Evening Star Newspaper, April 9, 1881, Page 2

een RELIGIOUS NOTES — kev. James B. Averitt, the hard-working yector of Silver Sprisg Parish, Md, bas been prevented by sickness for the past three Sun- days from ministering to his prople, but is 89 far recovered as to be able to enter upon his duties again. During his stekness the Rev. Charles E. Buck and Hon. Mon'gomery Blair and Charles Abert, esq., (iay readers) kindly Wok bis services at parish church and chapels. —Rev. A. Broaddus, jr., now tn Accomac County, has accepted a call to Morattico Bap- tust church, Lancaster ceunty, Va. —The General Assembly of the Southern Presbyterian church will hold its next session at Staunton, Va., Beginning May 19, — The Bishop of London Is credited with say- ing that the chief non-conformist in bis dio- cese 1s the Dean of Westminster. —The Baptists of New York city have in contemplation the erection of a omina- tional heedquarters, on the plan of Tremont ‘Temple !1 Boston. —Itis estimated that abou! 1,900 joined the Various churches in San Francisco Mareh 6, the fruits of the revival Inthat elty, where Moody and Sankey have been laboring for months. — The Rev. Wm. C. Gray, rector of St. James’ church, Boilvar, Tenn.. bas offered his restgna- Uon, to take effect on April 25, and has ace" an election to the Cuurch 0: the Advent, ville, Tenv. Dr. Edward B. MeGutre. rector of St pal churches, tn King George county, Va., died last week from a cold contracted while preaching tn the open alr to an assembly of cotored people. — Rev. A. R. Kremer, of Emmittsburg, M2, has accepted acall from the Reformed churen of Winchester, Va. and will enter upon his duties about the 1st of May. The charge also embraces the congregation at Middieway, 1a Jefferson county. — At the recent session of the Central Penn- { sylvania Methodist conferenc? one presiding elder condemned the holding of large and ex- pensive camp-meetings, and of closing the on Sunday. Another sald he had re- to attend a camp.meeting whose author- =e refused to close its gates on the Sab- bat! —At the recent session of the Philadelphia Methodist conference, the candidates for elder’s orders were asked whether they would wholly abstain from the use .of tobacco. Two of them replied: “i'll try,” and “I'll endeavor to do so.” These answers were pronounced by the Bishop as trifling, and were evidently not Satisfactory toa large portion of the confer- ence. A long discusston followed, closing at jast with thé assurance that they would ab- Stain. But notwtthstand!ng this quite a nuraber voted against their reception, Decauze ‘the answers were not more pron —The Protestant Episcopal Soctsty for the Increase of the Ministry makes an appeal for mnoaey. It needs #1040 between now and the lat of September. It ls educating about seventy young men for mtnisterial work. Sixty of the men Whom this society has helped were last Year engaged tn flelds of labor In this country, and thirty-five in foretzn work. ‘The Episco- pai ministry ts not so ely crowded az that of some of theother denominations, and there 1s more chance for a young man Who enters It than among some of the others, Bat the sal- aries are very small for young men who are Deginners. —In the columns of the A’abana Buptist Several brethren are shedding ink on a liberal seale in tryingto settle the question a3 to whether it Is right or wrong to dance. One of these brethren declares that the particular trouble with one of his opponents fs that she doe3 not Know how to dance. One brother holds that the terms “fashionable” and “elite” hold good only for this life, and that they will be of ho account whatsoever in the world to come. Several brethren fnosist that dancing is Fight because the Scriptures do not tn direct words command people not to dance. O:hera Bay that it is wrong to dance because the Seriptures do not expressty sanction the trip- ping of the light fantastic toe. —Theretsa little nat some of the older ministers in the churches at the eagerness of thetr younger brethrea tn the ministry to pusu them aside and occupy tacir ‘This feel in a letter to e from which this “It the younger fellows would modest, not crowd us middle-aged gg men too hard, keep in mina that be fairly and their turn to step down ‘will coms in time, then we might after awhile find grace suflicieat even for this trial. The law of nature and ne- eesaity must work here, of course, Dut if would be tougher to give way to converts from other folds than to those coming up from the very enildren of the denomination.” — Bishop Simpson gave some wholesome ad- ¥ice to the ministers and stewards of the Methodist churches in Waceling, West Vir- ginla, last Monday evening. He sald that if they aimed 1 worked together with a lawshIp great good could b2 ac- The si feeling of fell complishe ‘would prosper mre, plter feeling of soctalltty . There was a certain c the church who thougat they were useless. He advised that these he par to work—espec. jatly the young men, who mustsoon take the places of the older. —The suggestion of Dr. Sonaescucim, a Jewish Rabbiof St. Lois, that tha Reformad Jews and the Unitarians unite, does not met ‘with the approbation of the Rabbis of Chicago. One of them, Dr. Hirsch, sald to be the most progress! sh RabUl in the Uaited States, Whose congregation has gone further than any Other in adopting reforms that bring them nearer the Christian standard, 13 tnciined to look upon the whole thing as‘a “huge joke,” He said: “There ts no more proba! Retorm i iz than that of the Jews and any other fragment of the Christian church. We cannot go to them, for while,we have abandoned the old ritual and no longer acknowledze the Talmud, we Sull cling to our old historic associations, and are ag much Jews as the most orthodox.’ We have the same rites, and we « ase to be 2 to religious ser- ngiand as well as here. The ¥S there is throughout on pad he adds. “in our ins ignore our eccle- I do not say they are ostensioly intliel; out ices is noted tn Kev. Newman 0 that country a di ie worsalp. “As a rile ii sistical arran aggressively hosti le or they are indit + Lo Onr Ordinary public ser- Vices. AS @ class they do nv go to chureh. To a large extent this is true also among the upper TaDKS Of fashion, wealth and tnt He regrets, too, Ui! a m clish charen- goers content tue e morning Service on Sunday, leaving the churches aimost empty tn the eveuing. Hits figures as t> Lon- don are as tollo« jondon has far militons ot people, of w Lalf might at one time he at chure these two millions taere mmodations for one-half, P tatilion of seats only half a ne Ume oer fple ion by Kev. Dr. S. H. Tyng. $r., of the rectorship of the Church of the Holy ‘Trinity in New York 1a said to be due to tt health; ang, todeed, Mr. Tyng has beea one of the mest bard-working of evangettsts, doing enough, year tn and year out, to break even Such a strong constitution as he inherited. He has never truckled to fashionable tendenctes im the Episcopal church, but good deal of a Methodist in his dom of dealing with tue human error. bas been his constant revivalism, 1f that be an allowable. phrase; he has gathered mea and Women out of the highways and by-ways, and made his congregation one of the largest and most. religiousiy influential in the city. Dr. ‘Tyng has been steadily a “low” churcbman, aid bas given much. offence to his brethren strenuous in behalf of the rubric by preaching in the churches of other denominations with- cut bis gown, and the like Yet since hig eurfoug deliverance concerning the Lourdes ~miracles” many have belleved him on the way to Rome, nor would that be strange to one in whom the devotional temper 13 80 strong, and so little controlled by the philo~ sophic habit. —The Rev. George Muller of the famous or- ‘phanage tn Bristol, Eagland, ts sttil continu- Ang his services in thiscity and m Newark, amd he expects to safl for bome some time in May. While bis efforts to edify the public have been kindly recetved by those who have attended them, there has been no enthusiasm nor any thronuging at the plaves where his Meetings bave been held. In fact, Mr. Muller has been allowed to drop into a very quiet ‘corner of the relizious world, and to pursue his jabors here almost without pubilc observa- ton. To such a great extent has this been ‘the case that persons wonder how Mr. Maller couid so long be absent from his orpha: Work at home, considertng that his work this country has not amounted to more than free- problems of ral irritation among | bring more into the folds of the | on Was needed more than | has been a | Hits prinetpal distinction. indeed, | Salicylic A: Edttor Star:—As the use of Salicylic acid for the preservation of fruits, etc., hag attracted considerable attention in this country of late, I think the fo! circular, which I translate from a French journal, may be of interest to many of your readers. It was addressed by the Minister of Agricuiture and Commerce of France to all the prefects of the countr Paris, Feb. 7, 1851. The attention of the administration has been led to the danger which threatens the pub-~ Uc health from the employment of salicylic acid for the preservation of articles of food, either solid or liquid. I have submitted ti question tothe Committee on Pubilc Hygiene of France. After a profound study of this question, and having aualyzed in the munici- laboratory of Parts, several products con- taining salicyle acti, the committee bas de- ¢ided that this substance ts dangerous, not onty by the direct effects which it produces upon the organism, but indirectly, by permttitng the fraudulent introduction of ‘other substances, noxious or at least unhealthy, into alimentary articles, particularly dry wines and beer. The committee concludes that every article of tood or drink which contains any quantity of sal- leylic acid, or any of its derivatives, 1s to be Considered as suspicious, and that it would be advisable to forbid their sale. This opinion, which appears to me to be en- Urely well founded. indicates the duty of tue aduwinistrative authority, a3 tae guardian of the pubue heaith. I have, consequently, to re- quest you to issue, taroughout your jurisdic~ | Uon, an order similar to the form enclosed, for- bidding the sale of any alimentary substance, liquid Or solid, containing any quantity of sal- leylie acid or apy of Its derivatives. You will please give the greatest publicity to your order, and request the inspectors of pharmacy, In thelr tour~ of inspection, to see particularity, fn th? examination of articles of provisions, that they are free from salicylic act A. TIRARD, Minister of Agriculture and Commerce. Parisian Novelties. {the Queen.) One noveity in stationery is the use of pearl- | ray note paper. (a the corner of envelopes is epgraved a card, pinned on, and {t bears a word or more, that ts supposed to inform the person to whom the note 18 addressed of its contents | before he or she opens it. ‘ Discretion” Is one | Of the forewarnings; “A votre service” is prob- | ably a compliance with some request; ‘Attea- | ton!” quite arrests one; “Bonne Nouvelle” stills all throbbing of the heart on solemn occa- | sons. ‘The most sensible of all the tnscriptions | is“ RS.V.P.,” as itis business, Among other | Iottoes on Knicknacks is “Nous revenons,” | which ornaments blotter and album covers. These words are printed across, between flying swallows ao in ofls or water-colors. “Nous | Tevtendrons” intended for presents from | ladies who leave a Continental city and carry | Tegret with them. ‘The newest boxes for handkerchiefs are made | Of twilled silk beautifully draped over card- | board to look like a smail bundie; other boxes for trinkets have lids dotted over with all sorts | of painted insects. | Deasert wines are slipped into satin cacho- boutetiles, the corks of which are heads with hair dressed in the fashion of the country Whence the wine Is produced Alicante 13 in @ pink satin bottle, and the cork or stopper ts a Spanish girl with high comb. Port wine ts in a garnet or ruby satia, with an Oporto beauty for its stopper, and she hoids a fan in her | hand. Pajarete wine is Ina sulphur-colored | Dottie of satin, with a Dull-tighter cork, etc. It was supposed that artficlal flowers could | Rot be made with greater perfection, nor is the | Dew system at all perfect; but it must be men- | Uoned for its novelty. Roses are now being | Made of Algerian silk, as we use it on winders. It is punched and twisted in theshape of pe- | tals, and roses thus made are mouated with | chenille follage. Among novelties for the schoolroom are Mme. | Chassevent’s boxes of movable notes, that | French children are now taught to move about | ona printed music sheet placed before them. | They learn their notes and harmony, at the | same time placing the quavers, semi-quavera, rests, &c., on the lines or Detween the spaces, | While music ts dictated to them, each child dip- | ping in @ box of all the different notes sorted. | A matinee for the demonstration of Mme. Chas- | sevent’s system Is announced, and if children really do quickly learn to compose and discern sounds in this amusing manner a great deal of | hard work is spared and difficulties mado easy. | The system ts approved by ail the great music composers of the day, who have written fatter- ing congratulations to the Ingenious {nventor. That chilaren of fve should able to write | outasong by placing black tin notes in their | proper places, and, with the help of the ear, by grouping them as we see on a plece of music, | attending occasfonally to recurring flats and sharps, 15 a result which rather mortifies their | elders, many of whom to this day look on har- | mony in the same light as mathematics, and | could no more write down an amorous ditty than a tripping song, even if it were sung to | them times and times over. | ‘The new menu cards are not tasteful; thoy | are honey pots of a large size, out of which | sing, with mouths wide open, the best artists of the opera and operette singers. Dining-rooi panels of enamelied lava are very varied. Eas- tern vegetation and (lashing Dirds are tue sub- a rok ut there are Russian green c0CK3 aud percocks on terraces. Russian stiteh intred cotton on waite | linen ts the neediework of the hour; tae linen | 's fist covered with white caqvas, that 1s pulled | the work 1s done, aad readers ic easy | without thre: | | Sunday In Washington. (Wash. Cor. Cin. Gszette } A Washington Sabbath now is more quiet nd orderly than even 1 the largest New Eag- land towns. All public buildings are closed, and the public business 1s wholly suspended. Stores, barber shops and drinking saloons are closed. Cigar and perlodical stands are only | Open to a limited extent, Hotel bars, as weil as all others, are closed,though a few of all classes: are accessible. A crowd about the front of any one, or any signs of disorder near one, would result in’ preventing even Indirect ‘access, Hacks do net stand in thestreets. A theatrical performance would be an impossibility, to say | Dothing of ——e varlety shows or danca honses. In short, so far as 13 possible, there 1s complete outward respect to the Sabbath in the administration of the national and munt- cipal governments, and this occasions no com- Dlaints. it ts respected, and the condition ef affairs and restraints are accepted without o9- position by ali classes of citizens. A very small police force answers every purpose | of enforcing the Sunday laws, In fact, 80 | small is this force that {t may almost be said that these laws are enforced | Without municipal oversignt. They are not | denounced as irksome by any class Of citizeus, and no contest over them would stand the slightest show of success against the united healthful sentiment of the majority of all claa- | Ses, without respect to party or nationality, and in speaklog of this outward respect for the | Sabbath let no one conciude it ts all surface ; Show. There Is no city In the land where there | is more general attendance upon religious wor- | Ship. Itis arespectable thing to attend chureh | on the Sabbath tn Washington. The congre- gations are large, and the churches are well | sustained. Public men atiend ta large num- | bers. The most prominent of goverament and | of Congress, without regard to party, are to be | found in the churches on Sunday’ morning. | The idea that a nation owes aliigiance to God sectns to have aiwayshad a restiog place in the | the minds of public men here, and the large | proportion of them have always pald at least | he outward respect to religion to which such sentiment of necessity gives 1136, ‘The Sabbath order can not mainly be attri- buted to the absence of a forelgh population. | This element 13 over 17,000, or one in nine of the population. But qhis foreign population ts as Orderly and as respectful to Sabbath restric- | Uons as the native citizens, | Hecent Progress in Domestic Science [Chicago Tribune J | it is unhealthy to wear your boots in the | house after 1 o'clock a.m. The commort plan is | to remove them in the Rallway, but many of our most experienced husbands prefer the front steps. Always take a boot in each hand when going up stairs. This plan gives you two shots at the cat after stepping on her. Never say anything to your wife on these occasions ! except “yes” and “no.” Eating cloves impeaes the speech. Never compel your wife to get up first and build the fire. If she doesn’t do it of her own accord, go to sleep again. When your daughter gets big enough to have gentiemen Visitors, give up the parlor to them cheerfully. tis much cheaper to let the di bite them as they start for home than to scold the girl until she cries, and then have to buy her @ sealskin sacqué a3 @ souvenir of your idiocy. Always remember your wedding day, and try to mark the occasion by some littie act showing that you remember it. Coming home halt full will often signalize the annivergary in & marked but {nexpensive manner. Bring your sons up to some occupation that will enable them to get a living whem thrown upon thelr own resources. Nothing makes a young man so self-reliant as having a trade of bis own. In Cincinnatl, bunko steerers fre- quenuy make $100 a day. How to Study. Ralph Waldo Emerson tells his daughter that it matters little what she studies, bat everything with woom she studies. Our mod- ern manipulators of educational appliances have made it appear that the reverse 13 true. Let but the system and the method be perfect ‘that Christ will personal); on eart! has come, first, the degradation of the teacher, and that before Bis coming te Gens eit be second, the over. burdening of children with restored to the posgesson of Palestine. He aleo | school ork; third, show, briiliancy at the ex- believes that Satan will pe bound fast and pense of thoroughness, and fourth, tov much sbut in the bottomless pit for a thousand supervision. years. He has recently published a discourse Setting forth these Even ap Easter egg 18 not aa painted.—Bostun Courier. we. review Dad as tt 1g through the keyhole of an iron safe.— "© | Bilas énroniei ‘WARNED by the fate of his father, the next the hew Guar wit he’ will do it e-Heraid, MEMORIES OF YORKTOWN. beds good Recalla Wash- His Victories, {The London Telegraph. There 4s, however, tn the memories of York- town even now much to draw living English- leh and Americans nearer together, and uo- questionably the beasing of General Washing- ton at the supreme moment toward his vao- guished and humiliated enemy was of that character which it ts meet and right that historians should “not willingly let die.” Whea, on the 15th of October, 1751, Lord Cornwail's had lost his two advanced redoubts by storm, he made an attempt to escape with his rank and file who were still fit for duty—rather more than 4,000 in number—across the river to Glou- cester. The attempt was frustrated, as mizot have been sapetle whentt i remembered that ie opposing forces, French and American, vasuly outnumbered the British, and that a French fleet of more than thirty sall, under Comte de Grasse lay in the adjoining river and roads. On the morning of the 17th of October Lord Cornwallis accepted the tuevitable and the terms of capitulation were settled between him as representing the British side, and Gen. Washington gnd the Comte de Rochambeau, as severally representing the triumphant forces of America and France. But it 13 not generall: known that at themoment when Lord Cornwai- ls surrendered to Gen. Washington, the hum bied Englishman simultaneously uncove ed his head. With characteristic thoughtiul- ness Gen. Washington prayed him to put on bis hat, as—the weather being chilly and wet—there was danger of bis catching cold. “It does hot much matter What bow becomes of me,” exclaimed the de- jected Englishman; to which, in a firm volee, Gen. Washington at once repifed: “On the con- trary, my lord, [ anticipate for youa long ca- reer of distinction and honor in the service of your King and country.” How truly these gen- eicus and prophetic words were borne out may be seen by those who care to read the epitaph upon the monument erected by a grateful cou try to Charles, First Marquis Cornwaliis, in S'. Paul's Cathedral. Yet memories of this kind serve only to remind us that, in Keble’s beauti- ful words, “Brothers are brothers evermore. No distance,” and, tt may be added, no bicker- ings, “breaks their tie of biood.” England {s, happily, on. terms of the closest amity both with France and the Unitea States, and no “celebrations” of events which happened a cen- tury since are iMkely to diminish the cordiality of thelr friendship. Captur cof Russakofi, the Regicide (The London News.] A very interesting account ts given by aa army surgeon assistant, who states that he was one of the first_ to seize Russakoff, and ac- companied him to the prefecture, The writer, Wassili Gorokhoff, narrates that he was pro- ceeding along the Katerlnofsky canal toward the Nevsky Prospect when he overtook a man of middle height and long light hair, dreased in a thin overcoat and a tallfur cap. ‘he man was Carrying a small white parcel. The Em- peror’s carriage appeared on the canal road, and having saluted the Emperor, who, Gorok- hoff says, returned his salutation, ho heard a Violent expiosion, which impelled him forward, and looking round he saw a Cossack fall from his horse and another staggering. Tne man whom he had previously obzerved then ran toward the Nevsky Prospect without any parcel in his hand, and he seized him, a policeman and two soldiers immedi- ately laying held of the man. The Em peror approached them, asked if he was tne criminal, ordered him’ to be searched, and turned, proceeding toward bis carriage. Gorok- hoff appears to have a dim recollection of hay- ing seen aman of short stature go quickly to- ward the Emperor, and then something was thrown elther by this man or from between the railings of the canal, which fell at the Empe. ror’s feet with a deafening explosion. The Em- peror, And all standing around, including the Iman he had noticed, fell to the ground as if mowed down. Gorokhoff saw the Emperor lyingon his right siae,and an officer with white epaulettes—this was the Police Colonel Dvorjlisky—drag himself toward his Majesty, who slightly raised his head, which then sank again onthe snow. Whilst the young man who had been seized running away was belng held after this second expioston a soldier came up and struck him en the head, saying: “You luiscreant, what have you done?” Kussakofl replied: “For God's sake don’t strike me. You will know afterward. You are tgno- rant people.” He was then placed in a sledge and taken to the Prefecture, where he was undressed and examined. He was respectably Clad, and had a purse containing three rouble notes, & passport, and other bapers. When interrogated in another room Kussakoff first gave a fictitious name, but soon acknowledged bis real name. Amongst other things, he stated that he had met his friends The Week previously, who had explatned to him that on the Sunday following he would have to shoot at the Emperor. Russakoff also aflirmed that he knew others would be appointed to carry out the same decd, but did not know who they were. Aboutl p.m. he had proceeded to the Canal Road, but, being too early, walked across the bridge to the small market place ad- jacent. There Russakoff says he met a young womaD, seventeen years of age, good looking and weil dressed, who knew him, and whom he knew by sight, not by pame. She handed him a parcel, teliing him he was to throw it and it would explode violently, After remaining a shert time in the market ‘place he returned to ihe Canal Road. What followed Is only too ell kuown. dy Jacqueline, le, or fair and sweet, re hot for the rest; over that knelt last hight at my fect as the bravest and the best! they may perish all, for their power has waned, Aud their glory waxed dim; they were well enough while they lived and reisned, Batnever wag one Uke him! 41d never one from the past would ne Of that old, forgotten line~ The king is dead! long lire the king!” Said the Lady Jaciueline. “In the old, old days, when life was glad, And the world upon'me smiled, A pretty, dainty lover Ehad, Whom’ loved with the heart of achild. Whea the vauished sun of yesterday ‘Turns back from the shadows dim, It may bring the love he had for me, And the love I had for him! But since to-day has a better thing pAoeive, Lil never repine, The king i8 dead! tony live the king!" Said the Lady Jacqueline. *‘Once, caught by tho sheen of stars and lace, pl bowed, fora single day, To. poor pretender, mean and base, fF place or kway work of glamour and spell, ariu ina moment fied, tre from his weak hand fell, And the crown from bis feeble head. But homave true at last I bring a royal line— e king is deat! long line the king: Said the Lady Jacqueline. **And yet it almost makes me weep; Aye, weep, and ery, alas! Wuen T think of oné who lies asleep Down under the quiet grass; For he loved me and f loved again, And low in hom: bent, And prayed for his long and prosperous reign, In our realm of sweet content. But not to the dead may the Nor kneel at an empty shrin The king ix dead! long live the Said the Lady Jaciuelin e T held most true and dear, d my lord, my own! a ide in a single year, And a new queen shared his throne. > is false, and bia who is wed, Ixive my fealty? « dead one is not half 30 dead me now I bring, e. the false one is, to aith to the faitliful And the faithless I re rhe king ix dead! long Said the lady Jacqui ‘* Yea! all my lovers and kings that were Are dead and hid away; he king!" tine. Tu the past, as in a eepulchre, Shut up till the Judgmeut Day r tickle, or weal 'y are all alike to me: For the eyes no more may be misled That have looked on eee Then brine, me wine, and garlands bring, For my king of the rivht divine- . The king t- dead! long tive the king: Said the Lady Jacqueline. (Phebe Cary. African Exploration. (Pall Mall Gazette.) The Austrians seem determined to outdo by one grand effort all other nations in tne mat- ter of African exploration. Dr. Holub, who recently returned from several years’ work on the Zambestl, out In two months to the he pur to make his way at of the Nee Dr. Holud has been ceaselessly busy since his return, going from one city to another exhibiting his collections, giving lec~ Lures, and rousing @ practical interest in his forthcoming expedition. While he will give Prominence to scientific expiorations he will also attend to the interests of trade, especially . with reference to his ‘An Austro-Hungarian society been formed, to which he will send his collections, with detatled instructions. The principal commercial houses which compose this society intend to give the doctor a varied stock of to take with him in order to enable him to pay his way through the con- bent and obtain abundant specimens of 4ts products to send home. One house has given bim glass ornaments, another cl others chemical products, cotton: os, &C., and, last of at perfum Cu Anton Dreher has given him a su of beer. How all this formidable stock is tobe conveyed ‘The beer espe- across Africa we are not told. Unattended Ladies in Lon Ladies naturally prefer, rays tue London Queen, being accompanied by gentlemen to places of public resort to going by themselves Aimattended; and many would rather relinquish an evening's amusement than appear withoat the countenance of some member of the steraer sex, Whether husband, brother or friend. Stil there area number of married ladies who for one reason or another Gispense with gentie- men attendants, and avail themselves of the privilege of being considered capable of taking care of themselves. It 1s not unusual to see three ladies enter the stalls of a theater un- accompanied by a geptieman, the married lady or ladies leading the way, followed by the young ladies of the party. At the opera more espe- cially One notices rows of ladies seaied in the Stalls unaccompanied by gentlemen. Thes> ladies depend upon the exertions of an tntelll- gent man servant to get away quickly fromthe crowded vestibule of the opera house, and they generally make their way quietly out of the Stalls before the close of the last act, 80 as to @vold the general crush. Married ladies, when making is de party for the play, often give a stall or seat In a Dox toa fenuieman, and thus secure bis attendance, ut the price of stalls at the theater bein: a guinea, few lad! expense; while with regard to opera stalls, Which range from a guinea to thirty sutliloza, their high price precludes most ladies taking one expressly for the pu of. securing the attendance of a gentlenan., Rich weu, when asked to join a party.of ladies at the theater or opera, naturally pay for Uhelr own stalls. Ladies, as a rule do not ask poor men to do this, but odier them a sei’ in their box, or a stall next to their3—an attention which generally meets with a very ready ac- ceptance, It 1s needless to say that young ua- married ladies bave not the Independence en- ores by married ladies, and that it would be a reach of etiquet were they to go to the thea er or opera, Unaccompanied by @ chaperon or ac- companied by a gentleman, uniess ho were a very hear relative, father, brother, brother.tn- law, or uncle. Uninarries ladies, however, of a certain age, With establishments of their owa, Go hot come within this rule of etlquet, but are rather Included in that which applies to mar- ried ladles. With regard to outdoor gatherings, such as Hurlingham, Ranelagh or Orleans, or any such Places Of amusement to which tickets of ad- Mission are issued by members of these clus. itis very usual for ladies to drive gown to- gether and meet their friends at the club by rearrangement, a8 a barouche {s sometimes ard}y large enough to convey the ladles of a fanily, while a small brougham or victoria 1s out of the question. Thus, though ladies pro- ceed to these places of amusement unaccompa- nied by gentlemen, they are invariably jolaed by them on arriving; aud, though they do not remain in attendance upon them, and though jadies stroll about in each other's company or Sit together the whole of the afternoon, watie their Iriends are engaged at polo, lawn-tennis or plgeon-shooting, evc., or in watehing the play of others, still they are there to crder them tea, te tell them how the play is going and all the on dits of the place, and to see them to their carriages when they de- sire to leave. And though It would ba’ per- fectly correct for married ladies to go to any of these gatierings, or for a married lady to take you hg ladies with her, with an almost cer- tainty of not kuowing a gentleman presoat; SUull, the feeling of tsolation that would result would probably deter a lady from repeatiag the experiment a second time. On the other hand, ladles whose husbands or brothers are mem: bers of & club of this description are generally acquainted with a number of the members who are more or les3_certain to be present, and thus itis not necessary in their case to make apy previous arrangement with any member, or to ask @ non member to obtain a Ucket and join thelr party. Ata racing club Toeeting, such as Sandown, ladies would not arrive Unattended, whether they proceeded by train or by road,and would be invariably accom- panied by one or tWo gentlemen, by wnom they would be taken into the members’ {nclosure, At large race meetings, such as Ascot, Good- weod, Doncaster and Newmarket, ladies would hot think of being present, unless accompanied by some male relative. Public afternoon concerts, bazaars, and flower Shows are essentially places frequented by ladies en masse, and it 1s the exception, rather than the rule, for gentlemen to be in attendance upon them. Again, at private aliernoon gatherings ladies usually appear unattended by gentlemen, saute de mies, At private balls and parties given in town, ladies make their entrance unattended, unless by husband, father, or brother; but in the country a party of ladies would take as many men as they could muster, whether the ball were a public or private one. Married ladies, as arule, dine out with their husbands, and do not accept invitattons to jarge dinners when their husbands are unable toaccompany them. There are, of course, ex- ceptions to this rule, and circumstances some- Umes arise when It ts greatly relaxed; but even in this case it would be in favor of small and friendly dinners rather than of large ones. Oa the occasion of a husband being absent from the coupuy, a lady would accept tnvitations to dine with her reiatives and totimate friends, though she might refuse invitations to large dinners given by acquatntances; but, When {C fs well kuown that the he house is away for any length of tim’ tons are not sent to the wiie by givers of Large dinuers. ‘When young ladies are Invited to dinner tt accompany their father, mother or br0t but occasionally, when a young ladies’ party ‘iven by @ friend of their parents, the youa: ladies are invited alone, and they either with their maid in aca or by themselves in thelr father's carriage. In the afternoon young ladies seldom or never drive alone in the pub Me thoroughfares, and are tovariably ace sin. panied by a married lady. Itis not cousttered good style for a very young lady todrivein a Victoria or brougham in the park cr to the crowded streets, although she might drive trom one house to another in a quiet neighborhood to join her mother or chaperon, or to execute some little commission. A young married lady, on the contrary, can drive wherever she pleases, and drive alone, The Power of a Snowdrift. {Appleton Post.! The Northwestern railway company has spent over three hundred thousand dollars in the fight against snow since October last. ‘Thirty-four immense snow ploughs have had plenty of work, and these have been backed up tremendously by from two to six locomotives each. The might of these ploughs and the great power of a snowdrift may be estimated Trom the facts that one plough weighing 45,000 pounds, ballasted by 80,00 pounds of railway ron and driven by six locomotives, attackea @ snow-choked cutting, but was defeated. The drift was 52 feet hig! When the workmen, after the tremendous charge, caught a glimpse of the frmenss plough, tuey found that it, with all its 12s, pounds, had been repelled as if it were a feather,and tbat tt had rolled dis- consolately over the drift and had loized against some forest trees, where It proposes to remain until summer. From one cut 324,000 cubic yards of snow were taken, but in elzht hours the wind had piled ft up full agatn. Nine thousand men have been employed trom time to time during the winter as shovellers. Feeling of the Market. {Garson City Appeal.) “@uess I won’t take in the school to-day,” sald a Carson urchin with an Appa! in his hand, ~ “ Why not?” “ Cencordia has fallen off ten cents, and I on't d are to show up until it picks up agato.” “Wh at have the tlictuations of Concordia gotto do with your studies?” “A good deal,” answered the boy. “My teacher has a hundred shares of the stock, and when It falls off a few cents we all catch it heavy. I keep my eyeon the list, and when there’s a break you bet I don’t go to school. I play sick. Golly! how she basted me the time lount Diablo busted down to two dollars. When it was sellin’ at twenty she wa3 as good as pie. I was the first feller that got on to the ‘break, and I told the boys of my class that it she didn’t sell there’d be the devil to pay. I heard Uncle Fraser say it waga good short, ‘and I never slept a wink for & week. I grabbed the Appeal the first thing every morniis, and when I saw her keel down +o sixteen I skip- ped to the hills. Lord, how she did bang fohnny Dobson round that morning. I was in hopes that the blasted mine would pick up, but the water got in the lower levels, and I knew we were infor it. She licked somebody for every dollar it dropped. After it struck $3 it picked up a little, and we had time to well, My mother’s been P Row ever since the big break in Sierra Nevada, and if the market don’t take a turn pretty soon I’m goin’ to quit the public school aad go to work on @ ranch.” Gambling Hells Afloat, [8t. Louis Republican.) ‘The gamblers are already planning to circum- vent the law just adopted by the Missouri legis- lature making gambling a felony. The law, they say, does not reach to the middie of the river. Jt has been suggested that @ pool be made up and a@- boat chartered for short trips up an down the river, to leave every night and return by morning. AS soon as the boat would get away from the levee faro, keno, and roulette tables would be brought out, and the night spent in gambling. Passengers would b2 charged: say, $1, a pert of which would be re- turned in checks t would be good at the gambling tables. There would bea bar and restaurant on board. and everything to make things comfortable. Some of the biggest gam- blers in town have been talking about the mat- ter, Something will be done, and just now this seems to be the only thing to do. It oneof these Bie cinerea hee ais o river gam all the regular boats on the river have very strict rules about gambling; but if it were peed boats could be easily found to go into it. ‘The basket lunch system now adopted on the leading allroad lines is not intended as a sub- stitute for picnics, although it has a Picnic flavor to be able to spill coffee all over jioblccrt and throw bones the .— New Haven Register, A STRANGE DISCOVERY. By Which We May Yet Hear the Sounds of the Fires Raging in the Sua. {Youthe’ Companion.} Prof. Tyndall, of London, has just invented a new sclentifc apparatus that, when proper y used, gives most singulir results, and show | | that the pouders of tue photophone have only | just beg: |. The pareontions bas already been described | in the Companion, and you may eee | | 80 tnostrumest invented by Prof. Bell for caus~ | ipg a beam of light to convey a telephonic mes- | | Sage toa distance, in the new apparatus, a beam of light from a | | Mime light, or even a candle, is thrown upon a. | common glass flask having a long neck. j this Is fastened a rubber Speaklog cube that | | May be placed to the ear, so that any sounds In | the Nask may be heard through the tube. | Between the flask and the light ts placed a circular disk of metal, having harrow slocs or | openings, placed like the spokes of a wheel round she edge. | When he isi is at rest, the 'Y pass through one of the slots and fall on the lasik. 2 If, Dow, the disk is made to turn rapidly on {ts axis, the light will reach the flask in a) series of ashes, as ft shines through the slots one after tue other. Here the curious discovery comesin. When the flask ts filled with aga) or a vapor, Say the vapor of sulphuric ether, common street gas, oxygen, perfumes like patchoull or cassia, or even’ smoke, and the Scam of light ts taade to fall on the flask in a series Of alternate flashes, the operator, listen i: g with the speaking tube at his ear, will hear strapge musical sounda inside the flask. The pitch of these tones will correspond ex- | actiy with the speed with whitch the disk ts made to turn, and each kind of gas, or vapor, | in the flask wiil give a different ‘kind of note, | Some soft, some loud, and some very sweet aud nausical. ‘This is Certatniy the most remarkable dis- covery since the photophone, and it shows that light tray be made the means of making sounds audibie at a distance, even when the eye can Se LO difference in the light. It even suggests | tLe Idea that we may yet be adie to hear tho Sounds of the fires raging in thesun. It may, indeed, be only a bint to yet more wonderful ahd unthought-of relationships between light and sound, which may be utilized as a medium of communication. ee Mrs. Spoopendyke’s Idea of a Dead. | Lock, [Brooklyn Kagle } “My dear,” sald Mrs. Spocpendyke, holding @ piece of iace to her overskirt and wondering “apy dear. who is this Coagressmen Lock who has just died?” ue be Congressman Lock?” asked Mr. Spoo- pen: “ Why, I read in the they couian’ Paper this morning that | dO any business because of tie | Did you know him?” @ Cobgressman," said Mr. Spoo- ‘You read that there was a deadiock Wasn't that 117” Yes, aud Tread it all through, and when I found that Mr, Conkling felt so bad about it, I thought Mr. Lock must be a Congressinan. “No, he isn’t elther. The deadlock means that the democrats and republicens can’t agree.” ‘Good gracious! Mave they had another fa!l- ing out? I shouldn't think the republicans woud fight the poordemecrats any more. What have they been doing now?” nae Virginia, went over to the republi- anae. cans, “ L see,’ Interrupted Mrs. Spoopendyke, “and Mr. Conkling won't have him confirmed. Though I cau't understand why tuey shouid in- lerfere with Mr. Mahone’s religion, “If the poor man wants to join the church I—" “Who wants to jointhe church? Who's a church? Think Mr. Conkling’s a bisnop? Got an idea he’s an altar? S'pose he’s a dod gasted | chapel with ivy all over him, a spike fenve and a chime of bells? It's Stanley Matthews he don’t want confirmed.” “I read about him, too,” rejoined Mrs, Spoop- endyke, “He's Mr. Garfleld’s collector, isn’t “No, he ain’t, That's Judge Robertson. Mr. Garfield wants Judge Bobertson for collector, and Mr. Conkling 1s opposed to him,” “TI don’t see why he should be. Though of course I should sup) Mr. Garfleld woula rather havea man like Mr. Mahone, who is going Into the church.” poopan: “Where’s your sense?” snorted Mr. S} yke. “What d'ye want to mix things up for? | ay ‘Trying to make a grab bag of prominent Amer- cans?’ Stanley Matthews 1s candidate for | {page Mr. Mahone 1s a Senator and Robertson | i appointed collector, but, like Matthews, = ‘t been confirmed. Can you see through ane u “Of course, I understand that, but I don’t see any excuse for fighting the democrats, unless they think that Mr. Robertson would collect money from Mr. Mahone, and Mr. Matthews | would send him to jail. in that case it—” “In that case 1t would take you to straighten ‘em out!” squealed Mr, Spoopendyke. “What're you trying to get up now, an idiot asylum? Are You planning for a murder and trying to get up an insanity plea? What d’ye think Robert- son’s going to collect, hens? Got a notion that Matthews is a penitentiary, sitting around to be leased out —Imagihe Manone. to be the national debi? Well, they ain’t, they’re men, Ltellye. Mcn with legs,” and Mr. Spoopen- dyke kicked out both hisown foot handies by way of tlustyation. “Conkling 13 opposed to Matthews ard Robertson. He Says they shan’t be confimmed, but he is a friend of Mahone,” ““Thav’s what I dian’t see,” sald Mrs, Spoop- endyke. “I'm ead Mr. Mahone wiil be con- firmed, though I don’t care for Mr. Matthews and Mr. Robertson. It will teach them to re- pent their sins and not fly into the face of Prov- ee I'm glad Mr. Cohkilng 1s a good Epis- copalian.” “On! he’s @ prayer book,” howled Mr. Spoop- endyke, “You've found him out! You've got him! All he wants isa red cushion and a rack nailed up in front of him to be dod gasted mourner’s bench! Didn't I tell ye he was a} Senator? Do you know what a Senator is? It’s semething sliaped like a ple, a measly ple! Understand it now?” ‘And is Mr. Mahone a Senator, too?” asked Mrs, Spoopendyke, anew ight dawning upon nel r. “No, he ain't a Senator!” grinned Mr. Spoop- endyke; “he’s a lightning rod to keep howling idiots trom falling overboard. Begin to see into i? And they want him confirmed, so if he finds any dod gasted old female named Spoopendyke slopping inte @ canal, he'll slam achurchon top of her! Got the ideaz” ‘Upon my word, my dear,” remonstrated Mrs, Spoopennake, “you talk extravagantly. Mr. Mahone may fignt democrats, but he would never go around throwing churches at women, i don’t know Mr. Mahone, but I don’t believe he Would do a thing of that kind. As for Mr. Mat- Ubews and Mr, Koberison, they know their busi- ness best, but if they have abused Mr. Conkling 1 would never read one of Mr. Matthews’ de- cisions, and Mr. Robertson might call here every day for a month and he could never even collect the paper bill, I don’t think it's right to trust such men with the contribution box, and 1 know the missionary ladies would never permit him to coliect the subscriptions,” “That's it!” yelled Mr. Spoopendyke “Ther's the science of government! All yeu Want now 1s a saloon In the basement to be the National Capitol! What you need ts a gas meter and a veto to be an improved Waite House! When Robertson comes here for the milk pill, you pay him, you hear? And when Matthews Is Justice of the Peace for Brooklyn, you have Conkling arrested for stealing coal, you hear? Thavil fetch it! You've got the idea now! All you want to dois to live ail Summer in the soldiers’ home to be a complete administration! If I had your vision I'd ce up on sticks and hire out as a scope!” of course, I'll do what you say,” replied Mrs. Spoopendyke submissively, “and if Mr. Conkling should take some of our Coal, unless it was by mistake, Ishould certatnly feel like complaining of him, If Mr. Robertson comes 1 will hun, though the milk is not as as the first we got. Perhaps Mr. Matthews will fix that when he getsto be Justice. Do you think Mr. Mahone will come too?” ome!” shrieked Mr. Spoopendyke, “ot course he'llcome, Ie’s Mable to be here any minute. He’sa burglar, I tell you, and he may come over the back fence to-night! Look out for bim—I think I hear him now!” and Mr. Spoopendyke feliclear over himself into bed id pulled the clothes over his head. lock, Sa epee vee ea ee lock,” mused Mrs. Spoopent pl 2 table against the door, as a precaution against the marauding Mahone, and then examining a ‘it’s because all the pec would be trouble wheu Mr. Garfield beat Mr. Arthur for the residency. F¢r my part, I would rather be en. Grant, apd get all the money, though I don’t see what he wants of it, now he’s sold out the World’s fair; and Mrs. Spoopendyke crawled into bed, wondering how she was to tell Mr. one from Mr. Robertson, and whether Mr. Conkling would be content with what be could carry, or if he might not also demand her new chudda cloth dress, with cut steel buttons, UNCLE Moss met @ very dandified Houston darkey, Who used Co live in Galveston, on Gal- veston avenue, and who sald, in a very digni- fied manner, “How do aed enjoy dis baimy wedder, sah?” “I don’t know yer, to You has me at a disadvantage,” respon Mose, “You cussed ole bow legged, lantern jawed gorilla, yer is de same ole mutton headed bab- boon yer allers was.” “Now I knows yer. As goon as yer quit talkin’ sea mee knowed yer right off,” an Ke Blucher and eliuington on the field of Water- 100.—Galvesion Neu When 8 man 1s ee, pennies and loses reminds us of ‘‘Noah’s weary dove,” tBedmucn a8 he 18 one cent out.—-camoriaze Tribune. Adam orght to have sald « Eva,” witch ho gastempted tobite the agen oko ton Constitution. | masonry ct I | Whether she bad better plalt it on or fuil tt in; je i “They haven't been doing anything. Senator | jo) English Country Life. (Cor. fan Francisco News Letter.) ‘My host was @ wealthy baronet, M. P., pro- Prictor of several large estates in vartous coun- tes, Last year he entertained me near Tun- | bridge, in Kent, famous for its springs, of “bich you will resd so loug ago &3 when the R mans tnvaied Briton. This year it was tn | lovely historic Warwickshire, teeming With oD- jects Of Interest to the scholar aud admirers of bature beautified by the art and labor of cen- Lurics. “The guests were notiied to arrive on Monday Evening at 7 o'clock, and to leave ou Friday. The oid Daroulal mansion {3 distant {two Iniles from the railway sta:ion, where we | found carriages awaiting. On arrivacg the host And hostess greeted Us at the door very cordlaily, and led the way wo 4 lange | Tceplion room, where tea was served ta ie ftussian mode, ner hour is 8 ¢ d we were told tuas the din- dock. TheTe are 45 suits of apartupents on the second and third tloora, and | the very courtly housekeeper escorte’ tis ta turn to those assigned. Promptly at the des ated hour ali assembled im the drat 700M, and Without special introduction treat each otber a8 acquaintances, Such is the Feve- glish society. When the butler opens tae doors, the host as- signs the gentlemen to the ladies, who walk aim-in-arm into the bauquet hall, Rehtad each guest’ stands a servitg man, Silent as a nummy, 10 brave ilvery of gold and scarlet, or | purple; Pumps with large silver Ducklea, lik stockl'gs ard gatters, powdered hair. | fae aipber is of 10 or 12 courses, with appropriate wines. Ail is social and c! ty for an hour ud a& imif, When the ladies rise and rire to t drawl’ rooms. The gentiemen are then served with stronger wines, aod, after balt an hour so, jul the ladies: in music, cards, and c ation. ‘Tea aud bonbous are saved ock the ladies go to their apartments he gentlenen, If tuclined, 10 a cosy or housekeeper’s sitting room, ‘Where they Sat9.e and have S$ may ‘ran into lare hou and iLscmetmes idly at the breakfast Cable. 1 fixed hour for the mornlag repast S to 10—and no servants sop al breakfast room, the — geatie: ing th m=eives and Jad’es, tn the sideboard. ‘The aristocr: and middle classes do not eat much at their first meal— eggs, toast, mufing, cold meats, pastry and tea, rarely coffee. ‘That over with, it is Wberty nau Each Giverts as tuciined. st, there Is read. ing and answering letters mdon datiies, and various magazines and r 3 Of the day; the lvrary, picuure gullery, hot houses and stables. The gentiemen generally go shooting in the preserves, where the peagan’s beat up game—partridges, pheasants, hares ravol's, and they stand in the opening killing without much skill in marksrmanship. ‘If they stay after 2 o'clock, the servanis pring luncli- eon, Or Uney return to the manston and join the ladies Who bave not gone driving or horseback. riding, at a very generous lunch. Our upper- class Engllsh cousins are famous trencherama, and astonish ycu at the races and picnics witth appens that gel | thelr prowress at eating and drinking. ‘The gueste conduct Lhemsetves as if at home; Without resuatnt or ceremony; the Bost and hostess never intrude or worry, leaving you tn pesfect freedom to pursue your humor. "very ody is supposed to kuow best how to enjoy iimeelf, Acquaintances formed tuus are like Those Of the buil-roam, and do not warrant their Trebewal: of course. friendship and intimacies often come of them. During the day, all are in Plan dress, to be lifd aside at the sacratment— the dinner hour. With small variations, each day is but the repetition of the preceding’s Cccupation, and to those n the maanor rh somewhat monotonous. Charades, im- Promptu tableaux, reading, etc., help to pass Uhe evenings. Oa Friday afternoon, tne guests hie away to their homes, for a few days’ rest, before renewing at another country house the same diversions. In oid times it was the cus- tem fo {ce liberally the servan?s 1 impecunious guests of wit and sometimes furnished by thelr hosts with mone! for that use. But that ts past, like many of tue olden fashions of merry Eaglaod, and a guinea oriwo handed to the butler for distribution suflices, Marriet Mellon, Eighty years ago Harriet Mellon, a comic ac- tress, was playing Volante in tie ‘Honeymoon at Drury Lane Theatre. To-day her grand- daughter, Lady Burdett-Coutts, ts one of the richest women in the world, But the money came to her through the generosity howe rst former actress, who inherited 1 from busband, Mr. Thomas Coutts, and who deli that It should descend to his relations rather than to those of her second husband, the Dake of St. Albans. Harriet Melion’s father was a certain Lieu- tenant Mellon, of the Madras army. When She was but an tnfant he was suddenly calied to India, whence he never returned. Her mo- ther afterwards married a stroliing player named Entwisle, and the two used to make the provinetal circuits from theatre to theatre on foot, carrying by turn Mttie Harrietand a large Cremona violin. Sheridan happened to see Harriet on the boards of a provinelal theatre after she had grown up, and belleviag her to be possessed of unusuai merit, urged her to come to London. That he was right in his estimate of the young girl’s genlas was thor- oughly demonstrated by her subsequent carer. Weile on a professtonal visit. to Cheltenban, Harriet was introduced to the great bauker, Mr. Thomas Coutts, who Wa3 taking the Cael tenham waters for his heaita. On une eveatag after the introduction he seut her aa order for a box and five guineas. Taese guineas she treasured to her dying day as iucky pieces, Early in iSi5 old Mrs. Coutts, who had been a great invalid, died,and Mr. Cou‘ts at once mar- red Harriet Mellon. The bridegroom was seventy years Old and the bride at least thirty years his juntor. Stage when she married and presiied over Mr. Cout’s dinner-table and drawing-room io Stratton street. Few hostesses, it is said, ex- celled her in the highest quailties of tact, kindness, forethought and courtesy, and when sbe was presented at court by her own step- daughter, Lady Gulidford, she was espectall noticed by the Prince Kegent and the other Members of the royal family. Mr. Coutts died in 1S22. Mrs. Coutts had made many in- fluential friends during her husband's life, and the most eminent persons were glad to’ par- take of her bospitality. While on a visit to Sir Walter Scott at Abbotsford In 1825, she met the young Duke of St. Aibans, who b2- came infatuated with her. Scott did hts best to expedite matters. “If.the Duke marries her,” he wrote, “he insures an immense for- tune; and ifshe marries him, she has the first rank. It he marries 8 woman older than him- seit by twenty years, she marries a man younger In witby twenty degrees.” Upon her marriage With the Duke, many belleved that the former actress would make but an indif- ferent Duchess. Such, however, proved not to be the case. The coach of his Grace of St. Al- 8 Was in no way more dashing from the wealth which she bad brought into the house of Beaucierk, and her assumption of the straw- At the Coronation of William IV, Adelaide in 1831, her Grace was given a with the other ladies of ducal rank. sche she took good care cf ber mother and wasted many thousanes of pounds upon her thrifuless step- father. Besides Scott, the Duchess reckoned among her friends Southey, Wordsworth, Samuel Rogers and four royal Dukes were known to have sat down at her table at Am- bleside. The £1,500,000 leit hcr by Mr. Coutts she regarded as & trust and not asa gift, and decided long before her death not to hand it over tothe Duke of St. Albans and his rela- tives the Beauclerks, but bequeathed 10 in- stead to Miss Burdett, one of the daughters of Mr. Coutts’ youngest child, on condition that she would take the additional name of the great banker. The Duchess died on August 6th, Is37, and was buried at Kedpourne Hail, in Lincolushire, the seat of her second hus- band, the Duke of St. Albans. A“G. W.” Hatchet Party. A merry surprise party invaded the house ot the American consul at Vienna on Washing- ton’s birthday. While the consul and his wife were quietly chatting with a visitor, the Amer- ican Register tells us, suddenly the door opened, and a file of ron ail entered, representa Washington au descendants, white robe and bearing the national fiag and traditional hatchet. After rushing all over the house, their involun- alsro} laid the table, enjoyed @ good meal, and atter munch metriment Gonned thetr ghostly coos and masks, jarted, as they had come. = aa The Theater Weakness {New York Times.) ‘The American, whether man, woman, or phi- losopher, has an invincible repugnance to bi ing cheap eeats at the theater. Economy in other things is not considered disgraceful. In- deed, in many of New England the less a man mi rly inventor would ba tude of the American ventor of st ‘the telegraph. Miss Mellon gave up the | LIST OF SENATORS AND RESIDESOES C. A. Arthur, Vier President, 4 14th st Allison. W. B.. lowa, 1124 Vermont ava nw! Anthony, A.B KT 1807 Ht st. nw. ay ard, T. F.. 1b tis aw Bar's §, tas tment aro 1 N. 1, 295 | East Capitol et, - E. Ga. Metropo'ttan Hotel. Burnside, A-E., Wt. 1. 1593 H st. now. Butler, M. C., 8. C., 733 180 st. nw. | Can, W., Fla’. Natiouar Hotel. | Camden, J..N-, W. Va.. Arlington Hote, | Cameron, A4., Wis, 1215 N at now, | Cam mn, 8.N st. now. .. Penn., 1 Mo., 920 15th st. nw. . n m Hotel. . Mass., Wormiey’s Hotel. d., Minn., National Hovel. F., Vi, 1411 Mass, ave. now, » Higgs House. w 4th st. in. w. Ja, - Michigan, Natlonal Hotel. 922 lath s ww Garland, A.B. Arkansas, 519 2d st. n.w. fforman, A. B.” Maryiand, S23 1540 st. n. Ww. George. J. Z., M 10 1st. n. w. Willard’s Hotel. tis K st. nw, niny's Horel. Metropolitan Hotel. see, 515 11th st. nw. K, Maine mon, W., Uarr i MeMillan. McPherson, . DW. Vt, cor, Vt. avy, and M et. nw. . HL, Oblo, 1301 K st. new. Connh., Arlington Hotel. Y., Arlington Hotel. kai F st. nw. East Cap:tol st. C., Metropolttan Tote. 1 fast Capttol st. Willard’s Hove Nebraska, Riggs House. Wisconsin, 1523 1 street nw, \ Willard’s Hotel. st. nw. Slater, J. H., Oregon, 910 F st. mW. Teller, H. M., Colorado, 1011 M st. m. Vance, Z. 1B,,N.C , Metropolitan Hotei. 3 it., Nebraska, Riggs House. 614th St n. H Pendleton, Plat Ph 1, O. HL A Promr Iveston merchant took a deputy TT astde, and to him conti- dentally: “If It ts possible, I want you to get me on the vext jury.” “Ah, that ts very com- able In you. Tsuppos? you are auxious to see law enforced.” “No,” merchant, “I don’t care much’ whether the law 4s enforced or not; but Ithink if lam on the grand jury, and can indict whomsoever I please, for all manner of crimes, those who owe me wilt come up and seftie, rather than go to the expense of hiring a lawyer. J want to give my debtors a chance to save mo. “Yes,” returned the official, “too mucu kininess will be the ruin of you.” The name of the mer- chant fs suppressed, on account of his social ‘Standing. ion News, ree IST OF LETTERS REMAINING IN THB WASHINGTON CITY POST OFFICZ, Saturday, April 9, ISSI. Boy a yeh these Letters the applieant ul ‘or ‘ADVERTISED mn," i ea not cal lor one mon! Desd Letter Othe. = sent to the + LADIES’ LIST 4 —Alexandcr B Mrs; Alexander Finilla M; Alden MS Dire: Addison Miss; Adams Mary. 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Huke Mrs; Van Winkle G Mrs; Vowles Verey Norman Mrs. - W_ Walter 1 M Mrs: Winkle GV Mre: Wal- lace Harriet; Waukens J E Mre; Washingion M Mrs; Whistler Mra; Weeden Mabel ‘Thom Twitchell BK v—V Whilton Mrs; Warring Margaret: Wheeler Mary; Wilkon Mollie: Waters Mary; Weaver Mary A; Wright Nellie; Wil son Tucy. Mrs; White Virgini liams Sarah. GENTLEMEN'S LIST. A= Abbott Awos W; Anderson O P; Atkinson ien Wesley. fan Alex Jadze: Booth B; Barnes @ ies: Beali Charles; Bates DeWitt Barney Dayid: Budd Elliot; Bates Emery L: tum- ped os Bazley Geo A; Bennett G W Dr; Blackly 10; Brown Henry T: ‘Bock y: Byrne Joa: Brock Jno AE. Barks James. Deuinor Mr, Beard KR; Butler Rudolph, Bsird B K; Barbour Sami : Drickham Wm D; W D; Bartoa Wun; re WF M. 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