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LOU TESESTHE. The softened splendor of an April sun Ml mi stisaming across southern landscape a Lou Venestre, touohing Lor mettlesome steed sharply ,and then bold ing tie rein with a little, but firm and assured hand, let bim dash on at a paoe that left her small Dogro follower far be hind. Her dark eyes flashing with exoite ment and cavernosa, and Iter block cnrli floating book in contrast to tne plumes ef her riding hat, the girl was just such a bright and sparkling picture as one liked to look upon in that mist sunset glory. Scarcely panning for a littlo darkey to throw open tne avenue goto, sue can . tered through it and up to the very steps of her father's house, whero sovoral gen tlemen stood talking earnestly. There reining him in so suddenly that be almont fell npon hi hauncbos.sbe called out: "Gentlemen, hare you forgotten how to hurrah? Sumpter Is ours! ' and she lifted her ilnmed hat. waving it. Before they conld respond, her horse already so restive a to almost defy control, had caught the gleam of the floating feather, and, uad with fright, wheeled, and, in spite of all her efforts to restrain him, shut cm at a right angle down the accent upon whose summit the bonse stood. Tbo gentlemen sprang and the negroes ran in all directions. Lou kept her seat brsvclv, but her strength was failing bor, and the reins was slipping through her little fingers, wncn a strong nana fell npon the bridle and chocked the frightened animal so quickly and so firmly as to loave him trembling in every muscle. In another instant she stood npon the grouad, a little white faesl. but in no duoger of fainting- Loq Vuncstro was not ouo of that sort. Berriaa Knowles, catching tho direo. tion sho was taking, boa uurtcu at i thought across the garden and inter ccpted. , They were at some dixtanco from the boose, and tne otners, timing tne route thov did. had not como up. While he waited for Miss Venestre to recover her somewhat shaken eqnauiinity. Knowlns, letting the horse find its own way back, stood with his arms folded and his gray eyes fixed upon the distouoo. lie looked joung a sharp, clear face, thonch decided as it was handsome, with a nervous tremor just now about tho mouth, and a kindling liqht tuat be lied the csrelosHiioss of his attitudo. Miss Venestre was herself very . shortly; enough so, at any rato, to say, with slitrht impatience, yet feelingly; "Yoa have saved my life, Borrian.snti yon 'stand there as though it was the commonest of incidonts." "Do I? It wasn't much I did, yoa knew, and I was thinking how much more unmanageable a steed than yours our unhappy Houtu bod just mounted. . Is this true about Sumter?" "That Sumter is ours?" said the girl, with a sudden, oagnr glow upon her bountiful face. "Mr. Nugent told me; be was right from town. The news came by telegraph. It is flashing the length of the land by this time. May it strike as much consternation to cowardly Northern hearts as it stirs exultation in onr i. Wontlemtn '' for the rest bad come , by this timo and were listening to the excitod girl, forgettting in thoir eager ness to congratulate her upon bor safety "Gentlemen, shall we have that cheer now?" And again the white plumes waved over head. The gentlemen respondod in an ex cited and somewhat clamorous hurrah, in which, however, Berrian Knowles did not join, but stood apart with bis brow knit and bis lip enrling. Miss Venestre did not hnrrah with the rest, which enthusiastic as she was, one might have eicted. Her lips were smiling, but, though she was not look ing at him, she was conscious of the half-coutmptuous observation of young Knole, and was saving to herself: "lie Las never been the same since that six months at the North. I dare say bow, judging by bis pet Northern standard, hi thinks my conduct highly DlomiOlLS." "Knowles don't aeem to appreciate tho ," said one of the gentlemen, glanc ing towards lierrian. "Why, miin, this blow virtually makes an independent antion of ns, It's the inauguration of sncb days as the Mouth never saw a glorious victory." "One bnndred men against ten thou sand! you may call that a glorious vic tor?; I don't, said lierrian Knowles, hotly. There was some. commotion in the ranks of the others as he sivoke, and Mute Veneslre's face flushed, but as the argument was about to leap into stormy words she lightly led the way into the house, her hand within her father's arm. lierrian did not follow at once. His blood was hot, and be waited, ooming finally to the door, only to say good nipht to Lou. Miss Venestre was not in the room. The Rentlemen were talking excitedly and Knowles was quite sure he caught the echo of his own name as be crossed the hall, Mr. Vntre met bits M tho door, and with a band familiarly on bis shoulder urged him toward the others, saying: "I have beon defending you, Knowles, but I'm glad you've eome to speak for yourself. These gentlomen have some of them ten trying to persuade mo you're no sound on Houthern rights eh ?" The young man's eyes glowed wide and bright. "Who savs that?" be asked. "Thore, didn't I toll you so?" said Venestre, "sonnd and staunch. Of conrse he'll stand by us." Ibrrian Knowles colored. He hesi tated an instant, simply that he might cot speak too excitedly to Lou's father. "I am a stanch Union man, Mr. Ye neetro," he said, briery. "I supposed my sentimonts already fully understood." Mr. Venestre's band dropped from bis shoulder; he reeednd xtep. An awkward siluuee fell. Knowles slid good evening, and turned again to go; Mr. Venestre followed him. "My daughter is a Southern woman," be said, iu a low voice; "theso beirg your sentiments she desired me to give you this." He gave him a little nete superscribe! 'in Lou's delicate but impatient band. With a sinking heart Knowles tore It epen, glanced at the oaly words it con tained: "Good-by," and, bowing again to Mr. Venestre, left the house. "If that don't bring him to listen id reason I am mistaken," said Mr. Venestre to himself, as be re-entered the room. At the avenue gate, just where he could not well pass out nnlil she moved away, Horriun found Lou, very erect, very pale, very heroically-inclined, but very anxious. Perhaps she hoped Ber rian bad listened to reason as expounded by her father; but glance at his faae pained and angry, but decided con vinced her that it was not so. "Good by, then. Lou," ho said, but he did not offer her his hand. "Good by," she said, feebly; and then still lower and quite huskily: "I haven't thanked you yot for the life you saved this afternoon. ' I am amply guerdonod," he said, bitterly "good-bye ;'' and as she me chanically moved aside he passed out, and she returned to the house and lay awake all night, heroic still, bnt with a vague sense of ingratitude and self-ro- proach. But of course Berrian wouldn't bold out against such sound reasoning as her father and the rest bad at their com mand. He wonld come over to the right side in the end, and all would be smooth again Tne following week Miss venestre was visiting an old school friend some ten miles from ber own borne. Perhaps the fact that ber friend's father lived nearer the Knowles plantation than Mr. Venes tre did made the visit particularly agreeable just now. Lou was not very bnpnv: she began to doubt the heroism of renouncing the man she loved because ho did not see with ber eyes. "Such a mystery, said little Jennie Mayne, as she met her .friend and con veyed her at once to her own sanctum, "such a mystery, and now you've come, you dear creature, well well, you'll see;" and Jennie's round eyes looked rounder and brighter than ever. Be fore Miss Veuestre was fairly relieved of hat and shawl she bad unburdoned her self in the very lowest whispor possible to be hear1. It seomod that a few weeks before some one of those secret political organ i ration which were so rife at that time hod met at Mr. Mayne's bouse, aud with such adjuncts of mystery as to arouse to feverisbnoss Miss Jennie's curiosity. To-night they were coming again, and she bad succeeded in supplying herself with facilities for penetrating the mys tory. In short, to-night she intended to listed in a safe place and know what it meant. Lou refused to have anything to do with it, and endeavored to dissuade her friend, but in vain. tor once little Jennie Mayne s insa tiable curiosity was to be of some benefit to humanity. - Toward mulnignt. at Miss venestre was dreamily folding the dark rings of her hair about her slender fingers, and wishing vaguely that Jennie would come, Jennie Mayne came gliding into the room looking like a little ghost, her face so white, and she trem bling all over. "Ob, Lou," she cried, clinging to her, it's the vigilance committee or some thing of that sort, and they're going to arrest Berrian Knowles and try him to night." "What!" said Miss Venestre.rislng and reaching for ber shawl. "Lou, you can t do anything. It s too late. I tell you, Loa Venestre, they wore potting ready to go to bis bouse ben 1 left them. "Miss Venostro's face looked ghastly bite, but she did not tremble. ICe mov ing Jennie's clinging hand from ber for cibly, she begged her in low, brief tones to say nothing to any one that she had gone out. And while she spoke she was putting on her riding habit and ber bat and all with such white faced resolution that her scared friend ceased expostula tion or inquiry, awed into silence. Ulnling nomlesaly down the stairs and out at a back way, Lou Venestre stole like a shadow towards the stables. As she did so she glanced to where she had observed sometime in tho evening that the horses of the party were tied among the trees. They were there still most of them, certainly. Some impulse, for tunate as vsguo, moved her to turn her steps toward them, and with swift, deft fingers loose every one before she soughther own. hue bod, as it happened, no difficulty in finding him, but more in getting him ready to ride. Hhe succeeded, however, in all, and was leading him out just as the party came forth from the house to uount. As the rodo away into the dark ness she oould bear the exclamations of dismsy and perplexity oaths aud iui- nrecauons, ami wuu uopu Burring nor frighteuod heart, she urged ber horse over the road leading toward the Knowles plantation. All soeuiod quiet as she spproaolied, and leaving her horse partially hidden in the shrubbery, she passed through side entrance with which she was per fectly acquainted.for the house in which she bad once expected to live bis wife was as familiar to her own. Two large watch-dogs met ber, but knew ber too woll to growl, and finding the door, as she had hoped, unfastened, she en tered. As ho approached she bad caught tho faint gleam of light from a room in which she knew Berrian was very fond of sit ting, and toward this room, through sev eral others, she now made her dauntless way. She had not come through so mneh to hesitate now through any maid enly scruples, and she knew well enough the importance of utter secrecy even from the servants. 80, with a care to wake no ouo, if, as seemed, all slept save hhu, she at last came to the door of the room in w hich she hoped to find him and knocked softly. He opened the door himself, aad started to see her as though she hod been a spirit. She told her errand briefly, her eager, scared eyes fixod upon his face, at she begged him to the while there wss time. He showed a strange obliviousness to the danger which menaced him. Standing with a careless elbow npon the mantle- Cieee he looked down npon the treui lin, white-faced girl, wondering if she bad indeed cared enough for lira to come so far to warn him. In reply to all ber entreaties that be wonld hasten away he only smiled sadly, until she laid ber little bands upon bis Deck pleading "Dear Berrian. for my ! sake, and dropped her face upon bis , Deck in a passion of tears, "Is it for your sake?" he questioned. "If I flee from these scoundrels it will be to ioin the Union srmy, if there is one. What then. Lou?" "Anything! oh, anything! so you go now. "Shall that 'good by' be as though it bad never been said?" and bis arms closned her. "Yes, oh, yes, yes! clear Berrian, go wuue mere in mujo. "My darling, there is plenty of time, if. as von say, you tnrned their horses loose.'1 "Every moment is precious to put dis tance between them and you." "Every moment with yoa is more pre cious still. I may never see yoa again This is an awful strugglo that we are en tering upon; and death may find me far from yon. Loa, yourj tamer lias other children to console him I have only you. Oo with me and wonld you be afraid? Am I solush to ask it?" It was no time to hesitate. Frantic almost with fesr, as she recalled the vague and terrible stories she had heard of the proceedings of these vigilance committees, sick with tho dread of never seeing him again, she decided almost in stantly that she would go with him. Be fore morning they were miles away, in complete safety in time; and when, after some trying vicissitudes, Lou stood with ber husband beneath the starry banner, she looked reverently up to it, her hand in his, saying: "Thank God it protects us once more." Lrotes Opera in Dublin. When, for my sins, I was the director of the ltoyul English Opera company, I found myself and nearly lost my compa ny in the wildness of Kilkenny during Lent. . We had been doing a good business in Ireland nntil Lent began; then .the priests warned the parishioners not to attend tho theatre, and our receipts dropped so low that I began to consider the advisability of reducing my troupe to a solo performor. In this extremity, I descended npon Dublin and arranged with Manager Michael Gnnn for a fortnight at Gaiety Theater. He shook his bead over tho prospects; talked about Lent and was generally gruesome. But I bad a Yan kee notion about the engagement; gave orster and plover suppers to the good fellows of the press at the Bed Bunk.and declared light-hearted that, with a troupe like mipe, the house would be crowded even on Good Friday. The first night came, and, with the critics and invited guests, the audience mode a goodly show. As Manager Gann described it, "You conld not fire a can non anywhere in the theater without hit ting somebody." We opened with The Bohemian Girl and at my particular request Rose Her see. my prima donna, introduced the Minstrel Boy iu the second act. That was my iankee notion. As the religious people would not come to the theater dnring Lent, I determined to re ly upon the Fenians. Dublin was then in a state of semi-rebellion, and the Min strel Boy wss a seditions song. At the first notes of the well-known air the gallery boys rose and cheered madly. Miss Herseesang charmingly and was wildly encored. When the cur tain fell almost everybody in the audi ence rushed out of the theater. Were they frightened away? Did tbey dread the police? The uuhoppy quarter of an hour of Rabelais was nothing to the in terval for refreshments which I passed that night. The gray hairs about which you jest had their origin on that even ing. Then the audience began to return. not by single spies, but in butallions. As if by magic, the empty theater began to fill from pit to gallery. It seemed as if everybody had gone borne and brnght nis lumny, nis irienus ami uis reiuiuers with bim. The box-oflice acoounts had to be re-oneuod, and Manager Gann oould not believe his eyes as the silver kept rolling iu. Thore was no more chuff about tiring off a cannon. The house was loaded to the muzzle. Ia the third act, as soon as Miss Hersee appeared, The Minstrel Boy was demanded with shouts and cheers. She sang it three times, and the students in tho gallery sang it all over again for a third eucoro. Kilkenny was avenged, and I paid sularics on the drumhead af ter tho opera. For two weeks Tu M insure! lloy brought us crowded houses. I had it sung in every opera. VV ben, in Man- tan a, Miss llersoo decllued to sing it, X hold Parkinson, my tenor, by tho collar at the wings and wonld not let him goon to his horoine until The Minstrel Boy had his innings. Perhaps the Irish bal lad soemod somewhat out ol place in i ra Diavolo and Der Freisohuta and Trova tore, but it brought id the money, and, for unco, I'saorillced Art to Profit. When we left Dublin, amid flowers and tears aud farowells and whisky, tho people gave Manager Gunn the credit of my oeratio innovation, and eiecteu mm Alderman by a majority that would have satisfied a Tammanv candidate. This is Lout and St. Patrick's week, and is there no hint to managers in my Dublin experience? f Seraph in Music London Growing Bitter. Has Lon don deteriorated or improved during the last thirty years ? Babylon has grown bigger; has it also grown better? An Amor loan who visited our metropolis thirty years since, and bos now taken up his residence in our midst, answers these 3uestious in a New York paper with a ecided afflriufctive. London, he main tains, is much more habitable aud con venient than it was. The underground railway, new bridges across the river, tram-curs, and omnibuses practically re duce the ever-extending area of the city within manageable limits. The moral improvement of London seems to bim to have been even more remarkable. Pro fessional U'ggars, with whom tho streets swarmed in ISoO, havu almost disap peared, and what ho calls "the revolting visibilities" of the "silent vice of capi tals" are no longer so opeulv shameless as of old. Prize-fighting has goue out of fashion, and, most wonderful of all "all the politeness of Paris," in so far as re late to the giving of information to the stranger in the street, "has been repro duced in London." In short, our Ameri can finds that ' the lowest strata of onr society are being gradually elevated in the direction of healthy nelt-respect, good manners, and better morals." Pall Mall Gazette. Bob Morris Ladder of f ame. The ladder of fame is hard to climb. Indeed, one might go farther and aay that it is diffloult to find. Once found the aforesaid ladder be comes no better vehicle to fame than a well greased pole toward a leg of mutton. StilL'evorvbodv with the courage of the yokel at the fair.undertakes to iuonnt it. now lew ever reach the top. A few rounds of the ladder suffice to tire the traveler. The steps are so slippery. And the prizes at the summit are often so few and unsatisfactory. What is the ladder of fume 7 Well, few men ere able to define or doscribo it. Each man has his own notion of its character, and fame it "ignicfatuus." It would be a hopeless task so under take to illustrate fame. All one cun do is to say something about the ladies. Actors have their own idoas of fame. Some of them think it consists of news paper puffs, others of popular admira tion. Again, a few believe it is modo tip of managerial fuvor and good salaries. Ibis is part true. For substantial reward ia the shape f increased remuneration for services is always a good indication tliat an artist is becoming famous. Then, too. fame is indicated by three- sheet posters and large type on the small bills. The greater the artists' fame the greater the size of the letters in which his name is printed in the advertisement. Bat first the artist must be entitled to fame before he is treated to large type- Give us pause ! There is an exception even to this rule. It occurs when the artist or his mana ger wants to uso tho bills and adver tising mediums for a "ladder of fume. This is not nncommon. The publio have vory frequently been introduced to ladies and gentlemen on the stage, who had no more right to have been accounted famous than that given them by the bills. To it will be seen that "nine shoet stands" and "six colors on the dead wall" of a good-sized factory or board fence is often a firstrate ladder of fame. It is used bv cirens men most advan tageously, and serves the turn of a dubi ous star quite bnppily. Barnnm's elephant climbs the ladder daily. He does even more. He stands upon his trunk on the rounds thereof and car ries conviction to the hoarts of the little children. This-is, indeed, the elephant's surest ladder to fame. It is much more easily mounted by bim than by his biped rival. Yoa see what an elephant, giraffe or hyena may do with impunity, a flicker ing star in the dramatio profession should not even attempt. The animals have only to look some thing like their pictures to satisfy the publio. The man or woman has to do twice as much as he or she promises. Why, then, will they attempt to rival the members of the menagerie? They thirst for fame, and will mount any ladder to attain it. It matters not to them whether the elephant or tiger has used it successfully or no. The steps seem to lead to the will-o'-the-wisp they are pursuing, so up they go. Aye, and down they oome a few min utes later. This is an extraordinary age. Tna Small Boy, Goose am' Pickerel. One would hardly believe that a goose could be broken of the habit of going into the water, but a case of this kind has oocurred at Clinton. A boy owned a large gander, and he thought it would be a good joke to tie a fish-line to the leg of the gander, with a hook properly baited, and watch the result. So he fixed the gauder with a line on one leg about ten feet long, at tho end of which was a pickerel hook and a frog for bait. Tbo gander was driven into the mill pond, where he swam around for half au hour, turning flip flaps, and diving for feed. Suddenly the gander felt a pull at his leg, and he looked as surprised as the "Lone Fisherman" when he caught a whalo. The gauder seemed to think there was something the matter with him, and ho looked down at his feet un der water to try and see into it. Tho pickerel began to yank, and the gander mode up his mind that he was not well and wanted to go home. He started for tho shore, but. the pickerel on the hook wanted to go the other way, and it was nip, and tuck for a time. The gander, to those on shore who were watching, seeniud frightened, and at times would act as though saying bis prayers and asking for mercy, and then he would get mad and try and fly ashore, when the pickerel would pull him back. They say it was a fine Btudy to watch the expression on the foatnres of the gander. He seemed to realize that a change was sbont to come over him, and while he hoped for the best, he seemed to be prepared for (he worst. After half an hoar of the hardest work he had ever done, the gander came ashore, and dragged a six-pound pickerel up the bank, and the boyscame and took off the pickerel and put on another frog, and tried to induce the gander to go and take another swim, bnt he wouldn't have it. They couldn't drive him in. He looked at them as he ran through be tween their legs as though saying,"Boys, this may be fun for yon, but you have crushed a noble nature. Not any more pickerel in mine, if you please, and be tie w off toward tho barn, squawking as though his heart would break. This was several weeks ago, but since then the gander has never gone into the water. A larger proportion of the population go to schxds in Uurmah than in any other part of India. There is a national system of monastic education in which are included 2.C45 schools, with 6T,S20 pupils. Nearly every Bnrman man or boy comes nnder instructions of some sort for part of his lifd at a kyoung (or monastery) and it is partly by reason of the religions and secular teachings im parted at the kyoung that these institu tions have acquired and retain so strong a bold on the veneration of all the Bur-saiBs. VETO OF THE CIIISESE BILL. WijaisOTos, April .-Fllowtng 1 lbs full Uit of lbs pwalitant'i mmu vtwlng lo soU-Chlnts bill 1 U AtBenaU: AflCT eutta eoo(.lertloo of mkiU bill No. 71.umll u Ml Jo " ""I Irtsty MlpuUUuu rl.tlu fc Chioww. I bwwilh turo II lo lb mM, in wblch l Flln.ld. with my objwrllou. lo IU Vu,tt: ""a U JiutifltU 10 rudutluii iu lr.ty obliKt""" a'r lin lii.y r. lo eonSIU wllb rt psrsiuouol laU-rnt; 0 Iben sll iKiwIbU rtuouibl viui (or modifying ur cb.uKlog low obliKillom by mutual sruiuul liould b ibsu.led bfort rMortlon to lbs iuirnu rtiibt ol rtfuul lo eoiuply wllb Ib.ui. The rulrt boTrrol lb tailed SUW " btlr put InKr eoorM wllb otUr pon.rt u oo Uiolly of utiobi. I im pr4dl tbit whooonKrMicio fori Uiitluu u-t TiuUte tb faith of lb nttloa w pltdgtd to Cbliu It will eoocur nd will widrsvor lo Bud auotber wbicb will m.rt tbe upMlallonsof tba pwplaof lb I'olU Hlt-a wlUumt wilnlnK In coll tut with tba rlRbU of Cbma, aa lb prearut treaty million brtwiwa that power and th I' lilted KUUa abrinf from tba autagoulaui wbicb arow between our paramount donieatie luterrata aud our prevlnua relation. Tb treaty oooiuioaly known aa Die Bur lluiiam treaty conferred upon Chioea ubjecta lb rl!:t of voluntary enilxralloa to tb United Slatea for tb tmrpoa of curloatly or trade or a permanent realdenU. aud waa In all reaperta ra rlprocal aa lo citlieu of tbe l ulled State in Chlua. 11 gav lo voluntary emlKauU coming to tb lolled Stale lb tight to travel tuer or reaida there, wllb all privilege, ImmunltlM or eiemptlona enjoyed by clticeua cr ubJerU of tb uiont fari.red nallona. tnder lb operation of lull treaty II wa found I he Inatitution of tb I'nited HUtea aud Ita people aud tbeir uieana of obtaining a livelihood mlnUt be aertoualy affected by uurealricted Iniroductloo of I'blnea labor, and conio-e alt nip ted to allvlla thla condition by legislation, but tb arl which It paaaed proved lo be Iu violation of treaty obligation, aud being returned by the prealdrntwilh hlaobjrciloua failed to become law. Plplomatlo relief waa then aougbt, a new treaty waa concluded wllb China. Without abroga tion of tbe Bitrllugaiu treaty. It waa agreed to mod ify II to far that tba government of the tolled Slatea lutgbt regulat or eunpeud lb coming of Chine laborer lo tb tnlted Male, or their realuenc therein, but thai It ahunld not absolutely prohibit them, and that limitation or (uepeualon auould ba reasonable, and ehould app:y only to Chlnea wbo might gi t tb lulled Slate aa laborer, other claae not belux Included In the limitation. Thla treaty la International, not reciprocal. It la t ooacea. alou from Chlua lo IN United Slatea on a limitation of rlghta which ahe waa enjoyluv by the Burliugam trealy. It leavea tb United State by IU own act todrtermiu when and how we will enforce thee llmlutloua. China may, therefore, fairly have the right to expect thai Iu enforcing tbt m we will take good rare not to overatep the grant aud mak more than baa been conceded to the tutted 8'ate. It ia but a year aluc thla new treaty, uuJcr operatlou of tbe ronitilutlou, became pari of the aiipreiu law of lb land, aud lb prraeot act la the hrt etMHipt to leacl.e tbe more enlarged powera which It rellu. ?uiebea In the United States. l!y the flrat article the nlted Statea la empowered to decide whether the the coming of Chinese laborera to the United Slate or their realdenc therein affect or threaten our IntereaU, or endanger good order either within tb whole country or any part of It. The ai t recite that In the opinion of the government of the lulled State the oowtug of Chlnea laborera to thla coun try endanger lie good order of certain localities thereof, but tbe act lueil la much broader than the reclUl. It acta upon reeldeuce a well aa Immigra tion. IU provisions are effective throughout tb United State. I think it may fairly bear an eipree aion of th opinion of congre thai tba coming of ucb laboraia to th United HUtea or tbelr residence bar affects onr IntereaU and endaugeaa good order throughout tbe country. Oo thla point I feel It my duty to accept the view of congrea. fbe oral article further confer power npon tbia government to regulate, limit or auapend, but not actually to prohibit the coming ot aucb laborera to or their residence lu the United HUtea. Negotiations of thla treaty have recorded with unusual fullness tbeir understanding of tbe aeuse of the meaning with wbicb those worda were used as clasa of per aoua to be affected by the treaty. The Americana In aerted lo their draft the provision that the word "Cblneee laborera" algulfy all Immigration other tliao Ibat for teacblug, trade, travel, atudy and curi osity. Tbe Chlneae objected to tbla that It operated lo Include artisans to the claaa ml laborer whoa emigration might be forbidden. The Americana re plied that they could not consent that artlaana aball be excluded from the claaa of Chinese laborera, for It I their very competition of skill aud labor In cltiea when Chlnea labor Immigration concentrate which ba eauaed euibarraasuieut and popular die. content. It Is Intended lo ask no draft of any special act, but for eome general Idea bow tbe power would ie rxerclaed with what had Juat been aald, gave them the explanation wbicb they wanted. Wllb thla en tire accord aa to tbe meaning of the worda they were about to employ the object of legislation which might be bad lo consequence of parties having algned the treaty In article I of the treaty wtlch the government of China agree that the government of tbe United Statea may regulate, limit, or auapend such coming or residence, but may not abaolutely prohibit, Limitation or ausneuaion ahall be reason able aud shall apply entirely to Chlneae who may go to the tutted ritatea aa laborer Other claaaea not being Included in the limitation legislation taken In regard to Cbineae laborera, will be of such character only aa la necessary to enforce regulations of lim itation or auapenaion of Immigration. Tbe first sec tion of tbe act provide Ibat from aud after the ex. plrallon of 60 days next after th peaaage of this act, and until th expiration ot 30 year next after passage of tbia act, the coming of Cbineae laborera tie aud the ssuie is hereby auapended, and during such suspension it aball not be lawful for auy Chlneae laborera to come, or having ao come after the t xplratlon of asid sixty daya, lo remain within the tolled States. The examination wbicb I bave made of the treaty and of the declaration which Ita negotlatora have left 00 record, of tbe meaning of ita language, leave oo doubt lo my mlud thai neither coo. trading party In concluding th treaty of lHHO, contemplated placing the act of prohibition of liuaitgratiou for 30 yeara, which la nearly a genera tion, or thought that euch a period would be a reaa able suspension, or Intended to change the provisions of the liurllugaine tieatyto that eatent. I rexard thla provision of the act aa a breach of our natioual faith, and beiug unable to bring nitaelf In harmony with tbe viewa of ocngresa on this viul poiut, the honor of the country constrains me to return the act with this objection to IU passage. Deeply con vinced of tbe necessity of eonie legialattou ou thla aubject and concurring fully with congress with the object which were tough! lo be accomplished, I will svatl myself of the opportunity to point out some other testuree of the act which, in my opinion, can be niodiHed to advantage. Classes of Chiueae who atlll enjoy protection of the llurliiigime treaty are entitled to privileges, Immunities an eiemp. Hunt sec rded cltiieus and subjects of tb most favored nations. We have rrlallona with many which permit their citizens and subjects to reside within the tutted State aud carry on buslueaa under the same law and regulations which are enforced agaiuat our cllixeua. I think It may be doubted whether provlaloua requiring peraoual registration and Uklog pasaporta which are out Imposed upon natives, rau be required of the Chinese. Without expressing opinion oo thst point. I o.ay In vite attention of congress to the fact thai the system of personal reglstratloo aud paasporU la undemocratic and hostile to the spirit of our Institu tion. I doubt the wisdom of putting an entering wedge of this kind iuto our lawa. A natiou like th tnlted Mates. Jealous of the liberties ot Ita citixena, may well hesitate before It Incorporate Into lu policy system which 1 faat disappearing In En rone before the progress of liberal lnstltutl.ua. Wide experience baa ahown bow futile such prerau tlona are, aud bow easily passporta may be borrowed, exchanged or even forged by persons Interested to do so. If It la nevertheless thought a passport la the most convenient wav for identifying Chlnea entitled to protection under the Burliugame treaty, It may atill be doubted whether they ought to be required to register. It I certainly our duty under the Burliugame treaty lo make tbeir aUy in Ike tnlted State, In operation of general lawa upon them, aa nearly like thai of our own citixena aa we can conslaleutly with our right lo shut out laborera. So good purpose ia aerved In requiring them lo reg ister. 11 y attention, by the Chlneae minister, waa ailed to th fact that lbs act aa it atabda make no provision for transit across th tnlted HUtea of Chines aubjecu now residing In foreign countries 1 think this point may well claim tba attention of congress In legislating on tbia aubject. I have esid thai good faith requires the United States to auapend Immigration of Chinese lauorora a less period than '10 year. I now add that good policy polnu In th same direction. Our Intercourse with Chios 1 of rsceol date. Our Aral treaty with thai power la not yet forty year old. It ia only elncs w acquired California and established a great seat of com. meres on the Psclflc roast, that we may be aald to have broken down tbe wail which fenced that ancienr monarchy. The Burliugame treaty natural, ly followed. Under the spirit which Inspired II many thousand Chinese laborera came to th. I'mui SUtes. So on can aay the country baa not profited by their work. Tbey were latvely Instrumental In constructing lb railwaye which connect the Atlan tic aud PaotAo elope. Th autea of the Paclhc are full of evidences of their Industry, and enterprises profitable to capitalists and to laborers of Caucasian origin would bave been doruiaul but tor them. The lime baa now come whea it la enpposed they are not needed, and when II la thought by con cress end by those most scqusiuled wllb the aubjet that It it Wat to try get along without them. There may however, be other sevtlons of tne country where this' species of lat may be advantageously employed without Interfering with laborers of ourowu race II may b the part of wisdom aud good faith lo Ax th length of theexperimenul period with reference I thla lacs. Experience baa shown thst the trade of th coast I th key to national wealth and Info, ences. Th opening of China to the comaeTe ?t ths whole world, baa benefited no an-uon of it mors Ihsa the eutes of our own PeriAc elope. Ths stale of California sod lu mtmisis porta especially, havs reaped saoruou advantages from this source. Blessed with aa sxcepuonal ellmsts. enjoying aa annvaled harbor, vma tb, riches of arrest SsTtcaltarsl sad m.nlng stats at IU fsst, sad the wealth of the whole onion pouring Into (I over IU lines of rsllwsr. Sag Franelaco U an Incalculable future, If our friendly aud ami bis relatione with Asls remain nndiaturlwd it n!T uo argument lo ahow ths policy which . now io? pvsolo adopt must havs dire. tendetir to si, i oriental nsllooa from ths Vnlted States, and sriC their trade sod commerce Iuto more friendly hand It may be thst the great and paramount lntere.1 ; protecUen of our labor from Asiatic competii..,. JustlAess to permanent adoptlou of thla notil but II h wiser In the Srat place to make m experiment with a view of bi-reafter tualnuinli I permanently only each fealnre as time and nn,,, enre my oomniend. 1 la I transmit herewith copies of papers relsUtmte. ths reasal treaty wllb aocompanyiug conndetiti.i message of I'resldeul Hayes lo the seoate loth irf January, ISM. aud also a copy of a memorandum respecting tbe act herewith returned, which wa. banded lo the eecrsUry of atals by ths Chinese miiT lst-r In Washington. CUHSTEK A. AKTHtk WAalintoi, 1). C April s, im. M essorstaalaaa. The tints fixed in tbe bill, namely, 30 yeara Is on reasonable. The language of Article 1, that labos! era aball uot be absolutely prohibited from cooiltoi to the United State sud that "auapenaion" ahall ba reasonable, as well a negotiation, Indicate that a brief period waa Intended. The total prohibition ot Immigration of Cblurae laborera iuto the United Hiatus for 30 yesrs would, lu my opinion, be uure. aouable and lo violation of tbe meaning aud intent 01 tbe treaty. Second If Inclusion of skilled labor lo the bill Is an addition to the worda and Intent of tbe treaty it will act harshly upon a class of Chinese merchant entitled to admission to tbe United Stales under th terms of the Iresty, shoe merchant sud cigar man ufacturer and merchants of Chinese goods. They sell at tbelr place of busmen, and to shut out the akllled labor wonld practicallyahutthemoutaawU since II would prevent them from csrryingon their business lu ' this country. The laundiyman, who keeps a shop and naa small capital with which to proaecule bis trade, cannot In any Just aense be In cluded In tba classes cf laborers, aud merchant talU or come In the aatue category. Third Tbe clauses of the bill relating to regietr. tion aud paaaporU are vexatious and a dlscrimins. tioo sgatuat Chinese resldrut and ImmlgrauU when Article 1 provide explicitly that tbey ahall ba entitled to all privileges oouceded to subjects of ths most favored ualiou. Kxecutlou of tbe provisions of the bill will rauae irritation, and In case of loss of passport or certlAcste of registration, Chlnea realdenU entitled toreiusln may be forcibly expelled from the country forthwith. ionrtU If the bill become! law It will leave aa Impression ui China that this government misunder stood the character of the treaty or that congress has vleltted some of lie provision, and tbla will tend to prejudice all emigrants, prejudice the Intel, ligent data against the United States government and people, whom Iticy now greatly admire and re. aped. Klftb There la no provision In tbe bill for Iran, alt across tb United Htstes of Chiueae subjects now residing lu foreign countries In large numbers. Chi. nese live lu Cuba and Peru and other countries who caunot return borne without crossing territory of the United State or touching at Hiu Francisco. To deny this privilege, tt seems to me, la a violation of Internatioi al law and comity of nations, aud If th bill become law It will lu this respect result In great hardahip to many thousand innocent Chinese lu foreign countries. At the Italian Court. We drove to the Quivinalo Palace whore at the grand entrance we were received by dozens of lackeys, rendered most picturesque by gorgoous red and gold liveries and an abundance of pow der. We were conducted through a snite of superb rooms and np un im mense circular staircaso bordered the entire way by gilt jardinores, 'full of blossoming plunts. Tbo Qceen appeared followed by two ladies in-waiting, and looking charming. She wore a dress of brocodo, the design being peacocks' feathers in faint shades, with train of old gold colored satin, diamond "Mar guerites" in her hair, and for neck lace, her celebrated pearls, consisting of f)ve rows clasped tightly about her neck, with at least a dozen more rows of immenee pearls, the longest falling almost to hor waist. She wore no gloves, to show that the occasion was one of no great ceremony, The Queen is a wonderful linguist, and moved from one group to another, talking to each one in his own language. Every one was bonnd to stand while the Qteen waspresent.and it was fully an hour and a half before she made the entire circuit of the room and disappeared, with a final general saluta tion. Lackeys then appeared, bearing trays of ices and lemonade. Two Amer icans, the Princess Brancaccio, nata Field, and the Princess Cenci nata Spen cer, occupied distinguished positions at Court, each being "Dama di Palazzo" to the Queen. I Rome Corr. in Providence Journal. Fan Fact. Turning from commerce to the fanci ful realm of taste, there is much to inte rest the curious eye in the exhibition of fans now held at the rooms of the Society of Decorative Art. On entering the place one is immediately impressed with tho power of that mania which leads to such a collection. How little conld the spectator have imagined that so many of the rich ladies of this city are rival ama teurs in such a specialty. One of these articles is said to have been painted by Gnido, and is valued at $5(K). Mrs. ,As tor contribnted to this collection a su in dent number to fill a cose, which at tracts much attention. Mrs. Bolmont, Mrs. O. W. Childs? Mrs. It. L. Stewart and Mrs. W. T. Blodgett have also sent in some very remarkoble specimens. This being the first show of the kind in this city, it was determined to make it a success, and tho fan presented Mrs. Gen eral Grant by the Empress of Japan odds much to its interest. Fans have been in use from the earliest records, and fan bearers are among the figures painted on the tombs at Thebes. They are also mentioned by the classic poets, but the rage for ornamant and expense culmi nated in the luxurious reign of Louis XIV., when the price of a fiist-class ar tiolo was equal to 30 of our money. This collection contains a number of this date, which are objects of bistorio interest, since that time of gaudy display was followed by the bloody scenes of the reign of terror. Many other ideas of a more social character are suggested, and the fan exhibition proves highly attract ive to the fashionable crowd. N. Y. Corr. Troy Times. What is ths Glossooraph ? It is sn instrument invented by A. Gentilli of Vienna. What are the peculiarities of the glossograph ? It has a combination of delicate levers snd blades, which, be ing plaoed npon the tongne and lips and nnder the nostrils of a speaker, are vi brated by the movements of the former and the breath flowing from the latter. This vibration is transmitted to pencils. Theso tran fieri tea duced by the action of the tongne and mo auu me oream irom the nostrils noon a strin nf tuaivnv nn.t 1. . cuameal arrangement, and thus a special system of writing, which may be termed glossography, is produced. This is based tinrn l. a il i i mo iinucipie 01 syiraoia construc tion and combination of consonants. Ths orator has only to breathe his cloqtience personally throndi tho olcaU,..,i. r hire somebody to do it for bim. fhi invention might fill the world with joy if the average speech of modern times were only t etter worth reporting. With all the inirenmtv nf fun u i v... yet discovered an arrangement br which the. (VnntlAM,AH I. 1 e.- ""emeu wuu nave Doming to say maT, l kePt "lent. Such a machine wonld t well worth, not only a patent ont a money appropriation.