Evening Star Newspaper, May 8, 1880, Page 2

THe E PARK SONNETS. * ‘HE NEW WASHINGTON. {For VENING Br. RELIGIOUS NOTES. THE HOUSEHOLD. MUSIOAL AND DRAMATIC. (Fer Tax Star. : {See Communication signed ‘‘Antist™ in THE Evestse Stan, May 1, 1880.) L Thanks to the artist, who, with eloquent pen, Dropping awhile bis pencil—doubt'eas one Wielded with skill—tells ur what should be done, ‘To save from havoc by unthinking sien. Full many a levely wood and mossy «! Where, from flush founts, romantic streamlets run, Now hidden in shsde, now sparkling in the san, And valleys fair as eer blessed mortal ken. Ay, let us park the lands where, prattling, glides ‘Throush its deep dells our many-winding creek, *Mid lofty oaks and beeches centuries old ; Preserve the beauty that still, nestling, bides So tear the Capitol, and se bespeak A city’s praise when we be mixed with mould. 1. And let that park inviolate refuge be For every bird that with us prunes his wings, And every wild-flower that each season brings, Which we from childhood have been wont to see. By axe unscathed, jet tower each aged tree, ‘The snake-like vine, that to its branches clings, Ramy as it may; and all wild, harmless things Fis, run, or creep, or glide, at liberty. With skillful hand, and with prophetic eye, Let Taste preside o'er the Inxuriant scene, Nor Nature scorn the marvellous wifts of Art; So thither oft the weary town shall hie, And, in its shades, secluded and serene, Its peace and silence soothe the mind and heart. W. L. SHorwaker. Kalcrama Woods, near Rock Creek, May 2d, 1860. +2 nial. INTERESTING COMMEMORATIVE SERVICES—ORIGIN AND HISTORY OF SABBATH SCHOOLS. On Sunday, May 30th, the Sunday schools of the country will generally hold centennial services In commemoration of the memory of Robert Raikes, who is looked upon as the origi- nator of ‘ay schools, which have proved Such a powerful auxiliary of the churches, THE FIRST SUNDAY SCHOOT. Although faikes Is looked on as the origina- tor of these schools, the fact 1s that Carlo Borro- meo in Milan, about 1570, established a school in the catnedral on Sundays, for the instruction ot children by the priests in the art of reading and in the doctrines of the Roman Cathotle church. Borromeo was a nephew of Ptus IV. and died tn 1584, and tn 1610 he was sainted. His = exists to this day, and is partly religious and partly the scoot established by Raikes, {twas not germinal. It is known that Luther, in 1527, or- ganized schools on the Sabbath for the tnstruc- ton of ehi?dren and youth who could not attend hat in the seventeenth century catechetical Instruction was given to children on Sabbaths in a few English parish churches; that Sunday schools ex! in Pa Rome. secular, but, unlike Vienn: ther European cities, and that in Ameri ‘ral Sunday schools existed years before t K ‘bh Schools vere temporary and local. The schools established by Raikes seem to be entitled to the honor of being the foundation of the present system of Sunday schools. SKETCH OF THE FOUNDER OF THE PRESENT SYSTEM OF SUNDAY SCHOOLS. Very little is known of the personal history of 2ikes, Dut the following may be stated: ru in Gloucester, England, September his father being the publisher of the Gloucestor Journal. He was in the prime ot his manhood a man of “great piety,” devoted to the services of his chureh (the Episcopal), in the habit of attending early prayers at his church daily, and was distinguished for his benevolent Support of every scheme which tended to amel- iorate or advance the interests of society. In 1is0, visiting the neighborhood of a pin factory,he was shocked by the filth and depravity of the children he saw in the streets, and speaking to a lady she told him that when the factory was closed the streets swarmed with little hes, whose speech and actions “suggested idea of hell rather than any other place.” Her remarks moved Ratkes greatly, and, after some thought, he sud- denly determined to hire four women accus- tomed to teach day schools, for the purpose of teaching as many children as he could persuade to come together to read and learn the cate- cbism. He paid these women one shilling per Sabbath. At first but few children would attend. Yet these few attracted more. After a time, their numbers increased rapidly. Their improve- ment, in mind, morals and manners, was soon Manifest, not only to the poole in their neigh- borhood, but to those of adjacent parishes, in which other schools were started of similar char- acter and with likeresults. Nevertheless, these Schools, like those mentioned above, would have led to nothing general if ‘t Raikes not thought of calling public attention to them in the columns of bisown Journal. This he did in November, 1753. A single modest par- agraph told the simple story. The London Papers copied the article. It impressed many of the minds in —— Letters of inquiry poured in on Mr. Raikes, and one of his replies was pubished in the Gentleman's Magazine for 1734. ‘This spread the idea over the country. In 1735 William Fox, a London merchant, and hts frtends or- ganized a society tn London for the ~* establish- ment and i of Sunday-schoois througi- out the kingdom of Great Britain.” Raikes. though tuvited. was not able to attend this meeubg, Dut was subsequently elected an hon- orary member of the society and did mach to promote its interests by correspondence with philanthropists and divines. During nearly thirty years he rejoiced over the inereasing! fruitful vine he first planted tn his native city. ‘Then, after two years of declining health, hedied in Gloucester, and was buried tn the erypt ofthe ancient church of St. Mary, where the visitor May read, under the name of his parents, this inscription: ** Also of Robert, their eldest son, by whom Sabbath-schools were first instituted 1p this place, and were also by his successful exertion and assiduity recommended to others. He died on the fifth day of April, in the year of Salvation 1S11; of his age 75.” THE CENTENNML SERVICES IN THIS COUNTRY AND IN ENGLAND. In London the event will be commemorated by a series of meetings, commencing with the reception of foreign delegates on Saturday, the 26th; meeting of the international convention; gatherings of teachers and scholars, concerts, concluding meetings at Gloucester, and meet- be in the provinces. he general order of exercises which will be observed in this country (and we may remark that tn the District of Columbia the day will be observed by nearly all the schools, especially by those of the evangelical denominations.) 13 as follows: Kinging of the church bell at 6 o’clock a. m., in honor of Robert Raikes; teachers and officers’ service of prayer and pratse at 9:15; ublic service at 16% oclock; centennial Sun. lay School celebration at 2:30 p. m.; ves vice at public service 5 o'clock. For the Services at 103; o'clock interesting programs have been prepared, embracing recitation of the Apostie’s Creed, interspersed with (sung responsively); sermon appropriate to the day. closing with the coronation, hymn and Tecitation of appropriate sentiments from the Scripture. The centennial celebration, at 2%; o'clock, opens with responsive readings by the pastor and schools, followed by the G!orla Patria; the pastor; a song service; creed; responsive readings by the superintendent and school on the Book of interspersed with kymns; responsive Treading, ““ The Child,” by officers of the school, Pastor antl adult classes: Sunday school war ry; recitation, “True Wisdom,” by five voices; address on Kol Raikes, by the pastor or other rsop; hymn. ‘Glory to God in the Highest;” terlude; ** Decoration Day.” with responsive readings, !n which wreaths of flowers are latd on er ser- the pul interspersed with appropriate yIans; respon:!ve service, “The Lordof the Land,"’ followed by the centennial song, “Open Your Gates,” &¢; recitation, “Our ‘Sunday School Union.” by ice votces; ‘and closing ser- Vice after the coilecticn, in which ts responsive reading by pastor, superintendent and congre- gation, singing by the chotr, school and congre- gation. ie evening service will commence With vespers; and conclude with “ Night Song,” and the general excellence of tue program is fully up to the other exercises. Rock Creek Megiew for a ‘ark. Ea, S:ar:—Ot course, Mr. Editor, Saturday’s Star has been extensively read, and also the article by “Artist,” as indeed it should be, for if “artist” wields the brush and pencil as ele- gantly as his pen he is well up in his profession and adorns all he touches. In the communica- on referred to, so much truth and so many facts have been so well stated that every fair mind ought to be convinced of the feasinility. Deauclfulin nature, with every elites of the nation’s capital, should at in support of your correspondent's . To this end, now thit gentile with its etherial mildness has com>, let ver, rider and walker be invited to visit tional § coacur in the your artist correspon: ‘ly, with \d~ beautiful land. = Taen let Ent, will utter of this the le of whole country—for all are rested this te intry: ‘urge upon our rulers to utilize and ia a uificent park roe this the handsomest °c of the new Soldiers’ Home Perey vely place, — The Baptist Weekly anticipates the building of cheap churches, as one of the results of the passage of a bill taxing church edifices. —The new Protestant Episcopal ee ‘a Nu Falls will soon be finished, a: be dedicated, free from debt, in time for the summer visitors. —Tfie Roman Catholic immigration into this country from 1820 to 1875 numbered 3,150,- 2 The number of comm its in that church in the United States is reported 6,500,000, — There fs a man at Luray, Va., who became convinced when y that kissing was wicked because Christ was & kiss. He resolved never to Kiss anybody. He has been married twenty years, and is the father of eleven children, but never kissed his wife nor one of his offspring. — The Odserver says: “At a late communton season in the i Gace ae roe | of Washington, D. on fession' were two gentlemen—one of More than seventy years been for years the subject of the fervent prayers of pious relatives.” —A late decision of the British House of Lords Is a ritualistic triumph. It secureg to every bishop the power at his own absolute discretion to stay proceedings instituted under the church discipline act with a view to put- Ung an end to ritualstic vagaries, however outrageous In character or offensive to the Parishioners these vagaries may becom?. eighty four, the other of Each had lsh church to unchecked license, —Mr. Spurgeon has written a second 1: tter about the voting-for-the-Devil story. He de- Cars that he has not written a single line ta reference to the Nerthempton elections. “It ‘So happened,” he says, ‘that. I heard nothing about Northampton, and knew nothing of its roceedings, aud therefore was under no te:np- tion to express myself thereon; but ft seem+ that even if a man is quite silent and remote from the scene of action, he fs still liable to be assailed by wicked tongues.” — The well-paid pastor of a wealthy church sald a few days ago, m a speech at a religiouscon- vention: “Brethren of the ministry, we all need @ new spirit. O to be rid of that curse of worldly ambition that hunts places and seeks salaries rather than soulsie A carnal desire and determ- ination to be a scholar, Cafe tory ee orator, famous preacher, may lead us to diligent Study and untiring effort, and have more to do with our abundant activity than the love of the truth, of Christ, and of souls!” — The Christian at Work pokes fun at the Uneasy minister who is always dissatisfied with his church, and has a habit of fishing in every available direction for calls: “Every vacant pul- pit in an important church becomes to him an object of interest; and perhaps he ern ues 80 rsistently for a hearing in such puipits as to serve the name given to one of the legal officers of the British Government—the So- Ucitor General. Now all this is contemptible, and besides, it defeats its own end. For the Man who is always on the pursuit never suc- Is. — A Reformed Episcopal Church has suffered as if from a moral and religious earthquake from the effects of the social diversion known asa necktle party. At such a party the orna- ments around the throats of the brethren present correspond in pattern and style with the calico aprons of certain of the ladies. It was considered by some of the more important members of the church that this was too Worldly, and had a tendency toward flirting. The others stoutly maintained their advocacy of it as a means of grace. The diference of opinton has proved nearly fatal to the church. — The late Joseph Seligman, one of our most benevolent and enterprising citizens, was a rationalist Jew; in other words, an excellent man to whom Judaism was very little, and rat- fonalism very much. The Jews here are dl- vided into three distinct classes,—Ort hodox Jews, who cleave to the synagogue and all an- elent forms of Hebrew worship; Reformed Jews, who, as the name implies, are Lop oek sive in religion as In everything else, and Rat- lonalistic Jews, who are represented by the so- ciety of ethical culture, of which Felix Adler is the central figure.—V. ¥. Cor. Springfivtd Re- publican, —A Methodist church in Massachusetts re- This | will probably leave the Romanizers In the Eag- ‘or reported that the church was $230 short, and asked for immediate cash to make this amount There being no response,he announced that there would be no service in the evening. Thereupon some of the brethren put thetr heads together and collected what ‘Was needed. As a result of this the pastor gave notice that the services would proceed in the evening as usual. This was thought by some pee to be a needlessly severe transaction. it the pastor and the leading financiers say !t is better to do thus than to pursue a reckless course of incurring indebt ess which will Sooner or later bring the church under the ham- mer of the sheriff's auctioneer. — Bishop Clark, of Rhode Island, says, in dis- cussing “the probiem of evil:” “Sooner than adopt Mr. Hume’s theory of a God who looks down upon the sins and sorrows of his creat- ures with serene indifference, I would prefer to accept the materialistic phisosophy of the da: which dismisses God from the universe al gether: for, as Lord Bacon has said, “It is be’- ter to have no opinion of God at all than one which fs unworthy of Him.’ It is true that in the attempt to solvethe problem of sin this philosophy obliges us to ignore its extisteace, and inasmuch as the existence of pain 1s not be disposed of in the same summary way it ‘s | to be accepted as one of the incidents of ex- istence which we must avold, if we can, and doggedly endure when it becomes inevita»le.” — Colonel Robert G. Ingersoll has been lec- turing in this city again, recently, !n his char. acteristic fashion. His lectures are astonts' ing combinations of shrewd sense, tender fee ing and sparkling rhetoric, with colossal ignot ance, ap) ntly deliberate _misrepresentition and repulsive blasphemy. He displays an utter abandon of recklessness which dazzles many for the moment, and some for much longer. We hardly know which to pity most, the man Who has taught himself to belleve and disbe- lieve what Colonel Ingersoll does, or the peo- ple who let themselves be befooled by the glamor of his sentences. Three things are certain: that such opponents as he no more can stay the progress of Christ’s cause than a Swarm of hornets can check a railway train by stin ging some of its eee ee that their ac- Uvity ought to stimulate christlans to a more earnest and practical plety; and that they ought to be made by the church the subjects of ‘special prayer.—Boston Congregationalist. — The Christian Evidence society, of London, recently held a conference on Reasonable and Unreasonable Scepticism, at which the Dean of Canterbury, who presided, remarked that rea- sonable scepticism aimed at discovering the truth, while unreasonable scepticism endeav- ored to throw doubt and uncertainty over every- thing. Dr. Donald Frazer said, in an address that was heard with deep interest, that a fringe of doubt “had always existed around the be- leving, adoring church, and its existence had been beneficial, for it had led believers to make sure that they were worshipping the risen Lord.” Historical facts and moral traths must, from their very nature, be subjects of doubt.’ For- merly people seemed to be all of the same tnind because they dared not express their doubts; but the fog. bee Of the present day was the swag- gering of the Sadducees. They should distin- ish between the human framework of the ible and the divine spirit which animated it. He would have them, too, get rid of moral hor- rors and moral absurdities tn their theology, and not seek to justify in God what they con: demned in man. Attention to perspective and Proportion im the study of the Bible was also —Awriter in The Congregationalist relates Several amusing Incidents of recent visits made by him to colored churches in eres ton and Richmond. In a Washington churc! it was insisted that the services could not. forward unttl $40 in money had been raised off a debt. Many persons at once went forward with contributions and received tickets in return. Then the boxes were passed until the entire sum was raised. The ser- mon had for its text, “I saw a new Heaven and | Gerd earth—and there sea.” ‘tion for a good part of the time. His fe Joshua’s command to the sun and moon tostand still, was not reached until he had i 8 THE poker, a Washington correspondent PObelt know has refoened: ne wee the House from a western. 4 4 Be i alu Lac May Bs Parvrsp by thinly covering the Parts with Chinese white, mixed with a little rather dry. ‘When the white is Guee are cna poe cee tine ate are nary , e too full.—The Art Amateur, Rep Ants.—Take a common sponge, soak It until soft, squeeze it dry, and place in closet; Sprinkle it with fine sugar, when the ants will make it their home; dip in hot water to kill and replace; in a short time the house will be entirely clear of them. Dry. salt sprinkled upon the shelves will also drive away red ants.—, F, Times, Boanps, made to fit tightly into the fire-place for summer use when no fire fs required, are now in vogue for painting on. Sometimes the Disek or gold A design of long rushes preses or long Ti grasses springing we the sides, with butterflies above and tangled briers and flowers below, or a lan im the center surrounded ' by a Wreath of flowers, are suitable subjects.—77e Art Amateur. AVOID UsING AN IRON to embroidery. tens the work and is apt to injure the color. For embroidery on lnen, unless very badly done, it will be found quite sufficient to stretch the work as tightly as wit or drawing pins on a clean evenly with a sponge. Leave it until quitedry, and then unfasten it, and, if necessary, comb Out the fringe. If it is new work it should not be fringed until after it has been stretched. The Art Amateur. ORNAMENTAL CARDS.—There are many ways of adapting the Ornamental birthday and Christ- Mas cards which are so popular. A pretty and easy method Is by mounting them on racks in horseshoe shape. The frames for these are cut of stiff cardboard or thin wood and covered Smoothly with plush or velvet or satin. At the ends and bottom are a row of gilt- headed tacks, not driven close, but left so that the edge of the card may slip between. The cards are set thick, like an — fan, and the whole is suspended on the wal DREESING TABLES With old-fashioned dressing glasses are as much liked as are bureaus. The} are ee with cretonne or muslin, to match the ains of the room. A e ote at box With shelves fitted into it, cover ith cretonne, with a full skirt of the cretonne around it, makes at once a stylish and very useful dress- table. Indeed, everything antique Is con- sidered stylish. There is no limit to the range of home adornment, and good taste and skill often convert the most unpromising material into objects which might serve to embellish the most refined dwelling. ‘To CLEANSE GILT FRAMES.—First be sure they are the real gold, and if so, and not the imita- ton that water washes off, they may be cleaned by tered them well with a soft brush, and with a_plece of cotton apply alcohol or gin to the spots, and they will almost immediately disappear. If, on the contrary, they are gilt In oil, or imitation gold, a little water applied carefully with a sponge will have the desired effect, and be very careful not to reverse these directions, as what cures one kills the other. To prevent flies injuring picture: frames, boil three or four onions In one pint of water, brush your frames over with the liquid; no tly will touch them, and it will not injure the frames.— N. ¥. Times. ORNAMENTAL GRASSES.—If you intend sowing any of the ornamental grasses be sure and ob- tain a packet of the gynercuin argenteum (pampas grass). This sort is the finest of them a and reaches an altitude ot 10 feet. Most of the sorts are annuals, but thisjone !s a ‘alf- hardy perennial. A dwarf variety known as hare’s-tail grass 1s very pretty and grows to the hight of one foot. Some of the varieties have palm-like foliage, while others have feathery spikes. The (ricnolena rosea 1s a beautiful rose-tinted grass. The variegated Japanese maize is one of the latest novelties in ornamental All of the varieties make very pretty winter bouquets, when made up with the everlasting flowers. . How To Cur Grass.—It is not» gencrally known that panes of glass can be cut under water with ease to almost any shape by means of a pair of scissors, Two things, however, are necessary for success: First, the glass must be kept quite level in the water while the scissors are applied: and secondly, to avoid risk, it is better to perform the cutting by cropping off small pieces at the corners and along the edges, thus Apa 2 the form gradually to that re- quired—for if any attempt be made to cut the glass at once toa percper Shape, as one would cut a cardboard, it will most likely fracture where it is not wanted. The softer glasses cut best; and the scissors need not be very sharp. When the operation goes on well the glass breaks @way from the scissors in small pieces in a straight line with the blades. A Pretty Sora CusHion.—To knit a simple but very effective sofa cushion have a pair of bone knitting needles and double zephyr wool of three say a handsome shade of red and white and black, or you may have a French gray and a bright crimson, or any other shades at May sult your fancy. Cast on thirteen stitches. Knit across once plain, make one at the beginning of the next row by putting your worsted over your needle and knitting six stitch- es plain, then knit two together and knit the re- maining stitches plain; repeat this last row continually. This is all the pattern, and it is Lait In rows as long as you may desire. The length of the row will decide the number of rows. You will need to make it of good propor- Uons. Join the rows by crocheting ether with plain crochet stitch tn old gold and black.— New En_land Homestead, SOME OF Miss CoRSON’s TEACHINGS.—Potatoes, any time of the year, can be made mealy if bot'ed in salt and water and drained and then covered with a thick towel and left in back of the range five minutes. To retain the color of any vegetable plunge it into cold water after boiling. Cooks make the mis- take of ene things too much. After reaching the ling point meats should simmer. The fhest_ meats can be made tenderby so doing. >It is always best to under- Season rather than to over-season food. When anything is accidentally made too salt it can be counteracted by adding a tablespoonful of vinegar and a tablespoonful ofsugar. Meats of any kind should not be washed, but Mice with a towel to preserve the juices and quality. Lawns.—The frequent inquiries we receive how to make a good lawn, induce us to re- peat, at the present time, a few of the direc- Uons given on former occasions. The quickest way for a limited area isto procure turf from an old, even, closely-grown pasture, cut accurately square, and scraped of even thick- ness. Seeding down ts cheaper, and {s adapted to larger grounds. Ifthe soil is weedy, sum- mer fallow it one season, by repeated and con- Unued plowing and harrowing, turning up, starting and Killing all foul weeds. Make the surface rich with Ola manure or compost be- fore a few of the last harrowings; sow, early in spring, at least a bushel or two of any fine ied a8 acre, brush or rollin, and a dense mat of new grass will soon make its appcar- ance, the manure preventing the bad effects of drouth. Without the summer fallow, weeds may give future trouble. Use the lawn mower every five days till mid-summer, and gradually less Often afterwards.—Country Gentleman. THE Usk OF THE Eyes.—In a recent work on “Eyesight—Good and Bad,” by R. B. Carter, M. D., of London, the singular theory is de- veloped that a large part of the trouble with their eyes among persons who have reached, or who ere banee the middle age of life is due to disuse of the organism of sight. Mr. uty and efficiency of the eyes depend not a little upon their health- ful and active employment. It ght be said that the use of one’s eyes 1s something wnich cannot very well be prevented. Whilea man is awake, unless he resolutely shuts his eyes or has them bandaged, he cannot avoid using them. But use of this kind {s not the employ- ment that Mr. ‘Carter requires: there must be mental attention as well as visual impression, otherwise the eyes remain in a state of com: parative idleness. The man who retains his eyesight clear and unimpaired to an old will‘much oftener bethe mechanic, who is compelled by bis work to constantly test the acuteness of his ant than the farmer, who has occasion to es by reading a news from one week's end to the other. It Wrilt be perceived that It flat- this theory {s not the one commonly accepted, and yet Mr. Carter is a specialist whose opinion cannot be lightly contravened. He objects, of course, to an improper use of the eyes under cea oe pees when the sight to use them ne ae! the de old, ame e tol iy would ws ix she —The Emma Abbott opera troupe close their Season in Ripaleniny Sa to-nirht with their two ‘sevenhty-first “By the air that I breathe and the heaven above me, 10 my truth doth sea, tears—tht ile so loving— sf mae Twill tive but for thee.” —The French opera troupe which was here last week is at the Academy of Music, N. Y., and to the pal doing very well. Ft RR ig Sa here, which 1s not altogether correct. ° — A cable dispatch to the N. Y. Herald says that the two novelties—“La Gifle,” by ham Dreyfus, and “Les Deux Chambres,” by Henri Ordonneau—were produced Tuesday cht at the Palais Royal with success. “La Gifie,” which is a one act comedy, is a clever Satire on duelling. —With his usual youthful impetuosity, Emile de Giradin has just rushed into print in defence of his erratic friend Sarah Bernhardt. He inquires pathetically why the government does not interfere to prevent the case from coming before the law courts, and taunts the Comedie Francaise with base ingratitude to- ward a woman who has done so much to cover it with glory. —4J. B. Polk takesthe part of Cristopher Columbus Gall, in the new play of “The Senator from Nevada,” which is drawing good houses in New York. — In Henry Byron's new comedy, ‘The Upper Crust,” now running successfully in London, the principal personage is 4 pi Tous Soap manufacturer, who has risen from the ranks of the working classes, and whose sole almin life is to be a “swell.” — Mr. F. C. Burnand hasa lengthy essiy ia the English magazine, Tine, on acting as a pro- fession, and attempts to show that itis not considered a profession at all by the world at large. He advances, moreover, the pecullar theory that old actors prefer that their children should not F° upon the stage, because they are ashamed of their calling. Nothing could be more untrue, It is almost needless to say. — George Hoey’s play, “A Child of the State,” has conquered a genuine success at the Arch, Philadelphia. It bids fair to be one of the money-making ventures of the next season. The performance is said by those who have seen both to compare favorably with that at Wal- lack’s, in New York. —John McCulloch closed his season with Lexington, Ky. It has been the most sueccess- ful one he has ever experienced. Mr. MeCul- loch will remain In Lexington for a few day the guest of Mr. Price McGrath, the well-known. patron of the turf, who is an old friend and Warin admirer of the tragedian. —It 1s sald that Aldrich and Pasloe have cleared $36,000 on ‘My Partner,” bees 3 its sea- son of thirty weeks. By partnership agree- ment, Aldrich gets $22,500 and Parsloe $13,500 of thig amount. — The leading sopranos at the Leeds Musical Festival are both Americans—Madame Albina and Mrs. Osgood. Miss Hauk, another Ameri- can, is aeciy, the popular artists in London, and the favorite artists of the Carl Rosa troupe, Mrs. Gaylord and Miss York are both country- women of ours. —The Baroness Van Herringen-Herring 1s the name of a Danish lady who is now in New York with the avowed purpose of revealing the beauties of her native drama. — Miss Annie Louise Cary 1s reported to have been in Portland, Me., for a short visit at the close of last week. She Is not going to Europe as amember of Mr. Mapleson’s Company, but after the Cincinnat! Festival proposes to take a trip abroad with a party of friends for a few months’ rest and recreation. —A new play by Joaquin Miller, “Home, Sweet Home,” produced at Providence recently, is ped for beautiful scenery and pretty bits of language, but damned for want of plot and situations. — A Chicago paper says: “That John Dillon's new play of ‘Freaks of Fortune’ went splen- for in Cincinnati.“ So it did. It went off the —Here 1s composition of Mr. Theodore Thomas’ orchestra for the Cincinnati festival:— 26 first violins, 26 second violins, 20 violas, 19 violoncellos, 18 double basses, 4 harps,4 flutes, 4 oboes, 1 English horn, 4 clarionets, 1 bass clari- net, 3 bassoons, 1 contra bassoon, 8 horns, 2 cornets, 2 trumpets,1 bass trumpet, 3 tenor trombones, 1 bass trombone, 1 tuba, 2 kettle drums, bass drum, small drum, cymbals and triangle: in all, 155 instruments. — Henry Irving has been negotiating for an ceaganat at Wallack’s. The £rening Post says he offered to bring his company and act for 50 nights for $100,000, and declined lower terms. This arrangement would involve a cost of about $2,500 a night, and it is said that Mr. Irving panes that the expenses might be covered by raising the price of admission. These terms were rejected, ana Mr. Irving Stays at home for the present at least. It should be remembered that he charges $2,50 and sometimes $5 for an orchestra chair in his own theater. —The Onofri brothers who arrived from Europe this week appeared at Haverly’s, N. Y., Oe ence any) evening in their “Do Mi Sol Do” act. —dJames E. Murdoch, the veteran actor, re-en- tered the profession this week, but the Phila- delphia papers say that he falls to come up to bis more youthful performances. — The reigning attraction in London ts the threadbare “Madame Angot.” Nearly every- body thought it gone by, but it is crowding the ‘Vast Drury Lane Theater every night. Much of the success of the revival seems due to Miss Alice Burville, the “Clairette,” who “sings with ex- quisite taste.” and “is one of the prettiest and daintiest of opera-boufists.” — “The Planter’s Wife” is the name of a new play that Charlotte Thompson will bring out during the month somewhere in Pennsylvania. — Charles Morel’s play “Mother and Daugh- ter” eS Roope out at the Boston Globe ‘Theater on the 17th. Marle Prescott takes the pane part, and others of the company will be Louis James, Louis Mestayer, Marie Wainwright and the child actress Zoe Tuttle. — Pauline Lucca’s appearance in Berlin last month was the occasion of the greatest excite- ment in musical circles there that has been known fora long time. Tickets for admission commanded about $24 each among the specula- tors on the bourse, and on the opening night, in which she sang “Carmen,” the house was pate and the audience, led by the Crown Prince, overwhelmed her with bouquets and laurel wreaths, and at the close recalled her eight times. — The seats are already mostly sold for the series of entertainments of the Cincinnati fest!- val, which begins on the 1sth under direction ot ‘Theodore Thomas. The pooper at the poets concert Tuesday evening will consist of Bach’s cantata, “A Stronghold Sure,” and Mozart's symphony in C major and Handel’s Jubilate, adapted by Robert Franz, the soloists being Misses Norton, Annie Louise Cary and Cam- panini, and Myron W. Whitney. — Whereabouts of the stars and constella- tions: Adelaide Neilson concluded her New York engagement; Michigan ‘will study the mysteries of ‘The Celebrated Case;” E. A, Soth- ern ig in Detroit; Fanny Davenport is in Bos- ton; F. B. Warde was in St. Louis; John T. Raymond explores Williamsburg; Janauschek pervades Ohio; Kate Claxton closes her Chi- en; ent; Lawrence Barrett causes thrill; M le Mitchell enlivens Massachusetts; Mary Anderson stirs the tragic emotions of New York state; the Florences run a circuit In New York; Mianie Palmer is in New York and Robson and Crane are in Minnesota. —Many pleasant anecdotes of Miss Neilson are told by those who know her ‘behind the scenes, and she is sald to be thoroughly pleasant and unaffected, and fond of a jolly time. One pages recently, when she went to rehearsal at the Globe, she found that she had left $30,000 watthe hotel. She was not at or nervous about it, but quickly asked the property man to go and get it, which he did, restoring it to her at rehearsal. The tribute to her acting whic! rhaps, she 1s most Late the fact that when she is “on” e the scent TS, gas men, mechanics and su- rs generally, instead of larking or chat- fing Behind the scenes, as usual, crowd into the shoulders, herevery motion with absorbed in- ‘hese men are the most case-! critics to be found, and tt Miss Nell- Son the honor of numbering them among his audience. DISTINGUIONED AMATEURS.— The Voca 13t— She: “I do hope you'll this afteraoor. Wha tis your voice?” He : “Oh, a Kind of a sort of a baritone-tenor-bass, don’t uu know; like Santley and Sims Reeves rolled ito. one—only some dreadful crea- to sing Gounod’s ‘Maid of afternoon at Mrs, Pon- y Tomkyns’ verybody was in fits, it seems.” He: ‘At Mrs. Ponsonby Tomkyns’? Do ely uremic are as ors enoug) 01 last by a strap, Rees Gounod’s ‘Maid of io ged ‘was the very - comfortably): ** It wi On bebe athe day He: “No doubt. I wonder where, and when, and who it could have been? (is wondering still.) —Punch. 5 os Ss San ED far" Mr. Gladstone is not ‘a friend to Sapoay laws. He says “the Judatcal Babe tari: of Scotland is founded neither in the word of God nor in the general consent of chiistendum.”” The Capture ef the “Georgiana.” SINGULAR PRISONERS. On the night of the isth of March, 1963, the U. S. gunboat Wissahickon, commanded by Lelutenant Commander John L. Davis, (n0W a Captain,) with Lieut. Casey (now a Commander) 8 executive officer, was lying on the outer blockade of Charleston Harbor waiting anxiously for some reckless and over confident British eS = run aouiee hawser. ie imany weeks of extreme vigi- lance, without having received any reward, @x- { cept in the consciousness of having done our duty; and the ts for any more sub stantial benefits gun td be toa great de- gree discouraging, when an event sot on mentioned, SS although z { Tesul no pecuniary advant to us, al least relieved us of the anticipated t mortttica Uon of having the war reach its close without our having made a ‘The night was in- tensely dark, and all the conditions were favor- able for the successful accomplishment of the object. for which we were there, and it only re- mained for the victim to make his appearance enon the scene, to demonstrate the earnestness eet ith which we regarded our responsible sit the cabin, ward room and steerage hes Were covered with tarpaulins to prevent the light from seen, the lanterns were covered with “canvas jackets, the cable ‘was buoyed ready to slip, and the ’s Crews were lying beside the guns. No loud conversa- tion heed sole and every possible uu tion Was taken to nt our presence mn ing known to the unfortunate blockade-runner, which yee happen along our way. Those officers who were off watch had gone below to turn in, and the decks were deserted by all ex- cept those whose dutles required them to re- main there. It had been the custom of Capt. Davis to remain on deck each night far into the night, watching and listening carefully for any evidence of b'ockade ru and, as the night in question was one which demanded extreme vigilance, Le remained on deck up to the mid Watch, and until the watches were changed at that hour. Nothing had occurred up to that Ume to dist b our serenity, and no sound was heard but the regular tread of the officer of the deck, as he paced back and forth upon the bridge; when, at about one bell of the mid watch, firing was heard from the fleet ae us. The rattle was immediately sprung, and in a moment we were all at our quarters read\ for action. We had been accustomed to sleep- ing with Gey ert) part of our clothes on, to be pre ared for any such emergency as the one which had arisen, So that no time was lost upon this occasion, in the preparation of our toilets, and the appearance of many of us_ woul under any other circumstances, have subjected ‘us te very poner criticism. We were convinced from the direction in which the firing had been heard, that a genuine blockade runner was somewhere in our immediate vicinity, and this conviction brought with it, an intense desire on | our part to make his acquaintance. Our large fi pivot gun amidships was run out, and the officer stood waiting the command from Capt. Davis to fire, as soon as the stranger should make his appearance. Our suspense was not of lony duration, for in a very few minutes a large Steamer was close aboard of us, having success- fully escaped the other ships.’ In an instant, and before she had time to change her course, our large gun was trained on her, and the com- mand given to fire, which was promptly obeyed. Upon this the steamer stopped, and showed a light, and an officer hailed us, sayiag he sur- rendered; whereupon, the order was given to suspend firing on her. We at once got under way, and as we approached him, he took to his heels agaln, steering away fronr us, and endeav- oring to run in along the beach to the north of us. We did not propose to have this program rformed if we could prevent it. and we did not feel like ee any special respect or cour- tesy since he had so unceremoniously parted from us. So soon as he startéd to leave us, our ship was gotten under way, and taking tt for granted that he would stili pursue his reck- less course toward Charleston, we shaped our course so a5to head him offin that enterprise, which we soon succeeded in doing; at the same time giving him another taste of our pivot gun. This last shot had evidently disabled him, for he ran on to a bar about two miles from Breach Inlet, and showed a bright light. A boat was immediately sent to board him, under the charge of Lieut. Casey, who had instructions to bring back the prisoners with him, and ascertain what her cargo was. We waited anxiously for the return of the boat, and were impatient to See the prisoners. Lieut. Casey had obeyed strictly his orders with regard to the prisoners, for in due course of time he returned, bringing them with him. ‘They consisted of a large Newfoundland dog, and an immense Southdown sheep, which he reported were the only prison- rs to be found, and by whom he was welcomed at the gangway as he stepped on board; both having surrendered without any words on the subject. The officers and crew ot the st Tr had oe to the shore in their boats before they could be captured. All night was spent in a_ futile attempt to tow the plockade runner off the bar, and she was desert- ed at oer ene and we rendered her destruction complete by firing shelis. into her all the lowing day. We ascer- tained her name to be the “‘Georgiana,” and that she was loaded with arms, ammunition and medical stores. She was an iron, Clyde- built steamer of about a thousand tons, and would have been a rich prize, could we ‘have Saved her. The dog, which we had captured, was ‘Transferred to the receiving ship at deiphia upon our return home. His companion, the sheep. v hich had accompanied him on his visit to U country, had long since succumbed to some wasting ase, Which had been induced by the unnatural life on shipboard, during the Progress of which it had presented a most dejccted appearance, and its wool had gradually aire under the ravages of the disorder, until it became an act of mercy to consign it to a watery grave, which fate it cc | ee 5 ATE. —$———______ Hullah on European Musical Edu- . cation. Weare so accustumed to think of the Ger- mans as a thoroughly musical nation that we Should certainty “have expected to find the teachings in their elementary schools more effi- clentand systematic than (with some excep- tions) appears frem Dr. Hullah’s report to have been the case. At Stuttgart, for instance, he found the pupils singing mostly ‘by ear,” and with little or no idea of reading music from notes; one of the teachers expressed his aston- ishment at Dr. Hullah expecting boys of 11 or 12 years of age to read music at all. In Bavaria the musical education Re be somewhat more thorough, though here singing from notes is penetelly not in ill after the age of 10— in Dr. Hullah’s opinion four or five years too late. At Vienna, with the exception of two nor- teal schools in which music is taught by an emi- nent professor, Herr Rudolph Weinwurm, Dr. Hullah found good voices and correct intonation, but the singing was entirely by ear, and the pu- pils failed altogether tn reading asimple pas- Sage written for them onthe blackboard. In Bohemia and Saxony things were little or no bet- ter;but in Berlin the teaching was found general- ly superior to that in other parts of Germany, while in Hanover again there was no sil iz from notes. In Switzerland, Holland, and gium the muse teaching appears to’ be more thorough than In other places which Dr. Hul- lah visited. The general conclusion arrived at in the report is that the natural musical power of the English 1s equal to that of the German or any other people, but that its cultivation ts 1e33 extended. On the Continent, the attendance of children at school is both longer continued and more regular; the amount of teaching force brought to bear on them Is greater, and the pu- pils display more eagerness to learn. In the German normal-schools for teachers more at- tention 1s given to musical instruction than is the case here; but in the elementary schools the results of the teaching are mostly, to quote the report, “the poorest conceivable; whei in Switzerland, in Holland, and in Belgium such results are in an eminent degree sat ib ‘The difference arises from the fact that in the ier the an of ee taught from an early age; W in Germany, as already men- tioned, Hinging, is mostly went Sg entirely by ear. Dr. Hullah thinks it possible to place mu- ih of aay rd Soa are of Hol or and strongly wu = beget mee = ing ofa sufietent number of teachers, and the appointment TO} qualified musical inspectors The atheheeene Rapid Growth of Fungus. A Norwich (Conn.) botanist was surprised the other morning by the appearance in his case of afupgus or mushroom plant which reared its head above the soil and grew with such rapidi- ty that in 2 hours it had reached its de- ment and wilted. It was five inches in height and one-fourth of an inch in diametet ‘This led him to a ‘tical calculation of the rapidity of its growth, and he found that it had Seveloest in one day pps cells, soy ‘tsa Gray, wriung upon the rapidity of sell foe Tay, upon of cel Pe mation, cltes an tastance where a Century plant tunes uaunyennes An gests in wi ,000 had to be formed, which required ¢ forma- tion at the marvellous rate of 231,431 a second. Pree erick ao A Horse Car’s Queer Passenger. A respectabd! dressed woman im one one Unign Hii horse cag om Saturday even: created a sensation am on account of her queer denavior, ing at vacant seats she Changes of the Past Few Years. THE BEST PAVED CITY IN AMERICA—A WINTER RESORT OF WEALTHY AND CULTURED PROPLE— NEW PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND HANDSOME PRI- VATE RESIDENCES—THE MUSEUM, GEORGETOWN COLLEGR, AND THE NEW EXECUTIVE BUILDING. (E. V. Smalley in N. ¥. Tribune.) Wasninerox, May 1.—To appreciate the pro- gress Washington is making in all things be- fitting the character of a capital city, one must return here after an absence of a few years. A long absence 1s not necessary. One need not compare the Washington of to-day with the straggling, dirty southern town of the war pe riod. The contrast with the place as it was at ‘the beginning of Grant's administration ts strik- ing enough, and even the changes of the past three or four years are surprisiig. In the first place you Observe that in America, and ‘the lofty walls of a public building or the trees and shrubbery of a park. The vehicles roll alorg with scarcely a sound save the halt-muf- Ned Clatter of the horses’ feet. The pleasurable Sense of motion without Jar or noise expert- enced In diiving over these perfect pavements 1s one of Uhe peculiar charms of life in Washi- ington. You combine with the diverting sights of a city the enjoyment of a drive on the black, elastic, sun baked roads of an Illinois prairie. So many handsome new houses have been built of late that many sections of the city are scarcely recognizable. A new quarter has grown up around the residence of the ssritish minister. Connecticut and Vermont avegues, which used to be little more than names upon the map, are Uned With stately houses. Massacliusetts ave- nue, with its superb vista broken by the eques- trian statue of Scott and Thomas, has a siuga- larly fine effect. The little circles in the norih- Western part of the city, which not long ao Were browsing grounds ‘for goats and geese, are now adorned with shrubs and flowers and surrounded by handsome houses. In no city are there such advaniages for the free play of architectural genius. The street system 1s so pecullar—there are so many comers, angles, terraces and ‘Segments of circles to build upon—that the opportunities for novel and striking effects are almost unlimited. The favorite style pe now for large detached Louses 1s a Sort of Norman chateau type, The material ts dark red brick with sandstone trim- mings, and around tower with a black sugar- loaf cap is the most salient feature. There Is, however, a good deal of variety of style. One finds reminiscences of Elizabethan manor houses, Venetian palaces, Swiss chalats and Rhine castles in curious pnoaon Toa severe taste the effect 1s no doubt displeasing, but all this kaleidoscopic jumble of architectural ideas so faithfully represents the omnivorous cosmopolitan taste of Une American people that | its appropriateness for their capital city cannot | be questioned. WASHINGTON’S PECULIAR ATTRACTY S. The costly houses that have recently been built and are now building in such numbers are evidences of the attractiveness of Washington to people of wealth, culture and leisure. In whatever Ine the tastes of such people may run they find pecullar gratification here, If they have a fondness for scientific study, here are the Smithsonian collections, the Medical Museum, the Observatory, the Hydrographic Bureau, the Bureau of Statistics; if for litera- ture, here is the Congressional Librar: it for art, here is the Corcoran Gallery, the best pub- lic gallery in America; if for the resulis of | travel, hither come the explorers from all parts of the continent; if for polities, here are the men whose talents have distinguished them from the masses, and raised them to high places in the government; if only for society, it is the Most sociable place in the country. ‘Nowhere is there such breadth, freedom, fadividuality, | vivacity and cordiality in social intercourse, In bo other city Is there such a large | she er eay of the population with leisure and disposition for making themselves agreeable, and for find- ing out what there is agreeable in other people, and no other city so daws upon the whole country for the material for its social life. More and more are these attractions becoming known, and every year brings a reinforcement from northern cities to the best classes of Washing- ton society, of people who build houses here because they find it the most delightful place tor a winter and spring residence. THE NEW PUBLIC BUILD) The new Museum Building in the Smithsonian Grounds fs nearly completed. The first sugge:: Uon for this museum was made in the Ti)17 correspondence from the Philadelphia exhlbi- {ion, Wherein the preservation as a permanent colleetion of the remarkably instructive exhibits inade in the government bullding at the centen- nial was advocated. The officers who made that collection took up the idea, and ed it "pon Congress, and the result is an exhibition that will be one of th® chief attractions of Washington. The building is well adaptedfor its pu having ample ht and fioor- space. Its showy facades, its walls adorned with gay bands of tiles, its lofty dome and many tow- ers give it a world’s fair look, and recall the gay architecture of the Centennial structures. No doubt it has the beauty of fitness, but why was tmadetocommit the sin of incongruity by os itself out In the shadow of the Gothic ‘owers of the Smithsonian Institution? That stately, dignified edifice, the finest but! ot {ts type tn this country, ts insulted by the taw- dry modern adornmenis of its new neighbor, and the Musenm, which would be admired as a handsome [nee of decorative architecture if 1t stood alone, ts made to look —. and pre- tentious by the proximity of the lofty towers, Tose windows and dignified red sandstone walis of the Institution. There was plenty of room onthe many public reservations of the city, without crowding these two diverse ana dis cordant structures so close together. ‘The former habitué of Washington, who re- turns after a few years’ absence, will Botice with a feeling of regret that the old War department has been pulled down to make room for one of the facades of the huge executive buliding, usu- ally called the State department, because that branch of the government was its first tenant. He will wonder what has become of the stump of the tree cut down by bullets ona Virginia battle field, which used to stand under the portico of the old building, and whether the ttle room where Stanton directed the war was preserved on canvas for history before the demolition. The por- tico, he will learn, has been transferred to Ar- lington, and forms an arch over one of the en- trance gates to the National cemetery. I hardly know whether to admire the new building or not. Stately it unquestionably ts, for it quite dwarfs the Treasury and dominat half the city; and the effort to make granite lend itself e agg forms of renaissance Bed ure has been unexpectediy successful. But the builaing is so enormous that it iacks ex- ression, and the eye wanders over it without ei ed by any central feature, where the main architectural idea of the structure finds its culminating and definite embodiment. The new building for the Bureau of Printing and See down on the Monument Lot, luas rather a factory look, but is on the whole Ot an unattractive object in the landscape when seen from the White House windows or the Treasury portico. Everybody must admire the new Georgetown College building, which can be plainly seen from many points in Wash- ington. Solidity and grace are expressed by its ae limestone walls, and it wears a crown of auty in the handsomest medieval tower I know of. roagles cage has not yet persuaded Congress to make an appropriation for the | is no know! much-needed building so “aie contemplated for the Congressional Library. I fear he sometimes loses paUlence as he stumbles over the piles of volumes that cumber the floor of the old library, or burrows in the basement of the Capitol for storage Space to bold the books for which he has no shelf room; but I hope he will persevere and will live to see the reward of his efforts in \dscape gardener, and in these April days I miss the old star and crescent- shaped flower beds full of daffodillies, and hyacinths that have given place to his broad sweeps of greensward. &M. Bonnat, ‘whe i 4 wi whose strong Hugo have this winter and Job. The Idieness of Girls, Grom Rev. Washington Glaaden’s Paper in the May bt. Nicholas.! great mistake that many of our girls Soup ot seit ate eae ete of spen ng their time ont ot ek pay tg or fn frivolous amusements, doing no work to hothing about the practi- cares of life. IC is not stances, where the mothers work bard all the while. “Within the last week,” respondents, “I have heard Uwo mothers wort women in most re Say, the first, that her pote pd never did any sweeping. Why, if she wants to say to her Companions, “I never’ swept A room in my life,’ and takes any comfort in fe let her say it; and yet that mother ts sorrowing much over the short-comings of that very daugh- ter. The other said she would not let her daugh- Says One Of my cor- ter do any thing in the kitchen. eluded Woman! ‘She did it all herself, instead The habits of indolence and of helplessness that are thus formed are not the greatest resulting from this bad practice; the selfish: that It fosters is Uhe worst Untng about f Gevoid of conscience, how ing in ‘Sense of tenderness, or even of just gir: must be who will thus consent to devote all ner {ime out of school to pleasuring, while her m9- ther ts bearing alt the heavy burdens of the household! And the foolish way in which m>- themselves sometime talk about this, even ce of thelr chlidren, 1s mischievous me. “O, Hattle is 80 absorbed with or her crayons, or her embroidery, that she take Asif the belonged to a superior order of beings, ‘not soil her hands or rufie her temper ‘ssary housework! The mother 4 the daughter ts the fine lady for wl he tol = No mother wh uffers sur § ‘ve the resp of her daughter no daugh| mothe na The result of all Uhis 1s to form tn the minds of many girls not only a distaste for labor,but a contempt for it, and a pw to avoid it as long as they itve by some means or other. There 1s scarcely one of these forty letters Which does not mention this as one of the chief errors in the training of our girls at the present day. IU 1s not universal, but It is altogether too prevalent. And I want to say to you, girls,that if you are allowing yourselyes to grow up with such habits of tndolence and such notions about work, you are preparing for yourselves a mis erable mt ACCORDING TO THE Curcaco Trvks, the coun- try editor js not going to allow himself to be robbed of the sweet boon of saying things grandly—of combining in one sentence his Whole store of quotations—of building an ornate portico to his slabwood palace. AS an example, It quotes from one of its exchanges that “at {his juncture in our country’s history we are con- fronting a silent but dissatisfied army of ‘hewers of wood and drawers of water. A classic orator, of stereotyped language, would say that we were ‘standing upon the brink of a voleano—a tower of rhetoric, but not at all one ‘baseless a8 the fabric of a vision.’ The “mene mene tekel upharsin’ of Babylontan an- lquity is written on the club room walls of the dominant dual political parties” Whereupon {t procecds to give its opinion of Jones, Smith and Brown, who desire to be elected Congress- men, THE OFFICE DooR was opened and imme diately shut without attracting Smithson's at- tention; but when this was done again and again and reg you could see by the rose hue in bis face that he had finally noticed it. The bext time the door opened the small boy who opened It was surprised by the warm embrace that Smithson bestowed on him. “What do you mean, you young rascal?” cried Smithson, punctuating his remarks by vigorous shakes of the small boy aforesaid. -“What do you mean by mediling with my door?” “I only did what you want me to do,” whimperingly replied the boy. “What I wanted you to do!” shrieked Smithson with a shake that threatened to make butter of the lad. “Yes, sir; you stuck up “Please shut the door,” and, you know, I couldn't shut it without first opening it, could It Was Well that the last shake of Smithson’s was So violent that he lost his hold of the boy. There what might have been the conse- ‘on Transcrij eae 8% Bishop Levi Scott ts now the senior bishop of the Methodist church, He is seventy- eight years old and is a deeply pious man, held In affectionate regard throughout the church. &?~ Sarah Bernhardt can’t get so much notse out of one osculation as Emma Abbott can, bul when ft comes to getting in work on the num- ber of Umes she can beat her unree to one. s2” There isa man at Lurray, Va who bs- came convinced, when young, that kissing was wicked, because Christ was betrayed with akiss. He resolved never to kiss anybody. He has been married twenty years, and ts thé fa- ther of eleven children, but has never kissed luis wife or one of his offspring. quences. — eTTERS REMAINING IN THE TON CITY POST OFFIGE, Saturday, May Sth, 1880. nit To, cbiain, any of those Zatters the apricant > mus! for *‘ADVER: Lerrens,” ive ET te =a th th a not ior within one cal iihin one mont ey will be LADIES' List” — a" Soderson Georgueta ; Ar- Adkens rs, Charity Mrs; Bitner E sent to the kt Mre. : Butler Ch: ; Bowen Grace: Burnett Ji {SIF Mrs; Cook Marthey ; Churcill Mre; Chan4- é 3 : D—Dobson Mary J Mrs. a ee Mrs; Frazier Emma M, «FP _Freeman Annie Mrs; Frazier Emm 2: Eutcher Lucy; Fisher Margaret Sire; “Festa: y Mrs. G_Graham Emily Mre; Gladman Mary E; Gratt Hi—Bobnes AN Mrs: Hawkins Elizabeth; Hicks n Fannie E Mrs; Hanson GA Mre; Hundly J Mrs; re. Mowinnd K G Mi ; Jacob Hannah P; Joos: lohnson Mary Jana. Levi Henie: Lockwood Miss; Lee Mire Win eZ M Mrs. M_Meike Anna; Mountjoy Carrie Mra; Musrave Fila; Maslin E Mrs: Meloy Emily N; Meserole Hat- tie Mra; Matthews Ida May ; Merrens Jennie L Mrs: Mating Mary ; Miller Mary’ Mrs: Mathews Mary. lcNulty Mary Mrs; Macknamara Kate. ester Hy Mrs: Perkins Lettie; Peters Min- ion Sarah Mre. ia; Russell Caroline Mra; Roys Mrs; Bunde!l Grace; Ross Let Bol Mary; Reed S—fmith A EC Mrs; Shannon C A Mrs: States man Ife: Spicer Geo A Soott Lucy Mes: — gine; Schweinforth Mary E Mrs; Smalls arah V. ‘T— Thomas Bettie; Trafford Chas A Mra, 2: Toda Tizzie, Taylor Mrs Sarah ; Thompson Myra; Tarpin Queen 8; Towle E Mrs; Thomas W Vincent re, | W_Williame O; Washington Gilly ; Warren Hat- tie Mrs; Wilhams Julia, Wingate J E Mrs; Wilson Kate Mrs: Wrixht Lucy; Warner Mary E. Wannor Marion ; Williams Sarah: GENTLEMEN'S LIST. A—Aiben and Duncan; Andrews E F; Adams Benry; Almond LL; Austin VG. 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Mi Oo; McDonald eng, Melos Wa SoSary Brown MeFar- ie ont Pesreent F, a ‘ ented: Sonn MGs Nice ogee hsipe EP Hon; Price re Rawin; Peak J werBD- 4 : Boe R EES RM Me oe Wa'ter, ea: oe +s Smith Sa Beuthan Soe Hs Btooke Fob Bina ‘T—Tuxbury AO; Thomas 00,2: ya ts (aha), The Ripson Semie 8. Tulnce Frances: —Venatition Tees: Valentine 3n0 J: Vinowat vv J H Rev: Vor! rend “foWwa bo, Fost OFFICE kar tom.