The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-04-13


Central Park Museum.
The talk about having museum In Central
Park is revived. Think not that 1t is to be
Woods Museum archaeological museum,
or any of those other magazines in which living
wild animals (or dead ones either) bear a con-
spicuous part. 1t is to be museum of history,
antiquity, and art. No Cardiff giant is to desc
crate it, no Feejee mermaid, Woolly Horse, or
other abomination of eccentric humbug is to
come anigh it, 1t is to be dedicated to the Good,
the Beautiful and the True. Genuine art, genu-
ing history, and genuine antiquity, like new
set of Graces, are to twine their arms around
each other there, and to frown down anything
that is illegitmate. The proposition TO estab-
lish one comes originally from the New York
Historical Society, which at any rate has
something to commence with. For good many
years it has been quietly accruing quantity of
charts, documents, manuscripts and books. 1t
already possesses several hundred valuable pic
lures, collection of Egyptian curiosties that is
scarcely rivalled by any in Europe, and sufficient
coins and medals for an accomplished numis-
matician TO go into raptures over AS far back
as 1868 the State Legislature was applied to by
the society and the Park Commissioners con-
Jointly, and site was assigned by enactment
that year. Central Park, as every one knows, is
already enriched with numberless works of
beauty, but perhaps it needs something of this
kind to give it majesty and dignity. If an enter
prise of this kind is to be supported it must be
through private wealth, and whether Fashion is
willing to direct q portion of its wealth into
such channel remains TO be seen.
Maternal PugiIism.
Mrs Spoerry owns q little girl of three years
of age, who bears to her the relationship of
daughter. Some time ago, Mrs. Spoerry sepa-
patibiity of temper and the husband agreed to
pay her SO much per month for her own support,
and so much for the support of the child. After
the lapse of q month or SO the supplies were
discontinued, and Mrs. Spoerry found herself
penniless. In this condition her pride was
humbled-so much so that she repaired, in
company with her little girl, to the abode of
Spoerry, demanded of him that he should take
her back, and insisted upon being reinstated as
mistress of the household. This Mr.. Spoerry
was unable to see. He ooGs able to see, how
ever, that the crisis gave him an opportunity of
regaining possession of the child, whom
accordingly he snatched up and in the
same breath ordered the mother to leave the
house. The poor woman, whatever her fault
may have been, was devotedly attached to her
little daughter, and wept and prayed to be al
lowed to take her away The male Spoerry was
inexorable, however. "He knew he was right"
and Mrs Spoerry was obliged to depart alone.
With unsubdued spirit, however, she took unto
herself the company of choice spirit named
Smith (whose address may be found in the di-
rectory), and proceeding again to her husbands
house demanded the child; the housekeeper
there answering by committing an assault upon
Mrs. Spoerry, and behaving generally in vio-
lent and aggressive manner. Mr.. Spoerry also
loaded pistol and threatened to shoot Mrs.
Spoerry and her companion, should they persist
in their endeavors. They old persist, and finally
succeeded in carrying the infant away. Mr..
Spocrry has unsuccessfully endeavored to bring
failing him has commenced q suit of divorce on
the ground of adultery. ALI BABA.