Evening Star Newspaper, April 17, 1880, Page 6

* the ‘Te Pro! - English | Names. A recent London book, entitled “ The Manners and Tone of Good Society,” gives tnstructions in regard to the ht pronunciation of English | per names of upper classes. These terri- Torta! or family cognomens are in some sort the shibboleths of the Bnglish aristocracy, and he ‘who trips in using them would naturally be set | down as an interloper, born and bred without | the pale of veritable society. Among the names | whose spelling gives no clue to their pronuncia- gn, some are familiar enough through their use a8 hack illustrations. Such are “Cholmon- | deley,” pronounced =“ Chumiey;” “ Marjori- banks,” pronounced “ Marshbani “ Cock- barn,” pronounced “ and_* Cowper,” pronounced “ oor ‘Mannering. F oud.” Tn | gin” and the “g” is hard; tn“ Gir fora” and “ it_1s soft; In “Johnstone” not be sounded. s sounded, and the name is pro- nounced “ ." with a very slight accent | on the last In Vaux" the “x” is also | sounded, but It is mute in “Des Vaux,” and like wise in “BD In “Ki and “Der! und of ‘‘a” far. he second syllable should be dropped. and so should the “ “Blyth.” “Dillwyn” Is pronounced “Dillun,” and “Lyveden Livden.” In “Conyngham, “Monson,” “Monkton,” and “Pousonby,” the “o” takes the sound of ““u.” Blount” should be pronounved as *-Blunt,” the “0” being mute, “Buchan™ should be pronounced “Buckan., ‘h” in and “Reauclerk” or “Beauclerc” 1s “Boclare, the accent being on the first syllable “Wemyses” should be pronounced “Weems, ond “D’Eresby"—“D’Ersby.” In “Monigon Fle.” the “t” 13 elided, and the two “oo’s” have The sound ot ‘u,” the accent beirg on the second syllable. In “Hertford” “e” has the sound of should be pronounced « i oe he “t” ts elided and the ‘a” in far. Strachan” trawn;” “Colquehoan” the accent being on the last uchamp” is “Beacham,” and Koots.” Another foritaable is “Duchesne.” which “Dukarn; Bethune” din “Abergavenny” “Coutts” Is ame to the uninitiated ronounced should be ‘ani or,” and *) inally “Dalziel” should be pro- With the accent on the first is “Cha “Glamis” Is as “Ki GOWER” as “G hegan” should uthven” v Ri peent is frequent pronouncing British pro) the words lable t misplaced in T names, and a few ot may be here noted. the accent fs on the lanricarde and “Tremayne,” ited. AS a rale, ina ie accent should be placed ps — first, and the second should be slightly sinrred. What Ailed (The Spectator. | I sometimes go into houses where my first Sofa. thought ts: “How beautiful fs this place! how happy must they be who can always live with Such pretty things before their dally eyes.” “The paper 15, let 1 golden brown; the wo work. jaa Pugs cover quaint sof: save wher ; the calling y-involyed de and oak parquetry shines hei the tioor: coal scutt. udles, Window-poles, nin: y Orna- Inented and 40 formed, and In the midst thereof I si ix in somewhat awed ad- Muration for the advent of the host. He comes, semewhat untid: as to his hair and beare In deep-red morocco sitppers and black ¥ nts 1, ei coat, manner eager, bis eyes a_ little vacant and restless. “as’ if he were still Questioning the oracle, and the responses were ambiguous. I talk to him, express- ing an honest admiration for his beaut ful room, his exquisite taste. “T) now - €3, yes,” he as a long time “so-and-so mi lor me, and ft ls not a bad sub- stitute for the real thing.” “The real thing.” murmured I, in placid astonishment; “1s it no then, a sofa a perfectly uncone almost Gtrectiy into the resignatio accustomed to hear not care for these thinj say “let us talk of something else.” “By no means. Enlighten me. Pray what 1s there sham about Uhis sofa. which merely seems to me an ordt- dinary one, except for its very beautifully col- ored stuff?” “It isa copy,” he says, solemniy. My host gazes'at me with contempt, which fades man M of a z Se. | Spree. = About Berlin. — id call tt It Nol with Berlin a Taneemaeer terencee, city. Situation, cll- mate, architecture, customs and manners, par- Ucularly since the war with France, are dead deal, ough they othe! capitals, if not far more ve, attractive. The ‘lish have of late formed a Tmarked aversion to it, and their br nce and authors have taken to writing it down vigor- ously. One of these has been ing his opinions, not without bias, plainly, but with extreme unreserve. He pronounces Berlin the fitting place for Heine's “Tartuffe among Na- ons,” the proper capital of the new tron-hand- ed, brasen heated empire of craft and force. It is ostentatious but unprepossessing, pretent- ious but unpleasant, butdull. The Vien- nese speak of it as the sand-box of Germany; the Berliners regord itas the Athensof the Itownsa mingled flavor of brutality and intellect, of pride and meanness, of show and sordidness, of sclence and ignorance, of philosophy and prejudice; which — sepa- it from other important capitals. full of contradiction and sham, as its architecture Indicates. Assuming to be built of stone, it is all stucco and plaster. Designed, apparently, for trade and society, it is the home of military despotism and carefully prepared for prompt suppression of all Wberty and all liberal uprisings. To out- ward seeming, it is universally educated, ex- ceptionally intelligent, abnormally prosperous, supremely loyal. Actuaily, it is but the center ota d military system; its many ruftians are the worst in Europe; its press is worthless and corrupt; its theaters poor and mercenary; its people selfish and unpatriotic. Its popula- Uon contains 60,000 masculine Socialists; It 1s dishonest at heart; itis boiling over with de- bauchery. The Berliners are ugly in person and disposition, and thelr jl looks are not Improved by spectacles, worn alike by young and old. ‘The town is very unhealthy, and may at any Ume be a prey to a destructive epidemic. Local Sanitation, not being necessary to the German army, is totally neglected. There are no sew- ers worthy of the name, and the air ts most malodorous. It is burdened with caste, and divided and subdivided into petty cliques, A pompous and ridiculous etiquette prevails every- where; but good manners, or even social de- cency, are rarely considered. The women are stugularly unattractive; have vulgar faces, Diz feet and hands; eat with their knives, and drink beer to stupefaction. It is evident that some of our English cousins so heartily dislike Berlin that they can see very ttle, If any, good in its entirety. ‘rhe *“Amoosin?» Little Fellow. (Burlington Hawkeye.) “I hope nothing will happen to that boy,” the cross passenger remarked anxiously, as We were speeding northward from London. The boy in question was about seven years old. He was entertaining the passengers by running up and down the aisle, shouting like a Comanche Indian. He would run to the rear door, kick the panels and shout “Ho!” Then he wouid run to the forward door, kick It and yell “Hay! When this performance began to grew maddent! fi With the monotony, tie boy Would lend tt a litle variety by paustag to look into some passenger's face, while at the y time he would strike at him and shriek, “T'il kill you!” It was very interesting, and Wwe ail loved the infant. Now and then his mother Would say, “Sammy, Sammy. dear, you musn't strike the gentleman; perhaps the gentleman doesnt like it.” And then the gentlemin would le like a ‘Trojan, and say, “On, ye didn’t mind it; he liked little boys.” “And so we were all worried and nervous, for fear the child might get hurt. We fairly grew wita anxiety. He stopped at my svat, snatched the lap tablet out of my hands and roared, “Glime that pencil!” and when his mother. said, “Why, Sammy, I am afraid you disturb thr gentleman,” Sammy yelled. “Til kill him!” | Was So anxious about him that I watchea him all the down the aisle to see If he wouldn’t falland break his neck. So we all sat and watched him with concern written ali faces. The boy snatched an apple away from the fat passenger, kicked the cross passenger's valise, made faces at the sad passenger, and hit one man on the woodbox twice with a Sticx. Once, and only once, he made an offer to slip the woman who talks bass, but she glared down at him with a croak that made his hair Stand on end, and he avoided her during the Test of the trip. At last, just as he was rusii- ing up to the forward door to kick it, the im- petuous brakeman banged {t open to an- hounce astation. He cracked that boy on th head with the brazen knob, and the boy act Yery much as he would have acted had he b2 shot with a catapult, and it took all the ice. Water in the cooler to cool off his héad, and the boy was effectually quieted down. And it was really pleasant to see the wearled look of anxious concern pass off the passen copy of perhaps the earilest piece of First Ean. Toe work known to be in existence. It 1s abso- jutely accurate, but the spirit of the old work, the “norbidezza of its chiaroseuro, has alas’ been lost forever.” Silence after this last sen- tence. I feel as if In the immediate vicinity of a lively voicano; but the thought occurs to me if this man really belleves what he says, he must be If he can use such terms of a Sofa, how will he express his admiration of a picture or a statu Burdette on Commercial Travelers. What wouid I do without “the boys?” How often they have been my friends. I go toa new town. I don’t know one hotel from another. | cont know where to go. The man with the sau ples gets off at the same station. i follow him ‘Without a word or a tremor. He calls to the ‘ous Griver by hame and orders him to “get o1t of this now,” as soon as we are seated. And waen I follow him T am Inevitably certain to go to the best house there isin the place. He shouis at th-- clerk by name, and fresa joke at the landlord as We go In.’ lie looks over my shoulde register after him,and hands me hts card 3 Shout of recog He peeps at the register agai, ang watches the clerk assign me to 9% “Ninety nothin: "3, “wao's In 1527 ‘The clerk says he 15 tor Judge Dryas- dust. “siys my cl y frieud, e him the attic and put this gentle man tn And if the cle tates, he'sal the pen and gives m= 15 himself, and then he €alls the porter, orders him to carty up my bag- wage and pu 3 and thea breath adds: “What tins supper Mr. Burdette is saving Well, he be blow @ Will you be down to and, seeing that Tama stranger in the town, he sees that I am cared for, and the walters do not negiest me; he tells me about the town, the people, ‘and the business. He is_breezy, cheery, le, full of new stories, always | good-natured he frisks with cigars and overtiows with “thousand-mile tick- ets;” he knows all the best rooms in all the ho- tels; he always has a key for the car-seats, and turns a seat for himself and his friends without troubling the brakeman, but he will ride on the Wood-box or stand outside to ace lady, or he will give his seat to know him pretty well. For thre been traveling with him, from’ Colorado to Maine, and | have seen the worst the best Of ini, and I know the best far 0: igh s the Worst. I could hardly get along without him, and I am giad be is numerous, PRINCE Pati. Derborr has for years attrac a deal of attention tn Paris, of his San Donato art ¢ evard journals have many refer: : and peculiarities. He cancertatnly be set down among the eccentric millionaires. “Te is now 39. When he went to Paris he was but 1s, and, not having entered into possession of his fortune— his uncle was then living—his Income was quite idman. [ years I fave modest. He was some, being tall, slender, elegant In form and manners. His complexion Was pale, though somewhat bronzed; his hair and mustache brown; bis forehead his eyes ligbt-blue, soft and languld, vetled by long lashes. Under a skin of satin he had mus- Cles Of steel: he was made to re 1st life and ti umph over life. He always wore shoes, a short coat, and round hat, and never a walstcuat.¢ in the coldest weather. He hired furnished gS at No. 25 Faubourg Satut Honoré, and there began bts famous soirces and suppers, to which men alone were invited. Soon after he became a member of the Cercle de ta Rue Roy- ale. He was not, however, a regular gamester; he played only at times, but played boldly and heavily, as the Demidods have always done. From the Faubourg he removed to the Rae dit Marche d’Aguesseau. taking with him the sim: merry fellows, at whose head were Grammont, Cqderouse, Juigne and Gaston de Saint Maurice. Fora while he hada passion for hunting, and rented some game preserves near Rambouti- Jet. He had all the instincts of the Slav race. His eccentricity was carried occasionally Wextremes. He would sometimes cail up all nis servants at the dead hour of night; have all the windows opened, and take an ice-cold bath. He had constantly at bis bedside a decanter of iced champagne, from which he drank until morn- n and high; Riggardly to himself and pi the he treasured up all the relics ai souvenirs of his marriage. Suddenly he grew wi of se- clusion and oo Touched by ambition, he hurried off to Russia, was Inted governor of Kieff, and held the place five He Ured of turn, He i, faces after the brakeman dropped the boy. ‘he cross passenger's grim face relaxed like a May morning, the fat passenger winked at the manbon the woodbox, who was still rubbing | his Knuckles with an air of tender interest, the } Sad passenger hummed a merry little air, ana | the woman who talks bass gave a cheertul croak that was interpreted to mean laughter. | Four passengers, whose names I could not learn, gave the astonished brakeman fifty cent; 4 SINGULAR STORY. Pitched Battle Between a Lady a an Enraged Rooster. | One day last week: says the Hartford Times, a lady of this city had really an earnest battle | ‘with a rooster. tu . She had dozen hens and one rooster each, with a sep-/| Juad, and the hen-house is partitioned through lon! TO! dow in the tion. Almost every day lady visits the hennery, and usually stroke and pet the feathered favorites. this treatment the fowls have become s the st , nad assed | through the first division of the hen house, and st to pet the fowls in the other half, ; and, while she was thus engaged, she noticed , the big old rooster in the other (as domici! taken a position where he could see the operations through the tion window. He watched her with a lous eye. Directly the j lady reached out to take in_ her hands a hen, ‘but it evaded her and ran off with-a frightened | scream. At this the looker-on in Venice—the old rooster—became unduly excited, ruffied his feathers, elongated his neck, and shor was as “mad as mad could it he wanted to tackle th § lady, and sure enough. when she entered his room to pass | out he did make a most determined onslaught. He rushed at her, fairly bristling with indigna- tion, and savagely struck at her with his spurs. The lady, rather pleased than other- wise, lifted a foot to poke him away, and did give him a vigorous shove. But he returned and let fly his spur-mounted heels and gave the lady’s No. 3 gaitera lively crack, leaving quite a eae Sensation. And from this time out the fady and the plucky old rooster had a regular pitched battle. She says at first she rather enjoyed the sport, but, before she fot through, the fowl was so terribly in earnest it_did not seem like fun, and she determined to end up the ppt by takmng the old fellow by the neck and holding him suspended in mid- air until the fight was all taken out of him. The next fly he made at her she clutched him, and yanked him from his feet, but he struck at her several times with his spurs in rapid succession, and in a most spiteful and ugly manner. He got in one blow on the back of her hand and wrist that left a mark three Inches long, and she was glad to drop him. But now her woman dander was up, aad she ‘Was bound to conquer. She turned on him and kicked at him first with one foot and then with the other, following him around the Uttle house, he fighting gallantry as he retreated. | He would fly at her,catch her by the dress with his bill, and crack would go the spurs with as | much vigor as {f the old fellow had a rooster’s | head in chancery. Again and again the lady grasped him by the neck, choking, twisting and shaking him, but he would compel her to let. go by the rapid thumps of his tough, hard old spurs. After the fight had lasted’ fully ten minutes, the lady thought as there could not be much honor in conquering a rooster, and rather admiring his pluck, she thought she would withdraw and let him enjoy bis crow of victory. But, as she turned to go, the onsiaughts of the plueky fellow were tlercer, and she was compelled to retreat backward. and kept her feet employed i trying to keep him at bay, When she turned to open the exit docr, the rooster, as a parting salute, flew up at her waist high, and gave her bett a cr: Tt was a fowl blow, but the lady did not stop claim the victory on that account. She hur- riedly closed the door, and the determined iel- low actually gave the doora clip and looked eeu ited because the lady had got out of his rea Mrs. Partington at the Sociable. (B. P. Shillaber in the Cambridge ‘‘Avenue.") ‘There was no mistaking the costume, and th fact that the venerable dame led a small boy by the hand, confirmed the impression that Mr’. Partington was indeed in the assemblage. Thee Was a momentary luil tn the buzz of conve tion, and the party gathered around the new comer, eager to ghake ber by the hand. “Bless aid she, With a beaming smile, which played over her face like sunshine over a lake. “Bless Me! how salutary you all are!—just as You ought to be at a time like this, when noth- Ing harmonious should be allowed to disturo Your hostilities. You are very kind, I’m shore, and I am glad to See you trying to enjoy your- selves, We had no church soclables in my | young days, but we haa huskin* bees, and quilt- in’ bees, and apple bees, and—” “Bumble-bees,” | said Ike, breaking in like a boy on thin ice— | “and though we had good times, and soclabie | enough, goodness knows, when the red eai were found, they were nothing to the su; fluity of this.” There was a slight disturban: in the circle, as Ike in his restlessness pl his heel on a circumjacent toe, but it wasstilled as the master of ceremonies came up to intro- duce the minister. ‘Glad to see you, madam,” sald the minister, “I hope you may find the hour spent with usa happy one.” “I know “I shall, sir,” replied she, “for happiness de- pends very much on how we enjoy our- selves, and enough of anything always satisfies me. How could I help enjoying myselt in a scene of such life and animosity as this?” “Very true, madam.” “And then the lights, blazing like a consternation, and the music and apiece. The boy with his head swatched upin bo _anaexeniicte remained comparatively | quiet. i Jules Verne. Jules Verne, the novelist, who has made moncy and renown by publishing what may be styled | sclentific-tmaginative Cara eno practical life, after going from Nantes, Dirth- Place, to study law in Paris, by writing for the stage. AU22he produced a’ versifled comedy in one act at the Vaudeville, and its success Was 80 immediate and decided that ne ed the good-will of sundry dramatic authors. He wrote, in conjunction with others, several I!- bretti of comic cperas, and one or two come- dies: but, as he seemed to have little prospect of distinguishing himself as a dramatist, he struck Out, 15 years ago, a new path, pub- Ushing in a popular weekly a tale entitled “Five Weeks In a Balloon; a Voyage of Dis- covery.’ Put between covers, the scientitic and geographical romane- drew very wide at. tention, especially of the young, and indicated bis best line of labor. Accurate observation, descriptive talent, strict loziealness, dramatic barrative, rendered it very interesting, and the ew order of literature commended it to thc public. Since then he has steadily worked in the same field, rendering scienee amusing, and simulated experience romantic. He has pubd- shed more than a dozen of these stories, the most famous of them, four or tlveyears since “A Voyage Around the World in Eighty Days. This, in connection with Dennery, the noted play-wright, he put upon the stage, and 1t had avery long rub. He has made about 325" is tn good health, contented, diligent, and 5/ years old. ————— JOBS Siri is dead. That fine younz man We'll never see no more; He was a member of our club Bince 1864. Bis private virtues were immense, His manners frce and blu; Be wore a paper collar And was never known to muff. Though not a matrimonial man, He Cee love mates, And, like his sister, had but few Superiors on the “*catch." But heiswone. With ine and outs Forever he i3 done. He broke his heart and burst his spleen In i 4 home rin. [Philadelyhia Times. The Unintelligible in Writing. There is one question which the reviewer of the present day is continually called upon to answer, though it is hardly less difficult of so. lution than the enigma of the Sphinx, and that question is this—given a man who professes to instruct his fellow men upon sub; now far can he be excused for not plainly ea words? Will any and fnsight that he a may given to the above professes to instruct is never justified in not Saying his counsel, reproof or exposition, with the utmost clearness that he can compass. Where most people have half-ideas, it is surely heinous in the extreme for their teachers not to strive to their uttermost to speak well as truly, lest they should appear to sanc- Uon the conclusion that half-ideas are all that can be formed on such omar and thereby Screg ae very useless what Geor Elie “expensive ignorance” which it @ teacher's duty to correct.—Tnr Spectator. AN ENGLIsH Woman having stood looking at Mrs. Langtry’s portrait in company with ten other women, wrote to the London Hour as fol- lows: I was considerably amused by the differ ent comments: “So that Is MI Ns English beauty; well, I never!” “Don’t think much of her; I know a voice just at elbow, “but see e Soul in her een” ‘And that lajust what 1 3s looking at. Mrs. , aS represent Us, 18 not , for once her female : ln tees ee,” Which she faintly heard. “A nice—?” | she replied, looking at him and hanging on to the long—., as if it were the top bar ora gate: “oh, very.” A rush, by the contestants in a ) scene and went away soon after, when Ike had flowers make it seem like Pharoah land.” The minister was called away, and the master of | ceremonies asked Mrs. P. if she would like ‘an. game, here broke in between them, the band gave a crash which seemed to start th roof, the mass of people waved to and fro, 1 started of with a new crony in quest of 'so ne suggested peanuts, and Mrs. Partington backed into a seat. She ‘looked pleasantly upon the moving spectacle through own parabolas, her fingers beat time to the music, and her otl- factories inhaled the breath of Mowers and the smell of coffee from an adjacent roo:n, til st was becoming “lost,” when she realized that a figure was standing before her, and a cold spoon was being thrust into her right haud. It was the attentive manager, aguin, with an tce- hich he invited her to take. “You are \d she smiling. “I was at the moment. Thank you; I vill. 1am very partially fond of- ice-creain, and this is manila, too, which 1s my favorite.” She ate with a sense of enjoyment caught from the Joined ber, with plethoric pockets, bidding t manager convey «good night from her to the party, sayipg she had enjoyed a real sociable ume. A DELIGHT ROMANCE by Alphonse Karr Is called the “Yellow Roses.” An old couple are playing backgammon in a French chateau, in the evening of their lives—the lady stl haired, though on her face are the relles of an incomparable beauty, and her companion cour- Uer-like in every sense of the word. The ga:ne is a by the arrival of a friend, who 1s apparently a stranger to both, and falls to re- Go ee in elther the least trace of prior kno: ledge or past He prone The conve tion among the old people turns upon the a vantages and disadvantages of matrimony, and the possibility of such a contradiction as a con- Slant man. The oid lady, with playful cour- tesy, twils the stranger with the fact that he is still a bachelor, and bids him tell how tt could bave happened that, with all his chances and oppertunities, he was proof against every sedui Uon, and resisted the fatal uence Of love. Whereupon, with a heavy sigh, the stranger bachelor takes up the parabie, and asks pardon for boring them with the prelude of a ri mance. Of course he nad loved—who has not?—and, equaily, as a matter of cow she whom he loved was fickle like her Sex and untrue to her promises. hi had been an evening years ago wi only the cone word required to b2 spok: friendship had ripened into a very sincere aff» tion on e3, aS he was fain enough to Imagine. One night at a ball he, full of love and buoyed up with confidence, had presented the woman he had ho to marry with a bouquet of yellow roses, the heart of which he had concealed a letter asking that fatal question put with so much anxiety, and attended with such natural doubt. This was to be the love sigaal. If the bouquet was carried that evening It was to be taken as a sign of consent; if not, a kindly token of rejection. The bali came, and the bow quet of yellow roses was not there; coldness gaverise to misunderstanding,cynivism chanzed into bitterness, and the man who had been so ardent and hopeful quitted the scene, never saw the lady any more, and tried to hide his disap- pointment in the activity and enterprise of lire. “That was my romance,” laughed the un- suspecting stranger, who could not account for a sudden silence, or for the fact that the silver- haired old lady without a word had left the room. Eventually she returned, bearing in her hand an old dusty box, which she p! silent- ly on the table and opened with a sflver key hanging at her waist. “A bouquet of yellow roses,” she murmured to herself, taking out a bunch of faded flowers, and, looking for the first Ume amid the shriveled petals, she found a ror- en letter, as yellow as the flowers had been in their early youth. And 50 they met after this long parting, and the love mystery was at last explained to late. A PECULIAR Feature of the mild winter is the fact that generally vegetation is no farther advazced on account of it. This circumstance am cag ‘Thomas mean xu . recent meetin e Academy atural phia, his theory being that the Farts has little | about 1758. | three may be more particularly mentionea | connected with its history. “same with the comet of 1543, Abeut the New Comet and Others. A comet that appears to be a. to our astronomers was Teported a few ments ago from the Unt observatory at Ann Arbor, Michigan. Itts yet a mere in the tele- ov tlh eg: Sed ie | s00n. more more visible. Ot observations and discussions have indicated the appearance of a comet visible to the unaid- edeye about this tme, but whether this one belongs to the splendid class of celestial o! lke Soares LAB AO or is one less ‘some time to imposing character, i (tie ee nested the 1858 comet (Don- ati’s,) two months elapsed | of a ail could seen before any indication be through the telescope, and the nucleus of the comet was not visible to the naked eye for three months. pe eas Ume it gave no indication of the brill it subsequently displayed. So we must all wait while the astronomers watch for the probabili- ‘ties as to the ultimate importance or otherwise of this celestial stranger. ‘The subject is interesting, for comets of great magnificence are not often seen. It is more than twenty-one years since the last, so that there are men and women who know nothing of them except what they have heard from the elders or have read in books. The distant starry regions are supposed to be alive with them, and Kepler went so far as to say that the celestial spaces were as full of comets as the sea Is of fish, only a yery small proporon of them com- ing Within the range of our telescopes. About five hundred are recorded, since the beginning of the christian era to 1575, as being visible to the naked eye, and about two hundred more have come within view of the telescope since the invention of that instrument—seven huno- dred in all, in eighteen hundred and seventy-five years. In the old times,their coming was re- garded with extreme dread, as omens of some Teartul affliction or calamity—as war,pestilence, famine, or the death of great rulers, as when Cwsar was Killed. Now they are looked for with eager anticipation as beautiful and interesting visitors; and, because it is known they can have no injurious influence on mundane affairs, even though our earth should We through a comet's tall, as there fs reason to belleve has frequently ‘been the case. Of the comets that have been seen since the beginning cf the Christian era. some pass away out of the solar system never to return, and others come back at intervals more or less reg- ular, so that the time of their return can pe computed with a near approach to accuracy. Tho-e which do return have an immense range in their periodic times, from short térmsof four, fe or six years to thousands, Thus Encke’s comet, one of the telescopic class, has a period of revolution of 1200 days, or about three years and a half, while the great comet of 1875 (Dol au’s), returns at intervajs of about two thou- sand years. Doubtless there are some whose periods of return are smaller than Eacke’s, and others that stay away for centuries longer than Donati’s. ‘The first near approach to a correct calculation of the period of a remarkable comet occurred with reference to thatof 1652, named after the astronomer Halley, He noticed that its computed orbit. coincided very nearly with that of a comet observed in 1607. Tracking ek, he found a somewhat similar re- , and another for 1456, This last mentioned was the comet whose appearance caused such widespread terror througuout Christendom in the Pontitieate of Pope Calyx- tis. It was because of the yers for protev- tion against the Turks and the comet ordered by this Pontiff that the popular but erroneous novo arose that he issued “a bull agatnst the comet,” As the dates above mentioned 5! l the return of one or more cometary bodies ai regular tutervals of about ‘ars, Hailey con- cided the several appearances to relate to one and the same body, and that tt the one ob- served, 16S2; and he predicted its return By this time, however, more was known of the influences of the planetary bodies of the solar system, and this knowledge was brought to bear on the computations, and it Was calculated by Ctalraut that its return would be delayed 61S days. This proved to be fairly corrcet, for the comet did not pass perihelion until the 12th of March, 1 Cak lations were then made for its next ap, ance, and De Pontécoulant to perthelion November 13, 5, Which Was right within three days. And this ts a wonder- ful result, when it is considered that the comet is seen but for a litle while, once in about 76. 3 | Years, and that during its long absence it passes more than 4,000,000,000 miles away—far beyond the orbit of the telescopic planet Neptune, the outside sentinel of the solar system. “The Periods and orbits of many comets have been quite accurately determined since ialley’s day, and some of them are nearly a8 well Known as those of the planets. Of the remarkable comets of recent days, those of 1543 and 1858 and Bieia’s—the lirst two because of their beauty and splendor, and the last on account of remarkable circumstanc The comet of 154; may be remembered by any one forty-five yea: old. It appeared first in February of that year, coming suddenly into sight in the near neigi- borhood of the sun, and was in view until April. While it was, of course, brilliant only at nigat, it was visible in full daylight, and it passed nearer to the sun than any recorded body ever known. Its period was calculated by Prof. Huo- bard, of Washingtoi, at five hundred and thirty years, and this makes it difficult to understand how {it can be supposed that the celestial stranger just reported from Ann Arbor is the as some Of the newspaper claim, on the alleged authority of Proiescor Pierce. Donatt’s comet, that of 1858, was the most magnificent of modern times. Any man or woman of twenty-eight to thirty, and upward, may remember it. It was tirst seen June2d, of that year, by Donati, at Wlorence, and in the Same month, independently, by several Ameri- can observers, among whom was Miss Mitcheli. As already remarked, it took three months té develope its splendid character, but it was in October, four anda hatt months after its first discovery by the telescope, Unat it reached its highest brilliance. Thea its tall extended forty degrees—tr the horizon one-quarter the It was ten degrees—or twenty times the diameter Gf the moon—in width, at its outer end, aud was of a beautifal, feather-like form. Unless some enterprising amateur astronomer shortens the period of this splendid meteor, its next appearance is not likely to be reported in the Ledger until the year 3808, for its period is computed to be nine- teen hundred add fifty years. Etela’s is the only other remarkable comet we need tnention in these memor and this be cause of its eventful history. 1 was first spect- ally observed in 1526 by the Austrian astrono- ‘ose Dame it bears. It tracked back 2, and its period of revolution was tound to be six years and eight months. Between 1526 and 1545, however, on its two tntervenins returns it was not seen because of the untavor- able position of the earth in its orbit. In No- vernber and December of 1845, however, {¢ was visibie at the computcd time, and tn its usuil form, for different comets vary very much in But in January following, the sharp- eyed astronomers then on duty at the Naval Observatory at Washington, observed that it had suffered an accident of a kind never before noticed. The comet had split into two paris, and In a few weeks they were 299,000 miles apart. At the next return, {a 1352, the comet Was still divided with an estimated distance ofa million and a half of miles between its parts, In 1859 and 1545 the relative positions of the earth and the divided cometary bodies were Such as to prevent observations; but in_ 1ST Ubings were favorable; but they could not be seen Where they ought to be. Seemingly they had vanisved. Since then it has been reasona- bly well established that they have been dis- persed Into a train of meteors many millions of miles in length, which at intervals, gives rise to the meteoric displays about the thirteenth ot November, when their track is across the orbit of the earth and our planet passes through the trail. This brings us to the subject of the com- Position of comets, whether they are simply gaseous bodies or made up of regations of extremely minute particles of solid matter, but that 1s too large a subject for the close of an art- ile like this —Phula, Leager. Modern British Regicides. one Cornhill.) During Louis Philippe’s reign and the four following years, attempts were made upon the life of Queen Victoria by Oxford in 1840, and by @ workman named Francis in 1842; upon the King of Prussia, Frederick Wilifam 1'V., in 1514, and again in 1850; upon the present Emperor of Germany, then military commander of Coblenz in 149; and upon Isabella, Queen of Spain, 1n 1852. None of these attempts succeeded. Ox- ford, who shot at Queen Victoria while she was passing on Constitution Hill, was clearly aluna- Uc, and was con: ed to Bediam as such, He remained there about twenty-five years, and whilst in confipement showed himself invari- ably rational, working industriously as a car- penter, and expressing his deep) remorse when- ever he was bre about what he termet his “wicked of foolery.” Oxford ts alive sul, but he ts residing out of England. Not so Francis, the carpenter, who assaulted the Queen in 1342, and made a large wale on her face. This man shortly after he had been sodged in St. Luke’s Bethlehem. He was un- questionably mad. Nevertheless, after his offence, Parliament passed a bill enacting that flogging should be inflicted in future upon any one seeking to infilct bodily harm upon the Queen, orto threaten her. It was by Virtue of act that the young £001 O'Connor, who lev- eled a 1 at the Queen In 1369, was Sentenced to be imprisoned for a year. and to receive twenty strokes with a birch. The Queen kindly remitted the whole punishment, caused the boy to be supplied with funds, that he might emigrate to Australia. But within less than a year after he had been bose ier off to South- ammpton, O'Connor returned to England, and was found prowling within the precincts of Buckingham Palace at night, evidently with evil intent. This time he was certified to b- out of bis mind, and was seht to an asylum, where he remained under treatment four years. He is believed now to be in New Zealand. wa in the carving-knife betokens that a spring clicken has boo fs the house. ara sularailo gist only eighteen years old, on the death of father took charge of his and farm, and now her m suher t manages! brothers, and also pang her rancbe—antwheye E pear predicted {ts retara | | m. | when the; ACTORS IN ENGLAND. irving. "Neilson, Jefferson. 3 sie Ei Versus (Correspondence Cincinnati Enquirer. ‘In dramatic matters there will be Tock continues oad rane or “the town. ‘actor! To be able to ‘Shake- ‘spearean ag unconvent a if he were characters in the last new prey § ae the Co ae to call ft which he has invollect eno to on the wonderful and characters of Shakespeare. that ting Edwin Booth ext year to occupy the Lyceum while Irv- ing {s in’America, is still cont discussed be- tween the principal parties and their agents,and the only drawback 1s Booth’s reluctance to face this 01 In my opinion it would be most rash In Mr. Booth to jeopardize a London ap- pearance at this time, and under such circum. | Stances. The world or London of to-day Is as grad for Irving as that of his day was for Garrick, | and certainly Irving has created a new school in acting as original and as daring as was Gar- Tick’s iconoclasm. Spite of Edwin Booth’s graceful poses. bis many pretty ilttle bits of “business,” and his melodious reading. and all that, he is still the conventional “Hamlet,” the soiiloquy-de- claimer upon whose lines schoolboys have mod- eled their oratory for generations back. He does not twig the page-boys’ ears in -‘Hamlet,” nor give one or more of the big soliloquies sit- {ing down, nursing his knee with his clasped hands, like a shop talking about teas and sugar to a friend who had just dropped into the Store to ask how trade is. “I may be mistaken in my judgment, of course, but it {3 an honest one, and it Is ene which I give with all kindness to Mr. Booth, whom I admire both as a man and as an actor, Mr. Irving himself thinks Mr, Booth would be liked in England, if he would appear in London with proper stage appointments and Support of that superlatively excellent kind Irving now enjoys. The whole matter of these stage appearances in England for American stars Is a curiously complicated one. As a generalism of the whole Situation, I may say that there is no money Worth speaking of here for stars who are really strong in America, and no money at all for those that are not strong. Joe Emmett can do a nice little business during the spring and sum- Mer months, when the theaters are closed in America. Joe Jefferson, though the critical taste is always charmed with him here, and one or two of his early engagements were sufficient- ly profitable, played to fifteen pounds during his last engagement at the Haymarket. He told all his friends here that he would never appear | ain in London. For twenty years back Maggie Mitchell, and for ten years back Lotta have been receiving offers from London managers; but as Maggte once said to me, “What is the use of my going, I don’t need the prestige in case of sucee failure would annoy me, and under any ct cumstances the money they offer is nothin) Iheard, but do not know how tr wha Miss Neilson only received £90 a week salary | during her very brilliant er ment at the Adelphi last spring. She did better in the Provinces, where she had a share of the Tecelpts; she told me that if there were a few more larg: Manchester, Birmingham, would not need to go td | ‘arlous small peopte froin our ged their way here, and stay been done by a renunciation of $ which would surprise some of the kid gloved goid-headed kK leading actors of New York and Philadelphia. As an actor who had received bis a week salary in New York said to me last winter In London, where he was | loing “jobs” in acting at a couple of pounds a | week or “Ifyou ask one of Uae actresses of | the company to go take supper with you after the performance in New York, you Delmonico’s, and your bill is ¢ ei her to your lodgings and give her a bit of c steak ahd send the Slavey out for a pot of be and she is quite satisfied. Those who reali ke money here are the managers; that is, do not lose fearful; Les Incomprehensiblies. (By Victor Hugo. | BOOK I. A man sat on a picket fence. Picket fences were invented by Charlemagne and improved upon by Charles Ii. of England. Still the man sat on the fence. BOOK It. ‘The fence surrounded a tall, gloomy bullding- The building had shutters at the window. The man was a Frenchman, There were other Frenchmen in the same neighborhood. They were in bed. Frenchmen were discovered by Oliver Cromweli, and subsequently patented by the author. ‘They are copyrighted. All French- men not bearing the signature of the author are spurious. It was night. It was a dark night. Darkness is a shadow that rises from the ground when the sun goes down. The man on the fence name was Lippiatt. Side who have here, it has onl: old hi Was thinking. His BOOK 111, Lippiatt loved Maronette. girl, She knew eee She did not know that Lippiatt loved her. Marouette lived in the gloomy house. Lippt- att did not tell Maronette that he loved her. He was contented to sit on the fence in the front ofher house. He was a quiet man. Like all Frenchraen, he was the bravest man fh thirteen countries. He was a tailor. A tailor is one who promises to have your clothes done Saturday, and then brings them around week after next. Lipplatt was poor. All heroes are poor. Maronette was a K IV. Maronette opened a window and shied an oli. boot at Lipplatt. «Is that you Lippiati?” she said. Yes,” said Lipplatt. jaronette laughed. My father saysI must marry the man who will bring him the Norwegian mwlstrom,” said Maronetie. Lippiatt got off the fence and walked away. K 8001 Like all taflors in France, Lippiatt was a 00d sali Hie stole a boat and started for A tearful storm cameon. ‘The world ‘W ona heavy cloak to protect it from the storm. The sea opened a thousand mouths to swallow Lipptatt. It was hungry for him. His beard and hatr were filled with salt. Great grasping hands of darkness reached down to snatch him. Lippiatt only laughed. ‘The scene grew wilder. Monsters of water crowded against the boat. They were reaching e Lipplatt. He steered his boat to avoid them. A wave averages twenty feet in height. It contains four hundred tons of water. It is Unicker at the base than at the top. In that re- Spect itis likea pyramid. But it is not uree cornered. It ts ovalin shape. A round wave is awaterspout. A waterspout is thick at and bottom and slender in the middie. Lipplatt knew this. He was afraid of waves. waterspouts. He was fearful of BOOK VI. In four days Lipplatt arrived at the mi strom, “It is for Maronette,” said he. The mrlstrom is shaped lke a funnel. The lower end 13 at the bottom. The mouth ts at the top. It is caused by the tides. The Nor- wegians sup it is caused by a hole in the earth. Lipplatt knew better. He went down in the m:elstrom and fastened @ rope around the lower end. ‘To this rope he adjusted blocks and pulleysg Then he climbed out of the pit and fastened the other end ot the Tope to the mast-head. The blocks gave him a purchase. He rested. BOOK VII. Having rested, Lippiatt pulled on the rope. He pulled the mirlstrom inside out. The bottom was then atthe top. It spun around like an inverted top. pippiatt drove a staple into {t and fastened Red ine. Then he set sail. The mlstrom fol- 0 : wed. “I shall marry Maronette,” he said. BOOK VIII. Another man sat on the picket fence. It was Goudenay. Goudenay loved Maronette. Maro- nette loved Goudenay. Goudenay saw something coming in the har-_ yr. “ What Is that?” he asked. Itlooked like an inverted funnel. It was a thousand feet high. “T don’t know,” said Maronette, She was right.’ She didn’t. BOOK Ix. Lippiatt disembarked. He took the mzlstrom on his shoulders. Then he went to the gloomy house. He hung the mzlstrom on the picket fence, “ How do you do, Goudenay?” he asked. He knew Gouderiay, He had disappointed him about some trousers, oo “Tam happy,” sald Goudenay; “1 am to marry Maronette.” NS Lipplat looked at Maronette, “Yes,” she sald, ‘‘I marry Goudenay this morning. BOOK Xx. Lippiatt went to the wedding. He gave Maronette a silver card receiver, Maronette smiled. Lipplatt went back to the picket f le ate the mielstrom up. s see As the wedding party velit home they Panty went saw a dead Body ying ‘best the picket fence. The Point of the ma! 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