Evening Star Newspaper, March 20, 1880, Page 7

, PRINCE DEMIDOFF. wh mantic Nobleman Who Has Put His Wonderful Art Treas- ures at Auction. (The Parisian.} Prince Paul Demidoff often says: “Ah! if I Could only find a man who would undertake to change my collections every day?” This excla- mation of ennut paints the whole nature of the map. He wants to enjoy, but no sooner has he enjoyed than he becomes bored, and desires some hew distraction. The palace and collec- tions of San Donato, which are to be sold at Florence next month, owe their existence, for the most part, to the dfather and uncle of the present owners, the Princes Nicholas and Anatole Demidoff. The palace and the rin- ning of the collection only date from 1833. Ten <= ac afirst sale of pictures took place at ‘aris. The fabulous prices paid are ou ne in the minds of amateurs. Te peewee es of Munster” was sold for 152,009 fran “fAvenue de Dordrecht,” 104,000 fran al tade’s “Village,” 140,000 francs; a Tenlers, 11 oe Hobbema, 77,000 francs, MA sale Prince Anatole Demidoff died and left the remains of his vast collections to Prince Paut, who has since passed his life in complet- ing the lacune in the various departments. Now, Prince Paul has taken a dislike to the Palace of San Donato and his collections. He ‘Wants to bave a palace and a collection of ‘which he shall have himself been the sole crea- tor. ile has, therefore, determined to instal himse!f in the Chateau de Pratolino, which he ts going to have rebuilt, and in which he will Eather together a new collectton of pictures and jects of art. At thesale in March, however, it will no longer be as in 170; everything— Jace, Works of art, pictures, carriages, turni- ure—all will pass under the auctioneer’s ham- mer. Paul Demidoff is now aman of 39 years of age. He came to Paris in 1858. He had not yet come into possession of his immense fortune; his ‘uncie was still ving, and his income was mod- est. He was a handsome man in the full force Of the term—tall, slender, elegant; pale com- pleaion, somewhat bronzed; brown hair and moustache; open and high forehead and pale- blue Slav ey Soft, languid and yelled by long lashes. Under askin of satin he had muscles Of steel; he was built to resist Ilfe and to tri- umph over life. He always used to dress in a Short coat, around hat, rather sh@rt trousers and shoes. He never wore a watstcoat and never suffered from cold. He took up his quar- ters 1u a furnished lodging at 25, Faubourg St. Honore, and it was there that began his famous Series of men’s soirees and suppers. Soon after- ward Paul Demidoff became a member of the Cercle de la Rue Royale. Paul Demidoff, how- ever, Was not_a regular gambler; he Played only by fits and starts, but when he did play he played boldly, for he was one of the race of rand vireurs. From the Faubourg St. Honore e migrated to the Rue du Marche-d’Aguesseau, taking with him the same joyous band of friends, at the head of whom were Grammont-Cader- ouse, de Juigne and Gaston de Saint-Maurice. For a moment he had a passion for hunting, and rented some game preserves near Rambouillet. Paul lemidoff had all the instincts of the Slav nature. He was eccentric, sometimes exces- Sively so. He would call up his servants, 0) all the windows, and take a cold bath. He had constantly at his bedside a decanter of iced champagne, of which he drank all night. No- body, however, ever heard of Paul Demidoft being drunk. In the morning he sometimes had fancies worthy of Nero; he would send four or five servants, and make them fight together until they had eliminated the victor, who re- veived a handsome gratification. Paul Demidoff married tne Princess ski, and went to live in the Rue Jean- Goujon, in a fine hotel, which soon became a Yeritable museum. When he married he took hhis past life like a stick, broke it In two and threw away the pieces. It was allover. His wife became everything to him. The lady, un- fortunately, died in childbed, and Prince Demi- doff died to the world. But enthusiasm like his could not be extinguished. He threw him- Self with ardor into religion; the hero of the “fast” life of Paris became the hero of the Cloister. He shut himself up with his grief, and his charity became now as open-handed as his extravagance has been. He was mean toward , prodigal toward the poor. He dressed like a Quaker, and had long interviews with Pere Hyacinthe, He had abandoned his hotel in the Rue Jean-Goujon, and lived alone in a small apartment in the Rue de Milan, we be- Neve, where he treasured up all the relics and souvenirs of his married fe. His m was arelquary of his past happy days. ‘One fine day he left Paris and went to Russia. ‘He had grown weary of solitude and tears, He had been touched by the poe ofambition. He gieamtd of playing a role in politics, and began by becoming governor of Kieff, a post which he held for five years. But the post was too unim- porn for his vaulting ambition. Perhaps he yhought. of the embassy at Paris, or perhaps of Sceme other equally lofty position of the same kind. At any rate he grew tired of beng mayor cf Bi e Sent In his resignation and settled at the palace of San Donato,near Florence, where he brought his second wife, the Princess Trou- betskol, daughter of the celebrated Princess Lise ‘Troubetskol, who has so often occupied the at- tention of the Parisians. Since then he has never left San Donato, where he has accumu- lated the marvellous collections which are to be Sold next month. Wha. is the reason of this sale? Lassitude nd enuuni. His last passion, as we have already gaid. bus burnt out, He wants to rid_his sight Of all vestiges ofit. Hes in a hurry to satisty @ new passion. The Palace of San Donato Is to be abandoned for the Villa de Pratolino, near lesole, where nothing remains but the ruins of the splendid chateau which tormerly sheltered the romantic loves of the Duke Francis and the tatr Venetian lady, Bianca Capello. Among the ruins is the colossal statue of the Appenines, Which was sculptured under the direction of Jeub dx Bologna, one of the finest monuments cf an Smmortal epoch. The restoration of this chateau will give Prince Demidoff an opportu- nity of becoming a Mwcenas in a more active and extensive manner. The whole work will be ‘under tiie direction of Mr. A. de Baudot, one of the accomplished and enthusiastic disct- ples of the late Viollet-de-Duc, and for the va- Tious details of decoration, fitting and furnish- ing competitions will be opened. Prince Demi- doff will be a patron of art on a scale which has been alinost unknown during the last two cen- buries. ‘The origin of the fortune of the Demldoffs ts Curious, One day Peter the Great was nee through the Ural When he reached Nijni- ‘Tagilsk, one of his pistols broke, The Czar asked the governor to send hiin a workman to mend t, but in that obscure and distant village there was no one to whom the governor dared to entrust the Imperial arm. There was no gun- Smith. At last they brought to the Czar a Modest workman, whose trade was certainly not that of a | rege but whose skill was highly Spoken of in the village. He took the pistol, and half an hour afterward he brought {t back as asnew. His name was Demidoff. “I aber you!” sald Peter the Great as he ay * Months DemHioff had forgotten the Czar’s promise when a letter with the Imperial Seal was handed to him. It was the grant of the frechold of a vast track of land. Demidoff Set to work. He discovered mines of tron, of brass, of malachite—a fortune, in short, which it would take centuries to exhaust. Such is the Listory of the fortune of the Demidoffs. The English Election Agent. At present it is the custom, especially In counties, to employ an infinity of agents scat- tered up and down over the face of the constitu- €ncy. Oue at every center, one tn every village or hamlet; wherever it is possible to have one there 1s posted a paid agent to attend to the interests of his master. e paying of multitu- Ginous agents is really little else than indirect lbbery. The agent probably has the power of influencing a certain number of votes, and so may becouie a little center of unlawful persua- sion. He may not, it 1s true, vote himself, but his interest is bought and paid for, though it 4s supposed that all votes are nowadays “free as alr, pure as snow.” It is to the advant of the rich candidate to multiply agen’ for the more agents bought the more votes he can command,and the better will be his chances, Me one side does the other is bound to do also pay sere lo and so the agents and the Notes they influence comprise no Small part of the constituency. The paid agent 1s really of Very litule practical use, except that his employ- ment secures a certain number of votes; the free and independent elector is not = fond of being canvassed by a hired servant; he resent the trusion, and in many cases, unless the visit 4s followed by a call from ‘some friend of the candidate, he will vote ene through pique. The agent—not to speak of his own Inodest honorartum—is a great source of expense; he wishes, of 08 vealous,” he epee hy ot uent egraphs can ‘the 1 trivial pret rs, sparesine on: on the most trivial pretexts, spares no ex- Pense, sends for with- ‘Out number, does not stint his uivertisement Uncle Remus’ Folk-Lore. BRER RABBIT AND THE BUTTER. “De anemules en de beast said Uncle eae his coffee around in the bottom of his tin cup, in order to gather up all the su- gar, “dey kep’on gittin’ mo’ en mo’ familious wid wunner nudder, twel bimeby, twant long ‘fo’ Brer Rabbit, en’ Brer Fox, en Brer Possum ter sorter bunchin’ der perwishions terged- ler in de same house. After while de roof sorter — ter leak, en one day, Brer Rabbit en Brer ouldn'-kinder patch her up. Dey had a bus ays couldn’ T Tup. a ‘8 wuk in frunt un um,en den dey fotch der dinver widum. Dey lum de vittles up in one pile, en de butter w’at Brer Fox brung dey goes en pas In de spring-’ouse for ter keep cool, en den ley wen’ ter en ’twan’t long ‘for’ Brer Rabbit's stummuck ‘gun ter sorter growl en pester ‘im. Dat butter er Brer Fox’s sot heavy on his mine, and his mouf water eve’y time he "member "bout it. Present’y he say ter hisself dat he bieedzd ter have a nip at dat butter, en den he lay his plans, he did. Fus news you know, w ile dey wuz all wukkin’ ‘long, Brer Rabbit raise his head quick en fling years forrerd en holler out: “ ‘Here Tis, W’at you want wid me?’ en off he put like sump’n wuz atter "im. “He sallied ‘roun’, old Brer Rabbit did, and atter he make sho dat nobody ain’t foller’n ‘Im, inter de spring-’ouse he bounces, en dar he stays: twel he git a bait er butter. Den he santer on back en go ter wuk. “«Whar you bin?’ sez Brer Fox, sezee. “ hear my chiluns callin’ me,’ says Brer Rabbit, sezee, ‘en I hatter go see w'at dey want. My ole oman done gone en tuck mighty sick," sezee. “Dey wuk on twel bimeby de butter tas’e so good dat ole Brer Rabbit want some mo”. Den he raise up his head, he did, en holler out: ““Heyo! Walt! I’m acomin’!’ en off he put. “Dis time he stay right smart while, en w’en he git back Brer Fox ax whar he bin. “I bin ter see my ole oman, en she’s a sink- in’, sezee. “Dreckly Brer Rabbit hear um callin’ ‘im ag’in en off he goes, en dis time, bless yo’ soul, he gits de butter out so clear dat he kin see his- sefin de botom er der bucket. He scrape it clean en lick it dry,en den he go back ter wuk lookin’ mo’ samer dan a nigger w’at de patter- rollers bin had holt up. ““How’s yo’ ole ‘oman dis time?’ sez Brér Fox, sezee. “Tin oblije ter you, Brer Fox,’ sez Brer_ Rab- bit,’ sezee, but I'm fear’d she’s done gone by now,’ en dat sorter make Brer Fox en Brer Pos- sum feel in moanin’ wid Brer Rabbit. “Bimeby, w’en dinner time come, dey all got out der vittles, but Brer Rabbit keep on lookin’ lonesome, en Brer Fox and Brer Possum, dey sorter russie roun’ for to see ef dey can’t make Brer Rabbit feel sorter splimmy.” eo is that, Uncle Remus?” asked the lt- le boy. “Sorter splammy, honey—sorter like he’s in a crowd—sorter like his ole’oman aint’t dead ez she mont be. You know how fokes duz we’en dey gits whar people's a moanin.’” The little boy didn’t know, fortunately for him, and Uncle Remus went on: “Brer Fox and Brer Possum rustle roun,’ dey did, gittin’ out de vittles,en Bimeby Brer Fox say, Sezee: “t Brer Possum, you run down to de spring en fetch de butter, en I'll sail ‘roun’ yer en set de table,’ sezee. “Brer Possum he lope off atter de butter, en dreckly here he come lopin’ back wid his years a trimblin’en his tongue a hangin’ out. Brer Fox, he holler out: «* Wat de matter now, Brer Possum?’ sezee. “ «You all better run, yer fokes,’ sez Brer Possum, sezee. ‘De las drap er dat butter done one.” oane Whar she gone?’ sez Brer Fox, sezee. **Look like she dried up,’ says Brer Pos- sum, sezee. “ Den Brer Rabbit he look sorter wise, he did, en he up’n say, sezee: “T speck dat butter melt in somebody's mouf,’ sezee. “Den dey went down ter de spring with Brer Possum, en sho nuff de butter wuz gone. W'le dey wuz syutin over der wunderment Brer Rab- bit says he see tracks all ’roun’ dar, and he p'int out dat if dey all ter sleep he ken ketch de chap w’at stole de butter. Den dey all lie down en Brer Fox en Brer Possum dey soon drap off ter sleep, but Brer Rabbit he stay ‘wake, en wen de time come he raise up easy en smear Brer Possum’s mouf wid de butter on his paws, and den he run off en nibble up de bes’er de din- ner w’at dey lef’ layin’ out, en den he come back en wake up Brer Fox en show’im de butter on Brer Possum’s mouf. Dey den wake Brer Pos- sum up er tell "im about it, but c’ose Brer Pos. sum ‘ny it ter de las’. Brer, Fox, dough he’s a kinder lawyer, en he argafy dis way—dat Brer Possum wuz de fus one at de butter, en de tus one ferter miss it,en m’on dat, dar hung de signs on his mouf. Brer Possum seedat dey got ‘im jammed up in a cornder, en den he upen say dat de way fer ter ketch de man w’at stole de butter is ter bil’ a big brush-heap en set her afler, en all hands try ter jump over, en the one W'at fall in, den he de chap w’at stole de butter. Brer Rabbit eu Brer Fox dey bofe ’gree, dey did, en dey whirlin en b’ll’de bresh heap, en dey bil her high en dey b’ll’her wide, en den de; totch her off. W’en she got ter blazin’ up Brer Rabbit he tuck de fus turn. He sorter step back, look ‘roun’ en Figgle. en over he weat mo’ samer den a bird flyin’. Den come Brer Fox. He got back little fudder, en spit on his han’s, en den lit out en made de jump, en he come so nigh gittin’ in dat de een’ er his tail kotcn afier. Ain’t you never see no fox, honey ?” inquired Uncle Remus in a tone that impited both conell- tation and information. The little boy thought probably he had, but he wouldn't comm!t nimseif. “ Well, den,” continued the old man, “nex, time you see one un um, you look right Close en see ef de een’ er his tall ain’t white. Hit’s des like I tell you. Dey b’ars de skyar er dat bresh- heap down ter disday. Dey er marked—dat’s wa't dey is—dey er marked.” “And what about Brother Possum?” asked the boy. “Ole Brer Possum, he tuck a runnin’ start, he did, en he came lumberin’ ‘long, en he hit—ker- biam!—right in de middie er de fire, en dat wa de las’ er ole Brer Possum.” “ But, Uncle Remus, Brother Possum didn't ‘steal the butter afterall,” said the little boy, who was not all satisfied with such summary Injus- tice. “Dat wat make I say w’at Iduz, honey. In dis worrul lots er folkes is gotter suffer fer under fokes’ sin. Look like hit's mighty onwrong: but hits des dat a way. Tribbalashun seem like she’s a waitin’ roun’ de cornder fer ter ketch one en allun us, honey.”—Atlanta (Ga.) Constitu- tion, Purchasing Diamonds. (Lucy Hooper's Paris Letter to the Philadelphia Telegraph. } P) Purchasing diamonds for the retail trade 1s, I am told, a very difficult and delicate task. The buyer takes his seat at a table with a large sheet. oft white paper spread out before him. On this paper 1s poured out the contents of certain of the pack , in which diamonds are delivered into the ds of the wholesale dealers. The keen eye of the purchaser-expert at once singles out the flawed, shallow, ill-shaped or yellow stones. These are swept out ruthlessly, and are definitely rejected. The ere stones must next be \—a very difficult an delicate operation. facilitate it atin plate mounted on four feet and pierced with holes in graduated sizes 1s produced. On this the selected diamonds are laid, and are shifted to and fro till each diamond is fitted into a hole proportionate to its size. ‘Then the stones are subjected toa second and final examination, the buyer pouncing upon every one that presents any defect, such as ir- rity of shape, lack of brilliancy, duliness Cs Lenya oe ete oe matched tamonds are then care! put up in pairs, either in small cases or simply olaed | in es rs. The refuse diamonds are generally sold to French jewellers, to makeup the wonderful flowers And stars and insects that one sees blazing under the Saat ht in the windows of the shops on the Royal. In fact, French customers as a class are far more easily suited in diamonds than are Americans. They like something showy, and look more to general ef- fect than (o the absolute perfection of each in- dividual stone, I would therefore advise our countrypeople, when they come abroad, to ad- dress themselves to American jewellers when they wish to buy diamonds, and not to suffer themselves to be tempted by the dazzling ge- jae displayed on the Rue de la Paix or in the Palais Koyal. They will only pay half as much. again for them as they are worth if they buy in those latter places,and then, if they wish to dispose of their purchases or ‘to have them re- set ina new form, they will find themselves with alot of flawed and imperfect stones on their hands. How_a Newspaper Subscription Might have Saved $5,000), Beto Courant. } How foolish it is to waste money in buyinga dale tae half-hour’s entertainment that you Ww away aS soon as you've read it, is illustrated by the case of a man living at Mil- ton, N. pos above = @ wasteful ex two large ice houses, and during fhe Winter he stored both full of ice. He supposed all other ice houses were full, for he “got along without the’ ‘ Recently e - was called on by” e Was on by a Po; moutb man who effered nim $000 tor ice, just as it in. store. He did not let the offer Stale, but picked it up eagerly cried “done.” In a Gay or two better offers began to come in and STORIES ABOUT ANIMALES. Evidences of the Use of Something Akin to the Reasoning Faculty. A Madison county (Ky.) hog that had its nose Smashed by a timber about with a cob, fog or stone in its mouth to facilitate breath- ra A buzzard captured in county, Ky., had on one of its feet eeosteas of peculiar | oie which was identified by Mr. agh- oa nente been carried away five years pre- viously. A young woman in Glen Cove, L. L, hen that “Hold the Fort” with all the unction of Widow Van Cott. She has only to start the air, when the pullet P ene in and sings along with her to the end, following the notes and minding all the rests. ‘Two pickerel were jumping out of the water near Babylon, L. I., trying to catch swallows, and only one fish was seen to fall back into the water. On rowmg out to the spot it wasfound that the smaller one had jum into the lal one’s mouth and it. Both to- gether weighed 22 pounds. Mickey Sullivan is the name of a Vallejo ac that drinks beer and looks for his “schooner with as much expectancy as his master. When his owner cannot for his favorite beverage he places a dime in Mickey’s mouth. Mickey trots to the brewery, and placing the piece on the ccunter, waits for his g and will not be Satisfied unless it is full. Mrs. Augustus W. Brooks, of East Elliott,Me.; has a cat thirteen years old which walks around a room on her hind legs only, dances, has a turns somersaults, through the motions of holding a jewsharp to her mouth with one paw and playing on it with the other, kisses her aw to rs, and holds a saucer of milk on er forelegs while she drinks it. z Two a abullanda Newfoundland, were having a ferce fight in a field at Haymakey, N. Y., and a cow was looking on. Neither dog etting worsted, the cow stopped the battie by ‘hrowing both dogs over a bluff. They re- turned to the fight, and the cow hurled one of the dogs to the top of the bluff, and the other a dozen feet in another direction. The dogs then sneaked away. = Eight hundred miles off the coast of New- foundland a large white owl dropped on one of the spars of the steamship Celtic exhausted. When brought to the deck it was nearly dead from cold and hunger, but it slowly recovered. 113. land bird supposed to have been blown off the coast of Newfoundland by the westerly gales. Itis white, with only a few specks of ark color, and has become tame. After being shut up in a mine for forty-three days and nights, a vonshire (Eng.) dog still lives. In accompanying his master on a shoot- ing excursion he fell into a shaft sixty-six feet dvep, and was supposed to be killed. After more than a month a howl was heard to pro- ceed from the pit's mouth. A miner was sent for and lowered, and the dog rescued in an emaciated condition. He had lost twenty-six pounds in weight. On the edge of ajslate quarry a thrush had made her nest. It was so close to danger that when the rock was blasted a piece of the falling slate came almost into the nest. At the ring- ing ofa bell the bird saw the men run. She lerther nest too, and after the explosion she returned. This the thrush continued to do whenever a blast was fired. The men rang the bell to hoax the bird, but she only peeped over the nest, and, as the men did not run, settled down again. A two-headed cat was owned in Washington, N. J. The heads were distinct and well formed— one jet black, the other the color of a pure Maltese, The body was divided in color exactly likethe heads. It had only four legs and one tail, over which each head seemed to have con- trol. If the Maltese side was tickled the black head took no notice of it, and if the black side was rubbed the Maltese head purred content- edly. Both heads ate at the same time, but one slept while the other was wide awake.—N. ¥. sun, MELIKO. 'S TASK. The Revolution Said to be Ripe and Beyond Human Control—The Ni- a y Men of Cultare and fron ville Gen. Loris Melikoff, says the Vienna corres- pondent of the London Telegraph, has an impos- sible task before him, and it is confidently an- ticipated here that he will utterly fall in its ac- complishment. The arrest of a few hundred suspicious persons will not be of the slightest avail. Accounts received from Russia in Vienna and Berlin state that almost the entire country is anxious for a change, and more or less openly sympathizes with the revolution. One report, Lot destined for publication, says that the revo- lution ts now ripe, and that no human power can prevent its outbreak. What has already occurred is represented asa mild foretaste of what has yet tocome. It isa mistake to sup- pose that the events with which the empire of the Czars 1s threatened will be confined to the large towns, such as St. Petersburg, Moscow and Kiew. ‘The same exasperation against the mal-administration and corruption of the au- thorities exists in every town and village of Siberia, in every inhabited part of the steppes of Little Russia—in fact, the most remote triets are not free from it. Prior to the inangu- ration of the reign of terror, Russian maicon- tents belonged to two distinct categories. One of them comprised people who, though dissat- isfied with the existing state ‘of affairs and desirous for a change,hoped to attain their end by pacific means. They, nevertheless, had an occult literature of their own. and carried on active propaganda among. students and work- ingmen. ‘This group included a large number ot adherents belonging to the better classes, and professed to be opposed to means of vio- lence for the realization of their theories. Lat- terly, however, they have rallied to the other group of malcontents, which, since its forma- tion, has been a party of action. They have al- ways gone by the name of Nihilists. With com- paratively few exceptions, they belonged to the middie and lower classes. They have also re- cruited partisans, chiefly in the universities and factories. Many of them are men of culture, gifted with an iron will, and ready for every prtvation and sacrifice in the Sorat CAUSE e prospect Oo! transported in cag e wild boasts to Saghallen, marched through the snow to Siberia, tort in some prison cell, or even executed in the citadel of St. Petersburg, are matters of small consideration for the Rus- Sian Nihilists. < A Farmer’s Battle with Three Faim- ishing Wolves, {Pittsburg Chronicle.] Vatentine White, one of the oldest farmers re- Siding in Bradford county, Pa., had a desperate encounter with two almost famished wolves a day or two since. He has cleared a sized. farm, and is, to some extent, isolated from his neighbors. Around Mr. White's farm ts a dense forest, almost untouched by the pioneers. Bear, deer and wolf are abundant, notwithstan which they are seldom disturbed by hunters. In the rear of Mr. White’s house is a huge frame barn, with great cracks, caused by decaying boards. On going out to the barn he heard a great commotion. Thinking some of theanimals broken loose hedid not open the front door lest they should escape, but squeezed himself through a large aperture left by a broken board. As soon as he entered the uproar increased, and he saw in the middle of the barn floor a helfer which had torn herself from the stanchion by Main force, and broken one horn in the act. Clinging to her muzzle was a gray wolf, with its long, sharp teeth fastened in the ani- Tnal’s nose with a poullgog grip, while another was ying to hamstring the poor creature, The bel “bene of the heifer, the snarling of the wolves, and the rattling of the loose barn floor made a deafening racket, and the human intruder was unnoticed. The cow shook the wolf like a limp rag, and pounded the sides of the stable with it, but vain. Old White’s anger at the attack on his stock overmastered all feelings of prudence, and, seizing fork, he prey himself for an attack. No sooner did the wolves perceive him er mad- dened by the taste of blood, they turned from the heifer and attacked him. As one of the in- furlated animals sprang towards the old man, he dealt it a mighty blow with the eters | itintoacorner. But the other animal caught its teeth in the old man’s right coat sleeve; and im such close Se that the hike i uy bite ot noavail. After kicking uselessly at the anim: ae eraerea its throat with his left han and choked the wolf until it let ‘Then sel the pitchfork, he dealt it a well-direct blow, and e the leg of one of Sa which then dod; h the hole behin off, how! dismally. The its ground, and whenever op- and ry pens sent the tines through the animal's it almost instantly. The dead wolf was of a large size, unt with hanger, and with a shaggy coat of he gray, | White's and his tace, neck clothes were torn in shreds, and breast were scarred deeply py the claws of the animal. Getting to the Rear. The following, related by an officer of the Brigade, may interest some of our his -| soldier friends: ‘While Jackson’s corps was cautiously movi to the flank and rear of the Union aria the Confederate ; REMINISCENCES OF WASHINGTON. | Interesti: Gossi, cern! An- | Marew satkeom Francie Pe Blair, | Mrs. Amne Royall, John C. Cal | houn, 1 bster and Other | Netables. (Beh: Perley Poore in the Atlantic Montily for April.j Gen. Jackson cared not for this exhibition ef costly furniture, but passed the greater portion of his time up-stairs in his office, smoking a corn-cob pipe with a reed stem, and di ee ace cee ae was = the ime of his lon sixty-two years | tail, spare, with a hb forehs from which hair ed ive nose, ; his gray hair was Di & | searching, keen eyes, and when natured an almost child-like expression about his mouth. A self-reliant, prejudiced, and often very irascl- ble old man, it was a very difficult task to man- age him. Some of his Cabinet advisers made it a point to be with him, to prevent others from ingratiating themseives into his Will, and ey were thus chronicled in a ballad of the me: “King Andrew had five trusty squi ‘Whom he hela his bid todo, He also had faree pilot fish, ‘To give thé sharks their cus. ‘There was Mat. and Lou, and Jack and Lev ond Koger of Taney hue, ir the book, And Kendall chief cook, ‘And Isaac, surnamed the true.” Mat Van Buren was Secretary of State, Lou Mc- Lane was Secretary of the Treasury, Jack Branch was Secretary of the Navy, Lev Wood- bury was his successor, and Roger B. Taney was Attorney General. Biair, Kendall and Isaac Hill were also known as “the kitchea Cabinet.” FRANCIS P. BLATR has been the partner of Amo3 Kendall in the ublication of the Frankfort Argus, and they had both deserted Henry Clay when they en= listed in the movement which gave the electora! vote of Kentucky to Gen. Jackson, and joined in the cry of “bargain apd corruption” raised against their former frie! It is related that the first interview between Clay and Blair after this desertion was a very awkward one for the latter, who felt that he had behaved shabbily. Clay had ridden over on horseback from Lexing- ton to Frankfort, in the winter season, on legal business, and on alighting from his horse at the tavern door found himself confronting Blair, who was just leaving the house. “How do you do, Mr. Blair?” inquired the great commoner, in his silvery tones and blandest manner, at the same time extending his hand. Blair mechani- cally took the tendered hand, but was EVIDENTLY NONPLUSSED, and at len; said, with an evident effort, “Pretty well, thank, you sir. How did you find the from Lexington here?” ‘The roads are very bad, Mr. Blair,” graciously re- plied Clay—“very bad; and I wish, sir, that you would mend your ways.” Mr. Le Cte peer the ee See ane a model political organ, an e name oO} every federal office holder whose salary exceed- ed athousand dollars on its subscription list. While he defended in its columns Gen. Jackson and the acts of the administration, right or wrong, he waged merciless warfare against those who op} them. When Col W. R. King, of Alabama, once begged him to soften an attack upon an erring democrat, Mr, Blair re- pee “Nol Let it tear his heart out.” With all is political insolence, however, he possessed a remarkable kindness of heart, and a more indulgent father was never known in Wash- ington. Personally, Mr. Blair was very ugly and Gen. Glascock, of la, used to tell how a wager was once made between some Geor- pas ‘and Kentuckians of an oyster supper for thirty, to be paid for by the citizens of that state Which could produce the ugliest man. The evening came, the company assembled. and Georgia presented a fellow not naturally very ugly, but who had the knack of wonder- fully distoiting his features. Kentucky was in despair for their man, who had been kept cooped up for a week, was So hopelessly dru: that he could not stand. At the last moment a happy thought occurred to a Kentucky repre- sentative, named Albert G. Hawes. Ordering @ back he drove to the Globe office, and soun returned with Mr. Blair as an invi guest, saying, as they entered the room, “Gentlemen, this is Mr. Blair, the editor of the Globe, and it he will only look as nature has made him Ken- tucky wins.” The Georgians at once expressed their willingness to pay for the supper. MRS. ANNE ROYALL was at that time the only “interviewer” and the cnly female writer for the press at Washing- ton. She was the widow of a Tennessee revo- lutionary officer, and she first visited the cap- ital to secure a pension; but failing in that, she devoted herself to personal literature. en. she managed to secure an old Ramage printing press and a font of battered long-primer type, with which, aided by runaway apprentices anc trumping journeymen printers, she published on ere ‘lili, for several years a small week- ly sheet called the Huntress, Every person of any distinction who visited Washington re- celved a call from Mrs. Royall, and if they sub- scribed for the Huntress they were described in the next number in a pir trreiamert manner, but if they declined she blackguarded them without mercy. When young, she was a short, plump, and not bad-looking woman, but as she advanced in years her fiesh disay |, ab her nose seemed to increase in ; but her plercing black eyes lost none of their tire, while er tongue wagged more abusively when she lost her temper. John Q. Adams described her as going about ‘like a virago-errant in en- chanted’ armor, herself from the cramps of indigence by the notoriety of her eccentricities and the forced currency they gave to her publications.” Mrs. Royall’s tongue at last became so unea- durable that she was formally indicted by te grand jury as a common scold, and tried in the Chewenne ce Ju Canoe Ge es ebar e jury at len; reviewing the test'- mony, and itowing that if found gallcy she must be ducked, in accordance with the English law ie force in ee Diaeice ee Soe ae nen jury found her guilty, but her counsel honor, the judge, to weigh the matter, and Not be the first to INTRODUCE A DUCKING STOOL, which had been obsolete in England since the refgn of Queen Anne, as the introduction of such an engine of punishment might have the effect of increasing criminals of this Class. If the Greek legislators would not enact a punishment for a crime not unknown to them, lest it should induce persons to commit that offence, the court should not permit the introduction of the duck- ‘ing'stcol, lest it might lead to an increase of common scolds. This ent had weight, and @ fine was imposed on Royall, which was duly paid. ; A ynee the Twenty-first Congréss assembled, on Dec. 7, 1829, Gen. Jackson sent ina message Which naturally attracted some attention. Meeting his old and intimate friend Gea. Arm- strong the next day, Gen. Jackson said, “Well, Bob, what do the people say of my mi ud “They say,” replied Gen. Armstrong, “that it is first-rate, but nobody believes that you wrote it.” Tee ere naturedly repliedOlalickory, “don't I deserve just as much credit for picking out the man who could write it?” Although the words Of this and of the subsequent messages were not Gen. Jackson’s, the ideas were, and he always insisted on having them clearly expressed. It was in his Message, by the way, that he invited the attention of Congress to the fact that the charter of the United States Bank would expire in 1836, and asserted that it had “failed in the t_end of establishing a uni- form and sound currency.” This was the be- ginning of that flerce political contest which resulted in the triumph of Gen. Jackson and the overthrow of the United States Bank. The Senate of had ably never besa si raed if juall 2d prol never been surpassed, in point of ability and oratorical talent, by ay representative body of its size, and an unimpor- tant pea ouy introduced early in 1830 by Sen- ator Foote, led toa general debate which was “the battle of the giants.” The discussion em- braced all the partisan issues of the time, es] cially those of a sectional nature, including the alleged right of a state to set the federal gov- ernment at defiance. The state-rights men in South Carolina, instigated by Mr. Calhoun, had been active during the ith, where he had re- life, was, to_use as with a'candie. New a nace me FR od sles Mr. Webster been. eee He was Las extemporaneous speaker, and he passed the Summer in carefully studying, in his intervals of professional leisure, the question which he afterw: ‘80 brilliantly dis- cussed. A story is told at Providence about a distinguished lawyer of that place, Mr. John Whipple, who was at Washington when hether it could possi in fact. Gertalniy fe hae? replied . We . “Don’t you remember our conversations during the long walks we took together last summer at Ne while in attendance on Story’s court?” It across Mr. weiss that Mr. Webster had then Dad invited orien ome As the debate on the Foote resolution pro- Ie revesiod sn ¢videns intention to at- lew England, especially Massachu- This it Mr. We ‘into the concluged’s ‘ebster: speech fa a 3 Hy ui Eres! suites cea haughty South Carolinien entered the lists of on pelilical tournament like Saladin to oppose YANKEE CG:UR DE LION. When Mr. Webster went to the Sonatecham- ber to reply to Gen. Hayne. on Tuesday, January 20, 1830, he felt himself master of the Situation. Always about his personal appearance when he was to address an audl- ence, he wore on that day the whig unitorm, which had been copied by the revoluti heroes—a blue coat with bright buttons, abu waistcoat, and a high white cravat. Neith¢ was he insensible to the benefits to be derived from publicity, and he had sent a request to Mr. Gales to report what he was to say to himself, rather than to send one of his stefographers. ‘The most graphic account of the svene in the Senate chamber during the delivery of the speech was sul juently written virtually from Mr. Webster's dictation. Perhaps, like Mr. Healey’s picture, it 1s rather high-colored. Sheridan, after bis forty days’ preparation, did not commence his scathing IMPEACHMENT OF WARREN HASTINGS. with more confidence than was displayed by Mr, Webster Weer he stood up, in the pride of his manhood, ant in to address the inter- ested mass of talent, intelligence and beauty around bim. A man of commanding presence, With a well-knit, sturdy frame, swarthy fea- tures, a broad, ey eee forehead, courageous eyes gleaming from eath shaggy eyebrows, quadrangular breadth of jawbone and a mouth which bespoke strong will, he stood like a sturdy Roundhead sentinel on guard before the gates of the Constitution. Holdingin profound contempt what is termed spread-eagle oratory, his only gesticulations were up-and-down mo- tions of his arms, as if he was beating out with sleége hammers his forcible ideas. His perora- tion was sublime, and EVERY LOYAL AMERICAN BEART has since echdtd the last words, “Liberty and Union—now and forever—one ‘and insepar- able!” Mr. Webster's h, carefully revised by himself, was not published until the 23d of Feb- Tuary, and large editions of It were circulated throughout the northern states, The debate was continued, and it was the 2ist of May before Col. Benton, who had been the first de- famer of New England, brought it to a close, ‘The northern men claimed for Mr. Webster the superiority, but Gen. Jackson praised the speech of Mr. Hayne, and deemed his picture worthy to occupy a place in the White House, thus giving expression to the general sentiment among the southerners. This alarmed Mr. Van Buren, who was quietly yet shrewdly at work to defeat the further advancement of Mr. Cal- houn, and he lost no time in demonstrating to the imperious old soldier who occupied the presidential chair that the South Carolina doc- trine of nullification could but prove destruc- tive to the union. Mr. Calhoun was not AWARE OF THIS INTRIGUE, and in order to strengthen his state-rights pol- icy he organized a public dinner on the anniver- sary of Jefferson’s birthday, April 13th, 1830, When the toasts which were be proposed were made public in advance, according to the custom, it was discovered that several of them Were strongly anti-tariff and state rights in sen- timent—so much s9 that a number of Pennsyi- vania tariff democrats declined to attend, and got up a dinner of their own. Gen. Jackson at- tended the dinner, but he went late and retired early, leaving a volunteer toast, which he had carefully prepared at the White House, and which fell ike a damper upon those at the din- ner, while it electrified the North: ‘The Fed- eral Union—it must and shall be maintained!” This toast, which could not be misunderstood, showed that Gen. Jackson would not permit himself te be placed in an attitude of a patron of doctrines which could lead only to a dissolu- tion of the Federal government. But the com- mittee on arsangements toned it down, so that 1t appeared in the official report of the dinner, “Our Federal Union—it must be preserved!” How He Keformed. [Detroit Froe Press.| A few weeks ago, while several citizens of De- troit were surrounding a hot stove in a Gris- wold street tobacco store, in came a stranger who had been ona “big drunk.” His eyes were red, his back all mud, his clothes and his general appearance was that of a -up and played-out old soaker. One of the group was telling a yarn about a hog, and he was ing on with his story when the old fellow in- terrupted: ““Scuse me, but I’m an old soaker who wants to reform.” “Well, as I was saying,” continued the story, teller after a glance at the man, “that hog was about forty rods away when I first saw got my gun—” “Say,” interrupted the drunkard, isn’t there somebody here who wants to help reform me? “ You go out!” replied one of the men. “Twon’t doit! I’m anold drunkard, and I Want some one to take me by the hand and hope I'll reform.” “Go on with the hog story,” put in one of the yup. ou shan’t do it! ” exclaimed the drunkard. “I want some one to feel sad because I drink up all my earnings and misuse my family.” “No one here cares how much you drink or how soon you go under ground! ” said one of the men. ¥ “Ycu Con't, eh? Don’t any of you want to give me advice?” “No, sir!” * Don’t you feel sorry because I am degradi:g my brilliant intellect? ” 4 “Brilliant bosh! You never knew anything anyhow!” fs Won't: any man here pity my family?” “No, sir.” Pe ‘shed one tear over my degraded condi- on?” “Not a shed! You'd better be going—we want to hear a hog story. ' “Had you rather hear a hog story than to try and save me?” . “You bet we had!” s Well, now, you hard-hearted and selfish- minded old lit I know I’m worth more than any hog, and I'll prove it, too! If you won’t save me i'll save me myself— it I don't. Yes, sir, I'l keep sober from this day on, and Tl show you whether I’m of more account than any of your hog stories or not! You needn't pity me nor advise me nor talk with me—I can run my own grocery!” No man in Detroit has led a more sober and industrious life since that day, and there is every reason to believe that he will stick. Lord Chehatert and His Staff in he fric: As to Lord Chelmsford’s staff, its inadequacy was ilagrant. He San aaa what was oo ta ally 90 army cores. and an army corps, iD detachments, And therefore dematding’ the sor vices of an exceptionally efficient staff. fare has made apparent the inestimable eneral in command, of a chief . But Lord Chelmsford would have no chief of the staff. He had indeed a military secret , & man of proved acity—in origi- nating, stimulating aud ual friction. His eertant ecru was respectable, and it may have fi tated the dispatch of business that throughout the cam} he and the mili- tary secretary were not on 5] terms. Until the eve of the invasion, Lord Chelmsford had no functio! ‘harging the duties of quartet master general, and when at | th an able offi- cer was nominated ad interim int ment,he had no adequate or stated ance, and had to content himself with such casual ser- vice as was rendered by the poor lad who fell at the Ityotost river and the man who left him to his fate. His intelligence officer was a man who aipably, and, indeed, confessedly, knew noth. ig of the region through which lay the line of invasion. It was not until a day or two before the march from Landsman’s Drift that Lord Chelmsford ecuene proper to bi le Gen. Newdigate’s division, and he saw nothing incon- gruous In leaving later one of the brigadiers whom he then no. in command of a 7 ‘post_ garrisoned, r. asmyth hammer is a won- derful instrument; it will pusch a hole through an armor-plate and it will fashion a pin. Butit is of no account and children may mock it,when the motive power is lacking.—Archibala Forbes, in Nineteenth Century. Ancient Arehery. (Correspondence of the Ohicago Inter-Ocean.] ‘The present outdoor sport of archery, which is becoming a national recreation for both ladies and tlemen, seems to be but a repetition of the bistory of the royal exercise of days of Henry VIII., in 1545. Then it was the practice ofthe royal f and the noblemen of the cor t to meet at stated periods and Contest for the honors of the bow and target. The one who proved the most expert shot at each tournament was awarded a handsome bow and arrow, while those who mat shots were mocked at by the entire assemb! "AL that time there lived a man named Audiences at the St. Jamew’s Concert. I have often wonaered what the audiences of 1830 would have thought of those of to-day and the St. James's Concerts. Art has so completely revolutionized taste that to-day one finds-as regular subscribers Pi pbriienkeenon of nearly all classes; but here there we recognize faces. that Mnol2 within us the feeling which a t name tnspires: ‘One often sees there the slight figure and keen grave face of Mr. Haweis, the itted author of “Music and Morals.” Week after week comes Madame Charlotte Moscheles, the mmusician’s widow and Mendelssohn's friend, to whom harmony remains as a legacy of the gieat lives with which hers was associated — @ slerder little la with silver-white hair and a delicate mobile face. A year ago one might have seen as a regular auditor George Eliot—a_ 1 , Father masculine -looxt woman of middle age, in whose stro! Tul face one could read intensity, sadness, that pa‘n which is so often the crown that genius we 3 the face is heavily framed in brown hair, eyes are dark and singularly mournful, the mouth full of grave purpose; certainly It is not a face to forget or pass quickly by. in ‘Unat varied audience we see actors of note, like Irving. who listens always intently, and musi- like Marzials, the young and now famous author of ‘Twickenham Ferry,”’ and a dozen other popular ballads; Elizabeth Pnilp,the com- poser, whose English ballads are known as widely as the language, and whose musical criticism are eagerly looked for. Thither, too, come all the musicians who are sojourning, however briefly, in London. There one day we recognized Saint-Saens, the Frencn composer—a trimiy built man of forty, with dark hair and a clear- very characteristic French face. Not far away sat Madame Jenny Lind Goldschmidt, who, in spite of her complete retirement to pri- vate life, always quickly ized on any public cecasion; how can we think of her save as our “Swedish Nightingale” of earlier days? but to her English friends she is best Known a the hostess of one of the most beautiful hous:s in New Kinsington, a home full of artistic ard nnisical associations, where hangs the portrait of her youth which we all know in prints and engravings—the sweet, graceful lady with sn.cothly braided hair, a white silk gown, and roses—the Jenny Lind of 1850. At the upper end of the hall, in the front row of stalls, one ts almost sure to see some of the royal family, generally Princess Christian or Princess Beatrice, who come in very quietly, acknowledging by a bow the salutations of those who rise as they pass, and in the intervals join- ing In conversation with their special friends, of whom there are sure to be many at every con- cert in London. The etiquette of their coming and going ts almost unnoticeable to any one who does not chance to be near the entrance or exit at the moment. Down stairs, when they are Jeaving, people are requested by the attendants to stand still and move back a little while the royal ladies eee out to their carriages. They bow right and left, perhaps stop to exchange a word or two with a friend—sometimes it is with one of the musicians about leaving—and, in a word, endeavor to do away with thelr stiff sens formality which the forced pause in the exit of the audi has given.—Mrs, John Lillie, ia Harper's Magazin How She Handicapped Him for Life. thought- {Chicago Tribune.} A distressing occurrence, which should be a warning to all unmarried men, occurred the other evening on the West Side, the victim being a youth of the most exemplary habits and al- most the sole support of a poker game into which he had been roped early in the season. For some time past he has been paying atten- tions to a beaut but experienced girl of 20, nis natural timidity, however, serving as & shield to ward off the dangers which always at- tend enterprises of the kind in which he was en- gaged, Seeing that he was not to be captured y ordinary means, the cold-blooded siren con- ceived aplot which she immediately proceeded to put intoexecution. The next time her vic- tim called he was ushered into the lair common- ly known as the parlor and inducea to deposit himself In a large arm-chair, while the assassin. of his happiness occupied an adjacent sofa. Knowiny the was an admirer of fast horse- flesh, the striped-stocking demon artfully di- rected the conversation in that direction and finally asked what a handicap was. “Why,” said the young man, ‘dt is a race in which the horses carry different welgnts; for instance, one that carries 120 pounds, while all the rest are in at 100 or so, is said to be handtcay ” “Then,” said the sorceress, while a cold ght seemed to be emitted from her eyes, “if I were to sit on your knee you would be handicapped at 145 posnass wouldn’t you?” It is hardly necessary say that the unfortunate man made no resist- ance, that in a moment she was seated there and the old man opened the door at precisely the right time. What Came of Promiscueus Kissing ‘Philadelphia Record.} Spasmodic and miscellaneous kissing has not panned out well for Joseph L. Chapman, whose OTE aguingt him, Ws woatacos tor biseins ostee po si , his weakness for other women, reas life for her with him unbear- able. On last Saturday the case came up before Judge Briggs for a final hearing to give two of the women whose names were mixed up in the matter an opportunity of appearing and explain- ing the meaning of cet letters written by them to Chapman which fell into the hands of his wife. Mrs. Agnes Cutron, a well-dressed and fine-looking woman, alone responded. She said, with a smile, that she was an old friend of the Chapman family, and it was true as. cospel that she had kissed Joseph L. and he had kissed her, but only in a friendly way. Counsel for Joseph said that kissing was a matter of taste, but the law did not consider it a criminal act. " “Itisa disgu: ct and generally leads to scandal,” inte! Judge Br “and prevailing civill- zation Wiil not admit of it. Besides, there was a little hugging thrown in, and it is preposterous to ip up such a defence to cover an e! Sure.” After some furtner discussion the judge referred to the fact that Mr. Chapman had not spoken to his wife for ten years, and had com- pea her to occupy apartments away from im, and said that no well-balanced-minded Woman in a thousand would have stood it as long as she had done. The court then made an order requiring the osculatory Chapman to con- tribute $10 weekly to his wife’s support. Pen Picture of Zola. (Paris Correspondence of the New York Times.] Physically. Zola is a rather short, round and fat man. He 1s not so fat as Sarcey, or the late lamented Jules Janin: but he néed not be ashamed. His rotundity ts seemly and promis- ing. Black hair, black eyes—rather small, and always sheltered behind a double eyeglass—a. beard, pale complex- @ round head, a qi fea- tures of Zola, a man who rarely smiles, talks U{tle, and, either from timidity or pride’ ves you the ple Impression of a disdafaful Jupiter or of a sulky child. Zola reminds us of @ race of gommeux, who are weary of every- thing and who find everything infect and vieux jeu. He is full of sorrow and gloom, like his writings, in which he always dwells upon the mournful and repulsive aspect of things. In public Zola always seems to be on the defen- sive. In el hg coterie his own Olympian ps, embarrasses him a little and tion. You can not, how- ever, help remar! the large part which his own personality a in his thoughts and words. His conversation is brusque and jerky, and _his use of coarse and vul expressions is more frequent than agreeable. In fact, he ae E pont of using a — word in La ence to an ordinary ani uate one, prov! that he has the choice of the two, oe ee Hunts to Lady Travelers. When I was aschool-girl, about to take my first trip alone from home, an elder brother fave me some practical advice, so — that I ve always heeded itsince. Always have enough small change at hand to pay a porter or "bus erie without giving him a bill or a large coin sides, it saves time and trouble to have the right amount allready. Do not carry all yor surplus funds in your pocket-book, so that ld one can see it every time you show your rafl- Toad ticket. You may lose it. Look after your own baggage when it needs to be rechecked, then you will know it is all right. If you wish toknow anything about your route, ask the conductor or some other The chances are that fellow travelers do not know an: ie unsate as atl Model traveler is civil to ail, but, ‘beyond that ut keeps his or her own 5 Be He was Only Bluffing. (Danville (Va.) Post,] ;, Whom we will from sometimes happen when playing, the stranger found while Smith had four and Souel Suny uganda “Sate hand. 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