, 1874-05-30

eoloE aro blended In It's wallis and rnnged tlrnnrh
It's lofty aiseH Rro f07 columns OF dIiforont h,ios
aud exquisite Workmanship. Among those
columns arc found pillars from Tho Tomplo Of
EphoauH. from tho Tomp1es Of Cybo1o al
Dolos. "'
Tho editlcc covers mn arcs Of abont . acres,
diameter, and 1so foot in height. 1ntoriorly. ii
Is tho form Of Greek croHs, and lii surrounded
by wonan's choir, or gallery, Which rogtb upon
tho columns already desorihotl. Tle building ia
approached bya double porch, which is about
On tho occupation Of Conatantinoplo by tho
Turks, In 1853, st. Sophia was transformed into
.. mosque: It was ntrippod Of It's Christian ft-
t!nga. which consistod Of IN altar Of gold on
broidod with gold and poaris, sacrod vosseis ' Of
dolid gold, and q cross browning tic dome, Of tho
satno precious mRterlal, weighing 75 pouuls, and
enerusted With poarls, sapphires, diamonds. etc.,
eto. The mosaic ploturcH Hot in tho wallis woro
hammedan worship, tho Church was closed
aRainHtt. Christian visitors. With a slight OK
penso they can. howovor, obtain spooal Arman,
whtoh admits thom to tho outer gnllory, whcrc
tho Koran aa thoY recite thoir iprnycrp or road
tho1 oplo dlroctly under the grost dome.
TnA1n-rEAn1No SOCIETIES.
a natural outgrowth OF vicIous fashion Of
the prosene day is tho Train-Tcaring Society
which has been lntoY established in tlio Cities Of
vienna md Frankfort-on-tho-Mntn. Tho Society
already numboro aovoral thousand meuabors who
pledge themselves to omit no opportunity to
step upon woman's train. It Ia the initial
movement of Legitimate warfare against an
1ntolerablo nuisance. Whon Indy has tho uso
Of parlor to herself, or Bharos Il with 60 few
that thoro IL abundant room for her to svine
nbout voluminous trail without In any vay in
oonlmoding. othora. aho may be Privileged to
drag behind her as many yards Of waste cloth as
i ahe CHOOSES. nut, n tho street, or in places lin
Of the lars Of taste. proprlety, and o1oanll-
moss, for her to woar drean 30 long m
to ,curnbor hor own or anotlaor'a footsteps,
Il, In ouch circumstances. hnr train gets tram
sho has only horaoif reasonably to blanc for II.
Wo remember coming ont Of a closely y-pnokod
conceft-hnll, one day. several years ago, when
lady by our aide chnnced to tread upon train
that dragged IN tho path beforo her: Tho dist
comtltad ownor turnod about to discover whd
had committed tho indlgnity, when tho lady by
our aillc, with tho sweetest rrntlo and tho most
dtlcot tones: remarked to her: II await your
apology for leaving your train In my way Fol
faction, md then, breaking out in light laugh.
PLEASANTLY acknowledged that tho ofionao wat
wholly on her side. II was striking incident
md We mentally wished ut the moment that all
OF her sok had tho 1niok nit and good sense Of
tho 1ady BY our sfdo.
MARRIAGES. Ar THE WHITE HOUSE.
Tho recent marriage Of NellIo Grant recalls thu
fact thai but throo weddings previous to hers
havo taken place at the White House. Tho tlrsl
Was that OF Miss Maria Monroe tho youngest
daughter Of President Monroe. sho was mar.
ried In 1920, at the ago Of II, to her cousin,
Samuel L. douVernonr OF Now York, haud.
Bono and opulent youth Of 20. Tho woddne
was private, only tho relatives and personal
friends Of tho bride and groom being present,
Tho ceremony occurred In tho oval receptions
room the contracting partloB, as VIC aro grayel1
told standing upon the figure of the American
eagle which WAS worked In tho Tronch carpel
that covered the floor.
Tho second marriage in tho White House hans
pened during tho administration Of Androw
jackson. On this ocoasion Dolia Lews, tho
daughter Of don. Jackson's inti1nato friond. Mni,
Lewis. was united to Monsieur AlphonBe de Pa
geat, tho Secretary Of the Fronch Legation, and
afterwards Minister from Franco. The Diplo-
fey personal friends aud relatlyos wore inyitod'to
tho wedding. The marriage ceremony was per-
formed by Or. Matthew'S. OF st. patr1ck'a Church,
tho patriarch Of tie Catholic clergy Of hiH do
ceae.
Tho third timo tho hynoneal torch mas lighted
within the White House. NIlsH Elizabeth tyler,
third daughter Of tho President, wan led to tho
altar by Mr: Waller, Of Virginia. It was in the
winter Of 18i2 and tho wedding is describodao av-
Ing boon rery grand. 1t WAS celebrated in tho East
Room and tho guosts conastod of tho members
OF tho Cabinet, with their wives aud daughters,
the Foreign Minibtors and tho reatiyos and
friends Of the family. Tho bride was but IS,
half-reyoa1ing her bushes and dimples, waa pro-
nouncod By all beholders = raro vision Of loyo-
linoBa,
MORTALITY AMONG pn1NKEns
According to the researches Of tho British
General Life-OAlce, tho liability to doath among
driukera between al and 10 years is ton times as
great az among temperate porsons; between II
and GO years, four timoa M great; and beyond GO
yoars, twice aa great In England in tho yeazz
1o50-'50, more than 5000 deaths from intompor-
anco were recorded. It is oatimatod that, out Of
1,000 habtual tipplors, 58.4 dio annually; while,
out Of 1000 persona not addicted to the uso oi
Intoxicating beverages, only t9 die annually,
Thus the mortality among drinkers ia throo timol
as groat as among the community at large. In
tho ycara 183l-o0, statistics showed that l92 moa
and IL women in every 10000 inhabitants in En-.
gland and Waloa wero incorporate. From thu
preceding statement, it would that in1tern.
poraucc is but slow and certain form Of prao<
ticing suicide.
TIE TYLER FAMILY.
John Tylcr, Jr., in letter to tho Louisvlla
0ourier-Jo Journal donieA tho statoment which ha4
been travelling through tho press, TINT tho chill
dron Of tho frat wife Of President Tyler coutost-
ed the will by which ho boqueathod all bis prop.
erty, both roal and personal, to lis widow. On
tho contrary, the children ohoorfully acquiosced
in their fathers wialoa and accepted tho povor-
ty which it entailed upon them, without 4 MUIR
muir. hIr. Tylor manfully adds, At tho close Of
his letter: GAS NC revere our father, We sim
oere1y rospoot Mrs. Tylor, and regard her with
tal feeling, having for her ohildren the afyeo-
ton Of brothofa and siBtora."
AlllRnt0rs ns Poty.
From tbs Chrfatun at Fork
Tho Now York Times has an article on l,ouse-
hold pots, 10 which It playtnlly and somewhat
sarcastioally suggoata pct alligatora as variety
for tle house.
Now, absurd az tho alligator NAV Boom for n