, 1879-02-06

count OF lie discovery. luis puok u CAlleu
"Le Trocadesoecrope; Or, 4 Btrl'a-Eye View Of
The Exposition" 1t is = bulk. volume, and is
su!l Of pictures In the hIshcst style Of French
turist. The article on The Dhonograpb mates
tf,at sone years ago there lived in new York
Young w0rkine.rfl named Mtss BrIzLon. Of
whom ncIehtor became greatly enamored.
One fine day The Ralfunt younR man called upon
Miss Brtgton while she was tusy at her sewing
machine. ami began 10 pour into her not unw!lf.
Ing csrt Ills tale Of lore. A he talked shc
scwed, aud WAS apparently more engaged Ia
stitching Upon her drcsS EailNob Of tf1nv
metal than In listening to her lovers srtleHt
proposals.. At last, 10 an sgooy OF emotion, he
crrd out:
.! swear to you, Miss Brigton, will marry
youl"
.fiss Briatou looked up, smiled, bushed, and
stopped The scwlnR. machine.
Eight months later. ecrordlnz to the historian
Of tnc "Tru adcr!seope," the ga'faat young
stance of Miss BrI9tot,, 40 defendant fn suit
for breach Of prnmlsc. He wss examined anil
cr,ss examined. but huwevcr ably the counsel
put 10 him In different form, the question, ibid
s"a eysf ,oss p Na,ry 9 s n
The verarious historian tells the remainder Of
the story tHMch a. follows:
"Une Of these sascallY responses threw the
yoanx .Americaness Into such fury TINT she
was tal.en Will. Ut Of hytterica, and her pretty
nails rasped along the Ealoou on tic dress that
she wnrr. Wllat was the Aatonshmcnt III the
Iutlge md the al,tlicncr to hear coming frU, the
apparel Of Miss Brigtou vuce which lstInrty
artic1!atcsl III the tones OF her orsraycr those
terrible verbs:
~ swear to you, Miss Briston, will marry
you'll
"1'hcsc rorda were Immediately fot1nwcd by
the loud sOund nf 4 niimber NJ double kisset.
'Every ot,c Eaxctl In wonder.
''The ToIug tuan became vrry pYlc.
shut recovering htA euIi['0surc he smiled ntlta
Faitl, Some one Of my friends in court who Ia
vcntliIo4l'!st IL making fun OF n'e.'
"Mr. Edison was In court simply ~ a st,ecta-
tor. tic did not bc'frvc In the vent 1lUsI III.
hut be elevated his eyebrows with The aEr Of =
man who ss,onla =, say Les INC 'eo there Is
At i lnrEu price, Al,h h4stenfnx away with tIlt:
precious vesttneut submitted IL to intuute CT
summation.
"lio drew biz nail along the metal galloou,
and It repeatcd anew, i swear to you, atlAa
"After lahorfous researches lie obtained proof
that the little marks imprinted ou The galtoot
bad been traced by I needle, reproducing The
vibrations Of the voice.
"The pIIonograph bad been itscovcredt"
POPE LEO ON EXCESSIVE FASTING.
tnyrrspondsnrt trhtfshdH Rert<,s Lonhnn,,
Miss Edith Potter, only daughter oil Mr..
Thomas Bailey Potter. NJ. z. for Rochdalc, and
the tfd,s Aehafes Of Mr.. John Bright, was recent
ly admitted into the Catholic Church by Car,it
nal Manning himself. She soon substituted fol
her ordinary domesttc duties series Of asectts
pcuauces, aud abandoned her social circle
wherein khe had previously shone and to wh!ct
shs WAS deeply eudeafed. Some months agt
she left Engiunl with her parents. She husiiy
ever exchanged 90 nuci, as xyl!ab'e with either
but wss absOrbul In contamination. Ad ellasfcn
cd hcrself with fasting pcEtinacously. AZ Flor
ence hcr health fairly broke down, aud SHE WI.
| Immediately moved to Kotne, In tho vaIn hop<
.tlat the change OF air and scenumight bring he,
round: Here. bowoycr. her condition lecam.
critical, md when she lay lowering butwern lfft
| mud death At the Hotel dc Lontfrcs most proyI
dentally Or. Erhartt was called iu. This abl'
physlctau et once took an accurate dag
uosis 1f ths ease, and sta.ed unequiyo
wholly und solely to morbid ux:ftcmen
md playing unwasrantAble trucks With he
constitution, adding that It was but one Of
class Of cases whic', too frequently camo uGde
| Ascetrlsm. The cuufcasor who came 10 admin
lister the Inst saersments to pour Miss Potter
Faiher UBrfcn, vcrY honorably reported th'
medical oplntun to his ecclesiastical superiots
a,Hl eventually 1t rcactcl tie ears nf the Pup
through, the Intervention ol Muus!gnor 5tonos
His Holiness. MI being Informed or all tho cir
eutnstanecs, manifested tho llveicst Indignation
ats.l Is Understood to have expressed his oDino
| LN~t w 'ui'Htlt no"i3 6utAHteu tuHsctlh ~ IsE
oruus discipline fs tie suEcst WAY to produce
reaction aguinst Catholicism, both In thet
minds and tu those of OILERS who could nj
brug themselves to approve Of such perncluu
ascelic!ssn. MonsIRnor stonor, It Is said, al
dresaed himsclf peEsonally IL Miss Potter. vi,
pointed out llIlt tie course Sue ha1 folowe
lad l,cen the outcome Of solt-wtE! null was U,
tuslltinbIc. As write, Miss Potter Ia OIL Il.
why towards recovery. Pope Leu II fully ally
to il,c unH lsdom Of permitting female es'nvcr,
| to rc1uCe themselves tn \ state OF hy6tcttA G
phlhIsis, nrt hr has alFcutly advised fhe rcprt
sentatiygs OF t1c Truman Church III Englalhi {
hIs decision. Ills actt0n, u we'll "A that ot Mo,
sIgnor stonor and Father O'i'rcn ia this case
has tve,, The vfcatcst satisfaction to tho ulAo
lly VI the Enolish coiunY tu Rome.