Evening Star Newspaper, January 15, 1881, Page 3

wv Rs. 2 Rewepy ror Rust ¢arism.—Four ounces of raltpetre tn one Eist of alcohol; shake well and bathe the parts affected; wetting red flan. Rei Wira li, lay tt on. It does not cure, but ay the redness, reduces the swelling, and agony. | PLants in a room where there fs no fire at night, orin a bay baa | + prevent thelr freezing by lighting an_ oll | Broverand placing t Tnem. “Canned trait | be kept from freezing One who has never tried 1t ed to uotiee how much heat 13 HOME MAT Hovss PLants—Four ounces of sulphate of ammonia, two ounces of nitrate of potash, one | ounce cf white @ pint of hot rain- | walter: © ight. d over the cor - Use ope gallon of water i vst. t iwice a week at reg- Do not wet the foilage, onty A few drops every ten days will wig ad. Do not use on | eomanioiwn Tele ; | A littie English work, and | EL w to Obtain at insumnia is not | 89 di us a noaly "19. “i for the uther knows at. emine: y years withous | 0 dream of bis nder [oo great a tr Lacs Cversims.—Having | ithom in the usual manner, | Any number may be | S saviag tue troapie | me that you wish fo | ‘Faking the numb-r | one, dip them ino pass them through the iu now remove the starch It | m into # condition so than | 1 dry, the meshes of the lice | and free from stareh, whteh will | case If taken directly’ out of hot hot be the siaiet | Berstexs are still used by those who Ike them, though many dispense with them. They have the ends rounded by a round piece being tet in, and are hot as thick es formerly. Tue | pillows are pearly square, but are, of course, longer than t are broad, and should be so that they will extend quite across the dof the bed. Handsome blinkets and a wh qniit are the most wholesome covering. ‘The cuiside of the bed may be entirely waite, » Of thin white embroidered, or with lace |. OF drawn-work set in over @ colored n ‘The pitlow shams and sheet shams b ust then correspond. pers Bazar. How To Tawar 4 Cor. When you get chilly allover and aws our bones, and begin | to enifile aud alimost strnggie for your breath, | ast Begin tn and your tribulation need | last very I ered borax | of up you nosiris, Get | sta2 1b frequentiy. erchites and wip rer needed. Yc Begin this forep nd Keep on at Interv: te bed. and you will slerp a3 well as you ¢ did. Tam Just telilug you my experience. — ellie tu Germantoren Telegraph, How To CLEAN STovEs.—Every woman who pas been Oollzed to spend half a day several umes during the winter cleantng the mica in | her coal stove, usually by takteg them out and Ss. WHI rejol way to nO need to tal ¥ low in order to do it sxe- a little vinegar and water ard wash the mica carefully with a soft cloth; the acid removes all oe. and if a Pains is taken to thorouzily clean the co and to wipe them dry the mica will look as good as new. Ifthe stove ts very hot tle the clot to a aud so eseape the danger of Dernity your hand. Iris a great care to s€2 | That stoves are Kept ta proper order, and new Servants can be trusted to do it a3 it should be done. The task micnt be made somewhat easter by choosing stoves which are not too Lighly ornamented; unless the trim- mings are kept absolutely spotless and brigat, which is a very difficult thing to accomptisu, they cannot lay the least claim to being orna~ mental; Indeed, a siove which by reagon of its excess cccoration is rendered the most prominent feature of the room, demanding the altention the moment one enters, Is certatnly in bad taste. A clean, well-polished stove, with graceful shaps, which fuiflls tne end of {ts telng by he should be. Fewigatine Pastiis.—For the purpose of de- ofortzing a room in which there 15 an offensive Smell, common coffee berries and even raza and brown paper, if pi rly burned, will serve admirably. The smoke from these sud- stances not Only neutrailzes tue odors, but really acts as a disinfectant toa slight extent. In burning coffee, paper or rags for this pur- B.S Cate must be taken to prevent thei from urning too freely. Ifthey burn witha free, bright flame, the proper effect will not be pro- duc+d. They should be allowed to smouide quietly, and they do this best when they are | t.rown on hot coals ora hot shovel and set on fie. An excellent substitute for pastils fs he avy brown paper whteh has been dipped in a so'ution of nitre and then dried. This barns freely without flame, and If 1t be dipped in a so-ution of benzoin, the odor Is very pl: ‘The best thing, however, ts pasttls.” Tue: €ssliy made “as follows: 1. Paris For: benz in, two ounces:balzam of tol re 3; Cuarcoa), SIX ounces, Keduce to powder, mix thoroughly and make Into @ stliT paste with gum traga- canth. Form into smail cones and dry them inthe alr. 2 Formula of Henry and G bourt: Powaered benzoin, stxieed paris; Db fam of toluand powdered sandal wood, each | feur paris; charcoal powder, forty-elght parts: | fowdered tragacanth and labaanum, e2 part: powdered nitre and gum arabic, parts; make into a paste with twelve’ p: uamon Water, form into cones aud dry. a 5 { lavis ‘Tewrokany DEAFNESS.—According to Dr. H. | Opera; Maurice Ephrusel; the bankers Ca- | | mondo; the Hotunger Angustus Wilson, a very common cause of Geatnessis the hardening of wax In the ear, | and the unscientific plan that people adopt for | Temoval. They generally succeed in mak- atter Worse. The ear 13 not so ¢ Likely to inyure themselves inn Ue softest materials and the gen ould te used in cleaning the ear. Oaiy | st Oressure | Ifthe tiek- | hean be heard at a distance of | oh Us tney-elght inches, the €ar FLOuLG be Tested by U ! N iu the bead, som ‘ing, ire- { rdened wax in the esr. len deafness 1s sometimes car-ed as for | A stall mass of wax. from tt-health or uneleabliness, becomes h A - onttnued ce retion of wax then blocks up the ear tube siit fnjudictous attempt is then made | the wax by introducing, perhaps, a @ pin heador a penbuider, which | ad of removing pushes down the wax and | Pucks It agatnst the tympanum; or by a sudien Graught or the act of swallowing the wax 13 § ed upon the membrane, and 'o33 ely ensues, becanse the can no iooger vibrate. Tne re- the wax Is tn some cases, tally € of long standing, somewhat dificult; with gentle treatment and patience may y be accomplished and the hearing fully a. The best ordinary means for remov- | when bot badly compacted, are half a ofsedium carbonate dissolved In an Ounce of water, applied lightly by means of a t becrtent cotton or sponge attached to a . When the wax {3 mach com- | @ ba be softened by means of water, qoute Warm, and a syringe. ‘THE Gepxcom.—The room in which the en- feebled person has been sitting before going to ped hz d probably up to summer mai has been takea before retir- nd tuen the bedroom is entered. no fire in tt. or ita is not made to keep it | part of the morning ck, When the tempera- | {8 ts lowes, the glow ¥ h should warm the Ube room 1 cold to an ex- try Lonses the water will nin vi cition’. Meanwhile the is of the great change in the F be, ot thirty or forty the Pablrenbett seal thong ge ered with bed-clotnes he tg re- dale. by witch the 1s" materially » body Itsele is at t vorable for meeting any in the pertod between ratdaignt and ‘ng, the animal vital processes eat their lowest ebb. It is in these times at those who are enfeebled from any cause juently die. We physicians often con- T these hours as erilical, and_forewarn fous friengsin respect to them. From time fal thoze who have beea secusiomed io wait and attend on the sick have noted these hou most anxiously, so that they have by one ef our oid writers “the In isis space of time the in- fluence of the fe. giving sun has heen loa; therawn from roan, and the hearts that are © strongest beat then with subdued fone. Sicep is heaviest, and death 13 nearest — = “the hours of Co The — berefore, #re most ex, to danger dur! this period of time. aaa they me inet os posed To one psrticuiar danger, that of con the Innga, for tt ts the bronchial | davcera,” says Ludovic Halévy in one of bis | “La Kerrigane,’, the poem of which ts by Fran- | cois Coppee abd the music by Widor, was a inau of letters wo | | with the architectural splendors of the Paris n hour or two. The re- | © o'clock, We will suppose, by the BEHIND THE SCENES AT THE OPERA. French Ballet Girls—Their Daily | ives and Mzbits—Their Visitors— | ‘Their Mothers. [Correspondence New York Sun.) ner, and return to the opera in time for the first sect. A coryphee, for instance, will play a page in the first act, appear in tbe second, and take rt in the ballet in tne third. During the lcurth act she remains in her dressing room, and does a little crochet, but bardly has she ) done a few points before the call man’s voice Is Dec. 3.—"" heard in the lobbies: ‘Ladies, the fourth act 13 Paris, 3.—"I adore the mothers of ballet | finished.” ‘She changes her costume, scampers down the stairs, and rushes upon the stage just in time to disappear into the cellar with the daughters of the Evil One, whom che baritone bas just annihilated. The curtain falls. Toe books. “With them there ts always someching to be learned. Their conversation 1s varied, abundant, full of surprises and imagery. They have relations with all kinds of soctety— z tsbdle sellers, seamstresses or washerwomen uring the day; they chat familiarly in the Fvening al the opera with the finest specimens that we bave io the way of distingulshed men.” ‘The preduction of a new let, “La Korri- ene,” at the opera cives me a pretext for tn- treducing some of these mothers, or rather thetr daughters, to the reader, and for co ducting itm Tor halfan hour bebind the scenes of the opera. Tyrese of ail, Jet me say that the new ballet, great success musically, scenically, and chore- graphically. | ‘The cn grata Spanisn senorita, Ko-ita Mauri, who no‘ holds the first place in the dancing Worla,obtatned a veritable triumph, fc A was too small to contain the mountalns of bouquets that were offered to her. ‘The reader may be supposed to be familiar Opera House. To some minds these splendors will perhaps become more vivid when tt {3 sa‘d that they cost 4,000,000 francs—say $3.000,000. 1 omit all general description, and pass at once behind the scenes and up tne elegant statrcass that leads to the sover dela danse or green Tcom of the ladies of the ballet. It is a splen- did room, decorated with allegorical panels and Intrrors.’ Allround the room run bars fixed against the wall, and covered with rei velvet. ‘The dancin; |bjecis” use these bars Lo stretch and twist ir legs, oftheir backs. Before the fireplace stand the chiloren and small try of the ballet. On each side of the fire, dosing, ging, or digestins, are the mothers, of whom we have alre. spcken, armed ‘with baskets and knitting Berdies. In the middie of the room ts alittle | group of men, hats 1a hand, carefully dressed, | Chatting, laughing, and apparently waiting for something. They are the faviues, and they are waiting for the arrival of the premiers Suets, Soon these ladies appear, one by one, walking with that movemeut of the hips that ouly dancers have, the foot turned outward and enveloped In loose gaiters, which make them look like Cochin China hens. ‘These galtera are destined to preserve their satin shoes and stock- ings from dust and dirt. With a ltile watering Pot that they carry with their tinger tips, Ike shepherdesses in Watteaw’s pictures, they pro- ceed to water about three square feet of floor; then, fitpging into the gtass a general and col: | lective ogie ai. the group standing beatnd them, they go through a variety of steps, ptrou- etres, sinfles and capers for five minutes. Then comes a little repose. The group of Men breaks up, and those woo are Tatimate enough approsch and talk to the dancers. What they say (to them 1s a secret, Meanwhile, the ith a votce like a ratue, “Gen- S, they are begianing.” ‘Pats isnottrue. It ts like sayiug dinner at-stx for hall past. ‘The meident, however, fs useful to ; these ladies who wish to cut short a tlresom2 conversation ‘Their reply 18 a cape After a few minutes the call man returns: “Gentlemen and ladies, they have gun.” This Ume 1 is almost true. Then the tadies ‘take off their gaiters, hand the watering pois to thelr mothers, to thelr chambermalds, or to the Persons who combine these two offices, and with much strutting and muscular mannerism direct their steps toward the stare, it wonid be a mistake to tmagine that bebind the scenes at the opera tse paradise of Ma- homet, or that the juyer dv ia danse is a bazaar of houris, syiphides, nymphs und suitanas, ra- dient and ethereal buttertiies flitting hither and thither in an atmosphere of musk and pat- chouil. No; since the revolution of 1830 the opera has gradua'ly een growing more and Tore pot-av-tev, abd the gallant traditions of the First. Empire and the Restoration exist no longer except 1a the novels of Balzac. Inthe theatrical world it 1s now the fashion to be married, lo wear modest clothes, and to lay by money against a rainy day; and perhaps hait the artistes Of the opera are honest, hura-drum pecple, who live like the rest of the world. Nowadays the sover de ia danse 1s simply a salon where etiquette is very strictly observed. Conversation is carried on in a low undertone. ‘The stranger newly admitted to the privilege of the /oyer 1s apt to cut but a poor figure wnen he first enters it. It 1s infinitely duller and colder than the salon of Mme. Adam. He feels surprised and confused. He hardly knows whether he ts intruding or not, and nobody steps for- Ward to reassure bim. No man, except on a Memorable occasion M. Jules Ferry, the pres- | ent Premier, ever dared to enter the foyr un- less In evening dress. In the wings you keep r you take it off. On! it is 4 most proper place. A mother might take her daugiter there; even her son for tuat mat- ter. The ladies of the bailet, coudemued by The rules Gf the house to the strictest reserve, have a horror of everything approaching tm pertinence, They are excelieut cuardi: propriety. If fa bis confuston the visitor should appen to have kept cn his hat on entering the fuser, be will hear a sivange twi tering as of birds. ‘This ts a sign heve Invented. “He ‘keeps’ It on his head. ne bint is at once Gel‘eate and cuttmg. Those who enjoy the privilege of the entry to b the tover Of Ube opera are the subssribers, ‘the iavisters, Miluenifal journalists, and a’ few other persons whom it pleases the director to | gratify. After the o'd opera house in the Rue Fepetietter was burned down, the ealebritles of the Mnanetal world and of the Israelite colony Israe foreed their way Into the over, and by 1875, ;iben the present opera house was opened, ine st Pp ites had Tully triumphed. Among the'most mminent frequenters of the Joyer dela dase | be mentioned Patti's ex-husband, the Tquisde Caux; Baron Haussmann; the’ Mar- | Noallies; the Comte de Saiut-Vallier, | when be js in Paris; the Prince of Wales, | when he is 1a Paris; the Baron de Beyens, Bel- | vlan ambassador; the Vicomte Onesime Agu- i — Antonin Proust; the Comte de Muntebvelio; Agens T Bardoux, who, while he was minisier, | ed decorations on the employes of the | Grintogers; the | e Reluaca, libret- | fnaneter, imaw of | the Levy-Cremieux; the Baron ai Ust Of the Dallet “Sylva, letters, economist and agiitrer of Mine. Turr; Leo Delibes, the musician, end ot for Unless you are rich you can- not be ap babitue of the opera. As Hector riioz used Lo sey, “Music is essentially aris- | Tcctatic, agiti of "nobie lineage, that priaces a" aione can endow nowad: And now let me say a few words about the ladies of the baile’. They are divided tato pre- : hees, haynrantes, aud con ‘ses. 1 Tuaintain the French terms for the simple reason that there are no Anglo-Saxon equivalents. The corps de ballet, like an army carps, 18 composed Of platoons, divided first of ii according to the sexes, and then lato quad- ries, Nrst wed second. ‘The pay in the second quanrille ts 70 to $00 francs a year; in the first, 900 To 1,060 franes, a corypliee gets 1.200, 1,300 or 1.400 franea. ‘The next stage ia sje, with an engagement of three years and a salary begin- ning at 1.60 francs and increasing up to 2,000 francs In the last year. These are the — i through which the members of the ballet of the opera pass. And what a hard time they have! Not a week's repose! Take, for in- stance, the coryphres and the memberg of the | two quaarilles. They arrive at the opera, say at a quarter to 9 in the morning. each armed | with a leather bag, containing a pair of stoca- ings, stme danciug shoes, a corset, a chemi- Sete, acomb, & hand mirror, a button hook, a box of face powder, a plece of bread, two sar- dines, seme potatoes, abd a bottle contatuiag more Water than wine. Passing rapldiy before the porter, eacn one climbs up to tue fith story | and exters a room, where her comrades of the | Quadrilie are dressing. In five minaes sue | has put on her class costuzae—iow uecced | ehemisette, with short sleeves, mastia skirt, | Tese- colored stockings, Shabby satla shoes, 4) bv Gber Beck, aud in ber cor.et a 1 brass miedais, a piece of red ¢ These are fe ls herself can do auythlug: S. © rushes.up two more fitzhts of inthe sale a! etudes, or ta- uare roo under tne a the floor sitgauy in- we the slope of the stage, 8 tsa chair for the teacher, Mma Sela. tea cbair for the violin player, Franco's | Merante, und alt around tue room darres a? | the bars whica we have already seen | e la danse, your places, yvung ladies!” cries Mme. At this comimar t tue. iris place thea: | > at Uke bar, and. boidice if now with the bt band and Low with the lett, rwist ant alse aic thelr boaies 19 every posible fashion. is eply & preporation for the lesson proper. Alter these exercises, the teacher calls the plpi {nto the middlé of the room, and then cegin the figures and pirouettes, the points, the encrechats temps de cutsse, Tae pas de boure re, the cabrioles, the pirouttes renversees, and u score Of other capers which battle description. if cur heroine fs ambitious, she will not be con- tent with the lesson alone, She will underiak ‘nu acorner by herself a numberof iutricate and peculiar Gisiocatlons during the int iS Of re Bese. ‘the lesson fsover. Itistlo’clock. Thegiris uITy to thely d°€ssing rooms to chasge their Veen, efter which they breakfast tn company on sardines, radisies, sour apples, tp, and {sled potaioes. At noon the Dell 3 Tor re- beareal. The Cy have to come down on the stage, and Minish tueir breakfast while the stage Mmabager calls out the names and the Dallet faster talks to the composer. The rehearsal drags along until 4 o’vicek. Then ths giris climb up sgela tO their dressing room, put on their ordinary clothing, and leave the theater. Itis 5 they reach their homes, probably on the heights of Mont- their mothers, we Of the :an¢8 that {s mostexposed to the action page Ba are ch ‘daugh- ef theeatiied mir: end inthe ted that ex- fers to peel the potatoes tor have posure —Dr. B. W. Bicharqson, in 4 Tere Wena & ‘nly nwo to Waao, 40 MUIFy Garouah thelr dine coryphee regains her dressing room, ats on her ordinary clothes. and leaves the theater— Ubis time for good. It is nearly 1 o’clock when she reaches her home, aud after eating a bit of bread and cheese while she undresses, she creeps into her narrow bed. Her day’s work 1s over. Indeed, there is but littie poetry in the extist- ence of thesm'tng, and light-fooved dancers Pideed the ol rouettes afford so much pleasure to gentleman in the orchestra stalls. They begin often at the age of 5oréin the classe des petiies,and then every day in the year they practise and toil and chatter and caper uptii from rats they become successfully jigur- antes at the rate of one franc a night, members of the first and second quudrilles,corypiers,and. Sujets, Then at the end of their first three years’ engagement tegins a perlodot bitter u griet. For en it often happeus that. fastead Of encouraging them and giving them a de-ent salary, the administration of the opera chooses its Stars from among forelguers, as,for lastance, Sangallt and Rostra Mauri, who made her Second debut in “La Korrigane.” Of late years Mle. Baugrand, who retired six monuns aga, has been almost the only dancer who the opera asa rat and became @ star, aid a great star, at the same theater, after p23si Ubrough ail the degrees. the opera, M. Vaucorbell, will noz, 1 1s 5 continue this system of cosmopolitan pr: ences. The new manager oy exan at até ‘The reader will perhaps ask what a rat is. I refer him to Balzac, who says: “The ra’ 1s one and ta exercise the muscles | Of the elements of the opera. It 1s produced of door porters, poor folk, actors, dancers. There 1s nothing but the greatest misery which could advise a child to deliver up its feet and joints the most severe tortures.” Nestor Rojue- Plan, who was more cowpetent. to speak on the subject than Balzac, says: little girl of from seven to fourteen years of age, @ pupil of the dancing class. She wears sho23 that have been wofn out by others, shawis that have lost their color, hats that never had any. ‘She smells of lamp smoke, she always has some bread in her pockets,'and asks you for ten sous to buy makes holes in the scenery see what ts going on, runs about behind the ‘back scenes, and plays at hide and seek in ths lobbies. The prozession of siaging does not Like that of all the girlsof tha opera, the existence of the rat may be summed Elle Shabitle, bablite, se des- hate; she dances from morning until night, and from year's end to year's end, aud puts on half a dozen different costumes in the course of a plece. ter. true. Nowt “Ver produce rats.” up In these words: developed. the opera, adore it. of it much her thirst and keep mother 1s again of use when her dai beset by insipid and sterile assidutles; she 1s of use when the danseuse, taking her youthful years, refers the aspirant to her mamma. But, as | have already sald, virtue is fashionabie al the opera at present. less, there are mothers like Mme. N., for in- siance, who begins her day as a fruit selier at 6 clock in the morning. little cart and trots o! Come, Lou, *n butte Your ne It suits you—pale Now for me, Pru as dark as wear red aud old first to old Mrs. Jones’; If we don't xo there, papa will seuld; I have it ov And vo 1 We'll driv So we might just as ‘Not at home”—well, Pin tha i 4 G Who's u Are ont mi And fe ohn, drive to the Blairs’ and De Ruyter hey’re all.in deep mourning, and ao need only leav hey'll thik she was with us, you kuow. now to the Devins’: Jwletald At a meetii aiter the ugual forma! “Yes sir. “That's very proper. bonbons; “The true rat isa the rat in order to Her name 13 supposed to have been This ts thet eople in the it the fates eut derived from the fact that she ts always nib- bilng something, and that, like all chiidren, si bas the bump of destructiveness ‘The young rats are gene » Untidy~look{ng littie creatures, but they have a ceitain alr of boldness, courage, and good humor. They love dai ‘Their trade 13 & hard one, but they great victue, and because All be forgéven them. ‘The mother of the dansense has been studied by many French writers, I quoted at the beginning of my letter, and times cut of number sie and her inseparable basket have tempted the pencil of Gavarni as they now tempt that of Grevin, above ali a mother; ays of her natural parent, sae will borrow, hire, or buy a new one. Toary necessity. Tie mother holds her daigh- ter’s shawl a the wings, watches her dance, covers her shoulders when her pas is over, and olfers bera little bottle of cold beef tea to quench up her strength. Tae cing, they love e3 Halevy,whom The danseuse, world, always has the threads of the Ji 13 an article of pri- ‘ater 13 advantage of Neverthe- She mounts toto her to the Central Market, where she laysin her provision of cabbages, | turnips, Carrots and salads. Then, on summer evenings, about S o’clock, a tall lackey enters her shop, and Mme. N., di best, gets Into Mons. de P.’s victoria and takes @ ride in the Bots de Boulogne with her dangh- Mme. N. ig an exception nowadays, it is But how can her conversation be other than interesting? How can one ever grow weary of the company.of such a woman? She is a living encyclopwdia, a gazette of the mar- ket and of the court. She knows the reason | Why potatoes are so dear, and tomatoos so scarce; and she is equally familiar with the causes which prevented little WhaUs-his-name trom being appointed second secretary to the j Cmbassy at Madrid. iressed in her Sunday ‘THEODORE Catv, Morning Calls. at is very becon ¥ to er ive shall prot It wedo, Lam WW are YOU, de 3 glad you are in! Ni cards: ! there’s Fannie Harris : I 8: he’s just turned the corner: let’ . leave her our cards while she's walking ; wou't take five minutes, you We've a party call due at thé Graynor’; Its one that we reall: And then we must go ‘here's company asked for to-da will you never be ready? your gloves for : there! Ki lue—you're so fair. 1 dian, 8 tal, indeed! to Mrs. Van Upstat’s ) Nell and ¢ calls this fine morning, that we couldn't pass by. ive him mama’s— me re going towive agrand ball: ards are not ont, eo they'll think it Mere courtesy in us to call. ‘8 KO. know. must pays home to tuncheon : ‘8 Bazar. Harp Benevolent Mr. Wixham. (Detroit Free Prese } Are of the Ladies’ Society, held the other day, it was resolved tbat a committee of four ladies be appolated to canvass for donations,and in the course of their Peregrinations this committee yesterday dropped into Mr. ceived them as a Fent leman should, and ittes one of them degan: “Mr. Wixham, we are asking ald for benevo- Wixham’s office. Benevolent He re- yur} nant yes. Benevolence 13 a bump which should be cultivated. poor folks?” “We are.” proper—very proper. children of your own?” “Ob, yes yeu lovsing afier You have all T presume their stock- ings are properly darned, buttons in their praces and (hey say Ubeir prayers when they go to bed. Am I correct?” The women looked at each other tn a sly way, and then at hii, and one of them sald: * We shall be happy for any contribution.” “Yes’m, yes'm. You don’t want this contri- bution for your own families, eh?” of $26 against Mr. ‘No, sir!” answered four voices tn chorus. | “Well, 1am romewhat inclined to benavo- ral, aud | lence. Hardly a day pas%es that I daa’t do ues. No | scmething for charity. Here’s an old account . know he’s hard up and having a close time to get along, and yes- | terday I cancelled the debt.” One of the canvassers turned red, white and blue, and looked out of the windo: ‘That was ber husband, but Wixbam dida’t know it, “And yesterday I founda poor, forjorn-look- ing liutie boy out here, crying with hunger and evld. He said bis name was Tommy —, and he lived at No. 36 —street. He badn’t been washed or combed fora week, and I felt sad for him. I was goin | hn, but he slip ped away. ig toiake him home and feed Avcother woman suddenty looked out of the wirdow. and her pulse ran up lo 129 a minute, | bu Wixhaia was as inndcent as a lamb of any knowledge that it was her boy. “Then you won't aid 1s?” queried the spokes. man. “On, yes, certainly I will I was simply Aguring to see how much T coud spare, signed & note witu Mr. —— last all and 1 had to pay it yesterday, rr.” ‘hat makes me feel rather The third woman didn’t turn red, Dut green, but W!xbam couldn’t have possibly known that it was ber husband. “Levs see. Let's see. I want to give you all I can epare, Mr. —, on —— street, owes me four months’ house rent order on him for $20.” ‘The fcur women rose up. They rushed in a solid body for the door. They went out ina were red and some were pale, and all mad. They tried to speak, but they cor and as they hastened to get away from and I'l give you an each forge Wixham held up the half-writien order ni “How very, very sinj thought they couldn’t co! Jamas D. Kniaut, the man whose the it close the switeh caused ken Stat day held in Pa., on Tht 000 to answer lar! Parhs the money.” "7 accident Lamo- last, was yester- charge of man- the ball and was ct , Yes H “All of them are well fed, well clothed and well cared for, are they?” GEORGE ELIOWS EARLY LIFE. Authentic Information at Last on Dates and Events Hitherto Much Bectouded, Merit Gazetie gives A correspondent of the Pail scine intevesting particulars of tne early life of * George Kilot,” currecuing many familiar errors on the subject. He says: Mary Aun Ryans was born at Griff, near Nuneaton, on November 22, 1820, Her father, Robert Evahs,was land agent and surveyor to’ five estates in Warwicksiire; he was highly respected. ana his reputation for Urustwortbiness may be said to have been pro- verbiaL Mary Abn was the youngest of three cbildren by asecond marriage, Mr. Evans having also a son and daughter by his first wife, She Was a remarkable child in many ways, thought. ful aid earnest, and at the age of twelv: have been seen teaching in Une Su: in a litte cottsge near her father’s receivid her first education at Miss School ln Coventry. use. She Franklia’s Her mother died when she Was fifteen. It cinnot be doubted that her gtrl- ish experiences in that prosate country district were $0 Wany boarded treasuresin her retentive memory which served to enrich ber first three novels and her “Scenes of Clerical Lite.” Her letters of those days show a penetraiton, wit aud philosophical observation belonging rather to mature life, and they show also that her life was deeply imbued with evangelical seutiments. Her sisters and brothers having married she lived alone with her father, wuo, Io 1841, re- moved from Griff to Foleshill, near Coventry. In thistomewhat more populous nelgubor- hood she soon became known aga person of {| graves. They do not, as arule, drink, smoke, BOSTON GIRLS. Ho They Look on a Strect toa urnaiist {Prentice Mufor's Last Letter.] Boston may justly be proud of her gtria. There isa large proportion of beauty agony them. They dress weil. They do not over- dress. They know when to stop putting oa tbings. They do not mix tov mauy colors into one gorgeous Dut incongruous whole. The 6 and 7 o'clock a m. girls tripping to thelr places of daily labor are outwardly as neat as 4 flock of chickadess. It is manifestly unjust to tm- pute to them the general or even semi general Wearing of §] cies, They are not asa rule spectacied. ‘They wear thick soles Tney Qou’t take any stock in consumption and early THE RICH MEN OF BOSTON, | \ ‘Boston Heralé, Jan. 3 1 There are! bot maby Millionaires tn Boston, according to what the assessors have been able lo find of real end personal property; sul, there 1s quite a number of persons who are ac: credited on the books with = oremgiren 4 approximating the amount whic vould give the tithe. “Tuere are, Would give the high-soundin; too, several estates, firms and corporations, the valuations of which ran weil up tn the millions, and they, as well as other of the heavier of the taxpayers, are capecially designated, together | With the’ respective amounts of property set | against their names on the assessors’ list With: The Hon. Charles Francis Adams,¥ k W. Andrews and overs, Trustees: Sidney Bartlett, $652,300; James M. Becba, ae chew or swear. ‘They set a good example tn Unese matters. The cultured class of girls here do not barg about the theater doors at night $515,500; Blake Brothers & Co : B and beg checks of those passing out. They look | ton’ and Alvany Railroad, $6,471,400, agalust yQu square tu the face when tuey speak to you | $6,084,700 last year; Boston and Provider or yon to them. They are self-polsed, ready for aby emergency, and Carry mental qilvers full of Emersonian texts, They are largely ceraml- cal. The fair booths here are filled with their efforts in amatcur Ceramics, Music {3 a gene- Tal accomplisument. But seldom are these girls heard in the streets late at night raisiog Useir voices in discordant chorus. Taoey Wear red mitts on their hands aud blue or red leggings cn their legs They navelegs The Eoston female types not tuta, slabby, sallow, 0; villous looking. Dyspepsia hangs not on its banner from their outer walls. They have Ratlroad, $2,159,400, against $2,049 30) jast ye Boston aud Lowell Katlroad, $116 Go), agalast $1,296.600 last year; Boston and Lowell aad Nashua and Lowell Railroad, $i, | and Maine Railroad, $591,500, agatnst last year; Bost wer Company, $1.66: iS i year; Boston Whurt Company, $. against £1,629,790 last yea ditch and others, Trustees, $2,404,641 J. Bradlee aud o.hers, Trustees, $556, ville W. Braman and others, Trus J. lngersoll Bow. Nataantel more than common interest, and, moreover, as amost devoted daughter and the excelieat mansger of her father’s household. Taere was perbaps lite at frst sight which bets i genius in that quiet, gentie masnered girl, pale, grave face, naltrally pensive fa ex,res- ton. apd ordinary acquaintances regarded her chiefly for the kindness and sympathy that Were heyer wanting toaoy. But) t2932 with whom, by some unspoken affinity, her son could expand, her expressive gray eyes woul! light up with intense meaning and humor, and thie low, sweet voice, with its pecullar mainer- ism of speaking—which, by the way, wore off in after years—would give utterance to thoughts co rich and singuiar thar converse With Miss Evans, even tnthose days, made speech with other people scem flat and com- mon. Miss Evang was an exempilfication of the fact that “a great genius ts not an exceptional, capricious product of nature, but a thing of slow, laborious growth, the fruit of industry and the general culture of the faculues, At Foleshill, with ample means and leisure, her real education began. She took lessons in Greek and Latin from the Kev. T. Sheepsbanks, then head master of the Coventry Gremmar School, and she acquiret Frenca, German and lialian trom Signor Brezzl. An acqualutance with Hebrew was the result of her own unaided efforts, From Mr. Simms, the veteran organist of St. Michael's, Coveatry, she received lessons In music, although tt was her own fine musical sense which made her in after years ap admiral pianoforte player. Notning once learned escaped her marvellous memory; aud her keen sympathy with all Duman feel- ings, in which Jay the secret of her power of discriminating character, caused a constant fund of kuowiedge to flow into her treasure- house from ial world abot her, Among the intimate friends whom sue made in Coven- try were Mr. aud Mrs. Charles Bray—both w kuown in literary circles. In Mr. Bray's familly she found syropathy with her ardent love of knowledge aud with the more enlightened views that had begun to supplant Uose ua- der which (as sne described it) her spirit had been greviously burdened. Emerson, Froude, George Combe, Robert Mackay and many other men of mark were at various times guests at Mr. Bray's house at Roseht!l whlle Miss Evans was there ether as inmate or occasto visitor, and many a time might have been seen pacing up and down the lawn or grouped under An old acacia men of thought and research discussing all thiugs in heaven and earth and iistening With marked artention When one gen- Ue woman's voive was heard to utter what taey Were quite sure had been well maturea before the lips opened. Few, if any, could feel them- selves her superior in general intelligence, and it was amusing one day to see the amazement of a certain docior who, venturlag a quotation from Epictetus to an unassumtog young lady, was with modest politeness corrected in his Greek by his feminine auditor. One rare char- acteristic belonged to her which gave a pecullar charm to her conversation, She nad no petty egotism, no spirit of contradiction; she never talked for effect. A happy thought well ex- S. pressed filled her with ght; Ih a moment she would seize the potat and improve upon it, so that common people began to feel them: selves wise in her presence, and perhaps years after she would remind them, to tnetr pride and surprise, of the good things they had said. It was during her residence 1 Foleshill that she translated the “Leben Jesu.” This work she undertook at the instigation of Mrs. Bray’s brother, the late Charles Hennell, a writer now remembered only by the few, but whose “In- quiry Concerning the Origin of Christianity,” G835,) was recognized in England and Germany as a signal service to the cause of liberal thought. The labor of rendering Strauss’ mas- terptece into Cleat idfomatic English was by nO means light, and her intimate friends of that time well remember tae strain tt entatied upon her. She completed her task (1846) in searc-ly more than a year, and had the satisfaction of being complimented by Strauss upoa the suc- cess that had attended her eftorts. Miss Evans’ father died in 1549, and in the summer of that year she accomoanted her “nds, the Brays, on a continental tour, and her own ca was lett behind at Geaeva, 1 till the followisg soring. On turn 10 Eagland she @ her home with. the same sanily Uutil 1851, when she suaded by Dr. Ghapuy ' dence in the Strand and ass{st aim in the coa- duct of the Westminster Review, MODERN COURSSHIP. Some of Its Errors as Seen by a Clerical Lecturer. Modern modes of ourcentp and marriage supplied the topic, a few evenings since, fora lecture in the course which has been givea of Jate by Rev. C. C. io New York. The rev- erena gentleman entered immediately upon his subject without selecting a text, and satd: “The different circumstances of people cause a difference in their manner of courting. There are thousands, for example, who are compelled to do their courting on the, seats in the yapic parks, and our Servants do theirs leaning upon the tron Talllcg in front of our dweliinga Tem- peraments also vary, and produce different re- sults in methods Ct courtship. Love 1s, how- ever, a law unto itseif, and should de left to act naturally and wituout restraiut. In these courting arrangements young ladies too often feign a coldness when they are burn- ing with love, doing this for the purpose of drawing on the young man. This 1s entirely wrong, a8 it may end rather in driving him off. Young laaies and gentlemen should be entirely frank in thelr courtship, and shou d practice no such wiles, They should cultivate affection, for love is cf God. Another fault in our methods of courtship which should be con- demned is the want of conversation with re- spect to the pecullar traits of each other. The youbg man should describe to the young lady bis Weak points, and she may, in return, speak of bis gcod qualities, ‘This will prevent, after marriage, Many mutual recriminations. ‘The youbg Mad should state frankly to bis aMisnced his finarcial condition, He should also be informed if she has any property,and its uature aud value. They should know, mu- ually, their exact financial condition.’ The idea should be scorned that the young man may deceive the young lady asto his affairs. For the sake of comfort after marriage they should act toward each other with entire can- dor. There is (oo much holding back upon this subject of money matters, A young man should also undeceive a tady if he bas no sertous !ntentions in reference to her. She will really, es inn for his frankness Tegard to what he 1b propose doing. If he has no thought of addressing ner seriously, be should let the fact be known without delay. Young men should also be careful what they. Say or do in the presence of these giggling giris, for they often make the best wives. Six out of ten of them marry sedate men and soon settle down Into stald matrons. Men of sober sense do not want wives of sober sense, and elgglin; girls do not want giggling boys. Tuere 1s, however, no one rule as to the manner of con- ducting courtship. All will court as they Please in their own way. “‘In conclusion,” satd Mr. Goss, “take as your motto the golden rule, ana do to the young laay In all your intercourse with her what you would like her todo to you. The goldea rie isaruie madein heaven.anlis applicable to courtship as well as to all other ‘3 Of life. Do not think a thought or commit an act in reference to her that you would aot have her think or corumi: in reference to yourself. This makes character the basls of couriship, and character 1s a sacred thing.” AN EXPLOSION OF CELLULOID ovcurred in the fictory at Newburyport, Mass. yes erday, suliing Chi Schotteld, ‘aged 30; and fatally bering Chas, Hayes and Walter Van Dusen. Te building Wes burned. ‘The exploston 1s Stpgosed to have been caused by a uall or P €ce of iron getting into the machine, caustio; ae Ios Allof the Victims were terribly muu- ale ONE OF OUR CrTIZeNS was golng home at a late hour recently when he was suddenly con- fonted by footpad, who, with pistol pointed at his head, demanded his money. The citizen assured the fellow thai ae bad no money, that he had “veen to a fair.” Bafore he could say moré the rascal dropped hts pistol, put 16 in his pocket, and presently took ont his wallet, and, crushing something in'o the ctlizen’s ‘hand, Sald, Ingrief-broken accents, as he turned on his heel, * Been to a fair? Poor fellow! take that—1 wish it was more.” He was goon loat in the night. Upon approaching a street lamp the citizen found that the miscreant had given htm &$10 bil Verily, one touch of nature makes the whole world kiu.—Bosion Transcript, A middle aged couple visited Kansas City on their pet Oe | ‘Stayed at the house of the bride’s brother. Taere the bride- Scere Soon tat ete he Jourcey with her, firm, decisive, yet ligut step, not slappy like the $509,900; Gardner Brewer, heirs, $1,014,900: Peter Working Of a boe in a mortar bed. Tuey do not B. Brigham, heirs, $665,000; Peter C. Brooks, 6 -Djamin F. Brooks and others Trus- fear to make thelr wants known on oveasioi One came running toward us yesterday oa tt troitotr. ie é bd. I. Browne and others, Tru: $1,155 900; John A. Burnham and others, Tras- tees, $53) Djamin P. Cueney, $600,000; Chickering & Sons, $5s6, and others, Trustees, Wharf Corporation, $518,400; T. ‘Jefferson Coo- ge, $562,700; Chas. M. Coiting and others, ustees, $352,300; Nelson Curtis, $537,900; Ni Trotioir in Boston “is French, and lewulk. She was a tall, willowy, geo- looking girlin a seal-skin’ cap and a real ’Sb On either cheek, Sue raa well, taoagh impeded by the ustal eucambermeats of wo- mien. It Was a swift, graceful, Diana-iike mo- ion, a8 Di might have pursticd a wottnded stag. She Was runniug atier a streetcar, Toestrest | than Cusuing and others, Trastees,” $537,600; car Was runing away from her. Two} Jas. Deshon, $644,300; Wm. S. Dexter ‘and bo:ses, one driver and conductor, eyes is others, Trustees, 7 turned away from her, because tiey did not | gisz.sco; Faalkner, want to see her, were too muca for tals agile ts E Co., $6 Fifty Associates, $ 500, agalnst $1,566.600 1 Bostonese. *Sir,” sald she, respectfully. as She | last year; Fitchburg Ratiroad, $1,121 900, agatast passed me at ful! speed, “will you stop that car | $1,021.900 last year; N.G@. Frothinghan, hetrs, lor me?” Her address, under these hurried and $502,500; John L. Garduer, $1.264.600; John C Gray, $612,000; Jordan, Marsh & O., $1.5: 60 Kidder, Peabody « y stern‘ Raftroad = Compa against $1,550.30 last year; Emigrant ings Bank, $563,100; Equilabie Lite Assur- | ance Company of New York, $652.0; Frankila Haven and others, Trustees. $955.00); Joun C. Haynes, $511,400; Augustus Heumeaway, heirs, $860,000; Home Savings Bank, $550,100; ‘Hovey & Co., $550,000; George D. Howe and Sanmel Johnson, Trustees of will of George Howe, $611,000; H. Hollis Huonewell, it Notlls Hunnewell and others, Trustees, $ Edward Lawrence and Elien M. Barker, ecutors, $550,000; James Lawrence and others, ‘Trustees, $525,300; Lee, Hgsinson « Co., $500,000; Henry Lee, $502 500; John KR. Lee and others, Trustees, $522,200; Jatnes L. Little, $923,100; Caleb W. Loring and others, Trustees, $625,700; John A. Lowell, $550,300; John A. Loweil and otiers, ‘Trustees, $501,000; Theodore Lyman and Henry 8.’ Rasseli, Trustees, $537,000; New Eaglaud Matual Li Tnsurance Compaby 1,095 60, ayatnst $1,071 last year; Ouls Noredss, $5: ad iy and New port Railroad, $i, 302.500; Jo-Lab Quincy, heirs, $576,200; George C. Richardson, $522,5! Koxbury Gas Light Compaay, $60 300; S. iLac mond Russell aud others, Trustees, $514 000; Eben B. Phillips, heirs, $635,000; President and Fellows of Harvard Cotiege, $593,900 last year; F. O. Prince and tees, $571,000; vroprietors of the Old Soath | Church, $646,500, against’ $629,590 last year; Wiliam W. ‘Tucker and oth: ‘Trastees, $3: soo; Union Institution for iam =F. Weld, $533,200; Jane $609,900; Arloch Wentworth, $913,609; ward A. H. White and others, trusve: 7 m0; KR. White & Co., $654 900; Whiting, heirs, $510,300; Chas. Whitney,3739,700; Thomas Wigglesworth, $615,000; Mary and Anna Wigglesworth, $137,000; Solomon Wildes, heirs, $512,000; Moses Willlams, $2,083,300; Joshua M Sears, $3,085,900; Frederick R, Sei Frederick R. Seats and others, Trustees $323, Quincy A. Shaw, $1,394,500; Win.Sheate, $712,5 David Snow, heirs, $514.000; Wm. Sohier and others, Trustees. $634,100; South Boston Iron unfavorable circumstances, was delivered with @ fluency, correctness and care which would have become a full-dress drawing-room. I teil you, culture means something. I ictlated my own lungs, cried aloud and spared not, only to see both car and girl turn acorner and disap- pear. Yet that ieee} lady’s @oolness and ad- dreswunder these trying circumstances made a powerful, impression. It ts Dot every girl who can sing out gracefully thus. It es of the | progress of education, which makes liself felt in sinall things as well asyreaf. It does. e H wn ‘Tennis, (sew York Hour.] Games, like dogs, have their day, and the day of croquet, that favorite dtssipaiton of mild- eyed curates and sentimental young ladies, seems to be Well nigh over. Lawn tenais has usurped its place, and paterfamillas, ‘olllag abvut his grounds’ In the twiilgat to eajoy the post prandial cigar, will no longer fall a prey to the malignant hoop. Tnere are many reasons why lawn tennis should wia a greater degree of popularity than tts predecessor. Permitting eqvaily that mingling of the sexes vehich must aad to the charms of any out-door sport, as an exercise it Is at once more plewuresqle and more invigorating, while, as a game, it involves & much greater degree of skill aud consequently of interest. As its name implies, it is an adaptation of the ancient game of teunis—the royal game, as it bas been cailed—the jeu de | paume familiar to all readers of the’ early French chronicles. With the French kings, td- deed, it was always a prime favorite, aud ia the Ume of Louis X.¥V that grand monared had his choice of no less than 115 teau!= courts wherein to Uy “a set” With graceless huchelteu or gay Lauzun. The last of these courts was pulled down to make way for the Parisian Grand opera house. Tennis was played in a court much like a racket court, stich ag we have here at the cor- ner of 26th street and 6th avenue; but it was a | much more sctenitilc and dificult game than Tackets, It was well cailed a royal sport, for only rich men could afford it. To build the court alone cost from $15,000 to $20,000. Origi- nally played tp the court yard of some old | Chateau, all succeeding tennis courts have tol- Company, $535,600; Wim. Stearns, £667, Har- lowed. che plac. of the original with a more than | vey D. Parker, $503,000; Francis E. Parker aad Chinese fidelity. Asin the first court, for ex- | ot ‘Trustee, $912 james Parker, heirs, ample, there chanced to be an angle in one of the side walls,co in al] subsequent tennis courts the same angle ts carefully reproduced in wnat is known 4s the “tambour.” So, too, a little grated window which chanced to bein one of | Ube end walls fs preserved and, under the name | of “grille,” 18 made to play an important part in the game. Tennis (supposed to bave derived its name from the number of players, originally five on each side,) 1s played, like lawn tennis, with Si 900; Charles H. Parker and others,Trast2es, $547,300; George F. and H. E. Parkmaa, Execu- tors of Geo. Parkman estate, $1.212,300:'Wm. P. Mason, $502,000; Massachusetts Hospital Life in- surance Company, $529,000; Merchants’National Bank, $684,000; Mesropotitan Rallroad, $939,000; Wiliam Minot and others, Trustees, $1,453,50 William Minot, Jr., and others, Trast ze: 21,000,000; Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York, $997,000, balls, rackets and a net; but ia other respects | ENGLAND’S SOUTH AFRICAN IRE- bears only a superficial resemblance to its out- LAND. door representative. What with its bewllder- | Genesis d History of the Dutch a . Colony ~ a te e great, proportion of the European popu- lation in South Africa is Dutch, and inese Dutchmen, although living peaceably under the British Nag, are bound by the closest tes of blood and sympathy to the Transvaal Boe: Cape Town, the capital of South Africa, ts a Duich town. Tiere is more Dutca than Eng! ing confusion of chases and galieries, chase one, close the door, first guilery, last gallery, the j door hazard side, and so on; its complicated sys- lem of scoring; the difficulty imparted to it by “ ng” ihe bail against the side-walls, a8 # ball is “Engltshed” at billiards, ten— his must have bern aitogether too much like a scientific problem worked out with hard physt- Cai lator Wo be very aitractive, to fair playersat | spoken in iis etreets at this very day, “Tac jesst. Indeed, it Was not without its dangers, | Whol vestel e : Dole to; the impact of a heavy tenuts ball propelied whole of the westera province of the Cape C t ony 1s Duteh in language, In habits, 1 0) b (3 Sticng and sktiiru! arm was by Roaneans | ne Stu wineronis tab wis teneon 6 be sncez: dat, and tt was loug a traditton of | une thy farmers who live f ‘0 i the c, wet Which formerly stood im the Loadon | Wt eetctior ee tne en vee Et after generation on their i market tha: aduke had been killed there | fo, the solid and Le by a ctroke from a ball. So the ladies, at least, te pont nadoeere as roe have rea-ou to biess the memory of that duke of Matters afte ting their n. most conservative of Bug: f icaniort who one day had The Map; : | ration to put up a net ta cae ple uri -y of Cee i Bis house at Badmintos, aud so fies. plaved | MTespect. of tnetr feudal miston battledore.” the transitioa was easy. Long before that, however, the idea had been | anticipated by the earl of Hertford, who, wnen | he entertained Queen Elizabeth, “had ‘ten of his servants, in a square green court before Her Majesty’s window, hanging up lines squaring outthe form of a tennis court and making a Crosse line in the middle, where they played five to five with hand-ball at ‘bord and cord,’ as they tearme it, to the great liking of her high- ness.” Strutt even infers, from an entry in the register of Henry VII.’s expenditures, that the open-air game was known as early as the reign of that monarch. However that may be, or to whomeoever we are indebted for the happy thought, our fair readers may be thankful for an addition to their list of out-door pastimes which is not only healthful and graceful in an. eminent degree. but afforas a fresh and admir- able fleld for the display of those miracles of any Pastime would Be to thse pata aed Pi ‘ou! © them but rr unprofitable. it stale aad ——_______ The Singular Case of Rev. Dr. Bart- lett. obs elghty years eco, as they know and remembo- weil, the Epgiish flag was, not without resist« ance, thrust upon them. For years and years since then their forefathers had to bear the yoke of an allen government, administered by men whose power was pretty nearly absolute and whose sympathy for themselves was less than nothing. They have tn course of time submitted to their position; but nowhere docs their regard for the Briush flag go beyond a hearty toleration. In the eastern vince of the Cape Colony the population is less Datch, it ig true. But, except in some two or three of the larger towns, it is by no means English. In the agricultural districts the German element largely prevails, and the German settler, though not sharing the Dutchman's traditional enmity to England, is by no means an enthusiastic Briton, In the Free State—which, thougy not left out of account—three-fourths of the popu- sation are likewise Dutch, who sul cherisu their inherited bitterness against the governmeat which persecuted them out of the Cane Colony, pursued them across the Orange River, and, alter hanging some of their most patrioilc men, £hook them off again into independence, in Natal, again, one-half of the European pop- (Phila. ‘Times.1 cate : Se of the e it Don’t let the doctors fool with your throat! Drakes come ity years ago into Natal That at least 3 the moral that seeuis tO stick | #7088 the Drakensberg, met the English com: ing in purgait or them by sea, and became tn- volved in @ conilict which was only ended through the . ct and moderation of one of their own ders. In Natal, as elsewhere, the Dutch are the most solid part of the European Population. They speak English when It is | hecescary: they read English newspapers when out from the singular story of the Rev. Dr. Bartlett's fate i New York. The doctor was a Presbyterian clergyman of high repute in Al- baby, and, having a sermon to deliver in New Jersey, he brought a letter from his physician to @ swell specialist on Fifth avenue, dae report of the experiment, which 1s long and full of the puvzling terms of sctenc ited in the they read newspspers at all. But in their Uent's sudden death—or rues tt would "bo Are eee ee ets, thelr, traditions, ey Tore accurate to say, death followed the opera- | tuto yubile, ereeer eee Ghats GEeeer eee, top. There is, however, suilicient cloudiness | Yineknd thee con te ee to the own. Ssh adi ee arnceoe | mane pes vice a wee A | Tian remained two hours his throat waders | eFer suepected. Now let it be borne in mind an elaborate plumbing, which does not seem to have at first produced any marked impres- Sion. First an instrument known as the laryn- gascope was inserted; then the physician em- a “a small, oval-shaped tvory ball, one and three-quarter centimetres in diameter, Screwed to a steel rod about a foot long, put- Ung it down the throat until he came to the obstruction, which he found at the distance of twenty centimetres from the teeth.” During ‘this dificult test the patient “lurched” a little, forcing the sudden withdrawal of the instru: ment. No pain followed. Dr. Bartlett ex- Pressed himself much relieved, but in order to lest the efficacy of the experiment he re- mained in the office an hour or two. At the exd of that time he experienced an acute pain, Bot in the throaf, curiously enough, but in his Side, remote from all the thoratic organs. His face suddenly began to swell; he was carricd to his hotel, and in the morning, after extreme patn, died. ‘The medical faculty are | properly reticent over the mysterious affair. A Viebba profeesor of great skill and experience testifies that the operation 1s a common one andthe subcutaneous swelling preceding the death a well known condition of such throat troubles as Dr. Bartlett complained of. An autopsy revealed no puneture in tue part of roat Visited by the instrument ot Witistanding the ‘vestimony ot a body or tue (ley are driving wesc tee, ke e loctors there is a vague tmpres- socte 7 r . sto that the experiment Brough abou vas ae- | Seuth Alea wclly which 41 widens tach * a inmiediste death, ‘The death, however mon Peace, Parvof the British empire?—Pai! aa’? pronounced after the autopsy to be consequent | #2 upon sharp pleurisy, a smail rupture having 10 cavity of heart a3 well as under the Ussues of the face. es Women Whose Husbands &: ble. That a husband bles aud does Dor prop: erly support his wife, in consequence of which she leaves him, does not constitute ion by him on which to decree a divorce. It isa - nised principle that when a husband treats wife with such cruelty or violence that she is eet mere him for safety, or to avold per- , this flight amounts toa desertion by him, and if he her and try to persuade that these Dutch inhabitants of South Africa, who, exclusive of the Transvaal, constitute more than a half—and by far the richest hait— of its Euro] ypulation, j 25 cue! the annexation crying = wrong—as | Persecution by tbe government | ie ies wd have so ice and resent- | © present resistance by | thetr kinsmen in the Transvaal ase noble and | Patriotic assertion of their just rights. The | hoisting of a Dutch flag at Heidelberg and | Potchefstroom has sent a thrill of bitter exulta- Uon through the hearts of thousands of Euro- Ser living under the British government. ‘he news of the defeat near Pretoria will awaken chiefly a regret that such defeats were LOL more common in the past. The troops that g0 out to reinforce Sir George Colley’scomm2nd ‘Will be received at Durban, which 1s almost, purely English, with acclamation. But there is in South Africa who these reiuforcementa_ with =} moe Rot = Dutch- e or who will, if he knows it, supply an ox” or a — SOME OF THR NEW SLANG Is Louis: When a girls “lok” he Is keowloe: Fish, Ske ts “leucy,” She 18 qitte the reverse o = whe 308 aare Xo convey to your heart's er she is “oppressive.” “A Johnny yy” is a new of the us Joab anata se | genus homo i ferraghay im Bot fab tare i beonase RA Support her, ber on a4 held to be Court ay 2-Button, #1 & | ‘3 at this moment under British rule, cannot ba ; LADIES GOODS. ]NEXABPLED INDUCEMENTS. Hor to taking etock we propose to give our oue- tomers ap opportunity to save fully Jv per cent on Flow attractive stock of * FEATHERS, FANCY G@¢ goed al And BATS and BONNETS at les A special lot of KID GLOV's Mrs, janl8_ Nos, 681 and 6223 D street nw. M ADAME L. P. JEANNENMET. of Balti- more, has arrived iu Washington with a hand- me assortment of BON NETNand ROUND HATS, carefully selected by herself from the leading Bonuses of Paris. Osu be fonnd at ber parlors, No. 1 jouse. —_jan7-2m 1327 F street, opposite Ebbitt H. {08 THE PARTY SEASON. NETS. Fine FRENCH F 2 LACE and BEADED NEUS for Overdrosses, LAOES, SASH KIBBONS HINGS. KID GLOVES iclcane jine of NEW DRESS TRIMMINGS. at M. WILLIAN'S, jsnS 7 Cite Trevise. Parts, 907 Pa.navwe. RERSMAKER, Avenue, NLY., and Wa. x made in eu- ‘Cutting and Basting. Jand- 913 Pes Formerly with Le yrand Oo., Rt Lo DRESSES, S0ITS CLOAKS, E Roper je. atahort notice. fect fit guaranteed. HK. RUPPERT, , Nos. 403 and 405 7th st. n.w. BARE ATTRACTIONS . ae EW. NOVELTIES 18 FANCY WORSTED WORK New Designs, for Em on Linen, Mam- a Toth and Felt Cloth. full 1 of Worsted (hand-knitted! 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