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~8tatucsque beauty of THE 4 » a " OMAHA DAILY BEE: BUNDAY, JULY 3; 1887."TWELVE PAGES E—-——_————————-————_————-—fi HE WAS WITH GRANT, Chicago Moil. *1 was with Grant—"" young Melville said. - o Then,” sald Joseph, “‘say no more; P'm satistied you foughtlike a man For the starry flag you bore.” “T was with Grant—"" young Melville sald, And said Joseph: “Nay, no more. Yon fought to bring renown upon ~ The uniform you wore.” *1 was with Grant—"" “Enough, enough, 1 will not listen to more. The simple statement tells me all— Youfought in the nineteenth corps, “You charged upon the enamy’s lines In the midst of the battle's roar, You enatched the rebel standard And the flaunting lie you tore?"” L was with Gfant—" young Melville said. “And I should have remarked before, *Twas at Chicago, Illinois, RFifteen years after the war,” Then Joseph up and Mell he smote Till his back was very sore, For ho hated & man who was with Grant Fifteen years after the war. el ol A PLEASANT TRAGEDY. The Gentlemsn's Magazine: The silence in the wood was so unbroken that the falling of & leaf made a perceptible sound, or at least the gentle severance of it from its hold upon the bough did. The birds were perfectly still, as they often are late in the afternoons of autumn, and a solemn quietude, which was yet not peace, reigned over the world of na- ture. The rays of the low sun came stealing through the drooping branches, and lighted up the trunks of the pine “trees with a ruddy glare. . A woman who was gathering twigs 1nto her apron, came out of the gloom of the wood, and stood for a while in one of | the open spaces—a space where there | was 11 poul, formed by the damming back | of & small runner. She looked down at ' the water, which had caught the evening ‘glow upon its stagnant surface: and up at the light upon the trees. Then she | cast her eyes upon the bundle of sticks Ishe was carrying, as though de- ! termined to avoid some unpleasant yet facinating sight. Suddenly she gave a _ery of horror and digust, and let her apron drop, and the sticks which were in it fall to the ground. Directly after she laughed out, and the laugh was nota pleasant one to hear. Lifting one of the fwigs she exsmined it curiously. It had growing upon it one of those brilliantly olored fungi which are so frequently seen in damp parts of plantations, and obnblf under some special kind of es. This one was tinted with a vivid ‘;Imuon. and had exactly the appearance reat clot of blood. fter she saw what it really was, the Jwoman raised her head, and looked mliht before her at the dull red water @and the dull red sunset. “It's no manner of use,” she muttered dn a tone of sullen despair: “they’re all f one color, look where I like! Am I ing mad, or isit that the devil's at tg}nk. holding it before me forever, to get me used to the sight of it?"” She was 5nnd looking woman ot #ive or six an twenty, with a sort of ine and contour; ddut she appoared thin and ill-nourished, #her complexion had the pallor of semi- Mtarvation, and her brown eyes had thal /Wolfish glare in them thatone sees in a od or underfed wild creature. She ered her sticks together again, and ked steadily on to the outskirts of the ) , where the cottage in which she ived was situated. Her husband was overman at the col- lery whose tall chimney and skeleton 'amework and pulleys showed dark inst the sunset sky; and this cotiage, on the outskirts of the long, straggling village: street, was one of the perqui- sites appertaining to his position. The woman lifted the latch and entered, ‘when she at once gave an exclamation of sed surprise. *‘Why, Bill, I tlought ye were at work ®o-day?" she said, as she hastened to the fireside and threw down her burden of twigs, which were rraleutly laced in the oven to dry. Unliko most of the pit- ren'- wives, whose fires mever need indling, because fuel was free, and therefore they were never allowed to die w:‘ldrl, Felton required wood as well as coals. She was of south country origin, and never learnt the knack of ‘‘happing up and beating down,” so as to kear a fire smouldering from might to morning, 88 tha rest did. young fellow who ‘was sitting by the fire P" her no greet- save an unintelligible murmur; but h—mx':t head to ngest upon a howed on the her toemple, just where the rip- ing waves of her dark red hair ended. Blowly a flush on?t over his own face, his fist elenched itself involuntarily. d out an exclamation of anger combined, and then turned low stool from the sat down close be- tirst displacing and driving th no gentle hand a couple of yhoun These animais re- rowling, and sought refuge ig four-post bedstead which stood inst the furthest wall, *‘Be off, you brutes!” she said angrily. “You won't get everything you want ‘when he’s out of the way!—I hate the wery sight of them, Bill, with their glossy g“ns, and their snaky \uud-, and their ies that swallow decent folks’ dinners, and never look a bit the better for it.’’ “Ye're tirad, Judith, lass, or ye onldn’t be so cross,”” He spoke, with ordinary Northumbrian burr ana rawl, bus the accent of the woman Whom he ealled Judith was remarkably re. She had, in fact, been lady's- aid to 'Squire Riddel’s young wife, and d been little more than two yearsin e north when she fell in love with the m“‘hd animal, Dick Felton, and mar- him' spite of every warning she ro- oeived as to his dissolute habits and brutal temper. There was an element in beaul woman'’s nature to Which ok's big, robust physique appealed ir- resistably; and for s’ short while after she was perfectly satistled with hat .lfi village folks called her ‘‘bad ain.” But before long she awoke to act that she had given herself, body and soul, into the power of a creature with the licentiousness of a Tiberius and and the cruelty of a Nero; a tyrant who wanted no wife, no compauion, but -'reii aslave whom he could torture and 8e at will. For s year and a balf she had borne ‘worse u: than, perhaps, ever fell to a young wife's lot before; and her master and tyrant faneied that her spirit was subdued and her will conquered, and ttered himself that she was now well l=i Bu;d. ‘lullun. l-‘uenc rf‘:).elhhun ‘was working and fermenting within her the whfle‘. and there was no knowing w soon it might break forth. ‘Th8 one gleam of comfort in her mel- obolylo’ was the quietly persistent ndness and -mpnmy shown to her by Felton, the half-brother of her hus- . This boy—who was a couple of rs her junior, and who, because of his icate health, and steady, studious ts, was looked upon as little better an idiot by big Dick—was Judith's confidant and friend. The wamen the place shunned her as an alien, and ned to pity her, because she never n pped or complained, but. held proudly aloof, and suffered in 8ho. understood the difference n and olu-lodx‘ od preferred eat her heart out in solitude to becom- an for their contemptuou s com- ¢ with BAll it was different. He was one of the family, and there wes no need to wear the mask before him. Bill knew perfectly well what a brute Dick was,and itied any woman who had given herself nto such vile keeping, The lad began by being intensely sorry for her loneli- ness and her misery, and trying to patch up & peace between the ill-matched couple; and when thig attempt failed he did his best to soften her hard lot by giv- ing out to her, unfailing kindness and n-mp:uhfn Many a time he has gone without his dinneér that he might provide one for Judith., He brought any of his books which he fancied might interest her, and read them aloud during the long hours of ber waiting, while Dick was drinking himself stupid or malicious or gambling away his fortmght's pay. And more than once the presence of the young man had saved the woman from violence on her husband's return. Some- times hoth these watchers and waiters felt too sad and hopeless to talk, and at guch periods they would sit a whole even- ing without a word passing between them; but the very consciousness of each other’s presence, the dumb, quiet com- panionship, was soothing, and kept budith at least, from becoming desper- ate, Buton this particular night some- thing within impelled her to give voice to her pent-up emotions. “Tired!” she said, 1n response to his speech, “Am Iever anythin, but tired, I wonder? Tired of life, since it can never bring me release, never any- thing better than_this; tired of thoughts, that alvays lead to one end—an end dare not face yet: tired of everything but —." Here she hesitated a little. “But what?” “Everything but you, Bill, dear!" There was intinite tenderness in these few words, or rather in the tone in which they were uttered. Bill glanced up quickly, an eager pleasure in his face; and_then huis head sank upon his hands again, and he made no answer. He could not guite nnderstand his feel- ing toward Judith. The first one of pity was gone, and something he could not or would not analyize lived in its place. He had long since ceased to think of her as a poor ereature whom he must do his best for. A restlessness possessed him now, which rendered him unhappy save when near to her, though, alas! her pres- ence brought with it no peace. “How long will I be able to stand jt?" she went on, half to herself, looking into the fire as she spok 'Sometimes I fancy such torture must kill me soon, un- lessit is fated that he is to be first to die! Now don’t pretend to be shocked, Bill. You know well enough I hate him suf- ficiently to help him to it, so far as the will goes, even it I had to follow di- rectly. “‘Why did you wed him?#” asked Bill, suddenly. Judith gave a short, bitter luugh. “Because 1 was afool, and deserve my fate! Because he was big and strong and masterful, and I liked to feel he could do what he chose with me, Because, oh, how can I make you understand, boy? You, who have never felt that sort of thing! You, who could never realize with your slow, calin blood and quiet na- ture how love seizes upon such a woman aslam, and how it carries one out ot oneself, one’s common sense, one’s rea- son, one’s goodness—everything! It is lifo, it is bliss, it is ecstacy, while it lasts! But then it never does last!” she ended, abruptly. ‘While she was speaking, a shudder ran throagh the young man’s frame, and for a moment his breath came fast. All this sounded very terrible to him, but there was a strange fascination about 1t, never- theloss. “And yot you hate him so now?"” he sald, slowly. ‘I thought & woman who loved like that once, loved so for al- ways!" “I tell you 1t never lasts! Perhaps it burns itself out quickly, because it is so intense! And think what a brute he is, and how he has made me suffer! Bill— here she brought her voice to a whisper —did lyou know how the baby died?"’ *Fell ont of the bed, and that brought on fits, didn'tit?"” “‘Fell out!"’ she repeated, laying her hand on his arm, and looking straight into his eyes with her own, in which sullen fire burned; ‘it was thrown out? It had been cross and uneasy, and I got up and walked about to try and quiet it, for fear of rousing him; but it was no use, he heard it cry, and then, when I rew tired and rested for a moment on the bed, he took it ont of my arms, and— oh. my little baby! my darling! my baby that nostled close to my breast, and coni- forted me, and took this hard, cold feel- ing away! I could stand by with a smilo on my lips and see the wreteh die when I think of that!” Just for a moment the memory of motherhood in the woman had softened her, but only to Biu place to a deeper, sterner hatred, Bill could not speak. He was sick and unutterably revolted at the revelation. There was no hope, no com- fort for a case like this. What could he do but hold his peace? Judith, too, seemed to find it impossi- ble to speak more, and she began to lay the cloth for her husband’s frugal sup- per of bread and cheese. Everything about the place-spoke of poverty, thongh there was a ncatness and a spotless clean- liness which helped to take away any gordid impression it might have given. Many of the pitmen’s cottages in the north are almost luxurious in their com- fortable arrangements and substantial furniture; this one was bare of every- thing of the sort, and yet, from aa utter absence of the vulgar ornement they affect, it looked greatly their superior. As much 8o, indeed, as did Judith, in her dmg)o. shabby dress of russet-brown merino, with the flowing lines almost an- tique in their simplicity and severity. She was a beautiful creature, with a cer- tam natural grandeur and grace of move- ment that seemed to date back to some early and unsophisticated period of the world, and was as much out of character with the present time as an epic or a symphony. It did not take long for her to finish her domestic duties, and then she retarned to the firemde. Bill had followed her with his eyes all the while, and now they rested again on her face. These eyes were the oaly noticeable feature in his pale, character- less face. They were deep-set, and of some aark indefinite shade, neither black nor brown, and they shown like stars when the firelight “flickered on them. Every now and then they wandered to the purple mark on Judith’s brow, as though irresistibly drawn to it. After they kept silence for a long time, udith,” he said, 1n a low, deep voice, “ye know 1t's not for the want o' will that aa cannu think of owt to help you?" “{ know all that, Bill, dear! Don't fret too much if any harm comes to me. You are the only one who has tried to make thinks better, you are the only gleam of brightness in my life; and love you for it, I'do indeed, dear!” *“‘1s there nothing to be done?!” eried left when it the lad, impu!lsively. *Yes; 1 have one ref ts past heuinf," replied the woman, 8l wP. “You'll not tell of it, Bill, or he’'ll take it away from me?'* She drew a small phial out of her breast, and held it up to the firelight. It was full of clear, greenish-colored liquid. Bill held out his hand, but she shook her and replaced it. “l"vmn‘smlst you; you're too fond of me.' “'What is it, lass? Poison?®' Judith nodded. “Chloral. I've not lived with fine ladies for nothing, you see!”’ Bill jumped up and began pacing the floor emmdl{l. ‘‘But, Judith? Oh, what ever must aa do? Judith, ye'll not do that; say ye’'ll not, for ma” sake! Ye must hear the truth now. Aa canna live without 1- As the last words burst out, he khelt down by Judith’'s chair, and put his arms around her ina way half pretect- ing, half heart beating tumultuously close to her own, Some responsive emotion thrilled Ihrnu%h her, and she stooped suddenly and kissed his forehead. At the touch of of her warm ll{u the young mun's bloud turned instantly to flame, and the pent- up passion within him broke bounas. He tightened his hold upon her, and _kissed her 1ips, her hands, her bruised fore- head, a hundred times. **Oh, Judith, aw canna live without ye? he murmured over and over n, in a voice broken and hoarse with overwhelming passion. The woman seemed a little afraid of the tempest she had raised, even while her cheek flushed, and a look of eager triumph came into her eyes. For a mo- ment she yielded to kis care and then withdrew herself and stood upright. “Bill, dear, try to be calm,” she whis- pered, entreatidgly. ‘“He may come in at any time, now, and you know what he is. Do try to be quiet, for my sake.” Bill, making a tremendous effort, re- gained his self-control, but he was all trembling and shaken. He sunk upon the low stool and buried s face in his hands. He was a good lad, well bronght up and right Erilmiplnd; and this terrible temptation which had seized upon and mastered him made him loathe himself, even while he succumbed to it. But he recognized the truth when she_first told him how impossible 1t was he should ever love in such a way, Her description of her own past state of mind had awak- ened him to his present one,and it needed only a touch to finish what then be gun. Suddenly the door was flung oven, and Dick, the husband staggered 1, three parts drunk and the remaining part wicked *Oh, ho, ma lad, ave ecatched ye this time. Aa wonder ye're not feared to mak up te yer big brother's wife, ye young deevil. Butaw’ll let thee know what's what, if thou dinna mind what thou’s efter, The bully was in a quarrelsome mood, and seemed surpris, when his words evoked no rejoinde Bill still kept his head down and took no notice, |||ou{(h his pale cheek flushed, and he bit his under lip seriously. ‘‘Is that all the supper ye've got for e've good man, ye lazzy hussy? What fur haven't ye cooked me somethin’ nice and tasty, instead of sittin’ me down to yer bloomin’ dry bread and cheese?"’§ He cut himself a slice of bread as she spoke, and Bill, glancing up at him, noticed that the blade of the big bread- knife gleamed as though it were a new one. “T had nothing to cook and no money to buy i plicd Judith ealmly. Di k{.{ ve agreat laugh. hin' like short commons to brin, down a proud spirit, ma fine madam! ye were better fed ye'd kick ower the traces!” The woman made no answer. So lon, as he confined himself to words she care little what he said. “Ana what do you two get to talk about all the time, “aa’s away? Black- guard me aa’ll warrant, and wish aa was out o'th’ road. Come and sit on ma knee, lnfil 3md make him envious o’ ma bonny wife!” Judith gave him a defiant and con- temptuous lcok. “Ishall act no farce for your pleas- ure.” “‘What! Yerefuse? Aw''ll fell yeto the gound if ye dinna mind.” Onece set agoing, he poured out a flood of abuse, and then rising, made for his intended victim. But Bill was before hand with him. The young fellow pla himself in front of Ler, and stoud, with flashing eyes, daring the bully to do s work “Ye shall not lay a finger on her this neet! I will kill you first!” 7 The village policeman and a pitman of horticultural tendencies were having a quiet gossip over the merits of their re- spectige danlias, when they were startled by the sound of voices quarreling, and stopped to listen. *Hoots, man, it's nowt out o’ th’ com- mon,’’ said the dahlia grower, after a moment's pause. “Only that brute Dick Felton Janded home drunk, and in one of his tantrums, and then the wife catches it hot, ye know.” “We'd better get round to the front to be ready, case anything happens,'’ re- plied the guardian of the peace; and the two men walked through the opening which led to the street. As they went they heard Bill Fenton’s loud spoken de- fiance, then immediately following it a deep groan came, a shrick, and the sound of the fall of a heavy body. Feeling now more anxious, they quickened their steps, and opening the cottage door, stood ngll;:\st at the scene which presented itseif. artly leaning against a bench which stood close to the wall, and yet limp and motionless, was the huge body of Dick Fenton, and from a firu:\t stab in his side the blood was welling, and dripping slowly, drop by drop, upon the floor. Judith lay near him, and at first they feared she, too, was dead, but found on examination that she had simply fainted. But the most frightful spectacle was Bill Felton, Dick’s younger brother, who was standing over the murdered man, staring at him with a strong, fixed gaze, which even the entrance of the men failed to divert for a moment. In his hand was a large sharp bread-knife, the weapon with which the deed had evi- dently been committed, and his right slecve and shirt-front were covered with blood. Neither of the two new-comers could muster sufficient courage to ap- proach the murdered man, until the doc- tor—who was sent for immediately— arrived, when they raised the body and laid it on the table. The surgeon pro- nounced life extinet, and expressed the opinion that the stab, being in a vital part, had proved fatal at once. When Judith was restored to conscious- ness it appeared as though her mind had given way, for she burst into a loud and ghastly laugh, and,pointing to the corpse, cried out: “Alf of one color, look where Ilike! It was the dovil who died every- thing red, so that I might get used to the color. Didn’t I tell you so, Bill ‘The court was crowded almost to suffo- cation when William Felton was tried at the following assizes for the murder of his elder brother, Richard Felton, The circumstances of the case were peculiar, and in some m‘fi““ mysterions, an aroused a great deal of interest and at- tention, The well known brutal and in- temperate habits of the murdered man, as contrasting with the steady, studious, inoffensive nature of those of the accused, gained the Iatter a considerable amount of sympathy. [t was conjectured that the deed was the result of a sudden pas- slon probably caused by some threatened or actnal violence on the part of the de- ceased, and that most likely this violence had been shown toward his wife. Indeed, it was well known that the younger man had often m former times protected the woman Judith from his elder brother’s fory. Ever since the murder, or man- slanghter—for the crime seemed much more likely to be considered the latter than the former—Judith Felton had been in a strange state of mind, and, although she was to be called as principal witness against the accused (she being the onl; person present at the time), the medical men who had exammed her were more than doubtful as to her sanity. ‘The case for the prosecution was strong against tha prisoner, even before this woman was v.-nmiued, although the wit- nesses did their best to show the very high estimation in which he was held by those who knew him intimately. He did not look like a criminal as he stood there in the dock, with his slight form and his pale, delicate face, from which the eyes shone clear and starlike from their hollow sockets. He seemed very anxious and nervous, however, and kept glancing at the door from which the esses med, At last the woman, Judith Felton, was called, and watked to the witness box nppnullnf, and she flelt s ' with a steady step, tho tu Vh those near enough to see her clgarly noticed that ;here was a strange, daged look about or. Before she was sworp she looked long and earnestly at the prisaner, and ho re- turned the gaze. His facg was calm and resolute now, and had lost the nervous expression it had hitherto worn. As he continued to watch Judith’s face a look of great sweetness and coptent creptover his own, and he smiled to her. But the woman turned away, shuddering from head to foot. The oath was administered to her in due form, and she was called upon to give her evidence, She hesitated a moment, and then spoke out in a clear, distinct voice. “Itis very simple. He who stands yonder is innocent. I am the guilty one! "1did it! He only drew the knife out of the wound!" “‘Judith?’ cried the prisoner, in an ag- onized tone, “‘don’t, for pity's sake! Hold your tongue! It's not true, my lord; she’s lost her wits, poor thing!"* *“'Silence!” “Itis absolutely true,”” went on the witness, with a simple directness which carried conviction. ‘I had often thought of it, and latterly had begun to dream of it, though I did not know until the mo- ment came that I should have ever the courage to carry it out.” “‘Do you mean to tell us that you de- liberately planned to take your husband’s life?” questioned the judged, ness appearcd now to have a little difti- culty to keep her attention fixed, and re- quired to have the question repeated. ‘‘No; I did not plan it. It took posses- sion of me and kept coming back and back, though I struggled against the idea. I can scarcely describe it—I feel g0 confused—but wherever 1 looked, there scemed to be blood—in the sky, in in the water, in the fire—everywhere!"’ The witness made this remarkable statement in an even, monotonous, rather sleepy way, butitsent a thrill through the court all the same. Then, turning toward the prisoner, she held out her arms with a gesture of passionate en- treaty. “Forgive me, Bill, dear Bill—forgive me for i where—you do! still, I could not let you die for me—no, could not bear that!" 1 love you, love you better than I knew, dear.” As she finished speaking her head dropped, and she Ml forward, appar- ently in a swoon. The accused gave one sharp, short ery of horror and then his face grew calm again. “‘What has happened?'’ cricd some per- son near him. ‘“‘She has taken poison,” aflirmed the sprisoner quietly. This statement was indeed found to be true. When the doctor, who was ealled upon, examined Judith, he found that the action of the heart had censed. She had drank the contentsof the phial which she carried always about her person, a little while before entering the court. This accounted for her strangely slecpy uncmotional demeanor, It wasa oic ending to a tragic life; but even Bill with all the passion of young grief which overwhelmed him, could not but feel that, as far as this world went, it was the least terrible one which could have happened. And after? Ah! who knows? Lift not the painted veil which those who ive, Call life. 2 A9V, These poor human 'existences, appar- ently so barren of either’ happiness or use; these fatal marriagps, where the higher natures are dfagged down and degraded by the lower one; these trage- dics of sorrow and the sins which are born of despair—whut do'they all mean? 1 we could find the trun‘answer to this question we should indeed be as gods, knowing good and evjl. " ———— PEI’PEIU\HN‘T DHROPS. 1n Texas quotations an traln robbers have taken the place of quotations on cotton. Book agent—Is the lady of the house in? Servant maid—There are two of us. Which do you want to see? The suspended coffee firms, it s sald, will effect aatisfactory settlements. Coffee has a natural tendency to settle. “Isn’t there anything you would rather have than a dish of ice cream?’ he asked, as they emerged from the theater. ‘‘Yes, Georze; two dishes of fee cream,” she mur- mured softly, A bachelor 13 published in the papers of Porkopolis for having refused to pay his washerwoman’s bill. He published a card stating that he refused to |Imy because she washerd all the white out of his shirts. One effect of prohibition in lowa is said to be the appearance of new signs on_certain smail bufldings in back counties. Some of the stens read thus: “Druck 8to,” * Stoaer,” “Drugz Stower,” But they furnish the “‘booze’ all the same. “I have not been away from my store two successive days in tem yvears,” remarked an Eimira merchang terday. ever feel the need of a_v: 2 friend addressed. “Oh, no!” was the hearty answer. “Along in the summer time I stop advertising for a few weeksand I tind more rest and solitude in my store than you eould find in the most secluded nook In the White mountains,” If any wild westorn newspaver can ex- hibit more senseless slang in the same space tham is contained in the fellowing headlines, over the report of the Sharp trial, in our con- temporary, the Herald, on Thursday, we do not care fo read it: “Sharp's Twenty-third Day.—Judge Barratt Kecps the Lawyers llnmnlns and Runs on Railroad Time.— Colonel Stickney on His Ear.—The Court Goes Him One Better and Knoeks Flim Out, —Aldermen Loaded With Boodle.” Jones ran across his friend Gubbins after dinner, He was squatted on the wood-house 2or, In his right hand & hammer, while his left hand grasped a eold chisel with which he W8 pecking v atsometliing he held down under his left foot, which proved upon eclose inspection 1o be thio upper Jaw of 'a set of false teeth. ‘“‘What in creation are you doing now? inquired Jones. ‘*‘Nothing, only picking my teeth. We had spring lamb for dinner,” was the unconcerned reply, as he went on prying the shreds of meat from between the molars. e b IMPIETIES. In Turnbull county, Ohio, the churches are having “crazy soclables.” Sam Jones has discovered a new brand of sinners In Missourf, which he defines asa “*possum-eared dunce.” ‘The vigorous Saxon name, Hell’s Bend, applied to a spot in Illinois, has been changed 10 the seduetive title, Pleasant Grove. There’s many a ministex sighs when he hears How Fortune the ball piayer follers. Preacher in debt nm-&up full of tears The Pitcher returns full ot dollars. @Bisnop Emery, of the, Meshodist Eplscopal chureh, objects to painting the MVH black and all the angels whit Wants some colored angels painted fn pletures. Sam Jones has lnyenttd a new aund capital title for the reporter’ who doesn’t re- port his sermons exactl§ tosuit the estnetic preacher. He s “pestiferous skunk.” 1 Sunday school teacher—"A nd now P'ou may :.u-k any questions you like.” (Littfe boy in Dack r Tow holds up_his hand,) Tenche —*Well, what Is I ’% ¥ ‘*flllh-—“ Hligt” we gein’ fo bave & this year?” A hair dresser of this city, who feels ag- grieved at the loss of hig Su) dn){ business, of the opinion that the Sunday law should be impartially enforced without regard to par- tles, and should extend to churches where co‘g‘t‘rlmnm boxes are passed at each ser- v A Vermonter attending 8 w:‘yer meeting in Massachusetts heard an eide y gentlemen express his feelings in the following manner, “And we should uil, my , the Lord that we wera not bern in Atrica nov \;:filugng nor any other dark corner of the earth,” An aged colored woman in a Georgia town tly signitied her Intention of joining the church, She was reputed well to do and two rival ehurches strove to win her. One of them sent a deacon of greéat eloguence to em= ploym:rln her bis raze arts normal circumstances i wflunnn.n’n' — ized him as & person who owed her 85 for fourtean years, and she joinea the otherchurch. HONEY FOR THE LADIES Turquolses have eome into fashion again. Dutch patterns are utilizea as models for pretty summer costumes. Colored grasses, oats and batley are used as trimmings for summer hats, ‘The sirccess of bonnet hat or bonnets with- out strings eannot be doubted. Dress sleeves ate often made of a color contrasting with that of the bodice, Parislettersgsay shats American women are re ally the leaders of fahion over there. A fancy has arisen for white underskirts with overdre: d waist of dark material. A girl In Wisconsin has horns on her forehead which sie covers with her hair, Brooches ana lockets are again being worn, superseding the bar lace pins so long In favor. In Gartield county, Colorado, there are 1,100 single men to only twenty-eight single woimen, ‘The excessive use of perfumes,so long con- sldered vulgar, has ouce more; become fash- 1onable, Coarse bralds are more stylish than any of finer weaves for dressy hats, either in black or 1n color. (iauze turbans, with an nlfreue on the side, are a revival of a very old fashion for even- ing head dresses. There Is quite a rage for dull et Lust mow: It Is considered mueh wore stylish than the glistening variety. Crapeline s a popular fabric and promises to be ;:ml«'mllr worn for afternoon oceasions instead ot India siiks. The deep, dome-shaped parasol seems to have won in the race for popularity against its numerous eecentric rivals, English embroidery, which hitherto has been most used for children, is filling an fm- portant niche in ladies’ summer toilets, Suits of tennis cloth are particularly bright and can bo appropriately worn upon any sporting occasion or for an excursion. ‘Tussore silk greatly resembles ’mngm silk, but is more expensive, and trims handsomely 'I’"(" lace insertions dyed the same yellowish nt. Small wraps of ruby, deep blus, terra-cotta or brown velvet, with garnitures of black lace and Jet, are in vogue, and are very at- tractive. Since sllks have bacome fashlonable again, summer silks have assumed an entirely dif- {('r(‘nt character to satisfy existing modern astes, senuine Albanian scarfs are in fashion for sashes. They are twice the length of an ordinary skirt, measuring from the belt to the hem, At a sale In Paris the other day a_splenaid dish of the rare old Rouen ware fetche d £804. It was twenty inches in diameter and beautifully painted with cuplds and flowers. White flannel or serge is far prettier on n tennis field than anv_ color; even if unbe- coming, a sillk kerchief of red or blue twisted around the neck will supply the needed dash of color, Among cotton goods, sateens and eing- hams are most in favor here, while imported dresses brought over by French modistes are toned sprixged lawns, pin- dott l(mnmlln..nmt thicker chamberys and vercales. ‘T'he latest bathi ne-dress consists of kniek- erbockers, short skirts and yoke walsts in knitted, elastic goods. The cliet parts are of blue, with yoke, sash and border to elbow- sleeves and skirts of red, with a fisherman’s cap to match lined with o1l-skin, Not only aro_metalic beads fashionable, bnt metulie threads that do not tarnish have been introduced into passementeries. The colors are gray, blue, green, garnet and pink, the glitter of “ the material lending the re- quired brilllancy to the delicate shudes. Black lace is still much used for dressy hats and bonnets over colored satin foundn- tions. ~ Uvon new Parisian models are placed very hich montures of delicious French rosés which seem to exhale sweet- ness, so natural do they look, as it just ready to fall to pleees at the first breath of air, Kashion prefers delicate and even faded tints, and at the same time there is a vro- nounced partiality for red in all shades, from the darkest to the lightest, an apparent inconaisteney which it is hard to explain. Certain it is that red is worn most extensive- 1v, from dresses of red silk throughout for dinner and reception down to ornaments and embroideries of red and red parasols: these last are forthe country and watering places. As was customary Inst year. summer mus- Iins, lawns, and other gowns of washable kind are being trimmed “with velvet collar and cuffs. with a liberal unr|nk|lng of velvet bows and ends scattered over the bodice and skirts. These are very effective, and greatly add to the appearance of a Iight-eolored toilet, but it is alwavs necessary to have them fastened in a manner that admits of detach- ing thein when the inevitable day of their visit to the laundress arrives. The very smallest of safety pins are ot commendable value for this purpose, and by simply fasten- lng!h«“fln inside the bodice or skirt they are rendered invisible. Ladies In search of cool, comfortable-look- ing fabrics for sultry summer wear are ad- vised to purchase various colored fahrics in French batiste, sheer lawn, India muslin,end organdle. Batistes and lawns are broughtout in monochrones,showing handsome shades i nun's grav, hpllnlro“e, golden brown, and, also, in black and white.” Fancy grenadines and etamines are preferred to even the hand- somest wash materials by many women' as these can be worn an entire season with care, and still retain their fresh appearance. Gay little dots of Japanese red are seen upon grounds of pale ecru canvas,and also red and blue dots in groups of three, or tiny blocks in pale blue and dark marine blue. These tex- tiles are semi-dianhanous, and make dressy gowns for general wear at the seaside. The Princeton graduating elass numbered olghty-five. The University of the city of New York graduated forty. ‘The Stevens Institute of Technology held Its graduating exercises June 16. The class numbered thirty. Queen Margherita, of Italy, has all the latest works on Jewlsh literature, She is proficient in Hebrew. Mr. John Bennetto, of New Haven, who took the' De Forrest medal for oratory at Yale last week, is a printer by trade and is working his way through college. The alumni of the University of Paris numbered nearly 11,000 last year. Of these 6 were studylne law and 5.006 were study- ing medicine, while only Illh’tr-llvn were studying theology. The female students number 167, ‘The Amherst Agricultural college cale- brated the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Congressional endowment of agricultural collegeson June 21. President C, K. Adams, of Cornell, and Judge Charles D. Davis de- livered addresses. Mr. Higginson holds that children ought to own their own sehoool books and keep them after the school work is done. He ar- ues, rightly, that a shelf of school books in & house, like any other shelf of good books, 1s both an incentive and a means of study. Mr. Buchtel, the founder of the Ohlo col- lege named for him, told the boys he would give them $1,000 for their gymnasium if they would earry bim to eommencement, as he was stricken with paralysis three months avo. The students had a great lark cnrrylnfi him up three flights of stairs in awn invali chair l:llto‘flle I\ufi:fl;lc:t-rrom. \\')hrt)e he ::s creeted with great cheering, ' which reac hl height when his additional #ift of;$175,000 was announced. The board of trustees of Indiana state university have made the foilowing selec- tions of new professors for the coming year: For professor of biotogy, John Sterling Kingley, of Malden, Mass., has been electea and promised to m‘;t. He is a graduate of Williams and Prineeton colleges, editor of the American Naturalist, and of the Standard Natural History: also director of the Summer school of science at Salem, Mass. The New York Tribune says: Prineeton has now become a university and is ready to confer degrees upon non-resident students, Graduate courses are also to be established, ‘This [s an important step in the history of this old-established institution. Larze plans for greater usefulness on the part of Prince- ton are in process of development and will doubtiess be earried to a successful issue. There are many universities in name in this country; Princeton means to be a university in fact. Syracuse university ls bullding a 825,000 bserval It has reeently received from set of Latin elassies in 108 Lave f 1,000 "f‘“ each bound in parchment and gold. The l\m‘l notable event of the year has been the pur- chase of the Ranke historical library in Ber- iin. It eomprises 50,000 voluwes, 75,000 nderstood that the cost was about $100,- . The university has obtained sufficient subseriptions to Insure the building of a mnfs«m structure to receive It carly next nter, rnmphlnh. and all Ranke's manuseripts. It s uf 000. —— MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC. Charles Coghlan contmues with Mrs, Langtry next season, Marion Manola will be & member of Me- Caull’s great company next season. Louis James and Marie Wainwright are visiting Stuart Robson at Cohassett, Violet Cameron is said to be looking for & concert-hall engagement in London. Bernhardt comuences a tour of the Eng- lish provinces June 23 in Cork, lreland. Miss Kate Claxton has been very seriously ill at her cottage Larchmont. A violin said to be 286 years old Is owned by Louis Dutrow, of Franklin county, enn- sylvania, ‘Theodore Bjorksten the Swedish tenor,who 18 styled the niew Marlo by Gounod, is on his way to this country. Lalli Lehmann, the German overa sinzer, has received from the Danish emperor the old medal of the order of the Danebrog. Edwin Booth thinks very serlously of re- tiring from the stage in another vear. feels that he has won fame and fortune quite suflicient. Imre Kiralfy has arranged to produce a gi- gantic open-air spectacle in Paris during the next exposition in 1859, 1t will probably be the “Fall of Babylon.” Frederick Warde 18 representing the legiti- mate drama in Butte City, Montana. This week he appears in Helena, closing his sear ty 9, in Fargo, Dakota. Slisler is at_Long Branch with her Frank Weston. She will play next season, as well as in “Woman Against Woman” and “Egypt.” Pauline Lucea, during her recent tour in Sweden received trom the king's own hand the insignia of the order pro litteris et arti- bus, an honor shared by her with Jenuy Lindalone, It has been settled that M, Coquelin 18 to come to this country for the season of 185550 under the management of Mr. Henry E. Ab- bey, He willalso act In South America under the same auspicos, Mrs. James Brown Potter, pending her ar- rival among the miners, has cona back to the amateur stage, She is to play in Bronson Howard’s **Old Love Letters” for the amuse- ment of the renowned Rothschilds at their London home. Miss Van Zandt chargea 220 each for the tickets to the private concert she gave in Paris for the benefit of the Opera Comique fire sufferers, That is the highest price ever paid for admission to a concert in Paris, but enough people paid it to crowd the large rooms, The manuseript of the comie opera, “The Musictan,” by the late Freidrich von Flotow, has been discovered by Mannhemn. The theme treats an episode In Mozart’s early life, and the libretto is written by Richard Gence. It has been presented to the Mann- heim court theatre by the widow of the com- oser, and will probably be brought out be- ore the close of the season. Mme. Minnie Hauk lately appeared in “Carmen” in Amsterdam, the local perform- ers singing Dutch words to the prima don- na’s Italian. _Onee or twice, however, one of the a:tists, Desforsez by name, addressed Mine. Hauk in Italian. Mme, Hauk awaited her opportunity, and when Destorsez sang out “‘Carmen, i0 'mo,” he was considerably astonished at the soprano’s very musical answer, " Dot geloofuk well,” which of course set the audience in a roar. Annle Pixley’s earnings on the stage for the past season may be pus down at $25,000, Joe Jefferson made nearly £40,000 in fifteen weeks, not acting Mctdll{. ta whoogsd up $35,000 while Fanny Davenport worked much harder for $15,000 less. Denman Thompson coined between $60,000 and 870,- 000, nearly all of it out of ‘“The Old Home- stead’’ here, Mrs, Lan-try’s balanee to the 0od will not be less than $75,000. Adonis ixey ean be reckoned up safely on a_basis of $300 a might for say eizht months. Sarah Bernhardt will get $300,000 outof her tour on this side of the Atlantic, and Abbey, Schoef- fel, and Grau $200, to divide. Patti’s notes came back to her to the tune of $250,- 000, and brought Abbey and Seheeilet $100,- 000. We find A profit of about $300,000 cred- ited to Edwin Booth’s season. Booth’s share being $200,000, Barrett’s $75,000, and Manager Chase’s $25,000. Wilson Barrett visited America at a loss probably exceeding ),000, ——— BINGULARITIES. ‘The steamer De Ruyter, at New York from Antwerp, reports passing an iceberg 300 feet long and 200 feet high. Sadie Moyer, of Lanstord, Pa., Is ton years old, weighs 195 pounds, and is taking on fat at the rate of two pounds a week. A woman of Berlin, Canada, recently gaye birth to her twenty-tirst child, and both she and the little one are thriving. The fatner is resigned. ‘The largest rattlesnake scen for years in Butts county, Ga., has been on exhibition In Jefferson. It measured six feet six inches, and had twenty-one rattles and a button. A Decatur, I11., man, who has been testing the eapacity of the sparrow to withstand the effects of poison, gave one bird a graln of crystal strychnine without effect. A monster shark, thirty-five feet long, twenty feet In circumforence, and weighing over four tons, was captured recently in Monterey boy, off the Paeific coast. Petrified lobsters, clams, turtles and the Iike are found m great abundance in the Santa Catalina mountains in Arizons, at a I|lalxht of nearly 10,000 feet above the level of the sen. Syraeuse boasts of having the biggest dog in the world. He weighs 203 pounds and measures 6 teet and 3 inehes from nose to tall. He Is nearly two years old and was born in England. ‘There was recently unoarthed at Jackson- ville, TIl, while exeavations were being made for the asylum for the insane, an apple which is believed to have been buried four- teen years. The apple was in good condition consfderin Its age. A cow nt West Monros, N. 1, refuses to own her offapring because of its very uncalf- like appearance. 1t iy only half the regula- tion size, has wool, with occasional spots of long, silky hair, its head and tail aro those of a sheep, and it bleats like a lamb. Three years azo a small moth flew into the ear of J, G. Stalb, of Wilmington, Del. It remained just Inside of the drum of the ear until the other day, when the applieation of milk poultices and salt water resulted in }tu removal. It was alive, and flew several eet. A Chicagoan has anall sent him by a Phil- adelphia friend, which was drlven intoa house there nearly 200 vears ago. The nail Is of peculiar make, Itis four and one half inehes in length, and the head is about an ineh long and three-fourths of an ineh thick. ‘The nail was, of cousre, made by hand, as there wers no nall maehines in 1603, g CONNUBIALITIES, Pretty soon it will take a brass band and fireworks to get a crowd at a fashionable wedding. A marriage license was recently Issued at Santa Rosa, Cal., in which both parties bore the same name, both were of the same age— their birtudays coming on the same date. Miss Clinch, grandniece of the late A. 'T. Stewart and prospective heiress to $3,000,000, has become engaged to M. Merillion, the son ef a well-known banker at Pau, France. Ameriean prineess are informed that the king of Siam is on the outlook for & suitable mateh for his son. ‘The younz lady must have an independent fostune and be able to eat boiled chicken with her fingers. ‘The gossips have announced the engage- ment of the young Boston l{lw, Louise imogene Guiney and Jeffrey Roche, but the announcement is unfounded. Doth persons are already happily wedded to the muses. The widow Jane A. Manly has sued Bur- rell A. Olpey, of llartford, Mich. She is plump and comely and fifty, and he is eighity years old and worth $300,000. ~ The widow wants $50,000 for her damaged affeetions, Recently a young man in Albemarle (Indin) proposed to s young lady in Caleutta by telegraph, adding:” “Answer yes or no at my expenss,”” She sent him 600 words of explanation without eoming to any eonelu- sion, ““You know, of eourse,” sald the old man to the young man, “that my daughter has $100,000 in her own right?” **Yes, sir.” “And you are not worth a eent?”’ 'L am poor, but, great Scott, $100.000 is enough for Why, 'm economical to meanness.”” ‘The betrothal is announced of tha cele- brated painter Franz von Lenbach with Countess Magdalene von Moltke,of |IIT War- temburg branch of the family, By this inar- riage the artist becomes related to the old families of Dancklemann, Prilwitz, Maltzabo, and Perponcher, ‘The South ¢hurch in Peabody, Mass,, hag not missed a regularservice since 1713 The Rev. Dr. Dix, rector of I'rinity church, New York,receives a salary of $30,000 a year, while his two assistants are satisied with a modest £5,000 a year each, ‘The revisers of the Bibie in Germany have completed their last reading of Isaiah. Theig work does not attract much publie interesty and at a recent “plenary meeting’'of thegom= mission at Cologne only eight persons were present. One of the strangest of religious sects is that which calls itself the New and Latter House of Israel, Its headquarters in Chat- hawm, Hmfltml, in which town its devotees ding an immenso temple which will cost 0,000. They believe that they will not die, that they are the remnant of true Israelites, who will relen with Christ for 1,000 years. Their founder was a wan named Jez- riel, who is now dead. His death was a t shock to the believers, but his wite claimed that it was an accident, and declared hersel( to be his suc or. According to statisties published by the Judische Pri 're in DParls in 1789 barely 500 J. 06 the number had mounted to 3, to 12,000, n 1872 to 40,000, and at the present day the Jewish lm‘unhll(m is believed to exceed 50,000, In 821 the French army had in its ranks one Jewish general, Baron Wolfl, one chief of battallion, and three captains. 1853 there served vnder the French flay five Jewish enerals, five colonels, nine majors, twenty- five heads of battalions, ninety captains, elalmy»nlua lieutenants and 104 sub-lieuten= ants, -~ Michael Cassius' Rourement, 8t. Louis Post-Dispatch: The an- nouncement is made that Mike Me- Donald, the millio ambler and po- litical boss of Chicago, has retired from polities. It would be more correct to say that pll‘ill'.lcs had retired from Mike Mc- YIELDS 10 EVERY MOVEMENT OF THE WEARER. 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