, 1877-01-21

Peasant Girl at Prayer"; ''Moonrise at the Isl
OF Shoals" By DeHaas; "Heads or Tails, pre-
scntfng some carefully-drawn street urchins, b.
j. G. Brown; "Sunsct on the Hudson," gvin!
| glimpse at the Palisades, BY S. r. Clifford
"sccnr on the Nile By H. S. Clifford; and thre
characteristic works by Darlcy. Other artist
with good exhibits were Casie2r, Cropsey, Mil
Ter, Boards, Boushton, Scott, aud Fa1coner. /
Is expected that, despite the times, the sales o
these paintings next week will realize fairly 70
| the painters.
| LABoRESG Under DIFFICULTIES.
Peter DwyeE, the reformed thief, has provet
the path Of the reyiyalst to be aot nlyaYs easy
Slice he turned from pockc:-picking to preach
ing, his tr1umphs have been Invariably attended
| ~ trlbtlations In his personal appeals tt
former associates he not tnfrequently met I
nara nst as we'll as a hard heart. The room
rented Tor his meetings by interested Christian:
| WAS usually full, but the black sheep OF tht
number we're very black. They nov and theI
threatened to thrash the dauntless preacher IT
the midst Of his discourses. Several times they
took to the aisle With this purpose, receiving nc
| check from the policeman whose duty 1t was
F, TO keep the peace. Then they shot paper wads
| at the occupants Of the inquiry-bench, checrcd
| and whistlcd, and tried by every means to break
up the meetings. Peter said lie expected to be
| a martyr, but his work must go on. It went on
| till m officer came in with warrant mud carried
| bin to the station. The warrant WaE taken out
| by the keeper of an oyster saloon, above which
| the meetings were held. The keeper complain
| ell that his business was ruined by the young
| rascals drawn to hear Dwyer preach; that they
| broke bis windows and insulted his customers.
| The Justice, not seeing that Dwyer was respon-
sible for his audience, dismissed him, and gave
| special charge to the police to preserve
order during the revival gatherings
The admirable manner in which this Is donemay
he inferred from the fact that, night or two
later, when party Of punishcrs Started 1or the
platform to show the refornlcr what they
thought Of him, the officer bravely shouted,
regardless OF their numbers and profession,
stGo for the - thief" Peter breaches per-
sistentlr and plainly, but that he docs So is per
haps due to the danger and difficulty OF handling
reformed thief who has muscle as we'll as
religion.
TROUBLE IN THE GALLERY.
OF course it will shock the young ladies Of
Chicago rs much as it will create envy among
those Of st. Louis to learn that young, un-
married, and handsome organist of Brooklyn has
least, he has been discharged for that dire Of
feusc against the church aud its young ladies.
lie may finger the keyboard and his silk ker-
chief at some other church, but be has played
Ills last anthem and whispered his last batteries
in St. Paul dc Maurice. This has been declared
By Father Raber, the priest, who kept one eve
on the crsanist and the other on his manuscript
The oreanist, guilty as he may be, and hand
ho toft &c boc
against the priest for $4,000 dam
ages. The case will be watched
with some interest, as proving how much
or how little flirting may be worth to the male.
Should an oreanist who has received $1,000
year for attending strictly to his work, which is
at the same time his play, be able to group ten
years. salary into ono By simply attending, in
addition, TO the young ladies Of the choir OF
congregation, what an impetus would be given
to worthy young men who are studying church
music. Gn the other hand, how sgna1ly fatal
the consequences to cities like Brooklyn and St.
Louis. where parents are either blind or indul-
gent, and where their daughters-but this is DEL
icate ground. 1t might become necessary to
join Widow Van Cott in her exclamation OF
Sunday night: 81 would to God that every
church gallery in the land might burn up.''
A MQIAEA'S INSANITY.
The same Father Raber preached a sermon
recently on Eternal Punishment the effect
OF which it is alleged was to drive poor mother
crazy. She had lost, shortly prior, two children
Of tender age, and was wcll-nigh distracted with
grief It seemed to her that the priest WAS
pointing out her children in every word be said
regarding the damnation irrcvocable of un-
baptized infants, and she went home in an an
ca.
from the house at midnight, ha1f-clad,
aud in no Sense protected against the
bitter weather, she walked to the cemc-
tcrY, sought out the new-made graves, and was
found cndeavoring to cxhume the bodies, say
ing that she could save them from the eternal
fire if they were ut home. To remove the ho:-
Tiblc impression from her mind was impossible,
and she WAS taken to the asylum raving
lunatic, crying mercy not for herself but for
her children.
DEBTs OF HONOR.
This is cn1phatically a city OF clubs. To be 4
man Of any note. even note Of credit, and not
to be 4 club maxwell, such thing is possible,
but not probable. The footnlen Of Bath, who
did the honors Of the occasion for Mr. S. Weller,
Of London, find fair rivals in the footmen
Of Gotham. While in the more COM
AA1oA AAAho3 HACsC AAh1E4o sAl0 EUlLCTS,
artists and litterateurs, the rich By
industry and the rich by succession conmiug!c,
club life reveals itself in completeness certain
II cosmopolitan. In such q city the question as
to tue liability of club members for club debts
is Of some importance; and in few cities is it
devoid Of interest, however devoid they mar he
Of clubs. The Worth Club had a brief, brilliant,
and costly career. Among its founders we're
gentlemen OF position and property. TIE house
ana appointments were unexccptionable The
suppers were equal in quality to the wines, tile
wines were not inferior to any, But for some
reason, no matter what, the Worth
Club died in its mature infancy. The
house and appointments we're sold. The
suppers and wines were not all paid for, neither
was the importer Of Havana cigars entirely ap-
pcascd The names of three prominent and
wealthy members having been obtained, suit
was brought against them, and is still pending.
The argument against the plaintiffs is that the
club had no constitution, no organization, and
that as body it never authorized the making
Of bills through its steward OF other person.
The plaintiffs claim that the wines, liquors. and
cigars were bought by the steward as agent |
for the club, all of whose members became
all