Evening Star Newspaper, February 19, 1881, Page 2

FALE AND AKSPEARE AT TARE DINNER. Unique and Bright Features, annual dinner of the Yale Alumni Associaiiou of Wasbington, held at the Arling- ton, on February 14th, was even more brilliant than any of Its predecessors, This may be in- ferred from the fact that between sixty and seventy alumni sat down at table at a few minutes past S p.m, and, with very few de- sertions, even among those most ied by ficlal honors, remained happy under the spell of song, unt nearly 3 a. m. ‘and sto1 Col. Garrick Mallery, the President of the association, presided, 5 islet On his right President Hayes, and on left Frestient Porter. of Yale College, who, with Secretary of State Evarts, of the class of ‘37, were the spectal guests of the occasion. The Old college songs were sung with great har- mony as Well as hilarity, at intervals between the dinper services and at the end of toasts and responses to which they were specially ap- propriate. A feature exciting much gayety, and Dringing out bright polnts in the speeches, wag fn the program of toasts, which were all accompanied by mottoes selected from Shaks- peare by the chairman, and presented by him, together with running remarks << the propriety of his caltiag upon the particular Tesponder designated. ‘he first toast, according to ancient usage, Was ALMA MATER, Which was happily responded to by Presi- dent Porter, expiaining the pecullarly national character of the college and the ftaea3 of the Present celebration at the natfonal capital. { OUR covsTRY, Let all the ends thou alm’st at be thy coun try'8—K. Hen. Sih, 1 | President Hayes made a brief but neat reply, | pointing out, in addition to the renfarks of Dr. | Porter, the fact that many of the younger in- stitutions of learning tnronghont the country Were founded and mialotained by Yale grad- | uates. OUR ANNTAL DINNER, | Behold the night i four solemnities.—M.N. D. 1.. 1. Grace; and good company. ax. for Meas, Kespouded to by Mr. Justice Strong, * THE CABINET. Those that know the very nerves of State.— Meas. for Meas. 1., 5. By Seetetary Evarts. x, THE JUDICIARY. j at Thou robed man of justice take thy piace.—x. lear, Mil, 6 This was specially designed for Mr. Justice Woods, lately appointed to the Supreme Court, who telegraphed that a failure in raliway cou: nections prevented his attendance. THE SENATE. Take — triendly Senators by the hands.—cor. by Senator Dawes, °39. TRE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Fellows, let's begone, The ee ee and be tt s0.—7. Shrew, By Representatives Crapo, New York, and Chittenden, THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES. Iwill Core eke thee with dignities,—22 K. HLA. Vey 30 ‘This was specially appropriate to Randall | Lee Gibson, of Louisiana, who was elected to the House and Senate at almost the same time, and responded in @ thoroughly patriotic ad- ress. Richardson, on. YALE IN DIPIOMACY. ly an ambassador,— Mei ee @ chair announced that Yung Wing, the Cutnese embassador, who had been’ ex: pected to respond, was out of the city, which, he said, made the motto still more fltting, as he badn’t seen that likely embassador yet. In | Meu of this toast he called on Col. I. Edwards Clarke, 55, toread an original poem—“Under the Elms at Yale”—which was full of tender reminisce! and heard with deepattention. LINONTA. One Phenix At this hour reigning thera —Tenp. III., 3. By Col. F. A. Seely, '35. This toast and the owing referred to the three old coliege ; which had all for some years ceased to exist, though Ltonta had been revived. BROTHERS IN UNITY. ‘The ruin speaks that sometime it was a worthy butlaing.—Cymb. TV By Mr. Culef Justice Wal CALLIOPE. i cannot but remember such things were that Were most precious to me.—Hac. 1V., 3. By Wilitam Preston Johnston, 2. now @f the Lousiana University. THE CLERGY. _ Churchman bears & bounteous mind His dews fall everywhere. K. H.3th, 1,3. The reverend Yalenstan designated had, tn als modesty, disappeared. THE LEGA! PROFRSSION. $I stand here for law.—Mer. of ¥% i of the U. Hen. cc. Bullogs, trict court tn Louisiana. THE YOUN) BAR. Gud and slippery creatures.—T/im. of Ath. 1, 1. Perhaps shame, not modesty, prevented a respbus¢ to this sentiment. . THE MEDICAL PROFESSION. Lev talk of graves. of worms and epitaph-. | A. Re 3d. WL By Dr. L. id. Steiner, of Fredertck, Md. t THE akMyY. ' fam afraid of this gunpowder—ts kK. H. 47. By Hon. J. R. Hawley. In reference to his coming promotion to the Senate the chairman added to the motto, another from Coriolanus “Fou are sent for (6 the Senate.” ALE IN THE CENSU: Send discoverers forth To know she numbers.—2: Teount each one.—t GIR. 1, 4. ' by Gen. F. A. Walker, Superintendent of the Census, and professor in tne college. YALE IN SCIRNCR. There ts nothing left remarkable Beneath the visiting moon. —Anl. and Cieo, We have ~ Philosophical persons.—4/""s Well, é eg Be By Prof. S. Neweomb, U. S. N. THE YRES Now Bere another discontented paper.—0-/. | Mr. Walter Allen, 63, of the Boston 4/- | tertiser YALE IN THE U. S. SURVEYS. Why, haa of discovery.—Mer.of Fen. 6. 7 Ey cvee ¢- E. Dutton, '6), ordnance corps, YOUNG YALE. What say these young ones?—K. J. By Mr. E. M. Bentley, 30. wom Drink to these fair tadies TL, 2 KH. Sth. 1 “Tis Saint Valentine's day,—Ham. 1V., by Mr. U.K. Willard, 79. ADJOURNMENT. Gur revels now are ended. —T-mpes’, 1V., 1 Previous to which, Hon. Wm. E. Robinson, 1, member of Congress elect, ‘but better known as “Richelieu,” of the N.Y. Tritune, | Was upon to bupplly close the speeches, | and “Auld Lang Syne” in grand chorus round- ed of the night. Parliamentary Privileges and Pre- cedents. it was said by Mr. Sperker Gastow, long ago, that he coula not Ima:ine what ‘would happen to a member if the. Speaker should “name” him. There has been a sort of vague dread that the unfortunate man would shrivel upand biow away. Now it seems that to “name” a MAN means to Stop bis talklag. The process of obstruction Is very annoying to the majority. But the exercise of the right of stopping debats 13 a despolle and dangerous one. If tthad been commonly exercised tn the y in England, Where the majority is so overwhelimtog, and the minority so petty, a5 in the recent case, tt seems that the community could not suffer: Dut after all, principl: 1s more precious than the mere temporary fssue, and a bad precedent even tna Pica ctisis may sow the seed of mischief. The majority of the House of Com- mons thought they had reason to be Wroth with a few agitators and obstructionists, Dut so the majority of our House of Itepresen- tatives thought of John qQutncy Adams and the right of petition, and some of them Hved | . bagghoo lumph of the petitioners. —4/hany Lar Journ Quacks and Superstitions. (Springfield (Mags.) Republican. | ~ No part of the RewDr. t pham’s Grace chureh lecture last evening, on “Some Follies of Some Sensible People,” was more heartily enjoyed | by his large audience than bis protest against | agaek doctors and the superstitions which | many people stil entertain concerning certain alleged cures for disease. He tnstanced this recipe for A apna Mert once held in high favor bere in New-Ebgland: “@ut off a lock ot the eblid’s hair, roll it in butter, and give it to a yellow dog. ‘Be ticularly careful to ob- | serve the last direction, as no Newfoundland | canine or black.and-tan terrier will do.” ‘The | ‘Speaker sald that while a pastor in a cultivated | New-Engiand city he was called to visit a | young Woman who was said to bein the last Stages of consumption, alihough he had seen ber at chureh tn Perfect health wttnin twenty four hours. He found that she had employed a doctor who had Stepped into his profession from a tin peddier's cart after three weeks of uay, Freee Be bad told the famtly that | decay In a certain tooth had goue down on and placed am in the last . alive. weighs _ 200 } ——— Dids fair to live tor forty years Ex. Superintendent Kittle, reoently the following hur Publie Schools—msy their infuence spread ‘til statesmen Use grammar and dunces: 3 fi ome Gare say in this land of the tang U's" Que! tor he "id or Iv "hee" fos 4F8 "ahe.,* | the lady’s name handed it to the purchaser, | and charge you nothing for | OF even ouce a fortnight. ‘The floor, ot New Vassar, Te Noe hark, gent | tour tig, THE VALENTINE REVIVAL. —_—s. Gi ason—Some of the Oddities AM the “Trade. The Story of the Sandy Spring Lever. in conversation with Col. Jo. Shillington, the well-known book and stationary dealer, corner of 4:4 street and Pennsylvania avenue, on the subject of the sale of valentines and their unusual demané for them this year, he said it : reminded him of old times when he introduced ; the valentine business In 1847. It was not un- | price valentine he ever solid was $125, but the ter portion ranged from $1 to $10. He re- lated some amusing experiences in the busi ness. One day a stalwart young farmer, in | home spun clothes, from Sandy Springs, Mary- | Jand, ve up in a country wagon and elbowing bis way through the crowd of Purchasers, announced aloud that he “wanted to buy a voluntine.” Ee was shown tothe well-spread counters, and after an Spprouing glance, set himself to selecting one to taste. | After a lengthy search he hit upon one about } eighteen inches long and a foot wide, bordered | ith gay colors, and a pair of palpitating red | hearts pierced with an arrow In the center, and | inquiring the price, laid down his three silver ; dollars, at the same time requesting Mr. Shit- | ington to airect It to his lady love at Sandy | Springs, giving her name. An envelope | was found to match, and the precious missive | having been inserted the lady’s name was | written On the outside, and he was about to | start when the thought occurred that he nad | not sizned his name to it, and turning back he inquired what name the Colonel had put to it. Sbilington replied that it was not customary | for the sender to attach aay name, but to leave | she pient in a happy, though perplexing joubt. “Oh! by thunder, that won't do tn this case,” he repiled, conildingly. “You see, there two of us fellers, rivals, and the think it was sent by the er.” It must be done, and the colonel tore open the envelope and wrote, “From your faithful valentine,” signiog the name of the owner. He then hunted up an- other immense envelope, and again addressing who straightway drove to the post ojlige with it. About an hour later, in looking over his stock he discovered the same voluntine with the name of the purchaser just as he had writ- ten MN, and a moment's reflection convinced him that he had sealed up the envelope without the valentine. A messenger was once sent to look about the post office and market house for him, but he could not be found, and the Colonel said nothing, bat awalted results. About three days afterwards the same chap drove up agatn, and entering the store considerably excited, called the Colonel aside, and sald: “What do you think, Mr. Shillington? You remember the voluntine 1 bought here?” es,” replied the Colonel, “perfectly well.” “Wal that d—d whig postmaster at the Springs opened the envet- ope, stole the voluntine, sealed up the velope, and the gal got nothing.” you don't tell me so,” said the Colonel, “he ought to be Kicked out of ofice for that; but Flt tell you what I'll do. I have another one, just like the one you bought. I'll put it up for you it."" This pleased the young man vastly, and after cursing that d—d whig postmaster at the Springs he started off, saying he would not irust him again, but would deliver it himself. Pair of Slippers. RONDEL. rew beneath her hand ‘The lil On The ! ‘They're buried under Time's dark sand, ‘Aud nothing can their life restore, As when, in youns Love's flowery land, Fhe lilies wrew beneath her hand Qa slippers that are seen no more ! They would—if fipished—have But she became my wife befo ‘They were half done !—you understand. How then—thongh sin the work's a bore ‘The lies grew beneath her ha On shppers that are seen no more been grand re Stained and Polished Floors. While among practical writers on decoration there are few advocates of the polished wooden Noor which fashion has revived, a mere margin of wood has much to commend It, especially on the score of cleanliness. A carpet which covers the entire tloor is the special harborer of dust and disease. It cannot convenlently be taken up more than once or twice in the year, and the effect of a dally brushirg ts to redistri- bute, but not to remove, the noxious accumu- tons. Mr. R. W. Edis, a well-known London au- thority on artistic turnishing, tn a recent lec- ture before the Soctety of Arts, gave his opin jon on the subject to this eff He sald the | margin might either be painted, or stained, or covered with parquet, but he declined to give his sanction to the so-called “carpet-parquet™ (a Sind of vender much advertised in London laid down over the tloorlog. If patnted, it | should be covered with several coats of some dark color. It 1s important that these succe: sive coats should be uniformly dark, other wise scratches upon the iloor may Show White: at care must be taken to allow each coxt harden. Parquet, Mr. showy, perhap: but he was unprepared to say that tt was mot artistic. It is more expensive, of cr11184 Somewhat costly In itself, and involv sides, the cutting away parquet or stained margia having been leit. within this a carpet imignt be pliced down, | Nr easily be taken up as often as re- | to Ss = Fd 5 is z EE = E on 2 3 2 2 is) ui WX writer n Seritmer’s Mon/hty takes strong ground against painting the floor. He advises those who cannot afford to have tnlaid or even single natural wood .tioors to have the pine boards planed and then stained aud polished, and proceeds tn the following practical way to tell how this may best be done. “First. if your floor has been already patated or is covered with drippings ‘from the paint-brush, cover the spots and splasies with Caustic potash; leave thison tll the patnt is dissolved. It will take, perhaps, thirty-six hours to do this Ifthe paint ts old and bard; then bave the Noor well segured, taking care | hot to let the mixture d@face’ your wash- boards. “Secondiy, if your tlooring {s marred | by wide, ugly cracks between the planks, have them puttied, as they serve otherwise as a multitude of small dust-bins, and show an ugly stripe between your sliining boards. “If the p!auks are narrow and of equal width, you can have them stained alternately lignt and dark—oak and walnut. In that case, stain the whole floor oak, and then do the alterna e pes dark. The staining mixture can be bought at any palnt-shop, or can be ordered from any city, and brought by express in sealed cans. In almost every ca2¢ it is sate to dilute the staining mixture with an equal quantity of tar- pentine. { have never seen or used any which ‘Was not far too thick as tis bought. It help3 , very much, when staining in stripes, to lay he pon carefully on each side of the stripe to be stained, and then draw the brusb be- tween. This guards the plank from an accl- dental false stroke of your brush and saves ume to the acl back. If, however, the dark stalning should chance to run over on the light plank, before it dries wipe {t off with a Dit Of flannel dip) in turpentine, “When the floor is to be all walnut, the best staining I have ever seen ts done without the us@ofabrush. Buy at a grocer’s—for a singic tedlum-sized room—a one-pound can of burnt umber, ground i oll. Mix with Dolled lnsecd oil a suiliclent amount of this to color properly without perceptibly thickening the oll; by | tryipg the mixture upon a bit of wood tll the desired color 1s attained, the quantity can easily be determined. it should be a rich wal- but brown. Kubd this Into the wood thor- oughly with a woollen cloth, rubbing it off with another woollen cloth tll the stain ceases to ‘come off.” Never be begulled into using bolled cll to keep the floor in order, for It 4s more like a varnish than an oll, and’ after the pores of the wood have once become Mlted, | It lies on the surface, attracting and holding | dust Uli ft ruins the wood, and can only be re- moved by the use of eaus' sand-paper, or the plane. But this fi any subsequent coloring of the floor, must be done as here di- rected. “If you find, when the coloring matter dries, that It ts not dark enough, rav on another coat. Do not be discouraged that your floors look dull and poor, for they only need a few | Weeks Of proper care to be What you want. ' “* When tbe staining 13 done, prepare for the next day's Waxing. Mix turpentine and yel- low beeswax in the proportion of one gallon ot turpentine to one pound of wax, shaved thin. Let the wax soak all night, or longer, tn the turpentine before using; then rad it on with a woollen cloth. A few times of using this will make the floor gain a polish like that of an old- fashioned tabie-top. At first it must be done frequently, but beyond the smeliof the turpen- which soon passes off, and the trouble of applying, tt has no disadvantage. When the wood finally becomes well polished, the wa need not be applied oftener than once a ACTA in tl mean time, can be dusted of of siightly moistened rag Ued around it. Every- reed falls upon It ifes upon the surface, | as on that of varnished furniture. Nothing | ever really solis it. It can, of course, be washed | up, Dut never needs scrubbing.” | For the floors of halls or Mr. Edis. in the lecture above refer to, recommended the use of marble-mosaic tiles. Linoleum or o}l cloth is bad, being so soon worn out, be- Sides being obtainable only in patterns which are bad in color, in treatment, and design, and poor imitations at the best. It 1s not desirable to make our already narrow spaces seem nar- rower by the use of tiles too obtrusive in color ove elaborate cement. These are inex chosen have a good ‘THE MYSTERY OF THE STARS.—(Stella Basbieu, 1, has just Deen relating some as: omical facts and astron of thi von iD ut now large and how tat aw re fouhd out thett pames."—Co'umbdia Speatator. | possession of the RELIGIOUS NOTES Ash Wednesday, the first day of Lent, falls this yearon the 2dof March.. Easter sunday ig April 17, Regulations for Lent have been issued as usual for Catholics in the Archdiocese of Baltimore, and these will be the same in | the Diocese of Richmond and the Vicarate Apostolic of North Carolina, — At Paris In Illinols, last week an alderman of the town was fined $3 and costs for snor- | Ing in the Methodist church during funeral | Servicea. — The Rev. Mr. Talmage has had his salary as pastor of the Brooklyn Tabernacle raised from seven to twelve thousand dollars per annum. — In his sermon last Sunday the Rey. Henry Ward Beechor*said he hoped Mrs. Garfleld would follow the good example set by Mrs. Hayes, and have no wine in the White House. —A Methodist minister interprets the mil lennium not as salvation itself brought home toevery man and woman, but a condition in which the means of salvation will be laid within the grasp of all. —The address of Dean Church to, the Arch~- bishop of Canterbury favoring such a solution of the ritualistic question a3 would recognize | the right of the ritualists to remain in the church, has receive upward of 2,000 signatures of clergymen. — Bishop Toke and Bishop Gregg, who se- ceded from the Reformed Eplscopa! church In England and set up a separate organization, have parted company. Bishop Toxe secedes, again, and may, perhaps, set up still another communion. —The Brooklyn clergymen are considering the propriety of a revival movement, not so much, apparently, to bring in new members as to wake up the old ones, At their meeting Mr. Pentecost sald tncisively, that ‘tn the early days cf the Church 3,000' converts were made by one sermom, and now it takes about 3,000 sermons to make one convert.” —The pastor of the Unitarian Society in Letcester, Mass., haying declared himself a Free Rellgtontst and renouncing the name Christian, the trustees refused to pay over the income of a fund bequeathed for the preaching of Unita- ranism. A cOmmittee of reference upholds the trustees in this decision, thus definitely de- ciding that Unitartanism ts Christian, not non- Christian, —At a recent prayer meeting in Ashfleld, Mass.,a member of a Congregational church brought a charge of infidelity against the pastor, founded on his ex poethion of the Bibie account of the creation, which the clergy- man explained the six'daysas periods not of twenty-four hours each, but of much greater length, according to the widely received teach- ings of modern scientists. The congregation, wil scarcely an exception, sustain¢ their minister, and the name of the dissatistled mem- ber was On Sunday dropped from the roll of the church, at his oWn reauest. —The Kev. Geo. J. Mingin, pastor of the Union Tabernacle, in New York, was «dismissed on the expiration of his engagement, which was for one year, The church 1s owned by Francis A. Uae Boonen of the Broadway National Bank, and the salary of the pastor and other expenses were paid by the voluntary contributions of the congregation. Mr. Palmer dismissed Mr. Mingin without consulting the flock, who are greatly dissatisfied at the sum- mary proceedings, and it 1s designed to obtain a new place of worship. leaving any new mio- ister appointed by Mr. Palmer to preach to the empty pews. —Very ‘ew churches in Amorica have a seating capacity of over 1,500. The following Shows the size of some of the largest churshes in Europe: St. Peter’s church at Rome will hold 54,000 ons; Milan Cathedral, 7,0; St. Paul's at Rome, 32,000; St. Paul's at ‘London. 35,600; St. Petronio at Bologna, 24,000; Florence Cathedral, 24 Antwerp Cathedral, 24,000; ‘St. Sophia’s, Constantinople, 23,000; John, Lateran, 22 900: Notre Dame, at Paris, 20,100; Pisa Cathedral, 13,000; St. Stéphen’s at’ Vienna, 12,400; St. Dominic's at Bologna, 12,000; St! Peter's at Bologna, 11,500; Cathedral of Vienna, 11,000; St. Mark's Venice, 7,000, Spurgeon’s Tabernacle, 7,000, —It may be noted, says the Sunday School Times, that Men and women who deride the enthusiasm of a Christian heart, and alfect to be cold and cynicalas regard the rescue of a soul from death, are the very ones who beggar the English language in thelr raptures Ccon- cerning some work of art—perhaps a “‘consum- mate” teacup or “precious” picture, Here, for instance, 1s a sentence which we find in the Rerne des Deus Monies, 1n the course of a criticism of a new opera: “From quiveriags to quiverings, trom world to world, the soul throws Itselt upon the eternal harmonies; heaven opens anew, and the epilogue fulltils the law and the prophets of the orologue—tull of ecstasy, happiness, heart, love, God!" All this is from a writer who would doubtless be tue last to appreciate the height and reac of a really religious mood. — There are four furnaces in the first Baptist church at Binghamton, and these were utilized in anovel way a few evenings ago. A spectat service was held for the purpose of having a jeasant tne over some “burnt offering he church had owed forty thousand dolla: which indebtedness had been represented 0; forty bonds of a thousand dollars each. The | debt being paid, the bonds came into church. It was not cop- sidered enough to cancel them, but it was determined solemnly to pul them into the fire, So with appropriate ceremontes tne brethre: of the church board divided the lot into four | parcels and carried one parcel to each furnace. Ata given signal the packayes were tossed into the blazing furnaces and were consumed. AS the canceled evidences of indebted: were being reduced to ashes doxologles were fer- vently sung, and grateful thanksglvings were uttered for the emancipation of the church from the debt which had once been as a mill- stone about its neck. ‘i — The project of turning the Roman Catho- Mc school houses and teachers in Cincinnati over tothe control of the board of education Is | under discussion there. In i369 the late Father Edward Purcell, then acting for the absent Archbishop, submitted this proposition. “The Catholic church will give the school houses to the school board and give them the control of | the Catholic teachers who have passed the ex- amination. All they ask isto have the right, after the regular school hours, to Instruct the children in our region.” The coun taken jestrability of in favor of the change is the disabusing the public mind of the notion that the church ts the enemy of the public schools, andthe necessity of relleving the chyrches from the burden of the schools, many of “them being in debt and without credit since the Purcell crash. The Catholics schools there bow contain 5,905 boys and 6,02 girls. —Mr. Moody writes from San Francisco denying the story atlcat to the effect that ina meeting in that city he had sald that though bis grandmother was a good woman yet dying without hope tn Christ he knew she was in hell. Whereupon a young man arose and left the room and as he was walking down the alsle,Mr. Moody says to him: There is another man trea of hearing about Christ, he too 1s going down to bell. The young man It ts said turned about quietly and asked Mr. Moody if he had any word he wished to send his grandmother. Mr. Moody says in regard to the story: “I would say I never made any statement of any kind in re- gard to my grandmother, much less one that could be construed into the one attributed to me, No young man ever got up and went out of my meeting ‘whom I said was going to hell, or anything tbat could be so construed. ‘The statement is in every particular untrue. Low- ever, I have heard the story for twenty years, | and it has been attributed to half a dozen evan- gelists and ministers, It is an old story (and | robably never true) to which my name has pen attached.” Men. Women and Suicide. Men are everywhere becoming more weary of the burden of life, Authorities on sanita- ; on and vital statistics tell us that of late years life, the average human life, hag been considerably prolonged by greater attention to the means of preserving health; yet, concur- Tent with this fmprovement, there area greater impatience of life itself anda greater desire to escape Its burden. Women are less prone to commit suicide in Europe than men, and ex- tensive Investigation on the subject has con- vinced Signor Morselli that the tendency to suiciae increases bso more strongly among the unmarried and widowed than among the married of both sexes. The following table curlously illustrates this fact: Among a million of persons of each class in Eurepe generally, ip so far as the returns enabled him to com- fare} Pee the following numbers committed julelde: Ey Married men with children 205 Women cling to life much more strong! men, and that under the most wretched conr- ditions, A childless widow would appear to te far nor Freed io ep Paigteol en Oy widower similarly situated; ye rs her loneliness better—doubtless: i court beck 7 from possessing a larger measure of that which Lan eternal in the human breast The Contemporary Review, APrr ae eral x0 Gun pd os land, N. ¥., & 8 pet cat wi a singular aversion to the aong “ Ma- vou! imme en.” As soon 0s It is begun the cat snaris and bile and seraten furiously. No otaer ase and bite 5 excites her Ua this manner. 235 | thon THE 10ST CAUSE, An Interesting Abstract of Mr. Jefferson vis’ Forth- coming History. The Chicago Tiwnes has just printed what purports to be an abstract of the book by Jef- ferson Davis, ‘The Rise and Vall of the Con- federate Government,” which is sent to it by its New York correspondent, who has a reputa- tion for accuracy and guarantees the sketch as far as it goes. The work is to be issued in two yolumes of the size of the American Cyclopedia by D. Appleton & Co. The illustrations will tee chletuains’ two groups of portraits. of mem- cl WO grou - ders of Mr. Davis first aad’ second. cabinets, | another group showing the nine aldes-de-camp who promulgated the orders which he gave a3 commander-in-chief-of the Confederate forces, and two engravings of Mr. Davis, one repre- senting him at the age of 32, soon after he had | settled in Mississippi to the quiet life of a cot- | ton planter, fresh from the Blackhawk war; | the other is taken fromthe portrait by Mar- shall, painted tn 1570, when Mr. Davis was 62 | years ofage. Time has dealtgently with him | In the years of his retirement, and tt is sald he has changed but very little since he sat for | Marshall's portrait. Mr. Davis’ introduction ts a short one, covering not quite two pages. In it he makes a concise statement of the potttical | prifeiples which it 1s one of the main purposes | of his history to defend and justify. He dedi- | | cates his work to the widows and orphans of | the Confederate dead. In opel the work he | | treats of the early legislation on the subject of | slavery. He acquits the south of all responst- , bility for the existence in its midst of the pecu- | Har institution. All through the work he | treats of slavery, not_as the cause of the war, but only as an incident of the secession mayve- ment, The paramount question, he declares, was equality in the territories, and to the tpatliity of the South to maintain its equal rights in the territories the new made | states of the union he traces the conflict watch Intensified until tt burst into open war. W, ‘upon this subject he speaks tn condemuator: terms of the Missourl compromise, wich he re- gards asa surrender of rights which betonzed | | to the south, apd which it should have main- | tained. But after 1U was alopted he beileve tit | should have been adherred to, and he arraigns the north and the federal government for the fatiure of the compromise, which ,was practt- cally repealed by the bills crganizing tne terrt- torles of Kansas and Nebraska fn 1559. In lis history of the slavery struggles he has occaston to treat quite fully of the administration of Franklin Pierce, under whom he was Secretary | of War, He is the sincere friend of Pierce and the moderate eulogist of his administration. He , concedes to that genuemian higher and more ad- | mirable qualities as a man and publicist than are enumerated in the references which most | cotemporaneous historians make to him. This part of his work will probably be regarded as | among the most noteworthy in the history, for | Mr. Davis distinctly opposes the favorable | notion of Douglas aud many others of the lead- | | ing democrats of that time, summed up in the } doctrine of “squatter” or “popular soveretgn— | ty"—that the people of the territories should | ave been free in their political action, and when they came to form their state constitu- Uons and ask admission into the union they should exercise their right and adopt or reject slavery. He regards the repeal of the Missourl compromise as reopening the question of siavery in the territories, and as precipitatin: 8 contilet between the opposing parties, whic was ercouraged by the abolitionists’ of the orth, and which finally compelled the south in selt-derense to take a decided stand. He holds the violent abolitionists largely respansi- ble for the final breach of peace, Having de- voted haif of the first volume to an exposition of the causes which led the south to desire a Separation from the federal government, | Mr. Davis proceeis in several chapters | | to defend the right of secession. In the Justification ot this right he quotes largely from | Webster, Calhoun, Douglas, Greeley, Seward, | Benton and Clay. In maintaining that the compact between the states was of the nature | of a confederation. he draws largely for the | basis of his argument upon the debates In the | constitutional convention of 1759, and foriities ; himself with extracts from Story on the Con- stitution, “Elliott's Debates” and “Bancroft’s History.” He refers to the memorable debate on the purchase of Louisiana, when Joslab Quincy, of Massachusetts, asserted tn the House of Representatives that that act virtual- jy dissolved the (nion, so that the states were freed from their obligations, and should pre- pare for peaceable or forcible separation. He gives the tory Of the adoption of the tenth amendment to the constitution, by which it was provided that “the powers not granted to the United States by the constitution, nor pro- hibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states respectively or to the people.” He via- dicates the right of secession as perfectly com- patible with the constitution, and Claims, be- sides, that the general government hag no | rightful power to prevent it, The question, he maintains, rests with the people, trom whom all power ts derived. Arriving in the latter part of the first volume } ; al the period when hostilities commenced, the narrative makes rapld progress. How one state after another followed South Caroliga out ot | the Union is prieily sketched. The author refers to the northern protests against coercion, in | which connection the name of Mr. Greciey figures prominently, He maintains that the south did everything In Its power to go out of the Union eadly and quietly. He takes a friendlier view of Lincoin al the beginuing of , his administration and Chat of his contreres in the federal governtnent. He speaks of Linc in’s inaugural address, and says tht Mr. Lincoln did not so far Violate the tradittons of ils coun try as to defend coercion. ‘These extracts trou Mr. Lincoln’s inaugural led the south to hope that the separation would be brought about In a peaceful manner. Ile pays 4 tribute to the manly conduct of Major Andersson at Wort Sumter, but condemns the action of our gov. ernment In undertaking to supply Forts Sum | ter and Pickens with provisions and ammu nition as a gross breach of faith. He accuses | Seward and others of bad faith in represent- ing that no hostile intention was involved tn | the succor which was sent to the garrisons of the forts, whereas the real design was to enable the troops to hold out against the demands of the south for the restoration of its property. He characterizes the act of the Lincoln admin- | tstration in sending ammunition to Fort Sum- | ter asan act of traud and prevarication. De- | fending them, and still iustifying the right of | the south to withdraw from the Union and form | a government Of its own, he lays the responst- | bility for all the blood sffed upon the north. He speaks at length of the journey of the peace | Commissioners who were sent by the confed- | erate government from Montgomery, then its | capital, to Washington, to negotiate for a peace- ful adjustment of the question at issue. He | severely criticises the conduct of Secretary | Seward and his colleagues during these delib- erations, and asserts that the overtures of the south were not met tn a frank and candid | spirit. It ts impossible to five, at this early | day, even a general view of the concluding por- | Uon of this work. He will give, it {s said, a very | full discussion of the peace movements In the last year of the war. and will present an elabo- | rate defense of the policy of his administration | as oppesed to the Stephens, Brown and Toombs policy. Sparrows on Toast. {Albany Journal. | A new dish ts offered for the peur to pass. . bis opinion upon, that of English sparrow on toast. This morning as a representative of this paper was passing one of the city markets he observed a string of small birds hangtt outside which resembled the common Engils! | sparrow. €pon inquiry he was tnformed that the birds were sparrows, and could be either stewed or served on toast. They sold ror elgat cents a palr. Ww If we conld buiid a raglway running to the moon, | and visit Madame Luna at mormuy, night aud noon And if we Could build another ramning to the snn, | 1h t Ki |, each and every one; r could float beneath the it Neptune whenever we should Please, And prove the truth of mermaids and their won- rons coral halls, i And dance, by invitation, at their under-oceun IS; And if the earth wonld open any pleasant day, And drop us into China, wheney: r we should say; Aud if birds and Ueasts and reptiles could talk like youand I; Ana f('men and Nomen, boys and girls, through the air could ple wishing all the whilo for Wonld it stop the 7 Something more? | Would the world be more contented, do you think, ‘ than ‘twas before? _U'Inine,” in Golden Days. ind a rough-looking in- “Who aregout he de- mé to A CINCINNATI man f dividual in his cellar. man “The ded. gas Man co! @ the meter,” was the ply. “Great heaven!” cried the household hoped you were a burglar.” Boston Post. SEVERAL HagiTval players against a Louls- ville faro bank found out that the d¢ was tricky, and resolved to get their money back. Just as the cards had been io the box, a His earns wel ie, Ate layer step) 8 i: Q ike a counterfeit.” While the note conspiratt kno} | cards would’ Tun, quickly won more than they had lost, and might have broken the bank, if their manifest eagerness} had not aroused the } Gealer’s suspicion. fle examined the pack, and denounced the fraud, but paid the losses, | THE Fakir or Siva gave a slelght-ot-hand mance i Galveston, One of his feats Perfo Was to make a marked dollar pear in the it Of ear which he su did, be oh a aa of that colored gentleman,” Baia ho ‘at col , Pointing with his eaeic wand at Sam Jo eyes were rit on Sam, who adv: to the front, took some money from his vest pocket “Boss heah is your dat deliar "you tole me to Keep lamay” vest Foose cal ju called foah 1t.”"—Galvesion | and improved until, finally, he was pronounce | boy knew. !on down de ; dar he see de dogwood, NIGHTS WITH UNCLE REMUS, The Story of Mr. Fox and the srapes. ic [Atanta Constitution. } One night the little boy to whom Uacie Remus is in the habit of relating the curious sdventures of the animals in the olden time falled to make his appearance, and the next morning word went forth from the “big house” that the child wassick. Indeed, Uncle Remus Was informed that It had been necessary dur- ing the night to call in the services of two hysicians. There was an expression of in- ignation, not unmixed with awe, on the old man’s face when he heard the statement. He Baye vent to the former: ui now!” exclaimed, «two un um. Wren dat child rise up, ef rise up he do, he'll des natally be a shadder. Yer I is, gwine on S0 year, en I ain’t tuck none en dat ar docter truck yit, ‘ceppin’ it’s dish yer ilas’ er poker Toot w’at ole Miss Pavers fix up fer de stlffaess in my jints. Dey'll come en dey'll go, en dey'll go en dey'll come, en dey'll po’ in der jollop yer en slap on der fy-biisters dar, twel dat chile Won't gook like hisself. Dat's Wat. En mo’ dan dat, hit's mig hty cu'us dat ole folks kin go (long en stan’ up ter der rack en gobble up der Jowance, én yit chilluns ts got ter be strucken down. Ef Miss Sally ‘ll des tu'n dem docter men’s loose on ter me, I lay [I'll lick up der physick twel dey go off stonish'd.” But no appeal of this nature was made to Uncle Remus. The lilness of the little boy was severe, but not fatal He took his medici e d convalescent; but he was very weak and it was a fortnight or more before he was permitted to leave hi3 room. He was restless, and yet his term of imprisonment was full of pleasure. Every night after supper Uncle Remus would creep softty into the back piazza, place his hat carefully on the tloor, rap gently on the door by way of announcement, and so pass {nto the nursery. How patient his vigils, how tender dis ministrat Ww comfortable and refreshing the change from the bed to the the old man, only the little boy Almost the first sign of the child's convates- cence was the renewalof his interest in the | chuck; Virginia on Chuckatuck. Non Intervan— wonderful adventures of Brer Rabbit, Brer Fox and the rest, “Miss” Sally, stttlag in the | Dext room, heard the youngster pleading for a | Story, and then she heard Uncle Reraus clear up bis throat, with a great affectation of form- ality, and begin: “Der wernt skacely no pint whar ole Brer Rabbit en ole Brer Fox made der ‘greement side wid wunner n’er en mo'n dat dey wuz one p'nt betwix um, w'lch it wuz same ez fler en tow, en dat wuz Miss Meadows en de gals. Dey wuz fe unum flyin’ ‘roun’ Miss Meadows en de us, en ole Brer Rabbit, he’ go dar, en he'd flue ole Brer Fox settin’ up wid his legs crosst, gig- filing, wid de gals, en den Brer Iabbit, he'd kuze be would, en go down de big road a | Plece,en paw up de san’ same ez dat’ar ball | face steer wat tuck'n tuck off yo’ pa coattall las’ Febberwary. En ole Brer Fox, he'd s’anter in, he would, en he'd fine old man fab settin’ long side er de gals, en den Brer Fox, oft down de road en grab a ‘simmon bush in bis mouf en natully gnyaw de bark off’n it. In dem | days, honey,” continued Uncle Remus, noticing an expression of perplexity on the child's tace, “creeturs Wuz Wuss dan w'at dey is now—lot's wuss.” “Dey went on dis away twel Brer Rabbitt gun ter cas’ ‘roun’ fer ter see ef he can’t bus’ inter some er Brer Fox ‘rangements, en bime- by one day wiles he wuz a settin’ down by de | side er de road gedderin’ up de different oggy- | ment w’at strike pun’ his min’, we’n des ‘bout dat tine he year a clatter up de long green lane, en yer ‘come ole Brer Fox—too-bookity- | bookity-bookity-book—gallopin, mo’ samer dan a bay colt in de bolly-patch. En he wuz all primp up, too, mon, en he look slick en shiny like he des come outen de sto.’ Ole man Rab., hesat still,en w’en Brer Fox come gallopin’ up, Brer Rabbit ne up’n hall em. Brer Fox he fotch up, en dey pass de time er dey wid wun- her nudder monst’ur perilte,en den, bimeby, Brer Rabbit, he up’n say, sezee, dat ne got some mighty good news fer Brer Fox, en Brer | Fox he up'n ax'im w’at is it. Den Brer Rabbit | he sorter scratch his year wid his beluime foot en say sezee: ‘ “Twas takin’ a walk day fo’ yisuiddy,’ sezce, ‘wren, de fus news I :now'd, I run up ‘g’inst de Digges’ en de fattes’ bunch er grapes dat_I ever lay eyes on. Dey wuz dat fat en dat big’, sezee, ‘dat de natal joose wuz des drappin’ tum'um.en de bees wuz a swawmin atter de honey, ea little ole Jack Sparrer en all er his tambly connek shuns wuz skeetin’ ‘roun dippin’ in der bills,” seve C. Right den and dar,” Unele Remus went on, “Brer FOX mouf ‘gun ter water, en he look out'n his cyes Ike le de bes’ fren’ w'at Brer Rabbit got in de roun’worrll He done fergit all “bout de gals, en he sorter sidle up ter srer Rabbit, en he say, 5 an “Come on, Brer Rabbit,’ sezee, ‘en less you'n me go git dem ‘ar grapes ‘fo’ dey er all cone,” sezee. [en ole Brer Rabbit, he laff, he did, en he up'n ‘spon,’ sezee: “Tl hongry myse'f, Brer Fox,’ sezee, ‘but 1 don’t hanker atter grapes, en I'll be In’ mighty big luck eff 1 kin rash ‘roun’ yer some’rs en Scrape up a batt er pusley tine nuff fer to keep de breff in my body. En yit, ef you go off atter deve yer grapes Wat Miss Meadows en de gals gwine do? I lay dey got yo’ name in de pot,’ sezee. “Ez ter dat,’ sez ole Brer Fox, sozee, ‘I kin drap ‘roun” eu see de ladies atuerwuds,” Sezec. “Well, den, ef dat’s yo’ game,’ sez old man. Rab, sezee, ‘I kin set right Mat down yer on de groun’en pint out de way des de same ez leagin’ you dar by de har,’ sezee. Enden Brer Rabbit sorter chawed on ‘his cud like he ged- erin’ up his ‘membrance, en he up’n say, sere ‘ou know dat place whaf you sweet gum for Miss Meadows en de gals de udder day?” sezee. “ Brer Fox ‘low dat he know dat place same be do his own tater-patch. ~ Well, den,” sez Brer Rabbit, sezee, ‘de grapes You git ter de sweet-cum.’ sezée, ‘en me de branch twel you come ter a little er bamboo brier, but de grapes ain't dar. ben you follow yo’ lef han’ en strike ‘cross dé hill twel you come ter de foot uy a great bis red Oak, but de pes alm’tdar, Den you go twel you come ter nudder branch. On dat branch ders a dogwood tree leanin’ way over, en nigh dat dogwood ders a vine, en in dat vine dar you'll fine yo’ grapes. Dey er dat ripe,’ sez ole Brer Rabbit, sezee, ‘dat dey look {ke dey er run tergedder, en I speck you'll tind um full er bugs,’ sezee, ‘but you kin lake dat tine bushy tall er yone, Brer Fox,’ sezee, ‘en bresh (em bugs away. “Brer Fox he say he much ‘blige, en den he put ont atter de grapes in a han’-gallop, en wen he done got outer sight, Brer Rabbit, he take'ng It a Dlade er grass en tickle hisse’f in de year en laff en laff twel he hatter lay down fer | ter git bis breff. , alter 80 long a time, Brer Rabbit, be | | jump ip he don’ en take atter Brer Fox, but Brer Fox, 't look ter de right er der lef’, en needet do he look behine: he des keep a rackin’ ‘long wel he come ter de sweet gum tree, en den he | twn up de branch twel he come ter de_bamboo- brier, en den he tu’n squar’ ter de lef’ twel he | come ter de big red oak, en den he keep on down de hill twel he come ter de yuther branch, on en, mo’n dat, nigh de dogwood, he see de vine, en in dat vine dar waz he big bunch er grapes, en, sho’ nuff, hit wuz ) all Kivvud wid bugs. ‘O e Brer Rabbit, he keep on a pushin’ ‘long iter rer Fox, but he hatter scratch gravel fer ter keep up. But las’ he kotch up, en he lay off in de weeds, he did, fer ter watch’ brer Fox motions, Present’y Brer Fox crope up de lean- in’ dogwood tree, but he come nigh de bunch er grapes, en den he sorter ballunce hisse’t en gin um a swipe wid his ta!l fer ter bresh off de bugs, en he ain't no sooner done at dan he fotch a Squall which Miss Meadows say afterwards dat | she year plum ter her house, and down he come ‘kerbiim:” “What was the matter, Uncle Remus?” the little boy asked. “Bless ye’ soul, honey, dat seetful Brer Rab- bit done fool ole Brer Fox. grapes wuz a was'nes,’en dem bi wus dese yer red was- ees ae wat'’s rank pizen from een’ ter een yen Brer Fox drap fum de tree, | de wassies dey drap wid ‘im, en, gentermans! de way dey wom ole Brer Fox up wuz sinful Dey ain’t mo'n tech ‘im fo’dey had ‘im het up | ter de bilin’ pint. Brer Fox herun, en he kick, en he bite, en he scrambie, en he holler, but dar dey wuz, One time hit look Uke Brer Fox en bis new ‘quaintance wuz makin’todes Brer | Rabbit, but ‘fo dey got under headway, Brer Kabbit make a bt »@N he des to’ thoo de ‘oods wuss’n wunner deze yer whullywin’s, en he aint stop twel he fetch up at Miss Meadows. Miss Meadows en de dey ax ‘im, dey did, whar bouts wuz Brer Fox, en Brer Rabbit up en ’spon’ dat he done gone a ‘huntin,” en den Meadows, she ‘low, i “** Law, gals? is you ever year de beat er dat? En dat, too, w’en Brer Fox done say he comin’ ter dinner. I ‘clar, ‘sez she, ‘I done wid Brer Fox, kaze youcan’t put no "pennence in dese mens,’ sez she. ‘But dinner ain't cole, en we kin eat like de quality,” Mi en pint ‘im out; en goon’s dey "lm dey set up & monst’us gig- giement, kaze Brer Fox wuz swell up twel mo’n he‘der bus’. His head wuz swell up, en down ter his legs, dey wuz swell up. Meadows she up’n say Brer Fox look like he done got all de grapes dey wuz in de naber- hoods, en wunner de yuther gals, she squeal en . SAYS She: Nliaw, ain’t you shame. en right yer ‘fo’ Brer Rabbit!” Eo hilt der han’s ‘fo’ der face en laff des like days.” ae deze ‘ som, Bigroot, Buckskin, Dice, Nogo. Polk, Pate as, Only the mother of the ilttie | s up) he'd go | gred, went atter | Funny Names of American Pox Offices. There are more than forty-three thousand Post Offices 1a the United States, and the whim- | Stcalities of Lhe American people are nowhere { more strongly tlustrated than tn their selec- ion of vames therefor, The southern and | lous Instances or absurd mental | Tegard. ‘The following names taken from the | United States emiclai Postal Guide for January, iNipTsPiay at least a remarkable variety of | in Alabama we find Blowhorn, Bucksnort, Gl, Gnatville, Lubbubd, Quid Nanee, Rawhtde and Shinbone. In Arizoua. Bumbie fee, Snow Low, Tip Top and Tombstone. In Arkansas, Vil Trough, Sub Rosa and Tomahawk. [n Caittor- nia, Boas, Uncle Sam, Yankee Jim's and Zem Zem. lorado boasis of Greenhorn, oO. ®, You Bet and Troublesome. Baby Mine and ‘Tenderfoot are in Dakota. Florida rejolcas in Padlock, Scrub and Sopehoppy. Georgia has in her borders Ailigator. Cheap, Clincbem, Crack Mag, Crane-Esier, Dark Corner, Dirt’ ‘Town, Doboy, Hot House, Iceberg, Persiiaaioa, Pistol, Rock Mileand Ty Ty, Hunols turas out with Fisn Hook, Half Day, Pre-emption, School and Zit. Indiana adorns the list with’ Bean. Blos freaks in this Pucker Brush, Soonover and Zulu. Odd, Unique, What Cheer,’ Yankee and Zero are a iowa. Kansas furnishes Free Will, Haphazard, og, Rattlesnake, Terrapin and Zenith. Kentucky roduces Eigyty-eight, Seventy-six, Backbone, Marrowbone, Devilshoal, Headquarters, Humpy, Jamboree, Nobob, Pig, Scravole, Sai! to #a, Sitckaway and Tiptop. Louistada coutrioutes Happy Jack and Jump. i Malue. T. B. and Mary- land. In Tennessee are » Dabos, Farty- elght, U Bet, Zed, Zero, Skull Bone, Killer, In Texas: Blowout, ¢ Jehoy, Jimtown, Nameless, Popull. Pennsylvania dc Seven Potts, Six Polnts, Se Ganj 1 s - Dubbs, 5S, and O. K, are in Mississippl, and Dakota aud Mientyan each have a Stump. Washington territory prides her-elf on Muck, Kumtax and Skookem - tion, Pen Hook, Skinquarter, Tan Yard and | Wolf Trap. Antiquity is in Ohio, Shoo Fiy ts in lowa, also in North Carolina. Sleepy Eye is ta Minnesota, aud Wide Awake in’ Kentucky, None Such ts in Michigan, Nix in Alabama Last in North Carolima, and Last Cuance tn lowa. ‘Tennessee blushingly produces Sweet Lips to | be prom saluted by a Buss from Manitou | county, gan. Filimore county, boasts of its Clear Grit, while Bay county, Michigan, shows a White Feather. Blue Eye, Clapper, Greasy, Protem, Tribulation and Zig arein Missourl, Fair Chance is in Pennsylva- | bia. Fair Dealing ts tn Kentucky, Minnesota, Soom New York and Indiana each havea Big Indian, while Nevada has nothing better than a Sheephead. North Carolina has a Day Book, a Hanging Dog, a Meat Camp, Old Hun- Sandy Mush, Shoe Heel, Short Of, Tally | Ho and Why Not. Obto comes to the rescue with Aid (also Gratis), and while her politics | ig repudlican, Democracy is the name of one | Of her post offices in Knox county. Monday, ; Roundhead and Zuck also embellish Ohio's | ist. With the inordinate desire that char- acterizes Ohio to monopolize things, she points wita pride to a post orice named Sodom, | Which stands alone in is glory as the only one of that name in the forty-three thousand fn the United States. Pee Pee and Wetmore are also | In Ohio, and so are Round Bottom and Spanker. A crusty Bachelor is in Missourl,and a blushing } Maiden In North Carolina. Bachelor's Hall is ; in Virginia, and we find Widows tn Alabama. South Carolina turnishes a Bachelor's Retreat in Oconee county, but she equalizes things by establishing a Ladies’ Island in Beaufort county. Mamma Is In Cumberland county, Tenn., close to Daddy's Creek In the same county, while } Bud 1s in Missourt, Sis in Pennsylvania, her Gent in Texas, and a horrid Boy in Campbell | county, Tenn. ‘Ohio has an entire Congress, of course, but the Speaker is in Michigan. Penn- Sylvania 1s well provided with rulers, having a President and the King of » LO Check- mate which Ohio and Misstssippl each retain a Velo.—st, Lonis Globe Democrat, Simplicity in Dress. our young girls in America d> not seem to wave the sense of the beauty of simplictty tn dress, No young girl looks as young or as lovely in heavy velvets and loaded trimmings as In simple muslins and soft, clinging ma- terlals. They detract from thelr owa fresh charms by calling attention to their adorn- ment. 1 should inclined to say that no Jewels, unless a single row of pearls about the throat, Ro lace but simple Valenctenues, should | be worn by any girl younger than twenty-one. A dress perfectly fresh, light In color (where the complexion permits), beautifully cut, aud | almost entirely untrimmed, can not Be im. proved _— for a young girl. It is the swee! rounded forms, the dewy bloom of the check, the clear young eyes. the soft lender lips, that we Want to see. Where silks are worn, thoy should not be of heavy quality, but soft.’ Our young girls wear dresses like dowagers. It 1s a intlle Waste of money; no beauty fs attained. The Derby hat appears to me to have no ex cuse. It 1s unbecoming even to a man, and ab- solutely hideous upon & woman. It is surpris- ing to see them adopted by well-bred lailes. | They have had great countenance, to be sure, but we think that if we should hand over all the younger generation to an exclusive costume of the Derby hat, the ulster, the Jersey and the short skirt, tt would not take more than oue generation to make us lose all grace of manner. The short skirt deserves to be commended for the street, Dut in the bouse ti has neither beauty nor elegance. Even to shorten a long , Skirt tn front ror the better display of a pretty foot 18 a great mistake. It 1s neither becom! to the foot nor the tigure. It gives an inten- , Uonal iook of display, which 1s unrefined: and | surely the dress that leaves something to the imagination 18 more coquetttsh and more dig. nified. The scarf for a married woman ts a fashion at should never die. To wear it well isa Proof of grace, and it imparts an elegance, es- aay, ‘to & Lall woman, that ts very desirable. in the old portraits by Sir Joshua Reynolas and ‘tewart and Copley, tue scaif hes been very elegantly used—the long st ht scart drawn tightly across the smali of the back, passed over the elbows, and ping down in front as low as th knee, or lower, ainsborough, by Si | Nowadays one sees them occasionally worn by | & ladies who have relatives in the Rast, who send | ‘them scarfs of crape or caimel's-hair; and occa. sionally the French approach the Scarf in the style of their nent outer wraps for spring 01 | autumn. J think that it would only require half a dozen ladies, whose reputation tor good Gress 1s high, to persistently adopt .the scarf, for others to ize its grace und elegance, derstood. One does not see many handsome Glamonds. It is said that the value of the diamond fluctuates less than that of any other prectous stone, and that they therefore recom- mend themselves to the practical masculine mind as an investment, and that this Is the real reason that our women wear diamonds 80 exclusively. This is to be regrettcd, as the dia- mond, from its excessive brilliancy and hard- | Ress of light, Is not becoming to many women. | To the blue-eyed, the sapphire, or even the | nexpensive turquoise ts often far more harmo- nious and decorative. A ilule flusbing diamonds !s absurd: the silent pearl, the dull, soft turquoise, the evasive, mysterious opal, even the litle moon-stone, a'green chal- | cedony, the topaz, an amethyst with « velvet surtace for finish (what the French call deraver), even amber, or pale tea-colored corai—ali these as ornaments are becoming to ninety-nine women where the diamond is becoming to the one-hundredth. Let us emancipate ourselves from imagining a thing DeautiCul because it 1s costly, autifUl as au Ornament because It is beautiful in itself, or ornamentat in the dress of one person because It is so in the dress of an- other. We knew once a charming little lady who, being in very moderate circimstances, dresse: in such simple materials as she could easily procure—in winter often in soft gray woolens, in summer in light colored muslins, with a white scart, a straw bonnet, with the platnest pale ribbon neatly tying it down. Her com- plexion was like & wild rose, and with her soft fair hair and blue eyes, her figure delicate even to the point of fragility, no dress could have deen more coquettish and exquisitely appro- ee = ——— — ol iol She eagerly adopted heavy veivets, be- neath whose weight she seemed to totter, dia- monds of great sizeand brilliancy. They made her at once a plain woman; and as ber fresh- ness began to fade, we wondered how we could ever have thouxht her —, pretty; and 1 seemed to Uis that = por Jace and the tender duliness 0} with crapes of gray or white as material for her gowns, even faded she would have been c! — MRS M. OR, Oakey, in Harper's Magazine for March. - INPLAMMABLR LaNDS.—One serious trouble With the land Peelaimed the drainage of the E and Lake 0! bee will be its in- verglades: Nammability. It will be simply the residuum from the crops of successive has ni ofsoll. It aces of do- ‘this mold to lignt which will blow aw: With the first drained Everglades will need @ heavy intermix! fire insurance —Mobile (Ala.) Rey A Dill nas been introduced in the of Pennsyl' n'a which provides That Cmplozes employes ' ve a peer lien on the franchise, gross | the real ang Property of the company to the extent of the wages con- to be paid them, ‘The Columbus (Ga) Enquirer makes note of fact that the men, capedaity ine Western staves especially furnish many ridicu- | but she | disap Nnally pleads guilty to a Trickum, aud so does The wearing of Jewels 1s not often well un- | Jewels worn in America, with the exception of | pate woman In | op, CLIMBING CHIMBORAZO. mr, Eawara ety! mpers Acc js Axcent—20,000 Feet Abe Sea Level. j (Pall Mau Garette, Feb. 2) | Mr. Edward Whymper, in bis tecture test night to the members of the Alpine Club on tho ascents Of Chimborazo and Cotopaxt, stated that he took with him trom home two weil known Swiss guides, Jean Antoine Carrel aud Louls Carrel, from the Vue Tournanche. The height of Chimborazo, which he ascended first, Was about 2,000 feet, and ap to that time no one, So far as he id learn had ascended her than from 17,00 10 15.000 feet. He had to provide his own food, about two tons of the most portable condensed provisions being sent out th Uns for the expedition. Hts ascent of the mountain began on the 2d of De- cember, 180%. ‘The frst camp belng pltchad about 15,000, feet above the level of the sea, they afterward ascended to a belebt of 16,500 fe where they placed provis- fons enough for three weeks, and fuet enough for several days, water dDeing odtatnea | by mentin, ‘. At that height he became | feebie and feverish, and was unable to satisty | the craving tor drink, added to which be hada bad headache and a gasping when he was 8wai lowing Nquid. Under these circumstances he used With great benent chlorate of potash, whitch he had obtained by the advice of Dr. Marcet before starting. The camp was pear | Tock Of trachyte, which rose to about 1s.s90 fect, there be ast of Ube ridge a con splcuous glact nd by the ice which fell from above they occupied anew camping place. about 17,400 feet high. hts health improved. On the 2 nuary, (S99, an a'~ the summit, but wind thoy ‘were to the camp. Aficrwara, by tine weather and continu us ry made another attempt. Having ngth reached What seemed to be the top, ut 3:45 In the afiernoon, they had the mor cation of finding that it was lower thin | Suother elevation.“ There was then no help | for 1 but to make for the highest poiu, | 8d they errived upon it standing up Uke | men, instead of groveling, as they bad Doom | doing for tive hours before, lke beasts. The | Wind was blowing at the rate of tty miles ar | hour from the northeast, riving the snow | before it, and they were all cold, wet and hun | gry. ‘The temperature was theré #1 dog. Falir- | enhelt, which, on Delng worked out, gave a | height at the summit. of Chimborazo of 2 feel. ‘They descended as hastily as they could to the camp before darkness made descent im- bie, and they got back at 9 p.m., having ‘n Out sixteen hours, and on foot the whois time. Altogetty Spent seventeen day: | Chimborazo, at 15,900 feet of altitude, i feet, and 17,30) feet, and went up three times | as Nigh as is.500 feet, and When he quittea tbe | Mountain ail trace of mountain sickness had peared. Mr, Whyn p-ralso described tho ascent of Cotopaxt, and sald that {twas impos. sible to conceive’ a more dramatic spectaci9 than that vast crater presented, illuminated as it was below with rudy subterranean fires and above by a brilliant moon. The height of i Was 19.550 feet, and the Was 130 feet be- low. They remained there 26 consecuuve hours, He also described a second ascent which he made at Chimboravo nearly five months later, and the height, as tested in the same manner a8 before, Was in this Instance found to be 20,489 feet, Delng 56 feet less than on the pre- vious sion, the mean height of tue two be ing 20,517 fe tin BURIED S&vRN WEEKS [ NDER TAR SNOW.—Jas, Penrose, of Chester county, Va, who has Deen missing since Christinas night, when be drove his sister home tn a sieigh from the West Cues. ter House, and then started to the barn with the horse and Sleigh, bas at last. deen foun’ The melting of the sow brought to ight wi! dead body, and so near his home that the ape tacle was visible from the sitting-room window. 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