Evening Star Newspaper, January 4, 1882, Page 7

THE EVENING STAR His Napoleonic Tactics. ene EE Riepees eeensrtsyes 27h ca eXplorers land e result of th avougT JAY aEENG GOULD." BULL FIGHTING = Would Ofier Better Spert, NAL APPEARANCE. Ks, at ath rst awoke e apparent and was mak . Goul wever. bear. in the end y red cl et that it en: < plans into immediate operati mnner) isonly one of 1 thei to his wealth. to be on sux: wid life. 1 ts drive resis! ctives to protect him f From the N _Guiteat | trial rman Parl stag isthe fifth Parlia mpire since its creation ten years nd were elected in 1871 teau’ nature. lived out their regular The third, having Jin the fol- | Period. Ito pass the | 20¥ Man, and fourth, of 1875, came ral end i; ‘The present | ctions of October 27. arliament form no longer daced the he finds visions canse frequent se party names, which must pro ned three great the ce Ss ino rich arty ‘par exes H of two groups trial befu trace the In the last Parliament | authors. th was 1¢ the recent and therefor now as ore Of system. which the the “Od: Apollo, ai E opposed to du under the a er, and Herr Reichen- rthe repeal of the Faik has gained five seats numbers hot its fail ve a , Wele vers articularists (10), the or protesters (14) and the connection — must | the two Danish ad it is a significant mnalist. groups thus nbers in the pres- nts and purposes stile to the to which Not thou, On the re of the +1 in the dir onsibilit sts of six sub- cht wing with the uuatny years they occu- we ruling ir creat strength Th was reduced to $ idown to 62 by the the superi affairs of which a fi vauses his but | non hin nestra, A sand the promi- | “1, and Professor | °° ast parliament est known of ra, his wumbers from 10 waders Hasenclever 3a sixth | fed “Wilde” or | t members, among and Pro- | »pears from ades have or only 22 | the center dd the united con- replies by iis mind. “tf ‘Loxias is 4 Justifier: ace on Earth. phe Democrat. tybody is studying the maps to Yakoutsk is—the place | information of the loss of | *tte—it is of interest toknow thatthat | “long been held by meteorologists to be | eon earth” Yakoutsk is situated | Siteria, on the Lena river, in north, longitude one ine deg. forty-four min. of about 5,600 inhabitants. au immense province of the | average temperature of the is thirt Lonia ¢ in earthly | Tyrannus” him te put | agency.” even lower than at | 4 corresponding cold point “an side of the globe, not far from is. The winters’ are colder at nat the mouth of the Lena, where From the Leavenworth Ti After long on foot, with a st he animal i The foot! and he rust { the cloth, and the # and perc! them try five. and none were killed. however, mana cow in and try her” ck always shut his e: follows the ol bull is much like fighting a blind animal, and upon the iol a gicantic fraud, ment of aaa bruies 01 | ing him to commit the erime for whi show that he was act But he insi ressure’ character of the deed. the killing of the President. s! one vad seem from classic To one even moderate! says that * and obliterate the human breast with recard to aiis that her wanton conduct am 4, but the result of wicke: impuises implanted in her heart by and old Pri | pelling fate, nstantly ** sin the epic story to do things for w H to proceed direct the incredulous Penelope chides the nutse, Eur, clea, for attempting to deceive her with the good and declares that puded her mind. news of the no better bed than th This doctrine of destin: to which men were blindly obet primal horror of that Thye: 3 a charm to Thraci eit i Then wrongly dost To count me Agamemnon’ Appearing in the mien OF this dead monarch’s Queen, jan fury deait the blow.” Orestes in his turn, about to avenge the mur- of Asamemnon,h The old Al r me on, denouncing fre requite the authors of my the very brin the President. 8, wa of it. let at the al blinds. at; Guaduloupe men uite bol re hall the The man holding th asses to the $ sticking the little 5 These are little 5! s ornamented wt fizhting all he attention of th ching him mal turning hea comes the killing which eto mangle the poo A bull w ult? ceases ect up. Hence, fightin; and sanctions any such 's plea of a “Divine pressure di ‘of his crime Guiteau dec! reto remove t et any serap ¢ nally at he is now be ince the 2d left him when what he accomplish distorted. He reco ence t puld hi most ¢ ense and gen F exculpation persor ure theory. There striking feat niteau its 1 ur to + Jud. way not be unint the writings of one or twoof the principal Greek Dassaes will and heroes of the * té, Juno, or Zen ne misht be vetrine of divine i as to confound li uni al apt weakae: iam obligingly accepts this but heaven's dispesini will, pnciliation of Aciiill and Agamem- " that “angry Jove and ith fell Erimny ‘ul quarrel, and putting it in the mind” of accountable, from th jor powers haye in the crafty discourse le the neherd to even accuses a ¢ the ‘heavenly superior powe her was own children, are wrought through Di stigation of human act: daughter Ip an blast on account of a chylu: wick, makes the murderess hold this dis chorus: Dost boast as mine this deed? wit rather, by sla mother, pleads that Apollo jal reverence shali reeathin Inthe “Eumenides,” wher iness clings to him, or, if sharer in my guilt.” And, fi affairs runs through the of Sophocles. CEdipus out his own eyes. cloth springs p-pointed rods the cloth in his let cruel she to be blotted out. Guitean’s Pagan Theory. ane during that He is not surpri rte parallelism between this view familiar with Homer “y” commit are laid to th himself. ing Cly pollo “hounded ing curses should Inot father’s death.” of the awful crime he paus N EL Paso. | A Disgusted T-xan Suggests That a Cow ng a bucle fs sounded, the doors are thrown open, and five horsemen enter t one conveying & stout pole witha prod Next come four bull fighters beut four feet long and a ze of asmall table- ter themselves around be- Now the excitement is smiles, the bugle . | sounds, the doors are thrown open,and in comes veh ee ie alittle stump-tailed bull or stag with his horns eh ' sawed off. Th » ride out, and ell in turn get the ar hase them around, and the f out from their respective ae ke manner, and this per- with ti! the spe d.and motion jd. They Kin front of the speed he ith tissue uu will remember that the time. e animal, trom the rear at id to look new danger, the man plunges the spear in hit neck and’ passes on. They now Know the exact speed, and tle fighters Sill tn turn allow the animal to chase them around the kept up according to the nerve of with the plunges prods him in et T saw They do, Het r animal y horribly about the neck. This is all there is in je a i a bull fight, and the whole matter aie as : as cattle man, who sat ni and re- ae lower p “Why don't the —— cowards turn a newaled n making an 8, and does net open sto be a r does, and ig a mad any na- treat- impell- ch he is on | is less worthy of exainination as a seri- | ous defence in law than as a curiosity of crimi- ary plea of insanity ecome a commonplace of the courts. theo: Gui- Nery different in. its No prudent counselor would g res that he Presi- He is very ending to as Sane of July calls the pave ire of the pre anifesta- ‘ox With comparisons drawn | gods reappear in Guiteau’s tieolowical All the deeds of violence or to_ think ming her to his side with the consol- | ing “assertion, as Pope has rendered Homer's that .o crime of thine our present suffering draws, non, the latter "declares, in the nineteenth book all-com- urged his wrath disclaims all re- y for its disastrous consequences. Zeus, Juno and Apollo, or the heayen-sert Furies, are the enief hich Madness is by which give him od of making ld night when he had now-covered ground. way in human \t, playsa very pit. but in the pres- important part in the Greek tragedies; it is, in Sno Igss than fact, the inainspring of their action: All’the of the most abie | woes of the house of Atreus, dating from the ean banquet in © cat the flesh of his ine in- At Aulis Agamen ce, | on sand f forbear 's blood?” To which Pylades the command of Apollo to n the re- lentless Furies are pursuing him, he insists that so, that finally, at the end ot this magniticent trilogy, when Athena has sagumoned the court of the Areopa- gus, Orestes invokes Appolio as his witness and “The deed was wrouzht we do not disavow; Tiere i isthe exact counterpart to Guiteau’s plea. | The same belief in the interference of the gods Edipus even at-j tributes to Apollo the impulse which prompted Wherever we turn in Greek literature, in Herodotus as in Homer, in Anacreon as well as in Zschylus. we | find this blind faith in Divine and irresistible pressure.” although Thucydides takes a more | rational view of the motives of human conduct. | And to all this we find an exact parallel in the pleaof Gariield’s murderer: “Without the Deity’s pressure I should never have sought to remove | This pressnre destroyed my free It is a very strange re-creation of the os meddling pagan gods of the Greek mythology that Guitenu has attempted. ‘The Value of Dead Dogu. Detroit Exchange. se The Dress An tom Herald. Ex-Seavenger Jackson takes the dead dog out on Mack street, outside the city limits, re- moves the skin and entrails, puts the remainder hady's ¢ hair Sonler must Btotave sioan ea very rich indeed. He Thus tie ‘lress is carefully cut and gummed | eof the leaf, and the date att book forms a complete history of a Les fod ne from season to Sewson. vole te stories of his gains be true, Meis- Mrs. Mackey’s portrait. “st novelty is adress album. A plece | Pelgor ure tlasny the oll to man chemists for 50 cents per pound, bones, ete., out the fat. The hide ufacturing and the residue NEWPORT SNOBBISHINESS. | Some of the Ridiculous Airs Put on by Secial Upstarts Margery Dean in Boston Tranzerint. ewport’s winter residents are of ty ses—one keeps shop and the otter sin society. It requires little exertion to do eithe F atioae and people go admirably « of society makes im shir Spe Sa last stories—this time true—whie very good commentary on the state of th here socially. To be in trade (pronounced with a very broad a) is something accor ing to our social ethics that it simply Impossible to rise _ above. am thankiul that none of m fami have ever been in business.” ial yung gentlemen to me once, whi Da his mother, who, in her turn, lived on a rieh son-in- | he iM more reason to be to the story. appeared ex i am not to study arithmetic any more. My mamma doesn't kngw anythi arithmetic, and my papa s ys it is not much : and as / shall never keep a shop. you know, no need of my learningit.” You are not of Newport's winter resident consti- as a whole, by these ins | her here every year a la ally delightful people. cultured but there nimber of r¢ sensible, isa leaven in lamp that would give a i nds much a nt in this While it yields to the | rence of this curious element, which some- | times has come to lay down its laws. -ybody who can app! clicaused a lady to hat is society coming teacher 2” n almost invariably whose ante- cedents are better not looked into who makes this last. Fancy one lady si ther who had just come to town, *T did not introduce you at my house last night to | my other guests, as they did not know whe you are, and they might not have been agreeable Is there to be no dancing | asked the other da last winter the children of two or three townspeople (synonymous with tradespeople) got in, and there was such a fui get up a class thi r,” Was the answer. Now Tam on this subject, let me give you a personal experience. I was onc by the lady giving it to another guest, who had been in Newport long enousi to become imbued te the depth of feel- ty ON Our streets, hen a nayal oilicer was very much alive to the feeling that sh through marriage. had really acquired a so position for the first time in her life. She was rdiality. I sud- y she was under the impression | that .clonged to the navy. I undeceived her. | re you not Mrs. —, of the navy ¢” she asked, sweetness yanishing into air. “TI am not,” T replied, and with inward gratitude, too. Th woman could not finish her conversation with | me until she had abruptly turned away and | asked aneiehbor, “What Mrs. — is this? It iva study, this society question, when you reflect tliat this is America. Of course the mer y looks far down on this winter coterie. | It is curious, too, to see the influence of this | culiar exciusiveness on all grades hest_to the lowest. We are ou the “firs! y its sup does the We are said to ape the ‘lish in winter as in summer, but we are not | at all English, we are not at all American, we | are Newport, and if there is another place just | like Newport in the world, I have yet to find it. ee eg Hepentance; REFLECTIONS OF MISS DAISY, Finm the Boston Post. Ae been awful nau ht, ! Oh, terribly bad; ¥ conse ut then That £ L over th ‘ond chop, chop” over the AGED SIXTEEN. Wants to get. om 0 @ Invited me out fo t hapolest motlen ft sure thot funth 0 T just didn’t ask her But Tsattd wg to see Kate Lecla Ami Wished, if convient, he tall for m | Hedi. We enjoyed a mostele on nl iet hi His ti flew onward <0 swittly Ecried, Aste wind Whistied by. And the | ap-robe was | bound Thet i wouldn't stay up, so he just reachea around And selzing the corner he held tt in place, And now T can se—how this biush burns my i had ils arm round my aist all the ely TIL until dark, rel y atintie and said Thad been cver mentioned Ned Lee. With K: ite. D And I fear That somebody saw us and auntie will hear Of the ride.” Oh, I'm sure T've done awfu wrong t Locked up ina gloomy dark room T hetongt And reality tea awfully sorry! But th-n Tsomehow Gomes he'll invite me ee patel eter Music in England. No one, too, could in fairness pronounce this capital lacking in interest in the art. The mul- titude of chamber concerts, musical evenings, orchestral concerts, recitals, ballad concerts, and musical festivals is amazing. The m¢ ardent lover of music must be content to skip concerts at which he would fain be present. ere can be littie doubt that the Duke of Al- ht in se ws that inno fo: there a greater number of public concerts than in London. and of immense extent. the Royal Our musical literature is huxuriant Such an institution as There er lacks pupi ery sign that inte and true love of this ar ing strength and rapidity. hted musician is aware than vitality, more capacity than real progress. growth of imitat: More and more Ey hibit a gro > willing to reward and honor But it is still foreigners who ret for us to foreign ance. Hay- re almost of our have been sanctioned 's to which we haye been | anons and Kk favorably of the wor own composers until th by foreign authorities taught to bow. standards be educated instincts, we a what is novel. A hundred times has the qu tion, mooted once more by the Duke of Alb: been put: “It we area musical nation, wh we draw our supply of music so largely fro ” ‘The answer sugested last night may yrizht. Music, it may be said, does not. ply into our national lite. It is reserved | lie Occasions. It is not an ever-present embellishment. It is still fur most of us an ad- ititous luxury. @he number of persons who spend time and money in getting up a mu- al festival to ue several hundred. voices will lend their aid has increased. But how ma- ny are there to whom resort to music ir mirth and troubie and all vicissitudes is necessary or habitual, and who prefer to listen to. a sympho- ny of Beethoyen in a vacant hour rather than turn to stirring pages of a magazine or noy- el? It is said that up to the seventeenth cen- tury we were @ inusical nation, and that the change for the wo began in the following century. Whether this be so or not, there is no reason to suppose that the national ‘character is so sterile as to be incapable of ever producing a genuine school of native music. We are in much the same condition in which Germany was when Italian music reigned supreme there, as elsewhere. We may not unreasonably hope to better our position by treading the -path which that country pursued—by diffusing sound elementary instruction in music, and by estab- lishing a national school where native genius will be encouraged and developed.—London Times. a A.Woman Lawyer in Boston. From the Springfield Republican. Mrs. Belva A. Lockwood, the Washington woman lawyer, is trying a case before the United | States circuit court at Boston, being employed by a Providence woman. She ‘is about fifty years old, and appeared well in the court-room. Her handsome, matronly form was robed in a black velvet Lyra diamond rings sparkled in her ears, and she im) the spectators as both alert und able. Lawyer A. A. Ranney conducted the opposition, and in reply tc iy to one of his points kwood said: seit fe sir, a8 a legis- tateey open the law schools Gad rante or of Massa- chusetts to WASHINGTO. about | It is not | s that they can't | a party, introduced | with the ideas of a few social leaders, and who | WEDNESDAY, Santry 4, 1882-DOUBLE SHEET. Dueling in France. Pacts Correspondence of the New York Sun. Among the amusements of Paris, says Louis Veuillot, we must count duels between journal- At the present moment dueling and erything connected with swordsmanship has | become a kind of mania, and so prominent a | feature of Parisian life that it certainly merits a e aneedotal history ot the modern Before speaking of the duel between ians, the duel of the world of fashion, let that in the army dueling is obti ts: vates havea misunderstand Immec Two \ wo imprisonment, aii wing morning they are let out, each accompanied by his seconds one wounds the otter and hon . Stripped to the skin, with the ex- ption only of shoes and trousers, thé: pelled to skewer each other. meut there are at least 50 du not infrequently they end trai out of 16 these duels are absur mselyes admit them to be that without the duel it would possible to maintain discipline and dignity in the army. The duel isa necessary evil. If it re not for the prospect of that pointed rapier viore them the soidiers would beat and kick other to death. Two men who were half- Joking in their quarrel, or who do not bear each other the slightest ill-will, are forced to fight | simply to hold the others in respect, and to awe | them by an inflexible rule. civifians dueling is defended on the ground that generally it compensates for the i This is, m not di eUSSIN: nch point of view, and for a phenomenon which we A\ | Saxons are inclined to look upon as a relic of barbarism. he duel, it will be objected, does | not give the offended party the means of repair- ing the wrong that has been done lim. Mate- | morally, yes. Opinion has ordain the single fact of the combat D | the offence. Evidently, if a man were thirsting | for vengeance, assassination would be a surer Iu precisely the equality of the danzer | ul the loyalty of the com | color of chiv prejudiced minds from contending it with a criminal manoeuvre. The p rench legis- | lation has no special law against dueling; the delist can only be prosecuted as a murderer. le The off urd. but uecountin Opinion has sanctioned | jn spite of te edicts of Henry IV. of Richelieu, of Louis XIV., in spite of the el quent, protesta Jean Jaecquez Rousseau, | and of the philosophers of the 15th centtiry, it | continues to be in France an important social | institution. | of offic’'al decorum to prevent his attending th | to the pedigrees of his choicest hor: | capture him; Famous Men in the Saddle. From the New England Farmer. Many of our most celebrated men have been enthusiastic admirers of that most noble of ani- the horse. It is well known that General inzton was one of the most prominent of sclaes, Reared as he was in the state of Vir- which at that time possessed the finest Mooded stock to be found in the whole country, he early in life displayed a great fondness for which ciiaracteristie he retained whole career. hed to the exciting sport of fi hunting, and is deseribed:as one of the bolde: and inost fearless riders that ever took the ck of hounds were of the best, and hi the fleetest and keenest fencers to ¥ rode a therough-bred called ‘Blue- arprising Jumper of great endurance on this splendi n ed in true sporting costume of blue coat, buckskin breeches, top “boots, velvet cap and hunting whip v ith’ long thong, took the field at daybreak with his buntsman, friends and neighb with voice more clreerily awaked the ect the woods and hills with his merry huntin; cry | than did the gallant Washington. Thomas Jefferson had a remarkable fondness for horses. It is not recorded that he ever put and couray Who has no attended, dismounted, hitched his maznificent | “Wildair” to a_post, oath of office as President of the United States? During the time that he occupied the position of Chief Magistrate he would allow nothing to ride on horseback; nor did he pert races which were regularly held_ ni ton; he was al 8 an enthusiastic spectator. Mr. Randall, in his splendid biography of Jeffer- son, relates that he saw several pages in one of Mr. Jefferson’s farm books which were devoted Washing- that he usually owned a number of broc res of the highest quality, most of wich were car- ried of by Lord Cornwallis’ troops duriug the destructive campaign in V Near eee cello m: ch, craggy pass or ide of Carter's mountain, up whi Jefferson rode in hot haste when a detachm { of Tarleton’s dragoons were in sight, sent to | but, thanks to his fleet-footed | steed, he made safe his escape. | Perhaps there was not. In his time, a greater | lover, nor a better judge of a horse than Andrew Jackson. He was for 20 yearsa staunch sup- | porter of the turf—-the turfwas not in such bad | repute then as in latter days—making it not only a source of pleasure but one of profit also. Old | Hickory owned some very successful racers, the | Just now there is Every day in the we j woods in the env ants uo longer cro: | the frst ings in the The combat- “ae old. In iven it out ti the combatants cross the frontier it is bee they count on the engagement being interrupted by the gendarmes. toleration of agements may satel nd not lone azo m fumous duel between two of Paris and the Baron de is duel took place In point ot fact uunters are not very serious sts often fight to get them- yurnal talked about; the young | their names up, as they i ‘or the benefit of du | n ingenious formula » en invent- | An official report of ward. | papel dl by the see- In this it is st such and such duration one of the anta received on the hand. and the seco considering that the wound rendered ices whegual, felt themselves called upon to eneounter, aud declared honor to around Pi | San de ed. ed to all the ney | onds, | ch: terminate istied.” vertheless, | whatever motiy a large part of the population of F the frequency of duels, from | has had the ef cs quent the the fashion set by | Paris is follow Lin the provir nd the pro- | !so have their standing head- | i A French socie } volume, of the Sword,” in pert in matters of fencing, | ux. has analyzed the style, the formand the pert ce of the most fainous | In short, ev sow who n hour or two ey ders of Opinion of ‘soclety. under the third republic, is | that the duel preserves honor, reputation and | dignity. and the profe ter is held in high honor. The most cele- 1 is Vigeant, the gentleman scailed by the “Anglo. andsome youny fellow who affects Achilles aa his sulin He is touchy, rese: ri ay he po: He | the second story and the door is whom you at ot ion, He » master. 4 provost of the | S you into the cabinet | chiming | x | -_ muscular wan, | | eret. on the walls en- 2 full-length por- trait of the master ay Carolos Dura right and | jeft two bookcases conta jue collec- tion of everything that has been written on fencing for the last 300 years; in the middle a table covered with books, an nd, a pen and arapier. It is here that Vigeant gives con- sultations on his art Next in reputation to Vizeant is Mérignac, who rarely exhibits his skill in public. ‘Then after these two stars follow the lesser celebri- me , Mimiague. Rouleau, the brotivrs Robert, Cain and techiair (or Spoililesh), two pre- destined names, Pellerin, Lantieri, and others. Furthermore, the inillionaires have their private fencing rooms, one of the most splendid of which is that of M. Edmond Dolifus, in man- sion in the Rue Presbourg, where an assault at ms took place last Sunday in presence of the eof Parisian hizh life. M. Dollfus is also ent of the F se oltib. e pr nein French € aaas Wat Te On Sunday, December 18, the mayors of the different districts and communes of France will request the inhabitants to answer a number of indiscreet questions rendered necessary by the ing of the census. This operation will be performed on the same day all over France. The emissaries of the mayors will deposit the neces- sary formule in the hands of the concierge or of the principal tenant, who will distribute them to the inhabitants of the hous ale agent of the mayor wi he operation | will be thre a me ‘sonal bul- lectin, & houschold bulletin, and a house-sheet. The personal builetin will contain the following Naine; sex; age; birthplace; ried, single, widower; profes nt resident or traveler. Each inhabitant, even children just born, will have a personal bulletin, and the chief of the household will copy into the household builetin the summary results of the personal bulletins. This sheet will then be returned to the concierge, who will hand it to the landlord, who in his turn } will reply to a series of questions as to the num- | ber of dwellings, workshops. ete., in his house. The cost of taking the census of Paris will be about 200,000 francs. The calculations are to be completed on March 15. We need not point out the disagreeableness of this opera- tion, owing to the fact that it obliges tenants to let their concierges into all their little secrets. How many cases are there in'France where, ow- ing to the absence of divorce, women, separated from their husbands, have lived conjugally for years and years with men who are ou! if prevent- ed from marrying them by the want of a law au- thorizing divorce. Weill, when the conclerges cast their inquisitive eyes ‘upon the replies of their tenants, and discover ‘that a household that has for been respected in the quarter is legally only a faux menage, there will be a fine amount of gossiping! Ahd not only that, but the situation of the man and the woman will be more than unpleasant?’ Thisis an extreme | ch: case, but one which interests? very deeply thou- sands of Frenchmen who are not responsible for the shortcomings of the legislation of their country. However. it appears that there Is no law obliging citizens to reply’by writing to the questions addressed to them by the mayor rela- tive to the census. It is thé mayor's business to obtain the information, and citizensarethem- women lawyers, you may women to know someth tha of the lay.” The The case is significant as the first of its kind in New | jaw which from the'fact that our supreme Tefused to allow wo:ren to prac- tice before it. The Rhode Island Woman Suf- its sense of the im- to answer ions. Furthermore, there is:no down any hoepanehll or pony for false yee on er — oe The Rey. Arthur A. Waite, an evangelist, eels the only judges. ‘of the measure In which by giving Mrs. Lockwood | closed a revival at ir eed running away without paying bi | of horses no most prominent of which w: “Truxton,” so called after Commodore Truxton. Another of the general's faiious horses was Pacolet; fa mous not only asa winner of many hard fou: contests on the turf, but also as a successful stallion. The blood of this horse is looked upon | to this day as a valuabie strain in the pedizree ofa thorouzh-bred. Pacolet founded a family vd tor their speed, game and endur- | ance, not oniy on_ the race-course, but also for long Journ under the saddle and in harness. Gen. Jackson usually appeared mounted on a superb gray, and his tall. commanding ficure | showed to much advantage in the saddle; he was a most accomplished horseman, John Randoiph. of Roanoke, the famous Vir- ginia orator, and the most eccentrie character who figures in our li nother _promi- nent figure o c . Randolph took a «reat interest in tine horses. He frequently used to walk into the Senate chamber, while member of that body, ed in riding cos- tune, whip in hand, and followed by his favor- ly sleep und Randolph im- f rze expense, $ very Y: WAGIE Reroe nbred hors d mares, and was always a large breeder. He put sev- eral horses at the turf, but was generally un- successful, When ears of aze, he was on a while there he made the a scotch baronet by the name of it, of the ancient house of Nesbits, of De: I, near Edinburg. Sir John was avery haud @ man, and “as lant a gay Lothario” as could be found in the city; he and Randolph made 2 match for a race. in which each was toride his own horse. The ace caine off dur the race week and Ran- ies exclaiming, “though Mr. Randoiph had won the race, Sir John had won the hearts.” Tiis was hardly to be wondered at, when the graceful and beauti- ful style of riding of the baronet was con- tratted with the awkward- manner of his com- | Betltor, who, no doubt. knew more about racing and horses than did the gallant Sir John. Mr. Randolph was present at the famous match race between Eclipse and Henry, four-mile heats, which was run over the Union course on Long Island in 1823, in the presence of an as- semblage of over 60,000 spectators. This race, for a long period before it took place. had been discussed and speculated upon by the news- papers and the public at large, not only in this country but in England as well. It was asort of a sectional contest. the north versus the south. It was won by the northern cham- pion Eclipse, Henry winning the first heat and Eclipse the next two. Mr. Randolph was so disappointed over the defeat of the southern horse, Henry, though he had no pecuniary in- terest in the result, that he made strong per- sonal efforts to bring about ancther match; but it could not be done, as the northern gentle- men declined to run Eclipse again. After Mr, Randotph’s death his fine stud of blooded rses Were sold by auction at high prices; many ite fox hound, who would his | of them were purchased by gentlemen who | resided out of the state. Henry Clay was a stoc! of reeder on a large | seale. ‘The pastures of Ashland always ¢on- tained some of the finest horses and Durham cattle in America; the business is still carried on at Ashland by the distinguished Kentuckian’s son, John M. Clay, who bread the celebrated horse Kentucky, one of the best. of the get of the great Lexington, and also who was sold for Gen. Grant’s admiration for horses is too well known to the present generation to be dwelt upon at length; it may, however, be stated that he is the fortunate possessor of three of the finest. pure-bred Arabian stallions—a present from the Sultan of Turl which haye ever been brought to th shores. ee turn out tobe surpassed by the Vienna catas- trophe, was the burningof the Saragossa theater in 1778. when 600 persons lost their lives. At the Carlsruhe theater, in 1847, 104 persons perished. The burning ofthe Opera Houseat Nice this year in which 62 persons were burned or crushed to death, is still fresh in the publicmem- ory. In theseislands many theaters have been burnt down.but some providential chance hasal- ways intervened to limit the proportions of the catastrophe. The fire had broken out in the daytime, the performance had not begun or had ended, or there were few spectators in the the Surrey theater, when it was burnt down during the daytime in 1865, had contained an audience, few would have escaped alive, so rapid was the action of the flames. But of all the calamities which have ever in modern times overtaken a crowd of human beings in a single building, the burn- ing of the church of La Campania, Santiago, in 1868, has never been equalled or approached. In one short hour 2,000 people, nearly all ladies of youth, rank, and beauty, were ‘reduced to ) ashes. The flower of the capital of Chili had gathered in the chureh, in a spirit of religious excitement, to pay its devotions at the cla celebration of the Immaculate Conception. Every seat was full. Nothing that pee could suggest or wealth supply was omitted in the adornments of the occasion. The interior of the church was hung frem roof to floor with floating gauze and rich drapery, and lighted with festoons of innumerable paraffin lamps. An acolyte, in lighting the last lamp before the shrine, raised a flame which spread instantan- eously. Arush soon choked the entrances with a wall of dead and dying twelve feet in height. The melting lead from the roof and the blazing oil of the severed lamps poured down upén the heads of 2,000 tender women, who cculd be seen from the windows of neighboring houses rushing wildly to and fro without an outlet of escape. The falling of the roof put an end to their agonies, and completed a catastrophe which stands without a parallel.—London Times. New York letter, The famed writer of the Yankee proverbs ts now about 60 in years, and shows it. His hair, which is as. jon and unkempt as ever, is iron- gray, and his stiff, drooping mustache ts fast to the color of old age. As he grows older he seems to becomes more a a machine-like ate “‘good-day,” Washington was | one horse in training for a race, but he bred and | | kept a number for his own use, | read the story of how he rode to the Capitol un- and | | dow to “THE PLOTS OF PRISONERS. | PROPOSALS. The Ingen pe ac. x Wan axe Xavep From the New York Times. Bolts and bars and walis batlt f0 resist the De teeth of time are not always sutt : te the convicts In the state pri Conflnement seems to s! prisoners, and not on ¢ they been © devise successful plans to esean | Vent most Ingenious applian: | Old attaches of the prison cot the achievements of convicts that would re: like fables, and yet be as { | knowa . but to in- machinery. i tell stories of a| re sacred writ. | the north gate, and, receivitis his load. of t or four barrels at the kitchen, drives ont au A convict al y the swill-barrel a i | ceeded to put his ide | veloped his head in eivti into a ba: ‘2 liquid swill. The gatek is provided | along iron roa, and is requited to, probe e every I ‘ into operation. d | the barrel in which the conv: | It struck an obstractio vain with consider to see a filthy objecr e3 rom the swill and uiter a muitied ery of pain. It did not take the | , however, to determine that it was »pting j toyed in the prison shops in | ee pass in and out with- ns being asked. A convict on i t this pract anda blouse, aust the guards. t was ¢ and he plunged it in Tie was amazed | vise and made for the country the ranks is one of the practices of cou | the preliminary step to an escape. One cold winter's morning, while it was still dark, two convicts lett their pk in the line. They had | previously ebiained a loag piece of wire. and, | attaching a hook to one end, they tore up their bed clothing and wound it htly about it, This made a stiff rope, and, reaching it up, they caught the hook on the bar the wi the story above. The imbed up fh y hed the re which they descended to a low side wall and dropped to the ground. Several times fire has broken out in the prison and has been found to be the work of ee There is a fire brig: composed of picked men, who are supposed to be trustworthy, it has been shown that th . At nearly every tire in- side the walls the prisoners have cut the hose and done everything in their power to advance the flames, in the vain hope that the whole insti- | tution would burn dow: from _ but es. - ‘The Earl of Shrewsbury’s Victim. MR. MUNDY PROCURES A DIVORCE FROM HIS BEAUTIFUL WIFE. From the London Ties. On Saturday, December 10, before Sir James Hannen, in the probate and divorce division, the | case of Mundy against Mundy ana the Ear! of Shrewsbury was heard. This was a divorce suit inwhich the petitioner, Mr. A. E. Miller Mundy, of Shipley Hall, Derby, sought for a dissolution of his marriage with the respondent by reason of her adultery with the Earl of Shrewsbury. Mr. Inderwick, Q. C., Mr. Bayford, and Mr. A. Ram appeared for the petitioner; the Solicitor neral, .Q. C., and Mr. Witt for the respondent; ir H. Giffard, Q.C., and Mr. Pyke for the co- respondent. Mr. Inderwick. Q.C.. in opening the case, said that the petitioner was married to the respond- ent on the 25th of September, 1873, at the parish church of Ashover, in Derbyshire. The lady's maiden name was Mary Palmer Mundy More- wood, and sbe was the daughter of Mr. Charles Rowland Palmer Morewood, of Alfreton Halt Derbyshire. At the time of their man Mundy was 23 years of aze, ‘They lived at different places years of their married lite, but eb ley Hall. a ‘dan, y at Ship- There was one child of the man hter, born in 1874. Toward the e March, 188), Mr. Mundy made the acquaintance of Lord Shrewsbury, and invited him to stay at Shiy Lord Shrewsbury Was at that time be- tween 19 and 20 years of age, and had only re- cently left Eton. In Consequence of some reports whichreached Mr. Mundy of his wife having been seen avout on horseback in the company of Lord Shrews- bury, he spoke to her himself, and got Lady mot. a relative, to speak to her on the sub- ject. and she promised that notiting sbould oc- cur that could give rise to any observation. However, in geodees f of the present year, fur- | ther rumors reached him, in consequence of which he told Mrs. Mundy that Lord Shrews- bury was not to bereceived at his house; so far as he knew, that direction was obe Oa the 9th of April, in the present year, Mrs. Mundy went to stay with her and, up to the 20th of April, inclusive, the pei tioner received letters from her referring to o- dinary matters, and. in which she addreased him as ‘Dear Fred;” but on the 2ist of that month there came to him a letter in which, ad- dressing him as “Dear Fred,” she said: “You will not be surprised. Iam going to leave you for better or worse, I hope for the former. I want to thank you for all your kindness to me. I have not been worthy of it. Iecannot ask to see my child again, for I am sure you would not | grant it. I hope you will forgive ine and forget. | Thank you for all the happiness I have had at | Shipley. 1 On receipt of that letter Mr. Mundy put him— self in communication with Mr. Morewood, the brother of Mrs. Mundy, and, with that gentle- man, came to London and made inquiries. He found that Lord Shrewsbury and Mrs. Mundy had left London, traveling by the name of Mr. and Mrs. Grafton, and attended by a courier and avalet. It appeared that they left London on the evening of the 20th of April, reached Paris ‘on the morning of the 21st, and remained there the whole day. On the morning of the 22d they left Paris for Naney, and weat thence to Stras- | burg, which they reached on the 25th. Mr. Mundy and Mr. Morewood, who were in pursuit, came up with the respondent and co-respondent | at the Strasburg station on the morning of the 26th, as the two latter were leaving ina train. | Mr. Morewood got into the train as it was start- ing, and condacted Mrs. Mundy back to Stras- burg from the first station at which the train stopped. He subsequently conducted her to her family in this country. She remained with them for some short time, but again joined Lord | Shrewsbury, with whom she was now living. Mr. A. E. Miller Mundy, the petitioner, was then examined by Mr. Inderwick, and said that he married the respondent in 1873. They had a child born in 1874. In the spring of 1580 he made the acquaintance of Lord Shrewsbut In the winter of 1850 he received information about his wife being seen with Lord Shrews- | bury. He spoke to her himself about it, and also got Lady Wilmot todo so. She got into a violent passion’ at first, but afterward she promised not to repeat what he complained of. In February last he ere information that | she had been again seen with Lord Shrewsbury, and he forbade her to receive the co-respon- | dent. In April she was staying with her sister at Torquay. He received letters from her while she was there. On the receipt of the letter of the 21st of April, he and Mr. Morewood went to and saw his wife at Strasburg. She and Lord Shrewsbury were on the railway platform, and entered a t Mr. Morewood got into | | the train, whichtl = started. Witness remained at Strasburg. Mr. Morewood corfducted Mrs. her family in England. Extracts were read from the depositions of Eugene Berger and Chatles Gasper. The for- mer deponent said that he was bead waiter in the Hotel de la Ville de Paris, at Strasburg. On | the 25th or April, 1881, a gentleman and lady | came to the hotel, ‘and left at 8 the next morn- | ing. They had a courier and valet with them. The gentleman and lady were entered in the te@tel book as “Mr. C. Grafton and wife, Eng- | land.” The deponent identified photographs of the respondent and dent. Gasper, who | is chiet pied atthe pe yecis corroborated the evi- dence of Berger and his identification of photographs. This was the case forthe oe Counsel tor the A gentleman in the west end, when the small- | pee aera ire! in tife city, pur- . He mix with some ene eee nee he mixture adhered to one of | (esau Line. | Mundy back to Strasburg, and subsequently to | nm ICE. FOR POTOMAC IY bd after NOVEMIER | DAYS d FALL AND WINTEY NING 00% ORG MATTINGLY, Genera’ Sui . Ament A 2RFOLK AND NEW STEAMER LAD YORK STEAMER THE LAKE y MONDAY, ixeun CONNECTL First-class Fare Bank Bullaine, OF at the THE NEW ea ier tl, Taw at Touro. tock p. a 7 am. For NOTICF: TANS Kou TR, THE, CUNARD SUFAMSILE COMPANY. LMDDD WE N FOOL, Ne Bothni, Gulia... Cataionia. Servia AN vext rates. Chroyh bills of isaen given for Belfast, Havre, Antwerp and other portson the Coutin for Mediterranean ports icht and —s rele GreeR, SS BIGELOW & 60. th street, Washuzton, VERNON H. BROWN & ©O., New York; Orto Messin. OLIS TGELOW & 00, dani? 45 Tih otoet, Waetan som yo— +s New Yorn, Tava. ‘AND Bicintien Norra sERMAN aN Sieamsne Los Lobo, Sour The steamers of UEDAY from Hiren EW YORK 01 N YORK BR bs Carrying the U. sun Stores, Br First an ones ew Yon, For paxeare CO. Pennas|vania mat Bullding, rttawret. Jal? Z RAILROADS. B*"tH008e & OH10 RAILMOAL THE MODEL — AND THE ONLY LINE ‘THE EAST AND THE WESI, VIA WASHINGTON. DOUBLE TRACK! COUPLER! STEEL SCHEDULE TO TARE FECT nea DECEM- 4 3, LEAVE WASHINGTO 30 CHICAGO. | CINCINNATL 3p ST. LOU AST EXPRESD. epee pring and Wey Stations, Balt ~ tag Way ten bit ti HHLADEL ATA. Siw ‘Cars to. 840° STAUNTON ASD TAL nects for Hagerstown and ro ats AND BOSTON ff XtRESs i. Point ol luovke Tor 19:00_Maltunore, Hyxtteville and Laurel Express Store at Aunapelis Junchon and Jeasuys. Om Sundays stor tf rtivwmis. 10:00—BALTIM( Mt Hyatt Coilewe, Bei auction, ATI AND 12: iQ, Baltimore, Ellicott City, Annapolis and Way rr 5 —On Sunday only for Baltimore and Wi ie a. as y Stations, (Winchenter, Frea- Hacertown and Way. Via Being M TTSVILLE AND LAUREL ogee oa « olis Junction.) {4:40 Eialtinore, Atmavotis and Way Stations. [ike ceont at ods, Feeder, Meraeaoem, #4 Way Statzcnn, "(Gu sunday’ bo Pola of 5: p baLTTMOR SEAPRESS. (Martinebune and Way, via Klay. Stoye at Hyutinvilie and sured? Paint of Rocks and Was Siations. $7.40—Baltimore and Way Stscoms. {740BALTINOKE, HYATTSVILLE AND LAUREL ESS, 18:10 -FITISBURG, CLEVELAND and DETHOIT 19:35 PHILADELPHIA, NEW YORK and BOSTON EXPHESS. ‘Mooning Care to New Keak. stop st rattan ade CHICAGO, CINCINNATI and ST. LOUIS EX tDaily, — only. Other trains daily, exowt trains from Washington stop at Relay fon farther Indormation ply at the *iaitionme ana Ohio Ticket Offices, Washington Station, 69 and Pennsylvania avenue, coruer iéth street, where dees ‘Will be taken for bazvage t be checked aud received a any pantan wets. ah 1881 pa tore 1881 0 Tee a OKTH, W! Axe | gat pee. Sriexpuy Sern aes and 1 xtreots, ‘as For Pittsburg aud the West, Chicar ‘of Paiiman Hotei snd Slecping Cars ; Fast Line 10:00 a. Core from mt Nester express 3:30 ert BALIDIORE AND POTOMAC RATLROAD. Catumaaicua, Iochesinc, Buslaioy Nincara, at 8:00 ek 5 2-30, re, and 2.00, 4 10:00 and 10:15 4 $00 10'00 amas, 240, B40, 72 and 10:15 p.m. the | For Foren Creek Line, 6:40 a.mand 4:40 p.m. dail, For ‘6:40 a.m. and 4:40 p.m. daily, except ALEXANDEI AXD FREDERICKSBURG EAILWAY, ASL ape Lecoegenyare