Evening Star Newspaper, February 21, 1880, Page 2

(For THE STAR. The Public School Teacher. More than a mother's love must her love be Into whose hands the plastic soul is given; Bhe trains the pliant mind on learning’s tree Shaping its growing course from earth to heaven : Kindness must clothe her words in graciousness, And as a queen of Justice must she move— Too proud to cringe, too noble to oppress— Esch charge thus sharing in her even love. Room for the teacher in the mother’s heart— As she is niched in many a mother’s praise— ‘Who, far removed from folly’s flashing mart, Leads the “‘Grand Army” of the coming days Into the fields of clear intelligence; Noting her vict'ries as the crescive soul Goes forth in truth for armor and defence: So doth the future bend to her control! Mr. Corcoran and the School of De- gms Editor Star: As a former student of art, I have for years felt the deepest interest in the cultivation of the popular taste in that direc- tion, not only because I know that this fs indis- pensable to the production of really meritorious works of a purely artistic character by native artists, but because a glance at what has been Gone in Europe will show any one how wella judicious expenditure to encourage it pays any nation, even in a pecuniary point of view. What is it that has made France the acknow- ledged master of the world in the production of elegant and tasteful wares and fabrics, but. the fostering care of a far-seeing, though sometimes tyrannical government, exercised for many years, in providing extensive galleries, museums, and schools of design, and throwing them open freely to the public, so that even tne humblest citizen has the means of studying and fitting himself for the higher branches of his work. So clearly were the advantages of this course shown by the artistic superiority and enhanced ‘value of her productions at the first World's Falr in London, that the British government, fearing to lose her markets for all but the the coarsest applied itself at once to the establishment ‘Of schools of design in the principal manufac- turing centers, open in the evening to the working classes; and the beneficial results were apparent at our Centennial, particularly in the beautiful productions from South Kensington. Realizing our own deficiencies in this regard, and the vast importance of the matter to a country so rich in natural resources, and biest ‘With a population so quick to seize on new tdeas ‘when properly presented, I have watched, with reat interest, the result of such experiments as it of Massachusetts, which, in connection ith the city of Boston, secured, at a high salary, a few years since, the services of Prof. Walter Smith, the able superintendent of seve- ral schools of design in England, as art director of the state common schools, with a view of developing some native talent to take the place of foreigners as designers in the extensive man- ufactories of Roxbury, Fall River, Lawrence, and others of her cities. Not only has Massa- Chusetts profited by this move, but the common Schools of the whol@country as well, where the admirable drawing-books published by Prot. Smith have been extensively introduced, with the gratifying results shown in such exhibitions as we may witness every year at the Franklin and Sumner buildings here at home. But, though this is something gained, I have felt that it was but a foundation, which could orty be properly developed by thoroughly organized schools of design, such as the European govern- ments have provided for their peoples. Hence Iwas poy rejoiced, on atterfding the annual exhibition at the Franklin building, some two years since, to hear the late Prof. Henry, who resided, authoritatively announce that Mr. orcoran had decided to sor pement his munifi- cent gift to the nation, of the gallery which has proved such an attraction to our Citizens and strangers, with one still more useful and valu- ble,—a fully equipped school of design, where the latent talent evoked by the common schoo! course could ve nurtured and made to flower into the artist or skilled designer, of whom the country would be proud. These, under the guidance of such a director as Prof.Smitth,orsome one who has enjoyed the long and rigid training in the principles of drawing, anatomy, perspec- tive, &c.. given by the Evole des Beans Arts, in Paris, (and which our artists generally so sadly Jack,) students from all parts of the country, Who now waste so much time in groping blind- ly after artistic skill by mechagically copying, week after week (and often with slight success), ‘the excellent paintings in the gallery, or in the petty decorations of the “ceramic craze,” would soon, being once put on the right road, be able to produce such accurate and really artistic drawings from the statuary in the gallery, a3 I saw young sent Jemen and ladies (probably from the South Kensington school) making, in crayon or charcoal, from that of the British museum, a year or two since. Hoping for the speedy arrival of this state of have been quite disappointed by the unaccountable delay carrying out.Mr. Cor- coran’s plans, until I learned, some months since of the cause,'an erpose of which appeared in yom last Saturday’s issue. It seems to me that tear Admiral Lee, “whose carriage (or lot) Stops the way,” can have no idea of the national importance of’ this enterprise, or he would not be willing to stand before the country in the at- Utude he now does. Not only did the nation, as ou say, “make him an admiral,” but, being the rother-in-law of a Cabinet minister during the war, he was given several particularly “soft billets,” where, as the commander of squadrons, he raked in a large amount of prize money—the result of captures made by the vessels und him—with very little risk or efforton his n part; and fs it too much to ask that he part with, lor @ fair equivalent, a small portion of the pro- ity thvs acquired, for the national benefit? you describe him as “a Virginian;” has he none of the spirit which led the Washingtons, the Henrys, the Lees, of the last centu merely a few feet of ground, but their fortunes, and their sacred honor,” on the altar of their country? Ordoes he wish to | ‘Stand, in history, beside that John Hook, the army contractor, whom Henry described, ac- cording tothe well known anecdote, as inter- Tupting the general joy, at the close of the war, with hoarse cries of “Beef! beef! beef!” Per- haps the plan suggested by one of your contem- aries, that Congress pass an act authorizing condemnation of the lot in question, to be taken for this public purpose, might be Cconsid- ered a little arbitrary, but certainly the object is much more important than a local railroad, for which the thing is often done. Verbum sap. le . H. T. “Proverbial Philosophy.” (Boston Transcript.] You can’t make a silk purse out of a sow’s ear—nor in one. as to that matter. A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. But we would rather be the two in the bush, for all that. It is an il wind that blows nobody good. Brgo, the demagogue’s explrations are an il rin w Itisalong lane that has no turning. Itisa much longer lain that has several turnings. ‘This latier comes Sunday mornings. Many a mickle makes a muckle, and many mnug’ll make a Mick il. Handsome is that handsome does, and hand- Some miss that handsome does'nt. Fine feathers does not make fine birds. The birds make the feathers. Early to bed and carly to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise—but not the man who fol so absurd a rule. The more the merrier—but the fellow who watches the mower ts merrier still. Enough ts as good as a feast to him who is Only satisfied with a feast. Facts are stubborn things. Mules are facts. Leok before you leap—and especially look be- fore you leap year. Strike while the tron {s hot. Your employer cannot spare you then, and he may come to terms. Aman after hisown heart is in poor busi- ness. Le would be better after some fair one’s art. Love me little, Pove me long—that’s the short and mae of it. Out of sight out of mind. The man who was Cheated out of his homestead site was soon out a of mind. The rolling stone gathers no moss. If you “would glide through life smoothly, be a rolling stone. A prophet is not without honor save tn his own country. Profit is not without honor, in whatever country it is saved. A nimbie sixpence ts better than a slow shill- ing—provided it isc oming to and not going arom you. Never cry over spflled milk, Ten to one there’s ‘water enough in it already. Misery loves company—but the affection is ‘Rot reciprocated. Misery acquaints a man with strange bed-fet- ows. ite | ‘short of prussic acid or corrosive sublimate will drive them off. Moss Baskets. ‘Very beautiful baskets for holding flowers can ‘be made of the longer and more feathery kinds of mosses. We have made them often; and ever do either garden or wild flowers look Tore lovely than when clustered upon a ver- Sane of —_ most delicate an oe mat which by proper management may made to preserve its Trechness and brilliancy dor many months. ‘We will here give directions for their manu- A light frame of any shape you like with wire and covered with Burial Customs of the Indians. At the last meeting of the Anthropological Society Dr. H. C. Yarrow delivered an interest- ng address upon the customs of the North American Indians in disposing of their dead. He said his task had been to bring together and har- monize conflicting statements of what is known of this important subject. After describing his manner of procedure in collecting this informa- tion, which will eventually. be embodied in a juarto —volum. one of the series ot ‘contiibutions to North Ameri- can ethnology, pi under the direc- tion of ‘Major J. Powell, president of the society, to whom all American ethnologists owe a debt of gratitude. The provisional pre- parations of burial were Classified for consider- ation as follows: First, by inhumatiog, in pits, graves, holes in the ground, mounds and caves; second, by cremation, generally on the surface of the earth, sometimes under, the bones or ashes being Pee in pits in the ground, in boxes on scaffolds or trees or in ovens, and oc- casionally scattered to the winds; third, by embalmment or a process of mummifying, the remains being afterwards pl in_ caves, mounds, dead houses, &c.; fourth, by aerial sepulture, on scaffolds, boxes and canoes, the two latter Feceptacles belng placed on scaf- fold posts, or on the ground. Occasional baskets have been used. for children; ath, — burial, beneath the water or in canoes which were turned adrift. THE COMMONEST MODE of burial has been that of interment in the ground. This has been done in different ways. The Mohawks, of New York, made a large round hole, in which the body was placed up- light or upon its haunches, after which it was covered with timber tg support the earth which was laid over, thereby keeping the body from being Lupa They then raised the earth ina round hill over it. They always dressed the corpse in all its finery and put wampum and other things into the grave with it, and the relatives suffered not grass nor any weed to grow upon the grave, and frequently Visited It and made lamentations. Among the Carolina tribes, the burial of the dead was accompanied with Spee ceremonies, the expense and form- ality attendant upon the funeral according with the rank of the deceased. The corpse was first placed in acane bundle and deposited in an outhouse made for the purpose, where tt re- mained for a day and a night, guarded and mourned over-by the nearest relatives. Those who are to officiate at the funeral go into the town, and from the backs of the first young men they must strip such blankets and match coats as they deem suitable. In thgse the dead body is wrapped and covered with two or three mats, made of rushes or cane. The coffia is made of woven reeds or hollow canes, tied fast at both ends. The corpse is carried from the house into an orchard of peach trees. Seated on mats are conere ‘ted the family and tribe of deceased and invited guests, ‘The medicige man or con- jurer having enjoined silence, then pronounces a funeral oration, in which he recounts the ex- plolts, valor, skill, love ot t property and influence of deceased; alludes to the vold caused by his death, and counsels those who remain to sup- ply his place by following in his footsteps; pletures the “happiness he will enjoy in the spirit land, and concludes his address by an allusion to the prominent traditions of his tribe. The corpse is then taken to the grave-by four young men, attended by the relatives, the chiefs, te old men and ali the nation. When they reach the sepulchre, which is about a foot deep and eight feet long, having at the head and foot a light wood, or pitch pine fork driven down the sides of ‘the grave firmly in the ground. These two forks were to contain a Tidge pole. Before they lay the corpse in the grave, they cover the bottom two or three times over With the bark of trees. Then they let down the corpse very slowly upon the barks; then lay ores pole of the same wood in the two forks, and having a great many pleces of pitch pine logs about two feet and a-half long, they stick them in the sides of the grave down each end and near the top, when the other ends lie in the ridge pole, making them declining like the top ofa house. Being placed very thick, they cover them many times with bark; then throw the earth thereon that came out of the grave and beat itdown very firmly. By this means the dead body lies in a vault. After atime the body Is taken up. the bones cleaned and depos- {ted in an assuary called the “Quiogozen.” PAID MOURNERS. ‘These Indiazs employed paid mourners, who blackened their faces, as did the nations of an- tiquity, and that custom with the disuse of the blacking has prevailed in England, France and Switzerland. Of the Wichita Indians, Indtan Territory, he said that when one dies the town erler goes up and down through the village and announces the fact. Preparations are at once made for the burial,and the body ts taken without delay to the grave. Ifit issome distance, the body is carried on the back of a pony, bell first wrapped in blankets and then laid across the saddle, one walking on either side co sup- port it. The grave is three to four feet deep and of sufilelent length for the extended body. Blankets and buffaio robes are laid in the bot- tom, then the body is unwrapped and dressed in its best apparel and with ornaments {s placed upon a couch of blankets and robes with the head towards the west; the valuables belonging to the deceased are placed in the grave with the tody, bis bows and arrows or gun, or with the women her cooking utensils and instruments of her toll. Over the body placed six or elght inches deep, and yrase over these, so that when the éarth is led in itneed not come in contact with the body or trappings. After the earth is filled in, a pen of poles is built around it, or stakes are driven, so that they cross each other from either side, about midway over the grave, thus form- Ing a complete protection trom wild animals. After this Is done, the grass or other debris is carefully scraped from about the grave for sev- eral feel, so that the ground is left smooth and clean. itis seldom that the relatives accom- pany the remains to the grave, but employ others to bury the body for them, usually women. ‘MOURNING is similar tu that of other tribes, and consists in cutting of the hair, fasting, &c. Horses are also killed at the grave. Ifa Caddo Indian is killed in battle, the body is never buried, but 1s left to be devoured by beasts or birds, and the con- dition of such individuals in the other world ts believed to be far better than that of persons dying a natural death. Of the stone graves or cists, of Tennessee, he said there are many burying grounds in West Tennessee with regu- lar graves. These graves are eighteen inches deep; slabs were placed at the bottoms, ends and sides, forming a kind of stone coffin, and the body covered with earth. In the summer of 1873, the speaker assisted at the opening of a number of graves of men of THE REINDEER PBRIOD near Solutrie in France, and they were almost identical In construction with those of the tribes in Tennessee. The Virginia kings after death were deposited as follows: The body was slit in the back, and through the opening the ilesh was removed, the sinews being left to pre- serve the attachments of the joints. The bones were then dried, the skin being prevented from shrinking by an application of oll or grease. They were then carefully disposed in their proper places in the skin the vacuities caused by the removal of the flesh being nicely filled with fine white sand, So as to restore the body to the nat- ural size and appearance. The flesh having been exposed upon hurdles to the sun and thor- oughly dried was served up in a basket and set at the foot of the body inthe charnel house. ‘The mode of ROCK BURIAL, which still prevails among the tribes of the Rocky Mountains and Sierra Nevadas was next considered. In 1872 the lecturer visited one of these rock cemeteries in Utah which had been used for 15 or 20 years It was situated in the bottom of a rock’slide, upon the side of an almost inaccessible mountain, in a position so carefully chosen for concealment, that tt would have been almost impossible, without a guide, to find it. Several of the graves were opene and it was found a number of boulders had been removed from the bed of the slide, until a sufficient cavity had been obtained. The cavity was lined with skins, the corpse placed in with weapons, ornaments, &¢., and covered over with saplings of the mountain aspen; on top of these the removed boulders were piled, inare 3 acairn enough to have marked the last resting place of an elephant. In the vicinity were scattered the osseous remains of horses which had been sacrificed at the funeral ceremonies. In one of the graves, said to con- tain the body of a chief, were found parts of the skeleton of a boy, and the tradition was that a captive boy was buried alive at this place. URN BURIAL was practiced to some extent by the mound Duilders, particularly in someof the southern states. Cremation was a common custom, to some extent, among North American tribes, es- Roan, those west of the Rocky Mountains. ‘his rite is peculiarly oe trom its — entiquity. Among the Indians of Oregon the body Of the deceased was kept nine days, laid out in his lodge, and on the tenth |t was burned. He described the manner. A Haing ‘ground is 56 lected, on which are laid sticks about seven feet long, of cypress, neatly split, and in the inster- stices 1s p! a quantity of vitations are dispatched to the neighbo! villages to be present. The (enfesa, aod during ‘the process of buralng tne Wiranders are in a high state of ‘California, w! ground in a standing position, the should ‘The grave Sey cram eer nae admit the head being cut off. the bows and arrows, bead Bock traps &e., eit ‘to the deceased, Gried The ve Was: ‘then Oiled up, covering the headless sticks are4 nese and the head consumed other modes lecturer, this subject. WHAT VON MOLTKE FHENKS. Pros} mote. The Head of the German Military System—His Views on the Chances of the Future in Europe. {London Telegraph, Jan. 31.1 In a plainly-furnished room, the only .orna- water-color sketches, and full I ony aes a le! rt iam, Field Marshat Count of the Emperor Wi Helimuth von peers greatest of living German soldiers, and first strat in the world, sits daily at his writing-table from early morn until conn aay eg aes with the regulation and rovement of that magnifi- cent military machine which he has handled With such terrible effect in two gigantic wars. From the window his accustomed seat at the southwestern corner of the Generaistabsze- bands he can look out upon the vast Konigs- oe and contemplate with patriotic satisfac- ion tempered by artistic mortification, .the tall, uncomely memorial raised to commemor- ate victorious deeds of his a3 that bears upon its summit a buxom, bat like effigy of Germany’s latest triumphs over her hereditary foe. Allthe ducts of military information that are carried to Berlin from the remotest points of the Fatherland’s frontiers, charged with matter of import and interest’ concerning the German Army, its positions, movements, and condition converge and empty themselves of their valuable contents in that modest chamber, enabling the vigorous octogenarian to feed his active brain with the very essence of the high intelligence and indefatigable industry de- voted by the officers of the general staff to the collection of material for his consideration, It is but seldom that any of the instructive di- gests or luminous memoranda penned by the * Great Silent One” in his quiet study reach the cognizance of the outer world. AS a writer, Connt ve public, even in hisown delightful books of travel and of youthful cam- paigning in the East. His reports to the Prus- sian King and German Emperor, spoken of as masterly (eae by the few privilesed pe- sons who have been fortunate enough to po- ruse them, are confidently State papers, which may beread with deep interest by future genera- tions, but, for some years to come, at least, are doomed to honorable seclusion in the secret de- ponent of the Imperial Privy Archives. Un- like the late Duke of Wellington, with whose personal characteristics he has, indeed, little in common he does not keep up a large private correspondence with all manner of men, though his letters from Russia to members of his family have furnished the basis for one of the mo3t readable books of modern times. His episto- lary utterances obtain publicity even more rarely than hisspoken remarks which, perhaps, once or twice in the course of a Parliamentary session, command the respectful attention of his fellow-legisiators, and frequently insure their adoption of the particular measure he may think fitto advocate. But his infrequent letters and speeches are so replete with mature thought and ripe wisdom, expressed with Mee orous terseness, and characterized by a certain sad solemnity which renders them exception- ally impressive even to the casual reader, that they are fully entitled in foreign countries to the ser:ous consideration they invariably obtain in Germany. For Hellmuth Von Moltke is not only a great soldier, but a greatstatesman. He 4s, moreover, a philosapher of the stotcal school, and an accomplished student of human pron who has for many years past kept critl watch upon the signs of the times he has lived in. Occupying a position of almost unique in- fluence ir the politico-military circle which im- mediately environs the German Emperor, no- thing that is escapes his observation, and noth- ing that is to be is unkrown to him. His au- thority in the Imperial couactls has before now outweighed even that of Prince Bismarck him- self; and in his own special department of the State Administration he wields absolute and uncontrolled power. Despite the obvious inopportuneness of such a moment as the present for pleading the cause of general and simultaneous disarmament person, whois presumably of some note, but Whose name has not as yet Get eb has ad- dressed a letter to Count von Moltke, entreat- ing him to exert his influence with the German Emperor toward the proximate effectuation of a considerable redugtion in the Imperial Army. ‘The aspirations set forth in this letter are, un- fortunately for the leading European nations, altogether Utopian under exis! ing eircum- stances, and their writercan ha dly have hoped for thelr realization when he set them down upon paper, and dispatched them to the chief et the General Staff. Probably he wished to elicit from the great military oracle some grave and momentous deliverance touching the actual state of affairs upon the Continent, and some sagacious forecast with respect to the future awaiting Germany and her neighbors, friendly or hostile. If this were his object, he has been partly successful in achieving ft; for Count von Moltke’s reply to his application, an extract from which was telegraphed from Berlin all over Europe on Wednesday evening, discloses the Field Marshal's views of the situation, as well as the inferences his wisdom has drawn from actualities of evil omen, in simple but highly impressive language, “Father” Moltke, ishe is affectionately designated throughout ‘he Prussian Army, 15 no pessimist; but he, as well as other leading spirits of the ‘age, is re- .retfully unable to take a hopeful view of the future, as far as the abolition, or even reduc- tion, of gigantic armaments in Europe is concerned. ‘‘Who,” he asks, with ms choly earnestness, “does not share the heartfelt de- sire to see those heavy military burdens re- lieved which Germany is compelied to bear in consequence of her position in the midst of powerful neighbors. Nelther Princes nor Gov- ernments are deaf to that desire; but a Dapvler condition of affairs cannot be attained until na- tions shall have arrived at the conviction that every war, even though victorious, is a national misfortune. Even the power of the Emperor is inadequate to bring about this conviction, which can only result trom aa improvement in the religious and moral education of the peo- ple—the fruit of centuries of historical develop- ment which neither of us will live to see!” These solemn and mournful words convey to us but slender promise of an amelioration in the calamitous conditions which at present ob- tain in the great military States of Continental Europe, to the infinite prejudice of class inter- ests and the almost intolerable oppression of civilized humanity. The same tone of dignified sorrowfulness runs through them that charac- terized thelr venerable author’s speech in the Lower House of the Refchstag, when, about six years ago, he rose in his place near the Miuis- terial table to reply to the passtonate oratory of the Opposition on pehalt of a Government smeasure similar in character to that absat to he one forward by the Chancelor in person a fortnight hence. With evident reluctance, he addressed himself to the ungrateful task of dispelling all the roseate illusions at that time oe Le any, German Liberals and gressists with respect to prospects of a long- lasting peace, which should enable Germany to reduce her standing army, cut down her military estimates to a minimum, and devote -her extraordinary administrative abilities to the development of her people’s well-being. Then, as now, Count von Moitke’s deliberate utterances sounded dismally in the ears of his countrymen, and dashed the spirits of political optimists in’ every great Continental capital. ‘The well-known reticeyge, soundness of judg- ment, and prudence of the German Nestor lent overwhelming weight to the warntng he pro- nounced on the occasion referred to, and-se- cured to the Government, many influential votes, which, but for his remarkable speech, would assuredly have been registered against the 1874, army bill. Second to no man in that assembly, as he expressly stated, in his longing for a durable peace and his appreciation of its manifold blessings, he prophesied a succession of sanguinary and ruinous wars, in which Ger- many could not fail to be {involved by reason of her unfortunate geographical position, and strenuously exhorted his compatriots to make reparations, regardless of all material sacri- ices, for the terrible trials in store for their native land. His appealto the patriotish of the German Parliament was by no means fim- ES or dramatic: but its effect upon the louse was Preculcnlly, conclusive. Doubtless his voice will again be raised in the REP EOASI ing session to interpret the auguries he has de- duced from recent events to the representatives of the German nation, and>to urge upon them the necessity of insuring Germany against pos- strengthen sible calamity by still further her war-harness. From the letter above quot we gather the general purport of his views upon the vexed question of huge national arm- aments, and may fairly assume that the eae oe by Prince Bismarck will re- ceive Hellmuth Von Moltke’s authoritative and uncompromising support. “A Huntina Lapy” writes to the London Times that she 1s quite sure that “the shorter and aud ladies habit skirts are the safer they are; also there should be two straps of elastic— e for the Ba oe a ne oles be go os ie of burials were described by the making avery interesting chapter on pect of Disarmament Very Re- mn Moltke 1s only Known to the general | adopted country, by his | — The New York Daily Witness (religious) an- me on anooune of the advance in month, the of good people to support ns — A movement is on foot in Baltimore to erect & church in that city as a memorial to the late Bishop Whittingham, —The observance of Lent by Christians of all denominations is urged by the Christain Union. —The taxation of church property is vigor- ously opposed by the Odserver. —In the present century only three times has February had five Sundays—132, 1832 ahd 188)—that is at intervals of twenty-eight years. —Extremists in the Reform. Eplsc»pal church hold that the offize of bishop should b> limited to ten years, after which, if not re- elected, each bishop should retura to the ranks of the clergy. —Dr. H. W. Thomas, of Chicago, who32 the- ology has been a cause for much distres3 among some of his Methodist brethren, recently said, in answer to the question: “Waat shallT do to be saved?” asked by & newspaper reporter, “Man is saved by his character, watca is formed according to his obadience to the Com- mandments.” —In consequence of the llb2ral league3 be- cor the champions of indecency, a number of di shed freathinkers are withdrawin: their name3 and intluence from these organt- zations. One of them says: “I think the best thing to dois for the shee) to go into retreat while the goats are rampant, to pall dova oir signs, withdraw our nam>s, and—1) n>"ning.” —Nearly 4,000 people were present on Carist- mas Day, at the services in the Protesiaat Episcopal Cathedral, at Dublin, which 13 now supported by voluntary contributions, and the clergyman Was not a little astonisaed to lad the total of contributions was less than $19, or not an average of a cent for each p2rson eee Before the congregation left the pellaing, they had a piece of the clergyman’s —Dan Rice met Mr. Moody in Chicago, Saturday, and, going up to the Evangelist, said: “Look a here, Mood, I heard you was around tellin the folks as how I wasn't_con- vel Better let up on that, pard. Don’t cold deck me on the first deal. I’m glin’ to Tuna six-pole triple-tent show next year, and if Thear of you tellin’ folks I ain't coaverted T'll sue you for slander, I will; I hope to never see the back of my neck if I don't.”--Priladel- phia Telegraph. —An archbishop and two bishop3, who3? sole crime was connectioa with the sect of Old Be- levers, have been in confinem>nt ina fortress in the province of Viadimir, Russia, for miny years. The archbishop has been in prison for*® twenty-six years, and one of the bishop3 for seventeen years. The Golos, of St. Petersburg, for directing attention to the case and ventur- ing the supposition that the prisoners had been forgotten, was deprived by the Minister of the Interior of the be te of publishing adverttse- ments for a mont —A correspondent of the Mthodist gives these instances of Sunday-school ignorance: “Taking up the ‘Berean’ lesson leaf, wiere there was a reference, ‘Titus ill: 2,’ I asked a pupil about fourteen years old, what that meant. He said that he did not know; had never heard of Titus! I asked a class ot four— average age twelve years—who and what th Apostle Paul was. Two brothers, favored with exceptionably good teaching at home, answered correctly. Of the rest, one said he did not know: the others, that ‘apostle’ meant ‘king,” or KingPaul. I asked a boy in a reading-class who Adam was, and he could not tellm>, An- other, of the same class, who the Messiah was; he did not know.” —The revised New Testament will bo ready for publication now within a few months. The English university presses will first print it, which company have defrayed all necessary preliminary expenses. Neitherthe Baglish nor the American revisers, however, are vo recelve any compensation for their work. The Ameri- can Bible society will need a change in its charter to enable it to share in the publication of the revised Bible. This it delays getting be- cause of the conservative objections of some stricklers for the old Ki James version, among whom is Bishop Coxe. As to the changes made in the new version, Dr. Schaff says: “The revision will so nearly resemble the resent version that the mass of readers and earers will ae the difference, while a careful comp: in will show slight im- provements in every chapter and almost every verse.” Ina few instant changes may be made in the text on overwhelming evidence, Italics may be omitted and new headiags to chapters adopted. —In this country there are 1,136 Congrega- tional ministers without a charge, and the so- rious question what to do with them, and why are things thus, are forcing themselves into earnest discussions. It ts estimated that about 250 of these ministers are not in positions to accept any Charge, and that som? of them. perhaps, do not desire one; but after all su allowance is made there remain 9)? ministers Stull unemployed! Statistics indicate, a3 an off- set, that there are 652 churches which have no pastors, about sixty of which are unable, it 1s supposed, Sib ort one—showing 690 pastor- less vhurehes able to support a pastor it they would, and 90) churchles3 pastors willing to take charge of a church If they only had a chance. Evidently there is fault somewhere. The Cmpegationatis! has published letters from several of the pastors without char; some of whom have not only falled to get a chureh, but are unabie to support themselves in another way. One says he would saw wood or doanything to earn a living, while the ta- come of another Is given as $3 a week—1ll this after years of study in colleges and sem'narle3s to tit them forministerial work. —Rev. David Swing says of Tom Paine: “Paine evidently held just about the religious oe held by Jefferson and the leading ench and American public men ofthe day, but Paine was an Sper newror outspoken na- ture, and if he hi views about kings, and queens, and liberty, and masonery, and chr: fanity, he must tell them to the world. H: had no powers of concealment. It stands tru> that he was just as eager to overthrow a relt- gion as he was to overthrow aking. That h2 toiled honestly at all forms of destruction is hardly to be denied. He was slncere, but often in the wrong. The public mind must com? very slowly up to new views upon some de- talls of its religions, and hence Bishop Colenso, a man of piety and of goodness, has gone be- yond Paine in attacking the Iteralism of the Old Testament, and even Professor Smith, the Scotch Presbyterian, has said some things about the Old Testament ages which Thomas Paine would have been glad to know in his day. Patne’s remark “that the book of Ruth is only the silly account of a country girl who wished to marry her cousio,” is a Driet and Tather pleasant commentary compared with the commentary of modern times that Ruth and all the rest of the world of men and wonen came from protoplasm, and without a heaven or a God. A Boer’s Courtship. The following amusing and interesting ac- count is given of the way a courtship ts carried onin Transvaal: The young man, in search ot a wife, arrays himself in his gayest attire, and, taking some appropriate gift, presents himself at the home of the lady. After the usual salu- tations, he is seated, when he formally inquires after the health of the family. He then, in a short speech, and with the usual embarrass- ment of an awkward suttor, presents his gift to the lady. This gift generally consists of a dress or some article of apparel. After the presenta- tion the lady retires and the prospective father- in-law, with characteristic energy, embraces the opportunity to impress upon the ‘young man’s mind the importance of certain great political measures, during which conversation the youth is completely overwhelmed and subdued. After a proper interval, the young lady appears, at- tired in the dress, as a sign of encouragement, and carrying in her hand a candle, which she laces on the table. While the candie remains urning no decisive answer can be given. While the light burns the young man is expect- ed to reveal the secrets of his heart and discuss his worldly prosperity. The lady, both in en- couraging and discouraging her sultor’s atten- tions, prepares a short or long candle. A short candle signifying either that she has no time to listen to the young man’s pro} or that she is eager to accept them; while a long candle implies hesitation, or a desire to listen to his prospects. When the candle burns out the de- cision is given, and the anxious youth is made either supremely happy or most miserable. ‘The Points of the Law. (Detroit Free Press.) see, boss, dar’s a nigger libin’ up my way who orter to be togken car’ of,” sald an ey to the captain at the Central Station yesterday. “What’s he been doing. now?” “Waal, sah, las’ fall I lent him my ax, an’ when I wanted it back he braced it up an’ tole me ie pints 0” law an’ re- 7 de odder have always cor him red me, an’ stood on clear from the saddle. Another safety is to have | di r” “Well?” “I had its 0” law, the leaping head quite close up to the pommel | didn’t I7” “Yes.” ‘An’ hor am round which the right legis put. Saddle-mak- | delaw com; of?” “I don't know exactly.” ers are hg ange of pul it low down and | “Well, dat’s what bodd: , fur making it and curved, which prevents | saw dem nine pints, shet up dis lef eye ees | ladies ig _kicked or bt off, but which } pitched de ole woman ober a bar’l an’ keeps them fixed like a vice, 80 it rse | off with \w an’ my snow-shovel to boot! the ff aumall igh up. and close to the | twenty’'an' seer doe be diaire ba et, bins ent , other, it it to be a cient for a ou? rider, and at. the same time horse it leaves you freeto get away from him, itis RESISTING THE CENT.. of and THE HOUSEHOLD. origi cor i ae bee Aare ee IEWEST DECORATION for household linen kind of drawn work ia which worked with embroidery cotton. eet is turned over a colored blanket to show the work. MANY New Dress BUTrons present concave Surfaces. Cut steel and inlaid tortoise shell are among the materials used. HANDKERCHIEFS Of the real linen color barred With narrow lines of black and having wide borders dotted with small red spots, are a novel style. Pusasixa Patrerns in new ribbons of all Widths have solid dark grounds sprinkled with lar dots of many colors; as, for instance, white, scarlet, blue and old gold on a dark car- dinal und. Other solid colored ribbons are cove with raised polka dots of the same shade.—N. Y. Post. Miss Corson Says:—“Both poultry and game are less nutritious than meat, but they are more digestibie,and consequently are better food than meat for le of weak tive organs and sedentary habits. They are both excellent for persons who think or write much. IN Paris THE PRETTY “RIBBON” DANCE has been Introduced for the amusement of children at parties. Eight long ribbons of different colors. are attached to a ring in the ceiling. Four boys and four girls, each dressed to match his own ribbon, hold the ends of these. By the move- ments ‘of the dance the ribbons are woven to- gether in a dexterous manner. Then, by another Serles of pretty motions, they are separated again, and the players brought back to position. ‘The ceful measures are pleasing to the children and the effect of the bright colors very picturesque. STEAM HEAT.—A room warmed by an open fire is pleasanter than a room warmed by hot water pipes. A warm body radiates heat to a colder kody near to It. The heat rays from a flame or from incandescent matter pass through the air without heating it: they warm the solid bodies upon which they impinge, and these warm the air. Where the source of heat in a rcom consists of hot water pipes, or low pres- sure steam pipes, the air is first warmed, and imparts its heat to the walls. The air is thus warmer than the waljs. When a room 13 warmed by an open fire, on the other hind, the warm- ing 1s effected by the radiant heat from thé fire, which passes through the air without sensibly warming it; the radiant heat warms the walls and furniture, and these impart their heat to the air. There- tore ae walls in eas case are warmer than ine air. Consequently, in two rooms, one warme\ by an open fire and the other by hot water pipes, and with air at the same temperature 1a th rooms, the walls in the room heated by ees ae would be some di colder than the the room, and therefore colder than the walls of a room heated by an opes fire; and these colder walls would therefore abstract heat from the occupants by radiation more rap- idly than would be the case in a room heated by an open fire. And to bring the walls in the room heated with hot-water pipes to the same temperature as the wails in the room heated by the open fire would require the air of the room to be heated to an amount beyond that neces- sary for comfort, and, therefore, to a greater amount than is desirable.—Galton Deafness In Children. The ear is subject to affections that topale its functions at the earliest period of life; Indeed, itis frequently found to be defective at birth. Children are exposed to influences from which they seldom entirely escape without more or less aural disease. Such are the consequences of colds, which, when of long continuance, are productive of enlarged tonsils, chronic catarrh of the mouth, throat, and nose, the resulting sympathetic deafness in some instances being sO great that instruction is impossible, and the child ts unable to learn to talk. It is then a deaf-mute. The fact should not be lost sight of that at this early period of existence the function of he: is crude, and requires gradual cultiva- tion for its development, and that any deafness should be promptly met. Thus the hearing of children ought to be often tested, and although accurate results may be difficult of obtainment, the Knog gained is advant Us. Should an fnfant escape all other causes of au- Tal disease, it encounters at the seventh month a phyiok process in development that is frequently the source of irritation in the mouth, and of sympathetic irritation in the ear. T refer to the loueing Ot the teeth, which usually 3 at this age. ‘That this period is fraught with special danger to the 01 of hearing ts well recognized by both mothers and nurses, who have long considered teething as in some way conn ‘with earache. Every one of the first twenty teeth in perforating the gum Is lia- bleto be thus heralded. Fortunate, therefore, is the infant who has passed its second year, the period at which fi dentition is concluded, without having experienced aural irritation. ‘These first teeth, however, are subject to pre- mature decay, as well asa natural absorption of thelr roots, before the sixth year, at which ume the second dentition ins. From. this cause sympathetic aural trouble often arises, and meanently continues while the second teeth are cutting. About the sixth year, as stated, the second or permanent teeth to make’ their appear- ance, and at the thirteenth year they have all been cut_ with the exception of tie wisdom- teeth. These second teeth are promoters of even more disturbance in the ears than the first; the earaches and discharges are more persistent, the complications in general more grave. Subsequent to this pcr.od there is a Cessation of dental tritation, although estab- lished discharges from the ears are liable to continue on indefinitely. ‘The foregoing remarks will serve to draw at- tention to the Hability existing in youth to fre- quently recurring attacks of earache, each one of which leaves the conductive mechanism tn a worse condition than before, repeated invasioas finally leaving behind trreparabie injury. In these cases, even when comparatively unim- portant as respects pain, competant advice can Ot be too early obtained, for the longer they are neglected, the less amendable to treatment they become, Certain diseases of childhood very frequently affect the ears; such are scarlet fever, measles, diphtheria, cerebro-spinal meningitis, whoop- ing-cough, and mumps. During the attacks of these diseases, and even when convalescence has been established, although earache may be absent, occasional examinations of the ears should be made, in order that, if affected, they may receive early attention. ‘Deatness 1s ussu- ally an early symptom of most aural affections; but, on the ‘contrary, in some instances very considerable impairment of the drum cavity and its* contained mechanism exists without any perceptible impairment of hearing. It is belleved that a very small percentage of the adult population possess normal Tearing which fact greatly depends on the neglect in childhood to which allusion has above ben made.—Dr. Samuel Sexton, in Harper's Maja- zine. Testing Public Opinion. {New York Graphic.] Iam the great American manufacture of residential booms. Jam the inventor of the Blaine boomin the 7ribune,ot the Sherman boom Jn the Zimes and of the Noman’s boom in the Herald. Itis very easy to make a boom. You have only to write to some fellows you know think as you do and get them to ite you letters endorsing yourman. If you don’t get letters enough this way write a few your- self,asIdo. I started the Grant boom, but it soon got away from me; the le took it out of my hands and left mein the lurch. Then I tried a Conkling boom, but got tired of writing all the letters myself. The other day I thought I would try to find out how the people them- selves really felt about the presidential boom business, so I resolved to take a vote among the peecengets on the Morris and: Essex railroad. These are all business men of the city who live over in Jersey, and go out to the little towns in that state tosleep nights. Sotheother morning I went through the train to take a vote for President. All those who were not playing poker or euchre and smoking cigars, were reading the Jnorning papers, and I ‘saw they were annoyed at ig disturbed, but I persevered, even to the extent of shaking some of them to get an answer. The result was very singular, anda number of presidential candi- dates were developed whom I had never heard ot vee and for whom no boom has been pre- newspaper. The fst person app roached was the vener- able president of an ice company. He was reading paper, and nck very bad ed cigar. Itapped him on the shoulder and said: “Who is your choice for president?” “ What?” was ee 8 I repeated the question: “ Who is your choice for president?” “Gotereli,” said he, emphatically. “I had never heard of this candidate, but I booked him for one vote.” ‘The next man I approached was four of ‘em playing poker. All of them answered the eto aacntyy ‘One of ’em said: ‘““pwopair, Kingsup.” Another said: “A, Jack Flush.” ‘The third promptly said: “0. Dammit,” And the fourth remarked: “Take Thepot.” A young man, evidently a democrat. was winking at a young lady oppostte, when I said: “ Who is al choice for president?” le He “0, sim Merdown.” ‘There were various other candidates named, and I give = the vote in full, thusly: 5; Twopair Kingsup, i; A. Jack Bites Cai Bate ena ae 5; Girvan & st 1 ‘Timout, 64; Y. 3; Givvus 19, T_ observed all those who said Goterell and O. Dammitt got on the train at Brick MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC, At the Boston Park theater, a few evenings since, Dion Boucicault, jr., and Thomas Jeffer- son, sons of the two most popular Comedians on the stage at the present , made their first SS in Boston—the former as Francois = the latter as the Third Secretary in “ Rich- eu.” — The Chicago Tribune ts raising a boom in favor of hissing obnoxious pieees and actors, and quotes legal decisions to prove that {t isa public right. No doubt; the question is, do you want to have a row ina theater every time a thing don’t pleaser — Kate Thayer has had an artistic and pecun- jary success in concert out west, and begins March 1 a season on the New England circuit. A waiter says of her: Without betng the great- est of singers, she IS tn some respects, and es- pecially in her rendering of staccato passages, singuiarly phenomenal. — The project of giving special matinee per- formances on St. Patrick’s Day for the benefit of the of Ireland has been very generally adopted by the theatrical managers. — It is Just one week over a yearsince Colonel Mapieson’s Italian Opera Company, under Mr. Haverly’s management, began that remarka- bly successful season at the Academy of Music, Philadelphia, that Is remembered as the most brilliant of recent years. —Miss Minnie Hauk gets most cordial praises from the London papers for her performance of pele in the new opera, the Taming of the Shrew. — Jefferson closed a very successful southern tour at Nashville, Tenn., and has retired to his Louisiana plantation for the remainder of the Winter. “His company has returned to New 01 —An adaptation of Wagner's latest op: “Tarsijal,” has just been issued from the pen of Mr. and Mrs. Corder. Mr. Corder was the suc- cessor of Mr. Arthur Sullivan and Mr. Shake- speare in the Mendelssohn scholarship. —Mr. Mapleson’s New York spring season will last five weeks. Negotiations for the en- gagement of Miss Minnie Hauk for the season ure said to have been made, but so far have come to nothing. : —“The Tourists,” Philadelphia, have had a most profitable week at the Park. In fact, this theater has never done a_ better business since its opening. On the opening night it was crows and there has been no formance at. which there was a single row of empty benches up-stairs or down. The fact is that “The ‘Tourists” present a very funny, thoroughly wholesome, and in some respects original enter- tainment, the originality, however, pertaining rather to its form than its substance. They are at the National here next week. —Mlle. Sarah Bernhardt receives from the Comedie Francaise an annual salary of $12,400. M. Got recelved last year $14,000, ‘The Pal! Mail Gazette says, “When M. Saint Real exciaims that a French marshal only receives 30,000 francs a year and an archbishop only halt that sum, we are reminded of *Gabrielli’s reply to Catharine the Great, who made a similar re- mark: ‘Your majesty has only got to make her marshals sing.’ ” — “Fun on the Pacific,” a new play which Is the work of John T. Ford’s two daughters, was produced at Richmond on Thursday night. It is descriptive of a party of American voyagers returning from Shanghai, in China, toSan Frap- cisco. There is a serious line spoken. It is fun and music from the beginning to the end. Denham, Downing: Misses Bockel, Belle Mac- kenzie and little Lillie Parsloe, of Ford's Juve- nile Pinafore, all have excellent parts. —Sothern and Billy Florence are playing jokes upon each other and their audiences out west. In St. Louis the other evening “Dun- dreary” was all broken up by ‘Bardwell Slote’s’ rushing on the stage in full “Mighty Dollar” rig, grasping his hand, saying, “Excuse me, old boy, but I’m in a hurry,” and darting out again to go to the other theater a dozen blocks dis- tant. Slote had got into the midst of his courting “Mrs. Gen @ilflory” when in hop-skip and jumped a black-whiskered, long-coated snob and put both of them quite out of counte- nance. —There came very near being a panic in a Chicago theater a few nights ago. A man arose between the acts and said, ‘Come, Colonel, Jet’s go out ana take something,” and half the male audience in the parquet got up and sald they would. ss —The “Damnation of Faust” will be repeatad next Wednesday evening in Steinway Hall.N.Y. ‘The success of this great work has surpassed even the expectations of Dr. Damrosch and the members of the Symphony society. —Seven of Shakespeare’s historical plays were given on aS many successive nights, in January, at the Burg Theater, in Vienna, an extraordinary series which may well make the English and Americans ashamed to think that the thing has never been paralleled on the Eng- Ush-s ing stage. — It is possible that ‘‘The Nabob” will be pro- duced at Wallack’s Theater, New York, at the end of Mr. Boucicault’s engagement, Mr. Wal- lack playing the leading part. It 1s also Stated that the latter has contracted to bring out Mr. Gunter’s drama, “‘Two Nights in Rome,” during this season. —It is reported that the veteran John Brougham has written a new play entitled “ome Rule,” which he intends to produce next May, on the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of his first performance on the stage. Few men have contributed more to the Innocent amus- ment of their fellow creatures than Mr. Brougham. —People are predicting the failure of Stesle Mackaye’s New York theater on the ground that the high-toned class for whom he aims to run it won't pay. He says: “My performances are to begin at half-past 5. They willend as soon as those at the other theaters. This 1s one of the advantages of having short waits. Ccoldrinks, lemonade, soda and other refreshments will be served to our patrons between the acts. Ishall admit only authorized or ‘just’? dead-heads, if I may use the word. You see about you the labor of my life. I have slaved and toiled here to have it consummated. I have done all I could to rote the interests of art and the public, and if New York refuses to appreciate it, then— £0 much the worse for New York, I sa —Bartley Campbell's new story, “That Dread- ful Night,” 1s said by the wags to be a descrip- tion of the first performance of one of his plays. He has sold “The Vigilantes” to J. B. Studley, who intends to star in it; and, besides his com- edy of “Matrimony” for Daly, is at work on a play for Miss Effie Elisler. —The force and fascination of the modern style of harmony and instrumentation, and the Vitalizing strength of the principle of ‘wedding music and drama in the more realistic fashion, as distinguished from the traditional musicai forms employed in opera of the old school, re- ceive, therefore, the full amount of the support that can be afforded by a work of the callber and motive of “Carmen,” neither. prolesing: to be a grand opera nor to exemplify any school with the earnestness or rigor of propagandism. Transcript, Boston. Come again. —“The Galley Slave,” as played by Ford's company, made a great hit in Richmond, Va. Miss Mackenzie is particularly praised by the local reporters. —A new play, entitled “Midsummer Mad- ness,” by Messrs. T. R. Sullivan and W. W. Chamberlin, has been produced at the Boston Museum. It tells a story of watering-place life, and is termed a “farcical fantasy.” The part which fell by rights to the leading lady, Miss Clark, was performed by Miss May Davenport, whose acting is said to show strong marks of improvement. : — “Two Hearts,” the new play in which J. M. Hardie and George Hoey will star, is a romantic melodrama, the scene of which is laid in the seventeenth century. For their season, begin- ning April 26, they will be supported by the Chestnut Street company, of entadelphia with Katherine Rogers as the leading lady. Mr. Stanley is id to have a fine comedy part. Haverly will produce “Two Hearts” at his Brooklyn theater. —“Pinafore,” translated into Russian, is to be performed simultaneously at St. Petersburg and Moscow. —Mlle de Belooca, like most artists, feels to complain over the treatment the newspapers gives her. “Ah,” says she, “those critics! Suppose it would not do forme to turn round and criticise them; yet they must wish to put a stop to foreign singers pearl ing here. Think fen and country, suf- fers a tempestuous yovare, and oh, so much from malde mer, and ety as to their rece} tion. Finally, the first mppeerenoe is over, it @ success; the people applaud and cry ‘bravo.’ One retires that night grateful the ordeal is over, pleased with the sympathy and apprecia- tion’shown to a stranger, and anxious to sing In the morning the pees lant Nihilists in the Winter Palace. ris publishes the following: re: “Nihilists have e domestic ser- eThe Foltaire of intelligence from Just been discovered amor Yants and ralets de chambre of the Winter Palace. It is as yet im} any degree of exactitu Tutlonists propose Inquiry ts not yet nected with the aff: spect what these bol ed to do, for the preliminary ended, and fbi beeery 3 oat 4. a profound sect On account of the effect w! ich tt is feared tha very of another conspiracy Some of the wtlers Palace who were ap the Czar himself had suspicions by their manner, which bo- certain unaccountable moreover ve were In the habit of Teaving the’ to them in a wing of the of not returning defore 4 or § o'clock in Alexander Viadimtrov: Adierberg, minister of the imperial house ion having been informed of these circumstan some of the Czar’s faithful domestics, orders that the suspected members of the do- mestic household should be watched, and with- earch thelr rooms. This led to the discovery of Nihilist’ manifestocs, iets, proclamations, and a kind of diary, ich the daily occupations and movements of the Czar were carefully might have on the hamobre of the ited for attendance on ered = they at nightfalland the out delay proceeded to conspirators who have just been discovered in the palace are also suspected of being accom- plices in the attempt made on the Ife of the Czar at Moscow, and itis supposed that it ts, thanks to their having by mistake indicated the second train, that the Nihilst proclumation setzed inthe room3of the servants of the Winter Palace are printed with type in every respect similar to that of the Im. perial printing establishment of the Senate, av it is thought that the printing characters were stolen from that establishment by some of the loyed tn It Who are tn league with The Court, as may b> agined, is in the greatest consteration, "T Czar has ordered the most searching Inquiley in- to the affair, In order that every detall of this latest conspiracy may be brought to light at the same time has insisted on the affair a profound secret. Taking Advantage of {Chicaxo Tribune. | ‘This being leap year, a West Side resolved to avail herself afforded the gentle sex and ascertain th exact Intentions of an apparently devoted ad- mirer who had been spurring around for two seasons without making a direct offer of his somewhat extensive hand. So the other ev: ning, as he was holding down one end of th parlor sofa in his usual reliable manner, th lair creature at the other extremity of that‘us fularticle of furniture suddenly asked if h knew this was leap year. or blush over the matter either, but vier intended victim with a cold, piercing look, while his head dropped like a lilly in the burning sun and blushes chased each other across his ample cheek like rippling wavelets on the calm su Finally he assented to her chronological statement in a low volce, wille his heart throbbed wildly and a heaving shirt- front indicated his emotion. Iw tell you that I loved you,” she continued, “you A Slight tremor of his Pi collar showed that tnside of it he ha “Then I do say so, my tdol,”’ exclaimed the young lady tn tragic tones, as hi off knee hit the carpet; and she setzed his uni sisting hand and covered it with hers. But the young man was equal to the occasion. to his feet, his beautiful eyes suff tears, he exclaimed: “I can never be ler—groom, I_ mean. and know that you are gi ble. But I am gay and frivolous—a petted fas! jon plate of Wabash avenue. The humble home that you offer me would not satisty my taste. Heaven help me! We must part”- ing a break for the front hall, he seized his hat, Once free from danger the un natural strength that had borne him gave way id he sank almost unconscious into the near- young lady on the She didn't stammer face of Lake Como. would believe me?” reciate your love, and true, and no- &2-“Well, Ethel, dear, little five-year-old niece, toy come and put your armS around’ my neck and give me a kiss.” The lttle maiden ¢: plied; but as she did so, uncle, how I do spoil you.” ‘Mamma, what are twins made precocious brother replied: “So that can! as. aid an uncle toh ‘if you like your ne , She remarked: IST OF LETTERS REMANIING IN TI WASHINGTON CITY POST OFFICE, Saturday, February 21st, 1880. 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