Evening Star Newspaper, October 30, 1880, Page 6

e ¢ _—— a MUSIC ‘AL AND DRAMATIC. — Mr. William E. Sheridan, who usel to be connected with the National here, and who was also, we Delieve, at one tine a Georgetown Col- lege boy, Is pronounced by the Hour one of the Most impressive and manly of modern actors, and supertor in many respects to both Mci lough and Barrett. Mr. Sierldan 13 to be:ome leading man at Baldwin's Theater in San Fraa- cisco on the 15th proximo. — Some two years since the Russian govern- Ment sent two musicians to Siberia to collect and write down the national melodies. By trav- elling from village to \..lage, and attending the varios festivities of the peasants, they nave obtained a lai ber of tunes, ineludiag about thirty which were previously unknown. ‘The selection 13 to be the com- ing Winter, and y in Russia: — Mr. T: ne, the new tragic star, nee be backea financially by Cole, the rich circus Scacnpee. The manner in which he has been advertised In the west seems to give a color of probabiilty to the stor: — The forty performances of the Oberammer- au Prssion Play attended this year py no . an 170,000 persons, including Mmany peo- fewer than pe ig many pe. son have deen divided Into four parts, t r the expenses of of the thearer, a second being nhabitants of the village as are hird quarter t the actors, and schools, especially the z. Joseph Mayer, le of “Chris received the sum of $155, and 600 other persons engaged in the play shared tn the profits. Evidence Is furnished tha Cincinnati 13 be- coming “the Paris of America,” in one respect, at least, by the fact that last’ Sunday night no Jess than four theaters were tn full blast, with the usual accompaniments of a numberof day concerts on the hilltops. Among other pieces The Tourists, Kerry Gow and Our Girls Were on the bills. —Mr. John Clayton, son-in-law of Boucteanit, 1s to support Madame Modjeska, fn London, tn her new verton of Marie stuart, appeariag erpool Post has & corre e way, Who believes he has lity of Mme. Modjeska. at Modjeska is not. a 2 is a native of the pie of title and distinction. The net proce the se spondent, determined the natioi The story is to the effect t Pole at all; that. in fact, 8! Emerald Isle; that hei rather before she we “One-half of t Damrose was Magee. are divided wate rehearsals. | performances tn Cin- the handsome amount einnat! last week dre Of $6.25), — The principal people of the Strakosch aud Hess Englisn Opera company for tae present season are as follows: Soprani—Mme. Marie Koze, Mra Abbe Carrington, Miss Laira Soic- mer 2ni Wile Ostavia Torrtar{; contralti—Miss Sara Harton and Miss Annandale; tenor!—ar- thur byron, A. Montegriffo, Charles Francis and M ugin!; baritonl—Wm. Carleton and He Conly and Henry s repertoire will include “in. Mignon, Trov ttov ry Peakes. The comp. bon ian Tel, Fra D.acolo, Bah ‘Aida, Care nots, W an win Booth will begin an engagem>at at ess” , London, next Saturday varance Is {n the caarac' of “Hamlet. tiends hope that he will have @3 great a suceess th as the Berahardt is Itkely to achieve In this country. All the avatl- abl were sold many days ago. — When last heard from Carlotta Patt! was conecertizing tn India and en route to Ezypt. —The eritic wrote of the actress (not Bern- hardt) that she possessed a charming chic, but the intelligent proof reader thought he ouzht toadda “Kk” to the word, and that’s how the critic happened to get cowhided. —Managers throughout the country are trying to devise means to resist the extorttons Of the Dill-posters and the dead-head claims Of those who permit Lith: hs to be placed THE CRACK SHOT. E RUSSIAN OF POUCH-! ADAPTED FROM THE BI L IN COUNTRY QUARTERS, . ir of Piodorskow, in the government of suaikt is a duli hole. ‘We lay there. A mon- otenous life of 1t we led—about as full of emo- tion 2s that of a tortolse in a state of hyberna- tion. This was the datly routine: morning, drill and the riding school; midday, dinner at the commandant’s or the Jewish restaurant; even- ing, punch and card playing. There was not a house in the place wortn visiting, nor a girl worth falling in love with. We passed our | abundant leisure in gotug from Peter to Paul, | and from Paul to Peter and back agafn—tae same perpetual round—and in crit the | buttons on each other’s uniforms. | Nevertheless there was just one in our little | society who was not a military man. He migat | be about five-and-thirty years old, consequentty | we “young fellows” looked upon him with something akin to veneration. His expertence ave him an ascendency over us; and his tact urnity, his haughty bearing, and the sarcastic manner in w! he spoke, added to the in- pression and strengthened the superiority of age. It was often a puzzle to me what myste- Tious destiny overshadowed him. He appeared to be Russia, but he had aforelgn name. He had formerly ‘served in a Hussar regiment, and wT 2p! in their shop windows. Ia other words they are considering whether It would not be better tocome back to and rely upon old fashioned newspaper advertising. —Miss Florence Toole, the fourteen-year-old daughter of the favorite English comedian, Is described as the possessor of remarkable Mter- ary ability, with a strong inclination towards dramatic composition. — Zelda Seguin, who was one of its chief at- tractions, has seceded from the Emma Abbott English Opera Company. So far no reasoa has been made pubite. —Edwin Booth sent Keene his “Hamlet” ket. which he yore at his belt during the lobg run of the play in New York. Accom- panying the pocket came the words, charac- teristic of the great actor’s disposition: “I hope You Wil have"as much luck with It asT have —A Test of Honor is the ttle of Anna Dickin- son's new play. —It issuggested by the Detroit Free Press that Emmet is a better temperance lecturer than actor. — Leonard Grover, one of the old-time man agers of the National here, has leased the Broad Street Theater in Philadelphia. — At the Opera in Rio de Janciro the directo lately produced Mozart's Don Giovrnal, bat t tt music did not sult the Brazilians at all. first performance the work was coldly rec at the second it was hissed. way to draw a crowd, and especially ‘act ladies to a theater, has been invented anager Hill, who announces : Ou Bruns’ are to be worn each e: i Dy the several ladies taking parts in the piay of Joshua Whitcomb. — The Paris Figaro has assumed the expense Of a bust of Offenbach and of a dramatic repre- Sentation In bis honor. The sculptor Fran- ceschi has offered to execute the work “from. motives purely disinterested.” —Lawrence Barrett regaled the people of Toronto with his stilted solemnities this week, and Mrs. Scott-Siddons also appearad t With a full dramatic company. — Mr. Abbey's announcement that be intends Siving the whole net profits of his projectea Tepresentation of the sion Play in New ‘York to the cause of charity in that city takes away one objection to the performance,—that Js so far as the motives of the manager are con- cerned. It does away With the supposition that he expects to protit direetiy by the enterprise. It will not, however, reconcile the people of this country to the idea of having the Upon the stfge here at all may be tolerab’ Stl exists as t Years ago by an ignorant but devout p ut even there it is not divested of obj: onadle features, and the sence of the best clas3 of vi3- Mors ts that it ought not to be encouraged any longer. The subject is one which has no busi. ness on the American stage of the present day, abd the production of the piece even for thé se claimed cannot fall to be repugnant to ‘he feelings of a large majority of the people of this country, whose good opinion fs worth hav- ing, and this quite outside of the pale of church Membership. If Mr. Abbey should set up in behalf of his daring innovation that “Charity covers a multitude of sins.” the al Broperiy be made that there are some sins Which charity should not be called on to cover. —Mr. Dion Boucteault has, it 3 said, been engaged by the Messrs. Gatti to play at the Adelphi and write plays for that theater for Several years to come. —The Emperor Wiliam opened the new o era house at Frankfort on the evening of the 2th inst. The enthusiasm was immense. —Mr. Max Maretzek has given his views upon “ the present deplorable state of the american Stage, particularly the lyric.” He beiteves, however, that the day is not far distant when we shall have a national conservatory and Opera, a5 they have in all the most important cities ln Continental Europe, and furthermore every opportunity for a growth of American talent. — The announcement is made that Mr. James Voorhees, son of the U. S. Senator from Indiana, das left John McCui'ough’s aramatic company’ . J. G. Saville, formerly of the Nattonai here, is now playing the ‘Duc de Mirando!” to Clara Morris’ “‘Alixe” in New York. — The street musician nutsance in London !s calling forth some curious suggestions for its remedy. Mr. G. A. Sala proposes to deal with street organs by subjecting them to the action Of & musical local option act. He suggesis that ‘each street or terrace be polled, and that, at the end of any in which a two thirds rity pro- pounce against the visits of organ grinders or German bands, a notice shall be pur ep by the Stating that the thoroughfare ‘tosed to peripatetic musichins 0: — Mary Anderson heid the Shin week sy boards in Det-oit ted bj 21 brother. “She drew ood huwey SPICK aud her ‘Mrs.Schneider was a cruel San #1 step- mother. Her two littie stepda. rou one morning and took gels a neene where they showed the marks of whippings to all who called Along the visitors were a epeeeneeays a had even built himself up some reputation in it; bat he handed in his papers abruptty one moru- ing—nobody could tell why—and he establishad himself in this miserable village, where he dinners wer: a0 juxurious, nor was the cook a cordon bieuw. We usually had two or three by adi ed soldier. Was of @ first-rate brand, and was sent round in bucketfuls. I have no pity for the man who cannot wash down a bad meal with good wine. Nobody knew what was his fortune, or whether he was married or singie, and nobody cared to = ag BS aes s ae oe ee £ atory of at type. He @ tolerably Lat brary, particularly strong in military books and in romances, which he freely lent and never asked back. On the other hand, he never thought of returning a book once lent to hin. His absorbing occupation—it was more than pastime—was pistol practice. The walls of his dining room, riddled with bullet dents, looked like @ honey comb. A splendid coileciton of Pistols, of every age and make. was the one Vanity Of the wretched gazebo he called his Mausion. The dexterity he had faa yy by his ractice Was something Incredible: if he lald a t that he would knock the tuft off a forag- — ‘with a shot, I do not think there was a fellow in the regiment who would have hosl- tated to put that foraging-cap on his heid. Sometimes, amongst us, the conversation turned upon dueling. Slivio (with your per- mission, that ts how I mean to eall him) never look part init. If he were asked, had he ever been out, he dryly answered “Yes,” but entered into no details, and it was easy to’ percetve that the question did not gratify him. We came to the conclusion that some’ victira of his terrible Skill had left a Durden on bis conselence. None of us for a moment had the by he suspicion that there was any element of feebieness in his composition. There are men whose exterior 13 enough to scout suppositions of tho kind. He Laced Rp of them. pee a ent an event wi unexpectedly turned up singulariy as- tonished all of us. One day a dozen of us, officers, dined at Si'- vio’. We drank as {t Was the Custom, that is to say, too much. A3 soon as dinaer was over, We asked the master of the house to make a bank atfaro. After refusing for along time, for he seldom piayed, he called for the cards, placed fifty ducats before htm on the tabie, and Sat down tocut. We made a ring around ‘him, and the play began. When he played, it was Silvio’s habit to preserve an absolute slleace; he never made any objections and never gave any explanations. If a punter won or lost, he pald him exactiy what was coming to him, or marked down to bis own credit what he had gained, We all knew his pecuifarity, and we let him arrange the maiter after his own fashion; but there was with us on that occasion an officer newly joined, who, in a moment of distraction, made a faise dou: bie. Siiviotoox up the chalk and made his Inark in bis usual manner. ‘The officer, per- ‘suaded that there was a mistake, expostulated. Silvio, never breaking silence, contiaued to cut. Patience, took the brush aud e thought to be the wrong mark. Silvio quietly took the chalk aud made the mark again. Upon this the officer—heated by the wine, the play and the laughter of his comrades—took Serious offence, and seizing a copper chandelier in his fury, buried it at tua head of Silvio, who, by a rapid duck, just con- rived to avoid being struck. There was a feat ful row! Silvio started up pale with anger, and, with fire In his eyes, he sald: “* My good sir, have the kindness to leave the room, and thank your God that this has passed under my root.” Not one of us had the slightest doubt as to What would be the sequel of the affair. We already looked upon our new comrade as a d2aa man, The officer left, saying he was ready to give satisfaction to the banker as 090 as it Suited his convenience. The gambling continued for a few minutes more; but as we saw that the master of the ho.tse paid no further interest to the play. we left one by one, and as we strolied back to our quarters we chatted on the vacaucy we were about to have in the reg!- ment. The following day, in the riding-schoo!, we were asking it the poor lieutenant were dead or merely wounded, when who should watk in but himself. We plied him with questions, He simply answered that he had not heard from Silvio. We were astonished. We went to visit Silvio; we came upoa him in his courtyard, Sending bullet after bullet into an ace of bears nailed toa door, He received usin his usual way, and never sald a word about the trans- action of the night before. Three days passed, and the lleutenant still ved. No message had come. We began to ask one another in amaze- ment: “4s it possible that Silvio won't fight?” Silvio did not fight. He was satisfied with a Very lame explanation; and all was over. This magnaaimity did him a lot of harm snauest us young fellows Want of hardi- hood is the fault that youth pardors the least. Courage 1s the greatest of ail merits, the ex- use for every blemish. Nevertheless. by llttle and little all was forgotten, and Slivia re- assumed his former influence in our circle. Talone found it hard to reconcile myselt to him. Thanks to a romantic imagination, I had grown more attached than any of my fri¢ads to ‘his man, whose life wassuch cn enigma. I bad made of him the hero of a mysteriou3 Grama. He had a preference for me—at least, 1 Was the only one with whom he abandoned his barshness of tone and cynicism of languag: and conversed ou Gifferent subjects with eaje, and sometimes with a very happy grace. Sine? that unfortunate evening the thought that bis Lonor was soiled—that there was a Dist on hie esculcheon—and that of his own frea Wil, he hed declined to wipe it out, tormentea me with- out ceasing, and drove away my s2lf-possession When I was in his society. I was no longer on the same terms with him. I made it a matter of conscience to watch his every movement. Silvio had too much penetration not to peroalve what I was doing, and to guess the motive of my conduct. He appeared more hurt than vexed at it. Twice I thought I could detect a desire on his to come toan explanation with me; but I avoided him, and Stivio did not ressthe matter. From that time only saw mm in company with my comrades, Our coscy intimate chats were dropped. ‘The iucky dwellers in the capital, tossed aboxt by distracting (eos are ignorant of many sepsations familiar to those who live tn remote villages or small towns; for example, the walt- ing for the mall day. On Tuesdays and Fridays the post office of our regiment was full of o:1- cers. One expected money, another letters, a third newspapers. Ordinarily, the packets were ursealed upon the spot; news was passed from Mouth to mouth, and the scene In the office was of the most animated description. Silvio’s let- ters were addressed to him at our quarters, and he came to look for them with the rest of us. One day that he was handed a letter, he broke the seal with great eageraess. As he ran over its contents his eyes positively burned with a Strange fire. Our officers, occupied over their Own correspondence, took no notice of him, “Gentlemen,” exclaimed Silvio, “urgeat af- fairs compel me to leave immediately. As I Shall be on the road to-night, I hope you won’ refuse to dine with me for thelast time, I count upon you,” be added, turning to me, “I wish you particularly to come.” Thereupon he retired hastily, and after we had all agreed to make rendezvous at his place, we separated each his own way. I got to Stlvio’s at the appointed hour, and found every officer off duty there. His lug- gee, was already packed up. Nothing was to seen on the naked walls but the network of bullet marks. Wesatdown. Our host was in the best of humor and his high spirits soon spread to the company. Corks popped brisi as skirmishing fire; the beady froth motated in the ——_ which were filled and empiied without interruption. We grew tender-heirted —maudlin if you Uke—an ain dishes served uo But his champagne it was late when we quitted the txtive When we were k for our caps, Sllvio Dade each of us adieu; but he caugns me ey ae and held me as I was onthe point o out. Saye he sald in an undertone. “I want to haye a few words with you.” 1 stopped behind. Th SILVIO’S EXPLANATION. others ‘had face and I feel that {¢ would cost me a ping to leavs you with an unfavorable opioton of m2.” He paused to knock the ashes off the topo’ bese Isaid nothing, but turned iny gaze to the floor and waited. “It must have appeared singular to you,” he continued, “that I did not exact fuller satistac- tion from that drunken fool of a lieutenant. You will agree that, having the choice of weap- ons, the idiot’s life was in my power, and that I ran no very great risk. Imight speak of my moderation as generosity; but I do not wish to He. If [could have administered a correction to the fellow without hazarding my life—mark me, without hazarding it in the least—he Would not have got out of my clutches so easily.” T looked at Siivio with surprise. An avowal like this mystified and pained me. He resumed: “Unfortunately, [have not the right to ex- Pose myself to death. Six years ago I got a box On the ear, and my enemy is still living.” My curiosity was vividly atirred. * And you did not fight him?” I demanded. “Assuredly, some extraordinary circumstances a have prevented the affair from comiog “I did fight him,” said Stivio, quietly, “and here is a souvenir of our meeting.” He rose and drew from a boxa cap of red cloth with a gold stripe and gland—a cap of the make of those worn in cavalry undress, such a3 the French call bonnet de police. He put it on his head. It was penetrated by a bullet about a Inch above the temple. “ You know,” sald Silvio, “that I served In the Hussars. You can see the sort of man I am—a trite overbearing. I have the habit of com- mand; to dominate fs an instinct of my nature. D my earlier days it wasa passion with ma D my time, the roysterers were the mode. I was the atest roysterer and rowdy in the army. All bi thea about getting drunk, 1 put under the table the famous’ B, mentioned iu the song by D.D., that used to be sung at the mess of the Preobrajenski Guards. Every day there were duels in our corps; every day I played my as second or principal. My comrades venerated me; the superior officers, who changed every other month, arded m3 as a scourge that they could not get rid of. For my own part, I pursued my career of glory tranquilly, or rather tumultuously, until they sent to the ent arich young fellow who belonged to a distinguished family. I shall not tell you bis name. Never did I meet a luckter dog; his luck was almost insolent. Picture to yourself youth, wit, a fine figure, Wide Spirits, bravery reckless of danger, an honored name, as much money a3 he wished, and more than he could ever possibly spend; and now try and bring before your mind the effect that his arrival produced emongst us, I was no- where. My scepter was broken. At the out- Set, dazzled by my sy ae he sought to ke me his friend. But I received his ad- vances coldly, and he paid me off in my own coin. Without apnea in the least mortified, he left me to myself. coneetved a mortal grudge Chee him. Hi3 success in the regt- ment and amongst the petticoats drove me to desperation. I swore I'd pick a quarrel with him. To my epigrams he retorted with e grams that always struck meas more piquant and original than mins, and which, I mast ad- mit, in any case, were much more lively. He jJested; Ihated; that made the differenca. At last, one day, at a ball ata Polish landed pro- prietor’s, seeing that he was the object of atten- Uon from several ladles, espselaliy from the mistress of the house, with waom I had been a pet, I went over to him and whispered some gross and stupid impertinence. He burst into a Passion and gave mea box on the ear. We ilew to our sabres, the ladies falnted, ths gaesis parted us, and on the spot, we quitted th> chateau to make our preparations for mortal combe*. “Da as breaking. I wasat the trystiag- groutu ..:ih my three witnesses, waiting my adversary with a mad impatience, The sum- mer’s sun rose, and the heat already bezan t> grill us, I saw him in the distance. He was on foot, in his shirt sleeves, carrying his jacket over his sabre-hilt, and acco npanted by a slagie second. We satout to meet them. A3 he came near to me, I could perceive that in one hand he held his cap, which was full of cherriea. Our ‘seconds pli us at twelve paces apart. It was my privilege to Ore first; but passion and ha- tred got so much the better of me that I was afraid I should not be able to keep my wrist steady. In order to gain time to cool down I conceded the first fireto him. He refused it. We then determined to settle it NS Ros lots. He won, this eternally spoiled cnild of fortune, He ue trigger, and pierced my bonnet de police. It was my turn now. At last Thad his lifein my grasp. 1 serutintzed him with a flerce avidity, trying to catch, in the expression of his features, at the least a of emotion. No! There he was, under cover of my pistol, and not a twitch in brows or lps, not the symptom of achange of color in ils cheeks. He was quietly picking the ripest cherries out of his cap and blowing the stones from his mouth, like & school boy, until they almost fell at my feet. This cold-blooded com- posure made me feel like a devil. “ What is to be gained,” sald I to myself, “ by taking this man’s life, seeing tart he sets such small store by it?” “An atrocious idea shot across my brata. I let down the hammer of my pistol. “ It seems,” said I, ‘that you are hardly 1a a mood to die at present. You prefer to vreak- fast. Take it easy; I have no wish to disturb you.” “Don't mix yourself up in my conearas,” he answered, “ but take the trouble of firing,’ pray. For the matter of that, do as you please. You have always that pistol shot to your cre: aud Ishall be at your service whenever you wish to ischarge ft. “Tlett with my friends, to whom I said that I did not intend to effect the exchange of shots for the moment. And thus the atfair termi- nat “J sent in my resignation, and withdrew to this village, Not aday has passed since then that Ihave not dreamt of revenge. Now the hour has come.” Silvio drew from his pocket the letter he had received in the morning and gave it toine to Somebody —his lawyer presumibiy— wrote to him from Moscow that the person ta question was on the eve of marrying a young and beautiful lady, “You divine,” said Stivio, ‘who ts the person 1n question. am starting for Moscow. We'll See if he'll face death in the middie of a wed- ding with the same composure that he did in front of a pound of cherries!” At these words he rose, threw bis cap on the floor, and began striding to and fro like a Liger in a cage. had listened to him, outwardly passive, but racked by a thousand contenains Sentiments, A servant, entering, announced that the horses had arrived. Silvio shook ie warmly by the hand, and we embraced. He jumped into a caleche, in which there were two boxes, the one containing his collection of pistols, the other his luggage. We said adieu once more, and the horses went off at a canter. TIL THE PERSON IN QUESTION. Several years passed. when family affairs obliged me to exile myself ina wretched petty hamlet of the volosta of PodjaritzkL Busy though I was with my property, I could not heip sighing whenever I thought of the nolsy ilfe, gay and careless, I had led up to that period. Ta Podjaritzici one did not Uve—did not exist even; one vegetated. The greatest trouble Thad was to accustom myself to pass the even- {ngs of spring and winter in complete solitude. Until dinner-hour I succeeded in killing time, more or less effectually, by talking to tha starosta, Sppcrintending tay workmen, ‘Inspoct- ing new buildings, anc overlooking improve. nents. But a8 soon as dusk came on, I Was at & perfect loss to know what to do with myself. ane almost repeat by rote the few books I drawers and in a cock- ty housekeeper, Kirflovna, tell over again, all ine old conntry of these copers, whose conversation con- yawns and htccougas lace Was a yer Countess Bo; ‘wt Te save her steward,’ The her the first year of her wedded eeu thee aba cee meant to pass the summer with her husband in the chateau. The report was correct. They took 3p their quarters there in the begioning of ne, ‘The arrival of a rich nelghbor 1s an event Tural life. The landed proprietors and thee People speak of It for two months beforehand. and three years afterward. As for myself, i candidly avow that the announcement of the coming of a young and handsome neigh- bor threw me into considerable agitation” | Was dying of impatience to see her; and ‘the first Sunday after their arrival I set out, after dinner, for her chateau, ee homage ber character of and very humble servant. aiid went Yo acquaint hs muster wick wari This study van ith my visit. ” | nave remarked that I care ttle for the opinion | Rance. He recetved me in the frankest and | of the inatfrerent; but I have a liking for you, most amiable manner. I made an effort to recover my calmness, and was commencing my compliments as a bres teat when he anticipated me gracefully telling me that I should be always welcome to his house while he was there, We seated ourselves. The conversation, full of naturalness and affability, soon soothed my savage timidity, and I began to feel myself in my ordinary groove, when suddenly the Coun- ‘tess appeared, and threw me into an embarrazs- ment greater than before. She was truly a beauty. The Count presented me; I endeavored to assume a free and easy manner, but the more I tried the more awkward I became. My hosts, in order to give me an epporeaniey, to collect mnyself and get accustomed to my new acquaint- ances, began chatting to one another, as if. to show me they treated me, without ceremony, as an estimable neighbor. Meanwhile, I walked about the study, looking at the books and pic- tures. I am not much of a connoisseur, as far as pictures go, but there was one which riveted my attention. Itwas a sketch of a valley in Switzerland; but it was not the merit of the landscape which struck me most. I remarked that the canvas was pterced by two bullets, one evidently aimed at the other. “Ha! that was something like a shot,” I cried, turning toward the Count. “Yes,” he said; “rather a singular shot. Are you a good hand at the pistol?” he continued. “Well, yes—s0-so,” I answe delighted at the chance of ] gg on A subject I was not Wholly ignorant of. “At thirty paces I warrant myself never to miss a card, always provided I know the pistols.’ “Really!” said the Countess with an air of pro- found interest. Then, addressing her husband, she added: “And you, dearest—do you think you could hit a card at thirty paces?” “We shail see,” replied the Count. “I used not to be a bad shot in my day; but it is quite four years since I had a pistol in my hand.” “In that case, Count, I don’t mind betting that, even at twenty paces, you're not able to hit the spot. The pe Insists on constant practice. I know it by experience. In my reg- ent I for one of the best_ marksmen, It happened once that I was a month without taking up a pistol; mine were at the armorer’s. We went out for target-practice. What do you think came to pass, Count? I missed a bottle av five-and-twenty ‘paces four consecutive Umes. We had a squadron-leader in ours—a Jolly fellow, but a terrible joker. ‘Phew! com- Tade,” he sald, “you're altogether too sober. You have too much respect for tho bottles.” Believe me, Count, if you don’t practice you must rust. The best shot Iever met kept his hand in by firing his ee every day, if It was only three shots before dinner. He would as soon fail to Lave his three shots as to take his alp of brandy before soup. ‘he Count and Countess seemed to take a pleasure in hearing me rattle on thus. “And what sort of shots used he to make?” demanded the Count. “What sort? Wait till you hear. ‘Suppose he saw a fly creeping on the wall. You laugh, Countess? I swear to you its true. ‘Eh, Kouzka, a ptstol.’ Kouzka brought him a loaded el a There was the fly flattened upon the wall.” “ What skill!” exclaimed the Count. What was your man’s name?” “Silvio, Count.” “Silvio!” exclaimed the Count springiag to “You knew Silvio?” “Did I know him? We were the best of friends. He used to mix with our corps as if he were one of ourselves. But it 1s a good five Years since I heard any tidings of him. So, as it appears, he had the honor to be known to you, Count?” ‘e3, Known, very well known.” “I wonder did he ever tell you a curious story of an adventure that occured to him once? A Story about a box on theear he got one eve- ning from an animal—” “Did he not tell you the name of the animal?” “No, he never mentioned it—Pardon, Count,” Toried, suspecting the fact, “I was not aware. Am I right in thinking it was you?” “1am the person in question,” answered the Count, confused in his turn; “and the hole in that picture is a souventr of our last interview.” “For the love of God, dear, don’t speak of 1t' an the Countess, “It makes me shudder stil” “No,” said the Count. “I must tell the Story to this gentleman. He knowsI had the misfortune to offend his friend. It ts only Tight he should learn how his friend avenged himself.” The Count motioned me to an arm- chatr,and I listened with the lvellest curiosity to the following recital. Iv. THE COUNT’S STORY. “Five years ago I got married. Ispent the pony ben here, in this chateau. To this old building are attached recoilections of the hap- plest hours of my life, and likewise of one of the most fearful and afflicting. “One evening we went out riding. My wite’s horse began to shy and rear; she was somewhat, alarmed, and dismounted, asking me to lead him home by the bridle, while she regained the chateau on foot. At the gate I found a post- caleche. I was informed there was a strange gentleman in my study, who had refused to give his name, but sald he wanted to see me on very serious private business. I came into this very room, and, in the twilight, I could distia co &@ man, dust-covered, and with a long be an Prana 4 1 on the chimney. I went to him, vainly jogging my memory as to where I had seen the face before. “You do not recognize me, Count?” he saiiia ® tremulous voice, “Silvio?” I cried; and I confess I could almos pier I felt my hairs standing erect on my “Precisely,” he added, ‘and it 1s my tura to fire. Ihave come to discharge my debi. Are you ready?” “T could see a pistol ping from his stde- pockes I stepped twelve paces, and I stool ere, in that corner, praying him to make eae een fire before my wife came back. H- was no hurry, he said; and he asked fo- Ughts. They brought in some wax candles, “I shut the door, ordered the servants to let nobody enter, and again I called on him to fire. He raised bis pistol, and took aim at me......1 counted the seconds......I thought of her....-. ‘This lasted one awful minute, ~ Silvio lowered his weapon. “I am very much annoyed,” he sald, “that my pistol is not charged with—cherry-stones. ;.----A bullet is hard...... But 1 have another idea. This business is more like a murder than aduel. Iam not accustomed to pull trigger on au unarmed man, Let us begin tt all over again, and draw lots for the first fire.” “My head turned. At first, I imagine, I refused, but finally we loaded another pistol. We rolled two scraps of paper, and he pu’ them into the very cap he had worn when I sent a bullet whizzing through it. I dipped into the cap, and I drew the paper marked number one. “You have the devil's juck, Count!” he said with a grin I shall never forget. “J cannot understand what power took pos- lon of me, or how he succeeded in constratn- ing me; but I did fire, and my bullet lodged in that picture.” The Count pointed with his finger to the canvas traversed by the pistol-shot. His face Was red as hot iron. The Countess was waiter than her lace handkerchief. As for me, I coud hardly cuppress a cry. “Thad fired my shot, therefore,” pursued the Count, “and, thanks be to God, I had misse@. ‘Then Silvio—how demontac a visage he had at that moment!—deliberately adjusted his Weapon, and levelled the deadly barrel straight between my eyes. Suddenly the door flew open. Macha burst into the room and ciasped herselt round my neck. Her presence restored ma to firmneés, My Gear,” I said, “can you not see that we are joking? What a tremor you are in! Go, So, drink @ glass of water, and return, and I i Introduce you to an oid friend and com- rade.” “Macha mistrusted me.” “Tell me, is this that my husband says true?” she implored of the terrible Silvio. “Is it true that you are joking?” “He is always joking, Countess,” reptted Sil- vio. “Once, out of pure jest, he gave me a box on the ear; out of pure jest he planted a bullet in my cap; out of pure jest_a while ago he missed me with his pistol. Now itis my turn to have my little laugh.” “At these words he covered me anew under the eyes of my wife. Macha fell at his feet. “Rise, Macha! Are you not ashamed of your- self?” I shouted with rage. “And you, sir, do you wish to drive an unfortunate woman’ de- rious? Will you fire? Yes or no?” “I do not care to now, thank you. Iam sat- isfled. 1 have enjoyed your suffering and your Weakness, I have compelled you to fire upon me. You will recollect me. leave you to your onset lence.” “He ing at the threshold, he threw a quick glance at the ee ota an allnost erelthout troubling to e aim, he fired, doubled my fore I had time to recover my presence mind, he had disap ‘The Count hai oild his ‘hus I learned the end of an e] sode, the Opening of which had pi me. fnever saw pee of it again. ‘They say that Silvio parti at —Ti Uys Magasineh® disaster of Skoullanl.—Zins- ——— A Sort of a wrinkle for Brain- Kerte Wor! A wrinkle-for brain- those who are sudd 7 called | for an extra amount tate ana nee work, they fly 2 they exact Payment for the Brilat-Savarin Singular Change of Climate in the Sierra Mountains. Professor Legate has recently returned to Vir- Inia City from a trip into the Slerras of eight duration. He had with him two assistants and his own vehicle for the transportation of his instruments, and camped out most of the ume. The object of the professor's trip was the Study of recent meteorological changes in the elevated regions of the Sierras, He was led to | believe that du »the present season the | warm belt had shifted south. Be wat a | point just north of Lake Tahoe, snow has ot melted away as in former years. There are now banks of snow from fifty to one hundred j feet in depth at points where heretofore at this Season no snow has lain. Nearly the whole of ‘this snow will remain where it now les until | ‘the snows of winter again set in. Up toward the headwaters of the north fork of the Yuba river, where no snow ts usually Seen at this season, it has but Uttle more than begun to disappear. In that plgce are to be seen huge of snow, under wflich tlow the waters of the stream, forming arches of natural bridges one hundred feet in height and two to three hundred feet in width.” As nearly the whole of this snow will remain until snow again comes, the accumulation next year will ‘be still ter, and the whole ion around the hi of that and other rivers rh in the mountains will probably Ne under the snow the year round. It was for the purpose of ascertaining the cause of this remarkable change of cilinate to the northward that Prof. Legate went on his expedition into the mountains. Through the results obtained by observations made at laany points with various delicate instruments, but prepay by means of careful thermometrical ts, Une professor has established the factthat there has occurred in the range of the Sierra Nevada mountains this season a grand is other- malchange. He finds that the warm current of air which ever since the settlement of California by Americans—and probably ages before—has moved upward from the Pacific seaboard to the Sierra Nevada mountains and thence turned and flowed to the northward along the west side of the main ridge of the range, thus giving to all regions in that direction a warm cilmate, no lopger moves in that direction. It now comes up from the side of the ocean and pours eastw: across the crest of the Slerras near Lake Tahoe. Prot Legate has satisfied himself that this wondertul change, which ts leaving all the northern parts of the Sierras buried in snow, summer and winter, is caused by the denuda- tion of timber which the mountains have suf- fered through a belt begianing at Lake Tahoe and extending some twenty miles southward. Through the great gap thus left by the sweep- ing away of the forests now flows the warm current of air which formerly moved—with something of the circling motion of water in an eddy—tar along the mountains tothe north- ward. Prof. Legate says it must not be — e Posed that the change has been caused merely on account of the gap or trough left to the clearing away of the forests. The denudation of the ground {s the principal cause. ‘The heat of the sun pouring down upon the broad belt of bate ground now reaching across the moun’a'n causes “at tat point an immense ascending column of heated air which draws in from the West the current which formerly moved to the northward and now all crosses the Sterras,pass- jug in an upward and eastward direction. Prof, Legate is of the opinion that the only thing capable of changing the isothermal line which has been recewtly accidentally and dis- astrously established, is the creation, at some int well north, of another broad belt of deau- jation, the influence of which will be to draw in that direction a portion of the warm current of air moving up and along the western slope of the Sierras, and thus partly restore the equa- ble pean that formerly prevailed. He thinks the railroad which ts to run in the direc- Uon of Oregon Reno,and which {3 to strike and tap the great pine forests of the Slerras Well to the north, will after a few years effect the desired change. Jacques Offenbach. Lightly lie the turf upon him! Muse of Music he Bre of meas fe melody Was ma ter, let us sing him to his st. Friend of long ayo, remembered ! you were girl and es Twas boy, When he took our hearts to Paris, and he sung to us of Troy. Tell him—/iies Lui, remember—we recall the storm and stress Of the nights Napoleonic, and the Jeweled ‘‘Grande Duchesre” Queen Victoria as “irs. Wettin. The Whitehall Review says; “At dinner the other night the conversation lapsed, as it some- Umes Will lapse with the best, into questions hardly distinguishable from ‘conundrums. celebrated historian was tne se.” That is Was the historian’s I ventured to sugges that although the Royal Family are Guelphs by decent, Her Majesty's marri with Prince Albert of Saxe-Cobourg, must have the effect which = —— of lady has in all other ie ‘were wrong. ‘ne subject a few that tie Of course no one had heard it before. Every- body smiled at the horribie idea of the Guelphs being reduced to Wettins! The point was reter- Ted to Theodore Martin. ‘You are quite right,” said the ceful biographer of the Prince Consort. *Wettin’ isthe family name of the House of Saxony, to whom the dominion of Saxony came in “the year 1450. The King of Saxony and the minor Princes of the House re therefore, all Wettins or German Wettiuer.’ Tons of S: m Left to Rot. {an Francisco Chronicle. ] Stephen Ellis, considered the best authority on such says the late salmon season on the Columbia was @ most disastrous one to all interested init. The run of fish com- menced several weeks later than usual, and, in consequence, the canneries discharged the ma- jority of their hands. Late in July the fish came up from the sea in such numbers that in the hyperbole of Ellis, “you could walk across the river on ‘em; the wather was shtiff wid ‘em.” A strike of the nm had seriously com| tae ey Sa — meget = totally unprep: of the great quantities a salmon taken. There wereonly a few weeks of the season left, and the hands could not be collected in time. The result was that thousands of fish were left to rot on the Wherves until the over-worked cannery mon found time to throw them back into the stream. ‘The fishermen could oy f Gispose of a limited supply, so that in the height of the season, which they had hoped to prove a harvest, they were forced to remain idle. An hour’s work, Sometimes fifteen minutes’, supplied them with all the fish they could sell. One cast of the net actually brought up seven hundred salmon, ranging from fifteen to sixty poands, and sum: clent to load several boats. it was nothing unusual to throw back a number of fish into the stream and let them pursue thetr head-lon; way to the spawning grounds. Tue nets use Were Sig and $4 inches in the mesh, so thata teb-pound Salmon could pass through without a moment ’s hesitatior 1 hap mon! £0, e@ name was ‘Wettin, essed, and all ave looked up f ‘so that 1 knew ‘The Earl of Annesley, who owns a great estate in Ireland, has recetved a threatening letter and had the plate-glass of his door smashed. The paragraph recording this significantly closes With the words: “His lordship has left for bis London residence.” Lewis Irwin displeased his parents, at Galll- Polls, Olio, and while his mother pounded htm with’a club, his father shot him with a pistol. ee 1880 cnx vewsrarens 1880 oF TEE NATIONAL OAPITAL. THE EVENING STAR THE WEEKLY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. The EVENING STAR, (on Saturday's a double sheet or eight page paper of fifty-six columns, the size of the New York dailies), is everywhere recognized as the leading newspaper of Wash- ington. With two exceptions only, it has the largest circulation of any daily paper published south of New York, AND MORE THAN DOUBLE THAT OF ANY OTHER PAPER IN THE CITY. Every issue of THE STAR 1s carefully read We behold as in a visto, art snpreme and fancy free Struck to song by woldén Schneider, and to wit by quaint Dupuis ! Classic days of merry music on the memory re- main’ With **Eurydice” and “Orpheus,” with ‘John Styx" and ‘Belle Helene.” Gods in high Glympus reveled on the mimic stae in Franee, When Kinz Jove let loose his thunder, and Queen _Juno led the dance. c Magic charm was yours, my master, for we tripped at your command Throuvh the dreamy valse, the gallop, and the maddened saraband. “‘Evoe!” cried jovial Bacchus, little Cupid loosed his baw, 4 In the Paris of the Empire, in the days of long ago. 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Paris Unhealthy and Unsafe. ‘The unhealthiness of Paris has been so marked recently that it has excited the attention of the authorities, who are carefully looking to the drainage and other matters of civic hygiene. Among other reformations, the old laws are to be again put in force as to the keeplag within the city not only of animals such as plys, cows, sheeps, &c., but also ing more domestic nets, Uke dogs, cats and birds, The number of dogs and cats in almost Overy street in Paris 1s something enormous,and their presence in the living rooms of the poorer quarters must be very detrimental to the public health, An inspection will shortly be mace as to the domestic pets of each family, and strict regulations made as to how mauy each house may be allowed to keep. In the mat- ter of safety of thestreets the police are equally vigilant. During the last six weeks, in one quar- ter alone, that of St. Vincent de Paul in the tenth arrondisement, there have been 273 arrests of vagabonds and night prowlers, and the numbers are pretty much the same for the other quarters, making altogether some 250 arrests every night, London Tine Sand in Sugar. I had read that sugar-refiners used bullock’s blood to clarify the liquor, and in my simplicity asked my friend where was the builock’s blood. He laughed very heartily at my ignorance, aud told me there had not been such a thing used tn Greenock since he had known anything about the trade, now over 30 years. What struck me mest was the sand and mud that my friend showed me had been taken out of the raw sugar when I saw it filtered; and I that day registered a vow that I would never again be tempted to buy “real raw sugar” for domestic use I shud- derasIthink of the quantity of mud that I Tnust have eaten in my time, and feel annoyed at having been deluded into paying a penny a id more for the “réal raw sugar” than could have bought the pure refined ar- ucle for. I toid friend what was pass- ing through my mind, at which he again laughed, and sald: “very one that comes to see through the refinery says the same tuing. You sometimes hear with put— tipg sand In their sugar. They really do noth- ing of the sort. It would not pay them to do so, even if they had a mind. If the use of raw sugar were given up by the public we would never again hear of such an accusation against the poor grocer.” My friend, the disgust Thad displayed at the sand and m\ me to the laboratory in connection with the refinery, where he said he would show me even worse than mud in raw sugar. He took asmall glass vessel like a tumbler, into which he put a ter spocnful of “real raw sugar,” such as 13 sold in the chops, and then poured some water slightly heated overit. In a short time little sp2:ks ap peared on the surface, scarcely visible to th> Raked eye, two or three of which he placed un- der a microscope and bade me look throug. it. my ry Pala Do Nhat they were all sugar, and my frien DO; ter retained in the fil bags or Killed during the boiling. 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