Evening Star Newspaper, May 7, 1881, Page 3

MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC, — What has become of the projected new Opera house for Washington ? — This fs the last week of the regular dra- Matic season at the National, which has been avery succeastul one. — Miss Emms Abbott and her company have een sipging in Richmond during last week, snd this week were in Brooklyn. They have Deen a great success for the season of ’s1. — Mr. McCallough continues to act at Drary Lane, and advices ratify the first announce Ment that he is a drilliant success. - — Miss Mary Anderson, after a very success- fi tour in New York state this week, will stortly arrive home, and will_pas3 the summer at her country eeat at Long Branch. — Mr. Jefferson has decided to end his spring Season somewhat earlier than was at frst fo tended, and after a brief visit to Chicago. he will come east to Hohokus, and pass the sum- mer at home. — A Rew opera, entitled Donna Juanita, will be brought out at the Fifch Avenue Theater, New York.on the 16th of May, by tha Mahn oO eompany. The career of Olivette, mean- While, 1s to last two weeks. . —Signor Campapini’s farewell benefit will occur at the Academy of Music, New York, on May 16. J! Trovalore will be sung, and there Will also De a Terzetio Mei Lombarda. — Mr. Waliack will continue the career of The Wortt, at Wallack’s Theater, for an Indefinite Ume. Tals drama is drawing crowded houses, and its popularity has fulfiiled the manager’a antictpations. It 13 a remarkable spectacle, but ‘the text In which it is framed ts poor. — Miss Maude Granger, who has been acting in Colorado Springs and at other places m that Delgbborhood, in the character of ‘-Camille,” has beea accepted there by the play-goers with unusual enthusiasm. The praise bestowed by the local newspapers upon her proceediags is liberal and emphatic. — M'ss Lotta, at the Park Theater, N. Y., ap- peared Monday night in the drama entitled La Cigale. The opera La Mascot® will be pro- duced there on Monday next. A different ver- sion of this same plece was produced at the Bijou Opera House on Thursday. — Mille. Bernhardt ended her engagement in this country, Saturday night, witha perform- ance at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. Her Jast representation in New York was given at Booth’s Theater. She sailed for France Wed- nesday, —Thbe May Musical Festival in New York, this week was a brilliant success. The chorus and orchestra exceeded three thousand persons. Campanini, Mme. Gerster and Miss Cary were the leading singers. The attendance was very I », filling every seat in the magnificent hail of the Seventh Regiment Armory. —Billee Taylor clozes its S0th performance te-night, and promises well for the future at the Standard Theater, New York. It has not been put on the stage there any better thaa at the National here last week. —Mis3 Genevieve Ward, acting in Forget-Me- Not, was, during the present weex, at Terre Haute, Lafayette, Fort Wayne ani Detrolt. She subsequently will visit, in succession, Hamtl- ton, ‘T Kingston, Ottawa, Montreal, uebec and Canada. Her season Is to close, at é latter city, on the 2ist of May. Outside of New York it opened in Washington first, put did not do well here or In Chicago. —Herman 1s astonishing the New Yorkers With his tricks and “ Decapitation act.” —The Vokes Family, who have recently re- turned from England, reproduced Belles of the Kicchen at the Union Square Theater, Fs tals week, together with the comedietta en- Ulled Cousin Joe. —A Chinese dwarf, forty-two years of age, twenty-four Inches In height, and who weighs only forty pounds, has been engaged at Buo- nell’s Broadway Museum and will arrive in New York on the steamer Spatn. — At bis new theater, Manager Wallack will have ten private boxes—three on each side on the orchestra flcor, and two oneach side on the balcony. They will be named after promt- bent members of the Wallack companies a3 follows: ‘The Wallack, the Montague, the Blake, the Brougham, the Sefton, the Vernon, = Gannon, the Henriques, the Coghlan, the joey.” — The engagement of the De Beauplan French Opera Company at éhe Academy of Music, N. ¥., Was brought sos & close suddenly, but not unexpectedly. management was the cause. — The concert given at Steinway Hall, New York, for the benefit of Miss Fiorence Copleston the well-known planiste, was largely attend2a’ and was in every way a brilliant success, Miss Copleston was so fortunate as to have the ser- Vices of Mme. Gerster and Signor Campaniai, Miss -Blauche Roosevelt and Mrs. Florence Rice Knox. Miss Copleston 1s the daughter of a New York journalist. — The “Colonel Sellers” of the dramatic pro- fession can be met by the dozen on Untoa Square, New York, now. Every one has a “sure winer” scheme for making a fortune ext season, complete in every detall except capital — Messrs. Gilbert and Saliivan’s new operetta is mentioned by the London. World as advanc- lng rapidir. Two poets play the most promi- nent parts—a bigh-lown poet, and aa tdyl one Who gives details about sweet “Jane” an: teasing “Tom,” and makes @ rhyme on “to- tally” wortby of Gilbert. — On the Sist of May the curtain of the Park Theater, Brooklyn, will fall on the twentieth snniversary of Colonel Wm. E. Sina’s career asamanager. He began it in Washington in 1861, when be and Leonard Grover managed the Nauonal, continuing at its head for turee years. —Aesthetica, or The Times and The Manners, @ come opera im three acts 1s under way in Boston, by Charles F. Pidgen and an English author. The music is by five American cém- ers. It isin three acts. Act I. is Literary op; act II Artistic New York, and act I!i. Musical CincinnatL The time ts summ2r, autumn and winter. The cast includes a Rus- Blan, a Japanese and a Chinese artist. —Emile Melville ts singing in Billiee Taylor Yn San Francisco. Edouin’s Sparks ts the other attraction there. —Adelina Patti is reported as suffering trom acute bronchitis,—a thing which whica would s00n play havoc with her magaificent voice, —Wallack’s new theater, on the corner of 30th and Broadway, New York, wa3 com- menced on Friday. —Rose Wood will star through the west next months in Camille, Agnes, and Frou Frou At won't last long; she is too hard, metallic and jerky io all she does; and the parts are far above her ability. — Abbey has decided that Sardou’s Divorcons Js after all too French to allow of his producing even Leonard Grover's version of it. Perhaps the Union Square will take tt. New Yorkers teem to Stand more of that sort of thing there then from apy other theater. — There ts a report, founded on good author- ity, that Agnes Ethel, famous a3 “Frou Frou,” Will retura to the stage next autuma. She has Leen living in retirement in central New York for some years, — Pearl Eytinge is writing a new play in Which to star next season, and intends to spend Ube summer tn the country to flaish it quietly- When it is done she nad better lock It up and join some stock company. — Gilbert and Saliivan’s new comic opera, Patience was produce3 in London a week ago, and appears to have been fairly successful The ibretto ts amusing and contains some love ballads of poetic beauty, bat Mr. Sullivan’s music is pronounced, ‘not strikingly origioal,” though of course it has lots of “-go,” and fs rich with melody; some of the ballads areextremely | red and there ls some taking dance mustc. ut on the whole Mr. Sullivan’s work 13 called et at least by one critic. a3 is krown, the libretto 1s aimed at the so called “wsthetles” school of idiots, happily not numer- ous here. The opera opens wit a scene repra- fenting a giade close to an ancient castle, woere 20 “rapturous maidens” dressed tn withetic Graperies, playing lutes and mandolin, sing in the last Stage of despair, all thelr love Delag concentrated on a male w-sthete,‘-Reginal 1 Bua. thorne.” A troop of dragoons come on the acena of their former heart conquests, bat are cha- grined to find their old sweethearts chai abd indulging in the gushing jaryoa of pseu 1- wstheticisin, and refusing to listea to the sults Of fleshly warriors. They have reached, a3 on3 character says, “that transcendentalism of d3 itlum, that acute accentuation of supremest ecstacy, which the earthly might iy mis- teke for indigestion, but which 13 @ thetic transfguratioa.” ‘Love in the minds of the apturous is the embodiment of purity, the ad- struction of refinement, the idealization of ucter felfisbness.” The details of the plot are not at band, but in the second act the colonel, major and lieutenant of the regiment determine to become wsthetes with their warriors tn oraer to win back their lost loves. By the time this is accomplished the girls themselves have grown tired of the wsihetic creed and have re- Turned to naturalness and vivacity. One of the funniest things tp the opera 1s a scene whera 1be colonel, major and lieutenant eater io westbeuc dress, one holding a tulip, another a subflower and the third a Itly, and drill io westhetic attitudes, In another scene the her- olne plays a serenade by a moou-lit lake, on a big bass-viol SINGERS’ SORE THRVATS. A Physician’s Interesting Experi- ences with ‘Mistaken Diseases. revalent amo tive i the exercise 0! past winter. “T have treated twenty per cent more cases of real throat disease than ” sald the Doctor, “but the number of appilcants tor rellet who had no throat trouble whatever was fallya third more than during the previous season, and they Were more persistent in the idea that they had actual throat aff than I had ever known them to be. “You surely do not mean that artist are often troubied with purely imaginary gore throats, and to such an extent as to practically inca- pacttate them e “Imean that sin; actors, and public me to be treated speakers frequently apply to for purely fanciful throat affections which they belleve are injuring or have destroyed the Yolce, and that they persist in this belief ‘Though repeated! ily assured that the vocal or- gans are perfecily healthy. But their real trouble is often a ble one, and one that cometimes incapacitates them ym those pursuits by which they gain their bread. Tne fact is that few of them understand that accu- Tate hearing Is as important to @ singer or — ‘8 correct vocalization, and that they should be as careful of their ears, and even of their teeth, as of their throats—that 1s if wish ig or speak well. Uafor- tunately, too, some of the practitioners who attend ‘these people do not correctly lozate the seat of trouble, and often treat them for ‘obscure’ throat or nervous affec- tions instead of sending them te an expert Such notes must, of course, be strike the nerve of hearing Detween the mouth and and are thus false both in timbre and pitch. In some cases the trouble gives rise to an echo, which is extrenely troublesome, and interferes with accurate speak- ing or singing. os disability 13 often distress- ing. all who the voice either in public or Private, and even to those who perform upon musical mstruments, though the suffering 1s most severely felt by singera. A cold in the head cr an unsound tooth will sometimes bring On the trouble, and it may come and go quickly, In chronic cases, however, it advances slowly, and is 20 persistent as to frequently amount to Positive disability. False hearing may come over a person at any ‘gl “You speak of players on musical instru- ments; how may they be thus afflicted?” “ ALY instrument which is brought in con- tact with apy part of the head will, in autc- phony, give strong impreasions trom its viora- Uons. Cornetists and players of other wind in- struments find this trouble nearly as serious a matter as do vocalists. Violinists feel it se- verely, Decause the chin in their case is heid down closely upon one of the most sonorous and intensely vibratory of instruments, “ A gentleman who had derived much enjoy- ment from singing duets with his wife io tneir circle of frieuds happened to experience a troublesome itching in an outer opening to the ear. He was advised to inject a weak solution of carbolic acid. He used, however, a concen- trated mixture, and at once experienced ex- cruciating pains. The acid had penetrated the drum head, and acute inflammation of the mid- ole ear ensued. It was nearly a year before he recovered. During this time his voice appeared to him flat—about half a note too low in the scale. Strangely enough, he fu ly beileved that the real difficulty was in the throat. When the ear was cured, his ability to sing correctly re- turned at once, be only in that way. incorrect. They commercial traveler complained of a threat trouble, and all efforts to convince htm ‘that his vocal organs were healthy failed. He had suffered from autophony for three years, and his voice sounded so disagreeably to him that he could sustain conversation but for a few moments at a time. In consequence of this disability he lost his situatioa and became at last an or Ccanvasser. The autopnony only came on at times, but was characterized @ most distressing roaring in the ears. Palpitation of the heart and great mental de- pression always accompanied the attacks, and e acknowledged that he had frequently con- templated suicide on acceuntof tem ‘The real trouble was catarrhal inflammation, and treatment soon brought him reilef. “A lady—a very good singer—oecame trou- bled precisely as above and suffered for several years. However great her efforts to sing cor- Tectly, ber volce Decame mixed and unpivasant to her, and often the notes seemed to die away without utterance. She gradually lost all con- fidence in her own power, but ts now recover- ing by means of treatment of the ears alone. “ A singer in a chureh cto'r became wholly unable to sound tné correct pitch. His voice seemed unnatural to him, and his notes were, as he expressed it, ‘a complete jumble.’ ‘rhe Cage was much vated by the ill-advised ‘Us€ Of an irritating lotion. It was a grave mat- corductive mechanism prevented ai entire cure. After theaural inflammation had been removed, however, he could subdue the chief difticulty by pulling the cartilaginous coverin; Of tne orifice to the ear downward and outward. He ts now singing with his choir.” * it 18 ROL necessary,” said the Doctor. ‘to multiply this clas3 of cases; they all resemble each other in the important points. I might, however, mention another, as it has a pearing upon What I said about players upon musica! instruments. The case was that of a music tezcher who hed for years suffered from ring- ing in the ears and confusigp of sounds. He had become exceedingly ne 13 and irascible, and-bis manners made his family as wretched as himself. Thoughts of putting an end to his life were constanty in his mind. He informed me that he had been under the treatment of every prominent aurist in this country and in Germany. Before he had any serious ear trou- ble he piayed on several musical instruments, but their sounds to him became tormenting. His wife told me that he was most of the time wiid with nervousness; that the noises in the head convinced him t\at he had some serious ailment. Frequently h3 referred to his throat as the seat of disease. T \e patient was relieved by ear treatment solely. “A young girl, learn g to play the pisno, Was sufferipg from inflan:mation of bota mita- dle ears, caused in part ty dental irritatiog AJ‘Ler effort :to perform Were unsaltsfactory’, ~c1g0unds r.aching the ear by tissue conduc: tion—throvgh the body—are heard false, ana create an | npleasant and discordant jangle. A goo lreco-ery was made la two months, when she resursed ber music. “AD or zan tuner, 23 years (ld, was suddenly Seized With an attack which rendered him use- Jess in bis business, The beats above ¥ were undist nguishable. He recovered. “The case of a lady is mentioned whe fancied that her voice went out at the back of her head, and coula be heard only by those behind her. Another patient could not res!st the impression at times that bec one else was singing her part. Others found the sounds lingeriag in their head, and during this time the pitch with which the notes were commenced had changed. Meny curious consequences, indeed, are given as showing how mapy of the voice troubles a0 often complained of as taking rise in the throat are caused by poor hearing. “Those who depend upon the voice fora liv- ing should look 4s carefully after their ears aud teeth as their throat. In all too, where they have diffichities that they do not understand, they should consult an aurist, es- pecially if they have been informed by their doctor that the air passages and vocal organs as in @ perfecily healuby condition.”—.y. F. m Gymnastics as a Cure of Disease. Physical vigor is the basis of all moral and bedily welfare, and a chief condition of perma- nent healbt. Like manly strength and female urity, gymnastics and temperance should go fara tnt An effeminate man is half sick; without the stimulus of [er ining exercise, the complex organism of the human body ts liabie to disorders which abstinence and chastity can only partly counteract. By increasing the action of the circulatory system, athletic sports promote the elimination of effete matter ard Che all the vital processes ull languor and dyspepsia disappear like rust from a busy plowshare. ‘When I reflect on the immunity of hard-working people from the effects of Wrong and overteeding,” says Dr. Boerhaave, “I can not help hr pe most of our fash- Jonable diseases might be cured mechanically instead of chemicaily, by climbing a bitier- wood-tree or chopping it down, if you like, rather than swallowing a decoction of ite The medical phil apd not only of Tem but made a public declaration that he would forfeit all claim to the title of a physician if he should He! fall sick or die = se or extreme old age. Asclepiades kep! nA for he lived upward of a century, and died trom the effects of an accident. He used to prescribe end the pysic tt sae Dos \o0eas- same mi Bu moral Gantern incon- of life. In Parents owe their prov for a frequent opportu: of active ex as they owe then an ar - ——<$—$=—$——— rn “Two to Two, Too.” Scene at Continental kursual: English Pp at card table—** Hello, we are two to two, too.’ English party at opposite table—We are two to two, too.” German spectator, who “speaks English,” to companion who is’ acquiring the language—*Vell, now you see Bow dis is. Off — ‘want to gife expression to yourselt ia Ei Lo all you have Co do is to play mit der F. orn. A “Swell” English Colony. (Harper's Magazine. j Not far from the Missouri river, in the north- Western corner of Iowa, is a colony of Eaglish- } Men who have undertaken, with moderate capital and infinite pluck, to buildup their | fortunes in this country, Their enterprise is new—just old enough, however, to furotsh satisfactory evidence that cure is, when Bison, undertaken, one the most profita- le industries in this country. Their number at it isabout three hundred, and many additional ee oe this spring. This colony, often called the Ciose colony, Owes its origin to three oma ge brothers, Te i James, William and Fred Close, One of these came out here in 1876 torow in the Cambridge boat crew at the centennial regatta. Some of the crew fell sick, however, and they were forced to leave Philadelphia and retire to Cafe May to recuperate. There the young Englishman met his destioy, and Closed his boating career by an engagement to mi . About tl time the young lady’s father advised young Close to take a trip west before returning to England, assuring nim that if heshould do so, he would be satistled that this country offered stronger inducements to a young man than any across the water. Accordingly he went west, and made up his mind to go into farming. He immediately drew his two brothers into the enterprise, and tog: ther they began ona large scale. Af the same time they took steps to Induce their friends in England to join them. Tbough the enterprise is not three years old, they control at_present some 200,000 acres of ignd. ie young men who make up thts commnu- poe dies for the most part graduates of Oxtord orCambridge. On one farm I met two tall and handsome young farmers whose uncle hid been a distinguished member of Parliament. ‘The last time I had seen them was ta a London drawing-room. This time they tramped me | through the mud and manure of the bara- yard to show me some newly-bought stock. were ig with a Dutch farmer at $8 per week in order to learn practical farming. Both were thoroughly contented, and louked forward to the future with much pleasure. Another young farmer whom I noticed on horseback, with top-boots, flannel shirt, som- brero, and belt-knife was pointed out to me as the grandson of the author of “Paley’s Tneo- logy.” He was attending a cattle auction Lemars, Ia. There, too, was a son of Thomas Bayley Potter, the distingnished honorary sec- retary of the Gobden club and M. P. for Roch- dale, who had come out only to take a look at the ged ‘but who so fell in love with the ife that decided to invest. One had been an ad- miral in the royal navy, another had b3en coa- - nected with a Shanghai bank. There was a brother to Lord Ducie, not to speak of future Daronets, viscounts and honorables. These young men had all been attracted here by their love of @ free, active life; and the know ledge that they would enter soctety congenial to their tastes and early associations. Although differing widely from “Tom” Hughes’ Tennessee colony, this Iowa com- munity has accomplished (without any special Fs inom between the members) an under- ing which combines the profit ot farming ‘with the out-door sports so dear to an Eaglish- man. They have the very best ground for tox- hunting in the world—a rolling prairie, with a creek here and there. Every colonist maxes It his chief care; after buylog his farm, to breed &@good hunter for the steeple chases, They have regular meets for fox or “paper” hunts, asthe case may be. They last year opened a pee lena and wound up the races witha gr ball Theevent was a grand su and partners were brought even from St. Paul, 270 miles to the north, to grace the oc- casion. Their relations with the Close brothers are very simple, and entirely of a business nature. After a desire has been expressed to join the colony, and the firm have decided that they are worthy to be admitted, they are required to Pay $250 as a species of initiation fee. This igabout 5 per cent on the first investment, and is a commission charged to each new col- onist. In return they contract for putting up houses, building wells, purchasing land and implements, etc., and furnishing advice when- ever called upon. It is something in the na- ture of a lawyer's fee for future consultations. ‘The tax is saved over and over again in the se- curity the stranger obtains against all manner of exorbitant charges. Sharp as down.easters are reputed to be, they are mere beginners compared to @ western land agent. ‘Thus we have an example of co-operation on a large scale that works lectly, and has grown up from the conditions of the colony Without any previous theorizing on the sub- ject. The head of the colony buys for all at wholesale with a iarge discount. He sells at reta!l without charging the colonists anything but a nominal commission for his service. Herein les one secret of the power and pros- Perlty of thiscolony. They can combine for purchase; they can combiue for contracts ia working their estates on a large scale; they can combine for special rates in the shipment of their Produce to Chteago, St. Paul or St. Louis. The single colonist has not these ad- vaptages so pronounced and above all does not enjoy the social advantage of being among People of his own tastes and home associations. | Art in Dress. ter for Lim, and the permanent injury to the | Artof late years has improved many things in cur homes. Many books have been pub- shed to ald people in decorating their walis and selecting their furniture, but no apostie has arisen in the name of artistic dress, Is 1s true that we hear of some attempts In London to revive Greek drapery for women, and there ig a clique known by the ny coined word ‘sesthetes” that affect medieval eccentricities in dress and ecstatic eccentrictiies 1a manaer, but We are not aware that any distlact at .en- tion, wise or unwise, has been given to the gabject here. Fashions Ge bee te the mouths, and marvelous is the fagMuity dis- Played in making new combinations for the adornment of the human female figure, but what thought is ever given to primary art principles?’ Who among either makers or ‘wearers of dresses ever supposes that there are Well-fixed laws of proportion and of lines to be ascertained before really tasteful, and elegant articles Can be made! Harmony of color is not altogether neglected, but the principle of lines is apparently never thought of, and the beauty ,. Of simplicity remains almost undiscovered. Any one who will consult an authentic book of costumes will be amazed at the succession of astonishingly ugly fashions that have at dit- ferent times dit d lovely woman. The styles worn by men have often been abomt- nable enough, but, as a whole, devices for tergi- nine apparel have outdone them in ugliness. The only way to account for the toleration of the many extraordinary notions that have come into fashion 1s, that, ugly as they have been, the beauty of the wearers has fortu- Bately been able to offset them. It ts com- mon for people to say that these fashtons seem ugly to us because we are unused to them. ‘pdoudtedly use famillarizes us to things that at first are distasteful; it has the power to blind us to its deformity by gradually deaden- ing our sensibilities; we may, therefore, say that these styles did not appear so ugiy to their wearers as they do to us; but our im- pee is the right and trustworthy one. No ruly good costume, no dress bulltup upoa correct artistic principles, can possibly do any- thing else than affect us pleasantly first and jast. Greek drapery, @ Corinthian capital, or a Greek statue, fills us with delight always. The measure of our pleasure will increase a3 our knowledge enlarges and our tastes be- come ogra but pure beauty never has to vindicate itself; 1t compels admtration in all countries and in all ages. We all Know how ridiculous @ person may appear when dressed. upin old by-gore toggery, but this is never the case when the toggery is of really good character. We may laugh at a young girl dis- guised as Aunt Hannah, with pillow-sleeves, a “poke” bonnet. and her waist at her arm-pits; but we could find nothing to laugh atif the same young girl should appear before us cos- tumed a8a Greek vestal. Itis not time, nor age nor familiarity that makee a given atyle of dress ugly, or handsome, but the presence or absence of art principles.—Appleton's Journal, Medical Practice Fifty Years Ago. ‘The pharmacopla of fifty yeara ago con- tained the names of 444 drugs and their pre- parations, while that of today contains the names of no fewer than 802. The former did | not contain the names of quinine, morphia, or | lodine, three of the most commonly used drugs of the precent day. In fact, so frequently are they prescribed in one form or another that one wonders how the doctors managed without the | two latter. Quinine was in use to & certain extent, though it was not officially sanctioned; but where one grain was then used I believe a hundred are now. The bs eves Of treating Many diseases has ini been completely revolutionized. Speaking generally, the prac- Uce w ed to be to pull down the system; now it is to build it up by a freer use of quinine and other tonics. But in nothing is the change more strikin; than in rd to the then common habit of blood letting, as it was called. I suppose that in the last cent it_was even more common than it was at the time we speak of, so that if & perscn feil down in the street trom exhaus- tion he was sure tobeble’. Though the prac. tice was becoming more restricted, yet it was very prevalent fifty years ago. I well remem- ber my brother suffering from rheumatic fever, and seeing Mr. Gardom, one of the best sur- ns in Salford, draw a basin full of blood from his arm—a. thing which no sane medi- cal man would do at the preseut day. Not only was the lancet used in this way, but spplication of leeches were continually resorted to tn of inflam. matiob, which it was supposed impossible otherwise to subdue. Itisno wonder it the doctors bed such treatment that the public believed in ita utility. It was no un- common thin; a toree pea a they found it conducive ir 4 uch treatment was ne- not been bied lately and Tv Well, He would accoi be bled. No wonder that he Gia tn es pias of ufa— Bemintecences, ARTIFICIAL PEARLS. How the Prett: les ufactared. Many persons nave no doubt been frequently struck with the great beauty of artificial or imitation pearls. Those who make it their business to produce such articles of ornamonta- tion have attained to a high degree of perfeetion in their art; so much 80 that in 1562, at the London Exhibition, a Frenchman who’ was an adept at their manufacture, exhibited a row of jarge real and imitation pearls alternately, and without close Logg toon we are assured, it would have Ee pete even for a judge to have sel the real from the unrea). Some translations from French aud German works on this manufacture have recently been communicated to Land and Water, and from these it appeara that the art of making imitation pearls 1s ascribed to one Jacquin, a chapiet and rosary manufacturer at Passy, who lived about 1650, Boren. that oa pate Coenee ee oe ee e mus), & species of dace, was of & silvery appearance, he Faget collected the sediment, and with this substance—to which be gave the name of essence ,d’orient—and with a thin glue made of parchment, he lined the glass beads of wnich he framed his rosaries and afterward filled them with wax. The method of making the round bead is by heat- ing one end—which has firat been closed—of a glass tube, which then, when blown into two or three times, expands intoa globular form. The workman then separates the bead, places the end which has been heated on a wire, and heats the other end. ‘Thi3 process is called bordering or edging. The best ‘ig are made in the taune way, the holes of the tubes being gradually reduced by heat to the s'ze of those of the real On inserted wire, and, by contliually turning them round in the flame of the lamp ey become so true as to be struny us as the Oe ene 7 Brocess 0 coloring the pearl ts con- men by lining the interior of ths ball with @ delicate layer of perfectly limpid and co or- Jess parchment, glue; and before it is quite dry the essence of orient 1s introduced by means of a slender glass blowp\ It 18 then allowed to dry; the pearl is filled with wax, and it in- tended for a necklace 1s pierced through the Wax with a redhot needle. The essence of orient, a8 1t 1s called, is the chief ingredient in the manufacture of the pearl. Itis a very val- uable substance, and is obtained from the fish above named by rubbing them rather roughly in a basin of water, 80as to remove the scales; the whole is then strained through a linen cloth, and left for severel days to settle, when the water 1s drawn off. The sediment forms the essence referred to. It requires trom 17,000 to 18,000 fish to obtain about a pound of this substance! Besides the French imitation pearls, as those above described are called, there are the Romen pearls, which are made of wax, covered with a kind of pearly luster. But these do not look so well as the French pearls; while in a heated room they are apt to soften and Stick tothe skin. A very extensive trade is now done in the manufacture and sale of French artifictal pearls. The New Minister. {"Ohaff.”} The new minister at Pompelt, Indiana, was moted by the women to be “‘too pretty for any- thing.” Indeed, his fine complexion, silky hair and handsome eyes made the ewes and the lambs of the flock think him just the shepherd to lead them by the green pastures and the still waters. The male species who pald the Dilis began to grumble—not because the clergyman’s conduct was not wholly exemplary, but be- cause the way the women pra! and flattered him made their husbands, fathers and brothers think that it (hey were in his place they would Dot behave themselves. Therefore it was im- possible to imagine that he would. Butin spite of this philosophy hits deport- ment was without a flaw. The sweet adora- tion that was poured out upon him by the female members of the congregation ran off like water from a duck’s back. Indeed, he geemed to shun them—shuittnz himself up with his books@nd sermons, and devoting bis whole attention to the male sinners of the con - gregation, who, to tell the truth, needed.it bad enough. The women were piqued at the re- ception he gave to thelr warm and hearty wor- ship of him, and when the pretty widow Mac- umber once hinted that she thought the sim- picity of the primitive Christians, including Ube kiss of peace, ought to be encouraged the mixed smile of superiority and disgust which be showed at the suggestion made her his enemy ever aiter. But so far from yielding to these fascinations the Rey. Mr. Seaso) continued to sow the seed of the gospel among the masculine portion of bis congregation, and so effectively that Sun- day by Sunday the usual church attendance bo- gan to change to agraver and darker hue. Io the flower garden of bonnets and bright dresses there came up gradually the dark foliage plants and gray moss of broadcloth and cassimere, Even the prayer meetings were better attended, and there was every evidence of a revival of interest in the church among the men. The feminine zeal, on the contrary, abated. Neither sex could explain the oause of it; but it was certain that the men became attracted, the wo- men indifferent to the new preacher. Amor g the prominent converts was Mr. C2- Phus C. Cobb, a gcod looking young lawyer, who prided himself on being a skeptic and a liberal, who knew “Bob” Ingersoli’a lectures by heart, and took delight in repeating them to the deacors and old ladies, Alt! page his wife was the p: esident of the Dorcas Socfety,and the life of ali the donation partles, she had never during all her married life been able to in‘erest her husband in religion as much as the new Tolnister had done in less than two moath3. He OW gave liberally to foreign missions, sat on the front seat at prayer meetings, held earnest conversations with the pastor when he ought to have been interviewing his citeats, took long wa ks with him, and had even been knowa wo visit widow Macumber's, where the Rey. Mr. Seasongood boarded. Mrs. Cobb had kaoown Cephus too long and too well not.to wonder and even suspect her used. evenly The husbard of sOinething not wholly unexpiained. But she heid her and went on as usual with her parish work. She had vainly invited the pastor to attend the meetings of the Dorcas Society and lead in prayer, or even come in the evening with the other tlemen and ey “Copenhagen,” ‘Fox Geese,” and other exciting games, At last, when the sisters began to complain so loudly of his neglect of them that it threatened to be a serious matter, he i 8. After a prayer, Mrs. Cobb, upa Of work, said in a@ loud tore to Mrs. Deacoi Bromley, “My dear, hadn’t we better cut It bias and make a gore the whole length of this piece?” The other woman looked up astonished at such nonsense, while the Rev. Mr. Season- good exclaimed, “Why you old fool, wnat do you want to spoil a whole breadth for by slash- ang ae it in that way?” irs. Cobb turned sharply upon him, while the company were more astonished at his com- ment that at Mrs. Cobb’s remark. ‘Why, you ” he said, stammering and blushing, “I remember, when a little boy, hearing my sister Say that to the dreasmaker, and it suddenly came into my mind. I beg your pardon for speaking 80 to you.” Mrs. Cobb sald nothing more, By and by the gentlemen came, when, after a supper of hot biscuit, peach preserves, honey and dried beef, the game of ‘Forfelts” was proposed. Mr. ngood had to ‘bow to the witulest, kneel to the prettiest, and kiss the ore he loved best.” He and Mr. Cobb had been talking together nearly ali the evening in the corner, and the clergyman very reluctantly came forward to engage in the game. Justashe reached the center of the room Mrs. Cobb, giving a sudden scream and gather- ing her skirts about her, jumped into a chair, crying “Oh! ob! ob! see the horrid little crea- ture! Where did that mouse come from?” Or course all the rest of the women followed her example, and the sofas and chairs were covered with screaming f consented to com piece in Rev. Mr. mgood, who was peanding on a chair, screaming like the others and holding on to that portion of his pantaloons which he ‘would have seized had he worn skirts instead of his masculine garments. “Ah, you bold-faced huzzy!” cried Mrs, Cobb. “Come down from that! I’ve found you at last, [have long suspected it. How dare you! How dare you!” Everybody but Mr. Cobb looked surprised, but Mrs. Cobb hustied them all outof the room with the exception of Mrs. Deacon Brom- ley. Just whi happened will never be exactly known. Buta female form, clad in one of the Dorcas Society’s new calico owns, was seen | fitting from the house; the Vv. Mr. Season- good was never seen again; and Mr. Cephus C. Cobb is as great an admirer of Bob Ingersoll as ever, much to the detriment of the contri- buuon box. Fish Srory from the Qourrier de San Fran- A singular history of trouts gratefuls. A rich proprietor at the interior had made to @stabli:h @ pond artificial, where found them- seives agglomerated three thousand trouts. ‘This proprietor is the father of a girling o from five to six years. She taken the habitude of to go each hee ‘routs, at the aid of rom of bread. ene fishes were become so entamed that they skipped out of the water tor to attrap tho Ketel the infant held in the crevice o er 5 A It arrived one day that she lost, the equilib- Tram, and she fell, the head the first, ia the pond, of which water was enough pro- und. 3 At the cries emitted by the girling the father ‘was run bimeself. mornin; ; But what horror! He saw his infant ex- tended without movement at the surface. where she floated as a cork. What was not the surprise of the fatner in seeing that she had been supported by a mass compact of trouts. The fishes had ranged themselves under her ore to sustain and provent her from to wo. If this history 1s truthful the fishes are not 80 much deprived of the intelligence as one is pleased himself to believe. : De No make the wording plain than Redundancy 1s, of course, to be avoided, but too great brevity is equally to be eschewed. Laconte writing, it is te be borne in mind, tends to obscurity; ob- scurity makes it impossible for the ph operator to know when he 13 sending sense and when nonsense; and if he has no guide as to what he 1s sending, the chances are at least equal that he will go astray, that is the desire that the message should not be intelligible to the officials through who3e hands It will pass. But it is short-signted pol- icy to make the ee noe Coerere. in order to frustrate hypothetic official curiosity. If secrecy 1s important, it would be better to use a cipher. In the majority of cases, however, the true plan 13 to take the officials into your confidence, and write your message in such guise that he who Tups may read. Asan illustration of the tnge- nulty with which people will express them- selves, as if for the very purpose of defeating their own object, we may cite the following: A lady, some short tims since, telegraphed: “Send them both thanks,” by which she meant, “Thark you; send them both”—(che “both” re ferred to two servants.) The telegram reached its destinaticn as ‘send them both back,” thus ene ig as the Officiai mind would under- atand it. but a compiete perversion of the writer. Nothing was gained by putting it in this way; the cost of the mi would have been just the same if put differently, and a3 the ool tne) ignores stops the message as It stood read like nonsense. It happers that “th ’Js not unlike “b” In Ube Morse alphabet, and this, coupled with the fact that “back” seemed to be required as the last word fully explains the error.—Btack100d's Magazine. Modern Courtship. {Brooklyn Eagie.} “ And you really love me dearly?” he asked, as he coiled his arm around her wasp-like ays tem. ‘And you'll always love me 80?” i “ Always, Frederick; ever 80.” P Se pledge me to sew but—” “You pledge me to so beautity my life that tt will always be as happy as now?” ‘“‘ With my last breath, Frederick.” And, darling, you will mend my soc—?” “Your what, sir.” “You will mend my social ways and draw me upward and onward to a better existence?” “It will be the pride of my love 80 to do, Frederick; I will sacrifice all for your complete happiness” eetneact omar , os sweetheal iu aero in 2" know thal the fullness of time some accident should hap- pen to—to—say the trou. “You forget yourself, sir. To the what?” “To the trousseau; would it defer the hour Uhat makes you mine?” “Never, Frederick. I am yours, mind and heart, and naught can separate us.” Cae What I want to say ts, that should my egone, sir, what do you mean?” lear me, my life. I say if my panting bosom should grow cold in death, would your ove still warm it?” “As the sun melts the iceberg, Frederick, so would the rays of my affection thrill your heart again.” “And you will care forme ever, my soul, and sd you, for though I may never havea shir—” “Enough. Leave me forever.” “But listen. Though I may never have a shirkipg disposition, I shall sometimes, p2r- haps, in the struggle for life, forget the plain juty—” a ‘And I'll remind you of it, Frederick, in ten- der actions, and make the dutles of existence 80 pearent of performance that to avoid them wil .”” Andsoon. Thats modern courtship. Lots of abstract swash, but a manifest disinclina- Uon to contemplate such conveniences as but- tons, socks, trousers and shirts. ‘The Same Old Round. {Brooklyn Eagie } “Could I see the editor?” she asked, looking around for him and wondering what was going on under his table. “Eh! yes, I’m him,” responded the editor, evolving himself and Suis a@cork into his vest pocket. “What can I do for you 2” - “I am a student at Packer Institute,” re- sponded the blushing damsel, ‘and I have writ- ten a little article on ‘Our Schoo! Days’ which I would like to have published in the Brooklyn Eagle, it you think it good enough.” ” replied the editor, gazing in un- “Certainly, conscious admiration upoa the ‘beautiful face oefore him. *! tt commence ‘Our school days! how the words linger in sweet cadences on the strings of memory!’ 13 that the way It runs?” “Why, yes,” ded the beaming girl “Then it goes on, ‘How we look forward srom them to the time when we shall look back to them!’ How did you know?” “Never mind,” sald the editor, with the en- gaging stoile which has endeared him to the citizens of Brooklyn. * After that comes, ‘So sunshiny! So gilded with the p'easi-es that make youth happy, they have flown into the immutable past, and come to u3 in after life only as echoes in the caves of sweet secollec- Uon.’ Isn°t that it?” “Tt certainly is,” answered the astontshei girl, radiant with delight. “ How could you know what I had written?” “Then it changes from the pianissimo and becomes tore tender: ‘The shadows gather around our path. The roses of friendship are withering, but may we not hope that they will bloom again as we remember the affection that bound ua here and maae’”— “No, you’re wrong there,” and the soft eyes looked Sep “ee it ‘Hope on, hope ever?’” asked the ‘or. “That comes in further on. You had it nearly right. It is ‘'The sun shadows close around us. ¢ flowers of friendship are sleeping, but not withered, and will Dicom again in theaffection- ate remembrance of the chains that bound us so lightly.’ ” that I should have made that mis- take,” id the editor mustogly. “I never missed on one before. From there it goes, ‘Schoolmates, let us live so that all our days shall be as radiant as those we have known here, and may we pluck happiness from every o forgetting never that the thorns are below the roses,and pitying those whose hands are bruised in the march through life.’ ” “Thats it!” exelatmed ‘the delighted girl. “And then comes, ‘ Hope on, hope ever.’ ” “Sure’s you’re born!” cried the editor, blush- ing with pleasure, oncs more ou the right sie ‘Then it runs, ‘ABd as for you, teachers ear!” “Yes, yes, you're right,” giggled the girl. “I can’t see how yt Would you ou found me out! uke to print 1t?” and her face assumed an anx- fous sbade. “Certainly,” responded the editor. “I'll say it’s by the most promising young lady in Brook- lyn, the daughter of an esteemed citizen and a lady who has already taken a high social rank!” finishes tae school commencement at one swoop,” sighed the editor gioomily, as the fair vision’floated out. “Can’t see how I made that blunder about the shadows and roses and friendship. Either I’m getting old or some of these giris have struck out something original. Here, swipes, tell the foreman to put this slash in the next tax sales supplement, and the editor felt in his hair for cork. and won- dered what had happened to his memory. ‘How Whistler Painted a Ceiling. {London Letter to the Providence Prefs. } Probably you have heard of Whistler’s ex- travaganza in houses. He was engaged to decorate a noble mansion in Belgravia; the Price was ne object to the owner—ard for Unat matter neither was it to Whistler. One day a friend asked me to go over and see one of the rooms that was nearly cot Ihastened to accept the invitation. This is what we saw On entering: A very slim, spare oy ded on a mattress in the ered lette, long pole. “Now wouldn't I be a fool,” Tiek myself on a scaffol an my head off my shouiders Auuinilate pace so easly 30 & wave of his fish-pole. Ard such @ room! naticin a week. It tm Christendom had settled e about to smother and wer cock room” about which not long afterward. A Cincinnati boy, aged 12, not ted tho weeny in such a way as to eatened puniahisent. He committed | HE COLLECTORs oF caRDs. An lemic that Neither 0) “It seems have first broken out io , Boston,” satd a scrap book and album mannu- facturer, speaking tO @ reporter of The Sun about the card collectit soon followed; it bas broken out with great Be ayn in Philadelphia, and is moving west- Wa@ like the epizooty. ‘It does not yet seem ba’ the south to any extent, the country. it styles of nd a aay. our orders, and yet we are only joe among a dozen here ta tne busi- ne The books manufactured by this house for the use of cara col ce from % cents to $10 tohave penetrated Dut it looks as if it would s' Our house manufactures 200 at card albums, and turns out a th! We are behind ers—Japanese, arabesque, Eastlake, and non- descript. Onsome, silver paroquets sit on gold boughs: some display red palms, blue flowers, and birds of gorgeous plumage salling 1a olden skies; some display groupings of cards In various colors; but the most expensive and durabie are in p! morocco and gilt. “ We always have had more or less applica- ons for our cards,” sald a member of a fra that uses a large variety of picture cards for advertising pur] “Dut they used to come mostly from school children, and Saturday was the day for the children’s visits, But during the last tix months card coll seems to have become a fashionable pursuit with ailclasses of people. I understand tnat one of the finest collections in the city has been made by the wife of one of the Vice- Pre-tdents of the Erie ratiroad. Another fine coll: ction has been made by the wife of a lead- ‘Mg Officer of the New York Central road. One of the Mnest collections I have ever seen was made by an up-town doctor. At first we used togive cards freely sure became 80 simply hand him a circular giving our terms and stating that we can attend to applications Tecelved by mail only. We still ve macy office = Kopergys a) but the bulk now come oy mail. During the past year we have sent out about $6,000 worth of cards, There has been @ Small proft to us on them, while at the same time they bear our advertisements. We buy our cards in so large quantities that we can of them to collectors at a small — to ourselves, and yet suppiy them Every mail brings many letters, enclosin: stamps, to this house. Most come tron New York, Boston, and Philadelphia, bat some from as far west as Chicago anias far south as Charleston. The firm have cards put up ta collections ranging from three cents to $100 fet. Some few shops put up a notice of “No cards ven away,” in order to keep of collectors, at most of them are sae use of the manta for advertising put give away carcs to draw trade. The of invitation issued by many up-town retall stores for thelr “open ings” this spring were beautifully illuminated. A millinery house got up a beautiful card io the shape of two birds of gorgeous plumage, whose wings when hg displayed pictures of the latest stylesin bonnets. Drug stores receive lnnumerable applications, but these are mostly from children. Seekers for the beautiful in art cards have learned that really fine cards are notto be procured by the mere asking. A sort of rec!- procity system has sprung up among houses which get out fine cards. In order to give va- Tety to the collections which they send out, they make exchanges of cards among them- Selves, each house thus getting the advant of the connections of the others in sending out advertisements. Care is taken not to disfigure = cards in printing advertisements upon em. The demands of the collectors have also created a special business in the supply of cards. Itisnow a common thing aloag the thoroughfares to see card peddiers, with their Wares spread out In large baskets. Tne weekly papers are full of advertisements of card dealers. The last issue of the Weekly Sun con- tained the advertisements of 21 firms which make a speciaity of supplying cards to caliec- tors. Great taste is displayed in the making of flue collections, In mounting card3oa an al- bum page. a large, fine card must be had for a center, and small card3 are arranged on the borders. Pains are taken to mouat the cards so that they will harmonize in color and de- sign, and be symmetrical in their arrangement cn the page. Collectors become very expert in Judging of the quality of cards, and a tell whether a card is German or ‘rench, or whether it isan American imtta- Uop; how many unpressions of color it has re- ceiyed, and what quality of colors has been used. Some of the best collections have as genuine an artistic value in their display of the Vatictiesand excellences of color printing 23 collections of prints have 1a their bition of the graver's art. nile dealers do not expect the present mania to last, they say that it has dont great good by stimulating designers and color printers to do their best work, and by creating @ demand for fine-art cards that will be permanent, ‘The clerks at the Post Office say that last year NOt over 5,000 Easter cards passed through the matls; this year Uypre were 60,000.—N. f. sun A Darning aud Button Shop Needed. The traveler, all fcr.ora, passing through any city, has no difficulty in getting all the new clothes he wants, but itis not so easy to get little repairs done when a shirt-button flies off, or gloves display tulip fogers, or a seam 15 ripped in gloves or garmenis. Traveiing Eog- lighmen complain of the laundresse3 in Ameri- can hotels, that they send up shirts with but- tons remorse! ironed off and unusable uatil the man gets home again. An Eaglish iauodress sews on the buttons and repairs the clothes Uhat need it, and everybody would be willing to pay a little more for such attention in time of need. A good custom might be had for a small darning shop, devoted to mending, sewing on buttons, repairing rents and doing fine and coarse darning. There are places where laces are daroed and repaired, where marking is done, and some laundresses will do ‘o order this kind of fine work. But for other mending, such as travelers especially, and lonely men need, a ready thimble and thread would be a comfort. There are some women now who make a srecialty of mending, and who go out by the day, once a week or once & fortnight, and attack the family mend- ing, which is kept for them. If some of the litte trimming stores would add this to their business, not to go out, ®ut to be found when wanted, for either sewing on a torn skiri braid or a ceat button, or men @ glove or a torn- out buttonhole of 8 shi! to cost just what astitch in time is @ good “thing. Some of them will do it now asa favor, and take no pay, but it is a business service that can be ald for is wanted. In the House of Commons. * The public are excluded from the house while the speaker is at prayers, but, by one of those ee a ae eae forms authorities ie the Sxistone. of the ladies’ g: the pi in if he has With the building itself on one of those when it is o to the iblic. When the florid beaut or St. Brephen's Hall ana Octagon Hall and the sump: {uous decorations of the Mouse of been seen, the House of Commons, like the | ri 4 : 8 5 ee elataeiccatett EI #8. ; Magazine, Seme Spring Snake Sterics, A Taylor county, Ga., negro killed a rattle - Snake last week Which sported 5 rattles and @ Dutton. In Blue Ridge, Va., recently, a black snake Secured In its Colla young rabbit, Dut the Peristency that be sought satay in Wigat and in Nigt the loes of a dinner. oe A man 55 years of Of Eve . Ala, ie tna pitiabieoudition and slowly dying of '& rattlesnake bite received while he was herding cattle on the Texas plains in August last. Be- ing far from medical aid, the polson permeated Ris entire system. Already this season 2% black snakes have been Killed On the farm of Stephen Coonradt at Hoog’s Corner, Rensselaer, couaty, N. Y., and the rocks appear to be ailve with’ tnem. On 8 s. year 109 SUAKES wt killed on the same spot. oes To avoid rattlesnakes supply yourseit wi going iuto the hills with a piece of moantae . A gentleman Of yeracity unquestioned Says that while crossing & fe d last sammer be faw @ very large spake sunning bimesel?. He pokrd the ola fellow under the nose with his ash ttiok and I! appareaty died. A short time After the removal of the stick the saake re- turred to lite avd Degan vigorously to rattle, spurt avd hiss Another dose of the asu stra'ghtened it cul apparently feless as be. tore A gentleman at Dubuque, Iowa, had a rattle. Strhe, a dive recer, and T Ssuak tox, ali thre: colied ovingiy together, andin a ¢-matose state. Their bodies were as hard as rocks and they appear. das though all life had been frozen out of them. The warm suushine ‘soon revived them, and the r.tlersnowcd signs of crawling out of bis Old coat, the new adress of yellow shining through the driea and worn one. The gentleman tbrew # shovelful of snow over the repttles, and they tostantly stra’! ed oUt aS SI.f and apparently as desd 28 any olber GeUuct snakes. By apply- ing some Warmth again tiey became as aul- mated and dangerous as ever. A cat belonging to a Mr. Willis, of o'anam. county, Ky., remained away from home erm hours at a time dally, an n search Delng made It was seen sitting in @ Kind cf recess under @ rock in Ube woods. It would sit sus for a time, then waik over to scrae obja tocar it in the bole and rab its head against ft, pur ribg Most contentediy. This object was fc und to bea Diack snake. It was curled up In a ring, when the cat would approaca It the fnake would thrust up its head to reselve the cat's caresses, This coutinued for about half ‘an hour, when the cat evidently grew weary. and, after turning around several times ingure @ comfortable position, lay down beside the snake and was soon fast asi The next day Mr. Willis took a courle of friends with him to witness the strang Ne. maneuvers were repeated. At 21 Ubey re- solved to kill tbe snuke, and did so. Tals seemed to completely overwhelm the cat wiv. erief, and it us +3 to Vistt the rock dally, as usual, ‘or sev- days, without, however, finding ou. what had .ecome of its companion. ‘The driver of the Virginia and Bodie coach, George Finney, tells some very ¢ ‘Snake stories, but the following, of his expe- Tlence last season, must be taken with some degree of allowance. He says that hoops and rattlers are so plentiful along the route chat It is dangerous to leave Une coach, and he tainks it a wonder that he has not lost his team before this. In coming in one Gay last summer he drove into a jot Of snakes that literally covered the center of the road for adcm five hundred yards. He could not turn out, so he sent the silk into the horses and dashed through on @ dead ran. How the team escaped tojury puzzied kim. One vig hoop snake about ten feel long that was lying in the road, as soon as it heard the coach com ing, uncoiled itself just as the team was passing over it, and made @ vicious strike with its spiked, bony tail at the body of the wheeler, but missed him and struck the ‘The force of the blow was so sudden that the {all was driven Into the hard wood some three inches. The snake, belng unable to withdraw It, Was dragged along for about 100 yards, when it was Killed by one of the wheelers on it and breaking of the spike. The vesom- cus reptile ge atrigbtful yell, denoting pain — with rage, asit expired, and before reaching the next siation the wagon was ‘Swollen Up at big a5 an ordinary saw log, while poison was Gripping out from under the trons Saree like green sap from a freshly-cut sapling. ‘THE DUKE aT aN INDIAN 00L.—The Duke of Sutherland and party visited the Indian training school at Carlisle, Pa., Thursday after- boon. ey carefully examined the various features of the school, and the duke in a speech to officers and pupils stated that nothing in America had interested or pleased his friends and if more. ‘The population of Chi has Increased 70 per cent in 16 years, and membership in the churches only 12 cent. in North Carolina a woman was recently admitted tothe bar because, as the chiet jus- Uce sald, there seemed to be no law for or against such admission. I IST OF LETTERS REMAINING IN T) Ll ‘WASHINGTON OITY POST OFFIOR, as! 7. May 7, A6SR. If not called for within one mont they will be sent to the Dead eo z A—Alen Emma Sire: Andrews Maude. : Bowes ton Jennie; Burrows J Mire; Bond Josephine; Beck J: Brosn Mollie, Brown Mary; Brab M; Carter Ber- ; Culvateou Harry Mra; Oox Jane: Coll ns Jennie: Chose Jennie; Croley Lins; bell Lucy; Carter Lucy; Usarter Mary &; Cheek Sadie. D—Daily Mre; Dowell Malinda; Davall M 0; eagles wany May; Daisey Mary; Drew 6; Danaker Mrs. =. Emereo! mn Eive M: Evieth Frank L; Eldredge a. : Flint 0S Mrs; Palins Leura; y aslie rely E ik: Grey su Gibson M B Mrs; ; Griffia Mire. anton AH Mre, 2; Harris Maria; Harri- ary. -Joxon Albert Mrs; Johnvon Katy; Jones Mary potgheon Mary ¥; Jchowon Maris. us yeed ite; Kinney Lucy Mre: Kessel ise; Kely Mary H. L—lews Slavia E; Lee Aunie; Lomax Kila; Fracces: Loxau Mary : ¥—Fox Emm Freane Mamie, oe ray i. N—Norw A ? 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