, 1869-07-11

Man, Jealous Of the object Of her !dolatry, rudely
forbade her from wprshpplng It longer, she calmly
thrust aside ali meaner thinga She bade iale-
well 10 the hollow, empty. ung1atefnl world. which
waa 30 paltry, 20 mean 70 her when compared
with Woods Museum, and prepared, with will
Ing hear and courageous hand. and ten cents
worth Of arsenic IN her, to 60 down l1to the val
ley Of the shadow.
And why. IN the name Of common kindness,
dIlut they let her got
trust It mar not be cSptlsm In me 10 say to
those who hare travelled with me IN my word Of
amusement for the past two years tha: (D " the
substance OF the journey will appear In book IL
September, to be issued by the Western News
Company, and that hope the little venture Will
possesk the game valuable qualification which the
looI-pate With the name Of Thompson on It had
for the venerable Mrs Toodles, viz: Tint iii will
be handy TO have IN the house, In looking ever the
letters the other day, they recalled world Of yery
pleasant thoughts and associations. know you
all have packet OF old letters somewhere, tied
up In faded ribbons, which you no~ and then take
down and read wien the hills are batned with
dztamlght, and the day ls fading IN the west.
Letters from the father and mother. now sleeping
together under the clms In the old
chnrch-yAfd. full OF paternM counsel and
maternal love: from that bEaTe boy OF yours
With his laughing eyes and curling halr and bold,
frank brow, full Of manly grace and stern deter
Innaton, who left you one May morning and went
to the WARS and never returned, now sleeping IN
rome mountain cleft or on some plain where the
Ugh. TRs oeErest in grave marked i" Unknown"
But Jon will know him in the Far Country where
he H. And Is the suu sets In golden gloty and
the purple deepens into gray on the distant bills,
Joa take from another packet tied With a lock Of
golden har, the letters from him who IL sleeping
IN the waters somewhere, and somehow yon will
sec through the mist Of your tears, In the mirage
they make, the image Of the " boy who sailed tle
6ea" and never returned.
And, in the fastfauInR twilight. read Robert
D1chanan's poem, "The Summer Aoo0,' which
tells bus stor} and your story, and then go 10 youF
piano and sing to yourself the song which Mrs. G.
II. SeaTeros has set to those worda. She has bo.
truyed deep sympathy With that touching and
delicate poem, and has framed it IN B musical
setting full OF the same feeling. The music Is
worthy Of the beauty Of the poem, aud reflects Its
spirit as clearly IS brook renecLs the clouds.
Aessrs. Root 4 CadJ have Just Issued the song,
and, In addition, haze the following choice mRz!c
upon their shelves: "Dohlcrs Nocturne;''
sehtrzo, by Gade; +" Tie Mothers Smile," By 6le-
both II Heard Thy Fate Without Tear By
ua,ztson Milari; Abt's "Morning OEce,lng;"
1nchieE's "Loyc's peyotlon:" Franzs Mother,
Oh. Sing BE to Rest" splndler's "Stgat IN
Spring. and Zntchmanns 'Sumner Nacht
Gesang." Messrs. Lyon Healy have also issued
the following new mnslc, which Should tempt
you: "The Teatly Cascade. IN !mpro1nptu by
IIchrer; " Pure a. Snow,' IN ldJl for the plano,
ly Gustav 1ange; "Douce Esperance." for piano,
by Edouara Dorn: :" The Plquant Neauty," ma
IuIka. by Edward Hoffman,; Chaut du SolE,' q
romance, by Dorm; "CEystal Waves" for the
plano, ~ Aloys IIennes.
And now few words about amasenonsA Tho
OreIa House o!IeIs for Mt attraction during the
coming week the Peak Family Of bel1-rlngers.
H., lfryt Theatre. the M1t1ltf X
bartholomew troupe, with the paatouline OF
Mother Wlddle- vi addie " and " The Frolics Of
Coco" with the sterrot5pcd ncfooatlc display; the
Dearborn Theatre, the AlnstreIs, who afe doing a
epend!A business Bcyoud this, there Il little to
speak p!. Blind Tom L. In tic vicinity aud Will
shortly be here, and 30 will DAmone, magician
Of 1cputed merit, who Is on bis way here rn route
from AuBtrnlia to Europe.
may RaJ Incidentally that the Chicago OratoE1o
Society, Of which shall speak IN detail next Sun
day, WILL hold tts next rehearsal on Thursday
evening ut lower Farwell Hall. The society. which
Ii progressing ser5 iayorab1y, wtll practise Men,
ielssohas flynn Of Praise" and Rossinl's
" stabat Mater for performance next winter.
The programme at Turner Hail this evening
ls as follows:
l. March. sounds from the Hghlnndl Of Hur-
:. ortstuf: ~ to *+,Sc
]! 800 fcr eoast iesfo;msd y {. exy
{ FIJI fiji ansie fqoas ii
/ euass. eq 'so h1..s P.v .Hef1aa
There is much Interesting gossip In the r EotIit OF
amusement abroad, which may briefly sum up
us follows: Choir e!ngers In London churches
get about 500 year. TAI6 ls trnpo!tAnt to choir
singers IN this country who gEumole because they
don't Get thousand. -. >. Katie Putnam, late Of
ths "Fosiy Thieves ~ 'Ixion.' etc, Ii now play-
lng Fanehen to tho Grand lsapldtsters. TaSuonl
Is seeking divorce from her husband. The ter
taItuni* probably has something 10 do with IT,.
Rose He'll IL the only opera bourcr left IN this
country, and she intends to get up 4 company for
the fall campaign. Adams will nat remain al
booths after the conclusion Of the summer sea-
son. ...As the Tammany, New York, Seventeen
Patagonian periE, "!n their na::ye costume"
{nhcw3 are announced to supply ststtass With
ctgaTs nud drinks, They are probably OF Irish
extraction. "A lady who has>been "tnterrtew-
Ing Liszt, the pianist, says he has st1 large
WAITS on lis face, the one on his fore
head, 1ust above his nose. being
sass1s per, ., sns lame i SMITH, IN rocanpnts
Mt Davenport Caroline Mchinas' troupe Is nov
organized substantially as follows: Pr1ma uonn.,
Blanche Elermao: baritone, Henry Dsustou;
tenors, 3ir. uaight, Mt. Brookhonse and Pierre
Bernard; conssalto. Mrs, Bowler iAunle Kemp;
budo baritone, James Arnold; nrat bass, James
rcakcs: second soIrano. Annie AtschkA; nIst
soprano. Mrs. Caroline Richlugs-Hcrnaru; leader,
8. yehreus ,Susan Cation Is singing at Cars
Mrs. Scott. .Slddons La enpaueI for the
Fifth Avenue Theatre, New fosk....Wschsel,
the teIor Of the high e, attempted to commit
suicide the other DAY becaueehc lost 49, franco
but somebody wouldn't let him. .Fosues has
msde failure a. Shs ioc4 In London. Miss Hate
u,au began her 1are xell performances in London
IN the p1st nit The manager Of the Ro7al
A,rre,, Theatre London. has ,ssued the to11oElno.
Ing the performance BY c1yinx OF trtants tho man.