Evening Star Newspaper, April 22, 1882, Page 2

THE SL eae ee ee es liked the comprnfonsh!p of books; they were good NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE. Tienda for nis solitude. But, although he had the — humor es Lamb, "and the pathos of BIS LIFE ASD CHARACTER—INTERESTING PER-| RK. he stion of Goldsmitn, he nad eu He khew BE OES, WA, ET eon ait know, bub. he geltom atrojuced his knowledge in) his books, nevar stent tlously or like pedant. He never ¢ the incident of history In never poured out his con- al wrong’ like Dickens; he never | ow folly of soclety like Thackeray; tte work of all into bis marvel not as the regult of careful study, ‘consequence of that commanding he surveyed society, and the ch which here.t the heart of mon. While he embroces within himself the sides of buiman experience and has un ay propriate word for all, aii ¢ tly understands aad Is fomibkar with all, he SONAL REMINISC: HIM. ‘The following abstract of a lecture, delivered st All Souls’ Chureh April 14th, by Hon B. Loring, npoa Nuthaaiel Hawthor found th for the ab vet is treated and for the vivid jections of Hawthorne, given by w him well: commenced with a dtveusston of tn- and their development tn suc- in hem 18 no philosopher © ss genT.tous He expressed stroacly bis |, pie ror the rich, for toe ignorantor the D ler im the molitytny Ietluences of association | Jeane, for the righteous or the wicked, for any Spechal rans or condition in life, but for human i De oh ud upation. RAINS OS SSUES ane BOS, CONES | cature arairen to Con ee OU Raden Or ee, round every staceof mais g Limpressiong are a} He calls us to be indignant witnesses of no - : | Litlead enormity. orunto his bety. The "3 Which combine to | p#Tti-ular soctal or religious or q nh Se ee car casatueee aoe CoML OnE. TRAX He asks for no Ben forrly this or gaat in olay . diviiuul or associated virtua. ‘The face We can only surrey their fisid of operations and | divi ial o old fea never comes content our-e.ves with tie knowledge we can ob- teins oe ae cotaortinary exe tan by such vision as wo possess We can do | Bofors you, as you study & Seige ‘ee we approach the Inves- | Pe! orp also except a x ¢ H.wthorns we start | Recessary setting Picture. W.ih the feeling thst our vision must be Itmited. THE TASK WHICH HAWTHORNE UNDERTOOK, His horizon f+s0 mush more vast than ours tit | as @ novelist, was indeed dificult and pecullar,— We harliy expect (0 view {8 either with the naked | the task of clothing the New England Purkan eye or with aby .rlifichal «dd within our reach; but Weean turn with interest ani sitisfaction to the rr, t formal crowd which gathered around Hester Peyans, and the busy go=siping neighbors who cume morning an | evening to trade with Hepsibab {a her cent suop—the ehtidren of that day and the chikiren 0: this—are all American. And yet while Ww? are always struck with these gray 0. truth, we are sometim-s nS the Inconstst- ency of the m. Ft may be torrect, and from the bizhest stan Lit undonbdtedly 13; but It is diMicu:t to gee I It is pleasant, T confess, to have Sumthlag left for the imagin’ tina to do, If that someting be not too much. But lam not qu.ts prep.red for such am unexplained determination, vigrave arrive at in for jus’ nee, a3 Phoehe and threshold of the eh: the beauty of everlasting love, and account for it on the ground that they could be aroused only by an extraorilnary occasion. I feel compelied to question whether the unsu: ing Phoebe was quite willing to recogn'ze “tho mir- acle without which every human existence is @ blank,” “the bliss which makes all things true and beantitul and holy,” on 80 short s notice, however much !t may have filied the heart of Holgrave, who had evidently gone through the various ‘Initistory degrees in his im- passioned solitude, and yet there has been miny a sudden burst of sunlight on many an astonished Phebe in this world. ‘The beauty and grandeur and of art are very visiblo in Hawthorne: but they are often velied In an aw! in the majesty in Michael Angelo’s In addition to this c his phi —— asc ing. Some of & into proverbs. Such as—“This feeling had the en- ergy Of disease;” “The ‘commonwerlth tal mystery 28 day and night, is most 4 aM wopyy- With life and beauty, and of breathing tnto his | of steep;” “To spend an eternity in a vain effort te € Foumstunces unter which he was gevenpen and | U.iimpassioned heart the warmth of human | to es his lecotsreoee bres ey lopped te Influences by which he was surrounze. emotion. Lowell has told us in one of his esmys | £004 of pore Saint” anon ee ms imaceeoan A ‘THR PACT THAT HAWTHORNE WAS BORN IN SALEM My not amount to much with other peopie, but it | rich, we may be power‘ul, but wa are ualnteret- Hing fellcity con full biases es ble with their context. Suounted toa grest deal to him. ‘Tho sturdy and | 19g except :8 a phenomenon.” ‘Tae century ant a | if of stern self-sserificing fe watch ar deatant spirit of his progenitor who first landed 02 | ancestors led on ‘this continent during which thy Prose shores found a congenial abode among the | were from the rivations prople of Niunkeag, after having vataly eatoay- | dctormin ttiow of colonial lite to the assertion = = deilance of the revolution, has indeed but 1 ‘ed to accommodate Itself to the more tmposing | dellanc on ua Daenae ae ae ae evclestasticiam of Winthrop an-! his colony at Trt- | fi, iy te ‘ae mountain, «pd of Endicott at bis new home. He | their Pt spi ‘The inciionts of ‘ ite ‘Was @ str separstist. it ts trus, and had that few and mostly uninteresting,» ‘The apie liberal reitziows faith which made ‘the ° was not chivairous, but lony, geiony the bone of the persecuted, and gave it | Tapostng an . q tunmortal power im controlling the relicious and | Gom with bounding joy. systems of our land: but he was also a ‘ : \ arrior, a politician, a legislator, a legil adviser, HAWTHORNE ’S GRIM MATERIALS, # mereliant, an oratir with persuasive seh. Hl 18 | Dr. Loring proceeded to give an claborate aketc seldom eer drove nim to fanaticism: and he had weuuna oa Just understanding of the wants of | Or,‘8? Puritan character and experience out those about bt and of the form a at Wich Hawthorne drew the materials for hi — igrermmens | simone. He descefoed thats severity; the! wader which they were to Hive—an understanding so clear that whenever he surrenteret as a mags. | austere faith; their Tepression of gaity; thetr p: hibition of amusements; their absence of musi trate = the heated and intoler nt spirit of his times he did it reluctsnt!y and with mental and art, poetry; their exposure to temptation; thet Moral proust. He had expo-ure iso to the horrors of savage lire: theil GREAT POWERS OF MIND AND BODY, beliet 1a and fear of the Devil, whose presence the} and formed a conspicuous Szure in that imposing | recognized; their constant recognition of witch 4nd hervic group which stinJs around the cradle of New England. The generations of the family ‘that followed took active and prominent port in the manly adventures which marked our entire colonial period. With less religious demonstra- tion than the first of their line on this continent they were sever and gtoomy justices, strong and Success’ul farmers, bold ant = dowa to the Ume when the great author was It w samong the family traditions gith- ered from the Iniin wars, the tragic an! awiul (dl the witcheruft elusion, the wild life of rivaterr, that h« fir-t saw the Hi ht, and While he was yet a child the death of his father in distant Ys Was impressed upon his mind as one of t solemn mysteries of the sea. Ht was not a conspicuous, but It was on inte mate part which hts progenitors perrormed in Tied, which constitutes the romance of ~ . nts; tugir want of literature; their d erst devotion to religion and the effect of the! creed to rouse their minds, and awaken thelr hight moral sens, aud fill their souls with a deflint Sense of freedom; thelr deience of truth. But over all this high endeavor, he sald, there bung a col rey Sky, and around’ tt lay a wintry lands:ape roa wiich one could hardly hope to gather any flower, either of beauty or perfume. This social and civil org nization may have been a “phenom- enon” to some minds, but it constituted a reality from which the hizhest lessons could be drawn, and tm which the noblest characters for history and romance were created. It {sof this remarkable people that one of the most eloquent and accomplished of their descend- anU’s has suld: “But while we apprect ite whit the Puritans have done, and recogiize the divine-wis- dow and purposes’ in raising tiem up to do it, something is wanting yet to vive to their character and fortunes a warm quick interest, a charm forthe feelings ant Imagination, an abiding place in the heart and memory and affections of all the genera tlons of the peopl> to whom they bequeathed adventurous | m:c- bie hordy part of Way Temoved from thera | these representative governments and unde an tb {21 Dition, they preserved | fited rei It is time that literature and the Weriatles of that ers in all their fresh- | crs should co-opemte ih ty = eae 800 power. & y wer o comanry on Me inspiring or more instructive were never sung by Formed thelr pie anes SSW UP AD | oid or modern bard in hall or bower. Tha whois = ee na bry ir DP = oe aos L eh | history of the Puritans—ot that portion which re [papery eterna rae tera. tins eens tained in Enci:nt and plucked Charles from his eta aia coche ee tarone, end buried crown ani mitre beneata the foundations of the cormonwe ith, other not less urlieus of a town where pigue minder Heaven fn: : dally life the say: f nd founded 2 fre prone oper Hare ntl Sp | th—all the Ieading traits of | es wdvesdsein Gomnion | thetr n _ tual and active character, satucal £.cu! Mihara waa meee j thete theotosteal doctrines, their supergtitions, Bathorne vs Child eecthorne, | Hiei notions 0. the divine government, aad econ, the stlent, <ciibre sailor, who represented «lithe | O23: 21 of the place they fled in It—averything bout them, ¢ out of the or would adequately Tr. 16 tything which befell them, was 'Y course of life, and he who ‘a thelr fortunes, disslay nd decide upon their preten- * writer ofthe Pentateuch, put try, eloquence X by turns Wo thotensis, the ul power of the f-mily, with a bi and ul mend which dweit upon that curious esting famll perstiti n al a Low. | et eae | ET, world.” Tucir Lves nities Simoi @S | and Libors poss: rily to be found in Guiles greater Invensity af the records of uest. They were fervor from her own sow Hattered, they sy Were siut up In prison, they were with the tlre ace V ie Bt their | ections—to QUALITIES OF MIND AND HEART Which were active in these m n° generations of toll and tril and varted experience on land snd ¢o8they were in their primitive st { power, whn, free from de- | and purified of all dros 2 of inte! en 10 Hi-tory, tletion, 1 cident of such nlor. IN ENTE: z Howtuorne "dang guided by all the Gomestic aff ulrs in Which he pissed his chilanood, by all te traditions, as well as the recorded his | tory of his brithplace, by the landmarks of past pnerations, by the mentiland moral character. C ndnd + seating humor ¢ ghts isa boy ot & very quired he qu iatly remarxed In const + ns not, for it well ing and dit they never che companions. ‘The of thoug 5 | ound from which Old hors: h tehe mn ar of Roger Wil- Deyish petios It was cate and chaste ‘Yalth of Bumor wich he had boy, ond it never de- athers who founded the berory Ite. Even | under which he lived. ‘The: or low association SW not much ptable wit of Of Gulliver's Travels he says: “1! and the les too f:1se.” HAWTHOES PERCEPTION ~ . Wasexquisitely keen also. His eyes were as quick ‘© ad sharp as were those of his ancestor with his sail or's “eye to the wind’urt” ina gale ates. Nota Bird, not « beast, or a flower, or twig, or cloud, or | tee eseaped him, when he fo!loweg his uncle and his men oa their tr imps slong the shores of Sebago Jake. And so tt was through life. Strolling along the street tn apparent reverie, dreaming on his tall stool at the custom-hou-e, pacing his so Walk in the country, at home or abroad, he sw ai that wus to be seen; sx th hiseves shut reyes opsn. He che | ther philio- not by a process ust a Mold in the dark days of the wite Gelus.on were preserved in the court-house near hs dwelling. ‘he hiilon which the sid tracedy. Wis enacted, and whose wini-stricken trees shivered andi shrunk where the gallows once siocd, overlooked his town and wis the favorite spot of his moraing walk. Beyond him Jay the Wat-Ts of that bay, whose waves the keel of the Mayflower, the Arbella and Jonn. Winthrop’s fleet had divided. The headlind from which Roger Coa.nt watched for the coming of his Protestint colon.sts, the harbor where John Endicott first Sought shelter, the strand on which he Janded, the tri-mountain which Winthrop chose as the home of the Massichusetts boy colony, the sandy beachés stretching southward to the harbor of Plymouth, were ail within the reach of his eye as_he stood upon that hill of detusion and soffering and sorrow. The scene of that re- imurkable decade from 1620 to 1630, In which Roger Conant at Cape Ann, John Endicott at Sa- lem, John Winthrop at Boston, and Joan Carver at ith, has through trial and suffering and and faint suc jJaid the foundation of Tament based on popular right, a civil sophical meaninz by insti Of ressoninz. He saw tl whether thinzs of the p. colontal lite when he w: por neous Hi 1 any one =up- he wrote of tha: poses be had a distorted ant discolored Syst in erected on the conseat of the governed, Society, It thourhts and In-idents and in tf all be‘ore him. The gabled roofs ant In the ‘carly periods of our HL bist jugs Of the Puritan’s dwelling were hisarch! ‘ must remember thet nomin his ever desc Tided | ture; the quiipt costume o: the Puritan fathers ; gsoas, Bi thines about falin Detter than lie did— | miziit be seen lingering’ In the strevts in tie days few so well; und that the eye which saw of Gis childhood. “The ‘gloomy volumes of their ant Rone"as no one else hes seen th Mterature still on the narrow bookshelves Noumkesg and Trimountitn just (the colonial home. ‘Their ecclesiastical had over the Keen Insight ta 1 . tueir hot debate, taeir angry protests were of hanen pitere whe a be ‘long to tue topics of dally conversition. ite listen: ed on ere early thrown upon thelr own H and to-sed abeut from suore to suore over all and sineng ell peoples, HIS DELINEATION OF PURITAN CHARACTER. the sacred Sund pious and simp inspired by th strength and of the Puritan to the sweet ind Service of the Puritan’s worship, piety ani expressed with the or of the Puritan minister, The es Of martifne at res, seas We! tee kaa ase ae. the marine ad tie Stories of those Yuritin character, mony treaties of Puritan | hat fougat ae Louisburg, the sententious expres history, many pletures of Puritan Ife in| stongof the miznates of anold scaboud town New Encland, but the secret chambers were | Were ail famtilarto bs ears. He knew well tbe first unlocked and opened by him in “The Scarkt | G4 Untness, the strenzth, the pecullarities, the — Weak eccentricities, the resolution, the pride, the patter.” and we sow the Purtts energy, the fearlessness of those generations pic come Sa, which had planted civilization inthe wild architecture; but never an inside "view: hat founded a st«te, had swept unknown seas, bi fought great wars, and be brought forth in his artist's | Sowing romance those pictures so dear to all who e there, ne aich prenides ¢ a | Know ther well, and o hed, the inner lives of the — 2 ners for the wonder admiration of the “The Marble Foun.” S 1B “The Howse 0° the | chitin ck ee Seven Gibies.” and Con-orl in “Mosses from an | pect fitton. OM every headin sok tre Salem and Concord yn jn pleturs ore not the fruits of fmagination: but they are ti atu ef Him who made it. Tr he mokes vite ae a8 Deauteous 8 a Stir ind Vice as bilvous asa | Fayless pizht, -o do nature ard the Divine lw. It ts, stripped of all disguises und | ment; Rot uhlov y and repulsive, but that | fay-terious ond faseinat pr-biem whi-h has been the g1 iy of mankina. ‘The he- | fe3 may De con. ealed by adverse cir-um- | the low and men ones may be by tas fortune. The work of portr-ying lita, and gloomy and mysterious toe work Of a ere tor Who 80 aiten “be- bh ane ne, Proviience” “hides a smiling ce.” and ‘whose thoughts are a not as our itsn history written on every headland, and welling, and Street about him—a history not al- re-sive and interesting, a history which iternate pride and mortification, :«lter- er, alterpats commendation and poluts out “all that Is grand and beau- {ful of nature, ail that ts brilliant fa achievement, ail that ts magnxnimous fn virtue, all that 13 sub- lime ta self-sicritice”—ail, in fact, which finds no place in the annals of deliberate history. HAWTHORNE’S CHARACTERS. In the performance of his Mterary work, Haw- thorne draws hts pictures with wonderiul skill They may be compared with the domestic groups of the Dutch painters, with the addition of the dreamy, misty coloring which gives such a charm to Allsthn’s dark Tandscape, where some mystert- ous igure Is Introluced to give life to the scene. Wis characters hich are ail strong and natural, wre never lit by him until the supernat has been expresset. His grot hse Te. | HAWTHONNE'S PICTURES muy at times have been gioomy, Dnt thoy are always true to nature, ant the loom is only the ahadow falling upon the tindscape to pertect its beauty. U's wt was so guide! and controlled by Batural Liws thaball artist’: design was thoroughly Didien; and even the most fantastic 0: his shapes Med the piices assign-d them with as much ft = Besand propriety as do the mountuins and the ga. Hs wilked all the beaten highways of Ure | wit the great novel'sts wha hive vielinaated hu- man character—with Scott and his crowd of pow- efful personages—with Mins Ansten and Of keenty-trown dometie jite—with ‘tural tesqueness ts Inimitable. His little cannibal devoured a whole caravan be- fore he reached his ‘th. His Pynchon hens, with thetr artstocratic attenuation, are the very expr-ssion of galiinsceous absurdity. Old Venner is. molel of a fussy Mixture of an Pauper. Hepzibvh has not her equ il as a representative of her peculiar class. Starved and withered at Pincifed tu ber pcor old heart for the want of hu- Mm. syinpatny and warn buman © | ts pursedtiand prim in her griets and foys and’ poo, her cirele ; her kindness. Never has there been seen ‘Thackersy | better delineation of an aetive, uneasy, Protean and his scl: ty olsonel distortions—iwith Dickens | ¥: Kee, halt speculator and halt p end his er tes aaNet Conner and his | Holzrave t now of no man with all his up MONS ON se: ant Lound--and hav. | univer YF of m and all bis quaintness ormed bits part well in this brotherhood of | of conc-ption, to ed Serena ee écincow-rm, he pluaced & truty as Hawthorne, the fathomadiec forwst life aad its sa) actors. Judd has carried | Jou “own east,” in the midst of the m'xture of half-Bedged philosophy and extrava- gant Veereg Rt os unnatural - yy MAWTMORN® JOT LITTI.® FROM BOOKS. ve gre ean Panag He seems not to have derivst reve stoongty | MU end the Dam-yard ; and eat the seat fom books He wis never astwlent. i from oFaess that he | in the Puritanism of the “Scarlet Letter” and in the Yankcetma of “Phe House of the Die” Nor have ever before the Of society met with so true an Prexplorer stat te Saat “we may be great as a people, we may be} gris: 4,” are a few instances of a constantly Roe foret- HAWTHORNE'S DOUBLE EXISTENOR. Throughout his life Hawthorne led a two-fold existence—a real and a supernatural Asa man ‘he was the realest of men. From childhood to old agehe had great physical strength and power. Hi13 massive head sat upon a strong and muscular neck, and his chest was broad and capacious. His devotion, s4- | strength was great, his hand and foot large and Well-ma ie. He never knew the feebleness of youth, that uniucky check to many a promising re ‘areer; nor the weakness of old age. In walking he had a firm step ani a great stride, without of: fort. In early manhood he had abounding health, a excell nt physical condition gave nim a placta and even temper, acheerful spirit. He wasn silent man and o‘ten a mood: morose; his onrantzation was ton grand for that. He was'a most deligatrul companion. In conver- sation he was never controversial, never aut‘iori- tative, and never absorbing. silence was oppressive; put with a ‘single coin- digestion, a hearty enjoyment of food. H's ly one; bat never irritable or Ina multituie his anion his talk flowed on sensibly. quietly, apt liom and shrewiness. He discussed books with wonder!ul acuteness, sometimes with startling power, and with an unexoected vordi-t, jas If Shakspeare were discussing Ben Jonson, H> nalyzed men, their charact-rs and motives, and apactty with great penetration, impartially tf a tranger oF an enemy, with the tenderest an | most uching justice of a friend. He wasfond of thavom- anionship of all who were in sympathy with this al and human side of life, A genuine charact-r ‘ag very attractive to him. And so in the Scarict etter he warms over the custom hous: >and # old collector, because each was perfect in his ay, although that way might perhaps not al- ays be of the Dest Men who dla not mediie ith him he loved, mén who made no demand: on im, who offered him the repose of genial com- anionship. His lfe-long friends were of this jeseription, and his loyalty tothem was chivalrous ind fearless, and So generous that when they dif- ved from him fn matters of oninion, he rose at ce above the difference and adhered to them for hat they really were; and these irlends were :l- ‘y3 remarkable for great favor of one descrip- on or another. ; HAWTHORNE AND PIEROS. Of Gen. Pierce, one of his dearest friends, after long discussion of his character and career, ho id with inexpressible sadness in his tone: “It 3 hard for Frank to get a new Idea” Of the ication of “Our Old Home” to General Plerce he tn the face of the most bitter opposition, the Stongest threats, the most urgent appls:—“1 cipnot withdraw that dedication and’ wound my fend. My loyalty to him ts Involved. I would Ng do tt ¢ven if the financial sueces? of the book digenstea upon it.” And he sald this not in tae hat of passion, but with a calm and generous cobra, his his friends he sion ‘discuss books. Adverse criticism er read, and while he encouraged by ‘al he never reqvired the stimulus of fat- tery, nor was he disheartened gy dissent. IN BIS TEMPESTUOUS MooDs. Mpin, peaceful, calm and retiring as he was in allthe ordinary evento: life, he was tempestuous andJrresistible when rousod. An attempt on the putof a rough and overbearing sea captaln to In- terige with his bu an Inspector of tuo custgms in chars? of his shin, wis met with sich ie apr sirit land phystes] wr th fi-d up the waar? ani * ulin Who sat at the re With a stliee'’s eraotion im Gols nau intercoarso witi d_bis pms, 114) as tongue ada th vi nO MAN More tinpres lye, in which the weirevosing Strencth seemed clad In such a robe @ sweet | Vanious Picrires oF HAWTHORNE. Tsay him on the day Gen. Pierce ws elected to the Presidemey. It was a bright and delicious altersgon in late autuinn. He was standing under the iiftle shaded and embowered piazz. of the “Waygde,” at Concord, im the full visor of his manhood, radiant with joy at the good fortu of his frient, and with that say sid bile plying over ‘his face, which was so Youzhite and Charminy—a curious commingling of repicing over the present and puntul antlein.c tlonsof the “uture—that future whitch was so un- fortunite. Phive seen h'm nshing from the rocks of theE3ssex county shore at Swim scott, enjoy- ing the bliss of absolute repose, and the sweet un- certality which sttends the anzl-ra line. T hava sat with him in the dimnly-lichted room on autumn evenings, cheerful end: vocal with the cricket's chirp,and hove ieard his wiso and sensible tlk, uttered in that soft, melodious tone which gave su h apeculiar charin to his utterances—a tone =o shy that an intruder would hush it Into sflenc> tn ann tant. I have strolted wit’ him fn the dars- ness off Summer night through the lanes of Con- cord, apired by his voice, which came up irom the grvgs-zrown roidside {n a sort of mysterious Turmes, taat he was my companion still. Aad everywiere and at all times he bore about hiin a Strong ahd comm.nding presence, an impr:ssion of unprtending pow-r. I can hardly tell how Hawthomne suscesded in entertaining his com- panion3 and securing thelr entire confilence, un- less If was that he displayed ureat good sense and acutene® and good temper in his latercourse wit them, and never misieJ them by false promise. or low appeils. This, in addition to his subtile genius, everywhere retognized and never wnolly Con-eal, even to his most commonplace a3%0- clits, made hima 2 most fascinating fri-nd, as he really and truly a man of rare quality among ordinarymen, But ttwas THE SUPERNATURAL ELEMENT IN HAWTHORNE which gie him his high distinction. When he entered won his work as a writer he left this per sopalityWhich I have described entirely behind him. Inthis work he allowed no interierence, he asked fot no ald. He wis shy of those whose In- tellectual power and Mt rary fame wight seem to give them gricht to enter his sanctuary. In an iiustrious authors and tuinkers he and silent around the marzin in 1 the room, and at 11st vanished into ‘kness, and when he was gone Mr. : of hin, “Hiwthorne rides well his horse of thenight.” ‘The working of his mind ws So sacred ald mysterious to him that he was im- patient of aay atveimpt at familiarity or even inti- macy with tae diviae power within him. ‘HI SHYNESS AND LONELINESS. His love of gersonal solitule was his ruling pas. sion, his intellectual solitute,was an overpowering necessity. Barry Cornwall says, “Tne spider, the meanest and lowest crefiture that crawis, has a maw; but the scholar has no mate or compania®;” and yet the fsolation of the. scholar is mere twilight when compared with the gilitule which settles around the % create genius. Hawthorne said bim- self that his Work grew in his brain as{t wont on, and wasbeyond his control or direction; for nxture was Bis guide. Theodore Parker once sald to me he hadpo Idea that Hawthorne understood his own geniss of comprehended the Dhllosophical meaning of @any of the circumstances und char- acters found in his books; that his characters were true # nature, in spite of himself. And so i greit loneliness he toil conscious mat no human coulc guide him, apt that human sympathy was of ni | have often thought ‘that he understood perfectly that he d: 3 So im of his sacredness at this sentiment, so natural and of his love, “hat this, sentiment, rable, made him Unjust to his it ergy uneeries, there can be Dut iitle douse For while hespplied to them the Le gh der Ba 3 for the Joung men sage whom be en frz i iehe iad longings ot at ioaae of his For clatos Miss as aoe arene ne humble ee u his work, his creation moved steadily and tayrstically as when the morning stars sang together and all the sons of God shouted for joy. AND 80, WHEN HAWTHORNE DIED, the world felt that a great light had gone out, and 4 most brilliant star had dropped from the firma- ment ofthe heavens, Thescholars aad the men of genius hastened to pay tribute to his greatness. Freed at last from associations which many of the Teflaed and thoughtful could not understand, he took in an Instant his recorn'zed place among the tew to brother, and who felt that when he passed the strong staff of their lives was broken. He ee peacefully a ‘the affectionate care of the ei ap, poeiratited see THE DISTRICT PUBLIC SCHOOLS. ‘The Program of Examinations. At the Iast meeting of the Board of Public School Trustees, the committee on examina- tions (Messrs. Fairley, Pope and Griswold) re- Ported the program.of examinations, which was adopted. CITY AND COUNTY SOHOOLS. ‘The oral examinations of the Sth, 6th and 7th grades of the city echools, and all grades of county schools have closed, and spelling ex- aminations, city and odlored schools, will take place next week. © For the remaining examinations the program is as follows: e May 2 70 13.—Oral i of Eighth Grade of City Schools. ners: Superin- tendent and Supervising Principals. Mar 15 To Juna 9.—Second Semi-Annual Oral Fxamination of First, Second, Third and Fourth Grades of: City Schools. Examiners: Superin- tendent and Supervising Principals. May 19, 1 To %0 p. mw, aND May 20, 8 To 12 a. M.—Examination in Drawing and Exhibition of Drawing, Map Drawing and Penmanship: To be held in the Franklin Build- ing. Examiners: Mrs. 9. EB. Fuller, Teacher of Drawing; Select Committee, Mr. William Mc- Leod, Curator Corcoran Gallery of Art; Mr. Edward Clark, Architect of the Capitol; Miss C. L. Ransom, artist; Mr. Adolf Cluss, architect; Mrs. Vinnie Ream-Hoxie, sculptor. Address.by Judge Arthur MacArthur. May 20 anp 27, 9 a. w.—Examination of Can- didates for Teachers’ Positions and for Promo- tions, Examiners: Committee on Teachers and Board of Examiners. June 5, 6 and 7.—Written Examination of the High Schools. Examiners: Superintendent and Principals of the High schools. JUNK 3, 8 A. M., AND JuNE 10, 8 a. M.—Examl- nation of Candidates for the Washington Nor- mal School. To be held in the Franklin Building. Examiners: Committee ou Teachers and Super- intendent. June 14, 15, anp 16.—Written Examination of Fifth, Sixth, Seventh and Eizhth Grades of City Schools. Examiners: Superintendent and Su- pervising Principals. JUNE 14 To 20.—Written examination of the County Schools. Examiners: Superintendent and Supervising Principal. Juxw 8, 9a. m.—Fourth Quarterly examina- tlon of the Washington Normal School. Ex- aminers: Committee on Teachers and Superin- tendent. Juve 9, 8 r. M.—Graduating Exercises of the Washington Normal School: To be held in the Congregational Church, corner Tenth and G streets northwest, under the direction of the Committee on Teachers. June 10, 9 a. m.—Examination for Kendall and King Scholarships. ‘fo be held in the Franklin Building. Examiners: Mr. Charles B Young, Mr. John W. Hunt and Mr. Otis T. Mason. Jone 12.—Closing Day of the Girls’ High Schol. Jung 13.—Closing Day of the Boys’ High School. Jonw 15.—Cl-sing Day of the First and Second Grades of City Schools. June 16.—Closing Day of the Third and Fourth Grades of City Schools. Jung 19.—Closing Day of the Fifth and Sixth Grades of City Scigols. June 20.—Closing Day of the Seventh Grade of City Sehools. June 21.—Closing Day of the Eighth Grade of City schools and of the County Schools. COLORED. SCHOOLS. May 8 To June: 2,.—Second Semi-Annual Oral Examination of all Grades of Schools. Exa: iners: Superintendent and Supervising Princi- pals. ‘ay 19, Ip. M.. AND May 20, 8 TO 13 a. Mm — Exhibition of Drawing. Map Drawing, and Pen- manship. To be held in the Sumner Building. May 20 ann 27, 9 a. w —Examinations of Can- dates for Teachers’ Positions and for Promo- tions. Examiners: Committee on Teachers and Board of Examiners. Juxx 6, 9.30 a. m.—Qnarterly Examination of the Miner Normal School. June 3,8 A. M.. AND Jung 10.—Examination of Candidates for tie Miner Normal School. To be held in the Sumner Building. Examiners: Joint Committee on Miner Normal School and Superintendent. Juve 5, 6, AND 7.—Second Semi-Annual Writ- ten Examination of the Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, and Kizhth Grades and High Schools. Exam- iners: Superintendent and Supervising Princi- pals. Juxn 7, 4:30 p. M.—Graduating Exercises of the Miner Normal School.—To be held in the Miner Hall. Junx 8, 8 Pp. M.—Graduating Exercises of the High School.—To be held in the Sumner Hall. June 14, 1 P. M.—Closing Day of Eighth Grade Schoul No. 2 —John F, Cook Building. June 13, 1 P. m.—Closing Day of Eighth Grade School No. 1. Sumner Building. June 14, 1 P. M—Closin Day ot Eighth Grade School No. 8. Lincoln Building. Juxe 19.—Closing Day of Sehools in the First Sub-division. Stevens, Miner and Sumner Buildings. Juxe 20.—Closing Day of Schools in the Se- cond Sub-division. John F. Cook, Fourth and L streets, and Garnet Buildings. June 15 —Closine Day of Schools in the Third Sub-division. Lovejoy and Lincoln Buildines. Junx 16 —Closing Day of Schools inthe Fourth Sub-division. Anthony Bowen and Randall Buildings. June 21.—Closing Day of Schools in the Fifth Sub-division. Chamberlain Building. Closing Day of High School, 1. p. m. THE PRIZES TO BE AWARDED are the Kendall Scholarship in Columbia Uni- versity, six years course; the gift of the late Hon. Amos Kendall, and the King Scholarship (the gift of Hon. Horatio King) in Dickinson College, four years course, for which the competitors will be from the Boys’ High School; and the Amidon medal, awarded to the pupil in the girls’ class of the eighth grade of the fourth division who shall be adjudged by the concordant votes of her teacher and her schoolmates to be most distinguished for “‘amiability and scholarship.” The schools will hold the regular sessions re- quired by the “‘rules and regulations” up to and including the day assigned for their close. On both seasions of the closing days the parents and friends of the puplis are expected to visit the schools. Each teacher should specially invite them to come. The exercises are to oon- sist mainly of recitations of the classes in the stud- tes which they have during the year, and are to be conducted by or under the direction of the teacher. ——_——_-e-—____ ‘The Message of the Rose, 3 aE She gave me a rose at the ball to-ni; "And ToT, bs ge fool, Esuppose, For my heart beat high witn a Had she given me more th delight; an the rose? I t that she WiAd, Tor a little while, ester ier Ui Sc ve ema, ive al wi SJ ‘To another mn fo the Lancers. Sen seen — he seemed to suse noe 9k fsa DOE sean; "Auy one else —¥ aid nos care. i Iknow, Re Ty aa “And then to my Ups while ¥ Bessie Chandler, in The Century A GEWERAL ADVANCE IN BREADSTUFFS—THE RISE IN ‘THE PRICE OP BEEP—A DECLINE IN BUTTER, FOTA- ‘TOES, AND OTHER VEGETABLES. Breadstuffs of all kinds indicate strong prices with a general advance of twenty-five cents per barrel on all grades since quotations one week ago. The grades needed by the home trade are not plenty, and there seems to be an increased de- mand, and im favor of holiers. Thegraim market 1s bigher than the flour market, and as nang: are very low, much grain ts bett shipment abroad. ‘This has creatadva frm market, witn gradual inclination for advance, and the 7 of dealers 13 general that four must come as ont Frome sas, asda ne Brand }, $7. 25.97.50; ‘umntly (Patent Process.$7-703- $3; Family (Standard Brands), $74$7.%5; Family Fiate Brande, 90.75087; Extra, $6.25.$6.50; Super, 5a%.75; Fine, $9524.75; Middling, sisal Cora is also advance the best w! ots. OGabe neste aemana, ana are firm at a slight ad- ‘The hay prs ts active, and prices for good lots Orm—clover, $19; timothy, $21, and mixed, $18. THE CATTLE MARKET ts unusually high, owing to scarcity of stock. This market depends almost entirely on the west for ‘supplies, and the effects of the drouth of last year are now more perceptible than ever in the prices Of live stock. This has caused the recent rise in pee eye inaierragheinielngeetegehgenedinare at time for the last ten years. Tight) and the demand throughout the iad Ty, and ‘he borth and will have the effect of making beet scarce and nh the coming year. Dressed , Cogs ts qui lots, as follows: 10.12 cents jobbii dian dais for hind guartefs, and Bod cents for Soules Suer™aune ehach Bvt cae cen 3 10412 Veal, choice, 9111; common, 839 live os 7a8; common, 5aé centa THE BUITER MARKET has declined since last quotations,but the changes have not been radical, and holders are inclined to steadier views as to prices, though there is still more or leas irregularity, Fine New York is quoted at 20:38 cents; do. western, 24226; fine creameries, 88184 There is a. continued absence of Virginia Midiand and Pennsylvania stock in our mai ‘The feeling among dealers is that there will be a future een Ae view of the prospect of speedy arriv: and @ check given to importations from the states, Cheese is ubout the same as last week, no change in pres and slow sales, continue to hold thelr own—16.17 cents for ‘ones. Inthe pro- vision line, especially everything in the way of pork, fresh and cured, has advanced half-a- cent’ per pound since last’ quotations and prices firm. This is the natural result trom the rise of other meats, POTATOES, In the vegetable line potatoes continue to occupy the prominent place. The foreign kinds are still onthe market, but, as a general rule, are quite inferior in quality to the natives, and are hard to sell, prices indicating an unsettled look,.with advantage to the buyers. The domestic varieties are not quite as freely offered. Scotch and Irish Champions range all the way from 60 to 9 cents per bushel, though by far the larger bulk sell at the smaller and some lots have been sold as low as 50 cents per bushel A cargo that camo into pleat Fork, Yase week ote sone om) account of the very large proporti them bave been heated in transit, and others have been by sprouting. Some com. Plaints are made by the dealers here that many of the sacks contain quantities of earth, which adds to the weizht of the sacks, besides causing the potatoes to sprout. Natives are sell- ing in quantities for $1.25.$1.40 per bushel. The white natives are growing scarce in Prince Bd- ward’s Island, Nova Scotia and in Maine and large stocks ure not to be easily secured. The blue variety is the next best, and ‘are worth $1a$1.10 od cheesey Burbanks are selling at $1.30 and "eeTiess $1.25, Bermudas (new), $3.50a$9 per bar- rel; Florida, $8.:$8.50. OTHER VEGETABLES, Florida tomatoes, $3:$4.50 per bushel box; Ber- mudas, 75c.a$1 per box; string beans (flat), $1.50a $ per box; do. round, $2.50:$3; cymlings, $1.50 per box; peas, $4a$4.60 per half bbl box; cabbage— Charleston and Savannah, $4.50 per crate; do, Nor- folk, $22$2.75 per barrel; new beets, $2a$2.50 per ucumbers (Fla.), $5 per box; asparagus, 503 7 per punch; onicas bid), $3 per DbL; do. Ber- mudas, $2 25 .$2 50 per box; lettuce, or doz. strawberries, 30a35¢. per qt. boxes, in lots; apples, $3.503$5.50 for good stocks of russets, Very few of Oranges are worth $41 the red truit in morket, $5 per box; lemons $3 50.$4. The vegetable and trult have been in better condition, and stocks mirket have been steadily moving. The market here for southern productions, of both vegetables and fruit, suffer all the Ume for wantot a regular and sure line of transportation and reasonable freights. BaSSsS ES THE “BUNCO” MEN. A DESCRIPTION OF THE GAME BY WHICH CHAS, FRANCIS ADAMS WAS SWINDLED—HOW IT HAS PLAYED IN THIS CITY—WHY THE OPE- RATORS GENERALLY ESCAPE ARREST. The “bunco” game, by which Mr. Charles Francis Adams was swindled out of nearly $20,000 in checks, in Boston, about two weeks ago, has been played in this city for several years, but not so constantly as the notorious “three-card monte” game. The *bunco” men never stop in one city more than a few days at a time, while the “‘three-card monte” gang, which our police have at last succeeded in breaking up, has made this city their headquarters for years. During and since the centennial year they have almost daily fleeced strangers out of their money and watches. The game of “bunco” is played in many re- spects tike that of -‘monte,” but the men who play it are, as a rule, smarter, and look for higher game than the ‘‘monte” men. For the latter reason they cannot stop in one place long, because they generally make so largea haul and cause such an alarm that they have to leave. SEVERAL LARGE SWINDLES by this game have been perpetrated in this city, sometimes checks for large amounts being won by the gang, but as they stay only a few days and are very expert in diszuising themselves, they have always succeeded in getting away safe. The game 1s worked generally by three men, and in the fellowing manner: When they arrive in a city, they go to houses in quiet and fashionable neighborhoods and rent parlors, pay- ing the rent in advance. They represent that they are newspaper correspondents or some- thing of the sort, and have to do a great deal of writing both day and night, for which purpose they have a large table placed in the middle of | the room. They then hang up placards on the wall. denoting their assumed business and fill the table with stationery, giving the room an air of business. They repeat their operation in several neighborhoods, after getting rooms in hotels. The “capper,” who ts always provided with a list of names of presidents and cashiers of banks in all the principal cities goes out generally around the hotels or public buildings, and se- j tects a stranger who he thinks has a large amount of money, and addresses him by some name, and receives the reply: ‘You are mistaken, my name is -" The young man apologizes, and having the gent eman’s name, he examines the hotel registers, by which means he generally succeeds in getting the stranger's full address. Then consulting his Het of bank officers. he learns the name of those of the prin- cipal banks in the cityin which the intended victim lives, and communicates the gentleman's name and the name of the bank officer to an- other of the gang, who very familiarly ad- dresses the same gentleman by his right name. IN THE TOMS. Of course the stranger tells the young man he don’t recognize him. The young man answers that he knowsthe gentleman very well by seeing him in +, where his (the young man’s) father or uncle is president of the bank, The gentleman generally recognizes the name of the young man's father, and is happy to meet the son of an old friend. They enter into con- versation, and agree to the the day seeing the sights together. & & : it I 8 id if HE stranger sometimes loses, like large amount, for which he After getting all can out him, the “bunco” men next get rid of him, unknown on the first train, LITERARY NOTES. ONS. By J. THE BRAIN AND ITS FUNCTH By 3. Lors, ILLUSIONS: A Paychologioal Study. By James Suu- SUICIDE: An Evsay on Moral Statistios. By Hamer Moaseuti, M.D. THE CON AND ‘EORIES OF MODERN Paveios. By $8 erase MYza AED SCIENCE. An Keay. By Trro Vr0- Throngh F. B. Mohun we have received the Of readers. ARCTIC SUNBEAMS; or, From Broadway to the Bos- pears. © way of the North Cae. ee ES base, rae F In putting in book torm the substance of the entertaining and instructive letters written home last summer descriptive of his late pro- longed and extended foreign tour, the distin- guished Representative from New York has conferred a substantial favor, as well upon those who read them at the time as upon those who were not so fortunate. It is with therefore, that we note the publication of the volume named above, which comprises so much of the journey as lies between the author's en- trance Into Holland and his arrival at Constan- tinople. by way of Denmark, Norway, Swe- den and Russia, and across the Euxine and Bos- posse. The book is marked throughout by the een observation, felicitous illustration and Fapkic style which characterize all Mr. Cox's literary efforts, and cannot fail to add very con- siderably to his already enviable reputation as a traveler and descriptive writer. But upon these ints THE Stak need not dwell. Its readers ave long been familiar with his qualities as a writer and speaker, and they have already en- Joyed the flavor of this book, in the liberal ex- tracts from several of the author's letters published in its columns while he was yet abroad. A second volume, entitled ~‘Orient Sunbeams, or from the Porte to the Pyramids, by way of Palestine,” will shortly follow, completing the record of a memorable and enjoyable tour. Tiley eg Hotzsuan how ocd: Chats '. ARTHUR RONNICASTLE. An American Novel. By Through F.B. Mohan we have received the vol- ‘umes above-named, which conclude the uniform edition of Dr.Holland’s complete works recently undertaken. No American writer everhad alar- ger circle of readers than did Dr. Holland, and the demand for a new edition of his works, after 80 wide a circulation originally, shows that his Popularity was not ephemeral in its character nor founded on adventitious circumstances. HUBBARD'S NEWSPAP'R AND BANK DIREO- BURY OF THE WORLD. New Haven: H. P. jubbard. These two stout volumes, of twelve hundred and fifty pages each, furnish a vast amount of information which is not only interesting to journalists and bankers, but of great use to those engaged in any branch of business who desire to increase or strezthen their trade. The subject matter is closely classified and ure- sented with great care and completeness, and the value of the book is still further enhanced by numerous tabular statements, maps and il- lustrations, the whole supplemented by a full and intellizently prepared index. It may be re- garded, indeed. as the most important publica- tion of the kind that has ever been made in this or any other country. APARISIAN YEAR, By Hrwry Bacox. by the Anthor. Boston: Roberts Broth ington: J. J. Chapman. Mr. Bacon, who is better known asa genre painter than as a literateur, gives in a series of chapters, each devoted to a month, 8 very pleas- ant picture of incidents and experiences in Paris and in other parts of France, with special refer- ence to artist life in that country. It includes a number of bricht sketches of the environs of Tiustrated era. Wash- Yaris and of Normandy, about which the ordi- nary tourist sees little or nothing, with occa- sional giimpses of social and fashionable life in the gay city. The illustrations are, however, not what the reader had a right to expect. THE DICTIONARY OF EDUCATION AND IN- STRUCTION. New York: E. Steiger & Co. This compact and comprehensive hand book, based upon Henry Kiddle and A. J. Schem's Cyclopedia of Education, though specially in- tended for the use of parents and teachers, might well take its place in the general library, or at least on the she ves of all who are inter- ested In any wise in the theory and apes) of education. The work upon which it is based has been recognized ever since its publication, now nearly five years ago. as a standard au— thority on the subject of which it treats, and the compilation or condensation before us seems to have been intelligently and satisfactorily made. A WORLD OF WORD RB. or. gMarvels in Animate 22d Toaminaie Nature. New York: D. Appletou Young people will find in this attractive and profusely illustrated volume, a vast amount of useful information concerning wonders of ma- rine life, curiosities of vegetable life and of the insect and reptile world, marvels of bird and beast life, and the phenomenal forces of nature, all presented in a style as interesting as a romance, and far better worth reading than a majority of the stories dished up for their special delectation. The illustrations are drawn and engraved in better style than is usual in books of its class. SPINOZA. A Novel. By BerTHotp AUERBACH, Au- thor of *‘On the Heichts," ete, From th» German by E. Nicuorsox. (New York: Henry Holt & Co. jashington: J. J: Chapman. ‘The recent death of the author gives fresh in- terest to this story, which may be said to be the one which established his fame, and which Is the latest addition to the “‘Liesure Hour Series.” In addition to its qualities as a romance, ~*Spi- noza” has a value for the sketch it gives of one of the greatest thinkers of his age, and for its pictures of Jewish manners and the intellectual condition of Holland at that time. WHAT IS BrIGHT’S DISEASE? ItseCurability. By orth. caren M.D. see ueane, Published This treatise, by a distinguished specialist, upon a disease which is every year attracting more attention, is of special value to the med- ical profession, but not without interest to oth- ers. The author is fally convinced of the cura- The average daily attendance of visitors to the National Gallery In London during the past — Mr. Ross Turner, who spent the winter ta Ttaly, ts now in Paris, with bis face turned homeward. He Is expected to arrive in this country about the 10th of May. — Mr. Thomas Moran will sail during the first week in May for Europe where he expects to spend about six months. He will be accom- panied by his wife, who is also an artist of con- — Max Weyl has recently sent several land- scapes to Boston and Rochester, to All commis- sions from residents of those cities recently vis~ iting here. He is now engaged on a large land- ‘Scape, full of spring feeling, in which a group of =- — ia tall bloom are introduced with De — A crayon likeness of the late Father Boyle, on view at Chapman's tor some time past, shows great proficiency in free hand drawing for so young a person as Mr. Leopo! loelier, whose Work it le. It has won for hima macy coun and, what is still better, secured him ® Bumber of orders for — Mr. Memer, who has been in New York, for some ten days with his assistant, Mr. Burnett, visiting the studios, art galleries, and exhibi- tions of that city, has returned to Wi A yes bust of to executed by Charles Caiverly, of New York, for the same stitution. —Dr. G. F. J. Colburn, who occasionally breaks the monotony of professional life by the use of brush and colors, as an amateur, had oa exhibition at Semken's a little while agoan original landscape in oll which showed not only 8 fine feeling for art, but such technical skill as to justify the belief that he would have won success as an artist had he turned his attention seriously in that direction early in lie. —The portrait of Washington, by Charles Wilson Peale, which has been on exhibition in one of the minor rooms of the Corcoran Gallery for some time past, has been bought by Con- gress, and wiil shortly find a permanent restt Place in the Capitol, but just where has yet, we believe, determined. The — to be in the neighborhood — The sale of pictures by local artists adver- tised to take place next Thursday ought te be largely attenaed and liberally patronized by the people uf Washington. In addition to encour- aging home talent thereby, they will have aa opportunity for getting, at moderate prices, works of art of far greater merit than ate usu- ally found in the so-called “collections” with = sounding names occasionally exposed for — Mr. Fisher has recently taken a studio in Corcoran Building which he ts busily engaged in fitting up and hopes to have ready soon for the reception of his friends. During his stay in Europe, Mr. Fisher made excellent copies of a few of the most notable heads in the Louvre, and he has under way several original genre subjects commenced while abroad which he ex- pects to finish before long, and which promise to surpass in artistic merit any thing we have yet seen from his easel. —The excellent May number of The Magazine ot Art has avery satisfactory full-page wood- cut representation, after a photograph, of The Angelus, Millet's celebrated painting, which fetched $40,000 after such lively competition at public sale in Paris about a yearage. A fine large size etching of this picture has lately been published, a limited number of proofs of whi on parchment, are now offered in New York $187.00, with talk of a probable advance in price at an early day. . —Mr. Ulke ts just putting the finishing touches to a portrait of ex-Secretary Blaine, ordered some time since by the government of Venezuela, and shortly to go to Caracas. It portrays the distinguished statesman standing at nearly full length, the size of life, with the American flag draped in the background, and on his left a representation of a bust in bronze of the late President Garfleld. The likeness of Mr. Blaine is an excellent one, full of character and spirit, and the picture asa whole is one which must be pleasing to the filends of both artist and subject. — Gustave Dore is to execute a statue of Dumas, the elder, to be erected in the Place Malesherbes, Paris. Not content with the high place he has held so long in the field of graphic art, although rather as a draughtsman of origi- nality and power than as a colorist, M. Dore has for a number of years manifested a very strong inclination for sculpture, and he has heretofere executed some clever modeling in clay, eto. Up to the present time he has, however, done nothing in that line so important as the pro- posed statue of M. Dumas, and it will be inter- esting to note how weil he will succeed with it. — The Joint Congressional Committee on the Library have bought the three-quarter length life-size portrait of the late President Garfield, painted a short time ago by Mr. E. F. Andrewa, of this city, for the purpose of adding It to the collection of Presidential portraits in the Execu- tive Mansion. The likeness is generally consid- ered an excellent one, and creditable as a work of art. The id for the painti Moe aplieda tied cad out, is un jerstood that the figures named by the artist as reason- ably remunei and accepted by the com- mittee, were four in number and respectable as to size. — Mr. Andrews has just completed a strong and faithful portrait of Mr. Hunt, the new United States minister to Russia, and is now engaged in giving the finishing touches to a full-length likeness of the little boy and girl—on separate canvases—ot Mra. E. L. Stanton. These are the Mr. in- . Mr, Andrews sour readers will be pleased to learn, inal decided to become a permanent: resident of Washington, and has emphasized his intention by purchasing the handsome lot located on the southwest corner of Scott Circle and 16th street, where he will by and by build a suitable residence. — During the monthe of February and March no less than twelve exhibitions of pictures were open in Paris, representing in all about 2.000 numbers. It was estimated that another 1,000 would be shown during the month of April, and