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dozen preceding centuries. How much more the finite ‘mind can accomplish {t is impossibla to foretell. jut, gentlemen, I weary you with my lucru- Taree old men are garrulous, and I conclude with egain reminding you of the virtues of Washington acknowledged by the whole civil- ized world. Let us imitate his character, his unselfish tism. We are old men, and when we come to die, while we will not be mourned by an entire people, we will be mourned by our relatives, our friends and ac- juaintances, and by every membar of the Oldest fnhabitants” Association.” Mr. Tennhey’s address was received with great applause, and on its conclusion he was warmly congratulated on his success in felicitously fing with the subject in hand,—the char- acter of the Father of his Country, and in bringing out in the same connection go much new and interesting matter concerning th? early history of the two District cities now merged and bearing the honored name of Washington. HISTORIC GEORGETOWN. ESTING REMINISOBNOES BY AN HTERESTIOND INHABITANT. ‘The Times when Georgetown Had ali the Commerce, Watermelons. Oysters, Sweet Potatoes, Shad and Merring— When Henry Clay Used city of Beautiful eights Beautiful Women. At the celebration of Washington's birthday Tuesday last by the Oldest Inhabitants’ Asso- Clation of the District, the orator of the occa- sion was Mr. Wm. H. Tenney, of Georgetown. In his address he succeeded in dealing with his hackneyed subject in a way to develop with new point the distinguishing features going to make up the character of the world’s great patriot-hero. After sketch- ing with brief but effective touches the Bistory of the country to the present. in- cluding the sectional strife against which ‘Washington recorded his solemn warning, Mr. ‘Tenney proceeded to treat upon the history of the national city founded by George Washing- ton, and in the same connection with that of Georgetown. His remaris upon this subdje:t were so Interesting that we quote In full, a3 fol- lows: After the adoption of the constt'utloa the District of Columbia was selected as the sat or For the Washington Star. ‘The Bird in the Tomb of Washington BY REY. CHARLES WHEELER DENISON. Within the sacred portal, shaded safe Below the arch, and deftly fastened there, As wondrous as 'twas beautifal, a bird Had hung her nest. It washer birdlings' home— Her nursery ; and there her tender brood Olung lovingly around her, in the tomb. ©! "twas go calm, go gentle, so serene! The storm might rage without; loud thunders roll Fierce hxbtnings flash; wild winter tempests howl; ¥ rth might tremble at the shocks, ue floods sweep by the vaulted gate; in that hallowed sepulchie that bird government, and it is the only place warre | co potty sat upon hewperch, or nest, Congress has exclusive legislation In all c+e Aud fea ed uo ill whatsoever, excepting forts, magazinss, arse- nals, dock-yards, and other ‘needful bu:idtazs. ‘When tempests passed, The pian of the city of Washington was tald | Orsnn, or moon, or ata-« glanced in the tomb, Out on a magnificent scale with a wise foresig it of ifs future greatness; Its broad streets aud noble avenues differ greatly from the contracted spaces of oider cities. Its reservations, its circles, {ts tangles made by the Intersection of stree’s with avenues are lungs through which a free people breathe. WHEN GEORGETOWN WAS A BIGGER CITY THAN WASHINGTON. Washington up to the war with Great Bri- tain was largely dependent on George town, her elder sister, whence she obtained all ber supplies. Washington belles did all their shopping there. The old Union (now the ‘West End Hotel) was the great hotelof the District; it was thronged with members of Cc and other guests; Its stables were with the best horses, for in those primi- tive days equestriantsm was the rule and ve- icles the exception. The great Kentucky statesman rode on horseback to Washington. Henry Clay, who would rather be right than nt, Was among the distinguished guests who boarded at the Union. Even in my boy- hood I remember that not a watermelon or a Sweet potato. or an oyster,a shador a her- ring, was landed at Washington, but our bar- bor Was crowded with pungles and oyster boats from whence Washington was supplied. The wholesale grocers of Georgetown supplied nearly all the retail grocers of Washington, Dut this has changed and the reverse Is the case. town has her history. She was created & town in 1751, and chartered as a city Yis9—the same ‘year that George Wash- ington was inaugurated our first President. Georgetown had a large commerce coastwise, and aiso traded with the West Indies, Europe and East Indies. Ali this has ceased except the t loving bird, with soft, familiar wing all around the sainted pat-iot’s arave, To xather food to feed har haunwry youn, am Then hastened to their side, while they were twit tering. She heeded not the throngs of visitors, The serried pomp of marching ranks of troops, Their pageantry, their music, or their guns; ‘The fash of arms, the wave of drooping flags, ‘The crowds of citizens in columns filed ; The sacerdotal robe ; the chant, the prayer; ‘The songs of children, or the bowing down. Of royal heads in reverence low; or throngs Of honored statesmen, with uncovered brows; Or garnished heralds from imperial lands Out flew the bird, or in, as duty winged Her flight, from nest to granary, and back: From leafy bower, from loaded tree of fruit, ‘Till all her young had feasted from her bill. Perchance, in flying to and fro, she hit Some soldier's musket, or some bending plame, Some glisteng helmet, or tall mitre’s crest, Or jaunty hat of beanty in the crow: Or fringe of tassel, or a banner'’s sta: Still ont and in she sped, nor cared a whit For what she saw and heard of marshaled man; 3 he grand array of earth; the pomp of war; The paveantry of peace: the sentried blaze Of mibtary glare ; the gilded sigas of wealth: ‘The fruits of trade and commerce, hither brouxht, As trophies of s Nation's pilkrimaio, A Nation’s homage at its Father's grave. ‘The crowds may come and go; sitence may reign Supreme in Vernon’s shades; the aun may pour His rays of gratitude, with moon and stare, As Nature's gift to wreathe a Nation's urn ‘The trees may murmur their diurnal prais ‘The birds may chant an ever-tuneful sons but in their midst, and chief among them all, Coastwise trace. which is now quite extensive, | ‘shat bird shall hallow with her nest that «ldrious its principal exporis betng coal, tlour and grain. tomb. GEORGETOWN NOTABLES, Among its merchants were Elisha Riggs, since of New York, now deceased, and George Pea- body, since of London, also deceased, who left his memorial, The Peabody Library; Edward M. Listhicum, one of her prominent’ merchants, left his memorial, Tne Linthicum Institute: Among our citizens was the author of the “Star Spabgied Banner,” afterwards District Attor- ney. Among those born in Georgetown were Geo. W. Riggs, W. W. Corcoran, now of Wa3h- ington, and ‘Robt. Ould, now ot’ Richmond, Va, Washington increased, Georgetown rematned stationary for thirty years. The trade from ‘Washington, whtch helped to enrich Georze- town, almost entirely ceased. During these changes there was jealo etween tie two | Sisters, and the youngest triumphed over the elder; bo uncommon thing in these days, and every daughter bas not a Laban for her fatner. 178 BEAUTIFUL HEIGHTS AND MORE BEAUTIFUL WOMEN. Georgetown has been celebrated for her beautiful heights and her more beautiful women. The Count Bodisco, minister from ror trom among her falrest dauguters ri The Negro Population. Bilitor Star:—1 tind this statement in one of your city contemporaries, founded on the fig- ures of the census of 1880: “Freedom has largely tnereased the fecundity of the blacks. The number of colored persons to each 100,000 Whites 13 15,153 against 14,525 in Whether we regard this statemant in {ts rela- tion to natural bistory or the cause of truth nothing could be more fallacious. It depends for its force on the hypothesis that both the census of 1530 and of isi0 ‘were faltnfully and correctly taken. That the former was there is but Uttle room for doubt; that the latter was not eyery sensible man in the south knows to be true, The census of 1si0 was taken by all Sorts and conuitions of men at a time when the negro population were much scattered and the whereabouts of many unknown. Many of the enumerators were Ignorant and{oefiicient, while the begro population generally looked upon the whole movement with suspiclon—as a prepara- tory step toward taxation or remanding them to slavers—and elther avoided tae enumerators or positively refused to make their returns. ‘They have learned better since teu years have been added to the pertod of freedom. I have ho doubt that fully 10 per cent. of the negro population failed to tind a place in the census | of isi0. That the percentage of Increase within | that decade is utterly fallacious will not be auubted by any one who has lived tn the states where that class of our population chiefly abound. My own observation—and I have given some special attention to the subject— vas been Chat Che paturai tnerease of the negra, in @ state Of freedom as compared with that of a state of slavery, hus fallen off fully fitty per © nt. I Enow if fs so tn the section of the $021 iu which I reside, and I feel quite surs you will find, on inquiry of southern Senators and lep- Fr senta “Een the slight harebell raised {ts head, Elastic from her airy tread.” There are sttil plenty of fair young maldens left who Like Milton’s Eve, “Would wooed aud not unsought be won.” As time prosressed, two citis Incre. a tained It. Many a stone bai at the Bridge i Lodi, was hoily ¢ taat’ somet Was compellicd to retre “Tands vbich a narrow stream divide, i} Which else like Licdiea@ dicps hat mingted Inte | he je: and slousy between the bas by allves 1h Congress, that thelr observa. one. opinions oa this question fally har- THE PROTEST OF GFORGETOWN AGAINST THE my own. Famtiy ues aong the rave are not strong, and those who liv hem know what little attention ts paid by mothers to the health and well-vetag Of thelr offspricg. A large majority of are unable to employ medical ata in sickness, Whilst death relicves tuem of a burthea bard to be borne in their poverty. All this was diffe-ent when they lived in a state of slavery. Tae master had a pecunfary interest in the proper care of his es in health and ta sickaess, and their Increase, Instead of being a burthen, only proved a source of unfaliing wealth. The negro father and mother had but ttle care and no expense with regard to their children. For these reasons I am convinced that all calculations and conclusions, scleatific, eco- nomical or political, touching the negro race in this country, based upon a comparison of the census of isso with that of 1870, will prove uterly deceptive and false. The census of 1590 Will tell the true story. Guorata. The Dances in Style. The dances of the upper ten this winter are the waltz (danced in quick time), the polka and the “Heel-and-toe polka,” with now and then a lancers thrown In as a sop to many fast-dying Cerberl, whose dancing day3 are supposed to be over, but who hang on tenactously from year to year, and for the decorous delight of the very few maidens who have been brought up in the still fewer households where round-dancing ts yet considered an abomination and an tnven- ton of theenemy. The “German” is simply a ; combination of figures, which allows each cou- ple dancing {t a turn every Ume, and permits | them to choose other partners avd give favors, but only the three rownd dances ailuied to above are permitted. In certain sets two very popular dances, last winter and this, have been | ard are the “Kacket” and “Society” waltzes. | They need little description, for there are few | who have not seen with @ shudder the wild | jumpings, the frantic see-sawings and apparent | mad frenzy of those who participate tn them. U pon the floor of the Academy of Music, or | other places at public balls, their devotees can ) be seen transforming the beautiful waltz, with | its slow, gliding movement, !nto a dance wor- thy only of a low concert-room. and which cer- tainly affords to those objecting to round de nces suvlictent and strong arguments against them. The fact that they are generally tabooed ih respectable drawing-rooms shows thetr true nature, and a lady who has once danced them seldom cares to repeat the experiment. Their seeming continued popularity is inexplicable but Most condematng to those who s!lil indulge in them.—Andrew's American Queen, Another Claimant Puzzling Eng- land. LONG BRIER. Among the principal points of contention was the construction of the Long Bridge tn ise. Georgetown protested aud held indigna tion meetings, and continucd to protest ull 1861, When milillary necessity required the use of said bridge. What Is not slogular In the mu- tations of time Washiuzion Is now protesting against the Long Bridge. ‘Nemesis’ “nas in- deed wings, Dut does not always use them, but then the slower her foot is, the harder is her band.” HER LITERARY INSTITUTIONS, Georgetown has always been celebrated for her literary institutions, among them the Col- lege, the Ladies Academy, and Miss Englisn’s Seminary. In the latter was educated Miss Jessie Benton, afterwards the wife of J. C. Fre- mont, the first republican candidate for the cy. But Providence postponed the election of a republican President four years and gave us the good and great Abraham’ Lin- coln, the martyr President and the second Washington. Georgetown still continues her high literary reputation. Tb< Georgetown Col- lege still continues, enlarged and improved. ‘The Ladies Academy ‘lourishes more than ever, Qnd the Collegiate Institute for young lad'es, conducted by Miss Stephenson, is”a credit to our city. Excuse these reminiscences of tha Yown tn which I was born and have lived for nearly two-thirds ofacentury, I love her as a Swiss loves his native bills. WASHINGTON THEN AND NOW. My first memories of Washington city are in the first ward north of Pennsylvania avenue and adjoizing Georgetown; of clay nills and hollows, with here and there a shanty dis- tiguring any landscape; south of Pennsylvania | avenue an extensive cow pasture: east of Hol- mead burying ground the “slashes,” an under- growth of wood with cow paths in which to | wander; Pennsylvania avenue with a row of Lombardy poplars from the Capitol to the marsh or center market Washing‘on was called the city of magnin- | cent distances. Until about ten years stuce, 1t ‘Was a scattered city, with its public buildings like exotics in tts midst. THE MAN WHO MADE WASHINGTON WORTHY 1T3 NAME. ‘There was an Alexander the Great, and there ‘Was another Alexander the prestdiug gentas of ths board of pubic works. He spread his magic Wand, and lo! all was changed. “The desert wlossomed as & ros Hier streets and avenues | were purked, graded and sewered under a com- | Prebensive system, and Washington became a | clty Worthy of the name of George Washing- | ton. [Liverpool Courier, February 1.) Quite a sensation has been caused tn Leteestor by the announcement that a gentleman has ie f. jut for the untiring efforts of Alexander R. suepherd, Reavis might Pega a fulcrum | peated clatming to be heir to the estates of om which to rest uis lever, and the capital | WYO Stanley. who some elghteen years ago might have been removed. If that event ever | DYSteriously disap) yee Sac ceeurs another Gibbon will write the decline | ec olan tai appears that, 19 Cons | and fall of the United States of Amorica. Al . = honor to Alexander R. Shepherd! ‘The citizens family disagreement, Mr. sequence of some of the District and the whole nation owe him a | Stanley left Leicestershire suddenly, telling his debt of gratitude. Georgetown and Washing- a, mother that she would never see his face agat ion are now one city. A rose would not lose | He was traced to France, and his relatives ‘ts fragrance by a change of name, so our ro- raised £10,000, which was given to him antic heights and our soctety wil not caange, | While there (0 provide for his wants, owever, aisappeared very sud- Tne witty Don Piatt calls Gems, and it was subsequently discovered ‘THE ARISTOCRATIC CEMETERY. that he had unwisely intrusted the £10,000 We are not ashamed of the name. Oak Hill’ With its grand scenery, unsurpassed by any necropolts in the union, is one of the evidences Of the liberality of W. W. Corcoran, Our city will ada to the area and increase the popula— Uonot Washington. The time is coming, and some of our dehildren will live to see tt When the limits of the national metropolls w tacivde nearly the whole county. Her population to several lemen, and it was lost in an unfortunate, cultural speculation. Al trace of Mr. Stanley was lost, and £1,000 was offercd as a reward for his discovery or the finding of bis body. A Lelcester detective, named Smith, went to Russia and Germany, and tnally succeeded tn finding a body in the thine beartug certaia marks which were known to extst On Mr. Stanley. Tals body was recog. nized by an innkeeper as that of an unknowo wiliexceed half a million; and the Potomac wi sr aid his hotel expenses, Hats filled, her wharves, extending from the | Par h d left his jowels ba security for payment, ag” -Guct bridge to the navy yard, will be lined | These jewels were as those of Mr. W..o Tiver and sea-golng vessels. Wynn Stasley, aud some hand-writiag was “TAT HAS HAPPENED SINCS WE WERE BOYS. > have lived in an eventful and progressive age Inour youth there was but one steam- also sworn to by his valet. All the private marks on the linen, however, had been cut off, and altbough there were grave grounds for doubt, {t was generally belleved that Mr. Wynn Stanley had committed suicide. It is Eales @ French lady to whom it was known he had an attachment, and it 1s a son of this alleged mar- riage that 1s now put forward as the heir to the estates near Leicester. boa", the Surprise, making two trips dally to At Miss Peay) Horner, of county Pa,, in bidding friends who had — eek, Vi RELIGIOUS NOTES — Ex-Lieut.-Gov. Davis, of Mississippi, has become a Methodist minister. —Messrs. Moody and Sankey will begin work next month at New Orleans. — Four Chicago Presbyterian pulpits are now vacant, and three more will soon be. — Gen. Sam Cary has turned evangelist, and pop to rival Moody. His present field of labor is Tennessee. —A younger son of Lord Munster, a near biood relation to Queen Victoria, has joined the Cathoiie church, — The revised New Testament is printed in aragraphs, the chapters and verses not belag Fraieaces except in the margin. —Rev. Michael McAleer, pastor of St. Colum- Dia’s Church, N. Y., and tbe oldest Catholic Priest in the Diocese of New York, died Wed- nesday. —The many friends of J. ©. S, Richardson, Of this city, will be pleased to know that he was lately ordained. as deacon of the Presbyterian Church at Cheyenne, Wy. — Lutheran conference in the west has de- Cided, after much discussion, that a member ought not to be disciplined for sin committed while he is drunk, though he might be held to answer for “beastly drunkenness.” —Rev. George H. Pool, formerly of the Fourth Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia, wh) re- cently died of smali-pox im a hospttalon Long Island and was buried in Potter’s tleld, lett property estimate? in value at least half a intl- ) on dollars. county, W. —The Michigan-avenue Baptist Society, of Chicago, whose church was gutted by fire re- cently, held a meeting Wednesday and decided to disband the organization and sell the church Property, The pastor, the kev. Dr. ‘Tupper, tendered hig resignation, and demanded an investigation into the charges and insinuation to the effect that he was connected witha plot to burn the church. The resignation was accepted. Resolutions of confidence in his in- teal ity and belief in his innocence were opted, and it was announced that no inves- gation eoua be made unless he reiterated Teque — The Rey. James B. Avirevt, Of Silver Spring Parish, Montgomery county, Md., has been called to an important work in the Diocese of Mississippi, and is strongly urged by the vener- able Bishop Green to accept the"position. Tne Baltimore Church News, commenting upon the call, says Mr.Avirett cannot be spared from the diocese; that ‘if ever a rector was success- ful as priest, eid aud missionary, Mr. Avirett has been an During his ten years’ work In his present charge, the number of communtcants a8 More than quadrupled, the diocesan asse3s- ments have doubled. the church property has increased 100 per cent, there is no debt on church, rectory or school house, and to-day the pore ‘Stipend 1s double what it was ten years — At the annual meeting of the Methodist Episcopal ministers of the Springfield (Mass.) district last Tuesday, Dr. Ela discouraged the establishment of faith homes and pospitals, as he did not believe that cures by miracles could be reduced to a sclence, or that God would give Specific healing power to any person or institu. on. The Rey. Frederic Wouds went so far a3 to say that he thought {t would be just ag ‘Well to ask the Lord for a fortune of $50,000, as for a sick man to pray for restoration to health, A layman rose toward the close of the meeting and sald to the ministers that he had beea comforted in the past by their preaching, but what they had said that afternoon about the uselessness of prayer and the real source of re- sults which he had been In the habtt of rezard- pas = answers to prayer had greatly shaken his fa —Kev. J Hyatt Smith, elected to Congress as an independent candidate from Brooklyn, New York, ‘9Sald to be a preacher of great. plain- Bess Of speech; his imitative faculty 1s of a high order, and he ts frequently dramatic as a Preacher, His wit is trrepressigie, and his pungent sayings send smiles ripping over his congregation almost continuously. For the Jast fourteen years he has been pastor of the Lee Avenue Baptist Church, East Division, Brooklyn, where his refusal ‘to adhere to the practice of close communton provoked such a controversy in the Long Island Baptist Asso- ci.tion a ‘few years ago. His church was dropped from the list ofthe Association, and it is now Independent of all sects, although It cordially welcomes manifestations of fellow. sbip from other churches. During his atten ance in Congress he intends to return trom Washington each Saturday to preach In his own pulpit on Sunday. — The disproportion of the men to the#vomen professing faith in Christ, says a contributor to Zion's Herald, 1s very considerable. There are Do statistics, that I am aware of, upon thissub- Ject, but it 1s within the truth ‘to say that at least two-thirds of the members of the church are women. A glance at almost any Sabbath sgregation will disclose a preponderence of sale worshipers. A visit to one of the sucial rvices or Week-day gatherings of the church 1 reveal the same singular circumstance. aslonally We come across a Christian man ) has an unconverted wife; but such in- ces are few In comparison with those cases > a godly woman has an unvelleving sband. If we were to take the churches ut through the country, we should propaoly 1G thal kot more than one-tenth of their m-m- are men in the prime of life. ‘The otaer tenths are women, men who have piisd eridian, aud youths who have not ened their matarity, It {3 also to be ab- C4 that fa almost every community tae Wajorliy Of the energctic, enterprising bustacss mm" are Dot avowed aad active Christians; and if they are ideutitied with the church at all, 1v13 usually only 10 the most superticlal way. ‘Not long since, a Christian genuleman, restding in one of our prominent Massachusetts cities, went over with usthe Istof men doing busi- hess on its ppancipat street, indicating at each name whether the person was a professed Christian or not; and the result was surprising, hot to say startling. There were scarcely a3 any righteous men found as would have Saved anclent Sodom; and from what we know of other towns and ciiles, we can hardly regard Uils a8 an exceptional case. — Advance copies of the Revised Version of the New Testament have been distributea among English newspapers, and the followisg comparisons are made from extracts printed in the London Record: REVISED VERSION. COMMON VERSION. MarrHEW 6: 3. MATTHEW 6: 9-13. Our Fatber which art in Our Father which art in heaven,Hallowed be thy heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdomname. Tby ktogdom cunie. Thy will be done, come. Thy will be done asin heaven,soonearth. 0 earth, a3 if is in Give us this day ourheaven, Glve us this daily bread. And for-\day our dally bread. give us our debis,aswe And forgive us our also bave forgiven onr|iebts as we forgive our debtors, And lead us) iebtors, and lead us not not into temptation |intotemptatioa, but de- Dut deliver us trom the|ilver us from evil. evil one. MaRK S: 36, 37.—Fo!| MARK 8: 36, 37.—For What doth it profit +) what shall it protit a man, to gain the whol | aan, if be shall gatn the World, and forfeit hi:|vhole world, and {ose life: For what shoulo|ils own soul? Or what shall a man give In ex- a nan give in exchang: change for his soul? for his lite? LUKE 16: 8, 9.—For| LUKE 16: 8, 9,—For the sons of this world the children of this are for thelr own gen- world are in thelr gen- eration wiser than thejeration wiser than the sons of light, And I children of light, And I say unto you, Make to 3ay unto you, Make to yourselves friends by yourselves friends of meaus of the mammon the mammon of un- of unrighteousness ; es: that, that, when it shall fail, when ye fatl, they may they may receive yourecetve you into ever- into the eternal taber- lasting habitations, nacies. - AcTs 2: 47,—And the! Acts 2: 47.—And the Lora added tothemday Lord added to the by day those that werechurech datly such as being saved. jshould be saved. 2Cor. 1; 18, 19, 20.—| 2 Cor, 1: 18, 19, 20.— But as God ts faithful, But as God is true, our our word toward you is word toward you was not yea and nay. Fornot yea and nay. For the Son of God, Jesus the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who Was preach~ Christ, who was preach- ed among you by us,ed among you by us, even by me and Silva-even by me and Silva- nus aud Timothy, wasnus and Timotheus, not yea and nay, butiwas Not yea and nay. in him ts yea. For howbut in him was yea. many soever be theFor ali the promises of romises of God, in him God in him are yea,and the yea; whereforein him Amen, unto the also through him isiglory of God by us. the Amen, unto the fe glory of God through| a. 2Con. 4: 6.—Seeing tt} 2Con. «: 6.—For God, 1s God, that sald. Light/who commanded thé Shall sbine Out of dark-|light to shine out of hess, who shined in our|darkness, hath shined hearts. |tm our hearts, PHILIP 3: 20, 21.—Wel PHILIP 3: 20,21.—From wait for a Saviour, the! whence also we loox for Lord Jesus Christ: whojthe Saviour, the Lord Shall fasblon anew the|Jesus Christ! who shall body of oum humilia-\change our vile body, tion, ‘hat it may be con-|that It may be fashion- Tormed tothe body ojjed like unto Wis glor- his glory. tous body. Two EXECUTIONS YESTERDAY.—Hayden, the wife murderer, was hat at Windsor, Vt, est . John Vanderheide was hung at Bhelpyvi » Ky., yest , for the murder of Rebecca Johnsoi ‘ast July. He exbibieea bretal Ton Lagrauge, . - cnalanes” une within denied the crime, smoked a cigar three minutes of the fall of the drop, and asked a friend to see that the grave-ropbers did Rot get him. Fredk. Bechtolheim, Austro-Hungarian con- eae ene eee printed moneys intrusted to his care, He was a native of Monongahela va. T. 8: ARTHUB’S BLUNDER. A Cheap Philadelphia Moralist’s Attack upon an Eminent Lady. ‘The moralists who write books in which economy, sobriety and kindred virtues are made attractive by dark pictures of wretched. ness and ruin caused by inkenn extrava- Fence and gambling, are sometimes inexcusa- ly careless In their references to well-known living persons. Of these writ T. S. Arthur is, per! the most widely known in this country. For many used in advocating thrift and sobriety. books have had thousands of readers, and are known to more than onegeneration. How many times he hasshown a young husband how to get rich by Paes more cigars only those wao have read al short stories can tell. Sometimes. it is the young carpenter who bores a big boils in bis work bench, and drops into it the dimes which he once paid for tovacco, and who, in after years, finds in that hole a fabulous sum, Which saves his homestead from the sheriff; sometimes it is the young clerk who, in another way, piles up a fortune out of the money saved from the tobacconist; but always the heroes are made to show, in a simple and every day man- ner, how much it costs to indulge an appetite like this, Drunkenness {s the vice, however, which Mr. Arthur has assailed with uatiring vigor. It is in the miseries of the bar room, the wretchedness of the drunkard's home, and the ruln of inteliect_ by rum drinking that he has found his most tempting field of Labor. lars years he has given to the public st¢ in which the lamentable resulis of “ihe 3acial lass” are shown with almost the realism, if not the art, of a Zola. Mr. Arthur ap- parently believes that all public mea fall to Tecognize the advantages of temp?rance, and that the prominent ladies of society fre- quently lure young men to ruin by urgiag fin to drink that first glass which arouses an in- satiable appetite. 89 long as he coatlnes hls illustrations to imaginary persons he dvs no harm, and itis to be supposed that he ha; done much good. But in a book published six years ago Mr. Arthur made a sorfous blunder, and many See in Washington are nov falktig aboutit. Mr. Arthur's books do not find '! best market here, and {t 13, perhaps, not pilsing thatthe blunder has not attracted at- tention here before. The title of this bok 13 “Danger,” and in it the sad work of intemper- ance upon the young husband, the skillful surgeon, and the youth,and through them upon the Innocent wife, patient, and mother are deseribed with some force. In one chapter Mr. Artnus 288 very thoughtlessly introduced Mrs. Logan, the wite of the Senator from lllinols. It is by her influence that a y the young husband, whose wife {3 il nome, is led to drink that glass of wine which puts him tn a station-house cell before morning. and indirectly causes his wife’s death. ‘This would have been a yery unfortunate plece of writing, even if Mrs. Logan were capabie of acting the part assigned to her; if se were in the habit o1 Fete wine at dinner parties, Mr. Arthur would still be guilty of something tnex- Cusable In using her to point a moral. But it happens that she fs well known as an advocate of abstinence. A few weeks ago two gentle- men were talking in this city about the stti- tude of soclety toward intemperance, and one asserted that Mrs. Logan was a conspicuous example of those who sought vo discourage la- temperance by their own actions, The other qusted Mr. Arthur's book as proof that this was not true, and it was through the first-named gentleman that Mrs. Tegan and her friends first heard of the puvilshed statement, and knew that this care- less writer bad s0 unfortunately misrepre- Scented her for some years to thousands of read- ers. The misrepresentation has become the Subject of much comment, because Mrs. Lozan is @ very prominent figure {n Washington so- Clery, admired and respected by all who know her, @ woman of remarkable ability, and as ex- cel'ent and valuable a helpmeet a3 ever a pub- lic wan possessed. Satd one of her friends to the Times’ correspondent: “Mrs. Logan has never drank a glass of wine. At the dinner given by Presideut Grant to Prince Arthur she was the only person at_the table who did not take: wine or other liquor, and at a dinner given by the wife of a Cabinet officer some years ago she was the only one out of twenty-five ladies who took no wine. She not only 18 abstinent herself, but she has taught her children to be,” and the friend spcke of several occasions upon which her children had exemplified that, teaching in the presence of very prominent persons. Mr. Ar- Ubur could hardly have been more unfortunate in selecting an exampie. Complaint bas been made tothe publishers of the book, and they have communicated with the author. It is | Satd that he, now an old man, cried ltke a child because of his mistake, and asserted that he had intended to disguise the name by making it Mrs. Lough.” Buc this would not have been an effective disguise, for the context would haverevealed the real person. Tne pubilshers offer any reparation which they can make, and will change the plates for a new edition, but about 8,000 os of the volume have gone tnto the hands of the people. The publishers are J. M. Stoddart & Co.,of Philadelphia, and their “reader” ought not to have allowed this mis- representation to get into print.— Wash, C91 N.Y. Times. The lipped Horse. BY M. QUAD, Jie was attached to a cutter and hitched to a Pos! in front of the City Hall, and atter giv- ing himself a shake to clear off the snow, he es, I'm one of the clipped horses. It’s warm enoigh to-day, but {'ve been in a constant shiver ever since wiater set in, Just you take off your clothing Gown to your shjrc and face the rigors of wiuter aua see bow you would feel over it.” © But why did they clip you?” “ Under the idea that I would trot faster, and becouse My Owner Was too lazy to care for me ween I came in wet. He didn’t care for my Col. fort at all, Dut looked entirely at his own.” * And do you trot any faster?” “Nota bit. Can ashivering man run faster than a warm one? Tam stiff and sore, my nos? runs, my eyes are weak, and I have still further cause for complaint.” “In what?” “Come over on the avenue this afternoon and see how I am used. a ae me a fair gait. My owner goes to work and puts weights and bovis and straps on me, bits my head up, clips me and tries todo what nature couldn’t do— make mea fast horse. The welghts give me an awkward gait, the check makes my neck ache and the cold wind prevents my blood from ae ‘That isn’t all.” “well?” ‘ITmexpected to getright down and pass everything on the road. I’m raced up and down tii I’m out of breath, and then sent fly- ing to beat a fresh horse. You’ve seen me go? Ido my best, of course, but when I'm out of breath I’ve got to change my gait. The instant lstrike a gallop my head is twitched this way and that, my mouth lacerated, and tea to one £ get a dose of the whip and hear my driver say: oo if she don’t stay dowa I'll cut her ‘That isn’t right.” ““Righty Why, the law ought to make it grievously wrong!’ I can trot as honestly as a dollar in three minutes, but because I can do this I am matched against horses which can do ten seconds better. Not only that, but I am lashed and ill-used because I can’t beat: then, It my owner was to run a foot-race would he fasten half-pound weights to the toes of his boots? Would he wear knee-pad3s? Would he have his head pulled back on his shoulders? And then, if he got beaten, would he submit to rashing? I tell you it’s wrong.” And I don’t always get a fair show. Other horses get a long start, or have to travel in the snew, or we meet with an obstruction, My owner never makes any allowances for those things. 1 am expected to rush to the front and hold the place, and if a faster horse outfoots me down comes the whip, and the driver growis, “Take that! and that! and I'll sell you for a we “And what can you do?” sony one thing. I belfeve I'll run away.” “AN to sea?” “Not hardly. I'll smash the cutter and take myself off into the country. Ill get a rest, anyhow, and if I am picked up as an estray and not reclaimed, I'll fall into some farmer's hands, who'll treat me well for what I can fairly “When will you go?” “Now—right off—good-by!”” A band atruck up to furnish a good excuse, One pull broke the strap, a wheel and a kick Cleared the cutter, ane as the horse flew up the street everybody yelled: “Stars and garters! but aln’t that clipped horse a clipper! Stanley’s Work in Africa, (Pall Mall Gazette, February 5 J Latest accounts from the mouth of the Congo speak favorably of the a ae which is being. made by Mr. Stanley in great undertaking Of constructing a road past the falls that sepa rate the upper and lower river. Her Majesi consul at Loanda recently visited Vivi, the per- maLent station established by Stanley at the foot of the Yellula Falls; it is on an plevated plateau overlooking the river, and has a'l the appearance of a small town. It contains, the Mr. Stapley. dwelling houses for his European his rs, vegetables of almost every this point about thirty miles cf road have been constructed, about twelve feet wide, suitable for carts and wagons, & supply of which, with twenty donkeys. hes recently arrived from Eu- Tope. The consul reports that a very Congo by various firms—Dutch, French, Eog- and Portuguese. Th be al at Bapana Creek, at the mouth of the river, an might e: the rem: mngaistany There seoms: every Uke- years his pen has been | #! ABOUT DELIRIVUS HORSES, A Stra the Equine Legs A disease, which has been termed cerebro- Spinal meningitis, has, wituin the pst two Weeks, broken out among the horses in this city. It has not been confined to any particular locality, but has appeared in horse raliroad stables, private and livery stables, in various Taek of thecity. The disease was first notios1 this country 10 years ago, when it spread to an alarming extent, attacking thousands of orses. Most of those that were attacked, Dut not Killed by it, never recovered thetc former Strength. Veterinary surgeons and stabe kgepers have been unable to agree as to the Causes of, or the remedies for, this disease, Dut nearly all say that meningitis’ has broken out |in a more or less violent form every spriag slace 1871. Some attribute the diseasa to the severity of the Weather and the fltay streets; others to the great strain to which horses were subjected tu drawing heavy loads throagh the snow and In starting heavily laden trucks and cars on the slippery streets, and others to the fact that many horses were Kept tndoors for a lon; time during the extreme cold weathe), and then, as soon as a thaw set in, taken out and Overdriven. Still others are of Opinion Ubut it is caused by feeding horses on corn. At the stable of the Sixth-Avenue Ratlroad company some 10 horses were attacked by spinal Meningitis. ‘Lhrea have dled and one of the railroad company, yesterday said Unat It was difficult to understand this epldemi: its causes. He had read ta works on veterinary topics that it was known in Barope sone 2 years ago, when it carried off thousands of horses, The first symptoms of the disease ap leg iu the lower part of the animat’s back aad is hind quarters seem to be paralyzed. ills bind legs bend under him and he is wiable to stand. The next stage is delirium, and ine horse rears, jumps aid plunges. Death quickly | foliows, When a horse's legs become paralyzed the antmal fs supported WiCh sings. He isis Tested and prevented from doing himsIf aay injury. Asarule, more mares than horses are anacked. On one occasion @ mare Was &K-n with meningius, and a earned veterin iry Surgeon, who had been called sald that the animal would die wituin 10 minutes. Mr. Buuler ordered the mare to pa bled ih the neck. After the operation she appeared to be somewhat relieved, and stuck out her tongue as if thirsty. Water was given her and she frank copiously. She grew better and was able to do some work, but never recov- ered her former strength. ‘Tae fact of the mare 4 | being relieved by bieeding, said Mr. Buuler, Migit lead one to suppose that undue pressure | of the blood on the brain had somethiag to do With the disease, The theory that menfogitis Was caused by corn feeding was started because it was observed that at Bull’s Head, the great horse depot, where no corn 1s given to horses, the disease did not break out. But it has ap. glven, and that fact explodes the theory. When asked whether the disease was contagious, Mr. Buuer sald he could not tell. One norse, out of a pair that had been driven together, was at- tacked, aud after five or six days its companion Was also taken sick with (he mentagitis, When @ horse has once had the disease it {3 no longer fit for hard work. It drags its hind legs and Wears out its hoofs. Such horses are sold by the railroad companies as soon a3 Poesidie. A prominent veterinary surgeon In this city Was asked what he thougnt of the disease. He said that he had under nis care about 14 horses that had been attacked by spinal meatogitis, He did nov think that many horses died or it. The majority of these attacked would recover thoroughly if properly taken care of. They re- quire Careful nygieale treatment and to have Was no doubt Usat the disease now prevatent Was @ bervous disorder. Superintendent Lead. better, of the 7ih avenue ratiroad, sald th: they had had several cases of spinal menia; ip the stables a few weeks ago. He di think the disease was contagious, au horses that had occupied stalls fartrom each other had been affected, ate neighbors of the sick horses had escaped. Superintendent Wilsoa, of tie Eighu avenue railroad, Said that several Cases of the disease had occurred in tue company’s stable. At the stables of the Tulrd Avenue Railroad Company the foreman said Ubat none of the horses were laid up with the Inalady. ‘The veterinary surgeon of tne stables Said that this winter has been so severe that maby horses have over-straincd themselves in Starling heavily-loaded tracks on the Icy pave: ments. The result has been that they have Strained their backs, and show weakness in pre- cisely the locality where a man would feel une pain who had wrenched his back. On the dead-boat at the foot of West 33th street, where ali the dead horses are taken, It was said that there had not been any perceptible tu- Crease in the mortallty among horses within the past few days, but that the mortality has been greater this winter than last. The aver- age number Of deaths daily last winter was 15. This winter, about 25 horses have died daily In this clty.—. ¥. 7 an Ss ie Chinese Servanis. (Fanny V. De G. Stevenson in Lippincott.) An Gim did his work in the deft, quick way Ubu’ 1s Characjeristic of the Chinese servant, at the same Ume addiug many Mttle re: ofbkisown. He aiways kept a new Tose In a glass Gn the Shelf of his kicih 24 SI taking Whs of iis fF wgrauce as he wasted 1 distes. The Trose-leaves strewn in thei, atid ail Ube Vases fa the house were kept led wit2 fresh fy.vers ana water. Lice most fiae flue feelings which were ex-liy woun i too dignified to mention tue fact waen w unWitilogly injured bis feelings, aad y strous that we ‘should not langulsa in’ iznd ance, he had a curious custom, coming son | times at awkward seasons, of Mattentug als Lace | against the Wall, aud remainiug rigid for a | lobgeror shorter perlod, according vo the ter- | Pitude of the offence. “When tots happened | duriog the preparation of dinner, or willie walting upon the table, tt was ‘producitye | ot uapleasant feeling, 1 sald nothing at tirst, | but walted until Ab Gim wanted lo yo to the | city to do some shopping. As usual, he came to ask me to accompany at whico I flatvened mnyself against the wall and said nothing. Tne subject was dropped at once, and Ah Gimstole Sheepishly away. After several days he took courage (0 speak again about going to the city, and again I promptly and silently took his po- sition against the wall. This went on until he voluntarily promised to abstain from all flat- tening and sulks in the future, and I had no more trouble with him on that score. My next venture was called Ah Sin, a nets dapper lad of fourteen, of a facetious turu ol mind and a merry, most musical laugh. Sam hada pony. It had long been a dream of Anh Sio’s to have a ride behiad Sam on his “little horsey.” I gave them perinission one moratng to go riding double to gather wild strawberries in the fields, Ah Sin providing himseif with a grain sack to carry the fruit ip. Late in the afternoon I found him hiding the empty sack. He was greatly mortified at having made such @ public display which ended in so poor a fiasco, for they had not found Phage ine berry, and, as Ah Stn confessed to me a few days after, horse- back-riding was not all his fancy had painted It. “Little horsey,” sald he, “jimp, jimp, jimp; Tjimp, jimp, jimp; one week alles’ time’ st: up; no ¢an sit down.” At this time there were two young ladles in the family. Naturally, gentiemen trum the city were fond of hunting in the hills about Monterry. We found afterward that a'l strangers were met by confidentlal disclosures from the China boy as to the state of the young ladies’ affections. “Missee Belle,” he would say, “she welly muchee likee Melican painter mag; pletty soon she mally him: she no mally you. Missee Nelly she mally Spanishee man; bym-by she get plenty key, lockee, lockee door; Ue up bread allee same senora.” ‘His delicacy in the preseace of the supposed lovers was ex- treme. If the exigencles Of the situation forced him to turn his ly toward them it moved under his head as though werking upon a pivot, 80 that the queue invariably faced them. See Yung bad probably brought some malaria in bis system from the Carmello Valley, He was taken with an ague-chill, As s00n as the fever went down, I gave him a large quinine pill which I desired him to take. “Bym-by,” was his reply. A few minutes after I ieard a rustle on the stairs. I was just in time io prevent See Yung’s precipitate retreat; the sigit of *‘Melican man’s medicine” had frightened him more than the chil. He still held the pill in his hand. ‘ntlemen, Ah = into the chair, threw back his head, ‘is mouth; down went the pill. He opened bas gave me one reproachful nee and fled house. The second day r he through the kitchen and into himself upon the same Spot in and solemnly said, “Welly good more allee same,” threw back his eyes, and opened his mouth. I had the box, and hunted for some time before I found ir, but See Yung never moved a muscle untill Se ee pill down his throat, he sai, *’ you,” and went about his work . He doubtless looked upon the magical as a preservative of health as well as a cure Tor disease, for he took position at thesame hour every day and waited for his pili untill showed bim the empty box, which he viewed with tbe deepest dejection. A Liule Friendly Game. They had not been married long, so they sat down ‘& play checkers. It game she said : “Then Ido ae these two men and get a king? Ofcoursel1do. Crownme. I’ve got the first king,” and she chuckled bystericaily. “No you ain't either. I didn’t mean that move,” said he. “If youcan’t play checkers it ese like a hen you had better give upg tittake _— and move here; now, jow you can ie Over here?” asked the wife. “ . That’s very good,” and her hus- = bled two men. in’t see that. I'd rather put it here,” strated. she remo! “Too late now.” said he, away for the king row. You should steay your mores more is expected to die. Mr. Butler, presideat | peared tn private stables where only oats were | certain stimulants administered to taem. There | a | > | into words and words Into seatences—the 3 | 13 of the Kerosene lamps usd | REPORTERS AND EDITORS, A Little Essay by 10 be Remsonably We A few days ago I promised to tell you some- thing ten dabei heey You have learned alresdy what easy times they have; but often those who have the best chaneas in this world times a reporter gets this way and thinks his Salary Ought to be raised. So he speaks to the editor about it, Editors are very liberal men Many of them do not think any more of a dollar than some men do of their lives, bat they | know that if the reporters were paid too muca they would save thelr money and buy the paper, and then the editors would be like the Chinese—they would have to go. So tn self. protection they are obliged to Keep the salaries of the reporters at $5.000 or $6,000 a@ year. They hate to do this, but self-preservation ts the first law of editors as well as of nature. Mapy editors preaerve themselves 80 well that | the reporters Dever buy them out. Bat edi- tors are kind-hearted. Mr. Dana, of the Now | York Sun, once heard that a horse which had | Deen very fast, but which everybody thous ; Played out, was going to be sold at auction by his mester, So he sent around and bought the poor horse for $4000. The next summer he put nim ina big race, “Just for fun,” every. | body sald. ‘There were a great mans noted | horses tn this race, and men’ bet large sums of money on them, Mr. Dana's horse only bring | Ing $1 tn $50 pools. But ne won the race aud alltse money Ubat was This ts cailea | “paralyzing the pool box.” So you see that the faintes are kind to those who do good. Sone good stories are told about reporters. | Once 8 Soung man who had graduated at Har vard College, and was a splendid scholar in | Bae ball and rowing, came to a large western y snd hired out to be a reporter. The next F the editor sent bim to an inquest. He | came back to the oTice at night with enowga wanvscript tomake a book. Lhe editor gae | this to an experienced reporter. and said: "Cu } that stull down to a stickful.” After a white | hewent over to where the experienced re- perier was silting and sald: “ow new duck manage with the Inquest | sata the experfepved reporter, “he | thing—except the veraict.” And oth: rters that were sittin ee y iben the r repo around | laughed heartily, but the editor ovly tet drop a | few words of tropical warmth and discharged | the new reporter—who wa3 very much sar- | prised to see that the paper continued to come | Out regularly after he had left it to tis fate, New reporters always tell everybody thai they are “journalists,” but the ola ones call them | deck hands, New reporters always titnk they | Know everything, and in some offices i 1s cus- tomary to put a dish of salt on a new reporter's | desk. This is a deifcate way of telling hia that he is too fresh. Reporters never lke to | hurt anybody's feelings. Once an editor in Cincinnati hired a reporter tn Chicago to do | Some work for his paper. After awhile tie re- | Porter forgot to send anything about an im- Portant matter, which made the editor very | angry. So he sent a: dispatch to the reporter | saying: “You are discharged... Why did you | get ictt on that murder? Xnswer.” When the | reporter read this he laughed to himseif and sald: “I wonder if that old plum thinks he can get the best of me?” So he wrote the longest | Kind of an answer, explaining all about the matter, and closed by saying he was glad he Was discharged, because be disliked to be con- | nected with a paper that allowed Itself to get | scooped. It took 1,750 words to say this, and, | as itwas sent by’ telegraph, the Cincinnati | editor baa a pretty big bilito pay. But ft taught bim never to ask for explanations by telegraph sgain, and that Chicago reporters were pretty Hable to Keep up wiih the oroves ston. Ss for the L by Mur Why the Commanity is Not Bound to Support It. In a recent discussion of public education In its various bearings on society by the Connec- ticut River Valley theological club, Rev. J. L. | ck horse hay | K. ‘Trask of Holyoke, presented the following | view of the mooted question: The duty of the | tax-payer to public education is perfor | Whex lie supports those schools in which are | pursued the branches of study necessary for comroon life, (1) ‘The tax-payer 13 under no moral or social obligation to equip the members | Of Soctety in the accomplishments, so called, | Branches of education above reading, writing, | histo y, geography, arithmetic, ition, re Inxurles of knowledge rather than | ecesstifes ef common tife. The higher math- | ematics, the languages and natural sclonces, highly desirable for those who delightin the re- finement of learning, are not essential to the | Suicorss of the common citizen, and therefore should not be supported by common funds. (2) | That which pertains to a technical or a profes- | Slonal career, not being essential to the welfare of the average man, however much it may con | tribute to his happiness, 1s by virtue of its tech- | nical nature, professional rather than common, | and ought nov to be maintained out of a com~ | mon fund. The high school ts more of an ta- | stitution for cramming than for edu*ating o- | leading out the mind of the scholar. The Dulk | ofthe drilling which young men and womeu receive comes from the primary and the gram- | mar schools. Here the children learn tn2 act | of memorizing, of calculation, of putuiag lett=rs ° of expression. The hich schdol does them how to do these things be the ine of accomplishments rather than | as a necessity, and one, 09, that practice of datly fe will Aflora’ in a way quite as effecttial as the methods of uop-r School tastruction. If the pupil needs more than he recelves from the lower schools # teach | er, save {n | the tax-payer is under obligation to support a high school as at present constructed, be is us- der obligation to support a schooi more ad- vanced still,—for if he 1s bound to supply in- | struction for some of the professional or techni- cal pursuits, then he 1s bound to supply it for all, else he stands chargeable with favorttls: and where there fs favoritism, there 1s no con. mon school. The high school teaches chemis- try—vut why chemistry and not carpentry. A thread manufacturer sald: “I want ehem'stry so taught that my son can learn to dye in my | mill” "But why cannot the worker In wood de- mand the same for his boy. “I want my son taught in Greek and Latin, so that he cana tit himself for a professional career.” But my neighbor is a ship owner doing a large trading business with foreign ports. He Wishes to send son not to opllege to be a lawyer, but to take charge of business at Hong Kong, at Oporto, at St. Pevers- burg. He has as good a right to have his son taught Russian or Chinese as I have to wish mine instructed in Greek or Latin. The tax- payer furnishes the latter but not the former, and his school 1s a select school, nota common school. It favors the professional classes at te expense of the commercial. We might argue also that the tax-payers should not support high schools because only a small per cent of the children of the public avatl themselves of its advantages. They do not avail themselves ot ts advantages because they are not of the kind heipful in any especial way to them in their Ufe-work. They take one year, or two, in studies which the grammar-school ought to give—and then % out into life. Of classes of 60 and 70 entering the high school from tue gram- mar school in one of our manufacturing cities the largest number which has ever graduaced is 16—oftener 12—sometimes 5. They wish neither a technical nor a professional educa- ton. The tax-payer should not be called on to support a school which the average citizen does not demand, We tind It to be a fact also that this theory Is Virtually admitted tn the establishment of academies aud universities by private funds— not by public taxation, and those who wish to pursue the higher grades of learntag do it at thelr own expense. The grammar school,which has becn estabilshed out of a sense of the public need, conducing to the general Interest, giving no education which 1s technical, but laying the fourdation without favoriusm, appeals at once {to the tax-payers’ purse—and is supported without complaint. We cannot but think that there 1s some ground for the complaints made by many tax-payers against the sh school. Low Heels and High Heels. I was glad the other night to see at President Grevy’s nice young girls in short light dresses, and with their fect in those low-heeled wed “ ” They Which American ladies call * slippers. whe stature Dy ralsiog ives at the heels. Novelists, I trust, be able to present us heroines who enter a ball-roo! ‘with the smooth ness of the swan. It may be also a ir danct be ved in the eral. The man of our time fooks upon a sovree dansanie a somel in the pi ot tude. If he not know that ne ances of success in matrimonial market ing the ball he would utterly forsake it. Hiss rept cing is latd upon to- The Duc d’Aumale re-— Exeter Hall saints who came getting sn, th thought or sie a love Gancing. In thelr time dancing easy and Sex. The danseuse’s feet tor = Seer e ig really, in our do Lot seem to appreciate the fact, and some- | the | To Rive enrain to a French ball, it is now found necessary to Invite whole ‘scunchmasets of young oficers and eMADCIpated one- year volanterrs, who are broken to hardsutp #nd glad of & complete change In fauigue duty, | eo ed when it brings with ft the faculty to | srk @ luxurious buffet and e eet al a splendid suy . “The bigh-heeled shos was very well at tho Court of Versaliles early in the last. ceutury. Lords and ladies only then stratted in peacock Pride on gravelled terranes bard as weil kep. bighroads, and on well rolled walks. Whoo they went abroad, they were carried tn chairs or drove in lumberlug coaches. Seldom, tn Geed, were they seen on foot in the pubile Places. If they danced, if was the slow, s y Intnnet, tn which there was much bowing and curtseying, of the contredanse, which was, In the Ume of red-heeled selgneurs. hoops, pow- | Cer, rouge, patches and tiundied up trains, a Smooth und ceremontous sort of drawing-room exercise. ‘The grand dames of the last century only wore Ueir high-heeled shoes at levees, drawing rooms and the gambilog tabla The Undress chaussrere was the mule, or sitp-shod Shoe, which hada flat sole All Parts dancad after the taking of Une Bastile, and went into | the streets to watch history th action thera. | A Meet foot was wanted Lo follow the peripa- {-lics of the historical drama. High heels ware, Therefore, entirely discarded. A shoe, De | Some resemblance to that of the ancie | Came In. To hold tt well on the foot, the nar ral movements of which it lent luseif to, saa dals « A fat old lady with over- would bave been ridiculous in or and sandal Deoowlng to & neat youn Was with It @ stocking, whi! dawn ¢ acing 10 be agreeable the shoes ong it fiting easy and low al the heels so light, and t ments which Mautuag rts 10 meutralize the | efe>t on clothing of the sewing m Old-tachteped Mounce ge j Adee to tae robe of the dancer, lisse drags 1 down Uk fae modera lead. The other day, Kies into a costumers wat? on thd and Ges Italtens, T saw a bali dross fa black satin Which would have waxed the streng 1 of an able-bo ied man, had he been condema a to wearlt. Many ladies and women of an ham- | ble rank came up while I was thore to pasa, and, as T found, to admire. 11 a European belle | were to go about like a Chinese lady, supported by a couple of hand-matdens dressed fa mora commocious garmeats, or to remain stationary, Uke the mannijuin on which tuls robe was alsplayed, it would have been admirable in my estimation, too. Those who wear tigat and high-heeled shoes walk badiy awd dance worse, Heavily-ornamented skits fatigue the hips and dorsal region, and induce a languid aud drawa- down expression of tace. They also affect the spirits. Tight lacing spotis the complexion, red- dens Ube nose, and, what 1s worze, chocks cere- . ideas Cannot flow freely when tho Walst 14 aqueezed. There 1s, therefore, no re- arter tn Souversation, no sparkle, no ‘fan, no ight froth, Women’ who are good writers Wear stays a3 Mitle as they can help, Mme Emi! de Girardin was never out of her ro’ da chambre at home, unless when she gave cere. monious dinners and recepiions. She dressy in summer In white muslin or cashmere, loos i, With her beautiful blonde hair dup carelessly at the back. Iu winter arment was of fine flannel. Mme. de Se- Vigne wrote her celebrated letters at the ehim- ney corner after she had thrown off her ¢ finery or before she put it on. tronized very locse and conve Elise, theelrcus rider abou. who: last year, wen! in for uv attire. A maxim of hers w th @ sober fond, & little color or condiment goes a long way and particularly with a nice young face, @ finéiy-proportioned figure, and a luxurious head of hair.” “Anotuer exampie of tue power of simpic at’ ‘0 enhance beauly—even when It is ca pts afforded by Us and dame, the superb sculptress, the imperious Bohe- mienne who has stepped from the Faudou! “= St. Germatn tothe Avenue Villiers quartier, 1 whicb Nana resided, wobls enchanuress ta herseif at home tn the garb of rian fisher bey. In stooping to her pres- entagvel she hoped hereafter to seize upon the reins of government—a high ambition, but for her a mad one,—London Ti IST OF LETTERS REMAINING IN THE WASHINGTON CITY PUST OF FIOE. 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