persons competent to work it.) ‘Vo transpose these root derivations Which ditter with the tones of nations : + Soif one ‘sends’ au Enzlish sermon * Twill sound a ound discourse in German, And our Italia: 2d at howe Wis re curious nelehbors miebt not ESpy it, Aud rauxht remeiued to do but try Abo, placed at the sending station, ‘To sj cak (for # consider: The voble laneuuxe of our nation, Profe:sor Jones hied up the stair eu to the sounds, up there, would at once, no doubt, determine lish evald be changed to German. That boy below, sad to relate, Was novin a regenerate state; His language did not sniack of schools, per laws aad rules— was very shill, but oh! Its tone was most exceedin= low So then and there the stable With slang, and nothing cise but slang, Which, haviny no equivalent In German, clogged the instrument— And while the disappointed Jones ‘Stood quaking at the horrid tones That came from the receiving plate, Discordant, inarticulate, ‘The boy in the last new song— ‘There was a clang, as from a gong And shattored were the polyphones, Aud eke the intelluct of Jones! ondon.”? car Round.) ‘3 since an ruled the Stable, and still more the pugtlistic mind, with arodof iron. The representative of Bell not unfrequently filled the post of stakeholder, or umplre, or referee, or whatever 1t may bé at prize Hghts, and was the only person on the ground on whom the reftians assembled stood in awe. Only once was the respect due to Bel is representative forgotten. A more than us! blackguardly specimen of a pugilist, actin second to a brother rough fighting in the “Bell's Life [All The It 1s not many y ie not only disputed the decision of Bell, bat did there and then str his representative. For a moment the whole ‘ring side,” Theard the ruffians assemble on such occasions were collectively called, the aghast; and then public o and a thousand palrs ot avenge the insult. sald, biceps swelled to But Bell's ‘representative “Let the fight go on,” and it went wko had struck him fi creeping on. ‘The furles were already tug at his s heartstrings, and he sought everywhere for the injured Bell, who had gone quichy, away w Carpet in his dighity, and what he loved to cali his “upper Benjamiu.” Next day the peni- tent called at the house of |, bat too late— | ine flat had gone forth—his doom was sealed. Iuseems that his representative, on returni home alter receiving the blow in question, Tai ihe matter before his colleagues, who for a long while absolutcly d to credit the astound- ing intelligence. ‘There was, of course, no pre- eedent, and ingenuity went to work to devise such a doom for the offender as should make generations of jucilists yet unborn to shake in ee GS boots. At last Bell spake. ender was henceforth dead. No mention of his name should occur even aS an advertisement in the great sporting orgas of the day, and it was so. The man was 1 tten in a ‘twelvemonth, and vainly haunted the bars of the ear pone houses at which it uae previo’ wont to describe it as srready? or ‘to be heard of.” Men knew b it im not. It was no use his wanting to fight anybody. No brother pugtlist would fight a man whose icipation would prevent Bell from taking the slightest notice of the combat. He tried s| ing at bane- i name was always excluded from the list. He tried to get up a benefit for himself; Ube advertisement was refused. He was dead ant proof is given in all the early ‘didactic lit-rature of Russia, and especially in the Domostrol, that curious manual of house- hold economy written in the time of Ivan the Terrible. The wife should be blindly obedient in all things, and for her fiults should be severely whipped, though not in anger. Her duty is t) keep the house, to look after the food and clothing. and to see to the comfort of her husband; vo bear children, but not to educate them. S and to play with one’s sip,—a snare of the devil. The wife was bound lo ‘stay clefly at home, and to be acquainted with nothing but her household work. ‘ro all quistions on outside matters she was to an: wer that she did not kno: it was believed that an element of evil lurked in the female sex, and even the most innocent sports be- tween little boys and girts, or social inter- course between young men and women, was z 2 ed. ‘The Domostroi, and even Fososhkot, e as the 18th century, rec- ommended a ther to take his cudgel and break the ribs or Iiis son, whom he found jesting with ces of this feeting with regard to re SUH found in current proverbs, “A 's bair is long, her understanding is Short,” Tuns one prover) he wits of women are like the wildness of beast: while a third saj £ must a woman be governed collections of popular stories 4 full of instances of the innate wickedness and devilishness of the female sex, with references to all the weak or wickea women of sacred and provane history. In the “Great Mirror,” com- piled tn the 17th century, we even find the ob- stinacy of women exemplified by the well- krown anecdote of the drowning woman, making with her fingers the sign of “scissor: Although this was the theoretical position of woman in Ru in society, practically in small households, Where women were ttnportant fac- tors, there’ were great divergencies from the strict ruies of Demostroi. In the higher ranks of lfe the women were more carefully guarded and res' ed, and in the family of the tsar | tke seclusion in the terem. or woinen’s apart- ments, was almost complete. ‘This was in part due to a superstitious bellet In witchcraft, the evil eye, aud charms that might affect the life, health or fertility of the royal race. Neither the tsaritsa nor the princesses ever appeared openly in publics they never went out except in a closed tier or carriage; in church they stood behind a veil,—made, it is true, sometimes of gauze, and they usually timed their visits to the churches and monasteries for the evening or the nd on these orcasions no o: ept the immediate attendants Von Meye: Austrian am. row in 166: 3 ” Says another; be e has seen the | S are not allowed y to call g di tor for the t the windows are all dark- ened and he ‘iged to feel her pulse through | a piece of gauze.So as not to touch her bare { hand! Even chance encounters were severely | punished. In 1674 two chamberlains, Dashkot and Buturlin, on suddenly turning a corner in one of the inter,or courts of the palace, met the carriage of the Tsarista Natalia, who was going | to prayers ataconvent. Their colleagues su: ceeded in getting out of the way. Dashkof and Buturlin were arrested, examined and deprived. of their oe, but as an encounter was proved to be purely fortuitous and unavoldable, they were in a few days restored to their rank.’ And yet this was during the reign of Alexis, who was far less strict than his predecessors. Henry Clay’s Wager. (UNew Orleans Democrat.) In1sl4,when the Peace Commission, com- poped ot Henry Clay, John Quincy Adams, . Bayard and ‘albert Giada on the partor the United States, and Lord Gambier fishery pri the British plenipotentiaries soug! ae Pro alae arm the Americans by informiny them @ of the invin- cible army which was mo\ on New Orleans, supported by.a powerful fleet. ‘They dwelt on the gallantry and daring of Packenham, laid as Queen Anne. What became of him 13 no’. known. It is sup , however, that he wa at last driven to extremities, and went back to work at his calling, for the world pugilisti knew him no more. THE Cooly WoMEN who till the coffee planta- Uons of Southern Indla have one pretty habl Which I always admired, and it m: their generatiy slovenly dres3. ‘There is ia th jungica a flower which, I think, is known in Eng- by the name of the India marigold. sembles a double stock ln Gat and is of a warm yellow and brown color. ‘This is a “‘sa- much stress ‘upon the stiperb character of his troops, which they truthfully declared were the fower of the British peer Peninsula cam} Ippi assured to This greatly netted Mr. aa who had deter- mined never to concede the point as to the great Russian omen Two Centuries | river, which with prophetic eye he saw mu3t one day e the grandest Coetmerctal high- way on = os aud so, with the instinc of the true Kentuckian, he’ at once offered to meer eae ‘cantare New Orleans, and tat never aj New and that Packenham would be disastrous! ynronianl “for,” said he, “I am informed Andrew Jt General from Tei ne S, whether wulte 0 or Diack tae 328 and or ugh pees it oR ph tual in wardit plagues: pen to. doue eae Bom MISCELLANEOUS. 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