Evening Star Newspaper, January 12, 1884, Page 2

od THE EVENING N o AR: WASHINGTON, D. C.. SATURDAY, JANUARY 12 — * 1884A—DOUBLE SHEET The Other Side of the Question. To the Fat As it is mot ce I last served @ eratetal 7 her. and have | fot the geyuasintance of one teacher or school | | or Georgetown, I do not come the char re me—when oned kind wav “En in ¢-o-n er Ineoygi te y ly inconsider | * treedom tha of founds, yed in our | uneing a word plainly, | » was to spell It to do th a3 question, it to be “Albany, faith in the But upon alimony,” be apt) ri word {3 eal te i the be willing IVENING STAR, should be ap" | ded by W, aS proposed by our | al of Con-| tizens, and of many of our bus pa ed in your valuable pape ® 1 desire to be rid of th 5 has blinded t! pressive and © features of the propo: elaw. | rly days of our © the policy hy business as re- qu or protection of the po- lice © nent, upon the principle that wed and encouraged ¢ for the | the | are not made, | resti- | per: or the as oF energy in ear hope that Ce r that is burden- ud is contrary to the | ns, and then all our | rich and poor v a live —$—$<e-—___ the Strcet Car Bosses. we EVESING Stan A Hint to To the Exitos T NoxtHwest. owe your paper calling the attention of ti hinzton ta the necessity st pe: as tree and other good cheer | o: nese little waifs of human- | ity. This wasdone most effectively by giving | #5 account in THe Evexine Star of the work of the ¢ elube in Portland tor providing | te children of that city with a Christ- | I now make this sugyestion, which have the active co-vperation of f,and that fs that the presi- rsof the different street rail- Tonds of this city be urged to provide a Christ- mas dinner for their conductors. drivers and transicr agents. [fever a set of men deserved Tecoguition at the hands of the company it 1s these men. Especially would I urge the matter upon President Hurt, who, having been once a ure W your valuable dent and dire {cmap upon the road that he has now the honor of being president of, knows how ft is rif, and who furnishes a striking illustra- of the truth of that couplet of Pope’s— “Honor and shame from no condition rise, Act well your part, there all the honor Mea. As one living on the line of the l4th-street or “Bobtail” cars, and having to act as conductor bf the company all the year round without com- pensation, I will freely gtve my services to the gompany, provided they will give their employes a Christmas dinner. As this suggestion is made too late for Christmas] suggest as a suitable anner of celebrating the birthday of the im- Mortal Washington that these rich corporations furnish their employes on that day with such a dinner as would be suitable for a holiday occa- sion, or, if they i instead of a dinner give each conductor, driver and transfer agent one day's extra pay in lieu thereof. = am sure l echo the sentiments of every one Who resides on Hth street and who patronize the “bobtail” cars that it is a great nuisance to be compelled to act as conductor for these cars, and that itis very small compensation for so doing for the company to give their employes 3 anuual Christmas dinner. RY. Kk. ——__—+-e. — A perusal of the Jetters of the Orange novility Of Ireland in reply to. the “Rossmore Circular” ofLord Arthur Hill torcesthe conviction that a tew mouths’ attendance by them at one of our @emmon schools would be of consid | lutions | fal man nosed taw provides | @ | the Earl of Oxford, he s: jon fire BLACK, = * Two Pennsylvania U. 5. Attorney Gen- erals—Eloquent Tribute of the Living to the Dead. The following felicitous remarks were made by Attorney General Brewster in the Supreme Court, at the request of the Supreme Court bench, in memory of Judge Black: Tam instructed that on an occasion Ike this customary to make sot. rompted not only by reason of the duty im- J upon me and the custom of the occasion, at by respect I hate alwa: an. More than thirty years stitution of Pennsylvania’ was . and the old h of the supren court pase men were cho by por acquaintance oy @ Comfortal it was my good for- ai the bar jal intimacy oken from that with him; long had together have been, estowed upon me. to hold the office I now he was among the fi greet me. during the past two hours togeth words of al hear him mw ft those days bh affection, I he lett me. ve one, and he has gone. es, Postume, Postume S mora Afleret, in doultaeque mort.” Itisthe recollection of all there years of leasant intercourse that prompts me now to peak a ® as I do of him yseif more to Diy per of him than to a rec of the | are tion of the crand quali should I of them? They are part of the common history of the bi of this country—of the country itsell. The res hat Uhave read, that testi arof this court, set forth in full and the just description of his high e ra He was a remarkable man; he was a wonder- had great cifts, and all who enjoyed the b of personal intercourse with him fel the force of his presence. n see hita now as we all k him, with re, masculine person. 1 shall say of himno’ to him, that chara » remminde cribed by quaint and beautiful ¢ of the Inner Tem Thomas Coventry. massy and eleph Lamb in his upon the Old Bene! “His step was Was peremptory and path-keeping.” How often hashe stood before this court when he had risen to the very pinnacle ot profession: honor!— ing, as he motion to another. retiis eourt dis} jes, those marve did, from one point How often has he stood se wonderful 4 sof advocae He was the very king of ¢ ts. His word S pure and w old, and as at tering as steel. No wretcied fallacy styod h that he ursue it with mere it was slauzbtered at his feet. r; he y lawyer; he was a ; he was a novi ustam et Hew state: que Auster’ will be remem- and yearstocome. The wor behind him was greater than he wa tt. Andso it it, the work of great thinke1 in long after their r says thi nd in the Es- its creat w before hs ofart. Pres- > picture of th fectory. 1 workers of this and they pass | © we are tempted | ty the men were it is ho haw paseed away, ohaduw-nke | ay, but lea 1 n—his de er, done in t and public order, nity and public duty. uld go on in this way ly and yet not un force and Win the eau Vin the deep shadows ofsueh thonghts: but I must remember where [ am. and what I have to do, and so end these few words of refle and Honest admiration for a grand man dear friend; and I could do it Inno bett t ting to a sentiment expr se, in a great case, that tou E ity which ha ow meet to deplore, that mortality that sooner to him, we come to all of us. of the great contest about the m of Oxford. in th Charles the it isr ed in the books that Lord Chiet Justice ( vered an opinion. I shall here 2 in his eloquent & present purpose. 8: will apply to m a@ covenant with afiection not press upon judg for I suppose there 1s no man that hath prehension of gentry or nobleness, but ti alfection stands to the continuance of so noble ah and house and would take hold of a twig or twine thread to uphold } it hath bis revolutions: there must Hi temporal things: f names and dignities, and id Why hot Of Deveres Te bs Where ts Mowbri 1s Martiner shich is more and most of all, Where ts Pl 2 ‘They are entombed in the urns and Sof mortality.” So may we now all say: Where are all these great worthies that have stood here before this court, benefiting their country, honoring their profession, and helping their race? Where are | they urs a! Where we will soon be—entombed in the nd sepulcbres of mortality! a ‘The Syllable Spell. To the Editor of Tar Evestye Srap: and inquire what method of spelling is pursued in our public schools. I am therefore rejoiced that your correspondent brought this highly important subject to notice in your issue of Inst Saturday. The lack of right training, in consequence of neglect to re- quire children to divide words into syllables and to pronounce the same, I have tried to supply by attending to the lessons myseif at home. This is often inconvenient; moreover children do not enjoy a lessou where emulation with mates islackiug. Still this is our sole resource, If we would spare our children from future chagrin. The cares of mature years seldom permit the man, or the woman, to turn to the study of words. A string of letters, undivided, conveys no more idea to the man of the word they form than than to the child. It is more than amus- ing, roe beh to res bright os A or was never taught to spell correctly, calling hipper- bowl for hyperbole; labeurs for laborious; acidity for assiduity, and so on. Why should there not be a grade in our schools where a child would be sure of at least a season of training in pro- nunciation? PaReNT. —_—_—_---_ A Thoughtful Husband. A Detroit lady who is subject to heart disease took tea last Sunday with a neighbor, and while sitting at table her husband rushed in without a hat and in his shirt sleeves. “Be calm!” he exclaimed hurriedly to his wife; “don't excite yourself; youknow you can't stand excitement, and it might be worse.” “Good Heavens!” cried his wife; the child- ren— “They're all right! Now, Mary, don’t get ex- can’t be helped cited. “Keep calm and cool—it how; we must bear those visitations of Provi- dence with philosophy!” “Then it’s mother, gasped his wife. Your mother’s safe; bed on your thi but don't hurry or worry. It’s too late to be ot any use, but Ili fly back and see what I cando. 1 only came to tell You.not to get excited.” For mercy's sake!” implored the almost faint- ing woman, “tell me the worst!” “Well. If you will have it, the consequences beon your own head, Mary.’ I've tried to pre- ¢ you, and if you will know—don't.excite vurself—try and ‘survive—but our chimmey's and the whole department and all the bors are in our front yard!" survived. we spent | h le when he spoke of | And vet his labors | to wander off until T should be in- | people, most of us too much ! LETTER FROM Delmonico’s Disappearance — Weighit and Wealth the Cause—Langtry in “Peri — The Stuggers—“Bal de LOpera”—The Old Guard—Bigelow and Jaffray—That American Wife, Ete. NEW YORK. uniforms of the militia men and attractive. cruited from the yi us Museums try. Comparatively few of them Special Correspondence of Tur Evestxe Star New Yors, Jan, 11. Charlie Delmonico’s disappearance was due to the almost criminal neglect of his family. The man has been as mad as a March hare for a year, and everybody knew it. The habitues of his restaurant were so thoroughly accustomed to Mr. Deimonico in his Insane condition that they paid little or no attention to him. The fact that his mind was impaired had ceased to pretty. The costumes were rich, | tiresome from its monotony. One girls at the Old Guard last night w Younz Poultney Bigelow who is th 1s not watched at all. His family made some nseof haying a nurse for him, but this "was merely one of the restaurant sionally pressed into ser- ¥ Tnsane men are proverbialiy cunning. Of conrse Mr. Delmonico wouldn't try to ran away when his servant was following him about. The trouble with the famous restaurauteur has been aa unconquerable aversion to. exer- inertia has been tie bane of all Siro, who died a year or so f ye: ciee d to E great dry goods man. Papa gives acheck for a hundred thousand wedding present. This sounds like but itisn’t. Mis occasionally writes for the mazazi articles are occasionally published | | ra iong While, curiosity Men of agreeable mien, It is generally thought that | yolume I. | at Lim with positive amazement. | he will go into the dry goods business after he {s : SESE SS & Toom on the top floor of the 26th | married. The elder Jaifray lives like a prince | 4 RQUNPABQUT JOURNEY, By, Crantrs Depr.ex se, but spent most of his time in the | on the upper Hudson. He owns the faste ington: Robert Beall, Testanrant. He was known as the man who | steam yacht on the river, and he utilizes it every | Mr. Warner Is one of the most accomplished pever slept but always smoked. He took | day. At half past efght inthe morning he boards | of trayelere,.aa well-as one of the most delight- h breakfast in the restaurant about nine o'clock. Then he sat down and read the, papers and ed until lunch time. He was occasionally | interrupted by minor affatrs connected with tl |b . bat seldom lett his seat. After Innch would sit and smoke till four o'clock in the nm . When he would leisurely climb into it the down-town Delmonico 1fpast tive he would be back in in and talk to his o'clock. ‘Then he ate a very From that time until half-past » “he scarcely moved from his clair. At stone he would go down and look ‘0 up to his room on the top rand sleep for an hour. He was called gain. Half-past three found him in the mar- along the river front buying the food for jaily Consumption of his numerous restau- The task generally took him two or three hours. It was usually 6 o'clock before he | came back to the restaarant again, and after another short nap and a bath he was ready for his breakfast, as usual, at 9 o'clock. This w his daily program, Sunday included. very strong cigars, and had one in his mouth as long as he was awake, unless he was eatin During the day he was usualiy sleepy and st pid. and lounged lazily in his chair with his don his breast. was natural cousider- ing the small amount ephe had. When he died nicotine was said to be the most potent cause of his death. Charles Delmonico inher- ited the vast bustness. which ci to him was the immediate cause of lis ruin. He conceived the idea of being a great millionaire. He had a fortune of several millions to start with, and he was it with Wall street affairs, He was jolly, wide awake and enterprising at yacht and starts for New Yor leistrely breakfast on board he li goes up to the wheel-house and pil |toher New York dock. when he dry goods house. His yacht which, famous other furiously up the Hudson wh ya come in sight of each other. his defeat by Jaffray yery much to is the reaso THAT “AMERICAN WIFE.” There is no trouble in the Barrett parently we are never to hear the American Wife.” succeeded ia bringin to life an An heavy dinner. halt about the kitchen, fl di. is at pri the supreme court, who claims thi and who now claims that the stigation of the manager, de tered the piece, has claimed all al was the sole author of the play. A from Florence, signed Gertrude claiming that. the play was due 1 Barrett, who is the said “Gertrad Judge ‘himself. Mrs Barrett, in’ the editors, says: “It is only just one should have the credit’ of th does. I commit myself to your sen: and fairness to make this corn This letter was published in the N. pers on the same day that Justice I ered his lecture before the Ninete: Club on American manazer: He smol The immense fortune as lymphati y a8 any of his famous tupid and loggy expres- it. tor hours and hours at a | stantly that the mia r indifferent for the success he overlooked many fau!t roseand sullen, Men | jngin Judge Barrett's play whic . and known him | would have permitted ina py -n they approached was a terror to everybody But it is a singular fa went © of his | ‘a more | ans au ‘onounced [he was really interested. Jud that throush all hy ttia he ne aurant. perfect When Char Tuna ade ita point to go. and. spe day and try and keep up th ith him, looked a= nd Ka tions wide be faction w | Jury is not the refleetio sense of justic stem has ¢ popuiai The tre ‘own awry; it the stances of its environment. The t ntnrie: and must be consi rd with the ger uecess of the evenine was uchleved by M try when she in the third act: She a loud ser waved her arms in the air, fell over on to the sofa, rebounded into the atr, ind flopped down on the floor with kening thud. applause was ritic, and there were loud cails for “Freddie. THE SLUGGERS. r. Penderyast had better take the advice of interested man and steer clear of Jolin L. He stands about as much chance of defeating a northwestern hurricane as he does ot whipping Sul ast, I hear, is | the victim of He is not a gre; boxer, nor is he an unusually strong man. Sul- | livan was wrong not to accept his challenge of $2,400. It would have been an easy matter for n from the city of baked beans to anni- churches. Pender- knocker-out” was a entleman whom he attempted to eH y Burns) was tie most imen of humanity evidently passed a He looks as if he four or fve times have been so dis- | | torted, di that they posse: | sinall their former sel | | Thus, no man knows where his nose begias nor | ends. Thejawbone bas been broken several times, He has only one good ¢ and that isn’t v good, either. It wasa uresque sight to see Mr. Burns get up and stretch himself on the platform, then placidly remove his false teeth and prepare for action: He got up before Pen- | dergast and Pendergast pustied him np against | “théropes, held him’ violently there for a while, then shoved him over. Burns tumbled to the floor and was immediately thrown upon the stage again by his backe Pendergast once | more shoved him against the rope for awhile and then, by way of variety, shoved him under the rope. Again Burns tumbled to the floor, and was as promptiy thrown bak by his enthu: siastic adherents. “Pendergast’s boxing con- sisted of shoving the horrible example opposed to him against the rope. He didn’t hit half a dozen good blows during the encounter. After he had shoved Mr. Burns around until that gen- tleman looked even more discouraged than when he entered the ring, Capt. Williams stop- ped the “fight.” It wasa ridiculous exhibition throughout. Better things had been expected after all the puffing and booming that had been given to Pendergast. He had better zo back to Brooklyn. Which now assail the cou yrto the whirlwind that wou! them if this popular element wer those of judges alon In an interesti d rapid sket lution and early history of the Deady is able to show that the mo: deteriorations of tue jury system 4 to departures from its early proced: quirement mous, which ts so easll | bar tlie c used by jurors who sou greement of [and even imp | rule is the c corporation rule, and society, aid stron, that we return to i proper course, at le cares, and in criminal cases where charged Is below the grad Peremptory challe: enever allowed in the fi That he had tormed an inte! ned by the cou! of perso Burns | coarse and tempestuous li | had been struck by 1 | at once This common law. jurors were sought for their abi ity their knowledge and belief. The tice makes the jury con: pretended ignoramu: Orig be tried was to turn. Our rules clude every one who has learn ut the facts, but admit those eve learning about them. Intelligent as we pride ourselves on being, sh erate such an absurdity. The necessity the judges are now of abstaining trom all coniment has, Judge Deady thinks, had an | the same modern life and cultureth likelihood of unanimity reduce the “BAL DE L'OPeRA.” The first French ball of the season was held last night at the Madison Square garden. It was officially known as ‘Bal de I'Opera,” but among the knowing ones it was called “‘a hat- check affair.” The tickets were nominally $5. Probably out of the 2,000 people who attended the ball, not more than two or three persons paid anything for their tickets. They are given away by saloon keepers all over town. The only money made by the proprietors of the ball ‘was by “hat checks.” Every man who entered the garden was immediately hustled into a nar- views of the Judge as to the fact posing on him the rigid limitations opinion, people,” or intelligence enough left to eni get twelve good men into a jury Vide a wise and honest justi cause with them may bility to maintain this high grade and submit to some other ruli the new opera honse yet. The Old Guard is a much more brilliant ball than the charity. The army and navy made the floor very bright and ‘Bke women at the Old Guard were prettier than the women at the charity. They coulin’t have been uglter, unless they were re- women, but a great many were extremely new. They ali looWed like last year's dresses I wonder why'some ne does not invent a new fashion In ball dressés. The conventional white satin and silk, ‘cut low In the neck and short in the sleeves, and with the customary train, is robes; they were extremely refreshing. BIGELOW , AND JAFFRAY. John Bigelow, And atipresent on the Hera/a, has be a novelty and he was looked npon merely as journalisin than in law. om. Hoeion: Houeuson: rmiess Innatic. Everybody supposed he | He wasa lawyer for two or three years, without m. Ballantyne & Son, well watched. In point of fact It seems he | actient, then Uecidad to become a newspaper | These three constitute the LXth, Mtlrand Nich man. He started in asa Herald reporter a couple ‘Sago, and {is now city editor. ith Jaffray, @ daughter of the Jaffray has literary tastes, she ayounz man, smooth shaven, courteous and isa steamer in its size, has defeated Ju janta. Thetwo millionaires race each why he had his yacht altered. The play by that name has whois the;co-authorof An American Wif ot in Florence. Justice Barrett, of the play recently produced at Wallach’s theater, tors, at the In- berately slauzh- . playwright ences and prospec he assertion that Mr. | person, mind or character, but by sheer force of iirst, but he gave way to the besetting sin of | Wallack deliberatel aughtered the play s - | will and heartless ambition, Naturally the pic- the Delmonico fam and before loug became | ed at first to be ridiculous, but new proof comes. | of a decadence ot 8 pressure of some of the circum- jug away the jury isas foolish as the verdicts | liked. He bona’ dica When't provoke criticism and irritation. What | one’s t zement, Monday is ed is a realjustment of 1t8 | other objection may be urged, These observa- | e expected to s¢ forces to the conditions of modern life. tions refer to her writings generally, but they | lanto Some pr: 1 observations of great valne | apply exactly to “Belinda.” It has the merits Lauatey was Goutia sucmese nal pn this subject 1 recent number of | and shortcomings which mark its predecessors, angtry was a pustial ones, st vin Law Review by Judge Deas, or | being neither much better nor much worse than Comber rey Tae I = LAs | 4 as he points out, Is wn thsti- | they. SE anh ead has Burvived the vicissitudes of niting the people with the Judge. The fault- |them, and the decisions and sentences were at the verdict should 4s @ modern innova- heir fellow-members y tom of the country in polit of a felony. a man was not fit to si case Was an idea unknown to the Until the seventeenth century | t of either natural or | lly jurors were acquainted with the facts on which the case to reason to believe are utterly incapable of making their charges to the Jury in writing, and effect on the jury system. The first purpose of these rules was to prevent the judge from exer- cising too much. pressure on the men in the Jury-Dox by virtue of his preponderant knowledge and towering position. But, as he points out, tance between the Judge and the jury. chances that a Judge could overawe a jury are very much lesseued by the social progress of recent centuries, and there is not now the rea- son there was for depriving the jury of the ‘The responsibility for the miscarriages of our Juries rests in the long run on the public.: “A our writer says, “who have not virtue ice who canbe without a gag or a fetter to conduct the trial of a8 well admit their ina- | by asking ‘what he shall do with the brawsses” which is administered for and upon them, but ne and with the LITERARY NOTES. the regular HISTORY OF PRUSSIA, TO TI FREDERICK THE GREAT. wert Tortus. Professor in Bo Hongiton, Mifflin € Co Washingt ion We. vston: Hot fon, in o. Washington: Wim Bulantyne & Som. This volume, the first result of Professor Tat- tle's long and careful study of the beginnings of the German nation, isa really valuable contri- bution to current historical literature. It is at once a history, in the old-fashioned sense, as a record of events andthe leading characters in | them. and an attractively presented study-sketch of the early life of the people and the causes | and influences which moulded their institutions and shaped their destinies. The author's style is clear, graphic and incisive, and the book throughout shows both industry in research and powers of analysis and deduction, HE ACCESSION OF 1134-1740. By Hen- in the coua- were society but seldom or two of the | ‘ore watteau, ie son of Mrs. | volumes of the handsome uniform “Riverside | Edition” of the works of Mr. Emerson, hereto- | fore noticed in these columns. In typographt- cal style and appearance the set is all that could be desired, and it will doubtless take and hold Position as the standard edition of his writings. Volume X contatns a steel-plate portrait of Mr. Emerson, which we think is to be preferred to the etched portrait by Schoif, after an old daguerreotype, which formed the frontispiece to He Is also his daughter dollars for a a fairy tale, ‘ines, and |. Bige' rk. After a izhts a cigar, lots his craft drives to his . by the way, Gould's ful writers of travels, as all know who have read his previons books, and his frequent descriptive contributions to the magazines. His reputation in these respects will not suffer but be rather enhanced by his present volume, which is a col- lection of bright and breezy pictures of life and experiences in the countries constituting the great Mediterranean basin. ARI THE LIBYAN. An Idylof the Primitive Church. ‘ew York: D, Appleton & Co. Washington: A. Breu- tano & Co, In the form of a rom{nce the anonymous au- thor ot this book shows great research and learning, and his production 1s one of more than ordinary interest and power. The story is founded upon the incidents in the life of Arius, |trom whom was named what was called the | Arinian heresy, and in ft are introduced the Emperor Constantine, Eusebius, Athanasius, and other conspicuous contemporary person- ages, while picturesque glimpses are given of pastoral life among the early Christians. It 1 not likely to bea popular book in the sensational sense of the term, but it will have decided tas- ion for intelligent and thoughtful readers. AMBITIOUS WOMAN. rel. cETT, author of “A ¢ henever their Gould takes heart. That family, “Ap- last of “An merican wife fe.” She iat he wrote long that he letter comes F. Barrett, more to Mrs. je” than the her letter to and fair that he work one é 0 A Novi ntleman Asa picture of social life in New York this | story is worthy of attention, though as liter- >| ary performance it falls,as it seems to us, a little below what has been claimed for it. The heroine, who shows some redeeming traits at ; last, rises from the humblest position to. the | very apex of fashionable society, not by grace of w York pa- Barrett deliv- enth Century andi- ture as a whole is not a pleasant one, nor does it probably represent the average society ot New York or any city here oi als there is little was at least of the piece, ; : but that there are here and s in the act- T allits scenes and characters om for doubt. Toward’s latest story is too lonz, and her subject is not fresh, but for all that it isone of the best of th in. Itholdsthe reader's attention from beginning to end with its bright piquant style and its grapuie descriptions and strong loci coloring, eyen though the charac- ters may not always be pleasing, and poetic jt tice does not strike where it ou. The wood ‘h the w ad by the | the vuble is that has becom cry both the literary tone of Miss Brouzhton’s stories, but at the same fe they are very widely read shull we say it?—really rather uik of throw- By Awsa Karnarrse Greex idered, there- Putnam's Sous. of the peo- ns the courts New York: G. inton: | Robert Beail, The characteristics vhich made Miss Greene's first story, “The Leavenworth Case,” so popular are all observable, and even in a greater desree, In “Hand and Ring.” She has a natural aptitude for puzzling law cases, detective service, and that sort of thing, and with her intricate'plots cleverly worked out she never permits the interest of her readers to flag for a moment. BEYOND THE GATES. By Exr Preivs, author of “The Gates Aji Houghton, Miffin & Co. Washington: ' Ro} Persons fond of indulging in speculations on the subject will doubtless take pleasure in Miss Phelps’ fancies as to the nature and conditions of future lite, as they probably also did in Mrs. Oliphant’s “Little Pilgrim,” but it is neverthe- ‘sist the conclusion that time rts are but a ld overcome © wanting to nh of the evo- jury Judge ré important are traceable ure. Ther be uni jury fixers to rt. Majority | and Being the Dangerons E: Judge Deady of Ho a, MC. By Oth it as to the) A Treuer, Chicaen : to. st in. civil | _ineton: Pursell. tie offense} The announcement that this is another novel of life aud society at the national capital is | hardly justified by a perusal. A novel it can scarcely be called, in the strict sense of the term, but rather a grouping of incidents and charac- acters, for which it is reasonable to suppose originals may have existed in some degree in military and political life during and following war times, though not in the order or relation here set down. The volume looks like one in- tended to be chucked on the lap of helpless rail- way travelers by flendish train boys, and that impression is likely to be confirmed by reading it. VAGABONDIA A Love Story. By Fraxces Hoposon ‘Bu Osgood Co, Wash- Tr, Boston: James R. Co. ington: J. D. Free. The interest attaching to this book lies in the facts that It was the author's first formal effort at story writing,—first published in a magazine under the title of “‘Dorothea,” and afterward in book form as “Do.ly”—and that in the history of its heroine somewhat of her own experiences are supposed to be given. It is, as mlght be expected, far inferior to some of Mrs. Burnett's later productions, but the characters are ds- tinctly drawn, and the plot is interesting and fairly well worked out. — Milton’s Sonnets, edited by Mark Pattison (recelved through Brentano) ts the latest addi- tion to the attractive ‘Parchment Series” of Ap- pleton & Co. It containsalong but not very thrilling introductory essay on the construction ot the sonnet, by the editor, with versions by other poets of Milton’s translations from the Italian, and also a steel plate portrait of the blind bard as frontispiece. ns offered as early | ent opin- to decide on | modern prac= not only ex- ed anything who there is ie} people, such hould not tol- put under cf on the facts, unfortunate hat lessen the mental dis- The 8, nor for im- of @ written “English as She Is Taught.” From the San Francisco Chronicle. Hitherto San Francisco has been compara- tively free from anglo-maniacs, for, excepting an occasional eastern traveler who electrifies the clerks and habitues of the Palace hotel office uable stem to x and pro- trusted of procedure | when he is desirous of reelaiming his baggage Jastice }trom the transfer company, the Queen's ‘ot bY | Engiteh has not been fnflicted upon the MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC. Women Degraded by the Bible. From the New York Times IRVING IN CHICAGO—st . | We have had femaleacrobats, female biesclists ITALIAN OPERA—THE EDEN MUSEE—LOTTA IN | and femate ball plavers. That we now have @ LONDON, ETC. | female atheist is what might have been ex pected, — | Mr. Bob Ingersoll long ago demonstrated by the — Robson and Crane open their “Boarding | success of his lectures that atheism m House” at the National, Monday evening. | a proftable profession, and if peop — Mr. Jefferson's engagement this week has | to hear aman blaspheme been the most successful of any ever played by him here. He first appeared tn “Lend Me Five Shillings” in this city 27 years ago. | — According to the cablegram: van and Gilbert's new comic opera, “The Princess Ta,” has not met with popular favor in London. | perform a similarteat. A femaie athelst, being more unusual than a male atheist, can hantly fail to be more attractive, and her Mas; will have a plquaney peculiat Women ought to be protou Sallivan ts reported very iil from overwork. the female lecturer w —The tre at Binghampton, N. ¥., in which | Bounced the F the enemies of w the Acatemy of Music was entirely destroyed, | has practically closed the theatrical nm q woman, but a few there, as there ts no other building in the town | never failed to recognize suitable for dramatic purposes. pssion. The female lecturer } — Finding it impossible to obtain plates of | Soe Bible with heme Russian costume in thiscountry, Miss Davenport | (Oily ua mrecaed our oo sent to Russia for them. and in order to correctly | jecturer the entutisiastic ty pronounce the names in the play she mastered The religi: he Bibie tea: at least the rudiments of the Russian language. he lecturer eviden — The New York Mirror says that Col. Maple- | pe pra gering bens mny, son has been “papering” very freely at the | Gone much to des = Ske een Academy of Music in New York. He is losing | seem necessary for her to secute the satety of money, even with Patti. her alleed soul by embracing the Christian re — Kiralfy’s “Black Crook” disbanded at Pitts- burg last week. Most of the company joined “Excelsior,” at Cincinnati. Its revival is only a matter of time. — A musical comedy calied “Fun on the Pa- cific” will be bronght out next season under the | management of John Waltz and Samuel Tessel- | son. — Henry French has sold to John Stetson Burnand’s burlesque, “Staze-dora: or, Who wits Cock Romanoff;” also, “The Rival Othel- jos.” ligion, and that religion requires its yotarles te udiced ‘obey the laws of morality: person, theretore, will de: ves woman. No wnpr that re! Nothing could be me sive than this argument The Bible has also degraded wo ing the revolting dogma that we others as we desire to b t should treat, Thi woman by curt a wife to treat he atter and it fore es may be | bids a woman to be selfish and ui ng in her —F.H. Barnard’s new play, “The Planter's | conduct toward ottiens. Just so far as wo Son,” will shortly be put on the road. The | obeys these unjust demands si ; ‘anter's Mother and the Planter's Father are needed to complete the family group. — In Chicago Irving appeared at Haveriy's in “Louis XI,” on Monday night last, and was re- ceived with enthusiasm by a full but not over- flowing house. It is the opinion of the press and publle there that he is a great actor. —Theatricals in Chicago this week (besides Irving) included Khea, at the Grand, to good houses; “Her Atonement,” at Hooley’s, and “Young Mrs. Winthrop,” at MeVicker's. Char- lotte Thompson is doing well at the Academy. W. J. Ferguson, m “A Friendly Tip,” is at the New Standard. — “Le Maitre de Forges” is a good play and unusually “clean” fera French production. It is reported in Paris that it has been purchased | by Wallack for $5,000, and will be brought out in America. — Abbey's Metropolitan opera troupe scored a great success in Boston. The new Austrian so- prano, Madame Sembrich, and Campanini di- vided the honors with Nilsson. The houses were crowded nightly. —The Vokes Family return to America in March. James T. Powers and Marie Williams will be in the company. Miss Williams, well re- membered here when in the old Rice company, is a great favorite in London. — Bartley Campbell's “Siberia” was given Its first performance in Pittsburg on Monday even- ing before a good audience. In response to nu- merous calls Mr. Campbel! appeared before the curtain and made his usual speech. —Janet Edmondson will play the Princess in the Boston production of Sullivan's new opera, “Princess Ida.” There has been but little done towards producing it in New York at the Fifth c rT its requirements with contempt. Christianity, with its insalting assumption hat a woman has a soul, aud its tyrannical de- mand that she shall be unselfish and obedient to the faws of mor is, as the lecturer showed on Sunday last, utterly beneath the notice of any true woman. If a woman is weak enongh to want a religion, let her embrace Mohanme- danism, which does not insult her by theories as to her pretended soul, and threatens her with no worse punishment than the whip or There, too, is | the bowstring of her husband. Mormonism, which does ne live in solitude with her hus the company of other wh mind aud torals. It world should so long have accepted the that Christianity elevates woman, and lov truth cannot be too grateful to the noble atheist who has exposed the falsity of the claim exercised for herself hernatural right to shriek “There ain't no God, and I wouldn’ in Him if there was!’ Now there Sa ovat iil cain Starving a Cold. Dr. C. E. Page in Popular Science Mc nthiy. Though a life-long sufferer from the disease in varlous forms, from the “snuifles” of intancy to the “hay-fever” of adult age, together with oo- casional attacks of neuralgia, rheumatism, throat and lung affections, etc., I now find it impossible to excite any of the “well-known symptoms,” or, in fact, any form of disease, though subjecting myself to what many would consider the most suicidal practices in the mat- ter of exposure to the elements, so long as I live upon a frugal diet, chiefly cereals and fruit, served plainly—nominally two meals a day; holdiag myself ready, however, to “skip” a meal whenever i. e., whenever any of the oms of indigestion, as acid stomach, flatu- pressure inthe region of the lungs or ch, ete., warn me of having carried the sures of the table a tritle beyond the needs the organism. I have, in my efforts to “catch” cold, elf to it to the and, but gives her and so elevates her astonishing ti — Lizzie Webb Cary, a cousin of Annie Loutse, will make her debut in Boston shortly as a con- tralto singer. She ishighly spoken of wherever she has appeared in amatear concerts. —Meadville, with its fine opera hous one of the best show tuwns in Western Pennsy vania. Its people liderally patronized the bet- ter class of dramatic and musical attractions. H. M. Riciimond, son of ex-Congressman Rich- mond, was the manager. It was burned on | Monday. —The Eden Musee will open in New York in 28d street’in March. It promises to bea fine al submit- both socks and hour in that con vat warming w arments\in 30 colder weat! door affairs without t worn; sleeping with a curr rectly on my head a turated, tion and going to feet; removing d-winter on the ap- and attending to out- | fair, excelling the famous Madam Tussaud’s | tirely naked in a wax exhibition in London, ou which it is | cold, damp night modeled. el minutes bef wearing cotton ni, iag under light bed covers on the night following the use of flannel gown and heavy t bed-clothes; risttit” Tronr ted of ‘a “Cold, ing morning, and sitting naked for an hour, writing, and thea putting on shirt and trousers only, the shirt almost saturated with rain and the trou- sers quite damp, from hanging by the window— these and similar experiments I have tried re- peatedly, but without catching cold; I become cold, and become warm again, that is all. In the course of my experiments, whenever I have fed my cold as far as I wished or dared to go, I have, in every instance, banished the disease by entirely abstaining from food tor @ time; I have never“known this remedy plied at the very onset) to fall of ‘breakin @ common cold in twenty-four to forty —The New York Dramatic Mirror says that each mail brings an improving account of Lotta’s Wusiness mmLonden, She is surely winning on them, and evidences are to find of the un- fairness of the press in their reports. — Clara Morris has been playing to large bus!- ness in the south. In Galveston she would not play unless guaranteed $3,500. The receipts for the week reached a total of $5,000. — Young Salvini, who is playing with Marga- ret Mather, is determined to conquer the Eng- lish language. He has not succeeded yet. —Aplay of New England life, called “The Squire of Que Hox Point,” by H. Wayne Ellis, will probably see the light of production before long. It has a strong plot and a leaven of clean comedy. —Mr.and Mrs. George Henschel have been winning golden opinions in New York and Brooklyn. Their recitals at Historical hail in the latter city were well attended and the dif- eight hours, whatever the age, sex or occupatuin of the patient. However we may differ as to the origin of the disorder, whenever J can prevail upon a sufferer to try this remedy, we come to be of one opinion as to what will most surely aud speedily “cure” tt, Of course the size of the “ai must bear some relation to the severity o: vn ferent numbers on the programs excellently well | the first appearance of the discase—t np received. toms of a Slight cold, so familiar to all—shipping —Mr. Gilbert has written a song for Miss | Bertie Crawford, of this city, which that young lady will sing at her testimonial concert, Miss Crawford has been engaged by Mr. McCaull, of the New York casino, a single meal, in the case of a person who takes but two meals aduy habitually, or two meals, iu the case ofa three mealer, will some es Suut- fice, if the succeeding meals be very m ones. Ihave usually, in my exp giertiniewaee | ‘one-mne% been eatisfed to “turn” at buoy,” not often being obliged than’ twenty-four hours. |W have chosen to prolong the continuing to eat heartily, as is t people in general at such times, T have found iy experience identical with theirs the symp- toms would increase in severity, and to nasal catarrh, headache, slight feverishness and iau- gor would be added, sore throat, perhaps, with pressure at the lungs, horseness, increased fever, and entire indispositian for exertion. In this cuse two, perhaps three days’ fasting would be required, with a little extra sponging of the skin, to’ completely restore the balance. Out- door air is desirable, and when not demanding i ng A Ballad of the Grocer Man. =e The grocer loved a charming girl, As lovely as the day; He wondered if she'd marry him, And said, “Let Soap she may.” And straightway to her house he went, Her lovely face to Exclatning, “Ah, I know fall well, ‘That Cheese the girl for me.” ‘The girl was very kind, and said ‘That she was Very glad To see him there and then remarked What a bad CoPee had. too great effort—exercise. Air baths, when saad anne tier ce more AntamRe, there is much feverishness of the skin, are com- But when he spoke of marriage, sald, ,| forting and curative. m5 “ now.” > Nestaloe a rt x — r es ee re iougubeaaie Fitz John Porter—Jolin’s clothes, of He felt as though he'd di itz John Porter—John's clothes, of course. — And hinted at ‘suicide, Detroit Free Press. ‘While she Bacon wo cry. Christmas and twins can come but once a “You silly boy, you don’t cor ad year.—Bismarck Tritune. ao ap ell woes ees A good cow never gives up: she gives down. sli tegen — Thy Merchent Trevis. Gt eat ae gives P milk.—Grit. It’s the goose that gives down.— But true love's course dd ne" run stuoth, Hoosier. Her father saw them kiss; nd kicked him from the room, and said, Tt 1s now reported that some young Indies use ANS bud Biscute Out of Uli” their eyes as hooks.—Phuladelphia Call, The cause of the crimson sunsets is cosmie dust. This ts as good a definition as any; and tired minds should aceept it and rest on it. Thie is the way most people do in selecting a reli- gion.—New York Commercial Advertiser. “Did you have a pleasant time?” asked a New York mother of her daughter, who had just re- turned from & New Year's dinner at a triend’s "she rej ant thus aahured ee soon got out, t hardly ne said; ‘tumbling headlong’ down the ‘Mustang hit his head. sed “tates Fonare So ‘Thus spoke the girl, and father sald— “1 think it’s i us.” ‘The two were wed, and made a pair, é Tow passage which led to the cloak room. Thi —_———_-+-—___ .. good days ‘means’ - has been killed in a mock be wan obliged to pay $2 tor a hat check. ‘After Paihlis eet) Buk oes) aie Rehns ae were, duel. It is now proposed to introduce mock shoving his wraps throug! a pigeon hole he ‘Thirteen at Table. oe ae ee ee Iv’ Currantly —Louisville Journal. found himself free to do ashe choose on the | The statistical probability of the superstition | Addition the principal of ee ee 7 People are making the mistake of tt svar eco ge a ada OSs yet em | nen ap etna wrt agg net, | SESE ONE the bar-room tickets. Women were admitted | months is given in a French ter of the Chronicle saw two little girls re- Gaily sun bath of uration on the | - ., free, and in many cases costumes were given to Paper, from which | Po “Husband, you'll have to go and call that boy them. Few or none of the men were in cos. | t appears that, to make the death of one of @ Foret foue amay sana! yeme ay mccain in ee (gendarme ureel Se oe tume. They wore the conventional ove company ecleatifically Holy in} the |coarte of 3 | ee eee ee ee er | nemesis to Sates n comple acquaintance the | £2, it. It's fate. been tobe”, eect ta ane ona Sur oan lola Hee eee flows, Present, and their | Dawstten, Attie, awnd I must go ‘ome. Me creatures are ow so trustful as to sip cio mao dad linn ted toben and ‘Capt. Wiliame 96 omnipotent, ‘that the a a Persons. Deter totae bone ‘to ase oun this airfeers Bane Goes speen Delo Se beet an authority says that “Zam- Bropitc were saint a to obo 5 | forret to come-hover me ‘ouse tis af Milken, of Dunstan, Me. at, the esl pinrolationa ts the name to appiyto a . y ; x oud oe Jeffer- | Toller-skater. —— baw ul a tet nah apa | BFR Berit Segara | brn gst nit emo | ay ene atta aes Sok i , came swe! i zg 9 — of: .” Mr. Milliken said, * . — sonavetiae square garden inate toons te Ane | 88 Years « st] ‘The teacher,” she answered. “Hall the boys | Cor not to purtiontar thar as they are naw, it ap They hi eye cai | and ginis ‘ave to, do that. and, besides, my uncle was one of the selectmen | A sclentist says that the thermometer and Baard bat with iets ney nad been to the Old} So that, if thirteen persbns, each of them “¢Since when?” ret fssegspn other undergo considerable were ostensibly going To the club ioe oa en years old, sit down to ‘table, the a death eS fan ae hs om = oie Bid cots says that |” Eaward Adams, of Ricimond, Mo., 12 years of hanes during | | Gorm We have no- ney all fhe younger men ove a ate ge Or ees dont ay £0," fold, the astoniabed | terra iter one ofthe animals returned home | what they are built for. "A themmometer tee ently respectable man on a bender i 1 ee ereacitas-/ and barked and whined until Mr. Adame fol-| didn’t undergo a during a long heating engine of destruction. He is a deceiver ever. colneineea in London tho Old Cerieaty | coh yee; she makes us say awnd,” and the | lowed him to the spot where the boy lay dead, | would be regarded as a fraud eras ‘THE OLD avanp. Shop" of Dickela ts ahent tbe Senchonen little girl opened her jaws like a rock-cod's to | with, his ee eaaieed ene | a, T saw the procession at the Old Guard. It is | consequence of its dangerous condition. Since | give the proper pronunciation. “Awnd she hee ape pw te eG cil live to the age of 26 veare—_ one of the few sights worth witnessing in the | {8 imi collapse was reported to the | says dawg. too,” she continued, “awnd brawss boy was climbing 3 csuners joe daodenpe sea he will, In the restaurant ball season of New York. For a wonders it was eS tell pr enerees deer] peraaon to eralan san ake Muciperd ax | wien tee eae oe ey aoc boas Will, the | times he laste lng ens Arainst him. 4 little late—military men, asa rule, are prompt, cans. Tis potas tae Gia ee aaah ‘tor without giving the reporter an opportunity to | Chicago Times says, steuaty eokthere illiteracy | a very long time! he does mot live nearly ag the munagers are not quite accustomed to | the storage of waste paper. ask the name of the school and its principai. by stopping the erection of school houses. as long as he lasts.