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, 1877-10-21

A High-strcct 9irl, when her lover treats her,
always wears gloves tue color Of tic icc-cream
she calls for.-Nt.cark Ca0.
There is shop kept by an old maid in Ncw
York in the window Of which appear these
words: - No reasonable offer refused.''
ADarlng, kiss my eyclid5 down." is the latest
,noonshinc song; and he kisses them down, and
IN, and crosswisc, and all around, aud then set
ties on her mouth rs a steady thing.
Twenty-four-button gloves are in. bashful
yo,,nr man requested to Iastcn one will harc
fine to express himself, to SLY nothing Of the
valuable practice for the future stove-ptpe.
t;cutlcmcn's hats that last year brought 50
,n;crt ran now be purchased for $1.5O; whereas
Il still costs woman from S13 10 SOU to 60
,om naratiycly Observation-Disclosures Dazdr.
4 ,rau,an never measures her Mysteries ac-
corlnr To the size OF the OCCASION. but furnishes
inst rs tiuc 4 variety on hndlng tu!nblebng IN
her luuch-basket as she would IL 1t was an at
ii@ator,
Unless more cmplorments shall be oucncd to
women, po!ygamy will presently be staring us
in the .-Couricr-J0HrHdt. suppose some
Of them learn how to do housework.-Detron
Free Press.
The time approaches when the prevailing
yo,,Dr wp,uar, shall discover that she is suifer-
jnr for autumn~leayes, and young man to
pilot her through the painless Iorest.--E1s'oa
FREE Press.
One philosopher having remarked that tue
orly iokcs women read arc those which reflect
ridjcule on men, another begins to understand
why the dear creatures always turn 10 e tne
marriage-column Of newspaper the very nFss
thing.
Brigham Young appeared to 2 medium the
other day and remarked: "It,s pretty bot bot
i,unrht Amelia that scalskin sack and left the
rest to turn their last years. alpaca. '~-brook-
rite Je55 55trso'tian.
Youth with sad, love-struck air)-"o Q Wit
thou be mine, my own dear birdef lore you
deeply, fond1v, passionately, wildly1 ! cannot
live without you say . say, thou VIII "ra., be
& A,lolnhus. is there anything the matter with
nv dress. / saw the Smith girls look at me
curfouslr. Docs my bair set all rights" Adolf
thus 1iscontnues his love-making.
A licht-hcartcd, impuisiye young ladv, writ
ing to friend orcr the arrival OF her eighteenth
birthGaJ, tells it in this Joyous style: "oar-
, 1877-10-21
CURRENT GOSSIP,
AT THE PLAY.

AT THE PLAY.
Twas at the PLAY. ! had not seen his face
For long, cruel year,,
Had looked, and longed, ana feared, alas and now
The dreaded nour was here.
The curtain fell, and then he came, and then
o World! why should tell
How over all the light and bloom Of life
Despafr's dark curtain fell.
Bul all the laughter and the chat went on:
10 me 1t seemed go strange
That such change could como into my life,
And all the world not change.
An hour before prayed for this same hour
Now, with my grief gone mad,
wondered what the smiling women found
To make them gay and glad.
And, when upon the actors on the stage
The curtain rose again,
They looked and gave their ready smiles and tears
To mimic love and pain.
All, fools and blindl for they had idly gazed,
With sympathies untaxed,
Upon scene from life's great drama, in
That act between the acts.
- CHICAGO Oct. Is. CARLorTA PERRY.
, 1877-10-21

The other day groccrynan at Vallejo gave a
large party, ut which the daughter of the car
riasc- painter who lived next door created de-
cided sensation. 1t was not that she was more
handsomely attired than the other ladies pres
ent, but that When she gyrated in the "dance
Of death" she was observed to display the ouly
pair Of pink silk stockings III the room. She
left tho house for d few moments at the expra-
tod of the dance, am. in the next waltz exhibit
Cd a pair OF light blue dittocs. An hour later
her crushed and eXaspcrated female friends be-
held these supplemented By further hose of u
delicate chocolate shade. And 50 it went on un-
til her miserable rivals determined to follow her
the next time she disappeared. They traced
her to her fathers paint-sho2 in the back yard,
where she was discovered brush in hand, and
about ornancnting her neither extrcmitics with
q final artist: coat If light salmon. The cxult-
ing spies rushed back with the damaging news,
but it WIS too late. The men were all too tight
to understand, tho music had gone home, and
the lights were being put ont. Thus it is that
fraud and duplicity triumph, while honest sim
piicity walks around with a darn on its calf and
4 hole in its heel,
, 1877-10-21
AUTUMN.

The esr!auded Muses. that vaken the nom
With .Eolian- stsngcd zenhYrs, are hieins away;
And down IN the shadows from Boscan realms,
Stalk spectre lesions quick on the trail.
Whose brcath's hollow moan through the dts and
elIn..
Mins]ins damp ana chill with the Summer -tongued
gale.
Droops the plumes Of the meadows, and lures to
decay,
With low. pen.iFe music, the flowers and the corn
p CHICAGO, DE- Ii BAxyA.
, 1877-10-21

ling IL, must write to you to-day to tell
you that at Inst am splendid eichtecn! Think
OF it-splendjd cightecn-Dot tiMid fifteen, win
ming sixteen, blushine seventeen, or even bold
nineteen, b1lt-s7AeadM eiqhteeut I shall com-
mence to live from this day forth. l shall lore
everybody, and everybody Will love mc.''-Utica
TEarof1
, 1877-10-21
QEII,S.


Is a colorcd Postmaster 4 b1ackmalera
The Indians now call Conk1ing the Man
SotrAfraid- -His-Miiliner.
little girls idea Of q plane-A thing ti1at
scrubs snakes out OF boards
Mr. Tweed once gave bootblack five cents,
and thinks Of exposing hin.
The Turkish army is threatened With disaster.
Most OF its eminent commanders arc coming
home to vote this fall.
An Old man, when dangerously sick. was
urged to take the advice OF a physician, but
objected, saying: ~ wish TO die a natural
DEATH"
Gilman, the forger, who rnised huntircd-dollar
certificates to ten thousand, began life by brac-
ging that be had eaten fifteen buckwheat cakes
for breakfast.
he will have his oyercoat made up, aud wha.
kind OF story lie will tell his tailor in order to
get it out Of tho shop.
Wells sunk In the chalk outside the London
clay are very bountifnlly supplied. How pleas
ant to pump ones milk from ones own well,
aud be sure it's MI right !-Boston Aduertiser
1t makes boy heart~sick as the winters wood
begins to loom up in steadily growing piles in
the backyard, aud he sees bis mother making
preparations for organizing him into "a work.
ingman's party"
There is q literary society UP town, one of the
members Of which is hotel waiter, ana he's the
most troublesome man in the copcern. He is
continually moving to lay thugs on the table,
!Feto lorE tnnaerci1!-
Mr. Tweed confesses that he used to love to
lie, bnt that slnrc his vacation in Spain the
truth surgcs through hjs manly bosom SO that
he says, II took hack at your municipal cherry
tree complementary, do not ask me to
tell lie.''
An agricultural correspondent writes to cor
rect what TIC thought to be IN erroneous state
ment that recently appeared in this column
relative to COWS giving buttermlk. We adhere
to our original statement. We never saw q COW
give anything else but her milk.-Harkeye.
- Did you steal the complainant's coat?,
asked the Magistrate OF sccdy individual who
was arraisncd before him. ~ decline to gtati-
fy Tire morbid curiosity OF the public by answer
ing that question:" responded the seedv indl-
Eldual. With scorntul glance ut the reporter.
Meteorological. Mistress Ito old coachman
who had undertaken the charge OF the new raia-
gaugee' Well. Jenkins, how many inches has
it Fcgistercd!s Old Jenkins-''f know uowt
about inches, mum, but must a cmptfed out
somcwheres about pint Or u pint and 'alf.--
Punch.
A boy came along to one OF the nefghbors'
houses, holding very dirty dog. and asked tho
gentleman OF the house: "Don't you want to
buy dog, Mistcr:'' what Kind Of a dug IS it.'
:" Well,'' said he, 8. it is part terrier.' land
wha: is the rcst!" asked the gentleman. "Thc
rest answered the boy, t'why, the rest isis
lust dOC''
, 1877-10-21
EPuRAIM'S MIND WEAKENS.
0f{ rim H~rv{rt


ttDlossom, deah.'' said bed-ndden Uncle Eph.
II feels a little bettah tonight, au' kinder
bankers after a bite OF stewed chicken. I wish
you'd send Gworgc Washington into de market
to buy hen for his ole fodder, who mus
mighty soon pass froo dc da'k valley OF de
shadow ob death,'' and the old man SANG on his
pillow exhausted.
ssJes' calm yo' feahs, Ephraham; de meat
snail be forthcomin',' replied his good wife
Blossom
Then beckonins her son to the bedside, she
said to him soletnn1y:
..Gworpe, you heah what TO- po' fodder said.
I'm otilc feercd dat long sickness has impa'e1
de ole mans INTELLECT and she shook her heAd
sorrowfulIy. Ills min ant what il
used TO be, or he'd neyah talk bout
sendin' you into de ma'ket to buy a
chicken In de da'k OBJ de moon. He seems to
hab forgotten de fac dat TO- culled folks to 20
round spenuin' money TO- chickens when dar's
no moon would crate mo- talk dan q church
scandal, No, no, dc ole man Amt hisseH no
mo',r aud Blossom laid her head on the bed aud
weps like 4 child.
Presently Sue dried her tears on her checkered
apron, ahd said:
.Go out, Gworge: go out into de da'k an
sunless void aud get chicken in de usual way,
au' den DAHL be no chance TO- talk"
when he said:
"De Ole man seems mighty bad oil tonight,
an talks bout pussin' ober de da'k and shaaowy
riber. 80 sou bet yo' life dis ehiel III hare yal
ler-legged pul1et IF he shouldn't gr back fore
tno'uin'," and taking another bitch In the girth
OF his ulster, he Pushed out into the moonless
night,
, 1877-10-21
'sFIIsE IN THE RUSH,r
San He7'n1 n s~tffna GkY., +. T+-rrfs.


Last week as j. ". Wilson, better known as
Quartz Wilson. was prospecting on the head
waters OF the White Water, some sixty miles
from here, Tor grass for stock feed, he discov-
cred narrow valley through which ran small
stream. This valley was only practicable Of en-
trance By one path, that by which be entered.
AS he rode along he was delighted with the
abundance Of rich, nutritious grass, which stood
three feet high, and meditatcd driving herd Of
stock there soon, when be was rudey called
back to the things OF the present by snort
from his burro,' or donkey. Looking back, he
discovered, to his horror, that some person had
set the grass on fire. and that the flames we-c
pursuing him with fearful rapidity. Hastily spur
ring to the stream, he dlstnountcd, stripped
the saddle from the donkey and turned it loose.
AS for himself, he sprang into the creek,
searched out the deepest place he could lind in
the few seconds that eiapscd before the fire was
upon him. and lay down. Unfortunately tho
water was but lew inches in depth, not neaflys
enough to cover him, hut it was the only chance.
and so he lay, hoping to escape, but fearing tho
worst. In much less time than it takes to nar-
rate this the tire was upon him. First large
fakes fell thick and fast around him, co,npe}l-
ling lively rolling in the water to Keep both
sides wet. But whcp tho fire was roaring AMI
raging above and around came the fearful Or
dca. From side to side he turned, striving to
allaf the terrible sutfcrings infiicsed BY t.c
intense heat, but with only partial sur-
cess. The fire scorched of all hs hair and
beard and reduced one Car to einder.
Burns and blistcrs all over his body attested
the tremendous heat to which he was subjected,
but finally, after what seemed ages of torment,
but was really only few brief moments, the
fire died away from lack Of material to feed
upon- Our scorched, burned, and tortured
pFospector emerged from tue stream, The first
object upon which his eyes rested was the body
uf his donkey further on the bodies OF three
, 1877-10-21
M!ArRIMONY AND DIVORCE.

Louisville Ntrs.
4 gentleman relates to Il -ietcs reporter sim
gular matrimonial case. running through twenty
five years in the past history OF Druncrstown,
jefferson County. 4 gentleman in that town
married 4 Indy of the same ncighborhood about
twenty-five years ago. After living together
four or five years they separated on account Of
iueonsang1inity OF temper, aud the husband re-
ceiyed Il divorce. 4 couple Of years alter the
divorce buth parties again married.
The husband, however, as in the case Of the
first marriage, dii not get on pleasantly with
the SECOND wifc. and in Il couple Of years after
the second marriage he applied to the Cf'anccrv
Court for 4 divorce from his wife, anu tho
coveted divorce was granted, and he was agaii
free. 1'hcu two Or three years more iptcrycncG.
when the doubiy~ y~iirorced husband rfned for
another wife, and seeking anoug the fair women
Of that section OF the country, lie finally sue
ceedcd in finding Que wei! suited to his mind,
and, after i short courts}ip, he WAS married to
her, thus coming into possession Of his third
wife. 4 few years later he was divorced from,
her.
The lrstwife OF the nuc1,-diyorccd man lived
with her second husband very happily Until five
or six years AFRO, wilen tic sickcucd ans! died.
And now cotacs the singular feature III the
history Of the widowed wife anu hGr first ami
thrcc-times-t!yo.ccd husband He a:ran p;ncd
for marrnony. and, us hcrast about fur another
PARTNER for his nav declining years, lie be-
thought himself Of his first wife, aud no sooner
had his thought taken od@mcnt in lis mind
than be flfcd himself to the pleasant uo;1lieifc
she occupied in her widowhood, and rropuscl
that they once more take passage in iife's boat
togcthcr
The old times and tho old differences between
them were talked over, and that the flame Of
their first love was rckin,ifed is not ut all
singular, for do not tho poets say that first love
Ii ever enduring! And SO they agreed 10 again
wed, and soon thereafter their nuptia!s were
solcmn:zed. The intervening years have e1idcu
peacefully, prospcrously, aud delightfully."- for
them, and they liyc lovingly together, and are
not only happy themselves. but make all happy
who come under their hospitabie roof.
, 1877-10-21

4 telegram from Utah informs us that few
mornings since Brigham Youngs thirty-scven
widows, by an unfortunate coincidence, left
their respective lotnes at the same tour to visit
the cemetery and drop few tears overthe grave
of their late husband. AS they nearcd tho
/" silent CITY OF the dead " strangers lnistook the
single f|c procession for the pupils OF female
seminary uut OH parade. The sricf-strickcn
widows crowded around the ncwly-malc grave
have the first weep, and pretty soon the silent
air was filled with female voices pitched III ter
rjbly high kcy, and what should have been a
very solemn scene eliminated in 4 decidedly
jaw-us performance. The sexton visited the
scene of the uup1casantncss IN hour later, and
pickrl up two bushels of false hair. Sometimes
tho telcyraphs ltcs, but this story sounds plausi-
bic enough.
National Republican., 1877-04-15
CLEANING STREETS.

The contracts for sprinkling. sweeping
and carting away the Hlth from our paved
roadways are about to be relet This IL q
subject In which all our citizens and mer-
chants have deep interest. The award
Of the contracts demands wise aud sound
discretion on the part Of the Commission.
ers. The efficiency Of the machinery aud
appliances TO be used, as well as the price
per square yard swept, should enter idto
the calculations which determin, tho
award. Inadequate sweeping Is one thing,
while thoroughly cleansing the streets aud
carefully removing the dirt, so that II will
not clog the cutters and choke the sewer
trspe, Is quite another and different matter
We have had pretty good experience
during the last three years of these two
kinds Of sweeping. In 1874 aud 1875,
Colonel Wright's large machines
gave us effective sweeping in the
night time, while bis method of carrying of
the filth left nothing TO be desired in the
way Of clean streets. In 1875 we tried the
small one. horse sweepers with inadequate
spriDkliug and slovenly pretenso ofremoval.
The contrast between the two methods
was so great that 1t is still fresh In the minds
of all, and those most deeply interested have
constantly longed for return to the large
ard effective appliances introduced by COL
WRIoHT. We are glad to see that this gen.
ueman has put in bid so reasonable tina,
IT can hardly be rejected on the score OF ex.
travsgance. 1t is somewhat lower than
was paid to GLEASON last year for work
which has frequently been pronounced ut
terly abortive in Its results. 1t Is not toe
much to say that the work performed by
Col WRIGHT formerly would be cheaper
at his rate Of charges than that of GLEASON
would be free of cost owing to the greater
| efficiency Of the former. .-a
National Republican., 1877-04-15
MUSICAL NOTES.

Clara Louise Kellogg appears iu Brooklyn
next week.
Aptomas, harpIst, and Miss Do La Mon
tsgue, pianist, appeared In Providence on the
Mr.. Charles Werner, the distinguished
'eeliist, will shortly depart for Brazil. He has
tho appointment Of vlolincellist to Dom Pedro.
Nile Blanca La Blache, second daughter Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Z. L. Davenport, Is engaged at
the San Carlo theatre, Naples, for the months
Of May and June. She Is said to be o great
favorits, and makes her appearance without tho
generally required previous singing In three star
theatres.
When Verdi first heard Nilsson sing he said
to friend: ~ want you to 20 to the theatre aad
hear young girl, Mile. Nilsson, sing my Ira.
it should be rendered, and J. scarcely recognized
piaystne leading role In this opera In q way that
would charm Verdi.
The Academy of Music at Scranton, Pa
was opened on April with concert troupe from
New YORK: The Scranton Times feels dlsap.
pointed. First, at tho "dip" Of tho balconies
being ncO99ysnnienty on ,n deep second as The nspf
sesdsny has not been opened by W a dramatic or Or
operate instead Of concert company; fourth,
that tho concert company did not sing English
glees. As far as this latter point Is concerned
We do think thatan admirable part Of English
Of perfect trash with italian words. Among the
singers they seem TO have liked best Miss Butt
man, who sang, "a selection (7) from 'Sonnam-
bula' very acceptably and was encored, )" and Miss
voice gained in fsvor avery time It was heard" /"
She sang Ienry Lind's song, "I've left the e'snow.
cLld hills" with much pAthOs and power, and fur
no fEe0'e gN'eus 4 wrnt hnying"
National Republican., 1877-04-15

themselves II these tie, are tnotted
properly In the beginn 'ng the' become
durable, and exist through 70 unds-
turbed But II an error i, ma lie, its result
is always unhappy. 1t is nom these errors
that arise all the necessiti,s for divorce.
There are In many II not all portion' OF the
Union q growing sentiment against dis.
solving the marriage ties under any but
the most trying circumstances. There Is a
mistake in this. Humanity loses freedom.
II Is one Of our first aspirations. II Is y
ipnate desire which belongs not only to the
human race, but also to the whole OF the
animal kingdom. The love Of liberty Is
found In everything animate. 1t is natural.
and misery follows whenever 1t ia abridged
in any respect. 1t is plain that there is no
slavery SO intolerablc as being united for
life to a companion whose very nature in
all its characteristics is inharmcnious and
full Of elements which clash with the
nature with which II must associate. For
this reason 1t is clear that the great fault
does not lie in the looseness Of our divorce
laws, but In the matrimonial selection.
National Republican., 1877-04-15
ART NOTES.

The American artists Brigman, knight,
Healy, Baird and Blackman will each probably
havea painting at the Paris salon this year
An appropriation of ,eo0, 900 francs has
been made by the Preach Mlnister Of Finance
Rheims
Due d'Aumsle intends next month 10 exhibit
In Paris his ma gnilcent collection Of pAsntinxs
Among them Is the most important eollsctIoa Of
ReDbrandts which existl-
. A plot Of land has been purchased 10 Man
that city. Upwards Of fisoo1 has been sub
scribed, the list Of subscriptions being headed by
Lord derby with fSoo
A statue Of George Sand, by Clesinger. has
Jus. been purchased by the French Minister Of
parted with Il in order that Il may hs set up In
tho public saIos Of the Theatre francais.
The committee OF the French Jockey club
has opened competition for the two works of
art, each Of q value OF 1000 francs, to be given
as priIes in 1875. French artists or foreigners
settled In France are alone qualihed TO terder.
At the sale Of the collections or NJ. z. Mlr-
tin, which took place the other day 10 Paris, the
enormous growth Of the value Of miniatures vas
signally proved. A portrait OF Marie Antolnettc
sold for 1000 francs, and Of Madame Elizabeth
realized 5000 francs.
An exhibition Of works Of modern art has
pioes Of the Prince Hirbey and the Comte d'As-
Fremont. II 10 rendered Interesting by the fact
that Meissonier and several other distinguished
artists have sent pictures to IT,
The most distinguished French painters are
entering the seuiPtors territory Bellssour has
which he will probably send to the next Salon
Gerome has Just finished group IN clay from his
sns @srSus bat.n sa ss
PeInhaIdt, the famous actress vii exhibit q
ainting A. thn NJ X Sii"u.
National Republican., 1877-04-15
TURKEY RANHRUpT

Turkeys financial condition Is more de.
plorable than that Of any other country in
the world. She owes over a billion dol.
lars, and within the past few months has
issued over thirty six millions OF dollars OF
paper money, which is scarcely worth the
material 1t is printed on. 1t Is predicted
that even though Russia should stay tn 3
threatened hos,ilities Turkey would,
within another year, sink into utter aud
hopeless bankruptcy. At present there is
no trade in COnstantinople, and scarcely q
vessel can be seen In the harbor except
now and then man.of-wAr. No matter
what may come from the Eastern question,
Turkeys days as q European power are
numbered.
National Republican., 1877-04-15
THEATRICAL NOTES,
Mayo is in Plttsburg.
Edwin Adams Is dying.

Mayo Is in Plttsburg.
Edwin Adams isdying.
Booth goes to Providence tomorrow.
Raymond Is doing the Colonel In Buffalo.
forbidden Fruit" was relished in Cincln-
matt.
Miss Kate ClaIton appeared in ST. Louis
last Monday.
Mrs: Chanfrau still progresses. She is now
in st. Paul, MINI.
Miss Jane Coombs is carrying "Pique"
through Pennsylvania.
The advent Of Aimee will this week thrill
Cincinnati with delight.
Adelaide the Adorable Is bre aking the heart
Of the San Franciscan youth.
On the occasion OF his thirty ninth birth
day Mr.. Lawrence Barrett appeared as Idgo in
Indianapolis.
John Brougham has new play, ISLANDER" !"
in preparation at the Chestnut-stfeet theatre,
Philadelphia.
Miss Clara Louise Kellogg is to appear at
Mr.. Tooker's beneht, next Thursday, at Booths
theatre, New York.
Tho long. promised midsummer Nights
Dreamn still hangs tre at tho Grand Opera
house, San Francisco.
Sothern will appear at the Park theatre
New York, this fall. His engagement begins on
September and ends In Decomber.
Mr.. apd Mrs. W, J. Florence appeared iI
Trl.y on Monday nni Tuesday last. They were
biny the latter part Of the week.
National Republican., 1877-04-15
MODERN PILGRLlfAGES.

Yesterday party Of three hundred and
ffly emigrants left New York for South
Wales. while on Friday party arrived IN
the metropolis on their pilgrimage to Rome.
These French Canadian pilgrims number
about 10S souls, and are under the guild
auce Of Bishop RACINE. They will leave
New York by the City Of Brussels visit
England and France, and thence to Rome,
where they will join the so. 900 pilgrims
expected there from all parts Of the world.
Both these parties are large, and in their
missions allied to the earliest human mi.
grstioDs. There is but little hope tha,
these pilgrims, in seeking new homes
abroad, will find what they desire. Blu,
theirs is the old story, to be repeated again
and again in human mutations.